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I would like to call this meeting to

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order of the Urbana Park District Board

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of Commissioners on Tuesday, August

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11th, 2026 at 6:00

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4:00 p.m.

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at the Planning and Operations Facility.

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And so, our first item of business is

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called to order and remote attendance.

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And so, we do have our executive

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director, Rachel Lenz, attend attending

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remotely.

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Nice to see you, Rachel.

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But, no commissioners are attending

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remotely.

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The second item of business is to

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adjourn to executive session.

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Um do I have a motion

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for moving into executive session?

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>> In accordance with Section 2, Part C,

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Exception Number 11 of the Illinois Open

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Meetings Act, I move to adjourn to

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executive session for the purpose of

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discussing litigation

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when an action against, affecting, or on

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behalf of a particular public body has

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been filed and is pending before a court

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or administrative tribunal, or when this

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public body finds that an action is

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probable or imminent, in which case the

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basis for the finding shall be recorded

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and entered into the minutes of the

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closed meeting.

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>> All right, that's been moved and

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seconded. And we need a roll call vote

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starting with Flora.

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>> All right, that passes unanimously. All

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right, we are going to

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meeting down the hall.

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So, coming out of executive session, we

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do have a motion to make. Do I have

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>> Yeah, I move to authorize the executive

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director to enter into agreements with

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finance finance company upon final legal

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approval.

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>> Second.

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>> All right, that's been moved and

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seconded. We'll have a roll call vote

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starting with Sarah.

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>> Okay, that passes unanimously. All

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right, then we will move on to

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accepting the agenda.

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» I move to accept the agenda as

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presented.

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>> Second.

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>> All right, that's been moved and

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seconded. Can we have a roll call vote

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starting with Laura?

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Did I say that twice? And it's it's

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>> It is and it's been accepted. All right,

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moving on to Roman numeral five, public

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comment.

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I think do we have any UPD No, no staff

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introductions either. Okay.

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All right. Item six, um appointing the

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UPD class. Um

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Katie, do you want to join us for any

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discussion? You can

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come on up.

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Um so we have before us candidates for UPD.

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actually still have some vacancies at

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the end of the day.

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two more people, is that

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Katie? Are questions about the UPD

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class?

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drop out?

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they were from the same household

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and they were concerned about one not

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being able to make every meeting and we

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had discussed that that would still be

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okay.

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>> Like the other one

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would not person's position.

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if the second person could attend.

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meetings. So, they wouldn't be Both

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members of the household would not be

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full members of UPDC, but one might be a

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to inform the others.

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Well, is there a motion to accept the

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current UPDC class?

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>> I move to approve the following

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candidates to serve 3-year terms as part

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of the 2026 through 2029 class of the

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Urbana Park District Advisory Committee

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or UPDC. The candidates are Wanita N.

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Rogers, Jeremy Walder, Kathy Adams,

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Nicole Heglund, and Sophia Maine. Maine?

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seconded. So, we'll have a roll call

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vote starting with Sarah.

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>> Uh aye, and that passes unanimously. All

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right. Well, we're very excited about

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this new UPDC class.

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vacancies, you'll still be accepting

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applications

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>> Absolutely. I was going to say actually

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I was going to have a conversation with

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them

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today.

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Okay, great. Fantastic.

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All right. Uh moving along to the Urbana

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Park District Advisory Committee report.

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um there's none of that.

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Um and now moving along to the consent

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agenda.

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All right. So, as a reminder, all action

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items and information items appearing um

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on the consent agenda are considered

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routine by the board and will be We

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enact that in one motion. If there's any

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discussion desired by Commissioner,

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those can be removed and discussed

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separately.

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And so, are there any thing from the

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consent agenda that Commissioners are

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interested in removing?

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>> There's a typo in my name in one of

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these that need to be removed. Can we

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Yeah, approve with amendment. Is that in the minutes?

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way down there.

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record the titles of the items on the

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consecutive agenda. So, we're looking at

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item A, approval of the minutes of the

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July 14th, 2026 regular board meeting.

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Item B, the approval of the minutes of

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the July 14th executive session.

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Monthly reports, that include the

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administration report, the planning and

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operations report, the recreation

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report. Action to accept the

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philanthropy report and gifts listed

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with gratitude.

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Approval of the monthly paid accounts

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payable.

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agenda?

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>> I move to approve all the action items

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on the consent agenda and accept all the

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information items listed on the consent

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agenda in omnibus manner.

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>> All right, that's been moved and

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seconded. We have a roll call vote

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>> All right, it's been approved.

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All right, moving on to reports. I will

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turn this over to financial reports to

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>> Thank you.

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We are going to start with a bit of good

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news. This will be our first,

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uh, sharing of fund balance reports that

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actually has

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fund balance on it.

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>> What mountain since did you move?

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>> So, uh, these reports, these revenue and

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expenditure reports show our receipts

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and expenditures for the prior 12-month

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period, the budget for the current

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period, and the preliminary unaudited

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for 3 months ending on July 31st of

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2026. For those following along in our

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packet, these reports begin on page 61.

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All right, starting on page one. This

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is, uh, we call it fund one. Um, this is

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all funds excluding the capital

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improvements fund.

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the period were $6,129,688.

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as shared in last month's meeting, uh,

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we did receive in the month of June two

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of our property tax distributions, um,

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equating to the 49.9% of

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uh, taxes so far. So, right in line with

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where we normally are at this time.

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Expenditures here reflect $3,114,185.

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months, meaning that there, um, is an

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excess of revenues over expenditures of

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$3,015,305.36.

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uh, fund by itself. Here, uh, revenues

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for 3 months were, um, $297,706.

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reimbursement from the CEO, uh, in

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regards to our pedal park, uh, Prairie

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to fulfill that grant.

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spot at a surplus once again with uh,

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revenues exceeding expenditures of

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$115,486.

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Page three is fund three and this is all

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funds of district wide and here's where

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the drum roll is that in the bottom

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right we actually have an ending fund

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all funds $15,773,555.79.

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individual reports for the three working

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as well as the last page of this report

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being the indoor pool UIAC fund.

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Are there any questions on

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that set of reports?

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All right, moving on to treasurer's

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report.

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This is a report of the amount of cash

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31st of 2026.

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side of the page and where cash is

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invested is displayed across the top.

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date $15,937,428.26.

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Page two then uh the very top section

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lists the amounts that we have in

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interest bearing accounts. Of that

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$15,900,000

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on hand $13,268,000

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$937.68

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is our investments at varying rates.

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Um we currently have three CDs uh one of

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which renewed during the month of July.

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Um rates are going up again so um the

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three

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interest rates that we have right now

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are 3.65, 3.9, and our newest one at

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4.15% so we're back up again. That's that's

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good news.

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>> Mhm.

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>> The bottom section here is a list of

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interfund loans. We did have a little

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bit of new activity here of $5,100.

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Again,

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this is just covering until UIEC we

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receive the reimbursement from um the

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school district. They have been billed,

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so it should be on the way.

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>> I have a question.

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>> Mhm.

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>> I'm just curious in my 16 years in here

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if the gray box might be going away.

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>> Would you like it to go?

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>> [laughter]

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>> It might be exciting for the next board

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meeting if it's a it's zero and we don't

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need the set aside.

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>> [laughter]

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» I mean, if we need it, we can have it,

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but if they're gone and we don't need to

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hold space for those for that anymore,

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we can wipe it away.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Sorry, there's always There has always

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been

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a gray box here holding money.

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I agree.

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>> [laughter]

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>> Sorry.

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» What that

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>> The last thing you were talking about

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was

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>> Oh, uh in the summer months, the bottom

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part of this report, we did have a

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little bit more uh

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contributed where recreation is um

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assisting the indoor pool, which is what

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we normally do May, June, July until

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>> Mhm.

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Okay, so that's where the $5,000 amount

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was.

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>> That's how much was activity during

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July.

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>> Gotcha.

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>> on that number.

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over the last couple of months.

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All right, and then uh page three of

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this is the last section of the report,

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and this lists all the distributions for

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the month of July.

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Um here we note the vendor payments

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match the accounts payable in the

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consent agenda, and the total

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disbursements of funds, which includes

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payroll and vendors, is $1,250,482.96.

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Um the only thing I wanted to make a

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note of here is that um

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with uh the receipt of the property tax

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dollars, um the second one was late in

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June, um we did pass through to COSR, so

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you know, we collect

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>> Mhm.

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>> um levy on their behalf and then pass it

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through to them as the administrator. Um

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because there were two, that's why you

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see a line here for CUSR special wreck,

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and it's a it's a big one, 176,500.

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All right. Other questions on the

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treasurer's report? Then I present to

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you the treasurer's report for audit.

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>> I move to accept the treasurer's report

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for audit.

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>> Second.

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>> All right, it's been moved and seconded.

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Any further questions? If not, we'll do

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a roll call vote starting with Sarah.

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>> Aye.

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>> All right, it passes.

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All right, moving along to capital

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budget report.

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>> a report here. We just had a few

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expenditures this month, not a whole lot

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going on.

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Um but we do note with an asterisk in

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the respective column

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any new activity during the month of

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July.

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Um on our first page, this is our 2019A

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of

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capital budget, and we had a payment to

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Permatrak of $4,073.

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Um this is related to the um additional

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boardwalks that were getting installed

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over at the Houghton Wetlands.

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Next page is our 2026 budget.

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Um here we paid uh Daktronics $14,728

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for the scoreboard at Amdocs.

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And also at the bottom, $10,856

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was expensed to GameTime for um

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uh I believe it was a merry-go-round at

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Carl Park, so it's playground equipment.

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2025

402
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$3,074

403
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was expensed to MCS. This was to upgrade

404
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the audio-visual system at the Lake

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House.

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And under equipment, we had $54,550

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um expensed to Morrow, and this was for

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um another F-150 pickup truck.

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2024

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Um

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Am I missing something?

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Well, that's fine.

413
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» None of them None of them work.

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>> Okay.

415
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>> Not off the website, off of

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>> dead. None of that is showing on this

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version of the packet.

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>> What? Mine has notes.

419
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>> Interesting.

420
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>> But I actually got it off the website,

421
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too.

422
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>> I got mine off the website, too. Website

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has notes.

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» I love a challenge.

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>> 2020-2024 budget.

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Uh here we had uh a couple of

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expenditures for Prairie Weaver Park,

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$49,948

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expense to Farnsworth. Um this was for

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phase two, design number four, also

431
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renderings for phase three.

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A little further down, we had um

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actually this is a split um bill. We uh

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expense to Kerby and Tucker,

435
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um here up above, $5,150.

436
00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,160
This was towards um some work done at

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the Carl Pavilion. And uh you'll notice

438
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at the bottom another $17,975

439
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to round out that bill, was expense

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under contingency.

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And also under contingency, $7,650

442
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expense to IMEG, and this was um

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regarding the Poquoson Trails project,

444
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design number three.

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And the remaining budget had no activity

446
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in the month of July.

447
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And then if there's no additional

448
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questions on

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Thank you.

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Um

451
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if there's no other questions, I'll turn

452
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,870
it over to Darren and Andy

453
00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:05,640
updates.

454
00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:06,600
>> All [clears throat] right, we'll start

455
00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,240
at Weaver Park.

456
00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,640
Uh so we had our punch list walk-through

457
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with uh architect and uh contractor. So,

458
00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:16,000
since our last meeting,

459
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uh they've been working on some of those

460
00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,880
items that are identified in the list.

461
00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,319
The main thing still

462
00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:24,360
that we're working through is the Ameren

463
00:17:24,360 --> 00:17:26,720
the final power connection to the

464
00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,800
building itself and light poles.

465
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So we do have a solution at this point.

466
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So ultimately Ameren did not like the

467
00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,640
hand hole that was behind the building.

468
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They don't want to have an option where

469
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anybody could tie into their electric

470
00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,480
service before it gets to the meter.

471
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So then they wanted that removed

472
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and our options were basically to either

473
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run a new line with a solid conduit all

474
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the way through which would have been

475
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very expensive.

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Or we were looking at doing

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a unistrut like H bracket that would

478
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actually stand up behind the building

479
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and have our meter on that which we

480
00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:06,440
weren't big fans of either.

481
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So we asked to be able to seal the hand

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hole the pit up basically and have a

483
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concrete pad a small concrete pad over

484
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it which Ameren has now

485
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,160
approved us doing. So we are working on

486
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a change order with the contractor.

487
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To get that pad installed and then

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Ameren unfortunately is about four weeks

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out from when they can then come back in

490
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and then do the final connections of

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service. So

492
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Power at site will still be out for

493
00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,670
at least another three four weeks.

494
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And then I think on the right the last

495
00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,600
meeting

496
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we had images of the Baker's Lane trail

497
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and then along Washington Street. What

498
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was not done at the last meeting which

499
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I'm trying to show here is the lighting

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along the trail.

501
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And then they had kind of the main

502
00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,720
segments

503
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of the path along Washington but they

504
00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,760
had not kind of tied in to where it

505
00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:10,360
intersects with the drives or the

506
00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:13,600
walkways. So all that uh paving work is

507
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,320
done. So, basically it's programming of

508
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,360
the light poles and seating

509
00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:19,200
um is pretty much it that's left for

510
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,560
that part of the project. Um

511
00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:25,630
looks really good.

512
00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,280
Um Laura mentioned the boardwalk, so we

513
00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,920
are in the closure for Hawk uh right

514
00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,880
now. Um we have our contractor coming

515
00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,160
out later this week and they'll actually

516
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,960
install the foundations for the

517
00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,280
boardwalk itself.

518
00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,840
Um but the boardwalk has not been

519
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,040
delivered yet to their um

520
00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,200
yard, basically. So,

521
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I'm hoping that in the next week it gets

522
00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:50,480
delivered. They're getting everything

523
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,920
set up, so that all they'll have to do

524
00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,160
basically is get the crane and drop it

525
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,840
down and then make the final connections

526
00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,000
to the foundations that they'll put in

527
00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,680
uh at the end of this week.

528
00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,360
So, worst case scenario, if it does not

529
00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,520
arrive, we'll have a small shutdown of a

530
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,160
parking area just so they can drop the

531
00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,040
boardwalk itself in, but they're kind of

532
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,360
taking care of everything they can do

533
00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:12,400
without it uh later this week.

534
00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,480
And then this is a picture from uh last

535
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,080
year, actually, but the same crew is

536
00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,640
back out and this is um

537
00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,360
what they actually did today. So, they

538
00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:22,440
were out there uh starting this morning.

539
00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,680
Um it's the full um

540
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,600
resealant of um the gym floor and the

541
00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,960
upstairs

542
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,000
uh fitness room. So, first coat is done

543
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,600
today. They'll be back tomorrow

544
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,040
afternoon to do the second coat.

545
00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,760
And then we'll have 10 days of cure time

546
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,600
on on both of those

547
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,600
uh spaces.

548
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,720
So, next meeting I'll have pictures of

549
00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:50,390
shiny uh wood floors.

550
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,480
Uh BC Woods bridge. Uh so, we've kind of

551
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,120
updated every few months about the

552
00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,320
progress of this project for the

553
00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,720
replacement. Uh we're actually out to

554
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,880
bid right now. Um bids were distributed

555
00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,840
uh last Friday. We have a bid opening at

556
00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,160
the end of this month. We are trying to

557
00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,040
hit the September board meeting for a

558
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,560
recommendation for award. There is

559
00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:15,840
potential that we're going to need some

560
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,480
more time, and we'll be pushing back

561
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,200
that recommendation to October. And a

562
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,400
lot of that has to do with making sure

563
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,480
um our

564
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,200
basically ducks are in a row for all of

565
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,680
our grant requirements reporting, that

566
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,320
we're hitting our target goals for BEP

567
00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,600
uh contractors. Uh so, we want to make

568
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,000
sure all that's kind of lined up and

569
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,680
ready to go before we have something in

570
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,320
front of you um

571
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,800
for an award.

572
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,160
So, once that just kind of overall

573
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,560
timing, um

574
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,120
once that gets uh awarded and we have

575
00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:47,600
contract documents complete this winter,

576
00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,320
will be the um

577
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:54,280
removal for the trees that are needed to come out as as part of this project.

578
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,760
And then, we're anticipating what could

579
00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,400
be up to 6-month lead time for when the

580
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,200
bridge is actually fabricated and

581
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,920
delivered. So,

582
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,640
that could get us late spring um early

583
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,920
summer for when the bridge actually

584
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,400
arrives. Um what we did include in the

585
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,560
specifications is that the contractor is

586
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,400
not to demo the existing bridge until

587
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,960
they have

588
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,320
or close to ready for the new bridge to

589
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,920
go in. We're trying to minimize the

590
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,280
amount of time

591
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,640
that it's going to be closed as as

592
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,080
little as possible, but I mean,

593
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,280
obviously there we're going to have some

594
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,830
time.

595
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,080
So, this may appear uh the next agenda

596
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,230
for next month.

597
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,960
And uh Payton, I wanted to

598
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,800
give an update on some things that she's

599
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,520
working for. We have a uh

600
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,720
playground that's on our schedule and

601
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,520
budgeted in 2026 capital, Sunny Crest.

602
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,840
Uh and so, she's put together a timeline

603
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,480
where we can do some public input.

604
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,800
Uh so, September we're looking at public

605
00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,720
input opportunity number one. Uh she's

606
00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,520
identified a neighboring preschool. This

607
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,240
is a tot lot.

608
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,480
Uh has two to five uh play equipment

609
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,920
currently in it. And so we'll work with

610
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,840
the preschool, do a sticky dot activity,

611
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:13,520
uh figure out what types of play

612
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,280
equipment they like to go to the

613
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,840
playground for the most. Uh we'll have a

614
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,560
public meeting with a virtual option to

615
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,360
provide input, which will have the same

616
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,800
kind of questions, what play features uh

617
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,320
people would want to see at this park.

618
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,880
And then also a fill-in-the-blank

619
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,720
activity, which is very similar to what

620
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,160
we did for Prairie Play, which is like a

621
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,080
Mad Libs kind of thing, too. So, we'll

622
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,000
We have a

623
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,880
public meeting at the site and a rain

624
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,920
date, uh but we're also providing that

625
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,760
virtual option, so we'll flyer the

626
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,280
neighborhood and then everyone will have

627
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,000
an opportunity to give

628
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,400
input that way.

629
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,040
So, then we'll use all of our our our

630
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,040
information from public input number one

631
00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,040
to put together an RFP and then send

632
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,960
that out and get playground options or

633
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,040
play

634
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,160
piece options from all of our vendors

635
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,160
that we regularly work with.

636
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,560
And then staff will review those options

637
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,960
and come up with a final

638
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,040
three or four. This is very similar to

639
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,560
King, how we did King playground, too.

640
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:18,720
Um

641
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,640
and then we'll do public input number

642
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,160
two. So, back to the preschool and back

643
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,680
to a public meeting, same kind of thing,

644
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,520
except this time it will be actually

645
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:32,240
selecting the new playground itself. And

646
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,360
then at that point we'll come back to

647
00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:38,040
the board and I anticipate December or

648
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,440
January

649
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,440
to approve purchase of that equipment.

650
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,480
And then this is an in-house

651
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,040
installation.

652
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,640
So, I'm giving it two three months of

653
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,760
lead time for the equipment itself and

654
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,840
then we'll have spring construction

655
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,360
next year, 2027.

656
00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,320
So, as we kind of move along, I'll bring

657
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,120
more updates to

658
00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:01,520
uh the board meeting, but that's kind of

659
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:02,760
what we're looking at right now moving

660
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,070
ahead.

661
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:12,710
And that's it. That's all my updates.

662
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,120
» And Andy, do we know the sidewalk that's

663
00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:16,920
getting put in on Country Club, like how

664
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,600
far down are they or how far down that's

665
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,520
going to go? Is it going all the way?

666
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:22,600
>> I don't know.

667
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:23,800
>> Right now they're working it's like in

668
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,880
front of like Del Puerto heading west.

669
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,320
>> My assumption and I don't know, my

670
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,760
assumption was it was going to Broadway,

671
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:36,870
but I I don't know that.

672
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,120
» Thank you.

673
00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:41,000
All right. Uh moving along to the You

674
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,480
Belong Here report, Corky.

675
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:43,520
>> Okay.

676
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,960
Well, the written report was

677
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,360
light. Staff have been really busy. So,

678
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:50,480
I've got a list of a few things here.

679
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,000
First want to mention that um

680
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,120
the ribbon cutting event for CARE Cares

681
00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:58,600
that that currently have it on hold.

682
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,040
That we're not going to do September

683
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,440
9th.

684
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,080
And as we get further along

685
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,200
>> my report.

686
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,920
>> Oh, sorry.

687
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,960
>> Sorry.

688
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,480
>> I'll let Rachel talk about that. I got

689
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,018
plenty of stuff to talk about.

690
00:26:12,018 --> 00:26:12,400
>> [laughter]

691
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,600
>> Um but anyhow, uh it's going to be

692
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:15,800
pushed back.

693
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:16,680
Uh

694
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,600
big event we did as a partnership with

695
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:19,880
the Albemarle Police Department

696
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,760
Community Engagement

697
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,520
um basketball day uh the local office We

698
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:26,560
had

699
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,560
um

700
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,280
We had three mayor, we had UNCC was

701
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,920
there.

702
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,240
Why on the Fly kids showed up as well.

703
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,440
We ended up

704
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,160
supposed to have around 70 kids. I think

705
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:41,720
we ended up with around 90.

706
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:42,440
>> That's fantastic.

707
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,360
>> Um so

708
00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:45,120
but

709
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,000
officers were there and other staff and

710
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,800
those agencies that

711
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,080
they they played, they had lunch, and

712
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:52,960
then um,

713
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:58,440
they showed a mental health, um, video at the end of

714
00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,720
because of the name of

715
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,120
my head, but,

716
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:03,480
um, anyhow, it was, uh,

717
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,160
a good day. It was the second year. We

718
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:06,320
ended up

719
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,880
doing it last year by default because it

720
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,040
rained at Victory Park.

721
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,640
It was a rainy day, so they called last

722
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:14,520
minute.

723
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,920
This year we organized it to be at at

724
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,080
the Health and Wellness Center, so.

725
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,680
Um, anyhow, great event there.

726
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,560
We had two play days, King Park. We

727
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,440
ended up with 92

728
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:26,240
>> Wow.

729
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,440
>> Um, at King, uh, 155 at Larson.

730
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,680
Uh, we did a 250

731
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,920
year event with the library at It's 30,

732
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,880
35 kids at that.

733
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,120
Of course, we had a great Daddy Daughter

734
00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:43,480
Dance Day that you were part of as well.

735
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,840
Um, just, uh,

736
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,920
shout out for the fact that

737
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:49,760
Skate Fest is coming up on Labor Day

738
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:50,920
weekend.

739
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,360
Um, September 5th from 11:00 to 4:00 at

740
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:55,480
Dr. Williams.

741
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,200
Um,

742
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:58,640
lots of good exciting stuff happening

743
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:03,510
there. I'll give you some numbers.

744
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:04,800
Um,

745
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,680
start out with the Health and Wellness

746
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:14,150
Center.

747
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,240
As soon as I had it pulled up, I opened

748
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,670
another and I lost it.

749
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:24,070
There it is.

750
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,520
Um, total number of members in

751
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,440
uh, July

752
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,560
uh,

753
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,000
2025 we had 734.

754
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,680
Total number members in July of 2026 we

755
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,910
had 1,917.

756
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,440
And both of those do include OSF

757
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,240
scholarships.

758
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,560
Um,

759
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:51,800
July building visits 25 we had 7,025.

760
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,760
Really close this year in 2016 we had

761
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,760
7,141

762
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,920
and that does not count

763
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,080
our camp.

764
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,320
45 kids every week.

765
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,160
>> Is this swipes and individual people

766
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:05,880
paying?

767
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,480
>> Individual memberships

768
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:08,480
>> And and

769
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,480
they daily passes or whatever, yeah.

770
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,680
>> Total revenue

771
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,920
last year was 17,447.

772
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,560
Total revenue this year is 14,181.

773
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,080
But this does not include all of our

774
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:25,200
new

775
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,840
We've had Silver Sneakers for a while

776
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,440
but now have three or four different

777
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,880
programs and those are monthly payments

778
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,040
that come in separate.

779
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:32,520
>> Okay.

780
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,800
>> So I think that's why you're you're

781
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,600
seeing a different number.

782
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,480
It'll all catch up when all those

783
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:39,160
>> Payments come in.

784
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,400
>> monthly payments come in.

785
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,520
So

786
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,000
um

787
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,640
So yeah, last year

788
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,040
we had 32 memberships sold in July and

789
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,440
this year we had 144.

790
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,840
So things are going really well as Andy

791
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,360
mentioned we are

792
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:01,600
um closed at the moment. We are offering

793
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:02,480
uh

794
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,960
Rachel was actually able to work with

795
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,080
Sarah and and Matt from Champaign. So um

796
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,120
I personally told two people that they

797
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,520
can go over to Windsor for free.

798
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,120
>> How you how are we communicating that?

799
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,240
>> We We had been posting it

800
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,000
for last few weeks at the site.

801
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,080
>> But I didn't like can we get an email

802
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,680
about it?

803
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:26,600
>> I don't know if they got it. They should

804
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:27,400
have sent an email.

805
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:28,400
>> I think they might have sent it.

806
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,520
>> Brittany was doing that before she left

807
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,160
on vacation.

808
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,160
>> Maybe I got one. I don't remember. I

809
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,480
should look. But I knew that I thought

810
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,160
we were doing that and I was sort of

811
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,720
waiting to hear. So I'll double-check my

812
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:41,600
emails.

813
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,480
>> It's okay. You're watching.

814
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,120
>> Martin Center and Windsor.

815
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,000
>> Merton and water?

816
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,800
>> Yeah. And then, in return,

817
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,880
um they will be sending their

818
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,840
memberships when they close. They'll

819
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,200
have the option of coming to our

820
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,440
facility.

821
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,240
>> That's great.

822
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,320
I think that helps address some things,

823
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:02,720
um

824
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:03,720
you know,

825
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,950
with the closing for 2 weeks.

826
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,560
Are there like signs on the doors that

827
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,920
people go up to use so they know?

828
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,560
>> There are for certain There's a sign on

829
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,120
there. I did not look to see if it says

830
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,240
you can use your membership there.

831
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:20,920
If that's on there or not. If it's not,

832
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,160
we'll get it on there.

833
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,160
But I I didn't check the sign yet.

834
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,080
I've been looking at the numbers for

835
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,560
a few weeks for

836
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,560
the dates, but I did not

837
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,320
I can't remember if it specifically says

838
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:37,350
you can use your membership there.

839
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,360
» Aquatics at Crystal Lake Park Family

840
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,760
Aquatic Center, um

841
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:46,320
member entries last year was 8,696

842
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:47,800
through July.

843
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:52,430
This year, member entries is 9,713.

844
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,480
Um patron patron entries, which is

845
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,000
walk-ups,

846
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:01,280
um is 30,110

847
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,880
and 25 and 27

848
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,280
and 96 this year.

849
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,280
Um total revenue

850
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,120
um that's been brought in there is

851
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,320
25 It was 245,235

852
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:21,710
and this year it's 246,293.

853
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:22,800
Um

854
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:23,800
>> What's that? Can you read those numbers

855
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:24,360
again?

856
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:25,360
>> Yes.

857
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,040
So,

858
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:32,790
the dollar amount for 25 was 245,235.

859
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:40,590
And in 26 it was 246,293.

860
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,000
So about same revenue.

861
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,480
>> Yes, but that's with

862
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,760
more entries, more memberships, and

863
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,400
increased fees.

864
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,240
>> So the fees changed, the structure for

865
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,920
passes changed.

866
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,000
So

867
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,040
um it's more

868
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,440
individualized numbers what we were

869
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,200
getting with what we did families.

870
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,720
We were getting like

871
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,520
grandma, grandpa

872
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,120
and the

873
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,680
mom, dad, and the children.

874
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,800
So we are following how

875
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,200
other agencies, including Champaign, how

876
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,760
they structure their fees for passes. So

877
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,600
I'm guessing that's a little bit of

878
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:18,760
why you're seeing the difference in the

879
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,670
numbers.

880
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,160
But that's the purpose of the passes.

881
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,520
At least

882
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,320
followed us.

883
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:28,520
Uh more

884
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,310
dollars.

885
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:32,320
than it is

886
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,480
>> Cuz before before individuals together

887
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,280
under one membership, and now it's four

888
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,360
separate memberships, but the dollar

889
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:38,600
amount is

890
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,440
>> Cost similar more money to do it that

891
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,710
way.

892
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,840
Yes, lastly what I'd like to mention on

893
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,680
uh where you belong here standpoint is

894
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,040
we did a

895
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,320
partnership with a donor

896
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,680
um and Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club

897
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,120
on a swim lesson program

898
00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,000
um

899
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,720
which

900
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,000
was really great. The donors were super

901
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,320
excited.

902
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,880
Um we we've got um

903
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,159
they did status you know where the kids

904
00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:11,480
were the instructors did where the kids

905
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:12,399
were

906
00:34:12,399 --> 00:34:14,040
when they started and where they ended

907
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:19,200
up after the program and it was a huge difference. So

908
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,159
um we've also marked down and given a

909
00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,159
certificate. Marked down on that

910
00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:24,600
certificate if they were going to join

911
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,440
in to our swim lesson programs. This is

912
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:28,879
the level you're at. This is where you

913
00:34:28,879 --> 00:34:31,040
should sign up.

914
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,320
They don't get that information, it

915
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,960
doesn't matter cuz we test them every

916
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,080
time, but at least we're giving them

917
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,679
some groundwork for where they should

918
00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:39,560
go.

919
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,200
>> Do those participant I mean, so when you

920
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,760
say we work with the donor, was the

921
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,480
program free through the Don Moyer

922
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,080
Boys and Girls Club? And then will our

923
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,720
we want kids to continue swimming, so is

924
00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:55,520
there money to support if needed

925
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,600
scholarships or access at a lower rate

926
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,160
for our programs as well or will that be

927
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:02,880
a barrier to entry?

928
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,280
>> We do always have the Urbana

929
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,200
scholarships and then we do have our

930
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,280
regular scholarships.

931
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,320
Um

932
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:10,440
and ultimately I think there is

933
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,920
possibility for this program to continue

934
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:14,760
on through more partnership with the

935
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:15,960
donor.

936
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,440
Um they're super excited about it. Um

937
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:20,560
they all got

938
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:24,760
swimsuits, swim caps, goggles.

939
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:25,560
Um

940
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:26,920
so

941
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,560
um

942
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,560
Don Moyer's

943
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,000
So we will reimburse for our staffing.

944
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,040
>> Okay.

945
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,920
>> And Don Moyer's will reimburse for

946
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,440
staffing, bussing.

947
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:39,000
>> Mhm.

948
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,560
>> So it's all taken care of by Don

949
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:41,360
Moyer's.

950
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,760
>> And do we have a sense of um how many

951
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,400
Urbana kids are in that program?

952
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:48,040
>> No.

953
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:48,400
>> Okay.

954
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:49,480
>> I mean

955
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,200
I'm sure there are some, but I don't I'm

956
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,440
not sure which ones signed up from

957
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,360
Urbana to go to Don Moyer's.

958
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,080
>> I just also wonder with uh

959
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,280
if we're looking if we could I mean I

960
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,720
love that program. I'm going to always

961
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,520
support support swimming.

962
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:05,080
Uh

963
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,560
I wonder with Dream coming with

964
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,760
Cunningham, right? Um I don't know if

965
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,160
that facility still has a pool, but it

966
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,920
used to have an outside pool. If there

967
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,960
was Is there a way, right, to work again

968
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,680
um with more partners in even doing it

969
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,240
if we have the capacity in the indoor

970
00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:22,400
aquatic center, you know? Or something.

971
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,560
>> And I do believe the donors want to move

972
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,600
towards the indoor

973
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,280
as well so that we're doing it.

974
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:29,920
Our goal would be to do it before the

975
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,400
swim season.

976
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,520
So by the time we get it all set up

977
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,000
>> So that they're ready to go out to the

978
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,440
outdoor pool. Yeah.

979
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,880
>> And then they did end up feeling

980
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,880
program ended at the end of July.

981
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,080
And so they've got passes for the rest

982
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:44,640
of August.

983
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:45,960
>> Okay.

984
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:46,960
Fantastic.

985
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,240
>> Um,

986
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:49,320
we chose [clears throat]

987
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,080
Don Moyer's originally because

988
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,600
there's 176

989
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:56,640
>> Right.

990
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,480
>> Um, we've done some partnerships for

991
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,640
some of the smaller groups,

992
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,080
but we want to make sure we made a a

993
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:04,720
bigger splash.

994
00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:05,360
>> Okay.

995
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,280
>> For our space. Yeah.

996
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,040
>> No, I think going to where the students

997
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,480
are or the kids are makes a lot of sense

998
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,240
than trying to have to

999
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:15,120
have them always come, but that's great.

1000
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:16,720
I think we should

1001
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:19,360
work this, feed it into future

1002
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,080
employment. Oh, for like lifeguards and

1003
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:23,360
things like that. Yeah.

1004
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,560
>> Yeah.

1005
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,640
Like really encourage them. And we used

1006
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:27,920
to do this, but I think this would be a

1007
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,600
really great way of doing that.

1008
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:35,270
Our pipe. Yeah.

1009
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,560
» So that's all we have.

1010
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:38,280
>> Great. Thank you.

1011
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:39,960
>> Okay. Did you time that, Rachel? You

1012
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:40,880
did.

1013
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:45,350
How long was it?

1014
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,360
» All right. Executive Director's Report,

1015
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,040
Rachel.

1016
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,960
>> Okay. I just wanted to mention one more

1017
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:52,120
thing

1018
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,040
that I think belongs in like the legal

1019
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,760
monitors.

1020
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,560
And we had a meeting with

1021
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,800
the Strong Kids Campaign and

1022
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,120
we are partnering with them for their

1023
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:04,680
stuff as well.

1024
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,950
Um

1025
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,560
And they didn't finish it, but I don't

1026
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:09,280
know what

1027
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,240
Yeah, they're they're collecting school

1028
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:13,000
supplies for kids over in

1029
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,000
In-Park and so

1030
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,600
they do work with them to get our

1031
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:18,840
facilities

1032
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,760
located to stuff off of us.

1033
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,080
Last year they had the arts camp

1034
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,560
and I covered

1035
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,920
the finish boxes which is fantastic. And

1036
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,200
so

1037
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,320
I think that's what they're trying to do

1038
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,480
with some of the push.

1039
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:32,760
Meanwhile, we don't have any idea of my

1040
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,480
interns. So it's hopefully we'll be able

1041
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,560
to take it eventually. Those are the

1042
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,200
plans anyway.

1043
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,640
But we really don't have a clue.

1044
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,400
Anyway, it's interesting.

1045
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,240
You can stop right here.

1046
00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:45,920
But

1047
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,240
and just real quickly, thank you so much

1048
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,160
for all of these surveys I got back. It

1049
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,440
was an important meeting that I didn't

1050
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:52,440
want to miss.

1051
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,160
But

1052
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:54,840
I also had texted

1053
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,600
my supervisor maybe

1054
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,920
a month ago saying there was a financial

1055
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:00,240
stability

1056
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:02,440
verification program kicking off

1057
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,440
the day I just needed

1058
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,320
and so it just perfect storm. But

1059
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,440
I spoke with my supervisor. I got

1060
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,440
we had a double meeting

1061
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,440
at sheltered in place.

1062
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,520
We did the workshop today. It was

1063
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,240
maybe at 3:00.

1064
00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:18,520
And and

1065
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,520
you know, we're just flexible. That's

1066
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:21,240
what we

1067
00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:22,760
were maintaining. So

1068
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,840
just a few things I wanted to touch

1069
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,640
point on.

1070
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,080
The validity of the election is

1071
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,160
happening this coming April. We didn't

1072
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,960
have

1073
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,520
a six-year choice at the election and

1074
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,000
then obviously

1075
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,320
one four-year choice. So

1076
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:39,440
um

1077
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,080
And it's considered circulating

1078
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,560
petitions on August 25th with the first

1079
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,360
day of filing

1080
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,440
on November 16th and the last day of

1081
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:48,120
filing

1082
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:49,920
on November 3rd.

1083
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:50,520
And

1084
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,480
we have two separate

1085
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,040
ballot certifications that we must

1086
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,960
submit. Again, two for the six-year and

1087
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,720
one for the four-year. So they will be

1088
00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:01,240
denoted in the ballot

1089
00:40:01,240 --> 00:40:04,000
separately just for the voters.

1090
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,760
Um

1091
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,400
And then

1092
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,440
we are doing a poll report poll training

1093
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,040
at the next update meeting

1094
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,480
on this coming fifth of

1095
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,680
January. And

1096
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,280
the campaign concepts is we're just

1097
00:40:18,280 --> 00:41:10,350
going to be doing the calendar

1098
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,480
» Is that here?

1099
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:12,960
>> Yes.

1100
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:13,720
>> Mhm. Okay.

1101
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:15,040
>> Yes.

1102
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,080
They're at 6:00.

1103
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:18,680
So,

1104
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,320
we we're getting

1105
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:21,400
February out

1106
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,200
groups assigned locations and then teams

1107
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,040
about time to

1108
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,120
kind of check out the calendars and

1109
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,240
get themselves ready. So,

1110
00:41:31,240 --> 00:41:33,640
we are asking one group to try and make

1111
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,560
it to different

1112
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,960
outdoor parks in the city of Rome.

1113
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,400
What was it? September 7th? September

1114
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,040
9th?

1115
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,080
I think it's

1116
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:43,040
9th?

1117
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:43,680
Right.

1118
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,040
9th? Yeah, so before the

1119
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:45,920
>> Before the 4th.

1120
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,880
>> Yeah. Otherwise, we're hoping to figure

1121
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:49,280
all of this out before we have

1122
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,800
September.

1123
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,960
And that will be incorporated in

1124
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,120
our strategic plan. So,

1125
00:41:56,120 --> 00:42:00,600
>> You were right, it's the 7th.

1126
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:01,520
>> But yeah, if you're interested in

1127
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,520
attending, if you have any

1128
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:04,520
errors with you,

1129
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,240
please let me know.

1130
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:07,200
And then,

1131
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,760
um

1132
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,040
you all have already been adopted into

1133
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:11,680
the fair too, which is great.

1134
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:13,200
And we'll see if I have any stops that

1135
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,680
you want to add and then

1136
00:42:14,680 --> 00:43:08,950
um

1137
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:09,440
» Thank you.

1138
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:10,160
>> Mhm.

1139
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,640
>> Thank you.

1140
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,200
>> Um

1141
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,560
President's report.

1142
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,840
Let me go back to my

1143
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,240
I will just um reminders. He's not here,

1144
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:24,680
but I'll do it in his absence. Uh

1145
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,800
reminders for the calendar. So, we

1146
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,400
already talked about the August 25th Up

1147
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,320
Deck meeting. Um September

1148
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,840
1st, 2000 we will have a board study

1149
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,960
session looking at technology updates.

1150
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,560
Um and then September 8th is our regular

1151
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,320
board meeting. Um and a reminder we will

1152
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,520
have an executive session then on that

1153
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,400
day to review, right? Um

1154
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:51,600
candidates for um

1155
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,480
We'll be reviewing any applications we

1156
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:58,280
come in for the for the board vacancy. Which by the way is wonderfully

1157
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,880
front and center on the webpage. So,

1158
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:01,960
thank.

1159
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,960
Easy to it's right there.

1160
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:05,240
Um

1161
00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:07,720
And then September 22nd is another Up

1162
00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:09,040
meeting um

1163
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,520
and I think Roger Digs is going to leave

1164
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:11,080
a

1165
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,520
Middlebrook history tour and that's the

1166
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,640
new class kickoff as well. So,

1167
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:18,080
um and it looks like we got a lot of

1168
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,800
activities still happening um

1169
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,040
as you know, as we we go through. So,

1170
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,320
um

1171
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,040
I'll talk about Jazz Fest when it's my

1172
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,960
turn to report on Foundation. Um or Jazz

1173
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,520
Walk, sorry. All right. Um

1174
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,960
So,

1175
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,080
moving we'll move on to uh liaison

1176
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,800
reports. The finance study group has not

1177
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,080
met. Um

1178
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:47,720
and so there's nothing to report. Um UPD

1179
00:44:47,720 --> 00:44:49,920
policy study group, Laura or Sarah, do

1180
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:50,720
you want to report?

1181
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:52,280
>> We meet again on Monday.

1182
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,520
>> We met last week.

1183
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:55,960
Meeting again next week.

1184
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:57,080
>> Okay.

1185
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:57,440
So,

1186
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:58,960
>> still working through the room.

1187
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:00,920
>> Okay. So, well at some point something

1188
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:02,240
will come to us, I suppose.

1189
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:02,920
>> Eventually.

1190
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:03,280
>> Okay.

1191
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:04,320
>> Yeah.

1192
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,920
>> Um the Urbana Parks Foundation uh met

1193
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,320
yesterday and so I think the big thing

1194
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,400
is Jazz Walk. You should have received

1195
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,120
your Jazz Walk invitation in mail,

1196
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,680
hopefully yesterday or today. I think

1197
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:21,000
mine came Yeah, it's a postcard. Um

1198
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,040
would like as many people, you know, to

1199
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,760
be there as possible um pending

1200
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:27,320
obviously work obligations and things

1201
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,080
like that. Um

1202
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,520
so, it will pretty much be the same

1203
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,400
format as it has been. Rick Murphy will

1204
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:33,960
be providing music. There'll be hors

1205
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,240
d'oeuvres. Um ahead of time ahead of the

1206
00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:38,640
schedule, so I think that starts at

1207
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:40,920
4:00.

1208
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,200
Um as in the regular Jazz Walk starts at

1209
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:44,720
5:30.

1210
00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:47,440
Is that right? 5:30, yeah. So, um the

1211
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:48,840
other thing I will say is the Foundation

1212
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,440
has been a great supporter of also this

1213
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:52,280
um

1214
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,960
King School uh supply with the police

1215
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,840
office. So, I volunteered to um do some

1216
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,200
shopping for some of them. So, um I

1217
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,120
delivered a big a big load of school

1218
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:05,440
supplies today to the police station.

1219
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:07,360
So, thank the foundation and for their

1220
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:10,320
participation um in that. And I think

1221
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,440
that's kind of the the highlights.

1222
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:14,840
We talked a lot about finance stuff

1223
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:17,000
that's as well with the foundation. So,

1224
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,480
that was kind of a big discussion.

1225
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,920
All right. Um up deck planning study

1226
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:25,040
group

1227
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,200
>> will be meeting again in December.

1228
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,430
>> Okay.

1229
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,080
All right.

1230
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:34,880
Um there

1231
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:36,760
we have no old business that was removed

1232
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,520
from the consent agenda. So, we'll move

1233
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:40,960
along to new business, which is action

1234
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:44,160
on resolution 2026-07

1235
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,000
authorizing an intergovernmental

1236
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,120
agreement for participation in the

1237
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,320
Illinois public works mutual aid

1238
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,400
network.

1239
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:55,160
>> Uh yes. So, this is a a group that's uh

1240
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:56,880
pretty predominantly uh

1241
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,360
got public work type agencies. It

1242
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,800
includes the county, cities.

1243
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,440
They have opened up the park districts

1244
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,360
and our uh facility maintenance

1245
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,160
supervisor Luke Fisher, while working

1246
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:07,560
with St. Joseph, had an opportunity to

1247
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,800
work with this group. He actually served

1248
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:13,480
uh a a role uh in in leading

1249
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:15,440
the group here locally. But uh when the

1250
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,160
derecho came through St. Joseph in 2023,

1251
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,000
he called for assistance and uh was well

1252
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:22,680
supported. Uh you can see the force what

1253
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,600
would have taken them weeks to repair uh

1254
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,080
took just a couple of days. Um if we uh

1255
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,440
adopt this resolution, our participation

1256
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,360
is entirely voluntary. Uh so, you know,

1257
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:35,480
we would receive a call. We'd be

1258
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,680
notified that there is a an emergency.

1259
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,840
Could be a natural or man-made disaster.

1260
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,720
And if we have the uh capacity uh to

1261
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:44,080
volunteer, we could send our our our

1262
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,600
staff, uh send some equipment. Um but

1263
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:48,120
again, it's voluntary and we would we

1264
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:49,320
would pay our staff as if they were to

1265
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:50,600
work with us.

1266
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:52,440
Um the benefit, of course, to us is if

1267
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:53,880
we get a natural disaster, we can call

1268
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,240
on them. And today, there There a

1269
00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:56,440
tornado, I think, yeah, Southern

1270
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,240
Illinois. So, uh it's timely. We're

1271
00:47:58,240 --> 00:47:59,680
seeing more and more disasters and that

1272
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,120
is what we

1273
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:02,600
uh a good thing for us to participate

1274
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,880
in. It's very reasonable. It's $250 a

1275
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:06,880
year. Uh includes training and an annual

1276
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,840
conference as well. So,

1277
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:09,840
I'd be happy to answer any questions you

1278
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,590
might have.

1279
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,800
» With the 150 tornadoes that we've had in

1280
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,760
the state of Illinois this year, it

1281
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:18,440
seems like yeah, and

1282
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:23,030
it seems like a very good idea.

1283
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:25,080
Do you have a motion?

1284
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:28,680
>> Uh I move to approve resolution 2026-07

1285
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,000
authorizing an intergovernmental

1286
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,400
agreement for participation in the

1287
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:33,320
Illinois Public Works Mutual Mutual Aid

1288
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:34,520
Network.

1289
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:35,000
>> Second.

1290
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:35,960
>> All right, that's been moved and

1291
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,200
seconded.

1292
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,560
Um we'll do a roll call vote starting

1293
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:41,320
with Sarah.

1294
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:42,800
>> Aye.

1295
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,240
>> All right, and that passes.

1296
00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:48,560
All right, and now for the

1297
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,503
what we've all been waiting for.

1298
00:48:50,503 --> 00:48:53,750
>> [laughter]

1299
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:54,640
» Like the

1300
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,560
welcome Dr. Megan Owens of Blue Sky

1301
00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:58,680
Recreation to talk to us about our

1302
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:01,480
strategic plan and community engagement

1303
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:03,560
report.

1304
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,640
>> Well, thank you very much for having me

1305
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:06,800
back.

1306
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,120
And

1307
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:09,320
um

1308
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:10,600
you're ready

1309
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:12,400
for the reports.

1310
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:12,960
Um

1311
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:14,920
our the presentation

1312
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:17,080
it should take about 30 to 45 minutes.

1313
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:18,160
>> Okay.

1314
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:21,000
>> Uh and so

1315
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,920
first I do want to say that your

1316
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:28,640
community was very willing to talk.

1317
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:30,120
And

1318
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,760
uh across the stakeholder interviews,

1319
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,320
across the focus group interviews, and

1320
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:38,400
groups, there was about a thousand pages

1321
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:40,560
from the transcripts. And so that's a

1322
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:44,240
really healthy database just from those

1323
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:47,200
interviews. And to me what that says is

1324
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,760
people were willing to share

1325
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,440
perspectives and also just have that

1326
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,120
communication between each other.

1327
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,080
There was really healthy conversations

1328
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:58,200
that happened during the focus groups.

1329
00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,560
And then like we had a really healthy

1330
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,840
response rate. So, what I'm going to

1331
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:06,240
present to you today is an overview. You

1332
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:11,520
have a detailed report um that you know

1333
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,840
details all three data sources.

1334
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,560
Today what I'm going to focus on are the

1335
00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:19,320
key findings and how the data informed

1336
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:20,960
those key findings.

1337
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,920
Um and as I go uh please feel free to

1338
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,200
write down your questions. Um I will be

1339
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:27,840
happy to answer whatever question you

1340
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:30,640
have. If possible, it might be best to

1341
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,160
hold that questions till the end um to

1342
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:35,200
make sure we can get through everything

1343
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:38,240
in as timely of a manner as possible.

1344
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:40,120
Um because

1345
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:41,920
you're doing great things.

1346
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:43,360
And people want to tell you about it,

1347
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:44,520
so.

1348
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:46,880
All right, as we get started,

1349
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,280
uh we're going to I'll share the process

1350
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,640
that I followed. Uh we'll talk a little

1351
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,000
bit about demographics here.

1352
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,560
Uh we'll go into the survey results to

1353
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:59,680
look at your usage rates, uh parks, mhm,

1354
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:04,360
programs, uh the whole lot, and then we'll get into

1355
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,120
the key findings, which ultimately

1356
00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:07,880
across the three data points, there are

1357
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,520
three key findings that I pulled.

1358
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:11,680
Uh those

1359
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,360
may or may not end up being strategic

1360
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,040
goals for you. That's not really the

1361
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:17,840
point of that, but it's really to pull

1362
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,640
the data together to give you some more

1363
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:24,320
um higher level um areas to focus on.

1364
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:26,440
Uh so

1365
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:31,960
I do want to just very much commend the park district because we again we

1366
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:34,440
had a really healthy engagement here.

1367
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:35,800
There was approximately 1,200

1368
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:39,800
individuals. Um I spent extra time. I I

1369
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:41,800
interviewed additional stakeholders.

1370
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,280
Typically, it's usually around 10 to 15,

1371
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,760
um but I'm actually I'm really glad

1372
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,120
we did more because it gave a more

1373
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,080
complete picture

1374
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:55,760
and more engagement. Um, and so we had

1375
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,600
about 20 entities connected. Uh, there

1376
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:00,800
was a really solid push getting that

1377
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:03,200
survey out there. So, again, healthy

1378
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:07,120
number of um, close to, you know, over

1379
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,080
1,100 respondents just for the survey.

1380
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:13,560
And then 35 participants across eight

1381
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,920
focus groups. We had um,

1382
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:18,520
six people for focus groups that did not

1383
00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:20,480
end up attending. Either just didn't

1384
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,040
show or canceled. So,

1385
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:25,160
um, not too bad. The focus group

1386
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:28,520
participants mostly did come from from

1387
00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:30,880
the survey. So, they

1388
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,080
gave them an opportunity to share more

1389
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:35,080
perspective, but then build upon the

1390
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:36,600
conversation.

1391
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,320
So, overall, I think it was a really

1392
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:42,120
healthy um, population that we engaged.

1393
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:43,480
Okay, so taking a look at our

1394
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,760
representation, our stakeholder

1395
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,800
expertise covered a wide range here. So,

1396
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:51,240
we see

1397
00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,520
uh, our executives across Champaign,

1398
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,760
Urbana, and the county that tied into

1399
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:57,240
community engagement, social service

1400
00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:59,960
providers. We had uh, legislative

1401
00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:02,120
connections um,

1402
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,720
uh, and we can see uh, here as well. So,

1403
00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:09,000
a nice round out of experience. Now,

1404
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:12,280
with our resident focus groups, uh,

1405
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,720
at the beginning of the project,

1406
00:53:15,720 --> 00:53:18,880
the the steering committee did not have

1407
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:23,000
a particular group that we wanted to

1408
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,600
target, but it was more a full spectrum

1409
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,960
of of interest. And so, we really did

1410
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,480
cover nearly all areas of the park

1411
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:34,200
district, which I was pleased to see.

1412
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:37,360
So, all age groups um, and all program

1413
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:39,840
area for the majority of program areas,

1414
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,680
including your just kind of standard

1415
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:44,880
park patrons, um your nature

1416
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:47,760
enthusiasts, dog owners are represented,

1417
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,800
and our bicycle riders. So, from a uh

1418
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:54,000
expertise and interest area, I thought

1419
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:55,080
that that was a pretty strong

1420
00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:57,520
representation.

1421
00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:00,160
Uh I want to take a look at the survey

1422
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:04,080
uh respondent demographics here. And so,

1423
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:05,280
um

1424
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,360
this is one of the the areas I thought

1425
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:10,800
was particularly interesting. So, for

1426
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:14,280
your survey, you had a a larger

1427
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,480
population of that middle age group,

1428
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:20,560
which is not typical. Typically, you

1429
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:23,120
were usually battling to get that group

1430
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,200
to participate, and it's usually your

1431
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:26,920
older age groups that are more

1432
00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:29,560
responsive. But, I think that this ties

1433
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:33,240
to where the survey was promoted, and

1434
00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:37,520
especially at your events. So, um

1435
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:39,760
this I thought was a really healthy

1436
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:41,920
engagement, which then crossed over into

1437
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:44,640
the focus groups, which

1438
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:47,160
I was also really pleased to see young

1439
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:50,640
adult through older retirees. So, in

1440
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:54,480
addition to the the interest areas.

1441
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:56,200
From a gender perspective, a gender

1442
00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:59,120
identification, this is fairly typical.

1443
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:01,040
It is often times the case that we have

1444
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,800
more female identifying individuals that

1445
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:07,000
respond to our surveys um versus male

1446
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,160
identifying, so that falls right in

1447
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,520
line, um which is always an area for

1448
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:13,840
improvement, um but it is it is a

1449
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:15,440
struggle, and it has been for quite a

1450
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:16,920
long time.

1451
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:20,840
Um from uh race and ethnic uh indication

1452
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:21,880
here,

1453
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,320
uh first here's our respondents. We had

1454
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:26,600
a, you know, uh those who went all the

1455
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:28,680
way to the end and answered this

1456
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,880
question. Um we do see a more dominant

1457
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,600
white population that did respond, and I

1458
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:36,800
wanted to show this in relation to the

1459
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:39,400
census. So, this is the latest census

1460
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:43,040
numbers for 2025. So, we do see we have

1461
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:46,360
a slightly over representation of white

1462
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:49,000
identifying compared to the actual

1463
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,800
census in the community. And so, again,

1464
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:55,240
we would want to look back and see

1465
00:55:55,240 --> 00:55:56,200
um

1466
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:59,000
the efforts of where we promoted

1467
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,280
the survey and if there are areas for

1468
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,120
improvement upon that. However,

1469
00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:05,080
um

1470
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:06,760
I think we're still

1471
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:08,760
you know, fairly solid here.

1472
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:10,680
The last one is going to be location.

1473
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:13,080
So, where residents these are.

1474
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:15,080
Majority is what we want to see is that

1475
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,040
they were Urbana residents. You had some

1476
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,680
Champagne and a small number of other.

1477
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:21,920
What I found interesting with the other

1478
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,960
and why I broke it out here is there

1479
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,760
were a number of individuals that live

1480
00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:29,840
within the county but described

1481
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:31,760
participating in your programs and going

1482
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,560
to your park. And then you had this

1483
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:36,720
smaller number that has Urbana

1484
00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:38,280
addresses, but they're outside the city

1485
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:40,600
limits. So, I'm sure you're well aware

1486
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,040
of that. You did have a couple people,

1487
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:44,880
you know, outside

1488
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:46,440
you know, counties, different counties

1489
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:49,360
even had a person from Tennessee take

1490
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:52,200
your survey, but they happened to

1491
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:54,280
have lived here a long time.

1492
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:57,480
So, from a demographic standpoint,

1493
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,360
I think right in line with what we were

1494
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:00,800
expecting.

1495
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:02,760
And some bonuses.

1496
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:05,040
Okay, so let's take a look at some of

1497
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:07,280
our usage rates here. One of our

1498
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:09,320
questions, and this is primarily this is

1499
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:11,920
all tied to our survey.

1500
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:14,640
One of our questions was in wanting to

1501
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,560
know where do people live within

1502
00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:20,040
proximity to a park. And what we see is

1503
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:22,640
nearly 2/3 either live within a

1504
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:29,080
15-minute walk or a 15-minute drive. And so

1505
00:57:29,080 --> 00:57:31,800
that is Um, know, and we have a small

1506
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,240
number within um, you know, 15-20 minute

1507
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:37,840
walk. So, this, you know, is speaking to

1508
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,400
where um, you know, the kind of spread

1509
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,480
of your your parks are located.

1510
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:46,720
We changed this question from previous

1511
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:50,600
years so that we could see by park what

1512
00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:54,600
our usage, our visitation rates are. And

1513
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:56,440
so, if we look down at the key at the

1514
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,760
bottom, this burnt orange color is that

1515
00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:02,480
they didn't answer the question. The

1516
00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:04,360
kind of what it was looking like black

1517
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:05,920
or navy blue on here means that they

1518
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:09,200
don't go at all. And then green is a few

1519
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:11,000
times a year, and your more variety of

1520
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,760
colors are your weekly um, more regular

1521
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:16,480
visitors. So, I don't think that this is

1522
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:19,280
a surprise to you, but your most visited

1523
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:20,840
parks are going to be Crystal Lake and

1524
00:58:20,840 --> 00:58:22,320
Meadowbrook.

1525
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:23,840
Uh, we know that those are destination

1526
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:25,760
parks people travel to.

1527
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:28,280
What is interesting according to this

1528
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:30,760
responding group is Blair Park and uh,

1529
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:33,200
and Carl Park for neighborhood parks

1530
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:36,000
tend to be your most visited. And then

1531
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:37,800
when we look down

1532
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:38,480
uh,

1533
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:40,320
at you know, I know we were just talking

1534
00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:42,880
about Sunnycrest hot lot, um, but you

1535
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:45,960
have some parks where the visitation is

1536
00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:47,640
quite small.

1537
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:49,640
When it when I was in the focus groups

1538
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:52,520
with the the residents, there were a few

1539
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:54,400
individuals that

1540
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,680
told me in the conversation that they

1541
00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:58,560
while taking the survey, they had to

1542
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:00,640
open up Google Maps because they didn't

1543
00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:01,760
know where some of the parks were and

1544
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:04,080
they had never heard of them. So, that

1545
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:05,480
was just this little interesting

1546
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,160
anecdote here.

1547
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:09,600
Um, but uh,

1548
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:10,920
you know, just some information for us

1549
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:12,120
to see.

1550
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:13,680
This is much easier to see when it's all

1551
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:16,520
broken out uh, by park than as a whole,

1552
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:17,640
I think.

1553
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:19,320
So, we did this similarly for your

1554
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:22,240
facilities. And the same

1555
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:22,880
um,

1556
00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:25,720
uh, key here with the colors. And we can

1557
00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:28,440
see here that at the time that the

1558
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:30,840
survey was open uh,

1559
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:34,240
your aquatic center and Hawk were your

1560
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:37,920
most weekly visitors. That really does

1561
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:39,840
align with the season. Like I would

1562
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:41,720
expect to see the outdoor aquatic center

1563
00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:43,960
to be up there as you know frequent

1564
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:46,680
visitors. And then we see Anita Purvis,

1565
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,600
we see Crystal Lake house

1566
00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:52,680
as your more few times a year. That to

1567
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:55,080
me is telling me that those individuals

1568
00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:57,400
are coming for events.

1569
00:59:57,400 --> 00:59:59,240
So but depending on when events or

1570
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:01,000
specific programs are held that they're

1571
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,720
going to the those facilities.

1572
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:06,120
But this gives you some insight there as

1573
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:08,990
well.

1574
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:10,720
All right.

1575
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:13,760
We also wanted to know why people are

1576
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:15,680
participating in our programs and

1577
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:17,120
visiting parks. So not just that they

1578
01:00:17,120 --> 01:00:19,080
visit, but why are they actually going

1579
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:20,280
there? And these are this is the

1580
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:21,560
information I think is really

1581
01:00:21,560 --> 01:00:23,960
interesting for us to know. So from a

1582
01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:25,280
park

1583
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:28,600
uh a program perspective, by far the

1584
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:30,960
majority of individuals are going to

1585
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,160
your programs for to address their

1586
01:00:33,160 --> 01:00:35,640
physical health. And then we see the

1587
01:00:35,640 --> 01:00:39,480
next number down is quite a big drop and

1588
01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:41,680
that is they're looking at family member

1589
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:42,960
benefits.

1590
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:44,800
These are the programs where I would

1591
01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:46,880
think that they're talking about

1592
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,520
children's programs or maybe even older

1593
01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:51,360
adult programs.

1594
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:52,480
All right.

1595
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:53,960
And then something, you know, learning

1596
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:57,400
something new. So that's a pretty big

1597
01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:59,000
distinction though. And in this question

1598
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:01,560
we were asking for the top two reasons

1599
01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:03,960
that they participated in programs. Now

1600
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,160
we also asked why they were visiting

1601
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:08,680
your park. Same situation of asking for

1602
01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:13,080
the top two. This one it has a similar

1603
01:01:13,080 --> 01:01:14,760
uh

1604
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,560
split here of being outside in nature

1605
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:19,600
has a significant number here of

1606
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:22,520
responses. And then next down is

1607
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:23,960
physical health.

1608
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:26,200
So, how do we take this information

1609
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:27,920
together?

1610
01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:29,360
We want to recognize that physical

1611
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:31,560
health is either one or two of the

1612
01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:34,840
reasons that people are coming to you

1613
01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:37,520
specifically for their experience. And

1614
01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:39,120
this core this

1615
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:41,280
runs along what I heard in the focus

1616
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,440
groups where it's it's both physical

1617
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:45,560
health for your programs, but also they

1618
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,320
want to do it outside. And they look at

1619
01:01:48,320 --> 01:01:50,560
your parks as contributing to their

1620
01:01:50,560 --> 01:01:52,480
health. So, whether they're actually

1621
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:55,840
doing a physical activity, they can many

1622
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:57,240
people are connecting the fact that they

1623
01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:59,960
have green space accessible to them as

1624
01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:01,880
that is a contributing factor to their

1625
01:02:01,880 --> 01:02:03,120
health.

1626
01:02:03,120 --> 01:02:05,840
So, health is a top component here for

1627
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,520
engagements.

1628
01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:10,120
So,

1629
01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:14,080
as we transition here from usage into

1630
01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:16,560
our key finding, I wanted to take a

1631
01:02:16,560 --> 01:02:20,040
moment to share with you

1632
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:23,040
across the board what I heard in terms

1633
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:24,640
of the positive feedback, the

1634
01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:27,600
highlights, and praise that individuals

1635
01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:28,760
have

1636
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:30,440
for the park district as a whole. And

1637
01:02:30,440 --> 01:02:32,560
there's five here.

1638
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:33,720
So,

1639
01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:36,120
specifically there were three phrases

1640
01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:38,560
that were

1641
01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:42,800
used over and over again. And it it was

1642
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:45,240
you were a pivotal community player,

1643
01:02:45,240 --> 01:02:47,440
you're a community resource, and you're

1644
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:50,800
a vital service provider. And so,

1645
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,160
I want to take a moment here just to to

1646
01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:55,080
look at that because

1647
01:02:55,080 --> 01:02:58,120
park recreation programs,

1648
01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:01,240
youth, seniors, none of that's in there.

1649
01:03:01,240 --> 01:03:04,560
They're looking at you as being a hub.

1650
01:03:04,560 --> 01:03:08,040
And that is that is unique.

1651
01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:09,880
That they look at the park district as

1652
01:03:09,880 --> 01:03:12,480
being this kind of organizer, this place

1653
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:16,280
to go, this resource that is very

1654
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:19,400
connective for them.

1655
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:22,880
Uh as we kind of extend this out,

1656
01:03:22,880 --> 01:03:25,160
this was this came through quite a bit

1657
01:03:25,160 --> 01:03:26,640
in the focus group. So, I asked a

1658
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:28,320
question specifically to the focus group

1659
01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:30,920
participants of if you could talk to an

1660
01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:33,040
administrator, what would you say?

1661
01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:35,840
Everyone always started off with this.

1662
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:39,080
That you care about the community and

1663
01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:41,640
they're deeply that they appreciate that

1664
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:43,640
you care about them and that you're

1665
01:03:43,640 --> 01:03:46,440
thoughtful about them. So, earlier in

1666
01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:48,120
your meeting tonight, you were talking

1667
01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:50,520
about how you're planning to go into one

1668
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:53,600
of the neighboring daycares. The idea

1669
01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:55,600
and the fact that you do deep community

1670
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,440
engagement and connect with groups on

1671
01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:01,440
planning and development has

1672
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:04,040
created this reputation for you. And so,

1673
01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:06,800
they So, residents and stakeholders,

1674
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:08,280
even though they

1675
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:09,920
have ideas for improvements or

1676
01:04:09,920 --> 01:04:11,880
evolution, they recognize it's coming

1677
01:04:11,880 --> 01:04:12,920
from the place that you already have

1678
01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:15,160
that reputation.

1679
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:17,680
And so, that blends into the amount of

1680
01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:21,000
parklands. So, as people are traveling

1681
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:23,760
now and relocating, you know, for jobs

1682
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,480
to Urbana, you are being compared to

1683
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:28,800
where they live or where they travel to.

1684
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:30,720
And many people realize that what they

1685
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:33,240
have here in terms of a city park system

1686
01:04:33,240 --> 01:04:35,880
and I'm not saying you as a you know,

1687
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:38,160
available in a city, that that is

1688
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:39,680
unique.

1689
01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:42,000
Um so, you're kind you're in between,

1690
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:43,240
you know, for you have the forest

1691
01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:44,600
preserve type property, but you also

1692
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:47,080
have the programming, um you know, like

1693
01:04:47,080 --> 01:04:48,920
other nonprofits.

1694
01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:51,640
Uh you have very well-maintained parks

1695
01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:54,280
and that people appreciate that and that

1696
01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:57,400
you have the scope of programming that

1697
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:59,240
others have

1698
01:04:59,240 --> 01:05:02,000
the inability to provide. So, while that

1699
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:05,360
is a source of difficulty to provide for

1700
01:05:05,360 --> 01:05:07,800
an entire community, you actually do

1701
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:10,200
have the ability to provide from,

1702
01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:10,840
um

1703
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:13,840
you know, young um infant age all the

1704
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:16,360
way through as old as a person can be to

1705
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:18,080
participate in a program, and that is

1706
01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:20,400
very much appreciated.

1707
01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:23,360
And so, that leads us to what are they

1708
01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:27,160
telling us for moving forward? And I'm

1709
01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:29,000
bringing in a quote here from one of the

1710
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:31,160
focus group participants that is that's

1711
01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:33,120
meant to set the stage because well,

1712
01:05:33,120 --> 01:05:36,880
people are very appreciative because you

1713
01:05:36,880 --> 01:05:39,960
have a strong, nearly 120-year

1714
01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:41,560
reputation,

1715
01:05:41,560 --> 01:05:44,400
they also have really high expectations.

1716
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,880
And it's tied to changes in your

1717
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:48,400
community.

1718
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:50,120
So, you have a lot of people who are

1719
01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:51,840
invested in this community, who are

1720
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:54,080
young and passionate, so it's a great

1721
01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:56,600
time to be living in Urbana.

1722
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:58,280
Now,

1723
01:05:58,280 --> 01:06:00,320
as I've been in all these different

1724
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,200
conversations, digging into the data,

1725
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:06,120
learning about the community as well,

1726
01:06:06,120 --> 01:06:08,840
I think this is also what

1727
01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:11,240
allowed younger people, that

1728
01:06:11,240 --> 01:06:12,760
31-to-50-year-old

1729
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:15,640
age range, to participate at the rate

1730
01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:18,840
that they did. So,

1731
01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:21,040
it's help it's important that you don't

1732
01:06:21,040 --> 01:06:22,560
underestimate

1733
01:06:22,560 --> 01:06:25,080
that that segment of the

1734
01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:28,400
population who is at their point in time

1735
01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:30,560
stretched thin between children and and

1736
01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:32,800
parents or jobs.

1737
01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:34,520
Um, those are individuals that care very

1738
01:06:34,520 --> 01:06:36,960
deeply, but they are also having high

1739
01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:40,000
expectations for you.

1740
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:41,560
So, as we go here, we're going to talk

1741
01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:44,960
about key three key findings.

1742
01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:47,880
Uh, affordable access is vital, agency

1743
01:06:47,880 --> 01:06:51,360
as a community resource, and for you to

1744
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:54,440
create bold and innovative strategies.

1745
01:06:54,440 --> 01:06:56,320
So, again, I'm pulling the data from

1746
01:06:56,320 --> 01:06:59,640
across all three data points into here,

1747
01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:02,640
and I'll be sharing where that comes in.

1748
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:04,640
So, we're starting off with affordable

1749
01:07:04,640 --> 01:07:07,080
access.

1750
01:07:07,080 --> 01:07:09,200
There are two kind of competing

1751
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:12,160
situations that are happening here.

1752
01:07:12,160 --> 01:07:15,160
Your your economic demographics for

1753
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:18,360
Urbana have shifted. So,

1754
01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:19,200
uh

1755
01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:21,520
there are more people that have less

1756
01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:24,640
money to work with. So, you're going to

1757
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:27,840
see an increased scholarship need. And

1758
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:29,840
for those who can't qualify for

1759
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:31,120
scholarships, they're looking for

1760
01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:33,160
affordable options.

1761
01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:35,880
On the flip side, what you also do have,

1762
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:38,360
though, is

1763
01:07:38,360 --> 01:07:40,040
people willing to pay for extended

1764
01:07:40,040 --> 01:07:41,720
services.

1765
01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:44,000
And so, either way, in either direction,

1766
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,800
costs are top of mind for all of your

1767
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:50,040
residents, and the stakeholders across

1768
01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:51,640
the across the two communities are

1769
01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:54,120
already also feeling that pressure, as

1770
01:07:54,120 --> 01:07:55,920
well. So, when I talked with

1771
01:07:55,920 --> 01:07:57,520
stakeholders,

1772
01:07:57,520 --> 01:07:59,600
most places are

1773
01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:01,760
have increased uh

1774
01:08:01,760 --> 01:08:04,040
requests for scholarships. So,

1775
01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:06,120
everyone's feeling the burden. And

1776
01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:08,600
something that was really interesting

1777
01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:11,560
and surprised me in the conversation.

1778
01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:13,160
So, this came up in stakeholder

1779
01:08:13,160 --> 01:08:15,840
interviews and in the focus groups from

1780
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:17,279
participants

1781
01:08:17,279 --> 01:08:19,960
is this feeling of shame that

1782
01:08:19,960 --> 01:08:22,560
individuals have. And I want to caveat

1783
01:08:22,560 --> 01:08:25,880
this. The park district is not creating

1784
01:08:25,880 --> 01:08:27,240
the shame.

1785
01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:29,480
How it's the individual when they have

1786
01:08:29,480 --> 01:08:31,600
to ask for scholarship and ask for

1787
01:08:31,600 --> 01:08:34,120
assistance over and over again to each

1788
01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:37,120
agency is battling

1789
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:39,960
the feeling of shame that they have. And

1790
01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:42,640
they're And as they're asking, they're

1791
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:45,799
having to navigate that personally. So,

1792
01:08:45,799 --> 01:08:49,240
what the ask was and request really from

1793
01:08:49,240 --> 01:08:51,960
the park for the park district is

1794
01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:56,480
how can access or affordable costs

1795
01:08:56,480 --> 01:08:59,759
affordable fees be built in

1796
01:08:59,759 --> 01:09:02,200
to reduce a person's

1797
01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:05,160
need to navigate that internal struggle

1798
01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:06,880
that they have.

1799
01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:07,920
So,

1800
01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:09,240
these are some things to, you know,

1801
01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:11,000
think about from their perspective. And

1802
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:12,799
also,

1803
01:09:12,799 --> 01:09:15,759
there is no question.

1804
01:09:15,759 --> 01:09:17,720
You simply are expected to be

1805
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:19,600
accessible.

1806
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:21,480
That is the perception that is out

1807
01:09:21,480 --> 01:09:22,960
there, that is a belief, and that is

1808
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:24,640
simply tied because you are a government

1809
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:30,359
entity and tax dollars are part of your your revenue source.

1810
01:09:30,359 --> 01:09:32,240
That's never going to change.

1811
01:09:32,240 --> 01:09:33,839
Uh

1812
01:09:33,839 --> 01:09:36,400
but that brings in hard questions of how

1813
01:09:36,400 --> 01:09:39,600
What's our What's our pricing strategy?

1814
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:41,839
So, let's bring in the survey data here.

1815
01:09:41,839 --> 01:09:43,799
So, one of the questions we asked is,

1816
01:09:43,799 --> 01:09:46,279
"What are the top challenges that your

1817
01:09:46,279 --> 01:09:48,759
household is experiencing?" And our top

1818
01:09:48,759 --> 01:09:50,319
one that was indicated, which actually

1819
01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:52,560
was a big surprise to me, was work

1820
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:55,000
schedule conflict. So, this was

1821
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:57,040
particularly tied to the adult

1822
01:09:57,040 --> 01:10:00,280
programming, and this came through in

1823
01:10:00,280 --> 01:10:02,520
the focus groups as well.

1824
01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:04,480
But the second one,

1825
01:10:04,480 --> 01:10:07,360
not too far off, is limited access

1826
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:10,640
limited money for non-essentials.

1827
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:12,240
Uh So, what I just wanted to kind of

1828
01:10:12,240 --> 01:10:13,760
take a moment here, though, because we

1829
01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:16,240
did purposely word this as

1830
01:10:16,240 --> 01:10:18,840
non-essential. There's not a great way

1831
01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:21,680
to talk anymore about um discretionary

1832
01:10:21,680 --> 01:10:23,880
income, cuz what's discretionary income

1833
01:10:23,880 --> 01:10:25,120
anymore?

1834
01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:28,600
And if we go back to why residents are

1835
01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:30,920
coming to you for park access, for

1836
01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:33,640
programs, if health is such a big part

1837
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:35,640
of that, that's actually not

1838
01:10:35,640 --> 01:10:37,320
non-essential.

1839
01:10:37,320 --> 01:10:40,760
Right? And so, how do we communicate

1840
01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:43,680
the benefit that a person experiences by

1841
01:10:43,680 --> 01:10:46,640
spending the money with you? So, just

1842
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:48,520
like they might have to pay a premium to

1843
01:10:48,520 --> 01:10:51,240
go, you know, for health care, right?

1844
01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:52,280
So,

1845
01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:53,800
that's kind of a a

1846
01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:56,440
side note here. But we We that the top

1847
01:10:56,440 --> 01:10:58,800
uh barriers to participation are these

1848
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:01,840
two, work schedules and limited money.

1849
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:04,080
Um now, I will just say in the detailed

1850
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:06,400
report, I dug in with the focus group

1851
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:09,360
about program times and I got specific

1852
01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:11,120
times for them that they would like

1853
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:12,720
their programs.

1854
01:11:12,720 --> 01:11:15,160
So, it's in the report.

1855
01:11:15,160 --> 01:11:18,560
Okay. Last one here uh for from the

1856
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:21,920
survey data is um we asked also what the

1857
01:11:21,920 --> 01:11:24,440
most important issue that they want the

1858
01:11:24,440 --> 01:11:27,000
park district to address moving forward.

1859
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:30,080
And we see health and wellness access as

1860
01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:33,280
a top one, but then like neck and neck

1861
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:35,280
is affordable pricing and youth

1862
01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:36,880
development needs.

1863
01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:38,760
And so, uh

1864
01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:42,720
you know, combined we can we can see the trend in the community and this is

1865
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:44,960
what I heard as well, specifically with

1866
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:46,840
the stakeholders, things that they are

1867
01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:49,280
battling with as well.

1868
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:50,960
Okay, so just a little bit more here

1869
01:11:50,960 --> 01:11:53,160
pulling this data together. And this is

1870
01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:56,800
where some of the recommendations from your

1871
01:11:56,800 --> 01:11:59,080
stakeholders, from your residents uh

1872
01:11:59,080 --> 01:12:02,560
come in. And we have three areas here of

1873
01:12:02,560 --> 01:12:05,480
collaboration, um fee basis expansion,

1874
01:12:05,480 --> 01:12:09,440
and other areas of expansion.

1875
01:12:09,440 --> 01:12:12,320
There is worry, and I'm using that word

1876
01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:14,680
intentionally. There is worry that your

1877
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:17,520
Hawk scholarships, your OSS scholarships

1878
01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:20,200
for the memberships are going to go away

1879
01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:23,800
after the newness of Hawk

1880
01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:25,280
is over.

1881
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:27,040
And so,

1882
01:12:27,040 --> 01:12:29,840
people recognize that that was a primary

1883
01:12:29,840 --> 01:12:32,760
reason for building Hawk was to expand

1884
01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:36,880
access to a more populations. And so,

1885
01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:38,160
how to

1886
01:12:38,160 --> 01:12:39,640
it's going to be important to ensure the

1887
01:12:39,640 --> 01:12:42,920
continuation of that.

1888
01:12:42,920 --> 01:12:44,680
Uh the scholarship application

1889
01:12:44,680 --> 01:12:46,920
awareness. There's been a lot of What

1890
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:48,600
was expressed to me was a lot of

1891
01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:51,000
confusion on how to access the

1892
01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:54,000
scholarships, but

1893
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:56,760
the access really comes in with the

1894
01:12:56,760 --> 01:13:00,280
timing. And so, when a person learns

1895
01:13:00,280 --> 01:13:02,800
about or hears about the scholarship, by

1896
01:13:02,800 --> 01:13:04,560
the time they complete the application,

1897
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:07,760
get it submitted, and then hear back,

1898
01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:10,560
and then can register,

1899
01:13:10,560 --> 01:13:12,160
what they've experienced, and this is

1900
01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:14,760
particularly with our day camps, is that

1901
01:13:14,760 --> 01:13:17,360
the spots are filled up.

1902
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:19,480
If a If a person is applying for a

1903
01:13:19,480 --> 01:13:21,760
scholarship, they're not likely to be

1904
01:13:21,760 --> 01:13:24,520
able to pay the non-refundable rate,

1905
01:13:24,520 --> 01:13:27,200
which is what they perceive as needing

1906
01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:30,560
to happen in order to register. And so,

1907
01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:33,000
they're caught in this cycle. And so,

1908
01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:36,200
the recommendation is, how can the

1909
01:13:36,200 --> 01:13:40,120
scholarship process be adjusted either

1910
01:13:40,120 --> 01:13:42,480
for awareness, or are there spots that

1911
01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:45,000
can be held for them, or are there other

1912
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:46,760
groups, like you already work with the

1913
01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:49,440
school district, for um approved, you

1914
01:13:49,440 --> 01:13:51,560
know, for the uh easy approval process?

1915
01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:52,920
Are there other groups that you can work

1916
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:56,960
with um to expand that that process?

1917
01:13:56,960 --> 01:13:59,360
Ex- Uh identifying fee-based expansion.

1918
01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:01,480
So, this goes back to your affordable

1919
01:14:01,480 --> 01:14:02,920
access. So,

1920
01:14:02,920 --> 01:14:04,520
they're recommending that you evaluate

1921
01:14:04,520 --> 01:14:06,480
pricing strategy.

1922
01:14:06,480 --> 01:14:08,800
There has been changes across the

1923
01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:11,520
industry as to how we're pricing our

1924
01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:13,600
programs. For a long time, we were using

1925
01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:15,720
this triangle model with, you know, at

1926
01:14:15,720 --> 01:14:18,240
the tip was our like, you know, uh

1927
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:20,560
revenue generating and the your your

1928
01:14:20,560 --> 01:14:22,520
specialty programs. Some of those

1929
01:14:22,520 --> 01:14:25,680
specialty programs may not be considered

1930
01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:27,880
specialty programs anymore. They may be

1931
01:14:27,880 --> 01:14:31,440
viewed as um public good.

1932
01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:34,080
And one of those is turning out to be

1933
01:14:34,080 --> 01:14:37,240
day camp um in a lot of communities,

1934
01:14:37,240 --> 01:14:40,400
because it allows parents or caregivers

1935
01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:41,880
to work.

1936
01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:44,680
So, as a whole, what they were talking

1937
01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:47,080
about is, you know, are there decision

1938
01:14:47,080 --> 01:14:49,240
are there opportunities for adjustments

1939
01:14:49,240 --> 01:14:51,480
there? And then thinking about added

1940
01:14:51,480 --> 01:14:53,920
services for a fee,

1941
01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:55,360
uh

1942
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:57,040
are there things that can be combined

1943
01:14:57,040 --> 01:14:58,280
and you have a little bit more of a

1944
01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:00,800
premium experience people are willing to

1945
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:04,440
pay for for like a whole experience. So,

1946
01:15:04,440 --> 01:15:06,600
if for example, Hawk memberships could

1947
01:15:06,600 --> 01:15:08,520
include access to the indoor aquatic

1948
01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:10,400
center.

1949
01:15:10,400 --> 01:15:12,200
So, we have some opportunities there.

1950
01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:14,680
The other area was the programs um

1951
01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:17,080
expansion, considering other areas for

1952
01:15:17,080 --> 01:15:19,160
expansion like uh your day camp program

1953
01:15:19,160 --> 01:15:21,800
specifically and outreach. Your

1954
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:24,760
environmental education is completely

1955
01:15:24,760 --> 01:15:28,680
unique to your agency. No one else has

1956
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,720
that. Everyone wants it.

1957
01:15:31,720 --> 01:15:34,440
So, can you make more money off of this?

1958
01:15:34,440 --> 01:15:36,840
It depends, right? But people, in

1959
01:15:36,840 --> 01:15:38,360
particular stakeholders, are wondering

1960
01:15:38,360 --> 01:15:41,800
how can we benefit? Can you come to us,

1961
01:15:41,800 --> 01:15:44,520
uh you know, as an option? Programs, uh

1962
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:46,720
people simply

1963
01:15:46,720 --> 01:15:49,480
would like more spaces for that. So, are

1964
01:15:49,480 --> 01:15:51,760
there other organizations you can

1965
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:54,760
partner with to use their facilities

1966
01:15:54,760 --> 01:15:58,720
um and you run the programs there.

1967
01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:00,120
So, all of this is tying back to

1968
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:02,960
affordable access and this is front of

1969
01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:04,600
mind for everyone.

1970
01:16:04,600 --> 01:16:07,880
So, as we move forward into our other

1971
01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:09,480
areas which

1972
01:16:09,480 --> 01:16:13,760
have a little bit more um

1973
01:16:13,760 --> 01:16:14,920
uh

1974
01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:16,720
they're not as concrete, I guess I'll

1975
01:16:16,720 --> 01:16:20,120
say, but they're more as

1976
01:16:20,120 --> 01:16:24,040
how you are as an organization. There

1977
01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:25,920
was a lot of conversation that started

1978
01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:27,760
in the stakeholders that then

1979
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:31,040
transmitted into the focus groups of the

1980
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:34,880
park district evolving to being of

1981
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:38,600
service and not just being a service or

1982
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,720
providing a service like a program. And

1983
01:16:41,720 --> 01:16:44,160
the image I have up here is intentional.

1984
01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:45,680
It comes from one of the stakeholders

1985
01:16:45,680 --> 01:16:47,960
and how they were describing their role,

1986
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:49,800
their entities role in the community as

1987
01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:52,760
being part of a tapestry. So, on the

1988
01:16:52,760 --> 01:16:54,400
left-hand side, you have this really

1989
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:56,520
beautiful-looking tapestry. Everything

1990
01:16:56,520 --> 01:16:58,760
is, you know, perfectly knitted. You see

1991
01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:00,760
the clear picture. But, it when you turn

1992
01:17:00,760 --> 01:17:03,560
it over, it's extremely messy. But, what

1993
01:17:03,560 --> 01:17:06,280
you actually see here is how the threads

1994
01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:08,680
hold each other together.

1995
01:17:08,680 --> 01:17:12,960
And so, as a government entity, as a a

1996
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:16,160
community resource, the park district is

1997
01:17:16,160 --> 01:17:19,720
viewed like the city, like the library,

1998
01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:23,000
like the school system, like MTD as a

1999
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:26,200
vital service, but that you are working

2000
01:17:26,200 --> 01:17:28,640
in tandem to create the beautiful

2001
01:17:28,640 --> 01:17:31,560
tapestry of Urbana. And so, that lends

2002
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:33,320
to the being of service, not just

2003
01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:36,240
providing a program or services. And

2004
01:17:36,240 --> 01:17:39,880
part of what was expressed is that it's

2005
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:43,120
not being communicated to the degree it

2006
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:45,240
should be.

2007
01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:48,440
And so, there were some concerns uh

2008
01:17:48,440 --> 01:17:52,640
across the the two the groups of stakeholders and

2009
01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:54,440
residents that

2010
01:17:54,440 --> 01:17:57,640
UPD is is not represented out in the

2011
01:17:57,640 --> 01:18:00,160
community in the way that they believe

2012
01:18:00,160 --> 01:18:01,960
you should be.

2013
01:18:01,960 --> 01:18:04,160
In my conversations

2014
01:18:04,160 --> 01:18:05,240
uh uh

2015
01:18:05,240 --> 01:18:08,440
with staff and and, you know, Rachel,

2016
01:18:08,440 --> 01:18:11,440
what I was bringing up is it's likely

2017
01:18:11,440 --> 01:18:14,240
you all are out in the community, but

2018
01:18:14,240 --> 01:18:17,080
your story isn't being told.

2019
01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:19,680
And if people don't see you out there,

2020
01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:21,320
they don't think you're representing

2021
01:18:21,320 --> 01:18:22,360
them.

2022
01:18:22,360 --> 01:18:26,640
So, how is UPD out there?

2023
01:18:26,640 --> 01:18:28,960
was some uh challenge that was

2024
01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:32,520
raised as well that

2025
01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:34,240
we go in and we do community

2026
01:18:34,240 --> 01:18:36,000
engagements,

2027
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:37,960
but then we stop.

2028
01:18:37,960 --> 01:18:39,840
And so

2029
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:43,440
what people were talking about is they

2030
01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:45,440
love they love being able to provide

2031
01:18:45,440 --> 01:18:47,680
that feedback, but they want to find

2032
01:18:47,680 --> 01:18:49,680
another way or they'd like to be invited

2033
01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:52,240
in another way to stay engaged. So

2034
01:18:52,240 --> 01:18:54,760
whether that's being invited after

2035
01:18:54,760 --> 01:18:56,880
you're done communicating about a park

2036
01:18:56,880 --> 01:18:59,880
development or park project to Up Deck

2037
01:18:59,880 --> 01:19:02,440
or to another community group that's

2038
01:19:02,440 --> 01:19:04,760
connected, but some way to kind of build

2039
01:19:04,760 --> 01:19:07,360
that leadership pipeline um

2040
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:09,400
would help people feel more connected to

2041
01:19:09,400 --> 01:19:12,040
what you're doing here.

2042
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:13,520
Specifically from my marketing

2043
01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:15,120
standpoint, there was a lot of

2044
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:16,800
discussion around information being

2045
01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:18,880
confusing, incorrect, not easy to

2046
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:20,880
locate, or simply not available or

2047
01:19:20,880 --> 01:19:22,280
missing.

2048
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:24,520
A lot of this was tied to the website,

2049
01:19:24,520 --> 01:19:26,600
but also just

2050
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:28,360
this lead this

2051
01:19:28,360 --> 01:19:30,280
is part of what was communicated to me

2052
01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:32,000
in the very beginning of there are a lot

2053
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:33,880
of people that just don't know about the

2054
01:19:33,880 --> 01:19:35,800
programs and services.

2055
01:19:35,800 --> 01:19:39,160
And that did come through in um in the

2056
01:19:39,160 --> 01:19:42,240
community engagement here.

2057
01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:44,040
And that the current methods of

2058
01:19:44,040 --> 01:19:46,000
communication are just not effective. So

2059
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:47,840
some people, and I heard this in the

2060
01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:51,040
focus groups, they're actually blaming

2061
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:53,200
poor marketing on why programs are

2062
01:19:53,200 --> 01:19:55,680
getting canceled.

2063
01:19:55,680 --> 01:19:58,520
Now whether that's true

2064
01:19:58,520 --> 01:20:01,600
that was a part of my focus group. But

2065
01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:03,160
that is some of the perception that is

2066
01:20:03,160 --> 01:20:04,400
out there.

2067
01:20:04,400 --> 01:20:06,120
So let's take a look at the questions

2068
01:20:06,120 --> 01:20:08,040
that we asked on the survey cuz this was

2069
01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:09,640
one of the areas we we wanted to dig

2070
01:20:09,640 --> 01:20:12,720
into. Our first uh diagram here was we

2071
01:20:12,720 --> 01:20:14,600
simply wanted to know where are people

2072
01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:16,480
learning just about things that they

2073
01:20:16,480 --> 01:20:18,720
want to do in general. This is not tied

2074
01:20:18,720 --> 01:20:20,560
to the park district, so that's why you

2075
01:20:20,560 --> 01:20:22,520
don't see your program guide listed on

2076
01:20:22,520 --> 01:20:25,440
here. And what we see is the majority of

2077
01:20:25,440 --> 01:20:28,240
people look toward their friends or

2078
01:20:28,240 --> 01:20:30,680
direct emails and text messages from the

2079
01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:32,240
businesses.

2080
01:20:32,240 --> 01:20:33,440
Um

2081
01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:35,440
and then we asked a follow-up question

2082
01:20:35,440 --> 01:20:38,120
specifically to identify their preferred

2083
01:20:38,120 --> 01:20:40,880
method of marketing from the park

2084
01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:43,920
district. And direct email communication

2085
01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:46,360
was your top uh

2086
01:20:46,360 --> 01:20:49,800
method here. And uh not too far down is

2087
01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:52,080
the program guide. Now, here's a little

2088
01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:53,560
anecdote for you.

2089
01:20:53,560 --> 01:20:54,320
Um

2090
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:55,880
you can't get rid of

2091
01:20:55,880 --> 01:20:58,560
your printed program guide.

2092
01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:00,960
Uh that is very popular.

2093
01:21:00,960 --> 01:21:02,720
Uh so much so that people read it cover

2094
01:21:02,720 --> 01:21:05,560
to cover. They rip out the page of your

2095
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:09,520
neighborhood nights and put it on their refrigerator.

2096
01:21:09,520 --> 01:21:12,240
Um but they do appreciate that cuz

2097
01:21:12,240 --> 01:21:14,120
that's not a given as well. And some

2098
01:21:14,120 --> 01:21:15,760
people said in the focus groups even

2099
01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:17,560
that simply getting the program guide

2100
01:21:17,560 --> 01:21:20,280
mailed to them at home is their reminder

2101
01:21:20,280 --> 01:21:22,240
that not just that you exist but that

2102
01:21:22,240 --> 01:21:23,680
there are programs for them to register

2103
01:21:23,680 --> 01:21:24,760
for.

2104
01:21:24,760 --> 01:21:27,760
Um but the I think the interesting thing

2105
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,160
that also came up in our conversations

2106
01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:32,480
and marketing came up organically in the

2107
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:35,480
focus groups uh was

2108
01:21:35,480 --> 01:21:36,520
that

2109
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:39,160
social media is necessary but not

2110
01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:40,560
preferred.

2111
01:21:40,560 --> 01:21:44,800
So they don't rely on their social media

2112
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:47,600
because they they follow the algorithms,

2113
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:49,360
but they also know you have to be on

2114
01:21:49,360 --> 01:21:51,240
social media. But if you're going to be

2115
01:21:51,240 --> 01:21:53,520
on social media, the stakeholders

2116
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:56,160
recommended you do more short videos.

2117
01:21:56,160 --> 01:21:58,000
So for instance, just you know, going

2118
01:21:58,000 --> 01:21:59,040
back to what you talked about in

2119
01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:02,480
tonight's meeting, your site updates

2120
01:22:02,480 --> 01:22:06,720
doing a 30-second walk-around of of uh

2121
01:22:06,720 --> 01:22:08,920
Prairie Weaver and putting that up on

2122
01:22:08,920 --> 01:22:11,280
Facebook is a way for people to be

2123
01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:13,480
informed about those updates.

2124
01:22:13,480 --> 01:22:16,200
So that is how people are looking to be

2125
01:22:16,200 --> 01:22:19,120
engaged on social media.

2126
01:22:19,120 --> 01:22:21,480
So let's take a little bit more um depth

2127
01:22:21,480 --> 01:22:24,080
here in that uh we asked, you know,

2128
01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:28,040
other areas of uh marketing and that is

2129
01:22:28,040 --> 01:22:30,080
um your community event calendar, smile

2130
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:33,480
brightly, Chambana moms are your kind of

2131
01:22:33,480 --> 01:22:37,550
external areas here.

2132
01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:39,960
Okay, so as we also kind of pulled this

2133
01:22:39,960 --> 01:22:43,000
together, there was another area of

2134
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:45,760
uh challenge that arose in the

2135
01:22:45,760 --> 01:22:48,240
conversations and through the survey,

2136
01:22:48,240 --> 01:22:50,320
and that was that customer service is

2137
01:22:50,320 --> 01:22:52,280
not consistent

2138
01:22:52,280 --> 01:22:55,360
uh in the park district. Except if it is

2139
01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:57,360
about general needs

2140
01:22:57,360 --> 01:23:00,120
or if if a stakeholder's requesting

2141
01:23:00,120 --> 01:23:02,960
Urbana to come to their event,

2142
01:23:02,960 --> 01:23:07,240
that's fine. That's all great. That's where they experience good

2143
01:23:07,240 --> 01:23:10,240
customer service. It's when the requests

2144
01:23:10,240 --> 01:23:12,400
get a little bit more nuanced, and

2145
01:23:12,400 --> 01:23:16,320
particularly what was discussed um is

2146
01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:19,480
facility to facility, the information

2147
01:23:19,480 --> 01:23:21,000
and experience

2148
01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:23,480
differs greatly.

2149
01:23:23,480 --> 01:23:24,600
So,

2150
01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:25,440
uh

2151
01:23:25,440 --> 01:23:28,400
ultimately, what people are looking for

2152
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:30,160
is to be able to do things at either

2153
01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:32,000
facility regardless of what is done at

2154
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:33,560
that facility.

2155
01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:36,360
The last area of challenge um for

2156
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:38,520
customer service came in with the timing

2157
01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:41,720
of communication. So, how close program

2158
01:23:41,720 --> 01:23:43,920
cancellations went out before the

2159
01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:45,840
program was actually going to be held.

2160
01:23:45,840 --> 01:23:48,720
If that was a program that a parent was

2161
01:23:48,720 --> 01:23:50,680
counting on for their child care, that

2162
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:53,000
really sent their them into kind of a

2163
01:23:53,000 --> 01:23:55,960
tailspin to find alternatives for. But

2164
01:23:55,960 --> 01:24:00,480
then an interesting one came up with um job applications that kind of

2165
01:24:00,480 --> 01:24:04,880
surprised me. So, how timely

2166
01:24:04,880 --> 01:24:09,520
um were the responses were to uh

2167
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:11,160
like a young person submitting an

2168
01:24:11,160 --> 01:24:14,240
application, or even the process of

2169
01:24:14,240 --> 01:24:15,760
teens

2170
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:17,440
getting

2171
01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:20,600
the ability to submit an application or

2172
01:24:20,600 --> 01:24:23,400
come to a recruitment experience.

2173
01:24:23,400 --> 01:24:26,360
Um so so there was some of the um

2174
01:24:26,360 --> 01:24:29,560
communication challenges there.

2175
01:24:29,560 --> 01:24:33,600
Okay, so as we looked at our survey, we

2176
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:36,760
had a question about uh our customer

2177
01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:39,400
service. Uh green is representing that

2178
01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:41,760
they did not answer the question.

2179
01:24:41,760 --> 01:24:44,680
Purple is that they don't know or don't

2180
01:24:44,680 --> 01:24:45,920
use.

2181
01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:49,280
That is actually quite surprising to me.

2182
01:24:49,280 --> 01:24:50,760
And so

2183
01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:55,160
uh that's a fairly large segment here.

2184
01:24:55,160 --> 01:24:55,800
Um

2185
01:24:55,800 --> 01:24:57,000
which could be that they're doing most

2186
01:24:57,000 --> 01:24:58,640
of their registration online than that's

2187
01:24:58,640 --> 01:25:01,480
talking to people or they

2188
01:25:01,480 --> 01:25:03,160
you know, they just can't remember a

2189
01:25:03,160 --> 01:25:04,600
time that they did.

2190
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:06,320
Um but we so we see here a smaller

2191
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:08,160
number of people that responded and it

2192
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:09,880
looks pretty favorable and I wanted to

2193
01:25:09,880 --> 01:25:12,280
look at this a little bit deeper. Um and

2194
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:13,880
this is one that we had split out by

2195
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:16,960
facility and um and uh some staffing

2196
01:25:16,960 --> 01:25:20,840
areas. So we can see some strengths uh

2197
01:25:20,840 --> 01:25:23,280
when we combined excellent and good and

2198
01:25:23,280 --> 01:25:24,840
some areas for improvement when we

2199
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:28,800
combined fair and poor. And so uh we we

2200
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:30,840
look pretty strong at Anita Purvis

2201
01:25:30,840 --> 01:25:33,600
Neuter Center and Phillips. Um but we

2202
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:36,240
might looks like we have a some areas or

2203
01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:38,360
opportunities for improvements um with

2204
01:25:38,360 --> 01:25:42,070
aquatics.

2205
01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:44,280
So as we wrap up with community

2206
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,760
resource, the recommendations that we're

2207
01:25:46,760 --> 01:25:50,280
coming to that are coming to you are

2208
01:25:50,280 --> 01:25:55,440
about connection and um clarity. So

2209
01:25:55,440 --> 01:25:58,520
there is no one answer for marketing.

2210
01:25:58,520 --> 01:26:01,720
You have to create a portfolio approach.

2211
01:26:01,720 --> 01:26:04,120
So what all of your your avenues for

2212
01:26:04,120 --> 01:26:06,440
your agency, external, which would be

2213
01:26:06,440 --> 01:26:08,000
your Champaign-Urbana Moms, your Smile

2214
01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:10,440
Politely, but looking at your partners,

2215
01:26:10,440 --> 01:26:12,920
who are your partner entities, like the

2216
01:26:12,920 --> 01:26:17,560
school district, uh like you know, um

2217
01:26:17,560 --> 01:26:19,920
the township, how can they help spread

2218
01:26:19,920 --> 01:26:21,560
the word for you? We talked about

2219
01:26:21,560 --> 01:26:22,800
videos.

2220
01:26:22,800 --> 01:26:26,600
Um and one area that was brought up and

2221
01:26:26,600 --> 01:26:27,840
something to, you know, kind of think

2222
01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:29,600
about here is this concept of agency

2223
01:26:29,600 --> 01:26:31,640
ambassadors. So, if friend

2224
01:26:31,640 --> 01:26:34,680
recommendations are the way people are

2225
01:26:34,680 --> 01:26:36,040
getting in their information because

2226
01:26:36,040 --> 01:26:38,280
that's who they trust, who are your

2227
01:26:38,280 --> 01:26:41,760
friends? Who is your agency friends? We

2228
01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:44,600
call them ambassadors. And can you

2229
01:26:44,600 --> 01:26:46,640
ensure that they are knowledgeable about

2230
01:26:46,640 --> 01:26:48,520
your agency and everything that is

2231
01:26:48,520 --> 01:26:50,640
offered, um whether it's just pertaining

2232
01:26:50,640 --> 01:26:53,520
to a particular group or as a whole, so

2233
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:55,200
that they can help you spread the word,

2234
01:26:55,200 --> 01:26:56,840
whether it's scholarships, whether it's

2235
01:26:56,840 --> 01:26:59,080
services, or whether it's just informing

2236
01:26:59,080 --> 01:27:01,440
individuals.

2237
01:27:01,440 --> 01:27:04,080
Thinking about connection as engagement.

2238
01:27:04,080 --> 01:27:06,520
So, this comes back to the customer

2239
01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:09,000
service. How can we serve you today?

2240
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:12,400
There were a few stories shared where

2241
01:27:12,400 --> 01:27:15,040
individuals

2242
01:27:15,040 --> 01:27:16,720
needed that they were offering

2243
01:27:16,720 --> 01:27:19,520
opportunities and the response was

2244
01:27:19,520 --> 01:27:21,080
from the park district was no, thank

2245
01:27:21,080 --> 01:27:22,240
you.

2246
01:27:22,240 --> 01:27:24,680
Without consideration of, you know, is

2247
01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:27,920
it a good opportunity? Or

2248
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:29,640
you know, thinking about when a person

2249
01:27:29,640 --> 01:27:32,040
when a customer or resident went to one

2250
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:34,120
facility and wanted to pay the balance

2251
01:27:34,120 --> 01:27:37,160
on a registration and that uh front desk

2252
01:27:37,160 --> 01:27:38,720
staff person was like, well, you can't

2253
01:27:38,720 --> 01:27:40,760
do that here.

2254
01:27:40,760 --> 01:27:43,600
And that was it. And so, the idea of how

2255
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:45,440
can we serve you today is more about

2256
01:27:45,440 --> 01:27:47,280
that lifetime connection versus just a

2257
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:49,320
one-time connection.

2258
01:27:49,320 --> 01:27:52,200
Now, you belong here was talked about

2259
01:27:52,200 --> 01:27:55,480
throughout the process and uh people are

2260
01:27:55,480 --> 01:27:57,360
in favor of the transition that you're

2261
01:27:57,360 --> 01:27:59,360
wanting to make that in terms of the

2262
01:27:59,360 --> 01:28:01,960
agency philosophy. What they are looking

2263
01:28:01,960 --> 01:28:03,840
for is

2264
01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:05,560
the next step, which would be the

2265
01:28:05,560 --> 01:28:07,880
actionable inclusive steps. So,

2266
01:28:07,880 --> 01:28:10,560
specifically what came up is your

2267
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:12,920
registration process as of right now,

2268
01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:15,320
which everyone Everyone was very happy

2269
01:28:15,320 --> 01:28:17,240
that you're changing registration

2270
01:28:17,240 --> 01:28:19,080
systems, because that was that was a

2271
01:28:19,080 --> 01:28:22,400
source of frustration. But, your

2272
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:24,440
what was discussed is registration as

2273
01:28:24,440 --> 01:28:27,160
it's currently created is not

2274
01:28:27,160 --> 01:28:28,720
accessible.

2275
01:28:28,720 --> 01:28:30,200
So, if you're English as a second

2276
01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:33,280
language individual, um if you are an

2277
01:28:33,280 --> 01:28:36,720
older individual, the the system is very

2278
01:28:36,720 --> 01:28:38,680
difficult to navigate. And so, in the

2279
01:28:38,680 --> 01:28:40,600
report, I provide some more details on

2280
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:42,760
how to how people are looking for it to

2281
01:28:42,760 --> 01:28:44,480
be more accessible.

2282
01:28:44,480 --> 01:28:46,520
Taking community education and cultural

2283
01:28:46,520 --> 01:28:49,640
representation here is about

2284
01:28:49,640 --> 01:28:52,880
adjusting your language and how you talk

2285
01:28:52,880 --> 01:28:55,280
about what can be done in the parks. So,

2286
01:28:55,280 --> 01:28:57,040
it's important to keep in mind, which

2287
01:28:57,040 --> 01:28:59,560
I'm I I'm I know you're all well aware

2288
01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:02,280
of, is that you have populations that

2289
01:29:02,280 --> 01:29:03,840
change over because you have the

2290
01:29:03,840 --> 01:29:05,920
university, and and we have people move

2291
01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:08,840
around. And so, it is not a given that

2292
01:29:08,840 --> 01:29:11,560
individuals automatically know that that

2293
01:29:11,560 --> 01:29:14,400
the parks are for them. So, if a person

2294
01:29:14,400 --> 01:29:16,600
is moving here from another country, it

2295
01:29:16,600 --> 01:29:18,240
is

2296
01:29:18,240 --> 01:29:20,120
we can't assume that they they know to

2297
01:29:20,120 --> 01:29:21,680
go, because in their country, they

2298
01:29:21,680 --> 01:29:23,240
likely have to pay for access, or they

2299
01:29:23,240 --> 01:29:25,440
simply do not have access. The other

2300
01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:28,200
part is knowing what you can do in

2301
01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:30,480
parks. Like, can you Do you know you can

2302
01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:33,560
go birding in BGC Woods or Crystal Lake?

2303
01:29:33,560 --> 01:29:36,200
That's a given for all of us, but not

2304
01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:37,480
for everybody, especially if you have

2305
01:29:37,480 --> 01:29:39,560
people moving from a more urban area

2306
01:29:39,560 --> 01:29:40,840
down here.

2307
01:29:40,840 --> 01:29:41,880
And then, just the cultural

2308
01:29:41,880 --> 01:29:44,280
representation as well with different

2309
01:29:44,280 --> 01:29:46,960
ethnic artists, or even

2310
01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:49,360
uh ethnic representation in um your

2311
01:29:49,360 --> 01:29:50,640
events.

2312
01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:52,520
And communication for clarity, a little

2313
01:29:52,520 --> 01:29:53,920
bit more of what I was talking about

2314
01:29:53,920 --> 01:29:57,120
with assumptions, um not to assume that

2315
01:29:57,120 --> 01:29:59,960
everyone understands um what a capital

2316
01:29:59,960 --> 01:30:02,200
project is.

2317
01:30:02,200 --> 01:30:04,840
We know capital as large scale. Most

2318
01:30:04,840 --> 01:30:07,400
people know capital as in capital A, or

2319
01:30:07,400 --> 01:30:10,120
the capital of a country. So, how do we

2320
01:30:10,120 --> 01:30:12,640
think about the end user and create the

2321
01:30:12,640 --> 01:30:15,520
processes focused on them?

2322
01:30:15,520 --> 01:30:17,520
So, the last one I have here is on the

2323
01:30:17,520 --> 01:30:20,040
bold and innovative strategies. And I'm

2324
01:30:20,040 --> 01:30:22,720
going to come back to

2325
01:30:22,720 --> 01:30:25,240
this is where often times

2326
01:30:25,240 --> 01:30:27,320
the the perspective of we're already

2327
01:30:27,320 --> 01:30:30,720
doing so much, how do we do more? And I

2328
01:30:30,720 --> 01:30:32,760
don't think that people are asking are

2329
01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:35,400
actually asking you to do more. Think

2330
01:30:35,400 --> 01:30:37,920
some of it was they're just they're

2331
01:30:37,920 --> 01:30:43,480
wanting to see more of your expertise.

2332
01:30:43,480 --> 01:30:45,880
And so, the being a public entity,

2333
01:30:45,880 --> 01:30:50,520
having a very long reputation of of of

2334
01:30:50,520 --> 01:30:52,320
high quality,

2335
01:30:52,320 --> 01:30:54,440
people have those high expectations. And

2336
01:30:54,440 --> 01:30:56,400
specifically, I heard in the focus group

2337
01:30:56,400 --> 01:30:57,680
is

2338
01:30:57,680 --> 01:30:59,200
because you are have already met my

2339
01:30:59,200 --> 01:31:01,000
expectations, I think you can exceed my

2340
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:03,240
expectations.

2341
01:31:03,240 --> 01:31:05,240
And so,

2342
01:31:05,240 --> 01:31:08,480
what was interesting is also this phrase

2343
01:31:08,480 --> 01:31:12,200
of what is your vision. So, I heard

2344
01:31:12,200 --> 01:31:14,280
often

2345
01:31:14,280 --> 01:31:18,400
people want you to tell your own story

2346
01:31:18,400 --> 01:31:23,120
and not to be in someone else's shadow.

2347
01:31:23,120 --> 01:31:26,480
So, this may be a change from before,

2348
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:28,160
which also I think goes back to the

2349
01:31:28,160 --> 01:31:30,480
population that was engaged, which swung

2350
01:31:30,480 --> 01:31:34,040
younger. And so, as you are moving

2351
01:31:34,040 --> 01:31:36,920
forward as an agency into the next

2352
01:31:36,920 --> 01:31:38,240
century, they're looking for you to

2353
01:31:38,240 --> 01:31:40,800
evolve collaboratively. So,

2354
01:31:40,800 --> 01:31:42,680
you don't have to go and do all these

2355
01:31:42,680 --> 01:31:44,640
new things, but what are you doing in a

2356
01:31:44,640 --> 01:31:47,280
collaborative way that, you know,

2357
01:31:47,280 --> 01:31:50,880
addresses climate change, addresses, um,

2358
01:31:50,880 --> 01:31:53,400
you know, affordability, addresses, um,

2359
01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:55,640
youth development, all these pieces. You

2360
01:31:55,640 --> 01:31:58,840
don't have to go it alone. You can do

2361
01:31:58,840 --> 01:32:01,280
things alone that you are experts at,

2362
01:32:01,280 --> 01:32:03,960
but what can you also be supportive of?

2363
01:32:03,960 --> 01:32:06,080
And just having to ensure and making

2364
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:08,760
sure you're always improving

2365
01:32:08,760 --> 01:32:11,600
and not just um staying the same. There

2366
01:32:11,600 --> 01:32:14,280
were a couple big dream ideas that were

2367
01:32:14,280 --> 01:32:16,240
shared that I'll I'll post with in a

2368
01:32:16,240 --> 01:32:18,480
moment.

2369
01:32:18,480 --> 01:32:19,440
Okay.

2370
01:32:19,440 --> 01:32:21,520
So, we had a question on the survey

2371
01:32:21,520 --> 01:32:24,120
about capital project enthusiasm, and

2372
01:32:24,120 --> 01:32:26,040
this is why I brought up the term

2373
01:32:26,040 --> 01:32:29,160
capital project cuz if we look at this,

2374
01:32:29,160 --> 01:32:31,800
nearly half of your respondents weren't

2375
01:32:31,800 --> 01:32:34,040
familiar with your project.

2376
01:32:34,040 --> 01:32:36,400
And then, the ones who were, they had a

2377
01:32:36,400 --> 01:32:38,720
lot to say about their excitement.

2378
01:32:38,720 --> 01:32:40,600
They're really excited about a new

2379
01:32:40,600 --> 01:32:41,960
bridge.

2380
01:32:41,960 --> 01:32:43,880
And they're really excited about

2381
01:32:43,880 --> 01:32:47,240
expanded bike access and the soccer

2382
01:32:47,240 --> 01:32:48,840
fields that are coming and what's

2383
01:32:48,840 --> 01:32:50,800
happening at King Park.

2384
01:32:50,800 --> 01:32:53,920
But, if we had if we change this to park

2385
01:32:53,920 --> 01:32:56,640
projects, you know, does that change

2386
01:32:56,640 --> 01:32:59,160
their what they see on the online? Or do

2387
01:32:59,160 --> 01:33:01,440
we do videos about updates? Does that

2388
01:33:01,440 --> 01:33:04,120
bring them along as well?

2389
01:33:04,120 --> 01:33:05,800
Now, we did ask a question about what

2390
01:33:05,800 --> 01:33:08,760
spaces to develop in the future. This is

2391
01:33:08,760 --> 01:33:10,360
what exactly what I would suspect

2392
01:33:10,360 --> 01:33:12,160
because nature was such a big reason

2393
01:33:12,160 --> 01:33:14,360
that they're going to your park. And if

2394
01:33:14,360 --> 01:33:15,920
you are developing anything, they want

2395
01:33:15,920 --> 01:33:17,920
it to be nature focused. But, this

2396
01:33:17,920 --> 01:33:20,240
community use uh this multi-use

2397
01:33:20,240 --> 01:33:22,440
community space comes up

2398
01:33:22,440 --> 01:33:23,240
um

2399
01:33:23,240 --> 01:33:25,640
here as well.

2400
01:33:25,640 --> 01:33:27,240
All right.

2401
01:33:27,240 --> 01:33:29,240
So,

2402
01:33:29,240 --> 01:33:30,960
ultimately, we

2403
01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:34,000
at the end of the focus groups, having

2404
01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:36,120
listened across these different groups

2405
01:33:36,120 --> 01:33:38,200
and talking to the individuals,

2406
01:33:38,200 --> 01:33:43,120
what I was taking away is more people

2407
01:33:43,120 --> 01:33:45,480
are wanting their to keep their dollars

2408
01:33:45,480 --> 01:33:48,040
local and live local.

2409
01:33:48,040 --> 01:33:49,600
And so,

2410
01:33:49,600 --> 01:33:51,480
this is where

2411
01:33:51,480 --> 01:33:54,360
you your agency is absolutely being

2412
01:33:54,360 --> 01:33:55,520
compared

2413
01:33:55,520 --> 01:33:57,520
to Champaign Park District,

2414
01:33:57,520 --> 01:33:59,480
to the Forest Preserve, to park

2415
01:33:59,480 --> 01:34:01,640
districts up in Chicago.

2416
01:34:01,640 --> 01:34:03,560
You were compared to Atlanta, Madison,

2417
01:34:03,560 --> 01:34:05,120
Wisconsin.

2418
01:34:05,120 --> 01:34:06,560
And part of that's because you have

2419
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:09,280
people moving about, but also people

2420
01:34:09,280 --> 01:34:13,920
travel, and they also see that

2421
01:34:13,920 --> 01:34:15,720
they have that there's opportunities

2422
01:34:15,720 --> 01:34:17,120
here, they think.

2423
01:34:17,120 --> 01:34:19,240
So, what does that look like for them?

2424
01:34:19,240 --> 01:34:23,080
They want you to stay aware of what is

2425
01:34:23,080 --> 01:34:25,400
being offered, and that

2426
01:34:25,400 --> 01:34:27,280
you are unique,

2427
01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:30,640
but you are also collaborative.

2428
01:34:30,640 --> 01:34:32,240
No one's expecting you to be what you're

2429
01:34:32,240 --> 01:34:35,280
not, but they do want you to be They

2430
01:34:35,280 --> 01:34:38,440
want you to consider what they want. And

2431
01:34:38,440 --> 01:34:40,560
so, this is where program considerations

2432
01:34:40,560 --> 01:34:42,520
about times of day that programs are

2433
01:34:42,520 --> 01:34:44,920
offered, even topics, come into play,

2434
01:34:44,920 --> 01:34:47,280
which are detailed in your report for

2435
01:34:47,280 --> 01:34:48,760
you.

2436
01:34:48,760 --> 01:34:51,080
The community education campaign is also

2437
01:34:51,080 --> 01:34:53,720
where this comes in, and it's more of

2438
01:34:53,720 --> 01:34:56,400
this invitation to participate. So,

2439
01:34:56,400 --> 01:34:58,400
again, something that

2440
01:34:58,400 --> 01:35:00,440
has been We've been talking about

2441
01:35:00,440 --> 01:35:01,720
previously with

2442
01:35:01,720 --> 01:35:05,040
the staff is um

2443
01:35:05,040 --> 01:35:07,040
your signage.

2444
01:35:07,040 --> 01:35:09,360
What languages are used on there? Is

2445
01:35:09,360 --> 01:35:11,640
there braille? And most likely, probably

2446
01:35:11,640 --> 01:35:14,040
what needs to happen is more use of QR

2447
01:35:14,040 --> 01:35:15,560
codes.

2448
01:35:15,560 --> 01:35:18,080
So that that is an accessible way to

2449
01:35:18,080 --> 01:35:19,920
invite people, and so that they can be

2450
01:35:19,920 --> 01:35:21,640
in your parks and do more activities and

2451
01:35:21,640 --> 01:35:23,560
stay longer.

2452
01:35:23,560 --> 01:35:26,440
Uh and having that accessible language.

2453
01:35:26,440 --> 01:35:28,360
The accessible language

2454
01:35:28,360 --> 01:35:30,040
does also really come into play with

2455
01:35:30,040 --> 01:35:32,520
registration processes.

2456
01:35:32,520 --> 01:35:35,800
Um and just feeling like they can um

2457
01:35:35,800 --> 01:35:37,720
take part in that.

2458
01:35:37,720 --> 01:35:42,990
So, this evolution to maintain.

2459
01:35:43,000 --> 01:35:45,000
There were a few people

2460
01:35:45,000 --> 01:35:46,880
that you know, wouldn't have supported

2461
01:35:46,880 --> 01:35:48,360
you

2462
01:35:48,360 --> 01:35:50,920
buy more land.

2463
01:35:50,920 --> 01:35:52,840
The majority did.

2464
01:35:52,840 --> 01:35:54,680
But what they do want is what you

2465
01:35:54,680 --> 01:35:56,280
already have. They want you to keep

2466
01:35:56,280 --> 01:35:58,440
maintaining it like you are, but also

2467
01:35:58,440 --> 01:36:01,080
contemplating at this moment in time,

2468
01:36:01,080 --> 01:36:03,240
and this is frequent, you know, you you

2469
01:36:03,240 --> 01:36:04,800
assess this over and over again. At this

2470
01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:06,520
moment in time, are we providing the

2471
01:36:06,520 --> 01:36:09,080
access in our park? Is it providing the

2472
01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:10,880
experiences for our residents that they

2473
01:36:10,880 --> 01:36:12,600
want? And it doesn't have to be a

2474
01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:14,160
complete redesign, but it's that

2475
01:36:14,160 --> 01:36:16,680
assessment over and over again.

2476
01:36:16,680 --> 01:36:18,880
Thinking about your program, knowing

2477
01:36:18,880 --> 01:36:21,800
what is good and unique for you to do on

2478
01:36:21,800 --> 01:36:23,880
your own, and where you can be of

2479
01:36:23,880 --> 01:36:25,920
service to others.

2480
01:36:25,920 --> 01:36:28,480
Athletic amenities came up specifically

2481
01:36:28,480 --> 01:36:32,160
on outdoor basketball courts.

2482
01:36:32,160 --> 01:36:34,320
Uh so,

2483
01:36:34,320 --> 01:36:35,800
people know that you're also adding the

2484
01:36:35,800 --> 01:36:38,120
soccer fields. Uh they're excited about

2485
01:36:38,120 --> 01:36:40,200
that, but then the restroom access came

2486
01:36:40,200 --> 01:36:41,920
up, which was an interesting one as

2487
01:36:41,920 --> 01:36:43,880
well, because that was about young

2488
01:36:43,880 --> 01:36:47,040
children and older adults.

2489
01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:49,200
So, those are the two groups that need

2490
01:36:49,200 --> 01:36:52,240
it quickly. And there it that will

2491
01:36:52,240 --> 01:36:54,520
enable them to stay in the park longer

2492
01:36:54,520 --> 01:36:57,120
or choose which parks to go to.

2493
01:36:57,120 --> 01:36:58,600
So, that pertains mostly to your

2494
01:36:58,600 --> 01:37:00,960
neighborhood park.

2495
01:37:00,960 --> 01:37:03,320
Um as we kind of finish up here, just

2496
01:37:03,320 --> 01:37:05,120
the inclusive operational practices,

2497
01:37:05,120 --> 01:37:07,360
your communication, your registration,

2498
01:37:07,360 --> 01:37:09,560
and building in a regular program

2499
01:37:09,560 --> 01:37:11,080
evaluation.

2500
01:37:11,080 --> 01:37:13,360
So, every 6 months,

2501
01:37:13,360 --> 01:37:16,200
um you evaluating participant experience

2502
01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:17,880
and needs.

2503
01:37:17,880 --> 01:37:21,320
So, year two dream big ideas. The focus

2504
01:37:21,320 --> 01:37:23,600
group participants specifically hope

2505
01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:25,800
that you maintain the list of those

2506
01:37:25,800 --> 01:37:27,640
dream big ideas that should you have a

2507
01:37:27,640 --> 01:37:30,520
donor or an opportunity for an

2508
01:37:30,520 --> 01:37:33,320
endowment, that you could put it toward

2509
01:37:33,320 --> 01:37:34,760
projects.

2510
01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:37,520
Uh the connective bike pathway system,

2511
01:37:37,520 --> 01:37:40,600
uh specifically expanding the KRT trail,

2512
01:37:40,600 --> 01:37:43,280
was one that was mentioned. So, this is

2513
01:37:43,280 --> 01:37:45,600
not just connecting between parks, but

2514
01:37:45,600 --> 01:37:49,040
allowing individuals to bike across, you

2515
01:37:49,040 --> 01:37:50,400
know, one side of Urbana to the other

2516
01:37:50,400 --> 01:37:52,000
side of Champaign. So, they understood

2517
01:37:52,000 --> 01:37:53,280
that that's part of a collaborative

2518
01:37:53,280 --> 01:37:55,560
process. But,

2519
01:37:55,560 --> 01:37:57,800
basically, what's happening in downtown

2520
01:37:57,800 --> 01:37:59,440
Champaign,

2521
01:37:59,440 --> 01:38:00,440
uh

2522
01:38:00,440 --> 01:38:04,200
the I the project that's um I think

2523
01:38:04,200 --> 01:38:06,000
happening in Savoy for their Civic

2524
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:08,040
Center, and the closure of the Civic

2525
01:38:08,040 --> 01:38:10,160
Center here, I think spurred this last

2526
01:38:10,160 --> 01:38:13,480
one. In addition to a push from Main

2527
01:38:13,480 --> 01:38:15,320
Street America or Main Street America,

2528
01:38:15,320 --> 01:38:16,960
which is a national nonprofit

2529
01:38:16,960 --> 01:38:18,840
organization to revitalize small

2530
01:38:18,840 --> 01:38:21,800
downtown areas. This one was a really

2531
01:38:21,800 --> 01:38:24,240
interesting one, is that

2532
01:38:24,240 --> 01:38:26,680
people would like a space in downtown

2533
01:38:26,680 --> 01:38:29,240
Urbana where they could gather, either

2534
01:38:29,240 --> 01:38:31,840
that is a park that's being designed

2535
01:38:31,840 --> 01:38:34,040
that people can go to. It's a multi-use

2536
01:38:34,040 --> 01:38:37,000
space, but it's a civic space where

2537
01:38:37,000 --> 01:38:38,880
people can gather. There's lots of

2538
01:38:38,880 --> 01:38:42,200
examples around the country of this, um

2539
01:38:42,200 --> 01:38:44,080
but there was a lot of different

2540
01:38:44,080 --> 01:38:47,760
conversation. So, not just what is

2541
01:38:47,760 --> 01:38:51,040
planned for the Boneyard kind of trail,

2542
01:38:51,040 --> 01:38:53,880
but somewhere located down here where it

2543
01:38:53,880 --> 01:38:56,120
could host a farmers market, it could

2544
01:38:56,120 --> 01:38:58,080
host music, it could host a variety of

2545
01:38:58,080 --> 01:38:59,320
things,

2546
01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:03,480
um or even have a all ages playground.

2547
01:39:03,480 --> 01:39:06,520
So, uh some more details are about these

2548
01:39:06,520 --> 01:39:09,360
two in the report as well.

2549
01:39:09,360 --> 01:39:13,160
So, I just want to close back with

2550
01:39:13,160 --> 01:39:18,360
reminding you have this nearly 120-year history

2551
01:39:18,360 --> 01:39:21,000
that people are aware of, they want to

2552
01:39:21,000 --> 01:39:23,840
be a part of, whether it's them as a

2553
01:39:23,840 --> 01:39:26,840
resident or as a stakeholder, and that

2554
01:39:26,840 --> 01:39:28,560
you you are doing really great things,

2555
01:39:28,560 --> 01:39:29,640
and the people do have high

2556
01:39:29,640 --> 01:39:31,760
expectations, but they know you can

2557
01:39:31,760 --> 01:39:34,040
already meet them.

2558
01:39:34,040 --> 01:39:36,080
So,

2559
01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:38,080
you know, how can you partner, how can

2560
01:39:38,080 --> 01:39:39,480
you be strategic, how can you

2561
01:39:39,480 --> 01:39:42,160
communicate on that information is what

2562
01:39:42,160 --> 01:39:44,800
they shared with me.

2563
01:39:44,800 --> 01:39:47,320
So, I appreciate

2564
01:39:47,320 --> 01:39:49,000
uh the opportunity here, and I just

2565
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:51,840
provided a few recommend recommended

2566
01:39:51,840 --> 01:39:53,800
considerations that are in your

2567
01:39:53,800 --> 01:39:55,040
executive

2568
01:39:55,040 --> 01:39:57,080
um report here of looking at your

2569
01:39:57,080 --> 01:39:59,440
partnerships, thinking about corporate

2570
01:39:59,440 --> 01:40:02,280
level financial partnerships,

2571
01:40:02,280 --> 01:40:03,000
um

2572
01:40:03,000 --> 01:40:07,280
customer service, and uh

2573
01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:09,360
thinking about uh

2574
01:40:09,360 --> 01:40:12,040
being able to tell your own story to

2575
01:40:12,040 --> 01:40:17,240
step forward and um be unique. Um

2576
01:40:17,240 --> 01:40:18,960
That's what people

2577
01:40:18,960 --> 01:40:20,600
want to see from you cuz they believe in

2578
01:40:20,600 --> 01:40:21,520
you.

2579
01:40:21,520 --> 01:40:22,920
And so, that's what That's what was

2580
01:40:22,920 --> 01:40:25,160
shared with me, and I am happy to answer

2581
01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:27,080
your questions, and I appreciate you

2582
01:40:27,080 --> 01:40:32,990
listening.

2583
01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:39,110
Thank you very much.

2584
01:40:39,120 --> 01:40:40,640
That was a lot to take in.

2585
01:40:40,640 --> 01:40:43,320
>> It was. That's it was.

2586
01:40:43,320 --> 01:40:44,120
But, thank you.

2587
01:40:44,120 --> 01:40:45,000
>> Um

2588
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:50,910
I'm I'll sit down now.

2589
01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:56,240
» The focus group demographics, how does

2590
01:40:56,240 --> 01:40:57,840
that compare

2591
01:40:57,840 --> 01:40:59,520
uh

2592
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:03,470
All right, because um

2593
01:41:03,480 --> 01:41:04,640
to the survey? Did we have that

2594
01:41:04,640 --> 01:41:07,560
separately? I don't Like, who with who

2595
01:41:07,560 --> 01:41:10,000
participated in the focus groups?

2596
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:12,000
>> So, I did not ask focus group

2597
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:14,040
participants to

2598
01:41:14,040 --> 01:41:17,000
um indicate their demographics.

2599
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:21,640
Um what I could, but I would be making

2600
01:41:21,640 --> 01:41:23,400
judgments, but I did not ask them to

2601
01:41:23,400 --> 01:41:24,360
disclose that.

2602
01:41:24,360 --> 01:41:26,480
>> Okay. So, you said they were primarily

2603
01:41:26,480 --> 01:41:28,720
came from the survey respondents.

2604
01:41:28,720 --> 01:41:30,880
>> The majority did. I did

2605
01:41:30,880 --> 01:41:33,840
uh do direct invites through some um

2606
01:41:33,840 --> 01:41:35,640
established partners of the park

2607
01:41:35,640 --> 01:41:37,800
district, and there were a few people

2608
01:41:37,800 --> 01:41:40,600
that came to the focus groups from them.

2609
01:41:40,600 --> 01:41:40,960
>> Mhm.

2610
01:41:40,960 --> 01:41:44,120
>> So, it just was a smaller number, but I

2611
01:41:44,120 --> 01:41:46,000
tried to do as much outreach as

2612
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:47,160
possible.

2613
01:41:47,160 --> 01:41:47,960
Um

2614
01:41:47,960 --> 01:41:49,120
but

2615
01:41:49,120 --> 01:41:58,470
it was a little more challenging.

2616
01:41:58,480 --> 01:42:00,240
» And I did uh

2617
01:42:00,240 --> 01:42:01,680
speak to one person who was in one of

2618
01:42:01,680 --> 01:42:04,600
the focus focus groups, and and she had

2619
01:42:04,600 --> 01:42:06,240
sort of told me that, you know, there

2620
01:42:06,240 --> 01:42:09,400
was that $20 Walmart gift card that was

2621
01:42:09,400 --> 01:42:11,120
and uh

2622
01:42:11,120 --> 01:42:12,640
she she felt like it was maybe a missed

2623
01:42:12,640 --> 01:42:15,040
opportunity because rather than um

2624
01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:16,680
advertising that ahead of time, "Hey, if

2625
01:42:16,680 --> 01:42:18,280
you participate, you can have this gift

2626
01:42:18,280 --> 01:42:20,160
card." She felt like the people in her

2627
01:42:20,160 --> 01:42:22,760
group were surprised about it.

2628
01:42:22,760 --> 01:42:24,280
And then they were, you know, maybe

2629
01:42:24,280 --> 01:42:26,200
wanted it to be from somewhere else, you

2630
01:42:26,200 --> 01:42:27,920
know, other than Walmart. That was they

2631
01:42:27,920 --> 01:42:29,480
wanted a different gift card, something.

2632
01:42:29,480 --> 01:42:31,240
So, I thought that was interesting. I

2633
01:42:31,240 --> 01:42:33,000
mean, looking at like the demographics,

2634
01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:34,840
you know, only you know, 40 out of the

2635
01:42:34,840 --> 01:42:37,720
960 respondents, only 43 of those

2636
01:42:37,720 --> 01:42:39,760
individuals were identified as black or

2637
01:42:39,760 --> 01:42:41,880
African-American. So, it's like

2638
01:42:41,880 --> 01:42:43,160
clearly we're still not, you know,

2639
01:42:43,160 --> 01:42:44,560
figuring out how to meet people where

2640
01:42:44,560 --> 01:42:46,680
they're at. And I wonder

2641
01:42:46,680 --> 01:42:47,600
you know,

2642
01:42:47,600 --> 01:42:48,840
how different if, you know, if there

2643
01:42:48,840 --> 01:42:50,760
would be a much different in the survey

2644
01:42:50,760 --> 01:42:52,040
results

2645
01:42:52,040 --> 01:42:53,960
if we'd reached a different dem-

2646
01:42:53,960 --> 01:42:55,560
demographic.

2647
01:42:55,560 --> 01:42:58,040
>> So, I I'd like to offer a comment that I

2648
01:42:58,040 --> 01:43:01,800
felt like came up a lot in the overall

2649
01:43:01,800 --> 01:43:04,720
in your 58-page document uh was this

2650
01:43:04,720 --> 01:43:06,840
idea of trust.

2651
01:43:06,840 --> 01:43:09,240
All right, I think that for me that was

2652
01:43:09,240 --> 01:43:12,880
something that was really important and

2653
01:43:12,880 --> 01:43:15,520
um resonates

2654
01:43:15,520 --> 01:43:17,400
uh well, I love this book, The Speed of

2655
01:43:17,400 --> 01:43:18,840
Trust, uh

2656
01:43:18,840 --> 01:43:20,120
because I think it's so important,

2657
01:43:20,120 --> 01:43:22,120
right? One of my favorite quotes is, you

2658
01:43:22,120 --> 01:43:23,520
know, if you trust me, I can say the

2659
01:43:23,520 --> 01:43:25,360
wrong thing and you still know what I

2660
01:43:25,360 --> 01:43:28,360
mean, right? Um but I feel like that

2661
01:43:28,360 --> 01:43:30,320
came up quite a bit in terms of working

2662
01:43:30,320 --> 01:43:32,440
with different groups of people, right?

2663
01:43:32,440 --> 01:43:34,600
In terms of building trust and it

2664
01:43:34,600 --> 01:43:36,600
connected to the customer service piece

2665
01:43:36,600 --> 01:43:39,040
around, you know, um

2666
01:43:39,040 --> 01:43:40,800
I might not

2667
01:43:40,800 --> 01:43:42,320
you might not be the right person, but I

2668
01:43:42,320 --> 01:43:44,520
have a relationship with you, so I'm

2669
01:43:44,520 --> 01:43:46,320
looking for you to help me.

2670
01:43:46,320 --> 01:43:48,080
I also see this with undergraduates,

2671
01:43:48,080 --> 01:43:50,520
right? Like in in my world, like right

2672
01:43:50,520 --> 01:43:52,880
now they value the the person, not the

2673
01:43:52,880 --> 01:43:54,920
entity. All right, they don't trust the

2674
01:43:54,920 --> 01:43:56,280
establishment, they trust the

2675
01:43:56,280 --> 01:43:58,560
individuals. And so that's sort of

2676
01:43:58,560 --> 01:44:00,800
resonated with me and just in terms of

2677
01:44:00,800 --> 01:44:04,200
how we think about what what we do and

2678
01:44:04,200 --> 01:44:04,760
um

2679
01:44:04,760 --> 01:44:05,880
you know,

2680
01:44:05,880 --> 01:44:07,520
that I don't that that was really I

2681
01:44:07,520 --> 01:44:11,120
think helpful. It also um

2682
01:44:11,120 --> 01:44:12,560
connects to some things that I've been

2683
01:44:12,560 --> 01:44:16,120
do- doing personally um after it was

2684
01:44:16,120 --> 01:44:18,360
sort of suggested as we're looking for

2685
01:44:18,360 --> 01:44:21,760
new Up Dec members and new members.

2686
01:44:21,760 --> 01:44:23,160
Uh I'm going to use my commissioner

2687
01:44:23,160 --> 01:44:25,640
comments time. Sorry, it's real.

2688
01:44:25,640 --> 01:44:28,000
Uh it's related, I think. Um

2689
01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:29,920
you know, after Jetty after Jetty

2690
01:44:29,920 --> 01:44:31,840
Rhodes, I saw that they have these

2691
01:44:31,840 --> 01:44:33,600
individual awards that they give to

2692
01:44:33,600 --> 01:44:36,240
their community members, right? What

2693
01:44:36,240 --> 01:44:38,120
wonderful people to try to recruit for

2694
01:44:38,120 --> 01:44:40,400
Up Dec. Also, extremely busy when you

2695
01:44:40,400 --> 01:44:41,480
look at these folks and what they're

2696
01:44:41,480 --> 01:44:44,200
doing, but I asked LaShawn to for people

2697
01:44:44,200 --> 01:44:46,440
that she might who might be good for the

2698
01:44:46,440 --> 01:44:48,800
foundation or for Jetty Rhodes and those

2699
01:44:48,800 --> 01:44:51,160
award winners' contact information. And

2700
01:44:51,160 --> 01:44:52,480
then she gave me a list of like 10

2701
01:44:52,480 --> 01:44:54,200
people. And so I've been reaching out to

2702
01:44:54,200 --> 01:44:56,520
those people, having coffee with some of

2703
01:44:56,520 --> 01:45:00,080
those people one-on-one. Um and you

2704
01:45:00,080 --> 01:45:02,800
know, it was funny, one person was like,

2705
01:45:02,800 --> 01:45:04,520
"Well, I'm really busy, but you're like

2706
01:45:04,520 --> 01:45:07,160
the third person and I don't know you,

2707
01:45:07,160 --> 01:45:09,360
but I know the other people." And so I

2708
01:45:09,360 --> 01:45:11,280
thought, "Okay, I'll just, you know,

2709
01:45:11,280 --> 01:45:12,920
I'll learn more um

2710
01:45:12,920 --> 01:45:16,160
about this." So um I think it's really

2711
01:45:16,160 --> 01:45:18,480
important, right? And I want to encour-

2712
01:45:18,480 --> 01:45:20,160
I want to challenge also the

2713
01:45:20,160 --> 01:45:22,720
commissioners, right? That we should be

2714
01:45:22,720 --> 01:45:24,800
actively recruiting. And so I think this

2715
01:45:24,800 --> 01:45:27,360
speaks to what you were saying. And

2716
01:45:27,360 --> 01:45:29,800
having been on this board for 16 years,

2717
01:45:29,800 --> 01:45:32,760
I have always thought we have undersold

2718
01:45:32,760 --> 01:45:34,800
the incredible work that we do in this

2719
01:45:34,800 --> 01:45:38,120
community. We are very humble and you

2720
01:45:38,120 --> 01:45:40,560
know, quietly working behind the scenes,

2721
01:45:40,560 --> 01:45:43,040
solving all sorts of problems,

2722
01:45:43,040 --> 01:45:44,200
uh you know,

2723
01:45:44,200 --> 01:45:47,680
I just think about like Weaver Park.

2724
01:45:47,680 --> 01:45:50,040
Like that, I mean, we solved a real I

2725
01:45:50,040 --> 01:45:52,120
wasn't even here for that and we solved

2726
01:45:52,120 --> 01:45:54,280
a major like

2727
01:45:54,280 --> 01:45:56,920
drainage problem and turned it into a

2728
01:45:56,920 --> 01:46:00,320
beautiful thing, right? Um

2729
01:46:00,320 --> 01:46:02,240
and so I think I just encourage us to

2730
01:46:02,240 --> 01:46:04,320
think about how we do that and it might

2731
01:46:04,320 --> 01:46:06,240
be hard for us to do that cuz it's not

2732
01:46:06,240 --> 01:46:07,960
how it's not the culture of this

2733
01:46:07,960 --> 01:46:09,840
organization. But um

2734
01:46:09,840 --> 01:46:10,920
>> To tell our story.

2735
01:46:10,920 --> 01:46:12,840
yeah. Yeah, I think

2736
01:46:12,840 --> 01:46:15,560
we just want to do the good work um

2737
01:46:15,560 --> 01:46:17,160
but it sounds like we need to do a

2738
01:46:17,160 --> 01:46:20,400
little bit more in that area. So,

2739
01:46:20,400 --> 01:46:26,313
um

2740
01:46:26,323 --> 01:46:27,480
» [laughter]

2741
01:46:27,480 --> 01:46:29,600
>> And I think that's a that's a challenge

2742
01:46:29,600 --> 01:46:31,600
that many people have, let alone

2743
01:46:31,600 --> 01:46:33,680
organizations, is how do you talk about

2744
01:46:33,680 --> 01:46:36,880
what you do really well and

2745
01:46:36,880 --> 01:46:39,400
um a perspective that I learned a while

2746
01:46:39,400 --> 01:46:42,160
ago that I've tried to work with clients

2747
01:46:42,160 --> 01:46:44,360
on as well is it's not as much about

2748
01:46:44,360 --> 01:46:46,640
bragging about yourself but as sharing

2749
01:46:46,640 --> 01:46:48,920
your expertise. Because if you do

2750
01:46:48,920 --> 01:46:50,280
something really well, that means you

2751
01:46:50,280 --> 01:46:53,400
learned how to do that and other people

2752
01:46:53,400 --> 01:46:57,440
can benefit from that. And so,

2753
01:46:57,440 --> 01:46:59,560
that's where I think the trust comes in

2754
01:46:59,560 --> 01:47:00,720
is

2755
01:47:00,720 --> 01:47:01,880
people

2756
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:04,080
think that you're doing really amazing

2757
01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:05,360
things,

2758
01:47:05,360 --> 01:47:07,560
not sure exactly what it is,

2759
01:47:07,560 --> 01:47:10,200
but they want to know, but they also

2760
01:47:10,200 --> 01:47:13,480
want to be proud. Like because you are a

2761
01:47:13,480 --> 01:47:15,440
community entity,

2762
01:47:15,440 --> 01:47:18,040
you're part of why they're

2763
01:47:18,040 --> 01:47:20,160
you know, paying more taxes for a nicer

2764
01:47:20,160 --> 01:47:23,360
house, right? Or you're part like the

2765
01:47:23,360 --> 01:47:24,960
school system, right? You're part of

2766
01:47:24,960 --> 01:47:26,360
that and people want to be proud of

2767
01:47:26,360 --> 01:47:27,920
where they come from

2768
01:47:27,920 --> 01:47:29,320
and you're part of why they would be

2769
01:47:29,320 --> 01:47:30,560
proud.

2770
01:47:30,560 --> 01:47:33,760
So, that's part of that communication.

2771
01:47:33,760 --> 01:47:35,320
Um

2772
01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:36,640
and I think that's also where the

2773
01:47:36,640 --> 01:47:40,040
ambassadors come in because it's also

2774
01:47:40,040 --> 01:47:43,160
easier if other people brag about you,

2775
01:47:43,160 --> 01:47:44,240
right? That's where that friends

2776
01:47:44,240 --> 01:47:46,360
recommendation comes in. And it's also

2777
01:47:46,360 --> 01:47:48,800
how you reach different populations.

2778
01:47:48,800 --> 01:47:51,760
I want to go back to Sarah your comment

2779
01:47:51,760 --> 01:47:53,400
about the Walmart gift cards cuz you're

2780
01:47:53,400 --> 01:47:54,880
absolutely right.

2781
01:47:54,880 --> 01:47:58,520
Um everyone was aware that that was

2782
01:47:58,520 --> 01:48:00,840
uh like the benefit of participating.

2783
01:48:00,840 --> 01:48:02,640
That was on the survey.

2784
01:48:02,640 --> 01:48:04,560
Um but oftentimes people don't pay

2785
01:48:04,560 --> 01:48:07,280
attention to it, which is okay.

2786
01:48:07,280 --> 01:48:10,440
However, the wall the location of the

2787
01:48:10,440 --> 01:48:13,240
gift cards was a conver a topic of

2788
01:48:13,240 --> 01:48:15,880
conversation and interesting what what

2789
01:48:15,880 --> 01:48:17,600
is mostly recommended is they wish it

2790
01:48:17,600 --> 01:48:18,840
would have been

2791
01:48:18,840 --> 01:48:22,240
like a coupon for a program.

2792
01:48:22,240 --> 01:48:23,880
So, they would have liked to spend their

2793
01:48:23,880 --> 01:48:26,040
money with you.

2794
01:48:26,040 --> 01:48:27,640
So, this is something to think about for

2795
01:48:27,640 --> 01:48:30,520
the future. So, giving a incentive for

2796
01:48:30,520 --> 01:48:32,200
participating in a focus group is the

2797
01:48:32,200 --> 01:48:33,680
right thing to do.

2798
01:48:33,680 --> 01:48:35,200
Um but I think in

2799
01:48:35,200 --> 01:48:37,120
today's time with your community,

2800
01:48:37,120 --> 01:48:38,880
that's part of that keep your money

2801
01:48:38,880 --> 01:48:45,670
local.

2802
01:48:45,680 --> 01:48:46,920
» It looks like we have some work to do

2803
01:48:46,920 --> 01:48:50,190
with marketing.

2804
01:48:50,200 --> 01:48:51,400
I mean, from what they're saying in the

2805
01:48:51,400 --> 01:48:53,040
survey, the things that people don't

2806
01:48:53,040 --> 01:48:56,270
know.

2807
01:48:56,280 --> 01:48:57,520
» I actually noticed that like about the

2808
01:48:57,520 --> 01:48:58,720
website and talked about that in your

2809
01:48:58,720 --> 01:49:00,320
report. People having a hard time

2810
01:49:00,320 --> 01:49:02,320
navigating the the website and then, you

2811
01:49:02,320 --> 01:49:03,400
know, last night I was like, "Well, I

2812
01:49:03,400 --> 01:49:04,520
sort of want to go and look at the old

2813
01:49:04,520 --> 01:49:06,240
strategic plan." I went to the website

2814
01:49:06,240 --> 01:49:07,840
and put that in the search bar and what

2815
01:49:07,840 --> 01:49:09,280
you know, it seemed like a pretty easy

2816
01:49:09,280 --> 01:49:11,280
thing to come up in the search and, you

2817
01:49:11,280 --> 01:49:12,440
know, I ended up getting there by

2818
01:49:12,440 --> 01:49:14,160
clicking through a few different pages

2819
01:49:14,160 --> 01:49:15,640
and you know, links, but I thought,

2820
01:49:15,640 --> 01:49:17,640
"Okay, that was a pretty good example of

2821
01:49:17,640 --> 01:49:19,200
what should be an easy thing to find."

2822
01:49:19,200 --> 01:49:28,790
So.

2823
01:49:28,800 --> 01:49:31,600
if you have questions that come up

2824
01:49:31,600 --> 01:49:34,960
to you after today, please feel free to

2825
01:49:34,960 --> 01:49:37,360
send them to Rachel. I'm happy to

2826
01:49:37,360 --> 01:49:39,360
respond to questions.

2827
01:49:39,360 --> 01:49:40,600
If you have a question and you're

2828
01:49:40,600 --> 01:49:42,280
wondering, "I didn't see this in the

2829
01:49:42,280 --> 01:49:43,880
report. Do we have data for this?"

2830
01:49:43,880 --> 01:49:45,840
Probably, yes.

2831
01:49:45,840 --> 01:49:47,760
So, I'm happy to go back into the data

2832
01:49:47,760 --> 01:49:49,280
and I'll go look at other things for

2833
01:49:49,280 --> 01:49:50,080
you.

2834
01:49:50,080 --> 01:49:51,640
But,

2835
01:49:51,640 --> 01:49:54,080
my objective for you was to come back

2836
01:49:54,080 --> 01:50:00,160
with usable information, and I hope that is what you can you can do with

2837
01:50:00,160 --> 01:50:02,680
this report.

2838
01:50:02,680 --> 01:50:04,440
And so, I thank you for the opportunity

2839
01:50:04,440 --> 01:50:06,520
to to work with you

2840
01:50:06,520 --> 01:50:08,600
on this project, and look forward to

2841
01:50:08,600 --> 01:50:10,320
more opportunities in the future.

2842
01:50:10,320 --> 01:50:12,400
>> Are you also able to share these slides

2843
01:50:12,400 --> 01:50:13,320
with us?

2844
01:50:13,320 --> 01:50:15,990
>> Yes.

2845
01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:18,480
So, I will send it to Rachel after this

2846
01:50:18,480 --> 01:50:20,600
of how we have to can like this is a

2847
01:50:20,600 --> 01:50:24,910
>> Yeah, as a PDF or whatever is fine.

2848
01:50:24,920 --> 01:50:26,440
» Of course.

2849
01:50:26,440 --> 01:50:27,040
>> Thank you.

2850
01:50:27,040 --> 01:50:27,720
>> Yeah, thank you.

2851
01:50:27,720 --> 01:50:34,390
>> Thank you very much.

2852
01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:38,230
» All right.

2853
01:50:38,240 --> 01:50:40,040
Moving along, there's no action to

2854
01:50:40,040 --> 01:50:41,880
remove anything from the consent agenda,

2855
01:50:41,880 --> 01:50:43,240
and

2856
01:50:43,240 --> 01:50:44,880
so we will move on to comments from

2857
01:50:44,880 --> 01:50:46,480
commissioners.

2858
01:50:46,480 --> 01:50:48,920
>> Real quick, I attended the

2859
01:50:48,920 --> 01:50:52,960
Friday night performance of Frozen.

2860
01:50:52,960 --> 01:50:54,600
Amazing.

2861
01:50:54,600 --> 01:50:57,480
I mean, it was it was incredible. I had

2862
01:50:57,480 --> 01:50:59,280
goosebumps. And then, it's not too late

2863
01:50:59,280 --> 01:51:02,960
to buy your flamingos for the I think

2864
01:51:02,960 --> 01:51:05,120
Friday's our last day to buy the

2865
01:51:05,120 --> 01:51:11,910
flamingos, so don't forget that.

2866
01:51:11,920 --> 01:51:13,200
» Um

2867
01:51:13,200 --> 01:51:15,120
I I want to say I did read the the

2868
01:51:15,120 --> 01:51:16,720
program guide guide cover to cover. I

2869
01:51:16,720 --> 01:51:17,840
was one of those people. I thought it

2870
01:51:17,840 --> 01:51:19,800
looked great.

2871
01:51:19,800 --> 01:51:21,520
Um,

2872
01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:22,440
yeah, I was a little surprised. There

2873
01:51:22,440 --> 01:51:24,200
was one uh section that listed out all

2874
01:51:24,200 --> 01:51:26,160
of the parks and uh

2875
01:51:26,160 --> 01:51:28,000
all the amenities at the park and there

2876
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:29,320
was there was

2877
01:51:29,320 --> 01:51:32,880
uh a column for ADA accessible picnic

2878
01:51:32,880 --> 01:51:34,520
tables and I was really surprised that

2879
01:51:34,520 --> 01:51:36,400
only two of the parks had that marked.

2880
01:51:36,400 --> 01:51:38,000
Is that really

2881
01:51:38,000 --> 01:51:38,760
>> All right.

2882
01:51:38,760 --> 01:51:40,200
>> I don't think that could be right.

2883
01:51:40,200 --> 01:51:41,080
>> like, "Is that really right? Probably

2884
01:51:41,080 --> 01:51:42,400
shouldn't be too hard to get some picnic

2885
01:51:42,400 --> 01:51:42,920
tables."

2886
01:51:42,920 --> 01:51:44,240
>> Yeah, that would make sense.

2887
01:51:44,240 --> 01:51:45,440
>> So, I just wanted to list raise about

2888
01:51:45,440 --> 01:51:46,560
that. But, yeah, I thought the program

2889
01:51:46,560 --> 01:51:48,800
guides looked looked really nice.

2890
01:51:48,800 --> 01:51:50,960
>> I too read it cover to cover and I am

2891
01:51:50,960 --> 01:51:52,360
also one of those people who use it as

2892
01:51:52,360 --> 01:51:54,720
my reminder to register for things and

2893
01:51:54,720 --> 01:51:57,240
text my friends, "Hey, does anyone want

2894
01:51:57,240 --> 01:51:59,000
to go do X, [clears throat] Y, or Z?"

2895
01:51:59,000 --> 01:52:00,160
So,

2896
01:52:00,160 --> 01:52:04,750
yeah. So,

2897
01:52:04,760 --> 01:52:06,480
All right. Uh

2898
01:52:06,480 --> 01:52:07,760
I think we can call this meeting

2899
01:52:07,760 --> 01:52:09,600
adjourned. Thank you, everyone.

2900
01:52:09,600 --> 01:52:10,080
>> Thank you.

2901
01:52:10,080 --> 01:52:12,760
Thank you.