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And one.
This is

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called to order of the Sykesville Parks
and Recreation Commission July 23rd,

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2026 meeting starting at 7:02 p.m.
And we're off.

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Uh the first
order of business

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is to approve the June 25th, 2026
meeting minutes. We cannot do that cuz

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we don't have quorum, so we'll save that
for another day.

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Uh we had no public comments, so let's
go to old business. The children's

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library update. Uh maintenance is ready
to install the little library whenever

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the library is ready.

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All right.
Um did Chris have anything to say about

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that? I know that she knows the lady.
>> I don't think she said anything.

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» An email explaining the little library
should be coming soon, she says.

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» Uh she did email me. They're just
waiting on the plaque. So, whenever

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whenever she gets us to go ahead, public
works is ready to

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dig a hole.
>> Neat.

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» All right.
Um natural bulletin board update. Limbs

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from evergreen and cherry trees have
been set aside after a cleanup project

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in Jones Park. Further discussion is
needed. Pushed from June's meeting. So,

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there's you did not find them.
>> So, do we know where they are?

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» They're too tiny. Went to Jones Park and
there's a pile of

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» twigs.
>> twigs.

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» Yeah.
>> Not limbs. So, I need 10, 12 foot

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limbs.
>> Same thing.

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» You know, 6-in diameter, somewhere.
>> I'll take the twigs.

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» I need three of those. Well, there's
piles in there.

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» Okay.
Use them for mulch.

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» Yep. And then we still need to determine
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public works is digging a hole for the
library children's library, are they

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also digging holes for the sign or
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» They They can, yeah.
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» Yeah.
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» Good. Just need some wood.
>> So, we just need Yep, the wood.

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» But, if you ride around town even now,
people probably still have down trees in

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their backyard. You could cut away and
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That might be a lot of effort, though.
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» Let freedom ring free. Discussion on how
the event went, how the float did, and

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if there are any changes needed for next
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It was hot.
Glad.

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That was my squirrel. Um
I thought the float was very nice.

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» Me too.
>> Maybe some some

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more foliage next time? More trees,
bigger trees?

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» Yeah, I agree.
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» But, everything turned out
>> Everything was nice.

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» really well.
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too, if we could figure out how to make
the signs double-sided.

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» Yeah.
>> So, that you can read it from either

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direction.
>> Mhm.

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But, the signs were nice.
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» They looked very professional.
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» I'd still like to see a swing on there.
>> A swing?

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» Mhm.
>> I like that.

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» You can do it. Take a little bit of
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» cushion in your back.

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» That would be cool.
>> How was the space like on the float? Was

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there enough
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» I think it was a great first
first draft

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» Mhm.
>> of the float.

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» Mhm. Mhm. Mhm.
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How did it look from from a distance?
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negative.
>> It was [clears throat] I haven't heard

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anything.
>> Gross got three points.

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» Okay.
>> I think they sang or something. They

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sang the national anthem or something.
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» Oh, one thing that luckily I didn't
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the parade had a theme,
which was back to your roots.

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So, luckily, our float did match that by
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Um but that's something to keep in mind
for next year if they change the theme

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every year.
Does that mean we have to build a new

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float every year or modify it somehow?
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that it's easy to kind of add or take
away from stuff.

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» Yeah.
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figure out a way to
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Just stick and still be a park scene,
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park depending on
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Okay.
Uh farmers market and planning

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discussion how July farmers market went,
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what date works, who will volunteer to
work the table at August.

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» You did that with Chris.
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» How was it?
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location.
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» We had a tent. They got us a tent.
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it was in the center location with like
the What do they call it? The youth the

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younger
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» Yeah. And then the music and stuff.
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we've gotten in the past. We did run out
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So, if we do need more of those and
flyers, so we ran out of all of our

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materials that we can hand out. Um so,
if we're going to do the August one, we

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should get more of those things. Are we
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» It was all being restocked.
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Um who can do August Did we talk about
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certain Sunday of the month that we were
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» So, I was coordinating with Sarah,
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as long as we were good with that spot
they gave you,

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that
we can just request whatever date.

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» Okay.
>> And she can accommodate.

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» Um
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official spot that she gave us. She kind
of just squeezed herself

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» Yeah.
So, what date did we do that? The 11th?

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It was or the 12th, sorry, cuz it was
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the meeting.
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» [clears throat]
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could do August 9th,
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» Do you want to do the Sunday right after
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» Or if we Okay, that's true. Or if we
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weekend, we could do
the 16th instead.

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Am Am I doing it?
I'll do it.

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I don't mind it. It's fun.
It's relaxing. I haven't done it yet. I

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can help.
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» Yeah, August is I could definitely do
September. August is a little tough for

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me.
>> Uh if you want to do 30th, I'll do 30th.

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» Yeah.
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» Um I'll email Sarah and then I'll copy
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on it.
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Olson was the woman who was working the
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» Mhm. Oh, yeah.
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Uh she has a lot of programming that she
want to bring down. I did tell her that

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we're kind of
skeleton crew, so.

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» Did Chris give it Did Chris tell you
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about we met some former employees from
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» He did not.
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to one of our meetings and doing a
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show us all the stuff that they've done
and maybe give us some new ideas. I have

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I mean, Chris I think Chris got a
business card to give to you, but I also

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have one, so I can just give you this
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Um but that was really nice. So, we
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um, volunteer signatures, but we did
meet a couple interesting people that we

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could network with
and collaborate [snorts] with.

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» Any leads on the open seat?
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» What about the farmers market?
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Did he get back this time?
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» Okay.
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but I'm going to leave it in your guys'
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» Okay.
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from my my viewpoint, and I absolutely
could be wrong, but I think he really

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likes Chris and doesn't want to
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So.
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Um, I guess I should read this then.
SPARK currently has one vacant

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commission seat. Residents interested in
parks, recreation, community events, and

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public spaces are encouraged to apply.
Staff continue to share information

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regarding the vacancy and welcome
recommendations of community members who

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may be interested in serving.
Anyone who is interested in joining

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SPARK should email parks@sykesville.net.

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Um, and that's it for the old business.
On to new business.

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Um, we had to cancel The Princess Bride.
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Discussion on the decision to cancel the
movie and if the weather policy is still

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working. It was a hard decision. It was
one of those

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50/50 chance if it actually rains
substantially, but I think we made the

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right call cuz it did rain.
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Joe Joe backed you guys up on that
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little bit, not a lot, but that's enough
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» Yeah.
>> damage equipment. That's not what

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This is what it's all about.
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» How long do we have the rights for that
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» A year. A year.
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uh whether we would reschedule for this
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Um but of course that means that it
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that. So.
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what we typically do.
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» Um
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the possibility of pushing
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to next year.
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» I don't want to push the Goonies.
I like the Goonies.

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» Have you seen uh like feedback and
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» Dogman will probably be
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Chris said she likes the cancellation
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Sorry.
Uh Chris will be at the Oh, wait. We

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haven't got there yet. Um oh,
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uh the snack shack refrigerator and the
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that happened. Do you know,
uh Drew, how long the snack shack was

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without power?
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that. It was just just toss it.
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agree. I think we should toss it.
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It's food, so.
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» Just toss out the right?
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» So, I I mean, up to people's opinion. I
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fine.
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» Because it wasn't obviously melt. You
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refreezes.
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» And if nobody opens a freezer, it's good
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we don't know how long it was without
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» I was without power
>> Would you guys mind if I reached out to

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the health boards in Carroll County just
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bases with that one?
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» Yeah, that's right.
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um
What do we have

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license that we have? The food permit.
>> Mhm.

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» Probably has specific information,
right? About regulations.

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» It It really is just a boiler plate to
fill this out for you.

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Yeah, I'll I'll get
guidance from them.

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» And I assume we have to follow all the
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follow, right? Like when the power goes
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» We don't fill out um a a
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a food safety form. We do temporaries
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» Oh.
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without power for 3 days.
>> For 3 days? I was 2 days.

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Where do you live?
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» You're on Second Avenue?
Huh.

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» Neighbor.
>> Huh.

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» You're on the other side of Second
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» Hm. Yeah, it was
It was exciting.

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» Three days for us, too.
>> What a time.

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» Yeah, you had 3 days, too?
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» I had a pine tree that shut down Second
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» Yes.
>> For hours.

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» Yeah.
>> So.

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» Yeah, our house was like
It was like 88 degrees.

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» Uh
>> Who does the head on? Sorry. Who does

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the
tree removal when when your trees are

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across the street? Is it our folks or is
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» That's contracted out. Um usually we'll
go with a guy named Lowell from uh

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O'Malley Tree Service,
which is Oak Ridge

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» Yeah.
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eight or nine guys that came out and
they were amazing.

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giant tree in the middle of the street.
They were They had the leaf blowers out

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the end of the never miss. I'm
well, hours after it went down. But once

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they got there, yeah, there was three,
four trucks.

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They were They were amazing. I mean,
>> I'll send along your

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compliments.
>> unreal.

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» Do we have to Is the Is that a voting
thing?

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Changing or
rescheduling Princess Bride or

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saving it for next year?
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process, the process dictates.
>> Okay.

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» Or can dictate.
>> I feel like that's always been what

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we've done.
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reserve like when when when was our last
minute?

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» a rain date.
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end of the
season.

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Cuz I think we pushed out May.
>> Yes.

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» Yeah.
>> We used to go May, June, July, August,

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and September was a rain date.
>> Yeah.

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» So, I guess once we've moved
>> Yeah.

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But like we were going to show Toy Story
this year because we canceled it last

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year.
Let's save it for

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next year.

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I
don't know what we're doing anymore.

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Discussion today. Oh,
okay. So, the next movie. No, where are

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we? I'm sorry. I'm lost.
Skate Jam. All right, let's go to Skate

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Jam.
Um [snorts] as things stand, the Skate

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Jam will be on the same day as the
annual Fall Festival. The town asked

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Spark to either reschedule or cancel the
Skate Jam because of lack of resources

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that day. A decision
A decision is asked from the commission.

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Um resources as in police presence. Is
that what they mean?

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» Uh police presence. Uh public works is
going to be taken up. Um so, Fall

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Festival, uh we're looking at around
2,000

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people attending.
>> Is the fall festival our thing or is

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that what the church does?
>> That's what the church does.

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» Okay.
>> Uh and they do it all for free.

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» Yeah.
Is that the one that happens at Miller

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Cooper?
>> Yeah.

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And it's the town's opinion uh that
that's just a remarkable

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thing that they do. Um
and a good good program.

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» What church is that? Is it
>> Freedom Fellowship?

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» That's the 32.
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» So, um as things stand, uh
Sully has not gotten back to me.

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Um
he hasn't

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really opened things up. Um

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» Yeah, I feel like until we get a date a
potential date or dates that would work

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for
Shrimp Town,

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» Yeah.
>> there's no way for us.

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» Yeah.
Yeah, I don't think we can

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» send them dates that work for us.
But they're

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» So, what would you guys think about
letting Shrimp Town take over the stage?

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» That's
>> It can be their event and if they want

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back up, like advertising and if they
want EMS there, if they want

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permits for booths and stuff like that,
that can all come through the town's

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park. But as of right now, none of us
are skateboarders.

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» Um honestly, I'm fine with that. I went
last year. I thought it was a great

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event, but I didn't
I didn't see how if Spark was not there,

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how it necessarily would have
been any different.

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Like we weren't we weren't the ones who
were really

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» Right. We weren't
running it.

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» Like right now would be uh Chris would
be looking over at you being like, "This

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is your baby."
>> Yeah.

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» What do you what do you think?
>> If the Spark

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We could We could still have a table
there.

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» We had this discussion before.
I don't remember the outcome of that

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discussion. But we talked about this.
>> What I care about is that there is an

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event. So,
>> Yes.

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» if Shrimp Town takes it on, then it's
still going to be the same outcome. It's

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going to be
a skate event, you know, to take it out

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of the rescue park.
>> Who was the last person to reach out to

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Shrimp Town
and work with um

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» So, he I I forget who
who was the man who came to speak.

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» Uh Dave Sullivan or
>> Yeah, so he came back

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» by Sully.
>> I think he came back in March, ish.

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» Mhm.
>> Um and did say that he valued, you know,

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Spark's help with the event.
I think it would be fine for us to help.

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But as far as us leading it, I don't
know if that's necessarily

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» Yeah.
>> the best.

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» It makes sense.

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» Yep.
>> I'm okay with that.

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» Yeah, I don't think we can
>> Just uh

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let them schedule it and then we'll help
where we can.

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» So, what's the next step then? Just
reach out to Sully and

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» That's all the information we have.
>> Yeah.

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» And then we can make the decision next
month.

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» Okay.
>> Yep.

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» Next.
>> Dog Man.

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» Dog Man.
And the Goonies.

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» And
Saturday, August 8th.

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» Planning discussion for August showing
of Dog Man and September showing of the

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Goonies. Additional family-friendly
activities, environmental tie-ins, and

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potential partnerships should be
explored to help create a stronger

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pre-movie experience. Chris has
something to say about that.

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Chris said she's trying to get in touch
with Debbie, former owner of a likely

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story, who had a Dog Man costume,
>> [snorts]

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» uh that we borrowed for Santa a few
years back.

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Um she has a volunteer to wear a costume
if there is such a costume.

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Uh there could be a fee for renting the
costume,

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and hopefully she finds out before the
movie.

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That's what she has to say about that.
So, that's our pre-movie

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plan for Dog Man is Dog Man himself.
>> Were you

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Were you able to reach out to
um Sykesville Police about potentially

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having them be there?
>> Yeah, and we got a tentative yes. I'm

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doing an exhibition of the canine unit
that they have.

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» Oh, yeah.
>> Carrie's also going to go down another

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track tomorrow. Uh she's going to
Carroll County Humane Society to pick up

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another dog to uh
a dog day out uh kind of thing. She did

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it last month, and it was pretty
successful.

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Rookie got
Rookie got adopted in 2 days. So, um

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so, she's going to
get in contact with them and see if they

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get a real answer, a yes or a no, not a
not a sitting on the fence.

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Uh Park Books will not be able to join
us on that day.

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» Okay. Does that mean no costume?
>> Uh

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so, their answer to being able to help
out was no, cuz they're understaffed

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right now, and their costume is they
usually get it from the publisher.

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And
it's like, okay, well, we're not selling

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books.
>> That's true.

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» I could reach out to the publisher, but
I just feel like that's a lot.

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Um
That's true.

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Do do do do
>> That's dog man. Do we have any ideas for

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the Goonies?
Buried treasure of some sort. Scavenger

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hunt, wasn't that brought up?
>> Yeah, that's what Lauren Merrell

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Yeah, Lauren Merrell wants to do.
>> I like that idea a lot.

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» So, why don't we reach out to her
tomorrow then and say we're interested

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and ask her what she'd like Sparks
involvement to be there.

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» Okay.

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» And then, you know, you guys

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» Anything else?
Oh. Who's going to be there?

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» Yeah, maybe for the dog run we should do
the

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set up details.
>> What did you say the date was for that?

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Eighth?
>> The eighth.

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» Okay.
I'll be there.

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» I will be there.
>> I can be there.

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Alex?
>> Maybe.

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» Maybe.

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And probably Chris. No, Chris said
>> She said she'll be there.

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» She did. Okay.

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Goonies, we [clears throat] can just
figure that out

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» Yeah,
signs.

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» Signs?

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» Um
>> I can't do signs.

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I am at Deep Creek and I come back with
that day. And then I'll come back to the

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movie that day.
>> Uh, I can do it again. I don't mind.

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» It's pretty easy.

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» Okay.
Chris has volunteers already.

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» Okay.
>> Um,

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she asks if the donation to Basil L. I
Run Nature Center has been sent.

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» Yes.
>> Cool.

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» What was I going

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And then
I'm assuming Chris will take care of

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restocking this section.

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And then if she needs any help, then
yeah.

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We can figure that out closer to the
date.

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» Yeah, plenty of time.

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» I think that's it.

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» Yep.
That's all Chris has to say.

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Um, open ideas and vision.

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Which is blank.
Anybody have any ideas they just thought

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of?
>> I'm visionless this week.

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» Sometimes it be like that.
Okay. Town updates.

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» All right. Running through real quick.
Um, so the storm response and slide pad

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operations, um, the storm that occurred
during Independence Day weekend, um, was

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a doozy. And public works, um, they
worked very, uh, hard to clear damage

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from all areas of Saxton.
Um, Derek organized with local

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contractors at HW, um, to clean up the
fallen trees in South Branch and in

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Miller Cooper.
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a tree very close to Pavilion 2 uh was
destroyed and almost took out the

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Pavilion.
Uh, but we were lucky it's still

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standing. Um,
yeah, like like a lot of people, as

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we've talked about, uh Splash Pad also
lost power, so it was down on Sunday.

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Um, and then uh coordination with
Stellar uh and it was up and running in

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1 day. Um, zipline was also damaged
again uh

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and fixed within days' time. Um, I I
just want to say thanks to to public

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works of HW and all those people as well
um cuz that like it was said, it was

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impressive.
Then uh the last thing I have is

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interpretive nature panels. Um,
the linear trail from Calarama to the

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branch off towards the spring house and
outdoor classroom is going to be closed

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from uh July 27th to the 31st
from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.

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Um,
contractors will be working on

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installing the panels on those days. Um,
residents are asked to avoid that area

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or step carefully while installations
are taking place.

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Um, we're using O'Donnell
um landscapers to install those and we

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picked those up today.
>> Cool.

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» Uh,
>> What were the times you said? July 27th

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to the 31st?
>> 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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» Okay.

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» Uh, concrete will go down Tuesday
and then

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uh second pour will be on Thursday.

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» Okay. And there was this was a few weeks
ago,

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I guess it was shortly after the storm,
there was a big tree blocking the path

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that carried over to the CD. Do you know
if that's

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» Yeah. Yeah. Yep.
>> And have a chance to go there?

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» Mhm.
Council updates?

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» Um, I do actually have some things. So,
I don't know if you guys follow the

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channel Facebook page, you should.
Um, but they posted

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um
some concept ideas.

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» Oh, yeah, for the
>> for the the show

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the amphitheater canopy building.
Um

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I just wanted to get your attention
since it's in one of our parks. You can

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take a look at it.
>> There's multiple ideas? I only saw the

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» Oh, it's like this one this one page of
three different

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pictures um
>> What are the There were a lot of

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comments about are they are they
installing a bathroom or real restroom?

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Is that happening? Do we know?
>> there. Um

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» We don't know.
>> Uh Amy

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» I mean it was still
Yeah, but it I mean it was discussed at

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some point, but it I mean this this
isn't decided at all. This is a

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» Right.
>> conceptual um

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» Didn't know if that was in the works or
tough so.

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» yeah, Amy hit it on the nose. There's
just no water infrastructure over there

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right now. So, that's why there's no
port-a-potty. Um

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and then that's as much as I know. I can
look into it deeper if you guys like.

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» Hm. I'm just curious myself, but it's no
big deal.

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» Yeah, I've heard that comment a lot,
too.

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It's the same comments here where people
are like, "You're building a pavilion

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next to a pavilion."
>> That's true. Yep.

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» It's a different purpose, though.

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» Pardon me?
>> I I I have almost no

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interaction with this this project to go
with.

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» I mean, could it be used for say farmers
market if it rains? Could

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there's potential for it to shift over
there?

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» I mean, I don't see why not.
>> [snorts]

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» Okay.
>> A partial bit of it. Um

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maybe yeah. Like maybe a quarter cuz
that's that farmers market has gotten

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» It's gotten big, yeah.
>> Yeah, it's crazy.

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» Seriously.

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» Cool.
All right.

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Shall we?
Shall we end it here?

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» Yep.
>> Okay. I motion to end

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Sexsmith Parks and Recreation
Commission meeting 7:31 p.m.

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» I second.
>> Anybody got something to say?

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All in favor.
>> it's a decision. I think you just close

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it.
>> Okay. We're done. [laughter]