About:

The Parks and Recreation Commission has established a Fields Committee to assess and recommend facility improvements and policy changes. The committee’s goal is to prepare for the Commissioner a list of recommendations that the department can implement (e.g. policy changes, field projects.)  The committee will be as transparent and open as possible as this undertaking is for the benefit of the many groups within the Newton athletic community and the outcome will have real impacts on their future interaction with our fields.

Commission Sub-Committee Members:

Buzz Dunker

Midge Connolly

John Rice

Staff Members:

Nicole Banks, Commissioner

Sean R. Nickerson, Aquatics Director

Sheila Butts, Permits Manager 

Derek Mannion, Superintendent of Maintenance 

Rob McClary, Assistant Superintendent of Maintenance 

Luis Perez Demorizi, Director of Parks + Open Space 

 

Contact:

parks@newtonma.gov 

Presentations:

Webinar: Working with Children with Disabilities and the ADA

November 2020 Maintenance Presentation

December 2020 Field Permit Presentation

Athletic Field Capital Improvement Plan FY22-25

Tier Two permit fee presentation November 2021

Improving Newton's athletic fields presentation November 2021

Agendas & Minutes

Agenda 01-14-22  Minutes 01-14-22

Agenda 12-10-2021  

Minutes 11-12-2021 

Agenda 6-15-2021    Minutes 6-15-2021

Agenda 2-16-2021    Minutes 02-16-2021

Agenda 1-28-2021    Minutes 1-28-2021

Minutes 12-10-2020

Minutes 10-13-2020

Minutes 10-27-2020