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OKAY.[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
TO ORDER OUR JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING BETWEEN THE, UM, THE UPPER PROVIDENCE PARKS OF REC AND WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE WITH US TODAY THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM BIRD TOWN.UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE EAC WITH US TODAY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMITTEE COUNCIL.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
I'D LIKE TO DO IS OFFER AN APPROVAL, UH, MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.IS SOMEONE TAKING MINUTES TODAY? IS SOMEONE TAKING WE DID NOT.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO TAKE MINUTES FROM TODAY? WE ARE STILL, UM, SECRETARY BASE.
I WILL TAKE MINUTES IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO? CHRIS? I SO VOLUNTEER
UH, FOR THE LITTLE MINUTES HAS PASSED.
[3. Public Comments]
HAVE A MEMBER HERE FROM THE PUBLIC.ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? OH, NO.
I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT ALL YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
MY, UH, MY SON WHO'S A NINTH GRADER, THE LAST KID IN THE HOUSE AND, UH, SAID, CAN OPPORTUNITY BE WITH, AND ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING OUR COMMUNITY LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
AND I THINK THAT'S HOW MANY OF US GOT ONTO THE BOARD INITIALLY WAS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, I'VE ALWAYS SAID IF THE GOVERNMENT'S GONNA SPEND MY MONEY AND I WANNA BE A PART OF IT, I'M GONNA BE ON A COMMITTEE THAT'S GONNA BE A FUN COMMITTEE.
IT'S REALLY NICE HAVING YOU HERE.
[4. Old Business]
KNOWS WE'LL MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS THAT THE PARK WATCH, THE SPREADSHEET HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED.UM, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BOARD MANUAL, YOU'LL SEE HOW TO ACCESS IT.
I ALSO SENT OUT, UH, IN THE AGENDA, UH, WITH THE AGENDA I SENT OUT, OR WITH THE NOTES, I SENT OUT OUT A COPY OF HOW TO ACCESS IT.
DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO ACCESS THAT? DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO GO TO THEIR PARK THIS MONTH? MY, YOU DID? OKAY.
SHOULD WE GO OVER THAT, SUE? WELL, WE SEE THAT, BUT AGAIN, WE TIME FIRST WE'LL DO, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR REGULAR SHORTLY FOR TODAY.
SHOULD I FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE THEN? YES.
WE WILL GO BACK TO IT IF WE HAVE TIME AT THE END.
ALRIGHT, THEN I AM GOING TO PASS THE MICROPHONE TO LEE ALTANA, THE BIRD TOWN REPRESENTATIVE.
THANK YOU TO BOTH COMMITTEES FOR, UH, INVITING HER TOWN TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UM, I'M HERE, UH, IN PLACE OF HEIDI SHIVER.
SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF HER TOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.
I'M THE PRESIDENT, UH, PENNSYLVANIA UBON COUNCIL, WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT NOT-FOR-PROFIT, THAT'S A PUBLISHED OF THE 20
AND, UH, THE CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN VERY INTEGRAL WITH THE SPREAD, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF IS, UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HELPING TO START BIRD TOWNS BECAUSE I WAS PRESIDENT OF WHAT HAD BEEN THE
WE NOW HAVE ALL OF PHILADELPHIA.
UH, AND SO WE CHANGED OUR NAME, UH, WITH THE LIBERTY BOARD ALLIANCE AND INCLUDES ALL PHILADELPHIA, CATHOLIC, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE VALLEY FOR AUTO CHAPTER.
WE SPLIT, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY LONGITUDINALLY.
UH, AND BOTH OF OUR CHAPTERS ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH BIRD.
AND, UM, I'M OPTIMISTIC AND I CHAPTER RESOURCE FOR SOME OF YOUR, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DO AS IS THE COUNCIL.
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SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.UM, I GREW UP IN, UH, PENNSYLVANIA, UM, RESIDENT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, BLAKE LONG, UH, HAVE BEEN THERE, UH, AND BEEN IN ING SINCE I WAS, UH, FIVE YEARS OLD.
PARENTS MOVED
SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND MY PROFESSION HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION.
UM, I WENT THROUGH THE ABINGTON SCHOOLS AND THEN WAS HIRED BY THE ATON SCHOOLS AS A TEACHER.
AND THEN I
I RETIRED 11 YEARS AGO AS AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, USED TO KNOW A LOT OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS.
I THINK THAT, UH, THAT POINT I SPRINGBOARD IS PART OF, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PART OF, UH, YOUR TOWNSHIP.
AND THE OTHER PART IS, UH, KIRK VALLEY.
BUT I REMEMBER SPRING WAS, YOU KNOW, CLIMBING WILDLY IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS THAT THEY, THEY WERE COMING FROM THE THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY.
SO, LOT OF INTEREST IN EDUCATION COUNTY AND THIS LIST.
SO, LEMME START WITH A POWERPOINT.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT.
STOP ME AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR SOMETHING'S NOT CLEAR, UH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
I THINK, UH, KEN MADE A COPY OF THE POWERPOINT SO YOU HAVE IT.
UH, SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
AND, UH, LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS CORRECTLY.
THIS IS THE MISSION OF BIRD TOWN.
UM, I DON'T READ SLIDES TO PEOPLE.
I, I KNOW YOU CAN ALL READ YOURSELVES, BUT, UM, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE ABOUT AND IT'S, UH, IT IS BIRD CENTERED AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT IF WE MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, A GREAT PLACE FOR BIRDS, IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE AS WELL.
AND OTHER WILDLIFE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING AS COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE FOR 14 YEARS.
WE NOW HAVE 85 BIRD COUNT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AS OF, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
UM, WE'RE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE PENNSYLVANIA INE COUNCIL.
UH, AND, UH, IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH US IS, UM, UH, WE CAN SERVE PA UH, WE CAN SERVE PA AS A HARRISBURG BASED, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT IS THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR LAND TRUST ACROSS THE STATE THAT, UH, PROTECT LAND BEING PRIVATE LAND TRUST.
I, I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE PENNY ACT AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION TRUST, AND WE TRY TO ACQUIRE SAFE LAND LEE, WE JUST, MY HUSBAND AND I JUST DROVE THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY TOWNS THAT I'VE PASSED THAT HAVE THE BIRD TOWN SIGN.
AND MAYBE BECAUSE I'M MORE AWARE OF IT NOW FOR ALMOST, YEAH.
SO I WAS, THAT WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
WE, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH IN THE, UH, PIPELINE AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA PASS A HUNDRED BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THE LINE, DOWN THE, UH, ROAD.
UH, IT'S THE UBON CHAPTERS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT ARE ALSO INTEGRALLY INVOLVED WITH THE EXPANSION OF BIRD TOWN AND THE BIRD CITY NETWORK ARE PART OF, AS WELL.
THE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY, UH, RUNS A NATIONAL NETWORK, INTERNATIONAL NETWORK ACTUALLY, UM, OF THE BIRD TOWNS IN BIRD CITIES, UH, WHICH HAD A MEETING TODAY.
IT'S ALL ZOOM, BUT IT INCLUDES, UH, SOME COUNTRIES IN, UH, THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WITH TWO BIRD TOWNS IN COLUMBIA, MEXICO, SOME IN, UH, SOME IN CANADA.
SO THERE, THERE'S REALLY THIS, UH, GROWING NETWORK OF BIRD TOWNS.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ALONE.
UM, THIS SORT ROUGH, THE STATE BIRD.
BUT, UH, JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, PENNSYLVANIA AON COUNCIL.
IF WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THE NATIONAL AON SOCIETIES ORGANIZED AND ALL THAT, NEED A WHOLE OTHER SET OF POWER POINTS.
BUT SUFFICES TO SAY THAT OUR CHAPTERS ARE, UH, CHAPTERS OF THE NATIONAL AUTOBAR SOCIETY.
THEY'RE EACH INDEPENDENTLY AND INCORPORATED.
SO THEY HAVE A, A MEASURE OF INDEPENDENCE.
OUR COUNCIL IS A COALITION, UH, OF THE, UH, CHAPTERS, UH, AND THE CHAPTERS FOR LEADERSHIP NOMINATED LEADERS.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO INDEPENDENT, BUT WE WORK, UM, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE NATIONAL
I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU ALL THE REASONS WHY THE FOCUS ON BIRDS, THIS IS IN HERE.
UM, IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE'RE A BUNCH OF BIRD LOVERS.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, STUDIES ARE SHOWING US THAT THERE'S BEEN 70% REDUCTION OF BIRDS SINCE 1970.
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DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF BIRDS TO CHECK THE 70.I MAY BE MIXING UP, UH, 1970 THAT THE DECLINE.
BUT THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE FOR POPULATIONS.
UH, WE'RE SEEING IT ESPECIALLY IN GRASSLAND BIRDS AND SOME OF THE OTHER KINDS OF SPECIES.
UH, THEN WE WANT, UH, BIRD TOWNS TO BE ABLE TO HELP FROM A, UH, POINT WHERE EVEN INDIVIDUAL, UH, OWNERS OF, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR YARDS OR OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF, EVEN BALCONIES, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO DO SOME NATIVE PLANTS AND DOING OTHER KINDS OF THINGS TO HELP ENJOY BIRDS, BRING THEM TO YOUR YARD.
IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA FOR THE BIRD FEEDERS AND, UH, ME APP.
UH, IT SEEMED TO BE THAT DURING THE COVID, UH, THE PANDEMIC, EVERYBODY SEEMED TO DISCOVER, UM, THE HUGE EXPLOSION IN BIRD WATCHING AND INTERESTED BIRDS, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND FOCUSING ON, GEE, THESE BIRDS ARE IN OUR YARN.
AND, UH, WE CAN DO A LOT AS, UH, INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS AS BIRD TOWNS AS, UH, INE CHAPTERS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO BRING, UH, BIRDS BACK.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A CLICHE TO TALK ABOUT THE CANARY AND THE COAL MINE, UH, BUT BIRDS ARE TELLING US SOMETHING.
IF WE'RE HAVING HUGE HABITAT LOSS, WE'RE HAVING, UH, OTHER KINDS OF HORSES, UH, UM, OF THINGS THAT SUSTAIN BIRDS.
SO, UH, WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND.
I KNOW SOME OF OUR BIRD ACCOUNTS, UH, WORKING ON PLASTIC SUMMER ACCOUNTS, UH, WITH THEIR EACS PRINCIPALLY DRIVING IT, HAVE, UH, WORKED ON, UH, SINGLE USE PLASTIC BINS.
UH, MANY OF THEM IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAVE ALREADY DONE SO, SO PEOPLE START CARRYING THEIR OWN, UH, REUSABLE, UH, CLOTH OR OTHER KINDS OF BAGS TO THE, UH, MARKET.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT SOME OF THE, UH, BIRD TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE WORKING WITH SIERRA CLUB, BUT THEY'RE READY FOR 100 COALITION WORKING OUT PLANS TO LOOK AT RENEWABLE ENERGY, UM, AND, UH, REDUCE, UH, THE EFFECTS OF, UH, FOSSIL FUELS AND HOPEFULLY TRY TO TURN THAT TIDE.
PESTICIDES WINDOW COLLISION IS A BIG ONE THAT INVOLVED WITH WAS, UH, UP MATERIALS ABOUT, UH, BIRD COLLISION AND THE, UH, BIRD SAFE, UH, PHILLY, UH, COALITION, UH, WHICH INVOLVES MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE COLLAR COUNTIES IN BOTH, UH, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY.
UH, SO WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO BIRDS, OTHER BIRDS? HABITAT LOSS IS PROBABLY WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD TELL YOU.
A DRAMATIC, UH, YOU KNOW, LOSS OF HABITAT, YOU KNOW, GRASSLANDS, UH, FOREST, THAT KIND OF THING.
COURSE, PENNSYLVANIA SAW A LOT OF FOREST, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF, BUT THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE ECOSYSTEMS. AND REMEMBER THE BIRDS THAT WE SEE HERE THAT ARE MIGRATING RIGHT NOW, THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR LIFE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I WOULD SAY HALF IS THE, UH, THE BIGGEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS HAPPENING, UH, IN TERMS OF WHERE THINGS ARE GROWING ARE NOT GROWING WHEN THINGS, UH, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF COMING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
THERE WERE TIMES RIGHT WHEN THE, UH, BOAT TREES AND THE PACKAGE WERE COMING OUT, SO THEY WERE RIDING DEER THAT COULD BE ABLE TO PEE ON THE INSECTS ON THESE TREES.
AND NOW MUCH OF THAT IS PARTICULARLY EARLIER.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, GOING ON AS WELL.
BUT, UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE, UH, WE ADDRESS CASE THREATS, THIS KIND OF WORK.
SO HERE'S SOME THINGS SOME BIRD TOWNS DO, AND I CAN TALK A LOT MORE, UH, IN TERMS OF TOWNS HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH, BUT THIS IS A RUNNING LIST OF SOME OF THE KINDS OF THINGS.
UH, I HAVE HEARD COUNCIL TAKEN ON, UM, PLANNING, UH, PREPARING ERS, UH, TAKING ISSUES AND, AND, UH, TREATING A GLASS IN, UH, BUILDINGS THAT HAVE POS A THREAT, UH, WITH, UH, BERGE STRIKES.
THAT'S ONE OF, UH, THERE'S IN THE, SOME ESTIMATE MORE TWO AND HALF BILLION IN THE UNITED STATES, THE WORLD,
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SOME LITERATURE ABOUT THAT, THAT BE TO ADDRESS.AND WE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, UH, MUNICIPALITIES AND BUSINESSES AND RELIGIOUS PLACES OF WORSHIP, UM, YOU OFTEN WORK ON THIS.
WE TALK ABOUT PLANNING NATIVE.
UM, YOU, THE, UH, THERE'S A THING HERE ABOUT SCIENCE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LOT OF OUR TOWNS DO IS GET INVOLVED WITH A GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNTY, WHICH IS PRESIDENT'S WEEKEND.
UH, EVERY YEAR, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 26 YEARS.
IT'S, UH, OUT, UH, CANADA, THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, UH, SUPPORT A GREAT BACKYARD, BIRD COUNTY.
MAKE SURE THERE ARE EVENTS THAT GO IN WITH SCHOOLS, WITH, UH, OTHER GROUPS.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AT THE PRESENT WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, SO IT BECOMES AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH KIDS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, CAN GET INVOLVED WITH YOUTH EDUCATION AND THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD CAMP, BUT ALSO OTHER KINDS OF BIRD WALKS.
THIS IS WHERE CHAPTER CAN COME IN.
UM, A PLACE LIKE VALLEY
YOU, WORKING WITH SCHOOLS IS, UM, IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS A CHALLENGE.
UM, I, I WAS DIRECTOR OF PERKIN FOR MY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND YOUR WAY INTO THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT IF YOUR SCHOOLS, THE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, PARTICIPATE IN BY, UH, IF THERE ARE ADVANCED PLACEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, SCIENCE, UH, HORSES, OTHER KINDS OF, UH, HORSES, OLOGY CLUBS, UH, TON.
WE HAVE A HERB CLUB, WE 50 KIDS AT HERB CLUB, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS AMAZING.
BUT, UH, AND IT'S MOSTLY, THEY, THEY SELF-DESCRIBE, WE'RE THE NERDS BY NOW, BUT BEING A NERD APPARENTLY IS COOL.
UM, SO THEY QUESTION FOR YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, GORDON DOING WORD BLOCKS, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT ONE THAT COMES WITH BEING INVOLVED IN BORDERTOWN, OR IS THAT LIKE EXPEND? DOES THAT BE ANOTHER COST? UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER COST.
EVERYTHING WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HERE, UH, THERE MAY BE SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH, UH, PERFUME AND VALLEY, UM, UH, BORDER CHECK CONSERVANCY MM-HMM
UH, THEY MIGHT HELP YOU GET A REVITALIZED GRANT TO DO A TRIBUTARY AND DO, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANTINGS.
UH, SO JUST LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE C NESTING PROGRAM OF PENNSYLVANIA GAIN COMMISSION, THEY COUNT ON THE BIRD TOWN TO GET VOLUNTEERS AND CHAPTER MAY BE ABLE TO HELP.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WITH MY CHAPTER IN, UH, UH, PHILADELPHIA AND, UH, BIRD, WE JUST DID, UH, LOWER BIRD PARK.
WE GOT LIKE 30 SOME PEOPLE IN VERY, UH, AND SO WE PROVIDED THE EXPERTISE.
UH, AND SO THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE HAD SOME OF THE FOLKS INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING CALLED CLIMATE WATCH, WHICH STARTS TOMORROW.
UM, THERE'S A MONTH PERIOD IN THE SPRING AND LONG PERIOD WINTER WHERE WE DO COUNTS.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
UH, WE DO USE SLING, BUT YOU CAN'T USE SLING ALONE TO IDENTIFY THE YOU TO THEM OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU NEED TO SEE MY OWN EYES.
BUT THE, UH, NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CONFIRM CHRIS LIN WAS AFTER.
UM, BUT WE COUNT THE BIRDS BE SEEN 12 SQUARE AND SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF FORGE IS, UH, HAVE SOME TIME CLOCK HERE, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING.
COULD BE A SEPARATE, UH, TYPE OF THING.
WE CAN COME BACK AND, UH, AND TALK ABOUT.
UH, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN ALL OF THESE, UH, AREAS, UM, WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BIRD COUNTS GET INVOLVED.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN LEARN WHETHER THE BIRD COUNTS ARE DOING.
BUT IF YOU SEE ANYTHING ON HERE THAT'S, UH, UH, INTERESTING, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THAT A BIRD LINE THAT, UH, THAT IS A BIRD LINE? UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS ONE'S LOCATED, BUT, UM, IT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER PLACE WE COULD DO THE BREAK BACK, BIRD COUNT, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING KIDS IN AND TEACH THEM ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF, UH, AT THAT POINT OF YEAR, IT'S WINTER BIRDS AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF, UH, WHERE YOU CAN GET VOLUNTEERS THAT CAN HELP THEM COUNT AND PUT IT INTO A, UM, A SCIENTIFIC DATABASE CALLED
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E UH, THAT IS INTERNATIONAL.OKAY? HERE'S WHAT WE PROVIDE MUNICIPALITY.
SO WE HAVE THE STRUCTURED PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE RESOURCES, UM, THINGS LIKE THIS, UH, TABLE, UH, COVER, UH, SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF HANDOUTS.
AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THEM BE HERE TONIGHT OR HAVE SOME FROM, FOR STATE PHIL AND OTHER SOURCES, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
UM, WE DO PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK, UM, CONNECT YOU WITH PARTNERS, UH, TRY TO, UH, NETWORK.
LIKE I JUST, I'M READING, I, I HELPED WRITE SOMETHING CALLED THE BIRD TEMP FLYER ALONG WITH MIGHTY, UH, IT'LL COME OUT TOMORROW.
SHE JUST SENT IT TO ME TO REVIEW.
AND I LET A REMINDER THAT I'M HERE AT A MEETING, GIVEN A PRESENTATION SO I CAN REVIEW THE, THE BIRD TOWN FLYER.
BUT THE BIRD TOWN FLYER IS LIKE A, UH, NEWSLETTER GOES OUT FIVE TIMES A YEAR TO, IF YOU ALL BECAME A BIRD TOWN, IT WOULD COME OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
AND, UH, YOU GET A SENSE OF WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.
AND THIS IS SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR WEBINARS AND TRAININGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE.
UM, NONE OF THIS IS ON A CROSS BASIS.
IF YOU GO TO FOR A TOWN PA YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF STUFF, UH, ABOUT, UH, WHAT CAN BE DONE.
UH, IT SHOULD BE GETTING YOUR HANDOUT, UH, FOR HOW TO GET THERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS ON OUR CALENDAR.
UH, THE LAST THING ON THAT RIGHT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, ARE, UH, PROCLAMATIONS RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES.
UH, MANY OF ACCOUNTS GET VERY SERIOUS AND WORK WITH THEIR MUNICIPAL, UH, GOVERNING BODY BOARD COMMISSIONERS OR, UH, COUNCIL BE.
AND, UH, THEY'VE ADOPTED, UH, ORDINANCES, UH, SOIL STAND, FOR EXAMPLE, ADOPTED LIGHT SALE ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH, UH, ASKS, UH, RESIDENTS TO, UH, LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT THAT THEY USE FOR
IT'S NOT JUST AN ENERGY SAVINGS THING HAS TO WITH BIRD MIGRATION AND WHAT LIGHT DOES FOR BIRDS AND INTERFERES WITH THE BIRDS AND, UH, HAND OUT SOME LIGHTS OUT STUFF HERE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO WORK TO TURN LIGHTS OFF, UH, BETWEEN, UH, MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 AM OVERNIGHT, EVEN EARLIER, UH, SO THAT THE BUILDINGS, UH, ARE ENCOURAGED, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL BUILDING, UH, INCLUDING, I THINK I SHARED THAT IN BIRD STATE.
PHILLY STARTED ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, SIGNERS OF, UH, WHITEOUT WAS SINUS COLLEGE.
UH, THEY REGISTERED ON THE STATE PHILLY WEBSITE IS WHEN I THINK OF ALMOST 200 BUILDINGS NOW THAT, UH, LIKE SALE, INCLUDING MANY OF THE SUB CITY HOMES.
UH, THE COUNTY, UM, IS TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE COURT COMPLEX AS WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, MONTGOMERY PLAZA AND THE COURTHOUSE THAT WERE HARRISBURG IS LIGHTS OUT.
THEY DIM THE DOME, WHICH BLOWS MY MIND.
UH, THE, THE DOME OF THE CAPITAL IN HARRISBURG IS THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY, THEY DI IT, UH, BY SOUTH DURING BIRD MIGRATION.
I THINK THAT'S LIKE WHY IT'S GREAT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, PROGRAMS OF NOT JUST BIRD TOWNS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, BIRD SAFE PROGRAMS, UH, THAT ARE EITHER CONNECTED WITH BIRD TOWNS OR ASSOCIATED OR ON THEIR OWN, UM, PITTSBURGH, PHILADELPHIA, HARRISBURG, STATE COLLEGE, UH, AREAS LOOKING INTO IT, DOING LIKE SOUTH PROGRAMS. BACKYARD HABITAT RECOGNITION IS, UM, A GREAT WAY TO GET, UH, INDIVIDUAL HOME
UH, THE COUNCIL IS JUST READY TO RELAUNCH, UM, THE BIRD HABITAT PROGRAM, UH, THAT UBON USED TO SPONSOR.
UH, AND NOW THAT'S THE SECOND SLIDE THERE THAT YOU SEE ON THAT POST.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT HABITAT RECOGNITION PROGRAMS, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS THAT LIKE TO GET EVERY POSSIBLE SIGN THEY CAN GET TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING WITH MONARCH BUTTERFLIES WITH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
BUT THE, UM, UH, THE PENNSYLVANIA OIL LAW COUNCIL HAS PICKED UP AND WORKED WITH CHAPTERS OF BIRD TOWNS, AND WE'RE GONNA BE READY TO LAUNCH USING THE IMAGE ON THE SIGN THAT'S BELOW THE SCREEN, UH, FOR THE BIRD HABITAT SIGN.
AND WE'LL BE PROMOTING THAT THROUGH OUR AUTO MINE CHAPTERS DIRECTLY BIRD TOWNS, SO THAT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GET HOMEOWNERS TO CONSIDER EXPANDING NATIVE
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CLAIM GARDENS, UH, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF OIL.UM, IT MAY, UH, INVOLVE YOUR, PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FEED ORDINANCES, UH, OR SOME OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, MAY PREVENT
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR ORDINANCE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING OVER SIX INCHES HIGH, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, WOULD NEED TO BE TWEAKED IF YOU WANT THEM TO PUT IN, UH, FLOWERING MEADOWS.
UH, WE HAVE SOME BIRD TOWNS AT THE FAR END OF, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR, UH, GREEN LANE.
AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT HAVE ACRES OF WINE THAT THEY'RE COMING.
AND I'M THINKING, IF, WHY CAN'T WE WORK WITH THEM TO CREATE MEADOWS, YOU KNOW, HABITAT FOR INSECTS OR BIRDS, UH, FOR OTHER KINDS OF WILDLIFE AND REDUCE THEIR COSTS? UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU JUST LET IT GO.
THERE'S REALLY WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND SO THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE, UH, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL BY OUR PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL BIRD HABITAT RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT IS BIRD CENTRIC.
ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS, UH, ARE LOOKING AT OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE, UH, PROMOTING THE, UH, BIRD.
UM, THIS IS THE CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAMS. I ALREADY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT, UH, USING EBIRD.
SOME OF OUR BIRD COUNTS DO PROJECT FEED WATCH, UH, WHICH IS OUR PRINT PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR FEEDERS, UH, PERIODICALLY.
UH, THERE'S A PROTOCOL, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS A WEEK, AND REPORTING WHAT BIRDS ARE SAYING, AND ALL THAT DATA IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRACK WHERE BIRDS ARE AT DIFFERENT TIMES A YEAR.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT IS SOMETHING MANY OF OUR CHAPTERS OR OTHER BIRD CLUBS DO.
UH, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR CHAPTER'S BEEN IN, UH, WINCO BIRD CLUB IS MANY DECADES THAT RIGHT THE MIDDLE USUALLY HAVE THE WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO APRIL OF JANUARY.
WE HAVE ARTICLES, UH, WE HAVE A BLOG ON SITE, UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SOMETHING LATER, SOME DIFFERENT THINGS HERE YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.
UH, THESE ARE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
THESE ARE NOT OF ANY, ANY COSTS.
WE DO, UH, PROVIDE EXPERT SPEAKERS.
AND, UH, ALSO SHARING, UH, I BELIEVE THE ONE, SEPTEMBER 25TH IS, UH, WE UP LOWER MIDFIELD IN, UH, FOX COUNTY, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, BEEN PIONEERS, THAT STUFF.
THESE ARE SOME KIND OF THINGS.
ONES WE'VE DONE COLLISION, WE'VE DONE ALL OTHERS.
AND THERE'S ALSO THE NETWORK BETWEEN HER ACCOUNTS, SHARE IDEAS, THE FLYER TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AGAIN, COMES OUT, UH, JUST BY MONTHLY THING COMES OUT, COME UP, COMES UP.
FIVE BIRD, UH, IS A QUARTERLY, UH, AND ACTUALLY INTENDED FOR HOMEOWNER, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN BIRD HABITAT IN THEIR YARD, UH, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR KIDS TOO, AS WELL AS ADULTS.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE.
IT'S A PUBLIC PAGE, BUT, UH, YOU CAN'T, UH, POST TO IT UNLESS YOU ARE AT, SOMEBODY IS ALLOWED TO, UH, BE GIVEN PERMISSION TO POST.
BUT THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF THERE.
HERE'S THE, UH, THE NETWORKING, WHAT WE CALL FLUSHES.
UM, WE, UH, ORGANIZE OUR, OUR BIRD TOWNS AROUND OUR INE CHAPTERS.
SO, UM, GOING THROUGH HARRISBURG, UM, I THINK THERE'S SIX OR EIGHT BIRD TOWNS NOW, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, CREATED AS RESULT OF APPALACHIAN A SOCIETY, CCH WITH THEM ON MAY 24TH, ALONG WITH HEIDI, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE BIRD HABITAT PROGRAM.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY ALSO SHARE AMONG EACH OTHER.
FOX COUNTY HAS A, UH, I THINK 15 BIRD TOWNS IN THAT CLUTCH, LEHIGH VALLEY, UH, ARTON HAS, UM, I THINK YOU GOT THERE.
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THERE IS, YOU SEE THIS ON THE, UM, WEBSITE, GIVES YOU THE NUMBER, LIBERTY BIRD ALLIANCE, WHICH IS, UH, CHAPTER, WE HAVE 14 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PHILADELPHIA.YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE, UM, THE POLITICS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PHILADELPHIA.
THEY A QUICK GROUP TO BECOME BIRD TOWN.
LET, LET KNOW WE WORKING GOOD PARTNERS.
FORGE BOND SOCIETY WOULD BE THE UR.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE LARGEST ONE POINT OF BIRD TOWNS BETWEEN THE STAFF OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, CHESTER, AND, UH, DELAWARE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A VERY LARGE AREA IN A LOT OF BIRD TOWNS.
AND THE UBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN P PA HAS, UH, TAKEN IT ON, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE UP TO ABOUT A DOZEN BIRD TOWNS, UH, ACROSS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
AND THEY'RE WORKING PARTICULARLY, UM, IMPACT SOME BREAD HONEY, WITH, UH, UM, I FORGET WHAT THE, UH, THE PHRASE IS NOW.
IT'S PROBABLY, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THIS, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE THAT WE DON'T SEE A LOT.
EDI, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE, UM, A GREAT DEAL OF SOCIALLY, UH, IN THE VALLEY, UH, OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH, AND, UH, HAVING GREAT SUCCESS THERE AS A WAY TO FULLY HELP THE COMMUNITY DIRECTION.
UH, WE DO ASK FOR ANNUAL REPORTS EACH YEAR AROUND THESE FIVE STRATEGIES.
AND IT'S A WAY TO BOTH, UH, PROVIDE WHAT YOU DO EACH YEAR AS A, AS A WAY TO SHARE, UM, AND A WAY TO, UM, IDENTIFY PLANS FOR EACH YEAR.
UH, WHEN YOU BECOME A BURN TOWN, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THE FIRST YEAR REPORT, YOU WENT TO YOUR SECOND YEAR.
BUT THIS IS THE WAY IT'S, UH, ORGANIZED BECAUSE WE LIKE TO TRY TO SHOW THE GROWTH, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING DONE, WHAT'S BEING ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, WE QUITE A FEW THIS PAST YEAR, WHICH MEANS A LOT OF WORK AND, UH, SORT TO BE
THEY, EVERYONE IS ORGANIZED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
UH, SOME HAVE A BIRD TOWN COMMITTEE THEMSELVES, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, UPPER HAS, YOU KNOW, SO MANY FROM THE COMMISSION, SO MANY FROM THE EAC, A LOT OF THEM JUST A COMMITTEE OF THE, UH, UH, OF EAC THERE.
HERE'S THE, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS.
THERE IS A ONE TIME, $100 APPLICATION FEE.
UH, IF THE APPLICATION IS, MAY NEED TO BE REVISED OR NEEDED, YOU'RE NOT TURNED AWAY.
WE TRY TO HELP YOU GET AN APPLICATION, BE ACCEPTED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND, UH, SURE THAT THE APPLICATION NEEDS TO, I'LL TELL YOU THE APPLICATION, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY PLANNING.
SO IT BECOMES A, YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE, UH, THE PUN INTENDED.
SO HERE'S, YOU GOT A WELCOME PACKET.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AT YOUR LEISURE.
UH, BUT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, ARE BENEFITS TO BEING A PART OF THE NETWORK.
UM, AND YOU ALSO GET TWO OF THESE SIGNS AND, UH, THE ABILITY TO BUY ADDITIONAL SIGNS.
UH, SOME OF OUR BIRD TOWNS WANNA MAKE SURE THE SIGNS ARE IN EVERY ROADWAY INTO THEIR BIRD TAIL AND EVERY NATURE ROADWAY.
UH, SOME HAVE LIMITED IN JUST A FEW LOCATIONS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID, UH, SOME, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THAT AS WENT ACROSS THE STATE.
YEAH, BIRD MAKES FEEL FAR SOME LOOKING LIKE TREE CITY, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ALL THE CITY SIGNS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES.
SO HERE'S THE INITIAL INFORMATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, SUE, SO I HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO PRESENT IT.
AND, UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
I THINK FOR ON MY END, WHAT ARE, UM, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER THE APPLICATION PROCESS LIKE OVERLY, THOROUGHLY, BUT WHAT ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN PLAY TO APPLY? WELL, THERE'S FIVE CATEGORIES.
UM, SOME, SOME BIRD COUNTS ALREADY HAVE THINGS GOING IN.
THEY SEEM TO BE THE TOUGHEST NUT TO CRACK, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT.
UM, BUT I KNOW ABOUT PERSONALLY, BUT IN TERMS OF YOU, JUST THE WAY IT'S HARD TO
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WORK, BUT, UM, UM, YOU TRY TO PUT SOME PLANNING IN PLACE OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE OR WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, AND, UH, AND EACH OF THOSE FIVE TARGET AREAS.AND SO, UH, AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU ALREADY HAVE THEM.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAV NEST PROJECT, NATURAL TO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TOWERS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAILS SATELLITE.
SO, AND EXPANDING THAT, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT BECOMES A, IN TERMS SOME OF THE APPLICATION, IT, IT'S NOT AN ARDUOUS APPLICATION.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE, UH, DOING AT 10 40.
SO THE ONE USED BAGS AND THE, THE ORDINANCES IN THAT PART OF THE, THE
UH, AND IN SOME CASES, IN SOME EASTERN VALLEY, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET.
WELL, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING WE MIGHT EVEN BE WORKING.
I'M HOPING WE'RE GONNA HAVE MUCH OF THIS STUFF IN PLACE RIGHT BEFORE WE PUT THE APPLICATION IN, NOT KNOWING THAT WE'RE ALREADY 25%, IT ALL HELPS.
I FORGET WHICH NAME MIGHT HAVE BEEN COOPERSBURG.
UH, OR THE STUFF THEY GOT ALREADY DONE LOOKS LIKE BLOWING THE SELECT LOOK AT THIS'S ALREADY DONE.
AND THEY WERE PLANNING, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD, YOU KNOW? SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
IT REALLY TAKES, YOU KNOW, THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU'VE DONE STUFF AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL STUFF AROUND THESE FIVE
THE FACT THAT WE'RE RIGHT HERE IN AUDUBON.
SO YOU MENTIONED CONTROLLING IT, EXPOSED MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE SPECIES.
UH, ONE THAT I'M HAVING BIG IS THERE TO ACTUALLY, ITS VERY HARD.
UM, I USED, UH, CONTROL IT IN MY YARD AND YOU NO OTHERS.
I HAVE FIVE ACRES OF IT, SO YEAH.
YOU GUESS WHAT MOST PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE TO LOVE IT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM BECAUSE MY HUSBAND'S BEEN FIGHTING IT WITH FLAME LEADERS OR WHATEVER FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.
AND, AND IT'S ALREADY DISAPPEAR, YOU KNOW, ITS AN EPHEMERAL, IT COMES UP, IT DISAPPEARS.
IT'S HARD TO DIG OUT MECHANICALLY, THOSE LITTLE, WELL, IT'S GOT R STONES AND IT JUST SPREADS.
AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU HAVE TO ATTACK IT IN JANUARY.
AND OF COURSE, USUALLY YOU PEOPLE GO OUT THERE AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE USED, UH, THERE'S SOME KIND OF VINEGAR YOU CAN GET, UH, I FORGET.
YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT, WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE? IT'S IT, LOOK, IT'S CALLED, DOES IT HAVE A LITTLE YELLOW FLOUR? YES.
CARPET VINEGAR, UH, IT'S A VERY STRONG VINEGAR.
WELL, I BUY 50% VINEGAR OFF AMAZON.
AND THEN WITH, I DO THE NORMAL WHEAT KILLER BLEND VINEGAR, THE SALT AND THE, THE DAWN SOAP.
AND WITHIN SIX HOURS YOU'D SEE A DIE.
BUT NOT TOO WELL, I'LL START SPRAYING JANUARY NOW.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE SPECIES? I SEE IT'S LESSER OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A BIG BUTTER.
AND YOU GO THROUGH ANY, ANY AREA, YOU'LL SEE CARPETS, AN ABSOLUTE CARPETS AND GROWS JUST LONG ENOUGH TO KILL ANYTHING UNDERNEATH IT.
WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE, A LOT OF THE NATIVE WILD FLOWERS LIKE TRAP LILLY OR SPRING BEAUTIES OR SOME OF THE OTHER EPHEMERALS, THEY'RE CALLED EPHEMERALS BECAUSE THEY COME OUT BEFORE THE TREES LEAVE.
THAT'S WHEN MOST OF THE SUN IS SITTING IN THE FOREST FLOOR.
AND THESE FLOWERS, YOU KNOW, FIRST, FOURTH, AND THEN, UH, ONCE THE TREES LEAVE, THEY'RE BORN, YOU KNOW, THEIR BACK, UH, OFTEN DON'T HAVE EVEN A A LEAVES UP ANY LONGER.
'CAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THEY WERE A PROBLEM.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY SOLD, WAS KIND OF LIKE HOUSE.
AND THEN PEOPLE PLANT THEM IN THEIR YARDS, NOT REALIZING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD NATIVE PLAN.
I SAID, THIS IS A PLAIN, YOU JUST GOTTA LEARN.
BUT THANK GOD, WHO REALLY PROMOTED PLANTING NATIVE PLANT YARDS AND GARDENS.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MENTIONED, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT.
IT'S VERY, VERY HARD TO CONTROL.
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WE, UM, WE BOUGHT STICKERS.THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE SHAPE OF THE BIRD, BUT THEY'RE HOLOGRAPHIC SO THEY CAN GO ONTO THE WINDOW.
'CAUSE I ALSO LIVE AT RIVER CREST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT REALLY TALL WINDOWS.
AND WE WERE HEARING THE BIRDS HIBBING.
BUT THAT HAS REALLY HELPED THE STICKERS.
IT IT CAN, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THESE, BUT I'LL PASS THESE AROUND BOTH WAYS.
UH, THIS IS A BROCHURE THAT, UM, LEHIGH VALLEY AND WE DID THE NATIONAL ON
UH, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS WINDOWS.
I KNOW MOST PEOPLE, CITIES ISSUE, AND CITIES ARE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT MOST OF THE BIRD HILLS THAT GLASS BUILDINGS ARE LESS.
LAST IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND MY DOG JUST HAD A SNACK BUFFET BECAUSE DOORS HAS BEEN FLYING BETWEEN THE HOUSES.
HIT THAT GLASS FENCE, LAND IN THE HEDGE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO ADDRESS A GLASS WALL AT THE, UH, PHILIPP PARK.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER THING ON LIGHTS SALE.
AND, UH, ONE SLIDE SLIDE'S LIGHTS OUT, ONE'S GLASS SURFACES THAT NATIONAL
I'LL CAST THAT AROUND THESE WINDOWS IN THE BACK THAT THEY USED.
UH, PUT THE, UH, WHAT FRIENDLY ONE I WAS GETTING EIGHT BIRD KILLS A YEAR, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I KNEW, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM AND PROBABLY MEANS A LOT MORE.
BUT ONCE I PUT LEASE UP, UH, WE HAD NO OTHER THIRD.
IT, IT, IT GOES ONE LIKE DOTS.
AND YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A TECHNIQUE THAT, UH, SO WHEN YOU LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW, YOU DO SEE DOTS BEFORE YOUR LICENSE.
UH, THIS IS OUR CHAPTER NEWSLETTER LETTER WHEN WE WERE SO NAMED THE LINK OF OUR SOCIETY BEFORE PHILADELPHIA BECAME PART OF, UH, OUR CHAPTER TERRITORY.
AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THINGS WITH SCHOOLS.
OUR, UH, SAFE SCHOOLS INITIATIVE, OTHER KINDS OF THINGS WE DID.
UM, AND I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S CALLED BURN STATE PHILLY BUCKS, MONTGOMERY CHESTER, DELAWARE COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY, UH, MERCER LOST, UH, CAMDEN, UH, I THINK THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES.
COUNTIES, YOU PROBABLY KNOW ALL THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES CAN ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, THE DELAWARE WATERSHED.
WE, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, THE AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS AND SUBARU, AND THEY PUT IN A WHOLE, UH, DISPLAY.
HERE'S ANOTHER, THIS IS FROM CORNELL.
SIMPLE ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO HELP BIRDS, INCLUDES BIRD COLLISIONS AND THEN NATIVE PLANTS.
I JUST BOUGHT A BUNCH OF NATIVE FLOWER SEEDS TO PUT IN WHAT WE CALL THE, THE 200 DRIVEWAY.
AND I WANNA GET RID OF THE GRASS.
AND SO I, A THIRD OF A YEAR, WELL, YOU MAKE SURE YOU QUALIFY FOR A HABITAT.
I ALSO JUST WANTED SIX GRASS POINTS, WHICH I, I, I LOVE THE DESCRIPTION FOR WHAT THEY NEEDED.
IT WAS LIKE
I MIGHT NOT PER WOODSHED CONSERVANCY HAS A GREAT DAY OF PLANTS SALE EVERY YEAR.
UM, THE, THE FOUR H CENTER IN CREAMERY IS HAVING A, A MASTER GARDEN PLANT SAIL.
THIS WEEK WE'RE SEEING A TREMENDOUS REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF HUMMINGBIRD WE'VE BEEN FEEDING THEM.
AT FIRST I WAS MAKING THEIR FOOD CHANGING IT EVERY THREE DAYS.
AND THEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO PLANTS.
UM, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS, BUT OVER THE YEARS, WE, WE MAY NOW SEE TWO OR THREE IF WE'RE LUCKY.
IS THAT HAPPENING? UH, IF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, EVEN LIKE WITH SPRING MIGRATION, UM, THIS SPRING MIGRATION, PEOPLE ARE REPORTING, YOU KNOW, FAR LESS WORKERS.
UM, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2012 WHO WAS STARTING KEEPING THESE EXQUISITE VOTING RECORDS, UH, IN HAND.
YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY PUT HANDWRITING
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IN SCHOOL, HANDWRITING WAS EXQUISITE.HE KEPT THE JOURNAL EVERY YEAR FROM THE TIME 15.
AND WE, UH, WE GOT VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER TO GET THAT ALL CONVERTED TO E WHICH IS ALL.
AND UH, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE, THERE WERE THE CHANGES.
UM, THIS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT THING USED TO BE, THAT WAS A BIRD AND NOW IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON NEW PEPPERS.
HE DIDN'T HAVE THIS LIST, THESE THINGS THAT COME NORTH.
OTHER, OTHER BIRDS HAD COME THE NUMBERS OF WORKERS SAW GUY SAW EIGHT ONE TRADE.
WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHY, BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE WE CAN WORK AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY.
I WANT TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, POLITICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS, IS THAT THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE AS INDIVIDUALS, AS COMMUNITIES, UH, TO REALLY ADDRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TRYING TO SAVE BIRDS.
CAN YOU TALK, THIS IS SOMETHING I THREW IN LAST MINUTE FOR EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT LATER.
CAN YOU JUST TOUCH BASE ON THE NESTING CAVI BIRDS? YES.
PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION HAS A, UH, CAVITY NESTING PROGRAM.
UH, IS IT'S STEVEN OR STEPHAN? STEFAN.
YEAH, STEPHAN, UM, IS WILLING TO COME OUT.
HE COME OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH OUR BIRD TOWNS.
HE IS ALSO WORKED WITH CLUTCHES OF OUR BIRD TOWNS.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PROVIDE, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF BIRDS THAT ONLY NEST IN CABINS.
SOME OF THE BIRDS WE LOVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR CAROLINA CHICKADEES OR, YOU KNOW, HOUSE FRIENDS, BLUEBIRD, OTHER, OTHER BIRDS OF THAT SORT.
UM, BUT THEY BRING, UM, SUPPORT, LET'S SAY LIKE, UH, THE KESEL, THE, THE ONE OF THE SMALL FALCONS THAT'S IN SERIOUS DECLINE.
BUT, UH, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE AROUND HERE, YOU MIGHT COME IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD REALLY PUT A CUSTOM BOX HERE.
YOU MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY COULD PUT, UM, A PURPLE MARTIN, UH, BOARDS, THESE, UH, ARTIFICIAL BOARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO SOME BODY OF WATER.
AND IF HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE ADVICE, UH, THEY PROVIDE THE MATERIAL, THE, THE, UM, UH, BOARDS.
WE CAN PICK THEM UP AND AGAIN, SO IT'S EASIER TO CLEAN.
UH, BUT AT ANY RATE, UM, YOU WOULD PROVIDE ADVICE, UH, ON WHAT TYPES OF CAT NESTER TO WHERE TO PUT THEM.
ANY SWIFT TOWERS, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
YOU WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE THE, UH, THE MUSCLE AND THE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE STUFF INSTALLED THAT COULD INVOLVE THE MUNICIPAL, UH, MUNICIPALITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKERS DO THAT YOU MIGHT GET PER AREA AND CREATE A OFFER.
THAT WOULD BE A, DID YOU EVER GET TREES FROM UH, NO, BUT WE DID GET ALL THOSE TREES FROM WATERSHED.
WE PLANTED, UM, ALL, I THINK WE DID IT OVER AT TAIL BY THE STREET.
SO WE JUST, THAT WAS THE TREE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A GREAT PREMIUM ON PLAYING FIELDS.
YOU KNOW, KIDS NEED TO PLAY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOCCER, LACROSSE, ALL THE OTHER KINDS OF SPORTS THAT NEED THOSE KINDS OF FIELDS.
BUT THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, PASSIVE RECREATION SITES AND, AND THE ABILITY OF SOME OF THOSE PARTS TO BE EVEN MADE BETTER BY HAVING THE PLANNINGS OR ENHANCING PLANNINGS THERE OR REMOVING SOME OF THE INVASIVES GOT JAPANESE, NOT SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
SO DO YOU NEED A SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR THIS? LIKE RIGHT NOW OUR BLOOPER BOXES, WE ONLY HAVE BLUEBIRD BOXES THAT ARE ANDERSON FROM PARK LOCATION, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
DO WE NEED A SPECIFIC LOCATION TO START THIS ENDEAVOR? LIKE DOES IT HAVE TO BE ITS OWN SPACE OR IS IT WHEREVER THE TOWNSHIP? IT CAN BE ON ANY SITE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT THE SAME SPACE OR DIFFERENT.
YOU CAN, YOU, IT'S A LONG RANGE PROJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME SPACE.
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TO DO.YOU ALSO GET A DECAL FOR YOUR MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A, I WAS ASKING WHERE'S YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY? BUT WE USUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER DOWN THE STREET THAT HAS A LIBRARY.
THEY WOULD PROBABLY GET ONE OF THESE TOO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR REACH OUT TO, UM, UH, HEIDI? UM, I'M SURE HEIDI'S GONNA ASK ME HOW, HOW WE DID AND HOW I'M GUESSING YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY SERIOUS.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE AND OUR SUPERVISORS ARE INTERESTED IN IT AS WELL.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO ON DEAF EARS AT THIS.
DIDN'T KEEP YOU LONGER TO GET TO THE REST OF YOUR AGENDA.
NO, WE HAVE A VERY SHORT AGENDA TODAY.
YOU, YOU JUST GUESS EVERYTHING BY CONSENSUS.
DID YOU FEEL MORE EDUCATED? WOW.
IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY EXCITING.
YOU KNOW, JOINING SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S GRASSROOTS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT WHEN YOU JOIN SOMETHING THAT THERE'S ALREADY SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT MM-HMM
AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR SYSTEMS DOWN.
I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT AN ACTIVITY.
WE CAN GET KIDS TO MAKE CARDS.
IT'S ALREADY LIKE JUST, IT'S GOING ALREADY.
WE WERE ROLLING SUN AT THE GOLF FAST AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THEN WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, I'M LIKE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING WITH THE GORGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE KIND OF NESTING SITES.
UM, SO CAN WE BUY THE GORGE? NO.
ON HIS THING WAS THEY PROVIDE THE TOWERS, WHICH ARE BACKWARDS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE BREEDING SEASON.
AND THEM PROVIDE THE TOWERS AND THE BOARDS.
AND WE WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THE WHOLE BIGGER THE PEOPLE AND THE CEMENT MUST ALL THAT FOR THE HUNDRED DOLLARS? NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S FOR THE ONE THAT'S SEPARATE.
YOU DON'T, THERE'S NO APPLICATION FOR THIS ONE.
THIS SHOULD JUST GET MORE NESTING, CAVITY NESTING BIRDS OUT.
THIS ONE HERE, BIRD TOWN, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL SETUP, RIGHT.
WAS UM, WELL IT'S ALL THE LITERATURE, ALL THE SCHOOL, I GUESS ALL THE TRAINING TO DO THE
SO THEY STILL, THAT WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND THEY SAID IN THEIR BYLINE WAS THAT WAS TO COVER THE PRICE OF TWO SIDES.
AND GETTING FEDERAL GRANTS, GRANTS AND MONEY, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE.
SO THEY WERE SAYING WHAT THE COST OF THE SIGNS WERE.
THE SIGNS COST MORE THAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS ANYWAY.
BUT THAT'S THE COVER, THE COST OF THE SIGN.
SO IF, AND WE DON'T HAVE EVERY MEMBER OF THE EAC HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS, UM, FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, FROM WHAT HE SAID, THAT THE ONE THING THAT I HAD HESITATION WAS WITH WE, WE HAVE SO MANY OF THESE SMALL COMMITTEES THAT GET FORMED AND IT'S A MEMBER FROM THIS BOARD HAS TO GO INTO THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS COUNCIL HAS TO GO INTO THIS COMMITTEE.
THE NICETY NOW, FROM WHAT HE SAID IS THAT IT MIGHT JUST BE EITHER THE EAC COULD BE THE COMMITTEE FOR BURN TOWN ITSELF, OR THE PARK BOARD COULD DO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM IT ORIGINALLY.
IS THAT NORMALLY YOUR COMMITTEE IS EITHER HARD BOARD THE EAC OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
WHICH IS I THINK MUCH EASIER FOR US.
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OUR COSTS.BUT THAT'S THE GOOD QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THEY EXPECTING FROM US AS FAR AS TIME? HOW MUCH TIME, RIGHT.
HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE EXPECTING? RIGHT.
AND AND HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT TOWARDS THIS? ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE LIKE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT, WITH THE BLUEBIRD UH, SOCIETY THAT WE'RE A PART OF, AND WE HAVE ANDERSON, BOB DOES THAT IN THE MAIN SEASON.
I BELIEVE HE GOES OVER ONCE A WEEK'S ABOUT 25 MINUTES.
SO THAT'S A STAFF PERSON THAT GOES OVER AND DOES IT.
THAT'S NOT A VOLUNTEER POSITION.
I WOULD ASSUME IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE EITHER A ROTATIONAL TYPE OF THING OR IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT GOT ADDED TO A PARK AND REC STAFF.
OH NO, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GET KICKED OUT OF BIRD TOWN IF WE DON'T.
LIKE ONCE WE'RE IN, LIKE, WE'RE IN.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THOUGHT.
SOME OF THE THINGS I SAW, LIKE I, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THEM ABOUT THING AND ALL SOME OF THE THINGS I SAW THAT WITH THEIR GOALS WE WERE DOING ANYWAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
LIKE THE PART WATCH THE, THE, THE TABLES THAT WE DO OR THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TOO MANY, NOT TOO MANY FESTIVAL.
BUT IS PART OF THE LIKE EDUCATION, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY WAS PART OF THEIR GOAL.
SO I, AND THEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF THE GRASS LANDS AND GROW IT UP.
THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THE GOAL.
SO THAT'S WHAT I SUPPOSE EXCITED IS THAT WE'RE HALFWAY THERE.
THERE'S ANY DEADLINE THAT I SAW.
THE ONE CONFUSION I HAVE IS LIKE, DEPENDING ON WHAT LEVEL WE GO INTO IS, UM, IS THE, IS GETTING TO THE TOP LEVEL.
GOLD IS TO BE GOLD BECAUSE WHY NOT AT LEAST GO FOR THAT? RIGHT? RIGHT.
UM, DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE TO HAVE SCHOOL BACKING? I, WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING.
BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE, I THINK IF THAT'S PART OF THAT, YOU HAVE TO REACH THE SCHOOL AS MUCH AS WE'RE BEING THERE NOW, THANKS TO RICH, I THINK THE SCHOOL IS OUR HARDEST BATTLE.
AND I FEEL LIKE, WELL I THINK WE, WELL, PAGE FOUR, IT'S NOT ON THE FRONT PAGE.
SO THE KEY IS GOOGLE SEARCH HAVE YEAH.
MY QUESTION IS, IS IT, ARE YOU TALKING TO JUST THE HIGH SCHOOL OR ARE YOU TALKING TO THE SCHOOL? WHAT IT SAID ON HERE, AND I, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN KIND OF LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE FOLDERS.
WHAT ARE THE FIVE STRATEGIES? WHERE ARE THOSE LAID UP? SO I KNOW IF YOU GO UNDER THEIR, I KNOW IF YOU GO UNDER THEIR, INTO THE BURN COUNTY SITE, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHY GLAD THEY CAME OUT AND TALKED.
THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF ON THERE.
BUT THERE IS A THING WITH ALL THE GOALS AND WHAT, I CAN SEND THIS TO YOU.
I CAN SEND YOU GUYS THE APPLICATION.
I WOULDN'T, AND THAT HAS THE STRATEGIES IN THERE.
IS IT THIS PAGE? WERE YOU NO, THAT, WERE YOU LOOKING AT THE DRIVE WHEN I SENT IT AWAY? YEAH.
WELL, AND THEN THE, THE TOWNSHIP ALONE HAS A, I THINK ABOUT THAT.
WELL WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ON THE, THE, THE WEED ORGANS OF ALLOWING THE HEIGHT TO GO AS LONG AS IT IS, WELL I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORD, LIKE NATIVE PLANTS, WAS IT? OR NATIVE.
YOU CAN GOTTA BE SO FAR OFF THE NEIGHBOR'S LAWN BECAUSE THEY MIGHT WANNA MOW THEIR LAWN.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING WHERE IT SAYS HERE ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REAR RESTRICTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING GROWING.
MOST OF THE SCHOOLS, THE SMALL PROPERTIES THAT THEY STILL HAVE ARE FIELDS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE MAINTAINED MAJORITY OF THE YEAR.
UM, DO USE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR IN DEPTH WE CAN GO WITH THEM.
ON TELLING THEM HOW TO DO THIS.
I MEAN, I, I THINK TO REDUCE THE LIGHTING, THAT'S LIKE AN, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE AS MUCH OF A CHALLENGE.
BUT I DO THINK THE OTHER TWO WOULD BE, WOULD BE A BIG CHALLENGE FOR US TO TAKE.
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I THINK THE HIGH SCHOOL THOUGH, ISN'T IT FOOTBALL FIELD OR NOT? I DON'T KNOW IF ARTIFICIAL IS WORSE IN THEIR, IN THEIR, YEAH.YOU KNOW, WE DO WE ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE PJPI WOULD ASSUME.
AND WHERE IS PERKY IN THIS PER KOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT? SO, UM, ALL THE, FOR PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP IS IN SPRINGBOARD.
BUT WE BORDER PER, YEAH, BORDER PER, SO LIKE THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED BUT THEY CAN BE BECAUSE WE CHANGE, WE SHARE ZIP CODE GOT, I THINK IT WAS TRYING TO PLAY ON.
MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE GONE, WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK TO HIGH SCHOOL IF SHE, SO SHE HAD TO TAKE THE BUS TO SPRINGBOARD.
OH, THAT'S WHAT MELISSA GREW UP RIGHT NEXT, LIKE RIGHT ON GREENWOOD.
ARE WE LEANING TOWARD IT? ARE WE LEANING TO TABLE IT OR IS IT STILL OPEN FOR WHAT YOU DISCUSS? I MEAN, I THINK IF BOTH BOARDS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A SHAME THAT NOT EVERYONE FROM EAC IS HERE TONIGHT.
BUT I DO THINK IF WE HAD BOTH, UM, THE EAC AND THE PARK BOARD SAY, YES, THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WANNA DO.
WE'RE VOTING ON DOING THIS, THE NEXT THING WOULD BE TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND PRESENT IT.
AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD THEN APPROVE THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN WE PUT THE APPLICATION AND THEY ALREADY SENT ME ALL THE LIKE MOCK RESOLUTIONS AND THINGS THAT ALL I HAD TO DO WITH INPUT THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED, WE WOULD HAVE THAT TO THE BOARD VERY QUICKLY.
IS THE EAC LEADING TOWARD DOING IT? OH WAIT, I FORGOT.
SO
SO THE SUPERVISORS ASKED RIGHT DOWN FROM THE SUPERVISORS TO THE PARK AND REC TO LOOK INTO IT.
AND THEN THE AC LOOK INTO IT AND SINCE I WAS ALREADY, SINCE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO THE TWO WERE FIGHTING OR WHAT A BJ WAS OR BLOOMBERG WAS
I SAID I COULD NOT TAKE IT BECAUSE I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
I THINK I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
SO, SO NOW IN MY MIND IT'S MORE ON WHAT KIND OF SPACE DO YOU NEED FOR THE PURPLE MARTINS AND FOR THE TOWERS AND BECAUSE I HAVE FIVE ACRES, BUT I CANNOT LET MY HORSES OUT ON GRASS ANYMORE.
SO I'M KIND OF GOING, CAN I, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? I AM TRYING TO GRADUALLY DO NATIVE PLANTS, ET CETERA, POLLINATORS IN THIS ONE SECTION THAT I HAVE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET FROM HIM WAS LIKE, DO WE NEED LIKE A SPECIFIC LOCATION TO START DOING THIS? DO WE HAVE A LOCATION IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT'S BETTER FOR THIS ENDEAVOR? OR IS IT JUST WHEREVER WE SEE FIT? LIKE, WELL IF I CHOOSE LIKE BEHIND MEGA PLAYGROUND OR BIRD'S GONNA COME TO THAT, IS THERE A BETTER LOCATION? LIKE HERE'S SITUATION WHERE THE HOUSE RENT IS TAKING OVER YOUR BLUEBIRD HOUSE.
THERE'S, THEN YOU NEED TO MOVE BLUEBIRD HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, IS THERE A BETTER IDEA THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PUT UP AN OWL HOUSE IN MY BARN, BUT THE SOUTH FACING WALL IS OVER ANOTHER ROOF AND I KIND OF GO, DO I REALLY WANT TO BE A RECEPTACLE FOR ELK? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
WHO DOES? DEPENDS ON, BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, RIGHT? IT IS THINGS THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY.
LIKE WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACES.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SHORT ON OPEN SPACE AT THE MOMENT THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN'T PUT THESE UM, BOARD BOXES ON.
UM, ANDERSON WAS OUR BEST GOTO BECAUSE IT HAD THE FRESH WATER THERE AND WE HAD SET CARDS THERE FOR US TO GO OUT AND DO IT.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
SO I THINK THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE RIGHT, LIKE ALL THAT WE DO HAVE THE NATURE TRAIL OFF THE LAST BASEBALL FIELD, UM, THAT WE COULD USE AS WELL.
UM, TAYLOR PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE MAINLY PASSIVE WALKING TRAILS WITH A SMALL PARKING LOT.
LIKE THAT'S A GREAT SPOT FOR BIRD LINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT I THINK THE BIG THING WOULD BE IS TO GET BOTH THE EAC
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AND PARK BOARD ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THIS.UM, I'D RATHER NOT LIKE HOLD IT UP DOWN THE LINE AND KEEP PUSHING IT OFF.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO, I LIKE IT TO GET DONE.
NOT TODAY, BUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS, EVERYONE WOULD BE VOTE ON WHEN THEY GET TO THE BOARD AS SOON AS WE CAN.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, I DON'T THINK IT IS.
SO THIS ONE AND I CAN REACH BACK OUT TO HIM TO GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS WE CAN GO ANYWHERE.
THIS ONE, I BELIEVE IT'S WHERE WE CHOOSE TO PICK THAT WE FOUND OUT.
THE NESTING ONE IS THIS IS THE, THEY'LL TELL US, BUT THEY'LL COME OUT, STEFAN WILL COME OUT AND I WOULD, AND I WOULD GIVE YOU, YOU CAN CONTACT HIM WHAT'S ON YOUR SCHEDULE.
I'LL JUST TAKE OFF AND NOW, BUT THAT'S, HE'S THE ONE THAT'LL COME OUT AND LOOK AT ALL THE LOCATIONS.
AND SAY WE CAN PUT A TOWER HERE.
OR WE CAN PUT BOARD HERE OR WHERE, AND YOU MIGHT, I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE OPEN SPACE THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY PARK, IT'S JUST OPEN SPACE.
BASKETBALL COURT, BASEBALL FIELD.
FIELD SIX IS PROBABLY IS WELL FOR THE NEAR FUTURE UNTIL I FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE TO DO.
THAT WILL BE A PARKING LOT FOR EVENTS COMING UP AS OF RIGHT NOW.
BUT YES, IN THE FUTURE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED AS ANOTHER BASEBALL FIELD.
AND UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH GRASS THERE AS WELL AS STEEP, UM, EMBANKMENTS THAT SURROUND THE ENTIRE THING.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF SPACES DOWN IN MONTCLAIR.
WE HAVE TAYLOR, WE HAVE OPEN SPACES BEHIND DEVELOPMENTS.
BUT WHAT WORRIES ME ABOUT HESS IS THAT WE WOULD JUST PULL THAT BREAKTHROUGH DEVELOPMENT ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, OH, OKAY.
THE WHOLE BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT JUST GOT ON THERE.
WHAT? ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JOYCE PROPERTY.
OH, ON THE PRESERVE ACROSS THE STREET.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S, WE'RE NOT SHORT OF SPACES.
I THINK THAT JUST, I MEAN, I CAN ASK UPON WHAT HE DOES.
HE MORE OPEN RIGHT? FOR, DOES HE WANT TREE LINES? DOES HE WANT HIDDEN? AND THEN THAT WOULD LIMIT, THEN YOU COULD FIGURE OUT OKAY, HE JUST NEEDS OPEN AND YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHAT'S ALL, IF HE NEEDS PASSIVE, LIKE NOT ACTING CORRECT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
AND THEN DOES ANY OF THIS APPLY TO, YEAH, SO I MEAN ALL OF THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE NOW REMOVED, YEAH, WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF OPEN SPACE COMING SOON IF NOT ALREADY HERE.
DO ANY OF THE WORKS AND REC COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE FRIENDS DO? DOES ANYBODY FEEL AS THOUGH THEY NEED MORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS? I A LOT OF TREATS.
SO I WOULD SAY ALL IN FAVOR ON ARTWORK.
AND IN THAT DRIVE THAT THEY HAVE, THEY EVEN HAVE THE LETTER TO GIVE TO THE COUNCIL.
I HAVE ALL THOSE NOT BECAUSE FOR THE A EAC, IF PARK FOR TAKES SOMETHING ON UP TO THIS NATURE, IT'S NOT THAT BAC, IT CAN BE A COLLABORATIVE IN THE FUTURE.
WE CAN TAKE OUR VOTE TONIGHT AND MOVE IT FORWARD AND HAVE BAC COME ONTO IT.
LIKE WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T NEED, I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF THE ROUGH PART OF KNOWING HERE TODAY WE HAVE MEETING, RIGHT.
WE REALLY WANTED BOTH COMMITTEES TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO, TO MAKE THIS OR EMAIL.
CAN YOU, THAT'S WHAT I THINKING IS CAN WE GET SUPPOSED TO BE SEVEN FIVE ON EAC? THERE'S SEVEN CARDBOARD WE'RE MISSING, WE'RE
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MISSING TWO.RIGHT? WE'RE MISSING, WE'RE DOWN A MEMBER ON, SO WE'RE MISSING TOM AND BILL.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FIFTH AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPEN SEAT, WHICH CORRECT.
HAD YOU REACHED OUT OR DO I NEED TO REACH OUT TO LEE? SHE HOLDING? YES, IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HER BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEONE, KELLY STEVENS MENTIONED THAT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BE INTERESTED AS WELL.
SO IF WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
AND THERE CAN ALWAYS BE AT LARGE NON VOTING MEMBERS AS WELL.
UM, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WANNA VOTE LEGAL TO DO AN EMAIL AND ASK THEM FOR VIA EMAIL.
I JUST, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS TIME, IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW THAT WE SPRUNG ON.
UM, LET ME, I'LL, I'LL ASK HIM INTRO DO THAT.
UM, NO, I'LL CHECK WITH THEM TOMORROW MORNING AND I WILL LET BOTH GROUPS KNOW WHAT THAT OUTCOME BECOMES.
BUT I THINK IF WE HAVE A VOTE NOW ON OUR BOARD THAT SAYS YES, WE CAN BRING EAC ON THIS COLLABORATIVE AND, AND MOVE FORWARD ON IT.
SO THEN THAT MEANS UM, TO PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD.
SANDY, THAT WOULD BE YOU AND LILY COMING TO DO THAT PRESENTATION.
AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE JUNE MEETING.
IF WE CAN GET AND I WANT DO IT, I WILL CONNECT WITH YOU.
WHEN IS YOUR I HAVE TO, I DUNNO.
IT'S EVERY THIRD MONDAY BECAUSE I CAN MORAL SUPPORT FOR YOU ALL YOUR FILES NOW.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN GET TOGETHER ON IT AND EMAIL OR WHATEVER AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
I MEAN I THINK THE GOOD THING IS IS THAT IT CAME FROM THE BOARD.
SO I THINK ABSOLUTELY THEY WANNA DO A PRESENTATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT MIGHT BE THE DAY THEY CAN DO IT.
AND WHAT I MEANT BY SPEED TRACKING IS WE'LL START BE DOING BUDGET FOR 2026 IN THE FALL.
SO I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GET MISSED BECAUSE OF THAT.
JUST CLARIFY, YOU WANT ME TO SEND AN EMAIL TO YOU? THE OTHER TWO HERE.
I'LL ASK TIM TOMORROW IF THAT COUNTS AS VOTE.
HE MAY HAVE TO CHECK THE LEGAL TOO.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'LL ASK DO THAT HOW IT WORKS TOO LATE.
NO, I THINK THIS IS EXCELLENT.
I THINK IT GOES WELL WITH THE OPEN SPACE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RIGHT.
OH, JUST TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IS THE SCHOOL THING SUCH A BIG HURDLE? I THINK THE ONLY HURDLE IS THAT IT ASKING US TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT USING PESTICIDES, FERTILIZERS, ALL SORTS OF STUFF ON THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL AS ASKING THEM NOT TO MOW THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, MORE THAN A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OVERSTEPPING FOR THE TOWNSHIP OR NOT.
LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT BOUNDARY LIES.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY, AND ESPECIALLY IF LIKE WE CAN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SCHOOLS NOW TO TALK ABOUT VOLUNTEERS BEING STUDENTS OUT TO PARTICIPATE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HARDER IT WOULD BE BE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MAINTENANCE AND, AND WHO MAKES THEIR CALLS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO MAKES THAT CALL.
THEY HAVE SO MUCH LAND GRASS, RIGHT? LOT HAS BASEBALL.
AND DO WE ACTUALLY NEED ANOTHER BASEBALL? I WAS GONNA SAY IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK IT.
WELL I'M, I'M ANTI BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY USED THREE MONTHS A YEAR.
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UM, OKAY.FULL COST OF ITS, YOU PAY 3000 A YEAR TOWN.
UM, OKAY, WELL WE'LL TAKE
I THOUGHT YOU'RE PUTTING EVERYTHING AWAY.
OH NO I WASN'T KEEP YOU TOO LONG.
SO SANDY, THAT'S YOUR, IT'S THE BOARD'S CALL IF YOU GUYS WANNA WRAP UP AND WE, I LET'S JUST GO QUICKLY THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE 'CAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT HERE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE MIND I LEAVE.
SEE, YOU KNOW, I'M FINE WITH MOST OF THE YEAH, WE LEARNED.
I'M WORKING, I'M OPENING FOR VOTING ON TUESDAY.
SEE Y'ALL, I'LL BE THERE AT 6:00 AM I'LL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER YOU OUT.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A CHANCE TO VISIT YOUR, UM, VISIT YOUR PARK.
LILY FILLED OUT THE PARK WATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HER ASSIGNMENT WAS BLACKROCK AND I THINK SHE THINKS BLACKROCK IS JUST THE PAVILION AND THE SKATEBOARD PARK BECAUSE THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE ABOUT.
SO I HAD ALSO GONE TO BLACKROCK.
THERE WERE 22 CARS IN THE PARKING LOT.
THERE WERE KIDS, I SPOKE WITH PARENTS.
THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE FROM PLYMOUTH MEETING PEOPLE THERE FROM ROY'S BOARD, PEOPLE THERE THAT WERE LOCAL.
UM, THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON THE TENNIS COURT.
THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON THE BASKETBALL COURTS, PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT.
UM, AND THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD, PEOPLE ARE LOVING THE PARK.
SO I WILL TELL LILY THAT IT INCLUDES THAT AREA AS WELL FOR THE FUTURE.
ARE YOU NOT, WHO'S THAT ON, ON? WELL WE HAD TALKED.
UM, THEY DON'T, SHE CAN GO VOLUNTARILY BUT SHE, I THINK SHE WANTS TO VOLUNT.
SHE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, UM, TO WORK.
NO, IT'S MORE SO THAT BECAUSE SHE'S A SCHOOL BOARD, LIKE WE DON'T ASSIGN THE JUNIORS THOSE KIND OF RESPONSIBILITIES IN CASE THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
YEAH, SHE'S WELCOME TO COME WITH ANY OF US.
SHE DOESN'T, SHE'S ON THE EMAIL ON HER EMAIL BECAUSE SHE'S ON THE, SHE JUST HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE GOOGLE.
SO SHE WOULD GET ANY EMAILS FROM YOU.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEND IT TO HER.
I DON'T HAVE HER EMAIL ADDRESS SO I THOUGHT I SAID THAT TO YOU.
UH, UNLESS I ALREADY PUT HER ON.
LEMME JUST CHECK AND SEE IF I ALREADY PUT ON THERE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING HER ENGAGED.
I JUST, NO, I ONLY HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS.
I VERY, YEAH, SUE, I ONLY HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS ON OUR EMAIL LIST.
DO YOU HAVE IT? UM, OFF ANDRIDGE.
OH WAIT, I HAVE NO, THAT'S NOT HER
GREAT PEOPLE ARE UM, TO HAVE AN ESCALATION POINT SOMEBODY.
IF YOU WANNA SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
UM, SO MY BASEBALL TEAM RENTS, UH, BLACKROCK THREE AND TWO.
SO WE PAY ABOUT A THOUSAND BUCKS PER SEASON FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, THAT'S FOR A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK.
UM, SO WE HAD A GAME ON AND IT WAS A GAME FOR US AND THEY WERE PLAYING AND THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE.
BUT WE HAD THE FIELD SO WE HAD A TEAM SHOWING UP.
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WE HAD PARENTS SHOWING UP, THE KIDS SHOWING UP CAN IMAGINE PEOPLE GET A LITTLE TESTED.SO MY COACH CALLS ME AND SAYS, CAN YOU COME DOWN? I'M LIKE, SURE.
SO I COME DOWN AND YOU KNOW, PLAYING BOTH SIDES, RIGHT? I'M LIKE, HEY, COULD YOU GUYS, THIS IS OUR FIELD NOW.
AND BUT THEY HAD EIGHT ON HIRES.
SO WE GOT PUSHED BACK ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND AS WE KNOW THE SUNSETS AND BASEBALL STUFF, SECEDING SUN.
SO I THINK GOING TO THE POLICE IS A BIG OVER STEP.
UM, SO I STOPPED THEM DOING THAT AND I JUST TALKED TO THE COACHES AND I TRIED TO BE VERY NICE AND I ABSOLUTELY AT SOME POINT I WAS LIKE, I CAME UP, I SAID IT'S SIX O'CLOCK RIGHT.
AND I HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO TELL YOU, BUT I DO HAVE A PERMIT.
AND MY PERMIT SAYS I HAVE THIS FIELD AT FIVE 30.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN DO KIND OF AN ESCALATION TREE.
'CAUSE I THINK BRINGING THE PD IN IS RIDICULOUS.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A APPROPRIATE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, HEY, I PAID MONEY ON PERMIT.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF TEAMS THAT COME UP LIKE CRICKET ON FIELDS.
RIGHT? THEY'RE ACTUALLY, IF WE, AND THIS IS FOR ANYBODY, IF ANYBODY HAS CONTACTS FOR THEM, LIKE WE DO TRY TO COME OUT AND WE WAIT AND YOU KNOW, LIKE WE TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY LIKE YOU CAN USE IT UP UNTIL SOMEBODY ELSE IS COMING OUT.
BUT PEOPLE ABOVE FIVE PEOPLE OR MORE SHOULD RUN THEM.
THAT'S A STANDARD POLICY IN OUR ORDINANCE.
UM, AND IT IS, WE FINALLY GOT SOMEONE FROM THE KIRKY COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT ABOUT RENTING FIELDS.
WE SENT THEM INFORMATION AND IT WAS NOTHING.
SO I'D MUCH RATHER MAKE SURE THEY HAVE FIELDS.
AND EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THOSE FIELDS THAN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO OUR PAVILIONS AS WELL EVERY WEEKEND.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR FRIENDS IN LAKE LIMERICK WERE FOR LOWER PROF DO IN THESE INSTANCES.
I KNOW SOME OF THEM HAVE WEEKEND HELP THAT ARE THERE FOR LIKE, THE DURATION OF THE ENTIRE DAY AND JUMP FROM PROPERTY TO PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THESE TYPE OF THINGS AREN'T HAPPENING.
SO IT'S LIKE HOW DO I PUSH FORWARD TO GET THOSE TYPE OF MEAT, UM, TO GET THOSE TYPE OF STAFF IN THAT THE STAFF ACTUALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, MY WEEKEND STAFF THAT CHECK PAVILIONS AND FIELDS FOR TRASH ARE 16, 17 YEARS OLD AND THEY'RE NOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO BE YEAH.
STEPPING AND BEING PUT IN THAT SITUATION.
I'M SAYING WHAT WAS SAID BE AS A 44-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS NOT VERY NICE.
I A SIGN THAT SAYS PERMITTED USE, WE, WE HAVE THEM EVERYWHERE.
WE DON'T HAVE 'EM ON THE FIELD, BUT WE DO HAVE THEM ON LIKE PAVILIONS AND ALL OF OUR YOU SIGNS ASSIGN YOU SAY WHAT I SAID YOU NEED TO HAVE.
WHAT'S, IS THERE A WAY TO PUT LIKE THE SCHEDULE WHEN IT'S ONLINE, IT'S ALL VIRTUAL.
AND THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT WE GO IN PUBLIC.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T PUT OUT CHRIS'S PHONE NUMBER, RIGHT? NO.
I MEAN JUST HAVE LIKE, LIKE SAY UM, WE ARE HEARING FROM FOUR TO FIVE MM-HMM
THIS IS WHO'S NEXT AND THIS IS WHO'S NEXT.
YOU NEED TO BE OFF THE FIELD BIO OR SOMETHING.
AND IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO REAL USERS IS GENERALLY YOU HAVE UP UNTIL THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE, THERE COULD BE A TEAM COMING IN RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
YOU COULD HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S COMING IN TWO HOURS.
SO NOW IF YOU GO OVER HALF AN HOUR, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, A DIFFERENT, UM, AMOUNT TO RENT.
SO LIKE SOME PEOPLE CAN SPARE BY 'CAUSE NO ONE'S THERE TO ENFORCE IT.
UM, AND THAT'S A PARKING REC ISSUE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENFORCEMENT.
SO THE TEAM BEFORE YOU HAD A PERMIT? YES.
BUT THEIR PERMIT ENDED AT FIVE 30.
THEY COULDN'T COUNTED SINCE THEY KNOW WHERE IT WAS.
WE BOB TOOK CARE IT ON THAT END OF WHICH I FIGURED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO THREATEN IS LIKE WE HEAR ABOUT THEM AFTER A WHILE.
HAVE LIKE A THREE STRIKEOUT POLICY AND WE HAVE BANNED AT THIS POINT FROM FACILITIES.
THAT'S WHY WE STOPPED DOING TOURNAMENTS TOO.
IT'S LIKE ALL PART OF THAT SAME IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT ABILITIES TO MAKE SURE THOSE ALL GOT CONTROL.
I DON'T KNOW IF A PUBLIC CALENDAR IS THE ANSWER.
THE CALENDAR, YOU CAN SEE WHO'S WHERE ON OUR CALENDAR.
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ABLE TO, IT'S STILL SOMEBODY SHOULD GO BEHIND.YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE YOU NEED TO LOCATE OH, I'M SORRY.
SO THEY, THEY, A CALENDAR WOULDN'T MAKE HELP.
WELL I TRY TO GO THE OPPOSITE WAY.
LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY WANTS FIELD TWO ON FRIDAY AND BOB REACHED OUT AND I SAID, HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE.
AND THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S, SEE ON THE PUBLIC SIDE IT SAYS PRIVATE RENTAL, BUT IT SHOWS THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS, IT IS LIVE, BUT WE DON'T PUT OUT INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION WHAT THE NAME IS OF THE GROUP.
BUT NOW BOB HAS THAT, CHRIS, IF CHRIS WAS ABLE TO HOLD UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WELL THEY RIGHT.
IF IT BECOMES ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS THOUGH THAT BOB'S CALLED OR I'M CALLED BECAUSE LANGUAGE IS BEING EXCHANGED AND NOW IT'S GETTING TO A LEVEL OF KIDS SHOULD NOT BE AROUND IT.
THEN WE HAVE THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE AND WE CALL POLICE AND HAVE THEM GO OUT WITH US TO ENFORCE IT.
IT'S, PEOPLE ARE VERY PASSIONATE.
I DIFFUSED IT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S, I'M NOT GONNA CAUSE A PROBLEM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SO FIELD, UNFORTUNATELY FIELD TWO IS BEING USED AS WELL.
I HAD NO PROBLEM TELLING BOYS GO UP THE OTHER FIELD.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS TO TABLE DISCUSSION REGARDING BOARD VERSUS A COMMITTEE.
AS WE GATHER MORE INFORMATION AND HAVE MORE TIME FOR A DISCUSSION.
DO YOU WANT TO TABLE THAT AND DO WE WANNA SET A DATE WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION? CAN WE DO IT AT THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, WE CAN PUT IN THE JUNE AGENDA.
I THINK THAT'LL BE GOOD FOR THE JUNE AGENDA.
PLEASE EVERYBODY COME AND UM, MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM SO THAT WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND BE DONE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RUSH ON IT.
I I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
SOMETHING I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WELL AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
IF YOU'RE ON IT, YOU DON'T WANNA BE ON IT.
I READ ON BEHALF YOU SHOULD NEVER SIGNED UP FOR IT BECAUSE THAT'S THE PART PEOPLE RUN FOR ELECTION.
HE DOESN'T SAY SOMETIMES HE SAYS FEEL VERY STRONG.
AND AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T FOUR YEARS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LAST THREE MONTHS THIS IS COMING UP OR FOUR MONTHS, HAS THIS BEEN, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY BREWING OF THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, IT'S LIKE THIS'S COME UP A COUPLE.
IT'S COME UP ONCE, AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT SOMEONE HAS, IT'S BEEN HARDER TO FIND PEOPLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU TELL THEM THAT THEY WANT, THEY NEED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR FIVE YEARS OR THAT THE TERM IS FIVE YEARS.
I TERM YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN
I HAVE TO TELL YOU TERM I IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT IS, UM, TWO PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE SURPRISED WHEN BE INTERESTED AND, AND YOUR FEELING ON THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BE A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT.
YEAH, I UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S COME UP FOR DISCUSSION.
I, UM, AM VERY OPEN TO JUST HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT ELSE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE WOULD WE LOSE BY GOING TO A COMMITTEE VERSUS A BOARD THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE.
WHAT ELSE WOULD WE GAIN? SEE THAT WAS MY BIG THING.
THE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD WHO HAD AFTER POWER,
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UM, WHO HAS MORE POWER OR MORE DECISION MAKING IDEAS.THAT THING WITH FIVE BRI LIKE IS THAT, SAY WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS, IT DOESN'T TAKE MANY YEARS TO GO OFF THE GROUND.
SO FOR TWO, IT'S A BIG PROJECT RUN FOR TWO YEARS AND THE GUY AND I GO, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I FORCED TO COME.
THIS IS ALREADY AN ADVISORY BOARD.
FIVE YEARS A PROJECT, YOU HAVE A COMPLETE FLOW FOR FIVE YEARS WHERE TWO YEARS SOMETIMES.
LIKE IT TOOK ME A YEAR AND A HALF.
WELL YOU KNOW, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS I WAS HERE, I WENT EMPLOYED.
WHAT? I CAME UP TWICE AND DOWN FOR SIX MONTHS.
THIS GUY MUCH, I SAW THE EMAIL ME SO
SO WE HAD MEETINGS THAT WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE.
THAT'S WHY I, I LIKE THE FIVE YEARS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOARD, LIKE YOU SAID, WHO HAS MORE STUDY OR NEITHER ONE HAVE WELL, AND THAT'S, COULD WE HAVE THE FULL DISCUSSION? YEAH.
AND UH, AND REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE, IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST PEOPLE ARE LEANING TOWARD A FIVE YEAR, A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU STAY ON HERE IF YOU NEED TO GET OFF RIGHT.
I WHY WE NEED YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATED.
SO UNFORTUNATELY ON THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY OF MAY WE POSTPONED MUSIC SUCCESS.
IT WAS, I WAS NOT AN ENJOYABLE HUMAN BEING THAT, I'LL BE COMPLETELY HONEST.
I TOTALLY, YOU HAD TO THANK YOU.
IT, EVERYTHING WAS LEANING TOWARDS IT IS GONNA BE A HORRIBLE DAY.
AND UM, I REMEMBER SITTING OUT ON MY PORCH AT NIGHT AND I WAS LIKE EIGHT 15, STILL WAITING.
I COULD BEEN OUTTA HERE WHEN IT STARTED GRADING.
LIKE WE WOULD'VE BEEN CLEANED UP AND OUTTA HERE.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS VIE UM, AT MUSIC FEST WILL BE IN AUGUST NOW, IT'LL BE THE 16TH.
OUR HEADLINER, UM, INSTEAD OF COMING TO DO MUSIC FEST ON THE 16TH, HE WILL BE COMING INTO HIS OWN CONCERT ON MAY 28TH.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE ONE BIG EVENT NOW WE'LL HAVE TWO SEPARATE EVENTS.
UM, TO, TO SHOWCASE EVERYBODY.
I HONESTLY AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT WITH MAY 28TH IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE OR ANYTHING.
BUT WHAT I'M GONNA PLAN FOR IS THE SAME AS THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT LAST YEAR.
WE'LL MAKE A MAKESHIFT PARKING LOT AT THE TOP OF THE GRASS.
UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL STILL BE OPEN.
NOTHING ELSE WILL BE CANCELED ON THE PARK THAT DAY.
LIKE EVERYTHING WILL BE RUNNING THE SAME WAY IT IS.
UM, SO ALL FIELDS ARE BEING USED.
UM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE DUE WITH THE PARKING WE HAVE ON SITE.
UM, BUT BE FAIR, AUGUST 16TH IS MY 200 PERSON BARBECUE
SO THANK YOU THAT I RENT THE SEVEN FOOT SMOKER WE COOK THOUSAND POUNDS OF THAT'S AMAZING.
INVITED THAT DAY WHERE I WAS VOLUNTEER NINE OAK, THE FIRST LINE.
WHERE'S THIS? SO HERE GO MAKE IT RIGHT ON ONE 13.
SO GOES TOWARDS NINE OAK SCHOOL.
MAKE YOUR FIRST LEFT BEFORE THE SWIM CLUB.
OH, IT WAS BEFORE THE SWIM, SO YEAH, BECAUSE I'M ON
I LIVE ACROSS, RIGHT DOWN THERE.
SO YOU SAW ME A LOT AROUND COVID.
I WAS RUNNING POND, UH, FURTHER UP TOWARDS THE ONE 13.
SO AS SOON AS YOU COME OFF AT ONE 13 ON
I LIKE, SO OH, THAT'S AMAZING.
WHAT DAY? THERE'LL BE SO MUCH TRAFFIC THAT DAY.
THE ONLY THING I DO IS I RUN TO BAR CART.
I WENT TO A PARTY THAT HAVE PARKER.
THEY DISTRIBUTE THEIR, THE LIABILITIES ON THAT.
YOU COULD CUT, YOU CAN TAKE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER RIDE.
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SO YEAH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO THEN JEFFREY GAINES WILL BE, UH, MAY 28TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT.UM, AND THEN ALL THE CON SUMMER CONCERTS.
WE CANCELED P'S CONCERT LAST NIGHT TO RAIN.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE CONCERT IN JUNE AND THAT'S YO-YO.
SO SHE'S KIND OF LIKE A CHILDREN'S HOME AND SHE BROUGHT OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THAT'S ALSO THE NIGHT THAT ROSEBURG LIBRARY IS COMING OUT TO.
WE USUALLY, OUR FIRST CONCERT IN JUNE IS ALWAYS THE, UM, TO UM, ENGAGE IN THE READINGS OF THE SUMMER, UM, WITH THE LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S LIKE THEIR BIG CONCERT THAT WE PUT ON FOR THEM.
SO WHEN YOU HAD TO CANCEL THE SCHOOL, UH, LAST EVENING, DO THEY GET RESCHEDULED? THEY DO NOT BECAUSE THEY GRADUATE SOON.
UM, IT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY, WE TRY TO DO IT EVERY YEAR.
I THINK WE'VE ONLY HAD, THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME CANCELING IT.
UM, SO THEY'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH IT, BUT IT'S OUTDOOR.
SO, UM, AND THEY, THEY NEEDED RISERS AND US FOR SOME, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT FOR THAT.
SO YOU'LL BE THERE NEXT THURSDAY.
UM, AND THEN JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW, LAST WEEKEND WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS.
WE HAD OUR DANCE RECITAL, UM, OVER AT ANDERSON.
LUCKILY WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
IS THAT MORE THAN LAST YEAR? OH YEAH.
THIS, THIS IS NOW JUST LIKE, IT GOES UP AND UP AND UP.
SO, UM, SOME OF OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR.
THEY WON'T BE BACK WITH US IN THE FALL.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY DANCING FRIENDS THAT WOULD LIKE TO INSTRUCT, UM, HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.
I'LL BE LOOKING FOR INSTRUCTORS FOR THE FALL AND THAT STARTS IN SEPTEMBER.
OH, IT'S, UM, THE DANCERS ARE AGES THREE TO 11.
I REALLY WANT THIS TO BE A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THE RECITAL WE HAD UM, OUR BLOCK PARTY THAT WE PARTNER WITH TOWN CENTER.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, WHICH HELPS US OUT A LOT.
BUT WE HAD OUR UM, BUDDIES, WE HAD FIRE AND POLICE CAME OUT WITH ARGO.
UM, WE HAD THE ENGINE OUT WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE MOTORCYCLE AND HOUSE HOUSES AND BUBBLES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE TOOK UP THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OURSELVES.
SO, UM, WE DID MARKET THE CAR SHOW, WHICH DON'T FORGET IS JUNE.
DO YOU STILL NEED MORE SPONSORS FOR THAT? DO YOU STILL NEED MORE SPONSORS FOR THE CAR SHOW? YES.
UM, AND YES, SHREDDING IS THIS WEEKEND.
WHAT TIME IS IT? IT IS UM, I BELIEVE SIX NINE I 69.
WELL THUNDER IS IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY DURING THE EVENT.
SO I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT LAST YEAR I CAN'T WANT THIS SUN SEEING YOU THERE.
PICTURE I LIKE MAKE MY WAY AROUND AND SEE ALL OF THE CARS.
IT'S LIKE AN ASSEMBLY OF TROPHIES THAT DAY.
BUT WE DID MAKE IT, I DID GET THE CAR SHOW ON LIKE ALL OF THESE LIKE CRAZY CAR SHOW WEBSITES AND THINGS.
SO FINGERS CROSSED WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR TOM RAIN SHINE.
DON'T WE CANCEL? WE'VE NEVER HINT.
TOM HAS, TOM HAS ALWAYS HAD AN AMAZING DAY.
SO I REALLY HOPE THIS YEAR IS ANOTHER AWESOME DAY FOR HIM BECAUSE THE IS HAPPENING AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S LIKE A, A GOOD DAY FOR THAT'S ALL I WILL WORRY YOU WITH TODAY.
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I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BRING UP ANY NEW BUSINESS UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ANYONE NEEDS TO DISCUSS.CAN I, ONE THING, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR JEAN, UH, TO GET SOME TIME FOR SPRING REVIEW, UH, BASKETBALL TO COME IN AND SPEAK THE BOARD? SURE.
UH, WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO IS THEY HAVE A LONG TERM PLAN.
SO THEY'RE LOSING GYM SPACE AT THE SCHOOLS.
SO THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF KIDS THAT PLAY IN THIS LEAGUE AND UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO CERTAIN THINGS, UM, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY'RE LOSING GYM SPACE.
UM, NOT THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING THE TOWNSHIP TO COME IN AND BUILD A GYM, UM, HOWEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF PUT THEIR NEWS OUT THERE.
UM, SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN USE OUTDOOR COURT, SOME THINGS THEY CAN DO AND A LITTLE BIT SO THEY CAN GET SOME TIME ON.
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ABSOLUTELY.UM, WE'LL PUT THEM FIRST UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT AND HAVE THAT SECOND.
IT IS NOW, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE 7 35 AND I THINK WE'LL FALL AND ADJOURN OF THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR TIME TODAY.