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GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
UM, DO YOU, UH, DOES CATHERINE NORMALLY GO THROUGH THIS? UM, YEAH, I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND THEN WHATEVER ITEMS ADD TO IT.[2. Approval of Minutes ]
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.DOES EVERYONE APPROVE OF THE MINUTES? WE'LL GENERALLY RESPOND VIA EMAIL WHEN SHE SENDS IT OUT, BUT WE, YEAH, WE HAVE TO LIKE OFFICIALLY AND WE HAVE TO SAY ALL THOSE WHO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES, SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED? NO.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC SO WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THAT, UH, NEW BUSINESS.
[4. New Business]
SO THE SPRING FORWARD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MEMBERS, WE HAVE, UM, A LIST OF KIDS.WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY EMAILS YET.
UM, SO SUE IS PLANNING ON REACHING OUT TO THE COUNSELOR.
UH, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NEW EMAILS.
SO HOW HAS THIS PROCEEDED? SHE TALKED WITH US WHO'S SHE TALKED WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND TOLD HER ABOUT THE THAT'S.
SO THEN I GUESS SHE GOT IN CONTACT WITH THE, UM, WITH THE COUNSELOR FROM THAT.
SO WHAT KIND OF PARAMETERS PUT AROUND THIS POSITION? CAUSE I SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW IF, UM, IF THE SCHOOL WOULD GRANT THEM CREDIT FOR DOING THIS AND HE SAID, UM, BUT I SAID THAT WE WOULD, WE HAD DISCUSSED GIVING THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, I'M GONNA DO THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS A, FROM THAT WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.
WOULDN'T GET THE WHOLE WORLD INVOLVED IN IT.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN.
UM, I HAVE THEM ALL HERE ON THE DRIVE.
I DIDN'T PUT THEM OUT, BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM, I GUESS.
I DON'T THINK SHE, YEAH, SHE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THEM TONIGHT.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN FOR THEM TO LOOK THROUGH TO SEE IF THEY WANT US TO BE PART OF THIS? I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT GETTING SOMETHING TO THAT.
WE COULD SEE WHAT WAS, I KNOW, I BELIEVE SO.
THEY ALL SENT, UM, LETTERS OF LIKE, OF INTEREST TO SUE.
SO SHE SAVED THEM HERE AND I CAN READ THEM TO YOU.
WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM IF YOU WANT.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO NECESSARILY DECIDE TONIGHT.
I THINK SHE WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE SUBMITTED.
AND IT'S GOT A STUDY, YOU SITTING HERE READING THAT WE COULD MAKE THE GRIEF AND THE COMMENT BACK LIKE MIKE SAVED.
I MEAN, TO ME, I'M NOT GOING TO RETAIN IT IF YOU JUST READ IT TO ME.
SO THERE'S FIVE PEOPLE COPY OF THE PARAMETERS I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WHEN THEY SAW WHAT THEY SAID SO THAT I COULD SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW THAT THEY SAID THAT.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THE ONLY THINGS WE KNOW THAT WE READ TOO WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A FULL SCHOOL YEAR THAT THEY WERE STARTED AS JUNIOR, THEIR JUNIOR YEAR, LIKE AND THEY SHOULD GO FOR SENIORS, BUT HAVE THE WORKFORCE NOW.
SO, UM, IF THEY START, IF THEY'RE APPROVED NOW FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN DO THE FOLLOWING.
SO, SO THEY ALL WROTE LETTERS OF INTENT AND WE HAVE THEM SAVED HERE.
SO I WILL PASS THOSE OUT TO YOU GUYS.
WE'LL INCLUDE THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OUT TO THE STUDENTS AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THE INTENTION WAS TO DECIDE TONIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE, BECAUSE I THINK THE WORD WAS JUST SENT OUT.
SO, SO CAN WE AGREE THOUGH, THAT WE, WE DO PUT IN A DEADLINE ON THE FEEDING PEOPLE AND WE DO ACTUALLY DECIDE, I THINK THEY SHOULDN'T BE PREPARED TO GO.
UM, IF WE'RE GETTING SOMEBODY WHO'S A JUNIOR NOW THEY GOT VERY RARE, READY FOR SCHOOL.
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UM, THEY RECEIVED AN INVITATION FROM THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, FROM THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT SPRINGBOARD TO APPLY FOR BEING A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE.AND THEN THEY REACHED OUT SAYING THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION.
SO THAT'S, UM, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT, WHATEVER THE, SEE IF WE CAN GET WHAT THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
WELL, IF THEY STARTED, THEY COULD START IMMEDIATELY, BUT THEY'D GO THEIR WHOLE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.
SO ALL OF THE ONES THAT I RECEIVED SO FAR ARE IN 11TH GRADE.
ALL THE, ALL THE FIVE, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GET THEIR SENIORS, WHICH IS FINE.
I MEAN, BUT FOR THE FIRST WEEK, THE FIRST YEAR, YEAH.
IT'S STILL AN EXTENDED TERM OF WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE WE'VE SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE JUNIOR STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND THEY'LL COMPLETE THIS FULL YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE .
WELL, THEY REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THEM IN PLACE BY THE TIME WE DO THAT.
UM, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, I REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS HERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THAT'S WHY SO OUR MARCH MEETING, WE MAKE A DECISION.
SO MARCH MEETING WE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON THE, UH, WE SAID TO JR.
WE SENT HIM, I LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN WE WOULD DECIDE, BUT WE FIGURED WE'D MAX AT THAT TOO.
IF WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH TWO OR WE GO WITH ONE, BUT IT'S HARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
IF WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S TWO QUALIFIED OR YEAH.
SO IDEALLY WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO WE WOULD DO IT IN THE LATE SUMMER TO SELECT A STUDENT BECAUSE IT STARTED WITH FULL YEAR SENIOR, BUT THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE THE REST OF THE JUNIOR YEAR AND THEY WOULD CARRY OVER TO.
AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO HAVE, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO YOU, THE GAMING GUIDANCE COUNSELOR MIGHT THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION COULD ATTEND THE END OF THE LIKE END OF SCHOOL YEAR MEETINGS, LIKE ONE OR TWO TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE.
DID WE SAY A FULL YEAR SENIOR? I THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING MORE FOR A FULL YEAR JUNIOR.
WELL, I THINK WHAT WE HAD SAID WAS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY JUNIORS TO APPLY FOR THE BOARD.
AND THEN THEY'LL SAY THEY'LL BE WITH US DURING THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
SEE, I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET STUDENTS THAT WOULD DO THAT ENTIRE JUNIOR YEAR AND THEN THEIR ENTIRE SENIOR YEAR.
THAT WAS IT THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GET TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY COULD ALSO MAYBE PULL IN THE NEXT JUNE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND KIND OF MENTORED THEM THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR PROCESS.
SO ESSENTIALLY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT JUNIORS RIGHT NOW, NEXT YEAR, WE'LL REALLY GET INTO YOUR SOPHOMORE.
BECAUSE WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING INTO THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.
WE NEED TO TALK TO SOPHOMORES.
AND THIS IS THE, UM, THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR GOING TO GIVE ANY INPUT ON THOSE KIDS.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE LETTER FROM THE KIDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S LIKE A RECOMMENDATION ALMOST LIKE WHO THEY WOULD SUGGEST ALLOWED TO DO.
DO YOU THINK WE NEED THAT? IF I I'M JUST, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
CAUSE I'M JUST, IF THEY'RE SHOWING AN INTEREST AND IF THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEIR INTENT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SAME AS WHAT WE DO WELL AND THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR TO INVITED THEM.
SO I FEEL LIKE JUST BY THAT'S ALREADY THEM SAYING, I THINK THIS PERSON WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS BECAUSE, OKAY.
SO I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO HAVE HIS OR HER, UM, STAMP OF APPROVAL JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THEY CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT DON'T NECESSARILY COME OUT IN THE LETTER THAT YOU'VE WRITTEN OR IT MIGHT NOT COME OUT.
AND THEN THERE'S BEEN AN IMMEDIATE INTERVIEW, UM, THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME STUFF GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND THAT MAKE THEM TAKE, IT WOULDN'T WORK OUT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE THEM TO GO TO THEM AND SAY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SOME.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'LL WORK? YEAH.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO GIVE US ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OR, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS IDEA THEN IF WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AND VOTE NEXT MONTH, WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SINCE YOU HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL? I CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T GO TO THE DIET.
SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE GO TO THE TIME?
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CORRECT.THAT WAS THE KIND OF THING THAT THERE ARE SOME KIDS THAT, THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST IN SCHOOL, BUT , I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW COMFORTABLE I AM ASKING GUIDANCE.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES SHE, SO PEOPLE AHEAD OF HER, BUT SHE SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS, WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN FIND OUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO HER AND THEN I'LL, WE'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE REALLY CIVIC MINDED, KATIE CENTRALLY.
SO SUE CAN REACH OUT TO THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND THEN WE'LL SEND EVERYTHING ALTOGETHER WITH ALL OF OUR NOTES SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR DID.
AND ALL OF YOU WILL RECEIVE THAT.
SUE'S GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE, I MOVE WITH CHIEF OR WHO IS LIKE THE MORNING 10 IS NO MORE, THIS, THIS IS ON, THIS IS LIKE A 35TH.
IT'S GONNA BE A KID THAT THIS IS THE ONLY THING THEY DO.
YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE THEY'RE INTO SKATEBOARDING, BUT IF THERE ISN'T THAT, THEN THEY ARE SOMEWHAT AND THEY KNOW WHAT KIDS USE, THE PARKS, WHO ARE SOMEBODY WHO IS IN ALL, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY CALL THOSE COURSES? THE AP AP CLASSES, UM, SOCIETY UP TO HERE.
I THINK THAT IF THEY'RE INVITED, IF THEY'RE SHOWING AN INTEREST, IF THEY WRITE A LETTER OF INTENT AND THEN MAYBE, MAYBE WE WANT TO DECIDE THE TWO OR WHATEVER, AND WE KIND OF, BEFORE WE SAY YOU HAVEN'T, WE INTERVIEWED THEM.
I DON'T REALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN HOW, WHERE ALL FALL ON.
NOBODY ASKED ME HOW MANY OTHER THINGS I'M INVOLVED WITH BEFORE COMING HERE.
WELL, WE DID, BUT WE WEREN'T SET.
LIKE NOBODY SAID, OH, YOU'RE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TOO.
AND THIS, OR YOU MAY BE, ARE YOU OVEREXTENDING? I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A, WE SHOULD DO THAT TO A CHILD.
I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY AT ALL.
UM, I JUST, I WAS LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THEM AS TRYING TO BRING ANYONE SMART, INVOLVED IN CAN WE BRIEF, WE HAVE AN INTENT AND WE NARROW IT DOWN BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THAT WE THEN INVITE BEFORE WE SAY ABSOLUTELY THERE, WE INVITE THEM AND WE GET TO MEET THEM AND TELL AND SEE IF THEY ARE, MAYBE WE DON'T INVITE THEM ALL.
THE LETTERS ARE LONGER THAN OTHERS.
I WILL SAY THAT WE INVITE, LET'S SEE, THIS SHOULD BE LIKE A NURTURE OF THINGS THAT HELP WITH SOME STUDENT WHO REALLY IS INTERESTED, BECOME MORE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW? SO THEY HAVE THE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
AND I MEAN, I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE STUDENTS.
I WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT POSITIVE EXPERIENCE ALSO WOULD A GOOD COURSE OF ACTION.
THEN BE WOULD A GOOD COURSE OF ACTION BE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN TO JOIN US AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND GIVE THEM TIME DURING, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES.
AND WE CAN MAYBE ASK PEOPLE QUESTIONS, AND THEN THEY CAN SIT IN THE REST OF THE MEETING TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK OF THIS EXPERIENCE.
I DO NOT WANT THEM ALL AT THE SAME, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN INTIMIDATE EACH OTHER.
AND THEN WHOEVER GOES FIRST AND THE NEXT ONE HEARD THAT ALREADY AND THEY'RE GOING TO WHAT THEY CAN, ONE UPS UP.
I MEAN, MAYBE IF WE HAD GAVE THEM EACH 10 MINUTES TO COME IN AND LET'S JUST TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING.
AND THEN THEY COULD ALL COME BACK INTO THE MEETING IF THEY'D LIKE TO.
BUT, UM, I, I THINK THAT PUTTING THEM IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME IS, UM, COOL.
ESPECIALLY TALKING TO ADULTS ARE THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE CONSTRAINED AND SOME PEOPLE WERE MUCH MORE OUTGOING.
AND I THINK IF SOMEBODY GETS THIS GREAT, OH, THIS AND THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON'S LIKE, NO, I, I THINK I DON'T WANT TO HAVE INTIMIDATED BY BECAUSE THEY COULD BE A VERY GOOD ASSET WITHOUT BEING MR. MR. POPULARITY.
SO HOW ABOUT THIS WHEN TO CALL, SO TALK TO HIM ABOUT HIS COUNSELOR THEN TO ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE LOOK, WE'D BE LOOKING FOR THEM TO COME IN AND HAVE JUST LIKE A BRIEF CONVERSATION.
HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND WE DO THAT? SHOULD THAT BE, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE WE SAY THAT AT OUR NEXT, WELL, WE WON'T TO MAKE A DECISION BY THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
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LET ME TALK TO SUE AND, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER.AND IT'S LIKE, GIVE OUR RESPONSES TO THE EMAILS OF WHO WE SAY WE LIKED THE BEST MANAGER.
DO WE NEED ALL FIVE OF THEM? IF SOMEBODY GETS NO BOATS, DO WE NOT ASK THAT PERSON THIS? OR I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT WE HEAR THEM ALL.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, WELL THIS WAS BROUGHT US A GREAT LETTER OF INTENT.
ANOTHER ONE MAY NOT BE AS GOOD A WRITER, BUT WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE BOARD MIGHT BE BETTER THAN SAY THAT GAVE US A STERLING.
SO IF WE CAN PUT OUR THOUGHTS, RESPONSES TO THESE LETTERS, CAN YOU PUT THEM OUT ON LIKE GOOGLE? YEAH.
SO, SO WE'LL SEND THEM OUT IN A WAY THAT YEAH.
AND WE CAN PUT ALL OUR COMMENTS IN THERE AND THEN INVITE THAT TO COME TO THE NEXT MEETING AND GIVE THEM, LET'S JUST SAY FIVE MINUTES.
AND THEN MAYBE JUST MAYBE THIS SEE BY, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU KIND OF THING.
I WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE DOING THEM AS BEEN THERE IN THE MEETING.
GIVE, GIVE THEM TIME TO COME BETWEEN SIX 30 AND 6 46 50.
AND THAT WAS BOTH OF THEM WHEN THEY GET HERE.
IF, IF THERE'S NOBODY HERE, YOU CAN GO ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND BRING THEM IN.
AND ALSO AT THE SIDE, AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, ALSO A GOOD INDICATION WILL BE IF THEY'RE ON TIME AND IF THEY SHOW AND WE, ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT PLAN? CAN WE WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION BY THE END OF THIS WEEK? YEAH, YEAH.
EVEN IF IT'S JUST THE LETTERS.
SO WE'LL, I'M, I'M SURE WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW FAST THEY GET BACK TO US, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY SEND OUT THE LETTERS AND PUT THAT ALL IN A GOOGLE DOC FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT.
SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
SO YOU GUYS ALL RECEIVED THE STRAP PLAN, UM, THE LIST OF EVENTS AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SENDING OUT A LIST OR ADDING TO THAT LIST, THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE NEED FOR EACH EVENT.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND, IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN, UM, CERTAIN EVENTS THAT YOU'RE LIKE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO OVER OTHERS OR NO, THAT YOU CAN MAKE OR CAN'T MAKE, UM, WE'LL BE SENDING THAT OUT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE EVENTS ON OUR LIST, OLDER TALK ABOUT IT AND ALL THAT.
I THINK SHE IS GOING TO RESEND IT TO YOU.
IF YOU WEREN'T SURE YOU HAD RECEIVED IT IN AN EMAIL, I'M STILL NOT SURE.
I USUALLY GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I PRINT IT OUT, PUT IT IN MY FOLDER.
HE SENT ME SOMETHING AND SUSAN JOSEPH ASPECT OF IT TOO.
WELL, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO DATE ON THIS, LIKE W WHEN WE RECEIVED IT, LIKE DECEMBER EARLY JANUARY, SO I'M GUESSING IT'S NOT REVISED OR ANYTHING.
I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING SINCE SHE LEFT OFF.
BUT SO THERE IS ONE THING THAT PROBABLY ISN'T ON YOUR LIST THAT WE ADDED RECENTLY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE ADULT EASTER OR THE ADULT SCAVENGER HUNT.
SO WE ACTUALLY IN, UM, NO, NOT QUITE, BUT THE PLAN IS TO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN EVENT FOR ADULTS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, KICKBACK BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T JOIN THE TEEN FLASHLIGHT EGG HUNT.
SO THEY WANTED AN EGG HUNT FOR THEMSELVES.
SO WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT AS WELL TRY TO GIVE THEM A SCAVENGER HUNT INSTEAD.
SO IT SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN TIME.
UM, IT'S IN MAY, I WILL ADD THAT TO THE EMAIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT ADVERTISED YET, SO WE DIDN'T OFFICIALLY PUT IT ON.
SO WE DECIDED, INSTEAD OF HIDING THINGS, BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THAT, WE DIDN'T WANT KIDS TO RANDOMLY FIND THINGS IN THE PARK THAT ARE MEANT FOR ADULTS, BUT, UH, WE THOUGHT WE'D DO A SCAVENGER HUNT INSTEAD.
SO GIVE THEM CLUES AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO COMPLETE IT AND THEN HAVE PRIZES AT THE END THAT THEY CAN,
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THEY CAN WIN.SO THAT'S OUR THINGS THAT WE ADDED AND THAT WILL BE IN LATE MAY I BELIEVE.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY, THAT IS TRUE.
UM, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED ALL THE, YEAH.
SUE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO WATCH, UH, ALL THE AMAZING RACE EPISODES TO GET IDEAS.
NO, IT'S, IT'S A SCAVENGER HUNT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ANDERSON BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO OFFER BABYSITTING AND OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNER PROGRAM TO DO WITH THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE BABYSITTING INSIDE FOR THE KIDS AT THE CENTER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SCAVENGER HUNT GOING ON OUTSIDE AT THE PARK.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME LOCAL INVOLVED TO DONATE SOME PRIZES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND POSSIBLY HAVE SOME FOOD TRUCKS AND THINGS.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FOOD TRUCKS, SUGGESTIONS TO, UH, WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING SOME ONBOARD.
SO I DON'T THINK TAYLOR KNOWS ANY OF THESE.
SO NOW ARE YOU GOING TO SEND US A REVISED VERSION OF THIS OR WE'LL SEND YOU, WE'LL MAKE SURE ONCE IT'S REVISED DATE, LIKE ON IT, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE KNOW WE'RE ALL WORKING FROM THE SAME DOCUMENT.
UM, SO OUR NEXT EVENT COMING UP WOULD BE THE CAMP EXPO.
THAT'S OUR FIRST BIG EVENT FOR THE YEAR THAT'S HAPPENING ON FEBRUARY 22ND, UM, AT THE CENTER FOR TWO HOURS TO KIND OF ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE WHAT CAMPS WE'RE OFFERING AND POSSIBLY GET A DISCOUNT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, INCENTIVE TO, TO COME.
WE WERE GOING TO DO EARLY REGISTRATION, BUT IT WAS JUST TOO, TOO MUCH.
SO YEAH, FEBRUARY 22ND AND THE REGISTRATION FOR CAMPS WILL BE OPENING ON MARCH 1ST.
SO, UM, ALSO IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS AND THINGS, WE ARE LAST YEAR, WE STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UH, EDUCATION STUFF.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH NORRISTOWN FARM PARK, THE EDUCATOR THERE, UH, REBECCA SCHULTZ.
SHE, UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S HER, HER MAIDEN NAME FOR REBECCA BLACK AT HER.
UM, SHE COMES TO OUR PARK AND IT'S GOING TO DO SOME EDUCATION, OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR US FOR FREE, UM, AS A SECONDARY SITE FOR HER PROGRAMS. SO THEY'RE JUST LIKE ONE HOUR LONG PROGRAMS. THEY'RE NOT BIG EVENTS, BUT WE'RE, UM, SO THIS WEEK, THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK WE HAD SCOTT AND TRACKS CLASS.
SO SHE TAUGHT ABOUT, UH, TRACKS, ANIMAL TRACKS.
AND WE HAVE IN FEBRUARY, WE HAVE THE WILDERNESS SURVIVAL.
SO SHE'S GOING TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO LIKE MAKE FIRES AND CAN'T LIKE SURVIVING IN THE WILDERNESS.
AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
UH, SHE'S GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR EARTH DAY EVENT, THE EARTH DAY, JAN BERRY, AND THEN SHE IS GOING TO DO SOME BIRD WALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO JUST MORE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STUFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO.
SHE'S HELPING US OUT WITH THAT.
NO, SHE'S THE SHE, WELL, SHE IS PAID TO DO IT, BUT SHE WORKS WITH NORRISTOWN FARM PARK.
SO SHE GETS PAID BY THEM AND THEY ALLOW HER TO COME TO OUR SITE.
YOU NEED VOLUNTEERS WHEN SHE'S HERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT IF, IF YOU WANT TO, I'M SURE SHE WOULDN'T SAY NOW, SO IS IT YEAH.
IT'S THE EARTH DAY JAN BERRY ON HERE IS THAT, UH, IT SHOULD BE, IT'S NOT, IT'S AN APRIL.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR AN UPDATED VERSION.
WE JUST, UM, AS A TEAM, WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE NEED TO FOR EACH EVENT.
SO WE CAN UPDATE THAT AND PUT ALL THOSE NUMBERS ON THERE AS WELL.
LIKE WE'LL PROBABLY JUST PUT IT IN A COLUMN NEXT TO IT.
AND THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN, SO ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO CREATE A SIGNUP DOC FOR YEAH.
SO JUST FOR LIKE THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
YEAH, JUST LIKE THE NEXT TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF DO THAT IN LIKE TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
CAUSE THAT'D BE GOOD THEN ALSO IF WE HAVE THE JUNIOR BOARD MEMBERS YEAH.
AND THEN THEY CAN, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO NEED MORE THAN JUST PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD WAY TO GET, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
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FROM THE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE EXTREME PA EXTREME SOFTBALL.UH, PEOPLE MEMBERS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT JUST IN SCHOOL.
I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO.
YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT.
UM, SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT VOLUNTEERS AND PROGRAMS AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NOPE.
UM, SO NEXT IS WINTER IN OUR PARKS.
SO JOSH IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND HE IS ON ZOOM.
SO JOSH, CAN YOU HEAR? OKAY, COOL.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTING TO GO OVER EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, THIS YEAR, UM, WITH WINTER UPON US, UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE SKATE PARK.
UM, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF OUR POLICIES WHERE IF THERE'S SNOW ON THE GROUND, IT'S CLOSED.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF KICKBACK WITH THAT THIS YEAR.
UM, CAUSE PEOPLE, I GUESS FROM BEING HOME, I'M NOT SURE.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WANT IT OPEN.
UM, SO WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO RESTRICT THE PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR THEIR SAFETY.
SO WE'VE PLACED SIGNS UP, UM, SAYING, HEY, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSES, BUT WE'LL OPEN IT FOR YOU, BUT YOU'RE SKATING AT YOUR OWN RISK.
UM, WE, WE, I MEAN, WE WERE JUST GETTING FLOODED WITH PHONE CALLS AND IT WAS A BATTLE THAT WE JUST GOT DEFEATED ALMOST.
UM, SO THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UM, THEN IN OUR DOG PARK, UM, WE ALSO PUT SIGNS UP THERE STATING, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE USED AT YOUR OWN RISK BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE CHANGING SIDES BECAUSE IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MUD HOLE DOWN THERE.
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, IT'S KIND OF THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, COVER OUR SIDES, TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY AS BEST WE CAN, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO.
UM, IT'S JUST HARD STILL TO PORTRAY THAT TO EVERYONE SO THEY UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS BEFORE I MOVE ON OR YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE SIGNS UP OR THE SIGNS ARE CURRENTLY UP, THE SIGNS ARE CURRENTLY UP THAT, THAT THOSE LOCATIONS, UM, WE JUST, IT'S SUCH A MUD HOLE DOWN THE DOG PARK.
I, I GET HOW PEOPLE NEED THEIR DOGS TO, YOU KNOW, RON AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S, IT'S HARD.
WE JUST CAN'T ESTABLISH YOU CAN'T PROGRESS IN THE WINTER.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S SCIENCE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, SO WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
IT'S JUST, WE JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT.
THE ULTIMATE THING WOULD BE TO CLOSE IT, BUT IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS WE RECEIVE ONCE WE DO THAT.
NO, IT'S NOT EVEN THE FRONT DESK STAFF THAT GETS ALL THE PHONE CALLS.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY HARD BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY ASKING US WHAT TO SAY EVEN WELL.
SO WE TELL THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY, BUT THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT THEY'RE JUST CONSTANTLY REPEATING IT AND THEN THEY'RE NOT SURE, OH, DID WE MAYBE OPEN IT? AND IT'S JUST THAT THE AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS THAT THEY GET AND THEN THEY START CALLING OTHER PEOPLE.
SO THEY'LL ASK PEOPLE AND THEN, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HEARING THE WORD, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO COPE WITH, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
ONE, I HAVE A PROBABLY REALLY STUPID QUESTION THAT THE PAPERWORK PARK.
SO IF IT'S COVERED WITH SNOW, COULD KIDS COME IN WITH SNOWBOARD? NO, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY TO, TO YOU AND I, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO SAY IT RIGHT.
UM, IT SHOULDN'T BE SNOWBOARDING.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S MAKES SENSE.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD IN YEARS PAST WHERE KIDS WERE OUT GOING UP ON THE TOP RAIL AND THEN TRYING
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TO DUMP DOWN WITH THEIR SNOWBOARDS AND IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT.AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO IF ONE PERSON SEES THE NEXT PERSON DOING IT, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE CREW OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO SNOWBOARD ON RAMPS THAT ARE NOT, UH, THEY THEY'RE SO SLICK.
UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS JUST GO OUT AND SHOVEL THEM OFF FOR US OR WE'LL GO IN TROUBLE.
AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
UM, UNTIL LIKE I WENT OUT AND THERE WAS A TINY BIT OF SNOW ON, I WENT AND KICKED IT OFF IT BECAUSE IT'S WHEN IT'S WET, IT'S JUST, IT'S SO SLICK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE LIABLE FOR ME OR MY GUYS GOING OUT THERE AND SHOVELING OFF RAMPS.
AND THEN WE SLIP AND FALL, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE TOWNSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO ACQUIRE THAT.
AND THEN SAME THING WITH, WE CAN'T TAKE A LIABILITY OF RESIDENTS GOING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND DOING THE SAME THING.
IT'S JUST, I GUESS PEOPLE WERE JUST IMPATIENT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOTHER NATURE.
UM, AND THERE'S SNOW ON THE GROUND.
KIDS ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO.
AND A LOT OF PARENTS WHO CALL ARE SAYING, MY KIDS ARE REGULAR.
THEY WANT TO GET OUT AND GET OUTSIDE AND DO SOMETHING WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS TO HURT THEMSELVES.
HERE'S ANOTHER THING WITH THAT, GOING UP, WHAT JOSH SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE, IF THESE PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT TO SHOVEL THE SKATE PARK, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN METAL SHOVELS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK UP THE NICE CEMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THESE.
THEY'RE GOING TO DAMAGE THE RAMPS CLEARLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMPS.
THERE'S THESE METAL PLATES, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING, YOU CAN'T JUST GO STRAIGHT INTO IT.
SO THERE'S A METAL PLATE THAT RACES TRANSITION LIKE TRANSITIONS AND THEY'RE NOT CHEAP.
SO JOSH, THIS IS LYNN, YOU SAID THE SIGNS, YOU SAID THAT, WHAT DID THE SIGNS SAY OTHER THAN YOUR YOU'RE DOING THESE THINGS AT YOUR OWN RISK? IS IT STILL ALSO SAYING THEY'RE CLOSED OR SO, SO WE, WE, I GUESS I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PROPER, BUT THE AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS AND LIKE HARASSMENT, BASICALLY FROM RESIDENTS, IT'S LIKE, WE'RE DOING THE WRONG, DOING THE RIGHT THING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, YOU KNOW, SO TO, TO PLEASE THE MASSES, I GUESS WE FELT, HEY, JUST SO WE'RE AWARE, WE PUT THE POSTING UP SAYING IT IS OPEN, BUT THIS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
SO DO NOT THINK ABOUT THIS THERE'S INJURY.
THE SIGN SAID USE AT OWN RISK IN BIG BOLD LETTERS.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH OF THAT, IT SAYS WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER, UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE SEAT, THE SKATE PARK.
AND THEN WE ALSO POSTED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OUR WEB, BOTH OF OUR WEBSITES, WE PUT UP A WINTER POLICY FOR THE SKATE PARK AND IT SAYS BLACKROCK SKATE PARK.
AND IT SAYS WHEN SNOW OR ICE IS PRESENT AT THE SKATE PARK, THE FACILITY WILL BE CLOSED.
PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR UPDATES.
YOU'VE LOOKED ON THE, UH, REC WEBSITE LATELY, IT'S FRONT AND CENTER ON THE HOME PAGE.
SO THE LAST TIME I SAW SARAH, I SAID, YOU MAY, YOU MUST'VE BEEN GETTING SOME CALLS.
AND WE WERE, UNFORTUNATELY THE PEOPLE AT THE FRONT DESK CAN THROW THEM TO THE WEBSITE OR JUST READ THAT TO THEM AND SAY, THAT'S THE POLICY.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT AND THEY GET A LITTLE MAD AND I GET IT.
LIKE, THERE'S LIKE OUR, OUR STATE PARK IS SUCH A DRAW.
LIKE I REPEATEDLY SEE, UH, CARS FROM LIKE NEW JERSEY.
LIKE IT'S NOT JUST A LOCAL ATTRACTION.
IT'S UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, SO I GET IT THAT SOMEONE THAT WAS IN JERSEY, THAT IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SNOW ON THE GROUND AND THEY COME HERE, BUT THEN THEY CALL AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
IT'S LIKE, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, BUT HOW, LIKE, YOU GOTTA JUST PAY ATTENTION TO OUR WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK PAGE OR, YOU KNOW, CALL AHEAD, YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT WASTING THAT TRIP OUT HERE TO, TO IT, YOU KNOW? UM, CAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER THING, WHEN YOU PULL UP TO THE SKATE PARK, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE PULLED OFF.
BUT THEN WHEN I GO IN TO OPEN THE GATE AND I LOOK AROUND ANOTHER RAMP, THAT'S ON THE SHADED SIDE, BY THE WOODS, MORE IT'S COVERED IN SNOW.
SO TO, TO ANYONE PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT, IT'S LIKE, OH MAN, WHY ARE THEY CLOSING THIS? WELL, IF YOU WERE TO WALK AROUND THIS, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAMPS, YOU WOULD SEE THE SNOW AND ICE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT RISK OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GETTING HURT.
ONE OF THE PURPOSES AND, AND, UM, TAYLOR CAN TALK TO THIS MORE AS WELL FOR DOING THE SKATEBOARD EVENT WAS TO CREATE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SKATEBOARDERS AND AN IDEA THAT CAME OUT THAT
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AS WELL WAS TO COME UP WITH A FEW AMBASSADORS THAT ARE ON AN EMAIL TRAIN WHERE LIKE KIND OF, THEY COMMUNICATE AMONGST THEMSELVES WHAT THE STATUS IS, SO THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.SO THAT MAY HELP, HOWEVER, THAT'S GOING TO BE A POPULAR EVENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING MORE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE THAT AS BEST QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, JOSH.
UM, YES, THIS IS AT ALL FEASIBLE MAY PERHAPS WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS PERSON THAT WILL COME ON STAFF HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAYBE MODIFY THE, MAYBE JUST THE REC WEBSITE WITH A STATUS ON WHETHER OR NOT THE SKATE PARK IS OPEN? SO THERE, THERE CAN BE JUST KIND OF LIKE A RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT THING, AND THEN GOES OUT TO INSPECT THE PARK IN THE MORNING.
YOU CAN JUST GIVE THE COMMUNICATIONS PERSON THAT HEADS UP THAT, HEY, THE PARK IS GOING TO BE OPEN TODAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE AND THEN THAT'LL CAUSE I'M SURE YOU GET I'M SURE.
THE REASON PEOPLE CALL IS BECAUSE THEY DRIVE TO THE SKATE PARK, THEY GET THEIR KIDS ALREADY AND THEY GET THEIR EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT.
AND THEN THEY DRIVE OVER HERE AND THEN IT'S CLOSED AND THEN THE PARENT, THE KIDS GET EMOTIONAL AND THEN THE PARENTS COMPLAINTS REACT OFF OF THAT.
SO IF WE CAN PREVENT THEM FROM MAKING UNNECESSARY TRIP, I'M SURE THAT WILL REDUCE THE CALL VOLUME A LOT.
NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I GUESS OUR FRUSTRATION, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR SARAH OR SUE, BUT WE FEEL BAD BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.
I AGREE WITH HER, THIS AND THAT.
AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PHONE CALLS AT THE FRONT DESK AND STUFF OF THE ACTUAL TOWNSHIP AND IT'S, IT'S STUFF THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE BOTHERED WITH.
AND IT'S HARD FOR THE CALLS THAT COME DIRECTLY TO US OR, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, THERE WOULD BE NO PHONE CALLS.
IT'S JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF YOUR CHILD.
UM, BUT I DEFINITELY LIKED THE, THE IDEA OF MAYBE SOMEHOW CREATING THAT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GIVEN A REASON TO SAY IT'S CLOSED BECAUSE OF WEATHER OR SNOW OR ICE, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT SIMPLE.
ONE THING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IS ON THE WEBPAGE, THERE'S USUALLY A SECTION FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE COULD JUST KEEP A PERMANENT ANNOUNCEMENT UP THERE THAT SAYS SKATE PARK STATUS CLOSED, THEY'RE OPEN AND TRY TO CHANGE IT.
IT'S JUST KEEPING UP WITH IT IS IT'S HARD.
HER TO QUIT ON THE SIGNAGE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SKATE PARK, LIKE SOUR AND WE'D HAVE TO MAKE A FULL NEW SIGN, BUT IT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE THIS CHECK STATUS OF SKATEBOARD, RIGHT.
OPEN OR CLOTHES GO TO WWE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND THAT WOULD TAKE THEM DIRECTLY TO THAT PAGE.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE DIRECTLY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF ONE QR QR CODES OR SOMETHING, AND BE LIKE, HE DROVE THERE ONE TIME AND GOT HER WAY THAT THEY WOULD KNOW THE NEXT TIME YOU CHECK THE WEBSITE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF STAYING ON TOP OF THAT AND MAKING SURE WE UPDATE THAT.
SO JOSH, JOSH, DOES YOUR, DOES YOUR TEAM GO THROUGH THE RX ON A DAILY BASIS FOR INSPECTIONS LIKE IN THE MORNING? UH, IT'S NOT EVERY EVERY DAY.
UM, WE DO, UM, UH, MONTHLY, LIKE PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS.
WE CHECK ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND ANY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MIGHT BE PRESENT.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WINTER TIME, I GUESS THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF THIS DISCUSSION WAS WHAT WE DO IN THE WINTER, UM, FOR OUR PARKS.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY LIKE WHEN I, LIKE I WORKED FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SO I KIND OF WEAR TWO HATS BECAUSE I'M, I WORKED FOR MY OWN PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BUT I WORK ALONGSIDE OF SUE AND SARAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S KIND OF LIKE TORN IN THE MIDDLE, BUT NOT REALLY.
UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE SNOW TIME, LIKE, UM, THE DAY BEFORE, UM, WITH MY PUBLIC WORKS GUYS PREPPING THE TRUCKS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN ORDER, UM, LOADING TRUCKS WITH SALT, GOING OUT AND PRE SOLVING.
IF, IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF STORM WE'RE CALLING FOR.
UM, BUT THEN USUALLY WHAT I USUALLY DO, HOW I'VE BEEN RUNNING IT IS WHEN I COME IN, THAT MEANS OBVIOUSLY IT'S SNOWING.
SO THEN I WILL JUST ON MY WAY OUT TO DO MY, MY SNOW ROUTE.
I SWING INTO THE SKATE PARK AND CLOSE IT DOWN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I KNOW IT'S A ACCUMULATING SNOW OR ICE SITUATION.
SO I FEEL AS THOUGH THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SOONEST I COULD DO IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO PEOPLE CAN MAXIMIZE THEIR, THEIR RIDE TIME.
UM, CAUSE IF I GET CALLED OUT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THEN I'LL JUST GO OUT, LOCK IT ON MY WAY OUT TO MY ROUTE SO THAT I KNOW IT'S SAFE.
UM, AND THEN WE, THEN WE REEVALUATE IT.
IF IT WAS LIKE A QUICK DUSTING,
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THEN ALL WE'RE GOING UP IN THE MORNING.IF IT'S STILL A SNOW OR ICE, THEN I TALK WITH SUE AND WE TRY TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE, OF COURSE YOU GET THE PHONE CALLS, YOU KNOW, COMING IN AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS JUST WORK WITH US AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE DOING THIS? YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, UM, WHOEVER CONTROLS THE WEBSITE COULD GIVE JOSH OR SOMEBODY IN HIS TEAM IN CONTROL THAT THEY COULD GO ON THEIR PHONE AND CLICK INTO SOMETHING AND GO TO THAT WEBSITE AND HIT OPEN OR CLOSED.
I KNOW, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, SO IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A BUTTON PER SE.
IT'S YOU GOTTA, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ERASE THE WORD CLOSE AND TYPE OPEN.
AND IF THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONES, THAT MIGHT NOT BE VERY USER-FRIENDLY FOR THEIR PHONES.
AND PLUS THEY'RE ALSO GETTING READY TO SALT IN ALL THEIR TRUCKS.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY, THAT WAS THE POINT.
I'LL TRY AND MAKE LIKE I'M IN SNOW MODE AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, WAIT, I GOT TO DO SKATE PARK BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WEARING TWO DIFFERENT HATS.
BUT LIKE, I THINK W WHAT'S FRUSTRATING, I GUESS, I GUESS.
AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S COMMON SENSE.
LIKE IF THERE'S SNOW ON THE GROUND, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO SKATE FOR WORK? LIKE THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S LIKE, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN I SHUT THE GATE, BE LIKE, OH, I GOTTA GO ON THE APP AND, AND HURRY UP AND PROVE THAT KNOWING WHEN HE DOES CLOSE IT, HE WILL LET ONE OF US KNOW.
SO THEN ONE OF US CAN GO ON AND CHANGE IT.
AND THEY'RE COOL FROM OUT OF STATE OR NEW JERSEY AROUND WITH TOWNSHIP, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT DRIVING IN THAT KIND OF WEATHER TOGETHER.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DID DRIVE THROUGH A FLOOD TO GET TO THE DOG PARK.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DID HAVE A FOOT GIANT CONTAINER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WHY IS IT CLOSED? BUT YES.
UM, SO THE SIGNAGE THING, YOU TALKED ABOUT SIGNAGE AND PREPPING FOR BAD WEATHER.
UM, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT PREPPING FOR THE SPRING? YEAH.
UH, FOR THE SPRING, UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO ROTATE THE DOG PARK SIDE.
UM, AND AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK ON TO SEEDING THE ONE THAT'S BEYOND TORN UP AT THIS POINT.
UM, I JUST, I WAIT, THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T FLIP IT TOO SOON BECAUSE IF IT'S STILL WET, IT'LL BE DESTROYED.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO SPOTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'VE PROVED SO MUCH IN THE LAST MONTH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TIME TO GROW.
UM, AND, AND TO GET ESTABLISHED, LIKE ONCE IT DRIES OUT, LIKE WE CAN'T JUST OPEN YOUR FIRST THING FIRST DAY OF SPRING, IT MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS INTO IT.
IT'S FOR THE GROUND TO HARDEN UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE.
UM, ELA STRAW, WHEN YOU PUT THE SEED NOW.
UM, BECAUSE USUALLY THE, WHEN WE I'LL PROBABLY WHAT I'LL DO IS RIGHT BEFORE SPRING COMES, UM, UH, PROBABLY GO DOWN AND I WE'LL OVERSEED THE EXISTING GOOD GRASS SECTION.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I'LL GIVE THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO START ESTABLISHING AND FILLING IN ANY, YOU KNOW, UH, BARE SPOTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IT'LL JUST GIVE MORE GROWTH TO THE TURF.
UM, ONCE THAT IS DONE AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT IT'S ABLE TO BE OPEN, WE'LL SWITCH THE SIDES, AND THAT'S WHEN I'LL DO THE OTHER SIDE, UH, STRAW PRETTY MUCH IT'LL HELP WITH THE MOISTURE AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE USE, WE, WE USUALLY, UM, AIR RATE IT CORE AREA, UM, WHICH ALLOWS THE SEED TO SINK IN.
AND WE DON'T JUST HIT IT ONE TIME.
WE HIT IT MULTIPLE WAYS AND PATTERNS, AND THEN THAT'S, THE GRASS WILL GERMINATE AND THEN SPREAD.
UM, SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T USE STRAW BECAUSE THEN IT USUALLY BECOMES AN ISSUE WITH WIND AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THEN IT GETS TRAPPED IN THE FENCE AND IT BECOMES A MESS.
BUT, UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE SPRING PREP, WE, UM, IT'S A BIG THING THAT WE DO IS CHECK OVER ALL THE, UH, ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS.
WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND WE TIGHTEN, UM, OR CHECK, I SHOULD SAY, AND TIGHTEN EVERY SINGLE BOLT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FREEZING AND THE HEAT.
UM, IT ACTUALLY CREATES THE BOLTS TO, UH, SHRINK AND EXPAND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
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SO WE GO THROUGH AND WE DO ON EVERY SINGLE PLAYGROUND AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S UP AND READY.CAUSE OBVIOUSLY SPRING IS GOING TO BE THE BUSY SEASON.
SO SPRING FOR US THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY BUSY BECAUSE THEN SPRING THIS YEAR IS YES, I I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, BUT I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WHEN YOUR FRIENDS SPRING, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD TO DO IN MARCH OR APRIL? OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE? YES.
ONCE, ONCE WE KNOW THERE'S NO MORE DEEP FREEZES, UM, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN PRETTY MUCH GET THE PLAYGROUND, UH, INSPECTIONS DONE WITH THE TIGHTENING OF EVERY SINGLE BOLT, BECAUSE ONCE THAT DEEP FREEZE, LIKE NINE DEGREE TEMPERATURES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT SHOULDN'T SHOULDN'T CAUSE THE BOLTS TO EXPAND THE CONTRACT THAT MUCH.
UM, IT'S NOT LIKE JUST, JUST TO REITERATE, IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY SINGLE BOLT COMES LOOSE, UM, THAT THEY HAVE LOCKED TIGHT ON THEM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH.
TRUST ME, WE DO FIND SOME THAT ARE LOOSE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE BOLTS HALFWAY TURNED OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE TO REINSURE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S SAFETY AND STUFF WE'LL BE DOING AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME TOO.
SO THEN THAT'S JUST YET ANOTHER THING THAT IF WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE ARE USING THE PARK, WE COULD LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE DO.
THERE'S ALSO SAFETY FOR CARPOOLS AND JUST TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET FEEDBACK.
I DEFINITELY THINK, I, I WISH I WISH, LIKE THERE WAS A WAY AND SARAH WILL KNOW, LIKE IT'S LIKE WITH FACEBOOK PAGES, LIKE, UH, WE'VE STARTED OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, LIKE FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND I WAS TALKING BIG SNACKS.
I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MILLION FOLLOWERS IN THE FIRST MONTH AND EVERYTHING.
AND I FELL FLAT ON MY FACE ON THAT ONE.
IT IS DEFINITELY HARDER TO REACH THE PEOPLE THAN I THOUGHT.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY WORD OF MOUTH AND TELL PEOPLE LIKE, FACEBOOK'S A BIG THING NOWADAYS.
LIKE I KNOW THE PARKING RECS DEPARTMENT HAS ONE, UM, TELL PEOPLE TO, TO CHECK US OUT AND WE CAN START DOING MORE POSTS ABOUT STUFF, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE DO.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY ME PERSONALLY, WHY I WANT TO START THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE WAS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW PUBLIC WORKS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW? UM, SO IT'S A WAY FOR US TO SHARE CONTENT AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT WE DO.
CAUSE THEY JUST THINK WE STAND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH SHOVELS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHICH IS NOT, THERE'S SO MANY MORE THINGS.
I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU GUYS TO STAY IN INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO WE'LL TRY AND KEEP YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION AS IT HAPPENS.
UM, WE DID, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MONTH, WE DID GET NEW DOG PARK, UH, WAIST BOXES, PO BOXES.
IF WE CAN SAY THAT, UM, THE OTHER ONES WERE STARTING TO, UM, UH, RUST AND HAVE ISSUES WITH OPENING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS BEEN DOWN TO THE DOG PARK, BUT THAT WAS A UPGRADE WE DID MAYBE WITHIN THIS LAST MONTH.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME WE WERE DOWN THERE.
UM, BUT EVERY BOX WAS REPLACED AND THEN WE ARE REPLACING THE ONES AT BLACKROCK WITH THE BEST ONES THAT WE PULLED OUT OF THE DOG PARK.
UM, JUST SO IT, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT NICER THAN THE ONES THAT WERE AT, UM, BLACKROCK CURRENTLY.
SO LITTLE NICE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALONG THE WAY.
YEAH, JOSH, I WAS AT THE, THE, I WENT DOWN TO THE DOG PARK THIS WEEK.
UM, UH, I HAVE A LITTLE DOG AND THEN I'M DOG SITTING FOR MY PARENTS RIGHT NOW.
SO I TOOK THE ELDEST DOWN TO THE PARK AND THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.
I NOTICED THE NEW WAIST BOXES ARE VERY NICE.
I WAS CHATTING UP A COUPLE THAT WAS THERE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COME PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK.
AND SO I ASKED THEM HOW THEY LIKED THE DOG PARK AND THEY SAID THEY LOVE IT.
AND I SAID, I SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS.
AND HE SAID, COMPLAINTS, NO, NO, NO, THIS PLACE IS GREAT.
AND I SAID, OH, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THEY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS.
CAUSE IT EASILY, WE ONLY GET THE BAD ONES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S YOU NEED POSITIVE FEEDBACK, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
AND THE GUY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE PEOPLE WANT TO COMPLAIN.
THEY SHOULD JUST GO ON DOWN TO THE PARK AND PHOENIX SCHOOL, THEN THEY CAN HOP ON OVER THERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S USUALLY MY GO-TO LINE.
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LIKE YOU DON'T LIKE TO HEAR, GO ACROSS THE RIVER AND CHECK THAT ON OUT.AND I TOTALLY, I USE A SKATE PARK ALL THE TIME AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOUR STRATEGY.
YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
AND IT, AND IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TAKE IT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, I'M NOT, I'M NOT LOOKING TO NO DEMOGRAPHIC A CERTAIN WAY.
LIKE I KNOW, I KNOW EVERYONE'S FRUSTRATIONS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST, IT'S LIKE A RESPECT THING.
IT'S LIKE, WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR BEST INTEREST.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I THINK BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS THAT THEY THINK WE'RE OUT TO GET ON, YOU KNOW, ANYONE THAT WE SHUT SOMETHING DOWN.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT THE DOG PARK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WITH HOW SLIPPERY IT GETS THERE WITH, WITH THE MUD.
UM, BUT THEY WANT IT OPEN, THEN WE'LL OPEN IT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION.
AND WE TRIED TO PREVENT THINGS AND HOPEFULLY NOTHING TO THE GROCERY STORE CLERKS, BECAUSE THE SHELTER'S EMPTY.
AND I GET IT, LIKE, I KNOW NO, NO JOB HAS NO NEGATIVE BACKLASH AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD, BUT YOU KNOW, YEAH.
IT'S JUST, WHERE WOULD THE SKATE PARK? CAUSE WE NEVER HAD IN YEARS PAST, I DON'T RECALL.
I DON'T KNOW SARAH CAN SPEAK FOR THIS, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IT EVER BEING THIS BIG OF A, AN ISSUE WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE IS BRIGHT.
I THINK JUST BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE USING IT BECAUSE OF QUARANTINE, BUT UM, I THINK IT'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION FOR PREPPING.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? YEAH.
I'LL, I'LL BE THERE NEXT MONTH.
I PROMISE TO SOMETHING CAME UP AND I COULDN'T MAKE IT GETS NIGHT, BUT SOUNDS GOOD.
UM, SO NEXT IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER MARCH CHANGES.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CHANGES COMING UP FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, I, DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT KIDS CORNER AT ALL YET? OKAY.
SO FOR, DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT KIDS CORNER IS? SO CHANGING DIFFERENT THINGS HE'S CHANGED.
SO BASICALLY NOT AS MANY PEOPLE ARE USING KIDS CORNER AS WHAT WE THOUGHT ORIGINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO USE IT AND WE'RE GETTING A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO WE'RE GETTING AN OLDER AGE GROUP BEING MORE OF LIKE THE FIVE TO 10 RANGE RATHER THAN LIKE THE BABY RANGE.
UM, AND KIDS CORNER WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP FOR MORE OF THAT, LIKE ZERO TO FIVE KIND OF RANGE.
SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE A CHANGE.
SO WE TESTED OUT A COUPLE OF CLASSES DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY THAT WE'RE HAVING RUN AS KIND OF LIKE AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT KIDS CORNER WILL BECOME KIDS CLUB.
SO KIDS CLUB IS GOING TO BE INSTEAD OF, UM, JUST KIND OF OPEN PLAY TIME WITH ACTIVITIES, IT'S GOING TO BE SPECIFIC THEMED HOUR CLASSES.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR SAY ROCK WALL ON A CERTAIN NIGHT.
SO EACH, EACH NIGHT WE'LL HAVE THEMES BEING ROCKWALL, KARAOKE, CRAP OF SPORTS, WHATEVER THE THEME IS FOR THAT DAY.
AND THEY CAN SIGN UP ONLINE OR THEY CAN SIGN UP AT THE FRONT DESK, BUT YOU SIGN UP PER ACTIVITY.
SO LIKE, IF I DON'T LIKE KARAOKE, I DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT KARAOKE NIGHT, BUT I COULD, IF I WANTED TO, IT'S AN OPTION.
SO I'M GUESSING THAT WHEN THEY CUT TO THE OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC AND IT WAS OPEN PLACE, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH MAINTENANCE.
IT JUST, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, IT WASN'T PROGRAMMED FOR THAT AGE AS MUCH AS IT WAS FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THEY WOULD SIT IN COLOR AND DO CRAFTS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WASN'T, IT SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS THAT FIVE TO 10 AGE RANGE.
SO, UM, THE AGES ARE GOING TO BE FIVE TO 10 AND THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO HOURS WORTH OF PROGRAMMING GROUP ANYMORE.
UM, SO THE THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO HOURS OF PROGRAMMING PER NIGHT, UM, EXCLUDING FRIDAYS AND YES.
AND IT WILL VARY THAT THE DAY IS STILL LIKE, IF YOU COME EVERY THURSDAY, LET'S JUST SAY LIKE, MY ME AS A PARENT WANTS TO TAKE A THURSDAY CLASS.
EVERY THURSDAY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME ACTIVITY.
SO THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SCHOOL SCHEDULE WHERE THEY HAVE A SIX DAY SCHOOL SCHEDULE.
AND THEY'RE ONLY IN SCHOOL FOR FIVE
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DAYS TO EACH WEEK.IS PEOPLE REGISTER ONLINE, PICKING, WALK IN AND REGISTER.
AND IS THERE A DIFFERENT PRICES FOR RESIDENTS VERSUS SO IT'S FREE FOR MEMBERS? UM, SO THAT'S THE INCENTIVE FOR THE MEMBERS AND FOR COMMUNITY PASS MEMBERS, IT'S GOING TO BE $5 PER CLASS, WHICH IS AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO SIGN UP FOR A MEMBERSHIP.
AND THEN DOES THAT, IS THAT FOR FAMILY OR IS THAT IT'S PER CHILD? SO IT'S FREE FOR THE RESIDENT FOR THE MEMBERS.
SO IF YOU'RE A MEMBER AND YOU'RE PAYING MONTHLY, YOU STILL, SO YOU GET THAT CHILD FOR FREE ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THAT ADULT MEMBERSHIP FOR FREE, YOU CAN STILL DO IT.
YOU CAN STILL PAY SEPARATELY TO DO IT.
SO IF YOU'RE A COMMUNITY PAST MEMBER AND YOU HAVE THAT FREE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP, BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN THE TOWNSHIP, IT'S JUST $5 PER CLASS.
SO IF YOU DECIDE, OH, I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE CLASS OR I HAVE A MEETING AND MY KID WANTS TO COME TO THE CENTER.
I CAN PAY $5 AND MY KID CAN COME DO CRAFTS WITH, YOU KNOW, HER FRIEND OR HIS FRIEND.
CAN YOU REMIND US THE PRICE IS TO BE A MEMBER.
THE PRICES FOR MEMBERSHIP ARE $20 PER ADULT FOR A FIRST ADULT.
MY SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, OR A PARTNER WOULD BE $15 PER MONTH THEN.
AND WE WOULD GET TWO ADDITIONAL FREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13, IF WE HAVE THEM AND ANY ADDITIONAL ADULT AFTER THAT WOULD BE $15.
SO IF I HAD AN ADULT CHILD OR SOMEBODY ELSE LIVING IN MY HOUSEHOLD, UM, THAT PERSON COULD JOIN AS WELL FOR $15.
IF YOU'RE A SENIOR, IT IS, I BELIEVE $15 FOR RESIDENTS.
I THINK IT'S $15 PER SENIOR, BUT FOR NON-RESIDENTS IT'S 25 FOR NON-RESIDENT A REGULAR ADULT MEMBERSHIP.
AND FOR THE ADDITIONAL ADULT, I BELIEVE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE PRICE IS.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING AROUND 20, ARE THOSE PURCHASES ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEBSITE? THEY'RE ON.
IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND GO TO REGISTER STIR, YOU CAN GO TO UPT, CC MEMBERSHIPS, ALL OF THE MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE IS THERE.
SO IT SAYS MONTHLY MEMBERSHIPS.
IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH EVERYTHING COSTS.
SO HERE IT SAYS ADULT MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP RESIDENT IS $20.
NON-RESIDENT IS $30, BUT YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AT THE FRONT DESK, UM, FOR AN ADULT SENIOR IT'S 15 FOR RESIDENT AND 25 FOR NON-RESIDENT.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING SILVER SNEAKERS AND SILVER AND FIT.
THAT'S USUALLY FREE FOR THEM AND THEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL YOUTH.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA KID, SO YOU HAVE THREE KIDS AND YOU ONLY HAVE TWO ADULTS, YOU'D HAVE TO PAY AN EXTRA $10 AS A RESIDENT TO ADD THAT CHILD ON.
SO BACK TO THE WHOLE KIDS THING.
SO YEAH, KIDS CORNER AND KIDS CLUB YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALLOWING NON-RESIDENTS TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO IF IT'S TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR MEMBERS, RESIDENT PARTICIPATING WOULD BE $10.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE INCENTIVE.
THEY GET THEIR FRIENDS TO JOIN.
SO, I MEAN, FOR A PROGRAM IN GENERAL, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PRICE FOR THERE'S TWO HOURS OF PROGRAMMING, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, THERE WILL BE.
UM, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING IT OUT ONE WAY FIRST FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AND THEN WE'RE, WE MIGHT SWITCH IT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, SO WE'RE STARTING IT IN MARCH.
SO WE STARTED TECHNICALLY STARTED GIVING LIKE PREVIEW CLASSES OF THE ACTUAL CLASSES IN FEBRUARY, BUT THEY'RE NOT EVERY DAY.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF SPORADICALLY FOR THE MONTH TO KIND OF GAUGE PEOPLE'S INTERESTS AND SEE THOSE CLASSES.
AND IT'S OFFICIALLY STARTING IN MARCH, MARCH.
IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD VALUE TO ME.
IF YOU'RE AN ADULT MEMBER AND YOU PAID 20 BUCKS, YOU GET A CHILD WITH IT.
YOU CAN GO WORK OUT FOR TWO HOURS AND YOUR KID HAS A BLAST OR TWO HOURS.
THE TIMES ARE FROM FOUR TO FIVE AND THEN FROM FIVE TO SIX CURRENTLY IS WHAT THEY WILL BE.
AND THEN IS IT, UM, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS OR LIMITATIONS SINCE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS CERTAIN NUMBER OF STAFF.
I THINK THEY WILL ADJUST AS, AS YOU GET REGISTRATION.
IF THEY FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE'S REALLY POPULAR, THEY'LL BRING SOMEBODY ELSE ON TO HELP.
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WOULD YOU NAME IT? NUMBERS WISE TO BE VERY POPULAR? UM, PROBABLY MORE THAN 10 OR 15.SO RATIO FOR PENNSYLVANIA FOR KIDS IS ONE ADULT PER 12 KIDS OVER THE AGE OF FIVE.
I BELIEVE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
BUT WHEN I WAS, WHEN I WAS IN, WHEN I WORKED IN DAYCARE AND THE PRESCHOOL WORLD RATIOS, YOU KNOW, THE YOUNGER, THE KID IS THE LOWER, THE RATIO IS.
SO FOR CAMP, WE USUALLY STICK AROUND ONE PER 10.
UM, BUT TWO YEAR OLDS, I BELIEVE IT GETS LESS.
AND UM, YEAH, WELL, NO, THE BABIES, I THINK IT'S ONE TO THREE SURPRISINGLY.
AND THEN FOR ONE-YEAR-OLDS IT MOVES UP TO SIX ONE PER SIX AND THEN FOR, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO IT'S, UH, THERE ARE DEFINITELY RULES THAT WE DO FOLLOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT LIKE A LICENSED FACILITY IT'S AND WE'RE NOT HOLDING THEM FOR THAT LONG.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE A LICENSED FACILITY, BUT WE STILL TRY TO MAINTAIN THOSE STANDARDS TOO.
UM, SO THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS ARE ALSO CHANGING IN MARCH FOR THE WHOLE CENTER.
UM, SO FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT HOURS THAN WE ARE FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS, FOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST, FOR SEPTEMBER TO MAY, FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, IT'S GOING TO BE THE NORMAL 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM.
BUT THEN WE'RE ADDING THAT SATURDAY, UM, OPTION FOR THE 8:00 AM TO 12 IN JUNE, FROM SEPTEMBER TO MAY.
OH, SO WE ARE ADDING, THIS IS SATURDAY.
SO SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE ALL YEAR ROUND.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGING FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS IS THAT THAT FRIDAY DAY WE'LL BE CLOSING AT FOUR.
SO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WELL, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, EIGHT TO EIGHT, YES.
SO THOSE ARE THE NEW HOURS AND THERE'LL BE POSTED AND ADVERTISED WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO.
AND THIS IS BASED ON LOOKING AT PARTICIPATION AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR WEEKEND HOURS.
AND FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TRY OUT SATURDAYS.
UM, AND THEN IF WE CAN WORK IT OUT IN A WAY I MAY TRY TO ADD, YOU KNOW, EARLIER HOURS, UM, IT'S, IT'S A MONEY ISSUE.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE WOULD USE IT ON THE WEEKENDS.
SO YOU WOULD SAY THAT IT'S SURPRISING ACTUALLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT TO USE IT, BUT THEN TO GET THEM TO COME OUT, IT'S, IT'S GREAT FOR LIKE, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CONSISTENT AND COME THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT TO STOP IT AND TO KEEP IT OPEN FOR THAT LONG PERIOD OF TIME, IT DOESN'T EQUATE TO LIKE FINANCIALLY, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT, IT WAS SURPRISING.
AND, AND LIKE, I REMEMBER SUE WAS SAYING LIKE, SHE LOOKED AT THE DATA, BUT THEN FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE QUESTION IT BEGS TO BE ASKED, ARE WE NOT COMMUNICATING ENOUGH TO THE COMMUNITY? AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I THINK ONCE, IF WE HAVE A FULL-TIME COMMUNICATION PERSON THAT COULD BE REVISITED AS WELL, IF, IF SHE IS SOMEHOW OR HE SOMEHOW DOING METRICS TO SAY IF PARTICIPATION INCREASES, IF THEY FOCUS ON A CERTAIN AREA.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW, LIKE THE GYM I BELONG TO IS VERY BUSY.
I WOULDN'T NEED ONE NEAR ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT MOST PEOPLE THAT WORK ALL DAY AND OUR KIDS WITH WEEKENDS WHEN WE GET TO GO, YEAH, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT A COMMUNITY CENTER BEING BUSY, BUT THEY WILL NEVER, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'VE GONE BACK FROM, YEAH.
SO WE USED TO A WHILE AGO WE WERE OPEN ON SATURDAYS AND THEN JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T FEASIBLE AT THAT POINT.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE STATS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 967 ACTIVE MEMBERS, ACCORDING TO THE 967 UNITS.
SORRY, I A DOUBLE CHECK THAT BEFORE REPEATED IT, UM, USAGE SINCE JANUARY 1ST, WE'VE HAD 200, 2056 SWIPES.
SO CARD SWIPES, MEANING 200 OR 2020 256 VISITS, UM, SINCE JANUARY.
SO LIKE, THAT'S JUST SINCE, I MEAN NOW, I MEAN, COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE, IS THAT NORMAL OR, UM, I IT'S UP IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY, IT'S DEFINITELY COMING UP.
THAT'S, THAT'S FROM THAT FROM JANUARY 1ST
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TIL TODAY, 2,256 AND THEN BUSY HOURS.WE'VE WE HAVE FROM EIGHT TO 10:00 AM FROM JANUARY 1ST TIL NOW, THESE ARE JUST THE STATS FROM THAT BASICALLY THAT MONTH.
UM, FROM EIGHT TO 10:00 AM WE GET ABOUT 488 SWIPES IN THAT TIME PERIOD, 10 TO 12 IS 620 SWIPES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING IT IN THAT THE MORNING TIME.
BUT THAT ALSO, THAT ALSO HAS TO DEAL WITH SILVER SNEAKERS BECAUSE THAT'S AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T GET UP, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY COME AT 9 45 FOR THEIR CLASS.
SO IT COULD BE IN THAT EIGHT TO 10 RANGE, 488.
SORRY, I'M TRYING TO CONSOLE AND THEN NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
UM, AND THEN FROM NOON THREE, AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE IN BETWEEN 11 AND TWO IS THE PICKLEBALL RANGE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THESE NUMBERS, WE HAVE 330 SWIPES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT MORE PEOPLE FOR PICKLEBALL TO TALK, LIKE IF SOME POINT BRING THAT UP.
UM, AND THEN DID YOU THREE TO 5:00 PM? YEP.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT MIDDLE, LIKE 12 TO THREE AND THREE, FIVE IS THE LOWEST TIME OF THE DAY.
UM, AND THEN FROM FIVE TO EIGHT, IT'S 471.
SO IT PICKS THE UP AT NIGHT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT FLOW.
THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD AVERAGE NUMBER THERE.
UM, AND THEN SHE HAD, UH, WE HAVE IN, THIS IS PRICING LIKE A BUDGET NUMBER FOR PROGRAMS FROM THE FIRST TWO.
NOW WE'VE MADE $2,462 IN INCOME, WHICH DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR EXPENSES, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW MUCH MONEY WE BROUGHT IN FOR PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERSHIPS WE'VE BROUGHT IN, UH, $890 FOR PRODUCTS BEING WATER DAY PASSES, TICKETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S ANYTHING THAT'S IN OUR POINT OF SALES SYSTEM THAT WAS $842, AND THIS IS THE SAME TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN RESERVATIONS BEING RENTALS.
SO YEAH, RENTALS WAS REALLY GOOD THIS, THIS PAST A MONTH.
SO ACTUALLY WE GET A LOT OF RENTALS BECAUSE PEOPLE RENT THE BASKETBALL COURT.
SO WE ACTUALLY WORKED A LOT WITH SPRING FORWARD, YOUTH BASKETBALL.
THEY RENTED A TON DURING THE, DURING THE FALL OR DURING THE WINTER.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT TOTAL IS, YEAH.
SO IT GOES BACK INTO PROGRAMMING AND RUNNING THE CENTER.
SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A MONTH AND A COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, AND THAT'LL JUST KEEP GOING OUT.
POSTCARD REGISTRATIONS ARE COMING DOWN AGAIN.
SO THEN ALSO, UH, FIELD RENTAL EMAILS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, OH YEAH, THAT'S NEXT RENTAL FORMS. SO WE CHANGED THE RENTAL FORMS FOR BOTH THE RENTALS OF THE GYM AND THE RENTALS OF THE FIELDS JUST SLIGHTLY.
SO, UM, SO EMAILS WENT OUT TO THE TEAMS. THEY WENT OUT LAST MONDAY AND THEY HAVE UNTIL MARCH 4TH TO GET THEIR WORK DONE FOR SPRING RENTALS.
CAUSE WE DO IT IN SPIKE SEASON.
SO IT WAS SPRING SUMMER AND LIKE LATE SUMMER AND FALL.
AND UM, SO THEY'LL START COMING IN PROBABLY IN, IN DROVES.
UH, JUST THE RENTAL FORM JUST GOT THEIRS.
WE MADE THE RENTAL FORM, THEY WEREN'T MATCHING.
SO THEY'RE MORE LIKE FULFILLED RENTAL FOR THE, FOR THE GYM SO THAT, SO WE SENT OUT A RENTAL FORM WITH LIKE THE AGREEMENTS, WHAT THEY'RE RENTING HAS ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THEY WEREN'T THE SAME FOR THE CENTER AS THEY WERE FOR THE FIELD RENTALS.
SO TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY, WE MADE THEM SIMILAR.
AND THEN THEY'RE ALL UPDATED WITH THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE EACH YEAR.
SO THE FIELD WINDOWS CURRENTLY, MAUREEN DOES, YOU SAID, UM, WITH THE,
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WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REVENUE FIGURES, YOU SAID PROGRAMS WAS $2,462.IS THAT IN PROGRAM FEE AND RIGHT.
SO THINGS LIKE, UH, LIKE POTTERY, UM, PEOPLE THAT WE BRING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, USUALLY THEIR PROGRAMS AREN'T FREE.
SO, UH, YOUNG REMBRANDTS, WHICH IS ART DRAWING CLASSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO PEOPLE PAY TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES AND THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM.
OR MAYBE WE CHARGE $5 FOR A SENIOR ART PROGRAM OR SOMETHING, ANY LITTLE THING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROGRAMMING.
UM, MANY MUSIC MOVERS, UH, ZOOM, BEANIE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHERE THAT, THAT REVENUE IS.
SO, OH, I WAS GOING TO SAY SO NOT ALL OF THAT MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO US BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PAY THE, THE PEOPLE, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S HIM.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, GRACE IN PENCIL.
BUT IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD GROSS INCOME OR REVENUE MEETING.
SO THIS NUMBER IS NOT, DOES NOT REFLECT THE COSTS THAT YOU'RE PAYING.
SO ARE THESE, ARE THESE, UM, PROGRAMS MAKING MONEY OR LOSING MONEY JUST OUT? SO, SO USUALLY WHEN WE RUN A PROGRAM, WE HAVE A MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM.
SO WE BASE THAT MINIMUM OFF OF WHAT WE NEED TO RUN THE PROGRAM TO AT LEAST BREAK EVEN.
SO THEY USUALLY ARE BRINGING IN SOME SORT OF INCOME.
IT MAY NOT BE A SPECTACULAR AMOUNT.
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, TO HELP TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.
AND WHEN WE WORK WITH A, UH, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, WE USUALLY SET UP SOME SORT OF THING WHERE IT'S LIKE, UH, SOME SORT OF SPLIT.
SO WE DO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT.
AND THEN WE MAKE THAT PRICE AND THEN THEY LOOK AT THEM LIKE THE MINIMUM, IF THE MINIMUM DOESN'T COME IN RIGHT AWAY, THEY'LL RUN IT A FEW TIMES BECAUSE WORD OF MOUTH, BUT AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND IF WE'RE NOT GETTING THE MINIMUM THEY DROP, SO THERE MAY BE A BIT OF A FINANCIAL HIT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL OF ALL THE PROGRAMS, CAUSE THERE'S SOME THAT ARE SO POPULAR WITH, THEY CAN COVER THE HIT.
AND SO SOMETHING WE'VE DONE TO KIND OF AVOID HAVING TO HAVE THAT, THAT DIP IN FINANCES IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER SOME POP-UP PROGRAMS. SO WHEN WE HAVE MANY MUSIC MOVERS COME, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ASKED HER, HEY, COULD YOU DO A POP-UP CLASS FOR FREE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS JUST TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
SO SHE OFFERS THAT PROGRAM MAYBE LIKE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS SUPPOSED TO RUN THE WEEKLY PROGRAM AND THE PARENTS CAN COME AND TAKE THE CLASS WITH THEIR KIDS AND TRY IT OUT FOR FREE, WHICH IS SUPER GREAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GET ANYTHING FOR THAT, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT FOR US.
AND IT HELPS USUALLY HELPS THEIR CLASSES A LOT IN THAT, THAT WHOLE REALM.
SO, SO, SO LIKE BACK TO RENTALS, SO LIKE THE M PAVILION AND RENTING SAY, YOU KNOW, THE GYM OR RENTING THE OTHER ROOMS, IS, ARE THOSE PRICES NOW ON THE WEBSITE OR NO? YEAH.
SO WHEN THE FEE SCHEDULE IS APPROVED, IT'S ALWAYS PUT ON THE WEBSITE.
SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON OUR WEBSITE DIRECTLY, IT IS ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE UNDER THE FEE SCHEDULE BECAUSE ALL OF THAT IS APPROVED IN JANUARY WHEN THEY APPROVE THE FEE SCHEDULE.
IF I REMEMBER THERE WAS A TIME, LIKE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINING THAT THEY WEREN'T WAS POSTING STUFF, THESE SCHEDULES, SO THAT'S COOL.
IT WAS UPDATED ON JANUARY 18TH.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'M PRETTY SURE I PUT IT UP.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT GETS PUT UP WHEN IT'S UPDATED.
AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME UPDATES THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.
SO WE DID MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND PAVILION RENTALS DON'T START UNTIL APRIL.
SO JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S WHEN YOU OPENED IT UP, THAT'S WHEN WE START RENTING AND WE DON'T REALLY, AND WE'VE INCREASED ITS PRICES, I BELIEVE SO.
AND ANY OF THE FEE SCHEDULES CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE FINANCE TAB ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, YOU PROBED ASHMONT CODE.ORG AND CLICK ON DEPARTMENTS AND GO TO FINANCE, YOU'LL SEE.
UNDER THE FINANCE TAB, THERE'S A THING CALLED A FEAST.
IT SAYS, FEE SCHEDULE A LITTLE LABEL, AND THEN YOU'LL JUST SCROLL DOWN.
AND USUALLY THE RECREATION IS IN BETWEEN.
SO THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT COLORS BASED ON DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THOSE FEES ARE IN GREEN.
YOU CAN ALSO ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THE WEBSITE, IF YOU CLICK ON THE SEARCH BAR AND TYPE FEE SCHEDULE, IT COMES UP IMMEDIATELY AND THAT'S IN THE TOWNSHIP ONE, IS IT THE SAME FOR THE, UM, THE RETROSPECTION REP? WE DON'T POST THE FEE SCHEDULE ON THE PARTNER, BUT WE POST THE RENTAL FORMS ON THERE.
SO THEY SHOULD BE ON THOSE RENTAL FORMS. OKAY.
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SO, UM, YES, THOSE FEEDS DID GO UP FOR THE PAVILIONS.SO, UM, WE WENT OVER THE STATS AND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.
WELL, NOT LIKE, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ANY MORE ABOUT NEW BUSINESS.
I ONLY THING IS JUST TO TALK ABOUT PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL OF IT.
UM, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE CAPITALIZING ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS ONE OF THE TIMES.
SO I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SPEND MY FRIDAYS AT THE CENTER, WHICH IS A PICKLEBALL BAY, SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR ME TO SEE THE, UM, ACTION AT THE CENTER.
AND I DID, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TAYLOR WAS GREAT.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY ACTUALLY WE'VE, I GUESS THERE'S A KING OF PRUSSIA GROUP THAT, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LOCAL GROUP AND THEY'VE BEEN TELLING EACH OTHER ABOUT IT AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN JOINING THE ONE DAY I WAS THERE, WE SIGNED UP SIX PEOPLE FOR MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, SO IT IS DEFINITELY BRINGING IN SOME REVENUE IN THAT REALM BECAUSE YEAH, IT'S, CO-ED UM, AND WE'RE POSSIBLY LOOKING TO ADD SOME MORE TIMES FOR PICKLEBALL BECAUSE IT'S GETTING SO POPULAR AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO COURTS.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ACTUALLY ASKED US THE OTHER WEEK WHEN I WAS THERE.
SO I DID BRING IT UP WITH SUE AND SHE SEEMED POSITIVE TO THE IDEA OF ADDING MORE TIMES.
WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY? BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE IN, IN CALLING AROUND TO YS AND DIFFERENT PLACES, THEY OFFER LIKE A INTRODUCTORY COURSE.
AND WHEN I WAS OVER THERE, I TALKED TO THEO AT ONE.
HE LEFT AFTER HE GRADUATED AND GOT A FULL-TIME JOB.
SO THEY'RE LIKE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO? BECAUSE THAT, I THINK IF YOU TAKE THE COURSE AND YOU GET THEM FLY.
SO WE DEFINITELY, AREN'T HAVING TROUBLE FINDING PEOPLE TO PLAY.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO WE WOULD HAVE TO TEACH THE COURSE WE'D HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THE STAFF REALLY IS LIKE A AVID PLAYER WHEN HE, HE COULD HAVE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR SURE.
MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO COMES NOW WOULD BE WILLING TO, TO TEACH.
I'M TELLING YOU, I'VE TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN FLORIDA AND I'LL TELL YOU THE WHY MAKES IT KILL HIM ON IT.
AND IT ALSO HAVE MORE COURTS THOUGH.
BUT IF YOU'RE, IF YOU CAN'T GET INTO A WIDE COURSE AND WE'RE OFFERING COURSES, YOU COULD PLAY OUTSIDE AND IT DOES.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO PICKLE, PICKLE BALL COURTS PAINTED ON THE BASKETBALL COURT HERE, OUTSIDE.
YEAH, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN NET.
YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN MAPS.
WE'LL JUST, AND THEY PREFER THAT A COUPLE OF LADIES I SPOKE TO ACTUALLY LIKE BACK WHEN WE WERE HAVING A DISCREPANCY BACK WHEN PEOPLE WERE USING THE TENNIS COURTS FOR PICKLE BALL AND THE TENNIS PEOPLE WERE GETTING UPSET WITH THE 30 PEOPLE.
SO WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND WE DECIDED TO USE THE BASKETBALL COURT AS A PICKLEBALL COURT.
AND WE GOT LINES PAINTED ON IT FOR HIM AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE LADIES WITH THE PICKLEBALL, THEY WERE SAYING HOW THEY ACTUALLY PREFER TO BRING THEIR OWN NETS.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THEM THIS, THIS GROUP OF LADIES SEEM TO ENJOY BRINGING THEIR OWN.
SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PICKLEBALL, BUT THAT LITTLE, OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT I'VE KNOWN, WHAT THEY TAUGHT ME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN FOR CONSIDERATION, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING PROGRAMMING.
YEAH, NO, I, I DEFINITELY THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK THERE WITH THAT.
UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY A WANT FOR PICK A WALL.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, AND WHAT WE OFFER IS WITH PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW HAVE CLI YEAH.
AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A LACK OF PEOPLE WHO WRITE, BUT THERE'S A BIGGER POT.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR NEW BUSINESS? I KNOW WE KIND OF SKIPPED OVER THE OLD BUSINESS FOR NOW, BUT WE'LL BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
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UM, SO OLD BUSINESS, WE HAD A CHANGE IN THE DATE FOR THE FIREWORKS.SO THAT'S THE FIREWORKS WITH VALLEY FORGE AND
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IT WAS JULY 24TH.SO THAT'LL ALSO BE, YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S A VALLEY FORGE EVENT THAT THEY ASKED US TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH THE, UH, POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN REGARDS TO, UM, HOW THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME MORE INVOLVEMENT FROM THE POLICE THIS YEAR THAN THERE WAS LAST YEAR.
THE POLICE ARE GETTING INTO THIS PROGRAM CALLED FAITH IN BLUE, WHICH IS ABOUT PARTNERING WITH LOCAL RELIGIOUS GROUPS, ALL TYPES OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO SHOW THAT THESE ARE SAFE PLACES AND THAT THE POLICE ARE SAFE.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S A, IT'S A THING THAT CHIEF FREEMAN IS, IS PASSIONATE ABOUT AND WANTS TO KIND OF BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, IT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ADDED TO THEIR, THEIR LIST OF ACTIVITIES.
SO THEY ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO SET SOMETHING UP IN OUR PARK.
UH, THE POLICE POSSIBLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW EXACTLY WE HAVEN'T REALLY NO, LIKE SOME, SOME SORT OF LIKE OUTREACH FROM THE POLICE AT THIS EVENT.
UM, SO THE CHURCH IS PUTTING ON THE FIREWORKS FOR AN ANNIVERSARY PARTY, I GUESS, SO TO SPEAK FESTIVAL ACTIVITY THAT THEY ARE DOING AT CHURCH THAT THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH US THAT LAST YEAR, THEY USE THE SIZE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE EVENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING.
AND WE HAVE A FIELD FIELD SIX WHERE PEOPLE COULD SIT OUT AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS AND IT WAS SO THEY, THEY RUN THEM OFF THE FIELD AT VALLEY FORGE, UH, CHURCH, THE CHURCH.
SO THEY HAVE THAT LIKE SOCCER FIELDS IN THE BACK.
HE, UH, UH, THEY SET THEM OFF IN THE FIELD IN THE BACK WHERE THE SOCCER FIELD IS, AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM FROM FIELD SIX, RIGHT OVER THE TREE LINE.
SO IT WORKED OUT AS A REALLY COOL LITTLE EVENT.
WE HAD PROBABLY 20 OR SO CARS JUST NOT EVEN ADVERTISING LAST YEAR.
SO IT COULD BE BIGGER THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, THE, I DIDN'T GET THAT FAR.
WE, WE HADN'T GOTTEN THERE YET, SO THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO PROVIDE THE PARKING.
OR WE ALSO HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A MEETING WITH LOU WHO'S IN CHARGE TOMORROW TO FIGURE ALL OF THAT OUT.
SO, UM, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY ADVERTISED IT.
THEY PUT THE, SAVE THE DATE ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY HAVEN'T ADVERTISED WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING AT THE EVENT YET.
SO THAT'S WHAT TOMORROW IS THE SCHEDULE EVENTS, RIGHT? THAT IS THAT NOT ON YOUR AND THING IS LIKE THEY WERE CALLING IT, LIKE IF YOU GET AN EMAIL AND SAID PATCHES, THE STRAP PLAN.
LIKE YOU'RE NOT TO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW.
SO YOU HAD TO OPEN IT TO SEE THAT IT WAS JUST THE CALENDAR AS IF THAT YES.
SO IT STILL IS IN JULY, BUT THEY MOVED IT TO HOLD ON ONE SMOKING.
UM, THEY MOVED IT TO THE FIRST.
AND THAT IS ON THEIR CALENDAR ON THEIR WEBSITE.
SO THEY HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THAT DATE AND THEN THE SCA, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STANDS FOR, IT'S THIS GOOGLE CANAL ASSOCIATION.
UM, SO THIS GOOGLE CANAL ASSOCIATION IS IN CHARGE OF THE CANAL AREA.
THEY PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY AND RUN A LOT OF EVENTS TO KIND OF PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND PRESERVATION OF THE CANAL.
AND BECAUSE THE CANAL IS LOCATED WITHIN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THEM MORE, TO HELP THEM DO EVENTS AND FUN THINGS AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE CANAL ITSELF.
IT'S ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE STUPID RIVER.
I KNOW WHERE THE CANAL IS, BUT IT'S THE WHOLE CANAL IN.
SO, WELL, SO TECHNICALLY YES AND TECHNICALLY NO.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL CANAL ITSELF, IT WASN'T ALL IN UPPER PROVIDENCE BECAUSE IT WENT ALL DOWN THIS GOOGLE RIVER AND THERE ARE STILL LOCK HOUSES ALONG THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER.
SOME ARE STILL STANDING, SOME ARE NOT.
UM, BUT IT DOES HAVE A VERY LONG PATH.
AND, UM, SO IT HAS A REALLY RICH HISTORY, BUT THE
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BIG REMAINING PART THAT THEY HAVE STILL LOCKING OR THE LOCKING DOORS, UM, IS IN UPPER PROVIDENCE.SO THE CANAL TOWPATH, THE TRAIL THAT IS ALL IN, WITHIN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
SO IT'S STARTS ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY FOR UPPER SCHOOL VALLEY PARK, WHICH IS THE FURTHEST POINT TOWARDS REUTERS FORD.
AND THEN IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR CANAL PARK WILL OUR, UH, RONALD STOCK PARK WHERE IT CONNECTS WITH THE TRAIL.
I REALLY ONLY KNOW FROM THERE WE GO DOWN IN KAYAK AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT AND TAKE IT OVER.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO HOPEFULLY BE INVOLVED WITH, UH, SCOUGAL CANAL DAYS, WHICH IS AN EVENT THAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR COMMUNITY DAY.
AND THEN ALSO THE SOJOURN, THE SQUIGGLE RIVER SOJOURN, WHICH IS A, I THINK IT'S A FOUR DAY TRIP DOWN TO SCHOOL.
SO THEY START ALL THE WAY UP IN REDDING AND YOU KAYAK OR, OR PADDLEBOARD DOWN THE SCHOOL RIVER AND STAY OVERNIGHT IN CERTAIN, UH, CAMPSITES THAT THEY PROVIDE AND THEY PROVIDE FOOD.
AND IT'S A REALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY COOL EVENT.
I GOT TO HELP OUT WITH IT LAST YEAR AND HAND OUT FOOD.
WELL, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CAMP, THAT'S AN OPTIONAL THING, BUT YOU CAN MEET THERE EVERY DAY AND JOIN THEM AND THEY HELP TRANSPORT ALL OF YOUR STUFF.
AND THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT EVERY YEAR CONSISTENTLY.
AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HELP OUT LAST YEAR, THEY COME THROUGH THE CANAL.
SO THEY, AS THAT PART OF THE SCOOP OF RIVER, THEY ACTUALLY DO THE CANAL AS THEIR PATH.
AND THEY COME THROUGH THE LOCKED GATES AND THEN THEY STAY THE NIGHT AT THE CANAL AND THEN, UM, THEY'D GO DOWN AND WE HELPED THEM DO THE PORTAGE TO WHERE THEY TAKE THE KAYAK OUT AND PUT IT BACK IN THIS GOOGLE AT THE END.
SO IF YOU GUYS EVER WANT TO HELP WITH THAT, LET US KNOW, DO WE HAVE DATES FOR THAT? SO THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THEY WERE HAVING A MEETING ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
CANAL IS THEY DON'T HAVE THAT YET, BUT THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THE, UH, SOJOURN DATES.
AND THE I'M NOT SURE WHAT DAY THEY'LL BE AT THE, THE SCA.
UM, BUT YOU CAN FIND ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOJOURN ON THE, OF RIVER GREENWAYS WEBSITE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT RUN THAT BECAUSE THEY MAINTAIN ALL OF THIS GOOGLE RIVER.
UH, SO, SO WE'RE PARTNERING IN A MORE, SO WE'RE HOPING.
UM, WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FROM SUPERVISORS AND JUST THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, SUE AND I BOTH ENJOY, UM, TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH, WITH THEIR STUFF.
AND THEY DO A LOT OF REALLY COOL EVENTS AND BECAUSE IT'S IN THE TOWNSHIP, YOU KNOW, IT WORKS OUT.
SO THE DATES FOR THE SOLDIER AND ARE THE 18TH FOR THE 24TH, IT'S A SEVEN DAY, I'M SORRY, NOT FOUR DAYS, SEVEN DAYS.
AND IT'S 112 MILES 18 THROUGH THE 24TH OF JUNE.
SO, AND YOU CAN DO ONE OR MORE LIKE YOU CAN DO AS MANY DAYS AS YOU WANT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE THING WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING JUST ONE DAY, THE PART WHERE THEY DO THAT, THE THROUGH THE CANAL, BUT IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A COOL, A COOL EVENT.
THEY'RE A NEAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DO THAT EVENT.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF ALL WE HAVE.
[6. Other/Comments]
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE ADJOURN? I DO.UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO UPDATE US ON THE SEARCH FOR A COMMUNICATIONS? YEAH.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWS.
UH, WE HAVEN'T NAILED ANYTHING DOWN YET.
WE'VE DONE THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO OUR SECOND ROUND.
SO CAN YOU TELL US IF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED YOU ARE PROMISING IN THAT IT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO REALLY WANT TO STAY AND I, AND WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING US YEAH.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE INTERVIEWED ARE DEFINITELY, UM, YEAH.
SERIOUS CANDIDATES, THE PEOPLE, YEAH.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE INTERVIEWED ARE, ARE SERIOUS CANDIDATES, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ALREADY IN THE SECOND ROUND.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND EXPERIENCE AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, GOOD CONTENDERS.
SO, SO WHAT IS THE TITLE? CAUSE I SENT AROUND, LIKE WHEN WE GOT THE AGENDA ASKING SUE TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, IS IT A COMMUNITY? WHAT IS IT? SO GIVE US THE ACRONYMS THERE.
IS IT A WEBSITE SPECIALIST? IS
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IT A MANAGER? IS IT A COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR? LIKE WHAT, WHAT ARE WE TALKING? LIKE, WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? AND GIVE ME ONE WHO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH DIFFERENT TITLES.AND I IMAGINE IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION SAYS, YEAH, JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
SO IT'S THE TITLE OF THE JOB IS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T EVEN, IT CAN, WE SEE THE JOB DESCRIPTION FEED SINCE WE SPENT TIME AS A GROUP COMING UP WITH WHAT, HOW WE, WE GAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR WHAT PARKS AND REC WOULD NEED OUT OF THAT POSITION.
AND NOT THAT ANYBODY HAD TO TAKE US SUGGESTIONS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE THE JOB DESCRIPTION LANDED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO, IT'S NOT A WHOLE TOWN JAIL NUMBER, THE SCOPE.
WELL, IT WAS, IT'S TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE INTERVIEW PHASE.
SO, UM, I CAN ASK IF I CAN SEND THAT OUT.
I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WITH HR THAT I'M ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO, I MEAN, JUST CAUSE REMEMBER WE WERE SAYING, AND WE WERE LIKE, LIKE, ARE THEY GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT ALL BIG PART OF IT TOO IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FROM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR YEARS AND YEARS, WE'RE NOT ADVERTISING WELL ENOUGH FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SO JUST CURIOUS, LIKE REALLY HOW MANY, UM, ORGANIZATION OR, UM, HOLDING EVENTS THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE CRAZY EXPECTATIONS.
WE'RE TOWNSHIP STUFF, BUT WE HAVE A DISASTER AGAIN, THE TANTRIC THAT'S WHAT, YEAH.
SO THIS POSITION IS ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH EACH DEPARTMENT INDIVIDUALLY TO HELP THEM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TAKE OVER FOR THEM.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE A HELP, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING OVER.
SO WE'LL STILL BE THE PARKS AND REC PERSON, MAN.
I MEAN, WE'LL ALL BE DOING IT AND I PROBABLY WILL BE DOING A LOT OF IT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE DONE.
IDEALLY MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER.
SO IT WOULD GIVE ME MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON JUST THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT GOES FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEY WON'T BE HELPING OUR DEPARTMENT TO DO THINGS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO ALL FALL.
AND LIKE, CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY POST A LOT OF THINGS ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE IN THAT WHOLE REALM WITH, YOU KNOW, INCIDENTS AND THANKING PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PERSON WITHIN THEIR STAFF THAT IS DEDICATED TO DO THAT, BUT THIS PERSON WOULD ALSO COME ALONGSIDE AND HELP THEM WITH THAT.
IT WOULDN'T BE A STRICT TAKEOVER PER SE, BUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MORE, THEY MAY HELP OUR DEPARTMENT MORE.
I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT, BUT THAT IS, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST, I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE, WHERE THE TOWNSHIP LANDED AFTER OUR I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH, WITH BONNIE.
BUT IF I COULD SEND THAT TO YOU, I, I WILL.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOW ABOUT A NEW BOARD MEMBER? OKAY.
UM, SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING.
THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO MAY BE INTERESTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THEY WILL BE APPLYING OR NOT.
PEOPLE, ARE WE STILL PUTTING IT ON FACEBOOK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? IT'S REALLY ON EVERY SINGLE WE SENT IT OUT IN THE NEWSLETTER.
WE, WE HAVE IT ON THE SIGN OUT THERE.
IT'S ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE POSITIONS OPEN ON ALL THE BOARDS.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT TIME OF YEAR, I GUESS, THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST KIND OF FEELING IT COULD TO BE COVID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COVID GOING AROUND.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE JUST SHUT, SHUT DOWN A WIRE.
UM, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS TRY REPOSTING IT AGAIN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
I CAN PUT OUT A POST FOR IT SPECIFICALLY, A BAD IDEA.
I HAVE, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE BOARD.
I HAVE FOUND SOMEBODY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO RUN IT BY EVERYBODY.
IT IS, MY FATHER HAS LIVED IN THE TOWNSHIP, UM, SINCE 1993.
SO HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, LOVES IT.
UM, AND HE KNOWS SUE AND SARAH PRETTY WELL.
UM, I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
UM, HE'S VERY WELL CONNECTED WITH A LOT OF PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
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WORKS CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF THEM, INCLUDING, UM, UPPER DUBLIN AND WHIPPING TOWNSHIP WHO ARE PRETTY INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING ON LARGER SCALE EVENTS, SUCH AS, UM, IN OCTOBER THE, UM, WHAT PANE TOWNSHIP, WHICH IS BLUEBELL OPENED UP FAMILIAR PARTNERS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PUTS ON A FESTIVAL THERE THAT PROBABLY DRAWS ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE.UM, SO MY, MY DAD IS VERY FRIENDLY WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
WELL, HE'S ALSO PRETTY INVOLVED WITH WHITE MARSH TOWNSHIP THAT NEEDS MPS.
HE SITS ON THEIR JULY 4TH PARADE COMMITTEE.
SO HE HE'S A BIG FAN OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I BELIEVE WOULD BE A VERY GOOD ASSET FOR US, BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO THEM.
I WILL GIVE HIM A, A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US AS A, AS A DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE HAS BEEN IN THE MEETINGS BEFORE HE HAS TAKEN TIME OUT OF HIS DAY TO COME AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED IN A LONG TIME.
UM, SO I WANTED TO TALK TO THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE TWO GREENS.
WOULD THAT STIFLE YOU IN ANY WAY OR NO, LIKE SOMETIMES THERE'S A PARENT CHILD OR, OR WOULD YOU WANT, LET'S JUST LET, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.
WHEN DO YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO COME DRESS LIKE THIS? AND HE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GONNA STAGE.
I JUST HAD TO ASK JUST IF HE, IF HE ASKED YOU TO BRING IT UP, YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FEEL ANY.
I THINK HE SOUNDS WONDERFUL, RIGHT? YEAH.
I GUESS YOU TALKED TO HIM OR HE GETS, YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON TOO.
UM, SO WE CAN SEE WHO WE CAN BRING THEM BOTH UP.
I JUST HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT THAT PERSON IS STILL INTERESTED.
AND THEN HE SAID THAT SHOULD THE BOARD BE ON ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE HAPPY TO FILL THE POSITION? SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WITH THIS OTHER PERSON IS NOT THE MOMENT? NO.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T REMEMBER EVER BEING APPROVED.
UM, I MEAN WE CAN CHAT, BUT WE SHOULD, IF WE WANT TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OR ARE WE ALL GOOD? ANYBODY HAVE ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS?
[7. Next Meeting: 3/9/2022]
MARCH 9TH? YES.UM, AND WENDY WE'LL GET WITH YOU ABOUT THE ZOOM STUFF.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, OKAY.