HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-10-22 Aquatic Advisory Board MinutesBURBANK YMCA
AQUATICS ADVISORY BOARD
MEETING MINUTES 0, ?ASS.
10/22101 2001 1~j v 3 10, 13
Attendance: Klaus Kubierschky, Cam Townsend, David Bryant, Donna Griffith, Amy
Vendt, Tom O'Rourke, Dan Berry, Lois Margeson
ABSENT: Ken Holbrook
Dan Berry opened the meeting with devotion
Dan Berry reported that he contacted the Peter Hechenbleikner's Administrative
Assistant and talked with her about Tina Truedson's resignation. The Town Manager's
Assistant informed Dan that they were advertising the position on the AAB as being
vacant and would replace the position when someone from the Town showed interest.
Donna Griffith and Amy Vendt reported that over 1,000 people were using the pool on a
weekly basis. This count did not include use of pool by the High School and Burbank
Blue fins swim teams. Donna and Amy also reported to the AAB that the pool would not
be running classes from December 23t - January 6th during the Holiday Season. It was
announced that the pool would be closed to all use on Dec. 26th - Dec 28th for its annual
cleaning. Donna, Amy and Gen Kuksin (YMCA Facilities Director) will be cleaning the
pool deck as well as well as the pool itself to get it ready for the Winter Session.
Donna stated that she would be contacting the North Suburban Y as well as the Woburn
Boys & Girls Club to find Swim Team practice time for the Reading HS Boys Swim
Team as well as the Burbank YMCA Bluefms Team. Donna reported that she has been
in touch with Ken Holbrook and is working with him via email in setting up the Reading
HS Boys Swim meet schedule. Practice times would remain the same as the previous
two years ...3:00pm to 5:00pm, Monday-Friday.
Lois reported that her Reading HS Girls Swim Team was performing well. The team was
4-1 and she had 12 girls going to the Sectional Championships. Lois expressed concern
with how the YMCA staff worded its signs regarding pool closures for High School
Swim Meets and said that we should not be wording signs that read, "We apologize for
the inconvenience" and instead should say something different that is not offensive to
coaches and team members. Donna and Dan apologized for wording the signs incorrectly
and said that in the future they would change the signs to something more agreeable to
the swim team and its coaching staff.
Klaus Kubierschky asked how many swim team members were on the Burbank Y
Bluefins. Donna reported that the team currently had 72 members and that they were
accepting more onto the team throughout the month of November. Donna said that the
Burbank Y Swim Team had 5 scheduled home meets and that the last meet would be held
on January 19th.
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Dan Berry stated that the Learn to Swim coupon for a free. class of swim lessons went out
to all Reading Kindergarten students/parents. Approximately 350 free swim lesson class
vouchers were circulated through Reading public schools. The vouchers are good until
September 1St 2002.
Dan Berry presented to the AAB the possibility of providing pool rental time to the
Austin Prep Swim Team. Dan stated that this would have a minimal effect on the current
usage by the Reading High School Boys Swim Team and that he has contacted Phil
Vaccaro (Reading HS Athletic Director) to discuss any issues that he may have with the
Austin Prep team practicing with the Reading Boys Swim Team. Dan further stated that
the Austin Prep team would only practice for 1 hour 3 afternoons a week and will also
utilize the pool two mornings a week for practice. Phil discussed the proposal with Ken
Holbrook (Reading Boys HS Swim Coach) and Ken was supportive of the proposal and
stated that he could give up one lane to the Austin Prep squad. Dan stated that the
Reading Boys Swim Team has not been charged for use of the pool since the YMCA
opened in 1999 because of budget challenges with the town and that allowing the Austin
Prep team to practice would allow the YMCA recoup some of the money they are losing
from the Reading HS Boys team.
There was a fair amount of discussion around Austin Prep using the YMCA pool but in
the end it was agreed that if the YMCA could make the rental work without much
disruption to the HS team that it would be okay to do it. Dan stated that the agreement
with AP would be on a year-to-year basis and would be evaluated by the YMCA and
AAB at the end of 2001-2002 season.
Tom O'Rourke discussed term limits for AAB Members and made a motion to propose
that we start a three year rotation with a staggered set-up for each member so that new
members would rotate on the AAB at different times while veteran members rotated off
with the same three year rotation. The AAB members agreed that this system may be a
good starting point and that we should table the issue for further discussion at the next
AAB meeting.
Dan Berry proposed that the next AAB meeting be held a week earlier than the normal
"4th Monday of the month" and be held on Nov. 19th. The AAB members agreed and the
meeting was set.
With time expiring the meeting was adjourned.
NEXT AAB MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE BURBANK YMCA ON
NOVEMBER 19, 2001.
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