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1991-05-09 AGENDA RECREATION MEETING MAY 9, 1991 CALL MEETING TO ORDER PRESENT: APPROVE MINUTES April 18, 1991 Approved Corrections Seconded CORRESPONDENCE 1. Letter from Brian McFarlane - Re: Spook Hill Rec. Area 2. Letter from Philip E. Fox - Re: Boots & Bows 3. Letter from Peter C. Farrell - Re: Parking at Schlathaus for Bavarian Fest 4. Letter from Deer Hill Conference - Re: Summer Swim Program 5. Letter to Supervisor Smith - Re: Montfort Road Property 6. Letter from Al Roberts - Re: Lease of Town Property by Private Organizations REPORTS: K.D. B.R. T.F. E.K. J.M. H.J.M. S.M. D.R. J.V. R.J.H. OLD BUSINESS Dynamark - Re: Alarm System at Robinson Lane NEW BUSINESS MEETING ADJOURNED: NEXT MEETING: ~ .,' ,a MINUTES RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING MAY 9, 1991 NEXT MEETING JUNE 13, 1991 AT 7:30 P.M. AT SCHLATHAUS PARK The regular meeting of the Town of Wappinger Recreation Commission was held May 9, 1991 at Schlathaus Park, All Angels Hill Road, Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Ralph J.Holt. Others present were Recreation Director Bernie Reimer, Senior Citizen Director Kathi DeLisa, Commission Members Ellen Korz, Joseph Mastroianni, Hugh J. Maurer, Donald Rider and Maintenance Supervisor John Vorndran. The minutes of the April 18, 1991 meeting were approved on a motion by Mr. Mastroianni seconded by Mrs. Korz. CORRESPONDENCE A letter was received from Brian McFarlane regarding fixing up the basket- ball court at the Spook Hill Playground. Mr. Holt asked Mr. Vorndran to check on the condition of the court to see if the repairs could wait until the fall re-paving schedule. If it can wait maybe we could work in conjunction with the Highway Dept. when they are doing their projects. We will fix the nets immediately. As far as installing lights, we aren't sure that we are ready to install them at this time as that always seems to bring about other problems. Mr. Holt will answer this letter as soon as we hear from Mr. Vorndran regarding the condition of the court. We received the usual letter and application from Boots and Bows for sponsorship for the 91/92 season. The application will be signed and forwarded to the School District. A request was received from the New Hackensack Fire Department to use Schlathaus Park for parking for their annual Bavarian Fest June 8, 9, and 10. Approval for this was given but it was suggested that if there is any damage that we would expect them to help with the repairs. Because some of the area tends to be wet especially this time of year, we will have Mr. Vorndran mark off where it would be safe for parking and we would like them to monitor this and if possible consider fencing the wet areas off. We received a contract from Deer Hill Conference Center for the 1991 use of the Deer Hill Pool for our swim program. After reviewing the contract,it was agreed that Mr. Reimer sign on behalf of the Town. We received a copy of a letter from Attorney to the Town Al Roberts to Supervisor Smith regarding the Montfort Road Property re-alignment. Mr. Holt mentioned that he and Mr. Vorndran had met with Mr. Fulton regarding this property realignment and they came to a possible agreement. Mr. Holt said that he would like to speak with Supervisor Smith and the Attorney before their meeting with Mr. Fulton. At their meeting Mr. Fulton also mentioned that he has several Town easements in his deed. The secretary will check into this. ~ i, Recreation Minutes Page 2 May 9, 1991 A letter was forwarded to us from Supervisor Smith regarding lease/license/ Concession of Town Property for Baseball or Soccer Camp Sponsored by a Private Organization. It was suggested that everyone review it for comments at the next meeting. Mrs. Roe spoke with Dynamark Security Systems regarding the Maintenance Plan Agreement. What we have is a hard wire system which doesn't use batteries. She was told that this type of system doesn't usually have too many problems. If we purchased the Plan A, it would cover the motion sensors, wires and the $50.service call charges. We were told that we could judge by our service calls from the previous years whether the service plan would be helpful. It was decided not to go with this Plan. SENIOR CITIZENS Mrs. Delisa gave out their report for the month of April which is attached to these minutes. She also noted the following: 1. There was a serious arguement during the month among three Seniors paying Pokeno making it necessary to adopt the following rule "Anytime such an incident should occur, all those party to the incident will be suspended from the Center for a period of time the Director feels warranted. This behavior cannot and will not be tolerated." 2. Mrs. Delisa is still working with Sylvia Epstein from the Jr. High to integrate students with the Seniors. Hopefully the program will start next week with the Art Class. 3. She spoke with Supervisor Smith about having a blood pressure screening site at Town Hall and Mrs. Smith said she would take care of this since it would have to be held in the Town Meeting Room. 4. Today the Seniors held a barbeque with about 53 members attending. They went through 64 hot dogs and 40 hamburgers. The cost of this came from the Senior's own dues account. 5. The bus trip to the Maritime Center in Norwalk, Conn. is scheduled for May 22nd Mr. Mastroianni asked Mrs. Delisa if she found out anything on the I.B.M. and Rotary picnics. Mrs. Delisa said she found that the I.B.M. picnic was run by I.B.M. East Fishkill and the United Way but so far she has not been able to follow up on this information. Mr. Mastroianni suggested that when the boccie court is completed that we have a boccie ceremony and have tournaments with other Centers. ," .' Recreation Minutes Page 3 May 9, 1991 Mr. Rider asked about the swim program for Seniors at Deer Hill and was told that we felt that there was no response last year when we suggested this. RECREATION DIRECTOR'S REPORT Mr. Reimer mentioned that the concert was a tremendous success and he thanked everyone for the "Team Effort". He mentioned that he had many compliments from the band members regarding the food and the audience enthusiasm. He also thought that we might be able to get them to come with other bands to do more concerts. Mr. Holt thanked Mr. Reimer for all his work in contacting the band and all he did to make it the success it was. Mr. Reimer handed out information on the staffing and calendar for the Summer playgrounds. 22 of the 32 staff members are returning. He mentioned that since we aren't going to attend the conference that he has scheduled two meetings for the staff members. The first is on June 11th to go over payroll information and to have a short meeting with "Sloper" and the second is on June 18th for a meeting with the "Task Force for Child Protection". Both meeting will be held at 6:00 at Schlathaus Park. Playground registration will be held June 24th at Town Hall from 9 - 3. Mr. Reimer mentioned that the new Director from the Health Department has been in touch with Mrs. Roe regarding our Application to run a Summer Camp. Mr. Zoller mentioned that so far he has 25 items to be corrected in our application. The Commission was disturbed and felt that they want us to close down and that some of the items are unreasonable. We do not want to be classified as a Camp but a Playground such as East Fishkill and Fishkill. It was suggested that a meeting be set up with Peter Mack of the Health Department as soon as possible to get some answers on the classification. All building requests for the Fall and Winter programs and the Summer of 1992 have been submitted to the Schools. He doesn't know how the cuts and the budget problems will effect the programs. MARTZ FIELD Mr. Rider mentioned that there are several rough spots on the basketball court. Mr. Vorndran will check this out. The trees by the memorial stone are a mess. It was decided that these should be removed and a slower growing tree be put in. If these can be removed without too much damage they can be replanted at the barn. Mr. Rider mentioned that the left hand corner of the fence around the field has been run into and needs fixing. It is an old fence and Mr. Vorndran will check and see if he can do anything with it. One of the swings need to be repaired. " ,: 0 to, Recreation Minutes Page 4 May 9, 1991 TENNIS The court lights should be put on around May 30th. The tennis courts need to be resurfaced. The last price we received was back in 1988 and it was for $10,000. We will have to look at this when the budget time comes. It was suggested that Mr. Maurer check this out and give us some ideas on what could be done. Mr. Rider asked about putting up a single wooden wall for tennis and/or racquetball. He said he has seen one in Fishkill and it was made of treated plywood. Mr. Holt mentioned that the Ketcham Hockey players have been playing on the Tennis courts. He has asked them to leave several times but they just go back as soon as he leaves. He also noticed that people are being intimidated by these kids and are not playing tennis. We will have to speak with the Town Patrol about this. There are signs up already saying "sneakers only" and we have signs on order which say "No Hockey or Roller Skating". Hopefully the patrol will help us with this situation. ROCKINGHAM Since we can't do anything with the manhole at the turn at the above site, Mr. Rider asked if we could do something on the fencing making it kiddie corner. Mr. Maurer and Mr. Vorndran didn't think anything could be done there because the clay there sometimes bleeds. It was suggested that we discuss this with Mr. Tremper of Camo. Mr. Rider mentioned that he thought that the seeding that we did in the Spring was worth it. The grass seems to be much better. BUS TRIP A discussion was held about sponsoring a bus trip to a soccer game in Albany. The possibile dates would be June 7, 14, or 29. The cost for the bus through Leprechaun Lines would be $517. on Friday and $542. on Saturdays and the bus would accomodate approximately 47-49 people. If we did this we would only pay for the bus and the participants would pay for any other expenses incurred. Mr. Maurer questioned about what would happen when other groups requested trips i.e. baseball, Little League, Hockey etc. We decided that not enough people would benefit and we will not do this. . ~ '.. ,. ( .... Recreation Minutes Page 5 May 9, 1991 ROBINSON LANE Little League has agreed to give us one of the truck bodies which we will move to Castle Point for storage of the chalk dust and playground supplies. Mr. Reimer asked about storage for the Robinson Lane Playground and Mr. Holt said he hoped Little League would let us use a part of the new building for this purpose. SOCCER Mr. Holt asked Mr. Rider to go down to Fishkill and mark off and line the fields assoon as possible. We will chalk it the first time and then Fishkill will take over. Mrs. Roe will call Glen Scofield of Fishkill tomorrow to make sure it has been mowed. BOAT RAMP Mr. Vorndran mentioned that the boat ramp will be put in next week. A patrol will be obtained for the Memorial Day weekend Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mr. Maurer asked if Mr. Wood (previous Commission Member) had written to the railroad to use their property. Mr. Maurer was asked to make up a description of the area in question and Mr. Holt will write the letter. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 on a motion by Mr. Maurer seconded by Mrs. Korz. Peggy Roe Secretary A-1620.41 A-1620.40 A-7620 .4 A-7020.2 A-7110.2 A-7110.21 A-7110.4 BIllS PAID DURING MAY 1991 Sylvan lake Telephone Robinson lane #227-9434 Period 4/26 - 5/25 New York Telephone Co. Period 5/3/91 to 6/3/91 Schlathaus Park # 297-4752 Barn Montfort Road # 297-3692 Quiet Acres # 297-7780 Martz Field # 297-9928 Spook Hill # 297-9861 Central Hudson Tennis Courts #7690-0425-00 3/20 - 4/23 All Angels Hill Rd. #7808-0390-00 2/28 - 4/25 Schlathaus Park #7808-0400-01 2/28 - 4/25 Robinson lane (Rec.) #7371-1295-00 2/27 - 4/30 Robinson lane #7371-1300-00 2/27 - 4/30 Hobby Hut Regina Waldron (Petty Cash) K-Mart Dutchess County YMCA Coffee Systems of Hudson Valley Kathi Delisa Douglas Roe Dutchess County Senior Citizen Assoc. Dutchess County Senior Citizen Assoc. East Fishkill Railroad Tie & Pipe Furniture Consultants of Conn. Jonmar Associates A-I Fence Company A-I lawnmower A-1 Portable Toilets Pine Plains Ford Tractor Diesing Supply Co., Inc. Active Tire Service Inc. Urey Hardware luPac East Fishkill Railroad Tie & Pipe Co. East Fishkill Railroad Tie & Piep Co. Dan Zag Royal Auto Parts Wappingers Central School District $ 24.04 26.06 45.18 4.21 4.21 5.43 24.10 32.03 64.90 12.42 195.11 50.00 .84 42.48 60.00 36.00 67.82 15.00 619.33 478.69 489.87 82.47 12,400.00 2,875.00 5.00 95.00 48.35 7.08 15.00 127.01 147.76 279.92 33.60 112.93 525.60 .. , . A-7140.4 B-7310.4 A-1440 .4 A-1990.50 BILLS PAID DURING MAY 1991 Southern Dutchess News Southern Dutchess News Ralph J.Holt Margaret B. Roe Roberts Boice Paper Co. Anaconda Kaye $ 80.00 312.00 84.70 7.97 137.10 110.00 John Robinson The Champagne Chef Margaret Roe 52.50 750.00 29.99 Paggi & Martin 188.13 New York State Recreation & Parks Society 75.00 , ~-- ~ MAY 1991 REPORT TO RECREATION COMMISSION SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER Senior activities in April included the regular schedule of oil painting, exercise, line dancing, arts/ crafts, videos, cards/games. Bocci was played few afternoons. Crafts included several items made with plastic canvas and yarn: baskets, items to be used with magnets on the back, and flag pins. Many Seniors started making jewelry. The yellow ribbons for the May 3rd concert were completed. Many of the Seniors from the Center participated in the bus trip on May 3 to the Elmsford Dinner Theater to see "A Chorus Line." On May 4th, Sal Patricola from Hospice Caregivers spoke about this organization. Debbie Gross from Jewish Family Services spoke on the SHARE program for Seniors on the 19th. This program offers assistance with housekeeping services. And on April 25th, our monthly birthday party-each April birthday member received a coffee mug. There were an average of 30 seniors at the Center per day for the month of April. There are 96 seniors presently registered at the Center. ITEMS TO BE NOTED: 1. A serious argument occurred this month among three seniors playing Pokeno,making it necessary to establish a rule of order. I addressed the members of the Center and explained that in the future: "Anytime such an incident should occur, all those party to the incident will be suspended from the Center for a period of time I feel is warranted. This behavior cannot and will not be tolerated." As for the incident in question, the three parties involved were suspended from playing cards for three weeks. 2. Sylvia Epstein from Wappinger Jr. High School and I met to discuss plans to integrate students with seniors. We have decided to begin with 4 students that will work with the oil painting class beginning May 7th. 3. We removed one love seat from the Center room. This was moved to Schlauthaus. 4. May events include author Violet Dunckley who will speak on her new book and discuss issues of interest to Seniors. May is Senior Citizen Month. Connie Smith is declaring May 7th Senior Citizen Day in the Town of 1 , ~. Wappinger. A celebration for this day will include cake and a flower for each Senior. May 9th the Seniors will have a Bar-B-Que in honor of Mother's Day. Stephanie Mallozzi from the Horticulture Dept. of Dutchess Co. Cooperative Extension in Millbrook will discuss home and lawn gardening care. The bus trip to the Maritime Center in Conn. is scheduled for May 22nd 5. In regard to the Heart Assoc., I have spoken to Wendy Mallet about using the Town Hall as a blood pressure screening site. We discussed setting up a once a month program with specific hours. I will speak to Connie Smith to see if this is possible. 6. The Recreation Commission bus trip rules have been posted at the Center. I will give Helen Nixon a copy. 2 MAY 1991 TOWN OF WAPPINGERS SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER: OPEN 10:00A.M.-3:00P.M. 20 Middlebush Rd. Wappingers Falls, N.Y. 12590 Phone:297-3670 TUES WED. THURS. FRI 1A-1'1lI 1- ~I /10-11: Exercise J. II I 3 1 1_ _10-11:arts/craft 1_ _I 111-Noon:V. Dunckley 10-11A.M. :Exercise 110-11A.M.Line Dancing I Lecture on Senior 10-Noon:arts/craftsl0-Noon:arts/crafts I Concerns Noon: LUNCH INoon: LUNCH INoon: LUNCH 12:30-3:00: cards/ 112:30-3:00 VIDEO 112:30-3:00 cards/ games I games I -1: 5L~~/VS-<-.J( :1: 1: : ID: 10-Noon:Painting 110-11A.M. Exercise 10-11A.M. Exercise 110-11A.M.Line Dancing 10-Noon:arts/craftl0:Noon:arts/crafts 10-Noon:arts/craftsll0-Noon:arts/crafts Noon: LUNCH INoon: "LUNCH Noon:MOTHER1S DAY INoon: LUNCH 12:30-3:00: cards/12:30-3:00:cards/ BARB-B-QUE!!!! 112:30-3:00:cards/ gamesl games see food sign up list games I ./10-11:Exeroise // II 111711 1~10-11 :art/crafts fJ 110-Noon:Painting 111A.M. Leoture on 10~11A.M.:Exeroise 10-l1A.M.Line Danoing 110-Noon:art/crafts lawn/garden oare 10-Noon:arts/crafts 10-Noon: arts/craftsl INoon: LUNCH INoon: LUNCH Noon: Lunch Noon: LUNCH I 112:30-3:00:cards/112:30-3:00:cards/ 12:30-3:00: VIDEO l2:30-3:00:cards/ I I games I games games I 1 1 I 1 "1 11' IBUS TRIP!CONN. 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