Willington Recreation Commission
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Town Offices, 40 Old Farms Road, Willington, Connecticut 06279 (860) 487-3108
Committee Minutes
Special Meeting
May 16th, 2005
7:00 PM
Attending Members: Mike Harnad, Mike Pinatti, Joseph Colangelo and Bob Portello. John Sahi was also in attendance.
Meeting called to order at 7:10 PM.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes from the previous WRC meeting were reviewed. Bob Portello, due to the absence of Joseph Colangelo at the last meeting presented the minutes. The motion to accept was by Mike Harnad with a second by Joseph Colangelo. Members were unanimous in approval.
GENERAL DISCUSSION:
A. It has been requested by the President of the Mansfield Pop Warner football program that the new all purpose field at the RRAC be use for occasional practice sessions for a team in the organization that is mostly comprised of Willington, Ashford and Union youths. It was decided that the practices be allowed with a provided schedule. The WRC feels that if the RRAC field is not ready in time for sessions this year, that the field behind the Town Hall Building is used instead.
OLD BUSINESS:
Bob Portello reported on the WRC calendar he is preparing to help in tracking and setting up annual WRC events and programs.
Mike Harnad reported on the basketball document he is preparing to provide a written guide for the implementation of our basketball program.
John Sahi reported that two poles had been erected at the Hall School outdoor basketball court with proceeds from the PTA basketball fund-raiser. The backboards will be place in the next two weeks, with other poles and backboards to follow.
NEW BUSINESS:
It was decided that the WRC would not have a presence at Willington Day this year. The WRC plans to have an interactive and informational booth for Willington Day 2006.
The NFL Flag Football program is being pursued as a multi town league to be run and implemented by the WRC. Applications have been sent out. Mike Harnad is calling Recreation Departments in neighboring towns to raise awareness of the program, and find other teams.
ADJOURMENT:
There was a motion made by Bob Portello to adjourn, which Mike Harnad seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 7:32PM. The next regular WRC meeting was scheduled for May 24th, 2005 at 7:00PM.
At 7:32PM the meeting was reconvened to continue General Discussion with John Patton present to speak.
GENERAL DISCUSSION CONTINUED:
The property at River Road referred to as the RRAC is under construction at this time. A budget of $65,000.00 was granted by the CIP for use on the construction of the baseball portion of the RRAC for the summer of 2005. This money is to become available at the end of June 2005. A proposal will be created by the WRC and presented to the Board of Finance at a Town Meeting for approval.
John Sahi will walk the property on the 17th of May with Karl Asimovick to discuss the creation of a Request for Proposal by various subcontractors for work necessary to complete a Little League regulation baseball field in the appropriate location.
There are some existing funds remaining for the processing and spreading of some gravel on site to be used in the baseball field. A contractor will be secured for this work before the end of June 2005 to allow for the other work on the baseball field to continue. John Sahi will be securing the contract and scope of work for this installation.
John Patton suggested that there might be some chain link fencing that was removed from the RRAC site during construction that is still stored and possibly useable in the rear of the property to keep people from walking down to the train tracks. John Sahi will try to locate this fencing.
ADJOURNMENT:
There was a motion made by Joseph Colangelo to adjourn, which was seconded by Mike Pinatti. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55PM.
Respectfully submitted 5/18/05
Joseph C. Colangelo
Joseph C. Colangelo
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