* 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. I DO THAT. YOU [00:00:01] DO THAT. WELL. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6 31. [ AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road August 20, 2026 6:30 P.M.] YOU GUYS ARE READY? WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO CALL THE ROLE. YES. CASEY TAYLOR, RACHEL AKINS. PRESENT. ALEX BLACK. PRESENT. BRANDON. BOARD. PRESENT. BRIAN DE HERE. MICHELLE FISHER. ANDY HILL. HERE. RICHARD MOORE. HERE. DENNIS SNYDER. HERE. RON EIFERT. AND I'M TOLD THAT RON AND MICHELLE BOTH LET IT BE KNOWN AHEAD OF TIME THAT THEY WOULD BE. AND CASEY AND CASEY WOULD BE OUT TODAY. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? YEAH. MOVE TO EXCUSE ANYONE CARE TO SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I DON'T HAVE ANY. NO . OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITIZENS. SO STARTING WITH OLD BUSINESS CITY UPDATE. YEAH. SARAH COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT, UM, BUT SHE DID SEND US A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, COMMUNITY PARK PLAYGROUND, UH, IS UNDERWAY WITH CURBING, UH, THE WEEK OF EIGHT 17 AND THEN INSTALL TO FOLLOW THE COMMUNITY PARK SHADE. INSTALLATION ESTIMATE IS THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1ST. UH, PAVING WORK WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FALL FOR COMMUNITY PARK. UH, THE YMCA SLASH SENIOR CENTER, A PATH TO THE SHELTER AND A PATH TO THE SHELTER AT ROTARY MONARCH PARK, UH, WHICH THE ROTARY CLUB, UM, JUST GOT COMPLETED, UM, REPLACING THE ROOFING AND, UM, THE SUBLAY, UM, AS WELL. SO THE ROTARY CLUB DID PAY FOR THAT. AND THAT IS COMPLETED. UM, AND RFP IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR TENNIS COURT RESURFACING AT CLOUD PI PARK. UM, DESIRED SCHEDULING, UH, FOR OCTOBER. DO ME A FAVOR, CHRIS, GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY PARK. YEAH. PROJECT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN. YEAH. SO THE, SO THE PLAYGROUND IS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK, UH, WITH KIRING. UM, THEN INSTALL WILL FOLLOW OF THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WAS SELECTED. THE SHADE INSTALLATION, UH, ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1ST. PAVING WORK WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FALL FOR COMMUNITY PARK AT THE PARKING. YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PAVING? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. YES. I CHECKED WITH HER LADY AND CONFIRM THAT IT, UM, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PAVING CONTRACT FOR THOSE IN THEIR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. I THINK LAST WEEK, MONDAY. ALRIGHT. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YES. YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS AT LAST, LAST MONDAY'S MEETING. THE, THE BID GOT APPROVED FOR THAT. ALRIGHT, IS THAT AN UP? I'M SORRY. IS THAT AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, RESTROOM INSTALLATION? THERE IS NONE LISTED HERE IN, IN, IN HER EMAIL TO US. OKAY, THANK YOU. THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE YMCA UPDATE. YEAH, SO, UM, WE ARE DOWN TO SEVEN DAYS OF OPERATIONS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER. SO WE'RE WEEKENDS ONLY. UM, NOT THAT I'M COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, OUR ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR, UM, WAS LOOKING REALLY NICE AND IT'S MORE THAN LAST YEAR, BUT, UM, AUGUST HAS BEEN REALLY FUNNY. UM, I MEAN LAST WEEK, OUR LAST FULL WEEK OF SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, UM, IT WAS BRUTAL. UM, THE WEATHER DID NOT HELP US OUT ANY, UM, BUT WE WILL BE OPEN, UH, THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS, UH, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THEN THE WEEKEND OF LABOR DAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND LABOR DAY ITSELF. AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL SHUT DOWN FOR THE YEAR. UM, THE SPLASH PAD, UM, IS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE, UH, LABOR DAY AS WELL. UM, AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SQUEEZE, UH, ANOTHER YEAR OUT OF THE SPLASH PADD AT CLOUD, UM, FOR THE 2027 SEASON. SO, UM, OVERALL THE SPLASH PAD HAS DONE REALLY WELL THIS SUMMER. UH, WE HAD ONE FEATURE THAT HAS A BROKEN, UH, LINE TO IT. TO REPAIR IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO RIP UP THE SURFACE, UM, AND REPLACE IT. UM, SO, UM, WE'LL RUN IT AS IS. UM, I TALKED TO MIKE GRAY THIS MORNING, JUST MIKE CHECKING IN TO SEE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO DURING THE OFF SEASON. BESIDES GETTING IT WINTERIZED AND CLEANED UP. UM, SHOULDN'T BE MUCH ELSE. SO WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE PROGRESS OF, UM, SPLASH PADS IN THE FUTURE. UM, I'M [00:05:01] SURE IT'LL BE A COUNCIL ITEM BEFORE LONG, UM, AS THEY CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THEIR PROCESS. BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SPLASH PAD WILL BE OPERATIONAL, UH, IN 27 IN ITS CURRENT FORM. UM, WHAT ELSE FROM THE Y? UM, WE'VE GOT THE SENIOR SHOWCASE COMING UP, UM, AT THE XENIA Y IN SEPTEMBER. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT, UM, SUNDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 25TH. UM, THAT'LL BE UP AT THE Y PARKING LOT, UM, PRETTY BIG EVENT FOR US. IT'S FREE TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER, UM, I'LL SEND OUT SOME INFORMATION AND SEE IF THE PARK AND REC GROUP WOULD LIKE TO, TO HAVE A CAR. I KNOW, UM, IN THE PAST, SARAH, UH, IN THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, HAVE BEEN THERE AS WELL. SO, UM, BUT WE NORMALLY SEE, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 2000 TO 3000 KIDS, UM, IN A TWO HOUR TIME SPAN. SO IT'S PRETTY CRAZY. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE MOVED TO FALL SPORTS. UM, WE KICK OFF SOCCER FLAG FOOTBALL NEXT WEEK, UH, AND THEN, UH, CO-ED INDOOR VOLLEYBALL AS A FOLLOW IN OCTOBER. SO THAT'S ALL WE GOT GOING ON. WHERE THE YEAR GO. I KNOW. ALL RIGHTY. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS. UM, THE TREE COMMISSION ACADEMY. YEAH. UP. DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? OKAY. OH, . THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. SO, UM, SARAH, WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, UH, THAT GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE TREE COMMISSION ACADEMY. UM, AND, UH, THAT IS RICH. UM, SO HE IS, UH, HE IS, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO GO. UM, AND, UM, AS LONG AS THE BOARD IS FINE WITH THAT, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL SEND RICH TO TREE SCHOOL. UM, BUT, UH, UM, LAST MONTH, UM, I BELIEVE HER NAME WAS CATHERINE FROM ODNR, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. UH, TALKED ABOUT THE TREE ACADEMY AND, AND, UH, IT'S IN LEBANON, UH, IS THE ONE THAT, UH, RICH GOT ACCEPTED TO. SO, UH, AS LONG AS THE BOARD IS GOOD, UH, WITH SENDING RICH AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, WE WILL, WE WILL SEND HIM TO LEBANON AND HE'LL COME HOME HAPPY 'CAUSE HE'LL LEAD AT THE GOLDEN LAMB BEFORE HE COMES HOME. SO, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE ACADEMY? NO QUESTIONS HERE. OKAY. CONGRATS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, RICH, YOU'RE A FRESHMAN NOW, SO ACCORDING TO WHAT THE PAPERS SAID, SO CONGRATULATIONS BACK, BACK TO SCHOOL. YOU GO, IF WE GET SOME FIRST DAY PICTURES, WE'D APPRECIATE IT, . ALL RIGHT. NEXT, UH, FROM SARAH IS A PACKET THAT YOU GOT. UM, IT IS A DRAFT OF A, OF TREE GRANT PLAN. UM, SO THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLANNING PLAN FOR THE URBAN TREE GRANT. UM, TAKE A SECOND TO KIND OF PAGE THROUGH IT. UM, BUT REALLY WHAT SARAH WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO IS TAKE IT HOME, UM, DIGEST IT, COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, UH, MEETING AND GIVE HER SOME FEEDBACK. UM, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS STILL, UH, PRELIMINARY AND CAN BE CHANGED. UM, SHE IS GOING TO SEEK QUOTES FOR THE TREES THIS FALL AND BID OUT PLANNING AS WELL. UM, HOPEFULLY ALL TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING OF 2027. UM, SO IT COVERS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE AREAS WHERE THEY CUT DOWN BRADFORD, PEARS, UH, I GUESS THAT WAS WHAT, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER. UM, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UM, WHAT TYPES OF TREES THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOING, UM, AND WHAT THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT THEY CAN FIT INTO EACH OF THOSE SPACES SAFELY. UM, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, THEY'RE ALL BROKEN DOWN IN GROUPS. UM, SO YOU GOT THE GROUP COUSIN VINNY, UH, THE GROUP, MARCIE POWELL, MARIACHI, POWELL BEAUFORT, UM, TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MULCH DESIGN. UM, OLD TROY. THERE'S SEVERAL IN HERE FOR OLD TROY 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF BRADFORDS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT THROUGH THERE. UM, BUT THIS TAKE SOME TIME HERE FOR A SECOND KIND OF PAGE THROUGH IT. UM, UH, WE'LL WE WILL HAVE SOME FEEDBACK. UM, BUT THE, THE PLAN REALLY SHOWS, UM, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES. UM, ALSO TOWARDS THE BACK. IT GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA. UM, I APOLOGIZE, I I DID NOT PRINT IT OFF IN COLOR, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TREE WILL LOOK LIKE AS IT MATURES. UM, AND UM, WE'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A FEW SECONDS OR A FEW MINUTES TO GO THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK. AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR SOME INITIAL COMMENTS. [00:11:57] A LOT OF TREES, , I DON'T HAVE, DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT LEAVES. I DON'T . I GET PRETTY TREES OF TREES. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK FOR THE GROUP THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? IT'S A LOT OF TREES. IT IS A LOT OF TREES. TREES. I'M JUST, UH, WONDERING ABOUT THE, THE TREES THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED BETWEEN [00:15:01] THE, YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALK AND THE STREET. 'CAUSE FOR THE MOST PART YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, YOU KNOW, PARK IT OR PLANT TREES OR BUSHES OR ANYTHING BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK, ADMINIS, ADMINIS STREET. AND THERE WAS ONE OF 'EM ON THE DETROIT. I WAS BETWEEN TWO CURB CUTS. I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD WELL, YOU KNOW, LACK SOME VISION. THAT'S MY ONLY, ONLY MY ONLY CONCERN. OKAY. RICH TO YOU. YEAH, JUST A QUESTION, I GUESS. AND I, THERE'S A GAP, A NOTICEABLE GAP WHERE THERE'S NOTHING. DO WE KNOW WHY? I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW. YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK SARAH NEXT MONTH AND SEE WHAT SHE SAYS. THAT'S FAIR. ALL RIGHT. I, UH, I'LL, UH, EMAIL THIS OUT TO THE GROUP AS WELL SO YOU HAVE A COLOR COPY OF IT SO YOU CAN SEE IT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN COLOR. SO, UM, BUT I'LL GET THAT EMAILED OUT, UM, EITHER TOMORROW OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. UM, SO YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A COLOR COPY OF THE PACKET, UM, TO LOOK AT ELECTRONICALLY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? DOES SHE HAVE A PRICE TOTAL ON THIS? NO. OKAY. NOT WHAT SHE, I'M SURE SHE PROBABLY DOES, BUT YEAH, IT WASN'T INCLUDED. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. WAS THAT THE TREE GRANT PLAN? MM-HMM . OKAY. SO THEN MOVING ON TO 2027 PROGRAMMING. YEAH, SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL SCHEDULED ITEM FOR THIS GROUP. UM, SO, UM, ANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE FOR PROGRAMMING FOR NEXT YEAR. UM, AND IT CAN ALSO BE REVISITED, UM, NEXT MONTH IN SEPTEMBER, UM, WITH LOOKING TO GET A CONFIRMATION ON DATES AND IDEAS FINALIZED DURING THE OCTOBER MEETING. UM, SO, UM, ANY THOUGHTS ON PROGRAMMING FOR THE 2027 SEASON? UM, TWO FOR ONE FOR SURE. THE, UH, I CAN DO THE B PROGRAM AGAIN, UM, LIKE I HAVE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PROGRAM AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTEN 12 TO 15 PEOPLE EACH YEAR, SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. UM, THE OTHER THING A IS WE JUST DID AN EVERYTHING ENVIRONMENTAL FEST THIS PAST YEAR. IT WAS, UM, JULY 27TH, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO DO THAT AGAIN. JUST KEEP IT GOING. KEEP BUILDING ON THAT. I HAD A THOUGHT FOR POSSIBLY DOING, UH, SOME OF THOSE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES AT THE PARKS. OKAY. AND JUST KIND OF SET 'EM UP AND PEOPLE LEAVE BOOKS THAT THEY DON'T WANT OR THAT THEY BOUGHT AND ANYBODY CAN COME AND, AND GRAB A BOOK. YEAH. UM, DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY, DOES SHELL GATE HAVE ONE? THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. I'M SORRY? THE FREE LIBRARIES, THE FREE COMMUNITY LIBRARY THING. , YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT ELSE? I THINK THE STORY TIME IN THE PARKS WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL THIS SUMMER WITH PARTNERING WITH THE, UH, THE LIBRARY, UH, BEHIND US. UM, THE CREEK WALKS. I KNOW THE FIRST ONE SEEMED TO BE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL NUMBERS WISE. I, I DIDN'T HEAR THE FINAL NUMBERS FOR THAT. UM, WE DO, UH, HAVE A THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THIS SUNDAY AT COMMUNITY PARK. UM, IT'S UH, UH, I KNOW THE WISE, WISE HELPING OUT. I KNOW, UH, I THINK THE CULTURAL, UH, AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE IS INVOLVED. UH, I THINK KIWANIS HELPED SPONSOR IT AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY THAT ARE, UM, I KNOW THAT IT IS HAPPENING. I THINK IT'S MAINLY, UH, THE KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING THE ADULT AGE GROUP DID NOT RUN, BUT THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH TO RUN THE YOUTH AGE GROUPS, UM, THIS SUNDAY. SO THAT'S, IT'S A NEW PROGRAM SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN GROW. UM, BUT IS THERE THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I KNOW ALEX, WE HAD THE ONE PICKLEBALL. IT SEEMS LIKE WE CAN ONLY GET ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS OUT TO PLAY FOR THOSE. UM, AND MAYBE NOT HOSTING ONE IN AUGUST, MAYBE WE MOVE IT MORE TOWARDS THE FALL. I'LL [00:20:01] RECOMMEND THAT FOR NEXT YEAR ALSO. UM, THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE TO DO TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THERE IS THAT, UH, WITH THE SHOWCASE BEING IN, UH, SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE TO MOVE IT INTO, UH, EARLY OCTOBER BECAUSE NOVEMBER IS TOO COLD TO BE OUT THERE. SO WE HAVE TO BE IN OCTOBER. THE EXACT DATE. I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD SAY DO IT IN OCTOBER INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO IT IN AUGUST. YEAH. AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE NEXT YEAR. THE WHAT? YOU WON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL NEXT YEAR FOR THE SHOWCASE. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. BE AT HOME. SO, HAD NO EXCUSE, HUH? NO EXCUSE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY'S SEEN OUT THERE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE SARAH, MOLLY OR THE Y TO LOOK AT OFFERING? WE DID RUN A SUMMER PLAYGROUND PROGRAM AT THE Y AND WE DID IT IN THE PAST. WE'VE ROTATED PARKS, WE RAN IT SPECIFICALLY JUST AT SHAW GATE AND WE AVERAGED 40 SOME ODD KIDS. UM, WE GOT LUNCHES DONATED BY, UH, FIREHOUSE DOWN ON SHAW ROAD, AND THEN DOMINO'S HERE IN TOWN DONATED PIZZAS. UM, BUT THEY DID PLAYGROUND GAMES AND CRAFTS. IT WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. I THINK THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS THEY HAD 60 TO 70 KIDS, UM, AT THE PROGRAM. SO, AND IT'S A FREE COMMUNITY THING AS WELL, SO IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND WE, WE DO HAVE INTENTIONS TO DO THAT AGAIN. UM, NEXT YEAR. I THINK IT WAS ON TUESDAYS IS WHEN WE DID IT. SO, UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL JUST INSTEAD OF ROTATING AROUND TO STAYING AT SHELL GATE PLUS, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE PLAYGROUND GOT FIXED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SURFACE IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. SO ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE? ARE WE STILL IN CHARGE OF THE FARMER'S MARKET OR HAS THAT GONE TO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S THE CHAMBER. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOW. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THE CHAMBER HAS THAT. OKAY. ABOUT FOOD TRUCK. TUESDAYS A TA, TASTY TUESDAYS? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. , TASTY TUESDAY, OTHER BIG DEAL. YEAH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? DO WE, I MEAN, IS IT TOO EARLY TO FIGURE OUT LIKE THE DATE OR TIME WE'RE GONNA DO LIKE EARTH DAY OR WE DO LIKE AN EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY COMBINATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SUCCESSFUL EVERY YEAR. YEAH, I, I, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY'S GONNA BE, SO I THINK WE, YOU CAN PLAN AS EARLY AS YOU WANT, SO. OKAY. WELL IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH. UM, SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS NEXT MONTH AND THEN, UM, START FINALIZING, UM, PROGRAMS AND DATES IN THE OCTOBER MEETING. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, SO THAT GIVES PLENTY OF TIME TO MARKET AND PLAN THINGS. UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT FINALIZED IN OCTOBER FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN, UH, BRING A FINAL LIST BACK AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, UH, JUST TO GO OVER AND MAKE SURE WE GOT EVERYTHING DONE. SO, OKAY. UH, MOVING ON TO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. OH, SORRY. YEP. ANDY . SO I HAD MENTIONED, UM, EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL FEST EARLIER, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WERE AWARE THAT HANNAH, OUR, UM, SUMMER INTERN CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO HAVE EVERYTHING ENVIRONMENTAL FEST. SO THAT HAD TO DO WITH RECYCLING, UM, SOLAR, LIKE BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, THAT, WHAT'S ENCOMPASSED IN THIS. WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS 15 VENDORS, UM, ALONG WITH THE, THE, UM, UH, ARBORISTS, I THINK IT WAS. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST, UM, IT WAS ON SUNDAY, THE 27TH OF JULY, UM, FROM 11 TO FOUR AND IT JUST WAS REALLY GOOD. UM, I WAS THERE TALKING ABOUT NATIVE BEES. UH, MY WIFE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER, UM, CREATIVE REUSE FOR HERS AND THEN THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE WITH, UM, CELIAC, FLOWER, UM, PLANTS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLANTS THAT YOU COULD BUY. IT WAS JUST A REALLY COOL, UM, EVENT AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD KEEP DOING. JUST, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO IT ONCE AND SAY, OH, WELL, I MEAN THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. WE CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO, UM, AT LEAST TRY ANOTHER YEAR AND SEE HOW IT GOES. I THINK NOW THAT WE'VE GOT ONE UNDER OUR BELTS, IT'LL GO REALLY WELL. BUT, UM, GREAT IDEA FROM HANNAH AND, [00:25:01] AND I THINK EVERYBODY THAT I, THAT I TALKED TO ENJOYED IT. SO, OH, AND THERE WAS, UH, TWO, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO FRUIT FOOD DRUGS, BUT ONLY ONE SHOWED UP. AND THEN THERE WERE SOME O SOME, UM, TALKS FROM VARIOUS, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY. SO I THINK WE HAD THE RAPTOR CENTER COME DOWN AND WE HAD, UM, SOMEONE TALK ABOUT, UM, UM, APIARIES FOR SO BEE LIKE HONEYBEES AND TAKING CARE OF THEM. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT TALKS THAT HAPPENED. I DIDN'T GET TO EXPERIENCE THE WHOLE THING 'CAUSE I WAS DOING MY OWN THING WITH THE BOOTH. BUT, UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST REALLY GOOD. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WHEN CARRIED TO MOTION? OR DID YOU GUYS, THAT'S LAST. I MOVED THAT MINUTES. YOU APPROVED AS WRITTEN. OKAY, SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. YOU ALRIGHT? READ THE DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING AND CALL THE TIME. OKAY. UM, NEXT MEETING IS ON SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 6:30 PM AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6 57. * 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.