HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-04-27Dryden Recreation Commission
(DRD) Monthly Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, April 27, 2D'f 1 7:00 pm; Dryden Community Center Cafe
Members of Commisaiorn: Wendy Martin (chair), exp ? f,• Sharon Toed (secretary), exp 13; Vicki W+ikins,
exp 11; Steve Meyer, exp 12; Elsie Gulchess, exp 1
Community Association Member, Monica Knight, exp 1 ?
Town Rec. l)lrector,• ajrssa SianCDni
Absent: ,Jeff Humphrey, exp 13; Larry Hinkle, exp 13; Steve Stefick, Jr., & Jason Leifer
Dryden CSO Liaison; Billie Dawns, exp 6111
Business Meeting called to order at 7102 pm-
'l. Moving minutes to next month
2. M Bianceni handed out pictures of park planning that (someone) she met with yesterday T
they're putting together a proposal for the Town Hall property -
3. Guest � Creating Healthy Places — ,Jeanne Leccese
a. HandoLit — Summary of Creating Healthy Places Project
b, .Jeanne gave the group some information on her background and the grant that has
been secured. It is meant to be a proactive program. Focus areas for the grant are
the North and South sides of Ithaca and the Town of Dryden,
c. There are 4 main focuses for the grant:
i, Increase the Availability of Places to be Physically Active
ii, Create Community Landscapes Conducive to Physical Activity
iii, Strategies to Increase Availability of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
iv. Increase the Healthful Quality of Foods Offered for Sale
d. Funds cannot be used for infrastructure — so things like a sign could be paid for since
that is promotion but a path couldn't be built using these funds. Things like an actual
path or sidewalk can't be covered but kiosks or a playground aren't out of the
question,
i. Asked if we could use part of this year's money to help pay for the planning
that we are looking at doing for the acreage around the Town Hall that
Melissa has just started.
e. Five people at Cooperative Extension, at least part of salary subsidized
i. Monica Roth — ag and environmental lead — coordinator for all of the staff
people listed — she'll be working on the farmer's market piece
ii. Liz Ka � coordinator of healthy food for all program � CsA program —
farmers in area are happy to provide subsidized CSA shares to local low
income folks — here in Dryden, Liz will be working on helping to create a CA
program — in addition to food, recipes are provided too
iii, Matt LeReu — working on bringing more healthy food to convenience or
corner stores — there are a couple of places in Dryden we are hoping to
partner with- We would ask them to give up some shelf space to provide local
produce,
iv. Jimmila Sequeria working more in the city than in Dryden — liaison to
community center, northside housing authority and GIAC
v. Josh Dolan — working with Community Garden (Jimmila and .lean Simmons
from Dryden)
f, DR C mentioned one program is transportation — TCAT bus is not great to Dryden
i, ITITC is doing a study and asking for feedback on improvement to bus routes
g- Jeanne was given a copy of the DRC's short -term and long -term goals and the
Recreation Masker Plan, Asked about the possibility of taking the trails information
the Town has and possibly }gutting it together in to a trail brochure that is user
friendly. Parks and playground information could be included in this as well that V
Wilkins and her students have put together,
4. New Business:
a, General Operations Form Review
b, Goals for 011
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i. S Meyer is going to work with M Bianconi to find examples of other towns
who have a nationally certified athletic trainer on staff and get more
information on how they achieved this.
ii. First meeting with Creating Healthy Places Program
iii_ Recreational facilities — M Bianconi working on plan for Town Hall property
over the next few months; V Wilkins working on assessing the Jim Schug
Trail to see what its needs are — may be able to add some fitness stations
thru the Creating Healthy Places Programs — will work with V Wilkins to help
get some volunteer help to finish this assessment, W Martin has a meeting
with Mayor Carpenter next week to discuss the Freeville parks, get some
history, information on future planning, etc,
iv. Explore new ways to communicate — Larry
v. Explore collaboration and potential mentoring — Jeff & Billie
1 _ Area partnerships between all level of players land coaches
vi_ Create and support new programs at community centers — Monica
1, Starting with an inventory of events
vii. There is. a training that will be offered in the fall called Inclusion U through the
NYS Inclusive Recreation Resource Center — that is a one -day training that
would be beneficial to DRC members_ One outcome is certification to inspect
playgrovndS. The bigger picture outcome is a different outlook on play
structures, recreation in general, etc, Adding the short -term goal of obtaining
this training and long -term goal of at least one annual training. A possible
future training is the coach training at the SUNY Youth Coach Institute so that
DIED members know what information and expectations our youth coaches
are given_
5. Old Business:
a. Community Center Grant Proff —May 51", Thursday, b pm is the grant
program review meeting. Elsie, Wendy, Melissa, and Monica will attend. Anyone
else available is wt lconae.
Motion to Adjourn: Elsle Gutch ess Second: S Meyers Approved; Yes Time: 8:47 p,rn
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS: 2099 DRO Meeting Schedule (subject to change );
4'�` We d n esday1mo nth - 7000 pm — Dryden Crommunity Center Cafe unless otherwise noted,