[0:05] the June 25th, 2026 Sykesville Parks and
[0:08] Recreation Commission meeting starting
[0:11] now 7 o'clock. Um, first thing is to
[0:15] [snorts] approve the minutes from last
[0:17] meeting, the May 28th, 2026 meeting
[0:19] minutes.
[0:22] A motion to approve those minutes.
[0:24] >> I second.
[0:26] >> Any comments?
[0:28] All in favor?
[0:30] >> I any opposed?
[0:33] Abstaining. Right.
[0:35] >> Were you here, Lauren?
[0:36] >> Yeah.
[0:39] >> I don't remember. Um, public comments.
[0:44] Yeah.
[0:45] >> I can't start.
[0:48] >> That's the order of the stuff.
[0:51] >> I'm sorry. I'm I'm here to kind of see
[0:53] how it works.
[0:54] >> How is Joe?
[0:56] [laughter]
[0:57] Okay,
[0:58] >> wonderful. Is it in town?
[1:00] >> Yes.
[1:00] >> Perfect. Well, welcome. We're excited
[1:02] you're here. Thank you for coming.
[1:04] >> Thank you.
[1:05] >> All right. Old business then. Um, number
[1:07] one, the children's library update. Has
[1:10] anyone on Spark received correspondence
[1:12] related to the purchase or help needed
[1:14] with this project? Hasn't received
[1:16] anything?
[1:16] >> So, Gab reached out to me. It just came
[1:19] in on Monday. Um, they're waiting to
[1:24] wants to get a plaque that says was that
[1:26] she donated the um the little library
[1:30] and she bought one. She really liked
[1:32] Billy's idea of having a little one so
[1:35] that the kids could reach it. So, she
[1:37] found one where there's a big one and
[1:39] then a little one so kids can just open
[1:41] the door and get in the little one.
[1:42] >> That's cool.
[1:43] >> Um so, she's waiting for the
[1:47] >> um the little plaque where she can say
[1:49] that she donated it and then she was
[1:51] hoping that the town could provide the
[1:54] post and the hole.
[1:57] >> But she'll get back to me once the flat
[1:59] comes in and then we can move forward
[2:01] from there.
[2:03] >> Any questions?
[2:04] >> No. And and we already told her, "Yeah,
[2:06] we'll take care of the post and
[2:08] everything." So,
[2:09] >> how much um time does public works need
[2:12] to be there because I know summer is
[2:14] busy to grow the grass?
[2:16] >> Not we're out of the spring hump now
[2:19] where the grass is growing every two
[2:21] days. So, um they should be able to work
[2:24] around for anything.
[2:26] >> Perfect. I'll reach back out to Gavin
[2:28] Crystal and say let me know and then um
[2:31] we can let public force to do the whole
[2:35] do it.
[2:42] » Cool.
[2:42] >> That's all.
[2:43] >> Okay. Uh the natural bulletin board
[2:46] update. Uh we got limbs from evergreen
[2:49] and cherry trees that have been set
[2:50] aside after a cleanup project in Jones
[2:52] Park. and further discussion as needed.
[2:56] But Billy's not here, so I suppose none
[3:00] of us have anything else to say about
[3:02] that one.
[3:03] >> Um,
[3:04] >> yeah, we we can table it until the next
[3:06] meeting, I guess.
[3:08] >> Yeah. So, Billy, if you're watching,
[3:11] your wood is here.
[3:13] >> Is there Drew? Is it stored in a way
[3:16] where it's not an issue to to leave it
[3:19] for a little bit while longer or
[3:21] >> um I'll double check on it right now.
[3:23] Jones Park.
[3:24] >> Okay.
[3:25] >> Where it was cut down from.
[3:26] >> Okay.
[3:28] [clears throat]
[3:30] >> Uh the Freedom Ring Parade float update.
[3:33] Um
[3:35] I guess that's
[3:36] >> ask the new flocon concept if anything.
[3:38] Oh. Uh okay. So we tore down the old
[3:42] float um into little pieces. We recycled
[3:45] some of the wood to make signs and a
[3:48] bench.
[3:49] And the other scraps were picked up by
[3:52] public works. Is that correct? Or going
[3:54] to be.
[3:55] >> Um, we tried to make not that big of a
[3:59] mess, but we made a little mess. Um,
[4:03] Eric wasn't there
[4:06] >> for the public record.
[4:09] >> Um,
[4:11] Amy, how's the signs coming?
[4:13] >> Um, they're coming along well.
[4:14] >> Cool. I'm going to do a second coat on
[4:16] the white so that you can really see it
[4:19] so it stands out.
[4:21] >> Um, it's going well. I did want to ask,
[4:24] are we doing like a spark sign?
[4:26] >> That's what I see. The big sign.
[4:28] >> Okay. That's what I wanted to double
[4:29] check before I did that one.
[4:30] >> Yeah, that's the spark.
[4:32] >> So, will that just be on maybe the back
[4:34] end or
[4:36] >> is it only go on one side?
[4:38] >> The back might be nice.
[4:39] >> Yeah,
[4:39] >> we can worry about all that stuff. Okay.
[4:41] >> Later. We'll have
[4:44] a little putting together piecing
[4:47] session. Is that fine?
[4:49] >> I'm excited to see it.
[4:52] >> Um,
[4:54] what else was I going to say? The only
[4:55] thing we need now is the trailer. We
[4:57] want to use the one with the rails so we
[5:00] can hang stuff on it. Um, we need at
[5:03] least a day. I think we can do a lot of
[5:06] the fine
[5:08] detail stuff the day of the parade, but
[5:12] it would be nice to get in and see the
[5:15] trailer Thursday or Friday beforehand,
[5:19] >> put it all together. Um,
[5:22] >> yeah, the thing we need to worry about
[5:24] now is how to
[5:26] properly secure everything to the
[5:28] trailer, whether it be with zip ties or
[5:30] something stronger. Um,
[5:33] did respond to your email today.
[5:35] >> Yeah. That we can screw into it as much
[5:36] as we want. That that will be helpful.
[5:39] Um cuz we probably we we want to keep
[5:41] the flags that we had at the front last
[5:44] year just because we have so much space
[5:46] on the trailer that the flags will be a
[5:47] nice um way to take up the space because
[5:51] our turf only covers 6' by 8. That was
[5:55] the only size that we could get that
[5:57] would fit. So, we have a lot of
[5:59] additional space.
[6:01] Um yeah, that's it.
[6:03] We just need straps or something.
[6:06] >> Do you guys want me to ask Ian or Jeremy
[6:08] or one of our public works guys to drive
[6:10] again this year?
[6:11] >> Yeah.
[6:13] >> And then what kind of candy do we want
[6:16] to get that we can pass out that's not
[6:18] going to melt? Are you guys still the
[6:20] popsicles again? Cuz that was
[6:22] >> impossible.
[6:24] >> Why?
[6:24] >> They're It's impossible to keep them
[6:26] cold.
[6:27] >> We never by the end we're only giving
[6:29] out liquid
[6:30] >> no matter what we do. So Now they're
[6:32] projecting. It's supposed to be like 100
[6:36] >> neck. [laughter]
[6:38] Six neck things. Write that down.
[6:43] >> Um
[6:45] >> I don't know.
[6:47] >> If you do purchase, I'm guessing you're
[6:49] talking about the life guard things.
[6:51] >> Yeah.
[6:52] >> Uh [snorts]
[6:53] we'll reimburse you for that. Wearing
[6:56] something that represents the town. So,
[7:00] >> you like freeze some ice packs and put
[7:02] them in there with your
[7:04] >> The neck thing works pretty well. You
[7:06] put it in the freezer the night before.
[7:13] » Okay. [snorts] So, what do we want to
[7:14] do? Lollipops. Do we want to do
[7:16] Skittles?
[7:18] >> Skittles are pretty good for peanutree
[7:20] kids cuz it's not made in a factory with
[7:23] peanuts and it doesn't have peanuts in
[7:24] it.
[7:24] >> Dum dums
[7:26] >> dropped on the ground.
[7:28] You can't have the hand out.
[7:34] » I can get them from Costco. I can get
[7:37] Skittles and Dum Dums. Does anybody want
[7:39] to add anything else to that?
[7:43] >> That works for me.
[7:46] >> What do you guys pass? What is What did
[7:48] L decide [snorts] we're passing out?
[7:50] >> Oh, yeah. It's a bag with has candy in
[7:52] it and other things in there. Yeah.
[7:54] >> Okay.
[7:57] Um did you do we have volunteers to walk
[8:00] with the boat?
[8:01] >> Yes, it'll be a group of um Girl Scouts
[8:05] that will walk with us because we don't
[8:06] want them to ride this year
[8:09] >> because so that it's just sparking on
[8:11] the bench with all the trees and the
[8:12] signs of the park. So, they'll walk with
[8:14] us and help us get our candy.
[8:16] >> Okay.
[8:18] >> Um I think public works said that the
[8:20] trailer would be ready, they said
[8:22] Thursday, right?
[8:25] >> Do we want to set up a time Thursday to
[8:28] do like a a rough trial run.
[8:32] >> I can do that.
[8:35] >> Let's see. Thursday the second
[8:43] » and then I guess we can shoot an email
[8:45] out to kind of coordinate timing.
[8:49] >> Great. And public works can just have
[8:53] the trailer in that
[8:56] because there is
[8:58] >> there is an event on the uh line on the
[9:01] main that night. So
[9:02] >> yeah, I mean that's every Friday and
[9:04] Saturday. So
[9:04] >> well this is Thursday. There's an event
[9:06] on Thursday night.
[9:07] >> Really?
[9:08] >> Yeah.
[9:08] >> Okay.
[9:09] >> Um will that will the share have room
[9:12] with parking and cars? That was
[9:14] >> they'll probably have the trailer inside
[9:17] of the Sandoski building. Period.
[9:19] >> But I'll double check with them.
[9:20] >> Okay.
[9:23] I do still have the key.
[9:24] >> Okay. Should we just keep the key then?
[9:27] Is that fine?
[9:28] >> Um, do you need any help from me or
[9:32] volunteer council?
[9:35] >> I think Thursday we're okay, but as far
[9:37] as the actual parade day,
[9:39] >> yeah,
[9:41] >> okay.
[9:41] >> What time does it start? I should
[9:46] » wear spark shirts and everything.
[9:49] >> Alex always comes in American attire.
[9:53] I've seen I've seen pictures.
[9:56] >> What time do they start lining up at the
[9:59] middle school?
[10:01] >> People there like 8, right?
[10:05] >> They can
[10:06] >> I think we always got there.
[10:13] » I can talk to DSC.
[10:17] >> Okay.
[10:32] And then I can bring signs Thursday.
[10:42] » No, they do at the shop.
[10:52] else.
[10:55] » Yeah, public works doesn't have the the
[10:58] number that you need, then I'll I'll
[10:59] make sure I get to detail next week.
[11:02] >> Yeah.
[11:06] » Okay, I think we're good.
[11:14] » Okay. Anything else? Good.
[11:17] >> I think we should wear our scarf shirts.
[11:19] Yes. Well,
[11:25] » okay.
[11:28] >> Moving on to the outdoor nature
[11:30] classroom sign. Uh discussion on any
[11:33] brainstormed ideas for names and what
[11:34] materials and methods to be used in
[11:36] creating the sign.
[11:41] » This is something we talked about last
[11:42] week, last month.
[11:44] >> Yeah. Were we able to get any
[11:51] She's she's she's been going through
[11:54] some personal stuff. So,
[11:56] >> okay.
[11:56] >> And they're really trying to fill a
[11:57] position before she is gone by the end
[11:59] of next month.
[12:01] >> Okay.
[12:05] » Shall we table it for the future?
[12:09] >> Yeah.
[12:11] >> Um, vacant seat open on commission.
[12:15] Spark currently has one vacant
[12:16] commission seat. Residents interested in
[12:19] parks, recreation, community events, and
[12:21] public spaces are encouraged to apply.
[12:24] Staff continue to share information
[12:26] regarding the vacancy and welcome.
[12:28] Recommendations of community members who
[12:30] may be interested in serving. Anyone who
[12:32] is interested in joining SMARK should
[12:34] email sparks at sitesville.net.
[12:38] There's our little advertisement.
[12:41] >> On to new business.
[12:43] >> Has a question actually on that. Okay.
[12:45] >> Any of you have recommendations
[12:48] >> for specific people?
[12:49] >> Yes.
[12:51] >> Kyle
[12:52] >> and he has not answered um direct
[12:55] message or email. So I don't think he's
[12:59] >> unless one of you want to reach out to
[13:01] him, but then again [snorts] that's kind
[13:02] of like
[13:04] >> Yeah,
[13:04] >> I was thinking maybe we could make a
[13:06] note to at the next movie night like
[13:08] announce it prior
[13:10] >> just to get the word out. I know a lot
[13:13] of people watch the news. And then
[13:15] something I forgot to have added to this
[13:17] was farmers market. Um so I talked with
[13:20] Sarah who manages the farmers market. Um
[13:24] there's not space for Spark to have like
[13:26] a formal tent.
[13:28] >> Um but there is space to have a table in
[13:31] the shade. So if there's availability
[13:34] for commissioners
[13:36] on Saturdays between now and October, we
[13:38] can also
[13:40] Yep. Sorry. I did the same thing in
[13:42] email on Sundays. Um, between now and
[13:45] October, we could maybe make an
[13:49] appearance there a couple times and kind
[13:51] of get the word out to people that we
[13:54] fill a seat
[13:58] and in the future. So,
[14:01] >> I like those ideas.
[14:03] >> Um, so I don't know if anybody has
[14:06] availability for July. I told Sarah I
[14:08] will let her know.
[14:10] Um
[14:13] July is a little tough for me. I I would
[14:15] be able to do August. Um August,
[14:17] September, October.
[14:20] Um but if anybody has availability and
[14:23] an interest in doing farmers market in
[14:25] July, Sarah said she could work with us
[14:28] on setting up.
[14:32] >> I can do can do July probably.
[14:37] Are we just going to do one time a month
[14:39] like we did last year?
[14:40] >> Is that what we did?
[14:41] >> Yeah,
[14:42] >> that's what we did last year. I I feel
[14:45] like it was a good balance. Um,
[14:48] somebody's really eager to do it more
[14:51] than that. I don't think it hurts. But
[14:53] at the same time, most of our events I
[14:55] feel like are any in the summer. That's
[14:59] why it's hard. It's a lot.
[15:03] Nick, I know this is back to back, but
[15:05] do you want I can do the 12th if you
[15:07] want to do the 12th, but that's right
[15:08] after the movie on the 11th.
[15:10] >> That's fine.
[15:11] >> Okay.
[15:13] >> I can email Sarah and copy both of you
[15:16] guys.
[15:17] >> July 12th.
[15:20] >> Is that what you said? July 12th.
[15:21] >> Yes. If that works for you.
[15:28] » So, Drew, could you bring
[15:32] the tablecloth and a box and a flyer so
[15:36] that we can put them on the table to the
[15:38] movie on the 11th.
[15:39] >> Yeah, I bring it to every every movie.
[15:42] So,
[15:43] >> okay, great. And then I'll just keep it
[15:44] in my car and then bring it back to you
[15:46] when we're
[15:49] >> Okay, thank you.
[15:50] >> Yeah, you're welcome.
[15:52] >> Nick, is it okay with you if we roll up
[15:54] at 9 when it starts?
[16:00] » Yeah, especially because there will be a
[16:04] Yeah.
[16:07] >> And it'll be right in the area of the
[16:09] fountain, she said.
[16:16] [laughter]
[16:19] » Nick will never be at the table.
[16:21] [laughter]
[16:22] >> Here we go.
[16:23] >> Um, if it pleases the commission before
[16:25] we move or you guys move on to the new
[16:27] business as it were, um, would you like
[16:29] me to go over the budget or is it
[16:31] speaking for itself.
[16:34] Are there any questions?
[16:36] >> You can go over I wouldn't mind me going
[16:38] over it.
[16:39] >> Okay. So, pretty much what you're seeing
[16:41] is the uh one page um for uh parks under
[16:45] the line 570.
[16:48] >> Um so that is Spark and Parks and
[16:51] Recreation. Um [snorts] the maintenance
[16:54] and all of that side of things is kept
[16:56] in another line um that almost
[16:59] exclusively is used by uh either me for
[17:02] maintenance work or public works when
[17:04] they're need to do a swing new chains
[17:07] and stuff like that. Um so you can see
[17:10] the percentage of the budget we've used
[17:12] uh a lot out of advertising which is
[17:14] great. Um concert bands that's a line
[17:17] right now. I'm not
[17:21] uh a line next year as we go forward. Um
[17:25] I I think that Joe has taken it out. Uh
[17:28] but I I haven't seen it. Uh then we've
[17:31] got uh the miscellaneous holiday events.
[17:34] Uh that mainly is Christmas stuff, but
[17:38] we also had the out uh the added um
[17:42] charge of around $700 for uh the uh
[17:47] lighting of the Manora. [clears throat]
[17:49] and that was to help out with food and
[17:52] their budget there. Then concessions, um
[17:55] that speaks for itself. Movies in the
[17:57] park, uh that is just for the purchase
[18:01] of the rights to play the movies. It
[18:03] doesn't include um any of the crafts or
[18:07] anything like that. Uh pre-event
[18:09] activities. Um we've got uh we we went
[18:13] over this here, but uh I I think that
[18:16] that's going to be added on to
[18:19] mainly because we're getting more active
[18:21] into what we want to do. And then uh the
[18:25] last thing we have is under volunteer
[18:28] supplies. Um which as you can see we've
[18:32] gone through a lot of that too. So
[18:34] >> is that like gloves and
[18:38] >> products?
[18:38] >> No, that's all going to be under public
[18:40] works the public works side of parks and
[18:47] [clears throat]
[18:47] >> so like for instance if Lauren Merrill
[18:52] needed to uh purchase something and
[18:54] wanted to be reimbursed for it, that's
[18:56] what that line item would be.
[18:59] or like if we decided on our own craft
[19:03] that would be another
[19:07] » um this is always available if you go to
[19:10] uh the town's website and go to um one
[19:15] of the meetings uh uh that they've been
[19:18] on the agenda for that meeting if it has
[19:21] treasures report there's a URL code that
[19:23] will take you directly to this Cool.
[19:28] >> When people or when we get uh sponsors
[19:31] for movies, where does that does that
[19:34] just go overall?
[19:35] >> I think that's
[19:37] Yeah.
[19:38] >> And if it [snorts] worked against like
[19:39] the
[19:40] >> $2,500 movie budget or whatever,
[19:43] >> right? Yeah. in whatever way
[19:46] treasurer have it figured out is it goes
[19:50] into the same pot as say donations for
[19:53] um the gate house and then it's all
[19:56] reallocated in each different fiscal
[19:59] year
[19:59] >> and that's just how they've worked it
[20:02] >> makes sense just curious
[20:03] >> I don't know about
[20:12] Cool.
[20:17] » First time I've ever seen a number
[20:21] >> in six years.
[20:23] So, it's cool to know.
[20:27] » And the sponsors that we did get this
[20:29] year that did cover the license of all
[20:32] the movies. So, we were even with that.
[20:34] >> Yeah.
[20:34] >> Great.
[20:35] >> Maybe a little bit over even. So,
[20:37] >> a little better. Okay. Good.
[20:44] So, all of our sponsors covered the
[20:46] money for our movie licenses.
[20:48] >> What do we spend? $2,000.
[20:50] >> So, that's still the expense, but
[20:51] >> there's they they record the income
[20:53] somewhere. That's just Okay.
[20:57] >> Mhm.
[20:57] >> Again, I can bring that next meeting too
[21:00] if you guys want to go over revenue as
[21:01] well.
[21:03] >> Cool. Cool. Cool.
[21:09] Okay.
[21:12] Shall we?
[21:13] >> Mhm.
[21:13] >> How about the recap? How'd it go?
[21:17] >> I thought it was great.
[21:19] >> Auxiliary police counted 70 attendants.
[21:23] >> 70. That's really really good for our
[21:26] first
[21:27] >> Yeah. June movie is the hardest one.
[21:29] >> It was
[21:31] >> What else was happening? There was like
[21:32] a school function.
[21:33] >> The carnival.
[21:34] >> Carnival. Carnival.
[21:36] >> Music night. There was the carnival. It
[21:38] was the last
[21:39] >> It was the last night of carnival.
[21:42] >> Yeah, we heard them at the
[21:43] >> at the end of the movie.
[21:45] >> So 70 was gold mine then for us if we
[21:48] were competing against all of that.
[21:50] >> I don't know when the auxiliary counted
[21:55] >> 15
[21:57] seriously
[21:58] >> I thought it was more
[22:01] >> honestly I didn't skimp or anything.
[22:04] >> Yeah,
[22:05] >> just make it 200. That's pastor's
[22:07] numbers.
[22:12] » Yeah, I thought it was more than 70,
[22:13] too.
[22:14] >> You got 170?
[22:15] >> No, no, I thought it was more than 70.
[22:16] >> Okay.
[22:17] >> But I didn't count. It felt like more
[22:19] than 70.
[22:20] >> I mean, I also counted the kids that
[22:22] were on the swings playground and
[22:24] watching from there. So,
[22:26] >> I think that counts.
[22:28] >> They were there.
[22:30] >> Um, do you know I'm curious if you know
[22:32] how much money you made from the QR code
[22:34] for this time?
[22:35] >> Yes. uh $37.66.
[22:38] >> Okay. Yeah.
[22:41] >> Most of which uh was from our very own
[22:44] Eric.
[22:45] [laughter]
[22:46] >> It's my kids. They're
[22:49] I need I need to tell them to chill with
[22:51] ice cream and pop.
[22:54] >> How did the um
[22:58] >> what was their name? The um the pine rum
[23:01] >> basil. Basil.
[23:02] >> He said that it was phenomenal.
[23:05] He said lots of kids work excited. He
[23:07] said he did a um I thought he was great.
[23:11] He did a little um walk around of the
[23:14] park first to find bugs so that he knew
[23:17] it would be good for the kids to go and
[23:18] he brought little boxes for the kids. Um
[23:22] he said they were very excited and found
[23:25] lots of things and he taught them lots
[23:26] of things and then I was watching some
[23:28] of the kids just run around and catch
[23:30] the bugs on the side of the snack shack.
[23:32] So I think they have a brilliant time.
[23:34] >> Cool.
[23:35] >> Do we know has the donation check been
[23:37] sent to Pin?
[23:38] >> Not yet.
[23:39] >> Okay. [snorts]
[23:45] [clears throat]
[23:47] Um the popcorn machine cleaning it after
[23:51] the movie was very very very very
[23:54] difficult. The drawer underneath that
[23:56] holds the kernels couldn't come out.
[23:59] >> It was jammed. It was bent underneath.
[24:02] So I reached out to Billy and he and I
[24:05] met at the snack shack the Tuesday after
[24:08] the movie and we jerry rigged it. I
[24:11] didn't know that the popcorn machine was
[24:14] not bolted to the cart
[24:16] because Billy said, "How are we going to
[24:18] get this off?" And Billy lifted and he's
[24:20] like, "It's not connected to the" and I
[24:22] could see the hole falling off of the
[24:24] cart again. So um that made me very very
[24:29] nervous. But It's not an easy machine to
[24:31] clean
[24:32] >> at all.
[24:33] >> And I never want to unplug that thing in
[24:36] the roof because I couldn't get it back
[24:37] in at all. It's very difficult how to connect it in. But it selfcleans
[24:43] once you put the water and the chemicals
[24:45] in it and then you just have to wipe it
[24:47] out. But um
[24:49] >> we were able to fix the drawer and that
[24:51] all came out and it's clean. Do we need
[24:54] to still put the
[24:57] packets inside?
[24:59] packets. Um,
[25:01] >> the Russian packets.
[25:03] >> Oh, I think that would be
[25:05] good. Probably.
[25:07] >> Okay. [snorts] Because I did not put
[25:08] them in there,
[25:08] >> but they
[25:10] I know the pot is what? Like Teflon or
[25:14] nonstick something?
[25:16] >> I think so.
[25:17] >> Right. Um, is the What's the top the
[25:21] inside top of the machine? That's the
[25:22] part that
[25:24] >> What is that made out of?
[25:25] >> No.
[25:26] >> You know, do you know?
[25:27] >> Yes. off the top.
[25:30] >> I mean, it couldn't hurt to put that
[25:31] stuff in there, especially as it gets
[25:33] more humid.
[25:35] >> Um,
[25:36] >> Lauren and I will be there.
[25:37] >> Get too dry.
[25:38] >> Lauren and I will be there the week
[25:40] before the movie restocking it. I did
[25:42] inventory last week on the day of the
[25:45] school.
[25:46] >> And um and so I'll throw them in there
[25:49] real quick.
[25:52] » We have a lot of ice cream.
[25:55] >> Yes. So, we should not need to buy I
[25:58] think that it's a lie to me. I don't
[26:00] think we should be at all,
[26:04] >> but I don't know. I I might be wrong.
[26:07] >> I feel like it was hard to gauge it last
[26:09] movie. There was a lot a lot of people
[26:12] and then by the time I ran down and
[26:13] bought it, then after that, nobody,
[26:16] of course.
[26:21] So, I don't know what everyone's
[26:23] feelings are. I feel like it's kind of
[26:25] nicer to have the smaller various
[26:27] flavors.
[26:28] >> Agreed.
[26:28] >> Versus like one giant like one flavor.
[26:35] » So, we have enough for July for sure.
[26:36] >> I think so. And if not, I mean,
[26:38] Firehouse is like it's 5 minutes down
[26:41] the street.
[26:42] >> They have them in stock.
[26:44] >> Yeah.
[26:45] >> I don't know. I did the math. It's not
[26:46] that much cheaper to buy it in a giant
[26:49] one than it is to buy the smaller ones.
[26:52] >> Um,
[26:53] so worst case, you know, if we run out
[26:56] Someone could just buy more again.
[26:59] >> Can I Can I call Alex or do you have to?
[27:02] [laughter]
[27:03] >> Do you also think it's possible that
[27:05] there was more ice cream purchase than
[27:07] normal because of the ice cream truck?
[27:12] » It got into all the kids minds. That was
[27:14] more ice cream than we've ever sold. I
[27:16] think
[27:17] >> it was a lot of ice cream. Yeah, there
[27:19] were people coming up and ordering like
[27:20] five or six
[27:22] >> time. Well, it didn't sound like
[27:23] >> play the music like at a certain point.
[27:27] >> Okay.
[27:28] Um, but I mean maybe with having the QR
[27:31] code, people could buy it more, but
[27:33] didn't sound like it was like that much
[27:34] we got in the QR code either. So
[27:36] >> that's also brand new now. So maybe
[27:37] >> Yeah. So I think people Yeah.
[27:40] >> Unfort you add now it's you can actually
[27:42] buy whatever you want,
[27:43] >> right?
[27:44] So maybe next movie we with with our
[27:47] announcements right before the movie, we let people know that you can use QR
[27:52] codes. There's ice cream. Like you can
[27:53] just tell people there's ice cream,
[27:54] kids, tell your parents. I don't know.
[27:57] [laughter] We can do that. But
[28:00] >> I would get another two things of the
[28:02] selfare because there's only half of one
[28:04] left.
[28:06] >> That's
[28:21] I can take care of that.
[28:23] >> But I thought it went well and I think
[28:25] we started the movie as early as we
[28:26] could have where you could see it enough
[28:28] but it wasn't so late where we were
[28:30] there forever.
[28:31] >> So in the past we've started at like 9.
[28:34] >> That's brutal.
[28:36] >> I think we started at 8:30 45.
[28:40] >> Yeah.
[28:41] So you could see the ad. I mean, it was
[28:42] a little hard to see some of the ads,
[28:43] but by the end, you could definitely see
[28:45] them all. And then the movie was it was
[28:48] dark enough.
[28:49] >> Good.
[28:49] >> It was good enough for the future for
[28:50] June to like
[28:51] >> Mhm.
[28:52] >> Right. Was there anything that we needed
[28:54] that we didn't have? Like did did we
[28:57] need to buy the pins?
[28:58] >> Yeah, just if we got extra ones of the
[29:00] speaker pins,
[29:02] >> we found like a rusted thing that we
[29:04] that worked.
[29:04] >> Yeah.
[29:05] >> But those those get lost so easily. So,
[29:07] like,
[29:09] however many you want us to lose, just
[29:11] buy that. We'll lose that. But they they
[29:13] go quick cuz it's where it is.
[29:16] >> I think that was the only thing I can
[29:17] remember that.
[29:18] >> Yeah.
[29:20] All the equipment worked.
[29:22] >> Oh, the little vacuum. Can we get a
[29:24] little vacuum?
[29:24] >> Yes. Thank you for reminding me.
[29:27] >> Shark
[29:29] things.
[29:33] Um, kind of segueing into Princess
[29:36] Bride. Sunset is again similar. 8:27
[29:40] p.m.
[29:42] >> That's earlier.
[29:45] >> Sunset in June was like 8:50. We never
[29:47] We didn't see it. We started earlier.
[29:53] » I know. We're doing
[29:55] uh a shield craft or something, I think.
[29:58] Are we doing sword craft or something?
[30:00] Yeah,
[30:01] >> you guys are providing shields that the
[30:03] kids can mark up and stuff like that.
[30:05] Uh, and then I bought uh boatload of
[30:11] inflatable swords, pirate cutless
[30:14] swords.
[30:15] I used to be in a group called SCA,
[30:17] which stands for Society for Creative
[30:19] Magism. I'm a giant nerd, as you know.
[30:22] Uh, I have an actual like rap here with
[30:26] the cage around her hand and everything.
[30:29] So, I figured I'll bring that. Kids will
[30:32] not be playing with that, but I'll do a
[30:35] sword play school of sorts where really
[30:39] all I'm teaching them is you say, "My
[30:41] name is and
[30:44] you killed my fairy princess or dinosaur
[30:47] or whatever their favorite thing is,
[30:49] prepare to die." And then you have to
[30:51] wear a mustache. So, we might get
[30:53] mustaches out. And then the last thing
[30:55] will be like, "And then in the middle of
[30:57] your duel, you have to a chance. So,
[30:59] >> perfect.
[31:00] >> Amy, I know it's all going over your
[31:02] head. You'll
[31:03] >> I Well, so I'm really bummed. I can't
[31:05] make the July movie. We're on
[31:09] >> I'll be there for Dog Man in August.
[31:11] >> That's I
[31:14] >> You have to watch it on vacation.
[31:16] >> I do. Yeah. Um Yeah, I'm bummed about
[31:19] that one. Um I can get the ice cream
[31:22] ahead of time, though. And then I don't
[31:24] know. I saw the the advertisement on
[31:26] Facebook. It looked great. I don't know
[31:29] if we want to do more pre movie events
[31:33] if anybody has ideas.
[31:35] >> I had a couple, but I don't know that
[31:37] there I reached out to um
[31:41] uh there is a like birds of prey person
[31:45] who like will bring falcons and that
[31:47] kind of thing, but they said no loud
[31:48] noises.
[31:50] >> Um so I don't know that like a
[31:51] [laughter] screaming is the best
[31:53] environment. So that was kind of a dead
[31:55] end.
[31:56] >> And then there's somebody who comes to
[31:57] the farmers market who occasionally has
[31:59] a pony like a miniature horse which I
[32:01] thought could be fun but I haven't heard
[32:04] back from them yet.
[32:06] >> Um and I don't know how much of a I
[32:09] think it would be cool but I also don't
[32:10] know how much like logistically that
[32:12] would entail to be able to get them
[32:15] there.
[32:17] >> Um for Dogman in particular, uh I think
[32:21] I've said this before, but just to
[32:23] remind you, Park Books did a release
[32:27] last year where they had a dress up dog.
[32:30] >> So I could always reach out to Emily who
[32:34] put that on last year and ask her.
[32:36] >> I think that would be great.
[32:38] >> Dog came to Christmas. So at Christmas
[32:47] » is it there? Do they just have it at the
[32:49] bookstore?
[32:50] >> No, I think they go through like a
[32:51] superhero costume.
[32:53] >> Okay.
[32:55] >> Yeah, that' be good. So it would be
[32:57] asking how much.
[32:59] >> So that's one of those
[33:01] >> that whole kids would love that.
[33:04] >> Yeah. My other idea for Dog Man was
[33:06] because he's [snorts] like a dog
[33:09] policeman. We could have like meet and
[33:12] greet with baby police, but I have not
[33:15] reached out to them yet about that. And
[33:17] I don't know.
[33:18] >> I know that there used to be I don't
[33:21] know if there still is a K9 unit if they
[33:23] do still have the dog.
[33:24] >> We do. Um, but that could also
[33:27] potentially be really cool if they're
[33:28] open to it and that's something that
[33:30] they could bring the dog along for dog.
[33:32] >> So freaking cute.
[33:34] >> But again, I had that was just an idea I
[33:36] had. I haven't reached out to anybody
[33:37] about it yet.
[33:38] >> Would you like me to?
[33:39] >> That would be great.
[33:44] » Okay. That's a great idea.
[33:47] >> Um, Lauren Barl, who was a good idea,
[33:50] also posited, uh, Howard County does
[33:52] something of like a pirate chest,
[33:56] uh, thing in parks. She said, "What if
[33:59] she just buys like really cheap Amazon
[34:02] treasure chests uh and then have the
[34:05] kids go throughout the park finding
[34:06] clues and then go back and they have to
[34:10] tell you the slogan or something and at
[34:12] the snack check and uh you hand them a
[34:16] little treasure chest full of like candy
[34:18] or something."
[34:20] >> You remember like the gold chocolate
[34:21] coins?
[34:21] >> Oh yeah, those be fun.
[34:24] >> So Hanukkah, that's A huge thing is the
[34:28] dropping of of the chocolate coins. And
[34:30] I will say they are a biohazard
[34:33] nightmare.
[34:34] >> They they will be opened. They will be
[34:36] smashed into everything. But we could do
[34:40] that. Just that's a fair warning.
[34:43] >> We'll have you guys come and help me
[34:45] pick them up. [snorts]
[34:46] >> Would that be for Princess Bride or
[34:49] >> Goonies? For Yeah.
[34:52] >> Could we fill it with Probably not.
[34:54] Could we fill it with popcorn? But maybe
[34:56] not.
[34:57] Why not
[34:58] >> souvenir popcorn?
[34:59] >> Yeah. I mean it's clean, right?
[35:01] >> Yeah.
[35:01] >> Like they're
[35:02] >> Well, they are wooden too, so the oil
[35:04] will stain it, but I mean it's their
[35:06] [laughter]
[35:07] >> get some splenders as they're eating it.
[35:08] But
[35:10] >> but popcorn be easy because just fill it
[35:12] up.
[35:13] >> Yeah.
[35:13] >> A little bit of free popcorn.
[35:15] >> I think that's a great idea.
[35:18] >> That's good news is when? September.
[35:20] Yeah. Okay.
[35:23] >> We're ahead of the game now.
[35:27] I was thinking while I'm thinking about
[35:29] orders at the snack shack, we could say
[35:31] something like as you wish or something
[35:34] from the movie. And then I was really
[35:36] trying to figure out how could we make
[35:37] Miracle Max's mostly dead pills. Like
[35:40] what could we
[35:41] >> raise an ass?
[35:43] >> What?
[35:44] >> Raise an ass.
[35:46] >> That could work. And they we could give
[35:49] them out.
[35:51] I do think for movies if we had like a
[35:55] special movie thing whether it's a a
[35:57] special drink or whatever it's very easy
[35:59] to theme a
[36:00] >> drink or a candy
[36:01] >> reame the
[36:04] but if we have a little theme and people
[36:06] could buy like a certain drink that
[36:08] would go with something I don't know
[36:10] >> that'd be fun but
[36:11] >> I don't have an idea but besides that
[36:14] the general
[36:15] >> just yeah just throwing it out there
[36:17] I'll ask Lauren
[36:19] Um I will not be at the July movie.
[36:22] Lauren will be there when our when
[36:24] church is in but
[36:25] >> okay
[36:25] >> for setting up the movie.
[36:28] >> I will be there. So do we have enough
[36:29] people?
[36:31] >> I can be there.
[36:35] » Okay.
[36:36] >> And I have two volunteers.
[36:38] >> Okay. So we'll be all right.
[36:41] >> Won't be as much fun without Amy and I,
[36:42] but be fine.
[36:47] » As kind of a preemptive thing. As we get
[36:51] more
[36:52] news articles and more greatest small
[36:55] town, greatest downtown and all the
[36:58] accolades that comes with that comes a
[36:59] lot of attention. Uh, our funds have
[37:01] been blowing up for SSL hours because
[37:04] they know how much or how many
[37:07] volunteers or they think they know how
[37:08] much volunteer opportunities there are.
[37:11] >> Um, so kind of letting you know, but
[37:14] like really letting you know,
[37:16] >> um, there might be
[37:19] is coming.
[37:20] >> But this is this is the hard part
[37:22] though. We can only have two volunteers
[37:25] in this action,
[37:26] >> right?
[37:27] >> And I don't I I feel bad bringing them
[37:30] to help set up the movie and then that's
[37:32] all they can do and then they just have
[37:34] to sit. Now they can enjoy the movie but
[37:37] and then they can help with cleanup but
[37:40] I don't know what kind of volunteers
[37:42] that movie equipment is heavy and
[37:45] expensive.
[37:47] >> Um I'm afraid if I got too many
[37:49] volunteers, they would just be in the
[37:51] way because I know you guys have it down
[37:53] to a system, but we can only really have
[37:55] two people in the Snapchat
[37:57] >> and all my slots are all of mine and
[37:59] Lauren's slots are full.
[38:01] >> So,
[38:02] >> which is a good thing, but I feel bad
[38:04] that I'm still getting emails and I
[38:06] don't have
[38:06] >> the whole summer already. Yeah,
[38:08] >> that's amazing.
[38:09] >> Yeah.
[38:10] If if you're still getting emails,
[38:12] maybe um
[38:14] >> you're sending them to me. You're in
[38:15] charge of email now, right?
[38:17] >> Yeah.
[38:17] And I got one. I have I was going
[38:19] to reply to them that we have fall clean
[38:22] up.
[38:22] >> Yeah.
[38:23] >> Because the movies are full.
[38:26] >> So that might be up to you guys to start
[38:29] brainstorming on where other manpower
[38:33] can be placed and stuff like that.
[38:36] >> Like I'm sure they could have been
[38:37] helpful when you were building the float
[38:39] and stuff this past weekend.
[38:46] But I mean, say you have a kid who's in
[38:48] the AV club or what have you, um, and
[38:51] wants to help set up stuff like that,
[38:55] like that's that's a good place to have
[38:58] a a volunteer to help. So maybe if we're
[39:01] doing more crafts besides what we're
[39:03] offering, like who's running those? Like
[39:06] we could have maybe volunteer help with
[39:07] crafts, too. Right.
[39:09] >> If we have more and I think the more
[39:11] down there the better. Make it more of
[39:12] an event things to do.
[39:15] >> I agree with that. I just just let me
[39:17] know and I can um I can reach out to
[39:20] find more.
[39:21] >> You are the um the volunteers that we
[39:24] have coming to the July movie. Have they
[39:26] worked with us before?
[39:28] >> I know.
[39:28] >> Do you think it's
[39:29] >> Oh, no, no, no, no. They they're
[39:31] running.
[39:32] >> Okay.
[39:33] Do you try to
[39:36] like when you select volunteers, do you
[39:37] always try to pick as many new people as
[39:40] possible to give everybody some hours or
[39:42] do you try to pick
[39:44] recurring
[39:46] kids like kids that we've already
[39:47] trained in the snack shack? Do you
[39:49] >> both? Okay.
[39:51] >> Both. The girls that we had in June were
[39:54] phenomenal volunteers at Easter.
[39:56] >> Yeah.
[39:57] >> And I said, I would like for you guys to
[39:59] come back and do the movies. So, they're
[40:01] June and September. And then this mom
[40:04] reached out and they're July. And then I
[40:07] have somebody from August that did last
[40:10] Easter
[40:11] >> the year before. And then September is
[40:14] somebody else. And then
[40:16] >> um I have them until October.
[40:20] >> Okay.
[40:21] >> But I I I just I send it to the high
[40:24] schools. They send it out and then
[40:27] people just come.
[40:28] >> If we have a lot of people, we can
[40:30] always have one or two for setup and
[40:32] tear like it won't be that much help but
[40:34] at least it's hours and like carry this
[40:36] up like
[40:37] >> right
[40:37] >> it's it's something
[40:39] >> won't hurt
[40:40] >> uh
[40:42] with uh impact
[40:45] >> uh once the crafts are all put away and
[40:47] stuff like that how many actually end up
[40:50] staying
[40:51] >> uh whoever's kid stays
[40:53] >> okay
[40:54] >> so
[40:55] >> and I know you have some where I'm
[40:57] getting here is like maybe they could
[40:59] help out this July since we're kind of
[41:02] skeleton crewing in um with with tear
[41:04] down. I know you have some young
[41:06] >> Oh, with tear down. Yeah. Um let me see
[41:08] who is going to be signing up for it and
[41:10] I can let you know.
[41:11] >> Okay.
[41:12] >> That part because most of the times
[41:13] people that stay don't
[41:14] >> Thank you. You guys do so much already,
[41:17] but like I figured no harm in that.
[41:19] >> Yeah, I can let I can let you know who
[41:20] signs up and see if it's There's some
[41:23] people that could help and some people
[41:24] you don't want to help. So, I'll let you
[41:27] know.
[41:28] >> Sorry.
[41:36] And we'll we can find out if Billy will be there. He can help it
[41:39] through us. He knows how to do it.
[41:46] » Cool.
[41:48] All right. Is that all for that?
[41:52] >> We covered Aud's life. We covered the
[41:54] new movies.
[41:55] >> I won't be there, but what time leaving
[41:59] for 7.
[42:01] >> Same. Yeah.
[42:03] >> And then I always have the volunteers
[42:05] come at 7:30.
[42:06] >> Yeah.
[42:13] » And Dog Man is 8:15 p.m.
[42:16] >> Nice.
[42:18] Don't rush away.
[42:25] » Um, the last thing we have is open ideas
[42:29] and visions, but
[42:32] >> sorry, signs.
[42:34] >> Signs.
[42:36] >> For Princess Bride.
[42:37] >> Oh. Oh,
[42:38] >> yeah. Last time we forgot and Drew did
[42:40] it for us, which was great. But do we want
[42:47] signs. This time
[42:48] >> I can do signs.
[42:52] » Um I can place signs cuz I don't go out
[42:54] of town until
[42:56] >> Saturday morning.
[42:57] >> I think whoever places them should also
[43:00] just makes it easier. I can put them
[43:01] out.
[43:06] So you'll come out Thursday
[43:10] >> like midafter afternoon get
[43:14] >> Thursday people come coming home from
[43:16] work and then Friday to and from and
[43:18] then it's been advertised.
[43:20] >> Can you set them can we set them up
[43:21] earlier than Thursday? It hurt.
[43:23] >> No.
[43:24] >> Yeah. Like it says movie this Saturday,
[43:27] right?
[43:27] >> Yeah. So it can't be before set but like
[43:29] I think as early as you set it up the
[43:31] better.
[43:32] >> I think the
[43:32] >> whole week of people seeing it as better
[43:34] than two days.
[43:35] >> The theory behind it before was that if
[43:38] they sat out too long people would start
[43:42] ignoring them and then would forget by
[43:44] the time the weekend came.
[43:46] >> Yeah. But Yeah.
[43:49] >> But I don't either.
[43:51] >> If you don't see it on Thursday then you
[43:53] don't see it like you can see it on
[43:55] Tuesday. See, Friday or say Monday,
[43:57] Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
[43:58] Friday, which really remind me.
[44:00] >> How about Wednesday?
[44:02] >> I mean, it's I'm not set up. So, I feel
[44:04] bad even saying, but
[44:06] >> I don't I don't personally think it hurt
[44:08] to set it really want to set it up. I
[44:10] don't see how hurt personally.
[44:15] » Do you want me to reach out to my friend
[44:17] again who can make the movie topper?
[44:19] >> Oh,
[44:22] yeah. That would be helpful.
[44:25] Well, how much is she charging?
[44:28] >> The last time that we did it, I believe
[44:30] it was $50.
[44:32] She won't make 20. She'll make 10. And
[44:35] we put those five those 10 in key areas.
[44:42] >> I mean, your best call. Me personally
[44:45] though, like I I feel like that's we've
[44:48] got Facebook and Google now, and if they
[44:50] can't find the movie night and what
[44:52] movie is playing based off of that,
[44:54] They're not really interested to begin
[44:56] with.
[44:56] >> And I I agree and I disagree.
[45:00] >> Um, when you drive by and you see it
[45:03] says Princess Bride, you're like
[45:04] Princess Bride. And when you drive by
[45:06] and say, "Let me check that when I got
[45:08] when I get home." And then you're making
[45:10] dinner, there's laundry, kids are
[45:12] streaming, there's homework, there's
[45:13] this, and then you forget, and then you
[45:16] do it again. If it's instant, then you
[45:19] know what the movie is.
[45:20] >> Yeah.
[45:21] >> That's what I was asking you the other
[45:23] week. how she did them because to me
[45:26] >> she's a cricket and there's paper.
[45:28] >> To me, it seems like there should be a
[45:30] way that's easy enough for us to just do
[45:34] that. But
[45:35] >> Billy made them first and he would cut
[45:38] it out and spray paint it and it took a
[45:41] long time to dry and it took a long time
[45:43] to make.
[45:44] >> Right.
[45:45] >> Is she going to Is she just going to
[45:47] print us out the stickers or is she
[45:48] going to make the actual thing that's
[45:50] >> She printed out the stickers and then I
[45:53] old signs
[45:55] >> and put on signs and then put them in
[45:57] the signs.
[45:59] >> I'm not sure if she can do it. I can
[46:00] reach out and ask.
[46:02] >> I think it might be nice to try,
[46:04] especially for a movie like this.
[46:05] >> Yeah, I think this is a big one.
[46:07] >> It's a memorable movie.
[46:10] >> But Amy still has
[46:17] [laughter]
[46:18] >> It's a good movie.
[46:19] >> I was going to defend myself.
[46:28] Do we have to vote on that? Is that
[46:29] something we have to vote on? Because
[46:31] there's money involved.
[46:32] >> Oh, yeah.
[46:34] >> Possibly money involved.
[46:37] >> What's the decision? Yes. Go for it.
[46:40] >> To Yes. To
[46:41] >> Yes, it needs to be.
[46:43] >> All right.
[46:43] >> Okay.
[46:45] A motion to
[46:47] approve the spending of
[46:50] $50 or less. Is that right for
[46:55] movie advertisement sign toppers? Movie
[46:58] sign. Yeah.
[47:00] >> I'll second
[47:02] >> discussion.
[47:04] All in favor?
[47:07] Any opposed?
[47:12] Yeah.
[47:16] Is that enough?
[47:17] >> You did it.
[47:18] >> Did great.
[47:22] » Um,
[47:24] >> that's actually
[47:26] >> okay. No open ideas and visions.
[47:35] » Updates.
[47:36] All right.
[47:37] >> There's a lot of them.
[47:39] >> Yeah. Yeah. Um so uh splash hat updates.
[47:44] The Miller Cooper Park splashback
[47:45] continues to experience strong
[47:47] attendance and remains a popular
[47:48] destination for residents and visitors
[47:50] throughout the region. Um the staffing
[47:52] adjustments have been made to support
[47:54] operations through the remainder of the
[47:56] season and routine water quality
[47:58] monitoring and facility inspections
[48:00] continue. We got an A+ from the health
[48:02] board. So
[48:04] >> good. Uh staff are also documenting
[48:06] operational observations and visitor
[48:08] trends to help inform future grant
[48:10] writing and planning efforts. Um so I've
[48:13] been taking pictures of the buses,
[48:15] talking to the people, seeing where
[48:16] they're coming from and stuff so that
[48:18] when it comes time to um write grants
[48:22] for stuff like that, we have that
[48:24] information. I'm also going to start uh
[48:26] one day out of the week doing field days
[48:28] where I pretty much pick a picnic table,
[48:30] sit down, and every half hour I'm
[48:33] counting how many people in the park and
[48:35] taking pictures and stuff like that
[48:36] because that's the kind of data grants
[48:39] want. So,
[48:41] uh, Little Sykes update, Little Sykes
[48:44] has continued to see excellent
[48:45] participation and community support
[48:47] throughout the season. Ridership and
[48:49] donations remain very strong, and the
[48:51] attraction continues to serve as a
[48:53] popular family activity within the town.
[48:56] Staff continue to coordinate with
[48:58] volunteers to ensure safe and successful
[49:00] operating days. And I just learned today
[49:03] they're going to um paint the metal
[49:07] gates uh the black parts of those. Uh so
[49:11] fresh.
[49:14] We had some zipline repairs at Miller
[49:16] Cooper. um two weeks ago. Uh the
[49:20] mechanical failure was that the cable
[49:23] itself started to bunch together so that
[49:27] the swing part itself uh it just
[49:30] wouldn't move. Um so uh Derek was out in
[49:36] uh Alaska for the past two or three
[49:38] weeks. I think three weeks. Um, so the
[49:41] um the rest of the guys were able to get
[49:44] together and they learned a thing or two
[49:45] and they were able to put everything
[49:47] back. Um, I did have to tell a a young
[49:50] boy 10 11 years old today. Um, do not
[49:53] stand on the seat and do not jump as you
[49:56] go down because he will break it.
[50:00] >> That is definitely how you break it.
[50:03] >> Uh, rain infrastructure. Uh, I gave a
[50:06] tour to
[50:07] >> a question. Are there rules posted for
[50:10] the zipline?
[50:11] >> No.
[50:13] >> Should we think about posting?
[50:16] >> We would have to get those rules
[50:17] directly from Game Time.
[50:20] >> Game time doesn't make that zip line
[50:21] anymore.
[50:22] >> So, I I I will reach out because I think
[50:26] that's a great idea. Um, but at the same
[50:29] time, I know that they will charge us an
[50:31] arm and a leg for those rules since they
[50:34] don't print them on the regular anymore.
[50:36] We can't make our own rules
[50:39] >> because it's not we didn't manufacture
[50:41] the equipment
[50:43] like common sense rules.
[50:47] >> Need to be posted.
[50:48] >> I love where your head's at. I
[50:50] unfortunately am living in government
[50:53] world.
[50:55] >> Could we figure out or could we find the
[50:58] rules and then make it ourselves or no?
[51:00] >> Yeah. Uh that's actually an idea.
[51:03] >> Yeah. Yeah. supposed we just make it.
[51:07] >> But there's also we have holes for the
[51:10] splash pad and I'm still finding food
[51:13] containers.
[51:13] >> Yeah, I mean it's all
[51:15] >> I'm just thinking liability, [snorts]
[51:17] >> you know.
[51:18] >> So in playgrounds in playgrounds there
[51:20] is um I forget the use that term
[51:23] inferred um liability so that if you do
[51:27] get harmed it's at your own risk. So
[51:30] we're we're covered by that already
[51:32] through legit
[51:34] So
[51:35] >> yeah,
[51:37] >> it's it's only to hope that we don't
[51:38] have to fix the zip line too many times.
[51:40] >> Right.
[51:41] Breaks a lot
[51:42] >> and that's if they meet it and then
[51:43] follow it.
[51:44] >> Right.
[51:44] >> Yeah.
[51:45] >> That's what I was saying.
[51:46] >> Is that just typical zipline? Like do
[51:49] other parks experience the same.
[51:51] >> So I'm telling you right now of all the
[51:52] parks I've been to and people I'veworked
[51:54] with and talked to, nobody has a zipline
[51:57] like that.
[51:59] >> I wonder why. Because of that, you will
[52:01] find the zip lines are lowered to the
[52:04] ground. They are metal and you oil them
[52:07] up once a week and shuffle through and
[52:10] that's it. The zip line itself is
[52:13] I very much dislike it.
[52:18] » Makes sense.
[52:19] Uh so green infrastructure uh I gave a
[52:22] tour to a couple of guys from Alliance
[52:24] for the Chesapeake Bay um so that they
[52:27] could learn all about us and what some
[52:29] of the practices we already have um like
[52:31] drainage and stuff like that and what
[52:33] else we could be doing. Um so they're
[52:36] going to write up a report but they
[52:38] already came out of the park swinging
[52:44] whatever the saying is. Uh they had some
[52:47] great ideas like for instance um getting
[52:51] a bird watchers uh kind of area uh right
[52:54] off the linear path or Mr. Trail um
[52:57] especially where that huge reservoir
[53:00] lake is.
[53:01] >> So I thought that was pretty cool.
[53:05] >> Uh MML summer conference uh staff and
[53:09] some council members uh attended the
[53:11] Maryland Municipal League summer
[53:13] conference and participated in and I
[53:15] participated in the parks and recreation
[53:17] association booth. Um the conference
[53:20] provided assoc opportunities to connect
[53:22] with municipal leaders from across the
[53:24] state, discuss emerging trends in parks
[53:26] and recreation and share ideas related
[53:28] to community engagement programming,
[53:31] public spaces and municipal operations.
[53:34] So with the PLA branch, um pretty much
[53:39] what we're trying to do through MML is
[53:43] let township smaller than Sykesville
[53:46] know that there are professionals that
[53:47] do it 247 um that they can reach out to
[53:50] us and ask questions. We can we can tell
[53:53] them the people that we work with um
[53:55] through playgrounds or through the
[53:58] county state level, all that good stuff.
[54:01] So, and then of course I was repping in
[54:04] Sykesville the whole entire time. So,
[54:06] people got to hear about Sykesville an
[54:08] awful lot.
[54:11] Uh park maintenance and safety updates.
[54:14] Uh the staff continues to work closely
[54:16] with public works to address routine
[54:18] maintenance needs, safety concerns, and
[54:20] infrastructure improvements throughout
[54:22] the park system. Uh recent efforts have
[54:25] included ongoing coordination related to
[54:27] a proposed sidewalk connection serving
[54:30] South Branch Park. So that'll be the
[54:32] connector between the bridge and the
[54:34] park itself. Uh in which uh
[54:40] it's not on here, but Joe and I were
[54:42] actually in Westminster earlier this
[54:44] week uh when they had open session and
[54:47] we answered some questions from the
[54:50] county council on
[54:52] uh the grant that we wrote and why Carol
[54:57] County money um is going on a Howard
[55:00] County uh land and just economically
[55:05] it's it's going to help Carol County
[55:07] sites go out in the long run. Um Seth
[55:11] have continued to the project through
[55:13] planning discussions and grant
[55:14] application efforts aimed at improving
[55:16] pedestrian accessibility. Um I didn't
[55:20] write all that. Uh the project was
[55:22] wellreceived and staff appreciate the
[55:24] support shown by county leadership. Um
[55:26] additional efforts have included tree
[55:28] maintenance, playground inspections,
[55:30] facility monitoring, and response to
[55:32] resident concerns. Um which we've had a
[55:36] few but nobody yelling at us about just
[55:39] like trim this tree. Um,
[55:42] please stop yelling at my kid to get off
[55:44] the zipline, stuff like that.
[55:47] Uh, and last thing I have is um through
[55:49] [snorts] professional development uh and
[55:51] community engagement. Uh, I was recently
[55:54] elected to serve as the secretary of the
[55:56] friends of Fort Frederick board of
[55:58] directors. um participation in that
[56:01] organization uh I think is going to
[56:03] provide me with opportunities to gain
[56:05] more experience uh and better serve you
[56:08] guys as a secretarial role. Um I look
[56:11] forward to applying the lessons learned
[56:13] through this role and that's all I got.
[56:19] >> Nice.
[56:20] >> Um
[56:21] does little sites need volunteers
[56:24] because if an email comes through you
[56:26] can send it to them. They're booked.
[56:27] They're good. They get booked pretty
[56:29] much January 1st.
[56:31] >> That's what I thought. That's what I
[56:33] thought. Um, could you ask Public Works
[56:37] because they did this for the last
[56:39] movie. They cut the grass on a Tuesday.
[56:42] It was perfect.
[56:43] >> Okay.
[56:44] >> The Tuesday before the movie,
[56:46] >> the grass was gone. There wasn't any
[56:49] extra stuff flying in there. It was It
[56:52] Tuesday was perfect. And the splash
[56:54] pad's gone. you know,
[56:56] >> that's usually the day that they'll cut the grass there. Um,
[57:00] >> it's raining,
[57:01] >> right? But it was just it was just
[57:03] perfect because other days I think
[57:04] because of the rain and they've cut it
[57:06] Friday there's a lot of grass and it's
[57:09] just messy. But Tuesday was perfect.
[57:11] >> Would we rather just tell public works
[57:14] that on Friday it's a little bit long
[57:16] because at that point it's just going to
[57:18] be way too muggy.
[57:19] >> Yeah.
[57:20] >> Okay.
[57:20] >> Yes, please. Speaking of that, is the
[57:23] screen good to go? Did it need dried out
[57:26] or clean?
[57:27] >> The tarp was a little damp, but we just
[57:28] folded it up.
[57:29] >> Okay.
[57:37] » Count uh council updates.
[57:41] I can't think of any updates for you.
[57:44] Anything from me or the council?
[57:46] >> I don't think so.
[57:50] >> Okay.
[57:52] Shall we?
[57:54] >> Anybody care to do the honors?
[57:56] >> I motion to adjourn.
[57:59] >> All in favor? I don't think