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[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 16, 2025 6:30 P.M.]
AHEAD AND BEGIN THE MEETING AT SIX 30 THIS EVENING.AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS THIS EVENING AND THERE ARE NO CITIZENS, SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE OLD BUSINESS, WITH THE YMCA UPDATE.
YEAH, SO, UH, A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, WE ARE INTO FALL SPORTS, UH, SEASON HERE AT THE Y.
UM, OVERALL BETWEEN THE THREE SPORTS THAT WE OFFER, WE HAVE 561 KIDS PLAYING, UM, 2 55 IN SOCCER, 109 IN FLAG FOOTBALL AND 1 97 AND VOLLEYBALL LEAGUES.
UM, SOCCER WILL WRAP UP AT THE END OF OCTOBER, BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
FLAG FOOTBALL IS, UH, A WEEK BEHIND THAT.
AND THEN VOLLEYBALL, UM, I BELIEVE WILL FINISH WITH TOURNAMENTS AT THE END OF, OR AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.
UM, SO OUR NEXT SPORTS LEAGUES, UM, WILL BE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL, WHICH WILL START AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UM, BUT OVERALL, UM, SPORTS, UM, GOOD NUMBERS, THAT'S MORE THAN WE HAD LAST FALL.
UM, CONTINUE TO, TO GIVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR SPORTS AT THE Y.
UM, THE OTHER THING, UM, UM, I, I GAVE YOU GUYS A HANDOUT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE OUR OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING AND DEDICATION CEREMONY, UH, ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT 8:00 AM UM, SO THAT WILL BE THE COMPLETION OF OUR, UH, BUILDING EXPANSION, UM, AND UH, FACILITY UPDATES.
SO, UM, THERE'S A QR CODE FOR YOU GUYS TO SCAN.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU THERE IF YOU COULD MAKE IT.
UM, SO THAT'LL START AT 8:00 AM UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE UP AT THE Y UH, ON NOVEMBER 12TH, AND THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, WE'RE DOING A VETERANS RECOGNITION LUNCHEON ON NOVEMBER 12TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM UM, SO WE DECIDED NOT TO DO ANYTHING ON VETERAN'S DAY JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON, TRYING TO GET INDIVIDUALS FOR THAT.
UM, OUR GUEST SPEAKER THAT DAY IS A RETIRED, UM, THREE STAR AIR FORCE GENERAL.
UM, UM, GENERAL MICHAEL ZETLER WILL BE OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
SO IF YOU'RE A VETERAN OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT'S A VETERAN, UM, ON THE BACK IS UH, THE REGISTRATION FORM.
YOU JUST NEED TO GET IT BACK TO ME.
UM, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU OR WHOMEVER ARE UM, INCLUDED ON THE HEADCOUNT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CITY UPDATE.
UM, OKAY, SO LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT A ROTARY AGREEMENT FOR THE ADOPTION OF RIP RAP PARK AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE THAT WE'RE STILL PLUGGING AWAY ON THAT.
I HAD TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE TYPE OF LEGISLATION IT WOULD REQUIRE, BUT I HAVE THAT NOW.
SO I ANTICIPATE US HAVING THAT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ROTARY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
I HAVE PASSED OUT TO YOU A COPY OF THE HOLIDAY MAILER THAT WENT OUT.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALSO RECEIVED THIS AT YOUR RESIDENCE.
IF NOT, THEN HERE'S YOUR COPY NOW.
AND IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, UM, AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS FROM OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL THAT HAD ASKED TO BE INCLUDED AND TAKES US THROUGH, UM, A BIT OF, BIT END OF FEBRUARY, RIGHT? WITH GALLANT'S DAY? I THINK SO.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE PROGRAMS, LET ME KNOW.
AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE NEXT ONE COMING UP IS TOMORROW WITH OUR DATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE DOWN AT CLOUD PARK.
SO THAT'S DRIVE-IN STYLE MOVIE WITH THE TRANSMITTER.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ON THE RADIO, SIT IN YOUR CAR OR WE ALSO WILL HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.
YOU CAN SIT OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR IF YOU WANT.
UM, AND WE'RE SHOWING BOTH THE WITCHES AND THE MUMMY.
THE WITCHES WILL BE FIRST AND THEN THE MUMMY.
THERE WILL BE SOME FREE POPCORN WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
AND UM, ALSO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS RICH.
I KNOW YOU SENT ME AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS ONE AND I'VE ALSO GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM SOME OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO THERE HAS BEEN, UM, A FEW PEOPLE UPSET ABOUT MOWING THE POLLINATOR BEDS AT CLOUD PARK, THE ONE LARGE POLLINATOR BED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU, UM, DUG INTO IT A LITTLE MORE AND IT HAS BEEN OUR PAST PRACTICE FOR YEARS TO MOW THOSE DOWN EACH FALL TO ENCOURAGE REGROWTH.
I DID HOWEVER, REACH OUT TO DEEPLY ROOTED LANDSCAPES WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR THAT HELPED US PUT 'EM IN AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY CAN HELP ME COME UP WITH SOME BEST PRACTICES AND WE'LL ACTUALLY PUT IT ON PAPER AND IF WE CAN BE DOING BETTER THEN WE'LL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TOO.
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WE'VE MADE PRETTY GOOD STRIDES IN TRYING TO MAKE LIKE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND DECISIONS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ECOLOGIST ON THE TEAM, SO I DO APOLOGIZE THAT WASN'T THE RIGHT MOVE.UH, BUT WE ARE GONNA LOOK INTO THE POLICY FOR THE FUTURE.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CONCERNS THEN I CAN JOT THOSE DOWN AND MAKE SURE I FIND OUT MORE
UM, I, I SAID IN THE EMAIL OFFERS A LOT OF HABITAT FOR OVER WINTERING NATIVE MAKER, SO RIGHT.
IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT INTENDING TO REMOVE THEM.
THAT HAS JUST BEEN LIKE A MAINTENANCE THING THAT WE'VE DONE.
YEAH, I I KNOW LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND ONE PERSON I'VE SEEN SAYS, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MOW IT DOWN.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE TO TWO TIMES, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND THEN THERE WAS A DEBATE ON THE TIMING AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LATE FALL AND THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S NOT LATE FALL.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A TIMING FINANCIAL SITUATION, SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS JUST SITTING THERE AND I WAS GONNA GET SOME ANSWERS FROM YOU TONIGHT, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST THAT, THAT IN PAST PRACTICE IT'S BEEN FALL AND THERE'S NOT ANYTHING WRITTEN DOWN SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WRITE DOWN WHEN IN FALL IF WE SHOULD BE CONTINUING TO DO IT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FROM MY UPDATE.
I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN THE NEXT BULLET POINTS.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONFIRMING THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TREE PLANTING WEEKEND.
AND I KNOW HE IS DECIDED FOR THIS WEEKEND.
IF, IF PEOPLE ARE STILL INTERESTED, I DO HAVE ABOUT 12 TREES COMING, UM, TO PUT INTO SHOLL GATE AND GARY SHERMAN.
SO IF YOU UM, HAVE SOME WORK GLOVES AND A SHOVEL THEN COME ON OUT.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET A HEADCOUNT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT OUT THERE DIGGING HOLES ON WHAT STILL ON THIS SATURDAY.
NINE CLOCK MEANING THAT CH RIGHT? YEP, THAT WAS THE PLAN, THAT MEETING.
IS IT JUST GONNA BE IN THE MORNING? ARE THEY GONNA GO INTO THE AFTERNOON? I THINK, UM, I THINK DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE LIKE FALL TREES, HOW QUICKLY CAN WE DIG, DIG A HOLE? THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOSTLY THREE GALLON TREES.
THESE ONES GOING IN AND THEN I'LL HAVE BIGGER BALD ONES GOING IN IN THE SPRING TO REPLACE SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT ONES WE REMOVED.
BUT I A COMMITMENT NOT ABOUT TO BE THERE.
I SHOULD BE, BUT I JUST NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
EVEN IF YOU ONLY MAKE IT TO SHOUL AND NOT FOLLOW US TO GARY SHERMAN, THAT'S STILL HELPFUL.
UM, OKAY, THAT'S TREE PLANNING WEEKEND CHECK.
NEXT WILL BE TO CONFIRM VOLUNTEERS FOR THE YMCA TRUNK OR TREAT, WHICH IS THE 26TH IN THE EVENING.
MOLLY WILL BE THERE MANNING OUR TENT, BUT I KNOW SHE COULD DEFINITELY USE ANOTHER PERSON OR TWO AND IF IT'S NOT YOU GUYS THAT'S OKAY.
WE CAN REACH OUT TO DENNIS AND RACHEL AND SEE IF THEY'RE ON BOARD TOO WATCHING LIVE STREAM.
SHE IS SO SHE KNOWS SHE, SHE COULD, SHE COULD TEXT IN AND LET US KNOW.
IT'LL BE AROUND AND THEN I, I FORGOT TO TELL THIS TO CHRIS BUT IF WE COULD ON THIS SAME TOPIC, I'M GONNA PASS AROUND THE HAUNTED TRAIL SIGN UP TOO, WHICH IS THAT SAME WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
UM, WE ARE KEENLY AWARE THAT WAYNE IS PLAYING CENTERVILLE AT HOME ON FRIDAY
UM, BUT WE STILL DO NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR SET UP AND TEAR DOWN AND IF YOU AREN'T THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WANTS TO BE DRESSED UP, THAT'S FINE.
THERE'S STILL A ROLE THERE FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, THINK OF A LUMINARY GETS KNOCKED OVER, WE NEED YOU TO GO PICK IT BACK UP FOR US, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, I WILL BE IN DEDICATED CHARACTER COSTUME THOUGH, SO UH, THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE DOING.
SO I'M JUST GONNA PASS IT AROUND.
UM, FEEL FREE TO SIGN UP FOR A SHIFT THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
UM, I KNOW THAT MOLLY HAS ALREADY WRITTEN DOWN SOME OF YOUR NAMES IF YOU'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED WITH HER VIA EMAIL AND PLEASE FEEL FREE LIKE OLDER CHILDREN, MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD BE LIKE
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ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, SO BRING THEM ALONG AND THEN THAT'S ALL I GOT ON THOSE.OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE 2026 PROGRAM AND EVENT DATES.
SO I GAVE UM, YOU ALL A LIST OF THE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, THE BOARD BEING THE CHAMPION FOR, I HAVE LISTED THE CHAMPION THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING AND RICH, YOU WEREN'T HERE SO YOU DID KIND OF JUST GET SIGNED UP TO BE THE CHAMPION OF TWO PROGRAMS. UM, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO START NAILING DOWN A DATE, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE EXACT TIME YET AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IF WE COULD GET IT ON THE CALENDAR, THE 2026 CALENDAR'S BEGINNING TO FILL UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE'RE ALREADY GETTING REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANNA DO FIVE KS OR CHARITY WALKS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP, UM, OUR PARK SPACE ARE TOO MUCH OF OUR STAFF BANDWIDTH BY OVERLAPPING OURSELVES.
SO IF THERE'S BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO DATES, LET ME KNOW.
THE TREE IMPLANT GIVEAWAY SHOULD BE AROUND EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY.
I WOULD THINK THAT IS, LET'S SEE, APRIL 22ND, 22ND IS EARTH DAY AND 24TH IS ARBOR DAY.
THAT'S NOT AS EASTER EARLY THIS YEAR.
SO DO WE LIKE APRIL 25TH? GOOD.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY THOUGHT TO PICKLEBALL ALEX? YES, I HAVE A COUPLE SUGGESTIONS I'M GONNA RECOMMEND.
THE FIRST ONES WOULD BE JUNE THE 12TH AND THE 13TH.
THAT'D BE THE KING AND QUEEN OF COURT.
AND THEY HAVE TWO DATES BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO BREAK IT UP, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE UH, THE SENIORS DOING IT ON FRIDAY AND THE UH, YOUNGER GROUP DOING IT ON SATURDAYS.
AND THE NEXT DATE I PROPOSED FOR THE UH, LATTER TOURNAMENT WILL BE JULY THE 11TH, WHICH WILL BE ON A SATURDAY.
JUST ONE DAY FOR THAT ONE? YEAH.
DO YOU WANNA DO A FALL ONE? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE AT Y WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FALL ONE, BUT I DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR IT YET.
THE PROBLEM WE GET INTO THERE IS YOU HAVE THE SHOWCASE IN SEPTEMBER OF EVERY YEAR.
SO I GOTTA SQUEEZE IT IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
CASEY, DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOLDING THOSE? UM, I WAS THINKING ALSO AROUND EARTH DAY, SO WOULD BE THE 18TH, THE WEEKEND BEFORE.
AND I ENVISION FOR THESE, IT'S NOT JUST OUR BOARD BUT WE WOULD PUT A CALL OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WANT TO JOIN US AND STUFF, RIGHT? YES.
I THINK IF WE WANTED TO DO A FALL ONE OR SOMETHING, WE COULD WAIT ON THAT DATE, BUT THAT'S PERFECT.
GET OUT AND SKATE DATE IS THE UM, SKATEBOARD SHOWCASE THAT UM, WILL BE ON JUNE 21ST AND THAT IS ACTUALLY GET OUT AND SKATE DAY.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE CONDUCTING THAT EVENT.
AND THEN THAT ONE HAS ALSO BEEN TAGGED TO BE A SIGNATURE EVENT OF THE TWO 50TH CELEBRATION.
SO, UM, LITTLE MERMAN JUSTICE, UM, WE HAVE REQUESTED AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER FOR THEM, SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE US THEIR FIRST SHOW OF THE SEASON, BUT JUNE WAS GETTING VERY FULL ALREADY.
UM, AND WE FIGURED AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER NICER WEATHER GETTING A LITTLE DARKER MAYBE ARE YEAH, I'M FLEXIBLE ON THE TIME AND WHATEVER.
SO THAT, THAT'LL BE LARGELY UP TO THEIR TOURING SCHEDULE.
YEAH MOLLY, YOU MENTIONED THAT WHEN I SAW HER AT THE HUB HOME, WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.
ANDY, DO WE WANNA JUST DO THE 24TH? SO BASICALLY JUNE 24TH, SORRY, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY.
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A YEAR LATER.DO, WOULD YOU WANNA DO ONE MAYBE LIKE EACH, IF WE CAN TRY AND DO ONE EACH SEASON SO THAT WAY KIDS SEE THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE YEAH.
I'LL PUT, I'LL TELL MOLLY TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ON THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
UM, SHE MIGHT HAVE SOME CONTACTS TOO.
AND THEN THE HERITAGE TREE PROGRAM, UM, DO YOU WANNA RUN THAT FROM THE SAME DATES THIS YEAR? I, I AM OBVIOUSLY BEHIND ON THE PLAQUES BUT I HAVE UM, SOME ARTWORK OUT TO FIRMS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GET IT BACK TO ME.
MAYBE
WE'RE GONNA DO ANY SORT OF PROCLAMATION OR ANYTHING THINK THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER LIKE ZIA DOES.
UM, ARE THEY KIND OF RECOGNIZED FORMALLY THE CITY, THESE ARE OUR HERITAGE TREES FOR THIS YEAR.
SO AND THEN I HAD PLANNED TO GET A LITTLE MORE INFO ON THE STORIES OF THE TREES SO THAT WE COULD BUILD A WEBPAGE PEOPLE COULD GO TO THAT WOULD KIND OF CONSTANTLY BUILD YEAR AFTER YEAR.
OF YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACT SPECIES IS IT AND WHAT DO WE KNOW, WHAT DO WE NOT KNOW? CAN WE FIND ANY HISTORIC PICTURES OF IT? THAT KIND OF THING.
YEAH, THERE'S GOOD TEMPLATES ON BOTH UNION AND KETTERING'S WEBSITES.
THEY HAVE THAT IN THEIR PARKS AND REC PROGRAM.
UM, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WILL BE TAKING LEAVE COME JANUARY.
UM, AND SO I WILL BE OUT UNTIL YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THINGS HAPPEN IF YOU'RE LATE OR EARLY, BUT IT PROBABLY UNTIL THE END OF MARCH.
UM, AND SO MOLLY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO WORK WITH MOST OF YOU ON YOUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE UM, YOU'RE, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE TAKING PLACE UNTIL I'M BACK, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN SOME PLANNING AND BUDGETING AND MAKE SURE IT GETS IN OUR SUMMER MAGAZINE, ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, HER EMAIL IS THERE BELOW, DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO HER.
SHE'S VERY COMMUNICATIVE, DEFINITELY A STRENGTH OF HERS.
UM, SO I KNOW SHE'LL BE BACK TO YOU IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND THEN UM, CHRIS LINDEMAN IS THE PICKLEBALL LIAISON THOUGH, SO THAT'S FOR YOU ALEX.
THE ONLY THING IS MOLLY WILL REACH OUT TO YOU TO GET SOME DATES FOR THE MAGAZINE.
YEAH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE ON EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ALL MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS WITH THE DIAL PARK UPDATE? OKAY, SO YOU ALSO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A DRAFT OF A SURVEY AND UM, YOU, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ON THIS BOARD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DIAL PARK THAN I HAVE MANAGED TO GLEAN.
BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT FOR TWO YEARS PEOPLE STOP ME IN THE PARK AND GO, NOT EVEN JUST DIAL PARK, OTHER PARKS AND GO, WHERE IS DIAL PARK GETTING A SWING SET AND I HAVE TO GO.
AND THEN I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, HEY ARE YOU SURE WE CAN'T PUT A SWING SET IN THERE? AND I GO, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
SO REALLY, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT OPINIONS OUT THERE, IT IS A LITTLE TOUGH TO KNOW WHICH OPINIONS ARE JUST LOUD AND WHICH OPINIONS ARE NUMEROUS.
SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH UM, TOPO STUDIO THERE A LANDSCAPE, UM, ARCHITECT AND DESIGN FIRM OUT OF CENTERVILLE AND THEY'RE GONNA HELP US DO A SURVEY PREDOMINANTLY TO THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT IT ALSO WILL HAVE LINKS AVAILABLE IN THE PARK.
SO IF THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE VISITING THAT FREQUENT THAT PARK, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO GLEAN WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE WITHIN WALKING IN SHORT DRIVE DISTANCE OF THIS PARK WANT IN A PARK AND THEN KIND OF GO BY MAJORITY RULES.
UM, SO THAT WAY ONE VOICE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE OUTSHINING OTHERS.
SO WE WILL DO THIS SURVEY, IT WILL TELL US SOME TOP CONTENDERS OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO AND THEN WE PLAN TO FOLLOW IT UP WITH TWO IN-PERSON WORK SESSIONS IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ATTEND.
AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL INVITED TO BE
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INVITED TO ATTEND TO SAY OKAY IDEA FOR A PARK SHELTER WAS THROUGH THE ROOF.EVERYBODY WANTED A PARK SHELTER.
SO KNOWING THAT THIS, THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO THE COMMUNITY GROUP, IMAGINING IT'S SMALLER, MAYBE 10 PEOPLE COME, THEY DON'T GET TO SAY NO, WE'RE NOT DOING A PARK SHELTER BECAUSE 2000 PEOPLE TOLD US TO DO A PARK SHELTER.
THEY GET TO SAY THIS IS THE TYPE OF SHELTER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR, THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WE THINK IT SHOULD SIT.
UM, THEY GET TO KIND OF GIVE US MORE OF THOSE IN DEPTH HOW THE PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TALK ABOUT COLOR THEMES, THEY CAN TALK ABOUT USAGE, YOU KNOW, DO THEY WANT IT TO HAVE THE SAME HOURS AS OTHER PARKS? DO THEY WANT IT TO BE RENTABLE OR IS IT ONLY PASSIVE? THEY'LL HELP US GLEAN INSIGHT INTO MORE OF THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS.
SAME IF A PLAYGROUND COMES UP, THEN THEY WILL HELP US SAY THESE ARE THE TYPES OF AMENITIES WE WANT ON A PLAYGROUND.
UM, OBVIOUSLY ONE THAT THEY SEE THEIR CHILDREN USING FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS IS DIFFERENT THAN ONE OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE IT TO BE HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO GLEAN SOME OF THOSE DETAILS OUT IN THE COMMITTEES.
SO I'D LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD GIVE A GLANCE THROUGH THE SURVEY.
YOU CAN WRITE DIRECTLY ON IT AND GIVE IT BACK TO ME OR YOU CAN, UM, SPEAK IN THIS FORUM ABOUT QUESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THIS GOES OUT.
AND UM, THEN DO ANTICIPATE BEING INVITED TO THOSE FORUMS AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO FOR, FOR YOU TO BE THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN GIVE THE PERSPECTIVE OF KNOWING THE PARK SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY IF HEY, THIS IS A GAP IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHY WE AS THE BOARD THOUGHT WE WOULD DO SOME NATIVE PLANTINGS THERE.
UM, AND SO THIS IS NOT ONLY THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY COME UP AND AND ASK ABOUT WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR DIAL PARK, BUT ALSO THE GAZEBO WE INSTALLED JUST HASN'T BEEN TREATED VERY NICELY.
UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME WEED OVERGROWTH IN OUR NATIVE GARDEN BED AND EVEN AFTER THAT WAS MITIGATED, THERE WAS STILL COMPLAINTS OF WEED OVERGROWTH BECAUSE SOMETIMES NATIVE PLANTS LOOK LIKE WEEDS.
UM, SO MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE HIGHEST DESIRE.
MAYBE PEOPLE WANT A MORE MANICURED LOOK IF THEY WERE GONNA DO GARDENS.
SO WE ARE JUST STARTING FROM SCRATCH AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER'S GLEANED FROM THIS NEEDS TO FIT INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO IT'S NOT A PROMISE THAT WE'RE DOING IT TOMORROW, BUT HELP US COME UP WITH THE PLAN THAT TAKES PLACE OVER THE COMING YEARS.
AND WHEN WILL THIS BE AVAILABLE? THIS SURVEY RIGHT NOW IS STILL IN DRAFT FORM.
THE GOAL IS THAT WE HAVE IT OUT AND IT'S STARTING TO PRODUCE INFORMATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR FOR US, UM, TO HAVE THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ALSO, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
HOW WILL THE SURVEY BE DISTRIBUTED? IS IT WE'RE GOING TO MAIL IT TO RESIDENTS? UM, WELL IT'LL BE AN ONLINE ONE, BUT WE'LL BE MAILING QR CODE TO IT.
UM, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT NEED A PAPER COPY OR HELP WITH IT.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE QR CODES AT THE PARK ON SOME SIGNAGE AVAILABLE.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
THAT IS JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE AN UPDATE, CASEY, AND IF YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THEN MAYBE JUSTICE, UM, WHY SHE LEFT YOUR VICE CHAIR, MAN LINE OF SUCCESSION THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.
ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT FOR THAT STATS, FOLLOW UP TO WHAT YOU SAID LAST TIME.
ANYTHING YOU NEED CHRIS OR I JUST LET US KNOW.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD DISCUSSED JOINING THE MIAMI VALLEY LEAVE NO CHILD INSIDE PROGRAM.
SO MOLLY AND I WILL BE ATTENDING OUR FIRST MEETING ON TUESDAY.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS INSIDE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE HIM BEHIND IT IS PROBABLY LEAVE HIM INSIDE THEN OUTSIDE THOUGH.
BUT
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING? AYE ALL
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HERE.SO DIDN'T WATCH ONLINE THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE NOVEMBER 20TH, WHICH WILL ALSO BE THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
RIGHT? THE MEETING WEREN'T HERE.
YEAH, THE MEETING THAT YOU OH, THE MEETING I DIDN'T COME TO.
HE GOES TO US, YOU GUYS, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE FEELS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ONE.
UM, MOLLY MAY BE REACHING OUT TO YOU FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS IN LIKE THE DECEMBER JANUARY TIME.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOIN AT 6 56.