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[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 21, 2023 6:30 P.M. ]

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UM, I CALL TONIGHT'S MEETING OF ARTS AND BEAUTIFUL COMM COMMISSION OPEN ON JUNE 21ST, AND THE TIME IS 6 36.

UM, WHAT IS, DO MS. SARAH, WOULD YOU CALL ATTENDANCE? UH, MS. BRANDER EAR.

MS. DANIEL? HERE.

MR. FOX? PRESENT? MS. TEAGUE? HERE.

MS. UPSHAW HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE HEARD FROM LAURA, UH, SHE SAID, I'M WRITING TO INFORM THAT I NEED TO STOP STEP AWAY FROM VOLUNTEERING AS A ROLE OF ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

UM, EFFECTIVE, IMMEDIATELY HER RESPONSIBILITY WITH HER DAUGHTER'S SOFTBALL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE, AND IT IS NO LONGER FOR ABLE, SHE'S UN NOT ABLE TO DO BOTH ANYMORE.

SO, UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER EMPTY SPOT.

UM, THAT LEADS ME TO A REAL QUICK QUESTION.

IF WE'RE, I MEAN, SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS OUR WHOLE BOARD, RIGHT? CURRENTLY? YES.

UM, DOESN'T THAT CHANGE THE QUORUM? SO WE HAVE QUORUM TONIGHT, SO NOBODY CAN BE, NOBODY CAN MISS MEETINGS AT ALL.

SO WE'RE STUCK WITH, OKAY.

RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE, THAT'S WHAT I, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OPEN POSITIONS AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED TO COME AND JOIN US.

SHE'S VERY INTERESTED.

I MET HER SATURDAY NIGHT I ON PETER.

AWESOME.

AND THEN ANOTHER LADY THAT CAME AND VOLUNTEERED AT OUR, OUR MOVIE NIGHT, SHE'S INTERESTED IN COMING.

SHE'LL BE PUTTING HER APPLICATION IN TOMORROW.

AND, UH, AND THEN MS. CHERYL HAS SOMEONE THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO ASK, AND WE ALSO ASKED ANOTHER PERSON JUST TONIGHT, WHICH BRINGS US, AND HE SEEMED REALLY INTERESTING.

YES.

WHICH BRINGS US TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS.

THAT'S ME.

YAY.

YOU'RE OUR CITIZEN.

ANYBODY ELSE WANNA GO FIRST? .

YOU'RE FIRST.

SAVE THE BEST FOR FIRST.

OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU BOARD AND THANK YOU SHANNON FOR INVITING ME.

MY NAME IS JAY HARTMAN AND I AM A GRADUATE OF DAYTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I WENT TO A CO-OP SCHOOL, WHICH, UM, WAS THE REAL THING BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.

I WENT TO PATTERSON CO-OP, WHICH WAS A, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THEN? IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO GO TO SCHOOL TWO WEEKS AND GO TO WORK TWO WEEKS.

WE HAD WHAT WE CALL SECTIONS.

SO WE SWITCHED BACK AND FORTH ALL YEAR, BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT TO GO TO A REAL JOB FOR HALF THE YEAR AND WE MAINTAINED OUR GRADE GPA AND EVERYTHING THROUGH GOING TO SCHOOL THE ENTIRE YEAR.

MY BACKGROUND IS GRAPHIC ARTS.

UM, PART OF THAT, UH, GRAPHIC ARTS, OF COURSE INCLUDED PHOTOGRAPHY.

UM, AND I COULD TALK ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY FOREVER.

IT INTERESTED ME IN THE BEGINNING, UM, THE OLD SCHOOL WHERE YOU ACTUALLY TOOK FIELD DEVELOPER AND YOU PUT IT IN TRAYS AND YOU SLOSHED IT AROUND AND YOU SAW THE IMAGE, UM, DEVELOP RIGHT BEFORE YOUR FACE.

UM, AND I WAS IN THE SILK SCREEN PART OF GRAPHIC ARTS FOR 28 YEARS.

UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF HUBER HEIGHTS FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I'VE BEEN ON THE PARKS AND BOARD, OR REC BOARD, LIKE I SAID, FOR, UH, TWO YEARS.

AND I BROUGHT A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT I LOVE TO DO WITH AN ORDINARY DAY.

SO MY PASSION IS SUNRISES AND SUNSET AND LANDSCAPING.

BEAUTIFUL.

SO THIS IS JUST A, A DANDELION IN MY GREEN SPACE THAT I ALMOST STEPPED ON ONE THANKSGIVING, UH, WEEKEND.

AND I THOUGHT THIS IS BE THE LAST ONE THAT I'LL SEE.

SO I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND YOU NEVER KNOW.

THAT'S IN, UM, A SUB DEVELOPMENT OF HOOPER HEIGHTS.

OKAY.

THIS ONE IN MY BACKYARD, OH, I CALL IT WINTER'S EDGE.

IT WAS OUR LAST SNOWSTORM THAT WE HAD THAT CAME QUICKLY, MELTED QUICKLY.

AND THEN WHEN I SAW WITH MY DOG AND CAT AND I THOUGHT, I GOTTA SNAP A PICTURE OF THAT.

AND THE LAST ONE IS ACTUALLY AT, UM, ALLWOOD VISITING THE LITTLE TROLLS.

I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THAT.

OH, THAT'S SO PRETTY BEAUTIFUL.

SO I LOVE TO TAKE AN ORDINARY DAY AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD ALMOST STEP IN.

THAT'S MY PASSION.

THAT'S MINE.

THAT'S MY MY THING.

I'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL HERE, THE ART EXHIBIT WHERE SHANNON'S BEEN MANY TIMES, UM, IN HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, ALONG WITH SEVERAL FESTIVALS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL.

UM, AND I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT WHAT I LOVE TO DO, BUT THE REASON I'M HERE IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE.

UM, I SAW A, AN ARTICLE ABOUT, UM,

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A PRESENTATION IN, I BELIEVE THAT, I THINK I SENT IT TO YOU WITH CENTERVILLE.

AND THEY ARE PUTTING LOCAL ARTISTS, DISPLAYING THEIR, THEIR WORK.

NOW, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN REASON AND IT HAS TO BE USUALLY TWO DIMENSIONAL AND MOUNTABLE OR, OR BEING ABLE TO HANG UP ON A WALL.

UM, BUT IN CITY BUILDINGS, IN FIRE STATIONS, LIBRARIES, DA DA DA, THE NEW LIBRARIES A PERFECT PLACE TO SAY, HEY, THE, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS.

AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO BE ON DISPLAY, WHETHER IT BE, UM, CHURCHES, LOBBIES, UH, I, I, WHEN I STARTED THIS WHOLE PRO, UH, UH, PROCESS, I TALKED TO, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME NOW, BUT SHE ANSWERS THE PHONE HERE.

I WANT TO ANY ANYWAY.

UM, SHE SAYS OUR LOBBY IS A LITTLE SMALL.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.

I, I CAME IN HERE MANY TIMES, BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER.

SO ON THE WALL, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH A DISPLAY OF A AND A PICTURE AND A NAME, A NOT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING BIG OR FANCY, BUT THE IDEA IS TO GET LOCAL ARTISTS SEEN.

UM, SOME OF THEM COULD BE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE, WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO TO TALK LIKE WE DO TO PRESENT TO, TO GET THEIR SELF OUT THERE.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO SELL UPWARDS OF 60 PICTURES NOW.

SO IT'S BEEN A, A GOOD, A GOOD THING FOR ME BECAUSE, UM, I CAN DISPLAY MY PASSION AND PEOPLE ARE NOW ACTUALLY INVITING ME.

MATTER OF FACT, I JUST GOT AN INVITATION THIS WEEKEND TO A FESTIVAL.

SO NOTHING ABOUT ME, IT'S JUST THAT YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF OUT THERE.

ONCE YOU GET SEEN AND HEARD THINGS CHANGE.

THINGS PICK UP.

PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT AND WHAT YOU CAN DO.

AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO CAN PAINT, WHO CAN TAKE WHAT I DO IN FILM AND DO IT WITH PAINT PEOPLE HAVE THAT SAID, MY PAINTING, MY PICTURES LOOK LIKE PAINTINGS.

HOW'D YOU PAINT THAT? AND I, I TELL 'EM, YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IF YOU THINK I PAINTED IT CUZ I CAN'T .

BUT I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY DISPLAY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FULL CENTER.

THIS IS, THIS IS PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO HAVE AN ARTIST, SOMEBODY WHO CAN DRAW, SOMEBODY WHO CAN ACTUALLY DO MULTI, UM, MEDIUM, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL THING FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY BRING THE PEOPLE TO THE CITY AND THE CITY TO THE PEOPLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW, IN MY HEAD, THINKING BIG, HAVE A DAY OF WALKING AND SEE ART AND, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE, GO TO THE FIRE STATION.

DO THEY HAVE A LOBBY AT THE FIRE STATION? I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN THERE.

SAY, YOU KNOW, GO SEE JOHN DOE'S ART IN THE FIRE STATION.

TAKE HIS FAMILY AND GO SEE IT.

AND THEN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, STEP PATH, IT REMINDS ME OF SIDNEY'S, UH, UM, EXTRAVAGANZA.

YOU HAVE A MAP TO GO WHERE TO UH, SEE THE ART, SO.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.

AND I HOPE YOU, UH, LIKE THE IDEA AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK.

SO I MIGHT MAKE A SUGGESTION YOU APPROACH THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FURTHER AND SEE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO COOPERATE AND PERHAPS MAYBE INCLUDE A NUMBER OF LOCAL BUSINESSES.

WHO WOULD BE SOME OF THE STOPS FOR YOUR ART SHOW? HUH? AT OUR ART SHOW IN FEBRUARY? YES, HE PARTICIPATED.

I REMEMBER.

I'M ACTUALLY, I THINK I'VE DONE THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AND IT'S MM-HMM.

WELL THAT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING.

UM, IT, IT'S INTER UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE WINTER OR COLD MONTHS, SO IT REALLY, WEATHER DEPENDED.

UM, I THINK ONE YEAR WAS AMAZING.

IT WAS LIKE THE VOLUME WAS CRAZY.

YEAH.

LAST YEAR WAS NOT SO MUCH.

UM, BUT IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE THINGS TO DO.

UM, BUT THIS COULD BE MORE THAN ONE WEEK WEEKEND.

IT COULD BE RIGHT ON DISPLAY FOR A MONTH, TWO MONTHS.

RIGHT.

WELL, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY, UM, CONNECT WITH OUR FEBRUARY ART SHOW, OUR ART EXHIBIT, SORRY.

MM-HMM.

, UM, FOLLOWING OR LIKE PROCEEDING? NO, NOT PROCEEDING BEFORE THE ART EXHIBIT.

DO A TWO MONTH ART ALL AROUND HUBER.

SOME OF THE ARTISTS THAT ARE IN OUR ART EXHIBIT CAN DO THAT TOO.

YEAH.

CONTACT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE RULES THEN, RIGHT.

UM, WHO CAN PARTICIPATE, WHO CAN'T.

UM, BUT THE IDEA, I LIKE THE CITY IDEA AS WELL BECAUSE IT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY GET SEEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR AN EMERGENCY OR, UH, OR, OR A CAR WRECK SITUATION OR A SPEEDING TICKET.

, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO THE POLICE STATION TO SEE ART AND THEY COULD BE THERE AND, AND, UH, I, I THINK IT COULD BE A GREAT THING FOR THE CITY, BUT MY DRIVE IS PEOPLE WHO ARE TALENTED BUT DON'T SPEAK WELL IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THEIR SELF OUT THERE, DOESN'T HAVE A, A WAY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISPLAY THEIR STUFF.

MM-HMM.

IF WE, IF WE COULD DO THIS,

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WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HELP BE PART OF THAT? OF COURSE.

AND HELPING US COME UP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN IT AND, AND TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

YOU'RE SAYING TO DISPLAY YOUR ART WITHIN THE CITY AND YOU'LL BE ROTATING THE ART? NO, YOU'LL BE ROTATING THE PEOPLE.

THE PEOPLE.

SO THE ART STAYS IN THE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO, TO THE DISPLAY AT THIS POLICE STATION, THAT'D BE YOUR NEXT STOP.

IF IT'S LASTS A MONTH, AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR PLACES GO TO ONE A MONTH.

BUT IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY NOBODY'S AT THE, THE CROWD'S NOT AT THE SAME SPOT.

THAT WOULD BE KIND OF, COULD BE PRETTY CONGESTED SOMETIMES.

SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE MULTIPLE PARTICIPANTS AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST THEN IF YOU, IF YOU'RE PAYING YOUR SPEEDING TICKET, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY PAY 'EM AT, BUT RIGHT.

THE ART WOULD BE THERE TOO TO SEE.

SO, AND THE IDEA, I HAVE A, UM, ONE OF THOSE CODES YOU CAN READ WITH YOUR PHONE, TAKES YOU TO MY PAGE.

SO IT WOULD GET THEM, UH, A QR CODE.

SO YOU JUST SNAP IT WITH YOUR CAMERA, IT TAKES IT TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE.

AND THEN FOR TAKING A PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT IN THEIR BIO AND WHATEVER.

IT'S NOT DIFFICULT.

I, IT'S, THE APP I USED IS FREE.

UM, SO, AND WOULD YOU BE TALKING ABOUT LIKE ROTATING THE ARC PERIODICALLY, LIKE EVERY FEW MONTHS THEN? NOT NECESSARILY AT THE FIRE STATION OR, WELL, WE COULD, BUT I'M THINKING IT'D BE EASIER TO LEAVE THE ART WHERE IT'S AT AND JUST LET PEOPLE SAY NO, THERE'S FOUR PLACES AND THEY'RE ALL AVAILABLE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER DAYS THEY'RE OPEN OR WEEKEND OR SO, WHATEVER MONTHS WE DECIDE BETWEEN THIS TIME AND THIS TIME YOU CAN GO TO THE POLICE STATION OR THE CITY BUILDING OR THIS CHURCH.

I SEE.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS ART.

THE THE BUILDING IS OPEN.

YOU CAN COME AND OKAY, I CHECK OUT THE THIS, CHECK IT OUT.

SO ALMOST LIKE A LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS.

BUT ART, YES, ART IN THE HEIGHTS.

ART IN THE HEIGHTS.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU JUSTED IT.

THERE YOU GO.

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE COULD NOT, THEY PEOPLE COULDN'T SELL THEIR ART, BUT THEY OBVIOUSLY COULD PUT THEIR CONTACT.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

YEAH.

ON IT.

AND PART OF BEING AN ARTIST IS HAVING AN AUDIENCE.

IT JUST IS.

YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN DRAW DAILY AND, AND IN MY CASE, I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB, SO MY, I DON'T MAKE A LIVING AT AT ALL.

BUT BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT HA UH, THAT, UH, HOBBY MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DIG IN YOUR OWN POCKET ALL THE TIME IS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT EASY TO DO.

IT'S JUST NOT, IT TOOK ME SEVERAL YEARS TO SAY, OH, MATTER OF FACT, I JUST WAS ASKED TO SHOOT THE, UH, TIP CITY CANAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, THE ENTIRE SHOW BECAUSE I WENT TO THE TIP ART SHOW AND DISPLAYED THERE AND, UH, THEY, THERE ARE THEIR, THEY FORGOT TO LUCKY, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPENED, BUT THEY FORGOT THEIR, UH, TO INVITE THEIR PHOTOGRAPHER WHO ACTUALLY IS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.

OH WOW.

AND HE HAD A COMMIT PRIOR COMMITMENT AND COULDN'T COME.

AND THEY SAID, OH, WHAT ABOUT THAT J GUY? LET'S CALL HIM.

WELL, THEY EMAILED ME AND I OF COURSE I JUMPED ON IT.

SO IT WAS AN AMAZING SHOW.

AND, AND I GOT TO TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES AND, AND THEY'RE ON DISPLAY NOW RIGHT NOW WITH MY NAME ALL OVER 'EM.

CUZ THAT'S HOW I WORK AT THE, UH, CANAL FESTIVAL PAGE.

SO, NICE.

I WANNA SAY THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WHY WHEN I'M DRAWING BLOOD OR MY PATIENT IS NERVOUS AND I HAVE A PAINTING ON THE WALL BEHIND ME, I ASKED THEM, I LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE ON TOP THERE.

I ASKED THEM TO FOCUS ON THAT.

AND THAT'S IT.

WITH THE ONE WITH THE DANDELION.

YES.

I WOULD ASK THEM TO FOCUS ON THAT DANDELION WHILE I'M PUTTING THAT NEEDLE IN THEIR ARM AND IT DOES RELAXES THEM.

SO THAT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA.

YEAH.

AND I'M ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH FRIENDS OF MINE TO TRY TO PUSH CHANGE YOUR OFFICE STUFF AND THE, THE PICTURES IN YOUR, IN YOUR YES.

YOUR ROOMS, YOUR WAITING ROOM, WHATEVER YOUR, YOUR ACTUAL, UM, PATIENT ROOMS AND PUT SOME REAL ART IN THERE.

SO THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, BUT IT, IT, IT, IT TAKES BEING USED TO BEING TOLD FOR INSTANCE, NO BEING TOLD NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT IN A NICE WAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, .

BUT I'VE BEEN, I ALSO LIKE HOW THE FIRST TWO WERE OF HUBER HEIGHTS.

YES.

I THINK THAT'S, THIS IS SOMEWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UM, IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE CAN REMEMBER IT.

THE LAST PICTURE I SOLD WAS ACTUALLY OFF OF THE DAYTON, UM, THE HUFFMAN DAM LOOK OVERLOOKING DAYTON.

AND SOMEBODY FROM DAYTON, YOU KNOW, BOUGHT IT BECAUSE OH, I I LOVE THAT PLACE.

SO YEAH.

AND I WAS JUST AT DINNER IN A PLACE IN ST.

MARY'S WHERE A GUY OWNS THE, UH, HOUSE OF THE LAKE AND THEY MOVED AND THEIR DOG VISITED A SPECIFIC PLACE AT THIS,

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UH, AT GRAND LAKE.

ST.

MARY DOG WAS SINCE GONE AND HE SAW THE PAINTING OF THIS PLACE.

HE USED TO WALK AT THE PARK AND HE BOUGHT THAT PAINTING BECAUSE IT REMINDED HIM OF HOME.

OH, NICE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, HOW COULD WE CONTACT YOU? MS. SHANNON AND I HAPPEN TO GO TO THE SAME CHURCH WE DO.

SWEET.

OKAY.

YOU GO.

WE MET AT THE ART SHOW AND FOUND OUT WE YEAH.

ATTEND THE SAME YEAH, BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS WITH THE KIDS .

I'M IN THE BACK A LOT.

I'M ALWAYS WITH THE BIG KIDS.

UM, SO, BUT YEAH, I CAN LEAVE YOU MY INFORMATION OR, OR I, SHANNON'S GOT MY PHONE NUMBER AS WELL, SO YOU CAN GET IT ALL THAT FROM HER.

UM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PRESENT IT TO WHOEVER.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE, THE BATON WHO, WHO PICKS IT UP AND TAKES IT TO WHERE NEXT.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT ON THE BOARD.

YEAH, RIGHT.

WELL DECIDE LIKE IF WE DO THIS, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE TONIGHT ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, PERHAPS, PERHAPS YOU'D BE WILLING TO COME BACK AND TALK IN A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OR SOMETHING AND DIRECTION.

ABSOLUTELY.

YES.

YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUR AND SHARING YOUR ART AND THE HEIGHTS.

YEAH, I LOVE IT.

.

I DID IT.

ALL RIGHT.

STAR BANGLE HEIGHTS.

ARE WE READY, GUYS? READY? SO I DID GET COM CONFIRMATION TODAY.

UM, OFFICER LAMBERT WILL BE THE GRAND MARSHAL.

HE'S GONNA WRITE UP FRONT.

SO THAT IS SET.

UM, I ALSO GOT THE DETAILS FOR GIRL SCOUTS.

THIRD TIMING, YOU GOT THE MM-HMM.

FLYER.

SO THAT'S ALL SET.

THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR COOKIE CONTEST AND THEN, UM, BASKETBALL HOOP.

I HAVEN'T SENT YOU THAT, ALL THOSE DETAILS YET, BUT THAT'S CONFIRMED.

THEY'RE GONNA DO, UH, BASKETBALL HOOP COMPETITION.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT, UM, BY TOMORROW.

LIKE IT'S ALREADY WORKED OUT.

IT'S JUST, I HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND THEN I UPDATED THE WEBSITE ON THE CALENDAR, UM, WITH KIND OF THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

UM, CUZ I HAD SENT IT OUT AND EVERYBODY'S CONFIRMED.

WE HAVE 32 FOOD TRUCKS, I THINK.

I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY CLOSE TO ALMOST 50 VENDORS.

OH.

UM, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.

UM, I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF CRAFTERS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SELLING THINGS.

WE HAVE OUR GLOW STICK GUY, WHICH HE'S EXCITED ABOUT.

UM, WE HAVE SOME BUSINESSES THAT'LL BE THERE.

WE HAVE SOME NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT'LL BE THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD MIXTURE OF VENDORS THIS YEAR.

SO FOR OUR FIRST TIME I WAS, I WAS PLEASANTLY HAPPY.

RIGHT.

GREAT.

WELL, A LOT OF THE SAME FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET.

UM, NO, SURPRISINGLY SO.

WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF OUR, OUR REGULAR, YOU KNOW, CRAFT ARTS AND CRAFT VENDORS FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE TOO.

I WONDER IF THAT'S FROM DAYTON NOT HAVING THEIRS, WHO I DON'T KNOW.

UH, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

AND, UM, WE HAD CLOSED EVERYTHING.

I THINK IT WAS BACK ON JUNE 8TH.

UM, BUT I'VE STILL BEEN GETTING INUNDATED OF THE PHONE CALLS, SO I MEAN, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE MAXED OUT AND I KEEP TELLING EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR THE INFORMATION.

FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR WILL BE WHEN IT'S OUT.

SO WE'LL TAKE YOU MARYVILLE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

RIGHT, SURE.

SO, UM, I DON'T WHERE I MUST NOT HAVE HIT SEND ON THE EMAIL, UM, BUT I KNOW IT'S ALL UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE.

IT'S ALSO UPDATED ALL IN THE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA EVENTS AND THAT.

SO, UH, JUST MAKE SURE YOU GUYS SHARE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.

UM, I'VE BEEN SHARING IT TO THE VARIOUS GROUPS AND, AND THAT THROUGHOUT HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THE WORD.

EVERYBODY'S EXCITED.

SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW I WILL BE THERE ALL DAY WITH MY TEAM.

UM, WHO ELSE WAS COMING? I KNOW A LOT OF YOU DOING ARE DOING THE PARADE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS GONNA COME FOR A LITTLE BIT.

OH YEAH, I'LL BE DOWN.

OKAY.

DO WE STILL, ARE WE, OH, I FORGOT.

ARE WE WORK? WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GONNA WORK THE TENT RIGHT.

BETWEEN ALL THE BOARDS.

RIGHT.

SO I DO HAVE TWO FROM PARKS AND REC THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO AN AFTERNOON SHIFT.

UM, IT DIDN'T, VINCE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY WHAT TIME.

UM, BUT THERE ARE I THINK FOUR OF THEM THAT ARE ALSO HELPING PARK FOOD TRUCKS AND GET EVERYTHING SITUATED WITH THAT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO AS FAR AS VOLUNTEERING, JUST LET ME KNOW.

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THIS LADY HERE WOULD LIKE TO HELP.

OH, THE LADY.

OH YEAH, SHE'LL HELP AT THE TENT.

YEAH.

PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL SHE'LL HELP WITH, WITH WHATEVER, SO, OKAY.

AWESOME.

I, LET'S JUMP ON HER.

AND I DO HAVE, UM, LANYARDS WITH NAME TAGS FOR VOLUNTEERS.

UM, WE KIND OF STARTED THAT WITH OUR, THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.

I SAW EVERYBODY LIKE THAT SO THAT IT KIND OF HELPS WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WEARING THE SHIRTS, BUT THEN ALSO HAVING THAT, THAT NAME BADGE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE A REGULAR VOLUNTEER, UM, THAT IS HELPING, THAT KIND OF GIVES THEM THAT CREDENTIAL THAT THEY'RE A VOLUNTEER.

AND WOULD THAT, WOULD WE, WOULD WE BE WEARING THOSE ALSO? OKAY.

YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT.

OH, OKAY.

IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE ONES WE HAD LAST YEAR OR? YES.

OH, OKAY.

I REALLY LIKE THE SHIRTS LAST YEAR.

GOOD.

YES.

SURE.

UM, IT DOES.

I CAN VOLUN, I CAN DO THE CITY TENT ANYTIME AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK AND I'M HAPPY TO STAY FOUR TO EIGHT.

I, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IS THE CITY TENT OPEN FROM 12 TO EIGHT? YEP.

OKAY.

AND WHAT TIME DOES THE PARK AND REC PEOPLE DOING IT? UM, THEY SAID AFTERNOON, SO I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME, SO.

OKAY.

I'LL BE THERE.

I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A, AFTER THE PARADE, GO HOME PERFUME.

OKAY.

REGROUP AND GO BACK.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I HAVE TO WORK THE CAR SHOW UNTIL FOUR.

OH GIRL, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE WITH ME.

.

I, I'LL WORK AT THE 10 TOO, THEN I CAN STAY AT THE, I CAN STAY AT THE FESTIVAL THE REST OF THE EVENING.

THAT'S FINE.

CHERYL, I COULD BE AVAILABLE FOUR TO EIGHT ALSO.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE SOMEONE, UM, EARLIER THAN THAT? YOU SAID THE PARTS AND THE RECS WOULD BE THERE AT 12? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? THEY SAID AFTERNOON, SO I'M GONNA ASSUME MAYBE 12.

OKAY.

AND YOU NEED SOMEONE THERE RIGHT AFTER THE PARADE? UM, I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA COME LATER, IF YOU WANNA DO LIKE TWO TO SIX, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP.

OKAY.

OR IF YOU WANT TO DO ONE TO FIVE, IT'S UP TO YOU.

AND WHAT TIME WE HAVE TO BE THERE FOR THE PARADE AGAIN? 7 37.

I MEAN, I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN THE CLOCK PARK.

I'M JUST GONNA COME HOME.

NO, YOU SHOULD, I UNDERSTAND.

I HAVE TO GO HOME AND FEED MY, SO IF WE COULD USE SOME EXTRA VOLUNTEERS CORRECT.

FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT.

I'LL TRY TO ROAST A FEW.

AND IF ANYBODY, SO THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE ARRIVING AT EIGHT.

UM, IF THEY'RE NOT THERE BY 9 59, THEY'RE TURNED AWAY CUZ 10 O'CLOCK'S THEIR TIMEFRAME.

UM, 10 O'CLOCK IS WHEN VENDOR SET UP IS.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL DOING THE PARADE, BUT IF WE HAVE EXTRA VOLUNTEERS, UM, TO HELP WITH VENDORS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, WE CAN, I CAN USE EXTRA, BUT IF I GO HELP WITH VENDORS, THAT'S FINE.

LIKE I WOULDN'T BE AT THE PARADE OR I CAN GO FOR A COUPLE HOURS MM-HMM.

, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA WALK THE PARADE OR ANYTHING.

OKAY.

SO YOU WOULD HELP US SET UP MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

AND CHERYL, YOU SAID FOUR TO FOUR TO EIGHT IS FINE WITH ME.

OKAY.

I'LL BE THERE.

OKAY.

IF I CAN, IF I GET DONE WITH THE CAR SHOW CERNER, THEN THAT I'LL COME OVER, BUT I'LL BE RIGHT IN THE PARK.

I JUST WON'T.

DO YOU WANNA TAKE A BREAK FOR A LITTLE BIT? LIKE HAVE SOME DINNER TO GO HOME AND DO THE DOG? YEAH.

WELL THAT, I'M GONNA DO THAT EARLIER, BUT I MEAN, I I'M GONNA DO THAT AFTER THE PARADE AND THEN I'LL WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I DID NEVER, I WILL LEAVE FOR A MOMENT.

, I ACTUALLY WOULD RATHER BE ABLE TO LEAVE AT LIKE SEVEN.

I'D RATHER DO FOUR TO SEVEN THAN FOUR TO EIGHT.

AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

CAUSE THEN I CAN GO FEED THE DOGS AND GET THE CAT SHOT AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO GREG SAID FOUR TO EIGHT? CORRECT.

OKAY.

AND THEN I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

I HAVE TO GO HOME, TAKE A NAP FIRST.

OKAY.

SO I HAVE MY NAP.

SO IT MIGHT BE AROUND TWO-ISH.

OKAY.

I STILL LAY AROUND ONE.

WELL, AND WE, IF WE STAGGER IT, WE JUST NEED A ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT THE TENT.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

I WONDER, SO IS THERE GONNA BE SOMEWHERE THERE FOR US TO PARK IN THE PARK? YES.

SO I HAVE PASSES FOR ALL OF YOU.

OKAY.

OH, PARKING PASSES.

WONDERFUL.

FANCY.

UM, AND THEN ONCE YOU LEAVE FOR THE DAY, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THAT PASS BACK.

NO.

.

DO YOU WANNA DO TWO TO FOUR? TWO WITH ONE? I'M GONNA BE, I CAN BE THERE.

ONE.

WHAT TIME DOES THE PARADE USUALLY OPEN? THE PARADE IS LIKE, TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR, BUT THEN BY THE TIME YOU, SO LIKE EVERY TIME WE GET DONE, BY THE TIME YOU GET BACK TO YOUR CAR AND YEAH.

ALL THAT IS THERE.

1, 1 30, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT SAID.

NOW ARE THE ENTRIES, IS IT A, HAS A DEADLINE CUT OFF

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YET? YES.

JUNE EVE.

HOW MANY DO WE MOST VOLUNTEERS? WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE AT NOON IS PROBABLY THE ONES WE NEED TO COVER.

THE 10 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL LATER.

I CAN DO 12 TO TWO.

WELL, AND LIKE I SAID, IF WE HAVE THE PARKS PEOPLE COVERING THAT TIME, BUT IF THAT SHOULD BE FINE.

IF THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN, LIKE MM-HMM.

, IT SHOULD BE COVERED.

YEP.

AND IF THEY CAN'T DO IT THAT TIME, I WILL.

OKAY.

HOW MANY ENTRIES DO WE HAVE IN THE PARADE? I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA ASK ME THAT I NOT PULL THAT REPORT.

UM, WHEN I HAD LOOKED AT IT TUESDAY, I THINK WE HAD 67, 68.

YEAH.

BUT WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT MORE.

THAT'S GOOD.

LIKE, I MEAN IT'S GREAT THIS LAST WEEK.

YES.

GREAT.

SO GREAT.

IS IT STILL BRING IT ON AND IT'S STILL OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY.

SO IF ANYBODY IS STILL INTERESTED IN GETTING A SPOT IN THE PARADE.

WE ARE, IT IS STILL OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY AND THEN THE EMAILS WILL START GOING OUT TO THE PARADE PARTICIPANTS ON FRIDAY.

UM, TO THE VARIOUS GROUPS TO KIND OF REMIND THEM ABOUT LINEUP EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN THE APPLICATION AND ALL OF THAT.

SO.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED FOR STAR SPAN, UH, WATER FOR OURSELVES? I'VE GOT ALL THAT COVERED.

THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF.

OKAY.

I KNOW.

I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.

ADJOURN.

THAT'S ALL GOOD.

YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF ME.

TRUE.

GO.

SO WE KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PARADE BE THERE AT SEVEN 30 AND THEN, UM, LAST PEOPLE CAN STILL SIGN UP UNTIL FRIDAY.

YEP.

TILL FRIDAY FOR THE PARADE.

I I THE FESTIVAL.

WE'LL STILL GET SOME PEOPLE WHO WON'T BOTHER TO SIGN UP AND SHOW UP AND WANT TO BE IN IT.

UM, , I GUESS WE JUST SMILE TIP OUR HAT AND SAY PACK OF THE LINE.

RIGHT.

.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE FESTIVAL.

OKAY.

SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE WE'RE GOOD.

YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT ALL THE, WE'VE GOT PARROTS OF THE CARIBBEAN AS OUR CLOSING BAND.

THE FIRST BAND IS LOVELAND CREEK.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EVENING ENTERTAINMENT FROM EIGHT TO 10 IS REMIX.

SO THAT'S THE FAMILY FUN GAME, FUN , UM, AND THEN FIREWORKS, I MEAN, SO, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR RIDES AND EVERYTHING THAT'LL BE THERE UNTIL EIGHT.

UM, SO THE RIDES WILL PROMPTLY SHUT DOWN AT EIGHT SO THEY CAN PACK UP AND, AND GET OUT AND, I MEAN, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOOD TO GO.

SO FIREWORKS STARTS AROUND 9, 9 30.

UH, FIREWORKS WILL BE ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK.

ABOUT 10.

YEP.

WE CAN LEAVE BEFORE THE FIREWORKS, RIGHT? YES.

.

THAT'S THE PART I LIKE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE , I'LL WATCH FROM HOME.

YES.

YEAH, I WATCH SHOPPING CENTER FROM WATCHING.

SO IF WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT, UH, YARD BEAUTIFICATION UPDATE WE HAVE, UM, I HAVE NOTHING .

I LOOKED AT THAT AND I WENT, OH MY GOSH, I HAVEN'T SEEN, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON THERE.

USUALLY POPS UP.

I GUESS I GOTTA GO TO THE HU HEIGHTS PERSON BEAUTIFICATION.

SO, UM, I WILL START PUSHING OUT ADDITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, NOW THAT THE CRAZY FESTIVALS ARE ALL YES.

CALM DOWN.

YEAH, CALM DOWN.

SO, UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT OPEN UNTIL THE END OF JULY WHERE PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT THEIR, THEIR STUFF AND NOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME RAIN, THINGS ARE GREENING UP AND OUR PLANTERS LOOK GREAT OUTSIDE, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO YEAH, I HAVE NOT CHECKED THE EMAILS AT ALL, SO I WILL REMEMBER TO DO THAT WHEN I GET HOME TONIGHT AND I'LL SEND YOU ALL, I'LL SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL.

NO.

OH, YOU'VE ALREADY QUESTION REGARDING YOUR BEAUTIFICATION.

IT'S TOO LATE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES THIS YEAR, BUT IN FUTURE YEARS, IS IT SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THIS TO A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME? WELL, YOU'D HAVE TO FIGURE WHEN, WHEN THE STUFF IS JUNE TO AUGUST PERHAPS, OR? WELL, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE BEEN TAKING NOMINATIONS THROUGH JUNE RIGHT.

AND THEN THROUGH THE END OF JULY.

SO TWO MONTHS.

I THINK WE STARTED IN MAY.

MAY.

OKAY.

SO, SO I JUST, I JUST DID COUPLE DIFFERENT LAST, DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK THE PERIOD OF TIME WAS TOO SHORT.

THEY THOUGHT THAT WE YEAH.

MAY THROUGH THE END OF JULY.

I GUESS I HAVE EVEN HAD SOMEBODY ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT A FALL TYPE OF EVENT? SO,

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YOU KNOW, YOU FALL COLORS AND I'M SITTING THERE THINKING EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, WE'RE GONNA DRIVE AROUND AND LOOK AT THE PRETTIEST LEAVES AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE IF LEAVES YEAH.

SUMMER EVENT OR THEY, THIS RIGHT HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE BASICALLY DID.

YEAH.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT IN THEIR NOMINATIONS.

YEAH.

WELL I'M GETTING, I GET LOT NOMINATED.

DO YOU? YEAH, AND IT'S, IT'S NEWER, LIKE WE JUST STARTED IT AGAIN.

I KNOW THE CITY DID IT BEFORE, BUT IT TAKES A CUP 18 MONTHS TO REALLY 18 TO PEOPLE.

YEAH.

IT TAKES A WHILE AND IT TAKES A LOT OF WORD OF MOUTH AND UM, FOR THEM TO SEE IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

I HAD SOMEBODY ELSE ASK ME A QUESTION AGAIN.

YOU CAN'T DO IT THIS YEAR, BUT IN FUTURE YEARS MAYBE I'M MOST IMPROVED.

OH, I GOSH, HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT THOUGH? THEY'D HAVE TO SUBMIT BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.

OH, I SEE.

YEAH.

THAT'S A THOUGHT CATEGORY OF MOST GROUP.

OKAY.

THIS YEAR DOWN ROAD, NOTHING THIS YEAR, RIGHT? NO.

IT'S TOO LATE TO MAKE CHANGES.

RIGHT.

SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE NEED TO, UH, ENCOURAGE FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO, UH, NOMINATE PEOPLE.

YOU NOMINATE PEOPLE AND SEND IT TO THAT.

OH, THIS IS OUR BIGGEST NOMINATOR BABY.

HEY, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

.

SHE'S A BIG NOMINATOR, SO, OKAY.

UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THAT ONE? HOW ABOUT NEW BUSINESS? NO, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL MORE BUSINESS WITH US.

.

UM, I, SARAH AND I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL, UM, ABOUT SOMEONE WANTING TO BE SANTA.

UM, AND THEY SAID, LET'S SEE, AND MRS. CLAUS AND FROSTY FOR THE TREE LIGHTING.

UM, SO THAT, UH, REQUEST HAS COME IN AND I KNOW LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING A FORM FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN IF THEY WANNA VOLUNTEER.

UM, I, I WOULD TAKE A BACK UP WITH THE, I THINK ALL INTO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD INCURRED LAST YEAR.

I THINK NEXT YEAR.

AND THE MIC, I'M SORRY, MY OH, INTO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE INCURRED LAST YEAR.

PERHAPS MAYBE WE SHOULD, UH, ASK MR. SHAW AND THE AUTOS IF THEY STILL WANT TO BE THE, UM, SANTA AND THE ELVES SINCE WE DO HAVE THAT RECORD.

BUT IS SOMEBODY NEW? WELL, THAT'S, UM, DAVIDSON, SCOTT DAVIDSON.

HA.

AND CINDY HAS REQUESTED TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.

THEY'VE OFFERED THEIR SERVICES.

UM, SO, AND I, I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ASKED TO DO IT.

RIGHT.

UM, WE TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT DOING LIKE, UM, A SIGNUP AND THEN WE COULD DECIDE FROM THE SIGNUP.

UM, THAT'S AN OPTION WE CAN, IT'S JUST THEY INVEST QUITE A BIT OF MONEY OUTTA THEIR OWN POCKET DOING THIS FOR SOME OF THE SITE EVENTS THAT THEY DO AS PART OF IT.

SO IT'S JUST A OH MY GOSH, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW WE WOULD, I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

I'M LIKE, OH MY GOD, DO WE PICK A BEST SANTA HERE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EVENTS WE COULD SOMEHOW, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO LET THE COORDINATE AMONG THEMSELVES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I WELL, THEY'RE INTERESTING.

WE KEEP GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING UP.

WE MAY NEED MULTIPLE SANTAS FOR THESE KIDS TO SEE AND WELL, I THINK IT'S IN OUR HANDS.

IT'S OUR BOARD YEAH.

THING.

IT'S NOT EASY.

WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR THIS, WE CAN DO IT DIPLOMATICALLY.

WE CAN, UM, MAKE EXPECTATIONS IF THEY WANNA BE SANTA.

UM, THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR THE WHOLE THING.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN SUIT.

THEY HAVE TO, UM, BE FRIENDLY.

LIKE WE CAN MAKE WHATEVER, THIS IS OUR, OUR GIG.

WE CAN DO THIS AND WE CAN DO IT DIPLOMATICALLY.

FUN THING TO DO THAT.

WE DON'T UPSET ANYBODY BECAUSE IT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

WHY DO THIS? WE HAVE HAVE THREE SANTAS WANNA TAKE PICTURES WITH OTHER ONE.

DO HAY RISE WITH OTHER, GIVE HUGS IF THERE'S AN INTEREST.

YES.

YES.

IF THERE'S AN INTEREST.

SO I GUESS SAID, LOOKING AT THE LINES WE'VE HAD THE LAST TWO YEARS, KEEP DRAWING.

WE MADE VERY WELL TO MOVE THINGS ALONG.

IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA JUST TO HAVE TWO SANTAS.

YOU COULD HAVE TWO TENT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE, THE STAGE THERE AND MEAN.

I DON'T THINK MOST KIDS ARE GONNA REALIZE THAT IT'S, AND IF SOMEBODY DOES, THE ANSWER IS, WELL IT'S SANTA MAGIC.

I DON'T, WELL, I GUESS WE CROSS THEIR BRIDGE A LITTLE.

I WOULD THERE TO HAVE COME TO IT.

WELL, I, I I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE INFORMATION.

YEP.

YEAH.

WE DO NEED TO MAKE A WAY, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO DO THIS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.

SO WE JUST,

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WE JUST HAVE A LIST OF WHOEVER WANTS TO VOLUNTEER AND LET THEM VOLUNTEER INSTEAD OF US ASKING, I THINK, WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD THROW IT OUT THERE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC FORUM, RIGHT? EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING IS ON HERE.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS THAT WANNA BE A SANTA, UM, THEY CAN CONTACT THE CITY, MS. SARAH HERE OR I, AND MAKE THAT FORMAL REQUEST.

WE CAN GIVE IT A TIME LIMIT AND THAT THAT REQUEST CAN COME OUT AND THEN WE CAN CHOOSE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO SEND IN THEIR REQUEST.

OKAY.

THAT WAS GOOD.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

NOT THAT WE COULD PERHAPS EVEN TURN IT INTO A BEST SANTA CONTEST THEN , WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF MAKING A REQUEST FOR SANTA'S? I'LL, I'LL MOVE THAT.

WE PUT OUT AN OPEN INVITATION FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR SANTA FROSTY AND MRS. SANTA AND ELS.

RIGHT? WELL, AND ELVES.

MM-HMM.

AND ELVES.

DON'T FORGET, I MEAN, WE NEED ANY, ANY P YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE SANTA RELATED POSITION.

YOU HAVE A WHOLE NORTH POLE HERE GOING ON? YEAH.

REALLY? SO WE SECOND IT.

I SECOND.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT'S, UH, IF YOU'RE ANY NAYS.

OKAY.

THEN THE MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.

BOARD APPROVED SEVEN.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? ALL RIGHT.

MOVIE NIGHT ACTIVITIES FOR JULY 21ST.

UH, THE MOVIE IS RECORD, RALPH RECORD.

OH, I LOVE RECORD.

RALPH.

WHAT? WHAT'D WE HAVE ABOUT 25 CARS THERE.

OH, I, I THOUGHT I COUNTED 25 CARS.

YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT.

YEAH.

I'M TRYING TO THINK.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT, SHE CAME IN AFTER IT GOT DARK AND AFTER THE MOVIE HAD STARTED, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY PAY THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING IN.

BUT YEAH, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.

I GUESS.

AND FOR SUCH A COOL GLOOMY NIGHT IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

RIGHT.

I THINK WE HAD A PRETTY DARN GOOD TURNOUT.

YEAH.

WELL IF IT MAKES ANY, I COUNTED 250 BAGS OF POPCORN.

WOW.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

SOME KIDS MIGHT HAVE HAD SECONDS.

I, I DIDN'T SAY NO TO.

YEAH, YOU WEREN'T, YOU WEREN'T TURN.

I SAW A COUPLE OF CHILDREN WERE SUPPLY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, SO, YEAH.

SO THAT'S A GOOD TURNOUT.

I THOUGHT WE HAD A DECENT TURNOUT TOO, CUZ IT WAS AN IFFY NIGHT.

YEAH.

IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD, COULD DROP SOME RAIN ON THE NICE.

THE SCREEN WAS BIGGER.

IT LOOKED CLEAR.

IT WAS REALLY NICE.

IT WAS REALLY NICE.

MM-HMM.

.

IT WAS, YEAH.

YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE IT FROM THE BACK ROW ONCE, WHICH WAS, YEAH.

IT WAS REALLY NICE.

LATER ON PEOPLE SEEMED HAPPY, EXCITED TO BE THERE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

I I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL.

NOW WRECK IT RALPH.

THAT'S IT.

BERGER, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND ARE YOU GONNA DO POPCORN AGAIN? YES.

OKAY.

ARE WE GONNA TRY TO DO THE GAMES AND EVERYTHING LIKE WE DID THIS TIME? DO THEY PLAY WITH US? YEAH.

KIDS PLAYING GAMES.

LOTS OF TROUBLE AND STUFF.

YEAH.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHO CAN BE THERE TO HELP? THAT WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE CAN HAVE.

SO I'LL BE THERE.

YOU REALIZE THIS DOESN'T COORDINATE? I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT IS, EXCEPT I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE THOUGH.

OKAY.

I CAN 21ST.

YEAH.

I'LL, I'LL PAY THERE FOR THE DRIVE IN MOVING.

OKAY.

THAT MUCH WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND STUFF.

ARE THEY ALL, ARE THEY ALL ADVERTISED AT SEVEN TO 11 OR WHATEVER? YEAH, LIKE SEVEN 30 BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS, THIS ONE WAS, YEAH, SEVEN 30.

YEAH.

PEOPLE START SHOWING UP AT, WE HAD PEOPLE THERE LITERALLY AT SIX O'CLOCK, BUT THEN THEY WERE BORED AND LEAVING.

YEAH.

AND THEN THEY'D LEAVE MM-HMM.

BECAUSE THEY GOT THERE TOO EARLY.

BUT CAUSE THEY ACTED, THEY ACTED LIKE THEY DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THAT THE MOVIE WOULDN'T START UNTIL, TIL DARK.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY THOUGHT IN SUMMERTIME.

IT'S NOT DARK UNTIL NINE 30 OR, YEAH.

BUT DON'T FORGET, CHERYL, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS WHO'VE NEVER BEEN TO A DRIVE-IN MOVIE.

WELL, I KNOW, BUT THAT, THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THE, THE ISSUE THERE WAS JUST LIKE, PEOPLE JUST COME EARLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, I THINK THEY THINK THEY GET A BETTER SEAT OR SOMETHING.

.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WENT OVER REALLY WELL WAS THE CHALK, THE BUBBLES.

LIKE KIDS WERE

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PLAYING WITH THAT.

OH YEAH.

YEAH.

UM, THOSE ARE REALLY EASY TO SET UP AND SET OUT.

UM, THE LADY FROM PRESCHOOL PROMISE BROUGHT SOME THINGS THAT SEEMED TO BE REAL POPULAR WITH YEAH.

THEY, EVEN KIDS THAT WERE TOO OLD FOR PRESCHOOL, PROMISE THEM TO BE VERY THRILLED WITH THOSE.

YEAH.

I SAW A LOT OF KIDS THROWING FRISBEES AND DOING THE BUBBLES AND ALL OF THAT.

THAT WAS GOOD.

AND, AND THE LONG GAMES TOO, I GUESS, BUT MM-HMM.

, I MEAN, PROBABLY THE, THE FEWER THINGS WE HAVE TO SET UP AND EVERYTHING AND THE BETTER.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WERE PLAYING THE TWISTER GAME OR I DIDN'T, I WASN'T OVER THERE.

MY TEAM WASN'T THERE.

YEAH.

SO WE WERE POPCORN.

POPCORN.

BUT THERE WAS, THERE WAS KIDS OVER THERE PLAYING.

I, I DEFINITELY KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF WRECK RALPH STUFF AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THE MOVIES.

OH MY GOSH.

YOU SHOULD SEE IT.

IT'S REALLY CUTE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH IT.

ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE.

.

IT'S ON, UM, OR SOMETHING.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF THE, I WOULD BE OUT OF TOWN THAT WEEKEND.

OBVIOUSLY.

CUTE.

NOT LIKE I ONE NO SHOW, BUT I'D BE THE KIDS LOVE IT.

YOU'RE YOU'RE GREAT.

YEAH.

WHAT IF YEAH, IF WE HAD SOME YOU MEAN LIKE SOMETHING THEY COULD TEAR DOWN ? WELL, WELL DEPENDING ON WHAT WE BRING IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE TO HELP SET UP OUR PICKUP.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, AFTERWARDS THAT'S JUST, UM, BUT WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT BRINGING IN SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT LEAD SOME LIKE, FUN GAMES BEFORE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, RING AROUND THE ROSIE, UM, MOTHER MAY I LIKE OH, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT WAS FUN STUFF.

LIKE WITH RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT.

YEAH.

LIKE JUST A, JUST THAT KINDA STUFF THAT WOULDN'T NEED ANY KINDA SETUP.

JUST SOMEBODY TO RUN IT.

SO I HAVE A, A YOUNG MAN WHO HA WE HAD A TEAM WITH HIM THIS YEAR THAT DID OUR REC STUFF FOR OUR, OUR CAMPS AND HE IS FABULOUS.

WELL LET'S GET, I CAN ASK HIM IF HE'LL LIKE CRAB WALK.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

THEY'S GOT THE LITTLE CARTS.

WOULD YOU GUYS BE INTERESTED IN THAT? SURE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S, NOW SEE THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

CUZ AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE SET UP OR PUT DOWN OR, YOU KNOW, OKAY.

CARRIED IN.

THAT SOUNDS FABULOUS.

I'LL ASK BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE GAMES ARE JUST LIKE, HE'S YOUNG, BUT HE DID A, A FABULOUS JOB AND HE LIKES JUST, OKAY.

SO I'LL ASK.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

OKAY.

SO DO LIKE FUN LITTLE GAMES, LIKE THAT LITTLE SET UP.

OH, THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.

OKAY.

YEAH.

DID WE HAVE ABOUT JUMP ROPE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND WE HAD, YEAH, WE HAD THAT THIS TIME.

UM, JUMP ROPES.

YEAH.

THE, THE BIG ATTRACTION TO HIM IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET RUN AROUND AND TRY TO FIND FRISBEES IN THE LAWN AND YEAH.

WE BROUGHT FRISBEE.

YEAH.

WHEN IT GETS DARK AND THE MOVIE STARTS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GATHER UP GAMES AND THINGS MM-HMM.

, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY MOVING PARTS ON THAT.

AND I WANNA THANK THE VOLUNTEERS THAT DID COME, UM, FROM FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL THAT HELPED.

UM, YEAH.

THEY DID A TIME FACILITATE OUR GAMES.

THEY HELPED SET IT UP.

THEY HELPED CLEAN UP AND PLAYED WITH THE KIDS, SO THANK YOU.

THAT WAS GREAT.

UM, AND IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS TO VOLUNTEER FOR ONE OF OUR MOVIES AND FACILITATE THAT, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

OKAY.

MARIGOLD FESTIVAL.

IT'S KIND OF RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

OH MY GOODNESS.

IT CERTAINLY IS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOTTA CHECK MY VACATIONS.

GOOD.

MARIGOLDS ARE GROWING.

YAY.

YAY.

HAD TO GET CHICKEN WATER TO KEEP THOSE SQUIRRELS ALIVE.

, THEY GO AFTER MARIGOLDS TOO.

OH MY GOODNESS.

THEY DO.

OKAY.

MIRACLE FESTIVALS DATE THE 23RD.

SEPTEMBER 9TH.

GO AFTER ANYTHING.

SEPTEMBER 10TH.

SEPTEMBER 10TH.

OH, IS THAT RIGHT? NO, THAT'S SEPTEMBER 9TH.

NINTH, NINTH.

THEN, OKAY.

THESE DATES I KNOW.

KEEP THEM IN MY HEAD.

WOW.

THAT SEEMS TO ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY.

SO THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO SIGN UP FOR FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS AS WELL.

I MEAN, THEY'RE SLOWLY COMING IN.

UM, AGAIN, ONCE THIS BATCH OF FESTIVALS IS OVER, WE'LL BE DOING PROMOTION ABOUT THAT AND REMINDING PEOPLE AND TALKING TO, I WAS WONDERING, CAN WE SAY ANYTHING TO THE PEOPLE AT THE, AT THE 4TH OF JULY? YES.

YEP.

AND WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE VICIOUSLY HANDING OUT CALENDARS TO EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO THE MARKET AND STUFF AND WE DISTRIBUTED, GAVE 'EM TO ALL THE CARS THAT CAME TO THE MOVIE AND WE'RE GETTING THOSE OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING WHAT THE MOVIES ARE AND MIRACLE THAT'S

[00:45:01]

GOING.

SO THAT HELPS.

AND I THINK IF WE DO, UH, ANOTHER AGENDA, UM, THAT WORKS REALLY WELL WITH GETTING PEOPLE THERE AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED.

SO IF YOU WANNA BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO BRING IN MORE PEOPLE AND MAYBE SOME, UH, MAYBE WE CAN DO A, I DON'T KNOW, CAN WE DO ROCK CLIMBING AND STUFF LIKE THAT AGAIN? ROCK CLIMBING? SHE SAID THAT.

OH, I, NO, NO.

I MEAN, I, I HONESTLY DON'T EVEN KNOW.

I WAS IN DOING PARKING ALL DAY SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE REST OF THE FESTIVAL LOOKED LIKE.

.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE THINGS WENT WELL LAST YEAR OR YEAH.

I SAY WE COULD DO ANYTHING WE WANT.

WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE BUDGET FOR IT.

MM-HMM.

, WE MAY HAVE TO GET BUSINESSES TO DONATE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THEIR EQUIPMENT TO SHARE.

UM, YEAH.

SO HAVING TO GET BIGGER AND BETTER.

YES.

I LOVE IT.

AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

IT JUST MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, LEGWORK LAST YEAR WAS GOOD.

THE WAY IT WAS SPREAD OUT I THINK WAS REALLY GOOD LAST YEAR.

SO IF, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANNA SEE AND MAYBE IT'S GONNA TAKE, CUZ WE DID PUT A LOT OF OUR BUDGET ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

LIKE WE WANTED THAT BIGGER, BETTER.

SO, UM, IF WE WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS FOR THE MARIGOLD, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO FUNDRAISE OR, UM, GET DONATIONS.

OKAY.

WOULD BE ARMY OR SOMETHING.

HAVE A WALL.

I KNOW THE AIR FORCE BRINGS THINGS, UM, CUZ THEY CAN DO RECRUITING TOO.

MM-HMM.

, LIKE THEY'VE GOT SOME INFLATABLES, WHICH ARE WE ALLOWED TO HAVE INFLATABLES.

SURE.

OKAY.

WE'VE HAD BEFORE.

YEAH.

WELL, AND I WONDER IF WE COULD REACH OUT TO YOU.

IS IT FIVE RIVERS METROPARKS THAT HAS A ROCK CLIMBING WALL? I DUNNO, WHO IS IT? FIVE REVERSE METROPARKS.

OH.

OR THAT, IS THAT THE ROCK WALL? THAT IS AT, UM, THE OUTDOOR FEST? YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S A PORTABLE WALL THAT THEY HAVE.

THEY, IT, IT IS A PORTABLE WALL.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO GIVE THEM A CALL AND ASK IF YOU HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION? OKAY.

SHOULD ONE DO AIR FORCE AND ONE DO THE OTHER? AND ALSO I KNOW THE, I KNOW, WOULD WE DO A CORN HOLE ONE YEAR? CINDY SET UP THAT YEAR? YEAH.

I THINK THAT THAT WAS A COMPETITION.

IT WENT OVER.

YEAH, IT WENT OVER WELL.

AND, AND WE HAD IT, THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY RAN THAT MM-HMM.

AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS, BUT I CAN REACH OUT TO CINDY AND ASK, UM, WHO HER PERSON WAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO HE WAS, BUT HE DID A FABULOUS JOB.

YEAH, HE DID.

SO, UM, THAT'S AN IDEA.

UM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING THE PIE BAKING OR DOING SOME KIND OF A FOOD COMPETITION.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE LEFT THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE MORE, MORE THING TO MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED IN.

BUT JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE COOKIE, UM, COMPETITION FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.

WE CAN ASK ANOTHER ORGANIZATION SOMETHING YEAH.

TO HELP FACILITATE THAT.

SO.

OKAY.

YEAH.

DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE ROCK CLIMBING OR DO I HAVE AN I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.

OKAY.

I CAN CALL IF YOU WANT.

WELL, WHO SAYS WE CAN'T HAVE A SECOND COOKIE COMPETITION AT THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL ISN'T MEAN.

THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH.

I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY TURNING THEIR NOSE UP AT COOKIES.

I MEAN, FRED LOVES COOKIES OR AM I, BUT I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, THEY THEY GONNA SELL THE COOKIES THEN AT THE, UM, THEY HAVE IT WHERE SO BAKERIES WILL, UM, THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS GOING ON.

BAKERIES CAN COME AND IT'S A TASTE TESTING.

OKAY.

EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO DO A DECORATING CONTEST CAN BRING THEIR COOKIE IN AND THEN THE GIRL SCOUTS WILL, UM, JUDGE.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S, ARE THEY HAVING LUCK WITH THAT? ARE PEOPLE SIGNING UP? DO YOU KNOW? I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP.

UH, I'M ABOUT TO, I'M PRINTING SOME FLYERS FOR THEM, UM, TO GET THE WORD OUT MORE.

SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW SOMEBODY, UM, I THINK THE ONES THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR MORE SO WAS THE BAKERIES AND PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

UM, JUST SO, AND THAT'S JUST, SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN SOMEBODY'S COOKIE, THE GIRLS WILL KNOW IF THEY HAVE ALLERGIES OR OH, I SEE.

SO THAT'S THE, UM, THINK IT'S REASON FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONES THEY'LL, UH, VOTE ON HOW IT LOOKS.

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GOTCHA.

OKAY.

WELL WE CAN KEEP THINKING, GETTING IDEALS FOR THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL.

OKAY.

ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OKAY.

UM, SKIP THAT.

OKAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR, UM, QUESTIONS WE CAN ADJOURN FOR TONIGHT.

I CALL THIS MEETING TO AND IN.