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EDIT THAT.[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER SIX SO WE COULD GET STARTED.SO WE CAN BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, WELCOME EVERYONE, AND LIKE OFFICIALLY WE ARE CONGRATULATING OUR CO BOARD MEMBER FOR, FOR BECOMING A BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, I GUESS JANUARY, JANUARY 2ND.
SO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU HAD SAID, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING CHANGED, BUT AT THIS POINT YOU CAN STILL BE ON THE PARKS BOARD, BUT YOU CANNOT BE AN OFFICER.
IS THAT STILL? I NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, I CANNOT BE ON TWO BOARDS, SO I AM GOING TO BE STEPPING DOWN FROM THE EAC.
SO LIKE, OH, NOW I GOTTA STEP UP TO WHAT I SAID.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HAVE RICH SINCE HE'S NOT HERE.
SINCE HE'S NOT HERE, LET'S VOLUNTEER RICH FOR SOMETHING.
ALRIGHT, SO AN OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND THAT WAS AWESOME.
WHERE LIKE, ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE THE SIDEBAR OF, IT'S AWESOME THAT SOMEBODY FROM PARKS AND REC WHO KNOWS WHAT WE DO, WHAT SUE DOES, WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FULLY REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD.
SO IT'S, I'M VERY EXCITED AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE AN AWESOME PERSON TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE, SO, YAY.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER MINUTES.I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE OCTOBER MINUTES AND THANK YOU TO TAYLOR FOR HE DOES GREAT MINUTES.
WRITE THAT
UM, AND THEN WE GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC HERE, BUT WE DID WANT TO, AND I DON'T, MARIE IF YOU WANNA SAY IT, IT'S SAD NEWS THAT WE, SO, UM, I GOT NO NOTIFICATION THIS MORNING THAT WENDY EARL PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING.
UH, UM, I HAVE NO, UM, I, THEY'VE NOT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ANY KIND OF, ANYTHING THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE.
IT WAS, THEY KNEW THAT SHE WAS NOT GONNA LAST FOR DR.
UM, AND SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT TILL FRIDAY.
SO I GUESS IT'S NOT THE NEWS I WAS EXPECTING FROM YOUR EMAIL TODAY.
WHEN I SAW YOUR EMAIL, I WOULD, I WAS MAYBE IT'S A REMINDER FOR THE CARD
THAT'S WHAT I WAS AH, BUT IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CARD.
WELL, CAN YOU KEEP US UPDATED? IF YOU HEAR ABOUT WHEN I WILL LET, SHOULD KNOW.
YEAH, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GO.
I TALKED TO, I TOLD TIM AND CHERYL THIS MORNING, SO
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND WENDY WAS A CONSUMMATE VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? SHE, SO SHE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WILL MISS HER ALONG WITH OBVIOUSLY HER FAMILY, BUT, SO THAT'S THE SAD NEWS.
AND MARIA WILL KEEP US UPDATED.
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MOVING ON OLD BUSINESS, A LOT OF WHAT I COULD THINK OF FOR THE AGENDA.I MEAN, WE ARE KIND OF IN A, IN A, YOU KNOW, A KIND OF UPDATE PHASE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, I, I DID GIVE TAYLOR LOOKING AT THE JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER STATUS INFORMATION.
DID YOU HAVE ANY SUCCESS OR NO?
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU SENDING ME ALL, ALL THE NOTES THAT YOU HAD SENT.
UM, NO RESPONSE FROM THE SCHOOL.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR OUR SAKE THAT WE TABLE OUR JUNIOR BOARD EFFORT DUE TO A LACK OF INTEREST FROM THE SCHOOL.
I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE BEAT A DEBT HORSE? YEAH, I, I AGREE.
I WAS FEELING THAT WAY, LIKE, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND GAVE IT ANOTHER SHOT.
'CAUSE I WAS, I WAS FEELING LIKE I DON'T, SO I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE ATTEMPTS.
UM, DID WE DO PJP OR DID WE JUST DO A SPRINGBOARD? WE JUST DID SPRINGBOARD.
'CAUSE THAT'S, IT MIGHT BE AWARE, THE ONE THING, THE ONE THING WE COULD TRY, BUT THEY WOULD'VE TO BE UPPER PROVIDENCE RESIDENCE.
PJ PEOPLES FROM A WIDE AREA SPRING.
'CAUSE THAT'S WAY IT AGREED UPON EVEN IN OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I JUST KNOW SOMEBODY THAT GOES THERE THAT CAN YEAH.
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PUSH IF WE WANTED TO.BUT IF THAT'S, IF WE CAN TRY, I'M GOOD WITH, BECAUSE WE DID WRITE THAT DOWN.
OR MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD MAYBE, MAYBE WE JUST NEED A DIFFERENT CONTACT PERSON TOO.
FOR NOW I'M A LITTLE PERSONALLY BURNT OUT BY IT AND A LITTLE FRUSTRATED.
AND I GUESS MAYBE IT'S ALSO A COMBINATION OF FEELING LIKE THEY, UM, SPRING, THE SPRING FORWARD ALSO WASN'T YEAH.
HE HAD NO RESPONSE FOR THE WALL.
EVEN EVEN THE WALL THAT HEALS, LIKE, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AND REVISIT.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR DOING THAT.
CAN YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE REACHING OUT TO THE TECH SCHOOL ALSO? OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS AT THE TECH SCHOOL EVER GET EXPOSED TO, BUT SOME OF THEM MIGHT WANT TO MORE SO THAN KIDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, BUT FOR NOW, STAPLES, THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, NO, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND DO WE HAVE A DEFINITION OF JUNIOR BECAUSE IS THE COLLEGE WHERE SOMEONE MAY BE IN A POLITICAL, UM, PROGRAM THAT THEY MIGHT WANT THE EXPERIENCE OR EVEN NEED THE EXPERIENCE? I THINK WE HAVE IT AS HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID IT BECAUSE LIKE, 'CAUSE IT HAD MULTI REASONS, RIGHT? WE WANTED SOMEBODY GIVE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND A LEADERSHIP ROLE, BUT WE WERE ALSO HOPING THAT THEY WOULD BE ANOTHER SOURCE FOR VOLUNTEERS.
WELL, THAT, AND WE WANT TO PLUG INTO THAT TEEN, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC.
'CAUSE THAT'S A HARD GROUP FOR US TO NAIL DOWN FOR PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING.
SO WE'RE HOPING BY GETTING SOMEONE FROM THAT DEMOGRAPHIC INTO THE BOARD, IT WOULD GIVE US IDEAS ON HOW TO REACH THEM, HOW TO CREATE PROGRAMS FOR THEM, GIVE THEM OUTLETS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO BY THE TIME THEY'RE IN COLLEGE YEAH, THEY HAVE, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BUT IT COULD BE A GOOD SOURCE OF VOLUNTEERS.
SO I THINK WE COULD CERTAINLY REVISIT THAT.
UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AS FAR AS UPPER PROVIDENCE IS CONCERNED, IS THE COLLEGE IN OUR JURISDICTION? IT'S A COLLEGE ROLE.
WELL, I MEAN WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT, ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS WAS HAVING THEM BE A UPPER PROVIDENCE RESIDENT.
SO CAN I THROW ONE OTHER PLACE THAT YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT LOOKING NEXT TIME WE DO THIS IS THAT SOME OF THE CHURCHES OH, YEAH.
UM, AROUND HERE HAVE PROGRAMS FOR THEIR OLDER KIDS THAT HINGE ON VOLUNTEERING AND JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE FOR THEM.
HEY, IF YOU INTERESTED, SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE.
DOES SOUND THAT WAY, DOESN'T IT?
WELL MAYBE, WE'LL THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
WE COULD KIND OF GET BACK INTO IT AND REALLY LIKE, LOOK AT MAYBE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
I THINK WE TABLE IT FOR NOW AND WE BRING IT BACK TO THE TABLE IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE THEN WE CAN AT LEAST DIAL IN.
IT MAY BE GET BETTER CONTEXT FOR WHO'S ACTUALLY ON A BOARD OR WHO'S IN CHARGE OF CURRICULUM OR AFTER SCHOOL.
AND WE CAN KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE MURAL PROJECT.
NO, YOU'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT
YOU'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY, BUT WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING DONE.
NO, THAT, THAT'S FINE BECAUSE WE, I THINK WE WERE, THE ONLY REASON IT'S ON HERE IS I THINK THAT THE TIMELINE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH WAS THAT AT SOME POINT IN NOVEMBER YOU'D MEET WITH, WITH SUE.
MAYBE THAT'S DECEMBER NOW AND THEN JANUARY.
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY A PRESENTATION TOO, YOU KNOW.
THE BOARD, WHEN YOU WERE A BOARD MEMBER,
DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT AT ALL? I, I LOOKED AT IT BEFORE EVERYTHING, SO I HAVE TO RE-LOOK AT IT NOW.
BECAUSE I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF WHAT NO PROBLEM.
BUT I DID OPEN, I'M HOPING TO ASK THAT'S ASK THE OTHER TWO REWRITES TO YOU ALSO.
AND THEN I COULDN'T QUITE REMEMBER WHY I, MY NOTES HAD TREE GRANT.
WAS THAT THE REFORESTATION THROUGH THE EAC OR SOMETHING? WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? WHY YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SEND SOMETHING FOR TREE? I HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE THE, THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TO TALK OF US, TALKED TO US, UM, WAS TELLING US ABOUT THE, UM, GRANTS THAT WERE IN THE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE, THE, THE ONE THAT BIDEN PASSED THE, OH,
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IT WAS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.THERE, THERE ARE GRANTS IN THERE FOR REFORESTATION AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A COUPLE GRANTS AND THEY WERE, HE WAS JUST TELLING US HOW THEY WERE USING IT.
UM, THEY USED IT FOR EDUCATION AND THEY USED IT YES.
TO PLANT SOME TREES, BUT TO, UM, TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT TREES AND GRASS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING IN FOR THAT GRANT.
'CAUSE THERE'S STILL GRANT MONEY.
I MEAN, IT IS PRETTY COMPETITIVE, BUT DOESN'T HURT THE ASKS.
SO I NEED TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO MY NOTES FROM THE EAC TO GET THE NAME OF THE GRANT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I WAS WELL AND THEN THE NEXT EAC MEETING WE HAVE IS, NEXT WEEK IS NEXT WEEK.
WHY DON'T I SAY LILY? IT'S NOT LILY IRIS IS THAT HER NAME? IRIS, UM, IS COMING OUT TO TALK ABOUT EAC AND HOW SHE RUNS THE ONES IN WARRINGTON AND SO ON.
AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS HERE, UM, THE LAST EAC MEETING, I ACTUALLY SAW HIM A COUPLE TIMES AND HE REMEMBERED US.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO GET STARTED.
WHICH REMINDS ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT WEDNESDAY?
UH, SOMETHING I DON'T GOING TO AN EAC C MEETING.
'CAUSE WE'RE EVERY OTHER MONTH.
'CAUSE MY WEEKS ARE ALL MESSED UP.
SO THAT'S NOT THANKSGIVING WEEK RIGHT NOW? NO.
JUST GIVE ME, I'LL SEND YOU THE REMINDER DETAILS.
AND WE WHERE IT'S HERE SAME TIME.
JEFF IS MUCH MORE DIRECTIVE TO THE POINT.
AND THEN WE, I GUESS PARKS AND RECREATION, GROUND UP GROUNDS UPDATES.
SO WE, UM, THAT'S LIKE OUR LOOSE TERM FOR ALL OF THE, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO REMARK REALLY QUICK.
IF ANYBODY DROVE IN THE BACK ENTRANCE BY THE TENNIS COURTS TONIGHT, YOU, WELL, WHEN YOU LEAVE, IF YOU'RE GOING, UM, AS YOU LEAVE, GO OUT BY THE TENNIS COURTS, YOU'LL SEE TWO HUGE TRACTOR TRAILERS.
OUR RESTROOMS WERE DELIVERED TODAY.
I'M DEFINITELY DRIVING THAT WAY NOW.
THE CRANE IS COMING TOMORROW TO LIFT THEM INTO THE SPACE AND GET THEM SET UP AND SETTLED.
I'LL GIVE ETA WHEN THEY'RE USABLE.
BUT THEY ARE HERE ON CAMPUS AND THEY LOOK GREAT.
UM, WE GET TO USE 'EM FIRST, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE AS YOU DRIVE OUT THE ORANGE, UM, SNOW FENCING WAS REMOVED AND A TON OF THE GRASS GREW REALLY NICELY.
SO THEY DID REMOVE A LOT OF OUR MAJORITY OF THE ORANGE FENCING.
SO PEOPLE NOW, THERE'S NOT THOSE BARRIERS, BUT TETRIS TYPE OF LAB THAT YOU HAD TO TRY TO FOLLOW TO GET INTO THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, OTHERWISE IF YOU'RE ALONG THE TRAVELS, I KNOW WE'RE NOT DOING THE PARK WATCH ANYMORE, BUT IF YOU DO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE DOG PARK, YOU REDID THE BATHROOM THERE.
OH, SO TO SOMEWHAT, UM, I LOVE AND EVERYBODY LOVES THE NATURAL CEDAR WEATHER BUILDING.
UM, AND AS WE KEEP MAINTAINING IT, WE HAVE TO SAND IT AND THEN RESTAIN IT AND THEN REPROTECT IT.
EVERY TIME WE SAND IT, WE LOSE INCHES AND INCHES AND INCHES OBVIOUSLY.
SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW WHERE IT'S LIKE, MAKE OR BREAK.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO INSTEAD OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS AMAZING IN THOSE BUILDINGS, THERE'S NO NEED TO TEAR THEM DOWN AND RESTART.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A BEAD AND BATTEN OR BOARD AND BATTEN, I ALWAYS SAY THEM WRONG BOARD AND BATTEN, WHICH I LOVE, IT'S LIKE MY FAVORITE DESIGN, BUT I CAN'T SAY IT.
RIGHT BOARD AND BATTEN, UM, HARDY BOARD IS COVERING ALL THE CEDAR.
SO THE, WE PRACTICED RAN IT WITH THE DOG PARK BATHROOM AND THAT JUST GOT FINISHED.
SO OTHER GUTTERS, IT CAME OUT GREAT.
SO IT'S THE SAME COLOR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO THIS IS STONE TO MATCH ALL THE BUILDINGS HERE.
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE THE BOARD AND BATTEN.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE GUTTERS.
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SO IF YOU WANNA PASS.AND THE ROOM, I LIKE THE COLOR TOO.
SO IT SHOULD MATCH ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE COLOR OUT HERE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE YOU'LL SEE IS THE DOORS ARE, THEY MATCH THE ROOF.
THE ROOF ISN'T RED, THE ROOF ON.
THAT'S THE ONLY COOL SLIGHT DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'LL SEE.
AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PRESSURE WASH IT.
SO ALL THE OTHER OUTBUILDINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS WILL ALL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
UM, MOST OF THE ROOFS THAT WE HAVE, SOME OF THEM ARE RED, SOME OF THEM WERE RED AND NOW LIKE A PURPLE COLOR.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE, UM, UM, SHINGLES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH WHAT'S ON THERE.
SO THEY MIGHT NOT ALL LOOK IDENTICAL, BUT THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE THE SAME NAME.
UM, OTHERWISE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IT IS NOVEMBER.
SO A LOT OF OUR THINGS WILL BE WINTERIZED.
SO A LOT OF THE WATER FOUNTAINS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL BE TURNED OFF.
WE'VE ALREADY HIT A COUPLE NIGHTS OF FREEZING.
SO WE USUALLY WAIT UNTIL RIGHT AROUND THANKSGIVING OR RIGHT AFTER TO DO ALL THAT.
SO, UM, THAT WILL BE COMING UP AS WELL.
SHE JUST WALKS STRAIGHT TO IT.
LIKE, OKAY, PUSH THE BUTTON, LET'S GO.
BUT, UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG GROUND UPDATES THAT I WILL, I WILL GIVE YOU.
UM, WHILE THE HEELS WAS, EVERYBODY I THINK HERE WAS THERE.
RICH, I'M SURE YOU DROVE BY AT SOME POINT WHEN I THINK HE WAS THERE BEFORE THURSDAY NIGHT.
I WAS THERE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE.
OH, UH, THE CANDLELIGHT WAS, YEAH.
YOU CAME UP TO ME AND I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE YOU.
IT WAS LIKE, AND THEN YOU WENT BY AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, I KNOW THAT
BUT IT WAS, I WOULD LOVE, UM, WELL, BEFORE I GET THERE, WE DID HAVE OUR, ONE OF OUR MEETINGS TODAY OR ONE OF OUR FINAL GET TOGETHERS.
UM, IT WASN'T ONE OF OUR FINAL MEETINGS.
CAN WE NOT EDIT? WAIT, DID I MISS SOMETHING? NO, BUT KIND LIKE, NO, IT WAS JUST, ANYWAYS, UM, MEETINGS.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY HAVE ANY PHOTOS OR VIDEOS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CANVASS THAT, HOW TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE VIDEOS AND PICTURES AS WELL AS HOW WE'RE GOING TO STORE THEM AND HOW THEY CAN UPLOAD THEM.
SO IT'S A WHOLE WEBSITE THING.
AND WE'RE HAVING LINDA NOW WORK ON, UM, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER DATE UPDATE THAT I HAVE LATER.
UM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET A PICTURE OF WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON THAT NIGHT WITH EVERYONE'S CANDLE.
BECAUSE I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MIKE AND DON TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BEHIND THE WALL.
SO THEY WERE STANDING THERE LIKE READY TO GO.
SO I DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT ACTUALLY LIGHT UP.
AND I THINK THEY WOULD JUST BE REALLY COOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ONE WITH THE CANDLES, BUT I KNOW I HAVE 'EM WITH THE WALL.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ONE WITH THE CANDLES THOUGH.
WELL, I WASN'T IN THE VIDEO OF IT.
AND WE TURNED EVERYTHING ORANGE.
BUT, UM, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR RECOMMENDATION OR NOT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE'LL BE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO SEND IN PHOTOS AND AN UPLOAD OPTION FOR THAT.
UM, WHEN WE WERE ALL DONE ON SUNDAY, THE, IT WAS THE MOST SURREAL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE AS THE TRACTOR TRAILER IS GETTING HOOKED UP, ALL EVERYONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS WAS PUTTING ALL THE PARTS OF THE PARK BACK.
IT'S LIKE THE SOCCER NESTS ARE BEING PUT BACK.
THE TRASH CANS ARE BEING REPLACED.
WE WERE PUTTING THE DECK HOCKEY RINK AREA BACK TOGETHER.
LIKE, AND THEN YOU JUST STOPPED.
YOU WATCH THE WALL LOAD UP, DRIVE AWAY, AND YOU TURNED AROUND.
I WAS LIKE, LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.
A YEAR AND A HALF OF WORK AND EVERYTHING.
AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A VERY, VERY SURREAL, VERY EMOTIONAL PROCESS.
SO, UM, QUESTION, HOW COME A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T COME TO IT? WE DIDN'T GET A SINGLE RESPONSE FROM ANYONE.
BUT PJP SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS DON'T OWN THE SCHOOL BUSES.
SO WE OFFERED TO PAY FOR THE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
THERE WAS MONEY TO PAY FOR IT AND NO ONE WAS JUST IT ODD.
AND WE ACTUALLY, IT'S, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT JOHN BROUGHT UP ALMOST DAILY OF HOW UPSET HE WAS.
LIKE HE ALMOST WANTED TO LIKE WRITE A LETTER.
IF THERE'S A LEGAL REASON, I DON'T KNOW THE WENT OUT.
EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T BRING THE STUDENTS, THEY COULD HAVE MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALL AWARE, EVEN IF HE HAD NO IDEA HE'S A STUDENT.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY DID THAT.
WELL THAT WAS LIKE, WE PREPARED THE PROCESSION ROUTE ACCORDING TO WHERE THE SCHOOLS WERE AND
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YEAH.IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING THAT WE DIDN'T GET LIKE EVEN A RESPONSE.
SO, UM, A LITTLE EMOTIONAL THERE.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, BECAUSE OF ALL OF OUR EFFORTS, WE HAD WELL OVER 11, I DON'T THINK IT WAS JUST 11,000 PEOPLE.
OH, IT, IT, IT HAD A, WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COUNT 'EM ALL, BECAUSE ONCE TIM AND HEIDI YEAH.
LEFT, WE WERE STILL LIKE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY WERE STILL, WHEN I LEFT AT TWO O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY, THERE WAS STILL PEOPLE AT THE WALL.
I WAS LIKE, HOW ARE WE COUNTING THOSE, TRACKING ALL THOSE PEOPLE? WELL, SOME, I GUESS THEY WERE CLICKING.
BUT THEY DID THAT EVERY 15, 20 MINUTES.
LIKE IT WASN'T, AND THEY LEFT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THEN THEY DIDN'T COME BACK UNTIL EIGHT O' AND THEY DIDN'T COME BACK UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.
THEIR MOST THAT THEY EVER HAD AT ANY SITE EVER SINCE THEY STARTED DOING THIS WAS 17,000 PEOPLE.
AND I WAS LIKE, WE ARE GONNA BLOW THAT NUMBER OUT OF THE PARK.
SO WHEN WE CAME IN AT 11, I WAS LIKE, I THINK WE HAD MORE, I WANNA SAY WE HAD LIKE 14 SINCE WE RAN OUT OF PARKING.
SATURDAY NIGHT WE RAN OUT OF PARKING.
DID PEOPLE COME DURING THE WEE HOURS? MM-HMM.
ONCE I SAID AT TWO IN THE MORNING WHEN I LEFT, THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE COMING IN.
NOT A LOT, BUT THEY WERE STILL TRICKLING IN REAL SLOW.
I WAS TOO AT SIX IN THE MORNING ON SUNDAY.
AND IN THE RAIN PEOPLE WERE STILL COMING, COMING.
I WAS JUST, PEOPLE COME AFTER IT WAS PACKED UP AND IT WAS LIKE THE TRAILER WAS LEAVING AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WHERE'S THE WALL? WE CAME ALL THIS WAY TO SEE AND WE'RE LIKE, HERE IN THAT TRAILER.
DID HE EVER GET A, WAS HE, WAS HE ABLE TO GET THAT PICTURE? THAT WE HE, HE DID GET IT.
I'LL HAVE TO SEND, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
I NEED SOMEONE WHO'S A MAGICIAN WITH LIKE PHOTOSHOP OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING.
ALL OF THE LIGHTS ARE LIKE BLURRY.
UM, YEAH, FRIDAY NIGHT WAS EERIE BECAUSE THE ORANGE LIGHTING, BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING EVENT.
THAT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME.
UM, I JUST, I WANTED EVERYBODY TO GO AND I POSTED ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE, ONE OF MY FRIENDS IN NEW JERSEY, IT'S GOING TO HER TOWN.
BUT IT WAS JUST, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK DONE THAT, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TEAM.
LIKE THERE IS NO WAY ONE PERSON, OH, TAKE THAT RUN.
IT HAD TO BE A TEAM EFFORT INVOLVED.
SO MANY, IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TIM HAD SAID, UM, IN HIS CLOSING REMARKS TOO TO US WAS OUT OF THE 10 YEARS, 11, I THINK THIS WAS HIS 11TH YEAR DOING IT.
AND HE'S LIKE, OUT OF ALL THIS HITS I'VE GONE TO, THERE WAS NOTHING I WOULD'VE CHANGED.
THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULD'VE DONE TO MAKE IT BETTER.
THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULD'VE DONE TO TOP WHAT YOU DID.
HE WAS LIKE, BASICALLY WE'RE LIKE THE NEW LEARNING CURVE AND OUR PROCESSION IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA USE AS THE EXAMPLE MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEY'RE CHANGING SOME OF THEIR LET'S TRAINING AND LIKE FROM I'LL.
AND HE WAS, HE WAS FANTASTIC NEWSLETTER.
AND AS A SET, HE WAS THAT WE HAD THE HUEY THERE.
HE WAS NOT A FAN OF THAT BEING THERE.
OH, TIM WASN'T? NO, IT WASN'T HIS FAVORITE THING.
HE, THE HELICOPTER ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
OH, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST DRAW.
OH, THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT PTSD ISSUES AND THINGS THAT WOULD COME UP BY SEEING IT OR HEARING IT.
BUT IT GOT A REALLY POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VETS THAT GOT BACK IN AND LIKE HELD ON THEIR, I WAS HERE AND LIKE, WELL YOU HAD THE 80 YEAR OLD GUY WHO WAS AIRBORNE.
HE SAID, THIS IS IS HOW YOU JUMP OUT OF ONE
YOU WERE GOING LIKE, NO, NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE JUMPING OUT.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET EMOTIONS ANYWHERE.
HE'S LIKE, TOM WAS DOING THE GOLF CART AND THERE WERE SOME VET'S WHO LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO SAID, YOU WANNA STOP IT.
AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO, BEEN IN IT TOO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, IT, IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE WAY WE SEE THAT, THAT EDUCATIONAL CENTER, THAT'S WHERE I WAS, WAS SET, WAS STATIONED THAT EDUCATIONAL CENTER AND TIM MM-HMM.
AND THE FIRST ONE LISTENED TO, AND THAT WAS VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY.
THE KIDS WERE THERE AND THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
'CAUSE THEN THEY LATER DID THE, UM, THE UH, FLAG.
THEY DID ONE OF THE CEREMONIES, THE ONE FLAG CEREMONIES.
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AMAZING.IT'S A GREAT HISTORY LESSON FOR HIM.
KIDS WHO DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WELL.
AND THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF GETTING THE SCHOOL ZONE.
I KNOW THAT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT LIKE WHY WE WANTED 'EM TO COME BECAUSE HE HAD A DIFFERENT PER AGE GROUP.
HE HAD A DIFFERENT SPEECH READY.
SO HE WAS LIKE, I COULD RELATE TO ANY KID, ANY WALK OF LIFE THAT COMES IN HERE, I WILL RELATE IT TO THEM.
AND HE WAS COMPLETELY BUMMED OUT.
HOWEVER, ON THURSDAY WHEN WE REALIZED WE HAVE NO TOURS REALLY COMING IN, WE HAVE LIKE THREE OR FOUR, UM, SCHEDULED TO GO.
HE GAVE ME A LIST OF TIMES THAT HE'D BE WILLING TO DO TOURS.
AND SO WE PUT IT ON FACEBOOK SAYING LIKE, THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE FROM THE WASHINGTON WALL ITSELF.
THEY CAME ALL THE WAY HERE TO TOUR TO GIVE YOU THE BEST TOURS THAT THEY CAN.
AND WE PACKED THE HOUSES EVERY TOUR ONCE THAT WENT OUT.
SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, ONCE YOU GOT THE WORD OUT, IT WAS MORE MEANINGFUL.
HE WAS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE P OOW BRACELET.
AND WHEN I WAS 12, 13, I SOLD, I HAVE ONE IN MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU I SOLD THOSE BRACELETS.
AND THE GUY THAT MY BRACELET WAS, I FOUND HIM ON THE WALL.
WHICH THE SAD PART IS NOW WE KNOW.
BUT I HAD CONNECTION WITH HIS WIFE YEARS AGO.
SO THAT REALLY BROUGHT UP, 'CAUSE I WORK POW BRACELET FOR ANYBODY THAT'S THERE.
BUT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE WORN ONE
THAT WAS REALLY, WE HAD A LOT OF MOVING STORIES THAT PEOPLE WERE VERY OPEN TO SHARE.
AND IT WAS, I WASN'T PREPARED 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY IN THE WALL.
I WASN'T PREPARED FOR WHAT TO EXPECT.
WAS A, I'M A CRYBABY AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT
I'M DOING, I'M DOING TRAFFIC
AND I THOUGHT LIKE, YOU WERE DOING GREAT.
I THOUGHT I'M GONNA BE LIKE, PRETTY MUCH SAFE FROM ALL THE, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY RIES, I'M CRYING.
THIS, AND THERE WAS ONE WOMAN WHO JUST STOPPED AND I WENT OVER TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, TELLING HER TO GO AND CARS ARE CRYING UP BEHIND HER.
AND SHE, SHE JUST, SHE SAYS, IS THAT DECK HOCKEY? AND I SAID, YES.
AND SHE JUST BURST OUT CRYING.
AND THEN SHE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME, BUT I, THEY'RE ALL MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS ON THAT WALL.
AND I'M, SHE SAID, I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS.
AND I'M LIKE, NOW I'M BAWLING.
AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, LET YOU KNOW.
HOW ABOUT LET'S PULL OVER PARKING.
WE GOTTA GET THE PARKING GOAL, BUT I, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH YOU DRIVING.
SO IT WAS LIKE HE'S, I GOT MY VEST ON.
BUT I HEARD A LOT OF THAT, THE MOBILE ONE, IT WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIM.
I WAS LIKE, 'CAUSE IT WAS ALL LOCAL.
IT WAS A LOT MORE OF NOT JUST, OH, I MIGHT, HERE'S THE NAME I RECOGNIZE.
IT WAS LIKE, NO, THEY WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THEM.
SO HOPEFULLY, I MEAN IT WAS EXECUTED VERY, VERY WELL.
DID WE COME UP THROUGH WITH HIS, UM, MONEY FOR? NOT YET.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT CHECK YET.
BUT JUST CURIOUS HOW THE FINANCES BALANCE.
FOR ME IT RAINING IT BEING A SADDER KIND OF SOMBER DAY ON SUNDAY.
LIKE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT HAD TO BE THAT WAY AND IT WASN'T TERRIBLE.
NO, I MEAN WE HAD THAT LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT WAS JUST YEAH.
THE MIST AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE CLOSE DOWN OF IT.
WE DID NOT GO NEARLY THROUGH THE AMOUNT OF TISSUES THAT I EXPECTED.
I HAVE ONE STORY I WENT WANTED TELL HIM BECAUSE I, THIS GUY MADE ME CRY LIKE CRAZY.
SO HE'S FROM NEW JERSEY AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO HEAR THAT THE WALL WAS GONNA BE HERE.
AND HE CAME EARLY AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HIM, I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT HE WAS THERE AND HE WAS HELPING THEM CARRY THE DIFFERENT PIECES.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, HE CARRIED THE PIECE THAT HAD HIS BROTHER'S NAME ON IT.
WAS THERE DAY YOU'D KNOWN HIM IF YOU SAW HIM? HE WAS A BIG DUDE.
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LIVED UP HERE FROM LOBBY TIME.AB, C INTERVIEWED HIM THAT DAY.
HE SAID, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M ON TV TELLING ABOUT MY BROTHER.
OH, WAS HE COVERAGE? WE GOT SMALL COVERAGE, BUT WE DID GET, JOHN HAD A PIECE THE THIRD, WHAT NIGHT WAS THAT? THURSDAY NIGHT IT AIRED.
SO WE'RE GONNA, I I BELIEVE THE LINK IS STILL LIVE.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE IN THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
BUT WE DID HAVE A SMALL BLURB, BUT THEY MENTIONED IT ON THE NEWS PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
REALLY? WHEN I GOT UP IN THE MORNING, IT WAS ONE OF THE STORIES ON CHANNEL SIX.
WE COULDN'T GET, WE HAD CONFLICTING BETWEEN THE POLICE OFFICER'S FUNERAL AND THE PHILLIES.
WE JUST COULD NOT CATCH A BREAK WITH ANY OF THE OTHER STATIONS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING.
BUT WE HAD TWO PEOPLE FROM A, B, C COME UP.
BECAUSE TIM PERSONALLY ASKED US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT OUR NAME IN.
YOU CAN ONLY DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND HE WOULD LIKE US TO PUT OUR NAME IN THE HAT IN FOUR YEARS.
HE SAID HE WILL CONSIDER US HAPPEN AGAIN.
HE WAS LIKE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE GIVEN TOP PRIORITY.
SO NOW WE KNOW WHAT TO DO DIFFERENT.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE REALLY ACCURATE COUNTERS.
I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE PEOPLE ON THERE.
YOU'RE GONNA COUNT ALL THE CARS.
HOW WHEN THEY COME IN, HOW MANY, HOW SILLY WOULD YOU KNOW HOW THAT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A PLACE TO COUNTER THAT? YOU DING.
WE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD THINK THE POLICE WOULD HAVE THAT.
SO I, I ALREADY STARTED WRITING NOTES IN FOUR YEARS.
BUT HONESTLY, THE PEOPLE DOING TRAFFIC COULD COUNT.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE CAR.
AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, BUSES WERE COMING.
I TOOK NOTES JUST IN CASE YOU DECIDE TO DO IT AGAIN.
LIKE, OKAY, HOW MUCH FURTHER CAN WE PUSH THIS AND WE'LL, YES.
AT LEAST NOW WE KNOW THE SITE WORKS PERFECTLY.
IT WORKED OUT FOR, FOR UM, FOR A RUN, A DRY RUN THAT TURNED OUT TO BE PRETTY DARN GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE TRUCK DRIVER OR ONE OF THE, SOMEONE ELSE VISITING SAID THEY WERE AT ANOTHER SITE AND THEY HAD NO COOPERATION FROM THE POLICE, THE FIRE OR THE TOWNSHIP REALLY.
IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE JUST LIKE THROWN OUT TO JUST FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THEY WERE IMPRESSED ON HOW MUCH EVERYONE WORKED TOGETHER.
WE WERE, SEE WE WERE VERY LUCKY.
I HAVE TO SAY RUNNING THIS WITH JOHN, I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WE DID BECAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE DONE HALF OF IT WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THERE.
AND PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY THAT HAD CONNECTIONS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE.
LIKE, BUT THAT'S EVERY EVENT THAT I DO.
AND MAYBE FOR THE SAME TIME AROUND NOW, PEOPLE WILL WANT TO BECAUSE YOU KNOWS WELL I ALREADY, I TOLD JOHN, I WAS LIKE, YOU HEARD THEBAN, SO I DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE 80, WHATEVER,
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR COMING AND VOLUNTEERING.
UM, IT WENT OFF PRETTY SEAMLESSLY.
WE HAD A COUPLE ISSUES AND REALLY I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR IT TO GO ANY BETTER THAN IT DID.
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FORWARD ON THE AGENDA REAL QUICK.THERE IS A LINE ITEM ABOUT, UM, PRPS APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE HAVE THE PERFECT IDEA.
SO I'M ASSUMING LYNN'S JUST GONNA GRAB YOU WHEN YOU GUYS ARE GONNA WELL, YEAH, WELL THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT TOO.
LIKE WHEN WE GET TO THAT, 'CAUSE YEAH, THAT'S WHY I PUT THE, YOU KNOW, W PLENTY OF PICTURES FOR YOU.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE, 'CAUSE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU AT THE, AT THE VERY END.
AND WE'RE COMING UP ON IT AGAIN.
SO, SO IT'S PROBABLY, DID YOU GET, DO YOU HAVE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW OR WANNA DO YOU CARE? I DON'T CARE.
SO SECOND IN, DID YOU, 'CAUSE LAST TIME YOU HAD THE INFORMATION AND THE APPLICATION WAS DUE BY JANUARY 1ST OR JANUARY THE 10TH I CALL.
AND UM, AND SO I THINK WHAT, WHAT WE DID, MY RECOLLECTION IS WHAT WE DID INITIALLY IS FIND OUT WHEN THE DUE DATE WAS, LOOK THROUGH IT TO SEE WHAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE AWARD THAT WE WERE GOING FOR.
AND MAYBE IT'S THE SAME SET OF AWARDS, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT ONCE WE DECIDE WHICH ONE AND WHAT THE
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CRITERIA IS.WE, WE BULLET POINTED THINGS THAT YOU THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE BROUGHT UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE EVER USED.
I REACHED OUT TO, TO GET QUOTES AND THEN TAYLOR PRETTY MUCH DID EVERYTHING ELSE AS FAR AS LIKE RIGHT.
YOU DID THE WRITE UP BASED ON INFORMATION YOU GOT, I GUESS FROM SARAH OR SO, LIKE ANYBODY WANNA HELP IN THAT PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY BUSY NOW.
IS THAT, ARE YOU STILL, YOU'RE I CAN, I CAN HELP THIS, THIS UP.
YOU WOULD BE GOOD TO I THIS UP.
TAYLOR, I CAN HELP YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY OKAY.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED HELP WITH, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT.
UM, HE DOES A GREAT WRITE, WRITE UP.
AND THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHO, LIKE WE'LL GET QUOTES.
LIKE I WOULD SAY I'D ASK SUE IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO TIM FROM THE WALL HEELS.
I'LL SEND AN EMAIL RIGHT AWAY.
TO, UM, TO JOHN WHILE HE'S STILL A SUPERVISOR.
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS ON THE PPS WEBSITE THERE'S A PAGES THAT'S BECOME A MEMBER.
LOOK, LOOK WHO'S FEATURED
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER VERSUS WE WRITE IT UP.
WE DO, WE DO THE, THE LEGWORK AND THEN SUE SENDS IT 'CAUSE SHE'S THE MEMBER.
I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING FROM THE YET.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T DON'T ISN'T IT DUE? YEAH, BUT YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE IT'S NOT EVEN TAKING RE I'M NOT SEEING REGISTRATION YET.
2024 AWARDS PROGRAMS OF ONLINE FORMS OPENINGS.
UM, IF IT'S, IF THIS IS CORRECT, THE CATEGORIES WOULD BE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, DISTINGUISHED MEMBER AWARD, OUTSTANDING NEW PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY CHAMPION EXCELLENCE IN PARKS AND RECREATIONS AGENCY OF THE YEAR.
UH, THAT MEANS I HAVE TO GO SEVEN TIMES.
WE'LL, UH, WE'LL LOOK TO SEE WHICH ONE DID WE GET LAST YEAR? WAS THAT EXCELLENCE PARK AND REC EXCELLENCE, WASN'T IT? YEAH, I THINK SO.
I THINK IT'S JUST OFF, OFF SUBJECT.
I THINK IT IS NOT OKAY FOR PRPS TO MAKE THIS WHOLE THEME ISLAND THEMED WHEN WE'RE IN SEVENTH SPRINGS.
LIKE THE CONFERENCE IS ISLAND REALLY ROOTED FOR MARCH AND MIDDLE OF NOWHERE PA SAY YEAH.
SO HOW ABOUT THE ACTION IS, I'LL PUT THAT IN THE APP.
SO, SO IS IT APPROPRIATE TO SAY THE ACTION WOULD BE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE WHICH AWARD IS MOST? DO YOU WANT WANT TO DO THAT LOOKING AT ME? OR YOU WANT ME TO MEET WITH YOU? DO YOU WANT WHAT LIKE WAS WE, SO THE WAY IT WORKED, THE WAY SUE HAS TO SUBMIT THE ACTUAL FORM 'CAUSE SHE'S THE PR P'S MEMBER.
SO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WAS I BASICALLY WROTE UP A PRETTY BROAD, UM, WRITEUP AND THEN YOU HAVE TO INPUT IT IN SPECIFIC BOXES ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.
AND THEN WE CHOPPED IT UP, PUT IT IN THERE AND WE DID IT.
WE MET UP TOGETHER AND DID IT.
UM, SO I THINK WE'LL DO A SIMILAR THING THIS YEAR AND WE GOT IT IN A WEEK BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
SO IS IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM US THEN OTHER THAN SUE WILL GET A QUOTE FROM TIM.
IF ANYBODY, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GATHER QUOTES AND JUST EMAIL THEM TO ME, I'LL MAKE SURE THEY'RE INCLUDED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO, UH, IF YOU HAVE QUOTES KEN, IF YOU ALWAYS SEND ME YOUR THOUGHTS, UM, THAT'D BE GREAT.
IT ALWAYS, IT ALWAYS IS NICE WHEN YOU HAVE A TITLE.
OR YOUR WIFE OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED TOO.
LIKE WHAT? HOWEVER YOU, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE OH, QUOTE ABOUT THE WALL THAT WE YEAH.
JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR IS JUST, I'M SURE I CAN GET ONE BECAUSE, UM, BOBBY WHO WAS IN THE VALLEY FORGE THERE, THERE, SHE VOLUNTEERED A LOT.
SO I KNOW I CAN GET SOMETHING FROM HER YEAH.
AND THE, THE QUOTE, LIKE WHAT WE DID IS, IS REALLY JUST SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT A GREAT EVENT AND THAT THAT THE, THE TEAMWORK THAT THE TOWNSHIP SHOWED AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACT THAT THEY WERE IN WILLING TO OR INTERESTED ENOUGH TO BRING
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THIS TYPE OF THING TO OUR COMMUNITY.LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO MAKE IT SO IT'S A SPECIAL YEP.
AND THIS CREATED A REGIONAL DRAW.
IT CREATED AN OUT-OF-STATE DRAW.
AND IT INVOLVED, IT CAUSED SOMEBODY, YOU JUST SAID SOMEBODY FROM NEW JERSEY CAME MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY.
I'VE BEEN TO NEW JERSEY THAT'S ON, ACROSS THE STREET.
ANYBODY ELSE FROM THAT BOARD OF SUPERVISOR? SHOULD I JUST DO JOHN? WELL DO JOHN.
I MEAN GI GI WAS PART OF THE COMMITTEE TOO.
HE HELPED WITH GETTING ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THE BIGGEST ONE.
AND THEN WE HAD, WE HAD COMCAST THERE VOLUNTEERING.
WE HAD G-S-K-S-E-I, GILMORE AND ASSOCIATES WROTE A VERY LONG THANKFUL EMAIL ON US EVEN DOING THIS AND GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER.
UM, AND I HAVE A LOT OF IS THERE ANYTHING IN THAT EMAIL THAT COULD BE TAKEN AS A QUOTE? HAVE, YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU THIS.
HOW MANY DO YOU NEED? AS MANY AS YOU CAN HAVE.
IT'S I'LL ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
SO KEN, I THINK IT'S MEANINGFUL COMING.
BECAUSE YOU WERE ON THE COMMITTEE.
OR CAN YOU REACH OUT TO AND I KNOW MY WIFE, I MEAN, SHE LEARNED A LOT.
SHE HAD TO, THAT SHE GAVE TO HER KIDS.
SO SHE WAS, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO JOHN.
I MEAN, WE, I THINK WE ALL WERE IMPRESSED BY TIM.
I, HOW CAN YOU NOT BE AMAZING? IS SHE A GOOD ONE TO AND HIS MASCOT MITCH.
WHO YOU'D BE LIKE, COME ON MITCH, LET'S GO THE, UM, CHAIR OF THE BOS.
I THINK WE DO AGENCY OVER HERE READING IT.
WHEN DO YOU WANT THIS BY? UM, PATRICIA'S BEST.
WELL IT'S STILL FRESH IN EVERYBODY'S MINDS.
SEND EVERYBODY A QUICK JUST IN CASE THERE'S UH, NO LIFE HAPPENS.
SO LET'S, LET'S COME UP WITH A DATE QUOTE BY NO, WE'LL ASK THEM TO GET QUOTE BY WHAT IS TODAY? TODAY.
I WAS, I WAS THINKING, WELL, HE SAID A WEEK.
SO I WAS THINKING FRIDAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS HIT.
BECAUSE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS WE'RE ALL GONNA FORGET IT.
WHAT DAY IS THAT? WE THINK IT WENT WELL,
BUT WE'LL BE ONTO THE NEXT THING.
IS THAT THE 18TH THE QUESTION? UM, FRIDAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO BE, WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON COOKING AND EATING.
LET'S JUST NOT DOUBLE DUPE PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO I'LL DO YEAH.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO 10, RIGHT? YEAH.
I'M GONNA, I THINK I MIGHT TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE BOY SCOUT GROUP THAT CAME OUT.
BECAUSE THEY, AFTER THEY WENT, THEY WENT DOWN TO THE PAVILION AND HAD THEIR LITTLE SCOUT MEETING.
SO I THINK I MIGHT REACH OUT TO THEM.
'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SHAREPOINT.
AND HONESTLY, THAT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING THE, THE BREADTH OF THE PEOPLE AT IMPACT, NOT JUST OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISOR.
NEED TO FIND THE 80 OLD COP, EIGHT YEAR OLD GUY
I KNOW THE ONE GUY THAT I HAD, HE COULD HARDLY MOVE AND HE WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO THE WALL.
AND HIS WIFE SAYS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE, HE COULD HARDLY WALK.
THAT'S THE ONE I ACTUALLY GOT TIM TO LET ME DRIVE HIM.
I HAD HIM DRIVE UP TO THE WALL.
I DID HIS PENCILING FORM HIM AND BROUGHT HIM BACK.
AND HE WAS, UM, HE WAS LIKE, RECON, OH, GET OUT.
SO WHEN A PILOT WENT DOWN, THEY WOULD FLY HIM IN ON THAT HUEY THAT WE SAW.
AND IT WAS A RACE AGAINST TIME TO GET THE PILOT BEFORE THE VIETNAM BEAT UP VIETNAMESE.
HE WAS LIKE, HE WAS TELLING ME THIS WHOLE STORY ALL THE WAY DOWN.
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, GLAD YOU MADE IT, BUT RIGHT.
THERE WAS, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THERE WAS A STORY SIMILAR TO THIS WOMAN.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF HER WITH TWO OF HER VOLUNTEERS
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TRYING TO FIND THE NAME ON THE WALL.AND SHE SOMEHOW GRAVITATED TO ME LATER IN THAT NIGHT.
AND UM, SHE WAS ALL JUST LIKE, YOU TELL SHE'S SUPER FLUSTERED.
AND I TOLD WHOEVER ELSE I WAS TALKING TO, I WAS LIKE, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
LIKE, ARE YOU OKAY? AND SHE GOES ON THIS STORY THAT HER BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS, UM, MIA, LIKE HE WAS NEVER FOUND, BUT HE WAS NEVER ACTUALLY PUT ON ANY OF THE WALLS 'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM OR THEY COULDN'T PUT WHERE, WHEN HE PASSED ANYTHING.
THEY JUST KNEW THAT THEY NEVER BROUGHT HIM BACK.
AND IT WAS 44 YEARS THEY'D BEEN WAITING.
BUT EIGHT YEARS AGO THIS, UM, VIETNAMESE INDIVIDUAL THAT SAW HIS PLANE CRASH AND SAW PEOPLE GO BURY THEM.
CAME FORWARD EIGHT YEARS AGO SAYING, I SAW IT.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.
IT WAS EVERYBODY IN THAT PLANE WAS FINALLY ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO SHE WAS LIKE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M ABLE TO SAY GOODBYE OR LIKE SEE HIM.
SO IT WAS JUST LIKE INCREDIBLE.
LIKE EXACTLY HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? AND THEN LIKE MY MIND WENT TO LIKE, HOW DID THEY CLEAN ALL THIS UP? LIKE HOW DO YOU EVEN, LIKE, IT'S JUST THINGS THAT ARE JUST BEYOND MY IMAGINATION.
BUT I WAS LIKE, THIS INDIVIDUAL, THIS VIETNAMESE INDIVIDUAL BECAME A REPORTER AND JOURNALIST.
SO HE FELT LIKE IT WAS LIKE HIS DUTY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF HIDING IT AND BEING LIKE NERVOUS TO SAY ANYTHING TO FINALLY COME OUT AND LIKE SAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM LIKE WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE PEOPLE.
OKAY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR HOURS.
AND I, I TALKED ABOUT YEAH BECAUSE IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IMPACTFUL STORIES.
BUT RIVER CREST HAVE ABSOLUTELY DROPPED THAT BALL.
SO, UM, I WILL GO INTO THAT WITH SAYING I DO HAVE TO NOW REEVALUATE HOW I'M GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE, UM, WE NO LONGER HAVE, WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH, UM, LINDA AND HER COMPANY AND LINDA IS SOMEONE WHO HELPED US ON THE WALL.
SHE HELPED US BEFORE AMBER CAME IN AND DURING AMBER'S UM, MATERNITY LEAVE, UM, AMBER IS NO LONGER HERE AND OH, UM, LINDA AND HER DANDELIONS MARKETING GROUP WILL BE TAKING OVER OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT COMING IN AND STARTING.
SO I DO HAVE TO GET WITH HER TO FIGURE OUT WITH HER EXPERTISE OF OH, THAT'S WHAT THE BEST, THAT'S GREAT METHOD IS TO DO THIS.
SO I WILL, SO IT'S DANDELION MARKETING GROUP.
IT'S MORE OF LIKE A THIRD PARTY AT THIS POINT.
BUT SHE COMES, SHE'LL BE AT ALL OF OUR STAFF MEETINGS AND BE ABLE TO, SHE DOES REALLY GOOD WORK AND SHE HAS A TEAM.
SO INSTEAD OF IT TAKING MY TEAM 12 PLUS HOURS A WEEK TO COME UP WITH CANVA AND MARKETING PIECES AND ALL THAT.
SHE HAS A TEAM THAT CAN DO THAT BETTER THAN WE CAN.
SO WILL THEY DO, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA THEN? YEAH, IT'S EVERYTHING FOR THE TOWNSHIP.
YOU SHOULD SEE AN UPTICK AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF SOON.
DID ANYONE SEND OUT THE UM, THE, THE WHAT AM THINK WHAT IS THIS THE AGENDA? THE AGENDA FOR TODAY? NO, THAT'S UM, CIVIC CLERK.
THAT GOES THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN I JUST HIT A BUTTON TO SEND IT TO YOU.
AND THE ONE DIGITAL? DIGITAL? YEAH, THAT'S HER.
THEY ACTUALLY WORK FOR UPPER PROVIDENCE DELCO AS WELL.
THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF TOWNSHIPS.
SO NEXT THING ON HERE WAS THE TWIG LIBRARY.
UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, UM, NOW THAT I'M DONE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, I CAN ACTUALLY LOOK INTO PURCHASING ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT I NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, AND GET WITH THE LIBRARY ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT BOOKS.
UM, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN RESEARCHING A COUPLE THINGS FOR ME ON THE OUTSIDE AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S DEDICATED TO OUR SPACE.
SO IT'S JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH ON THAT END.
WHERE'S IT GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING? SO IT'S ACTUALLY, MY OFFICE IS NOW GONNA BE THE LIBRARY.
OH, THEN YOU'LL THERE BE I WILL BE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
I WILL SIT UP WITH THE FRONT DESK PEOPLE.
LIKE, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANT WHEN I'M THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT OFFICE.
I WANT TO BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AND I DON'T WANT MY STAFF WHEN THEY GO THERE TO BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE SO IS THIS THE DIVISION OF THE REUTERS FOR LIBRARY? YES.
'CAUSE WE JUST GOT, UM, A LETTER FROM THEM TODAY.
THEY'RE DOING THEIR, THEIR FINANCIAL DRIVE.
SO NOW I'LL TAKE IT OUT OF THE TRASH
JUST 'CAUSE IT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING THAT WANTS DONATIONS YES.
IS THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED.
SO THE ONE KEY, THE ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE, THE, THE OUTLIER THINGS, THERE'S LIKE THE BOOKSHELVES AND UM, THE, UM, BOOKSHELVES AND SOME OF LIKE THE SEEDING IN THERE, THINGS
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OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE PRETTY INEXPENSIVE FOR ME TO PURCHASE AT THE END OF YEAR BUDGET.THE BIG TICKET ITEM FOR THIS IS WHAT WE ASSUMED.
I JUST NEED A COMPUTER AND A SCANNER AND THEY COULD SIGN IN WHEN THAT PERSON'S THERE AND SCAN THE BOOKS IN AND OUT, WHICH IS WHAT WE USUALLY DO FOR STORY TIMES.
BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY WANT ME TO POSSIBLY PURCHASE A CHECKOUT KIOSK SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE A GIANT THAT YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF.
SO I'M NOT LOOKING INTO THAT AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T.
UM, AND THAT'S A HARD ASK FOR SOMETHING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN GOING TO TAKE OFF AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND THE GOOD THING IS WITH THIS KIND OF EXPERIMENT IS, IS EVEN IF THE LIBRARY DOESN'T WORK, I CAN ALWAYS OFFER A FREE LIBRARY IN THERE FOR PEOPLE AND THEY CAN JUST GO IN AND READ OR THEY CAN BE IN THERE.
IT'S LIKE A WAITING ROOM FOR THE BALLET CLASSES THAT ARE FULL AND YEAH.
LIKE WE CAN DO STUFF WITH THAT SPACE, BUT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH A LIBRARY KIOSK.
THE NORTHTOWN LIBRARY, WOULD THEY HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT? THAT'S WHO I'M WORKING WITH.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PORTABLE TO SCAN.
AND THAT, AND IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE GRAY AREAS THAT I'M A LITTLE SHAKEN BY AT THE MOMENT.
SO IT'S JUST ME GETTING TO NORRISTOWN AND THE NEW HEAD OF THE WARRIOR FOR LIBRARY, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.
WHAT DOES TWIG STAND FOR? IT'S WIG.
LIKE A SMALL STAND FOR ANYTHING.
I WAS LIKE, IT TOOK ME, IT TOOK ME WHILE WHAT? BECAUSE I SAW IT ALL CAPITALS.
I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S GOTTA BE, IT JUST, I WAS LIKE THE AUTOCORRECT, THEY'RE LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHY THIS IS.
AND THEY JUST AUTO CORRECTED TO THAT.
BUT UM, YEAH, IT'S JUST A SMALLER BRANCH.
WE THOUGHT IT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LITTLE EXPLAINING ON THAT.
BUT IT IS THERE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL ALL WORK OUT.
UM, THE RECREATIONAL COORDINATOR POSITION, SO THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS CLOSED.
WE DO HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESUMES IN.
UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE RECREATION BASED PEOPLE.
UM, THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT ARE NOT.
SO, UM, NOW THAT I'VE READ THROUGH THEM, I READ THROUGH ALL THE, UM, APPLICATIONS AND THINGS TODAY.
SO BONNIE AND I WILL GET TOGETHER HOPEFULLY TOMORROW AND WORK OUT WHO WE'LL INTERVIEW AND WHO WE'LL BRING IN.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE SALARIES ON THERE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE SCALE THAT I CAN PROVIDE, BUT, UM, I'M HOPING TO REWORK THAT IN WITH BENEFITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ENTICING.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, I'M HOPING TO HAVE THIS PERSON START THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY.
UM, MAYBE COME IN PRIOR TO THAT JUST TO GET THEIR FEET WET AND LEARN THE ROPES A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A LEARNING CURVE, SEEING AS THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE TAKING OVER SUMMER CAMP RESPONSIBILITIES SO THAT THOSE NEED TO GO LIVE IN FEBRUARY.
SO, UM, MELISSA'S ACTUALLY BEEN, SHE'S KIND OF MY ROCK AT THIS POINT.
UM, SHE'S ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON SUMMER CAMP TO MAKE SURE THAT PERSON KIND OF COMES IN.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAND 'EM A PACKET AND THEY CAN GO WITH IT FOR THIS YEAR.
WE ALREADY DID PRPS AT THIS POINT.
SO THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY NEW INFORMATION I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
WE'VE ALREADY SET OUR CALENDAR SO THAT WE'LL BE OUT IN THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, WE'LL GO LIVE WITH A LOT OF THE DATES.
A COUPLE OF THE DATES I WANT TO, UM, THROW BY OUR, UM, COORDINATING, UM, UM, TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THOSE DATES.
WE TRY TO DO THAT ONCE A YEAR.
JUST THROW OUT OUR DATES SO WE'RE NOT RIVALRY AROUND THINGS.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF 2024, I THINK THE ONLY NEW ADDITION TO OUR SCHEDULE, UM, IS THE, UM, PICTURES OF SANTA CLAUS AT THE FIREHOUSE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DECEMBER 12TH AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH AERATOR, WHICH I HAVE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH LINDA ON, UM, ONE OF MY GOALS FOR HER COMING IN IS TO TOUR THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND MAKE THAT A MARKETABLE PIECE.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S STILL TO THIS DAY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND I CAN'T GET OVER HOW MANY RESIDENTS STILL COME IN IN THE SENATE AND BE LIKE, WE NEVER KNEW THIS WAS HERE.
AND IT JUST, I, I PULLED MY HAIR OUT 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
SO I KNOW BIG
I NEED TO GET SPOTLIGHTS FOR THAT.
THERE'S NO ELECTRIC OVER THERE.
HEY, I'M GLAD YOUR FLOOR LOOKS GREAT, SO.
THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT THERE'S A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR TO
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GET 36 INCH NETS SINCE THEY DON'T USE THEM ANYMORE FOR THE OTHER THING.AND THEY'RE PRETTY INEXPENSIVE.
NOT ONLY ACCOUNTABLE, THEY THE, THE NEW YELLOW NETS THAT I JUST FOLLOW UP THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A SMALL REQUEST.
YOU FOLLOW ME? UH, YOU'RE TALKING HEIGHT.
WATCH CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE BEING LOST.
SO
WELL, CAN WE MAKE, JUST MAKE THE POLLS TALLER,
I DIDN'T, I JUST HIT MY, I JUST PUT MY SIGNATURE ON IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA EAT HIGHER? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY? SO I HAVE 33 INCHES NOW.
WHAT DO I DO WITH THE NETS THAT I HAVE THEN? RAISE 'EM UP.
DON'T GET BEATEN UP SOON ENOUGH.
OOH, I, I HEARD SOME, I I HAVE TO ACTUALLY LOOK BECAUSE THERE IS APPARENTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE OR NOT, BUT THE SOUND OF PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS, THAT'S HUGE.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN, THERE IS A SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT IN PROXIMITY OF HOMES.
AND THERE IS FEW LOCATIONS THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE THAT IS NOT, I THINK HAS TO GO WHERE THE WALL WAS.
I KNOW
WHO USES THE SOCCER FIELD KNOW? IT IS, IT'S SOUTH.
I ACTUALLY, A COUPLE PEOPLE, I HAD A DIRECTORS MEETING.
THE MONTGOMERY DIRECTORS MEETING WAS THIS WEEK.
AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST, IT WAS A LOWER VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS, THE TOWNSHIP ALLOWED THEM TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PAINT PICKLEBALL LINES ON A COURT.
AND THEY HAVE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SOUND FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF HOW FAR TO PUT THEM.
SO THEY JUST PAINTED LINES SOMEWHERE AND IT'S NOT WORKING OUT THE WAY THAT THEY, THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE ONE GROUP HAPPY AND NOW THEY'VE P****D OFF PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
SO IT IS A LOT'S, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE I FEEL LIKE DON'T REALIZE.
I CAN'T JUST LIKE THERE'S LOT OF ARTICLES ABOUT THAT THOUGH.
OH, I'M, I'M SURE THAT'S WHY I KNOW PICKLEBALL BRAND IS TRYING TO CREATE A DIFFERENT BALL FOR OUTSIDE TO MAKE IT LESS LOUD.
BUT I MEAN THAT'S GONNA BE A FEW PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD.
KNOW THEY PUT COURTS UP AT VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY.
THEY, UM, TOOK WHAT WERE THE TENNIS COURTS AND THEY COMPLETELY REDID THEM.
THEY SPENT MOST PROBABLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
'CAUSE THOSE WERE SO EXPENSIVE.
THEY WERE OPEN MAYBE A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF CLOSED DOWN.
'CAUSE THE NEIGHBORS ALL GOT TOGETHER.
OH, IT'S PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.
IT'S, AND THEN YOU GET EIGHT COURTS GOING.
SO YOU GOTTA GET THE NEIGHBORS INVOLVED.
WHAT AMERICA THOUGHT WOULD BRING US TOGETHER OR SOMETHING.
PICKLEBALL HAS BEEN DIVIDING US FOR
NO, BUT IT IS SAD BECAUSE IT'S, IT, IT'S SIMILAR TO A LOT OF THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE FINALLY HAVING THIS ACTIVITY THAT'S ACTIVE AND GETTING PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
AND DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.
I CAN'T SOMETIMES GUYS, I CAN'T.
CAN'T YOU CAN'T HEAR PEOPLE HAVING FUN.
I JUST WANNA SEE YOU DOING IT.
REMEMBER, BASKETBALL'S NOT ALLOWED TO.
MAYBE INSTEAD OF THE PADDLES THAT GET YOU LIKE LITTLE PUFFS THAT SIT AROUND IT.
WELL LET'S GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'LL GET A FESTIVUS POLL FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, IS THERE A FEASIBILITY IN PUTTING IN A BRIDGE FROM THE PARKING LOT FOR THE PARK FROM THE PARKING LOT? YES.
I HAVE BEEN ASKING AND ASKING AND ASKING FOR THAT BECAUSE THE KIDS GO
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DOWN THAT HILL.YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT A BRIDGE IS SAFE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT CAME UP THIS MORNING IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND THEY SAID, I REALLY HOPE EVENTUALLY THEY STOP USING A SHORTCUT BECAUSE IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A SHORTCUT.
IT TAKES YOU LONGER TO GO THROUGH THE BASIN THAT IT DOES FOR YOU TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE MADE, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS REASON.
UM, BUT AS A KID, I, I'D DO THE SAME THING.
I'D READ THROUGH A BASIN ALL DAY.
UM, SO I ONCE AGAIN WAS LIKE, THE ONLY WAY THIS IS EVER GONNA STOP IS IF WE FILL IT LIKE WE SHOULD WITH WILD PLANTS OR WE BUILD A WALKING BRIDGE OVER IT.
AND I JUST KEEP GETTING THE, THE, THE LAUGH AND THE ROLL OF THE EYE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I'LL KEEP PUSHING FOR IT.
MAYBE SOMETHING THAT THE EAC C MIGHT LOOK INTO.
I MEAN, UM, WHERE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? RIGHT HERE BY THE, GOING FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE PLAYGROUND.
AND, AND I KNOW, SEE WHEN I TAKE LITTLE KIDS, I'LL JUST SAY I CUT THROUGH THE BASIN
IT'S A WALK FOR THE LITTLE ONES OR I'VE GOTTA CARRY THEM.
IT'S A AND IT'S A STEEP BASIN.
LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE A QUICK LITTLE DIP.
LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THERE AND I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR STROLLERS LIKE GETTING DOWN THERE.
I'M LIKE, IF IT'S WET DOWN THERE, LIKE YOU'RE STUCK.
THEN IT'S GONNA BE A US PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S OPEN.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT PER AND WATERSHED HAS TALKED TO US ABOUT GROWING MORE NATIVE PLANTS.
WE DO HAVE THE ONE BASIN IN BETWEEN US AND PUBLIC WORKS OVER HERE THAT IS FULL.
IT HAS A BUNCH OF NATIVE SPECIES IN THERE.
AND IT'S THIS LITTLE BASIN RIGHT HERE.
UM, SO WE COULD MOVE TOWARDS THAT IF WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE WALKING IN.
'CAUSE IT, IT DOES BECOME UNSAFE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PLANTS WOULD FLOWERS WOULD STOP 'EM.
YOU WOULD JUST GET A PATH THEN, RIGHT? THAT BUT THEN AT LEAST IT WOULD BE, IT DEPENDS ON HOW THICK IT IS.
IT'LL GET THICK ON ALL YOUR SPARE TIME.
CHECK OUT THE BASIN THAT I HAVE OVER HERE THAT IS FULL OF THINGS.
YOU LITERALLY CAN'T EVEN NAVIGATE A SIGN THERE.
SO THE OTHER THING IS, UM, AND MAYBE NOW WITH THE TWIG, WE DON'T NEED IT, BUT I WAS THINKING OF ONE OF THOSE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES.
ONE OF THE STANDS THERE IS ONE AT THE CENTER.
IT JUST GOT INSTALLED TWO WEEKS AGO.
OH, OH, AT THE, AT ANDERSON FARM.
THERE IS ONE, OH WELL THERE'S ONE.
THERE IS ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND.
SO THERE IS ONE AT THE DOUBLE-SIDED PAVILION THAT IF ANYONE FROM THE GIRL SCOUTS IS WATCHING AND LISTENING, I NEED YOU TO COME BACK BECAUSE SOMEONE BROKE, SOMEONE BROKE THE DOOR ON IT.
BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY, SO WHEN WE HAVE THE GIRL SCOUTS OR BOY SCOUTS PUT THOSE THINGS IN AND OFFERED TO DO THAT, UM, IT IS THEN THEIR, THEIR PROJECT PROJECT TO FIX.
SO WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEM.
WE'LL GO AROUND THEM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, VANDALIZED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO SOMEONE AT UM, RECENTLY ASKED IF THEY COULD PROVIDE ONE AT ANDERSON AND THEY BOUGHT ONE FROM THE FREE LITTLE LIBRARY WEBSITE.
IT'S WEATHERPROOF, IT'S EVERYTHING.
IT'S THE CUTEST LITTLE THING OVER THERE.
WHERE IS IT? THEY'RE NOT CHEAP.
IT'S SO IF YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IT'S ON THE TRAIL LEADING YOU TO THE AMPHITHEATER.
YEAH, IT'S ADORABLE AND IT'S PERFECT.
DO WE HAVE ONE AT OUR HOUSE? MY WIFE ON WEDNESDAY.
THAT WAS HER CHRISTMAS PRESENT ONE YEAR AND OUR PROJECT TO PUT TOGETHER.
BUT IT'S UH, IT'S JUST A SLANDERED TWO LEVEL.
AND YOU CAN GET 'EM IN PIECES OR ALREADY BUILT COMPLETE.
AND THEY'RE BUILT RIGHT OUT HERE IN AMISH COUNTRY.
OH DO YOU, DID HE GET USE OF THEM? OH YEAH.
ESPECIALLY WHEN, UH, WE PUT IT UP JUST BEFORE SUMMER HIT AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD STOP OF CARS WOULD EVEN STOP.
THERE'S BOOKS I'VE SEEN IN, SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH WITH LIKE BOOKS.
THE BOOKS THAT GO THE MOST ARE CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
BUT WE HAD MIXED THEM IN WITH SOME ADULT BOOKS.
BUT, UH, THERE'S, I WOULD GO BY IT EVERY WEEKEND WHEN I MOW THE LAWN AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S SOME NEW BOOKS.
WE WERE STAMPING OURS SO WE KNEW WHAT WAS OURS AND WHAT WAS PUT IN LATER ON.
SO HE USED THE KIND OF LIKE A LEAVE ONE.
AND IF YOU TAKE ONE THAT'S JUST ONE LESS BOOK I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
BUT YOU REGISTERED ONLINE AND THEY, PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEARCH IT IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OF WHERE THEY ARE.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL PROJECT AT THIS POINT.
AND IT STARTED AS A GRASSROOTS.
AND I LIKE THAT IT'S SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO THE ONE WE HAVE HERE IS PURPLE AND GREEN AND IT'S NEXT TO THE BOULDER PLAYGROUND.
I'M WAIT TO SEE HOW ROSE WORKS.
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DON'T HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.THEY JUST DID FIX IT OVER THE SUMMER BEFORE SUMMER CAMP STARTED.
THEY DID PUT IN ALL THESE NEW SYMPTOMS AT THIS ONE.
SO NOW UNFORTUNATELY WHAT YOU CAN DO IS THERE'S A REGISTRATION NUMBER ON IT.
IF THEY DID IT, IF THEY, WELL THEY SHOULD HOPEFULLY THEY REGISTERED IT WHEN THEY GOT IT.
AND YOU CAN GO ON A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AND SEARCH THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 'CAUSE IT COMES WITH A TAG.
AND THEN IT SHOULD TELL YOU WHO OWNS IT.
THIS WAY, LIKE YOU SAID, IF SOMETHING BREAKS ON IT, YOU CAN KNOW WHO IT WAS.
[7. Next Meeting: 12/13/2023 (schedule conflict with bus trip)]
OH, NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR 1213.UM, THAT IS A QUT TRIP, WHICH I AM ON.
SO I WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE HERE FOR THAT MEETING.
SO IF EITHER WE CAN MOVE IT, IT'S, OR I CAN SEND SOMEBODY ELSE.
ARE YOU TAKING THE GIRLS? I'M TAKING EVERYBODY.
OH, THAT'S GONNA GREAT VACATION.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST ME AND MY SISTER GOING WITH ALL THE KIDS.
I NEVER, YOU'RE TAKING, I CAN'T DO THE FIFTH.
OH, WE ARE? WELL IT'S THE BUS TRIP.
WHAT MONTH DON'T WE MEET? WE JUST DON'T MEET IN, WE NEVER MEET.
WELL, WE, WE DECIDED SOME, WE DECIDED JULY AND AUGUST, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE DECIDED CAN WE DO THE SIXTH DECEMBER? YOU WANNA DO THE SIXTH? IS THAT DOABLE FOR YOU? IS IT A WEDNESDAY? YEAH.
IS THAT, BUT YES, LET'S MOVE IT FOR THE SIX.
AND I CAN GET, I CAN'T, I'LL HAVE, SO THE KIDS JUST RESCHEDULE.
WHY CAN'T I RESCHEDULE? OH, I HAVE TO DO IT.
SO WE JUST PUT YOU'LL DO THAT.
NOW CAN I COPY THE I WILL, I'M DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU SHOULD GET, UM, ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GONNA RESCHEDULE THAT TO DECEMBER 6TH.
WHEN'S THE, DOES JEFF HAVE A THING? IS THAT THE WEEK AFTER THAT? I'M NOT SURE.
WELL, EVEN IF IT'S ON THE SAME NIGHT, IT'S GOOD.
EVEN IF HE HAS A MEETING, WE CAN USE THE OTHER ROOM.
I WAS JUST LOOKING TO SEE, I WAS LIKE, HMM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MEETINGS ARE.
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MOVING ALONG.ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ARE YOU GOOD WITH CLEARANCES THAT YOU HANDLING THAT INDIVIDUALLY? I'LL, I'LL JUST HANDLE IT INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT'S A SUE ACTION INDIVIDUAL.
SO WE GET, WE HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE, LIKE RIGHT NOW, BILL, YOUR, YOUR TERM I'M EXPIRED.
YOUR YOU EXPIRE IN IN DECEMBER.
I, I WOULD BE GLAD TO HELP, BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE BECAUSE I'M GONNA TRY TO BE A SNOWBOARD.
SO, UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE BYLAWS OF HOW MANY MEETINGS YOU, YOU CAN MISS THREE.
I THINK YOU CAN'T, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU CAN'T MISS FOUR CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS.
I CAN ALWAYS APPLY BACK FOR THAT.
HE JUST ZOOM IN ON YOUR PHONE.
CAN WE NEED TO DO ZOOM? CAN HE ZOOM? THAT IS A NOT ME.
UM, MARIA, WILL HE BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN? YEAH.
I MEAN, I'LL LOOK AT THE, YOU KNEW LAST NIGHT YOU WEREN'T, UM, LATE LAST NIGHT.
AND I'LL LOOK AT THE, THE ORDINANCE, BUT LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW.
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NO, I, I TRIED TO MAKE WEREN'T INTERESTED.JOE WAS LIKE, SINCE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE AT THE POLLS ALL DAY, HERE'S A LIST OF PEOPLE YOU NEED TO CALL
AND IT SAYS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY.
AND SO RECORDS DISCRETION, DECLARE THE OFFICE MANAGEMENT TO VEGAS SHOULD SEND MEMBER ABSENT FROM FOUR CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS.
BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE FIRST PLACE, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
UM, THEY SAY HARD
AND THEY'RE CALLED THE SNOWBIRDS.
IT'S REALLY FUNNY 'CAUSE IT'S A SNOWBIRD, BUT THEY HAVE A TUBE AND THEY'RE IN THE WATER.
IT'S IF YOU LIKE CROSS, IT'S, I MEAN, DO YOU STILL WANNA DO IT? LIKE IS THAT, OR OR WOULD, IS THAT GONNA BE MORE PROBLEMATIC FOR YOU? IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
I JUST SHOW US A SIGN THAT YOU WANNA STAY OR NOT.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY BUSY IN THE SUMMER.
IF I'M NOT HERE IN THE WINTER, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY.
BUT IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY, I'LL BE GLAD TO BE HERE.
WON'T WE, WON'T WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD? AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN SOMEBODY THINK BE HERE FULL TIME? RIGHT? THEN YOU CAN COME IN AN AUDIENCE.
THERE'S, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD THEN WE'LL LOOK OKAY.
SO THEN JUST KIND OF AND LET US KNOW IF, IF IT'S TOO BURDENSOME.
BUT IF WE HEAR OF ANYBODY OR SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC COMES, THEN WE SEE AN INTEREST.
I DID THROW IT OUT TO UM, JOHN PEARSON 'CAUSE HE'LL BE OFF THE BOARD AND I WAS LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME SOON.
SO YEAH, JUST JOHN IS JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT COMING IN
AND THEN SO HE'LL MISS IT THOUGH.
SO WHAT, YOU SENT A LETTER OR I SENT THE LETTER.
UH, CHERYL SENT ME A LETTER AND I RESPONDED BACK TO HER THAT I'M INTERESTED IN CONTINUING.
SO I GUESS IT'LL BE UP TO WHOEVER VOTES FOR THAT.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S MY, YOU GET A RAISE FOR A SECOND TERM BOARD.
I DO THINK TEACHERS, YOU GET TO DO THE WALL THEN.
SECOND TERM, WE DO WANT FIVE YEARS FROM PEOPLE ALL FOUR YEARS.
WE'RE GONNA GET IN FOUR YEARS AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET CONFIRMATION WE'LL ALSO START THINKING ABOUT NOMINATING OFFICERS.
YOU MOST LIKELY WILL BE ABLE TO BE A VICE CHAIR.
LAURIE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
I HAVE ONE OF MY POLL WORKERS, I WAS CHITCHATTING HER UP FOR SOME STUFF.
SHE WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED.
SHE'S INVOLVED WITH A NONPROFIT IN CHESTER COUNTY, SO SHE MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO I JUST, I'M JUST, IF WE THROW IT OUT, I MEAN IF WE WANT TO, I CAN REACH OUT TO HER.
SHE WOULD, SHE LIVES IN BLACKROCK ROAD.
SO I THINK I, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE WE GOT, START THINKING THIS, THINKING ABOUT OFFICERS.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE CAN, UH, ADJOURN EARLY AT SEVEN 15.