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YOUR NAME'S ON THERE EQUALLY A BUNCH OF TIMES, BUT WE'RE GONNA ADD, UM, SOME DATES FOR MARIA TO DO AS WELL AND WITH THE NEW BOARD MEMBER.UM, IT WILL BE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? OUT OF ALL THE THINGS WE DO, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PLEASURABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONTACT.
SO DON'T GET SCARED BY LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT IS THERE, IT IS UP TO DATE.
THE SECOND TAB THAT'S ON THERE, UM, I, I DESIGNED IT SO THAT YOU COULD JUST PRINT IT.
YOU COULD JUST UH, COPY IT, PRINT IT, AND THEN BRING IT WITH YOU.
IT'S JUST SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QUESTIONS IF PEOPLE DON'T DO MORE THAN SAY, OH YEAH, I LOVE THE PARK.
SO IT'S JUST SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THERE.
I THINK THAT END AT THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU WANT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REORG OF CHAIR, SECRETARY, VICE CHAIR AS WELL THIS YEAR.
SO I FIGURED YOU GUYS MIGHT WANNA WAIT TO HAVE MORE OF THE BOARD HERE RIGHT.
WE'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH WHEN WE HAVE SOME MORE PEOPLE.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN POSITION, NOW IS THE TIME TO START STUDYING.
GET YOUR SPEECH READY FOR THE BIG DAY.
ALRIGHT SUE, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ACTIVITY GUIDE SO THAT LOOKS GOOD.
AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, I'M MENTION CHANGE 2026 EVENTS.
'CAUSE I PUT IN BOTH CATEGORIES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEFING ON OUR SUMMER CAMPS.
UM, WE PUT OUT OUR UM, EARLY BIRD SPECIAL, WHICH ONLY GOES OUT TO 20.
WE CAN ONLY TAKE 20 FAMILIES FOR THAT.
UM, WE CAN ONLY HAVE A HUNDRED TO A HUNDRED ISH KIDS AT OUR CAMP ON THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY.
WE PUT THAT OUT ON UM, FRIDAY.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS THE, THAT'S MARCH ON THE 30TH OF JANUARY.
UM, IT FILLED UP IN 11 MINUTES.
UM, WE OPENED REGULAR REGISTRATION ON THE SECOND
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AND UM, CAMP BLACKROCK, THE FULL SIX WEEKS WAS FULL BEFORE NOON.UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, OUR SIX WEEK SINGLE CAMPS, I THINK WE HAVE ONE SPOT AND TWO CAMPS LEFT AT THIS POINT.
SO CAMP BLACKROCK IS 99% FULL AT THIS POINT.
UM, ON FEBRUARY 17TH NEXT WEEK WE OPEN ALL OF OUR SPECIALTY CAMPS UP EXCEPT THE ACADEMY AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT OUR UM, WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO SPECIALTY CAMPS RUNNING FROM THE TIME SCHOOL GETS OUT UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.
IF YOU CAN'T GET INTO CAMP BLACKROCK, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE LIKE CAMP SHAMROCK OVER AT LIMERICK THAT DID THE SAME THING AS SOON AS IT WENT UP IT WAS FULL.
SO, UM, AS WE GET CALLS IN, WE'RE GONNA START SENDING THEM TO OTHER PLACES.
LOWER PROVIDENCE ISN'T OPEN YET EITHER AS PHOENIXVILLE.
SO IF WE GET CALLS OF PARENTS, BE LIKE, I DIDN'T GET TO SIGN UP.
I DIDN'T EVEN, I DON'T HAVE MY LIFE TOGETHER YET, WHICH NEITHER DO I.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PERSONAL STUFF, NOTHING'S READY.
BUT WE'RE GONNA START SENDING 'EM TO OUR FRIENDS AT PHOENIXVILLE AND LOWER PROVIDENCE AND HELP THEM TO GET THEIR CAMPS FULL AS WELL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR STRATEGY RIGHT NOW.
UM, WITH THE UM, ACADEMY, WE'RE GONNA DO A DIFFERENT STRATEGY THIS YEAR.
WE CAN TAKE 24 KIDS VERSUS 20.
LAST YEAR WE HAD UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A WAIT LIST LAST YEAR FOR THE CAMP.
SO WE DID ADD IN THOSE FOUR EXTRA SLOTS FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT WE REALLY WANT KIDS IN THIS SPECIFIC CAMP THAT REALLY WANNA BE HERE.
WE WANT KIDS THAT EVENTUALLY ONE DAY REALLY WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR FIRE, GO INTO POLICE WORK, GO INTO SOMETHING IN THOSE CATEGORIES, EMS. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA MAKE IT A, UM, APPLICATION FOR THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS LINED OUT BETWEEN THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE CHIEF OF FIRE AND AMBULANCE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE NEEDED HANDWRITTEN SO WE KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T CHAT GPT IT OR YOUR MOM DIDN'T DO IT FOR YOU.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A HANDWRITTEN AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OR TWO REFERENCES FROM A TEACHER OR COACH.
I LIKE THAT TO SAY, THIS KID'S REALLY GOOD, LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THIS KID'S REALLY GOOD AT.
UM, AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FINE DETAILS IN YET.
THEY'RE MEETING AS A LITTLE CAMP COMMITTEE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT SQUARED AWAY SO WE CAN START MARKETING IT IN MARCH, BUT IT'LL BE DUE IN APRIL MOST LIKELY.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CAMP STACKED.
THAT'S THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10TH I BELIEVE IS WHEN THAT CAMP GOES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAY WE'RE GOING AT THIS YEAR.
WE REALLY WANT THOSE KIDS THAT ARE MOTIVATED IN THIS LINE OF WORK TO WANT TO COME AND DO THE CAMP.
IT'S LIKE IT REALLY GRABS YOU.
SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT AS INEXPENSIVE AS IT IS.
IT'S 150 ISH DOLLARS TO DO THE WEEK.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE KIDS THAT REALLY WANNA BE THERE AND NOT JUST NEED BABYSITTING FOR THE WEEK.
WHAT'S THE AGE ON THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION CHRIS.
THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS HANDWRITING COULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR SOME KIDS.
AT CERTAIN AGE GROUPS AND THAT MIGHT BE ETERNAL.
WELL WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY CAN PRINT IT YOU, BUT YOU SHOULD SEE MY SON
HE'S EITHER GONNA BE A DOCTOR OR
HE'S JUST, IT'S DIFFERENT WHILE YOU'RE, BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT ARE THERE ANY COUNSELORS THAT WE OUT NOT A HUGE PROBLEM.
WE DO HAVE AN ADD OUT ON BOTH THE E-SIGN AND WE DO HAVE APPLICATIONS OUT RIGHT NOW FOR MORE CAMP STAFF.
'CAUSE OUR TWO LEADS AT THE CAMP ARE BOTH HAVING BABIES IN THE SAME MONTH.
UM, I THINK IT'S APRIL OR MAY.
SO WE DID MOVE UP A COUPLE OF OUR COUNSELORS INTO THOSE LEAD POSITIONS THAT WERE READY.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE APPLICATIONS OUT FOR COUNSELORS AND CITS CITS.
I'D LOVE TO GET MORE OF THOSE.
ARE OUR COUNSELORS IN TRAINING? YEAH.
THEY DON'T HAVE, IT'S A FREE SUMMER FOR THEM AND THEY GET ALL THE EXPERIENCE TO THEN BECOME A PAID COUNSELOR IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S FREE FOR THEM TO BE, I DON'T, WE HAVE TO BE FOR THEM.
SO I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO BE 14 AND THEN, UM, WE START PAYING AT 16 I BELIEVE.
UM, BUT THE AGES FOR THE ACADEMY, UM, IS 10 TO 15 YEARS OLD.
ARE THOSE DRONES, IS THAT A DRONE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE USING BUG THIS YEAR? YES.
AND WHICH IS, WE HAVE A LOT OF DRONES HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COOL DRONES.
ONE OF THE THINGS, THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY IS FROM UM, IT'S THE DAY AT CAMP THAT WE TAKE 'EM OFF CAMPUS AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO, THIS YEAR WAS A WATER RESCUE.
WE HAD LIKE A FULL EOC STAFF READY TO GO AND SOMEONE WENT MISSING OUT OF THEIR BOAT.
AND THE KIDS HAVE TO USE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY LEARNED THAT WEEK TO FIND THAT SAID PERSON.
AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE SAME CHANNELS THAT WE WOULD DO.
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IS A REAL THING.WE GET ALL IN GEAR, WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
THEY LEARN ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF LIKE, WHAT DO YOU C DOES? THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
SO THIS IS, UM, SERGEANT SOLORIO, HE'S ONE OF OUR DRONE FLYERS FOR POLICE.
SO HE GOT OUT ONE OF HIS DRONES SO THEY COULD GO UP IN THE AIR AND KIND OF PINPOINT AND MAP OUT THE AREA THAT THEY THINK THE PERSON WAS LOST.
AND THEN THEY CAN SEE IT IMMEDIATELY TRACK ON THE COMPUTER IN OUR GIS SYSTEM OF LIKE WHERE THEY ARE.
SO IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S FUN TO JUST WATCH, TO BE HONEST.
AND THEN THEY HAVE LIKE A REALLY FUN DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT AGAINST ALL THE INSTRUCTORS AT THE END OF THE
DID YOU SEE ALL THE DRONES THAT ARE BEING USED AT THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR? OH MY GOD.
THEY'VE GOT THEM GOING DOWN WITH THE LUGE.
SO YOU GET THAT BIRD, LIKE THAT DRILL'S MOVING TOO SLOW.
I KNOW HE'S GOT, THEY BETTER HAVE FIVE MORE READY TO GO.
AND THEN, UM, THE 2026 RENTAL SCHEDULE.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S TWO PEOPLE WATCHING THIS.
BUT WITH ALL THE SNOW THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, I AM NOT PROMISING AND NEITHER IS BOB.
UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA GET PEOPLE ON FIELDS IN MARCH.
UM, RIGHT NOW THAT'S, I CAN'T TELL.
EVEN IF I THINK HE'S ALREADY ASKING, I LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS? LIKE WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT YOU
UM, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING WARM WEATHER NEXT WEEK, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED, WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE SNOW QUITE YET.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET SOMETHING ON MONDAY.
SO, UM, I'M JUST WARNING PEOPLE LIKE I'D APPRECIATE NOT THE THREATENING EMAILS OF WHY CAN'T YOU GET ME ON THE FIELD? THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? WE'RE DOING WORK AND WE'RE TRYING, BUT I CAN'T HELP MOTHER NATURE.
IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING I CAN DO.
SOMEONE CAN GO OUT THERE AND YOU DON'T WANNA GET THEM.
I DON'T WANT THEM ON THE FIELD UNTIL LIKE WE ARE LIKE BUTTONED UP AND READY TO GO OFF OF FIELD THREE.
SO THEY'RE BURIED UNDER 10 INCHES OF STONE.
IF THEY'RE STILL THERE, THEY'LL BE THERE WHEN YOU GET BACK.
IT'D BE LIKE FOSSIL, MAYBE BE SMALLER, RUBBER CONSTRICTED.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY MAYBE APRIL IF WE'RE LUCKY AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THE PROCESS WENT VERY WELL AS GETTING YOUR APPLICATIONS IN.
BOB GOT BACK TO US SUPER FAST.
WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS THE BEST SCENARIO ON HOW THINGS WERE GONNA WORK.
SO I'M GLAD EVERYTHING WENT WELL.
UM, THE ONE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO UM, THROW IN THERE.
IT JUST JUMPED OUTTA MY HEAD 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN.
UM, WE DID GET A GRANT ACCEPTANCE FROM DCNR FOR THIS YEAR TO REDO UM, OUR MCFARLAND PARK, UM, THE PLAYGROUND THERE.
SO THAT IS HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START, UM, DOING IN 2026.
UM, BUT I'M ANTSY AND JUST WANT IT TO GET DONE.
HOW MUCH IS THAT? HOW MUCH? UM, IT IS A, THEY GAVE US $250,000 AND I THINK THE PROJECT WAS SIX SOMETHING.
SO WE HAVE TO MATCH WHATEVER THEY GIVE US.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MATCH IT WITH THE TWO 50 AND WE'LL ADD IN THAT LITTLE EXTRA JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THE PLAYGROUND UP.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TO BE REPLACED? SO THE WHOLE PLAY SET THERE WILL COME OUT? YEAH, THE MULCH WILL BE GONE.
THERE'LL BE MORE AADA, A COMPLIANT PARKING AS WELL AS TRAIL TO GET TO THE PLAYGROUND.
AND THE WHOLE PLAYGROUND WILL BE AN INCLUSIVE NOT TO THE SCALE.
BUT IT WILL BE A SMALLER PORTION OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOKING PLAYGROUND THAN IT IS HERE.
THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE PAVILION THERE? YES.
THAT'LL BE GOOD BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THAT LITTLE PARK.
AND IT GETS USED AND THE GUYS KEEP THAT THING IN PURE, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE TO PIECES OFF.
SO IT'S STARTING TO GET TO THAT LEVEL OF THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT IN FOR THIS GREAT ROUND TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE UM, TAYLOR PARK.
UM, YEAH, HOPEFULLY MY SEWER FRIENDS ARE ALMOST DONE OVER THERE AND THOSE PERMITS CAN BE LIFTED SO I CAN PUT MY PERMITS IN.
THAT'S THE ONLY HOLD UP RIGHT NOW IS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY PERMITS ON THAT PROPERTY AT ONE TIME.
SO WE'RE IN LINE FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO LIKE, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT STARTS UP SOON.
SO THAT'LL BE AFTER THE SNOW MELTS ALSO.
SO WAS IT AUGUST
UM, DO WE MAINTAIN THAT TRAIL? YES.
WE DON'T HAVE IT ON OUR PARK WATCH.
IS IT SOMETHING WE TOOK IT OFF.
BECAUSE IT'S IT'S SELF-SUSTAINING.
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WAS MY FIRST YEAR.WELL SO MANY TICKS LEFT MY DOG WHEN WE WENT DOWN THAT TRAIL, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS CRAZY.
IT'S DEAR HEAVEN THERE AND NOWHERE ELSE.
WELL THERE ARE OTHER, IT'S THE ONLY VERY RURAL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALSO THE SPOT WHERE ALL THE DEER ARE.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY THAT'S THE ONLY SPOT WE HAVE LEFT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE THE DEER NEST BETWEEN MY HOUSE BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR.
THEY, THEY LOVE IT THERE BECAUSE YOU GOTTA THINK THEY'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE JOYCE PROPERTY AS WELL.
THAT LITTLE FARMHOUSE THAT'S IT'S TECHNICALLY TOWNSHIP PROPERTY.
BUT THEY LIKE, THAT'S THEIR BIG SPACE AND THAT'S WHERE THEY ALWAYS ARE.
SO THAT'S WHY THE TICKS ARE MORE PREVALENT THERE.
WE HAVE PROBABLY EIGHT DEER BEHIND US AT RIVER CREST IN THE WOODS THAT ARE BACK THERE.
SO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND IT'S LIKE, MORNING DEAR.
WHERE ARE YOU HIDING? THEY GO WHEREVER THEY CAN FIT.
AT THIS POINT THEY'RE ALL FOUR 20.
IT'S REALLY, WHEN YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT, IT MAKES ME COULDN'T FIND ACROSS EGYPT ROAD ALL THE TIME.
HE'S GOT LIKE THIS HUGE RACK ON, BUT I JUST PLEASE GET LIKE, DON'T GET MAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE PLEASE.
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MADE IT THROUGH OUR AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY NEW BUSINESS, ANY THOUGHTS, CONCERNS? I HAVE NOT DONE THE VOLUNTEER LIST ON GOOGLE YET.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING COMING UP SO MUCH TO DO, SUE.
WELL, THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING YET, SO I'VE JUST KIND OF TAKEN MY TIME.
SUE, WE, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.
DO NOT BELIEVE THAT, BUT OKAY.
YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE THANK YOUS.
AND I, THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.