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April 24, 2018 TOWN CLERKS OFFICE.
Attendees Present: Mitch Bregnard; Chairman, Linda )Vt OAM, &rli,' 0 45 .
Ed Westhaver and Mike Weber MA`9SFIEL0
Sherri Gurnon; Director Mansfield P#41G "q" 3OTTS
Mary Sellner; Assistant to the Director
1. The meeting was called to order at 6:02 PM.
2. Minutes of the Recreation Commission Meeting from March 27, 2018.
Motion: By Mike Weber to approve the Recreation Commission Meeting minutes
from March 27, 2018. Seconded by Ed Westhaver. Motion passes, 3-0 (Linda McCabe
came after the vote).
3. Visitors: 6:1Opm- On behalf of the Open Space & Recreation Committee, Colin Cauldwell
reported the following stewardship items to the Recreation Commission at the April 24th
Recreation Commission Meeting.
Bike Path:
• Add additional dog waste signs
• Pave a rounded entryway into the parking lot when entering from Fruit Street, west
• Re -paint 1/4 mile markers along the path
• Hundreds of cigarette butts at the bench located at NRT Trail entrance
• Add additional barrels along pathway
Memorial Park:
• Re -grade dirt parking lot
• Repair the hole in the Rt. 106 fence line
• Lower Memorial Field- remove gravel pile
• Skate Park- repaint to cover graffiti
• Hutchason Field gravel entrance area- repaint fence/poles to cover graffiti
4. Old Business:
- Ed Westhaver stated that it's important to maintain Colin Cauldwell as a resource to
keep consistency between the Recreation Department, NRT and the Conservation
Committee.
- MYS went after another quote for the Plymouth Street Turf dressing. They have
decided to go with Shaw to do the work. Sherri Gurnon asked the Recreation
Commission if they want to financially contribute towards the project and if so, how
much? Ms. Gurnon stated that we only use the fields 6 hours a week, and MYS
dominates the bulk of the times available. They won't relinquish more time to the
Parks and Recreation so we can rent it out more and receive income from the rental.
Ed Westhaver stated that after seeing how little we use the fields, he feels that give
25% seems sufficient ($5,000). Mr. Westhaver suggested keeping money in the field
maintenance account in case something major happens to any of the fields, and we
will need to use the money from the account to pay for it. Mr. Westhaver also stated
that MYS uses the fields the majority of time and gain revenue from it with their
program registrations and they use the fields for free.
After discussion, Motion: By Ed Westhaver to contribute $5,000 towards the turf
field maintenance at Plymouth Street. Seconded by Mike Weber.
Motion passes, 3-0-1.
- The Fishing Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 12. Linda McCabe, Mitch
Bregnard, and Mike Weber said they will be there to help.
- The Duck Race is scheduled for Wednesday, June 27. Ducks will go on sale on May
21. Ed Westhaver said he would go in the water again. Linda McCabe and Mitch
Bregnard will be available.
- Sherri Gurnon gave an update on the light installation by MYS at Plymouth Street.
Larry Silver and Desmond Doyle met with the Town Manager, Kevin Dumas, and he
supports the installation of lights at the facility.
5. New Business:
-Sherri Gurnon announced the winner of the 2018 Parks and Recreation Scholarship -
Nicholas Menz. Ed Westhaver said he will be available to present the scholarship on
May 30`h at the MHS.
-Updating the Plymouth Street Playground, Sherri Gurnon stated that she met with Mark
Cook and Mike Ahern. They wanted to move the playground to another site at Plymouth
Street as the existing playground will need to be graded to make it ADA compliant. Ms.
Gurnon stated that she met with the Town Manager, Kevin Dumas, and he felt that the
new playground location should remain where the existing playground is. After the
Commission looked at the alternative sites, they unanimously agreed that the original site,
where the old playground is now, is the best place for the new playground.
Motion: By Mitch Bregnard that after considering the alternative playground locations,
motion to maintain the playground and retain it to the existing location. Seconded by Ed
Westhaver. Motion passes, 4-0.
-Sherri Gurnon revealed to the Commission the movie and concert signs that the
Recreation Department will use to advertise. It will be used in place of the heavy
sandwich board that was used each week.
-Annual Town Meeting, Tuesday, May 15.
6. Next Commission Meeting: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 6:00 PM.
To be held at the Town Hall.
7. Motion: By Linda McCabe to adjourn. Seconded by Ed Westhaver.
Motion passes, 4-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
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L' da McCabe Date
Recreation Commission Clerk
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