Recreation and Parks Board

Parks and recreation meeting minutes September 19th meeting Attendance: Board Chair: Mike Riegel Board Members: Marc Mignogna, Drew Heck, Ryan McCulley, Heather Hobbs Michael, Councilman Karl Munder Board Members Absent: George Guevara, Scott Rieland Town Staff: Gina Campanile, director of communication and events, Ashley Collier, Parks and special events coordinator, Nancy Hernandez, Parks attendant, John Breeding, Town Planner The meeting was called to order at 7:00 with the Pledge of Allegiance The August minutes were approved Chairman’s comments: Chairman Riegel said he was looking forward to Oktoberfest and the other upcoming fall events through the town. Council Report: Councilman Munder reported that the Dorseytown annexation has been pushed back to the October meeting. He also stated that the town hired a new town administrator his name is David Warrington. Guests: Hannah Ratchford- Girl scout gold award: She is looking into adding activities for the seniors in wildwood, specifically model exercises that seniors can do. Town planner John Breeding said to submit application to planning for approval. Kristin Furr- MACA 5K: Presented 5k, partnering with Lifewater to fund a well in Africa. She is looking at May 16th for the date. Field Allocations Parents from both MAYAA and four county little league both came to express their concerns with lack of field space. The two main fields struggling with scheduling are Summit ridge and Twin ridge. There is a new organization that requested field space, Central Md Sliders. Jason Evans a mount airy resident is the one who put the request in. Scott Nelson with MAYAA baseball said there is projected to be a lot of kids between 13 and 16. He said the issue is there are only two 90 FT baseball fields. FCLL is projected to have 3-4 teams. Board member Heck does not think the new organizations should get fields due to lack of fields. He also mentioned if the lights at Twin ridge can stay on longer it will allow longer practice. The current town code allows them to stay on until 10:00. Town planner Breeding mentioned there is a special approval of 12:00AM for the lights. The softball program is now with MAYAA. Tim Washabaugh with MAYAA took our advice, they are spending their own $ for salt box. Board member Hobbs Michael mentioned we need to advocate more at the council level for more fields. Councilman Munder asked for an old bill for the lights. Old Business Pickleball court- Benches installed Wayne Norwood plaque: re installed EW playground: measurements, met with contractors for design Summit ridge pavilion: met with contractors to determine location. Work to begin shortly, projected a month. Traffic at St Andrew’s: 2 signs to slow traffic Wildwood swing set: Exploring replacing it Dinosaurs: Painted Gina went over all the upcoming events. The next meeting will be on October 24th due to the taste of mount airy being on the 17th. Drew made a motion to adjourn Marc 2nd all in favor. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 Respectfully, Marc Mignogna