2011-08-24-REC-min (Lincoln Park Subcommittee)

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LINCOLN PARK COMVEITTEE Minutes for Aijgust 24, 20 Present: David Williams, Chair, Lynne Wilson Nell walker Brian Ke lle y , Ed and Kri Y y, y, a s Burton. Also: David Pinsonneault, Operations Manag DPW, and wend Rudner from Recreation. g Y . The meeting began at 7 :30 with the introduction of David Pinsonneault who has been promoted at DPW. His old fob will be.filled by Chris Filadora who will work with us, and Dave 'will, ask him to attend our next* meeting. He said the trees and plantings in the parking area have died for a varie g p � of reasons. Wes Wirth and his company have worked with the Town on design issues, especially at 0 the parking lot, They will fix the drainage, improve the planting beds, install different trees, and modify the water systems, aerating and irrigating the street trees. He asked if the committee will help pay for this work. Nell asked' h'm if the street trees on Worthen Road could be watered. Brian brought copies of the plans for the bathrooms. The agreement between Lions Club and the Town has still not been signed, which is disap ointin as no donations can be made until a bank p g account is set up. The Building Permit must be renewed, but everything else is ready to o, He is g hopeful the agreement will be sign next week. He has extra plans available if anyone wants one. This plan is final, and there will be no "tweaking." Recreation has seen and approved it and the Building Dept. has signed off on it. There followed a discussion of maintenance — who will clean the bathrooms and how often. How will this. be paid for. DPW will hose it dawn first thin . every' weeWa morning, extra fun g rY Y g7 s r d may be needed for weekends. Perhaps a small amount could be added to the charge for the fields to help with the clean -up. Locks will be installed on a timer. We should add a statement to the donor sign, saying 'Please Respect This Project" or words to that effect. Nell praised the Boy Scouts for their 2 major p in Ma and August and said the did a `o J P J Y y god.. job. David will write a thank -you to the Scouts and the MinuteMan. Lussier has done alot of work" on the watering system' this summer. The drainage at the Cart Path is spectacular th r n v g p ate now goes off to the side. Bill Brumback went to the Park yesterday to clean up invasives. The tree work has opened up the views.. Nell has had a small crew of 3 towork this summer. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of dogs at the Park receritl .The are rennin Y. Y g around ofd leash and jumping up on people. They are messing up the boardwalks, and owners are not cleaning up after them. The committee all agreed that all dogs s must be leashed at all times and g , owners must clean up after them, Simple signs are needed ASAP and these may encourage other visitors to the Park to speak - up, We will need permission to p a signs Hayden land. Th p p p g on y n e benches have been vandalized more this year than ever, and the graffiti has been terrible. Nell sent some email pictures to Mr. Lee, showing the la ue and he is satisfied. P q The minutes for the June 8 meeting were accepted as written. All in favor. The next meeting is scheduled for September 21 at 7 :30 Meeting adjourned at 9 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kristine Burton