1999-05-06
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Parks and Recreation Commission
Subcommittee:
Date: May 6, 1999
Place: Recreation Dept.
Board members present: Bruce Doig, Elizabeth Caputo, Albert W. Churchill, Jr., David
Gardner, Kevin Hobin, Jane Lyman and Lauren Young.
Board members absent: Ivy Mahan, Arthur Powell
Others present: Joan Fairbank, Recreation Director, Mari Matt, Tom Scullly, Phil Klimiwicz, and
Michael Papamechail
Minutes of previous meeting were accepted as written.
Bruce thanked everyone for the tremendous effort on Sunday for Touch -a-Truck. Was a great
event.
Mr. Papamechail talked about the project at the Common, as well as others. Hope to have many
things done by Memorial Day. Discussed Odell Park. Would like to make some changes there.
Need to speak to the Veterans. Also discussed need for drainage and a new water fountain for
Lynch, as well as, drainage at the side of the building where the shower is located.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
· Beverly Golf & Tennis Club: pool needed extensive work to bring it up to code, also Tennis
courts have had some repairs. Long term goal is to move 2 of the clay courts to make room
for some parking.
· Joan & Commission have been invited to the Finance & Property Meeting on Tuesday 5/11 at
6:30 pm regarding Maplewood equipment. Also a meeting with Public Service & Aid on
Monday 6:30 at City Hall regarding signs.
· Lauren Young and Tom Scully met regarding space usage for old schools, etc. They have
arranged a meeting with Mr. Lupini on May 24 at 3 pm. Will have more information following
that meeting.
Commission met with Tom Bussone who was present representing Little League. They are
requesting permission to install a scoreboard for 1st field (will be donated from Snapple without
any advertizing) and some batting cages (which have also been donated) at Harry Ball Field.
Teams will have a set schedule for use of the cages. They will only be used under close
supervision of their coaches. There will be no special lighting and no commercial use. Tom
thinks most use would occur: Weekdays (3-8pm), Saturdays (9am - 6pm) , Sundays (3-6 pm ).
Minutes 5/6/99....page 2
Little League will agree to have the Recreation Commission monitor the batting cages and will
adjust the schedule or agree to any restrictions as per the Commission's instructions.
Jane asked about use of the cages for other groups, such as the Recreation Department. Tom
said for Joan to call him and he can get Joan the balls, etc.
· Motion was made to authorize the installation of a second scoreboard for Harry Ball as
described by Mr. Bussone. Motion carried with all in favor.
· Motion to approve the installation of the batting cages subject to the rules and restrictions
set by the Recreation Commission. Motion seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.
* Rules and restrictions to be clarified at the June meeting.
Discussed need to line off the parking lot to get the maximum parking spaces. Tom also
discussed the CORY check process that all coaches must go through. Little League has 250
volunteers that need to be checked. He is in charge of this for this year. Tom suggested that in
the future the Recreation Dept. could make some money registering and CORY checking all
volunteers that coach for a youth league.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
· Code of Ethics sent to Youth Leagues. Girls Softball has been completed. Leagues will keep
the paperwork. It was suggested that each League be asked to certify in writing when this is
complete.
· Request from Eastern Mountain Sports to run a try-a- Kayak day at Dane Street Beach on
June 27 from 8am - 2 pm, in addition, they have asked permission to ask for a donation to
use the Kayak, money collected would be given to a group such as Trustee of Reservations.
It was agreed that an optional donation is acceptable but no one is to be denied use of the
Kayak if they do not have the money.
· Request from a Girls Softball Traveling Team to use Park St. on Sunday mornings through
September for practices. Policy has been not to issue youth permits for Sunday mornings.
One reason is that Sunday mornings should be a quite time for the neighbors as much as
possible. After further discussion, a motion was made that the group be told that we do not
issue permits for youth groups for Sunday mornings. Joan will try to find them some other
field ti me.
· Permit request for Innocenti Park for Friday nights from 10 pm - 1 am. They would play two
games. Since Men's League no longer exists, they could be offered earlier time slots on
other nights. Co-Ed League may expand and may need additional nights. Request was
denied.
Discussed the new budget.
Joan related a call from the Improvement Society that she received. This groups does the
annual planting in the Rose Garden each May. They informed Joan that they would no longer be
able to do the deadheading or the weeding during the summer.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted
Gail Carmody
Recreation Department