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THEN I SHALL CALL THE MEETING OF THE CITY OF HUBER
[ AGENDA ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 17, 2024 6:30 P.M. ]
HEIGHTS ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION TO ORDER.AND UM, SARAH, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLE MAYBE? UM, YES, MR. FOX PRESENT.
I DON'T WHAT LAST NAME? HENRY MS. HENRY.
AND MR. POE, STELLA DID INFORM ME THAT SHE WOULD LIKELY NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTED TO MOTION TO EXCUSE HER OR MR. POE.
UH, WHO OR BOTH? MY QUESTION IS ABOUT ZACHARY SINCE HE'S NOT BEEN HERE.
I CALLED HIM AND I AM NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH ON HIS PHONE SO I CAN, HE ALSO WAS ON THE EMAIL CHAINS.
UM, SO I CAN LOOK INTO THAT FARTHER.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO EXCUSE HIM, CORRECT? CORRECT.
BUT HE'S ALSO NOT SWORN IN, SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT PROBABLY DOESN'T HURT AGAINST HIM EITHER.
WE'LL HAVE TO JUST FIGURE THAT OUT.
HOW MANY TIMES CAN HE MISS WITH NO COMMUNICATION AND NOHOW? I THINK AFTER THE LAST MEETING HE, WE REACHED OUT TO HIS WARD REP, UM, ON COUNCIL.
I CAN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THAT WARD REP.
I CAN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH TONY AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
BUT, UM, THE PHONE NUMBER I HAVE FOR HIM WAS NOT CONNECTING.
I WAS GETTING A MESSAGE THAT IT WAS NOT REACHABLE.
BUT WE, YOU MINISTER FOX MOVED TO EXCUSE? UM, STELLA.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT OPPOSES? OH, WE NEED A SECOND.
YOU CAN SECOND IT THOUGH, I BELIEVE.
SHANNON, CAN'T YOU? I DON'T THINK I CAN.
UM, FOR OPENING REMARKS, I DO HAVE ONE REMOTE REMARK FROM, UM, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THE FLAGS THAT WERE PUT UP FOR FLAG DAY WERE BEAUTIFUL AND THEY LINE THE STREETS OF TROY AND BRANDT.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GOT TO SEE HIM AND THEY'LL BE UP, UH, FOR THE 4TH OF JULY TOO, SO.
UM, ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
HOW ABOUT OLD BUSINESS? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT ISN'T COVERED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS I DID.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ABOUT OUR SNAKE? ANYBODY BEEN OUT THERE LATELY WHERE OUR SNAKE? OH, I HAVE NOT.
BUT I DID SEE ON FACEBOOK, LIKE I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT, SOME PEOPLE ARE MISTAKING THEM FOR THE HIDE THE ROCKS THAT YOU HIDE AND PEOPLE REFINE THEM.
UM, I DID SEE A LITTLE GIRL HOLDING ONE OF THE ROCKS THAT I DID AND PUT DOWN.
SHE SAID SHE'S GONNA REH HIDE IT.
SO THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THAT.
AT COTTONWOOD, I WOULD SAY THERE'S ROUGHLY TWO DOZEN ROCKS.
UM, DEFINITELY MORE THAN 20, PROBABLY NOT QUITE 50.
DID, DID WE FIND THE HEAD FOR, OR THERE'S A NEW HEAD ON AT THE COTTONWOOD ONE.
YEAH, JUNE 1ST I WENT TO SET THE ROCKS OUT THAT WERE PAINTED AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
UM, AND THERE WAS NO HEAD AT COTTONWOOD.
THERE WERE ALREADY ROCKS LINED UP AT SHAWL AND COTTONWOOD.
SO PEOPLE HAD ALREADY GOTTEN OUT THERE AND I WAS THERE LIKE ONE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO THEY HAD ALREADY GOTTEN OUT THERE.
'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT TIME SHE SET THE SIGNS UP.
SO JUST IN THAT MORNING, PEOPLE HAD ALREADY BEEN SETTING ROCKS OUT AT BOTH PARKS.
UM, AND THE, THE MAIN SNAKE HEAD AT COTTONWOOD WAS ALREADY GONE.
MY HUSBAND AND I LOOKED AND COULDN'T FIND IT.
UM, BUT WE LUCKILY ALREADY HAD ANOTHER LITTLE ROCK THAT WAS PAINTED LIKE A SNAKE HEAD AND THE BUCKET.
AND HOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE THAT THE CONTEST IS OVER THROUGH
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AUGUST 1ST.I THINK WE'LL GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION AT STAR SPANGLED AND THEN THAT'LL HELP GET PEOPLE RIGHT.
AND WE CAN ALSO PUT OUT ANOTHER MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK NOT TO TAKE THE ROCKS.
I DID PUT ONE OUT LAST WEEK NOT TO TAKE THE ROCKS.
UM, BUT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER TOO.
SO THE ONE THING WE RAN INTO AT THE MARKET IS THE KIDS WOULD PAINT 'EM, BUT THEY WANTED TO TAKE 'EM HOME WITH THEM.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE TWO PARKS IS COMMUNITY PARK AND SHO GATE PARK.
SO IF YOU'VE PAINTED A ROCK, COTTONWOOD? COTTONWOOD.
MAN'S ROUGH DAY TODAY, HAVEN'T IT? SO SORRY.
I WAS JUST GONNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I CONNECTED WITH THE DAYTON FOUNDATION.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE AWARD IT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED AT OUR SHOW EXCLUSIVELY.
UM, I WILL JUST WORK WITH THE COORDINATOR ON THAT.
MOST LIKELY WHAT IT WILL BE IS IT WON'T BE A, A PUBLISHED PUBLIC LINK TO SIGN UP.
INSTEAD, WE'LL HAVE THE LINK THAT WE GIVE TO ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SIGN UP.
UM, SHE DID ENCOURAGE ME ONCE AGAIN TO LOOSEN THE MAJOR RESTRICTED, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN YOUR ART SHOW PROGRAM, THEY MIGHT WANT TO, THEY MIGHT LOVE ART, BUT WANNA BE A DOCTOR.
RIGHT? AND SO DO WE REALLY NOT WANT TO GIVE THEM THE SCHOLARSHIP WHEN THEY'VE PARTICIPATED AND SHOWN AN INTEREST IN ART, OR THEY MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR OR IF WE WANNA KEEP IT ARTS.
SHE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE COULD, UM, NOT JUST DO FINE ARTS, BUT OPEN IT UP TO VISUAL AND PERFORMING MUSIC THEATER, UM, AND, AND OTHER MAJORS.
BUT I WOULD JUST SAY TO REMOVE THE MAJOR REQUIREMENT IF THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAM.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THAT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE ALL THE ARTS MENTIONED.
OH, I WANTED TO EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE LIKE SHE SAID, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE A DOCTOR, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR ART, YOU STILL THINK IT SHOULD BE AN ART SPECIFIC? I DON'T KNOW.
I I WOULD SAY DROP THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO.
WHY DON'T WE VOTE ON IT?
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT THE MOTION'S GONNA BE.
SO DO YOU GUYS WANT IT TO BE ANY, UM, ANY, UH, WHAT'S IT CALLED? MAJOR? MAJOR? ANY MAJOR? THANK YOU.
UH, ANY MAJOR OR JUST A FINE ARTS OR, UM, ANY ARTS.
WELL, HERE'S MY THOUGHTS ON IT.
THERE'S PLENTY OF SCHOLARSHIPS OUT THERE FOR PROFESSIONALS, LIKE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, ET CETERA.
UH, BUSINESS PERSON, BUSINESS PEOPLE, THAT KINDA THING.
I JUST DON'T SEE THAT MANY FOR ARTS SCHOLARS.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HONESTLY, WHEN YOU SAY THAT, I GUESS THIS IS, IT IS BEING AWARDED BY OUR ARTS AND DEDICATION COMMISSION.
SO, SO THEN ARE WE OKAY WITH, IF THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY THIS YEAR, YOU JUST ROLL IT OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR UNTIL YOU FIND SOMEBODY? MM-HMM.
AND WE GOT IT ALL SECOND GREG'S MOTION.
WHEN WILL THIS BE AWARDED? DURING OUR ART SHOWS OR, UM, SO THEY AWARDED EACH YEAR ROUND MARCH.
SO THAT'S KIND OF PERFECT FOR OUR ART SHOW.
UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ADVERTISE THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE ART SHOW ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP.
WE'LL PUT ALL THE CRITERIA OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW.
AND THEN ONCE PEOPLE REGISTER FOR THE ART SHOW AND THEY COME AND PARTICIPATE, THEN THE KIND OF DAY OF, WE'LL JUST GIVE THEM THE LINK, I WOULD THINK.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY ACTUALLY SHOW UP.
WE'D SAY, YOU KNOW, CHERYL, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
HERE'S THE LETTER ON HOW YOU APPLY.
AND THEN, UM, IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY? MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT WE, THAT IS HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT IN THERE TOO.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF FUNDRAISING NEXT YEAR TO LOOK FOR FUTURE YEARS.
UH, BITES IN THE HEIGHTS UPDATE.
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UM, ALL RIGHT.I KNOW THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, YOU GUYS SAID THEY WOULD NEVER DO THIS, BUT THEY HAVE DECIDED TO HOLD IT ON AUGUST 24TH.
SO AUGUST, AUGUST, AUGUST 24TH.
UM, THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT THEY HAVE, YOU HAVE HOCUS POCUS AS YOUR OCTOBER MOVIE.
I'M FINE DOING HOCUS POCUS AS A DRIVE-IN AT CLOUD IF WE WANT TO LIKE STILL DO THAT FOR AN OCTOBER ONE.
SO THEN A COUPLE OF OPTIONS WOULD BE, DO YOU JUST ADD A MOVIE TO BITES IN THE HEIGHTS FOR THE 24TH AND PICK ANOTHER ONE? DO YOU MOVE YOUR AUGUST MOVIE DATE OUT OF THE PARK AND JUST TO THE, IT'S LIKE THE NEXT WEEK, I THINK, UM, TO THE BITES IN THE HEIGHTS.
OR THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY WERE FINE WITH YOU NOT HAVING A MOVIE AND THEY'LL JUST DO IT AS A FOOD TRUCK RALLY.
SO THERE'S KIND OF MULTIPLE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE THERE.
SO OUR MOVIE NIGHT IS THE 16TH MM-HMM.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE WEEK AND A DAY LATER.
SO THAT'S TWO EVENTS FOR US IN ONE MONTH.
I THINK SHE'S SAYING, DID SHE SAY MOVE AND MOVE SITE? YEAH.
IT WOULD STILL JUST BE ONE MOVIE.
YOU CAN DO TWO MOVIES IN AUGUST.
YOU CAN DO ONE MOVIE, TWO MOVIES JUST ON THE 16TH AND SAY BYE BYE.
LET THAT BE A FOOD CENTRIC EVENT THAT THEY DO.
OR YOU CAN MOVE THE 16TH TO THE 24TH.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO THE ROAD THEY'VE NEVER BEEN MM-HMM.
I WOULD AGREE WITH TINA ON THAT.
EXCEPT THAT WE'VE HAD SOME KIND OF BAD ATTENDANCE AT THE ROSE TOO.
SO MAYBE SINCE YOU WERE GONNA DO A COSTUME THING THAT COULD BE LIKE REALLY, REALLY FUN AT THAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHANNON? UH, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE NOT TO DO TWO EVENTS IN ONE MONTH.
DO THE ONE MOVIE AND OUR MOVIE TO THE FINE ME.
SO THE, UM, 16TH MOVIE IS MOVING TO THE 24TH, THAT BITES IN THE HEIGHTS.
AND THEN OCTOBER, DO YOU STILL WANT TO DO HOCUS POCUS? AND IF SO, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO IT AT CLOUD BECAUSE IT COULD BE CHILLY AND THAT WAY PEOPLE COULD BE IN THEIR CARS ON, IN AUGUST 24TH.
WE COULD DO A DRIVE THEN THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD GET IN THEIR CARS BECAUSE IT COULD BE WARM.
WE JUST, DID WE HAVE ANY ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED FOR WIZARD OF OZ? I THINK IT WAS JUST GONNA BE COSTUME, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME IN COSTUME.
AND DID WE HAVE ANY ENTERTAINMENT PLAN FOR HOCUS POCUS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO YET.
MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOME PEOPLE DRESS UP AS SO WE CAN REACH LINDA.
OH, ALREADY ALL WE HAVE, WE'RE ALREADY THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE A MOVIE IN SEPTEMBER.
WE HAVE, UM, ON THE 20TH, MARIO.
NOW, WILL THE CRUISE IN COMPONENT BE PART OF THE FIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS IN AUGUST? I DO BELIEVE SO, YES.
UM, MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH MANAGEMENT FROM THE HEIGHTS ITSELF IS THAT THEY DID PLAN TO DO THE CRUISE THEN.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO CHANGE THAT DATE ON? UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT THE MOVIES.
SO, UM, WE CAN DO STICKERS ON SOME OF THE FLYERS TO CHANGE 'EM.
UM, AND I CAN JUST TALK TO SARAH WILLIAMS WHO'S PRODUCED MOST OF THAT TO OKAY.
WHO'S PRODUCED EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MOVIES.
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE BITES AND THE HEIGHTS? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARD UPDATE.
I'VE ONLY GOTTEN FOUR NOMINATIONS SO FAR.
AND, UM, I HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO ANY OF THEM YET.
I, I NORMALLY DON'T RESPOND TO THEM, BUT WE HAD KIND OF DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT MAYBE I WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK FOR NAMES OF THE HOMEOWNERS AND THINGS, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO DO.
I ALSO, I DID TALK TO JAY HARTMAN.
HE WAS OUTTA TOWN LAST WEEK, SO WE WERE GONNA GET BACK TOGETHER THIS WEEK AND DECIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA VISIT THE HOUSES.
BUT HE DEFINITELY WANTS TO KIND OF GO WITHIN A, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PERIOD AFTER THE NOMINATION SO THAT HE CAN CATCH THE HOUSE AT ITS BEST.
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WANTS TO TAKE PICTURES.I DID NOT GET THE IMPRESSION THAT HE FELT COMFORTABLE KNOCKING ON DOORS.
SO I CAN TRY TO DO IT THROUGH THE EMAIL OR I WILL JUST GO WITH JAY AND KNOCK ON THE DOORS AND TELL THEM WHY WE'RE THERE.
I CAN'T GO WITH YOU TOO, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU WANT ME TO GO.
WE DIDN'T ALWAYS GET A RESPONSE FROM ANYBODY, BUT WE FELT LIKE WE'VE GOT STANDING OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE TAKING PICTURES.
YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I CAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF AN EMAIL TOO.
GOING BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE NOMINATION AND SAY, COULD YOU PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO THE HOMEOWNER OR PROVIDE US WITH CONTACT INFORMATION? DO YOU HAVE A NOMINEE IN EVERY CATEGORY? I HAVE.
OH, THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT I NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT.
PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY PICK A CATEGORY.
THEY LET US CHOOSE WHAT CATEGORY WE THINK THE THE HOUSE IS APPROPRIATE FOR.
OBVIOUSLY THE BUSINESS CATEGORY IS ONE THING.
UM, BUT THEN THE OTHER TWO WE KIND OF DECIDE, OH, THIS ONE'S A BE THEY HAVE A LOT OF FLOWERS.
SO IT'S A BE YEAH, WE'LL SAY THAT ONE'S BE FRIENDLY.
AND THIS ONE'S THE MAYOR AWARD OR WHATEVER.
PEOPLE DON'T, HAVEN'T IN THE PAST NOMINATED SPECIFICALLY FOR A CERTAIN CATEGORY.
I DID GET, AND THIS ONE'S KIND OF TRICKY, BUT I DID GET A NOMINATION FROM CINDY DAVIDSON, UM, FOR, UH, TRANQUILITY POND.
AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY NOMINATING THAT FOR BE, SHE, SHE SPECIFICALLY SAID, BE FRIENDLY.
BUT IS THAT A BUSINESS OR IS THAT A HOME NOT PROFIT? I WOULD SAY IT'S A BUSINESS.
'CAUSE IT'S A, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, BUT THERE'S NOT A RULE THAT THE BE FRIENDLY CAN BE A BUSINESS.
WELL, WE HAVE A BUSINESS CATEGORY.
BE FRIENDLY AND I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE BUSINESS CATEGORY.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BUSINESS, A BUSINESS.
I DON'T THINK SHE CARES NECESSARILY.
I THINK SHE JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF FIT THE BE FRIENDLY CATEGORY.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT MYSELF THAT IT WOULD FALL UNDER A BUSINESS.
'CAUSE IT'S A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
BUT I HAVEN'T TALKED, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO CINDY ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING.
I'VE JUST KIND OF LET IT HANG OUT THERE UNTIL I CAN BRING IT UP.
BUT, BUT I DO HAVE FOUR NOMINATIONS, SO THAT'S, THAT'S NICE.
BUT I DIDN'T DO IT ALL THIS CHAIR.
I WAS WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
'CAUSE I USUALLY, SHE USUALLY GIVES ME SOME, BUT IT PICKS UP THROUGH THE, THROUGH JUNE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH JULY, JUNE AND JULY.
BUT THE GOALS, THE DEADLINE WAS THAT DEADLINE WAS SATURDAY.
DID YOU? SO I, OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD MADE IT THAT EARLY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF JULY.
NO, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET PEOPLE'S SHARDS.
HUH? WE HAVE A HEAT WAVE AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA DIE.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? LIKE, DID YOU I ACTUALLY SENT IN FOUR NOMINATIONS.
DID YOU GET MINE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
NO, BECAUSE I SAID IT BUSINESS.
WELL WHEN DID YOU SEND THEM? UH, A WHILE AGO BEFORE MY VACATION.
SO WE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT 'CAUSE THE MAYOR SENT ME A NOMINATION, SO I SENT HIS NOMINATION THROUGH THE EMAIL.
THEN MAYBE WE HAVE MORE NOMINATIONS.
DO WE WANNA OPEN IT FOR LIKE ANOTHER WEEK OR SO? AND I COULD USE THAT SAME FORM THAT I USED FOR THE GRAND MARSHALS.
SO IT'S ONLINE, OPEN IT UP FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR SO.
PLUS TAKE, DON'T MAKE THOSE PEOPLE DO THE FORM AGAIN.
JUST WE'LL JUST ADD THEM IN THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE AND THE ONES THAT SHANNON HAS.
BUT THAT WAY ANYBODY WHO'S OUT THERE COULD, COULD GET IT IN.
AND THEN YOU CONNECT WITH JAY, GET PICTURES IN EARLY JULY.
'CAUSE ISN'T THE GOAL SHA WHEN SHANNON HAS TO GO BACK TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL, THAT SHE WOULD BE TAKING THE NOMINEES SO THE MAYOR COULD LIKE PICK HIS 'CAUSE DIDN'T HE WANNA PICK IT THIS YEAR? OH, I, I FEEL TERRIBLE NOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD THAT DIDN'T POINT OF A DEADLINE.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO, WELL, EVERYBODY'S FLOWERS THEN.
I DIDN'T EVEN GET MY FIRST NOMINATION UNTIL LIKE, JUNE 1ST.
WELL MAYBE YOU'RE NOT GETTING 'EM ALL.
'CAUSE I LITERALLY SENT FOUR DIFFERENT EMAILS WITH EACH CATEGORY WITH PICTURES.
I CAN JUST PUT IT OUT THERE THAT MAYBE SOME EMAILS HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING THROUGH.
SO LIKE PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO THIS FORM AND LET ME LOOK AGAIN.
I DID GET ONE THAT HAD A LOT OF PICTURES WITH IT, BUT I THOUGHT THAT ONE WAS FROM CINDY ALSO AND IT WAS OTHER, MAYBE IT WAS FROM ME.
I WOULD BE OPEN TOO, EXTENDING THAT DEADLINE IF ANYBODY
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ELSE IS.YEAH, WELL REALLY, CHERYL, IT'S YOUR, WELL, I'M, I'M JUST KIND OF MONITORING THE EMAILS, BUT NOW I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THEM.
SO MAYBE WE WANNA EXPAND IT ANOTHER WEEK AND, AND JUST PUT A NOTICE SOMEPLACE OUT ON FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING THAT YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY EMAIL THAT I SENT YOU.
I'LL FIND IT AND I'LL RESPOND TO ALL THE ONES THAT I'VE GOT AND THEN MAYBE SAY SOMETHING IN THE NOTICE.
WE'RE NOT SURE ALL THE EMAILS ARE GETTING THROUGH.
IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED A RESPONSE, PLEASE RESEND YOUR EMAIL.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU SAID JAY WAS GONNA GO OUT WHEN YOU TOLD HIM THE HOUSES.
BUT I DIDN'T GET THE FIRST ONE.
LIKE, IT WAS AFTER JUNE 1ST AND AS SOON AS I GOT THE FIRST TWO, I CALLED HIM AND HE WAS OUT OF TOWN.
WELL, I HAVE TO TAKE THAT BACK.
TWO EMAILS, ONE WITH THE MAYOR'S, UM, SUGGESTION.
BUT I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT, LIKE PICTURES.
UM, NO, BUT I SENT THE PICTURES THAT I HAD.
YOUR HONOR, WHAT IS THE DATE YOU'RE GOING TO COUNSEL AGAIN? DO YOU RECALL? I DON'T, THEY JUST, UM, I KNOW THE LAST TIME I, IT'S PROBABLY THE SECOND ONE IN JULY, DON'T YOU THINK? MAYBE IS THE EMAIL ADDRESS, WHAT EMAIL ADDRESS DO YOU HAVE? I SENT IT TO HH AND B@GMAIL.COM.
THAT WAS OH A AND B THIS IS, I THOUGHT I TOOK IT RIGHT OFF THE, THAT, I'M SORRY.
I THINK THE, A EMAIL ADDRESS IS A-A-N-D-B-I-I BELIEVE I TOOK THIS RIGHT OFF THE CITY PAGE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WELL THEN MAYBE I'M MONITORING THE WRONG EMAIL, BUT
YEAH, I MEAN IT'S PROBABLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOMINATED BEFORE MAYBE.
LET'S NOT MAKE ANYBODY RESEND THE EMAIL.
I'LL PUT THE FORM OUT THERE AND LET'S KEEP IT OPEN THROUGH THE, UM, SEVENTH.
SO THE WEEK AFTER THE STAR SPANGLED.
AND I'LL CHECK THAT OTHER, I CAN HAVE A QR CODE AT STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS TOO.
SO IF PEOPLE STOP BY THE BOOTH, YOU COULD HAVE 'EM DO IT RIGHT THERE.
SOMEBODY'S MONITORING THIS EMAIL OR IT WOULD'VE CAME BACK.
SO YOU SAID IT IS HH AND A ND B@GMAIL.COM.
OR IT WOULD'VE CAME BACK NON, YOU KNOW, NOT A VALID EMAIL.
WELL, IT MIGHT BE A VALID EMAIL.
IT MIGHT NOT BE THE ONE I'M MONITORING
IT'S JUST NOT BEING MONITORED.
YEAH, I THINK SOMEBODY HAS IT.
SO IT COULD BE SOMEBODY IN HOMER HEIGHTS, ALABAMA.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A REAL PLACE.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE OURS IS A AND B.
WELL, NO, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT.
LET'S REVISIT THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
LET'S HOPE THIS FORM WORKS OUT AND THEN MAYBE WE LIKE USE THAT.
WELL I'LL, I'LL SEND A TEXT AS SOON AS I GET HOME AND I'LL DUMP.
SO YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A FORM? YEP.
AND THEN WE'LL VERY, JUST THE SAME AS THAT GRAND MARSHALL ONE LOOKED.
IF ANYBODY HAD HOPPED ON AND SEEN IT, JUST A COUPLE CLICKS, I WOULD CHECK IT ON MY PHONE, BUT I DON'T HAVE UNDER THE HUB HEIGHTS PAGE RIGHT UP ON MY PHONE.
UNDER THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS PAGE.
I'LL PUT IT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
I'LL GIVE IT TO SARAH TO PUT IT ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE AND I'LL UM, PUT IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE AGAIN AND I'LL TRY AND POST THAT SOME EMAILS MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH SO PEOPLE SHOULD, THAT COULD BE FROM FILL IT OUT IF THEY HAVE THE TIME.
YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID THAT LAST YEAR TOO, SHANNON.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN'T CONSIDER UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BUT WOULD WE WANT TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO HAVING LIKE A WINNER IN EACH WARD? SO YOU HAVE LIKE A WARD ONE WINNER AND WARD TWO WINNER? OH MY GOSH, THAT WOULD WELL ARE WE ASKING TOO MUCH? I DON'T KNOW.
I DROVE BY SO MANY NICE LAWNS THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD, MIGHT BE NICE IF WE HAD LIKE HONORABLE MENTIONS OR, UM, OR SOMETHING IN THERE.
YEAH, JUST MAYBE THE, YOU CAN DO SMALLER SIGNS THAT ARE CHEAPER.
I KNOW THE BIG SIGNS ARE EXPENSIVE, BUT JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING SAYING YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOMINATED OR YEAH, I KNOW HUBER BEST AND WOULD, DO YOU THINK SARAH WILLIAMS WOULD HAVE THOSE OLD SIGNS OR THEY STAYED IN THE PEOPLE'S YARD? WE DIDN'T GO BACK AND GET THEM.
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TO, THEY'RE LITTLE LIKE YARD SIGNS.AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT ONE.
I CAN TALK TO CHERYL ON SATURDAY TOO.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A NOMINATION ON THE WEBSITE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE BEAUT VACATION AWARDS? OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT EVERYBODY WAS STILL OKAY WITH THEIR SHIFTS.
UM, I KNOW ASHLEY, YOU EMAILED ME THAT YOU NEED TO NOT BE ON YOUR SHIFT ANYMORE AND THAT'S FINE.
UM, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO SWITCH AROUND BEFORE I MAKE THIS FINALIZED AND I REACH OUT TO THE OPTIMIST CLUB TO FILL IN SOME GAPS AND, AND YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND TOWN, NOW YOU HAVE ME FROM LIKE TWO 30 TO FOUR.
OTHERWISE I'M THERE AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE MOST OF THAT DAY.
AND JUST AND YOU'RE STARTING AT THE PARADE.
I WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SALIVATE OVER THE, THE CLASSIC CARS.
I'LL BE, I'LL BE AT THE PARADE AND THEN AFTER FOUR.
BECAUSE YOU'RE AT THE CAR SHOW AFTER PARK.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, NOPE, MOVE ME AROUND.
AND WE'RE BEING THERE AT SEVEN 30 AT THE PARADE.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE MY FIRST TIME DOING PARADE STAGING.
SO I'M WORKING, UM, I'LL BE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAY WITH CHERYL.
SO I PLAN TO CONNECT WITH YOU A LITTLE MORE AND PICK YOUR BRAIN ON IT.
UM, AND THEN I'LL HAVE THE PARADE LINEUP EMAIL SENT OUT THIS WEEK TO EVERYBODY JUST REMINDING THEM AND GIVING THEM SOME DIRECTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST.
IF WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY EARLY, I'M OPEN TO CHANGING IT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I DON'T WANNA MAKE ANY CHANGES WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING IT.
WELL, I THINK WE USUALLY DON'T GET STARTED UNTIL LIKE EIGHT, BUT IF WE DO SEVEN 30, EVERYBODY'S USUALLY THERE AND READY TO GO.
AND SEVEN BECAUSE THEN SEVEN WE SET AT HOME.
SET THE TONE UP AND EVERYTHING.
WHEN DID THEY BLOCK THE STREET? THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN'T SET UP CONES UNTIL THEY BLOCK THE STREET.
I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE AT SEVEN, RIGHT AT SEVEN 30.
UM, I HAVE THAT FROM PUBLIC WORKS THOUGH.
I KNOW PEOPLE START SHOWING UP AT EIGHT.
IF IT'S VERY HOT THAT DAY, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE IT VERY WELL COULD BE.
PEOPLE MAY SHOW UP CLOSER TO START TIME, SO WE MIGHT HAVE A BIG RUSH, BUT THAT'S OKAY TOO.
HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS IN THE PARADE DO WE HAVE? I BELIEVE OVER 60.
THAT IS, UM, REGISTRATION FOR THAT CLOSED.
ARE YOU TAKING ANY MORE OR WE'RE DONE.
I CAN, I CAN FIT A PARADE PERSON IN BECAUSE WE DON'T DO A LINEUP LIKE I CAN FIT FOR THE PERSON IN.
UH, WE ARE CLOSED FOR VENDORS THOUGH.
AND I'LL BE AT THE PARK CHECKING IN VENDORS AND HELP THEM SET UP THERE.
AND SARAH WILLIAMS WILL BE DOWN THERE WITH YOU.
NOW AS FAR AS THE PARK GOES, DO WE HAVE THIS SET UP SO WE DON'T HAVE FOOD VENDORS RUNNING, DRIVING WILLING NILLY? THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THIS YEAR.
UM, IF, IF THEY'RE A FOOD RUNNER, THEY NEED TO PARK IN THE LOT AND THE TRUCK ITSELF WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THIS YEAR UNTIL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIREWORK SHOW.
WE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY DRIVING THROUGH THE DARK RUNNING OVER PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S WASN'T EVEN DARK IN THE
WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCKS.
IT WAS JUST THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THE FOOD RUNNERS.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PARK IN THE LOT.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK BY THEIR TRUCK.
SO THEY BETTER BRING WAGONS OR SOMETHING.
ANY, UM, CAN I ADD ONE, A COUPLE THINGS REQUEST ON THAT SINCE WE'RE ON STAR-SPANGLED? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I HAVE PARKING PASSES FOR THE VIP PARKING.
THE THING ABOUT THE VIP PARKING THIS YEAR THOUGH IS IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE ARE KEEPING IT IN THE SAME LOCATION AS PAST YEARS.
SO OVER THERE IN FRONT OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT OPENING AT ALL UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK.
SO IF YOU'RE ALREADY GONNA BE THERE FOR THE DAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A PARKING SPOT AND YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.
IF ANYBODY WAS PLANNING ON WORKING A MORNING SHIFT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK OR SOMETHING, AND THEN YOU WANNA COME BACK FOR FIREWORKS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A PASS.
OR IF YOU'RE GETTING DROPPED OFF IN THE MORNING AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY PICKING YOU UP AND YOU WANT THAT RIDE TO BE ABLE TO PARK THERE TO PICK YOU UP.
DID YOU EVER GET WITH CINDY ABOUT THE PARKING TRAILER? YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA PUT HER TRAILER DOWN BY WHERE WE TYPICALLY DO EXCESS HANDICAP PARKING, I BELIEVE.
AND IF WE CAN'T WORK IT OUT THERE, THEN WE'LL SECURE ON 'EM, BOUGHT IT BY THE SPLASH PAD.
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THERE EARLY ENOUGH THAT WE'LL BE OKAY.UM, SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT A PARKING PASS BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY.
AND THEN, UM, SHANNON, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEND MORE DETAILS TO SARAH WILLIAMS AND MYSELF ABOUT THE COOKIE DECORATING AND THE CORN HOLE? JUST, UM, TIMES, NAMES, PHONE NUMBERS, ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE SO THAT WE HAVE IT FOR LOGISTICS DAY OF DID I SENT AN EMAIL WITH ALL THE NAMES FOR YOU TO CONNECT WITH? DID DID YOU SEND THAT TO ME? MM-HMM.
I MEAN, I CAN DID YOU SEND IT? ABSOLUTELY.
DID YOU SEND IT TO SARAH WILLIAMS? YEAH.
YOU NEVER KNOW SARAH WILLIAMS. YOU NEVER KNOW.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON THOSE TWO THEN.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR VOLUNTEER TRIPS.
ARE WE TALKING CHRISTMAS? WE'RE TALKING CHRISTMAS, YEAH.
CAN WE PUT UP OUR NOMINATION FOR SANTA? UM, ANY SANTA THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE HAS TO BE BACKGROUND CHECKED, SO IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY WHO'S TO THAT.
WE HAVE, UM, LAST YEAR WE PUT UP A, UH, AN APPLICATION.
AN APPLICATION AND THEY HAD TO DO IT ONLINE.
AND THEN WE VOTED ON WHO WAS THE SANTA LAST YEAR.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.
IT SAVES, UM, MISCOMMUNICATION.
I'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS FROM SARAH AND THANK YOU.
WHAT, BUT WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO FOR THE EVENT? OH, IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE HAY RIDES.
UM, A GREAT LIFE FARM COMES OUT AND THEY HAVE DONE HAY RIDES AROUND, UM, THE PARKING LOT WE'VE DONE GIRL SCOUT, GLOW CANDY, CANE HUNT, WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE SANTA'S THERE.
WE'VE DONE FREE COOKIES, HOT CHOCOLATE BOOKS, BOOKS GIVING AWAY FREE BOOKS, UM, IN THE REMIX.
OH, WHAT WAS A BIG HIT? REMIX CAME LAST YEAR AND THEY DID LIKE THIS WHOLE STAGE PRESENTATION, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
WE DID, UM, SOME OF THE LOCAL CHOIRS COME AND THEY SING.
UM, I ALREADY HEARD FROM MONTICELLO AND THEY'RE ON BOARD IF WE WANT THEM FOR THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
I TALKED TO THE CHOIR DIRECTOR.
WE USED TO HAVE THE SANTA UP ON THE, ON THE STAGE.
IN THE AMPHITHEATER LAST YEAR.
WE MOVED HIM DOWN IN FRONT SO WE COULD HAVE ENTERTAINMENT ON THE STAGE THE WHOLE TIME WHILE PEOPLE WERE WAITING IN LINE AND STUFF, IT WORKED OUT A LOT BETTER.
SO, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CHILDREN AND, AND, AND PARENTS TAKING PICTURE OF CHILDREN WANDERING OFF OF THE YEAH.
WE FALLING OFF THE STAGE OR CLOSE TO FALLING OFF THE STAGE.
NOW WHAT ABOUT, I KNOW ENGAGED DID THE PARADE.
I HAVE NOT TALKED TO TARA ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, THERE'S A PARADE THAT OCCURRED.
DID A CHURCH APPLIED TO DO OR? YEAH.
DO YOU WANT TO DO A PARADE AS PART OF THE ARTS AND UNIFICATION? SO LAST YEAR WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHURCH.
AND THEY BROUGHT THE PARADE TO THE EEL BERG AND DROPPED SANTA OFF.
SO I DON'T, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT THEIR DATES OR WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED.
SO LIKE, IF THEY ARE LIKE, WE'RE GONNA DO A PARADE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 24TH, IT'S NOT, BUT, AND IT'S NOT THE DATE OF THIS EVENT.
DO YOU WANT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE PARADE A PART? I THINK THE EVENT AND IT NEEDS TO STAY WITH THE EVENT.
THE PAST BEEN WHEN WE DO THAT.
UM, THEY DID THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, NOT US.
SO IF UNLESS THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH US AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON.
BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARADE.
I'M SURE THEY'LL, THEY'LL EITHER DO IT AGAIN OR EVEN IF IT'S A DIFFERENT DAY, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR THING.
'CAUSE OURS THIS, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THEY DONE THAT? THIS WOULD BE WHAT, THE THIRD OR FOURTH? THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH.
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WAS THE FOURTH I BELIEVE.AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE SAME DAY AS YOUR EVENT LEADING TO IT.
JUST THE, UM, BECAUSE YOU GO TO THE PARADE.
YOU'VE BEEN IN THE, AT LEAST THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO IS IT ON THE SEVENTH? IS OUR SEVENTH THE FIRST SATURDAY THE SEVENTH? YEAH.
WELL, LET'S DO WE WANNA DO WHERE WE HAVE THE CHOIRS COME OUT AGAIN, LIKE THE SCHOOL CHOIRS? I THINK SO.
I THINK ANY ENTERTAINMENT WE CAN HAVE DURING, UP ON THE STAGE WHILE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
SO IF, IF PEOPLE ARE SHOWING INTEREST.
SHE ALREADY MESSAGED, SHE EMAILED ME EARLIER LAST WEEK.
I WOULD SAY SINCE THE STAGE IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK I'VE NEVER REACHED OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LIKE THE WARRIOR RATS AND WHATEVER, SAY THE HAT AND DANCE.
UM, WHAT, ARE YOU GUYS INTERESTED IN OTHER ENTERTAINMENT WISE OR ACTIVITIES OR WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD LAST YEAR? LAST YEAR? YEAH.
WAS THAT REMIX? WE DID REMIX LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT WE ALSO PAID FOR THE HAYRIDE ALSO, UM, THE HAYRIDE.
BUT I REALLY THINK PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED THE REMIX.
A LOT OF INTERACTION AND YEAH.
THEY GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH.
SO DO YOU WANT REMIX AGAIN OR DO YOU WANT ME TO REACH OUT TO ANOTHER CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINER? THERE'S SOME MORE OTHERS IN THE AREA.
THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, ELSA IMPERSONATORS AND, BUT THE REMIX DID A, A NICE MESSAGE AND STUFF.
I'VE, I I, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO TRY TO HAVE HIM BACK IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
THEY GET FAMILIES INVOLVED TOGETHER.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT I MEAN, AS LONG AS WE CAN GET IT IN THE BUDGET.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SACRIFICE THE HAYRIDE TO GET REMIXED, BUT IF WE CAN DO BOTH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND THEN OTHERWISE JUST WHOEVER VOLUNTEERS OR YOU KNOW, SHOWS AN INTEREST.
DID YOU NOT LIKE THEM OR YOU HAD SOMEBODY? NO, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM 'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE THE SAME THING YOU DID LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE, DO YOU WANNA CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT? ADD SOMETHING? EVERYBODY HAVE LIKE A, A GRAND IDEA OR LET'S DO THIS.
YEAH, LET'S GET A SNOW MACHINE AND DO THAT.
UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY RENTING AN ICE SKATING RINK.
I RAN ONE OF THOSE AT MY PAST EMPLOYER.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SHARPEN SKATES? YOU'RE GONNA BE SHARPEN 'EM A LOT.
THEY GET REALLY DULL ON THAT STUFF REALLY QUICK.
OH, THEY, THE RENTAL PLACE BRINGS EVERYTHING.
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO SHARPEN SKATES, BUT HEY, NEW SKILL.
HEY, I KNOW THERE'S PLACES THAT DO TUBING.
THEY BRING FAKE SNOW AND THEY DO, UM, A MOUNTAIN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THAT COSTS.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO OUTDOOR FEST AND AT, UM, THE PARK UP HERE AT EASTWOOD.
THEY, THEY HAVE STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE MIGHT LIKE.
SOME GOT A LITTLE TIME THAT, HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE FILLING WITH ENTERTAINMENT? IS IT AN HOUR? TWO HOURS? SIX TO EIGHT.
SO, BUT LIKE, ARE WE TRYING TO FILL ALL OF THAT TIME WITH ENTERTAINMENT? SO THE IDEAL IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE SPREAD OUT AS WE CAN.
SO NOT EVERYBODY'S WAITING TO SIT WITH SANTA.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DID THREE DIFFERENT STATIONS IS WHAT WE FOUND OUT WORKS BEST.
UM, SO WE WOULD DO THE HAYRIDE THAT TOOK A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE COOKIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ON STAGE.
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YEAH.NOW WE WOULD HAVE GROUPS SING.
THE MORE GROUPS WE BRING, THE MORE PEOPLE IT WILL BRING AND THE MORE KIDS IT WILL BRING.
'CAUSE IF THEY'RE IN IT, THEY'RE GONNA STAY FOR THE FUN AND FESTIVITIES IS THE THOUGHTS.
UM, BUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE SANTA DOESN'T GET OVERWHELMED.
WELL, HOW MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES DID WE HAVE LAST YEAR? I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ROUGHLY THREE.
SO REMIX THE HAYRIDE AND THEN WE HAD A, LIKE A LITTLE SNACK BAR AND THEN SANTA AND THE SCHOOLS YEAH.
SO REMIX WOULD FILL IN WHAT WE DIDN'T, SO THE CHOIR WOULD SING, REMIX WOULD DO THEIR THING.
THE CHOIR WOULD SING REMIX AND THEY JUST ALMOST LIKE MC, HE LIKE CEED IT AND MADE IT TO WORK IN.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHERE TO TURN THE TREE ON
THERE'S A MULTIPLE PLUGS RUNNING FROM THE TREE.
AND IT WAS ONE IN THE MIDDLE THAT WAS, THAT WAS DISCONNECTED.
YEAH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S RIGHT FOR HIM, OBVIOUSLY.
SO WHEN MAKING CHOICES WITH ENTERTAINMENT, UM, DO WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT BUDGET OR WHEN WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO US WITH WHAT WE CAN DECIDE ON? I JUST GIVE ME YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL, THE, THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS HAS EATEN THE BUDGET OUT COMPLETELY THIS YEAR.
SO WHAT WE WANNA DO, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO BACK AND ASK FOR, AND I DON'T SEE THEM SAYING TO, FOR YOU TO DO A LESSER EVENT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY WANTED MORE AT STAR SPANKED.
SO WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA PROPOSE, I, YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO CONSIDER IT.
AND IF WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO COUNSEL FROM OUR MONEY, WE WILL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT IN OUR HOUSE.
SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS I BELIEVE.
BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT'S ENCUMBERED FOR SOME ROCK PAINTING AND SOME OF IT'S ENCUMBERED FOR SOME ICE EVENTS.
SO NOTHING, NOTHING REALLY LEFT FOR, UM, THE, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS TO MAKE.
OH, WE'LL WE'LL GET THOSE TOO.
I, YEAH, WE'LL GET THOSE AS WELL.
UM, I'VE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE VENDORS FOR THEM TO GIVE ME SOME, SOME PROPOSALS ON THOSE.
SO I JUST NEED TO SEE WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST.
SHE SAID I SHOULD GIVE SARAH WILLIAMS SO THAT I CAN TRY AND HAVE SOME CONTINUITY.
THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S SLUSH MONEY THERE.
I CAN CALL REMIX AND GET AN ESTIMATE FOR THE DAY.
UM, IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS, WE CAN CALL FOR ESTIMATES.
UM, I'M, UH, MY THOUGHT IS THAT WE JUST STICK WITH THE REMIX SINCE IT WORKED.
WELL, THEY, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE VENUE AND EVERYTHING, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GET APPROVED FOR THE BUDGET, BUT I GUESS WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE.
WELL, AND WE CAN ALWAYS ASK, UM, SOMEONE TO SPONSOR.
I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE UM, UM, WILLING TO WORK WITH CITI OR ORGANIZATIONS IF MONEY'S A PROBLEM.
SO DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WAS OR DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? OH, IT WAS 3000.
IT WAS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, OKAY.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE 4TH OF JULY.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME TO THE 4TH OF JULY AND DO THAT BECAUSE IT RAINED OUT.
UM, WE PRESSED PAUSE ON THEM AND THEN THEY DID THAT.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE PROBABLY BEEN THAT MUCH FOR THE LITTLE EVENT.
JUST BEEN A LITTLE SMALLER EVENT.
I GUESS IF WE CAN GET A PRICE ON THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING GOOD TO NAIL DOWN NEXT.
MEANING, OR EVEN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE CAN'T DO IT REALLY WITH EMAILS, BUT I THINK ABOUT, IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THE HAYRIDE IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD TO, SO, OKAY.
SO IF YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO HIM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WHEN YOU GUYS DO THE TREE LIGHTING, DO YOU, DO YOU LIKE DECORATE THE TREE OR JUST LIGHT IT? IT'S JUST LIGHTS.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE MY KIDS MAKE ORNAMENTS AND YOU COULD TOTALLY DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OR JUST MAYBE LITTLE RIBBON AWARDS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE KIDS FEEL GOOD IF THEY HAVE LIKE THE BEST ORNAMENT OR SOMETHING TO PUT ON THE TREE.
PUBLIC WORKS DECORATES IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T ADD TO IT IF WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST GETTING MORE OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IF, YOU KNOW, DOING STUFF LIKE THAT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WOULD WANT TO DO, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I BELIEVE ANOTHER IDEA THAT, UM, SARAH WILLIAMS HAD PROPOSED WAS
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THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PINE TREES IN THAT PARK, NOT JUST THE ONE THAT WE DECORATE.UM, THAT WE MIGHT SELL THOSE PINE TREES BASICALLY TO SPONSORS OR TO, UH, BUSINESSES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN TREE DECORATED.
UM, AND THEN IT KIND OF BE LIKE A PARADE OF TREES.
UM, THAT COULD BE A WAY TO MAKE SOME OF THE MONEY TO PAY FOR REMIX.
HOW MANY TREES ARE OVER THERE? I DON'T KNOW.
WELL THAT, LIKE THERE'S A, THERE USED TO BE A GOOD ROW OF 'EM, LIKE BETWEEN THE Y AND THE PARK, SOME OF THOSE HAVE DIED OFF, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY STILL SOME UP THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO RUN ELECTRICITY TO THEM IF THEY WANTED TO DO LIGHTS ON THEM? POSSIBLY.
UM, OR WE COULD LOOK INTO SOME SORT OF SYSTEM THAT'S USING SOLAR ON 'EM.
THAT COULD BE SOMETHING IF THAT INTEREST, IF YOU GUYS THINK THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANNA HAVE A TREE.
WE CAN LOOK AT THAT SATURDAY AND SEE TREE PICK, KIND OF PICK OUT SOME TREES.
I'VE ALSO SEEN TOO, WHERE LIKE I'VE BEEN THROUGH TIP CITY AND THEY HAVE LIKE THEIR BUSINESSES, UH, LIGHT UP A TREE AND DECORATE IT AND PUT IN AN AREA AND PEOPLE CAN LIKE DRIVE THROUGH AND LOOK AT MM-HMM.
WELL THERE'S, I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO PUTTING ARTIFICIAL ONES OUT THERE EITHER.
JUST ASKING THE BUSINESS TO PROVIDE IT AND THEN WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KIND OF STAKE IT IN THE GROUND AND LIGHT IT UP WITH STUFF.
I THOUGHT THAT PRETTY THE STEAK AND YOU JUST PLANT IT INSIDE THE STEAK.
WOULD WE WANT TO MAKE A COMPETITION OUT OF IT AT ALL? WOULD THAT BE MOTIVATING? PEOPLE LOVE COMPETITIONS,
THAT'S SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
HONESTLY, I LIKE TO COMPETE TOO.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK ANY DECISION HAVE, THAT'S A MONEY RAISER TODAY.
CHERYL AND I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE TREES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THEN YEAH.
SEE HOW MANY WE'VE GOT AND WHERE IF WE COULD GET ELECTRICITY TO 'EM AND, AND THAT COULD BE A PART OF THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IS THE PEOPLE GOING AROUND AND VOTING.
AND THEN THAT NIGHT WE COULD ANNOUNCE, THERE YOU GO.
YOU KNOW, LIKE AT SEVEN WHERE VOTING'S DONE AT EIGHT WE ANNOUNCE WHO THE WINNER IS OR SOMETHING.
SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE, UH, THE END BE LIKE SCOUTS.
WELL, BUT YOU'RE WANTING MONEY.
OH YEAH, I GUESS, YEAH, THEY WOULD, YOU GUYS HAVE SCOUTS DO IT, BUT THEY BUY A TREE FOR WHAT, HOW MUCH? YEAH, RIGHT.
$200, $500 AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DECORATE IT.
IT'S JUST A DONATION OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, SET A MINIMUM AND THEN THEY COULD GIVE HOWEVER MUCH THEY WANTED AS LONG AS IT MET THAT MINIMUM TO GET A TREE.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF OUR MINIMUM IS YOU HAVE TO COME IN AT LEAST $150.
IF THERE WAS A BUSINESS THAT REALLY WANTED THEIR NAME OUT THERE AND THEY COULD BE LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S $500.
UM, AS LONG AS THERE'S A MINIMUM SET, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY TOO, LIKE, THIS TREE'S BIGGER THAN THIS ONE.
SO IT COSTS MORE, MORE FIRST AND THEN IF MONEY'S LESS LOCATION, IF MONEY'S LEFT OVER, WE'RE ALLOWED TO ROLL THAT INTO WHATEVER.
LIKE DO WE HAVE TO SAY THIS IS ONLY GONNA GO TO A CERTAIN THING? UH, IF YOU MAKE MORE THAN THE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA PAY A REMIX, THEN WE CAN PUT IT BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE A B MONEY IS IT JUST GOES BACK INTO THE NEXT YEAR'S POT.
BUT YOU COULD ALSO, WE COULD EARMARK IT FOR THAT SCHOLARSHIP BECAUSE WE ARE TRACKING IT.
I WAS GONNA SAY THAT WOULD BE NICE.
ANY FUNDS NOT USED FOR THE EVENT THEN WOULD GO TOWARDS THE SCHOLARSHIP.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO IS A, UH, CHRISTMAS TREE AUCTION.
YOU GET DIFFERENT GROUPS OR COMPANIES COME IN AND THEY DECORATE A TREE.
YOU HAVE A, HAVE A PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO BE AN IN THERE, I'M SORRY, VENUE WHERE THEY CAN BE DISPLAYED AND THEN THEY ARE AUCTION.
THAT'S GONNA INVOLVE LIKE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WE WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY NEED TO PARTNER WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO, I MIGHT BE SOMETHING GOOD TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS WHEN YOU'RE SELLING THE TREES.
IF IT'S ALREADY DECORATED THAT WAY.
YOU ALREADY HAVE THE TREES THERE.
THEN THE TREES ARE ALREADY THERE.
WE JUST DECORATED OR HAVE SOMEONE DECORATED SOMETHING
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TO THINK ABOUT.I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, WITH THE SENIOR CENTER MOVING UP THERE TO THE YI WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOLDING, UM, A BAZAAR IN THEIR LIKE GRAND ROOM DURING THE DAY.
AND THEN IT WOULD PROBABLY END RIGHT BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING EVENT.
UM, BUT THAT WAY THERE COULD BE A HOLIDAY BIZARRE FOR LIKE ARTISAN.
UM, THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, SO THEY CAN PROBABLY GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT QUITE A BIT.
BUT WHAT SEEING IS HOW YOU'RE BOTH CITY, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS, WOULD YOU BE FINE ROLLING THAT INTO THE EVENT? SURE.
THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT TREE OPTION TOO.
RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT TREE AUCTION COULD, COULD BE THERE EVEN IF YOU ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO TREES THAT WAS, THAT WERE BEAUTIFUL.
OR JUST EVEN ONE ASK PEOPLE TO BUY A RAFFLE TICKET OR ACTUALLY AUCTION ON IT.
YEAH, I'VE SEEN IT DONE IN OTHER CITIES.
AND THE GENERALLY KIND OF LIKE A SNOWBALL.
HEY, YOU GET A FEW IN FIRST YEAR AND YEAH, WE GOT RAFF TICKETS SO WE COULD YOU THAT
AND SARAH'S GONNA CHECK ON THE BIZARRE.
GREG, ARE YOU GONNA TALK TO YOUR TEAM ABOUT THE TREE THING? OH, WE'D PROBABLY JUST HAVE TO BUY A TREE FROM YOU GUYS, RIGHT? MORE THAN LIKELY.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE IT UP.
UM, I ALSO KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE HAY RIDES.
IF YOU WANT ME TO REACH OUT TO THEM, I CAN AT LEAST GET US AN ESTIMATE.
I BELIEVE THE HAYRIDE PEOPLE ALSO DO LASER TAG.
IT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OLDER SIBLINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE SO KEEN ON SANTA CLAUS.
IT HAS A NIGHT VERSION, SO THERE'S LIGHTS AND YEAH.
SO, SO THEY SET UP A WHOLE LIKE LITTLE, LIKE A FENCED IN THING TOO, SO.
WE WANNA DO BOTH LASER TAG AND REMIX, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, I COULD GET PRICES ON BOTH AND WE CAN DECIDE FROM THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE UP THERE AND, MM-HMM?
ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THEM ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE ARE NO OB UM, OBJECTIONS? UH, NO EVERYONE, NO OBJECTIONS.
AND WITH THAT, IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER, WE CAN CLOSE OUR MEETING AT 7 25.