[Parks and Recreation Board on June 12, 2023.]
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          WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE WILY PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 5 31. THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT STAFF IS GIVING UM AND NATIONAL PARK AND REC MONTH PRESENTATIONS. SO WELCOME. HELLO PARKINSON RECREATION BOARD. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. I'M ALI HOLMAN. AND THIS IS JENNY LAMBERT. AND WE ARE PROGRAMMERS FOR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ANNIKA SACCO . SHE IS RECREATION SUPERVISOR OVER PROGRAMS AND REVENUE. UM JENNY AND I ROLES FOCUSED ON GENERATING REVENUE TO OFFSET THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. SO WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY RESEARCHING ACTIVITY TRENDS ON BOARDING SERVICE PROVIDERS, COORDINATING CLASSES, CONDUCTING WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSISTING WITH DEPARTMENT MARKETING EFFORTS. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES THAT THE PARKINSON DIRECT DEPARTMENT HAS IN STORE FOR JULY. HI I'M ANA COSTA CO. THE RECREATION PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERVISOR OF A REVENUE AND PROGRAMMING. AMERICANS HAVE CELEBRATED JULY AS NATIONAL PARKS AND REC ALMONDS SINCE 1985 THIS YEAR'S THEME IS WHERE COMMUNITY GROWS, IT CELEBRATES THE VITAL ROLE THAT PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND FOSTERING GROWTH. AND THE WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF JULY ONLY SPECIAL EVENTS RANGING FROM HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO NATURE AND COMMUNITY. TO HIGHLIGHT THE WONDERFUL BENEFITS OF LIVING IN WYLIE. AND ARE FANTASTIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES ALI HOLMAN AND JENNY LAMBERT. SO WIDELY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS VERY EXCITED TO OFFER THREE LOW COST SPECIAL EVENTS DURING PARKS AND REC MONTH. OUR NEWEST EVENT IS BLACK LIGHT PICKLEBALL, SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WHEN WE ANTICIPATE IT BEING A PRETTY BIG HIT WITH OUR PICKLEBALL PEOPLE, THAT'S WE ALL KNOW, PICKLEBALL IS A THING. UM SO I THINK THAT THEY WILL ENJOY IT. WE'RE ALSO BRINGING BACK NERF WARS FROM LAST YEAR AND ART YOUR WALLS, WHICH IS A FAMILY PAINTING NIGHT. THE REST OF OUR JULY ONLY ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE OFFERING WILL BE AT NO COST TO OUR GUESTS. SO ALONG WITH THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT JENNY WAS TALKING ABOUT. EACH FACILITY ALSO OFFERS SEVERAL, UM, JULY ONLY SPECIAL EVENTS. SO BACK AT THE REC CENTER OR A FEW FAN FAVORITES, INCLUDING CRAFTY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, WHERE WIDELY READ KIDS CAN START BY GAME TIME AND COMPLETE A CRAFT BRAND GARDENERS ALLOWS OUR KIDDOS TO, UM LEARN ESSENTIAL GARDENING SKILLS AND TAKE HOME A PLANT DURING EACH MEETING, JIM GAMES OFFERS A CHANCE FOR KIDDOS TO STOP BY THE GYM. AND RUN OUT ALL THE PHILLIES AND GET SOME EXERCISE AND THEN WORK OUT WEDNESDAY IS ON THE FITNESS FLOOR, AND IT ALLOWS GUESTS TO DO SOMETHING NEW AND SPICE UP THEIR WORK OUT ROUTINE. BLACK LIGHT FITNESS WEEK BRINGS A GLOW IN THE DARK TWIST TO OUR LIVE IN PERSON, A GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES AS WELL AS OUR VIRTUAL GROUP FITNESS CLASSES THAT WE KNOW OFFER. FREEZER MONDAY'S INCLUDE A FREE FROZEN TREATS. UM AND IT IS DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF EVERYBODY'S WEAK AGAINST SMALL AND THEN GUESTS CAN CHALLENGE EACH OTHER ON THE NINTENDO SWITCH DURING OUR E SPORTS AND SUPER SMASH BROTHERS TOURNAMENT. 
          THE SENIOR RECREATION CENTER IS SUPER EXCITED TO BE JOINING THE REC CENTER WITH THE WEEKLY WORKOUT WEDNESDAY CHALLENGES OUR SENIORS LOVE AND NICE, TASTY TREATS, SO COMING BACK THIS YEAR IS TASTE TEST TUESDAY WHERE GUESTS CAN, UM TAKE A POLL ON NAME BRAND VERSUS GENERIC AND CAST THEIR VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE. FROZEN FRIDAY'S ALLOWS OUR GUESTS TO ENJOY A FREE FROZEN TREAT EVERY FRIDAY IN JULY AND THEN HEALTHY BEVERAGE THURSDAY IS WHEN GUESTS CAN QUENCH THEIR THIRST AND ENJOY A HEALTHY SHAKE OR DRINK EVERY THURSDAY. CRAFT STUDIO ALLOWS THEM TO COME IN AND CREATE A ONE OF A KIND CRAFT TO TAKE HOME. PARTICIPANTS CAN ALSO TEST THEIR MUSIC KNOWLEDGE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE DURING NAME THAT TUNE. AND THEN OUR AWESOME PLANT 
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PARKS CREW WILL COME IN FOR PLANT TALK WITH PARKS, AND THEY WILL SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON PLANTS, LAWNS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, AND THEY ALSO GIVE A PLANT FOR THE GUESTS TO TAKE HOME. THE WELCOME CENTER OF BROWN HOUSE HAS A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON THIS SUMMER, THE WELCOME CENTER STAFF WORK REALLY HARD AT CREATING THESE ROTATING EXHIBITS THAT HIGHLIGHT WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN THE VICTORIAN ERA. THE CURRENT EXHIBITS. OUR TRAIN TIME AND TELEGRAPH HOW THEY SHAPED OUR WORLD AND THE GIBSON GIRLS, WHICH FEATURES PERIOD COSTUMES, HAND SEWN BY THE STAFF. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BY TO SEE THESE AWESOME EXHIBITS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. THERE IS STILL TIME THERE'LL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE END OF JUNE. AT THE END OF THE MONTH. IT WILL BE ALL MOVED OUT AND ARE JULY EXHIBIT SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY WILL BE BROUGHT IN AND THAT IS GOING TO SHOWCASE HOW INDEPENDENCE DAY WAS CELEBRATED IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. ALONG WITH THOSE EXHIBITS. WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING PARKS AND REC ACTIVITIES TO THE WELCOME CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SO GUESTS CAN COME IN AND TRY THEIR HAND AT CLASSIC VICTORIAN LONG GAMES. CROQUET AND BADMINTON, SO THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING. AND THEN THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE NEW EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS. SO THE WELCOME CENTER IS NOW OPEN FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. AND THIS JUST GIVES OUR VISITORS A LITTLE MORE TIME TO WALK THROUGH THE EXHIBITS, VISIT THAT GIFT SHOP AND JUST HAVE FUN WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AND THEN IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE A BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD ON JUNE 20/4 MAKE SURE THAT YOU SWING BY STARTING AT THREE PM AND PICK UP A FREE FROZEN, FROZEN TREAT. A NEW ACTIVITY THIS YEAR IS A PARKS AND RECREATION AND BINGO AND THAT'S HAPPENING AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES. AND IT'S WHERE GUESTS CAN FILL OUT. A BINGO CARD LEARNED SOMETHING NEW ABOUT OUR PARKS, TRAILS, OPEN SPACES AND OFFERINGS. ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT BINGO CARD, THEY CAN RECEIVE A PRIZE. WE LOVE TO ENGAGE OUR FOLLOWERS OF PROFIT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. SO UM, SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING IS A MOVIE TRIVIA CHALLENGE WHERE OUR FOLLOWERS, UM THERE WERE GOING TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SEE IF THEY CAN GUESS PHOTO THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECREATE FROM POPULAR HOLLYWOOD FILMS. WILDLY WRECKED KIDS IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR WILEY WRECK CAMPERS. AND SHOW HOW THE REC CENTER IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES. OUR GREAT PARKS MAKE A MARK HAS BEEN A HIGHLIGHT PARK TRAILER OPEN SPACE. OUR PARKS CREW IS GOING TO BE SHARING TIPS AND TRICKS ON HOW TO KEEP YOUR GARDEN AND LAWN SUPER HEALTHY, HEALTHY AND THRIVING THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS OF SUMMER WITH BACKYARD WITH PARKS AND THEN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO GO VIRAL WITH WHATSAPP WRECK AND WE'RE GONNA TRY OUR HAND AT THE MOST TRENDY AND UP TO DATE VIDEOS THAT'S GOING AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US TALK TO YOU ABOUT NATIONAL PARKS AND REC MONTH AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. QUESTION. YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS MAD QUESTION. YEAH. COME ON. TALK. OKAY I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROVIDED OVER THE YEARS. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE. THERE ARE ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. I THINK THEY'RE ENGAGING. AND, UH , I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER FOR SOME OF THEM. AND SOME OF THEM NEVER VOLUNTEER FOR AGAIN. BUT BUT BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND UH, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY , OF COURSE, THAT TEND THOSE IN YOUR REC CENTER. BUT BUT I HAVE YOU KNOW, I WORKED WITH THE IN FACT I DIDN'T VOLUNTEER FOR THIS SUMMER KICK OFF THE OTHER DAY. I DID IT LAST YEAR, AND THAT WAS MY CONTRIBUTION. BUT ANYWAY, YOU DO A GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. I'M REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I WILL SAY THANK YOU ALSO, UM, MY MOM GOES TO THE SENIOR CENTER ALL THE TIME. AND SHE SAYS JUST THE STAFF. THERE IS FANTASTIC. THEY CARE. UM YOU COULD REALLY TELL IF THEY CARE. I THINK PREVIOUS PREVIOUS YEARS BEFORE SHE DIDN'T HAVE AS GOOD OF EXPERIENCE, BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT . UM IS THERE ANY IS THIS JUST SHOW UP AS YOU MOST OF THESE JUST KIND OF SHOW UP AS YOU, PLEASE, OR IS THERE ANY KIND OF REGISTRATION OR WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE EITHER. UM JUST IT'LL STAY EITHER WRECKED PASS REQUIRED REGISTRATION REQUIRED. IT DOESN'T OKAY, THAT'S ALRIGHT , PASSING A FEW ON THE ONES THAT ARE JUST RIGHT PAST YOU TO SHOW UP, OKAY? OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 
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ALRIGHT SO WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. ANY COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEM. IT'S WILL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE MAY 8TH. 2023 REGULAR PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING MINUTES. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. YES I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE A 8 2023 PARKS, RECREATION BOARD MEETING MINUTES . THANK YOU, BRIAN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. THANK YOU. RIGHT? AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. 
          THE MOTION PASSES, SIX VOTED WHEN THAT VOTED PASS. SORRY. LONG DAY, RIGHT? THE MOTION PASSES. NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE NONPROFIT PARK EVEN APPLICATION FOR CURE. SANFILIPPO I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THAT RIGHT? I'M SORRY, FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE CATHERINE THINK. TO HOLD THE SECOND ANNUAL DO IT FOR DECLAN, FIVE K AND FUN, RELEVANT AND FOUNDERS PARK ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH 2023 HI. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY AND SHE SAID, MY NAME IS KATHERINE SINK, AND I'M A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE CURIOUS SANFILIPPO FOUNDATION. A NONPROFIT THAT RAISES FUNDS FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH. FOR SAMPLE IPO SYNDROME. SO RIGHT NOW IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO TREATMENTS, NO CURES AVAILABLE. SAMPLE IPO SYNDROME. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BUT IN CHILDREN IT IS. FATAL AND LIFE EXPECTANCY IS EARLY TEAMS. WE CALL IT DO IT FOR DECLAN BECAUSE MY NINE YEAR OLD SON, DECLAN, HAS SANFILIPPO SYNDROME. AND SO WE DO IT ON BEHALF OF HIM. AND WE DO IT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CURE SAMPLE EVIL FOUNDATION AND TO RAISE AWARENESS. BECAUSE I'M SURE MOST OF YOU I HAD NEVER HEARD OF SANFILIPPO SYNDROME BEFORE I MENTIONED IT. SO WE DID HAVE OUR INAUGURAL EVENT LAST YEAR AND ACTUALLY WENT QUITE WELL. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THEY THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COURSE. SO WE WILL BE, ASKING TO HAVE OUR SECOND EVENT THIS YEAR. AND WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS WILL HAVE A MILE FUN RUN, WHICH IS TYPICALLY FOR FAMILIES, LITTLE KIDS, ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE A 12 YEAR OLD RUN THE FIVE K LAST YEAR, AND HE PLACED SECOND, SO IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SO WE'LL HAVE THE FIVE K ALSO, UM AND THEN WE DO AN ONLINE SILENT AUCTION THAT IT'S UM, RUN FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND WE ADVERTISE THAT THERE AS WELL. SO UM, LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD 150 PARTICIPANTS. WE HAD 45 ADULTS AND 32 CHILDREN AND WE HAD ABOUT 69 IN THE FIVE CASE. AND WE RAISED IN TOTAL 19,522 AND 30 TO 7. SO OUR GOAL WAS 20,000. WE ALMOST MADE IT. 
          BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THAT. OUR GOAL IS 40,000 , AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE 200 TO 300 PARTICIPANTS. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ABOUT SANFILIPPO SYNDROME. THE MORE WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THE WORD AND HOPEFULLY THESE RARE DISEASES WILL GET RECOGNITION AND WE'LL GET A CURE. UM I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION. I THINK I REMEMBER THIS FROM LAST YEAR. DID YOU DO IT AT FOUNDERS LAST YEAR AS WELL ? OKAY, PERFECT. THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD. THANK YOU. TODAY, UH, LOCAL FOUNDATIONS YOU'VE CREATED OR IS IT PART OF A REGIONAL OR NATIONAL? UM, IT'S NATIONWIDE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY CREATED, UM IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          THERE IS A FAMILY CALLED THE O'NEILLS AND THEIR DAUGHTER, ELIZA HAD SANFILIPPO SYNDROME. 
          UM, SHE'S ACTUALLY 13 14 YEARS OLD NOW. BUT THEY STARTED THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE THERE WAS 
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NOTHING AVAILABLE FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. AS FAR AS TREATMENTS GO OR ANY CLINICAL TRIALS. SO THEY ACTUALLY STARTED THE FOUNDATION IN ORDER TO RAISE A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH THEY DID TO START THE VERY FIRST CLINICAL CHILD FOR SANFILIPPO SYNDROME, WHICH WAS A GENE THERAPY BECAUSE SANFILIPPO SYNDROME IS A GENETIC DISORDER. SO THEY BASICALLY PIONEERED. SEE THE WAY FOR, UM, CLINICAL TRIALS FOR SAMPLE IPO, SO THEY BRING IN FAMILIES TOGETHER FROM ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FAMILIES THAT HELPS CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR MISSION. 
          THANK YOU FOR DREAMING. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. I'LL PRESENT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND INAUGURAL. DO IT FOR DECLAN. AH SANCTIONED. CORRECT YES, IT IS US. ATF SANCTIONED AND CERTIFIED. DO IT FOR DECLAN. IN BOTH OF THESE DATES THAT HE THE ALTERNATE ARE AVAILABLE. THAT'S TRUE. MOTION TO APPROVE WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND EMOTION. THANK YOU AHEAD AND PLACE YOUR VOTE. 
          THE MOTION PASSES. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT NEXT YEAR. THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT. RIGHT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE NONPROFIT PARK EVENT APPLICATION. FROM HOPE. SKATE REPRESENTATIVE PATRICIA BOWMAN. TO HOLD THE HOPE UNDER STARS FUNDRAISER EVENT AT OLD CITY PARK ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST 2023. OKAY BOARD, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME REQUESTING THIS EVENT. AND JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. SO. I BELIEVE THIS EVENT AS AS THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE. WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP JUST REAL QUICK. 
          JUST FOR SOME QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE UM, SO THIS THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE AN OLD CITY PARK. IT'S GONNA BE ONE THAT HAS A COUPLE OF OTHER STEPS , BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE ALCOHOL INVOLVED IN THIS AND CAN YOU JUST KIND OF GO OVER WITH THE BOARD? KIND OF WHAT YOU KNOW THE EVENT DETAILS AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE STARTED OUR NONPROFIT TEXAS NON PROFIT IN 2011, AND IT IS A NONPROFIT SPECIFICALLY TO BRING HOPE TO ORPHANS, VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE. WE PRIMARILY WORKED IN INDIA AND THEN WE'VE GROWN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO WORK WITH TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS IN UM , THAILAND, UGANDA AND ALSO OUR WE'RE BEGINNING TO WORK IN COLOMBIA AS WELL IN MEXICO. AND THE LAST FEW YEARS, ACTUALLY IN 2020. WE MOVED TO A MORE PROMINENT AREA IN THE DOWNTOWN RIGHT BY, UM DEAR SORELLE ACROSS FROM BALA TREE CAFE. WE HAVE A LITTLE SHOP THERE. UM YEAH, AND WE'VE DONE AN ANNUAL FARM TO TABLE DINNER IN ROCKWALL FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. BUT JUST AS WE'VE GROWN IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE REALLY WANTED TO MOVE. UM, THE DINNER TO WILEY, OUR OWN COMMUNITY. UM AND JUST WE'VE WE'VE REALLY FOUND A REPORT AMONGST THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. UM LANDON HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR YOU KNOW SPONSORS. CORELLA HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR DONORS. LOT OF THE BUSINESSES DONATE TO OUR FARM TO TABLE DINNER. BUT WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE IT IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY. THAT WASN'T OUR OWN. UM AND SO WE JUST BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING IN DOWNTOWN WILEY AND IT JUST BEING ALSO SOMETHING THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE PART OF OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GROW THE ECONOMIC YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY BY NETWORKING WITH OTHER BUSINESSES BESIDES OUR OWN AND DOWNTOWN, UM SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THE DINNER, WHICH WE'VE REALLY GROWN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT WE SELL OUT EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE BEGIN TO ASKING US IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE OPENING UP? OUR UM, ARE TICKET SALES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO COME TO THIS AWESOME EVENT. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD NOT TO. 
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IT DEFINITELY IS NOT AN EVENT CENTERED AROUND ALCOHOL, BUT WITH THIS KIND OF A DINNER, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FINE DINING AND MAYBE A GLASS OF WINE. AND SO WE'VE JUST BEEN PROCESSING. HOW COULD WE HONOR OUR SPONSORS AND OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE LAND AND IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD PROMOTE AN ANYWAY HAVING, UM, UNLIMITED ALCOHOL. AND SO WE'VE JUST WONDERED WHERE PROPOSING, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER STEPS INVOLVED IN THIS BUT TWO BETWEEN THE COURSES. 
          THIS THIS EVENT WOULD MEAN NETWORKING WITH BUSINESSES. WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO 21, CHEF FINE DINING CHEF AND WILEY, WHO HAS AGREED TO BE ONE OF OUR PROBABLY OUR MAIN CHEF, PROVIDE THE MAIN COURSE WE WOULD WORK WITH OTHER RESTAURANTS TO DO A FIVE COURSE DINNER. THE LAST COURSE BEING DESSERT AND THEN IN BETWEEN EACH COURSE. LANDED WOULD DO A SMALL POOR TO SAMPLE AND EXPLAIN THIS WINE GOES REALLY WELL WITH THIS COURSE SO IT WOULD BE A SMALL AMOUNT OF WINE TASTING IT WOULD NOT EXCEED ONE GLASS OF WINE EIGHT OUNCES. UM SO WE'RE WE KNOW WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS EVENT IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BENEFIT. ALSO, WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS DEPARTMENT AND HAVE, UM OUR OWN VOLUNTEER TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN SERVING AT OUR EVENT IN PRINCETON. UM WORK WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO WORK WITH THEM ON SERVING IN A MEAL LIKE THAT, SO WE WOULD PARTNER WITH THE CULINARY ARTS DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN TO SERVE AT AN EVENT LIKE THAT, UM, POSSIBLY. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE ORCHESTRA OR JAZZ BAND WOULD PLAY AT THE EVENT, SO JUST A WAY THAT WE COULD NETWORK. THE BUSINESSES ARE SCHOOL, A NONPROFIT JUST TO HAVE A REALLY NICE, UM A NICE COMMUNITY EVENT. AND ALL THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT UM WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT RISK AROUND THE WORLD. WE UM RIGHT NOW. WE CURRENTLY SPONSORED 23 EITHER TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS OR THOSE THAT ARE AT RISK OF BEING EXPLOITED TO GO TO COLLEGE. WE HAVE 16 GRADUATES THAT WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE, AND THEY'VE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE THIS YEAR. WE ARE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKING WITH THE WILY I SD FOUNDATION TO ADD A WILDLY STUDENT THAT WOULD FALL FALL WITHIN OUR PARAMETERS, SO WE WOULD HAVE A LOCAL RECIPIENT OF OUR EDUCATION FUND AND THE GLOBAL ONES THAT WE ALREADY SPONSORS. SO THE FUNDRAISER IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HELPING THE LIVES OF OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED. THAT'S KIND OF A STAT WOULD TRIP THAT WAS PERFECT, AND I'M GLAD YOU KINDA MISSPOKE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD KNEW THAT THIS WAS MAINLY , UM, FOR THE EVENT, SO THE APPROVAL OR OR NON APPROVAL IS MAINLY JUST FOR THE EVENT GOING ON AT OLD CITY PARK. SO. SO IS THIS THE PAVILION MISS AT THE PAVILION THAT OLD CITY PARK? IT WOULD BE IN THAT AREA WHERE, UM WHERE THE PARKING AREA IS, WOULD WE WOULD SET UP AS A UM, KITCHEN. SO WE WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT CHEFS LIKE WE WOULD HAVE THE CHEF I JUST MENTIONED AND THEN MAYBE OTHER RESTAURANTS AND BAKERIES, SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE PARKING AREA WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD SET UP A TENT WITH WITH HOT YOU KNOW WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO KEEP THE MEAL. BORN BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A KITCHEN IN THE PARK, AND THEN IT WOULD BE RIGHT AROUND THAT AREA WITH THE PAVILION AND KIND OF IN THE GRASSY AREA. WE WOULD HAVE AN AREA MAYBE FOR LIKE. WHAT A LOT LIKE HAVING LOSSES AND WE HAD HAD LIGHTS STRUNG UP, SO IT'LL JUST BE A BEAUTIFUL EVENING. PROBABLY LOOKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPECTING WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 120 GUESTS, SO NOT A HUGE EVENT, BUT JUST A VERY NICE EVENING WITH THE FINE FINE DINING LET'S GO. SOUNDS LIKE A NICE EVENT. SO. OCTOBER THE 21ST . TYPICALLY BY THAT TIME, IT'S COOL IN THE EVENINGS. ARE YOU GOING TO HAND ME LIKE A LIKE 1/10? OR EXPECT TO HAVE IT OUT IN THE OPEN. I THINK IF THE WEATHER'S NICE THAT'S ABOUT THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING OUR OUR EVENTS IN PRINCETON, AND IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE EVENING, BUT NICE WEATHER. SO OF COURSE, IF WE HAD INCLEMENT WEATHER WE WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, BACKUP PLAN, MAYBE HAVE A TENT OR MAYBE GO UNDER THE PAVILION. 
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SO IN THE PAST, YOU'VE HAD 100 150 YEARS. WE'VE HAD ABOUT 100 AND 10. CAPTAIN, AND HOW DO YOU MARKET IT? WE SELL TICKETS FROM OUR OF COURSE WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN IN OUR SHOP. SO WE HAVE SIGNS AND PEOPLE BUY TICKETS. WE'VE WE'VE MARKETED THEM THROUGH EVENT, RIGHT? IN YEARS GONE BY. 
          HMM. WHAT'S THE IF I WANTED TO BUY A TICKET. IT'S THE WHOLE THE COST OF THE TICKET GO TOWARDS THE CHARITY, OR IS THERE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL COMING OUT OF IT OR. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FOOD AND THAT EVERYTHING THAT WOULD COME OUT OF IT WOULD BE FOR THE ACTUAL EVENT. ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING ABOVE WHAT IT COSTS FOR US TO DO . THAT EVENT WOULD BE GIVEN DIRECTLY TO YOUR A 501 C WE HAVE HAD SOME SPONSORS THE LAST FEW YEARS. ALSO THAT HAVE HELPED COVER SOME OF THOSE INITIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS. THANK YOU. I'M JUST GONNA REALLY HAVE A QUESTION MORE OF A COMMENT. I JUST REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF SPONSORING A STUDENT FROM WILEY ICED TEA. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT EDUCATOR, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU CAN GET BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND LOOK FOR SOMEONE THAT NEEDS BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT'S VERY DIVERSE. THERE'S KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE. I THINK THAT'D BE AWESOME. EXCITED. I AGREE WITH BRIAN, BUT I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE COST OF THE TICKET? BECAUSE I WANT TO GO NOW. YES YEAH. UM, WE HAVE UP TILL THIS TIME CHARGED ABOUT $110, SO I THINK IT COULD GO UP AS HIGH AS 150. JUST BECAUSE WE IN IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE HIRED ONE CHEF OR SHE'S SHE OR HE? WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CHEFS UP AT THE REEVES FARM IN PRINCETON, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING. UM BUT THIS WOULD LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT WE WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT COSTS THAT WE WOULD INTERPRET THAT ARE MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD THE USE OF THE REEVES FAMILY FARM HAVE DONATED THE USE OF THE FARM. SO WE DON'T HAVE. YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME EXTRA EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD HAVE. SO PROBABLY. THAT'S A MAXIMUM 150. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION. SO WE WILL GO TO VOTING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. I MAKE A MOTION. TO APPROVED THE NONPROFIT PARK EVENT APPLICATION FOR FROM HELPS CAPE REPRESENTATIVE BUT THAT HELPS THEM TO START FUNDRAISER EVENT AT THE OLD CITY PARK ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST 2023, DO WE HAVE A 2ND 2ND THE MOTION THANK YOU AND VOTE. RIGHT? THE MOTION PASSES. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. IT'S UPDATED. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SO NOW WE WILL, UM GO INTO OUR WORK SESSIONS OR WORK SESSION. ONE IS PROJECT UPDATES. ARE YOU DOING THAT? YEP, YEP, I'LL DO THAT ONE. SO. SOME OF THE UPDATES. 
          I'M I'M ONLY GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING. BUT CERTAIN ONES. SOME OF OUR MAJOR ONES HAVE HAD SOME MOVEMENT, SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT. AND I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE A NICE PICTURES LIKE LAST TIME. I JUST FIGURED SINCE WE ALL KIND OF KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT WE'LL JUST KIND OF UPDATE THE BOARD ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON THEM. SO THE FIRST ONE DOG PARK THIS ONE IS IN PURCHASING RIGHT NOW, UM, HAVING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WRITTEN UP? SO ON MAY 30TH AT THE MAY 30TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCIL AWARDED THE BID TO R. L M EARTHWORK. WHICH IS JUST A COMPANY THAT DOES A LOT OF GENERAL CONTRACT AND DOES A LOT OF PROJECTS THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A SIMILAR PROJECT. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS AT, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS MID LOTHIAN, BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH DUNAWAY AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS WHO WE USED TO DESIGN THIS SO THEY'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM. THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. THEY'RE VERY ON TARGET WITH YOU KNOW ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED FOR THEM. THEY DID COME UNDER BUDGET AS WELL. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER GOOD PLUS. BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO. MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WHICH 
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YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL THREE DOG PADDOCKS. SHADE STRUCTURES OR PAVILIONS AND ALL OF THE DOG PADDOCK. SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO GET THAT ONE GOING. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S IN PURCHASING. THEY'VE GOT A DRAFT UP THE CONTRACTS. HAVE BOTH PARTIES SIGNED AND ALL OF THAT, SO WE STILL GOT SOME TIME BEFORE WE'LL START SEEING SOME DIRT MOVES, BUT IT'S MOVING. ALSO AT THAT SAME MEETING ON MAY 30TH. CITY COUNCIL REJECTED THE BID THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS FLASH PADS. BOTH OF THOSE SPLASH PADS CAME OVER BUDGET. THEN WE TOOK ABOUT OUR STAFF TOOK ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK OR SO. TO KIND OF REVIEW THE BIDS AND KIND OF MATCH THEM UP TO SOME OF THE BY BORED VENDORS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD USE. WE FOUND OUR STAFF FOUND THAT AFTER REVIEWING WE FOUND THE PRICE TO NOT BE FAIR AND REASONABLE. BASED ON YOU KNOW THE BID THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE FROM THE ONE CONTRACTOR. SO WE DECIDED TO RECOMMEND REJECTING THE BID. 
          COUNCIL DID THAT ON MAY 30TH. AND THEN BUT DON'T WORRY THE PROJECT STILL GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF LOOK AT DOING THIS WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VENDORS. UM YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE PROJECT CAN ALMOST BE DONE ON BY BOARD. BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SPLITTING IT UP. MAYBE END ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE VENDOR FOR THE ACTUAL SPLASH PAD AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT. AH ANOTHER VENDOR FOR THE RESTROOM FACILITY, AND THEN ANOTHER. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LOOK AT SOME JOB ORDER CONTRACTING FOR SOME OF THE UTILITY WORK AND CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH DIFFERENT VENDORS. WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY PRICING BACK YET, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE REFER INSTANCE, THE RESTROOM FACILITY. WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A PRICE ON THAT ONE, AND IT WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE WERE WHAT WE SAW IN THE BID, SO THAT'S GETTING EXCITING. WE THINK WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET A LOT MORE DONE WITH THESE PROJECTS AND WHAT ORIGINALLY WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IN THE BID SO HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE MORE TO UPDATE ON THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME PRETTY STRONG NUMBERS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TWO? I KNOW THOSE TWO WE'VE KIND OF BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOMETIME. WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATED DATE ONCE IT ONCE IT GETS APPROVED, LIKE CITY? AH FOR WHICH FOR THE DOG THAT, UH SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD ALREADY. YEAH. SO TYPICALLY, IT'S GOING TO STAY IN PURCHASING FOR, YOU KNOW. 1 TO 2 WEEKS WHILE THEY DRAFT UP THE CONTRACT. AND THEN, UM AND THEN IT HAS TO GO TO RL LIMB EARTHWARD FOR SIGNATURES AND THEN IT HAS TO COME TO US FOR SIGNATURES AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO GET ALL THE BONDS. THE PAYMENT BOND, THE PERFORMANCE BONDS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF KIND OF TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. 
          SO UM I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR THAT, AS FAR AS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION CAN START, BUT HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT HOPEFULLY, SOMETIME THIS SUMMER IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. FOR CONSTRUCTION TO START. NOW THEY'VE GIVEN 300 DAYS OR 300 CONSTRUCTION DAYS. TO BUILD THE DOG PARK. NOW THE VENDOR DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WILL TAKE THAT LONG. BUT THEY DO HAVE THOSE 300 DAYS. BUT THAT HELP ANSWER. SO. THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS YOU JUST TOOK US THROUGH. THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED. IN ADDITION TO AN APRIL IS THAT TRUE? AND A ON APRIL 11TH. WE DID DO A MID YEAR ADJUSTMENT INCREASE. UM. THE COST ESTIMATES OF WHAT THE ARCHITECT THAT WE WERE USING DUNAWAY RIGHT. THEY GAVE US COST ESTIMATES FOR EACH PROJECT FOR THE DOG PARK AND THE TO SPLASH PADS. UH WENT TO COUNCIL ON APRIL 11TH 2. ASKED FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO AT LEAST YOU KNOW, GET THE FUNDING FOR THOSE ESTIMATES. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED WITH? WE HAD ONE VENDOR. PROPOSE A BID. WE HAD SIX VENDORS OR EXCUSE ME. SIX BIDDERS ON THE SPLASH PADS, SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT SPLASH PAD. WE HAD JUST THE ONE BID THAT CAME IN, OKAY, AND THAT'S SO WITH THE LACK OF KNOWN COMPETITION. MHM. THE INEVITABLE HAPPENED AND IT WAS REJECTED. 
          AND UM AND IT WAS IT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE IT WAS OVER BUDGET AS WELL. BUT IN THE IN THE LACK OF COMPETITION AND, YOU KNOW, STAFF GETTING TOGETHER FEELING THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW. PROBABLY GET IT PUT IN FOR I DON'T WANT TO SAY A LOT CHEAPER BUT CHEAPER, MORE REASONABLE, MORE REASONABLE NUMBER OF VENDORS OPEN TO BUILDING NOW. OR YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ONE. NO NO, 
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NO, NO. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING JUST TO BUY BORED VENDORS. SO THERE WASN'T ANY BECAUSE THE PROJECT WAS KIND OF LARGE FOR THE FOR THE EAST MEADOW ONE THERE WASN'T ANY INDIVIDUAL BIDDERS LIKE JUST A REGULAR SPLASH PAD COMPANY. AH PUT IT IN A BED. IT WAS MORE OF A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT DOES EVERYTHING THEY DO ALL THE UTILITIES FRESH ROOM SPLASH PAD EVERYTHING. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO THE ACTUAL SOURCE. SO THE ACTUAL SPLASH PAD COMPANY GETTING A PRICE FROM THEM. OKAY ACTUAL RESTROOM COMPANY GETTING A PRICE FROM THEM AND THEN UTILIZE SOME OF OUR JOB ORDER CONTRACT AND THAT WE HAVE FOR THE OTHER THINGS. SO GOOD. THE DESIGN, THE ARCHITECTS PROBABLY WON'T BE CHANGED. NO, NO, NO. THAT ONE. WE SO WHAT? THEY ESTIMATED THAT AS THE BUDGET THAT WE NOW HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN. I UNDERSTAND. AND. THAT'S ALL THAT'S RELEVANT. APPRECIATE IT. NO PROBLEM. ANYTHING ELSE ON THOSE TWO? I GOT MORE. SO SORRY , BRENDA. SO QUICK QUESTION THAT HAS ANYTHING CHANGED FROM A LIABILITIES PERSPECTIVE OR WHATEVER IF YOU DON'T GO WITH GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT. IF YOU KIND OF PIECE IT OUT. YOU'RE THINKING LIKE QUARANTINE STUFF? YEAH. SO ALL OF THESE COMPANIES ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A WARRANTY. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BY THE WAY, BUT YEAH, ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A WARRANTY SO TYPICALLY SPLASH PAD COMPONENTS ARE GONNA EVEN IF YOU GO TO THE BAR BOARD UNDER UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY ON THEIR EQUIPMENT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A WARN YEAR WARRANTY ON THEIR WORKMANSHIP, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL. UM SAME THING FOR THE RESTROOM FACILITY. ACTUALLY I THINK THAT ONE'S A MUCH LARGER WARRANTY. AH NONE OF US MAY EVEN BE WORKING ANYMORE. WHEN THAT ONE'S GONE. BUT AND THEN, UH, A LOT OF THE UTILITY WORK. UM SO THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING ONE WE MAY REQUIRE. THAT MAY BE THE ONLY ONE THAT WE MAY REQUIRE A MAINTENANCE BOND. OR YOU'LL HAVE , LIKE A TWO YEAR OR SO MAINTENANCE BOND. THEY'LL COME BACK AND DO AN INSPECTION. AND IF ANYTHING, AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I REALLY SEE. NECESSARY TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE BOND JUST BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THEM. OKAY BUT AS FAR AS CONCRETE FLAT WORK FOR THE FOR THE PARKING LOTS WE PROBABLY WANT TO DO A MAINTENANCE PAWN ON THAT. SO WE ARE DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT, OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHTY. SO. I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE HERE. SO FOUNDER'S PARK RENOVATIONS. I'M GONNA KIND OF LUMP A FEW OF THESE TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF THE SAME STAGES. FOUNDERS PARK RENOVATIONS, COMMUNITY AND BROWN HOUSE RESTROOMS. BOTH OF THESE ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE IS WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE VENDORS THAT WERE WANTING TO USE WE'VE RECEIVED SOME PRICING BACK. BUT WE'RE KIND OF NEGOTIATING RIGHT NOW ON SOME CHANGES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THOSE HOPING TO GET SOME MORE CONCRETE NUMBERS AND SCOPES OF WORK. YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH SO AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BETTER UPDATE ON THAT. AT THE JULY MEETING. UM SENIOR SENIOR RECREATION CENTER RENOVATIONS. WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING ON THAT AS WELL. UM I BELIEVE WE ARE AT OUR FINAL STAGES. WE WERE JUST REALLY TRYING TO FINISH OFF THE SCOPE OF WORK. WE'VE SEEN SOME CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS AND, UM AND I BELIEVE AGAIN, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE SHOULD BE SEEING STRONG NUMBER FOR THAT ONE AS WELL. SO THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS THE PICKLE BALL COURTS. THIS ONE SHOULD BE STARTING HERE PRETTY SOON. I THINK WE'VE ALL WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS FOR THIS ONE. AND IF YOU REMEMBER THIS IS THAT COMMUNITY PARKS OR, YOU KNOW GOING TO BE RESURFACING ONE OF OUR BASKETBALL COURTS AND TURN IT INTO A PICKLE BALL COURT. IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE SOME CONCRETE. UH SOME FENCING AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE SURFACING AND , UM AND NUTS. SO THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS. WE'VE GOT ALL THREE OF THEM APPROVED AND THEY SHOULD BE. MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME PURCHASE ORDERS HERE SOON ON THAT ONE. SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT ONE. HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY MIDSUMMER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY SO AND I DON'T WANT TO BE WRONG. SO AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON PROJECTS. INTERVIEW BACK UP TO THE RESTROOMS. UM THE COMMITTEE PARK. RESTROOMS. BUT THE SPLASH UP THERE OH, WAS THERE. OFFICER RESTROOM RENOVATIONS RELATED TO THE SPECIAL OR IT'S. IT'S A 
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SEPARATE BATHROOM SITUATION, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I KIND OF JUMPED ALL AROUND THE PLACE, SO I'LL TRY TO CLARIFY THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT. SO AT COMMUNITY PARK WERE THE OTHER SPLASH PAD IS GOING WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE EXISTING RESTROOMS RIGHT THERE. THEY ARE IN BAD SHAPE. WE ORIGINALLY WERE TRYING TO GET THESE AS PART OF THE DESIGN WHEN WE WENT TO DUNAWAY. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING. WE FELT LIKE THE FUNDING WAS GONNA OR THE NEW RESTAURANT FACILITY WAS GOING TO YOU KNOW, BUT MAKE THAT NUMBER A LOT BIGGER. SO WE DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESTROOMS. JUST DOING THE SPLASH PAD. WELL, THEN WE GOT TO MID YEAR ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN WE REALLY URGED THE FACT THAT WE NEEDED A NEW RESTROOM FACILITY. UH SO IT WAS APPROVED AT MID YEAR. SO NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THAT RESTROOM SO WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING RESTROOMS. IT WASN'T WITH THE ORIGINAL PROJECT FOR THE SPLASH PAD. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS SPLASH PAD OURSELVES WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. WE ARE GOING TO BE LUMPING THAT IN AS THE TOTAL PROJECT IT'S GONNA BE IN THE SAME LOCATION OR THE PAST. WE PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THAT SAME FACILITY. IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE SAME VICINITY. WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, TURN IT AND FACE IT TOWARDS THE SPLASH PAD. BUT THANK YOU. ALRIGHT I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. PHIL MOVED TO WORK SESSION TO WHICH IS SUMMER EVENTS. ARE YOU DOING THAT? I GOT IT. OKAY UM, I WANTED TO RUN OVER A FEW OF OUR SUMMER ACTIVITIES. UM I WAS GOING TO START WITH SUMMER KICKOFF. I'M GLAD ALI'S HERE TONIGHT. UM ALI. 
          I HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF KUDOS. SHE HAS, UM REALLY TAKEN ON THIS ENORMOUS EVENT ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND MADE MAGIC HAPPEN THIS YEAR. WE HAD OVER 3000 PARTICIPANTS AND UNDER JUST 33 HOURS. IT WAS NOT EVEN A FULL THREE HOUR EVENT, AND WE HAD OVER 3000 PARTICIPANTS THAT'S PARENTS AND CHILDREN. UM DURING THE EVENT. WE HAD A TRAIN BACK ON THE TRAIL, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR. WE HAD A PHONE PARTY, THERE WAS A CLOWN DJ BOUNCERS. UM, THE STAFF. FROM UM OTHER DEPARTMENTS PROVIDED TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT. OUT ON THE LAWN. THERE WAS A MEET AND GREET WITH OUR CAMP INSTRUCTORS. KONA ICE WAS HERE AND OUT. BURGER WAS ALSO HERE. THERE WERE ACTIVITIES INSIDE THE BUILDING AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE REC CENTER AND ALSO THE LIBRARY. THIS IS A COOPERATIVE EVENT WITH THIS MYTH, PUBLIC LIBRARY. DURING THE EVENT. UM THE STAFF REALLY DO PUSH REGISTRATION FOR REC PASSES FOR ACTIVITIES FOR CAMPS. ALLIE GRANT SOME NUMBERS FOR US AND SALES WERE UP 70% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. JUST OVER THAT WEEKEND. WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S VERY OVERWHELMING EVENTS GETS REALLY, REALLY HOT AND THEY NEED TO COME BACK TO REGISTER. SO THAT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL AND THAT WAS $10,000 JUST OVER THAT ONE WEEKEND. SO WHEN I THINK WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THAT EVENT AND A LOT OF ALLEYS, HARD WORK ALTHOUGH ALI UM. LET'S SEE. WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO TELL YOU? OKAY, THAT'S IT ON SUMMER KICKOFF, BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD WILL BE SATURDAY. JUNE 20/4. IT'S 10 A.M. TO 9 P.M. UM, THE EXPECTED ATTENDANCE IS 9000 PEOPLE. ABOUT HALF OF THAT HAS BEEN RESIDENTS IN THE PAST THE OTHER HALF TO COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. THE IT'S A FREE FESTIVAL FEATURING BLUEGRASS MUSIC. THERE'S A CAR SHOW WITH MORE THAN 200 CARS. THERE'S MORE THAN 100 ARTS AND CRAFTS VENDORS . THERE'S FAIR FOOD CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES. THIS IS THE 10TH YEAR FOR THIS, UM, EVENT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY STREET DANCE MANY YEARS AGO. IT'S BEEN REBRANDED. THE EVENT IS IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WILEY, AND IT DOES REACH ALL THE WAY FROM, UM OLD CITY PARK ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH BROWN HOUSE, SO WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS. THE MUSICIANS, JUST REGULAR OLD MUSICIANS OR ENCOURAGED TO BRING YOUR INSTRUMENTS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE OPEN JAM SESSIONS ON THE STREETS. SHOPS WILL BE OPEN AND YOU NEED TO BRING ALONG CHAIR. IT IS A VERY WARM, TOASTY DAY, AND IT IS A LONG DAY. UM THIS IS PUT ON BY THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, THE CITY ROUTE BLUEGRASS HERITAGE FOUNDATION, AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY SPONSORS THAT COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. OUR STAFF DO 
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CONTRIBUTE BY PROVIDING INFLATABLES THIS YEAR. WE HAVE AMAZED IT'S A CORN MAZE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH CORN. M A. I Z E IT IS A MAZE. EMMA'S E, UM, THAT WILL BE SET UP AT THE PARK AND THEN WE HAVE POPSICLES OUT IN FRONT OF BROWN HOUSE, UM, STAFF. ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH TRASH STAGING SANITATION OF THE EVENT. UM AND THERE'S MORE OF IT. IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT EVENT, YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, GO TO WIDELY LIVING EVENTS AND BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD'S. OKAY THE LAST EVENT FOR THE SUMMER THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OR BRING IN TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE FIREWORKS. WE HAVEN'T HAD FIREWORKS AND MANY YEARS IT IS. 
          UM, HAPPENING THIS YEAR. THE IT'S A 17 MINUTES. SHOW THAT WILL BE ON SUNDAY, JULY 2ND AT 9 45. PM IT IS GOING TO BE FIRED OFF FROM THE AREA OVER BY THE I S D S AG BARNS. SO JUST ADJACENT TO FOUNDER'S PARK. WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE. TO VIEW THE SHOW FROM EITHER EAST MEADOW HERE. OR FROM THE COLLEGE ACROSS THE STREET. AND JUST USE THE PARKING LOT AT THE COLLEGE OR COME HER EAST MEADOW WILL BE PARKING HERE AT THE COMPLEX AND TAKING THE TRAIL. WE ONLY HAVE 27 SPOTS. OVER AT THE OTHER PARKING. SO UM, WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE THAT LOT. IT WILL FEEL QUICKLY. STAFF ARE PREPPING THE EAST METAL AREA BY MOWING SPRAYING FOR BUGS. ALL THAT STUFF. JUST MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING EATEN UP. MM. AND LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE OH COOPER JUNIOR HIGH IN DRAPER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. UM PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO PARK THERE AS WELL. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OKAY, THAT AND WALK OVER TO FOUNDER'S PARK. IF THEY'D LIKE TO VIEW FROM THERE. YEAH. AND. JUST ONE OTHER NOTE AND THE CITY IS SPONSORING THIS EVENT, AND IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ALSO FOR THE STAFFING OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS AND THEN OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL. THE. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER HAS STARTED PUSHING OUT A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. TALKING ABOUT LIKE WHO? WHAT WHEN? WHERE? AND THE BEST FEELING LOCATIONS, BUT HE DID, UM DO SOME. HE SHOT A DRONE UP IN THE AIR TO SHOW ME THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE FROM THE EAST MEADOW BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE QUITE A, YOU KNOW, A DISTANCE, BUT IT IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST GOING TO BE A GOOD SPOT FOR VIEWING. AND THAT IS YEAH. ON FIREWORKS. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON SUMMER EVENTS. CONCERNING THE FIREWORKS , AND I KNOW IT'S OUR NEXT TOPIC. HOW DOES ISN'T THAT. THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT SOCCER TOURNAMENT IS YES, THE SAME WEEKEND. I'LL WAIT TILL WE GET TO THAT, OKAY? OR NOW. THEN I'LL BOTHER YOU WITH A. THIS GUY? UH . INTERESTED OR GUESS. WHAT WERE THE WHAT WERE THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED THAT WHILE IN NOW IS GOING TO HAVE A FIREWORKS? WE HAVE IT IN THE PAST. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, GLORIA SO THERE WAS NOT AN ELECTION THIS YEAR AND SO THERE'S MONEY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT COUNCILS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO DO WITH THOSE FUNDS HAS PUT IT TOWARDS A FIREWORK SHOW BECAUSE THEY YOU RECEIVE A LOT OF QUARTERS ABOUT HAVING THE SHOW BACK. SO ONE TIME WHILE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE RETIREMENT DID HAVE ONE FOR MANY YEARS. YES. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. YOU KNOW, UM , BUT I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE NINE YEARS, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES SEEM TO HAVE SOME AND BUT WHILE HE MEAN WHEN THE SMALLER THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A GOOD THING APPRECIATE. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CARMEN. NOW WE ALL GO TO OUR NEXT UM, WORK SESSION, WHICH IS THE ETHIOPIAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT. THAT'S ME AGAIN. UM I JUST HAD A FEW NOTES FOR EVERYONE ON THAT BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. LAST MAY NEAR THE MEETING BEFORE , UM, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VIEW THE MAY 30TH COUNCIL MEETING THAT WILL CLARIFY QUITE A BIT. UM SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THE BOARD BROUGHT UP IN OUR MEANING. CAME 
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UP IN THAT MEETING AS WELL AND IT WAS CLARIFIED. SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT. I WANTED TO GO OVER THAT ON OUR END. AS FAR AS OUR CONTRIBUTIONS. WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING ELSE. 
          AS FAR AS OUR DEPARTMENT. UM AND . OH THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT HAD COME UP FROM THE BOARD LAST TIME ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT THE CITY WAS PROVIDING IF THAT WAS IN ADDITION TO. THE STAFFING AND THE SUPPLIES AND, UM, THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY COVERING THE STAFFING AND SUPPLIES, SO IT'S NOT IN ADDITION TO I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN CONCERN. I HEARD FROM THE BOARD SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS MY QUESTION, SO I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONS. WHAT'S THE DATE OF THAT COUNCIL MEETING TO REFER BACK TO MY 30TH? AND IT'S. THE MEETING. MINUTES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FOR TOMORROW TOUCHED ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO COORDINATE THOSE TWO MEN. I WAS KIND OF DIGEST THE MINUTES FROM LAST NONSENSE. I WASN'T HERE. SO I GOT KIND OF LOST. ON THE COMMENTS THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMEBODY TO WALK. IT'S A REALLY BIG EVENT FOR THE VENUE. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW. WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THAT BIG. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE SIZE OF IT, AND IT'S IS NOW SET. IN THE AREA WHERE THAT SIZE. COULD YOU WORK WITH? YES SO THE FEDERATION AND SOCCER FEDERATION IS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AS AT THE STADIUM IN THE PARKING THERE. UM AND THEY'VE SET THE LIMITS THE CAPACITY AND THE FEDERATION IS WORKING WITHIN THOSE CAPACITIES. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? RIGHT IF NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM. WHICH IS OUR JULY BOARD NOMINATIONS. AND THIS ONE WAS REALLY JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT IN EVERY YEAR IN JULY, WE DO NOMINATE OUR BOARD. 
          EXCUSE ME, OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE BOARD. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WANTING TO BE NOMINATED. YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AND I BELIEVE, PROBABLY BE THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THOSE TWO. SO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY NOMINATED. SO YEAH. NO SO THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY JUST JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT. I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO NEW MEMBERS THAT WILL BE HERE. SO UM , THEY MIGHT AUTOMATICALLY BE NOMINATED TO NO, NO. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR NEXT MONTH. AND THAT'S IT. RIGHT WE WERE RECONVENED IN BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURN? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE WHATEVER TODAY'S DATE IS JUNE 12TH. PARKS AND BOARD MEETING. THANKS, BRIAN HAVE A SECOND. SECOND THE MOTION. AND PLACE YOUR VOTE. 
          MOTION PASSES MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.