2006-09-20
LPAC MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 20, 2006
Attending were Tom Clark, Joan Fairbank, Nancy Clark, Rich
Benevento, Liz Caputo, Nick Zarkades, Bruce Doig, Ginny Currier
and Bob Griffin.
Since 2002 the Lynch Park Advisory Committee has had numerous
members, but a dedicated core remains. It is this group which
wishes to implement a new position for directly addressing the
rehabilitation and construction needs of the Carriage House
under the aegis of the city. The group wishes to move beyond an
advisory capacity to enable it to do three things: enter into
contracts, control fund-raising and raise volunteer labor as has
been done in both the schools and fire departments.
While various city departments work out of budgets from their
own Enterprise Funds, the programs are elastic, and the current
fund-raising process raises gray areas for LPAC which would be
eliminated if this advisory panel were made an official subset
of the Parks and Recreation Commission, which would in turn be
able to negotiate contracts for further rehabilitation of the
carriage house in particular and other projects as the need
arises.
Bob Griffin, as a member of the Building Commission, pointed out
that under the city charter all work going out to bid must be
approved by the commission; however ‘oddball’ jobs such as the
paint job that Henry Swanson paid for to spruce up the North
Beverly Fire Station don’t go out to bid and the agreement is
informal.
It was agreed to send a letter to Mayor Scanlon requesting a
meeting with the City Council to forge a new set of capacities
for the committee. The group agreed that it doesn’t wish to
become a separate entity like the Golf & Tennis Commission but
to remain under the Parks and Recreation Commission. It also
wishes to have Recreation Director Bruce Doig in charge of the
carriage house in its entirety, with the capacity to control
usage of the building.
It was also agreed that Nick would design a half-page ad for the
winter Rec. Dept. bulletin for Maria’s, winner of Best Pizza in
Beverly during David S. Lynch Day. Tom Clark awarded a plaque to
Paul Lazarides of Maria’s and to Dick Williams of Dick & June’s
at the September City Council session.
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