Burrillville Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes
Burrillville Recreation Commission Regular Meeting
Burrillville Parks & Recreation Office
92 North Main Street
Pascoag, RI 02859
April 8, 2019
6:30pm EST
Meeting called to order by Sharon Davies at 6:30pm EDT
Present: Andrea Hall (DPW) Justin Batalon James Alix Jeff McCormick (DPW) Gregory Devlin Christopher Goody Raymond Trinque – Town Council Aaron Coutu Terrie Reis Joseph Risho Timothy Pratt Sharon Davies
Excused:
-none
Absent:
-none
Guests:
-none
Minutes of March 11, 2019 Recreation Commission Regular meeting
-Motion to accept by James Alix
-Second by Greg Devlin
-Motion passes unopposed
Correspondence:
-Letter for disc golf sent requesting additional detail
-RI Ethics survey
Good & Welfare:
-Welcome Joe Risho to the Recreation Commission
-James Alix discussed possibility of signage along Burrillville bike path to direct flow of traffic
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
-AAA Driver Improvement Program – looking into offering a safe driving program for
seniors at the Lodge in conjunction with AAA.
-Boot Camp – There were 653 participants for the month of February and 2 new participants.
-Burrillville Weekend Snack Pack Program – Next packing session scheduled for 4/23.
Stuff the Bus fundraiser planned for 5/18 in conjunction with Dattco. Planning next packing session for mid-April.
-Earth Day Clean Up – Lion’s to purchase bags as KBVB will not be donating as much as in the past. Quadrants assigned. T-shirts and giveaways received. Dunkin Donuts
confirmed.
-Easter Event – Another successful egg hunt and breakfast! 110 people attended the breakfast and approximately 800 attended the Egg Hunt.
-Facebook/Newsletters/Website- AAA driver course and Radkids posted, Easter events pictures posted.
-Family Fair – To date 11 registration forms have been received. Working on scheduling food trucks. Invites and registration forms went out to prior participants and are available
online. Scheduled balloon artist from 11-1; pony rides from 1030-130. Max man booked.
-Forever Fit – Approximately 18 people have been attending. Numbers recently dropped due to weather conditions.
-Multi-Sport – Levy has 12 participants, SFE has 19.
-Rad Kids – Working in conjunction with the school department to offer the RAD kids personal empowerment program. Starting with SFE and WLC schools for a pilot program in May. Flyers sent home with students.
-Senior Lunch and Learn – First quarterly lunch and learn scheduled for May 7th at the Lodge. 4 “vendors” have been scheduled – The Town, PUD, RIPTA and Well One. RIPTA to bring a Flex Bus and offer a short tour of stops.
-Sunshine Club– Next meeting scheduled for April 22nd.
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
-Continues to be a work in progress
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
Disc Golf
-Reviewed during correspondence
Review of State Recreation Plan
-Christopher Goody discussed possibility of directional signs on town walking paths
-Review possible connection of Burrillville bike path to North Smithfield bike path
Consideration & Possible Action:
none
New Business
Discussion:
Burrillville Comprehensive Plan in Relation to Parks & Recreation
-State map listing Burrillville resources is outdated
-James Alix inquired as to Council priorities, Commission can engage Council to give attention to certain issues
-Councilman Raymond Trinque suggested inviting Ray Goff of Planning Division to our May meeting
-James Alix motioned to invite Ray Goff to our May meeting
-Second by Terrie Reis
-Motion passes unopposed
Consideration & Possible Action:
none
Meeting Adjourned:
-Motion to adjourn made by Aaron Coutu
-Second by Terrie Reis
-Motion passes unopposed, meeting adjourned at 6:59pm EDT
Next Meeting:
-Monday May 13 2019 6:30pm EDT
-Jesse M Smith Memorial Library
-Conference Room
-100 Tinkham Ln, Harrisville, RI 02830
Minutes record by: Timothy Pratt - Recreation Commission