Burrillville Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes

Burrillville Recreation Commission Regular Meeting
Burrillville Parks & Recreation Office
92 North Main Street
Pascoag, RI 02859
March 11, 2019
6:30pm EST
Meeting called to order by Sharon Davies at 6:30pm EDT
Present: Sharon Davies Justin Batalon James Alix
Timothy Pratt Gregory Devlin Christopher Goody
Jeff McCormick (DPW) Aaron Coutu Terrie Reis
Raymond Trinque – Town Council

Excused:
-none
Absent:
-none
Guests:
-none
Minutes of February 11, 2019 Recreation Commission Regular meeting
-Motion to accept by James Alix
-Second by Raymond Trinque
-Motion passes unopposed
Correspondence:
-Tim Pratt discussed letter to be sent to Nick DeSalvo for more information regarding the Disc
Golf Course.
Good & Welfare:
-none
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 – There were 698 participants for the month of January and 14 new
participants
-Burrillville Weekend Snack Pack Program – Total participants has dropped to 36.
Several students moved out of district and a few middle schoolers are too embarrassed
to take the bag. Received $5,000 grant from the Levy Foundation.
-Dance– Several new programs beginning March 16th at the Lodge and BMS
-Digital Photography 101 – 4 students have registered for the class. Next session begins
March 4.
-Earth Day Clean Up – Lion’s have purchased gloves. Lion’s club to contact Dunkin
Donuts for donations. Working on ads and flyers. New t-shirt design complete and tshirts
ordered.
-Easter Event – Received confirmation of donation of 6 raffle baskets. Mach 1 soccer
has offered to help spread eggs. Flyers to go home and be put up around town this
week. Dunkin donuts to donate coffee, hot chocolate and donuts for the event. bunny
suit picked up from the cleaners. Tickets now available for the breakfast.
-Facebook/Newsletters/Website- Posted Easter event flyers. March calendar posted.
-Family Fair – Invites and registration forms went out to prior participants and are
available online.
-Forever Fit – Approximately 20 people have been attending. Numbers recently dropped
due to weather conditions.
-Multi-Sport – WLC has 16 students.
-Rad Kids – Meeting rescheduled due to snow storm.
-Senior Grant – New flyer has been created and posted for upcoming Assembly events.
-Senior Meal Site – Working on possible dates to combine it with our new quarterly
Senior Lunch and Learn Program.
-Sunshine Club– Next meeting scheduled for March 25th.
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
-Contigent on budget, may be pushed back
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
-Ray Trinque mentioned the possibility of reaching out to the head of planning committee
-New discussion item to be added for April on Comprehensive Plan
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
-Working with DEM regarding drainage issues
-Grant extended 2 years
-Current location may be use to park/store machinery for upcoming Oakland Water
Project
Disc Golf
-Reviewed during correspondence
Review of State Recreation Plan
-Statewide map available, legends are out of date
-Once updated, the State map could be updated
-Map can be used to promote Burrillville Recreation resources
Consideration & Possible Action:
none

New Business
Discussion:
none
Consideration & Possible Action:
none
Meeting Adjourned:
-Motion to adjourn made by Raymond Trinque
-Second by James Alix
-Motion passes unopposed, meeting adjourned at 6:44pm EDT
Next Meeting:
-Monday April 8 2019 6:30pm EDT
-Jesse M Smith Memorial Library
-Conference Room
-100 Tinkham Ln, Harrisville, RI 02830
Minutes record by: Timothy Pratt - Recreation Commission