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CAN'T I BREATHE NOW?SO AT SIX O'CLOCK WE'RE GONNA CALL THE ORDER
[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
AND UM, TAYLOR WILL JUST DO ATTENDANCE AND FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS[2. Approval of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MARCH MINUTES.EVERYBODY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MINUTES? MAKE A MOTION.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC HERE RIGHT NOW, SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[4. New Business]
BUSINESS.UM, WE COULD JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT PARK BOARD FIRST AND THEN PARK SOME REC.
UM, I WASN'T HERE LAST MEETING, BUT I SAW THAT YOU DID THE UM, THE UM, PARK WATCH.
AND I, I NOTICED, AND I ALSO SAW IN THE, IN THE MINUTES AND THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR TOO, THAT WE, YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED THAT WE DON'T MEET AS A BOARD JULY AND AUGUST, BUT I WASN'T SURE I SAW ON THE PARK WATCH THAT NOBODY WAS ASSIGNED FOR JULY AND AUGUST.
ARE WE ALSO NOT DOING PARK WATCH AT THAT POINT? LIKE THAT SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS OR DID YOU DISCUSS THAT? I DON'T THINK WE DISCUSSED.
WE SHOULD DISCUSS AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT TWO MONTHS.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME.
SO ARE YOU GUYS GOOD WITH CONTINUING TO DO THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT MEETING, I'LL STILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE LOG AND I'LL MAKE SURE JOSH IS LOOKING AT THAT'S WHAT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE AVAILABLE.
LET'S STILL OUR WAY OF, OF HELPING THROUGH BUSY USAGE TIMES.
TO KIND OF BE ANOTHER ISAAC HERE AND THEN WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY COMMIT TO THEN PUTTING THE INFORMATION IN THE SPREADSHEET.
SO, SO SORRY TAYLOR, YOU GO BACK AND JUST ADD JULY AND AUGUST.
UM, SO THEN I ALSO SAW THAT LIKE, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE, UM, PRESENT VERY INVOLVED IN THE CAR SHOW.
AND THAT WOULD BE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING LIKE A BOARD SPONSOR EVENTS.
I DON'T, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY LIKE SPONSOR.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? SPONSORED? IT'S MORE SO YOU GUYS COMMIT TO BEING, COMMIT TO BEING THERE LIKE AS A FULL BOARD.
UM, NORMALLY WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD DO IS PLAN IT, EXECUTE IT, AND THE PARK AND REC TEAM HELP YOU GUYS IN THIS WAY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPACE TO PUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CALENDAR THIS YEAR.
IT WAS EASIER TO SAY, I'LL DO ALL THE BACKEND WORK.
JUST HELP ME OUT THAT DAY TO MAKE SURE IT'S EXECUTED PROPERLY.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT IDENTIFIES US AS THE BOARD? TECHNICALLY WE HAVE NAME TAGS.
BUT I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY HAS ONE.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ORDERED A LONG TIME AGO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ORDER EVER WENT THROUGH.
WELL I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE A NAME NAME, BUT I HAVE THE SHIRT THAT SAYS PROVIDENCE FROM.
YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC, IF YOU WANT PARK BOARD IDENTIFIERS.
WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THIS EVENT, BUT ARE WE AT THIS EVENT AS A BOARD? AND IF SO, ARE WE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AT A TABLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ASK US QUESTIONS AND YEAH.
PART OF, PART OF THIS EVENT, I'M GONNA HAVE SOME OF YOU SPLIT, UM, MAJOR ATTENTION THAT DAY'S GOING TO BE GIVEN TO RIGHT DAY OF REGISTRATIONS.
THERE'S GENERALLY JUST UNDER, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO OVER 200 REGISTERED CARS FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, NONE OF THEM, BUT MAYBE 10% REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME.
SO ALL OF THOSE CARS COME IN TO REGISTER AND HAND WRITE THEIR REGISTRATION FORMS AND GIVE YOU CASH.
SO REGISTRATION IS THE BIGGEST TICKET ITEM THAT I NEED ULTIMATE HANDS FOR AND PEOPLE THAT CAN, I CAN RELY ON TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE REGISTERED AND THEY GET THEIR JUDGING TOKEN AND THEY GET TO GO PUT THAT IN THEIR WINDSHIELD.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY INTENSE POSITION THAT I NEED A TON OF HANDS FOR.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT WE CAN HAVE A TABLE WITH THE PARK AND REC TABLE THAT SAYS LIKE, THIS IS WHO THE BOARD IS, THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, WHATEVER.
THIS IS THE PEOPLE TALKING TO FOR ALL THINGS PARK AND RECREATION.
THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING CAR SHOW.
IF EAC IS THERE, THEY'D HAVE THE SAME THING RIGHT NEXT TO US.
IT'D BE LIKE A TOWNSHIP LONG TABLE OF THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE TOWNSHIP.
SO WE CAN DO IT A MULTITUDE OF WAYS, BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT A TABLE THAT DAY, JUST TELL ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON THE MAP.
I THINK WE SHOULD, I THINK SO.
EXPLAIN WHO YOU ARE AND IF YOU GUYS WANT SPECIFIC SHERIFFS, SAY PARK BOARD INSTEAD OF JUST THE REGULAR STAFF SHERIFFS THAT I HAVE.
I'M HAPPY TO GET THOSE MADE UP FOR YOU.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXPENSE THAT WE DON'T NEED THIS GUY.
WELL THE ONLY, IT'S AN EXPENSE BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S A T-SHIRT EXPENSE THAT I'M USED TO PUTTING UP ON.
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THINK IS KIND OF GOOD ABOUT THAT IS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE AWARE IS I'VE FOUND LIKE WHEN I, IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE, WHEN THE PARKS ARE MORE BUSY AND YOU GO AND YOU GO UP TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, IT'S GOOD THAT YOU HAVE LIKE I WOULD, I TYPICALLY WEAR MY NAME, MY NAME BADGE.SO I THINK IF YOU HAD SOMETHING LIKE PARK BOARD YEP.
SO THE, THE UM, NAME TAGS, IF WE CAN GET THOSE, MAYBE EVEN HATS WOULD BE IS THAT A T-SHIRTS ARE CHEAP.
TSHIRT DO DO A T-SHIRT ARE MY EASY THING.
THE NAME TAGS THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE ARE REAL WOOD NAME TAGS THAT TAKE A NUMBER OF TI NUMBER OF MONTHS TO GET IN.
I HAVE EXTRA ONES THAT I CAN JUST PUT.
UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE ONES THAT ARE BLANK AND THEN I PUT TAPE OVER THAT SAYS YOUR NAME ON IT SO IT DOESN'T LOOK AS NICE AS THE CARD.
OH, OURS DON'T HAVE NAMES, BUT I'M ABLE TO DO THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE, IT JUST SAYS PARK.
I CAN RUN AND GRAB IT IF YOU WANNA SEE THEM.
AND YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE YOU WANNA BRING THAT DOWN.
IF THAT'S NOT, IF THAT'S NOT FINE, NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT LIKE A TABLECLOTH WE WOULD NEED.
BUT WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE TABLE? WE DON'T HAVE, WE LITERATURE, WORD LITERATURE, WHICH IS OKAY, BUT MAYBE THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN TOWN, IF WE'VE GOT A SHEET YEAH.
LIKE, LIKE I KNOW IN THE SPRING FLING ABOUT SUE COMES BACK.
UM, AND FOR A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS, LIKE WE DO IT FOR MUSIC FEST, WE SET UP A PARKS AND REC TABLE.
SO THIS, AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE EVENTS.
WE AS THE BOARD AT THIS TABLE CAN DO EXACTLY THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS A PARKS AMERICA TABLE.
MAYBE WE SERVE THE DUAL PURPOSE OF THAT.
A TABLECLOTH OR JUST A TABLE? JUST 'CAUSE SHE SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS A TABLECLOTH.
SHE SAID IF WE WANT A TABLE, JUST ASK IF SHE'LL PROVIDE IT FOR US.
BUT I, I'M NOT OPPOSED IF IT, IF SHE'S SAYING IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND IT'S NOT AN EXPENSE TO HAVE A PARK BOARD T-SHIRT IDENTIFIER.
SO I THINK DEFINITELY ON THAT.
ARE THEY HANDING IN PAPER APPLICATIONS? YEAH, THAT'S THE REGISTRATION.
YEAH, THERE'LL BE ONE RIGHT THERE.
AND THEY JUST FILL IT OUT AND HAND YOU THAT AND, AND, AND THEY KIND OF WAVE.
SO THIS IS, WE HAVE LIKE, SOME OF US HAVE THESE WITHOUT OUR NAME ON IT AND IT JUST SAYS PARKS AND REC BOARD.
NO, THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE SAYS.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO READ IT.
THAT'S WHY I DO THINK OF A T-SHIRT.
IF YOU ARE SAYING IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE, I WOULD SAY YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY GOOD TO HAVE THAT NICE T-SHIRT.
AND THEN, THEN, THEN YOU CAN WEAR 'EM TOO WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR PARK WALKS OR, AND ALL THE STUFF, ALL THE VOLUNTEER STUFF YOU CAN WEAR TOO.
WELL I ALWAYS WEAR MY SHIRT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SHIRTS WE HAVE.
BUT YOU EITHER HAVE A BRIGHT BLUE ONE THAT SAYS STAFF ON IT, IT SAYS UPT AND A CIRCLE AND IT SAYS STAFF ON THE BACK.
OR YOU HAVE A NAVY BLUE ONE THAT SAYS THE SAME EXACT THING.
OH, AND YOU, SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE THE NEONS.
YEAH, THOSE ARE THE GOOD ONES.
SO WE PROBABLY HAVE THE, CAN'T MISS THOSE ONE.
WE PROBABLY HAVE THOSE T-SHIRT IN TIME FOR THE CAR SHOW.
AND DID YOU, AT THAT EVENT, BECAUSE I KNOW AT THE SPRING FLING I GOT A, UM, AN EMAIL FROM ALYSSA TODAY YOU, YOU SET UP A PARK AND REC TABLE.
DO YOU AT THE CAR SHOW, DO YOU DO THAT OR COULD THAT BE A DUAL PURPOSE? WHERE, WHERE THEY ARE? IS THE PARK BOARD DOING THAT TABLE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS? YES.
SO I NEVER HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO HAVE A PARK REC TABLE AT EVENTS GENERALLY OTHER THAN MUSIC FEST.
WE GENERALLY DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO COVER THAT TABLE.
SO AT THIS EVENT I'D RATHER HAVE A PARK AND REC TABLE 'CAUSE I'LL HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO IT.
SO THERE WILL BE SOMETHING THERE.
AND IN TERMS OF TABLECLOTH, WE HAVE TABLECLOTHS THAT HAVE THE TOWNSHIP LOGOS ON THEM.
AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE IF THERE'S CERTAIN LITERATURE OF LIKE OUR MISSION STATEMENT WHO YOU GUYS ARE LITTLE PAMPHLETS.
THOSE ARE EASY FOR ME TO PRINT OUT IF YOU GUYS CAN CREATE THEM AND THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO THAT'S AN EASY PLUGIN TO YOUR PAMPHLET OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA GIVE OUT.
UM, I WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TABLE SEPARATE, IF IT'S, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TABLE, I WOULD DO SOMETHING, AN ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO COME TALK TO YOU.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME UP.
SO WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S THE SWAG THAT THEY'LL BE GIVING OUT THAT DAY, YOU CAN DO PARK AND REC SWAP.
IT MAY NOT SAY PARK BOARD ON 'EM, IT WOULD SAY PARK REC.
AND YOU GUYS CAN HELP GIVE THOSE OUT.
USUALLY KIDS DO SOME KIND OF LITTLE GAME LIKE GUESS HOW MANY JELLY BEANS ARE IN THE JAR? OR DID YOU KNOW 40,000 BAGS, FOUR.
THESE 400,000 BAGS CAN CREATE A PARK BENCH.
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IT'S SILLY LITTLE TRIVIA THINGS AND THINGS THAT ENTICE 'EM TO COME OVER.USUALLY WE'LL HAVE LIKE THE BUBBLE MACHINES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ENTICE KIDS TO COME.
WE LUCKILY HAVE TIME ON THIS ONE.
UM, FOR OUR TABLE FOR THIS SATURDAY.
UM, WE HAVE THE PLANTING, SO BOB'S GONNA RUN A PLANT TABLE, WHICH I'LL GET TO LATER.
BUT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TABLE THAT YOU'LL BE AT THAT WILL BROADCAST EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE HAVE LIKE LITTLE EVENTS FOR YOU TOO.
SO THAT SOUNDS GOOD BECAUSE WE WON'T REALLY, WE'LL HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING IN MAY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEN WE'RE NOT MEETING OH YEAH, WE WE'RE IN JUNE.
WE, WE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU'RE THINKING CAPS ON.
UM, PARKS AND REC, NEW BUSINESS, THE GRANT STATUS.
SO GRANT STATUS FOR ANDERSON FARM PARK.
UM, WE, I'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE.
WE'RE CREATING A SEPARATE LOOP TRACK JUST TO CONTINUE A 5K CIRCUIT OVER IN ANDERSON.
FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, WE WERE GRANTED THE GRANT.
WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT THE ACTUAL PAPERWORK YET SAYING THAT WE HAVE THAT.
SO NOTHING TO MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE THAT.
BUT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RECEIVING THAT THIS YEAR.
SO SHE, SHE PUT IT IN HER LITTLE THING.
YEAH, SO I, THAT'S WHY I, THEY MADE ME THINK TO BRING IT UP.
LIKE WHAT? SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS COOL.
WE JUST, UM, FINALIZED RIGHT BEFORE EASTER.
WE PUT IN A GRANT FOR THE TAYLOR PARK, UM, LOOP TRAIL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN THERE TOO.
THIS WILL BE FULL OF WILDFLOWERS.
THERE IS NO PLAYGROUNDS, THERE ARE NO INTENSE AMENITIES LIKE BASEBALL FIELDS, ANYTHING ALONG THAT.
IT IS SIMPLY, IT WILL BE MULTIPLE TYPES OF WALKING TRAILS.
THE ONE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR THE GRANT WILL BE PAVED, INCLUDING A PAVED DRIVE, UM, PARKING LOT AND EXTENDED DRIVEWAY.
SO WE CAN GET CARS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
UM, AND THEN LATER DOWN THE ROAD WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAILS THAT WILL BE DIRT TRAILS OR STONE TRAILS JUST TO CREATE SOME NATURAL ESSENCE, ESSENCE TO THE PROPERTY.
SO AS THE NEWEST MEMBER, THE BOARD, WHEN WE SERVE ON THE BOARD, DO WE ALL GET A PARK NAMED FOR US OR JUSTIN
UM, SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE THINKING IS GONNA FIT INTO THIS 2024 TIMELINE? I'M HOPING THAT THIS, THE GRID THAT WE PUT IN FOR TAYLOR IS THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF, SO WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET THOSE DESIGN FUNDS AND MATCH WHAT I ALREADY HAVE SAVED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDINGS.
WHERE IS THAT PARK? WHERE'S TAYLOR IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE SPRING VALLEY.
THAT HUGE FARM PROPERTY ON LINFIELD TRAP IS OURS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THIS BACKGROUND, THERE'S NOTHING THERE NOW.
THERE'S, IT USED TO BE A HOUSE AND A BARN THAT WE DID HAVE TO TEAR.
IT'S AT THE CORNER YOU JUST TORE DOWN LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SO CAN WE, AND THAT PROPERTY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY DOWNFIELD ROAD TO OTHER HOUSE.
UNLESS IT CHANGED, YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO GO ONTO THAT PROPERTY THERE.
CAMERAS 60 TO IT'S SET UP THAT WAY.
WE CAN'T, YOU CAN'T REALLY GO ON IT NOW.
RIGHT? IS THERE STILL CAMERAS OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU, YOU DON'T BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT SET UP THAT WAY.
TECHNICALLY IT'S ONE OF OUR PARKS.
IT'S, IT IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT IF I WERE TO SIGN A HUNTING PERMIT, THAT'S THE ONLY LOCATION THAT WE HAVE FOR PEOPLE TO HUNT.
SO TECHNICALLY IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T BE, IT'S NOT LIKE A, WE DON'T ADVERTISE IT BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO PARK.
THERE'S NO RESTROOMS, THERE'S NO FACILITIES THERE.
AND WE JUST TORE THE HOUSE DOWN.
SO IT'S KIND OF JUST A VACANT LOT ALL I GOT.
BUT ARE WE PUTTING IN PARKING WHEN WE PUT IN THE LOOP? YEAH.
AND YOU APPLIED FOR THE GRANT? YES, THEY HAVE.
HOW MUCH IS IT? IT'S A-D-C-N-R.
UM, I BELIEVE WE PUT IN, IT WAS A MATCHING GRANT.
I WANT TO SAY WE ASKED FOR ABOUT THREE TO 400 GRAND.
THIS WOULDN'T HAVE COST THIS MUCH FOUR YEARS AGO.
IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY HIGH FOR WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST AN ASPHALTED TRAIL.
BUT, BUT THAT WAS ALSO IN THE CAPITAL INITIATIVES IN THE BUDGET.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A MATCH.
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FUN LITTLE THING.SO THE NEXT THING ON HERE IS VENDING MACHINES.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN.
AND MY POOR REP, WHO IS OUR DAUGHTERS, ARE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.
EVERY TIME I SAY I'M LIKE, I'M SORRY.
IT TAKES FOREVER TO DO EVERYTHING.
AND I'M SORRY, THE LAST THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OUR INSURANCE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S VANDAL, WE'RE HELD RESPONSIBLE ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT AS I WAS READING IT.
SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR INSURANCE WOULD ACTUALLY COVER THIS HIGH TECH VENDING MACHINE IF IT WAS VANDALIZED OR RUINED IN ANY WAY.
SO I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
OTHERWISE I PICKED OUT ALL THE HEALTHY, UH, DRINKS AND FOOD THAT WILL GO INSIDE THE MACHINE ON YOUR BEHALF.
'CAUSE UM, I JUST, I WANT TO TRY TO SPEED IT UP.
UM, BUT NOW I'M WAITING ON ANSWER FROM OUR INSURANCE COMPANY.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK I HAVE THE CONTRACT SIGNED.
SO YOU WANT SIGNED OFF ON THAT? IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY.
SO HOPEFULLY THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL SAY, YES, OF COURSE YOU'RE COVERED IN THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
'CAUSE ALL OF OUR TRUCKS, ALL OF OUR STUFF IS COVERED.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S A RENTAL, TECHNICALLY THEY'RE NOT SURE.
SO THEY WERE LOOKING BACK ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'D BE COVERED.
SO THAT'S THE LAST THING I'M WAITING FOR ON THAT.
UM, THE WALL OF HEELS, DC TRIP.
UM, I SADLY DID NOT ATTEND, BUT IT WENT OFF WONDERFULLY.
THE BEST PART WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE.
UM, WHAT WAS NICE IS, UM, THEY DIDN'T CHARGE US FOR THE BUS DOWN THERE.
SO YOU GOT ALL YOUR MONEY BACK? OH, WE GAVE IT TO THE BUS DRIVER.
I I WAS LIKE, MIKE, WHERE'S MY MONEY WAS LIKE I GAVE IT.
WE, SOME OF THE SPEECHES WENT A LITTLE LONG, SO WE SQUEEZED IN FOR THE TAPS.
BUT THE MARINE BAND, UM, NATIONAL ANTHEM SINGER WAS GREAT.
WE HAD THE TWO, THE TWO WREATHS.
WE LET THE DIR PUT IN ONE OF THEIR, SO WE, WE HAD MORE COVERAGE.
IT WAS WHEN I WAS WATCHING IT ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS WATCHING.
YOU ABLE TO SEE IT? I WAS WATCHING IT AND UM, THE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT WAS WHOEVER WAS ON THE LEFT, I THINK THAT WAS OH YEAH.
IT WAS LIKE, LIKE HOLDING ONTO THE FLAG.
'CAUSE IT WAS GOING NUTS, BUT IT WENT OFF VERY WELL.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO
THEY HAD A FULL ROSTER AND LIKE HOW MANY WERE IN EACH PARTY AND EVERYTHING.
SO, SO YEAH, IT WENT OFF VERY WELL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ENDED UP GOING I DIDN'T TAKE ACCOUNT, BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE AT LEAST 20, 28 TO 30, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
AND WERE THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOOMING WHEN YOU WERE THERE? THEY HAD ALREADY BLOOMED.
SOME OF 'EM WERE ALREADY TURNING GREEN, BUT THEY STILL HAD SOME OF THEIR FLOWERS ON 'EM.
BUT WITH THE WIND, EVERYTHING WAS BLOWING AROUND.
SO THEY DID HAVE THE REFLECTING POND REFILLED.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST QUESTION TO PATTY.
I WAS LIKE, WAS THE POOL PULL? LIKE IT'S THE FIRST TIME SEE THE BOTTOM EMPTY NORMALLY YOU CAN'T SEE THE BOTTOM.
YEAH, YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE BOTTOM.
BECAUSE IT WAS RELATIVELY CLEAN WATER BECAUSE IT WAS RELATIVELY CLEAN WATER.
SHE COULDN'T WALK AROUND, BUT THE TRAFFIC WAS A LOT.
SO A LOT OF TIMES IT'S ALWAYS A LOT IF YOU WALKED, SO LIKE MY WIFE AND I MET HER WALK A LITTLE LONGER THAN SHE WANTED TO, BUT WE WALKED FAR ENOUGH TO GET AHEAD OF THE TRAFFIC TO GET ON THE BUS.
I HEARD A COUPLE OF, UM, OUR FRIENDS DIDN'T GET TO THE ACTUAL SITE UNTIL LIKE 10, FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE EVERYBODY WAS STARTED.
BECAUSE THE BUSES WERE SO, WELL THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.
WE WERE WAITING FOR SOMEONE WHO WE THOUGHT WAS IN THE BATHROOM AND HE WAS ALREADY ON THE FIRST BUS
SO WE ENDED UP, A COUPLE OF US GOT THERE LIKE, LIKE I SAID, 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT STARTED.
SO AT LEAST EVERYONE GOT THERE.
EVERYONE HAD MATCHING OXFORD'S ON.
SOMEONE DIDN'T TUCK THEIR SHIRT IN.
SO DID ANYBODY TAKE A PICTURE? WILL IT BE IN LIKE, OH, IT'S ON, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
OH, I THE CHECK IT OUT AND THE VIDEO STILL LIVE.
I THINK IT, I WAS WATCHING PART OF IT.
I ALMOST SENT ROB A PICTURE 'CAUSE I WAS AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE AND I WAS LIKE, OH ROB, IT'S SUNNY AND PALM TREES HERE.
BUT I, IT HELD HIM TOGETHER AFTER HIS STUNT.
BUT YEAH, SO WE DID, THAT WAS GREAT.
AND, AND UM, HEIDI ACTUALLY EMAILED ME THIS MORNING ASKING ME FOR INPUT ON HOW EVERYTHING WENT.
SO I'LL SEND THAT OFF TO YOU GUYS TOMORROW MORNING OKAY.
IT WAS REALLY, YES, IT WAS A GOOD TRIP.
SPRING MAINTENANCE WE'RE IN FULL EFFECT.
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THE GUYS OUT IN FULL SWINGUM, WE HAVE NOT STARTED MOWING PROPERTIES YET.
WE, BECAUSE OF THE RAIN AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE CRAZINESS GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER, WE HAVE HELD OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS WHY THE DOG PARKS STILL NOT OPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT WE WERE ABLE, WE WERE REALLY NERVOUS LAST WEEK IF WE HAD PUSHED BACK FIELD RENTALS AND PERMITTED FIELD RENTALS TWO WEEKS BACK FURTHER THAN WE EVER HAVE BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN AND COLD WEATHER.
SO WE FINALLY OPENED THEM ON SATURDAY AND THANKFULLY WE HAD NO COMPLAINTS.
THE FIELDS WERE PLAYABLE, EVERYTHING WENT WELL.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES COMING IN ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
UM, WE SHOULD BE MOVING OVER AT THE DOG PARK IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
IT WAS MORE SO THE, WE WANTED THE GRASS TO GET A CERTAIN HEIGHT BEFORE YOU MOW IT AND IT JUST HADN'T GOT THERE YET.
SO WE DIDN'T WANNA PREMO BECAUSE THEN IT WOULDN'T GROW THE WAY THAT THEY WANT IT TO GROW.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE DOING THAT SHORTLY.
I PROMISE IT'LL BE AIRED TO EVERYBODY, BUT THE DOG PARK OTHER SIDE WILL BE REOPENING.
UM, BUT WE ARE IN FULL EFFECT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE MOWERS OUT, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF LIFE COMING OUT ON THE CAMPUSES AND ALL OF OUR TREES ARE STARTING TO BLOOM AND EVERYTHING.
UM, SO, UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING IS WE OPENED UP ALL THE WATER FOUNTAINS.
SO ALL THE OUTSIDE FACILITIES, WATER FOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN TURNED ON SINCE MONDAY.
SO THOSE ARE USABLE EXCEPT THIS BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
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PARK BOARD.JUST, YOU KNOW, THE EVER LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEET TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS VOLUNTEERING WHEN YOU CAN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
IT, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS GONNA BE OBNOXIOUS AND REMIND THAT THE EXPECTATION IS THREE TO FOUR TIMES.
UM, I KNOW I'M NOT OUT THERE YET.
I'M SAYING I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND GET ON THERE AND, 'CAUSE I CAN VOLUNTEER.
I JUST, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THIS B***H
THAT'S JUST, WELL, AND I WILL SAY SANDY BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
LAST MEETING WAS GETTING SOMETHING ON THE TOWNSHIP'S ACTUAL WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS GROUP TO PUT THEIR NAME INTO VOLUNTEER AND BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR FORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST HAVEN'T GOT TO IT YET, BUT I'LL GET THAT UP.
I DO HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR MARKETING TEAM THAT PUTS EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE PUTTING THESE VOLUNTEERS? SO DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY OF VOLUNTEER, UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WORK FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN COME TO.
SO IT'S MAINLY GOING TO BE, UM, WE'LL HAVE ON A QUESTIONNAIRE OF LIKE WHAT KIND OF, WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A VOLUNTEER? YEAH.
WHAT ARE YOUR ABILITIES? AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE TO SAY LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE DATES THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE, WE UNDERSTAND.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER LIKE THAT.
SO IT'LL BE LIKE A POOL, A POOL OF VOLUNTEERS WE COULD, YEAH.
AND THEN JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, I'M MAY BE THINKING TOO FAR IN ADVANCE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT BOB OR MELISSA WOULD BE LIKE IN CHALK? LIKE, YOU KNOW, BE KIND OF LIKE THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR? LIKE, LIKE YEAH, ACTUALLY THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
SO RIGHT NOW MELISSA ALREADY DOES THE COORDINATION OF VOLUNTEERS FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR, UM, FOR SPRING FOURTH.
SO SHE REACHES OUT TO THE INTERACT CLUB AND THEY SEND OVER VOLUNTEERS WHEN WE NEED THEM.
SO SHE'S HANDLING THAT ASPECT OF IT AND THE TOWNSHIP, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON THAT KIND OF POLICY RIGHT NOW AS TERMS OF LIKE WHO WOULD BE MANNING THIS AND WHO'S MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THEIR PAPERWORK AND UM, WHO'S SCREENING FOR ABILITIES OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AND WHAT THEY'D HAVE TO DO.
SO CAN WE GET SOMETHING INTO THE NEWSLETTER? OH ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, HOW ARE YOU LOOKING? I'M JUST LOOKING AT, SINCE THERE'S AN EVENT SATURDAY, HOW ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE SPRING? WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS VOLUNTEERING AND THIS IS THE PERFECT EVENT FOR STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER BECAUSE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
SO WE HAVE A, I THINK WE HAVE 10.
SPRING FORWARD HIGH SCHOOL KIDS COMING TO WORK THE EVENT AND THEY'LL BE DOING STUFF LIKE THE FOX COSTUME.
THEY'LL BE SETTING UP ALL THE UM, SCAVENGER HUNT THAT WE HAVE.
THEY'LL BE ASSISTING WITH PEOPLE WITH THEIR TRUNKS TO GET THEM SET UP IN TIME.
UM, AND THEN THEY'LL BE THERE TO CLEAN UP AS WELL.
SO THEY'RE THERE THE WHOLE EVENT.
AND THEN IT'S OUR WHOLE STAFF MINUS MAUREEN TAXES ARE DUE ON MONDAY.
SO I'M LETTING HER, SHE'S LIKE, STAY HOME.
SO I REMEMBER IS THIS LIKE A, ALMOST LIKE, UM, HAVE A HALLOWEEN THING? WAS IT IT'S A HALLOWEEN TRUNK OR TREAT WITH A SPRING VIBE.
GOT JUST TRYING SOMETHING NEW.
YEAH, WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT'S GONNA GO.
WE HAVE NO ANTICIPATION OF WHO'S GONNA COME AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME OUT FOR IT.
BUT WE DID MAKE THE DECISION GIVING THE WEATHER TOMORROW INTO FRIDAY THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING IT AT THE DOUBLE SIDED PAVILION, WE ARE MOVING IT IN FRONT OF THIS BUILDING.
SO WE HAVE MORE EYESIGHT FROM THE PLAYGROUND AND IT'S MORE CONCRETE.
SO WE HAVE MORE SPACE TO PUT PEOPLE WITHOUT GETTING 'EM ALL MUDDY AND GROSS.
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WILL BE ON THIS SIDE VERSUS THE DOUBLE SIDED PAVILION.AND HOW LONG IS THE EVENT? I'M JUST, IT'S 11 TO ONE.
MELISSA TOLD ME TO BE THERE AND THEN I, I HAVEN'T LOOKED THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
SO THEN OTHER THAN THAT, JUST A REMINDER TO GO ONTO THE VOLUNTEER SHEET, UM, IF YOU CAN AND REMEMBER WHERE THE EXPECTATION IS.
I THINK THAT LIKE, KIND OF PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR IF YOU CAN FOR THE CAR SHOW.
'CAUSE THAT'S A BOARD EVENT, UM, MURAL PROJECT.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE PUT OFF TO NEXT YEAR? WELL THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING.
WE WERE GOING TO, WE STILL NEED TO GET ALL THE PAPERWORK AND STUFF.
THAT'S WHAT I WANNA GET DONE THIS YEAR.
UM, WE WERE PUSHING IT BACK TO MAY BECAUSE OF TAXES.
'CAUSE I DO TAXES SO YOU GET IT.
I'VE BEEN UP TILL ONE AND TWO IN THE MORNING EVERY SINGLE NIGHT WORKING ON TAXES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST DROPPING THEIR STUFF OFF.
SO THEN MAY LIKE MAY OR LET'S SAY MAY OR JUNE JUST FOR TO KIND OF CONVERT.
WE WANNA GET THE PAPERWORK THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON.
I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA SAY TOO, IF YOU AND I JUST NEED TO GET TOGETHER OFF LINE AND JUST HANDLE STUFF, THEN THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
I THEN WE HAVE TO GET IN PAPERWORK.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER.
AND AND THEN PROBABLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERY, LIKE YOU KIND OF, IF THIS IS, I KNOW THIS IS NEAR DEAR YOUR PART, SO WITH YOU KIND OF GEARING UP AND ON THAT LEARNING CURVE FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, IF WE HAVE THE PAPERWORK THEN MAYBE THIS IS A 2025 LIKE HIT IT PROJECT.
I MEAN YEAH, IT COULD BE COULD WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD MAKE A DECISION DEPENDING ON HOW THAT'S GOING GOING.
BUT I THINK ONCE WE GET THE PAPERWORK DONE, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND WHAT DIRECTION AND HOW QUICKLY, QUICKLY WE CAN GET IT MOVING.
AND THAT KIND OF TIES INTO YOUR 2025.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO FORGET AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANNA DO AND I DUNNO, UM, JIM, IF WE'RE GONNA ATTEMPT THAT FOR NEXT YEAR OR HOW WE WANNA PLAY THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO START THINKING ABOUT IT SO WE'RE NOT DECIDING ON IT OR WE CAN KIND OF DECIDE ON THAT MAYBE IN SEPTEMBER INSTEAD.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT TAYLOR LIKE IT, LIKE IT HARD TO PLAN THIS FAR IN ADVANCE? 'CAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW IF MARK AND YEAH, I WOULD, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO THINK HARD ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, JUST BECAUSE MARK IS SO PIVOTAL TO THAT EVENT.
AND HE, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE HIS HEAD'S GONNA BE AT AND COME NEXT YEAR.
I CAN REACH OUT TO HIM AND SEE IF HE'S AT ALL INTERESTED, BUT I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH BAD NEWS AND WE'RE RUNNING UP NEXT O'CLOCK.
MAYBE IF YOU REACH OUT TO HIM TO SEE IF, LIKE, AGAIN, IF HE'S SOMEWHAT INTERESTED THEN MAYBE HE COULD EVEN LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S A TIME ON HIS AND IF NOT THEN WE KNOW.
WOULD HE BE OPPOSED TO US CONTINUING IT? I CAN TALK TO HIM AND JUST SEE IF LIKE MAYBE THERE'S A WAY THAT HE CAN SUPPORT IT WITHOUT RUNNING IT AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO DIVE IN.
JUST TO NOT COMPLETELY SUCH AND I ALSO DON'T WANT HIM TO FEEL LIKE HE'S EXCLUDED.
BECAUSE HE'S GREAT AND THIS IS EXACTLY UP HIS ALLEY AND THIS IS HIS, THIS IS LIKE YOUR GUYS' EVENT.
BUT I'M JUST THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
THE THE THING THAT, THAT I THOUGHT YOU PUT REALLY WELL IN YOUR EMAIL WHEN YOU WERE TELLING US IS THAT THE STUFF THAT HE DID IS LIKE KIND OF IN HIS WHEELHOUSE, RIGHT? YES.
AND THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I THINK WITHOUT HIM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ABILITY.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS, BUT RIGHT.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THE EVENT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND THEN ARE WE SETTING OURSELF UP? 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, LOCK IN A HARD PLACE.
SO IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT EVENT.
SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT CAME TOGETHER WITH THAT FROM ALL THOSE PRIZES WAS, WAS STUFF THAT HE GATHERED.
SO HE HAS CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE SKATEBOARDING INDUSTRIES AND HE HAD SKATEBOARDS.
HE MADE HIS OWN CLOTHING THAT HE DONATED TO IT.
SO ALL THE SKATEBOARDING RELATED STUFF HE GOT, UM, HE PARTNERED WITH, I BELIEVE IT WAS HIM THAT HAD A SKATEBOARD SHOP COME OUT AND SET UP A LITTLE SHOP IN THE PARKING LOT.
UM, HE HAD HIS FRIENDS THAT ARE WELL VERSED IN SKATEBOARDING WITH MEGAPHONES SHOUTING AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING ACROSS THE PARK.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE HAS A MENTEE? IS THIS IS HIS BUSINESS? MM-HMM.
SO HE MAY HAVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD STILL BE NOT REPRESENTING HIM, BUT THAT WOULD, HE WOULD BENEFIT SOMEHOW FROM IT.
MAYBE HE'S GOT SOMEONE THAT HE COULD RECOMMEND.
YEAH, HE'S VERY, UM, HE LIKES TO CONTROL THE OPERATION KIND OF GUY.
SO I, I CAN TALK TO HIM AND SEE WHERE HE IS AT.
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ONE POINT WE TALKED ABOUT ACTUALLY WHEN THAT WENT SO WELL WE WERE LOOKING AT A SECOND EVENT REMEMBER? SO MAYBE, AND MAY I JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, MAYBE THE, WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT FOR A SECOND EVENT WOULD BE OUR EVENT.REMEMBER WE WERE THINKING OF DOING A, LIKE A UM, DESK OR AN EVENING WHERE WE HAVE THE LIGHTS.
MUSIC AND THAT WOULD BE A, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVENT.
THAT'S, IS IT HOW YOU INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF LIABILITY AND HAVING A NIGHTTIME SKATEBOARDING EVENT? I'D HAVE TO CHECK, BUT I THINK IF WE DID ALL THE RIGHT PRECAUTIONS AND, AND PLANNED IT WELL I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE IDEA.
I THINK AT THIS POINT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SKATE PARK RIDERS AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS AND YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THINGS HAPPEN AND THINGS GO ON.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA.
I LIKED IT FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, AND IT'S A PARK AND REC EVENT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE CHECKING ON INSURANCE POLICIES TO SAY LIKE THE PARK IS TECHNICALLY CLOSED BUT IT'S DURING A TOWNSHIP SPONSORED EVENT, IT WOULD STILL CONSIDER AND WE COULD DO DO IT LIKE IN THE SUMMER WHERE IT STAYS LIGHTER LONGER.
BUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW, LIVE MUSIC MAYBE EVEN OR DJ DO I HAVE FUNDING? UM, WE CAN GET SPONSORS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SPONSOR THE CAR SHOW AND IT PAYS FOR ITSELF.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SPONSOR COMMUNITY FALL FEST THAT HELPS PAY FOR IT.
I THINK IT'S JUST FINDING THOSE RIGHT DONORS FOR THAT SPECIFIC EVENT.
ANOTHER ANGLE, WHAT SANDY MENTIONED, HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE.
AM I CORRECT THAT UM, THAT GENTLEMAN BLANKING ON HIS NAME.
UM, WHO DOES A PA SKATE PARK? SO HE RUNS CLASSES AT BLACKROCK PARK NOW RIP UP YES, YES, YES.
MAYBE HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WELL PUTTING THE OTHER, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHO I WAS THINKING WOULD, THAT WOULD PROMOTE HIS BUSINESS.
SO HE, SO THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO, UM, VERY NICE GUY LIVES IN PHOENIXVILLE AND HE HAS A BUSINESS NOW THAT HE JUST GOT UP AND RUNNING WHERE HE TEACHES SKATEBOARDING LESSONS TO YOUNG KIDS.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE HIS BUSINESS IS STARTING TO TAKE OFF A LITTLE BIT.
AND HE'S RUNNING, HE'S RUNNING CLINICS AT THE SKATE PARK PRETTY FREQUENTLY NOW HE'S DOING YES.
UM, THEY START SOON AND NOW HE'S DOING A SKATE CLUB.
WHERE THEY JUST AS LONG AS YOU'VE TAKEN A CLASS SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SKATEBOARDING WORLD IS LIKE.
IT'S JUST A CLUB FOR A COUPLE HOURS ONCE A WEEK THAT KIDS CAN COME IN AND JUST LEARN SOME NEW TRICKS.
IT'S NOT LIKE A, WHAT DO I THINK OF LIKE A, LIKE A REGISTER? YOU HAVE TO REGISTER.
NO, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER FOR IT, BUT IT'S MORE OF A COME AND GO AS YOU PLEASE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO THINK OF LIKE A CLASSROOM SETTING.
IT'S, IT'S NOT SCHEDULED, IF YOU WILL.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP HIM WITH ONE OF THOSE SINCE HE'S GOT THE PLANNING BEHIND HIM.
COULD WE PROVIDE SNACKS? COULD WE PROVIDE GIVEAWAYS? REALLY GOOD.
COULD WELL WAS THAT, I'M REALLY GOOD AT GETTING FOOD
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? IT DEFINITELY, BECAUSE THIS WAS KIND OF, I MEAN THIS IS A LOT OF YOU.
I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE A MONOPOLY ON SKATEBOARD EVENTS.
IF SOMEBODY'S INTERESTED, FINE.
MEAN IF SOMEBODY'S INTERESTED.
AND I THINK IT WOULD STILL, IT WOULD JUST BE, IT WOULD BE DI THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENT THING.
THIS ISN'T GONNA BE CALLED, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE CALLED THE JAM OF THE BACKGROUND.
THIS IS GONNA BE A DIFFERENT CONCEPT.
AND SO MY ONLY WORRY, HERE'S MY WORRY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN COMING REALLY LOVE JIM AT BLACKROCK.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL GET THE OLDER SKATERS WHO, NOR DO I THINK WE NEED TO TARGET THEM.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IS THAT WE, WE NEED TO TARGET THEM, BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT THEY GIVE IT LEGITIMACY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I, THAT THAT'S MY ONLY FEAR THAT IT'LL JUST BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS.
NO, BUT IT WASN'T ONE OF OUR FEW EVENTS THAT IT WASN'T CHILD BASED.
UM, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY WE CAN HAVE A SPECTRUM OF LEGITIMACY HERE.
MIKE'S THING COULD BE POTENTIALLY TARGETED YOUNGER KIDS.
I THINK THAT'S COOL BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO A THING WHERE THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE SKATE PARK WHERE YOUNG KIDS DO NOT UNDERSTAND SKATE PARK ETIQUETTE.
WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE GOING 15 MILES AN HOUR ON A SKATEBOARD AND A LITTLE KID IS JUST WALKING ACROSS MM-HMM.
SO THIS CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN TEACH THEM, I GET YOU HOW IT WORKS.
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POTENTIAL TENSION AT THE PARK.AND THEN ALSO MIKE CAN COME IN AND SAY, NOW, NOW KIDS, LET'S RESPECT THE PARK AND WE'LL THROW AWAY OUR TRASH AND YEAH.
I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF DOING SOMETHING MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND NOT PUTTING THE, THE PRESSURE ON MARK, BUT THEN WHEN HE'S READY OR WE COULD, WE COULD BRING IT BACK.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ANNUAL THING AND IT'D BE LIKE THE JAM IS BACK AN ANNIVERSARY.
AND WE'RE STILL, UM, HITTING THAT POPULATION.
JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, SINCE THERE WAS A PURPOSE INITIALLY FOR DOING SKATE PARK STUFF, DO WE KNOW THE AGE GROUP THAT IS TYPICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REANALYZING? THE, IT IT'S THOSE.
I WANT TO SAY IT'S THE, IT IS DEFINITELY TEENS WHO DO IT.
UM, COULD I GIVE YOU A DEFINITE AGE GROUP? NO, IT'S DEFINITELY THAT 15 TO 17 THAT CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS THAT COME IN.
CHILDREN, PARENTS, JUST PEOPLE MISBEHAVING.
SO I MEAN THAT MAY BE IF WE WANTED TO, I MEAN WE'RE TALKING LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THIS'S WHAT WE DO IS A DISCUSSION.
SO IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING IN THE SUMMER OR LATE SPRING FOR THIS EVENT AND WE WANT IT TO BE AN ALL DEMOGRAPHIC, THEN I WOULD SAY WE WOULD DO LIKE AN EARLY EVENING INTO THE EVENING OR AN AFTERNOON.
UM, SO IT'D STILL BE OPEN TO EVERYBODY BUT WE, WE MAY JUST NOT BE TARGETING BUT MAYBE GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TARGET ON.
'CAUSE YOU COULD HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS IF YOU DID ONE THAT WAS LIKE, KIND OF LIKE AN AFTER SCHOOL INTO THE NIGHT, LIKE A COMPLETE LIKE MAYBE A FOUR HOUR EVENT.
YOU START AT FOUR O'CLOCK, FIRST COUPLE HOURS ARE GONNA BE THE LITTLE GUYS BEFORE THEY GO HAVE DINNER AND THEY GO TO BED.
WHEN YOU OPEN IT TO THAT 8:00 PM 9:00 PM YOU'RE GOING TO GET THOSE OLDER KIDS THAT ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE.
IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR FOR ALL OF THAT.
BUT I THINK DEPENDING ON THE TIMEFRAME, YOU'RE GONNA GET TWO COMPLETELY DEMOGRAPHICS COMING.
IF MARK SAYS NO OR IS THIS, OR IT COULD.
OR IS THIS, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE I NEED A VAN.
MAYBE FROM, FROM AN ACTION ITEM PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU TAYLOR FEEL COMFORTABLE REACHING OUT WITH MARK AND JUST FEELING HIM OUT.
AND WHO IS THE BEST PERSON TO CONTACT? MIKE DICKINSON.
ME OR YOU? NO, YOU, NEITHER OF US CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
ALRIGHT, SO WHO, MY DESK WAS FOR DINNER.
EITHER WAY BOTH MARK AND MIKE DICKINSON SIMULTANEOUSLY WILL BE CONTACTED TO KIND OF GET THEIR FEEL FOR EXCITEMENT ABOUT SOME, SOME KIND OF EVENT.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING THEN IN 2025 TRYING TO STILL DO SOMETHING, SKATE PARK AND THEN MAYBE, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THE MURAL PROJECT WILL WILL BE GOING MORE INTO FULL SWING.
OR AT LEAST LIKE EVEN IF WE GET STARTED IT MIGHT EVEN BE LIKE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT IT ALONG THE WAY OR DO SOMETHING SO THAT, SO THAT'S KIND OF, ANY OTHER IDEAS OR THINGS THAT, THAT ARE ON YOUR WISH LIST THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? HONESTLY, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT GO ON THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S PRETTY COOL.
YOU'RE GONNA CANCEL ANYTHING KIND OF
UM, BUT NO, THERE'S NOTHING THAT PURPOSELY COMES TO MIND FOR THIS PARTICULAR GROUP THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADD OR CHANGE.
SO I THINK WE'RE DONE BRAINSTORMING FOR NOW ON THAT.
SO PARK AND REC, SUMMER CAMP UPDATE.
UM, OUR CAMP BLACKROCK RIGHT NOW IS, I THINK WE'RE AT 90, 95% FULL FOR THE FULL TIME.
UM, ARE WEEKLY OPTIONS FOR CAMP BLACKROCK ARE QUICKLY FILLING UP AS WELL.
WE'RE ALMOST AT THE CUSP OF HAVING THE TOP AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WE CAN.
UM, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING ON CAMP COUNSELORS.
WE HAVE, WE JUST NEED, WE REALLY NEED ONE MORE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO MALE COUNSELORS.
THEY'RE ALL FEMALE IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE IS GOING TO HURT US IN THE LONG RUN.
IF I AT LEAST DON'T HAVE ONE FULL TIME MALE COUNSELOR ON THERE.
UM, BOB IS MAINTAINING CAMP AND WILL BE OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE WHAT'S THE AGE GROUP YOU'RE WORKING FOR? UM, 16 PLUS FOR COUNSELORS.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE APPLICANTS THAT HAVE, THEY, THEY'RE SLOWLY TRICKLING IN.
I THINK NOW THAT COLLEGE KIDS ARE STARTING TO REALIZE THAT THEY'RE COMING HOME IN LIKE A MONTH AND A HALF.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS I THINK RIGHT NOW.
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THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THAT.OUR SPECIALTY CAMPS, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE GENERALLY FOR SPECIALTY CAMPS USE, UM, BLACKROCK FIREHOUSE, WHICH IS DOWN BY MCFARLAND FIELDS.
UM, SO WE WERE BOOKED WITH THEM AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE TO DO SOME RENOVATIONS SO WE'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO USE THEIR FACILITY.
SO NOW ALL THE SPECIALTY CAMPS ON TOP OF ALL THE REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMS AND ALL THE SENIORS, UM, SENIOR GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES, EVERYTHING WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THIS SUMMER.
SO WE ARE WORKING THAT OUT AS WE SPEAK.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE VERY BUSY OVER THERE.
HOW MANY SPECIALTY CAMPS? UM, LET ME COUNT THEM FOR YOU.
THERE'S OVER AND THEY'RE, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING SPECIALTY CAMPS, WE'RE NOT USING CAMP COUNSELORS FOR THAT, RIGHT? NO, THESE ARE, THESE ARE RUN BY OKAY.
THESE ARE OUTSIDE GUYS AND I GUESS SOME OF THEM CAN BE OUT.
HOW DO THE FINANCIALS WORK OUT WITH THE SPECIALTY KIDS? IS IT A REVENUE SPLIT WITH THE, IT'S USUALLY 80 20 BETWEEN ALL INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
WE TRY REALLY HARD WITH SUMMER CAMP TO KEEP AN 80 20 SPLIT.
UM, ALL OF THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WORK WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNSHIPS AND EVERYBODY GIVES EVERYBODY A DIFFERENT DEAL.
SO I COULD PUT UP A MAD SCIENCE CAMP FOR $300 AND THAT'S MY 80 20 SPLIT WITH THEM.
BUT SOMEHOW ANOTHER TOWNSHIP HAS IT FOR TWO 50 FOR THE SAME EXACT CAMP.
I'M LIKE, HOW PRICE DID YOU GET UNLESS YOU'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING TO IT.
SO WE ONLY ADD TO IT BECAUSE IT'S UM, ACCESSIBILITY FOR US FOR EXTRA FUNDS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO DOES IT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THAT WAY? NO, BUT IT JUST GIVES US AN EXTRA PLAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO OFFER MORE FREE EVENTS.
LIKE ALL THAT MONEY KIND OF GOES INTO ALL THE FREE THINGS THAT WE DO.
SO THEY'RE ALL REASONABLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL A FULL 80 20.
THAT'S OUR BIGGEST MONEY MAKER.
AND IS THE ANTICIPATED OLD SPECIALTY CAMPS WILL REACH DECENT ENROLLMENT? AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY ALL SHOULD RUN.
THE ONLY ONE I THINK WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW IS UM, ONE OF OUR, OUR THEATER CAMP.
BUT UM, YEAH, SURPRISINGLY THAT'S SURPRISING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO SCHEDULING AND I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THEATER, UM, PLACES AROUND HERE THAT DO THEIR OWN CAMPS IF IT'S CONFLICTING WITH THOSE.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT THEY'RE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH.
UM, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES CAMP THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, THAT ONE ONLY HAS, I THINK FOUR SPOTS LEFT AT THIS POINT.
AND ARE MOST OF THEM LIKE OUTSIDE OR WE ONLY HAVE FOUR AND WE CAN TAKE 17 KIDS OR 17 MORE KIDS.
ARE MOST OF 'EM LIKE A COMBINATION OF OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OR ARE THEY GONNA BE TAKING UP A LOT OF INSIDE ON UM, THINGS LIKE SHINING NIGHTS AND BRICKS FOR KIDS? THEY KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE LIKE A STEADY SURFACE TO DO EVERYTHING ON.
ALL OF OUR OUTSIDE PICNIC TABLES, UM, ALL HAVE HOLES IN THEM.
SO THERE'S, YOU CAN'T DO LEGOS THERE.
UM, BUT THEY TRY, WHAT THEY TRY TO DO IS TAKE THEM OUT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, DEPENDING IF IT'S HALF DAY OR FULL DAY.
SO A COUPLE OF THEM, THEY'RE INSIDE FAVORITE CAMP IS ALL AT THE PAVILION UNLESS IT'S DOWN POURING AND THEY USE THE SILO.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ALL OF OUR CAMP BLACKROCK CAMP'S OUTSIDE 90% OF THE TIME.
YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE A FUN LITTLE CHALLENGE BECAUSE I, UNTIL THAT EMAIL COMES OUT.
WELL, STUPID THING, I MEAN WITH THE TABLES, IS IT, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO JUST GET LIKE PLEXIGLASS OR SOMETHING? WELL WE HAVE PLYWOOD PIECES THAT GO OVER ALL THE TABLES.
IT'S UN UM, SOME DON'T LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE.
SO WE GET THOSE COMPLAINTS VERY READILY.
SO OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS IS INSANE.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING EVERY WEEKEND OTHER THAN ONE WEEKEND FOR THE NEXT.
WE HAVE ONE WEEKEND OFF THIS MONTH AND ONE WEEKEND OFF NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO WE HAVE SPRING FLING THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN HOUSE.
UM, THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY MUSIC FEST IS MAY 4TH, THE NEXT WEEKEND WE'RE UM, AT TOWN CENTER WE HAVE OUR JOINT BLOCK PARTY THAT DAY.
SO WE'RE THERE ALL AFTERNOON AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND WE HAVE OUR E SHRED AND E RECYCLE DAY HERE.
WHAT DATE IS THAT? THE SHRED IS 18TH.
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IT SAYS NINE TO 12 ON THE SHEET, BUT THEN NINE TO 12 IS WHAT IT'S CAN'T REMEMBER.UM, SO THEN WE HAVE A MORAL DAY WEEKEND AND THEN WE HAVE UM, SUMMER CAMP AND CAR SHOW IN JUNE.
SO, AND THEN SUMMER CONCERTS START IN MAY AND THEY RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THEN SEPTEMBER IS FALL FEST AND THEN IT'S AER RAIDER FARMS AND THEN, AND THEN THE GOBBLE AND THEN THE GO.
THE CALENDAR JUST, IT CONTINUES TO MM-HMM.
SO WHAT KIND OF HELP DO YOU NEED REQUIRED FROM THE BOARD FOR THE CONCERT SERIES? I DON'T KNOW YET.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE AN EXTRA SET OF HANDS.
THERE'S USUALLY ONLY ONE OF US THAT WORK THE CONCERTS.
'CAUSE THERE, IT, IT'S MAINLY PARKING FIASCOS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.
IT'S MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON THE TRAIL THAT GOES DOWN TO THE AMPHITHEATER.
IT'S MAKING SURE THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE THERE, THE VENDORS ARE, THE VANS ARE ACTUALLY THERE.
THERE'S NO INSANE COOLER ACTIVITY HAPPENING ON THE PROPERTY WHILE PEOPLE ARE THERE.
UM, AND YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE ROADWAY INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, ALL OF THOSE PARKING AREAS, THERE'S A LOT OF NO PARKING SIGNS.
YOU CAN'T PARK AND FIRE AT THE FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT.
SO GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS, AM GONNA GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY CROWD CONTROL.
AND AT THE SAME TIME THE CONCERTS ARE, WE STILL HAVE ALL THE SOCCER FIELDS AND BASEBALL FIELDS ARE RENTED AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IT CAUSES SOME CONFLICT DEPENDING ON THE POPULARITY OF THAT CONCERT.
SO IT REALLY DEPENDS LIKE THAT MONTH OF WHO'S PLAYING, UM, AND WHAT STAFF POWER I HAVE THAT THAT, OKAY.
SO FOR THE FIRST CONCERT THAT WE'RE HOSTING IS THE KICKOFF TO SUMMER READING IS WITH YO-YO ON JUNE 12TH.
SO I'LL HAVE SOMEONE ELSE FROM STAFF PROBABLY COME TO THIS BECAUSE IT'S A NEW VENDOR OVER THERE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S A LONG PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE ONE OF THOSE, IF IT RAINS, THEY GO INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD JUST HAVE THE MEETING THEN? I, WE COULD.
IT WON'T BE RECORDED, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY HOLD YOUR PHONE UP.
WE HAVE, UH, AND THERE'S AN EVENT LISTED ON MAY 23RD.
EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY DO WEDNESDAYS, IT WAS MORE OF A, WE, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOLS AND ACTUALLY, UM, PV JUST GOT BACK TO ME YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE DOING THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE I BELIEVE THE 13TH OR 15TH.
THEY JUST GOT BACK TO ME TODAY.
SO THOSE ONES, IT'S MAINLY FAMILIES THAT COME OF THE BAND.
IT IS, IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE CHORUS AND THE ORCHESTRA.
IT'S NOT BATTLE OF THE BANDS OR ANYTHING.
THOSE TWO, IF THERE'S SUPPORT, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO DO THAT, GREAT.
THAT'S A HARD ONE FOR US TO GET OUT TO BECAUSE MAY'S INSANE WITH EVENTS THOSE WEEKENDS.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING, THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FOUR CONCERTS IN JULY AND AUGUST WHEN WE'RE NOT MEETING.
SO, AND IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE ON THE 12TH, JUST THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF MECHANISM OTHER THAN US SIGNING UP OR IF YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE IN A BIND, SEND OUT A OF COURSE, YEAH.
A MAILER TO US, BUT NEED HELP AND YOU KNOW, AS WE CAN, WE'LL HELP OUT.
SO EVERYTHING'S SET FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN HASSLE.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE THAT, SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE OPEN HOUSE IS TO GET MORE ENTRY FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK BY AND LIKE HEAR IN THE WINDOW AND LIKE, WHAT IS THIS PLACE? EVEN THOUGH WE PUT IN THOSE BEAUTIFUL SIGNS.
SO THE THOUGHT WAS JEN, OUR MANAGER OVER THERE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOME KIND OF WELLNESS FAIR, BUT WITH US DOING THE SPRING FLING, IT'S A VENDOR FAIR.
SO WE DIDN'T THINK THAT HAVING OUTSIDE VENDORS GOING TO THE CENTER WOULD MAKE SENSE.
SO WHAT SHE'S DOING IS BRINGING ALL OF OUR GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTORS.
UM, WE HAVE OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF THAT TEACH OUR BASKETBALL AND PICKLEBALL.
UM, AND WE HAVE OTHER STAFF THAT WILL BE THERE TOO TO PUT ON KIND OF LIKE A DEMO OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND THERE'LL BE TOURS AND THERE'LL BE RAFFLES AND GIVEAWAYS, UM, IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT BY THE PLAYGROUND.
WE'LL HAVE THAT CLOSED OFF AND WE HAVE A CARNIVAL OUT THERE.
SO THERE'LL BE THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO.
UM, IT SHOULD JUST BE A REALLY FUN FAMILY EVENT.
AND IT'S JUST TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COMING IN AND UTILIZING THE SPACE FOR WHAT IT IS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S CRAZY TO ME AFTER FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THERE.
AND IT'S JUST PEOPLE COME UP TO IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT IS THIS BUILDING, THIS STRANGE BUILDING? SO A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW AND THEY DON'T KNOW.
LIKE THE EQUIPMENT'S BRAND NEW AND THERE'S ALL THESE AWESOME AMENITIES IN THERE, LIKE THE LIBRARY IN THE GAME ROOM AND ALL THIS STUFF.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A FULL ON LIKE COME IN.
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OPEN FOR FROM NINE TO 11, JUST ANYBODY OFF THE STREET CAN COME BY.SO AT, AT THE CAR SHOW, I'M SORRY, THE SPRING FLING.
AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE ALL THE EVENTS AND STUFF, BUT SOMEBODY KIND OF PUSHING THAT.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IS THERE LIKE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, THE OPEN HOUSE? OH YEAH.
THERE'LL BE A COUPLE PEOPLE THERE THAT WILL ALSO, I THINK BE THERE, THERE NEXT WEEK PUSHING IT.
SO AT OUR TABLE AT THE EVENT THIS WEEKEND, WE'LL HAVE A QR CODE WITH ALL THE EVENTS COMING UP AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LITTLE OTHER, UM, FLYERS WITH ALL THE UPCOMING STUFF.
THIS IS POTENTIALLY CORRELATED, BUT TALKING ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION OF PEOPLE NOT KNOWING THE COMMUNITY CENTER EXISTS.
SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT, UM, PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP HAS THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT'S UH, IT'S LIKE THIS ONE ON THE STEROIDS.
THEY HAVE POOL, THEY HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE BASKETBALL COURTS.
BUT WHEN THE TOWNSHIP MAILS OUT SEWER BILLS ENCLOSED IN THE SEWER BILL IS A PAMPHLET WITH ALL THE EVENTS HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
REALLY? AND, UM, MEMBERSHIP PRICING.
AND THAT GOES OUT TO EVERY POINT TOWNSHIP THOUSANDS.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SENDING SOMETHING ANYWAY.
WELL, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE TOWNSHIP IS GETTING AWAY FROM PRINT AND AS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE FEELS THE SAME WAY, BUT I ARGUE THIS POINT ALL THE TIME.
THE MAILERS, THE EMAILS ARE TURNING INTO WHAT USED TO BE IN YOUR MAIL.
I CAN'T EVEN OPEN MY GMAIL ACCOUNT ANYMORE.
IT DOESN'T ALLOW ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO IT.
2000, I HAVE TOO MANY I DON'T CHECK ANYTHING ANYMORE.
SO I THINK THROWING IN THINGS IN THE MAIL, SENDING OUT, LIKE, YOU CAN'T IGNORE YOUR SILVER BILL.
I KNOW, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S REALLY SMART TROUBLE.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF A WAY TO GET SOMETHING IN PRINT, ESPECIALLY TO OUR SENIORS.
LIKE THEY DON'T LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY DON'T CHECK THEIR EMAILS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY OF THEM ARE MEMBERS AND I HAVE FAKE EMAIL ACCOUNTS THAT ARE JUST PUT IN THERE FOR THEM.
SO IT'S, YEAH, IT'S REALLY GREAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE EMAIL.
I SAW, UH, I KNOW THEY'RE IN HERE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT COME IN ALL THE TIME.
SO I SAW PARTS OF REC BOARD TODAY ON FOUR 20.
DID YOU SEE THE UP MUSIC BASS ONE? I DID.
THERE'S A PART OF A VERY, AN ADVERTISEMENT ON 4 22 MM-HMM.
SO AFTER THAT ONE GOES UP, THAT'S OUR MAY EVENT ON THERE.
AND THEN, UM, THAT MONDAY FOLLOWING MUSIC FEST, THE CAR SHOW WILL BE UP THERE AND THEN WE'LL JUST KEEP ROTATING THEM WITH CONCERTS OR WHATEVER.
'CAUSE I HAVE ACCESS TO THAT NOW.
SO THEY'LL BE, WE'LL BE USING IT AS MUCH AS I CAN.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING IN THE PAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS TO ADVERTISE.
WELL, THE WEATHER SEE ME ON THERE.
THE WEATHER'S STARTING TO GET NICE AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT COMING ON.
SO YOU'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE DANDELION DIGITAL, LIKE THEY'RE YEAH, I THINK INVOLVED, I THINK IT'S TOUGH FOR WHAT WE DO DO.
IT'S REALLY TOUGH NOT TO HAVE SOMEONE IN-HOUSE.
IT'S REALLY HARD NOT TO RUN TO SOMEBODY AND BE LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
IT'S HARD TO RELAY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND SCHEDULES OVER EMAIL.
LIKE IT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED THAT WAY AND IT GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION.
AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO, FOR THEM TO CREATE A PIECE.
AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO MELISSA AND I AND WE'RE WAY TOO NITPICKY.
AND THEN I END UP DOING IT ANYWAY AND THEN SENDING TO THEM TO POST IT.
AND THEN IT IS JUST EASIER SOMETIMES IF WE JUST DO IT OURSELVES.
SO MELISSA AND I HAVE KIND OF GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'LL SIT AND WE'LL SKETCH OUT SO MANY HOURS OF OUR WORK WEEK AND DO OUR OWN CANVAS AND HAVE THEM AT LEAST POSTING, GET ON THE TOWNSHIP STUFF.
WE CREATE THEM AND THEN THEY'LL GET THEM OUT FOR US.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD, BECAUSE IT DID SEEM LIKE YOU WOULD ALMOST NEED A LIAISON, LIKE FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT WAS YEAH.
AND, AND IT WAS MELISSA FOR A REALLY LONG, LONG, BUT IT THEN YOU JUST DO IT.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, LIKE MEMBERSHIPS, UM, WE'RE ALMOST AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE MORE, WE HAVE MORE MEMBERS AND MORE, UM, REVENUE FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAN WE DID PRE COVID.
SO WE'RE GOING FROM THE BEST YEAR THAT WE POSSIBLY HAVE HAD.
AND IT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN 12, 13 YEARS, OVER 13 YEARS.
ANYWAY, WE HAVE A HIGH POINT AND WE HAVE A VERY LOW POINT DURING COVID, AND NOW WE ARE ALMOST BACK TO THAT HIGH POINT.
UM, PICKLEBALL NETS WERE DELIVERED BY ME TODAY.
UM, AND IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE ALYSSA, TO BREAK IT UP, I,
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I WAS GONNA PUT A BOW ON IT AND JUST PUT BILL, BUTSO I TOLD ALYSSA TODAY, I WAS LIKE, I WENT THROUGH THE GAMUT OF LOOKING FOR PICKLEBALL AND I WAS LIKE, I HAVE A SMALL BUDGET.
I CAN'T AFFORD TWO EXPENSIVE ONES OR ANYTHING.
AND THIS WAS THE THIRD TOP RATED ONE ON THE LIST THAT I WAS LOOKING AT, SO.
AND HOW ARE THE BATHROOMS ROOMS HERE AT THE PARK? YEAH.
I HAD TO CLOSE 'EM AGAIN LAST WEEKEND BECAUSE THE FLOORS CRACKED.
SO THEY HAD TO COME OUT LAST FRIDAY.
THEY'RE OPEN, THEY'RE WORKING THE I KNOW, I KNOW.
WE SHOULD HAVE IT IN A FEW WEEKS.
AND ONCE THAT IS INSTALLED, THE WATER FOUNTAIN WILL WORK.
SOMEONE TOOK MY SIGN OFF IT SO IT DOESN'T SAY IT'S NOT WORKING YET.
SO PEOPLE FIND OUT WHEN THEY, THEY DECIDE, BUT THE RESTROOMS ARE OPEN.
THE GRASS SHOULD BE GOOD TO REMOVE THOSE ORANGE FENCES AROUND IT IN A MONTH OR SO.
UM, AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THE GUYS WILL GO OUT AND FIX THE MULCH AREA WITH THE PICNIC BENCHES.
THEY'LL TAKE OUT ALL THAT CURVING THAT THERE FROM THE OLD PLAYGROUND AND THEY'LL GRASS THAT WHOLE AREA AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A LITTLE GROVE VERSUS A MULCH AREA.
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ALRIGHT, WELL, ANY OTHER ITEMS? UM, I HAVE TWO.DID UM, WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT A QUORUM IS? NO.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S HALF PLUS ONE.
IT'S WHAT? PLUS HALF PLUS ONE.
WE, UM, LAST MEETING WE CAME UP AS QUESTION.
I WAS LIKE, I THINK I KEPT SAYING FOUR AND THEN I WAS LIKE, NO, MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S WEIRD WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK IT UP, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT'S TRADITIONALLY DONE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GONE WITH IS FOR THE OTHER THING IS THE VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT TO WANT TO VOLUNTEER.
THAT WAS WHAT I SAID IN BEGINNING.
LIKE HOW I KNOW THAT'S LIKE A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF KEEPING IT GOOD.
IS ANYTHING HAPPENING WITH THAT? EVERY RAIN AND ESPECIALLY THE STORM TOMORROW.
I'M JUST GONNA, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, IT'S LIKE ONE OF OUR BEST KEPT SECRETS AT THIS POINT.
'CAUSE THE FEAR IS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE ADVERTISE IT, WE THROW IT OUT THERE AND LOOK HOW GREAT THIS IS AND IT'S AWESOME.
BUT AS SOON AS IT RAINS, AS SOON AS IT STORMS, LIKE WE HAVE 40 MILE PER HOUR WINDS COMING IN TOMORROW.
THE GUYS ARE GONNA BE OUT THERE MOST OF FRIDAY CLEARING THAT OFF EVERY, AFTER EVERY SLIGHT RAIN THERE IS THERE, IT'S THE RAIN, THE WATER COMES UP IN THE RIVER.
THEN ALL OF OUR EXPENSIVE STONE GOES INTO THIS GOOGLE.
SO IT'S LIKE, OH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WE ALL LOVE IT.
AND THEN YOU ALSO KIND OF LIKE, LET'S JUST NOT BRING ATTENTION TO, SO I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT READY TO KIND OF REALLY ADVERTISE IT.
LIKE IT'S, IT, IT'S WHEN YOU, IF YOU WALK THAT, THAT, THAT PATH, WE STILL NEED SIGNAGE.
LIKE, LIKE EVEN TO SAY LIKE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRAIL TO, YOU KNOW, BLACK ROCK ROAD OR JUST SOMETHING JUST SAYING THE DISTANCE AND THEN EVEN MAYBE JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINED BY UPPER PROVIDENCE OR RIGHT.
LET'S GIVE US SOME, SOME CREDIT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, YEAH, IT HAS NOT QUITE READY FOR IT TO BE A BIG, YOU KNOW YEAH.
I ACTUALLY, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR SOLICITOR A LITTLE BIT.
I HAVE TO CHANGE UP A LOT OF THE PARK SIGNS.
UM, THE RULE SIGNS THAT WE HAVE UP, LIKE THAT'S A BIG ENDEAVOR THAT I HAVE TO TAKE ON TOO.
SO IT'S ALL KIND OF LIKE, OH, AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU JUST DID THEM NOT SO LONG AGO.
OR IT FEELS LIKE IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO.
IT DOESN'T, I'VE DONE THEM ONCE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ALREADY.
SO IT'S MAINLY MAKING SURE THAT THE RULES THAT ARE UP ARE ACTUALLY APPLICABLE TO WHERE THEY ARE.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PARKS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SIGN IS, IT'S A REFLECTION OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PARK.
SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ON THERE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY LIKE IF, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS OF PARKS THAT ARE NO TRESPASSING AND ACTUALLY HAVING THOSE SIGNS UP AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL VISIBLE.
UM, ONE OF OUR SIGNS AT MCFARLAND WAS RUN OVER, SO I HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE SIGNS AND IT'S, IT'S SILLY LIKE SIGNAGE.
I'M SICK OF PUTTING SIGNS UP EVERYWHERE.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I HAVE TO DO IT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF THINKING, DO WE JUST GO UP THERE AND PUT FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS, PLEASE GO TO THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE IT SOMETIMES THEY ARE CHANGING.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH TRENDS AND WE HAVE TO REMOVE
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THINGS AND WE HAVE TO ADD THINGS.SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING PURPLE TAPE ON EVERYTHING, IT'S DO WE JUST MAKE IT MORE OF A VIRTUAL OPTION SO WE CAN CHANGE THEM EASIER? SO IT'S JUST THE QR CODE.
LIKE GOING THROUGH THAT MOTION OF THEN WELL NOW YOU HAVE AN ETCHED QR CODE AS RULES.
ARE PEOPLE GONNA ALWAYS HAVE THEIR PHONE TO OPEN IT? SO IT'S BACK AND FORTH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YEAH, THEY WILL.
THAT'S PART INSURANCE THING TOO.
SHOWING YOU SOME COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO HAS BE POSTED, BUT WELL, YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
THANKS FOR I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
NO, I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO GO OVER THEM.
UM, WE HAD LESS KIDS THIS YEAR THAN WE EVER HAVE.
UM, WE USUALLY HAVE A HUNDRED WITH A WAIT LIST AND WE HAD ABOUT 70 KIDS REGISTERED FOR THIS ONE, SO WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE IF IT WAS, 'CAUSE IT WAS SO EARLY, IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN IT, IF IT'S KIND OF FINDING IT, IT'S, IT'S ON ITS COURSE OUT.
UM, BOB WAS THERE THAT NIGHT AND HE'S REALLY GOOD WITH THAT AGE GROUP AND HE WENT AROUND AND KIND OF TALKED TO A COUPLE KIDS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A RECAP OF IS IT WORTH CONTINUING? IS IT WORTH CHANGING IT UP AND DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THAT AGE GROUP? WHAT WOULD THAT THEN BE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT'S, IT'S KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND THE EVENT USED TO BE OVER AN HOUR.
IT USED TO BE REALLY A NICE DROP OFF EVENT WHEN WE HIT COVID.
AND I HATE TO USE THAT AN EXCUSE, BUT WE HAD TO CHANGE THINGS UP TO, TO MODIFY IT, TO CONTINUE IT.
AND THEN WE KIND OF GOT USED TO NOT BEING THERE FOR THREE HOURS AND DOING ALL THAT.
AND, AND THE TEAMS WERE NOT VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT EITHER.
SO WE KIND OF JUST MADE IT WHAT IT WAS.
WE DID HAVE A RECAP OF IT IN THE OFFICE AND WE'RE GONNA SEE IF IT'S WORTH EASTER.
NEXT YEAR IS REALLY LATE IN APRIL, SO MAYBE THAT'S BETTER.
THIS WAS COLD, RIGHT? IT WAS SO COLD.
WE COULDN'T WAIT A LITTLE C AND THEY, EVEN THE KIDS, THEY WERE LIKE, YEAH, THEY DIDN'T WANNA HANG OUT LUNCH EITHER.
SO PRETZELS, I THINK MELISSA EAT ALL THE PRETZELS.
SHE WAS LIKE 86 PRETZELS TO EAT.
WE HAD SO MANY PRETZELS LEFT OVER.
I DROPPED 'EM OFF AT THE FIREHOUSE ON THE WAY HOME.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT.
I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH CONTINUING.
AND NOW LANDMARK'S DOING ONE VERY SIMILAR THAT THEY CHANGED THE H GROUP FIVE.
I WAS THINKING THAT WHEN I WAS DRIVING OVER THINKING, DO WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHO'S DOING WHAT DAY? SO WE'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST OH YEAH.
WE ALREADY HAD, WE HAD IT ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WEEK.
THEY HAD THEIRS CLOSER TO EASTER ITSELF, SO WE NEVER COMPETE ON TIME AND DATE.
IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, THEY FINE TUNE THEIRS.
LIKE THEIRS WAS EIGHT YEARS TO 13 YEARS, WHEREAS OURS WAS 11 TO 15.
SO LIKE A LOT OF KIDS HAVE YOUNGER SIBLINGS THAT CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS ONE, WHICH WAS THE PURPOSE.
IT WAS SOMETHING JUST FOR TEENS.
BUT YOU OPEN IT UP AND PARENTS ARE LIKE, OH SWEET.
YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT CHANGES THE GAME A LITTLE BIT.
THEY HAD A GREAT SUCCESS ON THEIRS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST DEPEND SEEING, YOU'LL GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND SEE IF IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TRY SOMETHING PEOPLE, PARENTS WERE HAPPY THAT NIGHT, BUT DOESN'T MEAN THE KIDS WERE PSYCHED TO GO.
IF, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BRING TO, WE HAVE THE ELECTION IN TWO WEEKS.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS VOTING LOCATION.
DOES IT, I MEAN, IS THAT LIKE A BECOME CRAZY? LIKE IS IT REALLY NO, THIS TIME IT WILL BE.
THE PRIMARIES WILL BE THE PRIMARY WILL BE COME.
WE, WE GENERAL, WE, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT WE'RE MONTCLAIR'S VOTING ATION, WHICH MAKES PERFECT.
YEAH, IT'S AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS RIVER CREST IS AT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE'RE COMMUNITY CENTER IN RIVER CREST.
UNLESS THEY CHANGE THINGS THIS YEAR.
BUT SAYING PEOPLE WILL COME HERE.
YEAH, NO, THEY ALWAYS GET CONFUSED HERE.
WE COUNT 80 PEOPLE THAT CAME CENTER.
HOW? BECAUSE WE USED TO VOTE ACROSS THE STREET IN THAT OLD CENTER.
WE HAD, UNLESS THE JUDGES OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS VOTED HERE.
WE USED TO VOTE AT THE FIREHOUSE.
BUT YOU SAY IT IN THAT NICE CALM, I HEARD YOU THOUGHT IT WAS HERE.
AND I I DO ENJOY IT, BUT IT'S JUST CRAZY.
WE'LL HAVE TO LL READY FOR THAT.
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THE MEETING AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT.