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[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
SO IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.WE'LL BRING THE MEETING, UM, TO ORDER, AND WE'LL GO WITH, UM, WE HAVE OUR AGENDA AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WHICH TAYLOR'S LOOKING AT.
WE HAVE KEN JOINING US BACK THIS MEETING, AND WE'LL KIND OF, IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, GOING FORWARD WITH KEN'S PARTICIPATION AND SANDY, UM, YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND I, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A, A GOOD BEGINNING
[2. Approval of Minutes]
AS FAR AS GOING AT, LOOKING AT THE MINUTES.WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I KNOW HOW MUCH FUN MINUTES ARE TO DO, BUT I, I THINK THEY LOOK REALLY GOOD.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES OR IF I FORGOT ANYTHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
ONLY THING I NOTICED WE SPELLED LORI'S NAME WRONG.
BUT JUST IN CASE LORI TENDS TO LOOK AT IT, I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING I ALL I MISSED THAT I CAN ACTUALLY FIX IT UNDER THAT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO
SO, SUE, DO YOU POST THE MINUTES? I DID.
I ACTUALLY, THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF MY NEW UPDATES.
AND SO, ELISE, THIS YEAR SO FAR IS ON THE WEBSITE.
I'LL WORK ON BACKTRACKING, BUT THIS YEAR IS UP, SO THEN YOU COULD JUST CHANGE THE LORI AND DO THAT.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY, ANYBODY, UM, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES? YES.
SO, UH, ANY PUB WE REALLY, WELL, I GUESS RIGHT NOW YOU'RE STILL PUBLIC, BUT ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT?
THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF THE REC CENTER.
AND, UH, BESIDES THAT ON YEAH,
YEAH, I THINK WE, WHICH MAKES IT HARDER ON THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK FROM WHAT I OBSERVE, THE WINTERTIME IS MORE THE PLANNING TIME.
AND THEN AS SOON AS THE WEATHER, THAT'S WHEN WE KICK INTO, THAT'S WHEN WE SWITCH IT AROUND.
[4. New Business]
SO LET'S KIND OF JUST LAUNCH RIGHT INTO NEW BUSINESS AND ALSO A WELCOME TO KEN FOR JOINING US TODAY.HE'S BEEN AWAY FOR A WHILE AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I GUESS OUR FIRST ITEM IS WELCOME BACK TO KEN.
AND WE HAD, SUE AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH KEN ON MONDAY, KIND OF GOING OVER OUR, OUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE NEED WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP AND WHAT, UM, KEN MAY BE INTERESTED IN.
AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAD AN ALTERNATE WHO WAS WILLING TO KIND OF STAND IN, PRETEND IF THERE WAS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE REALLY HAD A NEED FOR.
PLUS, YOU KNOW, KEN BRINGS A GOOD VALUE TO THE, THE POSITION OF THE, UM, THE WALL THAT HEALS.
SO SANDY HAS OFFERED TO BE THE ALTERNATE AND, UM, I GUESS THE WAY WE GO FORWARD, AND LIKE I SAID, SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
IS THAT CERTAINLY ANY MEETING, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THE EDUCATIONAL PART OF THE WALNUT HEELS.
BUT KEN DID MENTION THAT HE WANTED TO STILL BE ON THE PARK WATCH.
CAUSE I'M GONNA BE OUT THERE ANYWAY.
AND THEN ONCE THE WALL THAT HEALS IS OVER IN OCTOBER, THEN WE COULD REVISIT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK FULL-TIME AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THAT POINT.
AND YOU'RE SO WELCOME TO COME CUZ AS AN ALTERNATE, YOU'RE STILL PART OF THE BOARD.
YOU JUST WOULDN'T HAVE VOTING POWER UNLESS SOMEONE'S ASKED IS KIND OF WHAT THAT ALTERNATING MEANS.
WE'RE ALL VOTING
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT.
AND I'LL MEET WITH BOTH OF THE INDIVIDUALLY.
JUST TO SEE WHAT MY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS ABSOLUTELY AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT I SAID YES TO.
AND AM I A BOARD MEMBER? I MEAN BOARD, RIGHT? YOU'RE AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER.
SO WILL WE, WILL SHE BE ADDED? I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE ADDING THAT ONTO THE WEBSITE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ACTION THEN THE OTHER ONE BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE ON OUR, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER BOARDS THAT DO HAVE ALTERNATES ALSO.
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AND I CAN SPEAK AT THE MEETINGS AND YES.YOU'RE, I GET AGENDAS AND ALL OF THAT.
YOU'LL, WE WILL, UM, TAYLOR WILL INCLUDE YOU IN THE, THE MINUTE AS AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER, YOU'LL GET COPIED ON THE MINUTE YOU'LL GET THE AGENDA USUALLY GOES OUT THE DAY.
WHAT, THE WAY WE WORK IT IS A WEEK BEFORE I SEND JUST AN EMAIL OUT TO EVERYBODY SAYING, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR THE AGENDA? AND I JUST KIND OF LIST OUT WHAT I'M THINKING OF AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN ANYBODY COULD GROW IN SOME IDEAS.
UM, AND THEN SUE TAKES THAT INFORMATION WITH WHAT SHE HAS AND SHE PUTS IT IN THE AGENDA FORMAT.
AND THEN THAT USUALLY GOES OUT A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND WHEN I SEND MY EMAIL THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, UM, ALERTS TAYLOR OR WHOEVER TOOK THE NOTES TO, UM, SEND OUT THE MINUTES.
AND IT'S TYPICALLY TAYLOR, IF TAYLOR'S ABSENT, IT GOES TO THE VICE CHAIR AND WE COULD GO OVER AT SOME POINT WHAT THE, LIKE, IT, IT'S REALLY, UM, THERE'S JUST SET RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE OFFICERS.
BUT FOR THE ACTUAL, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S TO COME TO THE, TO THE MEETING TO PARTICIPATE IN PARK WATCH.
SO IF KEN'S DOING IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT YOU CAN LIKE, WE COULD TALK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
SO THEN WE COULD ADD, UM, SANDY WE PARKS ANYHOW, SO YEAH, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO GO.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SO, AND THEN IT'S ALSO VOLUNTEERING.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE AN, UM, I GUESS SUE COULD SEND, IT'LL, I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE DOCUMENTS SO YOU HAVE 'EM.
AND WE'LL DO A GOOGLE CHAIR DRIVE.
I'LL PUT IT ON THE GOOGLE CHAIR.
AND THEN I JUST NEED, AT THE END OF THE MEETING, IF YOU CAN JUST GIMME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS MM-HMM.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD, SANDY'S LAST NAME HAS TWO S'S.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO MEET EACH OTHER.
I KIND OF THREW A WRENCH IN SOME THINGS.
UM, ANY OTHER, UH, SO IS THIS, IS SANDYDALE AN OFFICIAL ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER? YES.
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF SANDY BEING AN ALTERNATE.
WE BACK MEMBER REPLACING KEN UNTIL WE DECIDE OTHERWISE OR HE DECIDES OTHERWISE PLEASE VOTE.
I WOULD EXPECT YOU WOULD NEED SOME KIND OF, NOT RESUME NECESSARILY, BUT YEAH, I'LL SEND YOU ALL THAT.
I WOULD NOT FEEL GOOD IF, YEAH.
THE ON THE ONLY THING, I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST ALTERNATE.
LIKE USUALLY YOU'RE AHEAD, WHAT YOU SEND IS LIKE WHY YOU'RE, WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION.
AND IT COULD BE LIKE LITERALLY A SHORT PACK A STATEMENT.
I AM, I DON'T KNOW IF CHERYL SENT, I'M NOT, I HAVE TO.
SO DRIVE YOU WITH SOME OAK TREES.
HAVE YOU EVER HELD HIGHER OFFICE BEFORE?
UM, SO NEXT ITEM IS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ONE.
I GUESS SUE GOES INTO THE, SOME OF THE UPCOMING, UM, EVENTS THAT SHE MAY BE LOOKING FOR HELP FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, BUT I DID, DID I MISS IT? DID YOU SEND, ARE YOU GONNA DO, UM, A SIGNUP SHEET LIKE THIS ONE THAT'S ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE? YES.
OH, DID YOU SEND IT? I DIDN'T.
OH, IT JUST UPDATES IT RIGHT TO THE DRIVE.
AND INSIDE THAT CALENDAR, UM, HAS OKAY.
ALL OF OUR EVENTS FOR THE YEAR, ALL OF OUR BIG EVENTS ANYWAY, NOT OUR SMALL ONES.
ALL OF OUR BIG EVENTS FOR THE YEAR, THE DATES OF THEM, THE TIMES OF THEM, THE LOCATION OF THEM.
AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, CUZ I'M TOO LAZY TO WRITE ANDERSON FARM PARK AND BLACKROCK PARK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
B IS BLACKROCK AND THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY PLACE YOU HOLDING IT.
SO THOSE ARE MY ABBREVIATIONS.
UM, THE ONLY ITEM THAT IS A LITTLE SCREWY ON HERE IS OUR
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CONCERT SERIES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM AND THEY'RE, SO THEY VARY IN TIME.THERE IS ANOTHER TAB IN THIS SAME EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT SAYS CONCERT INFO THAT HAS ALL OF THE CONCERT INFO IN IT.
SO IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN THERE AND READY FOR VOLUNTEER TO SIGN OFF ON.
THAT'S AND THAT'S WHERE IN THE GOOGLE GROUP.
SO IF YOU ARE, DID YOU JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE? YOU BEEN OUT THERE A WHILE? UM, I UPDATED SOME OF IT TODAY, BUT IF YOU'RE, CAN WE JUST, I LOOK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND LET UP VOLUNTEER REALLY FAST SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT.
NEXT THING I GET SET UP A CRAZY TECHNICAL QUESTION.
SO LIKE I GO, LIKE WHEN, WHEN YOU SENT THE PARK WATCH THING, I, I OPEN THAT AND THAT TAKES ME TO THE DRIVE.
SO I SHOULD, WHEN I'M THERE, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE OTHER STUFF IN THE DRIVE.
THAT MIGHT BE A SHORT SEPARATE.
I I'M NOT A, I'M NOT TOO WELL VERSED IN GOOGLE DRIVE.
I DID SEND OUT THE PARK WATCH UPDATED FOR THIS YEAR.
TODAY, IF YOU DIDN'T CHECK YOUR EMAIL, UM, YOU'RE BETTER OFF GOING INTO YOUR SHARE DRIVE AND ONCE YOU'RE IN THE SHARED DRIVE, THERE'S A SEARCH BAR OR YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IN THERE.
UPDATED WILL BE UP THERE FIRST.
HEATHER AND I'M, I KNOW WE HAVE THE LINK TO GET INTO THE SHARED DRIVE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE IT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE.
IT SHOULD SAY OTHER SHARED DRIVES OR SHARED DRIVE.
I'LL, I'LL, I DIDN'T LOOK FOR IT CUZ I DIDN'T HAVE WE HAVE A GOOGLE GOOGLE DRIVE CERTIFIED YES.
WE, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE LOSING OFFICE THERE.
OH, ETHICS DIRECTOR OF ETHICS PROFESSOR.
I, YEAH, I'VE GONE INTO ALL THE SCHOOLS I APPLIED FOR EXCEPT
AND WAS THAT YOUR FIRST CHOICE? PARDON? OR? YEAH, BUT I THINK I'VE CHANGED MY MIND.
I THINK I WANT TO GO TO PENN STATE GRADE SCHOOL.
IT'S JUST LIKE, LIKE A DIVERSE SCHOOL AND LIKE THERE'S SUCH A BETTER LIKE SOCIAL ASPECT.
I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE KIND OF BORED AT YOU.
NOW DID YOU GO TO PENN? I DID.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW YOU WANNA MAKE? UM, SO I WANNA DO AEROSPACE ANTHONY.
BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT CHANGING TO COMPUTER ENGINEER.
I REALLY LIKE COMPUTER SCIENCE.
UM, LIKE THE STUFF IN ERICS FACE IS NOT LIKE I'M FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE.
ANYTHING YOU WANT, YOU'LL GET TRAINED.
THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH EVERYBODY.
I THINK SHE'S ONCE SEMESTER THOSE COMPANIES COME OUT.
SO WE'LL COME, UM, BACK TO THAT, THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE, THE SHARED DRIVE.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE MURAL PROJECT UPDATE.
SO MARIA, YOU WANNA KINDA CHAT? IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN IN, UM, JUST CAUSE I'M SORRY THAT I'M SICK, BUT I KNOW LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, LYNN AND I WERE GONNA GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK THE TEAM SHOULD BE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ASKING LAURIE IF SHE WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS.
I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED
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ABOUT AS A SUPERVISOR.SO, UM, I DID SAY THAT I WOULD TALK TO HER ON SATURDAY.
UM, BUT AS FOR NOW, WE'RE JUST KIND OF GETTING STUFF TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHY
UM, BUT FOR NOW WE'RE JUST IN THE INSTANT STAGES OF JUST GETTING TOGETHER AND KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND WE ALREADY KNOW ESSENTIALLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, SO I, I THINK LIKE WHAT, UM, WHAT, ONCE MARIA AND I MEET LIKE THE, I THINK THE PLAN, LIKE FROM A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE, IS TO COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR THEMES, SEND THAT TO SUE, TALK WITH SUE ABOUT IT.
UM, ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING FROM SUE AND THE TOWNSHIP ON EXACTLY.
WHICH, UM, UTILITY BOXES ARE IN PLAY.
SO WE KNOW WHAT SIZES THEY ARE.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO DO A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING TO THE BOARD, RIGHT.
SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN LIKE TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF BUDGET WE WOULD NEED.
SO THE THE CONCEPT IS TO BEGIN GETTING THAT TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT KIND OF HANDLED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR SO THAT WE'RE READY TO START WITH HAVING A BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE OR SOME PEOPLE EARLY NEXT YEAR WHERE THEY COULD THEN START THE PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL, SO WE'LL KIND OF KEEP, KEEP EVERYBODY POSTED ON THAT.
SO WE HAVE OUR JUNIOR MEMBER UPDATE.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER AND TO TO KEN AND TO WENDY.
SO JAMESON IS WITH US ARE THROUGH MAY.
WILL YOU BE AT THE MAY MEETING OR YEAH.
UM, SO WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD WITH THE NEXT SET OF JUNIOR MEMBERS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, OH, I'M GONNA HAND THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY, UM, SUE AND I MET AND WE KIND OF REALIZED THAT WHENEVER WE ARE DEALING WITH YOU JUST PASSING AROUND
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF IS THERE HA WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DOCUMENTATION BEHIND HAVING JUNIOR MEMBERS.
BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU'RE DEALING O OBVIOUSLY WITH MINORS AS WELL, THAT YOU KIND OF NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
AND WE WERE REALLY, UM, HAPPY TO SEE, SO JAMESON SENT US AN, AN EMAIL.
WE, WE HAD ASKED HIM AT THE LAST MEETING TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WENT WELL AND WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY LOOK AT IMPROVING, WHICH I HAVE TO SAY JAMESON WAS AWESOME.
LIKE IT WAS REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
AND IT WAS FOR ME, I I WAS JUST LIKE SHEEPISH ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL OF THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE TOO, WERE LOOKING AT THIS AS LIKE, IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THE TOWNSHIP.
SO THAT, THAT INPUT WAS AWESOME.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH, AND THIS IS JUST DRAFT FOR FOR DISCUSSION, IS WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH LIKE WHAT THE PURPOSE, AND MOST OF THIS IS EXTRACTED FROM WHAT YOU WROTE, TO BE HONEST.
UM, BUT WE CAME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ACTUAL PURPOSE IS AND THEN GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS.
SO WE KIND OF MADE IT A, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, CLEAR.
SO WHEN WE GO TO THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ARE LOOKING FOR OUR NEXT CANDIDATES, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT THE STUDENT COUNCIL OR OR WHOEVER, I FORGET WHO STUDENT DEALS WITH.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE DOING GOING FORWARD IS HAVE ON THE AGENDA EACH MONTH WILL BE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE JUNIOR MEMBERS TO HAVE A, TO LEAD ACTUALLY THEIR DISCUSSION.
AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IS TO BRAINSTORM WITH THE JUNIOR MEMBERS TO, SO THAT THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL PROJECT OR A TASK THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THEY WOULD WORK ON THE TASK TOGETHER, REACH OUT TO THEIR PEERS, AND IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WOULD LOOK TO YOU FOR SOME IDEAS OF WHAT THAT COULD BE.
AND AS A BOARD WE WOULD DISCUSS IT AND ALSO GET INPUT FROM SUE IN WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
UM, THE, THE KEY THING WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS TWOFOLD.
IS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT FROM YOU GUYS
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WHAT YOUR PEER GROUP, WHAT YOUR AGE GROUP NEEDS FROM THE COMMUNITY SO THAT SUE CAN TAILOR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AROUND THAT.AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU IS, IS HOW YOUR, YOUR GROUP CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OR WHATEVER.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXCHANGE THAT WAY, LIKE PROJECT, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT ANYONE OF US, CAUSE HE DID SOMETHING HE WAS ACTUALLY GONNA REACH OUT TO MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND GET IN ORDER.
SO THE, THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THE JUNIOR MEMBERS TO BRING SOME IDEAS TO THE PLATE AND WE WOULD TALK ABOUT IT AND HOW, AND HOW IT WORKS.
SO THAT THAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC TASK.
AND UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND YOU MENTIONED IT IN YOUR LETTER TOO, WAS MAYBE CREATE, MAYBE HAVING LIKE A OWNERSHIP OF LIKE CREATING A INTEREST GROUP OR SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR THAT WOULD BE ONE THING TO DO.
OR ACTUALLY ORGANIZING A TEEN EVENT.
SO COMING UP WITH THAT, WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN WORKING WITH SUE AND ORGANIZING THAT EVENT.
BUT IT, IT WOULD BE YOUR BABY IN ESSENCE.
SO, SO THAT WAS, WELL NOT YOU, YOU'RE OH YEAH.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT THE JUNIOR MEMBER WOULD BE DOING IS PARTICIPATING IN THE PARK WATCH, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, AND CUZ YOU MENTIONED IT, THAT YOU FELT, AND I THINK THIS IS GOOD, LIKE WE WOULD PRESENT IT TO THE JUNIOR MEMBERS IF THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARK WATCH AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
AND IF THEY DID, THEY COULD VISIT PARK WITH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
IF THAT'S A, UM, THAT'S IN THE
AND THEN REPORTING ANY FINDINGS ON THE SPREADSHEET.
SO WE MAY HAVE LIKE AN OPEN THING FOR A TEAM MEMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS A CANDIDATE PROCESS, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE YOU SUBMIT AN ESSAY LIKE YOU DID BEFORE, BUT THEN ALSO TO POTENTIALLY, AND WE WANTED TO GET YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.
ALSO HAVING A TEACHER RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
IS THAT TRICKY OR NOT? NO, TEACHERS ARE HAPPY THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU AND THEY DO KNOW YOU BEST, LIKE ACADEMICALLY ESPECIALLY, BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, OKAY, SO, UM, AND THEN WE WERE, WE WERE THINKING THAT LIKE THE TOP CANDIDATES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET MORE THAN TO DO
BECAUSE EVEN THEM READING THIS, THEY WOULD NOT KNOW EVEN WHAT IT MEANT AND KIND OF SEE, SEE WHERE THEY ARE ON THIS.
AND THEN ONCE THE THEY'RE SELECTED, THEN THEY WOULD JOIN THE, THE, UM, THE PARKS.
AND WE, THAT'S, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SUE AND I, AND UM, AND, AND SUE'S COMMENT ON THAT WAS WE DON'T, LIKE, LET'S SEE WHO WE GET INTERESTED WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.
AND WE COULD SAY THAT, YEAH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A JUNIOR AND A SENIOR BECAUSE THEN YOU KIND OF HAVE SOMEBODY, AND YOUR POINT WAS WELL TAKEN THAT WHEN ONE LEAVES THE OTHER ONE'S STILL THERE AND THEN CAN KIND OF WORK WITH THE OTHER PERSON.
BUT WE HAVE TO SEE, WE WOULD SAY THAT TOO, I GUESS THE, THE STUDENTS OR WHATEVER THE, UM, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, BUT WE WOULD NOT TURN AWAY TWO SENIORS OR TWO JUNIORS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE WE KIND OF, THIS IS THE VOLUNTEER POSITION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
SO WE'RE OPEN TO WHATEVER WE SEE IN THAT SENSE.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS GOOD THAT, THAT'S KIND OF, YEAH.
UM, WHAT'S THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL IN THIS? DOES THE SCHOOL, UM, ENCOURAGE, DO THEY, DO YOU HAVE MEETINGS AT SCHOOL? IS THERE PART OF A NEWSLETTER THAT IT COULD BE PUT IN WHERE YOU ARE, YOU GET A CHANCE TO SAY WHAT'S GOING ON AT THESE MEETINGS? THAT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO RIGHT NOW, MY, MY SCHOOL JUST, UM, MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR TOLD ME ABOUT THE POSITION AND
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UM, THAT WAS IT.SO IT REALLY DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.
T REALLY WANTS BE SO IS THAT SOMEBODY THAT ONE OF US SHOULD REACH OUT TO? WELL, I DON'T OR WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS.
ERIN CREW IS WHO GAVE ME TO MELANIE.
MELANIE BROWN? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S WHO SHE GAVE ME TO, TO THEN REACH OUT TO.
SHE PUTS OUT ALL THOSE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND STUFF FOR ME.
HOW DID YOU HEAR? UM, THE
AND WHO WAS THAT? UH, I'M BLANKING.
SO MAYBE MELANIE REACHES OUT TO ALL THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND THEN, BUT THEY'RE SO BUSY THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF IT'S OPEN UP TO THE SCHOOL IN THE NEWSLETTER AND OR AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SAYS, IS THERE A NEWSLETTER THAT GOES AROUND? YEAH.
DO THEY, WHAT DO THEY DO IN MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS? DO THEY STILL DO THAT? YEAH, BUT LIKE THEY'RE REALLY SHORT.
IT'S MOSTLY SEND OUT SOMETHING.
EVERYTHING NEED FOR THEM OR NO? YEAH.
WELL I GUESS MELANIE COULD, COULD KIND OF PUT THIS IN, YOU KNOW, OR, OR WE COULD ASK HER LIKE HOW SHE COMMUNICATES THAT.
IF IT'S JUST THE ACTUAL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS.
OR MAYBE IT COULD BE IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF A
IF YOU'RE, IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, TALK TO YOUR GUIDANCE.
C BECAUSE MY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR REACHED OUT.
I THINK JUST SEVERAL PEOPLE AND WE ALL, IF WE HAD INTEREST, PROCEED IT.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW MANY
I GUESS THE ACTION ITEM ON THIS THEN IS TO KIND OF FIRM UP IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO ADD OR CHANGE ON WHAT THIS DRAFT DISCUSSION, THIS THING WILL GO WITH THAT.
AND THEN SUE WOULD WE, ARE YOU GONNA REACH OUT TO MELANIE OR IS THAT SOMETHING I CAN DO THAT OR HOWEVER WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BECAUSE IF YEAH, WE'D LIKE, CUZ WE WERE ALREADY IN MARCH AND MAY IS YOUR LAST AND HOW DOES IT WORK? I, I FORGET JAMESON, HOW DOES IT WORK IN THE SUMMER? DID YOU GUYS STILL COME TO THE SUMMER MEETINGS? YEAH.
WE, I HAD LIKE A FEW TRIPS I GUESS.
SO WE WOULD HOPEFULLY WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE BEFORE SCHOOL'S OUT, LIKE LINE IT UP.
CAN YOU ALSO, UM, THE FIRST LINE TO PROMOTE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP RATHER THAN JUST TOWNSHIP? YEAH.
JUST SO THAT, CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IDENTIFYING ON HERE.
HAVE YOU EVER GONE ONTO SCHOOL WEBSITE AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT MESSAGES AND STUFF LIKE THAT? NOTHING ELSE OTHER THAN STUFF FROM YOUR TEACHERS.
I MAY THE UPPER PROVIDENCE NEWSLETTER THAT GOES THAT'S WHAT BILL JUST SAID.
WE JUST SENT OUT, UM, I THINK I JUST FINALIZED MY SECTION THIS MORNING ACTUALLY FOR EMUS, BUT I'LL TRY TO PUT IT IN THE NEXT ONE.
FROM, I FORGET TIMEFRAME LAST YEAR WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO SPRINGBOARD.
SO WHEN, UM, JANICE AND JULIA JOINED US, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH TIME NO, WE PROBABLY DID IT IN APRIL
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OR MAY.FORGETTING THAT YOU GUYS WERE DONE IN THE MONTH.
YOU, YOU CAME TO THE JAM O'CLOCK.
YEAH, I WAS SUPPOSED AND THAT WAS APRIL.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME TO THE JANUARY I THINK.
AND THAT WAS, BUT DID WE DO IT ENOUGH TIME AND THEN MY FIRST MEETING THAT I CAME TO MARCH.
WE DIDN'T DO IT FOR THE FULL SCHOOL YEAR.
WE GOT THEM FOR, SO, UM, THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS I THINK OUR SYSTEM, WE PUT OUR UH, REEL IN THE POND.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE JUST NEEDED TO KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE TO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'LL WE ARE WORKING WITH MINORS.
AND UM, AND I GUESS DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH NO THAT'S OKAY.
AND WORKING WITH MINORS, LIKE DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WELL ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GONNA BRING UP FOR EVERYBODY, UM, I THINK MAJORITY OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE THIS, BUT WITH EVERYONE VOLUNTEERING AT DIFFERENT PUBLIC EVENTS AND THINGS, UM, ALL OF MY STAFF AND ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS GENERALLY HAVE TO HAVE, UM, CLEARANCES THAT COME IN JUST SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO WEIRD BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN YOU'RE AT AN EVENT AND SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU KNOW, IT JUST TURNS UGLY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS A VOLUNTEER ON THIS BOARD.
THEY ARE FREE THROUGH THE STATE.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE, UM, THE PA CRIMINAL I BELIEVE.
AND THE CHILD ABUSE WOULD BE THE TWO, THE BACKGROUND FINGERPRINT DON'T, AREN'T APPLICABLE TO THIS BECAUSE YOU AREN'T WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18.
BUT JUST IN CASE OF ANYTHING GOING ON, I THINK BECAUSE EVERYONE'S VOLUNTEERING AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO.
SO THEN SUE, WE'LL JUST SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT.
YEAH, IT WILL TAKE YOU A COUPLE SECONDS ONLINE AND THEN YOU JUST SEND ME THE PRINT OUT.
DO ALL THE TIME FOR EVENTS, RIGHT? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY LIKE A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE IT, BUT YEAH, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DOT OUR EYES AND CROSS OUR TS.
A LOT OF WILLIAM DREAMS DOWN THERE.
HUH? I'LL SEND IT TO YOU TODAY.
OR NOT TODAY, BUT I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
SO AND OTHER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU READ THROUGH THIS AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING, JUST SEND AN EMAIL BUT WE'LL I GUESS WE'VE KIND OF MOVED FORWARD ON THAT.
UM, CAN WE GO BACK CUZ I FINALLY GOT THE, YAY.
UH, I'M SORRY I'M TECHNOLOGICALLY, UM, ILLITERATE.
SO YOU'RE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS IS, UM, I'LL GO TO THE PARK BOARD.
SO WHEN YOU'RE ON THE PARK BOARD, NOTHING WILL MOST LIKELY LOAD, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE PARK FLOOR, THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE EVER PUT ON HERE FOR YOU GUYS.
SO HAS VOLUNTEERS FROM 2021 MONTHLY STATS PARK WATCH 2022.
UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
THE ONE THAT I JUST ADDED TODAY IS GONNA BE THIS ONE, THE 2023 CALENDAR.
SO ONCE YOU ARE ALL SHARED THIS ONE FOLDER, SO I DON'T NEED TO SHARE YOU LINKS TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENT ANYMORE BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S UNDER THIS FOLDER, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO ONCE YOU CLICK ON, PRETEND I'M CLICKING ON 2023 CAUSE I ALREADY HAVE IT OPEN TWICE.
UM, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE EVENTS ARE THAT WE HAVE.
SO THERE'S FLASHLIGHT, EGG, HUNT, IT GOES CURY, SCROLLY, SCROLLY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM THERE.
BUT ALL THE LOCATIONS ARE HERE ARE THE TIMES.
SOME OF THE TIMES DO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON WHETHER, SO SOMETIMES THOSE DO HAVE TO CHANGE, BUT MAJORITY OF TIME WE HAVE THEM SET AND KEEP THAT GOING.
VOLUNTEER NAME, JUST PUT YOUR NAME IN EITHER A TIMEFRAME IF YOU CAN'T STAY FOR THE WHOLE EVENT.
UM, JUST PUT A TIMEFRAME IN LIKE FLASHLIGHT PENS ONLY AN HOUR.
SO IF YOU CAN GIVE ME AN HOUR OR AN HOUR AND A HALF COME A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THEN IT STARTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, AND JUST PUT YOUR VOLUNTEER NAME AND THEN WHOEVER THOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE, SIGN UP FOR THAT.
I WILL PERSONALLY EMAIL YOU WITH WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT DAY AND MOST LIKELY WHAT YOUR JOBS ARE GONNA BE THAT DAY.
SO FOR INSTANCE, FOR LIKE FLASHLIGHT, EGG HUNT, I JUST NEED BODIES TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS AREN'T RUNNING OFF INTO THE FOREST LIKE YOU ARE.
JUST KEEP, YOU ARE A HUMAN BARRIER AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE STAYING IN LINE.
THEY'RE NOT PUSHING, THEY'RE NOT THROWING EACH OTHER OVER TO GET EGGS.
AND THEN AT THE END THEY ALL COME IN, WE HAVE GOODY BAGS FOR THEM.
SO WE DO A NICE SINGLE FILE LINE.
WE HAVE IT INSIDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEY COME IN, THEY PICK A NUMBER, WHATEVER NUMBER THEY GET IS THE BAG THAT THEY GET.
EVERY BAG HAS RANDOM THINGS IN IT.
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SO YOU GET WHAT YOU GET.YOU DON'T GET UPSET, YOU GET A BAG, YOU GO OUTSIDE.
IS THERE AGE ON THAT? IT IS, IT IS 11 TO 15.
I BELIEVE YOU DID IT LAST YEAR.
IT'S A FUN, HIGHLY, IT'S A FRIDAY NIGHT OUT LIKE A LIGHTING EXPERIENCE.
IT IS, IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS TOO.
LIKE YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE COME UP, THEY DIDN'T READ THE AGE REQUIREMENTS ON IT.
SO YOU HAVE LITTLE GUYS THAT COME TO TRY TO DO IT.
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO IS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T ENOUGH EGGS, WE'LL MAKE LIKE A LITTLE PATCH OF GRASS FOR THE LITTLE GUYS THAT BY ACCIDENTALLY CAME.
CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LEFT OUT.
BUT THEN AS SOON AS WE GET THE KIDS IN LINE AND READY, I MEAN IT'S LIKE A MONSOON OF KIDS YOU LIKE BASICALLY HIT THE TRIGGER AND THEY ARE GONE.
THOSE EGGS DO NOT SAY THE CHANCE AND THEY COME FULLY.
LAST YEAR THEY HAD LIKE HEADLAMPS AND THEY HAD SPECIAL BAGS, SO THEY WERE USING BOTH OF THEIR HANDS.
IT, THEY GET VERY CREATIVE AND UM, IT TAKES ALL OF LIKE MAYBE A MINUTE UNTIL ALL THE EGGS ARE DONE.
AND THEN THEY ALL RUN AROUND, THEY OPEN ALL THEIR EGGS, WE GO AROUND, CLEAN UP ALL THEIR TRASH, AND WE HEAD INSIDE, WE GIVE 'EM THEIR GRITTY BAGS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE THERE.
SO IT'S A PRETTY QUICK EASY EVENT, BUT MORE HANDS MAKE THIS VERY MUCH LIGHT WORK.
SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EYES ON ALL THE KIDS AT ALL TIMES.
IT'S IN YOUR, UM, CALENDAR INVITE.
SO YOU JUST, IF YOU JUST CLICK ON THAT MM-HMM.
AND THEN YOU CAN GO INTO THAT AT ANY POINT TO CHECK OUT ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS.
IF YOU'RE ON GOOGLE CHROME, THE WHERE MY MOUSE IS HOVERING OVER ON THE STAR, THAT'S YOUR BOOKMARK.
SO WHEN YOU CLICK THAT STAR, THAT SAVES, IT'S EITHER YOUR TOOLBAR, WHICH IS UP HERE OR YOUR OTHER BOOKMARKS, WHICH IS ON THE SIDE.
SO IT WILL BE SAVED SOMEWHERE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU PUT IT.
SO THEN WE SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT ON AND, AND START FILLING THAT OUT.
ANY QUESTION? ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WHILE WE'RE ON IT? ANY QUESTION ON, UH, I HAVE THE EVENT FOR YOU.
SO THEN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS UNDER RECREATION AND THE P R P S AWARD UPDATE? YES.
SO P R P S IS AT THE END OF THIS.
IT'S THE SECOND TEST WEEK OF THE MONTH.
IT'S OUR SUNDAY GOES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE AWARD BANQUET IS TUESDAY NIGHT, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE AWARD.
SO WE, I HAVE NO, NO DOUBT THAT WE WOULD GET IT.
SO JUST, JUST SO, SO WHAT THE PRP S IS IT'S, IT'S THE PENNSYLVANIA RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE DID WAS WE, UM, HAD FOUND OUT THAT, THAT YOU CAN NOMINATE FOR, TO GET AWARDS AND YOU COULD NOMINATE AN EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO, SO WE KIND OF DID THAT IN NO, LIKE WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT IN OCTOBER.
WE DECIDED ON IT, WE WENT FOR IT IN NOVEMBER.
YOU HAVEN'T PRINTED OUT WHAT YOU HAVE IT PRINTED OUT THE OH YEAH.
YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OR WHAT? YEAH, YEAH.
AND THIS IS MAJOR THANK YOU TO TAYLOR WHO WROTE UP OUR WHOLE REPORT.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS LOOK GOOD.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US LAY THAT.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A QUICK TURNAROUND CAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE BY JANUARY 13TH.
AND SO WE LITERALLY HAD DECEMBER AND THAT'S HOLIDAY TIME.
SO AGAIN, TAYLOR LIKE CAME THROUGH AND HE DID A WONDERFUL WRITE UP.
SO IT SAYS, SUE, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO NOTIFY YOU THAT THE PROGRAM YOU NOMINATED FOR P R P S AWARDS, UPPER PROVIDENCE ADA PLAYGROUND, HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE EXCELLENCE IN RECREATION AND PARKS AWARD WINNER.
THIS HONOR WILL BE CONFERRED AT THE AWARDS BANQUET AT THE P R P S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT THE HERSHEY LODGE ON TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21ST, 2023.
AND THEN IT JUST GOES INTO ALL THE THINGS.
YEAH, I GUESS THEY'RE GONNA DO AN AWARDS THERE AND THEY'RE GONNA DO A, UM, A VIDEO, CORRECT? YEAH, THEY DO.
I SENT IN A BUNCH OF PICTURES AND UM, LIKE CREDITS IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN THEY'LL PLAY THAT SLIDESHOW AND THEY'LL HAVE MUSIC BEHIND IT.
AND PEOPLE GET TO SEE WHAT YOUR AWARD WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT VERSUS I AM, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND WITH ME, I'M HOPING JOSH AND HIS CREW THAT BUILT IT CAN ATTEND.
UM, WE'RE WORKING THAT OUT INTERNALLY, BUT SARAH AND I WILL THE 21ST, I WILL TAKE A PICTURE FOR UNFORTUNATE.
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WE'RE THERE.YOU NO, I, YOU YOU WERE THE ONE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN, BUT YOU'RE PART OF BACK GROUP YOUR IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
BUT I IS IT, WE SHOW FOR IT UP AND BACK.
SO YES, THERE'S A SQUEEZY TO ME, THE KEY THING IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT WE'VE DONE THIS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME AN AWARD HAS BEEN WON AND NOW WE'RE ON A ROLL.
AND WE'RE ALREADY THINKING THAT PLANNING THE WALL, THE WALL THAT HEALS WOULD BE, WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE.
WHY SIT HERE AND I CAN GO UP HERE.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
SO IT'S PRETTY, UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT, IT'S FRONT AND CENTER IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT.
I DID PUT IT IN THIS MORNING TO LET, UM, AMBER KNOW TO PUT IT IN AND IF I CAN GET A PICTURE TO HER IN TIME, SHE'LL MAKE SURE IT, LIKE THAT'S THE, OKAY, SO THEN AMBER'S BACK.
SO LIKE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO, WHO YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATED AND GOT IT DONE, YOU KNOW, WITH EMPHASIS ON TAYLOR FOR SURE.
SO THE, THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, THE TREE BENCH DONATION PROGRAM.
SO BILL AND JOSH WENT TO VISIT OUR FRIENDS AT LOWE'S, UM, ABOUT TREES.
AND IT WAS A SEXUAL IN BENCHES.
UM, I WAS NOT THERE FOR IT, BUT I HEARD IT WENT WELL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
WE'RE WAITING FOR LOWE'S TO GET BACK TO US ON, I'M WAITING FOR THE TREES TO COME IN.
DID YOU HAVE STUFF YOU WANTED? UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
UM, WE GOT INTRODUCED TO HALF 13.
UM, IT WAS VERY, IT WAS LIKE ALL THESE LOW AND, AND JOSH DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
UM, SO I THINK JOSH GOT BACK TO THEM WITH WHAT TYPE OF VENTURES YOU'RE BUYING NOW.
UM, IF NOT, HE SHOULD FOR THE SERIAL NUMBER AND THEY'LL TRY TO STORE SET FOR YOU.
AND GET IT AT A BETTER PRICE THAN YOU'RE PAYING NOW.
UM, THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DISCOUNT TREES, THE GROUP OF TRYING TO BUY A BUNCH OF TREES FOR THE PARKS MM-HMM.
SO, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND, AND WE LOVE, AND I THINK THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AND WHAT TYPE OF TREES ARE WE LOOKING FOR? I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MAPLES.
UM, OH THAT'S, BUT THE, THE BIGGEST PORTION, THE BIGGEST THING WAS, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS CUZ YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER DAY MM-HMM.
UM, BUT YOU CAN ALSO TAKE THEIR TREES AND PLANT AND FOLLOWING SAYING YEAH.
AND THE FOLLOWING YOUR PLAN ON WHERE YOU WANNA PLAN 'EM, AT LEAST YOU'RE GETTING FOR FRUIT.
WE CAN GROW THEM, YOU CAN GROW THEM, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN LITTLE NURSERY, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL.
AND THEN COULD EVEN BECOME PART OF THE WHOLE LITTLE BUTTERFLY.
THAT'S WHAT A VEGETABLE GARDEN.
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO, BILL, WHILE WE'RE HERE?
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE LIKE IF JO YOU KNOW, IF, IF JOSH COULD, HAS TIME TO DO THAT, RIGHT.
YEAH, I'LL TALK TO HIM TOMORROW.
SO, UM, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE TO REGARDS TO TREE BENCH SITUATION? I THINK IT'S GOOD.
I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW UP.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA RUN AFTER US.
UM, SO THE BLACKROCK CAMPUS REDESIGN, I KNOW, I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST MEETING.
I KNOW I'VE PICKED A FEW PEOPLE'S EARS, UM, AFTER THAT MEETING THAT I'VE SEEN.
BUT, UM, THE E THE UM, NEWSLETTER THAT WENT OUT IN THE FALL, WE PUT IN ALL OF THE PARKING REC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS OF WHICH WE WERE GOING TO DO A LOT OF UPDATES AND REDESIGNS OR NOT REDESIGNS, WE WERE DOING A LOT OF UPDATES TO THIS CAMPUS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, I DID BRING IN OUR GILMORE TEAM, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TO HELP COME IN AND REDESIGN THIS PARK.
UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH BUILDING A NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, UM, OF WHICH MAY TAKE UP SOME OF MY FIELD SPACE.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE AND THAT'S COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, IDEAS THAT I HAD IN 2022 WILL NO LONGER MAKE SENSE.
UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IS SOLELY BASED ON THE PARK MASTER PLAN THAT WE ONLY PUBLISHED IN 20 20, 20 19.
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SO I'M HAVING THEM COME IN, REDESIGN THIS PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FULFILL ALL THE UM, IDEAS THAT WE DID HAVE, BUT WE'D HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AND WHERE'S A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GO.UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON THIS REDESIGN IS PLAN FUTURISTICALLY NOT FOR TODAY.
SO WHAT MAKES SENSE TODAY MAY NOT MAKE SENSE.
LIKE A LOT OF THE SPACE HERE RIGHT NOW DOESN'T MAKE SENSE NOW, BUT IT MADE SENSE YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN THEY DESIGNED IT.
SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE PLANS THAT I'M PUTTING IN PLACE NOW MAKE SENSE THE FURTHER ALONG THE TOWNSHIP GOES.
UM, SO I'M HOPEFUL TO GET INFORMATION BACK FROM THEM ON HOW THIS PLACE, HOW WE CAN REDESIGN THE CAMPUS HERE AND THEN UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANS THAT WAY.
SO IF YOU WANNA START SPREADING THE WORD THAT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE BLACKROCK CAMPUS FOR THE 2023 IMPROVEMENT PLAN ARE SO HOPEFUL TO HAPPEN.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO.
SO, UM, I HAVE PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT AND I REALLY LOVE IT.
I LOVE THE OUTCRY FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, I JUST KEEP SENDING THE SAME BLANKET EMAIL LIKE UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW, LIKE THIS IS THE SITUATION WE'RE IN AND AS SOON AS I HAVE A TIMELINE I'LL PUT IT UP ON THE WEBSITE.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T HAVE A GOOD OR BAD ANSWER FOR ANYBODY.
IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PLACE THOSE THINGS THEN INFLUX.
SO ON TOP OF THAT, THE SAME PEOPLE ARE HELPING ME DESIGN THE TRAILS THAT ARE GONNA GO OVER AT THE TAYLOR PROPERTY, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE Y M C A ON BLOOMFIELD TRAP ROAD.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN, UM, WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO UM, GET GRANT MATCH OR MORE SO WE CAN IMPROVE.
WE'RE GONNA PUT TRAILS ALL THROUGH THERE.
SO IT'LL BE AN ACTIVE PASSIVE PARK.
THERE'LL BE NO ACTIVE PARK ACCESSORIES LIKE PLAYGROUNDS OR BALL FIELDS.
IT WILL JUST BE DIFFERENT ADA ACCESSIBLE TRAILS.
SOME OF THEM WILL BE DIRT, SOME OF THEM WILL BE GRASS, SOME OF THEM WILL BE PAVED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT FULL ENTIRE THING LIKE A MEADOW RE RESTORATION, UM, HARVEST MORE TREES THERE AS WELL AS PUT SOME TRAILS IN.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF PARK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE BENCH.
IT WILL BE THAT WHOLE LIKE BEAUTIFUL SIMILAR TO NORTHTOWN FARM ACROSS FROM EINSTEIN.
MM-HMM
THEY BEAUTIFIED THEIR PARK, THEY PUT IN MORE TREES AND THEY PUT IN REALLY NICE DONATED VENTURES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN THAT WE'RE RUNNING WITH OVER THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TRY TO SEE IF, UM, FOR OUR TRAIL SYSTEM THIS YEAR, IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ANDERSON FARM PARK TRAIL ENLARGEMENT.
SO THERE'S A PROPERTY ON THE ANDERSON FARM SECTION THAT WE CAN ADD A TRAIL SYSTEM IN THAT WOULD CONNECT THE EXISTING ONE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE US LIKE A FIVE PAID LOOP.
RIGHT NOW ALL OF OUR TRAILS AT ANDERSON JUST STOP AT DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO THAT'S MY HOPE IS TO GET THAT PARK UP AND RUNNING WITH CONNECTED TRAILS.
I HAVE SPECIAL PEOPLE WORKING ON THAT FOR ME CUZ I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT MYSELF.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I'LL HAVE AN IDEA TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT MEETING.
HOPEFULLY IT'S, THAT WAS WONDER IT IS THE MASTER PLAN MOST INTERESTED IN CONNECT TRAILS? YES.
AND SO IS EVERYONE IN THE TOWNSHIP AND WE DID PUT IN LAST YEAR FOR A GRANT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THIS CAMPUS TO THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT TRAIL WOULD TAKE US FROM THE INTERSECTION OF BLACKROCK IN ONE 13 TO THE SUG RIVER PARK.
THE HARDEST PART IS CONNECTING OFF OF BLACKROCK.
WE HAVE, I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED ON ONLINE GOING BECAUSE WHEN I GO ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, VODKA 10 MILE HIKES MM-HMM.
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING I CAN JUST LEAVE MY HOME.
I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED ON THE MAPS GOING, I DON'T THINK THAT MATCHES THAT.
SO OUR I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT CAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK YOU THAT.
CAUSE WHEN I LIVED OIL IN PLUMSTEAD MM-HMM
SO THAT'S WHAT ALL OF OUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN, JEFF GRACE, OUR, OUR UM, PLANNER AND I ALWAYS ENFORCE THAT THAT SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT GOING IN HAS TO CONNECT TO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS A WALKABLE TRAIL.
THERE'S ALWAYS HAS TO BE CONNECTIVITY CUZ THE GRAND PLAN, THE GRAND MASTER PLAN IF YOU WILL, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME TOWNSHIP.
SO YOU CAN GET FROM THIS BUILDING TO ANDERSON, YOU CAN GET FROM ANDERSON TO TAYLOR PROPERTY AND YOU CAN GET FROM TAYLOR PROPERTY BACK.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALL IN THE WORKS AND ALL THOSE LITTLE SUBDIVISIONS ARE VERY HELPFUL CAUSE THERE ARE LITTLE PIECES THAT CONNECT.
SO THE TWO OBSTACLES WE HAVE IS CONNECTING HERE TO ONE TO ONE 13 AND THEN FROM ONE 13 TO ANDERSON.
ARE THEY, UM, BICYCLE? THEY'RE EVERYTHING.
MM-HMM
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MAY NOT BE LIKE TAYLOR.WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE NATURAL.
SO THEY MAY NOT ALL BE PAVED TRAILS AT TAYLOR BUT THEY'LL BE ACCESSIBILITY ON DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA RIDE THEIR BIKES OR PUSH THEIR STROLLER OR TAKE A STROLL DOWN ONE 13 TO GET TO ANDERSON.
SO THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WIDEN THE ROAD AND MOVE IT OVER A LITTLE BIT AND CHANGE LINES JUST SO YOU KNOW.
AND IT'S GETTING PENDOT TO SAY YES CUZ IT'S NOT OUR ROAD.
MY HOPE IS TO GO BEHIND OFF OF MENNONITE AND GO DOWN SOME OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THERE OR BEHIND, UM, RIGHT BEHIND AIR READER AND SEE CUZ WE ALREADY HAVE A CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UM, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO ANDERSON FRONT PARK OFF ONE 13, THERE'S ALREADY A TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO IT'S JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO SAY YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT TRAIL SOMEWHERE IN MY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, UPCOMING EVENTS, SO I JUST HAD IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES COMING UP IS THE FLASHLIGHT, EGG HUNT, THE COMMUNITY EGG HUNT.
WE SWITCHED TO SUNDAY APRIL 2ND, UM, FROM 11 TO ONE.
IT IS USUALLY THE SATURDAY FROM NINE TO 11, BUT EVERYBODY IN THIS AREA WAS DOING THEIR EGG HUNT THAT SATURDAY.
SO WE FELT LIKE THEY WOULD BE EGG HUNTED OUT BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO OURS.
UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
WE HAVE, UM, A BUNNY COMING TO DO PICTURES.
HE'S GONNA DROP EGGS ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR THE KIDS.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PLAYGROUND.
SO HOPEFULLY GET SOME ATTRACTION THERE.
WE DID THIS ALSO BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO FENCE OFF THE AREA ON FRIDAY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYONE ABLE TO USE OUR FIELD SATURDAY AND HOPE THAT DIDN'T GET VAND OR TORN DOWN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IF WE HAVE IT BEHIND THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE CAN FENCE EVERYTHING OFF AND NO ONE WILL JUST SERVE IT UNTIL SUNDAY.
UM, THEN WE HAVE THE JAM AT BLACKROCK ON 4 23 WITH THE RAIN DATE AT FOUR 30.
UM, I'LL LET YOU UPDATE THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, OUR CONCERT SERIES STARTS IN MAY AND THAT IS THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
SO PV AND SPRINGBOARD COME IN AND THEY DO, UM, A SMALL CONCERT SERIES FOR US.
IT'S A 5:30 PM START I THINK FOR BOTH.
AND THEN WE GET RIGHT INTO THE SUMMER WITH OUR KICKOFF WITH THE UP MUSIC FEST ON JUNE 3RD, WHICH IS NOW FROM 12.
IT'S FROM TWO TO EIGHT INSTEAD OF 12 EIGHT.
BUT I'LL NOT FOR YOU WITH THE WHOLE ENTIRE SCHEDULE, YOU GUYS CAN READ IT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
AND THE MUSIC FEST THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
WE HAD OVER 2,500 PEOPLE THE LAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG ONE.
SO LONG WITH TEARS WOULD PROBABLY BE.
AND THE LINEUP JUST WENT OUT ON INSTAGRAM TODAY, SO THEY'RE ALREADY, UM, WE WORK WITH TWIN WILLIAMS ON THAT AND HIS GUYS ALREADY PUSHED THAT OUT TODAY.
SO AMBER SHOULD BE FOLLOWING SUIT AND PUTTING THAT OUT ON OUR STUFF AS WELL.
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TALKING.SO, UM, OLD BUSINESS JUST JAM IT.
BLACKROCK, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ANYMORE ABOUT THAT? UM, IT'S MOVING ALONG.
WE HAD, I GUESS SINCE I WENT SAW YOU ALL, UM, WE HAD A MEETING WITH UM, SUE, SARAH, MARK, AND MYSELF.
UM, OUR INTENTION IS TO BASICALLY OPERATE THE EVENT AS WE DID LAST YEAR.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS A WINNING FORMULA.
OH, DID WE GET A GOOD MIKE WEBB'S ON BOARD? THAT'S GREAT.
HE ACTUALLY, UM, MOVED HIS SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE BE A PART OF.
HE'S ALREADY BEGUN PROMOTING IT ON HIS CHANNELS.
SO DID WE, I HAVEN'T GOT THE, CAN YOU HAVE MARK SEND US THE FINAL YES.
SO WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT AS WELL.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING'S MOVING ALONG.
UM, NOT AS MUCH PLANNING INVOLVED THIS TIME.
UM, UM, AT THE, OUR MEETING WE DISCUSSED, WE LIKED THE DJ WHO CAME ALONG WITH MIKE.
SUE AND SARAH AT MAY HAVE TO YEAH, I HAVE SOMEONE, WE'LL HAVE A DJ OH, PERFECT IDENTITY CURRENTLY HERE, BUT THERE WILL BE DJ.
UH, MARK ALSO SAID THAT, UM, ALL OF THE SPONSORS WHO DONATED I LAST YEAR ARE WILLING TO RETURN AND LEAVE CUSTOMER.
SO IT'LL WHERE EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDS WILL BE WITH SOMETHING.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PARK WATCH STARTING DATE.
AND THAT WAS IN, SO IT STARTS IN MAY, CORRECT? YES.
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I THINK THAT THAT LOOKED GREAT.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES OTHER THAN ADDING SANDY OR I WILL ADD YOU SANDY, UM, I CHEAT OUT TODAY.
SO ONCE WE GET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS OR I HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.
SO I HAVE IT SCA, A S O N 14 GMAIL.
UM, WE DID SPEED, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN, MAYBE BACK IN DECEMBER.
I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAD ANY MAJOR INSIGHTS GOING OVER DID HE PRESERVE LAST YEAR.
SO WE DISCUSSED REPLACING THAT WITH THE RIVER PRESS TRAIL WOULD MAKE A NEW THING.
THIS, I THINK THAT'LL BE NICE, A CHANCE TO SEE OUR NEW ONES.
AND THEN EVERYBODY JUST LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THE EMAIL ADDRESS ADDRESSES AND IF THEY'VE CHANGED.
NOW IS YOU, HAS YOURS CHANGED? WELL, SO, UM, SINCE, UM, SINCE THIS ONE, THIS ONE OVER HERE,
SO WE UM, I BELIEVE ADDED HIS PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, AS WELL.
SO NOW YOU CAN READ JUST ON, OKAY.
SO AS FOR LIKE COPIES OF THE MINUTES AND AGENDA, WHICH EMAIL ADDRESS DO YOU JUST USE? BOTH.
BOTH THE COMCAST ONE AND THE AND KONA KONA ICE ONE.
AND THEN FOR YOU, SO KEN ALSO SAID THAT HE WANTED TO CONTINUE BEING COPIED ON MINUTES AND STUFF.
SO DID YOU WANT BOTH YOUR EMAIL OR JUST THE, I DON'T WANNA SAY DO ONE.
THE WANT MY WORK ONE IS GOOD FOR THE THINGS THAT I NEED TO ANSWER ALL RIGHT.
IMMEDIATELY OR, OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S PRESSING.
SO YOU MIGHT NEED THE NEXT TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS.
CAUSE SOME DAYS I, I DON'T GO HOME ON LOOK AT MY PERSONAL EMAIL CAUSE I'M JUST HARD ON MY EMAIL.
BUT IF YOU LIKE, WITH THE WALL AND STUFF, WE WOULD GO NO, I'D SAY THE, THE WORK EMAIL WAS PERFECT CAUSE UM, I USE THAT AS MY DISTRACTION.
I THINK FOR, UM, PURPOSES OF THE BOARD, WE'LL JUST USE YOUR HOME BECAUSE THAT'S FINE.
BECAUSE WE'RE, IT'S JUST KEEPING YOU IN THE LOOP.
AS OPPOSED TO ANY ACTUAL WORK FOR WALL.
I ALREADY MADE YOU YOUR OWN LITTLE FOLDER THAT IT FILTERS TOO.
UM, THE NEXT, THE NEXT UP, THE NEXT ITEM IS PICKLEBALL UPDATE.
UM, THERE THERE WAS AN INFLUX OF A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT SUE IS VERY AWARE OF THAT GAME FLOODING INTO HER AFTER THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE, UM, IN THE BUDGET NEWSLETTER SAYING THAT PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE GONNA BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
SO THANKS SUE EXPLAINED IT WELL, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT WHERE THINGS ARE GONNA GO, UM, BUT AS AN UPDATE THAT THEY, NOT JUST FOR PICKLEBALL, BUT THE GYM HAS, UM, RECEIVED THE, THE TINT PRO TINTED WINDOWS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKED, UM, TO FIND OUT IS, WHEN DOES THE INDOOR PICKLEBALL STOP? IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T.
UM, I, I THINK IT'LL, IT'LL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR THAT I THINK IT'LL STILL BE A GOOD NUMBER.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S HOT OUT, RIGHT.
AND NOW THAT IT'S HINTED, THE HEAT IN THERE IS NOT GONNA BE NEARLY, IT'S CRAZY.
I WANTED HEAR IF YOU ALSO HAD AN UPDATE WITH THE TENNIS LADY.
I, UH, THE, SO THE 10TH BALL? YEAH.
SO I WENT TO SEE, UM, JENNIFER, JENNIFER AND HER MOM HAPPENED TO BE THERE TOO AT THE TENNIS SHOP.
AND JUST TO KIND OF LET HER KNOW ABOUT THE, THE CLINICS WE DO AND IF SHE WANTED TO SET UP A TABLE OR WHATEVER, UM, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO REACH OUT TO SUE.
I GOT THE IMPRESSION WHEN I TALKED TO HER THAT THE, UH, THE CLINIC THAT JUST HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY WAS, UM, TOO SHORT OF NOTICE.
SO I DID ALSO GIVE HER INFORMATION ABOUT LIKE, THAT THEY COULD BE A VENDOR AT OUR COMMUNITY DAY.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY LIKE, IF ANY, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY'S IN THERE KIND OF REMINDER, SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE HAS A LOT ON HER PLATE.
BUT ALSO I CAN GO IN THERE AND FIND OUT IF YOU WANT ME TO.
I THOUGHT IF SHE HAD INTEREST, I THOUGHT SHE'D REACH OUT TO YOU.
BUT AS FAR AS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, TENNIS INSTRUCTORS
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OR LIKE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THAT? OR DO YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT LINED UP? NO, WE USUALLY JUST RENT THE COURTS OUT FOR THAT.BUT IS SOMETHING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, OKAY.
IF SHE'S INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, I'D RATHER PARTNER WITH HER THAN JUST RENT THE COURT.
SO WHY DON'T I, I WILL GO IN AGAIN AND THEN ONCE I GET THE INFORMATION ON HALL FEST VENDORS, I WILL, I WILL SURELY SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET.
SO I'LL GO IN AND JUST FIND OUT IF IT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING SHE'S INTERESTED IN.
CAN I GET FROM YOU AT SOME POINT? JUST SOME, SOME BUSINESS PARTS? YES.
ONCE I GET THEM THESE, I CAN GIVE YOU THE GENERIC ONE.
I GAVE HER THE ONE THAT I GOT FROM THE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT I DON'T, THEY ONLY GAVE ME ONE AND WHATEVER.
YEAH, IF I CAN FIND THEM, I WILL GET YOU.
SO YEAH, I'LL GO SEE HER JUST TO KIND OF FIND OUT.
AND WHO WOULD SHE CONTACT YOU ON, ON THAT IF MM-HMM.
AND THEN USUALLY WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL SEE, SEE MELISSA ON THE NEXT, ON MY RESPONSE TO HER.
UM, ANY OTHER PICKLEBALL? OKAY, THAT WAS GOOD.
I JUST, I'M JUST PUSHING THAT BECAUSE I'M OBNOXIOUS AND WHEN SOMEBODY PUTS SOMETHING IN A NEWSLETTER SAYING HOW HER WHOLE PURPOSE IS COMMUNITY, CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I DID GO IN THERE AND UM, BUT IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD BECAUSE THE PERSON I WAS TALKING TO WAS THE MANAGER OF THE STORE AND I WAS LIKE, WHO'S THE, I, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING WITH ME.
I WAS LIKE, WHO'S THE OWNER? LIKE, AND SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THE BUSINESS CARD SITTING RIGHT THERE AND I PULLED IT.
I SAID, YEAH, KIM WRIGHT
SO SHE WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, WE DO A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SHE SAID TO SEND AN EMAIL.
UM, SO HERE, I GOT THIS CARD FOR YOU, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, LIKE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD DO, BUT IF THEY'RE SAYING THAT LIKE EVEN FOR SMALL THINGS, LIKE IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WELL, SO SAMPLES.
OH YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
WE HAD OUR FROZEN PASTA PARTY BACK IN 2019.
THEY CAME IN AND THEY DONATED TINY LITTLE MINI BUTTON AND HAD ALL DIFFERENT KINDS AND THEY CAME IN AND SET UP THIS BEAUTIFUL TABLE.
THEY DONATED EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
THIS IS WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED? YEAH.
SO THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THEIR NAME OUT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT UM, I HAVE TO SEE IF KIM WRIGHT WAS THE PERSON I HAD REACHED OUT TO BECK THEN OR NOT.
BUT I THINK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS DOING SENIOR EVENTS.
WE'RE ALWAYS DOING, LIKE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A, UM, IT'S GRANDPARENT'S, NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS DAY SOON.
BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T BUDGET A WHOLE LOT FOR THOSE THINGS, THE CAKES, DESSERTS, THE FOOD, THAT KIND OF STUFF ENDS UP COSTING A TON OF MONEY.
SO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, WE'RE HAVING AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL WITH PRINCESSES IN SEPTEMBER.
LIKE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WHILE IT HEALS, I HAVE TO FEED ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS, THOSE 200 VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE COMING IN.
LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY.
AND EVEN COMMUNITY DAY, LIKE DUCK DONUTS DONATED ALL OF THOSE DONUTS LAST YEAR FOR US TO GIVE OUT.
AND THEIR NAME IS BLASTED EVERYWHERE FOR DONATING.
LIKE IN-KIND DONATIONS WORK REALLY WELL FOR MY DEPARTMENT.
THINK IF, IF THEY'RE GONNA SAY THAT, WE COULD TAP INTO IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO GET OUR CARD.
BUT I LIKE, I WAS THINKING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO FOR PARENTS NIGHT OUT, LIKE IF OH, THAT WOULD EVEN BE GREAT TOO.
SO, BUT I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH YOU.
BUT IF YOU EVER WANT ME TO GO IN THERE CUZ OR WHATEVER
WE'RE GONNA TRY 'EM OUT, MAKE SURE WE GET THE RED FLAVOR.
I NEED TO KNOW WHICH ONE TO GET EVERYBODY.
WE ALSO GO TO A DIFFERENT STORE.
I'M GONNA PUT, I'M GONNA PUT ON OUR VERY OFFICIAL LITTLE BADGE.
AND WEAR MY T-SHIRT AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT WE WON, UM, AN AWARD RECENTLY AND I'D LIKE A, I'D LIKE TO BRING A CAKE TO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
AND SPEAKING OF, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE TO PUT IN A NEW ORDER.
THE PEOPLE THAT MADE OUR BADGES THAT HAVE OUR NAME TAGS, OUR NAME TAGS, UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE AROUND ANYMORE.
SO I HAVE TO FIND A NEW COMPANY THAT WILL DO THAT AGAIN.
SO I WILL GET PEOPLE NAME TAGS IF YOU WANT TO, UM, HAVE ONE THOSE AND WHEN WE DO T-SHIRTS AT
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THE NEXT MEETING TO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL WITH SIZES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE 'EM IN THE BACK AND HAVE 'EM FOR YOU.MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND I, IN MY EXPERIENCE, OR JUST SAY YOU'RE WITH FIRE OR POLICE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OF COURSE IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA THEM TO WEAR, YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER LIKE YOU'RE ONE UPPER PROVIDENCE T-SHIRT OR TO WEAR THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING PARK WATCH.
OR PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE, THEY JUST THINK YOU'RE WEIRD.
IF YOU GO UP AND JUST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A BAD NINE ONE.
I HAD SOME PEOPLE BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NO.
UM, MOVING ON TO RECREATION CAMP UPDATE.
I WILL MAKE THESE QUICK CUZ UM, PASS TIME.
UM, SO CAMP UPDATE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL ONLY OPEN TO U P T RESIDENTS AND WE ARE, I WANT TO SAY 80% FULL.
BUT WE DID OPEN SPECIALTY CAMPS AS WELL.
UM, WHEN THE NON-RESIDENTS HIT, WE ARE AVAILABLE.
WE HAVEN'T HIRED ALL THE STAFF YET, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING APPLICATIONS.
UM, WE PUSHED, I SENT IT TO SPRINGFIELD SUPERINTENDENT, I SENT IT TO UM, MELANIE BOWEN AND I SENT IT OFF TO A COUPLE OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCAL TO TEACHERS AND TO SEND IT TO STUDENTS.
WE STILL HAVEN'T GOT A LOT OF ATTRACTION ON IT YET.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW OF ANY WAY THAT'S LOOKING FOR SUMMER WORK, ANY COLLEGE KIDS THAT NEED SUMMER WORK, PLEASE SEND THEM TO THE WEBSITE SO THEY APPLY.
UM, WE'RE NOT TAKING LIKE PHYSICAL APPLICATIONS OR VERBALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
OUR HR DEPARTMENT VERY MUCH WANTS IT ALL DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, BUT DEPENDING ON HOW MANY STAFF WE GET, WE CAN OPEN UP MORE SPOTS AT CAMP.
SO IF THOSE NON-RESIDENTS, BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THEM, IF IT IS FULL, WHICH IT SHOULD NOT BE, UM, WE CAN ADD A, ADD A FEW MORE SPOTS AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO TAKE IT ON.
UM, COMMUNITY CENTER UPDATE, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, IF MY COMPUTER WOULD ACCESS THE INTERNET, I COULD SHOW, I COULD SEND YOU OR SHOW YOU GUYS THE NUMBERS.
BUT OUR NUMBERS, EVEN WITH CHANGING OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM ARE BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE WE CHANGED THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
SO EITHER MAJORITY OF PEOPLE CAME BACK OR WE MADE UP THAT DIFFERENCE WITH THESE PEOPLE COMING IN.
UM, THE NEXT THING THAT'S ON OUR LIST TO DO OVER AT THE CENTER IS MAKE A PUZZLE WALL, UM, RIGHT BY THE OFFICE DOOR.
UM, ACROSS FROM WHERE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC DO THE PUZZLES, WE'RE GOING TO GLUE THEM ALL TOGETHER, PUT THEM ON A BACKING AND THEN HANG THEM ON THE WALL.
WE'RE GONNA LET THE COMMUNITY CENTER PEOPLE VOTE ON WHICH ONES GET HUNG.
UM, SO, SO DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THE WHOLE PUZZLE THING IS? SO WE BASICALLY PICK PUZZLES THAT I BUY AT RANDOM STORES THAT LOOK FUN AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COME IN JUST TO PUT THE PUZZLE TOGETHER.
BUT UM, THE THOUGHT WAS UP ON THE WALL IN BETWEEN OUR OFFICE DOOR TO GET INTO THE FRONT DESK.
AND THE FRONT DESK, THAT WHOLE BLANK WALL WE HAVE IS TO PUT UP LIKE A CUTE WALL DECAL THAT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE, UM, SOMETHING ON THE LINES OF, I FORGOT WHAT THIS SAYS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ON THE LINES OF WE ALL FIT IN.
LIKE IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, WE'RE ALL A PIECE OF THE BIG PUZZLE TYPE OF THING.
SO A NICE LITTLE QUOTE AND THEN WE'LL HANG THE, UM, FINISHED PUZZLE PIECE OF PUZZLES TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO START CREATING THAT COMMUNITY ART WALL THAT LEADS YOU UP TO THE GYMNASIUM.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE LAURIE HIGGINS PAINTINGS STILL UP THERE.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE THE STAFF OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S BOOSTING THE INITIATIVE TO GET THAT COMMUNITY, UM, ART WALL DONE.
SO SHE'S WORKING WITH MOCO, UM, THEY HAVE AN ART SECTION OVER AT THE ONE IN Z BELL.
UM, AND SHE'S TALKING TO THE CURATOR OF THAT TO SEE LIKE WHAT RESTRICTIONS DO WE PUT IN, WHAT GUIDELINES DO YOU HAVE TO PUT IN, WHAT IS ART TO ONE PERSON VERSUS ART TO ANOTHER PERSON, JUST LIKE THE MURALS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MARIA.
SO IT'S UM, FINDING THOSE GUIDELINES AND THEN WE CAN PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT THERE'LL BE A NICE WALL DECAL ABOVE THAT WALL WHEN YOU WALK IN WITH A NICE INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE TO LEAD YOU INTO THE ART SECTION.
THAT MIGHT BE A NICE TO KIND OF BRIDGE THE WHOLE JUST ABOUT THAT IF WE, IF IF WE GO WITH A BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE THAT THEY KIND OF GET INVOLVED IN, IN THAT OR WHATEVER MM-HMM.
SO THOSE ARE MY UPDATES FOR THERE.
UM, WE DID, I MET WITH AIR RAIDER FARMS, UM, YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASSISTING US WITH OFFERING THE WOODLAND WONDERLAND LIFE SHOW THAT WE PUT ON EVERY YEAR.
SO THEY HAVE CREATED THIS REALLY
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NICE PATH THROUGH THEIR PART OF THEIR TREE FARM THAT THEY'LL LIGHT UP ALL THEIR BIG TREES THAT THEY HAVE IN THIS ONE PLOT.THEY'LL LIGHT THEM ALL UP AND THEN INSIDE ALL OF THEIR OLD ANIMAL LIKE CORRALS, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT OUR LIGHTS IN THERE.
SO LIKE OUR FARM ANIMALS WILL BE IN ONE.
AND THEN YOU WALK TO THE NEXT COUPLE SETS OF LIGHTS AND YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER, UM, FARM STAND TYPE OF SITUATION WITH ANOTHER SET OF OUR DECORATIONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE THUMB BECAUSE IT WAS BECOMING, UM, WE ARE KIND OF GETTING OVERSHADOWED BY THE BIG SPECTACLE DOWN 4 22 AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A STAFFING ISSUE AND IT WAS A MONETARY ISSUE TO KEEP THAT THING RUNNING.
SO I'M VERY THANKFUL TO AIR RAIDER AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY IN THAT SENSE.
UM, TOWN CENTER, WE LAST YEAR PARTNERED WITH THEM ON WHAT THEY CALLED THEIR BLOCK PARTY AND AT THEIR BLOCK PARTY WE HAD ALL OF OUR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND OUR POLICE OUT THERE, INCLUDING OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND IT WAS JUST A FUN, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SIDEWALK SALE AND THE RESTAURANT'S SUPPOSED TO COME OUT AND GIVE OUT SAMPLES AND IT ENDED UP JUST BEING SUCH A HOT DAY THAT SHE CHOSE THAT IT JUST WASN'T AS REPRESENTED FROM THE STORES AS SHE WAS HOPING.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT EITHER FRIDAY, MAY 12TH OR SATURDAY MAY 13TH.
UM, AND I'M JUST NEEDING TO GET APPROVAL FROM OUR SIDE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STILL ATTEND, BUT IT'LL BE A SIDEWALK SALES AND THE BARS WILL BE OPEN AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND SO THAT THEY BECOME, THEY'RE IN OUR BACKGROUND IF ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW.
SO WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD AND THEY'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO KIND OF BE WELL WITH US AND THEY'LL BE HERE AT COMMUNITY DAY OR CALL FEST AGAIN AS WELL.
SO, UM, GOOD RELATIONSHIPS THERE.
UM, WHILE THE HEELS UPDATE, UM, KEN IS JOINING OUR TEAM FOR THE EDUCATION AND TOURS PORTION OF OUR COMMITTEE.
SO HE'S ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE LEADERS, WHICH MEANS THAT HE'S HEADING ONE AREA OF THE FIVE AREAS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
OUR BOARD IS VERY, VERY INVOLVED.
HE SCARED ME AFTER THAT PHONE CALL NOW I BET
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT? I'M LIKE, I KNOW IT'S NOT.
I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL HELP YOU
IT'S JUST I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP YOU DO IT.
IT'S SO HARD TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A BIG ENDEAVOR.
AND AS HONORED AS WE ARE TO DO IT, IT DID COME WITH A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS THAT I WAS LIKE, OH, I CAN DO THIS LIKE THIS.
THEY BRING THE WALL IN, THEY SET IT UP, THEY HAVE LIGHTS,
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE LIKE A STRONG CORE OF COMMITTEE LEADERS THAT WILL HELP ME EXECUTE THIS WHOLE ENTIRE THING.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE LEAD COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE FULL WITH, WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN PLACE FOR THAT.
AND THEN IT'S JUST FINDING PEOPLE TO WORK UNDERNEATH THEM TO SO THAT THEY'RE NOT BURNT OUT AND LIKE, WHY DID I SIGN UP FOR THIS? THEY HAVE HELP AS WELL.
SO I AM STILL LOOKING FOR A COUPLE PEOPLE TO ASSIST WITH SMALLER AREAS.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU GET A SENSE AS YOU LOOK AT AS IT'S GETTING POPULATED WITH VOLUNTEERS WHERE YOU NEED PEOPLE, YEAH.
LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, INTO OUR HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION ABSOLUT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS I HAD PROBABLY ABOUT 10 PEOPLE ALREADY SIGN UP.
LIKE I SAID, I TALKED TO MY WIFE AND SHE WANTS, SHE SIGNED UP.
SHE WANTS TO BE ON MY COMMITTEE.
BUT UM, LIKE I SAID, SHE'S PART OF THE D R AT PHILLY.
AND THAT'S ALL THE MEMBERS THAT WE TALK TO.
WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX JUST FROM HER CHAPTER.
THAT SIGNED UP AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO.
THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE A, THE BANNER WHEREVER THEY GO.
THE PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF THE D R SURE.
LIKE I SAID, MY WIFE'S BEEN IN SINCE SHE'S PROBABLY 16.
SHE'S BEEN IN FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS.
UM, IT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT ITSELF.
SO I GO TO ALL HER MEETINGS WITH HER SO I KNOW ALL THESE PEOPLE.
SO YOU CAN'T PUT 'EM OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
SOME OF 'EM MIGHT NOT MAKE IT
SO IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THERE AND MAYBE EVEN TELL ME SOME OF THEIR NAMES IF YOU OR I CAN GO THROUGH WITH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHO'S WHO.
I KNOW WHEN THEY SIGN UP ONLINE, I GET AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION FROM THE SYSTEM THAT SAYS THIS PERSON IS SET, HAS REGISTERED TO VOLUNTEER.
AND THEN WHAT'S NICE ON THE BACK END OF OUR WEBSITE IS I CAN DOWNLOAD IT TO AN EXCEL AND THEN AS SOON AS I START ADDING NAMES TO THAT EXCEL, I THINK I ONLY HAVE LIKE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE MAYBE.
THAT HAVE VOL HAVE REGISTERED TO VOLUNTEER AT THIS POINT.
BUT ON THAT SHARED DOCUMENT THAT I SENT YOU, IT WILL BE UNDER VOLUNTEERS AND I'LL JUST KEEP ADDING.
BECAUSE I FIGURE I'M, I'M TAKING OFF THOSE TWO DAYS FROM WORK.
AND I'LL END UP, I'LL TAKE THE LATE SHIFTS AND THAT'S THE HARDEST SHIFT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IS THAT AND THAT'S FINE.
I'M, I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT IF YOU PUT ME IN
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CHARGE OF IT, I DON'T WANT, I WOULD BE YELLED AT FOR THAT.I'LL TAKE OVER WHATEVER NO ONE WANTS JUST TO ALLEVIATE.
IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING EVENT.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE ALL MY DUCKS IN A ROW SO FAR AND WHEN WE TALKED TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE WALL THAT HEALS THE OTHER DAY, JUST I'M LIKE BITING AT THE BIT TO GET MY SITE LOCATION APPROVED SO I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THE PLANNING ON IT.
UM, FROM THERE AERIAL VIEW, YOU COULDN'T SEE SOME OF THE HILLS AND LANDSCAPE PROPERLY.
SO WE'RE WORKING OUT A COUPLE OF THOSE KINKS.
BUT SHE WAS LIKE, YOU'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
AND I WAS LIKE, DO NOT SAY THAT
DON'T TELL, DON'T LET ANYBODY DON'T THAT DON'T GIMME A HIGH FIVE YET.
SO WE ARE WORKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON.
SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP THAT BO CRUISING IN THAT DIRECTION.
IS THERE SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK FOR THAT YET? MM-HMM.
UM, SHE DID A PRESS RELEASE ON FACEBOOK.
CAUSE I SHARED THE, THE TRIFOLD ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
THAT'S HOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW REALIZED IT.
AND THAT'S WHO I WANTED TO TALK TO.
I WANT TO FIND WHO ARE THE OTHER COMMITTEES AND WHAT DO THEY DO.
CAUSE I MIGHT HAVE SOME, I, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, BEING MILITARY, I KNOW SOME OF THE MILITARY GROUPS AROUND HERE.
CAUSE I NOTICED THEY ALWAYS LOOK FOR MOTORCYCLE GROUPS FOR ESCORTS.
AND I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO HIT THOSE GROUPS UP BECAUSE THEY ARE MILITARY SLASH POLICE MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION.
SO I MAYBE I COULD KIND OF EASE MY WAY AND BE IN MILITARY.
I HAVE ON, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS SIDE.
THEY, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO OUR LAST MEETING, THEIR FACES ARE JUST LIKE, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THIS LIKE THERE, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH INFORMATION I NEED TO FEED TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO I TRIED TO MAKE THIS U P T INFO, THAT U P T INFO, EXCEL SPREADSHEET, ALL THESE DIFFERENT TABS PER COMMITTEE.
AND ONE OF THEM IS THE COMMITTEE.
JUST SHOW WHO'S ON WHAT THING.
SO I'VE UPDATED, BECAUSE WHEN I DID IT LAST, I DIDN'T HAVE THE VOLUNTEER PERSON OR EDUCATION TOUR.
SO I'LL UPDATE THAT AND HAS EVERYONE'S CONTACT INFO WITH IT.
SO YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYONE.
CUZ I, I LOADED IT AND MY COMPUTER KIND OF GLITCH.
I LOOK BACK AND IT JUST WENT
THAT'S THE, THAT'S HOW IT'S WE'RE LOOKING VIDEOS THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S, IT'S TIME CONSUMING FOR SURE.
ON THE PHONE CALL YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT I, I I THINK YOU SAY IT WAS YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW OR SOMETHING THAT WAS ON YEAH, MAGGIE WRIGHT.
BECAUSE NOW YEAH, MAGGIE, SHE'S ON THE SCHOOL BOOK.
SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PUSH IT OUT, I'M LIKE, SHE'S ALWAYS ROPE ME AND STUFF.
BECAUSE I MEAN LIKE EDUCATIONAL COURSE.
MAYBE SOME OF THE HISTORY TEACHERS OR WHATEVER.
SO I KNEW THAT WENDY, BUT I WASN'T SURE WHO IT WAS.
BUT THAT CAUSE THAT'S WHO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT WENDY IS, UM, ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL.
BUT SINCE THAT FALLS UNDER YOUR EDU EDUCATION BOARD.
CUZ I WAS GONNA REACH OUT TO YOU, WENDY ANYWAY.
I DIDN'T WANNA OVERWHELM YOU WITH ANYTHING, TRUST ME.
BUT I WAS LIKE, WHEN DID THE TEACHER START PUTTING THEIR SYLLABUSES AND AGENDAS TOGETHER FOR THE FALL FOR THE NEXT YEAR? I DUNNO INVOLVED.
BECAUSE I WANNA GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM TO LIKE PLAN IN YOUR HISTORY CLASSES OR YOUR, I WONDER LIKE THE, YOU KNOW THE CURRICULUM COORDINATOR, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS.
DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? WELL, MARGARET USED TO BE A TEACHER.
SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE ME A TIMEFRAME.
YEAH, I MEAN THEY, THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A CURRICULUM COORDINATOR SO WELL I'LL JUST GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
BUT NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM KNOCKING, I MEAN KNOCKING DOORS GOING IN PERSON.
I KNOW THERE'S EVERYTHING LOCKED DOWN.
SO WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
WHICH ONE IS SETTLED? SO MY MAIN LOCATION IS ANDERSON FARM PARK ON THE SOCCER FIELD THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE DECK HOCKEY.
SO IT'S TECHNICALLY FIELD ONE.
UM, WHAT THEY COULDN'T SEE FROM GOOGLE MAPS OR NEAR MAPS OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, IS THE ELEVATION CHANGED FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE FIELD? THE FIELDS WERE BUILT ON A HILL.
SO THEY THINK BY LOOKING AT FROM AN AERIAL VIEW, OH THIS IS PERFECT, WE CAN PUT THE TRUCK HERE AND THEN THE WALL CAN GO HERE AND IT'S EASY ACCESS.
AND WE'RE LIKE, NO, THE SOCCER FIELD IS FLAT WITH A PITCH SO THAT IT DRAINS OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE SOCCER
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FIELD IS FLAT, BUT THERE'S A HILL TO GET TO THE SOCCER FIELD AND IT JUST WASN'T MAKING SENSE TO THEM.SO JOHN KELLY AND I WENT OUT, TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES, TRIED TO MAKE IT, YOU REALLY NEED TO BE THERE AND SEE IT.
AND THEN WE SENT HER OTHER MAPS WITH ELEVATION LOCATIONS FROM OUR SURVEYORS.
BUT I'M JUST WAITING ON THEM TO SAY, OKAY, WELL THAT'S DOABLE THEN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WAS EITHER, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER AREAS IN THE TOWNSHIP BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THE, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PFIZER HELIPAD RIGHT DOWN OUR COLA, BUT THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'D GET THAT OR NOT, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE OTHER FLAT PROPERTIES PER SE THAT ARE QUIET AND CAN HANDLE THAT KIND OF PARKING EITHER.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY ANDERSON OR BUST.
SO I'M JUST SLOWLY PUSHING THEM TO LIKE, WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.
THE HARDEST PART IS ON THAT WEDNESDAY, UM, THE TRACTOR COMES IN ON TUESDAY.
THE ESCORT IS ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY IS WHEN WE BUILD THE WALL.
THE THING IS, IS THAT THE TRACTOR, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES IN, WHERE IT STOPS IS WHERE IT UNLOADS AND THAT TRACK, THAT TRUCK LEAVES AND LEAVES THE TRAILER CUZ THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS THAT TAKE THE WALL FROM STATE TO STATE.
SO IT'S NOT THE SAME DRIVER YOU GET WHEN YOU GET RECEIVE THE WALL TO WHEN YOU LEAVE THE WALL.
SO THAT TRACTOR TRAILER IS GOING TO SIT WHEREVER THAT GUY PUTS IT.
SO I CAN'T HAVE IT GO UP THE HILL SET AND WE TAKE EVERYTHING OUT AND THEN HE SETS IT AND LEAVES.
SO ALL THE PEOPLE HELPING ME TO BUILD THE WALL ON WEDNESDAY ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT AND HAVE TO CARRY ALL THOSE PANELS UP THE HILL.
HOW MANY TRAILERS ARE THERE? IT'S ONE GIGANTIC TRIP.
BUT THE, I THINK IT'S A THIRD OF THE SIZE BUT IT'S STILL 1500 FEET LONG.
YEAH, THEY CAN PUT THAT IN ONE TRAILER.
THEY PACK THAT THING IN THERE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE, I ALREADY HAVE, UM, PEOPLE, I HAVE 35 ODD VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT JOB SPECIFICALLY TO BUILD IT AND TAKE IT DOWN.
SO IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE DOING BOTH JOBS, BUT IT IS JUST, THEY'RE LIKE, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET PEOPLE TO PHYSICALLY LIFT THAT UP AND DOWN THAT HILL? SO IT'S, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT THAT'S THE HOPE IS THAT IT'S ON ANDREW.
SO SO CAN THEY BACK THE TRAILER INTO, INTO THE HILL? YEAH.
SO NOW KELLY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I, YOU MOVED.
I LIKE, UM, SORRY TO BRING THIS UP, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO, I CAN'T WALK HERE.
LIKE, BUT I, UM, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
LIKE REALLY THIS IS MY NEXT YEAH, I THINK IT, I THINK SO.
SO, SO WE'LL LET THE WELL I WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT'D BE SMARTER TO HAVE A CANDIDATE BEFORE WE TELL THEM BEFORE THE YES.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT THEY'D CONSIDER.
DON'T WE HAVE A CANDIDATE NOW? MM-HMM.
WELL, YOU'RE AN ALTERNATE FOR 12 MINUTES.
OH WENDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH WENDY.
GOT A, WE SHOULD HAVE GOT HER A BUNK CAKE.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU GET A FREE ONE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.
YOU SAID YOU REALLY, IT'S, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANKS AGAIN AND WE'LL KIND MAKE ALL THE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, SO THEN THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING AND GOOD LUCK.
KEEP US POSTED AND HOW YOU'RE USUALLY, I MEAN YOU CAN CONTACT ME IF YOU
AND FEEL FREE TO COME WHENEVER YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.
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WE HAVE LIKE FOUR MINUTES OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CAUSE I LIKE TO STOP ON TIME AT SEVEN 30.UM, ANYTHING YOU GOT THAT IN THERE? RIVETING.
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UM, THE ONE THING I DO WANNA SAY IS LIKE IT'S OFFICIAL RIGHT? THAT, THAT MARIA IS RUNNING FOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SHE ALSO SHARED WITH US TODAY CUZ SHE IS ALLOWED TO BE ON ONE OTHER BOARD AND SHE IS CHOSEN.
I HAVE TO BE A SUPERVISOR FIRST.
BUT IF THAT, IF THAT IS MINOR DETAIL.
THE ELECTION, RIGHT? IT'S, THAT'S THE PRIMARY.
OH, I START WEARING A TOP, YOU KNOW.
SOON IT'S GONNA BE BETTER AWARDS AND, AND IN, IN ALL FAIRNESS, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT THIS, THIS BOARD AND THE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR SANDY BEING ME TOO.
IT'S NOT A POWERFUL, POWERFUL BOARD LIKE
WE DON'T HAVE UM, ANY, LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE A TREASURER CAUSE WE'VE BEEN MANAGING ANY MONEY.
WE'RE THE BOARD IS AN ADVISORY POSITION.
BUT IN MY OPINION, WHERE OUR POWER LIES IS WHERE BOARD OF ACTION AND LIKE THE PRP S IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING WE'LL RUN WITH IT.
WE'LL WE'LL GET IT DONE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.
JAM AND BLACKROCK WAS YOUR FIRST JAM.
THE BLACKROCK, I MEAN, SO I DO THINK THAT UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF POWER, BUT YEAH, WE DO HAVE A SUPERPOWER.
WE CAN'T SIT ON THE DAY AS IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL MORE POWERFUL.
I JUST DO NOT TO OUR SUPERPOWER IS WISH I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT WEEK.
MAYBE SIX OF, I AM SO CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND I'VE BEEN ON OTHER BOARDS AND I'VE BEEN ON OTHER COMMITTEES AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THIS GROUP GETS DONE IS, IT'S ASTRONOMICAL.
AND THE UNDERTAKINGS ARE, THEY'RE JUST AWESOME.
SO WHILE DID YOU MOVE THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TURNS? WELL IT MAY NOT BE OF POWER.
IS THAT ON? THIS IS THE STUFF THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN INTERESTED IN.
THIS IS THE STUFF THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.
WHY SHOULD I MOVE INTO THIS COMMUNITY? IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK THAT'S RAISING EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY VALUES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SAY THANK AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY WANT TO, TO MAKE IT VERY WELL KNOWN THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THIS AWARD.
SANDY, LET ME JUST SAY
THIS IS THE BUT ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOOD ON, ON ACTION ITEMS. DO WELL THAT'LL BE IN THE MINUTES.
DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS OR, UM, SO THE ACTION ITEMS I HAVE ARE, UM, AS REQUESTED EARLIER, WE CAN ALL REVIEW THE JUNIOR MEMBERS, UM, DRAFTS THAT BEEN HANDED OUT AND PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK TO LYNN PRIOR TO NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE DISCUSSED, SOMEONE WILL REACH OUT TO MELANIE BOW IN SPRINGPORT TO BEGIN ADVERTISING JUNIOR COURT POSITIONS.
DO WE WANT TO DETERMINE WHO THAT SOMEONE IS? YOU WANT ME TO DO IT ALL? JUST GET, SO JUST GIMME THE INFORMATION.
SO YEAH, SO, SO SUE INTRODUCED ME SO I CAN OKAY.
UM, I WILL REACH OUT TO MARK TO GET AN UPDATED FLYER WITH THIS YEAR'S DATE ON IT SO WE CAN BEGIN PROMOTING THE JAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, I WROTE DOWN THAT SANDY, I WILL ADD YOU TO THE PARK WATCH.
UM, I DID, YOU'RE ADDED TO THE PARK WATCH.
WE'RE ALREADY GETTING THINGS DONE.
THE MEETING INVITE, DOES THAT HAVE TO GO TO SANDY? AND ANYBODY WHO NEEDS A TOWNSHIP T-SHIRT SHOULD EMAIL SUE THEIR T-SHIRTS AND THEN SUE'S GOING TO, TO SEND US INFORMATION ON THAT PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL THING OR WHATEVER.
THAT, OH, AND I'M GONNA GO TO THE TENNIS SHOP AND FIND, YOU HAVE TO DO THE BUTTON.
I THINK I, I THINK I'M HANDING THE BUNT TO YOU AT THIS POINT.
UNLESS YOU WANT THE BUNT OFF, ARE YOU? UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO DO SOMETHING, I'M HAPPY TO, TO TALK TO THEM MY NEXT, NEXT WEEK.
SO WE, I THINK, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, I THINK WE'RE COOL.
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WE'RE ADJOURNING THE MEETING.AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU.