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[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
SO THE PARKS AND REC MEANING COMMENCE, AND IT'S JUST A 6 0 4 OR SO ON JULY 13TH.WE KIND OF, UM, ARE LOOKING AT IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA, BUT SUE AND I MET ON MONDAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE GO FORWARD AND WHAT YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE ASSESSMENT, LIKE WHERE WE ARE WITH, UM, WHAT SHE ENVISIONED THE BOARD BECOMING AND BEING.
AND SO WE KIND OF TOSSED AROUND SOME, I GET IT.
SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THEM, LIKE THROUGHOUT THE MEETING, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHY THE AGENDA IS VERY VAGUE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF CHAT A LOT.
SO, UM, WE NEED, I GUESS OUR FIRST ITEM IS, YEAH, WE NEED FOUR PEOPLE, SO CERTAINLY WELCOME.
I'M YOUR CHILD, DEVIN, THE OLDEST CHILD AND BRANDON, SO ABOUT SEVEN CHILDREN.
SO, UM, I, UH, DIDN'T END UP PUBLIC BUSINESSES, I GUESS, FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.
UM, OTHER THAN RETAIL AND WHOLESALE, UM, I WAS, I STARTED OUT AS A CHEF, UM, AND THEN I SOLD AUDIO AND VIDEO RETAIL, VHS MACHINES, AND, UM, I, UH, GOT INTO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF FOUND THE HOME BOUGHT AND SOLD COMPANIES, UM, RETIRED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE HE WAS A WORKAHOLIC.
AND THEN, UM, I WENT TO COLLEGE AND I NEEDED TO GET BACK TO THEM.
SO, UM, I WENT BACK AND WE STARTED, UM, KIND OF ALL THE FAMILIES INVOLVED, ALL THE GO A LOT BACK.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON OTHER BOARDS.
I WAS THERE, I WAS ON A MONROE SHOP AND I WAS ON AND I AM ONE OF THE WHITE MARSH, UM, WHERE THERE'S LIVE UM, IS WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING.
SO, UM, I GUESS THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS APPROVE
[2. Approval of Minutes: June]
THE MINUTES.DID YOU, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO PRINT OUT.
SO THE ONLY TIME I HAD TO MISS A MEETING, I WAS AT THE GREGORY.
THE ONLY THING I'M SHOCKING ME A DIFFERENT ONE.
LIKE I NOTICED UNDER, ON THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER, WE HAD JULY 31ST, WHICH MAYBE WE THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO, BUT IT'S JULY PARTY.
CAUSE I SAW TODAY THAT IS JULY 30TH.
SO THAT'S JUST UNDER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY COLLECTION IN CASE ANYBODY ACTUALLY READS IT.
ISABEL HE'S OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER.
SO EVERYBODY ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE JUNE MINUTES, I MEAN, WE'RE GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER PEOPLE REMEMBER SANDY ANDERSON.
SANDY HAS, UM, BEEN A REPRESENTATIVE OF PUBLIC VIEW TIME AND WE NEED TO PARK IT.
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MY NAME HAS TWO SSSO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON HERE FOR THIS MEETING AS WELL.
[3. Public Comments]
A PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.SO IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD, BUT THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
NUMBER ONE, I WAS AT THE GRAND OPENING FOR THE PARK, WHICH I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT THE NAME IS.
I THINK WE WERE STUCK ON NAME PART OF IT.
SO, BUT ANYHOW, I WAS AT THE OPENING I SAW IN THERE AND IT WAS SUCH A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE AND I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO I OFTEN WALK THEM OVER WITH MY GRANDKIDS AND JUST GET A CHANCE TO BE THERE AND, AND PARTAKE IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT FOLKS.
THE SECOND IS THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS FIXED AT THE UPPER PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE I PLAY PICKLEBALL THERE TWO AND THREE TIMES A WEEK AND IT WAS REALLY HOT.
SO THE AIR CONDITIONING IS NOW FIXED.
AND I ALSO SEE THAT THE HOCKEY REC IS WELL UNDERWAY.
THAT COLD, HOT, THAT WAS ALL LIKE HOT YOGA WAS.
[4. New Business]
UM, SO THE WAY WE KIND OF TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOING FORWARD, IS THERE ANY POINT IS SO WOULD WE'D HAVE LIKE NEW AND OLD BUSINESS FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE? SO IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE SAME TYPES OF THINGS THAT SUE'S REPORTED ON.SO IN ESSENCE, WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE CHAIRPERSON IS SUPPOSED TO PRESIDE OVER THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING THE LEAD IN AND LEADING THE MEETING.
UM, SO PROBABLY GOING FORWARD, THE AGENDA WILL STILL SAY, AND TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS PART OF MY BUSINESS, BUT IT'S STILL LIKE BULLET POINTING THE KEY, SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT, THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, WE MADE IT PRETTY BIG THIS TIME JUST TO GET USED TO THE NEW YEAH.
AND THEN PUT AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EFFICIENT AND MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO IN.
SO YOU MAY EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WELL, I THINK THE WOMAN, UM, WE FIRST MET ABOUT KIND OF RESTRUCTURING IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEETING MAKES SENSE.
IT'S WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
AT LEAST THE LAST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS IS GIVE YOU THE BEST INSIGHT TO WHAT MY DEPARTMENT, HOW WE BEST PARTNER WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WHAT IT IS, AND THE PARKS ARE UP TO WHAT ARE WE DEALING? JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN BE THAT MOST PUBLIC THING.
I KNOW THIS LOOKS THIS WAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LEAVING.
THIS IS WHAT THE DEPARTMENT'S TRYING TO DO.
YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A VOICE OUTSIDE OF THIS BOARD.
SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FEED YOU A TON OF INFORMATION LIKE THAT NEW STUFF WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER, HOW MANY MEMBERS WE HAVE, LIKE WITH THESE RATES, IT DECREASES AND INCREASES DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, GIVE ME THAT INSIGHTS AND THINGS THAT I TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT I JUST KNOW EVERY DAY OR SOMETHING.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW.
I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE CAN START TO DO IS MAKE THE MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, DIRECTED AND UH, IN A WAY, SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES, LIKE JUNK PARK ISSUES FOR TWO HOURS, EVERY SINGLE MEETING, WE'RE JUST BEATING THAT DEAD HORSE.
AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
IT'S A SOUR SUBJECT, A BUDDY, BUT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN KIND OF SAY LIKE, YES, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, LET'S MOVE ON TO LIKE WHAT'S NEW AND RELEVANT OR OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH.
I THINK LYNN AND I ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAKING EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHEMICAL FREE TO BRING THINGS WITH YOU WHEN YOU WANT TO SEE THE BOARD, WHY ARE YOU ON THE BOARD? IS THE POSITION THAT YOU HAVE? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH IT? IS IT A NUISANCE TO COMING TO THE MEETING WITH EVERY MONTH? BECAUSE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE DAY, I MEAN, MAKING DIFFERENT, BIGGER, AND MAKING NO DIFFERENCES IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE SEPARATE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, AND TO GET INPUT AS WELL AS HAVING LIKE THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT SIDE
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OF THIS, BUT THEN MORE OF A BOARD SIDE WHERE WE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TIME TO TALK ABOUT LIKE MAYBE INNOVATION, SOME IDEAS WE HAVE MAYBE ONE ROOM GOING AROUND THE PARK, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAID THAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AND THOUGHT MAYBE THIS COULD BE A SOLUTION OR MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN WORK TOWARDS.SO, SO IT'S KIND OF REALLY SPLITTING IT IN HALF AND THEN ALSO ALLOWING FOR TIME FOR CARING ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY AND STUFF IN ANY CONCERN.
SO BASED ON THAT, IS THERE THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO UPDATE US ON THE APPROXIMATE? YEAH.
THE BIGGEST NEW BUSINESS FOR PARK AND REC IS OUR NEW UPCOMING EVENT.
WE HAVE, UM, IF, IF ANYONE'S FOLLOWING ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM, IT WILL BE A LOT MORE LATELY TO REALIZE AMBER ON ALL AVENUES, NOT.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING VERY DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE CONNECTED.
UM, THE TIMING UTILIZE STORIES.
I'M NOT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UM, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUFF IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO AMBER.
SO THEN IT PUTS IT ON OUR WEBSITE ALL BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THAT.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS HAPPENING IN JULY AND AUGUST AT THE CENTER.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUMP OUT A LOT OF THINGS AND TRY THEM SUMMER IS KIND OF OUR EXPERIMENTAL TIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR IS WHEN EITHER KIDS ARE ALL IN THEIR ONLY LIKE THE TOWNSHIP OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE TYING TO DO OUR OWN THING.
IT'S TIME WAS NEVER OFFERED BEFORE MUSIC.
WE HAVE PICKLEBALL CLASSES, BADMINTON, YOU NAME IT, WE'RE TRYING.
AND THIS IS LIKE A NICE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD.
SOME OF OUR KIDS CLUB, UM, PROGRAMS FOR THE MONTH BECAUSE KIDS CLUB TOOK PLAY NUMBER CORNER.
UM, BUT I THINK NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF PAST OUR PANDEMIC TIME THAT PLEASE CALL ME BACK THIS QUARTER AND PEOPLE WILL BE MOBILE, BRING THEIR KIDS AND GET A WORKOUT IN AND WALK THE TRAIL AROUND.
UM, WHEN WE GET TO OLD BUSINESS, I'LL GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE MONTH OVER THERE.
BUT, UM, FOR THIS MONTH ALONE, WE HAVE, UH, A CONCERT TONIGHT.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE TRY TO BLAST IT MORE THAN WITH BLACK FOR NOW.
UM, DOWN THERE
UM, HER QUINN IS REPLACING OUR PIANO CONCERT FENDER FOR THE NEXT CONCERT.
WE HAVE DOUG AGE WITH SUMMER ON THE 30TH, WHICH I SAT DOWN EVERYBODY, IF ANYBODY DOES, I DID.
UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT INVOLVES SET UP.
IT'S LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY HEAVY LABOR AT ALL.
SO THAT'D BE THE, UM, ACTUALLY, SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WITH DOGGIE AND THE HARDSHIP FOR THAT EVENT.
ME AND MY TEAM GETTING THAT SET UP.
LUCKILY WE THERE SIMILAR MUSIC WHERE I HAD CERTAIN PEOPLE WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE LIKE, YEAH, I JUST REMEMBER I'M THE OLD LADY OF THE GROUP.
SO HOW TO DO HEAVY LABOR IN YOUR EMAIL TWO HOURS.
SO I SAID, YEAH LIKE, SO THEY CAN DO LIKE TO MAP TWO HOURS OR WHATEVER THE EVENT.
I MIGHT SEND YOU AN EMAIL OR MAY HAVE A CONFLICT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO WORK IT OUT.
BUT SO ANYBODY TAKE A LOOK AND SEE, OKAY, WE'LL HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT SUMMER.
OR JUST EMAIL THAT GOOGLE SHEET THAT WE HAVE AT THE VOLUNTEER GOOGLE SHEETS THAT WERE SHARED WITH EVERYBODY.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, I'LL RESEND IT TO RESEND IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE I NEED THAT STUFF.
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YEAH.WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TO FIND IT.
'CAUSE THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S GOOD TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE GOOGLE GOOGLE SHEET IS BECAUSE ON THERE IS WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEER.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO WHERE YOU SHOULD BE PUTTING IN YOUR INFORMATION WHEN YOU'VE DONE THE PODCAST AND THEN JOSH HAS ACCESS AND THIS WAY HE COULD SEE IT AND THERE'S EVEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, ACTION ITEMS. SO HE COULD KIND OF BE SHORT FOR TIME, JUST LOOK, GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PARTS AND LOOK TO, OH, I HAD THAT AND I WENT TO LOOK FOR IT AND I FOUND SOMETHING WHERE THE ASSIGNMENTS WERE, BUT IT WAS NOT AN ACTIVE, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO TAYLOR'S EMAIL.
IT'S LIKE I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE THING WOULD BE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ONTO THAT, CAUSE WE DO REALLY NEED TO BE UTILIZING IT MORE, BUT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE FIX THAT SO THAT SUE CAN EASILY SAY WHO HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP SO BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO IN RECRUITING MORE VOLUNTEERS.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS PROBLEMS WITH, OKAY, SO, UM, DO YOU HAVE LIKE ANY OTHER LIKE NEW BUSINESS OR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT? WELL, WE'LL KIND OF COME BACK TO IT, COME BACK, COME BACK TO IT.
SO WE CAN KIND OF MOVE ON JUST TO, CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME PARKS FOR BUSINESS.
SO WE DO SINCE, UM, SINCE I WAS NOW NOMINATED TO BE THE CHAIRPERSON, WE HAVE A VACANCY FOR, OF VICE CHAIR.
SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON A VICE CHAIR.
ONE THING THAT I'M MAYBE INTERESTED IN HEARING SUE AND I KIND OF WENT THROUGH WHAT SHE ENVISIONED AND WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE WORKABLE, WHO ARE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DIFFERENT OFFICES.
AND I HAVE IT, I DIDN'T EMAIL IT OUT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T JUST DEFINITELY ONE RETAILER'S EASIER.
MY PRINTER IS SO WHOEVER NEEDS, IT'S ONLY ONE PAGE.
SO WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE EXPECTATION FOR BEING A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, CAUSE SUE SOMETIMES HAS PEOPLE WHO ASKS, WHAT IS THE COMMITMENT LEVEL? WHAT IS EXPRESS IT? SO WE JUST JOTTED DOWN THAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE MONTHLY MEETINGS, DO A MONTHLY PART WATCH AND TO VOLUNTEER OR ATTEND FOR EVENT.
SO WE'VE GOT THAT SAME, USE THE BALL.
AND BASED ON THAT, WE FIGURED THAT REALLY YOUR TIME COMMITMENT WOULD BE ON AVERAGE, LIKE FOUR HOURS A MONTH.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT IS RUMBLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD KNOW? I THINK THE AVERAGE PER MONTH, THAT KIND OF WHERE PER MONTH, BECAUSE IN THE WINTER WE DON'T HAVE A TO, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT WOULD BE ALSO JUST IN YOUR, YOUR FOUR, NO PENDING EVENTS.
IT COULD BE JUST DROPPING BY FOR HALF AN HOUR IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING.
SO IT'S STILL LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING TO KIND OF STRIVE FOR BECAUSE WE'RE WHAT ARE PART OF WHAT OUR ROLE IS, IS TO BE VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO BE HERE.
SO EVEN IF YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, PUT IN AN HOUR TO WORK ON, MAYBE YOU CAN GO FOR HALF AN HOUR JUST TO CHECK IT OUT AND THEN
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IT'S GOING TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL THING, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF ABOUT WHAT, UM, THE CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES.SO SUE REACHED OUT TO, UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME, JOE BRETHREN, THE ATTORNEY, AND JUST KIND OF ASK.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS LIKE CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES IS PRESIDE OVER THE MEETINGS DO REQUIRE THEM VOTES AND WHERE WE NEED FOR BOARD MEMBERS FOR A VOTE.
UM, THE, CHAIRPERSON'S THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE PARKS AND REC STAFF AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ESPECIALLY IF WE DECIDE AS A BOARD THAT THERE'S ANY COMMUNICATION THAT HAS TO GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE WOULD AGREE.
WE ALL WOULD AGREE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO BE THE OFFICIAL SIGNATURE ON ANY KIND OF CORRESPONDENCE.
UM, AND PRETTY MUCH JUST THE BOARD ALSO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY OF KIND OF GIVING SOME INPUT TOWARDS AN AGENDA.
SO SUE WILL DO HER PARTS OF THE PARKING RAMP.
AND THEN WE, IF WE HAVE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO ADD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING OF DOING IS LIKE SAY A WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING TO SEND IT AN EMAIL AND JUST SAY, REMIND PEOPLE TO DO THEIR, IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR PARK, IF, IF THEY COULD DO IT AND IF THEY CAN'T LET US KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE CAN DO IT.
AND THEN ALSO IF YOU HAD ANY IDEAS OR THINGS THAT YOU WANTED ON THE AGENDA THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, UM, BOARD ITEMS. UM, SO THAT THAT'S, UM, THOSE, THOSE, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A VICE CHAIR AND THEY WOULD AID IN THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE IN THE ORDINANCE FOR A BOARD IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AIDING IN RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT A VICE CHAIR COULD KIND OF COORDINATE A LITTLE BIT OR, OR KEEP THEIR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THAT, UM, RECORD KEEPING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SUE MENTIONED THAT YEAH, SO IT COULD BE AS, UM, AS EASY AS I REMEMBER IT.
I THINK JULIANA, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PILLAR, WHAT IS THE RIGHT? YEAH.
FOR EVENTS SO SINCE THAT WAS MENTIONED, THEN WHAT THE VICE CHAIR WOULD DO IS HAVE THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM AND WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND SAY, HEY, HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OR HOW ABOUT YOU POSTED THIS OR SPREAD THE WORD, HOWEVER YOU THINK IT'S BEST, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY, WENDY, IF YOU SAY, OH YEAH, THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOMETHING THROUGH THE KIDS THAT SPRING FORD WOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
LIKE, IF YOU SAY IT, THEN THAT WOULD KIND OF BE LIKE A THING FOR THE VICE CHAIR TO THINK, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOCKING ON DOORS, BUT IT'S LIKE IDEAS THAT WE THINK ABOUT HERE AND KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE REALLY FOLLOW UP ON IT TO KIND OF BROADEN WITH TWO HATS TO WORK WITH.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT THAT COULD FALL UNDER THE VICE CHAIR.
UM, AND THEN SUE MENTIONED THAT ONE THING THAT SHE NEEDS TO KEEP TRACK OF IS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ABSENT THAT IT'S EASIER FOR HER, IF SHE'S JUST LOOKING AT LIKE A SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS IF THEY'VE BEEN ASKED AND AS OPPOSED TO FLIPPING THROUGH THE MINUTES OF ALL THE MEETINGS.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK WELL IN THE VICE CHAIR, LIKE KEEPING TRACK OF IF PEOPLE ARE ABSENT, BECAUSE AGAIN, BASED ON THE ORDINANCE, IF YOU MISS FOUR CONSECUTIVE TIME, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN, UM, WE LOOK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSS, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND LOOK TO SEE IF WE NEED TO REFILL THAT POSITION.
UM, AND ANOTHER THING LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS BUSY LIVES, BUT BASED ON THE GUIDELINES, IF YOU'RE 15 MINUTES LATE FOR THE MEETING, THAT COUNTS AS AN ABSENCE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE RIDICULOUS ABOUT IT, BUT JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND TO TRY TO BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN, OR AT LEAST SEND, YOU KNOW, A TEXT OR SOMETHING
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LIKE WE'RE RUNNING LATE, BUT JUST 15 MINUTES EARLY.UM, AND THEN, SO IF THAT COULD KIND OF BE, UM, KEPT IN A SPREADSHEET OR SOMEBODY THAT TOO HAS ACCESS TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN W YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO THINKING THAT REALLY DOESN'T SAY ANYWHERE, LIKE WHEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THE BOARD JOINED, SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED OFF OF SOMEONE ELSE'S SORTER TERM.
SO YOU WERE JUST FINISHING OUT THEIR TERM.
SO ON THAT WOULD ALSO BE LIKE, WHAT YEAR YOU STARTED? ARE YOU FOLLOWING? YEAH.
THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE THAT, NO DOOR THERE, LIKE WHOEVER WE CAN START WITH, IT WAS NEVER THERE.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON IT AND SUE SAID THAT SHE, SHE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I, I HAVEN'T, I THINK IT WAS, YOU SENT IT, IT'S LIKE, I THINK YOU WERE 2019.
GUESS THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE TERMINAL RICH REESE, YOU WERE 20, 25 OR 24, BUT YOU PICKED UP SOMEONE ELSE'S TERM AND IT WOULD BE LIKE JANUARY OF 20, 24 TYPICALLY.
AND THEN MARIA, YOU WERE TALKING FOR WENDY, YOU WERE 23 TILL YOU PICKED UP KATHY'S WITH THE WEEKLY 23, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS BE RE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE COMPLETELY CUT OFF.
UM, AS LONG AS YOU WRITE A LETTER SAYING, I'D LIKE TO THREE UP AND SAY ON THE BOARD, THE BOARD, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, JOEL HANEY, BECAUSE HELENE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, SO, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TIGHTENED UP AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, WELL, I THINK THAT IT'S NOT MAYBE ISSUE IS YOU'RE RIGHT.
PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE PAST, IF THERE WAS A PERSON WHO WASN'T VERY ACTIVE AND HAD BEEN ON THE, JUST KEEPS RAPPING ON THE BOARD, THERE'S, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SEND A LETTER AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YOUR, YOUR TERM IS NOW OBJECT LIKE THAT CLIMATE.
I MEAN, REALLY WHEN I STARTED, IT'S LIKE SHOW UP AND NOW THIS IS LIKE A WHOLE THING I'M INVOLVED IN COMMITTEES AND STUFF LIKE THIS.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE UM,
SO I THINK THIS WOULD JUST BE IN THE SPREADSHEET JUST SAYING WHEN, WHAT YOUR FIVE-YEAR TERM IS.
AND THEN AS YOU GET, AS YOU GET CLOSE TO THAT, YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, I WANT TO STILL BE INVOLVED.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE, THE LETTER.
SO THEY WANT TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS THERE'S NO, UM, I'D WANT TO CONTINUE DOING IT, BUT LIKE ALL THE THINGS
SO AT ANY POINT IN LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR FIVE-YEAR TERM, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR LIFE SITUATION HAS CHANGED OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN ALWAYS RESIGN.
SO IT JUST KIND OF, IT'S JUST A RECORD KEEPING THING, RIGHT.
IN YOUR ESTIMATION, IT'S JUST KIND OF KEEPING TRACK.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS
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DOCUMENT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE TO LOOK AT IT, JUST SENDING IT TO YOU GUYS.I JUST SENT EVERYONE THE LINK TO THE PARK BOARD FOLDER THAT I HAVE IN THAT DOCUMENT.
SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS THE VICE CHAIR.
AND THEN EVEN THAT COULD EVEN BE JUST IN LIKE A, AGAIN, IN A GOOGLE SHARE, JUST SHOWING, YOU KNOW, WHO THE BOARD MEMBER IS, WHAT THEIR CURRENT TERM IS, BECAUSE IT'S CONFUSING.
IF YOU'VE COME IN FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UM, YOUR ATTENDANCE, AND THEN THAT'S NOT KIND OF IT.
SO IT'S AN EASY WAY FOR SUE TO SEE LIKE TWO OR THREE PIECES OF INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE AND WE ALL BACKED UP IT.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE VICE CHAIR WOULD PRESIDE OVER MEETINGS WHEN THE CHAIR IS ABSENT AND WOULD TAKE MINUTES WITH THE SECRETARIES.
ABSENT SECRETARY RESPONSIBILITIES IS, UM, BOARD ATTENDANCE TAKING THE BOARD ATTENDANCE AT MONTHLY MEETINGS AND THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETINGS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, THE SUMMARY, UM, FOREVER.
THE REASON WHY I TOOK THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT YEAH.
SO SEE THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE WANT IT.
WE WANT IT TO SAY WHAT THOSE ARE, BECAUSE WE, WE NOW NEED A VICE CHAIR AND IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY ON THE BOARD WHO WANTS IT.
AND WE WERE THINKING IN TERMS OF, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT TAYLOR WANTED, THEN WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT SECRETARY SO, OR ANYBODY ELSE.
YOU GET NANCY WANTS TO TRY SECRETARY AS WELL.
SO FOR THE, I'M HAPPY MY POSITION AS CHAIR, A SECRETARY, SO I WILL.
SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE VICE CHAIR, RESPONSIBILITIES? I MEAN, BASIC POSITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL, CONNECT YOUR GROUP ALL AND YAY.
AND LIKE, WE CAN CLEARLY LIKE, COME ON.
SO THAT KINDA KINDA HIT ON, UM, NEW BUSINESS FOR THE ACTUAL BUSINESS BOARD.
UM, SO THEN THAT ON THE AGENDA THAT TAKES
[5. Old Business]
US KIND OF TO THE OLD BUSINESS SECTION AND, UM, WE HAVE JOSH TO GIVE US LIKE A MAINTENANCE UPDATE.SO THE PLAYGROUND WAS THE GREENDALE.
LIKE, UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO REGRESS, BUT WITH THE DROUGHT THAT WE'RE IN, IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
THAT'S WHY WE CLOSED THE BACK PARKING LOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE NOTICED, BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, EVERYONE THINKS THAT'S A CLOSER WALK, BUT I ACTUALLY MEASURED IT AND IT'S NOT, BUT PEOPLE WERE CUTTING ACROSS JUMPING OVER THE BRAND NEW FENCE.
SO THE POTENTIAL IS THAT BREAKING.
SO WE CLOSED THAT WHOLE PARKING LOT DOWN.
SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BE FORCED TO USE THE CROSSWALK AND ENTER THE PROPER WAY.
UM, PEOPLE STILL BRUSH UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE SIGNS WHERE IT SAYS PEOPLE, THE GRASS IN FRONT OF YOUR GRASS, THEY WON'T BREAK THROUGH THE MUD.
WE'RE WORKING ON SOLUTIONS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT STARTS TAKING THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S ALMOST BIGGER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, IT'S THE AMOUNT OF CARS HERE BY 7 30, 8 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IS CRAZY.
AND THEN IT JUST CONTINUES ALL DAY.
AND THERE'S APPARENTLY THAT WEBSITE THAT EVERYONE, I KEEP HEARING RUMORS THAT THERE'S THIS WEBSITE THAT THEY'VE READ PLAYGROUNDS.
AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE FINDING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK
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SATURDAY, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT BOOKS GOING ON PARKS AND REC AND THE NEW CLICKER AND THEY'D LOVED IT.BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UM, SAFETY ISSUES SORT OF, I THINK THEIR PARENTAL, UM, OBSERVANCE ISSUES.
BUT, UH, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE BARS FOR WHERE YOU SAID THERE, PULL UP, PULL UP BARS.
AND THE, THE HEIGHT OF THEM, THE LOWER ONE WAS HITTING MEDIUM-SIZED KIDS IN THE HEAD.
IF THEY'VE TRIED TO WALK ON AND THE UPPER ONE WAS HITTING TALL MEN IN THE HEAD, I STILL SAY YOU GOT TWO OF THESE, YOU KNOW, USE THEM.
BUT, AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER, UH, THING WITH THE KNEE.
IT WAS NETTING NETTING IN SOMETHING LIKE A SLIDE OR SOMETHING, OR THAT PEOPLE WERE KIDS WERE GETTING TANGLED UP IN.
CAUSE I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY BEEN THERE.
THE, THE MAIN TOWER STRUCTURE HAS NETTING AROUND IT.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT COULD BE.
LIKE A KID WOULD GET TANGLED UP AND THEN THE NEXT KID DOWN WOULD BE IN CARS.
COULDN'T GET PAST THE CONCEPT OF THAT.
THE MAIN TOWER IS TO BE PLAYED ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE AND BE ABLE TO JUMP IN AT ANY POINT.
I THINK THE SITUATION THAT'S AT HAND IS THAT IT'S SO POPULAR AND THERE'S SO MANY KIDS ONLY HAVE ONE TIME THAT WHEN SOMEONE'S ON THE OUTSIDE, TRY AND JUMP IN 10 KIDS.
OR I THINK THAT IT'S JUST THE, I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT ANYBODY BEING HARMED.
I MEAN, IF YOU WALK INTO A BAR WITH YOUR HEAD, YOU MAYBE PICK YOUR HEAD UP.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S THE, I THINK IT'S JUST THE POPULARITY OF IT AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON IT.
THAT'S WHAT'S SOMEBODY SAID THEY WERE, I FORGET WHO IT WAS AT THE MEETING, UH, LITTLE KIDS IN THAT LITTLE KIDS DON'T MOVE THIS FAST AND THE BIGGER KIDS AND WANT THEM TO MOVE FASTER, TRY TO CRAWL OVER THEM.
AND THEN THEY GET STUCK IN THERE OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS.
YOU WERE ON EVERY PIECE OF THE PLAYGROUND THERE'S STICKERS ON
WELL, AGAIN, I CONSIDER THIS A PARENTAL SUPERVISION ISSUE.
I MEAN, NOBODY'S BEEN HURT, IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE PERHAPS IN INCONVENIENT, BUT, UM, I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER THEM SAFETY ISSUES, BUT THAT SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY, BUT THEY, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO IT WAS, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT YEAH, BECAUSE THE PLAYGROUND IS TECHNICALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE AGE GROUPS.
THERE'S TWO TO FIVE AND THEN THERE'S FIVE TO 12, 5 12 IS A BIG RANGE OF AGE.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS, HOW IT IS.
SO UNLESS WE START CARDING EVERY KID, LIKE AS FOR THE BAR HEIGHTS, LIKE THAT'S SET AT, WHEN WE GOT THE PLANS, THEY'RE SET IN THAT EVERY PLAYGROUND SHOULD BE AT THE SAME.
THERE WAS THIS PERCEPTION OR RIGHT.
WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WEAR OUT IN A PUBLIC COMMENT.
WAS YOUR COMMENTS AT THE OPENING ABOUT LACK OF SEEDING, UM, AND TABLES, UMBRELLAS, LIKE AREA.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL TO BE ADDRESSED.
SPEAKING OF SEEDING, HAS ANYBODY CONTACTED YOU FROM THE WESTERN TECH CENTER ABOUT BUILDING BENCHES? OKAY.
AND THE BENCHES, WELL, WE DON'T, WE DON'T MEET THIS MONTH.
UM, ON THAT MEETING ALSO, WHO'S TALKING ABOUT THAT
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE BENCHES ARE METAL OR WOOD OR, OR WHAT THEY ARE.
SO, UM, I WAS HOPING THAT, UM, DR.
LIM WOULD, AND HE THOUGHT MR. WHATEVER, TH THE HEAD ADMINISTRATOR AT THE WESTERN TECH CENTER WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU AND, AND, AND IT WOULDN'T BE YOU, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEBODY WHO HAS BUILT THOSE BENCHES FOR US, OR WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF CONTRACTING OUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT ANYHOW.
SO THIS WAY YOU COULD PAY FOR THE MATERIALS AND NOT THE LABOR.
AND THEN THE KIDS THAT WASN'T TECH CENTER WOULD HAVE A PROJECT TO WORK ON THAT, UM, IT
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JUST AND IN FACT, MAYBE I'LL SEND AN EMAIL TO BOTH OF YOU AND SAY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET TOGETHER, AND YOU WANT ME TO COPY JOSH, OR WAS THAT NOT YOUR AREA WHO CONTRACTS, WHO WOULD WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR TO BUILD BATCHES? I DON'T THINK I HAVE JOSH'S EMAIL.THAT ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SPONSORSHIP.
LIKE SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A GIFT.
SO WE DID A MEMORIAL BENCHES, WHICH THE BENCHES, WELL, I WAS, THIS CAME UP DURING THE SKATE PARK EVENT THAT WE HAD, THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE LITTLE TEENY BLEACHERS THING.
AND THEN PEOPLE WERE SITTING ON THE GROUND OR DID THAT KIND OF THING.
AND WE JUST THOUGHT WE COULD USE SOME MORE OF THOSE IN A CAR, ESPECIALLY AT THIS SKATE PARK.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVENTS THERE OR ANYWHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVENTS.
THAT WOULD ALSO FALL UNDER
AND I THINK ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY INVOLVING THE KIDS, BECAUSE BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, I'M THE ONE THAT'S JUST, IF WE GET YOU GUYS ON HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS A, A YOUNG MAN THAT ATTENDED OUR MEETINGS BEFORE COVID AND HE HAD, I THINK THE SENIOR AND HE HAD SUCH GOOD IDEAS BECAUSE HE'S YOUNG AND HE USES THESE PARKS IN THE SKATE PARK AND STUFF, AND WE'RE NOT SO AT ANYTHING.
AND SO I SIT ON THE BOARD OF THE WESTERN TECH CENTER AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
YOU CAN, IT'S, IT'S MUTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS, WELL, BACK TO THE BENCHES REAL QUICK.
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THIS OUT TO YOU, JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IN THAT PLAYGROUND AS A USE ZONE, WHICH MEANS THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN SPACING BETWEEN EACH HOLE, BASICALLY, UM, FOR A FALLS ZONE.
SO NO ONE CRACKS HER HEAD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO TECHNICALLY EVERYTHING IS, SO EVERYTHING IS SPACED OUT HOW IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT THERE'S NO SPACE TO PUT ANY BENCHES INSIDE OF IT.
JUST SO IF WE GO ON, WE WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNEW ABOUT, SO NOW THERE ARE LIKE TWO ANSWER.
THERE ARE LIKE THREE OR FOUR PICNIC BENCHES THAT ARE KIND OF, AND WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE, THEY LOOK, THEY LOOK GOOFY, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE THE SHAPE.
SO WE HAVE LIKE, KIND OF AN ADDRESS AFTER THE RESTAURANT, MAYBE POOL TAX, PEOPLE HAVE BENCHES AROUND THAT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF A WASTE OF MONEY, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE THERE TO BE SUPERVISING YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BEING THERE TO GRAB THEM, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY GOOD IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE FENCE.
BUT ARE YOU DOING THAT AS A SPECTATOR OR IS THERE TO PROTECT THEM? YEAH, BUT YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE FENCE, SO SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT IT.
SO, BUT I KIND OF DID PUT BENCHES THERE.
MAYBE YOU KIND OF KEEP OUR EYES AND EARS OPEN TO SEE YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH PEOPLE BRINGING CHAIRS INTO INSIDE WITH, WE HAD DOGS, DOGS WORSE.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S LIKE ADULT PARK OR ANYTHING, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE DOGS I'VE EVER SEEN ON ANY, ANYONE PLAYGROUNDS REALLY? WHICH I DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T WANT THEM RUN AROUND.
LIKE, IT SEEMED TO BE LIKE RESPECTFUL AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY ENFORCE ANYTHING UNTIL WE COURT RULES BECAUSE OF THIS POINT.
CAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU HAVE TO BE SO LITERAL WITH EVERYTHING.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHERS THAT ARE VERY DETAIL.
AND THEN ONCE YOU PUT UP THOSE RULES,
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THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT.I MEAN, EVEN, EVEN FOR LIKE THE SKATEBOARD, WE HAVE A MONTHLY LUNCH TO HELP WITH THIS.
UM, SOMEONE PUT IT IN A GRIND, A MOVEABLE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
SO I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF SOMEONE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT.
SO I GRABBED IT BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THE TOWNSHIP DIDN'T PURCHASE IT.
SO IT'S, UH, SOMEWHERE TO GET HURT ON THAT.
YOU DON'T SEE, I WAS HELL HOME.
SO WE SINCE REMOVED THAT, IT'S BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYONE MISSING THAT, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANY WORD I PULLED THAT TWO DAYS AGO.
AND THEN TODAY SOMEONE BUILT A BENCH OUT OF SKATEBOARDS.
THERE WAS LIKE, NONE OF THE SCREWS ARE FULLY SCREWED IN.
SO SOMEONE POKES THEMSELVES OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S RICKETY.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S, I LIKE THE THOUGHT, BUT IF IT WAS EVEN ASKED TO PUT IT THERE OR SOMETHING, SO WE REMOVED THAT AS WELL.
BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUAL PART OF SOMETHING WE JUST PURCHASED OR INSTALLED.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TOWNSHIP NEEDS TO BUY SOMETHING, RIGHT.
LIKE A MANUFACTURED VENTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE, NOT JUST THE, LET'S PUT SOME GLUE AND IT IS COOL.
ALL THESE BOARDS SO MUCH FOOD JUST TO ON THERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I PULLED UP.
WELL, IF YOU HEAR THOSE TWO ITEMS AND NEXT EVENT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, RECOGNIZE JOSH, WASN'T AWARE THEY BUILT.
I'M JUST GLAD I'M AND IT'S HARD TO HEAR MY KIDS EVERY NIGHT.
ARE YOU DONE YET? ARE YOU DONE? I'LL LET YOU KNOW, BUT OTHER GOOD NEWS IS THE DECK HOCKEY IS PROJECTED TO BE DONE TOMORROW, UM, WHICH THEY WERE SAYING TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? YES.
WE STILL HAVE TO GET IT RESURFACED AND, UH, NEW LINES PAINTED AND WE'RE WAITING ON NETS TO BE DELIVERED THAT WERE NOT, IT WAS NOT DELIVERED WITH THE ORIGINAL TRUCK.
SO THEY WERE EXPECTED TO BE IN BY THE END OF JULY.
SO PROBABLY EXPECTING AT THE END OF JULY OR EARLY AUGUST, AS LONG AS THEY COMMITTED
UM, SO ANY COMMENT WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PARK WATCH? UM, ALL RIGHT, SO THEN
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE CENTER IS NOW, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, UH, HOW THE SEASONS PENETRATE MEMBERSHIP RATES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE ARE SLOWER PART OF THE PROCESS, A LOT MORE PEOPLE, PATIENTS, THE GYM AND THE, CAN YOU SEND YOUR PEOPLE LICENSE? UM, SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO SOME MORE SMALL INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN.
UM, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE PRETTY WELL, KEEPING IT STEADY.
UM, BUT JUST SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS AND THINGS, SOME ARE SLOWER, REVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
SEE, WHEN I TALK ABOUT, IS THIS LIKE, IS THIS INFORMATION THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR? AND THEN SINCE THAT YOU WOULD ALSO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHOWING US TRENDS
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LIKE, YEP.SO, UM, JUST A BACKTRACK REALLY QUICK, UM, IN, I DO THIS EVERY MONTH.
SO IT'S FROM THE LAST MEETING TO THE CURRENT MEETING.
SO LAST MONTH WAS THE DUTY MEETING.
AND FOR MEMBERSHIPS, WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 43, 43 ADDITIONAL ONES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
UM, NOTHING CRAZY, BUT, UM, WE'RE AT 25 CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, 2004 MEMBERSHIPS THIS MONTH VERSUS, UM, I PUT THE WRONG NUMBERS AND WE HAVE 1500 MEMBERSHIPS, LIKE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS, UM, PEOPLE COMING IN NOW AND WE HAD, UM, A THOUSAND.
SO I'VE HAD QUITE AN INCREASE IN THAT COULD JUST BE PEOPLE REACTIVATE.
SO IT'S NOT CONSIDERED LIKE THE MEMBERSHIPS OR DOES ANY OF THAT.
AND THAT IS A LOT, UM, A LOT OF THOSE MEMBERSHIPS ARE CONSIDERED ALSO LIKE COMMUNITY PASSAGES FOR YOU, BUT, UM, FOR SCAN AND THIS MONTH WE HAVE 2004, SO IT IS BEING A LOT MORE UTILIZED.
I THINK THAT SUMMER HOURS HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR THAT.
UM, USUALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHTS IN THE SUMMER, AFTER FOUR COFFEES WITH THOSE TOWNS.
SO WE STARTED CUTTING THE HOURS TO CLOSE IT AT FOUR ON FRIDAYS, AND THEN SATURDAYS ARE PICKING UP WITH A FEW CENTERS DOING NOW, UM, AS INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE 10 WE'RE OPEN FROM EIGHT TIL NOON.
WE'LL COME IN THEIR KIDS, WE CAN BRING YOUR KIDS INTO KID'S CORNER.
WE HAVE FRONT DESK ATTENDANTS BACK AND FORTH, AND THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF CATS THEY CAN BE WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
SO THEY'RE BEING DEPENDED, THEY'RE BEING WATCHED AFTER, BUT NOT LIKE AS, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S BRINGING IN A GOOD, UH, ABOUT A NEW MEMBERSHIP BASE IN THERE.
WE HAVE LOST OUR EVENT, UM, PERSON AT THIS TIME.
UM, SHE'S MOVED ON TO BIGGER THINGS.
SO WITH KIND OF DECREASE OUR ACCEPTANCE OF RECTAL BROOKLYN CENTER, MOST OF THE RENTALS ARE OUTSIDE HOURS OF WHAT THE, UM, EITHER THE, THE COMMUNITY SPACE.
SO EITHER THE GYMNASIUM OR THE, UM, TWO BREAKFAST SPACE.
SO WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN A PAUSE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, UNLESS WE HAVE MY TEAM TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY, THAT'S LOOKING FOR SOME FUN WORK HOURS, IT'S OUR POSITION.
THEY HANDLE SOME OF OUR KIDS PROGRAMS. THEY DO KIDS CORNER ON OCCASION.
SO IF YOU'VE READ FOLDS AND THAT'S LIKE CONCERTS, SO TONIGHT AURIS THAT OUR CONCEPT WORKING WITH THIS PERSON.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE COMING IN AND MAKING SURE LIKE PARKING SIGNS ARE UP AND YOU COULD SIT IN, DO HUNTER AND JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING, ALL THAT.
YES, WE'RE GOING TO READ THE BODY THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPOST.
THAT IT'S A GREAT POSITION FOR SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T WANT A TON OF HOURS AND DOESN'T WANT TO COMMIT TO LIKE, AFTER SCHOOL, LIKE EVERYTHING, LIKE, AND THIS IS VERY SPORADIC AND WE KIND OF WORKED WITH SKIP.
SO IF YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, WE HAD 150 PROGRAMS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET AGAIN, CAN WE DECREASE ALL THE BURGERS? BECAUSE IT WAS RENTALS FOR 21.
AND THEN, UM, OUR PRODUCTS, WHICH IS USUALLY OUR MOVIE THEATER TICKETS AND, UH, OUR, CAN WE USE THEM FOR TICKETS? UM, WE'VE DONE 160 WITH BRING BRIGHTNESS IN 30 WE SHARE IT WITH PRPS.
WE BUY THE TICKETS FROM THEM AND THEN WE SEND THEM, WE GET LIKE A SMALL WHAT'S UP
THEY USUALLY END BY THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST.
WE HAVE TO RETURN THEM ALSO, WHATEVER WE DON'T SELL, WE HAVE THREE TARGETS AND WE DIDN'T AT ALL LAST YEAR, THE METHOD OF MERGING A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T BECAUSE OF THE LOW, THE LOW ATTENDANCE FROM THE YEARS BEFORE, IT'S HARD TO SNOWBOARD WITHOUT.
UM, UM, SO LIKE SANDY SAID, THE HVAC OVER AT THE CENTER HAS AN FIX.
IT IS ICY COLD UP IN THE GYMNASIUM NOW.
SO I'M GOING TO HEAR THAT IT'S TOO COLD, BUT IT IS UP AND
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RUNNING.UM, IT'S JUST, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, UH, CARRYING OVER AT THE CENTER RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE HAVING SOME ELEVATOR ISSUES.
SO ON OCCASION, THE ELEVATOR IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING.
SO WE ARE TELLING PEOPLE IF ANY CLASSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ONCE THEY LAST MORE THAN 11 YEARS, NO, NOT THIS BRAND WITH LIKE AN OTIS OR, UM, THAT'S USED, THE ELEVATOR GETS USED ALL THE TIME.
PEOPLE ARE ESPECIALLY BUILDING.
WE HAVE THE CHECK-IN DOWNSTAIRS AND THE CLASSES ARE UPSTAIRS AND THE PARKING'S UPSTAIRS IN THE BACK.
IT WE'RE WORKING ON RECONFIGURING.
I THINK IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE MODEL.
I THINK, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE OFFER, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS OR THEY'RE AT A LOWER COST, IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, I THINK IT'S ONLY 10 OR $15 EXTRA TO ON TOP OF THAT.
SO IT'S STILL NOT RIDICULOUS, BUT I THINK IT HONESTLY DEPENDS ON THE SEASON.
I THINK WHEN WE OPENED UP ON SATURDAYS, AGAIN, MORE PEOPLE STARTED COMING IN BECAUSE SATURDAY IS, UM, THE COMPLAINT WE'RE GETTING NOW IS IF WE'RE NOT OPEN EARLY ENOUGH DURING THE DAY.
SO WE'RE OPEN AT EIGHT, A MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, SOMETHING LIKE IT AT 6, 6 30 AND THEY CAN COME IN FOR HIM.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S A CONTRACTED SERVICE OVER THERE.
SOMEBODY ONLY ARE ALLOTTED SO MANY HOURS A MONTH, SO WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE PLAYING WITH, SO PICKING UP ON THAT TO THE PICKLEBALL THING.
DID THEY GET A LOT OF USE TO ME? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS.
A TYPE OF PICKLEBALL IS CRAZY.
AND I, I PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST WEEKEND AND I JUST LOVED IT.
I USED TO PLAY RACQUETBALL AND THIS IS A LOT LESS STRENUOUS, BUT, UM, I, I, WHATEVER, UM, MY SISTER-IN-LAW LIVES OVER IN HERSHEY'S MILL IN WESTCHESTER AND THEY HAVE LIKE 10 CHORDS AND WE WENT OVER THERE AND IT'S LIKE, PEOPLE ARE STANDING IN THE LINE, SO YOU GET TO PLAY A GAME, THEN YOU GOT TO KIND OF GET OFF AND LET ANOTHER GROUP GO ON.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN LIKE 10 CHORDS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAVE THAT MANY AT THE REC CENTER WHEN YEAH, NO.
I WAS JUST WONDERING LIKE, BECAUSE IF THE TENNIS COURTS AREN'T BEING FULLY USED, ALL IT IS AS A MATTER OF REPAINTING LINES, YOU KNOW, WINDING UP, YOU KNOW? UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED, BUT I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO CHARGE FEES FOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH OF THEM AROUND WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HEARING TO BE UPPED THE AMOUNT OF PRINT OF ALL TIME WE HAVE.
SO WE'VE OPEN GYM PICKUP BALL, AND THEN WE HAVE CLASSES THAT TEACH THAT, BUT IT'S NICE TO PLAY OUTSIDE.
JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, TALKED ABOUT, I'VE SEEN SOME PICTURES OF HOW THEIR MIND, SOMETHING SHE'S LOOKING INTO NEXT YEAR, CURRENTLY BASKETBALL.
AND, UM, SANDY SAID THAT PEOPLE ARE APPLYING.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN NET AND IT'S ALSO A SPORT.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IT IS, I DIDN'T WHEN I STOPPED AT THE REC CENTER JUST TO ACT TOGETHER AND THAT WAS LIKE 16 PEOPLE FOR TONIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW, AT THIS JUNCTURE I FOR NEXT WEEK, I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO THAT AMOUNT AS WELL, BUT IT IS VERY, IT'S GROWING LIKE CRAZY BECAUSE IT'S EVEN SEEPING DOWN INTO YOUNGER AGES.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN OLD PEOPLE SPORT, I THINK IT IS.
BUT, UM, I THINK A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO IT.
NOW, HERE WE HAVE A LOT IN THE PUBLIC.
SO WE KEEP BRINGING THAT VERY AWARE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING DOWN ON THE TREE.
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SO THE CLINIC IS JOCK TIMEFRAMES THAT ARE ON THE CALENDAR FOR PEOPLE TO DO WHATEVER, WHOEVER THEY'RE REALLY HELPING YOU.THAT'S WHY WE DO IN CLINIC TO GET COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, NOT KNOWING ANYTHING AND THEY DO THIS.
SO I'M OUTSIDE
I THINK EVERYTHING IS GOING TO KIND OF FINISH UP AND THEN THE KIDS WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO BE REALLY GOOD.
SHE'S GOING TO BE MY CLOCK RIGHT HERE.
NO, I THINK AT THIS POINT, LIKE I SAID, ALL OF, I JUST SHARED ALL THE LINKS WITH YOU GUYS, BUT ALL THE GOOGLE DOCS SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS THEM, UM, ONCE THE SCHOOL YEAR REOPENED, I USUALLY USE, UM, NO, I SEND THAT OUT TO THE SPRING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LIKE, UM, GUYS, BUT USUALLY IN THE SUMMER, NOT A GREAT QUARTER AVAILABLE.
SO I'LL SORT OF TELL YOU THAT OUT AGAIN.
UM, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP IT ON YOUR GUYS' RADAR AND YOU GUYS HAVE GOOGLE DOCS, BUT COMMUNITY DAY IS CROCHETING T UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DAY.
UM, I JUST WALKED OUT WITH, UH, SUPREME COURT CHAMBER CHEESEBURGER VENDORS FOR THIS YEAR AND WE WALKED OUT AND KIND OF PIECED TOGETHER SOME OF WHERE THINGS MIGHT GO AND HOW MANY VENDORS YOU THINK SHE'S GONNA HAVE.
AND I THINK IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, THAT'S A BIG DAY TO HELP OUT AND GET YOUR BELLY, SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO ATTEND.
WELL, IT'S CALLED COMMUNITY DAY, BUT MOVING FORWARD, IT WILL BE COMMUNITY FALL.
IT WILL BE INCORPORATING OUR SKEW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RIDE HERE, COKE, BUT THAT EXACTLY, THAT'S NOT ON THE ONE THAT IS ALL OFF.
UM, SO FATHER'S A CAR SHOW WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD SUCCESS.
WE, UM, HAD 16 CREE REGISTERED CARS, GENUINELY WITH PARSES.
IF NO ONE HAS GONE TO ONE OR ONE WITH ONE, UM, I LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT A LOT MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED AS A DAY THAN THEY DO FOR YOU, BECAUSE UNLESS IT'S A BEAUTIFUL 70 DEGREE DAY WITH SOME SHADE, THEY DON'T WANT TO COME.
SO WE LUCKED OUT WEATHER-WISE I THINK I HAD A CRUSHER ALL DAY.
SO WE ENDED UP HAVING 120 PLUS CARS HERE.
15 TO PREREGISTER, EIGHT 20 ON THE DAY.
UM, AND I CAN SEND IMAGERY OUT.
I THINK ON OUR NEXT EVENT, ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO MAKE SURE AFTER THE EVENT, WE GET SOME PUBLICITY FOR THAT.
WE'LL DO THAT ON THE FEATURE, BUT IT WENT REALLY WELL.
PEOPLE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE GOT REALLY GOOD REVIEWS AND ONLY NEGATIVITY AND NOT WITH, BECAUSE WE JUST OPENED THE PLACE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE CHALLENGED WITH WAS OVERUSING THE GIGANTIC PLAYGROUND PARKING LOT FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.
SO QUEST WAS NICE ENOUGH TO LET US USE THEIR PARKING.
AND THEN WE HAD GOLF CART SHUTTLE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH SIGNAGE AND MARKETING OUT THERE TO SAY, HERE'S A SHOT THAT YOU CAN TAKE.
A LOT OF THE PLAYGROUND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, CAN I HAVE TWO JACK MY ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL
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I THINK EVERY, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY, ALL THE SPONSORS WERE HAPPY WITH THE TURNOUT.UM, THE, WE HAD RED ROBIN HERE AS A FOOD VENDOR.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY, UM, IT JUST ENDED UP BEING A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THAT FOR ONE THAT WOULD HAVE IT.
SO IT WAS A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
AND WE HAVE THEM COMPANY, IT WAS A LITTLE NERVE WRACKING IN THE BEGINNING.
WE HAD LIKE AN HOUR IN THE BEGINNING THAT REALLY FOR TROPHIES AND CARS, BUT IT ENDED UP WORKING OUT WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD AND BETTER THAN
AND WE DO HAVE MORE SPACES TO PUT PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST TRYING TO LIMIT IT TO, LIKE YOU WILL HAVE IN HERE AS REGISTRATION, DJ.
IT WAS A GREAT, IT WAS A GREAT FATHER'S DAY.
SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS? SO W TO THE NEXT AGENDA, WE'LL KIND OF HAVE SOME OF THESE THINGS SO THAT THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM, OLD BUSINESS.
I, I JUST WENT IN AND I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
I'M NOT VERY TECHNICAL, SO PRINT, I NEED A WIFE.
I WAS LIKE, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHO'S SIGNED UP FOR WHAT? OH, I LIKE NOTHING, BUT, SO WHAT I DID, BILL, IS I PUT YOU IN, I PUT YOUR NAME WHERE I'M SADLY HAPPY WITH.
SO, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, I DON'T KNOW THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR COFFEE AND FOR THEM TO, OH YEAH.
SO THAT, SO YOU, SO YOU'D GET A SHARE.
I WAS LIKE, HE'S NEVER GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AND THAT'S, YOU CAN'T EXPECT IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT BRINGS ME TO WHAT I THINK WE DO NEED TO DO IS THIS, THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS THAT WE DO.
EVERYBODY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY ANYTIME IN THAT MONTH TO VISIT A PARK.
AND, UM, SO WHEN YOU GO ON THE, WHEN YOU CAN GET ONTO THE GOOGLE SHARE, IT DOES SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS ARE YOU NEED TO KIND OF FILL OUT.
SO YOU GO BACK IN AND PUT IT IN FOR LATER.
SO YEAH, IF YOU WANT OPEN IT AGAIN.
AND THEN ALSO, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE AND NOBODY CAN, NOBODY READS THEM ANYWAY.
I WAS WALKING AROUND AND I WAS GONE PAST THE PLAYGROUND AND I DIDN'T HAVE ON MY SHIRT AND I WAS GOING TO GO IN AND TALK TO SOME, AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT DOING THAT.
LIKE I JUST CAME FROM ANDERSON.
SO I DIDN'T LIKE, THANK, BUT I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GOING INTO THESE KIDS AND THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, SO, BUT, SO, YEAH.
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ALL RIGHT, SO, SO I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE PARKS AND IF ANYBODY DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, SO FOR ANDERSON PARK, IT WAS MYSELF AND JAMESON AND JAMESON, YOU DID GO ON TO THE THING AND YOU EDIT ANYTHING.JOSH CAN GO LOOK, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING OUT DISCUSS? YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
SO I, ANYTHING ELSE? SO I WENT TO THAT TO ANDERSON AND, UM, I TOO PICKED UP SOME GARBAGE, BUT HONESTLY, WHEN I WALKED THE WHOLE PARK, IT WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN, I HAVE A, UM, LIKE A LITTLE GROCERY BAG AND I HAD LIKE, LIKE THIS MUCH, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY, VERY CLEAN.
AND I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO BE PICKED UP.
THERE WAS A LOT OF TREE LIMBS OR THEIR PET AND PILES.
AND I FIGURED THEY WERE PILOTS ON NICELY AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PICKED UP.
AND THERE'S OF COURSE ALWAYS WATER BOTTLES IN THE, IN THE, UM, BASKETBALL COURT, BUT I PICKED THOSE UP LIKE THAT, WHATEVER UM, SO THEN I JUST WENT, WHEN I WENT BY THE PAVILION, LIKE I HAD, MY HUSBAND WAS WALKING WITH ME, I WOULD HAVE NEVER NOTICED THIS PROTECTIVE COVER OVER THE ELECTRICAL OUTLET IS MISSING.
SO, SO, UM, I PUT THAT AND I PUT THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM TO, AND, UM, AND I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING IS LIKE, I WAS WONDERING, LIKE, SINCE WE HAVE THE BULLETIN BOARDS AND THE BOAT IN THE PAVILION.
LIKE, CAUSE YOU, YOU HAVE THE GREAT LITTLE MONTHLY THING.
LIKE, THAT'D BE NICE TO PUT THAT IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS SIGNAGE, THE ONLY THING, LIKE THE RAIN GARDEN SIGN THAT'S NASTY.
UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A MEETING.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE LANDED.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY RECYCLE BINS.
ARE WE LOOKING TO DO THAT? LIKE HAVE LIKE NOT, NOT ONE NEXT TO WHERE EVERY GARBAGE IS, BUT I HAVE I THINK PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO DO IT.
THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
LIKE I WOULD HAVE, LIKE, WE KAYAKED THIS WEEKEND AND GET OUT OF PARK AND ONE TRASH CAN THIS BIG AROUND JUST THINGS OVERFLOWING AND PEOPLE ARE SETTING IT NEXT TO IT.
AND IT WAS LIKE, IF I'D HAVE KNOWN, I WOULD'VE BROUGHT NO AG TO BRING OUR STUFF WITH US, BUT WE DIDN'T, WE HAVE EMPTY CANS AND BOTTLES AND OH, YOU HAVE A LOT.
SO WAS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD JUST DO A TRIAL? YEAH.
SO COULD YOU DO A TRIAL AND REGROUP AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN, HOW ABOUT IF HE PUTS SOME SIGNAGE UP AHEAD OF TIME SAYING STARTING, STARTING AT XYZ DATE? UM, IT'LL BE A, YEAH.
SO I THINK IF IT WAS APPROACHED AS A TRIAL AND SEE HOW IT GOES, THEN WE MAY DECIDE, YEAH, THIS IS DOABLE.
IF THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION OR OUR PARKS ARE NOT
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AS PRISTINE AS IT WAS EVERYBODY COMMENTS ON THAT.SO LET US KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT AT WHAT PARK AND WE CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD WHOEVER'S VISITING THE PARK.
PART MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO START SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING THEIR STUFF OUT.
RIGHT? NO, THEY HAVE, YOU HAVE THE CONTAINERS FOR THE DOG BED.
DON'T THEY HAVE THE, UM, FOR ANDERSON, I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE AS WELL.
AND I DID SEE LIKE THE TEETH, LIKE THE TABLES I'M GOING TO PUT A BILLION WERE STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
SO I JUST, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S LIKE KIDS THAT ARE DOING IT BECAUSE I USUALLY ALWAYS SEE LIKE KIDS GOING THERE ON THEIR BIKES AND HANGING OUT UNDER THERE.
IT'S LIKE THOSE PEOPLE WHO GO, BUT I'VE NOTICED THAT LIKE EVERY TIME I, YOU SHOULD GO CAMERAS JUST ANDERSON.
BUT I MEAN LIKE WHERE YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A RING CAMERA, YOU KNOW, THAT IT RECORDS STUFF AND, AND IT DOESN'T COST HARDLY ANYTHING TO, TO INSTALL IT THAT YOU COULD SEE.
AND LET'S SEE WHO'S DOING THIS AND WHEN, AND MAYBE, YEAH.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST KNOWING THE CAMERAS THERE THAT PREVENT THINGS FROM HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT A CAMERA, THERE YOU GO.
SO MOVING ON, UM, BLACKROCK QUICKIE, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.
THERE WERE BIKERS, THERE WAS LIKE 30 PEOPLE ON THE PLAYGROUND.
THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE AT THE SKATEBOARD PARK.
UH, CAMP LOOKED VERY ACTIVE WITH, THEY WERE DOING WATER SPORTS, NO LITTER.
I WALKED THE TRAIL, EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT.
I WAS CURIOUS, ARE WE? CAUSE I, I LIKE, I THINK THAT'S SO CUTE.
CAUSE THAT WAS, I THINK I DIDN'T, I WILL PUT THIS ONTO THE, UM, THE GOOGLE THING, THE, THE SHARE, BUT I JUST DIDN'T GET A CHANCE.
SO THAT TAKES CARE OF ANDERSON AND BLACKROCK MCFARLANE.
UM, WENDY, DID YOU GET TO CHOOSE? I DID NOT EVER SEE ME BESIDES I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO ENTER IT.
SO LIKE I THINK, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I, I, I THINK WE PROBABLY DISAGREE ON HOW IMPORTANT THESE THINGS ARE.
I THINK, BECAUSE I THINK THAT JOSH GRU DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF KEEPING THESE PARKS IN GOOD CONDITION.
I THINK OUR ROLE IS PROBABLY MORE COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE AND GETTING THEIR INPUT, WHICH YOU'RE NOT DOING CERTAINLY PART OF YOUR JOB AND, HUH.
BUT TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S MORE INPUT BECAUSE, UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT YOUR HUSBAND NOTICED THAT ELECTRICAL COVER BOOKS, I WOULD NEVER NOTICE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND, AND IF THERE'S A PIECE OF TRASH ON THE GROUND LOPES, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GET TO IT.
UH, AND, AND IT KEEPS THEM IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE, BUT JUST, I THINK ALL THE USERS WOULD AGREE WITH.
AND THAT IS ON THE THING IS TOO.
BUT TO ME THAT THAT'S KIND OF A MORE IMPORTANT THING KIND OF WHAT OUR ROLE AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED GENERALLY, ESPECIALLY AT MCFARLAND, JUST TEMPORARY RIGHT THERE WHEN I GO.
UM, AND I'M NOT GOING AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND I GO, AND I MEET THIS ONE GUY,
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THIS ASIAN GENTLEMAN WHO, UM, DOES THE THING EVERY, THE RAIL EVERY MORNING.HE'S THE ONLY ONE I EVER RECEIVED.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I HAVE SAID, WHEN I HAVE MY WHOLE SHIRT ON AND I SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, I'M FROM THE PARK BOARD.
AND SOMEBODY GOES TO EACH PARK AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST LIKE CHECK OUT THE PARK AND TALK TO PEOPLE IT'S VERY WELL RECEIVED.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? SO I AGREE.
THAT'S WAY MORE IMPORTANT, BUT IF NOBODY'S THERE MIGHT AS WELL, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE DOG PARK, THERE'S NOBODY THERE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE ALL FROM OTHER COUNTIES.
SO HAS, DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO TO HAS EXCELLENT.
FORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T SEE ANY, I AGREE.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A CRAZY QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE TWO TIMES THAT I WENT, I MEAN, I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS CHECKED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'LL TEXT ME AND THAT WAS JUST ONE 20
SO THEN, UM, REYNOLD'S DOG PARK.
DID YOU HAVE ANY, I HAVE TO SAY, CAN WE PUT THE WAS ONE LADY THERE? I SAID TO HER ALL THE TIME.
I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS, I THOUGHT THE GRISTLE PRETTY WELL.
THAT CAME UP JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THAT CAME UP ALSO AT THE, UH, UPPER PROVIDENCE, THE DOG PARK.
THEY WANTED IT TO BE LIKE FIVE TIMES.
JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY ASKING ME A QUESTION ABOUT TO, THEY LOVE THE TRAILS, BUT THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WE PLANNING ON EVER PUTTING ANY OF THE DOG BAG THINGS ALONG THE YEAH.
IF YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE THE BOTTOM PART OF IT, BUT JUST THE BAGS SO THAT THEY CAN PICK UP AFTER THEIR DOG.
UM, AND THERE WAS LIKE, I JUST DIDN'T REALLY THINK, AND I FEEL BAD THAT I LEFT IT.
IT'S NEW TO THEM THAT THEIR DOG WOULD LEAVE ANYTHING BEHIND.
I STAYED JUST THAT ONE, BUT FOR ANY OF OUR TRAIL.
ANDREW, DO YOU GET A LOT OF DOTS OVER THERE? RIGHT.
AND I THINK JUST THIS PARTICULAR PERSON WAS REALLY ALWAYS PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES AND THEY WOULD JUST LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
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CAN YOU ADD THAT TO OUR STATS PLEASE? THE BAGS OF YEAH.SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF IT ON, ON PARK WATCH.
UM, AGAIN, JUST REITERATE IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING ON, I GUESS, LET, UM, TO AN END OR TAILOR NOW AND KIND OF WORK THROUGH, I WILL BE A WEEK BEFORE REACHING OUT TO AS A REMINDER.
AND IF PEOPLE JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT, NO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY YOU CAN'T AND THEN SOMEBODY CAN, I'M READY TO BE COPIED.
SOMEBODY COULD SAY, HEY, I'LL CHECK IT OUT SO WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE AT SEVEN 30 GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY TRY TO STOP, UH, TONIGHT.
WE HAD TO DO OUR VOTING AND STUFF.
SO THIS IS JUST A, A BRIEF OPEN DISCUSSION.
SO GOING FORWARD, WE'RE THINKING THAT LIKE QUARTER AFTER SEVEN, WE WOULD JUST KIND OF TRY TO GO THROUGH AND THEN HAVE IT LIKE 15 MINUTES TO BE TALKING AND BRAINSTORMING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN, WE CAN DO.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE AND THAT WE WERE TAKING DONATIONS OR THE TREE FOR CAFE.
SO IT, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE IN WANTING TO DO, THAT'S STILL A POSSIBILITY.
UM, AND THEN THAT KIND OF GOT US THINKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT THAT MEMORIAL TREE DONATIONS AND KIND OF, INSTEAD OF IT, I'M SORRY, THE MEMORIAL TREE PROGRAM AND KIND OF HAVE IT BE MORE LIKE THAT GIFT A TRAY OR SOMETHING CLEVER.
AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROMOTE WHEN THERE'S LIKE A GRAND OPENING AT, UH, LIKE THE PLAYGROUND OR STILL LIKE, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE, THE INFORMATION, BUT THE ONLY OPTION IS LIKE $250 FOR A TREE.
REALLY, BECAUSE I JUST BOUGHT A $300 TREE, THEY CHARGED WHATEVER THE TREE COSTS, SAME AMOUNT OF PLANTED.
WELL, THIS IS, THAT WAS COLONIAL COLONIAL GARDENS, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DO SOME KIND OF MEMORIAL THING FOR SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBER OF THE PAST OR WHATEVER, OR AN OCCASION.
AND IF, YEAH, BECAUSE DID GRADUATION GIFTS BIRTHDAY, AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THE PROPERTY TO PLANT IT ON, BUT I WOULD THINK THE TOWNSHIP WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO HAVING TREES PLANTED IN SOME OF THE PARKS THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHADE.
SO SUE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE AS A BOARD CAN EXPLORE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH SUE OR AMBER TO KIND OF PROMOTE IT.
DO YOU GUYS PLANT TREES? SO, YEAH.
SO, SO DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF, UM, ALREADY A COLLABORATION WITH A NURSERY OR SOMETHING BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE COULD LOOK INTO TOO, IF WE DO ESTABLISH THAT KIND OF A PROGRAM IS TO CONTACT A NUMBER OF NURSERIES AND LET THEM BID FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HERE.
AND WHAT DO YOU KIND OF DEAL? ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE US, UM, SO WHAT WE CAN DO, LIKE, AGAIN, AS A BOARD, WE CAN DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURSUE AND SEE WHO THE BOARD TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE THAT ON.
AND THEN WE JUST GO THROUGH AND MAYBE VISIT SOME NURSERIES.
OR ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING TOO IS MAYBE LET'S HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.
LIKE THAT'S GREAT, TWO 50, BUT YOU CAN GET A SMALLER TREE FOR LIKE 125 AFFORDABLE FOR ALL RIGHT.
WELL, YOU HAVE CONSIDERED THAT ONCE THAT TREES PLANTED, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SMALL, A SMALLER TREE DOESN'T HAVE AS GOOD, A CHANCE OF SURVIVAL AS A LARGER TREE.
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YEAH.SO IT'S NOT, SO THAT'D BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE MORE.
I'M JUST SAYING IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN JUST BECAUSE IT'S A SMALLER TREE BECAUSE THE LABOR INVOLVED COULD BE MORE INTENSIVE.
AND THERE IS, I MEAN, WHEN I WENT TO WHARTON'S JUST TO LOOK AROUND AND THERE'S LIKE RED BUDS THAT ARE $110 THAT ARE A MATURE TRADE.
SO THERE THERE'S, UM, I'M JUST SAYING LET'S REVISIT IT AND SEE IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT PRICE OPTIONS.
DOES THIS TELL US WHAT TYPE OF TREE IT DOES NOT, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE THAT.
SO, SO, SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WHEN WE SEND OUT, LIKE, I'LL PROBABLY SEND OUT A WEEK BEFORE, WHAT OTHER BOARD IDEAS WE HAVE AND I'LL BE PUTTING MEMORIAL TREE PROGRAM.
WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT WHO'S INTERESTED IN PURSUING THAT FURTHER.
AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I'D LOVE TO DO.
I MEAN, I JUST LIKE WHOEVER GOES THE GARDENING AND I, I REALLY LIKED THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT NOW I'M REALLY SPREAD MYSELF THIN.
SO I, I THINK, ARE THEY THE ONLY OTHER THING AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD GOING FORWARD WITH THE MINUTES IS TO KIND OF CLEARLY DEFINE ACTION SO THAT IT HAPPENS.
I JUST, THE ONLY ACTION ITEMS I WROTE DOWN AND MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE CAN THINK OF THEM, OR MAYBE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH IS, UM, SUE ALREADY.
WE SENT THE GOOGLE SHEET THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
UM, WENDY IS GOING TO SEND, SO THE INFORMATION ON THE WESTERN TECH CENTER CONTACT PERSON, IT GOES TO SUSAN, JOSH.
UM, WE KNOW THAT TWO, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON RULES FOR THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT'S IN PROCESS.
UM, AND SUE IS GOING TO SEND QUESTIONS, UM, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO THE DOG PARK.
SO THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN OTHERS THAT YOU COME ACROSS TELLER AND HOWEVER YOU THINK IS BEST.
IF YOU THINK AT THE END OR WHEN THE ITEM WAS DISCUSSED, IT'S KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING, WHO'S KIND OF LOOKING AFTER THAT.
SO THEN THIS WAY WE, WE CAN KIND OF LIKE, IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET TO WHERE I CAN GET TO IT, BUT IT'S ON THE RADAR.
SO THE PARK IS JUST THE PARK, THE PLAYGROUND AT BLACKROCK.
DOES I THINK WHAT THEY CALL IT.
SO IS THERE, IS THERE, UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS OR ANY OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DISCUSS OR IF NOT, MAYBE TABLE KIND OF KEEP THINGS ON SHOW TABLE, AND NEXT TIME WE COULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
AND, AND REMEMBER, WE ARE STILL LIVE EVEN WHEN I BANG THIS GAVEL.
SO UNTIL EVERYTHING IS IT'S OFF.
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