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From YouTube: Groton Athletic Fields Task Force 8/18/22
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Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Athletic Fields Task Force August 18, 2022. Click on the link below to view the agenda.
https://www.agendasuite.org/iip/groton/file/getfile/67522
A
Call
the
meeting
to
order
7
33
on
the
august
18th
our
first.
We
have
a
call
to
order.
I
think
jerry
c
knows
everyone
who's
here.
A
A
A
A
Any
discussion
on
on
those
minutes,
all
good
all
right
all
in
favor
of
those
minutes,
raise
your
hand.
A
Okay,
no,
our
next
order
is
our
public
comment.
I
don't
think
we
have
anyone
who's
on.
That
is
not
part
of
the
committee,
so
we
go
from
there.
A
A
D
D
So
bruce
flax
was
formerly
a
member
of
the
rtm
he's
now
he
now
works
at
the
greater
mystic
chamber,
but
he
lives
in
mystic
and
and
he's
interested
and
also
with
chad.
I
guess
I
would
just
clarify
instead
of
you
know
becoming
a
non-member
of
the
committee,
I
would
suggest
that
chad
stay
on
as
an
ex-officio
member,
like
the
town
councillors
and
town
staff
and
and
whatnot.
I
think
having
him
in
in
these
meetings
is
important
and
certainly
a
benefit
to
the
group.
D
And
I
guess
the
other
thing
frank
I
would
say
is
that
for
those
of
you
who
didn't
hear
danny
earlier
there's
a
new
president
of
the
fitch
booster
club,
riz
sharif
and
danny
and
mark,
or
whoever
did
you
talk
to
him
about
being
on
the
committee
and
and
I
did.
D
So
I
guess
you
know
the
question
there
is,
you
know:
do
you
want
to
add
another
member
to
the
committee?
I
presume
he's
a
resident
of
the
town
and
doesn't
hold
an
official
position
in
town
government
or
in
school
administration,
or
something
like
that,
so
he
could
potentially
be
eligible
as
a
a
member
of
the
committee,
the
good
and
bad
with
doing
that
would
be.
D
It
would
raise
the
number
of
of
potential
voting
members
to
six
to
to
kind
of
formally
act
on
anything
it
would
you
know
I.
I
guess
it
would
be
a
majority
of
those
present,
but
if
you
had
all
six
present
you'd
need
four
out
of
six
people
to
approve
of
you
know.
E
C
C
I'm
just
you
know
when
I
joined
this
committee
I
didn't
know
it
was
going
to
be
x
number
of
years.
I
don't.
I
thought
it
would
be
probably
my
my
two-year
term
at
the
high
school.
I
thought
that
we
would
be
able
to
get
things
moving
forward
and
it
can
not
be
needed
anymore.
So
so
I'm
just
thinking
that
I
don't
know
how
many
more
years,
but
I'm
thinking
if,
if
I
get
him
involved,
maybe
he
would
take
my
place
at
some
point.
A
C
Yeah,
I
would
love
to
see
the
ball
rolling
before
you
know.
We
bring
someone
else
in
that,
doesn't
know
the
background
history,
but
you
know
I
just
thinking
thinking
long
term.
Maybe
it
just
happened
as
a
guest
and
then
you
know
it
depends
how
we
move
along
seems
like
the
town
is
really
dragging.
So
I
thought
this
might
be
something.
That's
could
be
multiple
more
years,
hopefully
not,
but
that's
my
concern.
D
So
frank,
just
to
kind
of
act
on
that,
I
think
we
probably
should
have
some
kind
of
formal
action,
either
by
consensus
or
by
emotion,
to
kind
of
approve
those
changes
to
the
membership
of
the
task
force
with.
I
guess
it
would
be
just
trading
chad
for
bruce
flax,
I
think,
would
be
the.
A
Great,
so
I
guess
I
will
we'll
do
it
formally.
I
would.
I
would
think
that
would
be
the
right
thing
to
do,
and
so
I
a
motion
to
if
anyone
has
a
motion
to
add
bruce
flack
as
a
as
a
member
and
chad
frost
would
go
to
get
through
ex
faciado.
A
D
I
think
on
this
one
I
think
the
only
votes
are
going
to
count
are
danny,
bruce
and
frank.
D
Okay,
all
right-
and
I
guess
now
frank-
I
would
also
just
announce
that
if
you
haven't
noticed
my
boss
at
least
on
my
screen,
is
right
below
me,
so
this
will
be
my
last
probably
athletic
fields,
task
force
meeting,
I'm
moving
to
east
line
beginning
at
the
beginning
of
september.
D
So
you
know
from
the
department
standpoint
you
know
mark
is
here
right
now,
but
you
know,
and
it
may
be
him
or
somebody
else
who
participates
from
a
staff
standpoint.
I
would
expect
that
you
know
when
my
replacement
is
hired
and
on
board.
You
know
you
might
see
a
different
face
here,
other
than
mark,
but
I
don't
know
mark.
Did
you
want
to
say
anything
else
about
that?
D
G
Just
for
the
interim,
like
jerry,
said
I'll
be
taking
over
and
danny.
I.
G
I
hope
that
things
start
to
accelerate,
especially
with
the
presentation
that
I
think
kenton,
frost
and
planning
and
recreation
is
going
to
be
making
to
the
council
at
some
point
in
the
near
future,
and
hopefully
that
will
spark
the
council
to
take
action
because
it
certainly
has
been
a
while-
and
I
know
you
know
jerry
has
expressed
to
me-
you
know
concern
that
you
know
all
the
all
the
meetings
and
the
work
that
you
guys
have
put
in
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
G
He
was
afraid
that
that
momentum
was
going
to
drop
off,
but
I'm
pleased
to
see
that
everybody
is
still
committed
to
this
and
you're
right.
It
has
been
a
long
process,
but
if
you
work
in
local
government,
this
is
kind
of
the
pace
that
things
move
at.
G
B
Yeah,
you
want
me
to
jump
in
now,
yeah
sure
sure.
So
the
update
on
the
cloud
chester
study
is
we've.
We've
completed
the
in-person
one.
I
think
some
people
were
there
for
that.
It
was
very
well
attended.
We
got
a
lot
of
good
feedback.
We
then
put
everything
up
online.
It
was
through
the
gratins
website.
B
They
explore
more
to
be
able
to
do
basically
the
same.
Much
of
the
same
things
that
we
did
in
person
do
those
online.
All
that
closed
a
few
weeks
ago,
we
got
all
that
data
back
from
town
planning
staff.
B
We've
been
crunching
through
a
lot
of
the
numbers
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
and
we
have
a
meeting
set
up
with
planning
staff
next
week
and
mark
will
be
there
as
well
to
to
go
through
that
initial
debriefing
of
what
we
believe,
all
that
data
means
and-
and
there
were
some
surprises
I'll
say
that
you
know
I'll
just
let
a
little
bit
out
of
the
bag
that
swimming
pools.
B
You
know
at
a
large
swim
center
with
a
pool,
and
additional
equipment
was
one
of
the
very
high
priorities
that
has
been,
I
say
surprising,
but
it's
been
on
the
list
that
the
public
has
been
asking
for,
for
you
know
over
a
decade,
so
it
really
shouldn't
be
that
surprising,
but
it
was
very
highly
ranked
both
in
the
in-person
and
online
scenarios.
B
The
athletics
fields
still
were
up
there
quite
high.
There
was
definitely
some
people
that
knew
it.
We
did
get
some
feedback.
There
are
a
few
comments,
both
in
public
and
online
of
just
people.
That
still
don't
understand
the
need
right
and
that's
going
to
happen,
because
you
have
to
be
kind
of
involved
in
athletics
and
especially
field
sports,
to
really
understand
the
need,
sometimes
because
the
general
public
might
drive
by
and
see
quantic
planes
and
think
that
that's
fantastic,
but
as
we've
all
known
and
experienced,
the
town
definitely
needs
more
than
that.
B
So
that
indicates
us
that
we
still
need
to
get
keep
getting
the
word
out
to
the
town
that
there
is
the
need
you
know,
and
not
just
assume,
because
we've
all
talked
about
it.
Now,
for
a
couple
of
years
that
everybody
is
on
that
same
page,
but
we'll
be
going
through
those
the
full
rankings
next
week.
What
that
does
then
is
it
gives
us
that
program
of
what
we're
going
to
be
designing
to
fit
both
on
claude
chester
property
as
well
as
then
looking
at
some
of
the
other
adjoining
parcels
around
it.
B
We
expect
that
to
take
a
couple
more
weeks
and
then
we
come
back
and
again
have
a
a
staff
level
review
and
then
present
all
of
that
to
the
council
for
their
hopefully
adoption
and
as
a
way
forward
to
be
able
to
say
this
is
the
program
items
that
we
think
this
is
what
we
want
to
do
with
this
piece
of
property
moving
forward
so
to
get
on
the
council
agenda.
B
I'd
say
it's
probably
two
months
you
know
would
be
would
be
a
very
optimistic
thing
and
I
have
no
idea
what
their
agenda
looks
like
we
haven't
talked
to
anybody
yet,
but
but
there's
I
just
know,
there's
enough
process
internally
before
we're
going
to
be
ready
that
it's
probably
in
that
two-month
time
frame.
A
I
don't
I
don't
have
a
question.
I
guess
I
just
have
a
comment
to
to
to
mark
and
jerry,
and
so
so
two
years
ago,
when
we
started
this
task
force,
you
know
with
the
directed
from
the
town
council
and
I
feel
like
we've.
A
I
don't
know
what
the
right
word
is.
I
don't
want
to
say
the
word
completed
the
task,
because
it
depends
what
you
defined
as
the
task,
but
if
the
task
was
to
to
provide
the
information
going
through
the
users
of
the
facilities,
whether
in
all
the
people
we've
spoken
to
over
the
last
two
years,
what
do
you
think
the
the
focus
or
what
is
the
goal?
A
So
we
provided
that
information,
we've
kind
of
got
stuck
because
you
know
of
of
the
cloud
chester
part
of
the
plan,
but
if
we,
if
we've
provided
the
information
or
we
provided,
what
we
feel
is
the
the
next
steps
for
to
pro
to
to
help
us
what
would
be
the
goal?
What
what
is
like
our
our
next
goal
of
this
committee
to
to
help
push
it?
A
Is
it
to
see
what
happens
as
we
get
through
the
next
few
months
and
we
and
it's
the
the
results
are
out
there,
so,
okay,
so
now,
how
do
we
shimmy
left
or
right?
I
certainly
think
the
the
task
force
is
very
what
we've
done.
We
may
not
be
the
knowledge
experts,
but
the
people
we've
gone
to
are,
and
we
know
what
we
need
so
as
the
as
the
town
begins
to
tell
us
or
the
what
what
they
want.
A
The
other
folks
outside
of
our
realm
is,
is
our
committee
part
of
are
the
task
forces
to
to
kind
of
provide
direction
or
what
we
can
do
to
help?
I
mean
what
would
be
our?
What
would
be
our
new
goal
if
you
would
or
our
new
commitment.
D
So
frank,
I
guess
pardon
me
mark
for
jumping
in,
but
I
think
the
the
the
next
thing
that
this
task
force
has
on
its
agenda
is
actually
spending
money.
D
And
then,
once
that
firm
is
hired.
I
would
see
the
members
of
this
task
force
providing
input
to
kind
of
do
those
things.
D
You
know
that
we're
the
the
the
cip
is
to
do
some
studies
permitting
and
some
conceptual
designs
for
those
three
areas,
and
you
know
we're
the
ones
who
came
up
with
the
idea
of
adding
you
know
the
the
softball
field
at
the
high
school
we're
the
ones
that
came
up
with
the
idea
of
adding
the
you
know:
redoing
the
stadium
into
a
you,
know,
a
championship
kind
of
field
and
adding
other
rectangles
at
the
high
school,
and
you
know
switching
around.
D
You
know
sutton
park
to
allow
for
high
school,
softball
and
baseball
and,
and
you
know
doing
the
community
based
fields
at
claude
chester.
So
you
know,
as
the
firm
is
designing
that
stuff
conceptually,
I
think
our
input
is
is
valuable.
So
at
that
point
you
know
I.
D
I
would
hope
that
members
of
this
committee
would
be
around
while
that
work
is
being
done
and
then
once
those
beautiful
drawings
come
out
and
it's
presented
to
the
council
and
the
rtm
and
the
public
that
we
can,
you
know
then
go
into
you
know,
advocacy
mode
where
we
say
look.
Everybody
we've
studied
this
for
umpteen
years,
we've
heard
from
everybody.
This
is
we,
you
know:
we've
been
directed
by
the
council
to
do
this,
we've
done
it
and
here's
here
are
the
results,
and
please
please
vote
yes.
D
So
I
guess
that's
what
I
would
see.
As
you
know
the
next
year
or
you
know
danny,
I
hope
that's
not
more,
but
I
think
that's
that's
that's
the
foreseeable
future
for
for
this
group,
and
I
would
hope
that
you
know
within
you
know
a
couple
of
months
here.
Hopefully,
even
by
the
end
of
the
year,
we
could
be
moving
forward
with
an
rfp
once
there's
some
clarity
on
claude
chester.
D
You
know
if
the
council
decides
that
it
is
an
appropriate
place
to
put
fields
and
that's
the
highest
and
best
community
use
for
that
property.
Then
then
we
include
it
in
the
rfp
and
and
then,
if,
if
they
say,
there's
another
use,
you
know
for
a
community
pool
or
some
other
type
of
use
that
that
came
out.
D
Then
I
think
you
know
the
group
has
to
make
a
decision.
Do
we
you
know,
do
we
continue
to
advocate
for
that
or
do
we,
you
know,
cut
bait
and
try
to
move
forward
with
the
high
school
and
the
sutton
park
property.
So
I
mean
that's,
that's
that's
really.
I
think
mark
did
you
have
anything
to
kind
of
add
to
that
mark
barry.
I
guess.
G
G
This
group
is
going
to
move
the
field
initiative
forward
and
maybe
that's
only
sutton
park
and
and
the
high
school,
but
whatever,
whether
it's
three
different
parcels
or
four
parcels
or
two
parcels,
it's
definitely
moving
forward.
You
know
if
the
council
says
no,
we
decided
we
want
to
put
another
strip
mall
in
in
town,
then
we'll
just
move
forward
with
sutton
and
and
the
high
school
so
yeah.
It's
moving
forward.
A
So
it's
kind
of
I
was
just
having
the
same
exact
thought.
I'm
like
at
some
point
in
time
the
the
council
and
the
the
the
public
will
kind
of
make
that
decision
as
far
as
claude
chester
and
then
I
think
we
we
zag
left
or
right
and
and
go
from
there,
because
we
we
can
still
do
that.
I
I'm.
D
I
think
just
to
clarify
there
frank,
you
know
the
the
public,
you
know
isn't
really
well,
I
guess
their
their
portion
of
being
in
the
mix
is
is
is
drawing
to
a
close
on.
You
know,
that's
the
whole
purpose
for
what
the
planning
department
and
ken
frost
did
with
that.
You
know
visioning
exercise
a
public
visioning
exercise
for
claude
chester.
You
know
to
hear
what
did
people
want
to
say
and
the
results
are
going
to
be
what
the
results
are.
It's
going
to
be
presented
to
the
council
and
the
council.
D
G
A
D
The
phone
number
is
tara
hannaford
from
shoreline
sport
and
social
club.
A
That's
right,
she
was
on
there
before
I
apologize.
Does
anyone
all
have
anything
else
to
add
to
our
discussion
on
kind
of
where
we
are
and
what
we're
going
forward.
D
Frank
one
thing
I:
if
I
could
oh
there,
we
go
I'll,
just
I'll
shut
up
for
a
minute,
because
counselor
franco
is
raising
her
hand.
I
see.
H
So
my
question
is
the
the
ackley
property
seems
to
already
be
taken
or
under
contract,
and
if
we
put
sports
fields
at
clochester
and
then
there's
still
a
need
for
more
sports
fields,
are
we
going
to
look
at
acquiring
other
properties?
Are
you
looking
at
any
other
properties.
A
I
would
say
we
did
not
do
that.
I
would
be
talked
about
others.
We
talked
about
well
at
the
time,
for
instance,
pleasant
valley,
road
that
school
was
under
contract,
which
I
believe
now
it
isn't.
I
mean
I
can't
say,
I'm
the
most
up-to-date
person,
but
I
don't
believe
it
is.
We
talked
about
the
golf
course
right
I
mean
we
can
put
everything
at
the
golf
course
for
crying
out
loud.
A
It
stops
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
do
and
the
cohesiveness
with
the
high
school,
but
you
could
put
14
fields
there
for
crying
out
loud,
it's
ginormous,
but
that
we
did
talk
about
them.
But
at
the
time
we,
like
I
said
one
was
under
contract,
one
was
lots
of
money
and
so
yeah.
We,
I
think
we
would
absolutely
be
open
because
we
would
have
to.
I
don't
think
there
would
be
other
option
but
to
look
at
other
places
that
that
are
out
there.
H
A
Right
absolutely,
I
think
that
that
was
our
absolutely
our
plan,
because
I
think
the
number
is
going
to
be
to
the
fact
that
you're
going
to
have
to
do
that
yeah
right,
because
over
4
40
or
50
years,
we've
learned
that
peace
building
doesn't
work
again.
I
played
on
that
football
field
and
that
was
1979..
D
Rachel
we
we
also
talked
about
that
in
terms
of
of
you
know
like
getting
state
funding
potentially
to
to
do
some
of
the
work
and-
and
you
know
asking
once
and
getting
our
state
legislators
on
board,
for
you
know,
making
that
request
was
was
better
to
do
it
one
time,
rather
than
coming
back
again
and
again
at
you
know
smaller
pieces,
but
yeah.
D
I
guess
you
know
the
final
decision
on
whether
that
goes
to
referendum
or
the
town
decides
to
do
it
out
of
operational
budget
on
any
given
year
in
a
cip
project,
or
whatever
I
mean
all
those
questions
are,
are
really
kind
of
beyond
the
scope
of
of
this
task
force.
But
I
think
you
know
if
the
task
force
had
a
you
know,
a
consensus
on
that.
D
I
think
most
most
members
and
I
think
we
did
kind
of
discuss
that
at
length
at
one
time
that
you
know
a
a
bond
referendum
for
fields
was
something
that
we
wanted
and
to
kind
of
take
a
bite
at
that
state
funding
you
know,
peace
there
was
was
was
really
what
people
had
in
mind.
H
Yeah
I
had
a
problem
with
my
audio
earlier,
so
I
I
heard
some
of
what
you
were
talking
about
and
I
I
do
see
people
on
social
media
now
speaking
up
saying.
No,
we
do
need
fields
when
people
are
like.
H
Oh
we're,
fine
with
fields
and
they're,
sharing
the
information
from
the
athletic
fields,
task
force
and
even
what
we're
doing
at
fitch
middle
people
are
asking
what's
going
on
over
there
and
then,
when
they
find
out
that
they're
resurfacing
and
we're
putting
in
a
better
field,
basically
that
I've,
I'm
just
seeing
and
I'm
hearing
positive
comments.
So
I
think
this
is
where
we
have
to
just
keep
pushing
like.
There
is
a
need
and
educating
the
the
community
as
we're
going
about.
H
You
know
the
process.
So
how
far
out
are
we
looking
here,
depending
on
what
the
council
wants
to
do
if
they
decide
whatever
at
clan
chester?
How
far
out
are
we
to
actually
doing
you
know
shovel
and
ground?
Do
you
think.
D
Just
I
think
the
answer
to
that
question
is
probably
chad
is
probably
the
best
one
that
can
answer
that,
but
also
frank
I'll.
Just
call
to
your
mind
or
point
out
that
bruce
wagner
has
his
hand
up.
So
I
don't
know
if
you
want
how
you
want
to
handle
that.
B
I
give
you
my
best
guess
I
mean
normally
we
have
the
referendums
in
november.
You
could
do
it,
you
could
schedule
a
special
one.
You
know,
that's,
that's
a
council
prerogative,
there's
no
way
we'll
be
ready
for
a
november
referendum
this
year,
just
from
an
education
from
you
know,
getting
the
data
ready.
So
if,
if
it
was
to
be
a
november
referendum,
it
would
be
basically
a
year
from
now
would
be
my
expectation
and
and
then
hopefully,
construction
starting.
You
know
within
maybe
it's
the
next
season.
B
You
know
the
spring
after
that
and
then
wrapping
up
within
a
year
or
so
like
that,
so
that
would
be
from
where
we're
sitting
right
now.
That
would
be
my
kind
of
optimistic
schedule,
which
probably
doesn't
go
well
with
danny's
optimistic
schedule
wanting
to
be
done
in
six
months.
But
that's
that's
how
I
would
envision.
H
I've
asked
the
question
on
what
the
bonding,
what
our
ability
to
bond
is,
and
we
are
pretty
tight
with
where
we
are
at
bonding,
because
we've
done
the
three
schools
and
our
it's
sort
of
like
our
debt
ratio,
we're
allowed
to
have
in
bonding
and
in
debt,
we're
pretty
we're
just
about
maxed
out.
So
I
think
in
maybe
it
might
be
two
years
or
so
I
mean.
H
Even
if
we
did
the
referendum,
it
doesn't
mean
we
have
to
bond
right
away,
because
that
does
take
time
as
well,
but
we
can
plan
for
the
future,
but
even
if
we
get
it
might
take
a
couple
referendums
to
get
through,
because
sometimes
that
happens,
so
my
thought
is.
Maybe
we
can
go
forward.
The
referendums,
regardless
of
where
we
are
our
abilities
to
bond
at
that
moment,.
B
Yep-
and
I
would
say
that'd
be
something
that
you
know
when
we
get
to
that
point
when
we
say
this
is
the
project
right
when
the
council
has
agreed
that
whatever
it
is,
however,
many
fields
is
going
to
be
the
project
and
we
have
an
idea
of
what
that
money
value
is
going
to
be.
Then
we
have
that
you
know
discussion
with
with
the
budget
office
and
look
at
what
the
total
bonding
is
what's
available
and
how
it
gets
phased
out,
and
what
other
I
could.
B
I
think
the
last
thing
I
remember
seeing
is,
I
think
we
finished
all
the
school
closed
out
the
bonds
we
were
a
little
bit
behind.
If
I
remember
right,
we
didn't
have
to
bond
quite
as
much
as
we
thought
we
were
going
to
which
left
a
little
bit
of
wiggle
room,
but
we
are
very
tight
and
but
by
if
it's
two
years
out
from
when
we
bond
you
know,
we
will
have
paid
off
two
years
of
debt
at
that
point.
So
in
a
perfect
world
that
might
work
out.
A
Yeah
bruce
did
you
want
to
add
I'm
sorry.
F
So
I
had
a
quick
question
that
rachel
brought
up
was
at
fitch
middle
school
groton.
Community
center
was
that
work
planned
prior
to
our
task
force
being
put
into
place
and
was
that
a
missed
opportunity
for
us?
Is
it
being
resurfaced?
I
just
wasn't
sure
if
that
was
something
we
could
have
had
a
hand
in,
or
I
mean
it's
been
months,
so
I
don't
know
if
we've
even
talked
about
that
prior
to.
D
Actually
bruce
it
it
is,
you
know,
one
of
one
of
our
recommendations
from
the
task
force
was
to
upgrade
the
fields
at
the
groton
community
center.
So
this
is
is
actually
a
small
piece
kind
of
a
little
stand-alone
project
that
was
funded
in
the
capital
improvement
operating
budget,
so
yeah.
That
absolutely
is
a
piece
that
this
task
force
identified
early
on
and
it's
coming
to
fruition.
D
So
if
everything
was
moving
that
fast,
I
guess
we'd
all
be
happy,
but
it'll
be
and
mark
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
I
think
fall
23
before
that
field
is
kind
of
ready
for
playing.
G
Yes,
that
that's
correct,
that's
the
current
schedule.
Once
the
top
soil
gets
put
down,
we've
contracted
out
an
irrigation
company,
they're
going
to
come
in
put
in
the
irrigation,
and
then
we
will
be
seeding
and
expect
that
it
will
take
a
year
before
the
field's
ready
to
play.
G
Right
yeah,
so
there
is
a
a
t-ball
field
underneath
that
huge
pile
of
dust,
slash
soil.
I
don't
know
if
anyone's
driven
by
when
those
guys
are
out
and
oh
my
gosh.
G
It
looks
like
the
midwest
I
think
in
the
30s
or
40s
or
whenever
that
the
dust
bowl
went
through,
but
underneath
once
that
all
of
that
they're
taking
that
big
pile,
they're
running
it
through
a
sifter,
getting
out
all
the
debris
and
once
that's
done,
they're
going
to
whatever's,
left
they're,
going
to
clear
out
and
actually
go
below
grade
where
the
the
t-ball
field
is
and
the
parks
division
is
going
to
put
in
not
crushed
stone,
stoned
us
or
not,
stoned
us
clay
and
make
improvements
to
that
field.
G
G
A
No,
that's.
We
did
talk
about
it
since
and
mark
romano.
I
you
had
talked
some
time
earlier
about
things
that
they
wanted
to
do
at
the
high
school.
A
What
has
happened
there,
I'm
just
kind
of
getting
up
to
date
like
what
have
they
they
done
anything
have
they.
I
know
they
had
talked
about
it,
and
apparently
there
was
some
funding
at
some
point
in
time.
Anything
so.
I
As
of
right
now,
they're
just
waiting,
I'm
sorry
about
that
they're
waiting
to
install
the
lights
on
the
turf
field
at
the
middle
school.
I
believe
their
last
I
had
heard,
which
was
maybe
a
week
or
two
ago,
they're
ordering
the
parts
for
the
lights,
but
supposedly
that
would
be
starting
sometime.
This
fall
and
then
that's
pretty
much
the
end
of
that.
I
I
think
what
have
they
had
planned
for
for
that
field
as
of
right
now,
yeah.
So
that's
where
we're
at
with
that.
B
I
I
And
and
obviously,
with
the
fall
season
and
multiple
teams
playing
on
that
turf
field,
it's
difficult
without
lights
for
sure,
especially
scheduling-wise,
so
the
quicker
that
goes
up
the
better.
I
And
again
not
the,
but
that
just
proves
our
point
in
you
know
the
need
of
the
stadium
down
there
needing
us,
turfing
that
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
So.
A
Anyone
else
have
anything
to
add,
while
we're
catching
up.
D
E
Year
and
eventually
it's
going
to
start
failing
so
about
all,
I
can
add
the
the
problems
have
not
gone
away
at
the
high
school
they're,
still
there
and
still
as
blatant
as
they
were.
When
we
began.
B
Mark
and
rich
should
the
task
force
make
a
better
push
or
or
put
pressure
on
the
school
board.
You
know
I'm
just
wondering
how
can
the
task
force
help
with
with
fitch's
issues,
and
you
know
we've
identified
them.
We
identified
what
we
thought
the
fixes
were,
I
feel
on
some
level.
You
know
that
maybe
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
the
school
board's,
giving
us
the
task
force
the
space
to
kind
of
come
up
with
the
solution,
but
I'm
wondering
you
know:
should
there
should
we
be?
B
Should
there
be
more
communication
or
more
discussion
back
and
forth
to
make
sure
that
you
know
those
issues?
If
there's
the
ability
to,
I
know
they've
thrown
that
couple
hundred
thousand
at
the
football
field
every
year
in
the
budget
cycle
you
know,
and
so
I'm
just
I'm
just
wondering
how
we
get
them
on
board
and
working
with
us,
as
opposed
to
maybe
waiting
for
us
to
come
up
with
a
solution
for
them.
Is
that
right,
a
fair
question.
I
I,
I
would
say
you
know,
maybe
having
a
meeting
or
setting
something
up
with
them,
just
to
educate
them
more
so
as
to
you
know
where
we're
at
and
what
we've
come
up
with
as
a
task
force.
Just
so
I
mean
they
are
aware,
but
I
think
it
wouldn't
hurt
to,
because
I
know,
there's
some,
you
know
perceptions
like
you
know,
waiting
on
the
board
of
ed
for
this
or
the
board
of
heads.
I
We,
so
I
think
for
everybody
to
be
on
the
same
page,
I
think
maybe
set
something
up
where
we
can
all
sit
down
and
kind
of
go
over
what
the
needs
are
and
what
we've
come
up
with
and
and
then
kind
of
go
from
there.
But
I
think
that
would
be
important.
H
I
believe
the
council
had
approved
cip
money
for
the
football
field
up
at
the
high
school
as
well,
and
I
I'm
having
some
some
issues
on
how
to
handle
some
of
these
things,
because,
if
we're
going
to
redo
the
area-
and
they
were
talking
about
doing
the
track-
the
football
field-
maybe
widening
things
and
maybe
having
a
big
grand
plan,
but
still
are
we-
should
we
still
be
spending
money
investing
in
this
right
now,
I
I
just
don't
know
what
the
right
way
forward
is,
and
I
brought
that
up
and
I
I
don't
even
think
I
I
wanted
to
wait
until
we
had
a
plan
before
I
invested
more
money
into
it,
because
I
mean
it
was
substantial.
H
D
So
rachel
we
did
have,
I
guess
it
was.
I
don't
remember
which
meeting
exactly
but
one
of
the
recent
meetings
we
had.
You
know
the
task
force
was
presented
with
the
possibility
of
redoing
the
field
house
with
arpa
money,
or
something
like
that.
You
know
they
had
that
idea
and
we
at
the
time
made
you
know,
made
the
point
that
yeah
whatever
is
going
to
happen
there.
We
need
to
coordinate
and
going
back
to
you
know
bruce's
kind
of
question
about
what's
going
on
at
the
community
center.
D
There
were
things
in
the
recommendations
that
we
made
that
that
we
can
do
that,
don't
kind
of
impact
the
overall.
You
know
big
plan.
I
guess
you
know
like
the
work
at
the
community
center
is
kind
of
a
a
little
one-off
project
that
can
be
done
and
if
you
look
at
the
high
school
you
know
there's
there's
a
little
a
smaller
one-off
project,
just
with
the
baseball
field.
D
You
know
everybody
thought
the
baseball
field
was
in
great
shape
because
of
the
money
that
was
put
into
it
with
the
press
box
and
the
bleachers
and
the
you
know
whatnot.
But
it
turns
out
that
there
are
some.
You
know
significant
field
issues
up
there
too.
That
were
never
addressed,
so
you
know
if,
if,
if
we
were
to
work,
you
know,
and
the
board
of
ed
wanted
to,
you
know
had
a
you
know,
a
smaller
pot
of
money
and
put
it
into
something
like
that.
That
would
you
know
help.
D
D
Whatever
else
you
know,
I
mean
you
just
have
to
do
those
things
at
the
same
time,
so
you
know
to
a
degree
I
yeah,
I
agree
with
you
for
the
you
know
the
bigger
projects,
but
I
think
there
are
smaller
things
on
the
outside
that
we
can
possibly
advocate
with
the
board
event
to
get
done,
and
you
know
mark
talking
about
what
they're
talking
about
doing
at
the
middle
school
is.
It
could
be
included
in
that.
D
I
I
don't
know
if
how
many
people
have
been
up
there
for
soccer
games
or
whatnot,
but
balls
fly
over
the
fences.
There
aren't
any
big
nets
in
back
of
the
fences
to
keep
the
lacrosse
balls
or
the
soccer
balls
in
there.
You
know
we
put
lights
up
there.
There's
no
scoreboard,
there's
limited
seating.
There's
you
know
lots,
there's
no
restrooms!
I
mean
there's,
there's
all
kinds
of
little
pieces
that
we've
said
are
needed
at
these
facilities
that
we
can
do
that.
D
H
But
what
do
you
do?
You
know
so
it's
sort
of
a
tough
one
and
then
another
question
I
have
is
like
claude
chester.
H
You
really
don't
let
everybody
out
on
the
fields,
because
we
don't
want
to
ruin
them,
because
these
are
our
only
good
fields.
So
we
want
to
protect
them.
But
if
we
had
more
fields,
maybe
we
could
like
use
those
fields
as
overflow.
If
we
were
having
a
town
green
event
and
then
we
could
use
like
rectangles
in
the
back,
as
you
know,
overflow
for
things-
and
I
was
just
wondering
if
they
both
could
fit.
H
B
So
my
I
got
a
couple
partial
answers.
There
is
what
I
would
say.
First
in
the
both
the
in-person
survey
and
the
online
survey,
town
green
actually
ranked
pretty
low
right,
we're
still
tallying
it
all
it's
not
out
there
publicly,
but
I'll.
Just
let
you
know
like
I
based
on
what
I
had
heard
from
all
those
town
council
meetings.
When
people
kept
showing
up
saying
we
want
to
town
green,
we
want
a
time
green.
I
was
surprised
at
how
low
it
ranked
in
that
assessment.
B
So
that's
one
two,
as
we've
talked
about
park
and
r
rec
had
to
be
very
protective
of
aquatic
planes
because
it
was
their
only
asset
and
it
was
also
the
high
school's
only
asset
from
a
athletic
field
perspective
right
all
up
until
the
middle
school
was
done,
every
single
high
school
sports
field
played
down
there
and
every
single
youth
played
down
there.
B
So
they
had
to
be
very
protective
of
how
much
use
that
field
got,
and
community
events
and
trampoline
and
tents,
and
all
that
sort
of
stuff,
and
so
there
were
some
people
that
I
think
they
were
told.
No,
they
couldn't
be
there
for
those
for
some
events,
and
that
was
the
reason,
as
we
add
fields
and
as
a
high
school
can
take
care
of
itself.
B
The
pressure
on
those
fields
goes
down.
The
ability
to
have
more
community
events
goes
up,
and,
and
you
could,
I
I
think,
a
town,
green
and
a
athletic
field
can
be
very
symbiotic
right.
You
should
be
able
to
do
a
big
community
event
out
there.
You
might
not
want
to
have
a
car
show
and
drive
cars
all
over
it,
but
you
can
have
you
know,
bands
and
events
and
fairs,
and,
and
things
like
that-
that
really
do
bring
community
out
to
great
events.
B
So
I
I
think,
there's
a
way
to
make
it
not
an
isolated
town,
green
in
an
isolated
athletic
field,
but
maybe
a
way
to
blend
those
together
and
make
it
a
beautiful
community
asset
for
everybody
to
enjoy
and
not
put
everybody
in
little
silos.
B
So
that
would
be
how
I'd
answer
that
issue
clochester
specifically
and
we'll
and
we'll
have
plans
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
You
know
we'll
have
plans
to
hopefully
be
able
to
show
all
that,
and
then
I
I
just
to
go
back
to
your
funding
and
the
school
board
and
all
that
sort
of
stuff.
I
remember
watching
that
town
council
meeting
when
they
came
to
you
asking-
and
I
remember
watching
you
say
hold
on-
we
have
a
plan.
Why
are
we
spending
this
money
and
they
kept
advocating?
B
You
know
it's
a
safety
thing.
We
need
to
do
the
fields
and
I
get
it
and
that's.
That
was
the
frustration
I
had.
I
think
that
you
probably
had
as
a
counselor
I
was
watching
going.
You
know,
that's
where
I
would
love
to
see
how
we
can
better
jive
together
to
make
sure
that
when
they
put
their
budgets
together
and
they're
advocating
for
an
improvement,
it
aligns
with
the
improvements
that
we're
advocating
for
as
well,
and
we
don't
spend
good
money
before
bed,
but.
H
No
before
we
end
the
meeting,
my
husband
wants
to
know
the
little
league
fields
behind
fitch
middle
well,
you're,
saying
they're
both
going
to
be
okay
for
the
spring.
Is
that
what
you're
saying.
G
I
didn't
say
both
right
right
now:
we're
focused
on
the
field
closest
to
the
multi-purpose
field,
that's
being
reconstructed
once
that,
once
that
topsoil
has
been
filtered
and
everything's
extracted,
we're
actually
like,
I
said,
going
to
be
going
below
grade
and
putting
in
a
clay
which
is
what
should
be
in
the
infield
and
so
that
field
will
be
in
much
better
shape.
Come
springtime.
G
You
know
we
haven't
seen
a
high
level
of
requests
and
use
on
that
field,
so
it
hasn't
really
been
a
high
priority.
Now,
if
that's
going
to
change,
then
certainly
our
focus
and
resources
would
increase.
If
we're
seeing
a
lot
more
requests
to
use
that
field.
I
Hey
guys
rich
and
I
gotta
get
off
the
meeting.
We
apologize
they're
shutting
the
building,
so
we
got
to
go.
I
Thank
you
for
all
your
support
and
everything
you've
done.
I
know
like
you
said
this
is
your
last
meeting.
So
thanks
for
everything
and
best
of
luck
in
your
new
chapter
thank.
D
E
E
A
Okay,
so
our
next
meeting
should
be
the
third.
A
For
our
next
scheduled
meeting,
I
guess
we
can
talk
to
mark
between
now
and
then,
and
I
mean,
if
we're
still
at
status
quo,
we
can
decide
what
we
want
to
do
as
a
as
a
as
a
committee
as
a
as
the
task
force.
If
it,
what
we
want
to
do,
I'm
sorry
bruce
go
ahead.
F
Just
wanted
to
take
advantage
of
having
mark
and
jerry
both
here
and
dave.
Franco
raised
a
great
question
about
the
fields
we're
having
I'm
on
the
board
for
mystic
little
league,
because,
as
dave
is
the
president
of
groton
of
the
league
we're
having
an
issue
terribly
safety
issue
with
the
field
that
we
use
at
sb
butler.
G
Yeah
that
now
is
our
responsibility
and
yes,
there
there's
work
to
be
done
on
that
field,
yeah,
so
yeah
you
should
reach
out
to
us
so
that
we
can,
you
know,
have
a
discussion
about
what
exactly
needs
to
be
done,
but
I
I
also
know
that
you
know
we're
being
asked
to
make
improvements
and
and
changes
to
other
fields
too,
and
you
know
it's
a
matter
of
how
many
re,
how
much,
how
many
resources
we
have
to
to
try
to
address
all
of
these
different
needs.
G
Yeah,
that's
certainly
something
we
could
discuss
the
town.
You
know
we
do
utilize
volunteers
for
on
a
number
of
different
projects.
There
are
limitations
to
what
volunteers
can
do
so.
F
G
F
I'll
I'll
get
with
you,
I
know
this
is
okay.
G
F
Just
like
to
get
with
you
and
and
if
I
could
pull
in
dave
franco
into
that
conversation
too,.
D
Yes
bruce,
and
I
I
don't
know
if
dave
is
listening
on
franco,
rachel's
thing
either
but
yeah,
you
know
the
fields
at
the
the
two
elementary
schools
like
claude
chester
and
sb,
butler
and
and
you
could
even
put
in
the
groton
community
center
on
that
you
know
those
fields
were
never
developed
as
athletic
fields.
D
You
know
they're
kind
of
just
you
know
on
the
playground,
some
spaces
that
they
put
up
a
backstop
and
some
bases
and
called
that
a
field
and
they've
never
been
maintained
in
a
way
that
kind
of
makes
them
really
good
for
being
playable
and
and
mark
is
right.
It
does
take
resources
to
maintain
those
in
a
in
a
way.
D
That's
you
know,
safe
and,
and
you
know
and
good
for
kids
to
play
on
frankly,
yeah
and
we've
got
those
resources
so
yeah
now
that
they're
under
park
and
rec
control,
you
know,
maybe
we
can
do
more
and
again,
you
know,
speaking
in
those
smaller
type
bits
and
pieces,
it's
not
part
of
the
bigger
project,
but
you
know
small
cip
projects
that
can
be
done.
D
You
know
with
a
lot
of
in-house
stuff
off-season,
or
you
know,
with
the
like
kind
of
what's
going
on
at
the
community
center
with
the
public
works,
guys
down
there
doing
the
big
earth
moving,
and
you
know
stuff
like
that
so
yeah
I
would.
I
would
say
that
help
with
getting
little
smaller,
cips
done
for
those
properties
that
are
being
turned
over
you
know,
parks
operation
is,
is
constantly
the
the
inventory
of
properties
that
they
maintain
is
constantly
growing.
D
So
and
and
even
if
something
happens
at
claude
chester
or
you
know
or
sutton
park
in
these
things,
you
know
the
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
the
town
is
going
to
have
to
address
how
to
maintain
those
properties
and
keep
them
in
that
condition.
Moving
forward,
and-
and
that's
that's
a
real
issue
as
well,
so
you
know
getting
the
fields
is
one
thing:
keeping
them
up
to
date
is
another,
so
I
would,
I
would
appreciate
any
and
all
help
doing
doing
those
things.
G
And
the
other,
the
other
issue
that
in
regards
to
sb
butler,
is
at
some
point.
I
believe
the
council
is
going
to
be
making
a
decision
on
the
use
of
that
property.
So
you
know
I
before,
and
consular
franco
talked
about
having
a
plan,
I
think,
before
we
make
a
big
investment
in
fixing
that
field
and
then
the
decisions
made
to
whatever
decision
is
made.
G
We
need
to
make
sure
that
fixing
those
fields
fixing
fits
into
the
to
the
plan
for
that
property,
and
I
don't
think
there's
been
any
discussion
yet,
but
at
some
point
the
council,
I
think,
is
going
to
need
to
decide
the
best
use
of
that
property
and-
and
I
would
kind
of
like
to
know
that
before
we
make
big
investments
in
a
field
and
then
come
to
find
out
that
it's
no
longer
going
to
be
a
field,
that's
going
to
be
something
else.
A
Okay,
so-
and
I
would
just
like
to
close
by
also
thanking
jerry
for
the
last
couple
years-
it's
been
enlightening.
I've
learned
a
lot.
A
Rachel
doesn't
make
fun
of
me
as
much
as
she
used
to
so
I
must
be
getting
better,
but
I'd
like
to
thank
you,
jerry
for
kind
of
leading
us
leading
the
charge
and
helping
me
immensely.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
good
luck.
So
with
that
said,
I
guess
we
could
probably
so
again.
The
next
meeting
will
be
the
15th
I
will
be
on
the
road,
but
I
think
I
would
be
able
to
probably
join
just
like.
A
D
I
don't
think
it's
a
substantive
vote,
so
I
think
you're,
okay,
motion.
A
You
sure
all
right,
thank
you,
everybody
and
we'll
get
together
again
on
september
15th
thanks
jerry.