[1. Call to Order and Committee Attendance]
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UH, DECEMBER 10TH AND OUR, OUR LAST MEETING OF 2025.
I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:02 AM PM
THAT'S WHY I DON'T WATCH THE VIDEO.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
UM, DID WE HAPPEN TO HAVE MINUTES TAKEN AT THE LAST MEETING? YES.
YOU TOOK DID HE SEND I SENT THEM.
SO, UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? WE GOTTA DO OCTOBER TOO.
YES, WE DID DO NOVEMBER, BUT WE DIDN'T DO, UM, LAST MEETING.
WE DIDN'T, WE, WE UNTIL OCTOBER READY.
FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, THEN WE DO OCTOBER.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS CONSIDERING I DID NOT LOOK AT THEM, BUT, UH, AND THEY'RE NOT POSTED IN OUR, I CAN'T POST THEM.
I CAN'T ON GOOGLE, RIGHT? NO, YOU'RE ASKING IN ON CAN'T POST IT.
I CAN'T EVEN POST YOU GUYS UNTIL WE APPROVE IT.
IT, IT WAS ON THE ATTENDANCE THAT LOOKED VERY GOOD AND MEETINGS.
SO, UM, DID ANYBODY HAVE A CHANCE? ANY TERMS TO LOOK OVER THEM? BUT YOU DIDN'T POST? WHY DID I NOT? NO, I DON'T SEND THEM OUT.
BUT IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR DRIVEWAY.
I SENT IT TO BOTH OF YOU AS SAID.
DID YOU PUT THAT TO THE DRIVE CENTER WHEN THEY SENT IT? I DO NOT, NO, BECAUSE INITIALLY IT JUST COMES IN THIS INSTANCE 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SECRETARY, WHICH REALLY IS A GOOD POINT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A REGULAR YEAH.
SO CHRIS, ARE YOU GONNA DO MINUTES FOR TODAY? WONDERFUL.
UM, WHERE'S MARIA? SHE'S IN, SHE'S NOT GONNA BE IN TODAY TOO.
SHE, I HAVE THE MINUTE PULLED UP FROM OUR OCTOBER.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND IT TO NOVEMBER? IS IT WRONG? I HAVE IT.
THIS WAS A LONG SO THAT WAS GOOD.
THAT'S OCTOBER AND NOW NOVEMBER.
SUE, DO YOU HAVE NOVEMBER? I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, ACCEPT OCTOBER'S MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
ALRIGHT, SO IT'S THE NOVEMBER THAT WE NEED TO FIND.
JOE, YOU SENT THAT TO ME FROM YOUR, YEAH.
I HAVE, YEAH, SO WE MAY HAVE TO PUT OFF THE, UM, APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER'S MEETING.
IF I FIND IT, I'LL SEND IT OUT.
AND CAN WE DO A REMOTE VOTE ON THAT ONE? NO, WE CAN JUST ZOOM IN OCTOBER.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
AND, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE ROBBIE HERE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE? IT'S A ROOM.
I HAVE TO WRITE IT PHONETICALLY.
I CAN STRETCH IT THAT WAY THERE.
[4. New Business]
ALRIGHT, SOUM, ON THE AGENDA, THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO START OUT WITH IS THE PRPS AWARD, WHICH, UM, THERE ARE ON THE PRPS WEBSITE, WHICH THE NEXT,
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UH, STATEWIDE MEETING COMMONWEALTH MEETING IS ON MARCH 24TH THROUGH MARCH 27TH IN MANHEIM.THERE ARE A FEW CATEGORIES IN THERE THAT, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE IF ANY OF OUR PARKS WILL, UM, COMPLY.
AND I'M, I'M THINKING WHEN I LOOK AT IT FOR THE SUE GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE 'CAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE PARKS RIGHT THERE, THE GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE PARKS AWARDS.
I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE THERE YET AS FAR AS THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE.
LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
SITE LOCATION, SITE DESIGN, WATER CONSERVATION, ALL OF THAT CRITERIA NEEDS TO BE MET IN ORDER TO SUBMIT YOUR PARK FOR, UM, A COMMONWEALTH WIDE AWARD.
BUT WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING WITH BIRD TOWN AND WITH, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE, UH, KEITH PENNSYLVANIA BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFICATION BURDEN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THIS.
I DON'T SEE IT REALLY FOR THIS YEAR COMING UP, BUT, UM, FOR BIRD TOWN, IF WE CAN KEEP IN MIND LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE CONCURRENT, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE COULD BE WORKING ON TO GET OUR PARKS UP TO SPEED TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR AN AWARD.
DIDN'T REALLY SEE A LOT FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND TO SUBMIT IT FOR MARCH.
YEAH, I THINK IT HAS TO BE IN, IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE THAT ON AS A PROJECT AS FAR AS THE WRITING OF, UM, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW THE APPLICATION GETS WRITTEN AND UM, THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S THERE THAT THAT VOTES ON IT AND UM, IF ANYBODY SEES THAT AS A PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO UNDERTAKE FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT SOMETHING FOR 2026 AWARD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? ARE WE LOOKING FOR 26 OR? WE FOCUS ON 20.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO, THE CONFERENCE ITSELF ITSELF IS IN 2026 AND THEY GIVE AWARDS FOR 2025.
BUT THAT ONE, SO IT WOULD BE FOR 2026 GIVEN OUT IN 27.
SO 26 WOULD BE YES, IN EARLY 27 WE SUPPLIED THE END.
WE WOULD SUBMIT TO AT THE END OF DECEMBER FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AS A COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT MAKE SURE IS THAT THE TIME THAT WE'RE INVESTED AND INVEST INVESTING IN BEING HERE AND WORKING TOGETHER, THAT THE TIME THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER HAS A VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT PROJECTS GOING ON.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE GET TO SUPPORT SUE AND AND HER DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF OUR SPECIFIC GOALS ARE.
AND I KNOW THAT BIRD TOWN IS A BIG ONE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER ORGAN, THE OTHER COMMITTEE, WHICH JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE EAC C WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE EAC ON THAT.
UM, AND THOSE OF US GETTING INVOLVED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT GOAL TO FOCUS ON FOR THE COMING YEAR.
UM, WE WERE VERY HONORED ON, UH, AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ON DECEMBER 1ST TO RECEIVE OUR PLAQUE.
WE HAVE OUR, DID WE GET JUST ONE? NO, WE HAVE TWO.
SO OUR SIGN, HERE'S OUR SIGN THAT'S GONNA GO UP.
WE HAVEN'T DESIGNATED AN AREA YET, HAVE WE? NO.
WE GONNA GET TO THAT IN BUSINESS.
BUT WE DID GET OUR SIGN, WE TOOK A PICTURE WITH IT.
UM, THERE WAS A WOMAN HERE FROM UM, THE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS ABLE TO REALLY GIVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AN UPDATE ON THE WHOLE PROGRAM AND UM, THERE WAS AN APPLAUSE AND OUR PART OF THE MEETING WAS OVER.
BUT IT REALLY WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
AND THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT FOR US.
WE WANNA LOOK AT WHAT OTHER PROJECTS, THE KEEP PENNSYLVANIA.
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GO FURTHER WITH THAT AND SEE, SUE, ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO DO AN UPDATE ON THAT OR OUR ROOM? IF HE COULD DO AN UPDATE.I HAVE IT IN UM, OLD BUSINESS.
UM, AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS IS GETTING BACK TO STUDENT INVOLVEMENT.
IF WE HAVE, UM, WE HAD A, UH, STUDENT WHO PRESENTED AT OUR BOARD MEETING, UH, JUST FOR TWO MEETINGS THOUGH.
UH, SHE WAS HERE IN MARCH AND APRIL AND THEN WE DID NOT SEE HER AGAIN AFTER THAT.
BUT I THINK IF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS ABLE TO BE INVOLVED THAT CAN HELP GET A WHOLE NEW NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE STUDENT PROGRAM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME, SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR THAT ONE.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, HOW DO WE GET, UM, JUNIOR MEMBERS? YEAH, SO THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT RICH DID.
I'LL GIVE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
SHE'S TELLING ME THAT IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO DOWN THAT ROUTE OVER AGAIN EXCEPT I HAVE TO WAIT TO JANUARY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD WE LIKE? I THINK WE'RE, THE GOAL WAS TWO, TO HAVE LIKE A RISING JUNIOR AND TWO RISING JUNIORS WOULD BE GREAT, BUT A RISING JUNIOR AND POSSIBLY A RISING SENIOR.
DON'T INTERACT WITH I THINK I GOT ENOUGH.
WE ALSO DID, SUE AND I GOT A BEAUTIFUL LETTER FROM EVERYONE, UM, EXPRESSING INTEREST IN BEING ON OUR COMMITTEE, ON OUR BOARD AS A JUNIOR MEMBER.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL TAKE UNDER ADVISEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR YOUR INTEREST.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN THAT POSITION.
SO, UM, WE SEE THE BENEFIT TO HAVING INVOLVEMENT FROM YOUNGER GENERATIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE WILL, WE, WE WE'RE HOLDING ONTO IT AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED.
[5. Old Business]
ALRIGHT.SUE, DO YOU WANT TO GO ON WITH, WELL CAN WE REALLY QUICKLY JUST FOR MOVING INTO JANUARY OF 26TH, I JUST WANT TO POSSIBLY EITHER LOOK INTO, IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY MOVING FORWARD WITH BIRD TOWN.
I THINK WE SHOULD WRITE THAT OUT.
LIKE ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE GOALS.
I DON'T THINK THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF BIRD TOWN, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THAT.
I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME DOING TO, TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE PROPOSED INSTEAD WE WERE GOING DO INTO, INTO ACTION.
BUT IF THERE'S USUALLY WE RUN AN EVENT TOGETHER.
UM, WHEN I GET DOWN TO THIS KIND OF TIES INTO MY SECTION, THE 2026 EVENTS ARE KIND OF GONNA BE ABLE SCRAMBLE THIS YEAR.
THINGS ARE GONNA LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THEY HAVE IN YEARS PAST.
UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO JUST LIKE START WRITING DOWN IF, IF BILL WANTS TO DO THE JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER, LET'S LIKE PUT PEOPLE'S NAMES AND THINGS SO WE CAN KEEP REVISITING IT AND NOT BE CURIOUS OF LIKE, ARE YOU DOING IT? AM I DOING IT? IS SOMEONE ELSE SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING IT? THAT WAY WE CAN JUST KEEP IT ORGANIZED AND WE CAN DO THAT IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE.
WE PUT RESPONSIBILITIES OR, YOU KNOW, ACTIONABLE ITEMS IN THERE.
UM, BUT JUST SOMETHING, WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU GUYS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STICKING TO SOMETHING AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE PARK BOARD ITSELF IS TAKING ON ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, PREVIOUSLY WE'VE DONE A PROJECT IN COLLABORATION, UM, WITH THE, OH MY, NO, NO.
UM, AND THEN LAST YEAR, 'CAUSE WE WEREN'T DOING THAT EVENT ANYMORE, WE DID UM, YOU GUYS HELPED TO SPONSOR CAR SHOW I THINK WAS THE ONE YOU GUYS CHOSE LAST YEAR.
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BECAUSE LIKE THE BIRD TOWN IS VERY SPECIFIC TO PARK BOARD, IF THAT WANTS TO BE OUR INITIATIVE, IF THAT WANTS TO BE LIKE OUR BIG PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S GOING WELL.I THINK WE MAKE THAT THE BIG GOAL FOR 26.
YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO SPREAD US TOO THIN.
NO, AND THAT'S, THERE ARE SO MANY COMPONENTS TO THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON IN 26? WE HAVE, UM, THE DECK HOCKEY RINK IS GETTING RESURFACED.
UM, WE ARE DOING MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TRAIL EXPANSIONS ON TAYLOR, POSSIBLY ANDERSON AND POSSIBLY A NEW PLAYGROUND AT MCFARLAND.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GRANT SPECIFIC.
SO IT DEPENDS IF WE GET THOSE GRIDS OR NOT.
TAYLOR WANTS THE PERMITS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE NEW SEWER LINE PROJECT THAT'S GOING THROUGH THERE FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS ALSO GET ON TOWNSHIP SEWER.
UM, ONCE THOSE PERMITS HAVE BEEN CLOSED, I CAN START WORK AT THE TAYLOR PROPERTY TO MAKE THAT A LIKE PASSIVE RECREATION AREA WHERE THERE'S SIMPLY WALKING TRAILS.
UM, SO THAT'S GOING HOPEFULLY GOING INTO 26.
HOPEFULLY THOSE PURPOSE WILL CLOSE AND WE CAN START ACTION ON THAT.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE THE BIG TICKET ONES THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT US CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THAT'S LIKE THE PLAYGROUND MONEY WILL DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
IF THAT, IF THE UM, GRANT COMES TO FRUITION THAT WE'RE ACCEPTED INTO IT, UM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT AND THEN THERE'LL BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PUTTING TOGETHER THE PLAYGROUND, THE, YOU KNOW, UM, MARKETING FOR IT, THE TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, GETTING VIDEO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, MAKING SURE OUR PARTNERS DOWN THERE THAT USE THE FIELDS LIKE EVERYONE'S ON BOARD WITH IT AND THAT WE'RE ALL GOOD TO GO BECAUSE THERE WILL BE CLOSINGS OF CERTAIN THINGS ONCE THAT GOES INTO EFFECT AND STARTS BEING BUILT.
UM, ROOFING CUTTINGS, ALL THINGS THAT YOU GUYS TO BE INVITED TO.
UM, I DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD ON THIS YEAR ON SOME OF THE ROOFING CUTTINGS FOR TRAILS.
THINGS ENDED AND UM, THAT WASN'T PERMITABLE FOR.
SO WE'LL WORK ON KIND OF THINGS.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO DO A 2026 EVENTS? YES.
SO, UM, UH, USUALLY I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
UM, USUALLY BY NOVEMBER WE HAVE ALL OF OUR 2020 SIXTH EVENT DATES OUT IN READY TO ROLL.
UM, OUR, YOU KNOW, BUDGET HAS CHANGED FOR THE COMING YEARS SO, UM, I WAS ASKED TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE RUN OUR EVENTS.
A LOT OF OUR EVENTS INVOLVE A LOT OF STAFFING, UM, OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, COST THE TOWNSHIP A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE US OUT FOR ALL THOSE EVENTS.
SO IN LIEU OF CANCELING OR CUTTING OUT ALL THE BIG SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE DO, UM, THE GOAL WAS TO COMBINE SOME OF 'EM.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF, UM, I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ABOUT ONE OF THE EVENTS TOMORROW MORNING.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO COMBINE CAR SHOW AND MUSIC FEST TOGETHER.
WE'LL MOVE THEM LATER INTO THE EVENING.
THAT CAR SHOW MAY NOT BE IN THE MORNING.
IT MIGHT BE IN THE, UM, LATER TIMEFRAME WITH MUSIC FEST.
SO THEY'LL BE GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WE'LL RUN MUSIC FEST INTO LATER INTO THE NIGHT.
SO THE AMPHITHEATER WILL ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE LIGHTS AND YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE REALLY EXCITING.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING WHERE THE LIGHTS HAD TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT LOOKS.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, MOVING FORWARD INTO, THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE TOGETHER.
UM, MUSICFEST GENERALLY BRINGS IN ABOUT 1200 OR MORE PEOPLE AND THEN UM, CAR SHOW BRINGS IN ROUGHLY LIKE 500 OR SO.
WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 200 CARS.
SO WE THOUGHT THOSE MESHED TOGETHER WOULD BE A REALLY COOL THING WHEN WE GO TO MARKET.
THOSE TWO EVENTS, 'CAUSE THOSE WILL BE THE NEXT UPCOMING ONES FOR US.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO LIKE TAKE BOTH THE LOGOS AND LIKE SMASH THEM TOGETHER AND KIND OF SEE IF WE CAN COMBINE TOGETHER.
AND IT'LL BE A LONG RANGE OF MARKETING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT NEITHER ONE OF 'EM IS CANCELED.
THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING EFFORTS.
SO IT JUST LESSENS THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THAT SPECIFIC DAY.
AND IT WILL BE PARTIAL WILL BE ON A SATURDAY REGARDLESS.
SO IT WOULD NO LONGER BE ON A SUNDAY.
IN WHICH LOCATION? IT'LL BE AT ANDERSON? IT'LL BE AT ANDERSON, YES.
YOU PARK THE CAR IN THE GRASS OR? NO, I'M GONNA PARK THEM IN THE BIG PARKING LOT IN THE BACK BY THE SOCCER FIELDS.
NO, IT'S ALL MAPPED OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE WON'T DO IT.
IT'S ALL MAPPED OUT
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THAT TREND.WELL THE CARS WILL LINE THE DRIVEWAY OF ANDERSON AND THEY'LL BE IN THE AMPHITHEATER PARKING LOT AND THEY'LL TRAIL DOWN IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE
SO WE'RE GONNA RUN IT BY SOME PEOPLE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK ON NOT LOSING 200 PLUS CARS BECAUSE OF CHANGING EVERYTHING SO MUCH.
JUST HOPEFULLY IT WAS GONNA CHANGE DAY OF WEEK ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST LIKE AN EXTRA BIG CHANGE.
UM, SO IT'LL BE A LOT OF MAPPING OUT AND EXECUTION DETAILS, BUT IT SHOULD WORK OUT REALLY NICELY.
WE'RE THINKING CARS AND GUITARS IS RIGHT NOW THE NAME THAT WE'RE GOING WITH.
SO, SO HOW THAT ACCOMPLISHES THE GOAL IS THAT YOU'RE STAFFING FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE DAY OF STAFFING? WELL, WE'LL IT WILL BE, UM, A POSSIBLE 10 TO 12 HOUR DAY THAT WILL BE DUPLICATED.
SO USUALLY BOTH EVENTS TAKE ABOUT 12 TO 15 HOURS FOR STAFF TO ACCOMPLISH THE DAY, THE WHOLE EVENT.
SO INSTEAD OF BEING, FOR LACK OF BETTER MAPPING AT THIS POINT IN THE DAY, EXCEPT THAT THERE BE PLUS HOURS AND THOSE BEING ON A SUNDAY, WHICH IS DOUBLE TIME.
UM, INSTEAD OF 30 HOURS, THAT WILL BE 12 HOURS.
SO IT'S GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER.
DO YOU NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF BECAUSE IT'S A LONGER DAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YOU NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF.
I'M EXTRA IS REALLY THE MAIN THING.
AND BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO THE EVENTS, I NEED SO MANY MORE EMERGENCY SERVICES, SO THEY HAVE TO COME IN ON OVERTIME.
POLICE HAVE TO COME IN OVERTIME, PUBLIC WORKS AND THE REST OF MY TEAM.
SO IT'S JUST A LOT OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT THEY JUST WANNA SEE CONDENSED.
SO INSTEAD OF CUTTING ONE OF THOSE EVENTS, WE JUST PUT THEM TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY THAT THEY MARRY EACH OTHER WALL.
UM, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE 5K OUTLET.
SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT IN MARCH OR APRIL THAT WE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT ON THAT REGULAR SCHEDULE.
WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER THAT WITH A SUMMER CONCERT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE A SUMMER CONCERT TO A FRIDAY NIGHT IN AUGUST.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST 28TH RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AS AN AFTER WORK THING.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE COURSE UP OVER AT ANDERSON.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BAND PLAYING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BEER GARDEN THERE.
UM, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE THEME IS, UM, YOU KIND OF RUN THE WHOLE THING IN AS MANY LAPSES YOU DO.
YOU GET A BAND FOR EVERY LAP THAT YOU RUN.
SO WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE OBSTACLES SLIGHTLY.
SO EVERY YEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THIS YEAR IT IS EVERY LAP YOU DO IS A DIFFERENT BAND AND YOU KIND OF PICK WHAT TEAM YOU'RE ON.
YOU WANT FIRE, ARE YOU POLICE, ARE YOU VMS? AND THEN WHOEVER'S BIG TEAM WINS, THEY'LL BE LIKE A REALLY COOL PRIZE FOR LIKE THAT TEAM BRAGGING RIGHTS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN THE FIRST PERSON CROSSES THE FINISH LINE ON THE AMOUNT OF LAPS THAT THEY WANT TO DO THE BAND SOMEONE'S PLAYING, YOU GET A FREE BEER FOR YOUR REGISTRATION AND YOU HANG OUT FOR MONEY CUT ONE OUNCE.
BUT I THINK THE LAP WAS LIKE A MILE OR SO, SO IT'S LIKE A STEEP DEPENDING ON, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT.
SO WE'RE COMBINING TWO EVENTS.
AGAIN, THEY WANTED ME TO START LIKE PLAYING WITH CONCERTS TO SEE IF I COULD MAYBE OFFER LESS OF 'EM BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A TASK FOR US TO HAVE STAFF THERE.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY THOSE TWO COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.
IT SOUNDS REALLY GREAT IN MY HEAD.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE.
CALLED, IT'LL COME TO ME LIKE END OF THIS MEETING, BUT ALL THOSE CHARACTERS GET TOGETHER AND THEY LIKE SAVE CHRISTMAS.
SO CAN WE UTILIZE A VOLUNTEER, A STRONGER VOLUNTEER POOL FOR THE YEAR TO COME TO BE ABLE TO ASSUAGE SOME OF THAT EXPENSE? UM, YES AND NO.
I CAN'T, UM, HOW DO I, I CAN'T TRUST A WHOLE EVENT OF VOLUNTEERS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONCEPT, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT VOLUNTEERS CAN MAN, BUT WITH INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THEY CAN'T DO.
SO IT KIND OF, IT'S ONE OF THOSE LIKE GIVE AND TAKE LIKE YES THERE'S AREAS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE AT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE SAME CAPACITY AS THE STAFFING.
BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WE CAN PROBABLY SERVE AT A HIGHER AND HAVE A VOLUNTEER.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY TO SAVE.
NO AND THAT'S WHAT UM, I TOLD 'EM THAT WE HAVE THE PARK BOARD, I HAVE PEOPLE FILLING UP THAT VOLUNTEER LIST ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS, INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR LIKE FACE PAINTERS AND UM, YOU KNOW, BOUNCE HOUSE ATTENDANCE, LIKE WE HAVE THE STUDENTS THAT COME OUT FOR UM, NOT CREDITS, BUT UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.
AND THEY KIND OF DO THAT FOR US.
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IT'S JUST A LONG DAY.BUT UM, AND THEN FALL FEST WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 19TH, UM, THAT WILL REMAIN ITS OWN EVENT.
THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME TO THAT, LIKE 6,000 PEOPLE THAT COME OUT THAT CAN'T, WE'RE TRYING TO COMBINE EVERYTHING INTO THAT ONE DAY.
NO ONE ELSE LAID THAT WITH ME.
SO, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE'LL BE LOSING QUEST AND BECAUSE OF UM, PARKING SITUATIONS AND ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL MOST LIKELY MOVE TO ANDERSON AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG ONES THAT WE'VE RELEASED SORTED OUT AT THIS POINT.
THE SHREDDING EVENT WILL STILL HAPPEN IN MAY.
UM, CAMP STILL STARTS IN JUNE.
WE'LL STILL HAVE THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING AND THEN SOME OF THE SMALLER PROGRAMS LIKE THE UM, LIGHT SHOW AT A RAIDER AND SANTA, LIKE THOSE THINGS ARE STILL BEING PLAYED WITH AT THAT.
HAS A TENSION EVER, UM, LOOKED AT ANYTHING FOR JULY, JULY 4TH? OR HAS THAT JUST BEEN KIND OF A HANDS ON HOLIDAY? IT'S ALWAYS, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
THAT'S ALWAYS A DAY OFF LIKE A 'CAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE DO FIREWORKS AND SO MANY PEOPLE DO THOSE KIND OF CELEBRATIONS.
WELL, THIS YEAR WILL BE CRAZY.
WELL, RIGHT NOW WE SPONSORED, UM, WE SPONSORED A LOT OF MONEY TO TRAP CIRCLE SOCIETY TO HELP THEM WITH THE AMERICAN TWO 50.
SO RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE, I WASN'T ASKED TO PLAN ANYTHING FOR THE TOUGH CHIP.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN UM, DO SOME CO-MARKETING WITH TRAP TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT IGNORING IT.
WHEN THEY HAVE ALL THAT SITUATED, I'LL GET IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL POST FROM THERE.
THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING THAT FOR LIKE TWO YEARS NOW.
THEY WERE HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION.
YOU FOR, FOR DOING ANYTHING? NO, NOT THAT I'VE HEARD OF.
UNLESS THEY JOINED IN WITH TRAP.
I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE, IF WE CAN HAVE LIKE ONE CENTRAL HUB FOR IT IN THIS AREA, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIKE VALLEY FORESTS, LIKE VISITORS CENTER AND, AND THOSE BIGGER ESTABLISHMENT DIFFERENT.
UM, LOWER PROVIDENCE IS INVOLVED.
I WANT TO SAY OBVIOUSLY TRAP COLLEGEVILLE, I DUNNO.
THERE WAS WITH THE MEETINGS I'VE ATTENDED WITH TRAP HISTORIC SOCIETY ABOUT 50, THERE ARE A LOT OF TOWNSHIPS WITHIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT ARE DOING LIKE ALL ASSIST STATE TRAP WITH IT BECAUSE THE COUNTY WASN'T PROPOSING ANYTHING.
UM, BUT SO I WANTED TO JUST RUN THROUGH, IF YOU GUYS REALLY QUICK, JUST LIKE WE'RE THE PARTNER DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF REDOING OUR SET OF GOALS FOR 2026.
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE LIKE THE SAME STANDARD OF, YOU KNOW, UM, EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PROGRAMMING.
OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS INCREASE OUR MARKETING.
UM, ONE OF THE GOALS FOR ME TO HAVE A JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER IS TO LEARN HOW TO DORE.
I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO LOOK INTO IT AND I, THERE'S A YOUNG PERSON I KNOW I LOOK OVER IN DIRECTION TRUST ME.
UM, BUT IT'S THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
I JUST HELP US GET OUR NAME BETTER OUT THERE WITH THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AS WELL AS LIKE, WHAT ARE THE COOL TRENDS? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M PROBABLY NOT THE PERSON TO ASK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS PART OF OUR GOAL IS TO LIKE REALLY START GETTING INTO UM, THAT AGE DEMOGRAPHIC.
THE BIG DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE HIT THAT WE MISS.
UM, AND THEN OUR DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO SEE A LOT OF CHANGES COMING IN 2026.
UM, WE PRIMARILY AT THIS POINT WILL NOT BE BASED OUT OF THIS BUILDING ANYMORE.
WE WILL MOST LIKELY BE HEADING DOWN THE STREET TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND MANNING THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO A LOT OF OUR TIME AND FOCUS WILL BE MET ON UM, REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S GONNA SEE A LOT OF CHANGES.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THIS POINT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE CHANGE OF DEPARTMENT ROLES AND HOW WE OPERATE.
SO USUALLY I LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS LIKE A HEADS UP ON LIKE, KIND OF LIKE THE IMPORTANT GOALS THAT WE HAVE FOR 26.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S KIND OF MY IMPORTANT GOAL IS FULLY UNDERSTANDING HOW MY DEPARTMENT GONNA BE CHANGING IS THE LOCATION YET.
WHO DO YOU SPEND DEDICATE THE SPACE? CHRISTOPHER SPACE? NO, THEY'RE NOT PRESS FOR SPACE.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, THE EXTENS WILL BE RUNNING THE CENTER.
SO WE MOST LIKELY WILL NOT HAVE THE THIRD PARTY STAFF.
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SPACE THEN LIBRARY.SO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE? WE DON'T.
SO WHY JUST GOT APPROVED KIND OF ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO AT LEAST KNOW LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE IN PLACE, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY CHANGES COMING YOUR WAY THAT NOTHING IS SET STONE.
SHALL I GO ON? YEAH, I'M GOING.
I WAS TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF YOU BEFORE THE MEETINGS STARTED.
SO, UM, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I WAS, UH, APPROACHED FOR, I MOVED FROM THE DOD OVER TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO I'M GONNA BE MOVING TO UPSTATE NEW YORK ON THE ST.
LAUREN SEAWAY AND RUNNING, UM, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY FOR THE LOCKS AND UH, THE LOCKS IN THE CHANNEL.
SO POSSIBLY MID JANUARY, 1ST OF FEBRUARY.
YOU'RE BUT YOU'LL STILL BE COMING TO THE MEETING.
WELL THAT'S WHY SOMEONE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO GO TO HAWAII AND I ENDED UP 14 DEGREES.
SOME IN THE WORKS, BUT NOTHING'S EVER DIFFERENT UNTIL BANK IS DRY.
THINK'S NOT QUITE DRY YET, BUT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.
I KNOW I JUST PUT MY LETTER IN TOO INSTEAD.
YEAH, I UM, I FIGURED IT NEEDED TO BE ON CAMERA AND VIDEO AND IN THE RECORD.
UM, YES, IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME A CHERYL.
IT WORKS REMOTE SO IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT HER.
OH, THAT'S EXCEPT HAVE TO MOVE EVERYTHING.
DID YOU FIND A PLACE? WE LOOKED AT A BUNCH.
WE DIDN'T LIKE ANY, IT TURNS OUT I'M THE PICKY ONE.
SO I'M GOING UP, WHEN I GO UP IN JANUARY, I'M GONNA RENT.
THERE'S UM, POT DAM IS A, UH, SUNY COLLEGE TOWN.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I CAN FIND A DECENT PLACE TO RENT.
SO I'M GONNA RENT FIRST AND LOOK AT SOME HOUSES FOR JUST, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NINE NOW.
DON'T LOOK AT, BUT I THOUGHT I, I SHOULD TELL YOU AND EVERYBODY ABSOLUTELY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO MAKE AN OPEN POSITION ON THE BOARD.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO MORE THAT, THAT'LL BE EASIER TO FILL THAN FINDING SOMEONE TO RUN BIRD TOWN.
WE WILL NEED A HOW TO REORGANIZE A REORGANIZATION OF BIRD TOWN.
BUT EVERYTHING'S ALREADY AT LEAST
THE HARD PART WAS GETTING US IN THE DOOR.
WE NEED THE YEAH, THE ORGANIZER.
I'M STILL WORKING WITH HER FOR THE VIRTUAL MEETING.
I WAS KIND OF HOLDING OFF UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME.
INSTEAD OF ME TAKING THE HEAD ON THAT AND THEN LEAVING.
BUT I KNOW, UH, I KNOW
THERE'S A, FOR EACH STAGE, THERE'S IT'S A POINT SYSTEM.
SO EACH STAGE THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO AND THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE 15 THINGS YOU CAN DO ON EACH ONE.
AND AS YOU DO, YOU GET POINTS AND YOU MOVE UP AND YOU JUST HAVE TO, THE BIGGEST THING IS DOING THE REPORT TO SAY WHAT YOU DID.
SO THEN THEY MOVE YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
WELL THAT UPDATES OUR BURN TOWN, DOESN'T IT? YES.
WELL, WHILE Y'ALL ARE HERE,
THE GOAL IS FOR THESE IS TO PUT THEM ON EXISTING WELCOME TEMPLE PROVIDENCE TO TOWNSHIP SCIENCE, WHICH I THINK MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE'S ONE ON ONE 13 FROM TRAP INTO COLLEGEVILLE.
RIGHT ON LIKE THAT TOWNSHIP LINE.
UM, SO WE CAN PUT IT THERE OBVIOUSLY.
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BUT I NEED SOMEONE TO GO OUT AND SCOUT FOR ME BECAUSE EVERYONE'S PRETTY CONFIDENT.WE HAVE ONE ON THE OPPOSITE END OF TOWN.
I JUST HAVE TO SEE IF IT'S ACTUALLY THERE ACROSS THE BRIDGE IN PHOENIXVILLE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE IT TO GO.
I JUST HAVE TO GET WITH OUR SIGN, UM, OUR GUYS AT PUBLIC WORK THAT WORK ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC AND SIGNS AND MAKE SURE THAT I CAN PUT IT ON.
IT'S A LIKE I CAN ALWAYS BUY MORE SIGNS.
THEY DO SUCH A GOOD JOB OF TRAFFIC OVER.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA COME NOW THOUGH.
THE BIRDS ARE KIDS ON ONE FOR OKAY.
BUT WE DO HAVE TWO STICKERS AS WELL.
SO THESE WILL GO ON, ONE OF THESE WILL GO ON THE
SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE THEM, PLEASE DO SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A UM, P PPA BEAUTIFUL UPDATE.
UM, SO I HAD, SEE NOW I'M GONNA SAY IT WRONG.
UM, SO, UM, IRUN CAME TO EAC AND DID THE SAME UM, PRESENTATION TO THAT GROUP.
I WAS TRYING TO, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, GET THEM TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF RUNNING THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE REFERRING TO YOU GUYS.
DID YOU MISS THAT ONE WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE ANNOYED? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS NAME IS, BUT HE'S ALWAYS PUSHING THINGS OFF.
OH, TOM TOM'S ALWAYS PUSHING THINGS AND THAT'S WHEN I WENT.
IF THEY, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT ON CONSIDER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE TONIGHT.
I'D RATHER PUSH IT TO JANUARY, FEBRUARY TO DECIDE ON HE DOESN'T PUSHED.
WELL HE'S NOT GONNA BE, IS HE GONNA BE HERE? NO.
SO THE THING IS, IF WE RUN IT, WE CAN JUST TELL THEM WHAT TO DO AND THEY CAN'T ARGUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OPTION.
THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND THEY DON'T WHAT DOES IT, IT WILL.
NOW DO YOU THINK THEY ARGUE IT HAS TO BE TO DO THINGS? OH YEAH.
BUT THEY WOULD RATHER BE DIRECTED.
IF WE HAVE A CLEANUP EVENT THAT WE PUT ON AND WE DO ALL THE WORK FOR, WE CREATE BEAUTIFUL AND DO ALL THE WORK FOR IT.
THEY WON'T COME THAT DAY AND AND HELP AND DO THINGS.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE DIRECTING THEM, THAT'S REALLY ALL THEY, WHATEVER WE DECIDE, THEY'LL JUST FOLLOW ALONG.
SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE EVERYBODY TO TAKE.
I SENT ALL THE INFORMATION AFTER LAST MONTH'S MEETING AND SENT IT ALL TO YOU GUYS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST FOR YOU ALL TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT, READ THROUGH IT, SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
IT'S ANOTHER SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE PARK DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD'VE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
WHICH IS FINE AS LONG AS WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, SO DON'T ANSWER NOW HAVE THE CONVERSATION IF YOU GUYS WANT.
BUT I WOULD TAKE TIME TO ACTUALLY READ THROUGH ALL THE MATERIALS AND LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN AND WHAT WE CAN'T ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH ON.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMITTEES THAT MAY BE INTERESTED? LIKE DO WE HAVE A FLOWER COMMITTEE OR A GROUNDS COMMITTEE? NO.
I KNOW I COULDN'T, CAN'T DO IT.
AND THE TOWNSHIP IS IS MADE UP CURRENTLY OF SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMITTEES TO DO ANYTHING.
THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS RIGHT NOW IS IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC BOARD THAT WILL TAKE THINGS ON AND ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO FORM A COMMITTEE FOR EVERY SINGLE THING.
THAT'S KIND OF THE TOWNSHIP STANCE RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST CAN'T LEND ANY MORE PEOPLE TO.
BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS NEED A TOWNSHIP STAFF PERSON ON EVERY COMMITTEE AND EVERY BOARD AND THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF US THAT YOU KNOW.
AND THAT'S BUT THAT, THAT THE QUESTION WAS IS THERE AN EXISTING COMMITTEE LIKE THE
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EAC C THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH? 'CAUSE IT'S JUST A BIG PROJECT.WELL COULD YOU DO LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, YOU DO IT NOW.
MAYBE LIKE, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISE CLEANUP DAYS AND GET THE COMPANIES TO VOLUNTEER TO COME OUT AND DO STUFF.
IF WE EVER FIGURE OUT A WAY AND MAYBE EVERYONE LIKE YOU'RE BETTER FOR THIS IS THE SCHOOL.
LIKE I KNOW THE ENVI, THE EAC C HAD ASKED YOU ABOUT THAT.
IF THE SCHOOL LIKE STUDENT COUNSELOR GETS ON THAT AND THEY INCORPORATE US INTO THAT, WE CAN WORK WITH SOMEBODY HAND IN HAND.
WE CAN SEE A TRAFFIC'S INTERESTED, WE CAN SEE COLLEGE BILLS INTERESTED.
IT'S MORE SO SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO SPEARHEAD IT.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE PROCESS.
SO IF WE FEEL LIKE WE GOT THIS RIGHT NOW, LET'S SPEARHEAD THIS, THAT'S FINE.
BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO LIKE THINK CLEARLY RIGHT NOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR IS A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
EVERYONE'S PULLED UP IN A MILLION DIRECTIONS SO I DON'T WANT TO HESITANT LIKE SAY YES AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, OH CRAP, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO THIS.
OR WE SAY NO AND WE COULD HAVE DONE IT.
SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE YOUR TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
SO THAT'LL BE EVERYBODY'S ASSIGNMENT IS TO LOOK BACK ON THE EMAIL THAT SUE SENT OUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO.
THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION IN THERE.
DOUBT, UM, ABOUT THE KPB PROGRAM AND TO SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO TAKE ON IN ADDITION TO BURKETOWN.
UM, IN THE DRIVE IS THE 2026 PARK WATCH, WHICH WILL NOT START UNTIL APRIL.
WHAT I DID WAS I FILLED IN RANDOMLY AND I HAVE NOT FINISHED IT YET, BUT IT WILL BE COMPLETED, UM, WITH ALL OF THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2026.
THEY ARE NOT WRITTEN IN STONE.
THEY CAN BE CHANGED IF YOU FIND THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT PART.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S JUST A GUIDELINE TO START AND, BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF IT'S UH, ONE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
I COULD JUST SWITCH YOU WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
NOW KEN, YOU ARE COMING BACK TO DO HARD BOX.
I COME BACK 4TH OF JULY, WE'RE GONNA DO FIREWORKS.
YEAH, I'M GLAD I LOT IN NEW YORK.
WELL IT LOOKS LIKE BOARD MEMBER TERMS ARE, ARE, WE DON'T NEED TO GO OVER THOSE EITHER, BUT WE DO HAVE THE TERMS WRITTEN IN OUR MANUAL.
WE HAD, UM, KEN AND RICH THAT WERE GOING TO BE EXPIRING 2025 AND THEY BOTH RENEWED AND NOW ALL ONE NOT RENEWING.
UM, DO WE HAVE TERM LIMITATIONS WRITTEN INTO THE BOARD? NOT MANUAL, BUT YOU HAVE TO MOVE.
THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED TO STEP DOWN.
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO STEP DOWN, BUT DO WE HAVE UH, LIMITATIONS FOR THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THEY CAN RUN? I CAN LOOK INTO IT.
BE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND MAYBE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT.
YOU'RE NOT SELLING, YOU'RE NOT SELLING IT LIFE INSURANCE.
IT'S WHETHER OR NOT, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE IT SHOULD BE.
UM, SO FOUR TERMS. I HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA AS FAR AS FOUR TERMS, BUT IT JUST, WE KNOW THAT THAT RICH.
WE KNOW THAT RICH IS GOING TO BE, UH, RICH IS GONNA BE HERE, BUT UM, THAT WE ARE GONNA NEED TO REPLACE UH, KEN
NOW I KNOW NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.
IT'S ALWAYS SELLING NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DON'T SEE ON HERE THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS WE MEET 10 MONTHS OUT OF A 12 MONTH YEAR AND THE TWO MONTHS THAT WE TAKE OFF TYPICALLY HAVE BEEN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY NEITHER ONE US CAUGHT THAT.
BECAUSE I HAD, FOR ME, I HAD, I RODE THIS ON THE BUS YESTERDAY.
YOU RODE ON BUS COMING HOME FROM THE ROCK HEADS.
HOW WAS THE ROCK HOWARD? IT WAS GREAT.
THAT'S PART OF MY, UM, EVERY OKAY.
UM, SO WHERE WAS I? OH, SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE TAKEN OFF DURING THE
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SUMMER, WHICH I THINK ARE LIKE THE BUSIEST MONTHS OF THE PARKS AND REC.WOULD IT BE UM, HELPFUL FOR YOU IF WE TOOK OFF IN JANUARY COMING THIS JANUARY COMING UP MM-HMM
SINCE THERE IS SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOME, SOME, UM, RELOCATION YES.
SO IF WE TOOK OFF, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS FAR AS WHAT THE OTHER MONTH IS GOING TO BE YET.
WE CAN, BUT WOULD IT BE OKAY TO TAKE OFF IN JANUARY? IS EVERYBODY, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT, IS JANUARY A GOOD MONTH FOR US TO TAKE OFF IS THE QUESTION? UM, YES.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE WINTER MONTHS, UM, AS MUCH AS I KNOW WE ALL LIVING OUR SUMMER MONTHS, OUR SUMMER NIGHTS OFF, UM, I DO AGREE WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE GOING ON IN THE SUMMERTIME THAN WE DO IN THE WINTER.
USUALLY WINTERS ARE PREP MONTHS.
SO, UM, AS MUCH AS THEY DON'T WANT TO NOT SEE YOU GUYS, WE ALSO DON'T PARK, WE DON'T TALK PARK WATCH UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR EITHER.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE AMOUNT OF THINGS YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE REPORTING ON UNLESS WE'RE SOLELY JUST TALKING ABOUT BIRD TOWN, WHICH WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE PER SE FOR THAT WE CAN MEET OUTSIDE OF HERE.
SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT EITHER DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, OR IF YOU WANNA DO, BECAUSE WE TAKE THE THREE MONTHS OFF.
TWO, TWO, WE TAKE TWO, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE CONSECUTIVE EITHER WE CAN'T DO ONE IN THE WINTER DECEMBER OR, OR JANUARY AND THEN ONE, ONE IN AUGUST.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BREAK IT UP.
THAT WOULD GIVE US THE SUMMER STILL.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK ON THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES, BUT WE WON'T HAVE THIS MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE BACKED UP.
SO SO IF WE TAKE AUGUST TO LOOK, OKAY, SO WHEN WE HAVE, YEAH, WE'LL NEED THE RIGHT, RIGHT.
WE COULD DO THAT OR WE COULD DO JULY RATHER THAN AUGUST IF WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.
UM, THAT WOULD, THAT COULD HELP ALSO.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR WAY OR THE OTHER? SO I THINK I, I THINK I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF DOING JULY RATHER THAN AUGUST JUST BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THINGS GOING ON THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR.
SO HOW ABOUT IF WE WILL THEN WE WILL NOT MEET IN JANUARY AND, AND THEN WE WILL NOT MEET IN JULY RIGHT.
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY FEBRUARY, RIGHT? I KNOW YOU'RE YES, BUT WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, HOW YOU HAVE KIDS OR ANYTHING.
THE SUMMER EASY, BETTER TO TAKE OFF.
STILL I THINK THAT'S LIKE ONE IN ONE, RIGHT.
WE STILL WILL BE TAKING OFF AND WE ALSO, IF THERE'S A MEETING THAT YOU NEED TO MISS FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE AS WELL.
I THINK I, YEAH, I JUST NEED TO KNOW BEFORE 24 HOURS.
RIGHT? WE ALWAYS CAN, BUT IT'S ALSO, I THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THEM, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE THINGS AND SUE HAS SO MUCH GOING ON WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
I'M LIKE, YO, I HAIR IS EXCITED.
I I IT WAS A BAD BUDGET SEASON FOR US THIS YEAR BECAUSE, UM, HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS TOOK A HIT.
SO WE DID NOT GET AS MUCH INCOME AS WE NORMALLY DO.
SO EVERYONE'S BUDGETS WERE CUT.
WHY DID A HOUSE TAKE IT OUT? UM, IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT COMMERCIAL LIKE USE AND LIKE NO ONE BEING IN THE BUILDING TO LIKE QUEST PROPERTY TO A HIT.
PFIZER TOOK A HIT AND THEN SOME PEOPLE'S LIKE PERSONAL HOUSING AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS ON IT.
IT IN TIM'S PRESENTATIONS THOUGH OF LIKE WHAT I THINK IT WAS LIKE A $900,000 DEFICIT WE'RE FACING WITH THIS YEAR.
THE QUEST IS GOING TO BE, THEY AREN'T WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY? YES, THEY ARE.
THEY ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE WON'T SEE ANYTHING COME FROM THAT UNTIL LIKE 28 OR 29 OH TWICE PROBABLY OFF THE ROAD.
AND GET SOME MACHINES BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THE BUILDING COMING DOWN OH YEAH.
IT'S ALL BEING TORN DOWN AND THEN THEY'RE BUILDING A, UM, SHOPPING CENTER WITH STACK TOWNS BEHIND IT.
SO RIGHT UP AGAINST THE DECK, THE SKATE PARK,
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WE ALWAYS SAW CARS GOING IN THERE, CARS RESTAURANT.I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING IN THERE.
I WAS HOPING FOR TRADER JOE'S.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST ROOM.
I HEARD WHOLE FOODS OR TRADER JOE'S.
SO, ALRIGHT, SO, OH, THE, THE FIRST THING ON, ON YOUR AGENDA NEXT IS THE EVENT AND PROGRAM, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY REPORT ON SANTA.
WE HAD SANTA AT THE FIRE HOUSE ON UM, LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAYBE TUESDAY EVENING.
AND IT WAS SO WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.
THERE WERE BLOW UP TOYS, BLOW UP JUMPING TOYS FOR THE KIDS, HOT CHOCOLATE CANDY CANES, UH, PICTURES WITH SANTA.
IT REALLY WAS, UH, WELL, WELL DONE FIREFIGHTERS PROGRAM AND I HEARD SO MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT.
SO YES, NO, WE GOT A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.
THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD, UM, 75 FAMILIES PRE-REGISTER FAMILY SIZES RANGE BETWEEN THREE TO SIX PEOPLE FOR FAMILY.
SO WE HAD, UM, PLUS WE HAD A 25 PLUS WALK-INS.
I THINK WE LIKE JUST REACHED LIKE 95 TO A HUNDRED FAMILIES REGISTERED, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US.
IT'S ONLY THE THIRD YEAR WE'VE DONE IT.
UM, SO WE HAD OVER 300 PEOPLE THERE THAT NIGHT, WHICH IS A GREAT TURNOUT.
CHICK-FIL-A WAS THERE TO SELL FOOD INSTEAD OF UM, JUST THE, THE CANDY.
I GOT COMPLAINTS THAT PARENTS WERE LIKE, YOU'RE SENDING ME HOME WITH LIKE SUGAR FILLED KIDS.
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S FAIR.
I, I LEFT, MY HUSBAND LEFT WITH MY KIDS AND IT WAS LIKE EVERYBODY IS LIKE, OH MY GOD, HOW WERE YOUR KIDS? THEY DRANK SO MUCH HOT CHOCOLATE.
HOW WERE THEY? THEY DON'T GET THAT STUFF EVER.
SO WHEN THEY GET IT THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD, DID YOU SHARE WITH THOSE PARENTS
THEY WENT TO FIL UM, BUT NO, THE PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT CHICK-FIL-A, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO PAY FOR CHICK-FIL-A, CHICK-FIL-A RAN OUT OF FOOD, UM, THEY HAD, WE HAD ABOUT 45 PLUS MINUTES LEFT IN THE EVENT I THINK WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF FOOD.
UM, WE CHANGED THE SETUP A LITTLE BIT.
WE CHANGED SOME THINGS AROUND JUST TO MAKE IT PRETTIER AND MORE DOLLED UP.
WE HAD A VIDEO OF UM, WE HAD UH, CHRISTMAS MOVIES PLAYING, UM, UP ON THE WALL SO KIDS COULD DO THAT.
WE HAD SOME ACTIVITIES FOR THEM TO DO.
WE HAD A SNOW GLOBE, WHICH I DUNNO WHY I HAVE PICTURED, BUT WE HAD A SNOW GLOBE WITH CHRISTMAS SCHOOL BALLOONS IN IT AND THE KIDS COULD GO IN THERE AND PLAY WITH THE BALLOONS AND FAMILIES SAW PICTURES.
UM, SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT NIGHT.
I ALWAYS HAVE TO LAUGH BECAUSE BETWEEN THIS, OUR DANCE RECITAL THAT WE HAD THE WEEK PRIOR OR TWO WEEKS PRIOR, UM, WE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COME OUT FOR THAT DANCE RECITAL AND IT WAS A HALF AN HOUR.
LIKE THAT'S HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET THROUGH ALL THE DANCES, THESE LITTLE TINY KIDS.
AND IT TOOK US ALL DAY TO GET READY FOR IT.
LIKE IT'S JUST SUCH A LONG DAY AND THEN IT'S LIKE OVER IN A BLINK AND I, SO, UM, ALL GOOD THERE.
WE HAVE UM, A COUPLE PROGRAMS THAT ARE STARTING UP.
OH, I WENT TO JORDAN'S CAMPS ACTUALLY.
SO THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING WE HAD TWO DAYS OFF THE SCHOOL CAMPS.
WE HAD A WAIT LIST ON THE ONE DAY.
THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, NOT EVERY PARENT HAS OFF THAT WHOLE WEEK, SO THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS.
WE ONLY TOOK 20 KIDS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD TWO STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO WORK.
SO IT'S A TWO TO ONE RATIO OR UM, I'M SORRY, A ONE TO 10 RATIO BECAUSE THE SUMMER CAMP.
SO, UM, WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE AT STANDS TONIGHT ASKING ME WHAT THE WINTER CAMPS WERE AND WE DO NOT HAVE WINTER CAMPS THIS YEAR, SO IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR THAT MAYBE I CAN'T PROVIDE.
BUT WE DO 'EM AT A VERY LOW COST JUST LIKE WE DO THE SUMMER CAMPS.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY APPRECIATE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE THIS FRIDAY.
IT'S CALLED OUR BLIZZARD BASH.
IT'S GONNA BE SIMILAR TO OUR HAUNTED, UM, OPEN HOUSE THAT WE HAD IN OCTOBER.
SO THERE'S UM, ALL OF OUR HOLIDAY THEME THINGS ARE OVER THERE.
THERE'LL BE IN THE GYMNASIUM IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AT THE CENTER.
UM, THERE'LL BE CRAFTS DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THEM TO DO.
IT'S JUST A NICE WAY TO LET COMMUNITY COME IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR FREE.
UM, THEY GET TO MEET OUR STAFF OVER THERE AND PLAY AROUND AND SEE WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
WE CAN START SETTING UP FROM THAT.
I KNOW IT'S POSTED DOWN THERE FOR OPEN GYM USE.
IT'S BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE BUT IT'S BEEN OUT.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY I KNOW WE HAVE SOME REGISTRATIONS ALREADY.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT 'CAUSE THE WEATHER HAS BEEN COLD AND KIND OF DREARY TODAY THAT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE COME OUT TWO AND ENJOY IT ON FRIDAY.
UM, WE HAD ROCKET HEADSS YESTERDAY.
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LOOKING TO GET TICKETS IF WE HAD A NEW LEFTOVER.WHAT WE KIND OF THOUGHT LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE IS THAT WE DO TWO BUSES.
UM, SO NEXT YEAR WE ARE MOST LIKELY MOVING FORWARD WITH DOING TWO BUSES INSTEAD OF ONE.
UM, NOW THAT I DO KNOW, UM, WHAT OUR BUDGET KIND LOOKS LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'LL START PLANNING THE REST OF THE BUS TRIPS.
I HAVE THOSE READY BY NOW, BUT I JUST WASN'T SURE.
SO, WE'LL WE TRY TO HAVE ONE EVERY SEASON SO WE'LL START GETTING THOSE PLUGGED AWAY MONEYMAKERS FOR US.
SO THEY AT LEAST IF NOTHING ELSE, THEY COVER THE EXPENSE OF DOING IT.
SO THE BUSES ARE CRAZY EXPENSIVE.
I THINK THE BUS ALONE WAS LIKE THREE GRAND.
UM, SO THAT TAKES A LOT OF THE COST.
SO I USED TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE ROCKET BUS TRIP AT $79 A PERSON.
OH WELL THE TICKETS ARE JUST SO EXPENSIVE.
YEAH, SO IT WAS A GREAT TRIP THOUGH.
I GOT EVERYBODY HOME
IT'S LIKE MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S THERE.
NO ONE EVER LEAVES ME CELL PHONE NUMBERS.
BUT UM, YEAH, SO THAT WENT WELL YESTERDAY AND WE HAVE OUR TOWNSHIP HOLIDAY LUNCHEON TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WHICH EVERYONE'S EXCITED FOR.
AND THAT'S, WE HAVE ONE MORE NIGHT AT THE WHITE SHOW ON SATURDAY WITH SANTA CLAUS.
THE SAME SANTA CLAUS THAT'S HERE AND UM, WE'RE DONE FOR THE YEAR SO.
UM, OH, AND THEN I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FEE SCHEDULE.
SO WE HAD SOME RENTAL QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN THE PAST.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF, UM, BRING IN SOME EXTRA DOLLARS IF WE COULD IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, SO I WAS LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE SCHEDULES THAT WE HAD AND THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR US IS OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, MEMBERSHIP FEES IS OUR RENTAL FEE FIELDS, PAVILIONS AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR FEE BASED THINGS THAT WE GO INTO THIS FEE SCHEDULE AND, UM, WE'RE PRETTY LEVEL WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, FOR ESPECIALLY OUR PAVILIONS IN OUR FIELDS.
UM, WE, I KIND OF FELT LIKE WE HAD JUST INCREASE A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR AND I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT THIS YEAR.
SO THEY ARE REMAINING THE SAME.
UM, WELL WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD WITH, WITH ALL OF OUR RENTALS IS MORE OF, UM, A LIKE NON-PROFIT, UM, PUSH FOR THEM TO COME OUT.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF UM, SMALL GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO CERTAINLY, UM, DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO USE THE FIELD.
WE'RE TRYING NOT TO MAKE OUR SOCCER FIELDS ONLY SOCCER, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT NETS AND DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES TO MAKE MORE, MORE FIELD MULTI FOCUSED SO THEY CAN HAVE THEM CROSS OUT AND FIELD HOCKEY AND UM, ANYTHING FOOTBALL.
SOMETHING ELSE?
WE HAVE
SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE MORE TO OUR, OUR LEADS TO OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP THESE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO
WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE FOR-PROFITS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M NON-PROFIT, THE TOWNSHIP ISN'T LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF THE PARK DEPART.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STICKING TO LIKE THAT KIND OF IDEA.
SO LIKE BOY SCOUTS REALLY SPACE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN OFFER THEM A SPACE AT A GOOD COST THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE IT.
UM, SO THE ONLY FEE THAT WENT UP WAS SOME OF OUR RENTAL FEE, UM, FEES FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS EVERY DAY FOR GYM SPACE COMMUNITY CENTER AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL JUST SEE THAT OUR PRICE POINT AND NOT REALIZE THAT WE HAVE ONE CORE.
SO PEOPLE WANT SPACES ALL DURING THE WEEK, ALL OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT HAPPEN IN THERE OFTEN AND WE GYM TIMES THAT WE NEED TO KEEP TO.
SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE HARD TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE EVERYBODY.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT, I THINK WE INCREASED IT VERY SLIGHTLY.
I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S THAT MUCH.
SO IT WAS JUST A VERY LITTLE SPIKE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEPOSIT, UM, FOR THE LONG TERM RENTALS JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING LIKE THE DEPOSIT THAT WE HAVE WILL BARELY COVER THE COST OF LIKE FIXING IT ITSELF, SO.
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LAST ARE OUR AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS NEED TO SAY CHRIS? UM, JUST TWO THINGS.
UM, I DON'T EXPECT AN ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT PEOPLE COMING AND WANTING TO USE OUR FIELDS MM-HMM
THANK YOU FOR NOT RAISING THE FIELDS OFF THE PRICES ON
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BASEBALL FIELDS.WE WERE, WE'RE A NON-PROFIT, SO YEAH, WE, WE, WE ENJOY IT.
UM, BUT GIVING PRIORITY TO TOWNSHIP BASED ORGANIZATIONS MM-HMM
UM, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CONSIDERED TODAY, BUT AS WERE PEOPLE START THINGS LIKE BASEBALL TEAMS SURE.
I THINK IF YOU ARE A TAX PRIORITY, YOU SHOULD GET PRIORITY.
I'D SAY YOU COULD BREAK THE PRICE, BUT AT LEAST PRIORITY IN USAGE.
UM, AND THEN WOULD THERE BE AN APPETITE POTENTIALLY OTHER, IF WE RAISED MONEY THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT BASEBALL TEAMS THAT WANTED TO DONATE BATTING CAGES EITHER AT ANDERSON OR BLACKROCK, WOULD THE TOWNSHIP EVER CONSIDER THAT? I'M SURE IT'S GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, BUT YEAH, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO ASK ME THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS.
THE BIG THING WITH THE TOWNSHIP IS 'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT DEALS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UM, IT WAS SIMILAR TO WHEN THE LITTLE LEAGUE PUT IN THE DUGOUTS OVER AT THE, OVER AT MCFARLAND.
THE GOAL WAS THEN TO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THAT EVERYWHERE.
SO AS LONG AS I CAN PROMISE DOWN THE LINE OR AT SOME POINT THAT OTHER FIELDS WILL GET THAT SAME, UM, AMENITY MM-HMM
UM, IT'S ALWAYS TOO THAT WE TRY TO, UM, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF WRITING POLICY, SO PEOPLE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT'S JUST TO ENSURE THAT IF YOU DONATE SOMETHING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU GET MORE RIGHTS TO IT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, PEOPLE EXPECT THAT RIGHT AWAY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S JUST NOT HOW I CAN OPERATE BECAUSE WE, WE CAN RAISE 35 GRAND BETWEEN OUR SIX TEAMS, WHICH WOULD PUT TWO PAGES REALLY NICELY HERE OKAY, NOW WE NEED TO MOVE TO ANDERSON FOR OUR KIDS BECAUSE WE NEED 50 70, WHICH REALLY HELP US, BUT WE THREE TEAMS STILL HERE.
UM, BUT JUST, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
SO IF WE WENT DOWN THAT PATH, MAYBE, AND THEN PEOPLE SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE WANT TO FUNDRAISE, WE THINK WE HIT THE GOAL.
STEP TWO WOULD BE TO PROBABLY APPROACH YOU AND SAY, THESE GO STUDY, IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? RIGHT.
GET, GET AN APPROVAL AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS CAN RAISE IT.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE LIKE A SHARED CONTRACT.
THERE'LL BE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND CHRIS, YOU'RE SAYING DAY RIGHT NOW? UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST USE THESE SKILLS FOR PRACTICE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, UM, YOU REALLY CAN'T, AT LEAST HERE, CHRIS, YOU'RE SAYING 65,000, 35,000.
35,000 FOR TWO TO, YEAH, YOU HAVE TO LEVEL, YOU HAVE TO LEVEL GROUND.
SO THAT'S THE FULL INSTALLATION PLUS THE, THERE'S A LOT.
IT'S ABOUT 17 CAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE BATTING CAGES DOWN AT MCFARLAND.
THEY'RE THEY'RE OLD AND YEAH, THEY'RE LIKE TWO YEARS OLD.
AND THOSE ARE THE WORK FOR PRACTICES.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE, THE, THE, THOSE ARE THE, UM, LITTLE LEAKS.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE LEAVING WITHOUT TELLING ANYBODY? KEN, UM, TOLD YOU
IT TOOK WHILE TO GET GOING THOUGH, BUT
SO THEY NEEDED ON EAC, THEY NEEDED SOMEONE FROM PARK BOARD.
OH, I, BECAUSE I HAD T MOTIVES TOO TO GET OVER THERE THAT I COULD MAYBE I EVERY OTHER I CAN'T FIVE ANOTHER ONE.
I'M ON, YOU'RE ON EAC C PRESENTLY? NO.
DO YOU WANT TO BE MAYBE WE HAVEN'T VOLUNTEER FOR A MAYBE VOLUNTEER YOU
10 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ONLY MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH.
THE HARD PART IS MOTIVATING THOUGH.
WELL, THE HARD PART IS TOO, THAT WE ONLY MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR 45 MINUTES.
WE CAN'T ACTUALLY LIKE, GET ANYTHING.
YEAH, IT'S ONLY 45 MINUTES BECAUSE IT'S JUST YELLING SUPERVISORS.
SO IT'S LIKE WE RUSH THROUGH WHAT WE'RE DONE HERE AND WHEN ARE THEIR TERMS UP TERM INVITATION.
THANK, KEEP ALL THE TERMS. RIGHT.
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COMMITTEE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS FOR BEING ON THE PARK BOARD FOR BEING SUCH A TREMENDOUS HELP TO ME AT ALL TIMES.YOU'RE ALWAYS WORTH TO, YOU KNOW, COME AND HELP OUT AND YOU'VE NEVER ROLLED YOUR EYES AT ME WHEN I THROW OUT THE LIST OF THINGS THAT I NEED HELP WITH.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE TURN AROUND.
THAT'S WHY I KNOW I DO THAT A LOT PROBLEM.
UM, BUT WHEN I'M TALKING I JUST ALWAYS I DO.
BUT THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR BEING ON MY TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 2026.
I HOPE WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS COMING UP.
EVERYTHING'S JUST KIND OF IN A MESS.
SO HANG IN THERE WITH ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION AS IT COMES IN.
I THINK WE'RE IN CONSTANT AMAZEMENT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO.
AND I STILL HAVE THE NUMBER 2000 IN MY HEAD FROM LAST YEAR OF THE NUMBER OF, OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AND ITEMS AND FROM, SO THANK YOU
I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.