Open Space & Recreation Committee

Mission

The Open Space and Recreation Committee was formulated to create and implement an Open Space and Recreation Plan for the City which will: 

1. Ensure the existence, smart use, and access to open space in perpetuity
2. Ensure that contiguous areas, functions, and values that depend on them are maintained
3. Propose a process for agreements with abutters with shared use/conservation interests for enhancing open space
4. Recommend planned city growth and business development in a way that fully contemplates and strives to maintain the functions, values, uses, and vision for open space in Gloucester 
5. Establish a criteria and process for ceding open space to development or dedicated use
6. Promote awareness and use of open spaces through a descriptive inventory of open spaces

The Committee consists of 7 members, each serving a 3-year term.

in 2011, the Committee completed an update of the City’s 2011-2017 Open Space and Recreation Plan. The Plan includes a list of beaches, parks, playgrounds, and other open space in the City.

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meeting.
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Meeting results are available, following approval.
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Members

First Name	Last Name	Address	Telephone	Title	To Expire
Heidi	Wakeman	7 Wise Place	(978) 282-6509	Chair	February 14, 2021
Noel	Mann	12 Dorset Drive	(978) 283-4778	N/A	February 14, 2021
Dan	Morris	363 Essex Avenue		N/A	February 14, 2023
Dave	Sargent	637 Essex Avenue	(978) 281-3981	Fulfilling Patty Amaral’s term	February 14, 2021
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