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[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road February 20, 2025 6:30 P.M.]
ALRIGHT.SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START AND START WITH THE
AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THOSE THAT ARE ABSENT? UH, SECOND.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OPENING REMARKS, WHICH I DO NOT HAVE ANY.
AND THERE ARE NO CITIZENS COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
WE'LL START WITH THE YMCA UPDATE.
YEAH, SO, UM, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WITH THE WEATHER OUTSIDE, BUT WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO FULL POOL SEASON.
UM, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE SCARY, UM, BUT WE'RE THERE, UM, WE HAVE OUR, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY HEALTH INSPECTION ALREADY SCHEDULED IN MAY.
UM, WATER WILL BE TURNED ONTO THE AQUATIC CENTER ON APRIL 7TH, UH, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST DAY FOR STAFF OUTSIDE.
UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING LIFEGUARDS AND OTHER POSITIONS, SO WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO, TO GET YOU THE POOLS READY FOR A SATURDAY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND OPENING.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I THINK FOR THE SPLASH PAD, UH, WATER GETS TURNED OUT IN THE PARKS AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
UM, I DID TALK TO MIKE GRAY FROM PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT, UM, ROTOR ROTARY AND SOME OF THE, UM, PIPES OUT AT THE SPLASH PAD TO HELP WITH HELP WITH SOME FLOW ISSUES TO GET US THROUGH ANOTHER SEASON OR, OR TWO DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS AT CLOUD.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT SHOULD BE READY TO GO, UM, IN TIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY OPENING AS WELL.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME UPCOMING PICKLEBALL, UH, THINGS GOING ON.
UM, I THINK ALEX WORKED WITH CARRIE FROM THE Y TO KIND OF SET SOME OF THESE DATES.
UM, WE HAVE SCHEDULED THE KING AND QUEEN ON JUNE 13TH AND 14TH AT COMMUNITY.
UM, AND JUNE 14TH IS 18 AND UP, UH, LOOKS LIKE MAY 9TH AND 10TH.
WE'RE GONNA RUN A DOUBLES TOURNAMENT, UH, 15 AND UP IS ON THAT FRIDAY THE NINTH 18 AND UP IS ON THE 10TH OF MAY.
UH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE EARLY APRIL.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, ALEX? FOR MIXED DOUBLES AT THE PARK OR AT THE Y AT THE PARK IS WHAT IT SAYS HERE.
I THOUGHT THAT ONE MAY HAVE BEEN AT THE Y.
WE'VE GOT ONE ON FOUR FOUR AT THE Y FOR DOUBLES.
SO WE MIGHT NEED TO REVISIT THAT EARLY APRIL.
AND THEN WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE TEEN CLINIC, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND, AND FIND SOME PEOPLE TO HELP LEAD THAT.
SO WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION NEXT MONTH FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S ALL WE GOT FROM THE ONE AND SARAH WITH THE CITY UPDATE.
UM, THE, UM, UPDATE I HAVE FOR YOU MAINLY TONIGHT IS TO TALK ABOUT COTTONWOOD PARK.
IT WAS ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO DO A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THAT PLAYGROUND THIS YEAR.
UM, I HAVE ENLISTED THE HELP OF MID-STATE RECREATION TO LOOK AT A CONCEPT FOR THAT PARK.
THIS COMPANY IS NOT OTHERWISE REPRESENTED IN OUR PARK SYSTEM, SO WE'VE KIND OF GONE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT PROVIDERS IN THE PAST.
SO WE WOULD BE GIVING THEM, UM, THIS WOULD BE THEIR FIRST DEBUT IN OUR PARKS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THEM IS THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL ADD A LEVEL OF DIVERSITY TO OUR PARKS, UM, INDIVIDUAL TOYS OUT THERE, BUT ALSO THEY DO THEIR OWN PLAYGROUND SURFACING.
SO IT IS THEIR CREW ON THEIR PAYROLL COMING IN AND DOING THE SURFACING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON A CREW THAT TRAVELS THE WHOLE NATION TO COME IN AND DO IT.
UM, THAT PUT US ON SIGNIFICANT DELAYS UP AT SHO GATE THIS PAST YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO HAS TO BE COORDINATED AGAIN TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND DO REPAIRS INSTEAD.
SO THAT I THINK IS A MAJOR ADVANTAGE FOR THIS SURFACE OF HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO THE ASTROTURF SURFACING.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO MAKE REPAIRS TO AND PORT IN PLACE.
UM, AS FAR AS ITS ACCESSIBILITY,
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IT'S RATED HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE.SOME PEOPLE PREFER THE PORT IN PLACE, WHICH IS WHY USED IT AT SHO GATE.
UM, BUT THIS ONE IS SET UP WITH TURF CURRENTLY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S KIND OF, UM, THIS GUY'S BEEN ROTATING SINCE YOU'VE BEEN WALKING IN, BUT WE HAVE WHERE THEY'VE MADE THESE HILLS OUT OF THE TURF TO PLAY ON.
THERE'S SLIDE CLIMBING ROPE AND SOME LIKE ROCK WALL TYPE ELEMENTS BUILT IN.
THERE'S A REALLY BIG SLIDE, WHICH I THINK IS COOL.
UM, OVER HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MOUNDS THAT'S BUILT WITH, THIS IS RATED MORE FOR A TODDLER LEVEL SIZE SLIDE.
WE HAVE OUR SWINGS WITH OUR A DA AND ONE TODDLER.
AND THEN, UM, REGULAR THINGS WE CAN ADD MORE TODDLER IF WE DESIRE, IF THAT'S UP TO US.
AND THEN BACK HERE IS A SPINNER THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE.
THIS IS THE MAIN TOWER SLIDES FINALS AND THIS GUY SPINS.
SO I CAN ALSO SHOW YOU THESE PDFS.
UM, ONE THING THAT I REALLY HAD HER EMPHASIZED WAS SHADE.
SO THOSE ARE VERY LARGE SHADE PIECES ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND THEN EVEN THE SHADE OVER THIS BENCH WILL PROVIDE AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY SHADE OVER THIS TODDLER LAYOUT ELEMENT.
THIS IS, UM, KIND OF COMPUTER GENERATED.
SO THEY, THIS, THESE TREES DON'T ACTUALLY REALLY EXIST OUT AT COTTONWOOD, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT SHA THERE.
UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PAVE SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY AROUND IT, UM, TO MAKE IT A VERY NICE WALKING LOOP.
IS THERE A PICTURE THAT SHOWED LIKE, LIKE OVERVIEW OF WHERE THIS FITS INTO THE WHOLE PARK? IT'S GOING TO, NOPE.
UM, BUT IT GOES IN THE FOOTPRINT THAT THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND IS IT? WE'RE GONNA TEAR THOSE OUT AND PUT THIS ONE IN.
IS THERE AN OPEN AREA IN THAT PARK? THERE IS STILL, YEAH.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A SIZE OF A COUPLE FOOTBALL FIELDS BACK BEHIND THIS PLAYGROUND.
SO THE SHELTER STILL STAYS MM-HMM
BUT THE REST OF THEM THEN THE BASKETBALL COURTS WILL JUST BE TO THE RIGHT HERE.
I CAN PULL OUT MATCH REALLY QUICK BASKETBALL COURT UP FRONT IF YOU GOT THE SHELTER AND THEN YOU GOT THE PLAY PLAYGROUND.
THERE USED TO BE LIKE FOUR BASEBALL DIAMONDS BACK THERE, BUT THEY TORE ALL THAT OUT.
IT WAS LIKE T BALLS AGES OF WASN'T YEAH, THEY PROBABLY WERE FOUR TEAM BALL BECAUSE IT CAME RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THAT THOSE BACK TIME WAS THERE.
SO WE TOOK OUT THESE BACKSTOPS LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE JUST IN A STATE DISREPAIR AND WE DID SOME UM, PATCHING OUT IN THE GRASS TOO, WHERE WE HAD, UM, TRIP HAZARDS FROM THE OLD WHERE THE BASE PLUGS HAD BEEN SET.
SO THIS IS ALL GREEN SPACE NOW.
THERE ARE THREE SECTIONS OF THE CURRENT PLAYGROUND.
SO THIS ONE, ALL THREE WILL BE RIPPED OUT AND THEN WE'LL BE PUTTING THE OTHER ONE IN HEREISH.
SO WE WILL GET SOME OF THIS SHADE.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS OVER HERE AT THE END.
THOSE TREES WERE THERE AND THEN WE'LL PUT THE PLAYGROUND IN ROUGHLY THERE.
WE DID HAVE A LITTLE GRADING RIGHT HERE, SO IT MIGHT SHIFT THIS WAY, BUT ROUGHLY THERE, THIS IS THE PARK SHELTER.
THIS IS THE BASKETBALL COURTS THAT ARE SLATED, I THINK IN 27 FOR RESURFACING.
WHAT'S THE TIME, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT SARAH? SO WE'RE TRYING TO HIT GO, UM, BY TAKING IT TO THE MARCH 4TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION WHEN, UM, CASEY AND RICHARD ARE GONNA GO AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND IF THAT OCCURS AND THEY GET IT ON THE 10TH APPROVED, THEN WE ARE UM, OPTIMISTICALLY LOOKING AT A JULY INSTALL.
UM, I'LL GET WORD TO YOU CHRIS ON THAT MORE SOLIDLY, BUT UM, SIR, THIS COMPANY, I'M SORRY, BRAD, THIS COMPANY IS NEW.
WHERE ARE THEY OUT OF? THEY'RE NOT A NEW COMPANY.
THEY'RE JUST NEW TO OUR PARK SYSTEM, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO MAINTENANCE, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S GONNA BE HOUR AWAY AND DOING OKAY,
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RIGHT? YEP.THE ONLY THING I WAS, UH, NOT THE PLAYGROUND.
I SEEN COTTONWOOD PARK, I SEEN ABOUT THAT PARKING LOT.
UH, IT GOES BACK SO FAR, BUT THEN THERE'S LIKE GREEN SPACE.
IS THERE ANY LIKE IDEA OF MAKING THAT PARKING LOT LONGER? THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M THINKING OF THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HERE LIKE YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT NOT, IT, IT ONLY GOES TO WHERE IS THE TREE LINE THAT RESIDENTIAL? IT'S NOT THAT MANY PARKING SPACE.
I'M JUST THINKING BECAUSE I KNOW FOOTBALL'S BEING MOVED OVER THERE AND THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GO THERE PROBABLY MORE OFTEN, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE DO OUR UPGRADES TO TALK ABOUT PARK.
I DON'T HAVE A CURRENT PLAN FOR THAT.
YEAH, I'M JUST THINKING AHEAD.
'CAUSE I, I DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN WE USE THAT PARK, OF COURSE WE USED THE CHURCHES PARKING LOT, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD A EXTENDED PARKING JUST I KNOW.
SO I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT LIKE 10 PARKING SPACES OR SO.
BUT YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THAT.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING, I KNOW OUR CITY PLANNER IS LOOKING AT UM, A CROSSWALK HERE TOO FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO GET OVER TO THE PARK.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR, IF NOT EARLY NEXT.
SO WAS THAT KIND OF PAVING WORK OUT THERE AND PAINTING.
IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BRING THAT UP.
WE JUST STOP DOWN HERE AND PAINT.
WELL IT'S USUALLY WHEN THE PARK'S PARKING, LIKE GET IS DONE IS WHEN MM-HMM
ROAD WORK IS BEING DUG CLOSE BY.
SO ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS PLAYGROUND? OTHERWISE AT ALL? THANKS, TAKE IT.
IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE.
OTHER THAN I ABOUT SAY THAT BIG SLIDE, THE REPLACEMENT IN THE ONE THAT USED TO BE AT THOMAS FIVE PARK, BUT THE METAL ROLLERS, I DUNNO IF ANYBODY OH YEAH.
HAD THE METAL ROLLERS THAT BIG ONE REPLACED THAT WITH THE KIDS.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER WAS A KID I USED TO LOVE A BIG Y SLIDE WITH METAL ROLLERS.
THAT'S REALLY KIND OF MY ONLY UPDATE FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEW BUSINESS OF COMMUNITY PARK INPUT SESSION.
SO IN FRONT OF YOU YOU HAVE, UM, A SHEET OF PAPER THAT'S DOUBLE SIDED AND ONE SIDE IS A PROPOSED RECREATIONAL TRAILS FUND GRANT PROJECT FOR HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY PARK TO PAVE TRAIL.
WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT ONE FIRST.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO GET YOUR INPUT ON OUR PLAN TO GO FOR A, UM, GRANT THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO PAVE THE EXISTING WALKING PATH IN COMMUNITY PARK.
UM, SO SOME UPDATES THAT WE FOUND IN OUR RESEARCH WITH SOME OF OUR LOCATION SERVICES DATA IS ABOUT TWO TO 300 CHILDREN ARE TRAVERSING THROUGH THIS PARK EACH DAY, UM, EITHER ON THEIR WAY TO OR FROM WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, WE KNOW THAT 65% OF OUR PARK VISITORS ARE GOING, UM, FROM THEIR HOME OR TO THEIR HOME IMMEDIATELY AFTER VISITING THIS PARK.
SO WE HAVE, UM, SOME IDEA THAT THE BULK OF PEOPLE ARE, UM, GOING HOME AFTER THIS, A LOT OF THEM WALKING.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ABOUT, UM, CLOSE TO 56,000 PEOPLE IN THE PARK ANNUALLY.
UM, SO WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, THIS CINDER PATH TRAIL, WE ALSO KNOW ANECDOTALLY, UM, TAKES MAINTENANCE ANNUALLY OR BI-ANNUALLY BECAUSE IT'S SO HIGHLY IN TRAFFIC.
SO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE USING THE CINDER PATH AND THAT IT WOULD BE WAY BETTER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE IF IT WERE PAVED.
WE'RE GONNA SEEK RECREATIONAL TRAIL FUND MONEY TO PAVE IT.
I HAVE A STAR WHERE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL IS.
WE HAVE AN EXISTING CROSSWALK, UM, THAT ALREADY GOES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PARK TO WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO, UM, WANT TO PUT IN SOME OF THOSE FLASHING MID STREET CROSSWALK SIGNS, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT THAT CROSSWALK IS THERE IN CASE THEY ALREADY DON'T.
SO ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPOSED PLAN? YES, BRIAN, UH, THIS IS THE WELL WAY PATH DUE, BUT AS YOU SAID, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THAT PATHWAY AND I ESPECIALLY KNOW WHAT THE, A LOT OF KIDS ON THE SOCCER TEAM AND EVEN SOFTBALL OR WHATEVER 'CAUSE THEY TRAIN OVER THERE AT UH, VINES DUTY BAKER A LOT OF TIMES.
SO I KNOW AFTER SCHOOL THEY USE THAT TO GET BACK THERE AND PLUS TONS OF OTHER KIDS THAT DO THAT.
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AGREE.I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENT DOESN'T THAT CUT THROUGH THE DISC GOLF COURSE? UM, IT DOES, BUT IT'S ALREADY ALREADY USING IT.
WE'RE ALREADY USING, IT'S A SENDER PATH NOW, SO WE'RE JUST PAVING OVER IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CROSS OVER CART PATHS.
DO YOU CROSS OVER CART PATHS
UM, BUT YES, IT, IT WOULD GO BY SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE HOLES.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL.
SO THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS, SARAH, THIS IS GOING UP THE HILL WHERE THAT WAWA IS GOING TO BE GOING BACK TOWARDS THE RIVER, CORRECT? NO, SO THIS IS CUTTING STRAIGHT THROUGH COMMUNITY PARK.
WAWA WOULD BE DOWN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS WEST.
OH, YOU WERE ON THE WRONG SIDE.
SO THOSE ARE YOUR BELOVED PICKLEBALL PARK.
OUR SYSTEM NEEDS TO UPDATE THE, UM, PICTURE OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO THE NEW ONES, BUT OKAY.
AND IT IS ALREADY A SENDER SENDER PATH THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.
SO, UM, WE JUST WANT TO PAINT IT THAT FOOTBALL SLASH STOCKER FIELD THERE IS NOT UTILIZED LIKE IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
THAT'S, I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT AS HIGHLY UTILIZED, UM, AS I BELIEVE IT ONCE WAS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IT HOW MUCH IT'S BEING USED.
THAT THAT WAS A LEASED, UH, LIKE A NINE NINE YEAR LEASE TO WA P FOOTBALL AND THEY DON'T USE IT FOR GAMES ANYMORE.
BUT SO IT'S NOT, THEY USED TO USE IT AS STRICTLY FOR GAMES.
BUT THEY PUT A GAME FIELD DOWN AT THEIR, AT AREA, AT THEIR COMPLEX BY RIVER RAP ROAD AND THEN THEY JUST SWAPPED IT.
'CAUSE THEY UNDER THEIR LEAGUE RULES, THEY HAD TO TAKE A, A ADMISSION GATE FEE AND IT WAS HARD FOR THEM TO DO IT THERE.
COMMUNITY PARK NOW THAT DO IT THERE.
SO, BUT THEY, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT LANE IS LEADS TO WIN FOOTBALL.
AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE CANAL HEIGHTS PARK INPUT.
SO JUST FLIP YOUR PAPER OVER AND YOU HAVE A VERY SIMILAR PICTURE FROM OUR SYSTEM.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING AGAIN HERE ABOUT THE YELLOW LINE ALSO.
UM, SO THIS IS CHAMBERSBURG ROAD.
WE'RE FURTHER WEST NOW ALMOST TO THE DAYTON BOUNDARY.
UM, AND THERE IS AN EXISTING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S GOING BEFORE COUNCIL FOR KIND OF THIS AREA, UM, THAT IS, HAS LESS TREE COVERAGE.
SO HOMES WOULD BE IN THERE ALONG WITH A ROAD CONNECTING UP TO SANDAL VIEW.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PAVE A MULTI-USE PATH, UM, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY ALONG THAT ROAD.
WE'RE GONNA KIND OF CUT BEHIND THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOMES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT UP SO THAT WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY FROM THAT COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ALL THE COMMUNITY UP THERE, UM, IN ALEX'S NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY KIND OF NEAR DIAL PARK.
AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CHAMBERSBURG ROAD IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE ON ALL OF OUR SIDEWALKS, BUT WE DO SPECIFICALLY HAVE AN ONGOING ODOT PROJECT WHERE THIS BLACK LINE IS.
SO WE'LL BE HAVING, UM, LARGER THAN YOUR AVERAGE SIDEWALK MULTIUSE PATHS GOING IN MULTIPURPOSE PATHS, THE ODOT MALE MANDATES IN THEIR PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL BE CONNECTING THAT COMMUNITY DOWN TO THESE PATHS THAT THEY CAN TAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DAYTON CORP LIMIT WHEN THAT ODOT PROJECT IS DONE.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE PURPLE DASH IS OUR PLAN, UM, TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF DAYTON AND WAYNE, UH, OR I'M SORRY, WARRIOR SOCCER CLUB TO CUT THROUGH THEIR LAND TO CONNECT TO THE GREAT, UM, MIAMI RIVER RECREATION TRAIL.
SO WE HAVE HAD PRELIMINARY TALKS WITH, UM, PLANNERS IN DAYTON AND THE WARRIOR SOCCER CLUB AND THEY ARE BOTH ON BOARD FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S A MATTER OF COLLABORATING AND FINDING THE FUNDS TO, TO PUT IN THAT BIKE PATH THROUGH THERE.
SO EXACTLY HOW THAT PURPLE LINE WILL RUN IS YET TO BE DETERMINED, BUT IT IS PLANNED TO GO THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL PICK UP ON THE RECREATION TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER AT THE FISHBURG ACCESS POINT, KIND OF DOWN BY THAT BRIDGE.
SO, UM, IN TOTAL, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW YEARS, 90 ACRES IN TOTAL WILL BE DONATED TO THE CITY.
UM, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THAT FOR NATURAL WILDLIFE AND, AND THE OLD GROWTH FORESTS IN THERE.
AND SO THIS PAST WILL ALSO BE A WONDERFUL SCENE AND ROUTE
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TO TAKE UP IN THERE.UM, YOU HAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU, SIR, IF WE COULD JUST, UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IF WE GO BACK, SO WHERE THE BLACK DOTTED LINE GOES AND IT ALMOST CONNECTS TO WHERE IT'S GONNA BE DOWN AT WIRED ON THE TOP SIDE OF THAT THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY BIG STRUCTURE THERE.
UM, WHAT IS THAT? A IS THAT A COMPANY IS IT WASN'T? YES, THAT'S AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT'S AN EXISTING AND THERE'S NO PLANS TO REMOVE THAT.
IT'S KIND OF BETWEEN THAT BUSINESS AND OUR YELLOW LINE HERE THAT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME WORK TO, UM, MANICURE THE FRONT PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS SO THAT IT LOOKS NATURAL AND, UM, IS A LITTLE MORE HIDDEN OF A DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE OTHER PICTURE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, IS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2023.
AND THAT'S THE PLAN THAT THE CITY USES TO THINK ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND UM, ROADS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT A PATH VERY SIMILAR TO THIS YELLOW LINE IS ON THERE AS A, A FUTURE PLAN FOR CONNECTIVITY.
SO IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE SWIVEL GOING UP.
UM, AND SO THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A FEW YEARS.
IT'S NOT A BRAND NEW CONCEPT, BUT NOW THAT WE KNOW WHERE THAT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN, WE KIND OF KNOW THE BEST PLACE TO LAY THE PATH IS ALONG THE EASTERN CORRIDOR BEHIND THE HOMES.
ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ON THAT? THUMBS UP FROM RICH.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE A BAY PLANT GIVEAWAY.
SO, UM, IN THE VEIN OF THE ARBOR BAY PLANT GIVEAWAY, I'M GONNA PULL UP HERE A PRESENTATION THAT RICH HAS.
AND THIS PRESENTATION IS, HE'S GONNA GO ALONG WITH CASEY.
SHE'S GONNA GIVE A GENERAL UPDATE ABOUT THE PARTS BOARD, UM, AT THE MARCH 1ST MARCH WORK SESSION FOR COUNCIL.
AND THEN RICH IS GONNA BE THERE TOO AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING.
SO RICH, I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE.
YOU JUST TELL ME WHEN TO CLICK A NEW PAGE.
UH, THESE ARE ROUGHLY THE SLIDES THAT WILL GO TO COUNCIL, UM, WEEK AFTER NEXT WEEK, WEEK AFTER NEXT WHENEVER THE FOURTH, SO WEEK GOT.
UM, AND I GUESS THE IDEA IS WE'VE GOT A FEW DIFFERENT INITIATIVES GOING ON IN THIS AREA RELATED TO PLANTS AND TREES.
AND SO, UH, THE IDEA HERE IS TO KIND OF TIE IT TOGETHER INTO SOME THEME THAT WOULD MAKE RECESSIVE, BUT JUST RANDOM SORT OF IDEAS.
SO YEAH, SO WE'RE CALLING IT THE ROOTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, IT FITS WELL IN WITH, UM, AN INITIATIVE THAT WE HOPE TO GET MONEY FROM, FROM THE STATE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT COMING ABOUT THE, UH, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY COMING UP.
UH, SO I WANNA WALK THROUGH, UH, I THINK IT'S FOUR DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.
THREE OF THEM ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO DO.
UM, THE FOURTH IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL TO, TO DO.
IT'S A PRETTY EASY ASK, BUT JUST, UH, WANNA MAKE THEM AWARE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE, UM, PLANNING TO DO ALREADY.
THE FIRST IS OBVIOUSLY THE TREE PLANT GIVEAWAY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO, UH, THAT'S SCHEDULED CURRENTLY FOR THE 5TH OF APRIL.
UM, WE'RE STILL, I THINK, TRYING TO WORK THE BUDGETING ASPECTS OF THAT.
THE COST CAME A LITTLE HIGHER TO EXPECT.
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY WHITTLE THAT DOWN TO WHATEVER WE NEED TO.
BUT, UM, THE VENDORS PROVIDED A LIST OF PLANS AND I THINK WE'RE WE'RE GOOD TO GO ON THAT.
WE'LL PROBABLY NEED SOME HELP WITH LIKE VOLUNTEERS AND STUFF TO HELP WITH THE SALE.
UH, BUT THE SALE SHOULD BE BUILDING, I THINK WE'RE GOOD THERE.
THIS IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.
THIS IS, UM, UH, AGAIN, A PROGRAM THAT XENIA AND KEVIN ARE BOTH USING TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE TREES, UH, AND TO PROMOTE THEIR APPRECIATION AND PRESERVATION OF THESE, THESE TREES.
UM, AND SO IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS.
UH, FOLKS, UH, APPLY TO HAVE TREES RECOGNIZED.
WE'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO KIND OF GET THE WORD OUT, LET FOLKS KNOW THIS IS OUT THERE AND TO REC TO, UH, NOMINATE TREES THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
UH, A TREE COMMITTEE EVALUATION WOULD TAKE PLACE DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GONNA BE ON THE TREE COMMITTEE EVALUATION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE, UH, WOULD BE PART OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN WINNERS ANNOUNCED UP TO THREE.
BUT, UH, POTENTIALLY UP TO THREE WINNERS ANNOUNCED, UH, IN THE FALL.
AND THE WINNERS THEN WOULD GET A PLAQUE THAT BE PUT, UM, ON THE TREE OR NEAR THE TREE TO KIND OF SIGNIFY THAT IT'S BEEN CHOSEN AS AN
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EXCEPTIONAL TREE, A HERITAGE TREE FOR THE CITY.JUST THE SIGNAGE IS REALLY ALL THAT'S, THAT'S REQUIRED.
AND THAT SIGNAGE WILL LIVE THERE FOREVER, RIGHT? THAT IT'S, IT'S, SO WE'D REALLY BE AT, WE COULD BE ADDING THREE TREES A YEAR TO OUR COLLECTION OF HERITAGE TREES.
TO BE AN ANNUAL THING, SO, YES, EXACTLY.
UH, SO THOSE FIRST TWO ARE ANNUAL THINGS.
UH, THIS IS, IS A ONETIME DEAL TIED TO THE AMERICAN TWO 50, UH, INITIATIVE THAT THE STATE HAS.
UM, AND IT'S A, IT'S A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, UH, WHERE WE ABLE TO GET FUNDING TO RECOGNIZE, NOT JUST RECOGNIZE, BUT TO TALK ABOUT TREES, THE HERITAGE, THE STORYTELLING, UM, KIND OF TYING IT ALL TOGETHER.
WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE SCHOOLS AS WELL TO TALK ABOUT THROUGH THEIR, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF HISTORY CLASSES.
THEY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON LOCALLY TO SAY WHAT THE TREES HAVE TO PLAY IN THIS HISTORY AND, AND IDEALLY MAYBE EVEN HAVING SOME TREES THAT ARE AROUND, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, 200 YEARS AGO THAT ARE IN THE CITY THAT WE CAN POINT OUT, UH, TO, TO TALK ABOUT WITH, WITH THE, THE SCHOOL AGE KIDS.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, DOING PLANTINGS.
SO IT'S RECOGNIZING TREES, IT'S, IT'S DOING PLANTINGS, UH, STORYTELLING.
WHAT, WHAT THE SCHOOLS, UM, YOU SEE IT'S A, IT IS A, YOU KNOW, YEAR PLUS PROCESS HERE.
'CAUSE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY HAPPENS NEXT YEAR, NOT THIS YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR IS BASICALLY JUST PROJECT PLANNING AND, AND KIND OF THE WHOLE PLANNING ASPECT OF THIS.
WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL, DECIDING WHICH STORY WE WANT TO KIND OF TELL.
AND ALSO WORKING WITH LIKE THE WAYNE TOWNSHIP, UM, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, GET SOME, SOME, UH, HISTORY MAYBE OF THE AREA THAT COULD TIE INTO THIS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THIS YEAR INTO THE FALL AND THE WINTER OF NEXT YEAR, WE KIND OF START GETTING THE STUFF TO ACTUALLY DO THE, THE PROJECT.
AND THEN STARTING NEXT YEAR, UH, APRIL-ISH, ONCE THE WEATHER BREAKS, WE START DOING PLANTING AND CELEBRATIONS AND THE ACTUAL STORYTELLING.
AND AGAIN, SO THE MONEY WOULD COME, A LOT OF THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM THE, THE STATE THROUGH FROM THIS GRANT.
UH, WE SHOULD HEAR BACK I THINK RELATIVELY SOON, WITHIN A FEW WEEKS HOPEFULLY ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I THINK WE'RE PRETTY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
RICH DID AN AMAZING JOB, UM, WRITING UP MOST OF THE GRANT APPLICATION AND, UM, IT READS REALLY WELL AND AT LEAST THE LAST TIME I CHECKED A GRANT HADN'T BEEN AWARDED TO A COMMUNITY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY YET.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE A STRONG CHANCE, UM, UNLESS WE ARE UP AGAINST A LOT OF OTHER MONTGOMERY COUNTY PROGRAMS IN THIS CYCLE OF, OF GETTING THE GRANT.
AND IF NOT, MAYBE WE LOOK AT, UM, STILL DOING A PORTION OF THE PROJECT, BUT MAYBE IT'S SCALING IT BACK.
YOU KNOW, IN OUR ORIGINAL APPLICATION WE WROTE THAT THIS $8,000 IN TOTAL IS GONNA COVER 250 TREES IN CELEBRATION OF OBVIOUSLY THE TWO 50TH.
UM, SO WE CAN SCALE THAT BACK, OF COURSE TO, TO 25 OR SOMETHING THAT WE DO WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH THE STUDENTS STILL ENGAGING THEM.
BUT, UM, VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE GET THE, THE FULL GRANT.
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, UH, FUNDING PERMITTING OR IF NOT FUNDING, THEN WE'LL SCALE BACK TO WHATEVER FUNDING YOU HAVE.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS, IS THE, UH, THE KIND OF THE ASK FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, PART OF THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, ROOTS OR HERITAGE, UH, OF THE CITY AND TY TO THE ROOTS OF THE COMMUNITY IDEA IS, UH, POLLINATORS AND PROMOTING CONSERVATION OF POLLINATORS IN THE CITY.
UM, THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT'S OUT THERE THROUGH THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION WHERE MAYORS PLEDGE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR PART AS MAYORS IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO PRESERVE POLLINATION POLLINATORS, UM, HAVE AREAS AND INITIATIVES THAT KIND OF FOCUS ON THAT.
UM, SO THERE'S ABOUT 600 MAYORS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING IT.
THERE'S SEVERAL, UH, UH, WITHIN THE, THE STATE OF OHIO, COLUMBUS, TOLEDO, UM, UM, LOVELAND, UH, IS LISTED BY 15 OR SO WITHIN THE STATE OF OHIO.
UM, AND BASICALLY ALL THIS REQUIRES IS FOR THE, THE MAYOR OR THE DESIGNEE TO SIGN A PLEDGE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO SPECIFIC ACTIONS, UH, TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF UPON.
AND THE ACTIONS ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, PRETTY EASY PILLS.
ONE OF THEM IS HAVING A PLANT SALE, SO THAT'S ALREADY CHECKED.
UM, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING CHECKED AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE A HEAVY LIFT TO GET TO THE THREE MINIMUM THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE PLEDGE.
YOU CAN GO HIGHER THAN THAT SUBSIDIES OR YOU CAN GO UP TO LIKE 10 OR 20 AND YOU GET DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RECOGNITION DEPENDING ON HOW YOU GO FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
WE PROBABLY JUST GO WITH THE THREE AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
UM, SO YOU TAKE THE PLEDGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF OF MARCH.
SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF NEED TO GET THE COUNCIL NOW, UH, SO WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT DONE.
UM, YOU ACTUALLY DO THE ACTIONS DURING THE SUMMER AND THEN YOU REPORT PROGRESS AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND UM, THEN YOU BECOME RECOGNIZED AS A, UH, PLEDGE HONOREE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT?
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FROM MY COUNT, WE ARE DOING AT LEAST TWO WITH THE PLANT GIVEAWAY BEING ONE AND THE OTHER, HAVING, UM, AREAS OF NATURAL GROWTH WHERE MILKWEED IS PRESENT.UM, SO OUR AREAS THAT CLOUD AND RIP WRAP, I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT THERE'S SOME MILK WEED GROWING IN THERE, BUT I ASSUME IT IS.
UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY'VE BEEN GOING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IF NOT, WE CAN ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH EASE.
SO, AND JUST ANECDOTALLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I, I SAW A LOT FEWER MONARCHS JUST LAST YEAR, IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND I THINK THERE'S DATA OUT THERE WILL SUGGEST THEY'RE REALLY IN DECLINE.
SO THE MORE WE CAN DO, WE KIND OF WANT THAT SITUATION.
PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS AT COMMUNITY PARK.
CHRIS KIND OF TOUCHED ON THESE, I DEFINITELY WANTED TO GET SOME DATES, UM, FROM ME, WHICH WE'RE GIVEN, BUT ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS ON THOSE? YEAH, SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS TEEN CLINIC IN IN APRIL, I GUESS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A TIME TO ACTUALLY DO A A WHAT, PROBABLY A 12 TO 17-YEAR-OLD TYPE TOURNAMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR TEENS AND THE TOURNAMENT.
YEAH, I THINK WITH THE CLINIC I THINK THAT WOULD KIND OF COVER THE LEARN TO PLAY, BUT MAYBE WE COULD, MAYBE WE COULD COMBINE BOTH OF THEM AND DO ANOTHER CLINIC ACTUALLY OUT ON THE COURTS.
BECAUSE I FIGURED THE CLINIC IN APRIL WOULD MOST LIKELY BE AT THE Y IN THE GYM OPEN TO COMMUNITY THROUGH ENROLLMENT.
UM, JUST BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF WEATHER WE'RE GONNA GET.
BUT, UM, I THINK IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT A TEEN CLINIC ON, AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALEX BROUGHT TO US FROM HIS LAST VISIT TO COUNCIL ON THE WORK SESSION IS WE KIND OF NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO REALLY LOOK LIKE TO HIT THAT TEEN POPULATION, UM, HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO JUST LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UM, I'M SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME ADULT, UM, TOURNAMENTS IN THE LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
LIKE WE HAVE LIKE WE TRIED TO DO LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GET AN IDEA OF A SENSE FROM THE BOARD ON HOW THEY WANT TO HANDLE SOMETHING SURROUNDING TEENS SINCE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALEX BROUGHT BACK, RIGHT? I HAD TALKED TO UH, KARA AND SIERRA AT THE Y AND WE HAD PICKED APRIL THE 26TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY TO DO A TEAM, A CLINIC FOR TEENS.
WE WERE GOING TO TRY AND COMBINE THE CLINIC AND THE TOURNAMENT ALL IN ONE DAY AND IT WOULD TEACH THEM THE RULES AND SO FORTH.
LET 'EM TRY THE SKILLS AND EVERYTHING AND THEN HAVE THEM EITHER PICK PARTNERS OR WE DRAW TEAMS AND THEN LET 'EM PLAY A TOURNAMENT, GET AN IDEA OF HOW THE TOURNAMENT GOES.
AND WE HAD PICKED APRIL THE 26TH AND SO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT OUTSIDE AND THE WHY WE THOUGHT IT'D BE OUTSIDE.
THAT'S WHAT I ASKED YOU THE LAST TIME WHEN THE NETS WERE GOING UP.
WELL WE'LL GET THE NETS OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
UM, WHEN WATERS TURNED OUT IN THE PARKS, DO WE WANNA LIKE RESERVE THE Y COURT IF POSSIBLE FOR A RAIN OUT SITUATION? THE ONLY THING WE WOULD HAVE IN APRIL IS VOLLEYBALL ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE THE GYM EASILY AVAILABLE FOR US.
YOU NEED ANOTHER GYM? YOU NEED ANOTHER GYM? YEAH.
ISN'T THAT QUICK ENOUGH? YEAH, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, ARE YOU GUYS DOING THAT INDOOR TRIATHLON THING AGAIN? I DON'T THINK SO.
OH, SO WE'LL HAVE THE KIDS TRIATHLON AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.
RIGHT? I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IN APRIL LAST YEAR WE DID THAT INDOOR ONE.
SO, UM, BUT I MEAN WE COULD DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY.
IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO MAKE THE CLINIC A FOUR PART THING OVER A MONTH WHERE IT'S NOT ALL ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF SPACED OUT.
I MEAN PRETTY MUCH THE OPTIONS ARE WHATEVER WE DECIDE WE WANT TO TRY.
YEAH, WE TRY TO DO IT IN FOUR PARTS, THEN WE DO HAVE A GYM OPEN ON FOUR CA CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS.
NOW A DAY IS ALL YOU NEED BECAUSE TALKING MY TEENAGERS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU WITHIN AN HOUR AT A TIME.
ALEX, YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH ATTENTION THEY HAVE.
YEAH, I, YEAH, I MEAN IF WE'RE LOOKING LIKE AN HOUR, AN HOUR AND A HALF, WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO TAKE IN ACCOUNT IS WE HAVE A LATE EASTER THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S A LATE EASTER SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE NORMALLY TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT WEEKEND WITH ANYTHING JUST BECAUSE OF FAMILY AND TRAVELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE ONE DAY LEARN THE BASICS AND THEN PLAY A RECREATIONAL
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TOURNAMENT.UM, IT, BUT I THINK YOU WOULD NEED PROBABLY MORE LIKE THREE HOURS OR SO WITH THEM, WOULDN'T YOU THINK? OR, OR TWO.
I MEAN 30 TO 40 MINUTES JUST TO LEARN THE RULES.
I MEAN PICKLEBALL RULES AREN'T EASY.
PROBABLY AN HOUR I THINK TO LEARN THE RULES.
ALEX IS TEACHING, IT'LL BE OVER IN 15 IF TEACHES, LISTEN HERE, IT'LL BE AN HOUR.
THIS IS HOW YOU KEEP KEEPING THE SCORE.
UH, I THINK PROBABLY AN HOUR AND THEN MAYBE TWO HOURS TO PLAY.
MAYBE GET DONE QUICK ENOUGH DEPENDING ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE CAN MAYBE DO THE TOURNAMENT TWICE, YOU KNOW, MIX IT BACK UP AND, AND TRY IT AGAIN AND KIND OF MAYBE SEE WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS AND, AND TARGET SOMETHING IN THE FALL AS WELL.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD IN UM, APRIL 26TH OUT AT THE PARK, BUT THE BACK OF IS THE GYM.
NOW THERE'S OTHER THINGS HAPPENING APRIL 26TH AREN'T THERE? YOU KNOW, I PICKLEBALL TRYING MAKE TOO, UH, THAT TOPIC CARE IN SEATTLE, UH, WE NEED TO DECIDE IF WE HAVE THE CHILDREN SIGN UP AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FEE AS ZERO OR MINIMUM BECAUSE MAKE IT ZERO.
A LOT OF 'EM WILL SIGN UP BUT WON'T SHOW SO THAT WE HAVE A FEE ON THIS OR JUST HAVE IT OPEN.
WELL IF YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR THREE HOURS THAT YOU COULD PUT FIVE BUCKS ON IT AND PROVIDE PIZZA, MAKE A MEMBER FREE AND A NON-MEMBER FIVE PROVIDE LIKE PIZZA AND DO WHATEVER SODA LOT SODA.
WELL I, I SAY YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE BUT TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN COMING UP TO PLAY.
SO, UM, IF YOU GO WITH ZERO COST, UM, WE MIGHT GET MORE CHILDREN AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THIS EVENT WHETHER YOU HAVE 20 OR 25.
SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING THEM SIGN UP AT THE Y YOU KNOW, AND THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT PARTICIPATE IN OTHER WORDS.
BUT I THINK WE GONNA PUT A LIMIT ON IT TOO BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE SIX COURTS.
SO DO WE DO THE FIRST 2040 SIGNING UP? WELL THEN YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THEY HAVEN'T PAID, THERE'S NO SKIN IN THE GAME, THEY DON'T SHOW UP, THEN YOU'VE LOST 12 PEOPLE.
WELL I'M IN, I'M IN FAVOR OF LEAVING IT JUST TO SIGN UP AND ANYONE WHO SIGNS UP CUBA HEIGHTS RESIDENT DO IT THAT WAY.
YOU RESIDENT FREE AND UM, WHOEVER SIZE UP SHOWS UP AND PLAY THAT.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF CHARGING THE FEE AND THEN PROVIDING A LOAN.
IT WILL BE MULTIPLE HOURS THAT THEY BE THERE AND THEN THIS WAY YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMMITMENT BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE PAID BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAYING FOR THEIR FOOD.
SUBWAY SANDWICHES OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SIMPLE.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO UM, WHO YOU'RE COORDINATING WITH AT THE Y THOUGH TO PRICE HOW MUCH PIZZA AND EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW, GATORADE AND A COUPLE BAGS OF ICE OR WHATEVER SUPPLIES YOU MIGHT EAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA COST THEM AND OH I THINK BUT I THINK THE FIVE TO $10 RANGE IS VERY REASONABLE IF YOU'RE GETTING FOOD AND YOU'RE OCCUPYING SOMEONE FOR THREE HOURS ALL THAT DAY.
JUST 'CAUSE I BROUGHT UP SPRING BREAK.
SPRING BREAK THIS YEAR IS IN MARCH, MARCH 24TH THROUGH THE 28TH.
I DO KNOW ALSO THE 26TH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS PLANNING A 5K AND ALSO THAT'S THE HOPPING IN THE HEIGHTS EVENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, PARTICIPATES IN.
SO I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE THINK THAT'S AN OVERLAP IN OUR PATRONAGE.
PATRON HOP HEIGHTS IS THE SATURDAY AFTER OR SO.
I DON'T, I DON'T IS THAT YOUNGER KIDS? IS IT 12? IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL, YEAH, IT'S, IT IS.
ALL HIS YOUNG KIDS ALL HAVE TEENAGERS.
SO I IS IT THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE'RE, I MEAN THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS THAT DID IT LAST YEAR.
I MEAN I, I WAS OUT THERE THE WHOLE TIME AT THE HEADQUARTERS.
MIGHT BE BEST TO MOVE BACK TO LIKE THE BEGINNING OF MAY,
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LIKE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY, WHICH WOULD BE I THINK THE THIRD MAY.THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO HAVE BETTER WEATHER TOO.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S USUALLY PRETTY NICE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY 20 YEARS OF LIFE DURING TRAINING AND I CAN TELL YOU WHICH WEEKEND YOU WANT TO PICK.
SO DO YOU WANNA GO BACK TO THE SPORTS COORDINATOR, WHOEVER UM, ALEX IS WORKING WITH AND SEE IF MAY 3RD OF COURT SHOULD WORK BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
SO THEN TO GO OVER, UH, IF YOU COULD GIVE THAT DATE TOO WHEN YOU SETTLE ON IT TO CASEY.
SO, 'CAUSE SHE'S GONNA GIVE A LIST OF OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS TO COUNCIL ON THE FOURTH.
WE'VE GOT KING AND QUEEN ON JUNE 13TH.
MAY 3RD IS OUR YOUTH CLINIC TOURNAMENT.
AND IT WAS WHAT TOURNAMENT AGAIN? DOUBLES.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WAIT AND DECIDE ON THE FALL DATES OR DO WE WANT TO, I SAID WE PROBABLY WAIT RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW NONE THAT I KNOW WHEN WE GOING BE DOING THE SHOWCASE WE CAN PICK A DATE.
WE WANT TO HAVE ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE SHOWCASE.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THOSE TWO EVENTS BACK TO BACK.
UH, THE SHOWCASE BEING THE COMPETITION BETWEEN ALL THE WIVES, RIGHT.
THE SENIORSHIP, THE OLD OVER 50 COMPETE FOR EVENTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO THOSE TWO EVENTS BACK TO BACK.
DO YOU WANT MOVE DOUBLE FROM EARLY APRIL? MOVE FROM EARLY APRIL? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT'S ON HERE FOR COMMUNITY PARK DAYS.
SO I GUESS I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH SIERRA AND CARRY ON.
WELL WE MOVED IT, I WOULD SAY JUST MOVED INTO MAYBE JULY OR AUGUST SOMETIME.
SO THEN CASEY YOU PROBABLY JUST ON YOUR SLIDE BUT LIKE ADDITIONAL FALL DAYS TBD.
YEAH THEN HAVE ANOTHER TOOL THERE.
LOOK THAT WITH UM, I THINK THERE'S TWO OTHER THINGS I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN MY CITY UPDATE.
IF I COULD HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
UM, ONE WAS THE SUPPORT COURT THAT WE WENT TO CHECK OUT.
UM, BUT CASEY AND ALEX MADE IT OUT.
UM, I'LL LET THEM TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT MY OPINION IS THAT IT'S A QUALITY PRODUCT, UM, THAT IT WILL SAVE US FROM REPAVING IN THE LONG RUN AND THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT FOR COMMUNITY PARK.
SO CASEY AND ALEX, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? WELL, MY CONCERN WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE COURT, UH, MY CONCERN WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THE COURTS, UM, THERE ARE EIGHT BY EIGHT TILES THAT ARE INTERLOCKED.
SO, UH, THEY DON'T SLIDE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ON BOUND WITH A BORDER.
SO THEY, THEY'RE VERY STATIONARY.
MY CONCERN WAS THOUGH WAS HOW THE REPLAY OF THE BALL DRIVEN THE BASKETBALL ON IT AND ALSO THE BOUNCE OFF THE PICK BALL ON IT.
BUT THE PICK BALL YOU WITH A WOLF OF BALL, VERY LIGHT AND YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BOUNCE ON THAT BALL LIKE A TENNIS BALL.
MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, SAY SAY WAS VERY COLD AND UH, THE TRUTHFULLY HE HAS A BETTER BALANCE THAN THE FLOOR IN EXAMINATION.
SO I PERSONALLY I SAW NOT, I DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I DID HAVE A CONCERN THAT WHEN I WAS TALKING TO A SARAH HERE AFTER WE GOT BACK SINCE THOUGH HE HAD VERY FINE HOLES IN THAT SURFACE AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES YOU THE ADDED TRACTION WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO STOP AND GO WITH THE SNEAKERS ON AND SO FORTH.
MY CONCERN WAS WITH THOSE HOLES IN THERE, IF THE GRASS WILL START TO GROW UP THROUGH THERE, BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT UH, THEY HAVE A SURFACE UNDERNEATH THERE, WHETHER IT'S ASPHALT OR CONCRETE.
SO THIS ON TOP OFF OF ANOTHER HARD SURFACE.
SO WE SEE VERY LITTLE PROBABILITY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GRASS COMING UP THROUGH IT AND UH, SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT OUR MAINTENANCE PLAN BUT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
BUT I DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT AND TO ME I LIKE THE WAY IT BOUND AND THE WAY IT FELL SO FORTH.
AND YOU CAN TAKE THOSE TILES UP IF WE HAVE GRASS POKE THROUGH RIGHT.
AND GET RID OF IT, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE SEAL COATING, REAPPLY IT BACK DOWN.
SO I HAD NOTHING, NOTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
I THOUGHT IT LOOKED REALLY NICE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE AN EASY MAINTENANCE.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR CONCERNS DOWN AT THAT PARK IS THE OCCASIONAL, UM, LOITERING AND VANDALISM AND THAT KIND OF THING, BUT KNOWING THAT WE CAN POP UP THE TILES
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AND REPLACE THEM WITH RELATIVE EASE AND THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY CLEANABLE, THERE IS SOME WAYS TO GET GRAFFITI OFF.UM, I'M NO LONGER CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND IT LOOKS SO SHARP THAT I REALLY HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL TAKE PRIDE IN IT AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT LIKE, WELL WE DON'T TOUCH THAT 'CAUSE WE LOVE IT SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SO IS IT DURABLE? LIKE WHAT IS THE DATA? IT'S, UH, WAS, YOU KNOW, PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY ON IT'S PLASTIC BASICALLY AND IT'S OSI MATERIAL AND THE 20 YEARS IS, THEY TOLD US WAS DEFINITELY MORE THAN WE WOULD GET ON TRYING TO SURFACE OVER OUR EXISTING ASPHALT FOOTER OUT THERE BECAUSE UM, WE HAVE SUCH SIGNIFICANT CRACKS IN THAT ASPHALT, UM, THAT THOSE WOULD REOPEN.
AND HOW, HOW IS IT TO ANALYZE IT? YOU TOLD? UH, IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE SPRAY PAINTING IT.
YOU COULDN'T LIKE CUT HIS OR NO, NO.
CAN YOU USE YOUR CURRENT PAD? YES.
SO WE CAN USE CURRENT ASPHALT PAD.
THE, THEIR QUOTE INCLUDES, UM, PATCHING THE WORST OF IT AND GETTING US TO LIKE LEVEL POINT IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND REMEMBER THERE'S THESE CEMENT FOOTERS FOR OLD TENNIS POSTS THAT ARE, ARE SIGNIFICANT TRIP HAZARD NOW.
SO THE GRIND GOES DOWN, UM, AND THE BEST THEY'LL GET A RELATIVELY LEVEL AND THEN THE SURFACING DOES SOME WELDING ON ITS OWN SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET YOUR ASPHALT BACK.
UM, AND IF THOSE HAIRLINE CRACKS OPEN IT UP UNDER THE SURFACING, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE SURFACE.
IS THERE DRAINAGE IN IT? YEAH, SO THEY CAN, UM, THERE'S HOLES IN COURT AND THEN THERE'S DRAINS.
YEAH, IT UM, IT DRIES QUICKER AND FORMS BETTER IN THE RAIN THEY SAID.
THEN THERE'S A TENNIS COURT SERVICING THAT'S THE FIRST TWO SHOULD BE A DO PICK.
THE SECOND ARE YOU TRYING TO HURRY ME ALONG? SORRY.
THE SECOND IS THAT SOME VA MOST BUT THERE HAS BEEN A JOB HOSTED FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS, UM, AN EVENT AND PROGRAMS COORDINATOR REQUESTED.
SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT JOB, HOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT CLASS STUDY, DID THIS FULL TIME.
UM, AND THAT PERSON'S REALLY GONNA BE HELPING WITH TAKING THE, YOU KNOW, HOLDING THE HANDS OF OUR DIFFERENT BOARDS TO IMPLEMENT OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR THE LARGE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY OF RFIS.
IN OPINION WE SHOULD BE RUNNING 23 PROGRAMS FOR OUR SUMMER QUARTER AND THEN STILL A HANDFUL IN THE, IN THE WINTER MONTHS AS WELL.
SO, UM, THIS PERSON WILL REALLY HELP CARRY THE TORCH ON THAT AND IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD UP ON THE GROUND UP.
THERE'S ALSO SEASONAL JOBS OPEN FOR SEASONAL LABORERS AND SEE PROGRAM LEADERS.
THE PROGRAM LEADERS WOULD DO THINGS LIKE HELP OUT ANY PROGRAMS WE'RE PUTTING ON, YOU KNOW, HELP ME PUT UP THE TENT AND MARKETING MATERIALS AT CONCERTS AND MOVIES AND BEING OUT AT THE FARM MARKET AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.
AND THEN MAINTENANCE, UM, IS 40 HOUR WEEK JOB MOWING, TRASH CANS, CLEANING BATHROOMS, UM, PAINTING PICNIC BENCHES, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, UM, BOTH REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
IF YOU GUYS KNOW SOME PEOPLE, UM, YOU SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO KIDS IN COLLEGE, UM, OR ANOTHER GREAT CIGNA IS RETIRED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO KEEP BUSY DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, OR ANYONE TRULY TEACHERS ANOTHER GREAT JOB.
WELL IF I'M MIKE CASEY, I HAVE TO BACKTRACK ONE MINUTE.
I JUST SENT YOU FIVE BOARD MEMBERS A PHOTO OR PICTURE OF THE SEARCH THAT WE SAW DOWN THERE LAST MONTH.
I DIDN'T SEND AS A TEXT SENT AS AN EMAIL.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT LATER.
IT WOULD GIVE YOU IDEA WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND I GAVE YOU A CLOSEUP VIEW OF IT SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO START A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING AND SECOND APPROVED AS WRITTEN? AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE MARCH 20TH, THAT'S SIX 30 AND IF NOTHING ELSE THEN IT'S IN
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IS 7 23 AND WE ARE.