The regular meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission (“WPRC”) was held on Monday, January 9, 2006.  Present were:  Chairman Dave Juneau, Vice Chairman Nancy Babyak, Pat Kane, Bob Uzenoff and Marc Butlein.  Absent:  Carl Bernstein.  Staff present:  Dave Ungar. 

 

1)      Call to order:  After a brief tour of the Weston Middle School pool, Chairman Juneau called the meeting to order at 7:44 p.m. and bypassed the traditional reading from the Weston Code section 2-62.  Meeting was held in basement of Town Hall due to published meeting room was unavailable. 

2)      Approval of minutes of December 12, 2005:  Minutes of the December 12^th meeting were approved with minor amendments.  Marc moved motion and Pat seconded.  All in favor, 5-0.

3)      Public Forum:  none

a)      Review of action items:  Dave U. reported he met with Aquatic Director,

Lynn Stevens and Director of Facilities, Dan Clarke to review list of pool concerns.  Both parties agreed there should be a liaison to take care of maintenance and repairs.  Dave U. discussed work orders stating there is not enough help to repair list of concerns in a timely fashion.  Commission would like Dave U. to stay on top of these problems and Lynn Stevens to report to Commission with her program report and concerns.

Weston/Westport Health District has never had an issue with pool air quality.  There is no manual thermostat at pool to regulate heat since system is computerized.  Dave U. and Pat will check with a professional pool company to see if there is a monitor for pool air quality.  Bob questioned how many users actually use the pool.                        

Dave U. passed out reports of comparison program lists from last year for various programs.  Commission reviewed and questioned reports.  Commission would like to see revenue on each report and a comparison report prior to meetings to formulate any questions for Dave U., if needed.

Dave U. spoke with Carl Charles regarding advertising signs on fences at the H.S. football field.  Carl stated he approved them and has been doing this for the past six seasons as a fundraiser for the football team Blue Gold Sponsorship Program and will take them down if needed.  Dave J. will send Carlos Mello email regarding advertising signs on fences.      

Special meeting date set for February 2^nd in Daugherty Commission Room for BSP Project public hearing.  Commission discussed limiting time to allow each person an opportunity to speak at special meeting.  Dave J. will send a press release announcement to Weston Forum regarding public interest for special meeting. 

Dave J. spoke with Chairman of School Board of Education, Ellen Uzenoff regarding pool concerns from Weston Swimming.  Ellen stated BOE has a new facilities chairman, Joe Fitzpatrick, who is very active and will stay on top of this once budget season is over.  Dave U. spoke with First Selectman Bliss, Tom Landry and Rick Darling for budget review.   

b)      Morehouse Farm Park well monitoring reports:  Dave U. distributed summarized reports and graphs of neighbor’s wells showing no impact on them.  Dave spoke with First Selectman Bliss, Fred Anderson and Cory Attra and would like it reviewed by them.  First Selectman would like WPRC to go to BOS and report on monitoring program.  Commission would like Dave Murphy of Milone and McBroom to present report.  Dave U. kept log of monitoring wells, turning them on and filling.  Commission discussed and questioned report.  Dave U. will get on BOS agenda to discuss this report. 

c)       Proposed 2006-07 Operating Budget dates:  Dave U. reported he discussed Operating budget with First Selectman, Rick Darling and Tom Landry.  Some cuts may be made for capital budget and operating budget.  BOS review is Jan. 30^th, BOF review BOS budget is Feb. 13^th, BOF public hearing is April 4^th and Annual town budget meeting is April 19^th.  WPRC is encouraged to attend meetings.

d)      Weston Soccer Club field lighting donation:  Weston Soccer Club has raised roughly $160,000 for lighting at turf field and waiting to see where plans will be coming from to proceed.  WPRC passed this as original town plan.

e)      February 2^nd Special meeting discussion; Weston park project:  see above

f)        Other unfinished business:  none

a)      Administrative Committee:  none

b)      Aquatics Committee:  none

c)       Fields Committee:  none

d)      Programs Committee:  none

e)      Parks Committee:  Commission would like a map of various town parks. Discussion of how many permits were sold at Weston Town Hall at Compo Beach last summer.  Dave U. will speak to town clerk and report back at next meeting.

 

a)      Other new business:  none

b)      Fourth of July discussion:  Dave U. spoke with Fred Anderson and Fred Moore regarding location for July 4^th festivity.  Field between M.S. and H.S. is off limits due to wetlands.  Dave U. will look into holding fireworks in other towns and will inquire further with Fred Moore and speak to Tony Land regarding accommodations for parking to hold event in town.  He will report back at next month’s meeting.

7)      Correspondence:  Bob questioned a way of soliciting comments for Dave U. to

                  present them at each meeting for discussion.  Town website has civic radar

                  this is available for comments or questions.  Commission discussed

                  having aquatic and program directors report on their programs at Com-

                  mission meetings semi-annually.

8)   Announcements:  League Women’s Voters will hold annual Speak-Up on Feb.             

                  4^th.   Dave U. reported he is Water Quality Management Committee. 

Meeting will be held on Jan. 18^th and include Weston/Westport Health District and Milone and McBroom.  WPRC encouraged attending.  Bob stated he will write charter for enterprise fund.  Marc commented he will meet with First Selectman to discuss H.S. bleachers.

9)      Adjournment:  Marc moved motion to adjourn meeting at 9:54 p.m.  Pat seconded

                   motion.

 

Respectively submitted,