HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-04-19 Middle School Fields Improvement Committee Minutes Meeting No. 17 Minutes April 19, 2018
Middle School Fields Improvement Committee
Meeting No. 17 Minutes
Date: April 19, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: North Andover Town Hall, 120 Main Street (In 1st Floor Conference
Room) North Andover, MA
Attendees: Committee Members: Amy Mabley, Terry Holland, Derek Wessel, Rosemary
Smedile, Todd Dow and Rick Green
Public: None
Minutes Recorded By: Rick Green
Copies To: Andrew Maylor, Rick Gorman, Joyce Bradshaw
Item No. 1 Public Input
• No public input
Item No. 2 Approval of Minutes for Meetings No. 15 and No.16
• A motion was made by Terry Holland to approve the minutes as drafted for
Meetings No. 15 and No. 16. The motion was seconded by Amy Mabley and
approved by the Committee.
Item No. 3 Revisions to Conceptual Layout Drawing
• No comments were made on the Final Conceptual Layout Plan, and this is the
plan that the Committee will promote and advertise for Town Meeting in May
2018. The Committee discussed comments made in the School Committee
Meeting on April 5, 2018. Terry Holland spoke of comments raised by Kim
Reardon of Parker Street including her concern with parking on Parker Street.
He suggested that signing for no parking during events could be installed along
the street and possibly passing out traffic cones to residents to be put out during
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events to close off parking. He also discussed Ms. Reardon's concern with
maintenance of the gate at Parker Street.
Item No. 4 Renaming of Project
• Rick Green presented some possible names for the redevelopment of the Middle
School Field Complex which is presently being called the Recreation Complex
located off Chickering Road. The Committee agreed that the naming of the
project could wait until after Town Meeting in May and felt that the final naming
would likely be approved by others.
Item No. 5 Public Outreach for Support of Project at May 2018 Town Meeting
• The Committee discussed various user groups that the members would reach
out to for support of the project at Town Meeting. Terry Holland will
communicate with the Booster Club, Derek Wessel with NASA, Amy Mabley the
PTO's, School's and School Administration and Rick Green NALL. Terry and
Rick will reach out to the Fields Committee and Joseph Hermann Youth Center.
• Rick Green will update last year's Letter of Support for the Project with further
information on the project. He will also prepare a bulletized list of key features
for the project and timeline that can accompany the Final Conceptual layout Plan.
Both documents will be reviewed by the Committee members and comments will
be incorporated. The support document(s) will then be distributed to various user
groups.
• Terry Holland indicated that he is aware of some opposition to the project,
specifically the amount of funding from the Community Preservation Act (CPA).
This group believes that CPA funds should be used for open space and not
recreation.
Item No. 6 Fundraising for Project
• There was no discussion on fundraising other than the Committee agreed that
this topic should be addressed after Town Meeting and the outcome of the
warrant articles pertaining to the Middle School project are determined.
Item No. 7 Next Meeting
• The next meeting will be scheduled through email.
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