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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-09-19-REC-min`O VS M010? 1775 �c U APRIL19" l F XI NC, Frederick DeAngelis, Chairman Wendy Rudner Sandra Shaw Howard Vogel, Vice Chairman Lisah Rhodes Lexington Recreation Committee Tel: (781) 862- 0500 x262 Fax: (781) 861 -2747 Minutes of Meeting of September 19, 2012 A joint meeting of the Recreation Committee and the Lincoln Park Subcommittee was held on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. at the Worthen Road entrance to Lincoln Park. Recreation Committee Members Present: Sandra Shaw, Wendy Rudner, Lisah Rhodes, Rick DeAngelis and Howard Vogel Lincoln Park Subcommittee Members Present: David Williams, Lynne Wilson, Robert Pressman Staff Present: Karen Simmons, Director of Recreation, Chris Filadoro, Superintendent of Public Grounds, Peter Coleman, Supervisor of Recreation and Sheila Butts, Assistant Recreation Director Others Present: Wesley Wirth, Lincoln Park Subcommittee Landscape Architect Rick DeAngelis, Chairman of the Recreation Committee and David Williams, Chairman of the Lincoln Park Subcommittee opened the joint meeting of the Recreation Committee and Lincoln Park Subcommittee meeting at 5:34 p.m. 1. Tour Lincoln Park with the Lincoln Park Sub - Committee Members of the Recreation Committee and the Lincoln Park Subcommittee proceeded to take a walking tour along the Lincoln Park bike path, trails, and boardwalk to observe, evaluate and appraise the clean -up, pruning, planting and other landscaping work that has been completed on and adjacent to the bike path, trails and boardwalks at Lincoln Park. Wesley Wirth a landscape architect working with the Lincoln Park Subcommittee narrated the tour, describing local vegetation, new plantings, invasive species, and planned work proposals by the Lincoln Park Subcommittee in the future. The Joint meeting of the Recreation Committee and Lincoln Park Subcommittee adjourned at 6:37 p.m. Town of Lexington Recreation Committee 1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE • LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420 At the conclusion of the joint meeting the Recreation Committee acted on the following agenda items: 1. Citizens and other Boards — none present 2. Recreation Committee Five Year Capital Plan Karen Simmons, Director of Recreation, provided members of the Recreation Committee with information about a modification to the Recreation Five -Year Capital Plan, which was submitted on September 14, 2012. The addition is to Project # 280/Priority 4 — Pine Meadow Improvements, and adds a $75,000 request in FY14 from the Recreation Enterprise Fund to dredge the lower irrigation pond between the 2nd and 8 th fairways at Pine Meadows Golf Club. Rick DeAngelis made a motion to accept the Recreation Five -Year Capital Plan as modified and revised on September 18, 2012. Sandra Shaw seconded the motion. The Recreation Committee unanimously approved the motion 5 — 0. The next meeting of the Recreation Committee will take place on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 in the Recreation Office at the Town Office Building at 7:00 p.m. The September 19, 2012 meeting of the Recreation Committee adjourned at 6:50 p.m. The following documents /exhibits distributed at the meeting are attached: Respectfully Submitted, Sheila Butts