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RIGHT.[ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road May 21, 2026 6:30 P.M.]
AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER THIS EVENING.AND WE DID PREVIOUSLY HEAR FROM ANDY, RON, AND RICHARD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MOTION TO EXCUSE THEIR ABSENCE? I'LL MOTION BRIAN AND ANY, ONE SECOND.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS THIS EVENING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP UP THERE.
AS LONG AS IT'S GREEN, YOU'RE LIVE.
UM, I'M SHEILA DUNCAN AND I LIVE ON DOW DRIVE AND THE PHILLIPS PARK SIGN.
IT'S LIKE THE LETTERS ARE COMING OFF IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THE PHILLIPS? YES.
THE LETTERS ARE REALLY COMING OFF IT AND SINCE IT'S THANK YOU MEMORY OF HIM.
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GRAFFITI STUFF ON THERE ON THE BACK OF IT TOO THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.
I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK THERE IN A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DAMAGE TO IT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL? OKAY.
HE JUST, HE JUST GETS THE, HE JUST GETS THE PAPERS OFF THE THING.
ALL RIGHT,
YOU WANNA DO THE, OKAY, BRANDON, YOU WANT COME OVER HERE IN THE FRONT PLEASE.
ACTUALLY, WE'LL BE SWEARING IN NEW MEMBER BRANDON.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU'LL WORK YOU AFTER ME.
I STATE YOUR NAME I BRANDON BOARD.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? DO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF C HEIGHTS.
THE CHARTER IN ALL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BE HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE I'LL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE THE BEST.
NEED MY HAND UP? LET'S GET ONE OF YOU LIKE SHAKING HANDS.
AND THEN BRENDA, WE'LL HAVE YOU SIGN, SIGN, SIGN SQUARE AWAY.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE YMCA UPDATE.
UM, I HANDED SOME FLYERS OUT, UM, THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.
JUNE 1ST FOR THE THROUGH THE FIFTH IS SAFETY AROUND WATER WEEK AT THE Y IT'S A FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAM FOR KIDS TO LEARN HOW, UH, TO LEARN LIFESAVING UM, SKILLS, UM, AROUND WATER.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST SWIM LESSON, WHICH ONCE AGAIN IS A COMMUNITY FREE, UH, WATER SAFETY PROGRAM THAT WE WILL RUN AT THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER, UM, ON JUNE 25TH.
AND, UM, THE THIRD FLYER I GAVE YOU WAS ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE COURTS PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, JUNE 12TH AND 13TH DOWN AT COMMUNITY PARK.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO, TO GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO YOU, ESPECIALLY THE TWO SAFETY ROUND WATER, UH, ITEMS BECAUSE THEY ARE FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY, PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
SHARE IT THROUGH YOUR SOCIAL, THEY JUST HAVE TO SCAN THE QR CODES AND REGISTER, UM, ONLINE THROUGH THE WIRE IN PERSON AT THE Y AND THEN THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE COURTS.
UM, THERE IS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, WE HAVE OUR, UM, 60 AND PLUS ON FRIDAY AND AGES 18 AND UP, UM, ON SATURDAY.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, THAT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, SATURDAY STARTS THE OFFICIAL, UM, UH, OUTDOOR POOL SEASON.
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SO, UH, WE ARE READY TO GO AT THE KROGER AQUATIC CENTER.UM, WE GOT OUR REPAIRS DONE TO THE LAZY RIVER.
UH, WE PASSED INSPECTION TODAY.
WE HAVE ALL POOL LICENSES, SO WE WILL OPEN SATURDAY.
UM, THE SPLASH PADD AT CLOUD PARK, UH, GOT LICENSED TODAY AS WELL.
SO SHE'S READY TO MAKE ANOTHER RUN, UH, THIS SUMMER.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT, UH, SHE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK FOR SOME PAD REPAIR DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THE CITY WILL COMMUNICATE THAT THROUGH THEIR SOCIALS.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE THE SIGN UP, BUT SHE WILL BE, SHE'LL BE GOOD FOR THIS WEEKEND AND THEN SHE'LL BE DOWN FOR TWO DAYS, UM, ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK FOR SOME PAD REPAIR.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND ON SUNDAY NIGHT, WE HOSTED OVER 140, UH, YMCA LIFEGUARDS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER FOR OUR ASSOCIATION WIDE IN SERVICE.
SO WE HAD KIDS FROM SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, UM, SALINA, UM, ALL OVER OUR SERVICE TERRITORY THAT CAME DOWN.
UM, AND UH, WE DID A, UH, ASSOCIATION WIDE LIFEGUARD IN SERVICE FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS.
SO EVERYBODY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.
UM, IT WAS A LITTLE CHILLY THE WATER WAS, BUT IT WAS 85 OUTSIDE, SO THAT WAS GOOD FOR THEM.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CITY UPDATE.
SO I'LL START WITH A QUICK UPDATE FROM THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD ACTUALLY, UM, BECAUSE SOME LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE MIGHT SIT ON THIS BOARD THAT THE YARD BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS ARE NOW OPEN.
SO I HAVE FLYERS IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE 'EM OR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE LINK ONLINE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR YARD BEAUTIFUL AND MAKE SURE YOU GET NOMINATED THIS YEAR AND ALSO BEGIN NOMINATING OTHERS.
WE DID ADD THE CATEGORY SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS YEAR OF RED, WHITE, AND BEAUTIFUL.
SO, UM, TAKE A LOOK FOR SOME OF THOSE YARDS AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO NOMINATE.
ALSO WITH, UM, SPRING IN FULL FORCE, IT IS TIME FOR ADOPT A PARK SEASON.
I HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR, UM, CURRENTLY SIGNED UP ADOPTERS, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE ORGANIZATIONS TO ADOPT PARKS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY GROUP OR A CHURCH AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING A PARK, PLEASE REACH OUT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE HANGING SIGNS TOO NEW THIS YEAR TO RECOGNIZE THOSE ADOPTEES IN EACH PARK.
SO THOSE WILL BE GOING UP HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
WE ALSO, UM, ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SENIOR PATIO.
SO UP AT THE SENIOR CENTER, THERE'LL BE AN OUTDOOR SEATED SEATING SPACE.
NOW, UM, WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME GAME TOP TABLES FOR CHEST CHECKERS, BACKGAMMON, THAT SORT OF THING FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY.
AND THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MONEY ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY.
UM, YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED HOPEFULLY THAT THE MAGAZINE HAS HIT YOUR MAILBOXES AND SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A WONDERFUL REFERENCE GUIDE FOR ALL.
SUMMER IN CUBA HEIGHTS, I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT ON TUESDAYS WE ARE HAVING OUR FOOD TRUCK RALLIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WEATHER THIS WEEK WASN'T GREAT, BUT THOSE TASTY TUESDAY RALLIES ARE GOING ON, UM, FIVE TO UM, EIGHT O'CLOCK I BELIEVE.
AND THEN ANOTHER REMINDER TOO IS THE WARRIOR SOCCER TOURNAMENT IS THIS WEEKEND.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAFFIC ADVISORY FOR YOU.
DON'T PLAN ON GOING TO, UM, CLOUD PARK AND NOT HAVING TO SIT IN A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC.
UM, WHAT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THE YARD NOMINATIONS? YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID IT.
IT IS, SO IT'S THE END OF JUNE, SO STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE YOUR YARD PRETTY AND TO NOMINATE OTHERS.
AND WE ARE GONNA TRY AGAIN THIS YEAR AS NOMINATIONS ROLL IN TO GET NOMINATION SIGNS OUT KIND OF HELPS BUILD THE, UM, MOMENTUM BEHIND THE PROGRAM AND LET PEOPLE KNOW IT'S HAPPENING AND THEN THEY GET JEALOUS THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR HAS ONE SO THEY NOMINATE MORE PEOPLE AND YOU CAN SELF NOMINATE.
OKAY, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEW BUSINESS WITH THE TREE AND PLANT GIVEAWAY RECAP.
SO I WANTED TO BRING SOME NUMBERS.
WE GAVE AWAY 110 PLANT PLUGS, 300 TREE SAPLINGS, AND 55 SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS.
UM, SO ALL OF THOSE WERE NATIVE, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE VERY WELL SUITED FOR OUR PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT HERE IN OHIO.
UM, AND OF ALL OF THOSE, EVERYONE WAS PRE-REGISTERED FOR.
ACTUALLY WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS, I WILL SAY WE HAD ABOUT 20 PEOPLE NOT SHOW UP FOR THEIR SHRUBS AND PLANTS, BUT FORTUNATELY THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SAID, HEY, IF THERE'S
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EXTRA, CAN I COME BACK? AND WE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.'CAUSE WE'D RATHER THEM NOT DIE AND WE'D RATHER THEM GO OUT INTO OUR ECOSYSTEM.
SO, UM, PEOPLE TOOK A COUPLE MORE AND WE GOT 'EM ALL HANDED OUT.
UM, ADDITION TO NOT ONLY OUR TREE CANOPY, BUT THEN JUST OUR PLANT, UM, ECOSYSTEM AS WELL.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? UH, I DON'T THINK SO.
BIG THANKS TO CASEY AND RICH FOR HELPING ME BE HAND HER OUTERS AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PARK CLEANUP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I ACTUALLY, UM, NEED TO SEPARATE THIS OUT.
IT, IT'S REALLY, I MUST HAVE PUT IT INCORRECTLY TO CHRIS, UH, IN PROBABLY A PUNCTUATION ERROR SOMEWHERE.
BUT WE HAVE A PARK CLEANUP OPPORTUNITY ON MAY 31ST AND IT'S ACTUALLY AT DIAL PARK.
SO AT DIAL PARK THERE'S A LARGE CHURCH GROUP THAT'S INTERESTED IN COMING OUT TO DO A CLEANUP OPPORTUNITY AND THERE IS A LOT OF JUNK BACK IN THE WOODS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A LOT OF HANDS ON DECK TO DO A BIG CLEAN OUT.
SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, UM, WE DO HAVE AN ADOPT A PARK GROUP THERE, SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, AND FEEL FREE TO JOIN US 11:00 AM 31ST, BRING YOUR OWN WORK GLOVES, WE'LL SUPPLY EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE THE UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY PARK PLAYGROUND.
SO IF YOU'RE READY TO ADVANCE TO THAT, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE MINUTES REFLECTED AS LIKE A TWO A OR SOMETHING.
SO THE UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY PARK PLAYGROUND IS THAT WE DID PUT OUT THE SURVEY TO THE PUBLIC.
I HOPE SOME OF YOU HOPPED ON AND TOOK IT.
UM, WE HAD I THINK, PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE FOR REALLY USING SOCIAL MEDIA ONLY AS OUR MEANS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE.
UM, SO 28 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY PREFERRED THE PLAN WITH THE SWINGS.
SO IF YOU RECALL, THAT'S THE LARGER PLAYGROUND INSTALLATION WITH A RAMP SO THAT UM, SOME OF OUR WHEELCHAIR USER CHILDREN AND OTHER MOBILITY AID CHILDREN WOULD BE ABLE TO GET UP ON TOP OF THE TOWER AND THEN IT CAME WITH SWINGS.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH.
UM, I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT OF THOSE COMMENTS, THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO SPECIFICALLY CITED HAVING CHILDREN WITH DIFFERING NEEDS SAID THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY PREFER.
UM, SO THAT ALSO WEIGHED HEAVY TO ME.
AND THEN A THIRD PERK WOULD BE THAT IT DID COME IN, UM, ABOUT $15,000 LESS THAN THE ZIP LINE.
UH, THERE WERE HOWEVER, SO THAT WAS 28.
THERE WERE HOWEVER 25 PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE ZIP LINE.
AND I BELIEVE SPECIFICALLY IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY DUE TO THE UNIQUENESS OF THE ZIP LINE TYPE FEATURE.
BUT LUCKILY WE DO HAVE SOME MORE PLAYGROUNDS GOING IN.
WE'RE UM, SET FOR ONE EVERY YEAR FROM HERE ON OUT, A REPLACEMENT SOMEWHERE.
AND I THINK THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THAT WORK ELSEWHERE IN THE PARK SYSTEM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL VISIT IT AND ENJOY IT.
SO, UM, THAT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK THAT THAT'S AN AMENITY WE WANT SOMEWHERE.
ULTIMATELY THE PLAYGROUND PLAN IS HOW YOU SAW IT.
UH, WITH NOW THE ADDITION, THERE'S TWO BENCHES HAVE BEEN ADDED AND A COMMUNICATION BOARD AS WELL.
SO IF A CHILD NEEDS HELP, UM, PERHAPS THEY'RE NON-VERBAL, THEY COULD USE THE COMMUNICATION BOARD TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS AROUND THEM.
SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ADD THAT IN, UM, AND STAY STILL ON OUR BUDGET.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, TO SARAH, WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE, UM, THE SHELTERS FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY PARK? UH, THE SHADE? THE SHADE, MM-HMM
AND ALSO THE UPDATE ON THE RESTROOM AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, SO THE SHADE STRUCTURES I HAVE RECEIVED TWO QUOTES ON AND THEN WENT OUT AND WALKED THE AREA AGAIN JUST TO KIND OF GUT CHECK IT.
THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED, UM, BY A COLLEAGUE OF MINE IN MY LEAVE.
AND I DON'T LOVE THE FOOTPRINT ACTUALLY OF THE PRODUCT WE WERE GOING TOWARDS WITH THE TWO QUOTES THAT WERE MADE.
SO I SHOWED THAT TO YOU GUYS AND IT WAS A FOUR POST SITUATION INSTEAD.
UM, I JUST WENT BACK TO THEM TODAY AND SAID, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA, UH, GIVE ME A QUOTE ON IF IT WAS A CANTILEVER.
SO MEANING THAT IT WOULD BE THE ONE POLE THAT LIKE REACHES OUT LIKE AN AWNING, THEREFORE WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT POSTS IN THE ASPHALT.
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TO WALK UNDERNEATH OF IT.I FORESEE GETTING THAT BACK SOMETIME NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE'RE READY TO MOVE BECAUSE I WILL HAVE MY, UM, NUMBER OF QUOTES AND UM, I'LL GET THAT PO IN AND WE'LL PROBABLY SEE IT INSTALLED BY LATE SUMMER.
THE RESTROOMS, UM, AS I SAID LAST TIME, I HAD BUDGETED ABOUT $300,000 FOR THEM, FINDING OUT THAT THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, BUT WITH INSTALLATION IT'S MORE LIKELY ABOUT $400,000.
UM, I DID JUST TODAY REACH OUT TO FIVE RIVERS METRO PARKS BECAUSE THEY ARE PUTTING IN TWO, UM, RESTROOMS, I BELIEVE ONE IN TAYLORSVILLE AND ONE IN POSSUM CREEK.
SO I WANTED TO ASK WHAT THEIR CONSTRUCTION RATES HAD COME BACK IN AT FOR THE LOCAL AREA.
AND THEY SPECIFICALLY WENT WITH THE FIRM THAT I'M INVESTIGATING THAT COMES IN WITH A CRANE AND PLOPS THE THING DOWN JUST LIKE THE SEVEN BREWS THAT WENT IN.
SO PLOP A PAD DOWN AND THEN THEY'LL PLOP THE THING DOWN AND ALL WE NEED TO DO IS CONTRACT OUT THE PLUMBER AND THE ELECTRICIAN AND EVERYTHING TO HOOK EVERYTHING UP.
UM, THE OTHER FIRM DOES MORE OF A KIT SO IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE UPFRONT, BUT THEN WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO MY NEXT PLAN IS TO PUT SIDE TO SIDE COMPARISON OF TIMELINE COST, UH, YOU KNOW, GENERAL REVIEWS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE WITH THESE TWO FIRMS AND THEN USE THAT COMPARISON TO HELP DRIVE WHICH ONE WE GO WITH.
THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL BRING BACK TO YOU.
UM, SO TENTATIVELY IT WILL BE SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF THE PRODUCT THIS YEAR WITH INSTALLATION IN, UM, SPRING OF NEXT YEAR? YEAH.
AND ENGINEERING IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON IDENTIFYING ALL THE LINES FOR ME TOO BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET IN AND CHECK 'EM.
'CAUSE IF YOU RECALL THE, THEY HAD CEMENT POURED DOWN THE TOILET RIGHT LAST TIME.
UM, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DIDN'T GO SO FAR BACK THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO REPLACE SEWAGE LINES COMING IN TOO.
WHEN YOU SAID IT DIDN'T GO SO FAR BACK, YOU ARE STILL PLANNING TO PUT THE RESTROOM OUT NEAR THE ROAD, RIGHT? I DON'T, SO, UM, I HAD ASKED IF WE COULD LOOK AT A SOLUTION THAT WAS IN THE BACK OF THE PARK AS WELL TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR OUR PICKLEBALL USERS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY ENGINEERING'S LOCATING ALL OF THOSE LINES FOR ME SO WE CAN WEIGH WHERE.
SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING IN THE PARK AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ME.
YES, BRIAN? UH, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT LIKE THE ZIP, THAT ZIP LINE THING GOING ELSEWHERE.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOUR PREDECESSOR, I BROUGHT UP AN AN IDEA OF LIKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO BEAVER CREEK TO SPICER PARK, THEY HAD THAT, UH, RAIL ROLLERCOASTER STYLE SWING AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT, HEY, BELL PLAINE HAD A UNIQUE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE AND THEN COMMUNITY PARK HAD THEIR UNIQUE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PARK HAS A UNIQUE 'CAUSE OUT BEAVER CREEK.
YOU KNOW, SPICE PARK HAD THAT ROLLER COASTER ONE, THEIR SHOE PARK HAS THAT LONG SLIDE, YOU KNOW, JUST STUFF THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT PARKS.
'CAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A NICE IDEA TO GET PEOPLE TO LIKE, HEY, LET'S GO TO THAT PARK IN HUBBERT.
THEY, THEY GOT THAT OTHER PARK SPREAD PEOPLE OUT.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, FAR AWAY TO GO TO BEAVER CREEK OR GO TO CENTERVILLE TO CERTAIN ASPECTS TO THEIR PARKS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AT OUR PARKS.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CREEK WALKS UPDATE.
DO YOU WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE OF THAT AS YOUR, UM, YEAH.
SO WE'VE GOT THE CREEK WALKS COMING UP ON JUNE 3RD AT 6:00 PM AT CARRIAGE HILL AND ON JUNE 27TH AT 10:00 AM AT TOM CLOUD PARK.
UM, THESE WILL BE LED BY UM, SETH AND KATIE.
UH, SETH WORKS AT THE LIBRARY AND KATIE WORKS AT A WILDFLOWER, UH, CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER.
AND, UM, THEY'RE BOTH REALLY EXCITED TO TAKE PART IN IT AND THEY'RE BOTH SUPER KNOWLEDGEABLE IN ALL THINGS NATURE AND ANIMALS AND FOSSILS AND IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME FOR THEM.
UM, I KNOW RECENTLY WE HAD SEVEN REGISTERED, UH, WE ARE UP TO EIGHT, UM, FOR THE FIRST DATE.
AND THEN I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE ON THE SECOND DATE.
SO HOPEFULLY THOUGH PEOPLE WILL ENJOY IT.
AND THEN, AND REGISTER FOR THE SECOND ONE.
IT IS FREE TO ATTEND, BUT WE DO ASK THAT YOU REGISTER, REPEAT THOSE TIMES AND DATES.
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ACTUALLY EXPLORING AND LOOKING AT ROCKS AND FOSSILS AND TRYING TO HUNT MINNOWS AND ALL THE THINGS.IT'S JUNE 3RD AT 6:00 PM AND THAT'S AT CARRIAGE HILL.
AND JUNE 27TH AT 10:00 AM AT TOM CLOUD PARK.
AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, IF I COULD JUST MAKE MENTION THAT MOLLY WILL BE EMAILING YOU ALL TO BUG YOU ABOUT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN, UM, BIG ONES, STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS, WHICH IS ON THE FOURTH THIS YEAR.
SO I KNOW THAT MIGHT INCONVENIENCE YOU IF YOU, UM, HAVE PLANS, BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA, I KNOW I'M GONNA NEED A LOT OF HELP WITH THE PARADE THIS YEAR.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THINGS SAFER AND STOP SOME OF THE BOTTLENECKING AND THE GAPS.
AND SO I NEED PEOPLE ALONG THE ACTUAL PARADE ROUTE.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING LATER IN THE DAY, BUT YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR LIKE 10 TO 11:00 AM SPOT OR SO, OR NINE TO 11:00 AM THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
AND THEN MOLLY WILL HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THERE FOR YOU GUYS TOO.
SO IF YOU WANNA GET INVOLVED YES.
UH, THE, AS SARAH MENTIONED EARLIER, THE WARRIOR SOCCER TOURNAMENT, THE MORAL TOURNAMENTS THIS WEEKEND AT CLOUD AND DO WORRY SOCK COMPLEX, THERE'S, UH, 251 TEAMS THERE THIS YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE STILL GET BACK IN THE GROOVE WHERE WE GET MORE TEAMS, BUT THERE'S 251 TEAMS THAT'S GONNA BE HERE LOCALLY.
QUESTION, UM, THE ADOPT A PARK? YES.
IS THAT STILL A GO LIKE ANDY WAS? OH, THE PARK INSPECTIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, YOU'RE DOING IT'S LIKE SECRET SHOPPER STYLE? I DO BELIEVE SO.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET FROM ME, SO I WASN'T REALLY WORRIED THAT I HADN'T HEARD.
SO I WON'T KNOW ME AND CHRIS WILL NOT KNOW.
IDEALLY WHEN YOU'RE COMING, WHO'S COMING, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO KNOW THOUGH.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE AQUA CENTER IS BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE HIM FREE PASSES.
I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE HIM TO ANDY AND HE SHOULD GIVE.
I WAS HOPING TO, BUT HE'S, OH, HE'S NOT HERE.
I'LL HAVE THEM COME BY AND PICK.
SO, UH, FOR PLAN FOR PLANNING PURPOSE HERE, LET'S CLARIFY THE SCHEDULE AROUND JU JULY 4TH.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE SCHEDULE? THAT MEAN JULY 4TH GONNA BE CELEBRATED ON THE FOURTH THIS YEAR THEN, RIGHT? YEP.
WHAT SCHEDULE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I'M MAKING SURE, BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE JULY 4TH ON A DAY OTHER THAN SATURDAY, THEY USUALLY MOVE THE PARADE UP.
THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE FOURTH AND LESS.
THE FOURTH IS A SATURDAY, THEN IT'S ON.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL SAW THE SAME SCHEDULE? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I WOULD BE OUT OF TOWN THAT WEEKEND, SO I'M SORRY I CAN'T HELP YOU.
SARAH, WHEN'S THE FISHING? ARE YOU STILL HAVING THE FISHING? UM, WE ARE STILL HAVING THE, UM, FISHING AND I, I CAN FIND THAT FOR YOU.
WHY IS THAT? UM, SO, AND THERE'S ALSO A FISHING DERBY THAT OUR PARTNERS OVER AT THE OPTIMIST CLUB ARE PUTTING ON IN JUNE.
AND SO I HOPE THAT IF YOU LOVE FISHING YOU'LL CHECK THEM OUT TOO.
I BELIEVE THEY PUT MOST OF THEIR STUFF ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.
UM, OUR YOUTH FISHING CLASS, WE HAVE ONE ON SIX SIX AND YOU CAN REGISTER NOW ON REC DESK FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ONE ON 9 26.
SO EACH OF THOSE DAYS, EIGHT TO 12 YEARS OLD, UM, NINE TO 11, AND THEY PROVIDE ALL OF THE GEAR AND EVERYTHING AND THE LITTLE BIT OF INSTRUCTION, NOT, UH, A TON.
SO WE WANT PARENTS THERE, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE A LITTLE INSTRUCTION AND THEY'LL HELP YOU GET YOUR FISH OFF YOUR POLE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO THIS IS AT RAINBOW, THIS IS AT RAINBOW LAKES AGAIN.
AND ANYONE CAN, OR YOU HAVE TO BE
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ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? ALL RIGHT.AND DID EVERYONE ELSE OTHER THAN BRIAN GET TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? THE CORRECTIONS WERE NOTED BY CHRIS.
SO WE, I WILL MAKE THE CHANGES.
YES, THERE WERE A FEW CORRECTIONS WHICH BE UPDATED.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, DOES ANYONE WANT TO APPROVE THE MEETING OR THE MINUTES? I CAN APPROVE 'EM.
AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON JUNE 18TH.
AND, AND IT WILL BE VERY TREE BOARD FOCUSED, SO PLEASE COME COMPARED WITH YOUR TREE BOARD HATS ON, THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE STARTING OUT AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME, UH, COMMON POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AND DECIDING WHAT WE SHOULD MAYBE PRIORITIZE TO TACKLE FIRST.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING.