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July 28, 1993
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The meeting of the Recreation Committee came to order at 8:00pm,
Wed., July 28, 1993 in the Conference Room at Town Hall. Present
at the meeting were members K. Kaminer, J. Pacino, F. Conocver,
G. Richards, S. Cavicchi, C. Campbell, associate member G.
Roberts, Steve Kajander, Rec supervisor.
Approval of the minutes of June was motioned by J. Pacino and
seconded by S. Cavicchi. The vote was 5-0-0 in favor with new
member C. Campbell abstaining,
Kate opened up the meeting with a discussion about changing the
price for the third swimming session which had to be shortened
because of the early back to school date. It was proposed to
shorten the time period to 12 days and to charge $45. Gordon
Richards motioned to make the third session 12 days @ $45. S.
Cavicchi seconded. the vote 6-0-0 in favor.
The next issue under New Business had to do with new playground
equipment purchased by the Safety Committee at Barrows School PTO
group. Representing the committee was Joanne Gregorowicz, along
with other members. Joanne presented a design of the existing
playground and detailed exactly what equipment would be in-
stalled. A small scale model was also presented. The committee
is looking for approval to go ahead and install by the end of
Sept 93. J Pacino made a motion to accept the PTO's proposal and
Susan seconded. 6-0-0 approved. It was then decided that the
Selectmen must approve the proposal before the equipment could be
installed.
Next up under New Business was the use of "Vidbel's Olde Tyme
Circus" advance clown, to perform for our summer camp kids. It
is a chance for the town recreation program to make available a
quality clown act for the camp children, free of charge. In a
related issue, the YMCA director, Jesse Mraz was requesting usage
of our pool bathrooms for the hours that the show would be in
progress, approximately 6pm- 10pm on Aug. 19th. Fred Conover
made a motion to permit the clown act and usage of our pool
restrooms. C. Campbell seconded the motion. The vote was 6-0-0
for the clown and 5 yes 1 opposed for the restroom usage. J.
Pacino being the lone vote.
At this point in the meeting, G. Richards started talk on the
mishap which had taken place over the previous weekend. All mem-
bers agreed with the corrections that had been implemented to in-
sure that the accident would not happen again.
Next, the committee voted 5-0-0 to have K. Kaminer_ continue as
chairperson and 5-0-0 to have F. Conover continue as Vice Chair-
person.
Finally under New Business, it was voted 6-0-0 to hold a Fall
Tennis Tournament in Sept. J. Pacino made a motion and F. Con-
over seconded. S. Kajander will run the event, which will have
Mens Doubles A & B draws, Ladies Doubles A & B draws and a mixed
draw. It will be called Birch Meadows Doubles Classic and take
place the 25th and 26th of September. Lorraine and Gary offered
their help in recruiting some of the local players, We set a
small entry fee of $15 / team to attract as many players as we
can.
Steve gave a quick review about
is going well. Gary did the same
the Friends of Recreation ran.
but next year t-shirts should be
report on the field conditions,
made a quick guest appearance
playgrounds, and talked about the
the summer camps, basically all
with the tennis tournament that
Good numbers, great tournament
used again. Gordon reviewed his
and Peter Hechenbleikner, who
gave a short review of our
Capital Improvements Comm.
At 10:30pm, F. Conover made a motion for adjournment which was
seconded by Susan. 6-0-0.
Respectfully
Steve Kajander
Recreation Supervisor
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