2026-07-15 - Recreation Commission Meeting

0:07All right, here we are for the Town of

0:09Charleston Recreation Commission meeting

0:11for July 20th, 2026.

0:14It is 6:08 p.m. Like to call the meeting

0:18to order. Our first up, we have our June

0:208th, 2026 meeting minutes. Um Pat, have

0:24you had a chance to take a look at

0:25those?

0:26>> Yep, they look great to me.

0:28>> All right. I'd like to make a motion we

0:30approve the meeting minutes from June

0:328th, 2026.

0:34>> I second.

0:36>> All those in favor?

0:37>> I.

0:39>> All right.

0:41Next up for new business, we got a

0:42Dorian Dhy email with a phone call from

0:45New England Seal for the pickle ball

0:47court. Um, I don't ever recall. Did we

0:49ever I know this is probably months ago.

0:52Did we ever reach out to them or they

0:55just reaching out for to see if we need

0:56any service?

0:58I mean they they're like Diane maybe

1:02called him if there was some you know

1:03peeling or something like that but I

1:05don't I um haven't definitely I haven't

1:09>> all right I I will make a point this

1:11week to call them to just to check in

1:14and see if we a they did receive a call

1:17from uh this board at any point or if

1:21they're just checking and see if we need

1:22any service. I'll give them a call this

1:24week.

1:27Right. Next up, we have the healthy city

1:30c city's wellness grant. Um it was a

1:34Andrew Golas had sent that to us and uh

1:37dealt with um was a grant for what

1:39$30,000 that's available for outdoor

1:43exercise.

1:45>> That's that sounds great. Um

1:48>> yeah, it uh my only thing to think about

1:51with that is um what I mean only

1:57considering what type of climate we live

1:58in, how it won't it'll be great during

2:02the summer and probably the part of the

2:03spring and a little bit of the fall, but

2:05come the winter, I mean, no one's doing

2:07the outside stuff, I wouldn't think. I

2:10mean, I don't know if we want a table to

2:13discuss it more. Um just like the

2:16different options, the pros and the cons

2:19>> of it.

2:21>> Is it is it like

2:24you take a trail and then you add some

2:27healthy more health activities into it?

2:30I mean did have you looked any more

2:32looked into it any more than what what

2:35he sent

2:36>> at all?

2:36>> I have not. I'm just I mean if

2:40what I one of my things is I mean give

2:43me your thoughts on this because you

2:44know how we have especially I I think

2:46the one that's most fresh my mind is the

2:48open space area down um on the

2:50subdivision down by Buffam. It's off of

2:52um Buffam Road. Dave Jeem had done it.

2:55And you pull in that because I think

2:56that part of that that open space area

2:58in the trail is connected to the

3:01Midstate Trail.

3:03And I don't know if if the town should

3:05take advantage of if they were to if we

3:08were to go forward this have it in an

3:10area like that or even next to possibly

3:13the playground at the center of town

3:16would be a spot where people gather. I

3:18don't I don't know here. Let me

3:20>> I mean like the trails the trail I mean

3:23it's it's I know it needs to be on town

3:25land but I'm like you know

3:28>> the trails behind the uh Masonic but

3:31there must be other I mean we do have a

3:33lot of trails we can

3:36um

3:38Oh no without a doubt without a doubt.

3:41And

3:43um cuz I think I I've done a job down

3:46there on Buffam and I I see it because I

3:48mean they have a parking area. I mean

3:50there's a three to four car parking area

3:52but still and um

3:57it's one of those

4:02it's one of those things that yeah it

4:03would be great to take advantage of it

4:04and need to be on town man. And then the

4:06old other of like anything that you

4:08build is

4:10uh the maintenance of it. What are you

4:12going to build it out of

4:14and stuff like that? Maybe we should

4:16look more into it. I know that this is

4:17fresh.

4:18>> You know where we we what we else that

4:20we don't we don't utilize is the Prindle

4:23pond area.

4:26>> Correct.

4:26>> And we have that whole

4:29>> we have that whole I mean

4:31>> flat area up top. Um,

4:34>> yeah,

4:35>> let let me let me make it a play after

4:37we're done. I'll go and I'll look at the

4:39because I'm like if we if we created

4:42like a fitness playground up there.

4:45>> Yep.

4:45>> It's already parking already there.

4:48>> Correct.

4:49>> Spaces. There is

4:52it's it's it overlooks the beautiful

4:53lake. I mean, I don't know like what

4:55they're like what exactly they're

4:57thinking about, but

4:59I mean, in my I've I've been thinking

5:02about since your when we started looking

5:05at the pickle ball court location and we

5:06went up there and measured um I had that

5:10I had that location in the back of my

5:11mind because it is really beautiful and

5:13we don't use it at all.

5:15I at least wanted to throw a couple of,

5:17you know, picnic tables up there or

5:19something, but um I'm like maybe this

5:22might

5:23>> be something. Let's I mean,

5:27>> yeah, worth definitely worthwhile

5:28looking to the Prindle area because

5:30actually I drove I went that way. I was

5:32trying to avoid Route 20 I think on

5:35Saturday. I forgot what day it was. I

5:37was trying to avoid it. I drove right by

5:38it and and I looked down there and it's

5:40just I mean no one was there but either

5:42way I think it was but it was still a

5:44great area that parking that's available

5:46up top.

5:47>> Yeah. So it's I mean because there's

5:49already parking and you know and we own

5:52it. Um and it's we really don't do

5:54anything with it. We mow it.

5:57>> That's it. So

5:58>> yeah, that's about it. So I maybe yeah

6:00let let me um I I should have looked

6:04more just um between you know one kid

6:08going to college and one going into a I

6:10just like like insane. Um, so let me let

6:14me I will um

6:17do a look a little more in what they're

6:19thinking like what exactly

6:22>> what exactly this grant

6:25would cover and if if it makes sense to

6:28to do something up there. Um uh

6:33the outdoor and like I mean so yeah, let

6:36me do a little more research and I'll

6:37come back and I'll shoot an email over

6:38and then we can talk about it at the

6:39next meeting. Um,

6:41>> all right. Perfect.

6:44All right. Great idea. The prindle

6:46though. Didn't think of that. All right.

6:48Uh, next up we have financing bills. We

6:51got slims with some portable toilet

6:53invoices. Three of them for the month of

6:54July for $220 each.

6:59>> Um,

7:02>> yeah. Let me make a can I make a motion

7:04to pay the um the Slims um portable

7:10toilet invoices um for the month of

7:12July?

7:14>> All right, I second that. All those in

7:16favor?

7:17>> I

7:18>> I All right, it's a vote. Then also um

7:22they already sent the I know we're

7:24having a meeting later on in the month

7:26and we usually do. They already they

7:27already sent the August ones. Do you

7:29want to wait till our August meeting to

7:30to do those or do you just want to do

7:32those now?

7:33>> All right. Uh All right. We have three

7:35in invoices for the month of August 2026

7:39at 228. We have a motion to

7:42>> uh pay those.

7:43>> Um I make a motion that we we pay the um

7:47the three invoices for the sprinkler

7:49repairs um

7:52and uh all the all the sprinkler

7:55repairs. all the sprinkler invoices.

7:58>> All right. So, they went I don't if you

8:01had a chance to look at the invoice

8:02because I uh Loren had mentioned it to

8:05me that they they went over the

8:08estimate, which is fine because I'm I'm

8:10totally in favor of getting those things

8:13those sprinklers back online, especially

8:15for those two ball fields. So, the total

8:17was $2,633.

8:19They found a couple others that were

8:20broken and they saw it. But I have no

8:22issue with that. Just so we get the the

8:24dollar amount

8:24>> y

8:25>> down. Yeah. $2,633

8:28for those economy sprinkler invoices.

8:31>> Um I make a motion that we pay the

8:34economy uh one sprinkler invoices.

8:37>> All right. I second that. All those in

8:39favor? I

8:40>> I This is good. Now hopefully this will

8:43improve the condition of the fields and

8:45and you know just uh

8:47>> Oh yeah. I know in the future like when

8:50you when you keep it

8:51>> um well hydrated then the it helps like

8:57long term better too in those fields

9:00>> without a doubt especially on a dry

9:02summer like we're having now. We had a

9:04dry one last year as well. So it can

9:06only help. It can only help. All right.

9:10Next up, we uh Loren had sent over the

9:14um FY end of year update for the budget.

9:20All right.

9:22So, we had $166 left over for sip, $100

9:27remaining for recreation memorial day.

9:30All right. We used none of the Amazon

9:33last year.

9:34And then

9:37the budget for 2027.

9:41All right, we have 3,000 for stipens.

9:45Oh

9:48No one.

9:513,000 for stipens. 8,300

9:56killing me.

9:598,300 for expenses. $100 for Memorial

10:01Day. Now the playgrounds. What's that

10:04one for the $7,54.77?

10:07Are you familiar with that one?

10:08>> Is that maintenance?

10:09>> The article could be

10:11>> It could be because it says it's dated.

10:12It's from the annual town meeting in

10:142015.

10:15Town meeting article number 10 fields in

10:192016. That was article five. I mean it's

10:22$432.60

10:23minimum. [clears throat] So

10:26>> um so the

10:29is that just left over from the that was

10:31way before my time. I'm just pulling out

10:33the budget myself.

10:34>> Okay, that's fine. We I can get more

10:36clarity from Loren if we need be.

10:39>> And she I I think we probably have to go

10:42to Ashley, right? Because

10:43>> Yeah.

10:46>> Um

10:46>> could be. It's just part of it part of

10:48paying it off, I guess. What was what

10:51was appropriate for it at town meeting

10:52in 2015 and what's how long they um laid

10:56it out.

10:56>> We'll have to get more information.

10:58We've It's funny that we've really not

11:00um it's only been Diane in all since

11:02I've been here that's been really

11:04looking at the budget.

11:05>> I'm just I was just wondering what those

11:08were. Just out of curiosity.

11:09>> I don't have a history. It's only been

11:11like this is only my um third year or

11:14second yeah second year. So yeah, I

11:17never really um spent at least since

11:19I've been here looking at the budget and

11:21kind of and budgeting, you know, and

11:23actually um sort of even sitting in

11:25front of like a finance committee

11:28>> at least only D. So, you know, some time

11:30to to look and see um

11:33>> if there's if there's other

11:35>> that that kind of that whole capital

11:37thing. But I think we talked about

11:38having a meeting right at some point to

11:40kind of talk about like any long-term

11:42more long-term like capital stuff that

11:43we might think that um we would want to

11:47work toward or whatever.

11:49>> Okay. Gotcha.

11:52All right. Um no phone calls email. I

11:55got to check out that one that Diane had

11:58had forwarded over to us as well as the

12:01request. Uh safety check. I just need to

12:04type those. They've been fine. just had

12:06some trash down at uh the skate park on

12:09Friday.

12:11Um I just need to get those reports over

12:13to um the selectman's office.

12:17>> Did they take that? There was a like a

12:19broken scooter that I had um a couple of

12:22weeks ago I actually like moved it from

12:25over by the trash. Did was that gone or

12:27that still there?

12:28>> Gone. Gone. Yep.

12:30>> Okay.

12:30>> It was gone. And then also I I know I

12:33when I talked to learning today I haded

12:34to give the guys from Highway a heads up

12:36just to make it a priority to check that

12:38trash on a weekly basis. That trash was

12:40pretty full.

12:42So and then same thing with uh upper

12:45Maynard with the kids football start and

12:48it creates more trash as well.

12:51So all right old business we uh we got

12:53some wish lists from Little League

12:55softball football review and possible

12:57approval.

12:59Um,

13:01we got actually I printed these ones

13:03out. I had a chance to take a I got took

13:07a look quick look at these. Uh, we'll do

13:10um look at the little league ones first.

13:16Um,

13:20the little league they're uh they have

13:22the number one through eight. They came

13:24up with eight things at their last board

13:26meeting that they had in July. Um

13:29they're looking for some workable lights

13:30possibly.

13:32Um additional sod for the infield

13:35edging.

13:37They search as a yearly maintenance for

13:38them. Badam cage replacement

13:42more or less the netting and some

13:44mechanical

13:46stuff to hold it up.

13:48That cost they give

13:51the eastern bon cage grading and new

13:54turf in the baron cage dugouts.

13:58Um,

14:01safety has it. All right. Don't like

14:03that.

14:04But safety, I mean, it's just me. If

14:06it's a safety thing, I like to

14:07prioritize it, I guess.

14:08>> Yeah. What is it? What is What is the

14:10safety?

14:11>> A dug a dugout. The fencing and the

14:13carpentry. And both dugouts are in bad

14:15shape. There's an there is an area in

14:16the fencing where kids can and do slip

14:18through the access the field rather than

14:21using the entrance. Needs to be patched.

14:22And there's a safety hazard. Did the

14:25fencing ever get caught up or just the

14:26wrong way? Wood is rotting in certain

14:28areas and the shingles on top of the

14:29dugouts need replacement between fencing

14:31company and carpent should be a fairly

14:33modest fix costwise.

14:36All right. Um portable mound

14:40estimate cost 2 to 3,000 bleaches.

14:43He said he he brought up the neck. Uh

14:48all right that should get looked at.

14:50Shed repair. Storage shed needs new

14:52siding.

14:54>> I think I think the storage should

14:56>> Yeah. shed has been like that for a long

14:58for quite a quite a while

15:00>> and not just siding. It looks like there

15:01might be a little bit of like kind of

15:03like rot on it too. So we need

15:05>> Yeah, absolutely. Maybe I could on the

15:08uh dugout area. I can get a cost

15:11estimate from Corey what he's thinking

15:13or what what they might think. Maybe

15:15they could if maybe one of if they one

15:17of their sponsors is a fence company,

15:19they could uh do something with that.

15:23And then um

15:24>> yeah, we So, we do have some of that

15:27Amazon money, right? So, if they could

15:29Oh, without a doubt.

15:30>> If somebody,

15:32you know, could give us, you know, could

15:35could

15:37volunteer to do um you know, you know,

15:40the the labor first, you know what I'm

15:42saying? Or whatever. Let's see what um

15:45>> Yeah,

15:45>> I know you're you're very very very good

15:47at I think you know everybody, so like

15:50you're but let's see. I mean, I I

15:51absolutely um am in am

15:56And if not, I think we should get

15:58estimates

16:00too. Um because I if definitely the

16:03safety stuff, you're right. We we we

16:05can't have um no can't have it. Can't

16:09have it. So maybe I can I can get back

16:11to Corey and if you can get some hard

16:13prices. I know with the lights that's a

16:15three to 400,000. That's a huge capital

16:18um expense. Um, and then but all the

16:22other things if I can get a hard price

16:23for them from him as far as these so

16:28that when if he gets us those we can do

16:31those accordingly based upon um

16:35what the our board thinks is is an

16:38important thing to to go forward

16:41>> as far as it goes to with baseball. for

16:44the um for the lights. Let's um

16:49make sure we add it to our list and

16:52let's add that as a

16:54as a as a a capital request like a

16:58request for um to make that investment.

17:02and we'll go to the finance committee

17:05and and and request for it and ask for

17:07it and say that you know it's one of

17:08those um uh

17:12it's it's also

17:15um

17:17said it'll also alleviate that said that

17:19cracking if they can stretch out if they

17:20can use the field more and stuff it

17:22might cause a lot of issu you know um

17:26and

17:29you know yeah that does that make sense

17:31to you at least Let's ask.

17:34>> Oh, without a doubt. Absolutely. Let's

17:36definitely ask. Without a doubt. And uh

17:38I guess same thing goes for when you go

17:40to look when you look at uh softballs

17:43because they have um they have

17:45scoreboard on there. I mean he uh John

17:49Pilis the who I heard from from softball

17:52put a a ball pocket on the scoreboard

17:55and that might fall under that or I mean

17:57I think that we have

17:59we have that amount

18:02we do have it it available I mean

18:06it's 15,000 they they put ballpark in

18:09the middle of the road scoreboard so um

18:12there was a chance that we could do that

18:15and then they have additional shed

18:18estimate 6,000 mini split system for the

18:20boardroom and snack shack would be 4,000

18:23I guess even on these we get hard cost

18:28again because I mean when you think

18:29about the lights

18:31and you compare it to the scoreboard

18:33it's a little different animal

18:36>> y

18:36>> for dollar amount

18:37>> yeah and let's I mean we so we we we

18:40have recreation money that we've been

18:42sort of letting sit there um you know

18:45thinking about new projects But if we I

18:48mean the these the fixes to what we have

18:52makes is is just as good as building

18:55something new, you know. Um

18:57>> right.

18:58>> Hey Pat, I got to step away for a

18:59second. I go say bye to my daughter.

19:00She's going to New York. Hold on.

19:41All right, I'm back. Sorry.

19:44>> Let's um

19:45>> Yeah, let's let's uh

19:50if I mean do you want to will you

19:53respond? Let them get a real a like it's

19:5615,000. Um I don't know what that means

19:59for the procurement regs for this town.

20:02Um if we Well, because I mean that's

20:06Yeah, actually no, you're right because

20:11I think 10 thou I remember having this

20:13conversation with Nick

20:15>> about a month and a half ago. I think

20:16it's 10,000 over 10.

20:18>> It's got to go o out to uh public.

20:22>> We have to do we have to do bids um

20:28like RFP would it

20:30>> um you know the amounts went up. So let

20:33me let me just

20:35>> Okay.

20:36>> So anything

20:41so 10,000 to 100,000 requires a

20:44simplified competitive process where

20:46procurement officers maintain written

20:48quotes. So it you don't need to do a

20:50formal RFP but you do need um

20:53>> three bits three separate estimates,

20:55right?

20:55>> Yeah. Three separate estimates from 10

20:57to 100,000. So um that's

21:02That shouldn't be a a big deal. And um

21:07>> no.

21:08>> And

21:10let's see let's let's see what we have

21:13for

21:15quotes and then we we can add it back to

21:19the agenda to see if it's something that

21:22um we I mean that might be a um

21:26a nice thing to add to next season,

21:29right? So

21:30>> yeah, without a doubt. Yeah.

21:33>> Same thing probably for the um the dove

21:36out.

21:39>> Yeah. With the fencing. Yep. Without a

21:41doubt.

21:42>> I mean, I don't know if that's that's

21:43over what they're talking for prices.

21:45They said um what was the price for the

21:47dugout? Did they say like the um

21:49>> he didn't? No, Cory didn't put one in

21:51there on for the price of the dugout. He

21:54just uh specs company and carpenter.

21:56These should be probably fairly modest

21:58fixes to costwise. So, I don't I think

22:00it's 1,500 at the most.

22:03>> Oh. Oh, okay. Oh, okay.

22:06>> Possibly. So, I mean, then I guess we

22:09can we want we could do a group trip to

22:12look at the batting cage replacement and

22:14the and the um shed repair, stuff like

22:18that. Portable mount for the cage.

22:22Um maybe I could check with Corey to get

22:24some hard numbers on some of these.

22:26and like to shed. I mean, if we could um

22:29if it's something that uh Bay Path could

22:32do.

22:33>> Um

22:34>> yeah,

22:35>> absolutely.

22:36>> Um

22:37>> maybe we can

22:37>> I know sometimes that gets a little more

22:39a little a little more complicated, but

22:41that's a that's a I mean um I might be

22:45able to put signing on that um me

22:47as a you know my age female um actually

22:52that doesn't seem like it's so you know

22:54we maybe we give we can give them the

22:56opportunity um as a as a project or

23:00something um

23:01>> oh without a doubt

23:03without a doubt then next up

23:07>> uh we had football let me bring this up

23:11where's hers was Lis's

23:15the wish

23:16Uh, all right. So, they had

23:22they have she's got the

23:30defibrill

23:34for the onfield

23:40um

23:42safety item.

23:46Yeah. What is the I should open this

23:50>> cost is a legit cost $2,158.95.

23:59Um

24:11I mean

24:15I think that's important because it's a

24:16safety item.

24:18>> That almost makes me think that that

24:20like um it's scary that we don't have

24:23that.

24:24>> Correct. I know. I don't know whether

24:26the one that the league has now is

24:28outdated or what and I think that I

24:31every home game they have a a um

24:36they have a EMT as a detail.

24:40always have to pay a EMT. Is that

24:44>> every single home game? Every every home

24:46game is there's a a pay detail EMT on

24:50site.

24:51>> Does this help alleviate that if scored?

24:54>> It doesn't alleviate it, but it adds to

24:56it as far as even for practices and

25:00stuff as well if it's needed. But it's

25:03something to have

25:04>> store and they can store it in the

25:09snack shack or one of those storage

25:11sheds.

25:13There'll be something that's on site

25:15that the league owns.

25:21Yeah. I mean,

25:29I don't know how we I mean,

25:32at like that's something I think we

25:34should

25:35>> like vote

25:37>> like like I think we should we

25:38>> I know Brad's not here, but can we just

25:41can I make a motion that we um

25:44>> we the AED?

25:45>> Yeah, we purchase the AED for the

25:47football. Um and I know football is one

25:49of those um

25:52more dangerous, right? More dangerous

25:54sports and things happen. And I Yeah, I

25:57make a motion that we um

26:02um I don't know the I guess make a

26:04motion that we purchase an AED. We can

26:07kind of go through the um

26:09>> Well, I think it I think that it'll be

26:11uh to donate through the Amazon account,

26:15donate the money to the um Charlton

26:19Youth Football League, the AED machine

26:23>> because I mean I guess they can buy it

26:25they can buy it taxree also, right? I

26:27wonder but I wonder if we can get a

26:29better deal through our fire department

26:30or something.

26:32>> Uh

26:34I don't know. I don't want to.

26:39>> Okay. I I make a motion that we donate

26:41the cost of this AED. Um this estimate

26:44is 2,158

26:48um

26:51>> $158.95.

26:53>> Yeah.

26:54>> Okay.

26:55>> Out of the Amazon account. All right.

26:57Amazon.

26:57>> Out of the Amazon account.

26:59>> All right. I second that.

27:01All those in favor? Hi.

27:04>> Hi. Then also Lisa Al the vice president

27:09of the football. She had on here uh

27:13speaker system for the for the field

27:15during game day. Um

27:18he had the hard price on that with this

27:21just to upgrade their speaker system

27:23with the one speaker that they have down

27:26there now just for a down at the games.

27:28And I'm announcing if anyone needs to

27:30move their car if they're illegally

27:32parked and stuff like that.

27:35>> Yeah. What do they what do they have

27:37right now?

27:39>> Just one speaker in the uh thing that

27:41they that's m that's portable. So it's

27:44not not much. I'll put it that way.

27:50>> Yeah.

27:51No.

28:00Is that something that we should just I

28:03mean I'm I'm assuming that they did

28:04their research on the best speakers that

28:06they you know

28:07>> Yeah.

28:08Yeah. I think that they've been talk

28:10about this for years I think but now

28:13it's the final finally time as far as

28:15where someone's reached out and said hey

28:18uh you have a wish list and this made

28:21it. So,

28:22>> yep. Um,

28:23>> just one minute.

28:27>> I mean,

28:28>> we have the funding to do it.

28:30>> Yeah. All right. Through the Amazon. All

28:32right. I'd like to make a motion through

28:34Amazon that we provide the Dolby

28:36Charlton youth football to purchase the

28:42uh

28:44name of the outdoor sound system

28:48and page your mic for $5,147.99

28:51through the Amazon account

28:54>> part of our

28:56>> Okay. All those in favor I

28:58>> I

29:00>> All right. And I will email both I'm

29:03still waiting to hear back from soccer

29:04because they're on the list as well to

29:07see what they have as far as their wish

29:09list, but I will email both Corey and

29:12John to get hard hard numbers on on

29:15their items

29:18as far as what's on their wish list.

29:21So, um

29:24then we can move forward with those guys

29:26as far as prioritizing

29:29um as far as prioritizing their uh

29:34their wish list items. I know that. I

29:35mean, because obviously batting has the

29:37most so they to be the most have the

29:39most work as far as prioritizing, but I

29:41mean softball they pretty well with

29:44their three yards.

29:44>> I amum like I'm I happy to do you know

29:49um we just kind of did like you know

29:517,000 for um for football if we can you

29:56know kind of equal it. Oh yeah.

29:59>> Yeah. Give them all something happy um

30:02to to to do that. And I know there are

30:04certain things that are a little more

30:05expensive and all that, but um

30:07>> absolutely

30:08>> look at that. But yeah, let's once we

30:09get those numbers, I'm have let's do

30:11that too. That this I said I the money's

30:14been sitting there sitting there earning

30:17high, you know, just sitting there and

30:19um

30:19>> yeah, not getting any interest either.

30:21>> Definitely not. And our, you know, our

30:23um and our sports families aren't

30:25getting any use, you know, they you

30:27know, this will just make everything

30:28better for them um and more safe. So

30:33Yeah. And for the kids, too.

30:35>> Yeah.

30:36>> Make that experience.

30:37>> Thanks for doing that. Yeah. Thanks for

30:39kind of

30:41>> No problem. I mean, let's I'm of the

30:43same opinion. The money's the money's

30:44sitting there. Let's put it to use as

30:46far as if it can benefit the kids and

30:48enjoy their experience playing growing

30:50up in town here. So, all right. Next

30:54meeting. Um

30:55>> Oh, the pickle the pickle ball um

30:58benches. So, we

31:00>> Yep. Yep. Yep. All right. Sorry. Thank

31:03you for bringing that up.

31:04>> So, we I I know I know um they want

31:07another bench. Um the the the project um

31:14you know the the the actual project has

31:16the correct amount of benches. Um and we

31:19talked many times about building another

31:21one again because there's that you know

31:22people are people want it. I and I and I

31:25did say that, you know, I'll talk to my

31:27son and we voted that I could go and get

31:30the um Home Depot credit card from Mary

31:33and and go and buy the materials. I just

31:36um between like all all the ROC stuff

31:39and college and um and civil air patrol

31:43and SC like he's just overwhelmed. He's

31:46taken a couple of college courses this

31:48summer. Um I I I we just haven't sort of

31:53um

31:54made it like just sort of like made it

31:57happen. My husband said if necessary,

31:59you know, he can go and and and and

32:02build it. So we'll I I I can't it might

32:05take a little while, but I know

32:07eventually that we have a goal to get

32:09another um bench in there. Um I mean,

32:14>> I just can't promise a a a time. Okay.

32:17Maybe we maybe we can throw it in by

32:19the, you know, by the end of the summer.

32:20I'll I'll see what um

32:24>> what I can do.

32:25>> And in the meantime, I'll Perfect. And

32:28in the meantime, I'll go and if I said

32:30if if if I we can I'll just said same.

32:33We already had voted on it. I'll go grab

32:35the Home Depot card. It's only it's only

32:37a few, you know, um a couple hundred.

32:40Not I don't even know if it's 200 to get

32:42all the you know the the um pieces all

32:45the treated wood and all that. So um let

32:48me I I'll um I mean I said I let me give

32:54me some time. I'll I'll get I'll I'll

32:56get it done. Just

32:58>> Yeah, we'll check back in September.

33:00>> Right. Perfect.

33:01>> How's that? See where you're at.

33:02>> Perfect.

33:03>> Good with that.

33:04>> Okay. Perfect. All right. Let's do that.

33:07Let's do that. Perfect. All right. So,

33:09next meeting. Now question. Do you have

33:10a problem with next meetings in person

33:12at highway?

33:13>> No, this is excellent. That's good.

33:14>> Just because I know I know that Brad had

33:16asked and I let's try and do every

33:19couple I mean do a couple of Zoom and do

33:21a in person or do whatever just to

33:25because I mean I can't even remember

33:26when was it over the winter we had one

33:28in February.

33:29>> Yeah.

33:30>> Yeah. So

33:32>> it's been a while. Plus, I can bring

33:33down that that print of Maynard Field

33:37from the site plan back in 1995 that I

33:40don't think is in the file because I'd

33:42gotten three copies of it.

33:44>> Okay, perfect.

33:44>> From the planning board office. So, I

33:46can add that to our file as far as the

33:49recreation commission goes just so that

33:51we have because that's an that's that

33:52was an approved site plan which I mean

33:54in my opinion should be in our file.

33:56>> Yeah.

33:57>> Um just as record. So, all right. So,

34:01getting to August for the date. I mean,

34:06I know I'm we're done with our vacations

34:08for the for the summer, so I am um I'm

34:12pretty open. Do you have anything where

34:14you we know you you're not available on

34:16any of the Mondays?

34:18>> No, all my Mondays look pretty look

34:20pretty fine. Um

34:26>> what do you what what do you think? Um,

34:29>> I I mean, you want to do the 10th?

34:33>> Yep, that looks that looks fine.

34:36>> All right. August 10th is our next

34:38meeting.

34:40No,

34:43>> all right. Perfect. August 10th. All

34:46right. Do you have anything else that

34:48came up? Um, I know that we I don't

34:52think Do you have anything else that

34:54came up that we didn't hit on?

34:56>> Nope. And I will I will look into the

34:58healthy the healthy cities grant and see

35:01if it if there's anything that would

35:03would work at Prindle and and um just do

35:06a little research and if we can get it,

35:08you know, why not why not try to get it.

35:12>> All right, perfect. All right, being

35:14644, do we have a motion to adjurnn?

35:17>> I make a motion that we adjourn.

35:19>> Second. All those in favor? I

35:21>> I.

35:23>> All right, Py. Thank you very much. Have

35:24a good rest of the week.

35:25>> All right. You too. Bye-bye.