Mohegan Park Improvement & Development Advisory Committee - Disbanded Feb 01, 2025

MOHEGAN PARK IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THURSDAY , July 11, 2019---6:30P.M. Norwich Public Works Conference Room 50 Clinton Avenue, Norwich,CT Regular Meeting DRAFT MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Sam Browning at 6:30P.M. Committee members present: Judy Magnano, Alderman Sam Browning, Bill Barbuto, Samantha Venturo, Rebecca Melucci, Pat Mclaughlin. Kyle Seitz & Beryl Fishbone Absent. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Upon a motion by Rebecca Melucci, seconded by Samantha Venturo, the committee unanimously approved the Minutes of the regular meeting held March 14, 2019. There was no meeting in May as we lacked a Quorum. 3. FINANCIAL REPORT The financial report was provided by Pat Mclaughlin, Interest was earned and there were no expenditures. Our Committee noticed the Increased Interest being earned on recent statements and we credit The City Treasurer Michael Gualtieri for his work with Norwich's Investments. Motion made by Bill Barbuto to Accept the Financial Report as stated and seconded by Rebecca Melucci. 4. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE Louis & Beatrice Dalsass, 359 Harland rd, Norwich,CT had written a Complaint with their concerns of “ Unsafe Pedestrian Path on Spaulding Pond” to Mayor Nystrom. He hoped our Committee could come up with a Solution. Most of us walk the path occasionally and have not seen many bikers or skateboards on it. The overall sight lines ahead should provide plenty of time to pass safely. We don't want to encourage the use of the path for those activities but we realize the town does not have many safe biking areas. We are all acutely aware & concerned with the Safety for All who use the Path around Spaulding Pond. However we felt it would be near impossible to Enforce & Prohibit the use of bikes or skateboards on it. So at this time Pat Mclaughlin said he could provide Signage to be installed near all the access points by the parking lots to read “ Pedestrians have the Right Of Way.” 5. OLD BUSINESS a. Disc Golf Updates: Kyle Seitz had previously reported an estimated projected total cost of approximately $10,000.00 & thus far have raised $1,500.00. b. Special Event Days;  I. Arbor Day 4/26/19 Canceled ii. Earth Day 4/20/19 Park & Trails cleanup,Cancelled due to Weather. iii. National Trails Week, 6/1/19-6/8/19 .Nothing reported. iiii. CT Historic Gardens Day 6/23/19 Rose Garden . Nothing reported. v. National Garden Exercise Day 6/6/19. Nothing reported. vi. National Public Lands Day 9/28/19 Clean-Up Time? We hope to see if there is any interest in this at our next meeting on Sept 12 th. 6. NEW BUINESS a.. Alderman Sam Browning informed us that he would be working on a New Proposal for The selling of food or drink in Mohegan Park. 7. CITIZENS COMMENT None. 8. ADJOURNMENT Motion was made to adjourn by Rebecca Melucci, seconded by Judy Magnano and voted unanimously by the committee. The meeting adjourned at 6:55p.m. Distribution: Bill Barbuto billsuebarbuto@hotmail.com, Beryl Fishbone berylfishbone@yahoo.com, Judy Magnano jmagnano12@gmail.com, Sam Browning tappingreeve@aol.com, Rebecca Melucci beckimelucci614@gmail.com, Samantha Venturo stillwaters37@gmail.com, Kyle Seitz seitzk22@yahoo.com, Betsy Barrett bbarrett@cityofnorwich.org, Angela Fuller afuller@cityofnorwich.org