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ALRIGHT,

[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road August 17, 2023 6:30 P.M.]

IT'S SIX 30 AND WE'RE GOING THE MEETING ORDER.

UM, ROLL CALL.

SIDNEY SMITH.

HERE.

ALEX BLACK.

HERE.

JUSTICE BONOFF.

HERE.

BRIAN DE.

HERE.

CHRISTOPHER HALL.

HERE.

BLAKE STEIN.

GLEN INGER.

HERE.

DENNIS SNYDER.

HERE.

RON.

ER HERE.

UM, ANY MOTION TO EXCUSE THE, UM, GO AHEAD.

WHAT? I WAS TAKEN UNDER, UM, NO OPENING REMARKS, CITIZEN COMMENTS, CITIZENS.

UM, AND THEN WE MOVE TO THE ELECTION OF THE NEW BOARD CHAIR.

YEAH, SO I, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY BUT GLEN KNEW THAT, UH, VINCE HAD STEPPED DOWN OFF THE BOARD.

UM, SO WE'LL BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH WHOLE BUSINESS TONIGHT, UM, SYDNEY HAS INDICATED THAT SHE'S NOT WANT TO BE BOARD CHAIR.

SO, UM, WE WILL TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR POSITION FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2023.

SO THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO YOU GUYS AND GIRLS.

I NOMINATE JUSTICE.

YOU CAN SAY NO, I WOULD'VE TO RESPECTFULLY AT THIS TIME DECLINE .

I, NO, I WOULD NOMINATE BRIAN DENNING.

UH, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE REASON WHY I STEPPED DOWN FROM THE VICE CHAIR IS JUST BECAUSE WITH, I HAVE TWO KIDS PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER, GOT A KID PLAYING CLUB SOCCER AND, AND MY ROLE WITH HUB HEIGHTS SOCCER, I'M BUSY EIGHT DAYS A WEEK, SO, UH, I'M JUST HOLDING ON COMING.

I, LIKE I SAID, I, I LEFT MY SON'S, UH, SOCCER GAME TO COME HERE FOR THIS MEETING.

SO JUST A LITTLE EXTRA ON THE PLATE.

I JUST DON'T WANT BE ABLE TO DO NOMINATED ALEX.

I ACTUALLY SAY THAT'S OUR BEST BET RIGHT NOW FOR US OF THE YEAR AT LEAST.

JUST FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.

WELL AFTER THIS YEAR, ONE OF MY KIDS GETS DONE IN SOCCER.

IS THAT A MOTION THAN A SECOND? I MAY 2ND.

WE HAVE TO ACCEPT WE HAVE PROCESS ALL I WOULD ACCEPT SECOND.

SIDNEY SMITH HERE.

YES, SIR.

OH, YES.

SORRY.

OKAY.

ALEX BLACK.

YES.

JUSTICE .

YES.

BRIAN DAY.

YES.

CHRISTOPHER HALL.

YES.

GLU PARTIER.

YES.

DENNIS SNYDER.

YES.

CONGRATULATIONS, ALEX.

ALRIGHT.

I DO .

ALRIGHT, SO ALEX, YOU CAN EITHER RUN THE MEETING OR LET SYDNEY FINISH HOWEVER YOU WANT.

GUYS WANNA DO, DO IT.

ALRIGHT THEN WE'LL CONTINUED MEETING HERE AND WE'LL GO BACK UP NOW TO NUMBER FIVE ON AGENDA OLD BUSINESS.

YES.

SO AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT.

UM, FARMER'S MARKET CONTINUES TO, TO GO WELL.

UM, THERE IS A MOVIE NIGHT COMING UP.

IT'S DOWN AT CLOUD, UM, LITTLE GIANTS, SO IT'S DRIVE-IN STYLE.

SO IT'LL BE LITTLE GIANTS DOWN AT CLOUD PARK.

UM, ACTUALLY I THINK THAT MAY BE THIS, THIS WEEKEND OR IT'S EITHER THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT WEEKEND.

I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.

UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, EVERYBODY'S BEEN CONTACTED AND MOVED, UH, TO, TO HANDLE THE RENOVATION.

UM, I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE WILL START TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR 2024, BEGINNING ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

UM, SO THAT GIVES A LITTLE WIGGLE TIME FOR, UM, THE RENOVATION TO FINISH BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

IF THERE'S A FEW THINGS TO, TO TIE YOU UP, THEN WE'RE, THEY'RE NOT RUSHED TO, TO GET IT ALL DONE.

UM, BUT WE WILL START TAKING RESERVATIONS HERE SOME POINT THIS FALL, UM, BEGINNING WITH THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY OF, OF NEXT YEAR FOR THAT,

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UM, SPLASH PAD.

UM, I MET WITH A COMPANY CALLED D W A RECREATIONS, AND THAT MAY SOUND FAMILIAR TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE GROUP THAT YOU GUYS CHOSE TO, UH, BUILD THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WE PUT IN A CLOUD PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK.

UM, THEY ALSO DO SPLASH PADS, UM, AND HAVE DONE SOME IN THE AREA.

SO, UH, GRANT, WHO IS THE GENTLEMAN THAT, THAT WE MET WITH FOR THE PLAYGROUND, UM, CAME OUT, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND WE MET, WALKED, WALKED THE SPLASH PAD, TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS.

HE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PROPOSAL TO ME, UM, AT SOME POINT NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN, UM, MIKE IS, MIKE GRAY IS WORKING WITH A COUPLE OTHER VENDORS TO GET THEM DOWN THERE AS WELL TO TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF OF ISSUES THAT HAVE POPPED UP THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, IT IS, IT IS RAN FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

UM, WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, AN AUTO WATER LEVELER RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT REPLACED ON THE MOTHERBOARD WITH THAT IN IT.

SO, UM, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, IT WILL STAY ON, UH, UNTIL SEPTEMBER 4TH AND THEN IT'LL BE SHUT DOWN FOR THE SEASON.

SO, UM, I BELIEVE IN THE SECOND SERIES OF MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER, UM, IS WHEN, UM, COUNSEL AT THAT WORK SESSION WILL GET, UH, THE PROPOSALS AND STUFF THAT, THAT MIKE AND I ARE ABLE TO GET ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH DECIDING WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.

SO, UM, IN OTHER THINGS, UM, MAINLY PICKLEBALL COURT RELATED.

UM, CONSTRUCTION IS SUPPOSED TO START, I BELIEVE.

UM, IT WAS EITHER LATE THIS WEEK, UH, OR NEXT WEEK.

UM, I BELIEVE THE WAY THAT THE SERIES OF MEETINGS WORKED OUT, THERE'S A WORK SESSION I BELIEVE ON THE UP THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY.

THE ADDITIONAL FEAT THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UH, WILL BE AT THAT WORK SESSION AND THEN IT'LL MOVE TO THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT MONDAY.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, SO IT SHOULD, SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM.

UM, BUT THEY ARE GONNA START PREPPING AND GETTING STARTED.

SO HOPEFULLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR THEM TO BE DONE AND OUT, BUT HOPEFULLY MAYBE INTO SEPTEMBER EVERYTHING WILL BE BUTTONED UP AND A PLAY WILL BE ABLE TO OCCUR AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE WEATHER TURN IS, UM, THAT IS GONNA GET DONE, UM, THIS, THIS SEASON.

UM, ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT? JUST A, A CLARIFICATION.

SO RESERVATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL, WILL TAKE PLACE.

10 23.

4 24.

YEAH, BUT NO SOONER THAN FEBRUARY.

YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

YEAH.

GOTCHA.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR SISTER WILL BE ABLE TO GET ON WHEN WE OPEN IT AND GET HER THE, THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS VACATION PARTY.

MY SISTER IS IS JUST PAID UP 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT EVERYBODY, SO SHE'S, YEAH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT.

UH, WE'LL WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW RON IN THE PROCESS OF, OF GETTING SIE SET UP FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'LL HAVE IT UP RUNNING.

SO I HOPE THAT IT, IT IS A, A TALKING POINT AT YOUR SESSIONS AT MY EXPENSE AT THE HYBRID EXPENSE.

NOT AT ALL.

NOT AT ALL.

.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN NEW YORK, THE CHRISTMAS SPLITTER, BUT, ALRIGHT.

ANY, ANY OTHER CITY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? NO QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS PRESENT THE Y M C A UPDATE, CHRIS? YEAH, SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON AT THE Y UH, FIRST OFF, UM, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST, WE HELD THE KIDS TRI ON, UH, WE HAD 300 KIDS REGISTERED.

WE ACTUALLY HAD CLOSE REGISTRATION TWO DAYS BEFORE.

UM, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS COME OUT, UM, AND VOLUNTEER ON THAT SATURDAY.

UH, IT WAS A GREAT DAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF KIDS HAD HAD A GOOD TIME.

UM, THERE WAS SOME VERY, VERY TIRED KIDS.

UM, BUT THEY ALL HAD A BLAST.

UM, SO WE WILL BE DOING THE EVENT AGAIN NEXT AUGUST.

IT'S THAT FIRST SATURDAY, UM, IN AUGUST, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE THIRD NEXT YEAR.

UM, SO, UM, WE WILL BE RUNNING THAT AGAIN.

UM, BUT IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

UM, WHAT YOU DID WITH THOSE STRINGS DOWN THERE WAS THINK NECESSARY.

YEAH, IT REALLY HELPED THAT.

YEAH.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE GONNA REDO THE, THE, WE'RE LOOKING TO TAKE LAPS AWAY OUT OF THE BIKE COURSE STAND OUT OF THE RUG COURSE.

SO WE'LL BE LAYING OUT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, IT ALL HAPPENED IN THE SAME AREAS, BUT YEAH.

JUST CONFUSING PEOPLE WHEN THEY GOT IT.

YEAH.

SO REMEMBER HOW MANY LAPS THEY DID.

YEAH.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE EVENT WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER NEXT YEAR, SO, UM, I KNOW DENNIS AND HIS WIFE VOLUNTEERED.

UM, I THINK, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE THERE.

SO, UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COME OUT,

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UM, AND VOLUNTEER AS WELL.

SO, UM, IT'S A, IT IS A GREAT EVENT AND UM, DOES A LOT OF, GIVES KIDS A, A REALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND THE AQUATIC CENTER IS A PERFECT PLACE TO DO THAT UP.

SO.

ALRIGHTY.

UM, SPEAKING OF THE AQUATIC CENTER, WE ARE DOWN TO WEEKENDS ONLY.

UM, WE HAVE SEVEN DAYS OF OPERATIONS LEFT.

UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SEASON HAS GONE REALLY WELL.

UM, THE WEATHER HASN'T BEEN THE GREATEST, YOU KNOW, JUNE IS THE MONTH WHERE PEOPLE COME, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S FRESH AND PEOPLE WANT TO COME.

THERE'S, FOR WHATEVER REASON IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S LESS VACATIONS, PEOPLE NOT THINKING ABOUT SCHOOL.

UH, BUT JUNE, WE WERE CLOSED, OPEN LATES ARE OPENED AND CLOSED BECAUSE OF LOW ATTENDANCE, BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, I BELIEVE NINE, 10 OR 11 TIMES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHICH IS HUGE.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OFF THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SEASON, THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS WERE GREAT.

I MEAN, WE WERE OVER 8,000 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS AND THEN THE WEATHER CHANGED AND I CAN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER.

SO, UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, OVERALL THOUGH, THE SEASON'S BEEN REALLY GOOD.

UM, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT UP THERE.

THE KIDS HAVE BEEN GREAT, UM, THAT WE, WE EMPLOY AND THEY'VE DONE A REALLY NICE JOB, UM, KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE AND WE'LL GET THROUGH SEVEN DAYS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, WE WILL PULL THE PLUGS AND DRAIN THEM AND, AND GET IT READY, UM, FOR THE WINTER.

UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE, UM, TIMES IS IF WE'RE GONNA DO A DOG E SPLASH THE DAY AFTER WE CLOSE, WE ARE NOT IN THE PAST WHEN WE DID DO IT, UM, THE DOG PLACE, UM, SIT, STAY AND PLAY, UM, THEY WOULD COME IN AND RUN IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT VACCINATIONS A DOG SHOULD HAVE AND HOW TO MODIFY DOG.

I DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT.

AND THERE'S, THERE'S A BIG LIABILITY AND RISK ISSUE WITH THAT AND THEY ALWAYS HANDLE THAT.

UM, IF WE GOT ANOTHER PARTNER THAT WAS IN THE DOGGY DAYCARE WORLD THAT WANTED TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT, UH, WE'LL NOT BE DOING THAT AGAIN.

UM, THIS SEASON, UM, SHELTER RENTALS CONTINUE TO GO.

UM, WE ARE BOOKED, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEKEND AT THE PARKS THROUGH SEPTEMBER, THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

WE TAKE RESERVATIONS UP TO THAT LAST WEEKEND OR IN OCTOBER, OR OCTOBER 31ST IS THE LAST DAY.

UM, BUT IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR SHELTERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING PARTIES AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THAT ALSO GOES FOR, UH, ISLAND RIVERS AT THE, AT THE AQUATIC CENTER AS WELL.

THEY'VE DONE REALLY WELL.

SO, UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I HAVE FOR THE Y UM, IN SEPTEMBER, UM, WE WILL BE HOSTING WHAT IS CALLED SENIOR SHOWCASE.

UM, AND IT IS A, UH, ACTIVE HOLDER ADULT, UH, SHOWCASE THAT, THAT WE DO FOR OUR ACTIVE HOLDER ADULTS ACROSS THE Y M C GREATER DAYTON.

SO WE WILL BE HOSTING IT AT THE HUMOR LOCATION.

THIS, UM, THIS YEAR, UM, WE HOSTED IT BACK IN 1819 THINK, YEAH, 18 18 18.

UM, AND LAST YEAR WE HOSTED IT THE ZINI Y M C A, UM, WHICH, UM, WAS OUR FIRST ONE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

BUT, UH, THIS YEAR THEY WILL BE, UH, AT HUBER FOR FOUR DAYS.

THEY DO HAVE, UH, PICKLEBALL, UM, THAT'S HELD OUT 'CAUSE THEY HAVE OUTDOOR COURTS AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE WE CAN RECTIFY THAT NEXT YEAR AND HAVE PICKLEBALL HERE IN BE OF COMMUNITY PARK, UM, ON OUR COURTS, UM, HERE IN THE CITY.

UM, BUT THAT'S COMING UP AND IT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT OVER A HUNDRED, UH, PARTICIPANTS JUST FROM THE HUBER LOCATION AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE, ONCE YOU ADD EVERYBODY UP CLOSE TO 300 SOME ODD PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM KAUFMAN OR SPRINGBORO, XENIA, ENGLEWOOD, UH, EATON, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER, UM, THAT'S IN OUR AREA.

SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT, UH, A GREAT WEEK WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS.

SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

NO.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE? THE CITY UPDATE OR THE Y M C A? NO QUESTIONS.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM IN ITEM SEVEN, ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT BEFORE WE LEAVE IS THAT ONCE WE GET THE COURTS UP, PICKLEBALL COURT SAYS, UH, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS GOING TO BE TO, UM, SET UP SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR THE COURTS? WHAT I'M SAYING NOW IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SIGNED SIGN STAND WITH HOURS, WE ARE OPERATING, HOW DO YOU CONTROL WHEN IT'S TIME TO SHUT DOWN AND GO HOME? BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU HAVE IT OPEN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WILL PLAY UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY TELL THEM TO LEAVE OR MAKE

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THEM LEAVE.

YOU'RE PUTTING THE HEADLIGHTS ON.

SO WE GOTTA HAVE, THINK ABOUT THAT.

DO WE NEED TO POST SIGN THERE SAYING DON TO DUSK OR A CERTAIN HOUR AND ALSO THEY SIGN UP, NO SKATEBOARDING, SEE, NO SIGNS NEED TO COME UP, BE PUT UP THERE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET THE COURT STOP.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR MIKE TO, TO NOTIFY MIKE TO TAKE CARE OF OR THAT'S SO YEAH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE, UH, I MEAN ALL OF OUR PARKS ARE DAWN TO DUSK, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CLOSE WHEN IT GETS DARK.

UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD SOME OF THAT STUFF AT THE SKATE PARK WHERE PEOPLE ARE STILL SKATEBOARDING AND RIDING BIKES AFTER DARK.

UM, BUT MIKE CAN MAKE SIDE WILL MAKE SIDES IN HOUSE AND, AND GET SIDES POSTED ON THE FENCES.

ON THE FENCES, UM, OF THE COURTS TELL WHAT THE, THE RULES OF PLAY ARE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

ALRIGHT.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO MIKE ABOUT OR YOU, YOU KNOW, LATER WANNA TALK TO.

UM, YOU CAN GIMME YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HIM ASSIGNED.

I MEAN, YOU COMPILE A LIST AND I CAN GET IT TO MIKE AND, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THOSE ARE UP AS SOON AS THE COURTS ARE DONE SO PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON.

ALRIGHT.

WHAT I LIKE SUGGEST THAT THAT BE OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT MEETING HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU POST ON THE SIGNS BEFORE WE, UH, OPEN THE COURT UP.

NOW, ONCE YOU OPEN THE COURT, THEN YOU GO BACK AND PUT RULES IN, THEN IT'S A LITTLE HARDER THEN TO ENFORCE BECAUSE , I YOU BRING UP A VALID POINT.

YEAH.

HOPEFULLY WITH THE NEWNESS, THE BUSYNESS, I CAN'T STAY AND PLAY FOR THREE HOURS IF SOMEBODY'S WAIT, THERE'S GOTTA BE A TIME LIMIT.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AS A COURTESY SOMEONE'S GIVE IT A HALF AN HOUR ONCE YOU SEE SOMEBODY WAKING UP, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.

HOW, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PLAY MATCH? OH, TWO OUT THREE.

THAT WOULD BE WHAT HOUR? PLAYING THREE GAMES.

USUALLY THEY JUST PLAY ONE, ONE GAME IF PEOPLE ARE WAITING AND THEY COME ON.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S VALID POINT.

WELL MAYBE IT JUST BREAK THAT AN ITEM DIDN'T YOU THINK ABOUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING? HAVE AN IDEA TO TOSS AROUND HERE TO WHAT SHOULD BE ON THE SIGNS AND EVERYTHING BEFORE WE GO TO MIKE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO I, I GOT THE QUESTION THERE.

MM-HMM.

UM, WILL MIKE GO AROUND AND TELL HIM IT'S CLOSED OR MM-HMM.

NO, THAT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY.

NO, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE PATROL THING.

PATROL PARKS.

WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST AT METRO PARKS, OUR PARK RANGERS WOULD GO CLOSE THE FACILITIES, RIGHT.

THE, THE BADGE AND THE AUTHORITY FIGURE SEEMS TO KEEP THE TURMOIL DOWN.

SO THAT'S, I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT OUT AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

WELL ALONG THAT SAME POINT, I'M SORRY GLEN, YOU FINISHED GLEN WHEN YOU FINISHED I AIN'T SAID I ALREADY DONE.

I'M DONE.

OKAY, GOOD POINT GTO.

THE OTHER POINT IS, UM, SOME OF THE PARKS AROUND HERE THAT I PLAYED IN HEALTHY AND DUKE, THEY LOCKED THE THE COURT.

NOW I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE.

ISN'T YOU LOCKING A PUBLIC PARK? CAN YOU DO THAT? I GOTTA ASK QUESTIONS.

YEAH, SOMEONE SUGGESTED WE PUT A LOCK ON THERE AND I WAS SAYING THAT I I DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD LEGALLY LOCK A PUBLIC PARK, HELP YOU LOCK.

THEY HAVE A COMBINATION TO GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY BUT COME AND DO THAT.

WHETHER IT'S THE LAW, WHETHER IT'S A VOLUNTEER, WHETHER IT'S STAFF MEMBER, SOMEBODY HAS TO DO THAT, PROBABLY OPEN IT UP TOO, RIGHT? IF EVERYBODY, I MEAN SOMEBODY HAS TO OPEN IT OR YEAH, EVERYBODY HAS EVERYBODY TO COME HIDE.

YEAH, BUT THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE VANDALISM.

I WOULD THINK BEING THAT'S FENCED IN A LOCKER, THE PARK WILL STILL BE OPEN BUT AT THE AREA THAT THE PICKLEBALL COURT ITSELF IS GONNA HAVE FENCE CLEAR AROUND.

RIGHT.

AND A GATE, I WOULD THINK PUTTING A LOCK ON THAT GATE WHEN IT'S CLOSED SHOULDN'T CREATE BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN, WHOEVER PUTS THE LOCK ON IS GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THERE.

BECAUSE THE BIG ISSUE IS CLOSING A GATE IN A PARK WHERE YOU CAN'T SEAL ON THE GROUND SO YOU LEAVE SOMEBODY INSIDE.

SO THE PICKLEBALL COURSE I GO SEE A PROBLEM WITH A LOT AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, WE'VE HAD VANDALISM ALREADY, WE'VE LOST SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND OTHER THINGS.

WE NEED TO KEEP AS MANY TARGETS DOWN AS WE CAN.

I'M SORRY BRIAN, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, I DON'T REALLY SEE HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAVING ANY KIND OF STAFF THAT COULD GO THERE, DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A OPTION, IF THERE WAS A LIKE A, A SECURITY LOCK, A TIME LOCK, YOU KNOW, JUST WHOEVER USES THE PICKLEBALL

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COURSE, JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE GATE CLOSED AND THEN AT A CERTAIN TIME IT LOCKS, YOU KNOW, AT NIGHT AND YOU CAN'T OPEN IT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, AUTOMATICALLY OPEN, YOU KNOW, LOCK AT LIKE EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.

UH, IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THE RESTROOMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT ABOUT PARK WHERE HE SAYS SHANE HAS A SECURITY CODE.

BUT I THINK THERE'S ONES OUT THERE THAT ARE TIME, EITHER ABILITY TO TIME AND THEY'RE LIKE EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT IT TURN, YOU KNOW, IT LOCKS IF IT'S CLOSED, WELL I'LL HELP YOU.

THEY USUALLY THE LAST ONE OUT LOCKS UP, YOU KNOW, HE SEES, NO IT'S EIGHT O'CLOCK AND HE SEES NOBODY IN THERE.

HE'S THE LAST ONE OUT TO BLOCK IT UP.

AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S PICKLEBALL APPS OUT THERE AND ON THESE APPS THEY GIVE YOU THE COMBINATION, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GET IN WHAT'S A COMBINATION OF V A L L BALL OR SOMETHING.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM KIDS COMING IN AND VANDALIZING STUFF.

WHAT I THINK THE REAL ISSUE HERE WAS NOT TO PUT THE CITY IN A BIND BY HAVING SOMEONE CALL JEFF BOY BECAUSE HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS BY PEOPLE IN THE, WHEN WE GOING TO PICK UP ALL COURT STUFF.

SO HE ALREADY HAVE HIS NUMBER.

SO MY CONCERN BOY WAS IS THAT IF WE START LOCKING THE COURTS AND MAKE SURE THAT HE'S AWARE OF IT AND THAT WE DON'T RUN A FILE OF WHAT HE WOULD PREFER.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT HIM COMING DOWN HERE AND SAYING WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THIS THING AND DOING IT IN THE PROPER PROCEDURE THERE.

OKAY.

WHAT I'M SAYING, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT THERE AND WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THAT'S AN IDEA OF WHERE TO GO WITH THIS THEN, BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE MEET AT THE NEXT MEETING, THEY SHOULD EITHER BE ON DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OR WE'LL BE CLOSE TO HAVING IT UP AND GOING.

SO LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT THEN.

ALRIGHT THEN.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I DO HAVE ONE.

GO AHEAD.

UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT I FORGOT TO PUT OUT FROM THE CITY UPDATE IS THERE WILL, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEING CLOSED, THERE'LL BE NO FALL HARVEST EVENT LIKE WE HELD LAST YEAR AT THE, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THIS YEAR.

SO WE'LL MOVE PAST THE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, WE ARE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM EIGHT PROOF OF THE JULY 20TH MINUTES.

HAS EVERYONE READ THE MINUTES? YES.

YES.

THAT MEANS YES.

OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY CORRECTION OR COMMENTS? UH, JUST A COMMENT.

I I'M SORRY I MISSED THE, UH, THE NATIONAL BY NOW WAS THAT WELL ATTENDED AND DID THE BOTTLES, UH, THAT WERE MENTIONED THERE, DID THEY, UH, DID YOU GO THROUGH THE ALLOTMENT THAT, UM, I WAS THERE, UM, UM, IN THE WIDE REPRESENTATION, BUT I DID TALK TO VINCE AND SARAH.

THEY WERE HANDING OUT A LOT OF BOTTLES.

UM, I KNOW WHEN I TALKED TO VINCE TODAY, UM, SOME RESIDENTS GAVE ME SOME SUGGESTIONS.

HE'S GONNA TYPE THOSE UP AND GIVE THOSE TO ME AND SARAH ABOUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PARKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT, SO, UM, SAW A LOT OF KIDS WITH PARKING, REC, WATER BOTTLES AND SO THAT WAS GOOD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? THAT ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINUTES? MR. ANY OPPOSED? APPROVE? OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM NINE.

THE UH, NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 21ST AND I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.

SO WE GOING ADJOURN THE MEETING.

DO I HAVE, DO I NEED A MO? I I I NEED A MOTION I GET TO THE MEETING.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WE ONE ISSUE.

ALRIGHT, WE GOT MOTION JUSTIN, CHRIS.

ALRIGHT, MEETING ADJOURNED.