[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 18, 2023 6:30 P.M.]
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IT IS 6:32 PM WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED.
SO THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE THE MEETINGS WITHOUT ME.
I HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY LAST MONTH AND I WENT ON VACATION AND HAD FAMILY EMERGENCY THAT MONTH PRIOR AS WELL.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS CONGRAT, PLEASE, UH, WELCOME AND CONGRATULATE DR.
HE GRADUATED AND NOW HE STARTS HIS NEXT PHASE.
AND NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? OKAY.
MOVE ON TO NEXT AGENDA ITEM, OLD BUSINESS Y M C A UPDATE AND PARTS UPDATE.
UH, SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS FROM THE Y M C A, UM, SHELTER, UH, RENTALS, UH, AQUATIC CENTER RENTALS, COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS CONTINUE TO GO.
UM, WE'RE STILL RECEIVING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS, SO I FIGURED WE WOULD ANYWAYS WITH THE FIRST YEAR, UM, WITH THE ONLINE PORTAL.
UM, BUT IT CONTINUES TO GO VERY WELL.
WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE REGISTER ONLINE, UH, FOR RENTALS.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT ON.
UM, THE AQUATIC CENTER, UH, WILL OPEN NEXT SATURDAY, MAY 27TH.
UM, WE PASSED OUR HEALTH INSPECTION YESTERDAY, SO WE, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE GREEN LIGHT TO, UM, GET OPEN AND GOING FOR THE SUMMER SEASON.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM A, A STAFFING STANDPOINT, UM, WE'RE IN GOOD POSITION, UM, GOOD ON GUARDS, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS COMING TOGETHER REALLY WELL.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, ALL STAFF TRAINING THIS SATURDAY.
UM, LIFEGUARDS WILL BE OUT THERE, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING NEXT WEEK, UH, DOING THEIR, UM, IN SERVICES.
UM, AND WE WILL OPEN THE DOORS, UM, NEXT SATURDAY AT, AT NOON.
SO, UH, THE 11TH SEASON OF THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER, UH, WILL BE UPON US, UM, ALSO COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE WARRIOR SOCCER CLASSIC DOWN AT CLOUD PARK.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, THAT ALL TAKEN CARE OF, UM, AND, UH, THEY SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, UM, WE WILL BE BRINGING A Y M C A PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER THIS SUMMER.
UM, SO THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PNC BANK, A E S, AND DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WE RUN A PROGRAM IN THE MIAMI VALLEY CALLED WHY ON THE FLY.
AND IT'S A VAN, UM, A MOBILE VAN THAT WILL GO TO, UM, UM, UNDERSERVED AREAS, UM, THROUGHOUT COMMUNITIES.
UM, THEY PROVIDE A HEALTHY SNACK FOR KIDS AND THEN ACTIVITIES AND GAMES, UM, FOR THOSE KIDS AS WELL.
THEY WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, STARTING THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, UM, ON FRIDAYS FROM 10 TO 11:30 AM SO THAT'LL BE DOWN IN THE PARKING LOT.
THEY'LL UTILIZE THE GREEN SPACE AROUND THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER AND, AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING NEW.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT PROGRAM UP HERE, UM, IN HUBER, UM, SINCE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING WHILE ON THE FLY.
SO, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THE Y M C A, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? BECAUSE HOW, HOW FAR OFF DOES THE PORTAL GO TO TO MAKE A RESERVATION? IIF A HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATIONS ARE UPON US.
COULD A STUDENT FAMILY TRY AND GET A RESERVATION FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY? OR WE, WE HAVE NOT OPENED THAT YET.
AND, UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR C IN A FEW MINUTES WHY THAT REASON IS.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE NOT OPENED THE PORTAL PAST DECEMBER 31ST RIGHT NOW.
YOU SAID IT'S ON FRI THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS ON, UH, FRIDAYS 10 TO 1130 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER? YEAH.
SO IT'S A HEALTHY SNACK FOR KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR ANY KID IN HUBER.
SO THEY, THEY GET A HEALTHY SNACK, THEY GET ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND IT, IT, IT'LL BE THERE STARTING THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE TILL THE END OF JULY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 10 TO 1130.
AND WHO'S GENERATING THE CITY? UM, IT'S, IT'S SPONSORED BY AES, PNC BANK AND DAYTON CHILDREN'S.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE, THE SPONSORS OF THE, THE PROGRAM.
AND IT'S CALLED WHAT WHY ON THE FLY.
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ALL RIGHT.SO A COUPLE UPDATES FROM THE PARK SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, IN RELATION TO DIAL PARK, UM, THE SIGN HAS BEEN ORDERED, UM, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THAT TO COME IN AND, AND BE INSTALLED WHEN IT DOES GET HERE.
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, AND THERE WILL BE AN RFP GOING OUT FOR FINAL DESIGN AND INSTALLATION AND ALL THAT STUFF.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, PICKLEBALL AND BASKETBALL COURTS, UM, MIKE HAS RECEIVED, UM, TWO BIDS.
UM, HE WAS WAITING ON A THIRD BID BUT HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE THIRD VENDOR.
UM, SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD JUST THE TWO BIDS THAT HE HAD RECEIVED.
UM, AND IT SHOULD BE, UM, THE BID SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF MR. SADOWSKI, UM, AS WELL.
I SPOKE TO MR. CHAPSKI ABOUT THIS, AND HE ASSURED ME THAT BEFORE ANY RFQ WENT OUT, IT WOULD COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WERE SPELLED OUT CORRECTLY, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS A THIRD TIME.
I JUST KNOW MIKE HAD GIVEN HIM TO BRIAN TO WHAT HE HAD RECEIVED.
UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MISSING MY POINT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW.
THE RFQ WAS BEFORE IT EVER WENT OUT FOR BIDS.
AND IF HE'S MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH R WITH BIDS, THEN, UM, UM, I DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY CAPTAIN THEY DID LAST TIME.
YEAH, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD GUESS IS GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT BRIAN WILL, UM, GET THE BITS TO ME AND THEN I CAN GET THEM TO, SO THAT THE BOARD CAN SEE WHAT THE DESIGNS ARE.
AND IF THERE HAS TO BE CHANGES MADE, THEN, THEN THEY CAN BE ADJUSTED FROM THAT POINT.
BECAUSE I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WASN'T JUST THAT THE BIDS WERE JUST FOR SURFACING, RESURFACING, AND, AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THERE WAS A COURT THAT HAD TO HAVE THE NET RELOCATED MM-HMM.
AND IF THAT'S NOT IN THE, IN THE BIDS, THEN THEY'RE USELESS.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH BRIAN AND SEE WHAT THE BIDS ACTUALLY SAY.
UM, CUZ I HAVE, I, I HAVEN'T, YEAH, I HAVE.
I'LL, I'LL CHECK WITH BRIAN AND, AND WHATEVER INFORMATION I CAN GET TO THE, THE BOARD, I WILL GET IT TO THEM SO THEY CAN SEE THAT.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUMP ON THAT TOO.
UM, I FIND IT HARD TO GO OUT AND REQUEST SOMEONE TO INSTALL PICKLEBALL COURTS WITHOUT TELLING THEM UP FRONT WHAT YOU WANT.
WE GAVE MIKE GRAY BACK IN 2015, OR A COMPLETE SPEC EVEN TELLING HIM HOW DEEP THE HOLE HAD TO BE AND ORDER TO MEET DE QUALIFICATION.
SO I'M SAYING IS DON'T JUST TELL SOMEONE TO BRING ME A CAR BY THE HOUSE.
TELL 'EM WHAT CAR YOU WON'T, I'M, I'M PARAPHRASING HERE.
TELL THEM I WANT A STICK SHELF, NOT AN AUTOMATIC.
DON'T JUST SAY, PUT IN ME A PICKLEBALL COURT.
I WANT THE KITCHEN TO BE RED ANYWAY.
RATHER JUST SAY, COME IN AND PUT IN ME A PICKLEBALL COURT.
I THINK SOMEHOW, I DON'T LIKE TO USE MIKE'S NAME IN THERE, BUT I THINK WE ARE STILL GOING TO SAME ROUTE WE WENT TO LAST TIME THAT CAUSED THIS SIX YEARS DELAY AND EVERYBODY ENDED UP FRUSTRATED.
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, I BELIEVE YOU, NANCY, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AN INPUT ONTO THAT BEFORE HE EVEN SENT OUT THE REQUEST FOR QUOTE.
THAT'S WHY I THINK WE DON'T HAVE THE QUOTE WE WANT, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE YOU TELL ME TO PUT IN PICKLEBALL COURTS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BID IT.
CAUSE YOU DIDN'T TELL ME WHAT YOU WANTED.
SO HOW AM I GOING TO BID AGAINST THE OTHER TWO GUYS OVER HERE IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE INSTALLED? THAT'S WHY I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, SO I'M GOING TO LET IT STOP THERE UNTIL I CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T, I PROBABLY, MYSELF, I WAS NOT GOING TO GET UPSET AT THIS MEETING, SO I'M GOING TO QUIT.
I HEARD ONE NET WAS BEING MOVED, SO I ASKED THAT I KNEW ONE NET NEEDED TO BE MOVED.
I ASKED THAT, THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE PUT IN THE RFQ BE BE RUN BY THIS COMMITTEE WHO'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IS IN THAT RFQ.
AND I KNOW ONE OF THE BIDS THAT HE GOT BACK WAS TO INSTALL A RESIN TYPE SURFACE.
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DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.BUT, BUT IT IS, IT IS A MATTER OF IF ALL THE BIDS ARE COMING IN DIFFERENT, IF THEY'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE SAME REQUIREMENTS.
THANK AND, AND I HAD ALSO GIVEN BRIAN A COUPLE POINTS OF CONTACT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH DOING THAT AND ASKED HIM TO, TO REFER TO, UH, NOT ONLY THIS COMMITTEE, BUT TO THE EXPERTS BEFORE THE RFQ ACTUALLY WENT OUT.
WELL, MY PROBLEM IS WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SITTING ON THE BOARD THAT PLAY PICKLEBALL.
IN MY OPINION, IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE A BARN BUILT FOR A FARMER, I WOULD NOT CALL A DOCTOR.
SO I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALEX DOWN THERE IN HIS COHORT SEE THOSE PLANS.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO COME BACK HERE.
BUT I SAID HE NEEDED TO REFER TO THE USERS AND THE EXPERTS.
CAUSE LAST TIME I HEARD THE WORD USER AND I DON'T THINK THAT GUY EVER PLAYED A PICKLEBALL.
BUT WE NEEDED TO CORRECT THAT THIS TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING, I'M, I'M BACKING ALEX HERE'RE ON THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT ROAD.
I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT GO AHEAD, ALEX.
SO AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THEY DID THE FACILITIES, UM, ANALYSIS, UM, OF, UH, OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, PORTFOLIO EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, WE ARE THE, THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME WITH REMODELING WORK ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, SO US, US AT THE Y WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR ANY DATE AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UM, THE REMODELING WORK IS SCHEDULED TO START OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, NOW I KNOW THAT IS GONNA IMPACT SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY SECURED RENTALS.
UM, AND THE CITY WILL BE CONTACTING THEM, UM, AS WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW LONG THE PROJECT WILL TAKE.
UM, BUT, UH, THE CITY WILL WILL REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND, UM, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING A, A FULL REFUND FOR THEIR RENTALS.
UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MANY DAYS THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO DO THE REMODEL.
UM, SO, BUT I DO KNOW THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGED, UM, SINCE OUR CITY STAFF MEETING, THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW SCHEDULED TO START AROUND OCTOBER 1ST, AND WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BLACK OUT FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE YEAR ON THE RESERVATION PORTAL.
SO WHAT ELSE CAN YOU, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO REFER TO THE, UM, RFP FROM BILL BRA, I THINK, OR BILL BERRY OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT I THINK YOU GUYS AWARDED THE WORK TOO.
SO I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO WHEN I BRIEFED AT THE, UM, WHEN I DID MY LAST UPDATE WITH COUNCIL, I THINK IT WAS ON THE FOURTH DO PARK WAS ON THE AGENDA.
AND AT THAT TIME THEY WERE WAITING TO SEE THE CONCEPT AND COUNCILMAN OTTO AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE ELSE ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE BOARD TO SEE THE CONCEPT.
SO IF IT SOUNDS AS IF HE'S GOING TO FINAL CONCEPT AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE IT, I THINK IT IS.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT ONE, VINCE, BUT I CAN, I CAN SEE IF I CAN GET A CONCEPTION DESIGN FOR THE BOARD AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE, THEY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE WERE THINGS THAT IT'S INCLUSIVE AND THERE WERE THINGS IN THERE THAT WOULD, UM, MEET THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE FOLKS SAID AT THE TOWN HALL AS WELL WHEN WE TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT ONE TOO.
SO I WILL WORK ON GETTING THAT FOR YOU.
UM, SO IF YOU CAN DO THAT, THEN I'LL SEND IT OUT TO THE BOARD TO HAVE YOU ALL LOOK AT IT, PROVIDE YOUR INPUT AT THAT TIME.
UM, BUT UM, AND THEN WE CAN GET IT BACK UP TO BRIAN OR BACK OVER TO CHRIS AND WHOMEVER, UH, NEEDS TO HAVE IT.
SO THAT'LL BE COMING YOUR WAY AS WELL.
AND, UM, SO WITH THEM BLOCKING OUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, WE ARE, UM, GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A NEW LOCATION FOR THE F FEST IN OCTOBER.
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REASON WHY, UM, WE CHOSE THAT LOCATION BEFORE IS CUZ WE GENERALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS DOWN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT CITYWIDE, THAT CITY SPONSOR.UM, SO I'M TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ON THAT, ON, ON THAT END OF TOWN, UM, FOR THE FALL FEST.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT AS WELL.
AND WE MAY END UP JUST COMING BACK UP TO, YOU KNOW, EEL BERGER OR, OR, UM, THE EEL BERGER OR MAYBE COMMUNITY PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO, I LIKE THAT LOCATION BECAUSE IT, IT CAN BE HELD INDOORS OR OUTDOORS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER IS ONE OF THOSE MONTHS WHERE IT'S TRICKY, SO.
ANY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES.
UH, NOT A QUESTION, BUT YOU COULD CONSIDER COTTONWOOD PARK.
IT'S ON THE SAME KIND OF SIDE OF THE TOWN.
LIKE, I, I THINK, THINK WERE THERE, UM, HAY RIDES AT THE, THE LAST ONE WAS THAT, UM, THERE WERE NO HAY RIDES.
WE COULDN'T GET, WE COULDN'T UM, GET THEM IN TIME.
SO THIS ONE WE WOULD, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET THEM BOOK AT ITS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO COTTONWOOD COULD BE A GOOD SPOT FOR THAT POTENTIALLY.
LIKE PRETTY COTTONWOOD COULD BE A PRETTY GOOD SPOT FOR THAT I THINK.
ALSO WITH, UH, COTTONWOOD, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW THAT CHURCH THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
I HAVEN'T REALLY, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THERE, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE, IN THE PAST THEY'VE ALWAYS SAID, HEY, WE CAN WORK WITH STUFF.
I KNOW THEY'VE WORKED WITH, I THINK WITH BASEBALL ONE TIME WITH THE PARKING SITUATION.
BUT I KNOW THEY HAD THAT ONE INDOOR FACILITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT OKAY.
IF YOU PROBABLY WORK WITH, LET'S TRY TO CONTACT THEM IF YOU WANT AN INDOOR OUTDOOR OKAY.
I, I THINK I KNOW SOMEONE THAT, THAT GOES THERE.
SO I'LL, I'LL, I THINK IT'S SHANNON ACTUALLY THAT, THAT THAT'S AT THAT CHURCH.
SO I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT COTTONWOOD RIGHT ACROSS FROM COTTONWOOD AT THE, FOR THE FORGE IS THE, THE LIKE YOUTH BUILDING THERE AT THE CHURCH.
SO I'LL REACH OUT, UM, AND ASK THAT QUESTION AS WELL.
ANY, ANY OTHER FOLLOW UPS TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT.
SO, UM, REALLY QUICK, SO AS EVERYONE KNOWS, UM, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $10,000 FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, YOU GOT THE NEW ONE, RIGHT? SO, UM, AS OF TODAY WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $1,257 THAT INCLUDES, UM, SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR EARTH DAY, UM, AS WELL AS THE WATER BOTTLES THAT WE PURCHASED.
AND LET ME DOUBLE CHECK AND KONA ICE ICE OF TROY, YOU HAVE A COUPLE SHIRTS TOO.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ORDERED YET.
YEAH, SO, UM, SO WE SPENT, SO FAR, WE SPENT ABOUT 12 57 0 8.
UM, SO WE ARE ON TRACK, UM, OUR NEXT BIG EVENT, WHICH WOULD BE THE FALL FEST, BUT, UM, AND THEN ANOTHER COST THAT WE STILL HAVE COMING UP OUR SHIRTS.
SO CHURCH SHOULDN'T CAUSE ANY MORE THAN, WELL MAYBE 100 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT UM, BUT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THAT.
SO WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT FEST STUFF, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO, UM, OR WANT TO SPONSOR, UM, SPONSOR'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, PARTNER WITH, UH, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET? YES.
UH, QUESTION NOW IF, IF IT'S, UH, 6 2, 6 2.
UH OH, SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
OH, SO I AM WITH, UM, NUMBER SIX, THE SECOND ITEM ON NUMBER SIX, SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, SO I, I WOULD LIKE, UH, IN THE FUTURE WE DON'T TALK ABOUT TODAY, BUT, UH, CONSIDER, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST PUTTING IN, UM, ORIENTEERING COURSES AT SOME OF THE PARKS.
SO JUST I'D LIKE THAT BROUGHT UP AGAIN.
UM, AND I'LL, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO.
SO I THINK WHAT WE WERE WAITING ON ARE COSTS AND SUPPLIES.
UM, SO ONCE WE GET THAT ALL SET, UM, SEND ME AN EMAIL, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
AGAIN, UM, CUZ I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, I'M LOOKING AT PRICES FOR A MOB.
I CALL IT A MOBILE, UM, DISC GOLF.
SO IF WE HAVE EVENTS LIKE, UM, THE JULY 1ST, THE JULY 4TH EVENTS, THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL, THE FALL FESTIVAL, THE Y HAS SOMETHING, THEN WE CAN JUST BRING OUT THE NETS AND THE DISKS AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS CAN PLAY THERE.
UM, AND THAT WILL HELP, UM, SPARE SOME INTEREST IN DISC GOLF DOWN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT OUR OTHER PARTS AND SEEING IF THERE ARE MOBILE THINGS
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LIKE THAT.SO THAT WAY WHEN WE, WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY THERE, WE CAN SAY, HEY, DID YOU KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE DISCOURSE HERE OR THAT WE HAD THIS HERE.
SO I'M, I'M LOOKING AT, I'M TRYING TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP SPARE SOME INTEREST ON THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OTHER PARTS AS WELL, AS WELL AS ADD OTHER AMENITIES, UM, TO THOSE PARTS.
UH, PENCE, BEFORE WE LEAVE THE OLD BUSINESS, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE BASKETBALL COURTS THAT WE HAD PROPOSED PUTTING BEHIND THE WHY.
BUT WE DIDN'T GET AN UPDATE, I DON'T THINK HERE IN THIS MEETING.
I, I, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.
I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S IN THE, THE C I P FOR THIS YEAR, BUT, OKAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, ALEX.
SO I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I PROVIDED AN UPDATE THAT WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE THREE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY TO COUNSEL.
UM, SO, UM, I SAW SOME, SOME INTEREST
SO NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHERE THEY'RE GOING NEXT.
SO, UM, I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE COMING UP IN ON MAY, JULY.
YEAH, JULY THE FIRST, THE FIRST WORK SESSION
BUT I PLAN ON SENDING AN EMAIL JUST TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE.
SO I'LL SEND THAT TO CHRIS AND TONY.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES NOW? SO NOW THAT WE PRESENTED OURS, WHAT IS THE CITY'S PRIORITIES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT LIST? OKAY.
UM, THE CIP P TO ME IS, IT'S GREAT, BUT, UM, I WAS ALWAYS INFORMED WELL UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THERE'S REAL, THERE'S, WHILE THERE'S MONEY THERE FOR IT, THERE REALLY ISN'T NO MONEY THERE.
SO WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO PULL AND, AND PROJECT AND SAY, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT.
AND SO, SO LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
CAUSE THOSE THINGS CAN GET SHIFTED AROUND BASED ON ANOTHER PRIORITIES.
SO, SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE GET THAT STARTED SOON, RIGHT AFTER THE PICKLEBALL COURT.
SO I COULDN'T BE THERE, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BLAKE.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION HELD ON APRIL 22ND, WHICH WAS A SATURDAY, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY EARTH DAY.
UH, WE HAD, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT THIS YEAR.
UM, I THINK THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD ROUGHLY 60 FOLKS SHOW UP, UH, OVER THE FOUR HOUR PERIOD THIS YEAR WE ONLY HAD IT FOR THREE HOURS AND I COUNTED ROUGHLY 80 FOLKS COUNTING ALL THE, THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, WERE VOLUNTEERING AND THE PARTICIPANTS.
AND I WOULD CONSIDER THE VOLUNTEERS ALSO AS PARTICIPANTS CUZ THEY DID SOME ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND I, I WOULD SAY THIS, WE HAD AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS EVEN WITH MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE LESS, UM, ADVERTISING ON MY PART.
SO I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH, WITH, UH, HOW IT, HOW IT TURNED OUT.
UH, WE HAD KONA ICE COME OUT AND, UM, PROVIDED FREE SNOW CONES TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS AND A LOT OF THE KIDS SAID THAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE PART.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR, UM, FOR BIRTHDAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR HOW MUCH THAT ACTUALLY END UP COSTING US? YEP.
I THINK WE BUDGETED LIKE 600 OR SOMETHING FOR THAT STUFF.
UM, SO WE DID THAT, UH, WE HAD A SCOUT, A COUPLE SCOUT TROOPS COME OUT AND DO UM, UH, WATER BOTTLE ROCKETS WITH UH, TWO LITER BOTTLES.
AND, UH, WE HAD SOME FILM CANISTERS WITH SELZER AND VINEGAR AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, A BIG HIT.
UM, AND I WANNA SAY THANKS TO JUSTICE BON ROCK FOR COMING, UM, VOLUNTEERING.
AND HE RAN THE ROCK PAINTING STATION, WHICH WAS ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS.
UM, WE ALSO ACTUALLY STARTED THE ROCK GARDEN AROUND THE SIGN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THANKS TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO ORGANIZED THAT.
I THINK IT WAS MIKE GRAY OR, OR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHO, UH, LAID OUT THE, ALL THE ROCKS AND EVERYTHING FOR IT.
UM, BUT WE GOT THAT STARTED AT LEAST AND GOT SOME OF THE ROCKS FROM LAST YEAR'S EVENT.
UM, STILL HAVE A LOT OF ROCKS LEFT OVER, UM, FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO SOME OF THE FOLKS FROM THE GROUP THAT'S TRYING TO START THE COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM.
THEY CAME AND, UM, RAN ONE OF THE, THE MINI PLANTER STATIONS AND TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO START.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WAS COOL AND THEY APPRECIATED COMING OUT AND BEING ABLE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL, UH, TO, TO THEIR, UM, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, MAKE HAPPEN.
AND THEN, UM, WANTED TO THANK, UH, SARAH WILLIAMS
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AND THEN VINCE, UH, KING FOR ALL THE PRE-WORK THEY DID FOR, UM, GETTING IN ALL THE MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING SET UP.SO I THINK IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND I THINK NEXT YEAR WE'LL SHOOT FOR A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
SO COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND SEND ME JUST A QUICK, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE MM-HMM.
SEND ME JUST A QUICK EMAIL, JUST AN AFTER ACTION ON IT.
UM, YEAH, I HAVE SARAH ONE, UM, I THINK I'LL JUST FORWARD IT TO YOU.
YOU CAN JUST FORWARD IT ACTUALLY ME.
THAT WAY I CAN MAKE SURE IT GOES INTO THE NOTES FOR, UM, MY UP MY NEXT UPDATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BLAKE? TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT.
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE.
NEW BUSINESS, UM, STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION JULY 1ST.
SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S COMING UP FAST.
UM, WE, SO IN THE PAST YEARS WE HAVE HELPED THE PARKS MANAGER WITH, UM, WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS AND UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT.
SO IF WE HAVE, I THINK WE NEEDED AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE AVAILABLE THAT MORNING, LET ME KNOW.
AND THEN BLAKE, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? UH, PUT ME DOWN THIS TENTATIVE.
I DON'T KNOW IF MY SCHEDULE IS QUITE YET, BUT I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT IF I'M FREE.
AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THIS, THIS YEAR, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A ALL HANDS ON DECK HOPEFULLY.
SO, UM, I WAS ASKED TO ASK THE BOARD IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE ON JULY 1ST DURING ANY TIME FOR A COUPLE HOURS IF YOU ALL WOULD BE WILLING TO COME OUT AND HELP, UM, DURING THE DAY FOR ANY OF THE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND IT TO SARAH OR GIVE ME A CALL AND, UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SEND IT OVER TO SARAH AND SHANNON WITH THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION YEAH.
ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
UM, SO THAT WAY THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
I'LL BE THERE AT LEAST UNTIL NOON.
SO THERE'S STUFF LIKE AT I COULD DO AFTER THE PARADE YES.
BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE A PARADE AND I'LL PROBABLY END UP BRINGING SOME NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS.
WHAT TIME ARE YOU IN THE I CAN, WHATEVER YOU NEED.
WE'LL TALK, I'LL WALK, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
AND BRIAN, I'LL, SO YOU'RE AFTER WHAT THE PARADE ENDS AT? 11 ISH.
WE NOT HAVING EVERYBODY BACK DOWN.
SO, SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I WILL REACH OUT TO SHANNON AND SAY, HERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED, THESE FOLKS HERE, ESPECIALLY YOU, AND I'M NOT SURE IF DENNIS, IF YOU'RE IN THE PARADE, WERE YOU IN THE PARADE LAST TIME? OKAY.
UM, I'LL AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THE PARADE AND THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL YOU'LL BE, YOU SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND, AND I'LL MAKE SURE SHE HAS YOUR EMAIL AND ALL THAT AS WELL.
AND IF ANY BY ANY, ANY OTHER EMAILS OR ANYTHING REFERENCING THE, UM, THE EVENT, I'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE AND DROP IT OFF AS WELL.
HEY, I, I I'M WORKING ON MY SKILLS.
DROPPING STUFF OFF IN THE MAILBOX, TELLING ME TO THE CAMERA, CHRIS.
I DUNNO,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT ITEM HERE IS THE EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, THE BAT BOXES.
SO I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, SO CHRIS DID SEND, UM, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I FORWARDED THAT EMAIL TO EVERYONE, UM, REFERENCING, UM, THE BRIEFING THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED FROM, UH, PHILLIP.
SO NOW IS THE TIME TO DISCUSS AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU ALL WANT TO, UM, THAT YOU ALL WANNA SUPPORT IT.
UM, SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP AND START WITH BRIAN.
WELL, YOU, YOU SAID YOU SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT? I DID, YES.
I'M GONNA LOOK AT IT REAL QUICK.
WELL, WERE YOU HERE LAST WEEK? LAST MONTH? YEAH, I WAS HERE, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS I I HAD THAT I NEEDED.
SEE WHAT MIKE RAY WAS ABLE TO DO.
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WHAT, WHAT COULDN'T HE DO? BECAUSE IT WAS THE INSULATION OF THE BAT BOXES THAT, HOW ARE THE BAT BOXES GONNA GET INSTALLED? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WERE, YOU NEED TO GET 'EM UP PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE AIR.THERE'S CERTAIN LOCATIONS THAT WE SUGGESTED AREN'T WE ABLE, IS THE CITY ABLE TO PUT 'EM IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OKAY.
SO I REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW FROM MY GRAVE IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
SO WHO WAS WORKING THOSE QUESTIONS? WELL, I, CHRIS SAID HE WAS GOING TO EMAIL.
I, THE VIDEO WASN'T THERE, SO I COULDN'T FOLLOW UP WITH YEAH, YEAH.
WELL IT, THE, THE, SO THE LOCATIONS THAT WE WAS TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE ON THE, I BELIEVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UP BY THE TREES BECAUSE OF, WOULD YOU, HE'S HERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, HE'S FINE.
I, I WASN'T HERE SO
I GOT, I, I GOT STUFF FROM HIM, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS STUFF FROM LIKE MIKE GRAY, SAME STUFF.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDED SINCE YOU WASN'T HERE.
SO QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE ANY FOR WELL, I, WELL I REMEMBER WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LOCATIONS OF IT.
AND WE WERE SAYING THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE REASON WHY WE SAID THE COMMUNITY CENTER CUZ THEY GOT THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, THE BASS, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR BUSINESS.
SO WE COULD USE THAT PROBABLY, HOPEFULLY AS, YOU KNOW, FERTILIZER LATER.
JUST, IT, IT, IT'S GOOD FERTILIZER.
BUT THEN WE WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT, UH, EVEN LIKE A COMMUNITY PARK AND THEN, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY WANT TO BE LIKE SOMEWHAT CLOSE LIKE A TREE LINE, BUT THEY NEED A LOT OF OPEN SPACE BUT NOT, NOT TOO MUCH LIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE PART OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEN IT WAS ALSO WHERE THE SUN COMES, SO YOU WANNA BE ON THE OPPOSITE, YOU KNOW.
SO IT WAS, SO WAS THE WEST SIDE, IT WASN'T SOUTH SIDE, IT WAS THE WEST SIDE OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER LOCATIONS LIKE THOMAS CLOUD PARK? YEAH, WE STOPPED BY THOMAS CLOUD PARK.
UP TREE LINE SIDE? YEAH, TREE LINE, BUT, UH, PROBABLY TOWARDS THE TOP.
BUT I, MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS OF COURSE THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS IF THE FIREWORKS, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE NIGHT OF THE YEAR, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DUCK AND COVER THAT ONE NIGHT.
DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO, UH, YOUR RESIDENCE AND NEIGHBORS? IS THAT, IS THAT AN ISSUE? UM, LIKE NEXT TO LIKE A HOUSE OR ANYTHING? RIGHT.
SINCE I, I'VE HAD LIKE 10 OF THEM AND THEY'RE PRETTY BIG.
SO THEY SHOULDN'T MAKE REALLY ANY DIFFERENCE WITH THE HOUSES.
THEY JUST CAN'T BE LIKE UP ON THE HOUSE CUZ LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE 10, UH, OKAY.
SO I HAVE ALL THE MATERIALS AND I HAVE ALL OF THEM CUT.
SO ONCE I GET ALL THE MONEY AND APPROVAL I CAN START BUILDING THEM.
ON THE MONEY QUESTION, IS THAT $250 FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT? UH, NO.
SO, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TALKING, UH, I WAS THE FIRST TIME I CAME HERE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF URGE FOR, UH, THE POSTS INSTEAD OF PUTTING 'EM ON A TREE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN PUT 'EM ON A TREE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
BUT, SO FOR ALL THE BA THE BAT BOXES THEMSELVES, SINCE I ALREADY HAVE ALL THE WOOD, THE BOXES THEMSELVES ARE LIKE $250 FOR THE MAX.
I CAN GET IT LOWER THAN THAT BECAUSE I CAN BUY 'EM IN BULK OR AT BETTER LOCATIONS THAN JUST LEGS.
NOW THE POSTS AND CONCRETE, IF WE WANT TO DO POSTS FOR ALL OF THEM, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 800 TO $900 TO THE POST AND THEN RENTAL FOR SOME SORT OF DIGGER TO DIG THE HOLES.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANY PROBLEM WITH PUTTING ON A TREE.
SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEM PUTTING THERE ON A TREE.
UM, I HAVE SEEN PROBLEMS PUTTING THEM ON A HOUSE BECAUSE THEY MIGRATE FROM THE BAD BOX TO THE HOUSE.
THEY DON'T LIKE ANYWAY, LIKE THE SAME SPOT ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS WHY I'VE HAD 10 OF THEM.
WHEN YOU PUT 'EM ON THE TREES, ARE THEY ANCHOR ATTACHED TO THE TREE OR ARE THEY HANGING ON THE LIMB OR SOMETHING OR? UM, SO I WOULD SCREW 'EM INTO THE TREE.
LIKE I CAN, I HAVE TWO WAYS I CAN DO IT.
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METAL KIND OF STRAP.AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, KINDA LIKE A STOP SIGN OKAY.
CAR WHERE THERE'S HOLES IN IT AND YOU SCREW ONE, YOU SCOOP PART OF IT INTO THE BACK BOX AND THEN SCREW THE OTHER PART WRAPPED AROUND THE TREE.
OR YOU CAN MAKE LIKE A BOARD AND SCREW IT INTO THE BACK BOX AND THEN SCREW IT ONTO THE TREE.
IF YOU SCREW IT ON A PIECE OF STRIP AROUND THE TREE, IT'S GOING TO HINDER THE TREE'S GROWTH.
SO YOU BARREL OFF TO GO THROUGH THE BAT BOX INTO THE TREE.
DID YOU, UH, I GAVE YOU AN ADDRESS TO CALL FOR THE, DID YOU EVER GET THAT? UM, IF YOU PUT IT ON THE NOTES, I DON'T HAVE THE NOTES WITH ME.
FOR LIKE THE FIRST PAGE I HANDED OUT, I WAS JUST CURIOUS THAT WITH THE HIGHEST DATE, UM, I I DON'T THINK YOU GAVE LIKE THE WEBSITE OR WAS WEBSITE YEAH.
I, I WENT AND LOOKED ON ALL THE STUFF I HAD ON BATS.
YOU MENTIONED BEING IN A POST WITH CONCRETE.
HOW HIGH ARE YOU? IS THAT 10 FOOT? IS IT, UM, SO USUALLY AT LEAST WHAT I FOUND, THEY SAID THE BEST WOULD BE ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
SO IT'D BE LIKE SLIGHTLY LONGER.
SO WE CAN WORK WITH LIKE 12 FOOT POSTS AND MAKE IT SLIGHTLY SHORTER, BUT EACH OF THOSE POSTS ARE LIKE 20 TO $30.
AND THEN THERE'S CONCRETE, WHICH THE CONCRETE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PRICE WITH PUTTING IN A POST.
AND HOW MUCH FREE STANDING, HOW MUCH DID ONE WEIGH? WAS IT COMPLETED? UH, THE BACK BOX? YEAH.
UM, I, I DIDN'T WEIGH IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT.
IT'S NOT LIKE 50 POUNDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ABOUT YEAH.
OR ALBERT SMELLED, IF IT FELL, I MEAN WE'RE NOT TALKING.
IT WOULDN'T MEANT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IF IT FELL.
YOU JUST PUT IT BACK UP ON THE TREE OR POST.
NOTHING LIKE THE WATER TOWERS.
THERE'S PROPERTY THERE AND IT'S UNDERSERVED.
THERE IS, THEY'RE NOT SPRAYED BY THE MOSQUITOES.
WELL THAT'S HOW YOU COUNT MOUNT WHEREVER YOU WANT TO OF, BUT I PUT 'EM IN THOSE TWO PROPERTIES AND NOT SPRAY THE BUG.
WELL I'M SURE ISN'T THERE TREES AROUND IT? LIKE THERE'S NOT STUFF RIGHT UP AGAINST THE WATER TOWER.
COULD ACTUALLY MOUNT ON THE POST OF THE WATER TOWER.
UH, THE THING IS LIKE, I'M GOING WITH HER, SHE'S SAYING ANYWHERE WHERE WE TREAT MOSQUITOES, DEPENDING ON HOW SOON THE BACK GETS THE BUG, IT COULD MAKE THEM SICK.
SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
SO MAKE SURE WE DON'T BRING PROBLEMS IN ON OURSELVES.
SO I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT I IS LOOK INTO.
THERE IS, THERE'S JUST FROM MOSQUITOES, THE BATS DON'T EAT OUT OF ALL THE EAT THEY EAT A VERY SMALL PORTION OF MOSQUITOES.
THEY EATEN A TON OF OTHER BUDDIES.
AND THEY'RE A POLLINATOR MM-HMM.
SO AS FAR AS OUR COMMUNITY GARDENS, IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE ONE OR TWO BAT BOXES BACKED BY THOSE COMMUNITY GARDENS.
YOUR PROJECT IS A GREAT IDEA AND I MEAN, I I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME.
ONE BAT EATS 10,000 MOSQUITOES OR INSECTS A NIGHT.
CLEANS UP THE AREA PRETTY BAD.
WE USE, WE HAVE 'EM OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE.
WHY WOULDN'T WE PUT HIM IN OUR PARKS? WE CAN ANYWHERE WE WANT.
I THINK, UH, IF HE, HE'S GONNA DO 10 THIS YEAR,
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HE COULD DO 10 NEXT YEAR OR MAYBE SOME OTHERS, A COUPLE OTHER GROUPS COULD JOIN IN.YOU COULD HAVE A BAT OF AN IDEA HERE.
SO I CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? UM, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, WE'RE MOVING TO ALABAMA.
SO IT'S A SHORT TIMEFRAME FOR HIM.
HE'S GOT THE SUMMER TO, UM, HAVE IT APPROVED AND ALL OF THEM BUILT.
UM, BUT NEXT YEAR IT WILL HAVE TO BE ANOTHER, ANOTHER GROUP THAT WOULD TAKE ON THE ADDITIONAL BACK BOXEES.
WELL HE'S SETTING THE FOUNDATION.
AND I'LL STILL BE BACK FOR HOWEVER MANY SUMMERS I COME BACK FOR.
I MEAN, I'LL STILL COME BACK HERE AND I'M NOT LEAVING FROM GOOD
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THAT AREA AT THE RIP WRAP PARK, BUT I DON'T, THERE'S LIKE NO REAL TREES THAT WE COULD POST IT TO.
THE ONE THING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIGGING A POST TO GET LIKE A 12 FOOT POST, THE FROST LINE IN THIS AREA IS 32 INCHES DEEP MM-HMM.
SO YOU AT LEAST GOTTA GO 30, SO THREE FEET TO FOUR FOOT DEEP PU PU.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE LOSING THAT SO THAT IT'S GONNA BE MUCH BIGGER THAN A 12 FOOT POST THAT YOU NEED.
THAT'S WHY I JUST, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT M RAY WAS ABLE TO DO IF WE DO GO THAT ROUTE.
BUT I DO LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, THE WATER TOWER.
I DIDN'T ANYTHING ABOUT THE WATER TOWERS, BUT, BUT JUST THAT PROPERTY SECURE.
SO BEFORE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT LOOKING INTO GETTING SOME COMPETITION BETWEEN LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOT AND THAT YOU MIGHT GET SOME DONATIONS? YEAH.
YOU'RE ONLY GONNA NEED 10 POSTS, RIGHT? YEAH, I ONLY 10 IFTS DECIDE TO PUT ALL OF 'EM.
WHAT TIME? 10 POSTS, 20 BAGS OF CONCRETE.
JUST POUR THE CONCRETE STRAIGHT IN THE HALLWAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE, IF WE CHOOSE POSTS FOR LIKE ALL OF 'EM, I CAN GET LOWER THE PRICES FOR ORDERING AND BULK AND POSSIBLY GETTING DONATIONS.
SO LIKE AN ABSOLUTELY MAX, LIKE $1,000 FOR ALL OF IT.
WHAT, UH, ARE THE POSTS WOOD OR ARE THEY, WE ASK SOMETHING ELSE.
ANY FROM ALYSSA? WHAT, WHAT AREA DOES THE BAT BOX COVER? LIKE AS FAR AS THE KEY NOTES? UM, I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE ALL THE NOTES ON THE BATS.
I HAVE ALL THE NOTES ON, I KNOW THEY, THEY COVER QUITE A LARGE AREA.
IT IS A COUPLE MILES, BUT YOU KNOW, PUTTING 'EM ANYWHERE IN HUBER WOULD COVER ALL THE HUBER.
AND HOW MANY, IF IT'S A BACK BOX, IS THERE UP TO 10 TO LIVE IN IT OR HOW DOES THAT UM, SO I DON'T HAVE LIKE A MAX FOR THE BATS, BUT LIKE THE BATS ARE QUITE SMALL.
MAX WHO'S GOING OUT THE 10,000 MOSQUITOES EVERY NIGHT HE COMES HOME AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
IS IT A FAMILY TYPE SETTING THAT, UH, I, SO THERE'S KIND OF LIKE COLONIES LIKE WHERE THEY WILL ALL GROUP SOME, SOME AREA THEY WON'T BE COMPLETELY ALONE, BUT LIKE, IT'S LIKE A BIG FAMILY.
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO GROW AND LIKE BREAK OFF INTO OTHER AREAS.
I CAN SEE THOSE, THOSE VIDEOS WHERE COME OUT THE CHAIN.
THERE'S LIKE, SEEMS PROBABLY MILLIONS OF I'M GONNA COME OUTTA A BATTLE.
SO ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT SUBJECT? SO, UH, SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK.
UM, CHRIS IS GONNA ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE BOARD IS IF, UM, IS IF THERE'S INTEREST, WELL IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE, WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IS IF, IF WE CAN, UM, IF WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, I THINK HE'S ASKING FOR TWO 50, UM, FOR FUNDING TO HELP FUND THOSE BOXES.
UM, WHILE WE'RE STILL GONNA WAIT AND GET THE QUESTIONS, HE'S GOT A, HE'S GOT A TIMELINE AND HE'S GOTTA TRY AND MEET AS WELL.
THIS WILL AT LEAST ALLOW US TO ALLOW ME TO WRITE AN EMAIL AND
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SEND IT OVER TO, UM, TO CHRIS TO SEND IT OVER AND THEN SEND IT UP TO COUNCIL AS WELL.WE'LL OPEN TO TONY TO COUNSEL, UM, TO, TO, TO GET THEIR CONCURRENCE AND SEE BACK.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL OF ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY.
UM, SO, UM, SO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW IS IF THE BOARD WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT THAT TO SECOND IT OR I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SECOND IT.
SO THE ANSWER IS YES, THE BOARD SUPPORTS THE PROJECT.
UM, SO WHAT WE WILL DO, WHAT I WILL DO IS I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR EMAIL, PHILIP, UM, NO WHAT'S AN ATTACHMENT ACTUALLY, SORRY, YOUR ATTACHMENT.
WRITE AN EMAIL, SEND IT OVER TO CHRIS, UM, AND THEN SEND IT OVER TO TONY AS WELL.
SO THAT WAY COUNSEL BECOME AWARE BEFORE MY NEXT UPDATE, UM, THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION WILL BE, UM, WILL THE BOARD, IF ALLOW, WILL THE BOARD HELP PROVIDE FUNDING OF $250 FOR THE BACKBOX PROJECT? DID YOU SAY THAT WAS ONE BAT BOX? NO.
OR ALL OF THEM? SO BUILDING THE BUILDING ALL 10 OF THE BACK BOX? YES.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS I'LL SEND THAT EMAIL OUT.
I WILL, YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING BACK FROM CRYSTAL MYSELF WITHIN A WEEK.
BUT MY THING IS THIS WEEKEND IS TO WRITE AN EMAIL TO CITY TO FOR MIKE GRAY, UM, AS WELL AS FOR CHRIS AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO FUND THIS PROJECT FOR TWO 50.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO GO UP TO COUNCIL, BUT BY ME DOING THAT IT'S ME GETTING, GETTING UP FRONT AND LETTING THEM KNOW.
WHAT IF KATE, MS. BAKER, WHAT ABOUT THE WATER TOWERS? WOULD THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE WATER AND SEWER BOARD OR, OKAY, I JUST HAVE IDEAS.
IT DOESN'T HARD TO ASK
SO, AND IN THAT EMAIL I WILL MENTION THOSE TWO IDEAS AS WELL, SO THAT WAY IF IT HAS TO GO TO SOMEONE ELSE, IT'S IN THERE.
WELL MIKE, MIKE IS OVER PUBLIC WORK.
TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT THROUGH THE CHAINS WHETHER IT'S OKAY TO, TO MOUNT THEM, UM, ON THE WATER TOWER.
IF THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN PUT IT ON A POST OR THE FENCE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS HERE.
BUT EVEN IF DON TAYLOR SPILL THE WATER, PLEASE.
UM, BUT I RECOMMEND THAT UM, TODAY, UM, 1818 THAT UM, THAT BECAUSE HE IS ON A TIMELINE THAT YOU TRIED TO GET THE, IF IT HAS TO GO TO THE COUNCIL THAT YOU GIVEN IT ON THE WORK SESSION WITH THE CLEAR.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? UM, LET'S SEE.
AND WHEN DO YOU HAVE THIS DONE? UM, JULY THE 20TH.
WELL, I KNOW THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S OTHER THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO TO FINISH UP WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FINISH UP.
UM, I'M LOOKING INTO LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY AND I THINK IT, SO EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE AND I GET FUNDING AND APPROVAL BY THE NEXT MEETING.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING IT ALL DONE REAL QUICK.
ARE YOU GONNA HAVE HELP? OH YEAH, I WILL.
UH, I HAVE MY OWN TROOP THAT WILL, WELL NOT MY OWN TRIP
AND, AND AT A MINIMUM, UM, I WOULD SAY IF YOU CAN'T MOUNT IT BY THAT TIMELINE, YOU WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO KNOW BUILT.
I DON'T, IF I GET 'EM BUILT AND I CAN'T MOUNT 'EM, THEN I'LL JUST DON'T INTO YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS CAN MOUNT 'EM OR DO SOMETHING WITH THEM.
I I DO HAVE A QUESTION CUZ IT WAS KIND OF BROUGHT UP EARLIER ABOUT THE MOSQUITOES SPRAYING FROM MOSQUITOES.
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INTO PARKS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.I'LL ASK BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL JUST I, IF WE DO, THEY DON'T WORK.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE BATS.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE VACCIN TODAY.
UM, I PLAN ON WRITING THAT EMAIL, UM, THIS WEEKEND.
UM, AND THEN SENDING OVER TO CHRIS AND CHRIS SHOULD HAVE IT ON MONDAY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL WE'LL REACH OUT TO MIKE AND I WILL SEND IT OVER TO TONY AS WELL.
UM, FOR CITY COUNCIL'S AWARENESS AS WELL.
AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING IN ALABAMA? UH, HUNTSVILLE.
AND IN THE SERVICE? UH, WELL MY DAD IS IN THE MILITARY BUT HE'S, AND GOING ASHVILLE A GAS TOO.
IT'S YEAH, IT'S, YEAH,
HE'S IN HUNTSVILLE LIKE GOT IT.
AND I GREW UP IN ALABAMA BUT I WAS PULLING HIM OUT OF THE WAY.
WHERE'S YOUR UH, EAGLE SCOUT TROOP LOCATED AT? UM, WHERE'S THIS LIKE ITS HOME BASE.
WHERE DO YOU MEET? HAVE YOUR MEETS UP, WHAT WAS THE CHANGE TO FIRST? UH, PRES FAITH PRESBYTERIAN.
SO I WAS GOING TO PROVIDE LITTLE METAL PLAQUES TO PUT ON EACH ONE IF THE COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH THAT.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ONLY SAW THE WOOD AND THE BOX ITSELF.
WOULD YOU BE OKAY? WOULD THAT MATTER IF I GOT LITTLE PLAQUES THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, CITY HUBER HIDE IS PHILLIP.
PHIL, DO YOU ALSO MAYBE THIS WEEK OR IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, REACH OUT TO HOME DEPOT AND LET US SEE IF YOU CAN GET ANY DONATIONS TOO.
YEAH, I'LL ONLY REACH OUT TO AS MANY TWICE AS POSSIBLE.
AND JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU FIND OUT.
OKAY, SO, UH, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS STARTING MY LEFT DOWN HERE TO MY RIGHT CHRIS, I DO HAVE AN UPDATED SPLASH PLAN.
PAT AT TOM CLOUD PARK WILL BE ACTIVE, UM, NEXT WEEKEND, UH, FOR THE SEASON.
SO, UM, I KNOW MIKE HAS HAS WORKED ON SOME PLUMBING THINGS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THE HEALTH INSPECTION DONE NEXT THURSDAY CUZ EVEN A SPLASH PAD HAS TO BE INSPECTED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING IT SET UP TO RECEIVE REGULAR CHLORINE DELIVERY.
SO WE'LL BUY CHLORINE BY THE BULK AND THE SAME THING WITH ACID.
AND THE CITY DID MAKE AN INVESTMENT INTO A, UH, A CONTROLLER THAT ALLOWS FOR ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION IF THE SYSTEM DOES GO OFF.
SO IF WE HAVE, IF THE PH UM, THE FREE CHLORINE GETS A RIDE, IT WILL SEND A NOTIFICATION TO THE SELECTED INDIVIDUALS, WHICH WILL NOT ONLY BE MIKE BUT ALSO UM, MY FOLKS AT THE Y SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND, AND KEEP IT UP AND RUNNING.
IT'LL RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY AS WELL.
SO, UM, BUT IT WILL OPEN UP, UM, SOMETIME NEXT WEEKEND.
I GOT A QUESTION WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD, IT JUST DAWN ON ME.
UH, IS THAT BATHROOM OPEN? DO YOU WINTER ARRIVE HADN'T OPENED UP YET CUZ TWO SATURDAYS AGO IT WASN'T OPENED UP.
THEY SHOULD BE AS FAR AS I KNOW.
WELL IF IT WAS TWO SATURDAYS AGO, THEY STILL MAY BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF WELL IT WAS WARM AND I I IT WASN'T COLD.
IT WAS, I SAW THE WARM TRAIN AND I WAS LIKE, I WAS KIND OF HOP, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HIT MY SON I USE THE RESTAURANT.
I WAS LIKE, YEAH, IT SHOULD BE OPENED.
NOW THE LOOKS LIKE THE COALS DONE.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY, BUT IT WASN'T OPEN THEN, SO.
BUT THEY WILL BE, UM, YEAH CUZ I KNOW CUZ UP THERE IT JUST CUZ OF MY THINKING CUZ CLO OHIO HAS IT THREE FIELDS THAT'S UP FRONT AND THERE'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CLOSEST RUSH FOR THEM UP THERE CUZ I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUARTER POTTY, QUARTER JOHNS UP THAT WAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM PLAYING OUT THERE AND THEN MY SON ACTUALLY HAD A GAME THERE AND THEIR TEAMMATES AND THEY WERE LIKE, THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THEM TO USE THE RESTROOM AND THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GO CLEAR ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PART, YOU KNOW, JUST TO USE THE RESTROOM REAL QUICK.
THEY CAN'T RUN OFF TO THE SIDELINE AND GO THAT WAY.
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I WAS THINKING OF.
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ONE HERE AND IT'S FROM SARAH.UM, SO, UM, IF YOU ALL AREN'T AWARE, THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING, I'M SORRY, THE CITY, UH, WILL BE HOSTING, UM, CULTURE WEEK AGAIN ON JUNE, STARTING ON JUNE 10TH AND THEY WILL HAVE A MUSIC FESTIVAL ON THE 18TH AS WELL.
SO THE CULTURAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY CITIZEN COMMUNITY ACTION, THE CAC IS WHAT I ALWAYS SAY, COMMUNITY ACTION.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, UM, FOR BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS.
UM, UM, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND SARAH AND EMAIL OR YOU CAN SEND TO ME JUST WITH SARAH IF YOUR, YOUR SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE.
I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF ACTIVITIES FOR CULTURE WEEK WEEKEND.
UM, BUT UM, THE MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL BE, UM, UP HERE AT EIFFEL BERGER AND I THINK IT STARTS AT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY HAVE, I THINK THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS THREE, BUT THEY HAVE THREE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE OF THE MUSIC, THE MUSIC SERIES AT ALL OR ANY OF THE MUSIC EVENTS HERE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IT'S JUST, IT DOESN'T GET, CAN WE REACH OUT TO SARAH IF WE WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR YEAH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU GUYS.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? BUSINESS, OKAY.
HAS EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES OF LAST MONTH? OKAY.
IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? OKAY, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
ARE OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON, UH, JUNE 15TH AND IT IS SEVEN 30.
WE DID, WE, UH, VOTE TO EXCUSE THE ACCIDENT.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE, WHO IS ABSENT? WE HAVE SYDNEY'S ABSENT.
SHE, UM, WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
ALL CHRIS, I DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM HIM.
SO, UM, IS THERE, SO IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO EXCUSE, UH, THE ACCIDENT WITNESS FIRST? IS THERE A SECOND? HERE? A SECOND.
THEY'RE EXCUSED AND IT IS 7 29 AND THIS MEETING IS SUBJECTIVE.
I WAS LIKE, YOU NEVER DID THAT.