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1987-03-12 AGENDA RECREATION MEETING March 12, 1987 CALL MEET ING TO ORDER PRESENT : PATRICK MANNING - Re: Cooke Foundation Recreation Area DENNIS LASOWSKI - Re: Purchase Procedures CORRESPONDANCE- 1. Request for Fields from Patrick Richard of "Raiders"Softball League REPORTS H. J. M. J .M. E. K. N.D. H. S. B.W. R.H. OLD BUS INESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Light on Flag Pole at Castle Point Boa tRamp "Money In Lieu of Land" proposal from $500. to $800. Easter Egg Party Field Trip for "Stone ridge" and"Spring Terrace" NEW BUSINESS 1. Lands of Kab1aoui - Subdivision New Hackensack Road 12 Lots 2. Acquisition of Land. MEETING ADJOURNED NEXT MEETING ... -.. WAPp O((~<... :t~ ..:lo.~~e-;; : _ ... t;'.i>. ~'. ;/ \"'~'~.. '. .-,.,,';.,\~...,.~: 0/ , ....' ..... I. . . I> O.~J~ c::., ~ /~.; .A~ r /" C'~ ~~ .~~...; fss cO / TOWN OF WAPPINGER RECREATION COMMISSION MILL STREET WAPPINGERS FALLS. N. Y. 12590 MINUTES MARCH 12, 1987 NEXT MEETING 7:30 P.M. APRIL 9, 1987 The regular meeting of the Town of Wappinger Recreation Commission was held March 12, 1987 at Town Hall, 20 Midd1ebush Road, Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York. Mr. Holt opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. with the following persons present: Ralph J. Holt, Chairman, Commission Members Ellen Korz, Hugh J. Maurer, Joseph Mastroianni and Bill Wood. Nancy Drennan arrived at 7:45. Bernard Reimer, the new Director of Recreation and John Vorndran the new Maintenance Supervisor arrived at 8:15. Others present were Patrick Manning and Councilman David Reis. HARRY ST. JOHN COOKE FOUNDATION Before starting our regular agenda, Patrick Manning from the Harry St. John Cooke Foundation gave a presentation on the proposed tri-town recreation area. Proposed at this facility is a 50 meter olympic pool with diving area, deck, stadium bleachers and a moveable bottom to facilitate handicapped. Also planned are a gym, teen center, senior citizen center and a nauta1is. At present they are not asking the Towns for any money. It is hoped that $800,000. will be raised from fund raisers and money from the business community. It is hoped that these funds will be kept invested. All they are asking from the Towns is to consider the use of their facilities for their programs. He indicated that several companies have already indicated that they would donate labor. and that they are still trying to organize all this data. Mr. Holt questioned whether there would be time set aside for the public or just mainly swim teams using the pool. Mr. Manning mentioned that he had told the swim teams from the beginning that the public and School District would have priority. He mentioned that a proposed pool might be L-Shaped whereby the swim teams could use one part and the re~t of the pool would be open for others. Of course, they are still in the planning stage and are looking at various sketches. It was decided that we should keep involved in the plans and keep informed as to what is progressing. Mrs. Drennan and Mrs. Korz will attend these meetings. The minutes of the February 12th, 1987 meeting were approved on a motion by Mr. Wood, seconded by Mr. Maurer with the following corrections: 1. Page 2 under "Letter from Dutchess Debs" it should read - "send a note to them offering the use of the Castle Point Field and invite them to inspect the site to see if it would take care of some of their field require- ments. '. Minutes March 12, 1987 Page 2 2. Page 3 under "Chelsea Boat Ramp". The last sentence should read "We want it installed by May 15th. A request was received from the "Raiders Softball League" for fields at Rockingham. We should try and establish whether 80~ might be Town of Wappinger residents before okaying these requests. There is a possib1iity that the team could use it Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday but first we will have to find out what nights the Chelsea Fire Company is scheduled for the field. A request was received from the Soccer League for Rockingham for Saturday, Sunday Afternoon, Monday, Wednesday and Friday and after May 7th every night. After a discussion, it was decided that they will have use of the fields on Saturday, Sunday Afternoon, and Monday. FERTILIZING AND LIMING OF FIELDS A discussion was held regarding wQether the fields should be fertilized and limed and whether to do the.weed killing early in the season. Mr. Maurer felt that the fertilizing should be done because there isn't much top soil on most of the fields. Because there isn't any money in the budget for the fertilizing, it was suggested that we do just the liming. The estimated cost might be $20. a ton. Mr. Maurer will contact someone to do it. It was decided that we will do all areas except for Spook Hill. At Spook Hill we could do a little work in the back at a later time. SENIOR CITIZEN EXERCISE PROGRAM Mr. Mastroianni mentioned that the Senior Citizen Exercise program is getting under way with a contract with the Y.M.C.A. The program will be for 10 months at the K. of C. and will cost $800. He mentioned that they also have insurance for the program. PUBLICITY Mr. Mastroianni brought in a brochure he received from Pawling and he felt that we should look into making up a new brochure. The last one, which was sponsored by Marshall and Ster1ing,was done in 1984. It was suggested that we look into this at a later date after our 5-Year Plan is completed. SENIOR CITIZEN TRIP Mr. Mastroianni mentioned that reservations are filled for the Senior Citizen trip to Pomona on. March 19th. It seems to be a popular trip with the Seniors. ~ r- t =,. Recreation Minutes March 12, 1987 Page 3 ROBINSON LANE Mr. Wood went over a -number of items for Robinson Lane as follows: 1. He brought in a sketch he made for numbering the fields at Robinson Lane. They would be metal signs green lettering on white background. about 12" by 15". These signs would be bolted on each of the backstops. There was a discussion as to whether they should be numbered 1-10 or to keep the present numbers SB, SL, R, etc. Mr. Wood felt they should be numerically numbered. Others felt they should go with the numbers Little League uses. A decision was made to go with the Little League numbers but Mr. Wood will check with Little League to get their feelings on the matter. 2. Mr. Wood referred to a letter written November 26, 1986 to Little League and mentioned that several of the items in the letter were not done or not done correctly. He reviewed the following items: a. Foul Line Fencing on R4 was suppose to be 100' and A-I Fence put in 40' 6' high fencing. Mr. Wood checked the voucher and we paid for what was actually installed. It was felt that 60' more fencing 4' high be put on each side. He also mentioned that the fence was not put in deep enough as it was 8" off the ground. This also must be fixed. It was decided that the additional fencing would not be added this year but the fence already in will be set properly. b. Fencing was to be placed between Girls Senior League 1 and T-Ba11 Field. It was decided to place 100 ft. of snow fence there. c. Fix the fencing on SL2. It was decided to place snow fencing there. Approximately 550' of fencing would be needed for this job at about $30. a roll. Mr. Vorndran will check on obtaining the snow fence for these two places. d. Little League asked for a replacement harrow and in our answer to them we stated that it wasn't our practice to buy tools for them. They came back and stated that we purchased the one that is presently at Robinson Lane. Mr. Maurer mentioned that we have a couple and it was decided that we swap the one they have for one of our other ones. e. They requested outfield fencing for R-3 and R-4, 330' each and we said we would check our future budget for any extra monies. It is still too early to tell if there will be any money for this in the 1987 budget. Mr. Maurer felt that we shouldn't lock in these fields from other people using them. We might consider snow fence for a while but not this year. We will tell Little League that we will address this item at a later date. , ilo Recreation Minutes March 12, 1987 Page 4 f. We need to do something on the Instructional Field. Last year Rood Nursery provided the snow fencing but removed it at the end of the season. Again it was decided that snow fence be put up and it was thought we would need 4 more rolls. Mr. Vorndran thought the fence was still there but down. He will check on this and if it is just down it will be fixed. If not the new fencing will be purchased. g. Regarding the request for fencing for on deck batting areas on Rl, R2, R3, and R4, we were confused by their presentation. What they want is la' x la' on the outside to protect the small kids from running into the batters. They said if we put up 2 fences they would do the other two It would be hooked on the present fence and on the dug out. Mr. Maurer felt that by doing this we would have another maintenance problem. It was decided that we understand their need but we can't do it this year. h. Little League mentioned that the sod cutter located in the SLl storage area is in bad shape. The blades are beat up and control cables are off. It is not useable as it is. Mr. Vorndran will get it and try and fix it. 3. R-2 dug out will be replaced tomorrow' morning. 4. The contractor is ready to tear down the Brian Holt dug out and put in the new footings and dug out. 5. Mr. Wood mentioned that the R-l gate is broken and suggested that A-l Fence take care of this when they fix the fence on R-4. 6. Little League has requested that we obtain a Town Flag for Robinson. It was decided to request a flag which will be flown under the American Flag on the present pole. 7. Little League has requested two 10 MPH Speed Limit Signs. One would be placed at the entrance to the Park and one down by the store. The secretary will order them from Brighton Steel. 8. Handles on the fountains were missing from the girls field. They should be replaced. 9. Mr. Wood mentioned that the alarm system was not hooked up which brought up the fact that the doors purchased a few years ago for Martz were not the correct size. Mr. Vorndran mentioned that he thought Page had a similiar door and he will look into this and then see about getting the alarms hooked up. 10. Mr. Maurer mentioned that the lock set on the ladies room is broken again. We will see about getting a cheap set for now and get it replaced. 11. Mr. Wood mentioned that the roof on the R-l storage area needed to be fixed. Mr. Vorndran will check on this. . .. Minutes March 12, 1987 Page 5 12. The Girls Softball League has made a proposal to electrify the Girls S. B. 1. They want to run a line down the pole by the right field line, dig a trench 6 ft and put a 4 x 4 up with a lock box on it. This would enable them to use their pitching machine. It would also be used for the concession stand on opening day. It was decided it was a good idea but even though Central Hudson would do it at no charge there would be a monthly service charge of between $10. and $12. whether it is used or not. After a discussion, it was decided to put it in but it should be put on the telephone pole and be locked. 13. The secretary was requested to order a porta john to be delivered March 19th for 1 month. After that it can be moved to the Castle Point Field. 14. A request for fields was received from the Sunday Morning Softball League. It was mentioned that they gave us some problems last year in that they broke the locks on SL-l to get bases and brought kegs and cases of beer to the fields. This will not be tolerated and it was decided that a letter be sent so indicating. It was decided that the Sheriff's Dept. be called if alcoholic beverages are brought to the field. 15. Mr. Wood mentioned that we still haven't been able to get a caretaker to open the gate, put up the flag and clean the bathrooms. Mrs. Drennan mentioned that she might have someone who might be interested. She will check on it and if not we might have to put an ad in the paper. 16. Mr. Wood mentioned that Ketcham J. V. has requested the use of fields at Robinson Lane from 2-4 for practice. This has been okayed. 17. We still don't have any boys to line the fields. of suggestions were made - 1. to have our maintenance boys do it. letters to Dutchess County Personnel and Community College. A couple 2. write 18. The water needs to be turned on by April 15th. 19. The new field liners are on order. REESE PARK Mr. Wood asked if we should take a stand on the proposals for the sewer plant for Reese Park. Mr. Holt mentioned that for the time being we will just keep the park cleaned up. CASTLE POINT Mr. Wood asked Mr. Vorndran to see that a set of bleachers now at Schlathaus Park be taken to the Castle Point Field. , ..., Minutes March 12, 1987 Page 6 CASTLE POINT CON'T The flag is now being flown at Castle Point. A request was put in by Art Coughlin to put a light on the pole to light up the flag so he doesn't have to raise it and lower it every day. Mr. Maurer said that there wasn't any power there and it was suggested that no lights be installed until we do some work at the site (upgrade it). CHELSEA BOAT RAMP The request to the Town Board to go to bid on the ramp was tabled at their March 2nd meeting. Councilman Reis was present and voiced his concern regarding the parking problems that exist at that area. He felt that the ramp would attract even more boaters and there just isn't any place to park. After a discussion, it was decided to write a letter to the Town Board to withdraw our request to put in the dock because of the parking situation but to emphasize that the ramp will remain open. MONEY IN LIEU OF LAND Mr. Holt mentioned that at the March 2nd Town Board meeting the Board voted to increase "Money In Lieu of Land" from $500. to $650. MOSQUITO SPRAYING Mrs. Drennan questioned Councilman Reis about the Spraying for Mosquitos. She was told that the County does the spraying and that we should send a letter to Councilman Reis asking that the Town request that the County spray all our Town Recreation Areas. KENT ROAD POND It was requested that a "Do Not Block Driveway" sign be ordered to be placed at Ye Olde Apple Orchard. The resident next to the access road keeps parking his car in the drive thus blocking it. 5 -YEAR PLAN Mr. Holt mentioned that a letter will be sent to the Little League, Soccer and Pop Warner asking them for input for the 5-year plan. A Special Meeting will be called on March 26th to go over the suggestions made so far. '- Minutes March 12, 1987 Page 7 LAND OF KABAOUI 12 Lots NEW HACKENSACK ROAD The subdivision plat for the above was reviewed and it was the Commission's decision to request money in lieu of land. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOND ACT Mr. Wood requested that the Secretary call Mr. Robert Arnold of the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation for a copy of the Final Regulations and Application procedures for Title 9. The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 on a motion by Mr. Wood seconded by Mr. Maurer. ~~~ Pe ggy Roe Secretary ." 1",~ BILLS PAID DURING MARCH 00-06-7110.40 Urey Hardwar,e $ 16.59 00-06-7140.1 Giannina Pou1ios Cathy Yacovelli 75.00 100.00 00-06 -7140.4 Reichardt Flag Shop 284.32 Encumbered Pine Plains Ford Tractor 176.33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Football Club $3,000.00