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MINDFUL OF WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU DO.BUT, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE, UM, MEETING
[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
TO ORDER.UM, AND THE FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS THE APPROVAL
[2. Approval of Minutes]
OF THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER.AND WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO APPROVE THEM.
THERE WERE A LOT TO READ THROUGH.
THEY WERE A LOT TO READ THROUGH, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG MEETING TO WRITE THE AGENDA.
'CAUSE USUALLY, UM, LYNN WILL WRITE ME A BRIEF WE SHOULD PUT ON HERE.
UM, AND THEN FOR ALL OF OUR PUBLIC, IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY.
TECHNICALLY FOR NOW, THE PUBLIC IS HAPPY.
THE HAS AND THE PUBLIC IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.
I TRIED TO GET MY KIDS TO DO IT.
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GONNA DO THIS.
I LIKE WATCHING MY KIDS WITH THE RED FACES.
WE HAD, WE HAD THE TWO COLORS AND WE HAD THE MIX.
OH, I JUST HEARD THE GATE DOWN.
BUT MY WIFE, THEY CRANK THIS UP TO LIKE SEVEN G.
[4. New Business]
FIRST THING ON NEW BUSINESS I JUST HAVE FOR PARK BOARD IS WELCOME OUR NEW PARK BOARD MEMBERS.SO I'LL WAIT TO GO AROUND THE TABLE.
SO, UM, AS OF TODAY WE HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
THERE IS A, I WON'T PIGGYBACK ON EXACTLY WHAT WE SAID ABOUT THE BOARD SUPERVISORS 'CAUSE IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO THINGS AND EXPECTATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU WERE VERY LUCKY THIS YEAR BECAUSE SANDY HAS WRITTEN LIKE A WHOLE HANDBOOK FOR YOU GUYS SO YOU GUYS CAN GET LIKE, ORGANIZED.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN SUPER ORGANIZED, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, I WILL SEND THAT OVER TO YOU GUYS SHORTLY BECAUSE WHAT WE TRY TO DO HERE ON THE PARK BOARD IS EVERYTHING'S VIA GOOGLE DOCS.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO USE THAT OR IF YOU NEED HELP WITH IT, JUST LET US KNOW.
LIKE ALL THE VOLUNTEER SPREADSHEETS ARE ON THERE, MINUTES ARE ON THERE, AGENDAS ARE USUALLY PLACED IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN YOUR HANDBOOK WILL BE THERE ALSO.
AND ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVERYTHING WILL BE IN THERE FOR YOU GUYS.
SO I THOUGHT WE'D JUST GO AROUND REAL QUICK AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO EACH OTHER IS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKS, OPEN SPACE, PLAYGROUNDS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PICKLEBALL LESSONS, ANYTHING, JUST GIMME A MINUTE.
UM, I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE, THE PARK BOARD.
UM, I HAVE BEEN ON IT PROBABLY TWO YEARS, I THINK.
UM, I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE COME IN AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND SIT IN THERE AND JUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE THE ORGANIZATION BEFORE I JOINED IT.
AND, UM, I FIGURE IF THE GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO USE MY MONEY, MY TAX MONEY FOR THINGS LIKE THE PARKS AND RECREATION, I WANNA BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
NOT THE OTHER COMMITTEES, THE PARK BOARD.
I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY TO SEE EVERYBODY.
I WILL CERTAINLY MS. LYNN AND TAYLOR, WHO DID A GREAT, GREAT JOB.
WITH THE BOARD OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
I AM A SUPERVISOR HERE IN UPPER PROVIDENCE.
I AM, THIS IS THE BOARD THAT I CHOSE THAT I WANT TO BE A PART OF.
UM, I AM ACTUALLY RE-UPPING, THIS IS MY SECOND TERM AS PART OF THE PARK BOARD.
SO I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS, UM, AND I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME.
CURRENTLY A GENERAL MEMBER OR A GENERAL PUBLIC MEMBER, BUT, UM, UH, VERY INTERESTED IN PARKS.
UM, PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE.
KEEPING OUR PROPERTY VALUES UP WITH NICE OPEN SPACES.
UM, I RUN A, UH, BASE BASEBALL CLUB WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION
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OR WITHIN THE, UH, TOWN TOWNSHIP THAT UTILIZES A LOT OF THE, UH, FIELDS AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE.SO JUST REALLY ENJOY BEING HERE AND BE HERE.
I LIVE 10 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD IN COLLEGEVILLE.
UM, I'M CURRENTLY A PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT A SCHOOL.
I RUN OUR SUMMER CAMPS AND SPECIALTY PROGRAMS. I'VE WORKED IN PARKS AND REC AS A CAMP COUNSELOR AND THROUGHOUT IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILDING PROGRAMS AND SPACES FOR FAMILIES.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY BOARD.
UH, KEN CAMPBELL OBVIOUSLY VOLUNTEER HERE.
I THINK IT'S WHAT, ONE YEAR? TWO YEARS.
WELL, I WAS GONE FOR SIX MONTHS.
I WAS, SO THAT KIND OF THREW MY TIME OFF WITH YOU GUYS.
I'M ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, SO WE DO A LOT OF, UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO YET.
WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE STILL FIGURING THAT OUT.
IT'S A NICE MEETING WAS, UM, AS YOU SEE, I WORK OVER AT MCGUIRE SO I COME FROM THERE AND THE TRAFFIC TODAY WAS TERRIBLE.
IT'S A GOOD OLD, WELL, I DO THREE, THREE DAYS IN PERSON, SO I'M LUCK OUT THERE.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, SOME DAYS IT'S DEMANDING.
WAYNE SUE'S LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER, BUT IT'S FINE.
I'M A 33 YEAR RESIDENT OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
I LIVE ON LISA MURRAY LANE, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.
I WORKED AT WYETH AND PFIZER ABOUT 30 YEARS.
AND SINCE RETIRING ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, I'VE UH, GOT INTO DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER WORK.
MARIA AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD AT ANNE'S HEART IN PHOENIXVILLE.
UM, I'M VERY INVOLVED IN THERE.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
MARIA'S MARIA WAS THE PREVIOUS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
AND WHEN SHE LEFT SHE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR ME TO GO BE VICE PRESIDENT.
AND THEN SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, JOE, I HAD THIS OTHER THING
AND SO I KEEP ON FOLLOWING, I'M JUST DRAGGING HIM ALONG.
SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE A COUPLE OTHER GOOD IDEAS SOMEWHERE.
BUT, UH, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER EXCELLENT A BUNCH.
AND I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IN PHOENIXVILLE, RYAN, SHAR, PAX, UM, OPEN HEART, AND I DECIDED TO TRANSFER.
I TRANSFER TO VOLUNTEER ACROSS THE RIVER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHERE I LIVE.
SO HERE 44 YEARS FROM COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 34 YEARS IN THE TOWNSHIP.
UM, I'M VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED PERSON.
WE OWN A COMPANY CALLED KONA ICE, WHICH WE DO A LOT OF SHAVED ICE IN THE MONTGOMERY CHESTER, PHILLY AND BUCKS COUNTY.
UM, BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS, I THINK.
GOT A HALF YEAR LONG IN NEW YORK.
WE'LL GET TO THE VOLUNTEERING
I DON'T WANNA SCARE ANYONE OFF SCARE RIGHT AWAY.
UM, SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE HERE FOR WHEN WE GET THE WALL AGAIN.
AND I AM HELPING THEM FACILITATE THEIR END OF THINGS.
I HAVE A LOT OF SIGNS AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN TAKE OUT OF MY SHED.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO GET MY SPACE BACK.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE TO DO TONIGHT, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE NEW, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE COULD GO THROUGH THE POSITIONS REALLY QUICK.
WE DO HAVE TO DO A REORGANIZATION MEETING TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS CAN ALSO TELL ME IF IT'S TOO SOON.
YOU'D RATHER WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH.
I'M HAPPY TO, THE BETTER WE ARE.
SO THE POSITIONS HERE, DO YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE SHEET? YEAH.
DO YOU WANNA DO THAT FOR ME? SO, YEAH.
AS FAR AS THE POSITIONS WE HAVE, UM, AVAILABLE, THERE'S, UM, THE, THE, I'M GONNA GO FROM THE TOP DOWN FOR THE CHAIRPERSON.
SO THE CHAIRPERSON HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COORDINATING THE MEETINGS AND WE HAVE TO GO OVER THESE LIKE STEP BY STEP.
UM, I WANT MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE ACCURATE.
UM, I'LL DRAFT THE AGENDA, SEND IT TO SUE, SHE'LL GO OVER IT.
WE'LL COME UP WITH THE AGENDA.
UH, THE, THE CHAIR WILL GET THAT AGENDA TO YOU.
UH, THE CHAIR PRESIDES OVER MEETINGS.
THEY'RE THE PORT OF POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE PARKS AND REC STAFF AND ALSO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
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THE PARKS AND REC.SO IF WE DO THE FACE OF THE PARK BOARD, IF WE DO ANY EVENTS THAT THE PARK BOARD SPONSORS, THEN UM, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE USUALLY PRESENT.
BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HELD, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, THAT'S WHERE THE CHAIR COMES IN.
SO THE VICE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETING IF THE CHAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE.
UM, THEY ALSO TAKE MINUTES IF THE SECRETARY IS NOT AVAILABLE.
UM, THEY ALSO WILL HELP KEEP THE, UM, PROCEDURE MANUAL UP TO DATE.
MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THERE IS CORRECT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE THE EYES AND THE EARS TO HELP OUT WITH.
UH, WITH THE CHAIR, THE SECRETARY, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SECRETARY IS TO RECORD, FIRST OF ALL THE ATTENDANCE.
SECOND OF ALL IS TO RECORD THE, MEET THE, THE MEETINGS ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA.
SO THE MINUTES ARE, UM, ALSO POSTED ON THE UM, UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.
THE SECRETARY IS RESPONSIBLE TO WATCH THE PARK WATCH, MAKE SURE THAT THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE BEING FOLLOWED THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.
WE'LL, WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THOSE.
UH, MAKE SURE ALL THE BOARD'S CONTACT IS UP TO DATE.
THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SECRETARY.
MAKE SURE THAT THE TERMS ARE ACCURATE FOR WHEN THE TERMS EXPIRE.
THE SECRETARY HAS TO UPLOAD THOSE MINUTES INTO THE D DRIVE, UH, EACH MONTH SO THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND THERE'S ONE MORE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN HERE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF LIKE OUR ORDINANCE OR ANYTHING.
BUT THERE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR, UM, LIKE TED IS RIGHT NOW, HE'S A MEMBER OF OUR EAC, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE.
UM, IT IS A MANDATORY ORDINANCE WITH EAC THAT SOMEONE FROM THE PARK BOARD IS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EAC.
UM, YOUR TERM IS CURRENTLY UP MY FRIEND.
SO YOU GET TO EITHER VOLUNTEER AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT AS WELL.
WELL AS TWO WOULD LIKE TO I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT'S ONLY I WON'T AROUND
I BELIEVE IT'S LESS THAN HERE.
I DID ONE YEAR AND THEN CANCELED TOOK OVER OVER THE LAST YEAR.
MEMORY DOES GO WHEN YOU GET OLDER.
I'M ALREADY WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH THEM.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE AND SEE.
WELL, RICH WAS NOT, NOT VOLUNTEER LAST TIME YOU
SO I NOMINATE MYSELF TO STAY WITH THE EEA.
SO THE POSITIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE ARE CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY, AND UM, THE EAC, WHICH IS NOW NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
IT DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE POSITIONS AT THIS POINT? I THOUGHT THE OTHER SECRETARY CHRIS.
I THOUGHT THE OTHER POSITIONS WERE FILLED.
SHE'S STILL CURRENTLY I'M VICE.
SO SHE HAS TO RUN THE MEETING TODAY.
IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SAY, OH, I WANNA RUN FOR A POSITION IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE FULL EXTENT.
SO IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANNA RUN FOR A POSITION AFTERWARD, WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW IT.
UM, WHILE THE COMMITMENT IS THERE, THE COMMITMENT IS ONE THAT WILL PROBABLY BE THREE TO FOUR HOURS A MONTH.
IF THAT STAY SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A HIGH AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND MUCH OF OUR WORK IS DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
UH, WE DO A LOT OF OUR PLANNING NOW, BUT THEN THE PHYSICAL IS, IS DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
SO, WHICH WE DON'T MEET IN THE SUMMER.
SO SOME OF THOSE HOURS GO INTO LIKE VOLUNTEERING FOR SUMMER CONCERTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE TRY TO KEEP OUR MEETING SHORT.
UM, SIX O'CLOCK, SEVEN 15 ISH.
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UM, IT DEPENDS UPON HOW MUCH WE HAVE.IF WE, I TRY TO, WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED SO THAT, SO THAT, UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT LIKE HEARTS STRICT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BY ROBERT'S RULES IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
SO I GUESS WE WOULD TAKE A VOTE FOR CHAIR.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYONE THEY'D LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR CHAIR? I WANNA NOMINATE SANDY FOR CHAIR.
YOU'RE JUST CLIMBING THAT LADDER.
DOES THAT MEAN I GET TO RETIRE? LIKE YOU MIGHT
IS THERE ANYONE LIKE TO RUN FOR VICE? VICE CHAIR? YOU CAN'T.
AS A BOARD MEMBER, I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THE OFFICERS.
AND LILY, YOU'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH DIFFERENT BOARDS.
YES, AND I CURRENTLY, UM, AS I SAID, SO I RUN A SUMMER CAMP, I RUN SPECIALTY PROGRAMS. SO I DO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
MIGHT YOU BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR VICE CHAIR? YEAH.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMMITMENT AND JUST WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? OR YOU NEED TO DO THAT AFTER? OH NO, IT SOUNDS A LOT MORE INTENSE THAN IT.
UM, THE VICE CHAIR IS A VERY EASY POSITION.
IF EVERYTHING COMES THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR IS GONNA HELP ME WRITE THE AGENDA.
THE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETINGS FOR ME.
THE CHAIR IS MY GO-TO PERSON TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD.
UM, THE VICE CHAIR PICKS UP ALL OF THAT WHEN THE CHAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO IF THE CHAIR IS, IF SANDY'S OUT FOR TWO MONTHS, YOU WOULD THEN BE MY SECOND IN COMMAND AND BE ABLE TO DO ALL THOSE SAME THINGS.
THE ONLY HIGH EXPECTATION LEVEL ON OUR LEVEL OF WORK IS PRETTY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
THERE IS A HIGH VOLUNTEER RATE FOR THIS PARK BOARD.
UM, IT'S NOT A BUTS AND SEATS TYPE OF PLACE.
LIKE WE GET OUT, WE MOVE AND WE, WE DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING.
SO THAT'S MAINLY THE HOURS THAT COME WITH EVERY POSITION THAT IS HERE.
SO YES, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THE CHAIR.
BILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT YOUR NAME INTO A HAT TO RUN THE ICE CHAIR? NO.
RICH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? NO, THANK YOU.
I'M A THREE BOARD JUST COVERING OUR BASE BASES HERE.
SO REALLY? SO ANYONE, EVERYONE GOOD? OKAY.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
AND THEN THE NEXT IS SECRETARY.
AND THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT POSITION.
BECAUSE WHILE, HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DESCRIBE? UM, HE'S A HIGH ACHIEVER.
ALL THE MINUTES ARE DONE BY THE END OF THE MEETING AND SENT OUT.
UM, THAT'S NOT, THAT WAS THE STANDARD THAT TAYLOR SET.
OUR STANDARD IS WE JUST LIKE TO GET THE MINUTES.
SO CAN MARIA DO THAT? ARE YOU ALLOWED TO DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE REALLY LIKE TO TAKE NOTES? ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE, IN THE, UM, I, THE SLIDE TAKES A NO, THE YOU SINCE, SINCE TAYLOR'S YOUR OFFSPRING.
DOES, DOES HE GET THE ORGANIZATION FROM YOU AT NO, IT SKIPPED GENERATION.
UM, I WILL CHECK WITH, YEAH, WHY DON'T WE, HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT THIS? WOULD YOU BE AT ALL INTERESTED IF YOU'RE ON THE BOARD? I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
I'M SAYING YOU ARE ON THE BOARD.
WOULD YOU HAVE ANY ANSWER IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS? I'M INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
HOW ABOUT YOU TEMPORARILY? I CAN DO IT TEMPORARILY.
LIKE I SAID, I COULD CHECK WITH JOE JUST TO MAKE SURE.
BUT I KNOW HE WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME THAT I COULDN'T BE VICE CHAIR ESPECIALLY.
WE'RE DONE WITH THAT CHECK MARK.
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SO WE'LL CHECK WITH JOE.MARIE, CAN YOU JUST COPY ME ON THAT? SO I I WILL, I'LL, I'LL SEND SOMETHING TO HIM, UM, IN THE MORNING SO WE'RE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING I HAD UNDER PARK BOARD IS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON JUST EXPLAINING WHAT PARK WATCH IS, I GUESS I CAN.
WE DO PROBABLY, WE START IN APRIL.
CAN YOU SPEAK SEPTEMBER LOUDER? I'M HAVING A HARD TIME.
UM, BASICALLY WE START IN APRIL AND WE GO THROUGH I GUESS SEPTEMBER.
AND EVERYONE'S ASSIGNED DIFFERENT PARKS.
THE DOG PARK, ANDERSON PARK HERE.
UM, WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE? TRAIL.
AND YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE AND OBSERVE IT AND IF THERE'S PEOPLE THERE CHIT CHAT IT UP WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT? THE DOG PARK IS THE MOST EXCITING BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING
WE'LL HAVE A, UM, A, A SPREADSHEET MM-HMM
THAT HAS FIRST OF ALL THE SIGNUPS FOR IT AND WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL OF THAT.
I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA, OH, GO AHEAD.
YOU SEEM TO WANT TO DO EVERYTHING SO
THE, THE THING THAT I WANTED TO, UM, I THINK I WAS GOING THROUGH MY YEAH.
I DIDN'T KNOW WAS WE, GO AHEAD.
SO THE NEXT THING IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHART AND YOU FILL IT OUT THE CHART AS WE GO THROUGH.
UM, YOU FILL IT IN AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THE MEETING AND WE TALK ABOUT IT.
THEN SUE WILL ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
I THINK JOSH SOMETIMES COMES AND WE EXPLAIN DIFFERENT THINGS TO THEM.
UM, AND THEN ON THE CHART THERE'S A COUPLE QUESTIONS YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL OUT.
AND YOU GET A DIFFERENT PARK EACH MONTH.
SO YOU'RE NOT AT THE SAME AND SOMEONE YOU'RE OFF.
SO PART OF THE PARK WASH, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS IS TOO, IS THAT WE, UM, PART OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WORKS FOR THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT.
UM, JOSH KELLY AND HIS CREW IS THE FOREMAN FOR THAT POSITION.
SO IF THERE'S LIKE RANDOM NOTES, LIKE ONE OF THE FENCE POSTS LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BROKEN OR THIS PIECE OF THE PLAYGROUND LOOKS LIKE IT'S MISSING SOMETHING OR, UM, SOMETHING'S BEEN GRAFFITI OR YOU JUST HAVE A REALLY AWESOME COMPLIMENT, LIKE THE LINES ON THE BALL FIELDS TODAY.
LIKE HE SEES ALL THOSE AND THEN HE CAN GO OUT AND FIX THEM OR YOU CAN SEND SOMEBODY ELSE OUT TO GO FIX THEM.
SO IT'S JUST THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT JUST, WE TRY TO BE EVERYWHERE, BUT WE'RE VERY, UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT MANY BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
SO THIS IS WHAT KIND OF HELPS ME SEE EVERYTHING WITHOUT, UM, GETTING OUT THERE IF I CAN'T GET OUT THERE.
AND YOU'LL GET, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS ALL IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE SO YOU GUYS WILL GET TO SEE IT.
SANDY CAN WALK YOU THROUGH STUFF.
UM, NEXT MONTH MY GOAL IS TO USE THE TECH IN HERE SO WE CAN GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS NEXT MONTH.
I JUST DON'T WANNA OVERWHELM TONIGHT WITH A MILLION THINGS.
SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT REMINDERS ABOUT THAT IN MARCH.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF FUN ALSO BECAUSE, UM, AS RICH WAS SAYING,
WE'RE ASKING THEM, HOW IS, YOU KNOW, THE PARK, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN DO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE IT? SO THAT'S KIND OF FUN.
SO NEXT THING, UM, THE WAY OUR AGENDA GOES, IT'S PARK BOARD THINGS AND THEN PARKS AND REC THINGS.
WE JUST THEN GO BACK AND FORTH.
I'M GONNA HAND OUT TO EVERYBODY.
UM, OUR DRAFT OF OUR EVENTS, I HAVE APOLOGIZED SINCE NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY IN THE DEPARTMENT, I'LL JUST HIT DO THE REST.
UM, THAT I DID NOT HAVE THIS OUT IN NOVEMBER FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THEN I ALSO DIDN'T GET IT OUT FOR DECEMBER.
SO BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS COMING UP AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHAT GOES ON THESE SHEETS IS OUR BIG THINGS.
OUR 4,000 PLUS PEOPLE THAT COME OUT FOR THINGS.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR SMALLER EVENTS AND SPECIALTY PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS JUST A SLIGHT OF WHAT IT IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING ON IN 2025.
BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR EXTRA HANDS ON DECK FOR.
I ALWAYS WANT TO GIVE THE PARK BOARD, UM, AHEAD OF TIME.
YOU'LL SEE ON HERE THERE ARE SOME CHANGES I DID.
UM, I AM KIND OF RUNNING MY STAFF INTO THE GROUND A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAD TO TAKE SOME THINGS AWAY.
UM, THERE'S JUST NOT THAT MANY OF US TO CONTINUE TO DO, UM, EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, SO
UM, WE, WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IN PARK AND REC IS WE ALL GET TOGETHER IN THE DIFFERENT TOWNSHIPS, IN DIFFERENT BOROUGHS AND, UM, WE END UP KIND OF SHARING IDEAS AND THEN SOMETIMES
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WE TAKE EACH OTHER'S IDEAS AND SOMETIMES OTHER PEOPLE DO IT BETTER.SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ALMOST A DECADE AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO DECADES.
AND IT WAS FINALLY TIME TO JUST LET IT GO.
UM, SO INSTEAD WHY NOT BRING IN AN OBSTACLE COURSE 5K WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT INSTEAD.
SO WE WENT FROM SMALL TO NOT SMALL.
SO WE ARE STARTING TO WORK ON THAT, UM, VERY HEAVILY.
UM, APRIL 30TH IS OUR BUS TRIP.
UM, I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THERE BECAUSE, UM, JUST TO GIVE THE PARK BOARD, UM, A HEADS UP.
WE USED TO RUN A NUMBER OF BUS TRIPS BEFORE COVID.
WHEN COVID HIT, WE STOPPED DOING AS MANY AND WE SLOWLY STARTED TINKLING THEM BACK INTO OUR REPERTOIRE.
AND OUR LAST TWO TRIPS WERE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT AND PEOPLE WERE ON WAIT LIST.
SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF OUR TRIPS NEED EXTRA BUSES.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST TAKING ONE BUS TO NEW YORK, WE MIGHT BE TAKING TWO.
WE JUST BOOKED THIS YESTERDAY, SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEW ONES.
UM, WE DO, WE WANNA DO, WE WANNA GET BACK TO DOING AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE TRIPS A YEAR.
SO THIS IS GETTING TO, I THINK THIS IS OUR THREE OR THIRD OR FOURTH THAT WE'LL HAVE THIS YEAR.
BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE FOR THAT
THIS ACTUALLY AS SOON AS WE GOT THE CONFIRMATIONS YESTERDAY, SO SHE SHOULD HAVE IT OPEN IN PROBABLY FEBRUARY.
AND THEN FOR ROCKETTE'S, I THINK WE HAD A FULL BUS ON THE WAIT LIST.
I THINK I WAS HEADED TO WORK WHEN YOU GUYS WERE PULLING OUT OF THE PARK
I WENT, OH WOW, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO THEN MAY 3RD, UM, IS OUR UP MUSIC FEST.
THIS IS OUR, UM, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE GOOD WEATHER THIS YEAR.
UM, THIS IS OUR THIRD ONE THAT WE'VE DONE.
THIS IS FROM A LOCAL RESIDENT.
UM, TIM WILLIAMS STARTED, HE CAME TO, HE APPROACHED US ABOUT THIS, UM, THE YEAR BEFORE COVID.
AND UM, IT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL MUSIC CONCERT FOR US.
UM, WE'VE SHORTENED THE LENGTH OF THE TIME JUST TO GET BETTER ACTS SO WE CAN PAY FOR BETTER ACTS TO COME IN.
UM, BUT WE GENERATE, UM, IF IT'S NOT DOWN POURING LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE DAY, WE WILL HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2,500 TO 4,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT DAY.
SO THAT'S A FREE DAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME.
WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND BEER GARDEN AND ALL SORTS OF FUN.
UM, I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE, I'M JUST TRYING TO READ SOME OF THEM OFF THAT YOU GUYS MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, THE SHREDDING EVENT, UM, WE DO EVERY YEAR, EVERY OTHER YEAR WE ADD AN E RECYCLE TO THAT.
SO LAST YEAR WE DID E RECYCLE.
SO THIS YEAR IT'S JUST SHREDDING.
THE ONE THING THAT IS NOT ON HERE, WHICH UM, WILL ALSO BE IN MAY IS WE PARTNER WITH THE TOWN CENTER AND WE DO A BLOCK PARTY.
WE BRING FIRE BEING POLICE, WE BRING PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY DO A SMALL MINIATURE KIND OF COMMUNITY DAY WITH ALL THEIR SHOPS.
SO, UM, THAT DATE HASN'T BEEN SET YET, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT ON THERE.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR DANCE REC RESET ON MAY 10TH, BUT THAT'S NOT LIKE A HUGE, HUGE THING.
UM, SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, WE START THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES OFF ON MAY 3RD WITH MUSIC FEST DURING THE MONTH OF MAY.
UM, ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT FOR FREE TO PERFORM THEIR LAST YEAR OF ENDING CONCERT.
SO WE DO HAVE SPRING FORWARD PV THAT DO COME OUT TO DO THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE CHANGING THINGS UP WITH SUMMER CONCERTS AND WE'RE TRY, WHAT WE'VE TRENDED IN THE LAST TWO SUMMERS IS MORE CHILD BASED PERFORMANCES.
I GET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT FOR AN HOUR LONG MAGIC SHOW.
AND WHEN I BRING OUT LIKE A DAVE MATTHEWS COVER BAND, I GET 25 PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH MORE OF THE KID THEME THING.
THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY WITH THIS YEAR.
UM, LAST YEAR WE UM, TRIED FOR A TAYLOR SWIFT COVER BAND AND WE HAD ALMOST A THOUSAND.
WAS IT FIVE? WHO WAS IT? IT WAS, OH MY GOSH.
IT WAS, IT WAS ALMOST TO 800 HOUR PEOPLE THAT WERE, WERE THERE, THERE FOR THAT NIGHT.
I JUST HAVE TO FIND AN AWESOME BAND.
UM, BUT THOSE GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER, SO TWO A MONTH FROM MAY.
UM, ON ONBOARD, JUNE 15TH IS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL CAR SHOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON.
UM, AND THIS BRINGS IN OVER 200 CLASSIC CARS AND ABOUT 500 OR SO SPECTATORS, DEPENDING.
UM, WE PARTNER WITH THE VALLEY FORGE BAPTIST CHURCH ON THEIR FIREWORKS AND SUMMER FEST.
THEY DO A FAITH AND BLUE EVENT, WHICH PARTNERS WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE ALL JUST KIND OF PARTNERED TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, SEPTEMBER 20TH IS OUR COMMUNITY FALL FEST.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT THE TOWNSHIP PUTS ON A YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE HAD CLOSE TO 6,500 PEOPLE ON THE PREMISE FOR THIS, IT IS FOUR, IT'S ONLY FOUR HOURS LONG.
THIS CAMPUS IS PACKED IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE OR COME TO IT, IT'S, IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S A GREAT DAY AND IT GOES BY LIKE THIS.
SO IT'S A LONG ONE, BUT IT'S, IT'S SHORT.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE DO A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS.
WE WORK WITH THE YMCA FOR THE GRAVEL WALL 5K AND THEN WE PARTNER WITH A READER FARM, UM, WITH OUR LIGHT SHOW.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THEIR TREE FARM IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THEY HAVE HELD ALL OF OUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
SO, UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE OURS.
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THEIR SALES AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM GOING.SO IT'S A NICE PARTNERSHIP AND THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO EXTEND MANPOWER TO HAVE SOMEONE STAFF IT.
SO IT'S VERY NICE IN THAT REGARD.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE ALREADY INTO DECEMBER, SO, UM, PICTURES OF SANTA AT THE FIREHOUSE DECEMBER 2ND.
UM, THERE'S A LOT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF EVENTS.
SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR.
I'M SURE THERE IS SOMETHING I'M MISSING, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AS OF TODAY.
UM, THESE WILL GO ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE.
ALL OF THESE ONES WILL GO ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE AS A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE.
UM, WE ARE KIND OF GONNA PLAY WITH THE SPREADSHEET A LITTLE BIT.
NORMALLY WHAT I DO IS I PUT THE TIME OF THE EVENT AND THE TIME THAT STAFF, LIKE MY STAFF WILL BE THERE FOR SET EVENTS AND THEN, UM, PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
AND IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP VOLUNTEER, THEY CAN PUT THEIR NAMES ON THAT LIST, UM, OF WHAT TIME YOU ARE AVAILABLE.
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IF UM, YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE EVENT AND YOU WANNA HELP PRE-SET UP, AWESOME.
THAT'S EVEN MORE HELPFUL SOMETIMES IN THE EVENT ITSELF.
UM, CLEANUP IS ALWAYS A HUGE THING, BUT UM, I ALWAYS ASK FOR AT LEAST LIKE AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S HARD TO LIKE PLACE YOU AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M QUICKLY MOVING YOU OUT ANYWAY.
SO IF YOU CAN GIMME A GOOD LENGTH OF TIME, THAT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE.
UM, ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO PRPS AWARD, UM, PRPS IS OUR, UM, PENNSYLVANIA RECREATION PARK SOCIETY.
WHEN DID YOU SAY THAT'S GONNA GO UP? THESE ARE GONNA GO UP THIS, UM, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
I JUST WANNA GET THAT LIKE ONE EXTRA DATE.
ON THE FIFTH, THE FIRST, THAT'S A MORNING EVENT.
WE'RE, IT'S A LATER MORNING EVENT.
APRIL'S GONNA BE TRICKY WITH THE WEATHER AND THE SUNRISE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE RACE START AT 10.
AND THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL 5K, IT'S A GAUNTLET.
SO THERE ARE PHYSICAL OBSTACLES IN BETWEEN THE RUN.
SO YOU'RE GONNA RUN FOR SO MANY YARDS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO STOP AND MAYBE FLIP A TIRE AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA RUN AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, THEY'RE THINKING OF PULLING A POLICE CRUISER WITH A ROPE AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA RUN AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA DO BURPEES AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING EXCITING.
BUT THERE'S GONNA BE TWO METHODS TO THE MADNESS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ADULT VERSION AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A CHILD'S VERSION.
IT'LL BE A FAMILY STYLED EVENT.
WE'LL IF THE PARENTS ARE RUNNING THE THE BIG ONE, THEN WE WILL HAVE YOUR KIDS WITH PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS HELP BABYSIT THEM.
BUT IT'S LIKE A OBSTACLE COURSE INSTEAD OF LIKE A TIRE FLIPPING ONE.
UM, SO THE PENNSYLVANIA, UM, RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY IS, UM, WHAT ALL THE RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, UM, WORK THROUGH.
IT KIND OF GIVES US GUIDANCE, IT GIVES US EDUCATION IS SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN.
AS CHAIR, YOU'LL GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
I'LL UM, NOT DO LIMBS THIS YEAR AND YOU'LL HAVE IT SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THEIR RESOURCES AND LEARNING RESOURCES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR WITH PRPS IS THEY HOLD AN ANNUAL, UM, CONFERENCE, WHICH, UM, GIVES US PLENTY OF CEUS.
IT'S A NICE, UM, TEAM BUILDING AND IT'S NICE, UM, SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR US.
UM, THEY GIVE OUT AWARDS EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND IT WAS FOR OUR INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.
AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE HAD WON A REALLY NICE AWARD FOR THAT.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING ONE IN HOLIDAYS EVENTS.
SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED AND NOTHING, UM, NOTHING GOT PUT IN.
UM, I STILL HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY, BUT I'M NOT MAKING ANY SOLID PROMISES ON THIS AT THIS POINT.
BUT THE EVENTS THAT WE NORMALLY, YOU CAN DO A PERSON, YOU CAN DO AN EVENT THAT YOU DO, YOU CAN DO A SPECIAL PROGRAM OR YOU CAN DO A SPECIAL GROUP THAT YOU WORK WITH.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS, IF YOU EVER GO TO PRPS.ORG, ALL THE INFORMATION'S OUT THERE.
SO IF THERE'S EVER SOMETHING YOU WANT TO NOMINATE OR BRING TO MY ATTENTION, THEY START PUTTING OUT, UM, INFORMATION ON IT AROUND THANKSGIVING.
SO THEY GET YOU RIGHT AT THE HOLIDAYS AND THEN YOU FORGET ABOUT IT.
AND THEN IT'S JAN JANUARY 10TH AND YOU DIDN'T SIGN IN FOR ANYTHING.
SO, UM, WE DID PUT ONE IN FOR THE WALL THAT HEALS LAST YEAR AND UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE JUST, UM, WE DIDN'T MAKE IT SO, UM, WHICH I, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHICH ONE TOOK THE CAKE ON THAT ONE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST LIKE THE NEW BUSINESS I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
UM, I KNOW BEEN PROMISING THE EVENT SCHEDULE FOR A WHILE, SO WANT TO GET THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS, UM,
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ONTO OLD BUSINESS UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ON NEW BUSINESS THAT I FORGOT.SO FOR THE PARK BOARD, UM, THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL ONBOARDING PACKET LIKE I TOLD YOU GUYS BEFORE.
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I'LL HAVE THAT OUT TO YOU AS SOON AS I GO THROUGH A COUPLE MORE THINGS.I HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS I NEED TO JUST EDIT AND UM, FIX UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WRITING THAT AND GETTING THAT OFF THE GROUND.
UM, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THAT SHOULD ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND IF NOT, WE'RE EVERYBODY WILL GET IT.
YEAH, WE'LL BE OFF THE DRAWING.
WE'RE ALL GONNA GET IT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE ACCESS ARE GOING TO BE THERE.
SO WE HAVE ONE PLACE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO UM, GO TO GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED.
AND IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN, BEFORE I CAME ON DURING COVID, YEAH IT WAS A TOUGH TIME.
UM, AND THEN I THOUGHT IF YOU HAD ANY UPDATES ON THE JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER OR I'LL, HOPEFULLY IT'LL HELP BY NEXT.
I'M GONNA HAVE THE PERSON HERE BY MARCH.
BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAD TWO HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, UM, OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS I SHOULD SAY.
UM, THEY DID A NICE JOB WITH US AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GET A FOLLOW THROUGH FOR OUR NEXT GROUP.
SO OUR GOAL, I GUESS I'M ENVISIONING THAT WE HAVE A JUNIOR ON TWO JUNIORS OR DOESN'T MATTER, YOU CAN STAY FOR TWO YEARS AND WE GET ANOTHER SET AND BASICALLY WE SET ROTATION ALL THE TIME.
BUT IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH YEAH.
TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
BUT YES, I WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
THE FIGHT THAT WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH.
UM, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT HAVING THESE JUNIOR MEMBERS ON OUR TEAM IS THAT THEY ARE THE HARDEST EGGS FOR US TO CRACK AS A DEPARTMENT.
LIKE WHAT CAN I OFFER YOU THAT YOU WILL COME TO? WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT ARE WE NOT OFFERING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? SO WITHOUT THEM HERE OR PRESENT OR A COMMUNICATION METHOD, I CAN GET TO THEM TO, IT'S REALLY HARD, UM, TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM AND, AND PUSH FOR FUNDING FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS.
SO, UM, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT WANNA BE ON THE BOARD, LEMME KNOW.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS IT'S UM, BACK TO PARK AND REC.
SO, UM, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A SERIES OF WEBSITE CHANGES FOR THE DEPARTMENT THE LAST SIX YEARS.
UM, WELL IT'S REALLY BEEN UM, LIKE A DECADE LONG BATTLE OF UM, WHICH ONE'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR US TO WORK WITH.
UM, WE ARE GOING BACK TO OUR, MY REC WEBSITE THAT WE STARTED ON, UM, WHEN I WAS HERE.
IT'S UM, EASY ON THE BACKEND FOR US.
THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING PROMISED US THE STARS AND ENDED UP NOT BEING VERY PRETTY.
SO, UM, CONSTELLATION'S IN THE LINE THERE FOR US.
WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR OLD ONE.
SO IT IS LIVE, I BELIEVE AS OF NEXT WEEK PEOPLE CAN GO ON AND CREATE ACCOUNTS.
UM, WE'RE FINISHING UP THE FINAL TOUCHES ON WHAT THE WEBSITE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THEN UM, NEXT MONTH PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, CREATE AN ACCOUNT.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT, WHAT'S AWESOME IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY USED THEM BEFORE.
SO THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, SO IF FOR INSTANCE, LIKE BILL YOU WENT ON TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT, IF YOU HAVE THE SAME PHONE NUMBER OR THE SAME ADDRESS, IT WILL SAY YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT, CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.
UM, MY DEPARTMENT HAS TO DO ALL THE DATA ENTRY FOR EVERYONE WHO'S NOT IN THAT SYSTEM.
SO EVERYONE WHO'S ON OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO MANUALLY PUT IN FOR THEM AND THEN THEY WILL GET AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION AND THEN THEY WILL SAY, CAN YOU CREATE YOUR OWN PASSWORD? AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR THINGS.
BUT WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS WEBSITE IS IT WILL KEEP YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE OR IF YOU WANT TO QUICKLY SIGN UP FOR THE BUS TRIP 'CAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, OH CRAP, I DIDN'T DO IT AND I NEED CHIT TICKETS FOR WICKED AND MY WIFE WILL KILL ME, YOU CAN EASILY DO IT 'CAUSE YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION WILL BE ON THERE.
UM, SO ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, THE WEBSITE WILL GO LIVE FOR TRANSACTIONS IN FEBRUARY AND AS SOON AS FEBRUARY HITS, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ALL THE KINKS KICKED OUT BECAUSE SUMMER CAMP OPENS IN FEBRUARY AS WELL.
SO IT IS A QUICK, WE HAVE LIKE A WEEK TO PLAY WITH IT AND WE ARE FULLY IN.
SO, UM, SO UM, THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE WEBSITE AND IT WILL LOOK SEAMLESS FROM THE TOWNSHIP ONE.
THE TOWNSHIP ONE JUST GOT AN UPGRADE LAST YEAR AND THIS WEBSITE SHOULD LOOK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
YOU SHOULDN'T REALLY NOTICE YOU'RE ON A DIFFERENT SITE, SO THAT'S A BONUS AS WELL.
UM, IF ANYONE HAS DRIVEN DOWN ONE 13, UM, IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS BY THE CENTER, YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF AWESOME BIG MACHINES THAT FINALLY SHOWED UP TO DO OUR ANDERSON FARM PARK TRAIL.
SO, UM, ONE OF MY GOALS AS DIRECTOR SINCE I STARTED WAS TO CREATE TRAIL ACCESSES.
'CAUSE A LOT OF OUR TRAILS JUST STOP.
THEY WERE EITHER BY DEVELOPERS OR WE PUT THEM IN AND WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK IT THROUGH.
SO WE JUST PLACED THEM AND THEN FORGOT ABOUT THEM.
SO ONE OF, UM, THE AREAS I WOULD, I COULD AT LEAST GET TO REALLY QUICK WAS ANDERSON, WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT TREE LOT IN BETWEEN US AND THE DEVELOPMENT OFF ONE 13.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE THIS LARGE LOOP THAT ACTUALLY WILL CREATE,
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IF YOU RUN IT TWICE A 5K LOOP.SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO TO THAT WE BENCHES.
IT'S IN THE WOODS SO YOU'LL SEE WILDLIFE.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SPRING COMES AND IT'S ALL IN BLOOM.
SO, UM, THAT TRAIL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE DECEMBER 31ST IN COMPLETION.
SO THEY HAVE 106 DAYS TO GET IT DONE.
SO, UM, I WILL KEEP YOU ALL IN THE LOOP AS THAT GOES.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE LIKE THE RIBBON CUTTING AND WE WILL DO ALL THAT KIND OF QC FUN STUFF ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DELAY, THAT'S WHY OUR FIRST 5K EVER WILL BE ON THIS LOCATION BECAUSE THAT WON NOT BE THERE.
UM, AND THEN ONTO MORE TRAILS AND FUN, UM, THE TAYLOR PARK TRAIL.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN AT THE YMCA, UM, AND YOU'VE BEEN ON INFIELD TRAP ROAD, THAT HUGE FARMLAND THAT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS OUR TAYLOR PROPERTY.
UM, IT IS WELL OVER 70 ODD ACRES OF OPEN SPACE THAT, UM, HAS SINCE ONCE WE STARTED DEMOING THE HOUSE AND THE BARN.
WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF WILDLIFE.
THERE'S A LIVE STREAM IN THERE WITH LIVE, UM, THINGS IN IT.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WRONG NAMES, I ALMOST SAID ANIMALS AND THERE'S NOT ANIMALS IN THE STREAM, BUT THERE'S THINGS IN THERE.
UM, MY GOSH, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE FISH.
THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE LIKE MICROORGANISMS I GUESS, OF LIFE IN THERE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL FISH ONE DAY, ONE DAY, ONE DAY THEY'LL BE FISHED.
BUT UM, THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR UM, THE TAYLOR PROPERTY WAS TO CREATE, UM, A BALL FIELD COMPLEX.
UM, WHAT THE TOWNSHIP, WHEN WE DID UM, COMMUNITY STUDIES, WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED WAS TRAILS.
THEY WANTED TO CONSERVE THE LAND THAT WE CURRENTLY HAD.
THEY DIDN'T WANT MORE VOLUME, THEY DIDN'T WANT MORE PARKING LOTS.
SO WE'RE PUTTING IN A MULTITUDE OF TRAILS IN THERE.
WE JUST GOT A GRANT FROM DCNR TO START THE TAYLOR PARK PROJECT.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PHASE OF PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR.
SO THIS ONE WILL BE OUR FIRST A DA ACCESSIBLE PAVE TRAIL THAT WILL BE A 5K LOOP TRAIL.
SO, UM, IT WILL CONNECT YOU RIGHT TO THE SPRING VALLEY Y.
IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE CORNER OF LINFIELD TRAP ROAD AND YOU CAN CROSS OVER, USE THEIR TRAIL SYSTEM, WHATEVER YOU LIKE.
UM, AND THEN IT WILL ALSO CREATE US A NICE PARKING LOT.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, ONCE THAT STAGE IS DONE, WE'RE GUYS ARE DEVELOPING MORE NATURAL TRAILS WHILE FLOWER GARDENS, UM, OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL UNITS.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE.
UM, BUT ALSO BEAUTIFY THE SPACE BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONSERVE SOME OF THE OPENNESS THAT WE STILL HAVE LEFT.
SO, UM, 4 76, 4 70 6,000 IN THAT ROOM.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL ONCE IT STARTS RIGHT NOW IF YOU GO BUY IT.
UM, TOLL BROTHERS HAS BEEN GRACIOUS TO GIVE US SOME OF THE LANDFILL FROM THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING IN AT THE MOMENT.
HONESTLY, IF YOU DRIVE BY, I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
THEY ARE LEVELING OUT THE STEEP HILL THAT WAS ONCE THERE SO WE CAN PUT THE PARKING LOT IN AND THE TRAILS IN THE FUTURE.
SO THEY ARE JUST ASSISTING IN MAKING THAT NICE AND FLAT AND PRETTY.
ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS DRY AND TERRIBLE AT THE MOMENT, IT WILL NOT.
I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE TALKING.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
THOSE ARE NOT PART PARK WATCH, BUT THEY ARE PART OF OUR, THE HESS PRESERVE USED TO BE.
UM, THAT USED TO BE ONE OF THE, WHEN WE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION WITH TOLL BROTHERS, WE REMOVED THAT BECAUSE I HAD TO CHANGE THE TRAIL SYSTEM THERE ANYWAY TO A TURNAROUND.
UM, IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE GETTING ITS USE AS MUCH.
SO WE, SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WITH THE PARK WATCH? NO.
AND THEN, BUT WE PORT PROVIDENCE.
PORT PROVIDENCE RIGHT NOW IS IN THE, UM, WE USED TO HAVE A PLAYGROUND THERE AND NOW IT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO WE CANNOT PUT ANY STRUCTURES ON THERE.
AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NOTHING THERE TO REALLY LOOK AT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY STILL A BENCH OUT THERE.
I SAW IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GO CHECK ON THE CONDITION ON THE BENCH
I WAS JUST, AND MY SIGN, I DO LOVE THAT SIGN THERE.
UM, BUT SOON, UM, PORT PROVIDENCE, UM, IN THAT ALL WALNUT STREET, WE DID BUY A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES THROUGH A FEMA BUYOUT.
A LOT OF THOSE HOUSES WERE TORN DOWN OR THEY'RE BEING PREPARED TO BE TORN DOWN.
UM, THERE'S ONE LEFT, THERE'S ONLY ONE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY ONE AFTER ALL THIS TIME.
UM, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO REFOREST THAT AREA AND PUT SOME BOAT LAUNCHING DOCKS, PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING AND A BIKE TRAIL, UM, OFF THE ROAD TO ENSURE SOME SAFETY WITH THE BIKERS.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THIS, UM, FOR BIKERS AND, UM, PEDESTRIANS.
SO THAT IS KIND OF OUR GOAL AT THIS POINT IS TO CREATE MORE OF A REFORESTATION.
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SO IF FLOODS DO COME, THERE'S SOMEWHERE FOR IT TO GO.CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT VOLUNTEERS? ABSOLUTELY.
THAT YOU GET, LIKE, SO WHEN YOU HAVE ANY ONE OF THESE, UH, ORGANIZATION PAYMENTS YOU WANT.
DO YOU HAVE A PUBLIC SIGN UP FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND VOLUNTEER? YES.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ON OUR TOWNSHIP WEBSITE SHORTLY, IS A VOLUNTEER PLACE.
THE BIG THING WITH VOLUNTEERS FOR ANY TOWNSHIP IS YOU NEED EVERYONE'S CLEARANCES.
UM, FOR VOLUNTEERS, WE ONLY NEED YOUR PA CHILD ABUSE AND YOUR PA CRIMINAL.
UM, IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF ANY KIND, WE NEED YOUR FINGERPRINTS.
UM, BUT FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THOSE ARE FREE.
SO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO, IF LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO START VOLUNTEERING, IF THEY HAVE THOSE IN ADVANCE, IT'S SO MUCH EASIER.
THEY'RE PRETTY INSTANTANEOUS WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR THEM.
UM, BUT I DO NEED THOSE BEFORE YOU COME IN TO VOLUNTEER.
BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA GO ON OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE I'VE HEARD RUMORS.
YOU GONNA LINK RUMOR FOR THAT THEN? HMM? IS THERE GONNA BE A LINK? YES.
AND THEN WHEN, UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE JUST GONNA DO AN EMAIL WITH THE, SO YOU'RE NOT SUBMITTING YOUR CLEARANCES ON A LIVE WEBSITE.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA I THINK THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE SENT TO HR.
UM, BUT YES, SO WE GET A NOTIFICATION THAT WE'RE SENT, WE SENT UP.
WILL YOU GET A NOTIFICATION THAT WE APPLY FOR? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
WE'RE WELL WE'RE GONNA MOVE TOWARDS THAT.
FOR THE PARK BOARD, JUST TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY'S, UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THEY QUICKLY, BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW IT, THEY'RE EXPIRED.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE LIKE I KNOW IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS NEED LIKE, NEW ONES EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND WE HAVE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES WITH OUR SUMMER CAMP.
SO IT IS LIKE A CONSTANT CHECKING ON WHO HAS, WHO DOESN'T.
IT'S JUST EASIER IF YOU SET A DATE, YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, EVERY FEBRUARY ONE I NEED EVERYONE AGAIN.
AND THAT WAY, EVEN IF THEY'RE THE SAME ONES, THEN THAT WAY THERE'S NO CHANCE OF LOSING THEM OR ANY CHANGE THERE WHATSOEVER.
AND I PROMISE VOLUNTEERING FOR ME ISN'T SCARY
I DO ASK A LOT BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WITH ALL THESE THINGS IT IS NICE TO HAVE EXTRA SET OF HANDS ON A LOT OF THINGS.
WE WENT, WE WENT AND DID UM, BOB'S STORY DAY.
I KNOW SMORES, YOU HAVE SHIRTS, YOU GET A LOT OF SWAG, I PROMISE YOU GOT A LOT OF T-SHIRTS, SWAG.
LOT OF SOME ARE SUMMER ARE BRIGHT.
AND THEN WHICH ONE? THE FALL FEST.
DID WE GET FREE KIND OF ICE? YES.
LIKE CALIFORNIA'S GETTING, ARE YOU SEEING THE FIRE THE NEXT FRIDAY WHEN I WAS OUT THERE, THERE? OH MY GOD.
I'VE SEEN THE LAST FRIDAY WE HAD IT GOING.
I MEAN HE, HE STARTED IT LATE BUT WE WERE JUST OUT THERE 'CAUSE I WENT OVER TO HELP HIM.
WE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED AT WHEN I TEXTED YOU.
WE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED ACTUALLY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS LOOKING FOR EITHER.
YEAH, THAT'S TOTALLY MY FAULT.
BUT YEAH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT WE HAD SNOW SO NO ONE WANTED TO MAKE SNOW.
WELL THAT WAS THE OTHER THING.
THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE HAVE THINGS AND NOT EVERYTHING GOES TO THE PERFECT PLAN.
LIKE WE HAD THIS AWESOME CRAFT AT THE LIGHT SHOW THAT YOU WERE GONNA MAKE YOUR OWN SNOW 'CAUSE IT HADN'T SNOWED AT ALL.
AND WHEN IT SNOWED THAT DAY, IT SNOWED THAT DAY.
SO YOU'RE JUST LIKE, SO WE HANDED OUT CANDY CANES.
THE LAST DAY BE WARM THE DAY BEFORE.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS SANTA DID GREAT 'CAUSE HE HAD LIKE A TON OF LAYERS ON AND EVERYTHING.
BUT MELISSA AND I WERE THERE THE LAST DAY AND IT WAS, I THINK IT TOPPED OUT AT NINE DEGREES.
AND LUCKILY CHRIS, A RAIDER KEPT COMING OVER AND THROWING THINGS INTO THE FIRE.
I WAS LIKE, I HAVE A SUMMER PERSON.
UM, BUT HERE WE'RE, WELL THAT'S HOW MARIA WAS.
SHE'S LIKE, WE JUST GOT DONE THROWING WOOD.
JUST WANNA HUG ONE OF THE OTHER, YOU HAD THE KEYS, YOU KNOW.
SO YOUR SANTA CLAUS, WAS HE THE SAME ONE ON THE FIRETRUCK? YES.
WE HAD THE EVENT OVER AT THE FIRE WHERE SANTA? DID YOU GET TO GO TO THAT? NO, BUT I HAVE A 14 MONTH OLD AND WE WATCHED HIM GO THROUGH THE, HE WENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HEY, I WATCHED HIM GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOO.
UM, WE HAD, UH, SANTA WAS THERE FOR, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME AND HAVE PICTURES TAKEN.
AND WE HAD TWO BOUNCE HOUSES THAT KIDS GOT TO GO IN.
WE HAD COTTON CANDY AND WE HAD HOT CHOCOLATE AND PRETZELS AND
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CRAFT EVENTS.SO THAT WAS THE CRAFTS WENT OVER REALLY WELL.
CHRIS CAME THROUGH THAT WHOLE NIGHT TRYING TO PLAY MY COMPUTER, LIKE ECHO IT THROUGH ONE OF LIKE THE CHAMBERS.
I TEND TO LEND MY THINGS OUT TOO FREQUENTLY WHEN I NEED THEM.
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ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR ANY HELPFUL HINTS FROM OUR SENIOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I'D LIKE TO SHARE ANY DID YOU WANNA UM, TOUCH ON THE CAMPS? SURE.AS A FELLOW CAMP PERSON? UM, SO OUR CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS IN FEBRUARY.
AND WE GO THROUGH, UM, WE'LL HAVE LIVE FOR EARLY BIRD 25 SLOTS.
UM, WE USED TO HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP.
WE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 200, 300 KIDS.
UM, I HATE GOING BACK TO COVID, BUT WE HAD TO CUT THEM OBVIOUSLY.
UM, SINCE THEN WE HAD A REALLY HARD, WE STRUGGLE WITH GETTING COUNSELORS.
SO DUE TO A COUNSELOR PAUSE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, WE'VE NOW GONE DOWN TO ONE LOCATION AND WE HAVE TOPS A HUNDRED, 120 KIDS AT THIS LOCATION.
IT'S A COMPLETELY OUTDOOR CAMP.
UM, THE KIDS COME INSIDE IN THIS ROOM IF IT'S LIKE UNBEARABLE OUT, IF WE HAVE A HEAT WARNING IN OUR EOC TELLS US TO BRING 'EM INSIDE, WE WILL.
THEY'RE GENERALLY EITHER HERE, THEY GO TO ANDERSON, THEY HAVE A FIELD TRIP, UM, AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK.
UM, THEY CONSTANTLY HAVE ACTIVITIES TO DO.
THE FIRE GUYS COME OUT WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT AND JUST SPRAY THE HOSES AND THE KIDS GO CRAZY.
IT'S A HOSE AND THEY JUST, THEY BE LIKE THE COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD.
AND THE FIRE GUYS I THINK JUST ENJOY SPRAYING KIDS WITH A HOSE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO POLICE COMES OUT TWICE FOR SUMMER CAMP.
THEY DO A BIKE DAY, A BIKE SAFETY DAY.
WE GO TO ANDERSON, THEY RIDE THE TRAILS THERE AND THEY LEARN DIFFERENT PROPER ETIQUETTE ON THE ROAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY ALSO COME IN WITH OUR NEW CANINE ARGO AND HE GETS TO HANG OUT WITH THE KIDS.
THEY GET TO SEE WHAT THE CELLS LOOK LIKE JUST IN CASE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, THEY MIGHT SEE THEM IN THE FUTURE.
THEY GET A WHOLE LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND THEN THEY DO THE SAME THING WITH THE FIRE GUYS AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS GROUP COMES OVER AND THEY KIND OF PLAY WITH ALL THEIR BIG RIGS LIKE THIS OLYMPIC DAY AND THE KIDS GET TO LIKE EXPERIENCE WHAT ALL THAT IS.
UM, SO IT'S EIGHT TO FOUR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
WE GENERALLY SELL OUT OF OUR EARLY BIRD WITHIN A COUPLE MINUTES.
UM, AND THEN WE DO SAVE SOME SPOTS FOR FAMILIES, UM, FOR NON-RESIDENTS, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT TIME.
BUT WE USUALLY DO FILL THAT CAMP UP.
WE DO EITHER A SINGLE WEEK OR YOU DO ALL SIX WEEKS.
BUT IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S NOT WORKING YOUR CAMP, THEN ALSO WORK.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE AGE? UM, MINIMUM? UM, WE HAVE CITS THAT ARE USUALLY 13 TO 15 AND THEN WE HIRE AT 16.
SO I'M TRYING TO PUSH MY DAUGHTER OUTSIDE.
CI I'M TELLING YOU, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR, WE'RE HOPING ONE OF OUR, UM, TEACHERS IS COMING BACK THIS YEAR TO MENTOR OUR CIT PROGRAM TO REALLY GET THEM LIKE ON THE GROUND RUNNING.
SO AS SOON AS THEY'RE OF AGE, WE CAN START PUTTING THEM REALLY INTO THE LINE.
WE HAVE THE APPLICATION OUT ON THE WEBSITE NOW, SO, AND THEY GET FREE.
DID YOU GET FREE KONA, KONA ICE COMES GUYS EVERY MONDAY.
UM, HOW DO THE, HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT FEBRUARY IS WHEN IT OPENS UP? WE PUT IT EVERYWHERE AND, AND USUALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE SEND AN EMAIL BLAST OUT TO RETURNERS.
UM, AND IT GOES OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT'S ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, CENTER SIGN AS WELL AS THIS ONE.
WE TRY, I BELIEVE LIMERICK GOES OUT THIS WEEK, THIS MONTH I BELIEVE THEIRS GOES OUT BEFORE OURS.
WE KINDA GIVE THEM TIME TO SETTLE AND THEN WE PUT OURS OUT.
UM, BUT THAT MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING.
AND THEN WE HAVE ALL OUR SPECIALTY CAMPS THAT OPEN UP AT, UM, END OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
SO FOREVER WEEKS THAT OUR CAMP ISN'T RUNNING, WE HAVE SPECIALTY CAMPS.
THERE'S A FEW WEEKS THAT WE SHARE WITH A SPECIALTY CAMP IN CASE WE HAVE AN INFLUX.
WE KNOW WHAT WEEKS THAT WE GET INFLUX OF KIDS.
SO WE TRY TO OFFER A COUPLE, UM, OPTIONS FOR THEM.
SO SUMMER SCHOOL, I, I LET BOB DO HIS THING WITH CAMP.
SO YEAH, SUMMER CAMP'S BIG PRODUCTION.
WE START OUR REGISTRATION OPEN IN DECEMBER.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR CAMP? WELL, I WORK AT BALDWIN SCHOOL.
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DO YOU GET A LOT OF TEACHERS TO WORK CAMP? NO, WE MOSTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 16 AND UP.I'VE BEEN TRYING TO INTRIGUE SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE KIDS.
I'M LIKE, IF YOU COME WORK, I'LL GIVE YOU A FREE SPOT.
BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY SETTING UP
USUALLY IT'S A PAY, USUALLY IT'S A PAY, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
WHAT'S SO COST TO
AND THEN WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMP THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO, AND WE HAVE SPECIALTY CAMPS THAT ARE NEW THIS YEAR THAT TRY TO FORM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MARKET.
THAT COST YOU NOTHING AND YOU GET EXPERIENCE.
AND THEY'LL PROBABLY BE COMING BACK.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY HAS? WHEN, WHEN DID YOU WANT US TO DO THE, UM, BACKGROUND CHECKS IN? I WAS GONNA SAY IF I CAN HAVE THEM BY THE MARCH MEETING.
THAT WAY IT JUST GIVES HER TIME.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT IN A MARCH SEQUENCE.
[7. Next Meeting: 02/15/2025]
OUR NEXT MEETING IS, IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.NO, THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT THE 12TH.
MEETING, THAT'S A GOOD MEETING.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN JUST STAY AFTER WE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR STUFF UP.
AND YOU'LL GET LINKS TO OPEN UP ALL OUR THANKS FOR JOINING.
SO NOW WE KNOW WHO IS MAKING OUR MEETINGS.