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Dryden recreation Commission
Minutes of the February 24, 2010, Meeting
,senf_ Shoron Todd, Eric Nrcksr Wendy Martin, V cki Mfkirrs, Jason Leifer, h0h) Downs, Monhcig Knight, Dsn
Schmohe, Andrew fierce (Recreation Coordinator), Don +:utl, Patty Miliard (Recording Secretary)
Excused, Slave Stebck, Mehssa ffianconf
I. The
meeting was called to order at 7,02 p,m,
2. Approval of January Minutes,6 Dow ns made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected (her name was
wrong) -M Knight 2 "'the motion, All were in Favor, Motion carried.
3, Recreation
Department's monthly update � A Pierce
a)
Just winding dawn youth basketball programs_ There was a lournament this pall weekend— a round rDbin
invitational with teams from surrounding areas, There were 28 games in 2 days, The Friends of Youth
Wrestling did the concessions for that event as part of their fundraising efforts. There is a new program this
year, winter travel wrestling, It was opened to all of the kids in the regular program this year. Our youth
basketball program is being extended to include 7'' and JAL' graders this year_ We had our second annual
father -daughter dance in Varna this year_ We weren't able to offer the Family Fun nights this year due to the
facility at TC3 not being available. The 2 °d annual winter thaw,wrestling toumarnent was held at the high
school. We had fewer attendees this year but more teams. It was definitely a suaoess, We're getting ready
for spring' track, lacrosse, MUSIC -in- the -Park and Musio-in- the - Hollow nights, possible co -outing with Lansing
— a bus trip to Yankee Stadium, baseball, softball.
4_ Town Board monthly update — S Stellck
a)
11(fare has been a delay in application deadiine for the grants, Bethel Grove had a meeting on Monday and
may be applying as well.
b)
Th are was a joint Viillage-Tawn meeling Jast night with Montgomery Dark at the top of the agenda. We have
a landscape architect lhat has offered to do some work for us. It looks like T-baIt will be moving to Freeville
which W111 elp this effort, We are al very preliminary stages but vie are having very good discussions and
making progress on plans For the park with both the Town and Viliage on board, The initial vision is to make
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Montgomery Park more of an open space.
c)
The : ouing rewrite is in progress, An overall discussion of the town is part of these discussions including the
where the Recreation Master Plan fits in to the big picture.
d)
The award to Larry wasn't able to be given at the Town Board meeting, but
5. Dryden
Central School District Liaison Monthly Update T B. Dawns
a)
Budget season is upon us and things don'l look good, We may need to cut modified pro�rams this next year,
If that happens, we will be looking to the Recreation oeparlment to hetp us give those 7 and Sib graders
some opportunities, There was no report fro m the Youth Devetoprnpnt Cornmittee. We've been working with
Andrew on some ideas as well — possible inlramumIs.
6, Community canter update
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Grant deadline has been extended.
b)
Ellis Hollow —did request extension to March 12'1`— okayed by J Leifer
C)
Etna expects to have theirs in by Friday
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Vamn also requested an extension to March 121" — okayed by J Leifer
i) They've raised about $800 for a Haiti orphanage,
ii) Faitheridaughter went welI
iii) Varna II public hearing was herd
iv) Had a flea markel and raised about $200
w) Census personnel used space for training
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Bethel Grove — attempt to resurrect spearheaded by Molly Adams
i) Had meeting on Monday
ii) Molly will be giving Monica a more formaJ report
f)
CaM
i) Had a concert for Haiti this past weekend, held at church due to space limitations, and raised $700
7. Old
Business
a)
2009 Annual Report — S Todd
i) An updated document with the changes from Iasi month was seal oul to members and given to
Supervisor Sumner
b)
Community Center Grant Program
i) The Recreation Deparlment will be handling the Program portion of the grant since that amount per
canker is fixed.
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ii) The DRC is dealing with the infrastructure portion of this grant. With the deadline extended, our timeline
will be changing. The end of March will be the soonest grant review can happen. With the exception of
M Knight and W Martin who have recused themselves from the process due to their affiliations with two
of the community center applicants, Once the applications have been received, they will be distributed
to DRC members to review prior to the March 24 meeting for discussion. S Todd will be in touch with
everyone to finalize scheduling once applications are in hand.
c) Master Recreation I Open Space Plan
i) Tabled until next meeting so that Melissa Bianconi can be present for the discussion,
8. Subcommittee Reports
a) Areas & Facilities — W Martin, V Wilkins, D Scutt
i) We had our first meeting and went to the joint Town/Village meeting. We discussed what kinds of things
we would like to see in the parks. Prior to that, we thought we would look at what is available right now
in the various areas — Freeville, Etna, Dryden, etc,
ii) There are three students who are meeting with the Rec Dept to interview them. Come up with a list of
spaces that need to be looked at, split the list and do an inventory of the spaces and what is available in
each of these spaces. Assessing means looking at physical and social inclusion, The physical includes
things like measuring the distance from the parking lot to the facility —ease of accessibility. The social
includes things like how mission statements are worded (being inclusive), what accommodations are
made to program to include people of various ages, etc.
iii) The assessment by these students is just the first step. www.nysirrc,org is where the student
assessment information will be housed. This information is being collected statewide to help the public
prepare for using these locations.
iv) The committee will go further and collect details such as what facilities (tables, bathrooms, ball field,
etc.) are available at each of the sites. A future goal is to have conversations similar to those about
Montgomery Park about other parks as well such as those in Freeville, Etna, Ellis Hollow, etc. On March
4'", Vickie and Wendy are going to start their visits.
b) Programs — E Hicks, B Downs, M Knight, E Gutchess
I) No meeting yet.
ii) Dryden Lake Festival — M Knight
(1) Name changed from Old Home Days to Dryden Lake Festival
(2) Date to be held August 14'" — it will only be a one -day event this year
(3) M Knight and D Schmohe will co -chair the event this year
(4) Will be centralizing the theme around the lake this year — still in the brainstorming phase
(5) For insurance reasons, discussion has come up on whether this should be a town owned event for
now.
(6) The Village is putting some funds towards the event this year as well.
c) Policies & Prooedures — S Todd
i) No meeting yet. Discussed some topics this committee will address including a pricing policy and coach
and officials hiring policy.
9. New Business
a) DRC contact list— please email your contact information to D Scutt so that we can update this information
10. Next Meeting ,,,,Wednesday, March 24, 2010,7 pm, at the Dryden Community Caf6, committees will meet at
6:30 with the DRC meeting to follow
11. Adjournment — On a motion made by B Downs and seconded by S Todd, the meeting was adjourned
unanimously at 8:20 pm.
Respectfully Submitted
Patty Millard, Recording Secretary