[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 19, 2022 6:30 P.M.]
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WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER ROLL CALL.
VINCENT KING HERE, ALEX BLACK HERE.
CHRISTOPHER HALL, GLENN POTTENGER BLAKE HERSTEIN SIDNEY SMITH, MATT TEAGUE.
SO I DO KNOW THAT, UM, GLENN IS OUT SICK TODAY.
UH, SYDNEY WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT LIKE IT'S ON THE NIGHT SHIFT AND MATT SENT ME AN EMAIL AS WELL THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT.
UM, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK TODAY, BUT WE CANNOT, UM, MAKE ANY DECISIONS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO DO? AND I WILL START WITH BRIAN.
WELL, I MEAN, WE, I, I LIKE TO JUST GO OVER.
JUST TO GET SOME UPDATES IF WE CAN.
MATT, CHRIS, YOU CAN CALL ME TWICE.
AND ALEX, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ON THERE WHEN THE GENTLEMEN PERFECT.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
I JUST MIGHT HAVE A POEM ABOUT LAST MONTH YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED LIKE, UM, HOW YOU WOULD GO WITH THE PATH BEHIND MY HOUSE, MAYBE AN ENTRANCE AND MAYBE CUT OUT SOME MORE AND EVERYTHING.
ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE THE PATH AT THE END OF THE SIDEWALK WHERE IT USED TO BE DOWN THAT WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A PATH BETWEEN THE HOUSES, IT USED TO BE A PATH THAT WENT RIGHT STRAIGHT DOWN, UM, ANGELINA, RIGHT INTO THE WOODS.
OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET, BUT RIGHT AT THE END, THE ANGELINA, THERE'S A CYCLE THAT GOES INTO THE WOODS, BUT SOMEHOW THEY'RE BLOCKED.
SO FROM WHAT I CAN RECALL, I KNOW COMING FROM LONGFORD, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S THE FIRST ONE THAT GOES INTO THE FIELD.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE GOES BACK INTO, IT GOES BETWEEN, UM, OH, WHAT'S HER LAST NAME? MAYBE.
CAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER LADY THAT LIVES OVER THERE TOO AND SOMETHING, BUT, UH, IT GOES RIGHT BETWEEN THOSE HOUSES AND THE SIDEWALK OBVIOUSLY ENDS, BUT THERE'S STILL THAT 20 FOOT.
SO IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? OH, YOU MEAN ACTUALLY INTO THE WOODS? THERE WAS AN OPENING.
THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY LOOK AT PUTTING SOME OF THOSE WALKING PATH CONNECTORS OUT.
I WASN'T NECESSARILY MEAN, AND DIRECTLY BEHIND YOUR HOUSE.
I WAS JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
I WAS JUST USING THE PATH BEHIND YOUR HOUSE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
IT'LL BE CONNECTIONS TO THOSE ALREADY EXISTING PATHS.
SHOULDN'T LET THAT STEW THAT LONG.
SO WE WILL KNOW WHO YOUR ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
I BEEN COMING HERE SINCE LAST YEAR AND I STILL CAN'T GET IT VERIFIED.
AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU, YOU GUYS FROM THE INTERNET AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU COULD GIVE CREDIT TO
IT'S ALL A LOT OF THEM I CAN SEE.
SO I SAY, OH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE DEAL.
BUT IF YOU GUYS CAME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AT LEAST GET A GOOD, NO PROBLEM.
YOU MAY PULL IT UP OR YOU GOT IT.
UH, HE SAID, UM, AS OF NOW WE HAVE, UH, RESERVED 245 SHELTERS.
AND THE PARK SYSTEM JUNE IS STARTING TO FILL UP.
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WE HAVE OUR INSTRUCTORS IN PLACE FOR COMMUNITY GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES AT THE AMPHITHEATER CLASSES WILL BE AT 9:00 AM AND START ON JUNE 4TH.AND I THINK THAT'S ON SATURDAYS.
UM, THE AQUATIC CENTER OPENS ON SATURDAY, MAY 28TH.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE PASSED OUR HEALTH INSPECTION AND WE'LL BE RUNNING TRAININGS STARTING ON SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT WEEK, ABOUT A WEEK.
AND I WILL CONFIRM WITH HIM WHEN HE GETS BACK, UM, THE COMMUNITY GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES AT THE AMPHITHEATER.
I THINK THEY'RE ON SATURDAYS BEFORE THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND THEN HE'S GOT, AND THEN I WILL GRAB, UM, HIS FLYER AND THE ADVERTISEMENTS FROM HIS FACEBOOK PAGE OR, UM, FROM HIM AND ALSO POST THAT ON OUR PAGE AS WELL.
THAT'S PART OF TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE PARTS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO WHY IS ABLE TO OFFER THOSE CLASSES NOW? UH, LAST YEAR IT WAS LIKE A SOFT OPENING WHERE PEOPLE COULD WALK AROUND A PORT OPEN BECAUSE HE MENTIONED THAT ANGER HAS THE MEXICAN, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE AQUATIC CENTER? YEAH.
SO I BELIEVE THAT IS NORMALLY WHAT THE WEEK BEFORE PROBABLY, BUT HE DID NOT.
YEAH, THERE'LL BE A SATURDAY, BUT HE DIDN'T CONFIRM IT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THIS SATURDAY, SATURDAY.
SO, BUT I'LL GO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK WAS BEING DONE OUT THERE.
A LITTLE PEAK IN, THEY WERE WORKING ON THE SLIDES LAST WEEK, GETTING THEM PAINTED.
SO WE WILL CONFIRM THAT, UM, LET'S SEE OLD BUZZY CONTINUING WITH OLD BUSINESS, JOSH PARKS MANAGER UPDATE.
I'M GOING TO RUN DOWN THE LIST HERE.
SO, UH, EICHELBERGER AMPHITHEATER, UM, IF THEY DID NOT FINISH IT TODAY, IT'LL BE FINISHED TOMORROW.
I KNOW WE HAD, UM, A COUPLE OF LITTLE ISSUES AND HICCUPS OUT THERE.
UM, BUT IT WAS ALL SQUARED AWAY.
THEY HAD TO GET AN EXTRA LITTLE PIECE OF, UH, THE ASTROTURF.
CAUSE THE MEASUREMENT WE WERE GIVEN WAS OFF BY A FOOT.
SO THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE HOPING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WHERE THE COLOR WAS CLOSED SINCE THEY COULD.
THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT DIALOGUES.
SO I'LL NEVER NOTICE IT CAUSE I DON'T SEE COLOR WELL, BUT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT NOTICE IT.
SO, UM, BUT THAT SHOULD BE DONE.
LIKE I SAID, IF THEY DIDN'T FINISH TONIGHT, IT'LL BE DONE TOMORROW.
CAUSE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY AHEAD OF US FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND UH, LOTS OF KIDS THAT WERE MAD THAT THAT PLAYGROUND WAS WRAPPED IN CAUTION TAPE SATURDAY.
SO, UM, YOURS WAS ONE OF THEM.
SO WE'RE LIKE THE 12 KIDS WHOSE PARENTS WERE WORKING AT THE FARMER'S MARKET AND WE'RE WANTING THEM TO GO SOMEWHERE.
SO, UH, THIS WEEK THAT'LL BE GOOD TO GO.
UM, THEY WILL BE STARTING ON COMMUNITY PARK PLAYGROUND AS WELL.
AGAIN, THAT WILL JUST BE HALF OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE HANDICAP WHEELCHAIR SWING WILL NOT BE INCLUDED UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM THE GRANT, UM, FROM THE CHRISTOPHER REEVES FOUNDATION.
UM, AND ONCE WE HAVE A DETERMINATION ON THAT, THEN I WILL KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, BUT IT'LL BE, UM, THE PLAY STRUCTURE ITSELF SHOULD BE UP WITHIN A FEW DAYS AND THEN THAT'LL JUST BE LOOSE, FILL RUBBER MULCH.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TURF ON THAT ONE.
UH, THE 20, 22, UH, SUMMER MUSIC SERIES KICKS OFF IN TWO WEEKS.
UH, JUNE 4TH WILL BE OUR FIRST DATE WITH THE DATE AND PHONE CALL STARS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT SEASON AHEAD OF US.
WE GOT 12 SHOWS, THREE EACH MONTH.
OUR FORMAT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF EVERY MONTH.
WE'LL BE A BIGGER SHOW AND THEN SOME KIND OF LOCAL, UH, ONE SMATTERED THROUGHOUT.
UM, AND THEN THE SAME WITH LIKE THE MOVIES WILL ALWAYS BE THE THIRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH FOR OUR MOVIE NIGHTS AS WELL.
UM, THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN KIND OF GET USED TO THAT FORMAT AND UM, AND JUST KINDA NOT HAVE TO REMEMBER AS MUCH BETWEEN ALL THE OTHER HOLIDAYS, UM, ALL THE OTHER HOLIDAYS AND STUFF.
LET'S UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING WE GOT ON THERE, RIGHT? FOR THE PARK MANAGER UPDATE, RIGHT? YES.
WELL, UH, I STOPPED BACK THERE JOSH AND LOOKED AT THE PLAYGROUND.
I WAS LIKE THE OTHER DAY THERE SINCE I WORKED OVER THE WIDE EVERY MORNING THERE.
UM, NO COM NO COMMENTS ON THAT OTHER THAN IF THEY LOOKS GOOD.
BUT WHEN I WAS BACK THERE, I TRIED TO VISUALIZE WHERE YOU PROPOSED PUTTING THAT BASKETBALL COURT.
I KNOW I WANT TO HEAR THIS, BUT I'M OUT.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, HAVE YOU AUTOMAT
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ALREADY DECIDED TO PUT IT BACK THERE VERSUS OUT NEAR SHOW ROAD? I DON'T KNOW, OUT VALLEY SHAWL ROAD, ALL THOSE AREAS ARE SOCCER FIELDS.NOW IT'S EASY TO MOVE A SOCCER FIELD AND TO MOVE A BASKETBALL COURT ONCE YOU PUT IT DOWN, BUT I'M SEEING YOU AS HELL.
WE ALL JUST DECIDED THAT'S THE BEST LOCATION FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT? WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO BUILD THE GROUND UP FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT THAN IT IS TO BUILD THE GROUND UP FOR A SOCCER FIELD.
SO IF THE AREA IS NOT PERFECTLY LEVEL, WE CAN BUILD IT UP TO DO THAT.
BUT FOR A SOCCER FIELD, YOU'RE TALKING REGRADING THAT WHOLE AREA.
SO IF WE WERE TO SWAP HOME AND MOVE SOCCER FIELDS OVER THERE, UM, YOU GOT TO REGRADE THE WHOLE THING.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AREA OUT FRONT BY SHOW ROAD TO REPOSITION THE SOCCER FIELDS AND MOVING THEM BACK TOWARDS THE AQUATIC CENTER.
YEAH, THEY USE, THEY USE ALL THAT SPACE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO, OKAY.
PLUS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CONVENIENT TO HAVE IT NEXT TO THE AQUATIC CENTER.
SO WHEN THEY ARE ON ADULT SWIM, THOSE KIDS, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE TIMES, THOSE KIDS CAN EXIT OUT AND BE RIGHT THERE TO PLAY AND COME RIGHT BACK IN INSTEAD OF TRUDGING ALL THE WAY OUT TO SHELL ROAD AND BACK.
WELL, IN THAT ISSUE, YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS TROUBLE TIME.
YOU PUTTING THE KIDS BACK THERE.
AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE BACK THERE THAT PEOPLE, INDIA, WHY WOULD NEVER KNOW IT UNTIL THE COPS SHOW UP, BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO VISUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BACK THERE.
WE HAVE CAMERAS UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE AMPHITHEATER AND THEIR STAFF AT ARE NOT THE EMPTIER, THE AQUATIC CENTER.
AND THERE'S ALSO STAFF THERE IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM THE AQUATIC CENTER, IT'S THAT IT'S STRAIGHT THERE.
IT'S NOT BEHIND THE RESTAURANT BUILDING.
IT'S CLOSER TO THE AQUATIC CENTER.
YOU'RE TALKING 10 FEET OFF THE CURB FOR THE PARKING LOT.
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE WE LEARNED OUR LESSON WHEN WE PUT IT IN SOME OTHER FACILITIES AROUND HERE FOR THE PARK AND REC AND REALIZE WHEN WE PUT IT IN THAT WE DID NOT GET EVERYBODY'S OPINION AND EVERYBODY'S SAYING, WELL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ABOUT US.
I WANT TO BE SURE WE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE THEN, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT THE AQUATICS AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ADULTS, THEIR KIDS BACK THERE PLAYING BASKETBALL, I WAS A TEENAGER WANTS TO YOU.
OKAY, YOU GOT BOYS WILL BE BOYS.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WHEN YOU'VE THOUGHT MOVING THEM ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WE MAY BE ASKING FOR, WELL, YOU'RE, EVEN IF YOU PUT THEM UP BY SHOAL ROAD, THEN THEY'RE BEHIND THE DIALYSIS BUILDING.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN NEAR THE WHITE WELL, BUT THAT SHOW ROW HAD MORE TRAFFIC THAN, THAN FIELD.
SO, I MEAN, I MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT IT.
SHOULD WE BE SURE THIS IS THE BEST SPOT TO PUT IT BEFORE WE START POINTING CONCRETE? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE MAP OR THE TV'S ON ALL.
I'LL SHOOT AN EMAIL OVER WITH THE PROPOSED AREA.
SO IF YOU'RE RUNNING, SO IF YOU'RE GOING, WHERE, IF YOU'RE ALL THE WAY ON THE OUTER LOOP BY THE TREE LINE AND THAT PATH, YOU CAN EITHER GO BEHIND THE AQUATIC CENTER OR IT CUTS BACK OVER BY THE RESTROOM BUILDING THAT TRIANGLE THERE RIGHT BY THE PARKING LOT IS WHERE IT IS.
SO IT'D BE ON THE INSIDE OF THE TRACK BEHIND KIND OF LIKE DIAGONAL FROM THE RESTROOM BUILDINGS.
IT'S I MEAN, IT'S CONNECTED TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE AQUATIC CENTER.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL BE OUT THERE SATURDAY.
WE'LL RAMP UP, PULL DOWN, I'LL HAVE JOSH POINTED OUT.
WE'LL GRAB A PHOTO AND SEND IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.
HEY, BRIAN, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ADD THINKING ON THE, FOR THE SPORTS DIRECTOR, THE YMCAS, BECAUSE THAT, WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY LIKE A FLAG FOOTBALL FIELD, THAT'S NEAR THE SOCCER FIELDS.
IF YOU WOULD PICK THAT OVER TO, YOU KNOW, FAR AWAY FROM THE SOCCER FIELDS, THAT'S NOT REALLY GOOD VILE.
YOU TRY TO RUN A PROGRAM AND TO KEEP AN EYES ON EVERYTHING.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD WANT TO KEEP EVERYTHING CLOSE TOGETHER.
SO PUTTING, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE FIELD OR TWO FIELDS AWAY FROM IT WOULD JUST HURT THE WHINING, SAY A LOT, TRYING TO RUN THEIR PROGRAMS. RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
PROGRAMMING, UH, EARTH DAY, 2022 RESULTS.
SO, UM, BLAKE IS NOT HERE TODAY, SO I'LL JUST READ WHAT HE SAID AND A FEW HIS COMMENTS.
UH, SO WE HAD ABOUT 60 TO 70 PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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WE HAD ABOUT FOUR BAGS OF TRASH.UM, AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO, UH, CLEAN UP THE, UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN OUT THERE, WHICH ARE FOUR GARDEN BEDS.
UH, BLAKE ALSO DID A SURVEY AS WELL.
SO, UM, IF YOU DIDN'T, WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT, UM, WHAT HE DID, WHAT HE DID, SORT OF LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT, ALMOST DID STATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, AS YOU WENT THROUGH EACH STATION, YOU SORTA GOT A STAMP WHEN YOU'RE A SCAVENGER CARD.
SO AT THE END, UM, FOLKS WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME FEEDBACK AS WELL AS SOME IDEAS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE EITHER IN THE PARKS OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR, UM, FOR EARTH DAY AS WELL.
AND THEN I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND BRIEFLY, UM, GO THROUGH THAT.
SO, UH, FOR THE EARTH DAY COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENT, SUGGESTION RESULTS, UH, DISPLAY A SPLASH PAD POOL OF SCHOOL CORES, BIGGER PLAYGROUND AT SWINGS AND SLIDES TIMES NINE, NINE RESPONSES, UH, DINOSAUR ACTIVITIES AND, UH, CLASSES, UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN TRAMPOLINE, BETTER ADVERTISING FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
MO MORE ART ON THE WALLS, REPAINT BASKETBALL HOOPS, BIRDWATCH BUTTERFLY HOUSE, UM, WALKING TRAIL WITH SIGNS.
THERE WERE ABOUT TWO PEOPLE OVER THERE THAT SIT THAT, UM, ANOTHER SHELTER, LANDSCAPING, GARDENING CLASSES AND PAINTING PARTY TO REPAINT THE INTERIOR IS THAT AFTER TO REPAINT INTERIOR, AFTER THE PAINTING PARTY, WE ALREADY DONE THAT'S A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO, UM, SO THESE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS HERE, UM, FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, SUGGESTIONS.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THOSE.
UM, I WILL SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE, SO YOU ALL HAVE IT AS WELL.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE.
I DO KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYGROUND, THAT'S ALREADY ON THE LIST, UM, TO REPLACE THE PLAYGROUND THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
IT WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACILITY, UM, BETTER ADVERTISING.
I THINK WE'RE SORTA DOING IT NOW.
UM, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE ASKING FOR LOCATIONS FOR EVENTS.
UM, SO I KNOW I'VE SEEN JOSH OUT THERE, UM, RECOMMENDING THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I'VE DONE IT IN SOME OTHER BOOKS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO DONE THAT, BUT, UM, BUT WE CAN ALSO PUSH IT OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DISCUSS WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION ARE WORKING SOME TYPE OF ARTWORK FOR THE WALL, UH, INSIDE, UM, AND THE GARDENING CLASSES, LANDSCAPING AND THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, JOSH AND I HAVE ALREADY STARTED TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE IDEAS WE'LL TALK ABOUT DURING NUMBER THREE, FOR THE OCTOBER EVENT, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF GARDENING CLASSES, UM, COMPOSTING AND ALL THAT RELATED OUT THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WALK PEOPLE THROUGH IT.
SO, UM, I WILL SEND THIS OUT TO YOU ALL, SO YOU ALL HAVE IT.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET READY TO DISCUSS THEM THE PRIORITY LIST, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT OKAY.
UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEMS, THE STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION VOLUNTEERS.
SO AS YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR AROUND JULY 4TH, WE HAVE OUR STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION.
UM, SO I ASKED JOHN IF HE NEEDED VOLUNTEERS OR ASSISTANCE WITH SETTING UP, AND THAT WOULD BE SITTING THEM DOWN AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK, JOSH.
SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN SCHEDULE SOME TIMES AND GET YOU OUT THERE AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT RON, I THINK YOU WERE OUT THERE LAST YEAR.
NO, I ACTUALLY, NO, YOU DID GREAT.
AND I'LL, UH, I'LL NEED THAT CAUSE I WILL NOT BE AT THE PARK EARLY IN THE MORNING CAUSE MY DAUGHTER WILL BE IN THE PARADE THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, I MEAN I CAN BE THERE AT FIRST, BUT THEN I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE, UH, FOR THE PARADE.
UM, FOOD TRUCKS WILL HAVE TO BE THERE STARTING BRIGHT AND EARLY 8:00 AM AGAIN.
UM, SO ANYBODY WHO CAN COME HELP DIRECT THOSE, UH, AND GET THEM PARKED.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE WE HAVE.
I THINK THE STAGE AND THE TENT AND ALL THAT SHOULD BE UP THE NIGHT BEFORE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VENDORS.
SO I MEAN, REALLY FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE IT.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME CARNIVAL RIDES COMING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OR FRIDAY EVENING.
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YET.UM, SO THAT, I MEAN, THAT'D BE ANOTHER ONE, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET PULLED IN WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
SO, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE DOWN THERE, UH, IF POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JOSH, I ASSUME YOU SAID SATURDAY MORNING.
SO THAT MEANS GOING TO CELEBRATE HIM JULY 2ND.
WE ALWAYS DO IT ON SATURDAY, SO THERE'LL BE JULY 2ND.
RON WAS GREAT UNTIL ONE OF THEM PULLED IN THE OTHER WAY.
AND THEN HE'S LIKE, NOW WHAT DO I DO? SO YOU ALL CAN JUST, UM, CHECK YOUR CALENDARS AND THEN LET ME KNOW, UM, PROBABLY BY END OF THE MONTH.
SO THAT WAY I CAN, WE CAN MEET WITH JOSH AND EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND BE READY FOR THAT BEFORE JULY.
UM, NUMBER THREE, ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR OCTOBER EVENT THAT JOSH HAD MENTIONED LAST MONTH, JOSH.
SO OCTOBER THE 22ND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO A, UM, A GROUP, UH, EVENT MIXING, UM, ALL OF THE BOARDS TOGETHER.
SO TRYING TO GET ALL THE BOARDS TO COME TOGETHER AND PUT AN EVENT ON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL.
UM, I KNOW LIKE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION LAST YEAR AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, THEY HAD, UM, A FAMILY SHOW UP WITH A TRACTOR AND LIKE A HAY WAGON AND THEY DID SOME RIDES AROUND THE PROPERTY.
WELL, WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM WITH A COMMUNITY CENTER, SO WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SPACE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TO SET THINGS UP.
UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A BONFIRE THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT GOING THROUGHOUT.
UM, WE PLAN ON, UH, PLANTING SOME PUMPKINS OUT THERE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WILL, THOSE WILL DO WELL AND WE CAN HAVE FAMILIES GO AND PICK PUMPKINS THEMSELVES.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW BLAKE HAD MENTIONED, UM, THE BOY SCOUTS WERE OUT THERE FOR THE EARTH DAY EVENT WITH THEIR SMALL CATAPULT LAUNCHING TENNIS BALLS.
UM, SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATAPULT SOME SMALL PIPE BUMPKINS ACROSS THE FIELD AS WELL.
UM, NOT WHILE THE WAGONS GOING AROUND, BUT YOU KNOW, UM, HAVING DESIGNATED TIME FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK WITH HAVING THAT SPACE, UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, IT LENDS ITSELF TO HAVING AN EVENT LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN HAVE EITHER, UM, A VERY SIMPLE TYPE, YOU KNOW, HOTDOGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE WE CAN GET STUFF DONATED AND, AND HAVE THAT THERE.
UM, AND JUST A VERY SIMPLE EVENT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, VINCE AND I ARE GOING TO WORK WITH, UM, CINDY AND WITH A AND B UH, WE WOULD GET WITH THE MEMBERS OF A CULTURE AND DIVERSITY AS WELL.
AND, UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY REACH OUT TO, UH, MILITARY AND VETERANS AND SEE IF, IF THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED.
AND JUST, LIKE I SAID, ALL OF US WORK TOGETHER.
IT'S A PUT ON A, A REALLY GOOD EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND SEND OUT AN EMAIL OUT TO BOARD CHAIRS? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THIS'LL BE A ALL BOARD EVENT, CORRECT? YUP.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOSH AGAIN? THAT'S ON OCTOBER 22ND AND THERE WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT EVENT AS WELL, THERE WILL A CHILI COOK-OFF, UM, CAUSE IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED THAT WE DO AN EVENT LIKE THAT.
SO WE WILL TRY TO FIND A WAY TO WORK THAT IN AS WELL, WHETHER IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF YOU'RE DOING THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ENOUGH FOR A HUNDRED PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE SORT OF THING.
WE'LL WORK OUT THAT DETAIL LATER, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THAT.
SO WE FIGURED THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER IS A GOOD TIME FOR A HARDY BOWL OF CHILI.
SO I THINK IT ADDED THESE THINGS TO THE EVENT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, SO THE CHILI COOK OFFS I'VE BEEN AT IT.
IT WAS LIKE YOU PAID A DOLLAR OR WHATEVER.
AND HE GOT LIKE A SMALL, LIKE A SAMPLE OR STUFF.
I MEAN, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE DETAILS.
UH, I MIGHT HAVE TO START MAKING MY ELK CHILI FOR THAT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND START DRAFTING UP AN EMAIL.
THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING EITHER TOMORROW OR MONDAY CHECK JUST TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL THE FACTS.
ITEM, NEW BUSINESS, UH, FALLS FALLS, CREEK PARK, RENAMING,
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JOSH.SO THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WE, AS A BOARD HAVE DISCUSSED A FEW TIMES AND DECIDED WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UM, SO THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY STAFF, UH, MYSELF INCLUDED IN THAT, ON THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND LOOKING AT OUR OTHER PARKS THAT ARE NAMED AFTER PEOPLE, WE HAVE GARY SHERMAN BACK HERE.
UH, HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, UH, WHILE WORKING FOR THE CITY.
UM, WE GOT CHARLES MONITA, WHICH IS MONITA FIELD.
HE WAS THE FIRST CITY MANAGER OF HUBER.
AND OF COURSE WE DID NAME TOM CLOUD, BUT THAT HE WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE WHO HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE FOUNDING OF HUBER AS WELL.
UM, SO GOING BY THOSE KINDS OF STANDARDS, UM, I THINK THAT THE DISCUSSION WENT TO INSTEAD OF NAMING FALLS CREEK AFTER MR. PHIPPS, JUST THAT BIG ROCK THAT'S UP ON DIAL GETTING A PLAQUE MADE, SAYING THIS IS IN MEMORIAL IN MEMORY OF OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, MESSAGE TO THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO PUT AND, AND DEDICATING THAT I MEANS YOU CAN DEDICATE THE SPACE, BUT THE PARK WILL STILL REMAIN, YOU KNOW, FALLS CREEK PARK.
UM, JUST SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF FOLLOWING THAT MODEL OF CITY LEADERS AND THINGS AND SUCH THAT WE'VE DONE FOR OTHER PARK NAMES.
I MEAN, THERE'S TECHNICALLY A LITTLE PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STREET DEPARTMENT CASTO PARK, WHICH WAS ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER, UH, KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND HUBER.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT AN EFFICIENT, IT'S JUST A FIELD WITH A FENCE AROUND IT.
BUT, UH, SO YEAH, LIKE THAT, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF CITY STAFF.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE WOULD APPROACH THE FAMILY AND GO, OKAY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO AS FAR AS ON THE PLACARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AND THEN AS FAR AS LIKE CITY REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILY, NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERSONALLY HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT I DIDN'T LIKE CITY HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO THE FAMILY.
I MEAN, I LIKED THE IDEA AT LEAST HAVE SOME MEMORIAL, BUT THEN AGAIN, HE, HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, SO IT WILL MEAN A LOT TO ME.
AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO HIS SISTER A BIT ABOUT IT.
SO CHRIS, LET ME, I KNOW YOU SAID THE CITY HAS NOT OFFICIALLY REACHED UP TO THE PAGE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO SOME CHANNELS THAT THE FAMILY HAS HAD WORDS THAT THERE WAS TALKS OF A PARK BEING MADE THAT HEARD HIM SAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A ROCK.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO PAINT ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT.
WELL, HI, PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CHRIS JUST SAID.
UH, IF YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE FAMILY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, IF THEY'RE HAVING AN INKLING THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING WORKED AND NOW YOU'RE COMING AND GOING, NAMED MY ROCK OUT THERE, I THINK THAT COULD BE ALL OF THAT DOWN.
BUT I THINK WHEN YOU PUT UP A MEMORIAL THERE, UM, AND ON AN OPM, I DON'T SEE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NAMING A PARK ETHIC OR HAVING A WELL MORE THERE FOR HIM TO ME.
I DON'T SEE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT IT REALLY IS.
SO LIKE, I CAN GO ALONG WITH THAT IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WELL, THE EXAMPLE YOU GIVE, IF YOU GO ACROSS THE CREEK AT CLOUD PARK ALL THE WAY AT THE END OF THE PATH, THERE'S THAT BIG FLOWER BED THAT HAS THE TREES PLANTED IN IT.
UM, FOR THE, I THINK IT WAS THREE OR FOUR BOYS THAT WERE KILLED IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT AND ALL OVER CLOUD PARK.
WE HAVE TREES WITH PLAQUES ON THEM WITH MEMORIAL.
UH, WE NOW HAVE, UM, MR. BERG, JIMMY BURGERS, THERE'S A BENCH AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WITH HIS NAME AND STUFF ON IT.
AND SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT OUTSIDE OF THE REALM FOR US TO DO MEMORIALS AT PARKS.
UM, SO I MEAN, THIS KIND OF JUST FALLS IN WITH THE PURVIEW OF WHAT WE ALREADY DO OR HAVE DONE.
SOMETHING WRONG MIND IN ABOUT PARK THERE, THAT'S BEHIND THE NAMES THERE.
I SAID, NO, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE OTHER PEOPLE AS WE GO ALONG IN LIFE.
AND YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE MAYBE WE OUGHT TO, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT BIG PICTURE, THAT THERE'S
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GOING TO BE MORE OF THAT MEMORIAL TYPE SITUATION THAT WE WANT TO LIKE PUT THEM IN A CERTAIN AREA.OR THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE TO OUR NEXT TOPIC HERE IN A MINUTE ONCE.
I'VE NEVER MET THE MAN THAT
I THINK WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T LOOKING AT IT AS THOUGH WE HAVE A DECISION TO DECIDE WHO GETS INTO THE PARK.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING THE RIGHT PROCEDURES TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS CALL, WHO GETS IN THAT GOING TO BE ON NOT GOING TO BE THIS BULL IS DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN VETTED OR QUALIFY, WHATEVER.
THEN AS ABOVE US, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PRESTIGIOUS THOUGH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? AND WHEN YOU START DOING IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN.
SO, UM, UH, WELL IT'S, THEN WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING THAT.
I CAN SAY, IT'D WE HAVE TREES THERE AND SO FORTH.
SO SOMETHING HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? I DIDN'T DO IT YET.
WELL, THE TREES THAT ARE THERE WERE DONE BY THE COUNTY BEFORE IT WAS US.
UM, SO AS A CITY, WE ARE DEVELOPING THAT POLICY NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR NEXT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IS.
UH, BECAUSE WE, I MEAN LIKE A FEW YEARS BACK, THEY DID THE SHELTERS AT CLOUD PARK.
UH, I THINK YOU WERE ON THE BOARD WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER, I WASN'T INVOLVED WITH PARKS THEN, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE WAS THERE.
DID YOU COLLECT SUGGESTIONS AND VOTE? DO YOU REMEMBER HOW THAT HAPPENED? I DON'T REMEMBER DOING ANYTHING WITH THE SHELTERS THAT CLOUD, ALL THE SHELTERS ARE CLOUD PARKER NAME, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN WITHIN THE LAST 13 YEARS OF THAT'S HAPPENED.
UM, SO, UM, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE NEXT TOPIC THEN.
SO I TOOK, UM, THE CITY OF INDELYA, THEY HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE TREE PROGRAM, UM, AND WE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF TREES THAT WE KNOW ARE GOOD AROUND HERE.
THAT WILL BE GOOD IN OUR PARKS.
UM, AND I HAVE, UH, I HAVE THE BOOK FROM NURSERY AND THOSE PRICES ARE GOOD FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO WE GENERALLY KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST FOR THOSE TREES.
WE CAN SET THOSE PRICES ON THERE.
AND THE WAY THAT IT'LL WORK IS SOMEBODY WILL PUT IN, WE WANT THIS TREE, THEY WILL PAY FOR THE TREE.
AND THEN, UM, MYSELF, UH, WELL, I WON'T GET AHOLD OF STREET DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR WHEN WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE WE'LL ORDER THEM, CAUSE YOU CAN ONLY PLANT SPRING AND FALL.
SO AS TIME ALLOWS AND THE SEASON ALLOWS, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES THEY ORDER, THEN WE WILL PLANT THEM.
UH, WHEN THEY'RE PLANTED, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPTION OF A TREE STAKE, WHICH WILL HAVE A PLAQUE ON IT.
OR THEY ALSO DO TREE CHARMS, WHICH IS LIKE A LOCK CABLE THAT GOES AROUND THE BRANCH, UH, THAT CAN'T BE YANKED OFF, BUT IT'S THERE WITH THAT LITTLE, UH, CHARM MEDALLION ON IT THAT CAN HAVE UP TO, I THINK SOME OF US SAY 20 TO 25 WORDS ON, UM, ALONG WITH THAT, THERE'S ALSO A, THE OPTION FOR A COMMEMORATIVE BENCH.
UH, WE DO NEED TO UPGRADE BENCHES AROUND SOME OF OUR PARKS AND THOSE ARE AS SIMPLE AS WE HAVE PICKED A BENCH THAT EVERY COMPANY IN THE WORLD CARRIES, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD.
IT'S A COMPOSITE BENCH, SO THEY'LL LAST FOR 50 YEARS AND WE CAN EASILY GET A PLAQUE MADE.
UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM EVEN COME ALREADY ENGRAVED, THEY KIND OF CARVED THEM OUT.
SO, UM, WE CAN, THERE'S A COUPLE OPTIONS WITH THERE AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THAT SET PRICE.
SO PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE BUYING THIS BENCH, WE'RE INSTALLING IT AND IT'LL BE IN THE PARK.
UM, SO WITH THAT ALSO KIND OF GOES INTO THIS THING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMEMORATIVE BOULDER OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF, UM, I'LL GO BACK AND TRY TO FIND THE PARK SHELTER THING AND SEE IF THERE WAS A TIMEFRAME PUT ON THAT.
OR IF THAT WAS A ONE AND DONE, UH, WE HAVE SHELTERS AND OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, MY, MY MOTHER SPENT 45 YEARS, UH, WITH THIS PARK NEXT TO HER HOUSE AND SHE LOVED THIS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S ALL STUFF THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE'LL START, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE HERE WITH TREES AND BENCHES AND SEE WHAT OTHER KINDS OF REQUESTS COME UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE ADD THE AMENITIES, THE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I MEAN, THINGS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING SO WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE
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OTHER, UM, NOT EXCEPTIONS, BUT MAKE OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE POLICY AS WE GO.SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WANTED TO RUN THIS LIST BY GLEN AND I WILL GET AHOLD OF HIM AND JUST DOUBLE-CHECK IF THERE'S ANY TREES THAT HE THINKS NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AUTUMN BLAZE, MAPLE, OHIO, BUCKEYE, SWEET GUM, TULIP, POPLAR, JANE MAGNOLIA, SWAMP WHITE OAK, COMMON, BALD, CYPRESS, AND AN EASTERN RED BUD.
UM, THOSE ARE TREES THAT ALL DO WELL IN THIS AREA.
UM, SOME OF THESE SPECIES WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR PARKS AND WE DON'T, SO IT'D BE NICE TO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE, AS, AS SOME OF OUR OTHER TREES ARE GETTING LARGE AND, YOU KNOW, COULD POTENTIALLY COME DOWN TO HAVE SOMETHING IN ITS PLACE TO REPLACE WITH, INSTEAD OF NONE OF THOSE ARE COMING, DIDN'T HAVE THE PRICKLY AS SOMEBODY WALKS ON.
NO, I, NONE OF THOSE ARE LIKE, UH, LIKE A BLACK LOCUST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WOULD HAVE THE BIG SPINES OR, OR LIKE YOUR, UM, OH, I FORGET WHAT THE OTHER ONES ARE THAT HAVE THE LITTLE SHARP HAWTHORNS HAWTHORNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
EVERYTHING'S JUST, I MEAN, IT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SEE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY COTTONWOOD PARK IS FULL OF COTTON WOOD TREES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT OFF THAT PRETTY SNOW THAT PLAGUES US ALL THROUGHOUT THE SPRING.
UM, AND THEN DO, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS AND, AND NOT EVERY PARK WOULD WORK, UH, TO PUT TREES AT, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOMAS CLOUD COTTONWOODS, SHOAL GATE BELL, PLAIN TWIN CREEKS, GARY SHERMAN, RIP RAP, UM, FLYER FIELD OUTSIDE OF THE DOG PARK.
UH, CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE INSIDE AND THEN THE AMPHITHEATER, CAUSE WE GOT THAT NICE PATH ALL THE WAY AROUND.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO PUT A BENCH OUT THERE OR PLANT TREES OUT THERE, BUT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE CAN ADD A PLACE LIKE COMMUNITY, THERE'S ALREADY A TON OF TREES THERE AND UH, ADDING A LITTLE TREES HERE AND THERE WE'RE FINE.
BUT I, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY THE BEST PLACE TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING WITH A MEMORIAL, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'VE HAD THERE IN THE PAST, I WOULD HATE TO SEE THINGS GET DAMAGED OVER THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOSH ON THAT? ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO ACTUALLY PLAN.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD ORDER THEM.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A 30 INCH AUGER.
WE ALSO HAVE A MINI-EXCAVATOR UH, SO YEAH, WE'VE WE PLANT, I MEAN ALL THE TREES UP AND DOWN 2 0 1 THAT ARE IN THE CENTER ISLANDS FROM SHOAL NORTH, WE PLANTED ALL THOSE OURSELVES.
UH, MOST OF THE SMALL TREES, AFRICAN ALL THE SMALL TREES AT BELLE PLAINE PARK, UM, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT CLOUD PART, WE, YOU KNOW, WE PLANT FOR AWHILE, WE WERE PLANNING A LOT AS WE WERE LOSING OUR, UH, ASH TREES.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE ARE, OUR GUYS CAN GET THEM IN AND THEN WE HAVE A, UM, A ARBORIST THAT, UH, MYSELF AND MIKE AT THE STREET DEPARTMENT WORK WITH WHENEVER WE PLANT NEW TREES, HE GOES AROUND AND, AND TREATS THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, NUTRIENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND HE'S SOMEBODY THAT WE USE YEAR ROUND AT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS.
SO MORE QUESTIONS CAUSE WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TODAY? UM, I MEAN, I DON'T, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE, DOES THE BOARD GIVE THEIR BLESSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM? UM, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT THIS GOING TO BE KIND OF A FLUID PROCESS AND A FLUID DOCUMENT, UM, THE PRICING WILL NOT NECESSARILY STAY THE SAME EVERY YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS TREES CHANGE, UH, I'VE NOTICED THE BENCH HASN'T REALLY CHANGED THAT MUCH IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, IT'S BEEN PRETTY STEADY.
UM, SO, AND IT'S, AND THEY'RE ALL THINGS THAT ARE USUALLY PRETTY READILY AVAILABLE.
AND YOU SAID IT IS A PRETTY MUCH A COPY AND PASTE OF WHAT VANDALIA HAS BEEN DOING FOR, FOR A WHILE.
JUST WE JUST HAVE OUR LIST OF TREES.
AND SOME OF THESE TREES ARE ON THEIR LIST AS WELL.
UM, THEIR BENCH PROGRAM IS A LITTLE MORE, UH, DETAILED.
PICK A BENCH, TELL US, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T HAVE FREE REIGN OF WHERE YOU WANT IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO PUT IT ON THE MIDDLE OF A SOCCER FIELD, OBVIOUSLY.
WELL, I I'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TWO, THREE YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
VANDALIA IS PROGRAM, WHICH IS THERE HAS BEEN A PRETTY GOOD PROGRAM.
SO IT'S NOT AN, IF IT WORKS OVER THERE, IT SHOULD WORK OVER HERE.
I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED PRICING, SO WHAT BALLPARK, I MEAN, JUST BALLPARK, I KNOW HE'S NOT LOCKING STYLE THAT YOU WANT HIM TO DO A BED FOR SOMETHING.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE SH THE CURRENT SHIPPING RATE.
SO THAT'LL BE THE THING THAT CHANGES, BUT THE BENCH ITSELF IS $700.
UM, AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S A COMPOSITE, UM, COMPOSITE SIDES AND SLATS.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COLOR OPTIONS FOR IT, EITHER A TAN AND GREEN OR A, UH, GREEN
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AND GREEN.I THINK IT'S, THOSE ARE THE BASIC ONES.
AND I THINK WHEN THEY DO THE CARVING AND THE ACTUAL BACK OF THE BENCH, THEN IT TAKES THE BENCH FROM 700 TO 900, WHICH IS WHY THE PLAQUE IS USUALLY THE CHEAPER OPTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 40, $50 PLAQUE AND A COUPLE OF RIVETS, AND IT'S GOOD TO GO.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO WHAT PEOPLE, I THINK THE BENCH THAT WAS PUT DOWN AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL OBVIOUSLY WAS, YOU KNOW, MARBLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SAME THING THEY WOULD USE FOR A HEADSTONE.
AND IT WAS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A DIFFERENT STANDARD THERE AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.
AND AGAIN, I MEAN, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE TELL PEOPLE, OKAY, GIVE US YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR TOP LOCATIONS YOU WOULD WANT TO ADD.
UM, YOU'D HAVE THEM PICK A COUPLE.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA THROW A TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT IT.
I MEAN, IT'S GOTTA BE A PRACTICAL LOCATION AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, VENTURES WILL ALWAYS BE NEXT TO A PARKING LOT OR A WALK PATH.
UM, CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE MOST SUITABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE TREES LIKE A LOT OF WATER, SO, YOU KNOW, A PLACE LIKE RIP RAFF WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER SUITED FOR SOME OF THESE TREES THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, A PLACE LIKE TWIN CREEKS, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU'VE PLANTED IN THE CREEK, IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO GET A LOT OF WATER.
SO ARE YOU THINKING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME VERBIAGE OR THE FAMILY FLOWER AROUND IT? WILL THAT ALL BE ON THE CITY? UM, USUALLY WITH, USUALLY WITH THOSE, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD JUST, WE WOULD COME IN AND POUR A CONCRETE PAD.
WE HAVE OUR OWN CONCRETE TRAILER AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE WOULD POUR A PAD AND THE BENCH WOULD GO ON THE PAD.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULDN'T PUT LANDSCAPING AND STUFF AROUND AND IT WOULD JUST BE THAT PAD.
SO AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE PATH, YOU CAN JUST STEP OFF AND SIT AND JUST LIKE WE KIND OF ALREADY HAVE A CLOUD AND OTHER PLACES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, I MEAN, I'VE PROBABLY GOT THREE PEOPLE WAITING FOR US TO FINISH THIS RIGHT NOW, SO THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND GO, HEY, I WANT THIS, I WANT TO TREAT, WE'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF WAITING FOR AN OFFICIAL, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM TO HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE WE JUST DO SOMETHING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LET THAT SET THE PRECEDENT WE'LL WANT TO KIND OF HAVE IT IN HAND ALREADY THE RECOGNITION BY A TREE AND THE SEAL INVOLVED FORCE.
IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, A ROCK AND GOT SOME KIND OF VERBIAGE ON THERE IN HONOR OF OR WHATEVER.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS, THE TREE STEAK WITH THE LITTLE PLAQUE AND AGAIN, THE OTHER WAS A MEDALLION IT'S ABOUT A THREE OR FOUR INCH, UH, THEY'RE GENERALLY MADE OUT OF BRASS, UM, A LITTLE THICKER THAN YOU WOULD FIND ON LIKE A, LIKE A METAL YOU WOULD GET FOR PLAYING SPORTS AND NOW ENGRAVE.
AND I THINK THEY CAN DO 20 TO 25 WORDS ON THOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, THEY'LL SAY LIKE, AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, HEY, SOMEBODY PASSED AWAY.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A TREE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD DO IT IN HONOR OF A, YOU KNOW, YOU DO IT FOR SOMEBODY'S WEDDING.
YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIMIT IT TO ONLY PLANTING TREES CAUSE SOMEONE PASSED AWAY.
UM, I DO KNOW VANDALIA DOES NOT HAVE THIS, BUT I DID SEE IT, UH, FROM A PARK DISTRICT OUT WEST WHERE THEY GIVE THE OPTION.
IF IT IS A MEMORIAL TREE, FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS PAST WALLETS, BEING PLANTED, THEY GIVE THE OPTION.
IF THAT PERSON WAS CREMATED FOR THE FAMILY TO COME PUT THE ASHES WITH THE TREE, UH, AS SOME PLACES WILL ALLOW YOU, THEY'LL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR SEPARATE LITTLE POUCHES TO SPREAD OR WHATEVER.
I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S IN HERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN LIKE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS THIS, THIS KIND OF SETS THE BARE MINIMUM.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KIND OF WORK FROM THERE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S GOOD TO HAVE A WAITING LIST, AT LEAST SEE THE NEED.
AND SARAH AND MYSELF, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND UH, FANCY THIS DOCUMENT UP A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE A DRAFT FOR YOU ALL TO SEE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT IT IS AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
SO, BUT I'M HOPING TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO DONE AND READY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND START DOING THINGS THAT WAY WE GET ORDERS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND COME FALL, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A DOZEN OR SO, AND, UH, WE'LL GET THEM ORDERED AND GET THEM PUT IN.
SO, SO IT GETS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
WE'LL JUST DO A QUICK VOTE HERE.
IS THE BOARD GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM? SO THAT WAY JOSH CAN FINISH UP THE POLICY.
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MAKING YOU FEEL GOOD.SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
JOSH WILL SEND US OUT THE DRAFTS THAT WE WERE READY TO TALK ABOUT IT IN JUNE AND THEN WE'LL VOTE IN JUNE SO THAT WE CAN BRING IT UP TO THE NEXT TICKET TO THE COUNCIL.
NUMBER SEVEN, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING NEW BRIAN? JUST BECAUSE, UH, RON ASKED EARLIER, I FOUND OUT I WAS 274 TEAMS AT THE WORLD TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEKEND, WHICH IS LOW, BUT ALL THE TOURNAMENTS ARE LOW BECAUSE THERE'S WAY TOO MANY SOCCER TOURNAMENTS.
SO, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH MEMORABLE DAY WEEKEND.
THE STOP PARK PARKING LOTS CAN BE A MADHOUSE AS USUAL AND THE NON PARKING LOT AREAS THAT PEOPLE PARK AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE ONE OF TWO OPTIONS FOR MORE THAN THE WEEKEND.
IT'S GOING TO BE COLD AND RAINY, OR IT'S GOING TO BE 95 DEGREES AND NOT A BREEZE TO BE FOUND.
I'M GOING TO SAY 2012, IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES THE WHOLE WEEKEND.
THAT WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND THAT THE QUALITY CENTER OPENED UP.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL FAST, GOING ALONG WITH THAT MAY 30TH, THERE WILL BE A VETERANS MEMORIAL, UH, MEMORIAL.
AND THERE'S A FLYER OUT ON YOUR WAY OUT IN THE LOBBY THERE.
UM, THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION THAT THERE'LL BE MONDAY THE 30TH, I BELIEVE FLYER SAID 5:00 PM.
UM, SO THEY'LL JUST DO, I THINK KIND OF LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, THEY'LL LAY A WREATH AND THAT KIND OF THING HAVE A LITTLE, UH, CEREMONY AND, AND BE DONE.
UM, FARMER'S MARKET, WE'VE HAD TWO WEEKS OF FARMER'S MARKET.
UH, FIRST WEEK WAS 50 AND WINDY.
UM, AND IT WASN'T A, IT WAS A GOOD PRACTICE WEEK.
WE'RE NOT COUNTING IT AS IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD 400 PLUS PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE MARKET.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEW VENDORS.
UH, AND AGAIN, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME HELP, ANYBODY WANTS TO COME HELP.
UM, WE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOME VOLUNTEERS THAT JUST HELP, YOU KNOW, PASS OUT LITERATURE AT THE FRONT AND GREET PEOPLE AS THEY COME IN.
IF YOU KNOW OF ANY STUDENTS THAT NEED SERVICE HOURS, UM, WE WILL SIGN OFF ON SERVICE HOURS FOR THAT DAY AS WELL.
THAT'S A GOOD SIX HOURS RIGHT THERE.
UH, WE HAD A STUDENT BETHEL COME HELP US LAST WEEK.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'LL BE GOING, WE HAVE THREE WEEKS THAT WE WON'T HAVE MARKET.
AND THAT WILL BE THE 25TH OF JUNE IS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, JULY 2ND AND SEPTEMBER 10TH, WHICH IS THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL.
UM, SO THOSE THREE DAYS WE WON'T HAVE MARKET, BUT EVERY OTHER SATURDAY VINCE AND I WILL BE THERE SMILES ON EXCEPT EXCEPT FOR TWO.
AND THEN ONCE MOUNTAIN BIKE SEASON STARTS, I WON'T BE THERE EVERY OTHER WEEK AS WELL.
SO, UM, BUT IT'S A GOOD TIME, LIKE I SAID, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO COME AND THE, JUST GREET PEOPLE AND SEE OUR VENDORS.
SO, SO, UM, SPEAKING OF THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL FOR US TO TALK TO, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL ABOUT THE PARTS AND WHAT THEY LIKE, UM, WHEN HE AND RECEIVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF DOCUMENT OR, UM, MIGHT JUST BE LIKE A PIECE OF PAPER OF SOME SORT.
SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO TALK TO FOLKS, WE CAN GET SOME IDEAS OF WHAT, WHAT ELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THE PARKS.
AND THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LATER ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, BUT WE CAN ALSO HAVE A BOOTH THERE IF WE WANTED TO, UM, DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE THERE, BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL, TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE PARTIES AND TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK AS WELL.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO, JUST LET ME KNOW.
UM, I JUST NEED PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MANPOWER FROM OUR BOARD IN ORDER TO SET UP A BOOTH IN THE MANNER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND BEFORE EVERYBODY LEAVES, WE DID MAKE A NICE LITTLE TRI-FOLD BROCHURE THIS YEAR THAT HAS ALL OF OUR SUMMER ACTIVITIES.
UM, INSIDE OF IT, IT HAS, UM, THE MUSIC, MUSIC, COMMUNITY.
IT HAS SOME OTHER INFORMATION ON IT.
SO I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A FEW OF THOSE A TO PASS OUT, BUT THOSE ARE ALSO SOMETHING WE HAVE AT THE MARKET AS WELL.
UH, WE PASS THOSE OUT TO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH WHETHER THEY WANT WANT OR NOT, THEY'RE TAKING ONE.
SO, UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, ALSO BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY, I'LL GRAB THOSE OUT OF SARAH'S OFFICE AND, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS SOME OF THOSE.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING, EVERYBODY PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
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IS THE GRAND OPENING FOR MONITA, FOR THE BIKE AND SKATE PARK.THE MOUNTAIN BIKE SKILLS LOOP WILL, UH, THEY WILL START MONDAY, HOPEFULLY, UM, ON ASPHALT IN THAT UPPER SKILLS' LOOP.
AND, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
UM, AND, UH, THEY'LL DO SOME FINISHING TOUCHES AND GRADE WORK ON THE, ON THE DIRT UP THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SOD PUT IN FOR THE BMX TRACK AT THE TOP, UM, TO CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE THE PARKING LOT AND EVERYTHING REPAVED BEFORE THE GRAND OPENING, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY.
UM, SO I DID GET PERMISSION FROM THE CHURCH TO PUT SOME FOOD TRUCKS DOWN IN THEIR PARKING LOT.
UM, AND IF I CAN FIND A BAND TO COME PLAY OR A DJ OR SOMETHING, WE'LL HAVE SOME MUSIC AS WELL.
UM, RONNIE RED INSURANCE AGENCY, UH, MADE A GENEROUS DONATION AND I BOUGHT A COUPLE OF BRAND NEW VERDI, BMX BIKES THAT WERE GOING TO RAFFLE OFF.
UM, AND, UH, SO THOSE WILL BE OUR GRAND PRIZES.
AND THEN I'VE GOT SOME OTHER VENDORS BRINGING SOME RAFFLE ITEMS AS WELL.
SO THAT WILL BE FROM TWO TO 6:00 PM THAT DAY.
UM, THAT WAY I STILL HAVE TIME AND BEN STILL HAS TIME TO GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AND, AND DO ALL THAT STUFF AND GET OVER THERE.
SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JUST COME AND REPRESENT THE BOARD.
IF YOU WANT TO WEAR YOUR SHIRT.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WEAR YOUR SHIRT, THAT'S OKAY AS WELL.
UM, BUT IF, UH, THE SOFT OPENING IN NOVEMBER IS ANY INDICATION OF WHAT THE CROWD'S GOING TO BE LIKE, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY CROWDED A PRETTY GOOD DAY.
SO, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PARKING LOT DOWN THERE.
ARE THERE ANY MORE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
SO HAS EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MINUTES? 1, 2, 3, 4.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THEN THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN ANY OBJECTIONS.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON JUNE 16TH.
SO IF YOU WILL BE AT THE, UM, ATTENDING THE, UH, GRAND OPENING, PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL.
UM, CAUSE WE WILL NOT BE MEETING BEFORE THAT.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 16TH AND IT AT 6:30 PM AND IT IS 7 26 MEETING THE.