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Home My Public Portal About20091207 - Parks & Recreation - Meeting Minutes Page: 1 Hopkinton Parks and Recreation Meeting Minutes of 12-07-09 The Parks and Recreation Meeting was called to order on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM. Ken Driscoll, Pat Mahon, Bob Dobinski, Karl Morningstar, and Mike Preite were present. Al Rogers was also present. Students: Andrew Preite, Zach Hutchinson, Brendan Litavis, Wesley Ericksen Minutes 11-09-09 and 11-16-09 Approved  Post all minutes on-line Chairman’s Report  Skateboard Club requests $2500 to help update the Skate Park. o The members presented the plans to P&R at a previous meeting. o The club will take the plans to the building inspector o Skateboard Club will also receive funding from HAA and Marathon Fund o Pat Mahon expressed concern about foul balls from the adjourning baseball field o Board voted 4-0 in favor of contributing $2500 towards this skate park update  Discussion on Ashland P&R Partnership o Ken and Mike met with the Ashland Assistant Town Manager regarding consolidation of the 2 departments to regionalize o We have some of the same programs o Ken would like to talk with Hopkinton Town Manager and Selectmen o Board would like to know what assets they have. o Pat Mahon wanted it on record that the Director needs to be “agreeable to the added responsibility and we take no steps that would jeopardize Mike’s position with Parks and Recreation” o Ken asked do we want to investigate further. The Board said yes.  CDM o Isabel and Kim will respond to Con Com’s letter regarding site issues at Fruit Street o CDM will provide a fresh set of plans and a formal response  Not happy with description in plans.  Flagging was done – they were worried about hunting season.  All plans will be present at construction  There were some concerns about the Fruit Street buffer areas - Isabel of CDM - reduced the size of buffer zone 37%. Page: 2 Meeting was then moved to the Conservation Hearing. CDM gave Con Com a presentation regarding the site. Con Com and Parks and Recreation along with CDM will work on the existing issues. The Meeting then went before the Planning Board. CDM presented the plan and where it stood. The Planning Board had a concern regarding the depth of a water culvert and the possibility of a child getting injured in it especially if it filled with water. CDM assured the Planning Board that the fill up will not be a hazard. Planning Chairman Abate disagreed and suggested that the Town add to the plan a fence surrounding the area to keep kids out of a potentially dangerous area. Elaine Lazarus, Planning Director, advised against the need for the fence. However her Board insisted that a fence be incorporated in the plan. The Planning Board also asked about lighting the field. CDM responded that it was not in the plan, but could be an add on if the funding became available. The discussion then turned to paving the road and the parking lot. Although Conservation and Planning both agreed that the site should be paved, CDM replied that the cost would be too prohibitive at this point of the construction. There will be paved handicapped spots available. There will need to be continued meetings with both the Planning and Conservation Commissions. They are set up as follows: 1-11-10 @ 8:30 with ConCom Planning Board 1/11/10 at 9PM Director’s Report Basketball Started. Town Manager would like our opinion of what we would like to see in an Engineer/Facilities Director. I provided detailed maintenance to our properties. Christmas tree lighting took place Sat. Legal Bill for Fruit Street. We need to pay. Sub Committee Reports  Downtown Revitalization  Marathon Fund Committee  Youth Commission  Lake Maspenock  Marathon  CPC New Business Major Initiatives Meeting adjourned 10:00 PM Next scheduled meeting 01/10/09 at 7:00 PM Minutes Prepared By Mike Preite and Joan Bannon