| Agenda: | Town of Norfolk
Recreation Commission Meeting
This meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 16, 7:30 PM-Zoom Virtual Meeting
In accordance with the Governor’s Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G. L. c. 30A, § 20, relating to the 2020 novel Coronavirus outbreak emergency, the May 16, 2022 at 7:30 PM public meeting of the Norfolk Recreation Commission shall be physically closed to the public to avoid group congregation.
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Topic: Recreation Commission May 16, 2022
Time: May 16, 2022 7:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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ADMINISTRATIVE:
-Roll Call
-Thank you to former Commissioners, Liza
Carreiro and Charlie Iacono
-Welcome to new commissioners Jill
Hindley Lawrence and Rob Taglienti
-Citizen’s Speak
-Approve January 11th Minutes
-Appointment of Chair/Clerk/CPC
Representative
-Signature paper for Accounting
-Select Board Policies
-Getting Program Coordinator position
approved
-Parade Committee donation
-Dog Policy – school has policy now
(neighbor: Martin)
EVENTS:
-Community Day
-Sponsorship range $250-$1000
-Touch a Truck
-Balloon animals, Air tattoos
-Movie Night- End of summer
celebration?? August 28
-pair movie with a little kids’ concert,
food trucks, movie
PROJECTS: Non-CPC
-Little Kids Playground Quote for Pond
Street
-State budget Shade grant request
-Gazebo Repairs
-Community Garden- well
-Future: Pickleball with ARFA money!
-Wastewater Treatment Plant status
-Town Hill/Rockwood Road Fertilization
PROJECTS: CPC
-Pare contract signed for Pond Street
-Drone Flight -Composite Picture by Andy
Bakinowski at Pond Street
$1000 Software
-Well at FK; Jim O’Neil from Island
Lighting and Power
-Seekonk Street Land
FIELDS:
-Spring Allocation-complete
-New groups: Sparhawks, Patriot Flag
Football
-Summer Allocation- set date
-New request from Anthony Cappuccino
-Use of AED’s/Bleed kits
-Yearly Field Fertilization/Applications
Costs: $68K
-Breakdown: Materials: $35K,
Application: $14K, Aeration: $9.5K,
Seed: $6K
Irrigation: $4K
-Does not include bases, fences, field
or irrigation repairs, Portable toilets
User Fees: considerations for future
-Number of times player uses a field: a
player plays 1-2 X a week and pays the
same as a player playing 4-6 times a
week
Baseball:
-Lights at Pond Street Little League
field
-Musco Equipment - 25-year financing
available includes installation &
equipment
-Island Lighting
-Boxes for fields -Baseball has asked us
to purchase $700 each
-Work on fields: STS: AAA work, Edging
contract: $4500, Materials: $1400
-Jeff Boyle lent us an edger. We have
one on order.
-50/70 field option to FK Babe Ruth
field was requested by Norfolk
Baseball. This configuration isn’t
possible. 50/70 field is only
compatible with Little League field.
-Sponsorship
Softball;
-Tournaments-fees
-Bases Purchased
Soccer:
-Aeration/seeding
-Donating unused soccer balls left
behind in soccer shed
PROGRAMMING:
Summer:
-Changes to the Outdoor Program
-9-3pm from 9-pm
-5 days with field trips on Fridays
-Now taking Entering K-2, entering 4-6
and Middle School
-Leader in Training Program entering
9th/10th grade
-Using 2 sites: Pond Street, Freeman
Kennedy School
-Addition of Inclusion Counselor
-Overall Spring and Summer Enrollment to
date:
-Spring: 750 registrations, $53K
-Summer: 1600 registration, $195K
Fall:
-Before School classes?: Lego,
Engineering Deconstruction
-Flag Football: NFL Program, Charlie
Iacono and Josh Walther Commissioners
END OF FY22 YEAR PROGRAM ACCOUNTING |