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[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 18, 2021 6:30 P.M. ]
GOOD EVENING.I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION TO ORDER.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL ASK JERRY IF SHE'LL CALL THE ROLE.
ALRIGHT, MS. BRENDA BIRD IS ON VACATION.
MS. DANIEL HERE, MR. FOX, MS. QUINNIE.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HER A FEW MINUTES, MS. T HERE.
SHOP PRESENT, MR. WILSON IS HIS ABSENCE IS EXCUSED AND MS. DAVIDSON HERE.
SO I WANT TO START THIS EVENING BY WELCOMING OUR GUESTS AND ALSO OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY THREE MORE MEETINGS AT, WELL, TWO MORE POSSIBLY AFTER THIS ONE AND WE'RE THROUGH WITH THIS YEAR, BUT, UM, FOR NOW, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON IF IT'S OKAY TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO OLD BUSINESS, OLD BUSINESS.
I WOULD ASSUME WOULD BE TALKING FIRST ABOUT OUR MIRACLE FESTIVAL, I BELIEVE CORRECT.
OR DO YOU WANT TO DO MOVIE NIGHT, JERRY? WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD PAST THAT.
SO WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT OLD BUSINESS AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
UM, NEW BUSINESS, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING, UM, OUR CHRISTMAS TREE, UH, LIGHTING, AND ALSO THE CONCERT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW FOR DECEMBER 4TH.
I DON'T HAVE THE TIME ON THERE.
I WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT.
I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE TO SEVEN BECAUSE IT GETS DARK SO EARLY THAT LATE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE IT A LITTLE EARLIER.
SO WE'LL GO WITH FIVE TO SEVEN.
IF YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT, PLEASE, THAT IS THAT THE AMPHITHEATER AND YOU GUYS HAVE SOME THINGS TO, UH, DECIDE ON, VOTE ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT THE CONCERT.
SOMETIMES IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON FOR KIDS.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY'RE SERVING DRINKS, COOKIES, A LOT OF FOODS, SNACKS, UM, JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF, CHOIR SINGING SANTA THERE.
WE KIND OF DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT LIKE THE TREE, I THINK SANTA WAS THERE.
UM, SO HERE WE ARE KIND OF IN THE MIDST OF COVID, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW FAR WE WANT TO PUSH THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK YOU HAD SOME IDEAS YOU WANTED TO THROW OUT.
UM, BUT WE JUST DO NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT COVID IS NOT GONE.
I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE HANDING OUT FOOD OR, UM, THAT KIND OF THING.
I THINK WE'VE HAD VOLUNTEERS BEFORE WRAP COOKIES AND HAND THAT OUT AS A, A WRAPPED SNACK.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, BUT ACTUALLY US THEY'RE SERVING DRINKS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO PERHAPS MAYBE BRING A FOOD TRUCK IN, BUT THEN YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MARK MARKET TAKE THE MONKEY OFF OUR BACK.
IF YOU LIKE, UM, FOOD TRUCKS, AREN'T GOING TO DO FREE WHERE, UM, WHEN WE'VE GIVEN COOKIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE, THAT KIND OF THING, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A FREE THING TO GIVE AWAY.
UM, SO SOMEBODY COMING THERE WITH A LOT OF KIDS MAY BE NOT ABLE TO TREAT EVERYONE OFF OF THE FOOD TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND ALSO, YES.
SETTING UP IN THE COLD AND ONLY TWO HOURS WORTH WORKED, MAYBE FOR THEM MAYBE.
SO I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE OTHER TREE LIGHTING.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY OFFER AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER DIFFERENT FROM A, JUST ANOTHER TREE LIGHTING.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST.
LIKE, YES, WE HAVE TWO TREE LIGHTINGS IN WERE.
I MEAN, IT IS JUST ANOTHER TREE LIGHTING THAT ONE IN THE MORE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO REFER TO IT AS A CENTRAL PART OF TOWN IS AT THE HUBER CENTER HISTORICAL DISTRICT OR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOES IT.
THEY, THEY ALWAYS HAVE KIDS SINGING.
THEY HAVE SANTA THERE, THEY HAVE TREATS, THEY USED TO BE, IT WOULD BE INSIDE ONE OF THE STORES AND THEY WOULD HAVE LIKE TRAINED SET UP AND SOME CRAFTS YOU COULD BUY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT HAS TURNED INTO SINCE
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I THINK THEY'RE SETTING UP ACROSS THE STREET.I'VE HEARD THAT ALSO THE LIGHT, THE LIGHTS FROM ACROSS THE STREET IN ST.
PETER'S PARKING LOT OR INSIDE IT WILL BE INSIDE.
SO SHE MUST, SHE MUST BE DOING A BIG, LIKE SHE USED TO DO.
SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS THAT OURS IS IT'S AN OUTSIDE TREE THAT GETS LIT.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SOME CHOIRS SINGING ON THE AMPHITHEATER.
UM, SANTA HAS BEEN THERE FOR PICTURES WITH KIDS.
UM, LIKE I SAY, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN, UM, BOARD MEMBERS WHO WOULD DO ACTIVITIES THE LAST YEAR.
WE DID IT NOT COVID, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE LOWE'S ACTUALLY CAME IN AND SET UP ACTIVITIES WITH THE CHILDREN, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE BRING LIGHTS TO THE PARKING LOTS.
WE BRING HEATERS TO MAKE IT WARMER.
WE'VE GIVEN AWAY HOT CHOCOLATE.
WE'VE HAD ROTARY SET UP AND GIVEAWAY ALL KINDS OF COOKIES AND SNACKS.
UM, WE'VE JUST GOTTEN AWAY FROM ALL OF THAT BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO CAN I BRING UP A COUPLE OF JUST FINE, BUT UH, MR. SHAW, CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? THANK YOU.
I HAD A COUPLE OF PARENTS REACH OUT TO ME JUST TO ASK WHAT OUR FORMAT WAS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR.
UM, AS WE DO KNOW, UH, CHILDREN OF A CERTAIN AGE ARE NOT ABLE TO BE VACCINATED.
UM, AND WHAT WILL BE THE REQUIREMENTS THIS YEAR OR THE PLAN WITH SANTA AND PHOTOS? BECAUSE I THINK IN THAT PREVIOUS YEAR, SANTA, JUST READ A BOOK KIND OF SET ON STAGE THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND WAS ABLE TO SEE KIDS FROM A DISTANCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BOARD OR THE CITY HAS EVEN PUT ANY THOUGHT INTO THAT ON HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY LOOK OUT.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD SAY THAT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE STARTING TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO I DON'T THINK SANTA HAS A PROBLEM AT ALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A COUPLE OF CORRESPONDENTS, I GOT UP TO THE NORTH POLE, UH, HE'S A WELL AND VACCINATED AND GOOD TO GO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WEAR A MASK, PROBABLY NOT SANTA SANTA DOES LIKE THAT BIG WHITE BEARD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT, UH, I'M SURE HE COULD ADAPT IF NEED BE.
UM, SO I'M SURE WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
JUST THINKING THAT MIGHT BE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING BY HAVING A MASK ON SANTA'S, UM, CHRISTMAS MASK.
UM, I KNOW, WAS IT LAST YEAR WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER, UM, ALTERNATIVES, LIKE PUTTING UP A BIG OLD PIECE OF PLEXIGLASS, PUTTING UP, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE KIDS SIT ON THE STEPS AND SAM IS BACK HERE.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT TO DEAL WITH.
UM, I THINK IN MY OPINION, IF WE HAD HAD YOU ON THIS HEAD SANTE ON THE STAGE, READING THE STORY LIKE WE DID BEFORE, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE PICTURES, I WOULD BE THE PARENT'S CHOICE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? I, I DID HEAR FROM A COUPLE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT UP TO THE PARENTS, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SANTA AS GOOD TO GO, UH, CNAS HAD ALL THOSE IMMUNE SHOTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND ALL OF HIS LITTLE ELLIS WILL BE GOOD TO GO AS WELL.
SO PUTTING THAT CONFIDENCE INTO THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT I DO THINK, UH, SANTA AND A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY IS READY TO GET BACK TO SOME NORMALCY.
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TO THE BOARD BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO HAVE IT'S THE PARENT'S CHOICE IF THEY DON'T WANT THE CHILD SITTING ON SANDOZ LAP.
I MEAN, THEY'RE WELCOME TO STAND, YOU KNOW, OFF TO THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT, GIVE THAT A BIT OF DISTANCE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TOPIC UP.
WE THOUGHT I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU STATED, MADAM CHAIR, YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, SO, YEAH.
IS IT OKAY TO GO AHEAD AND THROW OUT YOUR IDEAS? SO I HAD TWO IDEAS, UM, AND ONE OF COURSE WAS HAVING SANTA COME AND READ, UM, THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE CHILDREN.
AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, FAMILIES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN IN SOME VERY WARM PAJAMAS WITH MAYBE A COAT ON JUST FOR THAT PHIL AND I WAS THINKING SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE KIND OF FUN AND WE COULD HAVE STILL THE COOKIES, BUT WRAPPED, YOU KNOW, FROM CHERYL'S COOKIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY COULD TAKE A COOKIE HOME FOR SANTA CLAUS TO GIVE THEM MILK AND COOKIES.
UM, YOU COULD EVEN GIVE THEM FOR THAT MATTER, A LITTLE THING OF MILK, YOU KNOW, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS WHAT I HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE COULD DO.
AND, UM, ALSO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER
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IDEA WAS MAYBE GIVE THEM THE CHRISTMAS STORY, WHETHER WE PRINT IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO TAKE HOME WITH THEM IN SANTA CLAUS, SIGN IT TO THE CHILD, THAT'S ACTUALLY THERE, YOU KNOW, SO HE HAS SOMETHING TO GO HOME WITH THEM.I THINK THAT WOULD BE FUN, YOU KNOW, THEY'D HAVE IT, OH MY GOSH, STAND ASSIGNED IT.
UM, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, ARE GETTING READY TO DO LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, PEOPLE FROM HEBREW HAUNTS ARE ALREADY SIGNING UP FOR LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS.
IT KIND OF ROLLS RIGHT OVER BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM DECORATE FOR THAT.
SO WE WERE THINKING, IT MIGHT BE A GREAT IDEA TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE KICKING OFF LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS THAT NIGHT COME AND GET OUR MAP.
AND, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES COULD COME IN AND GET THE MAP.
HERE'S SANTA, HAVE A COOKIE, TAKE A LITTLE MILL.
AND, AND THEY WOULD JUST, AT THAT TIME, THEN THAT WOULD JUST KICK EVERYTHING OFF RIGHT INTO THE HOLIDAY.
I DON'T KNOW, JUST ONE AND OTHER IDEAS.
SOME OF US HAVE THROWN AROUND TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE, UM, A TOY DRIVE SLASH FOOD DRIVE ONE OR THE OTHER, BOTH.
UM, SO I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE YOUNG MARINES TODAY BECAUSE NOT THAT WE WANT TO DECIDE WHAT FAMILY GETS THESE TOYS OR THIS FOOD, BUT WE COULD BE A GATHERING PLACE.
WE COULD LET THEM PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN BRING DONATIONS TO US.
AND THEN WE WOULD GET THEM TO THE MARINES WHO ACTUALLY DO THE TOYS FOR TOTS.
OR WE COULD TAKE THE FOOD TO THE FISH PANTRY.
NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTING IT TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WOULD HELP BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THINGS YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TALK ABOUT OR DECIDE IF YOU WANT IT TO BE A PART OF ALSO, UM, FOR THE, UH, CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, WE ALWAYS PUT ON OUR FLYER THAT WE WILL ACCEPT DONATIONS FOR FISH.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT, WE DON'T REALLY MAKE THAT A BIG THING.
IF YOU WANTED TO DO A PART, BE A PART OF THAT.
I WAS THINKING IF WE, UM, USUALLY WE WOULD HAVE LIKE THAT GUY ON STILTS OR WHATEVER, STILTS, HE'S LIKE $600 INSTEAD OF USING THAT, YOU WOULD TAKE THE MONEY FOR THE COOKIES AND THE MILK, LITTLE THING OF MILK THAT THE CHILDREN WOULD TAKE HOME.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY EASY.
SHANNON, YOU'RE VERY TALENTED.
YOU COULD WRITE UP THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS FORUM AND SANTA CLAUS COULD SIGN IT.
SO JUST MY IDEA THAT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE AN IDEA, UM, ASKED FOR THE FOOD DONATION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FISH, BUT I DO KNOW A PANTRY THAT CAN DONATE MEAT IF IT'S, UH, IF NECESSARY.
AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY FISH IS CAUSE THEY'RE HEARING HUBER.
WE NEVER HAD ONE HERE AT HUBER.
HOW WOULD THE FOLKS FROM FISH WILLING TO COME OUT? I DON'T KNOW JOSH AND I SAID WE COULD DELIVER IT TO THEM.
SHE WOULD HAVE BARRELS THERE OR WHATEVER, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT TO THEM.
I WAS THINKING IF THEY WERE THERE WITH THE BARRELS OR WOULD IT BE MORE AND MORE GRAS THAT PEOPLE COULD COME UP AND MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THE OPERATION? ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION? WELL, I, I'M NOT SURE OF THE COSTS BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOOK IT UP YET, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE THINKING ABOUT SANTA'S DOING THE BOOK, WHAT ABOUT, UM, THE POLAR EXPRESS AND THEN HAVING, YOU CAN RENT A TRACKLESS TRAIN, RIGHT? THE KIDS ROUND IT'S OPEN.
IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, A CLOSED TRAIN, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EXPENSIVE, BUT MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME PEOPLE TO HELP DONATE AND LET THE KIDS RIDE ON THIS TRAIN, HAVE COOKIES AND MILK TO TAKE HOME.
I CAN GET MILK DONATED FOR SURE.
UM, I KNOW WE COULD FIND SOMEONE TO BRING COOKIES, UM, BUT IT'D BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT SOMEWHERE.
WHERE WOULD THIS TRAIN BE? WHERE WOULD IT BE IN THE PARKING LOT? AND IT COULD, IT'S ON WHEELS.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
AND I REALLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE PRICES, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING OUT OF THE BOX, SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN NOBODY ELSE IS DOING HERE BECAUSE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THEY DO HAVE WAGON RIDES FOR SOME HORSES PULLING THE WAGON.
BUT THAT WAS TO SAY THAT THAT'S OKAY.
CAUSE THAT WAS ALWAYS A BIG FUN THING.
SO, UM, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS FOR VERY SMALL CHILDREN.
UM, THERE, IT CAN GO UP TO ABOUT 14, 15, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE KID.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK 14, 15 YEAR OLDS WOULD LIKE, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET HORSES TO COME IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
I KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE A, UM, POINT
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WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ALIVE NATIVITY THAT, OF COURSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AS A COVID AND ALL THAT.SO, UM, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BIG OUT OF THE REALM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ALMOST THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO, UM, IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER QUICKLY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE PARTICIPATION, THE BIGGER YOU MAKE IT, THE MORE YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.
UM, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE LEFT? CAUSE I DO SEE THEY HAVE IT AT ANS PARTY RENTAL.
THAT'S HOW THE CINCINNATI, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO A TRAIN, I KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRACKER TRACTORS AND WAGONS, THAT COULD BE FUN.
AND I ALMOST LIKE THAT BETTER BECAUSE THE ADULTS COULD GET ON HEY.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE PRICE LIST.
HE WAS THE SAME GENTLEMEN WHO DID, OR A LASER TAG AT THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT THE WAGON RIDES? OKAY.
PROBABLY WANT TO BE A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING UP FROM CINCINNATI.
WE ALSO ARE WE ABLE TO DO HOT CHOCOLATE OR SOMETHING DURING THAT TIME? UM, WE HAD KIND OF COVERED THAT BEFORE YOU CAME IT'S OKAY.
WE USED TO GIVE AWAY HOT CHOCOLATE COOKIES.
WE USED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRETZELS DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE KIND OF STOPPED DOING THAT.
SO AT THIS POINT, UM, IF ANYONE KNOWS LIKE A CHURCH THAT WOULD PUT TEAS TOGETHER, BAGGED INDIVIDUALLY, OR A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER, WE COULD GIVE THOSE AWAY, OH, THEN I CAN DO THAT.
THAT I CAN DO NOW AGAIN, UM, WE USED TO HAVE BIG TURNOUTS AND THEN IT'S KIND OF DWINDLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S KIND OF PICKED UP AGAIN AS WE GO ALONG.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF NUMBER TO TELL YOU.
UM, USUALLY IF THERE'S ANYTHING EXTRA, WE DELIVER THEM OVER TO THE FIREHOUSE AND WENT, THE FIREMEN HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO ANY OTHER IDEAS FOR THE NIGHT? LIKE WHAT'S THE PLAN? SO THE COOKIES TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE FOOD.
WE'RE YOU? THE PAJAMAS SLASH SANTA CLAUS.
IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE SANTA READING? DID YOU READ THIS STORY LAST YEAR? CORRECT.
SANSAR READ THIS STORY LAST YEAR, CORRECT.
RICHARD, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SANTA.
I, UH, I, I BELIEVE MY MEMORY SERVES AT A SANTA AND HIS CREW DID TAKE CARE OF THAT LAST YEAR.
ALSO MADE SOME SURPRISE APPEARANCES AROUND TOWN, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I DON'T THINK HE'D HAVE A PROBLEM.
I KNOW HIS SCHEDULE WAS GETTING KIND OF BOOKED UP WITH OTHER AREA, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY, BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE IF HE'D BE INTERESTED IN JOINING, UH, SOME LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS PROMOS AS WELL, UH, TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THAT AS WELL, UH, WITH HIS, UH, WITH HIS HELPERS.
ADDITIONALLY, WANTING TO KIND OF CIRCLE BACK TO YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE IDEA.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COVID, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE JUST TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE, UM, UH, WARMING BEVERAGE WARMERS WHERE WE'RE JUST SIMPLY PUTTING WATER OR MILK IN THERE? PEOPLE CAN RIP IT, OPEN THEIR OWN PACKAGE OF HOT CHOCOLATE AND MAKE IT THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, I I'M JUST SAYING, I MEAN, THAT WAY IT'S TAKING, TAKING ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL TOUCH OUT OF IT.
MY OTHER THOUGHT IS, UM, PLACES LIKE TIM HORTON'S MCDONALD'S THEY HAVE DONATED THOSE BIG THINGS OF HOT CHOCOLATE.
SO IF YOU HAVE CUPS AND THEY'RE GETTING THEIR OWN, IS THAT NOT? COVID CRAZY.
WE'RE NOT POURING IT FOR THEM.
I WAS THINKING THOSE, UH, THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU JUST KIND OF FLIP THAT LOVER AND YOU CAN EASILY PUT A LITTLE PIECE OF PLASTIC ON THERE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR SOMEBODY CAN BE THERE WITH A LITTLE WIPE TO WIPE IT OFF OR, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, THAT WAY IT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WOULD BE TAKEN ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS ON THAT.
UM, KIND OF CIRCLING BACK AROUND.
I THINK THE, UH, UM, I THINK SANTA WOULD ENJOY, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME CHILDREN UP ON THE STAGE WITH HIM, UM, ON THAT, UM, YOU KNOW,
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I THINK PREVIOUS YEARS THERE WERE SOME BIG BOXES THAT WAS WRAPPED UP IN SOME GIFTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
SO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO CONTACT SOME PLACES AND SEE IF SOMEONE WOULD DONATE THE HOT CHOCOLATE IN THE BIG CRAPS? OKAY.
AND THAT'S FOR DECEMBER 4TH, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I MEAN, WE CAN PURCHASE CUPS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY THROW THE CUPS IN WITH THAT.
SO WE WOULD KNOW, UM, WE COULD THEN SET UP A CITY TENT, SOME DECORATIVE LIGHTS IN IT WITH THE COOKIES AND THE PUNCH THERE IN THAT AREA, SANTA ON THE STAGE.
I KNOW YOU BROUGHT LOTS OF WRAPPED BOXES LAST YEAR.
IF WE WERE WANTING TO DO THAT AGAIN, WE WOULD NEED TO GET SOME OF THAT STARTED AND SAVED UP.
WE'VE GOT THE CHRISTMAS BACK, THE BACKGROUND TO PUT BEHIND YOU.
UM, WE HA DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE SING LAST YEAR, CORRECT? BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE SINGING.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO FOR MUSIC THIS YEAR? YOUTUBE, OR YOU WANT INQUIRES TO SING? ARE YOU WANTING JUST MUSIC, CANNED MUSIC PLAYING.
I THINK MUSIC PLAYING WE'VE ALWAYS REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOLS BEFORE, BUT YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, NONE OF THEM WANTED TO DO THAT.
SO COULD WE JUST PLAY MUSIC, CHRISTMAS MUSIC? UM, BECAUSE IT IS ONLY TWO HOURS AND WE NEED TIME.
I THINK IF JUST SAYING IF WE HAD THE STORY, WHICHEVER STORY, WHETHER IT WAS POLAR EXPRESS OR NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS PRINTED, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SANTA COULD SIGN AND THE CHILD COULD TAKE HOME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THAT LINE.
AND SO THE MUSIC COULD BE PLAYING WHY THAT WAS HAPPENING.
I MEAN, IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? RIGHT.
WELL, MY THOUGHTS ARE, IF YOU GET ACQUIRE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT YOU'VE GOT SANTA ON THE STAGE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM OUT IN THE FRONT? YOU COULD, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOUND MUSIC.
WE CAN VOTE ON IF THEY WANT MUSIC OR DO YOU, UM, WANT TO TAKE A VOTE? ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR JUST PLAYING MUSIC OR TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A CHOIR OR SOMEONE TO SING? IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ACQUIRED, BUT SOMEONE TO SING ANYBODY WOULD WE HAVE TO PURCHASE THE, THE SOUND EQUIPMENT AND WE WOULD RENT IT.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOUND EQUIPMENT AT PARADOXICAL BURGER PARKS.
WELL, WE CAN TABLE THIS AND TALK ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH.
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU SOBER.
HOW CAN WE JUST DO MUSIC AND FOCUSED ON THE OTHER STUFF? AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE NEED TO PLAN WAY AHEAD FOR CHRIS.
ANY MUSIC WE DO, WE GOT TO HAVE A SOUND SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IT.
SO WE HAVE A SMALL ONE HERE THAT COULD PROBABLY HANDLE THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T HANDLE LIKE A CHOIR SINGING WITHOUT MIKES AND ALL THAT.
SO SHANNON'S MAKING EMOTION FOR PLAYING OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC.
COULD WE HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? OKAY.
I WAS TRYING TO MOVE ALONG ONE NIGHT.
WE'RE VOTING FOR CHRISTMAS MUSIC.
MR. FOX, YOUR FAVORITE IS THE PRE-RECORDING MS. QUEENIE MYSTIQUE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A RUNDOWN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING.
WE'RE GOING TO DECORATE THE STAGE WITH SOME WRAPPED BOXES THAT LOOK LIKE GIFTS.
THE CHRISTMAS BACKGROUND, THE SANTA CHAIR, SANTA, AND SOME ELVES.
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WAGON RIDES ON YOU'RE CHECKING ON HOT CHOCOLATE BAKED COOKIES FROM THE CHURCH, THE TREE LIT SANTA ARRIVING ON THE FIRETRUCK.HOW ON THE FIRE TRUCK, HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF A CANDY CANE GLOW HUNT? I HAVE.
SO THEY HAVE LIKE CANDY CANES ALL THROUGH THE WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DEPENDS ON IF IT SNOWS OR NOT, BUT THAT'S PRETTY FUN.
THEY TAKE LITTLE FLASHLIGHTS AND THEY, THEY GO FIND CANDY CANES.
AND THAT'S THE PRICE? THE CANDY CANES.
LET'S DO WE PROVIDE THE FLASHLIGHTS? THEY BRING THEIR OWN.
YOU JUST TELL THEM TO, I COULD BE DONE.
I WILL HELP YOU STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU CAN'T TELL BY MY EXCITEMENT.
AND WE COULD ACTUALLY ALSO ATTACH A GLOW STICK TO IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE DARK OUT THERE AND I DON'T WANT THE KIDS REALLY TRIPPING ON ANYTHING, BUT, UH, I WILL DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT COST AND ORGANIZING IT AND TAPING IT OR WHATEVER HIDING IT.
AND, UH, I'LL HELP WITH THE COOKIES, BUT I'M NOT BAKING NOTHING.
AND DON'T YOU DOWN FOR THE CANDY CANE GLOW? YEAH.
OH, IF I CAN THERE'S CARTWHEELS GOT SOME PLACES TO PUT THEM UP THERE, YOU KNOW, GREAT IDEAS.
YOU COULD PROBABLY STILL DO IT IN THE SNOW, BUT THEY MIGHT WANT BOOTS.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS? THAT'S TRUE.
PURCHASING OF GLOW STICKS, ANDY, YOU'RE GOING TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.
IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WEEK.
WE DO DONATIONS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A BIG BARREL AT OUR CHURCH.
I'LL ASK EVERYONE TO BRING A COUPLE BOXES OF CANDY CANES INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET FROM AND WE'LL NEED THEM EARLY SO SHE CAN GET THAT READY.
SO THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES WITH SANTA IF THEY LIKE, OR THEY'RE JUST GOING TO LISTEN TO SANTA AND TALK TO SANTA.
SO NOW BACK TO YOUR BOOK, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU WANTING TO DO ABOUT THAT? I'M GOING TO TABLE THAT RIGHT NOW, IF THAT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE WE ADDED ALL THESE OTHER FUN THINGS.
SO, WELL, WE PURCHASE THE BOOKS OR WE'LL JUST NOT DO IT.
SO BETWEEN THE TRACTOR RIDE AND THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SIGN THEM.
YOU COULD HAND THEM OUT, BUT MADAM CHAIR, I'M ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT TO HAVE SOME DINNER.
UM, AND THAT MEANTIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE CONTACT SANTA.
UH, THERE MAY BE A WAY THAT, UH, UH, THROUGH SOME OF HIS CONNECTIONS, UH, WHERE A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOSE BOOKS COULD BE DONATED AND THEN HANDED OUT TO THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THERE WOULD BE NO PRINTING.
UM, SO, UM, I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM.
WE'LL HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AFTER THIS AND WE'LL GET WITH JERRY AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE THE SAME SENSE OF STORY.
I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT BOOKS I'M TALKING ABOUT, WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HARD, BUT THERE'S THE SMALL CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
AND TO JUST HAND EACH CHILD COMES A BOOK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS.
I THINK I, I THINK, UH, BETWEEN SANDERS AND HIS HELPERS, I THINK, UH, THOSE BOOKS WILL, UH, WILL MAGICALLY APPEAR.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CHRISTMAS BOOK.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO W AND MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH SANTO, WE'RE GOING TO SEE MAYBE IT'S A VARIETY OF CHRISTMAS.
NOT QUITE FOR SURE, BUT THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE THAT.
SO WE'LL MAKE THAT, UH, I'LL MAKE SURE TO RELAY THAT TO SANDRA AND WE'LL MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND YEARS PAST, UH, SAM BEEN ABLE TO, UH, UH, COME THROUGH HEBREW HEIGHTS, HE'S BEEN KNOWN TO TAKE OVER INTERCOMS AT WALMART TARGET KROGER'S, UM, AND MAKE APPEARANCES.
AND IF SANTA GETS THOSE EARLY ENOUGH, I COULD FIND SOME ELSE TO HELP WRAP THEM.
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WILL.UH, I WILL LET HIM KNOW THAT WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH.
I'M SURE THINGS ARE BUSY AT THE NORTH POLE, BUT I DID WANT IT TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO THAT WAY I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OVER TO HIM AND HIS ELVES.
AND WE CAN GET MOVING ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO.
WE'RE NOT GOING TOO FAR OVER THE TOP.
THAT WE'RE ALL CRAZY, BUT IT'S NICE ENOUGH THAT THERE ARE LITTLE THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO GO, OH, OKAY.
THEY DIDN'T JUST FLIP THE LIGHTS ON, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOME THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, I DO NEED TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO FOR US TO ADVERTISE THE DONATION, THE DONATION TYPE THINGS.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, OR IF YOU DO NOT, YOU KNOW, OR TOYS FOR TOTS, ANY OF THAT, I THINK IT'S EASIER TO GET FOOD AND IT IS A TOY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO EXPENSIVE ANYMORE.
WELL NOW, WELL, THAT'S TRUE TOO.
ON THE WEST COAST TO TRY A TOY, I MEAN, AT FOOD DRIVE.
SO LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUR FLYER ALWAYS SAYS DOWN THE BOTTOM AND REAL LITTLE, TEENY, TINY LETTERS, FOOD DONATIONS, GIVEN TO FISH, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER, UH, ADVERTISEMENT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BRING SOMETHING, WE WOULDN'T BE COLLECTING THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC AND YOU'VE HELPED ME, JERRY, YOU GAVE ME SOME FLYERS OUT AGAIN.
ANYONE ELSE ON WANNA MAKE SURE I'M GOING PUT, WHEN, WHEN DYLAN RIGHT HERE, FLYERS, CAN WE GET THEM PRINTED FOR THE SCHOOLS AGAIN? SO I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUT FOR A GOOD TIME, AND THEN SLOWLY COMING BACK IN.
SO SOME THINGS HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY.
SOME FLYERS WENT OUT WITH WRONG INFORMATION.
UM, SOME THINGS WERE POSTED WITH WRONG INFORMATION.
UM, SOME THINGS WERE ON THE BIG BOARD WITH WRONG INFORMATION.
SO, UM, WE DID PAY FOR THOSE FLYERS, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN, BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU TELL ME WHAT KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU JUDGE WHAT THE RETURN ON THOSE FLYERS WERE WHEN THE INFORMATION ON THEM WAS WRONG.
SO WE DID HAVE A LOT OF INQUIRY ON FACEBOOK.
IS THIS RIGHT DATE? WHAT DAY? OR WHERE ARE WE GOING? I MEAN, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CHATTER.
SO PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT THEM, THEY JUST WENT OKAY.
AND I DID TALK TO, BECAUSE WE PAINTED FACES AT THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL AND THEY WERE LIKE, YEAH, WE WEREN'T SURE WHERE TO GO.
SO I DID TALK TO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOLS THAT GOT A FLYER, SO, OKAY.
SO THE LAST FLYERS WERE, UM, THIS SIZE IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE MADE THEM THIS SIZE.
I FEEL THAT THIS GETS LOST IN THE BACKPACK AND MOM DOESN'T FIND IT UNTIL SPRING.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS SIZE.
I LIKED THE FULL SIZE, BUT, UM, THAT'S QUITE A COST.
SO I WILL GET WITH, UM, MASON FOR MINUTEMAN PRESS AND SEE ABOUT GETTING FLYERS FOR THE SCHOOL.
WHAT WAS THE TOTAL 6,000? IT WAS 6,000, BUT THAT WENT TO ALL THE ELEMENTARY, THESE MULTIPLE PRESCHOOLS, UH, SOME TO THE MIDDLE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOW MUCH THEY TAKE AND IT DIDN'T GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
PETER'S AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM, SO, OKAY.
UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS CLOSED.
LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES ON CHRISTMAS REAL QUICK AND MAKE SURE WE COVERED EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A CONCERT, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THAT FLYER A LITTLE BIT.
CAUSE IT SAYS CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND TREE LIGHTING.
CAN WE JUST CALL IT THE TREE LIGHTING WITH SHANA AND WE MIGHT CALL IT CHRISTMAS PARTY OR CHRISTMAS GATHERING OR SOMETHING BECAUSE WE DO TRY TO DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM THE OTHER TREE LIGHTING, LIKE CALLING IT SOMETHING ELSE.
IF WE GET SOME COMMITMENT ON THE HAYRIDE EARLY ENOUGH, WE COULD ALWAYS GO, HEY RIGHT WITH WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT ON OUR FLYERS.
SO JUST GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU CAN ON YOUR LITTLE THINGS
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THAT YOU'RE CHECKING ON SO THAT WE ALL KNOW NOW THE HOT CHOCOLATE, YOU JUST WANT A WARMER, HOT WATER.NOW WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, LIKE 10, 14 IS ACTUALLY DONATED LIKE TWO BIG.
WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? CANISTERS.
AND THOSE ARE THE BOXES YOU JUST THROW AWAY WHEN THEY'RE EMPTY.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM BACK.
CORRECT? BECAUSE AT TIMES WE'VE GOTTEN THESE BIG EARNS AND WE'VE HAD TO TAKE THEM BACK AND CLEAN THEM AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO YOU JUST ASK THEM IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO SOME HOT CHOCOLATE FOR OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AND, UM, TAKE THAT CONVERSATION FROM THERE.
AT BOX, IF MEMORY SERVES ME, THAT'S THE BOX YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S ABOUT A GALLON SIZE, ISN'T IT? YEAH.
YOU GET THEM WITH COFFEE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU HAVE THEM CATER A LUNCH OR SOMETHING, BUT TIM HORTON'S IS ONE MCDONALD'S IS ONE.
WHAT ELSE? WHO ELSE CAN STARBUCKS.
SO YOU CAN CALL ALL THOSE KINDS OF PLACES.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC OF, I THINK IT'S COMING TOGETHER NICELY.
UM, WE NEVER HAVE AN ALTERNATE WEATHER DATE.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THE WEATHER'S REALLY BAD, THESE KINDS OF THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AND THE TREE GETS TURNED ON.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE WOULD POSTPONE IT FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND UM, IF THERE'S NO, NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
UM, LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS, KIND OF COMBINED RIGHT NOW ON FACEBOOK WITH, UM, HUBER HAUNTS.
AND THE REASON THAT I DID THAT IS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DECORATE FOR HUBER HAUNTS, DECORATE FOR LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS.
SO LET'S GIVE A REAL QUICK RUNDOWN FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE NEW, THE LIGHTS AND THE HEIGHTS AS A CONTEST WHERE RESIDENTS DECORATE THEIR HOMES, EXCUSE ME, AND THE CITY COMPILES A LIST AND A MAP.
WE HAVE OFFERED PRIZES FOR SECOND, THIRD PLACE.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT LAST YEAR, WE ADDED A NEW ELEMENT TO IT, WHERE IT WAS A SCAVENGER HUNT.
THE PEOPLE LET US KNOW THEIR ITEM THAT THEY'VE GOT HIDDEN IN THEIR DECORATIONS.
AND SO PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THAT.
I THINK LAST YEAR WAS THE BIGGEST PARTICIPATION THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
UM, THERE WERE PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS OF THE SCAVENGER HUNT.
THAT'S WHAT THOSE PRIZES WERE FOR.
UM, AGAIN, I KIND OF LIKE, DON'T LIKE THE CONTESTS WHERE YOU GIVE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS, BUT THAT DOES GET PARTICIPATION.
SO YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT THE LIGHTS AND THE HEIGHTS NOW AND KIND OF COME UP WITH WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
WELL, TWO POINTS I WANT TO BRING UP IS SINCE WE BEGAN THIS HUBRIS HAUNTS THING, UH, NOW THERE ARE TARGET MYERS LOWE'S ARE ALL SOLD OUT OF THEIR HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS.
SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT IS BREWING OVER TO THIS THING HERE.
AND WE'RE WHAT TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM HALLOWEEN.
AND, UM, THE, UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING EQUALLY EXCITING ABOUT THE LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS EVENT.
UH, NOW ANOTHER POINT I THOUGHT WE DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR WITH THE SUMMER DECORATING.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PLACES, WE HAVE A MAYOR'S AWARD.
I THINK THOSE ALWAYS COME OVER A LITTLE BETTER TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING RATHER THAN TO HEAR.
SO YES, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, IS, UM, SORRY, YOU KNOW, JUST SECOND WE DID DO THAT BEFORE.
ALSO WE WOULD HAVE, WE HAD LIKE A SPREADSHEET AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, UM, BEST USE OF COLOR, MOST CHRISTMAS, MOST THIS OR THAT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO YES, WE HAD DONE THAT BEFORE.
SO BASICALLY WHEN, UM, WE STARTED THE FA OR I STARTED A FACEBOOK PAGE FOR HUBER HAUNTS, I INCLUDED THE LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS SO THAT I COULD STILL, ONCE WE GATHERED ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE, IT'S MUCH EASIER AT THAT POINT TO SWITCH OVER REAL QUICK.
AS SOON AS HALLOWEEN COMES AND START SAYING, HEY, NOW THEY'RE DOING LIGHTS
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IN THE HEIGHTS, BUT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SIGNING UP THE LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS.SO I WAS THINKING, UM, IN TALKING TO THEM THIS YEAR ON, AND PLEASE REMEMBER HEBREW HAUNTS OBVIOUSLY IS SEPARATE FROM AMB, BUT IN TALKING TO THE HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE TECHNICALLY THE SAME HOMEOWNERS, THEY DON'T LIKE THE PRICES AT ALL.
UM, THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY DON'T MIND THE SCAVENGER HUNTS, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO HAVE, UM, MORE OF AN ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THEIR YARD.
SO TRAMPLING THEIR DECORATIONS AND IT'S UPSETTING AND A LITTLE BIT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE SCAVENGER HUNT WAS MEANT LAST YEAR TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR HOLIDAY EXPENSES, BECAUSE IT WAS CASH THAT WE DONATED, UM, FROM PEACE AND TRANQUILITY POND.
AND WE GAVE IT TO, UM, THE FAMILIES.
AND OF COURSE THE CITY WENT OUT WITH US AND WE DID THAT.
SO I WAS THINKING, HOW COULD WE DO IT EASIER, BUT STILL BE FUN ON TOP OF THEM GOING OUT.
SO IT WAS JUST THINKING IF YOU GUYS LIKED THIS IDEA AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A STUFFED ONE, BUT MAYBE THE FACE OF THE GRINCH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU COULD BUY THEM THEIR LITTLE CUTOUTS OR WHATEVER.
AND WE JUST KINDA ENTICE EVERYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, GO OUT WITH YOUR FAMILY.
AND I SPY THE GRINCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND THEY TRY TO FIND IT THERE'S NO CLUES OR ANYTHING, BUT WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING BY, MAYBE THEY HIDE IT IN ONE OF THEIR DISPLAYS AND THEY GO, OH, THERE HE IS.
AND THEN THEY GO TO THE NEXT ONE, BUT THERE'S NO PRIZES THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THE FAMILY'S ACTUALLY REALLY LOOKING FOR THEM IN DETAIL.
BUT WE ASKED THE HOMEOWNERS TO PUT THEM IN A PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAMPLE THROUGH THE YARD, THEM BEING MADE OUT OF LIKE THIS SIGN HERE, BODY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY COULD SEE IT FROM THE SIDEWALK.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HUGH BEAR WITH A SANTA HAT? CAUSE HE'S, HE'S CUTE BEAR FINDING.
AND IF YOU JUST MAKE IT LIKE A PANT THERE, SINCE HUMIRA HAS BEEN OUR BIRTHDAY, BAYER AND ALL OVER THE CITY AND, AND WE NEED TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SIZE WHERE THEY CAN SEE IT FROM THE SIDEWALK, WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO PEOPLE, YOU TO STAY ON THE SIDEWALK.
THOSE DON'T BE GOING IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GOING INTO PEOPLE'S YARDS, BUT THEY JUST KIND OF ICE BY IT.
AND THE HOMEOWNER COULD OBVIOUSLY MAKE IT LOOK NICE BECAUSE I KNOW EVEN WITH THAT SIGN RIGHT THERE, IT WAS KIND OF CUTE.
CAUSE PEOPLE DECORATED THAT SIGN AND PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR DISPLAY AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT, BUT THEY COULD DO THAT.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IT.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, TRYING TO FIND IT.
AND THEN YOUR NOTE HAVE SOMEONE UPSET BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WIN.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE HOMEOWNER'S UPSET BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE COMPETITION.
THEY JUST WANT THE JOY OF GIVING BACK TO EVERYBODY.
THAT WAS JUST THE THOUGHT THIS YEAR.
JUST DO IT AS A SEEK AND FIND, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ABOUT THE PERSONAL SPIRIT? SO THIS WAS, THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S, UM, 2019 INFORMATION BECAUSE 21 IN HERE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW SYDNEY HAS 62 RIGHT NOW.
I COULD HAVE HAD A HUNDRED EASY CHRISTMAS, BUT I HAD TO JUST KIND OF, BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET TO THEM, I'M HITTING THE GAVEL.
UM, SO, SO MY THOUGHT IS, IS THAT IS IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING SIMPLER, I MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE OUT THE REWARD PRIZES OUT OF IT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING NO PRIZE FOR THE DECORATIONS AND NO PRIZE FOR, WE'RE NOT DOING A SCAVENGER HUNT.
WE WOULD BE DOING THIS OTHER HUNT.
AND THERE'S JUST NO PRIZE TO IT.
AND THEN I GUESS WE NEED TO KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO DO A HUGH BEAR FIGURE OR YOU WANT TO DO, AND WE GOT TO VOTE ON THIS REVERSE.
SO, UM, SO MANY STEPS, DANIEL, I'M SORRY, YOUR VOTE ON NO PRIZE, NO PRIZE.
MS. QUINNIE NO PRIZE MS. T NO PRICE MS. UPSHAW.
SO NOW WE NEED EMOTION, I GUESS, ON THAT, OR TALK ABOUT THE ICON OR WHAT YOU WANT TO USE FOR THEM TO FIND IF
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YOU USE BEAR, JUST SAY EVERY YEAR OR IF WE USE TWO-BIT YEAH.IT WILL BE ALREADY DONATED TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
BUT IF YOU USED IT THIS YEAR, I'M SURE HUGH BEAR COULD GO AND MAKE PUBLIC APPEARANCES, YOU KNOW, OUT IN PUBLIC.
NOW HE'S VISITED ALL THE SCHOOLS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THE COSTUME OVER THERE AND SOMEONE COULD ACTUALLY WEAR IT AND KIND OF SHOW UP AT THESE DIFFERENT HOUSES AND, YOU KNOW, BE ON LIVE FEED AND KIND OF GET PEOPLE EXCITED IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
OR IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I'M SURE THE GRANDCHILD SO CAN SHOW UP AND DO IT.
SO IT'S, WHATEVER ONE YOU WANT.
I SAY IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE GRETCHEN IN YARD.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO END THE BOOK TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE END OF THE BOOK.
SO, SO EVERYONE IS ALL RIGHT WITH IT BEING HUGE THERE.
SO, SO THE THING IS, IS WE HAVE TO GET THE NUMBER OF HOUSES AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, THAT NOT THAT MANY SIGNS MADE UP, THEY'LL PUT IT IN THEIR YARD.
PEOPLE CAN GO AROUND AND LOOK FOR THAT.
UM, THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE ALL SHOPPED ALSO INCLUDED BUSINESSES.
I HAVE BUSINESSES IN HERE RIGHT NOW, TOO.
SO, UM, ALSO JUST ASKING, BUT ONCE I GATHER THE ADDRESSES, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS THE CITY GOING TO PUT THE MAP TOGETHER OR IS THERE SOMEONE FROM THE BOARD THAT'S GOING TO PUT THE GOOGLE MAP TOGETHER? YEAH.
I MEAN, I CAN GLADLY PUT A LIST TOGETHER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE MAP.
I KNOW HOW TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DO THE GOOGLE MAP.
CAUSE WE USUALLY DO IT BY LIKE WHAT'S CLOSEST, THIS HOUSE IS CLOSE TO THAT HOUSE.
SO PEOPLE AREN'T RUNNING FROM ONE END OF TOWN TO THE NEXT AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM TO FALL.
SO, SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATES HERE ON LAST YEAR'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
IT SAID, UM, ALL ENTRIES WERE DUE FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 13TH.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM EARLY THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE SAME PLACE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S EASIER BECAUSE OF THAT.
THERE'S SOME SOMETHING ELSE THAT SAID DECEMBER 4TH, SO WE'RE WANTING IT TO BE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT READY FOR THE FOURTH, RIGHT? YEAH.
THIS ONE SAYS ALL ENTRIES DUE FRIDAY, THE FOURTH WE WOULD WANT TO SEE, YOU COULD DO, LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE DECORATED BY THEM.
THEY JUST HAVE TO SIGN UP BY RIGHT SIGN UP THE WEEK PRIOR, WHICH THEY MAY HAVE A CALENDAR.
WELL, AND ALSO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT FOR WOULD BE THE 27TH.
WHAT DATE? DEFINITELY MAKING IT CLEAR BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE AREN'T DECORATING UNTIL AFTER.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THESE HOUSES.
WE USED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY'S DECORATED BY THIS TIME.
I TOLD HIM, LIKE I KNEW I HAD THE LIST OUT BEFORE THE 18TH, BUT THAT THE HOUSES WOULDN'T BE READY UNTIL THE 18TH OR THERE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING FOR LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS OUT THERE.
SO WHAT'S BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 24TH, LET ME SEE NOVEMBER AGAIN.
IF WE SAID WE'VE GOT TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE DECORATED IN THIS PART, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE SIGNED UP BY NOVEMBER 22ND.
THAT'S A MONDAY THAT GIVES US THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, WHICH THERE ARE SOME DAYS HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T ALL BE WORKING THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE'D GIVE YOU THAT WEEK.
AND THE TREE LIGHTING IS ON SATURDAY.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TWO WEEKS TO GET THE LIST AND MAP TOGETHER, PRINTED TO HAND OUT AT THE TREE LIGHTING.
UM, PLEASE, JUST BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE BEFORE, BUT JERRY, THEY, SOME WON'T EVEN START THEIR DECORATIONS UNTIL THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK.
SO WE JUST NEED TO HAVE, UH, A DATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WITH THEIR COMMITMENT.
TREE BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND DECORATED BY THAT'S.
WHAT, WHEN YOU WANT TO DECORATE IT BY SAY PLEASE, THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER, IT WAS NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEM DONE BECAUSE EVERYBODY KIND OF DOES THAT WITH THEIR FAMILY RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING OR DURING THANKSGIVING
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AND THEN THEY'RE READY.BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING THE LIST DOWN UNTIL THE FOURTH.
SO I WOULD ASK THEM TO HAVE THEM READY, PLEASE.
THAT'S ABOUT WHEN I WOULD DO IT BEFORE THE 6TH OF DECEMBER.
SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CALL AND SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE MY HOUSE DECORATED BY THEN.
WELL, DECORATE IT WHEN YOU CAN.
BUT IF YOU'RE ON THE LIST, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU HAVE IT BY THE SIXTH, RIGHT.
DOESN'T MEAN YOU DO, BUT OKAY.
SO WE'RE TAKING OUT THE WHOLE PRIZE ELEMENT AND WE'RE TAKING OUT THE SCAVENGER HUNT, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE ICE BIKING.
CITY IS THE FACEBOOK PAGE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO, THEY NOMINATE THEIR BEST, THEIR FAVORITES.
I MEAN, OR COMMENTED ON THEIR FAVORITE.
I CAN COMMENT ON THEIR FAVORITE.
AND YOU BRONZE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DOING A CONTEST LIKE THAT AT ALL, BUT THEY, THEY ARE PUTTING THEM OUT, OH, THIS IS MY FAVORITE.
AND THEN THEY'RE POSTING THEIR VIDEO BECAUSE I ASKED HIM TO DO THAT SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THEY'RE HAVING FUN.
SO WHEN I SAY ADDING ICE BY HUGH BAIR, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY CONTEST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CONTEST.
WELL, IT WOULD BE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
I SPOT WENDOLYN WHO DID IT? SHE DID.
SHE DIDN'T MAKE SURE IT WAS AWESOME.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS ALWAYS, UM, WELL IT WAS A CONTEST OPEN TO HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS ONLY.
SO SINCE IT'S NOT A CONTEST, ARE YOU ALLOWING, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO SAY? WHAT? WHO ARE THEY OVER THERE IN FOREST RIDGE? THOSE KIND OF GROUPS.
WE'VE ALWAYS LET THEM BE IN RUSSIA BECAUSE THERE IS SEVERAL OVER THERE THAT DO AMAZING.
WE DIDN'T, IT WAS FOR HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENTS ONLY.
SO WE'LL HAVE TWO WEEKS TO GET THIS LIST TOGETHER.
IT WON'T TAKE LONG AND THEN HAVE IMPRINTED.
I'LL JUST KEEP SENDING IT AS I GET A FEW, SEND THEM AS SOON AS YOU GET THEM, I'LL HAVE IT.
WELL, NO, THAT'S THE NEXT THING I NEED TO KNOW.
UM, JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING CITY TAX DOLLARS TO MAKE THIS LIST.
ARE WE CROSSING THE LINE? IF WE STARTED INCLUDING HOMES THAT ARE NOT IN THIS, SO IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO MAKE THE LIST.
SHE'S DOING IT AS A VOLUNTEER.
OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE PRINTING.
AND DO YOUR QR CODE FOR THE MAP? YES.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
IF I DON'T, I WILL SEE MY HUSBAND.
AND WE HAVE HERE, WHO DO PEOPLE HERE WHO DO KNOW HOUSE, SO NOT ME, BUT ALL RIGHT.
SO I NEED ONE OTHER THING WE NEED TO CLARIFY.
WHEN WE HAVE STARTED DOING CONTESTS, WE WERE USING THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION, UM, GENERIC EMAIL.
DO YOU WANT PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THEM COMING FROM HEBREW HAUNTS.
ARE WE PUTTING, UH, IS THIS, YOUR EMAIL IS WHO YOU WANT THEM TO COME? UM, SO THEY ACTUALLY PRIVATE MESSAGE ME ON FACEBOOK.
WELL, I HAVE TO HAVE A WAY OF TELLING PEOPLE IN THE ADVERTISEMENT HOW YOU CAN DO MY EMAIL THEN IF THAT'S OKAY AND I'LL SHARE IT WITH SHAMAN, ME AND SHANNON WILL GET TOGETHER.
I THROW MY EMAIL OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, SO IT'S OKAY.
SO WE WANT THEM TO RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS BY NOVEMBER 22ND, WE WERE DECORATED BY THE SIXTH OR ADDING AN ICE BY HUGH BEAR FUND.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QR CODE FOR LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK YOU CAN'T PUT IT OUT THERE TOO FAR AHEAD.
CAUSE IT GETS LOST WHEN YOU SAY.
UM, YEAH, SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA THINK THE GOOD TIME OF WHEN WE WANT TO START THAT START HITTING THAT OUT THERE ON THE, UM, SOCIAL
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MEDIA WITH YOUR PERMISSION.I WOULD LIKE TO START ASKING AS SOON AS HALLOWEEN IS OVER, LIKE THE VERY NEXT DAY.
SO I'VE GOT TO GET SOME LITTLE THING TYPED UP BY NOVEMBER 1ST.
THE PRESSURE, UM, THIS YEAR HAS FULL NO BY, YEAH.
SO THIS WAS JUST THE LITTLE SAYING THAT WAS ON THERE.
AND THEN THERE WAS LIKE A PICTURE OF SOME DECORATED HOMES.
SO WE'LL KIND OF DO THAT AGAIN WHERE WE WORD THAT THIS ON HERE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PRIZES.
UM, THEN AS THE LIST ADDRESSES, COME IN, WE'LL MAKE A LIST.
IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY A WHOLE BUNCH MORE.
ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? SO NEXT THE ART EXHIBIT, UM, WE HAD LEFT YOU BOTH WITH GAVIN WAS A COMMITTEE THAT IF YOU WANTED TO START TALKING ABOUT YOUR IDEAS, BUT I KNOW GAVIN ISN'T HERE.
SO THIS ART EXHIBITION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT THE PERFORMING ARTS IN THE SUMMER, OUT IN THE PARK.
THIS ART EXHIBITION IS THE ONE THAT WE HAD IN FEBRUARY.
SORRY WE'RE DOING, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO CONTINUE THAT WE HAD IT IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAD T-MOBILE SPONSOR IT WITH THE, UM, SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND SO WE HAVE REACHED BACK OUT TO THE DATE AND FOUNDATION TO GET THAT THAT PROCESS STARTED SO THAT THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDED THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, THE WAY IT FELL LAST YEAR, WITH EVERYTHING YOU COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING WILL HAPPEN IS IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR, THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED THE NEXT YEAR.
SO THE MONEY FROM LAST YEAR WILL BE AWARDED TO TWO SENIORS THIS YEAR, WHEN THE MONEY COMES IN THIS YEAR WILL BE AWARDED TO TWO SENIORS NEXT YEAR.
SO WE HAVE, UM, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YOU WHO AT ONE POINT SAID YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT CRITERIA TEAM FOR THE CANDIDATES.
SO WE WILL HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS WHEN THEY'RE READY FOR THAT.
AND I BELIEVE HER NISHA WAS THE OTHER ONE.
SO WHEN THEY GET MOVING TO THAT PART WHERE THEY'RE READY TO START, THEY'LL CONTACT YOU.
AREN'T WE THINKING FEBRUARY AGAIN, FOR ANY OF THAT ART EXHIBIT THAT DAY I'VE BEEN TALK AND GET IT QUITE A BIT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH OF A FAVORABLE COMMENT TO THE IDEA OF MOVING IT TO VALENTINE'S DAY WEEKEND.
PEOPLE LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME SORT OF AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GO OUT TO A RESTAURANT STANDARD ALIGN FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.
THEY HAVE DINNER AND THAT YOU'RE TOO TIRED TO DO ANYTHING, BUT GO HOME AND FALL ASLEEP IN FRONT OF THE BOAT TO IDS.
SO SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS DOING THIS, DOING THE SATURDAY PART OF IT, HAVING TO GO INTO THE EVENING, SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A FOOD TRUCK OUT THERE.
THE ONE CLOSEST TO VALENTINE'S DAY.
SO LAST YEAR WE DID A WEEKEND.
WE DID IT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT DIDN'T WORK WELL.
THE BIGGEST BULK OF IT WAS SATURDAY.
WE JUST HAD SOME STRAGGLERS ON SUNDAY.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS YOU FOCUS ON THE ONE DAY.
I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK I JUST FOCUSED ON THE ONE DAY.
BUT YOU'RE THINKING OF TAKING IT INTO THE EVENING.
CAN I ASK WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? YEP.
SO WE REACHED OUT, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE SCHOOLS, NOT A ART SHOW.
IT WAS AN ART EXHIBITION WHERE THEY WOULD JUST BRING THEIR ART TO SHOW.
SO WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW ARTISTS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL WHO, UM, BROUGHT THEIR ART.
AND THEN OF COURSE IT WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO COME SEE AND TO, THEY'RE NOT SELLING THEIR ITEMS AT THIS EVENT, BUT IF THEY MAKE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE AND THEY REACH OUT TO THEM AT A DIFFERENT PLACE TO DO THE SELLING, THAT'S FINE.
WE WEREN'T HAVING THEM SELL IT THERE.
SO, UM, THE SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED, THEY ALL GOT A RIBBON FOR PARTICIPATING.
UM, THE ADULTS DID NOT GET THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
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I, YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UM, THAT I FOUND WAS A LITTLE BIT STAGNANT AT THE ART THING IS MAYBE, MAYBE SOMEONE THAT COULD COME IN AND MAYBE PLAY A GUITAR FOR YES.WE HAD SOME MUSIC PLAYING IN THE CORNER, BUT IT WAS SO QUIET.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE LIKE SOME STRINGS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT PLAYING.
THAT MAY BE A METHOD FOR BRINGING IN SOME DURABLE PERFORMANCE ART ASPECT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE'VE GOT SOME SORT OF STRING GROUPS.
MAYBE AT THAT TIME, WE, WE JUST WANT ONE PERFORMING.
WE WON'T, WE WOULDN'T WANT MULTIPLES BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CHANGING IN AND OUT OF INSTRUMENTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
JUST SOMEBODY THERE PERFORMING SOME MUSIC.
NOW, IF YOU HAD IT ALL DAY LONG AND EVENING, THERE ARE OF COURSE NOT GOING TO PERFORM THAT WHOLE TIME.
SO YOU WOULD WANT TO PICK A GOOD, GOOD TIME.
I THINK, AND YOU COULD ADVERTISE THAT IT'S BEEN IN PLAY BETWEEN THIS TIME THAT I THINK MUSIC WOULD BE HELPFUL.
NOT NECESSARILY SINGING, BUT JUST, JUST SOME MUSIC.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE OF THE ART EXHIBITS.
I THINK PEOPLE ENJOYED THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
WE GOT TO PULL SOME MORE OF THE ARTS TOGETHER.
UM, ON THAT SAME NOTE, IT'D BE A GOOD TIME THAT IF YOU HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY SITTING THERE PAINTING WHILE THEY WERE WALKING AROUND OR DOING CLAY WHILE THEY WERE THERE, I THINK PEOPLE ENJOY THAT, YOU KNOW, GO HOME, LOOK HOW NEAT THAT IS WATCHING THE PROCESS AND WATCHING THE PROCESS.
WHAT WOULD IT BE GREAT IF WE WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEBODY DOING LIKE CHARACATURES THERE, BUT THEN, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE, ALLOW THEM TO SELL THOSE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE THEM AWAY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM AWAY.
THEN YOU GET INTO THAT SELLING ASPECT.
I THINK THAT'S A PERFECT DATE.
AND THEN LIKE HAVING AT ONE, ONE DAY, SO ANYTHING FOR RIGHT NOW NEEDS.
CAUSE I MEAN, W WE ARE AHEAD OF TIME, BUT WE DID WANT TO GET THIS ON THE CALENDAR SO WE CAN START GETTING SOME STUFF TOGETHER.
SO ARE YOU TALKING LIKE 12 TO SIX? SOMETIMES TWO TO SEVEN OR NOON TO SET? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GO MUCH LATER THAN THAT.
I WISH I WISH THEY CAN DO TO SEVEN.
JUST THOUGHT, I MEAN, I COULD GO TO DINNER AFTER THEY WANT TO DO THAT OR THEY'VE GOT, I'M SORRY.
IT'S, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TIME IF WE NEED TO CHANGE.
BUT JUST TRYING TO HAVE A GENERAL, I THINK THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS A GOOD PLACE.
WE ALREADY HAVE WRITTEN UP THE EVERYTHING FROM LAST YEAR, COMMON, JOIN US FOR THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING.
DIDN'T WE, WE JUST HAVE TO TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT.
I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER HOW WE GOT THAT.
I THINK WE WROTE IT UP AND WE HAD IT READY, BUT WE ENDED UP NOT QUITE SENDING IT TO ALL THE STUDENTS.
WE HANDED IT TO THE ART TEACHERS BECAUSE OF COVID BECAUSE WE HAD TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COME.
SO IT WAS THE ELEMENTARY ART TEACHERS THAT WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE TEACHERS BOTH BROUGHT LIKE A WHOLE CLASSROOMS WORTH OF ART, CHARLES HUBER.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER ONE ROBIN DOLE, MAYBE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER MAYBE MONTICELLO.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET WITH SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE SOME OF THEM COME.
SO WE'LL NEED SOME CONTACT WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A, UM, SCHOOL CO-OP AT OUR CHURCH NOW THERE'S LIKE 140 KIDS THERE.
NOW I THINK WITH THE ELEMENTARY, DID WE HAVE A THING WHERE THEY SUBMIT A PICTURE? WE WOULD HANG IT ON THE WALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS EVERYTHING.
NO, THE ART TEACHER BROUGHT THEIR ARTWORK IN AND DISPLAYED IT ON, UM, POSTER BOARDS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO KIND OF GET TOGETHER, FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT AND BRING IT BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UM, THE FINE STILL ART EXHIBITION,
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NOT A SALE, NOT A CONTEST, NOT DANCERS RUNNING THROUGH THE HALL.UM, SO THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND SO THAT YOUR IDEAS ARE IN THAT LINE.
AND NEXT MONTH WE WILL, UM, WE CAN FIND TO TWO, TWO OF THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT AT LEAST EVERYBODY CAN BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, MOVING ON, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS ANYONE? WELL, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO WE DID THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL AND WE'VE HAD THE MOVIE THEATER, YOU KNOW, SHOWS.
IS THERE ANY A TIME WHERE WE REFLECT, UM, AFTER EVERY EVENT I REFLECT ON, HOW DID IT WORK? WHAT WORKED BEST? DID I HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS? HOW CAN I DO BETTER? YOU KNOW, I, SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS THAT IN THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL, THE GIRL SCOUTS CAME AND HELPED EVERYBODY SET UP.
AND JUST TO REMEMBER THAT, SO WE CAN DO IT EVERY TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO ALWAYS AFTER THE EVENTS, WE'RE SO RUSHED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, WE DON'T DO THAT.
MY THOUGHT WAS KIND OF AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I WANTED TO KIND OF DO A REFLECT BACK ON ALL OF IT, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DO AS THE CITY SEND LETTERS TO, UM, LIKE COMPANIES THAT MADE DONATIONS OR RESIDENTS WHO MAKE BIG DONATIONS, BUT LIKE THE GIRL SCOUTS, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT KIND OF A THING.
IF EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO MAKE SOME NOTES, GET YOUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER.
WE COULD DO THAT AT THE LAST MEETING OR DO IT AT THE FIRST JANUARY MEETING, WHICHEVER WORKS.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR.
UM, THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, BECAUSE MOVING FORWARD, SOME OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE WORKED OUT BEFORE WE CAN APPLY DOING THEM.
ONE THING THAT I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THERE IS I ALWAYS HATE TO GO BACKWARDS OR REDUCE OR CUT DOWN.
BUT I THINK THE MOVIES WERE OUT OF HAND.
I THINK WE NEED TO CUT DOWN TO THREE MOVIES INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO THE FIVE.
UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF MUSIC CONCERTS, WHICH ARE GREAT, AND I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES THOSE AND THEY WILL PROBABLY NOT CUT THOSE DOWN.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE, DO YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD DOES ALL OF THAT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FROM SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS FOR THOSE THINGS.
SO A AND B ARE THE MUSIC AND MOVIE NIGHTS AND WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP THERE.
SO MAYBE CUTTING IT DOWN WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THOUGHTS WE CAN.
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE AND I HAVE TO KNIT, I'VE NOT GOT TO GO TO A REALLY, EVEN ONE MOVIE OR CONCERT THIS YEAR.
I HAVEN'T GOT TO VOLUNTEER ANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THOSE? ARE THEY STILL BENEFICIAL? ARE THE, AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMING TOWARD COMING TO THE MOVIES WE HAD AT LEAST WITH A 60 PLUS CROWD AT ONE NIGHT.
AND BEFORE COVID WE HAD, WE WOULD HAVE, WELL OVER 150 TO 175.
SO, UM, JOSH WAS TELLING ME FOR CASPER.
I MEAN, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COLD AND A LOT OF EVENTS, MY SUGGESTION IS TO NOT COMBINE EVENTS.
WE DID THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A MOVIE NIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENING.
I THINK COMBINING IT DID NOT DRAW MORE PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE TRYING.
WELL, THEN WE COMBINE IT WITH THIS.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT WORKED THAT WAY.
FOR THIS EVENT, THAT WAS HIS, BASICALLY ONCE IT GOT DARK, THE CAR PEOPLE, THEY JUST SLEPT, PROBABLY HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO CAME TO LOOK AT THE CARS, STAYED FOR THE MOVIE.
UH, I THINK THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL IS TOO BIG OF A DEAL TO THEN SAY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOVIE BECAUSE BY THAT TIME YOU'RE TIRED.
SO I, THAT WOULD BE, MY SUGGESTION IS NOT TO COMBINE EVENTS.
I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU ON THREE MOVIES WOULD BE BETTER AND IT DOES LEAVE MORE MONEY TO DO MORE BEAUTIFICATION PRO.
WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION.
THAT WAS A BIG HIT, UM, TRY TO GET SOME MORE KINDS OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS GOING THE FLOWERS OUT FRONT HERE ARE DOING OKAY.
BUT THE ONES IN FRONT OF THE POLICE ARE AWFUL BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE WALKING OVER THERE.
AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE FLOWERS IN THE EARNS THAT WE PAID LOTS OF MONEY FOR, WE MAY HAVE TO GET SOME SKETCH, KIND OF A VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT ELSE? AND THEN SOMETHING THAT PARKS AND REC IS WORKING ON TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME SORT OF A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
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WE'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO THEY JUST WANT TO DO.THEY DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN A BOARD OR A COMMISSION THAT THERE'S A PARK NEARBY.
THEY WANT TO PLANT FLOWERS AT THE PARK, NEAR THEIR HOME.
IF THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO DO AND THEY'RE WILLING TO ATTEND TO THE FLOWERS, BUT SO WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF A DATABASE OF WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE, HOW THEY CAN SIGN UP AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBOR A WHO'S WILLING TO DO IT.
AND NEIGHBOR B WANTS TO HELP NEIGHBOR A, WE CAN HAVE THAT RESOURCE.
I THINK WE WROTE SOMETHING UP FOR A VOLUNTEER FOR A YEAR, RIGHT.
A COMMITMENT DIDN'T WE, WE DID THAT.
A COUPLE OF THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING A DATABASE TOGETHER, VOLUNTEERS, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT.
I MAY HAVE A COPY CAUSE I, I WORKED ON IT.
UNDERSTANDING IS, AND I THINK OF IT NOW AFTER HE LEFT AT RICHARD SHAW HAS A SOFTWARE PROGRAM ALREADY TO GO ALL THE WAY HE NEEDS TO DO IS JUST FLIP THE SWITCH.
MAYBE WE'LL JUST START GATHERING PEOPLE COMING IN AND SIGN UP.
UM, I MAY BE JUMPING THE GUN HERE, BUT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE A PERSON, ANOTHER PERSON ON THE BOARD WHO INTERVIEWED AND, UM, SHE HAS TO BE APPOINTED THROUGH COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL BE PART OF OUR BOARD.
SO WE WILL BE BACK UP TO A FULL BOARD.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE ELSE, BUT SHANNON, YES.
WE WILL KEEP YOUR IDEA OF TRYING TO, I ALMOST THINK AFTER EVERY EVENT WE SHOULD, SO WE WILL TRY TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR, BUT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND THEN TAKE ON AS PART OF OUR PROCESS NEXT YEAR AFTER EACH EVENT, TALK ABOUT IT.
SO COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, I WANTED TO BRING UP AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WE'VE FINISHED THE DETAILS ON THE THINGS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT FOR NOVEMBER, AND THEN KNOWING IN DECEMBER THAT WE DO EVER CHRISTMAS EVENT, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER? ABSOLUTELY.
DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED THAT.
WELL, GREG, YOU'RE VERY QUICK TO SAY THAT, BUT I DO NEED TO REMIND YOU THAT IT IS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OFF, UM, AFTER OUR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO RUSH IN HERE TO A MEETING.
SO USUALLY THEY DON'T HAVE DECEMBER MEETINGS, BUT THEN THEY HAVE IN JANUARY, WE DO HAVE ELECTION FOR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, OR WANT TO RUN FOR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, UM, BY JANUARY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
AND THEN, SO JUST BASICALLY, I'M JUST KIND OF ASKING YOU GUYS NOT TO COMMIT TONIGHT, BUT TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT A MEETING A DECEMBER OR NOT.
AND WE'LL DECIDE THAT IN NOVEMBER, AFTER WE GET ALL THIS DONE.
SO THE SECOND WEEK, THIRD, YEAH.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, WE'LL WE CAN DECIDE THAT NEXT MEETING.
THERE WERE SO MANY MEETINGS HERE AT CITY HALL.
THERE'S NOT A NIGHT AVAILABLE.
SO ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYBODY SEEING NONE WE'LL UM, GO AHEAD.
AND ONE OTHER THING, I'VE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING IS GETTING THE MEDIA ATTENTION THAT WE NEED TO BE HAVING.
I HAVE REACHED OUT AND I DID GET SOME CONTACT INFORMATION FROM THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
AND, UH, JERRY, I WILL BE EMAILING THAT TO YOU FOR US, BUT WE PROBABLY SHOULD GET THAT CIRCULATED TO ALL OF THE BOARD AND CONDITION THAT THEY HAVE THAT WELL, NOT ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DO THINGS THAT WELL, THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO DO ANY EVENT THAT NEEDS PUBLICATION THEY'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY ME.
WE JUST NEED TO HAVE AS A CITY, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND IT NEEDS TO GO OUT TO GIVE IT AN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE NOW MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S SECOND LARGEST COMMUNITY.
AND WE ARE THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT EXPERIENCED ANY GROWTH IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
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STOP BEING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS AND BE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRACKS.SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.
SO WITH A BAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UM, WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, OUR AUGUST 16TH, 2021 ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION MEETING MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED OUR UP AND COMING MEETING WILL BE NOVEMBER 15TH, 2021, 6:30 PM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FURNITURE.