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O SO WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED TIME HAVE A, I'M THE CHAIRPERSON.WE'LL GET TO INTRODUCTION AND WE'RE JUST GONNA FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE AGENDA, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT AND ELABORATE AND WE'LL DO THAT.
SO JUST CHIME IN WHENEVER, UM, SO WE'RE CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AND I'D
[2. Approval of Minutes]
LIKE TO, UH, AND THAT WAS FROM NOVEMBER MEETING.MY ONLY COMMENT ON THAT GOES, TAYLOR SAID THE NEXT MEETING, NOVEMBER 13 FAVOR APPROVAL MINUTES.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC HERE, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DO
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INTRODUCE YOURSELF.SO, UM, THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA, I WASN'T SURE THAT WAS SO THAT, UM, FOR TODAY, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR US OKAY? OKAY.
CAN ONE OF YOU SPEAK BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.
UM, SO THEY'RE A LITTLE, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS ARE ALL TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO CAN YOU GUYS JUST GO AROUND REAL QUICK? THIS IS OUR, THIS SAYS TABLES ON OUR CARDBOARD NUMBERS, AND THIS IS OUR EAC, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVEN'T MET AT THIS POINT, BUT IF YOU CAN JUST DO A BRIEFING FOR OUR BOARD, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
RANDY ROBINSON, FACULTY STATE UP HERE IN HAPPY VALLEY, AND I'M TEACHING THE TWO COURSES PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE HERE, THEY'RE SHARE THE CULMINATION OF THEIR WORK THE FALL SEMESTER AND PUTTING TOGETHER A GREENHOUSE GAS STATION IN
AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SHOW YOU THAT WE CAN CHAT ABOUT WHAT SORT OF DIRECTION YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE CLIMATE PLANNING WITH US IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US AND I'LL APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
I REMINDED MY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT I WAS GONNA BE MEETING, BUT I'M KIND WORRIED WHEN SHE COMES FIRST DRAMA PERFORMANCE, UH, REHEARSAL.
SHE'S, SO I, AND I'M, UM, I'M MICHAEL.
I'M A FOURTH YEAR, UM, STUDYING COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS BRANDY WAS SAYING, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, EL CAP AND CARLIN TO CREATE A GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY FOR OUR APARTMENTS.
SO, AND I'M CARLIN UM, I'M ALSO A FOURTH YEAR STUDYING BIRTH SCIENCE.
UM, AND YEAH, WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE YOU WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SEMESTER.
SO DO YOU GUYS NEED TO SHARE ANY VISUALS? YES.
SO I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN IF THAT'S YEAH, THAT HOPE I'M ALLOWING YOU TO DO THAT.
IT'S, IT DOES, IT SAYS THAT I NEED PERMISSION.
AND THEN WOULD YOU GUYS MIND IF I RECORDED JUST THEIR PRESENTATION IN OUR Q AND A? SURE.
THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY PROGRAMS OFFICE WHO PAYS FOR THE SOFTWARE LICENSE THAT WE'RE USING TO, TO DO CLEAR
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PATH LIKES US TO HAVE LIKE A RECORDING OF THESE PRESENTATIONS.THEY DON'T SHARE THEM PUBLICLY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANYONE LOOKS THEM, BUT I TURNED THEM OVER TO THEM.
DO YOU, DO YOU GUYS CARE IF I RECORD IT? NO, I MEAN THIS GOES UP, THIS MEETING GOES UP ON OUR WEBSITE AS RECORDED ANYWAY.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE THE WHOLE MEETING, SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST RECORD YOUR PART, PLEASE DO.
DID IT SAY YOU GUYS COULD, COULD SHARE THEM TOO? YEAH, I CAN SHARE.
CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN OKAY? YES.
OKAY, SO LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, UM, MIKE AND I ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE 2023 INVENTORY OF PUBLIC PROVIDENCE'S COMMUNITY WIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION AS PART OF PENN STATE'S LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM.
SO ALEXA, BEFORE I'M
AND I'M ALSO THE TREASURER OF ECO ACTION HERE AT PENN STATE.
AND AGAIN, I'M MICHAEL, UM, AND I'M STUDYING COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT WITH MINORS IN, UH, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY AND SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIENCE AS A ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LEARNING COORDINATOR AND THEN ALSO A WASTE REDUCTION INTERN, UM, AT THE UNIVERSITY.
UM, AND THE LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM, UH, WITHIN IT BEING A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM, WE WANTED TO FIRST JUST, UM, RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT COLLABORATIVE GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, THAT BEING FIRST PENN STATE, UM, SUSTAINABILITY WITH OUR CO-DIRECTORS, BRANDI ROBINSON AND DR.
PETER
CHRIS NATE HAS BEEN, UH, VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING US A LOT OF OUR, UM, UTILITY DATA FROM CERTAIN COMPANIES.
AND, UM, A POLICE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY IS A PROGRAM OFFICER THERE WHO'S BEEN
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YOU ALL SPECIFICALLY, UH,
SO BEFORE GET INTO OUR INVENTORY, WE WANT TO GO OVER SOME SIGNS AND IMPACT.
UM, THIS GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS A NATURAL PHENOMENON THAT KEEPS THE EARTH AT HABITABLE TEMPERATURE.
IT WORKS WITH GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE, ABSORBING AND BREATHING AND RADIATION FROM THE EARTH SURFACE AND HUMANITIES ADD GREENHOUSE GASES TO THE ATMOSPHERE.
SO THIS INCREASES THE EFFECT YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART OR THE GRAPH TO THE RIGHT.
THE GREEN LINE THAT'S LABELED NATURAL DRIVERS ONLY IS
WE ONLY CONSIDER NATURAL DRIVERS, UM, NOT INCLUDING ANY ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS REMAINS AT A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE.
THERE'S SOME FLUCTUATION, WHICH IS NORMAL, BUT WE ONLY SEE THE RAPID TEMPERATURE INCREASE, UM, THAT IS REPRESENTED THE BLACK LINE ACCOUNT.
UM, 2023 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD, AND EACH OF THE PAST 10 YEARS HAVE ALL BEEN RECORD SETTING YEARS.
THE MAP IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER IS FROM NASA.
IT SHOWS TEMPERATURE NOT ONLY IN 2023 COMPARED TO A BASELINE OF 1951 TO 1980, AND YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF REDS AND ORANGES AND YELLOWS, WHICH I'LL INDICATE THAT THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE WAS WARMER THAN IT WAS COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE OF THE BASELINE IN 2023.
UM, THE SEA LEVEL AND SURFACE OCEAN TEMPERATURE ALSO REACHED MAXIMUM TO 2023.
THERE WERE WIDESPREAD DROUGHTS.
UM, THERE WERE RECORD LENGTH STORMS LIKE CYCLONE READY, WHICH THE STORM TRACK IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
THE CYCLONE LASTED FOR 37 DAYS AND MADE THREE DIFFERENT LANDFALLS IN THAT TIME.
UH, THERE WERE WILDFIRES THAT WEREN'T RECORD AREAS OF LAND LIKE THE CANADIAN WILDFIRES, AND THAT LEARNED AN AREA LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF NEW YORK STATE.
AND THEN LASTLY, THEY'RE ALSO MORE SHORT AND INTENSE PRECIPITATION EVENTS.
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CLIMATE CHANGE IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM.UM, THE DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION HAS CREATED THESE GRAPHS HERE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS PART OF THE D-V-R-P-C.
SO THEY SHOW THAT SOUTHEASTERN PA UM, HAS EXPERIENCED BOTH INCREASES IN AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE AND AVERAGE ANNUAL PER PRECIPITATION IN RECENT YEARS.
AND THESE TRENDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THE D-V-R-P-C ALSO HAS THESE TWO BREATH ON THE BOTTOM, WHICH YOU SEE.
THEY SHOW PROJECTED TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.
AND THESE ARE BOTH EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE REGION INTO THE END OF THE, INTO THE END OF CENTURY.
AND THEN THE MAP ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS FROM THE PA CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE UPPER PROVIDENCE IS LOCATED IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE ANYWHERE FROM 41 TO 82 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 90 DEGREES PARENT HEIGHT PER YEAR, UM, BY THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY.
UH, SO STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR UM, OMISSIONS IS SPLIT INTO THREE DIFFERENT SOURCE CATEGORIES.
THAT BEING SCOPE ONE, UH, THIS IS THE DIRECT EMISSIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY, UM, AND ALSO FOR THE MUNICIPALITY.
AND THEN SCOPE TWO, WHICH IS, UM, INDIRECT EMISSIONS THAT ARE OFTEN LIKE GENERATING, UM, GRIDS,
UM, THOSE ARE LIKE POWER PLANTS.
SO IT IS, OR SORRY, IT IS, UM, EMISSIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING OR THE MUNICIPALITY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES.
UM, AND THEN SCOPE THREE IS KIND OF THE CATEGORY FOR ALL OTHER INDIRECT EMISSIONS.
UM, SO THIS IS EMISSIONS THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY CONTROLLED OR CAN'T REALLY BE DIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY, UH, THE MUNICIPALITY, BUT IT IS A RESULT OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
UM, SO THIS COULD BE LIKE EVEN JUST THE ENERGY USED TO PRODUCE, UM, GOODS OR EQUIPMENT THAT ARE OWNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY THAT WOULD FALL INTO SCOPE THREE.
UM, AND THEN OUR MISSIONS FOR THESE SOURCES ARE FOUND BY, UM, MULTIPLYING THE ACTIVITY DATA, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF THE ACTIVITY, THE AMOUNT OF THE ACTIVITY THAT IS PRODUCING EMISSIONS, UM, TIMES THE EMISSIONS FACTOR, WHICH IS THE EMISSIONS FOR THAT ACTIVITY.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN OUR INVENTORY THAT EMISSIONS ARE REPORTED IN TERMS OF CARBON ACID EQUIVALENCES, AND THIS JUST MAKES IT EASIER TO TOTAL EMISSIONS AND REPORT THEM.
BUT IT STILL TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE'S MORE INTEREST CARBON DIOXIDE AS A GREENHOUSE GAS.
SO THAT'S DONE OUR GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF CO2 THAT TRACKS THE SAME AMOUNT OF HEAT AS ONE TON OF ANOTHER GREENHOUSE GAS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE TON OF METHANE TRACKS THE SAME AMOUNT OF HEAT AS 28 TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE.
SO THIS IS JUST HOW WE CONSIDER, OR THE DIFFERENT POTENCIES OF DIFFERENT GREENHOUSE PASSES WOULD JUST MAKE IT EASIER TO TOTAL ALL THE EMISSIONS IN AN INVENTORY.
UM, SO THIS SLIDE HERE JUST SHOWS THE, UM, 2023 RESULTS THAT WE ESTIMATED FOR OVER PROVIDENCE.
UM, I WILL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT WE STILL HAVE TO UNDERGO KIND OF OUR FINAL REVIEW PROCESS WITH
SO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, UM, BUT WE'LL OBVIOUSLY UPDATE ALL OF THAT AS WE GO.
UM, THESE EMISSIONS OR THESE FINDINGS ARE SHOWING THAT UPPER PROVIDENCE HAD EMITTED JUST ROUGHLY OVER 408,000 METRO TONS OF CO2.
UM, AS CARLO WAS JUST SAYING, THAT'S JUST A STANDARDIZED, UM, UNIT THAT WE USE TO COMPARE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SECTORS.
UM, AND THEN THIS PIE CHART TO THE LEFT JUST SO SHOWS THERE ARE THREE KIND SECTORS FOR TRANSPORTATION.
UM, COMMERCIAL ENERGY AND RESIDENTIAL ENERGY, UM, STARTING WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENERGY.
UM, THESE, UM, WERE PROVIDED TO US DIRECTLY FROM PICO.
AND COMMERCIAL AS YOU CAN TELL, IS, UM, MOST GENERALLY GENERATED THROUGH ELECTRICITY USE.
AND THEN THE INDUSTRIAL ENERGY USE TO THE RIGHT, UM, THIS IS ONLY REPRESENTING THE STATIONARY FUEL, COMBUSTION OF TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN ALL ELSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ENERGY USE IS SHOWN WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ENERGY USE ON THE LEFT.
SO RESIDENTIAL ENERGY IS A LITTLE OVER 62,000 METRIC TONS OF CO2.
UM, THIS INCLUDES BOTH HEATING AND ELECTRICITY FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND LIKE MIKE WAS SAYING, ELECTRICITY DATA AND THE NATURAL GAS DATA WERE HEATING WERE PROVIDED BY PECO, BUT THE FUEL OIL KEROSENE LOOP BY PETROLEUM
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GAS AND WOOD HEATING AND UH, FUEL USES WERE ALL ESTIMATED BY SCALING FROM A STATEWIDE LEVEL TO THE TOWNSHIP LEVEL.SO YOU CAN SEE THE CALCULATIONS IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER TOO WITH THAT CHART.
BUT THIS TAKES STATEWIDE FUEL USE FROM THE US EIA STATE ENERGY DATA SYSTEM AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF COUNCILS THAT USE EACH TYPE OF FUEL IN THE STATE AND TOWNSHIP FROM THE US CENSUS AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.
AND THE STATEWIDE FIELD USE FOR EACH FUEL TYPE IS DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALS IN THE STATE THAT USE THAT FUEL TYPE.
AND THEN THAT'S MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALS IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT USE THAT FUEL.
AND THIS GIVES US THE TOTAL FUEL USE FOR EACH FUEL TYPE, UM, WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP.
AND THE LARGE CHART AND UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER SHOWS THE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EMISSIONS BROKEN DOWN INTO ALL THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS MAKE UP THE BULK OF THE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EMISSIONS.
UM, SO FOR TRANSPORTATION, AGAIN WAS THE LARGEST SECTOR FOR UPWARD PROVIDENCE.
UM, IT'S DIVIDED INTO TWO SUB-SECTORS, UM, THAT BEING INBOUND GREEN AND ON ROAD TRANSPORTATION, AND THEN OFF ROAD TRANSPORTATION, UM, WHICH IS NORMALLY JUST OBVIOUSLY NON ROAD VEHICLES, UM, UTILITY VEHICLES.
UM, SO THE TOP THREE SECTORS FOR TRANSPORTATION WERE ON ROAD GASOLINE, WHICH THIS ONE IS BYLAW.
UM, AND THEN ONROAD DIESEL AND OFF ROAD DIESEL.
UM, FIRST FOR ESTIMATING, UM, ONROAD UM, DATA, WE USE THE 2023 COUNTY LEVEL AND UH, BMT DATA.
UM, AND THIS GAVE US VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL AND THEN ALSO A SUB-SECTOR OF THAT WHICH WAS TRUCK VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL.
UM, THIS WAS COUNTY LEVEL DATA, SO WE THEN DOWNSCALED IT TO ONLY REPRESENT ROADS WITHIN UPPER PROVIDENCE.
UM, AND THEN WE USE THE NATIONAL DEFAULT VEHICLE, WHICH SHOWS PERCENTAGES OF FUEL SITE BY VEHICLES.
AND THAT'S REPRESENTED ON THIS CHART.
I KNOW THAT IT MIGHT BE KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT UM, THIS IS SPLIT BY, UH, BOTH VEHICLE TYPES.
SO PASSENGER LIGHT DUTY, HEAVY DUTY MOTORCYCLE, AND THEN ALSO DIESEL AND GAS.
AND THEN OUR SHARP ON THE RIGHT.
UM, THE ONE ON THE TOP IS FOR ON ROAD TRANSPORTATION AND THAT SHOWS EMISSIONS, UM, IN METRIC INTENSIVE OF CO2 FOR GAS AND DIESEL.
AND THEN FOR UPWARD EMISSIONS, WE USED, UM, THE E-P-A-N-E-I DATA RETRIE TOOL.
UM, THIS IS ALSO ACCOUNTABLE DATA, SO WE HAD TO USE A DOWNSCALE FACTOR, UH, WITH POPULATION TO DOWNSCALE THIS, BUT THIS ANALYZES EMISSIONS OF NON ROAD EQUIPMENT, LIKE I SAID, BUT ALSO DIRECT TRAINS AND WATER TRANSPORTATION.
BUT FOR, UH, PROVIDENCE'S, UM, INVENTORY WE ONLY INCLUDED NON ROAD EQUIPMENT.
UM, THIS DATA SHOWS THAT DIESEL IS THE HIGHEST OFF ROAD SECTOR.
UM, BUT I ALSO DID JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT OPERATOR TRANSPORTATION IS, UM, I BELIEVE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.
I THINK IT'S ONLY ABOUT 7% OF THE, UM, TOTAL TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS THAT WE CALCULATED.
AND THEN WATER AND WASTEWATER IS ABOUT 1800 MERCHANT TONS.
THE CO2, THIS INCLUDES BOTH WATER, WATER, AND THE ENERGY YOU'RE REQUIRED TO TREAT THIS FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND N TWO OMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WASTEWATER.
SO POWER WATER FIRST IS ESTIMATED USING COUNTYWIDE WATER USE OF THE P-A-D-E-P WATER USE REPORT.
AND THIS PROVIDES WATER USE IN GALLONS PER DAY FOR ALL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
AND SO BY DIVIDING IT BY THE POPULATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THEN MULTIPLYING IT BY PROVIDENCE AS TOWNSHIP, WE GET THE CONSCIENCE TOTAL WATER USE PER YEAR UNLESS WE ALSO SCALE PER YEAR.
AND THEN THIS IS MULTIPLIED BY THE TREATMENT PLANT ENERGY INTENSITY, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE OF BOTH BOTTLE PA AND PA AMERICANS ESG DATA.
AND THIS PROVIDES US WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENERGY REQUIRED TO TREAT ALL THE WATER, WATER USE IN TOWNSHIP IN A YEAR.
AND THEN THE END TO OMISSIONS OF WASTEWATER ARE BOTH, UM, ENT DISCHARGE AND TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER.
SO THIS IS ALSO ESTIMATED USING THE TOWNSHIPS POPULATION, THE US CENSUS, AND THEN THE CLEAR PATH DEFAULT VALUE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL DISCHARGE MULTIPLIER, AS WELL AS ASSUMING THAT THERE'S NO GENTRIFICATION OR DENITRIFICATION STEP IN THE TREATMENT PROCESS AND THAT THE TREATMENT IS USUALLY AEROBIC.
SO YOU, SORRY, I THINK I CUT OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE EMISSIONS ARE WATER.
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OMISSIONS, THE MAJORITY COMES FROM EFFLUENT DISCHARGE.UM, SO OUR SOLID WASTE, UH, THAT'S BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE.
UM, WE USE THE PADP WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY FIRST FOR RESIDENTIAL WASTE, WE TOOK THE WASTE PER HOUSEHOLD.
UM, THIS WAS COUNTY LEVEL DATA, SO WASTE CROSSWAY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND WE APPLIED THAT TO THE UPPER PROVIDENCE POPULATION.
AND THEN FOR COMMERCIAL, UH, VERY SIMILAR PROCESS, WE USED THE WASTE PER ESTABLISHMENT AND WE APPLIED THAT TO THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN PROVIDE FROM CENSUS DATA.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE PROCESS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS ARE 400 TONS OF CO2.
THIS IS FROM NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION.
SO THIS USES THE NATURAL GAS USE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY PICO FOR BOTH INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.
AND THEN IT ALSO USES THE CLEAR PATH DEFAULTS FOR LEAKAGE RATE, ENERGY DENSITY, GAS DENSITY, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE AND INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL NATURAL
UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO THEN ALSO JUST COMPARE OUR PROVIDENCE'S EMISSIONS TO A PREVIOUS LCAP PROJECT AND ALSO TO THE STATE.
UM, SO FIRST WE SELECTED, UM, CARLISLE TO COMPARE WITH OTHER PROVIDENCE BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A SIMILAR POPULATION.
UM, NOW I, I BELIEVE THAT CARLISLE IS LIKE A LOT SMALLER IN SIZE COMPARED TO OTHER PROVIDENCE.
UM, SO THERE'S OBVIOUS LIKE DIFFERENT NEEDS FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UM, BUT WE JUST KIND OF WANNA PROVIDE RITUALS FOR, UM, A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY THAT WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN ALSO FOR THE STATE, UM, WHICH IS THE PART ON THE RIGHT, RIGHT HERE, UM, IT DOES SHOW THAT, UH, UPPER PROVIDENCE ON AVERAGE PRODUCES A 1.84 LESS HUNDRED TONS, UH, PER CAPITA COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGE.
UM, AND THEN JUST LOOKING FOR, UH, KIND OF WHAT COMES NEXT, UM, WITHIN LIKE THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE WILL PROVIDE, UH, MORE FINALIZED INVENTORY REPORT AND, UM, DETAILED METHODOLOGY THAT GETS INTO ALL THESE DIFFERENT SECTORS AND HOW WE ESTIMATED IT LOOK HOW WE GOT THE, UM, UTILITY DATA.
AND WE HOPE THAT THIS CAN KIND OF GIVE FRAMEWORK FOR IF PROVIDENCE EVER WANT TO USE, UH, EVERYONE TO CREATE A FUTURE INVENTORY.
UM, AND UM, THIS DATA THAT WE FOUND HERE HAS KIND OF SHOWN US A MORE SPECIFIC, UM, DETAILS FOR EACH SECTOR.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? LIKE IT'S A LITTLE WONKY SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE GARBLED A LITTLE BIT, BUT YEAH, IT'S MOSTLY OKAY.
I JUST KEEP, IT KEEPS LIKE COMING BACK TO ME AND I'M LIKE, IS THAT WHAT I'M SOUNDING LIKE TO EVERYONE? UM, BUT SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS INVENTORY ALLOWED US TO SEE WAS THE SPECIFICS IN EACH SECTOR SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH
AND SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD OPEN THIS UP TO QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, EVEN THOUGH WATER WASTEWATER IS A TINY PORTION, I JUST CURIOUS HOW THOSE WHO USE WELL WATER INTO, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR THAT A LITTLE BIT? I THINK THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ONE SITE SEPTIC IS INCLUDED, RIGHT? AS WELL AS WELL, WATER.
SO WELL WATER, UM, THE, THE ELECTRICITY USED BY YOUR HOUSE TO GET YOUR WELL WATER INTO YOUR HOUSE IS CAPTURED IN THE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY DATA THAT WE GOT FROM PEOPLE.
AND, UM, WITH
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, OH GOSH, I DON'T REMEMBER NOW.
I THINK IT'S 10 TOWNSHIP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ALSO
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THIS SEMESTER.EVERYBODY IN THE TOWNSHIP IS ON A SEPTIC SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC SEWER TO ANYONE.
SO, SO THERE ARE WAYS TO CAPTURE THAT, BUT THE, THE WELL, THE WELL PUMPING, UM, THAT KIND OF GETS LOST IN THE WEEDS OF THE RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY TOTAL.
SO IF I'M ON THE WELL, BUT I ALSO HAVE MY OWN SOLAR FIELD THAT WOULD YES.
SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I AM THAT PERSON TOO.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD WAY OF CAPTURING THAT.
SO THE NET THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH PICO AND THAT I'M DOING WITH FIRST ENERGY, THE UTILITY COMPANIES DO NOT GIVE US THE DATA TO REPORT HOW, HOW MUCH NET METERING FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL SOLAR IS COMMUNITY.
SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN KNOW THAT THIS RESIDENTIAL ESTIMATE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO HAS THEIR OWN SOLAR ARRAY AND IS GENERATING ELECTRICITY, IT'S NOT DOING THAT.
THE, THE DATA THAT WE GET FROM THE, UM, COMPANY JUST GIVES US THE, THE OVERALL DEMAND.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT FOR THE FACT THAT OUR METER BOTH WAYS, AND WE HAVE, THIS IS THE A, A DATA LIMITATION THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND IN MANY PLACES IT'S NOT EVEN EASY TO KNOW, UM, THROUGH CODE RECORDS HOW MANY SOLAR INSTALLATIONS THERE MIGHT BE.
SO WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP IN A COUPLE WEEKS, CHRIS, TO GO BACK TO THE UTILITY COMPANIES AND TELL THEM THAT LIKE, WE, WE NEED THIS INFORMATION AND WE GET MORE AND MORE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND COMPACT, UM, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO SOLAR INSTALLATIONS ON THEIR HOUSES.
LIKE ONE EASY THINGS YOU DO, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, BUT YOU COULD ENCOURAGE IT, BUT THEN THERE'S NO WAY RIGHT NOW FOR US TO TRACK WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS.
LIKE, AND I, MY ARRAY OFFSETS ALL OF MY ELECTRICITY FOR YEAR, INCLUDING CHARGING YOUR CAR.
SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG GLARING LIMITATION RIGHT NOW.
I HOPE YOU LOVE YOUR SOLAR AS MUCH AS I, I LIKE AT THE DATA ON MY APP 20 DAYS, IT'S
SOMETIMES MY HUSBAND CHECKS THE METER EVERY SINGLE DAY AT
DID YOU, DID YOU WATCH, IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE DURING SOLAR ECLIPSE, LIKE THE ARC OF THE EVERY 15 MINUTE INTERVAL OF PRODUCTION, IT JUST WENT DOWN IN THIS PERFECT VIEW.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, IN YOUR DATA, DO YOU CONSIDER THE AGE OF THE HOUSING STOCK IN A PARTICULAR MUNICIPALITY, PARTICULARLY REGARDING THE, UH, THE HEATING AND ELECTRIC RESIDENTIAL USE? SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS NOT EXPLICITLY CONSIDERED, BUT IT IS IMPLIED THROUGH THIS AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA.
IT GIVES US INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL COMPUTING THAT IS HAPPENING.
AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, NOT THIS ISN'T A FAIR BLANKET TO LAY ACROSS EVERYTHING, BUT THAT HOMES THAT ARE USING, YOU KNOW, WOOD STOVE ONSITE, UM, COMBUSTION OF SOME SORT TEND TO BE HOMES.
UM, NOT EVERYBODY, BUT TO SOME EXTENT.
BUT NO, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANYTHING BUILT INTO THAT DATA SET THAT TALKS EXPLICITLY ABOUT THE AGENT HOUSING BRANDY, ALL THIS, ALL THIS DATA THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHERE YOU GET WHAT, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT DO TOWNSHIPS DO WITH IT NOW? YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE CAN GO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THIS IS A COMMUNITY WIDE INVENTORY, RIGHT? AND SO THE, THE TOWNSHIP'S ACTUAL JURISDICTION OVER WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL IS KIND OF LIMITED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH.
SO WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, NOW IS A GREAT TIME FOR US TO START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE CARLIN AND MIKE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE SPRING SEMESTER.
AND THAT HAS TAKEN A COUPLE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS FOR COMMUNITIES WHO GONE THROUGH THIS
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PROGRAM WITH US PREVIOUSLY.SO ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD START TO DRAFT OUT A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT WOULD INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ACTIONS IN EACH OF THESE SECTORS THAT YOU COULD TAKE IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND THE RELEVANT PARTNERSHIPS WOULD BE TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE STATE COLLEGE AREA, YOU KNOW, CARLY AND MICHAEL GET YOU PART OF THE WAY THERE, BUT LIKE WE CAN'T HAVE THAT FINALIZING GIFT WRAP IN FOUR MONTHS.
LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER INPUT FROM BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE CAN, WELL, WE CAN START THAT PROCESS AND THAT'S A GOOD OPTION.
ANOTHER THING THAT UM, LOT OF COMMUNITIES WANT TO, BEFORE THEY DIG INTO, UM, ACTUALLY DROPPING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS WE COULD CONSIDER DOING SOME EMISSIONS REDUCTION FORECASTING SCENARIOS.
SO THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY USED TO BUILD YOUR INVENTORY ALSO HAS FORECASTING TOOLS IN IT.
AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN CREATE MODELS WHERE WE TINKER WITH IT AND SAY, OKAY, IF WE WANTED TO CUT OUR MISSIONS IN HALF BY 2040, WE THROW NUMBERS OUT HERE.
WHAT DOES THAT TAKE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DO? I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU FROM LOOKING AT YOUR PUNCH CHART IN YOUR CASE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CUT DOWN OUR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST NUTS TO CRACK AT ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT, IT SPILLS INTO SO MANY OTHER THINGS RELATED TO LIKE LAND USE PLANNING AND LIKE REALLY LONG TERM THINGS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE YOU'RE LOCKED INTO, RIGHT? AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE IS HARD GETTING PEOPLE TO WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT OR CARPOOL OR DO ACTIVE MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, WALK OR TAKE, TAKE A BIKE TO GO SOMEWHERE.
UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION HELP WITH THIS TO SOME EXTENT.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, SO WE COULD DO, WE COULD DO SOME EMISSIONS FORECASTING SCENARIOS TO FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF YOU, IF YOU TINKER WITH THINKING LIKE, OKAY, WELL WHAT IF 5% OF OUR RESIDENTS EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS PLUS SOLD ARE AT THEIR HOUSES? WHAT, WHAT KIND OF DENT DOES THAT MAKE? OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, 3% OF PEOPLE BUY ELECTRIC CARS EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO WE COULD, WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT FOR US IN THE SPRING IS IF YOU ALREADY ARE IN THE MIDST OF LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE OR SOME OTHER BIG POLICY, UM, COG THAT ALREADY HAPPENS, WE COULD THINK ABOUT INTEGRATING CLIMATE INTO THAT RATHER THAN CREATING A STANDALONE THING.
WELL WE, WE JUST ADOPTED THAT BACK IN NOVEMBER, SO UPDATED COVERAGE PLAN, BUT NEXT TIME WE ALSO KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE SAID ALL ALONG THAT THERE'S PIECES AND PARTS OF THE COMP PLAN THAT GET ADDED OVER TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE PARK AND RE SIDE.
IT WAS DONE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EVEN BEFORE THAT YOU, WE DID MOSTLY LAND USE PLANNING FOR, FOR THIS GO AROUND.
SO ADDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO, SO IN TERMS OF LIKE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS, WHAT WE'LL DO, SO, SO AS, AS I THINK MIKE MENTIONED, LIKE CARL AND I GROUP, THEY'RE WRAPPING THIS UP AND WE, UM, WE DO A COUPLE OF THINGS ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS WE GIVE YOU ARE THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN.
AND SO WE ARE STILL FINALIZING THE, THE VERIFICATION OF THE NUMBERS OF THE DATA THAT WE DO WITH OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PERSON AT
UM, SO WE STILL ARE VERIFYING A COUPLE OF THE SECTORS.
EVERYTHING THE, THE SHAPE OF YOUR PIE CHART LOOKS RIGHT TO ME.
LIKE I DON'T THINK ANYTHING BIG IS GONNA HAPPEN.
THESE NUMBERS MIGHT TICKER A LITTLE BIT, BUT ONCE WE HAVE A SOLID STAMP OF APPROVAL THAT THE METHODOLOGY IS CORRECT, THE DATA WAS INTERPRETED CORRECTLY, THEN CARLIN AND MIKE CAN FINISH THE INVENTORY REPORT.
WE'LL HAND THAT OVER TO YOU AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT SOMETIME IN EARLY JANUARY, UM, A SUBSET OF YOU AND THE THREE OF US CAN SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT US TO WORK ON IN THE SPRING AND YOU'LL REALLY DRIVE THAT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT, WE DEFINITELY TRY TO NOT DO LIKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH HERE WITH THIS RECOGNIZING THAT EVERYBODY WHO WE'RE WORKING WITH IN THIS COHORT IS STARTING FROM A DIFFERENT POINT IN CLIMATE POLICY AND HAS A DIFFERENT REASONABLE END GOAL, AT LEAST FOR THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE WORKING IN.
AND SO WE'LL LET YOU DRIVE THAT AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF WRITE UP A BRIEF NARRATIVE LIKE SCOPE OF WORK, PUT TOGETHER SOME DELIVERABLES
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THAT, THAT THE STUDENTS CAN, CAN WORK TOWARD.AND THEN WE WILL PROBABLY MEET REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE SPRING TO KEEP THAT MOVING.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE GONNA NEED, WE'RE GONNA NEED YOUR HELP DRIVING IT BECAUSE MIKE AND CARLIN AREN'T IN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, AND SO THEY AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO LIKE LEAVE THIS FROM STATE COLLEGE.
THEY BOTH ARE HERE IN COMMON VALLEY ME, UM, LEAVE THIS FROM STATE COLLEGE WITHOUT SUPPORT OR ANYONE THEY'RE TALKING TO.
PROVIDENCE WILL BE LIKE, WHAT WHATCHA DOING? SO WE'RE GONNA WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER IN THE SPRING IN A WAY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO IN THE SAME WAY IN THE FALL WHEN WE WERE TINKERING WITH THE INVENTORY DATA.
BUT SO, YOU KNOW, OUR SEMESTER KICKS OFF, UH, JANUARY 13TH.
UM, AND SO MAYBE SOMETIME THAT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER, WE CAN THEN WE DO HAVE AN EAC C MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THE 15TH.
HUH? WE HAVE AN EAC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THE 15TH, IF YOU WANNA WRAP IT INTO THAT.
SO, AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF GO FROM THERE AND THEN, UM, IN THE SPRING, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL, AFTER WE FINISH DOING WHATEVER WE DECIDE WE'RE GONNA DO FOR YOU ALL CAR, I BACK PRESENT IT AGAIN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, NICE, KEVIN, MAYBE WE'LL MAKE THE, UM, YEAH, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE 15TH.
AND THEN WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO WANTS TO WORK CLOSER SO IT'S MORE OF A SUBGROUP AT THAT POINT AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AND MAYBE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO MEET AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD BE DURING THE DAY, DURING YOUR CLASS TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE IF THAT, WHAT TIME SLOT IS THAT MEETING? JUST SO I, SIX O'CLOCK.
I WOULD JUST THROW ONE LAST THING OUT THERE.
UH, HOW DOES CHANGING SO-CALLED OPEN SPACE AND THE MORE TREES FACTOR IN? YEAH, ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING RELATED TO LIKE FOREST CARBON IN, IN YOUR INVENTORY.
AND, AND MOSTLY THAT'S BECAUSE WE ASSUME THAT WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE IS KIND OF PART OF YOUR BASELINE.
BUT IF WE DO SOMETHING WHERE IF, IF YOU, IF UPPER PROVIDENCE UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT WHERE THEY RESOURCED A BUNCH OF SPACE THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY FORCED, WE CAN COUNT FOR THAT IN THE INVENTORY AND, AND ESTIMATE THE, THE CARBON STATE THAT THAT PRODUCES.
YEAH, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, AS, AS A FACULTY MEMBER, I CAN TELL YOU IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE WHEN STUDENTS HAVE LIKE A REAL WORLD PROJECT TO WORK ON INSTEAD OF JUST SOME HYPOTHETICAL THING THAT, THAT WE AS FACULTY MEMBERS, LIKE IT REALLY MATTERS AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, UM, TO MAKE THAT EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND I HAVE ONE LAST NUGGET OF INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO ONE THING THAT PETER AND I DO IN THE SPRING THAT INTEREST TO OF YOU, AND IT IS, IT IS OPEN TO ANYONE.
SO WHEN I GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION, UH, YOU, YOU CAN SHARE IT WIDELY.
SO WE RUN LIKE A ZOOM BASED SPEAKER SERIES.
WE TRY TO DO IT OVER LUNCH HOUR, DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK TO KIND OF TRY TO HIT SO THAT IT, YOU KNOW, WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE SCHEDULE SOME OF THE TIME.
BUT WE BRING IN PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CLIMATE PLANNING AT THE LOCAL, UM, GOVERNMENT LEVEL TO, TO HELP YOU.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD SOMEONE WHO CAME, UH, THE TOWNSHIP MAN TOWNSHIP CAME AND TALKED ABOUT STORM WATER IMPACT FEES ALWAYS TOPIC.
UM, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT LIKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND UM, PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT SURVEYS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS SPACE OR HELPING YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT GET ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS LEAD AUTHOR ON THE NATIONAL CLIMATE, UM, ASSESSMENT, NORTHEAST CHAPTER COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
UH, SOMEONE WHO TALKED TO US ABOUT MODELING ENERGY DEMAND AS IT GETS HOT AND WE NEED MORE AIR CONDITIONING THAT CREATES KIND OF TERRIBLE POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP.
SO ANYWAY, WE CALL IT OUR HOPE AND ACTION SPEAKER SERIES AND I WILL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU EARLY, YOU KNOW, EARLY TO MID JANUARY VIA, UH, WE'RE STILL KIND OF FINALIZING THAT LINEUP OF WHO THE
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SPEAKERS WILL BE, BUT IT'S ALL RECORDED.THE SLIDES ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S LIKE A, THAT'S LIKE A NICE RESOURCE FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN ANY OF THOSE TOPICS.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS CARLA AND MIKE HAVE TO COME AND BACK TO YOU ON PARTS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT.
OKAY, WELL THANKS FOR THAT WAS HELPFUL.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO JUST TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT ANY COLLABORATION BETWEEN DAC AND WHAT I JOTTED DOWN FROM THAT PRESENTATION, JUST OVERARCHING THINGS IS I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU DISCONTINUED OR YOU DIDN'T DO THE PROGRAM IN 2024, SO REALLY QUESTION, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING 2025? AND SO THAT WAS ONE THING.
UM, I WAS, MY, MY CURIOSITY WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY ACTUALLY DO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ACTION PLAN, I THINK ONCE THAT'S HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD TIME TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT TYPES OF COLLABORATION.
AND THEN JUST LASTLY, WHEN SHE SAID I ACTION SPEAKER SERIES, LIKE THAT WOULD BE COOL TO SEE WHAT OTHER, YOU KNOW, REMEDIATIONS ARE DOING.
OR MAYBE THAT'S ONCE A WEEK COME ON SPOT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE SEVERAL PEOPLE, MAYBE ONE PERSON OR WEEK OR HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT STRUCTURE IT.
BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT OF DURING PRESENTATION FOR POTENTIAL COLLABORATION.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING OR HAVE THEY FEEL ABOUT IDEAS TO START? I THINK THEY'RE ALL GOOD IDEAS.
WE AS A EAC NEED TO REALLY GET OUR AGENDA TOGETHER.
WE, WE HAVE NOT, WE'VE DONE ALL, ALL OVER THE PLACE STILL.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR IMPACT IS, HOW WE AFFECT THINGS.
SO, SO I MEAN, THE TRUE THING IS WE DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE, NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN, SO I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT SOMETHING, IT WAS JUST, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR PUT THE TIME OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER REASONABLE BUT NOT SPECIFIC REASON.
SO I THINK WE, WHEN WE MEET ON IN UM, JANUARY OR WHATEVER, WE'VE GOTTA SPEND SOME TIME I WOULD THINK BILL, JEFF, THAT WE NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR AGENDA TOGETHER.
WHAT WE DO WANT ACCOMPLISH YOU IN 25 IS, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARDS ONLY BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THREE YEARS.
I THINK IT'S OUR THIRD YEAR AND UH, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
YEAH, I MEAN THE TREE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE TOSSED AROUND QUITE A LOT.
SO IN FIGURING THAT OUT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY OH, I, I AGREE.
I THINK IT'S, IT COULD BE AN EASY HIT AND WIN FOR US SINCE YOU'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE AND NOT ALL THROUGH.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND LIKE I SAY, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO IN OUR NEXT MEETING NOW YOU JUST SCHEDULED THAT, RIGHT? SO, UM, YEAH, SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING MARCH MAYBE.
SO AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOTTA REALLY GET HIRED AGENDA TOGETHER AND WE DO NOT HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT NOT HAVING, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
YEAH, USUALLY IT'S 45 MINUTES AND PEOPLE START COMING IN.
TO BE HONEST, UM, I WOULD PUT ON YOUR CALENDARS TOO, IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO ANY KIND OF TREE PROGRAM, WE WANNA BOOST IT WITH ONE SPECIFIC EVENT.
UM, BIRTHDAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO AT THE TOUCH OF BUILDING DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS IS, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE A BUSH GIVEAWAY OR A TREE AWAY, SOME OF THOSE LINES.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO, UM, START CONVERSATIONS WITH LOCAL NURSERIES NOW TO GET ANYTHING BY THEN.
OR MAYBE JUST EVEN HAVE SOMETHING.
WELL, SUE, I THINK THAT THAT, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF THERE'S A TIME I THINK, WELL IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, YOU WANT A TIMELINE, LIKE, WELL, I THINK WE DO, BUT I MEAN I, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT, IF WE'VE GOT THIS SCHEDULED ON FOR JANUARY, OUR NEXT MEETING ISN'T UNTIL MARCH.
NOW YOU'RE WAY DOWN THE PIPELINE.
SO IF, IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO TOO, I THINK START IT AND WE'LL JUMP IN.
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RIGHT.YOU KNOW, START IT ON YOUR END AND WE'LL JUMP IN.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN MAKE THAT COMMITMENT YET TONIGHT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO.
I'M SAYING LIKE WE HAVE RECYCLED REUSABLE BAGS THAT WE CAN DO.
LIKE WE COULD DO ALL THAT'S GOOD STUFF.
WE NEED LAUNCH OR, OR REALLY, UM, MARKET THE DONATED TREE OR ON YOU WANT WE'RE TRYING TO DO JUST TO THROW IN THERE OUR DAY IS FIFTH, WHICH IS EVEN THAT GIVES US THREE EXTRA DAYS.
THAT'S WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO, SO, UM, WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MEMORIAL TREES AND MEMORIAL BENCHES, UM, BUT THE PARK BOARD AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH IS THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN ORDER TO BUY A TREE FOR THE TOWNSHIP.
SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE A COMPONENT IN GETTING A TREE OR TO BUY A BENCH.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PARK BOARD WANTED TO DO IS TO PUSH FOR AN OPPORTUNITY, AND HOPEFULLY WITH MY NEW REC SOFTWARE, THIS WILL BE A THING, IS FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE WHATEVER AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY WOULD LIKE TO A TREE FUND AND AT THE END OF THAT CALENDAR YEAR, SAY WE HAVE $2,500 THAT WE CAN USE TO PURCHASE TREES.
SO IT WAS MORE SO ABOUT, YEAH, NO ONE TREES RIGHT NOW ARE OVER 200.
THEY'RE IN THAT 200, $400 RANGE.
SO IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMEONE TO PUT OUT FOR A SINGLE TREE.
BUT IF WE HAD THE WHOLE COMMUNITY GET BEHIND IT AND SAY, I'LL DONATE $25 NEXT MONTH AND MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE CAN DONATE A THOUSAND DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY CAN, UM, IT GIVES PEOPLE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO DONATE TO A BETTER CAUSE TO PUT MORE TREES WITHIN THE TOWN.
AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO DONATED WOULD GET A LETTER WHEN, WHERE TREE WHERE WE PUT TREES AND HOW MANY TREES WITH THAT.
AND THEN THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTOR YOU REPLACING THE MEMORIAL WITH THAT OR IS IT ADDITION? NO, NO.
AND ALSO TO REMARKET THE MEMORIAL TREE THAT IT'S SALVAGE TREE.
SO IT CAN BE USED AS A MEMORIAL, IT CAN BE USED AS A GRADUATION GIFT CAN BE USED IT A LOVE TREE.
SO IT'S, IT'S TO REMARKET IT AND, AND GET PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE ALSO HAVE A MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE LIKE TO KICK OFF AND THAT'S, WE HAVE MEMORIAL BENCHES.
WE HAVE THESE TREES ALL THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY ARE.
SO IF THEY CALL INTO TOWN BUILDINGS, SAY, HEY, I BOUGHT A A BENCH FOR MY GRANDMOTHER WHO JUST PASSED AWAY, WHERE IS IT? WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAP OUT WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND AT THAT, I'M SORRY.
AND AT THAT POINT, IF THE SOFTWARE IS ELIGIBLE TO DO THIS, IT COULD ALSO BE WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONATED? WELL WE WANT AN EAGLE SCOUT TO CONTACT STUDENTS.
I NEED A PROJECT AND THAT WOULD BE THE PROJECT AND THEY COULD USE G PS AS A LOCATOR.
WELL THE PROBLEM YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO WITH THAT IS THE SOFTWARE TO DO MAPPING IS VERY, VERY DO THE FUNDRAISING.
OH, THE FUNDRAISING PART, THE MAPPING PART.
SOMETHING THE TOWN CAN DO AND SOMETHING I CAN DO WEEKEND.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT.
YOU IDENTIFI SCOUT TO CONTACT YOU, YOU CONTACT ALL OF THE TO SAY, HEY, WELL ACTUALLY I KNOW BOB JUST HAD, UM, A MEETING WITH EAGLE SCOUT TODAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF PROJECT HE WAS LOOKING INTO.
WHEN I WAS ORIGINALLY ASKED, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WAS REPLACING OUR, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, LITTLE FLIP SIDE, THE ANDERSON, BECAUSE THAT WOULD WHERE MY HEAD WAS AT THAT MOMENT.
DID YOU HAVE LOCATIONS IN THE PARKS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AS THE PLACE THAT YOU WANNA PUT TREES? NOT YET.
WE HAVE UM, WE HAVE AN ARM ADDRESS ON STAFF NOW AND HE'S PART OF OUR GROUND CREW.
SO WHENEVER I GET A MEMORIAL TREE MORE BENCH, I SEND IT TO THEM AND SAY, WHERE AND WHAT PROPERTY ARE WE LOOKING TO FILL AT THIS POINT? SO IT'S USUALLY A, UM, WHOEVER'S NEEDED, LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC, BUT NOW THAT TAYLOR'S BEING REDONE, UM, FOR TRAILS, TAYLOR'S ALWAYS A BIG, UM, OPTION TO SEND THINGS, UM, TO BROTHERS HAS CLEARED OUT A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT, LOOKING TO REFILL SOME PESTS.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE, AND REFOREST ITSELF IN A LOT OF WAYS.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE MONTCLAIR THAT WE CAN ALSO START PUTTING TREES IN ONCE WE START TEARING.
SO IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS.
WELL THERE, THERE THEY PUT THEIR TREES IN.
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WE, WE'LL GET TO THAT, WE'LL GET TO THAT.BUT THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE AND WE CAN START ACQUIRING MORE TREES AND THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO LET NATURE DO IT.
SO IT'S, WE ALSO, THIS IS NOT TREES, BUT IT'S MORE THERE, THERE, THERE AND THERE DON'T RIGHT, IT'S A VERY MANICUR PARK.
AND SOMETIMES PARKS NEED TO BE MANURED IF THEY'RE PLAYING FIELDS.
SO, AND I'M NOT TALKING PLAYING FIELDS, I'M TALKING ALL RIGHT AROUND THE, NOT ONLY THAT PARKING LOT AND THE BUILDING OF THE GYM, IT'S A BIG FLAT PIECE OF GRASS THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE GRASS.
I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO BETWEEN THE TENNIS, DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND MAP THAT OUT FOR US.
WELL, I WOULD JUST PRINT SOMETHING OUT FROM GOOGLE MAPS.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE FASTEST WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE MY MAPS, THEY DON'T TEND TO WORK WELL WITH JUST DRAWING ON IT.
THERE'S MORE GEOGRAPHIC THAN ANYTHING.
I THINK YOU'RE BETTER OFF JUST GETTING INTO GOOGLE SURE.
SO WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING AND WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN I JUST SAW A SHORT VIDEO, SOMEBODY THE LOT, IT WAS A PIECE OF GROUND NOT THAT MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS TABLE.
AND THEY WENT, WELL WHY IS THIS GRASS, IT'S MOSTLY DEAD AND THEY PUT IN NATIVE PLANTING AND FLOWERS IN THIS GREAT IDEA.
BIG POLLINATORS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON COLLABORATION, WE POTENTIALLY GOING FORWARD, I THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON THE AGENDA.
SO THE NEXT THING, AND YOU GUYS ARE CERTAINLY LIKE, WELCOME TO SAY WE'RE NOT REALLY INVOLVED, BUT WE NO, IT'S THE WHOLE BUSINESS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA DO, UM, THE YEAR, YEAR REVIEW.
I'LL SAY PART OF THEIR, THE YEAR REVIEW IS EVERYTHING THAT THE PARK FOUR AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS FINALIZED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH JUST IF SOMEONE A FIVE MINUTE, A FIVE MINUTE READ, LISTEN TO BE FRANK, TO BE FRANK, DAC IS STILL FLOUNDERING.
SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND WE STAY AND WATCH HOW THEY DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AS AN EAC, WE'RE NOT ORGANIZED.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT FROM THE TOP DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, IT, IT IS, WE'RE NOT USED TO DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY, THE WAY THEY'RE ON THEIR PARK BOARD IS A VERY EFFICIENT WAY FOR THE A C TO MODEL THEMSELVES MATTER.
WE DON'T DO THE SAME EVENTS, BUT WE CAN DO SOME EVENTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE.
I THINK THE PARK FOR, FOR THE EC AT THIS POINT, THEM LOOKING TOO GLOBAL.
WE NEED TO START LOOKING HYPER, WHETHER IT IS THE TEST FORCE AREA'S, TALKING ABOUT LITTLE THINGS WE CAN DO ON OUR TOWNSHIP, THE TREES, LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THE PARK BOARD DOES.
I THINK STAYING HERE AND LETTING THE PARK BOARD DOES IT FOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES IS PROBABLY BETTER.
I, I THINK THE YEAR IN REVIEW IS IMPORTANT.
AGAIN, IT'S LITERALLY FIVE MINUTE LISTEN.
BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU START THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE JUST MY UM, TAYLOR AND MY TERM ENDING THIS YEAR AND LOOKING BACK, WE DID A YEAR REVIEW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE WHAT THE GROWTH, THE GROWTH AND YOU ARE SURPRISED BY IT.
AND I ALSO THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR WHEN NEW BOARD MEMBERS COME, NOT NOT A WAY TO AND SAY, OKAY, NOW I GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT'S THAT WE GOTTA DO AND WHAT MY CONTRIBUTION.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS OUR YEAR REVIEW FOR 2024.
SO JANUARY STARTED OFF ANOTHER YEAR OF BUSY PLANNING NEW PERSONNEL AND LOGISTIC ON OFFICERS WAS AND TO CONTINUE SERVE BOARD AS WELL AND AGREED TO JOIN THE C AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBER, SANDY AND BILL WERE REAPPOINTED TO THE BOARD FOR FOUR YEAR TERM.
HAVING SERVED ONE YEAR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HIRED UNDER 2024.
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VOLUNTEER SIGNUP SPREADSHEET WAS UPDATED, LISTING MYRIADS OF EVENTS AND PROGRAMS SCHEDULED THROUGH THE YEAR.ALL BOARD MEMBERS AGREED TO APPLY FOR PA APPEARANCE, CHILD ABUSE CLEARANCE.
THIS PROCESS WILL BE MANDATORY FOR ALL MEMBERS FORWARD.
WITH ALL THESE LOGISTICS IN PLACE, WE ALL RUNNING EARLY.
BIRD SIGNED UP FOR SUMMER CAMP UNDERWAY IN FEBRUARY AND WERE SOLD OUT IN 15 TESTAMENT.
WE ALSO BEGAN LOOKING INTO THE DESIRABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF HAVING A HEALTHY, SMART VENDING MACHINE INSTALLED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SUE SPEARHEADED THIS PROJECT, A MACHINE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INSTALLED LATER IN THE YEAR.
THE TWIG LIBRARY BRANCH PROGRAM WAS STARTED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH TWO STAFF MEMBERS TAKING ON THIS INITIATIVE.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS.
20 WAS NOT CHOSEN IN 24, THE P PS AGENCY AWARD, APPARENTLY IT WAS AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE FIELD IN 23 PENNSYLVANIA PARK.
WHO COMMITTEE WAS HONORED TO RECEIVE AN INVITE TO WASHINGTON DC FOR A NATIONAL VIETNAM OR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY ON MARCH 29TH.
UT IS THE FIRST HOST SITE EVER INVITED TO THE SEAMLESSLY MAGNITUDE.
THE NEW BLACKROCK PARK RESTROOM FACILITY OPENED IN MARCH TO THE COMMUNITY'S DELAY TEAM FOR GETTING THIS ACCOMPLISHED.
AFTER MANY CHALLENGES, WENDY'S MEMORIAL TREE WAS NEXT TO KATHY MEMORIAL PLAQUE PARK TRADITION HONORING THE SERVICE OF PARKS MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSED OUR SUCCESSFUL PARK WATCH PROGRAM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FROM MAY, OCTOBER, PROVIDED VALUABLE INFORMATION TO AND PUBLIC WORKS ONION OF THE PARKS TYPICALLY EXEM.
THE INPUT PROVIDED FROM USERS PROVED TO BE ESSENTIAL IN FILLING OUR MISSION STATEMENT THAT INCLUDES THE EYES AND EARS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE BOARD SELECTED THE UT CAR SHOW TO BE ONE OF OUR SECOND SPONSORING EVENTS YEAR.
REGISTERED TROPHIES FOR WINNING AND OVER THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED A GRANT FORT TO PROVIDE SEPARATE FIVE FARM LOCATION.
SCHEDULED, COMPLETED JANUARY, FEBRUARY OF 2025.
PICKLE BOWL PLAYERS ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE NEW AND COMPLIMENTARY ON SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS.
ARE ALWAYS COMMUNITY CENTER, OPEN HOUSE, MUSICFEST TOWN CENTER, COMMUNITY DAY PLUS TRIPS, SHREDDED CONSTANT SUMMER CAMPS RENTALS.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO VOLUNTEERS.
REQUIRED SUCH A BOARD AGREED TO OUR SECOND SPONSOR EVENT.
YEAR AFTER TAYLOR COORDINATED DISCUSSIONS WITH MIKE AND CHRISTINE DIXON.
FIRST FREE SKATEBOARDING CLINIC, UM, WAS A FOOD ITEM.
WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE 56 OF FOOD TO PHOENIX.
WE'RE EXCITED TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE THIS PROGRAM AS AN ANNUAL EVENT GOING FORWARD.
BLACKROCK 10 WERE RESURFACED AND NOW INCLUDE LINES, FALL PROGRAM, HISTORICAL CHRISTMAS, HOLIDAY TRIVIA, SCAVENGER HUNT AND MORE.
ONCE AGAIN, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TEAM AND VOLUNTEERS.
THE BOARD IS REVISITING THE ADDITION OF MEMBERS PARK AND REC IS WORKING ON AN UPDATED WEBSITE.
MY UPDATED, WHICH WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT THAT ADDRESSES LIMITATIONS OF OUR EXISTING SYSTEM AND THAT IS TO GO ON IN FEBRUARY, 2025.
THE BOARD IS CREATING THE FIRST ONBOARDING DOCUMENT WHERE ALL INFO WILL BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE IN ONE LOCATION AND THAT WILL BE 12.
AND BOARD MEMBERS WITH KEY INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR
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PARTICIPATION, RESPONSIBILITIES AND LOGISTICS.SANDY IS SPEARHEADING THIS INITIATIVE AT OUR FINAL DECEMBER MEETING OF THE YEAR.
WE'LL BE RUNNING OUR FIRST MEETING WITH FURTHER PROGRAMS. PROJECT EVENT IS OUR COMMUNITY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND TAYLOR WILL BE SAYING GOODBYE TO THE BOARD AS OUR FIVE YEAR TERM ENDING.
CONSISTENTLY PROVIDED TIMELY AND THIS POSSIBLE.
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE, OUR COMMUNITY AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WONDERFUL THINGS RIGHT.
YOU GO BACK THE BEGINNING AGAIN.
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT THE EAC TO SUCCESS AND THE EAC WANTS COME AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR THEM ON OUR TOWNSHIP AND WHERE OUR PARKS ARE AND WHAT THE TREES, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO FOR TREES.
THAT MAY BE A NICE WAY TO GET THESE KIDS FAMILIAR WITH TAKING CARE ENVIRONMENT.
I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF IT YOUNG.
I'M HOPING THE KIDS STILL TODAY ARE LEARNING HOW TO TAKE CARE OF SERVE TAKES UPON OURSELVES WHERE WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION WHERE WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THREE ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS, UM, IDENTIFYING STORMWATER BASINS THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP, PRIMARILY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH UM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO INVITE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MEMBERS OR OR MANAGERS FROM THIS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO A MEETING WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT CONVERTING THEIR LAWS.
THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF OUR ACTUAL, UH, PLASTIC, UM, BAG BAND, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY GONNA COME.
AND THEN OF COURSE, SO THERE ARE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, I MEAN THE PARKS HAS TANGIBLE ASSETS LIKE PARKS, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
TOTALLY IS I, I LIKE OF INTERFACING OR TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE LAWNS THAT I ASSUME COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A TEACHABLE THING.
AND I THINK ALSO LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT YOU EXIST IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA KIND OF GET PEOPLE INTERESTED AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S GEOLOGISTS OUT THERE WHO WANNA COME AND HELP WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE WATER OR LIKE JUST DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, I DUNNO.
IT'S WHAT WE SEE IS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW EXIST.
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SO WE OH, I'M SORRY GUYS CAN IMPACT THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN, IT'S THERE.I MEAN YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT THEM OPEN SPACE.
THE LAND WILL BE OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
AND THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT HOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, WE'RE PREPARING BUFFER.
WE WANT TO PUT REPAIRING BUFFER DOWN THERE.
WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT MOWING.
WE DON'T WANNA PUT MAINTENANCE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, WE HAVE TALKED TO PERFU WATERSHED ABOUT IT, UM, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE THE MOST LOGICAL GROUP TO USE.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF GRANTS THAT THEY USE.
UM, WE HAVE TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT.
IT'S JUST THE TIMING OF IT ALL HAS BEEN SORT OF DRAGGED OUT BY FEMA AND FINALLY GETTING THE HOUSES DOWN.
NOW I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE TO TAKE DOWN AT LEAST ONE MORE TO TAKE DOWN.
UM, ONE MORE TO TAKE DOWN, DOWN THERE.
WE'VE GOTTA CLEAN SOME THINGS UP.
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BEHIND PUR PURGE JUNCTION SUDDENLY WENT FROM SEEING HOUSES TO THE BACK OF PUR JUNCTION.
THEY'RE A LITTLE UPSET ABOUT THAT.
SO THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU, YOU DON'T, THERE'S NO WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE TAKING BABY STEPS, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE EC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SPEARHEADING SOME OF THAT AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO SORT OF GET THAT BALL ROLLING MORE.
SO THIS YEAR
AND SOME OF THEM ARE UP ON THE PER IN THE, IN THE UM, ROAD SECTION.
UM, MOST OF 'EM ARE ARE WALNUT JACOBS FOR PROVIDENCE ROAD AND THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE THE STEWARD OF YEAH.
THE TOWNSHIP WILL OWN THESE IN PERPETUITY.
WE ARE, WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO NEVER PUT ANYTHING YEAH.
BUT WE CAN DO AFFORDABLE LIKE FOR WATCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, SOME, THERE ARE A COUPLE NEIGHBORS HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT UM, UM, GARDENS IN THERE AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE TRICKY.
THAT, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT.
SOME OF THEM HAVE ALSO POLLINATOR GARDENS AND LIKE THE, YOU SAID TODAY, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL SORT OF OPTIONS DOWN THERE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANYBODY'S SPEAR THAT THE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE CALLED ME ABOUT.
I'M LIKE, COME TO THE BOARD AND SAY THAT YOU WANNA PUT A POLLINATOR GARDEN IN ONE OF THESE, ONE OF THESE THINGS AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO IT YOUR TIME LIMITED MY TIME LIMITED THE PARK BOARD, THE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH ANYTIME SOMEONE CALLS UP, LIKE COME TO THE BOARD, ASK THEM IF YOU CAN DO IT.
SO YOU WANNA START WITH THE PARK BOARD, START WITH THEM.
YOU START WITH ASKING THEY, THAT'S ALWAYS THE CHALLENGE.
THAT'S ALWAYS THE DAY FOUNDATION PLANET FOREST GROVE 95 80, WHY CAN'T WE, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH, 'CAUSE WE CAN LOOK INTO IT, BUT LIKE THE TREES WE JUST GOT FROM PERGO AND WATERSHED, WERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN MORE SUBSTANTIAL TREES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GRAB AND SWAB THE
SO YOU GOT ALL THESE TREES BUT NEATH THE DEER AND, AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN SPEND MORE MONEY ON IT.
THEY GOT SQUIRREL AND I LOST A GOOD PORTION OF THEM.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION THAT WE NEED BEFORE WE SAY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT THIS POINT WITH ALL THOSE A GOOD START IN TALKING AND COMING UP.
SO, SO AGAIN, IF ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY AS WELL AS YOU'D LIKE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
UM, SO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE ONBOARDING FOR THE PARK.
SO YOU WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT SHOW? I DON'T IT.
OR MAYBE JUST GIVE YOU CAN GIVE IT OVER.
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ACTUALLY BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT HAS GOOD POINT.WHAT THE PARK BOARD DOESN'T UTILIZE A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY, UM, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THIS SPACE.
AND THAT'S MAINLY A NEW PROBLEM BECAUSE I DON'T HUNDRED PERCENT KNOW HOW TO USE IT THAT WELL.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SAY, JEFF HAS HIS COMPUTER HOOKED UP TO THIS TV.
IF I WAS UP ON THE DAY, I COULD CONTROL IT ON THAT, UM, SCREEN AND THIS ONE AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO ON OUR JANUARY, 2025 MEETING CARDBOARD IS TO SHOWCASE EVERYTHING THAT SANDY WORKED ON.
UM, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT ONCE I MOVE FORWARD AND SHARING THAT WITH EVERYBODY.
UM, BUT WE CAN FOCUS AND HAVE THIS LEAST EVERYTHING'S UP HERE SO EVERYBODY CAN A BETTER TOOL.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, SO THE ONBOARDING PACKET THAT SANDY HAS PUT TOGETHER IS, UM, VERY EXTENSIVE.
IT HAS, UM, ABOUT 18 DIFFERENT TABS THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM, UM, THE WELCOME LETTER TO, UM, GIVE A BASIC INFORMATIONAL SENSE OF WHAT THE PARK BOARD IS AND WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT.
UM, THERE'S HANDBOOK AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THIS IS ALL EDITABLE.
I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT WRONG, UM, RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE BASIC CONSENSUS ON THIS PAGE WOULD BE SOMETHING ALONG LINES OF, HERE'S OUR MISSION STATEMENT, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT.
AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT YOU'LL BE, UM, ON WHEN BECOME PART OF OUR GROUP.
HOW MANY SPECIAL EVENTS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO COME TO AND VOLUNTEER FOR, UM, EVERY YEAR.
UM, BEING PART OF THE EVENT THAT YOU CREATE AS A PARK BOARD, UM, THE CLEARANCES THAT YOU DO NEED IN, UM, UH, IN ORDER TO BE ON PARK TO OUR, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN WILL BE TAKING, UM, A HIGHER FOCUS MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES WAS HOW MANY, UM, MONTHLY MEETINGS YOU HAVE TO ATTEND.
UM, HARD A MONTH, UM, MONTHLY AGENDA INPUT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST THE CHAIR OR MYSELF PUT TOGETHER IS EVERYBODY PUT FORTH OUR AGENDA.
UM, AND THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT THEY GIVE TO THE TOWNSHIP.
SO SIMILAR TO YOU GUYS AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A PARK BOARD, BUT THEY ARE ADVISORY.
SO EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, I BRING BACK TO MY TEAM AND I BRING BACK TO, UM, TOWNSHIP STAFF.
UM, I WON'T GO OVER THIS ENTIRELY.
I, WE'LL HAVE EVERYONE ACTUALLY DO THIS FINE PHONE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE OUR MISSION AND OUR VISIONS, OUR BYLAWS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE IN THE PARK CREATED.
UM, IT CONTAIN OUR MONTHLY, UM, SCHEDULE AND IMPORTANT DATES.
SO THIS WILL BE ALL OF OUR MAJOR EVENTS.
SO THE PARK DEPARTMENT PUTS ON HUNDREDS OF EVENTS IN SMALL EVENTS, UM, ALIKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE PARK BOARD IS ONE OF MY HIGHEST VOLUNTEER RACES.
I CAN'T BROADEN THE EVENTS THAT I DO VOLUNTEER HELP, UM, PARK BOARD DOES IN ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL BEING IN HERE AS WELL.
UM, TOWNSHIP AND, UM, OUR, THIS WOULD BE OUR PARK AND FACILITIES OVERVIEW.
UM, IT WOULD BE ALL OF OUR MAJOR, UM, PARKS, OUR COMMUNITY CENTER FALLS UNDER THE PARK AMERICA BRIDGE, UM, AS WELL AS ANY OF THE PARKS AND SPACES THAT, UM, ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR WEBSITE IN WHICH THIS WILL HAVE A LIVE LINK TO ALL THE PLACES THAT ARE CLICKABLE.
AND IT CAN TELL YOU, DOES THIS ONE HAVE A RESTROOM FACILITY? DOES THIS ONE JUST HAVE TRAILS? WHAT DOES THIS PARK HAVE CURRENT ON? A COMING PROJECTS IS THE NEXT ONE.
AND THAT IS, UM, MORE OF A NEW THING, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, IT'S MAINLY WHAT ARE THE UPCOMING, UM, PROJECTS THAT THE DEPART IS WORKING ON THAT CAN USE? LEMME KNOW.
NO, BUT UH, MAINLY WE NEEDED ONE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONED, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A NEW BOARD MEMBER HERE.
THIS RIGHT HERE IT IS, WE CAN HELP YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFORMATION, IT'S BEEN SCATTERED UP UNTIL THIS TIME AND THE PARK BOARD HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE.
HOWEVER, IN THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE, IT DOES NOT, IT WAS SIMILAR.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IN, TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, IT CHANGED HANDS.
THE PARK BOARD HAS ANTICIPATED FOR A WHILE.
UM, AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH COVID AND WE DIDN'T MEET THAT OFTEN.
SO WE ARE STILL, WE HAVE JUST GOT ON TRACK.
IF THAT MAKES, THEN WE ACTUALLY GOT A NEW ORDINANCE, RIGHT.
WHAT WE WERE DOING AS OPPOSED TO WHATEVER, WE HAVE THE SAME PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU'VE BEEN ON IT SO LONG THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER GETTING IT, BUT YEAH, I, ME AND OFTEN
AND YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY DO NEED THE ORDINANCES FOR,
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WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE EA THAT'S, WE SHOULD, ONE OF THE THINGS SANDY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL BE DOING THIS MORE LIKE IN JANUARY WHEN EVERYBODY TAKES A LOOK, IS I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A TAG WHERE YOU HAVE NEAR LIST THEM.SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE REALLY PEOPLE CAN GO AND THEN PEOPLE CAN GO AND IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO, TO JOIN THE BOARD, THEY CAN REALLY GET A QUICK SENSE JUST BY READING WHAT DOCUMENTS.
SO I THINK, AND THAT WILL KIND OF MAKE EVERYBODY, AND THEN I KNOW IN THE, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES WAS EXTRACTED FROM WHAT THE SOLICITOR, WHY CAN'T, I NEVER SAID WHAT THE CHAIRPERSON'S RESPONSIBILITIES WERE.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BASELINE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
AND THEN I, I REWROTE THE BOARD RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, AND I, I INCLUDED STUFFED TO YOU SAY YOU WANT, I THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THAT IN THERE BECAUSE WE'RE MEETING WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT PUT IN THE THINGS I SENT IT TO YOU.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK I PUT IT IN.
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, SO PEOPLE DON'T FORGET SOMEBODY'S GOTTA LOOK AT RPS AND WE'RE GONNA BE, SOMEBODY HAS TO DECIDE WHO'S GONNA WRITE THE, SO YOU CAN HAVE, BUT I, I, I DID EMAIL IT TO YOU, BUT, SO I THINK THOSE ARE KIND OF KEY THINGS.
BUT I THINK YOU, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE PLACE.
ANY OTHER, I THINK YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT CLOSELY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR FIRST MEETING OF NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, FROM THE TIME YOU OPEN YOUR COMPUTER TO HAVE ACCESS THE DOCUMENT.
I HAD A DOCUMENT WHERE EVERYTHING IS SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW.
ALRIGHT, YOU VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERS.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I GUESS JUST AGAIN, MOVING ON, JUST ONE THING UNDER THE BOARD.
PUT THAT, UM, THE MEETING ATTENDANCE SPREADSHEET ON GOOGLE DRIVE FOR LIKE, PERFECT.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE RACK TOO.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER TOO LONG BECAUSE UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH THE LOAD OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, I HAD TO CUT EVENTS FOR NEXT YEAR IN ORDER FOR US NOT TO GO CRAZY.
UM, WE ALSO ARE CUTTING EVENTS SO I CAN ADD IN MORE EVENTS.
UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT VERY MUCH WANT TO HOST THEIR OWN OBSTACLE 5K IN WHICH, UM, MY DEPARTMENT IS BROUGHT ON BOARD BECAUSE WE BROUGHT EVENTS.
SO, UM, APRIL, I'M GONNA SAY SET IT UP AND UNTIL YOU FORGOT IT, IT'S A SATURDAY IN APRIL, IT APRIL 5TH, SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, THIS IS GOING TO BE IN LIEU OF THE TEAM EGG HUNT AND THE SPRINKLER.
UM, THAT IS BECAUSE I SAW A MORE THAN 50% DROP IN OUR TEAM EGG HUNT REGISTRATIONS LAST YEAR.
THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY IT TAKES TO PUT THAT EVENT ON WITH ALL OF THE PIG BAGS, THE ORDERING OF EGGS, THE GETTING DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE AND SPONSORSHIPS FROM PEOPLE, UM, IS BETTER USED FOR A BETTER PURPOSE.
SO THE 5K THAT WE'LL HAVE IN APRIL WILL ACTUALLY BE A BALL, UM, WILL BE, THERE'LL BE AN ADULT SECTION, THERE'LL BE A TEEN SECTION, THERE'LL A KIDS SECTION.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING INTO BRINGING ON LIKE BEST HOUSE HOSPITALS FOR THE KIDS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THEY'D LIKE TO NAME IT A GAUNTLET, UM, NAME THIS FIVE OLD PEOPLE ALL ABILITIES.
I DO EVERYTHING FOR ALL ABILITIES, BUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WILL BE LIKE FLIPPING TIRES.
IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY FUN STUFF AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT AGAIN FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A VERY INVASIVE, NO, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY, UM, ALL HANDS ON DECK INCLUSIVE, BUT IT ALSO, BUT NO, IT SHOULD BE GOOD.
SO WE HAVE NOT FILED OUR 2025, WHICH I USUALLY HAVE FOR THIS SPECIFIC MEETING.
IT'S ALREADY OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE, IT SIGNIFI CHANGES THE COURSE OF THE REST OF OUR SCHEDULE.
SO WE'LL STILL HAVE, UM, MAY 3RD IS STILL MUSIC FEST.
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CAMP GO OUT LIVE IN FEBRUARY.UM, WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE GOING LIVE IN FEBRUARY.
THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCES AND WE'RE GONNA, WHAT WE DO SUMMER CONCERTS THIS YEAR, OUR SUMMER CONCERTS ARE NOT DOING WELL UNLESS IT'S KID FOCUSED.
SO IT'S, UM, IT WAS A GOOD OPTION.
UM, BUT UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING LIKE, UM, TWO OF A KIND WORDS IT'S BASE FOR KIDS, IT, IT'S FOR AGES THREE TO SEVEN.
THAT'S MY IMMEDIATE, THAT'S MY AUDIENCE.
SO EVEN IF I HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE PARENTS OF THAT KID GENERATION, THEY DON'T.
SO, UM, INSTEAD OF LOSING DOLLARS TO SPEND ON 25 PEOPLE, I'D RATHER HAVE 200 PEOPLE COME TO A KID SHOW THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
SO, UM, THAT WILL START IN MAY.
WE'LL GO THROUGH AUGUST, SO I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT UM, IN JANUARY.
BUT RIGHT NOW I'LL SEND YOU UM, A BETTER CALENDAR OF OUR EVENTS AS SOON AS I FINALIZE.
WITH ALL THESE NUANCES COMING, WHAT WAS THE ATTENDANCE FOR MUSIC? MUSICFEST WAS DOWN, SAY THE 1% CHANCE OF RAIN TURNED INTO HUNDRED.
SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY TAKE THAT.
WE STILL HAD A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE COME UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT MUSICFEST IS NOTHING OF THE, AND I WOULD'VE CANCELED IT, BUT IT WAS PERCENT WHAT MONTH WAS THAT? IT WAS MAY 4TH LAST YEAR AND WE MAY 3RD THIS YEAR.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S UM, I'LL GIVE YOU MORE, UH, UPCOMING EVENTS AS THEY COME SUMMER CAMP, WE ARE NOW HIRING THE, UM, ABILITY TO APPLY LIVE AS OF TODAY.
UM, IT IS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S ON LINKEDIN, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT IS LOOKING FOR SUMMER WORK, IT IS A GREAT GIG.
IT'S SIX WEEKS, YOU GET THE WEEK OF 4TH OF JULY OFF.
YOU DON'T WORK NIGHTS, YOU DON'T WORK WEEKENDS AND YOU GO ON REALLY FUN TRIPS AND YOU GET PAID PRETTY RECENTLY FOR DOING IT.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY, PLEASE SEND THEM.
I WAIT BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS IN HIGH POINT IS IT WAS AN AID REQUIREMENT TO APPLY.
I KNOW
SO THOSE ARE CONSIDERED OUR, UM, COUNSELORS IN TRAINING.
THEY CAN BE UM, WHAT ISN'T 1414 YOU START GETTING, UM, YEAH THE COUNSELORS IN TRAINING, WE, WE TAKE THEM TO 13.
UM, AND THEN AT 1516 IS WHEN WE START HIRING YOU FOR REAL.
DO YOU HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING KIDS? YEP.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE SENIOR STAFF AND WHAT I NOT IN TIME LENGTH, IT MEANS MORE OF A SENIORITY.
UM, THOSE ARE TEACHERS FROM PRE COURT.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE THEM LOCKED IN PLACE, BUT IT'S ALL OF OUR UM, BASIC CAMP STAFF.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO IT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE STRIVE TO, WE LIKE TO HAVE OUR UM, ENTIRE CAMP STAFF IN PLACE BY MARCH TRAINED BEFORE, THE WEEKEND BEFORE.
SO UM, AND THAT USUALLY IS WHAT THE CASE IS RIGHT NOW WE TRAIN THEM LATE BECAUSE WE DON'T GET EVERYBODY IN UNTIL JUNE.
UM, I REALLY NEED EVERYBODY IN BY MARCH.
SO THAT'S TAKE STEP, BUT IT WILL GO LIVE.
THE DATES SAME EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WE START THE WEEK AFTER SPRING END AND WE GO THROUGH FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.
UM, SO THAT I SAID THE STONE MARKETING WILL START GOING OUT, BUT MARKETING IS ALREADY OTHER WAY.
I FEEL LIKE AFTER LISTENING TO YOUR REVIEW AND AFTER LOOKING EVERYTHING, UM, MELISSA AND I FEEL LIKE, AND BOB LAUREN FEEL LIKE WE, WE SHOULD PUT IN FOR SOMETHING FOR PPS THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME BUT UM, IF ANYONE ON THE PARK BOARD HAS ANY IDEAS OF WHICH LOCATION PUT IN FOR, UM, PLEASE LET KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT US GOING IN ON.
UM, LIKE I SAID, ALL OF OUR CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS AND THAT TABLE, SO, UM, I'D APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS WHICH WE SHOULD GO FOR, PLEASE LET KNOW THAN LATER AND WE'LL BE, BE EVENTS.
IS IT, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
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IT COULD BE A STRUCTURE THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE THAT WE PLAYGROUND THE ONE YEAR.UM, IT COULD BE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.
IT COULD BE A PERSONNEL THAT OUTSTANDING.
SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT? I THINK, I MEAN LISTEN, THE CAR SHOW CAME OUT NOWHERE AND WE'VE ALWAYS SOLD OUT AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A LARGE ATTENDANCE.
WELL I'M MORE LOOKING FOR THE DAY 15.
BUT I'M SURE THESE EVENTS, ARE THEY FUNDRAISERS? NO, OUR EVENTS, THE CAR SHOW WITH THE FUNDRAISER, THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS THE PARK DIRECT DEPARTMENT FOR YOUTH PROGRAM CAR MAKES MONEY.
UM, BUT MOST OF THE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT WE RUN, WE TRY TO JUST BE EVEN WITH MONEY SPENT MONEY BROUGHT IN, WE'RE NOT, UM, REVENUE DRIVEN BY DEPARTMENT.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO BREAK EVEN.
SO AS FAR AS THE DECIDED SOON, WHICH EVENT, WHICH CATEGORY AND THEN LIKE LA LAST TIME TAYLOR SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE PREVIOUS COUNT, THIS PREVIOUS YEAH.
I MEAN FALL FEST THIS YEAR WE HAD THE MOST PEOPLE, WE HAD 6,500 PEOPLE HERE FOR FALL FEST.
SO I FEEL LIKE THAT ALONE, I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST.
UM, THAT'S ALWAYS AN EASY GO TO BECAUSE IT DOES BRING IN THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
ARE WE AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ALSO DO FALL FAST? IT IS HOW WE PRESENTED.
THEY LOVE PICTURES, THEY LOVE THE FLUFF OF THE EVENT.
UM, I DID ASK
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S A PRETTY STURDY EVENT.
UM, BUT I, I APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE TO SHOOT ME.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE ALMOST LIKE DEFINED BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING UNIQUE TO RIGHT.
WELL, AND I DID ACTUALLY THINK OF CAR SHOW TO US, SO I COLLABORATION.
SO BUT YOU'RE NOT ON YOUR OWN.
I'LL, I'M NOT A WRITER DIRECTLY.
OUR TRANSPORTATION, THEY ARE DC GUYS, GUYS ON IT.
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COMING BACK IN JANUARY, YOU GUYS MEETING, NEED A NEW CHAIR, WE NEED A NEW VICE CHAIR, WE'LL NEED A NEW SECRETARY.SO, UM, AND WE ALSO WILL BE MOSTLY BRINGING ON THREE NEW, TWO NEW PEOPLE, UM, TO TAKE, UM, VERY VALUABLE AND JANUARY, JANUARY 6TH AND YOUR MEETING IS JANUARY 8TH.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A TWO BUFFER TO FIGURE THAT OUT IF THOSE PEOPLE GET APPOINTED IT STILL DECEMBER.
SO YES, BE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON BOARD THAT YOU WANT TO POSSIBLY MOVE INTO A NEW POSITION OR START OR BEING THEIR POSITION.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY JANUARY 6TH WE DO ELECT TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT DO PARTICIPATE ON TAYLOR SHOULD KEEP HIS POSITION
I CAN'T YOU CAN YOU GO? YES WE CAN.
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WELL, OKAY.THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO SOMEONE JOIN COMMISSION.
YOU DEFINITELY, IF YOU SEE LIKE THE EVOLUTION OF, OF A FIVE YEAR TERM.
I MEAN IF YOU, YOU WANT CONTINUITY AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S DIFFERENT TERM SURE TIME, HOWEVER THE ENERGY LEVEL KIND GOES DOWN.
AND IS THAT TRUE JEFF, FOR TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND YOU WANT PEOPLE WITH A DIFFERENT SKILLSET TO COMPLIMENT WHAT YOU HAVE.
SO IT IS ON ONE HAND, YOU, YOU, UM, I I MEAN IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE REPOINT, BUT YOU ALSO WANT BE LOOKING AT THE HELP OF THE, THE BOARD.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SHOULD BE IS THAT PERSPECTIVE I HAVE TIME.
MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME POSITION BECAUSE WE WE'RE VOLUNTEERS, WE PUT OUT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF ENERGY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ORGANIZATION RUNS WELL AND BRINGING ON NEW PEOPLE, BRINGING ON NEW IDEAS IS IS VERY HELPFUL.
I YEARS IS A LONG TIME ON SECOND FIVE YEAR TERM.
WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSISTENCY AND LONGEVITY IS USUALLY MORE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THAT FIRST TWO YEARS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE FIRST TWO YEARS UP FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT IS IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
I THINK IT TOTALLY DEPENDS ON BOARD.
YEAH AND I THINK THE COURSE YOU HAVE THAT CONTINUITY BUT IT'S GOOD TO GET WE HAVE AN OPENING ON TIME OFF YOU.
OKAY SO, UM, JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER WANNA AN UPDATE ON HONOR YOU ABLE, YOU ARE HAVING EXCELLENT.
I PUT THAT UP THERE BECAUSE I'LL CHANGE HOW THAT LOOKS MOVING FORWARD IN 2025.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE, THERE'S A COUPLE EVENTS THAT ARE JUST VERY HARD TO PUT ON THERE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE LIGHT SHOW.
UM, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS I'VE PUT UP SPECIFIC TIMES FOR PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER AND THEN NO VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE THOSE TIMES DON'T WORK.
SO I HAVE LEFT IT UP TO THE BOARD TO TELL ME LIKE, HERE'S THE DATE THAT I NEED YOU, HERE'S THE TIME OF THE EVENT, WHEN CAN YOU BE THERE SO I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE THERE AND THAT SEEMED TO WORK BETTER FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, THE ISSUE THAT I'M HAVING NOW IS LIKE FOR THE AIR, FOR THE A RAIDER FARM FOR VOLUNTEERS, IT'S NAMES AND THERE'S NO DATES OF WHEN ANYBODY, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING TO WHAT THING.
SO I WILL MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE INTRICATE, UM, IN 2025 AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN GIMME WHAT TIMES YOU CAN STILL MAKE IT.
IF IT IS A TWO HOUR EVENT, PLEASE DON'T TELL ME YOU CAN SHOW UP FOR 20 MINUTES.
THAT'S NO EVENT IS NOT A HOME FOR ME.
UM, AND I DO NEED, I WILL HAVE IT CUT OFF.
I DO NEED TO KNOW WE CAN ADVANCE BECAUSE I DO NOT CHECK THE GMAIL THE DAY OF.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO CHECK IT USUALLY THE WEEK OF EITHER.
SO IT'S, IF YOU ARE GONNA SIGN UP, KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA SIGN UP, PUT IN IN ADVANCE FOR ME JUST SO I KNOW AND JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL BEING LIKE, I I'M GONNA BE THERE, I'M GONNA SHOW UP AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE GMAIL'S NOT MY PRIMARY EMAIL, UM, SO I DON'T AT IT EVERY DAY.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST MY UPDATE TO THAT.
IT WILL CHANGE MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE ARE GONNA PUT IN HERE IN THE HANDBOOK AND EVERYTHING, HOW MANY EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS DECIDED, UM, ON YOUR OWN, HOW MANY YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO? IT'S NOT, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE SHE PUT, PUT THAT, JUST PUT SEE SO I KNOW WHO'S COMING SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOUR, OKAY, SO IT'S PRIOR TO EVENT SOMETHING YOU USE AFTER DOES SHEET SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE USED AFTER THE EVENT.
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THE REASON WHY IT, IT SERVES A PURPOSE AFTERWARDS TOO IS BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEING WHO ON THE BOARD IS, IF YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S TO VOLUNTEER FOR THREE TO FOUR EVENTS.SO IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN SAY GOING FORWARD.
LIKE THEY MAY NOT INVITE YOU TO COME BACK FOR REAPPOINT, YOU, YOU MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT IT'S A NEGATIVE THING, JUST YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO FULFILL YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
YEAH, SHE WANTS THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I SURE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS THAT ANYONE HAD THAT I JUST, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IS, IS THE ANDERSON FARM TRAIL ON SURVEYORS HAVE STARTED, UM, IF YOU DRIVE BY ON ONE 13 BY THE FIRE LANE WHERE THIS TRAIL WILL BE CONNECTED TO, UM, THERE IS A POST IN THE GROUND THAT THE SURVEYORS ARE USING FOR LEVELING OFF EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, WORK HAS BEEN STARTED IN THAT SENSE BUT THERE'S NO SHOVELS IN GROUND.
SO WE'RE STILL POTENTIALLY LOOK FINGERS CROSSED.
I OTHERWISE YET OKAY, AWESOME.
UM, SO ON MINE IS SOME CLOSE BED RECAPS.
SO, UM, THE BIGGEST ONE, WHICH WE'VE HAD A FEW BIG EVENTS, UM, IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.
AND THE ONE WAS THE 5K PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMCA.
THAT WAS ON THANKSGIVING MORNING.
IT WAS JUST LIKE THIS, IT WAS AT LEAST WARM.
UM, BUT UM, IF YOU WERE THERE, YOU WERE DRENCHED.
UM, WHAT I WAS THERE FOR THE EVENT.
UM, THEY DID NOT HAVE A THOUSAND RUNNERS AND THEY WERE HOPING FOR, THEY DID HAVE OVER 800 PRE-REGISTER AND SIGN UP.
BUT GIVEN THE CONDITIONS ON THANKSGIVING MORNING UNDER, I THINK IT WAS JUST AROUND 500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP THAT DAY.
SO IT WAS STILL A GREAT EVENT.
UM, STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE STILL HOE TO GET THAT RUN IN BEFORE THEY ATE ALL DAY.
UM, THE TRAIL HELD UP WELL, I WAS THERE TO HELP MAINTAIN, UM, ORDER ON THE TRAIL, UM, PUT UP ALL THE SIGN BOARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MORNING.
AND UM, THE UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS ALWAYS DOES AN AWESOME JOB AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE THEY PUT OUT, THEY CUT A LOT OF BRANCHES DOWN SO PEOPLE WOULD RUN INTO THINGS.
THEY CLEARED OUT THE GROUND FOR THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO SURVEY HAZARDS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST TO MAINTAIN THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
UM, SO EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL, NO ISSUES THAT DAY OF.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO JUST AROUND 500 PEOPLE I WOULD SAY WERE THERE THAT THEY HAVE BETTER NUMBERS THAN I DO.
UM, AFTER THAT WE HAD, THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD OUR FIRST NIGHT AT A RADAR, UM, THE LIGHT SHOW WE HAD CROSSING SNOW IN THERE TO WALK PEOPLE INTO THE FIRST LIGHTING, THE LIGHT SHOW 5 30, 7 30 SANDY CAME OUT.
UM, AND WE'RE IN A BURN VAN SO I COULD NOT LIGHT ANY OF THE 10 TO 15 KIT FIRE SITES BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.
WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED, UM, HUNDRED 50 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE LIGHT SHOW.
WE DID GET RID OF ALL OF OUR 50 GIFT BAGS THAT WE HAD READY FOR THE KIDS.
SO IT WAS A DECENT EVENT AND WE GO BECAUSE IT IS ALL OUR LIGHTS IN CASE NOTICED.
UM, FACTOR IN COVID, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO UM, LIGHT DISPLAYS IN WHICH, UM, WE STAFFED THURSDAY, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
IT BECAME EXHAUSTIVE AFTER DOING IT.
AND UM, A RADIO CAME INTO TOWN AND WE THOUGHT, HEY, WHAT A BETTER PLACE TO PUT OUR LIGHT SHARE BETTER CHRISTMAS STREET FARM THAT HAS PEOPLE THERE.
SO WE GET A PERCENTAGE, WE DO.
UM, UM, SO IT'S THERE ALL, ALL SEASON LONGING.
WE HAVE EVENTS EVERY WEEKEND THERE.
SO I HAVE A STAFF PERSON VOLUNTEERS THAT GO OVER AND UM, PUT ON THINGS.
THIS WEEKEND IS, UM, BOB HAS UM, CAMPFIRE STORY TIME.
SO WE HAVEN'T ALLOWED THIS ONE NIGHT TO GIVE HIM THE REIGN TO DO A BONFIRE ONE BONFIRE, UM, AT THE LOCATION.
SO BOB AND A VOLUNTEER THAT MY SON, YES.
ALL OF THESE EVENTS ARE AT A RADAR RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE LIGHT SHOW HALFWAY THROUGH YOU'LL FIND BOB AT A CAMPFIRE.
HE'S GONNA HAVE FOUR PACKETS FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU CAN USE MORE OF THE CAMPFIRE.
HE DOES A, I BELIEVE A NATION STORY TIME AND HE'LL BE DOING THAT AT FIVE 30.
AND THEN ONCE HE'S DONE WITH THAT AND THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THAT, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE AT SIX 30 AND WE'RE THERE FOR THOSE TWO HOURS.
SO WE LEAVE AROUND 7 30, 8 O'CLOCK ONCE WE GET UP.
UM, THE NEXT NIGHT WE HAVE UM, CHRISTMAS TRIVIA AND UM, MAKE OUR OWN SNOW.
SO WE HAVE STAFF OVER THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT ARE COMING OVER ON THE 14TH FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD BY 30 TO SEVEN 30 TO DO THAT FOR US AND GIVE OUT SOME SWAG.
UM, JUST TO SHOWCASE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE THERE PRESENT.
AND THEN THE LAST EVENT THAT WE
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HAVE WITH THEM IS SANTA.SO MELISSA AND I WILL BE THERE ON THE 21ST, UM, WITH SANTA CLAUS.
SO SANTA WILL BE AT THE LUNCH SHOW COMING IN ON A PARK.
HOW DOES ONE BIG SNOW, OH IT'S SO EASY.
UM, BUT WE DID BUY THE LITTLE JARS AND IT'S BAKING SODA.
IT'S BAKING SODA AND WATER AND WHEN YOU MIX THAT ALL UP IN A BIG BOWL, IT BECOMES S FLAKY AND SNOW.
LIKE, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT GIVE IT TO THE KID TO TAKE HOME TO MOM AND DAD'S HOUSE.
UM, DURING ALL OF THIS WE ALSO HAD OUR PARTNER, WE UM, PLANNED UM, SIT AT THE FIREHOUSE WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, OVER THAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND WE SOLD ABOUT SIX, UM, 70, UM, PRE-REGISTERED FOR THIS EVENT.
SO FAMILIES CONSISTED OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE TO 10 PEOPLE, WHICH WE DID HAVE.
WE HAD ABOUT 250 TO 300 PEOPLE THROUGH THAT NIGHT AT SEE SANTA INSIDE THE FIREHOUSE.
WE CHANGE, WE KICK OUT ALL THE APPARATUSES, ALL THE ENGINES ARE GONE EXCEPT THE ONE RED ONE, WHICH IS THE BACKDROP FOR SANTA.
AND UM, WE HAD BOUNCE HOUSES, WE HAD CHOCOLATE, WE HAD COTTON CANDY, WE HAD CRAFTS WITH THE KIDS AND COLORING AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME THROUGH AND THINK BACK TO VOLUNTEERING.
AND THOSE ARE THE, AND THEN WE HAD OUR DANCE RESET LAST WEEKEND.
THAT HOUSE ALMOST 500 UM, SPECTATORS, TWO DANCE SHOWS WITH OVER 92 KIDS IN EACH SHOW.
SO IT WAS A LOT OF UNDERTAKING THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
I KNOW MORE THINGS I AT THIS VERY MOMENT WITH HARD NUMBERS.
UM, THE LAST COUPLE I WENT OVER, SO WE HAVE THE LAST ONE AT AREA.
WE HAVE THE LAST FULL WEEKEND THIS WEEKEND AND THEN WE'LL BE THERE LIKE NEXT WEEKEND WITH SANTA.
UM, AND THAT IS FOR AFTER THE 21ST.
AND YOU'RE EX PRETTY GOOD WITH VOLUNTEERS OR YOU HAVE MORE? I HAVE TO LET ARIA IS COMING THIS WEEKEND.
AND AGAIN IF ANYBODY WANTS TO JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL, IF YOU HAVE TO SIGNED UP ALREADY, JUST LET ME KNOW YOU'RE GOING SO I CAN PREPARE WHOEVER'S LEAVING ME WEEKEND AND YOU'RE COMING WITH ME ON THE 21ST.
SANTA LOOKS LIKE THE REAL DEAL.
I HAVE A BIG, MY COMPUTER, YOU GUYS CAN NOW LOOK AT HIM.
HE'S, HE'S VERY, HE'S REALLY, HE'S WITH THE KIDS SO IT SHOULD BE A NICE UM, OKAY.
AND THEN MYRICK WEATHER WEBSITE UPDATE.
SO WE WILL BE STARTING TO SEND EMAILS OUT TO UM, OUR CURRENT MEMBERS AND ANYONE WITH AN ACCOUNT ON REC DESK.
MY REC WILL START GOING LIVE ON JANUARY 1ST.
UM, IT WILL BE GOING LIVE IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO CREATE AN ACCOUNT OR YOU CAN SEE IF YOU ACCOUNT AN ACCOUNT, IF YOU CREATE AN ACCOUNT ON JANUARY 1ST WITH AN EMAIL THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE MYX SYSTEM, IT WILL BOUNCE BACK AND SAY YOU'VE ALREADY GOT AN ACCOUNT IN WHICH YOU CAN SAY OKAY, THEN RESET MY PASSWORD AND THEN YOU CAN RESET YOUR PASSWORD AND THEN ALL WILL BE GOOD.
UM, IT'S YOUR EMAIL, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I USE ANY OF THOSE AND ALREADY THE SYSTEM AND JUST HELPS US NOT HAVE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS FUNDING.
UM, AND THEN IT WILL OFFICIALLY GO LIVE FOR PEOPLE TO START USING AND ACCESS OUR PROGRAMS AND REGISTER FOR THINGS IN FEBRUARY.
UM, AND THEN WHY IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE, THE TOWN WEBSITE DOESN'T HAVE A POINT OF SALE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE REGISTRATION POSSIBILITIES? WHAT DOESN'T? IT'S A LIMITATION.
THE COMPANY, YEAH, THEY DO THAT, THAT SO THAT YOU BUY THEIR RENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS NOT SO, UM, WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE AND THIS IS OUR FOURTH WEBSITE CHANGE IN 10 YEARS AND UNTIL I RETIRE WE WILL STAY WITH THIS ONE.
IT IS THE MOST PAINSTAKING THING THAT WE'LL DO.
YOU'LL NOT SEE ME IN THIS OFFICE IN JANUARY.
WE'LL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER DOING DATA, UM, IMPLEMENTATION THE WHOLE MONTH.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT WE HAVE THE BUDGET UPDATE.
SO, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DRASTIC CHANGES TO WHAT I PROPOSED FOR MY END OF THE PARKS BUDGET AND IT DID GET APPROVED THIS MONTH, THANK GOODNESS.
UM, SO WE WILL START MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS AND UM, IT IS LIVE ON THE WEBSITE SO IF ANYBODY DOES WANT TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, UM, YOU CAN GO AT IT ON THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU WANT ANY DETAIL ON ANY BUDGET LINES THAT YOU DO NOT SEE OR HAVING QUESTIONS YOU CAN UM, ASK ME IN THE JANUARY MEETING.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IT'S SEPARATE.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO I, THE LAST THING IS
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OTHER AND THE ONLY THING I HAVE THAT I THINK WOULD BE GOOD TO CAPTURE IN THE MINUTES SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN LOOK IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, DECIDE JUST SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT WE JUST DIDN'T GET TO IN 2024.SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF JOT DOWN IF YOU WANT TO REVISIT THE MURAL PROJECT, UM, IF YOU WANT TO, THE, THE THING THAT I, THAT TAYLOR BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, IS ADDING THE PARKS AND OUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN THE SEWER LIKE THE TOWNSHIP DOES.
SO THAT GETTING OUT TO EVERYBODY AND THEN THE RIVER CRET, UM, TRAIL SIGNAGE AND THEN NAMING OF THAT TRAIL AND THEN YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE ONBOARDING.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I COULD THINK ABOUT THAT WE WANTED TO GET TO, BUT WE JUST RAN OUTTA TIME UNLESS, SO YOU HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AND SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE GOING FORWARD OR NOT.
INSTEAD DOING SEWER BILL BECAUSE THAT'S HEIMER THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO TELL YOU GUYS.
WELL YEAH AND YEAH, HEIMER BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY, BUT I KNOW JULIE'S STUFF, HER ENVELOPES, SO IF YOU, FOR HER OR IF YOU MAKE THE COPIES FOR HER, THAT'S CONTENTION RIGHT.
VOLUNTEERING AND I WILL HAVE MAGNETS SOON TOO WITH ALL OF OUR BIG EVENTS ON THEM GOING BACK TO OLD SCHOOL.
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UM, IS THERE ANY, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A LONGER MEETING SO IT, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.GLAD THAT WE GOT, I'M JUST LOOKING AT SEVEN TO 10.
YES, WE HAVE VERY, AND WE KIND OF JUST, WHOEVER TAKES OVER LYNN'S POSITION TO HAVE THAT TIME.
ALRIGHT, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD.