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ALL YOUR SILLIES OUT GUYS PROFESSIONAL.[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
OKAY.WE'RE STARTING THE PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETING.
AND THE TIME IS IT IS 6 0 2, 6 0 2.
SO FIRST THING WE NORMALLY DO IS WE CALL IT THE ORDER OF THE MEETING.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
HAVE TO DO IS APPROVAL OF THE LAST MINUTES.CAN, THOSE ARE ALSO, IF YOU NEVER, IF YOU DON'T SEE THEM, THEY'RE ALWAYS ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, I WILL SEND YOU THOSE TONIGHT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WOULD SEND A LINK TO SOMETHING, BUT I COULDN'T GET INTO IT.
UH, THAT WAS THE, UM, THE EVENTS AND SIGNING UP.
WE DID, WE DID GIVE YOU ACCESS LATER THAT DAY.
SO YOU SHOULD BE ALL SET FOR THAT.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO, UM, IS WE CAN MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES TO NEXT WEEK TO THE NEXT MEETING.
WE JUST DIDN'T GET THEM THIS TIME.
WE NEVER GOT THEM IN THE PAST.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST START WITH NOPE, I THINK IT'S CAUSE I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THOSE FIGURED OUT FOR NEXT MONTH.
SO WE CAN DO PUBLIC COMMENT TO YOU.
SO WHAT I FIGURED WOULD YOU TODAY, UM, HARD PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE LEAST WELCOME
[4. New Business]
CELL.CAUSE YOU GUYS TO COME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND RESPONDING TO ALL MY MESSAGES.
UM, OUR GOAL WITH THE JUNIOR MEMBERS IS TO HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH THE YOUNGER POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE TEEN DEMOGRAPHIC IS THE HARDEST ONE TO KIND OF CRACK INTO.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT YOU GUYS COME TO THE MEETINGS, YOU ENJOY YOURSELVES, YOU CAN KIND OF RELAY WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER TO YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS AND YOU GUYS CAN COME IN AND KIND OF GIVE US IDEAS OF HOW TO BETTER RELATE TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND TO GET SOME RESPONSES FROM YOU GUYS AND HELPS TO PROMOTE, UM, EITHER OUR PROGRAMS, OUR EVENTS, OR HOW TO BETTER RELATE TO YOU GUYS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR PURPOSE OF THE JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER.
GIVE YOU GUYS A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE BOARD DOES IN GENERAL IS, UM, THE BOARD ASSISTS THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY INTEREST INVOLVEMENT.
SO IT'S, THE BOARD IS KIND OF OUR EYES AND EARS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
CAUSE WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES.
SO THE BOARD GOES TO ALL OF OUR PARKS, THEY TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY GET INSIGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEEING WHAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
UM, MAYBE PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE, JUST GETTING KIND OF LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SURVEY EVERY MONTH OF EVERY SINGLE PARK AND WE GET TO TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO THE PARK HELPS US WITH OUR MISSION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE PROGRAMMING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, DID THEY WANT TO ADD TO THAT? SO I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE BOARD IS, UH, IT'S A TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE, THE CREATION OF THE BOARD.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS.
IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING AND OUR, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS ONE OF OUR DUTIES, IT'S ACTUALLY OUTLINED IN THE DOCUMENT WHERE WE HAVE, UM, POWERS AND DUTIES.
SO THAT'S TO KIND OF PROVIDE POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO SUE.
SO SUSAN, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, SO SHE'S A STAFF MEMBER AND THEN WE'RE JUST VOLUNTEERS.
SO I THINK THAT THE IT'S A NICE LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW.
I FEEL LIKE WE DO MORE THAN THAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A CONSORTIUM OF, OF THINGS WHEN WE GET TOGETHER.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM SIX O'CLOCK, USUALLY TILL SEVEN 30.
SOMETIMES WE RUN INTO A LATER HOUR, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY DOG PARK COMMENTS WE HAVE.
BUT, UM, GENERALLY WE'RE A VERY EASY GROUP.
IT'S JUST COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT THIS POINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET.
UM, OUR BOARD KIND OF WAS OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT AND NOW WE'RE FINALLY BACK.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS, BUT, UM, I KNOW THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION GIVEN TO YOU GUYS.
SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING AS JUNIOR MEMBERS OR TO SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED? SURE.
SO DID YOU, DO YOU REMEMBER IF IT WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR BOARD PRESENT? SO IT WOULD BE A ONE TIME
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A MONTH? UM, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU BOTH TO BE ABLE TO COME EVERY MONTH, IF POSSIBLE, UM, WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING OUT TERM.WE KIND OF THOUGHT THE SCHOOL YEAR MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT IT'S ALREADY MARCH.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF STAY ON FOR THE SUMMER.
UM, IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE ON THE BOARD AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF RUN THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD BE, UM, VOLUNTEERING AT EVENTS, UM, TALKING TO YOUR FELLOW CLASSMATES, KIND OF SEEING WHAT THE SCENARIO IS, WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO THEM, WHAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH, IF THERE'S A SCHOOL PROJECT OR PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU COMPLETE THAT PROJECT? OR HOW CAN WE HELP YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN? UM, ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S WHAT WE CALL PARK WATCH.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, UM, I THINK WE CAN DO ADDITIONAL, LIKE WOULDN'T HURT.
I DON'T THINK IF LIKE YOU GUYS KEPT YOUR REGULAR SCHEDULE AND THEY JUST KIND OF ADDED ON TO THAT.
SO MAYBE THERE'S TWO OF YOU AT THAT PARK THAT WEEK, BUT, UM, THE PARK, EXACTLY.
CAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN AT OUR PARKS NOW FOR A YEAR.
UM, SO DO YOU WANT, WHEN SUE'S TALKING ABOUT PARK WATCH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, DO YOU DO, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT THAT? I WAS JUST GOING TO GET ONE.
SO PARK WATCH, WE HAVE A LIST OF, UM, IDENTIFIERS FOR EACH PARK.
UM, YOU GO TO THE PARK, YOU KIND OF LOOK FOR THOSE IDENTIFIERS THAT COULD BE, DID YOU CHECK OUT THE PLAYGROUND? HAS THE PLAYGROUND LOOK, IS THERE ENOUGH IN THERE? UM, ARE THE WALKING TRAILS CLEARED? UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT THE PARK? DID YOU GET TO CHANCE TO TALK TO ANYBODY? DID YOU GIVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? UM, WHERE WERE THEY? WERE THEY AT THE PARK? ARE THEY ON THE WALKING TRAIL? WERE THEY ON THE TENNIS COURTS? UM, AND YOU JUST KIND OF TAKE THAT LITTLE SURVEY OF WHATEVER PARK YOU'RE AT.
UM, AND THEY'RE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE TOWNSHIP.
I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS LISTED THEM TOO, BECAUSE AS SOON AS I START SAYING THEM, I'M SURE YOU'LL KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM, LIKE YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW WHERE ANDERSON FARM PARK IS, WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS.
UM, AS WELL AS THIS LOCATION HERE, BLACKROCK.
SO IT'S GOING TO THE PARKS, FEELING OUT THINGS, SEEING HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
WE CAN'T ALWAYS SEE EVERYTHING.
SO IF YOU'RE LIKE I WAS AT MCFARLAND AND I WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE REAR FELL OFF THE DUGOUT.
WE MAY HAVE NOT GOTTEN THERE YET, BUT THAT'S A QUICK NOTE.
AND THEN WE KNOW LIKE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT I CAN SEND YOU THAT ALL IN A DOCUMENT WITH SOME OF THE, UM, QUESTIONS THAT WE NORMALLY ASK PEOPLE, IT'S A GOOGLE DOC.
SO EVERYBODY JUST GOES IN IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOU TO UM, BUT IT'S ON A GOOGLE DOC SO EVERYBODY CAN SHARE IT.
UM, WHAT'S ALSO ON OUR GOOGLE DOCS IS ANY OF OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I JUST PUBLISHED THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, IT HAS A WHOLE YEAR OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AND EXACTLY HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE NEED, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY HOURS THAT WE NEED HELP WITH, UM, JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AREN'T REALLY ON THERE YET BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT UNTIL THERE'S ONE IN OCTOBER.
THERE'S ONE AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.
I'M JUST NOT THERE LOGISTICALLY, BUT AS WE GET CLOSER, I'LL GIVE JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
BUT WE'RE KIND OF OPEN-ENDED UM, IF THERE'S ANY BOARD MEMBER OR ANYTHING THAT COMES UP BEFORE THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS IN EMAIL COMMUNICATION, NOTHING'S DECIDED ON UNTIL THE MEETING, BUT WE DO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE HAPPENING.
SO JUST, I, I DID THIS FOR MYSELF JUST BECAUSE I FOUND IT EASIER.
SO I JUST MET, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO KEEP THIS, WHATEVER.
WHEN I GO TO A PARK, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED ON THE SPREADSHEET.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE KEY THINGS YOU LOOK, WHEN YOU WALK AROUND THE PARK.
THE THING THAT WE ADDED TO WAS WE WERE TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE USING OUR PARKS AND HOW MANY NON RESIDENTS, JUST SO THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST CHATTING REALLY, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF A GUIDE.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, LIKE, DON'T FEEL INTIMIDATED.
LIKE IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT GETTING GRADED ON THIS.
IT'S NOTHING CRAZY, BUT I'M LIKE, LIKE I WORK FOR A TOWNSHIP.
UM, SHE HAS THE IDEAS, I PUT THEM ON THE GROUND PRETTY MUCH.
UM, SO WHEN I'M HERE DURING THE WEEK, I SEE PEOPLE IN THE PARKS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR, UM, SURVEYS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM, IT'S BETTER TO DO IT ON THE WEEKENDS THAT WE GET A BETTER TALLY ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
CAUSE I'M NOT HERE ON THE WEEKENDS, TYPICALLY IN MOST EMERGENCIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT KIND OF WORKS OUT WITH, WITH THAT.
AND I FIGURED REAL QUICK WHILE WE HAVE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF NEW MEMBERS AND EVERYTHING.
UM, I KNOW WE ALL LOVE THIS, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GO
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AROUND THE ROOM AND TALK ABOUT OURSELVES FOR JUST A HOT SECOND.UM, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO EACH OTHER IS.
SO, UM, DO YOU WANT TO START CAUSE YOU HAVE TO MINERAL TABLE.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE IT'S A FEW YEARS NOW AND I GREW UP IN THE TOWNSHIP, UM, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AT THE PARK.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT JOINING.
I SPEND ALL MY TIME AT THE SKATE PARK.
SO JOINING THE BOARD, MY THOUGHT WAS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO KIND OF HELP THE SKATE PARK, STAY ALIVE AND VIBRANT.
THAT WAS KIND OF MY PASSION WITH THIS.
SO WHAT SUE WAS SAYING BEFORE WITH JOINING THE BOARD IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD INCLUDE I'M GOING TO THE DOING THE PARK LODGE, WHICH I KIND OF LOOK AT IT AS LIKE A CUSTOMER SERVICE, ALMOST ANALYSIS ARE THE PEOPLE ARE WHAT CAN BE DONE AND THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO IS YOU THE BOARD ONCE A YEAR OR SO TRIES TO PICK UP A SPECIAL PROJECT OF SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE PARK.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE'RE HAVING AN A, UM, WE'RE CALLING IT A JAM AT THE STATE BAR COMING UP IN APRIL.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF OUR BIG THING RIGHT NOW.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT WITH THE PARKS, THIS COULD BE AN AVENUE WHERE YOU COULD REALLY MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN FOR THE WHOLE I'M JOSH KELLY, UH, WORKED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR TOWNSHIP.
UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I BRING CHARLES TOLD YOU, BUT I DO ALL THE GROUNDWORKS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL THE PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWNSHIPS SINCE I WAS 15 YEARS OLD, UM, STARTED IN SUMMERTIME HELP, UH, WENT THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES, STUFF LIKE THAT, JUST WASN'T MY THING.
SO I DECIDED THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
UM, SO IF MY LIFE WAS SPENT HERE AND THE REST OF IT WILL BE PRICED VENDOR, SO RETIREMENT COUNTDOWN THE BASE, BUT YEAH, UM, I'M SUE HOFFMAN, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, I STARTED, I THINK IT WAS GOING ON YEAR FOUR.
UM, AFTER YOUR FIRST YEAR, IT KIND OF JUST HELP ONES TOGETHER ANYWAY.
SO I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER, BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, I HANDLE EVERYTHING, PARKS AND REC, UM, EVENTS, PROGRAMS. WE RUN THE COMMUNITY CENTER DOWN THE STREET AND WE'RE, UM, WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE PARKS IN A BACKGROUND WAY AND JOSH PHYSICALLY TAKES CARE OF ALL THE PARTS FOR US.
UM, ONE BIG SHOWCASE, UM, ON TOP OF THE JAM THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS RIGHT OVER HERE BEHIND US IS A BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WE'LL BE GOING IN.
WE'RE LOSING ONE OF OUR SOFTBALL FIELDS TO PUT IN WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL RIGHT NOW, MEGA PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS THIS HUGE, UM, PLAYGROUND SETTING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ALL ABILITIES THAT SHOULD BE BUILT, UM, BY THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR IN JUNE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGER PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR STUFF WAS BUILT ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO AND IT'S ALL STARTING TO GO.
SO WE'RE FINALLY REBUILDING ONE OF THEM AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO I'M LYNN CAR AGAIN, I'M THE, UM, VICE CHAIR.
SO I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE, YEAH, I GUESS THE END OF 2019, I TODAY STARTING 2020, UM, AFTER I RE I RETIRED FROM MY FULL REAL CAREER AND, UM, I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO AND I GOT A POSITION, JUST A PART-TIME JOB AT THE, AT THE TIME IT WAS REFERRED TO WITH THE REC CENTER.
NOW IT'S OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I WORKED THERE TWO DAYS A WEEK AND JUST STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, FROM A, A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF RECREATION AND WHAT WE OFFER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO JUST WHAT I'VE USED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE 27 YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE OR MY CHILD.
SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KIND OF BRING YOUR OWN, LIKE TAYLOR'S REALLY INTO IT, SKATEBOARD SKATEBOARDING, AND I'VE REALLY LIKED LIKE TRAILS.
SO EVERYBODY KIND OF BRINGS IN THEIR, THEIR INTERESTS AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND YOU MELD IT WITH YOUR INTERESTS AND BRING THAT INFORMATION TO SUE AND JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A IMPORTANT PART FOR ME BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER AND NOT EVERYBODY IT'S LIKE THE PEOPLE REFERRED TO IT WHEN I WAS WORKING PART TIME, THEY WOULD SAY, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS THE BEST KEPT SECRET.
LIKE HOW COME NOBODY KNOWS ALL THE THINGS WE DO.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BE BETTER COMMUNICATORS ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE THOUGHT YOU GUYS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION AS WELL, TO BRING THAT INFORMATION TO A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.
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AND THEN ALSO LOOKING TO GROW OUR VOLUNTEER POOL AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY INTERESTS.
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD COUPLE OF YEARS AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU GUYS SAW THE ENDS OF 2019.
MY CHILDREN, ALL THREE OF THEM GREW UP IN SPRINGPORT AND GRADUATED FROM SPRINGBOARD.
AND I KINDA JUST WANTED THEM TO GET INVOLVED.
UM, I STARTED SMALL AND SOMEHOW, OR ANOTHER SOMEONE SAID, HEY, WHERE ARE YOU? YOU NEED TO BE ON THE BOARD.
I'M ALSO YOUR UPPER PROVIDENCE AUDITOR.
UM, I DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING.
I VOLUNTEER IN PHOENIXVILLE AND I VOLUNTEERED YOURSELF.
I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL STICK AROUND AND REALLY ENJOY THIS.
CAN'T HANDLE THIS THE FIRST TIME HERE, UM, IN THE AREA OF 15 YEARS.
UM, WE, I'VE WORKED A LITTLE BIT WITH BILL STARLING AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TRYING TO GET MY WIFE AND I DO STUFF.
UM, I'M AN ACTIVE, I'M A FULL-TIME RESERVIST MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE.
SO LIFE WAS KIND OF UP AND DOWN FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
BILL APPROACHED MY WIFE WITH THE PARKS AND REC SUBSISTENCE.
I'VE USED THE DOG PARKS AND THE TRAILS A LOT.
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE WOULD FIT IN.
WELL, BY THE WAY, , I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
SHORT SOUND LIKE TV SHOW BUT MY, UH, MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND BROTHER-IN-LAW LIVE HERE YEARS, RIGHT.
UM, I ACTUALLY JUST UP INTO THIS TOWNSHIP EIGHTH GRADE AND THEN STARTED GOING TO THE SCREEN AND I CAN SAY LIKE, SPRINGBOARD IS PROBABLY .
I MET A LOT OF GREAT FRIENDS AND I'M A STRONG WOMAN GETTING INVOLVED.
AND IN MY WORK I LOVE TO VOLUNTEER AND CONTRIBUTE A LOT OF MY TIME AT, DOWN THE TRACK, UM, VOLUNTEER AT THE HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA AND DO DRUGS IT'S DOWN THERE.
AND I ALSO LOVE TO SPEND MY TIME WITH DOGS OR ANY PLACE YEAH.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR GOING AROUND.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK WHAT I'LL KIND OF TURN IT OVER
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TO IS OUR OLD BUSINESS.UM, AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO STAY AND JUST KIND OF HEAR AND KIND OF SEE HOW THIS ALL GOES DOWN, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, UM, OUR 20, 22 CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
I, UM, SEND AN UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL STUFF THAT YOU WILL GET, SO DON'T, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE LEFT OUT.
UM, SO OUR CALENDAR EVENTS, I SLIGHTLY CHANGED A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, I THINK ONE OR TWO, THERE WAS A DUPLICATE ON THERE.
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SO THE NEWER ONE THAT I DID SEND OUT HAS THE UPDATED VERSION.UM, THERE WAS ALSO A EVENT MISSING THAT WE DID LAST MINUTE THAT WE HAD TO ADD ONTO THERE.
SO, UM, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, I SENT IT ON A GOOGLE DOC AND I PUT THE ACTUAL VOLUNTEER LIST ON A SEPARATE TAB.
SO IT'S ALREADY THERE FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, I PUT ON THERE AS WELL, VERY SPECIFICS, LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HOPE TO GET FOR THOSE.
UM, AS YOU START TO GO DOWN THE LINE, THE BIG ONE THINKS VERY, UM, THAT I WOULD SAY THE PARK BOARD, OUR PARK COMMITTEE SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH IS THE JAM.
UM, THERE'S A PARK BOARD, A SPECIAL EVENT FOR YOU GUYS.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY, NOT EVERYBODY BE THERE FOR THAT DAY.
UM, THAT IS, UM, FROM 12 TO THREE OR FOUR.
I KNOW YOU MIGHT BRING IT IN THREE IT'S THE 24TH WITH A RAIN DATE OF MAY 1ST.
SO IT'S ON, I MEAN, YEAH, APRIL 24TH.
UM, DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO, AT LEAST I KNOW KEN, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THAT NOW, BUT, UM, DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE EVENTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO HIGHLIGHT OR GO OVER? WELL, WE'D HAVE IT OUT.
LIKE I KNOW IN OUR, IN OUR LAST MEETING FOR THE, UH, FIREWORKS ON JULY 24TH IS OUR LAST MEETING.
SARAH SAID THAT WAS BEING CHANGED TO JULY 31ST, SO THAT THIS IS THE LONG DAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT EVENT, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A DUAL EVENT.
UM, HOPEFULLY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY DO AN EVENT WITH FAITH IN BLUE, UM, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT EVENING PRIOR, UM, BEFORE THE FIREWORKS START.
SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING OUT LOGISTICS OF THAT NOW, BUT INSTEAD OF US JUST OFFERING OUR PARKING SPACES AND EXTRA VIEWING POINTS, UM, IT'S, UH, JUST DOING THE BARE MINIMUM ON THAT.
WE WERE THINKING ABOUT JOINING FORCES WITH THEM AND OVER AT THEIR ACTUAL LOCATION, WE'LL HAVE THE FAITH AND BLUE EVENT AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE THERE AND WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES.
UM, HOPEFULLY THE POLICE ASSOCIATION CAN DO A PICK ROADS AND HAVE SOME FOOD THERE, UM, AND MAKE IT KIND OF LIKE A WHOLESOME EVENT.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FIREWORKS AND PEOPLE CAN EITHER PARK ON OUR LOCATION AND LOOK AT, UM, THE FIREWORKS FROM THE NEW PLAYGROUND OR AROUND THIS AREA.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT SOME OF THE LOGISTICS, BUT THE DATE DID CHANGE THE 31ST.
AND THE RIBBON CUTTING IS A LITTLE MORE INFO.
MAYBE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN GO INTO MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT ALL IS DEPENDENT ON IF EVERYTHING GETS DONE.
SO THE BIG RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR THIS WOULD BE THE NEW PLAYGROUND GOING OUT OVER HERE, UM, AND BLACK CARQUEST, UM, THE RIVER CREST TRAIL, MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S COMPLETELY FINALIZED BEFORE WE DO THE RIBBON CUTTING.
SO THE RIVER CREST TRAIL CONNECTION CONNECTS YOU TO THIS BEAUTIFUL RIVER TRAIL.
AND IT'S, UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, IF YOU'RE GOING OFF BLACKROCK ROAD IS THROUGH THE RIVER CREST DEVELOPMENT.
SO YOU CAN WALK FROM HERE TO THE RIVER CREST TRAIL THAT WOULD TAKE YOU TO THE SCHOOL, UM, AND THEN POSSIBLY THE FIREHOUSE AS WELL.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE ON ONE, ONE DAY ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO DO IT ON THE DAY OF THE CAR SHOW, KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'LL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT TIED UP THAT DAY TO THEN DO A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, IT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE FIREHOUSE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH, UM, AND MOVE IN SOON.
BUT THERE DUE TO WEATHER, SOME OF THE PIECES, SOME OF THE BUILDING HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET, AND THEN A CERTAIN COMPONENT TO HOUSE ALL OF THE ELECTRIC AND TO MAKE THE ELECTRIC WORK IS NOT HERE YET.
SO EVEN IF THE BUILDING DOES GET DONE, THEY CAN'T MOVE INTO IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER EVENTS AT THIS POINT IS THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING.
SARAH DID MENTION, AND I DON'T SEE IT ON HERE TO MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S NOT HAPPENING OR WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT IT.
WAS THERE SOME SORT OF, WE'RE EXPLORING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCA TO DO CANAL DAYS OR THEY HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED THEIR DATES YET, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING TO, OKAY.
UM, THE SCA IS THIS GOOGLE ANALYSIS.
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PLAYGROUND UPDATES WE JUST MET, UM, TODAY AND YESTERDAY EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO START BEING DELIVERED.I SAID DOES A LOT OF MEDIA REQUESTS TODAY.
UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN START MAKING BREAKING GROUND, UM, PROBABLY THE WEEK AFTER, SORRY, AND SELLING IT FOR 20 SECONDS.
AND THEN THE TRUCKS DELIVERING THE PLAYGROUND.
ARE WE GOING TO BECOME ON THE 18TH OF APRIL? UM, THEY'RE GIVING ME A SHORT WINDOW TO START THE GRADING OF THE PROPERTY.
LIKE THIS WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO OPEN PIT TO BE THERE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DIDN'T WANT THE TIME RESTRAINT OF TWO DAYS TO DO ALMOST AN ACRE OF LAND.
SO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE.
UM, SO WE'LL START BREAKING GROUND, PROBABLY THE 19TH AFTER THE STUFF'S DELIVERED.
UM, ONCE THE GRIEVANCE IS COMPLETED AND THEY COME OUT AND THEY RE SHOOT TO MAKE SURE WE DID IT RIGHT.
AND EVERYTHING, UH, EXPECTED BUILD STARTS AT 25TH OF APRIL.
, THAT'S A REALLY PUTS HER IN HOPES THAT IT'S COMPLETELY BUILT AND READY TO BE PLAYED ON BY RIBBON CUTTING ON EIGHT.
WHICH IS YOU NEED TO GO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DOING A RAIN DANCE HOURS, WAIT UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF HE'S EXPECTING, WHAT DO HE SAY YESTERDAY? FIVE OR SIX WEEKS OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO POTENTIALLY THAT HAPPENED, BUT ALL THE STARS IN THE LINE IN ORDER WERE THERE, WHICH WERE HOPING FOR, SO FOR, FOR KEN'S PURPOSES AND YOU GUYS AS WELL.
W ONE OF THE THINGS WE WORKED ON LAST YEAR WAS DOING A MASTER PARK PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
AND WE CAME UP WITH A LOT OF GREAT FUTURISTIC THINGS IN THAT FIVE YEARS, BUT THEN OF COURSE, SUE AND HER TEAM AND WITH THE TOWNSHIP CAME UP WITH THE PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE WERE GOING TO WORK ON PERSE.
SO THIS MEGA PARK IS, WAS THE ONE THAT WAS KIND OF SLATED TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING GETTING THE POSTER SO WE CAN PASS THAT AROUND TO YOU AND YOU GUYS CONNECT.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF WE SAW THIS, BUT ISN'T THERE LIKE A, UM, A VIDEO OF, UM, OR THE, WHEN WE DID THE, UH, PARK PLAN.
SO THERE IS A PARK MASTER PLAN VIDEO.
THE FINAL ONE CAME IN AND THEN WE SAW A TYPO.
SO WE HAD TO SEND IT BACK TO GO GET IT REDONE.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ON THE WAY.
SO ONCE THAT'S POSTED, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ALL OF THAT TO SAY, AND YOU'LL GET AN IDEA OF LIKE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WORKED ON FOR, YOU KNOW, COMING UP IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS VINYL, AND THIS HAS SOME, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE DUE TO SOME ISSUES THAT, YEAH, YEAH, THIS IS AWESOME.
I BET IT WAS A, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS ON THERE.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES VIEWS CAN THAT I CAN SEND YOU TOO WHEN I SEND YOU THE DOCUMENT, LIKE CATCH YOU UP ON STUFF.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT IS COMPLETELY, UM, ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL AGI.
SO THERE'S EVEN A WALKING TRAIL AROUND IT.
SO MOMS WITH STROLLERS OR GRANDPARENTS, THEY CAN WALK AROUND THE TRAIL WHILE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT.
WE HAD TO REMOVE ONE OF THE MUCH LARGER, BIG SWING COMPONENTS, UM, DUE TO SOME PROBLEMS YOU WERE HAVING WITH THE POOR IN PLAY.
AND THE PRICES ALL WENT UP DURING THE FILMING.
SO FROM EVERYWHERE IS PRICING IS GOING THROUGH THE ROOM BEFORE WE CAN FINALIZE THINGS.
SO IT'S SETTING US TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE STILL MAXIMIZE BEYOND MAXIMIZE WHAT I FEEL.
SO IN ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, IS WHEN WE TOOK OUT THAT SWING, WE DID TAKE SOME OF THE COMPONENTS FROM THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND TO PUT OVER HERE AS ALMOST LIKE WE CALL IT LIKE OUR LITTLE READING, LIKE OUR STORYTELLING CENTER.
SO WE CAN HAVE STORY TIMES OUTSIDE.
WE TRIED TO PUT IT AS FAR FROM THE MAIN EVENT.
SO KIDS, IF WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A STORYTIME OUTSIDE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE FACING THE PLAYGROUND OR BE
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IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE ADDED A COUPLE OF THE COMPONENTS WE ALREADY HAD, THAT KIDS CAN STILL ENJOY, YOU KNOW, THE PIECE THAT WE'RE MISSING AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK WOULD EVEN BE NOTICED.
ANOTHER COOL THING IS THIS, THIS WAS KIND OF DESIGNED ALSO IN MIND THAT YOU COULD MEET THE, MEET THE NEEDS OF ADA FOLKS, WHERE A LOT OF OUR OTHER PARKS, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ADA COMPLIANT PLAYGROUNDS IN.
I WOULD, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO LYNBROOK WE WERE ACTUALLY WE'RE SO FAR IN TIMES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS WERE FILLED 18 YEARS, 18 YEARS AGO, NEWEST ONE WAS ONE 11.
SO WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP AND WE'RE DOING IT IN A BIG WAY.
UM, SO THAT LIKE THE BROWN SECTION YOU SEE ON THERE, THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S A NINJA WARRIOR COURSE.
SO IT'S MORE ACTIVE THROUGH OLDER PEOPLE, THE ADULTS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, WE TEXTED AND TAKEN ACTUALLY, THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE GYM IN THERE TOO, SO YOU CAN NOT LIFT WEIGHTS, BUT YOU CAN GET EXERCISE.
AND WE HAVE A WALKING TRAIL, 54 SIBLINGS, UH, 75 FEET.
WE HAD TO PAUSE THIS FOR A SECOND.
SHE, SHE KEEPS GOING WISER, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT WORTH THE KIDS' TIME WAITING IN LINE FOR IT.
UM, IT WAS A LOT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE DEALT WITH ON THE BACKSIDE.
LIKE WE WANTED A WHOLE THING FOR BLACK COSTS.
SO THAT'S THE BROWN YOU SEE THAT IS MUCH TANNER, BUT IT'S SEPARATE.
CAUSE KIND OF ITS OWN ACTIVE THINGS WHERE LIKE, OKAY, WE CAN VISUALLY, RIGHT.
IT'S ON SEPARATE CONCEPT RATES.
BUT YEAH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY JOURNEY.
WE'RE SEEING THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TRUCK.
SO THIS IS A BIG PROJECT FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE FUN FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO SEE IT ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION.
MY HAND IS GOING TO BE A GIANT DRAW.
I THINK IT'S LIKE, DO YOU GUYS, DO YOU HAVE ANY JUST TO KIND OF HELP ME, I'M NOT SPATIALLY GOOD.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE WITH THE SIZE OF LIKE MANDARIN TECHNICALLY BIGGER THEM INDIRECTIONS CURRENTLY, IT'S NOT, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF TOWER FREESTANDING TOWER, THIS IS ONE OF THE TALLEST ONES IN THE AREA, BUT BECAUSE MAJOR X BUILT INTO A HILL A LITTLE BIT, VISUALLY, VISUALLY IT'S BIGGER, BUT THIS IS OVER 12 FEET THAT THE KIDS CAN CLIMB UP.
AND THIS IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS CAN ALSO CLIMB ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP ON THIS TOWER.
IT'S NOT ONE OF YOUR TYPICAL TOWERS.
SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN.
WHAT'S ALSO COMING IN, UM, WHERE THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND IS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PUTTING A FULL RESTROOM OVER THERE AS WELL.
SO IT WOULD BE, UM, SIMILAR TO OUR DOUBLE-SIDED PAVILION.
UM, JUST HAVING THAT BASE, WHO WOULD HAVE A RESTROOM, UM, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ROOM THREE STALLS BEACH.
UM, AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO THAT IN BETWEEN THE RESTAURANT AND THE PLAYGROUND WILL BE THE SAME LITTLE PICNIC GROVE WITH THE WE'LL KEEP, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP ALL THE TREES OVER THERE, WHICH IS HUGE PLUS.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO KEEP THAT AS AN OUTDOOR, LIKE OPEN-ENDED PAVILION AREA, WHERE YOU CAN EAT AS WELL.
SO IT SHOULD BE A VERY NICE PLACE TO VISIT.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH BLACKROCK ROAD, IT SHOULD BE AN EYE-CATCHING SITE.
AND IT DOES TAKE UP A GOOD SECTION OF THAT FIELD OVER THERE TO, OKAY.
HOW MUCH BIGGER THAN SIZE, BECAUSE THIS PLAYGROUND QUADRUPED, I MEAN, THE OTHER ONE HAD A LOT OF SURFACE AREA, LIKE THE, WITH THE, UH, THE MULCHING THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE, UM, ACTUAL THINGS TO CLIMB ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE IT'S SIX TIMES BIGGER BECAUSE IT WAS MOSTLY LIKE, IT WAS MOSTLY LIKE JUST THAT.
AND THEN THESE PIECES AND A SWING SET.
AND JUST FYI, FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE ALWAYS, WHEN YOU'RE DOING PARK WATCH OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING, LIKE, WHERE'S THE SWINGS, YOU CAN HAVE THINGS LIKE THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE GET ANDERSON CAR PARK, WE HAVE EVERYTHING.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON MEGA PLAYGROUND OR PLAYGROUNDS IN GENERAL? WOW.
I THINK IT WAS HARD TO GIVE THE CONCEPT THOUGH, RIGHT? LIKE IF YOU'RE LIKE KIND, IT'S A PICTURE IT'S GOING TO BE BIG.
UM, IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKING THERE'S ONE VERY SIMILAR TO IT IN SOUTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA IS PLAYGROUND.
IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKING TO SEE ONE LIKE
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FULL ON AND VIDEOS OF IT, LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES BUILT IN AS WELL.AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING TO LOOK AT, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER UPDATE.
SO CAN YOU SEND YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION CHANGE AS OF LAST WEEK? WE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC ONLY HAD THE CENTER OPERATIONAL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EIGHT TO EIGHT, UM, AFTER GETTING REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS FROM, UM, THE MEMBERS, WE DECIDED TO OVARY OPEN THE CENTER ON SATURDAY.
SO THE SATURDAY HOURS STARTED LAST SATURDAY AND THEY WILL BE FROM 8:00 AM TO PM, JUST LIKE IT USED TO BE, UM, KIDS CLUBS.
SO, UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE STARTED OFF HAVING OUR OWN KIDS QUARTER.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A CHILDREN'S DROP-OFF ZONE.
UM, IF PARENTS WANTED TO WORK OUT OR THEY HAD TO DO A ZOOM MEETING UPSTAIRS, WE HAD THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING KIDS BE DROPPED OFF.
AND IT WAS KIND OF A, UM, LEARNING PROGRAM WHERE IT WASN'T JUST, YOU BRING YOUR KIDS IN AND THEY'RE LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES.
WE HAD SCHEDULED PLANS AND PROGRAMS FOR THEM TO DO WHEN THEY WERE THERE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I THINK WITH THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF PARENTS JUST WEREN'T READY YET UNCOMFORTABLE TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF.
SO WE KIND OF CHANGED IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT WE CALL KIDS CLUB.
IT'S A FREE, UM, PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS WHO NEED AGES A 6, 6, 6, 5, 6 YEARS OLD TO 10 YEARS OLD.
AND IT'S, UM, FROM FOUR 15 TO FIVE, O'CLOCK FIVE, 15 TO SIX AND IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM, BUT EVERYDAY IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO IT COULD BE ROCK CLIMBING DAY.
IT COULD BE AN ARTS AND CRAFT DAY.
UM, TOMORROW IS DECORATE YOUR OWN CUPCAKES NIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF STEM WORK INVOLVED.
UM, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET A LOT MORE DRAW WITH THAT, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, FOR THAT YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC, WE GENERALLY, UM, DO PROGRAMS FOR THEM DURING THE DAYTIME BECAUSE THEY'RE GENERALLY NOT EITHER IN SCHOOL YET, OR THEY'RE ONLY PART TIME.
UM, SO I WILL GIVE YOU MORE STATS ON KIDS CLUB, AS IT GOES ON.
THIS IS REALLY THE TRUE FIRST FULL MONTH THAT WE'RE DOING IT.
WE HAD SOME POP UPS LAST MONTH, SO I CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE BRIEFING ON THAT.
BUT SO FAR WE'VE ONLY HAD A FEW PEOPLE ASK WHERE THE KID'S QUARTER OF TIME HAS GONE.
SO WE'LL START TO, IF THAT IS A NEED AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE READY FOR THAT TYPE OF THING, WE CAN BRING IT BACK.
AND SO LIKE WE SHUT THAT ROOM DOWN, BUT IT JUST WASN'T BEING UTILIZED.
HOW ARE WE PROMOTING THAT SINCE IT IS NEW AND WE WANT TO REALLY GET A GOOD PARTICIPATION.
UM, SO WE HAVE OUR OWN TAB, UM, THERE'S HIS OWN INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE AND THEN WE DID, UM, DO MULTIPLE EMAIL BLAST FOR IT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TOO, IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UM, OUR WEBSITE.
SO IT'S IT FOR IT'S GET UPT.ORG.
SO HOW DO YOU GET ONTO THE EMAIL LIST? HOW DOES LIKE SOMEBODY WHO LIKE MOVED INTO THE AREA, HOW DO THEY GET AND ONTO THE LIST? SO THE EMAIL LIST THAT PARK AND REC USES IS OFF OF THAT GET UPT.ORG.
SO ONCE YOU MAKE A MEMBERSHIP OF NOT MEMBERSHIP OR YOU SUBS, YOU CREATE AN ACCOUNT ON THAT PAGE, YOU CAN EITHER CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE OR ASK NOT TO RECEIVE EMAILS AND WHOEVER BRITISHERS FOR ANYTHING YOU'RE NOW ON THAT BIG EMAIL LIST.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A ROBUST LIST OF PEOPLE.
I REALLY LIKED THE, UM, BECAUSE I WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND THE OTHER DAY.
AND I LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO CALENDAR OF EVENTS, I DID SAY THAT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, IN THE MEETING NOW WAYS TO COMMUNICATE, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE, I GUESS, THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO IMPROVE UPON WITH, TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND BE ABLE TO GO TO CALENDAR EVENTS AND JUST SEE AT ONE PAGE QUICK GLANCE, KEY THING THEY'RE HAPPENING EACH MONTH.
SO NOW THAT'S BEEN INSTITUTED AND IT'S BRIGHT AND IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT, REALLY NICE JOB, THREE OF THEM, ONE FOR EVERY MONTH, FOR A YEAR AND THEN CAMP.
SO WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE MORE UP THERE AS WELL.
UM, MONTALBAN MAKA LIBRARY SYSTEMS. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AND REALLY FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE DOORS, TOWN, PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, WE WILL BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THEIR BRANCHES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, SO THEY WILL HAVE SPACE IN OUR SILO AND OUR KIDS' CORNER SPACE FOR STORYTIMES.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT BOOKS, YOU CAN RETURN BOOKS THERE, YOU CAN GET A LIBRARY CARD THERE.
UM, THEY ARE GOING TO START BRINGING IN COLLECTIONS SO THAT WE'D HAVE BOOKS READY FOR YOU TO EVEN LOOK AT.
UM, WE STARTED A, TAKE A BOOK, LEAVE A BOOK.
SO WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE OVER THERE AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO START REALLY SLOW RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A BOOK CLUB FOR SENIORS, UM, DIFFERENT SENIOR EVENTS, AND TRY TO DO STORY TIMES THAT AREN'T JUST FOR, UM, THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC, JUST AT THAT NINE O'CLOCK AND 10 O'CLOCK HOUR, AND TRY TO HELP OUT THE WORKING PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS CAN COME AND ENJOY THEM TOO AT EVENING
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TIME.SO DOING LIKE PJ STORY TIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THE LIBRARY, OUR FIRST STORY TIME HEAD, UM, I THINK FOUR GROUPS COME IN SO SLOWER TO START, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE SIX MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THIS FRIDAY.
I THINK AS SOON AS THEY HEAR THAT THE NORRISTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE PEOPLE FLOCK OVER.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL BECOME LIKE A VERY NICE BRIDGE FOR PEOPLE IN IT.
UM, EITHER AS A WAY OF GETTING TO NORRISTOWN AURORA'S HEART.
SO THAT'S IN THE SILO, IT'S THE COLLECTIONS WILL BE IN THE SILO AND TO CHECK OUT AND GET A LIBRARY CARD, BUT THEIR PROGRAMS WILL HAPPEN IN THAT KID'S CORNER SPACE.
AND THERE'LL BE A DROP-OFF AS WELL.
WE JUST, DURING OUR BUSINESS HOURS, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXTERNAL ONE YET.
UM, WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT OUT THE WINDOW OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET, BUT, UM, YEAH, NO, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO FOR A WHILE.
AND WE'RE FINALLY AT THE STAGE WHERE WE CAN DO IT.
WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR THOSE PEOPLE, LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LIBRARY, UM, COMPONENT TO THE TOWNSHIP THAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING.
UM, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE DID A LOT OF STUDIES AND WE DID A LOT OF, UM, EVALUATIONS AND SOME CONCEPT DRAWINGS FOR OUR OWN LIBRARY HERE ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST TAKING THOSE BABY STEPS TO SEE WHAT THE NEED IS, SEE WHAT THE WANT IS AND SEE WHO'S ATTENDING IT.
UM, BEFORE WE, WE GET TO THAT FIELD DEPARTMENT.
SO WHO'S STAFFING IT, THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY STAFF.
AND IT HA I MEAN, SO IT'S, THAT'S BEEN ROLLED OUT AND THAT, SO THAT'S POSITIVE.
AND THAT IS A SHARED, UM, TIM MARKET.
IT HAS BEEN SHARED, SO THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AS ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO IT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING ON THAT WHOLE, UM, THING OURSELVES.
YOU COULD START SPREADING THE WORD.
IT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK NEXT MONTH THEY, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT COME FOR THE STORYTIMES NOW WE'RE LIKE SEPARATE, STARTING SLOW, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN TO, TO SEE SOME BOOKS DURING THE STORY TIME AND CHECK THEM OUT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, FREE, UM, PROGRAMMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN GET MORE INVOLVED IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING AT THE STORY TIME, THAT THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF BOOKS THAT THEY GET SENT FOR FREE FROM ELASTICS.
AND THEY WERE GIVING OUT BOOKS FOR FREE, WHICH IS HUGE FOR A LOT OF PARENTS THAT HAVE EITHER MULTIPLE KIDS OR IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BOOK IS, IF YOU EVER GET THOSE SCHOLASTIC THINGS FROM SCHOOL, I ALWAYS HIDE THEM WHEN MY KIDS BRING THEM HOME.
CAUSE I'M LIKE, THESE BOOKS ARE LIKE $2,500 AND THEN, OR YOU JUST KIND OF RIP THEM.
UM, BUT THIS WAY, AT LEAST IT'S FREE AND IT GIVES ME, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES ME THAT LITTLE BIT, SO WHAT'S A POSSIBILITY LIKE WHEN WE WOULD WITH THE NEXT FEW UPCOMING EVENTS, IF WE COULD ALSO, WELL, I KNOW THAT IT'S A FLASHLIGHT EGG HUNT AND MAYBE THAT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK, BUT BEYOND JUST HANDING OUT A FLYER, BUT MAYBE EVEN OFFERING A TOUR OF IT.
OH, THAT'S A LINK SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF REALLY LIKE CATAPULT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT THIS IS NOW HAPPENING.
SO WE'VE STARTED TO WORK ON MARKETING STRATEGIES WITH THE LIBRARY.
THEY DON'T HAVE A LOGO PER SE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THAT OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE HOPE IS TO, BY ALL OF OUR EVENTS HAVE LITTLE PACKETS OF INFORMATION OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT WHEN THEY COME GREAT.
THIS HAS BEEN MONTHS IN THE PLANNING AND WE FINALLY GOT SOMEONE THAT WAS ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE LIBRARY TO COME OVER TO US.
SO IT'S BEEN, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW THE STAFFING EVERYWHERE HAS BEEN IFFY.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN COME OVER AND WE HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE FLASHLIGHT ICON FOR THE COMMUNITY EGG HUNT.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HIT IT UP BIG.
AND WE'RE ALSO HOPING IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS AS WELL THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS MARKETING THROUGH AND IT'S GIVING EITHER, YOU KNOW, FREE GUEST PASSES OR FREE MONTH MEMBERSHIPS FAMILIES, SO THEY CAN COME IN AND EXPERIENCE IT.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CENTER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LIBRARY SERVICES.
AND THEN I AM JUST GOING TO SKIP OVER.
DO YOU, UM, YOU DO YOUR COMMUNICATIONS.
IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS BOLDED? SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE YES.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, OH YEAH, NO.
CAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT COMES UP OFTEN AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, LIKE PLEASE SCAN IN.
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IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE LIKE YOU SIGN OFF THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE BUILDING JUST IN CASE ANYTHING DOES HAPPEN.UM, BUT I THOUGHT REALLY QUICK, UM, LET ME SKIP OVER THE FEBRUARY STAFF, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, I'LL GET BACK TO THAT.
UM, BUT FOR THE SKATE PARK, UM, AND WHICH YOU'RE USED TO RIGHT NOW, UM, THE SKATE PARK IN THE WINTER HAS BEEN A INTERESTING TIME OF YEAR FOR US.
UM, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT THE SKATE PARK IS, IS THAT IT'S MEANT FOR SKATEBOARDS AND SCOOTERS.
THAT'S PRIMARILY IT BICYCLES AREN'T ALLOWED SNOWBOARDS AREN'T ALLOWED.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GENERALLY DO IN THE WINTER IS WHEN IT'S BAD WEATHER, IF IT'S ICY IN THERE, IF IT'S LEADING, IF IT'S A BUNCH OF SNOW, WE HAVE A FENCE AROUND IT SO WE CAN LOCK IT.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THE SKATE PARK, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S MELTED OR EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO AND IT'S NOT YET.
WHAT NOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT IT'S CLOSED.
UM, OUR POINT OF VIEW IS WE DO, UH, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS USING IT OR THE ADULTS USING IT.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ARGUMENTS WITH THAT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT ALWAYS SEEN, UM, IN THE CORRECT WAY.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR SOLICITOR TO SEE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF JUST LEAVING IT OPEN AND YOU PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
THE PROBLEM THAT COMES WITH THAT AND THAT WE'VE SEEN, WELL, YOU'VE SEEN, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
UM, IS PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY USE IT AS A SLEDDING COURSE.
THEY PRACTICE SNOWBOARDING IN IT.
AND THOSE BOARDS IN THOSE SLEDS CAN WRECK THE EQUIPMENT.
UM, IT'S JUST NOT MEANT FOR THAT TYPE OF LIKE, WHO WOULD WANT TO TAKE GOING AROUND WITH A SLIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT.
THEN I COULD CONTEST THAT WHEN THE RAMPS ARE CLEARED OF SNOW AND YOU'RE WET, THEY ARE SLEEP.
YOU WILL, IT'S THE SMOOTHEST MIDDLE.
YOU COULD THINK YOU WILL FALL.
UM, YOU WEREN'T DRY EVEN WHEN IT'S DRY, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SO HARD TO CONVEY THAT, UM, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY JUST LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR BEST INTERESTS, LOOKING OUT FOR OURSELVES AND NOT GETTING HURT, YOU KNOW? UM, WE'VE SINCE LIKE THE MOST RECENT ONE, I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T FIND IT LAST MINUTE AND NOT, BUT WE CLOSED IT.
UM, DUE TO SNOW, THESE KIDS ACTUALLY CAME FROM DELAWARE SO FAR WITH DELAWARE.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT? AND THEY ACTUALLY SNUCK THROUGH THE FENCE AND WE'RE IN THERE.
SO I HAD TO GO, UH, I GOT A POLICE OFFICER COME HERE WITH ME JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS NO COMPENSATIONS.
CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO YOU CAN REMEMBER, HE'S LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS BUILT? LIKE YOU SEE THE GATES CLOSED.
THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE DROVE AWAY FROM DOORS OR HERE WE JUST COME IN.
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.
SO I PROCEEDED TO UNLOCK THE GATE TO GET THEM OUT.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, WE DON'T DO THAT.
UM, SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING, NOTHING EVER USED TO BE HOW YOU PLANNED IT TO HAPPEN.
UM, BUT WITH TALKING TO THE LAWYER, HOPEFULLY WE EITHER TOTALLY OR SELVES OUT OF THE LIABILITY ASPECT OF IT.
UM, AND THAT'S OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM, RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
I'VE DONE THIS CLOSE TO THEM, LIKE IN THE PILE OF SNOW WE'RE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
I SHUT THE GATE ON MY WAY OUT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SNOW.
UM, NO MATTER IF IT'S TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, WHATEVER.
UM, FOR SOME REASON THIS YEAR, IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF, IT'S A LOT OF BACKLASH.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH EQUIPMENT.
I THINK LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I THINK KELLY, WHO KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S IN CLIMATE WEATHER TO KIND OF POST, SINCE TO PREVENT PEOPLE LIKE THE GREEN LIGHT RED LIGHT, LIKE PREVENT PEOPLE FROM TAKING THE RIDE OR JUST TO, HOW DO YOU STILL THINK IT'S A BIG STRUGGLE.
ALL MORE OF PROMOTING THINGS IS NOT EVERYONE KNOWS TO CHECK THINGS LIKE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, OH, LET ME CHECK THE WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE IT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH, WHEN WE DO THE JAM, THAT BLACKROCK IS KIND OF STARTING ALMOST LIKE AN EMAIL CHANGING NUMBER FOR LIKE COMING UP WITH SOME KEY USERS AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE, WE GET A LOT, IT'S A POPULAR, YOU KNOW, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT.
AND IF THERE'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IF SOME OF OUR KEY USERS THAT WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET TO BE ON OUR SIDE CAN COMMUNICATE AND PUT IT OUT THAT WILL HELP TOO.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SPREAD THE WORD A LITTLE BIT.
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OPEN TO IDEAS AND WE WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE'S LIFE EASIER.I THINK IT'S TRICKY TOO, BECAUSE ON THE, DEPENDING ON THE DAY, THE ENTIRE MUNICIPAL CAMPUS SHUT DOWN.
SO IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GET REALLY GREAT SUN AT THREE O'CLOCK AND WE'D GO OUT AT FOUR AND IT'S STILL BAD.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST, YOU KNOW, LEAVE YOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY FULL, BUT IT'S STILL MELTING OFF, BUT IT'S GOOD.
WE CAN'T JUST, WE CAN'T BE MONITORING BASELESS TO SAY, OKAY, IT'S SAFE.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO YOU THINK? OH, THIS WINTER ALONE.
UM, THE ONE DAY I FIELDED OVER 10 CALLS AND THAT WAS AFTER THE FRONT DESK HAD FIELDED TWICE AS MUCH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BECAUSE SPRING FORWARD IN SCHOOL THAT DAY OR THAT A HALF DAY, OR LIKE WHAT HAPPENS ON CERTAIN DAYS BECAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC THAT'S COMING IN AND I'M PUMPED THAT THEY'RE COMING IN.
THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM, BUT IT'S IT'S THEN JUST FIELDING, YOU KNOW, WE GOT HERE AND NOW IT'S LOCKED.
WHAT DO WE DO? AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF STRESS TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND THEN WHEN THE KEEPS TRICKLING DOWN AND THEN, THEN IT'S THE REPEAT CALLS WITH THE TRICKLING DOWN.
AND SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY LIKE WE TRY TO DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF, UM, REACT, LIKE PRACTICALLY ACCEPTING THE PHONE CALLS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC JUST TO EDUCATE THEM A LITTLE BIT ON WHY IT'S CLOSED.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE ALREADY UPSET ENOUGH THAT THAT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW, EITHER WAY, LIKE YOU'RE IN THE WRONG CLOSING IT AND TRYING TO KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE.
LIKE, I CAN VERY MUCH EASILY SEE A CRACK SKILL OUT THERE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A HELMET ON AND GOD FORBID LIKE THERE'S A LOT THAT COULD HAPPEN.
UM, AND IT'S IT'S YEAH, IT'S JUST, IT'S A HARD, YOU JUST HAVE TO SMILE AND NOD AND GO HOME FOR THE DAY AND JUST HOPE THAT THE NEXT DAY AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GOT NICE OUT AND WE CAN OPEN IT BACK UP, BUT INTO THE CALL CENTER TO COME IN FROM PARENTS, FOR DISGRUNTLED YOUTH, MOSTLY FROM THEIR PARENTS, WE HAVE ONLY HAD A FEW DISGRUNTLED YOUTH INTERNATIONALLY NOW.
THEY REALLY, THE DELAWARE ONE, THE ONES KNOWING THEIR PARENTS CALL IT.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE KIDS THAT WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO COME TO THE FRONT DESK AND DID ASK, BUT THEY WERE VERY RESPECTFUL ABOUT IT.
LIKE THEY WERE LIKE, WE'RE JUST CURIOUS, LIKE IT DEPENDS ON PARENTS AND WHAT KIND OF DATA THEY'VE HAD.
WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE, ANGRY PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING FROM RIGHT.
IT'S DEFINITELY HARD, BASICALLY ABANDONED BECAUSE THOSE SAME PEOPLE WOULD CALL YOU TWICE AS MAD WHEN THEIR KID.
SO, UM, BACK UP TO THE BEGINNING, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT TALKING TO THE SOLICITOR ABOUT MAYBE THE PARK AT ALL TIMES, UM, AS A USER OF THE PARK, I DISAGREE WITH THAT STANCE, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER BY NOT HAVING COMPLAINTS.
BUT ALL I FORESEE WITH THIS IS HAVING THE EQUIPMENT DESTROYED BY NON-PROFIT.
SO I COMPLETELY, I THINK BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY BELIEVE AS MANY PLAYGROUNDS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH YOU WHEN YOU DO ASK ME FOR MONEY TO PREPARE.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING I THINK IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT, LET ME SEE WHAT HE SAYS.
WE JUST GOT SO BEATEN DOWN, WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE WE'RE CAVING EITHER LIKE HOURS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH ABOUT IT, BUT YOU ALMOST HAVE TO.
IT'S A COMMON SENSE THING THAT JUST, IT'S NOT BEING PORTRAYED.
SO IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP.
LET'S JUST SCREAM AND BE LIKE, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT IN THE PARK, BUT WE'RE STILL FRANTICALLY OURSELVES.
SO WE'RE SEEING HER, I GUESS WHAT THE SOLICITOR WANTS TO SAY ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT BE COVERING HIM TWO WEEKS AGO.
KARA, DO YOU THINK IT'LL GET BETTER AS WE BUILD LIKE MORE OF A RAPPORT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, USING THE, THE USERS OF THE SKATEBOARD PARK, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE DOING THE JAM.
YOU KNOW, WE START LIKE HAVING THEM FEEL MAYBE A GREATER SENSE OF OWNERSHIP OR SOMETHING.
UM, BUT GOING OVER WHAT THEY SAID WITH THIS, THIS YEAR, ASTRONOMICALLY HIGHER WITH THE
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COMPLAINT COUNTLESS PRIOR, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT THIS IS KIND OF A RESOLVED COVID AND EVERYBODY BEING PULLED UP AT HOME.AND SO ALL THE PARENTS HERE TOO MUCH RESPECT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR, AT HOME FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, TRYING TO KEEP YOUR KIDS ENTERTAINED YOUR WORK.
YOU'RE BOTH WORKING FROM HOME.
AND THEN THINGS OPEN UP AND YOU FINALLY GET IT.
THEY OFFERED TO TAKE IT BECAUSE IT'S A PARK AND YOU GET THERE AND IT'S CLOSED.
SO I CAN IMAGINE THE EMOTIONAL HIGHS OR HAVING MY GUESS IS THAT'S THE SITUATION.
AND ASSUMING WE'RE NOT IN THIS COVID SITUATION THIS TIME, LAST YEAR, I WANT TO FOCUS ON YOUTH AROUND SKATEBOARD PRICES.
SO YOU REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WE USED TO CLOSE THE THING DOWN, RAN ALL FOUR TRASH.
HAVE YOU NOTICED IT'S BEEN A LOT BETTER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SORT OF RESPECTED.
LIKE YOU ALMOST HAVE TO PARENT AND IT WORKS.
CAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY SET UP AND FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY COME IN AND THEY ACTUALLY CLEAN UP THE PARK, THERE'S NOT NEARLY AS MANY MORE BOTTLES THAN WE USED TO DEAL WITH, BUT PEOPLE USED TO GET MAD ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S LIKE, YOU HAVE TO TEACH THAT RESPECT.
SO WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM THAT DEFINITELY WORK WHEN I WAS A KID AND THAT'S ALL I HAD TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT CAN BE PORTRAYED IN ALL THE POLLS.
ALSO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, CERTAINLY BACK IN THE DAY, THE PARK WOULD BE SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE WAY.
REMEMBER, BECAUSE I REMEMBER I USED TO SIT ON THE SCHOOL BUS AND EVERY DAY PARKWAY WOULD GO.
I REMEMBER VIVIDLY WHEN I WAS IN LIKE SIXTH GRADE, MAYBE I WAS DRIVING BY, I SAW THE FENCE WAS OPEN.
I GOT UP AND I WAS LIKE, THREE MONTHS.
I DON'T RECALL EVER CLOSE A SEASON.
IT MIGHT'VE JUST, AND THEY USED TO CLOSE THAT, USED TO CLOSE IT FOR A LONG TIME.
IF THERE WAS LIKE ANY LITTLE BIT OF VANDALISM.
SO IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A PUNITIVE THING.
WE'VE SEEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN JUST HAVING A NO, NO, NOT THE THREATENED.
THAT'S ONE THING A PROVIDER FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT POLICE, WE'RE NOT HERE.
WE'RE PARENTS, BUT NOT TO THE POET, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE WE'RE DOING A GOOD THING WITH, HOPEFULLY I SAY LECTURE-Y HOW THIS, HOW THIS EVOLVES OVER TIME.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS NEXT MONTH BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET AND THERE'S GONNA BE NO RAIN BECAUSE WHEN THE PLAYGROUND APRIL 1ST, UM, BUT LET ME GO BACK REAL QUICK IF WE'RE GOOD.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD ON SKATE PARK FOR RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
UM, SO I HAD ALL OF OUR STATS FOR EVERYBODY AND I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A SPREADSHEET THAT IT WOULD HAVE EVERY MONTH.
YOU GUYS WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT TABS IF YOU WANTED TO SEE ANY KIND OF FLOW AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT DID NOT, I CAN'T FIND IT.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM OFF TO YOU AND THEN I WILL MAKE ONE.
UM, SO FOR COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, SCAN AND REPORTS, UM, I USUALLY DO THIS FROM TODAY, ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY 1ST.
SO IT'S HARD TO DO MONTH TO MONTH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT DAYS.
UM, AND YOU CAN KIND OF DO, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT PER THAT MONTH, YOU CAN JUST SUBTRACT OUT THAT.
UM, YEAH, BECAUSE AS YOU, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING NEW THAT YOU'RE DOING? ARE YOU USING, I FEEL LIKE I SAID THIS TO THE BOARD IN MY MAJOR HIGHLIGHT REPORTS A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT FOR YOU GUYS JUST TO KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS, SO HOW THE COMMUNITY CENTERS DOING THIS IS THE BEST WAY I CAN EXEMPLIFY THAT TO YOU.
I CAN SAY WHEN I GO IN THERE'S THIS MANY PEOPLE AND IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH BEING BUSIER, IT'S GETTING MORE OF US, BUT NUMBERS KIND OF SPEAK BETTER TO HOW IT'S ACTUALLY DOING.
SO IN THE NEAR, ARE YOU THEN LOOKING FOR TRENDS? ARE YOU COMPARING IT TO LIKE, DID YOU COLLECT THIS DATA IN 2020? I DIDN'T GO BACK UP UNTIL LIKE A FEW YEARS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE CURIOUS YOU TO ALSO SHOW THE, THE GROWTH.
I MEAN, IT'S EASY TO SEE THE MOST POPULAR TIMEFRAMES, BUT JUST TO SEE WHAT KIND OF GROWTH AND ESPECIALLY IF WE GET A COMMUNICATIONS PERSON IN TO SEE IF ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IS YIELDING.
AND THEN IT TAKES YOU GUYS TO BE LIKE, WHAT MONTHS WE START GOING DOWN THE TRENDS GO DOWN.
WHEN DID THEY START COMING BACK UP? IT'S ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
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UM, JANUARY.IT'S USUALLY JUST BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR FROM THE DATE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT FROM.
SO, UM, SINCE JANUARY ONE FROM TODAY WITHIN, UM, WE HAD 4,000, 211 SCANNING.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 973 MEMBERS, JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THAT'S PAYING MEMBERS, EVERYBODY THAT'S COMMUNITY PATH.
THAT'S PAYING MEMBERS FOR SNEAKERS.
LET ME JUST PULL UP ON, SORRY.
SO FAR, NOW THIS IS GONNA BE MUCH BIGGER THAN IT WAS LAST MONTH BECAUSE WE JUST HAD CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS OR LAST WEEK.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT OUR TOTALS ARE 86,886,000.
WELL, THAT'S OUR MONEYMAKERS, THE CANCER.
AND THAT IS RIGHT NOW 90%, I WOULD SAY I'D HAVE TO DO THE BREAKDOWN OF IT.
CAUSE IT ONLY GIVES ME LIKE CREDIT CARD AND OFFICE ON THE PUBLIC CHECKS.
LIKE IT DOESN'T TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, BUT WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE MAKE.
SO NOW SINCE WE'RE JUST DOING THE BLACK ROCK CAMP AND WE DON'T DO ANDERSON PALM PARK, HOW MUCH OF A HIT HAS THAT? HAVE WE HAD, IT'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT HIT, BUT WITH, UP TO THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WE CAN HAVE AT BLACKROCK.
SO IT USED TO BE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 60 AND 50 AT EITHER PARK.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACCEPTING 75.
SO WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING BACK TO THAT TOTAL NUMBER.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE ANDERSON FARM CAMP WAS, UM, FACILITIES.
SO WE ONLY HAD THE ONE SIDE OF PAVILION SO WE COULD HAVE LESS KIDS THERE.
THE REST OF US WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMPUS FOR THEM.
THERE WASN'T A WATER SOURCE UP THERE.
SO COUNSELORS WERE CONTINUOUSLY HAVING TO GO IN AND OUT OF THE CENTER ALL DAY FOR WATER AND FILLING UP.
UM, AND WE DON'T BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A ROBUST GROUP EXERCISE SCHEDULE AND THINGS HAPPENING DURING THE DAY AT THE CENTER.
UM, WE CAN'T LET THE CAMPERS COME IN AND TAKE OVER THE CENTER LIKE THEY USED TO.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE A LOT OF THINGS TO CAMP BLACKROCK.
WE DO HAVE IDEAS TO, UM, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WE CAN TAKE.
WE DID HAVE A CALL COME IN WONDERING WHY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 25,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE TOWNSHIP ALONE, BUT THERE'S ONLY 75 SLOTS FOR CAMP.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT ONE CAMP, WE DO HAVE 13 OTHER SPECIALTY CAMPS THAT RUN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING IT'S 75 KIDS JUST FOR THIS ONE PARTICULAR CAMP.
AND THAT IS DUE TO SIZE OF THE PAVILION FACILITIES WE HAVE IN STAFFING IS TRYING TO FIND CAMP COUNSELORS, COUNSELORS OUT THERE.
PLEASE TELL THEM THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR COUNSELORS.
UM, WE'RE THEY NEEDED, DO WE KNOW HOW COMPARED TO LIKE SAY LIMERICK? CAUSE THEY THEY'RE THEIR WEEKLY, THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY HIGH.
SO, UM, BETWEEN LIMERICK AND LIKE LET'S TAKE A PRE-MARRIAGE UM, THEY RUN A VERY SIMILAR CAMP.
WE DO NOT UTILIZE THE SCHOOL SO THEY CAN TAKE MY DAUGHTER KNOWS THE AT CAMP AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OVER 400, 500 KIDS.
WE DON'T DO THE SAME STYLE OF CAMP.
OURS IS OUTDOOR BASED BECAUSE IT'S MORE, UM, OUTDOOR, HEAVY.
IT'S MORE OF THE NATURE, HEAVY IT'S MORE PROGRAM HEAVY VERSUS, UM, I THINK THOSE CAMPS ARE GREAT.
MY KIDS GO TO THEM, BUT IT'S JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, UM, THEME OF CAMP.
BUT, UM, TO SEE THE INCOME THAT YOU MADE IN THIS TIMEFRAME IS, IS THAT BECAUSE THE CAMPS WERE FULL NOW OR WAS THAT THE MOSTLY BEING FULL OR THEY'RE MOSTLY FULL.
SO THIS IS JUST THE VERY BEGINNING.
UM, OUR CAMP BLACKROCK WILL SELL OUT REGARDLESS.
WE HAVE NEVER NOT HAD A WHOLE CAMP.
UM, THE OTHER SPECIALTY CAMPS, IT'S JUST DEPENDS THERE ALSO.
UM, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE KIDS LIKE AND SOME OF THE SPECIALISTS CANCER ALL DAY, SOMETIMES THEY'RE HAULING HALF DAY.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PARENTS MAY DO AS WELL.
SO THE MAJORITY OF LAST YEAR, I THINK ONLY ONE OF OUR CAMPS AND THAT WAS JUST DUE TO LOW ATTENDANCE.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THAT CAMP, JUST OUR CAMP, JUST CAMP BLACKROCK HAS BROUGHT IN $46,000.
SO OUT OF THAT 86 THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS FROM JUST THAT ONE CAMPUS.
SO THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO SHARE IT WITH US.
AND THEN ARE YOU LOOKING AT LIKE, OBVIOUSLY EXPENSES ARE GOING UP TO YEAH.
SO THIS YEAR WILL BE, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY KEEPING XCEL'S ON THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE FOR CAMP, HOW MUCH WE SPENT PRIOR TO THE START OF CAMP, HOW MUCH CAMP COSTS
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US IN TOTAL WITH STAFFING SALARIES, UM, AS WELL AS HOW MUCH FROM GUARDIAN.SO ALL OF THAT, WE'RE FILING FORMULATING THAT, THAT BE NICE TO, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT WITH ALL OF OUR EVENTS AS WELL.
IT'S JUST TO SEE WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FINALLY.
CAUSE THEN WE CAN TREND, LIKE I'M ALL ABOUT TRENDING.
THEN IF COMMUNICATIONS IS BETTER, WE HAVE A MEGA PARK WHERE WE'RE BUILDING RAPPORT WITH A SKATEBOARD.
LIKE WE HOPE TO SEE SOME, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN THAT BODES WELL FOR DOING MORE THINGS IN THE MASTER PARK PLAN, UM, IT'S JUST LIKE RANDOM THINGS LIKE THIS IS JUST POPPING UP RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE 31 PEOPLE KIND OF FIRST OUR PARTY ON THE 15TH AND THAT'S JUST A ASTRONOMY CLASS.
SO IT WAS JUST LIKE LITTLE, VERY RANDOM THINGS THAT WE, UM, PUT ON, HAVE RIDICULOUS NUMBERS.
UM, ANYTHING UP ON FEBRUARY STATS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE ME TO GO OVER IN DEPTH.
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE COMMUNICATIONS PERSON TO UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY OUT OF THE, UM, FIRST ROUND THAT WE DID.
UM, WE, UNFORTUNATELY WEREN'T ABLE TO SELECT ANYBODY.
UM, WE PUT IT BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC WITH A DIFFERENT, UM, TITLE.
UM, WE HAD PUTTING COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER OR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER ON THE FIRST ROUND AND IT JUST, UM, IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY FIT FOR WHAT WE WERE TRULY LOOKING FOR.
SO WE CHANGED IT, UM, TO MULTIMEDIA OR MARKETING.
SO WE, UM, CHANGED UP HOW IT LOOKED WHEN WE SEND IT TO LINKEDIN AND HOW IT LOOKED ON INDEED.
SO WE DID GET, UM, I THINK 24, THAT 30 MORE APPLICANTS FOR US.
SO OUT OF THOSE PEOPLE, WE CHOSE, UM, A FEW TO, UM, REACH OUT TO SOME ALREADY HAVE POSITIONS ALREADY FEEL, OR THEY WERE NO LONGER INTERESTED.
SO WE STARTED MORE INTERVIEWS TODAY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW WE'LL COMPLETE IT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK AND HAD SOMEBODY IN BY THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, THEY PAN OUT.
IT'S UH, IT'S UH, I'VE READ THE, UM, THE JOB DESCRIPTION ONLINE.
UM, AND IT WAS NICE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, INFORMATION OFFICERS CURRENTLY, WE'RE KIND OF STICKING TO THAT.
IT HAS TO BE KIND OF LIKE A GOVERNMENT PERSON OR SOMEONE THAT'S WORKING ON PROPERTY TOWARDS TO TRULY UNDERSTAND HOW THE TOWNSHIP WORKS.
UM, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED AT THIS ROUND ARE PEOPLE THAT DO MARKETING JOBS FOR DIFFERENT CORPORATE AGENCIES AND DIFFERENT, UM, IT BRINGS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT FOR US AND WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT NOW THE DIRECTION IS GOING TO GO INTO WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED FOR THE TOWNSHIP VIRTUALLY VERSUS OUT THE APPLICANT POOL.
UM, SO THE PARK WATCH CALENDAR, I BELIEVE APRIL WAS OUR START DATE.
HER PARK WATCH CA I DON'T HAVE THESE IN HERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT STARTING IT IN MARCH, BUT CLEARLY WE HAVEN'T SO WELL, AND THAT WAS, I SAW YOUR REMARK ON THAT.
SO I WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO JUST PUSH IT UNTIL APRIL.
AND, UM, I CAN ON THE UP EMAILS, I CAN JUST ASK KATHY TO GET THAT STARTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
SO NOW WE'LL, WE WILL THE, UM, THE JUNIOR MEMBERS, WILL THEY BE KIND OF ROTATED IN OR NOT SURELY OR, UM, I'LL OFFICIALLY PUT THEM IN THEIR ROTATION, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON THE SAME PLAYGROUND FOR THAT TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PLACES FOR THEM, FOR EVERYBODY TO GO.
BUT, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY, I THINK TOO, IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO LOOK THROUGH THE EXISTING ONE, IF THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS, WE NEED TO ASK PEOPLE FOR THINGS TO LOOK AT.
IT'S A GOOD TIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IF WE'RE ON WITH ONE OF YOU, MAKE SURE, LIKE WE COULD KIND OF COORDINATE IT AND SAY LIKE, I'LL GO ON THE WEEKEND.
YOU GO THE DIFFERENT TIME, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE HITTING A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC.
I THINK THAT THE ADULTS USUALLY TALK MORE TO THE ADULT ANYHOW.
AND I THINK THE JUNIORS WOULD PROBABLY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING TO STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THEY WANT IT AT THE SAME TIME OR THE SAME DAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HIT THE SAME.
I KNOW IF I WAS A KID, I WOULDN'T WANT TO, HEY, LIKE OLD PERSON WALKING UP TO A KID BECAUSE LIKE CREEPY, UM, SO TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, UM, I GUESS WE CAN MAKE THIS TWO-PART WE DID UPDATE OUR WEBSITE, THE PARKS AND REC WEBSITE.
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THIS GETS SLIGHTLY CONFUSING AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO REMEDY THIS AT SOME POINT IN SOME FUTURE.UM, THERE'S TWO WEBSITES THAT THE TOWNSHIP USES.
IT'S THE TOWNSHIP SITE, WHICH IS YOU PROB-MARCO.ORG.
AND THEN THERE IS THE PARKING REGULAR REC WEBSITE, WHICH IS GET UPT DOWNWARD.
THE REASON WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SITES IS BECAUSE WE NEEDED A POS AND STUFF.
OUR TOWNSHIP SITE DOESN'T HAVE A POS POINT OF SALE IT'S POINT OF CLASSES AND RENTALS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, SO WE NEEDED A POINT OF SALE STONE, UM, WHICH OUR WEBSITE AT THE TIME DIDN'T OFFER.
SO WE ARE KIND OF, WE'RE UPGRADING THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, UM, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE OUR SITE, UM, TRANSITIONING INTO THE TOWNSHIP SITE DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY CAN OFFER US AT THIS POINT.
CAUSE NOW THEY DO GENERATE POS.
SO IT IS KIND OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT WE'RE UPDATING OUR WEBSITE, UM, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UP AND EVERYTHING'S ON TIME, CALENDARS ARE UP, FORMS ARE UP.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CHINA, HOW TO BEST MAKE OUR WEBSITE FUNCTION IF YOU HAVE TIME.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS SO MUCH TIME ON HANDS.
IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE GET UPT WEBSITE, UM, ESPECIALLY YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE LIKE A REALLY GOOD INSIGHT ON HOW THINGS SHOULD OPERATE.
UM, I DO NOT, BUT, UM, EVEN KIND OF LIKE IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND JUST KINDA TELL ME, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO MAKE SENSE WHY TO SAY THIS, WE DID CHANGE SOME OF THE TAB NAMES TO MAKE MORE SENSE, BUT WE NEED TO ORGANIZE.
SO DID YOU SAY THERE IS A POSSIBILITY DOWN THE ROAD THAT MERGING THEM? THAT'S ONE OF THE PART AND THEN WHAT I SEE, BUT I DO GO THROUGH IT AND JUST KIND OF COMPARE THE TWO.
AND THE FRUSTRATING THING IS, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT, IS THAT THE INFORMATION IS NOT ALWAYS CONSISTENT.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS AT ANOTHER POINT.
LIKE, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THIS CHANGED, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE MANCHOW AND LOOK UNDER GOVERNMENT, I THINK IT SAYS PARKS AND REC BOARD.
BUT THEN IF YOU'RE ON GET UPT, IT'S REFERRING TO US AS A COMMITTEE.
SO, BUT MY, LIKE, WE SHOULD BE A BOARD, NOT A COMMITTEE.
NO, IF YOU CAUSE LIKE, WHAT I REMEMBER IS THAT IF I MAY PLEASE CORRECT ME, IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS DIFFERENTLY, WHEN JOE BREZHNEV WAS AT THAT, THAT OUR MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, HE SAID, NO, YOUR, YOUR BOARD.
AND SINCE WE FOLLOWED LIKE CHAPTER 37 AND WE HAVE, WHICH IS PARKS AND REC BOARD, WE HAVE TO GO WITH THAT AND RIGHT.
BUT IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING.
IT'S GETTING THE BOARD TO, TO APPROVE THAT CHANGE.
UM, AND SO THEN IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE BOARD ORDINANCES.
EVERYBODY WAS CHANGING THAT ORDINANCE.
I HAVE THE AMENDED ORDINANCE WHERE IT'S STILL A BOARD.
THERE'S NOWHERE WHERE IT'S A COMMITTEE.
SO, AND THEN I THINK IT'S CONFUSING BECAUSE WE ARE A BOARD, THE WAY WE FUNCTION AND, AND BY BEING A BOARD, WE HAVE TO HAVE NO, WE FOLLOW THE SUNSHINE LAWS.
WE FOLLOW THE PUBLIC ARENA, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE WITHIN THE BOARD, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, TAYLOR AND I ARE REPRESENTING THE BOARD ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SKATEBOARD PARK FOR THE, FOR, UM, THE JAM BLACK ROCK GYM.
SO I THINK THAT, NO, I THINK IT SHOULD BE BORED ALL ALONG.
AND I ALSO NOTICED LIKE WE, WE DID FROM LAST YEAR, ALL OF LAST YEAR, OUR AGENDA SAID PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETING, NOT COMMITTEE.
AND EVEN OUR MINUTES, EVERYTHING WE WERE CALLED TO ORDER THE PARKS AND REC BOARD ATTENDANCE.
AND NOW IT'S CHANGED TO COMMITTEE AND ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S SOMETIMES IT SAYS BOARD, SOMETIMES IT SAYS COMMITTEE AND THAT'S WHAT MADE ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE.
LET ME TALK TO JOE BECAUSE JOE, BUT CHECK BACK ON MY NOTES BECAUSE, UH, AND THAT WAS IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR AND WE STAYED BOARD FOREVER FOR THE REST OF THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO I JUST, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S CONFUSING,
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YOU KNOW? AND WHEN, WHEN WE LOOK FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR BOARD MEMBERS.WELL, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TOO, ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES THAT THIS BOARD COMMITTEE GROUPING OF PEOPLE, UM, WAS THE LINK OF YOUR YEAH.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AND THAT WAS IN, WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH MY OLD EMAILS THAT WILL TAKE.
JUST, I MEAN, LOOK, I MEAN, WE, WE, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE GAP FOR WHEN OFFICERS WHAT THE OPPOSITE TERMS. WELL, YEAH.
SO WE HAVE TO REVISIT THAT IN JANUARY, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID TO, TO JOE, WE'RE KIND OF LIKE A COMMITTEE AND HE SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE BORED.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION.
SO WHAT HAPPENED IS WE BECAME MORE OF A COMMITTEE WITH THE CLASSIFICATION OF A BOARD, SO I CAN HAVE THOSE, THAT'S AN EASY TYPE OF EVENT TO CHANGE, BUT WHAT DID HAPPEN WAS THE, HOW THE ORDINANCE WAS PLACED FROM MY RECOLLECTION.
AND JUST LOOKING THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE EMAILS WAS THAT, UM, YOU HAD, UM, CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND VOTING EMPOWERS THAT, UM, WERE NO LONGER, UM, RIGHT.
AND WE NO LONGER WANTED TO HAVE, RIGHT.
SO IT SAYS FINANCIAL, THERE WERE VERY CERTAIN THINGS THAT, UM, NO ONE HAD UTILIZED, BUT BECAUSE OF, UM, THE RAMIFICATIONS TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CHANCE.
SO, BUT IT READS THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD SHALL NOT HAVE ALL OF THE ENUMERATED POWERS SET FORTH IN THE DAH, DAH, DAH, DAH, THE PARKS AND REC BOARD WILL NOT FIND OR COMMIT THE TOWNSHIP TO ANYTHING , BUT IT'S ALWAYS THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT BEING A COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK IT DENOTES IT.
CAUSE THAT HAS THE ORDINANCE NUMBER.
AND IT WAS 5 89, WHICH REPLACED 5 26.
SO AGAIN, I JUST THINK IT'S CONFUSING THAT LIKE THEY'RE BEING USED INTERCHANGEABLY.
AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE WEBSITE, IT LISTS THE BOARD AND THEN YOU GO TO THE REP'S WEBSITE AND IT'S PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE.
BUT I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT.
UM, BECAUSE EVEN I'VE BEEN OUTSIDE OF THIS, LET ME JUST FIGURE THAT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GIVE YOU, I MEAN, LOOSELY, WE CAN REFER TO EACH OTHER AS A COMMITTEE.
BUT I THINK WE ARE A BOARD BASE, UNLESS, UNLESS SOMETHING HAS CHANGED, THERE'S BEEN AN ORDINANCE THAT'S CHANGED THAT.
BUT ARE WE, IS THERE AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THAT FRIENDSHIP? ALRIGHT.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UM, ANYTHING ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANY OLD BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS OR ANYTHING I'VE HAD A CAREER THAT I DID NOT BRING UP OR MENTIONED IN THE AGENDA? THE ONLY THING THAT WE BROUGHT IT UP LAST WEEK, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT, UM, HOW QUICKLY THE WHOLE PICKLEBALL IS GROWING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST RESEARCHED IT A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S, IT'S DOUBLED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN PARTICIPATION.
SO JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I, I CALLED, UM, THIS SPRING VALLEY YMC AND ASK THEM LIKE, CAUSE THEY, THEY THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE AND BALL.
I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, DO THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TEACH OR DO A QUICK LITTLE COURSE FOR BEGINNERS? AND THEY SAID THAT THEY, THEY REALIZE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE VERY WEAKENED.
SO I KNOW I TALKED TO PHOENIXVILLE Y AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO DO THAT, BUT W YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IF IT'S VERY POPULAR OR WHAT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN, IS PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO PLAY THERE, THEY'RE DOMINATING THE PLAYING TIME.
AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY EVEN WANT TO LIKE TAKE TIME TO TEACH NEW PEOPLE.
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AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT, IT'S JUST LIKE, WE'VE DONE 10 OF THE CAMPS, CANCER, JUST A QUICK LITTLE, YOU KNOW, EVEN SOMEBODY WHO'S A GOOD PICKLEBALL PLAYER, JUST COME AND DO A QUICK LITTLE OF COURSE FOR YOU.SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO, THERE WERE A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE CENTER THAT OFFERED TO TEACH IT.
SO WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ACTUAL EITHER LIKE TENNIS PLAYERS THAT PLAY PICKLEBALL, LIKE SOMEONE THAT HAS TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU GET VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE, YOU PLAY CERTAIN THINGS AND ESPECIALLY PICK A BALL CAN BE A VERY FINICKY PROGRAM, UM, FROM EXPERIENCE.
AND IT HAS STARTED AT OUR OWN CENTER.
I WAS HOPING THIS WOULDN'T START, BUT IT HAS STARTED THAT IT DOES GET SO POPULAR IN DIFFERENT SKILL LEVELS.
UM, THEY TEND NOT TO ROTATE THE CORRECT WAY.
IT'S NOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PLAYED AND KNOW BETTER, AND THE NEWBIES AND BEGINNERS REALLY WELCOMED IN AS WELL AS YOU WOULD HOPE WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC, THAT'S PLAYING PICKUP BALL.
BUT FROM EXPERIENCE, IT, IT, IT, IT CAN GET UGLY.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IS WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE INCLUDED MORE TIMES FOR PICKLEBALL AND OPEN GYM PICKLEBALL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING TWO DAYS A WEEK, WE HAVE IT MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, WE HAVEN'T DESIGNATED ANY OF THOSE TIMES YET TO BE BEGINNER ONLY ADVANCED ONLY BECAUSE NOW HOW AM I EVALUATING? YEAH, IT GETS TRICKY.
I KNOW WE, WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT SAID WE WERE, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASING, UM, RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO PLAY FOOTBALL OUTSIDE AND YADA, YADA YADA.
SO WE WENT AND WE PAINTED THE BASKETBALL COURT OVER HERE.
WE HAVE TWO COURTS OVER THERE ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN I'M NOT HERE FOR THE NETS.
CAUSE I HAVE NOWHERE TO STORE THE NET THAT NOTE TO BRING UP IN IT.
LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A WHOLE, IT'S A WHOLE PACKAGE COMMUNICATING THAT.
LIKE, AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T SEE THE LADIES I SPOKE WITH.
CAUSE THEY WERE, WE WERE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE TENNIS COURTS BEING USED AS PICKLEBALL COURTS, PEOPLE.
UM, WE WERE DOING WORK ON THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, NICE.
AND THEY ASKED ME LIKE, WHEN, WHY CAN WE PLAY ON HERE TO VALTECH PLEASE? TENNIS? LIKE I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE CONCERNED IS.
UM, SO WE GOT THE OTHER, WE THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE BOX, WE KNEW WE HAD REFINISHED THE BASKETBALL COURT.
SO WHAT'S BEEN SOME PICKLEBALL LINES ON THERE.
SO IT'S FENCE THEN IT'LL WORK OUT.
AND I MENTIONED TO LADIES, I WAS MEETING WITH, THEY GRATEFUL EVERYTHING.
SO WE HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S UM, IT'S MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHY I THOUGHT AT LEAST THIS GROUP WOULD HAVE.
CAUSE THEY HAVE, I FORGET WHAT THE, UM, DOES IT MEET UP? UM, THEY'RE JUST HURTING.
I BELIEVE IT'S BEAT UP, BUT IT'S BASICALLY LIKE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT CAN SET UP THESE MEETUP TIME.
IT'S LIKE, OH, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY AT YOUR PROB THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, LIBEREC, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND THEY KIND OF MEET UP AND THEY MAKE THEIR OWN SCHEDULES AND THEY MAKE THEIR RULES AND OUR WHOLE ENTIRE THING.
USUALLY THOSE ARE THE GROUPS THAT GO AND SEEK OUT WHERE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE.
THEY GET THE INFORMATION, THEY SEND IT OUT TO THE GROUPS AS ANOTHER LOCATION.
UM, IF, IF YOU CAME TO THE SITE, YOU WOULD NOTICE A PICKLEBALL THE LINES RIGHT AWAY.
LIKE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE OBVIOUS TO THE, TO THE EYE THAT THEY'RE THERE.
UM, WELL HOPEFULLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, UM, THE HOPE IS TO GET SOMEONE IN THAT CAN ACTUALLY TEACH DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, HOPEFULLY GET AN OPEN GYM, PICK THEM ALL TIME AT NIGHT.
UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A BIG OPEN GYM BASKETBALL POPULATION THAT I CAN'T GIVE UP TOO MUCH TIME FOR PICKLE BALL OR VOLLEYBALL.
AND I KNOW I'M LEAVING THOSE GROUPS OUT.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE ALSO ONLY RIGHT NOW ALLOW RENTALS IN THE GYMNASIUM AT THE CENTER ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
AND THOSE ARE BOOKED SOLID AND THEY'RE BOOKED SOLID PARTS IN ADVANCE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE BASKETBALL COURT ETHICALLY CENTER, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT SIZE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE IN THERE.
SO THEY'RE, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE DOING THE MOST WE CAN WITH THE SPACE THAT WE DO HAVE.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO THROUGH SOME PEOPLE AND WE CAN ACTUALLY GET A CLASS TOGETHER, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING I KNOW.
I HAD A CALL THIS WEEK, UM, THAT THE INDIAN SCHOOL YOU JUST MENTIONED IS POSTING ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20, APRIL 23RD PICKLEBALL.
AND THEY'RE EXPECTING A BIG CROWD.
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YOU MIGHT WANT TO PLACE THAT YOUR SNEAKERS TO GET OUT THERE.BUT THE REASON I MENTIONED THIS IS THE Y MTA IS PARTNERING WITH A COMPANY CALLED, WHICH I SPOKE WITH, I THINK PICKLED PRODUCTIONS BASED ON THE MAIN LINE.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A PERSON WITH THE CHAT, WITH THE GROUP.
AND THEN I CALLED PHOENIXVILLE AND THEY GAVE ME THE, UM, MIKE LEONARD NAME HE'S LIKE IN CHARGE OF MEMBERSHIP AND FITNESS.
SO I LEFT HIM A MESSAGE TO LIKE TALK TO HIM JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE SEEING IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTING, AND WE CAN JUSTIFY THAT IT'S A GROWING SPORT, I THINK IT'D BE.
AND THEN TO ADVERTISE IT BETTER TO, UM, OH, IT'S A IT'S 11 YEARS OLD.
UM, IT DEFINITELY HAS, YEAH, THE POPULATION, WE DEFINITELY CAN'T FIT THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION.
UM, IT'S ALL ABOUT, THERE'S A VERY HEFTY DEED RESTRICTION ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, AND INHIBITS US FROM DOING A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THAT PROPERTY.
BUT, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT BETWEEN THE LINES OF THAT DEED TO SEE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF ADDING ONTO THE BUILDING OR BUILDING OUT, UM, HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT PROPERTY IS.
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE RUN INTO IS IF WE PUT TOO MUCH ON THAT PROPERTY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AT THAT POINT FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND I'M NOT IN THE PLACE RIGHT NOW TO VOTE ON SAYING I'M GOING TO GET RID OF FIELDS SO I CAN PUT MORE PARKING.
I FEEL IT TAKES AWAY FROM IT'S, UH, THE MS FOUR, WHICH IS YOUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT IS VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW WITH MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS DRAINED.
SO ADDING A COUPLE OF PARKING LOT, A COUPLE OF PARKING SPOTS SOMEWHERE MIGHT SOUND EASY, BUT IT'S THE DRAINAGE FOR ALL THAT.
AND THEN WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE LAND ITSELF, IT'S JUST THOUSANDS OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SERVING THE AFTER WORK.
SO JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THAT ON THE BACK END OF IT ALL, IS THE BASKETBALL COURT HERE, BLACKROCK, IS THAT YOU STILL HEAVILY USED? YEAH.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S WORKED FOR ME.
I DON'T MIND DOING PARKING SPECTRUM 'CAUSE.
I MEAN, WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT ACCENTUATE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO IF WE HAD THE TENNIS COURTS HERE, BLACK BLACKROCK, WE HAVE BASKETBALL AT ANDERSON.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BASEBALL AND WHATEVER.
SO, I MEAN, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE FIND THAT THEY'RE NOT USING BASKETBALL THAT MUCH, MAYBE THAT BECOMES PICKLEBALL.
AND WE HAVE A, OUR COURT SET, LIKE ARE PICKABLE AND OUR KINDNESS, AND THEN BASKETBALL IS THAT THESE OTHER PARKS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT, JUST, I MEAN A SPOT.
AND I LIKE, LIKE HERE WE HAVE IT SET UP FOR FULL PORT AND THEN THERE'S ALSO TWO HALF COURTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE, OR YOU CAN BREAK UP AND HAVE MULTIPLE GAMES GOING ON OR DIFFERENT GROUPS PLAYING AT ANDERSON'S BASKETBALL COURT.
SO IT WAS KIND OF LIMITED PUTTING A PICKLEBALL OVER THERE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE COMING FROM A, YOU CAN DO INDOOR, OUTDOOR CLICKABLE RIGHT HERE LIKE THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE A BASKETBALL GETS MORE USED THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SINGLE MAT HERE, THE WORD SOLDIERS SPEAKING UP, YOU'RE NOT, I HATE TO ELIMINATE ANYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT SOMETHING DOES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TOLD US ALL SOFTBALL FIELD OUT TO DO PLAYGROUND AND IT'S CAUSED YOU'LL REALIZE HOW POPULAR, JUST A THOUGHT, LIKE, IF IT'S ON YOUR RADAR AND THEN WE'RE COOL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING.
I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS GOOD.
I WAS JUST THINKING SOME YMCAS WEBSITE.
UM, WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR TONIGHT, I THINK THIS IS LIKE A RECORD OF TIME TODAY.
THAT'S QUITE A CERTAIN THING TODAY.
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I HAVE MY BEST MAN.YOU'LL KNOW IT TOMORROW TO OVERSEE THE GOOD SIDE SO THAT THE GERMINATION IS GOING TO START AND WORLD BETTER GRASS GROWING SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SWITCHING.
ARE WE ENDING THIS MEETING? UM, IF EVERYBODY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, CONCERNS OR ANYTHING? THEY LOOK .
I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU ARE THE VICE CHAIR.
YOU CAN TURN THE MEETING AT 7 34.