* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road January 16, 2025 6:30 P.M.] [00:00:07] NOT YET. OKAY. UM, OKAY, CHRIS. SO YEAH, SO WE'LL MAKE THAT TRANSITION OVER THE NEXT, I GUESS REALLY YEAR IS WHAT IT'LL BE. UM, THE OTHER THING IS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE NOVEMBER MEETING WAS ABOUT HOLDING A, UH, CLINIC FOR TEENAGERS AROUND PICKLEBALL AT THE Y. UM, WE ARE WORKING TO GET, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO HELP LEAD THAT, UM, THAT PLAY PICKLEBALL REGULARLY AT THE Y UM, WE'LL GET MARKETING DONE, UM, AND WE'LL GET THAT OUT, BUT IT WILL START, UM, SOMETIME AFTER THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. UM, AND WE'LL DO IT ON A SATURDAY MORNING, UM, ONCE WE GET DONE WITH BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AT THE BLOCK. SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT IN PLACE. UM, SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AND WE'LL MAKE THAT A FREE EVENT, BUT WE'LL CAP IT AT THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WE CAN TAKE. SO A LITTLE COMMENT ON THAT TOO. I BE TALKING TO YOUR, UH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR AND WE HAD PICKED EIGHT OR 26 AT A 10 DATE RIGHT NOW TO START OR TO DO SOMETHING OUT THE COURTS TO DO SOMETHING, JUST TO BE WE SAYING IT GONNA BE OUTDOORS AT THE PARK. BUT THAT'S WHETHER DEPEND ON THAT COURSE. YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING WAS DOING SOMETHING BEFORE THAT WHERE THEY COULD LEARN THE BASIC RULES RIGHT BEFORE WE TAKE THEM OUT TO COMMUNITY TO PLAY ON THE COURTS. ALRIGHT THEN. SO, SO WE'LL GET THAT IN PLACE. I'LL GET THE, THE MARKETING INFORMATION TO SARAH. UM, WE'LL GET IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. SHE CAN POST IT ON HER CHANNELS AND WE'LL GET IT UP IN THE Y UM, BUT THEN, UH, WE WILL, UH, ASK ALEX TO SUPERVISE ALL THESE TEENAGERS PLAYING TABLE BALL. SO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT THAT'S GOING ON, UM, FROM MY STANDPOINT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS ABOUT ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES? OKAY, IF NOT THEN WE'LL GO ON TO SARAH. I THINK ON THE MOTHER SPORTS COURT VISIT. OH WAIT, DO YOU WANT A CITY UPDATE? OH, I'M SORRY. YES, I DO. OKAY. APOLOGIZE. UM, THE FIRST UPDATE IS, UM, I GAVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF SWAG FROM THE OPENING OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS SENIOR CENTER THAT TOOK PLACE THIS LAST FRIDAY. UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO BRAVED THE SNOW TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT OPENING. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. UM, AND THERE WAS DEFINITELY MORE PEOPLE THAN I ANTICIPATED WITH THE WEATHER. SO, UH, TAKE YOUR PEN SO YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE LOCATED NOW. UM, THAT SENIOR BOARD DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND, UM, TRANSITIONING AND GETTING VOLUNTEERS TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES THEY DO UP THERE. ANYONE WATCHING AT HOME WHO WANTS TO JOIN THE SENIOR CENTER, YOU DO JUST HAVE TO BE 50 YEARS OLD AND IT'S $20 A YEAR. UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY ALLOW PEOPLE, SPOUSES UNDER THE AGE OF 50, UH, AS LONG AS YOUR SPOUSE IS AT LEAST 50 AND JOINING ALSO. SO, UM, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIALIZATION UP THERE AND WE'RE NOW CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE YMCA, SO THAT'S, UM, FANTASTIC LOCATION FOR US. THE NEXT UPDATE THAT I HAVE IS THAT, UM, I AM STILL WORKING ON COMPILING THE OPTIONS THAT WE PLAN TO PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMUNITY PARK IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PLAYGROUND. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK ONLINE AT LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES WEBSITE, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, THERE'S STILL TIME, UM, TO LOOK AT SOME PIECES AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT REALLY INSPIRES YOU TO GO OUT THERE. UM, AND THEN I'LL COMPILE THAT AND WE'LL PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. ON THE NOTE OF PLAYGROUNDS, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED THE SHO GATE PLAYGROUND IS SHUT DOWN ONCE AGAIN. UM, THERE IS AN, AN ISSUE WITH OUR SURFACING AN AREA WHERE IT DID NOT, UM, WE HAVE LIKE A SUB SURFACING ISSUE, UM, AND IT DIDN'T HOLD UP, SO IT'S CREATED KIND OF A SINK HOLE. UM, WITH THAT, IF YOU WERE TO STEP ON IT AND A FULL RUN, YOU'D PROBABLY TWIST AN ANKLE OR FALL DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE SHUT IT DOWN FOR NOW. UH, WE DO NEED WEATHER PRETTY MUCH AT 50 DEGREES AND RISING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK ON IT. SO WE ARE A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM THAT ACTUALLY REOPENING, UNFORTUNATELY. ONE MORE PLAYGROUND NOTE. UM, WE ARE BUDGETED THIS COMING YEAR TO REPLACE COTTONWOOD PLAYGROUND. UM, SO I HAD A MEETING WITH A, UM, PLAYGROUND PROVIDER. IT'S, UM, A DIFFERENT PROVIDER THAN WE'VE USED HERE IN THE CITY IN THE PAST. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME NEW AND DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT. UM, AND ONCE I HAVE VERSIONS OF THAT, I'LL BE BRINGING IT HERE TOO FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, FOR OUT THERE AT COTTONWOOD. AND THEN THE LAST, UM, PIECE, I ALSO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU A FLYER FOR OUR LISTENING [00:05:01] SESSIONS THAT ARE COMING UP THE CITY AND, UM, ITS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY BOARD COMMISSION ARE HOLDING LISTENING SESSIONS, UM, REGARDING DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY COMMUN A LOT OF THINGS. OFTEN THINK RACE AND RELIGION, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE MARITAL STATUS AND UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, PEOPLE OF DIFFERING ABILITIES AND, AND IT REALLY ENCOMPASSES OF WHY OR GRAY AGE, ALL OF THAT. SO REALLY EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT THESE SESSIONS. UM, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND ONE OF THEM IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S BIG IN THE FIELD OF DIVERSITY AND, AND WE'RE, UM, PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT TO THE FACT 'CAUSE WHO WORK HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE RELAY TO THEM THAT THESE LISTENING SESSIONS ARE HAPPENING AND I KNOW WE AS A CITY HOPE TO GLEAN INFO ON HOW WE GROW IN A PURPOSEFUL MANNER, UM, AND ENCOMPASS MORE DIVERSITY IN OUR OPERATIONS AND UM, SEE MAYBE WHERE WE'RE MISSING THE MARK IN SOME AREAS. SO, UM, EVERYONE'S OPINION IS WELCOME AND I'LL BE, I HAVEN'T CHOSEN WHICH ONE I'LL BE AT YET, BUT I'LL BE AT ONE OF 'EM. SO I'LL SEE YOU THERE. AND THEN THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE UPDATES I'VE BEEN MOSTLY, I KNOW I SAID I'D GET SOME MORE POLICY VERSIONS BACK TO YOU GUYS, BUT I'VE BEEN PRETTY TIED UP WITH THE OPENING SENIOR CENTER, SO BY NEXT MONTH I ANTICIPATE THOSE FOR YOU. AND THAT'S ALL. UH, SARAH, ON THIS FITTING UPDATE, DID YOU, UH, FINALIZE YOUR PRIORITIES LIST FOR THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR? BECAUSE UH, THERE WAS SOME ITEMS ON THERE THAT WERE TIME SENSITIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ON THERE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO RE UH, INSTALL CONCRETE FROM THE ASPHALT DOWN AT THE PARK DOWN THERE AT COMMUNITY PARK MM-HMM . BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WITH THE RAINIER WEATHER COMING PEOPLE PLAYING PICKLEBALL THAT MIGHT DESTROY THE GROUND. SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WERE YOU PLAN ON DOING THAT. SO ASPHALT AT WHAT PART OF, I'M SORRY. UH, COMMUNITY, THERE'S, THERE'S A CHUNK OF MONEY SET ASIDE FOR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? UM, I DON'T RECALL TALKING ABOUT INSTALLING REDO, LIKE REDOING THE PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALK. CORRECT. I SAW WITH THE PLAN WAS THAT YOU WERE GOING TO EXTEND THE CURRENT PARKING THAT'S THERE BY THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE SEE PEOPLE WHO PLAY PICKLEBALL USE THAT SAME PARKING AREA. MM-HMM . BUT WHEN THAT FILLS UP THEY FALL ANYWHERE FROM THE GRASS AND SO FORTH. AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. SO I THOUGHT WE HAD PLANNED ON THIS YEAR AND EXPANDING THAT UH, PARKING AREA. OKAY. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK BACK. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT YEAR I STEP WHAT I DO KNOW THAT I'M CURRENTLY SEEKING A GRANT FOR PAVING WALKING PATH THERE. OKAY. UM, AND SO TACKING ON A PARKING LOT IS PROBABLY WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY, BUT I JUST HAVE TO LOOK. SORRY I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE. OKAY. UM, BUT WHEN, ON THE NOTE OF COMMUNITY, WHEN I BRING BACK THE COMMUNITY PARK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, I CAN ALSO BRING BACK EVERYTHING THAT I HAD EARMARKED IN CAPITAL FOR THIS YEAR AND YOU GUYS CAN MAYBE HELP ME PRIORITIZE IT BECAUSE IF SOMETHING WAS OFF BASE, WE CAN MOVE IT AROUND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND ON THAT, WHEN DO YOU INTEND TO PUT THE NET BACK UP? NAH, UNTIL THE WEATHER BREAKS. THERE'S PUT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND, ALEX, UNTIL WHEN UNTIL THE WEATHER BREAKS, THERE'S A SNOW ON THE GROUND. WELL, BUT I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW THE SAME AS OUR PARK OPERATIONS WITH LIKE OUR RESTROOM. SO PROBABLY APRIL, APRIL 1ST. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. MM-HMM . BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ASKING ALREADY WHEN I SAID, YOU KNOW, I TOLD 'EM MAY SO I WAS OKAY THEN. OH SO THEY, THEY'LL BE GLAD TO HAVE APRIL BUT I TOLD 'EM MAY. OKAY. LIKELY APRIL, UH, IF WE HAVE A LATE SNOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT MIGHT DELAY US OF COURSE. BUT I WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU BACK ON THE END. , THANKS. YES, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR SARAH ABOUT ANYTHING THAT PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR AT THE PARK? UH, SENIOR SENATOR, THEY WERE RUNNING THESE THING YOU SAID ON THAT TOO. I'M NOT RUNNING THE SENIOR CENTER. OH OKAY. THERE'S A, IT IS ACTUALLY A NONPROFIT UM OKAY. THAT RUNS THE SENIOR CENTER. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A USE AGREEMENT FOR 'EM TO USE THE SPACE AND WE DO A SHARED USE BETWEEN THE PARTS DEPARTMENT AND THE YEAH. YEAH. SO I'LL START THAT RUMOR. OKAY. . GOD I DO NOT PLAN. I DON'T PICK WHERE WE BUY THE COFFEE OR WHEN WE'RE HOLDING BINGO. NONE OF THAT. NONE US ME. ALRIGHT, BYE. THANKS SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SARAH, ABOUT CITY UPDATE BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM FOUR THAT IS THE UH, MOTHER'S SPORTS COURT VISIT? YES. SO, UM, THE COMPANY THAT I WAS LOOKING AT FOR THE MULTI-SPORT COURT SURFACING WHERE WE PUT ALL OF THOSE MULTIPLE SPORTS OUT AT COMMUNITY PARK ADJACENT TO THE PICKLEBALL [00:10:01] COURTS, UM, THEY HAD SAID THAT WE CAN COME VISIT THEIR SHOWROOM IN MONROE. UM, SO IF WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, I WANTED TO JUST GET UM, AN INKLING OF WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN GOING. I CAN ALWAYS FLOAT IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. AND THEN ALSO, UM, I ASSUME THEY'RE GONNA PREFER US COMING DURING WORKING HOURS, UH, BUT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SHORTLY AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK OR SOMETHING. UM, ONE EVENING. BUT JUST IF THERE'S A SHOW OF HANDS TO PEOPLE WHO DEFINITELY WANT GO AND THEN IF THEY, ANYTHING I SHOULD BE, I GO BEFORE TAKES APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES TO GET TO THE MONROE, I GET DOWN THERE AND THEN DO WE NEED TO MAKE AFTER WORK OR DO MOST PEOPLE FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES SO THEY CAN TAKE A LONG LUNCH OR SOMETHING AND, AND I'M RETIRED. YEAH, I'M FLEXIBLE. , IT DEPENDS ON THE AGE, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. OKAY. I'LL GET A HANDFUL OF DAYS FROM THEM AND THEN FLOAT 'EM OUT TO EVERYBODY AND WE CAN KIND OF, I CAN PUT IT OUT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND WHICHEVER ONE HAS THE MOST THEN THE PARTNERSHIP TO GET WITH IT, SO. OKAY. GREAT. AND DID EVERYONE GET TO SEE A COPY OF WHAT THE MOTHER SPORTS COURT WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE? DID EVERYONE GET A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT SALE? WE SENT IT OUT THERE. IT WAS GIVEN OUT. OKAY. THOSE ARE MINES. I GET 'EM BACK PLEASE. OKAY. EVERYONE SEEN IT? ALRIGHT THEN YOU SEE IT CHRIS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT THEN. SO WE'LL LET SARAH WORK THIS SCHEDULE THEN TO VISIT DOWN. SEE, UH, OKAY GREAT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NOW WAS THAT PLAN ON BEING DONE THIS YEAR ALSO? UM, I HAD THAT BUDGETED. I DO KNOW THAT FOR SURE. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT TIME YOU'RE GOING TO START ON THAT? NO, BUT IT SHOULDN'T, UM, IT SHOULD NOT DISRUPT PICKLEBALL OTHER THAN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA DO SOME WORK ON THE FENCE AS A WHOLE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE PICKLE BALLS GOING UNDER THE FENCE. UM, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT TIMELINE WITH THEM TOO TO NOT HIT YOU IN YOUR BUSIEST SEASON AFTER THERE OUT. THE REASON I WAS ASKING BECAUSE WE WERE ALSO PLAYING ON DOING A YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND I WOULD HATE TO PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. I LITERALLY MEAN THAT HERE. MM-HMM . YOU DON'T WANT HAVE THE CHILDREN SET UP, YOU KNOW, AND THE COURSE ARE NOT FINISHED. I COULDN'T GET AN IDEA OF WHAT YOUR SCHEDULE WAS LIKE TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED IN SEPTEMBER. ANYTIME IN THAT TIMEFRAME. OKAY. BECAUSE REASON I BRING THAT UP ALSO IS BECAUSE IT, THE LAST WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WE INDICATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY AND GET MORE ACTIVITIES, WHETHER IT BE DISC GOLF, PICKLEBALL BASKETBALL FOR THE TEENAGERS TRYING TO, AND WERE, YEAH, WE KNOW THE OLD FOLK ARE PLAYING PICKLEBALL BUT WE SOMETHING FOR THAT GROUP ALSO AND WE WERE TRYING TO DO BASKETBALL LIKE A SATURDAY AFTERNOON, A SATURDAY PLAYING BASKETBALL FOR THEM. IT MIGHT BE, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE COULD DO PLAN LIKE A THREE B THREE TOURNAMENT AS A GRAND OPENING TO THE COURT. RIGHT. SO I'LL HAVE TO JUST FIND OUT TIMELINE. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT THEN. AND WE'LL LET CASEY AND I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT THEN. OKAY. OKAY. , SHE AGREED THAT SHE DIDN'T SAY NO. OKAY. SO WE GOOD. ALRIGHT, THANKS SARAH. ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MOTHER'S COURT VISIT? ARE THE COURTS THEMSELVES? NO QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. NEW BUSINESS IS NEXT ITEM SIX AND WE HAVE ON HERE MAY MEETING DATE. SO I'LL BE VERY BAD NEWS I GUESS THEN, UH, OUR MEETING HAS BEEN, NEEDS TO MOVE IN MAY BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO HOLD A MAKEUP MEETING ON THAT NIGHT. UM, SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT ANOTHER DAY. IF IT'S TOO PREMATURE TO PICK ONE RIGHT NOW, UM, THEN WE CAN HOLD OFF. I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY PREVIOUS RESEARCH, I'M TRYING TO FIND MAKEUP DATES FOR THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD. KIND OF THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH IS TYPICALLY BEST. UM, BUT WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, BRING IT UP NEXT MONTH TOO AND PICK THE DATE THAT IT'S NOT AN URGENT MATTER. WE JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING IT ON OUR NORMAL DAY AND MAY AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT NEITHER. MM-HMM . CORRECT. RIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF BOARDS AND CONDITIONS THOUGH IN THIS OKAY. CITY SO IT'S HARD TO FARM SPACE, FARM BUSINESS SPACE. OKAY. [00:15:03] DO YOU WANT, SHOULD WE JUST, JUST CABLE ADD IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, AND I'LL BRING A HANDFUL OF DATES KNOWING THAT IT'S PROBABLY LATER IN THE MONTH. OKAY. THAN EARLIER IS USUALLY EASIER. ALRIGHT, WE'LL HOLD ON, HOLD THAT THEN. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE IS UH, ITEM SIX TWO, YOUR 250TH BIRTHDAY. HAS THAT BEEN THAT LONG? YES. SO NEXT YEAR IS AMERICA'S SEMI QUENTIN CENTENNIAL AND I DEFINITELY AM NOT SAYING THAT RIGHT. UM, BUT UH, SO WE AS A CITY ARE UM, PLANNING TO JOIN THE GOVERNOR'S UM, INITIATIVE AND COMMISSION ON CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY. UH, NEXT YEAR ALSO NEXT YEAR KIND OF SERENDIPITOUSLY THE 4TH OF JULY ALSO FALLS ON A SATURDAY. SO OUR UH, STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS WILL ACTUALLY BE ON THE 4TH OF JULY. IT IS MY IDEA THAT UH, ONE WE BLOW THAT OUT OF THE WATER, UM, AS THE CELEBRATION AND TWO THEN WE HAVE A SERIES OF OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SHOWCASING THE RICH HISTORY OF UM, OHIO AND OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OF AMERICA ALL AS A WHOLE. SO, UM, I'M BEGINNING TO WORK ON THAT. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO OUR SEWING GROUP UP AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING SOME HELPING, UH, POSSIBLY WITH OUR CELEBRATION AND I'M LOOKING FOR OTHER IDEAS TO PROGRAM FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 2026 AROUND THIS UM, 250TH BIRTHDAY. SO, UM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING ON A INFORMAL COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HELP ME PLAN THOSE PROGRAMS, UM, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO HAVE YOU. SO PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW. UM, IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE, PATRIOTIC PERSON AND YOU WANT TO HELP WITH THIS CELEBRATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN ON TONIGHT, BUT I WILL BE BUDGETING YOU FOR VOLUNTEERS ON THESE ITEMS IN 2026. OKAY. ANY QUESTION? I'M SORRY. JUST STAY AROUND THAT ISSUE. YOUR, HOW LONG HAVE YOU WITH THE COMMITTEE FOR WHAT? I THINK THAT WE SHOULD START TALKING ABOUT IT BY THIS SUMMER. YEAH, SO LIKE MAY, JUNE, LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A YEAR OF PLANNING. UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR EVERY MONTH OF 2026, UM, THAT WE CAN PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND. OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM WE HAD OUT THERE IS THE PLAN TO GIVE AWAY. I ASSUME THAT YOU ALSO THERE SIR. WELL ACTUALLY I WAS GONNA DEFER TO RICHARD AND SEE IF HE WANTED, UH, HE HAD MENTIONED SOME IDEAS ABOUT MAKING IT A PLANT GIVEAWAY, NOT JUST A TREE GIVEAWAY AND SEE IF HE HAD MORE THAN ONE TO TALK. OH RIGHT, DAN RIDT. YEP. YEAH, SO UM, I GUESS LAST YEAR THERE WAS THE EVENT. FIRST TIME I SEEN IT I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL. UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE I MET SARAH AND UH, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE POSITION. SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF A RULE IN THAT THIS YEAR. UH, I THINK, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE NOTICED IN SOME OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, THEY HAVE PROGRAMS IN XENIA AND IN KETTERING WHERE THEY CALL IT A HERITAGE TREE PROGRAM WHERE THEY KIND OF, UM, RECOGNIZE CERTAIN TREES IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND LIKE A PLAQUE IS PUT IN THE, IN THE YARD, WHEREVER THE TREE'S AT TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THE TREE AND JUST KIND OF SHOW UM, YOU KNOW, THE NICE TREES THAT WE HAVE, THE RESPECT FOR TREES, TRYING TO MAINTAIN 'EM, THE DIVERSITY OF TREES. SO I THINK IT'S A NICE KIND OF MAYBE PARTNER INITIATIVE WITH THE, UH, PLAN AWAY TO KIND OF MAYBE KICK OFF THIS HERITAGE TREE KIND OF PROGRAM FOR THE CITY AS WELL. SO I'M WILLING TO KIND OF TAKE THAT ON. I COULD TALK TO THE FOLKS IN UNION AND KETTERING TO MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY DID AND HOW I MIGHT WANNA DO SOMETHING HERE AS WELL. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S UM, IT'S PRETTY WELL LAID OUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO IF THERE'S INTEREST I COULD COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND TALK MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT, WHAT WE COULD DO. BE GLAD TO BE GLAD TO HAVE IT. AND ALSO THEY GIVE US TIME TO FIGURE OUT IF WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU. THAT'LL BE GOOD. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT THEN. ALRIGHT THEN. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD ON THE TABLE THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING ALSO UHHUH, ONE THING I DO WANNA SET IS ACTUALLY THE DATE FOR THE PLANTING GIVE AWAY. WE'RE GONNA DO IT. OKAY. AGAIN. UM, APRIL IS, I, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHEN EASTER'S IN MARCH 'CAUSE IT MAKES ALL THE EARTH DAY PLANNING SO MUCH EASIER IN APRIL, BUT UM, SO APRIL EASTER IS THE WEEKEND OF THE 20TH. I KNOW THE WEEKEND OF THE 26TH THERE'S SOME EASTER THINGS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A 5K BEING PUT ON BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SO THAT'S, UH, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE TO DO A SATURDAY, A SUNDAY. IT COULD BE ENTERTAINED FOR THE TREE GIVEAWAY. IT'S, IT'S TYPICALLY IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT JUST A PICKUP [00:20:01] SITUATION, THEN THAT MIGHT WORK. UM, AND THE ACTUAL ARBOR DAY IS THE 25TH. SO THOUGHTS ON TREE SLASH PLANT PICKUP DATE. MY MIND EARLIER IS BETTER SO THE WEATHER DOESN'T GET TOO HOT AND IT GETS TOO HARD TO GET THEM ESTABLISHED IN. RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. FIFTH 12TH FOR, FOR ME, APRIL 5TH AND 12TH IS LIKE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, TOO CLOSE TO EASTERN 26TH, THERE'S ALREADY A BIG EVENT GOING ON RIDES THAT DAY. SO I, I PROBABLY SAY THE FIFTH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE BETTER. OKAY, GREAT. EIGHT 50 LOCATION. I THINK WE'LL KEEP IT AT THE IBERG. UM, OR EVEN MAYBE EVEN THE, THE PARKING LOT OF THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, BECAUSE THEN WE COULD, IF IT'S RAINY OR SOMETHING, WE COULD STEP IN INSIDE AND ATRIUM AND WE HAVE CARS. THERE'S A NICE POOL AROUND THERE TOO, SO I'LL TALK TO THAT SENIOR, UH, BOARD. THEY TYPICALLY AREN'T THERE ON SATURDAY SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE OKAY WITH IT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU RICHARD FOR VOLUNTEERING AND UH, WISH IF WE CAN PASS SOME HELP FOR YOU. GREAT. OKAY. AND THEN RICHARD, DID YOU WANNA TAKE A HAND IN THE PLANT GIVEAWAY AND LOOK AT SELECTING SPECIES AND STUFF FOR ME? AND UM, YEAH, I'LL DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE, TAKE THAT OFF. OKAY. UM, TYPICALLY I WORK WITH DEEPLY ROOTED LANDSCAPES. YOU'RE WELCOME TO WORK WITH A DIFFERENT NURSERY THOUGH IF, IF YOU FIND, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THERE AND, UM, I, I WOULD LOVE TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT NATIVE SPECIES USE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE EXPENDING IT TO PLANTS, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA IF THE BOARD'S ON WORK. 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN A TREE IN THEIR YARD, BUT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO, BUT IN SOME CAULIFLOWERS NATIVE CLAY. OKAY, THANKS. I'LL BE, I'LL BE IN TOUCH RICH. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR EITHER RICHARD OR SARAH? IF NOT DAN, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENT ITEM SEVEN. OH, I GUESS THAT I SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS IN THE CITY UPDATE ACTUALLY. UM, BUT WE, I DID MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UM, ARTIST AGREEMENT FOR THE LITTLE MERMAN. UM, AND IT IS GOING TO BE ON JULY 11TH. GET OUT YOUR MICKEY EARS. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, IF NOT THEN WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH WAS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER. SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER, HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES? WERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? THERE WERE NONE. WERE THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES? IF NOT, THEN I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. ALL IN FAVOR, YOUR HANDS ALRIGHT MINUTES. ALL APPROVE. AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED UNTIL FEBRUARY 20. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.