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LEISURE SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING March 1, 1999 MASHPEE TOWN HALL - 6:30 PM Present: Abse Also Present: Don McCuish Maryanne Macdonald Gus Frederick Scott Chausse Pat Antonellis Pat Riley Wayne Taylor I. Q12enin : Pat Riley opened the meeting at 4:55 PM. II Minutes - Scott Chausse approved February Minutes. Don McCuish seconded. Motion carried. III Communication -Gus Frederick discussed the 21" Century Learning Center Granr- $605,000 per year over three years. This would be for After school, Before School, Summer School, keeping building open, After school child care, enrichment programs, and summer programs. This is an annual grant. We felt we could put in a good Grant Application. Trish Parolski signed, and we made the deadline. We will hear by the end of May. Collaborative among Leisure Services, the school, Tribal Council, Boys and Girls Club, Youth Center. We wish we could have provided a better picture in our narrative. We can apply next year again. Pat Riley asked if anyone from the Town did grants. Gus explained that we had a person doing Grants, but she is on maternity leave. Don McCuish asked if we could lobby our local Reps. Gus mentioned that he would speak with Nancy Caffyn. A discussion on the Grant took place. IV Old Business - New Advisory Council Members - Waiting to hear from selectmen. They put in a short notice in the paper. Program Updates - A discussion on current programs took place. Special Needs - Gus mentioned that he would meet with Grace Day regarding Special Olympics. Scott Chausse will send information to Grace Day to introduce the process. Summer Planning - A discussion took place on programs that would be running, i.e., lacrosse, swim lessons, golf, soccer. May offer enrichment programs such as computers. V New Business - Don McCuish and Gus Frederick discussed running a playground program at one location for ages 10 to 13 or 14 year olds. Don McCuish would like this program to be for a couple of hours and to be free. Gus estimated cost to be about $6,000.