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I'M LIKE, IT

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MIGHT BE A LITTLE LONG.

I MEAN, WE ALWAYS, WE ARE ALWAYS OUTTA HERE BY SEVEN 30, BUT I WAS THINKING WE COULD TRY TO SHOOT FOR SEVEN BECAUSE WELL, IF THERE'S NO KEY ITEMS, US YEAH, BUT I, I SAY

[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]

IT'S COUPLE MINUTES AFTER SIX.

SO I SAY WE START THE MEETING.

SUE, DO YOU COUNT AS THE QUO? NO.

NO.

RIGHT.

SO AT THIS JUNCTURE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

SO I'M GONNA SAY, WE'LL, LET'S, LET'S, UM, LET'S JUST, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T PUT THE, PUT THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES ASIDE AND SEE IF RICH OR KEN DO COME IN YEAH.

AND SAY, DO GREAT.

WE'LL VOTE, UM, IF NOT.

SO I'M GONNA OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING QUARTER.

AND THANKS TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, ESPECIALLY, IT'S VALENTINES .

UM, SORRY FOR MY SANDWICH.

IF YOU GUYS SMELL THAT NO WORRIES.

NO WORRIES.

SO WE, WE WILL WAIT TO SEE IF WE'RE GONNA DO, LOOK AT THE MINUTES.

SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND THERE ARE NO, THERE IS NOBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY.

SO

[4. New Business]

WE CAN MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

SO UNDER THE PARK BOARD, WE HAVE THE PRPS AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD.

AND I'M VERY, VERY SAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE DID NOT, WE WERE NOT CHOSEN.

AW.

I'LL READ TO YOU BRIEFLY, UM, WHAT THE, THE EMAIL SAID FROM BARRY BESSLER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INSIGHT OR ANYTHING MM-HMM.

.

BUT WHAT HE SAID IS, AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION BY A PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED PARK IMMIGRATION PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALS FROM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, I'M SAD TO SAY THAT THE AGENCY YOU NOMINATED FOR THE PRPS AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD DID NOT RANK HIGH ENOUGH TO WIN.

THE SCORING OF ALL SUBMISSIONS WAS VERY HIGH.

AND THOSE NOMINATIONS WHO ARE NOT SELECTED, LOST OUT BY ONLY A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS.

IT TRULY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA.

PLEASE DON'T BE DISHEARTENED BY THIS NEWS.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RESUBMIT THE NOMINATION IN THE FUTURE.

COULD WE? WE JUST NOT THE SAME THING.

NOT THE SAME THING.

I BET WE COULD THOUGH.

I, I, THAT WAS ONE THING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD GET.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

YEAH, FOR SURE.

UM, AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF I CAN BE OF ANY GUIDANCE REGARDING FUTURE NOMINATIONS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

SO THAT'S, UH, BARRY BESSLER THE CHAIRMAN.

OKAY.

UM, SO HAVE YOU HEARD FROM ANYBODY OR KNOW ANYMORE? NO.

'CAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO PUT IT FOR IT.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO, I DON'T KNOW.

I DID TALK TO ONE OF MY ASSOCIATES, SHE WITH HATFIELD, AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF BASIC CONVERSATION.

I WAS LIKE, HAVE YOU EVER PUT IN FOR AGENCY OF THE YEAR? AND SHE'S LIKE, NO, BUT SHE'S LIKE, IT IS ONE OF THE HARDER, LIKE IT'S THE TOP ONE EVERYBODY WANTS.

SO IT IS MORE COMPETITIVE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT.

GOT IT.

YEAH.

LIKE MY, I WE, WHAT WAS THAT? MUCH BETTER.

YOU WILL, I NOW AM I SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

PS MEMBER, YOU'LL BE, I HAVE TO GET SOME OF YOUR INFO SO I CAN DO IT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO IN ANY EVENT, IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND YOU GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WON AND WHAT IT WAS, YES.

WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF IT BEFORE THE CON BEFORE THE, ACTUALLY LET ME, YEAH.

I THINK IT'S LIKE MARCH 12TH OR SOMETHING, ISN'T IT? SO, SO IT'S SAD, BUT THE REALITY AS FAR AS I SEE IT IS IT WAS STILL AN AMAZING EVENT.

MM-HMM.

.

AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THESE OTHER EVENTS WERE.

AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF WE COULD, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD EVEN WANNA REAPPLY FOR THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T, I READ THE, I MEAN, I READ THE WRITEUP.

I THINK TAYLOR DID A GREAT JOB ON THE, THE WRITEUP.

I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE MAYBE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THAT WE COULD HAVE EMPHASIZED BECAUSE I THINK WE HIT THE MARK.

MM-HMM.

.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL A LEARNING PROCESS.

IT'S ONLY A SECOND TIME WE DID IT.

AND LIKE SUE SAID, THAT'S, IT'S THE MOST COMPETITIVE ONE.

AND WE WENT FOR THE GUSTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THIS ONE FOR? THE WALL? THAT HEELS.

YES.

SO MAYBE THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T A UNIQUE EVENT, THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN EVENT THAT IS DONE AROUND THE COUNTRY AT THIS POINT.

IT COULD BE.

WELL, THAT I TRIED.

AND IN THE UNITED, IN PENNSYLVANIA MULTIPLE, WELL, I DID TRY TO PUT IN AS LIKE A LITTLE CAVEAT TO EVERYTHING WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON THIS EXTENSIVE EVENT, WHICH TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF OF PLANNING EVERYTHING WHILE STILL KEEPING EVERYTHING ELSE MOVING.

YEAH.

AND UNDERSTAFFED.

LIKE, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THIS, LIKE BALL OF, I KIND OF PLAYED WITH A COUPLE THINGS THAT TAYLOR HAD PUT IN BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, IF IT'S PARK AND ROCKY, THIS WAS A DEPARTMENTAL, LIKE A, UH, MULTI-DEPARTMENT THING.

I LED IT.

BUT IT WAS AWESOME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD WHILE ALSO HAVING THIS.

SO WE, I MEAN, I AM CURIOUS WHAT ONE, AND THE OTHER THING I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT IS, I, I THINK YOUR POINT IS REALLY WELL TAKEN, SANDY, I WONDER, LIKE, I HAD NEVER

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HEARD OF IT WHEN YOU WERE ASKED TO PUT THE PETITION IN.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF IT? AND YOU'VE BEEN IN RECORD.

SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WELL KNOWN IT IS.

SO THAT COULD HAVE WORKED, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A DISADVANTAGE.

'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REALLY GOT THE SCOPE OF, OF THAT EVENT, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT WHETHER OR NOT WE GOT THE AWARD.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT STILL WAS VERY WORTHWHILE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HIM WHAT ITEMS WOULD HAVE, WOULD HE, WAS HE LOOKING FOR FOR YOU? LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM RIGHT.

THING.

WHAT THINGS WAS HE LOOKING FOR THAT WOULD'VE PUSHED US HIGH? YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE'LL TELL US.

MAYBE HE WON'T.

WELL, I, THIS IS, LET'S, LET'S GO, LET'S GO WITH, WITH THIS AS A POTENTIAL ACTION TOWARDS THAT.

THOSE QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT ONE, LET'S SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

YEAH.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING, GOING AND YOU'RE GOING GO TO THE I'M NOT GOING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THE EVENT.

SO THAT'S NOT A WAY OF GETTING INFORMATION.

SO AFTER WE FIND OUT WHAT IT IS, I'M, IF I AM A-P-R-P-S, I'M HAPPY TO SEND THEM AN EMAIL.

IF NOT, I, I'D HAPPY TO DRAFT SOMETHING.

MM-HMM.

.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO SEND IT, YOU CAN SEND IT.

SO WE, LET'S WE COULD WORK THAT OUT.

YEAH.

ABSOLUTE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE POTENTIAL ACTION ITEM WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIND UP AND, AND FOLLOW UP TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF EVENT WINS THIS AND WHERE THEY, WHAT PERCENTAGE POINTS DID THEY FIND US LACKING IN.

YES.

OKAY.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE OTHER NO, NO.

JUST WANNA KNOW.

JUST SO WE, WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA THAT THAT GIVES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW TO US AND WE JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SELECTION PROCESS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

HEY, HI GUYS.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HOP BACK TO, WE JUST STARTED, UM, OUR BOARD AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THEM.

WE DID NOT GET THE PRPS AWARD FOR AGENCY OF THE YEAR.

UM, DISAPPOINTED.

YEAH.

WE WERE DISAPPOINTED.

UM, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM HOW GREAT THE EVENT WAS.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA, I THINK YOU HEARD THE SUM UP.

I, I JUST SAID, SO HOPPING BACK TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

'CAUSE NOW YOU GUYS, WE HAVE A FORUM, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF THE, THE MINUTES.

ANY, SO IT'S THE JANUARY MINUTES THAT MARIA PUT OUT.

ANY PROBLEMS, ANY, ALL RIGHT.

SO IF YOU'RE, UM, IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, I, OKAY, COOL.

DONE.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THE SECOND THING WAS THE JAM AT BLACKROCK.

UM, I HAD TAYLOR UPDATE, HE JUST SENT US AN E MM-HMM.

, UH, EMAIL.

UM, BUT I LOOKED BACK IN THE EMAIL THAT HE SENT THE ONE HE SENT EARLIER.

PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING, RIGHT? YEAH.

UM, SO IN ESSENCE WHAT HE, HE SAID IN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MARK GAMMA'S NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE THIS, THIS TIME TO HELP OUT.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY A NICE SUMMATION OF ALL THAT MARK DOES 'CAUSE IT.

HE SAID HISTORICALLY HE'S HANDLED, COORDINATING ALL OF THE SPONSORS, PROVIDING THE FREE PRIZES FOR THE CONT FOR THE CONTESTANTS, ARRANGED ALL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS, ANNOUNCERS DURING THE EVENT, ADDITIONAL VENDORS AND MUSIC.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE.

THAT'S TAYLOR AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS EVENT JUSTICE IF THAT IS HELP.

SO HIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SKIP THIS YEAR AND REVISIT IN 2025.

SO, AND I'M FINE WITH THAT.

IT'S A PARK, IT'S A PARK BOARD THING.

SO THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.

AND I, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I THINK ONCE YOU DO AN EVENT AT THE LEVEL THAT IT WAS FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW, IF THE NEXT YEAR IS NOT, YOU DON'T WANNA RUIN THAT STREAK.

THERE'S EXPECTATIONS WE COME EVERY OTHER YEAR THEN BASED ON HOW MUCH AVAILABILITY OR MAYBE WE FIND OUT LIKE NEXT TIME IF, WHEN MARK, IF HE IS AVAILABLE, LIKE WHO HE WOULD RECOMMEND, WHO COULD DO MAYBE A PORTION OF THAT OR HOW CAN WE ALLEVIATE THAT LEVEL AND MAYBE FORMAT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS.

SO I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO GO ON FOR, FOR FUTURE JAM EVENTS.

IT ALSO MAY BE THAT SOMEONE COMES FORWARD AND SAYS, OH, I REALLY WANTED THE EVENT, I'LL HELP NEXT YEAR.

YOU KNOW, SO LIKE THAT AND HE'S THROUGH.

THAT'D BE AWESOME.

YEAH.

LIKE, LET'S FACE IT, HE'S A, UM, SKATEBOARDER AND YOU KNOW, HE HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS.

THERE MAY BE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A PLACE THAT ARE, THERE'S SKATEBOARDERS TOO AND IN THAT SAME REALM.

SO, AND HE JUST OPENED ANOTHER LOCATION FOR HIS SHOP IN PHILLY, SO.

OH YEAH.

SO HE'S, YEAH, HE'S REALLY, YEAH.

GOOD FOR HIM.

LIKE, AWESOME.

OKAY.

UM, SO, UH, WE CAN KIND OF GO BACK TO OTHER, THE ONLY THING I, I DO THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT, AND WE COULD SAVE IT FOR THE END IF WE HAVE TIME, IS IF AS A BOARD THERE'S ANOTHER IDEA OR SOMETHING.

AND OR IF SUE, IF YOU EVEN

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WANT US TO ENTERTAIN COMING UP WITH ANOTHER YEAH.

FOR THE YEAR TYPE OF EVENT AND WE COULD KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE END.

I HAD SOME, YEAH.

I PUT IT UNDER OLD BUSINESS TOO.

PERFECT.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO THEN MOVING ON, THEN WE JUST GO IN NEW BUSINESS TO PARK AND REC, UM, WHERE WE, THE FIRST ITEM IS ASSISTANCE WITH VOLUNTEER GOOGLE DRAW.

YEP.

SO I JUST GOT UP THERE, UM, A PDF OF OUR EVENTS CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR.

UM, GIVEN A LOT OF JUST, UM, BUSYNESS AT WORK AT THE MOMENT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE SPREADSHEET UP AND RUNNING OF WHO CAN VOLUNTEER FOR WHAT EVENT AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO I'M JUST PUTTING OUT A FEELER.

IF ANYBODY CAN HELP ME ON GOOGLE DRIVE, JUST ESTABLISH IT.

THERE'S ALREADY A DOCUMENT MADE FROM LAST YEAR.

IF YOU WANT, JUST EVEN COPY PASTE IT.

UM, I JUST FEEL BAD 'CAUSE I'M NOT, THAT'D BE GREAT.

'CAUSE I'M NOT KEEPING UP WITH WHAT I KEEP PROMISING I'M GOING TO GET DONE IN HERE.

AND IT'S GENERALLY BECAUSE I DON'T GET A LOT OF FREE TIME AT WORK TO, TO DO IT.

GREAT.

SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT ASKING FOR HELP.

SO IS THAT I'LL I'LL DO THAT.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

I'LL, I'LL CONFER WITH YOU IF YOU JUST, YOU HAVE THE NEW STUFF AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OLD FORMAT.

SO IT WOULD BE JUST, JUST ENTRY END.

OKAY.

AND THEN HOPING, THE WAY THAT I NORMALLY DO IT IS I PUT IT OUT THERE AND WHOEVER SIGNS UP THAT I REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE TO SAY LIKE, WHAT TIMEFRAMES CAN YOU BE HERE? AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN EVERYBODY FILLS IN THE BLANKS FROM THERE.

BUT AT LEAST THIS GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY LIKE, OH, OKAY, COOL.

LIKE SANDY AND KEN ARE COMING IN FOR THIS EVENT.

LET ME SEE WHAT TIMES ARE COMING IN.

IT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON MY END.

JUST HAVE A NAME FRAME ON THERE.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO BOB WAS GONNA COME TONIGHT, BUT WE HAD SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.

SO HE WILL BE HERE NEXT MONTH.

UM, BUT EVERYTHING IS GOING REALLY WELL.

CAMPS ARE UP AND THEY'RE THRIVING AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE COORDINATES RIGHT INTO THE CAMP UPDATE.

SO RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR OUR SIX WEEK CAMP, WE OPENED IT TO 70 PEOPLE.

WE'RE AT 56 RIGHT NOW.

UM, OUR EARLY BIRD SPECIAL SOLD OUT IN 15 MINUTES.

I SAW THAT BAD.

WE ASSUMED LIKE WE WEREN'T OPENING WE FULL REGISTRATION UP UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

WE ENDED UP OPENING IT THE NEXT DAY 'CAUSE WE WERE SCARED WE WOULD LOSE PEOPLE AND WE ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD BE SOLD OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

AND WE STILL HAVE SOME OPENINGS, SO THAT'S FINE BECAUSE SOME PARENTS AREN'T READY IN FEBRUARY TO THINK ABOUT JUNE.

LIKE THEY'RE JUST NOT.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME OPENINGS AVAILABLE AND IS OPEN IN RESIDENCE AND .

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE WEEKLY OPTIONS, WHICH ARE SLOWLY TRICKLING IN AS WELL.

SO, AND SPECIALTY OPENED ON MON THIS MONDAY.

CAN I JUST GET CLARITY ON THAT? SURE.

THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL, HOW MANY SLOTS? THERE WERE? 25.

25.

AND THAT, THOSE 25 SLOTS FILLED UP IN 15 MINUTES? YES.

AND YOU MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AV VIA AN EMAIL? IT WAS AN EMAIL.

IT WAS SOCIAL BLAST.

AND THEN I SAW BY THE TIME WE EVEN LOOKED AT IT BY NINE 30, WE WERE ALREADY TRYING TO PUT OUT MORE BLAST.

LIKE WE'RE FULL, LIKE WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL GET IT UP AND READY FOR YOU TOMORROW.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED THE NEXT MORNING? WHAT OPENED UP THE NEXT MORNING? WE OPENED IT AT REGULAR PRICE.

SO THE EARLY BIRD.

OKAY.

SO EARLY BIRD WAS A DISCOUNT OF YES, IT WAS $125 DISCOUNT.

SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

AND IT WAS FOR RESIDENTS.

RESIDENTS ONLY.

YEP.

AND IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS, THAT'S YEP.

, IF YOU HAD MULTIPLE KIDS.

NO, JUST THE, IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS THAT $125 GOES IT 1 25.

AND THEN IF IT'S, IF IT PARENTS WHO ARE DOING THREE KIDS, THERE'S THREE YEAR SLOTS.

YEAH.

SO IT COULD BE JUST A HANDFUL.

NOT MORE THAN A HANDFUL OBVIOUSLY, OF FAMILIES.

BUT, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF ARE WE GIVING AWAY TOO MUCH MONEY? MAYBE LESS MONEY AND MORE PEOPLE.

SO, OR JUST TO SEE HOW IT ALL ENDS UP WITH THE VOLUME.

BECAUSE IT DID, IT DID END.

IT DOES HURT US IN THE LONG RUN TO HAVE TOO MANY, LIKE LAST YEAR, MAJORITY OF THE CAMPERS WERE EARLY BIRDS AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE LEFT IT EARLY.

BIRDS SPECIAL FOR SO LONG.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, AND WE, NOT THAT WE'RE REVENUE DRIVEN, BUT WE DID LOSE A GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY TO ALL THE TRIPS AND EVERYTHING GIVEN THAT WE DIDN'T CHARGE REGULAR PRICE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.

SO, UM, PEOPLE HAVE IT, IT'S STILL CHEAP, IT'S STILL UNDER $8 AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO IT, UM, WHEN YOU DO THE MATH ON IT.

SO IT'S STILL A REALLY GOOD PRICE.

IT'S CHEAPER THAN THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE LOCAL.

SO HOPEFULLY, I'M SURE I HAVE NO LIKE, CONCERN THAT IT WON'T FILL UP, BUT, AND THERE WERE 70 IN TOTAL.

THERE'S 70 TOTAL.

56 HAVE BEEN SOLD.

YES.

SO AGAIN, IT'LL BE GOOD DATA AT THE END TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF RIGHT.

OF PRICING STRUCTURE.

HAVE PRICING STRUCTURE.

'CAUSE WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

THAT'S AWESOME.

HOW DO YOUR PRICES COMPARE TO THE OTHER TOWNSHIPS? SO THEY'RE HIGHER AND THEY DON'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING.

LIKE OUR CAMP INCLUDES EVERYTHING.

SO THEY GET PIZZA OR CHICK-FIL-A EVERY FRIDAY.

IT INCLUDES ALL THE TRIPS, IT INCLUDES THE POOL

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VISITS AND ANY SPECIAL GUESTS OR ANYTHING THAT COME TO THE CAMP.

WHAT'S THE H CALL? IT'S FUN.

.

I LIKE, I'M THINK ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW IT'S AWESOME.

I WAS LIKE, MAN, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS WHEN I WAS A KID.

BUT YEAH, LIKE IT'S EASY FOR THE PARENTS.

'CAUSE ONCE YOU SIGN UP AND YOU PICK THE T-SHIRT SIZE AND WHAT KIND OF, DO THEY WANT NUGGETS? DO THEY WANT CHICK SANDWICH? HOW MANY SLICES A PIECE DO THEY WANT? SIGN AWAY.

DONE LIKE YOUR CAMP FOR SIX WEEKS.

LIKE YOU'RE SOLID.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRINGING CASH FOR KONA ICE.

WE HAVE FREE KONA ICE TO 'EM ON MONDAYS.

LIKE WE DO A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THAT PRICE FRAME.

SO TO LIMIT IT TO EARLY BIRD, WE HAD TO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD COVER ALL THE EXPENSES.

YEAH.

I I'M THINKING STAY WITH EARLY BIRD BUT GIVE LESS OF A DISCOUNT.

YEAH.

AND THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE HAVE TO PLAY WITH NEXT YEAR.

WE, WE, OUR CAMP WAS SO LOW IN TERMS OF COSTS LAST YEAR FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN IT THAT WE HAD TO BUMP IT A LITTLE BIT JUST TO MAKE ENDS BECAUSE NOW WE OPENED IT TO NOT JUST THE FULL SIX WEEKS BUT NOW SIX INDIVIDUAL WEEKS.

SO WE HAD TO HIRE MORE COUNSELORS.

SO LIKE THAT'S ALL PART OF THE COST.

SO WE DID HAVE TO HAVE, WELL WE SOLD THAT LAST YEAR AS WELL.

MM-HMM.

.

YEP.

SO CAN IT, IS IT SIX INDIVIDUAL WEEKS? MM-HMM.

OR TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS.

SIX WEEKS? NOPE.

YOU SIGN UP EITHER ONE WEEK AT A TIME OR ALL SIX AND THE ONE WEEK AT A TIME.

YOU SIGN UP NOW? YEP.

FOR ONE WEEK AT A TIME.

YEP.

OKAY.

IS THE ONE WEEK AT IT'S MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE NOW IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE LIKE IF YOU WERE GONNA DO TWO WEEKS, THEN THERE'S NO SENSE OF JOINING LIKE THE SIX WEEK OPTION.

BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO I THINK IT WAS FOUR MORE WEEKS, IT WOULD BENEFIT YOU TO DO ALL SIX TO DO.

OKAY.

I GOTCHA.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO DO ALL SIX WEEKS BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT, MIGHT ACTUALLY NEED ALL SIX WEEKS.

MM-HMM.

LIKE, JUST DO THE FOUR THAT YOU NEED.

DO THE FOUR THAT YOU NEED IS KIND OF WHAT WE, AND WE PRICED IT SIMILARLY ENOUGH THAT IT WOULDN'T BE OUTLANDISH ON EITHER END.

GOTCHA.

YEAH.

GOTCHA.

IT'S A LOT OF, IT'S A LOT OF, IT'S A LOT SITTING AND WRITING MATH EQUATIONS AND LIKE IMAGINE IT'S A LOT OF WORK NOW BOB IS PRETTY MUCH IN CHARGE OF, OF THAT AND HE'S KIND OF, HE'S TAKEN THE REINS, HE PUT OUT JOB, UM, HE SIGNED UP TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COLLEGE FORUMS TODAY TO PUT THE JOB POSTING UP FOR COUNSELORS.

'CAUSE I THINK WE NEED THREE RIGHT NOW.

UM, HE'S WORKING ON ALL THE SPECIALTY CAMPS.

HE'S THE ONE PUTTING 'EM ALL IN THE SYSTEM.

ALYSSA'S OVERSEEING HIM, MAKING SURE THE SYSTEM, EVERYTHING'S IN APPROPRIATELY.

THEY'RE WORKING ON, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST EVER, UM, EMERGENCY SERVICES CAMP THIS YEAR.

AND THAT WILL BE IN AUGUST.

AND IT'S FIRE, IT'S EMS AND POLICE AND THEY ALL, IT'S FULL DAY CAMP DURING THE, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A GRADUATION CEREMONY ON THAT FRIDAY.

SO IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT.

IT'S UM, CALLED, IT'S SOMETHING CADETS, I FORGET.

SO WERE THEY JUST LEARNING ABOUT THOSE DISCIPLINES? ALL OF 'EM, YEAH.

OKAY.

YEP.

YEP.

THEY'LL HAVE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.

LIKE THEY'RE GONNA DO LIKE A WATER SAFETY THING OR THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE CANAL RESCUING.

WELL THAT'S COOL.

THEY'RE GONNA DO LITTLE FIRE THING.

IT'S GONNA BE VERY COOL.

THE DRUG DOGS ARE COMING.

LIKE, WE HAVE A TON OF STUFF.

IS THERE AN AGE GROUP FOR THAT? IT'S 10 TO 15.

WELL THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GETTING TO THE, TO THAT GROUP THAT MAYBE AT SOME POINT THEY WANT TO BE VOLUNTEERS.

WELL, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT ALL 'EM WERE LIKE, OH, THIS WOULD BE AWESOME.

AND FOR LIKE POLICE, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE LIKE RIGHT NOW HOW POLICE ARE DICTATED AND, AND SEEING THEY KIND OF WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GRADES, RELATIONS, IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.

SO THERE HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, LIKE GETTING THAT UP AND RUNNING.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE LAST CAMP UP FOR REGISTRATION.

JUST 'CAUSE IT'S NEW AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SMOOTH IT, MAKE SURE IT ALL MAKES SENSE ONLINE.

THAT'S GONNA BE FUN.

YEAH.

AWESOME.

I'M JEALOUS.

IT'S GOOD.

AND THEN SPECIALTY CAMPS OPEN TODAY WE'RE NOT DOING AS MANY SPECIALTY CAMPS THIS YEAR.

UM, ANY OF THE MAJORITY OF THE ONES WE'RE DOING ARE IN-HOUSE.

SO THEY'RE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

UM, LIKE THEATER CAMP.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE EMS CAMP AND THEN, UM, OUR PRESCHOOL CAMP, WHICH ONLY WAS ONE WEEK LAST YEAR AND WE HAD SUCH OVERWHELMING NEED FOR IT THAT IT WILL BE FOUR WEEKS THIS YEAR.

OH WOW.

GOOD.

SO INSTEAD OF BRINGING ON CONTRACTORS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY WORK FOR US OR WORK IN OUR BUBBLE, WE'RE NOT BRINGING AS MANY OF THEM ON THIS YEAR.

LIKE THE, UH, WE HAVE BRICKS FOR KIDS AND WE HAVE MAD SCIENCE AND CHESS CAMP, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WE'LL BRING BACK.

SO THEY'LL BE AT THE BLACKROCK FIREHOUSE DOWN IN MCFARLAND.

OKAY.

YEAH.

UH, BRICK BRICKS FOR KIDS.

YEAH.

IT'S A LEGO CAMP.

YEAH, BRICKS.

GREAT.

OKAY.

OH, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOCATED AT A DIFFERENT YEP.

BECAUSE INTERESTED THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS PACKED AT A REGULAR BASIS AND I CAN'T PUSH PAID MEMBERS OUT TO HOLD CAMP AND I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE ON CAMPUS TO HAVE IT.

OH, SO THAT WAS, SO THEY HAVE, I I'M NOT, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE LIKE AN UM, LIKE A PARTY HALL.

LIKE AN OLD FIREHOUSE HALL.

WHERE AT BLACKROCK FIREHOUSE DOWN RIGHT AT THE CARLAND WE USED TO GO TO MM-HMM.

.

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OKAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YEAH.

SO IT'S OLDER, IT'S OUTDATED.

PARENTS AREN'T AS PSYCHED, BUT THAT'S THE BEST PLACE I HAVE FOR THEM'S REALLY.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE GET AND THEN MAKE DECISIONS.

I MEAN THEY, A COUPLE MOMS, I GUESS ONE MOM HAD CALLED AND SAID, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GONNA BE AT THE BUCKNER FIREHOUSE, IT'S SO DIGI, IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT LEAVING MY KIDS THERE.

I'LL DRIVE THEM.

IF YOU'RE HOLDING THE SAME CAMP, I'M GONNA TAKE THEM TO THE SAME CAMP SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND IT IS WHAT, IT'S OKAY.

YEAH.

SO IT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT ANYWAY FOR US, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO.

OKAY.

VENDING MACHINES.

YEAH.

WHAT, SO WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT? WHAT DID I FIND OUT? UM, SO CONVENIENTLY I HAD KIND OF RULED VENDING MACHINES OUT AFTER OUR MEETING.

I, UH, GENERALLY AT MY OLD JOB, OLD EXPERIENCES, THEY EITHER WERE VAND OLD, THE CASH WAS ALWAYS BROKEN AND EATING THEIR MONEY OR THERE WASN'T ANYTHING GOOD IN IT OR THINGS HAD EXPIRED, LIKE SILLY THINGS.

AND THEY, IT WAS OUTTA SIGHT OUTTA MIND.

THERE WAS NO CAMERAS ON IT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW HALF THE TIME WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I JUST FELT LIKE WE JUST KEPT GIVING MONEY AWAY TO KIDS THAT CLAIM THAT THEY TRIED TO BUY SOMETHING.

SO I WASN'T REALLY KICKING ON IT AND I WASN'T REALLY GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE MEMBERS THEMSELVES IF THEY WANTED IT OR NOT.

SO CONVENIENTLY A MY DAUGHTER'S BEST FRIEND, HER DAD REACHED OUT TO ME THE OTHER DAY AND SAID, I NOW SELL VENDING MACHINES, .

SO I WAS LIKE, WELL, CONVENIENTLY CONVINCE ME I NEED TO DO RESEARCH ON IT.

SO I MET WITH HIM WHILE THE KIDS WERE AT DANCE ON MONDAY AT THE CENTER.

AND HE WALKED ME AROUND AND BASICALLY WHAT WE CAN DO IS THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF VENDING MACHINES.

THERE'S THE FOOD ONE, THEN THERE'S ONE THAT'S A FRIDGE.

AND THEN, UM, HE WAS GONNA SEE IF THEY HAD A COMBO.

UM, BUT THEY ARE ALL AUTOMATED.

SO IT'S ALL BY YOUR PHONE OR CREDIT CARD.

THEY CAN, THEY CAN MAKE THEM SO THEY DON'T ACCEPT CASH OR COINS OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

UM, THEY DON'T CHARGE YOU TO HAVE THEM.

SO BASICALLY THEY BRING YOU THIS MONSTER OF LIKE A MACHINE.

UM, AND THEY CHECK IT ON THEIR PHONE, ON THEIR APP TO MAKE SURE LIKE EVERYTHING'S FULL AND LIKE EVERYTHING'S STOCKED IN, EVERYTHING'S STILL FRESH, WHAT'S SELLING, WHAT'S NOT SELLING, WHAT THEY SHOULD PULL, WHAT SHOULD THEY KEEP, WHAT SHOULD THEY KEEP? AND HE'S LIKE, EITHER YOU GUYS CAN WALK AWAY WITH NOTHING OR I CAN GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES FROM THAT VENDING MACHINE.

SO THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY ON THE SALES, NOT SO MUCH ON US HAVING THEIR VENDING MACHINE THERE.

RIGHT.

SO I TOLD HIM, I WAS LIKE, LET ME SEE WHAT THE BOARD SAYS.

LET ME SEE WHAT THE STAFF SAY.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

AND LET ME SEE IF IT'S A GOOD DECISION FOR US BECAUSE IT'S THEN PLACING IT LIKE WHERE IN THAT BUILDING AM I GONNA PUT THESE TWO MACHINES? THAT WAS MY QUESTION FOR YOU.

SO IT'S LIKE, WHAT I COULD DO IS PUT 'EM ON THE HALLWAY AND THE ART WALL THAT LEADS YOU TO THE STAIRWELL TO TAKE YOU UPSTAIRS.

AND THE STAFF WOULD HAVE FULL VIEW OF IT AT ALL TIMES.

AND THEN THE THOUGHT WAS THE GYMNASIUM IS SO BUSY A DRINK VENDING MACHINE WOULD BE A GOOD SELLER UPSTAIRS.

SO THEN IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T HAVE STAFF UP HERE.

MOST OF THE TIME IT SITS BY ITSELF, BUT I DO HAVE TWO REALLY GOOD CAMERAS THAT ARE ALWAYS ON THIS WINDOW.

SO MAYBE I CAN PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE ELEVATOR BLOCKING THAT WINDOW A LITTLE BIT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

SO IT'S ALL KIND OF LIKE WE CAN, IT'S NO COST TO US TO TRY IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, DO I WANNA PUT THAT PRESSURE ON THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE IS ABUSING THE ? SO IT'S JUST KIND OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

I DON'T NEED A DECISION LIKE TODAY.

BUT IF YOU WANNA GIVE YOU RESTRICTIONS OR IF YOU WANNA VOTE ON IT AND THEN I, I CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE TEAM, I CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

BUT THERE IS NO TECHNICAL FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND HE'S SENDING ME THE CONTRACT.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT, LIKE ARE YOU, WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE DO THEY USUALLY OFFER? YOU CAN NEGOTIATE? SO HE SAID SOME OF THEM JUST TAKE 5% JUST SO THEY GET A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING.

SOME TAKE 10, 15, ANY MORE THAN THAT.

THEN YOU'RE TALKING TO LIKE THE PERSON ABOVE HIM TO SEE IF IT'S WORTH HAVING.

SO WHAT ARE YOU CONSIDERING? IF I WERE, I WOULD DO LIKE MAYBE A 10% IF THAT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO.

RIGHT.

UM, AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE I WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO IF I'M TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM THEM THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED, IT'S NOT, I DON'T NEED TO BE DOING THAT.

BUT THEY OFFERED ME A 10.

IT'S A BUSINESS THOUGH.

AND THEY'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR THEM BY HANDING THEM THIS MANY PEOPLE.

RIGHT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING MACHINE CONSIDERING THE APP.

YES.

THE APP MIGHT EVEN GIVE THEM WARNING IF SOMEONE'S TRYING TO VANDALIZE IT.

WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH IT, I COULD BE HERE IN FOUR MINUTES.

YEAH.

AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

HAVE YOU TALKED BIG STAFF ALREADY? I DID.

AND THEY HAD VENDING MACHINES PRIOR.

MM-HMM.

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.

AND THEY WERE UP IF, IF YOUR UPSTAIRS IS NEXT TO THE ROCK WALL WITH THE BARN DOOR, THAT CLOSET MM-HMM.

THAT'S WHERE THEY LIVED.

SO THEY WERE OUT OF SIGHT AT MINES.

I DO REMEMBER THAT.

YES.

SO I DON'T LIKE THAT GAME BECAUSE A, IT'S NOW THE ONLY CLOSET THAT I HAVE TO PUT THINGS IN.

BUT ONCE IT'S SITE ITEMIZED, IT WASN'T EVEN VISIBLE.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

SO MY QUESTION IS, IS IT THIS CONTRACT? IS IT FOR A YEAR? UM, SO SAY IF YOU, I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT CAN BE A TRIAL.

YEAH.

LIKE I'M WONDERING, OR EVEN A TRIAL FOR, YOU KNOW, SO YOU, YOU'RE GETTING THE POTENTIALLY THE TWO, THE TWO MACHINES.

BUT IF YOU'RE SEEING THAT THE ONE UPSTAIRS, THEY'RE REALLY NOT BUYING MANY DRINKS AND IT'S OUT OF SIGHT OF THE STAFF, LIKE ARE BOTH TIED TO YOU HAVE TO KEEP 'EM FOR A YEAR.

OR COULD YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE'S NOT WORKING OUT, YOU SEE WE'RE NOT, YOU REALLY NOT GETTING MUCH OF A RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT.

YOU KNOW, GET WHAT LEVEL OF FLEX FLEXIBILITY.

OKAY.

OH YEAH, IT'S NICE.

SO IT'S, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE AN ETM.

YEAH.

WHAT'D YOU SAY ABOUT A COMBO? IT'S EITHER ALL REFRIGERATOR OR REFRIGERATOR AND FOOD.

YES.

LIKE SNACK FOOD.

YES.

AND THAT WOULD MEAN SODAS, WATERS AS WELL AS THINGS, RIGHT? WELL I CAN HELP THEM CHOOSE WHAT GOES IN.

SO IF I SAY THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE IN THERE IS LIKE NO ADDED SUGAR WATERS AND ONLY HEALTHY THINGS CAN BE IN THEIR LIKE PRIME OR CELSIUS, LIKE SOMETHING ON THOSE LINES.

PROPEL WILL BE IN THERE.

AND THE FOOD VENDING MACHINE, I'LL ONLY ALLOW AGAIN, LIKE PROTEIN BARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE APP.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVEN PUT APPLE, BUT LIKE IF I DID THAT, LIKE THAT WOULD BE WHAT THEY SOLD.

THEY WOULD'VE PUT SNICKERS BARS IN AND THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT.

SO YOU'RE FEELING MORE INCLINED NOW TO, TO POTENTIALLY TRY THIS THAN YOU WERE OUR LAST MEETING AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR US TO VOTE ON THIS? MAYBE.

WELL I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE NOW THAT I HAVE.

OKAY.

I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.

I THINK WE SHOULD SOME INFORMATION.

HOW LONG WOULD WE BE LOCKED IN FOR A 90 DAY TEST? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A SERVICE AND YEAH.

I, I'D SAY IT'S WORTHWHILE TO GIVE IT A TRY.

WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REALLY LOW RISK FOR US ALSO BECAUSE YEAH.

RISK.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA KEEP A MACHINE UP THERE THAT'S NOT MAKING MONEY EITHER.

EXACTLY.

YEAH.

SO IT'S NOT EVEN WITH, I MEAN IF IT, NOBODY BUYS FROM IT.

IT'S NOT TAKING ANYTHING FROM US.

RIGHT.

IT'S TAKING IT FROM THEM, TIM, TO MAKE, SO TECHNICALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A WIN ON OUR END NO MATTER WHAT IT DOES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT RENTING IT, BUYING IT, WE'RE JUST GONNA BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE BIT OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM TRAFFIC TO AND PROVIDING A SERVICE.

RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

I WONDER IF IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO JUST HAVE IT DOWNSTAIRS.

NOT EVEN DO THE UPSTAIRS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PLAYING SPORTS ALWAYS GET A BREAK.

THEY COULD COME DOWN AND JUST GRAB A SODA OR A WATER AND GO BACK UP.

WELL WE WERE THINKING IT WAS LIKE THE WEEKEND RENTALS WHEN I HAVE 600 TO 800 PEOPLE ON THE WEEKENDS.

OKAY.

THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE DOWNSTAIRS.

THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO COME IN AND LEAVE THROUGH THE UPSTAIRS.

THAT I UNDERSTAND.

BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AT A TIME.

SO IT, IT'S NOT THAT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.

YOU CAN MAKE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING WAS LIKE I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.

YEAH.

GO FORWARD.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS I CAN TAKE IT TO OUR TEAM.

I KNOW THE MANAGER OVER THERE DIDN'T REALLY SEEM TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, BUT I'LL TALK TO, TO MY TEAM AND SEE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO FROM THE BOARD PERSPECTIVE, WE ALL SURE WE SHOULD DO IT.

WHO'S HERE RIGHT NOW? YOU THINK YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND ON A TRIAL BASIS, , JUST IN CASE TRIAL BASIS IF THAT'S DOABLE DEPENDING ON THE CONTRACT, WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER A TRIAL? LIKE THREE THREE DAYS? YEAH.

WORST CASE.

SIX MONTHS.

AND NOW AT THIS POINT, LIKE BASKETBALL'S OVER, I THINK NEXT MONTH ON THE WEEKENDS WE MAY WANT TO GO A LITTLE LONGER.

WELL, YEAH, PROBABLY NEED TO SUMMER SOME MONTHS ARE NOT THE BIGGEST.

I'M GONNA DRINK SOMETHING 'CAUSE I'M THIRSTY AND IT'S HOT.

I'M THINKING OF SIX MONTHS MILES.

YEAH.

WOULD BE AT LEAST OVER THE SUMMER.

YEAH.

OKAY.

I'LL TALK TO HIM.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AWESOME.

SOUNDS GOOD.

COOL.

WHEN CAN HE BRING IT LIKE PRETTY QUICK? IT SEEMS LIKE HE, I GUESS SO.

YEAH, HE'S LIKE HAS WE HAVE A WAREHOUSE OF THE, WHEN YOU'RE READY THEY'LL COME.

GREAT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

COOL.

[5. Old Business]

ALRIGHT, SO, UM, ONTO OLD BUSINESS.

SO FOR THE PARK BOARD, KEN, DID YOU HAVE A JANUARY MEETING OF THE EAC? WE HAD A JANUARY MEETING.

HOW IN DEPTH OR WHAT? I MEAN IT'S SHORT BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON SOMEONE.

YEAH, JUST ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY HIGHLIGHTS, LIKE IT'S THE MAIN THING IS THE TREE.

THEY ASSIGN ME TO WORK WITH SUE ON GETTING THE

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TREE OR, AND I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY SENDING HER STUFF ON THE SEEDS FOR YOUR THING.

YES.

AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING ON, THE ONLY OTHER THING THEY'RE WORKING ON IS A UM, PLASTIC BAG BAN.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

SO, SO WHAT'S THIS TREE THING? WHAT'S THIS WORKING? SO YOU KNOW HOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING THE FOUNDATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE TO INSTEAD OF DONATE A TREE OR PAY FOR A TREE ONLY IF IN MEMORY OF SOMEBODY.

YES.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING THE TREE PROGRAM WHERE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE GET A YEAR FROM THAT DONATION, WE'LL BUY AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.

AND SEE IF WE COULD FIND SOMEONE THAT WOULD EITHER, WHICH WAS A VERY POPULAR IDEA WHEN WE ASK PEOPLE AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO REALLY LIKE IT.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE NOW I NEED TO TRY, TRY TO FIND LIKE A TREE VENDOR.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO TOO SMALL IT'LL NEVER, IT'LL TAKE FOREVER TO GROW AND DO HAVE BUY YOU, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TIME.

LIKE WHAT DO WE DO AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT? SO KEN WAS NICE ENOUGH OR I THINK YOU GOT PAUL.

I GOT VOLUNT TOLD BUT THAT WAS .

JEFF TOLD JEFF TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS TO LOOK INTO IT FOR ME.

AND THEN WE WERE STARTED TALKING ABOUT SPRING FLING OUR APRIL EVENT IN LIEU OF THE COMMUNITY AT CON WE'RE DOING THE SPRING TRUNK OR TREAT WITH BUSINESSES WITH A NICE LITTLE LIKE SEARCH AND FIND KIND OF THING GOING ON ON THE TRAIL.

BUT WE HAD THOUGHT AS A, UM, PARK AND REC TEAM IS HOW NICE IT WOULD BE TO EITHER GIVE A TREE AWAY TO RESIDENTS OR SOME KIND OF PLANT OF SOME KIND SO THEY CAN TAKE IT HOME.

LIKE AN EARTH DAY COMBO.

HERE'S A PLANT, PUT IT IN YOUR YARD, SEED GROW, TAKE CARE OF IT, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND LIKE REGROW SOME OF, UM, THE TREES AND THINGS THAT WE'VE LOST OVER TIME.

SO, AND THEN KEN WAS, THEN VOLUNT TOLD TO ALSO DO THAT .

SO HE'S BEEN SENDING ME THINGS HERE AND THERE AND I EMAILED RICK TON OVER AT TON STAR TO SEE IF THEY COULD DONATE LIKE THE PEAK, UM, BOXES THAT WE CAN PLANT SEEDS INTO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK YET.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY THAT WOULD ALSO, IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SHOOTING TOWARDS A TIMEFRAME, THAT WOULD ALSO BE A, A GOOD WAY TO BE ADVERTISING AND, AND HAVE PEOPLE DONATE FOR THE BIGGER TREE PROGRAM.

YEAH.

SO TO GET THE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS PEOPLE LIKE START LIKE THINKING ABOUT YEAH.

THEY ACTUALLY SAY THEY LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE SPRING FLING? YEAH, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE THE FLYER.

WHAT AM I DOING WITH IT? I'M LIKE, I JUST GIMME A SECOND .

SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KIND OF LAUNCH LIKE IF WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH IT AT THAT POINT.

RIGHT.

AND THEN SET UP A DONATION THING.

YEAH.

THAT SPRING WE, I HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE EAC C IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE IN HOAS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM TO START TALKING ABOUT IS IT TRAIL? WELL THE BIG THING WAS THAT OPEN SPACE, EVERYONE THINKS OPEN SPACE IS A FIELD.

YEAH.

BUT AN OPEN SPACE IS ACTUALLY WOODS, UM, OVERGROWTH AND UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT WOMAN WAS THERE THAT, BUT SHE WAS SAYING BRINGING THE OPEN SPACE INTO LIKE A, WHEN I SAY A PARK, A WOODED PARK STYLE.

RIGHT.

YEAH.

OR LIKE CHANGING THE BASINS INTO GARDENS.

GARDENS INSTEAD OF JUST EMPTY MODE BASINS.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

SO IT WAS THEN, NOW THE EAC IS GONNA HAVE A TABLE AT THIS EVENT TO BE ABLE TO HUNT PEOPLE DOWN.

YAHOO.

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE ON YOUR HOA, CAN YOU WRITE THEIR NAME DOWN? CAN YOU GIVE US A CONTACT INFO? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT RIGHT.

BASICALLY.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LIKE SOLICIT PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THINGS AND THEN THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN WHAT THE EAC IS AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY STARTED, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE OTHER THING IS LIKE THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THAT GROUP IS THERE, IS THERE A LISTING OF ALL THE H HOAS IN THE AREA? IT IS SO EXPIRED AT THIS POINT, TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST.

WE HAVE IT AND IT'S LIKE, SO I'M MOVED OUT NOW.

THERE'S NO ON BOARD NOW KNOW WHO IT IS SO OFTEN, LIKE I'M IN ONE, I COULDN'T TELL YOU EVEN HOW TO FIND THE OA, I DON'T MEAN NECESSARILY THE PERSON BUT THE MANAGEMENT GROUP.

ALL OF THEM.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU MEAN THE COMMUNITIES OR SOMETHING? YES.

WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS ARE HOAS? OKAY.

THERE'S ONE IN OVER HERE.

UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE COMMUNITY, NOT THE, THE PARK OVER HERE.

THERE'S A BIG ONE.

INDUSTRIAL PARK.

THERE'S ONE OUR COMPANY.

I'M IN PROVIDENCE VIEW, OURS IS EXCALIBUR.

OH, OKAY.

AND WE'RE IN OH, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF IT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE WE HAD, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT, BUT IT WAS OVER HERE IN COLLEGEVILLE.

OKAY.

ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

ONE OF THE S OVER THERE.

THEY DO A LOT OF 'EM TOO.

I WONDER TOO, LIKE WE DO HAVE IT OUT ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, LIKE LOOKING FOR HOA GROUPS, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT ANY RESPONSES.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I DON'T KNOW THAT MOST OA PEOPLE ARE HANGING OUT ON, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE HOA MANAGERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT ARE PART OF AN HOA THAT ARE SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AT THEIR HOA.

THEY, THERE WERE MANY TO SO YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR WHO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS.

YOU WANT THE ACTUAL HOA THE PERSON THERE.

YES.

UNLESS THEY USE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

BUT

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THERE USED TO BE A BUNCH WHO DID THEIR MEETINGS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

YES.

BUT NOW THEY'VE GONE TO ZOOM.

ANOTHER AVENUE MAY BE WHEN, WHEN A NEW FAMILY, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE SELLING HOUSES AND SOMEBODY HAS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO.

YOU'RE SELLING HOUSE WHEN SOMEBODY MOVES IN.

DON'T THEY HAVE TO PAY A FEE? OH MY GOD.

THEY PAY THROUGH THE NOSE AND THEY, THEY PAY A FEE TO THE TOWNSHIP.

SO SOMEBODY WHO PAYS THE FEE TO THE TENANT.

THE THE PEOPLE MOVING IN, RIGHT? DON'T THEY? NO.

TO OUR BOARD.

NO, IT'S HALF PERCENT.

IS THAT WHAT IT IT'S THE PEOPLE SELLING IT.

OKAY.

NOT BUYING.

SO THE OH YES.

IT WOULD BE COOL IF WE LIKE LITERALLY TWO HOURS OR IT'S HALF A PERCENT.

BUT THEN DID THE BUYERS HAVE TO DO ANYTHING? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

AND THAT HALF PERCENT IS THEN SPLIT BETWEEN US AND THE SCHOOL.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SEE IF THE, IF THE BUYERS DO ANYTHING.

'CAUSE I SEEM TO REMEMBER MAUREEN AT ONE POINT TALKING ABOUT THERE WAS SOMEBODY HERE THAT KNEW ALL THE NEW BUYERS AND AT ONE POINT WE OH, WE HAVE THAT LIST.

YEAH.

ALL THE NEW BUYERS.

BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE KNOW WHO THE NEW BUYERS ARE.

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEND A LITTLE PACKET.

WE DO.

OH, YAY.

ALL THAT UP MY LIST.

I'M SO SORRY.

SO WE USED TO THAT OUT.

WE USED TO GIVE OUT RECYCLE BINS AND THEY ARE ALL STORED AT TAYLOR.

AND THEN WE LOST THE BARN OF TAYLOR.

WE'RE LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH ALL THESE? WE DON'T EVEN HANDLE RECYCLING.

WHY ARE WE GIVING OUT RECYCLING BIN? SO AFTER THE COMMUNITY DAY THAT WE GAVE OUT THE, UM, COOLER SHOPPING BAGS.

OH MY GOD.

YEAH.

THOSE HUGE, IT WAS LIKE A PHENOMENON.

YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT WE CREATED SOMETHING NEW.

YEAH.

THEY NOW GIVE THOSE AND THEY PUT THEM WITH ALL THE PACKETS OF ALL OF OUR INFORMATION CALENDARS.

LIKE ALL THAT STUFF GOES TO THE NEW BUYER WHEN THEY BUY THE HOUSE.

SO THE TOWN, THE ADMIN DOES THAT.

THAT'S A NEW HOUSE.

RIGHT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET ONE I WAS GONNA, GOING ON 15 YEARS AGO, I'VE, I WAS GONNA, I WONDER IF WE COULD NOT EVEN KNOW RETURN WE'D GET, BUT IF IN THAT PACKAGE THERE WAS AN, I SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT.

IF THERE WAS A FORM OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WELCOME AND, AND, UM, AS YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU HAVE AN HOA, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US A CONTACT PERSON AND HAVE IT BE LIKE SOMETHING THEY CAN SEND BACK.

OKAY.

I DON'T BUT YOU WANT THE CONTACT PERSON BEING A PERSON OFF THE BOARD, NOT THE BOARD MANAGER.

CORRECT.

RIGHT.

LIKE RIGHT NOW WE JUST WANNA TALK TO THE RESIDENTS.

RIGHT.

THAT SIT ON THE BOARD AND THEN IT WILL GET TO, OKAY, LET'S TALK TO YOUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY THEN AT THAT POINT, 'CAUSE NOW THE BOARD HAS VOTED ON, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE ALL OF OUR BASINS TO WILD BASINS.

YEAH.

SO NOW THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY HAS TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE THEN YOU SAY, YOU CAN'T MOW THIS, YOU CAN'T GO NEAR THIS.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANTING.

DON'T HARVEST.

THAT'S WHAT I'M, BUT NOT EVERY, NOT EVERY HOA BUT YOU TO GET THE HO MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

ABSOLUTELY.

LIKE THEY NEED TO GET ON BOARD FIRST.

IS IS AN HOA MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER? MM-HMM.

A PUBLIC SERVANT? NO, NO, NO.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS.

SO ISN'T THAT PRIVATE? IS THAT PRIVATE INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHO'S ON THE BOARD? I DON'T BELIEVE SO BECAUSE THEY DO, LIKE, IF THERE IS A, LET'S SAY AN ISSUE WITH THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, FROM WHAT I WOULD UNDERSTAND IS IF LIKE THAT RESIDENT IS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THEIR HOA COMPANY OR A TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE WITH THE CONTRACTORS, THAT HOA GROUP WOULD THEN COME TO THE TOWNSHIP AND SAY LIKE, WE'VE HAD THIS COMPLAINT BEFORE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING ON OUR TRAIL THAT DON'T LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE TOWNSHIP WOULD SAY, IT'S NOT YOUR TRAIL, IT'S A PUBLIC TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO THIS.

OKAY.

THEREFORE IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY.

SO THERE IS COMMUNICATION.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW PER DEVELOPMENT WHO THAT COMMUNICATION IS COMING FROM.

AND WE DON'T GET A COMPLAINT FROM EVERY SINGLE HOA.

SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S HARD TO SAY WHO'S WHO AT THIS POINT.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE TOO NEW THAT YEAH.

THERE ISN'T ANYTHING TO TALK TO US ABOUT.

WELL, I KNOW LIKE OUR, OUR HOA 'CAUSE I, I TALKED TO THEM WHEN, UM, WHEN THE WALNUT HEAL WAS GOING ON.

YEP.

AND THEY, THEY HAVE LIKE A EMAIL ADDRESS.

SO IF WE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GIVE THEIR NAMES.

IT'S AN EMAIL ADDRESS.

RIGHT.

SO IF, AND EVEN THAT'S FINE.

LIKE WE JUST NEED, WE COULD JUST, I MEAN IT'S BASICALLY WE HAVE IT UP ON THE WEBSITE.

AND I WANNA SAY THIS DID GO OUT ON FACEBOOK AND I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE SLIDESHOW THAT WAS KINDA LIKE, HEY, CALL TO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOAS.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US SOME KIND OF PIECE OF INFORMATION? IT SAYS, DO WE HAVE YOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD INFORMATION? PLEASE USE THE FORM

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ON OUR WEBSITE TO UPDATE THE BOARD INFORMATION JUST SO WE CAN BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU JUST SO WE KNOW.

DO YOU WANT ALL OF THIS IN THE NOTES? ? NO, I JUST, THE HIGHLIGHT HAVE TO START ABOUT THIS AGAIN.

NO, NO.

JUST SAY THE INFORMATION FOR H OA CONTACT FORM IS ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.

AND, AND IF YOU, AND, AND IF YOU KNOW ON ANYBODY ON YOUR HOA HAVE ASK THEM TO LOOK AT IT.

RIGHT.

HERE'S A TIDBIT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

MY SON RAN FOR HIS HOA MM-HMM.

.

AND HE HAD TO REGISTER WITH THE COUNTY.

DID HE REALLY? YES.

IN CALIFORNIA.

INTERESTING.

YOU, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THEM FIRST.

JUST, AND PETITIONS AND ALL.

HE HAD PETITION SIGNED , WHICH I THOUGHT WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT? .

BUT CALIFORNIA IS DIFFERENT THEMSELVES.

.

SO YOU'D BE ABLE, IF YOU WERE IN CALIFORNIA, YOU'D HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.

YEAH.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

IT'S NOT HERE THOUGH.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT SO GOOD.

AND THAT, THAT TIED INTO THE EAC.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'VE, WHAT'S GOING ON? SO THEN YOU'RE STILL DOING, IT'S EVERY OTHER MONTH THAT YOU HAVE MEETING.

SO IT'S NOT SO TOMORROW IT'S NEXT MONTH.

YEAH.

AND SPEAKING ON THE TREE REAL QUICK.

MAYBE I JUST OTHER, I STILL OWE SOMEONE MONEY.

OH, OKAY.

I HAVE MONEY TODAY.

OOH.

I MEAN IT INVAL, NOTICE HOW I PUT EVERYONE I WANTED TO GIVE .

I'M GONNA WRITE THAT IN THE NOTES HE HAS GIVEN HIS MONEY.

MONEY .

WELL WAIT TILL AFTERWARDS.

I MEAN, WRITE IT NOW.

HAVE TO IN THE MINUTES YOU DID IT.

YEAH, SEND IT IN THE MINUTES.

OKAY.

SO, UM, NEXT BOARD SPONSORED EVENT.

DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF, YEAH, I WASN'T SURE.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT IT'S FEBRUARY FOR ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM TO CREATE A NEW EVENT FOR 2024.

OUR CALENDAR, ONCE YOU GUYS GO ON GOOGLE, IT'S PACKED ALREADY.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S, SO WHAT I WAS KIND OF THINKING WAS, BECAUSE YOU GUYS AREN'T SPONSORING THE JAM AT BLACKROCK, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.

IS THERE SOMETHING YOU AS A GROUP OUTSIDE OF FALL FEST, PLEASE DON'T MAKE A FALL FEST.

YEAH, FALL FEST BECAUSE I NEED YOU ANYWAY.

HARVEST TEST, HARVEST, , .

SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE HAVE AND I CAN GO THROUGH WHEN IT GETS TO MY PART, AGAIN, I'LL GO OVER LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE, THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU GUYS JUST WANNA TAG ON TO THAT ONE TO ASSIST, YOU CAN HELP WITH THE INS AND OUTS OF IT.

ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

BUT I'D RATHER DO THAT THAN CREATE A NEW ONE.

NO, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

IF THAT'S OKAY.

THAT WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU EVEN WANTED US TO DO, TO DO, TO TRY TO FILL THE JAM SPACE.

I THINK IT'S TOO MUCH AT THIS POINT.

OKAY.

AND WE HAVE PLENTY GOING ON IN MARCH AND APRIL.

WE DON'T NEED TO TACK ON.

YEAH, WE HAD IT IN THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER, BUT THAT REALLY, IT ACTUALLY FREES US TO GET READY FOR OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

AND NOW ARE THE, THE EVENTS ARE ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE NOW? YEP.

I JUST PUT 'EM UP.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE COULD JUST LOOK AND SEE IF I ACTUALLY, I CAN EVEN JUST US VOLUNTEERING, LIKE REALLY BEING, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE AND VOLUNTEERING.

WELL THAT, AND THAT'S MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING, YOU LOOKING FOR MONEY FROM US? NO LOOKING, NO BODIES'.

LOOKING FOR BODIES IN, YEAH.

BODIES.

BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION OF THE PARKS OF THE WRECK AND THE BOARD AND THE BOARD.

I, SO I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU LIKE WHAT, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED LIKE TWO YEARS AGO WAS, AND THIS IS JUST LIKE FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE WERE LOOKING AT LIKE, WHAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VANDALISM AT THE, UM, AT THE SKATE PARK.

SO WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE SOME WAYS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE THAT? AND WE'RE LIKE, WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM FEEL BETTER OWNERSHIP AND WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THAT POPULATION.

AND TAYLOR SAID, YOU KNOW, I AGREE AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO LIKE AN EVENT.

OKAY.

SO TAYLOR HAD ALL THE CONTACTS.

SO THAT BECAME LIKE A BOARD SPON, LIKE SPONSORED OR BOARD, UM, NOT, SPONSORS AREN'T THE RIGHT WORD.

COORDINATED EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, TAYLOR FOUND PEOPLE WHO COULD DO IT.

AND THEN THEY, THEY KIND OF COORDINATED WITH WHAT SUE AS A PARKS AND REC COULD BRING TO THAT EQUATION SINCE IT WAS OUR, OUR PLACE.

WHAT FUNDS, WHAT OTHER THINGS, HAVING THE POLICE THERE.

SO THAT WAS IT.

SO NOW THE THOUGHT CAME THAT, SINCE THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR, ARE WE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN? BUT WHAT SUE'S SAYING IS, DOES IT AT THIS POINT WE'RE TOO OVERLOADED WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL THESE EVENTS.

RIGHT? SO WHAT WOULD WE DO WHEN SHE SAID, DO YOU WANT JUST SPONSOR

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THE EVENT? I THINK DOES THAT MEAN MANPOWER? I THINK SHE JUST MEANS YES, JUST MAN, JUST MANPOWER.

OR SAY THERE WAS AN EVENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SAID, HUH, HEY, THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME PLACE.

THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME TYPE OF EVENT WHERE WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A TABLE WHERE MAYBE WE DO THIS AS WELL.

LIKE IF, IF WE WERE INSPIRED BY SOMETHING, BUT IF ALMOST LIKE TAG ON OR JUST BE A, OR JUST, I KNOW, I KNOW I JUST CHANGED IT ON THE WORD DOT.

OKAY.

.

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP AS OF RIGHT NOW FOR ALL THE EVENTS IS THE TRUNK OR TREAT CANDY.

IT CAN BE WHATEVER THE BUSINESSES GIVE OUT.

AND WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE? HERE IN THE BACK PARKING LOT BY THE DOUBLE-SIDED PAVILION.

WHAT KIND OF BUSINESSES? THIS IS A NEW EVENT FOR US.

THE SAME PLACE.

SO WE DID THIS, WE DID A CHUNK OR TREAT, UM, TWO FOR TWO HALLOWEENS, AND WE JUST HIT UP THE SMALL BUSINESSES NEARBY.

WE PUT OUT, UM, WE ACTUALLY SENT IT OUT TO ALL OUR VENDORS FOR FALL FEST AND THE SPOOKTACULAR EVENT THAT WE HAD A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

SO WE ALREADY DO HAVE ABOUT 10 OR SO SIGNED UP FOR IT.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR I THINK 20 OR 30.

AND IT'S JUST A CUTE LITTLE, THEY COME IN, THEY PARK THEIR CARS, THEY POP UP THEIR TRUNK, THEY DECORATE IT, THEY GIVE OUT BUSINESS INFORMATION, THEY GIVE OUT SWAG OR TREATS FOR THE KIDS.

THE KIDS COME BUY WITH THEIR EASTER BASKETS, GET SOME EXTRA GOODIES.

AND THEN ALONG THE TRAIL WE'LL HAVE A SCAVENGER HUNT OF SPRING THINGS.

AND THEN OUR TABLE WOULD BE GIVING OUT, UM, INFORMATION ON EITHER PLANTING THE PLANT IF WE GET IT, OR TREE SAPLINGS AND EDUCATION IN THAT REGARD.

SO ARE WE NOW LOOKING TO SEE WHAT EVENT WE AS THE PARK AND REC HOME SPONSOR? YEAH.

SO IF YOU'RE IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE OH, THAT'S, YEAH.

AND MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T USE THE WORD SPONSOR.

LIKE BE MORE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SOME WAY.

YEAH.

SO MY, MY THOUGHT WAS EITHER FOR THE SPRING FLING OR MAYBE ONE OF THE CONCERTS, UM, THIS YEAR, AS YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE THEM ALL FULLY SCHEDULED.

THEY'RE ALL READY TO GO.

UM, IT STARTS WITH MUSIC FEST ON, UM, MAY 4TH.

AND PART OF MUSIC FEST THIS YEAR IS A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND WHO IS GETTING ALL THAT SWIFTY VERY POPULAR.

AND IT'S AN ACTUAL PRODUCTION.

SO SHE COMES OUT AND DOES ALMOST A FULL CONCERT AS IF SHE WAS TAYLOR SWIFT.

AND THAT'S ON, THAT'S AT MUSIC FEST.

THAT'S ON MUSIC FEST.

AND THEN I BOOKED HER FOR AN ACTUAL TWO HOUR CONCERT.

YEAH, WE DID LAST.

DO YOU REMEMBER? YEAH.

BUT LET'S DO THAT ONE THIS YEAR.

IF IT'S TALENT, THIS ONE FOR THE CONCERT ON JULY 17TH, THEY'RE COMING IN AND DOING A TWO HOUR HUGE CONCERT.

OKAY.

UM, I'M ANTICIPATING IF IT GOES WELL, THAT WILL HAVE TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE NORMALLY HAVE FOR CONCERTS THERE THAT NIGHT.

WE'RE ALSO MAKING THIS A FUNDRAISER EVENT BECAUSE JUST HAVING THAT BAND TOOK UP MY ENTIRE SUMMER CONCERT BUDGET.

YEAH.

WOW.

SO I'M HOPING TO MAKE IT A FUNDRAISER AND MAKE IT A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT.

SO THAT ONE I MIGHT NEED EXTRA HANDS FOR.

OR WE CAN SAY, THIS IS OUR THOUGHT WAS IT WOULD BE, UM, DONATIONS TO HELP BENEFIT THE PARK REC DEPARTMENT IN SUMMER CAMP.

SO WE CAN OFFER FREE THINGS LIKE THIS MORE OFTEN.

AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON HERE IS FREE.

THE ONLY THING WOULD BE AERATOR AND THEY CHARGE WHAT THEY CHARGE.

SO ONE THING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO FOR MUSIC FEST IS HAVE A TENT SET UP FOR THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.

MM-HMM.

.

AND WE MAN IT AND WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO LIKE, GET DONATIONS THERE.

YEAH.

AND YOU CAN HAVE IT.

MAYBE THAT'S THE TREE FUND.

LIKE WE'RE STARTING THE TREE FUND THAT DAY AND PEOPLE CAN GIVE CASH.

THE ONLY THING IS ANYTHING YOU GUYS DO, I JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE WIRELESS PAYMENT OPPORTUNITY THERE.

YEP.

SO, SO LET'S JUST BEGIN TO GROW THAT IDEA AS TIME.

THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT, LIKE BOARD SHOULD BE THERE.

I THINK AS MANY PEOPLE FROM THE BOARD WHO CAN, AND LIKE LAST TIME THERE WERE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE HANDING OUT LIKE T-SHIRTS AND WE, WE ALSO HAD ALL THE, UM, INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES MM-HMM.

.

AND WE'RE GIVING THAT OUT AND TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT YEAH.

WHAT THE, WHAT THE BOARD DOES AND WHAT THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT DOES.

SO JUST ALMOST LIKE INFORMATIONAL, BUT THEN YOU CAN MAYBE USE US IN SOME WAY.

YES.

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SO, SO WE WERE SELLING CUPS.

WE WERE SELLING THE CUPS AND THEN AND GIVING OUT THOSE T-SHIRTS.

THE T-SHIRTS.

YEAH.

AND WE'RE UNDER THE TREE.

IT WAS NOT A VERY NICE DAY.

YEAH, YEAH.

BUT, UM, SO EXACTLY THAT.

WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO, WELL, YOU GUYS CAN COOPERATE.

YOU HAVE THIS NOW IN ALL YOUR DRIVES.

IT'S ALL BEEN SHARED WITH EVERYBODY.

YOU CAN TELL ME LATER, YOU CAN TELL ME.

TODAY WE HAVE THE SHREDDING AND E-WASTE EVENT AS WELL ON MAY 18TH.

THAT'S USUALLY A BIG HOME RUN FOR US TOO, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A TV OR PRINTER OR SOME ELECTRONIC GIANT BOX OF SOMETHING THAT THEY WANNA GET RID OF.

SO I'M IN THE SAME BOAT.

HOW ABOUT AS A, AS A, AN ACTION ITEM NEXT MEETING THE BOARD MEMBERS THINK ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT WOULD WORK? AND, AND I, I LIKE, I'M LEANING TOWARDS, BUT ANYBODY LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT, BUT I AM LEANING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, BEING RESIDENT AT, AT AN EVENT AND BEING A VALUE ADDED IN SOME WAY.

YEAH.

AND I, I'M KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS THE MAY 4TH ONLY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE IS, WAS IT WE HAD A BEER GARDEN, RIGHT? WE HAVE A BEER GARDEN.

BEER GARDEN, FOOD TRUCKS COMING.

WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS.

THREE.

IT WAS FUN.

IT IS.

I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A FUN ATMOSPHERE AND WHEN YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE FOR DONATIONS AND STUFF, IT THAT'S, THEY'RE MORE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

YEAH.

MM-HMM.

.

YEAH.

RATHER THAN WHEN THEY'RE RECYCLING SOMETHING , WE JUST HAVE TO, WE DO GENERALLY GET ENOUGH DONATIONS TO, UM, EQUAL AT THE COST.

YEAH.

AT THOSE.

YEAH.

FOR THE, BUT WHAT TIME WOULD IT BE FOR MAY 4TH? MAY 4TH.

IT'S ALL DAY.

SO, UM, CONCERTS, THEY START PLAYING SPOTIFY AT NOON JUST TO ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM THE LOCAL AREA RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN IT STARTS, THE FIRST BANG GOES ON AT ONE AND THEN WE ENTER, OR AN 8 30, 9 O'CLOCK.

IT'S A LONG DAY, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE EVENTS WHERE LIKE, ONCE WE SET UP, YOU'RE DONE.

YEAH.

LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT, LIKE I HAVE MOVING PARTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, 'CAUSE WE ROTATE STUFF THROUGH THAT DAY.

YEAH.

UNLESS THEY WANNA WORK A FULL DAY.

SO IT'S LIKE MID, MAKING SURE THAT'S HAPPENING.

YOUR BREAKS ARE HAPPENING AND STUFF.

BUT FOR PEOPLE WORKING IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT A LOT.

AND IF WE HAD LIKE A, JUST A BOARD TABLE, WE COULD JUST HAVE, THERE'S SEVEN OF US.

WE COULD HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE.

FOR THREE HOURS, TWO PEOPLE FOR THREE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT.

SO I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT AND, AND LOOK THROUGH AND SEE IF YOU COME UP WITH A BETTER OPTION.

IF THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD RATHER DO LIKE, OR IF YOU WANNA DO TWO SMALL ONES LIKE YOU DO, YOU WANNA HOST A CONCERT AND YOU WANNA DO A WOODLAND WONDERLAND NIGHT, GREAT.

LIKE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE RIGHT THIS ONE THING, BUT THEN I CAN ADVERTISE IT AS LIKE PRESENTED BY OUR PARK BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND THROW THAT OUT THERE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

SO VOLUNTEERS FOR EVENTS.

ARE YOU, SO THAT ROLLED INTO MY QUESTION AND SANDY'S GONNA HELP ME OUT WITH THAT.

SO ONCE SHE HAS THAT UP ONLINE, IF PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH AND SEE, OR IF YOU HAVE FAMILY THAT MIGHT WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR SOMETHING OR IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE SCHOOLS AND YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DO THAT WHOLE IF YOU WILL.

I PUT SOMETHING ON MY FACEBOOK, MY NEIGHBORHOOD FACEBOOK GROUP.

I GOT THREE PEOPLE.

OH NICE.

SO THAT, YEAH, I WAS, WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME OUT, I MEAN THE MORE THE MERRIER, THEIR CLEARANCES ARE FREE.

AND SO IF THEY'RE JUST GONNA VOLUNTEER AT ONE EVENT, THEY NEED TO DO CLEARANCES, I PREFER IT.

OKAY.

IF I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR ALL OF THE EVENTS, LET'S SAY I'D ASK FOR IT.

YEAH.

BUT LIKE ON CERTAIN NIGHTS WHERE WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM HIGH SCHOOL COME IN TO HELP WITH LIKE AN HOUR LONG PROGRAM, THAT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT I REQUIRE IT FOR, BUT IT'S JUST A GOOD, UM, I GUESS RESPONSIBILITY ON MY PART TO HAVE THEM.

AND IS IT JUST THE ONE CLEARANCE? I, UM, REMIND ME AGAIN.

IT'S PA STATE AND PA CHILD ABUSE.

OKAY.

IT'S THE PA STATE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

RIGHT.

AND THEY'RE BOTH FREE VOLUNTEERS? THE TWO WE, THE TWO THAT WE DID, YEP.

OKAY.

AND IT'S ON THE UPPER PROVIDENCE, UH, WEBSITE.

IT SHOULD BE.

IF IT'S NOT, THEN I'LL, I THINK IT IS.

I THINK I JUST SAW IT.

YEAH.

SO IT WAS THE CRIMINAL CHECK AND THE P CHILD ABUSE.

YES.

OKAY.

THAT'S REALLY THE BIG ONE.

AND THEN I THINK YOU, YOU HAVE, AND TAYLOR HAS ALSO SENT THOSE LINKS, SO WE HAVE THE LINKS TOO.

OKAY.

ALRIGHTY.

SO, UM, I GUESS MOVING ON TO TRAIL NAMING.

YEP.

SO INFORMATION IS OUT, NOT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT INFORMATION IS OUT TO OUR MARKETING GROUP.

IT'S TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT IN WITH ALL THE OTHER POSTS THAT I HAVE THEM DO EVERY DAY.

UM, WE'LL FIGURE OUT A TIMELINE AND

[00:55:01]

AS SOON AS I HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE UP.

UM, THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF THE TRAIL RIGHT NOW THAT IT KEEPS GETTING WASHED OUT.

SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE A LITTLE HESITANT ON THE TOWNSHIP SIDE TO HAVE THIS BIG RIBBON CUTTING AND THEN IT BEING WASHED OUT AGAIN .

SO, UM, STAY TUNED.

IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY THE TOWNSHIP REALLY WANTS TO DO.

WE WANT TO GET IT ON THE MAP, BUT WITH THE ISSUES THAT WE DO HAVE WITH THAT TRAIL DURING ANY KIND OF ILU, WHETHER IT PUSHES US BACK A COUPLE NOTCHES TO GET THAT OUT THERE.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S FLOODING, IT'S, YEAH, THE WAY THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WATER RUNOFF.

UM, SOME COMING FROM THE HOMES THAT ARE ON TOP OF THE HILL IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE HILL UP ON THE LEFT.

SOME IS FROM THE GOLF COURSE, BUT IT IS A STREET SHOT FROM THAT HILL STRAIGHT DOWN ONTO THAT TRAIL.

SO ANYTHING THAT COMES DOWN, IT JUST, IT WASHES IT OUT TO THE POINT WHERE ALL THE STONE EDGE THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE PAVE OF THE PAVEMENT IS GONE AFTER A STORM.

SO IT'S A LOT OF FINANCIAL UPKEEP AND A LOT OF THE GUYS' TIME TO KEEP GOING BACK AND REFILLING IT IF THEY CAN'T GO SHOVEL OUT ALL THE STONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GORGE.

SO, AND IT'S A LOT, IT'S STONE WASHING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.

OKAY.

YEAH.

HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT JUST DOING, UM, CEMENT IN BETWEEN THE STONES SO THAT IT WOULD STAY AND THEY'D JUST WASH RIGHT OPEN? I HAVE TO ASK.

I HAVE TO GET TO GILMORE AND ASK THEM 'CAUSE THEY ENGINEERED IT.

OKAY.

AND I THINK IT WAS A GRANT THAT WE GOT TO DO THAT PROJECT.

BUT I REMEMBER FROM THE GET GO BEFORE WE, BEFORE IT WAS PAVED AND LOOKING AT IT, WE AS A TEAM HAD CONCERNS LIKE, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.

AND IT'S, YEAH, IT'S GOTTA A SLOPE.

I MEAN, WELL THAT SLOPE AND IT GETS SOME SPEED AND IT JUST GOES, OH MY GOD.

AND I WOULDN'T WANNA BE ON THERE OR HAVE PEOPLE ON THAT TRAIL NECESSARILY IF IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A HEAVY.

SO, UM, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE ENGINEERING THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.

UM, BUT THE TWIG, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S HEARD, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC.

WE HAVE SO MANY BOOKS THAT I JUST GOT ASKED TODAY BY A COUPLE PEOPLE IF WE WERE ADDING MORE BOOKSHELVES IN SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE BOOKS AND OPTIONS.

AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE JUST BRINGING BOOKS TO MY HOUSE.

LIKE, I DON'T WANT THESE, YOU NEED TO GET MORE SHELVES.

OR IF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING THEM, I DON'T KNOW, .

UM, BUT I DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT AND THEY GO IN AND THEY MATCH UP ALL THE BOOKS AND THEY PUT 'EM INTO SECTIONS AND THEY COORDINATE THEM ALL AND THEY'RE DOING A REALLY CUTE JOB AT CURATING IT.

UM, TWO VOLUNTEERS DID YOU SAY? NO, THEY'RE JUST TWO OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT KIND OF TOOK IT UNDER THEIR WING AND BABY IT.

UM, BUT I'M THERE EVERY MONDAY NIGHT FOR DANCE AND IT HAS A COUPLE KIDS IN IT WITH AN ADULT SITTING THERE SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE NOT TOGETHER.

UM, KIDS GO IN AND PLAY IN THERE.

IT'S REALLY NICE.

THE PARENTS GO IN AND READ.

UM, AND THE GAME ROOM IS DOING WELL AS WELL.

SO AT NIGHT WHEN WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS, THERE'S ALWAYS THREE OR FOUR KIDS IN THERE.

OH, GOOD.

PLAYING.

SO, AND IS IT JUST LIKE, TAKE A BOOK, BRING A BOOK OR YEAH, IT'S JUST A LITTLE LIBRARY.

TAKE ONE.

HOPEFULLY BRING ONE IF YOU CAN.

YEAH.

SO THEN THAT ELIMINATES THE WHOLE THING.

YEP.

TRYING TO, CHECKING A BOOK OUT AND DOING WHATEVER.

OKAY.

MM-HMM.

AND THAT, HOW'S THAT BEING ADVERTISED? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS UP AND RUNNING YET.

I KNOW WE TALKED THAT MM-HMM.

THAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, WE PUT UP THE DONATION FLYER FOR BOOKS AND WE PUT IT OUT ON FACEBOOK AND WITHIN TWO DAYS WE WERE FULL.

LIKE WE HAD ENOUGH BOOKS TO FILL IT, SO.

OH WOW.

AND IT'S STILL IN THE SLIDESHOW.

SUPPOSED TO PROBABLY TAKE IT DOWN, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT SO FAR.

AND THE FEEDBACK IS MAINLY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING AND SEE IT.

SO IT IS, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE ADVERTISING.

UM, WE HAVE PICTURES AND THINGS THAT ARE OFF TO THE MARKETING GROUP TO START ADVERTISING.

YEAH.

SO MAYBE EVEN JUST LIKE ON FACEBOOK, LIKE, COME, COME CHECK IT OUT.

TAKE BRING A BOOK.

TAKE A BOOK.

OR JUST TAKE A BOOK.

YEP.

OR JUST TAKE ONE BECAUSE I'M NOW OVER, NOW I'M A LIBRARY.

YEAH.

SO ARE YOU USING INSTAGRAM ALSO? YEAH.

ANYTHING THAT GOES ON FACEBOOK GOES DIRECTLY ONTO I INSTAGRAM.

PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT USING FACEBOOK AS MUCH.

NO, WE'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT A LOT.

A LOT OF OUR NUMBERS COME FROM INSTAGRAM, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE STORIES.

SO THE NEXT ENDEAVOR FOR MY TEAM IS TO GET THEM USED TO DOING THESE LITTLE 32ND CLIPS OF THINGS.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

GOOD.

OKAY.

BUT THEY'RE GOING GREAT.

UM, MY FAVORITE CONVERSATION PIECE ABOUT OUR GRASS RESTROOM.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING, UM, MONEY.

WE'VE PAID MOST OF THE BILL.

I THINK WE'RE HOLDING 20% AT THIS POINT UNTIL THE JOB IS FINISHED.

UM, THE FLOOR KEEPS BUCKLING CREATING LIKE, ALMOST LIKE A VOLCANO EFFECT THAT THE HOLES KEEP HAPPENING AND APPEARING.

OKAY.

UM, SO WE ARE NOT TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE BUILDING NOR TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUILDING UNTIL THE THINGS ARE FIXED.

UM, SO I JUST DON'T KNOW.

WE KEEP JUST GETTING TOLD NEXT WEEK WE'RE SENDING SOMEONE OUT.

NEXT WEEK WE'RE SENDING SOMEONE OUT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A RANDOM SNOW STORM AND THEN IT'S NEXT WEEK WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT.

SO IT'S JUST NOT A PRIORITY.

IT DOESN'T SEEM

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TO GET IT FIXED.

UM, WE'RE ALSO IN THE MIDST.

WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE WATER FOUNTAIN THAT'S ON THERE.

I REMEMBER.

SO I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE COMPANY AND EVEN THOUGH I CALLED THEM AND I SENT THEM MULTIPLE EMAILS, IT TAKES SIX WEEKS TO EIGHT WEEKS OF PRODUCTION TIME FROM WHEN I PUT IN OUR PO FOR IT.

AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT INFORMATION FROM THEM BACK YET TO SAY, CAN I ENTER MY PO NOW? SO OH WOW.

IT'S, IT'S A GIANT PAIN, BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY.

SO, SO DO YOU HAVE, I KNOW, I KNOW WITH ALL THIS COMPLICATIONS, IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT IN A PERFECT WORLD, WHAT'S THE EVENT YOU WANT THAT SUCKER DONE BY ? I MEAN, BECAUSE THE END OF JANUARY DID NOT CAME AND GONE.

YEAH.

JANUARY CAME AND GONE MAY, OCTOBER 14TH WHEN IT, WHEN UM, SO FOR ME, I WOULD REALLY LIKE IT OPEN BY SPRING SLING.

UM, HAVING IT OPEN BY APRIL IS KEY BECAUSE THE PLAY GARAGE'S GONNA GET BACK.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND WE HAVE RENTALS THAT START IN APRIL, SO IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE UP AND RUNNING.

BUT I AM NOT, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THE TOWNSHIP CAN DO TO MAKE IT GET TO THAT POINT, SO.

RIGHT.

HOW SAD.

OH MY GOD.

IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING.

SUCH A HUGE, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

NO.

SO SOMEONE DROPPED THE PROVERBIAL BALL AND IT'S FEBRUARY.

SO SAD.

YEAH.

OKAY.

ALRIGHTY.

[6. Other/Comments]

SO ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ITEMS THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO BRING UP? I JUST, I HAVE A QUESTION.

DID BOB WEBER EVER GIVE HIM MONEY TOWARDS THE HILLS THAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO? NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

I DON'T HAVE AN $11,000 CHECK.

AND, UM, THERE WAS SOMETHING CAME IN ABOUT A GRANT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE PUT IN FOR, FOR THIS.

AND ALL OF US ARE A LITTLE CONFUSED 'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER PUTTING IN A GRANT FOR IT.

I, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN HE'S WANTS TO GET REAL EVER.

WHAT'S HIS NAME? JOE WEBSTER.

WEBSTER WEBSTER.

YEAH.

I WAS GONNA SAY, WHO DID I SAY? BOB WEBER.

YEAH.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE.

'CAUSE I KNEW JOE WEBSTER, YOU, YOU GOTTA WATCH ME BECAUSE I HAVE, I'VE BEEN MESSING UP NAMES AND I SAW HIM LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO.

YEAH.

AND I WOULD'VE ASKED ON HIM BECAUSE I'M THINKING HE'S, I SAW HE'S RERUNNING.

RIGHT.

OBJECTIONS.

MM-HMM.

, I STOPPED.

YOU WERE SIGNING HIS, UH, PETITION.

SO I'M THINKING NOW WOULD BE A VERY GOOD TIME TO CONTACT HIS OFFICE.

RIGHT.

TO SAY, YOU KNOW, DID WE MISUNDERSTAND THIS WAS YEAH.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, WELL, BECAUSE THEN IT GOT RUMORED THAT WE HAD IT BECAUSE IF YOU, I, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF YOU SENT IT IN, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO, UH, PUT IT IN OUR NEWSLETTER THAT YOU CONTRIBUTED.

DID A PICTURE OF YOU HANDING US THE CHECK, LIKE ALL THOSE THINGS AND HE COULD USE THAT.

OH YEAH.

NOW, SO I THINK HERE'S A PRIME TIME IF YOU WANNA GET SOME OF THIS MONEY.

JUST A THOUGHT.

YEP.

I EVEN WROTE DOWN BOB WEBER.

I'M NOT PUTTING THAT YOU ARE CLOSE THOUGH NOW.

I I CLOSED.

YOU KNEW WHO I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH.

BEHIND THAT.

WELL WHEN YOU SAID AND THEN SHE PUT THE VALUE, I'M LIKE, YEAH, THAT WAS THE NAME WEBSTER.

I GOT JOE WEBSTER.

JOE WEBSTER.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID BOB WEBBER.

I DID.

SHE DID SAY THAT.

I DID.

I LITERALLY JUST NOW WHEN WE WERE SITTING HERE, I IT DOWN.

OH ACTUALLY BOB, BOB WEBBER MONEY.

BUT I TAKE IT, YOU KNOW.

OH, THAT WAS WHAT I DID.

MY OTHER THING IS, IS THE WALL THAT HEAL DC UM, WE WERE INVITED, I THINK I TOLD EVERYBODY THIS IN THE PAST MEETING, BUT WE WERE INVITED, OUR COMMITTEE IS THE FIRST, UM, COMMITTEE THAT HOSTED THE WALL, THAT HEELS THAT IS BEING HONORED TO DO A CEREMONY ON VIETNAM VETERANS DAY DOWN IN DC ON MARCH 29TH.

SO WE ARE, THE COMMITTEE HAS GOTTEN TOGETHER.

WE ARE FULLY ACTIVATED TO GO.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT SHOULD BE IN THE MINUTES DETAILS NOW.

YEAH, I SCRATCHING JUST IN CASE ANY, JUST IN CASE ANYBODY READS OUR MINUTES.

THAT'S A PRETTY, WHEN

[7. Next Meeting:03/13/2024]

IS THE NEXT MEETING? OH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE THERE THAT FRIDAY.

SO THE COMMITTEES ON THE WALL, HE INVITED TO OUR HEADQUARTERS INSPECTION TEAM.

RIGHT.

I SAW, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AND I WAS LIKE, AND I KEPT WATCHING THE CLOCK.

I'M LIKE, IS HE GONNA GO TO LUNCH SO I CAN SIGN IN AND DO THIS? AND HE NEVER LEFT ME, BUT WE PASSED.

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

THAT'S GOOD.

NOT VETERAN DAY.

AND I KNOW FRI AND IT WAS LIKE, WOW, THEY DID FRIDAY.

IT'S PERFECT.

I CAN'T BE, IT'S THURSDAY THE 22ND AT ONE.

OKAY.

AND I THINK THERE'S A VIRTUAL OPTION THAT'LL HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL.

LOOK, IT'S IN THE BE OF THE DAY.

IT'S GONNA BE VIRTUAL.

OKAY.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN INVITED, WHICH IS AN HONOR.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE? WE'RE DOING THEIR, THEY DO ONE CEREMONY THAT DAY AT THE WALL AND WE ARE CONDUCTING THAT CEREMONY.

OH WOW.

SO WE ARE PLANNING IT GOING FORWARD WITH IT.

WE'RE TAKING A CHARTER

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BUS DOWN.

UM, OH WOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPED WITH THE WALL, THAT HEELS IN TERMS OF LIKE THE HONOR GUARD THAT CAME OUT, UM, OUR PASTORS THAT CAME OUT.

LIKE THINGS THAT PEOPLE OF THOSE NATURES THAT WERE, UM, EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

AND WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS THAT WERE TAKING.

YEAH.

OH WOW.

YEAH.

KEN FOUND A FEMALE, THE FEMALE VETERAN FEMALE.

VIETNAM NURSE.

NURSE.

OKAY.

AWESOME.

THIS IS, I KNOW I KEEP SAYING, OH WOW.

THIS IS JUST LIKE, WOW.

I KNOW.

IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER.

I MEAN IT'S LIKE IT WENT FROM THIS TO YEAH.

LITERAL.

WE LAUGHED ABOUT WE WERE GONNA RELAX FOR FOUR YEARS AND NOW WE'RE GOING YES.

AND THEN EVERYONE GETS AN EMAIL FROM ME TITLED THE WALL FEELS CONTINUES.

AND THEY WERE LIKE, AH, AH.

THAT WAS A HARD MEETING TO WALK INTO.

THE FIRST ONE.

I WAS LIKE, HEY GUYS, , CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH.

YOU ARE SO GOOD.

WE ARE TOO GOOD AT WHAT WE DO GUYS, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO TONE DOWN.

YOU NEED A COLOR GUARD ALSO ALL LETTERS.

YES.

I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA GO, THE WALL OF HEELS HAS PEOPLE THERE.

OKAY.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THEIR ARMY AND MARINE GEAR.

LIKE THEY'RE IN ALL THE COLORS.

SO IT, IT IS, WE'RE GOING TO USE THEIR, SO WE ARE GOING TO INVITE THOSE PEOPLE THAT DID OURS TO COME WITH US AND BE HONORED THAT DAY.

COOL.

THAT'S AWESOME.

AND THEY'LL BE AN INVITE OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS WELL IF THEY WANT TO COME WITH US.

SO THAT WAS MY OTHER, I FORGOT TO ADD THAT IN.

ALL RIGHT.

PERFECT.

I THINK THAT'S IT UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER ITEMS THEY WANT TO BRING UP.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

YEAH.

DID WE EVER FIGURE OUT THE PICKLEBALL NET? OH, REMEMBER IT WAS THE HEIGHT, THE HEIGHT 36 OR 34 30? IS THAT, WAS THAT YOUR ARGUMENT? SIX TWO INCHES.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED MY RANT ABOUT THE STUPID BATHROOM AND THE TWO INCHES.

YEAH.

THEY'RE 36 AT THE END.

SUPPOSED TO BE 30, 34 IN THE MIDDLE.

OH REALLY? MM-HMM.

.

OURS ARE, THEY'RE ALL OF THEM ARE.

SO MY HEIGHT, ALL PICKLEBALL QUARTS ARE 34 IN THE CENTER.

30.

I SHOWED THE SAME SIX AT THE END.

YEAH, I SHOWED THE PICTURE.

I WAS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND.

SO WERE WE RIGHT OR WERE WE WRONG? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ORIGINALLY SO YOU DON'T MAKE IT TIGHT LIKE A TENNIS NET.

YOU LET IT LOOSE.

SO IT DOES SUCK BECAUSE YOU, YOU SAID WHATEVER YOU ORDERED WAS THE WRONG, YOU CAN'T OR SOMETHING.

I THOUGHT, BUT WAS IT? YEAH, WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE WRONG ONE.

WAS IT IN MINUTES? NO, IT WAS A MULTI-PURPOSE NET.

AND BILL SAID NO, YOU WANT JUST A PICKLEBALL NET? BUT I SAID NO, WHEN YOU LOWER IT TO THE PICKLEBALL STANDARD IT SHOULD BE AT THE PICKLEBALL STANDARD.

RIGHT.

SO IT WAS MORE SO FINDING OUT IF I WAS RIGHT OR BILL WAS RIGHT.

WAS IT A BAD NET ALSO? SO WE HAVE THE BILL IS HERE.

I'LL JUST SAY SOUNDS GOOD.

.

WELL I ACTUALLY KNOW I DIDN'T ORDER THEM.

SARAH ORDERED THEM SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE GOT THEM FROM.

I DON'T HAVE A, BUT WE CAN USE, WE CAN USE 2022 RECEIPTS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE COULD USE THAT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

PERFECT.

THEY COULD BE USED.

NO ONE HAS COMPLAINED OTHER THAN BILL TO ME.

YEAH.

AND MAYBE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THEY JUST, I, NO ONE'S SPOKEN UP.

UH, OTHERWISE AS FAR AS I KNOW, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THERE THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.

OKAY.

TO PLAY.

I HAVEN'T PLAYED THERE IN A LONG TIME AND I'LL JUST PUT MY FEELERS, SEE IF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS AND THEN YOU CAN SET WITH MEASURING TAPE.

YOU KNOW WHO IT'S LIKE SEE THE MEASURING THE NUTS AGAIN.

I'M LIKE, IT'S OKAY.

IT'S SANDY.

LITERALLY AS I WAS TYPING THAT, I WAS LIKE, I'VE GOT TO ASK ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS FUNNY.

.

I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.

SO, AND SANDY, YOU'RE KEEPING ATTENDANCE, RIGHT? IS THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE IN A TAPE FOR TODAY.

YEAH.

AND THEN I THINK, ISN'T THERE SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T, YOU WANT THAT ON? MARIA HAD IT ON GOOGLE DRIVE.

YOU HAD, IT'S ON GOOGLE DRIVE.

MS. SANDY'S ALREADY BEEN IN IT.

SHE'S SHE'S ALREADY CHANGED IT THE WAY SHE WANTS IT.

OH, PERFECT.

YEAH.

WHAT MIGHT CHANGE? YEAH, THERE WAS SOMETHING TO OPERATE ABOUT.

JUST TERMS THE TERMS. YEAH.

YOU PUT THE TERMS ON THERE.

RIGHT.

SO JUST SO AT SUE, AT ANY GIVEN POINT CAN LOOK AND JUST GET A CONCEPT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE FOUR CONSECUTIVE MISSES OR RIGHT.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ON, I HAVE TO GO ONTO THE GOOGLE JOB.

YEAH.

I'VE BEEN TOO BUSY DOING STUFF FOR BOB WEBBER.

GO GET IT.

GO GET IT.

CHECKING SPELLING OF EVERYBODY'S NAME.

ALRIGHT.

SO, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, VALENTINE'S DAY, IT'S 10 AFTER SEVEN.

SOMEBODY HAS A LOBSTER DINNER TO GO HOME TO.

AND, UM, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE THAT I NEED FROM SCRATCH.