[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
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OKAY, SO IT'S A COUPLE MINUTES, UM, AFTER SIX.SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THE, THE, UM, MEETING TO ORDER.
AND I KNOW MARIA IS NOT GONNA BE HERE TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING.
WHO KEEPS THE ATTENDANCE? WELL, I, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BUT REMEMBER, WEREN'T WE DOING THIS? I THINK MARIA WAS, YEAH.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING TO JUST AN FYII DIDN'T, I I LOOKED ON THE, UM, THE GOOGLE, UM, SHARE DRIVE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING FOR ATTENDANCE.
AND IT'S NOT SO'S BEEN GOOD THIS YEAR.
SO THAT, JUST A LITTLE LIKE, TO MAKE THAT NOTE, 2025.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT SUE HAD MADE.
'CAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ANY MOMENT AND OKAY.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING, BUT JUST A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING AND APOLOGIZE.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME GUESTS, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
JUST AGAIN, WILL HOUSEKEEPING.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO DO, WE HAVE A FORUM? WE NEED TO DO A QUO.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
DO APPROVAL OF OUR OCTOBER MINUTES.I'LL MAKE A MOTION APPROVE BILL THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UM, MINUTES FROM OCTOBER.
[3. Public Comments]
ALRIGHT.SO, UM, THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND I SEE WE HAVE CHRIS JOINING US AGAIN.
UH, WE LOVE WHAT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE, THE PUBLIC, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME GUESTS.
AND IN A MOMENT WE'LL ASK YOU TO KIND OF INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
AND WE'LL JUST KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
AND MAYBE WE'LL JUST GO AROUND THE TABLE AND LET YOU KNOW WHO WE ALL ARE.
UM, SO CHRIS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR, LIKE, IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT TIMEFRAME, SO YOU CAN SHARE SOMETHING NOW AND THEN WE, WE ARE FINE WITH, WE'RE PRETTY CASUAL AS, AS WE GO OVER, UM, ITEMS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, YOU CERTAINLY CAN, BUT THIS IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR TIME IF YOU WANTED.
UM, JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
UM, I KNOW WE TALKED, UH, LAST TIME ABOUT, UM, MY, UH, ABILITY TO DO THE, UH, COTTON, COTTON CANDY AT THE SANTA FRONT STORE.
SANTA MEET SANTA AT THE FIREHOUSE.
WE STOCKED UP ON SOME STUFF, SO.
SO DO WE NEED TO GET THE SUGAR FOR IT, LIKE THOSE PACKAGES OR DO YOU HAVE I, I GOT ALL THESE FROM THE RESTAURANT STORE.
OKAY, SO THEN, UM, LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON TO KEEPING HELP.
UM, I KNOW MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER LOVE TO RUN IT, SO, OKAY, EXCELLENT.
WE DON'T WELL YOU, YOU DONATE AND BRING THE MACHINE IN.
IT COMES WITH WHAT DO THEY CHARGE? I'M REALLY VERY, WE DO CREDIT CARDS.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY CHARGE.
[4. New Business]
SO WE DO HAVE A, UM, VISITORS TODAY.SO JULIE IS, AS I'LL TURN BACK DOWN, WE'VE DISCUSSED IS THE, UM, PUBLISHER OF UPPER PROVIDENCE LIVING.
AND, UM, WHAT I, WHAT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PUBLICATION.
ARE YOU, I MEAN, I CAN COME UP HERE SOON THAT YOU'RE BACK TO ME, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T MIND SITTING IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SITTING.
ARE YOU ALL LOCAL? YOUR NAME TAG EVERYONE.
AND I LIVE IN UPPER PROVIDENCE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO PASS.
AND WE ARE ALL, AND I'M GONNA, SO YOU GET IT.
SO HERE'S WHY PEOPLE GET IT AND DON'T GET IT, IF YOU WILL,
UM, SO WHEN I LAUNCHED IT IN 2017, I DON'T SET UP THE MATH.
THE MATH GETS SET UP FOR ME FROM THE PARENT COMPANY, IF YOU WILL.
THEY KIND OF SET UP THE BACKGROUND OF THE PUBLICATION.
SO I GREW IT FROM 2,500 HOMES TO 4,500 HOMES.
BUT THERE'S STILL POCKETS OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T RECEIVE IT.
BUT IF I GET INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSES, I CAN ADD THEM, ADDING A CHUNK OF HOMES AS I THINK I EXPLAINED BEFORE MY PRICES INCREASE.
SO IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, IT JUST HAS TO MAKE GOOD BUSINESS SENSE FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
'CAUSE INCREASED PRICES IS INCREASED WHEN I'M TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS.
SO YOU WANT A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE PUBLICATION? OKAY.
SO, UM, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME
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AND HOW I GOT INTO THIS.SO I'M ACTUALLY WAS A FORMER ELEMENTARY TEACHER, UM, TAUGHT FOR 10 PLUS YEARS PUBLIC SCHOOL MASTER'S DEGREE.
GREW UP IN THE SCRANTON AREA, MOVED TO COLLEGEVILLE 22 YEARS AGO.
I HAVE FOUR SONS AND STAYED AT HOME WITH THEM FOR 14 YEARS.
UM, MY HUSBAND TRAVELED ALL THE TIME, TIME TO GO BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO AND DECIDED I JUST DON'T THINK I WANT TO TEACH ANYMORE.
I MEAN, I TOTALLY ADMIRED TEACHERS ONCE A TEACHER, ALWAYS A TEACHER.
AND I SAY, I STILL TEACH JUST NOT KIDS.
UM, SO I KIND OF STUMBLED UPON THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE IN RAISING MY FAMILY.
AND I FOUND THIS PUBLICATION A FEW TOWNS OVER, LIKE COLLEGEVILLE DOESN'T HAVE THIS AND THIS IS A WAY THAT I COULD LINK BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TOGETHER.
SO HERE WE ARE SEVEN PLUS YEARS LATER.
UM, IT GOES TO TARGETED HOMES BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND IT WAS CALLED, I NAMED IT, I NAMED IT UPPER PROVIDENCE LIVING BECAUSE COLLEGEVILLE IS SUCH A LARGE AREA.
SO IT'S SECTIONS OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING COLLEGEVILLE, PHOENIXVILLE WARRIORS FOR OAKS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE LOCAL FAMILIES, THEY RECEIVE THE PUBLICATION, THEY GET NOMINATED TO BE ON THE COVER.
SHE INTERVIEWS THE FEATURE FAMILIES.
UM, SHE WRITES THE STORY ON THEM.
SHE DOES PROFILES ON THE BUSINESSES INSIDE.
SO WHAT I DO, AND NOW CAROLYN WORKS WITH ME TO DO THIS AS WELL, IS MEET WITH LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT EVEN LOCAL, BUT THAT WANNA REACH THIS TARGET MARKET.
AND SO WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TYPES OF PRINT MEDIA IN THE SENSE THAT WE DO STORYTELLING.
UM, ALONG WITH THE PRINT PUBLICATION, WE STARTED AS A PRINT COMPANY.
WE WILL ALWAYS BE A PRINT COMPANY.
JUST TO GO BACK TO BEST VERSION MEDIA FOR A MINUTE.
THEY INCUBATED SIX MAGAZINES YEAR TO DATE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE HAVE OVER 1400 MAGAZINES IN PRINT.
UM, BUT ALONG WITH PRINT, WE HAVE A DIGITAL COMPONENT.
NOT THAT THE MAGAZINES DIGITALLY, BUT WE RUN DIGITALLY SPONSORED ADS FOR BUSINESSES THAT PARTNER.
AND THEN WE HAVE NOW ONLINE LISTINGS AND REPUTATIONS.
I HAVE A FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGE, I BELIEVE YEARS AGO YOU WERE HERE WHEN I MET WITH PUBLIC.
I'VE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY AND I AM COMING OUT HERE IN A PLEA TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD MAYBE HELP EACH OTHER.
AND WHAT COULD YOU MAYBE, HOW COULD YOU MAYBE HELP ME? AND I LOOK AT THIS NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT FROM THE TOWNSHIP AND THAT IT DOESN'T INVOLVE YOU CORRECT.
AND I THINK LIKE YOU A PET OF THE MONTH, I HAVE A PET OF THE MONTH.
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF WE HAD THE SAME PET OF THE MONTH? GOTCHA.
WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES DO YOU HAVE THAT I COULD PROMOTE, PROMOTE WHAT BUSINESS OWNERS DO YOU KNOW THAT MAYBE I HAVE NOT MET WITH AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I LOOK AT WHAT I DO AS A PARTNERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I HOST EVENTS FOR MY SPONSORS.
I'M HOSTING A MIXER TOMORROW NIGHT.
I HAVE OVER 55 PEOPLE THAT ADVERTISE WITH ME.
AND THEN ALONG WITH ME RUNNING THE PUBLICATION, I OVERSEE ALL PUBLISHERS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY TEACHING AND MENTORING KIND OF COMES IN.
'CAUSE I COACH AND MENTOR THEM IN THE MIDST OF LAUNCHING PUBLICATIONS AND GROWING THEIR OWN AS WELL.
I'M WELCOME TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
YEAH, NO, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A GREAT SUMMARY.
WE DID, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO KIND OF YEAH.
SO LIKE SANDY, I, WE COULD DO A QUICK, JUST A LITTLE INTRODUCE WHO WE ARE.
SO MY NAME IS LYNN CARD AND I'M THE CHAIRPERSON.
UM, WE'LL GO KIND OF THROUGH THE OFFICERS FIRST AND THEN WE HAVE SANDY ANDERSON.
AND I ORIGINALLY MET YOU BECAUSE, WAS IT KATHY, THE WOMAN WHO OWNS, UM, CRAVE WELL, YES.
HAD SAID, SAID SOMETHING ABOUT I HAVE TO GO OVER AND TALK TO YOU.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE ORIGINALLY CAME TO THIS.
AND I KNOW WE AS A BOARD, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST, UM, DESIRES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
'CAUSE WE ARE CHALKED WITH EVENTS AND IT ALWAYS AMAZES ME HOW MANY THINGS THIS WOMAN CAN GET DONE WITH HER CREW.
AND, UM, HOW DO WE HAVE, HOW DO WE, UM, CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW, FIRST OF ALL.
AND SECOND, THE MORE VOLUNTEERS WE HAVE, THE MORE ORGANIZED VOLUNTEERS WE HAVE.
AND WE COULD KIND OF GET INTO SOME OF THESE IDEAS.
SO LET, LET'S KIND OF JUST DO A QUICK THING.
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YEAH.SO BREAKER, MY NAME IS TAYLOR GREEN, I'M THE SECRETARY, ALSO A LOCAL RESIDENT.
UH, MARSHALL MARSHALL RECENTLY.
WE NEED TO CONNECT WITH BILL
AND AS A FAMILY BUSINESS WE OWN CONAWAY.
SO WE'RE THE SHAPED ICE TRUCKS IN THE AREA.
I THINK I CALLED YOU JUST AN FYI,
I'M SURE YOU GET A LOT OF CALLS.
YOU ACTUALLY DID AN EVENT AT MY HOME DURING COVID WHEN MY SUB TURNED 13.
UM, I LIVE IN FARAWAY FARMS RIGHT ACROSS FROM ANDERSON FARM PARK.
SO YOU DID DO, SO YOU LOOK IT, YOU NOW, NOW THAT I'VE LIKE SEEN EACH OTHER.
SO I'VE USED IT BEFORE OF COURSE.
YEAH, I'M RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND I THINK WE MET LAST YEAR ON THE VETERAN PHOTO.
'CAUSE WE DID THE WALL APPEAL, UM, COVER OF THE PUBLICATION.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALL ON BOARD.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO ENHANCE OUR PARTNERSHIP.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE LIKE A COUPLE OF IDEAS.
UM, MOSTLY IT WAS LIKE SANDY'S PUTTING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOME IDEAS IN AN EMAIL.
UM, WHAT, WHAT I PUT TOGETHER OF WHAT SANDY SAID AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
AND THEN MAYBE THAT'LL INSPIRE SURE.
BUT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT UM, HIGHLIGHTING A PARK.
SO WE MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIVE, SIX, WELL FIVE KEY PARKS THAT WE DO LIKE PARK WATCH.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD KIND OF COORDINATE WITH SUE.
BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A FUN THING BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT DON'T REALIZE ALL THE PARKS.
AND SO, UM, THAT TRIGGERED IN MY HEAD.
SO I ACTUALLY WENT ON TO LAUNCH A SECOND MAGAZINE IN 2019.
AND IT WAS, IT'S LIMERICK LIVING, WHICH WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE TURNED THAT OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHEN I TOOK ON THIS ROLE OF ALSO RUNNING THESE OTHER PUBLISHERS AT EASTERN PA.
BUT WE DID A FEATURE ON MAN DIRECT PARK.
TYPICALLY IT'S PEOPLE ON THE COVER, BUT GENERALLY BEHIND A PARK THERE'S PEOPLE
SO WE TOLD THE STORY OF PEOPLE MAKE THE PARK.
SO WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
SO YES, THAT WOULD BE, I WILL TELL YOU COMPLETELY UPFRONT.
UM, AND I'D BE OPEN TO ANY SORT OF FEATURE STORIES.
WE ARE BOOKED FOR MONTHS, WHICH IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
UM, TIM WILLIAMS, I THINK WE SAW YOU CUP UP HERE.
HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE, IS IT MAY HE DOES THAT? MAY, MAY 3RD.
MAY HE'S GONNA BE THE COVER STORY KIND OF GOING INTO, WHICH WILL BE GOOD FOR THE TOWNSHIP IN GENERAL.
SO WE COULD DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING PARKS IF IT WASN'T ON THE COVER STORY OR IT DID GET ADDED, IT COULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE INSIDE THE PUBLICATION.
AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE JUST LITERALLY IDEAS AND THAT'S GREAT.
AND AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS FOR A LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP OF COURSE.
SO WHATEVER CAN FIT, WHATEVER CAN'T.
UM, AS FAR AS HIGHLIGHTING LIKE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HIGHLIGHT LIKE SUE AND WHAT SHE DOES AS THE DIRECTOR OF, OF, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC.
WELL I THINK YOUR WHOLE COMMITTEE, I MEAN YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT WHATEVER.
JULIE, A COUPLE OF IDEAS FOR A FEATURE, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE THE FACES OF PARKS AND REC FOR EXAMPLE.
WHO DID WE DO A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN, WHEN SARAH WAS HERE? WHAT'S, WHAT WAS HER TEAM? WAS SHE PART OF PARKS AND REC? SHE WAS, SHE WAS, BUT IT WASN'T PARKS AND WRAP.
WE DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS AGO IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
IT WAS, SHE, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS AFTER THE FLOOD ENVIRONMENTAL THING.
OH MAYBE THE, YEAH, I COULD LOOK IT UP AND SEND IT TO YOU.
BUT ANYWAY, WE DID DO A FEATURE AND JUST BRING SOME FACES TOO.
SO I MEAN THAT WAS JUST, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA JUST TO ABSOLUTELY KIND OF LIKE, AS SANDY WAS SAYING AND PLEASE, YOU KNOW, JOIN IN ANYBODY, BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE, I DIDN'T WAIT.
YOU GUYS DO WHAT? YES, I AGREE.
THEY'RE JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH YES.
YOU KNOW, THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T MEAN THIS TO SOUND CONDESCENDING IN ANY WAY, BUT THEY THINK PARKS AND REC LODGES JUST LIKE, JUST DOING FUN STUFF.
WELL YEAH, BUT IT'S, IT'S COMMUNITY BUILDING.
IT'S BUILDING UP, IT'S, IT'S INCREASING THE VALUE OF YOUR HOMES.
WHAT WE
BUT THE WAY THAT I CAN HAVE BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, MORE LOCAL CONTENT IN
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THE MAGAZINE IS TO HAVE MORE ADVERTISERS.'CAUSE MORE ADVERTISERS ADDS MORE REVENUE, WHICH ADDS MORE PAGE COUNTS.
SO WE'VE JUST RECENTLY ADDED EIGHT PAGES I THINK IN THE LAST, UH, THREE, TWO MONTHS.
AND WITH INTENT THAT THE REASON FOR ADDING THE LOCAL CONTENT IS THE MORE THAT I MEET WITH BUSINESS OWNERS IS TO SHOW THE PUBLICATIONS GROWING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D SHARE WITH US, THE PRICING.
UM, SO IT'S HONESTLY SOMETHING I WOULD NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, I WOULD MEET WITH YOU ONE-ON-ONE BECAUSE IT LITERALLY IS ALL CUSTOMIZED.
AND I SAY THAT BASED ON THE TERM THAT A BUSINESS OWNER PARTNERS WITH BEFORE THE AD SIZE, ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS I MENTIONED WITH THE DIGITAL, ET CETERA.
SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A RATE SHEET PER SE.
IF WE BEING, IF WE HAD A SPONSOR, WHETHER IT WAS A PARKS AND REC SET BUDGET IN THE FUTURE OR A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT COULD SPONSOR, THEN WE WOULD'VE A DEDICATED MONTHLY HALF OR MORE PAGE OF A PARK OR WHATEVER.
BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, I PUT EVENTS IN, BUT IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH ONES AND PUT THE POLICE DOG IN.
BUT IF WE HAD THAT SPONSOR THEN WE CAN WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, HAVING A DEDICATED THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING IN HERE TO CAROLYN'S POINT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, LET'S HYPOTHETICALLY SAY WE WANTED SOMETHING IN THERE EVERY MONTH.
UM, VICTORY CLOSETS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE OF VICTORY CLOSETS.
WE NOW JUST RECENTLY CAN HAVE A LOCAL SPORTS SECTION EVERY MONTH.
SO A BUSINESS CAN BRING SPECIFIC CONTENT TO THE MAGAZINE OKAY.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S AT THE TOP TO BOTTOM.
UM, THE SPORTS SECTION IS PROBABLY SPONSORED BY VICTORY CLOSETS.
AND I CURRENTLY HAVE A PET CORNER WITH THAT AND I HAVE UM, ANOTHER BUSINESS SPONSORING FOR LOCAL SPORTS CORNER.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AND THIS MAY BE LIKE, SO COULD PARKS AND REC OR A DEPARTMENT WITHIN UPPER PROVIDENCE BE CONSIDERED A SPONSOR? THEY COULD OBVIOUSLY COST MONEY, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE FUNDING TO DO IT.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU COULD AT LEAST GET INFORMATION, SEE IF IT FITS IN.
BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE AS FAR AS I CAN SEE IF THAT ALL, IF THAT WAS APPROPRIATE, IT COULD BE ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR THEN ALSO LETTING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT THAT WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
IT COULD FOR WHAT EVENT OR ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE IT COULD BE, AND I'M, I'M ONLY PUTTING TO A FULL PAGE 'CAUSE I'M HERE.
BUT WITHIN YOUR AD YOU CAN CHANGE IT EVERY MONTH AND PUT IN THERE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
PRICE DIFFERENCE FOR THE FRONT VERSUS THE CENTER.
AND LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE WALL THAT HEALS WAS HERE AND I WAS WALKING AROUND ROERS FORD AND IT WAS WEEKS AND DAYS BEFORE AND PEOPLE SAID, OH I HADN'T HEARD OF IT.
AND I'M RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS AND ALL OF THAT AND WE HAD A RESIDENT SUBMIT THEIR EXPERIENCE VOLUNTEERING PHOTOS AND THAT THAT WAS ALL VERY ORGANIC, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, WE WOULD LOVE MORE NEED TIME ON EVENTS AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, TO SEND US THE CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FIT THEM IN WHEN WE HAVE THE SPACE.
UM, UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO FORMALIZE SOMETHING.
SO SINCE IT'S A WIN-WIN, WHAT KIND OF LEAD TIME DO YOU NEED? WELL WE JUST HAD OUR DEADLINE FOR DECEMBER.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FULL PROGRAM CALENDAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUPLE TO PICK FROM AND I COULDN'T SEE TONS OF PROGRAMS EXCEPT SANTA PHOTOS, WHICH IS EARLY IN THE MONTH.
OUR MAGAZINE HITS THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH.
SO ANY EVENTS IN JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 5TH ESPECIALLY WOULD BE, SO PLEASE IF YOU THINK OF THE FIFTH OF THE MONTH BEFORE, THAT'S A SAFE WAY TO SEE THAT.
I GUESS OUR BIGGEST THING IS FROM A PRINT PER, PER I GUESS IN MANY.
SO WE START TO SUMMER CONCERT.
AND I PUT SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE EVENTS CALENDAR.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE LOOK AT THE KEY TIMES.
AND WE HAVE TO, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH SPACE.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN PRIORITIZE WHAT YOU WANT US TO SHARE, THAT'S PERFECT.
SO I MEAN JUST, JUST THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY AND YEAH.
AND WHO KNOWS IF IT'S GOOD INFORMATION WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE, UM, LOOKED AT THIS YEAR BASED ON BUDGETING TIME, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHENEVER IT'S APPROPRIATE.
IS THERE MORE RATES THE MORE THAT WE ADVERTISE AS WE TAKE 12 MONTHS IS A BETTER PRICE THAN, WELL 12 IS MY MINIMUMS A 12 MONTH COMMITMENT.
BUT YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS INSERTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE.
MEANING I CAN GET INTO MY WHOLE BRANDING CONVERSATION.
BRANDING AS FREQUENCY AND CONSISTENCY.
HOWEVER, IT COULD BE EVERY OTHER SIX ON SIX OFF.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, A CONVERSATION THAT
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WOULD BE LIKE, BE ONCE SURE.SUE INVESTIGATES AND WE SHOULD HAVE DO THAT.
I WOULD SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED DOES SEE HOW FEASIBLE, BECAUSE WE WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY, UM, MARKETING COMPANY THAT HELPS US GET ALL OF OUR STUFF ON, LIKE MY TEAM PARTICULARLY RECREATE OUR OWN CONTENT AND THEN SHE PUSHES IT AND GETS IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT I'D RATHER HAVE HER SIT IN WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE SHE'D BE MAKING A LOT OF OUR CONTENT OUTSIDE OF LIKE I CREATE ALL THE EVENTS, BUT SHE CREATED ALL THOSE PIECES TOGETHER.
AND THEN LIKE, JUST INTERNALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THERE'S THINGS THAT WE DO THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT.
AND LIKE THEY COULD GO ON OUR WEBSITE BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T OR THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO MEMORIAL BENCHES, WE DO MEMORIAL TREES.
SO THERE'S THINGS THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SYNERGY OUT THERE.
UM, AND AND ANOTHER THING LIKE WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC COME TO OUR MEETINGS TOO TO GET THEIR INPUT.
SO JUST THESE WERE THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
BUT IT, IT, IT MAKES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BACKGROUND YOU'VE GIVEN AND THEN THIS, THE INFORMATION ABOUT, HERE'S A, I DUNNO IF HAVE MINE RIGHT HERE.
AND LET'S POINT OUT THAT I'M IN IT.
IT JUST, WHEN I WAS WALKING AROUND, THAT'S A GREAT DAY FOR US.
I HAVE TO SAY WAS A LOT OF NOMINATION WAS OUR FAMILIES.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP.
WE GAINED A LOT OF WHEN I THERE TOO, WHEN I MET
LIKE WHY WOULD YOU DO A OH YEAH, I READ, I READ IT FROM, SHE WAS ACTUALLY AT FEST TOO.
IT'S JUST CAN YOU SIGN IN, SIGN FOR YOU FOR SURE.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA FEATURE THE, UM, ONE OF THE PARKS HERE, YOU, YOU WOULD BE LIKE ONE OF THESE.
WELL, I MEAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WELL IT, I MEAN DEPENDING WHEN IT COULD BE A COVER, I MEAN I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PUT ALL OF YOU ON THE COVER.
WOULD YOU NOT AGREE? BUT IF WE ACTUALLY DID A PARK OF COURSE WOULD I THINK SUE AND THEN THE PARKS SUE IN A PARK.
SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES GETTING HER REALLY GOOD PHOTOS.
AGAIN THINKING OF MAN DIRECT PARK.
BUT I CAN KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT WE DID WITH THAT.
SO I THINK, UM, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
TOTALLY FOOD DOWN MY SON'S THROAT.
AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF AS AN ACTION ITEM, TALK FURTHER ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND YEP.
MAYBE YOU GUYS SETTING UP A MEETING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO ASSESS THEM, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT THE FEASIBILITY GOING FORWARD.
I HAVE ONE OTHER THING THAT YEAH, NO, THAT BE GREAT.
SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO THIS MEETING, IT'S UNRELATED TO THE MAGAZINE.
I GUESS MAYBE YOU CAN SAY IT'S RELATED GOES, BUT I HAVE AN IDEA.
JULIE, WHAT ABOUT LIKE SOFTBALL LEAGUES AND BASKETBALL LEAGUES AND YOU KNOW, BOCCE BALL? I MEAN I KNOW, UM, PICKLEBALL IS A HUGE THING, BUT HAS ANYONE EVER BROUGHT, MAYBE 'CAUSE MY BOYS ARE GETTING OLDER NOW AND THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL SPORTS.
IS THIS, AM I THE FIRST ONE TO EVER BRING THIS UP OR HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP FOR THE, THE TOWNSHIP TO RUN THOSE LEADS? YES.
I WOULD THINK I'D HAVE FOUR SONS MAYBE.
'CAUSE MY KIDS ARE SO INVOLVED IN SPORTS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE.
HISTORICALLY, PARKS AND REC HAS ALWAYS RAN REC LEAGUES.
UM, IN THIS TOWNSHIP SPECIFICALLY.
AND WITH LIKE THE OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES SO CLOSE 'CAUSE WE KIND OF TOUCH EVERYBODY.
UM, AS A TOWNSHIP, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THERE WERE SO MANY POP-UP GROUPS LIKE THE UPPER PROVIDENCE LITTLE LEAGUE AND SPRING FORWARD YOUTH BASKETBALL AND DIFFERENT SMALL GROUPS THAT CAME ABOUT TO TEACH KIDS INSTRUCTION THAT IT KIND OF RAN US OUT OF BUSINESS FOR A WHILE.
SO THE POPULARITY FOR US TO DO IT IS SO LOW BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER GROUPS DOING IT.
BUT EVEN FOR OLDER, LIKE I'M THINKING OLDER, LIKE YOUNG ADULTS LIKE OUT OF COLLEGE.
I MEAN, MY HUSBAND USED TO RUN SPRINGPORT BASKETBALL.
I, I, MY KIDS HAVE ALL PLAYED SPORTS, BUT I LOOK AT THEM NOW THAT ARE IN THEIR TWENTIES LIKE, HEY, I WISH THERE WAS A BASKETBALL LEAGUE OR YOU KNOW, VOLLEYBALL SOMETHING.
SO THE REC CENTER, WE DO HAVE MEN'S BASKETBALL.
THEY PLAY A COUPLE NIGHTS A WEEK AND IT'S MORE OF LIKE A POPUP LEAGUE.
UM, WE TRIED RUNNING IT AS A REAL LEAGUE AND THEY GET VERY INTENSE.
THEY'RE THEY VERY INTENSE GROUP PEOPLE.
IT CAUSED A LOT OF THINGS THAT I HAD TO LIKE KIND OF CLOSE DOWN, UM OH WOW.
TO, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME IN THERE.
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DO TRY, IT'S MORE OF A, IF WE HEAR, IF WE HAVE THIS GIANT WANT FOR IT, THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.WHEN WE HEAR LIKE TWINKLES, LIKE WE TRIED TO GET AN ACTUAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR YOUNG ADULTS TWO YEARS AGO.
AND WE HAD LIKE, WE WERE LOOKING AT TROPHIES FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
I WAS LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, I GO BIGGER, GO HOME.
LIKE THERE'S NO POINT IN DOING IT FOR ME.
SO WE TRIED IT AND WE GOT LIKE NO ONE INTERESTED.
WE HAD LIKE THREE TEAMS AND I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T PLAY THIS HUGE THING WITH THREE TEAMS. SO IT'S LIKE WE DO TRY TO PUT FORTH THOSE EFFORTS.
IT'S, THEY USUALLY FALLS ON DEAD EARS.
SO AGAIN, WITH THE MARKETING OF THINGS, THAT'S USUALLY WHERE SURE.
IT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING OUT THERE.
HEY, IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN? AND THEN ABSOLUTELY.
IF, IF MORE PUBLIC CAME, IF WE HAD A SENSE THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GONNA FLY THAT WE COULD SEE ALL RIGHT, WELL WE KNOW WE HAD LIKE 15 PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
BUT IT'S VERY, AS SUE WAS SAYING, DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND YET TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
AND MAYBE IT IS A GETTING THE WORD OUT.
OR SO IT, IT COULD BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS BUT IT, THEY KIND OF RUN HAND IN HAND.
'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT DON'T KNOW THE COMMUNITY CENTER EXISTS.
SO THEY WALK BY AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT IS THIS PLACE? AND IT WAS LIKE, BEFORE I STARTED WE HAD NO SIGNS OUT ON THE STREET.
WE HAD NO SIGN ON THE BUILDING ITSELF.
LIKE IT WAS JUST A BARN IS WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS.
WE USED TO CALL IT THE BEST KEPT SECRET.
AND WE WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THAT WASN'T THE PEOPLE THAT GO THERE LOVE THAT BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE HOMETOWN FEEL OF IT.
LIKE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? SO HONESTLY THE SPRING, I DON'T KNOW, YOU COULD RENT A ROOM THERE FOR A MEETING.
THERE'S ALL THESE LIKE HIDDEN LITTLE GEMS AND, AND OH I'M SORRY.
'CAUSE NOW WE'RE NOT REALLY, MOST OF OUR PRINT IS GONNA BE DIGITAL.
SO THE TOWNSHIP'S MOVING TO MORE OF A GREENER SURE.
WHICH NOW I'M KIND OF GOING BACKWARDS 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER PARENT, BUT MY INBOX ON ANY GIVEN DAY IS OVERFLOWING AND I DON'T CHECK IT.
SO I'M LIKE, I'D RATHER GET A PIECE OF PAPER IN MY MAILBOX ACTUALLY.
LIKE, I'M KIND OF GOING BACKWARDS WHERE I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE GOING SOCIALLY I'M GOING MAILBOX.
IF IT WASN'T TOTALLY CLEAR, IT'S FREE FOR, UM, RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY TO SUBMIT TOWNSHIP NEWS.
SO, UM, MY, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS IN THERE.
SO DEFINITELY SEND THE EVENTS AND THE VOLUNTEER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, LIKE GO LOOK ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IF YOU WANNA SEND IT MY WAY, THEN THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, AMPLIFY IT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN WHILE WE'RE FIGURING OUT AND DID I SEND IT TO YOU? OR SHE DOES THE CONTENT.
'CAUSE THEN MELISSA AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND FOR A WHILE MELISSA WAS SENDING IT IN AND THEN WE WERE SHORT STAFFED 'CAUSE WE LOST A COUPLE PEOPLE.
SO THEN IT KIND OF LIKE WENT BY OUR YEAH, YEAH.
BUT YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK ON IT.
SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT TO THANK YOU.
BEGIN THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND JUST KIND OF TAKE IT, TAKE IT FURTHER AS THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
AND SORRY I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH.
OH, I, AND THEN WELL WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THAT.
YEAH, NO, LIKE HONESTLY I WOULD'VE MADE THE SAME CHOICE
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME COURSE, REACH OUT WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
IF YOU THINK THE FACT THAT I'M NOT GETTING ONE, COULD I PUT A REQUEST IN TO GET ONE? YOU CAN.
I'M LOOKING HOPEFULLY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR OF ADDING ADDITIONAL HOMES LIKE A CHUNK.
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND IT WAS A CHUNK.
SO THAT'S KIND OF MY PLAN IN MY HEAD, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY 3000, 4,500, A LITTLE MORE THAN 4,500.
BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO GO TO LIKE 10,000.
I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT CLEAR THAT, THAT YOU LOSE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE LOCAL FAMILY ON THE COVER.
THAT'S WHEN ANOTHER PERSON, PUBLISHER POP, YOU KNOW, CREATES ANOTHER PUBLICATION.
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE YOUR, YOUR FAMILY? THEY GET NOMINATED.
UM, AND AGAIN, SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS IN PRINT.
THERE'S NEVER A SHORTAGE OF STORIES.
IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY REMARKABLE.
SORRY, JUST TO ADD, WHILE WE DO HAVE LIKE AT LEAST 12 MONTHS OF, UM, FEATURES LINED UP, WE LIKE TO FIT IN LIKE WE'RE DOING SANTA IN DECEMBER, WE DID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE WALL THAT HEALS.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE A SEASONAL STORY THAT'S COMING UP, LIKE THE FAMILY WITH AUTISM OR THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU WANT SUGGEST, TRY, REACH OUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY INTENTIONAL WITH THE WE ARE.
JULIE, DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS CARD? I
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DON'T.WELL I, I GAVE, I HAD, UM, BUT MY, I'M IN THE MAG, LIKE THE FIRST THING IN THE MAGAZINE.
WELL YOU AND I EXCHANGED EMAILS AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, IF ANYBODY WANTS A COPY, I'M READY FOR THE MAGAZINE.
I MEAN, WELL I THINK WHAT WOULD BE GOOD IS IF YOU HAD A MEETING, IF THAT'S NOT ATTAINABLE, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES I'M GETTING THAT THERE'S SOME FREE EXACTLY.
WE COULD BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEN WE, THAT HELPS.
THE TIMING IS THINK SHOULD THE FINANCIAL RIGHT.
CONSIDERING WE'RE A NON-PROFIT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO DO THIS TO, NO, AND THERE'S ALSO, IT'S ALSO YEAH.
THE ELEMENT OF, UM, AND I HAVE TO GET THE VERAGE RIGHT ON ALL THIS, BUT IT, IT IS THE TOWNSHIP PAYING OTHER COMPANIES TO DO THINGS LIKE IT BECOMES A VERY TIGHT ROPE I BELIEVE.
SO I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THOSE IN LINES.
IS THERE, UM, THIS LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IS THIS A PARK? IT IS, YEAH.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF JUST MOVING ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS JUST THE, A POST-EVENT DISCUSSION.
HOW DID THE SKATE CLINIC GO? HOW DID YOU FEEL THAT WENT? SO I THINK IT WENT REALLY WELL.
SO BOTH, THERE WAS TWO SESSIONS.
UM, UM, AND EVERYBODY ATTENDED EVERY ONE PERSON AND BOTH ATTEND.
WE SET UP WAS SEAMLESS, LIKE, AND CHRISTINE AND HIS HELPER HANDLE BASICALLY EVERYTHING.
WE SET UP THE TABLE TO PROMOTE PARKS AND REC.
UM, WE COLLECTED FOOD DONATIONS.
THERE WAS 56 POUNDS OF THAT THAT WAS DONATED, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THAT, THAT WASN'T A LOT OF THINGS.
I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 24 ACTUAL PARTICIPANTS.
I THINK IT WAS TWO 12% CLASSES IF I CORRECTLY.
UM, AND BASICALLY ALL THE FAMILIES STAYED AND WATCHED.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, BUT I COULD SAY, UM, UM, MIKE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB TEACHING THE CLASS.
YOU COULD TELL HE WAS VERY EXPERIENCED IN WHAT HE WAS DOING.
UM, ALL THE KIDS WHO TOOK THE CLASS PROGRESSED DURING THE CLASS WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, AND I THINK IT WAS AWESOME.
I THINK THIS EVENT REQUIRED, UM, SANDY AND I WERE THERE AND MELISSA WAS THERE.
UM, NONE OF US WERE BREAKING OUR BACKS.
WE WERE MORE SO HAVING FUN IN CHATTING AND WATCHING.
UM, SO THIS REQUIRED ON THE TOWNSHIP AND WE PROVIDED PRETZELS AND MELISSA'S EVENTS.
SO IT WAS VERY INEXPENSIVE AND IT WAS A VERY ALL AROUND POSITIVE THING.
SO YOU PUT A NOTE ON FOR PETE? I WOULD SAY IF MIKE WAS WILLING, YES.
I THINK IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT.
IT WAS PERFECT WAY TO PROMOTE THE SKATE PARK AND IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF THE FAMILIES WHO WERE THERE DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE SKATE PARK AND IT TAUGHT THEM TO BE COMFORTABLE TAKING THEIR KIDS THERE TO HAVE FUN.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THEY EVEN, AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT HE WAS SAYING THAT POTENTIALLY COULD EVEN DO A THIRD SESSION.
SO IF IT, IT COULD EVEN GROW INTO THAT.
IT WAS, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR GET HAVING ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A QUICK, IT WAS LIKE, WE FOUND OUT LIKE A MONTH BEFORE.
SO, BUT I THINK WITH A LITTLE BIT TIME, YEAH, IT'S, IT WAS FEW MONTHS.
I HAVE SOME, UM, REALLY CUTE PICTURES FROM IT.
HE DID WARMUP EXERCISES WITH THEM.
HE HAD ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE THAT CAN YOU SEND THOSE TO? SO CAN PUT THEM IN.
SO IT'S HARD BECAUSE I WAS TAKING IT THROUGH THE OH, THAT'S FINE.
AND THEN, UM, HE HAD ALL THE EQUIPMENT, LIKE LOCKS THAT WENT ON TO THE, THE SKATEBOARDS THAT HE PROVIDED JUST TO GET THEM USED TO
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BEING ABLE TO STAND ON IT WITHOUT IT MOVING.SO YEAH, HE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB.
AND ALL THE KIDS WERE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN KIDS THAT AGE AS ENGAGED.
WHAT WAS THE MEDIAN AGE YOU THINK THESE WERE? THEY WERE PRETTY NINE.
I MEAN, THEY NICE THEM ALL UP AND OKAY.
THEY, THEY YOUNGER, THE FIRST ONES WERE YOUNGER.
AND THEN, SO IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT, IT WAS BY AGE GROUP.
I CAN LOOK WAS ALL, IT WAS ALL YOUNG KIDS.
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANNA BE TARGETING AS A, BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A FREE CLINIC FOR LEARNING SKATEBOARD ETIQUETTE.
AND ACTUALLY THERE WERE MORE GIRLS THAN BOYS IN ONE OF THE SESSIONS.
WHICH I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALRIGHT.
SO I GUESS MIKE IS INTERESTED IN KIND OF DOING THIS AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER I WOULD THINK SOMETHING MAYBE ALSO PICKED UP SOME POINTS THROUGH, WHICH IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL FOR HIM TO BE A WIN-WIN.
I THINK, I THINK IT WAS A TRUE WIN-WIN.
THEY WERE BOTH FOR FIVE TO 12 YEAR OLDS.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS BY THE AGE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW WE DID THAT.
UM, WE JUST DID TWO DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS FOR PARENTS, BUT THEY WERE FOR THE SAME AGE FOR 5-YEAR-OLD TO 12 YEAR.
UM, SO I GUESS SUE WOULD LEAVE IT WITH YOU TO CONTACT MIKE OR YEAH.
UM, IF, WELL I GUESS THAT KIND OF ROLLS INTO, UM, I THINK IT'S ON OLD BUSINESS, BUT IF WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT 2025 PARK BOARD EVENT, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CARRY ON, THEN SOMETHING, WE CAN CONTINUE IT THE WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER EVENT OR SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS.
NO, IT'S TOTALLY THAT'S A YOU GUYS DECISION.
UH, SO WHAT, BASED ON WHAT THE WAY TAYLOR'S EXPLAINING IT AND HOW IT WENT, WE, WE COULD TAKE A, A LITTLE VOTE.
I, I THINK WE JUST SOMETHING FOR A SKATE PARK EVERY YEAR WE JUST DO THIS AND THEN AS OUR, AS OUR A BOARD EVENT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN ADDITION, IF IT'S THAT TYPE OF YEAR AND WE CAN FIT IT INTO THE CALENDAR AND WE HAVE AN IDEA, YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YEAH.
SO WHAT WE WOULD JUST DO THEN IS WHOMEVER TAKE ON, YOU KNOW, MAKING INITIAL CONTACT WITH, WITH UM, MIKE DIXON.
SO EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? YEP.
SO, UM, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM WITH THE DECEMBER MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT WAS GOING BE PARKS AND REC MEETING AND UM, COMBINED WITH EAC TEAMWORK.
SO, UM, MY, WHAT I REMEMBER, I KNOW WE MUST HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, BUT SO ARE WE JUST, WE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT FURTHER COLLABORATION WITH EAC? OR DOES IT JUST WORK OUT FROM A CALENDAR PERSPECTIVE? LIKE WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? SO I, I THINK THE INTERESTING THING IS IS LIKE PARK AND REC AND EAC HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS AND SIMILAR NEEDS.
SO THE SIMILARITY THAT WE HAVE IS LIKE ANYTHING EAC WANTS TO DO WITH PARK CLEANUPS OR THEY WANT TO PUT IN THIS NO PLASTIC BAN POLICY AND THERE'S CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL SCAPES THAT KIND OF FALL UNDER PARKS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A DUAL, I RUN LIKE A DUAL AND SO DOES KEN.
BECAUSE WE'RE ON BOTH, UM, A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO HAND IN HAND GO IN WITH MY DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY SOMEONE FROM THE PARK BOARD IS ON THE EAC.
UM, THE FACT THAT THE BOTH COMMITTEES DON'T TALK OUTSIDE OF KEN, UM, WHICH IS GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW
THERE'S THESE, UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE WORKING WITH PENN STATE ON DOING A COUPLE STUDIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR THE TOWNSHIP RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT THEM AT, I BELIEVE THE, THE SCHOOL IS COMING TO THAT MEETING IN DECEMBER TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT STUDY IS RIGHT NOW AND HOW FAR THEY'VE GOTTEN AND WHAT KIND OF FINDINGS THEY'VE HAD.
UM, SO IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE TALKING BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WITH EAC.
THEY'RE LIKE, THEY HAVE TO ALSO DO A SPECIAL PROJECT.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TRY TO LURE THEM INTO PARK CLEANUPS BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR WHAT THE EAC WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO IT'S AN EASY EVENT TO DO, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD TALK TO YOU GUYS.
AND LIKE HOW DID YOU GUYS RUN YOUR FIRST PROGRAM? HOW DID THAT GO AS A BOARD? UM,
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IS THERE SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS CAN SHARE WITH EACH OTHER TO HELP THAT PROJECT OR EVEN A, WELL THEY'RE LOOKING AT BEING A BIRD TOWN TOO.THE BIRD TOWN WHICH INVOLVE PARK RECS JOINTLY TOGETHER.
ALRIGHT, I'LL GET FORWARD TO IT.
SO DID YOU SAY BIRD TOWN? YEAH, BIRD TOWN.
COLLEGEVILLE ISS A BIRD TOWN AS IN WE PROMOTE BURS.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU THE DOCUMENTATION.
IT IT, IT'S ALSO LIKE A STATE FUNDED THING.
LIKE IT'S A BIG DEAL TO BECOME ONE.
UM, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THE BLUEBIRD SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
WE HAVE BLUEBIRD BOXES ALL OVER ANDERSON FARM PARK, WHICH WE'VE SEEN THEIR BABY BLUE.
UM, AND WE HAVE ATTRACTED A LOT OF THAT SPECIES OF BIRD OVER TO, TO CONTINUE TO BREED AND WE'VE HELPED WITH THAT PROCESS.
SO THEY GAVE US ACCOLADES ON HOW WELL WE TAKE CARE OF THE BOXES AND HOW WE HELP GET THE INVASIVE BIRDS OUT SO THE BLUE BIRDS CAN SURVIVE AND ALL THIS KIND OF FUN STUFF.
SO WE'VE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THEM AND THIS CAME UP THROUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT MORE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE BIRD TOWNS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
SO BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS ONE THING, WHY NOT ATTRACT MORE BIRDS? SO THAT IS KIND OF THE, THE PLAY THERE.
SO I WILL SEND YOU GUYS THE SAME DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS SENT TO THE EAC.
SO YOU GUYS CAN GET CAUGHT UP ON BIRD TOWNS.
SO LOGISTICALLY FOR, FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING, DO WE PUT TOGETHER AN AGENDA OR IS IT, I'LL TALK TO JEFF TOMORROW AND SEE HOW, BECAUSE HE WRITES THE AGENDA FOR THE EAC.
SO, UM, BECAUSE IT'S OUR MEETING, I'M PRETTY SURE HIM AND I ARE JUST GOING TO SEND ME WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY HAVE.
HE'LL SEND AND WE'LL JUST COMBINE THE TWO FOR THE DAY.
IS THAT WITH THE DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING? YES.
SO I'M HOPING THEY'RE USED TO REALLY SHORT MEETINGS VERSUS OURS SO WE CAN WE HAVE MORE TIME.
WELL THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING RIGHT AFTER US, RIGHT.
'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE QUESTIONS FROM THIS BOARD TOO ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PENN STATE.
AND THEN IT COULD EVEN LEAD TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOING SOME MORE COMBINED MEETING.
ESPECIALLY I LIKE THESE ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS I'M ALL ABOUT.
WELL WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING.
LIKE IN REALITY PARKS IS MORE ENVIRONMENTAL THAN WE ADMIT.
A LOT OF THE TIMES THE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN SIMILAR TO UPPER MARY AND THESE PLASTIC BAG BANDS THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO INTO FURTHER THINGS.
IT'S NOTHING HAS BEEN APPROVED OR VOTED ON AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT THAT'S STUFF THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD PROBABLY BE ABREAST OF BECAUSE YOU'RE WALKING AROUND THE PARKS SO PEOPLE MIGHT JUST ASK YOU ANYWAY.
SO KEEPING YOU GUYS AFLOAT OF THOSE THINGS IS GONNA BE A PRIORITY FORWARD.
SO MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, SPRINGBOARD HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER UPDATE.
HOW DID THAT GO? WELL, FINALLY, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING DEAL WITH THAT SCHOOL
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING OUR ISSUE FOR.
I'M, I'M GOOD AT BEING PERSISTENT.
SO IN THE FIRST TIME I CALLED AND NEW BLOOD, LIKE WE'VE ALL, WE'VE WE'RE GONNA DONE THREE YEARS.
I DID SEE WHAT YOU MEANT ON VOTING DAY THOUGH.
'CAUSE EVERYONE AT MY CENTER, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WERE METHACTON AND SO IT WAS PB WHEN I WENT TO VOTE THAT DAY, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I HAD IN THE CONVERSATION.
I CALLED UP THERE TO GET CENTER, I TORTURED THE COUNTY TO GET THE INFORMATION TO GET STUDENTS.
KIND OF THE FACT THAT REALLY HASN'T NAILED DOWN.
SO I FIGURED WE HAVE HOW MANY? 700 PLUS SENIORS.
I GUESS THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED.
I LEFT A MESSAGE FOR SOMEONE IN GUIDANCE ONCE, TWICE.
SO I FIGURED I WAS GONNA START CALLING EVERY HOUR.
SORRY, YESTERDAY BECAUSE I'M, I'M FED UP WITH IT.
SO TODAY D JOHN CALLED ME AT 11 O'CLOCK TODAY.
SO I EXPLAINED TO HER WHAT OUR PROGRAM IS.
SHE SAID FINE, SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE'S GONNA BE SOME MORE INTERESTED IN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME, I DIDN'T SEND HER ANYTHING YET.
I SAID, WE HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT.
I JUST WANNA GET SOME CLARITY ON WHAT WE WANT TO ASK FOR WITH IT.
'CAUSE TO ME, I'M THINKING TWO STUDENTS AND THEY'RE JUNIORS AND THEY WAS SERVED FOR TWO YEARS OR MAYBE ONE YEAR, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN WE WOULD GET DOWN NEXT YEAR.
I'M SAYING, I MEAN YOU COULD USE IT AS A GUIDELINE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ALL AGREED UPON.
BUT IF THEY HAVE IDEAS, WHAT WOULD WORK BETTER? 'CAUSE THE PERSON THAT WE WORKED WITH AT THE TIME WHO WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT IT GAVE, WHO DID YOU WORK WITH? IT'S OKAY.
DON'T TELL HER HORRIBLE REMEMBERING HER NAME.
BUT NOW THIS IS, I MEAN, SO I EXPLAINED TO HER, I SAID, HOW EMBARRASSING IT IS TO, WE HAVE THE FACTS AND KIDS AT THIS ELECTION.
I SAID, AREN'T THESE KIDS GONNA BE CITIZENS? I SAID, THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN THAN PHONES.
WELL THE INFORMATION I, THE INFORMATION I SENT YOU HAD HER, IT HAD
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HER NAME ON IT.SHE WAS THE DUKE, SHE WAS THE GUIDANCE, ONE OF THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
THIS WOMAN IS A JUNIOR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
AND I ALSO EXPLAINED TO HER, THIS IS GOOD TO HELP OUR ADULTS DEVELOP, SPEAKING AND LEARNING HOW TO TALK AND WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S SKILLS.
BECAUSE LIFE, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME SENDING EMAILS.
BUT NOW I'VE DEVELOPED A WAY IN MY JOB TO WHERE I CALL PEOPLE UNEXPECTEDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET INFORMATION TO MAKE MY JOB BETTER AND EASIER FOR ME BECAUSE I'M NOT A STRANGER.
AND SOME PEOPLE HATE IT, BUT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE WARMING UP TO IT.
WHAT WAS THE RECEPTION, DO YOU RECALL? I THOUGHT SHE WAS VERY GOOD.
SHE'S, SHE'S GOING TO MENTION IT TO, UM, HER HONORS SOCIETY STUDENTS.
I SAID, WELL THAT'S GREAT, BUT THE FIRST CRITERIA IS TO MUST LIMIT UP PROVINCE.
SO IF WE AHEAD AND MARIA WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT, AND IT IT'S REFLECTED IN THE INFORMATION I SENT YOU THAT IT NOT BE FOCUSED IN ON HONORS STUDENTS.
WELL I WOULD HAVE A SECOND CONVERSATION WITH HER TOO BECAUSE THE HONORS PEOPLE SO FILLED UP WITH STUFF.
IT'S LIKE EVERYONE, WHATEVER, I KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER, LET US KNOW AND I WANNA GUIDE THEM.
I THINK I'LL BE IN CHARGE OF THESE.
IF THAT'S ALRIGHT TO, I MEAN I I JUST THINK UNLESS YOU WANT SPONSOR, HUH? I'M GOOD.
I THINK THIS IS GOOD POTENTIAL WITH IT.
I'M ENVISIONING THAT THESE KIDS GO, WE GET SOME KIDS INVOLVED WITH IT.
LIKE WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A PLAN OR LIKE PROCESSEE FOR THAT TO GO INTO PLACE BEFORE THEY START AND HAVE THAT ALL KIND OF LINED OUT AND WRITTEN OUT LIKE AN ONBOARDING TYPE OF SITUATION.
AND, AND AGAIN, IN THE DOCUMENTS I SENT, THERE'S, THERE'S CRITERIA THEY HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM.
YOU FIRST HAVE TO CONTACT THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET PERMISSION TO SEND ANY EMAILS BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY PUT INTO PLAY.
LIKE SO I MEAN BUILD ON IT, CHANGE IT ONCE IF YOU GET DIFFERENT INPUT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOTALLY RECREATE THE WHEEL OR LET THIS PERSON EVEN SEE WHAT YOU CAN USE THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR GATEWAY.
AND I STRESS THAT IT REALLY, BEING AN HONEST SOCIETY PERSON DOESN'T REALLY, THAT PRECLUDES PROBABLY 85% OF THE STUDENT BODY UP THERE.
WHAT THEY HAD SAID TO ME WAS THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO, THE HONOR SOCIETY, THE REASON WHY THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE THE MOST INTERESTED IS BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES.
THEY WERE LOOKING TO, TO UM, YOU KNOW, BULK UP THEIR RESUMES FOR COLLEGE.
AND WE'RE LIKE, THAT'S AWESOME.
BUT WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING SHOWING A LIMITATION.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE DOING THAT.
YEAH, MY NEXT STOP WAS JUST TO GO UP THERE AND JUST DROP IT HIGH
I JUST, SO THIS IS FOR OUR JANUARY MEETING, LIKE OUR PARK BOARD MEETING.
I TOLD MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UM, DEPENDING ON WHO'S STAYING AND WHO'S NOT STAYING, ANY NEW PEOPLE WE HAVE ON THE BOARD, WE WILL HAVE TO RECONFIGURE POSITIONS AND DO ALL THAT.
SO THAT MEETING WILL BE THE BULK OF THAT.
JUST KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.
SO THAT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE TO START DISCUSSING THAT.
SO THAT OUR MEETING IS IS THE EIGHTH, JANUARY 8TH.
AND THEY'RE MEETING, SO IF THERE'S NEW, WHO'S THAT BOARD? THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, STUFF HAPPENING.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, REPLACEMENT MEMBERS.
WE DO NEED TO GET, I I HAVE TO TALK TO CHERYL AGAIN, BUT WE USUALLY NEED THAT INFORMATION LIKE PRETTY STEADILY.
SO THAT'S WHY IF LIKE YOU, IF YOUR TERM IS UP RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN THE LETTER RIGHT.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE OTHER INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE PUT IN THEIR INTEREST AND WE CAN PUT THEM IN THE MIX.
IF YOU WERE NO LONGER GOING TO STAY ON THE BOARD, THEN THAT USUALLY GETS KIND OF SHUFFLED IN BY THE NEW YEAR.
TERM LETTERS IS ANOTHER ITEM UNDER ALL, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY SO WE CAN KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WE GET TO, I JUST WANTED KEEP IT ON YOUR ULCER.
BUT NO, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO IN JANUARY.
NOVEMBER, DECEMBER EVENTS, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
I WILL GET, THERE'S NOT MUCH, UM, THE ONLY, UM, EVENT THAT I WOULD NEED ASSISTANCE WITH IN NOVEMBER IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE LIGHT SHOW AT A RAIDER.
UM, I WILL PUT THOSE ALL ON THE CALENDAR ON THE GOOGLE CALENDAR TOMORROW.
I DID NOT GET TO THAT THIS MORNING.
UM, WE JUST FINALIZE A LOT OF OUR DATES.
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ARE BUSY OVER THERE.UM, IF YOU WANNA JOT DOWN DATES.
I, SO WE ARE THERE, UM, NOVEMBER 29TH FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 WE HAVE FROSTY THE SNOWMAN VISITING THE LIGHT SHOW THAT DAY.
I'M SORRY, FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
SO USUALLY I HAVE, UM, THE CHARACTERS START AT FIVE 30.
THEY'RE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THEIR TIME.
UM, THAT'S A FRIDAY, RIGHT? IT'S A FRIDAY, YES.
UM, THE LIGHT SHOW IS FROM FIVE TO EIGHT, BUT WE HAVE THAT BULK TIME IN THE MIDDLE.
SO WE BOOKEND IT WITH THE HALF AN HOUR ON EITHER END.
UM, AND THEN DECEMBER 13TH, BOB IS DOING A CAMPFIRE STORY TIME WITH S'MORES.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SCHEDULED TIMES AT FIVE 30 AND THEN HE'S GONNA DO THE SAME THING AGAIN AT SIX 30.
YOU'LL BE THERE BETWEEN FIVE 30 AND SEVEN 30 THAT EVENING.
UM, THE NEXT DAY, DECEMBER 14TH IS, UM, HISTORICAL TRAP IS COMING IN TO DO COLONIAL CHRISTMAS TIME.
THAT IS NOT A NECESSARY DATE, BUT IF WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANNA COME THAT DAY JUST TO BE THERE FOR PARKS AND REC, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, DECEMBER 20TH IS HOLIDAY TRIBUNE SCAVENGER HUNT WITH THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN DECEMBER 21ST, SANTA VISITS A LIGHT SHOW WITH PARK AND REC FROM THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S IN BETWEEN ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
'CAUSE I LOOKED, SO WHEN SHE SAID IT WAS JUST SANTA, IT'S NOT JUST SANTA, LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE HAPPENING.
NO, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT UM, ISN'T, IT'S OUT THERE BUT UM, IT'S SMALLER THAN THIS KIND OF THING.
SO WHEN YOU PUT IT ON THE SPREADSHEET FOR SIGN UP, YOU'LL PUT EACH OF THE DATES.
I'LL DO JUST LIKE I NORMALLY DO.
UM, IT'LL BE ITS OWN LITTLE TAB JUST LIKE I DO THE CONCERTS JUST TO KEEP EVERYTHING ORGANIZED.
AND THEN DECEMBER 3RD IS SANTA AT THE FIREHOUSE.
UM, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT NIGHT, UM, WE WILL BE THERE ALL DAY SETTING UP BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY SET UP AND BREAK DOWN THAT SAME DAY.
WHAT DAY OF TUESDAY? DECEMBER 3RD IS TUESDAY.
WHAT TIME TIME IS THAT AGAIN? SO YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
THE EVENT ITSELF IS FOUR 30 TO SEVEN 30.
I SIGNED UP ALREADY, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, THE PROCESS, WHAT IS THE NUMBER? 'CAUSE THERE WERE PROCESS ISSUES.
WE HAVE WORKED OUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BUGS.
WHOEVER'S WORKING THAT DAY, I'LL GIVE YOU THE FOLDER DOWN BEFOREHAND.
YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE THINGS.
THE CREDIT CARD, IT JUST, NO, IT JUST, SO, SO EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE AS VOLUNTEERS, THERE'S GONNA BE A REALLY SMOOTH PROCESS.
NO, WE'RE DOING COTTON CANDY NOW.
IT'S AT THE, JUST BE IN THE KIDS HAIR.
SO THE BIG THING WITH POPCORN LAST YEAR WAS THAT THE POOR FIRE GUYS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, WE JUST HAD LIKE LEAF BLOWERS TRYING TO BLOW OUT ALL THE POPCORN.
IT WAS IN THEIR STUFF FOR WEEKS.
IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT TOO WELL.
YEAH, I THOUGHT COTTON'S BE SO MUCH EASIER.
SO FOR, BUT WE DID CHANGE OUT THE LAYOUT.
THERE'S NO PARKING AT THE FIREHOUSE THIS YEAR.
EVERYBODY WILL PARK OVER HERE AT THE BIG PARKING LOT AT THE EDMOND BUILDING.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE LIGHT TOWERS COMING OUT.
WE HAVE POLICE CHICK HELPING PEOPLE TO CROSS BLACKROCK ROAD BECAUSE THE CROSSWALK IS SO FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE FIREHOUSE, WE WILL BE CROSSING RIGHT IN FRONT OF BLACKROCK, LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE INTERSECTION.
SO WE'LL HAVE POLICE PRESENCE THAT NIGHT HELPING SURE.
WE GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY.
WE'RE CHANGING WHERE THE ENTRY IS A LITTLE BIT.
SO INSTEAD OF GOING RIGHT INTO THE FIREHOUSE, YOU WILL COME IN THE LOBBY OF THE FIREHOUSE AND YOU CAN'T GET PAST MELISSA OR MAUREEN UNTIL YOU PURCHASE YOUR TIME SLOT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THAT KINDA STUFF, BUT WE DID WORK OUT SOME OF THE KINKS.
UM, INSTEAD OF, UM, WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER, MORE EXCITING SUE VERSION OF A JUMP HOUSE.
SO WE'LL HAVE THIS HUGE MONSTROSITY COMING IN.
AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE CRAFTS FOR THE KIDS WHO'VE ALREADY ORDERED GOODIE BAGS AND ALL THAT STUFF IS ALREADY IN MY OFFICE.
AND WE HAVE, UM, JANELLE AND UM, OH, DOING THE PICTURES.
MY OWN DAUGHTER SAYING, I THINK I REMEMBER THAT JANELLE AND EMILY WHO ARE UM, OUR FIRE CHIEF'S, UM, WIFE AND DAUGHTER THAT DO THIS, OTHERWISE THEY'RE COMING BACK THIS YEAR TO HELP MAKE SURE THE PICTURES GET TO THE EMAIL THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO AND ALL OF THAT.
SO PICTURES WERE AMAZING YEAR AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHER.
HE'S TED, WHO YOU SEE AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS NOW.
HE CO HE'LL BE OUT TO TAKE ALL THE PHOTOS THAT DAY OUT.
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MY FRIEND SANTA, THAT WILL BE HERE AGAIN THIS YEAR, SO IT SHOULD BE AN EXCELLENT DAY.IT'S A LOT OF SETUP THOUGH, SO IF THERE'S HANDS IN THE MORNING, THAT'S GREAT.
IF YOU CAN'T COME AT NIGHT, THAT'S FINE.
UM, WE'LL BE THERE ALL NIGHT, SO.
SO, UM, WEBSITE UPDATE MY REC.
SO, UM, WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH MY REC LAST WEEK.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH TRAININGS IN DECEMBER, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.
SO THAT'S INCLUDING THE RECREATIONS OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS SLASH MARKETING PERSON COMING ON BOARD WITH THIS PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WEBSITE HEAD LOOKS GOOD AND THE PICTURES ARE VIBRANT AND THE COLORS WORK AND IT ALL IS SEAMLESS FROM THE TOWNSHIP END OF THINGS.
UM, WE INTEND TO GO LIVE, LIVE IN FEBRUARY, UM, IN THE LATEST NEWSLETTER FROM PARKS AND REC.
YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE NOTICE ON THE VERY, UM, LAST PAGE THAT SAYS LIKE WE ARE GETTING A NEW WEBSITE GIVING YOU LIKE BASIC DETAILS OF IT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A NUANCE IN DECEMBER WHEN YOU'RE BUSY AND NOT THINKING ABOUT US.
UM, AND WE WILL, OUR GOAL IS IN JANUARY IS TO HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO IN AND CREATE ACCOUNTS.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING YET, BUT TO GET YOUR ACCOUNT CREATED.
NOW WE HAD MY REC BEFORE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVE ACCOUNTS IN THERE.
SO THE HOPE IS THAT US PHYSICALLY DOING THE DATA ENTRY THAT WE WON'T HAVE DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS.
THE DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS IS WHAT MESSES UP OUR SYSTEMS. YEAH.
SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS.
SO OUR GOAL IS IN DECEMBER IS TO PUT OUT A LITTLE BLURB TO EVERYBODY, BE LIKE, HEY, IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE MY REC ACCOUNT, JUST CALL US AND WE WILL RESET YOUR PASSWORD AND YOU'LL GET A WHOLE NEW THING INSTEAD OF YOU CREATING A WHOLE NEW ACCOUNT.
IF YOU USE THE SAME EMAIL AS PHONE NUMBER, IT MIGHT BOUNCE BACK, BUT WE'RE UNSURE IF THAT PROCESS IS GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT.
SO IT'S EASIER TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE LIKE WE'LL WE CAN LOOK IT UP IN SECONDS BEFORE IT WILL TAKE US LONGER TO FIX THE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS THAN TO JUST DO IT.
SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT IN DECEMBER.
WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THE PUBLICATIONS FOR THAT AS WE SPEAK, BUT IT WILL BE LIVE IN FEBRUARY AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER WE'LL BE TESTED TO THE LIMIT 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE SUMMER CAMP OPEN ON THAT PLATFORM.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR WE LAST USED MY RECORDS? IT WAS 20 21 2.
FOUR FOR PEOPLE TO, YEAH, IT'S 2024 NOW.
AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT LIKE YOU WOULDN'T REMEMBER WHEN WE SWITCHED.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT LIKE WE SWITCHED IN THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING BACK TO AN ORIGINAL SYSTEM.
IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU THINK YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT, JUST PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT, WE'LL CHECK IT FOR YOU AND PEOPLE JOIN THE NEW ONE, THE NEW OLD ONE IF THEY ARE NOT CORRECT.
OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO EXCELS.
ONE THAT WAS MY REC ONE THAT IS REC DESK.
LIKE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE DUPLICATES.
SO IF WE HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT ON REC DESK AND YOU'RE NOT IN MY REC, WE WILL CREATE YOUR STUFF FOR YOU AND SEND YOU YOUR INFORMATION.
SO OUR HOPE IS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT'S AWESOME ON OUR END.
SO IT DOES NOT CONFUSE THE MEES WHEN IT HAPPENS.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL PAY ON THE SITE TOO FOR LIKE THE YEP.
AND YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL BE, CAN BE SAVED ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN USE IT FOR FUTURE USE.
UM, THE REPORTING IS SO MUCH BETTER ON THIS THE THE YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOME FOR US.
BUT FOR THE MEMBERS, IF YOU EVER WANT TO GO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT ONE THAT WE'RE THE ONE WE'RE GOING BACK TO LOWER, PROVIDENCE USES IT.
THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE IMAGING ON THEIRS.
WE CAN SEND OUT OUR NEWSLETTER AS AN ACTUAL PDF INSTEAD OF AN ATTACHMENT THROUGH MY REC.
WE GET ENDLESS UM, EMAIL BLASTS FROM MY REC.
WE DON'T GET THAT THROUGH OUR CURRENT ONE, WHICH IS WHY EVERYONE GETS GMAIL.
UM, EMAILS FROM US AT THE MOMENT 'CAUSE WE GET CHARGED PER EXTRA EMAIL WE SEND THROUGH THEM.
UM, SO IT IS GONNA BE A LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE WEBSITE'S GONNA MAKE SENSE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TABS THAT YOU CAN GO TO TO SAY, I JUST WANNA LOOK AT PICKLEBALL THINGS.
THERE'S A TAB FOR THAT INSTEAD OF YOU SCROLLING THROUGH AN ENDLESS THING OF PROGRAMS. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A BETTER USER FACE THAN WHAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO NOW.
WILL IT BE A ROLLOVER FOR SILVER SNEAKERS? AND THAT'S OUR THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN YOU SAID VOLUNTEER SIGN UP ON THE WEBSITE? YEAH, SO I DID TALK TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS PERSON.
SHE'S, WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO KIND OF RECREATE WHAT WE DID FOR THE WALL THAT HEALS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP VIA THE WEBSITE, COME THE NEW YEAR IF THEY WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR ANY OF OUR EVENTS OR PROGRAMS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
OR EVEN JUST VOLUNTEER LIKE, HEY I'M REALLY GOOD AT TENNIS.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO TEACH IT FOR FREE AND USE MY SERVICES.
WE CAN AT LEAST COMMUNICATE BETTER FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO SHE'S ON BOARD WITH HELPING ME CREATE THAT ON THE TOWNSHIP SIDE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT UPDATE BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONCE AGO.
UM, AND THEN THIS ALSO KIND OF TIES INTO THE ADULT VOLUNTEERS.
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THERE'LL BE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS.THERE'LL BE AN UNDER 18 AND AN OVER 18 JUST SO WE CAN DECIPHER THE TWO.
UM, AND WHAT WE NEED AND THEN CLEARANCES.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION JUST LIKE BEFORE YOU CAN EXIT OUT.
ONCE YOU SIGN UP IT'LL GIVE YOU A BLURB THAT SAYS, REMINDER THESE ARE THE LINKS THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO GO GET YOUR FREE VOLUNTEER CLEARANCES.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THEM, HERE'S THE EMAIL TO EMAIL THOSE TO.
'CAUSE WE WILL NEED THOSE BEFORE THEY COME ON SITE.
AND ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE BOARD? YOU HAVE ALL? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
I HAVE TO CHECK WHEN THEY ALL EXPIRE.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE OTHER THING IS MAKING SURE, I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE THEM ON LIKE CONTINUOUS ROTATION.
WE CAN JUST USE YOUR, ALL RIGHT.
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ON TO UM, OLD BUSINESS.WE HAVE THE UM, WELL 2025 BOARD EVENT LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT JUST PREVIOUSLY.
THAT WOULD DEFINITELY DO THE UM, FREE CLINIC.
AND THEN I GUESS START THINKING ABOUT ANY OTHER IDEAS.
IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE COULD COME UP WITH STUFF.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CREATED.
IT HAS TO BE A BOARD, A BOARD SPONSOR.
SO THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING ONCE WE MEET WITH EAC IN DECEMBER, LIKE I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET THE PARK CLEANUP SPEC ON TRACK.
WE STOPPED DOING THOSE WHEN SARAH LEFT.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE REALLY NECESSARY.
I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND ASSIST WITH THAT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH EAC THAT YOU GUYS CAN START CREATING THAT AND GETTING MORE A COMMUNITY HERE TO HELP FULFILL THAT NEED AT DIFFERENT PARKS.
AND THAT MEANS VOLUNTEERS AND COME ON.
ANY, COME OUT TO A PARTICULAR PARK ON A CERTAIN DAY YEAH.
IN DIFFERENT AREAS PROVIDED WITH BAGS.
AND WE HAVE ALL THAT, LIKE THE PARK DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAS EVERYTHING READY TO GO.
IT'S MORE OF GETTING THE PEOPLE HERE.
I HAVE TONS OF BUCKETS, TONS OF GRABBERS GLOVES, BAGS.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM ONCE WE COLLECT EVERYTH.
SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT SOME IDEAS.
UH, TAYLOR'S TERM IS EXPIRING AND MARIA'S, SO WE DID RECEIVE LETTERS.
THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BY THE 22ND.
I JUST WANT TELL YOU GUYS BEFORE, I'M NOT SEEKING ANOTHER TERM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SHARE WHAT YOUR INTENTION IS AT THIS POINT.
I'M ALSO NOT GONNA SEE ANOTHER TERM.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MARIA IS GOING DO.
SO I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO JUST SAY THAT NOW BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE, UM, START THINKING IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN, IN THE BOARD.
UM, BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WILL INTERVIEW, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL INTERVIEW, UM, THEY'LL MAKE A DECISION ON JANUARY 6TH AND THEN WE HIT THE OH, OKAY.
SO THEN WE KIND OF HIT THE BOARD RUNNING OR YOU KNOW, FLOOR RUNNING OR WHATEVER THE TERM IS
SO THAT'S, UM, AND IT, I'LL BE HONEST FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW IF TAYLOR WANTS TO SHARE ANYTHING.
IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE I REALLY ENJOY BEING ON THE BOARD AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED BACK AT OUR YEAR IN REVIEWS AND I THINK WE'VE, AS A BOARD, WE'VE DONE REALLY A LOT OF OF THINGS AND WE, I THINK GOT WELL ORGANIZED.
OH, THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN LIKE YEAH, I THINK IT'S WORKED.
MY, ONE OF MY, MY BIGGEST RELUCTANCE OF GOING FORWARD IS I REALLY THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO GET SOME NEW ENERGY AND NEW IDEAS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE ARE TERM LIMITS
SO, AND I, YOU KNOW, I, SO IT'S BEEN AN HONOR.
I WILL PROBABLY SHOW UP TO SOME OF YOUR MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE SAYING STUFF, BUT, UM, YEAH, I'LL POSITIVE AND I'LL STILL BE VOLUNTEERING SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NEXT.
BUT, AND TAYLOR, ALL OF THESE YEAR REVIEWS, ALL YOUR, YOU'RE TAKING OF MINUTES HAVE BEEN YOUR PEER PS AND YOUR, GOSH, THAT AWARD, YOUR WHOLE OBJECTIVE OF GETTING SKATEBOARD EVENTS ON THE MAPS.
I MEAN THAT'S GOTTA FEEL LIKE AMAZING.
AND SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A GOOD FIVE
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YEARS.DO WE HAVE A, A BLURB, DO WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF BLURB THAT, UM, EACH OF US CAN BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW THAT HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE MAGAZINE,
UM, I THINK WE MISSED THE DEADLINE FOR IT.
I MEAN, WE THINK, NO, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, UM, LIKE, ALMOST LIKE A WE'RE SEEKING THIS KIND OF PERSON TYPE OF THING.
I DON'T THINK WE, I I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I RUN THE FACEBOOK ROOM FOR RIGHT.
RIVER CREST, SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT I DON'T SEE HAVE ENOUGH SPECIFICS YET ON WHAT IT IS.
I I THINK YOU COULD EVEN JUST SAY, REALLY WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR RECREATION ENTHUSIASTS.
LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF REFERRED YOU.
YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO MEETINGS, THEY START SHOWING AN INTEREST.
LIKE WE HAVE OUR CHRIS MORRIS HERE, SO IF THERE'S AN INTEREST, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHERE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME AN AN OFFICER.
'CAUSE THE OFFICER PART WORKS ITSELF OUT BECAUSE YOU KIND OF CHANGE THE RESPONSIBILITIES DEPENDING ON SKILL SETS.
SO IF THEY'RE JUST INTERESTED AND REALLY THE ONLY TIME COMMITMENT THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO SAY IS IT'S ONE MEETING A MONTH, UM, FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30 OR SO
AND, UM, THE EXPECTATION IS TO VOLUNTEER AT AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR EVENTS.
I'LL BEG YOU FOR THE REST OF YOU DURING THE YEAR.
AND UM, IF YOU NEED, UM, IF YOU WANT ME TO MAKE IT AND THEN IT HAS LIKE OUR, UM, LOGO AND EVERYTHING ON IT TOO, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
AND THEN HERE, HERE'S THE OTHER THING THAT I'M REALLY, UM, AND I WILL, WHEN I DO SEND BACK MY LETTER, I, I, I MENTIONED THIS TO SUE, I WILL SAY TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, LIKE PEOPLE JUST COMING TO THEM SAYING, I'D LIKE TO BE ON BOARD, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
BUT WE WANT PEOPLE WHO WANNA BE ON A BOARD FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
LIKE, BECAUSE PARKS AND RECREATION IS, YOU'RE GONNA BE VOLUNTEERING.
YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD.
LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING STUFF WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK, I THINK THAT IS KIND OF KEY TO AGREED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT OR OKEY DO.
SO END OF YEAR MEMORIES IF YOU WANNA, THAT WAS THE THING THAT YOU GUYS HAD MESSAGE BACK AND FORTH ON.
I THINK IT'S A NICE END FOR YOU GUYS TO ALL KIND OF LIKE SEE WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR.
I ALWAYS LIKE READING IT AND LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM HAPPY TO SEND IN MY RS AND ATTACHMENTS SHOWING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS HERE OUTSIDE OF MY OWN DEPARTMENT.
I DO ONE, LIKE WE DO A YEAR END REVIEW FOR THE BOARD AND THEN WE ALSO LIKE HAVING THIS ONE AS JUST A BONUS.
I LIKE TO, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE NEXT BOARD LIKE, TALK ABOUT DOING THAT LIKE AS A FOR REAL THING.
LIKE I DID IT IN 2020 BECAUSE IT WAS COVID, IT WAS MY FIRST YEAR POSITIVE AND I WAS JUST LIKE DOING A REFLECTION RIGHT ON.
AND THEN I DIDN'T DO IT IN 2021 'CAUSE I WASN'T, I WASN'T AN OFFICER, I WAS JUST A, A MEMBER.
UM, AND IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME TO EVEN SEE, ASK IF ANYBODY WANTED TO DO IT.
BUT THEN I DID DO IT IN, UH, 23 AND THEN I WOULD SHARE IT IN OUR MEETINGS AND I WILL DO ONE FOR DECEMBER.
I'LL DO ONE THIS YEAR AND THEN WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO WITH IT.
BUT I, I'LL TELL YOU, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THEM AT THIS JUNCTURE BECAUSE YOU FORGET, LIKE WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DO PARK WATCH UNTIL WE STARTED DOING LIKE, LIKE WE CAME UP WITH A LOT OF THINGS.
OUR FIRST PRPS AWARD, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT.
I MEAN THE WALL HEELS WAS IT, THAT WAS, SO WE'VE
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HAD A, A LOT.SO I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE, I TWI FOR YOU, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE THE MEMBERS WHO ARE STAYING ON TO KIND OF MAKE THAT BE A THING.
AND WHOEVER IS HAS FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE THE SKILLSET OR THE DESIRE OR YOU DO IT COLLECTIVELY, HOWEVER YOU DO IT.
YOU GO, YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LOOK THROUGH THE MINUTES AND PICK OUT HIGHLIGHTS.
SO TO APPRENTICE TAYLOR NEXT MONTH IN THE MINUTES HAVE TO TAKE THEM HOW UPLOAD THEM.
I'M GETTING OUT BEFORE GET REPLACED.
UM, TRYING OR IT'S LIKE QUARTER AFTER SEVEN, TRYING TO KIND OF, UM, NOT KEEP PEOPLE TOO, TOO LONG.
SO BOARD OF APPROVAL FOR THE SUMMER VACATION.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE JULY.
AND WE STOPPED MEETING AUGUST, JULY AND AUGUST.
SO ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE STILL DON'T MEET JULY AND AUGUST? THAT WORKS OUT FINE 'CAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE STILL GET STUFF DONE THROUGH JUNE AND THEN WHEN THE FALL STUFF HITS ON MONDAYS AND THEN THERE'LL STILL BE SPREADSHEETS FOR SIGNING UP FOR CONCERT VOLUNTEERING AND STUFF.
UM, PRELIMINARY, YOUR PRELIMINARY 2025 EVENT SCHEDULE.
COMING BACK, I'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR BUDGET WHEN IT'S APPROVED AND I'LL TELL YOU IF SHE'S COMING BACK OR NOT.
UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH, I HAVE THE LARGEST CALENDAR OF ALL TIME FOR NEXT YEAR.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OBVIOUS NEW EVENTS AND SMALLER, WE CALL 'EM LIKE OUR POCKET EVENTS, KINDA LIKE THE FLASHLIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER IN, IN UM, POPULARITY.
BUT, UM, IT'S THE WHOLE YEAR OF NEXT YEAR IS BASICALLY DOTTED OUT AT THIS POINT.
THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE STILL IN PENCIL THAT WE HAVEN'T COMPLETELY BEEN ABLE TO ARRANGE.
UM, I HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER RIGHT NOW WITH UM, OUR FIRE CHIEF AND OUR UM, 5K COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA BRING A 5K TO THE TOWNSHIP NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE IN INCLUDING THAT MAY HAVE TO DROP SOMETHING BECAUSE OUR APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER IS SLAMMED ALREADY.
SO IT'S ADDING THIS OTHER EVENT IN.
I MIGHT HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING IN ORDER TO BRING THIS ONE IN OR FIND A DIFFERENT DATE IN COMBINED EVENTS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING A COUPLE OF THOSE.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THE HARD SET FOUR THAT I CAN GIVE YOU TODAY, UM, IS AT MUSIC FEST IS SATURDAY MAY 3RD.
WE'RE HE'S STICKING TO MAY
UM, IT, I WILL GIVE YOU BETTER TIMES, BUT IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE FROM 12 TO EIGHT O'CLOCK LIKE IT NORMALLY IS.
UM, IT'S AN ALL DAY EVENT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 'CAUSE WE'LL BE THERE SETTING UP AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, OUR SHREDDING EVENT IS SATURDAY MAY 17TH.
WE DID SHRED IT AND E RECYCLE IN 24.
SO IN 2025 THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE SHREDDING.
UM, THE UPT, THE UPT ANNUAL CAR SHOW IS SUNDAY, JUNE 15TH.
THAT'S WHEN THE, OUR SHOW ALWAYS IS.
RIGHT? THAT'S RAY SHINE, SHINE.
NOBODY SHOWS UP, NO ONE'S GONNA COME.
WE MIGHT, I MIGHT CHANGE THAT.
UM, THE UPT FALL FEST IS THE NEXT BIGGEST THING THAT I CAN, UM, SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
AND THAT'S SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT OF THINGS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A TON MORE THAT I AM IN PENCIL IN AT THIS MOMENT.
THOSE ARE BIG ITEMS YOU'LL GO.
UM, WHAT ABOUT THE, MY FAVORITE EVENT YOU GONNA I SAY IS UM, FLASHLIGHT.
SO IS THAT CRUSHED? NO, IT'S NOT CRUSHED.
UM, SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE, SEE THAT'S A LOT OF FUN.
SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE, UM, THE FOURTH OR THE 11TH OF APRIL.
SO WE USUALLY HAVE OUR SPRING FLING SLASH COMMUNITY EGG HUNT THAT HAPPENS RIGHT BEFORE EASTER.
THE MARKET ON EGG HUNTS IS SO SATURATED THAT IT'S HARD TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THESE BIG CHURCHES AND DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAVE A MILLION EGGS EVERY
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FIVE MINUTES.AND FOR OUR, IT'S JUST A SMALL THING.
LIKE IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN WE EVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, BUT IT'S STILL LIKE AT CAPACITY FOR US.
SO WE STARTED DOING THE SPRING FLING LAST YEAR.
JUST WEATHER WASN'T REALLY ON OUR SIDE.
SO OUR THOUGHT IS TO MAYBE COMBINE THE SPRING FLING 'CAUSE IT'S VENDOR ORIENTED WITH OUR 5K.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT, UM, OUR CHIEF WOULD LIKE THE THEME OF THAT 5K TO BE.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE MEETING WITH THAT SOON.
AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN HOUSE IS USUALLY IN MAY.
UM, OUR BIG DANCE RECITAL IS IN MAY.
THE BLOCK PARTY WITH TOWN CENTER IS ALSO IN MAY.
UM, MOTHER'S DAY IS ALSO IN MAY, UM, GRADUATION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE WERE KIND OF THINKING OF MOVING THE COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN HOUSE TO A WINTER DATE JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD GET MORE PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN CONCERTS START IN JUNE AND SUMMER CAMP STARTS IN JUNE AND THE CAR STARTS IN JUNE.
SO, UM, THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT OH NO.
DOES WITH THE FIVE TO PROMOTE THE LOOP TRAILS TO MAKE.
SO WE'RE GONNA USE THE LOOP TRAIL.
UM, HOPEFULLY THEY SHOULD BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THE LOOP TRAIL IN TWO WEEKS.
UM, THEY HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, I BELIEVE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
YEAH, I AM REALLY, HOW LONG IS THE TRAIL IF YOU I BELIEVE IT'S TWO LAPSES OF 5K.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO CONNECT.
IF YOU'RE GONNA RUN A 5K, YOU MIGHT WELL RUN A TOUGH ONE.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S, IT'S A BONUS THAT THAT TRAIL WILL BE IN PLACE AND I THINK FOR FIRE OR NOT FIRE FOR POLICE, I THINK IT'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING THAT POSITIVE ENERGY OUT ABOUT THAT DEPARTMENT ITSELF.
AND THIS IS LIKE A NICE WAY TO DO THAT.
THEY WANT TO, THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS SURROUNDING THE 5K, WHICH I AM THROWING A LOT OF IDEAS OUT THERE, WHICH IS MAKING THINGS COMPLICATED, WHICH IS WHAT I DO.
UM, SO I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT TOO.
YOU GOTTA MAKE IT EXCITING OR ELSE WHY DO IT? MM-HMM.
THAT'S KINDA WHERE I'M, BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG FOUR THAT I CAN SHARE.
WE DO HAVE SANTA ON THE SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR.
I HAVE TO CHECK THE FIRE AND MAKE SURE MY DATES ARE RIGHT.
SO THAT'S THAT FOR SO BUDGET 2025 TO DO ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS.
ARE YOU FEELING GOOD ABOUT? I'M FEELING GOOD.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY, CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE? CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MY BUDGET.
UM, IF THE BUDGET DOES GO THROUGH, THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE, MORE MONEY FOR, UM, MUSIC FEST.
WE'LL HAVE MORE MONEY FOR CONCERTS IN THE SUMMER SO WE CAN GET, WE ARE GONNA GO WITH A MORE KID BASED THEME 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR POPULATION IS.
SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO COVER THAT AND HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS COME IN WHILE WE'RE THERE.
UM, THIS WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE MONEY IN OUR, OUR BUDGET FOR OUR TRIPS.
WE WENT OVER BUDGET THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A NEED FOR EXTRA BUS TRIPS.
SO WE DID MOVE FORWARD AND HAD A COUPLE EXTRA ONES IN THIS YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T PLAN.
UM, BUT THE BUDGET ITSELF, LIKE WE DID, I DO GENERALLY KEEP OUR DEPARTMENT SIMILAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THERE'S NO HUGE INCREASES.
UM, THIS YEAR WE DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT JUST TO BE ABLE TO OFFER WHAT THE POPULATION IS ASKING US TO OFFER.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH SMOOTH.
YOU ASK FOR WHAT KIND OF MONEY? UM, SMALL INCREASES.
UM, MUSIC FEST BEING UM, FIVE GRAND.
UM, AND THAT ALSO THAT ON TOP OF THAT FIVE GRAND, I, I ONLY HAVE $5,000 TO PUT ON CONCERTS ALL SUMMER.
SO MOST BANDS ARE NOW THREE GRAND.
SO IT DOESN'T GIMME MUSHROOM TO GET LIKE SOLID BANDS IN.
UM, OUR MONEY WAS BASED ON A PRE COVID WORLD AND A LOT OF THOSE MONIES, YOU KNOW, IT JUST HAS INCREASED A LOT SINCE THEN.
SO IT'S, IT'S MAINLY FREE PROGRAMMING AND CONCERTS IS WHAT I ASK FOR MORE MONEY FOR THIS YEAR.
[6. Other/Comments]
ALL RIGHT.UM, I GUESS FINAL ITEM IS JUST ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I KNOW, SANDY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AN ONBOARDING PACKAGE.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE POTENTIAL OF THREE OF OUR POSITIONS CHANGING OVER.
UM, I THINK ON ONBOARDING FOR ANY BOARD IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, JUST TO, TO BRING EVERYBODY UP ONTO THE SAME PAGE.
SO I HAVE, I HAVE THAT WHICH IS A LISTING OF WHAT SHOULD BE IN A BOARD PACKAGE, BUT THIS IS A LARGE BOARD.
SO WE PICK AND CHOOSE FROM HERE.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK ON THAT WITH GREAT.
[01:20:01]
PROBABLY SUE, I WOULD PROBABLY NEED YOU.I, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN ONE PLACE.
IT'S NOT, HERE'S THE PACKAGE FOR YOU.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A FULL, LIKE WE HAVE ON LIKE ON GOOGLE SHARE A FOLDER THAT HAS OUR MISSION STATEMENT HAS MEMBERS OF ALL IN PLACE HAS A DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICER RESPONSIBILITY.
YEAH, I THINK I I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT IF IT, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE IT ON, YOU CAN KIND OF PUT IT IN ONE PLACE AND IT'S JUST PRINTING IT OUT.
I ONBOARDED ONTO TWO BOARDS AT THE SAME TIME AND NEITHER OF THEM GAVE THIS.
WELL, I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE I THINK AT THIS TABLE HAS COME ON AT ONE POINT AND ASKED ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE, OH, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF EVERYONE JUST HAD THIS INFORMATION.
AND IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN, YEAH.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN A SOLID GROUP FOR A WHILE.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED.
DID YOU WANT TO, DID YOU WANNA LOOK AT THIS AND COME UP WITH WHAT YOU THINK MAKES SENSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD OUT OF THESE ITEMS? MAYBE COMPARE AND CONTRAST IT TO THAT.
UM, WELL THE ONE FROM 2020 REALLY WAS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
SO I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT THAT.
WELL THAT WAS, BUT YES, BECAUSE IT WAS, I I DID A 2020, I DID A STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OH GREAT.
AND THEN WHAT I, WHEN I CAME OR I HAD POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR DISCUSSION WAS COMING UP WITH THE, THE YES.
SO AT THAT TIME, AGAIN, THAT WAS MY, YEAH.
SO A COPY OF A, THE GOVERNING ORDINANCE OR AT LEAST KNOWING WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR CHAPTER.
UM, PARKS AND REC ORGANIZATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
AND WOULD YOU, UM, WOULD YOU WORK WITH ME INITIALLY AND THEN, AND THEN YEAH, I'LL, I'LL GO TO SUE.
I'LL HELP WHATEVER WE BOTH GO TO SUE MISSION STATEMENT.
MAYBE WE COULD MEET WHICH OF THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, JUST A LIST OF THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AT SOME POINT YOU LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOUR PARTICULAR GOALS FOR THAT YEAR ARE.
BECAUSE THEN IF WE KNOW WHAT SUE'S GOALS ARE, THAT INFLUENCES WHAT WE KIND OF FOCUS ON AND MAYBE EVEN WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR A BOARD EVENT YEAH.
TO FIT INTO HER GOALS BECAUSE MM-HMM.
MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD GIRLFRIEND
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT IN ANY WAY BECAUSE WE MIGHT NEED THAT FOR A JANUARY.
SO WE'LL ALL GET, WE COULD HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WE CAN HAVE, WE COULD FINALIZE IT IN DECEMBER.
IT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH, BUT NOT IN
IT'S GONNA BE BECAUSE, BECAUSE I'LL DO A YEAR REVIEW FOR DECEMBER, SO I'LL BE DOING THAT TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, I THINK, I THINK REALLY IF WE JUST COME UP WITH FIVE KEY THINGS FOR ONBOARDING, THAT'S ENOUGH.
I DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM AN MB EITHER.
YOU COULD BUILD ON IT AND, AND THEY'LL SEE AS, YOU KNOW, STUFF GOES ON.
SO I THINK IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT DIFFICULT.
I LIKE THE IDEA WHERE WE HAVE EVERYONE.
LIKE I DON'T HAVE, LIKE IF I HAD A PIECE OF PAPER, IT'S EASIER SOMETIMES FOR ME TO GO MY COMPUTER TO LOOK UP THE STUFF.
OH, IT'S, NO, IT COULD BE A PACKAGE.
THAT WOULD BE HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT.
UM, THING TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE.
WE JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT WE DID GET AWARDED THE GRANT THAT WE NEEDED FROM DCNR FOR THE TAYLOR PROPERTY.
SO WE WEREN'T AWARDED, UM, $360,000 TO START THE TRAIL PROCESS AND GET THAT STUFF GOING IN 2020.
AND THAT'S THE ONE ACROSS FROM THE Y YES.
SO IF YOU HEAR OF ANY RUMBLINGS, UM, I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WEEKLY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OVER AT THE TAYLOR PROPERTY ON THE FIELD TRAP ROAD.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF EARTH BEING MOVED.
WE WERE GETTING, UM, PREPPED TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT.
WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GONNA GET, BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TRAIL PROJECT OVER AT TAYLOR PROPERTY ANYWAY.
SO, UM, THIS IS JUST A BONUS THAT WE GOT IT.
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GIFTED A LOT OF REALLY GOOD EARTH FROM, UM, TOLL BROTHERS WHO IS DOING DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW AT DIFFERENT PROPERTIES OF THE TOWNSHIP.AND THEY HAVE MOVED IT TO TAYLOR TO, UM, CREATE A LESS AGGRESSIVE SLOPE ON THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, THE WATER RETENTION, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THIS IS GOING TO ABSOLVE A LOT OF THAT.
NOT THAT WE'RE GETTING RAIN, BUT WHEN WE DO, IT'LL BE HELPFUL.
UM, AND DUE TO OUR DROUGHT, IT HAS BEEN VERY DUSTY AND WHEN THEY DO GO OVER THERE AND MOVE EARTH, THERE'S A LOT OF DUST CLOUDS AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
I CAN'T HELP MOTHER NATURE UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT WE DID PUT WORD IN TO TOLL BROTHERS TO START WETTING THE GROUND BEFORE THEY START MOVING IT TO AVOID THE CLOUDS THAT ARE BEING CREATED.
SO, UM, ANY COMPLAINTS THAT YOU GUYS GET OR HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT, PLEASE JUST SEND THEM TO MY EMAIL.
I'M MUCH BETTER WITH EMAIL THAT I AM PHONE CALLS TO MY OFFICE.
I'M NOT ALWAYS IN THERE AND I MAY NOT GET TO THEM RIGHT AWAY.
SO THERE'S, UM, MY EMAILS OUT THERE ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.
PEOPLE ARE FREE TO EMAIL ME WITH CONCERNS WHENEVER THEY WANT.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT IDEA.
CONSTRUCTION WILL START ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESS AND THE TRAIL, THE A DA ACCESSIBLE TRAIL TO THE PARKING LOT AT TAYLOR WILL BE COMPLETE, COMPLETE WITHIN THE, WHAT WILL BE PUT THERE.
SO PARKING LOT, THE TRAIL, WILL THAT BE AN AREA THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO DONATE BENCHES? YES.
IT'LL BE A PASSIVE LOCATION, A PASSIVE, THE WHOLE AREA'S GONNA BE PASSIVE.
I'M NOT PUTTING THE WALL CARTS THERE, SORRY.
RESCUE EVENTUALLY ANYTHING THAT GOES ON THAT PROPERTY WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITSELF.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE POWER TO THAT PROPERTY.
IT IS A ORGANIC LANDSCAPE AT THIS POINT.
SO, UH, WE ARE PUTTING A PUMP STATION IN, UM, TAYLOR PARK TO HELP WITH SEWER NEEDS FOR THE ADJOINING, UM, COMPLEXES.
UM, BUT IF WE DO PUT RESTROOMS IN AT THAT PROPERTY, WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL PROBABLY BE GREEN.
UM, SO THEY WILL BE LIKE COMPOST TOILETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT VARIOUS STATE PARKS.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO THIS WILL BE AMENDING THE DRIVEWAY IN WHEN YOU PULL INTO THE TAYLOR PROPERTY, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE TO BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, HAVEN'T YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST DRIVE RIGHT NOW? IT LOOKS LIKE A DESERT.
I'M NOT GONNA LIE, BUT WHEN YOU GET PAST THE BARN THAT'S STILL THERE.
IT IS JUST A VAST NATURE AREA STREAM.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF THE Y MM-HMM.
AND YOU GO STRAIGHT ACROSS THAT WHOLE PROPERTY LINE FROM THAT ON THE, THERE'S A LITTLE DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
THERE'S A LITTLE YOU CAN'T REALLY ACCESS YET.
SO YOU WHEN COMMUNITY THE HOUSE, YOU PORT THE HOUSEHOLD.
WE BORDER EVERYBODY ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.
BUT WHEN YOU PULL IN, IT'LL BE A PARKING LOT ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE.
UM, AND THEN THE A DA PRIMAL PAVE TRAIL WILL GO FROM THE PARKING LOT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE YMCA.
SO THIS IS, 'CAUSE REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE, WENT TO ALL THE PARKS TO COME UP WITH THE, THE, THE PLAN.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS LIKE SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING.
IT WAS, WE WERE LIKE FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT WE FIGURED IT WOULD PROBABLY BE.
AND I THINK DC AND RCS, I ACTUALLY HAVE A TOUR WITH DCNR ON FRIDAY AND UM, JUST SHOWING THEM TOWNSHIP SCAPES AND I THINK THEY'RE GONNA REALLY ENJOY THIS PROPERTY.
'CAUSE IT DOES ALIGN WITH THE YMCA, IT ALIGNS WITH LIMERICK.
IT'S ALSO A NATURE CENTER AND IT'S ALL RIGHT.
LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVES TO IT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET SOME DECENT EXPOSURE FOR IT.
SO THAT WAS MY BIG GREAT, GREAT.
[7. Next Meeting: 12/11/2024]
MEETING IS GONNA BE THE JOINT MEETING.AND THEN YOU FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, BUT THAT'S EXCITING TO, TO KIND OF GET THAT COLLABORATION.
SO WHEN YOU COME IN FOR THAT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A HUGE TABLE OVER HERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE STREAMED WITH THE PENN STATE CROWD IF THEY DON'T COME HERE PHYSICALLY.
SO IT MIGHT BE A, A TEAM CALL WITH THEM JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT STUDY IS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IF THEY'RE NOT HERE IN PERSON.
SO IT WOULD BE A BIGGER GROUP.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE BACK THERE.
WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE U CITY WHO'S GONNA BE CHAIRING THIS MEETING OR JUST CONZIE DO IT OR, YOU KNOW, I KNEW HIS NAME UNTIL YOU ASKED ME WILL.
IT WAS LIKE, WELL, I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU NEED ME TO DO.
SO OUR AGENDA, WE, WE, I'LL DO THE AGENDA.
DON'T FELT FELTON BELT IS BEF, LIKE FELTON.
SHOULD I BE TAKING MINUTES FOR THIS? LIKE, IT'S A PART.
BECAUSE NORMALLY FOR EAC MEETINGS, NO ONE TAKES MINUTES.
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BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S VIDEOTAPED NOW.SO I THINK WE, THIS WOULD, THERE'S A COUPLE COMMITTEES SLASH BOARDS THAT DON'T.
DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? GET THE WE DO.
I DON'T THINK WE GET THE SAME TRANSCRIPT.
DOES THAT GO WITH THE POSITION
DID, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WE CAN END THE MEETING NOW 'CAUSE IT'S SEVEN 30.