[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road September 19, 2024 6:30 P.M.]
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OKAY, THE TIME IS SIX 30 AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS SIX THIRTY ONE AND WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, ANTHONY HILL AND DANNY SNYDER HAD REQUESTED ABSENT FOR THIS MEETING.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO THE OPEN REMARKS BY THE CHAIR.
AND WE HAVE NONE AND WE HAVE NO CITIZEN COMMENTS, SO WE'RE GOING RIGHT ON TO O OLD BUSINESS AND WE HAVE THE YMCA REPORT.
UM, SO, UH, THE SUMMER SEASON'S OVER, UM, SHELTER RENTALS GO THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER 31ST OR THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER, UM, AT ALL PARKS.
UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, CONTINUES TO BE RENTED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE RE THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO IT IS FILLING UP QUICKLY OR ALREADY FILLED UP ON CERTAIN WEEKENDS.
UM, AT THE AQUATIC CENTER THIS SUMMER, UM, WE HAD 37,334 VISITS, UH, FROM MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH LABOR DAY.
UM, WE SOLD 371 MEMBERSHIPS TO THE AQUATICS CENTER FOR THE SUMMER.
SO ALL IN ALL, UH, A REALLY SUCCESSFUL, UM, UH, SUMMER UP AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SENIOR CENTER OR DO YOU WANNA DO YOU SURE.
UH, SO CONSTRUCTION ON THE OLD SINCLAIR SIDE OF THE YMCA COMPLEX CONTINUES TO PROGRESS.
UM, WE'RE STILL ON TIMELINE FOR A DECEMBER, UH, MOVE IN, UH, FROM THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER INTO THE NEW SENIOR CENTER.
UM, I THINK, UM, UM, I THINK THEY WILL BE ECSTATIC WHEN THEY GET IN THERE, BUT THE, THE PROGRESS IS ON TRACK, UM, IF NOT JUST A, A, MAYBE A SMIDGE EARLY, UH, THAN WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
UM, BUT, UM, I KNOW, UM, I THINK HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, FIRST PERSON THERE.
'CAUSE I THINK SARAH'S MOVING UP SOON.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE WORK WILL CONTINUE, UM, ON THE, THE BINGO HALL, UH, THE NEW BATHROOMS IN THE, THE WARMING KITCHEN.
THAT IS WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE WORK, UM, IS STILL BEING DONE.
UM, INSPECTIONS HAVE GONE WELL.
UM, YOU'LL START TO REALLY SEE A LOT IF YOU GO UP THERE NOW, YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF, UH, SITE WORK THAT HAS BEEN STARTED, BUT SHOULD BE FINISHED HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS FOR THE NEW DRIVE IN FRONT, UM, OF THE BUILDING WITH NEW SIDEWALKS.
UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, EVERYTHING KNOCK ON WOOD CONTINUES TO PROGRESS NICELY.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO.
DID THAT INCLUDE THE CITY UPDATE, WHAT YOU JUST GAVE US ADDRESS? NO, I'M SURE SARAH DOES.
I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS MOSTLY, UM, THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR SOME BOARD VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE ON.
UM, FIRST THIS FRIDAY WE HAVE THE FINAL ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION MOVIE IN THE PARK.
UM, THIS YEAR ALSO, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PUT ON AN ESPORT PROGRAM IN THE PARKS.
UM, AND SO COMING ALONGSIDE THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, WE'RE COMBINING THIS ESPORT PROGRAM WITH THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT'S THE SUPER MARIO BROTHERS MOVIE.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE GAME TRUCK TRAILER OUT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME CHARACTERS TO DO PHOTO OPS WITH.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE LIBRARY DOING, UM, BALLOON SWORDS WITH THE KIDS.
AND THEN THE BIGGEST COMPONENT REALLY THAT I COULD USE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH, UM, FROM ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK TO, OH, IT'D PROBABLY BE DONE AROUND SEVEN 30, IS UM, I'M BASICALLY PUTTING ON AN EASTER EGG HUNT.
UM, BUT IT'S VIDEO GAME THEME.
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ADDITION TO CANDY AND SUCH ARE TRINKETS THAT IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, MARIO BROTHERS OR SONIC OR POKEMON RELATED ITEMS AND WE'RE GONNA SEPARATE IT BY AGE GROUP.SO THE BIGGEST NEED I HAVE IS PEOPLE TO KIND OF HELP ME GO OUT, PUT ALL THE STUFF DOWN, WE LET AN AGE GROUP GO AND THEN THEY HAVE TO RUN OUT AGAIN AND PUT IT ALL BACK DOWN FOR THE AGE GROUP FOR THE NEXT AGE GROUP.
SO IF ANYONE IS AVAILABLE TO VOLUNTEER, UM, CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME PARTICIPATE TOO.
UM, AND WE'LL TAKE TEEN VOLUNTEERS ALSO, IF YOU HAVE TEENAGE CHILDREN, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD GET A COUPLE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THAT.
SOME OF THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION MEMBERS WILL BE HELPING TOO, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO EXPECT AND THEREFORE IT COULD BE, UM, A LITTLE MORE CHAOS THAN WE PROBABLY CAN HANDLE WITH JUST A COUPLE PEOPLE.
SO I'M PUTTING THAT OUT THERE THIS FRIDAY.
IT IS AT THE EICHELBERGER AMPHITHEATER.
AND THEN STAY FOR THE MOVIE WITH YOUR FAMILY AFTER.
UM, THE, UH, NEXT EVENT UPCOMING IS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ALSO ON THE 12TH.
UM, SO THIS FESTIVAL IS BEING PLANNED IN TANDEM WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, AND WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME, UM, ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WATCHING CULTURAL DANCE GROUPS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING INTO SEEING IF WE CAN GET LIKE A CULTURAL SPORT DEMONSTRATION.
SO FOR INSTANCE, A SPORT THAT'S NOT AS BIG OVER HERE, MAYBE CRICKET, EVEN LACROSSE THAT'S A LITTLE BIGGER OVER IN EUROPE.
UM, LOOKING AT SOME MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMIES TO GET OUT AND DO SOME DEMONSTRATIONS.
UM, TRYING TO GET ALL OF THAT LINED UP ALONG WITH SOME FORMAL PERFORMERS.
AND FOR THAT WHOLE DAY IT RUNS FROM 12 TO NINE.
I HOPE YOU WILL COME AND ENJOY IT.
AND THEN EVEN IF NOT, UM, JUST COMING VOLUNTEERING AS WELL BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE THE PARKS AND RECREATION TENT UP WHERE WE'LL JUST BE, UM, KIND OF, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A PUNCH CARD FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT.
SOME DIFFERENT VENDORS, GET A CARD PUNCHED AND THEN WE'LL FACILITATE LIKE A RAFFLE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOP THE WHOLE FESTIVAL.
UM, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT.
UM, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE ANYTIME DURING THAT DAY, JUST EMAIL ME AND THEN THE TRUNK OR TREAT, UM, WE HAVE TWO TO TALK ABOUT, UM, PROBABLY, BUT THE FIRST ONE COMING UP IS THE H HUBER HAUNTS IN CLOUD PARK.
DO YOU REMEMBER I BROUGHT THIS TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THAT PEACE AND TRANQUILITY LAKE CORP HAD ASKED FOR BOARD ASSISTANCE ON THIS ONE.
UM, I HAVE COMMITTED US TO HAVE THE PARKS AND RECREATION TENT UP AND HAND OUT CANDY AS ONE OF THE TRUNK OR TREAT TRUNKS BASICALLY.
AND THEN ALSO TRY AND HAVE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ON DUTY FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT SO WE CAN SWITCH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SOMEBODY IN THE TENT AND SOMEBODY KIND OF RUNNING AROUND ALSO BEING AN ADDITIONAL HELPING HAND IF SOMETHING SHOULD COME UP THAT SHE KNOWS WE WOULD BE A RESOURCE, SHE COULD COME TAP AND SAY, WE GOT WORD THAT THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THAT QUADRANT, COULD YOU GO CHECK IT OUT? AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP IN THAT MANNER.
SO THAT IS ON, UM, THE SIXTH AND THEN CHRIS, YOURS IS ON THE 20TH, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD COMMITTED TO HELP CHRIS WITH THE 20TH.
AND SO DO YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OR JUST, DO YOU JUST WANT US TO BE A TRUNK? YEAH, SO I THINK THE BIG THING IS JUST, UM, HAVING A PRESENCE.
SO IT COULD BE A TRUNK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TENT.
UM, POLICE AND FIRE WILL BE THERE.
UM, THE, UM, UH, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE CALLED THE PINK RIBBON GIRLS ANYMORE, BUT THEY'LL HAVE THEIR FIRETRUCK UP THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, I THINK, UM, FOR THE BOARD, IF THEY WANT TO COME SET UP THE TENT IN THE PARKING LOT AND WE'LL HAVE A TON OF KIDS COME THROUGH THAT NIGHT AS WELL, SO I'D LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY UP THERE IF THEY CAN MAKE IT.
I HAVE BOUGHT, UM, 20 POUNDS OF CANDY FOR EACH EVENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT, I FIGURED AS MUCH FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE TOO, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF THESE, MAYBE WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING IN A BAG OF CANDY? UM, AND THAT COULD BE A DONATION TO THE CAUSE TO HELP HAND OUT CANDY IF ONLY IT WERE AFTER HALLOWEEN, BECAUSE THEN I KNOW I WOULD BE TAKING MY KIDS' CANDY AND JUST DONATING THAT.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF MY, UM, UPDATES.
UM, THAT'S WHAT'S COMING UP ON THE HORIZON.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW FRIDAY'S EVENT GOES.
ALSO VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE SOMETIMES EGG HUNTS CAN GET A LITTLE OUTTA CONTROL.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THIS TIME AROUND.
YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD ALL BE THERE TO HELP.
I'M WAITING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING.
I WAS PLANNING ON BEING AT THE OCTOBER 6TH EVENT.
UH, AND THE PINK RIBBON GIRLS IS NOT PINK RIBBON GOOD.
I BELIEVE SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, GIRLS AND GUYS, SO
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THEY WENT WITH GOOD.SO IF YOU'RE THERE ON THE SIXTH FOR HUBER HUNTS, ARE YOU ABLE TO COME TO OUR 10 OR DO YOU NEED TO BE WITH LIKE SOCCER, JUST MAKING SURE? WELL, I, IT IS SOCCER.
SHE ASKED SOCCER TO HELP, BUT I COULD BE THERE WITH, UH, WITH PARTS AND REC.
'CAUSE YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE SOME OTHER SOCCER VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU COULD I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I ASKED SOCCER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SHOW UP, BUT OKAY.
SHE'S JUST ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
SO I, I'M GONNA BE THERE WITH THE PARTS AND REC.
I CAN HELP WITH THE OTHER THREE, JUST NOT TOMORROW.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY PARK, OH WAIT, I'M MOVING ALONG.
NO, THAT'S IT FOR CITY UPDATES.
TALK ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEER UPDATE.
UM, SO THE UPDATE THAT I RECEIVED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS WAS THAT CURRENTLY OUR BOARD HANDBOOK IS BEING REVIEWED FOR EDITS BY TONY ROGERS, WHOM YOU ALL MET WHEN YOU APPLIED TO BE ON THE BOARD.
UM, FOR NOW, WE CANNOT HAVE THE STUDENTS AS SPECIAL LIAISONS BECAUSE THEY ARE DEFINED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WOULD DISALLOW ANYBODY WHO'S NOT A VOTING MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, CERTAINLY IF WE FOUND HIGH SCHOOL MEMBERS THAT WERE OF VOTING AGE, THEN THEY COULD ABSOLUTELY COME ON AS SPECIAL LIAISON.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS I CAN TAKE THEM ON AS A VOLUNTEER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN WHICH I'VE TASKED THEM WITH THE TASK OF COMING TO BOARD MEETINGS AND ASSISTING WITH THEM AND GIVING INPUT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ROUTE WE'RE GOING FOR NOW WITH THE HOPES THAT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM FORMAL LIAISONS.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE APPLICATION SO FAR.
UM, SO IT IS A HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENT, UM, AND I BELIEVE IT IS MR. RICHARD MOORE'S SON.
IS THAT CORRECT? HE TOLD ME HIS APPLIES.
HE IS THE ONLY APPLICANT I SEE.
NO REASON TO TURN DOWN HIS APPLICATION TO VOLUNTEER FOR US.
UM, AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, ONE MIGHT BE GOOD BECAUSE WE COULD START AND SEE HOW IT GOES AND LEARN FROM IT.
AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE GET APPROVED TO HAVE FORMAL SPECIAL LIAISONS MOVE HIM INTO THAT ROLE AND THEN EVEN SEEK ANOTHER, I'LL CERTAINLY KEEP THE POSTING UP FOR THE VOLUNTEERS SO WE COULD GET MORE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'S HOW WE WOULD START WITH IT.
AND IF THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH THAT, THEN I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM AND TELL HIM HE'S APPROVED.
DID IT GO TO THE SCHOOLS? SO FACEBOOK OR IT JUST WENT OUT ON SOCIAL, UH, MEDIA SO WE DIDN'T ELICIT DIRECT RELIEF TO THE SCHOOLS.
I HAD A NUMBER OF ALSO NHS STUDENTS EMAIL ME DIRECTLY FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND I INCLUDED IT ALL TO THEM.
SO, UM, OH NO, IT DID GO TO THE SCHOOLS.
IT DID, YES, IT WENT TO THE NHS TEACHERS FOR EACH SCHOOL AND THEY PUT IT IN THEIR GOOGLE CLASSROOMS. SO YES, I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT I WENT TO THE NHS TEACHERS.
SO I THINK YOU GET MORE NHS KIDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THEY'RE SCRAMBLING FOR THEIR HOURS VERSUS IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S MY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SARAH CONCERNING THE, UH, VOLUNTEERS? IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNITY PARK PLAY EQUIPMENT OPTION THERE, SARAH.
I AM GONNA PASS AROUND TO YOU ALL FOUR OPTIONS THAT OUR DESIGNER AND PLAYGROUND SALES TEAM CAME UP WITH.
YOU SHOULD END UP WITH FOUR OPTIONS.
SO, UM, OPTION NUMBER ONE, THEY AREN'T NUMBERED, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO PULL 'EM OUT, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE ONE THAT INCLUDES THE ZIP LINE AND THE SWING SET.
SO I AM A FAN OF THE ZIP LINE BECAUSE I THINK CHILDREN ENJOY THEM.
ONE DOWNFALL OF THEM I THINK IS THAT IT'S KIND OF ONE USER AT A TIME, BUT AT LEAST THEY DO GET OFF OF THEM AND HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET IN LINE.
UM, YOU KIND OF RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUES WITH SWINGS, BUT YOU CAN HAVE MORE BAYS ON SWINGS TO SERVE MORE CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OPTION.
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AND ALL FEEDBACK ON ALL OF THESE IS TOTALLY WELCOME.I WOULD RATHER SEE A FEATURE THAT DOES THIS SORT OF THING.
REARRANGE AND MIX, MATCH THESE TWO FEATURES.
ARE THE COST THE SAME AS WELL? THEY'RE NOT.
SO THIS ONE WOULD BE ABOUT $150,000, WHICH WE HAVE A $75,000 GRANT AND WE HAVE A A HUNDRED PERCENT MATCH ON IT, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH PERFECT.
150,000 FOR THE ZIP LINE AND THE SWING SET.
WHAT DOES THIS FEEL LIKE? A TIER? SO THE THING IN THE MIDDLE ALREADY EXISTS AND WHAT IT, IT'S A, YES, IT'S A SWING, BUT IT'S FOR WHEELCHAIRS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHAT EXISTS.
THE, THE WHEELCHAIR SWING, THE LITTLE NET CLIMBING THING OVER TO THE LEFT AND THE LITTLE STOOL OVER TO THE LEFT, THOSE ALREADY EXIST.
THIS ADDS ONTO WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UM, THIS ONE, UH, I THINK IT'S NUMBER ONE, THE ONE WITH THE ZIP LINE.
IS THAT A SEAT FOR THE ZIP LINE? YES.
OH, SO IT'S NOT A STANDARD HOLD ON.
IT HAS THE U UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBLE CHAIR.
SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SIT ANY CHILD IN IT? YEAH.
AND NOW ARE THERE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOM? BECAUSE THEN MY NUMBERS MIGHT YEAH.
BE MIXED UP ON THE NEXT COUPLE.
YOU CAN TELL IT IS NUMBER ONE ZIP AND SWING.
NUMBER TWO I HAVE AS THE NETFLIX, WHICH IS THE BIG IMPRESSIVE TOWER WITH A SLIDE ON IT.
IS THAT ONE ALSO NUMBER TWO FOR YOU? NUMBER TWO.
SO INVOLVING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OUR BUDGET MONEY GOING INTO IT OR FINDING ANOTHER GRANT OR DONOR POSSIBLY THIS, THESE ARE THE ONES, I THINK I MIXED UP THE NUMBER THREE.
IS IT ONE ROCK TO CLIMB ON OR IS IT TWO ROCKS WITH A NET IN BETWEEN 'EM? ONE ROCK.
NUMBER THREE WITH THE ONE ROCK AND THE SWINGS IS ABOUT 1 65.
NOW ARE THESE NATURAL ROCKS OR ARE THEY IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S SYNTHETIC TO BE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE A ROCK BY KIDS CLIMATE.
NO, I WAS JUST, I JUST DIDN ANYBODY.
AND THEN THAT WOULD MAKE NUMBER FOUR, WHAT'S CALLED THE ADVENTURE SCAPE, AND THAT'S THE TWO ROCKS WITH THE ROPE CLIMBING IN BETWEEN IT AND THE SAYING.
NONE OF THESE ARE OUT OF THE QUESTION.
WE WILL, UM, NOT RECEIVE THE FUNDS FOR THIS, UM, OR THE CONTRACT TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS UNTIL NOVEMBER.
SO LIKELY WE'RE STARTING THIS IN THE NEW YEAR.
UM, SO BEARING THAT IN MIND, WE HAVE TIME TO BUDGET A LITTLE MORE IF WE NEED TO.
THIS IS THE PLAYGROUND WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING OUT FOR SOME FEEDBACK.
UM, SO PUTTING TOGETHER A COUPLE OF PACKAGES, I THINK WE SHOULD NARROW IT FROM FOUR PROBABLY TO TWO PACKAGES.
AND LIKE I SAID, ALL FEEDBACK, WE STILL HAVE TIME TO MIX AND MATCH AND REARRANGE IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT, IF YOU DON'T LOVE ANY OF THEM BUT YOU LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THEM WE CAN REARRANGE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMONALITIES.
ONLY THREE, THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT ARE THE SAME AND ALL, I MEAN, ONE THING DIFFERENT, THE SWINGS I ADDED TO ALL BECAUSE I JUST HAD THE PERCEPTION THAT I'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN, HAVE SWINGS AT OUR PARKS, HAVE SWINGS AT OUR PARKS HAVE SWINGS AT OUR PARKS.
BUT I DID PUT IT IN ALL OF THE PROPOSALS.
SO THEN YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THE THING THAT DEVIATES IS ONE OTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO ON NUMBER ONE YOU GET A ZIP LINE ON NUMBER TWO, YOU GET A TOWER ON NUMBER THREE YOU GET A ROCK.
AND NUMBER FOUR YOU GET A ROCK WITH SOME CLIMBING ROPE.
BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS YOU GET TWO ROCKS.
SO IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO, I GUESS IT'S WHICH OF THOSE FOUR INDIVIDUAL THINGS
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DO YOU PREFER? CORRECT.OR IF YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I WENT TO THIS PARK IN CINCINNATI AND THEY HAD A SOMETHING, I WANT ONE OF THOSE INSTEAD.
I'LL, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND GET IT BACK TO YOU GUYS.
I, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, I KNOW, UM, BEAVER CREEK HAS SPICER PARK.
THEY HAD A, IT WASN'T A ZIP LINE, IT WAS LIKE A, IT WAS THE SAME LIKE THE SEA ROLLERCOASTER THING, BUT IT WAS LIKE IT HAD CURVES AND TURNS TO IT AND MY KIDS LOVED IT.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE MEMORIAL DAY TORNADOES CAME THROUGH AND IT TOOK THAT OUT.
UH, MY, BUT LIKE I SAID, MY KIDS LOVED IT UNTIL THAT THAT TOOK IT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IF IT, THE TORNADO RIPPED IT UP OR DEBRIS.
I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE DEBRIS GOT INTO THE UM, MECHANISMS, THE ME MECHANISMS INTO IT AND JUST LOCKED IT UP.
BUT UH, RIGHT NOW THE WAY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, I THINK NUMBER TWO WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST, THE BEST VALUE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST, YOU KNOW, SETUP IN MY OPINION.
THE THING THAT I UM, LIKED ABOUT THE NETFLIX WAS THAT IT ADDED THIS SLIDE AND THEN SOME STUFF CLIMB AROUND ON IT.
AND ALSO IT MIGHT BE HARD TO TELL FROM THE PICTURE, BUT INSTEAD OF YOU CAN CLIMB TO THE TOP ON THE NETTING OR, UM, INSTEAD OF IT BEING STAIRS GOING UP THE TOWER, IT'S ACTUALLY UM, LIKE A MAT.
AND SO THEY HAVE ACTUAL VIDEOS OF WHEELCHAIR USERS, UM, ABLE TO CRAWL UP IT SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY UP THE WHOLE TOWER AND THEN TAKE THE SLIDE DOWN.
UM, THE SAME AS A CHILD WHO WOULD HAVE USE OF THEIR LEGS.
SO BE, AND I, I LIKED THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARK BECAUSE THE WHEELCHAIR SWING SET SEESAW THING IS STILL THERE.
IS THERE, AND THAT IS SUCH A HEAVY INVESTMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT IF WE PUT MORE THINGS FOR THAT, THAT COMMUNITY OF THE MORE SEVERE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, THEN MAYBE WE WOULD SEE MORE OF THAT USE AS WELL.
SO ON THE RENDERINGS IS THE SEESAW THING AND THIS OTHER, THAT'S WHAT'S THERE NOW? YES.
THE SWING AND THE, THAT THING.
AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE LIKE, UH, HE DIDN'T PUT 'EM IN THE RENDERING SO I DON'T KNOW WHY MAYBE HE FORGOT THEY WERE THERE, BUT THEY'RE LIKE MUSIC, THE MUSIC BOARDS.
AND THEN THERE'S THAT LITTLE CHAIR THAT SWIVELS.
YEAH, I'VE ONLY THAT'S THERE TOO ALREADY.
IT'S THAT THEY ON ONCE ONCE, SO I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
AS FAR AS THE SWING GOES, UM, WAS THERE AN OPTION TO DO DIFFERENT NUMBER OF SEATING, LIKE THREE SEATED SWINGS RATHER THAN THE FIVE THAT ARE HERE? YES.
LIKE MAKE IT CHEAPER IF IT WOULD BE LIKE ONE MORE
UH, ACTUALLY LIKE THEY'RE SURPRISINGLY THE, TO ADD ANOTHER BAY IS LIKE $2,000.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE OR BREAK THE BANK.
UM, I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO FIND THAT OUT.
WE SHOULD JUST DO A WHOLE PLAYGROUND OF SWINGS.
WE COULD AFFORD A THOUSAND OF THEM.
HOW MUCH IS THE ZIP LINE MORE THAN SWINGS ABOUT DOUBLE, I THINK.
YEAH, SO LIKE I DON'T HAVE THAT QUOTE IN FRONT OF ME.
I HAVE HANDWRITTEN THE TOTALS DOWN.
UM, BUT JUST A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.
NO, I THINK ABOUT DOUBLE, OH, DOUBLE THE TOTAL OF THE SWING.
SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT 25, 30 AND THEN SWINGS ARE ABOUT 15, 10 TO 15.
AND THEN YOU CAN ADD MORE BAYS TO SWINGS BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE TO ADD TWO BARS TO ADD A BAY TILL YOU GET A LITTLE BIT LESS AND YOU CAN DIGEST THIS AND YOU CAN RESEARCH BECAUSE UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'LL BE GOING, YOU CAN SEE THE COMPANY ON THERE IS LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND THAT'S THERE.
UM, AND THEY DON'T, THE PLAYGROUND COMPANIES DON'T LOVE TO PUT THEIR PIECES RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
UM, SO WE'LL BE STICKING WITH LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO HOP ON THEIR ONLINE CATALOG.
THEY HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST ONLINE CATALOG AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK LOOKS GREAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO GET IT QUOTED.
SO WHEN DID YOU WANT TO HAVE THESE COMMENTS BACK IN? UH, RACHEL? I'M SORRY SARAH, WE, WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, SO WE CAN EITHER BRING OUR COMMENTS, I CAN EMAIL 'EM TO SARAH BETWEEN NOW AND THE LA NEXT MEETING AND I'LL PUT IT, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AGAIN ON THE NEXT OKAY.
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THAT WE SAY HOLD, HOLD SPACE FOR IT.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR SARAH ON THE EQUIPMENT? ALRIGHT THEN THANKS SARAH.
IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEW BUSINESS AND I GUESS THAT YOU ALSO HAVE SARAH
SO WE RECEIVED BACK THE RFP SUBMITTALS TODAY ON CLOUD PARK.
WE RECEIVED UM, FIVE OF THEM AND THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENCES.
UM, I SAT WITH ALEX AND JUSTICE TODAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.
UM, AND WHAT WE CAME UP WITH, WE TRIED TO COME UP WITH IS A RUBRIC FOR THOSE SUBMISSIONS.
UM, SO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THE PRICE, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THEIR TIMELINE AND THEIR EXPEDIENCY.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT, LET ME GRAB MY PAPER ACTUALLY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR PAST PROJECTS, RATING THEM ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO THREE ON THEIR SIMILARITY TO OUR CURRENT PROJECT AND ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THEIR WOW FACTOR, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY SUBJECTIVE.
BUT UM, AND I'M SURE EACH OF US WILL HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS, BUT WOW FACTOR WE NEED TO LOOK AT IF THEY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST LISTED OR ANY DEVIATIONS FROM WHAT WE'VE ASKED.
MAYBE WE SAID, HEY, CAN YOU DO THIS SERVICE FOR US? AND THEY DON'T REALLY DO THAT.
AND SO THEY'RE TELLING US I DON'T DO THAT.
UM, WE ASKED, WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT CAN, DID THEY PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE PLAN FOR US TO FAST TRACK THE SPLASH PAD? DID THEY SPEAK TO IT? UM, DID THEY PROVIDE A PLAN? AND THEN WE'RE RATING THAT PLAN ON A SCALE OF ONE TO THREE FROM HOW DESIRABLE WE FIND THAT PLAN.
UM, AND DID THEY GET ALL OF THE REQUIRED CRITERIA AND THE SUBMISSION AND THEN THE TIMELINE? UM, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXPEDIENCY.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS HOW QUICKLY THEY THINK WE CAN HAVE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS READY TO BID.
UM, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO JUDGE THEM ON THEIR ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL PROJECT BEING DONE BECAUSE IT INCLUDES A CONSTRUCTION PHASE THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING THE CONSTRUCTION ON.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY GO TO BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND THEN, UM, SO WE CAN'T REALLY, ONE PERSON MAY SAY IT'S GONNA TAKE CONSTRUCTION 10 MONTHS AND ANOTHER PERSON SAY THEY THINK CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE 12 MONTHS.
AND ULTIMATELY IT COMES DOWN TO THE CONSTRUCTION FIRM TO TELL US WHEN THEY'LL DO THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TIME TO BID, GET TO THAT BID PHASE.
SO IF ANYBODY, UM, HAS THOUGHTS OR IDEAS ON OTHER THINGS THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK OF YOU TONIGHT IS IF YOU WERE TO SAY AN OVERALL LIKE VIBE OR FEEL FOR THE PARK, UM, ANY OF THE FIRMS CAN TAKE THIS DIRECTION OBVIOUSLY AND HEAD WITH IT, BUT WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA WALK INTO A SPACE THAT'S CONNECTED TO NATURE OR DO YOU WANNA WALK INTO A SPACE THAT IS CONTEMPORARY CUTTING EDGE? THIS IS A PARK DESIGNED FOR THIS MILLENNIUM.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE FEELS MORE URBAN OR SOMETHING.
I FEEL LIKE IF YOU COULD KIND OF BRIDGE IT, 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT THAT NINE, SEVEN ACRES, WHATEVER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY WITH LIKE I I, I WOULD THINK WITH CLOUD PARK, YEAH I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A NATURE AREA, BUT THE VISION THAT I THINK WE HAVE FOR CLOUD IS IT TO HOST, HOST ALL THESE BIG EVENTS WE WANT TO DO FOR THE CITY THAT NOT JUST DRAWS INTO PEOPLE IN TOWN BUT OUTSIDE OF TOWN.
LIKE STAR SPAN HEIGHTS, UM MM-HMM.
UM, BUT I DEFINITELY THE FOOD TRUCK, THE FARMER'S MARKET, BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT.
UM, SO I THINK SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CONTEMPORARY KIND AN IDEA.
SO THAT WAY IT'S A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO GO AND USE THAT SPACE FOR THOSE EVENTS
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AND IT'S, HMM.I DUNNO IF THOSE DOORS ARE STILL WALKING, BUT YEAH, I WOULD YEAH.
SORRY, WHAT WE WAIT WERE THE DOORS LOCKED WHEN YOU GUYS CAME IN? OH, SORRY.
SO I'VE HEARD I WANT A GOOD MIX OF NATURE AND CONTEMPORARY AND I HAVE HEARD YES A LITTLE NATURE IS GREAT, BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING FOR THE WOW CONTEMPORARY.
ANY OTHER DIFFERENT OPINIONS? YES, BRIAN? WELL I CAN SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE CONTEMPORARY WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE PARK, YOU KNOW, THE ENTRANCE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AT BRAND PIKE COMING IN, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CROSS THAT CREEK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE YOU GO MORE INTO NATURE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE MEMORIAL SIDE OF, TO CLOUD PARK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MORE OF THE NATURE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET THAT THERE'S THAT EXTRA LAND THAT, THAT EXTRA LAND THAT COULD PROBABLY MORE OF NATURE'S TYPE OF AN AREA, YOU KNOW? UM, LIKE IN THE BACK CORNER, YOU KNOW, BACK OF THE PARK, UH, MAN WAS THAT SHELTER SIX BACK IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, AND THE SHELTER FOUR OR FIVE UP IN THERE BY THE UH, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY MORE NATURE ISH TYPE THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PARTS THAT'S OUT IN THE OPEN CLOSEST TO BRAND PIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE MODERN, MORE, YOU KNOW, OPENING FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET FOR YOU KNOW, LIKE JUSTICE AND SAID, OKAY, YEAH, I AGREE.
I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM TO DO BOTH.
AND I THINK PROBABLY THE, THE FACE OF IT, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO BE CONTEMPORARY TO KIND OF DRAW PEOPLE IN THEN STILL ENOUGH ROOM TO DO NATURE AREAS, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT CREEK BEING LIKE THERE'S, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT CREEK IS MORE OF A NATURAL DIVIDING LINE ANYWAYS.
ANOTHER RANDOM THOUGHT, IS THERE ANY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE TOO EVASIVE OR TOO MUCH, BUT WOULD, WOULD WE ONLY KEEP THE ONE ENTRANCE THERE ON BRANCH, UM, FOR CLOUD PAR OR IS THERE A WAY TO, OR WOULD WE CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE WHERE WE HAVE THE OTHER SIDE OF CLOUD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL AREA? WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBLE LIKE HAVE A SMALL PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING OVER THERE AND THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
IS THAT IT'S ON THE TABLE? UM, DUNNO IF THAT'S SOMETHING ANYBODY WANTS OR WANTS TO STAY AWAY AWAY FROM LIKELY TO ADD PARKING OVER THERE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT LET RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE THAT.
BUT I WON'T SAY NO TO ANYTHING OFF THE BAT.
IT'S, LET'S PUT IT OUT THERE, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
I SAY IF WE DO THAT, THERE WOULD BE DEFINITELY NO PASS THROUGH.
SO LIKE HAVE THAT WOULD BE A PARKING LOT ONLY FOR LIKE THE RESIDENTS.
NO PASS THROUGH, JUST LIKE RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN'T CUT THROUGH FROM BRAD.
YEAH, I THAT WOULD BE A BIG ABSOLUTELY NO PASS THROUGH.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH A PARKING LOT.
MAYBE I DON'T NO, IT'S JUST LIKE AN ENTRANCE WALK NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST, JUST THINK ABOUT IT'S THE ENTRANCE FOR THE LOCAL TO, FOR IN A PARKING LOT FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, MORE FOR PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR TO KNOW KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEOPLE OF HUBER HEIGHTS KNOWS THAT, BUT THE MAIN BIG PARKING LOT IS FOR THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF HUBER HEIGHTS THAT ARE COMING IN, BUT THE LOCALS KNOW THAT THAT BACK PARKING LOT IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET IN AND PARK.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING BENEFICIAL FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA OF HAVING THAT LIKE SMALL PARKING LOT.
UM, AND SPEAKING OF TRAFFIC FLOW FOR THOSE EVENTS, IS THERE A WAY THAT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CREATE AN EXIT OUT OF THE PARK FOR TRAFFIC FLOW? WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE HAVE LIKE THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS AND EVERYONE HAS TO WAIT AT ONE INTERSECTION, THE PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
UM, SO NOT NECESSARILY PUTTING ANOTHER ENTRANCE OR EXIT, BUT REDOING OUR CURRENT ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO MAYBE BE MORE LANES, UM, AND GET PEOPLE OUT QUICKER.
IF YOU THINK, UM, OF ANYTHING OR AS ALWAYS, IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT DOING YOUR OWN RESEARCH IN OTHER PARKS AND YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, THIS IS AMAZING, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, THIS PROCESS IS A, UM, SAID EARLIER, IT'S LIKE WE'RE PICKING THE ARTIST, THEY HAVEN'T YET CREATED THE ART, SO WE STILL, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL PICK THEM BASED ON THEIR PAST CREDENTIALS AND THEIR PAST PROJECTS, UM,
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WE STILL WILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO TELL THEM IDEAS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE WORK OF ART THAT THEY CREATE FOR US.ANY OTHER COMMENTS THERE BEFORE WE GO INTO ITEM TWO THERE? IF NOT, THEN WE GO AHEAD DOWNSTAIRS.
OKAY, SO YOU SHOULD RECOGNIZE THIS.
IT'S AGAIN, PASSING BACK OUT THE PARKS STANDARDS WE LOOKED AT LAST TIME, UM, SYSTEM-WIDE STANDARDS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS ARE IN THERE FROM LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN I'VE PICKED UP WITH THE COMMUNITY PARK STANDARDS THAT NEEDS UNDERLINED AND I'VE LEFT THE DEFINITION, UM, BLANK ON HERE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THIS KIND OF HEADBUTTING GOING ON WITH OUR, SOME OF OUR PARKS BEING NEIGHBORHOOD OR BEING COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD TRY AND TAKE A STAB AT COMING UP WITH A DEFINITION FOR OURSELVES FOR COMMUNITY LEVEL PARKS.
UM, TYPICALLY NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, WE DID DEFINE THOSE AS LOCATED WITHIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, OFFERING HIGH WALKABILITY TO SURROUNDING RESIDENTS AND THEY TEND TO HAVE MORE PASSIVE THAN ACTIVE PROGRAMS. SO ANY IDEAS OR KEY WORDS WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE IN THE COMMUNITY PARK DEFINITION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE LISTED SHOL GATE COMMUNITY AND COTTONWOOD PARK AS OUR COMMUNITY PARKS.
THAT IS ALSO UP FOR DISCUSSION.
WHILE YOU'RE THINKING ON THAT, I CAN KIND OF READ THROUGH THE REST.
SO THE COMMON FEATURES OF THESE ARE GREEN SPACE, PLACE STRUCTURES, TRASH CANS, SHELTER STRUCTURES, SPORT COURTS OR FIELDS, RESTROOM FACILITIES, BIKE PARKING, AND CORP CAR PARKING.
I THINK I MIGHT ADD TO SPORT COURTS AND FIELDS LIKE, OR SOME OTHER AMENITY THAT MIGHT ATTRACT A SELECT USER.
I CAN'T THINK OF ONE RIGHT NOW, BUT I SUPPOSE MAYBE IT COULD BE POSSIBLE FOR A COMMUNITY PARK TO HAVE A SPLASH PAD, RIGHT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, A DA GUIDELINES ARE USED FOR ACCESS STANDARDS.
PASSIVE PROGRAM GUIDES, GUIDELINES.
THE PARKS WILL BE MAINTAINED WITH A STANDARD THAT PROVIDES FOR HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR PARK VISITORS.
THESE PARKS MAY HAVE AMENITIES WITH HIGHER MAINTENANCE COSTS SUCH AS SPORT COURTS OR OTHER UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES.
PASSIVE PROGRAMMING IS LIKELY TO INCLUDE PLAYGROUND USE, WALKING ROUTES, PICKUP AND ORGANIZED SPORTS GAMES AND PICNICS.
THIS ONE HAS ACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AS WELL.
COMMUNITY PARKS ARE SUITED FOR ACTIVE PROGRAMMING BECAUSE OF THEIR RESTROOM AND SHELTER AVAILABILITY.
THERE'S OFTEN ADEQUATE PARKING THERE.
THESE PARKS ARE IDEAL FOR SMALL SCALE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT CITY PRIORITIZES PARK COMMUNITY PARKS FOR EXTERNAL USE AND ENSURES AT LEAST TWO ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE ACTIVELY PROVIDED ANNUALLY BY ONE OF THE CITY'S MANY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A CAVEAT IN HOW OFTEN WE'RE GONNA PROGRAM THEM, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE Y AND THEY OFFER PROGRAMS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE Y PROGRAMS MIGHT COUNT TOWARD THIS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING AT LEAST TWO PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THESE COMMUNITY PARKS A YEAR.
I THINK THERE'S ROOM TO EXCEED THAT EXPECTATION CERTAINLY, BUT RIGHT NOW, CONSIDERING THE NUMBER IS ZERO TWO MIGHT BE A NICE PROMISE TO OURSELVES.
UM, AMENITY STANDARDS AS AMENITIES ARE REPLACED.
EFFORTS WE MADE TO PROVIDE UNIFORMITY IN THE SELECTION OF BENCHES, TRASH CANS AND PICNIC TABLES.
WHILE PLAY AMENITIES MIGHT BE VIBRANT FOCAL POINTS, OTHER FEATURES WILL STILL UTILIZE THE GREEN, BROWN AND BLACK COLOR SCHEME JUST LIKE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
BUT OTHER COLORS CAN ALSO BE UTILIZED WHEN WELL-REASONED AND ESPECIALLY WHEN HIGH EVALUATING THE VIBRANCY OF THE PARK OR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT OR UNIQUE COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES OR AMENITIES.
SORRY, MAYBE I WANNA SAY ATTRIBUTES THOUGH.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY SAYING, UM, THESE PARKS HAVE VERY SIMILAR STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR MANICURED, THE LOOK OF THEIR AMENITIES, BUT ALSO PAYING MINE TO SOME OF THE UNIQUE COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES.
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PARKS ARE RESIDENTIAL, THEN WE ARE JUST GONNA BE SURROUNDED BY HOMES.AND SO ANY VIBRANCY IS PROBABLY GONNA BE IN THE PLAYGROUND AND ALL THAT.
UM, A COMMUNITY PARK, HOWEVER THOUGH, COULD BE NEXT TO A BUSINESS PARK.
UM, AND LET'S SAY THAT WE WERE NEXT TO A BUSINESS PARK AND IT HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN UNCONVENTIONAL DESIGN TO IT, LIKE A SOUTHWESTERN STUCCO LOOK OR SOMETHING.
THEN THAT WAY WE COULD PAY HOMAGE TO WHAT'S ALSO GOING ON IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SHOULD I PHRASE IT DIFFERENTLY? WELL, SO COMMUNITY PARK COULD PROBABLY SAY THE SCHOOL, LIKE THE WAYNE SCHOOL COLOR JUST BECAUSE IT'S STUCK BETWEEN STUDEBAKER AND WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, YEAH, I I DON'T KNOW WHAT COTTONWOOD WOULD BE CLOSE TO, BUT IN SHAW GATE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IF YOU, WE DID THAT WHOLE, UH, GARY SHERMAN MAKE THAT LIKE A COMMUNITY PARK OUTTA THE RESTROOM, BUT BECAUSE THE ONE THING THAT YOU DID BRING UP, WE HAVE A POLICE STATION BACK HERE AND YOU, YOU WE DO THAT WHOLE UH, MINI CITY WHATEVER.
MM-HMM,
THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF PLAYING OFF THE FACT THAT IT'S NEAR THE THE POLICE STATION.
THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.
UM, SO THESE PARKS ALSO HAVE CONTRACTED GREEN SPACE MAINTENANCE MODE AND TRIMMED WEEKLY OR MORE OFTEN AS NEEDED.
ANNUAL PLANTINGS ARE LIMITED TO ONE FLOWER BED AT MOST AND SHOULD AUGMENT PERENNIAL, UM, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
AUGMENT FEATURE SHOULD FEATURE PERENNIAL PLANTINGS SERVING AS THE MAIN FOCAL POINT.
IDEALLY FLOWER BEDS IN COMMUNITY PARKS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ENTRYWAYS.
SO EASY TO ACCESS, EASY TO MAINTAIN, NOT PUTTING 'EM EVERYWHERE.
UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE AREN'T GONNA BE OUR HIGHEST MAINTENANCE PARKS.
ANY, ANY DEFINITION IDEAS FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK? ANY WORDS WE SHOULD INCLUDE? I CAN ALSO JUST KIND OF LOOK UP A STANDARD DEFINITION, SEE IF IT WORKS FOR US.
IT LOOKS UP ABOUT MAINTENANCE, LOAD MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS I THINK OKAY, WELL THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.
IF YOU'RE LAYING IN BED TONIGHT AND YOU THINK OF SOMETHING, DO YOU HAVE MY EMAIL? OKAY.
AND THEN THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR STANDARDS ON COMMUNITY PARKS.
YEAH, WE'RE PUTTING IN LIGHT BULBS.
SO THIS IS THE IT'S BUDGET SEASON.
UM, HISTORICALLY A LITTLE MONEY HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE BOARD TO TACKLE INITIATIVES THAT IT MIGHT, UM, BE PASSIONATE ABOUT OR THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BRING TO ITSELF.
AND SO I DON'T NEED A DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM YOU.
UM, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR MORE SO IS DO YOU WANNA PICK BACK UP THE TREE GIVEAWAY? DO YOU WANNA PROCEED WITH THE EARTH DAY? DO WE WANNA PUT THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE AROUND THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
SO DO WE FOREGO ONE STICK WITH THE OTHER? DO WE COMBINE THEM TOGETHER? UM, PICKLEBALL, DO WE WANNA PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OOMPH BEHIND THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, HIRING SOUND AND DOING MORE ADVERTISING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SHOULD WE PUT, SHOULD WE HAVE THAT IN MIND? UH, DO WE WANNA DO JUST TWO OF THE PICKLEBALL ALTERNATIVES ARE, WE'RE GONNA TRY FOR MORE AND THEN AGAIN, THE FALL FESTIVAL THAT THE BOARD USED TO HAVE, ARE WE STILL OKAY WITH THAT GOING AWAY AND US JUST HELPING IN THESE OTHER TWO BIG FALL EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY? OR DO WE WANT TO TRY AND BRING IT BACK? OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE ON YOUR MIND ENTIRELY AND YOU'RE LIKE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD TRY AND DO THIS.
SO WE, ANY OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED NOT SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR OR SOMEWHERE LESS SUCCESSFUL NUMBERS.
SO THIS YEAR THE, UM, OUR CHAMPION OF
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THE, UM, EARTH DAY EVENT LIFE CHANGES AND RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD.UM, SO THEN WE DIDN'T DO THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WE DID GIVE DO THE TREE GIVEAWAY WHERE WE MET YOU.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS AT ARBOR DAY.
SO IT'S BASICALLY WITHIN THE SAME WEEK.
UM, WE COULD COMBINE THEM TO HOLD IT BIGGER AND BETTER AND THAT IN THE FUTURE WE COULD JUST DO ONE AND NOT THE OTHER.
UM, FALL FESTIVAL WE DID NOT DO AGAIN THIS YEAR EITHER.
UM, BECAUSE INSTEAD WE DID, WE'RE JUST HELPING AT THE HUBER HAUNTS AND THE YMCA TRUNK RETREATS AND THEN THE PICKLEBALL.
WE ARE DOING TWO TOURNAMENTS, THE ONE BEING THIS WEEKEND, NEXT WEEKEND.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING ALREADY, I PLAYED TODAY.
SO THOSE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL.
YES, BUT I HAD FUN AND AT PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, I THINK IT, THE FIRST ONE WENT A LOT BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
UH, THE ONE THAT'S GOING ON NOW, UH, THERE ARE VERY FEW COMPLAINTS ONCE WE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT AND I THINK NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE A BETTER PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THAT.
AND UH, SO THAT TO ME SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEED TO BE, NEED TO BE CONTINUOUS.
PLANNING FOR TWO PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS A SUMMER AND THESE TWO A FALL.
YOUNG FOLKS COME AND CHRIS BROUGHT A POINT THERE THAT WE WANT TO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, UH, THE EARTH DAY TREE GIVEAWAY, THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, UH, IDEA FOR THE THE OLDER POPULATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, YOUNGER AT THE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, ANY ACTIVITY CAN COME UP WITH THAT, WHETHER IT BE SOME SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT OR SOME OTHER CARNIVAL EVENT.
ANYTHING WE CAN COME UP WITH TO GET THEM COULD DO LIKE A WHOLE FIELD DAY SORT OF THING.
WITH MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES BROKEN DOWN INTO DIFFERENT AGE RANGES.
UM, THERE'S ALSO PROGRAMS THROUGH LIKE NEWPORT, CINCINNATI ZOO, UM, COLUMBUS ZOO THAT OTHER AREAS AROUND HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH WHERE THEY'LL COME OUT AND THEY'LL BRING DIFFERENT EXHIBITS.
THAT'S USUALLY A PRETTY POPULAR FAMILY ACTIVITY.
UM, JUSTICE, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO CHIME IN ABOUT THOSE DISNEY PERFORMERS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GET BEHIND TOO? YOU KNOW, SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DISNEY COVER BAND CALLED THE LITTLE MERMAID AND THEY DO ALL OF THE CHARACTERS.
A BIG EVENT I'VE TAKEN OF, OF BOARDS SPRING BEFORE FOR PAST COUPLE YEARS.
THEY'VE GONE, UM, ACTUALLY PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN COMING TO SPRINGBORO.
WE'VE GONE A FEW TIMES TO WATCH THAT.
I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB, ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS.
IT'S LIKE IT'S A CONCERT FOR THEM.
THEY THINK IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND YOU HAVE UM, FACE PAINTING, LITTLE LIKE CHILD OR LIKE CLOWN OR BLOOM PEOPLE, WHATEVER FACE PAINTING.
YOU CAN DO ALL THOSE LITTLE ACTIVITIES TOO.
THE UM, FOR THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, I THINK THEY WOULD BE A GREAT GROUP TO HAVE COME.
WHAT ABOUT THE THE PRINCESS PARTY? YEAH, THERE'S A PRINCESS PARTY LOCAL TO US NOW.
DID ANYBODY GO TO THAT AT VALIA? DID YOU GO TO THAT CASEY? NO.
JACKSON'S NOT REALLY IN THE PRINCESSES.
UM, I THINK THEY DO BLUEY AND SOME OTHER STUFF TOO, BUT UM, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE WANNA DO TWO PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS.
WE WANNA DO SOMETHING FAIRLY BIG FOR THE YOUTH AND WE WANNA DO THE TREE GIVEAWAY THAT WE GAVE AWAY.
ALL THE TREES, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE UPSET THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT AND THERE WAS I GUESS STILL PEOPLE ONLINE AND WANTING THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE, SO THAT WAS A HUGE HIT.
SO YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL WANTING TREES, YOU COULD GIVE 'EM MORE WASTE.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO AGAIN.
SO ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT BEING OUR EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY MONTH THING THAT WE DO? OKAY.
AND THEN, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO TWO PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT.
WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING FOR THE YOUTH.
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GONNA DO THE TREE GIVEAWAY.THAT FEELS LIKE ENOUGH TO ME TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE I ALSO WANNA KEEP MAKING YOU ALL CONTINUE TO TACKLE POLICY AND PROCEDURE, WHICH PROBABLY SOUNDS MORE BORING, BUT QUESTION YES, THAT'S, WELL, SAME, SAME THING AS THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL OR THAT LIKE A SEPARATE, IT WAS NOT.
SO THE MARIGOLD FESTIVAL WAS PUT ON BY ARTS AND ATION AND THEN THERE WAS LIKE A FALL HARVEST FAMILY FESTIVAL IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
IT HAPPENED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
MAYBE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND DID SOME STUFF THERE.
UM, AS TO THE SPECIFICS OF PICKLEBALL DATES AND WHAT EXACTLY YOU WANNA DO FOR THE YOUTH AND, AND HOW MANY TREES VERSUS BUSHES WE WANNA GET AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT THIS GIVES ME AN IDEA JUST FOR A BUDGET REQUEST.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON WHAT'S A GOOD DATE FOR SOME OF THOSE EVENTS, YOU CAN GET THOSE TO UH, ME OR SARAH AND I MAKE SURE SHE GETS THOSE INFORMATION, THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I WOULD GIVE YOU THE DATES FOR THE, UH, PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT.
I BRING THOSE TO YOU FOR THE NEXT MEETING THEN.
THEN YOU GONNA CONSULT DENNIS.
YOU DON'T WANT 'EM TO BE LEFT OUT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR SARAH ON, UH, ITEM THREE THERE.
AND I GUESS THEN, UH, THAT WILL LEAD US TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS? SARAH OR CHRIS BOARD? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR SHELBY BAIT? UM, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING NOW, SO AS OF LAST SPEAKING TO THEM, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING LITERALLY THIS WEEK.
SO, UM, I WILL GET BACK ON THAT.
MS. JACKSON ASKS EVERY TIME WE DRIVE BY WHERE, QUESTION WHERE DID GO? OKAY.
NO OTHER COMMENTS ON ADDITIONAL BUSINESS? DID EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? WERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? IF THERE WERE NO CORRECTION, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED.
AND THEN ALSO AT THIS POINT I WANT MAKE THAT OUT NEXT MEETING BE OCTOBER 17TH AND I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED.