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ARE ON.SO A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER SIX ARE READY TO START.
UM, IT'S OCTOBER 9TH AND LET'S GET MOVING.
[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
OFF WITH JUST A CALL TO ORDER AND IF, UM, IF TAYLOR CAN JUST TAKE SENTENCE OR NOPE.AND THEN THE OTHER, THE ONLY OTHER HERE I TOOK ON THESE
[2. Approval of Minutes]
UM, BUSINESS THING IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OUR SEPTEMBER MINUTES.EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? YEAH.
EVERYTHING GOOD APPROVAL? WE DO ANY ISSUES? OKAY, WE'RE GOOD.
[3. Public Comments]
DO PUBLIC COMMENTS IF THE PUBLIC IS HERE.SO, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME SIT CLOSER.
IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU ARE MORE COMFORTABLE THERE.
SO THIS, DO YOU WANNA JUST GIVE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION, RICH AND SURE.
UM, HI, MY NAME IS, UH, CHRIS.
UM, CALL, WHILE I'M THINKING SITTING HERE, UM, 16 YEAR, UH, OFF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP RESIDENT.
UM, HAVE TWO KIDS, UM, IN SPRING COURT, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, EIGHTH GRADER AND A FIFTH GRADER.
UM, RECENTLY, YES, 13, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT RECENTLY STARTED TO BECOME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN IN MY SCHEDULE.
SO MY BUSINESS HAS ALLOWED ME TO KIND OF GET MORE INVOLVED AND UM, PART OF THAT WAS STARTING A BASE BASEBALL CLUB IN THE AREA.
SO WE STARTED RENTING CAPTAIN FIELDS AND WE USE ANDERSON AND BLACK BLACKROCK.
UM, AND JUST SEEING EVERYTHING THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAD TO OFFER AND A LOT OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT, THAT THIS GROUP DOES.
UM, I PUT, UM, AN UH, UH, APP APPLICATION INTO VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULD KIND OF HELP US NEEDED AND FIGURED I WOULD COME AND SEE WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
REALLY THE REASON I'M HERE IS JUST TO KIND OF OBSERVE AND KIND OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, GROUP ARE YOU WITH THAT USES ANDERSON THE REGISTER? RAP RAPTORS.
SO WHERE'D YOU PUT THE APPLICATION IN ONLINE? ON THE WEBSITE? I DID.
AND TO BE FAIR, I DID IT LESS THAN TWO HOURS AGO.
WELL, NO, FOR THE LETTER OF INTEREST I WANTED IT TO BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE WHAT BROUGHT INTO IT.
SO FOR THE PARK BOARD SPECIFICALLY? YES.
WE'LL JUST KIND OF, AND FEEL, FEEL FREE, I MEAN WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IT'S YOUR TIME TO KIND OF FIRST SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL JUST CARRY ON WITH OUR MEETING.
WE'RE PRETTY CASUAL, SO WE MAY, UM, ASK YOU THE QUESTIONS.
IT'S AGAIN, A PRETTY CASUAL GROUP AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO GET SOME INPUT PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IS ALWAYS A BONUS FOR US.
SO WE YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WHY DON'T WE GO AROUND AND WE'LL KIND OF INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND WHAT OUR ROLE IS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKS CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT.
AND ALL AGAIN, I'M TAYLOR GREEN.
UM, GREW UP IN THE TOWNSHIP, UM, SPENT A LOT OF TIMES IN A LOT OF TIMES IN THE PARKS AND JOIN THE BOARD TO GAIN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE DEPARTMENT WORKS AND TO, UM, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR CHANGES OR UPDATES TO THE PARKS ORIGINALLY.
I'M SANDY ANDERSON, THE NEWEST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
YEAH, IT GOES, YEAH, IT GOES FAST.
BUT I DID THE EXACT SAME THING.
IT WAS JUST COMING TO MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A VOICE AND YOU LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN IF YOU, UM, IF YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED.
AND ACTUALLY IT WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COMPLAINING.
IT WAS MORE AMAZEMENT AT WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION AND WHAT THIS TOWNSHIP DOES FOR RESIDENTS.
IT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AND, UM, THE CALIBER AND QUALITY IS JUST, ARE NONE, JUST RANDOM.
I KNOW COVID, I CAN'T GREAT DOING COVID,
IT'S A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO IS VERY POWERFUL.
UM, THE WORK PEOPLE REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FACILITIES OF OUR TOWNSHIP AND HOW AIMED OR FIRST CLASS AND THEY'RE NOT JUNKY.
I MEAN, SUE KILLS HERSELF WITH THAT.
AND HER STAFF, IT'S FUN TO BE ON THE MARIA SADLER.
UM, DON'T ASK ME HOW LONG I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD BECAUSE I SLIPPED UP
UM, I, I GOT VOLUNTEER OR VOLUNTOLD, I WAS GONNA BE ON THE BOARD BOARD AND I
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AM THRILLED THAT THEY VOLUNTOLD ME.UM, THIS IS A GREAT BOARD AND THEY REALLY DO A LOT OF THINGS.
WE OUT A LOT OF EVENTS THAT ARE NOT JUST THERE.
PEOPLE ATTEND IN GOOD BIG NUMBERS AND THEN THEY SEE THE THINGS THAT, THAT THIS BOARD DOES.
UM, I'M ALSO ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS AND YEAH, SO I'M LYNN CARDIN.
I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD.
I STARTED WORKING AFTER I RETIRED FROM MY FOR REAL JOB.
I STARTED, UM, WORKING PART-TIME AT THE COMMUNICATE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND I DID THAT FOR, FOR A BIT.
AND I WAS KIND OF, WELL I WAS IN THE, UM, LIKE THE HEALTH INDUSTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, SO I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT RECREATION AND I WAS KIND OF LIKE SURPRISED WITH HOW BIG OF AN INDUSTRY
AND THEN WHEN I, WHEN WORKING PART-TIME, THERE JUST WASN'T REALLY A GOOD FIT ANYMORE.
UM, I ACTUALLY GOT CONTACTED BY, UM, TIM, THE MANAGER AND ASKED IF I WOULD BE WILLING OR WOULD CONSIDER BEING ON THE BOARD OR BEING NOMINATED.
SO I'VE NOMINATED AND I ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE END OF THIS YEAR WILL BE THE FIFTH YEAR.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TOWNSHIP AND REALLY SEEING LIKE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES BEHIND BRINGING, UM, GREAT THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE SUPPOSED, WE HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE EYES AND THE EARS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE CAN ASK PEOPLE AND WE, YOU KNOW, BRING THE MISSION BACK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD DOES AS WELL IN THIS EVERY MONTH FROM, I GUESS IT'S MAY THROUGH OCTOBER, EACH OF US ARE ASSIGNED ONE OF THE PARKS TO VISIT AND WE JUST WALK AROUND THE PARK AND WE KIND OF ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THE PARK.
WE TRY TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE, FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE PARK AND THEIR INPUT.
AND THAT IS VERY WELL RECEIVED.
SO FROM, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALK TO IN PARTICULAR, 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S A GREAT PARK AND NOW I LIKE IT EVEN BETTER THAT YOU'RE ASKING ME WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT BETTER
SO IT IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU JUST ARE SHOWING SOME INTEREST.
AND AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO INTERJECT IT ANY POINT.
SO, UM, I SPOKE JULIE LESKI WAS GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SHE, YEAH, SHE SENT ME, UM, AN EMAIL THIS MORNING SAYING THAT SOMETHING CAME UP AND SHE WAS VERY SORRY ABOUT THE LATE NOTICE, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR HER TO COME ON, UM, IN NOVEMBER.
AND I SAID, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE FINE.
SO DOES EVERYBODY KNOW? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA, SO DEWEY KOLESKI IS THE, UM, I GUESS SHE PRODUCES THE UPPER PROVIDENCE LIVING PUBLICATION AND WE WERE OVER DURING COMMUNITY DAY.
SHE HAD LIKE A, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE AREA SET UP AND SANDY, YOU, YOU SPOKE WITH HER OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN I WENT OVER AND UM, WAS INTRODUCED AND SHE WAS SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH LIKE SHE HAS WORKED WITH, WITH, I GUESS SHE TALKS, WELL SHE MOSTLY WORKED WITH SARAH WHEN SARAH WAS HERE.
BUT SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID IT WOULD BE A GOOD, UM, POTENTIAL COLLABORATION IF SHE CAME AND WE INVITED HER TO COME TO THE BOARD AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HELP FOR CONTENT FIRST FOR WHAT SHE PUTS IN HER PUBLICATION AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE KIND OF PUT OUT THERE TO START THINKING OF IDEAS.
SO IF WE HAVE ANY TIME FOR THIS MEETING, IF THERE ARE ANY IDEAS, WE CAN KIND OF JUST TOSS SOME OF THEM AROUND SURE.
BEFORE HER, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING IN NOVEMBER.
SO I DO JUST WANNA, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, UM, I'LL PASS MY PHONE AROUND AND FEEL FREE TO LOOK AT THESE TWO IMAGES.
UM, TIM WILLIAMS, UM, HE'S INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR MUSIC FEST EVENT AND THIS ADDITION OF LIVING IN UPPER PROVIDENCE, UM, SHE ACTUALLY THREW US A SHOUT OUT FOR HIM.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE I READ IT.
OH, YOU DO? I JUST GOT IT YESTERDAY AND I USED TO YOUR HOUSE.
WAS IT? YEAH, WE, I DO GET IT SOMETIMES.
TIM SENT ME A LITTLE, IT WAS NICE.
AND I DO LIVE IN THE TOWNSHIP AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WORKING ON WITH HER IS A BETTER MAIL LIST.
IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT I'LL THROW AWAY.
IT'S A, IT'S, AND I THINK THAT, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE, UM, MAYBE OPPORTUNITIES.
OH YEAH, KELLY DANTE OFF THE OF HER.
USUALLY MAUREEN BRINGS IN HER COPY.
SHE'S THE ONLY STAFF PERSON I HAVE THAT LIVES IN THE TOWNSHIP, SO
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SHE ALWAYS BRINGS IT IN SO WE GET TO READ IT ONCE OR YEAH.I THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IDEAS LATER, WE'LL MOVE ON.
BUT UM, AS I WAS READING IT TODAY, I WAS LIKE, HMM, YEAH, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK THAT THINGS
'CAUSE WE WERE A TWO MAN DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, WE KINDA LIKE LET IT SLIP IN BETWEEN THE CRACKS A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING BACK AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
I MEAN WE ALWAYS SAY THAT ABOUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
THEY DON'T KNOW AND WE'RE TOO SMALL.
AND, AND IF EVERYTHING'S ON THE WEBSITE, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIND IT.
SO WE, WE, WE'LL GET INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST KIND TIME.
SO WE HAVE LIKE TOUCHED ON THAT WE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE HAVE, THIS IS THE END OF THE TERM FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE UPDATED LIST? I, I WROTE IT DOWN JUST 'CAUSE IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON OUR THING.
MYSELF, MARIA AND TAYLOR ARE, UM, ARE TERMIN THE END OF THIS.
AND THEN KEN AND RICHARD ARE 20, 25 AND BILL AND SANDY ARE 2028.
NO, BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS, YOU STARTED ON, AND YOU, YOU GUYS DID YOU GUYS, YOU WERE NO, YOU, YOU GUYS TOOK ON, YOU TOOK ON OTHER, RIGHT? YOU HAD SOME, UM, SOME STAFF AND YOU TOOK THE REST OF THEIR TERM, BUT THEN YOU CAME ON FOR A NEW TERM.
SO I THINK IT'S RIGHT, IT'S ON BILL AND NATE.
BECAUSE BILL RE SAY LAST YEAR AND YOU REAY FOR A FULL TERM AS OF LAST YEAR.
SO WHEN WE BROUGHT IT UP LAST UH, MEETING, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WE'LL GET A LETTER.
SO WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT, IS THE LETTER GONNA BE LIKE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE OR IS IT GONNA BE, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN RE-UPPING? YEAH, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME YOU'VE SPENT WITH THE BOARD.
IT'LL ALSO ASK YOU WHETHER, DO YOU HAVE INTENTIONS ON SAYING, IF NOT, PLEASE SIGN THAT YOU WILL NOT PLEASE SIGN.
YOU'LL BE, AND THEN, UM, THE INFORMATION WILL GO OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE LIKE CHRIS WHO MIGHT WANT TO JOIN.
SO IT'S COMPLETELY A PERSONAL CHOICE AT THAT POINT.
AND AND I WAS ALSO HOPING, AGAIN, BEING MY, THE CHAIRPERSON MINDSET IS YOU HAVE A, I'M HOPING, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN THAT LETTER IF YOU'RE JUST THANKING THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND NOT INVITING 'EM TO RE-UP.
AND YOU, IT'S ALL ON THAT SAME PACKET.
IT SHOULD BE ALL ON THE SAME PACKET.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE, BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IT'S A BOTH.
AND NOT THAT, NOT THAT ANYBODY'S NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA LIKE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO GET SOME NEW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN.
SO WE'LL JUST KEEP OUR EYES OUT FOR THE YEP.
IF YOU DON'T GET IT BY NOVEMBER, REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH CHERYL BECAUSE THOSE SHOULD BE GOING OUT SOON.
AND WE LOOK TO HAVE, UM, WE HAVE OR SEVEN PEOPLE, RIGHT? YES.
SO IS IT PRODUCTIVE TO TELL THE BOARD WHETHER OR NOT, OR IS THAT NOT, I THINK WHEN YOU GET THE LETTER, I THINK BY THE NEXT MEETING WE SHOULD BE OKAY COM.
BE TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM BY THEN.
[4. New Business]
SO, UM, YOU HAD PUT THIS ON THE DECEMBER MEETING COMBINED WITH YES.SO, UM, SO EHC IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IS ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
BUT, UM, SO KEN SITS ON THAT BOARD RIGHT NOW AND I SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND UM, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO BRING BOTH THE COMMITTEES TOGETHER, THE PARK BOARD AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO START PASSING AND BRINGING THINGS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT JEFF AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD REALLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO MESH THE TWO TOGETHER FOR ONE MEETING.
AND JUST, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE BUILT A BETTER PLATFORM FOR THE BOARD AND THE COMMITTEE'S ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS YET.
AND THEY'RE REALLY UNSURE OF LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND HOW TO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND JEFF AND I KIND OF FELT LIKE YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF LIKE OUR, MY GROUP OF WARRIORS THAT GOES OUT AND TALKS ABOUT THINGS.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE TO FEED THEM KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THAT WORK KIND OF WORKS.
HOW WE COLLABORATE, HOW INFORMAL WE CAN BE.
BUT ALSO WE GET A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS OUT OF OUR MEETINGS AND HOW WE'RE, UM, LIKE JUST THE SUPPORT I GET FOR EVENTS AND THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO START DOING THAT THEY JUST DUNNO HOW TO DO IT.
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INTERACTING THERE.WE'RE ALSO DOING, UM, AND I CAN SEND YOU GUYS MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SO I DON'T MISSPEAK, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, PENN STATE RIGHT NOW, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE ON GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EMISSIONS AND, UM, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION.
SO THEY'RE RUNNING A LOT OF, UM, SURVEYS AND STUDIES AND DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR US TO KIND OF STUDY THAT SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIRM STAND ON, UM, WHERE THE TOWNSHIP IS SUSTAINABILITY WISE.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COOL BLEND AND IF THEY WANT TO EDUCATE THIS BOARD ON IT BECAUSE WE'RE PARKS.
SO IT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE TOO.
SO YEAH, SO WE'LL JUST DO OUR NORMAL AGENDA AND THEN THEY, WILL THEY SUBMIT ANY, LIKE A PORTION OF IT? YEAH, JEFF AND I WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, USUALLY OUR MEETINGS WITH EAC BECAUSE IT FOLLOWS PLANNING, IT'S A VERY SHORT 40 MINUTES.
SO I THINK COMING HERE WHERE WE HAVE AMPLE TIME, I WOULDN'T TRY TO GET OUT OF HERE IN 45 MINUTES.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LENGTHY CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S NECESSARY.
SO WE TRY TO KEEP OUR MEETINGS TO LIKE AN HOUR AND A LITTLE BIT OVER, MAYBE AN HOUR AND A HALF, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AND THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WILL BE A GOOD TIME.
SO WE'RE GONNA SKIP OUR NOVEMBER MEETING WITH EAC AND MOVE IT TO DECEMBER.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR DECEMBER 11TH MEETING.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TOO, LIKE AFTER WE MEET WITH JULIE IS TO RIGHT.
MAYBE EVEN HAVE SOMETHING IN THE, IN THE THING LIKE UPDATING WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? THIS COMMITTEE ENVIRONMENTAL, YEAH.
THE TYPES OF, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW.
WE HAVE A BOARD, A PARKS AND WHITE BOARD.
BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE NEW ORDINANCES WITH LIKE PLASTIC BAGS AND SINGLE PLASTIC USE AND, UM, LONG CARE.
LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED THE COMMITTEE TO DO AND IT'S JUST EDUCATING THEM ON HOW TO GO FULL STEAM AHEAD ON A COUPLE THINGS.
SO I THINK THIS BOARD WILL BE AN EXCELLENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT.
AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THE PARKS AND REC BOARD WE'RE, WE'RE A, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE FOR OUR CREATION.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THE EAC, THEY, IT WAS ANOTHER ORDINANCE WHEN IN THE CREATION OF THE EAC THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE ONE MEMBER FROM THE PARKS AND BOARD.
SO GRACIOUSLY FIRST MARIA WAS THE, THE MEMBER.
AND THEN SINCE SHE TOOK ON THE ROLE OF ON BOARD SUPERVISOR AND THAT WENT TO ONE OF OUR OTHER MEMBERS.
SO SOMETIMES THE BOARD IS ASKED TO INFREQUENT SHARE SEATS ON YEAH.
BUT LIKE MAYBE SIT ON SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE BRIEFLY, BUT MAYBE AS A MEMBER.
SO JUST, AND EVEN ON THE EAC, SOMEONE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO HAS TO BE ON THE BOARD ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE, THE AREA.
SO, UM, UNDER PARKS AND REC WE HAVE, UM, FALL FEST.
DID YOU GO TO POLE FEST? IT WAS MEMBER GUEST AT RIVER CRET.
IT, IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
I STRONGLY THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS ABLE TO COME AND HELP OUT.
UM, IT, WE RANGE AND THE WAY THAT WE COME UP WITH THIS ATTENDANCE NUMBER IS WALKING.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK AROUND THE EVENT.
WE HAVE, WE TALK TO OUR BOUNCE HOUSES, WE TALK TO OUR VENDORS, OUR FOOD VENDORS AND KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE ALSO KIND OF TALLIED THE AMOUNT OF GOLF CART SHUTTLES VERSUS CHURCH SHUTTLES AS WELL AS THE WAGON RIDES.
AND WE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 507,000 PEOPLE HERE THAT DAY FOR THAT QUICK FIVE HOURS.
IT FELT LIKE IT WAS LIKE A TOTAL BLUR, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY EVENT THAT WE DO.
BUT IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
AND I CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOU GUYS.
I CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS.
AND I ALSO WAS SUPER THANKFUL.
WE DID HAVE A LOT OF STAFF AVAILABLE TO WORK THAT DAY.
UM, I HOPE IN THE FUTURE, GIVEN EVERY YEAR THAT AT LEAST I'VE BEEN HERE, IT HAS GROWN BY HUNDREDS AND NOW THOUSANDS.
AND, UM, I WANNA KEEP OFFERING A HUGE EVENT LIKE THIS.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE COMES TO A UPT EVENT ANYMORE AND THINKS IT'S GONNA BE SHABB, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS BIG EXTRAVAGANZA 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY I CONTINUE TO GET THE RIGHT FUNDING AND EVERYTHING AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THESE THINGS.
BUT, UM, I HONESTLY LIKE, I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST EXPRESS HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME THAT YOU GUYS WERE, WERE THERE 'CAUSE IT WAS HUGE.
AND I LIKE YOU GUYS BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT IT'S LIKE ALL ABOUT WORK.
AND UM, WE DID A GOOD JOB THIS YEAR OF MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS SPACED OUT ACCORDINGLY.
WHICH I THINK GAVE PEOPLE THE WRONG IDEA THAT IT WASN'T CROWDED
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WHEN IT WAS PACKED.'CAUSE IF ANYONE WORKED THE 2022, WE HAD EVERYTHING REALLY TIGHT TOGETHER AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS LIKE A TSUNAMI OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
AND THIS YEAR IT WAS NICE SPACED OUT, NICE LINES.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
UM, IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT WAS LIKE VERY ON WITHIN A DAY.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2025.
WE'RE ALREADY BOOKING OUR PEOPLE ALREADY PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE FOR THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE ALREADY LIKE HEADING INTO THE NEXT YEAR ALREADY ON EVENTS.
UM, BUT FOR YOUR GUYS' KNOWLEDGE IN DECEMBER AT THAT MEETING, I SHOULD HAVE OUR 2025 SCHEDULE READY FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE AS WELL.
SO MOST OF THAT STUFF IS ALREADY ITEMIZED.
THERE'S JUST OUR EVENT LIST JUST SOMEHOW KEEPS SC EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA START, UM, MELISSA AND I WERE TALKING YESTERDAY ON HOW WE CAN MAYBE COMBINE A COUPLE JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, ESPECIALLY THE SPRING.
I THINK EVERY WEEKEND WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON, SO IT'S A LOT OF TIME.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO COMBINE A LITTLE BIT FALL FAST IN THE CAR CAR SHOW.
WELL WE WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING THAT WITH, WE HAVE A SPRING FLING.
NO, IT'S UM, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO JUST BECAUSE IT TAKES ALL THAT ROOM FOR THE CARS.
BUT I, I DO TROPHY THAT OVER HERE.
OH, DO YOU? OH, CONGRATULATIONS.
I HAVE A 69 PALLET CONVERTIBLE.
SO THAT'S AWESOME THAT YOU'VE BEEN AND YOU ARE BURN.
IT'S FUNNY, BILL, BILL STARTED LIKE HANDING ME THE TROPHY.
HE GOES, YOU'RE MY NEIGHBOR, AREN'T YOU? I'M LIKE, BILL, IT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
ME,
THAT MEANS WE HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU GUYS GIVING HIM THE TROPHY.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO NEXT YEAR, UM, WE ARE UP AGAINST A COUPLE, UM, ISSUES WITH THE BIG EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE WILL BE LOSING THE QUEST PARKING LOT DOWN HERE, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THE SITE SAFELY, UM, AND EASILY.
SO WE ARE BRAINSTORMING, UM, SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH.
WE ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE IDEAS, BUT, UM, AND AS YOU SEE, IF YOU CAME DOWN THIS WAY ON BLACKROCK, WE DID REMOVE THE HOUSE ON BLACKROCK, THE ONE THAT WE PURCHASED.
SO THAT IS POSSIBLY AN OPTION TO TRANSITION INTO FIELD SIX FOR PARKING.
SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE HOW THAT GOES.
BUT, UM, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE PROBLEM TO SOLVE.
SO WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO STRATEGIZE THAT FOR JUNE.
DID YOU GET, UM, I GOT YOUR, YOUR SURVEY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED OR WORKED? DID YOU GET MANY RESPONSES ON THAT? UM, I THINK I SENT IT TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND I THINK 15 RESPONDENTS, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR A PARKING SURVEY.
UM, BUT NO, THE, THE MAIN THING WE GOT WAS, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THE BEER GARDEN NECESSARY? UM, IS DO WE HAVE ENOUGH THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO WHEN THEY'RE THERE? UM, DID WE FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE PEOPLE NUMBER WISE? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MISSED WITH COUNTERS OR SOMETHING? BUT THERE WERE SO MANY ACCESSIBLE POINTS.
IT'S HARD TO SIT SOMEONE THERE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT NO, IT WAS ALL THESE REVIEWS.
THESE WERE THE QUESTIONS OR THESE WERE, THESE WERE THE COMMENTS.
WE ASKED VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS LIKE HOW CAN WE COUNT PEOPLE? WHAT EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES DID WE HAVE THAT DAY THAT YOU DIDN'T LIKE? WHICH ONES DID YOU DO? LIKE, LIKE WHICH ONES DID YOU FEEL MADE THE MOST SENSE FOR THE EVENT? AND WE ARE TREADING IN THAT SEPTEMBER, LIKE EARLY HALLOWEEN FALL THEME.
SO KEEPING LIKE THE WAGON RIDES GOING, THE PUMPKINS GOING.
UM, SOMEONE SAID WE, YOU KNOW, UM, SHOULD HAVE MORE INSTEAD OF THE UH, LIKE ESCAPE ROOMS, LIKE HAVE A BIGGER PETTING ZOO, LIKE HAVE BIGGER ANIMALS TOO VISIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SOMEONE SAID A UM, HOT AIR BALLOON, WHICH I'M GOOD.
THERE'S SOME THINGS WHERE LIKE COMING DOWN EVERYONE HAD, WE, WE GOT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE AVERAGE RATING ON THE EVENT WAS LIKE A FOUR OUT OF FIVE.
BUT MY ONLY THING THAT I ENCOUNTERED MANY TIMES IS, AND I'LL PUT IT IN THE THING IS JUST ONE TABLE WHERE WE'RE SET AND WE CAN SELL WATER.
NO, WE, WE NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE FOOD VENDORS SAID THEY RAN OUT WATER AND DRINKS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE FOR NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE MAUREEN WAS KIND OF GIVING SOME OUT AND I WAS GIVEN SOME OUT AND THEN, THEN YOU'RE, YOU, YOU GET NERVOUS 'CAUSE YOU'RE TAKING WATER THAT MIGHT BE GOING TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND YEAH.
AND I SHOULD BE THAT MORNING OF WE HAVE SO MUCH WATER.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT JUST DIDN'T COME TO ME.
YOU ONLY, I DIDN'T KNOW NEEDED, HAD 10,000 THINGS, OTHER THINGS TO BURN ABOUT.
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REMEMBER THAT FOR NEXT BECAUSE IT WAS, IT'S ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO DO.SHOUT OUT TO EOR FARMS FOR THEIR DONUTS AND APPLE CI.
I MADE IT ALL FRESH THAT MORNING.
GLAD, I'M GLAD THEY GOT CUT IN HALF.
SO I WAS VERY ON THAT MUST, THOUSANDS OF THEM, WE ORDERED 50 DOZEN OR MORE FROM THEM THAT MORNING.
SO WE HAD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT AND THEIRS ARE BIGGER THAN LIKE AVERAGE.
SO THEY WERE VERY, THEY WERE INCREDIBLE.
I'M GLAD I IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE A SUCCESS FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
THE GWA IS STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.
UM, THE YMCA THAT WE SUPPORT FOR THIS EVENT, THEY RUN EVERYTHING.
WE'RE JUST PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE LEND OUR SPACES AND OUR TOWNSHIP PROPERTY TO THE EVENT.
UM, AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION IN THE BUILDING OVER AT OUR HESS PROPERTY, THEY'VE USED SOME OF OUR TRAIL, UM, TO CONSTRUCT THEIR FIRE LANE TO GET TO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO HESS ISN'T, IT'S STILL WALKABLE, THE TRUCK IS STILL THERE, BUT WE HAD TO HAVE PJP AND THE Y SWITCH THEIR ROUTE.
SO JAMES, THE DIRECTOR OVER THE Y AND I KEEP TRYING TO MEET UP TO DEVISE A NEW ROUTE FOR THEM.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY STARTED PGP AND THEN THEY USUALLY RUN DOWN, UM, RITTENHOUSE, THEY USE THE HESS TRAIL, THAT WAS THE OLD HESS TRAIL AND THEN THEY RUN BACK.
IT WAS THE OLD CROSS COUNTRY TRAIL AND THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER OPTION.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN UPDATE FOR THAT OTHER THAN I KNOW THEY'RE RUNNING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE OR WHAT MY PARTNERSHIP IS IF THEY'RE NOT USING HESS ANYMORE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THE LIGHT SHOW WITH AERATOR FARM THAT STARTS BLACK FRIDAY.
WE ARE THERE EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL DECEMBER 21ST.
AND YOU DON'T NEED OUR VOLUNTEERS 'CAUSE THEY KIND OF HANDLE IT.
IS THAT THE CASE? WELL, SO THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.
SO THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY IS WHEN THEY HAVE THE LIGHT SHOW THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND PAY TO GO SEE.
UM, THEY ARE OUR LIGHTS AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE EITHER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OR FRIDAY OR SATURDAY DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR SCHEDULES ARE.
AND WE GO AND WE'RE BRINGING, UM, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN ON BLACK FRIDAY.
SO WE'LL HAVE A CHARACTER THERE PRESENTED BY THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE LIKE COLORING BOOKS AND CRAFT THINGS THAT THE KIDS CAN COME GET AND, AND GIVEAWAYS.
UM, THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER'S DANCE RECITAL.
SO MELISSA AND I ARE BOTH WORKING THAT EVENT.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE NO UPT AT THAT.
UM, BUT THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND WE HAVE BOB DOING A FAIR, UM, I CAN'T FIRE STORY TIME WITH S'MORES.
WE'RE DOING A MOVIE IN THE LIGHTS THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, SANTA COMING ON THE FIRETRUCK ON THE 21ST.
IT IS, UM, MELISSA, BOB AND I, WHO WILL BE MANNING MOST OF IT.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF THAT HAVE EXTRA HOURS TO SPARE THAT ARE GONNA COME IN AND HELP US OUT.
BUT I CAN KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED ON, WE'RE FINALIZING EVERYTHING FOR NARRAT.
IT'S ON THE OUR UM, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER SPREADSHEET WHAT TIME, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME SO.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED US TO BE IN LOOKING AT THAT AND POTENTIALLY SIGNING ON IF UT'S THERE THAT NIGHT.
IT WOULD BE EITHER FRIDAY OR SATURDAY FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
THE LIGHTS ARE AIRED FROM FIVE TO EIGHT.
SO WE LIKE TO LET THEM GET ALL SET UP AND GET READY TO ROLL AND THEN WE GET THERE ABOUT FIVE AND THEN WHATEVER WE'RE DOING STARTS AT FIVE 30.
MELISSA AND I DID THE MALL WITH EACH OTHER LAST YEAR AND IT WAS REALLY NICE.
THE AERATORS ARE WONDERFUL FAMILY AND THEY'RE SUPER WELCOMING AND JUST ARE VERY DOWN TO EARTH PEOPLE.
UM, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE THERE AND SEE OUR LIGHTS.
THE THING WE DID HAVE LAST YEAR WAS ANYTHING NOTING THAT THEY WERE UPT LIGHTS.
SO IT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE, LIKE, PEOPLE CAME IN, THEY'RE LIKE, WHY ARE YOU GUYS HERE WITH YOUR SHIRTS ON? WE'RE LIKE, WELL IT'S OUR LIGHT SHOW.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO WE WILL HAVE LIKE A BANNER AND WE WILL, UM, BE INSIDE THE LIGHT SHOW THIS YEAR.
SO OUR CHARACTERS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HORSESHOE OF LIGHTS AND WE'LL HAVE, UM, OUR TRUCK THERE AND IT, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, BUT SO THAT MORE INFORMATION, I'M FINALIZING EVERYTHING WITH PAGE GENERATOR NOW, UM, TO PURCHASE SOME MORE LIGHTS FOR THE LIGHT SHOW AS WELL AS UM, NAILING DOWN SOME OF THE SCHEDULES.
AND DO WE WE GET A PERCENTAGE OF, WE DO.
I BELIEVE IT'S 10 OR 20% AT THE END.
UM, IT'S TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD.
WAS IT ACTUALLY A VOLUNTEER
UM, WE DID WITH UM, UM, CHIEF, UM, OL THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE WHERE THE PARK IS.
SO NO ONE'S GONNA PARK AT THE FIREHOUSE THIS YEAR.
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LEND ITSELF WELL TO THE EVENT.WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYONE PARK HERE AT BLACKROCK AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A POLICE OFFICER WALK PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF SIDEBOARDS, PLENTY OF LIGHT TOWERS.
EVERYTHING'S UNDER RESERVE, UM, RESERVATION NOW.
AND WE'LL HAVE HANDICAP PARKING IN FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE ON THE BIB.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE EVERYONE ENTER THROUGH THEIR MAIN FIREHOUSE ENTRANCE AND WE'LL HAVE OUR REGISTRATION TABLE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S REGISTERED.
YOU CHECK IN, YOU GET YOUR NUMBER, EITHER YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND WAIT IN LINE OR YOU CAN PLAY, YOU CAN GO IN WHENEVER YOU WANT TO GET YOUR PICTURES.
UM, BUT THERE WILL BE LIKE A NUMBER CALLING LIKE NUMBER 75.
SO IT'LL BE LIKE THEY GET A TICKET.
AND THEY JUST GET, THEY JUST KNOW WE KNOW THEIR NUMBER.
THEY'LL CHECK IN WITH UM, CHIEF'S WIFE JANELLE, AND THEY'LL SAY, HI, WE'RE THE HOFFMANS, WE HAVE REGISTERED.
AND THEY'LL LOOK UP YOUR NAME.
THEY'LL ASSOCIATE YOUR PICTURES WITH YOUR NAME AND THE NUMBER AND THEN YOU'LL BE EMAILED THEM JUST LIKE YOU WERE LAST YEAR.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE AS SOON AS THEY GET THERE, GET IN LINE.
WE WON'T BE CALLING OUT ANYTHING.
IT WILL BE WHEN YOU'RE READY, GET IN LINE GOTCHA.
WITH YOUR GROUP AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO IT'S GONNA WORK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE INSTEAD OF THE TWO BOUNCES HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE, JUST 'CAUSE IT GOT LOUD.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE GINORMOUS BOUNCE HOUSE THAT WILL TAKE UP BOTH THE SPACES.
UM, THE FIRE GUIDES WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THE POPCORN, THE CLEANUP THAT WAS TERRIBLE JUST EVERYWHERE AND EVEN THE MAKING OF THE POPCORN.
AND PEOPLE WERE TAKING IT AND IT, IT REALLY WAS A MESS.
AND HOT CIDER WAS NOT A GREAT IDEA EITHER.
AND I THINK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS THE FIRST.
YEAH, YEAH IT WAS SO WE'RE TRIAL AND ERROR.
WE WERE GONNA REACH OUT TO DUCK DONUTS AND SEE IF THEY COULD DONATE SOME DONUTS TO THE EVENT OR UM, PURCHASE SOME OR DO COOKIES, LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SELF-CONTAINED.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE WATER AND HOT CHOCOLATE LIKE WE NORMALLY DO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE SANTA WITHOUT HOT CHOCOLATE.
I FEEL LIKE YOU WHAT DATE DID YOU SAY TUESDAY? DECEMBER 3RD.
AND WHAT TIME IS THAT? FIVE TO SEVEN.
THE EVENT'S GOING TO BE FROM FOUR 30 TO SEVEN 30 AND WE WILL BE THERE SETTING UP PROBABLY AROUND 9:00 AM YEAH, THAT WAS A LOT OF STANDOUT.
IT WAS A LOT TO DO IN ONE AFTERNOON.
AND BECAUSE WE DON'T GO SMALL, I TEND TO BE EXTRA WITH EVERYTHING, SO IT JUST TAKES MORE TIME TO DO IT.
SO, UM, FOR THAT NIGHT, UM, WE SAW OVER A HUNDRED FAMILIES LAST YEAR AND THE FAMILIES HAD AT LEAST EVERY BIT OF FOUR PEOPLE AT THE, AT THE MINIMUM.
SO TIMES THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AND OUT THERE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.
I'M ALWAYS ASKING FOR HELP, BUT, UM, THE FOUR OF MY TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE THERE THAT NIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE THE ENGINE GUYS ON, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA FIREMEN ON THAT NIGHT.
BUT ANY HELP LIKE LAST YEAR WOULD BE AMAZING.
UM, IT'S ONLY THREE HOURS THIS YEAR.
BUT EVEN IF YOU CAN HELP SET UP THAT MORNING, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, YEAH, CHRIS JUST TOLD ME HE'S AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME WITH THE KIDS.
AND OUR SANTA'S LIKE LEGIT FAST.
DID YOU RENT THAT CHAIR? WE RENTED IT.
SO I HAD A CREDIT WITH THE COMPANY THIS YEAR AND SO WE GOT THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND THE CHAIR ON CREDIT.
SO THERE'S NO EXPENSE ON THAT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE SOME KIND OF CHAIR FOR HIM FOR THE FORESEEABLE BECAUSE CHIEF WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE A LIMITED TIME EVENT.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH IT FOR YEARS.
YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT IT.
BUT I ACCIDENTALLY BOUGHT A COMMERCIAL GRADE COTTON CANDY MACHINE AND 2000, YOU ACCIDENTALLY, MY DAUGHTER WON ONE FOR A 12TH BIRTHDAY AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS LOOKS COOL.
AND I SHOWED UP AND IT'S MASSIVE.
MY WIFE SAID, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? I GOTTA READ.
AND I BOUGHT, UM, 2000 POUNDS OF FLOSS SUGAR PIECES.
IT'S REAL SIMPLE AND YOU CAN JUST HAND THEM OUT.
BUT THE PARENTS WON'T LOVE IT.
BUT I GUESS YOU COULD, BUT YOU'RE COMING AT FOUR 30, LIKE, OH THAT'S FUN ALREADY.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FLAVORS AND STUFF, SO.
AND I HAVE A BIG CASE OF THE, THE PAPER CONES, SO IT WOULDN'T COST.
THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL DONATION.
UM, SO ACTION ITEM MATTER THAT IS JUST ADDING SOME OF THIS STUFF.
SO WE HAVE OUR, OH, AND THEN ROCKETS IS DECEMBER 7TH, THAT TRIP.
AND THAT IS, I THINK WE HAVE LIKE EIGHT TICKET LEFT ON THE ROCKETS.
YOU HAVE TICKETS LIKE 50? I'VE EITHER, I I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOLD OUT.
AS OF YESTERDAY WE HAD LIKE A TICKET AND I A MEANING ONE.
OH, A TICKET BACK FOR EIGHT TICKETS? NO, NO, NO.
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THAT IN JULY.SO AS SOON AS WE PUT IT UP IN AUGUST, WE WERE ON THE BACK TO THE FUTURE TRIP AND EVERYONE WAS ASKING ME, SO I TOLD 'EM, I WAS LIKE, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE IT'S LIVE.
AND BY THE END OF THE MONTH IT WAS LIKE SCARCE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO, IF WE CAN AFFORD IT, WE'LL DO MAYBE AN EXTRA BUS OR SOMETHING NEXT YEAR.
BUT WE'VE RAN IT BY MORGAN A COUPLE OF TIMES AT THIS POINT.
LIKE IT'S JUST LIKE A FAST GOING IF YOU TRY TO GET THERE ON YOUR OWN TO FUN TRIPS.
WELL LIMERICK IS DOING RIGHT AFTER THAT TRIP.
THEY'RE DOING A ON YOUR OWN NEW YORK CITY BUS TRIP AND THERE'S NO TICKETS INVOLVED, THERE'S NO SHOW OR ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST GETTING YOU THERE AND THEY JUST GOT ANOTHER BUS 'CAUSE THEY JUST KEPT GETTING PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GO UP FOR THE HOLIDAY.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY POPULAR AROUND HERE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO, SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE I TALKED TO YOU GUYS LAST.
SO, UM, OVER AT ANDERSON WE REIGNED AND RETRIED RESURFACED THE BASKETBALL COURT, WE PUT NEW HOOPS ON THERE AS WELL.
THE BASKETBALL COURT IS ALL DONE.
UM, YESTERDAY LAST NIGHT AT LIKE 7:00 PM I GOT THE TEXT MESSAGE THAT OUR TENNIS COURT WAS COMPLETELY REDONE.
UM, I HAD THEM DO THAT AT A CAPITAL LIKE LAST MINUTE.
THE CRACKS IN THE TENNIS COURT WERE GETTING SO SEVERE THAT IT WAS BECOMING A, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT AN INJURY COMING ON.
SO WE DID JUST REPAINT, RESURFACE.
UM, I WILL SAY THERE ARE PICKLEBALL LINES ON IT.
FOUR COURTS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE NETS YET.
WE'RE NOT LIKE, WELL WE PUT NOT ADVERTISING.
WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING TENNIS ON IT AS SOON AS YOU OPEN THE DOOR TONIGHT.
UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE NET SOON.
UM, SO THAT WE'LL BE AVAILABLE.
AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE KIND OF APPROACHING IT, IT WAS LIKE A LAST MINUTE LIKE, OH YES I CAN DO IT.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE LIKE MY RULES IN PLACE.
I DON'T HAVE LIKE ALL OF THAT READY TO GO.
IF WE GET IT UP ON UM, FACEBOOK THAT THE COURTS ARE OPEN AND LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE, WE'RE NOT THROWING THE PICKLEBALL OUT THERE YET.
'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ALL THE SUPPLIES.
ARE YOU GONNA HAVE THE NETS ON WHEELS? YES.
THEY'LL BE OFF THE SIDE AND THE PICKLE BALL WANTS THEM OUT AND THERE'S NOTCHES IN THE PAINT TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE NET GOES.
WE WENT WITH THE PROFESSIONALS, THEY PAINTED IT THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY LIKE IT WAS ALL THEM.
THEY WERE LIKE, WELL WE'RE HERE, DO YOU WANT IT OR NOT? AND I GOT AN APPROVED LAST MINUTE.
SO IT WAS LIKE A LAST MINUTE DECISION TO GET THAT.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR TENNIS PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT WAY? THEY WERE, I KNOW WE'LL FIND OUT SHORTLY.
YEAH, IT WAS A LONG OF PEOPLE.
I'M ON VACATION TOMORROW LYNN.
BUT, UM, NO, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
THEY WERE MAROON AND GREEN WERE THE COLORS WE HAD BEFORE AND THEY ARE BRIGHT BLUE AND BRIGHT GREEN.
SO I'M GONNA CALL SOME PEOPLE
I, I'M, I'M NOT REALLY, I WANT TO SEE HOW THE
IT'S PUBLIC SO EVERYONE'S GONNA KNOW BY THE END OF THIS.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG ONES I WANT TO BRING TO THE TABLE.
UM, WE ARE REFACING MCFARLAND'S PAVILION WITH BOARD AND BATTEN THAT WILL BE GOING UP IN NOVEMBER.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON UM, SCHEDULES AND THINGS FOR FIELD MAINTENANCE AND GO OVER A COUPLE OF THOSE.
WE HAD 50 TREES PLANTED AT TAYLOR RIGHT BEFORE FALL FEST.
UM, WE HAVE SOME, THE ONES THAT ARE GOING BY SYCAMORE, UM, BUT WE HAVE 50 BRAND NEW TREES THERE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF AND MATURING.
AND THEY ARE IN AN AREA BY THE LIVE STREAM THAT WAS BEHIND THE HOUSE THERE.
SO THEY WILL NOT BE IN JEOPARDY OF BEING CUT DOWN OR ANYTHING FOR THE NEW PUMP STATION AND THE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
SO WE PUT THEM IN A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN LITERALLY GROW AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
WHAT'S GOING, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, THERE'S LIKE A BIG PILE OF DIRT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
SO, UM, TOLL BROTHERS, THERE'S PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO, OH I GET CALLS ALL THE TIME.
I I'M GETTING UM, SOME FEEDBACK TOO.
UM, TOLL BROTHERS HAD A LOT OF FILL AND DIRT SO THEY OFFERED TO GIVE IT TO THE TOWNSHIP FOR FREE.
WE HAD NO PURPOSE FOR IT OTHER THAN TO START GETTING TAYLOR READY FOR THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA GO IN BECAUSE OF THAT STEEP DECLINE AT TAYLOR RIGHT FROM THE ROADWAY.
UM, OUR ENGINEERS WANTED TO BUILD THAT UP WITH DIRT AND LUCKILY TOLL BROTHERS HAS IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS BRINGING ALL THAT DIRT TO FILL THAT TO FLAT SURFACE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE PARKING LOT FOR THE TRAIL SYSTEM WILL GO.
AND IT'S THERE FOR ACCESSIBILITY PURPOSES.
UM, IN THE ORIGINAL PARK MASTER PLAN, THE PARKING LOT IS WHERE THE HOUSE WAS.
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WE COULDN'T DO THAT GIVEN THE SLOPE OF EVERYTHING.THEY FELT LIKE IF THEY DIDN'T FIX THAT SLOPE, THE WATER RUNOFF AND EVERYTHING WOULD JUST BE TOO DRASTIC FOR THAT PARKING LOT.
AND GIVEN THAT THE PUMP STATION IS GOING THERE AND THE FORETHOUGHT WITH THE NATURAL TRAILS AND THE PAVED ACCESSIBILITY TRAILS, THE ACCESSIBILITY TRAILS WERE NOT NEAR THAT PARKING LOT.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO UP THAT INCLINE TO GET TO THE ACCESSIBILITY TRAILS, WHICH DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
SO WE MOVED THE PARKING LOT THERE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.
IT WILL BE COMPLETELY TREE LINED.
IT WILL NOT OBSCURE VIEWS ONCE THE WHOLE THING IS DONE.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET IT.
AND IF NOT, WE DID PUT CAPITAL MONIES IN TO START MAKING IMPROVEMENTS OURSELF.
BUT THAT IS RIGHT NOW WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THAT? BECAUSE IT IS A GIFTED THING.
I CAN'T, I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE ON THE PHONE, I DON'T HAVE A SECURED TIMELINE AND I DON'T WANT TO BE SAYING IT'S GONNA BE DONE BY CHRISTMAS AND THEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH MAY.
SO IT'S GOING, IT'S NOT JUST GONNA, BECAUSE WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT IT BEING JUST LIKE A PASSIVE, IT'S GONNA BE PASSIVE, BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE PUBLIC TRAILS, I NEED TO HAVE ACCESSIBLE TRAILS.
AND IN ORDER TO HAVE THOSE ACCESSIBLE TRAILS, THEY NEED TO BE PAVED.
IT NEEDS TO GO TO A PAVED PARKING AREA.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? THE PUMP HOUSE? A PUMP HOUSE.
THE PUMP STATION IS THE SEWER STATION.
THAT ALL THE HOMES ARE ON THERE ARE CONNECTING TO.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING IN THE WOOD AREA SO IT WON'T BE LIKE SUPER VISIBLE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S THE ONE IN ROYERSFORD? THIS IS THE ONE RIGHT ACROSS FROM SPRING VALLEY.
SO IF YOU DO GET CALLS ABOUT, YOU CAN TAKE 'EM.
TO ME WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING ON THE WEBSITE 'CAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO PUT OUT ABOUT IT.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE HAVE HAD QUIET, SERENE LIVING FOR A LONG TIME THERE, BUT I PROMISE IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY NICE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SINGLE TREE LINE TO THAT FROM THEIR PROPERTIES.
LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BUILD IN ALL THAT.
THEY'RE CONCERNED LIKE SINCE I, I, WHEN I GO TO THE Y THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? LIKE IS LIKE THE TOWNSHIP ACCEPTING LIKE ALL THE DIRT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT FROM TO, YOU KNOW, TO YEAH.
SO IT WAS DONATED DIRT AND FILL.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT, UM, BECAUSE THEN OUR BILL FOR THAT MOVING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WAS GOING TO BE ASKING ON THE PHONE AND UNSURE IF WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE KIND OF FUNDS.
SO AT SOME POINT THAT'LL STOP LIKE AS FAR AS OH, A HUNDRED PERCENT YES.
AND AS SOON AS IT STOPS THEY'LL BE IN THERE TO PUT THE TRAIL IN.
THERE'S GONNA BE YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'LL BE A WORKING SITE, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A PASSIVE PARK AREA.
THERE'LL BE ONE SECTION OF PAID TRAILS FOR A DA ACCESSIBILITY.
SUE, YOU GOT A LOT GOING ON THERE.
UM, THERE WAS, OH SO THE ANDERSON FARM PARK LOOP TRAIL IS A, UM, WE PUT THE BID OUT.
UM, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED IT AT THE UM, SEPTEMBER MEETING.
SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH PUTTING IN THAT LOOP CONNECTOR IF YOU ARE ON THE PROPERTY AND UM, YOU ARE ON THE DECK HOCKEY RINK, THE WOODS AREA AND YOU'RE FACING ONE 13.
SO THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS LIKE HERE.
WE ARE PUTTING IN A TWO ENTRYWAY TRAIL.
IT'LL GO OFF OUR FIRE LANE IN THE WOODS.
IT'LL HAVE A BRIDGE OVER THE STREAM AND IT WILL RECONNECT YOU TO ANOTHER SECTION OF OUR TRAIL.
SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE AN ALMOST 5K LOOP THERE THAT CONNECTS TO SOMETHING.
RIGHT NOW, EVERY TRAIL AS YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE IT STOPS.
WHERE DOES THIS GO? IT DOESN'T.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REMEDY THAT AT ANDERSON RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE NEW YEAR.
AND THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.
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BUSINESS PARK WATCH.THIS IS OUR LAST MONTH, THE PARK WATCH.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY, UM, I DIDN'T HAVE THE PART.
I HAD ANDERSON PARK, SO I JUST PRETTY MUCH, IT WAS PRETTY ACTIVE.
LIKE I I, I WAS THERE AND I, I WAS GOING AT LIKE 5, 5 30, SO I THOUGHT NOBODY WOULD BE THERE.
BUT THERE WERE BIKERS, JOGGERS, WALKERS.
THERE WAS SOCCER, SOCCER PRACTICE HAPPENING.
THERE WERE PEOPLE PLAYING BASKETBALL.
THERE WAS A CIRCUIT CLASS HAPPENING OUTSIDE.
REALLY? IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
I I SAW THE LITTLE HOMEMADE BEE SIGNS OVER BY THE BRIDGE KNOW IT WAS A BEE ISSUE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BEES IN THE WOODS OVER THERE.
THEY'RE UNDERNEATH ROX RIVER AT THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT.
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I, I, YEAH.UM, BUT THEY'RE EVERYWHERE OVER IN THOSE WOODS AREAS AND BECAUSE THEY'RE HARMLESS UNTIL YOU GO INTO THEIR HIVE, WE TRY NOT TO KILL THEM.
YEAH, NO, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT YOU PUT THE SIGNS THERE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THERE, THERE WAS A FAMILY WALKING THAT WAY AND I, I KIND OF, AND THEY WERE READING IT AND THEY HAD A DISCUSSION WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE AND THEY WENT ON AND I TURNED AROUND BUT, BUT YEAH, NOW YOU CAN WALK FULLY THROUGH THAT PART OF THE TRAIL.
THEY ARE OFF LIKE INTO THE CATTAILS A LITTLE BIT.
LIKE THEY'RE NESTED IN THE GROUND SO WE CAN'T FIND THEIR NEST.
BUT THEY ARE MORE IN THE CATTAILS THAN THEY ARE LIKE ON THE TRAIL.
SO NOTING FOR HENDERSON TOO, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH, UM, ELECTRIC BIKES GOING THROUGH THE BASEBALL FIELD.
IT TAKES ME ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO DRIVE THAT FIELD TWICE A WEEK.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THERE, THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC BIKE THERE WHEN I, WHEN I WAS, IT WAS DEEP RIVETS.
YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS NOTHING.
SO I, I PERSONALLY WENT OUT AND BOUGHT UM, A FIVE FOOT METAL DRAG MAT.
SO I DRAGGED THAT FIELD TWICE, TWICE A WEEK FOR MY KIDS PLAY ON IT.
THERE'S A LITTLE TWIST AND ANKLE IN THOSE ROADS.
I ACTUALLY SAW THEM AT MY DAUGHTER'S, UM, FIELD HOCKEY PRACTICE AT PV YESTERDAY AT EVERGREEN.
I WAS LIKE, I WAS LIKE, I REALLY HOPE I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OF 'EM.
SO I WAS LIKE, I REALLY HOPE THEY'RE NOT ONLINE 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS AT THAT PARK AND THEY'RE JUST, WE'RE BANNING THEM FROM FALL FEST NEXT YEAR TOO.
'CAUSE THEY WERE ZOOMING IN BETWEEN FALL FEST AND I WAS LIKE, THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR YOU TO BE ZOOMING ON THESE THINGS.
SO THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO KNOW.
AND HE WAS STAYING ON THE, ON THE PAVEMENT.
SO I DIDN'T SEE 'EM ACTUALLY ON THE FIELD, BUT I WONDERED ABOUT IT.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THAT GONNA BE DOING TO THE FIELD? YEAH.
YOU HAVE TO DRAG IT REAL SLOW AND YOU HAVE TO, AND I'LL TAKE LIKE A BIG METAL BREAK AND MOVE THE DIRT INTO THE ROAD.
THAT'LL R WELL THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THAT AND I WILL LET, I'LL LET JOSH KNOW, BUT IT'S BECOMING AN ISSUE.
ANY OTHER, WAS ANY OTHER PARK VISITED? SEE, I THOUGHT I WAS OFF THIS MONTH, BUT I MUST HAVE READ IT WRONG.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT WE WERE STUFF AWAY.
I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS PEOPLE WERE ON THE GROUND.
I NEVER SEEN IT WAS FILLED, BUT PEOPLE WERE ON THE GROUND ROLLED AROUND IN THE DIRT.
I, I ADDED, DO A DOUBLE TAKE THIS ON THE BIG SIDE OR THE LITTLE ONE? THIS IS THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE BATHROOM.
OH, THE LITTLE ONE, THE LITTLE WELL LITTLE ONES IS IS BUT I WOULD, IT DOESN'T GET AS MANY, IT DOESN'T GET AS AS DI OR AND THERE AREN'T AS MANY.
IT APPEARS LIKE MOST PEOPLE, BUT TODAY IT WAS LIKE OVERLY CRAZY.
I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY.
WELL I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS A JOSH UPDATE ON THE DOG PARK BECAUSE WE UM, WE, JOSH HAS NOW TAKEN THAT BACK OVER TO MOW HIMSELF WITH HIS CREW.
UM, OUR CONTRACTED MOWERS WERE MOWING ON LIKE THE LOWEST DECK POSSIBLE.
SO IT JUST BECAME DIRT AND MUD OVERNIGHT AS SOON AS IT RAINED.
SO JOSH STOPPED MOWING ALL THE PARKS FOR A FEW WEEKS UNTIL SOMETHING AND WE HAD TO THAT DRY SPELL SO NOTHING WAS GROWING.
SO WE FINALLY GOT THINGS TO GROW AND HE'S CUTTING IT TO KEEP IT HIGH.
SO IF YOU DO GET ANY COMPLAINTS, I DID EMAIL A COUPLE DOG PARK PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND JUST LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT OUR PLAN IS THIS.
IT WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL SOON.
BUT BECAUSE HOW SHORT THEY WERE MOWING IT, THERE WAS NOTHING TO GROW AND THEN WE WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS THAT IT WAS MUDDY AND DIRTY.
SO IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T WIN ON EITHER END OF THIS WITH NATURAL GRASS IN THERE.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT FUTURE ISSUE.
SO JOSH IS KIND OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS GUY.
SO HE'S THE ONE WHO TAKES CARE OF ALL THE FIELDS AND ALL OF OUR UM, PARK AND ALL OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
DOES IT SEEM LIKE ANDERSON GOT A BUNCH OF DIRT DUMPED ON IT THIS YEAR? YES.
SO, BUT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HIS CREW STILL, RIGHT? YES.
AND THAT MOUND OF DIRT IN THAT PARKING LOT NEAR, I THINK IT'S FIELD ONE OR IN THAT LITTLE PARKING LOT IT DOES HAVE.
UM, IT STILL WILL SIT THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE USED TO HAVE STANCHIONS AROUND IT AND THE KIDS WOULD MOVE ALL THE STANCHIONS AROUND, BUT THERE IS, UM, IT STILL THERE AND WE'RE NOT MOVING IT BECAUSE THERE IS UM, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE BEE.
I DO TAKE SOME OF IT TO BUILD.
THEY DON'T, WHAT DO THEY CALL KILLER KILLERS? BUT THEY ONLY KILL CICADAS.
THERE COULD BE A SWARM OF THEM OVER THERE.
AND AT ONE POINT I THINK KIDS WERE JUMPING ON IT AND IT CRASHED THEIR DWELLING AND EVERYWHERE IT WAS LIKE A HUGE FIASCO.
THEY, BUT IT'S THERE FOR, FOR THAT FIRST.
SO YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE DIRT PEOPLE JUST TAKING THE BOXES.
SO WE TAKE A MOBILE BARREL OFF AND WE JUST BUILD IT BACK.
I KNOW IT'S AN EYESORE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY WANT IT MOVED, BUT THAT'S WHY WE, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
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ON IT RANDOMLY THAT WHY IS THIS BIG THING A DIRT? YOU SEE THAT'S GOOD WHEN WE ARE GOING TO THE PARKS BECAUSE THEN WE CAN TELL PEOPLE AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, PEOPLE JUST WANNA KNOW.SO AS FAR AS PARK WATCH, ARE WE, YOU WE'RE DONE WITH THE YEAR MM-HMM.
I MEAN I THINK IT'S, YEAH, AND YOU GET TO KNOW THE PARKS, THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NEW ON THE BOARD, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL THE SERVICES AND WHAT WE HAVE THE SPECIALTIES IN EACH PARK.
SO, AND I GUESS IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU AND JOSH.
SO, WE'LL I DON'T GET OUT SO WE WILL CONTINUE DOING IT AND I THINK THE TIMEFRAME'S STILL GOOD.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? I THINK IT'S A GOOD, I LIKE WORK MUCH.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY, UH, KEN'S NOT HERE TODAY.
HE DID SEND ME A, A BACK EMAIL SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
WELL I KIND OF GIVE YOU THE LATEST AND GREATEST ANYWAY.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW, I, I'VE STOPPED JUST PUTTING MARIA THE OS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO SHARE JUST TO GIVE YOU A, YOU KNOW, YOUR A VOICE
WE'VE BEEN MEETING EVERY WEEK.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL GET SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SHARE.
BUT THE ONLY OTHER THINGS, WE HAD A COUPLE NEW APPLICATIONS COME IN.
AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN MADE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A, THAT'S ABOUT, IT'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY.
IF THERE, YOU DO WANNA SHARE, THAT'S FINE.
ISN'T IT? I WANT THAT VERY, SUE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
COULD YOU HEAR HOW MUCH I WAS SHAKING? LIKE, I FELT LIKE I WAS LIKE CONVULSING.
I WAS LIKE, WE'RE SITTING JUST LIKE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS NERVOUS.
I FELT LIKE IT'S FUNNY SOMETIMES YOU LIKE, YEAH, I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY.
SO TAYLOR, YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SKATEBOARD CLINIC? SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, THE PREPARATION IS BASICALLY DONE.
UM, MIKE AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE ARE VERY EXCITED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT NUMBERS OF SCIENCE, I JUST GOTTA PULL IT UP FOR YOU.
BUT, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM MIKE.
I'M, I'M COPYING ON ALL THE EMAILS WE INTO TOWNSHIP.
EVERYTHING SEEMS LIKE IT'S MOVING ALONG WELL.
WE'RE DOING A PROGRAM AT THE SKATE PARK WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH A, UM, COUPLE WHO STARTED A BUSINESS TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN PRIMARILY HOW SKATEBOARDING, SO THEY RUN CLASSES, VARIOUS PARKS AROUND THE AREA, INCLUDING THE SKATE PARK HERE.
SO THEY'RE RUNNING A FREE CLINIC, UM, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO SKATEBOARDING.
SO, SO IT'S, IT SHOULD BE VERY COMMON.
CURRENTLY THE 12 TO ONE SESSION IS FULL.
THERE'S TWO SESSIONS AND THE ONE 15 TO TWO 15 HAS FIVE.
WITH THE OPTION OF POTENTIALLY DOING A THIRD IF POTENTIALLY YEAH.
AND WE'LL HAVE, IF THIS ONE DOESN'T FILL, WE'LL NOT WALK IT RIGHT.
HOW ARE YOU WITH VOLUNTEERS? 'CAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT, I'M BE OUT TOWN.
I THINK IT'S STILL MELISSA WILL BE THERE AS WELL, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS A REALLY, DOESN'T NEED A LARGE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE MIKE AND CHRISTINE AND I'M SURE MIKE WILL HAVE AN INSTRUCTOR OR TWO WITH THEM.
SO I'M JUST GONNA BE THERE TO, MELISSA AND I WILL BE THERE JUST TO HELP SET UP AND BREAKDOWN.
AND THEN THEY DO WAIVERS ON, ON WHEN THEY REGISTER, EVERYTHING THEY REGISTERED, IT'S ALREADY DONE TAKE.
SO IF WALKING, SHE'LL HAVE SOME PRINTED OUT FOR YOU.
AND THEN CAN, SO WE'LL HAVE SOFT PRETZELS I THINK IS WHAT WE WENT WITH AGREED ON.
WE'LL HAVE SOFT PRETZELS, SHE'LL PICK THEM UP ON THE WAY IN AND I'LL HAVE YOUR TABLES, TABLECLOTHS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF IN THE PAVILION FOR YOU.
AND THEN A PLACE TO PUT LIKE THE CANNED GOODS.
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE CONTAINER FOR IT AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE, HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN DROP IT OFF IF WE GET ANY.
THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER REALLY QUICK.
AND I HAVE TO THANK HER TREMENDOUSLY 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, I WON'T BE HERE.
I REALLY NEED YOU TO SHOW UP THAT DAY.
AND I'LL, I'LL BE, UH, I SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT DAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL SET.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED MUSIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
OH BY THE WAY, I THOUGHT THE DJ DID SUCH A GOOD JOB.
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FEST.SO, UM, ANY GENERAL UPDATES REGARDING THE WEBSITE, MEMORIAL TREE? SO, UM, WE DID GET APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AS OF NOW WITH THE MY REC WEBSITE FOR THE REC DEPARTMENT.
MOVING BACK TO THE ONE WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ALTERATIONS TO OUR WEBSITE AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO HAVE IT, UM, ON OUR END, READY TO GO.
UM, IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WE HAVE TO MANUALLY MOVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THAT SOFTWARE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE SWITCH OUR WEBSITES TILL I RETIRE IS WHAT I'VE PUT MY FOOT DOWN.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE EXCITED TO DO, BUT IT'S TOTALLY NECESSARY.
'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM CAN'T DO.
ARE PEOPLE GONNA HAVE TO RE-REGISTER? UM, WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT FOR THEM.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT LIVE BY FEBRUARY FOR THE PUBLIC IN JANUARY, WHICH IS USUALLY OUR SLOW MONTH WHERE WE'RE JUST IN PLANNING PHASES.
SO THE WHOLE, WHEN WE WENT WITH THE, UH, THE SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED IT TO MATCH WITH THE TOWNSHIP.
SO IS THIS STILL GONNA BE A IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE THE WAY THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH THE CURRENT WEBSITE, THE REC DESK WAS, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SEAMLESS, UM, FLUX FROM THE TOWNSHIP PAGE TO OUR PAGE.
IT, UM, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE EMBEDDED IN THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.
SO IF IT WAS, IF IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LINK, I NEED A SOFTWARE THAT WORKS FOR THE BACKEND OF EVERYTHING.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, WE SELL ALL OF OUR TICKETS, OUR MOVIE TAVERN TICKETS, OUR REGAL TICKETS, OUR UM, COMMUNITY DAY THINGS LIKE CEILING POINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE INVENTORY IN THERE IN OUR POS SYSTEM.
SO IF WE HAVE 50 MOVIE TICKETS IN THE POS SYSTEM, IT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHEN THERE'S NONE LEFT.
SO AT THE CENTER, ONE DAY WE WERE SELLING TONS OF TICKETS AND YOU LOOK IN THE ENVELOPE, THERE'S NO MORE TICKETS 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SOLD.
BUT THE SYSTEM DOESN'T ALERT YOU TO ANY OF THAT.
IT DOESN'T SAY YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TICKETS.
SO THE CENTER DOESN'T KNOW UNTIL THEY RUN OUT PHYSICALLY THAT THEY'RE OUT OF TICKETS.
SO IT BECAME AN ISSUE JUST FINANCIALLY, THE SYSTEM DOESN'T TELL YOU WHEN UM, MEMBERS ARE, UM, EXPIRED.
THERE'S SOMETIMES WHERE WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN TWO MONTHS NOW THAT ARE CONTINUING TO CHECK IN AND THEY HAVEN'T PAID IN TWO MONTHS.
SO IT'S, IT'S BECOME A LARGE ISSUE THAT WAY THAT WE'RE JUST LIKE, THIS ISN'T FEASIBLE ANYMORE.
AND IT IS ENTIRELY OUR REPORTING SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T GET THE RIGHT REPORTS THAT WE LIKE TO SHOW THE BOARD.
SO A LOT OF THE TIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE REPORTS AND WE HAVE TO CREATE OUR OWN EXCEL WITH THOSE REPORTS AND THEN FABRICATE, UM, THAT EXCEL TO MAKE SENSE.
LIKE IT'S JUST YEAH, A LOT OF MORE, MUCH MORE MANUAL, MORE WORK THAN NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE.
AND WE KNOW MY REC, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF UPGRADES.
I KNOW THE LOOK OF MY REC IN THE PAST WAS THE ISSUE.
WE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKED.
THE COLORS WERE PRETTY COOL AND THEIR TOWNSHIP COLORS.
LIKE I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T STRIVE FROM THOSE, BUT, UM, THEY ARE ABLE NOW WITH THEIR NEW PEOPLE.
IT'S A SMALL MOM AND POP COMPANY THAT RUNS IT.
THEY HAVE EXTENDED, UM, EMPLOYEES AND NOW CAN DO A LOT BETTER.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN I WORKED IT'S GONNA THAT WAS GOOD.
SO TYPE UM, MYRICK IS BASED ON YOUR UM, UM, HOW MUCH REVENUE YOU BRING IN.
SO FOR THE MYRICK SYSTEM IT IS ABOUT TWO GRAND CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE'RE ON NOW.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST UNDER FIVE GRAND WITH MY REC WHEN WE GO INTO IT A MONTH OR IS THAT A YEAR? OH, OKAY.
YEAH, IT'S A YEARLY THING BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER AND IT WILL BE ABLE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE TRANSITION PROBLEM THE LAST TIME WAS WITH SILVER SNEAKERS AND SO THAT'S ALL, IT WILL ALL BE MANUALLY BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE SILVER SNEAKERS.
AND THAT'S, I'M SAYING THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ABLE TO ISSUE LIKE THE NEW SYSTEM DOESN'T REQUIRE THE SAME AS THE MYX SYSTEM DOES.
SO YOU CAN REGISTER SOMEONE FOR SILVER SNEAKERS WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE PUT UNDER SILVER SNEAKERS AND THEY'RE NOT, SO THEN THE REPORTING FAILS AND WE DON'T GET THE RIGHT MONEY FOR IT.
I'M GLAD, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE TOO CUMBERSOME BUT YOU KNOW, IT IT'LL BE HOPEFULLY THE LAST TIME.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT IN JANUARY.
'CAUSE THAT'S OUR MONTH TO, WE HAVE NO EVENTS COMING UNTIL HOPEFULLY END OF MARCH, EARLY APRIL.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE, WE SHOULD BE GOOD.
UM, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE MEMORIAL TREE, UM, TO PUT ON THE
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WEBSITE.I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT BEING READY IN 2025 THOUGH, UM, WITH BRINGING ONBOARDING NEW STAFF AND EVERYTHING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T GET TO THIS YEAR.
AND THEN LIKE WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT THE MEMORIAL TREE, I JUST WANT TO KEEP REMINDING IF WE DID ANY EAGLE SCOUTS OR ANYBODY KNOW LOOKING FOR A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT TO HAVE THAT LIKE A GPS YES.
OR JUST TO SCAN AND THEN YOU KNOW, WHERE TREES ARE, WHAT PARKS, WHERE BENCHES ARE.
AND I WAS THINKING THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING GREAT TO BE PUTTING INTO THE UPPER PROVIDENCE.
IT'S LIKE, SO PEOPLE BE AWARE, PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY CAN BUY A, A BENCH OR BUY A TREE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE IN LIEU OF FLOWERS FOR A FUNERAL.
IT COULD BE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, THEY GET A TREE RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS LIKE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IF YOU ARE AT, IF YOU ARE AT, YOU COME OUT AND MAKE A LEFT.
YEAH, THERE'S LIKE A BUNCH OF YEAH.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE GROWTH OF THE TREES THAT WERE THERE IN THE POWER LINES.
SO THEY HAD TO REMOVE SOME AND THEY REPLANTED A DIFFERENT SPECIES OVER THERE.
'CAUSE THERE'S, THEY'VE, THE TREES ARE STILL IN, IT'S LIKE IT'S BUNDLE AND THEY'RE NOT PLANTED AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALL SUMMER AND THEY'RE STILL THERE NOW.
AND I'M LIKE, ARE THEY, I KNOW THEY PUT SUMMON, I'M LIKE, DID THEY FORGET ABOUT 'EM? AND IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE THEM, CAN I HAVE? YEAH.
THERE'S LIKE NEXT TIME YOU GO OUT JUST LOOK AND THINK AND SEE WHAT, LIKE ARE THEY GONNA PLANT THESE THINGS? WELL IF YOU GO TO THE AMPHITHEATER AT ANDERSON, WE DID PLANT LIKE A U OF FRESH TREES TO HELP WITH SOME SHADE.
THE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR SUMMER CONCERTS.
AND SO THERE'S JUST NO REPRIEVE FROM THE SUN ONCE YOU'RE THERE AND IT'S SUPER HOT.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL IN 20 YEARS THESE THINGS WILL BE LEGIT TREES WITH SHAPE.
UM, WE HAD TALKED TO ONE POINT ABOUT A NEW LOGO.
IS THAT MOVING AHEAD FOR UPPER PROVIDENCE? SO THE TOWNSHIP IS STILL USING THE SEAL THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, WHAT WE USE FOR MARKETING PURPOSE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IS THE CIRCLE.
WE'RE THE CIRCLE WITH THE UPT.
THIS DOES NOT PRINT ON ANYTHING I SEND OUT.
AND IT SAYS UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS WHERE IT SAYS PARKS AND RECREATION AND NO ONE READS THAT.
AND WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT FOR STICKERS FOR LIKE PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE POLICE.
LIKE WE'VE KIND OF JUST LIKE CREATED OUR OWN LITTLE MARKETING THING.
WE STILL HAVE THIS ON ANY LIKE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT WE SEND OUT.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LOGO, BUT I CAN SEE THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT YEAH.
ON OUR SHIRTS AND THINGS LIKE I LIKE THE MORE CLEAN.
AND SOME PEOPLE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
THERE, THERE ARE SOME ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
I TRY NOT TO USE IT AS IF I DON'T NEED TO.
LIKE I KNOW WHEN OUR MEETING
SO THAT'S USUALLY WHEN I START BOOKING EVERYBODY.
I'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH OUT TO BE ON OUR DOCKET.
UM, I REALLY WANNA MAKE THE EMPHASIS WITH MUSIC FEST THAT THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER CONCERTS.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE HAVE MUSIC FEST, THIS HUGE CONCERT THAT'S FREE FROM THE PUBLIC ALL DAY AND THEN WE JUST HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL BANDS COME OUT, WHICH IS WONDERFUL AND I WANNA KEEP SUPPORTING THEM AND LET THEM HAVE THEIR TIME TO SHINE AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
BUT I ALSO WANT SOMETHING ELSE IN MAY TO KICK EVERYTHING OFF.
LIKE OUR SUMMER READING KICKOFF IS KIND OF OUR KICKOFF FOR THE SUMMER CONCERTS AND THAT'S IN JUNE.
SO IT'S, IT DOESN'T LEND ITSELF WELL TO THE BIG, THE OTHER BIGGEST EVENT THAT WE PUT ON.
SO I'M TRYING TO MERGE ALL THAT TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THE THOUGHT IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A NICE NICHE.
WE GET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT FOR THE KIDS CONCERTS.
WE DON'T GET PEOPLE COMING OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE DAVE MATTHEWS TRIBUTES AND UM, THE, AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS TOO 'CAUSE YOU, YOU HAD TRUCKS THERE, BUT LIKE WE JUST DON'T DO WELL WITH ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF KIDS' EVENTS.
SO IF THAT'S MY NICHE I'M GONNA STICK TO IT AND JUST FIND A LOT OF THAT.
BUT WE DID HAVE 600, 800 PEOPLE AT THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT.
I'M JUST GONNA GET ALL TAYLOR SWIFT ALL THE TIME.
UM, LIKE THERE'S BEEN REALLY COOL STUFF THAT WE HAVE DONE.
LIKE WE DID A BUBBLE PARTY AND WE HAD OUR DJ THERE AND WAS JUST A DANCE PARTY WITH KIDS AND WE HAD A COUPLE CHARACTERS THERE LEADING THE PACK AND WE HAD PROBABLY 200 PLUS KIDS THERE THAT NIGHT FOR THAT.
BUT THE $3,000 BAND THAT I BROUGHT IN HAS 25 TO 50 PEOPLE THERE, SO IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
IT'S NOT WORTH IT IN THE LONG RUN.
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AND I DO WANT TO BRING IN MORE NAMED BANDS, LIKE MORE KNOWN PEOPLE.BUT IF PEOPLE AREN'T COMING TO MIND FOR THAT, THEY'RE JUST COMING HERE FOR KIDS CONCERTS, I'D RATHER JUST SPEND THAT MORE WISELY IN THAT REALM.
SO WE'RE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD IN THAT WAY.
[6. Other/Comments]
UM, IT'S LIKE 10 AFTER SEVEN, TWO.UM, HOW DO WE FEEL? UM, I'M GETTING A JUNIOR MEMBER AND THE REASON WHY I'M INVOLVED WITH, WELL THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE THE ELECTION IN THE FIFTH.
SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE COUNTY OR MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND WE HAVE MET FACT PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS METH.
KIDS ARE LIKE, THEY HAVE LIKE A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS IN THE SPRING FOR MM-HMM.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT.
AND WE HAVE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THERE.
SO I WAS GONNA CALL TOMORROW AND REALLY NOT BE NASTY ABOUT IT, BUT I MEAN, GIVE A LITTLE NUDGE.
WHO ARE YOU GONNA GONNA TALK TO BECAUSE WE, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA GO TO THE PRINCIPAL BECAUSE I AM, I GIVE MONEY FOR AWARDS THERE ANYHOW.
SO THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE WORLD.
SO I'M INVOLVED WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MOST PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED WITH THEM, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE, IT JUST A, IT'S LIKE A TOTAL DISCONNECT.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE BUSY.
'CAUSE THOSE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS ARE PAID AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN THE TEACHER.
SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO COME BACK.
WELL WE, WE'VE NEVER OBVIOUSLY LET US KNOW HOW IT GOES.
I MEAN IT'S JUST, IT'S INFURIATING THAT I HAVE TO HEAR.
OH WELL THE FACT THAT THEY HAD 87 KIDS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PRIMARY AND WE HAVE, THERE'S ONE NEPHEW JUST GRADUATED HOW MANY IS DOING FOR IN THE 12TH GRADE? 700 OF THEM.
AND THERE'S NOT THREE KIDS OR ONE KID I COULD TAKE FOR THE DAY.
EVERY TIME WE REACH OUT HE CAN GET SOME INTERACT, FOLLOW I SPENT.
WHO DID YOU TALK TO TO UH, I HAVE MY, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME 'CAUSE I'M GONNA CALL, I JUST DIDN'T WANT JUST DO, I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW TALK TO THE HOUSE.
I SENT HER AN EMAIL AND I PUT, I'M THINKING ABOUT MY COUSIN WORKS THERE TOO.
SO I FIGURED, I MEAN I HAD ONE PHONE CONVERSATION THAT WENT WELL AND I, MINUTES OF IT, I SENT IT TO HER REALLY BIG IN GETTING KIDS BACK TO ME.
WE WERE TOGETHER SON ME THINK OF HIS NAME AND THEN YEAH.
WELL AND TIM, MY KIDS TIM SAYS HE IS UH, FRIENDLY WITH I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SPRING FOUR.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF IT, BUT YEAH, I DON'T, WE AS A DEPARTMENT WE DON'T GET MUCH HEADWAY EITHER.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE EVEN TO WORK.
LIKE WE'VE PUT OUT, UM, WORK TO DO SUMMER CAMPS, RENTALS, FIELD CHECKS, AND IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE STUFF.
LIKE WE'RE PRETTY A LOWKEY DEPARTMENT AND I JUST NEED, AND WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS TOO.
IF THESE KIDS NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS, WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR, OKAY, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS MY PROJECT PRETTY GOOD.
SOMEBODY YEAH, GOOD HELL GREAT.
I WANT SOMEONE TO BE HERE FOR THE ELECTION.
AND IT WAS, I FORGET A FIRST NAME BE SO A WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS KIND PROGRAM THEY HAVE FOR THEIR KIDS.
I KNOW IT'S, BUT I GO TO THE GYM, I GO TO KINETICS AND I THINK I KNOW EVERY KID OVER THAT HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THOSE KIDS ARE NICE AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN THAT BIG.
SO I'LL MAKE THIS MY, IT'LL BE MY OWN SPECIAL IN THE NOTES
[7. Next Meeting: 11/13/2024]
NEXT MEETING WE'LL TALK TO RICH ABOUT.'CAUSE WE DID, WE'D LOVE TO AT ONE POINT WE ONLY HAD ONE TIME, WE DID HAVE TWO JUNIOR, UM, VOLUNTEERS THAT SAT ON THE BOARD AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM 'EM AFTERWARDS AND CAME UP WITH A BETTER WAY BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE INTIMIDATING.
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T, UM, WE, WE REALLY DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THEM KIND OF THEIR OWN PROJECT.
SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE IT, HOW TO HANDLE IT.
SO WE GOT KIND OF STOKED TO KIND OF CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AND WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND THEN WE'VE BEEN GHOSTED BUSINESS TRAINING.
AND IT'S GREAT FOR THEIR ON, YOU KNOW, FOR GETTING INTO COLLEGE, THEIR INTERVIEW SKILLS APPLICATION, BE INVOLVED, TEACHES THEM HOW TO RESPOND TO SOMEBODY FOR REALLY SEE HOW MEETINGS ARE RUN.
SEE, YOU KNOW, JUST AND IT'S PHONE FREE.
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT I KNOW THERE'S JUST NO AA.
AND HOWEVER YOU, YOU NEED TO DO IT THAT 'CAUSE I NEED PEOPLE FOR THE FIFTH AND I MEAN I'M RUNNING 10 HERE ELECTION.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SO YOU'RE OFFERED WHO'S, OH NO, YOU'RE HERE.
I'M HERE TO OPEN THE CENTER FOR MONTCLAIR.
I DON'T KNOW WHO MY JUDGE OF ELECTION IS THOUGH.
UM, NO I DON'T, I NEVER KNOW BECAUSE
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I DON'T VOTE HERE.YOU TALKING ABOUT ANDERSON? YEAH.
I'M HERE BECAUSE SHE JUST SENT ME AN EMAIL HERE.
I'M TRAINED READY IN THIS AREA.
SHE, OH NO THERE SHENANIGANS THERE.
THERE'LL BE SHENA, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT, WE HAVE LIKE, YEAH, WE THE TOWN.
I'LL TALK TO BRIAN AND WE'LL HAVE OUR
I MEAN IT'LL BE FINE WHEN YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU ARE YOU THINKING BOTH LIKE LOOKING FOR JUST AN STUDENT VOLUNTEER.
BUT I'M SAYING A STUDENT VOLUNTEER WILL, I'M LOOKING FOR TWO JUNIORS.
SO WE CAN HAVE THEM FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN NEXT YEAR AND THEN, AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO TAKE A THIRD KID, THAT'S HOW I'M ENVISIONING IT.
WE DO YOU WANT ME TO EMAIL YOU? I, WE, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO UM, DERMAN, WE CAME UP WITH LIKE GUIDELINES AND HOW HER RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW IT WOULD WORK.
DO YOU WANT THAT ME TO EMAIL IT TO YOU? JUST LET'S FIND SOME OF IT.
LEMME GET TO SOMEONE WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH FIRST.
NOT, I'M NOT SAYING I UNDERSTAND.
JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION TO READ.
IF YOU WOULD'VE SAID IT TO ME JUST, JUST FOR YOU TO READ WHERE WE HAD COME TO.
'CAUSE I'M SURE YOU DON'T REMEMBER.
I REMEMBER WE, IT'S SUCH A GOOD PROGRAM AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE.
SO, UM, IF THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS? I, I DO.
AND I THINK A BIG FOCUS OF WHAT WE ARE, WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IS TO HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT.
SO WE HAD TRIED TO GET A VOLUNTEER LIST TOGETHER.
I DUNNO HOW THAT YEAH, THAT'S STILL ON THE LIST OF, YEAH.
BECAUSE I HAD ONCE HEARD A QUOTE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU VOLUNTEER? IT'S LIKE NOBODY EVER ASKED ME.
SO A LOT OF IT IS THAT PERSONAL CONTACT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG FOCUS OF THE MAGAZINE.
COULD BE A WHOLE ARTICLE ON WHAT WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR WHAT? VOLUNTEERS OR JUST FOR A ALL OF UPPER PROVIDENCE.
LIKE SHE SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO VOLUNTEER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO SOME OF THE CONTENT THING, LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW PASTOR, STOP GIVING US PEOPLE AND JODI FROM OVER HERE FROM BAPTIST.
I THOUGHT THEY ALWAYS HAD PEOPLE COMING DIFFERENT EVENTS.
UM, VALLEY FORGE BAPTIST DOES, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, NO.
WOULDN'T YOU LOVE HAVING A LIST OF ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT I'M LIMITED TO DO GIVEN THAT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
LIKE, I USUALLY GO WITH STAFF WORKING EVENTS BECAUSE I CAN TRUST THAT THEY'LL BE HERE.
I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP ON TIME.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BAIL ON ME HALFWAY THROUGH.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SITTING JUST CHATTING WITH THEIR FRIENDS THE WHOLE TIME.
BUT THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A POOL OF PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM AND RIGHT.
DO YOU THINK WE WANT TO HAVE LIKE 25, 50? LIKE IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO HAVE AN ONGOING LIST OF 25 TO 50 PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
YOU THINK CONTINGENT WORKERS
I I THINK IT'D BE NICE IF WE EACH TOOK THE, TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ASKING TWO PEOPLE WE KNOW, OR THREE PEOPLE WE KNOW.
YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA ASK GOOD PEOPLE.
AND I THINK TO BE COMPLETELY FAIR AND HONEST, I THINK THE, UM, RESTRICTIONS ON BECOMING A VOLUNTEER HAS PERSUADED PEOPLE NOT TO 'CAUSE TO VOLUNTEER FOR MY DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IT IS KIDS, A LOT OF IT'S KIDS BASED.
YOU NEED EVERY CLEARANCE UNDER THE SUN.
NOW MOST OF THEM ARE FREE FOR VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS NICE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO, THAT'S AN ADDED STEP.
LIKE, I JUST WANNA COME IN AND SHOW YOU MY SUPPORT AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING ME TO GET ALL THESE THINGS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S INVASIVE.
SO I DO GET TURNED AWAY A LOT BY THAT ALONE.
WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HELP PEOPLE FILL OUT THAT.
AND I, I HAVE HR AND I HAVE THIS WHOLE THING.
HERE'S THE LINKS, HERE'S THE CODES YOU NEED.
BUT IT IS LIKE PEOPLE, PEOPLE FINDING EITHER COMING FROM OR I DIDN'T DO IT AND THEN I DON'T WANNA TURN AWAY PEOPLE THAT DAY.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP IS GOING THROUGH ALL THESE NEW POLICY REVIEWS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE.
AND THAT, THAT CAME INTO IT ALSO WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BECAUSE THE OTHER THING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL IS IF IF UM, WE HAVE TWO VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ON BOARD, THEN WE HAVE TO GET THEIR PARENTS PERMISSION BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ON AN EMAIL CHAIN.
SO THERE ARE SOME SOME THERE'S A LOT MORE, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S, I'LL SEND YOU THE GUIDANCE THING JUST SO YOU, YOU AT LEAST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
LIKE I DON'T THINK YOU WERE ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME WHEN WE HAD THAT, WHEN WE HAD THAT LITTLE ROOM FOR OUR MEETINGS.
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RICH WAS THE ONLY ONE HERE FOR THAT.WE IN THAT LITTLE MEETING ROOM, IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF US.
AND THAT ROOM WOULD GET FLOODED WITH THE SPRING FORWARD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
LIKE THEY CAME WITH ALL THOSE IDEAS THAT LIKE, OH YEAH, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SIT.
AND THEN COVID HAPPENED AND IT WAS JUST GONE.
I THINK THE GONE, THE REASON WHY IS PRIOR TO COVID, SPRING FORWARD USED TO REQUIRE 11TH GRADERS TO GO TO A SUPERVISORS MEETING TOWNSHIP ONE IN A BOROUGH, DEPENDING ON, THEY HAD TO GO TO A PARK AND REC MEETING BECAUSE EVERYONE HAD TO TAKE GOVERNMENT.
THAT WAS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
AFTER COVID, THEY SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO GOING OUTSIDE.
I REMEMBER THAT BEING BECAUSE I HAD TO DO THAT.
THEY MUST HAVE GONE AWAY WITH SOMETHING.
'CAUSE WE JUST DON'T GET THAT.
AND IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR WHAT THAT AGE GROUP WANTS.
THEY'RE SO IMPOSSIBLE TO CARE.
YOU HAVE A 13-YEAR-OLD YOU SAID, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO IT'S LIKE TRYING TO GET TO THAT AGE GROUP IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US.
LIKE, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.
DO YOU WANT TO COME TO ANYTHING? DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST LEAVE YOU ALONE? LIKE,
I, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUICK THING AND THAT'S, I WAS TALKING TO YOU, I THINK HER NAME IS CHERYL, WHO'S HEAD OF, UH, PROVIDENCE TOWN CENTER.
CHERYL, WE HAVE FIVE NEW STORES THAT ARE GOING INTO PROVIDENCE TOWN CENTER, MANY OF WHOM ARE IN ALREADY.
SO WORLD MARKET IS GOING IN MORE.
GOING IN MORE STABLES WAS AND THAT'S PRODUCTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND I JUST READ TODAY THAT MANY OF THE SPIRIT STORES ARE STAYING OPEN THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE CHRISTMAS BLOW UP DECORATIONS LIKE CHRISTMAS.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE THAT USED TO BE IN TOWN CENTER THAT HALLOWEEN IS NOW THE OLD WHAT? WALGREENS IN LIMERICK.
OH, THE ONE HERE IS WHERE THE BOOKSTORE WAS, RIGHT? BY MY OH YEAH, THEY MOVED INTO THE SMALL ONE.
WHERE YEAH, WHERE THE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
UM, WE'RE GETTING A BREAKFAST AND LUNCH RESTAURANT.
I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT IT HAS A GREAT REPUTATION.
UH, WHAT DO YOU I SAW IT TODAY.
REALLY, REALLY NICE RESTAURANT.
UM, AND THEN WHERE, UM, CHARMING CHARLIE'S WAS, IS GOING TO BE A BOUNCE, LIKE, LIKE BOUNCE VIEW.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT THOUGH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO A MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS CENTER.
AND THAT'LL BE OVER IN THE SIDE BY ATHLETIC ALSO.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVING ALONG.
FILLING IN, I THINK ALWAYS BEEN EMPTY FOR A LONG, IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME.
THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS DEPRESSING.
AND, BUT CHERYL'S VERY, UM, SCRUPULOUS ABOUT WHO SHE WILL ALLOW IN.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO YEAH, THERE'S A, I KNOW SHE'S, SHE'S BEEN MENTIONING THAT FOR A WHILE THAT LIKE, SHE'S NOT OVERLY PICKY BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT EVERYONE HAS TO ACCOMMODATE.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS UM, A NICE UPDATE.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SEE? WHICH ONE REALLY ROOTING FOR TRADER JOE'S? IS THIS AT QUEST? I THINK TRADER JOE'S IS ONE ONE.
THEY'RE MOVING TO THAT OTHER LOCATION.
ARE THEY DOING A SECOND LOCATION? YEAH.
BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE'S THE GOLD ONE, RIGHT.
TRADE JOE'S IS ALL WE'RE MISSING.
WE HAVE THE LIDLE, WE HAVE ALDI, WE HAVE GIANT, WE HAVE REDNERS, WE HAVE WHITEMAN.
THE NEW ONE QUEST IS THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
THAT WOULD BE S IF I CAN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVEN'T TOLD US I FOR LOSING MY GIANT PARKING LOT.
I FEEL LIKE THEY OWE ME DRUGS TO COME.
WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY? I WAS GONNA SAY THE, IT IS ONLY FAIR JUDGING ELECTIONS.
YEAH, SHE'S NOT THE SAME AS ONE OF THE LAST YEAR.
UM, SO SHE'S BEEN THE JUDGE FOR THREE.
THIS WILL BE HER THIRD CYCLE, BUT THE LAST CYCLE SHE GOT SICK.
SO THE OLD, OLD PERSON WHO USED TO DO IT, THAT'S SHE CAME IN BACK.
BUT SO I'M PRETTY SURE I, ANN IS THE ONE.
I HAVEN HEARD FROM HER YET SHE ALSO SECOND IN COMMAND ANYHOW.
I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER YET.
SO I, ANYTHING ELSE JUST, JUST, JUST THINK
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IN TERMS OF, JULIE WILL BE HERE NEXT TIME.WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOME IDEAS HIGHLIGHTING THE PARKS.
SO DO YOU NEED HER, I'M SORRY.
DO YOU NEED HER EMAIL? IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SENDING IT TO ME, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT TIME SHE'S COMING.
MAYBE THE MEMORIAL BENCHES TREE PROGRAM.
MAYBE A STORY ON PARKS AND REC.
I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, AN INTERVIEW, BUT I THINK YOU WOULD BE A GREAT PERSON TO HIGHLIGHT.
SO THINK ABOUT THAT PICTURE WITH PICTURES, NO PICTURES.
AND THEN MY PICTURE FOR THE BOARD.
MAYBE TALK TO HER ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SECTION FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS.
BUT I MEAN, WE'LL SEE WHAT SHE HAS IN MIND.
BUT JUST PUT YOUR THINKING CAP ON FOR WHEN SHE'S HERE NEXT.
SHE'S DOING A PIECE FOR MUSIC FEST.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.
SO IT IS ALL FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.
OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE MEETING.
HAVE YOU AJOUR YOURSELF? YEAH.