Parks Commission, July 12, 2020

The town published an agenda, an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

feeslegalpublic commentrecreationtown departments

Present: Karen (chair); Dave (member); Susanna (member); Kayla (recreation director / staff); Jared (public). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 30:53Adjust half-day pass rates to three dollars per adult and two dollars per child, and offer only half-day passes with no season pass. — moved by Dave, as heardpassed (roll call; the three members each voiced aye)

And 1 procedural: adjourn at 6:39. (▶ 38:08).

The money

1. ▶ 12:29Electronic card/swipe system for beach attendance

   A member said an electronic system would give the only accurate data on beach use. Staff said issuing cards to every day-pass user was not feasible for a part-time director.

   as heard:a thousand dollars

2. ▶ 20:46Season pass versus daily pass pricing

   Staff compared losing a daily fee with losing the season pass fee, saying both would be non-refundable.

   as heard:16 per day65

3. ▶ 21:26Family season pass fee and add-ons

   Staff suggested keeping the family pass price the same as past years, with an extra fee per additional household member.

   as heard:65five dollars

4. ▶ 27:03Daily half-day rates

   Current rates were stated, and a member proposed lowering them.

   as heard:five dollarsthree dollarsthree dollars and two dollars

5. ▶ 28:04Revenue per session at lower rates

   The chair worked through revenue at the capacity cap against the cost of three lifeguards, and a member accepted possible operating deficit.

   as heard:30 dollars40 dollars175 dollars70

6. ▶ 30:53Adopted half-day rates

   The motion set adult and child half-day rates and no season pass.

   as heard:three dollarstwo dollarsfive dollars

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 34:20Fees cut to adult and child half-day rates for the season; no season pass offered.
• ▶ 34:40Staff asked to prepare a step-by-step registration guide for the senior center to send to seniors.
• ▶ 12:29Electronic card tracking deferred to next year; this year staff use pre-registration and rosters.
• ▶ 3:47No vote taken on delaying the opening, since the board of health controls it; opening stays Monday pending approval.

Documents and exhibits

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

1. ▶ 35:43Status of the town charter in the state House (Senate bill S 2754), needed to expand the commission to five members; urged residents to contact representatives. — Jared, as heard

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

• recreation33 min · 86%
• fees20 min · 51%
• public safety13 min · 35%
• public comment3 min · 7%
• legal3 min · 7%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:00Open meeting law notice, remote meeting and agenda reorderinginformational · 2:03 long
2. ▶ 2:03Board of health compliance for beach opening, water sample and day-pass systeminformational · 13:27 long · recreation, public safety
3. ▶ 15:30Beach season pass and fee structurevoted · 19:50 long · recreation, fees
4. ▶ 35:20Public and board comment on the town charter and five-member commissioninformational · 2:50 long · public comment, legal
5. ▶ 38:08Adjournmentvoted · 0:44 long

What the captions could not carry

• The exact count of the roll call votes; each member voiced aye but the captions are loose.
• Whether sample-validity days include weekends was left unresolved.

Reports this meeting suggests

Our reading of the discussion: questions where numbers were in play and a page laying them out would have helped. Every meeting’s suggestions are merged into one register.

• ▶ 28:04Beach fees and payrollWhat do beach fees bring in against the cost of lifeguards under the new day-pass rates?

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