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RECORDING.[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road November 17, 2022 6:30 P.M.]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.IT IS 6:31 PM WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED.
SO, UM, SO EVERYONE TO WHERE, UM, BRIAN AND CHRIS, I BELIEVE ARE NOT HERE DUE TO A, WHAT WAS IT? A BANQUET? SPORTS BANQUET.
AND THEN, UH, GLENN IS SICK TODAY, SO, ALL RIGHT.
UH, SO OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIR, UM, CHAIR HAS TODAY.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
TAG, WE WHO WE HAVE 'EM FOR A WHILE.
WE WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK?
I'LL GO ON TO, UH, OLD BUSINESS, UH, Y M C UPDATE.
YEAH, SO, UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS, UH, FROM THE Y UM, WE HAD 534 SHELTER RENTALS, UM, THIS YEAR, UM, 29 IN APRIL, 72 IN MAY, 1 0 9 IN JUNE, ONE 11 IN JULY, 1 0 5 IN AUGUST.
73 IN SEPTEMBER, AND 35 IN OCTOBER FOR 5 34.
UM, SO A REALLY GOOD YEAR ON SHELTER RENTALS, UM, FOR, UM, 2022.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT, UH, VINCE TALKED ABOUT IN HIS, UM, UPDATE SESSION TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE WILL BE GOING TO AN ONLINE RESERVATION PORTAL FOR SHELTERS AND AQUATIC CENTER ISLAND PARTIES, UM, STARTING, UM, I THINK IT'S MONDAY, JANUARY 9TH.
UM, IT WILL BE LIVE AND AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
UM, IT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING, IT'S A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, UM, FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON AT THE Y WE'RE MOVING TO MORE OF A CENTRALIZED CALL CENTER FOR ALL OF THE Y M C A OF GREATER DAYTON LOCATIONS.
UM, SO THEY NEEDED SOMETHING SO THEY CAN MAKE RESERVATIONS WHILE THEY'RE ON THE PHONE WITH, UH, FOLKS.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHERS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TECHNOLOGY UPDATE FOR OUR PARKS.
UM, WE'LL HAVE SIGNS CREATED AND HUNG IN ALL THE SHELTERS WITH QR CODES, SO SOMEBODY WILL BE ABLE TO SCAN THAT QR CODE.
UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IF THE SHELTER'S AVAILABLE THAT DAY.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS.
UM, WE'VE GOTTA GET SOME PICTURES AND SOME DESCRIPTIONS UPLOADED.
UM, BUT IN THE JANUARY MEETING, UM, HOPEFULLY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE HERE, I'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A CALL TODAY WITH THE GROUP.
IT'S A GROUP OUTTA CANADA CALLED ALLY, Z A U I.
THEY DO RENTALS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR WHITEWATER RAFTING, BUS TRIPS, BIKE TRIPS, TOURS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT WE NEEDED TO DO FOR LIKE ALCOHOL PERMITS, UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT IF FOLKS ARE WANTING TO DO THAT AT THEIR, THEIR PARTY AT THE SHELTER THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO.
UM, BUT IT, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE ADDITION.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT A LINK ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
THERE'LL BE A LINK, UM, HOPEFULLY ON THE Y M C OF GREATER DAYTON WEBSITE.
PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE Y OUR FRONT DESK AT THE Y WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR 'EM RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
EVERYTHING'S UPDATED IN REAL TIME.
SO YOU'LL KNOW, UM, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BOOK A SHELTER AND THE DAY'S NOT THERE, THEN, THEN SOMEBODY'S ALREADY BOOKED THAT SHELTER FOR THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
IS THAT AS A DEPOSIT REQUIRED FOR THAT? NOT FOR SHELTER RENTAL.
IT'S STAYING $25 FOR A RENTAL.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE ALCOHOL PERMIT IS $25 AS WELL.
UM, SO I GUESS MY REASON FOR ASKING WHAT, WHAT'S PREVENTING SOMEBODY RON EER FROM TAKING ALL FOUR SATURDAYS IN JUNE FOR A FAMILY EVENT BE, BUT WE, CUZ OUR, MY FAMILY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT DATE WE WANT, BUT YET I'VE HELD THOSE FOUR DATES.
YOU WILL, YOU WILL PAY FOR THE SHELTER WHEN YOU MAKE THE RESERVATION.
SO THERE'S NO DEPOSIT, JUST PAY STRAIGHT UP.
SO LIKE IF, IF RON EIFFERT WANTS TO BE A SHELTER HOG AND COME IN AND GET CLOUD PARK NUMBER SIX FOR ALL FOUR OR FIVE SATURDAYS IN JUNE, YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR EACH SATURDAY.
SO THE, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HOLD, WE DIDN'T EVEN WHEN WE WERE DOING 'EM AT THE Y UM, OVER THE PHONE OR WHERE THEY CAME IN, YOU HAD TO PAY FOR IT.
THERE WAS NO, WELL, I MIGHT WANT THIS.
IT'S, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO RESERVE IT.
AND SHOULD I BACK OUT OF A DATE? IS THERE A YES, THERE IS THAT ABILITY.
UM, THERE IS A WAY, A PROCESS TO GET REFUNDED WHERE
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YOU CAN CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION.HOW CLOSE TO THE EVENT? UM, 24 HOURS.
SO WE'VE GOT IT SET UP TO WHERE AFTER 24 HOURS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CALL THE Y TO MAKE THE RESERVATION.
UM, AND WITH ALCOHOL PERMITS, UM, BECAUSE IT, THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS TO SIGN OFF ON 'EM, UM, IT'S A THREE DAY OR 72 HOUR WINDOW.
DOES THAT ALLOW ENOUGH TIME TO RESELL THE SPACE? I THINK FROM MY, MY BACKGROUND, I MAXIMIZE YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY WEEKENDS IN JUNE CUZ OF OUR WEATHER OR WHATEVER.
THE INTERESTING PART IS, IS THAT MOST PEOPLE START MAKING RENTALS.
I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE A FEW IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, IT PICKS UP IN MARCH.
UM, AND THEN IT STARTS TO GET PRETTY BUSY FROM APRIL TILL ACTUALLY THROUGH AUGUST THIS YEAR IT WAS, SHE WAS PRETTY BUSY WITH RENTALS AND RETURN PHONE CALLS.
BUT PEOPLE GET THAT, WHETHER THEY CALL THE WIRE STOP AND THE WHY, THEY GET, GET THAT INSTANT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
THEY'RE NOT WAITING ON A VOICEMAIL OR SOMEONE TO CALL 'EM BACK.
AND IF YOU DO IT ONLINE, IT'S INSTANTANEOUS.
SO IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE A HUGE UPDATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
WERE YOU, UM, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE NUMBER WAS FOR SHELTER RENTALS IN 2021? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I KNOW IT WASN'T.
I THINK WE WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE 400 S.
UM, AND THEN IN 2021, I THINK WE WERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR.
SO AS WE CAME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, BUT THIS YEAR, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT'S, IT'S REALLY PICKED UP.
WE, WE SAW THE SAME THING AT THE AQUATIC CENTER WITH ISLAND RENTALS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UM, MANY MORE RENTALS OF THE ISLAND PARTY SPACE THIS YEAR, UM, THAN WE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY PICKED UP.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WITH THE, UH, ONLINE, UM, RENTAL IS THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE INSTANTANEOUS WAIVERS THAT WILL GET EMAILED THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROVIDER, BUT YOU KNOW HOW TECHNOLOGY WORKS IN THE BACK END.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN, UH, A WAIVER OF RELEASE AND, AND ALL OF THAT, ESPECIALLY THE AQUATIC CENTER BECAUSE WE GET, YOU KNOW, PARENTS, RON MIGHT BE HAVING THE PARTY, BUT BLAKE DROPS HIS THREE KIDS OFF AND LEAVES.
UM, BLAKE WILL HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER FOR HIS MINORS, UM, BEFORE OR EVEN THERE AT THE AQUATIC CENTER WILL HAVE A, A TABLET WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN THE WAIVER, UM, AS WELL THAT'S REQUIRED FOR A PARTY AT THE ISLAND.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE, UH, A LOT MORE ELECTRONIC CAPTURES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, SO.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, LET'S SEE.
OLD BUSINESS, UH, NUMBER TWO, CITY COUNCIL UPDATE SESSION AND FEEDBACK.
SO JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT UPDATE, A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, UM, AND COMMENTS DURING THE UPDATE.
UM, A FEW COMMENTS THAT I DID RECEIVE, SO THAT WAY YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UM, THERE WERE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN KITCHEN MENTIONED ADDING, I THINK IT WAS HER ADDING, UM, A WATER FOUNTAIN AND LOOKING AT THE SHELTER AGAIN AT, UM, THE COMMUNITY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO ADDING OUTSIDE WATER FOUNTAIN OUTSIDE THERE.
UM, IT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT, UM, MAKING, TRYING TO GET, UM, PLACARDS OR SIGNAGE OR MARKERS, UM, MARKINGS OUT THERE FOR THE, FOR EACH OF THE, UH, TRAILS.
SO WALKING PATHS AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT WAY FOLKS KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR THEY'VE RUN.
UM, MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO ONE AT EVERY QUARTER MILE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR COMMENTS.
UM, THEY DID TALK A LOT ABOUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO, UH, SO I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I, I PERSONALLY WENT OVER AND LOOKED AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT I SAW THERE.
SO I, I ENCOURAGE COUNSEL TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS ALSO, UM, MENTIONED THAT, UM, PERHAPS WE LOOK AT SOME OTHER TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY IN SOME OTHER GRANTS AS WELL.
UM, FOR THAT, UM, I SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THINGS LIKE BENCHES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH, UH, SOLAR USB CHARGER CHARGING STATIONS.
UM, SO THAT WAY IF YOU'RE AT THEIR MEMORIAL OR YOU'RE AT ANYWHERE ON THE PATH OR THE PLAYGROUND, YOU CAN CHARGE YOUR PHONE WHILE WATCHING YOUR KIDS PLAY OR, YOU KNOW, PLAY, UM, ON THE COURTS OR UM, ON THE FIELDS.
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SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED.UM, I ALSO PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK ON THE, UH, ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, OR THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WELL THIS YEAR.
UM, SO A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
A LOT OF FOLKS ENJOYED THE MUSIC SERIES.
UM, I ENCOURAGE THAT WE CONTINUE DOING THAT CUZ THAT IS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS STARTED DURING COVID OR RIGHT BEFORE COVID, SORRY.
AND THEN ALSO THE FARMER'S MARKET, YOU KNOW, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE VOLATIL VALUE AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, I PUSHED THAT AGAIN, I SAID OUT OF ANYTHING, THE ONE THING WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING IS PUSHING EARTH DAY AND SOME ACTIVITIES THAT, UM, THAT TALK ABOUT RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT.
AND, UH, I ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, DOING, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PARK EVENTS SPECIFICALLY FROM US, THAT WE WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON PROVIDING, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, UM, ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT ARE QUAL.
SEE WHAT, HOW DO I PHRASE IT? I SAID QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A HUNDRED EVENTS FROM THE PARKS, WE'RE FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC ONES AND WE'RE GONNA TRY AND INTEGRATE INTO SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE.
SO, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, SOME MORE IN A MINUTE HERE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS VERY POSITIVE.
UM, THE NEXT UPDATES IN MARCH.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO THERE.
UM, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BASED OFF OF THAT? DID ANYONE HAPPEN TO SEE, SEE ANY OF IT? NO, YOU HAD TO
UM, BUT THE GOOD THING IS I DID TALK ABOUT THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE Y AND WORKING WITH THEM.
CAUSE I DIDN'T GET ANY, I DIDN'T REQUEST ANY NUMBERS FROM YOU.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A CONVERSATION, UM, EARLIER IN THE DAY ANYWAY, SO, UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL TRY AND INCLUDE THE WHY AND SOME MORE THINGS BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT THE PARTS PROGRAMMING, I ALSO LOOK AT IT FROM WITH THE WHY AS PART OF THAT AS WELL.
SO INSTEAD OF US BEING SEPARATE, WE'RE ALL ONE.
SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
UM, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
THE FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL FEEDBACK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SYDNEY FOR COMING OUT FOR THAT.
SHE HELPED TO LEAD OUR PUMPKIN PAINTING THAT DAY.
SO WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED FOLKS COME OUT.
A LOT OF THEM FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THE COMMUNITY CENTER DEFINITELY CAME OUT.
WE SERVED, UM, A TON OF HOT TALENTS AND CHIPS
UM, SO WHEN I DID A VERBAL SURVEY OF FOLKS THAT CAME OUT, AND THAT'S HOW I KNEW THAT A LOT OF THE FOLKS CAME FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WALKED OVER.
UM, THEY ALSO WANTED TO SEE MORE ACTIVITIES LIKE THIS DOWN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE THEY THINK IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE BALL FESTIVAL WAS THE PERFECT TIMING, BUT THEY WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE SOME OTHER THINGS TOO DOWN THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT OTHER TYPE OF AMENITIES WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE THERE.
AND OF COURSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A PLAYGROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, REDOING THE BASKETBALL COURT DOWN THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SOMEONE SAID IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, MAYBE A COMMUNITY GARDEN OF SOME SORT.
SO I DID MENTION THAT THERE IS A GROUP INTERESTED, EXCUSE ME, IN DOING SOMETHING DOWN RIGHT ACROSS, UM, IN FRONT OF THE, UM, IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, BUT UM, BUT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, UM, AND PEOPLE WERE GRATEFUL FOR HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CINDY, DID YOU, I THINK YOU HAD FUN.
UM, AND I KNOW ALL THE KIDS DID.
UM, WE HAD, UM, THE Y REPRESENTED, SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
UH, CHRIS, THE Y WAS THERE, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WAS THERE, UM, CELEBRATING THE 150 ANN 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PAUL DUNBAR.
SO THEY GAVE OUT SOME BOOKS, HAD A MATCHING GAME.
UM, WE ALSO HAD JAMIE WHO DID, UM, I THINK HER NAME WAS JAMIE, WHO DID FACE PAINTING.
UM, WE HAD SOME INFLATABLES THERE.
UM, JOSH, UM, DID SOME HOT DOGS OF COURSE, AND THEN WHO AM I MISSING? PRESCHOOL PROMISE WAS ALSO THERE.
AND THEY WERE DOING, UM, SOME, UH, SOME ACTIVITIES ALSO.
AND I CAN'T FORGET, WE ALSO HAD THE, UH, THE C D A, THE CULTURAL AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION WAS ALSO THERE.
THEY HAD A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DRIVE WHERE THEY WERE COLLECTING DONATIONS
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FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO REALLY EASILY, UH, NEXT YEAR TO, UM, AND JUST CONTINUE DOING IT AT THE SAME LEVEL.
UM, AND MAYBE HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS COME OUT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK JUST KEEPING IT SIMPLE FOR THE PLANNING PURPOSES AND FOR THE DAY ITSELF HELPED PARENTS JUST, YOU KNOW, RELAX A LITTLE BIT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST ABLE TO WALK AROUND WITH THE KIDS AND HELP THEM PLAY AND WATCH THEM, YOU KNOW, PAINT PUMPKINS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, A BONUS.
SO I DID GO AHEAD AND RESERVE FOR NEXT YEAR, OCTOBER, AROUND THE SAME TIME.
I THINK IT'S, UH, I WANNA SAY THE 21ST OR THE 20TH OR THE 21ST.
I RESERVED THAT SATURDAY, UM, FOR US TO DO THIS AGAIN.
UM, SO, UM, BUT YEAH, BUT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN GET A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING.
WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, BLAKE? NOPE.
UM, MY STAFF HAD REALLY GREAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK EVENTS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE DID THE FOAM CRAFTS.
THEY WERE BOOKMARKS AND OWLS AND PUMPKINS.
UM, BUT MY STAFF THAT WAS THERE THAT WORKED, IT SAID THEY HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME AND IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY WELL DONE EVENT.
AND, UM, I'M SURE THAT WE WILL BE PRESENT AGAIN PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE, PROGRAM IN 2022.
SO, UM, SO I WILL START WITH BLAKE.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT EARTH DAY.
WERE THERE, ARE YOU STILL WORKING ON THE ESTIMATES, I'M ASSUMING? YEAH, I, UM, REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE LIKE WILDLIFE CENTERS, UM, ABOUT PRICING FOR LIKE AN ANIMAL ENCOUNTER TYPE THING.
UH, BRUCKNER NATURE CENTER IS, UM, ALL BOOKED UP THAT, THAT SATURDAY.
UM, UH, UM, GLEN HELEN, UM, IS GETTING BACK TO ME ON IF THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY.
UM, THE PRICING FOR THAT WOULD BE $150, UM, FOR THREE ANIMALS TO COME OUT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM THEM.
UM, AND DEPENDING ON IF THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY OR NOT, I WAS GONNA REACH OUT TO ALL, ALL WOOD I THINK TO SEE IF THEY, UM, COULD, COULD HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT BOOF TOO.
BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, UM, WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I GOTTA GET WITH JOSH ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE SNOW CONES COST, UM, LIKE WHAT, WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD BE FOR THAT TO HAVE, UM, KOAI COME OUT.
BUT I THINK THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO LIKE BIGGEST COSTS.
UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE GETTING SOME, SOME FREEBIES, UM, TYPE THINGS.
AND I WOULD ALSO GUESSTIMATE, UM, HOT DOGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, AND YOU COULD PROBABLY, WE WOULD PROBABLY END UP GOING TO GFS.
UM, SO YOU ARE AWARE, I HAVE A LITTLE PACKAGE HERE FOR YOU.
YOU CAN'T KEEP IT CUZ I WANT, CUZ I GOT, I WANT THE CONTENTS BACK.
BUT, UM, WE WENT, JOSH AND I ATTENDED THE FOOD SUMMIT, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD SUMMIT, UM, LAST WEEK.
AND SO IN THIS KIT, UM, METRO PARKS DOES A, UM, GARDEN KIT.
SO IT'S GOT ALL LIKE CUCUMBERS, LETTUCE AND ALL OF THAT AND THE GUM SEEDS IN THERE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY ONE FROM, UH, CENTRAL STATE AND SOME OTHER ONES THAT DEAL WITH, UH, GARDENING AND COMPOSTING.
UM, SO WE TALKED A LOT, UM, TO THEM.
AND UM, SO THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING TO COME OUT TO TEACH, YOU KNOW, TEACH OR PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION TYPE CLASSES AS WELL.
SO I HAVE THE PACKAGE HERE FOR YOU.
LOOK AT YOU JUST, I JUST WANTED THAT, IT'S MY GARDEN FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO I'LL GET THAT OVER TO YOU.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHO ELSE HAD ONE? SYDNEY.
UM, SO EVERYTHING THAT ANDY AND I USED LAST YEAR, IT'S BASICALLY SHE LIKE LISTED ALL OF IT OUT AND EVERYTHING AND THEN TOLD ME THE COST AND EVERYTHING THAT I USED, UM, WHICH WAS MOSTLY DECORATIONS.
UM, WE DID HAVE LEFTOVERS, SO I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO DO ANYTHING TOO DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR, EXCEPT I WOULD PROBABLY ASK FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS.
BUT I HAVE EVERYTHING WRITTEN OUT FOR YOU AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU AFTER.
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PARADE? YES.SO WITH THAT WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT DATES.
SO WE CAN THROW IT ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, SARAH WILL BE WORKING THE CALENDAR PROBABLY STARTING IN JANUARY, UM, SO THAT WAY IT CAN BE DONE BY SPRING.
UM, IF NOT SOONER THAN THAT, BUT, BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT, UM, THAT, UM, EARTH DAY IS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.
UH, SO THE BIG EVENT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, THE SMALLER ONES, IF WE DECIDE TO DO 'EM LATER ON, THAT'S FINE, WE CAN ADD THEM.
UM, BUT, UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THIS ONE AGAIN.
UM, WHAT I WOULD DO IS LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, UM, AND THEN IN JANUARY, UM, JUST TALK ABOUT DATES AND THEN IF WE'RE ALL GOOD WITH IT, UM, THEN WE'LL SAY GO AHEAD AND RESERVE IT ONLINE AND WE CAN JUST GO ONLINE AND RESERVE IT.
UM, UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION UMBRELLA, SO THAT WAY THE DATES, WELL NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESERVE THAT AREA.
THINKING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER
SO, SO WE SHOULD PRETTY MUCH, UM, BE GOOD THERE, SO, OKAY.
UM, CHRIS IS NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT BASKETBALL, UM, LIKE THE ORIENTEERING.
SO I REACHED OUT TO, UM, A GUY, HIS NAME'S MATT, I FORGET HIS LAST NAME, BUT, UM, HE'S WITH THE MIAMI VALLEY VOLUNTEERING CLUB.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, CREATED SOME ORIENT COURSES AROUND DAYTON.
UM, THEY MANAGE ONE AT ONE OF THE BOY SCOUT CAMPS IN MAN DALIA.
AND THEN, UM, THEY DO LIKE MONTHLY ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY GO DO ORIENTEERING COURSES OR COMPETITIONS.
UM, I, I ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, UM, BUT AT FIRST I TOLD HIM WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT IN ORIENTATION COURSES AND A LOT OF, SOME, IF NOT MOST OF OUR PARKS, UM, AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD HELP US WITH.
UM, AND HE GAVE ME A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS, UM, NOT LIKE OF THE ACTUAL COURSES, BUT LIKE, UM, DIFFERENT LIKE MARKER TYPES THAT WE COULD USE.
UM, SO THERE'S THIS, THE STANDARD LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY, IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN LIKE ORIENT HEARING MARKERS, BUT THEY'RE LIKE THESE LIKE PVC PIPES THAT STICK UP BY THE GROUND AND THEY HAVE LIKE A CONCRETE BASE UNDER LIKE IN THE GROUND TO KEEP THEM IN.
AND THOSE ARE KIND OF THE, THE WEIGHT POINTS THAT PEOPLE ORIENTER TO.
UM, AND I GUESS THERE'S OTHER MORE, SO THAT'S LIKE THE BASIC KIND OF CONCEPT FOR AN ORIENT HEARING MARKER.
AND THERE'S OTHER LIKE MORE UPDATED MODERN VERSIONS WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE, LIKE WHOLE PUNCH TYPE THINGS, UM, WHERE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY'RE DOING A COURSE, THEY CAN GO AROUND AND GET, WHEN THEY GET TO EACH SPOT, THEY DO THE WHOLE PUNCH ON THEIR CARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S ALSO A NEW OR NEWER VERSION WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE LIKE, THEY COULD DO SOMETHING WHERE THEY COULD SCAN, UM, WITH AN APP OR SOMETHING.
THEY COULD SCAN THE, THE WEIGHT POINT.
UM, SO HE COULD JUST GIMME SOME OPTIONS.
HE DIDN'T, I DIDN'T DO ANY PRICING YET.
UM, AND I, I SENT IN VOTE VINCE AND UM, WAS JUST GONNA BRING IT UP AT THE MEETING AND SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH, BUT, OKAY.
UM, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NECESSARILY NEED TO GO WITH THE, I WOULD PROBABLY GO TOWARDS THE MOST MORE ACCESSIBLE VERSION, UM, TO LIKE COMMON FOLK.
NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THE, UM, THE MOST LIKE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED VERSION, BUT MAYBE JUST LIKE, AT LEAST THE, THE PVC MARKERS I THINK WOULD BE FINE.
SO I'LL SEND THAT OVER TO YOU ALL SO THAT WAY YOU ALL HAVE IT.
I DID DO, I STARTED REVIEWING IT AND THEN I HAD TO STOP, I HAD TO HAVE TO ABSORB IT.
UM, SO THE COURSES LOOKED INTERESTING.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, HOW DO WE DO THAT IN OUR SMALL PARTS? MM-HMM.
SO YEAH, SO LIKE THOMAS CLOUD PARK WOULD BE A GREAT AREA, BUT IF WE WERE TO PUT IT THROUGH OTHER LOCATIONS, I WAS TRYING TO MENTALLY PICTURE IT IN MY HEAD, SO MM-HMM.
SO I WILL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY SO THAT WAY YOU WILL HAVE IT, UM, UM, FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL.
NOW I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM AGAIN AND SEE LIKE WHAT PRICING WOULD EVEN LOOK LIKE FOR ANY OF THOSE, THE THREE, THE THREE KINDS COULD, THAT MIGHT SWAY US ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON PROGRAMMING 2000? NO, THAT SHOULD SAY 2023.
SORRY, YOU SENT, YOU SENT IT 2022.
I'M LIKE, UH, BUT YEAH, SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY.
SO, UM, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.
WHAT KIND OF COURSE WAS THAT? ORIENTER.
OH, SO IT'S LIKE MAP AND COMPASS.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, THE IDEA IS WE'D POST, YOU KNOW, YOU CREATE A COURSE, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT, UM, SET OF LIKE, UM, LIKE DIRECT.
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THEY'RE LIKE, NOT REALLY COORDINATES, BUT LIKE A, YOU, YOU'D START AT ONE POINT AND THEN THERE'S A, A BEARING THAT YOU'D SHOOT TO A SPECIFIC SPOT AND THEN A CERTAIN DISTANCE THAT YOU WALK.AND SO IT'S PRACTICED USING MAP AND COMPASS TO GET TO DO KIND OF A COURSE THING.
SO, UM, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS HERE.
UH, SO JOSH IS NOT HERE TODAY AND I DID NOT GET A COPY OF THE, UH, MAINTENANCE LIST REVIEW.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUSH THAT OVER TO JANUARY.
UM, SO, UH, SO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE, WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE, WELL FOUR, IT'S STILL GOOD.
UM, 2023 BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS.
UM, SO THAT WAY YOU GUYS ARE ALSO AWARE, MET.
SO WE DO HAVE A VACANCY ON THE BOARD.
UM, MATT TEAGUE, UM, STEPPED DOWN.
UM, SO, UH, SO WE DO HAVE ONE AND THAT IS BEING ADVERTISED NOW.
SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW OF ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, UM, GO AHEAD AND POINT THEM TO THE WEBSITE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND, UM, AND SUBMIT IT.
BUT, UH, ON TOP OF THAT, UM, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE 2023 BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS.
SO I'M GONNA LEAD THIS UP TO THE MEMBERS.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED MOVING FORWARD? ALEX, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD ON AND, UM, ELECT A NEW CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR AT THIS TIME.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO START THAT BY NOMINATING VINCENT KING AS THE, UH, SHERIFF FOR NEXT YEAR 2023.
SHOULD I GET, I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.
IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION? I'LL START WITH.
UH, WHO'S THAT? DENNIS? I WOULD, UH, NO, NOT FOR CHAIR, BUT FOR VICE CHAIR.
WE CAN ONLY VOTE ON ONE AT A TIME AT A TIME.
THIS IS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THIS IS JUST CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
SO ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VINCENT KING AS AN NOMINATED FOR CHAIR, UH, FOR THE 2023.
I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR YOURSELF, RIGHT? UH, ALEX BLACK? YES.
SO VINCE KING IS THE 2023 BOARD CHAIR.
YOU'LL MOVE ON TO VICE CHAIR ELECTIONS, SYDNEY.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE ONE FOR ALEX.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR CINDY SMITH TO DO IT.
SHE HAD DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO, UH, BE VICE CHAIR.
SO I'M GONNA NOMINATE SYDNEY SMITH.
YOU CAN, NO, YOU CAN'T DECLINE
UH, YEAH, BUT FATHER TIME COMES DOWN TO A VOTER.
WHAT? FATHER TIME IS ON HER SIDE NOW.
WELL LOOK AT ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE.
UH, BLAKE, YOU GOTTA SEE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THROUGH
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION FOR CINDY AND ONE FOR ALEX.
DO EITHER ONE OF YOU, ARE YOU ALL WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT THOSE NOMINATIONS? SURE.
OKAY, SO BOTH ACCEPT THE NOMINATIONS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A VOTE.
SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, WE NEED YOU ALL TO VOTE ON WHO YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS THE, UH, CHAIR.
I'LL START WITH BLAKE, SYDNEY, DENNIS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE DECIDING PRO.
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WE DO ROCK PAPER, SCISSORS OUT IN FRONT DIES.THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD A TIE, HUH.
UM, SO I WILL BE THE DECIDING FACTOR FACTOR HERE.
I KNEW WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THAT.
I USED TO BE PRIOR SERVICE TOO.
I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
SO, UM, IS THERE, SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO ELECT SYDNEY SMITH AS THE VICE CHAIR.
SO WHAT'S UP? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
UM, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD OR ANY ANNOUNCEMENT? RON? I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, CONFIRMING THE, UM, NOTIFICATION THAT TONY HAD SENT OUT FOR THE TRAINING A DURING THE, THE 30TH.
I THINK THE 30TH WAS THE ONLY 30TH IS I JUST MADE MYSELF A NOTE THAT I HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH HIM.
DUNNO WHY I DIDN'T DO THAT YET, BUT, OKAY.
HAS EVERYBODY ELSE DONE? ELSE HAS DONE I'VE DONE.
I'M, YEAH, I'VE ALREADY YOU'VE DONE IT.
WHAT IS IT? NO, I, I'VE CONFIRMED IT.
I MEAN, YOU GOT THE EMAIL AND YOU SIGNED UP FOR A TIME.
YEAH, YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM TONY, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER ABOUT DIVERSITY TRAINING.
NO, UNLESS I RUNNING MY JUMPING.
OH, I DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK I, I RESPONDED BACK.
I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD BREAK AWAY MAYBE A WARNING AND DO IT DURING WORK.
HE SAID PLAN ON ABOUT AN HOUR.
SO IF THAT HELPS IN ANYBODY'S THOUGHT PROCESS.
I THINK IT PROBABLY ALREADY PASSED.
UM, DIVERSITY, DID I DELETE IT ALREADY? I'M WORKING INVENTORY D OKAY, HERE WE GO.
YEAH, ACTUALLY NO, NONE OF THEM HAPPENED YET, RON.
SO THERE'S ONE ON NOVEMBER 30TH AT SIX 30 AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, 12 SIX, UM, AT 9:00 AM AT THE FIRE HEADQUARTERS.
12 SEVEN AT 9:00 AM AT THE FIRE HEADQUARTERS.
12 7:11 AM HERE AND 12 8 1 O'CLOCK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND UM, I'M SORRY, THE 30TH WAS AT THE SENIOR CENTER THAT'S ON, UH, CHAMBERSBURG.
NEXT TO VICTOR'S TACOS S AT YEAH.
YOU CAN TELL YOUNG GUY WHAT THE CITY, WHEN THE EMAIL DENNIS, THERE'S A SPOT WHERE IT SAYS SIGN IT HERE.
YOU JUST CLICK IT AND THEN YOU GET IT.
SO I JUST SEND TO SEND IT TO YOU.
AND I THINK THAT COMES FROM THE DIVERSITY INCLUSION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THAT'S FOR ALL CITY STAFF AND ALL BOARDS.
EVEN IF YOU'VE ALREADY HAD IT, YOU'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE CITY'S VERSION.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU COME 12 SEVEN AT THE FIRE STATION, YOU GET TO HANG OUT WITH ME.
BUT COULD DIDN'T JUST MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH YOUR CLASSES.
SO I GOT UNIVERSITY SIX 30 AT NIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL, UH, I THINK IT WAS DENNIS QUESTION RECENTLY, THE NEWS, THERE WAS NEWS ABOUT A BUY BUYING THE LAND ACROSS FROM CARRIAGE TRAIL.
IS THAT METRO PARK BUYING THAT LAND AND WHAT IT JUST GONNA MAKE GREEN SPACE OUT OF IT OR HAVEN'T? THERE'S SO MANY ACRES ACROSS THE STREET FROM CARRIAGE TRAIL PARKWAY.
WAS THAT OVER IN CARRIAGE TRAILS OR NEXT TO IT? IT'S CROSSED TWO.
FOR UNION? NO, 1, 2 0 1 CROSS.
PARKWAY TURNS IN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THAT LAND.
MOST OF THAT LANDS ARE BUYING A FEW MORE ACRES OVER ACRES.
THE CITY IS NO METRO PARK AS FAR AS I KNOW THE CITY HAS, I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE NOT, I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE CITY PURCHASING LAND UP ON THAT END OF TOWN.
WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS ASK THE QUESTION AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND THEN WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE FIND.
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OKAY.ANYTHING ELSE NEW TO ADD? OKAY.
SO HAS EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? YES.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 19TH IN THE NEW YEAR, 2023, 6:30 PM AND IT WILL BE HERE.
ARE WE STILL GOOD WITH THE THIRD THURSDAY? I HAVE TO SUBMIT A SCHEDULE THIRD THURSDAY? YES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE BEFORE I, OKAY.
IT'S 7:07 PM AND MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
I WAS JOKING WITH YOU, BUT SOME OF THE INFO I WILL NEED THAT.