okay we'll open the meeting for the park and wreck for Wednesday Fe 12 2025 um um let's see David D Lori we have Dan Welsh here and online we have John Wall
and Rick Harman um we have public comment but nobody in the room again tonight I don't think anybody's online are they no okay next we have the minut that were
sent out anybody take a look at them or yeah I I took a look no issues oh I read them as well I move to approve all second David D to Lori in in favor I and
well try I okay next we we're still waiting for somebody to come see us for from the master plan implementation committee I don't see anybody here tonight
again thank you [Music] minutes um next up we have Wally Park um first thing is the spray park I guess Rob LEC was going to meet
with cresview next week were you involved with that at all John no I know they're meeting I believe Wednesday but I'm still in Florida oh that's okay I
guess all right do anybody have any questions on the spray park or we'll wait and see what happens after the meeting sounds like a plan
readed next up we have pickle ball I don't think we have anything new on that I think the next step is just to wait till the May town meeting unless anybody else has any other information on that John was that presented at the CPC I couldn't make
that meeting uh yes it was and everything good and it was approved yes sweet okay yeah we got dve we got to wait wait till May y so I I think they'll want the board there to talk about
that great do we have a date on that um it's the first or second week of May I don't think the select board has picked a date yet but I hear something I'll let you know sounds
good um next any other Wally Park business we had a did you send this out everybody yep um the Titans wanted to have a couple of food trucks on their opening weekend which I guess is in two weeks um we had asked about parking them
on the soccer field I think that's absolute no for from me anyways about putting food trucks onto the soccer field yeah I I I saw where they wanted to put it um I think the general area is is okay but they should pull it back
behind the bathrooms that side of the path more toward the softball field and put it behind the fence of the softball field between the fence of the softball field and the restrooms and I think they'd be okay when they do senior night for you know the soccer kids that's
where they put all their stuff is is right in that area and it's it's not a used area right it's just grass and it's not used for anything I think that's the best place to put it they were close but I think they need to pull it back a little bit what's that do they pull trucks up there for the senior night
they do they have a couple trucks that run some generators so they can you know have the speakers and all that stuff and then they have um tables and stuff for the the uh the senior's cake and all that kind of stuff yeah I'm just I'm just lary about
them driving on to the soccer field with those things it's probably a little more weight than a pickup truck I I was that's what I'm saying don't don't pull there yesterday and it it was still pretty soggy on the the turf even with no snow and everything dried off of it first of all that's
gonna that's going to be a game day decision right to see how because you don't want ruts in that in no way shape or form they could pull up The Path and then they can go to the right toward the softball field and and park in there or if we think it's still a little soft just
we could set out some cones maybe the night before we just got to know how many trucks and put them in the parking lot which Diamond are they playing on the small diamond or the big diamond playing on the small diamond car they've got all the field all three field all
three going with all three Fields yeah there's the other there's the other place that it's between it's between the parking lot and the first sidewalk there's some grass there um I think it would be okay if they pulled up in there
maybe you know what I mean yeah that would probably be better than risking any damage to the soccer fields yeah they cannot pull under the soccer fields at all why can't they park in the parking lot at the Outfield fence of The Big
Field or down the hill I call it from The Outfield fence on the small diamond yeah probably the upper Diamond the Upper parking lot yes we'd be better off on the yeah they parking lot they lose six or eight parking space places but there's plenty of place to let them Park and
walk from down back where I don't have an issue I don't have an issue with that it's a little early to be even even if we said I I first of all I agree I think even if we said go to this area it's probably just a little soft I'm not pulling my lawn mower onto the grass yet
you know what I mean so imagine those trucks no way I'm just worried if we kind of give them a yes on this I mean they use the field all year and but we give them a yes on this and they think it's okay and they end up bringing them up another time and it ends up being
after a lot of rain I mean I don't want finger pointing blaming the food trucks and the baseball guys and everything else I I would rather see them in the parking lot people want to eat they're go walk they'll see the trucks there yeah let's let's just do that just leave
them in the parking lot yeah it's not a tough walk no I wish I requirements for trash they have to take the trash off site well we have trash cans around and the food guys should be taking all their stuff I mean
but any of the other stuff that's left in the trash cans the maintenance guys will pick it up but that may be more than those trash cans can fill with there's I don't how many people are going expect for their opening day but we can leave a few they have a lot of people they have a lot of people just
for one game so I expect if they have three times that many people they'll fill both of those parking lots and have people parking up on the bank and all that kind of stuff just doing one game where they have multiple games on the field they're using three if they're using three
Fields I me I don't know I don't I think they might have multiple games I don't think it's just one yeah well we probably leave extra trash bags for yeah I'll talk to about the trash if they if it needs to be changed or whatever ask
if that they do that find know what food trucks are using I might want to go down there you do know I'm kidding I mean I love food trucks so if they got I wondering I was wondering also so that's why I'm asking I'm like tell me if if they're bringing chappies
in I'm going okay I guess I'll ask them for you okay you know if you think about it all right parking lot is okay and we have a one of first of the maintenance employees is starting on March 24th one
one of the guys from last year just to get all the equipment going and get the fields ready sometime for that weekend for them and then we still having the budget to hire another one once the grass gets going um said the restrooms were opened
or starting to be open yep I put in a request to have maintenance open the restrooms and hook up the water to the maintenance building they went out there today and I think everything's done I think they have the water on there is no leaks everything's up and running and it
went went well so we're ready to use the bathrooms and the water nice thank you for that update yeah um anybody else have any questions or issues with the park um Cara did uh they send in the softball
request yet no and I sent an email out to her and I saw you yeah nothing yeah I um I did send her a note to say hey when are we gonna have our first meeting and she did say she's been totally slammed and that she did get her not this was to
the group we have a group chat and she said she was gonna get back to you but I you know I'll ping her again okay yeah as soon as she does send me something I definitely forward it to you so you know but I have not seen anything I kind of figured you hadn't
okay have you heard from any of the other wood bat leagues or League yeah I got bookings from everybody okay yeah um batters box two of the wood bat leagues um Pioneer Valley something I can't remember what
it's called exactly so yeah a lot of teams y any new teams or all the ones that have been using it um I I got a phone call from a new team they were inquiring if there's field availability for the 70 foot and um we only had
Mondays because the Titans has every other day so I told them we have the we have Monday and then we have weekends and they were asking the costs and they said they'll call me if um once they get their schedule going they'd like to use it so they were new well that's good
yeah and I think that's it for Wally Park yep we still haven't gotten a price on the the striping or crack filling but looks like all the snow and ice is finally off of there so we should be able to get
somebody in to take a look at that um next up is the rail trail um I went to a friend's meeting last week they're starting their yearly fundraiser again for on um wanting to
put new Maps up on the kiosk we got new locks for the kiosk there um want to do that they're getting all new sponsors lined up to do maps and kind of update all that again um let's see um I also looked at a with somebody
possibly getting a Spur section off of the rail trail to connect into the center of town today looking at um going through the woods and up through the Lutheran Church so that I've got to get a few quotes on and
find out roughly prices on that I guess there's state grants for rail trail additions if you can tie them into businesses and schools so we're kind of looking at that but that'll be probably
a a longterm thing like nothing for the next year before applying for a grant um also would like to get the rail trail modow again this year with the sidearm mower I know DPW when they got the new mower um was
supposed to take care of the trail for us um they did it two years ago not last year um but half of the trail from probably the the tunnel um near the rail trail alhouse going down to the Westfield line a few
quite a few areas in there could probably use the side arm roller so I think we've got to talk to the DPW about that again other than that I have no other updates on the trail if anybody's got any any questions or
issues okay we'll move it along then um the children's Easter egg hunt I guess there's quite a few Hunts on that Saturday where we were going to do it um we're do we have it definite to move it
to that Friday or are we're going to move it to I think it's good Friday at 1:00 which the should be enough kids around without school and everything okay so we're moving that to
Friday afternoon before Easter the 11th 18th April 18th 18th gotcha gotcha gotcha okay I just got to put it on my calendar or you guys won't see me calendar tells me
where one one o'clock you said MC yeah and hopefully it'll be a non-rainy day this year right know go goes pretty quick when it's raining be over at 110 right um under old business I guess
Jason didn't get the T-Mobile Grant for looking into extended Wi-Fi for down at Wally Park and I don't think we had anything else under old business is anybody else says anything so hold on you said you said
they they didn't get the grant or we don't have information uh did not get the Grant I guess T-Mobile does it quarterly so I'm not sure if his intention was to apply again for it okay but the last one he applied for he did not
yet oh is there an option to Comcast is going to be hot to do something potentially with whip City fiber coming into town sometime in the future would they I don't know if they would be willing to do something to keep their name out in
front of sou presidents yeah I don't know if somebody wants to reach out and check with that but I'm not sure if they they would or not what was our total cost of that before what do we estimate that last
time you looked at it with a T-Mobile um I I didn't get we met um somebody up there that was going to get us a price but he never gave it to us I think he might have given it to Jason which I didn't see it they were originally looking at tying
into um either the schools and doing something where it would um I don't know what the technical terms are for the rec Setter to do coverage over at the park and he was going to set up a few different I guess
satellite locations inside the park but I think he gave Jason the price on that I I'd never heard anything back on [Music] that so next up was new business um next month I won't be here on on our
the second Wednesday for the meeting I mean we could still go on with that or we could move it to the following week whatever everybody wants to do well CPC work uh meets the third Wednesday
okay we could go to the fourth Wednesday or the first Wednesday first how about the first how about the first Wednesday April 2nd does that work for you Dave yeah I would I'll be away I wouldn't be able to
make either of those two got we could still keep it the second if you wanted to do that if we're going to have enough people there well if we're going to do that we should just keep keep to the 9th but hold on let's see here the 16th is CPC
as John said um how about the 23rd how are you doing on the 23rd I don't know if I'll be around because it's kids it's the kids school vacation I don't know if I'll be around for sure yet so if I'm gonna be around we can definitely have it if not maybe
know we couldt it we could skip April okay all right we'll figure it out I'll email everybody okay bunch of BU busy people I know yeah maybe send out an email the
first week and go from there okay any other new business anybody have anything else what's the plan or need for preparation for down of this town hall a town meeting for
the W for the pickle ball presentation we need to make of some kind yeah we've got to we've got to do a presentation um what we're doing and why we should do it I think the select board will also give their opinion on it if they're for it or against
it what's their consensus and have you heard anything um I'm not really sure what they're looking at yet right now the vote is All or Nothing it's the whole 680,000 yeah the way up or down the way we have it I I think that's how it went John right yep it just approv that there
is no second conary no I don't think there's going to be any objection to it it's anxiously anticipated by a lot of people and there will certainly be a town meeting I would be surprised if there
were some people that didn't want their taxes to go up because of pickle ball but they don't get it it's CPC funded right so yeah yeah that's that's that's what we'll have to explain exactly um I I saw some
comments uh on there's a reporter that joins these meetings sometimes and and I saw that it went out on Mass Live or whatever and I saw some comments we don't need a pickle ball this town's good you know we don't need our taxes to go up and I just I
didn't respond I'm like we'll talk about it at the town meeting because I'm not g I'm not going to defend it every day until then so that's probably a good idea yeah all right any other new business
anything motion to ajour you second the motion PA and faor hi