The regular meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission (“WPRC”) was held on Monday, June 13, 2006.  Present were:  Vice Chairman Nancy Babyak, Carl Bernstein, Carlos Mello, Chairman David Juneau and Bob Uzenoff.  Absent:  Marc Butlein and Pat Kane.  Staff present:  Dave Ungar. 

 

1)      Call to order:  Chairman Juneau called the meeting to order at 7:11 p.m. and bypassed the traditional reading from the Weston Code section 2-62.  Commission then took a brief tour of Bisceglie Scribner pond. 

2)      Approval of minutes of May 8, 2006:  Minutes of the May 8^th meeting were approved with a minor amendment.  Nancy moved motion and Carl seconded.  All in favor 5-0.

3)      Public Forum:  none

a)      Review of action items:  Nancy will continue to get in touch with Hilary Berger of Weston Swimming.  Commission discussed possibly holding a public forum.   Bob stated may need a design and get specs to be put on capital budget.  Dave U. suggested hiring an aquatic engineer or landscape architect to draw set of design specifications to build off of.  Town would need significant numbers to sustain this.  Commission discussed different fee options or holding a municipal bond.  Suggestions of taking in out of town residents as well as offering daily permits for the pool.  Bob suggested if there are town meetings coming up to have referendum question on ballots.  Dave J. stated first step is to come up with our vision, what size, what amenities would we like to have.  Commission would like to see a picture of pool with a plan, building costs, operating costs and the location.  Dave U. stated a pool at BSP is very do-able.  Some things would need to be constructed but area is already there.  Facilities could be winterized for showers and bathrooms and would need to build an office.  Carlos and Dave U. will contact Milone & MacBroom to get some general ideas to get this started.  Ad would be placed in Weston Forum to see what interest there is within the community.  

 

Dave U. will call Milone & MacBroom regarding conduits around high school.  Carl Goedecke sent plan for existing conduits and Dave U. will get an RFP from engineer to put out to bid.  Dave J. spoke with Joe Fitzpatrick of BOE regarding work items.  Dave J. and Carlos will put together a punch list which includes the lighting at H.S. track, renovation of the playing field between the M.S. and H.S. and the air quality at the M.S. pool for their meeting in July.     

 

Dave U. distributed draft copy of agreement between Town and BOE regarding field maintenance responsibilities and usage of H.S. fields.  This was reviewed by First Selectman, Athletic Director, Carl Charles and Drew Seath of Weston Soccer Club.  Dave U. stated he received a memo from Tom Laundry regarding equal shared lighting costs at the soccer field.  Carlos remarked BOE use the fields during prime daytime. 

 

Dave U. distributed Operating Budget and Enterprise Fund report for May 05-06 for Commission to review.  As of date there is an $18,000 surplus which potentially could be applied towards pool or low level lighting at track.  Dave U. will distribute monthly reports to Commissioners. 

b)      Low Level Lighting @ H.S. track:  see above

c)      Review of Conservation Commission Public hearing:  Dave J. and Carl attended meeting on June 6^th.  Dave Murphy of Milone & MacBroom presented data which showed no impact on neighbors’ wells.  Conservation Commission approved 18,000 gal. per day effective immediately and stated if zero impact in September, showing no change in base line date from 2003 Triton report, then possibly could advance to 27,000 gal. per day.  Rain gauge will be installed at MFP.

d)      Other unfinished business:  none

a)      Administrative Committee:  none

b)      Aquatics Committee:  none

c)      Fields Committee:  none

d)      Programs Committee:  Dave U. distributed copy of itinerary for July 4^th festivities.  Carl stated DTC will sell ice cream.  Dave U. reported on parking areas and contacted the bus company to get two buses to shuttle from St. Francis church and parking lots of the schools.  Dave J. remarked he has received concerns that Revson field does not drain properly.  Dave U. commented money was taken out of budget for drainage because School Building Committee took item off.  The drainage options are very costly now and field will not drain properly unless this is put in which requires the field being ripped up.    

e)      Parks Committee:  Bob reported Kiwanis Club is available for opportunities and was approached by the Weston Park Project Committee to help work at BSP.  Projects could be to build small buildings or spread wood chips.  Carl suggested this would be a good idea to establish a sub-committee with the Weston Park Project Committee. 

a)      BSP baseball fields fundraising banners; Weston Little League:  Dave J. will call Little League about the use of the scoreboards.

b)      Other new business:  none

7)      Correspondence:  Commission would like to hold July 10^th meeting at MFP pavilion at 7:00 p.m.

8)      Announcements:  Dave J. asked Commissioners to keep Pat Kane in their thoughts and prayers.

9)      Adjournment: Carl moved motion to adjourn meeting at 9:44 p.m.  Dave J. seconded motion.