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Field, Manor House and DPW updates: cleanup day, playground preconstruction and summer hours
Summary
GBAA and DPW reported field upgrades, a March 28 volunteer cleanup day, a playground preconstruction meeting, Frederick County stream surveys, Manor House porch repairs and electrical work, and a switch to summer park hours March 9.
Becky Hackett (Speaker 7), speaking for GBAA, gave an update on athletics and field needs: registration numbers across sports are up, Lowe's donated supplies to repaint dugouts, roofs on dugouts were replaced last season, and volunteers will hold a field-cleanup day on March 28; GBAA asked about trash cans and water availability for the cleanup. Hackett also discussed scheduling tensions among leagues (baseball, soccer, lacrosse) and urged coordination with DPW and the town on park-hour decisions.
Ron Lame (Speaker 9), the manor-house manager/caretaker, said the porch facing the driveway was torn down for rebuild, wiring was run to the summer kitchen after ceiling damage, and he expected work to be done by late spring. He said he would enlist scouts for garden and other projects where appropriate.
DPW (Speaker 5) reported a preconstruction meeting with the playground specialist for the new tot-lot at Community Park and said grading and leveling work would proceed as weather allows. DPW also noted Frederick County will conduct annual stream surveys at Heritage and Community Park between March 15 and the end of April (exact dates not provided), and that the parks will switch to summer hours on March 9; the transcript records the closing time as "09:00," but the meeting did not record whether that was 9:00 a.m. or 9:00 p.m.
These updates reflect routine seasonal maintenance, volunteer coordination and planning ahead of spring and summer park uses.
