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[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road March 20, 2025 6:30 P.M.]
6 33.SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CHECK IN.
MR. BLACK? PRESENT? MR. POTTER? PRESENT.
AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS TONIGHT.
AND THERE ARE NO SIT HERE FOR COMMENTS.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS WITH THE YMCA.
CHRIS DID PROVIDE ME AN UPDATE, UM, TO TELL EVERYONE TONIGHT.
THE QUESTION IS, DID I PRINT IT? BECAUSE THEY DID, BUT WHERE ISN'T WINTER BUT, OH LOOK, CASEY SAVED ME.
SO, UM, SHELTER TWO AT CLOUD PARK HAS BEEN HIT BY SEVERE WEATHER.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOT A DAMAGED ROOF.
IT IS GONNA BE OUT OF COMMISSION UNTIL THE END OF MAY.
UH, CHRIS AND HIS TEAM WERE ABLE TO MOVE RENTERS BEFORE THEN.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL HAVE A TEMPORARY FIX ON IT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON SO THAT IT'S PERFECTLY SAFE AND LOOKING AT FULL REPLACEMENT LATER ON.
SO PEOPLE WITH RENTALS AT THE END OF MAY AND INTO JUNE SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
FLYERS FOR THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS ARE AT THE Y AND THOSE WILL GET POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SOON FOR BOTH THE BRANCH AND THE CITY.
THEY'RE ALSO GONNA DO YOGA IN THE PARK ON APRIL 12TH AT COMMUNITY PARK.
THIS IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY'LL BE OUT THERE DOING THAT AND THEN THEY'LL BE BEGIN PREPARING OUTSIDE FOR SUMMER POOL SEASON AROUND APRIL 7TH.
UM, MY UPDATES ARE NUMBERED ON HERE.
SO
SO WHEN I ORIGINALLY MADE THIS AGENDA WITH CHRIS, I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING THOSE, UM, PIECES OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO VOTE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HOWEVER, AFTER THE, UM, CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL REGARDING GRANT FUNDING THAT HAS AFFECTED US.
SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE COUNTY ON THEM BEING AWARDED.
I HAVE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF LOBBYIST GROUPS THAT, UM, WORK IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION WORLD THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN YOUR HAND, YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T COUNT ON HAVING IT ANYTIME SOON.
SO, UM, AND THE IDEA THAT THAT MONEY MIGHT BE HELD UP LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
UM, I'M GONNA HOLD OFF ON THAT.
IF WE UNDERSPEND IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THIS YEAR, WE CAN AFFORD TO DO SOME OF THE WORK OURSELF IN THE FALL.
UM, OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR MORE BACK FROM THE COUNTY ON THE BLOCK GRANT.
UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT AS FUN OF AN UPDATE AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE COST RECOVERY POLICY.
YEAH, I ACTUALLY NEED TO JUST ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS ON THAT ONE.
I DO NEED DEBUNK THAT TO OUR MAY MEETING, UM, BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE IT PREPARED FOR YOU.
I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER AND SOME OTHER THINGS CAME UP THIS WEEK, SO I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT AS POLISHED AS I'D LIKE TO BE.
AND REVIEW PARK STANDARDS IN THE SECRET SHOPPER PROGRAM.
SO I DID PASS OUT THE PARK STANDARDS.
I WANTED EVERYBODY TO HAVE THOSE, UM, ONE FOR ANOTHER SET OF EYES TO GO OVER THEM NOW THAT THEY'RE ALL COMPILED.
SO PLEASE, UH, KEEP THOSE WITH YOU, READ THROUGH THEM, GIVE ME ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK IF YOU THINK IT'S MISSING ANYTHING.
AND, UM, TRULY I'D LIKE, I THINK WE'LL GLEAN THE MOST INSIGHT FROM HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE, UM, IF YOU ARE OPEN TO A SECRET SHOPPER SORT OF PROGRAM.
SO, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT A MEMBER OF THE BOARD MAYBE CHAMPION THAT IN ASSIGNING PARKS TO UM, MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD AND SOMETIME OVER THE, PROBABLY LIKE EARLY SEASON GO OUT AND, AND USE THE PARK AND SECRET SHOP IT.
AND UM, I WOULD PROVIDE A LINK FOR A SURVEY TO BE FILLED OUT ABOUT IT.
UH, AND THEN THAT WAY I WOULDN'T KNOW REALLY WHO THEY'RE COMING FROM OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET USED OR WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GET USED.
AND I WOULD GET THE FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO ME AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REFERENCE THE STANDARDS AND TELL ME WHERE I THINK I'M, WHERE YOU THINK I'M FALLING SHORT, WHERE THE CITY COULD DO MORE TO MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS.
SO IF ANYBODY WAS OPEN TO THAT, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT REQUEST OF YOU.
IT WOULD BE, IT'D BE REALLY GREAT FOR SOME IN DEPTH FEEDBACK THAT AREN'T, SOMETIMES
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WE CAN GET A LITTLE BLIND TO IT OURSELVES.I THINK SARAH, UH, AND THAT SURVEY DOESN'T HAVE LIKE QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I'VE GONE OUT AND DONE STUFF LIKE THAT COMING OUT TO PARKS AND WHEN THERE'S RESIDENTS THERE, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO EM TO HEY, OR LIKE LOCAL, LIKE ESPECIALLY AT SPRING CREEK, I, YOU KNOW, ASKED THEM.
THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, OH, WE REALLY NEED SWINGS.
'CAUSE THEN THEY HAD JUST LITTLE BABY SWINGS, YOU KNOW? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE, THERE'S LIKE A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY ASK LIKE, HEY, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY SPARK UP A CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, WITH A RESIDENT, LOCAL RESIDENT, SAY, HEY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AT THIS PARK? WHAT DID
UH, THERE WAS A LOCAL RESIDENT ACTUALLY CAME TO ONE MEETING LIKE TWO YEARS PRIOR TO US PUTTING A DOG PARK THERE AND WAS SAYING HOW THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A, A WALKWAY AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT PARK ITSELF.
AND WHEN THE DOG PARK CAME AROUND, I REMEMBER THAT FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
SO I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE I SAID, THIS DOG PARK HAPPENS HERE, WE NEED TO PUT THAT EXTERIOR WALKING PATH.
AND THEN WHEN WE, THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION, HE WENT THERE, THAT RESIDENT'S SO UPSET, WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? I REALLY, AND I WAS LIKE, HERE'S HIS PLANS.
AND SHE SAW THE WALKING PATH AND SHE WAS JUST LIKE, HAPPY.
SO GOING OUT THERE, TALKING TO RESIDENTS WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD.
AND I COULD PUT A FEW SIMPLE PROMPTS LIKE YOU JUST SAID ON THERE AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO, I COULD ALSO MAKE IT.
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE FOR YOU TO FILL IN NARRATIVE TOO.
DOES ANYONE WANNA VOLUNTEER TO HEAD BACK? BASICALLY YOU'LL BE IN CHARGE OF LIKE PICKING THE PARKS AND ASSIGNING THEM TO PEOPLE SO THAT I'M NOT DOING IT.
SO THAT THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE SECRET ELEMENT TO IT.
UM, SO IF I DON'T, IF I SEE CASEY OUT IN THE PARKING NOT BE, SHE'S SECRET SHOPPING TODAY.
AND I'LL SEND YOU A FOLLOW UP EMAIL.
OKAY, ONTO TO REVIEWING THE SUBURB PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS THE POWERPOINT SLIDE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT CASEY MADE FOR THE, UM, MARCH COUNCIL MEETING THAT SHE WENT TO.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE REALLY QUICK.
THERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, ON THEM AND CATCH PEOPLE UP ON DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S, WHO'S CHAMPIONING THOSE.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS THEY CAN TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE AND JUST NOTE THAT, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST.
SO, UM, FIRST BEING THE ANNUAL TREE AND PLANT GIVEAWAY.
I KNOW I HAD SOME EMAIL QUESTIONS FROM YOU, RICH.
UH, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THOSE NOW? WELL, WE COULD.
IT WAS MORE JUST THE LOGISTICS.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THE LEADING ROLE ON IT.
JUST WASN'T SURE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE TREES AND PLANTS ARE BEING DELIVERED TO AND HOW WE GET THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND DOING A SHELTER AND JUST THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
WE'RE DOING THE PICKUP IN THE SENIOR CENTER PARKING LOT AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE DELIVERED ON FRIDAY TO THE SENIOR CENTER.
IT'S MY INTENTION JUST TO STORE THEM INDOORS AND SET UP, UH, THE GIVEAWAY KIND OF IN THAT SAME SPACE.
UM, SO WE WILL NEED A LITTLE HELP CLEANING UP IF WE TRANSFER SOME DIRT AND SUCH.
UH, BUT THAT IS THE INTENTION.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE, AND IT'S FROM NINE TO 11 IS PICKUP, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER OR PROBABLY DURING, AT LIKE EIGHT 30 I CAN BE THERE.
HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS DO YOU NEED? OH, IF YOU WANT, IF IF THESE, 'CAUSE THE BRIDGE WOULD BE THERE.
IF THE FOUR WERE STAYING THE WHOLE TIME, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
OR WE COULD SPLIT IT IN TWO SHIFTS, LIKE AT EIGHT 30 TO NOON AND THEN AT NOON TO, I'M SORRY, NOT NOON.
EIGHT 30 TO 10 AND THEN ATTEND TO ST.
NOON IF THERE'S ANYTHING I I'M AVAILABLE AS WELL.
YOU WANNA, DO YOU GUYS WANNA SPLIT IT UP OR DO YOU WANNA BE TIME? I, I I'M GOOD WITH SPLIT IT UP.
JUSTICE, HOW ABOUT YOU COME AT UH, 10 JUSTICE AND ANDY YOU GUYS WANT TO COME AT 10? OKAY.
AND DID AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN RELIEVE CASEY AND RICH IF THEY WANNA LEAVE AND IF NOT, THEN BY THEN WE'LL KNOW IF WE NEED TO HANG OUT.
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ENDS AND THEN CLEAN UP AFTER IT ENDS AT 11.WE MIGHT SPILL SOME DIRT SO YEAH, NO THAT'S FINE.
ALL AT THE SENIOR CENTER, 7 3 0 1 BROOK THE HERITAGE TREE PROGRAM KICKOFF.
UM, WE ARE HOPING TO HEAR IF WE HAVE RECEIVED THE GRANT FOR THE 2025 OR SORRY, 2026 PROGRAM STILL, BUT TO START OUR VERSION OF THE HERITAGE TREE PROGRAM WITH SOME NOMINATIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO TALK LOGISTICS ON THAT, RIGHT RICH? YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY.
SO WHEN WOULD NOMINATIONS OPEN? UH, IT WAS IN THE SCHEDULE.
UM, BASIC IT LIKE ARBOR DAY TO YEAH, NOMINATIONS WOULD START ON ARBOR DAY.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO PROBABLY DO SOME LIKE AT THE TREE GIVE OR PLAN GETAWAY.
THAT'D BE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE FLYER ABOUT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, SOME OF THINGS COMING UP LIKE THAT AND GET THE WORD OUT SO FOLKS CAN KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO NO.
SO WE'LL OPEN THOSE ON ARBOR DAY AND THEN IN THE SCHEDULE SLIDES YOU DID HAVE THE CLOSURE, I THINK IT WAS ANOTHER HOLIDAY.
I'M NOT SURE WE'LL ACCEPT THOSE ONLINE AND WE'LL POST THAT MOSTLY VIA SOCIAL MEDIA SO EVERYONE CAN SHARE WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
WE CAN ALSO GET IT IN THE CITY ENEWSLETTER.
CHRIS HAS SAID THAT OUR PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS ARE ALL ALREADY ON FLYERS, SO THAT'S GREAT.
AND THEN ALEX, ARE YOU THE CHAMPION OF THOSE PROGRAMS ALONG WITH CHRIS'S STAFF? I THINK I AM.
UH, IT'S A QUICK UPDATED CORRECTION.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT KING AND QUEEN ON JUNE THE 13TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY.
WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT FOR 60 MORE.
AND THE REASON WAS BECAUSE WE TRIED TO DO A FRIDAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY UNDER 50 PROBABLY STILL WORKING.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE SIX OLD 49 RIGHT.
SO WE WERE GONNA BE DOING SIX AND NO ON UH, FRIDAY AND THEN ON SATURDAY WE GET 18 AND NO, THAT'S THE ONLY CORRECTION I HAVE ON WHAT I SAW THERE.
OKAY, NOW WHILE WE ARE ON THAT TOPIC, TALKING ABOUT THE SUMMER ACTIVITY, AND I HAVE A TBD ON THAT ONE.
THAT IS TO UH, FIND OUT WHEN SARAH WAS GOING TO GET THE, UH, THE CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR THE UM, BASKETBALL COURTS.
UM, THE HOPE IS THAT IT IS ALL INSTALLED BY JUNE.
REASON, THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP WAS THAT UM, WE WANT TO DO A YOUTH THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT OR A TEAM OF SIX WHATEVER, UH, SOMETIME DURING THE SUMMER BETWEEN UH, JUNE AND SEPTEMBER.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE GONNA TRY AND GET THAT IN, BUT ONCE WE START SEEING THE PROGRESS ON THE UH, THE SURFACE DAY, WE CAN START SCHEDULING THAT TO THAT.
AND UH, YOU ARE DOING CHRIS STAFF WHEN TALKS WITH THEM, THEY WILL PROBABLY BE INVOLVED VOLUNTEERS, MIGHT BE VOLUNTEERS PROBABLY, BUT UH, A LOT OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE RUNNING A TOURNAMENT.
I MEAN, UH, YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.
SO, BUT WE GONNA TRY AND DO IT, THE VOLUNTEERS AND WE THE WHY TO SET IT UP AND OKAY.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY IF YOU WERE TO SCHEDULE THAT IN LIKE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, YOU WOULD.
AND ALSO RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD IS WE WANT TO LEAVE IT AT THE FEE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, IF YOU HAVE NO FEE, EVERYBODY'S GONNA SIGN UP AND
THERE HAS TO BE SOME COST, OTHERWISE THEY'LL JUST PUT THE NAME DOWN AND GO ON.
SO WHAT A RECOMMENDED FEE FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT FOR TOURNAMENT ALL DAY FOR THE CHILDREN.
YOU TALKING ABOUT KIDS NOW? PROBABLY, I'M, I'M COMMENDING 13 TO 18, BUT GO BEYOND THAT WHEN YOU'RE BABYSITTING.
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MY SUGGESTION FOR THAT.IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, I THINK UH, CHRIS' STAFF COULD PROBABLY HELP MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN THEY KNOW LIKE WHAT THEIR EXPENSES ARE GONNA BE.
THAT'S MY, I WOULD WANT 'EM TO RECOVER IF THEY'RE, YOU'RE GONNA ORDER PIZZA FOR THE KIDS AFTER AND A TROPHY AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD STILL KEEP IT MINIMUM THINK UNDER 10 BUCKS OR SO OR ADD 10 I THAT WOULD SIERRA RIGHT NOW IF, IF OTHER PEOPLE THINK THAT'S REASONABLE, WHAT WAS THAT? HOW MUCH WOULD, WHAT'D YOU SAY? LIKE $10 PROBABLY WOULD FOR THE T PER T, WHATEVER A PERSON I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS PERSONALLY, BUT I SAY I REALLY AT A BREAK EVEN POINT THINK 20 OR 25 PER T WELL THAT, THAT MAY BE MORE LIKELY BECAUSE WE DID THAT.
WE TALK ABOUT ON AVERAGE NOW WHAT ABOUT THREE OR $4 PER CHOP? WE'VE GOT A TEAM OF SIX.
SO IT'S A TEAM OF THREE, RIGHT? IT'S THREE ON THREE.
BUT YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM CONSIST OF SIX PLAYERS PUT, PUT A MAX ON IT, FIVE PLAYERS TEAM CONSIST OF FIVE PLAYER OR FIVE BUCKS A PIECE.
THEN IF IT'S 25, THAT'S, YEAH I JUST THINK IF, UH, I FIGURE OUT WHAT COMPONENTS YOU WANT FOR THE PROGRAM.
RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE MONEY OFF, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA TRY TO, IF YOU LOSE A LITTLE BIT FOR A YOUTH PROGRAM, I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY OKAY.
I'LL WORK WITH UH, SIERRA AND SARAH AND I CAN HELP YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE ONE.
BUT I'LL WORK WITH DENNIS, CARRIE IN AND GET IT SET UP.
THEN YOU MIGHT FIND A SPONSOR TOO.
NOW WHILE WE DISCUSSING EXPENSES, WE NEEDED TO GET A TENT AT LEAST ONE FOR THE PICKLEBALL EVENTS DOWN THERE BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WAS DOWN THERE THAT SUN WAS BEAMING DOWN ON THE STAFF AND THEY WERE SITTING THERE ALL MORNING.
SO I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE MUCH TO ASK THEM TO SIT THERE IN THE SUN FOR FOUR HOURS.
IS THIS FROM THE PLAYER OR THE STAFF? WELL, PRIMARILY FOR THE STAFF.
WELL IF THERE'S 60 AND ABOVE YOU HAVE ONE 13 CONDITION, BUT I WOULD SAY AT LEAST ONE, BUT MAYBE TWO WOULD BE IDEAL.
AND I CAN SEND YOU A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THE 10 BY 30, I GUESS THAT POP UP 10 BY 30 OR 10 BY 20.
WHAT ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS? TRUCKS? IT, WELL I'M ASKING YOU, WHAT ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS? UH, THE LAST TIME WE COOKED THE BIRDS AND EVERYTHING, I MEAN IF YOU JUST, IF YOU JUST BANANAS DO IT.
MOST OF THE TOURNAMENT, MOST PICKLE TOURNAMENTS, YOU TALKING ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE WATCHING OR I'M JUST, HEY, I'M JUST THROWING OUT HERE PERSONALLY, I'M NOT GONNA BE EATING ANY FOOD WHEN I WELL I THAT OFF THERE.
I I, I'D LET YOU HAVE SOME FOOD, SOME CHEESE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WELL THAT'S WHY I BREAK IT UP.
UH, IF YOU FIND A FOOD TRUCK THAT WANTS TO BE OUT THERE, I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THEM A PERMIT.
SO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THEIR DUCK.
AND THAT WAS ALL I HAVE ON THE UH, SUMMER ACTIVITIES.
OH, SORRY, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT DISC GOLF ALSO THAT CAME UP IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS BEING WRAPPED INTO THE YOUTH FIELD DAY.
THEY'RE THE LOT PEOPLE THAT COME OUT THERE AND PLAY DISC GOLF.
SO I THINK THEY OKAY THEN ONTO YOUTH FIELD DAY, WHICH UH, I DID.
ANDY AND CASEY ARE WORKING ON CHAMPIONING.
SO JUNE 10TH WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
YOU MARK, UM, DID WE COME UP EVER COME UP WITH A TIME? UM, I DO HAVE IT ACTUALLY IN THIS TEXT DOCUMENT AND I HAD PUT THE EVENING A NOTE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS THINKING SEVEN BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER.
OH, I'VE BEEN A SIX TO SEVEN 30 HERE.
BUT THAT'S ONLY A PLACE WHERE IT CAN BE WHATEVER YOU GUYS DID FINE TOO, BUT WE LIKE SIX TO 8, 7 30, 6
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TO EIGHT.WHAT DAY THE
WE HAVE THE LITTLE MEMON CONCERT EXERT AND THAT ONE I THINK DOES START AT SIX 30.
AND THEN NICE BULLET POINT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW,
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE TREE BOARD FOR TREE CITY USA.
SO THE TREE BOARD FOR TREES USA.
SO, UM, LAST YEAR WE, WE DECLARED ARBOR DAY A HOLIDAY IN THE CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, AND THE REASON REALLY FOR DOING THAT WAS TO EVENTUALLY BECOME A TREE CITY USA CITY, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT HEY, WE TAKE OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY SERIOUSLY AND THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, UM, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING TREES SERIOUSLY.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY POSITIVELY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IN STRIVING TO REACH THAT DESIGNATION THIS YEAR, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE IS A TREE BOARD.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS ANOTHER BOARD AND COMMISSION.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT THIS BOARD FUNCTION AS THE TREE BOARD.
UM, AND MEETINGS FOR THAT WILL BE LESS FREQUENTLY THAN THESE AND, AND WE CAN EVEN MAKE IT SO THAT WE KIND OF DEDICATE A, A MEETING OR TWO A YEAR, A BIG PORTION OF IT TO ANYTHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH THE TREES.
UM, WE'D ALSO MAKE SURE TO PUBLICIZE THAT WE'RE TALKING TREE BOARD ACTIVITIES IN CASE THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN TREES BUT MAYBE OTHERWISE NOT INTERESTED IN OUR BOARD.
UH, THAT WOULD'VE COME DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT.
SO JUST THE THOUGHT FOR THE HERITAGE TREE PROGRAM.
THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BOARD THAT ALSO THAT DOES THE SCORING, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THIS BOARD WOULD SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE.
UM, AND TALKING TO Z KETTERING, THEY, THEY HAVE LIKE ARBORISTS AND MASTER GARDENERS ON THAT.
THAT'S COULD BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD COME IN AND BE PART WITH THIS AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK IT COULD START HERE BUT I THINK MAYBE WE COULD LOOK TO BRING IN OTHER MORE TREE PEOPLE AS WELL.
PERHAPS THIS IS OUR STARTING POINT SO THAT WE GET THE DESIGNATION AND SEE HOW IT EVOLVES.
UM, SO IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU GUYS SHOULD FORMALLY VOTE ON, THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO BE THE TREE BOARD.
AND THEN IF SO I'LL MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO MY SUPERVISORS AND SEE IF WE NEED TO GO UP TO COUNCIL, INFORM THAT AND GO FROM THERE.
SO I CAN MOTION RECOMMEND OR A MOTION FOR HAVING THE TREE BOARD A PART OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.
AND MOVING ON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION SUMMER PROGRAM PRESENTATION.
SO LESSON PRESENTATION OR OF A WORKSHEET BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY IN THIS ROOM ISN'T, UH, ALWAYS COOPERATIVE WITH ME.
SO I HAVE A DRAFT HERE OF THE PROGRAMS FOR THE SUMMER.
UM, SO WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET.
IT'S OPENING DAY WILL BE MAY 10TH, WHICH IS THE DAY BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.
IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL OCTOBER 11TH, WHICH IS THE SECOND SATURDAY OF OCTOBER.
SO IT HAD THE SECOND SATURDAY TO SECOND SATURDAY.
THAT IS TRIMMING OFF A FEW DATES THIS YEAR.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE NEVER KNOW HOW OHIO WEATHER IS GOING TO BE, BUT IT SEEMED THAT OUR PATRONAGE, UM, AND CERTAINLY OUR CROPS CAN CAN NOT BE UM, VERY PREVALENT IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY AND THEN THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY THESE DATES THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO CLOUD PARK FOOD TRUCK RALLIES AGAIN, THESE WILL BE EVERY OTHER TUESDAY FOR MAY 6TH TO SEPTEMBER 9TH.
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I'M GONNA SKIP OVER THE YMCA ONE 'CAUSE CHRIS IS GONNA TALK ABOUT HIS PROGRAMS WHEN WE NEXT CONVENE.I AM AGAIN PARTNERING WITH DAYTON METRO LIBRARY, HUBER HEIGHTS BRANCH TO DO STORY TIME.
WE'LL BE OUT THERE EVERY WEDNESDAY IN JUNE AT CLOUD PARK AND THEN AGAIN EVERY WEDNESDAY IN JULY AT SHO GATE PARK.
UM, SHAKESPEARE AT THE HEIGHTS IS A USER GROUP THAT IS RETURNING TO THE BERGER AMPHITHEATER, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR USE OF THE AMPHITHEATER THERE.
THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH ME AND PROGRAMMING A DATE NIGHT AT THE HEIGHTS, UM, EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU CAN PRE-ORDER A CHARCUTERIE BOARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE AND COME OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES AND HAVE AN INTERESTING AND UNIQUE DATE.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE YOUTH FIELD DID WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UM, WE ARE DOING THE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UH, THE FIRST BAND WILL BE THE MENU.
SO THIS IS AN ACTION PACKED COVER BAND.
THEY'RE REALLY SILLY GUYS UP ON STAGE IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THEM.
UM, I HAVE THE JUNETEENTH CONCERT ON HERE AS I WORK WITH THE CULTURE UNIVERSITY BOARD AND HELPING IMPLEMENT SOME OF THEIR EVENTS AND UM, AS THEIR STAFF LIAISON WILL BE ON PATERNITY LEAVE AT THIS TIME, I'LL BE HAVE IT HEAVY HANDED THIS ONE TO IN COUPLE MONTHS.
THE STAR SPAGO HEIGHTS PARADE FESTIVAL AT FIREWORKS ARE ON FOR JUNE 28TH.
SO WE HAVE THE PARADE FESTIVAL AT FIREWORKS, THAT IS DEFINITELY AN ALL HANDS ON DECK FESTIVAL.
SO PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR ME TO ASK YOU TO VOLUNTEER.
DON'T SCHEDULE A VACATION THAT DAY IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT IN SUB CAPACITY HELPING US.
UH, MENTIONED STORY HEIGHTS AT SH AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE THE LITTLE BOURBON DASH TOUR BAND, WHICH YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF.
THE NEXT SUMMER CONCERT THEN IS REAL TO REAL.
THEY'RE LIKE A GREATEST HITS COVER BAND.
THEY'RE PRETTY BIG BANDS, SOME PORNS, UM, SOME INTERESTING PIECES IN THERE.
THE YOUTH AND FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT SERIES IS ALSO REPEATING THE GET OUT AND ESPORT PROGRAM THAT WE PART PAIRED WITH AN A AND B MOVIE LAST YEAR.
UM, OUR IFICATION IS MOVING AWAY FROM DOING THE MOVIES EVERY MONTH.
UM, BUT I AM PICKING UP A FEW MOVIES HERE AND THERE AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO SHOW SONIC THE HEDGEHOG THREE.
THAT LICENSE WILL BE OUT IN APRIL SO I HAVE TO BE LIKE FIRST IN LINE TO GET THE LICENSE, BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'S ON MY CALENDAR 'CAUSE I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN.
WE'LL HAVE THE GAME TRUCK OUT AGAIN AND WE'LL DO VIDEO GAME FEEDBACK ACTIVITIES OUT IN THE PARK FOR FAMILIES.
UH, THE NEXT BAND IS RUN KATIE RUND.
THEY WERE WITH US LAST YEAR AND UH, THEY WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
SO THEY'RE A NATIONALLY TOURY BAND.
I THINK THERE WASN'T A LOT OF NAME RECOGNITION LOCALLY, BUT I THINK UH, OF THE 200 PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT FOR 'EM LAST YEAR, I THINK THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY ALL BE BACK 'CAUSE SHE WAS REALLY PHENOMENAL.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT SOME OF OUR VERY POPULAR BANDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON BRING PEOPLE TO OUR SERIES AND HAVE THEM RETURN YMCA PROGRAM AGAIN.
THEY'RE A FOLK ADE ROCK BAND AND THEY'RE FROM HERE AND DEAN.
SO THEY HAVE A GREAT LOCAL FOLLOWING.
AND THEN NEXT IS, UH, THE JIMMY BUFFETT TRIBUTE BAND, PARENTS OF THE CARIBBEAN.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY JIMMY BUFFETT FANS OUT THERE, YOU'VE GOTTA COME TO THEIR SHOW.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WILL GO VERY WELL SIR TERRY, JUST REAL QUICK, I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU ON, ON THAT SCHEDULE.
LOOKING AT A CALENDAR, THEY'VE TRADITIONALLY BEEN ON SATURDAYS AUGUST THE 26TH IS A TUESDAY NIGHT, SHOULD THAT BE THE 16TH? YES, THANK YOU.
IT SHOULD BE A SATURDAY AUGUST 26TH.
NO, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE SO IT SHOULD BE NINE AND THEN 23.
AUGUST 23RD IS PARIS AND CARIBBEAN.
AND THEN WE GO, WE SKIP WEEK AND WE GO TO NINE SIX, WHICH IS HEATHER REDMOND AND THE REPUTATION TO GET ANOTHER LOCAL DATE IN BAND.
REALLY GOOD FOLLOWING AND ENDING THE SEASON WITH BRASS TRACKS.
MAY OUR REPEAT FROM LAST YEAR'S AS WELL.
THEY HAD A GREAT FOLLOWING, UH, ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR SHOWS AND THEIR CHICAGO TRIBUTE BAND TO LOTS OF BRASS SECTION.
UM, THE FARMERS MARKET AT THE HEIGHTS LAST DAY.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A PUMPKIN GIVEAWAY THAT DAY.
SO, UM, COME ON OUT AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL VENDORS.
AND THEN OCTOBER 17TH WE ARE DOING A DATE NIGHT FRIGHT NIGHT IN THE HEIGHTS.
IT'S A DOUBLE FEATURE OF SCARY MOVIES.
UH, BOTH OF THESE SCARY MOVIES I HAVE LISTED ARE ACTUALLY GREEN PG, SO, UH, THEY'RE PRETTY TAMED 'CAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY SEE
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ANYTHING HAPPEN, BUT THEY DEFINITELY ARE SCARY.UM, I BELIEVE I COULD GET BOTH OF THOSE LICENSES FROM OUR CURRENT AGENCY.
I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK IT SO SOMETHING MIGHT CHANGE.
BUT UM, ON THAT NIGHT TOO, YOU'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE THE OPTION TO GET US WITH GCU BOARD THIS UH, FANCY KNIFE WORK AND UH, MAYBE A SPIDER BALL OF MOZZARELLA OR SOMETHING.
SO, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A HUBER HEIGHTS HAPPY HAUNTED TRAIL AT COMMUNITY PARK.
SO THIS WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
THINK A ZANY WITCH OR FORTUNE TELLER.
LIKE NOT SCARY, FUN, HAPPY HAUNTED TRAIL FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.
FOR OUR LITTLE OLD, A LOT OF UH, YOU KNOW, HUMOR HEIGHTS DOES HALLOWEEN GREAT AND SOME OF IT CAN BE SPOOKIER THAN OTHERS, BUT THIS WOULD OTHER THAN IT BE AT DUSK AND DARK, NOTHING SPOOKY.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE PROGRAMS. UM, I DID PUT THAT FOR YOUTH FIELD DAY WE WANT REGISTRATION SO WE KNOW HOW MANY ARE COMING.
I THINK ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH CHILDREN AND WE ARE ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES FOR THEM.
WE NEED TO KNOW NUMBERS SO WE KNOW WE HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE.
OTHER THAN THAT, ALL OF THESE OTHERS COULD BE DROPPING AND YOU CAN ENJOY THE EVENT, UM, WITHOUT PRE-REGISTER.
SO THEN NEXT I HAVE A LIST OF OUR PRE-REGISTERED PROGRAMS. UM, THE FIRST IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY GARDEN.
WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE SPOTS OPEN FOR GARDENERS OUT THERE ON POWELL ROAD.
IT'S $20 PER THE YEAR AND THAT GIVES YOU THE SUPPORT OF A MASTER GARDENER WHO'S OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, UM, AS WELL AS WE PROVIDE YOU THE BED AND THEN THE SOIL.
UM, THERE'S WATER OUT THERE AT THE SITE, COMPOST LEAF MULCH, THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED.
UM, YOUTH FISHING CLASS IS DATE TO BE DETERMINED, BUT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH RAINBOW LAKES OUT ON 2 35.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOUTH FISHING CLASS WITH THAT.
SO STILL WORKING ON THAT DATE THOUGH.
AND THEN, UM, OUR YOUTH FIELD DAY IS JUNE 10TH.
DATE NIGHT SHAKESPEARE AT THE HEIGHTS CHARCUTERIE PACKAGE.
YOU CAN COME TO DATE NIGHT, YOU CAN WASH SHAKESPEARE.
I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMING, BUT IF YOU WANT THE CHARCUTERIE PACKAGE, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER SAVE FOR, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE HEIGHTS.
UM, SO SKYHAWKS SPORTS CAMPS IS A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT RUNS, UM, DAY CAMPS IN OUR AREA AND THEY WANT TO TRY SOME CAMPS OUT IN COMMUNITY AND UM, CLOUD PARK.
AND SO THEY OFFER THAT THEY RUN EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z AND WE JUST PROVIDE THEM THE SPACE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY THOSE OUT THIS YEAR.
UM, ON OCTOBER 5TH ARE WE HELPING AGAIN WITH THE UM, TREAT? SO I KNOW THAT CINDY IS HOLDING HER A BIT ON THE FIFTH AS THE DEPARTMENT I WILL BE PLAYING SUPPORT TO THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT DOES SHE TRASH TRAILERS, PARKING ASSISTANCE, BUT WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
AS FAR AS ANYTHING FROM FROM THE BOARD THAT I DON, THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU GUYS IF YOU WANTED.
HAVE A BOOTH THERE OR SOMETHING.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE MIAMI VALLEY LEAVE.
SO IT IS A COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION THAT KIND OF FOCUSES ON OUTDOOR PROGRAMS FOR KIDS FAMILIES.
UM, MULTIPLE OTHER PARK ORGANIZATIONS ARE CURRENTLY PART OF THIS, SUCH AS CENTERVILLE, WASHINGTON PARK DISTRICT KETTERING, MARRA, GREEN COUNTY METRO PARKS.
UM, THEY OFFER SOME ONGOING GRANT LIST AND CROWDFUNDING FOR OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING AND THERE'S NO COST ALL AND THEY ALSO OFFER PROMOTION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE ALSO JOIN THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, WHAT ELSE DOES THAT MEAN? LIKE WHAT IS OUR, OUR COMMITMENT? SO THERE'S REALLY LITTLE COMMITMENT THAT'S REQUIRED.
THERE ARE MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS USUALLY ON TUESDAY THE THIRD, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SOMETIMES EVENINGS.
UM, I COULD ATTEND THOSE WITH THE FUTURE PROGRAM MANAGER.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT IT'S A LOT OF JUST VOLUNTEER BASED EVENTS.
WE CAN BE AS INVOLVED OR UNINVOLVED THAT WE CHOOSE,
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BUT OBVIOUSLY THE MORE YOU PUT INTO IT, THE MORE YOU GET OUTTA IT.THEY ARE THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH THIRD TUESDAY AND A LOT OF THEM ARE VIRTUAL.
SO DOES IT PROVIDE LIKE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE EVENTS? I GUESS WOULD BE THE IDEA? YES.
SO YOU IT WOULD BE AWARE OF AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEVES.
SO THERE'S NO REAL, IS THERE A DOWNSIDE OTHER THAN JUST THE TIME TO GO TO THESE TWO BIG MEETINGS? YEAH, JUST THE TIME FREE TO JOIN.
THERE'S NO EXTRA COMMITMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE MEETINGS WHICH I CAN JOIN.
AND THE FUTURE PROGRAM MANAGER WHO WOULD BE A PROGRAM MANAGER IS THAT WE'RE HIRING A PROGRAM COORDINATOR RIGHT NOW.
I ACTUALLY INTERVIEW EIGHT PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.
WE WOULD BE, UM, EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE ANY OF THAT COME ON BOARD.
SO WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT.
UM, AND THAT PERSON WOULD BE CHAMPIONING PROGRAMMING SO THEY PROGRAM TOGETHER OR SECOND.
I THINK YOU, WE, YEAH, WE PROBABLY WANT A MOTION TO RECOMMEND JOINING THE INITIATIVE AND CASEY BEING THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST LIKE SUPPORTS ON THAT EVERY DAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO JOIN THE INITIATIVE WITH ME SUPPORTING THE MEETING? I'LL MOTION.
DO WE HAVE SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND.
NEXT, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO, UM, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, THE NEXT I'D LIKE TO CONDUCT THE NEXT CLOUD PARK PUBLIC INPUT SESSION, WHICH IS GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, UM, ON APRIL 17TH, WHICH IS THE NIGHT OF OUR MEETING.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY IN TO GET TO KNOW YOU ALL AS WELL.
AND SO RATHER THAN MEETING IN OUR TYPICAL FASHION, WE WOULD BE UP AT THE SENIOR CENTER WHERE WE'RE HOLDING IT AT SIX O'CLOCK AND YOU GUYS WOULD ACTUALLY NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN EACH BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITY THEY'RE DOING, BUT YOU WOULD BE PAIRED WITH ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS TO BE LIKE THE FACE OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO YOU SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT AN AREA OF CLOUD PARK IN OUR CONSULTANTS.
LIKE I'VE BEEN OUT THERE A COUPLE TIMES, I HAVE PICTURES BUT I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO YOU'RE MORE THE FACING OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY ALSO GETS TO KNOW YOU ALL AS A BOARD BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES LEADING IT.
IF THAT IS AGREEABLE TO YOU, THAT WOULD BE FROM SIX TO EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND SO IF WE NEEDED TO, UM, CONDUCT ANY BUSINESS THEREAFTER, WE COULD CALL FOR A MEETING.
BUT I THINK WE COULD TABLE ALMOST EVERYTHING FOR APRIL INTO THE MAY MEETING.
DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT OR? YEAH, A MOTION TO MOVE OUR MEETING TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING ASSISTING IN THE CLOUD PARK COMMUNITY INFO SESSION THAT I WILL, I WOULD MOVE FOR THAT.
OH, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SECOND I, SORRY.
WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
SO THE, THE UH, INVITATION THAT WE GOT FOR THE DINNER, WHAT THINGS HAVE, I DID BRING MY THAT'S THE 20 WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE ALL COME TO THAT SO WE CAN HANG OUT AND HAVE FUN.
IS IT TOMORROW? WELL BELIEVE IT'S TOMORROW.
THEY'RE SAYING IT'S DEAD TOMORROW TIME.
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SO ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING THE MEETING.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE TWO SECONDS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, REAL QUICK JUST TO CONFIRM, SO THAT, UM, OUR APRIL 17TH FLOOR MEETING WILL NOW BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND YOU SAID IT STARTED AT SIX TOO.
AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS SLASH REQUEST OF SOMEBODY ON THIS BOARD.
ANYBODY, UM, CITY COUNCIL WILL BE PROCLAIMING A POLLINATOR DAY ON MONDAY, WHICH IS THE 24TH.
UM, SO WHEN THEY DO THAT AT A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING, WE LIKE TO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY'RE SOMEONE TO ACCEPT THE PROPAGATION.
WE'LL BE AS YOU KNOW, WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ON THE AGENDA, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE AFTER THAT.
IT JUST LOOKS GOOD TO HAVE A SMILING FACE THAT'S NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, SHAKING THE BEAR
SO WE ARE A MONARCH CITY, SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR ANY AND ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO
UM, IF YOU KNOW ANY GROUPS THAT ARE THINKING OF DOING SOMETHING RAPIDLY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO JUST BE US, THAT DOESN'T, RIGHT? THERE CAN BE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN A POLLINATOR GARDEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST THAT THE CITY IS AS A WHOLE IS DOING IT AND WE WANNA RECORD THAT TO KNOW WHAT OUR CITY DOES.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AFTER ROLL CALL, UH, WES OR NOT EXCUSED? UH, THE ABSENTEE, I DID NOT HEAR FROM HIM.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT HIS TERM IS UP THE 31ST.
AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM UNLESS CHRIS HAS HEARD SOMETHING IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
UM, IF CHRIS HALL IS CONT CONTINUING ON COURT, SO, ALRIGHT.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE DO THAT, BUT YOU STILL CAN MAKE A MOTION IF YOU WANT.
UH, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES AND ANYONE HAD ANY CORRECTIONS TO MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY OBJECTIONS? AND THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING.