* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. IT IS [00:00:01] 6 33 AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH OUR ROLL CALL, CASEY TAYLOR. HERE. RACHEL AKINS. PRESENT. ALEXANDER BLACK. PRESENT. BRANDON BOARD. BRIAN AED. HERE. MICHELLE FISHER. HERE. ANDY HILL. HERE. RICHARD MOORE. HERE. DENNIS SNYDER. RON EIFERT HERE. AND WE DID RECEIVE NOTICE FROM DENNIS THAT HE WOULD BE ABSENT THIS EVENING. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE THE MOTION FOR AN EXCUSED ABSENCE? MOTION TO EXCUSE. AND SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. THAT'LL BE EXCUSED. UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS THIS EVENING AND THERE ARE NO CITIZENS PRESENT TONIGHT. SO WE WILL BE BEGIN WITH OLD BUSINESS WITH THE YMCA UPDATE. YEAH, SO, UM, IT IS THE END OF APRIL. SO WE ARE OUTSIDE AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, UM, PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER OF 2026 ALREADY. UM, WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE POOLS PRESSURE WASHED. UM, WE'LL ACTUALLY START FILLING, FILLING THE POOLS NEXT WEEK. UM, WE'VE GOT SOME REPAIR WORK GOING IN, UM, GOING ON, UM, AS WELL. UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART WE SHOULD BE READY TO GO, UM, HERE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS WITH WATER CHEMICALLY TREATING, UM, AND GETTING PREPARED FOR OUR HEALTH INSPECTION. ALL POOL LICENSE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY, UH, ALONG WITH THE THOMAS CLOUD PARK SPLASH PAD. UM, THE DATE ON THAT, ON THOSE TWO HEALTH INSPECTIONS IS THURSDAY, MAY 14TH. SO WE'LL GET THOSE DONE AND, AND GET 'EM READY TO GO A LITTLE OVER A WEEK BEFORE WE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 23RD. SO FROM A HIRING STANDPOINT, IT'S BEEN GOING REALLY WELL. UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE, UH, AROUND 80 GUARDS. UM, WE'RE ABOUT 10 GUARDS SHORT OF OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW. UH, THEY'RE EITHER ALREADY HIRED ALREADY ON STAFF, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL THERE. UM, ALSO I HANDED OUT, UM, A BUNCH OF FLYERS, UM, OF JUST THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE Y THIS SUMMER. UM, THE FIRST ONE, UM, IS A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT. IT'S THE WORLD'S LARGEST SWIMMING LESSON. SO THIS IS A GLOBAL EVENT THAT'S RAN ON SIX CONTINENTS ON JUNE 25TH. WE'LL DO IT AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, UM, FROM NINE TO 1115. UM, SIGNUPS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, SO WE'VE GOT THAT GOING ON. UM, HEALTHY KIDS DAY IS A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WE RUN. UH, WE RUN IT AS ONE ASSOCIATION. IT'S DOWN AT, UM, RIVERSCAPE, UH, METRO PARK. IT IS SATURDAY, MAY 9TH FROM 12 TO FOUR. IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC. UM, THE NEXT ONE WE'VE GOT IS THE SUMMER PLAYGROUND PROGRAM. UM, SO THIS WILL START, UM, THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. UM, WE WILL BE AT SHAW PARK ONLY, UH, FOR THIS SUMMER. THAT'S WHERE WE HAD OUR BEST TURNOUT LAST YEAR. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE AT SHAW, UH, THE ENTIRE THING. IT'S FREE, OPEN TO ALL AGES, NO REGISTRATION. SO JUST SHOW UP. UM, AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IS WE HAVE DODGE BALL. UM, SO, UH, THEY PLAY IN OUR BACK GYMNASIUM. UM, BUT THAT'S AVAILABLE. UM, ALSO IN YOUR PACKET ARE THE SEASON PASS RATES AND DAY PASS RATES FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER. UM, SEASON PASSES ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE. THEY'RE 25% OFF, UM, UNTIL, UM, THE FRIDAY BEFORE WE OPEN. SO MAY 20 SECONDS WHEN THAT ENDS. UM, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A POOL PASS, THAT INFORMATION'S THERE FOR YOU. UM, I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO ON THE CITY WEBSITE NOW. UM, SO, AND IT'S ON THE Y WEBSITE AS WELL. UM, COUPLE OTHER FLYERS IN THERE. UM, WE'VE GOT A, UH, A FREE COMMUNITY SWIM CLINIC HOSTED BY OUR SWIM TEAM SATURDAY, MAY 9TH, UM, DEPENDING ON THE AGES, UM, SHOWS YOU WHAT THE CLINIC TIMES ARE. UM, THE BIG EVENT FOR US THIS SUMMER, OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS OUR STRONG KIDS TRIATHLON AT SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST AT THE AQUATIC CENTER. SO THERE'S INFORMATION THERE ON, UM, ON THE RATES AND, UH, UH, THE DATES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I, I LOVE HEALTHY KIDS DAY SO MUCH. I GAVE YOU TWO, UM, SUMMER SPORTS AT THE Y WE'VE GOT BASKETBALL AND T-BALL SLASH COACH PITCH. UM, SO WE'VE GOT THOSE IN THERE. AND THEN THE LAST THING WE HAVE IS OUR MANY MOVE TO LOSE, UM, WHICH IS A SUPPORTIVE, UH, SMALL GROUP WELLNESS PROGRAM, UM, THAT [00:05:01] WE OFFER. UM, I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE OFFERING THIS SUMMER IN TERMS OF WELLNESS IS A, UH, A SMALL GROUP, UM, WELLNESS PROGRAM FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON, UH, GLP ONES. SO HOW THEY LOSE WEIGHT AND, AND GET HEALTHIER IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAN UH, OTHERS. SO WE'RE GONNA RUN A PILOT PROGRAM AT THE Y THIS SUMMER, JUST FOCUSED ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ARBOR DAY UPDATES. UM, YEAH, SO I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE TREE SIGNUPS. UM, THIS PAST COUNCIL MEETING, RICH JOINED ME AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TO GET THE ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION. SO THAT IS DONE AND WE ARE OFFICIALLY CELEBRATING HERE IN THE CITY. UM, WE DID RECEIVE 300 SEEDLINGS FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, FOR WHICH WE HAD A GRANT TO COVER THE BULK OF THAT COST. WE GOT, I THINK EACH SEEDLING CAME DOWN TO LIKE 18 CENTS FOR US OR SOMETHING. UM, SO NOT BAD AT ALL. AND WE'VE BEEN ON GIVING THOSE OUT. THERE ARE ABOUT THREE OR 260 OF THEM CLAIMED. UM, MOST OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY WALKED OUT THE DOOR. WE HAVE A FEW HANGING OUT WAITING ON PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO GET THEM. AND I DID JUST TODAY RESET THE SIGN UP FOR THAT WITH WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE. UM, THERE WERE SOME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSED TO BE FIVE IN A BAG. WE GOT FOUR AND THEN WE GOT SIX IN ANOTHER BAG, THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE DID KIND OF AN INVENTORY. IT IS TOTALLY RESET NOW SO PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOP ON AND SIGN UP FOR A TREE IF THEY STILL WANT ONE. WE ARE JUST ASKING INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THE 25TH FOR THE SEEDLINGS THAT YOU COME AND GET THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM, MOLLY AND I WILL BE IN SATURDAY FOR OUR STYROFOAM EVENT TOO. SO WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC ON WHEN THEY WANNA COME GRAB 'EM. UM, WE JUST WANT THEM TO HAVE THEIR BEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. AND THEN IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE OF OUR TREES OR YOU DON'T LIKE THE SELECTION, WE HAVE LEFT. I DID JUST SEE THAT THE METRO PARKS WILL BE DOWN, UM, AT SECOND STREET MARKET WITH THEIR SAPLING GIVEAWAY, UH, THIS WEEKEND. SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET A TREE IF YOU MISSED OUT ON OURS. UM, THEN THE POTTED TREES AND PLANT PLUGS WILL STILL BE ON THE 25TH AS THOSE ARE COMING FROM A SEPARATE NURSERY. SO WE WILL STILL HAVE THAT EVENT. UM, AND THEN THAT'S MY UPDATE ON ARBOR DAY. YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA GO INTO SOMETHING ELSE. SO, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE GRANT UPDATES. SURE. I HAD SEEN AN EMAIL GO OUT THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE EPA MINI GRANT. WE UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT RECEIVE THAT GRANT. UM, THEY DID GIVE US REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON OUR APPLICATION, SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH IT OR A MODIFIED VERSION OF IT IN THE FUTURE. AS A REMINDER, THAT WAS TO HAVE, UM, MONIES TO REFRESH OUR POLLINATOR PATHWAYS DOWN AT WHAT IS NOW ROTARY MONARCH PARK, FORMERLY RIP WRAP PARK AND AT CLOUD PARK. IT WAS GONNA IN REMOVE SOME INVASIVES, UM, ESPECIALLY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF HONEYSUCKLE BLEEDING OVER FROM THE, UM, WOODED AREAS. AND IT WAS GONNA OFFER SOME MONEY FOR EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE AND TO DO SOME SEED PACKETS FOR SEED GIVEAWAYS. KIND OF LIKE IF YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, LIKE REAL ESTATE FLYERS, HOW YOU COULD GO UP AND GRAB ONE. WE WERE GONNA GET THAT KIND OF THING FOR SEEDS. SOME OF THAT WE CAN STILL DO, UM, WITHOUT HAVING ALL OF THE GRANT MONEY. SO WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA GO FORWARD WITH, UM, VERSUS WHAT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THE FUTURE. SO I KNOW THAT ANDY AND RICH WERE CLOSE TO THAT ONE. SO IF YOU, IF UM, WE CAN STILL GET SEED PACKETS, WE CAN STILL DO A SEED GIVEAWAY AS AND AND TACK THAT ONTO THE B. UM, WE CAN STILL EVEN GET THE LITTLE POSTS OUT THERE SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE, UM, PACKETS TO TAKE WITH THEM. AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO FOR THE GRANT FOR THE HIGHER DOLLAR THINGS, IF THAT'S OKAY. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK IT'S PRETTY LOW COST TO DO THE SEED COLLECTION, SO YEP, THAT SHOULD BE FINE THEN WE'LL DO THAT. AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE ONE MORE UPDATE SINCE WE, YOU LAST MET. UM, WE DID RECEIVE WORD THAT WE GOT A LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANT FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO PROCEED WITH A PLAYGROUND AT CLOUD PARK. SO THAT PLAYGROUND IS IN PHASE ONE, IF YOU REMEMBER, OF THE PARK REVITALIZATION. UM, AND SO NOW WE ARE KIND OF WORKING WITH THE, WITH ODNR AND THROUGH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO GET OUR CONTRACT ALL EVENED OUT. WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DONE. THEY ES THEY SAY WAIT TILL OCTOBER AT LEAST AND THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE, UM, ON THE PLANNING. SO IT'S LIKELY NEXT YEAR THAT WE'D BE BREAKING GROUND ON WHAT WE ESTIMATE WILL BE, UM, OVER A MILLION DOLLAR PLAYGROUND. OUR LARGEST THE ONE THAT INCORPORATED BOTH TRADITIONAL PLAY STRUCTURES AND NATURE-BASED PLAY, IF YOU RECALL BOTH TOGETHER. UM, [00:10:01] AND SO YEAH, THOSE ARE MY GRANT UPDATES AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE VOLUNTEER REQUESTS. THIS IS JUST MY LITTLE PLUG, UM, TO PAY ATTENTION TO EMAILS, ESPECIALLY FROM MOLLY AS SHE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER. YOU'LL SEE AS WE GET THROUGH THE SUMMER IN HUBER HEIGHTS MAGAZINE THAT WE WILL NEED PEOPLE, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR STAR SPANGLED THIS YEAR AND THE TIME CAPSULE PICNIC BOTH HAPPENING IN JULY. AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR CONCERTS AND KIDS EVENTS THAT WE COULD USE ANOTHER PERSON IN THE MARKETING TENT TO JUST HELP HAND OUT FREEBIES, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S NEVER BEEN TO OUR EVENTS, SHOW 'EM WHERE THE BATHROOM IS, UH, JUST BE A SMILING FACE TO EVENT GOERS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND SO THAT'S MY, UH, SHAMELESS PLUG TO PLEASE SIGN UP FOR SOME VOLUNTEER SHIFTS AND IF YOU EVER WANNA JUST HUNT FOR THEM OR SEND SOMEONE OUR WAY, WE DO KEEP THOSE UP ON REC DESK, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SIGNUPS AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEW BUSINESS WITH THE COMMUNITY PARK PLAYGROUND AND RESTROOMS. OKAY, THIS ONE I DID NOT GIVE YOU ANYTHING FOR. IT IS A LITTLE MORE BORING AND I'M GONNA TACK ON SHADE STRUCTURES TOO TO THIS. UM, SO I'M GONNA PASS THESE AROUND, JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THEM JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW. UM, THIS IS KIND OF AN UPDATE BECAUSE ALEX ALWAYS ASKS ME IF IT'S HAPPENING, UM, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT. THIS IS ONE OF TWO COMPANIES, ONE OF THREE COMPANIES THAT I HAVE CURRENTLY ENGAGED. TWO I'M CONTINUING TO EXPLORE. UM, YOU, SO YOU'LL SEE ONE RENDERING OF WHAT A BATHROOM COULD BE WITH EITHER MEN'S AND WOMEN'S IN A STORAGE ROOM OR A MEN'S WOMEN'S FAMILY ROOM AND A SMALLER STORAGE ROOM THEN. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NO MATTER WHICH COMPANY WE END UP GOING WITH. UM, SO IT'LL BE A PREFAB BATHROOM COMING IN, PROBABLY MADE OF CONCRETE BLOCK, WHETHER WE DO SOME PAINT ON THAT OR SOME TEXTURE ON THE CONCRETE TO BE DETERMINED, UM, WITH TWO TO THREE RESTROOMS, SMALL STORAGE SPACE. AND THEY JUST COME IN WITH A CRANE AND THEY PLOP IT DOWN ON A CEMENT PAD AND THEN WE PLUMMET AND IT'S OFF TO THE RACES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR COMMUNITY PARK. IT IS UNFORTUNATELY COMING IN, UM, AT WHAT WE BUDGETED TO JUST GET THE STRUCTURE. UM, SO WE WILL PROBABLY PAY FOR THE INSTALL IN EARLY 2027. SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKELY GO TO BID ON THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE SPECIFICATIONS FROM THE BUILDER. UH, THE OTHER PIECE OF PAPER COMING AROUND SHOWS THREE SHADE STRUCTURES AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. I THINK THREE, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO LIKE JUST TWO BECAUSE THEN THAT WAY SOMEBODY DOES WANNA SIT OUT IN THE SUNSHINE THEY CAN OR UM, SO ANYWAY, IT JUST SHOWS YOU A RENDERING OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOR THAT KIND OF PATIO SPACE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL GO EXACTLY WITH THAT EITHER. I HAVE QUOTES OUT FROM THREE OTHER COMPANIES AS WELL, BUT THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA. IF ANYBODY WAS HAVING A HARD TIME VISUALIZING SHADE STRUCTURES THERE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO IT MIGHT END UP BEING ONE LARGE AWNING INSTEAD OF THREE LITTLE ONES. THAT IS ALL DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE SALESPEOPLE COME BACK TO ME WITH. EXCUSE ME. SO ALEX, JUST LOOKING AT THAT, SHOULD A TOURNAMENT BE HOSTED, COULD ONE BE USED FOR REGISTRATION? COULD ONE BE, I MEAN DOES ONE MAKE SENSE OR DOES SEVERAL? I THINK AT LEAST TWO WOULD BE IDEAL BECAUSE IF YOU GOT THE STAFF WHO MENTIONED THE UH, TOURNAMENT UNDER ONE EVENT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE THE PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER EVENT, ANOTHER SHELTER, OTHERWISE YOU GET TOO CONGESTED, TOO MUCH GOING ON ONE ONE. SO AT LEAST TWO I THINK WOULD BE THE IDEAL THING. THREE WILL BE BETTER, BUT AT LEAST TWO. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING OUT ON THOSE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU'RE SEEING 'EM, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW. I HAVE A QUESTION VERY QUICK ON THE, UH, THE, THE UH, ON YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE DRAFT LEVEL YEP. THE VERY TOP ITEM THERE. YOU HAVE COMMUNITY RESTROOM, BUT YOU HAVE THE QUOTE OVER THERE ON THE BLUE. WHAT DOES THE CODE MEAN ON THE STATUS THAT, SO THE STATUS IS THAT I'M GETTING QUOTES RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YEP. I JUST SHOWED YOU ONE RENDERING. UM, I HAD ANOTHER CALL LAST FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER COMPANY AND THEN ONE COMPANY I'VE ENGAGED BUT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN BACK TO ME YET, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO HOUND THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT, OKAY. YEP. ALSO, WHAT ABOUT THE RESURFACE OUR PARKING SPACES THERE IN THAT AREA? IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE PAVING, UM, I GOT SOME QUOTES ON PAVING AND ADDING THOSE PARKING SPACES. OKAY. I ALSO HAVE MONIES EARMARKED FROM 2025 FOR PAVING AT [00:15:01] ROTARY MONARCH PARK, RIP WRAP PARK, AND WE NEED TO PAVE AT THE YMCA THIS YEAR. SO WRAPPING ALL OF THAT MONEY INTO ONE, IT'S LIKELY WE'RE GONNA BID A PAVING PACKAGE INSTEAD AND TRY AND GET ALL THREE OF THOSE LOTS DONE. SO THAT'S GONNA SLOW DOWN HOW QUICKLY IT HAPPENS FOR COMMUNITY PARK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET ACTUAL BID DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THAT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE. SO, UM, I'LL LIKELY HAVE THOSE BID SPECS READY TO GO TO COUNCIL IDEALLY IN JUNE SO WE CAN OPEN BIDS IN JULY. THAT'S THE GOAL. BUT TAKING PLACE IN 27TH, WELL IT DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY A CONTRACTOR THINKS THEY CAN GET TO WORK ON IT FOR US. OH YEAH. IF THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN GET STARTED THEN WE'LL START SCHEDULING THEM TO DO WORK IN 26. UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE MONEY NOW, BUT I ALSO AM ABLE TO CARRY OVER THE MONEY IF THEY NEED TO SCHEDULE US FOR 27. OKAY. JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE SHADE STRUCTURES. I CAN'T TELL FROM THIS IS, IS THERE AN OPTION TO PUT TREES IN TO PROVIDE NATURAL SHADE OR IS THIS LIKE IN A CONCRETE FLOOR AREA WHERE YOU REALLY COULDN'T PUT A TREE, IT IS ALREADY AN ASPHALT PAD AS THAT THOSE ARE ON, YEAH. WORK. DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OR? SURE. OKAY. SO EACH YEAR I INTEND TO BRING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU. AND IF YOU RECALL, WE COME UP WITH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN LOOKING FIVE YEARS OUT. HOWEVER, EACH YEAR COUNCIL ONLY APPROVES THE PROCEEDING YEAR, THE, OR I'M SORRY, THE FOLLOWING YEAR FOR MONEY ALLOCATION. SO THEY, WHAT WE WANNA LOOK AT REALLY CLOSELY WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER IS 2027. BUT IF YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR THINGS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU START SECRET SHOPPING PARKS, IF YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THIS WOULD BE REALLY COOL HERE, I WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE WANNA SEE WHERE WE CAN WEAVE IT INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. BUT REMEMBER EVERYTHING IS PRETTY FLEXIBLE OTHER THAN WHAT WE END UP GOING TO COUNCIL WITH FOR 2027. UH, THAT'S A LITTLE LESS FLEXIBLE. SO, UM, THERE'S AN UPDATE GENERALLY ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2026. THE RESTROOMS IN SHADE ARE UNDERWAY. I'M GETTING QUOTES. I AM UH, HAVE GOTTEN QUOTES ALREADY FOR BENCHES TABLES AND BIKE RACK REFRESHES. UM, I'LL NEED TO SEEK A FEW MORE OUT, BUT ALREADY WORKING ON THAT, UM, I'M WORKING ON BID DOCUMENTS FOR RESURFACING TENNIS COURTS, IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR TOO. SO I, I HOPE WE CAN GET DOUBLE THE AMOUNT DONE AT CLOUD PARK BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMBINE BOTH SETS OF MONEY. UM, PARK CAMERAS ARE FUNDED, I NEED TO JUST CIRCLE UP WITH IT AND LIST CITY MANAGEMENT, SEE WHAT DIRECTION WE WANNA GO. UM, IF WE LIKE THAT IN PERMANENT MOVABLE PARK CAMERA, UM, WE MIGHT JUST STICK WITH IT RATHER THAN PUTTING IN HARDWIRED ONES. ANY OPINIONS ON THAT. THE ONE AT COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN RECPLEX AMENITIES DID NOT GET FUNDED. THAT WAS TO ADD PICKLEBALL AND BASKETBALL UP AT THE YMCA. SO THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, IT WAS NOT FUNDED FOR THIS YEAR. UM, WE'LL DEFER IT TO LATER YEARS IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STILL DESIRE. SAME WITH FINDING, UM, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FOOTBALL FIELD DOWN AT COMMUNITY PARK. WE'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT AS IS FOR NOW. AND THEN, UM, RULE SIGNS, I AM ALSO GETTING QUOTES ON THOSE. UM, WE'RE SEEKING A GRANT TO TRY AND MASTER PLAN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. THERE'S SEVERAL OUT THERE THAT ARE, UM, REALLY GREAT LITTLE COMMUNITY GRANTS THAT WILL HELP THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO THAT. AND THEN PUTTING A PARK AND CARRIAGE TRAILS WAS ALSO FUNDED FOR THIS YEAR. WE WOULD START WITH BASICALLY SOME SIDEWALK AND A PLAYGROUND AND THEN IN FUTURE YEARS GROW AND THEN FINISHING OUT OUR WORK ON DIAL PARK FROM LAST YEAR WHERE WE TOOK COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE WILL NOW HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND DO SOME SMALL LITTLE MINI RENDERINGS OF LIKE, OKAY, IF YOU WERE GONNA PUT A WALKING PATH IN HERE, THIS IS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO DO SO. SO THEY'LL GIVE US SOME DRAWINGS AND THAT I HAVE NOT BEGUN YET FOR THE YEAR 27. UM, YOU'LL SEE I HAVE THE COMMUNITY PARK RESTROOM INSTALL ON THERE BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IT CAME OUT TO. AND ALSO I FOUND OUT BOTH OF THESE FIRMS, THEIR LEAD TIME IT'S WILL LIKELY GET THE PRODUCT, UH, AT THE VERY END OF THE YEAR OR IN EARLY 27. SO IT MAKES SENSE. UM, WE WILL DO WALKING PATH TOUCHUPS IN OUR PARKS THAT ALREADY HAVE ASPHALT PATHS AND THEN WE'LL PUT IN A PATH AT DIAL AS THAT PLAN INDICATES. [00:20:02] UM, WE WANT TO REPLACE THE COMMUNITY PARK EXERCISE EQUIPMENT WITH PLAY EQUIPMENT. SO THAT'S THAT OLD PURPLE STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE AT, I'M SORRY NOT COMMUNITY PARK COMMUNITY, UM, CENTER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, IT'S THAT OLD, LIKE IT'S JUST MONKEY BARS BASICALLY, IF YOU RECALL. UM, IT IS AGING AND NOT VERY ENGAGING AND OUR RENTALS OUT THERE ARE ARE THROUGH THE ROOF. SO IT'D BE NICE I THINK IF ADD A SMALL PLAYGROUND. ALSO LOOKING FOR HVAC UPGRADES FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, WE DID RECEIVE THE GRANT TO ACQUIRE THE NINE ACRES AT CLOUD PARK. SO WE WILL GO FOR A MINI PLAN ON HOW WE LAY THAT OUT. PART OF THAT GRANT WAS ALREADY DEDICATING THE LAND TO NATURAL, UM, REFORESTING AND GRASSLANDS AND WE DID SAY WE WOULD PUT A MEANDERING PATHWAY THROUGH AND SOME PARK SIGNAGE. SO AGAIN, WE JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, DUE TO ELEVATION CHANGES OR GRADING OR THE WAY THE SUN FALLS, THIS IS WHERE YOU WANNA PUT A WALKING PATH AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND THEN THAT PLAN WILL HELP US MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL START ON THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AT PLAY AT CLOUD PARK WITH THAT GRANT MONEY I JUST MENTIONED. AND THEN I PUT IN SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT MATCH FUNDS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO SEEK SOME GRANTS FOR THE SPLASH PADD AT CLOUD PARK AS WELL THIS YEAR. SO IF WE GET THOSE, WE WOULD NEED SOME MATCHING FUNDS TO HAVE AROUND. UM, OTHER ITEMS I'LL RUN THROUGH, I WON'T GIVE AS MUCH COMMENTARY ON THEM, BUT ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK ON THE NINE ACRES AT CLOUD PARK IN 28 PUT INSTALLING A DIAL PARK PLAYGROUND, RAISING SOME LOW SPOTS AND PARKS, WHICH WE JUST NEED TO DO PERIODICALLY EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS SETTLE. UM, PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT AT THAT TIME, WE'LL NEED TO CHOOSE DO WE DO THE CLOUD PARK BLUE PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS UP TOP THERE, THE MIAMI VILLA PLAYGROUND OR THE TWIN CREEKS PLAYGROUND. ALL OF THOSE WILL BE COMING DUE. UM, PERHAPS MORE TENNIS COURTS WILL NEED RESURFACING. THE COTTONWOOD BASKETBALL COURT COTTONWOODS FENCE WILL NEED REPLACED CLOUD PARK BASKETBALL NEEDING RESURFACED. AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO ADD A, LIKE A FORD TRANSIT CAR WITH A WRAP SO THAT WE HAVE EVENT STORAGE THAT'S INSIDE, NOT JUST IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. THAT WAY WE CAN PUT THINGS LIKE OUR EVENT SPEAKERS AND UM, MATERIALS THAT CAN'T GET RAINED ON AND WE CAN LOCK 'EM UP TOO. UM, LOOKING INTO 29 IF WE NEED TO DO SOME, ANY HARDSCAPING UP AT THE ROSE MUSIC CENTER, THERE'S ALWAYS THE REPAIR OF CURBS AND THINGS THAT NEED UM, DONE. AND IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT HARDSCAPING INSTEAD OF LANDSCAPING, THAT SORT OF THING. MIAMI VILLA IMPROVEMENTS. SO TO THAT PARK, UM, THERE'S, IF YOU CALL A HALF BASKETBALL COURT, KIND OF A DILAPIDATED FORMER FIREHOUSE AND A PLAYGROUND. SO I HAVE A PLACEHOLDER HERE IF WE WANNA DO ANYTHING THERE. UM, 29, I KNOW WE'LL NEED TO REPLACE A PLAY STRUCTURE, JUST DON'T KNOW WHICH YET. UM, AND THEN OUR PARK BATHROOMS, IF THEY NEED A FACELIFT, MAYBE WE NEED SOME NEW FLOORING, SOME NEW PAINT, THAT SORT OF THING. UM, PLACE SURFACE AT OUR COMMUNITY LEVEL PARKS AND UP WE DO HAVE THAT TURF OR PORT IN PLACE SURFACING AND WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO WORK ON THAT. UM, PERIODICALLY SO I HAVE IT IN THERE. UM, I KNOW THAT IN THE, BY 2030 THE SURFACING, IT MIGHT HAPPEN SOONER, BUT ON THE PURPLE PLAYGROUND AT CLOUD PARK, SO THAT VERY ACCESSIBLE ONE, THEREBY SHELTERS, UM, ONE AND TWO WILL NEED NEW SURFACING AND THEN EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE GARY SHERMAN PLAYGROUND. AND I'M STILL OPTIMISTIC ON TRYING TO TURN THAT INTO LIKE A PERMANENT SAFETY TOWN. SO KIND OF A POLICE AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONDER THEM TO THAT PLAYGROUND. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE, UH, TENNIS, UM, COURTS JUST FOR A SECOND? YES. I KNOW IN IN YEARS PAST THERE WERE SOME HIGH SCHOOLS THAT USED THAT FOR THEIR HOME MATCHES. IS THAT STILL THE CASE? IS THERE STILL A LOT OF USAGE UP THERE? I DON'T WANNA SAY IN SEASON, BUT IN THERE'S HIGHER VOLUME OF TENNIS PLAY I WOULD IMAGINE THAN YEAH. UH, CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS STILL USE IT. RIGHT. SO, UH, ARE THERE HOME, ARE THERE HOME MATCHES OR JUST THE TOURNAMENT OR THEY THEY USE IT FOR PRACTICE AND HOME MATCHES AND THEN THERE'S NORMALLY, UH, A TENNIS TOURNAMENT, UM, WITH THE BUCKEYE LEAGUE. UM, SO THEY, THEY NORMALLY DO AT LEAST ONE TOURNAMENT. SO, BUT I HAVE NOT, I'VE NOT HEARD FROM THEM, UM, YET THIS YEAR. UM, AND IT WAS TOO LATE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WANTED TO, UM, CALL SCHEDULE LIKE THEY WANTED TO GET ON LAST MINUTE. SO NOT BEING A TENNIS PLAYER, ARE THEY STILL, IF I WERE A PLAYER AND I WENT UP THERE, WOULD I BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW OR? YEAH, I THINK SO. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I [00:25:01] I I'M NOT, I'M DISAPPOINTED THE WAY I'M NOT A PLAYER I , UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE AD AT CAROL SCOTT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE, I THINK HIS BIGGEST THING THAT HE, HE CALLS ME ABOUT IS JUST MAKING SURE THE NETS ARE TIGHTENED. UM, THAT THEY, THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME COURTS I KNOW THEY DON'T USE AND YOU KNOW, SO THEY WORK AROUND IT 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES UP THERE REALLY WITH, WITH RESERVATIONS RIGHT NOW. MINOR RENT, THEY PAY, THEY UH, SINCE THERE ARE KIDS THAT GO TO HUBER FROM HUBER THAT GO TO SCHOOL THERE, WE DON'T CHARGE THEM. WE NEVER HAVE. OKAY. WITH THE UM, THE WALKING PASS, WERE YOU THINKING AT ALL ABOUT EVENTUALLY PUTTING A WALKING PATH IN COTTONWOOD? UM, YES THAT HAS COME UP AND UM, IT'S POSSIBLE. SO THIS YEAR THE PUBLIC WORKS CREW HAS A LOT GOING ON, BUT THEY DID, UM, GET SOME FUNDING, AT LEAST LAST I CHECKED, I'VE BEEN OUT A FEW MONTHS, COULD HAVE GOTTEN MOVED. UH, BUT TO GET A MACHINE TO BE ABLE TO PAVE THOSE PATHS IN HOUSE. SO THE GOAL WILL BE TO GO AND REFRESH THAT WHICH NEEDS IT IMMEDIATELY AND THEN LOOK INTO WHERE WE MIGHT ADD WALKING PATHS. BUT YES, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY LEVEL PARKS, WHICH COTTONWOOD IS DEFINITELY WON AND UP, I'LL NEED THAT. AND THEN AS FAR AS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, UH, WE'LL JUST ASSESS INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY, THANKS. ALSO, UH, SARAH, GOING BACK TO ITEM FIVE THERE, DIRECT PLEX. AMEN. AT THE Y YOU SAID THAT WAS NOT APPROVED. SORRY, WHAT? OH YES. THE REC PLEX AMENITIES. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE PICKLEBALL. I HAD, UM, I HAD INTENDED TO PUT PICKLEBALL, BOCCE BALL AND BASKETBALL. OKAY. IN KIND OF ONE LARGE GATED FACILITY RIGHT AT, OUT THERE AT THE Y WHY WAS IT NOT APPROVED? THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY OR THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD NECESSARY TO DO IT AT THIS TIME? I THINK IT THAT IT CAME DOWN TO, UH, MONEY PRIORITIES. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT'S, I HAVE IT AS DEFERRED ON HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT ELIMINATING IT. SO IF WE SAY THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, CAN YOU GET IT IN IN THESE NEXT FIVE YEARS? THAT'S, THAT'S THE TYPE OF FEEDBACK I NEED FROM YOU GUYS. OKAY. YES. THE COMMUNITY PARK FOOTBALL FIELD ARE, ARE WE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW. UM, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S DEFERRED. OKAY. 'CAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR STARTED, BUT I, I BROUGHT IT BEFORE THERE'S AN AGREEMENT. YEAH. IT'S A NINE NINE YEAR LEASE TO WAYNE PEOPLE FOOTBALL. AND I KNOW THEY STILL USE IT FOR PRACTICES NOW SINCE THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR FOOTBALL FIELD NOW DOWN THERE, THEIR FIELDS DOWN THERE BY RA ROAD, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY STILL USE THAT LAND AS FOR PRACTICES. YEAH. AND I, I DON'T INTEND TO DO ANYTHING ON IT. THERE IS SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ON IT THAT SHOULD REALLY BE EVALUATED. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE USING THAT. IF THEY'RE USING LIKE THAT. OKAY. YEAH, LIKE I, LIKE I SAID, AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WAS A NINE. IT WAS, IT WAS A NINE NINE YEAR LEASE TO THEM. RIGHT. SO IS THERE A PLAN OR TIMEFRAME FOR THE SWINGS AT SHELL GATE TO BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED? I WILL KNOW MORE NEXT MEETING ON THAT ONE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING UP BEFORE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I GUESS JUST A QUESTION BACK ON THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE PICKLEBALL COURTS HAVE, I'M, I'M SURE IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, HAS BEEN TALK OF OR OR ACTIONS TO THINK ABOUT CONVERTING SOME OF THE TENNIS COURTS TO PICKLEBALL COURTS. I THINK IF WE DID ANYTHING WE WOULD DUAL STRIPE THEM UP AT CLOUD BECAUSE THEY DO RECEIVE ENOUGH FOOT TRAFFIC FOR TENNIS. UM, THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT OUR TENNIS PLAYERS TO BE LOSING COURTS. UM, THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO DO THAT THOUGH AND I DO NOT BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO, THERE'S FOUR SECTIONS UP THERE. I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO ALL FOUR THIS YEAR. UM, SO IT LEAVES IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE OF 'EM IN THE FUTURE. DO YOU THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT? WELL I JUST, IT, I COULD BE WRONG BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THERE'S A BIGGER DEMAND FOR PICKLEBALL COURSE THAN TENNIS SCORES RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. I JUST GET THAT SENSE. HE'S RIGHT. , THERE'S SUPPORT IN THE ROOM FOR THAT STATEMENT. HE'S RIGHT. NOT AT ALL. I HAVE TO, I AGREE WITH RICHARD ON THIS, BUT YET THERE IS A BIG DEMAND FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE REASON BEING IS THE DEMOGRAPHICS. THE PEOPLE WHO USED TO PLAY TENNIS 20 YEARS AGO, THOSE ONLY 70, 80 YEAR OLDS NOW AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PLAYING PICKLEBALL AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAD E BIG DEMAND, UH, FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T PLAYED TENNIS NUMBER 12 YEARS BECAUSE I STARTED PLAYING PICKLEBALL. SO YEAH, THERE'S A BIG DEMAND FOR PICK UP OUR COURTS. [00:30:01] I THINK WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT DUAL STRIPING THEM IS A GOOD IDEA SINCE YOU HAVE FOUR SECTION WHERE YOU HAVE TWO COURTS, TWO COURTS, FOUR AND FOUR FOR A TOTAL OF 12 COURTS. IF I WERE GOING TO DO STRIPE THEM, I WOULD DO STRIPE THEM WITH THE SMALLEST SECTION FIRST. THE TWO WHERE YOU HAVE THE TWO COURTS RATHER THAN DOING THE FOUR COURTS SECTION. OKAY. YEAH, JUST LOGISTIC PROBABLY THE WAY IT WORKS OUT. DO THAT SECTION FIRST AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. THIS YEAR'S PROJECT WE DO HAVE GRANT MONEY FROM THE US TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND THEY DON'T LIKE PICKLEBALL. I KNOW , SO I CAN'T USE THEIR MONEY FOR PICKLEBALL. OKAY. . BUT UM, LIKE I SAID, I DO THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE SECTION REMAINING THAT WE AREN'T DOING THIS YEAR. AND SO IT'S PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WOULD GET DUAL STRIPED IN THE FUTURE OF USING JUST CITY MONEY. OKAY. , THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY JUST DON'T GET ALONG. JUST DON'T GET ALONG IF YOU SAY THE WORD PICKLEBALL TO THEM, THEY JUST PRETEND THEY DON'T HEAR IT. LA LA LA LA LA . ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, OH WAIT, DID WE REALLY? WE TALKED ABOUT SHADE AND BATHROOM BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T LOOK AT THE PLAYGROUNDS HERE. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. UM, PLAYGROUNDS. OKAY, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN MEMORY LANE HERE. UM, WE LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVE ADDITIONS AND UNIFORM SURFACING TO HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY PARK PLAYGROUND. UM, TO ME THAT PLAYGROUND BOTHERED ME INSTANTLY WHEN I CAME ON BOARD BECAUSE YOU HAD THE MOST, UM, ACCESSIBLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THIS SWING DESIGNED FOR HANDICAP USERS ALONG WITH A NET CLIMBER THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BE USED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE PERHAPS HAVE, UM, HANDICAPS WITH THEIR LEGS BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSFER HEIGHT. UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS TRANSFER HEIGHT APPROPRIATE. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE SWIVEL CHAIRS AND THEN THERE'S THESE MUSICAL THING PANELS THAT WE HAVE AT MOST OF THE PARKS. SO, UM, WE WANTED TO GET UNIFORM SURFACING DEFINITELY. AND WHILE WE WERE DOING SO, WE SAID WELL WHY WOULDN'T WE ADD SOME THINGS WHERE CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES CAN ACTUALLY PLAY TOGETHER? SO, UM, I ENGAGED ONE COMPANY THAT ONE WASN'T GONNA WORK OUT. THOSE ARE THE WONDERINGS THAT I LAST SHOWED YOU. SO I HAD TO BACKPEDAL, I HAD TO ENGAGE ANOTHER COMPANY. THEY HAD A TURNOVER IN SALESPERSON SO IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE, BUT NOW WE OFFICIALLY HAVE OPTION THREE AND OPTION FOUR IN FRONT OF YOU. WHEN WE LAST SPOKE, THERE WAS THE DESIRE TO PUT THESE IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC, UM, AND OPEN 'EM UP FOR COMMENTARY FOR PEOPLE OF WHICH DO YOU LIKE BETTER. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OPTION THREE, WE HAVE SWINGS. SO THERE'S TODDLER SWINGS, YOUTH SWINGS, AND THEN A BAY WITH A UM, MORE ACCESSIBLE SWING. PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE, UM, DISABILITIES IN WHICH THEY NEED MORE TRUNK SUPPORT. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THOSE ACCESSIBLE SWINGS. UM, AND THEN THE TOWER HAS A RAMP SO THAT UM, SOMEBODY WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY COULD GO ALL THE WAY UP AND THEN THEY COULD EVEN USE THIS SLIDE IF THEY WERE ABLE. AND IT'S CALLED A SLIDE ASIDE. SO YOU ACTUALLY SLIDE DOWN AND YOU CAN SCOOT OVER SO OTHER KIDS CAN KEEP GOING PAST YOU WHILE SOMEBODY ELSE BRINGS YOUR WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER MOBILITY DEVICE DOWN TO YOU BACK DOWN THE RAMP IF YOUR PARENT HAD GONE UP AND HELPED YOU OR CAREGIVER. SO, UM, THERE IS SOME FINDINGS THAT SHOW INDIVIDUALS IN WHEELCHAIRS JUST BEING ABLE TO GO UP AND EXPERIENCE ELEVATION LIKE THAT REALLY BENEFIT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING COMMON THAT THEY CAN DO OUTDOORS. UM, SO THAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THAT TOWER. IT'S OTHERWISE GOT SOME SLIDES ON IT. AS YOU FLIP THROUGH YOU'LL SEE SLIDES AND CLIMBERS, BUT YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT RAMP GOES UP. TIC-TAC TOE AND SOME STEPPERS. THIS, THESE RENDERINGS DO NOT SHOW THE MUSICAL PANELS. THOSE WILL STAY. UM, AND THEY'RE RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, THE WHEELCHAIR SWING AND THE NECK CLIMBER. WE WILL LOSE THE SWIVEL CHAIRS IN THIS PLAN. UM, THEY ARE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE EXISTING NET CLIMBER AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT INSTALLED WITH ENOUGH UM, RADIUS. AND SO WE NEED TO FIX THAT. AND IF WE FIXED THAT, IT WOULD JUST ADD MORE TO OUR SURFACING. AND SO THIS IS JUST PROPOSING GETTING RID OF THEM AND NOT REUSING THEM OR EXTENDING THE SURFACING OUT. 'CAUSE THERE'S ALSO A TREE RIGHT THERE, UM, WHICH IS ALSO NOT PICTURED. SO IT WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT AS WELL TO DO THAT. AND THEN UM, ON OPTION [00:35:01] THREE YOU CAN SEE THAT SLIDE ASIDE, THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL GOING DOWN. YOU SEE HOW THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE PLATFORM, A FEW PAGES IN. UM, AND SO VERY NICE LARGE TOWER AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY. AND SO A SWING BAY HAS GONE IN WITH IT TO TRY AND KEEP US AT OUR COST, IDEAL COST. AND THEN IN NUMBER FOUR YOU WILL SEE WE DO NOT HAVE A RAMP ON THAT TOWER. UM, IT IS ACCESSED MORE THROUGH CLIMBING AND STEPS, BUT THERE IS A TOWER PLAY STRUCTURE TOWER THERE. UM, AND THEN INSTEAD OF SWINGS IT HAS A DUAL SORT OF ZIP LINE TOY. SO YOU WOULD HAVE UM, ONE OF THE ZIP LINES WITH A DEDICATED HANDICAP SWING, UM, AND THE OTHER WITH A MORE TRADITIONAL ADDITIONAL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THAT. WHAT IS THAT TYPE OF SWING CALLED? BASICALLY THE CIRCLE, THE DISC YOU PUT BETWEEN YOUR LEGS AND SIT ON IT. YES. YEAH, I'M SURE IT HAS A NAME. SO COMMENTS, FEEDBACK. DO WE STILL WANNA PUT THESE OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAY, HEY EVERYBODY, THESE ARE TWO OPTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK AND HERE IS A LINK TO FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD. OR DO YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME AND JUST MOVE FORWARD? I LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK IT'S GOOD TO GET INPUTS. YEAH. HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. I MEAN I, I DON'T HAVE GRANDKIDS, MY KIDS ARE WAY TOO OLD. SO MAY AS WELL HEAR WHAT POTENTIAL USERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO A PLAYGROUND IN INDIANA THAT HAD THAT ZIP LINE THING AND KIDS WERE LIKE, THEY LOVED IT. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS A POPULAR PART OF IT. SO IS THE ZIP LINE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE? UM, SO OBVIOUSLY, YEAH. SO IT HAS THE SAME SEAT AS IS ON THAT SWING. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE LARGER BIG PLASTIC MOLDED SWINGS, SO CHILDREN THAT MIGHT BE HANDICAPPED BUT THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO IT BY AN ADULT MOST LIKELY. UM, SO IF YOU THINK THE MOST PHYSICALLY DISABLED INDIVIDUAL, THEY PROBABLY AREN'T UTILIZING MUCH OF A PLAYGROUND ANYWHERE. UM, BUT VARYING LEVELS OF DISABILITY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT BECAUSE OF THAT. THE STRUCTURED MOLDED, UM, SEAT ON IT THAT YOU, YOU GET BUCKLED IN AND THEN SLIDE DOWN. OKAY, SO SAY WHAT'S, WHAT'S PREVENTING ME FROM FALLING OFF? YEP. YOU'RE BUCKLED IN. OKAY. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SWING THAT LIKE COMES YES. YEP. SO THAT'S WHAT ONE SIDE OF THE ZIP LINE IS, UM, WHICH PHYSICALLY ABLE CHILDREN ARE ALSO ABLE TO GET IN THAT AND SWING ON IT OR SLIDE ON IT ON THE ZIP LINE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE MORE TRADITIONAL ZIP LINE SEAT SO YOU CAN KIND OF RACE TOO. UM, AND ONE OF THE BIG TENETS OF INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND DESIGN IS THAT UM, CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES ARE ACTUALLY INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RACE LIKE THAT, UM, WOULD BE AMAZING. YEAH, I THINK IF WE PUT IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK THE SOUNDTRACK YOU JUST HAD WAS VERY HELPFUL. I GOT A LOT MORE FROM FROM THAT THAN I JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURE. SO SOME WAY TO KIND OF HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY, YEAH DEFINITELY THEN THEN WE'LL PLAN TO DO THAT. YOU'LL SEE IT AND I HOPE YOU ALL SUBMIT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON IT. PROBABLY KIND OF ON THE TOPIC, THE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SWINGS. UM, I WAS AT COTTONWOOD PARK WITH MY NIECE AND NEPHEW A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO. UM, MY NEPHEW GOT STUCK IN IT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNLATCH IT. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT LIKE DIRECTIONS ON THERE? IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER WOMAN THAT CAME UP AND SAID SHE HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT A COUPLE WEEKS PRIOR TO TO GET NO WAY. YEAH, THAT THEY COULDN'T LIKE FIGURE OUT ACTUALLY A PROBLEM THEN IF IT'S THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT. OKAY. YEP. SIGN BEING INSTALLED. FIREFIGHTER COULDN'T DO OUT EITHER. I THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO, SHE DIDN'T GO INTO DETAIL BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL ME THEY CUT A PROTECT CUT THE JAWS. HE WAS IN THERE FOR A GOOD FOUR MINUTES BEFORE WE FIGURED OUT THAT YOU HAVE TO PUSH IT WHILE YOU'RE OKAY LIKE ON, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT SOME DIRECTIONS WOULD BE GREAT FOR . YES. I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GET LIKE A STICKER MADE OR SOMETHING. OKAY. YEAH. UH, MAYBE A QR CODE AND THEN THERE'S A VIDEO YOU WATCH WITH SOMEBODY DOING IT [00:40:01] AND WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL TYPES OF LEARNERS. YEAH, NO I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS THAT DIFFICULT. AND THAT IS THE SAME COMPANY SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME LATCH I BELIEVE. YEAH. OKAY. NOW I AM READY FOR THE HUB RIGHTS MAGAZINE IF YOU ARE. OKAY. UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO IT. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A SNEAK PEEK AT SUMMER IN HUBER HEIGHTS. WE ARE HOPING TO GET THIS OUT ABOUT THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY. UM, AND THIS IS YOUR GO-TO PLACE FOR ALL THINGS HAPPENING, PARKS AND RECREATION AND PARKS AND RECREATION ADJACENT IN HUBER HEIGHTS. SO, UM, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU READ THROUGH AND IF YOU GUYS CATCH ANYTHING. THIS HAS NOT GONE TO PRINT SO THERE'S STILL TIME IF YOU CATCH A TYPO OR UM, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THAT YOUR NAME IS SPELLED RIGHT. ANDY HALL. ANDY HILL. I GOT IT RIGHT THIS YEAR. UM, AND GIVE THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN GET IT CHANGED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO TO PRINT. UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU READ THAT YOU'RE LIKE THAT'S JUST CONFUSING, I AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, PLEASE I CAN STILL REVISE. UM, AND SO THIS WILL BE COMING OUT. IT'LL BE MAILED DIRECTLY TO HOMES. WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COPIES HERE AND AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND AT THE Y. UM, BUT YEAH, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IS IN THERE NOT TO BE THAT GUY BUT UH, MY NAME IS SPELLED INCORRECTLY. THE EXTRA A IS NO PERFECT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING. YEAH, YOU ARE REAL. DO YOU HAVE LIKE A PLAN ON WHEN YOU WANT TO GET THIS TO PRINT? I THINK IT WE'RE HOPING TO HIT MAILBOXES THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY. OH WOW. AND SO WE WOULD BE PRINTING LIKE LAST WEEK OF APRIL. FIRST WEEK OF MAY. YEAH. THEY TEND TO LIKE TAKE IT OFF THE PRESS AND STICK IT IN THE MAILBOX 'CAUSE THE PRINTER ALSO DOES THE MAIL SERVICE FOR US. SO IT GOES QUICK. RUN IT ONE DAY AND IT'S IN THE MAIL THE NEXT. HMM. VERY NICE. THE TAKEOUT TUESDAY RALLIES. IS THAT NEW? DID WE HAVE THAT LAST YEAR? WE DID HAVE FOOD TRUCK RALLIES AND I AM SORRY THAT I'M NOT RECALLING IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON A TUESDAY. UM, BUT WE DID HAVE A FEW FOOD TRUCK RALLIES OUT AT CLOUD PARK LAST YEAR. I THINK THEY WERE ON TUESDAYS. YEAH. DID WE CALL IT THAT TAKEOUT TUESDAYS? NO, WE'RE RE IT'S BEING REBRANDED AND ISN'T THERE ONE UP AT THE ROSE TOO? WAS THERE A BIG THERE'S A BIG ONE. BITES AT THE HEIGHTS IS IN THE, AT THE ROSE. IT WAS IN AUGUST THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF THAT UNTIL THE ROSE HAS THEIR LINEUP MORE FINALIZED, WHICH THEY DON'T COMMENT ON UNTIL AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. LIKE THEY DON'T SAY IT'S FINAL. THEY CAN STILL ADD SHOWS AFTER THAT I THINK. BUT THEY'RE OKAY TO BOOK THINGS LIKE BITES IN THE HEIGHTS BEFORE THEN. SHOULD WE STATE LIKE IF THIS COMES OUT BEFORE THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE CONCERTS OR SHOWS TO COME OR IS THIS AS FAR AS THE ROWS, UM, IS IT ON THERE? IT DOESN'T ON THE ROSE ONE. YEAH, MORE ROSE. OH OKAY. I SEE IT NOW LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE A LIGHT SCHEDULE THIS YEAR. YES, THEY, I THINK THEY'VE PROBABLY ALREADY ADDED UH, SINCE THEN, SINCE THEY'VE GIVEN US THIS. I CAN DOUBLE CHECK WITH THEM IF THEY WANNA SWAP OUT THE GRAPHIC. [00:45:02] WE GOT SOME GOOD STUFF COMING THOUGH. ALICE COOPER COMING SAME DAY AS OUR UM, TREE GIVEAWAY MAYBE. WHO WANTS A TREE? UH, ON PAGE 17 THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IT HAD THE KING AND QUEEN PICKLEBALL TO AND I THOUGHT WE HAD SET THAT AGE AT SIX TO 12 ON FRIDAY INSTEAD OF 55. I ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT PLAYING AGAINST 55-YEAR-OLD? WE OF ALL, IT'S NOT ME. IT IF IT'S AN A IT SO YOU, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT I SAW THERE THE TREE CITY USA UH, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HEY WE'RE TREE CITY USA AND THEN THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE OH ALL THE TREES ARE GETTING CUT DOWN. I'M LIKE GUYS, THERE'S LIKE THAT'S PRIVATE LAND. I WAS LIKE THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GLAD IT SAYS IT IN HERE THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S ON PUBLIC LAND AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS AND NOT SO MUCH ON PRIVATE LANDS BUT ALSO SINCE THAT WE ARE THE EXCEPT ALEX BLACKS FRONT YARD YEAH. WILL BE THERE NEXT. BUT UH, THAT YOU KNOW SINCE YOU KNOW WE ARE THE, YOU KNOW TREE CITY USA BOARD. I DIDN'T KNOW IF ON OUR AGENDA IF WE SHOULD LIKE I KNOW WE HAD THE ARBOR DAY AND STUFF LIKE THAT BUT WE PROBABLY SHOULD SAY TREE CITY A, YOU KNOW, JUST ON OUR AGENDA JUST SAY HEY THIS IS TREE CITY USA SECTION. YOU KNOW OR YEAH DEFINITELY I WAS IN, I WAS THINKING SO SORRY FIRST MEETING BACK BUT UM, I WAS THINKING WE'LL PROBABLY DEDICATE AT LEAST ONE MEETING A QUARTER TO A BULK OF THAT WORK POSSIBLY MORE DEPENDING HOW MUCH THE BOARD FEELS THAT THEY WANNA TACKLE QUICKLY. UM, BUT I JUST NEED TO GET MY HEAD WRAPPED AROUND ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT OUR FIRST POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE SHOULD TACKLE. OKAY. YEAH BECAUSE I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TREE CITY USA STUFF, SO, SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS GONNA BE LIKE A SECTION DEDICATED FOR THAT. THAT SOUNDS LIKE GREAT SOLUTION. YEAH. SO YOU'D LIKE A SECTION ON OUR AGENDA AGENDA AND THAT THAT JUST SAYS TREE CITY USA, YOU KNOW, JUST A SECTION THAT WE KNOW. AND THEN OF OF COURSE WHEN THE AGENDA GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IF THEY EVER LOOK AT IT ONLINE THAT IT WOULD BE SIGNIFIED ON THERE THAT THIS IS OUR TREE CITY USA SECTION. YEAH I WOULD CALL IT LIKE TREE BOARD UPDATES OR TREE BOARD TOPICS AND THEN THERE'D BE A SUBSECTION OF TREE BOARD TOPICS TO TACKLE. UM, LIKELY I WOULD COME UP WITH WHAT I WOULD BE ASKING YOU TO TACKLE, SEND THAT OUT, NO DISCUSSION ON IT OR ANYTHING VIA EMAIL BUT SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IT TO REVIEW IN ADVANCE. 'CAUSE IT MIGHT BE SOME OF IT MIGHT BE HARDER TO DIGEST THAN OTHERS. ALSO ON THE TREE CITY SA SUBJECT, UH, DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE REPLACING ALL THOSE BRADFORD REPAIR? LIKE ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ON LITTLE TROY INE STRIP? NO, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY WHAT KIND OF TREES ARE ARE THAT ARE GONNA REPLACE IT. SO IT'S MY DESIRE TO PUT IN AS MANY FLOWERING TREES AS POSSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE STILL HAVE THAT SAME VIEW. BUT WE KNOW THAT A HEALTHIER ECOSYSTEM WILL HAVE A MIX IF WE PUT 10 RED BUDS IN A ROW AND THEN SOME SORT OF DISEASE OR WORM OR SOMETHING COMES ALONG THAT LOVES RED BUDS, WE'RE GONNA LOSE ALL THOSE TREES. SO UM, WE WILL GO WITH UM, SOMETHING EITHER NATIVE OR ADAPTED TO THE REGION THAT'S A GOOD STREET TREE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO GO TO NURSERIES AND KIND OF BID IT OUT AND THEY'LL KIND OF COME BACK AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE CAN GIVE YOU BASED ON INVENTORY AND BASED ON THE SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF TREE THAT YOU WANT. SO WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW IS THE SHORT ANSWER, BUT I HOPE FOR PRETTY THINGS. IF IF WE'VE GOT FLOWERING [00:50:01] MIXED WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT GIVES YOU BEAUTIFUL FALL FOLIAGE, THEN THAT'S PERFECT AND WE'LL BE BEAUTIFUL ALL YEAR ROUND RATHER THAN JUST RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HIT IT IN THE SPRING WITH THOSE PAIRS. GREAT QUESTIONS THOUGH. THANK YOU. CHANGE OF SUBJECT, UM, THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS. WHAT DOES THE SECURITY LOOK LIKE FOR THAT? UM, MOLLY TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY AFTER OUR LAST MEETING DEFINITELY AND SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE VOLUNTEERS AT EACH OF THE CHECK-INS AND CHECKOUTS, WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING THEM. SO WE WILL HAVE ENTRY, UM, DESIGNATED ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS. UM, AND WE WILL BE CONDUCTING BAG CHECKS THERE. WE WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS, UM, TO HELP WITH THOSE. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON VOLUNTEERS, BUT ALSO EACH ONE OF THOSE STATIONS WILL BE BACKED UP BY CITY PERSONNEL AND IF THEY AREN'T PULLED ELSEWHERE LIKELY BY POLICE. SO UM, AT THE MAIN WHERE WE HAVE THREE OF OUR MAIN ENTRANCES IS RIGHT WHERE WE HAVE OUR POLICE TENT ALSO. SO THEY WOULD BE BACKED UP UM, IN CASE SOMEBODY TRIED TO GIVE A VOLUNTEER A BUNCH OF GRUFF ABOUT A BAG CHECK OR SOMETHING. AND THEN UM, WE HAVE MORE CITY TENTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SO THE FIRST AID TENT, WHICH IS MANAGED BY OUR FIRE AND EMS CREWS WILL BE UP BY THE STAGE. THE PARKS AND REC WILL BE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIX OF THINGS, THE POLICE AT THOSE THREE ENTRANCES. WE HAVE ONE FURTHER ENTRANCE OUT BY BRANT PIKE THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE A CITY TENT AT, UM, WITH PERSONNEL AND VOLUNTEERS AS WELL TO HELPING PEOPLE COME AND GO. SO IT'S GONNA BE, YOU CAN'T BRING IN A BAG WITHOUT US LOOKING IN IT JUST CLEAR BAGS AND THEN ANY MEDICAL BAGS WILL BE ACCEPTED OF COURSE. UM, I THINK THE BAG POLICY IS LISTED ON THE STAR-SPANGLED PAGE IN HERE AND THEN IT'LL GET CHECKED. EVERYBODY WILL COME THROUGH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE CAMERAS. I THINK THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CONFIRMED YET A UM, LIKE AN OBSERVATION TOWER, UM, THAT WE CAN GET ON LOAN FROM THE STATE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR POLICE CREW UP ABOVE THE CROWD AND KIND OF SEE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE MIX AS WELL. OKAY. UM, AS FAR AS LIKE STROLLERS AND DIAPER BAGS, THAT KIND OF THING. SO A DIAPER BAG IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED A MEDICAL BAG. UM, SO THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO CHECK THOUGH. GOTCHA. AND THEN ARE WE ADDING SOMEONE HERE THAT STROLLERS ARE OKAY OR NOT OKAY, I I CAN ADD THAT AND UM, I THINK THAT THEY WILL BE OKAY BUT ANY SORT OF BAG LIGHT OR CONCEALED AREA ON A STROLLER WOULD BE SEARCHED I IMAGINE. GOTCHA. OKAY. LEMME ADD STROLLERS. GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NO PETS ARE ALLOWED. ALL THAT TYPE OF THING. JUST SERVICE ANIMALS. UH, WHEN WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT AI CAMERA, 'CAUSE I KNOW THOSE AI CAMERAS WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY HUGE TO SOLVE. WHO DID THAT INCIDENT LAST YEAR? UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE ONE IN THE COMMUNITY PARK THAT WE HAVE, YOU WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT A PERMIT ONE, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON MOBILE IF WE DO OTHER CAMERAS IN OTHER PARKS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GONNA BE PROBABLY MOBILE ALSO. JUST SO LET'S SAY FOR A BIG EVENT LIKE THAT WE JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, FOR THIS ONE NIGHT WE'RE TAKING ALL THE CAMERAS OUT, MOBILE CAMERAS OUT, UH, LIKE SAY HAW GATE IF HAW GATE HAD IT, IF COTTONWOOD HAD ONE, IF ALL THE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE CAMERAS AT CLOUD JUST IN THE FUTURE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE YEARS OUT. IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION YOU'RE MAKING? IT WAS JUST SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, SINCE IF WE WERE GONNA GO LIKE A MOBILE ROUTE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM TO YOU NEVER KNOW IF LIKE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE TO HAVE TWO OF THEM AT LIKE AT THE ROADS FOR A BITE OF THE HEIGHT OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OR MARIBEL FESTIVAL THING OR YOU KNOW, JUST BE ABLE TO MOVE SINCE WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA GO MOBILE, THE ONLY THING I CAN SPEAK TO IS THAT UM, WE ARE KEEPING THE ONE IN COMMUNITY THIS YEAR. THEY ARE MORE COSTLY THAN US PUTTING IN LIKE A HARDWIRED COUPLE CAMERA SOLUTION ON THE CORNERS OF THE BATHROOMS AD SH GATE. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT WE WOULD DEPLOY THEM IN OTHER PARKS, BUT IF THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SERIOUSLY LOOK INTO, THEN I CAN TAKE IT. YOU CAN ALSO RENT THEM FOR ONE-OFF EVENTS TOO AND THE POLICE ALSO HAVE SOME CAMERAS. UM, THEY HAD ANOTHER, THE CAMERA AT STAR SPANGLED AS WELL, UM, DEPLOYED THERE. IT WAS JUST UP ON A POLE SO IT WAS PROBABLY HARD TO SEE. UM, AND THEY HAVE SOME OTHERS THAT THEY CAN DO THAT WITH TOO BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE DOG PARK COMMISSION I REALLY, I DID PUSH FOR CAMERAS THERE, CATCH POOPERS IF I SENT YOU A TICKET IN THE MAIL 'CAUSE YOUR DOG POOPED I NEEDED [00:55:01] AND ANYTHING CLEAN IT , THAT COULD BE A GREAT REVENUE STREAM AND I WOULDN'T FEEL BAD. . THANK YOU BRIAN. YEAH, UM, THAT'S, I HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH IT AND CITY MANAGEMENT TO LIKE WHERE DID WE LEAVE OFF ON THE CAMERAS? SO THE SECRET SHOPPER PROGRAM IS IN HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE PLANS FOR THAT YET? SO I HAVE THE, UH, THE SECRET CHOPPER, UM, FORM FOR US TO FILL OUT. I JUST NEED TO SEND IT OUT. IT'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE, COUPLE WEEKS. SO YEAH, , WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THERE'S MORE TO IT, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SECRET, SO, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SECRET. SO YEAH, JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN EMAIL REGARDING ANYTHING. AND HAS EVERYONE GOTTEN TO TAKE A LOOK AT LAST MEETINGS MINUTES? , ANY CORRECTIONS TO THEM? ALL RIGHT. AND WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THEM? I'LL, I'LL SECOND. SECOND. SO THE MEETING, THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AND OUR NEXT I DO HAVE, SORRY, UM, JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW FROM, FROM A ROTARY STANDPOINT, UM, I WILL TOMORROW BE WRITING A GRANT FROM OUR ROTARY DISTRICT. UM, WE HAVE A QUOTE TO REPLACE THE ROOFING AND THE SIDING ON THE SIDE OF THE SHELTER DOWN AT ROTARY MONARCH PARK. UM, IT'S ABOUT NINE GRAND. UM, THE, NORMALLY THE WAY ROTARY DISTRICT GRANTS WORK IS THEY WILL COVER, THEY NEED MATCHING FUNDS JUST LIKE SARAH IF SHE WAS GOING OUT TO GET A GRANT FOR SOMETHING IN THE PARKS. UM, SO WE'LL BE, I'LL BE WRITING THAT GRANT, UM, AND SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING BY THE END OF MAY, WHETHER IT'S BEEN APPROVED OR NOT. UM, ALSO THERE IS A GROUP FROM CJ THAT, UM, HAS PURCHASED, UM, MILKWEED ROOTS I GUESS IS WHAT I WOULD PLUGS MAYBE, UM, THAT WILL BE GOING DOWN, UM, AS WELL AS PART OF THEIR CORNERSTONE PROJECT TO START PLANNING THOSE HERE SOMETIME THIS MONTH, EARLY MAY TO COMPLETE THEIR SERVICE PROJECT FOR THAT. SO, UM, BUT THE BIG THING IS THE SHELTER RENOVATION. UM, SO UM, AND UM, EVEN IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE THE MATCHING FUNDS, UH, THE ROTARY CLUB WILL GET THAT DONE, UM, AS WELL. SO, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT FROM OUR LAST ROTARY BOARD MEETING, UM, EARLIER THIS MONTH. SO SORRY CASEY, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO REPLACE THIS SIGN. IT STILL SAYS RIP WRAP DOWN THERE AS WELL AND UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND ALSO WE ARE PAVING A WALKING PATH TO THE SHELTER AS WELL FROM THE CITY. YEP. I WAS ALSO SAYING THE CITY WEBSITE STILL SAYS RIP RAP PARK, SO THANK YOU. IT STILL SAID IT ON THE MAGAZINE TOO UNTIL I CAUGHT IT IN THE LAST EDIT. SO YEAH, GETTING IT CHANGED EVERYWHERE. ALL RIGHT, WELL IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON MAY 21ST AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. THANKS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.