Board of Parks

City of Lowell • Board of Parks Recreation Department • recreation@lowellma.gov 107 Merrimack Street, 4th Floor • Lowell, MA 01852 P: 978.674-4175 • F: 978.970.4065 • www.lowellma.gov Lowell Board of Parks Meeting Minutes DATE: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 TIME: 6:00PM LOCATION: Mayor’s Reception Room, 375 Merrimack St. 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852 PRESENT: John Linnehan, Chairman Ryan Rourke, Vice Chairman Tom Caunter, Member Keith Rudy, Member Kah Ndi, Member Shannon Cohan, Superintendent of Parks MEETING CALLED TO ORDER: 6:01PM by Chairman J. Linnehan Item 1 – BOARD NEEDS TO VOTE: To approve minutes from August Board of Parks meeting. Motion was made by Tom Caunter to approve the minutes from the August BOP meeting. Motion was seconded by Kah Ndi. Approved Unanimously. Item 2 – Kayla Balamotis (MVFFL) – MVFFL Tournament for Ovarian Cancer Koumantzelis Park – Koumantzelis Multipurpose Field Saturday, October 21, 2023 9am-3pm Resident Adult Fee $25.00/2hr block X 3 = $75 The requestor did not show so the request was DENIED. Item 3 – Stephanie Rondeau – Gender Reveal Shedd Park – Pavilion Sunday, October 22, 2023 12pm-4pm Resident Adult Fee $25.00/2hr block X 2 = $50 Custodial Fee $120/4 hour = $120 Total Fee = $170 The requestor did not show so the request was DENIED. Item 4 – Charlene Ramirez – Vendor Craft Fair Events Shedd Park – Pavilion Sunday, October 08, 2023 10am-6pm Resident Adult Fee $25.00/2hr block X 4 = $100 Custodial Fee $120/4 hour X 2 = $240 Total Fee = $340 Tareena Pagan represented this request. There will be music, and youth and craft vendors. Motion was made by Ryan Rourke to approve the request for a fee of $340. Motion was seconded by Tom Caunter. Approved Unanimously. Page | 1 Item 5 – Patricia Coffey – Requesting Account Credit Patty had an event scheduled for Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 5-9p at Shedd Park Pickle Ball Courts (without a rain date). They paid $100.00 for their first permit and canceled due to the weather with enough notice. They resubmitted a new request for Wednesday, September 20, 2023 from 5-9p, but due to it being before the next BOP meeting to receive their credit, they needed to pay an additional $100 for the second permit ($200 in total). They are requesting $100 account credit back to put towards the use of a future permit. Motion was made by Ryan Rourke to approve issuing account credit for $100. Motion was seconded by Tom Caunter. Approved Unanimously. Item 6 – Nasreen Hosein – Birthday Party Shedd Park – Pavilion Sunday, October 15, 2023 9am-1pm Resident Adult Fee $25.00/2hr block X 2 = $50 Custodial Fee $120/4 hour = $120 Total Fee = $170 The requestor did not show so the request was DENIED. Item 7 – Hetal Patel – Requesting Fee Waiver In January, Hetal received a permit for 35 dates at Hovey Field to play cricket. The permit fee was $50 per day, totaling to $1,750 ($1,700 after using their $50 credit from last season). Due to weather and multiple tournaments causing schedule changes, they did not use the field and are requesting a fee waiver for the following dates: Sunday, June 4 Saturday, June 10 Sunday, June 11 Saturday, June 17 Sunday, June 18 Saturday, June 24 Sunday, June 25 Saturday, July 1 Sunday, July 2 Saturday, July 15 Sunday, July 16 Sunday, July 23 Sunday, July 30 Saturday, August 12 Saturday, August 19 Sunday, August 20 Sunday, August 27 Saturday, Sept 2 Sunday, Sept 3 Saturday, Sept 9 Sunday, Sept 10 Saturday, Sept 16 Sunday, Sept 17 Saturday, Sept 23 Sunday, Sept 24 Saturday, Sept 30 Page | 2 The total amount they are requesting to have waived from their account is $1,300 (26 unused dates X $50 per date = $1,300). They would still have a balance of $400 that needs to be paid for the nine dates they did use the field for. The Board will only address dates that were unused due to weather. This item has been tabled for next month until those dates are confirmed. Item 8 – Jose Hernandez (Fundamental Flag Football) – Extending Current Flag Football Permit O’Donnell Park – Frank Ryan Senior League Baseball Field October 12 – November 30, 2023 5pm-11pm Resident Adult Fee $25.00/2hr block X 3 = $75 per date X 8 dates = $600 Motion was made by Tom Caunter to approve the request for a fee of $600. Motion was seconded by Keith Rudy. Approved Unanimously. Motion to adjourn by Ryan Rourke. Motion was seconded by Kah Ndi. MEETING ADJOURNED: 6:36pm Page | 3