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Parks and Recreation 1/7/2025
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Join us as we reveal the highlights from a recent community meeting, where the rhythm of local projects and the pulse of neighborhood issues were at the forefront. From the excitement of setting a new course with plans for a softball field fence to the nostalgia of playground improvements, we'll guide you through the decision-making process that shapes our shared spaces. The discussions bring to life the memories tied to past projects and the anticipation of more to come.
Ever wondered how rental prices are set amid fluctuating real estate markets? Learn about the intricacies of setting a competitive rental price in our community, balancing the allure of renting an entire house against the backdrop of local apartment rates. We delve into the elements that make a property desirable, from the charm of a private garage to the practicality of modern appliances. Our conversation extends into the essential maintenance tasks needed to prepare a rental property, ensuring it's not just a house, but a potential home.
As we tackle the complexities of field maintenance, discover the creative solutions being considered to keep our shared athletic spaces in top shape. From irrigation improvements to scheduling challenges, the solutions are as varied as they are ingenious.
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6.04 pm. Post-morning.
Speaker 2:Motion to approve the minutes of December 3rd, second.
Speaker 1:All in favor. Aye, that was good. Wow, you accomplished something. Organizational representatives, town officials, official community members.
Speaker 3:next softball field I'm glad that's on the agenda because I was gonna bring that up okay, um well, no, I I'm sorry oh, okay, yeah, I just want to let you know that I have finished up with my paperwork to get the procurement going. I've got to meet with Greg so we can get everything into the state database. Once that's in, we'll get the bid out. We'll get it out by the next couple of weeks. Get the fence going by the middle of March and get that good to go by the middle of March and get that good to go when he's ready. And I want to get that done. So my process of finishing all fences is done on board and calling. I'll be happy with that.
Speaker 1:Field one will probably be the next one.
Speaker 3:I wouldn't need anything if we didn't keep it there.
Speaker 3:Yeah, last time we really talked about that. If you remember, chris, school was talking about getting rid of it to expand the parking lot. They ran their study and after that I really didn't hear anything. But there was talk that it was just too much money to really get rid of that. Expand the parking lot. It's crazy over there at dismissal time, if you ever drive by, you know, see it right now. So could it be in the future maybe. But you are right, chris, that is the next fence to get fixed, because last last January is when we had a pole went down, took out pop the fence. Yeah so, but that does need to get replaced and it's looking pretty raggedy at this point. So, pretty raggedy at this point. Yeah, all right, playground Yep, I just want to let you know I did reach out to the Playground company about resurfacing.
Speaker 3:They do offer the product to resurface. I do have a. I got that information over the holidays. I did reach out to my installer to see if he's done it before. Of course, the company does not recommend it, you know. I think we all have an idea why. You know, because it's the money exactly their. One point to me was when it always to recover it. So if there's areas that are already jagged, it doesn't fix that. So that's something that I'm going to talk to the installer to his opinion, that you know what he thinks and I'll bring it back to you guys and we'll make a final decision on how we want to handle the blade rounds. I have no problem trying it. I'm not sure if he's ever done it before. So that's what I want to hear.
Speaker 1:Is the installer going to take the part off? You have to then he can grind down and he shopped edges, true, true. I just don't. What's the? Did they give you a price difference?
Speaker 3:Percentages a lot cheaper a lot, a lot, a lot cheaper. Okay, a lot. I don't give you the exact number, but it's just for the girl you know, bundle of do it, but yeah, I'm cheaper than the whole.
Speaker 1:And maybe, if that's the case, if we can install it, we'll do that that way. Yeah, I'm sure the installation price would go up because you'd have to grind down sharp edges, but I still Maybe we'll. Maybe we could do more.
Speaker 3:Yeah, very true.
Speaker 2:Depending on the longevity of the product.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean, that product's pretty quite bad.
Speaker 1:When did we do that? Most playgrounds are up forever. What did we replace a few years ago?
Speaker 3:We replaced multiple slides because they just get worn down from the heat, kids running up and down them and throwing rocks at them. But I mean in terms of like the decks, they're the original decks that are on those playgrounds, so whenever they were put up at Merrill and Liberty, those have been there for years.
Speaker 2:So it just I think I want to say that Liberty is like at least 20 years old, say at least 20, yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1:I've been doing this for about 17 years, and that was probably done right around the time I started playing with Rex.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and the medals on them since I've been alive. They're on their third different playground because they built one when I was in the third or fourth grade the old wooden ones.
Speaker 2:I remember when I was in high school I banged my head against that, yeah. Except unless they're dipped in a.
Speaker 1:I'm survived, I'm alive. Why did you?
Speaker 3:chew on your playground. I'll be honest with you. At one point they brought us the summer staff back in the late 90s. We actually re-stained the whole thing back in the day. Really. Yeah, it was like the last day of camp. They brought us back for an extra day of work and we all just stained the old wooden playground, so that playground is probably built at the same time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's probably a little bit over 20 or right around 20, and the little Liberty is probably closer.
Speaker 3:And we replaced the fence around it because to make it more in compliance, because the old one was falling down. So but you know they're both nice. You know we can get some more longevity out of them in life. Let's do it so I'll wait you back in the installer. I'll let you know we can get some more longevity out of them in life. Let's do it. So I'll wait for you back in the installer. I'll let you know when we can make a final decision at the February meeting. There's nothing getting done outside right now, so what means Water is freezing outside?
Speaker 1:Yes, it is. Hopefully that's all that freezes, All right. So what are we doing? Your business?
Speaker 3:Rental property. So inside your packet I did give you a copy of the last lease we had for the family that did leave. It shows you everything that we've given them in the past and the last rent we did with them was $1,325. And the last rent we did with them was $1,325. As you know, we've done quite a bit of work over the past few months. There we're in the home stretch now. I've had it recently cleaned. I replaced all the wall plates today for electrical outlets and wall switches to make them up to date, because some look like they're from the 1970s. And we even had a. I even had a couple extra bucks so I was able to fix all the ceiling tiles in the spare bedroom I mean the main bedroom upstairs. You know how they all bowed. Yeah.
Speaker 3:So a couple guys that do some side work for us. They came in and put the tiles up and even filled in the little gaps that were open on the side, so it looks a lot better. We just have an electrician coming in later on this week. Early next week We'll put a light in the two bedrooms. I talked to.
Speaker 1:Ted Petney. Today He'llhe acknowledged receiving your email. Yeah. And he said that he'd have something by the end of the week. Okay, as far as what it goes regarding any type of what do we want to do Lottery. Lottery. Yes, sir, he said there was a couple things he needed. Checked first.
Speaker 3:Okay, so the only question you know we'll talk more about Chris when he gets back is what do you guys want to set the link at, so anybody that wants to look at the house once we get the exact parameters of what we have to do?
Speaker 2:I mean, I've tried looking around to see what other houses are in the area going for rent for and, to be honest, I haven't seen much, because most people don't rent houses.
Speaker 3:I think the best way to compare it would be what apartment complexes are getting for rent.
Speaker 2:Well, I can tell you that King Philip Street happens to go for about $1,700. This is a whole house.
Speaker 3:That's actually low, yeah street patents that go for about $1,700. This is a whole house. That's a one bedroom, though I believe One bedroom and two bedroom. You know this house. You've got to realize you're getting a whole house and a garage and a two-pile garage You're talking about three grand.
Speaker 2:I've got co-workers. That is currently in Chestnut Farm. Yep Three grand. They're paying, yeah, that same thing for the diva in Botswana right over the other side. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's going for like $2,800, three grand.
Speaker 1:We can always set a price and then adjust it next year.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean. So I know we've talked. The last round, as I mentioned, was 1325. Yeah, that's slow, very slow, and, chris, as you know, we've moved that up exponentially over the years. Yeah, but now, with everything we've done you guys have seen all the work that's been done you know we talked anywhere from 2,000 to 2,500, or somewhere in that range. It's just do we still look at that number? I think that's a good price, because they're still going to have to pay for their heat and electricity.
Speaker 1:Oh, they add it separate.
Speaker 3:That's separate the oil. We've beenI've been keeping oil, so the house doesn't freeze and they're in charge of that. They're in charge of their own electricity.
Speaker 1:Thank you for remembering to do that, because not a lot of people will remember that.
Speaker 3:Trust me, I'm going to do it again because it's been so cold and I'm keeping that house on 63 degrees right now. That's cool, you know, just to keep it going, but it's just something. That's part of the thing. They're in charge of those two things. We cut the grass, as you know, and I think, the highway. We've always helped do the main driveway, things like that.
Speaker 1:If you run over there tomorrow, just open up the cabinets wherever there's water.
Speaker 3:Oh, yeah, I've been doing that, constantly Checking the basement. Basement's doing good. Actually, one of the projects we did when we were renting because I had an electrician come in, oh my god, uh, because he had to tap an outside outlet that was sticking out of the ground, because there used to be a pool there years ago, yeah, which I forgot about. Yeah, at that house, at that house, I swear to that, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know the lights, the old cult. It was dead. It was still sticking out of the ground. So I brought a electrician in the car back. Yeah, I was round, it was down the back corner, so right behind the garage.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so I'm fine, yeah, so we cut it, and he also always there. He put better electrical wire with higher gauge into the water heater. So get that, I'll taken care of as well. Put a few breakers in to the house.
Speaker 1:Well, hopefully by the next meeting we can have a longer process and we can get something in the house by February. Love it Right. End of February, early March.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think March 1st would be.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that would be probably.
Speaker 3:And I actually have a refrigerator coming tomorrow. That'sthe other one that's there. Now is a little uh Time to go.
Speaker 2:Stuck in the 80s a little bit.
Speaker 3:I think we're stuck in the 70s.
Speaker 1:Well, those work better than the ones today, so that is 100% Yep, the old stuff Like.
Speaker 1:We bought a brand new washer and dryer maybe 10 years ago because front loading was the thing to do and I had my other washing machine and dryer for 25 years and I've had a problem with it Within a year. Yeah, I had to replace parts on the washers and I think we've had them for six years now since when he moved in that you know I had I bought him before and then we moved, brought him with us, so we make them six to seven years old, the washing machines junk. We already had somebody come out and look at it. He says keep running it until it dies, but it would be too expensive to repair six years old.
Speaker 3:So I like the old stuff it's not.
Speaker 1:You know you don't have all the options like steam dry and all that.
Speaker 3:Well, this is the one I bought is his basic refrigerator GBA. Yeah, you know, refrigerator on the bottom, freezer on top, that's it. Just the other one, just a couple hundred bucks. Yeah, it was a full400, $500.
Speaker 1:If you're into it for yourself, there's a Best Buy outlet in the old Westgate Mall area. Mm-hmm, that have. For the scratch and dent store the scratch and dent store and you can get some really good deals.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I've. I bought stuff from one of my houses up in out of Raintree and there's also a small one on the Lake. I'm sorry, rochester Freetown line. Is it Best Buy? It's not a Best Buy, it's a different one. Yeah, it's a scratching thing over there as well. Oh, really, yeah, okay, alright, what do you guys think for a number, $2,300?.
Speaker 2:That's low. Yeah, I was going to say that's $3,000 without the heat and the electric.
Speaker 1:I got to remember that right. So the electric's going to be $100 to $150 a month, talks, talks. Without the heat and the electric I got to remember that right. So the electric's going to be $100,000 to $150,000 a month, talks, talks, and we're going to spend what Two grand on an oil for a year.
Speaker 3:Probably yeah, yeah, I think 25 or 25-26 would be good.
Speaker 1:25-26 would be good.
Speaker 3:I'll go 25-50, you and me in the middle, 27, 28, I think, 25. There's a lot of factors that come into play too. What are rates of electricity going to be next year? What's the rates of electricity going to be next year? Yeah, price of oil going to be next year yeah, you know the whole political swing. Well, that's all I mean with the start of 25, if that's what you guys want to do, I have no issue on my end. I agree, that's it. And then, like you say, chris, we need to reassess the air.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm, I'm with that.
Speaker 1:You just. I know it's already in the lease in some type of language, but maybe the language could be adjusted. Yeah, it says that it could be revisited yearly.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and then, because this was the last one we did with Ted, I'll send this off to Ted. Once we have all the changes we want to make, just put the number in and things we want to add in, take out.
Speaker 2:We can talk about that as well, all right motion to settle these, starting at 2500, and will be revisited next year me visit it next year.
Speaker 1:All in favor. Aye, so that's a nice house it is. It is a nice house A lot of work's been done.
Speaker 3:I'd like to do some more in the future, but where we started, where we're at now, I'm very happy. Rough Riders so Mass Rough Riders are looking for their annual permit. They're asking for March 15th. I would recommend we don't let them stop their show until after April 1st just because of how wet that field is come March and having the horses out there early. We do have a schedule attached on there as well for a cleanup day in March 29th. I have no issue with that, but as long as they keep the horseshoe in until after April 1st.
Speaker 1:And they have a lot of shows.
Speaker 3:They do have a lot of shows Nevada's Saturday's in as well.
Speaker 1:Holy mackerel, that's awesome.
Speaker 3:The only day that's really up in the air would be September 21st. I believe that's the rain date, but I haven't got an official date for community day yet. Normally that they can always take another the following week, but I'll talk to them about that.
Speaker 1:Maybe we can ask them to invite some former selectmen to come down and clean up Could do. That way we can become more familiar with what Jim Conn means. Yeah, okay, so and. And some residence.
Speaker 3:And last year, as always, the fee is $60. And I have been working with them. Last year we finally got the insurance policy. Oh man, it's not doing that, so we're back on. And so they have a new one coming for me and their number is $600 for the season Three seasons, three seasons.
Speaker 1:We've only charged them one season.
Speaker 3:It's going way back, so it's only for this time. Just so you know, I was telling them before you got here, chris, somebody was doing donuts during Christmas week and took out part of the fence, so it's something else. Oh, really, yeah, the fence took out it's.
Speaker 1:It's in pretty rough shape, it is. Yeah, that's a whole, so nothing we can't take care of.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's a whole other project down the line of redoing the corral.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, all right.
Speaker 2:Motion to approve 600? Yes.
Speaker 3:Motion to approve yes motion to approve saying at 600 the next permit is for our live USA. They're looking for their annual permit starting April 1st all the way up till August 15th, normal fields 1 through 7, the Burke Bay, ruth McKinney. They'd also like to have the RMS softball field on Monday and Tuesday evenings after school softball is done and they're also asking for boarding colony softball field on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 to 5. Which we no longer have the Sunday league there anyway, so it's pretty much wide open on the weekends. Their leagues have expanded. They're looking for more space for softball, really, yes, so that's exciting. Yep, and no fee. It really jumped, especially the softball program. A lot more team employees, power to the people.
Speaker 2:Power to the women. Go girls. Motion to approve yes, all in favor, aye.
Speaker 3:You'll see the next three permits. Before we get into them we have to figure something out real quick. It's for the GR Girls Lacrosse. Two out of the three permits they presented is for using the Bettencourt Field. I know we've talked about what we want to. You know, throw around some thoughts. Are we going to leave the Bettencourt field open this spring? Do we want to close it? And if we do keep it open, do we just want to allow for games on Sundays and that is it, and then it's shut down the rest of the time? They're asking for two to three nights of practice on one of their permits for K through fourth graders to practice on the field.
Speaker 3:We've kind of gone back and forth. We talked about this a little last fall. The only way we're going to get that field back to where we need to do it is to really kind of shut it down. With that being said, it's a town field, it's not just a football field. So everybody has to be willing. If one group's going to sacrifice, other groups have to sacrifice as well. We have to keep this fair. Yeah, on the other, hand.
Speaker 3:On the other hand, to your point, the only way we're going to get it back is if we shut it down for a while. You know, especially that middle part of the infield I didn't mean infield, excuse me Middle part the 50-yard line it's never going to come back with people running on it constantly and that's gonna go for football as well come the fall. When we tell them that's what we're practicing out there, we go by on October 1st and the sun's down and they're out there practicing and I've spoken to them. So we have to look at what do we want to do? I personally believe we've got to. What do we want to do? I personally believe we've got to. Again, being the town field, they have the right to use it, but we've got to get this fixed.
Speaker 2:I agree, yeah, we need to restate it.
Speaker 3:Because they can. If we just want to allow them to play the games on Sundays because normally it's from April 1st to June 1st Maybe they have three or four home games and that's it so I could offer them practices at the South School outfield, because nothing's going on there, so they can practice those kids over there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they want to keep everybody down in the ball fields because it's personal the families. You got to keep one key here, one kid there. It's not easy. Everybody's in the same area. Yes, um, my opinion is, if we're gonna rest the field, who's paying to have a repair? I think the people that caused the damage should repair it, and if they don't wanna do that, I don't know, because, again, we really can't do much during the school day.
Speaker 3:I mean, the school uses that field for gym class, for the field days, things like that. So really the only time it's going to get full rest would be the summer months, and then we could run into drought conditions, water restrictions, things like that. So that's a whole other can of worms that we have to think about. So I agree with everything you just said, chris. Other groups are gonna have to help step up to help us win.
Speaker 1:yeah, yeah, I mean maybe we can. You can start some communication with the Giants and basically ask them. You know, ask, basically ask them listen, the field's damaged. Your program's the reason for the damage. We need to shut the field down during the summer so we can try to repair it for your fall season. Is that something they're going to be willing to do?
Speaker 1:If not, then it is what it is. I mean, throw some dirt down, make it level and call it a day. So I I guess my recommendation, opinion would be open line and communication with the Giants, see where they're at, whether they want to contribute to the repair of the field that they damaged or what their thought is, what would be their recommendation to have the field in good condition for their fall season and maybe they already have, maybe they have plan and you know they just haven't communicated it because we know that happens right. They think the programs, they have this sense of ownership of the facilities that they use, which they should have some sense of ownership, but they also need to realize that it's a town facility and anybody should be able to use it.
Speaker 1:So that would be my only opinion.
Speaker 3:Works for me.
Speaker 1:I make a motion that we send a communication to the Chinese inquiring as to what their recommendations are for repairing that field. And that was that. Oh, the other one, or comments. I do have a comment, is it possible?
Speaker 2:just to broke that area up, so that way the field's still accessible to everybody, just not that area.
Speaker 1:It's a 50-yard one. It's a 50-yard one.
Speaker 3:Also the school's in the middle, but like when you're trying to repair it.
Speaker 2:The school goes on it.
Speaker 3:You can't say well, you know sports can't use it, but the school can, but at least if it's roped off you can say everybody, I'm just playing devil's advocate.
Speaker 1:One of the issues with that is the school by lease, as that property it's basically there's while the school is in session. Yes, so we can't really tell them. I mean, we, I guess we could like start the repairs in the spring. I mean, I'll stop, it's not a giant, you do the repairs in the spring. You, I mean, start with communication with the Giants, you do the repairs in the spring. You rope off the middle of the field where the repairs are being done and the school's going to have to deal with it. Because I've seen people there last week.
Speaker 2:You know, during school vacation there's kids there. Oh yeah, it's beautiful weather, yeah.
Speaker 1:They were on the soccer field down there.
Speaker 3:So I got in, were on the side. So if we did that rope off then we'd be happy. We couldn't allow for games if we if because they're in school time we got to shut the girls across would not have that field. If that's the avenue we want to go, which we can work with them on playing their games on Sundays at RMS, because we don't have anything else on RMS. Is this field still aligned? Or if BP had it, bp does use it. It would have to be to make sure they could play there. But we'd have to make sure they're play there. But we have to make sure they're not the same games as boys lacrosse. They're not home the same days. Okay, boys lacrosse goes out there at the same time. I've not heard from BP yet. I'm guessing they're gonna be here sometime over the next couple weeks because they have no fields to play. There are rumors they were gonna be playing at Hopewell.
Speaker 3:That's where they were playing all fall season, all fall, but they still use cross country. But they still were using our field last year for baseball, softball and lacrosse and I don't know what they're doing yet. I haven't heard from them yet but normally that comes sometime over this calendar month. I'll hear from them to get that ready. So if we did get to that point and we could work out a schedule where the boys are playing there one weekend, the girls are playing there on Sundays there's no issue there and then during the week, it's just BP was using the field only for games and then we shut that field down for the summertime to get it ready for the fall, which we've been doing in the past couple of years to help it come back.
Speaker 3:That's one option. Option two is the boys keep playing there. We offer RMS football, slash softball for their games on Sundays and then we offer you know we're going to figure out a practice schedule with them. To your point, chris, you know kid, you know once playing baseball and got softball, you know lacrosse practice you got to bring them all the way to South School. That would be the issue there. You really can't have them playing in the Babe Ruth Burke outfield while baseball and softball games are going on and things like that.
Speaker 1:So the otherI mean when we get an answer back from them yeah, a quicker fix would be just to cut it and saw it. But then we have the problem with the irrigation yes, in the middle of the field. So maybe we need to talk to somebody about irrigation first before we even stop, because if some of the allegations were that the field wasn't getting enough water and that's why it was in bad shape, I called yes, but um, and there isn't any water down the middle of the field. But you know, is that something we should look into before we do anything to make sure that we can irrigate it so that we can keep the grass. Yeah, oh, who will?
Speaker 2:we, who would be the resource?
Speaker 3:for that. Multiple companies, you know you can't be one. You know, yeah, there's a ton of you know landscaping companies that do that. Yeah, you know. Just, you know adding results to the middle of the field. And you got point, chris, because it does run constantly. It goes overnight so we can have that field ready for games on and practice during the week.
Speaker 3:But if we get a serious drought, like we had a couple years ago, where we couldn't even we had to seriously restrict the amount of water we put on that field, that's going to be tough as well. Because then there was people came to us a couple years ago putting another well in just for the ball fields. That's more money. We could look at the whole thing, putting a well in the cost and helping out the fields. We could just talk about putting extra zones in on the Bettencourt field.
Speaker 3:The more I think about it, chris, the way you just said, I think that's what we have to do. I think we have to focus on the zones, because if we don't have the water to take care of that grass or sod or whatever we put down in those areas, it's just going to die and we just threw money away for nothing. So I mean, there's no easy fix here, there's no easy decision. Excuse me, but it has to be a starting point somewhere. And if the starting point is we hold off on this permit, we get some answers and we revisit it come February and we have some more information about what it would cost to get water out there, what the Giants are willing to do to help us, what even maybe be our girls across is willing to do to help us. You know, with their extra practices we got to make this. Well, we already charged them anyways because they're shots of split there.
Speaker 2:Any other exist with next resident but the school be able to accommodate in any way.
Speaker 1:No, no, no. I don't even know what to ask him.
Speaker 3:Yes, their budget right now is what they're asking for and what they need, so this would really fall on us. Okay, because?
Speaker 2:the way the contract works. But even when I need I'm sorry I should be clear when I need accommodating, like Ed mentioned about, like it's today, possibly to use that as a field for gym classes, that's true.
Speaker 3:Merrill, yes, it would be in terms of, like, just location themselves, like if you're sending a classroom of liberty all the way over to, let's say, field five, you know six or seven by the time they walk over there and get set up. A field five is right there, field five is right there and that outfield is lush yes, so they could use that. And field two doesn't have any irrigation.
Speaker 1:There's no irrigation, so they go up there anyway. Excuse my language.
Speaker 3:See if you can edit for later.
Speaker 2:So I mean.
Speaker 3:I mean, but that's just an idea to get this solidified. So, but maybe that's the best way, we hold off, we put this one on hold until next month I would prefer that and then we get some answers and we come back. Well, we can all approve the permit. You put us on hold until next month.
Speaker 1:I would prefer that. And then we get some answers and we come back. Well, we can only approve the permit tonight, with the stipulation that the location of their request is TBD. Yeah, okay, want to do that, brian, that works. Yeah, want to make that motion.
Speaker 2:I think there's a $600 fee for that. Yes, there is Motion to approve 600 free pending on For BR and Girls Lacrosse. No, I know, I'm trying to think if there's any other term I should. Pending on Approved location Approved obtaining approved location for BR and Girls Lacrosse.
Speaker 3:Second, All in favor. Aye, and their practice will be fine because they do that. Some of their practices are Tuesday, wednesday, thursday at Legion. That's not a problem. Well, that night's fine, it's gonna be the ones for back court we have to figure out.
Speaker 1:Let's not forget about the Legion too Well lacrosse, use that yes. Yeah.
Speaker 3:They use it for practice, right, they got lights now Girls lacrosse use it, boys lacrosse uses RMS. Is it big enough for an actual field over there? Did you For an actual game? Yeah, I don't know. We actually played some soccer games over there when the board was a little rough, you know, like when it was too wet.
Speaker 1:Last time they had the World Cup and Foxborough. Remember Foxborough was a location for the World Cup 94 preliminaries. Yeah, we have team from Nigeria that use that. Did they really? They've used the Legion field to practice and I believe Foxborough was also going to be a location for this upcoming year's World Cup. Yes, they are we might be getting reached, might be getting contacted by the government of Nigeria for a practice location and they're converting Gillette over for the tournament to grass again.
Speaker 3:Oh, are they? Yeah, part of that? Maybe they can tell us how to fix our fields. It's called cash, that's it. It's called money Replace it every year. We have a reminder every year. So that is it for field permits, guys.
Speaker 1:Alright, who do we got next?
Speaker 2:riley, I do not have anything for you, for it just wishing everyone a happy new year and looking forward to a great year ahead. All right, sorry, same thing all right.
Speaker 1:Um, I had the ted piednik piece that we already beat up with the rental property. I was down the dump this weekend every weekend and ran into Skip Crossman, who I run into every time I go to the dump. I don't know why. He's the weirdest thing. Who's Skip Crossman? Skip Crossman, if you're not familiar with him, has been involved with youth baseball in town for I don't know, probably 40 years. Yeah, I've never heard of him. He runs the umpires. Right now he's running the umpires. He had a couple boys I don't know if he had a girl that went through, but they're in their 30s now, but anyways.
Speaker 3:Actually there's three One's old. I used to work with one at Parking Rec years ago. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So he bent my ear. And are you guys?
Speaker 2:familiar with Bob McCabe. Yes, I know who he is Bob McCabe, so Bob McCabe was he passed away recently?
Speaker 1:right, he passed away recently. He passed away recently. Bob McCabe was out of YVSA and, like Skip said, he would argue with anybody as to how much time that Bob had spent no children in the program, Nothing right. He's got no connection to the program and he was affiliated with Ottawa DSA for probably 30 years.
Speaker 3:Okay, started in 79.
Speaker 2:This is Skip Bob. Bob, I'm talking about Bob. Yeah, no, bob, his first year coach was in 79. Wow.
Speaker 1:So 40 years before my time? Yeah, I think he stopped maybe a few years ago.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think right before I came back. He's when the Brown and Tiny stopped. Okay, yeah.
Speaker 1:So Skip wants to make some type of a dedication to Bob. We didn't get into the particulars, but one of the things we talked about was something similar to what Mr Nickerson has on field five. Okay, the bench. I believe there's a stone there with a bronze plaque on it yes, yep. Behind the backstop Yep.
Speaker 2:That's something that he wanted to see, something, a permanent structure. So something else too is that maybe if skips interested the select into recognition of water, maybe they could do something they recognize. Well, I've been the same. We can come in. Usually give a person whoever has a recognition more like a big black too yeah but that's something you could want to do also.
Speaker 1:And yeah, I don't think bob's really going to care, because he's not with us, no, but for his family his family? Yeah, his family might appreciate kind of a wife and a daughter who's medically compromised. Um, but yeah, that's a good idea.
Speaker 1:Ultimately the selectmen have to approve it anyways, but I just I told him that I would mention it and I can get back to him with a thumbs up if you want to get it organized let him grab the ball and run with it and then, you know, as far as I think, his first, what I would recommend his first step be, would be to contact, that would be to say which he's in touch with them all the time anyways, because I'm on my company. Yeah.
Speaker 3:And I know there's been talk about. You know what RYPSA can do for Bob. You know the little child would be here in the end and I said you guys need to figure out what you want to do and then come talk to us. Yeah, but.
Speaker 3:I have heard that rumor as well about a plaque somewhere around the field floor. But you know I played football. You know I was my coach in baseball. I was the coach in soccer and basketball, the old CYO back in the day. So you know I always said him and Butch Morrison were the two guys in town that Butch Morrison yes, that's the name.
Speaker 2:I don't think I, I don't know, I don't know who he was. Yeah.
Speaker 3:Butch was my coach when I played for the police over here. You know, like those are the two guys that did more for RYPSA. A lot of people have done a lot of things, but I don't ever think about all the work that's done. It's bogged, it's butchy yeah, agreed. So that's something we can definitely talk to Skip about and IYBSA and go from there. Alright, that's it. I don't have anything else.
Speaker 1:Happy New Year, sandy Happy. New Year. Sandy. Happy New Year everyone.
Speaker 2:I don't have anything else.
Speaker 1:You sound like you have a cold A little bit. Yeah, yeah, a little cold.
Speaker 2:We told her to go home, but she didn't want to stay for the fun.
Speaker 1:anyway, she doesn't want to try to type up Tim's notes. Tim, what does it?
Speaker 3:say chicken scratch, that's right. Well, thank God it's all recording now so you can just watch it over well, that's true, anything about that? Yeah, so just a couple things on my end. One thing I forgot to put on the agenda of my apologies it's time for the annual town report. In the past he's always done a wonderful job and I'd like if you guys would recommend and nominate Sammy to write our annual town report.
Speaker 2:Motion to recommend Sammy Stravigan to write Park and Rec's annual town report. Thank, you.
Speaker 1:Thank you All in favor. Aye, all I hear is the sound of a truck backing up Right over you.
Speaker 3:She does a wonderful job every year. Just a few last things. Basketball games officially start this Saturday for the town league running for the next eight weeks. We have some new winter activities starting up and more to start up, including February vacation club. I am attending a relicensing meeting in February for our Merrill site for daycare, because that's up for renewal in April. I'm going to be sending you guys an email with the state ethics training. I just did it. Did I email it to you? Oh yeah, send, oh okay with the state ethics training.
Speaker 1:I just did it. Did I email it to you?
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, send, oh okay.
Speaker 3:Just email or if you did. I guess now, more computerized, they can look it up.
Speaker 1:They should be able to look it up. I just did it.
Speaker 3:Okay, just questions. For summer have already started. We'll start putting that together pretty soon, but registration is always in early April. Once we have the official school calendar locked down after the winter, we can officially start. Finally, we've sold 46 out of the 70 Celtics tickets for the game on February 28th. Anybody interested? We're going to be sending out an email. Blast out, but those will go and it should be a good time for everybody that goes. I got mine too. Yes, you do.
Speaker 1:And that is it for me Not cheap Celtics. I thought it was gonna be cheap. Oh fuck, and the thing is that's the big yeah.
Speaker 3:Now they're gonna pay for all the rings and that's the big level, like there was tier games. Yeah, and that's the mid level. Like there was tier games, yeah, and you know, when you got up to like Christmas Day or if they were playing the Warriors or something like that, another 50, 60 bucks a ticket, it's like my God. And then you look for a Friday night or a vacation for the kids and things like that. So that's what we got.
Speaker 2:Alright. Motion to adjourn yes. All in favor Aye.