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LEISURE SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 MASHPEE TOWN HALL - 6:30 PM Present: Gus Frederick, Molly Reis, Don Myers, Reid Riberdy, Heidi McLaughlin, Peggy Geary, Jean Young I. Opening — The meeting opened at 6:40PM. Due to lack of active members, there was no quorum. Gus said that he is trying to build up the Committee. Last year the Committee only met once. Gus introduced the staff from Leisure Service's office. IL Communications — The following items were discussed. Don Myers asked if the members have formally resigned. Gus will try to get letters from them. Gus was putting ads in the paper looking for new members. Gus passed out an information sheet showing what the Department staff does. Gus went over the Article for the October Town meeting to fill the vacant part-time position. Gus explained that person does all the scheduling for facility usage at the school and does the invoicing and helps with coverage over at the school. Gus passed out the description of this part-time Administrative Clerk's position. We work with many world-renowned professionals and are the middle person for their Audio Visual needs. Gus went over the Department Goals. A discussion took place on the Senior Center building that will be vacated shortly. Because of the needs of many town employees for child care, there is a need for full-time day care for infant/toddlers. Gur discussed the possibility of combining our preschool programs with an infant/toddler day care. Peggy Geary explained that all our preschool programs are well-established and run under the Office for Children guidelines. Don Myers asked if this full-time care would be open for town employees first then open up to outside. A discussion on fees took place. Another item discussed was the lack of field space. Many requests are made to use the fields. There is a plan to expand Heritage Park. Don Myers wanted to know how much expansion capability is at Heritage Park. Molly Reis asked about the tennis courts at the School and discussed other possible areas in town for fields. Gus mentioned that we use the school for our summer day camp. "There is some land on the north side of Mashpee/Wakeby Pond that he would like to find out about.