[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road April 15, 2021 6:30 P.M.]
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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED.
BRIAN DADDY HERE, ALEX BLACK CHRISTOPHER HALL HERE.
WHITE KIRSTEIN HERE WHEN PUTTING HER HERE, DENNIS SNYDER HERE, RON I FOR HERE.
SO, UM, SO THAT WAY YOU ALL ARE ALL AWARE.
CHRIS GOLDEN KNOB IS, UM, HAS RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD.
UM, SO WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER POSITION OPENING FAIRLY SOON.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WAITING ON ALEX THAT HE WILL BE HERE TODAY.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I HAVE NO OPENING COMMENTS TODAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ONTO CITIZEN COMMENTS, ANY CITY CITIZEN COMMENTS TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.
SO BLAKE IS HERE TODAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SWEARING IN A BLAKE PRISTINE, LIKE I HAVE YOU STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I WAS BEGINNING TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER ALL ORDINANCES ON THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND THEN ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY JUST STARTS THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
SO OFFICIALLY BLAKE CHRISTINE IS, IS ON THE BOARD.
HE HAS SIGNED THIS PAPERWORK NOW.
NOW I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO PARTS MANAGER UPDATE.
HOW IS EVERYBODY READY? ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS UNDER HERE, VINCE? UH, YES, PLEASE.
UH, WE'LL START WITH THE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES, EVERYBODY.
UH, THAT'S THEIR PRESENT SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
UM, THE CHRIS IS, I CAN GET YOU GUYS A DIGITAL COPY IT'S ON FACEBOOK AND THE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE CAN GET THOSE TO YOU AS WELL.
SO OUR SUMMER MUSIC SERIES IS ALL BOOKED OUT AND SCHEDULED FOR THE YEAR.
UH, WE'RE DOING 12 CONCERTS THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE DID NINE, UH, 10 SCHEDULED CANCELED ONE.
SO, UH, STEPPING IT UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
WE LEARNED LAST YEAR THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOONS WERE JUST NOT A GOOD, UH, FORMAT.
SO, UM, ALL OF THE BANDS THAT ARE THEY'RE ALL FROM THE LOCAL AREA, UM, GUYS CAN, UH, LOOK THEM UP IF YOU WANT TO GET A LESSON BEFOREHAND, SEVEN OF THE 12 OF THEM PERFORMED LAST YEAR AT THE LEVITT, UH, WHEN THEY DID THEIR ONLINE CONCERT SERIES.
UM, SO GOOD, UH, A GOOD QUALITY GROUP.
AND THEN ALSO YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MOVIE FLYER THERE IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF THE SEASON WITH A, UM, KARATE KID AS A DRIVE IN AT CLOUD PARK.
UH, WE'RE STILL COLLECTING, UM, NOT BEING, WE'RE STILL GETTING FOOD TRUCKS FOR THOSE EVENTS.
UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEM BOOKED UP, UH, STILL FINISHING OUT.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THOSE SCHEDULED, THEN WE'LL MAKE INDIVIDUAL FLYERS FOR EACH EVENT.
THAT'LL HAVE THE FOOD TRUCKS LISTED AS WELL, AND WE'LL DISPERSE THOSE TO THE BOARD SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET THOSE OUT AND ADVERTISE THEM.
UM, NEXT TOPIC IS THE GRANT FOR DIAL PARK UPDATE.
UM, THEY DID MAKE DECISIONS, UH, PROBABLY A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, WE GOT THE LETTER AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE A GRANT FUNDING FOR DIAL PARK.
UM, I DID EMAIL THEM BACK TODAY AND REQUEST THAT THEY KEEP OUR APPLICATION IN THE QUEUE, UM, AS IT WILL GO TOWARDS THE NEXT GRANT CYCLE, WHICH IS IN THE, UH, I BELIEVE IN THE FALL LATE SUMMER.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE JUST TURNED THAT APPLICATION BACK IN AND WE'LL, WE'LL TRY AGAIN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS NEXT ROUND, UH, ITEM FOUR ON THERE IS THE SKATE PARK AT MANITA FIELDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, PER COUNCIL REQUEST, I STARTED COLLECTING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE SKATE PARKS, SPOKE TO THE GENTLEMAN IN THE COMMUNITY
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WHO WAS A PROFESSIONAL SKATER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOME NEEDS AND SOME IDEAS WOULD BE FOR UP THERE, UH, STARTING TO COLLECT QUOTES FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND, UH, LAYOUTS AND SUCH.BUT, UH, AS WE'RE COLLECTING THAT, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET QUOTES FOR PARKING LOT, UH, FOR THE ROAD GOING IN AND FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PROPERTY THAT WILL NEED A REDONE AS WELL.
UM, SO AS WE START TO KIND OF DEVELOP ALL THAT, I'LL SHARE MORE WITH YOU THERE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, FARMER'S MARKET STARTS IN TWO WEEKS, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
UM, WE ENDED LAST SEASON WITH 20 VENDORS.
UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING THE SEASON WITH 35 VENDORS.
UM, ONLY EIGHT OF THOSE VENDORS ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR DAILY VENDORS.
THEY'RE ONLY THERE OCCASIONALLY.
SO THAT'S 27 VENDORS THAT ARE FULL TIME FULL SEASON.
SO, UH, WE'RE STARTING LARGER THAN WE ENDED LAST YEAR.
UH, WE WILL BE EXPANDING INTO THE GRASS, UH, BEHIND OR WELL BEHIND THE SEATING FOR THE AMPHITHEATER.
UM, SARAH AND I BEGAN WORKING ON LAYOUT OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO THAT AND STILL SPACE PEOPLE OUT RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GOING TO START THE MARKET SPLIT IN HALF.
UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THINGS ONE WAY TRAFFIC UNTIL, UH, RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT A WIDE VARIETY OF SOME GREAT VENDORS COMING.
UM, LOTS OF LOTS MORE FOOD IN THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE ARE ALSO, UM, OUR MARKET MANAGER, LAURIE HARTMAN IS ALSO GOING TO BE ORGANIZING IN MAINE AND MANAGING OUR SNAP PROGRAM FOR US.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT EBT BENEFITS AT THE MARKET.
PEOPLE CAN COME SWIPE THEIR CARD, WE WILL GIVE THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SWIPE IT FOR $20, WE'LL GIVE THEM 20 TOKENS.
THEY THEN GIVE THOSE TOKENS TO THE VENDOR.
THE VENDOR TURNS THE TOKENS BACK IN AND GETS REIMBURSED.
UM, SO THAT WAY IT OPENS THE MARKET UP FOR MORE PEOPLE, UM, WHO MAY NOT HAVE NECESSARILY ACCESS TO SOME OF THE FRESH PRODUCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IT JUST MAKES OUR MARKET MORE VIABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT AGAIN BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I KNOW VINCE IS GENERALLY THERE EVERY WEEK.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOME HELP AND SOME VOLUNTEERS, SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO, TO BE THERE, WE'RE THERE FROM 10 TO TWO EVERY SATURDAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE TYPE OF, UM, UH, VENDORS THAT WE CAN HAVE? WELL, NOT NECESSARILY VENDORS.
CAN ANYONE COME AND REGISTER FOR A BOOTH EVEN FOR LIKE CAMPAIGNS AND ALL OF THAT AS WELL? OR WE DECIDED, WAS THAT A NO-GO? UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.
I THINK THE DISCUSSION WAS HAD ABOUT THAT AND THE ANSWER WAS NO, THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY CAMPAIGNING AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
UM, YEAH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON BOOTH AND RENTAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THEM AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'VE MENTIONED, UH, VOLUNTEERISM.
UM, SO ANYONE I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, UM, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO IT.
IT'S UM, I HAD A GREAT TIME LAST YEAR.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE WEARING OUR MAST, UM, YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE REPEATING CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT TO ME WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I GOT OUT OF.
IT WAS SEEING PEOPLE COME BACK AND SEEING THAT HOW HAPPY PEOPLE WERE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A FARMER'S MARKET IN THE CITY THAT BIG, THAT FREQUENT.
UM, AND I MEAN, THERE WERE PEOPLE EVEN AT, TOWARDS THE END OF THE FARMER'S MARKET WHO SAYS, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS HERE.
SO IF YOU'RE WALKING AROUND, UM, IT MAKES SURE YOU TALK ABOUT IT, MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW, COME OUT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, MAY 1ST I'M DROPPING OFF FLYERS AROUND TOWN.
UM, AND SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT EVENT.
UM, GOOD FOOD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS IN THEIR FRESH VEGETABLES.
BUT, UM, UM, I THINK WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME LAST YEAR AND WE LEARNED A LOT LAST YEAR AS WELL.
UH, JOSH, UH, UH, IS, UH, SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS A LOT TO BE THERE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T GET REGISTRATIONS FOR OTHER LEAGUES.
WE HAD A HUBER HEIGHTS, BASKETBALL, CHRIS HALL, AND HIS GROUP WERE THERE LAST YEAR.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY VINCE, DO YOU REMEMBER IF ANY OTHER OF THE LOCAL SPORTS GROUPS CAME OR NOT? UM, SO I THINK THERE WERE, SO THAT WAS BASKETBALL, RIGHT?
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YEAH.I KNOW WE HAVE A WAVE SCOUTS THERE LAST YEAR, SO YEAH.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE WEEK THE FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE WAS THERE.
UM, BUT I THINK, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S OPEN IF THEY WANT TO COME BE THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE NORMAL, UH, DAILY VENDOR RATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LET US KNOW WHAT WEEKS AND WE'LL, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION TO FILL OUT, WE'LL GET YOU ON THE SCHEDULE, JOSH, WHAT'S THAT VENDOR ID, YOU KNOW, $10 A WEEK.
AND JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE, UM, ALL THE FARMER'S MARKETS ARE UP AT IRON BURGER, THEN YES.
THERE'LL BE THREE WEEKENDS THAT WE WILL NOT BE OPERATING.
UH, JUNE 12TH, JULY 3RD AND SEPTEMBER 11TH.
THERE ARE OTHER CITY FUNCTIONS HAPPENING THAT WEEKEND.
UM, UH, TWO OF THEM AT THAT FACILITY, ONE OF THEM IS OBVIOUSLY THE CITY'S 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES AND HAVING CITY STAFF KIND OF SPREAD ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR 4TH OF JULY.
IT'S JUST EASIER TO NOT HAVE MARKETS.
ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS MR. SHAW? THANK YOU.
HEY, JOSH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UM, DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT THE, UM, THE GRANT AND WHY IT WAS NOT, UH, WHY WE WERE NOT CHOSEN? UH, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANY, ANYTHING IN SPECIFICS AND I WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO, UM, DUJUAN HAMMOND AT AU DNR AND SEE IF THEY HAD ANY KIND OF REASONING.
UM, LET ME PULL THE LETTER UP REAL FAST AND I CAN JUST KIND OF READ IT TO YOU.
UM, BUT IT, IT, I KNOW THEY HAD 30 PLUS, UM, 30 PLUS APPLICATIONS TURNED IN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN ODI AND OURS, CLEAN OHIO TRAIL FUND GRANT PROGRAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ABOVE REFERENCE PROPOSAL WAS NOT SELECTED FOR FUNDING THROUGH THIS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.
WE RECEIVED 30 APPLICATIONS REQUESTING MORE THAN $11.4 MILLION IN FUNDING, ALL WERE THOROUGHLY EVALUATED FROM THIS VERY COMPETITIVE FIELD, 16 WERE SELECTED.
UM, BUT NO FURTHER EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN.
AND LIKE I SAID, I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK IF THEY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A SCORE SHEET OR A RANKING OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE PEOPLE WERE IN OR NOT.
AND SEE IF WE CAN GIVE MORE OF AN EXPLANATION BECAUSE IT MAY GIVE US INSIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, FOR NEXT ROUND, ADDITIONALLY, AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THAT IS A TIERED GRANT, UM, PROCESS, UH, THROUGH THE ENTIRE, UM, POT OF MONEY THAT'S, UH, UH, DEVELOPED BY ODI.
AND, OR AM I CORRECT THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT FUNDS THAT GRANT THAT'S THE CLEANUP IO TRAIL FUND AND THE RECREATIONAL TRAIL PROGRAM.
THEY KIND OF, YOU CAN APPLY FOR EITHER OR, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH OVERLAP THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE APPLYING FOR BOTH.
SO THIS, THIS WAS NOT THE ODN.
NO, NO NATURE WORKS IS IN JULY.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECT TO APPLY FOR NATURE WORKS FOR YOU.
AND THIS IS A WHOLE SEPARATE, UH, ONE THAT'S MAINLY JUST FOR BUILDING TRAILS, UH, REHABBING TRAILS.
AND A LOT OF IT KIND OF GOES WITH THE RAILS TO TRAILS AS WELL, WHERE YOU'RE THEY TAKE THE OLD, UH, RAILWAYS AND CONVERT THEM INTO TRAILS.
SO, YEAH, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM NATURE WORKS.
SO ONE, ONE FINAL FEEDBACK IF I MAY.
UM, AND IF THE BOARD WOULD, UH, WOULD REQUEST, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THIS, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT FEEDBACK IS, IT WOULD BE ALSO INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS WITHIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UM, WAS SUBMITTED.
UM, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE A PUBLIC RECORD, UM, WHERE I'M GETTING AT IS FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF APPLICATIONS.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO REACH OUT TO OUR, UH, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, PHIL PLUMBER AND OUR STATE SENATOR IN NEVADA AND TAWNY TO GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO BOOST OUR, UM, OUR VIABILITY OF, OF THAT GRANT APPLICATION IN THE NEXT GO AROUND.
YEAH, I'LL, UH, I'LL REACH OUT AND GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL GET IT OVER.
UM, AND, AND SEE, AND THEN TOO, I KNOW GENERALLY AFTER PROBABLY WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF GRANT SPEAK, DECIDED THEY GENERALLY PUT OUT WHAT COUNTY, ALL THE GRANTS AND STUFF WENT TO AND WHAT THE PROJECTS WERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WITH THIS ONE.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S ONCE YEAR, BUT SINCE WE APPLIED FOR THIS BACK IN 2019, SO IT KINDA, IT TOOK THIS LONG BECAUSE OF COVID AND EVERYTHING FOR THEM, FOR THEM TO DECIDE.
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I THINK THIS ONE IS A ONCE A YEAR, SO OUR NEXT GRANT CYCLE WOULD BE, UM, I THINK LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL, MY FIRST TIME BUYING YEAH.UM, SINCE I'VE, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND NOW I CAN'T SPEAK TO PRIOR TO 2019 IF WE YOU'VE EVER APPLIED FOR ANYTHING, BUT THIS DOESN'T GENERALLY COVER, UM, JUST REGULAR PLAYGROUND STUFF.
SO UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIED FOR IT IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE PAVED PATHS AT THE PARKS AND NO, WE HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR IT BEFORE.
WELL, THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT, WE HAD 30 GRANTS AND 15 WERE ACCEPTED.
AND WHEN I WORKED AT METRO PARKS, THAT, WHAT WAS THE WORD? THE WORDING IS THAT COMPETITION WAS TOUGH, BUT ALSO VERY, THERE WAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO GET IN THERE.
SO WE NEED TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE ALL THE TIME FOR THAT BRAND, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A WE'RE RUNNING.
I EVENTUALLY WENT IN, WENT OUT.
AND LOOKING AT THAT, THE CLEAN OHIO TRAIL FUND, THERE WERE 30 APPLICATIONS, THERE WERE 25 FOR THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM.
UM, AND OUT OF THOSE 25, IT SAYS THAT 11 WERE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING FOR 2.7 BILLION.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF, IF OUT OF THOSE TWO, IF ANY, THERE WAS ANY OVERLAP WITH THE TWO, IF ANY, WERE AWARDED BOTH.
UH, SO I'LL TRY TO FIND OUT THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THEN? JUST A FOLLOW-UP.
UM, ACTUALLY JUST, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, THE ODI AND OUR DID PUT OUT THE 2020 GRANT RECIPIENTS THAT I BELIEVE, UH, WERE REFERENCING.
UM, AND FROM MY INITIAL RESEARCH, THERE WAS NONE, UM, THAT WAS WITHIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
UH, THERE WAS ONE WITHIN GREEN COUNTY, UM, BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND THIS LIST OUT TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, TO, UH, TO JOSH, UH, FOR DISTRIBUTION AND GREAT.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
UH, CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE Y YEAH, UH, COST THINGS, UM, SHELTER RENTALS.
AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 156 PRESERVATION FOR THE SELLER.
UM, WE HAD 270 OVERALL LAST YEAR THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
UM, SO AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG, UM, I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE AND MORE SHELTERS RENTED, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT THE BUSINESS HAS DEFINITELY PICKED UP ON OREGON.
UM, SO THAT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD SIGN, UM, FOR USER GROUPS, UH, ON JUST A COUPLE NEW ONES.
UM, WE HAD JIF CITIES, SOCIAL, UM, WHICH WE GOT THEM ALL SQUARED AWAY DOWN AT CLOUD PARK.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE'VE GOT A SELECT TEAM OUT OF BETHEL, UM, THAT IS COMING DOWN TO PLAY AT CLOUD PARK ONE.
UM, JOSH UPON ME TO GET WITH YOU AND JUST TALK THROUGH THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES DOWN THERE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THERE IS A SELECT BASEBALL GROUP THAT IS EMPLOYMENT MONITA FIELDS.
UM, GOT THEIR APPLICATION LATE LAST WEEK THAT WILL GET IT PROCESSED AND KEEP THEM TAKEN CARE OF, UM, FOR THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER OF DATE.
UM, WE GOT NEW GUIDELINES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY, UH, FOR OUTDOOR POOLS.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE, UM, AND SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR OPERATIONS.
UM, HIRING LIFEGUARDS, WHO GATES STAFF WIDE MONITORS CONCESSION STAND.
UM, WE'RE GETTING ALL THAT DONE AS WELL RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, BYRON, UM, WE'VE GOT ONE BOOK, BODY OF WATER FILLED.
UM, THE BIG THING THAT WE HAD DONE OVER THE WINNERS, WE PULLED ALL THE PUMPS FROM THE POOLS AND THE SLIDES, UM, TO GET THEM OVERHAULED SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BREAKS DURING SUMMER LIMIT THAT, UM, THEY'RE STARTING TO RE-INSTALL THOSE.
UM, WE DID HAVE TO REPLACE A COUPLE OF PUMPS, UM, BUT, UH, THE WORKER WERE APPROVED TO GET WORKED ON, UM, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
SO THAT WAS THE BIG, UH, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE, UH, OUTDOOR COOL, UM, A COUPLE THINGS FROM ONE STANDPOINT.
UM, WE'VE GOT OVER 540 KIDS PLAYING
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SPRING SPORTS THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH IS THE MOST THAT WE'VE HAD AS FAR AS I MET.UM, SOCCER IS ABSOLUTELY OUT OF CONTROL, UH, WITH REGISTRATIONS VOLLEYBALL AND FLAGPOLE BALL WE'RE BEHIND.
SO, UM, MR. KING, I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR SATURDAY MORNING WHEN WE OPEN YOUR LITTLE FARMER'S MARKET, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 350 PEOPLE, UM, PLAYING SOCCER BEHIND MY BUILDINGS, SO BE PREPARED.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL, THEY'LL ADD SOME ADDED BENEFIT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, BUT, UM, WHY MEMBERSHIP IS GOING TO COME BACK? UM, WE'RE ENTERING OUR SECOND MONTH OF 24 HOUR OPERATION.
UM, SO SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE Y'S GETTING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE AT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS, CHRIS? YEAH.
UM, IS THE, THE POOL PASSES FOR THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER OR THERE WAS A SALE? IS THAT STILL GOING ON OR SO IT'S, TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OFF RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR ANYBODY THAT CAN COME UP TO THE Y AND GET REGISTERED, UM, THAT'LL GO TIL THE MIDDLE OF MAY.
UM, AND THEN I THINK WE GO TO 10% UNTIL WE OPEN.
UM, AND THEN IT'LL BE REGULAR PRICE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE BOARD MEMBERS ON MAY 22ND.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE AQUATIC CENTER, WHY WE'RE AN OPERATIONS, BUT WE ARE DOING A STUDY, A FEW WERE HEIGHTS EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY AT THE POOL FROM 12.
FOR SOME CITY EMPLOYEES CAN BRING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WITH THEM AND ENJOY FOUR HOURS AT THE POOL.
UM, IT'LL GIVE OUR LIFEGUARDS AND OUR STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE AND DO A LOT MORE TRAINING.
UM, BUT YOU GUYS ARE, YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME ON BOARD TO COME UP THAT DAY AND CHECK OUT WHAT WE DO.
UM, THE OTHER CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR, UM, BESIDES HOLIDAY WEEKENDS.
SO MEMORIAL DAY, 4TH OF JULY AND LABOR DAY, UM, ALL SUNDAYS WILL BE CITY RESIDENTS AND POOL PASS HOLDERS ONLY FROM OPEN TO CLOSE.
SO REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THE POOL AVAILABLE FOR, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF HUBER HEIGHTS TO COME IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS WAST WILL BE RESIDENTS AND PASS HOLDERS ONLY.
AND THEN EVERY APP, UH, FROM 12TH, ONE ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, AND SATURDAYS ARE ALWAYS, UH, RESIDENTS THAT PASS HOLDERS GET IN FIRST.
SO, UM, THE SUNDAY I THINK WILL BE A NAZI NUTRITION, REALLY HOPING TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.
UM, WE'LL MAKE AN IMPACT ON HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM THE CITY ACTUALLY GET TO COME IN AND ENJOY A NICE STATE POOL.
CHRIS, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE SHOULDER RENTALS, UM, ARE THE BULK OF THOSE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, OR THEY'RE VERY MANDY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK? UM, NO, OUR BIGGEST DAYS ARE SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
UM, WE DO GET LIKE FAMILY REUNIONS.
LIKE WE HAD A LADY THAT RESERVE FOR THREE DAYS.
SHE DID A FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY FOR A FAMILY REUNION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY FAMILY WANTS TO SEE EACH OTHER THAT LONG, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, THEY MAY NOT BE FAMILY BY SUNDAY.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UM, MOST OF OUR SHELTER RENTALS ARE SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE THIS KIND OF, UM, HEARTBREAKING.
UM, I HAD A LADY CALLING TO THE WALL I WHOSE 35 YEAR OLD SON PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY AND THEY'RE HOLDING HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE MORROW AT ONE OF THE SHELTERS AT CLOUD PARK.
UM, THE LADY WAS CRYING ON THE PHONE.
I WAS CRYING, BUT, UM, IT WAS ALL OVER.
SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, WE HAD ANOTHER LADY TODAY THAT ACTUALLY CAME INTO THE, SHE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER COVID JUST THE OTHER DAY.
AND, UM, THEY ARE HAVING A MEMORIAL SERVICE, UM, FROM NINE TO 11 SATURDAY.
AND NORMALLY WHEN YOU RESERVE A SHELTER, UM, YOU GET IT FROM THE WHOLE DAY FOR EIGHT, 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM.
UM, SO WE CALLED THE LADY THAT ACTUALLY HAD THE SHELTER RENT IT AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON COMING UP TO SET UP? AND SHE SAID, NOT TILL NOON.
AND WE TOLD HER WHY WE WERE ASKING HER THAT.
AND IT SAID, ABSOLUTELY PLEASED, ALLOW THEM TO COME UP AND USE IT FROM NINE TO 11.
SO A COUPLE OF HEARTBREAKING STORIES THAT, UH, YEAH, MOST OF OUR PENCILS WERE AREAS.
AND THEN HOW MANY OVERALL SHELTERS ARE THERE STRUCTURES YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET TO WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS COMING FROM A HOTEL BACKGROUND, WE WERE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR OCCUPANCY.
WHAT DID WE, WHAT WAS FOR THE YEAR? WHAT WAS OUR PERCENTAGE INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TIMES, NUMBER OF SHELTERS, TIMES NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS? WAS THAT AN 80%? WAS IT AT 90%? YEAH.
SO, UM, SHELL GATE, COTTONWOOD,
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GARY SHERMAN, UM, THEY ALL HAVE ONE, ONE SHELTER, UM, AND, UH, UM, CLOUD PARK HAS STICK JOSH TO GET HIM A LOGON.I CAN'T, THERE'S, THERE'S 10 TOTAL 10 TOTAL.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK DON'T TAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THE GAZEBO AT COMMUNITY PARK.
SO, UM, BUT ARC IS OUR LARGEST, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LARGEST ATTENDANCE.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS SPLASH PAD IN THE PLAYGROUND, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PARK.
UM, THOSE ARE NORMALLY FILL UP FIRST.
I MEAN, CLUB PARK IS RESERVED THE MOST.
WELL, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH CHRIS? OKAY.
WELL, CHRIS, I DO HAVE ONE THAT MAY NEED TO FIELD RESERVATION, WHICH BASEBALL TEAM WAS THAT, UH, IT'S A NEW SELECT TEAM.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THE APPLICATION.
I DON'T HAVE IT HERE AT THE HOUSE WITH ME.
AND THAT'S, THIS IS, I GUESS, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SYSTEM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT FIELD HAS BEEN ACTIVE, WILL BE ACTIVELY USED.
UM, I THINK, UH, WHEN, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS LITTLE LEAGUE WAS RUNNING, UM, THEY WOULD RESERVE THEM FOR PRACTICE, BUT THEY MOST, I THINK ALL OF THEIR GAMES DOWN AT CLOUD.
WE DID HAVE THE, UM, THEY WERE IN THE SOMETHING HURRICANES OR SOUTH THAT THEY USED TO USE THAT ANITA.
IT WAS, I CAN'T SOMETHING HURRICANES OR RIDE JOSH, BUT, UM, YEAH, MONITA'S NOT A HIGHLY REQUESTED BASEBALL DIAMOND AREA, BUT IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL FIELDS IF THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
THE STARS SPENDING ON THE HIGHEST PARADE.
SO I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, I DID SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR, UH, FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, SO THAT IS DONE.
UM, SO PART OF OUR LAST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PARADE, WE WERE GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME IDEAS.
UM, I THINK THE LAST IDEA THAT WAS ON A TABLE CAME FROM BLEND, UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS PART THEMES.
SO I'M THINKING, UH, REFRESH MY MEMORY, UM, PROBABLY DRIVING A TRUCK ON THE TRAILER.
UM, MAYBE A COUPLE OF TREES ON THE BACK THERE, OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE ON THE TRAILER.
UM, AND THEN SOME KIDS OR SOMEONE WALKING AROUND WITH SOME SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT EVENT, WE WOULD TAKE THE TREES AND IMPLANT THEM.
IT WAS THAT THE, JUST ONE OF THE PARTS I'M GUESSING THAT'S A, THAT'S A BRIEF SUMMARY, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR IDEAS FOR NOT CLOSING THE IDEAS RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT, UM, THEN WE CAN START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW CAR, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE IT, JERRY, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TRUCK, WHERE TO GET THE TRAILER AND THE TREES AND THEN JOHN, AND NOW I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE IS JULY THE PERFECT TIME OR A GOOD TIME TO PLANT A TREE? NO.
UM, SO YOU CAN HOLD ON UNTIL ALL FALL.
AND, UH, AND I THINK I PICTURED MINE.
YOU WALK ALONG THE TRAILERS, UH, YOU CAN'T HAND OUT.
UM, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN NOT ROLL CANDY.
WE CAN PUT IT AT THE STREET LEVEL OR THEIR HAND.
WELL, PROBABLY NOT IN THEIR HANDS, BUT WE CAN TOSS IT, BUT WE CAN'T THROW IT AT BOATS.
I DON'T LIKE THAT PICTURE ALL ARE THERE.
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OKAY.SO I WILL SAY THAT THOSE BE USER GROUPS ARE USUALLY, UM, ALWAYS AT THE EVENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WAS THAT THE PARADE? SO PERHAPS, UM, IF WE COULD TALK TO A COUPLE OF THEM AS FRIENDS, WE ALL PARTNERED, THEY STILL HAVE THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEY STILL HAD THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR FLOATS AND ALL OF THAT.
AND WE'RE ALL A PART OF IT, YOU KNOW? CAUSE THEY ALL DO IT.
SO PERHAPS WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT.
UM, BRIAN, YOUR THOUGHTS, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I GOT IS LIKE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE BEHIND HE RIDES SOCCER AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE, WE GOT THE PAPERWORK ALREADY AND IT'S BEING FILLED OUT TONIGHT.
SO, UM, I DON'T RECALL IF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE HAVE A FLOAT, BUT I D I AM AWARE THAT THEY ACTUALLY PUT ON THIS EVENT.
UM, SO JOSH, DO YOU RECALL IF THEY HAD A FLOAT LAST YEAR OR A TRUCK? UH, 2019, UH, THEY WALKED IN THE PARADE AND WE HAD KINDA, I DROVE MY TRUCK AND WALKED AND THEY WALKED ALONG AND THEY, WE PASSED OUT INFORMATION ABOUT SUMMER ACTIVITIES, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PARKS DEPARTMENT AND A AND B TOGETHER, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LASH.
WELL, I THINK THAT BACK, I THINK THEY DID RIDE IN CINDY DAVIDSON'S TRUCK LAST YEAR.
I THINK THEY DID HAVE, UM, SOME PEOPLE LAST YEAR.
UH, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST, UM, WE, IF THEY WERE ALREADY HAVING A FLOW, WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM.
AND THEN ANOTHER IDEA INSTEAD OF CANDY TO PASS OUT, UH, SOMETHING LIKE, UH, FLOWER SEEDS, LIKE LITTLE PACKETS OF SEEDS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE COST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CANDY AND FLOWERS ARE NOT WELL OCCAMY IS USUALLY, UM, WE USUALLY COVER THAT OUT OF OUR POCKETS, FLOWERS, SEEDS, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD BE BEST AND WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GET DONE.
SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE THEY HAD, UH, SEEDS ON A SICK.
SO MY NIECE AND I THINK IT WAS LOWE'S, LOWE'S ALSO, UM, IS A GOOD CONTACT BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT THEY NEED TO FOR THEIR STAFF AND THEY NEED TO GET DISPERSED.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN PARKS AND REC AND ARTS COMMUNICATION, CCAC, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
SO NO OTHER IDEAS ON THE TABLE.
THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH.
SO THE NEXT QUESTION'S GOING TO BE, I THINK EVERYONE'S USED TODAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT? WE CAN SPLIT IT INTO MULTIPLE SECTIONS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY PULL DEPENDING ON HOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE GET A LIGHT ENOUGH TRAILER, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MIGHT WORK COOL.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING VERY FAST, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP FAST.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON UP HILL.
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I HAVE A SILVERADO AND I'M GOING TO BE THERE, BUT I'M GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE BASKETBALL LEAGUE.SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MIC MIXES ANYTHING.
SO WE'LL WORK ON THE VEHICLES, INVENTORY ALERT.
UM, AND YOU ALL HAVE TO SEE TO THE NURSERY.
SO CAN WE TAKE CARE OF THE TREE AS WELL WITH THAT IN HERE? OKAY.
AND WE WILL MEET, USUALLY WE MEET DOWN AT, UM, OPERA CHAMBERS RIGHT ACROSS FROM ST.
PETER'S AND I'M POINTING AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, SO, OKAY.
SO, UM, SO WE'LL, THAT'S GOOD.
I WILL TRY AND REACH OUT TO THE USER GROUPS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH US ON THIS AS WELL.
AND THESE ALLOW US TO BE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE CAN SIT ANYWHERE WE WANT, BUT, UM, JUST PARTNER WITH THEM, JUST LET THEM KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
ARE YOU ALL GOOD PARTNERING TOGETHER TO HELP PROMOTE THE PARTS OF THIS IN THIS, IN THIS WAY? SO, BECAUSE EACH USER GROUP YOU UTILIZE IS ONE OF THE PARTS.
SO, AND CHRIS, IF THE Y WANTS TO JOIN US, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ELSE, EXCEPT FOR ME, IT'S COOL.
WHEN YOU GET IN, WHEN YOU GET INTO THE POOL ON MAY 22ND, I'LL LET THE SHARKS OUT.
AND, UM, CHRIS, FOR THAT, SPEAKING OF THE, UM, SOME POINT BACK, LET'S SPEAK OUT OF THE CROW OF THAT DAY, MAY 22ND.
WELL, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR BOARD TO NEED ANYTHING TO GET IN, OR WILL THEY HAVE A LIST THERE? UM, I CAN GET THE LIST FROM TONY.
AND THIS WILL BE EXTENDED TO ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS OR JUST, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT THAT FAR.
ME AND SARAH IN OUR CONVERSATION.
I'M JUST INVITING YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PARKING RECORD.
JUST DOUBLE CHECKING HERE, MAYBE.
AND I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY INVITE THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY FUN WITHOUT A MAYBE.
UH, SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE, ADOPT A PARK, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO BLAKE.
SO MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY IS COMING UP ON APRIL 22ND, FIRST DAY, UH, TO CELEBRATE THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING A PARK CLEANUP ON APRIL 24TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY FROM NINE TO NOON.
AND, UH, THERE'S THREE MAJOR LOCATIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT CLEANING UP.
THE FIRST IS THE HEBREW COMMUNITY CENTER.
SECOND IS CLOUD PARK AND THE THIRD IS COMMUNITY PARK.
UM, AND THEN IT'S MADE A SIGN UP SHEET AND IT'S, UH, LIKE, LIKE, UH, AN ONLINE SIGN UP FORM, UM, AND A FACEBOOK, UH, ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITY.
UM, FACEBOOK EVENT, WE'LL SAY, UH, SO PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP THROUGH THAT.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN, UH, SHARED THROUGH THE PARKS AND REC FACEBOOK PAGE.
UH, THE PLAN IS TO, FOR EVERYONE TO MEET AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON POWELL ROAD AT NINE.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL DISPERSE FROM THERE.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND, THE BOARD IS GOING TO PROVIDE, UH, MATERIALS FOR THAT.
SO, UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND REGISTERED WITH THE CAMRY COUNTY AND WE ARE GETTING A TRAILER.
THE TRAILER WILL BE PARKED AND WE'LL STAY AT, UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AWFUL PAL AND WHAT, UH, THE MATERIALS WOULD BE PROVIDED.
SO THAT TRAILER WILL HAVE LAWNMOWER, UM, LEAD FLOOR RAKES, PROBABLY SPARE SHOVELS, GLOVES, TRASH BAGS, UM, GRABBERS THE WORK SPAMMY, AND IT'S THE SMALL TRAILER AND NOT THE HUGE LINE.
UH, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SHARE THE INFORMATION OR OUR GOAL IS ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE BETWEEN THOSE THREE LOCATIONS, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH,
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I DON'T KNOW, ADVANCE PRINTED THIS PAPER, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, WHO SIGNED UP SO FAR ABOUT 15 PEOPLE.UM, BUT WE STILL GOT 10 DAYS ROUGHLY.
UM, SO DEFINITELY SHARE THE WORD.
SO, UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, TO ENGAGE CITY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THERE AS WELL.
SO WE THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH SPECIFICALLY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE DIRECT MEMBERS JUST YET.
AND JOHN, I MET WITH DOUG TODAY, UH, DOUG WAMPLER, THE PASTOR OVER THERE, AND IT ACTUALLY KIND OF FELL ON THEIR, UH, CITY SERVE WEEKEND, UH, FOR THEIR CHURCH.
SO HE REACHED OUT AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, WELL, WE'RE HAVING THIS EVENT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO JUST JUMP IN WITH US.
AND, UH, I THINK WITH THE LARGE GROUP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING, THEY'LL STAY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, CLEAN OUT THE OLD, UH, GARDEN BEDS.
THERE'S TRASH ALONG, YOU KNOW, THE, FROM THE APARTMENT SIDE, ALL ALONG THE DITCH THERE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE AND, AND SEND THEM TO CLOUD AND COMMUNITY.
AND HONESTLY, TOO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET TO THOSE PARKS AND PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE ON TO OTHER PLACES, OTHER PARKS AS WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NO, YOU CAN'T GO THERE AND PICK UP TRASH, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE THE AREAS WE WERE KIND OF FOCUSING ON.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I DON'T SEE ONE ONLINE, RIGHT.
CRYSTAL HAS A SESSION UP, HEY, THIS REAL QUICK.
SPEAKING OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, ARE WE GOING TO GET NUTS UP IN THE BASKETBALL HOOPS THERE? YEAH.
I ORDERED SOME, UH, I'VE GOT TO REPLACE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM AND ALL THE PARKS.
SO ONCE, ONCE I PICK THEM UP, I'M GOING TO GO AROUND AND GET THEM ALL REPLACED.
CAUSE I'M RECOMMENDING IT TO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR THEIR KIDS.
I'M LIKE, THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURT GO OUT THERE AND PLAY GAMES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, VINCE, IF I MAY REAL FAST WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, CHRIS, CHRIS, HIS FAMILY WAS ACTUALLY OUR FIRST RENTAL UP THERE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE HAD, UM, THREE OTHER, I BELIEVE, THREE OTHER CONFIRMED RENTALS THAT HAVE RENTED IT OUT FOR VARIOUS EVENTS.
WE GOT A BRIDAL SHOWER, A BABY SHOWER.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS A BIRTHDAY PARTY COMING UP AS WELL.
UM, SO THE WORD IS GETTING OUT ABOUT THAT FACILITY.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THINGS PICK UP AND PEOPLE SEE IT AS A, UH, YOU KNOW, AN AFFORDABLE OPTION TO RENT OUT FOR, UH, EVENTS WHEN THEY NEED AN INDOOR SPACE.
I THINK, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER TIME, I KNOW MY SON IS A DECEMBER BIRTHDAY, SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GOING OUTSIDE WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S THERE.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD.
IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS OR WANTS TO SEE THE FACILITY BEFORE THEY MAKE A DECISION, UM, PLEASE HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO ME.
I'LL MEET THEM UP THERE, LET THEM TOUR AROUND AND THEN THEY CAN DECIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO, THAT FACILITY IS GREAT INSIDE LOOKS GREAT.
IT'S A HUGE APPLIED ON MY END.
WHAT WAS IT LAST WEEK? UM, AND, UH, IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE, NO, SEE BACK THERE, WHAT WAS BACK THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT POT OF LAND AND, UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT.
UM, AND THEN FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO RENT IT AND YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND, AND RENT ONLINE ON THE CITY'S PAGE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ADOPTED PARK SLASH PARK CLEANUP.
SO, UM, 20, 21 PRIORITY LIST DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, PER OUR LAST ONE OF, ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS, EVERYONE WAS GOING TO GO OUT AND START LOOKING AT, UM, AT A MARK OR TWO.
UM, DID EVERYONE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE PARTS AT THEIR PARK? NO, NOT YET.
UH, YEAH, MY FAMILY DIDN'T GO TO THE GARY SHERMAN.
I SAID, MY FAMILY, WE DID GO TO GARY SHERMAN.
UH, WE JUST LOOKED AROUND, I THERE'S SOME GRAFFITI STUFF THAT IS NORMAL.
AND WHAT ABOUT NEW AMENITIES? I MEAN, THERE WERE MANY OF
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THESE, SHE WOULD RECOMMEND THREES THING.WELL, I MEAN, I I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IT IS LIKE A HIDDEN GEM, BUT THERE'S MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT DO YOU NOTICE? A NO, NO OF IT.
AND THERE HAS BEEN TIMES THAT I SEEN THE SHELTER BEING FILLED, YOU KNOW, A LOT.
THEY DIDN'T RENT IT, BUT THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE PEOPLE ARE USING IT.
I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T MIND HAVE LIKE A, LIKE, JUST PAST IT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME SIDE JUST PASSED IT, ANOTHER SHELTER.
AND I GUESS THERE'S BEEN, UH, WANTING SWINGS OUT THERE.
CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T, I STILL DON'T RECALL SWINGS, BUT PEOPLE WANTING TO LEAVE HE'S OUT THERE, WHICH PART? GARY SHERMAN.
RIGHT BEHIND THE POLICE STATION.
I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE PARK IN MY HEAD, SEE WHERE THERE WERE SWINGS THERE.
WELL I THINK THE PICKLEBALL COURTS GET USED.
I THINK THEY'RE GETTING, THEY KNOW THE PORTAL IS MONEY INTO IT.
THEY NEED TO EITHER FIX IT UP AND GET IT RIGHT.
OR ONE OR THE OTHER JUST SITTING THERE IT'S CRACKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST DETERIORATING.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO FIX IT UP AND DO IT, DO IT, IF NOT, I MEAN THE WAY THE OLD, NAH.
I'LL GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? HEY, CHRIS, I HAVE A QUESTION ON MAY 22ND.
UM, JUST, UH, WE JUST STARTED ADVERTISING THAT I BELIEVE FRIDAY, UH, THE USTA, THE GROUP THAT WE GOT THE GRANT FOR THE TENNIS COURTS THROUGH AND WHO HELPED US, UH, HOLD THE TENNIS CAMP LAST YEAR, WE'RE DOING A ONE DAY IT'S ONE AND A HALF HOUR LONG FAMILY TENNIS.
UM, IT'S CALLED TRY TENNIS OR PLAY TENNIS MIDWEST WHERE YOU JUST COME OUT WITH YOUR FAMILY, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT STATIONS SET UP, KIND OF MOVE AROUND, TRY OUT THE, UH, VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TENNIS.
AND, AND IT'S AGAIN, IT'S A FAMILY FOCUSED EVENT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO JUST HAVE PEOPLE SIGN UP AS A FAMILY.
SO ON THAT FORM, THERE'S A SIGN UP FOR KIDS AND A SIGN UP FOR PARENTS.
UM, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT VINCE HAS A COPY OF THAT.
UM, YESTERDAY WHEN I GOT IN THE OFFICE AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT VINCE HAS THAT WE CAN GET IT ON THE PAGE AND I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SHOULD BE ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, ALREADY BASKETBALL, UH, CAMP OR WHATEVER YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE UP THERE.
UM, CHRIS HALL AND I HAVE, HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT YET, BUT, UM, I WILL, I WILL GET WITH HIM AND, UH, TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET PLANNED FOR THAT.
I DID HAVE ANOTHER GROUP, UH, REACH OUT THERE CALLED SKYHAWKS, UH, SKYHAWK SPORTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S A, UH, IT'S A GROUP THEY'RE OUT OF CINCINNATI.
I THINK THEY HOLD CAMPS IN BEAVER CREEK, IN OAKWOOD, IN SPRING BUREAU.
UH, HE REACHED OUT TO ME YESTERDAY.
ONE OF THEIR PEOPLE DID ABOUT, UH, HOLDING SOME CAMPS AT CLOUD PARK.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THEY WOULD COME IN AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GIVE THEM FIELD SPACE, THEY WOULD RUN THE CAMP AND THEN WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT UPON, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE GET PAID FOR THEIR SPACE, FOR THE SPACE THEY USE.
UH, HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SENDING ME OVER SOME MODELS.
UH, THEY DO MULTI-SPORT SINGLE SPORT HALF DAY, FULL DAY.
THEY'VE GOT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS AS WELL.
UM, SO I'M WAITING TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM HIM.
LIKE I SAID, WE SPOKE YESTERDAY FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
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UM, HE WAS KIND OF WANTING TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER THINGS AND THEN I GOT TO GET SOME INFORMATION FOR HIM AS WELL.ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS HERE.
SO YOU ALL HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I JUST GOT IT TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ IT, BUT IT IS IN YOUR EMAIL, UM, AS OF THE START OF THIS MEETING.
SO LET ME PULL THAT UP REAL FAST.
I'M GOING TO, UM, YEAH, LET ME PULL THAT UP REAL FAST HERE.
SO PER OUR LAST DISCUSSION, UM, MR. SHAW HAD BROUGHT UP THE IDEA AND THE SUGGESTION THAT WE LOOK INTO, UM, RENAMING PALM CREEK PARK.
UM, AND THIS IS IN HONOR OF JIMMY PHILLIPS.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE ASKED HIM TO PROVIDE US WITH A BRIEF SUMMARY AND, UH, A BRIEF SUMMARY.
SO, UM, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO STILL MAKE SOME CHANGES INTO ALTERATIONS PROBABLY AS A GROUP.
I WANT TO READ YOU READ TO YOU ON WHAT WAS PROVIDED, SO THAT WAY YOU'RE AWARE.
SO DENNIS DENNY, EDWARD PHILLIPS JR.
AGE 30 LINE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2020.
HE WAS BORN JUNE 1ST, 1981 IN DAYTON, OHIO.
DANNY WAS A 2000 GRADUATE OF WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL IN EARLY 2015.
DENISE STARTED MANY COMMUNITY PARK CLEANUPS AT FALL CREEK PARK, ALONG WITH THE PARK PROPERTY AT DOLL IN LONGFORD.
UH, HE WAS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HE WAS A YOUTH BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL COACH AND TO VOTE A MEMBER OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, THE SUGGESTION WAS TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY RENAMING BALL'S CREEK PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED OFF OF DOW.
AND SO I WANT, SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANTED TO START TO HAVE A DISCUSSION TODAY AND DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL AND YOUR THOUGHTS, WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO VOTE TO PASS THIS FORWARD.
THERE'S STILL BUMPING SOME OTHER STEPS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO AS A BOARD WORKING WITH THE CITY, BUT I WANTED TO REALLY START THAT DISCUSSION TODAY.
UH, YEAH, I KNOW, UH, I KNEW DENNY, UH, PERSONALLY REALLY CLOSE TO ME.
UH, HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT HOURS, UH, CLEANING THAT PARK.
I, IF I CAN PULL UP PICTURES OF THE PILES AND PILES OF TRASH PULLING OUT LIKE COUCHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT OUT OF THAT AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, HE, HE GREW UP IN THAT AREA, SO IT WAS A PLACE THAT HE USED TO PLAY AT AND, YOU KNOW, AND HE WAS TAKING HIS, UH, STEPDAUGHTERS OUT THERE AND HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP.
SO, UH, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN AND WHAT A PERSONAL, UH, WITH THIS RENAMING.
SO I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF IT.
UM, AND, AND KNOW, AND, UM, UH, I THINK IT SOUNDS GREAT.
AND, UM, I, I DEFINITELY, UH, SECOND GLEN'S IDEA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT SOMETHING PERMANENT IN THE PARK.
UH, W WAS THERE A SUGGESTION FOR LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE PARK WOULD BE? SO NOT ON THIS SUBMISSION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE WORKING, WORKING THROUGH.
UM, PART ONE SUGGESTION WAS TO LEAVE.
WHAT PART OF THE NAME STILL FALLS
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CREEK PARK, BUT THEN ALSO ADD IN, UM, JAMIE PHILLIPS, HIS NAME INTO THAT.SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING LIKE JIMMY PHILLIPS FALLS, CREEK PARK PARK, MEMORIAL PARK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK WE CAN STILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP MOLD THAT BEFORE WE PROVIDE THE ON SUBMISSION TO COUNCIL.
BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, SO THERE WAS JUST A SUGGESTION AND WHAT WE ASKED, UM, THE, UH, SUBMISSION, THE SUBMITTER TO DO WAS TO PROVIDE US WITH A PARAGRAPH THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
UM, VINCE, CAN I INTERJECT REAL QUICK? YES, I WAS UP THERE TODAY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MR. SHAW, IS HE STILL THERE? YES.
ALL RIGHT, MR. SHAW, I, UH, I NOTICED THAT LARGE ROCK ON DIAL KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.
UM, THAT IN MY OPINION WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE IF WE COULD TO GET A PLACARD MOUNTED TO THAT ROCK, UM, YOU KNOW, GET A SIGN OUT THAT SAYS WHAT THE NAME OF THE PARK IS CAUSE TO MOST PEOPLE, IT'S JUST A SPACE BETWEEN THE HOUSES.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET A SIGN OUT THERE, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, PUT A PLACARD ON THAT ROCK, MAYBE THAT KIND OF SAYS, YOU KNOW, HIS NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND MAYBE JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY HE WAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHY THAT AREA WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY GET WORKED OUT MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY IS THERE ACCESS TO THIS PART, UM, ON THE BOTTOM HALF AT ARROW VIEW, UM, THERE IS ALSO THE, THE UPPER HALF THEY'RE ON AN ACTUAL DIAL.
UM, SO I, I BELIEVE, UM, UH, GLEN HAD BROUGHT IT UP AT THE FIRST INITIAL SUBMISSION OF A, SOME SORT OF A BRONZE PLACARD OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, UH, NOT ONLY, UM, SIGNS AND PLACARDS AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM, UM, DEPENDING ON WHERE PEOPLE MAY ENTER INTO IT.
UM, I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THIS VISUAL, BUT HE'S DEDICATED KEEP THE, KEEP THE FULL GREEN BAR IN ME, SOMETHING DEDICATED TO DAVID DENNY, UH, WITH HIS NAME ATTACHED TO IT, AND THEN A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
AND BRIAN, I GUESS THE ONLY THING, IF YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE YOU DO FOR THE GAIN OR WHATEVER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT DESIGNATION AT THAT PARK, DO YOU HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF PLAQUE AT ALL THE PARKS AND THAT'S KNOW HOW IT GOT ITS NAME OR WHAT, I JUST, JUST THROWING THAT OUT THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, FOCUSING ON ONE, ONE AREA, BUT OF COURSE THERE'S OTHER PARKS AS WELL.
SO JUST, JUST THROWING THAT OUT, I DON'T KNOW, JUST TO BE CONSISTENT.
SO, UM, WHAT I WILL SAY IS I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT RIGHT.
UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY, UM, TRYING TO REMEMBER SHERMAN PARK HAS ONE SIMILAR.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE ENGRAVED IN CONCRETE, RIGHT? THE BRIGGS BRING THE TWO BENCHES, BUT IT'S BACK BACK HERE.
THE BICENTENNIAL HAS ONE THINK.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PARK THAT ALSO HAS A BRONZE ONE AS WELL.
SO YES, I THINK IT'S THE BICENTENNIAL THAT HAD, THAT HAD SOMETHING, BUT ALL HAPPENED TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT YEAH, THERE WILL BE A, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG FAN OF STANDARDIZATION, SO MAKING SURE NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO LOOK ALIKE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE PLAQUES AND, UM, BENCHES AND ALL THAT HAVE SOME SIMILAR, SIMILAR, THAT'S IT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY THAT'S, THAT'S MY PERSONAL, LIKE STANDARDIZATION IN THAT IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO SEE 30 DIFFERENT BENCHES AND 30 DIFFERENT FLAGS.
UM, BUT, UM, I THINK, UH, BRONZE, IT'S A GREAT OPTION.
SO, UM, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK OUT THOSE DETAILS AS WELL.
AND CHRIS HALL, SINCE I'VE FORGOTTEN, YOU WERE, I THINK CHRIS IS STILL BETTER.
I'D PROBABLY GET THE MUTE BUTTON OFF.
SO ANY COMMENTS ON THAT TOPIC? OKAY,
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AWESOME.SO, UH, YES, MA'AM, MY NAME IS KATIE BAKER AND I'M ON CITY COUNCIL, BUT I CAME TO MY, BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, I LOOKED AT JOSH'S MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARKS FROM 2018.
AND IF WE CAN MAKE A WISHLIST OF MAYBE TREES OR BENCHES OF OTHER THINGS TO MEMORIALIZE OTHER PEOPLE, CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD A LOT OF LOSSES LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO COMMEMORATE HOW THEY'RE THERE.
MAYBE THEY'RE WHEN THEIR SPOUSE WALKED IN THAT PARK AND THEY WANT A BENCH OR TREES, BUT IF THEY COULD HAVE LIKE A SHOPPING LIST OF BENCHES AS MUCH A TREE AS, AS MUCH TO PICK FROM I HAVE, I WENT INTO CLOUD AND WALK THROUGH THAT WARRIOR REGARD, TRUE TRUST LAND.
I HAVE FOUND PUTTING OUT DOZENS OF BLACKS THROUGH ARE FOR ALL THESE P AND SOMETIME WE CAN GET LOFT BY SENIOR ROLLING THAT YOU HAVE.
SO WHEN WE START GETTING OUT A LOT ON CLOUD, OUR
BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GARDEN, SOMEBODY WANTS TO DONATE A SWING SET, A BIG SPENDER, WANTS TO PUT A WALKING PATH IN THE SHELTER, LIKE YEP.
ARM AND THEN LOSE IT IN THE US.
UM, JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT, THAT AREA AT CLOUD, ALL OF THOSE MEMORIALS WERE PUT IN PRE THE CITY TAKING OVER THE PARK AT CLOUD.
THE COUNTY HAD A VINCE AND I HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE I HAVE COLLECTED, UM, THOSE AGREEMENTS FROM A COUPLE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO FIND A STANDARDIZED ONE FOR US.
UM, WE DO HAVE AT THE DOG PARK, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO DONATED A, A SHADE STRUCTURE AND A BENCH, A HANDICAP, UH, PICNIC TABLE, UH, IN HIS MOTHER'S NAME, UH, AT THE DOG PARK.
AND, UH, SO THAT PROGRAM WAS BEING WORKED ON.
BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM YOU RUN INTO LIKE, LIKE GLEN WAS SAYING, IS THESE FAMILIES FLIP THE TREES IN, AND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS THEY COME, THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT AREA AROUND IT.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVE AWAY OR, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T COME TAKE CARE OF IT ANYMORE.
THEY STILL COME AND VISIT, YOU KNOW, SO I KNOW THAT, UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT USED TO OWN THE, UH, BRITISH STORE IN TOWN, UH, HE'S GOT A MEMORIAL TREE OVER THERE FOR HIS WIFE.
AND HE RECENTLY REACHED OUT ON FACEBOOK ACTUALLY SAYING, HEY, I AM LOOKING FOR A FAMILY WHO WOULD WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS IN HONOR OF MY WIFE FOR ME, BECAUSE I CAN'T ANYMORE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A FAMILY OVER THERE THAT HAVE STARTED WORKING ON THAT AND, UM, TAKE AND CLEANING THAT UP.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IF YOU HAD VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT, UM, THEN FINE.
BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA PLANT A TREE AND JUST PUT A PLAQUE IN IT AND WE MOW AROUND IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE.
THEY'VE GOT THE PLAQUES THAT HAVE THE LITTLE, A SPRING STRAP ON THEM.
WELL, YES, WHEN YOU GET INTO PLANTING THE FLOWERS AND ALL THAT STUFF AROUND THE BASE, THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES SOMEBODY ELSE'S MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
SO YES, IF WE COME UP WITH A STANDARDIZED PLAN, HEY, YOU BUY THIS TREE, WE WILL PLAN IT FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.
SO WE DON'T END UP, YOU KNOW, WITH AREAS LIKE THAT, THAT HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE WAYSIDE.
BUT YES, MS. BAKER, I DO, I LOVE THE IDEA.
I JUST HAD A LADY REACH OUT THE OTHER DAY AND I BELIEVE SHE MAY BE ONE OF THE ONES WHO RENTED THE SHELTER FOR THE MEMORIAL FOR HER SON, BECAUSE HER SON GREW UP PLAYING SOCCER, WILD PARK AND PASSED AWAY
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SUDDENLY.WE DO WANT TO GET INTO EFFECT, BUT IT'S JUST COMING UP WITH THAT STANDARD OF HOW TO DO IT WITHOUT IT BECOMING A MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
ARE THERE NOT MORE ON HERE? OKAY.
SO JOSH, I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU THIS WEEK AND WE'LL TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, ON THAT SUBJECT THERE.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO.
SO, UM, SO WHAT I WILL ASK FOR THE FIRST STEP IS FOR BRIAN, IF YOU CAN HELP, UM, HELP WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE HERE AND GATHERING SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR US.
SO THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T, AS WE DEVELOP THE LANGUAGE AND MR. MIDDLE COUNSELING, UH, WE HAVE A STRONG PACKAGE.
UM, GOOD HISTORY WOULD, WOULD HELP AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THE HOURS OF VOLUNTEER, JUST MAKING THEM SOMETHING REALLY TIGHT.
UM, IF YOU CAN HELP WITH THAT.
AND I'M SURE MR. SHAW IS GREAT WITH WRITING.
I CAN TELL HIM RESPECT WORKING.
SO IF YOU ALL CAN JUST GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AND JUST MAKE IT AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE, I'M GOING TO SUBMIT IT, UM, WHEN YOU ALL'S BEHALF.
UM, AND SO IF WE CAN GET IT DONE BY THE NEXT MEETING, I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD TO GO.
I'VE BEEN WHERE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH DANNY'S SISTER TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.
THEY JUST, SHE HAD ANOTHER DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
I ALSO HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY THAT WAS OKAY.
SO THAT KIND OF SLOWED US UP THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, SO WHEN YOU ALL ARE READY, JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL ADD IT TO THE AGENDA IF YOU NEED MY HELP, LET ME KNOW AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I WILL START THE PROCESS ON SOME OTHER STUFF JUST TO GET DONE SO THAT WE, WHEN WE'RE READY TO GO, WE'RE READY TO GO AS A BOARD.
YOU ALL HAVE IT, WE CAN VOTE AND APPROVE IT AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP.
I WOULD SEE NO ISSUE WITH ME WORKING WITH MR. DADDY AND, UH, MAYBE BY THE MAY AND OR JUNE, UH, CALENDAR, WE HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY STRONG IN WRITING.
UM, AND THAT WOULD GIVE YOU, UH, THE BOARD ENOUGH TIME TO SETTLE ON THE PARK NAME.
I AGREE PERSONALLY, THE FALLS CREEK PARK DOES NEED TO STAY IN THERE BECAUSE THAT IS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I THINK DENNY WOULD WANT THAT AS WELL.
UM, AS, UH, BRIAN HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIS FAMILY, SO THEY, THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPLY, YOU KNOW, PICTURES AND INFORMATION AND WHATEVER'S NEEDED, UH, TO MOVE THIS PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? AWESOME.
SO, UM, NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
UM, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH, UM, BLAKE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE, UM, OR IF THEY GOT THE PARK AND ALL THAT.
UM, SO, BUT I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT JOSH IS WORKING, UM, TO, UH, TO DEVELOP A VOLUNTEER LIST FOR US AS WELL.
SO THIS WILL GO OUT FAIRLY SOON.
UM, YOU CAN, ANYONE IN THE CITY CAN REGISTER ONLINE AND WHENEVER WE HAVE AN EVENT, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, THEY CAN REGISTER ONLINE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A NUMBER OF FOLKS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, REACH OUT TO JOSH CALLED HIM, UM, ASKING TO, UM, ANY, ASKING THEM TO HELP WITH PARK CLEANUPS WITH THE FLOWER BEDS OUT IN THE PARKS WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO GET THAT COLLECTIVE VOLUNTEER LIST FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
WELL FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION, OR IN ADDITION TO THAT, TO ME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW MANY HOURS WE AS A CITY HAVE PUT IN TO OUR OWN CITY.
SO HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE'VE HAD, HOW MANY, THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WE'VE HAD, BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS MEAN SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ELSE.
SO, AND TONY COULD USE THOSE NUMBERS.
JOSH CAN USE THEM, AND THEY'RE GOOD NUMBERS FOR US TO HAVE.
SO, UM, SO YOU WANT TO SHOWCASE THE VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERING EVERY, EVERY DAY WITHIN OUR CITY TO HELP SUPPORT OUR CITY.
SO HE'S COMING UP WITH THE LIST AND I SAW THE TEMPLATE THE OTHER DAY.
AND WHAT, TODAY? THAT'S GREAT.
I'M PUSHED OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, JOSH, NOTHING.
I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON, SORRY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, UM, MAKING
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WELL, MAKING SOME SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.SO SARAH IS PUSHING OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, PUSHING OUT A LOT OF INFO INFORMATION AS WELL.
UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OF 40 IN THE PARKS, UM, AFTER I WROTE IT AND THAT SAW IT IN WRITING AND JOSH AND I TAUGHT, WE SORTA TOOK 40 IN THE PARKS OUT OF THE CONCEPT.
UM, BUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE STILL DOING THE ONE, THAT WHOLE THING.
UM, BUT, UM, WHAT I'M DOING IS I'M DEVELOPING, UM, BOLD GRAPHICS TO HELP, UM, GET PEOPLE OUT INTO THE CAR.
YOU KNOW, I DID ONE THE OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, TAKE A WALK, GRAB A FRIEND, TAKE A WALK, UM, GO HEAD TO THE PARK, YOU KNOW, GO WALKING APART.
UM, AND JUST PROMOTING SOME OF OUR AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, IT'S AMAZING TO ME STILL THAT SOME FOLKS IN THE CITY DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN DOG CORNER, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ASKED THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I WISH WE HAD A DOG PARK THE OTHER DAY AND I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE ONE AND THIS IS WHERE IT IS.
AND I WANT A LITTLE TO TAKE YOU OVER THERE AND GO LOOK, BUT IT'S GREAT.
I'M SURE IT'S PACKED RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I WENT AWAY TO THE OTHER DAY AND THERE WERE TONS OF DOGS, UM, TONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST TALKING TO EACH OTHER, IT'S A GOOD WAY TO SOCIALIZE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROMOTING, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF DID YOU KNOWS COME OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IS IN JULY.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME STUFF COMING OUT ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT OUR USER GROUPS.
I'M PUSHING Y INFORMATION OUT THERE TOO.
SO WHENEVER I SEE SOMETHING ON MY PAGE, I SHARE IT ON TO, UM, WENT TO THE PARTS PAGE, ESPECIALLY CITY EVENTS, I'M PUSHING IT ON OUR PAGE AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PAGE OBJECT, BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION, THAT'S WHEN THE EXACT SAME THING.
SO A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE ARE IN THE PARTS.
SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP PROMOTE THE PARK MORE AND GET PEOPLE OUT AND OUT INTO THE PARKS.
THERE'S A TON OF THINGS YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, PICNIC, TAKE A WALK, TAKE, UM, TAKE A BIKE RIDE.
SO JUST GET OUT IN JUST ONE PART.
YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE AND JUST SIT ON THE BENCH.
SO JUST TAKE A BREAK AND BRING A BREATHER.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
I'M STARTING TO, YOU'LL START SEEING A LOT OF THAT.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS, ANY GRAPHICS, LET ME KNOW AND DO THEIR, AND IN ALL THE PHOTOS THAT I'M TAKING OR THAT I'M FINDING ALL ABOUT OUR PARK AND ONE OF OUR PARTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE COME OUT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO USE STANDARD STOCK.
WE'RE TRYING TO GRAB PHOTOS FROM IN THE PARKS, SHOWCASING OUR PEOPLE AND OUR AMENITIES.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? YES.
UM, CHRIS HALL, HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY? IT'S A QUICK EDIT.
WE HAVE HIM LISTED BEING PRESENT UP THERE AT THE TOP THAT IT'S NO BIG DEAL, BUT RON, IN HIS LAST MEETING, GET THE GUYS ARE AWESOME.
SO OTHER THAN THAT ONE CHANGE, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MINUTES AND IF THEY ARE NOT, THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN WITH THAT MINOR CHANGE? NO.
UPCOMING MEETING IS MAY 20TH, 2021 AT SIX 30 AND IT IS SIX 45.
AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED SEVEN 45.