RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
The Recreation Advisory Committee held it’s regularly
scheduled meeting in the Pittsgrove Municipal Building on September 12, 2005
Members
present were Bruce Ricards, Audrey Mavroff, Sue Voros, Kate Harrison and Walt
Wenner. Alternate members present were
Ralph Padilla, Kathy Shelton, Sam Amico and Edson Creamer. Sub committee member
in attendance was Jeff Ridgway.
Secretary informed committee members Linda DuBois would be arriving a
little late due to a prior commitment she had since meeting was not on regular
first Monday of the month.
On a motion made by Audrey Mavroff and seconded by
Walt Wenner, the aforementioned minutes were approved as submitted.
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR
NEW
BUSINESS:
PITTSGROVE
MIDGET FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
Walt Wenner presented proposal by Pittsgrove Midget Football for a
scoreboard at Green Branch Park. The
football organization will purchase the board and handle installation
costs. Once purchased, the scoreboard
will be donated to the township. On a
motion by Ralph Padilla and seconded by Audrey Mavroff the scoreboard proposal
was approved.
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR
SHADE TREE
Carrie Mullin, Shade Tree Secretary presented members of the committee
with proposed ordinance for review. The
ordinance is to provide for the preservation of trees throughout the township
of Pittsgrove. Members were asked to
review and give Shade Tree some feedback.
SOCCER
CLUB CORRESPONDENCE/DEAN PARK REQUEST
Members were presented with park request from Brian Dean for use of Green
Branch Park. Bruce Ricards explained
correspondence that was included in the agenda informing the committee that Mr.
Dean has broken affiliation with PSC and they are concerned if he is granted
use of the facilities scheduling conflicts may occur. Jeff Ridgway informed the committee that since the park falls
under Green Acres regulations no one can be turned away from using the
facilities as long as they have followed proper procedure for use. Ralph Padilla stated that if problems arise
with scheduling and equipment the committee can address that when it
happens. Walt Wenner stated he felt
since the PSC already has approval to use the park then approving another group
to use it will cause conflict. Kate
Harrison commented the problem sounds to be between the adults and not a soccer
issue. Kathy Shelton stated she thought
the issue was a soccer issue and not a Recreation Committee matter but by
denying this request it would ultimately hurt the families of PSC who play on
this particular team. Bruce Ricards
suggested that if the request was granted without assigning Mr. Dean a certain
practice area conflicts would probably arise.
Ralph Padilla said that by giving him a certain area to practice would
be giving him an advantage over the PSC since they have to obtain fields for
practice on a first come first serve basis. Jeff Ridgway reported he had
already spoken to Mr. Dean and informed him if his request was granted he was
not to interfere with PSC. On a motion
by Walt Wenner and seconded by Sue Voros, the request to use Green Branch Park
by Mr. Dean was approved with the following stipulations: Mr. Dean will only be able to practice on a
particular field assigned to him, the field is only to be used for practice and
no games, PSC is not required to allow Mr. Dean to use any of their equipment
(goals, nets, paint, etc.) and if necessary he will provide his own equipment.
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR.
Linda DuBois arrives at 8:45 pm.
PARK
REQUEST
On a motion made by Walt Wenner and seconded by Kate Harrison, request to
use Green Branch Park by the Scull Family was approved.
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR
OLD
BUSINESS:
FUNDING
FOR SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
Kate Harrison reported she has a meeting scheduled to discuss fees from
the school associated with basketball and wrestling. The committee will revisit this issue when Kate reports back and
possibly issue some funding from the recreation budget to help offset these
costs.
PARK REQUESTS
The committee discussed ways to
encourage park requests to come in early enough to allow proper approval
procedure to be followed. The committee
agreed to once again put a notice in next township newsletter and have Regina
Shuster put a reminder on the Township website. The secretary informed the committee if they want to take a
stronger stance on this issue some sort of procedure be put in place so she is
not left to inform residents that even though facility is not reserved they can
not use it due to fact they didn’t request soon enough. The ideas discussed will be implemented to
see if it alleviates the situation from occurring so frequently.
PITTSGROVE DAY
On a motion by Kate Harrison and
seconded by Audrey Mavroff, approval was given to PSPAC to proceed with
arranging rides for Pittsgrove Day 2006.
All aspects of this will be handled by PSPAC and they will keep all
profits.
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR
There being no further business on a motion by Kate
Harrison and seconded by Audrey Mavroff, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna
Metzger, Secretary
Recreation
Advisory Committee