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RIGHT.[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 18, 2025 6:30 P.M.]
AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL.
AND JUSTICE DID SEND AN EMAIL SAYING THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE HIS ABSENCE AND SECONDED? YES, SIR.
AND I, HAS ANYONE ELSE HEARD FROM KEITH OR RON? RON DID EMAIL ME.
HE'S AT A CONVENTION, UH, VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU EVENT, BUT HE WAS GONNA TRY TO GET HERE, UM, IF HE COULD, SO, BUT HE DID EMAIL ME AND MOTION TO EXCUSE RON FIRST AND SECONDED.
YOU COULD PROBABLY GET, YOU CAN GET DENNIS.
AND HAS ANYONE HEARD FROM KEITH? I'LL MOTION TO EXCUSE SARAH.
ALRIGHT, AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS THIS EVENING.
THERE ARE NO CITIZENS PRESENT FOR COMMENTS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OLD BUSINESS WITH THE YMCA UPDATE.
YEAH, SO, UH, WE'RE IN, UH, FULL SUMMER MODE AT THE Y UM, IT HASN'T BEEN THE GREATEST WEATHER FOR OUTDOOR POOL SEASON.
UM, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A STRUGGLE, UH, TO BE HONEST, BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL GONNA SHOW UP ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
UM, BUT, UM, FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOOD.
UH, THE FACILITY'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE WEATHER'S BEEN REALLY HARD.
UM, OPENING WEEKEND WAS PRETTY MUCH A BUST EXCEPT FOR LIKE MEMORIAL DAY.
UH, AND THEN I THINK THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY WERE THE FIRST WEEK.
THOSE WERE REALLY THE ONLY TWO DAYS THAT WE WERE OPEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, THAT'S GOING WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, UM, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE PLAYGROUND PROGRAM UP AT SHELL GATE PARK, UM, THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THIS SUMMER.
UM, WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE.
THE FIRST WEEK WAS 50 KIDS, THE SECOND WEEK WAS 60, AND THEN THIS PAST TUESDAY WE HAD 30, IF YOU REMEMBER THE WEATHER, IT WAS KIND OF IFFY, SPRINKLING, NOT VERY NICE OUT.
UM, BUT, UM, THE KIDS HAVE BEEN HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
UM, FIREHOUSE SUBS DONATED LUNCH ALL THREE WEEKS, SO THE KIDS THAT WERE THERE GOT SANDWICHES AND, AND UM, THAT, UM, NEXT TUESDAY WE MOVE TO, UM, COMMUNITY PARK, I BELIEVE, UM, FOR THREE WEEKS.
AND THEN WE FINISH UP BACK HERE BEHIND US AT GARY SHERMAN FOR THREE WEEKS.
SO, SO FAR WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE, DEFINITELY BETTER THAN, UM, LAST YEAR.
UM, I THINK SHELL GATE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR US BECAUSE THE PLAYGROUND'S BRAND NEW.
SO EVEN LIKE KIDS THAT ARE THERE PLAYING WITH THEIR PARENTS OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE COME OVER TO THE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S BEEN, BEEN REALLY WELL RECEIVED.
UM, NEXT THURSDAY AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS AREN'T WORKING AT 9:00 AM AND ARE OFF, UM, WE ARE RUNNING WHAT IS CALLED THE WORLD'S LARGEST SWIMMING LESSON.
UM, WE ARE THE, THE SHOWCASE SITE FOR THE, UH, ASSOCIATION, UH, THE YMC OF GREATER DAYTON.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT 50 TO 60 SOME ODD KIDS SIGNED UP.
IT'S A FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
WE'LL TEACH THE KIDS, UH, ESSENTIAL WATER SAFETY STUFF.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THE AQUATICS CENTER.
UM, THE Y ALWAYS RUNS A SAFETY AROUND WATER WEEK AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, BUT, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT AT THE AQUATICS CENTER, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, SUMMER LEAGUES HAVE STARTED, BASKETBALL STARTS THIS SATURDAY WITH THEIR FIRST WEEK OF GAMES, AND THEN COACH CASEY GETS TO TAKE THE FIELD, UM, NEXT SATURDAY IN HER T-BALL DEBUT AS COACH.
UM, BUT UM, THE CITY DID INVEST IN REDOING THE FIELDS UP AT SHELL GATE, REDOING THE INFIELDS, THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
SO, UM, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH IT FOR US RIGHT NOW.
SO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? WHO, ALL RIGHT.
AND I'M SORRY, A QUICK QUESTION ON THE Y UPDATE.
ARE WE ON SCHEDULE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THERE OR IS THAT RUNNING BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER? NO, UH, THE, UH, THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING Y AND THE EXPANSION OF THE Y IS, UM, ON TIME LIKE IT SHOULD BE.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.SARAH IS NOT HERE TO PROVIDE THE CITY UPDATE, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
UH, THE FIRST THING IS THE EVENT VOLUNTEERING.
I KNOW SARAH SENT OUT AN EMAIL WITH A LIST OF EVENTS THAT NEEDED VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WORKS FOR YOUR SCHEDULE AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER WITH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SECRET SHOPPER PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS A FEW MEETINGS AGO, UM, ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A PARK SECRET SHOPPER PROGRAM.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF GET THAT MOVING AND RICH, WERE YOU TAKING OVER THAT? THAT WAS ME.
YEAH, SO I, I JUST, I'LL REACH OUT TO HER, UM, AFTER GET OUTTA HERE AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK SHE WAS STILL WORKING ON GETTING THE SURVEY ALL TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO SEND IT OUT.
SO YEAH, I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO HER.
AND THEN I'M NOT SURE WHAT SHE HAD FOR THE BOARD ANNUAL SCHEDULE.
I THINK IT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, SETTING OUR SCHEDULE AND LOOKING AT IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, KNOW NORMALLY THIS BOARD TAKES DECEMBER OFF, UM, DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS AND PEOPLE BEING IN AND OUT AND THEN DURING THE SUMMERTIME IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW I THINK WE HAD TALKED AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING ABOUT POTENTIALLY, UM, NOT HAVING A JUNE MEETING, BUT THEN WITH THE STAR SCHOOL HEIGHTS AND VOLUNTEERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I THINK WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO HAVE THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, DECIDES WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DO YOU, DO YOU TAKE DECEMBER OFF? DO YOU TAKE MAYBE JULY OFF AFTER, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THROUGH THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS? I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE, SHE WANTED THE CONVERSATION TO GO.
UM, I ALSO THINK SHE PROBABLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EVENTS.
I KNOW YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIGGEST EVENTS ARE IN STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS.
I KNOW WE HAD THE, THE JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR THAT.
I KNOW SHE HAD THE MENUS SATURDAY, BUT IT GOT POSTPONED OR CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
UM, SO I THINK JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE THE BOARD CAN, CAN STEP IN AND KIND OF BE THERE FOR VOLUNTEERS AND IN OUR ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE.
SO I THINK ANY FEEDBACK WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS.
'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE BOARD MEMBERS AND YOU KNOW, UM, I, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES HAVING THAT.
I WAS AT THE FISHING CLINIC, THAT WASN'T PRETTY GOOD.
WE PROBABLY HAD UH, UH, 10 OR 12.
ONLY THING WAS UH, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CLINICIAN THERE TO DIRECT EVERYBODY AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WENT BUT MAYBE HE WENT FISHING.
DID ANYBODY ATTEND THE JUNETEENTH THING ON SUNDAY? WAS IT WELL ATTENDED? I KNOW THEY, THE TENT TENT WAS UP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL UP I THINK ACTUALLY, BUT, UM, DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND IT WAS THERE.
WAS IT A NICE EVENT? WAS IT WELL ATTENDED OR IT WAS, YEAH.
WHAT ABOUT THE MEETING SCHEDULE? HOW DO YOU GUYS, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS FEELING TOWARDS, DO YOU WANNA STICK TO THE EVERY MONTH OR ARE THERE SOME MONTHS WHERE YOU THINK, OKAY, WELL THESE, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, I DON'T SEE ANY REAL CONFLICT.
WELL I THINK SPECIFICALLY I THINK WE OUGHT TO SKIP THE JULY AND DECEMBER MEETING.
I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR THE ONE IN DECEMBER.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A USER, A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON THEN.
AND WE ALSO USUALLY HAVE EVERYTHING ALL PLANNED IN TERMS OF UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I DON'T SEE A NEED TO HAVE ONE IN DECEMBER BECAUSE THE JANUARY MEETING WHEN WE NORMALLY ELECT THE NEW OFFICERS SO FORTH.
I WAS SAYING DECEMBER THE MEETING ONE WE COULD PROBABLY CANCEL AND I THINK JULY BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE ACTIVITIES ALREADY PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER.
SO I PROPOSE THAT WE SKIP THOSE TWO THEN.
SO I GUESS MELANIE, YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, DO WE WANT TO LIKE CANCEL IT NOW LIKE FOREVER THOSE TWO? OR DO WE JUST WANT TO LIKE THE MONTH BEFORE DECIDE WE DON'T NEED TO MEET NEXT MONTH? I'LL THINK THE LATTER.
I WOULD SAY I WOULDN'T WANT TO SET IT UP BECAUSE WE GOT SOME BIG PROJECT GOING ON NEXT YEAR.
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TO CANCEL THE JULY.I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING FOR THIS YEAR I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR US TO HAVE THE ONE IN JULY AND I THINK EITHER ON CHRISTMAS TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY THE WEEK JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
IT IS AND OUR MIND IS USUALLY NOT ON IT AT THAT POINT.
SO I OPPOSED TO JULY AND DECEMBER, YOU KNOW THAT WE CANCEL THOSE FOR THIS YEAR THEN.
SO WE WILL CANCEL THE JULY AND DECEMBER MEETINGS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT? I DON'T THINK SO.
ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? I JUST, ON THE VOLUNTEER THING, I DO PLAN ON TRYING TO DO THAT 12 TO FOUR SHIFT WITH THE CITY, 10 FOR UH, START SPAN OF LIGHTS SO I CAN GET DONE WITH THE PARADE, GO DO THAT AND THEN COME HOME FRESHEN ENOUGH, THEN GO TO FIREWORKS.
UM, YEAH, JUST RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL THAT SARAH SENT.
THIS WAY SHE CAN COORDINATE IT WITH YEAH, EVERYBODY ELSE.
I KNOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO SWITCH MY VOLUNTEER SHIFT UP FOR THAT DAY, BUT I THINK SHE HAD PARKING PASSES TO IF YOU WERE VOLUNTEERING.
I WOULD DEFINITELY TALK TO HER SO YOU CAN GET THE PARKING PASS UNLESS SHE ALREADY GAVE IT TO YOU LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH.
YEAH, I GOT MY MASK, I GOT OUR, I GOT OURS TOO.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
UM, I DO WANT TO JUST REITERATE THAT THE NEXT BOARD SPONSORED EVENT IS THE LITTLE MERMAN ON JULY 11TH.
AND I KNOW SARAH IS LOOKING FOR SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT, REACH OUT TO HER AND LET HER KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.
WHAT IS THAT? IT IS A LIKE DISNEY COVER TRIBUTE BAN THAT'S IN THE EVENING.
A TIME THAT UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX 30.
YEAH, LA LAST YEAR JUSTICE, HE WENT, HE WENT TO IT, HIM AND HIS KIDS AND YOU KNOW, HIS WHOLE FAMILY WENT TO IT.
THEY LOVED IT, BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
WE LOOKED INTO IT, WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF LIKE, HEY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE IT THAT SATURDAY THE 12TH, LET'S PIGGYBACK ON WHILE THEY'RE GONNA BE IN TOWN.
AND THEN I GUESS MIAMISBURG PICKED IT UP, UH, LIKE LAST WEEKEND OR TWO WEEKENDS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, THEY DID IT, THEY DID IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
THEY, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL THE COUNTRY, SO THEY DID IT ON JUNE 1ST.
SO, BUT YEAH, THEY DID SOME STUFF BEFOREHAND.
I KNOW SARAH WAS REACHING OUT TO GET A COUPLE FOOD TRUCKS FOR THE EVENING.
UM, JUSTICE WAS IN CHARGE OF HEADING THAT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE DECIDED ON ANY PRE-SHOW ACTIVITIES, BUT THAT'S THE NEXT BIG BOARD SPONSORED EVENT THAT WE WOULD NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR OTHER THAN THE STAR SPAND HEIGHTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE FARMER FARMER'S MARKETS EVERY SATURDAY THAT SHE CAN ALWAYS BE VOLUNTEERS FOR.
I'M HAVE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT FRIDAY FOR THE LITTLE MERMAID.
SHE SENT A WHOLE SPREADSHEET WITH ALL THE TIME SLOTS AND EVENTS OR HELP, HELP
AND IF YOU LOOK AT AN EMAIL ALL AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A SPREADSHEET.
YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK YOU RESPONDED IN THAT EMAIL ABOUT THAT.
ANYONE ELSE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, UP AT THE UH, AQUATIC CENTER ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND, WE'VE GOT THE STRONG KIDS TRIATHLON.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER OR YOU WANNA COME UP AND CHEER, UM, WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 325 KIDS THAT WILL COMPETE IN TRIATHLON, IN THE TRIATHLON.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET DONE AND GET 'EM OUT THERE AND OPEN UP TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC THAT DAY, UH, AT NOON.
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SO IT'S A GREAT EVENT.UM, YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS REALLY, UH, ENJOY THEMSELVES.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, PLEASE JUST REACH OUT.
IT'S SIMPLE AND EASY TO VOLUNTEER, UH, THROUGH THE Y UM, AND WE'LL GET YOU GUYS TAKEN CARE OF IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
SO, AND HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER THE MEETINGS FROM THE LAST MINUTE OR MEETINGS MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? UH, YES.
HERE I'LL LEARN TO TALK ONE DAY.
WELL, I AM GOING RECOMMEND THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
AND DOES ANYONE SECOND THAT? OKAY.
AND WITH THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND END OUR MEETING THIS EVENING FIRST AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 21ST.
SO YOU HAVE A COOKOUT WITH THE KIDS THEN THEY'LL LOVE THAT MAN.
THERE'S A SOCCER FIELD SOMEWHERE.