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Welcome everyone.

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Oh, now, flush the blue weather day, appreciate it. First order of business, we have a presentation from Paul Gordon,

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Luxe County Plan Commission. So Paul, when you're ready, we'll dim some lights and go from there.

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Okay, I'm going to have a bottle over here. We'll have a glass of water.

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And you're going to use that microphone? Yes.

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Can everyone hear me? Okay. Okay. You're still hearing me? Why do I have to be able to be able to see?

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So, when you can move ahead, stand with you. Okay. Let me move back here, some.

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That way, we won't be in people's life. That good for everyone.

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Okay. Thank you for your time tonight. What we're going to do is, the county has been working on a

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A child needs a building study for the Upper Nishameda Creek.

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And this is the project background is that we're back in 1955.

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The county parks board recommended the creation of a linear park system along the Nishameda,

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including the Nishameda Creek and mill and bike ditch, Creek's done on the southern portion of the county.

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Then jump forward to 1974, 1986.

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And the county reaffirmed its commitment to the swing of your park concept.

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It went into about 20 park and rec planned.

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In 1989, after the county abandoned the plants for the dot collar dam,

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they dedicated the dark collar county park, which was comprised of a minute of the parts that they had acquired

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along the Nishameda.

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In 2003 and 2004, these are watershed river conservation plans for the Upper Middle and Lower Nishameda.

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They also recommended the establishment of a tree trail system along the creek.

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In 2004, the Nishameda Creek was identified as an open space priority land and the regional and green space priorities project

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by the Green Space Alliance.

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In 2005, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, which is the regional planning commission

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for the Delaware Valley area, identified the Nishameda Creek Greenway and the Mill and Queen and Queen

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Greenways as part of the 2030 Green Space Network.

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In 2011, the county adopted the county opus facing really planned,

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which identified 27 different greenway corridors throughout the county,

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the Nishameda be one of those.

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And similarly, around 2012, the county adopted the Bicycle Master plan,

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which, again, included the Nishameda Creek and other roads in the area

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as key components of the bicycle facilities network.

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Kind of why is all the support it?

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Well, back in 2011, the county did the opus facing Greenways plan.

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We asked people what they want to see more of the county

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in terms of park and recreation facilities.

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And the two things that really popped out were that people wanted more bike lanes

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and bike paths, 64% responded, syndicated that,

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and trails at 65% with the highest red ed item people were interested in.

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So again, it's clear that people are, you know,

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they like the trails obviously that they have,

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you know, I never did this by the success of the local bike and hike initiative.

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But the county didn't kind of get on the water a little bit more.

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So with that coming out of the opus facing Greenways plan,

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the county subsequently supplied for funding under various funding sources

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to conduct trail fees village studies for different creek segments.

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As I mentioned, the upper Nishameda is what I'm here to speak about today.

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That was funded by the Delaware Valley Regional Training,

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the Delaware Valley Regional Panic Commission regional trails program,

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which was funding provided to them through the William Pan Foundation.

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We have the milk, we have like ditch, which is funded by D.P.,

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coastal zone management program.

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The middle of the shamony that I actually had my initial steering committee

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kick off meeting for today.

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And that was funded by D.C.N.R.

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and then the Department of Community Economic Development through the Marcellal Shell

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at 13 funding.

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We just received a grant for the lower Nishameda.

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So this will complete all the trail fees ability work for the Nishameda.

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And so the county is brought in about $154,000 with a grant funding.

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And the match is all in a staff time, not actually funds being out laid.

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In terms of where these various projects lie,

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this is the milk queen at Black D.H. Down in Leviton area.

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This is the lower Nishameda, the middle of Nishameda, upper Nishameda.

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All that we know that the Nishameda continues on down.

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We did not need to apply for grant funding for that segment.

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As Bencell and Tash have separately had received grant funding earlier,

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and it completed all the trail fees ability work for that portion of the Nishameda.

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This piece of Glee study for the Upper Nishameda encompasses seven different municipalities.

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It's also a workbooking, M.D. Green Tash that it works down.

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And then the shelf item you've written burrows.

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It's a county on land is about 9.5 miles of it.

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There are eight municipal parks along the creek,

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and obviously very heavily sloped areas in a overhangy rock cliff.

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In various points of interest, including Central Park, Delva College,

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and the eight archbridge, Rushland, among others.

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With that being said, we've broken it down into six segments

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to make it navigable, so to speak.

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It begins over here at Twin Streets Park, in Chalphite, New Britain area,

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and extends down to where the Little Shameda comes into the mainstream in the Shameda,

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also called the Forks in the Shameda.

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And what we want to do today, we just give you an overview of the proposed trail routing.

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And for those of you who might be familiar with the Chalphi's village,

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stay what they're designed to do is to really assess the potential

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of the feasibility of going out and seeing could you put a trail in,

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and if so, what are the roadblocks for the obstacles?

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Where are the environmental constraints you need to come up against?

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Are they identifying easements that we need to be acquired?

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A lot of different elements, so with that,

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and working with the DOS, I could buy committee,

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we met with them a couple of times during our field research.

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Tom Kelso is on our steering committee for this project,

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as in Maryland, Jacobsen, New Navy, may also be familiar with.

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They've helped guide the process,

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and we've worked locally with Gilmore Associates as a consulting engineer

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on the project.

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So as I mentioned, the trail would start here with Twin Streets Park,

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as I go through the presentation,

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red lines represent existing trails,

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green lines represent the primary proposed trail network,

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and these tripoyges lines represent a segment that will actually be on road.

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So again, coming out of Twin Streets Park in the BlueJay Park,

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it would run behind BlueJay Road,

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then cross the enemy middle school property.

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There's a little existing trail here behind Lidipy Lane.

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It would come out, go on road along Forest Road,

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cross Bristol Road, and basically be on road

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on Africa, the name of the street, I apologize.

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But then we'd cross two or three private properties

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to connect into the enemy major, excuse me,

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Quinlan Nature Reserve.

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And this is in line with the Tri-Minusport Trail's plan

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that the new Britons of Schalfine have been working on over time.

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The trail then, the desired route,

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is to continue straight down the Nishamini,

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and join in with the trail that will be under construction shortly

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on the Schalfine New Britain,

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joint municipal authority property.

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There is a proposal to connect to the new Britain train station

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by making use of the road existing service roads

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around the Bula Cemetery,

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and work is actually beginning in terms of easement acquisition

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with the property owners along Tamm and Navinou to get to the train station.

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Another thing we had assessed was the potential

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of coming down the right of way of Bristol Road,

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and then making use of the sidewalk on the Northern Agile Upper State Road

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as they get back up if this were not to work out.

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The other thing that will still potentially be happening though

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is recognizing the need to try to connect as many neighbors as possible.

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These communities were kind of cut off from the two of two parkway

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when it was built, the parkway trail.

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So we'd like to try to provide them connection.

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So this is actually a door-sound township on property

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that we would seek to acquire an easement on

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in order to build a separate trail over the Nishamini

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off of here to connect up to this trail.

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That would allow these neighbors to connect into the trail system.

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The second segment of the trail in essence is basically built.

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It would pick up where the trail into construction

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comes into the two two parkway trail.

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Continue over here to the Lower State Road

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and two two parkway.

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From there people could have the option of

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accessing the trail that would be built as part of the

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wide redevelopment or they could continue along Lower State Road

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and access the trails along Wells Road here.

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Either way what we're trying to do is eventually get them into central park

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for the next connection to the trail system, which really proves to be

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our most difficult challenge.

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Coming out of central park, what we propose to do

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is the cash upon parcel here that was given as part of the

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Obestration for the All-Sound Station.

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We'd like to come down that property along the creek there.

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We know a couple of bridge crosses would be needed.

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And obviously all this would be subject to environmental permitting and

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cooperation of various landowners.

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At that point we faced the constraints of having the

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bucks kind of fishing game property here that

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is all by the kind of least out-to-the-fishing game people.

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We had the bucks kind of public safety training center here

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and then the correctional facilities here.

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So obviously this was a real challenge to get around these various areas.

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But what we'd like to do is to basically just wipe behind here,

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cross-tirk road.

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If you've driven down that road you'll see there's a little bridge

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across as the creek that feeds into them.

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And then there would be crossing over-tirk road on the other

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side of that bridge.

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Near that there's a gate there that kind of takes down the county property

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now.

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It'd be further up that closer to the Corridor road intersection.

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Because there are good sight lines there and we feel that that's a

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particular place we could put a safe crossing there.

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From there once you are on the county property we actually build a bridge

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over in the shamony that would take you on to the island back there.

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From the island we actually have three different proposed

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routeings and we said put a detailed slide.

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Yes, here we go.

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This gives you a better picture of what I'm speaking of.

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This is the creek tributary I was speaking of.

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So go you'd be crossing, building a bridge over the shamony.

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Coming back onto the island here.

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And coming off the island we have three different options.

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One is to cross the, this is the shamony coming all here as well as back here.

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One, the preferred option is to just not cross the shamony again,

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but to stay here, cross it here and come up.

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There's a path that would bring you up beside the public safety training center

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which is fully fast.

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So there's no inherent problem with people getting into the training center.

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That's the preferred option.

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Option B takes you back off the island with another bridge over to Bridge Point Park.

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Then from there you would cross roughly in the area of the old

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Edison for a long bridge to get back over to the same general area.

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The other reason we presented option B is really in case the county for somebody is eventually said,

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no we're not amenable to people coming up beside the public safety training center.

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Option C basically falls the same route.

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He has option B in terms of going into Bridge Point Park.

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But then rather crossing back, it stays on that side of the creek and runs behind the,

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there's shop where the package ship place with gas station arm.

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I don't think these been registered north of the shamony creek bridge.

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It crosses behind those properties.

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So once you get there, option A and B again have kept you on.

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I have moved you back to the western side of the creek.

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Option C has kept you on the eastern side.

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The challenge with option C is once you, it's a lot of private easements.

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Because there's the shopping center, the gas station, and then once you cross six to eleven,

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there's the property right there.

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And then there would require about four or five easements in the back yards of homes along the Wayne Road.

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Last week when we presented this at the public meeting of the dual-style library,

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these residents were not, you know, as expected to be very supportive of that idea.

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They love being able to connect to the trail, but they would prefer almost that, you know,

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we build it to the six eleven bridge and then stop and not take behind their homes.

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Option C and B would basically bring you up beside the, behind the barn theater Plaza.

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There's a parking lot right at the end.

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There was service show held location parking, so we wouldn't need to have, you know, additional parking.

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And then if you've ever been back there, it's kind of like a far loop around the theater.

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There's a giant retaining wall that we would potentially be able to, and build it to the base of, or a cavity, or off of,

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in order to then basically get us back and cross in the sham, because either way what happens is the down here, this blue,

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designated area, this is counting on land, is that we write out a land, and eventually, as you, if you travel along Almshouse Road,

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you notice that there really steep slopes that lead down to the creek.

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So eventually we need to move back to the northern or eastern side of the creek, if you will, to continue with the, with the round.

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So again, either A, B, or C have been, should they all get you down, you know, to the central area.

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From there, we are completely eye-counting land, over to, and we stay on the northern side of the creek until you approach the, if you're familiar with the area where the value road, the gravel parking lot is,

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where the, a lot of people fish and, you know, put in to stop the trout, around that area.

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There's a pond back there. Somewhere in this vicinity, we would cross the Nishami again, in order to, basically, access both of you in New County

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Park facility on County on land. We were proposing an ADA access to a fishing pier, a picking shelter,

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restroom facilities, potentially, a canoe and kayak, launch site, various facilities there, walking

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trail around the back side of the creek. The purple line here that I did not mention earlier, these are supposed to be

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connector trails. And this one would basically take you up to Pebble Hill Road and there's a adacor center there.

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The weekend is not, obviously, being utilized. So again, a great opportunity to make use of the existing parking lot

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for a trailhead location parking. As I, as I am, this is showing that connector trail.

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And the other connector trail is that this is a property owned by Heritage Conservancy. And again,

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as you're coming out of the valley road park area, we would be going across that property, get over to the ADA Bridge.

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The more importantly, at this bridge valley, if we're along, there's a basin back here that there's clearly existing trail,

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runs around the basin. By connecting to that trail and going on,

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on Bridge Valley, a furlough, we're able to connect that neighborhood, this, excuse me.

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Amid on neighborhood, as well as the villages of Buckingham and Heritage Center and those neighborhoods as well.

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So again, we're trying to be able to feed people in to that park area, as well as feed them into the trail.

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On the southern side, we would again have a connector trail that would run, across a run parallel to the valley road for just a short segment.

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This property has actually just been preserved under the Buckingham County Upper Space Program.

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And again, a trail, these has been provided that would connect into the estates at Warwicklay trail system that would then, again,

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give us access to Mountain View, Warwick Woods and Guinea Lane Park, as well as the states of Buckingham County Country for us.

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So again, we've been able to make a lot of connections in this one area to the proposed trail system.

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Back when we had our public meeting last spring, people asked us also to investigate the potential connecting middle buses to technology.

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We did look at that, even though the county owns all this property right along the creek.

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It basically, the creek is, as you see, is running right adjacent to the valley road there.

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And these are all privately held streets, not township streets within Warwick, township.

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So that was not an option at that point, but with the recently announced Route 263 improvements by pin dot.

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They are established here at traffic light.

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Right around the, yeah, right here at this, where you feed into the middle buses to, so basically people will be able to go through that neighborhood.

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But access this trail that's existing along the railroad currently in the power line that will then connect to the trail.

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So this is the eight arch bridge here.

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So once you've come out of here, just conservancy, you'll be using the old eight arch bridge to get back on to this side of the shabby.

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From there, the trail runs along county owned property here to get to Mill Road where the old bridges.

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And from there, we have three different routing options again.

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Option A is our preferred option in terms of, in terms of, in terms of, in terms of, generally, a county land and a land owned by heritage conservancy.

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Again, it would connect up into an existing trail system within the state's dark hollow, which would feed you into dark hollow road.

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Option B and C are the provider connectivity to these particular neighborhoods.

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Which challenges is that although this is a heritage conservancy owned parcel that we have already been in discussions with them that we could obtain an amusement on.

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Once you get to the median house road, you would have to be on road for a very short segment.

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And it's even though it's a dead in road, we're trying as much as possible to minimize on road segments.

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And unfortunately, the right of way there is not conducive to having a trail in the wide away.

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But anyway, B and C within, like I say, take you up meeting House Road. Option B takes you to a parcel that, where we cash it bones that's a basic access parcel.

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That again leads to dark hollow. Option C basically takes you on East Rocksbury Road through the Hampton Chase Development to dark hollow.

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Once you get to dark hollow road, this is a dark hollow road.

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This became our second biggest challenge area in terms of, we're trying to venture to get over here to where the forks and the shambler are.

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So this is a little bit of the shambler coming in.

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We, in an ideal road, we'd love to access the Jim Mill campus of Bellevue College.

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Unfortunately, according to their easement terms, the terms where they receive the land from the work foundation, trails are not currently allowed on the farm.

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So that prevented us from being able to access their property. These orange properties are state-preserved agricultural parcels.

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That if you have any amount of state funding involved in preserving an agricultural, you cannot put a trail on that because the areas that every square inch of that property should be preserved for agricultural purposes.

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So that prevented us from having a trail on that segment.

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We like that coming within the peak of corridor that you've ever been down dark hollow road to the dark hollow bridge.

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You know how steeped doesn't backwards are. This basically would have had to have been a bridge about 80 feet up in the air and with a span of about two or three inches.

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So you can imagine how much that would have cost.

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So our solution is that, again, not the ideal solution, but the most cost effective in one that would provide the connectivity we need is that

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the pedestrians will be right at a long dark hollow road.

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But again, after you've access to these subdivisions, it's a dead end road. No one's really going down there for any purpose.

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And from there, there's an old road that does not connect through anymore.

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The residents, they're only two residents along that road.

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And years ago, they asked forward to house ship not to service the road anymore.

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But we're not making use of that because the Taships says the one day they may want to service again.

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But there is a heritage conservator to see easement on the parcel that runs between this old abandoned road and the Shambi Creek.

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That does allow for a high control only bicycles or any of what type of field vehicles are not allowed.

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So once pedestrians reach the end of the road, they'll be able to access along the creek that will then bring them over to Russia and Jamison Road.

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Bicycles will follow the trail system as part of this writings of Warwick.

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The green line is actually existing trail as well.

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So rather than take people behind the homes and through the neighborhood, we'd like to try to be a signage and encourage them to make use of this trail in our Worship and Road.

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Once they reach the entrance of the subdivision, the bicycles will have to go on road along Worship and Worship Jamison Road until where this road comes in.

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Hill Road.

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At that point, at this, there are two properties here on the corner.

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That heritage and currency currently has easement on as well.

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They'll allow for trail.

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So we'll be able to do that.

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And then we're hoping that there's a 500-foot segment here.

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I tell you, reach Wilkinson Road.

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There were hoping we would be able to get an easement from Del Valkyla John to allow just 500 feet in this, you know,

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distant corner of their property, so to speak.

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Otherwise, everyone can be on Walton Road, but again, it's not a heavily trampled road whatsoever.

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And then the last segment of the trail would be on Wilkinson Road.

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And again, it would be on road.

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If you have ever driven down that road, you can see it's heavily canopyed.

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It's very narrow right away, so there's not that opportunity, you know, without acquiring a lot of private easements.

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And given that again, it's not a heavily trampled road.

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We'd rather not disturb the tree canopy and or, you know, have to observe as just for the sake of having a, this is probably less, you know, not even a mile long.

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And then that will feed you in the saggy sport road.

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The county owns the property between saggy sport road and the creek here.

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And some are to the valley road property.

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We mentioned earlier, this would be another county park facility with another, uh,

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a canoe kayak, watchpoint, an 80-accessible fishing pier, a picnic shelter, and parking as well for this trailhead location.

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Everyone there, my mone to shammy creek project, would continue on down the Nishami.

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And that's it.

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So they might have questions comments.

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And so we had, uh, we had a public meeting last Tuesday night at the Georgetown Library.

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We had about 50-51 people show up and, uh, there was over what we support for the, uh, for the project.

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Paul, if there's any, uh, way the residents can get this information or you're online somewhere.

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Yes, the, um, the, um, actual presentation from last Tuesday's workshop is online on the,

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about the county planning commission website, which if you just go do, um, the county website,

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go to community services and click on community services.

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They'll take you, uh, to another page that says, planning commission.

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If you click on that, it says up in the shammy trail, routing.

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Great.

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And it has my email address that you can feed comments or questions too.

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Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

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Uh, uh, next we have Dr. Felt, uh, Feltstein going to talk about, um, open space.

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As soon as we get reorganized to you for a minute.

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There you go.

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Do you want to come back?

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Dr. Feltstein is a chair of the open space committee.

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And as soon as we get the lights on and out of your way.

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Um, okay.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Mr. Chairman and members of the board.

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It's always my pleasure to come up.

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We have to give you an annual report.

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And I say the building in all the staff and everybody else.

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You've been in use.

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That's an amazing, of course, of the member of it.

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And also Margaret.

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I don't see Margaret here.

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But she's also helpful to us.

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I represent the committee that consists of the following numbers.

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Caustol, Tom Caustol.

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Jeffrey from,

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Stuffin.

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The station.

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Alison Hamilton.

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Has an, is an lies on, Barbara, lies also as a lie from.

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And also down Richardson.

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As you know that the township consists of approximately 17,000 and 700 people.

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But it actually occupies a space of 15.54 square miles, and that represents 9945.6 acres,

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648 in this square mile.

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So in actuality, it's taken the whole township, it would take every inch of it, including

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everything has 9,945.6 acres, 739.892 acres have been already given to us as a gift.

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There have been many, many people who are interested in that, and they don't make a good

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to the township.

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And we have it, 233 acres has been preserved by the college, and 305.65 acres were,

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it's part of the Pine Run, so the total amount is 1,278.5492 acres, or 12%.855 of the total

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township is already preserved in open space, as we speak right now.

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Now, as you also know, that we have made every effort in the past and in the present to preserve

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all the open space we can.

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However, the facts are, the number of acres which are remaining in the township available to us

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is a very minimal amount.

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There's a couple acres here in there.

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We were tempted to contact, and even though that we only spent 75% of the allotment that

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was given to us, we were given by the count is 620,480, which represents 75% of the total amount

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that should be spent.

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And that 25% additional to bring it up to 887-10 should come from the township.

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But the township never allocated a money, we have never asked you to do it, and with the only

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township in back scoundry, I know, because I serve an agriculture preservation board, and on

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the open space boards and day one, they are the only one who have been able to convince as

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you to take not cars, just convince and educate people, and to, and the person that helped

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us immensely is sitting right there, I'm manager of the township, and the senors and I'm talking

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mad.

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We have made hours and hours with people to convince them to make their 25% contribution instead

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of the township, as they give the township for their own benefit for township purposes, but

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above all, as a good deed, we are accomplished that.

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Now, you also know, as I mentioned to you, that the boards in the past and the present boards

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are always conscious of preserving open space, because way, way back, I know it, because I've been here.

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I've been in the Bux County, and I've been in the door of town to launch this March 75 years,

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and I didn't come here as an infant either, so all I could say to you that I've seen this,

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and this is why we have this Hancock Park, which is a beautiful park of almost 100 acres, which

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is essentially available, the benefit, and the pleasure of the citizen of

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The residents of a township of 1777 are not a people. But actually, of course, more come, and it's available

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to kids, the people of middle-aged, older people and all others. There's also another central bark

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in Manhattan. And believe it or not, they only have 843 acres in Central Park in Manhattan.

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In plain English, there are 8.5 times bigger than we are. But they handle millions of people.

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And we have it here for a very small numbers. We have actually accomplished something extraordinary

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to support our people up here and to offer them something wonderful. Now as we go along, I want to mention to you,

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that is, we are doing everything possible to allocate the money that I said,

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acres have become scarce, and those people who own any acres of any kind are willing

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to, to give, to preserve the land at very high prices, which we cannot afford.

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Because in a person that's ten acres, and if you can have ten watts out of it,

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I mean, you can get a hundred thousand dollars a month, and even more, all depending on the areas.

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In a borough, some of you may know, many people buy a house for two hundred thousand dollars,

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tear it down, and the remaining dollar house. Because they like to location and like the same

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economy very difficult. So you as a board have allocated three hundred and ten thousand,

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two hundred and nine dollars of the six hundred and forty thousand, four or eight,

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for the shamanic greening trail. You have already done that, which means that we have now

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remaining essentially available to us, three hundred and thirty thousand, one ninety nine,

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is still remaining to be spent, and we are making every effort and seeking properties

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to save this, all the space in our area. And this we're going very judiciously and

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constantly and we hope to do it, and my ambition is obviously to get us accomplished

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before I become an old man. So hopefully I'm asking for all of you,

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and the audience, and all of you are sitting on the board. If you know any place, or anybody

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that you may think of, give us the name, give them, our name and we'll contact those people

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and make them effort to do that. So in summation, we have accomplished enough a lot in the past,

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we're doing a best to the present time, even though as I've mentioned before,

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that a town should by itself has never spent one penny as part of its twenty-five percent

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contribution, and this is in accomplishment by himself, because it indicates the quality

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people that we have in the township who are willing to, after being approached and said

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educated to do what is right. So I appreciate that very much the opportunity that I've

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had over the years to help you, this may be the rest annual meeting that our present is report,

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but to whatever faith before us may, you can be sure that I will always do my very, very best,

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because I believe in Bugs County, I believe in our township, I'll be buried in Bugs County,

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and I'm going to stay on as long as I can, to do the very best I can, so may God bless you

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and be in our state of America. I say goodbye to everybody.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Next is a visitor public comments, anyone have any comments they like to make?

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Okay, let's move on to announcements. Next meeting of the Board of Supervisors is scheduled for Tuesday,

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February 18, 2014 at 7 p.m., the administrative offices will be closed on Monday, February 17,

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2014 in observance of President's Day. And ski tickets are now available. Please contact the administration

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offices to purchase. You notice Ryan and Barbara are not here tonight, but rest assured,

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Barbara is watching. If you know Barbara, you know she's watching, and she's going to

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be on this. So if you're on the floor, you'll probably help my school or I appreciate it.

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As far as the minutes of approval, we're going to table the minutes until the next meeting.

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The reports will start solicitor. That'll be reported at the moment of the Chairman and Chief, nothing will be put sir.

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No township engineers, so we'll go to the manager.

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I have two requests. First is they're both training related. The first is for myself to be able to attend the

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Pell-Res training in March and Penn State. Because there's an overnight state, it requires Board approval

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as well as the APM conference in May. Both of those have funding available in our budget.

431
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:02,000
It would look for the boards. Okay, there. In addition, Karen Sweeney, Director of Parks and Recreation,

432
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:08,000
looking to attend the Recreation Pennsylvania Park Recreation Society. Again, that requires an overnight stay.

433
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:18,000
Money is budgeted in park recreation for Karen to attend that as well. And both allow for us to obtain continuing education credits.

434
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:22,000
I have a motion. Yes, I'll make a motion to approve.

435
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:28,000
Thank you. Any comments? All in favor? Aye.

436
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:34,000
Thank you. And that supervisor comments. Okay.

437
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:45,000
Just to highlight everybody that the police pension plan and the non-uniform pension plan was audited and

438
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:53,000
came back with glowing remarks. No audit finding, so that was all in good shape.

439
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:59,000
Good job. Ken and Stephanie for conducting getting that audit finished up.

440
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,000
That's it. Thanks.

441
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:11,000
Sure. Thank you. Only one thing. I've just a comment or rather a compliment to Dick Johns and the road crews.

442
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:17,000
They've certainly been through the wringer this winter. I guess we all have.

443
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:23,000
But some feedback we've gotten in your own observation, I guess too, but some good feedback about,

444
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:27,000
I know I remember all municipalities do their best, but I've heard some good things.

445
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:33,000
People couldn't wait to get the doors down, township during these storms, because they really had a good hand on the roads even in those

446
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,000
sub-zero temperatures and anything. So I don't know what you're doing.

447
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,000
But it's working hard. There you go. Thank you.

448
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,000
All the crew. That's all I have. Thank you.

449
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,000
Unfortunately, your work isn't done.

450
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:55,000
Which brings me to one thing, we have information that comes out from the township.

451
00:37:55,000 --> 00:38:01,000
You get emails. So if you're not on the Google group, I strongly suggest you go through

452
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,000
the website and sign up, a call to township. They'll tell you how to do it.

453
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:11,000
You get weather alerts, emergency information, left turn signal.

454
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:19,000
That is in for a long is up and running. So once or twice a week, you get some really good information.

455
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,000
I think you'll enjoy getting a timely information from the township.

456
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,000
The other thing is that this is the last board supervisor's meeting for Sandra.

457
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:33,000
So when it's over, if you can say goodbye, even though you may see her in the next day or two,

458
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:37,000
but you won't see her in meetings like this. So thanks Sandra.

459
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,000
We know where you're at. And you know where we're at, so we'll keep the doors open.

460
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:47,000
Next is New Business.

461
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:55,000
He's on a reading of text like that. Mr. Chairman, what happens by law is that if someone is not paid to

462
00:38:55,000 --> 00:39:03,000
a real estate taxes by December 31 of a given year, the tax collectors required to certify

463
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:09,000
those list of delinquents to the tax claim bureau, who then has the responsibility to collect those taxes.

464
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:15,000
So what's you're doing is just acknowledging that an exonerating tax collector for that uncollected taxes

465
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:19,000
because they've been transferred to the county. So the motion would be to approve the exoneration

466
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,000
of the tax collector for uncollected 2013 taxes.

467
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:31,000
Motion moved to approve. Second, second, any discussion? All in favor? All in favor? All right.

468
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:37,000
Next on New Business is the 2014 trash holder permits.

469
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:43,000
Yes, you have a memo regarding the 2014 trash holder permits.

470
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:48,000
These are all the haulers that would be licensed to collect

471
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,000
in dollars' time-toucher for residential and commercial purposes.

472
00:39:52,000 --> 00:40:00,000
And we would recommend the approval so that we can let them know their license to go into that.

473
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,000
They've met all the requirements.

474
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:10,000
I'll make the lease for a second. Any comment? All in favor? All in favor? All in favor? All in favor? All in favor?

475
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,000
All in favor? All in favor? All in favor? All in favor? All in favor? Next is the land development as

476
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:19,000
uh... the gets burned or track sketch plan on roger state road

477
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,000
uh...

478
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:25,000
steel and he missed mr's a bit of thunder but while he's getting a square away

479
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,000
on lower state road across and the why

480
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:32,000
uh... you see the side of the i believe saying uh...

481
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000
uh... for sale or something to that affect

482
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000
next to uh...

483
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:41,000
uh...

484
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,000
uh... lake panoramic

485
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,000
and for the public certification

486
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,000
when a sketch plan is discussed with a supervised dr know approval

487
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,000
granted

488
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:56,000
basically mr's a vat wants to show the board what he has in mind and get some feedback

489
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:00,000
uh... then he can proceed to go forward with a normal process

490
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,000
uh... those of you like me who suffered many in

491
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,000
uh... uncomfortable moments of dr gets burned or general office uh...

492
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:15,000
when that little building the back is torn down to be a few people be very happy

493
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,000
which is about you making the presentation or

494
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:48,000
uh...

495
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,000
uh...

496
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,000
which kind of stop here that we need to either use a lot can get the microphone because

497
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,000
i'm gonna need to use the microphones that we can hear because you're on TV

498
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:02,000
sorry i just don't like to start anybody at home listening

499
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:07,000
good evening thanks for seeing us this evening i've had a busy agenda so i'll keep it brief this evening

500
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:12,000
um... i'm here today to speak with you about the gets burger tracked it's three acres

501
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:18,000
um... it is adjacent to as you mentioned the lake view facility

502
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:25,000
um... it's basically we have an opportunity i'm gonna do diligence period currently

503
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:31,000
so i'm very shortly after step up and make a decision to actually purchase the property

504
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:35,000
the township was gracious enough to provide us an opportunity to meet with township staff

505
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:39,000
in early january followed up by a meeting with the planning commission

506
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:43,000
so my goal is to certainly collect any thoughts and comments

507
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:47,000
as to give me a piece of mind of the project

508
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:53,000
makes as much sense to the township as it appears to myself and internal staff

509
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,000
um... basically

510
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:01,000
you have about a white here to help you with this

511
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:05,000
this is the guy

512
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:09,000
i would use the um... easel i would bring you

513
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:13,000
or you can use the microphone at the podium

514
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:23,000
the property consists currently of two structures

515
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,000
one actually for one being a spring house

516
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,000
um... the

517
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:35,000
fabled legend which i've been fortunate not to experience as the gets burger dentist office which is here

518
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:39,000
um... that's a structure that it's our intention to take down

519
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:45,000
i'm trying to keep up with this other photographs one of these

520
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:49,000
there's a small spring house

521
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:53,000
it over in this vicinity over here which is just a pleasant

522
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,000
historic spring house

523
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:59,000
um... this is the main structure itself which you see

524
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,000
um... that resides

525
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,000
right here

526
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:07,000
um... opposite the main structure is a barn

527
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,000
the barn resides here

528
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:13,000
um... this is the dental office

529
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:17,000
it will be coming down this is the spring house

530
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,000
in this lower quadrant over here

531
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,000
um...

532
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,000
the property really is

533
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:27,000
some extraordinary features but also has some significant challenges

534
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,000
um... in the house itself

535
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,000
there's some attractive pieces

536
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,000
of original milk work

537
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,000
and so forth

538
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,000
interesting stairs

539
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,000
but there's also some amazingly

540
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,000
challenging kitchen facilities

541
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:45,000
and i think the first dishwasher ever invented still resides here

542
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,000
there's special architecture in different areas

543
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,000
um... the house predominantly

544
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,000
it consists of the primary structure

545
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,000
two winged appendages

546
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,000
plus what appears to be in addition

547
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:59,000
there's a date up in the top core that says night came

548
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:21,000
I haven't done the research yet that right up in the top, I believe 1920 would reflect a significant time where some of these additions were consummated, but the House looks far older based on its tender construction and facilities of the stone, window jams, etc., that would be indicative of an earlier home.

549
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:41,000
Our plan is to clean up the remove, I should say, many of these additions, go back to the main structure of the House and amidst that traffic through the other board, please.

550
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:58,000
So the main House take off the plaster, it is an all stone structure, and restore the House into its original grandeur as well as some additions, some obviously significant feature updates, remembering that's the House portion.

551
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:09,000
The barn resides is shown here, this is the barn. I'm using a unique methodology to make sense of connectivity and garages.

552
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:20,000
As you remember, perhaps remember we did pine tree farms some years ago, so we have a pretty good handle on what works and how that we can maybe even pick up a few enhanced features in the site.

553
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:38,000
The concept is to go to more individual farm styles replicating a period of architecture to have a continuous flavor and play well off of one another, whereas pine tree was a specific theme that the color schemes, the unit mixes were very inherently similar.

554
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:48,000
These would have individual homes and they would be a total of six, coming around basically one, two, three, four, five, six.

555
00:46:48,000 --> 00:47:11,000
The use that we're in is R4B2Us. We're using this individual structure as the primary house, also each as we learned in pine tree parking is something we need to plan for and really make sure that we have a good handle on to make a successful community.

556
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:26,000
Two car garages for each unit, we're using a connector corridor between the two that's fully covered and enclosed, so in essence the energy of garage you go into this vestibule connection, make a left and this garage, make a right and the other.

557
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:35,000
That theme carries all the way around, even the main house has the new two car garage, the barn has a new two car garage with that same connectivity between the two.

558
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:50,000
So that theory is carried out to give that continuous look of architecture. Our adjoining, shall I go see the board, see layout, board, please.

559
00:47:50,000 --> 00:48:03,000
Okay, the closest thing that says, this is an existing garage, shall I go see the color board of the garage please, the photoboards.

560
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:10,000
I took the opportunity to stop and meet with this gentleman and just to show them on our concept, so as his name is Rob Versetta.

561
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:25,000
The garage that he has is a pretty commercial looking structure and speaking with me said at one point in the history of the world, this was like a furniture shop, so it's a truly commercial looking facility.

562
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:30,000
And it sits right here to I guess that would be our next southwest portion.

563
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:39,000
Our goal was to heavily landscape this in. I also spoke with him and he seemed very immunably as a beautiful stone house in the front.

564
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:47,000
Nicely fixed up and we talked about maybe collaborating with him to do some improvements of this just for both of our sakes, so he's very excited.

565
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:54,000
I can report that he likes the project should we go on with it, he said he'd be glad to attend as a neighbor showing support.

566
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,000
So I've shared it with the same information packs that the board has.

567
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:04,000
So that's what I would see that maybe the most concern in this house is here, a square out of his swimming pool is here.

568
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:13,000
The concept again high end architecturally plausible.

569
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:23,000
Correct houses with a very interesting feel, kind of the single called the second police runs.

570
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:33,000
We're very fortunate when Lakeview was done this road, the road was fully improved, so we have curves sidewalks across the entire facility.

571
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:38,000
Structure stormwater curving street lighting is all taken place already for us.

572
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:47,000
We're proposing the full specification with the road 26 feet coming in, doing a full sidewalk loop around it.

573
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:55,000
I'm using some perhaps more interesting materials than just concrete, but we're really looking for little familiar relief.

574
00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:04,000
I let Greg Glitzer from Gilman Associates, our project engineer speaks to the specifics, but again this is our concept.

575
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:13,000
We're excited with the potential opportunity and as I mentioned, Greg will touch on engineering briefly and then answer any questions the board may have.

576
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:17,000
And then get out of your way this evening.

577
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,000
Just one quick question.

578
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:30,000
You mentioned that the total plot is three acres and so they're in the front and I see you have quite a bit of open space up against lower state road.

579
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:34,000
So that would leave you about how much per lot then.

580
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:41,000
Well, I believe Greg, we have this is allow about 40% in public service.

581
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:47,000
The zoning allows for requires 5,000 square foot lots.

582
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:52,000
The lot though is in the unit that Rich talked about is actually a twin.

583
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,000
The zoning allows twins that's that B2 use.

584
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:59,000
So you have to provide at least the 5,000 square foot lot now.

585
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:04,000
It's our intention to set up a condo association for ownership.

586
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,000
We'll delineate the lots just for zoning compliance.

587
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:11,000
Right now we believe that we're fully compliant with zoning.

588
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:18,000
And that setback from lower state road is governed by the townships collect the road setback.

589
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:26,000
So that's 65 feet minimum is required to the ultimate right away line of lower state.

590
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,000
Thank you.

591
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:35,000
And specifically Greg, Emma, if you were just talking about the number of units that's permitted.

592
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:41,000
Yeah, so go through the and just to talk a little bit about the use first.

593
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:56,000
The B2 uses a use by right in that in that R4 zone in our rich was addressing and comparing that with pine tree farm, which was a conditional use the B15 use with this is a straight by right use.

594
00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:02,000
Going around we we have a certain degree of natural resources of slopes.

595
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:08,000
Springhouse is a little wetland that comes out with the springhouse, obviously, so it's a it's a true springhouse.

596
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:14,000
But we're also required to delineate a minimum of 20% of open space.

597
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:20,000
Doing running through all the net buildable site area calculations and applying allowable density for that use.

598
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:31,000
A lot of the use 12 welling units are we're in fully 12 welling units for the for the site so that's more about you know much higher density.

599
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:40,000
I think than we set with really support but it's a good benchmark to say that okay you know how are we we think we're a fully bi right plan.

600
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:45,000
Always good to calculate the max one density just to kind of benchmark yourself against that.

601
00:52:45,000 --> 00:53:00,000
So we're at six is four for brand new and two one one adaptive reuse and one renovation.

602
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:13,000
Other stuff that don't get into too much detail again it's will have slurmer management in the rain garden in the central ball we discuss that with the planning commission.

603
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:17,000
And now I'm going to incorporate some of their comments as well.

604
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:22,000
I'll have some supplemental stormwater management in the rear of the site.

605
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:32,000
Stephanie made us aware of an issue with drainage down that ultimately I guess ends up with the real road we're going to look at that as we get into detail engineering.

606
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:39,000
And there's kind of things really a comment gathering period right now and really we're happy to take all.

607
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:46,000
That's our only topic that we wish for some relief on is speaking to me to speak to the folks that.

608
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:56,000
Yeah we do well we're compliant with zoning work by right was zoning we'll see any need for any variances or or anything like that there is one item of relief of the.

609
00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:03,000
The vision ordinance we know that we in order to implement this plan and give it the field but we think is important it's a.

610
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:12,000
It's a design modification to the call to second ball geometry basically to shorten the the bulb diameter.

611
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:21,000
We think that's important because we talked about some adjacent structures and as we were as we were planning the site.

612
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:33,000
Look at that 60 foot bulb radius or 120 foot bulb diameter which is a really large right away bulb if it forces the units out to the perimeter of the site so we think that.

613
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:38,000
In fact the whole look at the site and obviously put this in much closer proximity to some of the.

614
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:44,000
Maybe the less desirable features that we're trying to buffer so we would be.

615
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:49,000
As in for some vision waiver on that there's always a few technical waivers that come about but the.

616
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,000
But the development review.

617
00:54:52,000 --> 00:55:02,000
So I understand what you're looking for the night first of the board got any questions or concerns or thoughts and then we'll ask anyone out in the audience.

618
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,000
And I have a couple.

619
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:14,000
Yeah, just and I appreciate most of this will be covered in the upcoming months in the plan of commission meetings and such could you just a couple of things you mentioned.

620
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:17,000
The relief you need for the bulb.

621
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:20,000
Of the call to sack.

622
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:30,000
Preserably you'll get some input from fire department and I can figure still be I know it's go by by code road with is that what you said.

623
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:34,000
Yeah, the ball the actual quality with would be compliant.

624
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:40,000
We proposed a private road it's just the diameter the outer the outer diameter of the loop.

625
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:48,000
We asked for some relief that we'd be full prepared to show the emergency services what kind of you know how we've been through that.

626
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:51,000
To talk about the.

627
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:59,000
So the continuous driveway depressions that we will have around it to do provide a you know substantial amount of hardscaping for.

628
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:04,000
You know for emergency vehicle if they should need to go and and do a loop around it.

629
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:07,000
So I think we have some ways to.

630
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:14,000
To address any real real concerns it's just if we do that all our setbacks measure then from the.

631
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:17,000
From the ball and that just forces everything.

632
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:19,000
Outwards sure.

633
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:24,000
Lastly, I want to hold you longer, but you say you this is pretty close to a.

634
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:27,000
By right or by you know plan.

635
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:32,000
If you and you're talking about half the density that's permitted if you were to go to.

636
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:39,000
That density I appreciate the max which would be 12 units not obviously giving you the concept or look or fill you want.

637
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:40,000
Would the be.

638
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,000
Consider more relief needed then or is that still.

639
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:47,000
That was that was that a pretty close to right by right plan to.

640
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:50,000
That's pretty close as well. You'd be looking at.

641
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:55,000
You know more of a duplex type of a twin we have a more a loose attachment.

642
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,000
The twins.

643
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:59,000
Whether the garage is actually.

644
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:00,000
Have a.

645
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:03,000
Attachment maybe she can kind of discuss that.

646
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,000
How we how we characterize these as.

647
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,000
I'm not trying to.

648
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,000
I'm not trying to.

649
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:09,000
I'm just.

650
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:10,000
I'm just.

651
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,000
I think it's in a track of plan, but I don't.

652
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:13,000
I was just.

653
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:14,000
I would.

654
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,000
Our goal we saw this is a great opportunity.

655
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:20,000
To do something that's interesting.

656
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,000
It's you can feed traffic lights in the.

657
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,000
When you're standing right at the entry.

658
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:27,000
When you look towards town.

659
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:29,000
The sidewalk connectivity.

660
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:31,000
The trails and the other features.

661
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:33,000
Running back across to the.

662
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,000
That's why in.

663
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:35,000
Access to the college.

664
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,000
For us this is a great opportunity.

665
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,000
We've had numerous people.

666
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:41,000
Clients asking us.

667
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:43,000
We'll do something like pine tree again.

668
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:44,000
This.

669
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,000
For us takes.

670
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:46,000
So that was again.

671
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:47,000
Tever.

672
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:48,000
It's nice pine trees.

673
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:49,000
Very nice.

674
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:50,000
I think this takes it up.

675
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:51,000
An additional notch.

676
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,000
And we simply would prefer.

677
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:55,000
To work with the next.

678
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:57,000
These original structures.

679
00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:58,000
And we do some.

680
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:01,000
We're going to work out to be around 3,000.

681
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,000
3,300 square feet on the boat.

682
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:04,000
The original structures.

683
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:06,000
The houses are going to carry.

684
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,000
Through the one thing I learned to pine tree farm.

685
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:10,000
I thought they were more than adequately sized.

686
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:14,000
And we did the designs averaging around 25 to 2800.

687
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:16,000
Several times a year.

688
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:18,000
I would back with some.

689
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:21,000
Talking about how we do additions inside and converting.

690
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,000
AddX and finishing basements.

691
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:25,000
So that really again.

692
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:28,000
The national comments.

693
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:29,000
Smaller smarter.

694
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:30,000
Smaller smarter.

695
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:31,000
For us.

696
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:32,000
Our clients.

697
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:35,000
Many of them are scaling down out of six eight thousand square feet.

698
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,000
So for them a scale down is really 3500 square feet.

699
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:41,000
And will they make think they can be happy at 2000.

700
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:42,000
They really can.

701
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:45,000
So we feel this speaks directly to that market.

702
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:47,000
With the steep roofs.

703
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:48,000
The vertical architecture.

704
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,000
We're looking.

705
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:51,000
Many of them do three stories.

706
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:53,000
Sort of the same.

707
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:55,000
More level through.

708
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:57,000
Through the third floors.

709
00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,000
I don't have any other comments.

710
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,000
I get so if it's like your other projects.

711
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:02,000
It should be very nice.

712
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:03,000
Thank you.

713
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:06,000
Any comments or questions from our blue ribbon panel?

714
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:07,000
Yeah.

715
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:08,000
Chief.

716
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:09,000
Mr. Hendrick.

717
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:10,000
The lead.

718
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:11,000
It's once.

719
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:12,000
I'm glad it won't.

720
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,000
I'm glad it won't be.

721
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:16,000
We haven't gotten the full budget.

722
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:18,000
But we should all be.

723
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:22,000
He's going to be starting to build on the end of it.

724
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,000
He has a sign of sheet over here for the manuscript.

725
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:27,000
I can deposit.

726
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:28,000
Chief.

727
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:29,000
Chief.

728
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:30,000
Thank you.

729
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,000
I decide quite a bit of regarding the.

730
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:35,000
Detection in the bulb.

731
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:37,000
The you're saying that.

732
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:42,000
Can a fire truck get in and totally loop that bomb.

733
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:45,000
Without going on to a resonance property.

734
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:49,000
It would stay in the right of way.

735
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:54,000
It would require, let me get down to the curb line.

736
00:59:54,000 --> 01:00:00,000
We have almost a continuous depression or a concrete apron for the driveways.

737
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:09,000
We would either extend those to provide that hard surface. There is almost basically makes up the difference in the pavement, doesn't make it up in the right of ways.

738
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:17,000
So we'll have to document that if that's, you know, they can certainly be able to turn in there as opposed to pulling straight through and backing out.

739
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:24,000
My concern with that would be with the fire trucks coming down there and then putting their pads down.

740
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:27,000
It is even wider than the actual width of the vehicle.

741
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:37,000
So if the pads that come out to stabilize the fire trucks are going off into the garage or wherever, because you have to extend your pads, it could become an issue.

742
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:38,000
Right.

743
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:45,000
So that's something that I think you really need to talk about with the fire services and their biggest trucks back there.

744
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:49,000
Yeah, let's get coming. Thank you.

745
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:52,000
Anyone else?

746
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:59,000
Mr. Zaveta, thank you. I hope we gave you some kind of input and guidance and we appreciate you and we appreciate it.

747
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:01,000
I appreciate it. Thank you.

748
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:02,000
Thank you.

749
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:05,000
Next order of business is the fills list.

750
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:09,000
February 4, 2014.

751
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:12,000
I make a motion for.

752
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:13,000
Okay.

753
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,000
All in favour?

754
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,000
Aye.

755
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:21,000
Board and Commission presentations.

756
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:25,000
Looks like Mr. Schwartz when he gets it together is first up.

757
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:28,000
If I'm reading or not.

758
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:32,000
I did not devise the order.

759
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:36,000
But I'm sure there was some reason for this order being set up the way it is.

760
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,000
And I don't really want to get into that.

761
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:43,000
I just, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm not in trouble with that order.

762
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:48,000
I'm not in trouble with that.

763
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:50,000
No, he's going to degenerate into that.

764
01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:53,000
I'll be skipping the zone here and I'll be over there.

765
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:54,000
Okay.

766
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:57,000
Well, that's what we need to play here.

767
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,000
We, we've tried that in the past.

768
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,000
I think whatever least strategy is.

769
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:05,000
You can see him after the meeting and next year you may.

770
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:08,000
Next year we'll be starting with.

771
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:11,000
We, we do, we do rotate it every other year.

772
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:16,000
Whoever's the shortest goes first next year.

773
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:17,000
Short of speech.

774
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:18,000
Oh, okay.

775
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:19,000
Short of speech.

776
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:20,000
Bleer on.

777
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:21,000
Okay.

778
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:22,000
Attention go for it.

779
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:23,000
Good evening.

780
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:24,000
Yeah.

781
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:25,000
I'm here.

782
01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:27,000
We have to raise a means committee to bring the update to the board.

783
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:29,000
Residents are watching.

784
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:33,000
Twenty fourteen is under way as far as our planning.

785
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:36,000
And I guess I'm going into my fourth year on the committee.

786
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:40,000
I guess I characterize our evolution as going from panic to planning.

787
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:42,000
Which is a good thing.

788
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:50,000
So that means the conditions of change drastically for the good and the last three.

789
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:54,000
Our purpose is to, is an advisory council.

790
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:59,000
We provide information and ideas to help the board and township staff make the best possible decisions.

791
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:03,000
To safeguard the financial condition of the township.

792
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:06,000
As always, when I get the chance, I welcome input.

793
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:09,000
Get a better understanding of how your tax dollars are spent.

794
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,000
Come share your good ideas.

795
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:14,000
Join us on the last Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

796
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:18,000
We rarely see visitors, but they're always very welcome.

797
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:27,000
And of course, I definitely urge you to participate in special budget work sessions with the board that goes roughly from September to November.

798
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:32,000
Our core financial objectives are to track the monthly budget via key variables.

799
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:35,000
We project and we've gotten better at it.

800
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:38,000
A multi year impact of the decisions that we make today.

801
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:43,000
Planned capital spending to make necessary improvements and preserve the infrastructure.

802
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:46,000
Provide prudent financing strategies.

803
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:51,000
Be alert to liability and identify options prevent negative impacts.

804
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:57,000
In the last year, and I characterize it as smoothly the most of the others that I've been here.

805
01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:05,000
But our analytical tools, data quality and the financial reporting has become timely and even more usable.

806
01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:09,000
I particularly like the form of budget presentation was made in 2013.

807
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:12,000
The township manager and the finance manager spearheaded that.

808
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:16,000
And they put that together after review and suggestions from our committee.

809
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:24,000
And we believe that it's strengthened the reasoning, kind of streamlined the process and in place the budget ownership and presentation back in the best hand,

810
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:28,000
which is the financial people and management of the township.

811
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:34,000
The last projections now show and it would come out at the previous budget meetings and sessions.

812
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:40,000
Is that we see at this point depending on how much Dick John spends on salt this winter.

813
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:45,000
But we see at this point a workable budget without shortfall in the 2018 things can change,

814
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:53,000
where we go on from looking at looking over the cliff by 2013 or 2018 we look like we might get by.

815
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:56,000
So I would view that as great news.

816
01:04:56,000 --> 01:05:04,000
For 2014 our objectives is to, at this point, document the standard operating procedures for our budget model.

817
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:15,000
It's a rather complex piece of work that's been put together by one of our members primarily structured in Excel, but provides exceptionally good data.

818
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:20,000
And we also want to document or at least help document the capital project prioritization.

819
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:25,000
We want to preserve the process tools and continuity in case we lose somebody unexpectedly.

820
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:32,000
We like to recommend process to track progress and allocate funds for approved projects that overlap budget years.

821
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,000
I think that's one thing we've kind of missed.

822
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:42,000
We approve a set of projects this year, but they don't all get done and kind of lose track and then what's we go into the next.

823
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:51,000
Help optimize project completion when needed at best cost by balancing our internal capacity and outsourcing when the board means fit.

824
01:05:51,000 --> 01:06:02,000
And our other objective for one of the others is to publish three or five meaningful charts that give our citizens periodic snapshots of how the township is doing in the interest of transparency.

825
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:08,000
We want to explore economical and sensible financing options for large capital projects.

826
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:13,000
In the past, we've done we'd like to look forward again to optimize the use of the debt service fund.

827
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:17,000
We continue to refine the multi year forecast as we get better of what we're doing.

828
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:25,000
A couple of things to look out on the horizon for minimizing impact of the Affordable Care Act on future health care costs.

829
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:32,000
Monitor the changes and unfended unfunded pension liabilities and present alternative approaches to investment.

830
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:36,000
Hopefully that's quick enough to qualify me for first place next year.

831
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:39,000
We just the fourth Wednesday.

832
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:40,000
You said Thursday.

833
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:41,000
You did.

834
01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:42,000
Oh, I'm sorry.

835
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:43,000
Please.

836
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:44,000
I come every Wednesday.

837
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:45,000
That's when nobody shows up.

838
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:48,000
So it is the fourth Wednesday.

839
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:49,000
My apologies.

840
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:50,000
Any comments?

841
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:51,000
Questions?

842
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:52,000
For us?

843
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:53,000
Maybe.

844
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:58,000
Everyone realizes you're getting fourth on that committee, but there's anyone else that kind of shows up and helps you.

845
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:00,000
We do have a few other people.

846
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:03,000
Our liaison is Ryan.

847
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:07,000
And we certainly welcome everybody to come of course.

848
01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:09,000
It even back is very strong member.

849
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:13,000
He's hard at work back on the TV set back there.

850
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:16,000
We have Brenda Bray.

851
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:19,000
And we're looking for a move.

852
01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:23,000
At least one possibly two appointees that I believe that you.

853
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:26,000
That's you've interviewed.

854
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:32,000
And of course, Edent and our secretary who's anxious to give up the secretary duties is quickly using 10.

855
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:33,000
Any questions?

856
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:34,000
Any questions?

857
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:36,000
Thank you very much.

858
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:37,000
Thank you very much.

859
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:40,000
Next up is Mark Schiner.

860
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:43,000
And for traffic and advisory.

861
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:44,000
And at least kidding a bit.

862
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:45,000
But they're committee.

863
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:47,000
The new member all the time becomes a secretary.

864
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:50,000
And that has really worked out from rising.

865
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:53,000
The new person gets to get more involved.

866
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:56,000
It gets to learn everyone's name because they're taking the minutes, et cetera.

867
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:59,000
And so that might be something the other committees want to think of.

868
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:03,000
We gave him about a six months grace period.

869
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:06,000
And then we said, we need a secretary and it worked out really well.

870
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:10,000
But we have eight members of all based on district.

871
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:12,000
And eight voting members at least.

872
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:14,000
And you can see the names there.

873
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:19,000
A couple of us have been there since the inception of 2005 myself being in Dory.

874
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:21,000
I've been there since 2005.

875
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:23,000
And the other ones have been there for quite a while.

876
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:25,000
Kevin Green was just appointed for this year.

877
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:29,000
So it's finally got a replacement for district three.

878
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:32,000
It had been vacant for about a year and a little over year and a.

879
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:34,000
Not quite a year and a half.

880
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:37,000
Chief Logan's a valuable liaison for the committee.

881
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:40,000
Always has excellent input.

882
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:41,000
And thank you for your involvement.

883
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:45,000
So it's always a pleasure to have you have your input.

884
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,000
In terms of accomplishments.

885
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:49,000
It's very much an operational committee.

886
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:51,000
We're driven really by citizens.

887
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:54,000
Concerns and issues that they note.

888
01:08:55,000 --> 01:09:02,000
So the Ouija ball for 2014 was a very good because it's based really on what the citizens bring to the table.

889
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:08,000
But every month we review traffic statistics and determine actions.

890
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:16,000
We have some guidelines we've developed to determine when we need to take action on a speeding issue or whatever.

891
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:19,000
We have the ability to we have a web form online.

892
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:23,000
We have obviously take better actual letters emails.

893
01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:27,000
And sometimes the citizens will come for the monthly meetings.

894
01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:31,000
And we'll take their concerns face to face, which is the best way.

895
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:36,000
So we review new development plans for, you know, any traffic concerns.

896
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,000
This year's been very likely last couple years.

897
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:40,000
I've been really liking that area.

898
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:43,000
I think since it's all on development going obviously.

899
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:46,000
And the one thing I wanted to point out to the board.

900
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:52,000
And it can notice this last month when he visited and Rick, you know this too.

901
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:55,000
There's a lot of times pen dot takes for everybody to get back to us.

902
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:59,000
And it seems like that just as that gets longer and longer and longer and longer.

903
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:03,000
And we have something on the old businesses been there since March of last year.

904
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:06,000
And it's probably the nature of the beast.

905
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:08,000
But and I don't know what we can do about it.

906
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:13,000
But it does really kind of embarrassing that we just constantly just wait and wait and wait.

907
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:17,000
So just one thing that points out to the board.

908
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:19,000
Rick does attend a lot of our meetings.

909
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:24,000
And these, even though Ryan's the official liaison he's there quite often.

910
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:28,000
It's been a real good voice of input for us too.

911
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,000
Okay.

912
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:32,000
In terms of the next year, I mean, Willie will continue to monitor the stats.

913
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:36,000
Those stats are produced monthly by chief Logan staff.

914
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:38,000
Hopefully they'll continue.

915
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:40,000
I know there's going to be some challenges this year.

916
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:42,000
Hopefully they'll continue to be refreshed pretty often.

917
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:48,000
They do really help when concerns are pointed out because literally we can say.

918
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:52,000
The statistics don't seem to indicate that or the statistics are great.

919
01:10:52,000 --> 01:11:01,000
You know, so we'll do have some concerns with some of the traffic pattern changes that have been introduced by the parkway.

920
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:04,000
Some of the signals may need some changes.

921
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:05,000
Things like that.

922
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:10,000
There are some several changes that we've noticed throughout the township.

923
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:18,000
And of course, the adaptive lighting project will start this year and hopefully early next year complete.

924
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:23,000
So that will be an interesting one because that's where probably a lot of our complaints come from.

925
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:27,000
We get those complaints all the time as you do to ensure Stephanie so.

926
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:28,000
Okay.

927
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:30,000
Any questions?

928
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:31,000
Concerns.

929
01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:32,000
Yeah.

930
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:34,000
I have one question.

931
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:39,000
Is there anything on the website that people can go to.

932
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:43,000
We'll have to understand what you guys what the committee does.

933
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:44,000
Yeah.

934
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:49,000
Who they should contact and you know what you do collect the data on a monthly basis.

935
01:11:49,000 --> 01:11:54,000
This is the educated must to, you know, people comment, you know, this guy, I see this.

936
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:56,000
These guys speeding on my road all the time.

937
01:11:56,000 --> 01:12:00,000
So how you collect the data and how you process it and what to say.

938
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:01,000
Yeah.

939
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:02,000
Not that so much.

940
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:06,000
We do have a brochure on traffic calming and how that's what that is all about.

941
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:08,000
We have the web forum.

942
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:11,000
We probably could increase some of the stuff there.

943
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:15,000
The stats need a lot of explanation to understand.

944
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:17,000
I don't think there's something I want to publish that.

945
01:12:17,000 --> 01:12:19,000
I would publish the stats but I would.

946
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:20,000
But yeah.

947
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:21,000
Somebody somebody somebody.

948
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:22,000
Yeah.

949
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:23,000
So we could definitely do that.

950
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:24,000
You know, issue it all.

951
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:25,000
Okay.

952
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:26,000
Sure.

953
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,000
And I think it's been a big innovation last couple years.

954
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:31,000
Putting that accessibility to the to the public.

955
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:32,000
Right.

956
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:33,000
I think it's been great.

957
01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:34,000
Yeah.

958
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:35,000
And I said it to the last board meeting.

959
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:38,000
That left turn signal hitting north on 6.11.

960
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:42,000
That's now working, turning on this and furlough.

961
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:46,000
You guys played the big part in that and picked it up and picked it up.

962
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:47,000
We've been playing that for years.

963
01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:48,000
Exactly.

964
01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:49,000
You kept picking the ball up.

965
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:50,000
You kept picking the ball up.

966
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:52,000
And now I'm excited about the next meeting.

967
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:54,000
We can attack 6.11.

968
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:55,000
And I'm so proud.

969
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:56,000
Yeah.

970
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:57,000
Yeah.

971
01:12:57,000 --> 01:13:00,000
I think it's important for everybody to understand that if.

972
01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:05,000
If we are aware of individual violators that that is something that should be content.

973
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:08,000
The police department should be contacted directly for that.

974
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:11,000
To let us deal with that individual on a one or one basis.

975
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:14,000
I think the main objective of the traffic advisory communities.

976
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:20,000
If we get a number of people that live in a particular area that are perceiving a speeding problem or

977
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:25,000
a general safety hazard where maybe a street lights are out or the.

978
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:29,000
The timing of street like red lights are out.

979
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:32,000
That that's something that can be addressed with the traffic advisory committee.

980
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:35,000
And it gives us an opportunity to look at it and address it.

981
01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:39,000
And a lot of times we'll get we'll get phone field phone calls.

982
01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:44,000
Quite often the police department about speeding on a particular road within the township.

983
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:47,000
We try to be very proactive over the last couple of years.

984
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:52,000
We have at least four different speed timing equipment that are constantly out in the township.

985
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:56,000
Where we're being more proactive where somebody calls to complain.

986
01:13:56,000 --> 01:14:02,000
I can pull the data up immediately and explain to them exactly what is occurring on their street.

987
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:03,000
And a lot of times that work.

988
01:14:03,000 --> 01:14:07,000
Sometimes perception is worse than in the reality.

989
01:14:07,000 --> 01:14:12,000
And that's a lot of the things that we deal with on a monthly basis with the traffic advisory committee.

990
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:15,000
What is real and what is perceived.

991
01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:16,000
Yeah.

992
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:17,000
Great seeing that.

993
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:18,000
Yeah.

994
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:23,000
Residents come to the meeting and show them the data and we put the machines out there.

995
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:24,000
Yeah.

996
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:25,000
Those boards have been the best.

997
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:27,000
There's a new board because they collect the data.

998
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:30,000
And we did in our capital purchases for 2014.

999
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:31,000
I had.

1000
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:34,000
We purchased the fourth of our equipment.

1001
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:39,000
Just so that you know, the new one is very nice.

1002
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:40,000
It is.

1003
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,000
And where will it see?

1004
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:46,000
It is the upgraded version of the 2012 purchase.

1005
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:48,000
It's all online.

1006
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:50,000
Like an asset is it all online.

1007
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:51,000
And there are pictures.

1008
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:52,000
Yeah.

1009
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,000
So if you're speeding we're going to get a picture of the car and we'll come find you.

1010
01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:56,000
Awesome.

1011
01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:57,000
Awesome.

1012
01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:58,000
Super.

1013
01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,000
Thanks.

1014
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:08,400
Thanks Mark. Next up is at Evan Bach, who was in the back and we're ready to stroll out and update us on

1015
01:15:08,400 --> 01:15:18,000
on the television advisory board tab. They're the ones that make this TV show possible. Give me a second here.

1016
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,000
Please.

1017
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:45,000
Be better if I started as a beginning. Thank you for your patience and waiting for me to start.

1018
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:54,000
There's some general information here that probably is of interest to you. Our mission has been around for a while.

1019
01:15:54,000 --> 01:16:03,000
And the thing that's really happened that has evolved in the last couple years is we moved from really focusing on cable franchise,

1020
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:13,000
negotiations and monitoring the cable providers to becoming advisors to the board and the staff regarding more general communication matters.

1021
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:22,000
We branched out into the TV station as many as many of you know and we played a part in the social media start up in this past year.

1022
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:29,000
And those are all things that have brought in our mission. So communications is now right up there on the top line.

1023
01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:34,000
There's three of us in the merry band, Joe Savadi, who is sitting back there.

1024
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:37,000
Of course, the focus is on the programming side.

1025
01:16:37,000 --> 01:16:51,000
Crows who's been with us since 2003 and really is the father of most of the equipment design that we've used and I've been on the group since 2008.

1026
01:16:52,000 --> 01:17:03,000
We have a new liaison this year, Ken Snyder, and I'm completely remiss in not mentioning that our staff liaison is Sanders Adele, who we are really going to miss dearly.

1027
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:16,000
But we're I'm happy to report that we have a new assistant in the back Ashley Thompson who has come on board in the last year and is now going to fill in the fillet role force.

1028
01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:23,000
So we wish Sandra well she's actually going back she's sitting in my chair. I see you take care of it.

1029
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:32,000
Anyway, we need the fourth the second Monday of every month at 630 at night.

1030
01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:41,000
We have a great deal of fun and the public would if he came I think it'd have a good time. So we would welcome you to come.

1031
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:45,000
We did a few things in 2013.

1032
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:57,000
Our historical role has been to work on franchise renewals. We've been working on it for a year. We're basically just wrapping it up now.

1033
01:17:57,000 --> 01:18:07,000
I think we've made some progress and what we've gotten done. So hopefully we'll be able to report to the board before very long that that's been concluded.

1034
01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:13,000
As I mentioned earlier, we did in fact help to perform a study on social media.

1035
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:21,000
One of our members is a pretty big user of social media. Two of us are not. So two of us really had to get educated.

1036
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:29,000
And I'm happy to say I was one of the uneducated one and I've just gone on to Facebook for the first time.

1037
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:40,000
Very nice. And I'm one of the 360 up there. Anyway, it we hope to do more of that in this coming year.

1038
01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:45,000
One of the most important things we did is to develop a line range plan.

1039
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:51,000
We're sitting on what amounts to about $50,000 worth of equipment.

1040
01:18:51,000 --> 01:19:03,000
And probably if we were to add up the labor to put all this in $152,000 worth of donated labor to put this system together.

1041
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:13,000
And guess what? It's not going to last forever. So we need to have a plan of what happens when these cameras wear out to microphones wear out, et cetera.

1042
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:24,000
So we put such a plan together. We predicted the life of the equipment and what sort of equipment will be around when in the time comes to make these changes.

1043
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:32,000
And that plan says in 2018, 2019 or so probably we need to replace all of the cameras.

1044
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:37,000
And at that point we will probably make a transition to high definition.

1045
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:52,000
So that's part of what we've been working on this past years. Putting together a credible plan that deals with both the equipment side and the programming to support it, which brings me to programming.

1046
01:19:52,000 --> 01:20:04,000
In 2004, we started with exactly 0% of live video. We had bunch of build board slides that repeated endlessly our after hour.

1047
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:15,000
In 2008, we added board of supervisors meetings, which probably was three hours a day or so, and the rest of the time was build board slides.

1048
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:32,000
We have now gotten for the period of time between six A.M. and midnight. We've got ourselves up to almost 50% of the time we have programming other than other than build boards and slides.

1049
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:49,000
And it's rather interestingly split between environmental stuff, seniors meetings that we actually record the meetings for a C-Brat and play them back at various times during the day, the supervisors meetings themselves.

1050
01:20:49,000 --> 01:21:07,000
And that constitutes roughly 75% of the total that's on there. But as many of you know, we've been putting the arm on you to get other programming onto the channel, and we'll be talking about that in a minute, 10% in parks programs, 9% in other.

1051
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:18,000
Our goal is to get ourselves higher than 45% and get up until a much better number where we have a lot more individual programs.

1052
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:35,000
In this past year, we continued web streaming. I'm happy to report that the number of visits are up about 12% over the year before, and nobody in the room would be surprised to find that access by mobile devices doubled from 2012 to 2013.

1053
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:50,000
Some of those mobile devices are sitting right here in the front of the room watching things online. But we get a fair amount of access to our channel on the web.

1054
01:21:50,000 --> 01:22:04,000
And video replays between 20 and 100 visits for meeting agenda and minutes between 10 and 70 orphaners, more people who are watching our meetings online than are in the room.

1055
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:11,000
So we think it's been a valuable addition to our repertoire.

1056
01:22:11,000 --> 01:22:19,000
We did help the township deploy their website, and as always, we had to do some maintenance.

1057
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:28,000
Added some equipment, did lots of things within this room, including adding a public wireless facility, which some of you have found out about.

1058
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:37,000
So we continue to work on equipment and try to keep it up to date into make it better.

1059
01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:45,000
In 2014, not surprisingly, programming is the major topic at the top of the list.

1060
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:52,000
We want to continue working with fellow boards and commissions to develop additional programming.

1061
01:22:52,000 --> 01:23:08,000
We have in mind a bike and hike trails video. We've purchased the camera for that. I am with delay in that. I'm trying to test the camera and make sure the thing works before we send people out on a trail with a helmet camera and try to take a video that doesn't work.

1062
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:22,000
The camera has been on my desk. I'm almost done ready to turn it over. We are working on a planning commission video and we'll be meeting within the next week or so to sit down for dry run on a.

1063
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:27,000
We are in what we do video that explains the planning commission function.

1064
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:34,000
Joe has been stealing things from pen dot and getting more on under the guise of traffic.

1065
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:41,000
And so we have a bunch of little three-minute and four-minute videos that are on the channel.

1066
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:54,000
And we hope to get a lot more of that. And we have plans to work with the parks and recreation people to get some of our programs and some of the parks also on video and on the channel.

1067
01:23:54,000 --> 01:24:02,000
It's five of those efforts that we intend to update upgrade the amount of programming we carry.

1068
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:07,000
We're also going to work with Sinclair to do something on emergency management.

1069
01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:16,000
And although you may not have noticed it, we this past year developed another source in the Dwarstown Historical Society.

1070
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:26,000
There is a video that's up there now entitled Intrepid Explorer Henry Gile, the forgotten explorer from Dwarstown.

1071
01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:31,000
It's a very interesting video, the historical society put it together.

1072
01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:39,000
They were nice enough to allow us to put it on. It's a very interesting history of a guy who lived in this area.

1073
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:44,000
It was a very famous person when he's alive and is for the most part completely forgotten today.

1074
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:47,000
That runs, I think, twice a day.

1075
01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:51,000
Nine o'clock and 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. I believe.

1076
01:24:51,000 --> 01:24:57,000
Yes, you're right. So maybe this historical society has got more stuff.

1077
01:24:57,000 --> 01:25:02,000
Oh, I failed to mention this would relate to you.

1078
01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:10,000
We do intend to take that same home at camera and strap it to the head of a child going down the slide in the new kids castle.

1079
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:17,000
So once the bikes and hikes people bring it back in one piece, then we'll turn it loose with the kids.

1080
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:23,000
All right, so that's the programming side.

1081
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:29,000
One of the ways we're going to have to make sure we make headway this way is to regularly measure the progress,

1082
01:25:29,000 --> 01:25:31,000
how much what our content is.

1083
01:25:31,000 --> 01:25:37,000
So we're going to put in place a metric by which we can review that during our meetings.

1084
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:43,000
We will complete the Comcast franchise renewal negotiations, I suspect my march will be done.

1085
01:25:43,000 --> 01:25:48,000
We intend to look into how we expand the social media footprint.

1086
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:55,000
The 360 to 180 figures we have now are interesting but not stellar.

1087
01:25:55,000 --> 01:26:06,000
So if there are ways that we can expand and develop more followers, we're going to see we can figure out ways to do that.

1088
01:26:07,000 --> 01:26:14,000
We also intend to keep working on things that have to do with this meeting and this meeting room.

1089
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:24,000
We've received a variety of requests over the years about assessing people's participation in this meeting in non-traditional ways.

1090
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:29,000
We've had one woman run in here, somewhere in the last year out of breath.

1091
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:31,000
She was watching the program on TV.

1092
01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:36,000
When I would participate, I don't know if she got a ticket or not.

1093
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:38,000
She didn't report that.

1094
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:47,000
She can breathlessly to the podium and announce that she had just done all this because she wanted to make a point in the meeting.

1095
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:55,000
Well, some people want to find me and some people want to email and some people want to participate on Twitter or Facebook.

1096
01:26:55,000 --> 01:27:06,000
And these are possible things we could do these days, which we hope to explore both with the supervisors as to their interest in this kind of participation.

1097
01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:15,000
But Mr. Garten and the supervisors as to what the rules permit and then assess the technological possibilities.

1098
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:19,000
We also think we can help the back room effort.

1099
01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:30,000
We use software and out of produce the online version of the program and it also prepares the meeting documents.

1100
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:39,000
So some of those meeting documents might be able to be prepared in a new fashion and we intend to look into that.

1101
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:45,000
Maybe some of you are squinting at that type over there on the screen.

1102
01:27:45,000 --> 01:27:52,000
So improving the projection clarity and quality might be helpful in that regard.

1103
01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:58,000
We have other various things upgrade video over the way capabilities remote lighting controls.

1104
01:27:58,000 --> 01:28:03,000
So we don't have to come running out of the room and rip the picture off the wall to turn the lights off and on.

1105
01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:08,000
Just ways we could do that and somewhat smoother fashion.

1106
01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:17,000
This is more housekeeping to update our mission statement, which hasn't been done since I think the late 90s.

1107
01:28:17,000 --> 01:28:20,000
So that really needs some work.

1108
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:25,000
We've implemented improved emergency management technical communications plan.

1109
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:32,000
We're on the verge of doing that to improve the township's communications capabilities during an emergency.

1110
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:46,000
And lastly, we really need to document all the stuff we've done so that if we get hit by a bus, somebody can figure out what it is and can keep it in operation.

1111
01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:51,000
So those are our objectives for 2014.

1112
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:56,000
And I'd be happy to answer any questions.

1113
01:28:56,000 --> 01:28:58,000
I just have one.

1114
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:01,000
The programming is very, very good.

1115
01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:05,000
And the show is the History of Guile, G-E-I-L.

1116
01:29:05,000 --> 01:29:11,000
If you're a Doyle's founder and you'd be amazed what this man did.

1117
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:14,000
It's a 40 minute 42 minute shift.

1118
01:29:15,000 --> 01:29:18,000
I guarantee you will not turn it off.

1119
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:19,000
Is that good?

1120
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:20,000
It's color.

1121
01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:22,000
It's a good production value.

1122
01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:23,000
It's a beautifully shot.

1123
01:29:23,000 --> 01:29:26,000
That's the historical society needed.

1124
01:29:26,000 --> 01:29:27,000
Right.

1125
01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:30,000
I mean, it's not not perfect, but it's amazing.

1126
01:29:30,000 --> 01:29:34,000
This man, I mean, traveled the world, gave lectures throughout the world.

1127
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:42,000
Thousands of people attended took pictures of everything he did in a time when they taking pictures of maybe you carried plates and glass around.

1128
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:43,000
So nine o'clock.

1129
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:46,000
Hey, I'm a piece on your sleeping schedule.

1130
01:29:46,000 --> 01:29:48,000
The History of Guile, G-E-I-L.

1131
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:49,000
It's a test next month.

1132
01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:50,000
Thank you.

1133
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:51,000
Thank you.

1134
01:29:51,000 --> 01:29:52,000
Thank you.

1135
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:54,000
Yeah.

1136
01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:57,000
995.

1137
01:29:57,000 --> 01:29:58,000
Next year.

1138
01:29:58,000 --> 01:30:00,000
Next up is Public Water and Sur.

1139
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:06,000
Advisory Committee, Mr. Ed Harvey.

1140
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:25,000
My name is Ed Harvey, Chairman of the Public Literature Advisory Board.

1141
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:29,000
I don't know if I'm in the show, so it's a pretty basic.

1142
01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:36,000
We were basically tasked to look at all the unsuward areas in the township.

1143
01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:42,000
Our main focus was the Pupport Ridge Pupport Wood area.

1144
01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:56,000
After many years and so far dead, we finally got the approval from DEP for the sewer in the Papport Ridge area.

1145
01:30:56,000 --> 01:31:09,000
We basically did plan with the sewer in that area. It's just going to be a pipe in the street.

1146
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:16,000
The three-in-component planning was prepared by Eric Janikin. I said that right.

1147
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:27,000
Janikin from CKS Engineering. We're working with the process with the township staff and the future stuff coming up.

1148
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:38,000
We also are just taking a peek at the other areas in the township in the east side of 611.

1149
01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:43,000
We're basically getting the same kind of information that we did before.

1150
01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:50,000
You know, any issues and stuff like that, so it's basically all I got.

1151
01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:52,000
Any questions, sir?

1152
01:31:53,000 --> 01:31:57,000
When do you meet and you remember all the towns that did in skillful people on your committee?

1153
01:31:58,000 --> 01:32:00,000
That's the part I forgot. I should put my glasses on first.

1154
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:10,000
We meet every third Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. We currently now have 10 members and Rick is our liaison.

1155
01:32:11,000 --> 01:32:18,000
When we appreciate that, you know, residents are welcome.

1156
01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:21,000
It's a great cross-section of people.

1157
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:23,000
Everybody works really hard.

1158
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:30,000
People come from all different directions, background lives. It's a good group.

1159
01:32:31,000 --> 01:32:34,000
They all step up to the plate and they all give 100%.

1160
01:32:36,000 --> 01:32:39,000
Any questions, thoughts, comments?

1161
01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:43,000
Good day.

1162
01:32:44,000 --> 01:32:47,000
Next up is planning.

1163
01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:50,000
Planning Commission Judy Hendrickson.

1164
01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:58,000
I'm Judy Hendrickson. I'm chair of the Planning Commission.

1165
01:32:59,000 --> 01:33:04,000
And I'm the relative who have come to this group. Tom Kelsel is a vice chair.

1166
01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:11,000
This year, Ed Rennfield, Rick Kallella is our liaison and George Loanstein.

1167
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:14,000
And we have a new appointee.

1168
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:15,000
What's your name?

1169
01:33:16,000 --> 01:33:19,000
I'm just a lot of the podium, right?

1170
01:33:20,000 --> 01:33:27,000
Who missed our January meeting because you were somewhere else, but we're very happy to have you.

1171
01:33:28,000 --> 01:33:29,000
We need some new blood.

1172
01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:33,000
Judy's Stern Goldstein is our planning consultant.

1173
01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:37,000
Stephanie Mason, township manager, is it every one of our meetings?

1174
01:33:37,000 --> 01:33:40,000
And since you're Delgado is our recording secretary.

1175
01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:44,000
We meet the third Monday of every month at 7 p.m.

1176
01:33:45,000 --> 01:33:47,000
Although, the fourth Monday.

1177
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:52,000
Although it's been kind of all over lately because of the calendar.

1178
01:33:53,000 --> 01:33:56,000
This time of year has been over 20 holidays and things like that.

1179
01:33:57,000 --> 01:34:06,000
But we are an advisory board and we continue to support an ongoing and new projects and work closely with the community and other boards.

1180
01:34:07,000 --> 01:34:11,000
And we do have some commissions as well as the Bucks County Planning Commission plan.

1181
01:34:12,000 --> 01:34:22,000
We're encouraging more efficient energy use, denser development link to better open spaces and good circulations through the community with continued expansion of our bike and height network.

1182
01:34:24,000 --> 01:34:33,000
We have met with a representative from this new projects this past year have been Delaware Valley College.

1183
01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:37,000
They're proposed track expansion and lighting of the football field.

1184
01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:40,000
We recommended approval on that.

1185
01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:46,000
There's been some time restrictions along with a final land development plan for the life sciences building there.

1186
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:56,000
We've reviewed and recommended the approval of preliminary minors subdivision plans for two new houses proposed by hallmark building group.

1187
01:34:57,000 --> 01:34:59,000
At 98 shady retreat road.

1188
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:05,000
This is a minor subdivision that will divide one lot into two single family homes.

1189
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:19,000
We have been reviewing the the Guzburger track, which you showed which you saw a little bit earlier across the street from the why and in the beginnings of seeing what they're doing in their sketch plans.

1190
01:35:20,000 --> 01:35:24,000
And hopefully that will come back and we'll be talking to them further on that.

1191
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:34,000
We've had a lot of discussions regarding the pebble here, the pebble ridge would bridge sewer planning modules and we've been coordinating with that sort of thing.

1192
01:35:35,000 --> 01:35:47,000
I can see how that fits well into the township's comprehensive plan and there was submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection so that's in the process or.

1193
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:50,000
From what I understand has reviewed.

1194
01:35:51,000 --> 01:36:01,000
We have a very lively and well attended group it's not so much public participation we're still trying to get more people out for that.

1195
01:36:02,000 --> 01:36:08,000
There have not been in last couple years it's been pretty light as far as the number of projects that come in.

1196
01:36:09,000 --> 01:36:19,000
So we have been trying to reevaluate some of our ongoing work during that time and develop.

1197
01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:28,000
Let's see navigate the planning approval process as well as design improvements that may be able to make.

1198
01:36:29,000 --> 01:36:35,000
Our whole process a little more attractive to people and a little more familiar.

1199
01:36:36,000 --> 01:36:48,000
So one of the things that we're trying to do is in our free time we're trying to work on reviewing and updating the zoning maps and codes to include the street heart hierarchy ordinance that was adapted last year.

1200
01:36:48,000 --> 01:36:51,000
As well as the bike and hike roots and maps.

1201
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:59,000
The tree ordinance information we're also preparing a video presentation for tab and.

1202
01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:03,000
Trying to just write more of what we do as a planning commission.

1203
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:13,000
Some upcoming things that are ongoing and upcoming things are the blueberry hill development that is over by the cold shopping center.

1204
01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:22,000
That is they've been into us to talk to us about the daycare center and the Verizon store that is opened up there.

1205
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:29,000
Hopefully they'll be back for more ongoing discussion we would like to have.

1206
01:37:30,000 --> 01:37:40,000
Some design input on what they're trying to do and try to help them through that process it's kind of a white elephant property right now and we're trying to help them through that.

1207
01:37:41,000 --> 01:37:50,000
The pavilion at furlong with the grass or group that's been extended forever and that again is something that we're trying to.

1208
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:54,000
See if something can actually happen with that property.

1209
01:37:55,000 --> 01:38:01,000
Pen color has been in for sketch plan to rework the subdivision of existing non-conforming parcels.

1210
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:09,000
There's a number of variances that are required there and our aim is just to simplify that property and to come up with.

1211
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:13,000
Something that will avoid some future confusions.

1212
01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:23,000
The Edison quarry property is something that's starting to make some inroads in discussing with them what potential could be there and what.

1213
01:38:24,000 --> 01:38:27,000
They might be up against as far as.

1214
01:38:28,000 --> 01:38:38,000
Variances and and other things that they might need to do if they want to do anything with that property as far as expansion but we would like to.

1215
01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:43,000
See something happens so we're trying to invite people in.

1216
01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:51,000
To to see if we can get these things to move forward a little faster possible or spurting on.

1217
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:56,000
So that's about it is anybody have any questions.

1218
01:38:57,000 --> 01:39:02,000
Hopefully we'll be able to clarify this before presentation.

1219
01:39:03,000 --> 01:39:07,000
If you want to know what's happening in the township building lies.

1220
01:39:08,000 --> 01:39:15,000
We've got to go to some of these meetings you'll you'll you'll you know you're driving down the road and so what's going up over there and what's happening over there.

1221
01:39:16,000 --> 01:39:23,000
You're at the party because you know only door knobs are in there and while they're coming in and out it's really exciting to be ahead of things.

1222
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:25,000
So.

1223
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:38,000
Well you're just a little aside is one of the things that we had come up that had really nothing to do with planning but it showed up at our meeting was hot air balloons.

1224
01:39:39,000 --> 01:39:46,000
And there was a group of residents that was very hot and bothered about hot air balloons in there.

1225
01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:57,000
And there has over our our township and wanted to have some input about controlling hot air balloons light and landing locations.

1226
01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:14,000
It's not our preview it's it's part of that they are under the FAA so there wasn't really much we could do but we became a community meeting place for the balloon.

1227
01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:33,000
So the local blue companies and societies that that are out there and the residents to air their differences find out and educate each other about what the problems were and what the conditions are for ballooning and what it takes and all that so that was quite lively and.

1228
01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:47,000
Kind of interesting although it wasn't really quite up our alley but we made the best of it and tried to get both parties to talk and they came to an agreement and I think that that was something that worked out pretty well.

1229
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:51,000
So anything goes almost.

1230
01:40:52,000 --> 01:40:57,000
Thanks, Judy and everybody's coming up here telling you when the meetings are and please come.

1231
01:40:58,000 --> 01:41:16,000
You're all invited to come to them too and trust me if you go to one of the meetings of another committee you'll leave there much more knowledgeable happy and have a good time in the process next is park and wreck Kathy Brown.

1232
01:41:16,000 --> 01:41:24,000
I'm Kathy Brown vice chair of the park of wreck board John Gray couldn't be here.

1233
01:41:25,000 --> 01:41:28,000
I don't have a presentation short and sweet right here.

1234
01:41:29,000 --> 01:41:31,000
We need the second to see the month of 530.

1235
01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:35,000
John Gray is the chair members are Jane Sussinger.

1236
01:41:35,000 --> 01:41:39,000
Blife Kelly, suit right wine.

1237
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:42,000
Paul Padnella who's new I haven't met.

1238
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:46,000
Sean is our liaison and we have Emily.

1239
01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:49,000
Ryanette who is our youth member.

1240
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:55,000
If you walk through central park you'll see evidence about long term goals.

1241
01:41:56,000 --> 01:42:04,000
We're excited to see the game growth and I walk through today and it was really neat to see the snow piled high on the on the board on the.

1242
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:13,000
I'm checking boards and obviously nobody could use it but the game growth and also the life trail stations.

1243
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:18,000
Those are two things that we've had in the in the plans for a long time.

1244
01:42:19,000 --> 01:42:23,000
I've always been behind kids castle and the future sensory enrichment trail.

1245
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:31,000
Our plans for the coming year include moving forward with our support for that sensory trail and the construction of the trail as well as support.

1246
01:42:31,000 --> 01:42:37,000
To secure donors for the pods that we'll go along once the trail is built.

1247
01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:43,000
We're supporting the needs to replace the showmobile and exploring the needs for a performing arts structure.

1248
01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:52,000
We will assess the needs and plan accordingly and we will continue our collaboration with kids castle committee as they move forward on their next phase.

1249
01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:56,000
One of the things we look forward to doing is.

1250
01:42:56,000 --> 01:43:06,000
A needs assessment in the parks system by visiting each of the parks and looking at the good and the bad and what needs to be done to each park.

1251
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:17,000
And then come back you know make a list there and something that I didn't realize and I was a part of the joint plan and Stephanie you are part of that too.

1252
01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:29,000
That we did which I thought was recently that was truly year to go and by reliance is the only one on the board now who has a copy of that comprehensive plan.

1253
01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:38,000
So our goal was to get each supervisor a copy of that comprehensive plan as well as a master plan for central park.

1254
01:43:38,000 --> 01:43:50,000
So that's. And I want to do that with Sean said as far as Dick John and his crew and the fact that our parks are usable the day after we just got.

1255
01:43:51,000 --> 01:43:53,000
What ten inches is this now?

1256
01:43:54,000 --> 01:43:55,000
Certainly.

1257
01:43:56,000 --> 01:44:01,000
And the excellent job that they are doing with the parks and maintaining the parks and keeping them usable.

1258
01:44:02,000 --> 01:44:04,000
Rain, slate, snow, whatever.

1259
01:44:05,000 --> 01:44:06,000
So that's.

1260
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:07,000
I have everything.

1261
01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:15,000
No because you have gender has so many things on it you guys have full plate and I know a lot of the other committees do too but.

1262
01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:18,000
You guys got a full plate it's always.

1263
01:44:19,000 --> 01:44:23,000
Always a handful of things to get done right away and.

1264
01:44:24,000 --> 01:44:27,000
It's working you just mentioned a couple of places.

1265
01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:32,000
Well it's short term long term but we're getting things done so that's important.

1266
01:44:32,000 --> 01:44:33,000
Okay.

1267
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:36,000
Do I get to do all park or do I have to sit back there?

1268
01:44:37,000 --> 01:44:38,000
I'll sit back there.

1269
01:44:39,000 --> 01:44:40,000
No, you can do that.

1270
01:44:41,000 --> 01:44:42,000
Okay.

1271
01:44:43,000 --> 01:44:44,000
All right.

1272
01:44:45,000 --> 01:44:47,000
Next was a DTM A Dick.

1273
01:44:48,000 --> 01:44:49,000
Bob couldn't make it.

1274
01:44:50,000 --> 01:44:51,000
Do you have any comments or anything you want to say?

1275
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:53,000
Dick, why you get a minute on the floor?

1276
01:44:54,000 --> 01:44:55,000
Sure.

1277
01:44:55,000 --> 01:44:59,000
This is the R-F-R-U-S-T-R-G-R-B-A-R.

1278
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:22,000
Thank you very much for your attention. Chairman, Mr. Rodney, Vice Chair, Zade Hagey, Dickbock, is the treasurer, Ed Harvey, is in New Orleans, is our treasurer, and Frank Lewis is still working hard on the authority and the system secretary of treasurer.

1279
01:45:22,000 --> 01:45:44,000
Just a little background information for some of the new folks on the board, the authority was basically came about in 1976 to solve a sewer issue up in the cross-keys area, and it's kind of strange that 25 years later, they've just resolved a contaminated water issue in the cross-keys area.

1280
01:45:44,000 --> 01:46:03,000
And they were able to do that by obtaining several grants funded by approximately 2.6 million dollars in the past few years, which put pressure, public water in the cross-keys area and sealed most of those contaminated wells.

1281
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:20,000
I think that's pretty interesting, they look full cycle in 25 years, and I'm proud to say that I've been associated with the authority and the chance of, since 1988, and have been involved in a lot of the issues the authority takes away.

1282
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:32,000
One of which is to continue to provide probable water to the public by constantly upgrading and making changes to the system.

1283
01:46:32,000 --> 01:46:50,000
As a side-benefit, it is also trying to explain what remains throughout the tension, which is a challenging issue in itself, but they've been able to install approximately 50-60 miles of watermen throughout the tension area.

1284
01:46:50,000 --> 01:47:05,000
And they continue to foster a spirit cooperation between our neighbors, by having interconnections to help in times of sewerages or just general daily demand.

1285
01:47:05,000 --> 01:47:17,000
Four were being wine tin, your written township, plumps to township, fucking in township, and of course those town borough.

1286
01:47:17,000 --> 01:47:30,000
And the authority, I just realized, has had an agreement with the borough for more than 25 years to provide water back and forth between the two municipalities.

1287
01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:55,000
No questions, yes, government lines, not involved. We just upgraded the agreement with them, and authority this year is planning to move ahead with three structuring and rebuilding its central booster station, which is the main pumping system providing water to the doors down hospital area.

1288
01:47:55,000 --> 01:48:01,000
So it continues to do these things to improve its system.

1289
01:48:01,000 --> 01:48:14,000
It continues to look from the customers, we have approximately 2,500, with the customers today starting from zero to 2,500, 25 years later.

1290
01:48:14,000 --> 01:48:29,000
We do sell somewhere wholesale between municipalities, and we do pump approximately 900,000 to laying down the water a day to provide for public needs.

1291
01:48:29,000 --> 01:48:50,000
And many things, as I said, over 50 miles a week, over 500 fire hydrants, a normal facilities, and it's looking forward to continually trying to improve the system, trying to get water to the doors and the temperature.

1292
01:48:50,000 --> 01:48:55,000
I think that would bring us pretty much up the speed.

1293
01:48:56,000 --> 01:49:00,000
Any questions or comments? Thank you.

1294
01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:11,000
Next, this kids castle presenting is Rachel Ford.

1295
01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:29,000
The church is not coming alive.

1296
01:49:33,000 --> 01:49:36,000
They did something in the back.

1297
01:49:38,000 --> 01:49:41,000
Okay, add the projectors, not working.

1298
01:49:42,000 --> 01:49:45,000
There we go.

1299
01:49:56,000 --> 01:49:59,000
It's pretty good.

1300
01:50:06,000 --> 01:50:08,000
That's all right.

1301
01:50:09,000 --> 01:50:11,000
That's all right. We can get the started.

1302
01:50:13,000 --> 01:50:15,000
That's all.

1303
01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:19,000
So sorry, I'll have to flip.

1304
01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:22,000
My name is Rachel Ford.

1305
01:50:23,000 --> 01:50:28,000
I'm new to the kids castle advisory board, although I've been with the organization for about a year.

1306
01:50:29,000 --> 01:50:32,000
I'm the new chairman as of January.

1307
01:50:33,000 --> 01:50:35,000
And Joseph body is our vice chair.

1308
01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:38,000
And we also have John Beterman on our committee.

1309
01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:42,000
We have two available positions for the board.

1310
01:50:43,000 --> 01:50:46,000
And massive open space for volunteers in the organization.

1311
01:50:46,000 --> 01:50:51,000
And we need the third Thursday of the month at 630.

1312
01:50:56,000 --> 01:51:04,000
So 2013 our big goal and accomplishment was to save kids castle to really not have to have a close for forever.

1313
01:51:05,000 --> 01:51:10,000
We did have to close it for a little bit longer than we would have liked to refurbish.

1314
01:51:10,000 --> 01:51:20,000
But we're thrilled that the community really came together and we were able to reopen.

1315
01:51:21,000 --> 01:51:28,000
In 2013 we had a dedicated team of advisors and many wonderful volunteers that spent countless hours on our mission.

1316
01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:37,000
As well as a number of township staff that were really immeasurable in their help to our organization.

1317
01:51:37,000 --> 01:51:42,000
We raised more than $150,000 through donations fundraising events.

1318
01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:48,000
And very generous in kind services that enabled their apparent refurbishment.

1319
01:51:49,000 --> 01:52:03,000
We have a very successful arch program that refurbished all of the refurbished many of the pieces that were taken off of the castle.

1320
01:52:03,000 --> 01:52:08,000
And various members of the community, the students.

1321
01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:15,000
In many of the schools as well as a lot of the artists community were able to refurbish them to be reinstalled when the castle was finished.

1322
01:52:16,000 --> 01:52:18,000
We also have a meal arch program underway.

1323
01:52:19,000 --> 01:52:22,000
We're looking at a spring 2014 completion.

1324
01:52:23,000 --> 01:52:24,000
Possibly in Hague.

1325
01:52:25,000 --> 01:52:31,000
Take it those installed along the outside perimeter of the fence surrounding the castle.

1326
01:52:34,000 --> 01:52:41,000
We had a successful commemorative brick program called Save Castle brick by brick.

1327
01:52:42,000 --> 01:52:48,000
It's an ongoing ongoing program and it will be going for many years in the future.

1328
01:52:49,000 --> 01:53:01,000
It enables community members or anyone really to memorialize their gift with a personalized engraved brick that would be installed at the castle.

1329
01:53:01,000 --> 01:53:07,000
And the first of those should be going in sometime this year as well.

1330
01:53:10,000 --> 01:53:15,000
2013 we also had many, many castle events.

1331
01:53:16,000 --> 01:53:19,000
Started with Santa visiting the castle.

1332
01:53:20,000 --> 01:53:24,000
When Earth Day celebration, I'm sure many of you attended.

1333
01:53:25,000 --> 01:53:28,000
We had a fantastically attended egg hunt.

1334
01:53:29,000 --> 01:53:34,000
That kids absolutely loved it was a little crazy, but the kids loved it and that's what it was for.

1335
01:53:35,000 --> 01:53:44,000
We hosted the castle closing party where we wrapped the castle up and closed it for the season for the summer to do the refurbishing.

1336
01:53:45,000 --> 01:53:55,000
The community castle party with touch a truck was a really fun event really well attended and was a nice fundraiser for the organization as well.

1337
01:53:56,000 --> 01:54:06,000
And the very well attended casino night as well and I know many of you were there for a really really funny thing.

1338
01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:10,000
And again a great fundraiser for us.

1339
01:54:10,000 --> 01:54:19,000
And that took a ton of people a lot of hours and everyone really pulled through on that for a great night.

1340
01:54:20,000 --> 01:54:30,000
And then the crown jewel, the grand reopening ribbon cutting party and ceremony that the attendance was amazing.

1341
01:54:31,000 --> 01:54:39,000
The community really came out. The kids were so excited and we were thrilled to see the number of people that were able to come out for that.

1342
01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:45,000
It really showed that we were doing something to the community so it was wonderful.

1343
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:51,000
We've had a ton of support from the schools and other local children and organizations.

1344
01:54:52,000 --> 01:55:03,000
They've held private events and donated funds. The different schools have held events like the dance of our play for kids castle things like that.

1345
01:55:03,000 --> 01:55:16,000
That they then will send us some money. In fact, do I want to mention is the school that donated $5,000 and really put us over the edge for the $150,000 mark that enabled us to open the castle.

1346
01:55:17,000 --> 01:55:19,000
So the schools have been a huge part of this.

1347
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:26,000
In addition to the children's really the young people volunteering.

1348
01:55:27,000 --> 01:55:34,000
High school students were remarkable in their baking skills for many of our events.

1349
01:55:35,000 --> 01:55:48,000
We would put out a sign up genius and within 20 minutes it was full for all of the kids that wanted to bake items for our bake sales tables and they would come out and help with the help.

1350
01:55:49,000 --> 01:55:53,000
The events help with the outreach tables things like that.

1351
01:55:54,000 --> 01:56:05,000
And then also with a lot of the paintings, gaming, the castle, cleaning, standing things like that, cleaning up the young people in the community are really really supportive.

1352
01:56:06,000 --> 01:56:10,000
And actually one of the highlights here.

1353
01:56:11,000 --> 01:56:17,000
We have a video and I'm not sure how many of you have seen it.

1354
01:56:19,000 --> 01:56:29,000
And if I can't get this to work on the home, yep.

1355
01:56:32,000 --> 01:56:36,000
So hopefully this works relatively quickly.

1356
01:56:36,000 --> 01:56:47,000
And this is a video that was put together by two young people in the community, out Carter and Eli Moore.

1357
01:56:48,000 --> 01:56:50,000
Maybe he's gonna do it?

1358
01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:52,000
Okay.

1359
01:57:05,000 --> 01:57:09,000
Our first story is that some of those stuff is very special to both of us.

1360
01:57:10,000 --> 01:57:12,000
Kids Castle, it's Central Park.

1361
01:57:13,000 --> 01:57:16,000
Kids Castle was about 17 years ago.

1362
01:57:17,000 --> 01:57:22,000
By a group of volunteers in our community, we saw our alien need a place where kids could play.

1363
01:57:23,000 --> 01:57:26,000
Get access and use their regulations.

1364
01:57:27,000 --> 01:57:32,000
Volunteers, raise money, design, and build the 8 story one gives us a structure.

1365
01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:42,000
The design was inspired by a highly immersive, font-held castle in Doyle's Palm, and was built on input from various school children.

1366
01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:47,000
Kids from all around our area enjoyed kids Castle from many years.

1367
01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:52,000
But about a year ago, it became clear that kids Castle needed help.

1368
01:57:53,000 --> 01:57:59,000
They were parents were needed, and without these repairs, the castle would have to be taken down.

1369
01:57:59,000 --> 01:58:03,000
Last spring, the castle closed, and its future was uncertain.

1370
01:58:04,000 --> 01:58:10,000
Volunteers from the community stuck in and helped save kids Castle.

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01:58:11,000 --> 01:58:15,000
They raised money and volunteered their time to help repair kids Castle.

1372
01:58:16,000 --> 01:58:25,000
Volunteers lost and spent the castle, restored artwork, repaired broken items, and stopped many new farm features.

1373
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:32,000
Thanks to the hard work of so many people in our community, kids Castle is now open again.

1374
01:58:33,000 --> 01:58:34,000
Let's check it out.

1375
01:58:35,000 --> 01:58:39,000
The more an acrylic kid castle has but cloned and stayed.

1376
01:58:40,000 --> 01:58:45,000
Isn't there no roofing, bucks, entrances, farm, and artwork?

1377
01:58:46,000 --> 01:58:51,000
To new, large, racing twisty slides in and stopped.

1378
01:58:52,000 --> 01:58:55,000
The grounds all around kids Castle had to take step-toes.

1379
01:58:56,000 --> 01:59:02,000
This new, special and renewed wood fiber, has led to make the grounds as safe as possible.

1380
01:59:03,000 --> 01:59:05,000
Let's go inside.

1381
01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:08,000
There are many farm ways to enter the castle.

1382
01:59:09,000 --> 01:59:14,000
Cloned rocker, cloned the steps, along the hop across the bridge.

1383
01:59:14,000 --> 01:59:22,000
There are safe, new cougar nuts, rocker castle, and lots of fun places to have.

1384
01:59:23,000 --> 01:59:33,000
Like before, while finding new different levels of castle, kids can enjoy great news to the area surrounding Central Park.

1385
01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:38,000
And then compete for fastest escape down the twisty slides.

1386
01:59:39,000 --> 01:59:41,000
Oh my god!

1387
01:59:43,000 --> 01:59:54,000
Well, exploring the castle, kids can use their imaginations to escape fire-breathing dragons, or become part of the castle's run-of-family.

1388
01:59:55,000 --> 02:00:00,000
They can run through one pass-to-twie and run, escape down the...

1389
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:12,000
Fireman's call, they were just so much to see, do an explorer, kick the castle that keeps you never yet broken, and they always have a lot of fun.

1390
02:00:12,000 --> 02:00:19,000
If you haven't checked out the really restricted castle, don't think the central part to check it out, see.

1391
02:00:19,000 --> 02:00:33,000
One more thing, the friends of Kids Castle have plans to install more playground equipment for younger kids, as well as human-tapping system of pieces, so that a playground will be as impulsive as possible.

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02:00:33,000 --> 02:00:36,000
To learn more, please visit the website.

1393
02:00:36,000 --> 02:00:40,000
Let me know if you've got safe, peacecassel.org.

1394
02:00:40,000 --> 02:00:49,000
Okay now, let us talk. Let's go play! This has been Cartermore, and you are more reporting for a Doyle's Town TV.

1395
02:00:49,000 --> 02:01:00,000
All right, that's the best video on our cover with access channel.

1396
02:01:00,000 --> 02:01:02,000
It's on there, you can watch it.

1397
02:01:02,000 --> 02:01:06,000
Is it on, I didn't notice it on there, but I was at Kids Castle.

1398
02:01:06,000 --> 02:01:25,000
So we had to play that for you, because I can tell you what all we did, and what all Dick John and the team did down there, but really the kids are the ones that say it best, and the smiles are wonderful.

1399
02:01:25,000 --> 02:01:30,000
So yes, 2013 was a great success.

1400
02:01:30,000 --> 02:01:34,000
And as the boys said, we do have plans for phase two.

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02:01:34,000 --> 02:01:42,000
Our goal is to make a Kids Castle accessible to kids of all ages and abilities, so everyone can play together.

1402
02:01:42,000 --> 02:01:48,000
It's a tall order, but we're here to make it happen.

1403
02:01:48,000 --> 02:01:52,000
We've got some preliminary plans.

1404
02:01:52,000 --> 02:02:11,000
This first, what we're turning a kingdom here on the right side of the slide is actually coming off of Kids Castle, where the new rock wall and the fireman's pole that you saw on the video are.

1405
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:16,000
So Kings and one already has a few pieces installed in it.

1406
02:02:16,000 --> 02:02:31,000
In addition, there's a small, hot area, a top climber that's kind of on the top of that kingdom one and some top swings kind of out towards the right.

1407
02:02:31,000 --> 02:02:38,000
And the big piece there is what's pictured here. It's a pirate ship.

1408
02:02:38,000 --> 02:02:49,000
And we actually just received commitment today from a donor that is donating that pirate ship to be installed in Kingdom 1.

1409
02:02:49,000 --> 02:03:00,000
So we've got a great jump start. We've got this pirate ship that we've now got commitment from a donor that's wonderfully generous.

1410
02:03:00,000 --> 02:03:07,000
We also had a very gracious donation of $10,000 from boils from hospital.

1411
02:03:07,000 --> 02:03:22,000
In addition, we've had some regular general donations coming in since the end of phase 1 and currently we stand at almost $20,000 for phase 2 and that's not including the pirate ship donation.

1412
02:03:22,000 --> 02:03:32,000
So really, phase 2 is underway. It's got a great jump start. It's going to be a really big undertaking.

1413
02:03:32,000 --> 02:03:40,000
Really the next thing that we need to do, phase 2 is a whole new project. Phase 1 was about the castle.

1414
02:03:41,000 --> 02:03:50,000
There was a lot of historical people that were involved with the castle in the first build and a 10 year anniversary.

1415
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:59,000
It's a different kind of beast now. It's new installations. It's thinking of inclusivity.

1416
02:03:59,000 --> 02:04:13,000
It's thinking of playground terms. We have a big next step. It's really to build a new volunteer base for phase 2 and to structure the organization to make this happen.

1417
02:04:13,000 --> 02:04:20,000
We needed to find the scope and plan what we're going to do for phase 2. We need to finalize the plans for the playground.

1418
02:04:20,000 --> 02:04:29,000
We've met with the playground company and we've got some proposals but there's nothing set and stone.

1419
02:04:29,000 --> 02:04:47,000
And then the big one is fundraising. Our group really has to get some good volunteers in to help us raise the funds that we need to put this playground and place them really make the dream come true to finish the remainder of the playground.

1420
02:04:47,000 --> 02:05:03,000
We're asking for volunteers. We have board positions. We have lots and lots of committee positions open and anyone that's interested in the community is welcome to join us.

1421
02:05:03,000 --> 02:05:12,000
We would love to have you. Our website is here and our emails here and we're always able to be contacted.

1422
02:05:12,000 --> 02:05:17,000
Anyone have any questions?

1423
02:05:17,000 --> 02:05:24,000
Sure. What is that? Is that just a castle or is that through the community?

1424
02:05:24,000 --> 02:05:39,000
So currently it will be just at the castle. It's a program that was put in place to either get donations or to compensate for in-kind services.

1425
02:05:39,000 --> 02:05:57,000
So different companies based on different donation levels or in-kind service donation amount levels were given different size murals that are being custom made by artists through the community in conjunction with that business or that person.

1426
02:05:57,000 --> 02:06:08,000
Representing it's not going to be like a billboard or like a sign is more a mural representing a concept about the company.

1427
02:06:09,000 --> 02:06:12,000
Rachel, I have a certain one question for you.

1428
02:06:12,000 --> 02:06:24,000
You had mentioned phase one was obviously focused on the castle and you think if I heard your right phase two was more expanding the other grounds around kids castle.

1429
02:06:24,000 --> 02:06:33,000
So what is this committee's coordination with the park and wreck if they're looking at other activities within central park?

1430
02:06:33,000 --> 02:06:40,000
Right, so I should clarify and it's a point that we've had a lot we often get caught up on.

1431
02:06:40,000 --> 02:06:45,000
We're talking around the actual physical castle but inside that fence.

1432
02:06:45,000 --> 02:06:46,000
Okay.

1433
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:47,000
So we're looking to go.

1434
02:06:47,000 --> 02:06:49,000
That's our scope, yes.

1435
02:06:49,000 --> 02:06:54,000
So it's far as I know parks and wreck is outside it up but absolutely will be working with them.

1436
02:06:54,000 --> 02:07:04,000
Yeah, we're looking to put more equipment inside the castle, new swings, new climbing equipment, new accessible equipment.

1437
02:07:04,000 --> 02:07:11,000
The exact pieces are not known yet the kind of the concepts are there.

1438
02:07:11,000 --> 02:07:23,000
So we're looking for our volunteers and our team to really put that vision in an exact plan and then be able to come raise to that.

1439
02:07:23,000 --> 02:07:27,000
Anything else?

1440
02:07:27,000 --> 02:07:35,000
I wasn't here on Sunday and that we're not climbing well if not as easy as you portray it today.

1441
02:07:35,000 --> 02:07:39,000
If you want to go to a committee that I would describe.

1442
02:07:39,000 --> 02:07:40,000
What's that?

1443
02:07:40,000 --> 02:07:42,000
No, never.

1444
02:07:42,000 --> 02:07:45,000
I'd say that.

1445
02:07:46,000 --> 02:07:49,000
But if you want to.

1446
02:07:49,000 --> 02:07:53,000
My best description in the committee would be high energy.

1447
02:07:53,000 --> 02:08:00,000
So if you want to go if it's a boring night and you want to have a high energy evening, please come to the kids castle meeting.

1448
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:02,000
You will be energized.

1449
02:08:02,000 --> 02:08:03,000
Absolutely.

1450
02:08:03,000 --> 02:08:04,000
We wouldn't have.

1451
02:08:04,000 --> 02:08:06,000
I feel like you don't have that one.

1452
02:08:06,000 --> 02:08:07,000
Thanks Rachel.

1453
02:08:07,000 --> 02:08:08,000
Thanks.

1454
02:08:08,000 --> 02:08:13,000
Next up is the environmental advisory council and the chair is Ray Hendrick.

1455
02:08:14,000 --> 02:08:16,000
Everyone in this room.

1456
02:08:16,000 --> 02:08:17,000
Sure.

1457
02:08:17,000 --> 02:08:22,000
Can we remember when you were in grade school and the highlight of the day showed that?

1458
02:08:22,000 --> 02:08:25,000
Well, this is going to be a little show in tell.

1459
02:08:25,000 --> 02:08:27,000
I'm Ray Hendrick.

1460
02:08:27,000 --> 02:08:32,000
I'm chairman of the EAC committee and honor board.

1461
02:08:32,000 --> 02:08:33,000
Ray, microphone.

1462
02:08:33,000 --> 02:08:34,000
Excuse me.

1463
02:08:34,000 --> 02:08:35,000
I'm sorry.

1464
02:08:35,000 --> 02:08:37,000
Ray Hendrick, chairman of the EAC committee.

1465
02:08:37,000 --> 02:08:40,000
We meet on the third Tuesday of every month.

1466
02:08:40,000 --> 02:08:44,000
And in addition to myself, go away.

1467
02:08:44,000 --> 02:08:45,000
Sean Sabaski.

1468
02:08:45,000 --> 02:08:47,000
Jeanine Mitchell.

1469
02:08:47,000 --> 02:08:48,000
Don Richardson.

1470
02:08:48,000 --> 02:08:51,000
Our liaison is our new Ken Snyder.

1471
02:08:51,000 --> 02:08:53,000
Supervisor, which you could have.

1472
02:08:53,000 --> 02:09:01,000
We've had Rick and Sean both cooperating over the years and always welcome to our committee at any time.

1473
02:09:01,000 --> 02:09:05,000
Briefly what I like to discuss.

1474
02:09:05,000 --> 02:09:07,000
We have, I think, two different goals.

1475
02:09:07,000 --> 02:09:12,000
It seems like the paperwork committee that we do inside of our meetings.

1476
02:09:12,000 --> 02:09:19,000
And the field work we're up in the park and along the open space areas.

1477
02:09:19,000 --> 02:09:23,000
This year we were.

1478
02:09:23,000 --> 02:09:26,000
Intramural reviewing several development plans.

1479
02:09:26,000 --> 02:09:28,000
Blueberry Hill site.

1480
02:09:28,000 --> 02:09:32,000
The old Dublin Pike and the Hormark homes group.

1481
02:09:32,000 --> 02:09:37,000
We had a very successful EAC summit meeting.

1482
02:09:37,000 --> 02:09:43,000
With almost all of the townships in box and many in Montgomery County came to the EAC summit.

1483
02:09:43,000 --> 02:09:48,000
Which we hosted here at the township in cooperation with the Weston Barrel.

1484
02:09:48,000 --> 02:09:55,000
And we had many, many responses of people who were very happy with the cooperation.

1485
02:09:55,000 --> 02:10:01,000
The township gave and the issues that we addressed at the EAC summit.

1486
02:10:01,000 --> 02:10:06,000
We have had in conjunction with Park and Rock.

1487
02:10:06,000 --> 02:10:09,000
We've had several programs throughout the year.

1488
02:10:09,000 --> 02:10:14,000
Our Bergwops or if you'd actually need a freezing shrubs.

1489
02:10:14,000 --> 02:10:23,000
The summer concerts where we have a table at the dense and music facilities.

1490
02:10:23,000 --> 02:10:26,000
And a great deal of turnout.

1491
02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:29,000
And response to those programs.

1492
02:10:30,000 --> 02:10:37,000
We have worked to identify in the parks the sensitive areas.

1493
02:10:37,000 --> 02:10:39,000
Or birds and plants.

1494
02:10:39,000 --> 02:10:41,000
And I would like to just.

1495
02:10:41,000 --> 02:10:45,000
Sure you what they sample.

1496
02:10:45,000 --> 02:10:49,000
These are the signs that we're going to be schooling.

1497
02:10:49,000 --> 02:10:59,000
We're going to take a look at it.

1498
02:10:59,000 --> 02:11:03,000
Do you want to talk about it?

1499
02:11:03,000 --> 02:11:05,000
So you have to one.

1500
02:11:05,000 --> 02:11:18,000
The areas are going to be posted to try to establish a breeding population of these specific

1501
02:11:18,000 --> 02:11:20,000
endangered birds.

1502
02:11:20,000 --> 02:11:22,000
Or a mover.

1503
02:11:22,000 --> 02:11:27,000
Nest box plan on the parkway and to the attention.

1504
02:11:27,000 --> 02:11:29,000
We have 42 boxes up now.

1505
02:11:29,000 --> 02:11:31,000
Which we built and maintained.

1506
02:11:31,000 --> 02:11:34,000
And we had.

1507
02:11:34,000 --> 02:11:35,000
Almost.

1508
02:11:35,000 --> 02:11:40,000
There are several different species of cavity nest in bird using them.

1509
02:11:40,000 --> 02:11:43,000
We have a leaf and yard waste.

1510
02:11:43,000 --> 02:11:45,000
We have a gravel program.

1511
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Which is held on the third Saturday from March to December.

1512
02:11:48,000 --> 02:11:50,000
Very successful.

1513
02:11:50,000 --> 02:11:51,000
We've also.

1514
02:11:51,000 --> 02:11:54,000
After four years.

1515
02:11:54,000 --> 02:11:57,000
Finally submitted to the supervisors.

1516
02:11:57,000 --> 02:12:01,000
The proposal for the single hall or trash collection program.

1517
02:12:01,000 --> 02:12:02,000
It's over.

1518
02:12:02,000 --> 02:12:04,000
I know you've taken action on it.

1519
02:12:04,000 --> 02:12:07,000
I'm glad that's not on our agenda anymore.

1520
02:12:07,000 --> 02:12:11,000
And the.

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02:12:11,000 --> 02:12:13,000
Membership in the Audubon bird town.

1522
02:12:13,000 --> 02:12:15,000
Doris township is an active.

1523
02:12:15,000 --> 02:12:21,000
A participant in the Doris town and the county and state program.

1524
02:12:21,000 --> 02:12:25,000
Doris township as a bird town area.

1525
02:12:25,000 --> 02:12:30,000
We have also worked on the demonstration garden.

1526
02:12:30,000 --> 02:12:34,000
Which we are going to have a start up in March.

1527
02:12:34,000 --> 02:12:42,000
We're going to create a native plant wild trees, trucks and wildflowers in Central Park.

1528
02:12:42,000 --> 02:12:46,000
So we're very active involved in a lot of different issues.

1529
02:12:46,000 --> 02:12:47,000
None of it.

1530
02:12:47,000 --> 02:12:52,000
None of it could be done without the cooperation of Stephanie and Sandra.

1531
02:12:52,000 --> 02:12:53,000
Butch.

1532
02:12:53,000 --> 02:12:55,000
All of the maintenance people.

1533
02:12:55,000 --> 02:12:57,000
I mean without it.

1534
02:12:57,000 --> 02:12:58,000
We can't do a thing.

1535
02:12:58,000 --> 02:13:00,000
And you're a cooperation of all these.

1536
02:13:00,000 --> 02:13:02,000
Whenever I've come before the sports.

1537
02:13:02,000 --> 02:13:04,000
And I appreciate very much cooperation.

1538
02:13:04,000 --> 02:13:08,000
Look forward to doing a lot more for 2014.

1539
02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:09,000
Any question?

1540
02:13:09,000 --> 02:13:10,000
Anything else?

1541
02:13:10,000 --> 02:13:11,000
I know it's late.

1542
02:13:11,000 --> 02:13:12,000
I apologize.

1543
02:13:12,000 --> 02:13:15,000
This is the new bird box.

1544
02:13:15,000 --> 02:13:17,000
We have 42 of these.

1545
02:13:17,000 --> 02:13:20,000
And they've been very successful.

1546
02:13:20,000 --> 02:13:26,000
We've had 52 blue birds flanged from these boxes this year in the boxes.

1547
02:13:26,000 --> 02:13:29,000
14 of them on the parkway.

1548
02:13:29,000 --> 02:13:32,000
I hope when you're out on the hiking bike.

1549
02:13:32,000 --> 02:13:37,000
You can see them from the many people who asked about them.

1550
02:13:37,000 --> 02:13:41,000
They're not as much with as when into the kids castle.

1551
02:13:41,000 --> 02:13:44,000
But we put them in.

1552
02:13:44,000 --> 02:13:46,000
We're going to go that more.

1553
02:13:46,000 --> 02:13:51,000
As the trail, which I understand is going to be from Central Park going to be

1554
02:13:51,000 --> 02:13:56,000
behind the waiting goal and connect to the trail over on the Lower State Road.

1555
02:13:56,000 --> 02:13:59,000
So we've got elves in the forest.

1556
02:13:59,000 --> 02:14:03,000
Visually constructing these boxes and we'll get hot.

1557
02:14:03,000 --> 02:14:09,000
But it's fun and I appreciate your confidence in us to do it.

1558
02:14:09,000 --> 02:14:11,000
It's a labor of luck.

1559
02:14:11,000 --> 02:14:12,000
Exactly.

1560
02:14:12,000 --> 02:14:13,000
Obviously labor of you.

1561
02:14:13,000 --> 02:14:15,000
Because your passion comes through.

1562
02:14:16,000 --> 02:14:23,000
Just so you know, your efforts and old Dublin Pike finding the bats in the barn.

1563
02:14:23,000 --> 02:14:29,000
They've agreed to develop or agreed last week to put up to that boxes.

1564
02:14:29,000 --> 02:14:30,000
I can't.

1565
02:14:30,000 --> 02:14:31,000
I can't.

1566
02:14:31,000 --> 02:14:32,000
I can't.

1567
02:14:32,000 --> 02:14:33,000
I can't.

1568
02:14:33,000 --> 02:14:34,000
I can't.

1569
02:14:34,000 --> 02:14:35,000
I can't.

1570
02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:36,000
I can't.

1571
02:14:36,000 --> 02:14:37,000
I can't.

1572
02:14:37,000 --> 02:14:38,000
I can't.

1573
02:14:38,000 --> 02:14:39,000
I can't.

1574
02:14:39,000 --> 02:14:40,000
I can't.

1575
02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:41,000
I can't.

1576
02:14:41,000 --> 02:14:42,000
I can't.

1577
02:14:42,000 --> 02:14:43,000
I can't.

1578
02:14:43,000 --> 02:14:44,000
I can't.

1579
02:14:44,000 --> 02:14:45,000
Inuetiqing.

1580
02:14:45,000 --> 02:14:46,000
And I'll have to see.

1581
02:14:46,000 --> 02:14:48,000
But in scrolling through the open spaces in areas we're on the barn.

1582
02:14:48,000 --> 02:14:55,120
I found the background, things in the bathroom there, and they've had to successfully or they can bring

1583
02:14:55,120 --> 02:14:56,240
your living.

1584
02:14:56,240 --> 02:14:57,000
Thank you.

1585
02:14:57,000 --> 02:14:58,000
Thank you.

1586
02:14:58,000 --> 02:14:59,000
Thank you.

1587
02:14:59,000 --> 02:15:00,000
So much, we know that.

1588
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:01,000
Thank you.

1589
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:19,000
Thank you very much. And back by popular demand is Kathy Brown. Our dual-part advisory committee, chair.

1590
02:15:19,000 --> 02:15:36,000
Okay. Kathy Brown chair, the dual-part advisory committee. Our members are Kate and Kusin, the list of us, or A to Poepack, Deb McCombus. Members at large are Helen Newman, Scott Totten and David Hanson.

1591
02:15:36,000 --> 02:15:45,000
And a unique thing, well enough, which you need, but the dual-part was a combined effort of the borough and the township.

1592
02:15:45,000 --> 02:15:52,000
So the advisory board is a combined effort of the borough and the township. So we have members from both.

1593
02:15:52,000 --> 02:16:05,000
We need the fourth. I mean, we need the first Monday of the month at 6 o'clock. So the first meeting was a year ago today.

1594
02:16:05,000 --> 02:16:21,000
So let's see. The role of our board members is to educate the public, support the dog park and its members, and it's continued to take operation and encourage communication with all involved in the dog park.

1595
02:16:21,000 --> 02:16:29,000
Now one of the things with the dog park was that the friends of the dual-standard park raised the funds for the dog park and now it's part of the park system.

1596
02:16:29,000 --> 02:16:38,000
So it's important for the advisory committee and the friends of the dual-standard park to still work together, which we do.

1597
02:16:38,000 --> 02:16:58,000
We have not said our goals for this year because we meet as needed and I'm happy to say that in the slave operation part of what we discuss is dog incidents and things that happen at the dog park and we have not had any incidents recently, which is a good thing.

1598
02:16:58,000 --> 02:17:06,000
When we first started, we had a few. But of course, when you think of kids playing on a playground, our kids don't always get along.

1599
02:17:06,000 --> 02:17:11,000
So when dogs are playing out on their playground, they don't always get along.

1600
02:17:12,000 --> 02:17:32,000
I have to commend orientation program because the orientation program every member must attend orientation and as strong to believe that the success of the dog park is due to that orientation. It works. It's working.

1601
02:17:32,000 --> 02:17:45,000
I can say we have around 500 dogs registered. That doesn't mean that there are 500 households because there are households that have two or three dogs for household.

1602
02:17:45,000 --> 02:17:51,000
But that's a good number and I have very few incidents. It's a very positive thing.

1603
02:17:51,000 --> 02:18:02,000
Let's see. We encourage all interested people to check the Township Park and Rec website to review the orientation program and the dog park.

1604
02:18:02,000 --> 02:18:13,000
Membership application and to visit the dog park website and dog park Facebook page as well.

1605
02:18:13,000 --> 02:18:22,000
I think that's it. I am happy with the way things are going. I anticipate that they will continue moving as they are.

1606
02:18:22,000 --> 02:18:24,000
Any questions?

1607
02:18:24,000 --> 02:18:34,000
Yeah, I have a question for it. Of the 500 dogs that you can go there during your peak weeks.

1608
02:18:34,000 --> 02:18:40,000
How many? I don't know if it's 100 a day. I mean what is it?

1609
02:18:40,000 --> 02:18:51,000
It can, it all depends. We have the yappy hour which we have probably at one point there could be 20 small dogs in the small dog area.

1610
02:18:51,000 --> 02:19:09,000
They come between 330 and 5 o'clock almost every day. The large dog park area probably could max out at 20 but also it's people regulated in if it's too crowded people come back later.

1611
02:19:09,000 --> 02:19:17,000
So, I was going to be my next question. If you have 500, what can you go to?

1612
02:19:17,000 --> 02:19:30,000
It's unlimited because the owners, if it's too crowded, they'll leave them come back. We've never had a time where there have been too many dogs at the dog park.

1613
02:19:30,000 --> 02:19:33,000
So, it's a owner decision.

1614
02:19:33,000 --> 02:19:36,000
Owner decision is too crowded. I'm not staying at all.

1615
02:19:36,000 --> 02:19:52,000
And why are that? Again, I go back to the orientation in that we explained the good of a dog park and how it operates and the responsibilities and the owners of these sponsor owners are on, you know, biggest part.

1616
02:19:52,000 --> 02:20:05,000
But the dog park has also been as park hours are from basically sun up to sunset so, you know, there's plenty of time throughout a day for a member to take their dog and utilize the dog park.

1617
02:20:05,000 --> 02:20:06,000
Right.

1618
02:20:06,000 --> 02:20:18,000
And it really is encouraging to see that, you know, we have the gold mower, which is where gold retriever owners get together and they will meet.

1619
02:20:18,000 --> 02:20:33,000
Yeah, so it's becoming one of the goals was to obviously allow dogs to get exercise, safe exercise but also to bring people together and get people outside and exercising and walking around.

1620
02:20:33,000 --> 02:20:35,000
It's working.

1621
02:20:35,000 --> 02:20:49,000
And the memberships are supporting the maintenance of the park as far as, as far as I know, I haven't been told otherwise and membership is increasing.

1622
02:20:49,000 --> 02:20:58,000
We still have a good attendance of orientation and you have to attend orientation before you join the dog park.

1623
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:03,000
And you're annual that was put together by Karen, his word winning.

1624
02:21:03,000 --> 02:21:04,000
That's right.

1625
02:21:04,000 --> 02:21:26,000
And the other thing with that, that manual is not only used by other dog parks but also some dog services are also using the orientation as far as the information that's provided in that for their workers to learn about dog behavior.

1626
02:21:26,000 --> 02:21:27,000
Yes.

1627
02:21:27,000 --> 02:21:28,000
It's great.

1628
02:21:28,000 --> 02:21:29,000
Yes.

1629
02:21:29,000 --> 02:21:30,000
Thanks.

1630
02:21:30,000 --> 02:21:31,000
Thanks Kathy.

1631
02:21:31,000 --> 02:21:33,000
The final presentation is Dick Patterson.

1632
02:21:33,000 --> 02:21:39,000
And you probably heard a couple times tonight and the presentation is a bike and height and trail and bike.

1633
02:21:39,000 --> 02:21:42,000
And even a presentation by the Bucks County Planning Commission.

1634
02:21:42,000 --> 02:21:50,000
So Dick is going to tie all of that together as for us in one neat package and tell us what his committee does.

1635
02:21:50,000 --> 02:21:52,000
I have Dick Patterson.

1636
02:21:52,000 --> 02:21:58,000
I'm representing the bike height committee and I'm also representing won't go when he was our chairman.

1637
02:21:58,000 --> 02:22:05,000
And Tom Castle was our vice chair and Stephanie Mason who keeps us all going.

1638
02:22:05,000 --> 02:22:07,000
Before I start, I want to say two things.

1639
02:22:07,000 --> 02:22:08,000
Mr. Gao.

1640
02:22:08,000 --> 02:22:10,000
There's a hiker.

1641
02:22:10,000 --> 02:22:15,000
Did you know that he was the first wrestler to walk the the China's Chinese well.

1642
02:22:15,000 --> 02:22:19,000
And he's more famous in China than he is here.

1643
02:22:19,000 --> 02:22:25,000
There was a delegation of Chinese or came here last year to arm him.

1644
02:22:25,000 --> 02:22:31,000
And if you go to the Georgetown cemetery, you can see his two.

1645
02:22:31,000 --> 02:22:35,000
And there's there's Chinese inscriptions there.

1646
02:22:35,000 --> 02:22:38,000
So hiker, great well-china.

1647
02:22:38,000 --> 02:22:46,000
And the other thing I wanted to find Dick as I was working, as I was coming into the, you're talking about the highways and roads.

1648
02:22:46,000 --> 02:22:49,000
The bike height trails are also cleared.

1649
02:22:49,000 --> 02:22:56,000
Which I think shows the importance of the trail system that the Georgetown township and the way you support the trail system.

1650
02:22:56,000 --> 02:23:02,000
So, how do you say that?

1651
02:23:02,000 --> 02:23:07,000
The, the Georgetown bike height committee was 1 24 years ago.

1652
02:23:07,000 --> 02:23:11,000
And it was a moment of, by good opinion, head by window.

1653
02:23:11,000 --> 02:23:14,000
And it was very concerned about the bypass.

1654
02:23:14,000 --> 02:23:19,000
And how the bypass is sort of cut off the bird from the township.

1655
02:23:19,000 --> 02:23:23,000
And so they got together and they started thinking about how we can connect it.

1656
02:23:23,000 --> 02:23:28,000
And they thought the best way to connect it would be through trails that kids could walk.

1657
02:23:28,000 --> 02:23:30,000
Kids could ride a school.

1658
02:23:30,000 --> 02:23:33,000
Adults could walk, they could ride their bikes.

1659
02:23:33,000 --> 02:23:38,000
And that was the genesis of the bike height committee.

1660
02:23:38,000 --> 02:23:40,000
Let's see if I can go there.

1661
02:23:40,000 --> 02:23:43,000
That's one here.

1662
02:23:43,000 --> 02:23:44,000
Nope.

1663
02:23:44,000 --> 02:23:49,000
Up.

1664
02:23:49,000 --> 02:23:50,000
Right.

1665
02:23:50,000 --> 02:23:51,000
Okay.

1666
02:23:51,000 --> 02:23:53,000
Gotcha.

1667
02:23:53,000 --> 02:24:02,000
So with the bike height committee and specifically the staff and the people who are involved

1668
02:24:02,000 --> 02:24:06,000
with it had been very successful in receiving grants.

1669
02:24:06,000 --> 02:24:12,000
Which is making for a very exciting time for the bike height committee for Georgetown

1670
02:24:12,000 --> 02:24:14,000
Township and for the Toronto System.

1671
02:24:14,000 --> 02:24:20,000
Because this year we're going to be doing destination piece file.

1672
02:24:20,000 --> 02:24:23,000
We've got a grant for $2,000.

1673
02:24:23,000 --> 02:24:27,000
That is the trail that we're going from.

1674
02:24:27,000 --> 02:24:32,000
I am here road through Parliament Reservoir.

1675
02:24:32,000 --> 02:24:33,000
Parliament Reservoir.

1676
02:24:33,000 --> 02:24:36,000
And then to kind of bridge the park.

1677
02:24:36,000 --> 02:24:40,000
And that's an instrument program by the township and by New Britain.

1678
02:24:40,000 --> 02:24:42,000
That's New Britain township.

1679
02:24:42,000 --> 02:24:44,000
That's New Britain, bro.

1680
02:24:44,000 --> 02:24:45,000
Okay.

1681
02:24:45,000 --> 02:24:46,000
Excuse me.

1682
02:24:46,000 --> 02:24:49,000
So that's pretty exciting stuff.

1683
02:24:49,000 --> 02:24:51,000
Construction is going to start in the far.

1684
02:24:51,000 --> 02:24:52,000
On the summer actually.

1685
02:24:52,000 --> 02:24:55,000
And it should be finished this year.

1686
02:24:55,000 --> 02:24:58,000
So there are existing trails that lead up to that.

1687
02:24:58,000 --> 02:24:59,000
On here.

1688
02:24:59,000 --> 02:25:01,000
Connection with Parliament Reservoir.

1689
02:25:01,000 --> 02:25:04,000
It comes out at the covered bridge park.

1690
02:25:04,000 --> 02:25:08,000
And then it will go on to the trail that does town township has now.

1691
02:25:08,000 --> 02:25:11,000
That goes up here the road up to piece valley.

1692
02:25:11,000 --> 02:25:16,000
And then eventually in the future there will be a trail that goes across the very road.

1693
02:25:16,000 --> 02:25:18,000
And then down into piece valley.

1694
02:25:18,000 --> 02:25:21,000
Hence the main destination piece valley.

1695
02:25:21,000 --> 02:25:27,000
Another bit of construction that's going to begin this year.

1696
02:25:27,000 --> 02:25:29,000
There's an in Shamity Greenway phase one.

1697
02:25:29,000 --> 02:25:31,000
And we heard a lot of talk about it.

1698
02:25:31,000 --> 02:25:33,000
We're going to Shamity Greenway so far this year.

1699
02:25:33,000 --> 02:25:36,000
We've gotten $13,000.

1700
02:25:36,000 --> 02:25:42,000
And this is the trail that will go from where the in Shamity.

1701
02:25:42,000 --> 02:25:44,000
I guess we're the parkway.

1702
02:25:44,000 --> 02:25:46,000
It goes over the in Shamity.

1703
02:25:46,000 --> 02:25:49,000
And we'll go from there up to upper state road.

1704
02:25:49,000 --> 02:25:51,000
And that will be through.

1705
02:25:51,000 --> 02:25:52,000
Fast, really.

1706
02:25:52,000 --> 02:25:53,000
Fastly.

1707
02:25:53,000 --> 02:25:56,000
And by the other college that they've let us go through there.

1708
02:25:56,000 --> 02:25:59,000
And that's going to be really exciting exciting trail.

1709
02:25:59,000 --> 02:26:00,000
Very beautiful.

1710
02:26:00,000 --> 02:26:02,000
You can almost sort of work your way through there.

1711
02:26:02,000 --> 02:26:04,000
You can be like way hand-making.

1712
02:26:04,000 --> 02:26:05,000
Call your way through there.

1713
02:26:05,000 --> 02:26:07,000
People don't know you're there.

1714
02:26:07,000 --> 02:26:10,000
And then ultimately.

1715
02:26:10,000 --> 02:26:15,000
When you come out of that under upper state road there will be something called

1716
02:26:15,000 --> 02:26:18,000
that can be greenway phase three.

1717
02:26:18,000 --> 02:26:22,000
And that is an award that that Shalfon got.

1718
02:26:22,000 --> 02:26:23,000
But it was the proposal.

1719
02:26:23,000 --> 02:26:26,000
And the grant was written by Charles downtownship.

1720
02:26:26,000 --> 02:26:28,000
You've written burrow.

1721
02:26:28,000 --> 02:26:29,000
Shalfon burrow.

1722
02:26:29,000 --> 02:26:35,000
And each one of the four municipalities are matching the $188,000 grant

1723
02:26:35,000 --> 02:26:38,000
that we got from DVRPC.

1724
02:26:38,000 --> 02:26:44,000
So the total cost of that is going to be $294,000.

1725
02:26:44,000 --> 02:26:47,000
So we're really excited about that.

1726
02:26:47,000 --> 02:26:49,000
And that one is just really in the planning stage now.

1727
02:26:49,000 --> 02:26:53,000
So the first two are things that have been happened in 2014.

1728
02:26:53,000 --> 02:26:55,000
And finally we got a grant from Pico.

1729
02:26:55,000 --> 02:27:00,000
And that grant for $10,000 is going to be used to establish a key ask that will be right

1730
02:27:00,000 --> 02:27:04,000
at the intersection of the Parkway and Lower State Road.

1731
02:27:04,000 --> 02:27:11,000
And that will be the main source of information for the Parkway trail and other trails in the area.

1732
02:27:11,000 --> 02:27:14,000
Yep.

1733
02:27:14,000 --> 02:27:17,000
Okay.

1734
02:27:17,000 --> 02:27:20,000
We'll go through a picture of what the year.

1735
02:27:20,000 --> 02:27:25,000
This is really, I guess the top right is the Parkway trail.

1736
02:27:25,000 --> 02:27:29,000
The lower left is, I believe that's an Ashane trail from Milton Staken.

1737
02:27:29,000 --> 02:27:30,000
Question 30.

1738
02:27:30,000 --> 02:27:31,000
Yeah.

1739
02:27:31,000 --> 02:27:32,000
Yeah.

1740
02:27:32,000 --> 02:27:35,000
And then of course there is the New Britain train station.

1741
02:27:35,000 --> 02:27:39,000
And ultimately we're going to have a trail that gets to the New Britain train station.

1742
02:27:39,000 --> 02:27:45,000
And Judy Henderson is working on that one with the neighbors of our New Bill of Park.

1743
02:27:45,000 --> 02:27:47,000
I'll be the cemetery.

1744
02:27:47,000 --> 02:27:49,000
Excuse me.

1745
02:27:49,000 --> 02:27:55,000
So in 2014 we're going to be applying for some more grants.

1746
02:27:55,000 --> 02:28:02,000
And one of them will be this connection that goes from Michael State Road to the New Britain train station.

1747
02:28:02,000 --> 02:28:08,000
And then there will also be a, we're also going to be applying for a grant from Pendot.

1748
02:28:08,000 --> 02:28:14,000
That will complete the trail down Lower State Road from the YMCA towards Road.

1749
02:28:14,000 --> 02:28:20,000
And we have been, we have been very successful in living these grants.

1750
02:28:20,000 --> 02:28:23,000
And there are two formations that make us successful.

1751
02:28:23,000 --> 02:28:29,000
The one is, if they're a general nerdy municipalities.

1752
02:28:29,000 --> 02:28:36,000
So if not just one municipality, it's three and maybe four in the state and the other organizations.

1753
02:28:36,000 --> 02:28:39,000
We'll have to see more than one municipality together.

1754
02:28:39,000 --> 02:28:42,000
And the second reason is success.

1755
02:28:42,000 --> 02:28:45,000
We have demonstrated success in building trails.

1756
02:28:45,000 --> 02:28:48,000
And people like to give money to people who are successful.

1757
02:28:48,000 --> 02:28:54,000
And so those two reasons are the reasons why we've really been very, very fortunate to win the grants.

1758
02:28:54,000 --> 02:28:57,000
We've got, when things have been tough economically.

1759
02:28:57,000 --> 02:29:01,000
And this is a picture that many of you will probably there.

1760
02:29:01,000 --> 02:29:04,000
Parkway trail is now almost a year old.

1761
02:29:04,000 --> 02:29:06,000
And there was a big part of there.

1762
02:29:06,000 --> 02:29:08,000
And how many people were there?

1763
02:29:08,000 --> 02:29:10,000
Definitely do you remember?

1764
02:29:10,000 --> 02:29:11,000
Several thousand.

1765
02:29:11,000 --> 02:29:12,000
Several thousand people.

1766
02:29:12,000 --> 02:29:15,000
It really, it really was a parkway.

1767
02:29:15,000 --> 02:29:16,000
It really was a parkway.

1768
02:29:16,000 --> 02:29:23,000
And one of the things that we have found, and the county is found, is that people really do want trails.

1769
02:29:23,000 --> 02:29:32,000
And there is documented evidence that when you have a trail, where you're property, your property values are going to go up.

1770
02:29:32,000 --> 02:29:34,000
Which is pretty different.

1771
02:29:34,000 --> 02:29:38,000
When the surfman started and people said, I don't want a trail with my back yard.

1772
02:29:38,000 --> 02:29:39,000
Guess what?

1773
02:29:39,000 --> 02:29:43,000
Having a trail on your back yard is a good deal.

1774
02:29:43,000 --> 02:29:45,000
So there's another things that we're doing.

1775
02:29:45,000 --> 02:29:48,000
We have special benches.

1776
02:29:48,000 --> 02:29:51,000
And they can be made available for a donation.

1777
02:29:52,000 --> 02:29:55,000
We have artwork on the two overpasses.

1778
02:29:55,000 --> 02:29:57,000
On the bypass.

1779
02:29:57,000 --> 02:29:59,000
In this info.

1780
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:06,000
All we're going to have a bike ride, which is a fundraiser, and there will also be an introduction to people to learn

1781
02:30:06,000 --> 02:30:12,000
all the trails. Where all the trails are. So we're hoping to have a 10 mile ride and a 30 mile ride that will

1782
02:30:12,000 --> 02:30:18,000
go through all the trails. We'll visit sites that may be of interest for instance, that does our

1783
02:30:18,000 --> 02:30:26,000
farmers not, they'll unlock it. The lavender farm will be maybe shone, can you show us your

1784
02:30:26,000 --> 02:30:32,000
ways? But it will be that kind of thing, so it should really be funny. We'll be having information

1785
02:30:32,000 --> 02:30:38,000
chaos throughout the system, and then there will be a lot of wave-finding trails. A lot of people don't

1786
02:30:38,000 --> 02:30:44,000
know where the trails are now. There are maps, but it's hard to find maps. So with these

1787
02:30:44,000 --> 02:30:48,000
white wave-finding signs, we'll be able to direct people. You want to go to the center of the world

1788
02:30:48,000 --> 02:30:52,000
sound, you go that way. You're going to go to my room, you're going to go that way. You're going to go to

1789
02:30:52,000 --> 02:31:00,000
go that way. You're going to go that way. So that should be good. Here's an example of one of

1790
02:31:00,000 --> 02:31:10,000
the benches that the Cody family purchased in memory of Corine Cody, who was one of the original

1791
02:31:10,000 --> 02:31:16,000
founders, and certainly an inspiration for everybody in the trail system. She was the

1792
02:31:16,000 --> 02:31:24,000
teacher, or maybe the principal. She was a teacher, a principal at the time. She had her kids

1793
02:31:24,000 --> 02:31:32,000
baking cookies to get money to the first trail in the system, which was out at the school.

1794
02:31:32,000 --> 02:31:42,000
So she then left the path for her family along with Lungelman and some other dignitaries there.

1795
02:31:42,000 --> 02:31:52,000
So the last message is, get out and use them. And there we are, some famous people.

1796
02:31:52,000 --> 02:31:59,000
So thank you Stephanie for putting this little powdery side together for me. I mentioned all the

1797
02:31:59,000 --> 02:32:04,000
names of the people on our committee, which I can't. There are too many. And if you come to our

1798
02:32:04,000 --> 02:32:12,000
meetings on the food, Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the morning, you will find a very energy group as well.

1799
02:32:12,000 --> 02:32:17,000
Rick has been there. Sean is out of his own. Judy?

1800
02:32:17,000 --> 02:32:19,000
Yes.

1801
02:32:19,000 --> 02:32:26,000
It's one of the only committees that in some sort of temperature, temperature, and

1802
02:32:26,000 --> 02:32:34,000
temperature, and temperature as well. So it's well recognized for the whole area.

1803
02:32:34,000 --> 02:32:40,000
That's what I'm going to say. It started out as a girl in township, and now it's just expanded to include

1804
02:32:40,000 --> 02:32:46,000
the ones you just mentioned. And we haven't seen Buckingham or anyone so long, too.

1805
02:32:46,000 --> 02:32:51,000
But the election we've had more than two. We've had that option from where it

1806
02:32:51,000 --> 02:32:56,000
didn't come. And it was on hospital. This is a system from as well as a dollar value

1807
02:32:56,000 --> 02:32:58,000
college.

1808
02:32:58,000 --> 02:33:00,000
Right.

1809
02:33:00,000 --> 02:33:04,000
Minibux Institute of Technology.

1810
02:33:04,000 --> 02:33:08,000
They just planted the welders there.

1811
02:33:08,000 --> 02:33:10,000
Yes, the welders.

1812
02:33:10,000 --> 02:33:12,000
They're going to be three more still left.

1813
02:33:12,000 --> 02:33:14,000
I'm great. Okay.

1814
02:33:14,000 --> 02:33:16,000
This is great. They're ready to go.

1815
02:33:16,000 --> 02:33:19,000
They have to take one step, and they have this laser.

1816
02:33:19,000 --> 02:33:22,000
We'll probably go up to the same level like that.

1817
02:33:22,000 --> 02:33:25,000
And we'll also go up on one floor.

1818
02:33:25,000 --> 02:33:28,000
We'll go up to about two.

1819
02:33:28,000 --> 02:33:31,000
Could tell me.

1820
02:33:31,000 --> 02:33:34,000
That would be the code.

1821
02:33:34,000 --> 02:33:36,000
Should I say lunch?

1822
02:33:36,000 --> 02:33:38,000
Sure.

1823
02:33:38,000 --> 02:33:40,000
This is a big year coming up.

1824
02:33:40,000 --> 02:33:42,000
And it's just going to get bigger and bigger.

1825
02:33:42,000 --> 02:33:46,000
Get the admission that you 24 miles of bike trails.

1826
02:33:46,000 --> 02:33:48,000
Bike and bike trails?

1827
02:33:48,000 --> 02:33:49,000
Yeah.

1828
02:33:49,000 --> 02:33:52,000
Well, definitely we're probably coming.

1829
02:33:52,000 --> 02:33:57,000
But then you also mentioned you're going to be three projects that you're extending more.

1830
02:33:57,000 --> 02:33:58,000
Right.

1831
02:33:58,000 --> 02:34:02,000
And then the piece Valley, YMC, the Wells, and then the Shemin Greenwich.

1832
02:34:02,000 --> 02:34:03,000
Right.

1833
02:34:03,000 --> 02:34:06,000
What will that add to your 24?

1834
02:34:06,000 --> 02:34:10,000
Actually, a 24 I don't think starting to include the park where you're here.

1835
02:34:10,000 --> 02:34:11,000
No, it does not.

1836
02:34:11,000 --> 02:34:14,000
So, it says that there's more than 24 in the park.

1837
02:34:14,000 --> 02:34:15,000
Yeah.

1838
02:34:15,000 --> 02:34:16,000
What do you say in other words?

1839
02:34:16,000 --> 02:34:17,000
Six.

1840
02:34:17,000 --> 02:34:18,000
Yeah.

1841
02:34:18,000 --> 02:34:19,000
About six more.

1842
02:34:19,000 --> 02:34:21,000
You know, it's not so much the length.

1843
02:34:21,000 --> 02:34:23,000
It's the connectivity.

1844
02:34:23,000 --> 02:34:26,000
You know, we've got some trail here, some trail there.

1845
02:34:26,000 --> 02:34:27,000
We start connecting them.

1846
02:34:27,000 --> 02:34:28,000
That really starts making sense.

1847
02:34:28,000 --> 02:34:29,000
Right.

1848
02:34:29,000 --> 02:34:33,000
And so we're hoping that 30 mile bike ride will maybe take 30 miles.

1849
02:34:33,000 --> 02:34:34,000
Okay.

1850
02:34:34,000 --> 02:34:38,000
Any questions or comments?

1851
02:34:38,000 --> 02:34:39,000
Very nice.

1852
02:34:39,000 --> 02:34:40,000
Thank you.

1853
02:34:40,000 --> 02:34:41,000
Thank you.

1854
02:34:41,000 --> 02:34:42,000
Everybody, thank you.

1855
02:34:42,000 --> 02:34:43,000
We appreciate it.

1856
02:34:43,000 --> 02:34:44,000
It's been a long night.

1857
02:34:44,000 --> 02:34:46,000
But I think a very fruitful night.

1858
02:34:46,000 --> 02:34:47,000
Yeah.

1859
02:34:47,000 --> 02:34:48,000
A lot of good information.

1860
02:34:48,000 --> 02:34:49,000
Excellent.

1861
02:34:49,000 --> 02:34:50,000
We need to adjourn.

1862
02:34:56,000 --> 02:34:58,000
Thank you.

1863
02:35:26,000 --> 02:35:28,000
Thank you.