Burrillville Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes

Meeting date: 
Monday, March 12, 2018

Burrillville Recreation Commission Regular Meeting
Burrillville Parks & Recreation Office
92 North Main Street
Pascoag, RI 02859
March 12 2018
6:30pm EST

Present:
Andrea Hall (DPW), Sharon Davies, Greg Devlin, James Alix, Jeff McCormick (DPW), Aaron Coutu, Tim Pratt, Jeremy Bailey (Town Council), Terrie Reis

Excused:

Absent:
Motion to mark Steve Mulcahey as absent by James Alix, second by Aaron Coutu – motion passes unopposed
Motion to mark Paige Spink as absent by James Alix, second by Aaron Coutu – motion passes unopposed

Guests:

Minutes of February 12, 2018 Recreation Commission Regular meeting
-Motion to accept by James Alix
-Second by Aaron Coutu
-Motion passes unopposed

Correspondence:
-Discussed memo sent to the Town Council regarding park/field usage fees

Good & Welfare:
-Trash pickup delayed for the rest of the week of March 12

Old Business
Discussion:
R e p o r t o n R e c r ea t i o n P r o gra m I n f o rm a t i o n
-Boot Camp – Bootcamp has 7 new participants in the month of February and is averaging 35 per class.
-Burrillville Weekend Snack Pack Program – Weekend Snack Pack Volunteers are donating raffle baskets for our Easter Event that will benefit the program. The packing session scheduled for 3/13 has been rescheduled to 3/20 due to the storm. Levy school donated a significant amount of canned goods which will be included in the next packing session.
-Digital Photography 101 – 7 students have registered. Planning a second session for May 7-June 4.
-Easter Event- Easter Basket donations have continued to pour in. Food confirmed with Aramark. Easter Bunny and 2 volunteers confirmed. Dave and Busters to donate raffle gift certificate. Texas Road House to donate eggs with free kids coupons. Signs put up.Flyers dropped off to elementary schools and put up around Town. New this year will be an Easter Cupcake decorating activity. Requested donation of Easter Baskets for Raffle to benefit the Weekend Snack Pack Program. Raffle paperwork submitted to state police. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED.
-Earth Day Cleanup – Lions to assist in looking into other options for gloves/bags. Dropped off signs to have the date changed. Waste Management has agreed to cover the cost of the T-Shirts. First meeting scheduled for 2/23. Updated flyer. Working with Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful to get bags/gloves as well as to add their logo to flyers/t-shirts.
-Facebook/Newsletters/Website- Safe Sitter Program and Spring Newsletter posted. Easter Event posted on web and sent out as a public notice email.
-Forever Fit – averaging 8 people per class
-Itty Biddy Sports – New program beginning in April which provides young children the opportunity to learn about health, fitness, and sports in a nurturing and non-competitive environment that will allow them to develop physically, emotionally, cognitively, and socially. Children gain self-confidence, team work, and most importantly, a healthy lifestyle. Program will be held at the Lodge on Wednesdays from 9am-10am.
-Multisport – Next session at Levy starts March 21st. Next Callahan session starts April 24th. Next Steere Farm Session begins April 5th.
-Summer Programs– Working on scheduling summer programs
-Sunshine Club– February meeting had 8 volunteers that made 18 gifts. Next meeting scheduled for March 19th to make 26 gifts.
-Yoga Nidra – Classes discontinued due to lack of enrollment.
-Zumba Gold – Classes discontinued due to lack of enrollment.

R e po r t o n R e c r ea t i o n E x p a n s i o n P l a n
-no new updates
R e c re a t i o n D e pa r t m e n t M a s t e r P l a n
-no new updates
R e po r t o n F a t h e r H o l l a n d S c h o o l
-Currently on hold
O a k l a n d B i k e P a th & P a r k S k e tc h e s
-no new updates
Cu rre n t F i e ld & P a r k Us a g e F e e s
-Discussed memo sent to Town Council in 'Correspondence' portion of meeting

New Business

Meeting Adjourned:
-Motion to adjourn made by James Alix
-Second by Aaron Coutu
-Motion passes unopposed, meeting adjourned at 6:45pm EDT

Next Meeting:
-Monday April 9 2018 6:30pm EST
-Burrillville Parks and Recreation Office
-92 North Main St. Pascoag, RI 02859

Minutes record by:
Timothy Pratt - Recreation Commission