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ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S, UM, A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER SIX AND WE CAN START
[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
OUR, UM, BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11TH.OUR FIRST MEETING IS 2023, SO WE CAN CALL TO ORDER.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.SO DO EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO JUST LOOK OVER THE MINUTES? YES.
SO WE HAVE ONE, TWO, WE HAVE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS, SO THAT'S A FORM SO WE CAN APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE, UM, A PERSON FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY.
UH, ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS? THAT'S ALWAYS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ON OUR AGENDA.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE COULD START WITH ANY, UM,
[4. New Business]
ANY NEW BUSINESS.ONE THING I DID WANT TO ASK YOU, SUE, IS CAN YOU SOUND LIKE THE, THE INVITE THAT YOU NORMALLY DO FOR PARKS AND RACK BOARD SO THAT IT, WE CAN, UM, ACCEPT AND IT GOES INTO OUR CALENDARS? OH, FOR 2023? YES.
YOU, YOU USUALLY DO IT FOR SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER.
PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED BY THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO RE-SIGN FOR THE WEBSITE THAT THEY HAVE TO REJOIN THE WEBSITE.
SO POSSIBLY ANOTHER EMAIL EXPLAINING, TELLING PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT WAS SENT OUT, IT HAD TO BE DONE JUNE 6TH AND AFTER.
BUT THAT JANUARY, UH, JANUARY.
BUT THAT EMAIL THAT WE GOT WAS IN DECEMBER AFTER THE MEET, AFTER THE LAST MEETING.
AND THEN I PUT A REMINDER IN MY CALENDAR.
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER THAT THEY NEED TO RE REDO, REJOIN, GOT, YEAH, I KNOW.
I FEEL LIKE WE THEN THE DECEMBER ONE, THE LATE DECEMBER ONE WAS ALSO GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IF YOU DID IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BY A SUB, BY A CERTAIN DATE, THEN YOU WOULD GET LIKE SOME GUEST PASSES, SOMETHING.
SO THAT EXPIRED THE END OF THE, THAT WAS THE FIR THE DECEMBER ONE.
THEN THE JANUARY 3RD ONE WAS WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY WENT LIVE.
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT DOESN'T MIGRATE.
THE OLD ONE IS NOT MIGRATING OVER.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE YOU PUT, YOU PUT YOUR INFORMATION IN OR COME TO THE REC CENTER AND IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LIKE VERY IMPRESSED THAT PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CREATED NEW ACCOUNT GREAT.
UM, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AND SAID, OH, I, I DIDN'T REALIZE.
I THINK I SAW SOMETHING BUT WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT MEANT.
AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE US FIVE MINUTES AT THE FRONT DESK TO GET THEIR INFORMATION.
IT'S EASY, LIKE ONCE WE GET YOUR NAME, IF YOU'RE IN OUR OLD SYSTEM, WE JUST GO TO THE OLD SYSTEM, TAKE ALL YOUR INFORMATION, PUT IT IN DIRECT DESK FOR YOU, AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE LIKE YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE WAIVER AGAIN.
SO WHILE YOU'RE WORKING OUT OR READING A KID DOING STORY TIME OR SOMETHING, IT'S A REALLY QUICK TRANSITION.
WE'VE LEARNED TO DO THAT PRETTY, PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL SO FAR.
BUT I'LL LET, I'LL TALK TO 'EM TOMORROW.
I GUESS THROUGHOUT JANUARY, JUST LITTLE REMINDERS.
BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN LIKE SOME SLIGHT ISSUES.
UM, BECAUSE THE WEBSITE, THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE IS ALIVE.
SO MEMBERSHIPS, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT BASICALLY THE, IT WILL SEEM TO THE PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY, YOU GET FEBRUARY FOR FREE OF THE NEW SYSTEM TO KEEP YOUR MEMBERSHIP GOING.
SO AS OF THE 15TH, THIS MONTH WE'LL BE, WE WON'T BE TAKING ANY MORE MEMBERSHIPS.
OR IF YOU HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIP IN MYRE, IT'LL BE CANCELED AS OF THE 15TH AND THEN MOVED OVER TO THE NEW SYSTEM.
BUT THE NEW SYSTEM, CUZ YOU ALREADY PAID IN MEEK WILL GIVE YOU, IT GETS LIKE IT JUST AN OVERFLOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FREE, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IT.
SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL BE MORE OF A PAIN FOR US ON THE BACK END.
PEOPLE WON'T NECESSARILY NOTICE OR SEE THAT'S A YEAH.
AND TRUST ME, IF THEY DO, YOU'LL BE GETTING INFO.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALL BEEN LIKE STATIONED THERE.
SARAH'S BEEN AWESOME ABOUT BEING THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL IN THE UP.
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MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.WE HAVE THE
SO SINCE IT'S A NEW YEAR, WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR OUR OFFICERS AGAIN.
WE, IS THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRPERSON? I'M NOMINATED
YOU'RE JUST IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION.
YOU TO MAKE SURE THIS IS FAIR.
SO ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? NO.
WE COULD HAVE DONE IT LAST MEETING.
CAUSE WE HAVE MARIA, IT WASN'T HERE.
AND IT'S, SO, SO THEN FOR OUR VICE CHAIR, ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? MARIA
SO, AND THEN ANY UM, NOMINATIONS OR SECRETARY? I NOMINAT NICK TAYLOR
I CAN'T DO IT CAUSE I NOMINATED BROTHERS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SALARIES,
SO THE WATCH IS GONNA SAY YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE WAY TOO MUCH FUN.
SO THE, UM, THE SECOND ITEM IS THE PRP S WHICH IS THE, UM, PENNSYLVANIA RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY AWARD.
SO THAT'S, THAT IS DUE FRIDAY.
AND WE'VE KIND OF MOVED ALONG, YOU KNOW, BANKS PREDOMINANTLY TO, UM, TAYLOR GETTING INFORMATION FROM PARKS AND RACK.
DID YOU SEE A LETTER OR DID TAYLOR TELL YOU? NO, HE TOLD ME WHEN YOU CAME.
SO TAYLOR, UM, VERY NICELY KIND OF PULLED ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER FROM VARIOUS INPUT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER THIS.
SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'LL BE TOMORROW, I GUESS ON WHATEVER TIME TOMORROW, TAYLOR AND SUE ARE GONNA RECONVENE AND GO THROUGH IT AND, UM, DOWNLOAD THROUGH THE ACTUAL SUBMISSION.
THE, UM, SURVEY MONKEY, SO FINGERS CROSSED WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
AND, UM, THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU GOT AN AWARD.
WE DID GET, UM, QUESTION, WE DID GET QUOTES.
YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A, A QUOTE ON HERE FROM BILL'S STARLING, UM, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND UM, WE HAVE A QUOTE ALSO FROM TIM ON MANAGER.
SO, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IN THE BODY OF THE, UM, WHAT TAYLOR WROTE UP.
THERE'S ALSO JUST SOME UNSOLICITED MARKS, A REALLY NICE TOUCH TOO.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE, UM, ALL BUTTONED UP AND REALLY ON THE, AGAIN, PRETTY A MIGHTY EFFORT BECAUSE WE KIND OF ONLY FIGURE THIS OUT AT A LATE OCTOBER WORKSHOP THAT YOU COULD DO IT.
WE DISCUSSED IT IN OUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
SO, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR TO BE DOING THIS.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF WE CONSIDERED TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WE MAYBE YEAH.
DIFFERENT TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, AND IT HAS TO BE A DIFFERENT THING, OBVIOUSLY.
SO WE WANTED, WE NEEDED TO GET THIS IN BECAUSE THE, IT WAS FOR THE BLACKROCK PLAYGROUND AND IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED THE YEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE EVENT OR WHATEVER WENT ON.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN THE NEXT THING IS PARKS
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AND REC 4 20 23 PROJECT.UM, YEAH, I JUST PUT THAT IN THERE CAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE'RE KEEPING THE JAM AS THE PROJECT AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PAINTING OF THE ELECTRICAL BOXES SATELLITE AS OUR 2023 PROJECT, JUST SO I KNOW WHICH ONE WE WANT TO START HAVING MEETINGS ABOUT OUTSIDE OF THIS.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WE DEFINITELY DECIDED THAT THE GYM IS GONNA JUST BE, UH, HOPEFULLY AN ANNUAL.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND JUST ALWAYS BE AWARE OF WE'RE DOING A NEW PROJECT EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO COULD SUSTAIN.
AND UM, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION, BECAUSE LIKE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WERE TALKED ABOUT MM-HMM.
AND SOME, AND A BENCH PROGRAM TOO.
WELL, THE TREE AND THE BENCH DON'T NECESSARILY, I DON'T THINK HAVE TO BE HEAVY PROJECTS.
I THINK THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO LIKE, TRY TO GET PRICING ON AND TRY TO BE FULL WITH THAT.
UM, BUT THEN WITH THE BIG PROJECT, LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS MORE, AND IT COULD BE A RESEARCH YEAR IF YOU WANTED TO LIKE REALLY DIVE IN ON LIKE FORM THE COMMITTEE NOW SO WE CAN LAUNCH IT IN 24.
LIKE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING LAUNCHED THIS YEAR, BUT I KNEW THE JAM WAS GONNA BE A CONTINUING OF OUR, OUR EVENT.
BUT YOU WANTED, I THINK THAT WAS A START POINT.
I JUST WANTED TO, THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
MY, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFICATION IF LIKE HOW MUCH, UM, PARKS AND REC WOULD BE DOING WITH THE DON THE DONATED TREATMENT.
BECAUSE I THINK THOSE THINGS, WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF PUBLIC MM-HMM.
THIS IS GOING ON FIVE YEARS, SO IT WILL HAVE TO CHANGE FOR 2023.
BUT I WAS GONNA MEET WITH YOU ABOUT LOWE'S BECAUSE THE BENCHES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN RIGHT.
SO, AND I CAN'T GET THE BENCHES FOR THAT PREGNANT, BUT, AND THEN LIKE WHEN WENDY'S BACK MAYBE, DO YOU REMEMBER SHE HAD, SHE WAS LOOKING INTO THE CARPENT DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S, SO MY QUESTION IS ON THE NEW WEBSITE, IS THERE, IS THERE GONNA BE A SEPARATE WINDOW OR A PLACE TO GO TO TO, YOU KNOW, TO YES.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE FUN PART AND THIS IS THE INTERNAL.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE NOT A STRUGGLE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, UM, A BIG CHANGE FOR US.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, PARKS AND RECREATION, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND WE HAVE HANDS ON IS ON OUR PERSONAL WEBSITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE LINKS FROM THE TOWNSHIP SITE TO OURS.
SO WE'RE NOT, FOR THE MOST PART, PUTTING OUT OUTDATED INFORMATION ON ONE SITE AND NOT THE OTHER AND FORGETTING TO UPDATE BOTH.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOW IS THAT THE TOWNSHIP WANTS MAJORITY OF THE FORMS AND DOCUMENTATIONS AND THINGS ON THE TOWNSHIP SITE.
AND THEN JUST HAVING OUR REC SITE AS A POS REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
SO ALL OF OUR FORMS, ONCE THEY'RE UPLOADED TO THE SITE DIFFERENTLY, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE PDFS.
WE HAVE TO PRINT THE PDF AT HOME AND THEN SEND ME A CHECK AND YOU HAVE TO SEND ME THE PAPER.
AND IT'S SNAIL, IT'S, IT'S OLD RIGHT?
UM, OUR NEW SYSTEM CAN HANDLE THE POS ASPECT OF THAT, BUT THEN IF WE'RE PUTTING THE FORMS ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, THE FORM ISN'T GONNA COME OVER WITH THE PAYMENT ON MY SITE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE NEW WEBSITE, YOU DO THE FORMS PHYSICALLY ON THE SITE, THERE'S NOT PAPER FORMS UNLESS IT'S PERFECT.
SO IF I HAVE THE TREE DONATION PROGRAM IN AS A FILLABLE FORM ON THE NEW TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, THEN THAT INFORMATION GETS STORED AND SENT FROM THERE.
IT DOESN'T CORRESPOND WITH THE POS SYSTEM THAT YOU WOULD THEN GET, YOU WON'T GET BROUGHT OVER TO THE POS SYSTEM.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY.
SO IT'S LIKE A, THE BUGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OKAY.
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
BUT I WOULD ASSUME IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, LIKE WE'LL HAVE THAT'VE BEEN RUNNING.
SO THAT'S CONVERSATION THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S EVERYBODY'S VIEWPOINT.
I DID READ THROUGH THE, UM, THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM MAYOR PETE.
I IMPRESS IS, I, I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION LIKE, IN READING THROUGH THAT, SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LIKE LAUNCHING LIKE A, AS BIG A PROJECT.
LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING, WE DON'T NEED LIKE BUILDINGS INVOLVED AND OWNERS OF BUILDINGS, LIKE WE, WE ARE, ARE GONNA BE TOLD EXACTLY WHICH UTILITY SITES.
AND SO THE WAY THEY DID IT IN,
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IN PHOENIXVILLE WAS THEY PUT TOGETHER A, UM, A BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.AND I THINK STILL IN ALL, IF WE COULD, LIKE, MAYBE THAT'S OUR GOAL IN 2023, IF WE COULD AT A BARE MINIMUM MM-HMM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ADVERTISE JUST, THIS IS JUST MY, MY THOUGHTS, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S THOUGHT AND ADVERTISE FOR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE ON THAT.
BUT I THINK SOMEBODY FROM THE BOARD SHOULD AT LEAST INITIALLY BE, UM, IF POSSIBLE.
AND BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON THE, THIS BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, THEN REALLY JUST CUT AND PAST THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM PHOENIXVILLE.
CAUSE WE, HE GAVE US AND HE GAVE US THE, UM, GO AHEAD TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK IT'D BE EASIER IF SOMEBODY ON THAT COMMITTEE, CUZ THEN THEY WOULD JUST DOWNLOAD THE PICTURES OF THE UTILITY UTILITY THINGS AND YOU KNOW, WE'D KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
SO I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY DOABLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF, I GUESS IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW MANY, IF WE CAN GET THAT PULLED TOGETHER.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S COMMITTEE A GREAT STARTING POINT? YEAH, DEFINITELY THINK THAT OUR 2023 GOAL FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT IS BEING THE COMMITTEE AND MEETING.
AND IF WE COULD GET THAT TOGETHER AND IF THEY FEEL ABLE AND READY, THEN WE COULD LAUNCH INTO THIS.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A BUDGET FOR IT? SO I KNOW THE, YOU, THE ARTISTS, YOU, YOU PUT OUT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE MEDIUM IS, YOU PUT OUT ALL THAT OF INFORMATION.
BUT, UM, THEY GET PAID, THEY WERE GETTING PAID LIKE FOR THE BIG UTILITY BOXES, IT WAS LIKE $500.
THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN SUPPLIES.
AND THEY'RE TOLD WHAT SUPPLIES THEY NEED TO USE.
I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, DO, DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF BUDGET THAT THE ARTISTS WHO ARE AWARDED, SAY WE HAVE FOUR, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, WE HAVE A BUDGET WHERE WE CAN GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, $200 OR $150.
AND THEN WE CAN PUT IN LIKE, WE HAVE THIS MANY, UM, RAISED THAT WE HAVE THIS MANY JUNCTION BOXES.
THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING FOR FEES.
BECAUSE THE RAISED SEWERS ARE GOING TO BE FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF YEAH.
SO IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENCE IN PRICE THERE.
SO WE CAN TALK TO EVEN MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PETE AND SAY, UM, LIKE, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THESE PRICES? LIKE HOW, HOW DO YOU KNOW LIKE WHAT THESE ARTISTS ARE WORTH? CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS.
WELL, I MEAN HE, THEY, HE, THE, IF YOU LOOK IN THE DOCUMENT, THE PRICES ARE BASED ON HOW BIG THE THING IS.
I THINK WE'RE, WE ARE DECIDING THAT THE ARTIST IS WORTH THAT AMOUNT IF THEY'RE AWARDED THE PROJECT.
BECAUSE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT.
SO I, I THINK, I THINK AS A FIRST STEP, IF WE COULD GET TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANNA ADVERTISE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WANT ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, IN THE, IN THE DOCUMENTS HE, HE SENT, HE, HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CALLING FOR ALL LIKE ARTISTS, HISTORIANS, YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT IN THE TOWNSHIP.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE START THAT APPROACHES OVER COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
NOW I THINK WE ONLY HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT THES HAVE OVER HERE ON THE TRAIL.
UM, AT LIKE MENNONITE AND ONE 13 ON THE SIDE OF THE STOP LIGHT ON ALL THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
THOSE BIG BOXES THAT ARE AT THE END OF THE, THOSE ARE WHAT WE'LL BE PAINTING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE MANY THAT ARE DIRECTLY IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT AREN'T ON OTHER TOWNSHIP OR THE PROPERTIES.
SO, BUT IT'S THE START, THE GREAT START.
IT'S A GREAT, AND THEN WE COULD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE CAN KIND OF WITH WITH BOARD INPUT AND PARKS AND REC INPUT COME UP WITH LIKE THAT THING.
BUT YOU KNOW, SO, AND THEN LIKE IN HIS THING IS IT WAS LIKE SPECIAL ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
IT COULD BE HISTORY, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL, WHATEVER.
BUT WE, WE COULD KIND OF, ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE.
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THERE.SO WE KIND ALL AGREE THAT WE MAYBE START MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN? AND I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT, I WOULD HELP YOU CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IF YOU WANTED DEFINITELY TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET THE BEAUTIFICATION THING DONE.
FIRST SIGN MIGHT BE A GOOD FOR THE STUDENT ARTISTS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
SPRINGBOARD I WAS THINKING OF.
BUT DON'T THEY DO, I REMEMBER YEARS AGO THEY GOING TO, UM, THE ART CLASSES WOULD PUT OUT LIKE THEIR, THEIR WORK AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD GO.
AND SO I I'M, I THINK THEY STILL DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
SEE THAT WOULD, AND WENDY MAY BE GOOD FOR, UM, PERSON TO GET IN TOUCH.
SO WE COULD KIND FIGURE OUT HOW, IF WE WANT CALLING THIS, I THINK WE SHOULD STEAL THE ENTIRE, THEY THEY, THEIRS IS THE BEAU.
YOU BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
THE COLLEGEVILLE BE UP PROVIDENCE PROVIDE BETTER BEAUTIFICATION.
WE DIDN'T STEAL THAT FROM ANY, ALRIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL COMMITTEE.
I DON'T WANNA, WELL, WE COULD FIGURE THAT OUT.
THAT'LL BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
THAT'LL BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
HOW THEY, WHAT THEY CALLED THE COMMITTEE.
SOMETHING WE LIKE, OUR FIRST THING WOULD BE PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING TO PUT OUT ON THE WEBSITE.
LIKE TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE AND THEN HAVING LIKE A FLYER OR WHATEVER.
SOMETHING AT THE REC CENTER AT THE, OKAY.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE BEGINNING OF OUR 2023 PROJECT.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANNA TOTALLY COMMIT.
CAUSE WE DON'T HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA BE PULLED INTO THAT, BUT WE COULD GET A MUCH MORE THAN I PEOPLE.
SO MOVING ON TO THE, UM, ANY, ANY, ANY MORE, UM, NEW BUSINESS PARK AND REC RECORD THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO BRING UP AT THIS POINT.
SO THEN THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HAVE YOUR, UM, YOUR STRAP PLAN IS THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THE STRAP PLAN, IS ALL THE EVENTS ALREADY PLANNED OUT FOR THE FOLLOW? YES.
SO, UM, IT IS, SO I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING, INSTEAD OF SENDING IT OUT IN FULL YEAR TERMS, UM, I THINK WE DID THAT.
AND I THINK A LOT OF, NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING HAPPENED, BUT IT WAS GOT LOST.
NO, IT WAS KIND OF, UM, IT WAS EASY TO THEN COPY THINGS IN A SENSE THAT MAYBE WE WERE, WE WERE GONNA SET TO DO MM-HMM.
SO, UM, IN, IN MY LITTLE CONSORTIUM OF PARK AND REC COKES, I'LL SHARE WITH THEM EVERYTHING.
SO WE DON'T USE THE SAME DATES FOR THINGS.
UM, BUT WITH WITHOUT, FOR THE PUBLIC, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO, HERE'S OUR SIX MONTH PLAN, HERE'S ALL OF OUR BIG EVENTS FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN WE'LL SLOWLY BRING OUT THE REST OF THE SIX MONTHS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT EVERYTHING OUT OUT AT ONE TIME.
UM, IT WILL ALL BE ON THE NEW TOWNSHIP.
UM, THE NEW TOWNSHIP WEBSITE WENT UP TODAY, SO IT'S FULLY LAUNCHED AS OF NOW.
UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE CALENDARS ON THERE, AND THE EVENTS WILL BE ON THE CALENDARS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
BUT WE WEREN'T THINKING OF PUSHING THE MARKETING ON THOSE THINGS.
LIKE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR TIME WITH SOME OF THEM.
WE DON'T WANNA KNOW EVERYTHING OUT BY THE WAY.
LIKE WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT, UM, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, OUR NEXT SIX MONTHS OF BIG EVENTS WILL BE BROADCASTED AND WE'LL HAVE THAT HANGING ON LIKE PAVILIONS AND WE'LL HAVE IT IN RESTROOMS AND WE'LL HAVE IT AT DIFFERENT PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN VISUALLY SEE IT.
AND WE'LL HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN IN A COUPLE MONTHS WE PUT OUT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN WE ALREADY HAVE A, I THINK IT'S 30 DAYS, UM, IS WHAT OUR MARKETING, THE PERSON AMBER, UM, SERIOUSLY THAT WE DO THE PUSH THE BIGOT, THE REFRESH THEM.
SO, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE IN YOUR MONTHLY EVENT THAT GO OUT.
BUT I THINK THE WAY THAT WE FORMATTED IT ALL ON ONE PAGE, IT WAS A LOT TO HAND TO PEOPLE.
LIKE, HERE'S OUR ENTIRE YEAR OF REALLY LARGE EVENTS PLUS EIGHT DIFFERENT CALENDARS OF PROGRAMS
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THAT WE HAVE IN OPEN GYM TIMES.AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PAGE, LIKE IT WAS JUST A, IT WAS OVERLOAD.
SO WE'RE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITY GUIDE, IT WILL GO OUT IN SMALLER CHUNKS VERSUS THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING.
ARE YOU GOING TO DRAFT OUT OF THAT A VOLUNTEER SHEET YES.
THAT YOU GIVE TO US? THAT WAS ACTUALLY, SO EVERY TIME I COME, I, UM, I HAVE THE 2023 STRAP PLAN OPEN, AND EVERY TIME IT GOES BACK TO THE 2021 STRAP PLAN.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT KEEPS HAPPENING.
UM, SO I ASKED TO GET A NEW LINK SENT AND HOW, OKAY.
WELL WHEN YOU, I WILL MAKE THE GOOGLE SHEET AND INSIDE MY CALENDAR REQUEST FOR EVERYBODY.
SO EVERYBODY WILL GET PROBABLY TOMORROW A CALENDAR REQUEST FOR ME FOR ALL THE MEETINGS.
SO IT'S ALL IN YOUR CALENDARS, YOU GET REMINDERS FOR IT.
SO IT'S NOT LOOKING THROUGH EMAILS, TRYING TO FIND THOSE LINKS AGAIN.
SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED TO NO, I THINK, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE K***Y FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK OUT FOR THE NEXT LIKE MONTH OR SO.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, ON OUR END, WE CAN SEE A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE ALREADY SOLD OUT.
UM, OUR BALLET PROGRAM IS ALMOST 18 KIDS ON THE WAIT LIST JUST TO GET IN.
UM, OUR STORY TIMES ARE ALL FULL.
UM, OUR MINI MUSIC LEADERS PROGRAM IS FILLED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, SO I THINK THE LOOK IN THE FIELD, THE WEBSITE, KNOWING THAT SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS USE THE SAME ONE, PEOPLE ARE USED TO USING IT MM-HMM.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER.
IT'S A LOT MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN OUR ULTRA WEBSITE WAS.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT, I CANNOT BECAUSE, UM, WE ONLY HAVE TWO NIGHTS IN THE WEEK AND WHEN THE INSTRUCTORS CAN COME, WE ONLY HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR TWO SESSIONS AT EACH NIGHT.
SO I CAN HAVE TWO CLASSES ON MONDAY.
I CAN HAVE TWO ON THURSDAY, THEN ONE ON SATURDAY, AND THEN OTHERWISE ROOMS USED.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE, IF I HAD MORE SPACE OR LIKE I LESSEN SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH THEN TAKES AWAY FROM THIS GROUP, AND THEN IT'S A CONSTANT LIKE BATTLE.
BUT IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO I APOLOGIZE, THIS ISN'T THE BEST.
IT'S, IT'S A LOT MORE EASY ON YOUR EYES.
IT MAKES SENSE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE PROGRAMS. IT MAKES SENSE WHERE THE CALENDAR FUNCTION IS.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WAS THAT PICTURE FROM? THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, THE, UM, THE SOJOURN.
SO SARAH AND I VOLUNTEERED AT THE SOJOURN EVERY YEAR AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT SHE HAD TAKEN.
AND IT IS ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE AS WELL.
IT'S A, SO, AND THEN IF YOU CLICK UP HERE, OKAY, DON'T NOT WORK.
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS PROBABLY BETTER USED IF I HAD ACTUALLY PULLED THE SCREEN DOWN TO SHOW YOU GUYS ALL THIS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WHEN YOU GO HOME, YOU GO IN AND UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DO AN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THEY'RE MINIMUM YOU COULD BE A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
AND THEN, UM, LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, THERE WAS THREE CALENDARS ON THE TOWNSHIP SIDE VERSUS JUST THE ONE CALENDAR.
SO WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE PARK AND REC CALENDAR, IT'S A DIRECT LINK TO OUR REC DESK CALENDAR.
SO IT SHOWS YOU EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE'RE DOING.
THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE UP HERE YET, BECAUSE IT WAS SO OVERWHELMING TO LOOK AT, WAS OUR OPEN GYM TIME.
OH, SO THAT, SO THAT'S THE EVENT DRIVEN.
OUR EVENTS BE ON THIS CALENDAR.
IS THERE A PLACE, CUZ I WAS TRYING TO FIND WHEN I JUST WAS LOOKING, UM, FOR LIKE A FEE SCHEDULE.
I KNOW LIKE YOU GO INTO THE, TO THE REGISTRATION FOR OUR CLASS AND YOU SEE THE FEE, BUT LIKE FOR MEMBERS OR, OH, YOU MEAN FOR, FOR FOR PROGRAMS? YEAH.
LIKE, LIKE THE ACTUAL FEE SCHEDULE DOCUMENTS FOR SIGNS OR YOU JUST NEED FEE? NO, NO, NO FEES FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW MUCH THINGS COST.
LIKE, LIKE IT, LIKE, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE GO GOING INTO REGISTER, THEY'D HAVE TO LIKE SET UP AN ACCOUNT.
IF THEY'RE GOING INTO REGISTER FOR A CLASS, THAT'S WHEN THEY SEE THE PRICE OF THE CLASS.
BUT LIKE, MEMBERSHIP PRICE, I, THEY, THEY DESCRIBE THE MEMBER TYPES OF MEMBERSHIPS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY PRICES, BUT I
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DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.SO I CAN WALK THROUGH PEOPLE WITH IT.
BUT WHEN YOU, UM, WE COULD DO THIS AT AN MEETING THROUGH THING NEXT TIME, BUT IT WILL, YOU DO HAVE TO GO TO, UM, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE PROGRAM ITSELF, LIKE OUR UM, HARRY POTTER WORK TRIP THAT WE HAVE, WHEN YOU GO ON THERE AND YOU HIT FEES, IT TELLS YOU BEFORE YOU REGISTER HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE I'M A NEW YORK TRIP.
BUT I'M SAYING LIKE, FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE, OKAY.
HOW MUCH IS IT TO BELONG TO THE REC CENTER? YOU JUST MEAN JUST LIKE A PDF THAT HAS JUST SHOWING, SHOWING PES? YEAH.
OH, YOU JUST WANT THAT BASICALLY STUFF.
THAT'S WHERE THE FORMS COME IN.
SO THAT'S WHEN OF THE THINGS, WE HAVE A FORM OPTION ON OUR SIDE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT EVERY FORM ON OUR SIDE.
THEY WANT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO IT'S FIGURING OUT WHAT I, I JUST REMEMBER AT ONE POINT YEARS AGO THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO PUT PRICES ON THE WEBSITE.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS STILL THE THING.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PRICE FOR 2023, THE MONTHLY PRICE TO BELONG IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT.
IT WAS UP THERE ON THE OLD SITE.
UM, AND DID WE INCREASE ANY OF THE PRICES? YEAH, SO, UM, THE FEE SCHEDULE IS LIVE.
WE KEPT MEMBERSHIPS THE SAME FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE IT WASN'T SOMETHING I WAS WILLING TO CHANGE.
UM, BUT WE DID CHANGE, UM, RENTALS.
UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA GLANCE AT THAT, IT'S UNDER THE FEE SCHEDULE WE CAN FIND ON THE TOWNSHIP SITE.
UM, OUR NEW RENTAL FORMS JUST WENT OUT TODAY.
SO WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF RENTAL, SO THEY'RE ALL GETTING A NEW PACKAGE RIGHT NOW.
WE DID UP IT, I WOULDN'T SAY SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT WE UPPED ENOUGH SO THAT I CAN PAY FOR STAFF TO BE THEIR COVER LIKE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN OUR PREVIOUS WEEK.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THE ACTUAL MEMBERSHIP, THE MEMBERSHIP DID NOT.
I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S, SO THERE, THERE IS A FEE SCHEDULE ON THE TOWNSHIP SITE THAT OKAY.
IT SHOULD LOOK THE SAME TO YOU.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH IT OR ANYTHING? I AM.
I'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, I WORK A COUPLE TIMES UP AT THE FRONT DESK SO THAT I HAVE TO, BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE THE, I'M NOT PERSON, I HAVE TO PHYSICALLY DO IT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THIS WORKS.
OTHER PEOPLE CAN WATCH A SLIDESHOW AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, I GOT IT.
SO I WAS ABLE TO DO A POS RECENTLY AND HE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE A MEMBERSHIP REALLY QUICK.
SO IT IS A LOT MORE EASY, UM, ON THAT SIDE OF IT.
ONLY THING I NOT, I DID NOTICE THAT.
IS THAT CAUSE WE CAN'T IMPORT PICTURES LIKE WE HAD BEFORE.
UM, NO, THIS, THIS STUFF IS ALL JUST ON HERE FOR RENTAL PURPOSES.
SO IF YOU WANT PICTURES AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY AT EACH OF THOSE? THAT WOULD BE, WE HAVE TO FORM A LINK TO THE TOWNSHIP SIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I GOTCHA.
WHICH IS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE THINKING OF DOING? MM-HMM.
SO MADE A REALLY NICE, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT START.
UM, I, I JUST WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE THE, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S TRICKY YEAH, YEAH.
SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO SUMMER CAMPS.
SO SUMMER CAMPS ARE HAPPENING.
UM, I WANTED TO THROW THIS OUT THERE BEFORE.
UM, IT GETS BEEN NEXT MEETING, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF CHANGE THINGS UP THE WAY WE KIND OF RUN OUR BLACKROCK CAMP.
UM, AND THAT MEANS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND MORE SUITABLE CAMP STAFF TO COME IN AND HELP US WITH THIS APPROACH.
WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR IS TO GET MORE TEACHERS TO COME ON AND BE COUNSELORS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO OFFER THOSE PEOPLE, I MEAN I, THERE'S PROBABLY A TON OF TEACHERS WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, UM, IS OFFERING THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY'RE OF AGE FOR THAT CAMP, A FREE CAMP TO BE ABLE TO WORK THAT CAMP.
UM, I NEED, YOU KNOW, NOT OLDER PRECISELY, BUT MORE RESPONSIBLE, UM, PEOPLE.
SO THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALL KIND OF, WE'RE SMALL DEPARTMENT RUNNING THESE BIG CAMPS PLUS ALL THOSE SPECIALTY CAMPS.
I KIND OF HAVE TO SPLIT UP THE TEAM A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT'S FINDING PEOPLE THAT KEN WILL DIRECT THIS SPECIFIC CAMP AND THEN DIRECT THE SPECIALTIES.
AND IF WE HAVE PRESCHOOL CAMP COME BACK, THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER PERSON THAT I NEED TO BE THE ONSITE AND PAYING ATTENTION AND MINDFUL OF WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ONE PERSON TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, PLUS THE REST OF YOUR JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE OF THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP HEAD ONE SITE AND THEN SOME, UM, EITHER COLLEGE KIDS OR SENIORS YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL THAT REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH KIDS AND
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HAVE A PASSION FOR THAT, THAT WANT TO GIVE THEM A GREAT EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST A SUMMER GIG.IS THERE A FULL-TIME JOB? IT'S FULL-TIME IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S 7:30 AM TO 4 30, 5 30 PM I SEE.
IT WOULD JUST BE FOR LIKE A CHUNK OF TIME.
WHICH IS LIKE WHEN THE TEACHERS YEAH.
JUST, BUT IT WOULD BE, CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO HAVE KIDS IN THAT AGE GROUP, ESPECIALLY TEACHERS, IT'S OKAY, WELL I CAN GO WORK THIS, BUT AM I GONNA DO AND THEN IT COSTS MORE TO SEND MY KIDS AT THE CAMP, THEN I MIGHT MAKE IT THAT CAMP AND IT, NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S TRICKY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA START PUTTING OUT.
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO DO HR PREP AND EVERYTHING ON FRIDAY TO GET BACK.
SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TEACHER, SO THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN GONNA DO FOR THREE? OR ARE YOU GONNA GIVE THEM ONE FULL? IT'D BE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? I GO TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF IT.
BUT YEAH, SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NO MORE THAN UP TO TWO AND THEN IT WOULD BE LIKE DISCOUNTS FOR THE, UM, CUZ OUR, OUR CAMP RIGHT NOW I THINK IS DOLLARS ON THE HOUR.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE SAME, SO, SO IF YOU'RE CAN GET MORE COUNSELORS, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE MORE CHILDREN? THAT'S OUR HOPE.
BUT WE'RE ALSO, SO WE'RE KIND OF HANDCUFFED TO THE SIZE OF OUR PAVILIONS.
OUR CAMP IS SPECIAL IN THE SENSE THAT WE DON'T RENT OUT SCHOOLS, WE DON'T HAVE INSIDE SPACE ANYMORE.
SO THE KIDS ARE OUTSIDE ALL DAY FOR SIX WEEKS.
UM, SO WE CAN ONLY HAVE AS MANY KIDS AS I CAN FIT UNDER THE DOUBLE SIDED PAVILION OVER HERE ON BLACKROCK.
IF WE BRING BACK ANDERSON FARM CAMP THAT'S, UM, MORE THAN HALF SMALLER THAN THE DOUBLE SIDED PAVILIONS, WE CAN ONLY FIT LIKE 60 KIDS THERE IF THAT.
SO IT'S, ALL OF OUR STUFF IS KIND OF SMALL IN THE SENSE OF HOW MANY KIDS I CAN LEGALLY MM-HMM.
CAUSE REMEMBER THAT'S WHAT NO, YOU DON'T.
WE HAVE SO MUCH HAPPENING INSIDE THAT IT'S, IT'S ALMOST, UM, BETWEEN THE SENIOR CLASSES, OPEN GYM, THE AMOUNT OF PAY FOOTBALL PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OUT.
AND I KNOW BY THE, UH, THE SUMMERTIME IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE, BUT WHEN THOSE HEAT WAVES ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING AGAIN.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXPLORING NEW AVENUES OF HOW WE CAN APPROACH THIS.
BUT UM, I KNOW LIMERICK PUTS OUT THEIR CAMPS THIS MONTH JUST TO GET PARENTS A HEADS UP OF WHAT GOING TO BE OFFERED.
SO WE ARE MORE LIKE THAT FEBRUARY RANGE.
SO IF YOU SEE THERE'S COMING OUT AND YOU'RE LIKE, IS DOING CAMP A LITTLE BIT, SO ARE YOU, YOU ARE CONSIDERING ANDERSON, WE'RE IN CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS THE THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS LIKE THE EXPO.
LIKE IS THAT STILL A A PLAN? IT'S COMING UP IN, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BUT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.
BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU, THE PARENTS ARE ALL ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE'LL CUZ YOU KNOW, THEY GOT, THEY WANT TO PLAN MM-HMM.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAVE ON HERE FOR NEW STUFF IS KIDS CORNER.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING KIDS CORNER BACK TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER TWO NIGHTS A WEEK, UM, IN STARTING IN FEBRUARY.
UM, AND OUR HOPE IS IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, SOME YOUNG VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR HOURS THAT LIKE TO BE AROUND KIDS OR LIKE TO HAVE A, THEY'RE GOING, MAYBE THEY'RE GONNA SCHOOL TO BE TEACHERS.
MAYBE THEY'RE GOING IN FOR SOME KIND OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN.
UM, SO I SENT THAT OUT TO INTERACT CLUB, UM, ABOUT A WEEK, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO OR SO.
UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE LIKE ONE OR TWO KIDS TEENAGERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING IT.
IT'S NOTHING CRAZY, BUT IT'S A NICE SEGUE INTO MAYBE YOU'D WANNA DO CAMP OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO SEE IT OR, UM, MAYBE YOU REALIZE THAT AFTER MAYBE SITTING A COUPLE KIDS THAT IT'S NOT FOR YOU.
BUT, UM, THAT IS ANOTHER INCENTIVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH FOR, UM, TREVOR IS TO BRING BACK THAT BABYSITTING OPTION FOR PARENTS.
UM, THE THING I DIDN'T SEE ON HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WANNA DISCUSS IT, UM, UNDER LIKE PORTION OF DEPARTMENT IS THE WALL THAT APPEALS.
I FIGURED BECAUSE I ALREADY BROUGHT IT UP, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS DOING BUSINESS ANYMORE.
SO I, AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, IT'S BEEN ONE TRAINING AND THEN, UM, TONIGHT IS THE TRAINING.
SO I DON'T HAVE LIKE THE TRAINING'S STILL ONGOING.
IT'S, WE'RE NOT GOING UNTIL UNTIL FEBRUARY.
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MY PLAN IS TO GET ALL THE TRAININGS DONE IN UNDER MY BELT AND HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE OF THIS.CUZ EVERY TRAINING IS A WHOLE NEW CAN OF WORMS. UM, IT'S A LOT.
SO I'M HOPING THAT LET ME GET THROUGH THE TRAINING AND THEN I WANT TO FORM THE COMMITTEES.
I HAVE VERY PRECISE, UM, ELEMENTS THAT I NEED COMMITTEE LEADERS ON.
SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE INTERNALS, LIKE OUR SITE LOGISTICS PERSON, LIKE ANY KNEW SOMEONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POWER IS UP AND UM, WE CAN STICK THINGS IN THIS FAR ON THE GROUND.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO LIKE THERE'S THE PERSON THAT HAS TO RUN VOLUNTEERS.
THE PERSON THAT HAS TO RUN OUR MARKETING AND MEDIA SPECIALTIES.
AND THEN, UM, IT IS EDUCATIONAL COORDINATOR, SO IT'S REACHING TO THE SCHOOLS.
IT'S THE SENIOR CENTER, IT'S THE VFWS, LIKE HAVING PEOPLE COME OVER AND TAKE FOURS AND HOW MANY DIRECTORS YOU'S FIVE FIVE DIRECTORS.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH THEM IT'S LIKE THIS WHOLE FLOW CHART OF YEAH.
SO I WANT THOSE PEOPLE, I WANT TO BE VERY, YOU KNOW, PICKY IN A SENSE OF WHO THOSE HEAD PEOPLE ARE.
IT'S LIKE, YOU'VE GOTTA BE IN MEETINGS WITH ME LIKE TWICE A MONTH TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING.
IT'S GONNA BE A BIG COMMITMENT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS FOR EACH ONE.
SO I CAN SAY LIKE, THIS PERSON SAYS ABSOLUTELY NOT.
LIKE I DON'T HAVE THE TIME COMMITMENT.
THEN I HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT HOPEFULLY JUST KEEP, THEY HAVE HAVE KNOCKED UP BACK TO ME YET ON LOCATION.
IT'S EITHER, RIGHT NOW IT'S EITHER ANDERSON, FARM PARK, MCFARLAND PARK, UM, I DID PUT IN THE EXPO, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING AND HAD TO TALK TO, UM, PARK ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE EXO CENTER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 4 22.
IS THAT BEAUTIFUL PARK? THE SPOOK RIVER TRAIL WALK THROUGH MM-HMM.
UM, THEY HAVE RIGHT NEAR THEIR BASKETBALL COURT PUT FLOODS.
THEY DO HAVE LIKE A NICE AREA THAT IS UM, THAT'D BE PERFECT, BUT LIKE 70% COVERED BY TREES.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THERE'S A RANGER THERE.
SO THEN I HAVE LIKE SOME KIND OF YEAH.
SAFETY COMPONENT THERE, BUT WE ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE AND BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ON THESE SPECIAL CRITERIA THAT THEY, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT FACILITIES HERE.
THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH COMMOTION THAT HAPPENED HERE ON A GIVEN WEEKEND.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING I DO.
CAUSE I WAS AT THE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THERE'S ON PROPERTY, WEBSITE'S, WEBSITE, ON THE, IT'S ON THE T WEBSITE.
IF WE GET PERMISSION, IF IT'S, IS THERE A CHARGE TO GO? LIKE IS THERE INCOME POTENTIAL HERE AT ALL? NO.
SO THERE'S NO INCOME POTENTIAL.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS, PRIOR TO THE WALL COMING HERE, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE DO HAVE IS LIKE SELLING WRISTBANDS OR T-SHIRTS OR SOMETHING ON THOSE LINES.
BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT ALL THOSE PROCEEDS HAVE TO GO TO VETERANS IN SOME ASPECT.
LIKE IT'S NOTHING THAT WOULD TRULY COME BACK TO THE TOWNSHIP.
BUT IT IS, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A LARGE EXPENSE TO HAVE HERE.
SO WHAT OUR HOPE IS HOW THIS IS DISPLAY, HUNDRED 70 PLUS FEET.
THAT'S, I WAS READING THE NOTES FROM LAST VIDEO.
AND IT HAS TO HAVE A SPECIAL CURVE IN IT AND IT'S LIT AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS THAT WOULD COME AND AFFECT IT AT NIGHT.
AND THEN IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS.
HUNDRED 70, 3 75 ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT I HORRIBLE REMEMBERING THOSE THINGS.
WELL, SO IN PROCESS, JUST KEEP US PROCESS MM-HMM.
OH, THAT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN I WAS THINKING IN MY MIND.
AND, AND I'M LIKE JUST GETTING THE VOLUNTEER, EVERY, EVERY TRAINING I GO ON HAS LIKE ANOTHER LAYER OF ANXIETY.
BUT I DO THINK THE VOLUNTEERS MIGHT BE YOUR YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA START OF WHAT IT'S ABOUT TO GET MORE LIKE AT EASE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU WATCH, WHEN YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND, AND EVEN WHEN I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT, THEY'RE LIKE, I WOULD TOTALLY VOLUNTEER DOING SOMETHING FOR THAT.
YOU CAN GET IT HERE WHERE THERE'S A PURPOSE THERE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE I THINK.
UM, WHEREAS LIKE MY GENERATION MAY NOT BE AS TOUCHED BY THIS SPECIFIC OR AS OTHERS.
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STILL A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHICS LOCALLY THAT IT WOULD DRAW THAT PERSPECTIVE.SO HOW DO WE GET THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS THERE? BECAUSE IT'S STRAIGHT CLASSES.
I THINK I KNOW I GOT, I GOT YOUR HISTORY.
JAMESON HAD A GREAT IDEA, LIKE REACH OUT TO THE HISTORY TEACHERS.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO IT.
AND THAT PERSON SHOULD BE VETTING OUT ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS IN LIKE 25 MILE RADIUS OR EVEN MORE.
UM, AND HAVING THEM COME OUT EVEN, UM, SOME OF THE COLLEGES NEARBY AND YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY, UM, THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT FIND WAR HISTORY EXTREMELY APPEALING AND I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT I'M THINKING OF THAT WOULD COME OUT FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING.
I'M EXCITED TO ACTUALLY LIKE, NOW THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE DONE AND IT'S LIKE GETTING BACK INTO IT.
CAN YOU SOME HOW WE GOT CHOSEN FOR THIS? YEAH.
UM, SO ONE OF OUR BOARD SUPERVISORS, JOHN PEARSON, HE'S A VET, A VIETNAM VET.
AND, UM, HE HAD SEEN ADVERTISED WITH THE WALL, THE HEEL.
AND HE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE ONE THAT WAS IN, UM, I'M GONNA SAY THE NAME OF THIS COUNTY PA COMPLETELY WRONG.
UM, AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
HE ASKED US TO PUT OUR NAME IN THE HAT FOR IT.
UM, THERE WAS, WHAT DID I SAY LAST TIME? A THOUSAND OR 3000 PEOPLE.
3000 PEOPLE APPLIED AND ONLY, YEAH, IT WAS LIKE A, I'M A VERY LOW NUMBER.
OUR PEOPLE GOT CHOSEN AND WE WERE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SCARY HONOR, BUT IT'S AN HONOR.
IT'S A, IT'S AN HONOR HOUR DAY.
I WAS LIKE, AND THAT'S EXPENSIVE AFTER COMMUNITY DAY.
SO THAT, THAT ADDS TO MY, MY STRESS.
LIKE, I KNOW I HAVE GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEMS, SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
SO ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS OR UPDATES BEFORE WE GO INTO OLD
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BUSINESS? SO, UM, PARKS AND REC BOARD.SO I'M GUESSING THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE YEAH.
I, I THINK IT WOULD BE OF OUR BEST INTEREST TO INFORM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE VILLA AND GO FROM THERE.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN KIND OF LED TO.
DO YOU WANT WANT ME TO SEND AN EMAIL FROM YOU? YEAH, YEAH.
AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FROM YOU JUST TO SEE LIKE, WHERE WE STAND WITH THIS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REBA IT THEN, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT I THINK WE JUST, WE'RE NOT PUSHING FOR ANYTHING.
I THINK WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER.
I'LL DRAFT SOMETHING AND THEN RUN IT BY YOU GUYS.
AND SEE IF, IF YOU CAN, IT'S BECAUSE LIKE IN ALL FAIRNESS, OUR ORDINANCE SAYS YES, SEVEN PEOPLE.
HOW'S SUCH A BUSY YEAR? MM-HMM.
AND, AND IF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BUSY YEAR WE'RE PLANNING, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A PERSON.
SO I'LL, I'LL DRAFT SOMETHING, SEND IT TO YOU, TO THE OFFICER VENUE AND, AND MOVE FORWARD AND SEE IF WE COULD FILL THAT POSITION IN SOME CAPACITY.
I JUST THOUGHT IT'S A NEW YEAR.
IF YOU WANTED TO GO OVER, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SO MANY, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THE PACKET FROM LAST YEAR.
I CAN RE PUT IT IN THE, IN THE CALENDAR REQUEST AS WELL.
BUT JUST IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES OF BEING PART OF THE BOARD.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE STILL UP FOR THE TASK.
UM, AND KNOWING THAT I THINK, MARIA, YOU UPDATED IT LAST TIME, BUT EVERYONE IS GOOD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS YEAR ON THE BOARD.
AND THEN IF IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING DOING, THEN AT THE END OF, I THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER WE START SENDING OUT LETTERS TO THOSE WHO, UM, DATE THE COMING TO EXPIRATION.
BUT IT WAS MORE SO JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY WAS SO COMFORTABLE WITH BEING.
SO WE DID, WE, BUT WE KIND OF DID, WE DID THE RULES OR THE, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICERS.
SO THAT WAS IN OUR LIKE JULY MEETING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YEAH.
JUST, JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YEAH.
CAUSE I, I DID PRINT THE MAP AND I, SO I, I DO HAVE A COPY OF THOSE, BUT YEAH, I'LL PUT 'EM INTO THE EMAIL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY,
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OR PUT 'EM IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE JUST SO EVERYBODY HAS THEM.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? OH, BUSINESS.
I COULDN'T, I WAS LOOKING AT OUR PAST STUFF AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE LEFT ANYTHING REALLY LAST MONTH OFF THE, YEAH, SO I JUST KIND OF WROTE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AND LIKE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S ALL STUFF I THINK LATER IN THE YEAR, YOU KNOW? WELL, AND I GUESS AFTER LOOKING AT THAT, THE PARK WATCH, SO, UM, I CLARIFIED WITH JOSH COMING TO THESE MEETINGS THAT, UM, HE'LL COME WHEN WE HAVE PARK WATCHING SESSIONS.
I THINK IT MADE MORE SENSE TO HAVE HIM THERE FOR JUST THAT COMPONENT OF THIS VERSUS THE ENTIRE YEAR.
I MEAN, IF HE, LIKE, IF, IF HE WANTS TO COME, BUT IF HE HAS, I MEAN IT'S GREAT GETTING HIS INPUT MM-HMM.
HE HAS SPREADSHEET AND THAT'S THE THING.
HE WAS KINDA LIKE, UNLESS IT HAS SOMETHING, UNLESS IT IT, HE DOES DOG PARK THING THAT COMES UP AND YOU REALLY WANT ME THERE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING.
I DON'T THINK YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ON NEED BASIS UNTIL, UM, BUT HE ENJOYS HEARING FROM YOU GUYS.
I MEAN HE'S ALWAYS WELCOME, BUT I DON'T, I THINK IT'S LIKE, UM, TO PORK MM-HMM.
BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING'S USED AS MUCH.
WE DO APRIL, APRIL THROUGH THE OCTOBER.
AND I THINK TOO, LIKE, UM, WHEN SATURDAY, UM, MORNING WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT OCCASIONAL LATE NIGHT TRUCK THAT DUMPS A BUNCH OF TRASH ON OUR PROPERTY.
UM, SO LIKE ALL THE FENCE ON ANDERSON, UM, ON ONE 13 ON OUR INDUSTRY FARM PARK, LIKE THAT WHOLE ENTIRE THING THIS WEEKEND WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT FULL.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS NOT APPEALING FOR ME SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, LIKE IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, DON'T HESITATE TO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND THEN I CAN LET HIM KNOW.
CAUSE IT MIGHT BE IN HESS THAT HE MAY NOT BE GETTING TO.
SO, UM, BUT JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS WHOLE WEEK HAS BEEN TREE WORK FOR, UM, FOR PARKS.
SO WE HAD A COUPLE REMOVED HERE THAT WERE COMPLETELY DEAD.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE REMOVED TODAY FROM ANDERSON AND THEY'RE GONNA START GOING EVERYWHERE.
AND THIS WEEK IS TREE REMOVAL WEEK.
SO IF YOU HEAR SOME LOUD THINGS OR YOU NOTICE THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS MISSING, IT'S POSSIBLY JUST A DEAD TREE THAT WE'RE GETTING TO NOW.
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT REMOVING HALF RIVER TRAIL, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
I DIDN'T, UM, SEND OUT THE CARD WATCH LIST YET BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS IF WE ARE GONNA RECEIVE A NEW MEMBER PRIOR TO, WE DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED IT FOR LIKE APRIL.
UM, BUT I GUESS ON MY END WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TREE MEMORIAL BENCH DONATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN A HANDFUL THIS YEAR ALREADY.
MAUREEN AND I ARE MEETING NEXT USUALLY TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANNA UPDATE THE FORMS FOR BOTH OF THESE THINGS.
UM, I TOLD HER WE, I NEED TO MEET WITH YOU AND GO OVER TO LOWE'S AND MEET THE NEW SUPERVISOR OVER THERE.
I ALSO WANT TO GET, TAKE FROM, UM, WHAT'S AS WELL ON WHAT KIND OF TREE SERVICES WE CAN GET FROM THEM.
UM, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A CERTAIN STYLE, A CERTAIN TYPE THAT WE GET FROM GEN REC RIGHT NOW.
UM, I THINK UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, WHAT, WHAT IS CONTINUED TO HAVE AN OUR BREAKING, UM, SO IT'S BEING ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BETTER QUALITY BENCH THEN? OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO I'M, I'M THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE, THIS MIGHT BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET LIKE A DIFFERENT STYLE.
EVEN LIKE, OKAY, WE WANT TO CHANGE THINGS UP.
LIKE THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST REALM TO DO THAT.
UM, BECAUSE THE ONES, OR EVEN OVER AT THE OLD PLAYGROUND ON BLACKROCK, YOU KNOW, THE DOUBLE SIDE PAVILION, THAT PLAYGROUND WILL SOON NOT BE THERE.
UM, SO ONCE THAT GOES, THOSE BENCHES WILL EITHER BE REMOVED AND PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR IF THEY'RE STILL IN BAD CONDITION, WE'LL KEEP THE NAME PLATES OFF AND THEN MAYBE WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE NAME PLATE.
UM, SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO EXPLORE AND RESEARCH THOSE BENCH OPTIONS.
BUT THE TREES, UM, I NEED TO GET LIKE A DECENT PRICE SO I CAN CHANGE THE PRICING OF OUR TREE DONATION PROGRAM.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT A MEMORIAL TREE VERSUS JUST A DONATE A CHUNK OF MONEY TO OUR TREE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN PAY FOUR MORE TREES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND KIND OF PUT UP THERE.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GOAL OF $5,000 TO ADD FOUR TREES IN THE TOWNSHIP.
LIKE SOMETHING LIKE, WE CAN ALWAYS START SMALL AND THEN BUILD.
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TO LIKE SHOW US THE YEAH.LIKE TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING, TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING.
SO I THINK JUST THIS WEEK ALONE WE GOT THREE BENCHES AND LIKE THREE OR FOUR TREES, LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEEN AND HOW DID WE RECEIVE THEM? UM, VIA MAIL.
WE GET A PIECE OF PAPER, ONE OF OUR FORMS THAT'S ONLY A PRINCIPAL PDF AND A CHECK.
AND THEN MAUREEN GETS BACK TO YOU SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT YOUR STUFF.
AS SOON AS THE WEATHER TURNS, WE WERE ABLE TO PLANT YOUR TREE.
WE GO THROUGH WITH THEM ON PICKING OUT WHERE THEY WANNA PUT THEIR TREE, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR US.
WANTED THE, SO IS THERE LIKE A PLACE ON THE, THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE BECAUSE I'M, YOU'RE LOST THERE, RIGHT? WELL, NO, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE THAT PEOPLE COULD EASILY SAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENT DONATIONS BECAUSE YEAH.
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY THEY THEY WANT TO BEFORE TAX SEASON.
THEY WANNA DO THEIR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO I THINK IT, IF IT WAS A PLACE THAT THEY COULD EASILY SEE HOW THEY CAN DONATE AND THE BENCH, THE TREES, THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES BETTER HURRY UP CAUSE THE TAX BALLS ARE CHANGING WORSE.
CAUSE IT'S SO FUNNY CAUSE I KEEP
UM, AND THEN THE ACTIVITY GUIDE.
SO WE, UM, WE PUT TOGETHER A CALENDAR FOR OUR PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS AND OUR INTERNAL STAFF.
UM, TODAY WAS THE LAST STAGE TO SUBMIT ANY CHANGES TO OUR GUIDE DRAFT.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU CAN'T, AFTER TODAY, UM, IN THE NEXT HOUR, IF YOU DON'T SEND IN ANY CHANGES ON WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN TO US, YOUR PRICE, YOUR TIMEFRAME, YOUR DESCRIPTION, ANY FINAL LINES, IT CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER TODAY.
SO TOMORROW WE START THE PROCESS OF PUTTING ALL THAT INTO THE GUIDE AND THEN THE GUIDE WILL GO OUT NEXT.
SO ONCE IT'S IN THE GUIDE, IT'S DOWN, IT'S IN THE GUIDE.
AND IF WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT, WE'RE NOT CANCELING THINGS.
THAT'S OUR GOAL FOR, FOR THE NEXT CAN YOU GET BACK TO THE TWO? IS THAT NORMAL TO HAVE THAT MONEY? IT'S NOT, IT, IT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU COULD TELL ON ONE OF 'EM, UM, THEY STARTED THIS GROUP, UM, AS GSK I BELIEVE.
UM, THEY PLAY SOFTBALL OVER AT ANDERSON.
A MEMBER OF THEIR GROUP PASSED AWAY, THEIR COMMISSIONER AND THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING MONEY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2021 TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO BOTH HISTORY IN THE BENCH.
AND THEY FINALLY JUST FINISHED IT AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, HERE, LIKE WE FINALLY GOT IT, LIKE, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO I THINK IT WAS JUST CIRCUMSTANCE TO BE HONEST.
UM, WE DO GET MORE IN, UM, I WANNA SAY LIKE APRIL MAY.
LIKE IT'S LIKE THE MOTHER'S DAY, FATHER'S DAY TYPICALLY WERE, WE GET, I THINK IT WAS BE A GOOD IDEA AND LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, UM, AMBER'S GONNA BE BACK, BUT LIKE GETTING INFORMATION TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO GSK TO LIKE, TO SOME OF THE BIGGER BUSINESSES AND BECAUSE THAT COULD BE FOR FIVE YEAR, LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, LIKE WHEN YOU HIT YOUR, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEAR EMPLOYMENT OR PENNY INSTEAD OF PICKING OUT SOMETHING.
LIKE MAKE IT MORE OF A CELEBRATION, MORE ABOUT.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR OLD BUSINESS.
UM, ALL OF OUR TEAM IS RIGHT NOW JUST THROWN INTO THE NEW WEBSITE.
UM, SO, AND TRYING TO GET BACK FROM EVERYONE'S TIME OFF AND VACATIONS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A FULL WEEK THIS WEEK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, VERY LUCKILY WE HAVE OFF ON MONDAY BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
BUT THEN YOU'RE LIKE, JUST NEED LIKE NORMAL SEE FOR YEAH.
A COUPLE WEEKS AND THEN WE'LL BE
ARE THERE ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I, I NOTED, I JUST WENT AND LOOKED AT THE BUDGET TO, TO KIND A LITTLE LESS MONEY LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, BUT IT, I MEAN IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE BUDGET, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU COULD.
I MEAN IT'S WHAT IT'S IS WHAT IT'S, I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS, THE OTHER, THE, THE OTHER BUDGET THING.
THE, THE OPEN SPACE FUND, THAT'S JUST, YEAH, THAT'S ALWAYS LIKE AN INTERESTING CHUNK OF MONEY.
THAT'S, THAT IS TECHNICALLY SO WHEN WE PUT IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT, THEY HAVE TO EITHER PAY TOWARDS, PAY US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY PER ROOMS THAT THEY PUT IN, IF IT'S A DEPARTMENT COMPLEX.
BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY I'M EXPLAIN THIS CORRECTLY.
BUT THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THAT ONE.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT IN, UM, LET'S SAY AN ACRE OF OPEN SPACE FOR THE AMOUNT OF HOUSES OR PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GOING, GOING TO ACCOMMODATE, THEY CAN PUT MONEY INTO.
SO I MEAN IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALMOST 1.6 BILLION.
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NOW CAN ANYONE, LIKE ANY DEPARTMENT OR ONLY WHO CAN ACCESS THOSE FUNDS, LIKE, LIKE FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS CAN PARK AND WRAP? TECHNICALLY IT, IT'S NOT REALLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING UM, LIKE THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY HAS TO SIT WITH THE LIKE AMENITIES AND IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.OR IF WE WANT TO BUY A PROPERTY TO PRESERVE THE PROPERTY.
SO OUT OF, OUT OF YOUR BUDGET, THAT 965,000 WHATEVER WAS IT DID IN THAT EMAIL, SHE SENT COLLEEN THE CHIEF, THE VICE CHAIR.
WE'RE GETTING THE 20 TO MM-HMM.
SO DOES THAT COME OUT AS YOUR, THAT BUDGET? THAT'S MY CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO THAT WOULDN'T, IF THAT'S, ARE YOU LOOKING AT, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST LOOKED UNDER FOR YOU'RE LOOKING AT, SO THIS IS MY OPERATIONAL.
YEAH, I'M OPERATIONAL SO I ACTUALLY WENT UP A LITTLE, THAT'S WHAT I GOT.
UM, SO I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT DOWN, BUT IT'S NOTHING, IT'S NOTHING.
THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE, UM, PUT AWAY IT'S UM, UNIFORM BUDGETS.
IT'S UM, DAILY OPERATIONAL STUFF.
OUR CAPITAL IS WHERE THE BATHROOMS EQUIP IS THE ONE TIME.
SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN THE BUDGET THING.
I WAS LIKE KIND ADD ANY PEOPLE, STAFF, UM, MY STAFFING.
SO I AM, UM, I WAS ABLE TO GET A HIGHER NUMBER FOR STAFFING, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK I WANT TO BRING ON THAT OTHER CAMP PERSON AS WELL AS MAYBE A PART-TIME PERSON TO TAKE OVER RENTALS AND COORDINATION.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE THAT WOULD HANDLE ALL OF OUR FIELD RENTALS AS FOR WILLIAM RENTALS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST NEED TO GO BACK TO THE BUDGET AND BEFORE YEAH, OURS IS, UM, IF YOU LOOK IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WE ARE ALMOST ON THE, WE'RE ON THE LATTER END.
YEAH, I'M CURIOUS TOO BECAUSE, AND EVERY TOWN IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
IT'S HOW THEY, THEY FORMAT IT AND IT'S NOT, IT LIKE IN THE END, IN ALL FAIRNESS, IT IS NOT SPELLED OUT IN THE INDEX.
SO YOU DON'T THERE IT'S IN THE PARKING.
YEAH, BECAUSE I LOOKED UNDER PARK PARKS AND RECREATION AND IT WAS JUST THESE PAGES.
I'M LIKE, WELL WHERE'S CAPITAL? WHERE'S THERE'S OTHER STUFF THEY ACTUALLY BLOW OUT.
THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER PAPER WHERE MY OPERATIONS, I THINK IT'S TWO AND HALF.
SO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE 60 PAGE.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PAGE.
I'LL ACTUALLY, I'LL PULL IT FOR YOU CAUSE UH, I HAVE IT EARMARKED SO I CAN GO BACK TO IT ALREADY ON OUR 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET, THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE AND BE PUT.
IT'S, YEAH, I MEAN, BLESS YOU.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS CAUSE IT WAS LIKE, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU? UM, WE START WORKING ON IT IN JUNE.
THE THE THINGS THAT WE RUN INTO IS I, I, BASED ON MY CAPITAL PURCHASES ON MY PARK MASTER PLAN, WHICH I ALREADY NEED TO AEM LIKE EVERY SINGLE OR AMEND EVERY SINGLE PARK.
LIKE NOTHING OF WHAT WE PUT IN.
LIKE A LOT OF THIS CAN HAPPEN CHANGE.
SO IT'S HARD TO SAY LIKE THIS IS WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE.
SO MY CAPITAL PROJECT WOULD BE NICE AND EASY EVERY YEAR.
BUT SINCE COVID, EVERYTHING HAS EITHER SKYROCKETED OR YOU NO LONGER GET THAT OR YOU HAVE TO, SO MANY THINGS WERE PUSHED THAT WE'RE SO NOT BEHIND.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP ON CERTAIN THINGS BUT WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE'VE WERE STARTED.
AND THEN YOU DON'T PUT TOO MUCH IN BECAUSE THEN THE BOARD LIKE, WHAT DO YOU USE THAT FOR? AND THEN IF YOU DON'T USE ALL YOUR OPERATIONAL, THEN THEY, THEY START TAKING SOME.
SO YOU'RE ALWAYS CAUGHT IN LIKE A, AN INTERESTING, BUT YOU DON'T WANNA WASTE IT CAUSE IT'S NOT S**T MONEY.
LIKE YOU DON'T WANT JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I EVERYONE LIKE EIGHT PARTIES THIS YEAR FOR NO REASON.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LIKE A VERY, YOU WANNA SPEND IT WISER.
YOU USED ALL YOUR MONEY THOUGH.
I ALWAYS COME IN RIGHT AROUND 80%, WHICH IS, I FEEL LIKE IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER BY THE END OF THE YEAR THAT IS THAT SOMETHING COMES UP WHERE SOMETHING'S DUE.
UM, IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE THAT LIKE SMALLER CHUNK AT THE END OR SOMETHING.
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SO FOR STAFFING THE CAMP PERSON, BUT OR DO YOU HAVE LIKE ANOTHER FULL-TIME STAFF PERSON, RIGHT.OR YOU'RE STILL AT, WE'RE STILL AT YOU FULL-TIME.
TWO FULL-TIME AND, AND WE'LL I CAN HAVE MORE FULL-TIME PEOPLE AT A HIGHER UM, WELL A HIGHER HOUR TIMEFRAME.
SO LIKE RIGHT NOW, LIKE MY PART-TIME PEOPLE ARE AT 25 HOURS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS BUDGETING FOR.
BUT I CAN MOVE THOSE HOURS UP.
BUT IF YOUR REVENUE INCREASES, YOU CAN INCREASE THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY BASED ON I UNDERSTAND.
YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND SO THAT IT'S LIKE IT'S A MOVING TIME.
LAST MEETING WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED OVER.
WELL THEN HOW DID THAT END UP? OH, GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO I ACTUALLY MET WITH AERATOR FARMS ON THE LAST DAY OF THE WOODLAND WONDERLAND.
UM, I EMAILED THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH US ON THE WOODLAND WONDERLAND.
UM, IT'S A PROJECT THAT I DON'T WANNA SEE GO AWAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF DEMANDS ON PEOPLE TO, TO DO IT.
SO, UM, OUR THREE YEAR CONTRACT ENDED WITH THE COMPANY THAT SET UP THE LIGHTS FOR ME.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY GIVE THEM THE INCREASE HE WAS ASKING IF IT WAS, I COULDN'T DO IT.
UM, SO I ASKED AREA TO COME OUT AND THEY LOOKED AT THE LIGHT SHOW WITH ME.
THEY SAW HOW MANY FAMILIES WERE THERE.
THEY SAW THE CHARACTERS THERE.
WE HAD A FEW TRUCKS THAT NIGHT IF THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH US TO, TO RUN THE LIGHT SHOW IN TERMS OF PUTTING THE LIGHTS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY'LL BE INSIDE, LIKE ALL OF MY LIGHTS ARE ANIMALS.
IF I THINK EVERYBODY GOES FUN TOO.
SO THEY CAN PUT THEM IN THEIR ANIMAL PENS AND PRETEND THEY'RE ANIMALS.
AND THAT'S THING FOR KIDS TO WALK THROUGH AND THEY MIGHT HAVE A SPECIAL SECTION AND WHERE'S THIS AT AGAIN? AERATOR, RIGHT.
UM, SO WHILE THEY'RE DOING ALL THEIR TREE SALES AND WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT KIND, IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE AN ADDITIVE OVER THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING GOOD ON HAVING THEM HELP US RUN IT IN CREEK.
AND DO WE STORE THE STUFF, STUFF THAT THEY STORED OR NO, NO, I'LL CONTINUE TO STORE IT CAUSE I OWN EVERYTHING.
I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET IN THE PLACE WHERE I'M SELLING OFF THINGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T MIND PAYING FOR CHARACTERS TO COME.
I DON'T MIND FOR PAYING FOR STAFF TO OCCASIONALLY GO AND BE A REPRESENTATIVE, BUT OUR NAME WILL BE SHOWN ON IT THE WHOLE TIME.
LIKE WE'LL HAVE OUR NAME THAT THIS IS IN DEDICATION FROM OR SOMETHING.
WE BE GETTING ANY FROM SALES, THAT'S ALL.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, USUALLY WHAT I DO WITH PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS IS A 70 30 OR 80 20 SPLIT WITH THEM.
SO I GET THE LESSER HALF OF THAT AND THEY GET THE BIGGER CHUNKS.
SO IF WE COULD WORK OUT SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES JUST TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF A, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DONATION AND YOU KNOW, TO KEEP OTHER THINGS GOING AND, AND HONESTLY FOR THEM IT'S MARKETING.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO, LET'S TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
WELL, THEY ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE THERE WORKING.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING, LIKE TWO FOR 60 40 AT LEAST ON THIS
BUT LIKE, YOU GUYS WORKED IT LIKE IT'S, IT'S EITHER YOU HAVE A BUSY NIGHT, YOU'RE THERE, DON'T HAVE A BUSY NIGHT AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WEATHER DRIVEN.
DRIVEN AND YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE OUT OF A AND THE OUTTA THE BAR.
DID THEY COME TO US? DID THEY COME TO US? NO, I WENT TO THEM VERY GOOD.
SO, UM, THAT, AND THEY DO REALLY COOL, LIKE THEY DO BONFIRE NIGHTS.
AND YOU CAN RENT A BONFIRE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND LIKE THEY DO SOME REALLY COOL THINGS.
AND MY 10 YEAR PLAN FOR WOODLAND WONDERLAND IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, IS UNATTAINABLE FOR OUR SMALL GROUP.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE, I DREAM OF LIKE THE, THE LITTLE GIFT SHOPS AND LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT'S HOTEL LOCAL CRAFTS I'M GONNA HAVE AND THEN TINSELTOWN, PIZZA TOWN,
WE'RE GONNA COMPETE WITH TINSELTOWN NOW, BUT THIS, THIS IS GONNA BE A CUTER AND WE'LL BRING BACK, IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE SOME CHRISTMAS TREES OR RES I THINK IT'LL BE PERFECT.
AND OUR NAME IS OUT THERE AND CANDY APPLE.
AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH, UM, WE'LL DO AN INTERNAL SANTA OR HOLIDAY ACTIVITY IN ANOTHER WAY.
SO FINGERS CROSSING ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE REALLY NICE TO WORK WITH.
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OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER, ANY, ANY ACTION LIKE I'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU MARIE IF YOU WANNA GET TOGETHER AT SOME POINT.[01:10:02]
IT DOESN'T, IT COULD BE BEFORE NEXT MEETING OR IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST LEAVE.SO WE, WE COULD, UM, ADJOURN THE MEETING AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UM, FEBRUARY 8TH.
WE'LL GET OUR MEETING INVITE FROM SUE AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
NEW SEVEN 15 COULD BE A NEW BOARDMAN.