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1979-07-12 I :l /U. -*.."'.... \ , \ l ... ~ , ... TOWN OF WAPPINGER RECREATION COMMISSION JULY 12, 1979 NEXT MEETING---AUGUST 16, 1979 The regular meeting of the Recreation COmmission was held on July 12, 1979 at Town Hall, Mill Street, Dutchess County New York. The meeting was opened at 7:45 P.M. .. Present: Hugh J. Maurer, Chairman, Ron Petro, Frank Presti, Mary Schmalz and Joe Ennesser, Director. Mr. Maurer introduced Frances Dunwell, Executive DiEector of The Center of the Hudson River Valley, an organizat~on whose prime interest is to develop access to the Hudson River for municipalities and groups interested and work with the state for funding of their projects. Ms. Dunwell had contacted Mr. Hawksley, Chairman of the Conservation Advisory Council who had,referred her to the Recreation COmmission and she was present at the invitation of Mr. Maurer to speak to the COmmission on possible funding for a project on Town owned lands with possible access to the river. There were two possible sites, but one was questionable in the matter of ownership. The one piece of property owned by the Town was at Chelsea and there was a boat ramp of sorts there for residents owning boats; however, it left a lot to be desired, and we did have a petition from boating residents to improve this facility. We did have problems with the owner of the Chelsea Yacht Club, so 'not much progress had been made. The other site was at Castle Point, but there was a difference of opinion on whether we owned frontage on the river. This land was acquired from the government and carried certain conditions to retain ownership. One of the Town COuncilmen seemed to think we owned property by the river and Mr. Maurer seemed to think he was right, but the Engineer to the Town had presented a map showing the land owned and it was not near the river. Mr. Maurer thought perhaps we could acquire this and of course this could be used for our share of the funding. Ms. Dunwell felt there could be a problem due to the grade crossing at the railroad tracks since Amtrack planned to close all gFade crossings: this however, was not a closed issue and she felt there might be avenues to approach to prevent this happening. She was very informative and offered all kinds of assistance to the Commission and stressed the fact that in addition to their cooperation, they must have the interest and cooperation of the governing body of the municipality which was the Town Board. She suggested a meeting with them and the Commission at which time she would show slides of interest to all. First of all, the COmmission would have toidentify ownership and map out the possible sites; they would then move from that point if this was feasible and the organization would step in and help in contacting the various agencies such,as Planning, DEC and EPA. A meeting was set for August 9, 1979 with Ms. Dunwell and the Commission to meet at 6:00 PM at Town Hall and from there inspect the sites that were mentioned as possible ones to begin a project. , . u ~ ( ~/.,I "Page;l.. Ree. Comm. Minutes 7/12/79 I I Mr. Petro moved to accept the minutes of June 21, 1979 as submitted by the Secre-aary and seconded"by Mr. Presti and unanimously carried. Mr. Maurer reported that he had given a key to Mr. Wayne Holton, President of Little League for the storage building at the Schlathaus property. It had been agreed at a previous meeting . that the League would be allowed to store equipment in one of the buildings and when Mr. Maurer and Mr. Holton could get together they would meet and decide where this equipment would be kept. Mr. Maurer emphasized the fact that the key should be given to their Purchasing Agent--no one else. He did not want everyone having a key as this would be shared by the Recreation equipment. He would clean out a certain section for them. Also Trap Roaki 'was back to work on double shift and he would be working on them to get dirt out to Robinson fields. DIRECTOR REPORT Joe Ennesser reported that all the playgrounds were in session and everyone and everything was running smoothly. Hughsonville would be having tAeir Fair and he would have to move equipment around and asked that Tom Heady help him. They had started the swim program and had arranged the time a bit different this year, as suggested by one of the Directors. Each playground would have two full weeks for swimming instead of certain days through the program. The new program at Quiet Acres seemed to be welcome: there were 37 registered ana 25 daily. The Met baseball trip was scheduled for July 28th: the registration was complete and he would meet with the chaperones to give them their instructions. School schedules were being made out and he asked the Commissioners to give him schedules .if they had any-programs, they wished to conduct at the schools. There was no other business to come before the Commission The meeting adjourned at 9:40 P.M. ~ /J. ) //j 77-- ,2:02c-~ c.l.~ ~--P~ Gladys Ruft, Secr. Recreation Comm.