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WAS GONNA BE HERE FOLDER.[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
IT'S FIVE AFTER SIX.SO WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER MAY 10TH AND WE CAN KIND OF GET STARTED.
HI, CAN, AND, UM, AND RICH WON'T BE ATTENDING? CORRECT.
FIRST OFFICIAL, FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING.
UM, SO YOU WON'T BE TALKING IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, RIGHT? BECAUSE NOW AND YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE.
YOU ARE LISTED AS A BOARD MEMBER ON THE WEBSITE.
SO, UM, MOVING ALONG SO WE CAN KIND OF FIT EVERYTHING IN.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
WE, UM, WE NEED TO DO THE APPROVAL FOR THE MARCH MINUTES CAUSE WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN APRIL MEETING.UM, ONLY THING I, WE HAD NEXT MEETING APRIL.
DO WE HAVE TO PUT, WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT.
IT WAS CANCELED ON THERE, RIGHT? PROBABLY.
MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT BE A BAD CUZ THERE'LL BE INCONSISTENCY.
AND THEN OTHER THING, JUST, UM, OUT OF CURIOSITY, ALL OUR MINUTES, JUST SAY AGENDA.
THAT'S, AND I THINK MAYBE ONCE WE DO IT AS MINUTES, SO THAT IF, IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING TO SAY THEY'RE NOT CONFUSED WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BOTH AN AGENDA AND THE MINUTES FROM THE AGENDA.
SO THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD ANY OTHER, ALL RIGHT.
THE GREEN GREEN, THE GREEN
SO DID EVERYBODY SIGN IT? WHO'S HERE? OKAY, COOL.
ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS CUZ NO ONE'S HERE FROM THE PUBLIC.
[4. New Business]
DELVE RIGHT INTO, UM, THE MEAT OF THE AGENDA.WE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY SAW TAYLOR SENT OUT THE, THE NEW, UM, PARK WATCH AND THEN I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW.
SO WERE YOU, DID YOU WANT ARE, IT'S FINE WHERE IT IS IN GOOGLE SHEETS, BUT ARE, ARE YOU ALSO PUTTING STUFF IN THE, YOUR GOOGLE FOLDER OR WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED THE GOOGLE DRIVE? YEAH.
SO IN THE, I THINK IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO HAVE THAT PARTICULAR SHEET IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE THAT I'VE CREATED FOR YOU GUYS.
IT HAS A FOLDER THAT HAS PARK BOARD AND THEN IT HAS A SPECIAL FOLDER INSIDE THAT FOLDER FOR PARK WATCH.
SO ONCE I FIND HIS EMAIL, I'LL START DROPPING THOSE INTO THERE.
YOU GUYS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE I HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THE DRIVE.
SO LET ME, I WILL WORK ON THAT.
I WAS HITTING THAT THING LIKE, CUZ I KNEW YOU HAD DONE IT AND I'M IN THERE AND I'M LIKE, IT SAID, YOU KNOW, PARK WATCH.
BUT I'M LIKE, I, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING SAID THE FOLDERS, BUT I'M NOT VERY, UM, TECHNICAL, SO I WAS CONFUSED.
UM, DO WE WANT TO GO OVER LIKE, IF ANYBODY WENT LIKE KIND OF QUICKLY GO AROUND, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SHIRTS SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK WE'RE JUST COMING UP TO THEM.
I'LL GET YOU ONE RIGHT AFTER THIS.
UM, BILL, DID YOU WANNA START? SURE.
SO I DID THE DOG PARK, UM, AND I WAS THERE TODAY AND EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT.
UM, ONE ARE YOUR SIGNS ON THE BATHROOM THAT SAYS SMOKING? I SAID NON-SMOKING.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT.
UM, THE ONLY THING I DON'T KNOW IS WHAT, WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A SMALL DOG TO A LARGE SHOW? OH MY GOD.
CAN I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO GO BACK AND WATCH A YEAR'S FULL OF YEAH.
SO I GUESS IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD PUT ON THE SIDE THAT'S A DOG UNDER 15 POUNDS, SO THEN I'M HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT WEIGHT.
SO THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE THAT PARTICULARLY STATES WHAT A SMALL BREED IS VERSUS WHAT A LARGE BREED IS VERSUS WHAT MEDIUM, WHAT'S CONTROVERSIAL.
HOW ARE YOU? HI, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
IT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND THEN IT'S OKAY.
WELL NOW YOU NEED A SCALE THERE SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU WEIGHT YOUR DOG TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FALL INTO THE CORRECT WEIGHT.
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SO IT'S MORE TROUBLE THAN IT'S WORTH.IF WE EVER MOVE TO A DOG PARK WHERE YOU HAVE BADGE ACCESS TO IT AND YOU HAVE TO PAY A FEE TO USE IT.
AND WE HAVE ATTENDEES, IF YOU WILL, THEN YES.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF COMMENT SENSE WHAT I'M HOPING.
SO, DOES GRASS LOOK GOOD? I SAW YOU SPLIT SEATED THE ONE SIDE OF THE PARK AND IT'S GROWING WELL.
UM, SO PEOPLE SEEM VERY HAPPY THERE, SO IT'S ALL GOOD.
WE COULD POSSIBLY DO A SIGN LIKE THEY HAVE A DISNEY, YOU HAVE TO BE THIS BIG TO RIDE
AND THEN JUST LIKE IF YOU WERE THIS TALL, THEY'RE VERY, WHAT DOES YOUR VET REFER TO YOU A DOG AS? RIGHT? YEAH.
BECAUSE I JUST NOTICED THAT THERE'S A VERY SMALL DOG WITH A BIG GERMAN SHEPHERD.
WELL, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
SO FAMILIES COME IN AND I HAVE A DOG AND MY HUSBAND HAS ANOTHER DOG AND THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT SIZES, BUT WE WANNA HANG OUT AND THEY HANG OUT TOGETHER IN THE HOME.
AND THEN IT, IT'S ALWAYS A STIR.
LIKE, NO MATTER WHAT I DO, IT'S, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
DID YOU, UM, VISIT A PARK? THAT'S NO, THERE WAS NO, YEAH.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S COOL ON, I IMAGINE YOU'RE DOING FINALS AND YEAH.
BUT I DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE YOU OUT JUST IN CASE YOU PUT, YOU WERE ABLE TO GO
RICH DID VISIT, UM, ANDERSON S SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF.
HE WENT TO ANDERSON ON MAY 7TH AT 10:00 AM.
UM, HE SAID THERE WAS PEOPLE PLAYING ROLLER HOCKEY AND THERE WAS ALSO A BIRTHDAY PARTY TAKING PLACE.
UM, THE GROUNDS WERE VERY CLEAN.
UM, NO MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDED.
UM, THERE WAS A MIX OF RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS.
UM, THE FIELDS LOOKED GOOD, THE PLAYGROUND LOOKED GOOD, SIGNAGE LOOKED GOOD.
UM, NO USER COMMENTS TO REPORT.
UM, RICH'S COMMENT AS A BOARD MEMBER IS THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO DO HERE.
UM, HE AND HE DOES NOT SUGGEST ANY ACTION ITEMS. GOOD.
AND IT'S GOOD THAT, UM, HE FILLED THAT OUT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING OFF MAY WITH A BANG.
UM, SANDY DID YOU, WERE YOU ABLE TO VISIT A PARK? NO, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS ON THIS MONTH.
SO, SANDY, YOU ARE NOT ON THIS.
SO THE TWO WEEKENDS I HAD WAS ONE I WORKED AND THE OTHER ONE IT RAINED.
PUSHING IT OFF TO THIS WEEKEND.
I BELIEVE I HAD BLACKROCK CORRECT.
AND I BROUGHT MY PUPPY AND WE WALKED AROUND AND IT STILL A GREAT PLACE TO WALK.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES TO GO.
I COME LATE ENOUGH SO THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DOG, BUT, UH, OTHER DOGS TO KIND OF GET HER CRAZY STIR.
UM, SO WE WALKED AROUND THE OUTSKIRTS, UM, IN THE MUD CAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE MUDDY,
I PICKED UP A COUPLE PIECES OF PAPER.
THERE WERE PEOPLE PLAYING THE, UM, KIDS ADA PLAYGROUND OVER HERE WAS PACKED, LIKE USUAL EVEN AT THIS, I MEAN, IT WAS ALMOST SUNDOWN MM-HMM.
I'M, I I CAN'T REPORT ANYTHING BAD.
UM, I DID THE RIVER CREST TRAIL.
THAT WAS EXCITING CUZ IT WAS THE FIRST NEW ONE.
THERE WAS A NEW ONE, SO THAT WAS GOOD.
UM, AND I'M SURPRISED, LIKE, I MEAN, I ALWAYS KNOW THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO UTILIZED THIS SCHUEL UM, TRAIL, BUT THERE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY OF THREE.
THERE WERE TWO COUPLES, UM, VERY POSITIVE.
THE, THE PATH WAS IN GOOD SHAPE.
THE FENCE, LIKE ALL THE, LIKE THE LITTLE THINGIES OR EVERYTHING'S IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
UM, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT WAS GOOD ON ONE COMMENT AND I AGREED.
IF YOU START ON THE BOT, IT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGING HILL HILL SO YOU CAN GET A DECENT AMOUNT OF EXERCISE AND PEOPLE LIKED THAT.
LIKE, UM, WHERE IS THE RIVER CRE FROM? IF YOU, YOU CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE SCHUEL TRAIL OR YOU CAN ACCESS IT FROM UM, BLACK ROCK.
RIGHT WHERE THAT CROSSWALK IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM BLACK ROCK RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU'D WALK THROUGH, THERE'S A, A PATH THAT YOU'D WALK THROUGH RIVER CREST FOR A WHILE AND THEN IT GETS INTO THE WOODS.
OH, BACK INTO THE GOLF, GOLF COURSE BACK HERE, YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.
AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO THE RIVER.
BUT IF YOU'RE COMING UP, IT'S A, IT'S A STEADY, IT'S, AND I DID ON MY PHONE IT LOOKED, I THINK IT'S LIKE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.
SO MY ONLY COMMENT WAS THERE IS NO SIGNAGE ANYWHERE.
THAT'S, I WAS JUST GONNA BRING THAT UP.
AND UM, LIKE IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO KIND
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OF, WHAT KIND OF SIGNAGE ARE YOU REFERRING? I'M, I'M THINKING IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO, TO TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR IT AS UPPER PROVIDENCE.SO MAYBE IT COULD BE, I WAS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WROTE SOMETHING IN THERE.
I MAY HAVE SAID, UM, OH, A SUGGESTION.
LIKE RIVER CREST TRAIL MAINTAINED BY UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR JUST SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LIKE, SO NO, YOU BRING UP A REALLY EXCELLENT THING CUZ IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME AND I HAVE BEEN TASKED TO CREATE A NAME FOR THIS TRAIL THAT IS NOT PARTICULARLY THE RIVER CREST TRAIL BECAUSE IT GIVES A PERSONA THAT IT'S PART OF IT.
IT'S NOT A TOWNSHIP MAINTAINED TRAIL.
SO I'VE GONE THROUGH WITH JOSH IN HIS GROUP A MILLION TIMES.
LIKE THEY'LL GO DOWN THE TRAIL AND THEN THEY COME BACK IN.
I'M LIKE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE MOST COMMON TREE IN THAT SECTION OF THE TRAIL? IS IT MAPLE? IS IT EVERGREEN? WHAT IS IT? AND THEY'RE LIKE, THERE ISN'T LIKE ONE MAJORITY TREE, THEY'RE ALL JUST LIKE RANDOM TREES.
I'M LIKE, CAN I CALL IT THE MAPLE TRAIL? LIKE I NEED SOMETHING.
I'LL TELL YOU SAW CALLED ASH TRAIL, WE SAW A LOT OF DEER.
IT COULD BE DEER RUN TRAIL OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT MAY KEEP PEOPLE AWAY BECAUSE IT TICKS.
I COULDN'T HAVE EVEN THOUGHT OF THEM.
I MEAN, THERE WAS WATER RUNNING SOME, WELL THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LIKE, THAT'S WHY RIVER CROSS HAS OUR NAME LIKE CRACKLING BROOK OR LIKE BABBLING BURKE TRAIL.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, SOMETHING WITH THE WORD UP, LIKE CAPITAL U, CAPITAL P FOR PROVIDENCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, STEP UP SOMETHING.
HOW ABOUT UPPER PROVIDENCE CHALLENGE TRAIL? OOH.
I LIKE THAT UPPER PROVIDENCE CHALLENGE.
THAT'S A, IT IS A, IT IS A HILL.
BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, I MEAN THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A, A YOUNG COUPLE AND THEY EVEN MADE A COMMENT AND LIKE THE FAMILY THAT HAD LIKE A LITTLE KID, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD PICKED UP THAT KID.
IT'S, YOU, YOU, IT'S A, IT'S A NICE THING.
BUT IF ANYONE THINKS OF LIKE A CLEVER MIS PAVED YES.
I LOVE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, THE GETTING BACK UP
I LOVE THE CHALLENGE, THE WORD CHALLENGE IN THERE.
I THINK THINK ABOUT IT, SLEEP ON IT.
UM, I AM SUPPOSED TO DO LIKE A ROBING CUTTING ON THAT TRAIL SOON.
SO IF YOU THINK OF A CLEVER NAME, MAYBE WE CAN PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY CAN VOTE, UH, FOR THE FEW NAMES THAT WE COME UP WITH.
AND THEN I CAN THAT'D BE GOOD.
I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO PUT SIGNAGE AT THE BOTTOM.
WE NEED ONE ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN WHERE THE ACTUAL, THERE USED TO BE A SIGN THERE AND THE SIGN'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.
SO I DO NEED TO READ, REDO THOSE.
I NOTICED THERE'S LIKE A SIGN YOU CAN'T FIND IT OR YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT UNLESS YOU WERE LOOKING AT ALL IT SAYS IS PUBLIC TRAIL.
AND I WAS LIKE, UPPER ARROW SOMEBODY, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF PEOPLE WALK FROM THE PLAYGROUND AND THEY'RE LIKE KIND OF SKEPTICAL.
LIKE I THINK THERE'S A TRAIL OVER THERE, BUT THEN THEY SEE THE GATE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE CAN'T GO OVER HERE.
AND THEY IMMEDIATELY COME BACK.
SO I AM WORKING ON IT AS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE DEFINITELY, I TAKE OWNERSHIP OF A PROCRASTINATED A LOT, BUT IT'S BEEN THE NAME OF PUTTING LIKE A GOOD NAME TO THE TRAIL AND GIVING IT THE JUSTICES.
SO IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW.
BUT WE COULD KIND OF MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
IT'S A JUNIOR MEMBER UPDATE, SO YEAH, YOU'RE DONE.
YEAH, WE DID GET YOU A CARD,
SO WE'RE LIKE, WHAT'S A COOL GIFT? I'M LIKE, NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA PICK UP, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN BUILD THIS PROGRAM BETTER.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL ESPECIALLY SO AS AN UPDATE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THIS HAS BEEN LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF LONG PROCESS BECAUSE, WELL, FIRST MELANIE BOWEN OR WHATEVER I SENT HER YOU.
SO SHE, IT TOOK HER LIKE WEEKS.
SHE DIDN'T GET BACK TO ME FOR A WHILE AND THEN I LET SPRING BREAK GO BY.
I SENT IT ANOTHER LIKE REMINDER, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS? AND SHE CAME BACK, SHE SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT
I'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS.
AND THEN I'M THINKING SHE WAS, BUT WAY BAD MY IDEA.
BUT, BUT YEAH, SHE CLEARLY DOESN'T WANT TO BE, OR WHATEVER SHE'S GOT GOING ON TAKES PRIORITY.
SO THEN I REACHED OUT TO JAMESON AND THEN HE GAVE ME THE
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WOMAN, UH, THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR HE DEALT WITH.SO I CONTACTED HER, SEVERAL WEEKS WENT BY, AND THEN LAST END OF LAST WEEK, I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM, UM, HER NAME IS WHAT? OH, IT'S KRISTEN BEADMAN BEADMAN OR SOMETHING.
SO APPARENTLY THEY'RE JUNIOR, UM, JUNIOR GRADE COUNSELORS.
AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND I, LIKE I SAID, THAT WE WANT THIS TO BE, YOU KNOW, AN ONGOING PROGRAM AND THAT, YOU KNOW, JAMESON GAVE US GREAT IDEAS AND WE WANT TO IMPROVE UPON WHAT WE DID BEFORE.
UM, WHATEVER THAT THING WAS, I ATTACHED IT TO THE MINUTES LIST AND I'M STILL KIND OF WORKING ON IT BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS SHE ASKED, I WAS LIKE, GOOD POINT.
I NEVER PUT IT IN THERE THAT CANDIDATES SHOULD SEND.
I'M GOING TO JUST HAVE 'EM SEND ME THEIR ESSAY RECOMMENDATIONS MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S, I'M GONNA CHANGE THAT.
AND SHE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE A PHONE CONVERSATION AND, UM, I GAVE HER THE TIMES I'M AVAILABLE.
BUT ONE QUESTION SHE ASKED WAS, ARE WE, DO WE WANT, ARE WE OPENING IT UP TO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL OR JUST A PARTICULAR CLASS? AND I SAID THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS IT IN OUR MEETING, BUT MM-HMM.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT EVERYBODY'S THINKING? SO THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE CONTINUITY BY HAVING THEM SERVE THEIR SENIOR YEAR AS WELL? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
HAVING THEM SERVE MORE THAN ONE TERM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST YEAR IS KIND OF JUST GETTING INTO IT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AFTER THAT.
AND WHEN, UM, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I, I PUT IT IN AN EMAIL AND, UM, WOULD I, I SAID LIKE IN A, IN A PERFECT WORLD, A RISING JUNIOR WOULD BE GREAT.
SO IF WE COULD SECURE THEM IN THAT POSITION, THE END OF THEIR SCHOOL YEAR, LIKE THE END OF A, I GUESS A SOPHOMORE SCHOOL YEAR, THEN THEY COULD PARTICIPATE OVER THE SUMMER.
UM, HOWEVER, IF IT'S TOO CUMBERSOME TO DO THAT AROUND EXAMS AND THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE'D BE DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT C SETS OF COUNSELORS.
LIKE, I'M LIKE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
WE COULD JUST START IN SEPTEMBER.
WELL, I WONDER TOO IF THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE IT COULD BE ALMOST LIKE A WORK STUDY THAT THEY COULD GET NOT JUST SERVICE HOURS, BUT COULD YOU GET SOME CREDITS FOR BEING A PART OF IT IF WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM A RESPONSIBILITY, LIKE YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF X, Y, AND Z AND AT THE END OF YOUR TERM OR THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WOULD PASS THOSE IN.
YEAH, I'LL ASK, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY DO THAT FOR SUMMER CAMP STAFF TOO.
LIKE, IT'S CONSIDERED LIKE A WORK STUDY THAT YOU CAN GET CREDITS FOR IF LIKE, THAT'S THE PATH YOU'RE TAKING IS LIKE EDUCATION OR SOMETHING.
WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE OUR CONVERSATION, I'LL ASK ABOUT THAT.
BUT I'M THINKING WE'RE ALREADY, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET SOMEBODY FOR THE SUMMER.
THAT'S A HARD TIME I THINK ON THE FALL.
AND I THINK EVEN YOU, I THINK YOU GUYS STARTED IN LIKE FEBRUARY OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? LIKE WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA.
SO I, I THINK WE'RE COOL, WHATEVER.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF MAKE IT A BETTER PROGRAM AS WE GO ALONG AND HAVE CONSISTENCY WITH ALWAYS DEALING WITH LIKE A JUNIOR COUNSELOR OR WHATEVER.
NOT TO BE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE, BUT RISING JUNIORS OR RISING SOPHOMORES TO JUNIORS ARE USUALLY PRE OUTGOING.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO PUT IT OUT THERE TO THAT CHILD THAT'S NOT OUTGOING AND IT HELPS THEM.
SO INSTEAD OF SAYING RISING, MAYBE WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DESCRIBE, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY I SUPERSTAR, I THOUGHT RISING JUST MEANT THAT THEY'RE GOING YOU TO THE NEXT, YOU'RE GOING INTO THE NEXT GRADE.
SEE, I WAS THINKING MORE OF LIKE, I'M LOOKING FOR A SUPERSTAR THAT WANTS TO OH.
BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, YEAH.
WE'RE JU I'M JUST THINKING OF SOMEBODY WHO WILL BE COMING A JUNIOR.
OR YOU'RE, BUT YOU'RE WRITING, BUT YOU MAY NOT USE THAT TERMINOLOGY.
WELL, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION COMES IN, IS IT LIMITED TO SOMEBODY WHO'S IN THE CIVIC COURSES OR IT'S ANYBODY COURSES? MM-HMM.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY THE WORK STUDY.
IF IT WAS LIKE A CIVIC COURSE THAT THEY WERE TAKING, MAYBE THIS WOULD BENEFIT THEM TO DO IT.
OR MAYBE THEY GET LIKE A PARTIAL
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CREDIT FOR DOING THIS INSTEAD OF, OR AP COURSES.THAT NEED A, UM, COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
BECAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE AP KIDS ARE VERY SHY AND QUIET.
AND THAT THIS WOULD KIND OF MAYBE GET THEM OUT OF THEIR SHELL A LITTLE, GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE.
I'M HOPING THAT WHEN I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, I, I COULD KIND OF TALK ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW YEAH.
THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING RIGHT FOR LIKE THEIR STARS.
AND, UM, SHE, SHE REFERRED TO THE PROCEDURE AS MY FLYER, SO I'M GONNA MAKE IT CLEAR TO HER
I MEAN, WHICH SHE PROBABLY WILL JUST CAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO DISSEMINATE TO THE KIDS.
WHEN SHE'S TRYING TO TELL THEM.
PROBABLY WANTS TO JUST POST A FEW THEM AROUND THAT THE KIDS AREN'T GONNA BE TAKING PAPER RIGHT.
OR, OR EVEN MAYBE LIKE A LITTLE SCAN, WE CAN PUT A QR CODE ON IT.
MAYBE THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH MY GOD, THEY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT APPLICATION QR CODE.
WELL, IT CAN EITHER GO TO AN APPLICATION, WHICH I CAN PUT ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE OR I CAN GO TO THE CONTACT US PAGE.
AND ALL I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IS LIKE, WE'RE INTERESTED IN, I'M CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE JUNIOR MEMBER POSITION AND THEY COME RIGHT TO ME.
WHICH DO YOU THINK WOULD BE BETTER? BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW KIDS THINK
I, I THINK THAT THE BEST WAY TO GET INFORMATION TO PEOPLE IS LIKE, THROUGH THE EMAILS THAT ARE PUSHED TO US, LIKE THE NEWS EMAILS.
THAT'S WHAT LYNN'S WORKING ON.
DON'T BREAK, BREAK THE DO THAT.
BUT I MEAN, PEOPLE, THERE'S SO MANY FLYERS ALL OVER OUR SCHOOLS.
SO YOU'RE JUST PAY ATTENTION TO YEAH.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL FOR LIKE CLUBS AND STUFF USUALLY.
I FEEL LIKE WE COULD GET THIS ON LIKE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS PERHAPS.
CAN WE DO THIS'LL, I'LL ASK MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT SO IT, IS THERE AN ACTUALLY, LIKE A, LIKE SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU GUYS GET EMAIL NEWS WITHIN? YEAH.
WE GET LIKE WEEKLY UPDATES AND STUFF.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A, UM, LIKE A CIVIC COMMITTEE? LIKE A GROUP, LIKE A, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? LIKE, DO YOU HAVE, UM, STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? OH YEAH.
MAYBE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE FOR THEM.
LIKE A NEW, I MEAN, JUST TO PUT SOMETHING OUT TO THEM SO IT'S IN FRONT OF THEM, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THEM TO GO OUT.
IF IT'S STUDENT GOVERNMENT, THEN MAYBE THEY CAN SAY LIKE, OH, THIS WOULD BENEFIT EVEN OUR GROUP BECAUSE IT'S STUDENT GOVERNMENT.
OR THEY MAY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE IN MIND ALSO, HEY, MY FRIEND WOULD LOVE TO DO THIS.
I'M, I'M HOPING THAT SINCE IT'S GONNA BE SO KRISTEN AND HER COLLEAGUE BRAD, LIKE THAT MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS AND I WANT TO KIND OF MAKE IT THEM SEE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING PROGRAM AND WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING THEM.
MAYBE WE CAN EVEN INVITE THEM TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS OR LIKE KIND OF DRAW THEM IN TOO.
BUT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S LIKE.
I THINK WHEN YOU TALK TO HER, TALK ABOUT STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT, AND THEN SEE IF THERE HAS TO BE A TEACHER OR COUNSELOR THAT REPRESENTS THAT GROUP.
THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH TO PUT FEELERS OUT.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, BUT NOBODY GOES
THEY HAVE LIKE, PEOPLE COME INTO THE FPC, WHICH IS OUR FU FUTURE PLANNING CENTER AND TALK ABOUT THEIR CAREERS.
UM, AND THERE'S LIKE A WHOLE WEEK IN THERE.
PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN, YOU'RE GONNA ADVERTISE THERE.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY GET A LOT OF KIDS TO COME AND SEE THAT? OR IS IT KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, WELL I KNOW THE ONE THAT I WENT TO, I WAS FORCED TO GO WITH SOMEONE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
DID YOU SEE WHAT I, OR NOT FORCED AS WELL? VOLUNTARY.
JUST IF YOU GET A CHANCE, LOOK, LOOK AT THAT AND TELL ME IF YOU THINK I SHOULD ADD OTHER STUFF.
UM, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THAT FINALIZED, WE SHOULD PUT THAT IN THE MM-HMM.
SO WHAT I'LL DO WITH THIS IS ONCE YOU HAVE THIS FINALIZED, I'LL MAKE THIS A LINKABLE, I'LL MAKE A FLYER.
THE FLYER WILL KIND OF BE A CLICKABLE OPTION ON THE TOWNSHIP SITE THAT TAKES YOU TO
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THAT FOR MORE INFORMATION PERFECT.AND THEN IF WE NEED AN APPLICATION, UM, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT WE CAN GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE.
I, I WAS JUST WONDERING CUZ I DID SPEAK WITH JENNIFER.
DID SHE EVER CONTACT YOU? NO, SHE IS SOMETHING ELSE.
CAUSE I, I MEAN, SHE'S SO BUSY.
BUT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS THERE AND SHE WAS LIKE, I'M NOT BUSY NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT, GIMME YOUR NUMBER.
BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS INTERESTED IN, IN DOING, UM, AN INSTRUCTION FOR TENNIS.
BUT NO, NOT JUST THE KNOWLEDGE.
I THOUGHT SHE WOULD'VE, BUT, AND THIS IS HER BUSY SEASON ALL DAY.
I WILL BE HONEST, IF ANYONE TRIES TO REACH ME BY PHONE, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE I'M NOT ALWAYS IN MY OFFICE.
EVEN IF I'M IN THIS BUILDING OR I'M AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBER, OR I TRY TO WORK FROM HOME ONE DAY JUST SO I CAN CHECK MY EMAILS MM-HMM.
WELL, I, I MEAN I MAY GO IN THERE AND I DON'T WANNA BE BADGERING HOW LIKE I, I WOULD JUST SAY IF DID YOU, AND IF SHE SAYS NO, I'D BE LIKE FINE.
BUT IF SHE SAID SHE DID CALL, I'D SAY TURN THE EMAIL IF YOU'RE STILL YES, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I, EMAILS ARE JUST BETTER VOICEMAIL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT A VOICEMAIL.
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY THINK IT'S MY CELL PHONE AND I JUST SEE A MISSED CALL AND I'LL JUST CALL BACK THE NUMBER.
BUT EVEN ON MY CELL PHONE, LIKE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS.
SO IF IT'S NOT A NUMBER I KNOW.
OH, I, IF YOU DON'T NEED ME SOMETHING.
IT'S GENERALLY I DEFINITELY SPAM, SO YEAH.
SO THEN WE HAVE THE WEBSITE UPDATE THAT'S BEEN UPDATED.
I, WE MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE THERE.
AND A NAME PLACE WAS LIKE, WHAT THE, THERE SHE IS.
AND WE SPELLED YOUR NAME RIGHT.
CHERYL WAS LIKE, ARE YOU SURE? I WAS LIKE, YES.
PEOPLE ASK ME IF I'M SURE I HAD A LAST NAME LIKE THAT.
SO THE NEXT THING IS CLEARANCES.
SO I HAVE SOME, IF YOU GUYS CAN JUST KEEP FUNNELING THAT TO ME.
IF WE'RE NOT, IF YOU WANT TO SEND THEM TO ME VIRTUALLY, THAT'S FINE TOO.
I CAN JUST PUT 'EM IN A FILE FOR YOU.
BUT THANK YOU FOR GETTING ON TOP OF THOSE AND STARTING TO GET THEM IN.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO A RECREATION OKAY.
SO PNR STAFFING UPDATE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AWARE YET.
UM, SARAH RESIGNED FROM THE DEPARTMENT, SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED FOR HER.
SHE'LL BE WORKING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR DC N R.
UM, ACTUALLY HER STATE PARK IS LOCATED NEAR LONG GARDEN, SO SHE'LL BE OVER IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, WE RIGHT NOW ARE BRINGING MELISSA ON FULL-TIME AS OF JUNE.
UM, SO SHE'LL BE, UM, SHE GOT HER PROMOTION LETTER YESTERDAY, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR HER.
SHE DEFINITELY HAS AN AMAZING WORK ETHIC AND WE'RE, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HER MORE HOURS.
UM, WHAT MY PLAN IS RIGHT NOW IS TO BRING IN A PART-TIME PROGRAM COORDINATOR TO COVER MELISSA.
UM, MY PLAN IS TO SEE HOW MAUREEN, MELISSA AND I OPERATE TOGETHER AND HOW WE FUNCTION AND THEN BRING SOMEBODY IN AS WE GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH WORKLOADS AND, YOU KNOW, SHARING OF, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO HAVE UP ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE IS, UM, OUR RECREATION FACILITY PARKS AND FACILITIES COORDINATOR.
UM, THAT IS A PART-TIME POSITION.
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO COME IN ABOUT NINE HOURS A WEEK.
IT IS OUR RENTAL COORDINATOR FOR ALL OF THE FIELDS, ALL OF THE PAVILIONS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW MAUREEN'S DOING IT AND AS A, AS A FANTASTIC JOB AS SHE DOES.
SHE'S ONLY IN HERE FOR FIVE HOURS ONCE A WEEK.
WE JUST HAVE TOO MANY, TOO MANY RENTALS AND TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON AT ONE TIME THAT SHE CAN'T HANDLE THAT WORKLOAD FOR FIVE HOURS.
SO I'D LIKE TO BRING SOMEBODY IN THAT'S GOOD WITH COMPUTERS THAT'S ORGANIZED.
UM, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PARK AND RECREATION BACKGROUND AT ALL.
IT JUST HAS TO BE SOMEONE, LIKE EVEN A MOM THAT COORDINATES 18 DIFFERENT KIDS SCHEDULES AND CAN MAP THAT OUT WOULD BE GREAT.
DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC DATES OR DAY OF THE WEEK? LIKE IS IT A LOT OF WEEK THAT DAY? NO, IT'S, AND THIS IS THE GOOD THING.
SO IT'S REALLY PRIMARILY, I'M THINKING LIKE ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY.
THE ONLY TIME THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO COME IN ON THE WEEKENDS WOULD BE IF IT'S A RENTAL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE DON'T HAVE A PER DIEM STAFF TO WORK, THEN OKAY.
WE DO HAVE FOUR PER DIEM STAFF THAT KIND OF TAKE ON THOSE RENTALS AND SOME OF OUR CONCERTS AND ANCILLARY, UM, EVENTS.
BUT IF ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE CALLS OUT,
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IT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT PERSON.JUST LIKE IF THERE'S AN EVENT AND MY PERSON CAN'T WORK IT LIKE I HAVE TO BE THERE.
IT'S JUST KIND OF, UM, ONE OF THOSE NECESSARY THINGS IS SOMETHING SARAH'S BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
IS THERE SOMETHING PLANNED? UH, WELL HER LAST DAY WAS LAST WEDNESDAY.
THE POLICE DID SOMETHING, THE CENTER DID SOMETHING.
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HERE THIS IT 10 YEARS.
YEAH, SHE'S, NO, SHE STARTED AS A COUNSELOR.
SO SHE STARTED JUST SUMMERS AND THEN WENT INTO FULL-TIME RIGHT AROUND WHEN I DID.
SO, UM, HOW ABOUT CAMPS? HOW'S THAT LIKE, CUZ THAT WAS KIND OF HER GIG.
UM, THEY'RE STILL ON THE SCHEDULE.
UM,
UM, WE JUST FINALIZED THE HIRING OF THEM ALL LAST WEEK.
UM, MOST OF 'EM ALREADY HAVE CLEARANCES, THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE THEY TAKE A MONTH ON THE FINGERPRINTS.
SO LUCKILY MOST OF THEM ARE EITHER TEACHERS OR WITH US LAST YEAR.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE THEM IN, IN ON FILE.
UM, RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR CAMP BLACKROCK IS FULL.
THERE'S A LOT OF OUR SPECIALTY CAMPS THAT ARE FULL ALREADY, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
UM, OUR SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR IS NEW IN DESIGN COMPARED TO THE LAST LIKE 10 YEARS WE'VE BEEN RUNNING CAMP.
SO THIS YEAR YOU COULDN'T SIGN UP FOR JUST SEPARATE WEEKS.
YOU HAD TO SIGN UP FOR ALL SIX.
SO THE BONUS TO THIS IS THAT OUR CAMP DIRECTOR AND OUR LEADERS AND OUR COUNSELORS ALL HAVE THE SAME KIDS FOR SIX WEEKS.
IT MAKES FOR A BETTER COMPATIBILITY WITH YOUR CAMPERS.
YOU CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUR CAMP DIRECTOR IS ZEB ENGEL.
HE'S BEEN WITH OUR CAMP FOR YEARS.
UM, HE'S LEADING THE ENTIRE THING AND UM OH GOOD.
SO HE'S KIND OF DOING THEM WITH SARAH.
HE'S, HE'S HELPING ME WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF AND I'LL STILL HANDLE SOME OF THE BACK END INFORMATION FOR HIM, BUT HE'LL BE MY EYES AND EARS FOR YOU.
SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO MATCH UP COUNSELORS TO GROUPS AND FIGURE OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO WORKS BEST WELL TOGETHER.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF TRIPS PLANNED THIS YEAR, SO THEY WON'T BE ON THE PROPERTY ALL THE TIME.
THEY'LL BE OUT AND ABOUT DOING STUFF.
UM, AND WE BROUGHT ON TWO, UM, SITE LEADS THIS YEAR IN HOPES TO BRING BACK EITHER CAMP ANDERSON OR MOVE IT TO MCFARLAND NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'LL HAVE TWO CAMPS INSTEAD OF JUST THE ONE.
UM, IF THAT'S THE CASE WE BROUGHT ON, UM, MARISSA MOK FROM, UM, SPRING FOR, SHE'S THE PE TEACHER.
UM, AND BRENDA DEL CARMEN, WHO IS THE HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT NORTHTOWN.
SO WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT, TWO GYM TEACHERS THAT CAN TOTALLY HANDLE THIS KIND OF CRAZY CAMP ATMOSPHERE AND ALSO A COUNSELOR THERE, WHICH I THINK WE NEED.
WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, OCCURRENCES LAST YEAR THAT IT'S BENEFICIAL TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HER ON STAFF.
SO, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN POSITION TO, IF WE WENT TO THE, TO INCREASING THE CAMPS FOR NEXT YEAR YEP.
ONE OF THEM WOULD TAKE THAT CAMP.
SO WE'RE KIND OF IN TRAINING THIS YEAR.
THAT WE'LL KIND OF LIKE FILL OUT WHO IS OUR BEST APPLICANT.
HILLMAN, BLACKROCK IN AN OVERSIGHT AND MCFARLAND, I'M THINKING MCFARLAND'S GONNA BE THE WAY WE'RE GONNA GO.
UM, BUT HE'LL OVERSEE ALL THE CAMPS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE TWO SITE LEADS AT EACH ONE.
YEAH, SO THAT'S MY SUMMER CAMP UPDATE FOR NOW.
HOW DID, ARE THE PARENTS COOL WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE OR MOSTLY THE PARENTS? NEVER GONNA PLEASE.
HE KNOWS I CAN'T PLEASE, I CAN'T PLEASE ANYBODY.
BUT, UM, NO, WE GOT A COUPLE JUST LIKE VERBAL, LIKE RUMOR MILL COMPLAINTS.
I WAS LIKE, OH, IT'S TOO BAD CUZ I REALLY DON'T NEED THE 4TH OF JULY WEEK.
WE ALWAYS HAVE OFF FROM CAMP ANYWAY, BUT THEY HAVE THE NEXT WEEK OFF TOO, SO THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE'RE PAYING FOR A WEEK OF CAMP THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WE WON'T BE THERE FOR.
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, SORRY, IT'S THE MOST INEXPENSIVE ROUTE YOU CAN GO REGARDLESS IF YOU SHOP AROUND CAMPS.
SO IT'S, YOU'RE NOT LOSING IT A WHOLE LOT.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CAMPERS AND THE COUNSELORS TO HAVE IT THIS WAY, WE THINK.
IT'S NOT, WE AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE CAMPERS.
LIKE YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA GET TO KNOW THEIR COUNSELORS, THEY'RE GONNA GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, THEIR FRIENDSHIPS ARE GONNA BE CREATED.
IT, IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GREAT.
UM, SO UPCOMING EVENTS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR BUSY SEASON, SO ON TOP OF CAMP, UM, THIS WEEKEND, WHICH HAS JUST KIND OF COME OUT OF A THOUGHT THAT I MET WITH, UM, THE PERSON WHO RUNS THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS OVER AT TOWN CENTER AND SHE CAME OUT AND DID A BIG THING FOR COMMUNITY DAY AND SHE REALLY WANTED TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN WHAT MY DEPARTMENT DOES AND HOW TO OUTREACH THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING AND ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT, UM, WAS SOLIDIFIED WAS THIS WEEKEND FROM 11 TO TWO,
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UM, MYSELF, POLICE AND FIRE WILL BE OVER AT TOWN CENTER FOR THEIR BLOCK PARTY.UM, IT WOULD JUST BE A FUN LITTLE SMALLER COMMUNITY DAY ESQUE TYPE THING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SIDEWALK SALE AND SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE SAMPLES AND BE WALKING AROUND TO GIVE OUT COUPONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL BE THERE THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN ON SUNDAY IT'S JUST SATURDAY.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME HANG OUT WITH ME FROM 11 TO TWO, LET ME KNOW.
UM, BUT NEXT WEEKEND IS OUR SHREDDED EVENT.
THAT'S FROM 11 TO, THAT'S FROM NINE TO NOON NEXT SATURDAY HERE AT BLACKROCK.
AND WE ADVERTISED IT ON THE WEBSITE IN THE MAP OF HOW THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WILL WORK FOR THIS EVENT BECAUSE IT CAN CLOG UP BLACKROCK ROAD PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, WE'LL BE FROM THE ENTRYWAY HERE AND YOU'LL DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE BACK EXIT AND THE TRUCK WILL ACTUALLY SIT IN THE SKATE PARK PARKING LOT.
AND THEN YOU'LL GIVE THEM YOUR STUFF.
YOU'LL POSSIBLY, THANKFULLY GIVE US A DONATION SO WE CAN DO THIS NEXT YEAR AND THEN YOU'LL DRIVE OUT.
SO THIS ACCESSIBILITY ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FOR ANYONE COMING INTO THE PARK, BUT THE PARKING LOT BY THE PAVILION WILL STILL BE OPEN FOR SKATE PARK USE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA USE THAT PARKING LOT FOR THE TRUCK.
AND DO YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT OR DO YOU IT'S JUST MAUREEN RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE USUALLY JUST, WE MAKE SURE THAT I'LL HUM HELPER, PUT UP ALL THE BARRICADES AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST STAYING THERE WITH THE DONATION BUCKET AND THANK YOU FOR NOT LITTERING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THEY DON'T, WE WOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE TO EMPTY THEIR CAR.
THE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM SHREK DO IT.
YOU'RE FREE TO COME OUT AND LIKE HELP THEM.
BUT THEY WILL TAKE IT TO THE TRUCK JUST BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A SHREDDED TRUCK.
SO THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT.
SO YOU DON'T REALLY JUST BRING TO GET OUTTA YOUR CAR, YOU CAN POP YOUR TRUCK.
I'VE DONE IT WITH ALL MY, LIKE OLD TAXES AND STUFF.
9:00 AM BUT IT IS KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE AT EIGHT 30 WE'LL HAVE CARS LINED UP LIKE READY TO GO.
SO IT IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT PEOPLE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR.
DO WE PAY, DO WE PAY THEM TO COME? YES.
AND AND THEN DO WE MAKE MONEY ON WHAT THEY'RE, WE DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY.
WHAT WE DO IS THE DONATION BUCKET AND WHATEVER WE MAKE OUT OF THAT DONATION FOR THE DAY, WHICH IS, PEOPLE ARE VERY GENEROUS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR US TO DO THIS.
UM, SO WHATEVER DONATION WE GET GOES TO THE BUCKET TO PAY FOR IT NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S NOT AS MUCH EVERY YEAR.
SO IF WE MAKE, I THINK THE ONE YEAR WE HAD A THOUSAND PLUS DOLLARS AND IT USUALLY COSTS US AROUND 18 TO 2000.
SO IT DIDN'T COST US AS MUCH TO PUT IT ON THIS YEAR.
BOY, I REMEMBER THE DAYS I WORKED IN A RECLAMATION CENTER IN THE SEVENTIES AND WE USED TO PAY PEOPLE TO BRING YEAH.
NO, WE, WE DO A LOT FOR FREE
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND LIVE HERE.
I MAY BE ABLE TO COME OUT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARDS STILL ON MY THAT'S RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE THERE IN MARIN WILL BE SITTING THERE.
UM, THE LOGO TO HAVE A LITTLE SHREDDING TRUCK IN THE BACKGROUND.
REALLY THE FOX SHOULD BE IN THERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO WEAR HIM DRIVING.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT FOR FRIDAY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WEEKEND.
THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND IS THAT MUSIC FEST VERSUS JUNE 3RD.
HOW ARE, HOW ARE YOU DOING FOR SIGN UP ON THAT? I HAVEN'T GOTTEN, I STILL SANDY, I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY JUST REMINDER WORKS PERSON ON THERE TOO AND I'VE NOT DONE THAT.
IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EVENTS BUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE EASIER EVENTS.
WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT COMMUNITY DAY, WHICH YOU WILL FEEL IN OCTOBER.
UM, BUT IT IS A REALLY NICE DAY.
WE GET, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 2,500 TO 3,500 PEOPLE FOR THEM.
SO IT IS A VERY WELL ATTENDED DAY.
SO IT SAYS TWO TO EIGHT, BUT I'M HOPING I DIDN'T COMMIT TO ALL TWO TO EIGHT.
JUST TELL ME ON THAT SPREADSHEET WHAT YOU WANNA BE.
I'LL BE THERE BY 10 IN THE MORNING AND I WILL BE THERE BY 10:00 PM THAT NIGHT.
IT'S A LONG DAY SO I CAN DO, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO 12 AND HELP YOU SET UP.
JUST LET ME KNOW TIMES BECAUSE IF I DON'T KNOW THAT AND YOU JUST SHOW UP, I'M GONNA THINK YOU'RE HANGING WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME.
AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY BYE AND I'M LIKE OH MY GOD,
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HELPFUL AND IT'S GOOD TO LIKE, LIKE JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP BECAUSE THEN THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR YOU TO, FOR STAFFING.BECAUSE CUZ SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST KIND OF SHOW UP TO THE EVENT.
AND THAT'SS NOT, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE 'EM THERE.
BUT IT'S A PLAN FOR YOU TO BE THERE.
DO YOU NEED DO READERS AGAIN? OH, WE HAVE BETTER.
WELL WE HAD HAD HAD, WE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
WE'LL WE'LL BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO SIGN UP.
SO OUTSIDE OF, THEN WE HAVE CAR SHOW ON FATHER'S DAY, SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH.
THAT IS FROM, PUT IT ON MY PHONE.
ALL OF THESE THINGS DOWN THERE.
UM, RITA IS COMING TO THAT ONE.
IF YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR HELPING WITH THAT EVENT.
IT WENT FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM CAR SHOW PEOPLE.
EVERYTHING WAS EXECUTED THE RIGHT WAY.
WE HAD A COUPLE HICCUPS THAT NO ONE SAW.
SO, UM, IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
I KNOW THAT'S A TOUGH DAY FOR PEOPLE.
WAS IT TIME? WAS THE TIME? I'M SORRY.
LIKE THIS IS TO ONE, BUT IT'S TWO.
I MIGHT HAVE GOT EXCITED ABOUT ONE.
AND THEN THEY MOVED IT BACK TO
PARK, THE, UM, NOT PARK, WHAT DO WE CALL THIS WHOLE ENTIRE CAMPUS WILL BE SHUT DOWN THAT DAY.
SO YOU CAN COME PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND, YOU CAN COME PLAY TENNIS, YOU CAN GO AT THE SKATE PARK, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO PARK AT QUEST.
THAT IS GONNA BE YOUR ONLY OPTION THAT DAY.
UNLESS YOU'RE HANDICAPPED AND YOU WANT, WE CAN, WE HAVE SPECIAL HANDICAPPED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT WE GENERALLY TRY TO DO FOR ANY BIG EVENT IS THAT WE GET SHUTTLES AND WE SHUTTLE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE EVENT ITSELF.
AND IT IS NOT UNLESS YOU WANT TO REGISTER THE HONDA ODYSSEY IN THE CAR SHOW.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TWO EVS, YOU CAN BRING 'EM OVER
UM, LAST YEAR WE DID SELL OUT, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T PUT A MAX ON OUR NUMBERS.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WE GET MORE CARS.
WE FILLED UP THE WHOLE PARKING LOT LAST YEAR, SO IT WAS ABOUT, I WANT TO SAY 849.
UM, SO, AND WE DO HAVE, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE COFFEE AND DONUTS IN THE MORNING AND WE'LL HAVE A FOOD TRUCK IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE'LL HAVE ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, IT'S GREAT WEATHER IF WE LUCK OUT LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A TON OF PEOPLE HERE, SO FINGERS CROSSED AT IT'S NICE WEATHER.
AND THEN CONCERTS START IN JUNE.
TECHNICALLY THEY START AT THE END OF MAY, BUT UM, WE HAVE OUR REAL BANDS COMING IN THAT WE PAY FOR TO COME IN.
UM, MAY, JUNE THROUGH AUGUST, WHICH KONA ICE WILL BE THERE FOR THE
SO MAKE SURE YOU COME OR YEAH, WE'LL GIVE YOU FREE COMFORT.
SO OUTSIDE OF THOSE ARE THE BIG EVENTS.
UM, EVERYBODY, IF YOU'RE, UM, ON THE NEW PARKS RECREATION WEBSITE AND YOU SIGNED UP FOR E-NEWS, YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN OUR ACTIVITY GUIDE.
WE ARE AT THIS POINT GOING TO MOVE INTO, UM, MORE OF A TWO MONTH OR THREE MONTH LEAD TIME.
SO THE ACTIVITY GUIDE WILL COVER THREE MONTHS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE.
I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT.
UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM MELISSA, THEY'VE PLANNED THROUGH AUGUST AT THIS POINT.
SO THE JUNE ONE MIGHT HAVE MORE ON IT, BUT UM, IT HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CENTER.
AND THEN THE CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT, IT IS BOTH ON THE PARK AND REC WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN SEE DAY TO DAY AND IT WILL CHANGE SYNCHRONOUSLY.
SO JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY TO GO AND SIGN UP, UM, AND PUT IN THE TIMEFRAMES THAT YOU CAN WORK.
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APRIL 23RD, I BELIEVE.SUNDAY THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE EVENT THE WEATHER WAS LOOKING DICEY.
UM, AND THEN ONCE WE GOT TO FRIDAY, WE SAW THAT IT WAS CLEAR FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, SO WE DECIDED TO GO ON AHEAD AND NOT USE THE RAIN DAY.
UM, THAT SATURDAY NIGHT IT POURED.
SO I REMEMBER I WAS LIKE, GOSH.
SO I, UM, TOOK, TOOK A RIDE OVER TO THE PARK.
UH, I GOT THERE AT EIGHT AND UM, DRIED EVERYTHING OFF TO MAKE SURE THE EVENT COULD HAPPEN.
AND THEN THANKFULLY THE SUN CAME UP AND FINISHED A JOB FOR THERE.
UM, IT WAS, I WOULD SAY WE HAD MORE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE STILL LAST YEAR.
SO HOPING IF SOMEONE HAD LIKE A ROUGH NUMBER.
THAT ABOUT WE'RE GONNA UM, PLAN A FOLLOW UP, A FOLLOW UP MEETING TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS IT WITH EVERYONE.
AND THERE WAS LIKE A HUNDRED LAST YEAR OR SO.
SO YOU THINK IT WAS EVEN MORE? I WAS MORE, WHAT DO YOU THINK JAMES SAID? YEAH, PROBABLY ALL AND UM, AND PEOPLE AT ATTENDANCE.
LIKE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS YEAR THAT CAME.
SO IT WAS, UM, WE, UM, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S BIG, BIGGER AND BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.
SO WE HAD 1, 2, 3, I THINK, I THINK FOUR VENDORS ON SITE.
UM, THE SKATEBOARD SHOP FROM LAST YEAR RETURNED NICE.
UM, AND SET UP, WHICH WAS GREAT.
AND THEN THERE WAS TWO OTHER, UM, SKATEBOARDING SLASH SKATEBOARDING APPAREL COMPANIES THERE.
THERE WAS ONE GROUP WHO CAME OUT AND DID UM, PAINTING WITH PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T SO MUCH INTO SKATEBOARDING, WHICH WAS NICE.
AND THEN MY OFFICE, IF YOU GUYS WANT ME TO BREAK
UM, THE SAME DJ RETURNED, WE HAD A, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS A DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER THIS YEAR, BUT HE, UM, BROUGHT A GREAT MESSAGE, UM, WHEN ONE SIDE NOTE.
THE FOOD DRIVE WE RAN AS WELL.
AGAIN, THIS YEAR I WOULD SAY WE HAD AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT AS LAST YEAR, POSSIBLY A LITTLE LESS.
SO I DID HAVE THEM GET US A LETTER.
UM, WE TOTALED 120 POUNDS OF FOOD GIVEN TO THEM THAT DAY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LETTER SENT TO US AFTER LAST YEAR, SO I CAN'T YEAH.
SAY IT WAS MORE OR LESS, BUT IT WAS STILL REALLY DECENT AND THEY WERE STILL REALLY HAPPY TO TO TREAT THOSE.
AND WE MAY HAVE BEEN, I MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LEAN PROMOTING THE FOOD DRIVE IF IT WAS LESS THAN LAST YEAR, BUT I WAS, I WAS PLEASED WITH THE, UM, DONATIONS.
EVEN SOME KIDS JUST CAME WITH LIKE A BOX OF MAC.
LIKE THEY GAVE SOMETHING, LIKE EVERYBODY GAVE WHAT THEY COULD.
UM, I THINK EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME.
YOU SAID, UH, HOW MUCH DID WE COLLECT? YEAH.
HOW MUCH DID THEY, 120 POUNDS? NO, NO, NO.
I MEANT FROM THE, THAT'S REALLY LOT.
CAUSE IT WAS POPCORN DONATIONS.
HE WAS GETTING A, IF YOU DIDN'T BRING IN A FOOD ITEM, HE WAS TAKING VENMO.
AND THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE DROPPING TENS IN THAT CONTAINER.
I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT IS IF THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO PAT'S.
THE SIGNS WEREN'T CLEAR FOR IT.
IT WASN'T CLEAR WHO WAS GOING TO WHAT ADDRESS USE.
I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS LIKE A DONATION TO, UM, MARK'S BRAND, JEFF FIELDS OR THE PACK DRIVE.
THAT WAS WHEN I ASKED, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS VIA DONATION TO, I THOUGHT TO PAXS ALSO.
BECAUSE PEOPLE ASKED, OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.
WHERE'S, WHERE'S THIS GOING NEXT TIME ASKED LIKE, IT'S FINE IF IT, IF IT GOES TO MARCUS, HE'S DOING A LOT LIKE WHATEVER.
BUT I GUESS JUST SO WE KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.
WHAT DATE WAS THAT? THE 23RD? APRIL 23RD.
SO, SO IT WENT THERE AND THEN HOPEFULLY HE WAS GIVING IT TO PAX.
IS THAT THE IDEA? I GUESS I FOLLOW, I WOULD IMAGINE MARK, MARK SAID AL WAS MOM THIS WEEKEND.
YEAH, HE'S REALLY, UM, MARK, MARK WORKS ABOUT 90 HOURS A WEEK AND HIS BRAND JOB FIELDS, UM, A PORTION OF ALL OF HIS SALES BENEFITS, CHOP AND A FEW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
SO HE IS A, MARK'S A GREAT GUY.
SO JUST TO COMMENT, HE WAS THE ONE WHO CAME UP WITH THE PACKS DOING THAT.
SO JUST TO, JUST TO COMMENT ON MARK FOR A SECOND.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING YOU SAW AT THAT EVENT THAT WAS SKATEBOARDING RELATED FROM THE VENDORS TO, UM, ALL THOSE PRODUCTS, MARK PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER.
SO IF WE DIDN'T CHARGE ANYBODY TO COME, SO MARK WENT TO, I BELIEVE HE ACQUIRED 10 SPONSORS OF, FOR THAT EVENT.
AND THEY ALL DONATED PRODUCTS, ALL THE CLOTHING THAT WAS GIVEN OUT.
MARK, MARK CREATED AND PRINTED ON HIS OWN DIME, THEY HAND OUT.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE DJ AND THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER GOES, UM, MIKE FROM PHILLY FADES BROUGHT THEM IN.
SO EVERYBODY BROUGHT, EVERYBODY CAME OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART TO MAKE THAT EVENT HAPPEN.
UM, WE DIDN'T CHARGE ANYTHING UP FRONT.
UM, AND I THINK THE COOL THING FOR THE TOWNSHIP
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IS THE UPFRONT COST WAS HAVING SUE AND SARAH ON SITE UTILIZING THE TRUCK AND GETTING THE TOMATO PIES AND THE MM-HMM.SO I THINK THE FACT THAT WE WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS ON FOR THE COMMUNITY FOREVER, A HUNDRED SKATEBOARDERS, ALL THE SPECTATORS.
I WAS, I'VE, I KNOW A LOT OF PARKS AND RED PEOPLE, SO I'VE BEEN TELLING THEM ABOUT THE EVENT AND THEY'VE ALL AGREED IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
AND, AND IT, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT WITH COORDINATION AND MARK TOO.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, AND I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE AS SOMETHING, SHOULD WE DO SOMETHING LIKE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR OR SOMETHING, OR SOME, SOME WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGING OR, OR NO.
LIKE I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU WOULD WANT ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT EVEN IF IT'S, I THINK SHE WOULD BE HONORED IF THEY GOT SOMETHING FOR THE TOWNSHIP.
I THINK, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MARK HAS, UH, MARK PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT AND, AND YOU CAN TELL, AND AGAIN, HE WORKS ABOUT, I WOULD SAY OVER A HUNDRED HOURS A WEEK.
SO HE WAS DOING ALL THIS IN ADDITION TO ALL HIS OTHER OBLIGATIONS? YES.
AND THE WHOLE KNOW WHO BROUGHT HIS FAMILY THIS TIME, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE.
AND IS HE, HE'S, HE DIDN'T GET MARRIED YET.
YEAH, HE'S GETTING MARRIED LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS WAS THAT, UM, MARK AND I GREW UP TOGETHER SKATEBOARDING AT THAT SKATE PARK.
SO I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE I WAS THIS TALL.
UM, AND OUR WHOLE CHILDHOOD, THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THE PARK.
SO THE WHOLE GOAL IN CREATING THIS EVENT WAS TO KIND OF CREATE WHAT WE WOULD'VE DREAMED FOR AS KIDS.
SO IF ANYBODY CAN THINK OF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS A WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, BUT YOU MEAN WE, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN.
I KNOW THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS MONDAY, SO THAT'S NOT PROBABLY GONNA WORK, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY, I HAVE SENIOR STAFF TOMORROW AND I CAN BRING IT UP AND WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOWCASE, UM, WHAT WE DID TO PAX.
LIKE I HAVE THE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM PAX.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE HIM COME UP, WE CAN DO A PLAQUE.
AND THEN, UM, HAVE THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
IF HE CAN HELP IN ANY WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, LEMME KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'D BE COOL TOO, BECAUSE THE DON'T, I MEAN EVEN TO SEE HIM MAYBE IN THE NEWSLETTER, CUZ THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF PROMOTING THIS THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S HIS BABY, THE ESCAPE, YOU KNOW? OH, IT'S SON.
THIS IS A SIGN SOMETHING, MAYBE A, A A TREE.
I KNOW WE'RE BACK TO TREES, BUT A TREE OR A BENCH OR SOMETHING THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH GRATITUDE TO, YOU KNOW, WELL MAYBE WE'LL DO THAT FOR THE FIFTH.
WHAT THE FIFTH YEAR THAT YOU DID IN FIVE YEARS, GLEN, THE FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
SO, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS I THINK IS GREAT.
AND SADLY SINCE, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE BOARD, LIKE YOU DON'T CARE
WELL IT'S, IT'S, I THINK LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, SO IT'S GREAT AND TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE DID AND REALLY YOUR, YOU KNOW, THE COST TO US.
AND I WOULD ACTUALLY, IT WOULD LOOK, I THINK REALLY GOOD JUST FOR THAT EVENT STAT TO HAVE DATA POINTS OF LIKE HOW MUCH OF, LIKE, HOW MANY MONETARY DONATIONS DID WE GET FROM LIKE, ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT GAVE OUT JERSEYS.
LIKE HOW MUCH DID THESE JERSEYS SET? LIKE HOW MUCH EACH WAS THAT.
HOW MUCH, UM, DID, WAS IT VICOM WITH THE SHOES? WHO GAVE OUT THEIR SHOES? UM, ELEMENT DC SHOES.
DC SO IT WAS LIKE, LIKE SEVEN PAIRS OF SNEAKERS OR SKATEBOARD.
SO LIKE HOW MUCH OF THOSE SNEAKERS, IS THAT GONNA BE HARD DATA TO GET? MARTIN MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA.
AT LEAST MAYBE GENERAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT, IT'S NOT LIMITED TO, BUT HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU RETAIL VALUE IS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
WELL, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING, LIKE, THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON OUR STA SHEETS.
SO IT'S LIKE WE PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR $300 OUT OF TOWNSHIP MONEY, BUT WE'RE REALLY INVESTING OVER THOU, YOU KNOW, $2,000 WORTH OF GOODS FOR THESE THAT GOES INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARITY.
THERE'S A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT NO SCOOTERS.
CAN I HAVE THE DEFINITION OF A SCOOTER? A SCOOTER IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
THAT THAT'S AN UNENFORCED RULE AT THE PARK.
AND THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE SCOOTERS.
ACTUALLY, PUT TAPE ON THAT RULE CUZ WE DO ALLOW SCOOTERS AT THE PARK.
BICYCLES TEAR UP THE EQUIPMENT.
THE, SO SCOOTERS COVERED NOW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, I'M NOT GONNA SAY YES OR NO.
IF YOU PUT TAPE ON IT, I GUARANTEE YOU A SKATEBOARDER.
RIGHT? THE SCOOTERS ARE IN THERE.
SO IT'S JUST, THERE IS, UM, SCOOTER SCOOTERS AND SKATEBOARDS DON'T MIX THAT WELL TOGETHER.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST, THAT'S PART OF LIFE.
THAT'S LIKE BICYCLES AND CARS.
IT'S LIKE SKATEBOARDERS AND SKIERS.
THEY DON'T, DIDN'T ALWAYS LOVE EACH OTHER.
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AND SNOWBOARDERS.SNOWBOARDERS WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE SNOWBOARDERS AND SKIERS, IT'S JUST TENNIS AND PICKLE.
IT'S, WHICH IS STILL AN ISSUE.
AND, UM, AND THE SCOOTER AUDIENCE SKIS YOUNGER AND THEY DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND, UM, ETIQUETTE, JUST KIND OF THE ETIQUETTE OF THE SKATE PARK AND WHEN IT'S, WHO'S TURN TO GO.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING MY, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
MY FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDSON WAS AT THE PARK ON HIS SCOOTER AND HE WAS THERE WHEN THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I'M LIKE, THAT'S A SCOOTER.
I'M NOT SURE I'LL, I DO CHECK THE SIGN AGAIN.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I GET IT'S AT THEIR OWN RISK, SO YOU MAKE THE DECISION.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT.
WHAT GOT THROUGH WITH
JAMESON HANDLED PARKING AND WE HAD, AND IF YOU, WE HAD CARS ALL THE WAY OUT TO BLACKROCK ROAD PARKS ON THE GRASS ON BOTH SIDES.
WE WOULD'VE HAD HANDICAP PARKING AVAILABLE IF THE ICE CREAM GUY DIDN'T PARK IN THE HANDICAP SPOT.
OH, IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? YES.
I GAVE HER HER LAST FOR ARAH THAT DAY.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME THAT GUY IS IN THE VICINITY, SHE HAS LIKE THIS RADAR THAT SHE'S HERE.
AFTER HE SOLD, YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS THINGS TOO.
SO THE ACTION ITEM FOR THAT IS TO SEE WHAT WE GET TOGETHER DATA WISE.
WELL, WE NEED TO ALSO MEET AND GO OVER A RECAP ON THE, AND THEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE MORE AND MM-HMM.
IS HE GOOD AT THE, UM, PLAYGROUND? ONE ASH CREAM GUY, HE USUALLY GOES TO THE DOUBLE SITE PAVILION AND SAYS HE'S GOING TO THE RESTROOM,
HE JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME AND HE FEELS COMPELLED TO SELL AS SOON AS THEY COME TO THE WINDOW.
SO HE'S JUST BEEN, IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS NOW FOR ME WATCHING EVERY, LIKE, AS SOON AS IT GETS NICE OUT, I'M LIKE, THERE SHE GOES.
BECAUSE LIKE, WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT ON ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES.
LIKE, UNLESS I HAVE THEM COME, THEY CAN'T BE HERE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A TROUBLING THING.
YOU THINK HE'D TRY TO BUY YOU OFF WITH ICE CREAM? YOU THINK HE'D BE A LITTLE BIT YEAH.
NO, AND HE'S THE SAME WAY HE COMES TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD TOO, SO I'M LIKE, DUDE, FOLLOW ME AROUND.
LIKE, MY KIDS THINK THAT THE BELL RINGS, THAT MEANS THERE'S NO MORE ICE CREAM LEFT.
WE HAVE ONE THAT COMES TO THE BASE AND ALL THESE GUYS, ADULTS, OH, STOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCKS HERE.
THESE PILOTS ARE GOING OUT GETTING, I HAVE SAID, OH MY GOD.
WE DON'T FLY UNLESS WE GET OUR ICE CREAM TO GIVE YOU MONEY BACK.
AND HE DID IT IN A VERY, UM, POIGNANT WAY.
AND AT THE END OF THE SPEECH, HE WALKED UP TO ME AND ASKED IF HE COULD BORROW MY SKATEBOARD.
AND HE'S LIKE, I WON'T BREAK IT, I PROMISE.
AND I SAID, WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO,
SO HE STARTED SKATEBOARDING ACROSS THE PARK.
UM, AND YOU COULD TELL HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE
AND UM, AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
AND LIKE, SO, AND THEN HE STARTED, UM, THERE'S A MANEUVER CALLED DROPPING IN, WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST GOING DOWN A RAMP.
BUT IT'S VERY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SKATEBOARD, IT'S VERY INTIMIDATING AND VERY DIFFICULT, EASY TO HURT YOURSELF.
AND SO AFTER GOING ACROSS BACK ACROSS THE SKATE PARK A COUPLE TIMES, HE'S, HE JUMPED UP ON TOP, ON TOP OF THE RAMP AND ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT.
AND PEOPLE WERE KIND OF GIVING HIM POINTERS AND I GAVE HIM SOME POINTERS AND MAYBE ON THE FIFTH TRY HE SUCCESSFULLY DID IT.
AND I SAID, WOW, HOW MUCH SKATEBOARD EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE? AND HE SAID, NONE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE IT.
YOU'RE REALLY WALKING THE TALK RIGHT NOW.
AND I TOLD HIM THIR MID, MID TO LATE THIRTIES.
AND THE MANEUVER HE DID, I SAID TO HIM, YOU WANT TO GUESS HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT? AND HE SAID, HOW LONG? I SAID, PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS.
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MIGHT'VE BEEN THE COOLEST THING I SAW.IT WAS LIKE A, IT WAS LIKE A MIRACULOUS DAY.
DID YOU PUT SUNAN SUNSCREEN ON IT? I DID.
WE WERE JUST WATCHING OUT FOR YOU.
UM, EURO PROJECT THAT'S, WE'RE JUST TABLING IT TILL NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT AFTER ELECTION.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF JUST SOMETHING WE'RE YEP.
I'M HOPING TO ACTUALLY GET SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF FOR US FOR NEXT MEETING, SO I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING.
I THINK WE KIND OF ALREADY HIT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, PICKLEBALL UPDATE ONLY RE THE ONLY REASON I I PUT THAT ON THERE IS MM-HMM.
A LOT MORE PEOPLE SAYING STUFF.
DO THEY? IS THE BOARD SUPPORT? THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTIVE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS HERE ON THIS CAMPUS.
SO, UM, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THE SHORT STORY AS LONG AS I CAN.
UM, IT SHOULD BE REALLY SIMPLE.
SO THE WHOLE HOLD UP RIGHT NOW IS I HAD THIS GRANDIOSO PLAN WITH OUR PARK MASTER PLAN, RIGHT.
TO SWITCH OUT THE SKATE PARK AND PUT IT INSIDE OF A PUMP TRACK WHERE BICYCLES COULD ALSO BE, SO BE AN ALL-INCLUSIVE SKATEBOARD AND BIKE TRACK AND EVERYBODY COULD BE HARMONIOUS IN THIS ONE LOCATION.
AND THAT WOULD BE OVER ON FIELD SIX IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
AND IT'S OVER TO THE LEFT OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS ON THIS CAMPUS AS SOON AS I GOT.
AND THEN WHAT WE'LL GO INTO THE SKATE PARK WILL BE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO, UM, THAT WAS ALL APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
THEY WERE ALL IN FAVOR FOR IT.
I GOT QUOTES ON EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TO GO.
AND THEN, UM, MY FRIEND OVER AT PHOENIXVILLE CONTACTED ME AND LET ME KNOW THAT THEY WERE IN THEIR FINAL STAGES OF BUILDING A PUMP TRACK, A BMX COURSE IN PHOENIXVILLE.
WHAT WE HAVE IS A VERY, UM, A VERY COMMUNICATIVE CONSORTIUM OF PARK AND REC PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SO WE ALL, ALL THE DIRECTORS TALK FREQUENTLY.
WE SHARE ALL OF OUR EVENTS, WE DO EVERYTHING.
SO WE DON'T OVERLAP EACH OTHER IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THE LAST THING AFTER STARTING THIS CONSORTIUM, IT'S PREACHING THIS BIG THING ABOUT DON'T COPY WHAT I'M DOING.
YOU DO YOU I'LL DO ME, I WON'T COPY.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS TO PUT IN THIS HUMONGOUS, OVERBEARING PUMP TRACK AND SKATE PARK WHEN THEY JUST GOT VOLUNTEERS TO HELP BUILD WHAT THEY JUST DID.
SO I WANNA GIVE IT TIME BEFORE I GO THAT PATH.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF HOLDING ME BACK AT THIS POINT IS THE BOARD STILL KIND OF WANTS A SPLASH PAD.
THE SPLASH PAD WASN'T PART OF MY PARK MASTER PLAN NECESSARILY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND THAT'S KIND OF OFF THE TABLE, THEN IT'S ON THE TABLE.
I'M REALLY NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I HAVE TO PLAN OF WHERE THAT'S GONNA GO.
SO THEN THE OTHER FACTOR THAT GOES INTO THIS IS PUBLIC WORKS IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. THEY'RE NOT IN A GREAT SPOT HERE ON CAMPUS.
THEY'RE DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS BUILDING AND THEY'RE LITERALLY SANDWICHED BETWEEN EVERYTHING RECREATION.
SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EXPAND, THEY NEED TO TAKE ONE OF MY FIELDS, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO GIVE THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED IT.
BUT ONCE THAT HAPPENS, I NEED TO REDO THE WHOLE TRAIL SYSTEM HERE BECAUSE IT'S GRANT FUNDED TRAIL.
SO NOW I NEED TO MOVE ALL THOSE TRAILS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STILL THE SAME LENGTH IN EVERYTHING THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE.
THE OTHER THOUGHT IS, IT'S A, IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS AND THE AMOUNT OF, UM, TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE FOR JUST TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES AND WHAT WE NEED GOING FROM THIS MAIN ENTRANCE AND THIS MAIN ENTRANCE GOING RIGHT THROUGH ALL THINGS RECREATION.
SO IT CUTS THROUGH ALL THE TRAILS.
THAT'S WHY THAT PARKING LOT IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE SECOND WE OPENED THAT PLAYGROUND AND PEOPLE PARKED THERE AND THE AMOUNT OF POLICE AND AMBULANCE AND FIRETRUCKS AND PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES AND OUTSIDE MANUFACTURERS COMING IN, THAT IS CLOGGED WITH PEOPLE CONSTANTLY.
AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE A KID RUNNING BETWEEN TWO SUVS, IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY LUCKY AND FORTUNATE THAT NONE OF THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT WE ARE KIND OF THINKING LIKE, WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO MAKE A LINE IN THE SAND ON THIS CAMPUS OF THIS IS RECREATION, THIS SIDE IS BUSINESS SO THAT WE CAN AVOID ANYTHING COMING IN IN THE FUTURE.
OR MAYBE WE PUT PUBLIC WORKS ON A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
MAYBE IT'S ACROSS THE STREET NEAR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO UNTIL I HAVE THOSE ANSWERS, IT'S LIKE I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO JUST THROW NEW STRIPING ON THE TENNIS COURT HERE AND PUT PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL LINES ON THERE.
THEN I'M MAKING TENNIS MEG CUZ THERE'S ONLY TWO COURTS.
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HOST ALL THOSE PEOPLE.AND I ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE PICKLE BALLERS AND THE TENNIS PLAYERS AT THAT COURT ALREADY.
SO I DID SEE A COURT, I THINK I, AND IF YOU, IF YOUR TENNIS PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN ONE COURT, BUT I, I SAW A COOL TENNIS COURT WHERE THEY, THEY KEPT THE TENNIS COURT AND THEN THEY PUT A FENCE BETWEEN THE 10, THE THE TWO LIKE A, THE WALL
AND THEN THEY TURNED AND THEY HAD TWO PICKLEBALL.
AND MY TENNIS COURT IS 12 PLUS YEARS OLD.
IT HAS A HUGE CRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT THAT WE HAVE MENDED FOR THE TIME BEING.
BUT THAT IS A HUGE COST TO RIP ALL OF THAT OUT.
PUT A WHOLE NEW SURFACE DOWN PLUS THE MCAT THAT MAKES A TENNIS AND DO ALL THAT.
SO IT'S, THE PARK MASTER PLAN IS GREAT CUZ IT INCLUDES THAT PICKLE BALLS, AT LEAST I THINK I HAD IN THERE FOR FOUR OR SIX OF THEM TO COME IN ON THIS CAMPUS.
EVERYTHING KIND OF GOT TURNED AROUND ON ME IN JANUARY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO DO IT.
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S LIKE PUSHED BACK, IT'S JUST NOT A TODAY THING.
SO DID YOU SAY THAT THERE WERE COURTS IN TRAP? IT'S EITHER TRAP OR COLLEGEVILLE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS DURING OUR CONSORTIUM.
IT WAS EITHER MARCUS OR KATHY THAT SAID THAT WE ARE INVESTING AND THEY'RE BEING PUT IN.
CUZ THAT TAKES PRESSURE ON, THERE'S THE PRESSURE OFF ME.
I CAN SEND PEOPLE TO YOUR WAY, BUT WHAT I GET IN RESPONSE WHEN I SEND THAT OUT TO PEOPLE IS THAT'S NOT WHERE MY TAXES ARE GOING.
DON'T, THERE ARE APPLICABLE CORDS AT PALMER PARK IN SKI TOWNSHIP.
THEY'VE DEDICATED, THOSE ARE DEDICATED BEAUTIFUL CORDS.
AND THEN THE BLACK ROCK RESTROOM, THERE WAS A WHOLE THING WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH IT GETS APPROVED BY THE BOARD DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET EXECUTED RIGHT AWAY.
SO IT MAY NOT BE, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S CARRIED OVER INTO 2024 TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN.
I THINK THAT'S, I DON'T WANNA JUST THROW PICKLEBALL CORD THAT'S REALISTIC SOMEWHERE AND THEN IT NOT WORK OUT IN 10 YEARS.
OTHER SHORT TO CREATE OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL CORDS IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD.
THIS IS SO, DRIVES MY HUSBAND NOT TO LIKE, JUST GET TO YOUR POINT.
IT'S, IT'S NO OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW.
TELL MY WIFE THE SCENIC GROUND.
I WAS GONNA ASK WHAT AGAIN? I, I SAY CURRENTLY FOCUS PROGRESS BECAUSE ON HOLD MEANS WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
YOU ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
IT'S IN REVIEW WE'RE, IT'S IN REVIEW.
THE DE THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN THAT CREATE THE OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL CORDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON.
SO WE JUST HAVE A, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE JAMESON A MOMENT IF YOU, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT ME ON THE PHONE PUT OR NOT.
LIKE IF THERE ARE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY, I AGAIN, LIKE YOUR, YOUR INPUT.
I, I THINK YOU BEING LIKE THE FIRST HAS REALLY HELPED US.
UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE UM, JUNIOR MEMBER.
SO THOUGHT WE TRY IT OUT RIGHT NOW.
JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA SAY.
WELL UH, DON'T NOT LOOK AT HIM.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THE FIRST AND I'M GLAD I GOT TO EXPERIMENT WITH YOU AND YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER YEAH.
UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX MEETINGS UNDER OUR BELT FOR EAC, I'D LIKE TO START TELLING YOU GUYS WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE CAN ADD AN AGENDA ITEM FOR EAC.
UM, WE MEET EVERY OTHER MEETING OR EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO WE MEET NEXT WEEK AND THEN SO OUR NEXT MEETING I WILL HAVE HOPEFULLY SOME INFO CAUSE WE'VE KIND OF TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE EAC.
SO IT REALLY WASN'T MUCH TO TELL YET.
SO I THINK THAT WE ARE KIND OF ZEROING IN WHAT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON.
UM, I'LL LET YOU KNOW FOR SURE.
SO THE ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
WE ARE REALLY JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
UM, WE HAD SOMEONE COME IN FROM ANOTHER TOWNSHIP AND I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES IN FRONT OF ME AND REALLY MADE US FEEL LIKE WE'RE WAY BEHIND
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THE EIGHT BALLUM, JUST WE ARE SO FAR KIND
YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSING IN RIGHT NOW ON OKAY.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT CUZ WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT IN FOR ELECTRIC CARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
NO, WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT.
SO THE, THE BACKGROUND, WHAT I JUST REMEMBER, WE HAD GONE IN EMAIL, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO CREATE THIS MM-HMM.
AND THEY HAD INDICATED WHERE THEY WANTED THE MEMBERS TO COME FROM AND THEY WANTED TWO PEOPLE TO COME FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND OR BOARD.
SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PERSON THEN I'LL GET DO IT.
SO WE'RE, WE ARE JUST STARTING THAT WHERE OTHER TOWNSHIPS HAVE HAD IT AND THEY SAW THAT WE WERE PROBABLY NEEDED THAT.
I MEAN IT, IT'S REAL INTERESTING.
IT'S VERY, UM, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT TEDIOUS CUZ IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TEDIOUS, BUT JUST THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT.
UM, I WILL WRITE SOMETHING UP SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT IT IT, IT'S DEFINITELY INTERESTING AND I WANNA KIND OF LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD NOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY COME IN AND TELL US THAT WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
THEY TALK ABOUT, CAUSE I HAVE SOME, I BRING IT UP PURPOSELY YEAH.
FOR A REASON JUST TO SEE IF THEY, THEY THEY DO BECAUSE I HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
THEY, THEY MAY TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FLOWERS YOU SHOULD BE PLANTING.
WHAT KIND OF, ACTUALLY THEY TALK ABOUT SOME WEEDS THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP.
WELL I WAS GONNA SAY NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE WRONG BOARD, BUT IT'S HARD TO KEEP 'EM WHEN THEY SPRAY 'EM.
WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SPRAY THIS AND THEY SPRAY ALL OF THIS, ALL THAT.
SO IT'LL BE, AND THAT'S WHY I JUST WONDERED CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING YEAH.
IT'LL BE GREAT HAVING THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
AND THEN GETTING MORE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO LIKE YEAH.
IN SEE WHAT THEY, THEY WANTED A PARKS AND REC BOARD MEMBER ON IT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WE, BUT YOU WON'T BE ON THERE IF YOU GET RIGHT.
SO THERE'LL BE I GET TO CHOOSE.
WHICH I'D RATHER STAY ON PARKS AND RECS, BUT ALTHOUGH EACS GETTING INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHY DON'T WE DO WITH THIS? RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO, BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY A BAR
IT'S STILL, I PROMISE CIRCLES.
WHICH ONE DO YOU LAUGH AT? THIS ONE'S FUNNY.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.
SO, UM, UH, IF, IF I AM ELECTED AND I CAN'T STAY ON THAT BOARD, I WOULD SUGGEST SOMEBODY.
ACTUALLY I THINK WE NEED A MEMBER FROM THE BOARD AND THEN MEMBER FROM MY DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY INTERESTING.
WILL, THERE'S LOTS OF POTENTIAL THERE, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO.
WE HAVE RECREATION, WE HAVE TREE PROGRAM.
WAS THAT ALREADY? THAT IS THAT IT'S IN THE WORKS.
AND THEN WE NEVER REALLY GOT, OH MY GOD.
TALK ABOUT THE PRP CAUSE WELL WE DIDN'T CAUSE WE WOULD'VE DONE THAT LAST.
LET'S GO TO, THAT'S TOO FUNNY.
UM, LET ME FIND THE PICTURE AT LEAST.
AND THEN, SO REALLY JUST ONCE WHAT, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TO GO DO IT, WE COULD UM, SHOULD WE WAIT, HAVE A QUESTION? WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WALL THAT HEALS UPDATE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING OR CANDY? NO, I MEAN, EXCEPT FOR, SO WE DECIDED TO DO THE 10 MILE RADIUS.
BUT I KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE PEOPLE I'M CONTACTING THEIR WORD MOUTH IS GETTING OUT EVEN FURTHER.
AND THEN, UM, I MADE A LIST THAT I PUT UP ON OUR SHARE ON THE SHAREPOINT OR THE TEAMS THAT I'VE RUN.
THEY'RE KIND OF THE SAME BECAUSE I'M RUNNING INTO THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HITTING THE PEOPLE THAT I HIT
BECAUSE THEY'RE, CUZ I HIT THE VFWS, THE LEGIONS, THE BIKER CLUBS AND ALL THAT.
SO NOW I DECIDED, I TOLD 'EM AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT I'M GONNA ACTUALLY MOVE OUTSIDE OF
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THE AREA.SO I HAVE, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE THE FLYERS HERE.
I MEAN I EVEN HIT THE, UH, WHAT WAS IT, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.
I WAS DOWN AT A BOOK SIGNING AND I HIT THEM UP.
UM, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S A PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO.
IT'S A MUSEUM UP IN, UM, BOYER COUNTY.
UM, THAT I'M GONNA START GOING OUT TO.
AND YOU'RE GETTING PRETTY GOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE PRETTY INTERESTED.
I HAVE PEOPLE FLYERS ON ME AND THE KID WHO CUTS MY HAIR, I HAVE IT UP IN HIS STORE AND I'M, I'M ONE THAT I JUST THROW THE FLYERS IN MY PICKUP AND I JUST GO OUT MY BEATER AND I JUST TALK TO EVERYONE.
I'D RATHER DO IT THAT WAY IN PERSON.
SO, UM, AND THEN I KNOW BETSY HAS, SHE'S JUST, CUZ I TOLD HER IF SHE NEEDS ME TO TAKE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE HER END IS HARDER CUZ SHE SEEMS TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO CONTACT THAT AREN'T WILL ALL JUST WORD OF MOUTH.
LIKE I SAID, MOST OF MINE, ONCE I HIT ONE VFW EVERY, THEY ALL KNOW.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE EDUCATION PART.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING I'M GETTING SOME PEOPLE TO SAY THAT.
LIKE I SAID, I HAVE ONLY ONE SET UP AND THAT'S BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS LIKE, I WANT THAT YOU, I WANT THAT TIME.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA GET BACK LATER ON A COUPLE MONTHS CUZ IT'S JUST THE WORD.
LIKE AFTER SUMMER, THEY'RE ALL GONNA START FOLLOWING.
WE'RE CONTACTING WELL AHEAD OF.
AND NOW WE GET, WE UM, AT THE MEETING THEY, UH, WAS FINALIZED WHERE IT'S GOING.
YOU PRESENTED IT WITH THE TRAILER AND ALL.
YES, BECAUSE I WENT LOOKING CUZ I DROVE TRACTOR TRAILER FOR A WHILE AND I WAS LOOKING TO SEE LIKE A BETTER PLACE FOR IT ALSO.
BUT IT'S NOT ON THE FIRST SOCCER FIELD.
IT WILL BE THE ONE CLOSEST TO ONE 13 AND IT WILL BE ANGLED AS SUCH.
SO SOME OF IT, ONE SIDE OF IT WILL BE FACING ONE 13.
THE OTHER SIDE WILL SLIGHTLY BE FACING THE WOODS AREA BEHIND THE FIRE TRAIL.
UM, THE TRACTOR TRAIL WILL BE UP ON THAT, UM, CEMENT PAD THAT'S THERE THAT CURRENTLY HAS OUR PORTA POTTIES ON IT.
THE DUMPSTER AND THE LOWER PARKING LOT WILL BE TAKEN OUT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TENTS AND EVERYTHING SET UP ON THAT SIDE.
SO IT'LL BE, EVERYTHING WILL BE, UM, CLOSER TO THAT CONCRETE SLAB.
BUT THE NEWEST THINGS WILL BE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING.
SOMETHING THAT COMES UP THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT YET OR, UM, WE HAVEN'T GOT CLARIFICATION ON YET.
LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING, OUR MEETINGS ARE TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
SO, AND IT'S JUST EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING NEW.
THE ESCORTS, UM, THE PROCESSION THAT WE HAVE IS, IT CAN'T BE OVER AN HOUR.
AND I THINK WE'RE LITERALLY AT LIKE 58 MINUTES BECAUSE 30 MILES, THEY TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND THEY'RE HITTING EVERY SINGLE UM, TOWNSHIP THAT WE TOUCH.
EVERY BOROUGH THAT WE TOUCH, EVERYONE THAT WE WORK WITH.
LIKE WE'RE GOING BY AS MANY SCHOOLS AS WE CAN.
LIKE WE, UM, FIRE AND POLICE ARE CREATING THAT AND THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
IT'S GOING THROUGH VALLEY FORGE RIGHT.
OH IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE EXTREMELY MOVING THE WAY THAT THEY PLOTTED IT.
I I HAVE GOOSE HOMES ACTUALLY CUZ I DROVE IT WITH THEM AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS INSANE.
BECAUSE EVERY TURN I'M LIKE, OH, THEY'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER HERE AND THEN IT'S GONNA GO BACK TO THE CENTER.
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, WE JUST KEPT GOING.
58 MINUTES OF JUST, AND THAT'S THE TRACTOR TRACTOR TRAILER RIGHT WHEN IT'S COMING.
LIKE IT'S A BIG, A BIG, THEY'RE DOWN RIGHT THROUGH MAIN STREETS.
LIKE THEY'RE GOING RIGHT THROUGH, UM, PHOENIXVILLE RIGHT DOWN CENTER AT THE STORES.
IT'S NOT BEGINNING OF THE RECESSION.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND NOW GET THE LIGHTS TO STOP.
YOU'RE DOING THAT ON TUESDAY? WEDNESDAY.
THE TUESDAY BEFORE THE TUESDAY.
WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED MOTORCYCLES.
I MEAN, CHIEF RLE, THE FIRE CHIEF TAKES THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND SO DOES SERGEANT LA WHO RUNS OUR BIKE FOR THE BIKES FOR THE POLICE.
HE HAS WORDS OUT TO EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AREA.
SO WE CAN HAVE AS MANY, UM, LADDER TRUCKS HOLDING FLAGS AS WE CAN POSSIBLY HAVE ON.
THAT'S SO YOU GOT A VIDEO OF THIS? OH YEAH.
WE HAVE TWO DRONE TEAMS ON CAMPUS.
SO THEY'LL BE OUT THERE AS WELL AS WE'RE HIRING A PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP TO COME OUT AND TAKE LIKE THOSE VERY MEETING I WANNA GET ON THEIR WEBSITE.
I WANT THAT PHOTO THAT'S LIKE THE WALL THAT HEALS PHOTO.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST THE, THE THINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS, IS DOING AND IT'S ALL ON OUR OWN.
LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE ANYONE LIKE HEARTBREAKING.
LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HAVE YOU DONE THIS? HAVE YOU DONE THIS YET? LIKE, EVERYONE'S DOING THEIR JOB REALLY WELL, WHICH IS A SUPER RELIEF, HONESTLY.
IT'S JUST BEEN GOING REALLY WELL.
SO I'M IMPRESSED THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE THOUGH.
USUALLY YOU'RE ALWAYS CHASING THE SCHEDULE, BUT OH, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE, THAT'S WHY LIKE I KIND OF FORMED THE COMMITTEE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
CAUSE IT WAS LIKE, THEY ALL KNOW THAT
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I NEED THINGS DONE.LIKE COMMUNITY DAY IS ALMOST DONE AND THAT'S NOT UNTIL OCTOBER.
SO IT'S LIKE, I NEED THESE THINGS TO BE IN PLACE OR ELSE I'M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND.
UM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE LITTLE THINGS COME UP.
AND LIKE IF AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE BIG PICTURE STUFF HANDLED, LIKE WE'LL BE GOOD TO GO.
SO IT THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE DO NOT LET THINGS GO.
SO IT'S LIKE YOU GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
I WILL LET YOU ALL PASS IT AROUND.
NOW DID THEY DO WHAT VIDEO? DID THEY DO A VIDEO? THEY DIDN'T DO A VIDEO.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA DO A VIDEO.
THOUGHT WERE GONNA GET SEE THE, THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION TO UM, THERE'S A PICTURE, THERE'S PICTURE, THERE'S PICTURES.
IT WAS A REALLY NICE POWERPOINT.
THEY HAD REALLY NICE WORDS TO SAY.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE LIKE SARAH AND I WENT UP, THEY HAD YOU GO UP AS YOUR NAME WAS CALLED AND THEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT YOU AND THEY HAD THE SLIDESHOW UP AND UM, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE LIKE VERY SURREAL MOMENTS CUZ YOU'RE STANDING THERE AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LIKE, REACH OUT AND TAKE THE AWARD AND AS YOUR SLIDESHOW IS GOING, YOU SMILE AND THE PICTURES ARE BEING TAKEN AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT THE LADY WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE, THE PLAQUE AND I'M LIKE IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, LIKE SLOWLY REACHING THE BOARD AND SHE'S NOT GIVING IT TO ME.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND SHE'S LIKE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS.
LIKE, YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND LIKE, SHE WAS TAKEN ABACK BY IT AND YOU COULD TELL LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE CROWD WAS LIKE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT? NO, I'VE ASKED.
OH, THAT ASKED THREE DIFFERENT, AWESOME.
BUT SO THE BOARD DID HAVE THE AWARD RECOGNIZED AT THE LAST MEETING.
BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.
SO WHERE IS THIS GOING TO HANG RIGHT NOW? IT'S ON MY BOOKSHELF.
TIM WOULD LIKE TO HANG IT IN THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING.
NOT SO MUCH LIKE I DON'T, WHEREVER HE WANTS TO PUT IT IS FINE WITH ME.
UM, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS MORE OF A TEAM EFFORT.
IT WASN'T SOLELY MY DEPARTMENT WHO HAD THIS, YOU KNOW, AND GOT THIS TOGETHER.
THIS IS REALLY NICE IDEA HERE.
AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE HERE SO EVERYBODY CAN WALK.
IT'S, IT'S SO LIGHT TO, OH LOOK.
THAT'S A GOOD, RIGHT BEFORE SHE TOLD ME SHE WOULDN'T HAVE A BEER FIRST.
UM, I THINK WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PARK MAINTENANCE UPDATE, RIGHT? OH, I HAVE SOMETHING FOR JOSH.
UM, ONE UPDATE THAT UM, IS NOT ON HERE IS THAT WE ARE GETTING THE GYM FLOORS REDONE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, WE TALKED TO THE COMPANY WHO ORIGINALLY ALIGNED THEM, PAINTED THEM, RESURFACED IT FOR US EVERY SINGLE TIME.
UM, I'M GETTING INFORMATION FROM THEM NOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ADD MORE LINES.
UM, I'D HAVE TO STRIP DOWN TO THE BEARWOOD AND BECAUSE THOSE LINES ARE ORIGINAL, THE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT AND UM, WEAR AND TEAR ON THE WOOD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GHOST LINES EVERYWHERE.
SO WE ARE GONNA SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, THAT'S ALSO ALMOST 20 GRAND OVER WHAT WE ESTIMATED IT WOULD BE.
DAVE AND I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM DAVE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT THE GUY, UM, CAME BACK WITH AS A QUOTE.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA PLAY IT BY EAR, BUT IT'S AT LEAST GOING TO BE REDONE SO IT'S NOT UM, SCOTTY.
WELL, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THE LINE.
I HAVE TO KEEP YOU TO THE LINES THAT WE HAVE OR I HAVE TO GO AS FAR DOWN AS I CAN.
AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THICK THAT IS.
THEY HIT, PUT THE TAPE OVER THE TAPE.
SO THEY HAVE TO TOUCH UP SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE CRACKING.
LIKE SOME OF THE TAPE OR PAINT IS COMING OFF A LITTLE BIT.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL UM, PATCH THOSE UP FOR ME.
BUT WE MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO SEAL IT AGAIN AND PLAY ON A SHINIER CORD SURFACE.
SO, UM, DON'T SPREAD ANYTHING YET.
ONCE I GET EMAIL CONFIRMATION FROM THEM THAT EITHER WE CAN OR WE CAN'T RETRIP, I WILL PUT IT OUT WITH THEIR REASONINGS OF, YOU KNOW, WHY WE CAN'T.
IS UM, IS PICKLEBALL BUSY DURING DECEMBER? WE'LL FIND OUT THIS YEAR.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN OVERLY BUSY IN THE PAST BECAUSE THE OTHER LINES THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PUT ON THERE IS, UM, UM, BEIN, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT THE GREEN TAPE IS? YEAH, IT'S BAIN.
AH, SO IT'S NOT WORKING, IT'S NOT REALLY HELPING ANOTHER OLD SQUARE
IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED, WE, WE DID CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE SAME AS THIS COURT DIMENSION AND THE SLIDES ALREADY THERE
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AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT ANYWAYS, WATCH, IT'S VERY CROWDED.IT, IT CAN BE CROWDED IN THE SUMMER.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S AIR CONDITIONING.
AND WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE, PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T WANNA PLAY.
SO YEAH, THE AIR CONDIT HELPED EXCEPT LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS BROKEN FOR THREE WEEKS.
BUT NOW HOPEFULLY NOW IT'S 10 NOW THAT AND TINTED WINDOWS.
I THINK THAT, AND ALSO IT'S BEEN A NICE, THE RAINY DAYS OF COURSE, RIGHT.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING OVER AT FISHER.
THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN LOT THE TIME.
WELL, LET'S GET TO KNOW AT LEAST NOW.
WHERE'S FISHER? WHAT'S THAT? IT'S IN TOWN.
THIS ONE IS OVER BY UM, PHOENIXVILLE HOSPITAL.
AND THAT'S, IT'S A LITTLE PARK.
IS IT BEHIND IT? IT'S RIGHT OFF OF 29 WHEN YOU'RE IN BETWEEN STAR STREET AND, UM, 23.
THERE'S LITTLE SIGNS THAT SAY FISHER PARK TENNIS COURTS AND THERE'S EIGHTBALL A NEIGHBOR.
AND IS IT JUST YOU SHOW UP OR IS IT LIKE A UM, AN APP? IT'S AN APP BUT IT TO SHOW UP TOO.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO AND IT'S GETTING CRAZY AND IT'S BARELY CRAFTED.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE BUGGING ME OR SAYING NOT BUGGING.
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY POPULAR SUPPORT.
IT'S THE BIGGEST GROWING SUPPORT IN AMERICA.
EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING TO ME IT'S USUALLY IF I'M OUT ON A WALKIN, MY HUSBAND'S THERE LIKE I'M READY TO KILL HIM.
CUZ HE, HE SAYS THAT'S HIS GROWNING SPORT IN AMERICA.
I'M LIKE, I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, ALRIGHT.
IF YOU NEVER PLAYED IT, THEN YOU TRY IT.
IT'S PRETTY GET PRETTY GOOD AT IT PRETTY FAST.
WELL FOR, UM, PARK MAINTENANCE, THIS IS FROM JOSH.
THEY AERATED OVER, UM, DOG PARK.
YEAH, WE, WE AERATED A LOT OF PLACES.
UM, NOT JUST SAYING THE DOG PARK.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE MOVING THE REASON WHY IF YOU GUYS HAVE DRIVEN BY ANDERSON FARM PARK AND THERE'S CAUTION TAPE IN THE GOLD MOUSE OF ALL THE SOCCER GOALS.
LAST YEAR WE PUT MORE SEED IN AND PUT STRAW ON TOP OF IT.
IT WAS BECOMING A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT HAD NO GRASP WHATSOEVER.
IT WAS JUST STONES AND MUD AND IT WAS TERRIBLE.
SO WE TRIED TO FIX IT AND PEOPLE WHO USED THE FIELD REMOVED ALL OF IT AND PUT IT IN BAGS AND THREW IT ALL OUT.
SO THIS YEAR WE DID IT AGAIN AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CLOSED.
UM, PEOPLE ARE STILL USING THEM FOR PRACTICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE ARE MOVING TOMORROW MORNING, ALL THE NETS WILL GO ABOUT 20 FEET FORWARD.
UM, IT'LL BE A SHORTER FIELD, BUT NOW WE WILL HAVE NETS IN SOCCER USE.
BUT THOSE WILL STILL BE CAUTIONED OFF.
UM, CURRENT PROJECTS, THEY'RE KEEPING UP WITH MOWING, UM, MAINTAINING, UM, ALL THE BALL FIELDS.
UM, THERE ARE TWO MEMORIAL BENCHES AND ONE TREE BEING INSTALLED THIS MONTH.
A MEMORIAL TREE AND BENCH OVER AT ANDERSON ON THE FIRST SOFTBALL FIELD.
AND THEN THERE IS A TREE GOING, UM, A TREE AND BENCH OVER, UM, HERE BLACKROCK.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER TREE BEING, UM, INSTALLED AS WELL.
OTHER THINGS TO DO ON THE LIST IS, UM, MULCHING THE PLAYGROUNDS.
SO I WENT OUT AND HELPED THEM LAST WEEK.
UM, WE USUALLY HAVE VALLEY FORGE BAPTIST COME OUT AND THEY MULCH ALL THE FIELDS FOR US.
THEY WERE UNAVAILABLE LAST MINUTE THIS YEAR.
SO WHEN WE BANK ON THAT, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEAM TO DO THEM ALL IN ONE DAY NOW.
IT JUST HAS TO BE IN SPURTS WHEN WE CAN GET TO IT.
SO THOSE WILL ALL BE DONE THIS MONTH.
UM, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF TREE TRIMMING AND REMOVALS.
THEY DID A LOT OF CLEARING OUT ON THE END OF THIS TRAIL AT BLACKROCK, WHEN YOU DO THE FULL LOOP, A LOT OF DEBRIS AND DEAD TREES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THERE, UM, AS WELL AS HESS.
WANT LAST HAND? YES, ITS THREE WORDS.
IT'S WHERE A ROCKET SHIP LANDS.
SO HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO THE Y M C A, THE SPRING VALLEY? Y M C A? NO.
I WILL JUST SHOW YOU AN IMAGE OF IT AND THIS WILL ANSWER.
UM, THINK THINK ABOUT PLAYING WITH THE SPRINKLER WHEN YOU WERE A KID.
I WAS JUST SAY THE DISNEY WORLD VERSION OF THAT.
UM, FOR THE ADULT'S IN THE YES.
THAT'S AT NINE O'CLOCK WITH, WITH A BAR.
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KIDS LEFT.IT'S A UNDERTAKING, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A IDEA.
WHO'S THAT ONE? UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT HAVE GRANDKIDS THAT THINK THAT IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK A SPLASH PAD IS GREAT.
THAT CAME UP AS UM, A THING WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE MASTER PLAN.
LIKE, BUT IT WAS THAT QUESTION.
UM, WHERE DOES THAT COST? UM, OVER A MILLION, PROBABLY CLOSER TO A LOT MORE OF A MILLION.
UM, BUT UH, HOW ABOUT
I THINK THE, UNFORTUNATELY IS WE'RE IN PENNSYLVANIA, WE MIGHT GET TWO AND A HALF, MAYBE THREE MONTHS OUT OF USE OF IT.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR SPEND OF OUR MONEY.
SO IS IT AGENDA ITEM, LIKE IS IT TO BE DONE OR IS IT BECAUSE YOU THAT IS, IT'S ON THE BOARD.
IF, IF THE BOARD, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT YOU GUYS PARTICULAR, LIKE YOU GUYS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD SAYING WE DON'T AGREE WITH THIS.
LIKE, WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS LIKE TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND IF THEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE QUOTES FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS ON HOW TO DO IT AND WHAT IT WOULD ENTAIL.
BUT THE BLACKROCK AT THE PLAYGROUND, WHO KNOWS? BUT I HEARD NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE, IT'S GONNA BE A CON DIFFERENT, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.
SO IT'S, IF WE WERE IN THE SOUTH, I WOULD SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT GO FOR IT.
I SHOULD HAVE FIVE, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
I'M SAYING MISTER'S OUT AT THE PLAYGROUND CUZ IT IT GETS HOT.
IT DOES LAST, IT DOES DOUGLAS JUNE WHEN MY, MY DAUGHTER CAME UP WITH HER, WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A GRANDDAUGHTER.
YEAH, IT DOES GET HOT OUT THERE.
AND THE REASON, BUT IT WAS NICE TO GO OUT THERE.
WE ARE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY GET MORE SHADE THERE THIS YEAR.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE IT ALL CAME.
SO, UM, IS, IS THERE ANY OTHER PRESSING ITEMS, ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO BRING TO THE TABLE? A NICE POCKET.
SO WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7 35 ISH.