Burrillville Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes

Burrillville Recreation Commission Regular Meeting
Burrillville Parks & Recreation Office
92 North Main Street
Pascoag, RI 02859
June 10, 2019
6:30pm EST

Meeting called to order by Sharon Davies at 6:31pm EDT

Present:

Excused:
-none

Absent:
-Justin Batalon

Guests:
-Judy Lopez, Spring Lake Beach Manager

Minutes of May 13, 2019 Recreation Commission Regular meeting
-Motion to accept by James Alix
-Second by Aaron Coutu
-Motion passes unopposed

Correspondence:
-none

Good & Welfare:
-Family Fair on Saturday June, 15th

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
-Blackstone in Bloom – Project nearly complete at Bleiweis Park. DPW summer crew
assisted with mulch and weeding. Lions and Conservation Commission volunteers
planted 5 trees and spread grass seed. Parks and Rec, Lions and Conservation
Commission planted flowers/plants. Roots and Shoots assisted with design and layout.
Judging to take place on June 27th.
-Burrillville Weekend Snack Pack Program – Several monetary donations received this
week. Two families have signed up for the summer program. Working with the nurses
to continue to provide the bags to children who participate in the summer ESY program.
$395 was raised in cash for the Stuff the Bus Fundraiser. Stuff the bus fundraiser was a
HUGE success. Over $300 was collected in monetary donations, and almost all bus
seats were filled with food. All collected food has been inventoried for the fall.
-Earth Day Clean Up – A total of 4.17 tons of litter was collected.
-Facebook/Newsletters/Website- June calendar and family fair trifold posted. Stomp out
Styrofoam video posted. Summer newsletter posted around Town, posted Summer
Meals Program, Stuff the Bus photos, and Summer Art Class Flyer. Posted May
Calendar, Summer Flyer, Family Fair, Hoops Camp, Multi-sport, Safe Sitter, Adult tap,
Line dancing and Self Defense Class. Posted Stuff the Bus pictures.
-Family Fair – 41 registrations to date. Working on layout and maps. 17 raffle items
promised.
-Forever Fit – Approximately 25 people have been attending.
-Line Dancing – New classes being offered at the Lodge from June 30th to August 26th.
Sunday evenings 7-8:30 pm. $40 for 8 lessons or a drop in fee of $8. Taught by
Christine Chito.
-Senior Lunch and Learn– Finalizing dates and locations for next lunch and learn events.
-Self Defense Class – New class to teach self-protection. Class to be held on June 13th
from 7-815pm at WLC. Fee of $15 per participant. Class taught by RI Self Defense.
-Senior Transportation Subcommittee- First meeting was a success with 15 people in
attendance. Both RIPTA and AAA were there to offer support. RIPTA to see if they can
get the flex zone stops altered to meet the needs of seniors at the housing complexes.
-Summer Camps- New summer tap program to run from June 5th – August 14th.
Finalizing plans for summer tennis program. Finalizing plans for two weeks of multisport,
two weeks of art and one week of hoops camp to be offered this summer.
-Summer Meals Program- Working with local farmers to see if there is a way to
collaborate to provide excess programs to summer meal participants. Program to be
offered again this summer with a second location at Veteran’s Park in Pascoag.
Parks and Rec to assist with advertising and recruiting volunteers, as well as providing
activities and entertainment for the opening week of July 8th. Program runs through
August 16th
-Sunshine Club– Next meeting scheduled for June 17th.
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
-Parks and Recreation office moving to DPW offices
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
-No new updates, removing until we hear back with information
Review of State Recreation Plan
-No new updates, removing
Burrillville Comprehensive Plan in Relation to Parks & Recreation
-No new updates, removing
Spring Lake Beach – 2018 review, 2019 preview
-Discussed presenting photo ID when entering beach with season pass
-Champlin Hall sold out for the season
-Added new sand for 2019 season
-Discussed financial reports for 2018 season
-Aaron Coutu motions to formally request annual beach report
-Christopher Goody seconds
-Motion passes unopposed
-Issue with golf balls being hit onto beach property by nearby resident
-Greg Devlin motions to send letter to resident requesting to cease activity
-Joe Risho seconds
-Motion passes unopposed
Blackstone in Bloom Project
-Lewis Bleiwis Park was completed today
-Andrea Hall to send Commission 'before' photos
-Roots and Shoots assisted
-Discussed contest entry
Consideration & Possible Action:
none

New Business
Discussion:
none
Consideration & Possible Action:
Modification of Recreation Department's Rules and Agreements
-Aaron Coutu motions to accept amendments to Recreation Rental agreements
regarding new limited alcohol consumption on Town properties
-Greg Devlin seconds
-Motion passes unopposed

Meeting Adjourned:
-Motion to adjourn made by Greg Devlin
-Second by Joe Risho
-Motion passes unopposed, meeting adjourned at 7:17pm EDT

Next Meeting:
-Monday July 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