[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road February 16, 2023 6:30 P.M.]
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IT IS SIX 30 AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO EXCUSE CHRIS HALL? NO.
BRIAN, IS THERE A SECOND? GO AHEAD, GLEN.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
UH, THE CHAIR HAS NONE TODAY, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE.
OLD BUSINESS CITY Y M C A UPDATE.
CHRIS? UH, YEAH, SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, I'VE GOT THE ACTUAL SIGN AND I'LL JUST PASS IT DOWN THE DIAS, UM, THAT WILL HANG AT THE, UM, PARK SHELTERS, UM, FOR THE ONLINE RESERVATIONS, BOTH THE, UH, WEBSITES LISTED AND A QR CODE.
UM, SO GLENN WITH A QR CODE, YOU JUST PULL YOUR PHONE OUT.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S GOT THE RULES OF THE SHELTER, UM, SO JUST WANT YOU GUYS AND GALS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
UM, FROM A SPRING USER GROUP, UM, SITUATION RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'VE GOT CAROL HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS, UM, SET UP FOR THE SPRING AND THE FALL SEASONS, BOTH, UH, BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS.
UM, THE SOUTHWEST BUCKEYE LEAGUE, UM, WHICH IS A TENNIS LEAGUE.
WE'VE GOT THEIR DATES TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE YEAR.
UM, CLUB OHIO IS GOING TO HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, START USING, UM, THE FIELDS AT THE FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE AT CLOUD PARK WHERE THEY'VE BEEN THE PAST COUPLE OF SEASONS.
UM, WARRIOR IS SQUARED AWAY FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
UM, SO I HAVE THEIR INFORMATION.
UM, AND THEN HERE SHORTLY, UM, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, UM, UH, SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL, GETTING THEM SQUARED AWAY FOR THEIR SEASON AS WELL.
SO FROM A USER GROUP STANDPOINT, UM, EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE SPRING.
UM, IN RELATION TO THE SHELTERS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING REALLY WELL.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, THE LANDING PAGE ON THE Y WEBSITE, UM, SET UP, WHICH IS WHAT THE QR CODE AND THE, THE URL WILL TAKE YOU TO.
UM, IT'S GOT PICTURES OF THE SIGNS OF ALL THE PARK ENTRANCES, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS A PICTURE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR IT.
SO THAT'S ALL ACTIVE AND GOING, AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING RESERVATIONS ONLINE, UM, AND DOING ALL THAT.
SO WE'RE STILL GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER STOPPING AT THE Y OR CALLING THE Y BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USED TO.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY EASY FOR OUR STAFF AT THE DESK.
NICE JOB, GLENN, TO, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SO IF YOU WANNA SEE WHAT THE LANDING PAGE LOOKS LIKE ON THE WEBSITE, PLEASE SCAN THE U R THE QR CODE, OR HIT THE URL UP.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, FROM A CITY UPDATE.
UM, THE FACILITY'S ASSESSMENT IS ONGOING, UM, THAT INVOLVES THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND SEEING WHAT KIND OF, UH, UPGRADES CAN BE MADE THERE.
BUT THAT'S IN, IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, UM, AS WELL.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE Y CITY STANDPOINT? ALL RIGHT, COOL.
ITEM HERE IS, UH, EARTH DAY 2023.
AND I'M GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO BLAKE.
UM, SO EARTH DAY IS APRIL 22ND, 2023 FROM 12 TO THREE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, VINCE JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER RESERVE FOR THAT.
UM, I WAS GOING THROUGH MAKING MY LIST OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY.
UM, SO FIRST UP LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, THE TRAILER, THE KEEP MONTGOMERY COUNTY BEAUTIFUL TRAILER THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM, WILLOW, THEY'LL, UM, KIND OF LOAN OUT TRAILER, LIKE A, LIKE A ENCLOSED TRAILER THAT HAS, IT'S STOCKED WITH A BUNCH OF TOOLS AND TRASH GRABBERS AND, UM, WHEELBARROW AND, UM, LAWNMOWER AND THAT, THAT KIND OF STUFF TO HELP WITH BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.
UH, I WENT TO RESERVE IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND THEY HAVE
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TWO TRAILERS, BUT THEY WERE BOTH BOOKED OUT.UM, I, I ASSUME EARTH A PRETTY POPULAR DAY FOR THOSE.
UM, BUT I DID REACH OUT TO, UH, I FORGET HIS NAME, BUT, UH, HE HEADS UP THE, THE PROGRAM AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD, UM, WE, THEY'D BE ABLE TO LOAN OUT SOME TRASH GRABBERS AND TRASH BAGS AND GLOVES AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR, FOR THE CLEANUP PORTION OF THE EVENT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT FOR THAT.
UM, I KIND OF DID SOME BRAINSTORMING FOR OTHER EVENTS LAST YEAR.
WE HAD PREPPING OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN BEDS.
UM, WE HAD A TREBUCHET, UM, UH, TENNIS BALL SHOOTING STATION.
UH, WE HAD A PLANTER, A MINI PLANTER, UM, STATION WHERE WE HAD, UM, SEED PACKETS THAT WE PLANTED THINGS IN.
WE HAD, UM, ONE OF THE SCOUT TROOPS HAD LIKE A MINI CAMPSITE SET UP WHERE THE BRIS MARSHMALLOWS.
UM, WE HAD A ROCK PAINTING SESSION INSIDE, AND WE STILL HAVE THE ROCKS FROM THAT, AS FAR AS I KNOW.
UM, DON'T THINK ANY ANYTHING'S HAPPENED WITH THAT.
UM, THUS FAR WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY TRYING TO PUT A ROCK GARDEN IN, UM, SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THEN, UH, SO THAT WHOLE THING WAS KIND OF LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT TYPE THING WHERE WE HAD, THEY HAD A, A LITTLE, UH, SHEET TO GET STAMPED AT EVERY STATION IF THEY WENT TO IT.
AND THEN IF THEY WENT TO EVERY STATION, THEN THEY GOT ONE OF THE FREEBEE PRIZES.
SO VINCE SUPPLIED THOSE, UM, FROM EITHER HIMSELF AND VARIOUS RE OTHER RESOURCES, UM, THAT WE HAD.
SO I WAS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT DOING A SIMILAR SETUP THIS YEAR, UM, LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT TYPE THING, OR JUST KIND OF A GO TO EVERY STATION MAKE, UH, FOR, FOR THE KIDS AND ADULTS TO PARTICIPATE AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT I HAD SOME IDEAS FOR ADDITIONAL STATIONS OR, OR SWAPPING OUT SOME STATIONS.
UM, I STILL WANNA HAVE THE PLANTER STATION AND VINCE KIND OF, UH, TOLD ME HE HAS SOME, SOME MINI PLANTER THINGS THAT HE'S BEEN COLLECTING.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT STATION.
I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE TRASH, UH, CLEANUP STATION WHERE WE'LL HAVE THE TRASH GRABBERS.
UM, VINCE HAD TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO EXPAND THAT TO OTHER PARKS TOO.
UM, SO MAYBE THEY'D TAKE TRASH, GRAB, SIGN OUT, TRASH GRABBERS, THEY COULD GO TO OTHER PARKS AND CLEAN UP AND TAKE PICTURES AND SEND 'EM TO US FROM HOW MUCH THEY CLEANED UP.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THERE'S A GROUP THAT, UH, IS TRYING TO START A COMMUNITY GARDEN.
UM, LIKE A KIND OF A, AN ACTUAL PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF RENT OUT COMMUNITY GARDEN SPACE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN, UM, VEGETABLE GARDEN.
UM, AND I GUESS THAT ORGANIZATION'S MEETING ON SATURDAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS.
SO THAT'S GONNA SCENARIO AND TRY TO GO TO THAT.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM A PART OF THE EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES, UM, WHETHER, NOT SURE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE YET.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'D BE COOL TO HAVE THEM AS A STATION, MAYBE DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE GARDENS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER, MAYBE IF THEY WANNA START PREPPING THE GARDENS OR IF THEY HAD SOME THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO TO HAVE THAT BE A STATION, UM, COULD STILL COULD DO THE TREBUCHET ACTIVITY AGAIN.
UM, AND I HAVE MY OWN TREBUCHET NOW, SO I DON'T HAVE TO GET IN SOMEBODY ELSE.
UH, AND LET'S SEE, I ALSO, UM, WANT TO BRING THE SCOUTS BACK.
UM, AND THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF DOING A CAMPFIRE SETUP, UM, WE HAVE BOTTLE ROCK, ROCKET SHOOTING.
SO YOU USE LIKE OLD, UH, TWO LITER BOTTLES AND THEN THERE'S A, A ROCKET SHOOTING SET UP WHERE YOU PUMP IT UP, FILL WITH WATER, PUMP IT UP TO PRESSURIZE, AND THAT SHOOTS IT UP IN THE AIR.
SO THAT'S KIND LIKE A RECYCLING BOTTLES TO SHOOT UP IN THE AIR KIND OF THING.
UM, SO WE CAN DO THAT OUT KIND OF TOWARDS THE BASKETBALL COURTS.
UM, VINCE ALSO BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION SOME GROUP FROM CLARK STATE THAT WAS INTERESTED POTENTIALLY IN DOING SOME PRESENTATION, UM, ABOUT COMPOSTING OR SOMETHING FROM, FROM, UH, SOME KIND OF ACTIVITY HE WENT TO PREVIOUSLY.
COULD YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, SO LAST YEAR ACTUALLY, UM, I WENT TO THE FOOD SUMMIT THAT'S SPONSORED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
AND SO AT THAT EVENT, THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT, UM, UH, THE, SOME OF THE DISPARITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE RESOURCES, GARDENING AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO ONE SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION WAS, UM, I THINK IT WAS CENTRAL STATE.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAD STARTED, UM, AN AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING OUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THOSE GROUPS AND SEEING IF THEY CAN DO SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION.
UM, SOME, SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION, UM, PRESENTATION WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT COMPOSTING AND, UM, AND GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD.
THEY MAY BE DOING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A FARM TO TABLE TYPE TYPE DEAL.
SO, UM, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
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THAT, UM, I THINK THAT INFO IN HERE, IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE.UM, THEN WE CAN REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT WE CAN ALSO USE FOLKS, UM, WE CAN ALSO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN FOLKS TOO, TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED TOO.
BUT, UM, SINCE THERE WERE, THERE ARE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IT, ESPECIALLY IN GARDEN, IN THE HOME GARDENING, I FIGURED THAT MAYBE WE LOOK AT OPTIONS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY AROUND EARTH DAY, UM, AND PREPPING THE GARDENS AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IT'LL BE A GOOD START TO SOMETHING.
SO, UM, THEN I PUT A, THE OTHER EVENT I THINK I TALKED ABOUT WAS WHAT ADOPT PARK.
I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT.
UM, I REACHED OUT THIS WEEK TO MIKE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LIST OF CURRENT FOLKS FOR ADOPT, FOR LIKE THE ADOPT PARK PROGRAM.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS PROBABLY REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOL, UM, TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ON.
CAUSE I THINK NORMALLY THEY MAY, THEY MAY GO GO ACROSS THE STREET, THE COMMUNITY AND MM-HMM.
UM, SO, UM, I'LL NEED TO SEND A NOTE TO MIKE, CHRIS AND SARAH TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
UM, JUST HELP GET THE WORD OUT THAT THE PROGRAM DOES EXIST AND TRY AND GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
UM, EARTH DAY'S, A PERFECT DAY TO DO IT.
UM, SO I FIGURED THAT WE WOULD START WITH THAT, THE PROGRAM THERE.
SO, BUT I DID REACH OUT TO MIKE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT LIST, SO THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO JUST START IT OVER AND, AND GET IT GOING FROM THERE.
UM, LAST YEAR, UH, JOSH ALSO CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO, HE HAD A CONTACT AT KONA ICE WHERE HE BROUGHT, THEY BROUGHT ONE OF THEIR TRUCKS AND BASICALLY FROM SOME FUND THAT HE HAD, UH, BASICALLY EV EVERYBODY COULD GET FREE KONA ICE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COSTS, AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD DO AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT IT WAS A BIG HIT.
SO I THINK, UM, IF WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, THAT'D BE COOL.
OTHER IDEAS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF, UM, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD LIKE, PLAN YET FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE JUST IDEAS.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME KIND OF ORIENTEERING ACTIVITY.
UM, I HAVE THE CONTACT AT THE MIAMI VALLEY ORIENTEERING CLUB THAT I COULD POTENTIALLY REACH OUT TO ABOUT HAVING THEM DO SOME KIND OF ORIENTEERING ACTIVITY.
UM, UH, WASN'T SURE IF WE, WE WANTED TO DO THE ROCK PAINTING THING AGAIN UNTIL WE GOT MAYBE LIKE A ROCK GARDEN SET UP.
UM, SO WE JUST HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PUT THEM.
CAUSE WE KIND OF JUST HAVE 'EM, I THINK SITTING IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THEN I HAD A WEIRD IDEA ON THE WAY OVER HERE.
UM, SO I'M INVOLVED WITH SCOUTS AND THERE'S A, A MERIT BADGE CALLED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE THAT ALL THE SCOUTS HAVE TO EARN TO GET EAGLE.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, WE DIDN'T EVEN USE ONE OF THE ROOMS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE WE COULD HOST A ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MERIT BADGE CLASS.
UM, YOU KNOW, 15 OR 20 KIDS WHO COME AND, AND I, I WOULD COORDINATE THE COUNSELOR AND EVERYTHING FOR IT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COOL, LIKE DEMONSTRATIONS WE TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE, THE ECO, UM, TOPICS OF THE, OF THE MERIT BADGE.
THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF COOL FOR SOME OTHER KIDS TO SEE TOO.
LIKE YOUNGER KIDS, LIKE, UM, ONE OF 'EM I THINK IS LIKE AN OIL SPILL KIND OF THING.
SO YOU SET UP A, UM, THIS DISPLAY WITH, UM, WITH SAND, SAND AND, UM, OR NOT SAND, UM, I THINK WATER AND SOIL AND THINGS.
AND YOU, YOU SPILL A LITTLE OIL INTO IT AND YOU SEE LIKE HOW IT AFFECTS THE AREA.
UM, AND THERE'S SOME OTHER, I, I FORGET THE SPECIFICS, BUT THAT'D BE KIND OF NEAT AND OKAY.
UM, MIGHT BE KIND OF A GOOD WAY TO JUST ANOTHER LIKE, ASPECT OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THAT WE COULD OFFER.
NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THERE YET.
BUT, UM, THOSE WERE MY IDEAS ALSO.
UM, VINCE REACHED, I KNOW YOU REACHED OUT TO, I THINK, SARAH ABOUT PRICING SOME WATER BOTTLES FOR FREEBIES.
AND THAT THEY, SHE GOT OUT TO YOU.
SO FOR A 21 OUNCE BOTTLE, I'LL SEND THIS AROUND.
THAT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE, BUT WE CAN GET IT, UM, BLUE WITH, UM, THE WHITE LOGO, WHITE HUMAN HEIGHTS LOGO, UH, FOR ABOUT 250 OF THOSE, UM, THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $600.
UM, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES SHIPPING.
UM, I DON'T THINK TAXES INCLUDED.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THAT ALSO INCLUDES PUTTING THE LOGO ON, YOU KNOW, THE,
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THE SETUP FEE AND ALL THAT.UM, BUT I FIGURED THAT, UM, GIVING OUT WATER BOTTLES AGAIN, AND IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EARTH DAY, IT MATCHES THE EARTH DAY THING, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REUSING, UM, THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
JUST, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING A PLASTIC BOTTLE AND THROWING IN THE TRASH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
AND I THINK IT TAKES ABOUT MAYBE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GET IT IN, SO YOU ALL APPROVE.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TELL SARAH TO GO AHEAD AND ORDER IT.
UM, BUT I DON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU ALL APPROVE THE BUDGET.
SO WE'VE GOTTA TALK ABOUT YOUR BUDGET.
UM, BUT, UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, BLAKE ON THAT? UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR BLAKE? I, QUESTIONS TONY COMMUNITY GUARD.
SO IT'S A NEWER GROUP THAT KIND OF FORMED TO TRY TO CREATE SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE OFFICIALLY A GROUP YET, OR IF THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A GROUP, BUT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HEADING IT UP AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND.
SO THERE ARE, THERE'S A GROUP OF FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING, STARTING A COMMUNITY GARDEN DOWN AT THE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE FIVE PLOTS THERE, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, CREATING MORE SPACE, YOU KNOW, FOR IT AND ALLOWING FOLKS TO COME IN AND, AND HAVE THEIR OWN GARDEN.
UM, SO WHILE NOTHING'S IN STONE YET, THEY'RE STILL IN THE, THE MPC STAGES.
UM, THEY'RE STILL MEETING AND TALKING AND DEVELOPING A PLAN AND A WAY FORWARD SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ABOUT GETTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA.
UM, HOW, HOW BIG ARE THEY GONNA HAVE? SO, UM, I THINK THEY ARE ABOUT, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE BY EIGHT, MAYBE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE FAIRLY LARGE PLOTS AND YOU CAN GET, AND THEY, AND YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE IF YOU WANT.
UM, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THERE.
BUT THEY'LL START SMALL AND THEY'LL GET BIGGER.
UM, WHAT I VOLUNTEERED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY VIEW WAS I WOULD HELP WITH ONE OR TWO PLOTS.
UM, ESPECIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY SET UP, I WOULD HELP SPONSOR THAT HELP TO, YOU KNOW, WATER IT OR TAKE CARE OF IT.
UH, AND WE CAN USE THAT AS THE EDUCATION AREA.
SO WHEN KIDS WANT TO COME FOR EARTH DAY OR SOMETHING, WE CAN PREP, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, PUT THE PLANTS DOWN ON THE GROUND AND ALL THAT.
SO ALL THAT FOOD WOULD BE GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S SORT OF WHERE I WAS, I WAS LEANING WITH THAT, BUT THEY ARE, THEY ARE JUST STARTING.
SO THEY'RE MEETING ON SATURDAY.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE VERY LARGE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
SO THEY, THEY HAVE A WHOLE AREA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THERE, YOU HAVE TO START SMALL.
AND, UM, I, I RAN THE COMMUNITY GARDENS HERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND THE THING THAT HAPPENED IS YOU'LL GET SOMEONE FIRED UP AND THEY'LL COME IN, THEY'LL PLANT AND IT'S GETTING HOT, IT'S GETTING SWEATY.
THEN HE STOP TAKING CARE OF THEN BECOME A PATCH.
THE THING IS WHERE I'M GOING, THIS IS, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.
CAUSE IN THAT THE DEFEATS THE PROGRAM.
SO I THINK, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THEY PLAN ON USING SOME OF THE RULES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AT OTHER, UM, AT THE METRO PARKS ONE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE TOP ONE OF THE AREAS WAS IF YOU FAIL TO TAKE CARE OF IT, WE CAN COME IN AND START OVER.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD THING TO GET STARTED.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE A PLACE IN THEIR, IN THEIR YARD OR ON THEIR BALCONY OR WHATEVER TO GROW, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE AND, AND DO THAT AS WELL.
IT'S A GOOD TEACHING MOMENT FOR OUR YOUNGER GENERATION.
BRIAN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? JUSTIN? JUSTIN.
I SEE DENNIS, ALEX? NO, SYDNEY
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RON.SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO IS TALK ABOUT, UM, BUDGET.
UM, SO I KNOW LAST YEAR JOSH HAD PURCHASED A, A NUMBER OF THINGS, SOIL MM-HMM.
SO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE, WE HAVE SOME TIME TO, TO, IF YOU CAN GO AND GET PRICING FOR THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE LOCALLY, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GO AHEAD AND, UM, VOTE ON, OKAY, IT'S THE WRONG COMPUTER.
UM, GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON, UM, ORDERING WATER BOTTLES.
CAN I SAY ONE THING TOO? SO FOR 250, IT'D BE $600.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL END UP USING 250 THIS YEAR.
SO IT'D PROBABLY BE FOR TWO YEARS WORTH OF BOTTLES.
SO LIKE, IT WOULDN'T BE 600 PER YEAR.
I THINK WE COULD GET AWAY WITH LIKE 300 A YEAR.
IF THAT'S WELL, MAKES IT PABLE MORE PABLE.
I MEAN, THE COOL THING ABOUT IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE THEM FOR ALMOST ANYTHING.
SO EVEN IF WE JUST GOT 250 AND WE HAD A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING LEFT OVER, WE STILL HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY FALL FEST AND STUFF LIKE THAT COMING UP.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE FARMER'S MARKET, THERE'S COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHTS, MUSIC NIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONCERTS, THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS WATER BOTTLES.
SO, I MEAN, I'M GOOD AT STARTING OFF AT TWO 50 IF YOU GUYS ARE.
UM, SO, UM, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONLY BIG THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY ORDER.
THE OTHER THINGS SARAH WAS SAVING HER, HER EGG CARTONS.
SO WE HAVE THOSE, I HAVE EGGED CARTONS.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY EGG CARTONS, THERE'S SPECIFIC ONES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SAVE 'EM, BRING 'EM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM THE BLADE, UH,
UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, BRING 'EM.
UM, I STILL HAVE SOME OF THE, THE BAGS, TON OF BAGS FROM LAST YEAR, THE PAPER BAGS.
AND THEN I ALSO STILL HAVE SOME OF THE SMALLER PLANTER ONES TOO.
UM, PLANTER, UM, THE SEEDLING STARTERS.
SO, AND THEN WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS, I GUESS A COUPLE OF THE, UM, THE CONNECTED SEEDLING CAR CARTS AS WELL.
SO I'LL, I'LL GO PICK THOSE UP IN CENTRAL BUBBLE.
SO, UM, SO I GUESS THE NEXT STEP IS TO, UH, IS TO BUILD ON THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY.
WE WON'T, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, THE WATER BOTTLES FOR EARTH DAY, UM, FOR 250, THE, IT'S ABOUT $600.
UM, SO THAT'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UM, PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO PURCHASE, UM, 250 WATER BOTTLES FROM, UM, YEAH.
250 WATER BOTTLES FOR EARTH DAY.
UM, SO IS THERE A MOTION ON NOTE? IS THERE, OKAY, WE HAVE LAKE, IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.
SO WHAT I WILL DO IS, UH, BLAKE, I WILL COPY YOU ON THE EMAIL, UM, EITHER TONIGHT OR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO TELL SARAH TO GO AHEAD AND PRESS, UM, I WILL SEND YOU THE QUOTE AS WELL, SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE IT FOR YOUR RECORD.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FROM THERE.
UM, SO NEXT MONTH, UM, WE WILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO PURCHASE, UM, AND THEN, UM, TALK ABOUT KONA ICE, IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, WEATHER WAS A LITTLE WEIRD.
IT WAS A LITTLE WARM, RIGHT?
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD OPTION THERE.
THAT CAME OUT OF THE, THE PARKS BUDGET DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE PARKS OF RECREATION, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UM, PAY FOR OUTTA OUR BUDGET.
SO, UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
WELL, YOU ALL WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH.
PRIORITY LIST, RECOMMENDATIONS AND UPDATES.
ALL RIGHT, SO IN FRONT OF YOU, I DROPPED OFF A COPY OF THE, UM, PRIORITY LIST AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, I PRESENTED BACK IN NOVEMBER.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE YOU GUYS REVIEW THAT AGAIN, UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN PREPARE THE UPDATE FOR MARCH.
I WILL NOT BE AT THE MEETING AT THE, BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL UPDATE FOR MARCH, BUT I'VE ASKED SYDNEY AND ALEX IF THEY CAN DO THAT FOR ME.
UM, SO I'LL HELP PREPARE SOME COMMENTS FOR THEM AND THEN, UM,
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SOME COMMENTS.AND THEN ALEX IS GONNA PRESENT THE PRIORITY LIST FOR ME.
SO, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO,
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE YOU ALL LOOK AT THIS LIST,
SO, SO IS THERE PRIORITY LIST WHEN HE BRINGS IT UP TO THE COUNCIL IS GONNA BE PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL, BASKETBALL.
SO, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL IS TO, TO IS TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS AND THEN LOOK AT, UM, CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE YOUR LIST, UM, THAT, THAT YOU PROVIDED LAST, THAT YOU HAD LAST WEEK WITH, UH, THE MAINTENANCE STUFF? UH, SO WHY CHRIS LOOKS FOR THAT, I WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS AND SEE IF WHAT'S ON HERE IS WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO REMAIN AS YOUR PRIORITIES FOR, FOR MARCH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, TO LOOK AT THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TENNIS COURTS AS WELL, UM, AND THE OTHER BASKETBALL COURTS TO SEE IF WE, WE CAN ADD THOSE ON HERE AND THEN MAYBE, UM, DO SOME SHIFTING.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM LEAVING THE LIST AS IS OR ADDING ONTO THE LIST, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE FOCUS ON, UH, ON THE OTHER BASKETBALL COURTS AND, AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT STILL NEED TO BE FIXED, REPAIRED, ET CETERA.
SO, VI VINCE LOOKING AT THIS AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT NEVER HIT ME BEFORE, BUT IF I WAS AN UNTRAINED EYE LOOKING AT THIS, THE LAST ONE WHERE IT SAYS ADD A VOLLEYBALL COURT, UHHUH,
SHOULD WE, SHOULD IT BE SPECIFIC AND SAY SAND? I MEAN, AGAIN, IF I WAS UNTRAINED LOOKING AT THIS, YOU'RE GONNA ADD A VOLLEYBALL COURT MM-HMM.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S MINOR, BUT OKAY.
MY LITTLE TWO CENT'S WORTH ON THAT MAKE COULD BE SPECIFIC AND SAY, AND IF THAT'S, THAT WAS THE INTENT, RIGHT? THERE'D BE ANOTHER SAND RIGHT NEXT TO YOU GOT THE SAND NEXT DOOR, IT NO, THINK I HAD THE OTHER PEOPLE STOP LOOKING AT THIS.
ALSO, BETH, UH, YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BUDGET IS BECAUSE COUPLE OF THE ITEMS ON HERE GOING TO COST, YOU KNOW, SIX FIGURES REAL EASY, RIGHT? SO WE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, THEN YOU CAN ONLY COME UP WITH THREE OR FOUR ITEMS AT MOST.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY THE PARK AND RECORD BOARD GOING TO BE? UH, NOT PARK RECORD BOARD, BUT THE PARK, UH, YEAH, THE, UH, SO CITY GOING TO PUT ON THE PARK? YEAH.
SO I DO NOT KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT, HOW MUCH THE PARKS BUDGET RE BUDGET.
UM, WILL BE OR IS ACTUALLY CUZ IT, IT SHOULD, OH WAIT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN JANUARY.
UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO THE PARKS BUDGET AS WELL.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, TAKING CARE OF, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT IS IT? UM, BIKE PARK.
WHAT'S IT, SAY THAT AGAIN? THE BIKE PARK, THE SKATE PARK IS ON THE CIP P THIS YEAR.
CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, OVERLAYS OVER LIKE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE, THE PARK AT JUANITA.
SO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR ACTUAL BUDGET IS AND WHAT, WHAT IS IN THE CIP P RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THE C I P LIST PULLED UP, BUT MY GOAL IS, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT A BUDGET, IS TO PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE, WE PROVIDE OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, BUT, UM, BUT I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE BUDGET BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THINGS MOVE ALONG.
CUZ WE KNOW THAT THE PICKLEBALL COURT'S GONNA COST MORE THAN 56 NO.
HOWEVER MUCH IT WOULD COST BEFORE.
SO I WOULD RATHER US FOCUS ON THE ITEM AND HAVE COUNCIL PRIORITIZE IT AND THEN PUT THE MONEY TOWARDS IT.
THEY'VE ALWAYS SAID, IF YOU NEED MORE MONEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE MONEY.
WE DON'T, OUR BUDGET FROM THE PARKS AND REC BOARD IS $10,000.
THAT'S NOT GONNA PAY FOR ANYTHING.
SO, UM, SO, BUT FROM A PARKS PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT, IT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF, YOU KNOW, THE GREEN SPACE AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK AT THAT AND WE LOOK AT WHAT'S ON, UM, I CAN GO BACK AND PULL WHAT'S ON THE C I P AND SEND THAT OUT TO YOU ALL.
UM, AND THEN CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PROJECTED WERE.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, TO ME, I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I'M LOOKING AT WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.
THIS NEEDS TO BE REDONE, WE NEED BASKETBALL COURTS AND I KNOW WE WERE GETTING QUOTES FOR THOSE.
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WHERE THAT IS IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.SO I WOULD RATHER US SAY THIS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT THESE, THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN LET CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR QUOTES.
BUT I WANT CITY COUNCIL TO COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS OUR PRIORITY.
BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE SUBMITTED IT A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING COME BACK, SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES WILL BE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARTIES.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A DISCUSSION.
THAT YOU DON'T WANNA PUT A PRIORITY ON ANY OF THOSE.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE.
I DON'T WANNA FOCUS ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I WANNA FOCUS ON THE PRIORITY.
AND WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE WANNA RECOMMEND.
UM, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOCUS ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT AGAIN.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE PLAYGROUND IS GONNA COST THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT WE KNOW WE NEED ONE THERE.
WE KNOW WE NEED A DECENT BECAUSE WE POUR IT OUT.
THAT CAN BE, I THINK OUR LAST ONE WAS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WAS ACTUALLY WAS.
YOU MEAN FAIRLY EXPENSIVE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE ADD, THERE'S QUALITY THERE.
SO I'M NOT FOCUSED ON THE COST, I'M FOCUSED ON THAT.
AND IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY, YOUR BUDGETS, OKAY, WELL YOU'RE GONNA GET A NEW PLAYGROUND NOW THIS IS YOUR BUDGET.
OKAY, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WELL FOR THAT BUDGET THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
BUT CUZ PLAYGROUNDS, YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD, ADD THINGS TO IT.
SO, BUT YES, THAT WAS YOU QUESTION ANYTHING ELSE? DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
I THINK ON THE CIP P IT WAS BOTH FOR STATE BY MARK, THE PLAYGROUND AT COMMUNITY CENTER.
I THINK THE PATHS REPAY ME THE PASS AT CLOUD WERE ON THERE, BUT THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT GRANT.
BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE CIP P HAS NO MONEY ATTACHED.
BUT IT'S NOT A LIABLE DOCUMENT.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WAS BUDGETED BY COUNCIL.
SO THIS YEAR I WANT, I WANT US TO GET OUR PRIORITIES PUT IN, AND THAT'S JUST ME, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GET PICKLEBALL COURTS DONE.
I WANT TO GET THE BASKETBALL COURTS PUT IN.
EVERY DAY SOMEBODY COME, YOU EVER THOUGHT I'D PUT IN PICKET COURSE
NO, MY MY BIGGEST THING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS IS, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST RENDITION OF 'EM THAT I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH.
HOW, YOU KNOW, THE WHAT WE DID AND HOW THEY ENDED UP AND JUST, IT WAS A MESS FROM THE START.
AND I JUST WASN'T HAPPY WITH IT FROM THE, FROM THE START.
I DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA HOW WE WAS GONNA DO 'EM FROM THE START.
SO I JUST HOPE THIS TIME WE REALLY DO IT RIGHT.
AND I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO, UH, DON'T JUST RESURFACE, EXPAND IT, GROUND IT DOWN, PUT BRAND NEW TURP DOWN, REP, UH, BRAND NEW PAINT, NEW FENCING, UM, NEW FENCING.
SO ALEX, ALEX WON'T HIT THE, UM, THE FENCE IN THE MIDDLE WHEN HE'S IN THE CENTER.
SO I THINK THAT WAS THE, THE INTENT WAS TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
AND THEN YOU HAD SOMETHING, YOU HAD ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE WAY IT WAS FACING WELL, LAST YEAR.
AND THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE YOU HAD PEOPLES WHO WAS SELECTED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS SELECTED NOW.
I WAS, I THOUGHT BRIAN WAS THE OTHER PERSON WHO WAS ON THIS BOARD WHEN WE STARTED THAT PROCESS.
TIFFANY WAS THE, UH, LIAISON AT THE TIME.
I'M SORRY, CAROL MOSS WAS NO, TIFFANY WAS THE LIAISON.
BUT, UM, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS BRIAN WHO WAS HERE THEN.
BUT I, THE PROBLEM WAS THEY HAD TENNIS COURTS FACING, I'M SORRY, PICKLEBALL COURTS FACING EAST, WEST.
AND I RODE BY ONE DAY, GOT ALL EXCITED BECAUSE I SAID, OH, THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE PICKLEBALL COURT.
WELL, WHEN I SAW THAT, I CALLED MIKE GRAY AND TOLD HIM, I SAID, YOU GUYS, WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM HERE.
THEY GOT COURTS FACING EAST WEST AND SAID, I'M GOING NORTH SOUTH.
I SAID, THIS LONG SILENT THERE.
I SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T PUT IN TENNIS COURTS FACING EAST, WEST.
YOU CAN'T PUT IN PICKLEBALL COURTS GOING THAT WAY.
SO THEY WENT IN, THEY FILLED IN THE HOLES AND THEN THEY PUT 'EM THE CORRECT WAY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK THE TEAM THAT WAS SELECTED TO PUT THOSE IN
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HAD NO EXPERIENCE.THEY MAY HAVE HAD THE EQUIPMENT AND SO FORTH, BUT THEY HAD NO EXPERIENCE PUTTING IN TENNIS COURTS OR PICK UP OR COURT.
THAT'S MY PERSONAL ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND SO, UH, AND I AGREE WITH BRIAN.
THE KEY HERE IS TO MAKE SURE, AND I'M GONNA POINT THAT OUT NEXT MONTH WITH THE COUNCIL.
LET'S DON'T JUST RUSH AND FIND SOMEONE, LET'S LET THE BOARD HERE REVIEW THAT PROCESS, NOT THE PROCESS WITHOUT GONNA TELL COUNCIL HOW TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS.
BUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO PLAYED SOFTBALL, COACHING, SOFTBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER, PICKLEBALL 10.
YOU SHOULD, I THINK, GET THE OPINION OF THIS GROUP BEFORE YOU SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.
I MEAN A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THEN A AWARD, A CONTRACT.
BECAUSE I NEVER SAW THE CONTRACT OR THE R F P UNTIL AFTER ALL THIS WAS DONE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS UPSET ABOUT THAT.
WELL, AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLES LEFT THE BOARD AND THAT WAS THEIR REASON FOR LEAVING.
THEY SAID, WELL, WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO OUR RECOMMENDATION.
CAUSE A COUPLE PEOPLE CAME TO THE BOARD, CAME TO TWO MEETINGS AND THEY NEVER CAME BACK.
THEY FIGURED YOU WASN'T LISTENING TO US.
WHY WE THERE AS ADVISOR WHEN THE BOARD DOESN'T MEAN THE COUNTER DOESN'T LISTEN.
SO I AGREE WITH BRIAN NEED BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THIS THIS TIME.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MAKE THAT STATEMENT ABOUT THE BOARD, PUT THE LITTLE WORD PARK IN THERE SO SOMEONE DON'T GET RUN OFF ON A TANGENT THING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER, THIS GROUP.
THIS ISN'T WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS.
ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO HAS EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE LIST? UM, ARE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, REMOVE, I MEAN WE STILL HAVE, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAINTENANCE LIST HERE.
UM, WHAT THE TO-DOS, UM, BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURTS AT CLOUD NEED CRACK AND ASPHALT REPAIRS.
IT, YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA ADD FITNESS PAD AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT TO PARK.
WELL I THINK I, I WAS STILL OPEN, UM, TO WHERE, I MEAN COMP PARK HAS THE, THE STATIONARY EQUIPMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE TRAIL.
SO I WAS THINKING SOMEWHERE PROBABLY ON THIS END HERE, MAYBE EITHER AT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS SHERMAN OR SHELL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, JUST WHAT I WAS, SHELL SHELL YOU, SO I'M THINKING SOMEWHERE ON THIS SIDE SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IT SO IT'S SOMEWHAT BALANCED.
YEAH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, CUZ YOU KNOW, THE FITNESS PADS, UH, I BROUGHT UP BEFORE WHERE I SEEN A GROUPS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR FITNESS STUFF AT THE SPLASH PAD.
YOU KNOW, SO IT JUST, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT, IT DON'T MATTER WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEY SAY THERE'S PEOPLE THAT THROW IN, YOU KNOW, LITTLE CLASSES OR WHATEVER.
THEY HAVE LITTLE FITNESS GROUPS AND A PLACE LIKE THAT WHERE THEY CAN JUST HAVE A SPOT, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOT A SPOT AND MAYBE A PLACE TO HOOK UP THEIR RADIO OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY ALL THEIR CELL PHONES TOO.
BUT, AND IN, IN, IN ADDITION TO, TO TO YOUR COMMENT TOO, AND I THINK THE THOMAS CLOUD, UM, EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO THAT'S ONLY LIKE FOUR YEARS OLD
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS LIST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO EXPAND THE S GATE PARKING LOT AND THEN YOU WANT TO ADD A FITNESS PAD.
IF YOU COULD COMBINE THEM TWO PROJECTS IN SOME WAY, IT WOULD SAVE MONEY IN WHEN THEY BRING IN ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THE WORK.
AND IT'S JUST A THOUGHT WE MIGHT GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
WELL IT'S JUST LIKE THAT IN THE, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ADDING THE, I BRING UP ADDING THE PA THE RESTROOM OR RESTROOMS TO, YOU KNOW, THOMAS CLOUD PARK IS BASICALLY AT THE OLD LOCATION WHERE THERE'S ALREADY THE PLUMBING SEWER AND ALL THAT FROM WHERE THE ORIGINAL CONCESSION STAND WAS BURNT DOWN.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE ALL THE, THE, THE PADS PRETTY MUCH THERE.
IT'S ALREADY EVERYTHING'S THERE.
THAT'S NOT GONNA BE EXPENSIVE OR AS, IT'S STILL GONNA BE EXPENSIVE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING IN A SPOT WHERE IT'S HAVE RUN A WHOLE NEW LINE LIKE WE DID FOR THE NEW CONCESSION STADIUM.
WHERE IN THE PARKING IS, IS THE OLD PAD.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THE OLD CONCESSION TABLE WAS AT.
UH, IF YOU GO TO THE FAR CORNER OF THE MAIN PARKING LOT, UH, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S, WHERE THERE'S A LINE LIKE PROBABLY
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FOUR OR FIVE PORTA POTTIES.THERE'RE UNDER, UNDER THE TREES AN AREA.
YOU'LL SEE LIKE A CONCRETE PAD THERE.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION HERE ABOUT THE, AS IN ADDING BASKETBALL COURTS NORTH OF 70, UH, SINCE I AM KNEW HER, I'VE NOT HEARD THOSE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE.
LIKE IS THERE A PROPOSED AREA TO PUT THAT? OR WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL? IS IT EXTENDED UPON ON JUST THAT OR? SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO PUT IT AT EEL BERGER, UH, WELL, I'M SORRY, ACROSS, ACROSS THE STREET, BUT CLOSE TO, UM, THERO AQUATIC CENTER, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RESTROOMS AT EEL BERGER.
ON THE UPPER PART? NOT ON THE LOWER PART.
AND I THINK THERE WAS LIKE FOUR SAID FOUR QUTS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO FOUR QUARLES.
WOULD THEY BE, UM, LIGHTS AVAILABLE OR NO? WELL, THE PARTS, UM, HAVE A RULE RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT UM, THE CLAY CLOSE AT SUN DOWN.
THERE WOULD BE ELECTRICITY AND STUFF ON A POLE YEAH.
THAT YOU COULD ACCESS, BUT, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW LIKE WHAT THE, I KNOW, I KNOW LIKE SOME PARTS CLOSED, BUT I KNOW LIKE SOME LIKE OUTDOOR, LIKE THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS OR TENNIS COURTS, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THE LIGHTS THAT YOU, UM, CAN TURN ON FOR PEOPLE WHO PLAYED LATER IN THE EVENING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SUNDOWN IS SOMETIMES SEVEN O'CLOCK.
KNOW, I WOULD PERSON RECOMMEND NOT PUTTING LIGHTS THERE BEHIND THE WIRE BECAUSE YOU GONNA HAVE PEOPLE PLAYING BASKETBALL OUTSIDE TO 10, 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
AND I HAVE, I CAN SEE THAT BEING A PROBLEM BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE STAFF INSIDE OF THE Y UNTIL LATE HOURS, ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN, THEY WON'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE.
AND THAT COULD CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS, I THINK, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
I I WAS JUST, JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.
BUT WHEN, BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT'S THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE, UM, TOURNAMENTS, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT DOING TOURNAMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'LL HAVE THE ELECTRICITY AND ALL THAT TO, TO PUT THE LIGHTS IN AND ALL THAT.
THAT WOULD BE THE, THAT WOULD BE THE END GOAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS THERE? SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU ALL GOOD WITH THE LIST AS IT IS JUST MAKING A FEW TWEAKS SUCH AS, UM, MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO, FOR THE FITNESS PAD AT SHAW, BUT TO, IF THEY DO THAT, TO COMBINE THAT WITH A, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING THE PO THE PARKING LOT, UM, ADDING, UM, THE WORD SAND TO ADD ANOTHER VOLLEYBALL COURT, SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT.
SO ADDING THAT, BUT THEN OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT, THAT, THOSE WERE THE ONLY THINGS I REALLY HEARD.
SO THE LIST, WE JUST ADJUSTED A COUPLE OF THINGS.
TALKING ABOUT THE SAND FOR VOLLEYBALL COURT.
I REMEMBER MIKE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WHY WHEN IT USED TO BE TWO QUARTS DOWN BY WORD, A SPLASH PAD IS NOW IS BECAUSE THEY HAD THIS, UH, SAYING THAT CAME FROM DUNES OF, OF NEW LAKE MICHIGAN.
AND IT WAS JUST, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WAS GONNA TRY TO GET THAT SAME QUALITY OF SAYING TO IT, YOU KNOW, IT ATTRACTED PEOPLE CORRECT.
TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER PLACES YOU GO TO PLAY SAYING VOLLEYBALL, BUT RIGHT.
IT WAS REALLY POPULAR TO HAVE THE TWO COURTS.
THEY WANT TWO CHORDS THAT GO ON AT THE, THE, THAT COME TO THESE THINGS.
AND IT WAS THE, THE TWO COURTS AND THE SAND THAT MADE IT POPULAR.
AND EVER SINCE WE GOT DOWN TO JUST ONE SAND COURT, PEOPLE STOPPED COMING.
THINK CHRIS, FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT IS THAT SAND IF THEY KIDS WERE TO PLAY AND THEN GO RIGHT TO THE SPLASH PAD? IS THAT HARD ON THE PUMPS? YES.
SO ARE WE, ARE WE ADDING INSULT TO INJURY WITH TWO THE SAND COURTS AT, THEY'RE AT THE TOP BY THE TENNIS COURTS? YEAH.
IT, IT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WHOLE, I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE RIGHT THERE BY THE, THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY THEY MOVED IT.
THEY MOVED IT UP THERE BECAUSE THE OF THAT AND WHEN THEY, DURING THE PROCESS OF THE MOVE, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY WAS ABLE TO RECOVER.
REMOVE OR ADD ADDITIONAL SAND VOLLEYBALL CORD AT CLOUD.
SO EVERYONE'S GOOD WITH THE LIST AS IS, BUT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO I WILL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
I'LL SEND YOU ALL SOME NOTES SO THAT WAY YOU ALL HAVE IT AS WELL.
SO, UM, AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE
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IN TOWN.I'M GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK.
SO I'VE ASKED SYDNEY, UH, AND ALEX TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE FOR ME.
UM, SO I WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME COMMENTS.
THE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY HAVE RIGHT NOW IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, A PRIORITY LIST, UM, TALKING ABOUT PREP FOR THE EARTH DAY THAT WE'RE HAVING EARTH DAY EVENT.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT WAS IT.
I THINK IT WAS JUST, THERE'S JUST THREE THINGS THAT I CAN'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE THIRD THING IS, BUT I WROTE IT DOWN
SO I WILL SEND THAT OVER TO YOU GUYS.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S EVERY QUARTER, WE WON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
UM, BUT I THINK, WELL, SORRY, LET ME REPHRASE THAT.
WE WON'T HAVE A LOT OF TOPICS, UM, TO SAY SO, UM, IT'S TOO, TOO, TOO BRIEF ON.
SO, BUT I WILL SEND THOSE NOTES OUT TO YOU GUYS THAT WAY YOU HAVE IT.
UM, THE GOAL IS TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT UM, BUT YEAH, BUT THANK YOU FOR WILLING TO DO THAT.
UM, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE IN JULY AND I SHOULD BE IN TOWN FOR THAT.
I WILL BE IN TOWN FOR THAT ONE.
SO I JUST HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK.
SO I WILL NOT BE HERE FOR THE MEETING.
SYDNEY IS GONNA TAKE THAT ONE.
UM, BUT THAT ONE WILL BE A SIMPLE MEETING AS WELL BECAUSE WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON AN EARTH DAY AGAIN.
SO, AND SHE'LL BE HAVING THE VOTES GO.
SO I'LL SEND, I'LL WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON, ON THAT AGENDA AS WELL.
AND WHAT CAN MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED, CITY COUNCIL WON'T BE, YOU GOT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING,
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEXT BUSINESS HERE.
UM, STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS CELEBRATION.
SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE AN EVENT, UH, FOR JULY 1ST.
UM, SO WHAT I, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING, UM, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO WHERE THEY STARTED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE CELEBRATION, UM, FOR JULY 1ST.
UM, SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS AND ARE DEFINITELY NEEDING VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR.
UM, LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, UM, WE HELPED WITH, UM, THE FOOD TRUCKS AND DOING THE, AND, AND HELPING TO PARK THE FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WILL LEFT WITH TO HELP AGAIN DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY JUST NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK THAT DAY.
UM, SO WE SHOULD SEE A, A CALL OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS, AND I THINK THAT'S JULY 1ST.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE HELPING WITH THAT.
AND THEN PROBABLY DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
THERE'S, THEY'RE JUST STARTING A PLANNING PHASE ON IT.
SO IF YOU ALL AND PUT JULY 1ST ON YOUR CALENDARS, I'M NOT ASKING THAT YOU BE THERE ALL DAY, JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS.
UM, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY GONNA NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW PARK AND THE FOOD TRUCKS IS, IT'S, UM,
SO, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, I THOUGHT ABOUT PERHAPS WE GET, UM, WE HOST A, A BOOTH OF SOME SORT OR AN ACTIVITY WHERE WE DID DISC GOLF, YOU KNOW, UM, OR MAYBE EVEN A TABLE TENANTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT IS IT, A, A CARD TABLE OR SOMETHING OUT THERE AND THEN YOU'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, PLAYING, YOU KNOW, TABLE TENANTS OUT THERE IN NEAR THE BOOTH OR WE HAVE DISC GOLF PORTABLE OR TRAVEL DISC GOLF OUT THERE.
SO WE BUY A BASKET AND THEN WE BUY SOME DISCS AND WE HELP KIDS OR, AND EVERYONE GET FAMILIAR WITH, UM, WITH DISC GOLF OR SOME OTHER ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE PARK.
UM, MY GOAL IS ALWAYS IS TO PROMOTE THE PARKS AND WHAT WE HAVE.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DISC GOLF AT COMMUNITY PARKS, SO MAYBE HAVING SOMETHING THAT TRAVELS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO DIFFERENT EVENTS, UM, WOULD HELP, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT BOOTH OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE BA ONE OR TWO BASKETS AND HAVE 'EM PLAY.
SO, SO I WAS THINKING OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, AND I'M TRYING TO GET SOME QUOTES ON, UM, ON A DISC TRAVELING, DISC GOLF, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, WE USE THE WRONG TERM, BUT PADDLES OR SOMETHING FOR, UM, TABLE TENANTS.
BUT I WAS, I WAS LOOKING MORE AT, UM, HOW CAN WE GET SOME MORE INTEREST IN, UM, PICKLEBALL AND, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE IT SOMEWHAT TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL WORTHY.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO TRY AND DO.
AND THEN ONCE WE BUY IT ONCE, THEN OTHER FOLKS LIKE THE Y CAN MAYBE BE USED FOR AN ACTIVITY OR WE CAN TAKE IT UP TO EEL BERGER FOR LET'S SAY MU A MOVIE NIGHT OR MUSIC NIGHT.
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AND IT CAN BE USED UP THERE WHILE THEY CAN.UM, SO IT CAN BE USED UP THERE.
SO I WAS THINKING OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
SO TALKING ABOUT LIKE A TRAVEL PICKLE PICKLEBALL, I KNOW I HAVE MY KIDS, THEY HAVE A LITTLE PICKLEBALL JET THAT WE USE IN OUR BACKYARD DRIVEWAY.
AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IS DURING THE MOVIE NIGHT THAT THEY HAVE AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK, IF YOU DO A SECTION OF THE PARKING LOT WHERE EVERYBODY PARKS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CONE LIKE LITTLE, PUT THE SMALL CONES, MAKE UP A QUICK, LIKE A QUART HAVE BRING PADDLES AND PICKLE BALLS OUT THERE.
THAT'LL BE A NICE SPOT TO PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SET UP TO PROMOTE WHAT'S PICKLEBALL IN A COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY.
AND I'M GONNA PASS YOUR NAME ONTO THE ARTS UNIFICATION BOARD
SO ANYTHING ELSE? BLAKE, RON, DENNIS, ALEX, SYDNEY, JUSTICE GLENN.
SO YEAH, SO IF YOU ALL CAN PUT THAT DATE DOWN, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT IT AS I GO TO MORE MEETINGS.
YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME EMAILS COME FROM ME.
UM, BUT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL COME OUT, VOLUNTEER, PUT YOU, YOU KNOW, WEAR YOUR SHIRTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO A A, A, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE PARADE
SO
SO, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, OUR BUDGET IS 10,000 FOR THE YEAR.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE ONLY COMMITTED ABOUT SIX, UM, 600.
AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, FOR, FOR THE WATER BOTTLES FOR BIRTHDAY.
SO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS, UM, JUST SORT OF COLLECTING SOME FIGURES, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE, WHAT WAS SPENT LAST YEAR, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE DONE, UM, AND THEN, UM, TRYING TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON, UM, THINGS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PURCHASE EITHER WATER BOTTLES OR DISC GOLF DISCS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I'VE, I'VE JUST STARTED DOING THE RESEARCH ON THAT.
SO YOU ALL WILL ALWAYS SEE THE BUDGET REVIEW ON THE LIST, AND EVERY MONTH WE WILL GO DOWN AS WE SPEND MONEY AND IT'S CONFIRMED.
YOU SHOULD HEAR THE NUMBER BEING ADJUSTED.
SO, UM, CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY'S, WELL, WHERE THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT, UM, EACH MONTH.
UM, SO, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO CREATE A BUDGET FOR, UM, FALL FEST, PROBABLY THE SOONER THE BETTER, JUST BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES FOOD.
UM, AND THEN BLAKE, YOU'LL, YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER ONE.
UM, EVEN IF YOU JUST SEND ME SOME, SOME, SOME NUMBERS.
UM, SO, UH, 12, 1200 FOR BIRTHDAY CODE, 600 WHOLE WATER BOTTLES.
UM, I, I KNOW WE HAD 300 ICE LAST YEAR, UM, BUT I'M HOPING, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR SINCE WOULD BE THE SECOND YEAR WE DID IT.
SO I WAS PAYING 500 FOR CONE ICE.
UM, 500, 500 FOR CONE CONE ICE, NO CONES, SNOW CONE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, IF WE'RE NOT DOING THE COMMUNITY GARDEN TURNOVER, BECAUSE THAT WAS MOSTLY EXPENSES, I THINK LAST YEAR WAS LIKE THE, THE, UM, THE MULCH AND, AND OKAY.
UM, THAT I, I WAS THINKING LIKE A HUNDRED FOR INCIDENTALS OR A FEW OTHER THINGS, BUT, SO 1200 TOTAL IS KINDA MY ROUGH ESTIMATE.
GOOD NUMBERS ARE ON POINT HERE.
LAST YEAR, UM, THE SUPPLIES THAT FROM MEYER AND HOBBY LOBBY, SO THE, THE KIDS SHOVELS THE SOIL.
UM, YEAH, WE BOUGHT MULCH, DIDN'T WE? YEAH.
UM, THE MULCH AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
THAT WAS ABOUT $156 AND THE SEEDS, CAN'T IT ABOUT THE SEEDS.
UM, SO THAT WAS ABOUT $200, ABOUT $156 THERE.
SO YOUR NUMBERS ARE RIGHT ON POINT.
AND A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE EGG CARDS, THE PAPER BAGS, PLANTER CUPS AND ALL THAT, THAT WAS ALL DONE, LET'S SAY 1300.
AND THEN WE'LL BE SHORT IF WE, WE'LL DO ALL RIGHT, SO WE DON'T GO OVER, I'LL BUMP IT UP TO 13.
SO NEXT MONTH, UM, SYDNEY, IF YOU CAN HAVE THEM VOTE ON THAT, AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH SARAH AND, AND BLAKE TO GO OUT AND MAKE THE PURCHASES IF IT'S NECESSARY.
UM, AND THEN BLAKE, IF THERE ARE DONATIONS THAT WE STILL NEED, SEND IT TO US SOONER THAN LATER, AND THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR FRIENDS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THAT.
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THING I HAVE ON HERE IS THE PURCHASE OF, UM, THREE SHIRTS.UM, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER ON THAT, UH, A COMPLETE NUMBER, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT MAYBE, I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 150 BUCKS.
SO THAT'S FOR, UM, JUSTICE, MYSELF AND SYDNEY.
UM, WE CAN'T FIT OUR SHIRTS ANYMORE.
UM, THEN, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I'LL PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SPEND ABOUT $150 TO GET NEW SHIRTS, UM, DONE FOR THE THREE OF US.
YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE THIS LOOK ON YOUR FACE.
SO $150 TO GET, UM, AN ESTIMATE.
WELL, IT'LL BE AN ESTIMATE, BUT $150 TO GET THREE SHIRTS MADE.
THE SAME GRAY ONES, UM, THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, THAT WE'VE PURCHASED BEFORE WITH THE STITCHING AND ALL THAT.
SO IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PURCHASE NEW SHIRTS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TO PURCHASE NEW SHIRTS? BRIAN, IS THERE A SECOND? JUSTICE? OKAY.
AND AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN WEARING ALL THOSE SHIRTS, YOU WEARING, EM, ANY OF THE PARK EVENTS OR ANY OTHER CITY EVENTS THAT YOU GO TO, SO THAT WAY PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE PARTS OF RECREATION BOARD.
NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM ON THE LIST IS, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO LAST WEEK I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM SARAH AND WELL, SARAH TO, TO CHRIS AND I, UM, REFERENCING THE, UH, 2023 KEAT MONTGOMERY COUNTY BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFICATION GRANT PROGRAM.
SO THEY CAN PROVIDE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, IN GRANT FUNDING FOR, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF, UH, VARIOUS PROJECTS.
UM, SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TRY AND, UM, SEE IF WE CAN QUALIFY FOR A GRANT, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR MAYBE THE COMMUNITY GARDEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND, UM, AND SEE IF WE COULD PURCHASE SUPPLIES LIKE WATER BUFFALOS AND SOME OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT.
THINGS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY STAY OUT THERE.
UM, WOULDN'T REQUIRE ANY WORK FROM YOU GUYS, UM, TO DO THIS.
IT'S JUST A GRANT, UM, JUST TO APPLY FOR IT.
BUT THEN THE WORK PLAN CAME LATER.
HE, HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO YEAH, SO, SO THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE GOOD THINGS.
SO, UM, WE WOULD QUALIFY, UM, RIGHT.
CAUSE SHE SENT ME ONE, THE ONE SHE SENT ME SAYS, NOT THE ONE ABOUT ORDERS OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? NO.
SO THIS ONE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS, SO I WOULD WRITE UP THE GRANT.
THE COOL THING ABOUT IT IS IF WE LOOK AT, UM, PURCHASING OR GETTING, UM, FOCUSING ON BEAUTIFICATION, WE WOULD HAVE TO USE, THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE NATIVE PLANTS.
SO, UM, I CAN EMAIL THIS TO YOU.
UM, IT'S ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DID IT SAY? 1820 PAGES IS, IT'S THICK.
I WILL EMAIL IT TO YOU ALSO, THAT WAY YOU ALL HAVE IT.
I PRINTED IT OUT FOR, UM, A RESIDENT GREEN THUMB AND, UM, AND BLAKE OVER HERE, SO THAT WAY THEY, THEY COULD HAVE A, A COPY OF IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TRY AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN APPLY FOR IT, UM, FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S FREE MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, AND IT, IT'LL GO TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE IT FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT STARTED.
YOU SAID THAT WAS THROUGH THE CITY OF DAYTON? NO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
I WISH CITY, I MEAN CITY OF DAYTON CAN SHARE.
I HEAR MORE STUFF ABOUT THE CITY THAN, THAN I WANT TO HEAR AT THAT TIME.
SO, UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR, UH, TO ALLOW MYSELF TO AND TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO HELP, UM, APPLY FOR THIS GRANT FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, IS THERE A FIRST PLATE, SECOND FLY ROLL PRO KING.
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DADDY? YES.SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR THAT AND I'LL KEEP YOU ALL AWARE.
THE DEADLINE'S MARCH 10TH, SO THE GOAL IS TO GET IT IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO I'LL PROBABLY BE WORKING ON THAT THIS WEEKEND.
SO, UM, NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE IS ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MY LEFT, ON MY RIGHT? NO.
UM, NEXT AGENDA ITEM HERE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UM, HAS EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY 19TH? OKAY.
EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, OKAY? MM-HMM.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE MEETING WILL BE APPROVED, THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 16TH AT 6:30 PM UH, SYDNEY WILL BE RUNNING THAT MEETING, UM, WITH ALEX
SO, UH, NO, SO SYDNEY WILL BE RUNNING THAT MEETING.
UM, WE'LL KEEP THE AGENDA SHORT, UM, WHEN WE'LL FOCUS ON WHAT WE TO DO FOCUS ON FOR APRIL.
SO, UM, IT IS 5:32 PM AND I'M SORRY,
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
7:32 PM AND THE MEETING IS, UH, CONCLUDE.