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Home My WebLink About2003-04-24IN Thursday, 4/24/2003 — 7:30 aDryden RecrreRecreation tio tDept, Office (at Dryden)S hool jj•Minutes tstr,ct Office downstairs conf. Room) Members Present: Jim Wood-V' Members Absent: tee Chair; Ann Grant; Marty Hamel; Ron Space 1I; Vicki Wilkins IIill Finnerty- Chair, Ralph Boettger,leff Bushnell, Marty Wilson Town Board Rep. Present: Steve Stelick Town Rec. Cord: Jennifer Glaab Guests: Lisa Stelick (note taker); David Hicks; Brian June Meeting began at approx. 7:40am. Lisa Stelick took notes for this meeting. March 27 2003 rVlinutes _motion to approve mirnrtes as submitted by Matty, Seconded by Ron. Approve On- 21n" Business & Updates d Unanimous Brian June was invited to give an update report of the MS /HS Man Gym Sp ae_U /"7�un' $/3/03 Crown Construction who agreed to gather a crew of volunteers to paint from the ceiling doti;m to the ki reachable by 11011- contractor volunteers. They will provide their own liability insurance o He is working with Painter from Crown went to look over the el not long and the areas in need of re a gym space with Brian and didn't feel the prep work should take too A prep appeared to be mostly (if not all) reachable from the ground so our volunteers should be able do the prep work. The painter also thought the pro•ect should hopefully be able to have it completed over 2 weeks includin _ J appears to be pretty cut and dry and we enough supplies and an arm of volunteers to aint the walls white this part of the project should a able t completed over a weekend). Crown is also working n Obtaining b 2 wecl,ends ? ?) (if we are able to Set remember this is a community g ining donated items (supplies &paint). \TOT F: be reme cooking r .server o y project. All volunteers are welcome and the jobs range from prep work b f od to clean-up, etc.. Also, the ballot for staff /students to vote on the art work, the process for this vote and the making of posters to hang on walls around the schools to advertise thi�ainring, community project and vote need to be made and distributed b Dryden Athletic Club (DAC) as well. y ��''�• 2• Fundrafsin Ideas for Gym & Concession Stand Pro'ects I,taa will relay this to -do list to the Discussion ensued about fundraising ideas. Ann Grant will reserve a booth at Dair • Da the Dryden Rec. Commission (DRC)/Dryden Athletic Club (llAC) to jointly nui this booth selling Donuts and Paw prints. Lisa will check into the Krispy Kreme fundraiser, Jennifer and/or Lisa Sat., 6/14/03) for Press release for media and ads for school newsleners as well as develop the Paw g Kr s Kreme 4/24 evening meeting t a wtll work on the g appears approximately 200 paw prints will fit on the 2 pant order form. Per the DAC discussions with DRC and llAC members it was concluded that the Paw prim will sell for $ st/ S20- family or business sponsor, gym walls (west/east). After Dryden Recreation Commission & Dryden Athletic Club are jointly working 11 this project 0-individual and coordinating volunteers, donations, etc. Lisa to also check with Kris be able to be in the parade. NOTP; P J and are understanding they will be here unless the van becomes ecomes their van be in ilte parade thne -up with l thevan would Fundraiser Idea for DRC Pro rams - Sl a er air lane toss Into 11 o en sunroof of a mow' 111 Marty suggested another fundraiser utilizing Dairy Da the parade line prior to the parade start and during the parade Y. sellin `e1 P rn car will have registration and game directions on one side and lines with directions Pa Paper behalf es DRC walk Paper and down g paper airplanes. These paper airplanes other side. A car with a sun roof would be in tltc parade line-up, the r airplane mould throw the plane toward the sun roof. The planes that the r hoes to fold the airplane on the When the car goes to the folks that purchased after the parade and a winner drawn. The winner would win a monetary amount yet to be set. make it into the car will be gathered spot in the parade for the car. Needs nrDai Da : I) People to walk up and down the parade line selling Ann will reserve a walk beside the ICIC van &the car for airplanes to protect the vehicles and to have signs or handouts � • afiout the fundraisers and to visit the booth in the park-, c People to sign -u to Leo $1 paper airplanes; 2 )People to directly after the parade); 4) People to help spread the word about the doers brvrng info. fundraisers; 5) People to help spread the word about the DRC the Fundraiser k shifts at the booth (very busy gym &concession stand projects and Page 1 of 2 (car &paper airplanes); 4/24/03 DRC minutes continued Page 2 of 2 3. Wall Street Ball Field Update Dave Hicks was invited to give an update report on the "dirt" for the Nall Street ball field. Dave and Jennifer met with Dave Taylor, Sales Rep. for Northern Nurseries, Inc. out of Cicero, NY. They provide professional turf products. The approximate cost of $700 will cover: home plate prep completion to high level, pitcher mound completion to high level, and bases completed to a lower level. This is for an "A" League size field (5 -6 -7 graders). Dave reported that the field fits the standard minimum size for an "A" league field. DRC will need to attend a Village and Town Board meeting to give a status report and figure out the funding source. Jennifer reported that she has been in contact with the Youth Conservation Corp. They are very interested in building the bleachers/benches for this project — they needs funds and adults to cut dhe wood, etc. Possible fund raisers for this project would be having a homerun wall with paid sponsor ads on the wall. Matty suggested we be sure this project is feasible for the long -run before large amounts of money are expended (i.e., parking availability, sewer smell, etc.). Discussion ensued that funds for the first year should only be expended to stake the area safe and make sure the area works before larger funds arc expended. NYSFG Pole still needs to be moved before the field can be played on. Bill keeps working on this contact. Steve reminded the DRC that Kiwanis has already agreed to fund part (or all ?) of this project — so Kiwanis should be contacted before the DRC presents to either the Village or Town Boards. 4. Bike -N -Hike Gary MacDowell was invited to attend this meeting to give his presentation about the Bike -N -Hike fundraiser for the Village Time Squares project. Gary was unable to attend so Jennifer gave a brief report on his behalf. The Bikc- N-Hike is scheduled on Sat,, June 7, 2003 from 7:30am -Noon at Dryden Lake. For more info. on this event and to rent a booth visit website: www.diydeti,fiy,orglhbike 54 Recreation Coordinator Report Jennifer attended the NYS Conference in Long Island. Arrived too late to catch the first day wkshps. due to bad weather and her ride canceling %2 hour before he was to pick her tip. Anyway, she felt the conference was very good, she received a lot of good information. She wants to start a Nad. Youth Sports Coaches Assoc. (NYSCA) Chapter in Dryden. This is one of the educational program with the Nat]. Alliance for Youth sports. The egg hunt went well and was a lot of fun. Jennifer received many positive comments. Nepture lire Dept. helped stuff eggs, did traffic control, and furnished the transportation for the bunny (rode in on the fire [nick wearing a scatbelt). Specialty 'Trophy donated $150 to help offset the costs. Approx. 100+ children participated. Pepsi Pitch- Hit -Run is still on for Sat., 4/26/03; loam; at three HS ball fields. An organizational meeting with volunteers is scheduled tomorrow evening at 6pm at the Recreation Office. ;`Teed help to score, judge lines, etc. Jennifer extended the invitation for help to DRC members. 6. Dryden Lake Update Steve gave a quick update from the DEC for do's and don'ts at Dryden Lake. The 25 -year agreement is in approximately the 7`h year — see Town Clerk for exact dates. The agreement allows just about anything within reason and die DEC recommends we utilize the park more. We CAN build a dock. We CAN do boat rentals. We CAN raise the level of the water or dredge the lake (dredging the lake would be a temporary solution and approval would need to go through Albany — although it is usually not a big deal) (raising die level of water by approx. 2 feet would be enough to deepen the water so the weeds wouldn't grow as rampantly and this process would be done by adding boards to the darn at the lake) Matty stated that she has a video on outdoor fish /wildlifc /docks that she'll share %vith the DRC. 71 Mission & Goals Made a few more updates based on input from the Bushnell's. Vicki asked that we revisit this topic at the next meeting as she would like more time to digest the proposed draft. Agreed by all as the meeting time is depleted. 8. Future Meeting Topics a. (May) Discuss the time of clay for the Monthly DRC meetings (does 7:30am on the 4't' Thursday still work ? ?) b. (May) Mission/Goals C, (July?) Dairy Day Rep, attend a future DRC meeting to see how the DRC could help promote new younger folks to t4rlee�Y the Dairy Day Committee (Ann stated that the majority of the committee is senior citizens). NEXT MEETING: Thursday, May 22, 2003 — 7:30am at TOWN RECREATION OFFICE (DCS District Office— Rear of Bldg.) "iV( () t. at Town Hall)