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IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.ARE YOU GOING TO ASSIGN THIS TO DIFFERENT, I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT YOU.
DO YOU WANT TO BE ASSIGNED AS OPPOSED? YEAH.
THAT IF YOU WANTED TO JUST SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, BUT I, I COULD, SO, OKAY.
THE ONLY HARD PART TO THAT IS I WON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOR A MONTH, SO, YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE WAY ON THAT DATE.
SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT, I WILL, I WILL DO THAT.
THAT WAY YOU'LL ALL ALSO GET A CHANCE TO SEE OLD PARKS.
I HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE DOG PARK.
I, I HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE DOG PARK, SO THAT WAS FUN FOR ME TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
UM, THE NEXT IS, AS SUE HAD MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A JOINT MEETING.
THAT JOINT MEETINGS ON MAY 14TH.
I THINK HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO? JUST ONCE DURING TIME.
IF YOU FIND THAT YOU WANT TO GO MORE THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
BUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR, OUR PARKS OF REC, EITHER OUR PARKS OF REC BOARD OR OUR PARKS OF REC COMMITTEE TO BE DETERMINED, UM, IS TO GO ONCE DURING THE MONTH ON THE DO YOU WOULD BE ADDED TO THAT LIST? SURE DO.
DO I DO MY CLEARANCE FOR THAT OR NOT FOR THIS? NO, IT'S MAINLY FOR THE EVENTS.
I CAN'T PROMISE SIZES, BUT I'LL, I HAVE BOUGHT ELSE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THE NEXT IS THE JOINT MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
UM, SO LEAH ALANO, WHO'S THE PA AUDUBON COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IS GONNA ACTUALLY PRESENT, I'M HAVING HER COME OUT SO SHE CAN, I KNOW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HERE SO I HAVE HER COMING TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWER.
I'M ASSUMING IT'S EASIER FOR YOU TO JUST PUT HER SLIDES UP ON YOUR LAPTOP.
I'M SURE THAT'S GONNA BE FINE WITH HER.
SO I TOLD HER SIX O'CLOCK NEXT MONTH ON WEDNESDAY.
IT'S THE 14TH, IT'S OUR REGULAR EVENING.
YEAH, SHE CAN HAVE 'EM TO ME DURING THE WEEK.
WELL, THE SLIDES, I THINK SHE'S GONNA USE RIGHT OFF THE, UH, DRIVE THAT I SENT YOU.
IT HAS, UM, IT HAS THE APPLICATION, IT HAS HER SLIDES.
IT HAS, I CAN ACTUALLY PROBABLY SEND HER DRIVE OUT THERE, LOOK THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT IT'S OKAY.
WHAT'S INVOLVED BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THEIR MISSION, WHO THEY ARE.
UM, SO SHE WILL BE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
OUR MEETINGS USUALLY RUN ABOUT AN HOUR IN 15 MINUTES.
DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL STILL HAVE TIME FOR
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A MEETING? YES.SO I WOULD JUST PLAN FOR A LONGER NIGHT THAT NIGHT, SORRY.
BUT, UM, I WANT TO GET FOR TOWN WITH EAC DONE, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE MAYBE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AAC AND THEN I THINK WE GO IN CHARGE LIKE WE DID IN DECEMBER.
KEEP THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, WHICH MEANS I MAY EMAIL YOU SOME THINGS DURING THE MONTH IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AHEAD OF TIME.
SO THAT'LL BE MAY OUR, OUR REGULAR MEETING TIME.
ALRIGHT, SO UNDER PARTS OF REC, WE HAVE OUR FIRST, OUR FIRST EVENT, THE FIRST RESPONDER EVENT.
HOW DOES THAT ECHO ON SATURDAY? IT WENT VERY WELL.
I'M TRYING TO ACTUALLY PULL UP, UM, POST THAT WE HAD.
SO, UM, FIRST 5K, UM, GAUNTLET, IF YOU'LL, UM, OF THE YEAR WENT FABULOUS.
SO WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED RUNNERS DAY UP.
UM, WE WERE EXPECTING, UM, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
UM, NOT EVER HAVING DONE ONE OF THESE.
UM, I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS WALKED OR RUN ONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT MANAGING THE BACK END OF THINGS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PIECE.
SO, UM, WE DID THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.
I'M JUST GONNA PRESS PLAY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT JUST THIS IS THE BEGINNING.
UM, SO OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN, EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL.
WE HAD ALL THE LOGISTICS COVERED FOR THE DAY.
WE HAD A BRIEFING AND THE WARNING, UM, RIGHT BEFORE PEOPLE STARTED COMING IN TO GET THEIR REGISTRATIONS AND THEIR BIDS.
UM, JUST GOING OVER POSITIONS, WHAT TO EXPECT, UM, HOW THE WEATHER WAS LOOKING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
UM, AND POSITIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT ON THIS ONE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HADN'T DONE IT YET, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PROBABLY HAD MORE PEOPLE THAN WE NEEDED, BUT MORE PEOPLE IN THIS EVENT IS EXCELLENT BECAUSE WE HAD COURSE MARSHALS, WE HAD TWO PEOPLE OR MORE AT EVERY OBSTACLE THAT WE HAD.
WE HAD MODIFICATIONS FOR EVERY OBSTACLE.
SO FOR THE LOW CRAWL WE HAD TWO MODIFICATION EXERCISES JUST IN CASE WANTED TO DO THAT.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PERSON THAT NEEDED ONE HAD OUR RADIO SO WE COULD FIND OUT LIKE, WHAT IS THE LAST RUNNER? WHERE'S THE FIRST RUNNER? WHERE ARE THEY COMING SO WE CAN ANNOUNCE THEM AS THEY COME IN OVER THE CROSSING, OVER THE FINISH LINE.
UM, HAVING ENOUGH PHOTOGRAPHERS, WE HAD TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TWO DRONES FLYING THE ENTIRE DAY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT OUR DRILL FOOTAGE IS ALL OVERHEAD.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY WATCHING RUNNERS FROM THE STARTING LINE GO AROUND THE ENTIRE COURSE.
UM, WHAT A BENEFIT THIS IS FOR US IS MARKETING FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE PUT A LOT OF THESE PICTURES OUT TO WEGMANS AND WAWA THANKING THEM FOR FOOD DONATIONS THAT THEY GAVE US FOR THIS EVENT.
WE HAD A BIG SPONSOR THANK YOU ON MONDAY JUST GOING OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO SPONSORED THE EVENT.
WE HAD, UM, A THING YOU GO OUT TO OUR RUNNERS LIKE, AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS WILL GET ONE FROM ME SOON AS TOMORROW HAPPENS.
UM, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY LIKE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY THAT EVERYONE PUTS IN ON THIS, UM, PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, JOSH AND I WORK HAND IN HAND ON THIS MAKING SURE THAT IT GETS DONE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES IF THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE WEBSITE THAT WE USED TO RUN THE DAY, UM, THE OWNER OF RUN THE DAY WAS HERE THAT DAY AND SO WAS THIS COWORKER THEORY WHO HELPED US WITH ALL THE BID CHIPS AND THAT WAS THE TIMING.
SO EVERYONE COULD GET THEIR, UM, TIME AT THE END OF THE RACE AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS LIKE THE HUNDRED TIMES WE DONUTS.
LIKE IT JUST, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR BECAUSE WE HAD NEVER DONE IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE DID ANYTHING RIGHT.
AND IT'S NICE TO HEAR FROM RACE PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS DONE REALLY WELL TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE STEALING IT AND TELLING OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THIS TYPE OF RACE, WHICH IS FLATTERING, BUT IT'S LIKE I WANT TO KEEP IT TO MYSELF.
THE KITTY GAUNTLET WAS HYSTERICAL.
ALL THE KIDS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE.
UM, THAT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE AT THE MEETING TWO MEETINGS AGO WE HAD WAS 20 PEOPLE SIGNED UP OR THREE.
IT WAS JUST THIS REALLY SMALL AMOUNT AND I WANT YOU TO USE THAT AS YOUR FUTURE, UM, INSPIRATION FOR OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND THE RACE PEOPLE AND UM, SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND THE FIRE POLICE GIRLS WERE KIND OF LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE MOST PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE WEEK LEADING INTO IT.
LIKE THEY'RE GONNA CHECK THE WEATHER, THEY'RE GONNA SEE IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, THEY'RE GONNA SEE IF IT'S WORTH COMING OUT FOR.
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WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE I WANT THE DAY I PUT IT OUT, I DON'T HAVE GO ON.AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO WAKE UP NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT UNTIL THE DAY OF.
SO, BUT WE HAD A HANDS ON DECK THAT IT ALL WENT.
WHICH OF ALL PICTURES? UM, TED IS OUR, UM, FIRE ADMIN AND HE GOES TO ALL THE SCENES AND TAKES PICTURES FOR PRIOR.
UM, WE HAD UM, SERGEANT RIO, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS TAKE 'EM.
WE HAD EAST AND WEST SPLIT UP.
SO WE HAD TED DOING WEST, WE HAD ROB DOING EAST AND THEN WE HAD TWO DRONES WITH THEM AS WELL.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF FAMILIES DO THE 5K TOGETHER.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF LIKE FRIENDLY FAMILY COMPETITION GOING ON, WHICH WAS HYSTERICAL.
UM, AND I'M GONNA GO REALLY QUICKLY.
I WANNA SHOW YOU THE FACES OF THESE KIDS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO GET GOING BECAUSE THEY STOOD THERE AND WAITED AN HOUR BEFORE THEY COULD RUN THE RACE.
SO WE DID LEARN A COUPLE THINGS THIS TIME THROUGH ROOM, UM, THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY START THE KIDDIE RACE FIRST AND LET THE PARENTS GO AFTER THE KIDS BECAUSE IT'S A ONE MILE VERSUS 5K AND THEY WERE DONE WITHIN LIKE 20 MINUTES OR SO.
SO PARENTS CAN STILL SEE THEM GO, THEY CAN RUN WITH THEIR KIDS IF THEY WANT TO GET A WARMUP IN FOR THEIR RACE.
UM, AND THEN LIKE THESE GUYS WERE SO EAGER
IT WAS THE KID IN THE FRONT WAS AWESOME.
HE TOOK THE, HE WENT TO THE WRONG PART OF THE COURSE.
AND THEN HE KIND, SO THE KID IN THE FRONT WAS LIKE LEADING EVERYBODY.
YEAH, THAT'S, AND WHEN WE WENT TO THE BOUNCE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF LIKE MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN TO COME INTO, HE WENT ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK.
I GUESS HE FOLLOWED THE ARROW FOR THE, HE FOLLOWED THE ADULT COURSE, NOT THE KID.
AND HE ALMOST WON THE RACE ANYWAY.
BUT WHEN HE PULLS UP TO THE BOUNCE HOUSE, TOOK HIS SHOES OFF, BRING HIS SHOES TO, AND HE RAN WITHOUT A SHOES FOR THE LAST ONE 50 YARDS SHOES.
SO THEY WERE HYSTERICAL BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY, THEY'RE LITTLE, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DISTANCE THEY HAD TO KEEP GOING.
SO IF YOU PICTURE UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE PLAYGROUND, LIKE THEY MADE IT TO THE PARKING LOT THERE AND THEY ALL WERE LIKE
SO IT'S DEFINITELY LIKE OUR TRANSITIONS BETWEEN RACES COULD BE BETTER.
UM, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF CAMPUS, LIKE WE JUST KIND OF FORGOT THEY WERE STILL UP THERE AND WE JUST KEPT RUNNING WITH THINGS.
UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, LIKE EVERYBODY WHO UM, CAME OUT FOR IT, ALL THE PARENTS WERE HAPPY, THE KIDS WERE EXCITED.
IT WAS JUST AN ALL TOGETHER LIKE FUN FAMILY EVENT.
THE WEATHER COULD HAVE BEEN NICER, BUT IT IS WHAT IT'S, FOR THE MOST PART THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO THERE.
BUT, UM, FROM JOE AND LILY, LIKE AND RICH, LIKE YOU GUYS WERE THERE THAT DAY.
IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK, NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE INTERACT KIDS OUT, KIDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAD THE SPRINGBOARD KIDS OUT INTERACT.
VOLUNTEERS ARE USED FOR THIS KIND OF THING.
I THOUGHT THE KIDS UM, E WAS GOOD.
I THINK A CHALLENGE LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT IS YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH USAGE YOU'RE GONNA OH YEAH.
SO THE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS DID A VERY GOOD JOB MONITORING THOSE TWO FRIENDS.
BUT I THINK THAT IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW MM-HMM
UM, BUT IT COULD HAVE ALSO BEEN A TIMING THING, RIGHT? IF THEY, IF THE RACE TIME HAD BEEN DIFFERENT, THERE WASN'T AS MUCH TIME AS THEY WERE KIND OF WAITING RIGHT.
UM, BUT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD FUN AND THEY WATCHED THEIR MOM FINISH THE WINE AND THEN I CAN BE ONLY WHO HAS THE SHOES.
DIFFERENT BOUNCE COMPANY THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME TAKE THE SHOES OFF.
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WILL SAY LIKE, YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR SHOES OFF AND THEN SHOES ON, WHICH IS NOT YEAH.
WE DID HAVE A LOT OF ADULTS RUNNING THE 5K THAT STOPPED SOME OF OUR COURSE MARSHALS, RIGHT.
WHERE THE BLOW UP OBSTACLE COURSE WASN'T LIKE HOW COME I CAN'T GO IN
BUT UM, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE WE, WE HAD OUR DEBRIEF OF THE EVENT TODAY AND UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
LIKE WE AS A PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, LIKE WE DON'T DO HIGH INTENSITY THINGS LIKE WE DO FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES.
SO WE KIND OF STARTED OUT, I WAS REALLY INTENSE AND I THINK WE SCARED LIKE A HUGE POPULATION AWAY WITH IT.
AND NOW WE'VE KIND OF KIND OF AGREE IN THESE A HUNDRED PLUS PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE CAN TESTIFY THAT IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY.
UM, IT WAS RELATIVELY, IT WAS UM, WEEK OF THE RACE WAS $40 FOR THE 5K, IT WAS STILL $20 FOR THEIR KIDS.
SO IT'S NOT OVERLY EXPENSIVE EITHER.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO KEEP THE COST DOWN ON THAT KIND OF STUFF AS WELL.
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ALL LIKE WE GOT REALLY GOOD ANYTHING.HOW WAS, HOW WAS THE TRAIL ON THE BACK? WE FELT IT LIKE THE FOREST.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE CREEK BACK.
I THINK NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD HAVE MORE.
UM, WELL THAT'S THE ONE THING WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE TIMING.
LIKE WE WERE ORIGINALLY ON SATURDAY REPAIR.
LIKE NO ONE, WE TOTALLY FORGOT THAT WE WERE TIMING PEOPLE AND IT'S A BIG COST TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE COME OUT AND TIME IT AND WE'RE LIKE, MAYBE WE TAKE THAT PART OUT.
BUT TODAY, UM, 90% OF THE RACERS WHO RAN ON SATURDAY INCLUDING THE KIDS, WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AFTERWARDS.
SO WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL KEEP THAT.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA AWARDS DURING TIMING NEXT YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE WITH IT.
BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T START WITH AWARDS, PEOPLE SEEM TO REALLY ENJOY THE FACT THAT THEY WEREN'T WAITING TO HEAR LIKE WHO WAS FIRST, WHO WAS SECOND, WHO WAS BEST OVERALL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE AWARDS FOR CAR SHOW AND UM, JUST KEEP THIS AS A, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU ALSO HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE LEAVING.
SO, AND I THINK THEY APPRECIATE THAT.
THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, LIKE I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE PAY, LIKE IF MY KIDS WANNA GO THROUGH BATH HOUSE AGAIN AWESOME.
BUT OTHERWISE LIKE I CAN GET OUT OF THE RAIN AND GO HOME.
THE WEATHER'S NEVER, YOU KNOW, IT WAS $40 THE WEEK OF HOW MUCH WAS IT PRE-REGISTERED? 30.
WHICH IS GENERALLY FOR FIVE KS.
SO IF YOU DO LIKE A TOUGH MOTHER OR SPARTAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT WE DID.
SO WE'LL KEEP IT PROBABLY AT THAT PRICE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT EVEN FROM STAFF, LIKE ON THE FIRE END, ON THE LEASE END.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS IS ALWAYS MANDATORY AT THESE THINGS SO WE ALWAYS HAVE THEM AS MUCH AS THEY DON'T LOVE ME FOR IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, NO WE THINK IT'S SUPPORT ALL AROUND.
AND WE DID HAVE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO RAN THE RACE SO WE COULD GET TESTIMONIES FROM THEM AFTERWARDS.
IT WAS A REALLY NICE DAY AND MOST OF THESE PHOTOS, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM ON THE RACE WEBSITE.
UM, HOWEVER THE RACE WEBSITE IS LIKE THE SIZE OF THIS KID'S FACE IS ALL YOU GET TO SEE.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIX THAT WITH OUR OWN ACCOUNTS AND SEE IF I CAN GET LIKE A BETTER, UM, AND IT WAS, DO YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF UM, SOME OF THE POLICE THAT WERE AT DIFFERENT STATIONS OF FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS, LIKE HELPING THE LITTLE KIDS LIKE TRY TO DO THE ACTIVITIES.
SO IT JUST WAS LIKE THAT WAS THE POINT OF IT.
LIKE WE WANTED TO JUST LIKE CREATE THAT COMMUNITY CAMARADERIE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
ALRIGHT, NEXT MOVE GRANTS NEXT ONE.
I GET THESE BACK MIXED UP BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME GRANTS I JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO, UM, WITH THE DC AND R GRANT THAT'S FOR TAYLOR FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH APPLYING, WE PUT IN FOR APPLICATION FOR THE DCNR GRANT FOR THE REBUILD OF MCFARLAND PLAYGROUND.
UM, WE GOT A LOT OF, UM, SUPPORT LETTERS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO HOPEFULLY FINGERS CROSSED THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THAT PLAYGROUND IS ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD.
AND IT, IT NEEDS SOME TLC SO, UM, IT'S STILL IN GREAT CONDITION BUT IT DOESN'T KNOW US ANYTHING ANYMORE BECAUSE PARK PLAYGROUNDS GENERALLY LAST LIKE 12 TO 15 YEARS TOPS.
MM-HMM
UM, THE GT P TWO GRANT THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR FOR ANDERSON, UM, LOOP, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT AT ANDERSON AND HOPEFULLY UM, CREATE A MORE, UM, APPEALING TRAIL SYSTEM THERE.
SO THIS NEW LOOP IS REALLY GONNA HELP IDENTIFY THAT WE HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM AT ANDERSON, BUT THIS ADDITION HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WILL ACTUALLY UM, BE IDENTIFIABLE.
LIKE RIGHT NOW A LOT OF OUR TRAILS AT ANDERSON, WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT 'EM THROUGH THESE LITTLE PIECES, BUT YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT THE TRAIL SYSTEM GOES THROUGH THE PARKING LOT RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE PARKING SPACES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD SOME OF THAT SYSTEM.
UM, AND FINGERS CROSSED WE I NO, YOU'RE FINE.
WHAT WAS THE, THE SECOND ONE THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, WAS THERE A SECOND NAME TO IT OR WAS THAT ALSO D TWO P TWO OH THE D TWO P TWO.
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AND THESE ARE LIKE A 15 TO 50% MATCHING GRANT SO WE'RE NOT GETTING FULL FUNDING FOR THEM.LIKE WE'LL PAY FOR A PERCENTAGE.
ALRIGHT, NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, HI
WE JUST WENT OVER THE FIRST RESPONDER GAUNTLET.
DO YOU WANT TO, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO IT, WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
SO WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR TIME
I ENJOYED VOLUNTEERING, NOT RUNNING.
WE DO HAVE LOTS OF PICTURES OF YOUR, OF YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS RUNNING GRACE AND THEY LOOK VERY HAPPY DOING IT.
I KNOW THEY, WELL ONE OF OUR UM, STAFF MEMBERS, UM, JEFF GRACE, HIS SON CAME IN LIKE FOURTH OVERALL ON THE 5K.
SO LIKE STOIC AS HE'S RUNNING LIKE THERE IS LIKE, HE'S JUST LIKE MISSION, LIKE HE'S, YEAH, HE DID REALLY GOOD.
UM, SO THEN, UM, THE OTHER THING ON MY LIST TO TALK ABOUT IS PARKING AND WATERSHED PARK CLEANUPS.
SO THEY ARE, THIS WEEK THEY START ON FRIDAY PARKING AND WATERSHED DOES A LOT OF CLEANUPS FOR US.
THEY ARE HITTING ALMOST EVERY TOWNSHIP PROPERTY.
UM, I WENT THROUGH A WHOLE MAP WITH HER.
IT'S ON THE PERFUME AND WATERSHED WEBSITE.
I BELIEVE THEY GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
UM, I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH HER JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STILL DOING IT BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY CRUMMY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AGAIN.
SO, UM, IF THEY POSTPONE IT, I WILL KEEP EVERYBODY UPDATED.
BUT IF YOU SEE UM, DUMPSTERS ON PROPERTIES LIKE BIG DUMPSTERS, UM, AND YOU SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN YELLOW VEST CLEANING UP, IT IS APPROVED.
UM, I MEAN THAT THEY CAN BE THERE CLEANING UP STUFF.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHENEVER THEY GO THROUGH ANY OF OUR PROPERTIES, IT IS A FULL LONG DUMPSTER FULL OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT COME THROUGH.
AND A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF IT IS STILL FROM SOME OF THE FLOOD.
LIKE A LOT OF IT PRESENTS ITSELF REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW IN THE WINTER THAT WE CAN SEE A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT YOU NORMALLY DON'T SEE.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO JUST PEOPLE THAT DON'T WHEREVER THEY CAN.
SO IS THIS FOR OUR PARKS? THEY'RE GOING THROUGH OUR PARKS AS WELL AS WHAT ELSE THEY'RE DOING.
SO THEY'RE DOING ANDERSON, THEY ARE UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE HITTING BLACKROCK.
UM, AND THEY HAVE THESE SMALL PARCELS THAT THE TOWNSHIP OWNS THAT THEY WILL BE, UM, HITTING UP.
SO IT'S ALL VERY LIKE FINE TUNED ON THEIR MAP.
IT'S LIKE AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE.
BUT FOR MOORE SAID THIS IS THEIR BIG WEEKEND.
THEY ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTY DOING CLEANUP.
SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR US BUT IT'S FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP THEM OUT AND CLEAN UP SOME AREAS, GO ON THEIR WEBSITE AND VOLUNTEER TO HELP THIS WEEKEND, WHERE IS THEIR FUNDING FROM? LIKE, 'CAUSE THIS STUFF IS EXPENSIVE.
EVEN JUST RENTING, RENTING A DUMPSTER STUFF, THEY MIGHT STAY FUNDED.
I MEAN THEY'RE LITERALLY CLEANING UP OUR PROPERTY.
AND THEY DO IT AND THEY BRING IN, UM, LIKE I THINK ON FRIDAY IT'S, IT MIGHT BE GSP BUT OUR BIG FARMS ACROSS THE STREET PICK A WORK DAY AND THEY ALL GO OUT TO DIFFERENT SITES.
SO IT IS LIKE A VOLUNTEER AND I THINK THEY GET FUNDING AND SUPPORT FROM THOSE BIG COMPANIES TO GET THE DUMPSTERS AND TO GET ALL THE BAGS AND TO GET ALL THE CLIPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WHEN THE UM, ANDERSON FARM TRAIL, WE DO TAKE ACCEPTANCE OF IT.
THE PARK DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE OUT THERE TO CLEAN UP STUFF.
WE DID UNEARTH SOME, SOME NICE, UM, GARBAGE THINGS BACK THERE THAT WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP BEFORE WE OPEN IT.
UM, AND JUST SOME LIKE PARK CLEANUPS NOW THAT HOPEFULLY AFTER EASTER THE WEATHER IS LIKE SPRING.
BUT UM, WE, WE TRY TO GET OUT AND DOUBLE DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT AND LIKE GET THE PARKS IF PERFUME WATERSHED DOESN'T GET,
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SO WE ARE AT LITERALLY AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA.UM, I DO HAVE ONE THING THING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE HAS OPEN FLOOR? DID, DOES EAC KNOW THEY'RE MEETING THE 14TH? YOU THEY KNOW THAT I MENTIONED IT IN THE LAST MEETING.
BUT HAD TO MEETING I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE DID.
I JUST WANTED TO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE MOVING IT UP.
NURSE IS BEING MOVED UP A WEEK.
I'LL MAKE SURE I DID TELL JEFF I THINK HE WAS GOING TO.
I THOUGHT WE DID, BUT I WAS JUST LIKE BRINGING THAT UP.
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IT.SO I SENT SUE A TEXT BECAUSE TWICE NOW UP AT THE PARK AT BLACK ROCK PARK, I HAVE SEEN THE MR. SOFTY TRUCK AND I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS AND I WANTED CONFIRMATION.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A PERMIT OR PERMISSION TO BE ON PROPERTY ONCE I SAW THEM ON THE GRASS RIGHT BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK.
AND THE OTHER TIME I SAW THEM, UM, BY THE EXIT TO LINE.
MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO UP AND TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, HEY YOU DON'T BELONG HERE.
WHAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR US TO DO? SO, UM, IF YOU SEE HIM HERE, REALLY THE, IF HE'S ON THIS CAMPUS, POLICE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT HE HAS BEEN HERE AND THAT HE'S NOT PERMITTED TO BE HERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PARKS MARKET AND DEPRECIATING ORDINANCE THAT WE DON'T PERMIT FOR THIS TYPE OF THING UNLESS IT'S FOR A SPECIAL EVENT THAT WE RUN.
SO, UM, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO LET ME KNOW YOU CAN BE, YOU CAN TEXT ME, YOU CAN SHOOT ME AN EMAIL REAL QUICK, GET A PICTURE OF HIM HERE.
UM, AND THEN I CAN LET POLICE KNOW AND THEY WILL, IT, IT IS A HEFTY FINE IF THEY ARE.
SO MAKE SURE YOU GET A PICTURE.
MM-HMM
THERE WERE UM, PEOPLE HERE NOT LAST WEEKEND, THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE SUPER NICE WEEKEND.
THAT ONE SATURDAY THAT WAS LIKE AWESOME THE ONE SATURDAY.
UM, AND HE WAS HERE ALL DAY AND IT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS HERE ALL MORNING AND HE WASN'T HERE AT ALL.
AND THEN IT WAS LIKE I WAS BEING ALERT LIKE ALL AFTERNOON.
LIKE I KNOW HE'S THERE AND LIKE THEY, YOU KNOW, WERE ON CALL.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO GO UP TO HIM, UM, AT THAT TIME.
BUT WE DO KNOW HE'S HERE A LOT AND POLICE ARE AWARE.
WELL 'CAUSE THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD WAS, IS IT ONE TRUCK? MM-HMM
AND HIS JERSEY PLATES THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE.
YEAH, THEY HAVE JERSEY TAG IS CORPORATE.
SO HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE? THEY DON'T CARE.
BUT THEY'RE NOT, THOSE STATES GET THROWN.
THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR FOR SEVEN SEASON.
IT IS A CONSTANT AND WE GO OUT, YOU NEED TO WAIT FINAL BECAUSE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
I I SPOKE TO CHIEF ABOUT IT AND IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT FAIR TO OTHER TRUCKS THAT PAY ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO THE RULES.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY THEY GENERALLY, THEY DON'T INVITED TO COME TO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY GENERALLY ARE BUT THAT DOESN'T, ONE DOESN'T EQUAL THE OTHER NATION.
I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE THAT TOWER.
SO, SO IF WE WERE A BOARD AND NOT A COMMITTEE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO FIND THEM? I WOULD NEED A MATCH.
AND IF I GET HIM ALERT I TEXT HIM AND HE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S ALL, THE OTHER THING IS THE AREA BY THE BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND THAT SAYS DO NOT PARK HERE OR THIS ROAD CLOSED.
UM, AND IT GETS COMPLETELY IGNORED.
I'VE SEEN 10 CARS PARKED THERE.
SO EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT? SO UP HERE AT BLACKROCK, UM, THE AREA THAT WHEN YOU FIRST DRIVE STRAIGHT, THERE'S A BIG UM, SIGN UP THAT SAYS ROAD CLOSED SOMETHING AND CARS PARKED THERE WHEN THEIR KIDS ARE PLAYING OVER THE PARK.
BUT THE POLICE, THE FIRE NEED ACCESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PULL UP THEIR TRUCKS.
SO THEY MAY NOT BE GOING TO FILL UP THEIR TRUCK ON A SATURDAY.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PARKING THERE.
I THINK IT'S AN EYESORE TO HAVE THAT SIGN.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT NICER TO HAVE A NICE LOOKING SIGN THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DON'T PARK HERE.
THE POLICE NEED ACCESS TO FIRE.
THE FIRE COMPANY NEEDS ACCESS.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO PUT TWO SIGNS SIMILAR TO HOW WE HAVE THE DRIVEWAYS BACK HERE.
THEY WILL SAY POLICE ACCESS ONLY SOON.
IT'S JUST GETTING THOSE SIGNS AND APPROVAL TO PUT THOSE IN PLACE.
AND THEN ONCE THE FUEL STATION, UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE A TIME THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS NO LONGER ON THIS SIDE OF CAMPUS AND WHEN THE FUEL STATION MOVES THEN WE CAN RE DESIGNATE.
BUT UM, OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS TO PUT THOSE SIGNS UP AND HOPEFULLY THOSE WORK, UM, 'CAUSE I CAN'T CHAIN IT.
UM, AND IT, AND IF ANYBODY ASKS YOU WHEN YOU DO PARK WATCH, THE REASON THAT ROAD IS CLOSED IS BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD.
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WHEN WE FIRST OPENED THE PLAYGROUND AND THAT WAS NOT CLOSED, WE SAW NEAR MISSES OF KIDS GETTING HIT BY CARS.'CAUSE PEOPLE FLY THROUGH THERE AND IT'S NOT STAFF, IT'S NOT THE FIRE TRUCKS, IT'S PEOPLE USING THE PLAYGROUND.
AND THERE WERE NEAR MISSES OF LITTLE KIDS GETTING HIT BETWEEN CARS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST RUNNING RIGHT TO THE PLAYGROUND.
THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND IT IS TO NO ONE'S PLANE.
BUT AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION, THAT'S WHY THAT ROAD SHUT DOWN.
UM, THE TRAIL GOES THROUGH THERE, WHICH IS THE PROBLEM.
LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT LITTLE AREA.
THE TRAIL IS IN USE FOR PEOPLE BUT THAT PARKING LOT IS NOT.
SO WE WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE OVER LIKE THE HANDICAP SPACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE MEASURED IT A MILLION TIMES.
IT IS NO CLOSER TO PARK IN THOSE SPOTS THAN IT IS THE ONES THAT CROSS THE WAY EVEN WITH THE BASEMENT.
SO THEY ARE THE SAME IF NOT LESS TO PARK IN THE BIG PARKING LOT, WHICH IS BY THE BIG PARKING LOT THERE.
BUT THAT IS OUR PLAN IS THAT WE'LL NEED A PAINT FOR SPOTS FOR NOW AND WE'LL GET THOSE SIGNS UP AS SOON AS WE GET THEM.
OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS UP HERE.
SO I WILL, MY, MY HUSBAND AND I WENT UP ON SATURDAY TO FIX THE NETS.
THOSE NETS ARE THE INDOOR NETS FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO YOU'LL GET FULL ACCESS TO MY BRAIN FOR A SECOND.
SO I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON PICKLEBALL NETS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I ARE THEY THE RIGHT ONE? I BOUGHT 'EM.
WE PUT THE GREEN PICKLEBALL NET OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY'LL GET STOLEN.
THE LAST THING I'M GONNA DO IS BUY VERY EXPENSIVE NETS THAT ARE MOVED CONSISTENTLY AND GET OUT OF HERE.
UM, SO THE GOAL WAS, LET'S PUT THESE UP.
LET'S SEE HOW A COUPLE SEASONS GO WITH THESE NETS.
I'M FULLY AWARE THEY HAVE TENNIS BALLS ON 'EM.
THEY THE OLD NETS, THEY WERE, THEY'RE LIKE WITHOUT WHALES.
AND THE, THE 10TH WALLS ARE A GOOD IDEA AND KEEPS THE THEY BEING SCRATCHED.
SO IT IS WORKING FOR NOW, BUT WE DO KNOW THEY'RE NOT THE BEST.
IT WAS MORE SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS DON'T GET STOLEN.
SO, AND THE PROFESSIONAL NETS THAT HAVE THE WHEELS THAT ARE HEAVY RUN $2,000, YOU NEED FOUR OF THEM.
THAT'S NOT A, A BUDGET ITEM THAT WE NEED.
MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE SERIOUS, MORE SERIOUS PLAYERS HAVE THEIR OWN NETS.
WE DRIVE AROUND WITH OUR OWN NETS.
SO THAT IS AN EASY THING TO DO.
DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T HAVE A NET.
ONE YOU GOT FROM THE QUARTER, I TAKE IT BACK AND FORTH, BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING THE COURT.
I GET COMMENTS A LOT OF YEAH BUT THERE ARE NO, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE RULES GOING UP? LIKE YES.
SO IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING, UM, PROCESS OF REDOING, I HAVE TO REDO ALL OF OUR PARK SIGNS.
SO EVERY SINGLE SIGN THAT'S IN A PARK I HAVE TO TAKE DOWN AND REDO BECAUSE RULES HAVE CHANGED, ORDINANCE HAVE CHANGED.
SO THEY ALL HAVE TO COME DOWN.
UM, THE HESITATION THAT I HAVE FOR MANY, I'M NOT PUTTING UP SPECIFIC TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL RULES.
THE ONLY THING THAT I ASK OF THE, THE PUBLIC USING BOTH OF THOSE, IF YOUR TENNIS OR PICKLEBALL IS BE PATIENT, BE KIND.
YOU CAN GET ON THE COURT WHEN THE NEXT PERSON'S DONE.
I REALLY HOPE THAT THE TWO WORLDS DON'T COLLIDE ON THE SAME COURT.
UM, IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, BE RESPECTFUL.
IF THIS WORKS OUT, THERE IS PLANS.
ONCE PUBLIC WORKS MOVES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, NEXT TO THE FIREHOUSE THAT THIS IS MORE ACCESS FOR THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I'LL HAVE MORE COURTS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
THE BASKETBALL COURT, I KNOW IT'S NOT GREAT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD, BUT THERE ARE LINES IN THERE TOO FOR PICKLEBALL.
SO IT'S, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BEFORE I THINK PLANS TO BUILD NEW ONE.
BUT, UM, AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE YET, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE.
I KNOW THAT WORKING PROCESS WITH AND DIFFERENT, UM, I KNOW THEY'VE TRIED BEFORE BUT THEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARKING OR THE ROOM RIGHT.
SO AND I KNOW THEY TRIED AGAIN AND THEY HAD, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THE LEFT WORK UNIT.
REPORTS ARE, THEY'RE SAYING COMPLETELY INSIDE.
WHERE IS THAT OLD STATE AND MENNONITE? IT'S THAT OLD FARM UP THERE.
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ALWAYS GREEN.IN THE SUMMER THAT THEY WERE, THERE WERE GONNA BE A VENUE, LIKE A UH, LIKE A WEDDING VENUE OR JUST A VENUE.
AND THEN I KNOW IT WAS SHOT DOWN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE THE PARKING RIGHT.
AND THEN I KNOW THEY'VE ADDED SOME MORE STUFF.
I READ SOME OF THE STUFF THERE WHERE THEY WERE EXPANDING THE PROPERTY THAT THE HOUSE WAS ON TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE GONNA STAY FOR A WHILE.
BUT I KNOW THE PICKLEBALL IS, WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S LIKE SOME OF THOSE YEAH, IT'S WAY MORE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO NICE UP HERE BECAUSE IT'S SO NOT AGGRAVATING ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD LOCATION FOR THOSE.
IT'S NOT GONNA GET SOFTWARE AND IT'S NOT GOING
I PLAY OFFICIAL LITTLE KIDS IN AND OUT.
WE VERY GOOD BUILD A HOUSE NEXT TO A PARK.
SO THERE GONNA BE SOME ISSUES.
BUT THEN PICKLEBALL WASN'T INVENTED BACK THEN.
SO 10 THERE A PICKLEBALL, 10 MORE ROCK HARD PADDLE A HARD BALL.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY THOUGHTS, ANY CONCERNS? AND IF NOT, WE ARE DONE ON TIME MEETING.
IF YOU GUYS CAN STAY FOR TWO MINUTES.