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HI.[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, WE'RE GONNA START SINCE WE HAVE, UM, A SHORTENED TIME TODAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG WITH THE AGENDA AS EFFICIENTLY AND QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
LOOKING AT THE NOVEMBER MINUTES.UM, ANY CHANGES? ANY, SO IF WE'RE READY TO APPROVE, WE GOT APPROVAL.
I HAD, I LOOKED OVER THE MINUTES.
I'M LIKE, YEAH, IT'S SO FUNNY.
'CAUSE I WROTE AND, AND SANDY WITH A QUESTION WHEN I, I DID THE SANDY THING TOO.
YEAH, I, I THINK SHE WAS THERE.
[4. New Business]
FORWARD.WE HAVE, UM, OKAY, SO WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WE REALLY HAVE A HARD STOP.
SO I GUESS THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE ON THE, UH, AGENDA IS THE PRPS WALL, THAT HEELS NOMINATION APPLICATION.
AND TAYLOR, DO YOU LIKE, ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANNA BRING UP SO WE COULD KIND OF BANG THEM OUT NOW? UM, I CAN DO IT OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING, BUT OKAY.
WE HAVE THE, UM, THE OUTLINE OF OUR SUBMISSION IS COMING TOGETHER NICELY AND IT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED, UM, HOPEFULLY BY END WEEK.
AND THE DUE DATE ON THAT IS JANUARY 15TH.
THE READERS FIRST THINK ALL ABOUT IT.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR DOING THAT.
AND SO THIS IS, SO LAST YEAR IT WAS EXCELLENCE AWARD.
SO, UM, SOMETHING NEXT ITEM IS PLEASE START THINKING ABOUT BOARD OFFICERS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO VOTE IN JANUARY FOR OUR JANUARY MEETING.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANYBODY YOU WANNA NOMINATE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TALK TO THEM PERSONALLY FIRST AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING, UM, WE ABSOLUTELY, WE KNOW WHETHER, TAYLOR, YOU DON'T, DON'T HAVE TO SAY NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT IF IT'S A POSITION, A SECRETARY THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO, LIKE, YOU CAN JUST LET US KNOW IN, IN JANUARY, BUT IF NOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE JUST NEED TO KNOW IF WE'LL LOOK FOR A NOMINATION.
AND, BUT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FILL THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.
SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN THE POSITION, EITHER LET, LET ME KNOW OR JUST TALK TO, YOU KNOW, I, IF YOU THINK YOU'D LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, JUST TALK TO THEM FIRST.
SORRY, TAYLOR, WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY? I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, I DO INTEND TO, UM, RUN FOR MY SEAT AGAIN.
AND, AND AS FAR AS CHAIRPERSON, IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN BEING THE CHAIR, PLEASE TAKE, LIKE, LET ME KNOW.
I'LL, I'LL DO IT IF NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT, BUT IF SOMEBODY'S INTERESTED, I'D BE HAPPY FOR THEM TO TAKE THE POSITION.
LIKE, SO IF NOBODY WANTS IT, I'LL DO IT.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT AND, AND THEN, UM, JUNIOR, YOU KNOW, WE'LL THINK ABOUT THE VICE CHAIR.
SO WE NEED HOW MANY, WHAT DO WE NEED? HOW MANY MORE BOARD MEMBERS TO FALL? WE JUST, WE'RE FULL.
OUR, YOU AND BILL ARE BOTH STAYING ON.
AND IF YOU, I JUST LIKE HAVE SO MUCH OUTTA
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN FLORIDA, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
THEN WE'LL MAKE AN, A NEW ASSESSMENT.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE'RE FULL, BUT WE JUST NEED, UM, FREE OFFICERS.
AND THAT, AND THE, UM, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN WHAT THE DIFFERENT ROLES ARE, UM, I CAN TALK TO WHO, WHOEVER IS INTERESTED ABOUT THAT.
ARE THEY ON OUR GOOGLE? I THINK SO.
I I'M, IF THEY'RE NOT HAVE, WE CAN ALWAYS POST 'EM ON THERE.
WE HAD THAT FROM ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, SO I THINK THEY'RE OH, PERFECT.
THEY, THEY SHOULD BE ON THERE.
SO, I, I HAVE THAT IF ANY, BUT NOT, UM, THE, THE BIG THING ABOUT THE VAC VACANCY AND WHATEVER FOR MARIA'S POSITION IS,
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YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS TO, UM, TAKE YOU WOULD, WELL IF, OH, SHE WOULD TAKE THE, THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR WOULD TAKE MINUTES IF THE PERSON IS NOT AVAILABLE TO TAKE MINUTES.AND ALSO WOULD BE THE, UM, THE PERSON WHO RUNS THE MEETING.
IF THE CHAIR IS NOT, THOSE ARE THE BIG, THOSE ARE BIG TWO, THE BIG TWO.
AND THEN I JUST KEEP ATTENDANCE.
AND IT'S OUT THERE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
AND YOUR DATES FOR WHEN YOU ARE, WHEN YOU'RE HERE OR NOT, UM, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOUR TERM IS OVER, IS OUT THERE ALSO.
UM, I SEE CHAIRMAN RESPONSIBILITIES ON OUR, ON OUR DRIVE, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH THE REST OF IT JUST TO LOOK AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES, SEE WHAT, THAT'S ALL IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT, AT WHAT WE HAVE.
I HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL LOOK FOR IT AND IF NOT, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, YEAR IN REVIEW IT, TA IT WILL TAKE ME FOUR MINUTES TO READ THIS.
I JUST, SHE DOES A GOOD JOB WITH NO, I REALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S SO EASY TO FORGET THINGS.
IT'S STUFF AND WE'RE ALL LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? I THINK IT, I LIKE DOING IT JUST FOR FEELING LIKE, HUH? WE DID DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO, AND IF I MISS ANYTHING, LIKE IT'S, IT'S MY BEST STAB, BUT, ALL RIGHT.
SO WE SUBMITTED OUR TOWNSHIPS FIRST EVER APPLICATION FOR PRPS, EXCELLENCE AND RECREATION AND PARKS.
AND THAT WAS FOR THE BLACKROCK PARK, UM, PLAYGROUND.
BUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO TAYLOR WHO AUTHORED AND COMPLETED THE NOMINATION FORMS AND TO SUE AND HER TEAM FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WE HAD A NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH IN JANUARY.
A FEW HICCUPS AS EXPECTED, BUT EVENT REGISTRATIONS WERE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE AND COMMUNITY ADJUSTED WITH THE HELP OF STAFF.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SUE AND HER TEAM.
THE WALL THAT HEALS WHAT FELT THEN SEEMED SOMEWHAT OVERWHELMING, WENT FROM CONCEPT TO INITIAL TRAINING SESSIONS AND FORMATION OF COMMITTEES.
THE YEAR LONG PROCESS AND EFFORTS WERE GEARING UP FOR THE OCTOBER EVENT.
EARLY DISCUSSIONS STARTED WITH THE RAIDER FARMS REGARDING WOODLAND WONDERLAND 2 20 23, AS WE LOOKED FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE 2022 EVENT REGARDING STAFFING AND PUBLIC ACCESS.
NOW SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT EFFORT.
THIS DECEMBER, TAYLOR AND HIS TEAM STARTED GEARING UP FOR, IN FEBRUARY, MARCH FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL APRIL 23RD JAM AT BLACK BLACKROCK, WHICH WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS, GREAT ATTENDANCE, EVEN MORE VENDORS, MORE SPECTATORS AND LOADS OF FREE PRODUCTS.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR ACKNOWLEDGED TAYLOR MARK GAMMA AND MICHAEL WEBB FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SKATEBOARDERS.
SO, WAY TO GO TAYLOR AND YOUR TEAM.
THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN A, A HUGE SUCCESS.
MARIA BEGAN THE EFFORT OF LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY FOR A MURAL ARTS PROGRAM BY GATHERING INFORMATION, WRITING A PROCESS, FORMING A STEERING COMMITTEE, THREE LYNN AND SEWER ON THAT COMMITTEE, AND CONFIRMATION OF SPECIFIC UTILITY BOXES TO BE PAINTED.
THE LAUNCH IS PLANNED FOR 2024.
ALL THIS WHILE PROVIDING BIMONTHLY EAC UPDATES TO THE BOARD AND PERFORMING HER ROLE AS VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN INTEGRAL TEAM AND OH YES.
CONGRATULATIONS,
AN IMPRESSIVE YEAR, AND AN IMPRESSIVE WOMAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR, EXCUSE ME, ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, PARKS AND REC HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE NEWLY FORMED PARKS AND REC CONSORTIUM.
THEY BOUGHT, THEY PROVED TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE AND ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE BLACKROCK CAMPUS REDESIGN PROJECT, ALLOWING FOR PLANS FOR THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, ALL WHILE SHORT STAFFED AND RECRUITING AND WORKING ON THE WALL.
UM, THE TOWNSHIP IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A DEDICATED DIRECTOR THANKS TO SUE AND HER LEAN YET FORMIDABLE STAFF AND GREAT TO HAVE MELISSA AS A FULL-TIME PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR AS OF JUNE 19TH.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YOU GUYS.
OUR BOARD EXHIBITED FLEXIBILITY AND REORGANIZED, REORGANIZED AFTER REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR TO AGREE ON AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER TO FILL IN.
WHILE KEN WAS DEPLOYED, WE WELCOMED RECREATION ENTHUSIAST
WHEN KEN RETURNED, HE AGREED TO TAKE HONOR A ROLL AS LEAD COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE WALLED HEELS.
AND SO THANKS TO BOTH YOU AND KEN FOR, FOR STEPPING UP AND, UM, IN THAT CAPACITY.
WE SAID, UM, GOOD LUCK AND GOODBYE TO OUR FIRST JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER, JAMESON
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MCMULLIN IN MAY.AS HE PREPARED FOR COLLEGE, HE LEFT US WITH GREAT FEEDBACK AND NOW ON FINDING A COOPERATIVE PARTNER TO TAKE THIS PROGRAM FORWARD.
OUR BOARD HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PARK WATCH PROGRAM, WHICH RAN FROM MAY TO OCTOBER.
AND ALWAYS A SPECIAL THANKS TO JOSH AND HIS TEAM FOR LISTENING AND TAKING OUR FEEDBACK AND ADDRESSING CONCERNS RAISED AS WE VISITED EACH PARK EVERY MONTH.
SO THE BOARD OPTED TO TAKE A SUMMER PAUSE JULY AND AUGUST, BUT GOT TO BACK, GOT BACK TO BUSINESS IN SEPTEMBER FOR OUR COMMUNITY DAY.
AND THE WALL THAT HE, THAT HEALS HOME STRETCH WHILE IN CLEMENT WEATHER PREVENTED COMMUNITY DAY FROM HAPPENING.
WE WERE NONETHELESS READY AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT.
EVERYONE WALKED AWAY FROM THIS EVENT, MOVED IN SOME WAY AS WE ALL HONORED.
58,281 VIETNAM VET VETERANS LISTED ON THE WALL.
IT WAS INDEED A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL INVOLVED OUR COMMUNITY, FOR ALL INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THIS WILL BE THE EVENT WE NOMINATE AS WE APPLY FOR THE PRPS AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD.
ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS TIM SAID THAT OUR PROCESS AND ORGANIZATION RECESSION WILL BE USED AS A TEMPLATE FOR SUCCESSFUL FUTURE EVENTS.
SO THAT'S A, UM, REALLY NICE KUDOS TO, TO SUE AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THAT.
UM, JUST A FEW OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I COULD THINK OF FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE GOT TINTED WINDOWS AND MADE OUR PICKLEBALL PEOPLE VERY HAPPY.
WE GOT THE ART AND PUZZLE WALLS.
THE GYM FLOOR WAS REDONE AND THE TWIG LIBRARY STYLE PROGRAMMING IS GOING WELL.
THAT WAS, THAT'S A NEW, UM, EVENT OR A NEW, UM, THING ADDED THE BLACK ROCK BATHROOMS MADE THE PLAYGROUND PARENTS AND CHILDREN HAPPY.
UM, AND WE HAD, THEY WILL BE HAPPY
AND THE REYNOLDS DOG PARK BATHROOMS WERE RENOVATED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER BIG THING, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, SO THE ART WALL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
JUST A QUICK, UM, OUR MANAGER, BECK HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON GETTING NEW PEOPLE TO ADD THEIR ARTWORK TO THE WALL DOWN THERE IN SPRING FORD HIGH SCHOOL.
SOMEHOW
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN JANUARY.
AND I WAS DOING YOUR TOUR OF MORAN.
HE WAS WALKING IN AS WE WERE WALKING OUT AND THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
THAT'S WALL IS OFFICIALLY HAPPENING.
IT WON'T JUST BE ONE PERSON'S ARTWORK.
SO SADLY, AND, AND CERTAINLY ON A MUCH, MUCH SADDER NOTE, WE HAD, UM, A LOSS AMONG OUR, OUR BOARD WITH ONE OF OUR MOST DEDICATED MEMBERS IN NOVEMBER, WENDY EARL.
SHE WAS ILL AND RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD IN MARCH.
AND WENDY WAS A DEVOTED COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND VOLUNTEER WHO ALSO SERVED ON MANY OTHER TOWNSHIP BOARDS ALONG WITH THE ELECTED POSITION OF SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND BOARD WILL BE PLANTING A MEMORIAL TREE IN HER HONOR.
AND WE APPRECIATE ALL SHE DID AND SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS LIST
AND HE'S A, HE'S A MINUTE PRODUCING MACHINE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I FEEL LIKE 99% OF THOSE PARAGRAPHS ENDED WITH THANKS TO SUE AND HER TEAM
AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE.
IT'S GOOD TO JUST TAKE A QUICK PEEK AT THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
SO I'LL, I'LL LIKE EMAIL IT TO YOU, SO THAT'D BE GREAT.
'CAUSE HONESTLY, YOU SHOULD LOOK IT OVER WHEN YOU DO YOUR REVIEW.
SO RECREATIONAL COORDIN COORDINATOR.
SO WE, UM, ARE IN FINAL STAGES THIS WEEK.
UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE REALLY GOOD INTERVIEWS, A COUPLE REALLY GOOD CREDIT DATES.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE THIS WEEK AND WE'LL MAKE OUR DECISION AT THE END OF THE WEEK.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, I INTERVIEW THEM ALONG WITH HR.
I'M GONNA HAVE MELISSA AND MAUREEN BE IN THOSE INTERVIEWS AS WELL AS JOSH, UM, TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, JUST 'CAUSE WE'LL
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COME TOGETHER IN A CAPACITY.I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY ALL MESH TOGETHER REALLY WELL.
SO HOPEFULLY I WILL HAVE GOOD NEWS.
AND, UM, THAT PERSON WILL IS SET TO START THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT HOPEFULLY THE LIGHT IS AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE TWIG, WHICH NOW I HAVE AN EXTRA SET OF EYES THAT CAN EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT.
I UNDERSTAND IT NOW,
UM, I DID PURCHASE ALL THE FURNITURE.
I HAVE TO PICK IT UP FROM IKEA AND OTHER PLACES AT THIS POINT TO, UM, FILL IT.
BUT WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE LIBRARY FROM THE AURORA IS FOR LIBRARY BRANCH COME IN AND ACTUALLY WORK OUT OF THAT ROOM.
UM, THE BIGGEST HICCUP WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, IS THE CHECKOUT SYSTEM.
UM, THE BOARD DID NOT APPROVE OF PUTTING $50,000 SEPARATELY INTO JUST A MACHINE FOR THE LIBRARY ITSELF.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW POPULAR IT'S GONNA BE.
WE DON'T KNOW HAVE ANY OF THOSE GOOD ANSWERS.
I DON'T HAVE GOOD DATA TO SHOW THAT IT WOULD EVEN BE A GOOD IDEA.
SO, UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO START PLANNING IT IN A MORE BASIC CAPACITY.
HOPEFULLY JUST A LAPTOP AND A SCANNER WILL SUFFICE.
OR IF, UM, NONE OF THOSE OPTIONS EXIST AND WE CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, I HAVE STAFF THAT ARE PREPARED TO JUST HAVE IT AS A, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY CENTER, TAKE ONE, LEAVE ONE TYPE OF IDEA INSTEAD, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP WORKING WITH THE LIBRARIAN PROGRAMS INSTEAD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
BUT MARIA CAN AT LEAST DESCRIBE WHAT MY IMAGINATION HAS STARTED.
WELL, I MEAN, IN A REAL SENSE, WHEN WE WALKED IN, SHE'S LIKE, THIS IS THE TWIG.
SHE'S LIKE, IT'S NOT REALLY A BRANCH, BUT IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A TWIG.
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I GET IT.
IT'S NOT HUGE, BUT IT'S ENOUGH FOR SOME KIDS TO SIT DOWN AND READ AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SHARE A BOOK OR LEAVE A BOOK OR MM-HMM.
SO YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU GO, IF YOU GO BY THERE AND YOU'LL SEE THE ROOM AND HOW THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED SETTING IT UP, YOU'LL GET IT.
IT DOES ME, IT, IT'S JUST AN INTERESTING CONCEPT AND THEY'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.
SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW IDEA AND HOPEFULLY IT CATCHES ON AND MORE CENTERS CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BUT, UM, WE ARE EXCITED JUST TO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY, THE AVAILABILITY OF ANOTHER SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO ON THEIR OWN.
SO HOPEFULLY IT ALL PANS OUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SIZE, LOOK AT WHAT THE, THE BOOKMOBILE OFFERED US.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE IN THIS LITTLE TINY SPACE.
AND IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT SUPER SMALL.
IT'S BIG ENOUGH THAT THREE OF US USED TO BE ABLE TO WORK COMFORTABLY IN THERE WITH REGULAR SIZED DESKS.
SO IT ISN'T A TINY SPACE, BUT WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN, 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN IT.
AND WE SPECKLE THE WALLS SO THERE'S HOLES AND LIKE ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE THE ONES ARE, SHELL DON'T PEOPLE GREAT BEGINNING.
I JUST LIKE STOPPED LISTENING AND WENT OVER LOOKING.
THAT PUZZLE HAS FIVE OR 500 PLUS PIECES TO THAT PUZZLE.
USUALLY WE HAVE LIKE THE TEENAGE, LIKE THE YOUNGER VERSION OUT AND WE, WE FINISH IT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT THIS ONE'S BEEN LIKE TWO MONTHS.
UM, SO THE BLACKROCK RESTROOM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
YOU'LL SEE IF, IF YOU, UM, I KNOW IT'S DARK OUT WHEN YOU GUYS COME IN, BUT, UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE ACCIDENTS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PORTA-POTTIES BEING, UM, CLEANED OUT EVERY WEEK.
UM, THE DRIVERS DROVE ONTO THE GRASS INTO THE ASPHALT, UM, TEARING UP EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT IN.
SO THE JUNCTION BOX IN THE GROUND THAT WAS BURIED IN THE GROUND, THEY RAN OVER IT AND COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED IT.
SO WE HAVE TO PUT ALL NEW JUNCTION BOX IN.
WE HAVE TO FIX TWO TO FOUR INCH RIVET FOOT RIVETS THAT THEY LEFT IN THE GRASS.
UM, AND THEY JUST DID IT AGAIN YESTERDAY, EXCEPT THEY WENT FROM BEFORE.
IT WAS JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PORTA POTTS THIS TIME.
THEY WENT ALL THE WAY FROM THE TRAIL THAT, UM, BY THE PARKING LOT AND WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE TRAIL PUTTING FOOT RIVETS IN THE ENTIRE ARE YOU DIDN'T PAY FOR THAT? YEAH.
WE, WE WE'RE SENDING THEM INVOICES.
UM, BUT IT JUST PROLONGS THE DELAY OF GETTING ANYTHING OPEN BECAUSE NOW ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE BUILT AND EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT AND GRASS WAS GROWING AND THE JUNCTION BOXES IN.
SO WE HAD ELECTRIC AND WE HAD EVERYTHING THERE.
THINGS HAPPEN AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT JUST KEEPS PUSHING US BACK.
SO IF YOU YEAH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
AND IT WAS TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, WHICH WE HAD ALREADY SENT AN EMAIL OUT SAYING, OH, WE HAD TO PAY FOR OUR CRANE TO COME PUT THE RESTROOM IN BECAUSE THE ASPHALT WAS JUST LAID.
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IT.SO IT KILLS THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ON IT.
'CAUSE IT WASN'T READY FOR ANYONE TO DRIVE ON IT AND THEY DROVE ON IT MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO IT'S JUST A LOT OF THAT FRUSTRATION.
LIKE THAT'S MY, UH, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO, UM, FINGERS CROSSED, I'M HOPING SOON I CAN STATE THAT IT'S OPEN.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S KIND OF OUT OF OUR HANDS AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR THINGS TO GET FIXED.
BUT WE DID HAVE THE PORTA POTTIES MOVED OFF OF THIS SIDE OF, UM, OF THE PLAYGROUND AND IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT THAT'S CLOSED.
SO THEY'RE NO LONGER IN DANGER OF, THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE OPTION TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE TO TEAR UP THE MY ALARM.
ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS THAT ANYBODY COULD THINK OF OR WANTS TO BRING UP? IF NOT, WE'LL
[5. Old Business]
MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.SO THE ART MURAL, SO I, I TALKED TO SUE ABOUT IT THE OTHER NIGHT.
SHE STILL HAS TO LOOK AT HER PART.
I STILL NEED TO GET THE APPLICATION THING DONE AND I AM GONNA BE OFF WORK THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER.
SO SAME, I HAVE A PLAN
DON'T, BECAUSE LIKE HONESTLY, IT'S A 2020.
YOU HAVE A LOT THAT YOU'RE HEARING.
IF I DON'T GET IT DONE, THEN I, I JUST HAVE, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
INITIALLY I WAS GONNA BE TRAVELING.
I JUST DON'T WANNA BE AT WORK.
SO, SO OUR LAST MEETING, WE REALLY DIDN'T DO MUCH.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A, BECAUSE THEY HAD A MEETING RIGHT AFTER US.
WE REALLY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WELL THAT'S NOT TRUE.
UM, WHAT WAS THE LADY'S NAME? UM, WE DID START LATE THOUGH.
WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MORTON.
I JUST NEVER REMEMBER HER NAME.
I, I HAD NOTES AND I DIDN'T BRING 'EM WITH ME.
SHE, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, THINGS THAT THEY HAD DONE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN SPECIFIC.
UM, I WASN'T, SHE DIDN'T CALL IT GRASS, SHE CALLED IT, I WISH I HAD MY NOTES.
SHE CALLED IT SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN, UM, UH, UH, GRANTS AND, AND SHE GAVE US A LIST OF GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND ONES THAT WE CAN GO AFTER.
UM, DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WE CAN GO AFTER THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE COMPETITIVE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET 'EM A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST 10 OR SO YEARS.
'CAUSE SHE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOREVER.
UM, AND WE'VE TAKEN THE LIST AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN APPLY TO THE FLOOR.
UM, BUT THEN WE HAD TO STOP AND WE LET HER TALK.
WE HAD HAD QUESTIONS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART SHE JUST TALKED THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GRANTS.
I DON'T HAVE THE NAMES 'CAUSE I DIDN'T BRING MY NOTES, WHICH WAS REALLY BRIGHT OF ME.
BUT SHE WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND SHE, SHE HAD DONE SO MUCH IN THE WAY OF PUSHING HER EAC FORWARD AND SHE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE PUSHBACK THAT SHE GOT FROM THE BOARD AND THEY SAID YES.
AND THEY SAID YES TO THE SAME THING.
SO IT, IT'S JUST KIND OF WHOEVER'S ON THE BOARD MAKES THE BIG DIFFERENCE OF HOW FAR YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GO WITH THESE DRESSES.
EVEN AFTER THEY GOT THE GRANT, THE BOARD SAID NO.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE BOARD TURNED OVER TO ACTUALLY DO THE THINGS THAT THEY GOT.
BECAUSE I THINK THEY PUT IN TREES AND GRASS AND UM, THEY DID SOME THINGS WITH, UH, WITH PLACES WHERE THERE WERE WALLS AND WATER THAT KIND OF DRAINED DOWN AND WATERWAY SOME OF, THERE WAS EROSION WORE AWAY SOME OF THE DIRT.
AND I, SHE, SHE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT SHE WAS VERY INTERESTING.
UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT IT WAS FILMED AND WHATNOT.
SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LISTEN TO SOMEONE, GO BACK TO IT.
BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
I FEEL LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE HER BACK IN BBB G LIKE IT AN INTERNAL WITH LIKE SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TOO, JUST TO YEAH.
BUT SHE WAS, SHE WAS VERY INTERESTING AND SHE PUSHED THE FACT THAT THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY WOMEN
SO WE NEED TO GET MORE WOMEN INVOLVED INTO INVOLVED.
AND SO THE EACI THOUGHT, I THOUGHT LAST TIME YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT UM, GETTING SOME INFORMATION TO SUE ABOUT THE TREES.
LIKE I GUESS IN ONE OF THE GRANTS, ONE OF THE GRITS.
SO IT IS PART OF, UM, BIDEN'S, UH, RIGHT.
THE YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT WOULD JUST BE AN ACTION ITEM WHENEVER.
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AND THEN KEN CAN TAKE THAT UP.SO, SO MARIA IS GONNA BE OFF THE EAC AND KEN HAS VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE PARKS AND REP REPRESENTATIVE THAT GOES ON TO THE EAC.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY OUTSTANDING ITEM WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT, THAT TREE GRANT.
AND I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID BECAUSE I DO HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN.
YEAH, WELL IT WASN'T HER, IT WAS UM, OH, I DIDN'T REMEMBER THE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WE HAD THE THE AT THE MEETING PRIOR.
HE'S THE ONE WHO TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO HOWEVER THAT YOU KNOW, AND WHO KNOWS IF THAT'LL BE EVEN BE SOMETHING DOABLE, BUT IT'D HAVE THE INFORMATION.
THERE'S STILL MONEY AND THERE'S STILL MONEY.
YEAH, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
AND THAT MONEY JUST DOESN'T GET USED.
AND THAT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE.
SO, UM, PARKS AND REC ACTIVITIES, VOLUNTEERS.
SO TWELVES OUR LAST EVENT OF THE YEAR.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE OUTTA TOWN.
UM, IT'S OUR FIRST EVER PICTURES WITH SANTA AT THE FIREHOUSE.
UM, HISTORICALLY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE A BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND THEN WHEN COVID CAME, WE COULD DO IN PERSON.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE MOVED TO THE LIGHT SHOW AND NOW WE'RE DOING BOTH 'CAUSE WHY NOT DO MULTIPLE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME?
SO NOW WE'RE WORKING, THE FIRE GUYS REALLY WANTED TO BRING SANTA OVER THERE SO WE HELPED PLAN IT.
UM, WE PAID FOR FACEBOOK BOOSTING FOR IT.
'CAUSE LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE SET ALL THESE THINGS IN MOTION.
AND THEN A HUNDRED OTHER SMALL OTHER BUSINESSES ARE LIKE SANTA'S COMING.
SANTA'S COMING HERE, SANTA'S GOING THERE.
SO JUST, UM, WE PUT IN ANOTHER MARKETING PLOY FOR IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING SANTA, WE'RE HAVING, IT'S THE FIRETRUCK.
IT'S OUR FIREFIGHTERS GONNA BE THERE.
WE HAVE FREE HOT CHOCOLATE FREE POPCORN.
WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF CHRISTMAS THEMED CRAFTS THAT THE KIDS CAN DO.
WE HAVE LETTERS TO SANTA AND WE HAVE THE BIGGEST, MOST OBNOXIOUS GINGERBREAD WORKSHOP BOUNCE HOUSE THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WILL BE IN THE FIREHOUSE AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO.
YOU WON'T BE WAITING IN LINE TRADITIONAL, LIKE TRADITIONAL GOING TO SEE SANTA.
UM, YOU'RE GOING TO BASICALLY GET CALLED, BE KINDA LIKE THE DELI COUNTER INSTEAD.
SO MAUREEN WILL GET ON HER BIG LOUD SPEAKER AND BE LIKE, NUMBER 1 52, YOU'RE UP NEXT FOR YOUR PICTURES.
AND THE KIDS CAN BE PLAYING AND THE PARENTS CAN BE TALKING AND THEY CAN BE MOVING ABOUT VERSUS THAT'S NICE JUST WAITING IN LINE AND DEALING WITH SCREAMING CHILDREN OR PUPPIES.
SO, UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE SIGNED UP JUST TO BRING THEIR PETS FOR THEIR PICTURES WITH SANTA.
AND LUCKILY MY SANTA LOVES DUCKS SO I SHOULD WORK OUT JUST FINE.
UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE, UM, WITH UM, TOWNSHIP STAFF, WE HAVE ABOUT 35 OR SO PEOPLE REGISTERED RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE DIDN'T PUT A END CAP ON HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR FAMILY.
SO FOR $15 YOU CAN BRING 25 PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY.
WE WOULDN'T IT, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE TO US.
SO I SAY THERE'S ONLY LIKE 35 REGISTERED, BUT THAT'S USUALLY TIMES FIVE OR MORE.
SO THERE SHOULD BE A HEFTY AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THERE.
BUT I'M HOPING I REALLY WANT LIKE, AT LEAST 75 OR SO READY TO GO THAT NIGHT.
SO WHERE DO PEOPLE SIGN UP ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY CAN PRE-REGISTER THERE OR THEY CAN PAY AT THE DOOR.
IT'S EASIER IF THEY PRE-REGISTER FOR US, BUT MAUREEN WILL BE TAKING PAYMENTS WHEN WE'RE THERE.
WE'LL HAVE A POS SYSTEM AVAILABLE.
AND THE NEW ONE THAT WE JUST PUT OUT, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, HAS ALL THE INFORMATION ON IT, LIKE THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND ALL THE EXTRAS VERSUS JUST SANTOS COMING.
SO WHAT WILL, WILL WE BE DOING? SO VOLUNTEERS ARE GONNA HELP ME.
UM, IT'S KIND OF A LENGTHY PROCESS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY CHECK IN WITH MAUREEN.
MAUREEN GIVES THEM A NUMBER, SOMEONE ELSE IS IN THE, UM, WE HAVE SARAH'S COMING TO VOLUNTEER TO TAKE THE PICTURES.
UM, AND HER CAMERA WILL BE HOOKED UP INTO MELISSA'S COMPUTER.
UM, OUR FIRE CHIEF'S WIFE WILL BE SITTING AT THE COMPUTER AND SHE WILL BE TAKING IN THE NEW PICTURES AND ASSOCIATING THAT PICTURE NUMBER WITH THE SPREADSHEET NEXT TO HER SO WE KNOW WHAT FAMILY NUMBER THEIR PICTURES ARE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO IT'S FEEDING THROUGH HERE AND THEN SHE'S READING THE MOP, PUTTING 'EM IN THE SPREADSHEET.
SHE'S TAKING THEM AND EMAILING 'EM TO THE PARTICIPANT NEXT TO HER.
UM, AND THEN UM, OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE DOING THE BEVERAGES, THE CRAFTS, THE BOUTS HOUSE AND JUST MAKING SURE CHAOS IS, THAT'S THE TURNAROUND.
THAT'S THE HOPE IS THAT WE TRY TO MAKE THIS, USUALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS GET THEM LIKE, UM, GET THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS YOU EMAIL 'EM ALL OUT.
I DON'T WANNA MESS UP PEOPLE'S PHOTOS.
I DON'T WANNA SEND TAYLOR MY PHOTOS AND THEN I'M SENDING LYNN'S TAYLOR'S AND IT'S CRAZY.
SO WHATEVER IMAGE NUMBER COMES UP FOR THEM AND WE'LL TAKE ABOUT FOUR PHOTOS FOR PER GROUP.
WE SEND THEM ALL THOSE PHOTOS VIA EMAIL FROM OUR GMAIL ACCOUNT THAT NIGHT.
SO IF THERE IS ANY ISSUES, WE KNOW IMMEDIATELY WE'RE NOT MOVING.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ALL WORKS OUT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? UH, THE VOLUNTEERS.
WHICH SHIRT? LIKE WHAT PARTICULAR
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SHIRT? WHATEVER ONE THAT SAYS STAFF ON IT.I'M NOT PARTICULAR FOR THIS ONE.
AND IS IT LIKE, WILL THE DOORS BE CLOSED? LIKE DO WE NEED OUTERWEAR? NO.
UM, THE ON, THERE'S ONE DOORWAY IN TO THE FIREHOUSE IN THE REAR THAT UM, PEOPLE WILL BE COMING INTO.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE PARK THE PATRONS PARK AT THE FIREHOUSE.
EVERYONE THAT'S WORKING AND ALL THE FIRE GUYS, ALL THEIR VEHICLES WILL BE OVER HERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE EVENING CROSSING OF BLACKROCK ROAD.
UM, IF WE DO NEED TO, WE'LL GRAB A COUPLE OF FIRE.
GUYS ARE ALREADY AWARE THAT THEY'LL COME OUT WITH LIGHTS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN CROSS SAFELY.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYONE PARK THERE AND ROTATE SO WE DON'T RUN OUT OF PARKING ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND VOLUNTEERS, WHERE DO YOU WANT US TO PARK? YOU GUYS WILL PARK HERE? YEAH.
PLEASE PUT YOUR FLASHLIGHT ON YOUR PHONE, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE KNOWN THAT YOU'RE THERE AND SAFELY CROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND THEN THE ACTIVE FIRETRUCK IS THE WHITE FIRETRUCK, OUR OLDER ONE.
AND THAT WILL BE IN THE FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE.
SO IF THEY NEED TO GO OUT FOR A CALL, THEY'RE GOING OUT THAT WAY.
NOTHING WILL BE DISTURBED INSIDE.
AND I'LL SEND OUT A OUT LIKE I NORMALLY DO BEFORE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU NEEDED OR WANTED TO OR HAD AN UPDATE FOR ANY OF THE RIVER CREST.
ANDERSON FARM PARK TRAIL GRANT.
SO THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON THIS IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER.
SO, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT THEY DO THAT IN MARCH.
HOWEVER, IF WE DO NOT GET THAT GRANT AWARDED, WE ARE PREPARED.
WE DID PUT IT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE ANDERSON FARM TRAIL ANYWAY.
SO, UM, OUR PARTNERS GILMORE, THEY WILL BE STARTING TO WORK ON GETTING THE PERMITTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I UM, BILL'S NOT TOO CHATTING TODAY.
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UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER THINGS WE WANNA TALK ABOUT? ANYBODY? UM, JUST A REMINDER, WE TALKED ABOUT DONATIONS FOR WENDY, WENDY'S MEMORIAL TREE.DEPENDING ON HOW THE WINTER GOES, WE'LL PLANT MARCH OR APRIL.
SO HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE DONATIONS? UM, WHAT WE DID LAST TIME WAS JUST CASH AND I JUST PUT THAT INTO OUR PETTY CASH AND THEN THE, UM, I PAID FULLY FOR THE TREE.
SO THOSE PETTY CASH AND THE TREE, WHICH IS THE PROGRAMS. WHAT, WHAT'S THE PRICE POINT YOU'RE HITTING FOR THE TREE? I DON'T RECALL.
WE DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST TO HELP US UNDER, I THINK IT WAS 600 BUCKS YOU GUYS BROUGHT IN OR NO, IT WAS A $300 TREE.
AND THOSE DONATIONS COME FROM THE BOARD.
YOU GUYS DONATE, YOU TRY TO GET TO HALF AND THEN I COVER THE REST.
SO IF WE LIKE, REALLY WE'VE BEEN, WE DID LIKE 20, $25 EACH.
AND THEN THAT, THAT TAKES US AND THEN SHE HANDLES THE, THEY HANDLE THE REST.
SO APPROXIMATELY 20 TO $25 IF THAT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE COMFORTABLE DOING, LIKE THAT'S, THIS IS NOT MANDATORY IN ANY WAY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO DO.
DO WE KNOW WHERE THE TREE WOULD GO? WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS PLANT IT NEXT NEAR, UM, KATHY'S.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A NATURAL SHADE ON THAT SIDE OF CA ON THAT SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE GUYS WOULD LIKE TO PLAY.
SO IT MIGHT BE A SIMILAR, IT MIGHT BE A, UM, I WANNA SAY IT'S A SUGAR MAPLE.
IT WILL BE ALMOST AN IDENTICAL TREE.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE OPEN THING BECAUSE I GOTTA REQUEST EVERY TIME I PLAY PICKLEBALL.
WHICH IS REALLY A SMALL BUDGET.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, ON MY LAST NOTES FROM HERE, I WAS TRYING, I WAS GOING OVER WITH JOSH AND HIS, UM, CREW, ALL THE REMARKS THAT WE HAD FOR THAT MEETING AND I WAS LIKE, WHY DID I WRITE THESE TWO NUMBERS DOWN? I WROTE 36, I WROTE 38, NOT 36 OR SOMETHING.
BUT I DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING WITH IT.
BY THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION SOMETHING WILL COME TO ME.
I CAN UM, TELL THEM THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
YEAH, NO, WE'LL DEFINITELY I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT BY THEN.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE, BECAUSE I I HONESTLY, UM, HI JEFF.
KEEP FORGETTING TO BRING IT WITH ME.
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EVENTS WILL BE LIVE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT WEEK.WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY AND, AND GET IT OUT THERE.
SO OUR GOAL IS, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SUMMER CAMP.
SUMMER CAMP ALREADY PLANNED AND WRITTEN OUT.
FOR THE MOST PART WE'RE JUST WAITING ON A COUPLE FINAL TOUCHES FROM DIFFERENT TRIPS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH SO THAT THIS NEW PERSON, WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT LIKE, HERE'S EVERYTHING IN CORRECT, I JUST NEED YOU TO RUN IT.
WE CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING, WE CAN TEACH YOU EVERYTHING.
AND THEN, UM, AFTER CAMP THIS YEAR THEY CAN GO OVER AND SEE WHAT'S GOING INCREASE BUT THEY WANNA IMPROVE ON AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I'M NOT EXPECTING THIS PERSON TO COME IN AND GO CAMP.
SO YOU'LL HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR THE PROJECT.
NOW WHAT IS THE DATES FOR UM, THE RAIDERS FARM? SO OUR LAST EVENT WITH THEM AND WE HAVE MICKEY AND MINNIE THIS SATURDAY FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
AND THEN THEY GO UNTIL THE 16TH.
THE LIGHTS WILL BE LIVE UNTIL THE 16TH.
SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A MISCOMMUNICATION WITH OUR MARKETING TEAM AND US, UM, ABOUT CERTAIN DATES.
SO WE HAD THEM UPDATE IT TODAY WITH THE AIR RAIDER MARKETING PIECE, NOT OURS.
YOU SAID UNTIL THE 16TH, CORRECT? I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.
HOW IS THAT GOING? LIKE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE, I WENT, I WAS THERE THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AND WE HAD 150 PEOPLE THERE JUST TO SEE OUR CHARACTERS AND DO THE LIGHT SHOW.
UM, FROM WHAT THEY TOLD ME THAT DAY, THAT WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND THEY WERE OPENED AND THEY WERE ECSTATIC ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WENT LAST WEEKEND 'CAUSE WE WEREN'T INVOLVED LAST WEEKEND, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING NEGATIVE ON THEIR PAGE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING NEGATIVE ON OUR PAGE.
WE KEEP BOOSTING IT ON OUR END AND I KNOW AERATOR, WE HAVE IT ON 4 22.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS UP.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IT THE SAME WAY.
WE PUSH EVERYTHING AND WE HAVE IT ON OUR, UM, RECREATION WEBSITE, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY, WHEN YOU'RE AT AERATOR, YOU CAN'T PAY IN ADVANCE OR ANYTHING, SO IT JUST SENDS YOU TO THE AERATOR WEBPAGE WITH THEIR BASIC INFORMATION.
SO IT'S NOT AS INTUITIVE AS LIKE OUR STUFF.
IS IT LIKE, GO HERE AND THEN IT TAKES YOU TO THE REGISTRATION? MM-HMM.
DO WE GET A CUT OUT, A CUT OF THAT MONEY OR? YES.
WHEN YOU SAY IT'S ON THE $20
SO IT SHOULD BE ON OUR UNDER PROGRAMS REC DESK.
I HAVE TO GET THAT'S, SO THE TOWNSHIP HAS CIVIC PLUS AS THEIR, AS OUR TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PAGE ON THE WEBSITE, THE PARK AND REC PAGE.
BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN WEBSITE FOR POS.
SO TO REGISTER FOR ANYTHING OF OURS, WHEN YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, IT LOOKS IDENTICAL TO THE TOWNSHIP SITE.
SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT YOU'VE LEFT.
AND THEN YOU SIGN UP THROUGH OUR SITE SO WE CAN HAVE, UM, CONTROL OVER REGISTRATIONS AND THINGS THAT GO OUT.
WILL YOU SHOW ME THAT IT'S A LINK? IT'S A LINK VERSION PRETTY MUCH.
IF YOU'RE ON IT, WILL YOU SHOW IT TO ME IF YOU YEAH, IT'S JUST A LINK FROM THE SIDE.
I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T, I DIDN'T, THERE'S NO LIKE SIGN, I'VE DRIVEN PAST IT AND I WAS LIKE, HUH.
'CAUSE IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A SIGN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE BELIEVE IT.
I DON'T EVEN PEOPLE LOOK AT SIGNS ANYMORE, BUT KIND OF ANOTHER WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP IS PARTNERING INVOLVED.
'CAUSE THAT'S A GOOD THING WE'RE PARTNERING WITH AN AREA OF BUSINESS AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PROMOTES, UH, SO MAYBE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
YOU KNOW, SO GOING FORWARD, THIS IS THE TOWNSHIP, CAN YOU SEE THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IF I CLICK HERE, THIS TAKES IT AT OUR SITE AND IT LOOKS THE SAME.
SO YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT YOU'VE LEFT.
I'VE DOWN THAT AND IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE UNDER HERE.
FROM WHAT? SO I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND IT EXACTLY UNLESS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IT.
SO WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO THIS A LOT SEE SINCE WE SWITCHED SITES IS THAT WE, ON OUR OLD WEBSITE, THE PARK AND REC'S OLD WEBSITE, IT WAS EASIER TO NOTICE WHERE OUR STUFF WAS.
SO THERE WAS BANNERS THAT WE COULD UPDATE.
WE COULD PUT ADVERTISEMENTS ON THERE, WE COULD PUT PICTURES.
THIS WEBSITE DOESN'T LET US DO ANY OF THAT.
SO IF LIKE THE GYM'S CLOSED, I CAN'T PUT IT ON THIS SITE.
I HAVE TO PUT IT ON FACEBOOK AND THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE AND HOPE PEOPLE SEE IT.
SO, AND THAT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED.
IT'S INTERESTING WE'RE THE, THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF ISN'T PSYCH THAT WE ARE USING THIS AT THIS POINT.
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WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE KINKS AND SEEING, WE MET WITH OUR NEW MARKETING TEAM TO DO, UM, A BASICALLY A, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL IT, BUT WE DID A COMMUNICATION PLAN OF HOW TO BETTER MARKET OUR THINGS BECAUSE IT IS GENERALLY JUST INTERNAL.WE POST THINGS ON FACEBOOK AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT SHE WANTS TO DO A WHOLE CAMPAIGN AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BEST MARKET IN COMMUNITY CENTER AND HOW WE CAN BEST WITH ALL THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
HOW WE ACTUALLY GET THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF OUR OWN WEBSITE IS THAT I DON'T HAVE TO THEN ADDITIONALLY PUT MY INFORMATION ON THE TOWNSHIP SITE.
BECAUSE IT TAKES DOUBLE THE TIME AND YOU HAVE TO REFORMAT EVERYTHING.
SO IT WAS LESS TIME CONSUMING, JUST PUT IT ON OURS AND PUT A LINK LIKE BOB PARK INFORMATION GO HERE, BUT THIS SITE DOESN'T HAVE A BANNER.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LIVE.
THE, I GUESS THE, THE THING THAT, THAT IS SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC.
IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM I THINK WITH OUR MM-HMM.
IT'S NOT USER FRIENDLY TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY CAN'T USE THE PIECE STUFF.
AND WE HAD HOPED THAT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CORRECTED WITH THIS, BUT IN FACT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ALMOST GOTTEN A BIT WORSE.
SO THAT'S STILL SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AFTER FIVE YEARS WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL TRUMPING TO MAKE THIS BETTER AND UM, HOPEFULLY NOW THAT WE'RE USING A THIRD PARTY THAT THEIR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY IS COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING THAT WE CAN ENHANCE WHERE WE ARE.
UM, IT'S JUST GETTING THERE AND GETTING PICTURES.
AND ARE THEY ALSO, UH, LINKED TO INSTAGRAM? YES.
SO ALL OF OUR FACEBOOK, WHENEVER SHE POSTS ON FACEBOOK, IT GOES RIGHT TO INSTAGRAM.
SO OUR OTHER ISSUE IS NO ONE'S FOLLOWING US ON INSTAGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT STORIES.
IT'S NOT A REEL, IT'S NOT MOTION.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON WITH ALL OF THE SPARE TIME THAT WE HAVE IS HOW DO I NOW DO REELS? DO I HAVE TO MAKE THEM A MONTH IN ADVANCE? SO IF I'M MISSING A TREND, WHO'S GONNA DO THIS? IT'S JUST ALL THOSE THINGS THAT MELISSA AND I ARE KIND OF LIKE, CAN WE JUST GET THIS THIRD PERSON HIRED SO THAT WE CAN DIVE IN ON EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO DIVE IN ALONG THOSE LINES.
AT ONE POINT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT A NEW LOGO.
IS THAT ON HOLD? AND THAT'S OKAY.
UM, WE WENT WITH THE CIRCLE UPT THAT IF YOU OPEN YOUR GIFTS, YOU'LL SEE IT ON A CUP.
UM, IT'S EASIER TO READ, IT'S MORE CONCISE.
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THAT IS VERSUS THE LOGO WITH IT'S REALLY HARD TO PRINT ON THINGS.
UM, IT'S NOT A FAN FAVORITE OF STAFF 'CAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY COLORS IN IT AND WE'VE JUST GONE WITH A BASIC CIRCLE AND THE UPT LETTERS ARE INSIDE IT.
SO THAT'S OUR LOGO THAT I HAVE JUST GONE WITH.
ARE THESE FROM YOU? YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO OPEN IT.
WHAT WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE, THE COMPANY LION SOMETHING? DANDELION.
I LOOKED THEM UP AND SHE DID ALL OF THE WALL OF HEELS, LIKE EVERYTHING WAS DONE THROUGH THEM.
LIKE THEY'RE GOOD LOCAL COMPANIES.
SHE'S LEARNING NOW THAT THE WALL WAS JUST LIKE THE TIPTOE INTO HOW OFTEN SHE WOULD BE IN CONVERSATION WITH ME A WEEK AGO.
SHE KNOWS MY PHONE CALLS TO IGNORE IT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME FOR THIS PAST YEAR AND I DID GET YOU A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING JUST TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME WHEN I NEED VOLUNTEERS.
I LITERALLY CAN'T RUN THE MAJORITY OF THINGS THAT I RUN WITHOUT VOLUNTEER HELP.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING TO MY NEED.
YOU MAKE A GOOD TEAM, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANNA SAY ONE OTHER THING ABOUT SUE AND THE FACT THAT OVER THE YEARS HOW SHE HAS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CAMPERS AND HOW IT'S ALREADY SOLD OUT.
I MEAN, JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S, WE'RE NOT EVEN INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
HOW MANY CAMPERS THIS YEAR? WE'RE DOING 120 VERSUS 70 LAST YEAR.
THAT'S ALL THERE IS ON VICE CHAIR WITH A STAFF OF THREE.
IS WHAT? SO I JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE, BUT I'M VERY, I APPRECIATE IT AND YOU DO HAVE LITTLE FUN GIFTS IN THOSE THINGS, SO YEAH.
SO ANY OTHER, WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN, SO I THINK, ARE YOU READY TO WRAP UP? I THINK SO, YEAH.
I KNOW, I THINK WE COULD, HUH? IT'S GENERALLY MY CHATTER THAT KEEPS US LONGER.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL JUNE, UM, JANUARY 10TH,
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SAY JUNE SEVEN.IS IT 10? IS THAT WHAT I WROTE ON THERE? OKAY, JUST MAKE SURE.
SO, UM, THE MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN A GREAT YEAR.
THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY AND UM, THANKS FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON MOVING IT TO TODAY.