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Parks and Community Programs Advisory Committee
(PAC-PAC)
The purpose of this committee is to aid in the planning of town-wide Parks, Recreation and Adult Education programs.~ It is to advise and cooperate with the Community Programs Director and Parks & Public Works Director in initiating and maintaining these programs and ultimately to provide feedback and guidance to the Town Council. PAC-PAC member are: Chair Faith Varney, Vice-Chair Steve Tenney, Jack Davis, Diane Moore, Karen Jones, Brenna Hensley, and one vacant seat.
2008 Accomplishments
- Reviewed the process of grooming the cross-country ski trails at Community Park. Since the Parks Division must plow town-owned parking lots such as fire stations, town hall, village park, etc., the grooming of the trails has to wait until other tasks are completed. Trained volunteers can assist but the Parks Division has kept up with grooming thus far.
- Reviewed each Community Programs Brochure. This year:
- Discussed Drivers Education company issue and recommended discontinuance of program.
- Summer Concert Series, Community Chorus, Knitting, and After School Physical Education and, of course, the summer day camp programs are examples of very popular programs.
- The committee suggested adding the Take it Outside and 50+Adventures program information to the town website, since it came in too late for the Spring brochure.
- Meeting day was moved from 2nd to 3rd Tuesday to make it easier on our council liaison.
- Dog waste is an on-going issue at Community Park and Village Park. This is an ongoing problem, not yet solved.
- Only three committee members have elected to continue: Karen Jones, Steve Tenney and Faith Varney. Four new members will be joining the committee as soon as they are appointed January 26, 2009. One member, Bonnie Trobh got a head start by attending the January meeting.
Goals for 2009
- At each PAC-PAC meeting we hear reports from the Parks Division and from the Community Programs Department. We discuss and make recommendations on any concerns which they, or any member of the Falmouth Community, bring to us.
- At each PAC-PAC meeting, Steve Tenney, our representative to the Community Facilities Planning Committee, reports on actions of CFPC and its possible effects on PAC-PAC’s future, town facilities and activities.
- Three times each year we review Community Programs Brochures (Winter/Spring, Summer & Fall)
- Recommendations of additional courses are made
- Kudos for quality programs and the quality of the brochure are generally given
We have no funding requests.
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