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We are calling this parks and recck
committee meeting to order at

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5:04 p.m. And we will start with the
pledge of allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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» Minister Jenkins, will you do the roll
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» Sure.
Chairman's hearing

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» here.
>> Uh Richard Beglin

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» here.
>> Daniel Gerky

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and Peter Lens
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» We have a quorum.
>> All right. Uh we will start with public

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comment. Please note that public
comments are limited to five minutes per

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person.

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» Tiff
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wanted to come today. Um I know there's
been a lot of talk

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and a handful of other people within the
village. So I wanted to come and just

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kind of give you guys an update of what
the soccer club is looking to do down in

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field and kind of put together our plan
of what we want to do to present to you.

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So the club has been talking about
making some upgrades down at the field

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and you know it's civility work again
make sure to come to the forum get the

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approval and everything for that so some
of the upgrades that we're talking about

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doing our lights down there to
illuminate the 14 field as well as

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talking about the poles we can also
illuminate the parking lot and a little

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bit of the splash pad as well and then
we also were talking about what we can

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do to help the grade of built down there
right by the E14 field How can we make

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that a little bit easier for everybody
to navigate, easier for everybody to

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maintain, things like that, keep the
integrity of the park. So, we are

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talking about um getting some bids to
put in some concrete pillars if ever

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softball diamonds. Um they have these
really nice kind of concrete pillars

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every four feet stacks up into the into
the field. So it allows for a chair to

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still be sitting there and still keeps
the integrity of the cup. So our plan

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right now is to go out and start working
on getting some bids for this just so

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that we have an idea of what kind of
money we're talking about. Uh the v the

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soccer club would like to do fundraising
for that as well. And then ask the

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village obviously for some help. We have
some grants that we were looking into um

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getting their grants and it's a village
park. We talked to the village for some

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assistance on some of that. Um, so what
we'd like to do is get some renderings

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done and come back and be able to
present it to part of our committee and

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then take it forward from there. So
timeline wise, we're looking at getting

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bids throughout the rest of the year and
then depending on fundraising dollars

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and things that would be good. We
possibly look at starting to upgrades

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with parks out there. So whether that's
spring, summer, or fall, not quite sure

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yet. We'll have to figure out kind of
what all the details behind it. But I

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wanted to come tonight and just kind of
give you an update as to what Blood is

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thinking about, open it up for
discussion. Um, like I said, I know

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there's been a lot of talk, so I make
sure that we have open communications

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between blood and the village and the
director. So,

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» good stuff.
>> Thank you.

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» You did it. [laughter]

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There you go.

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[laughter]
>> You almost sounded like an insurance

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commercial with all the

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» um any other public comments.

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» Um consent agenda. We need to approve
the minutes of the April 9th, 2026 parks

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and rec committee meeting.
>> Motion to approve consent agenda.

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» Second the motion.
Okay. Uh take a vote. All those in

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favor?
>> I I opposed.

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Sent agenda passed.
Items for action and/or discussion.

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Discussion and possible action on 2026
events. Movie night in the park. Three

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of those still. And the tree lighting
ceremony.

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» Yes, we mainly just need dates.
>> Are we going to be able to squeeze three

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more? removing the money doesn't make me
happy. We have sponsorships for two go

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up to three unless spread the 11 maybe
two spare

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we have the money to do
and I'd say based on past years and

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attendance you know doing one more adult
uh movie night school and then two maybe

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more kid-friendly ones we spread them
out throughout the school year or

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whatever you might think.
What day is this usually the day that we

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usually have these? Weekends, Saturday
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» Friday or Saturday night. Yeah.

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» Um I mean, we're getting into the time
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get darker a little earlier. So,
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one to start off the season, we I'm sure
like 8:30 probably be dark enough to

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actually see the screen. And

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I think
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eight now. So,
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And at least then if it's like a if we
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half, I mean that's 10 o'clock.
If it's on a weekend, probably not as

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much of a big deal for parents.
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weekend because people are going to be
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» What says Friday?
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» We have a preference on like a Friday or
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» We have signs made up for Friday.
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it's this weekend or next week and you
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Fridays. So, you might be competing with
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» Yeah, it's this week.
>> Carter's first game.

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» Saturdays might be the better option.
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the idea is because I know if we run
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still looking at coming back indoors, I
think we did here, right? One of them is

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to your kid one if you do during the day
and then later at night for another one

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then you have everything set up
everything's there

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an option.
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kids.
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know like a movie at 5 and then you know
one at eight.

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» It's hard to do one at five though
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if the sun's out at all.
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saying that's why I thought you were
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and then an outdoor one
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» If you would do that then unless you
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outside then it so
the benefit is if it is bad weather you

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can still have it. You're not canceling
it. You're inside and if it's bad

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weather later one you bring the later
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And we have done them at the school as
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» inside or just
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» Yeah, in the auditorium. We did one in
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school gym.
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» I think the elementary school gym was
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» And that was such worse weather.
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» I think that was the first event I ever
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» no seats. Everybody is on the floor.
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» So, are we thinking like a September,
like a midepptember?

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» Whenever your heart desires.
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point.
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don't want to get too late into the
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chilly at night.
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» September.
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I know
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» Mhm.
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have gone into October as well. We had
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» Yeah, we talked we talked in the office
since there's the hype around Halloween

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being on the 31st. It' be kind of cool
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» Is trick-or-treating on that?
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» It's on Yeah, it's on Saturday the 31st.
Yeah. Do we really want to do a movie

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that night though?
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saying around that holiday.
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» Maybe not that. But
13th is a Tuesday this year.

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» Yeah, there's no Friday the 13th in
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» Um the only thing once you start getting
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with cold nights. So,
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the October one a few probably last
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know that I was thinking like if we did
do that one, I would offer up like my

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fire pit and then just bring that and
throw some wood in there and have a fire

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going
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» great house. Have some Christmas trees.
Is that great?

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» Oh, there you go. Any Christmas trees
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» All right. So, I'm hearing September
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» I think you said the 11th as well. 11th.
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build up hype about
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everybody's gonna be lighting their
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» your homecoming.
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» bring a couple of fire.
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» I think that'd be fun.
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cheek but now that I think about it that
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» Really?
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field over at Oak. We've got the big uh
the back stops you can hang sheet from

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to you know do the screen.
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» That's great.
>> Forget about that.

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» So for a date for October, what are you
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» Well, like I said, I mean, if we do the
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weeks in between each one.
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middle
and then a Halloweenish

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fun Halloweenish.
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» For the 23rd.
>> Let's shoot for that.

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» Or if we want to do Saturdays so we
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» Yeah, that might be
>> the way to go unless

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» Oh, 26 and 24. But
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knowing what the football schedule is
where the games

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» maybe if there's games here we could
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» out of town guests into
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school's running any games up here
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again.
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» "Okay, well scratches that then say if
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like if they heard there was a movie in
the park like then after the football

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game they just come and watch the
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» Yeah.
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» I know everything's up at randomly if
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football conflict.
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» And playoffs start on the 23rd of
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» yeah, Saturday might be our best bet.
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» say that likely not available on the 26.

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Simon can handle it.
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» Said he's not available on the 26th.
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» but we got the 9th and the 23rd.
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» So, but the 9th and the 23rd October.
So, we'll separate them by two weeks

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» 10th and 25th.
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» Oh, for Saturday.
>> Saturday. We were talking Saturday.

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Yeah. So, we're talking the 26th of
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» Okay.
>> And tenatively all starting at like 8:00

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>> 7 maybe if it gets darker.

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» I mean, yeah, they can always start a
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what time sunset is as we get in
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» who's our sign?
>> At dusk.

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» Oh, okay. At dusk.
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» Ask Google, right?

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8:30.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. September will

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probably be like more 8:30ish, 9:00, but
the October one should be probably 8:15.

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» First,
>> as it starts later,

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» dust starts at 6:52 and ends at 7:17 on
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So it'll be dark and what's it the week
after? Because then I think it's uh the

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throwback time.
>> That doesn't hit till November.

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» Well, first week.
>> Yeah. Yeah. First week of November is

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throwback. Yeah.
>> I can hear Rob.

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» They're talking about it.
>> It might happen.

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» All right. September 26th, October 10th,
October 23rd. The adult one in the

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I don't think that's
>> 34th.

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» 24th, I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah.
>> And maybe we do something closer

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Halloween themed for the 24th.
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» And you're good with still doing a
fireman's?

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» What do we think? We I mean, Fireman's
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electric there and
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» Restrooms. Yeah, we could run a
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» There you go. Popcorn. Just a boat load
of popcorn.

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» I think Fireman's is a good spot and it
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there a lot easier, too.
>> Parking is an issue, but

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» All right. And then the tree lighting
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four, right? And we want to shoot for
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» So which is when?
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right?
>> No, St. Nick is like the December.

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» Yes, I think. Yeah.
>> And that would be a Saturday here. So

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that might be a perfect to the
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» That's what I was saying.
>> Oh, you want to do it before then?

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» Sunday.
>> All right.

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» Maybe the 29th.
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for some reason.
>> Yeah. Maybe just to accommodate family

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vacations or something so we can go
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» So we'll make sure that all the lights
work. We'll contact Santa.

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» Will people still be on holidays the
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» coming off of Thanksgiving? I say that's
that's what that's the way we've done it

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for many many years and then last year
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that changed attendance. I don't know if
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» took note.
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You got to be back for work on Monday so
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mean so you can work and [laughter]
and uh so you probably have a lot of

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people coming home side of Sunday during
the day and some kids right away. That

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works. You can
November 29th. That'll be fine.

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» Anything else besides the normal lights,
Santa? Maybe some hot chocolate that you

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want to do?
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» Provide a fire pit.
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fires.
>> Yep.

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» I think the fire pit was a hit last year
>> having especially it was pretty cold,

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but maybe a second one if we can find
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Um we try to spread the love with the
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um divine savior the forget that church
group that came one year St. John's.

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» Um so we'll continue that rotation.
We'll reach out. I think

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» divine next. Okay. They just did it.
>> Um so we'll continue to spread the love

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on who wants to come. Um, any other
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» That's good.
>> Yeah. Siren, you have any suggestions?

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» All right. This is all you, baby.
>> Kids kids.

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» Santa and the lights.
>> Santa and the lights.

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» Yeah. So, we're going to do the uh small
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clubs again, decorating them.
>> Yeah. Last

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» Don't give me anything. [laughter]
>> We have those last.

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» Yeah. Last year, if you remember, we
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that were kind of handme-downs.
>> They I think two of them maybe didn't

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make it through the winter.
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» last year, they're all pretty good.
>> They were.

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» Yeah.
>> Year before. I know.

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» Yeah. Um, so we'll have them readily
available and years past we just toyed

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with people paying for them or not and
really we're just in the Christmas

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spirit, you know, come decorate it for
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um,
>> did you want to reach out to the school

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about the
>> Oh, the decorations ornaments.

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» you can tell. We have some
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play every year.
>> Yeah, they can make new ones.

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» Cool.
>> I don't know what it would take, but and

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kind of an out of the box idea for us. I
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reindeer for events like this.
>> Mhm.

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» Just a thought.
>> Real ones.

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» Real ones.
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» like a petty. Yeah.
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» they don't get their flying magic until
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Sorry.
>> So, Simon, you're on reindeer duty

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» and it's just an idea, something to
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» Yeah. We'll see what happens. Should we
squirrel away one of those elf on a

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shelf somewhere in the park and not tell
anybody and see if any of the kids spot

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it?
>> And if they find it, they win a prize.

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» But if they touch it, they
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» Oh, my kids had a meltdown when a friend
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» They were screaming and crying. I mean,
that would be something I think would be

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neat if you do something like a
scavenger hunt there for prizes for the

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kids or whatnot, but that'd be kind of
fun. Yeah,

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» the prize could be as simple as, you
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boxes of candy that you get at Walmart
for a couple bucks.

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» Yeah.
>> Cool.

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We'll put some stuff away for you.
>> They'll find it. [laughter]

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» And once you can spot it, they'll all be
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It's basically a giveaway as soon as I
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out.
>> All right. Good.

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» Good. Yep.
>> Sounds great. Thank you.

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» All right. Discussion and possible
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plan.
>> All right. Well, it's ironic that our

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former former parks chair is here
because this project started uh when she

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was chair of the parks and wreck program
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» and uh it has taken that long to get
this finalized. So, we're here. This has

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been updated from the 2024 plan to 2025
to 2026. We're now in the 2026 reition

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or edition and I would really like to
get this adopted so it can last just at

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least through 2030. Um, I'm not going to
go through every page. Um, but this has

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been reformatted many times over the
last couple years and I'll just kind of

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hit on the high points of kind of
decisions I need you all to make.

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So, we will start with

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number these pages a little bit.
>> I know I should probably number these

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pages.
>> I was just saying

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» um we'll go to this part that's
highlighted here. So, this acknowledges

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that this plan is not just ours. Ozaki
County, uh, as their partners with their

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parks program, they need to review it,
too. Um, so the language that's

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currently here is from when the plan was
last updated. So, once it gets approved

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through you all, it'll get kicked to
Ozaki County and their land use depart

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department to review as well. And part
of what they'll update is what their

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plans are. And then um you'll see later
on there are some properties and open

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spaces that we know are within the
village that are under their ownership.

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So if they have any plans or ideas for
property that's within the village that

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they own and they will add that to this
to this plan.

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Um section two talks about planning
background. We won't need to go through

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but it's just tables of data that we had
to update.

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Um let's go to the planning process. So
that's section three.

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So section three talks about uh an
inventory. So last year we did an

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inventory of our outdoor recreational
facilities within the village limits

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that you see composed here. Um we did
some public participation. We had a

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community survey that we did a year or
so back. Um so you see information about

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that. The part that's highlighted here
talks about public participation. We've

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done various um reition and renditions
of that, but I think having at least one

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public hearing for the public to come
like Tiffany and other groups like that

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to share their ideas that we can include
in the plan um would be nice to do.

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» Um so that'll be one portion of this.
Um a lot of this talks about park

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accessibility. Um, so keep in mind that
all features that we have are

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grandfathered into the village, but as
soon as we touch them for like a

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crosswalk, for example, then we have to
comply with ADA standards. So we need to

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think about that as we, you know,
whether it's our playgrounds or

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entrances into parks, as soon as we say
we're going to add a crosswalk, well now

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that crosswalk has to be compliant with
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Um, you have some definitions on
different parks. So we have examples of

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mini parks like the one um near trusty
Searing's neighborhood. We have

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neighborhood parks that are a little bit
bigger. We have community parks that are

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for everybody. We have county parks. And
so it goes to the definitions of that.

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[clears throat] And then you move on to
section four which talks about our

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system of parks that we have. So table
five, which is this fancy chart here,

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shows the inventory of what parks we
have, their sizes, and then what type of

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park that they are. And then after that
chart, it goes through each park

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individually. So this is where I want us
to start actually looking at and getting

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feedback. So you all took a park tour a
couple weeks back. You compiled your

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information and ideas. I conferred with
director Paulus and lead bars here and

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we put together what we feel like are
our recommendations that you guys all

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have for each park. So the way that this
that each park is laid out is it shows

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the general parcel information. It shows
existing features and then it shows

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recommendations. And so that's what I
want us to take a look at. So we'll

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start with Marie Krauss Park. Some of
the recommendations were disc golf

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amenities providing additional seating,
community pavilion, developing a large

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public pavilion, which we'll be talking
about a little bit later. Uh trail

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signage, so having wayfinding signage
along the trail that goes through the

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park and uh the abuing disc golf course.
Uh inclusing inclusive play, so having

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some sort of all-inclusive dry play um
access, which again we'll be talking

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about a little bit later. Um additional
parking. So when we think about not just

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Marie Cross Park but Oak Park that's
abudding there, we need to think about

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what do we do with overflow parking
there. And then finally, both in this

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plan and past plans, we've talked about
having a sledding hill somewhere on the

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park. So my first question is, do you
feel that all of these things are

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representative of what you guys wanted?
Do you want to see anything else? Do you

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not want to see something
say now forever hold your peace?

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And again, this doesn't mean it's gonna
happen in the next five years, but these

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are our goals and recommendations.
>> Not next year.

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» Probably not next year.
>> I like them all. So,

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» I think they're all fine. I mean, the
sledding hill I'm

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» kind of either way on.
>> Sledding Hill would be nice because

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right now you have to drive the kids to
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Otherwise, we had it right here. Take
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» I mean, I get it. You know,
>> Hawthorne Hills is really nice for it is

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» but
it's it's a drive.

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» Yeah. If we don't get other properties
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then it's not going to happen.
>> Right. Right. Little bit of pipe dream

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right now.
>> All right. Go with that one.

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Next is Children's Park. Recommendations
are evaluating and updating playground

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equipment. again making this park more
inclusive for um ADA accessibility

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playground surfacing replacing um that
surfacing with a more conducive play

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area like the mulch or whatever you
might want to put around there. Um we

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talked about this is one of the
opportunities for nature-based

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education, pollinator gardens, things
like that that we could put there

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because there's some land to do that.
adding seating and gathering areas like

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picnic tables and benches and then
replacing the existing sign with uh our

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branding logo sign. But for that one
specifically, we'll still do something

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cutesy with that to pay homage to the
children's park sign because we think

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that's pretty cool.
Anything else you want to see at

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Children's Park?

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Okay, moving on to Fireman's Park.
Fireman's Park, again, we would replace

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playground equipment. Um, parking we all
know is not great there. We have a

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little bit of a parking lot next to the
fire station and limited parking lot.

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Parking along the road, so that'll
continue to be an issue. Uh, park

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identification signage, again, updating
with the branding,

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electrical and lighting, improving um
light and accessibility throughout the

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whole park. there. We have some areas
that are lit but not all. Um then the

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actual accessibility to the different
amenities

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and then improving the metobrook crease
creek crossing there uh maintaining the

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pedestrian bridge. So we have a newer
bridge that we put there, but we're

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always cleaning up that um water area
and all of that for pedestrian crossing.

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» Is that that crossing area that goes
between that then over toward Marie

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Krauss and so forth?
>> No, the it's the bridge. It's a bridge

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in the middle of the park.
>> Right. Right. Okay. Thanks. Thank you.

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» Yeah.

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» Nope. But we could add it to the plan.
>> First time I suggest back.

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» Yeah.
basketball court.

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» The end game was put on the road and the
court starts.

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» Well, I would have to say since we put
the rocks there, people don't park in

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there anymore. I mean, there's a lot of
people during day night. So,

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» your rocks are free.
[laughter] if you need more

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assist.

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» And I I know it's a little late in the
game at this point, but since we have

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the soccer and softball people here, is
there any need or desire for like a

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storage shed or what I mentioned?
>> Um, soccer, I'm going to say

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» yes.
>> Yes.

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Yes. I mean, yes and no.

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» I mean, specifically at firemen's
>> at firemen that I don't even know what

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storage there
>> we

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store over there for stuff, right?
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a room.
>> There's a storage room at the back of

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the firehouse there. We use that to
store some gear and first aid equipment

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and so forth.
you know, a a field shed that could be

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used for things like m you putting up
soccer, you know, just storing this

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stuff might not be a bad idea. I would
like to see something that that way that

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storage room in the firehouse could be
repurposed for something for the

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firehouse.
>> We don't typically hold practices there.

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It's games on Saturdays.

423
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:27,159
» And again, it's just a thought. Are you
gonna take this opportunity to ask a

424
00:31:23,039 --> 00:31:27,159
couple of the leaders of the clubs?

425
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:34,320
» You want us to add fencing for
basketball

426
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:39,039
court?
>> Does that seem I mean, now that we have

427
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:42,000
the rocks there, does that seem like
it's

428
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:45,200
» The fencing was to prevent people from
driving on the court, right? Well, I

429
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:51,039
think the best thing would be more to
keep the ball in the street

430
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:54,200
like
>> a creek

431
00:31:54,880 --> 00:32:03,279
» I would make for that is
you you have Peterson there and they

432
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:08,399
have a lot of semi traffic um and if
kids are using that corridor I've seen

433
00:32:05,679 --> 00:32:11,600
balls go across the street there um so
you have the semi traffic coming through

434
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:18,080
there I mean
>> that's a dangerous Thanks.

435
00:32:15,279 --> 00:32:22,720
» Yeah, fence isn't a bad idea.
>> I can see a benefit to that.

436
00:32:20,159 --> 00:32:28,799
The other suggestion I wanted to ask
about was so as you talk about overflow

437
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:34,720
parking or parking in general, can we
make it more

438
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:42,320
kind of parking friendly to get people
to park back along that empty street and

439
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:46,720
then actually put like a decent like
gravel path from the basketball courts

440
00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:52,559
down to that walking bridge. So it's
actually like a nice path that stays dry

441
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,919
to get across and
>> go along Welo where the garage is.

442
00:32:54,559 --> 00:33:01,120
» Wheeler or Wheeler
>> Wheeler.

443
00:32:56,799 --> 00:33:08,080
» So the issue that we've gone into
with that bridge is it's not ADA

444
00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:13,960
and I'm not sure if I have to look more
into it. if you're going to build in a

445
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,960
waterway,

446
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:23,600
how much we can do. So, that was some of
the issue was people couldn't make that

447
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:29,919
bridge or couldn't walk it because of
how steep and then step. So, we fixed it

448
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:35,919
to make it so people could at least get
up and down. I mean, the field site

449
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:44,000
there was it was like this. So, we fixed
it, but I mean, if we start making that

450
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:49,279
it's not compliant that people can walk
and think you're just holding cells up

451
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:53,919
for liability that people are tripping
over the bridge or get hurt.

452
00:33:52,159 --> 00:33:58,399
» I was just thinking it's probably I
don't know if it's worse for us to have

453
00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:02,240
just like wet grass leading up to a
wooden bridge and then people are

454
00:34:00,559 --> 00:34:06,720
getting their shoes nice and wet and
slippery and then they go and step on

455
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:11,280
the bridge. And that's why especially
later they would park on basketball

456
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:14,720
court and face that way so they wouldn't
have to get out. They could watch the

457
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:19,079
game.
But if we bring soccer up here,

458
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:39,359
» that was just my only other is it if we
could create a way to make people want

459
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:44,079
to park along that street and easier
access to get to the fields from there.

460
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:48,879
if it would motivate people more to park
along that empty road.

461
00:34:47,359 --> 00:34:52,960
» Just to bring up something I mentioned
one other time. Uh if we put like a

462
00:34:51,119 --> 00:35:00,800
crosswalk, know you didn't like that,
but put a crosswalk between uh

463
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:05,119
St. Rose is that the
um St. Rose and the Firehouse so that

464
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:10,320
people could cross. I mean, parking
along there would be a short walk, too.

465
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:14,480
You parking on Milwaukee Avenue, parking
in uh St.

466
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:17,839
Having a crosswalk there that people can
hit the button on so they're crossing

467
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:24,480
with their kids would make that a little
bit more appealing, too. And there is a

468
00:35:21,359 --> 00:35:28,000
crosswalk there that might work. I mean,
it kind of on the firehouse side, it

469
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:32,880
comes into the middle of the block, but
it does have a little uh one of those

470
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:38,000
little metal a ramp down to the street
and a little metal uh thing for

471
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:42,640
traction, I guess.
So I think the concern lies again is if

472
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:48,000
we start messing with crosswalks then we
say oh now it's got to be ADA and is

473
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:53,359
there enough room there to make it ADA
compliant and

474
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:55,520
then we open a new cano arms of
>> I guess it could be looked into.

475
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,720
» Yeah.
>> Don't have to do it but we look into it

476
00:35:57,359 --> 00:36:03,960
and see how
>> dramatic a problem it would be. Yeah.

477
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:09,280
» Okay. So, I got fencing around
basketball court.

478
00:36:08,075 --> 00:36:16,000
[laughter]
>> We're good.

479
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:20,320
All right. Um, next is the Guzacowski
Retention Pond Green Space. So, for

480
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:24,960
those who don't know, that's that weird
long shaped property here. That sounds

481
00:36:23,359 --> 00:36:31,440
like your parks tour you guys had a lot
of fun dreaming big dreams for that

482
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:38,079
property. So, um, for this one, we talk
about, uh, future recreational access.

483
00:36:35,119 --> 00:36:43,119
So, again, uh, how you get into this
oddly shaped park with accessible park

484
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:47,119
and curve ramps and all that stuff.
Updating your park identification

485
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:50,880
signage. And then the next two bullet
points are about what do you want to use

486
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:54,400
and do in this park, right? There's a
nature trail option, boardwalk, dog

487
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:57,520
park. I know you guys kind of
brainstormed all of those things

488
00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:01,200
happening down there.
Um, what have been your thoughts since

489
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:05,359
then?
>> Remember DJ was talking about birders

490
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:10,880
setting it up so that there was, you
know, it was attractive to birds that

491
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:15,520
would attract birders to come and spend
time in that. The dog park, I don't

492
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:18,560
know, you know, with that water there,
if they get into that water, they're

493
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:21,440
going to get sick.
>> It would have to be fenced.

494
00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:26,079
» Yeah,
>> you'd have to fence the whole area to be

495
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:30,800
a dog park. and and and that just kind
of reduces a little bit of the natural

496
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:34,800
aspect of things when you start whacking
fences in everywhere. Uh on the other

497
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:39,839
hand, if you set it up with a lot of
different wild flowers and so forth that

498
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:45,119
you've got bugs and birds and so forth
that make it a nice nature nature area,

499
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:51,200
I think that may have more appeal maybe
with a walking path

500
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:55,520
that's ADA compliant.
So, Maro, the the first bullet point

501
00:37:53,599 --> 00:37:58,640
about developing a nature trail and
boardwalk,

502
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:03,119
» how would that work for ADA compliance
and if we just turned it into a nature

503
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:08,480
trail? Like, if we were using wood chips
for walking trails, I guess we'd have to

504
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:14,160
look into that. I mean, not every state
park has ADA compliant hiking trails. to

505
00:38:11,839 --> 00:38:21,599
put in sidewalks is one thing, but to go
and now do ramps and that that's where

506
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:25,680
the ADA really falls in. So,
>> yeah. So, they have to access the park.

507
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:29,200
So, like entering into the park space,
we'd have to have a ramp and signage and

508
00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:31,520
all that jazz, but then after that, it's
not like we would pave the entire path,

509
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:35,520
» right?
>> Yeah.

510
00:38:33,839 --> 00:38:40,000
So, if we had wood chips, I mean, we
could just do wood chip pass through

511
00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:43,800
there and then start throwing out
different wildflower seeds.

512
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:53,160
What's that look for?
What else is it good for right now?

513
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:59,087
» You wouldn't have to mow it. That would
be the plus side. [laughter]

514
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:07,680
All right. So, I crossed off dog park.
I Well, but it might be a better place

515
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:13,200
for that.
Um, but I I'll add in language about

516
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:18,480
pollinator gardens and all that jazz
along the trail.

517
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:22,000
Anything else?
>> On the next page, you do have shade tree

518
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:25,280
and native planted.
>> Oh, thank you. Yeah,

519
00:39:23,359 --> 00:39:28,640
» I didn't know you missed those.
>> Nope. I just flipped the page over and

520
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:33,040
didn't see it. Um, this talks about
adding shade trees, invasive species

521
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:36,240
management,
uh, storm water education. So, all those

522
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:40,079
nature-based things that we could do
there.

523
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:44,320
» I mean, what getting back to kind of,
you know, native prairie type of plants,

524
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:48,320
that does require getting some of those
invasives out of there, but that's

525
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:52,560
something that you can get people to
volunteer to do occasionally. You know,

526
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:58,800
I have a party to go out. Alumni weekend
at my college, we had a big prairie area

527
00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:03,119
for the for the biology department. And
at alumni weekend, they get a whole

528
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:08,599
bunch of us suckers to go up there at a
hot summer day and cut buckthornne out

529
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,599
for hours.

530
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:14,720
Maybe get a few people to do that here.
You know, be camaraderie be a little

531
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:19,160
fun.
What?

532
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,160
looked.

533
00:40:22,217 --> 00:40:27,680
[laughter]
>> All right, let's go on to the Metobrook

534
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:31,359
green space.
So, this is the kind of weird two lots

535
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:37,280
that are separated by Metobrook Drive
there. Um, the far east lot is you would

536
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:41,680
think would be a nice residential lot.
Uh, but that is almost completely in the

537
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:45,680
flood plane and cannot be built on. Um,
so that's why it's in our ownership. We

538
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:53,119
have some trees planted there. And then
the longer parcel there is the um

539
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:59,359
probably more usable park space. So when
you look at the recommendations again it

540
00:40:56,319 --> 00:41:04,800
talks about the feasibility of these
areas the pedestrian connections. Uh the

541
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:08,560
big thing here is that if you're going
to have a dog park this seem to be a

542
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:14,480
prime location against less area
defense. It's it's elongated to allow

543
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:18,560
dogs to run back and forth. Um, as far
as the setup cost, Eric talked about a

544
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:24,640
little bit. We'd have to do the fencing.
We need to have um, you know, the doggy

545
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:27,680
bag stations and things like that. And
you have a hope and a prayer that people

546
00:41:26,319 --> 00:41:31,520
are going to take good care of the
property, right? And if they don't, then

547
00:41:29,599 --> 00:41:36,000
you rely on our team and for maintenance
and cleanup of that. So, that's the risk

548
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:43,119
that you run. Um, but there has been a
decent um I'd say uh

549
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:46,400
resident inquiries about a dog park. It
has been overwhelming, but we've been

550
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:49,599
asked over the in the past. It was in
the survey that there was some interest

551
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:54,400
in it. So, it's really up to you all if
you feel like we want to move more

552
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:58,319
seriously with that because if not, I
don't really know what else we do with

553
00:41:55,520 --> 00:42:02,720
this kind of weird shape person.
>> I mean, I' I've heard several things

554
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:07,839
about dog park. we we could use a dog
park around here and my experience with

555
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:12,240
dog parks in the area such as Mutland
Meadows and Grafton,

556
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:17,040
» Peppe Pepe's Playground up in Belgium. I
mean, the the patrons in general, I

557
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:21,760
mean, there's one or two bad bad apples,
but in general, they they do pretty good

558
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:25,079
job of cleaning up after themselves.
>> Yeah.

559
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:25,079
» So,

560
00:42:26,079 --> 00:42:30,560
how would you think about fencing along
the creek there? Because the creek still

561
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:35,200
runs.
>> Yeah. Uh the first place she listed in

562
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:40,000
Brick where was that
Grafton? Is that in the open or is that

563
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:43,119
» it's wooded and uh there's trails?
>> Yeah, the one in Belgium is

564
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:50,640
» that's a wide open field.
>> Here you got houses and the creek and

565
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:54,880
kind of a main thorough area. Not sure
if the residents and everything would

566
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:59,280
like that right there. But it's nice you
got nice parking here. Not driving down

567
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:03,280
the middle of nowhere. So I'm not sure
how that would

568
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:09,319
go with
being in the village like

569
00:43:06,319 --> 00:43:09,319
other

570
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,480
» what else you could do with it?

571
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:23,520
» I've never seen it flood on top there
like Stony Creek. But

572
00:43:21,359 --> 00:43:27,599
» is the western portion in the flood
zone?

573
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:31,119
the witch marks
>> the the longer section western portion

574
00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:36,720
of it
>> I maybe just a little bit over the curve

575
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:41,760
when the storm sewer can't handle it but
when it did it I think this year that

576
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:46,319
twice where you put the road close signs
out with your heavy water high water I

577
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:51,119
think within 20 minutes it was down
>> I mean if we were to put in a couple of

578
00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:54,880
I mean a couple of picnic tables maybe a
couple of little grills in the ground

579
00:43:53,359 --> 00:43:57,599
» they'll sit there
>> they'll sit there. Yeah. You know,

580
00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:00,079
people might use them.
>> No, they'll use them.

581
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:03,839
» Yeah.
>> by the hydrant to prove a point the next

582
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:09,359
day sit on it.
>> Yeah. See, so I mean spot to sit

583
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:15,200
» turn it into a nice little patch to be a
park for a specific purpose. Just a nice

584
00:44:11,599 --> 00:44:17,599
bit of green space for people to uh use,
you know.

585
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:21,119
» I agree.
>> I think that would be a nice inexpensive

586
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:27,960
way to make these a little bit more
useful.

587
00:44:23,359 --> 00:44:27,960
um generate more community.

588
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:34,160
» I mean, we can always use that flood
zone space for that though

589
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:37,200
» for a sitting hanging.
>> Well, yeah, we could do that over there.

590
00:44:35,359 --> 00:44:40,319
We could try to put together a short dog
run over here.

591
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:45,280
» Yeah. Or if we really didn't want to use
it for that, I don't know if that

592
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:50,240
western portion is buildable, but we
just consider selling it and let

593
00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:54,960
somebody build there.
>> I don't think it's big enough for that.

594
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:57,200
That's the creek that goes through.
>> Okay.

595
00:44:55,440 --> 00:45:02,119
» Yeah,
trust me. You know that I would have

596
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:02,119
suggested that.

597
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:08,079
» Um, no, this is pretty much unbuildable
property. That's why it's in the

598
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:10,800
village's ownership and can do something
with it.

599
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:15,440
» Um, I like that idea of the kind of
seating area to the on the east property

600
00:45:13,839 --> 00:45:18,000
because what else are we going to do
with that? It's not big enough for a dog

601
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:22,560
park, but
>> then the rest, you know, that being a

602
00:45:20,079 --> 00:45:28,119
run kind of area for dogs.
You make that a seating area. Make sure

603
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:28,119
the picnic tables have

604
00:45:30,079 --> 00:45:37,760
» I would like to actually see that flood
because every time I've been down there,

605
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:43,119
even in the spring, it's not flooded.
Um, so right now on the eastern parcel

606
00:45:40,079 --> 00:45:46,880
talks about a kind of like a playground
similar to Children's Park. So, if

607
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:50,640
that's not what the direction you want
to go and it's more just kind of a

608
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:53,760
natural seating area, then I'll change
that language to that. Is that what

609
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:57,839
you're thinking?
>> What's that?

610
00:45:55,280 --> 00:46:01,839
» Right now, in this in this
>> document, it says that the eastern

611
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:04,079
parcel will be like a children's park
kind of place with a playground and all

612
00:46:03,599 --> 00:46:06,079
that.
>> We don't want another playground to

613
00:46:05,359 --> 00:46:08,800
maintain.
>> No.

614
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:13,839
» Then I will remove that language and say
it's a seating. And being that's in the

615
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:17,680
flood zone, I wouldn't want play
equipment and then putting sand down and

616
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:22,160
everything else and then we'd actually
somehow end up in a flood right there

617
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:28,000
and then [laughter]
half the playground's underwater.

618
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:31,280
» Playground would just set to be
a little more expensive.

619
00:46:29,359 --> 00:46:37,280
» But you're good with the western parcel
being some sort of walking path past a

620
00:46:33,839 --> 00:46:42,640
recreational area dog park if we've run
into funding to do that?

621
00:46:40,079 --> 00:46:47,200
Great.
All right. Freedom Park. We all know

622
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:50,640
about Freedom Park.
Um, again, we have improving

623
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:55,119
accessibility,
improving park identification. Uh, this

624
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:59,040
is a good spot for donor opportunities
in the future. We talk about, you know,

625
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:04,640
benches and tables and all that that we
can name after people. Um, fencing. Um,

626
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:08,160
somebody in one of your surveys you
brought up fencing and I don't know what

627
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:11,760
that means, but I think it's the fencing
around the playground wanting to improve

628
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:15,040
that. I'm assuming
>> freedom is the one up by the church by

629
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:19,599
the
>> where Tuesday tunes would

630
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:23,040
» talked about fencing at this one.
>> The only fence that's there is that kind

631
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:26,800
of couple wood planks that are around
the playground. Somebody brought up

632
00:47:25,119 --> 00:47:32,240
fencing and that's why
>> a couple years ago

633
00:47:30,079 --> 00:47:33,599
» Oh, good.
Yeah,

634
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:36,640
» along the main road
>> go to Freedom Park when we did our

635
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:38,720
little store.
>> Okay,

636
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:41,440
» we didn't
>> I swear on somebody's survey they broke

637
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:44,800
fencing.
>> Oh, maybe they thought they were Freedom

638
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:47,680
Park. He just said, "Were you talking
about fencing at the

639
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,800
» I know I talked about fencing at the
park

640
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,640
» by the church."
>> By the church.

641
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,400
» Oh, veterans.
>> So, he might have had that and blamed

642
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,440
them.
>> Maybe I labelled it wrong.

643
00:47:53,359 --> 00:47:58,400
» Are you good with me exing out fencing?
>> Yeah. Okay.

644
00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:01,680
» Yeah. Freedom. Yeah. Freedom Parks. Hold
on. Triangle over there over the field.

645
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:06,400
There's the street lighting.
>> Um, you guys talked about year round

646
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:10,400
recreation. So, you know, yard games
maybe made of stone or different things

647
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:15,280
like that to be passively there for
people to enjoy. Um, the big thing is

648
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:19,599
restrooms and concessions. We've talked
about that forever. It's now probably a

649
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:25,040
half a million dollar project. Okay.
whenever we would get a grant from on

650
00:48:21,359 --> 00:48:29,359
high. I will say that we got um the DNR
wrote back on the grant that I wrote in

651
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:33,520
spring and politely declined us because
there wasn't enough funding, but in the

652
00:48:31,119 --> 00:48:37,359
response they did say, "Send us your
updated parks and open space plan and

653
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:40,559
we'll kick you higher up in the list."
So, I would recommend we keep this

654
00:48:39,119 --> 00:48:44,960
language in here because then it helps
us later on.

655
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:50,160
» Okay. Um, and then the pavilion, we all
know Eric's headaches with the pavilion

656
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:55,119
um, fabric that's there. And so having
some sort of permanent structure in the

657
00:48:51,839 --> 00:48:58,400
future would be great, but again, that's
would only be when money rains from on

658
00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:02,559
high.
Um, in addition, we have some shade

659
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:08,400
trees, uh, which are kind of planted
there, but we can increase that. And

660
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:11,280
then um just upgrading the landscaping,
signage, lighting, all of that to kind

661
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:16,480
of since it is in the middle of the
village and getting some nice branding

662
00:49:13,599 --> 00:49:21,319
and marketing about that.
Anything else you want to add to Freedom

663
00:49:18,319 --> 00:49:21,319
Park.

664
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:35,760
All right. Next is Veterans Park. That's
the one up there by the church.

665
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:39,920
» Yeah. Um, this one has not had much
attention over the last uh couple years.

666
00:49:38,079 --> 00:49:44,880
We've had some improvements from donors
that have helped to that park. U, but

667
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:51,040
you guys talk about playground safety,
playground lo location. I know that was

668
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:54,079
a part of the plan two times ago that
your forefathers talked about just kind

669
00:49:52,559 --> 00:49:58,400
of uprooting that whole playground and
moving it somewhere else due to the

670
00:49:56,079 --> 00:50:03,280
location there. I will say it's used a
lot by the um church and daycare right

671
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:08,480
next door. Um, so we have to think about
that if we we were to remove it. Um,

672
00:50:06,319 --> 00:50:13,280
again we have accessibility, playground
surfacing, updating that property

673
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:18,400
boundaries. So it's kind of weird
because on the east side we have uh just

674
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:22,400
a a residential property that's right
there. So they've talked about doing

675
00:50:19,599 --> 00:50:27,760
fencing at one point to separate public
from private. And then on the east side

676
00:50:25,599 --> 00:50:31,680
or on the west side, make sure that we
have a nice barrier there, at least some

677
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:35,200
rocks to stop any pedestrian traffic
from the parking lot from going into the

678
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:39,119
playground. Um, it would be nice to
improve that.

679
00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:43,040
We talked about
>> rocks, so

680
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:47,760
Okay, we'll grab those rocks.
>> I'm pretty sure the data center guy

681
00:50:44,559 --> 00:50:53,599
probably threw a few at us.
reinforcements.

682
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:57,440
» Oh, we always do local businesses.
>> Um, and then we go on to say donor

683
00:50:55,520 --> 00:51:00,960
opportunities again, benches, papers,
things like that, improving our park

684
00:50:59,119 --> 00:51:04,960
identification, and then anything that
we were to do to improve the veterans

685
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:08,079
memorial itself. Um, again, we'll
acknowledge the Stefan family and others

686
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:11,119
that have improved that already, but we
can always, you know, make it bigger and

687
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:17,359
better if we wanted to moving forward.
So

688
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:21,280
» I'm sure veteran schools would
>> projects too.

689
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:26,240
» Correct.
>> Well, what I was thinking along the east

690
00:51:23,599 --> 00:51:33,280
and west side like towards the front
portion is like kind of a wall that

691
00:51:29,359 --> 00:51:37,440
matches like the memorial portion but
like more of a decorative wall along

692
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:41,680
each side there.
>> Might be like two feet tall. It's gonna

693
00:51:39,599 --> 00:51:46,079
prevent people from parking in there and
then

694
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:51,440
» a way that should you go forward with an
idea like that too.

695
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:56,720
» I was I was thinking that too if we had
some sort of a wall like that platform

696
00:51:54,079 --> 00:51:59,359
for anybody name their face or whatever
they served. I mean

697
00:51:58,079 --> 00:52:02,559
» right
>> I think I think that would get a lot of

698
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:07,599
people really
>> Yeah. I mean it ties into not just

699
00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:13,280
adding a wall stop looks like it's used
for something right as

700
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:18,000
» y
having them decorative along each side

701
00:52:15,359 --> 00:52:25,520
kind of matching each other
I think would be beneficial and add a

702
00:52:21,359 --> 00:52:28,520
look to that part for the memorial.
>> Cool.

703
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:38,160
All right, that's veterans.
Uh, next is Stony Creek Park. This is

704
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:41,760
the one that had the most comments and
potential.

705
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:49,760
» Um, storm water management. We all know
that that's the area that floods. Um,

706
00:52:44,319 --> 00:52:55,119
we're on it. You guys all know that. Um,
let's look at uh pedestrian connection.

707
00:52:53,200 --> 00:53:00,160
So right now that sidewalk goes up to
our public parking lot and then it stops

708
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:03,760
and then it starts right. So the idea
would be having this sidewalk that

709
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:09,280
connects all the way up Filillmore to
the park itself.

710
00:53:06,079 --> 00:53:12,480
Um this is the location of uh Simon's
idea that he had brought forth towards

711
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:16,559
the beginning of the year about a
nature-based playground. Again we have

712
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:21,760
the space to do it. It's a more natural
setting. Um so if we ever engage in that

713
00:53:19,599 --> 00:53:25,040
um idea then that would be the thought
there.

714
00:53:23,359 --> 00:53:29,200
uh recreational courts. This has also
been talked about in the past. Improving

715
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:30,559
the basketball, changing it to um what
is it called?

716
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:35,359
» Pickle ball.
>> Pickle ball. Um any kind of things like

717
00:53:33,119 --> 00:53:40,160
that that you'd want to do. Improving
the creek and bridge. Our team has been

718
00:53:37,359 --> 00:53:44,839
doing that uh recently, but we can
improve that and put the bridge back.

719
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:51,359
Um we have that fencing on the north end
of the property that is in the middle of

720
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:54,000
no man's land. We don't know if it's
ours. We don't know if it's property

721
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:58,720
owner, it's falling apart, if it's
getting hit by trees, at some point we

722
00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:03,040
should probably replace that. Um, grills
that are rarely used are still there. We

723
00:54:01,119 --> 00:54:08,960
either need to remove them or update
them. Um, talked about adding horseshoes

724
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:13,520
here, improved park identification, more
donor opportunities, more shade trees,

725
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:17,760
and uh, more natural resource management
around the creek that's there. Well, the

726
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:21,680
area that's a flood plate. I mean,
horseshoes, couple of metal spikes in

727
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:25,839
the ground and a little sand pit. I
mean, you get some water in there, it

728
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:31,839
goes away, and it really you could set
that up for things like that.

729
00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:35,119
» I I you know, I can see using that area
for for things like for shoes and so

730
00:54:34,079 --> 00:54:38,559
forth.
>> What are you allowed not allowed to do

731
00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:41,680
for
Are you allowed to do anything

732
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:46,400
permanent?
um like building structures is where

733
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:54,440
we'd run into issues, but of that I mean
if a plays around in the flood plane and

734
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:54,440
just more likely to get damaged and are

735
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:04,240
any other thoughts on that?
the gorillas if we were to keep them

736
00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:11,040
there. I guess my suggestion would be to
take them and move them out closer to

737
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:17,119
the pavilion rather than
>> 40. [laughter]

738
00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:23,280
» I feel like if they would get used then
they'd be more likely used during a

739
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:28,480
party that's kind of had the pavilion.
I think the only reason

740
00:55:25,599 --> 00:55:34,079
the last ones where some a couch on
there

741
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:39,079
otherwise they've never I've never seen
it's kids that throw sticks and

742
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:39,079
everything in there.

743
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:44,760
It's just another thing with that in the
long run.

744
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:52,799
Kind of like the idea trying to find
something to do with that half bass

745
00:55:49,839 --> 00:55:56,480
court. It's not really a full court if
it could be turned into something else.

746
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:59,359
I mean, we had people ask about pickle
ball. I don't know if it was big enough

747
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:02,880
for pickle ball.
>> I just seen a thing about pickle ball

748
00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:06,079
down at the Somebody had posted
something about

749
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:12,000
» Marie Cra fully converting one of them
down at the tennis courts. Yeah.

750
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:13,760
» To a pickle ball court. So
>> maybe.

751
00:56:12,319 --> 00:56:16,400
» So it's got to be pretty close that
basketball court.

752
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:19,040
» Yeah. So we've looked at it. I mean, the
condition of it isn't great. We'd

753
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:23,040
probably end up just tearing out that
whole asphalt and and redoing it for

754
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:28,440
pickle ball. So, it' be a little bit
more cost than just painting over it.

755
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:28,440
» Right.

756
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:37,839
» All right.
Next is the Partridge Lane Nature

757
00:56:35,839 --> 00:56:43,839
Preserve. I'm not even going to go into
this because it's just um woodland that

758
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:48,640
you can choose to walk through and it
also acts as storm water management for

759
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:48,640
the village.

760
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:58,079
We could. Yeah, I think that's park
identification, is that it?

761
00:56:54,559 --> 00:57:01,880
» The homeowners might rip them down.
Might not be too happy.

762
00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:11,280
» Yep. Public property.
>> Make sure there's a a flock camera

763
00:57:07,359 --> 00:57:13,920
there. So, if anybody not,
>> you may be talking about that in about a

764
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:19,040
month. So,
>> I'm sure. Um, next is the multi-purpose

765
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:21,440
trail. Again, there's not too much to
talk about that we haven't already

766
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:26,559
talked about. This is the trail that
runs from Fireman's and then through and

767
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:32,240
into Marie Cross Park. Um, so again,
it's wayfinding and accessibility and

768
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:37,599
and improvements like that. Um, we've
improved when we can the asphalt and

769
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:42,079
walkways that go through there. We did a
decent chunk of it over the last year

770
00:57:39,359 --> 00:57:45,440
here. Um, but other than that, it's
improving ramps and doing stuff like

771
00:57:43,839 --> 00:57:51,640
that whenever we have the money and time
to do it.

772
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,640
» All right.

773
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:59,280
» Yep.
>> Yeah. And I don't know how much of that

774
00:57:55,599 --> 00:58:03,280
is us versus the railroad company. Do
you know like do we do we own and manage

775
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:09,440
that defensing?
>> We don't own it, but we do.

776
00:58:06,559 --> 00:58:10,480
» Okay. No, but if you're talking by the
tracks.

777
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:11,520
» Yes.
>> No,

778
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:14,960
» the maze.
>> That the the maze. Yes, that's us.

779
00:58:13,839 --> 00:58:19,200
» The maze. Yeah.
>> Yeah. I think uh

780
00:58:17,359 --> 00:58:24,559
the railroad company's right away is a
little bit bigger than a normal highway.

781
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:28,799
So, I don't know. It's like 40 ft
something like that

782
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:33,760
from there. So, and I think that fence
was right at the rightway.

783
00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:38,160
» And the maze is meant to to hopefully
stop people from walking into the train

784
00:58:35,599 --> 00:58:38,160
tracks.

785
00:58:38,319 --> 00:58:44,480
Well, I I would think stop people like
on a bike or something shooting through

786
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:47,440
» just as a train is shooting through the
path that they move fast out here. But

787
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:51,145
still,
>> we can move fast.

788
00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:53,920
» Oh, yeah.
[laughter]

789
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:56,920
» So, you know, it's a safety feature.
>> Yeah.

790
00:58:57,440 --> 00:59:03,920
» All right. Any other thoughts on the
individual parks and the rest of it we

791
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:10,720
can speed through here. So section five
is a needs assessment.

792
00:59:07,359 --> 00:59:15,200
So this is the table from land area
standards and I don't want to bore you

793
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:20,079
but based off the population in the
village you should have so much acreage

794
00:59:17,599 --> 00:59:23,520
of parkland. Long story short we're
doing pretty good. We have a lot of

795
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:27,520
parkland. We go above and beyond the
amount of parks that we need to have

796
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:34,160
based on the population of the village.
Um facility needs. It talks about again

797
00:59:30,799 --> 00:59:39,520
the highlights of of improving ADA
signage addressing drainage and flooded

798
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:44,160
flooding. We also talk about the uh
little league baseball facility that is

799
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:47,520
not villain zoned right that's been a
priority I think over all the renditions

800
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:52,319
is that at some point we need to take
ownership over Oak Park. Um so that

801
00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:58,240
remains here.
Um I'll move on. Table eight shows a

802
00:59:56,079 --> 01:00:03,319
summary of your guys's survey results.
Then when you get bored you can look at

803
01:00:00,079 --> 01:00:03,319
all this.

804
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:11,040
Uh moving on to key opportunities for
village parks and open space. It talks

805
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:16,000
about village green future park. So
that's this side of the village where we

806
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:19,359
don't have any parkland. Um this body
knows that the board has been talking

807
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:24,480
about parkland up there. We have some
potential sites for that.

808
01:00:21,839 --> 01:00:31,119
Um, other possibilities, the Partridge
Lane, uh, nature preserve, you know, how

809
01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:37,760
could we continue to utilize that space?
Uh, we've talked about a proposed Fonia

810
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:41,680
Creek nature preserves and hiking trail.
Um, again, I don't want to bore you with

811
01:00:39,599 --> 01:00:45,839
history, but the original plan had the
village purchasing a bunch of property

812
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:51,440
through the middle of the village uh to
create an interconnecting trail. Um I

813
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:55,359
think during your time we we kind of
axed a lot of that because it was

814
01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:59,599
already privately owned and again we we
weren't in the business of buying more

815
01:00:56,960 --> 01:01:04,240
public land. Uh but again that idea is
still still lives in this document for a

816
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:07,200
future body to consider. All right. So
then we get to the important part. So

817
01:01:05,839 --> 01:01:10,880
this village of Fredonia park
improvement projects. So what you have

818
01:01:09,040 --> 01:01:14,079
here is a breakdown of all of the
recommendations from each of those parks

819
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:20,400
that we talked about except for what we
just added an associated cost next to

820
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:24,559
it. So what I need from you all is let's
prioritize this and it doesn't need to

821
01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:29,040
be like one through seven. It could be
just high priority versus low priority.

822
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:32,880
So that way in the future we'll add
these things to our CIP list and we're

823
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:37,040
not going to add things that are kind of
low of the total for you guys. Maybe a

824
01:01:35,359 --> 01:01:41,839
maybe a fence around the basketball
court is a is a easy thing that we can

825
01:01:39,119 --> 01:01:44,880
do one year and just get it done. Well,
then that's a higher priority. Or maybe

826
01:01:43,359 --> 01:01:48,559
it's a safety thing and you know that
playground's falling apart. We really

827
01:01:46,319 --> 01:01:52,000
need to update it. We need some sort of
kind of priority list so that way then

828
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:56,960
we have direction as a team of what
projects to tackle sooner than later. Um

829
01:01:54,799 --> 01:02:01,440
so let's look at Marie Cross Park. Here
you see all the listed stuff that we had

830
01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:05,400
talked about.
Who has an idea? Let's go.

831
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:12,079
What's the highest priority on this
list? Maybe it would start there.

832
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:15,760
» It's the highest priority on that list.
>> Yes.

833
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:19,520
» Oh, we're like we're doing each
individual thing. I see.

834
01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:22,079
» Yes.
You have a little chart. I just got to

835
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:26,160
fill in higher. I just got to fill in
high or low. So like bleachers and

836
01:02:24,319 --> 01:02:30,880
athletic viewing viewing area like
Tiffany had just said, is this a high

837
01:02:28,079 --> 01:02:34,400
priority for the village? I would argue
if we're going to have a partnership,

838
01:02:32,319 --> 01:02:36,559
right, I would mark it as high so that
way we're kind of planning for it

839
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:40,640
alongside them,
>> right? I would say high on that.

840
01:02:39,119 --> 01:02:44,400
» I'd say that's pretty high. I think the
disc golf stealth course, it attracts a

841
01:02:42,319 --> 01:02:47,760
lot of people from out.
>> It does attract a lot of people. We've

842
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:50,960
got that national tournament. We've got
people coming. I know a lot of people

843
01:02:49,599 --> 01:02:54,319
who disc golf stealth. Oh, you looking
for Oh, yeah. I love that color.

844
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:58,319
» Yep.
>> Upgrading that to attract more people

845
01:02:56,240 --> 01:03:02,079
and keep people coming to it, I think.
and it's not that expensive to throw in

846
01:03:00,319 --> 01:03:06,000
seating. So, I I'd put that at a higher
priority. But

847
01:03:04,559 --> 01:03:10,799
» I was wondering with that if there was
more opportunity to partner with like

848
01:03:07,599 --> 01:03:19,200
the school and like their woods program
to see if they want to build a bench to

849
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:24,960
put out there and or like
>> individual seats. That's as far as

850
01:03:23,359 --> 01:03:30,079
plenty of opportunities if someone's
looking to, you know, build a bench,

851
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:34,319
donate it, and whatever, then I do a
voice coat eagle project.

852
01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:40,559
» There you go, Ne.
>> With the I just want to mention, I hold

853
01:03:36,799 --> 01:03:47,680
you up with the seating and the batches
of that. Uh, I usually give Dan takes

854
01:03:43,839 --> 01:03:53,039
care of that. So, I usually give them a
bench

855
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:58,079
a bench every year. Uh we talk about if
we're getting gar uh garbage cans and

856
01:03:55,440 --> 01:04:03,839
picnic tables, we give him the old ones
and then he puts them where he wants. I

857
01:04:00,319 --> 01:04:07,680
mean, we really don't touch that. He
takes care of it.

858
01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:13,440
So,
I get him a bench, he puts it wherever.

859
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:17,359
So, and I was down there on Sunday and
he was getting ready for this coming

860
01:04:15,359 --> 01:04:22,960
weekend and he was putting the bench out
that was here. So, we really don't go

861
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:26,400
through that. I mean, if he needs help,
we'll help him. But,

862
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:29,680
» but I would argue if we make this a low
priority, then we're going to shift from

863
01:04:27,760 --> 01:04:32,880
doing that and moving those assets to
something else. You know what I'm

864
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:35,359
saying? If this isn't a high priority,
then we'll stop doing benches for him

865
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:38,880
and then we'll move that money to
something else.

866
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:42,880
I think it for the most part in the past
you used the money that came from the

867
01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:47,839
tournaments.
>> Yes. Basically

868
01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:52,799
or he paid to rent the park or rent the
disco

869
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:58,240
» then we bought him a bench for that. So
>> money came in and went right back to it.

870
01:04:55,839 --> 01:05:03,640
» So I mean as far as our our priorities
as a village I'd probably put that as a

871
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:03,640
little

872
01:05:07,839 --> 01:05:10,839
Okay.

873
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:19,359
» Ward started talking about putting in
pavilion and we got that donation from

874
01:05:17,359 --> 01:05:23,280
Port Washington. So,
>> I mean that has to be a high priority.

875
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:25,200
If there's throwing money at us, we got
to show them that we're putting it up.

876
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:27,119
» Yeah.
>> Yep.

877
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:29,680
» We can't really put that off,
>> right?

878
01:05:28,079 --> 01:05:34,720
» I heard based on the conversation before
Sleing Hill is kind of low. Yeah.

879
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:38,319
» Um, additional parking is, you know,
it's going to be low until we have the

880
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:43,200
opportunity to have space to park,
>> right?

881
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:44,880
» Um, new playground
>> that we might be talking about a little

882
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:47,280
bit.
>> Yeah,

883
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:52,079
» that higher.
>> Put that over.

884
01:05:48,799 --> 01:05:57,280
» Okay. And then village ID signage. So,
we have the signage kind of there. It's

885
01:05:55,039 --> 01:06:01,359
on the bathroom facility. We would move
it to the front of the park. I mean

886
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:04,000
that's the only cost there which is
going to be less than even the free five

887
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:08,559
that's here.
>> I think there is a dollar side in

888
01:06:07,119 --> 01:06:12,039
» there is I know but I'm talking about
switching them out.

889
01:06:13,119 --> 01:06:21,720
Okay.
Children's

890
01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:21,720
pollinator garden.

891
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:27,400
» Hello.
>> Yeah.

892
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:27,400
» I mean I like the idea of it.

893
01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:33,839
equipment needed up
park.

894
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:37,039
» Okay. But that is high any
accessibility. So a ramp to get into the

895
01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:41,119
park.
>> That would be I mean I suppose that

896
01:06:39,039 --> 01:06:43,920
would be high with the upgrades of the
equipment.

897
01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:47,240
» Okay.
Shade trees.

898
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:53,200
» I feel like that can be low on the
village side and we could probably get

899
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:59,799
some programs to donate and plant the
tree.

900
01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:59,799
adding park table and benches.

901
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:03,640
» Medium.

902
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:08,640
» What we got over there right now? We got
a bench.

903
01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:12,760
» We have one one built-in bench.
>> Not a picnic table over there anymore.

904
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:19,599
» One one tree, one bench, and one.
>> I mean, there ought to be a picnic table

905
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:23,760
or something so a parent can sit there
while their kids screwing around. you

906
01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:27,839
know, some place to sit and
>> I mean, it's not like we're talking

907
01:07:24,799 --> 01:07:32,000
about a bunch of picnic tables.
>> Say a picnic table at the most.

908
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:36,319
» Yeah.
Um, and then the ID signage.

909
01:07:34,559 --> 01:07:39,920
» I mean, I think ID signage should be
kind of a moderate everywhere. You know,

910
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:44,000
if we can afford to get it done, we
ought to do it just so that the village

911
01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:47,000
looks consistent no matter where you go.
>> Yep.

912
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:53,359
All right.
This is the last part of this, by the

913
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:55,760
way. After this is all other data that
you can look at whenever you feel like

914
01:07:54,559 --> 01:08:01,319
it.
>> Um, Fireman's Park, we have AD

915
01:07:57,839 --> 01:08:01,319
accessibility improvements.

916
01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:07,079
» It's not too bad right now, is it?

917
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:13,920
» You have to go into the grass and it's
all a wheelchair through there.

918
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:19,839
» Yeah, we talked about we'd extend
sidewalk from the fire fire department

919
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:23,359
parking lot along that full
um northern area of the park. I mean,

920
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:26,080
you get to the playground, you get to
the ball diamond.

921
01:08:24,159 --> 01:08:29,080
» So, right along right along Park A.
>> Yeah.

922
01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:38,880
» I guess of these three things, what what
if any are high?

923
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:43,279
» They can all the playground
>> equipment is over 20 years old. It's

924
01:08:41,679 --> 01:08:48,640
falling apart. It needs to be replaced.
I mean me I go for the baseball first

925
01:08:45,279 --> 01:08:52,319
but I'm I'm biased so you know so but
the the playground equipment definitely

926
01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:57,520
» they can both be high it's okay
>> both the they the playground equipment

927
01:08:55,120 --> 01:09:01,920
slightly higher than the baseball
>> that the playground equipment in my one

928
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:05,520
year at the bubard I placed one
full-time year I placed three or four

929
01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:09,040
things in that playground
>> yeah would you say that's the worst

930
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:12,880
playground that we have
>> I don't know if it's the worst I think

931
01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:16,880
children wor but the vitamins gets used
by more people who are vocal about

932
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:20,719
» what's going on,
>> right?

933
01:09:17,359 --> 01:09:24,319
» Kind of thing. So, um I think children's
is in worse shape, but fireman gets used

934
01:09:23,440 --> 01:09:29,359
by more people.
>> Fireman's is also more publicly used as

935
01:09:26,480 --> 01:09:34,239
we do have the the the baseball
children's play youth league and we have

936
01:09:31,679 --> 01:09:37,120
soccer and so we have people coming
there for those kinds of things.

937
01:09:35,359 --> 01:09:41,279
» I know like divine savior will walk the
kids over there. They use that.

938
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:45,839
» So, school does.
>> Yeah. So, It'd be I think it really does

939
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:50,560
have a higher priority than children's
or any of the other parks too.

940
01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:55,960
» Then I added fencing for the fireman's
park, the basketball

941
01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:55,960
high, low

942
01:09:56,159 --> 01:10:02,320
» I can put it as high and see kind of
cost would be to that

943
01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:06,400
» at least along the roadside.
>> Yeah. When you mention the fact

944
01:10:04,560 --> 01:10:07,920
basketball gets wet, I'm not as worried
about it.

945
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:11,040
» Yeah.
>> As if it ran out in front of a semi.

946
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:15,120
Right. So
>> correct

947
01:10:12,719 --> 01:10:18,719
» or Simon chugging along lawn mower or
something.

948
01:10:16,320 --> 01:10:26,360
» All rightski.
I removed the dog park. So now we have

949
01:10:20,719 --> 01:10:26,360
the nature path for 5k and ID signage.

950
01:10:26,560 --> 01:10:31,679
» Well,
if if we're talking about that park, I

951
01:10:30,239 --> 01:10:36,400
mean that's pretty cheap stuff right
there. Make it high priority. Make it

952
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:39,679
more usable. Make it more used. I mean,
this is probably the easiest that that's

953
01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:42,480
like lowhanging fruit that we could we
could revitalize that whole park in in a

954
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:44,880
year.
>> Yeah.

955
01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:48,400
» Um and get it done.
>> I mean, if we were to then rate the

956
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:49,920
parks on which one should be tackled
first.

957
01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:52,880
» Yeah. That's that's a whole other
conversation.

958
01:10:51,199 --> 01:10:58,400
» But
>> all right. Uh Metobrook. So, this is

959
01:10:55,280 --> 01:11:04,960
again the dog park. Um fencing and
garbage receptacles. Uh this had the

960
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:09,360
mini playground which you guys removed.
And then ID signs.

961
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:13,120
» And we also talked about maybe having
just a couple of picnic tables. Oh yeah.

962
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:15,440
» Building grills over in that eastern
section.

963
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:22,199
» Yeah. Benches.
>> Things that can get wet and aren't that

964
01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:22,199
big a deal.

965
01:11:22,719 --> 01:11:31,600
I think the Yeah. between that and then
the the dog park stuff could be probably

966
01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:34,560
be high. And again this the park ID sign
like like Pete said.

967
01:11:33,600 --> 01:11:38,880
» Yeah.
do them all as as as well.

968
01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:43,120
» Yeah.
>> Standardize and you know make us look

969
01:11:40,719 --> 01:11:47,920
like a organized village.
>> Um Freedom Park, I would suggest you

970
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:55,280
mark that as high for the multi-purpose
building again for grant.

971
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:58,960
» Um replacing pavilion. I I'll be honest,
I don't I don't think that there's at

972
01:11:56,960 --> 01:12:02,640
least right now there's not a good grant
opportunity specifically for that

973
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:06,640
purpose. So, if you guys ever want to
replace that pavilion, I mean, it's

974
01:12:04,239 --> 01:12:09,920
literally us paying the money to do it,
>> right?

975
01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:15,679
» Um, which is not fun, which is why you
see it quoted like $120,000.

976
01:12:13,199 --> 01:12:18,880
Um, I don't know. We could say it's
high, but I just don't think it's going

977
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:22,560
to happen unless funding comes from on
high, you know,

978
01:12:20,719 --> 01:12:27,040
» for like the band shell thing that we're
talking about.

979
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:33,120
» Yeah. Is there opportunity instead to
try to utilize like one end of the

980
01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:38,560
pavilion that we build at Murray Krauss?
So then the bands are always covered and

981
01:12:37,199 --> 01:12:42,800
there's like there's opportunity for
people to be inside and outside

982
01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:48,800
» hanging out there. Kids can be playing
in the splash pad where music's going.

983
01:12:45,920 --> 01:12:54,080
» Oh, I see. Moving it to Marie Krauss. to
Marie Krauss and making that kind of our

984
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:56,719
dedicated Tuesday tune spot because
>> there's opportunity there to be playing

985
01:12:55,760 --> 01:13:00,000
the
>> fields. People can, you know, kids can

986
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:04,960
run around in the fields.
>> Yep.

987
01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:08,880
Less traffic or parking.
I don't know. I don't know where you

988
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:13,600
located. I don't know. I have to look
the space again. But if you have that

989
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:17,199
hash the clamshell kind of looking out
toward the soccer fields and so forth. I

990
01:13:15,679 --> 01:13:21,280
mean, you got all that green space. I
got a couple of log chairs. I can carry

991
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:28,320
those over there, set it up, and enjoy
the music all evening long, you know.

992
01:13:24,719 --> 01:13:34,159
» Just throw out there like tonight.
>> Oh, yeah.

993
01:13:29,679 --> 01:13:37,840
» Yeah. We just move Tuesdays on the week.
>> I mean, we can coordinate we can

994
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:41,199
coordinate things like that.
>> I just, you know, if we're going to

995
01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:43,199
move, it's kind of nice to have things
up there at the entrance of the village.

996
01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:50,239
So,
>> yeah. But Marie Krauss was much larger

997
01:13:47,760 --> 01:13:54,800
and and probably we give the kids who
are interested in listening to the band

998
01:13:53,120 --> 01:13:58,560
something to do.
>> Yeah, we just have to be more strict

999
01:13:56,159 --> 01:14:01,760
about, you know, renting out our park
and reserving dates for everybody so we

1000
01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:06,280
know when they're going to be there
versus us and all that. But

1001
01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:16,000
» um
Okay. So, under Freedom Park, I put hi

1002
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:20,400
for the multi-purpose building pavilion.
I mean, we can say hi. Again, it'll

1003
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:24,320
happen when it happens. Year-round yard
games

1004
01:14:22,320 --> 01:14:28,159
was passionate about that.
>> I think I mean, it it's a nice idea.

1005
01:14:27,520 --> 01:14:33,440
» Yeah.
>> But I I don't think it's necessarily

1006
01:14:31,920 --> 01:14:39,199
dark.
>> So, when I was doing research on it a

1007
01:14:35,280 --> 01:14:44,600
few years back, it's like concrete.
So, They're there all the time. They

1008
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:44,600
want

1009
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:49,520
to go in
>> or stone chest board.

1010
01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:52,960
» Yeah,
>> I've seen those. Corn Germantown has a

1011
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:57,960
part with those in it.
>> Yeah, they weren't stupid expensive

1012
01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:04,320
in
>> your mowing over the cornhole bags.

1013
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:08,800
» Yeah, Eric and I both want to do
something like this there. Um, our

1014
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:14,400
concern is
do you provide the chest pieces?

1015
01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:18,400
What happens when somebody takes one?
What happens when it blows off, gets run

1016
01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:21,280
over in the road? Or your cornhole bags?
Do you provide those? What happens

1017
01:15:19,679 --> 01:15:25,679
somebody takes one? Are you buying a new
one every year or every two weeks?

1018
01:15:24,159 --> 01:15:28,880
» And so, if you're putting the games, but
you're not providing the equipment for

1019
01:15:27,199 --> 01:15:33,360
the games.
>> I think it's easier for people to bring

1020
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:36,880
a bag of bags to toss, right, than to
bring the whole board.

1021
01:15:34,719 --> 01:15:42,719
» Yeah.
But does it I mean there's no cost

1022
01:15:39,840 --> 01:15:46,320
efficiency to it or and you're not but
does the cost of putting it in if you're

1023
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:49,840
not providing the equipment to use it
make sense?

1024
01:15:47,679 --> 01:15:52,960
» Well, I mean like with chess boards
people are you know if people know

1025
01:15:51,679 --> 01:15:56,080
there's a chess board there they can
bring the pieces

1026
01:15:55,120 --> 01:15:58,960
so it's right.
>> I mean if we put in horseshoe pits do we

1027
01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:03,679
have horseshoes?
>> Right.

1028
01:16:00,480 --> 01:16:09,600
That's the I don't know.
>> That's like I I don't recommend we

1029
01:16:06,159 --> 01:16:14,800
provide the items to use the games
because you run into the risks of okay,

1030
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:21,840
now there's unsupervised kids at the
park and horseshoe rings.

1031
01:16:18,239 --> 01:16:26,800
um what possibly people
this would add to the shops here and so

1032
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:33,199
forth, but if we had like a place where
people could go and get these items, you

1033
01:16:30,400 --> 01:16:37,280
know, so stopping by here and putting
$10 down for a bag of bags for the

1034
01:16:36,159 --> 01:16:42,159
cornhole,
>> right? I I don't want to add more work

1035
01:16:40,719 --> 01:16:45,840
» to the people, but you know, if you come
back and you've only got six of the

1036
01:16:44,239 --> 01:16:48,080
eight bags, well, you're not getting
your 10 bucks back because you got to

1037
01:16:47,199 --> 01:16:51,360
replace those bags.
>> I don't know if there's like a way that

1038
01:16:49,600 --> 01:16:55,679
they do
like a vending machine where you just

1039
01:16:53,520 --> 01:17:00,080
put a dollar in and you get access to
whatever's in there. And I mean,

1040
01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:04,400
» suppose it's like a
>> get it back. But if there's some sort of

1041
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:09,440
I mean like they do those shopping cart
things that you put like 50 cents to buy

1042
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:14,560
the shopping cart back cents back. I
don't I don't know if there's a way to

1043
01:17:11,360 --> 01:17:17,440
do that with a with play. those systems
are.

1044
01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:21,600
» I've been to parks that have both and
most of the time the ones I see that

1045
01:17:19,440 --> 01:17:28,560
have like where they have the bags there
or the like the horseshoe rings there,

1046
01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:33,040
they're kind of more private type
playground

1047
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:36,719
spaces or like at campgrounds and
they're that stuff is near like a

1048
01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:42,960
building where there's almost always
like somebody to kind of supervise that

1049
01:17:38,719 --> 01:17:46,719
stuff. I don't really recommend having
because even what stops then a

1050
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:52,800
10-year-old kid from putting a dollar in
and then pulling out the horseshoe rings

1051
01:17:48,880 --> 01:17:57,520
and um I'd much rather have it where
yes, we have these spaces to use this

1052
01:17:55,199 --> 01:17:59,679
stuff and you bring your bags with you
or you bring your horseshoe rings with

1053
01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:02,880
you.
>> I think that's the better way to go.

1054
01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:07,440
» Yeah.
>> So, I'm hearing that our team really

1055
01:18:04,719 --> 01:18:14,120
wants to put these in. Do you agree in
putting it as a high priority? They're

1056
01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:14,120
not that expensive. I no problem.

1057
01:18:14,719 --> 01:18:23,080
» Would you use them if the stuff wasn't
there to use them? [laughter]

1058
01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:23,080
» Uh, personally, no. I don't.

1059
01:18:23,199 --> 01:18:30,159
» Yeah. But if you knew it was there and
then you happened to be at Wally World

1060
01:18:28,080 --> 01:18:32,239
and you saw that there was a sale on
[laughter] Cornhole.

1061
01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:36,760
» There you go.
>> Would I buy them just to go through?

1062
01:18:38,400 --> 01:18:44,040
There you go.
>> But if I'm down there

1063
01:18:46,320 --> 01:18:52,159
playing,
>> they could be provided. We could have

1064
01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:53,840
them and be provided when we have events
going on.

1065
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:56,880
» Sure.
>> Yeah.

1066
01:18:55,280 --> 01:19:00,840
» That's that's a nice kind of
>> or somebody rents the park.

1067
01:19:01,760 --> 01:19:07,280
» I know you guys do have a fee for
renting the park and you have a if

1068
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:08,960
something gets broken or whatever it
comes out of there. Correct.

1069
01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:11,840
» So,
>> oh yeah,

1070
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:15,960
» you don't get it back is to charge
people for it.

1071
01:19:12,960 --> 01:19:15,960
» Yeah.

1072
01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:24,239
» Cool.
>> Right. Veterans Park, uh, replacing the

1073
01:19:21,600 --> 01:19:30,080
sand with some other material, providing
those vehic vehicular barriers or the

1074
01:19:27,520 --> 01:19:36,239
wall fencing that we talked about, and
then other ADA stuff and silage.

1075
01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:39,840
» And don't forget the the well with the
wall. Yeah. Maybe using

1076
01:19:38,159 --> 01:19:46,400
» I'd say that define property through
fencing or landscape would

1077
01:19:43,280 --> 01:19:51,760
» I think that would be a real priority
simply because it would motivate you get

1078
01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:56,159
people interested in hey we're doing
something profession doing something and

1079
01:19:54,159 --> 01:19:59,600
people can participate they can buy a
brick for a family member or something

1080
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:03,360
that you know I I really think that
would be

1081
01:20:00,880 --> 01:20:08,480
» an excellent uh way to just kind of get
the people in the village motivated

1082
01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:08,480
in the village.

1083
01:20:09,600 --> 01:20:14,320
And I think that kind of kills two birds
with one stone. It will define the

1084
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:19,280
property line and then the one above it
to provide the barriers for traffic. So

1085
01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:24,320
» yeah.
>> Cool. Um do you care about replacing the

1086
01:20:22,159 --> 01:20:29,360
sand like we've been doing in our other
parks?

1087
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:33,440
» Well, is isn't that required? Isn't that
something that

1088
01:20:30,800 --> 01:20:37,360
» it's technically not considered saving?
Soction wise

1089
01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:42,800
» and to be consistent with the rest of
the playgrounds in the village, it

1090
01:20:39,280 --> 01:20:49,440
probably ought to be replaced.
>> All right, let me skip down to

1091
01:20:47,280 --> 01:20:53,600
» uh Stony,
>> right?

1092
01:20:51,679 --> 01:20:57,360
» Um Stony Creek, we talked about that
pedestrian connection to Fredonia AB. So

1093
01:20:55,679 --> 01:21:02,239
again, that's extending sidewalk all the
way up there.

1094
01:20:59,360 --> 01:21:06,400
Um, removing replacing outdoor
playground equipment, possibly the

1095
01:21:03,679 --> 01:21:09,679
naturebased play playground,
converting the basketball court to

1096
01:21:07,679 --> 01:21:13,760
pickle ball,
removing a fence, moving grills, adding

1097
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:17,840
horseshoe.
What are your thoughts?

1098
01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:23,360
» That that dilapidated little slide
that's on the western edge of the park

1099
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:27,040
area, it needs to go away. Walk in and
that looks so bad. I hope we get that

1100
01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:31,760
off by the end of the year. [laughter]
by the end of the week.

1101
01:21:30,320 --> 01:21:34,159
» Looks like if you kicked it, it would
fall over.

1102
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:37,199
» We've been talking about getting rid of
that.

1103
01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:40,821
» What happened when you mentioned it?
Eric says, "Not yet." [laughter]

1104
01:21:43,199 --> 01:21:46,400
» Some sort of emotional connection to
her.

1105
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:50,600
» I don't know if it was there when he
went there as a kid or something, but

1106
01:21:54,320 --> 01:22:00,000
» All right. So, replacing playground
equipment. Some of it was kind of done

1107
01:21:57,840 --> 01:22:01,199
recently, right? The Lions Lions did
some stuff.

1108
01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:05,440
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. Some of some of it's in good

1109
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:10,000
shape.
>> What? The big metal one.

1110
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:13,719
» The big metal.
>> I love that big metal.

1111
01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:20,560
» Have a nose bleed when you went up on
that one.

1112
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:25,040
» You go to the top of that metal one, you
get a nose bleed, man.

1113
01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:29,360
» All right. So, sidewalk up to the park.
>> Yeah.

1114
01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:32,400
» Who care? Low, high.
>> And most people are going to drive, so I

1115
01:22:31,040 --> 01:22:36,480
don't know that it makes that much of a
difference.

1116
01:22:32,880 --> 01:22:40,719
» Low it is. Um, replacing the playground
equipment.

1117
01:22:39,120 --> 01:22:42,480
» Sounds high to a few people in this
room.

1118
01:22:41,199 --> 01:22:46,239
» Yeah, some [laughter] of the stuff
really needs to just

1119
01:22:44,080 --> 01:22:49,600
» go. It makes it look bad. I mean,
>> you said replace, maybe not.

1120
01:22:48,159 --> 01:22:54,960
Yeah, some of it can just be
>> refurbish

1121
01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:59,120
» um chain link fence.
>> Well, where would we be putting that?

1122
01:22:57,360 --> 01:23:04,320
» It's on the north side there already
falling apart. We don't know whose it

1123
01:23:01,040 --> 01:23:06,639
is. There's branches going property
owner wouldn't mind if we just tore it

1124
01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:09,840
the hell out.
>> He wants it out.

1125
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:12,800
» We've talked about pulling it out,
replacing it. He wants it out. Doesn't

1126
01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:16,239
want it replaced.
>> Well, if it's on our property, then

1127
01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:19,920
» does it need to be replaced? Do we need
it, sir? We don't have fence anywhere

1128
01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:22,239
else in the park, do we?
>> No, it's just to separate that woodland

1129
01:23:21,840 --> 01:23:26,639
from the
>> There is one by the house that's right

1130
01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:28,800
next to that parking lot.
>> Oh,

1131
01:23:27,040 --> 01:23:30,800
» that separates the house from the park.
>> Yeah,

1132
01:23:29,360 --> 01:23:35,520
» but they but they put that
>> Yeah, it's for other reasons.

1133
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:39,440
» I mean, yeah, take that out and get rid
of it.

1134
01:23:37,600 --> 01:23:42,480
» So, just remove don't replace.
>> Yeah. What do you think? And I can see

1135
01:23:41,280 --> 01:23:45,600
kids are going to start going through
those woods and that property owner is

1136
01:23:44,159 --> 01:23:48,560
going to get kicked off.
>> Then he's going to want his own damn

1137
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:51,520
» fence. He can put up his own. There we
go. [laughter]

1138
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:54,159
» I think he thinks it's his fence. So if
you put a new one in, you'd have to pay

1139
01:23:52,719 --> 01:24:00,159
for it. That's my guess is why he
doesn't want a new one.

1140
01:23:57,520 --> 01:24:06,159
» Well, but
>> okay, we'll have that conversation. Uh

1141
01:24:02,400 --> 01:24:10,239
grills. Do you care about grills?
>> Getting getting the old ones out of

1142
01:24:07,679 --> 01:24:13,920
there would be a good thing. uh moving
putting a couple of newer ones near the

1143
01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:17,600
pavilion.
>> Sounds like they're not used though.

1144
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:20,719
» Doesn't sound like they're used I guess.
So,

1145
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:25,199
» but Falls has a really cool thing in one
of their parks. They have a big old like

1146
01:24:22,560 --> 01:24:31,600
fire pit type grill on one end of the
pavilion. It' be kind of interesting to

1147
01:24:28,400 --> 01:24:34,880
look into down there. Not anytime soon,
but something to think

1148
01:24:32,480 --> 01:24:38,400
» until someone puts a couch in it.
>> Till someone puts a couch in it.

1149
01:24:36,239 --> 01:24:43,920
» Until someone puts a couch in it. That'd
be a really good kel grill to put on.

1150
01:24:41,360 --> 01:24:51,639
But I mean, I know we've used it for
engineering group outings and stuff,

1151
01:24:46,800 --> 01:24:51,639
cook our barbecue and whatever on it.

1152
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:57,920
» I skipped over that pickle ball court
conversion. That high low.

1153
01:24:56,159 --> 01:25:02,400
» There are enough people interested in
having a pickle ball court somewhere in

1154
01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:07,280
the village. I I'd put that at higher,
right?

1155
01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:10,560
Is there high enough demand and in
addition to the ones that are at Wabonia

1156
01:25:09,440 --> 01:25:14,080
Park and the
>> Well, those are task courts really.

1157
01:25:12,320 --> 01:25:18,719
They're not really mapped out for pickle
ball. I don't know much.

1158
01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:24,800
» Yeah, they're lying for it.
>> But that stuff out there that that's

1159
01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:29,760
higher tennis ball tennis instead of
pickle ball is supposed to be lower or

1160
01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:33,840
something. So technically they're not
pickle ball regulation even though they

1161
01:25:31,600 --> 01:25:37,600
are for pickle ball.
That would be the argument.

1162
01:25:35,199 --> 01:25:45,080
» Can the Nets be moved?
>> Can the Nets be moved down though?

1163
01:25:41,679 --> 01:25:45,080
» Yeah, I don't know.

1164
01:25:45,600 --> 01:25:48,600
But

1165
01:25:50,080 --> 01:25:54,440
» is the location of it

1166
01:25:55,199 --> 01:26:00,880
» cross
the highway right there is miserable on

1167
01:25:59,280 --> 01:26:04,639
a bike. There's no good way to get there
unless you're driving.

1168
01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:09,440
So that would be the only
>> Stony Creek would be a nice

1169
01:26:06,719 --> 01:26:13,120
» Is that accessible from park side?
>> Is there a way to get there?

1170
01:26:10,960 --> 01:26:15,600
» No. No. There's a driveway, but I think
it's

1171
01:26:14,880 --> 01:26:18,600
private. [clears throat]
>> Yeah.

1172
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:25,040
» And over by Stony Creek Park right
there, you've got that uh uh adult

1173
01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:29,520
daycare center. I don't know if they'd
be able to have day eight trips over to

1174
01:26:27,440 --> 01:26:34,480
do a little pickle balling, you know,
that folks. I don't know. You know, but

1175
01:26:32,639 --> 01:26:39,280
» having it in the village like that, you
know, a place that's reasonably easy to

1176
01:26:36,719 --> 01:26:43,440
get to makes some sense.
>> Guess I need to learn about pickle ball.

1177
01:26:41,199 --> 01:26:46,480
I know zero.
>> I got enough hobbies. [laughter]

1178
01:26:44,719 --> 01:26:51,360
» I I I only know anything about it
because my wife and my kids play it on

1179
01:26:48,719 --> 01:26:56,719
E. Well, that [laughter]
kills the point of playing the sport for

1180
01:26:53,760 --> 01:27:02,760
real, but okay, whatever.
>> All right, I'm hearing that it's time.

1181
01:26:58,639 --> 01:27:02,760
» Sure. uh adding horseshoe.

1182
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:08,639
» Well,
>> I mean it's cheap, but there's no

1183
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:12,000
priority on that.
>> All right. And then just so we can book

1184
01:27:10,159 --> 01:27:20,000
it and finish this last one is Village
Green Park. So this is the again

1185
01:27:15,520 --> 01:27:24,080
proposed space up by the Hillrest lots.
Um so if and when it gets to the point

1186
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:28,320
that we were to develop that lot, then
this is the stuff that it talks about.

1187
01:27:26,239 --> 01:27:32,560
So, small playground, planting shade
trees, pedestrian. I would argue this is

1188
01:27:30,960 --> 01:27:35,920
probably all low in our priority list
since we don't even have the property

1189
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:37,520
technically.
>> Yeah.

1190
01:27:36,159 --> 01:27:42,960
» And then when we do, then we can talk
about updating it.

1191
01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:46,880
» I agree with that.
>> Great. Um, let me just quickly flip

1192
01:27:45,520 --> 01:27:52,320
through this, see if there's anything of
importance. While I do that,

1193
01:27:50,400 --> 01:27:56,480
um, the next steps, so I'm be looking
for recommendation

1194
01:27:54,080 --> 01:28:01,679
um, tonight for this document now that
we've cleaned it up. The next step would

1195
01:27:59,280 --> 01:28:06,560
be a public hearing or public
participation um, time period. So that

1196
01:28:04,639 --> 01:28:09,760
would happen in front of you all
>> um, to get their feedback. So pretty

1197
01:28:08,080 --> 01:28:12,880
much what I would plan on doing is I
would probably make a little

1198
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:17,360
presentation. We'd present it to the
public and say, "These are our ideas.

1199
01:28:15,040 --> 01:28:22,719
What's your feedback and and response?"
And then we would um add their feedback

1200
01:28:20,719 --> 01:28:26,400
to this plan and then it goes to the
full board for adoption. And once you

1201
01:28:24,800 --> 01:28:30,480
guys adopt it, again, it's not just you.
We have to kick it to the county for

1202
01:28:27,760 --> 01:28:33,679
their approval. Um if you read through
the front, the engineer has to approve.

1203
01:28:32,239 --> 01:28:39,040
I mean, there's a lot of levels in order
for it to be a um DNR qualified parks

1204
01:28:37,040 --> 01:28:41,600
and open space plan. But then again,
that's what allows us to get access to

1205
01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:46,159
the grants and all that other good
stuff. So,

1206
01:28:43,760 --> 01:28:49,440
that sound good?
What's the What's the timeline look

1207
01:28:47,920 --> 01:28:51,600
like?
>> When do we have to have this public

1208
01:28:50,639 --> 01:28:55,520
hearing? Are we talking
>> I mean, it can happen as quickly or as

1209
01:28:53,679 --> 01:29:01,360
slow as you want. Right. This is
technically a 2030 plan and we're only a

1210
01:28:57,679 --> 01:29:06,880
year in. Um
so I probably, you know, maybe in fall

1211
01:29:03,679 --> 01:29:10,320
we can do a public hearing. Um choose
one night, make it, you know, really

1212
01:29:08,639 --> 01:29:12,639
well known that we're doing this and the
people that are interested in groups

1213
01:29:11,440 --> 01:29:18,320
like that that want to come and give
feedback. So in October like maybe

1214
01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:21,320
» yeah be good.
>> Right.

1215
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:31,600
» Um so I would make a a motion to
recommend parks and open space plan as

1216
01:29:28,639 --> 01:29:35,600
amended and then set a public hearing.
You know we could say for sometime in

1217
01:29:33,199 --> 01:29:37,840
October.
>> So moved.

1218
01:29:36,719 --> 01:29:41,159
» Thank you.
>> So seconded.

1219
01:29:42,400 --> 01:29:48,159
So we
>> motioned and Okay. So all those in favor

1220
01:29:47,679 --> 01:29:51,600
» I
>> I

1221
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:53,840
» All those opposed.
Motion passes.

1222
01:29:52,719 --> 01:29:56,960
» While we're all sitting here, do you
want to set a date for the public

1223
01:29:54,960 --> 01:30:01,840
hearing that works for everybody?
>> What about

1224
01:29:58,880 --> 01:30:04,000
the first meeting in October?
>> Like like do

1225
01:30:02,719 --> 01:30:08,159
» when would our first meeting be in
October?

1226
01:30:05,280 --> 01:30:13,600
» We talk first meeting board meeting.
Yeah. So October 1st.

1227
01:30:11,040 --> 01:30:15,440
October 1st is when Elena
>> think so.

1228
01:30:14,480 --> 01:30:16,880
» Think we're gonna have that much
participation?

1229
01:30:16,159 --> 01:30:22,080
» I do.
>> Oh wow. Okay, we'll come

1230
01:30:19,440 --> 01:30:27,040
» we'll come back on some of the surveys
that we did and public hearings

1231
01:30:25,520 --> 01:30:31,679
even
some of that it was two plus

1232
01:30:29,520 --> 01:30:37,280
» well so for the first the first board
meeting would be October 1st.

1233
01:30:33,679 --> 01:30:41,120
» Yeah. or well given that feedback I I
didn't think we I mean just based on

1234
01:30:39,120 --> 01:30:46,800
every every other public hearing I've
seen very little feedback u maybe we

1235
01:30:44,000 --> 01:30:50,080
need to do an abandoned
>> we just'll designate a night outside of

1236
01:30:49,120 --> 01:30:54,960
a meeting
>> do we want to have it on if we have a

1237
01:30:51,920 --> 01:31:00,440
planning park parks and recck meeting
>> well it would be a park

1238
01:30:56,719 --> 01:31:00,440
» basically be our parks

1239
01:31:00,480 --> 01:31:06,239
» I was just thinking we do it on a board
meeting night just just free up the

1240
01:31:04,800 --> 01:31:09,360
schedule, but it sounds like we're going
to have

1241
01:31:07,760 --> 01:31:12,560
» some participation.
>> So maybe we go independent of board

1242
01:31:11,199 --> 01:31:16,159
maybe.
>> So if you want to keep it Thursdays, we

1243
01:31:14,159 --> 01:31:21,600
can do it on the 8th maybe. So a village
board parks thing and then village board

1244
01:31:18,639 --> 01:31:26,800
in the month of October.
>> Are Thursdays good for you?

1245
01:31:24,400 --> 01:31:33,280
» Yeah, I mean I keep my Thursdays pretty
open for board meetings.

1246
01:31:30,080 --> 01:31:36,880
» Should you Thursday the eth? All right.
October 8th.

1247
01:31:35,440 --> 01:31:40,753
And what time do you want to start? You
want to do six?

1248
01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:43,920
» You won't be able to be here.
[laughter]

1249
01:31:41,840 --> 01:31:47,360
» Perfect.
>> You can make it work. You'll be here.

1250
01:31:45,760 --> 01:31:51,880
» Yeah. The only thing on my calendar that
night is honor soccer practice.

1251
01:31:54,000 --> 01:32:00,719
» 6 p.m.
>> 6 p.m. So, October 8, 6 p.m.

1252
01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:04,239
» Yeah. All right. All right. Thank you.
Are we going to have this open-ended or

1253
01:32:02,480 --> 01:32:05,840
are we going to put a cut off on it? I
mean,

1254
01:32:04,480 --> 01:32:11,040
» well, it's a public meeting and you're
chairing, so it ends whenever you say,

1255
01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:12,960
"All right, we've heard enough." You hit
the

1256
01:32:11,199 --> 01:32:15,360
» gap. You can tell people, "You got five
minutes. That's it."

1257
01:32:14,239 --> 01:32:18,239
» I would I would make sure we have some
structure, right? You know, whether it's

1258
01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:21,280
five minutes per person or whatever.
Let's, you know, we'll have

1259
01:32:19,120 --> 01:32:23,600
» Did you have a deep desire to be able to
attend?

1260
01:32:22,159 --> 01:32:26,639
» I mean, we could change it.
>> Don't change it. I mean, yes, I do have

1261
01:32:25,679 --> 01:32:31,520
a deep desire to make.
>> So, I'm saying what about Wednesday?

1262
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:35,360
I'll just see that practice.
>> Wednesday's definitely don't work for

1263
01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:38,239
» you're going to run into counter stuff.
>> Oh, yeah. That's great.

1264
01:32:36,880 --> 01:32:41,800
» All right. Just tell Hal you got
something better to do.

1265
01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:49,679
» Okay. I mean, I want to honor you as the
person that

1266
01:32:49,199 --> 01:32:56,920
» Y
>> I I 100% appreciate that. I will make it

1267
01:32:52,400 --> 01:32:56,920
work. I can tell you that when we did an

1268
01:32:59,760 --> 01:33:04,719
Wow.
>> And there was a lot of

1269
01:33:03,199 --> 01:33:11,440
» That's good. We want to see that.
>> It was really really good.

1270
01:33:08,639 --> 01:33:14,560
» Discussion.
>> So

1271
01:33:12,880 --> 01:33:17,920
» people are very
>> nobody needed a police escort.

1272
01:33:17,039 --> 01:33:21,120
[laughter]
>> All right.

1273
01:33:18,880 --> 01:33:24,080
» Cool. And so you and I as chair can talk
about the structure of that meeting and

1274
01:33:22,480 --> 01:33:26,560
what you want it to look like. So
>> great.

1275
01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:33,679
» All right. discussion and possible
action on Marie Krauss pavilion.

1276
01:33:29,199 --> 01:33:36,960
» All right. Uh we're building a pavilion.
>> Oh,

1277
01:33:36,239 --> 01:33:39,520
» you good?
>> Yeah.

1278
01:33:37,360 --> 01:33:44,880
» Okay. Uh we're building a pavilion,
believe it or not. Um so we got $65,000

1279
01:33:42,560 --> 01:33:52,480
from Port Washington State Bank uh for
this pavilion. Um, we also are uh in I'd

1280
01:33:49,440 --> 01:33:57,440
say in in almost final talks with No
Lumber to donate some if not all of the

1281
01:33:55,520 --> 01:34:02,880
lumber materials
um for this and then in final talks with

1282
01:34:00,960 --> 01:34:08,639
Andrewj Construction to assist with
project management and um at least

1283
01:34:05,679 --> 01:34:12,159
getting the concrete at cost um for this
pavilion as well. So, a lot of a lot of

1284
01:34:10,800 --> 01:34:17,679
great community partners that are coming
together to to do this. Um you see in

1285
01:34:15,520 --> 01:34:22,400
your map here this kind of structure
laid out. So we've measured it. Um do

1286
01:34:20,400 --> 01:34:24,639
you know the approximate size up top
you're in?

1287
01:34:23,600 --> 01:34:29,040
» No.
>> Um well it's pretty it matches what you

1288
01:34:26,960 --> 01:34:36,159
see here in the picture. The plan would
be on the northern side. That would be

1289
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:40,800
enclosed uh storage areas um with access
to electrical and plumbing facing

1290
01:34:38,320 --> 01:34:45,760
towards the inside of the pavilion. Um
and then enough space there for a good

1291
01:34:42,480 --> 01:34:50,960
amount of you know uh picnic tables and
things like that to go underneath there.

1292
01:34:47,679 --> 01:34:54,880
Um plus of doing this obviously is it
makes the rentability of that park so

1293
01:34:52,719 --> 01:34:59,440
much more higher birthday parties for
splash pad um gathering place for soccer

1294
01:34:57,920 --> 01:35:04,880
groups and whatever else want to utilize
that space. Um and again future events

1295
01:35:03,600 --> 01:35:09,840
and things like that that we'd want to
do. We now have an a covered structure

1296
01:35:07,520 --> 01:35:13,760
to do that. Um, if we really wanted to
go big, we've talked about um,

1297
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:17,120
winterizing that structure. If you've
been in a county park, you'll see that

1298
01:35:15,280 --> 01:35:22,159
there's rolling doors that are there
that kind of enclose it. Um, we I I

1299
01:35:20,639 --> 01:35:27,679
don't think we'll have the capital to do
that. Um, but if there's a way to maybe

1300
01:35:26,000 --> 01:35:30,560
set this up so that way in the future we
could add features like that, then that

1301
01:35:29,440 --> 01:35:34,719
would be nice for us to do.
>> I think the biggest draw to that park is

1302
01:35:32,480 --> 01:35:40,000
summer activities. So, I mean, the
soccer, the

1303
01:35:36,320 --> 01:35:40,000
» the splash pad, the

1304
01:35:40,239 --> 01:35:45,400
I would guess not because

1305
01:35:45,760 --> 01:35:51,400
» nice.
>> Well, if we have a sliding hill, he's

1306
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:51,400
going to have to.

1307
01:35:54,880 --> 01:36:01,600
» Good thing Eric left. You'll tell him
all about all the things we approved. He

1308
01:35:59,120 --> 01:36:04,800
was gone.
>> Um, so again, we don't know the exact

1309
01:36:03,040 --> 01:36:08,960
dimensions, but it's a pretty sizable
pavilion that'll be there. Um, we're

1310
01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:12,560
restricted to the north because we still
need to have some storm water drainage

1311
01:36:11,120 --> 01:36:17,040
that's going to continue there and then
it hits the parking lot where we have

1312
01:36:14,159 --> 01:36:20,000
storm water drainage set up too. Um, but
other than that, it's pretty exciting

1313
01:36:18,560 --> 01:36:22,800
project. We're really just kind of
letting you know and if there's any

1314
01:36:21,280 --> 01:36:26,719
major things that you want to tell us
about the pavilion that you want or

1315
01:36:24,080 --> 01:36:31,199
don't want, you know, now's the time.
But we appreciate all the donated and

1316
01:36:29,679 --> 01:36:37,040
community efforts to make this happen.
So, any thoughts?

1317
01:36:35,760 --> 01:36:42,719
I'm excited about it.
>> Yeah.

1318
01:36:37,600 --> 01:36:46,480
» Solar panels to help power it.
>> Dude, my electric bill is 73 cents,

1319
01:36:45,840 --> 01:36:49,280
right?
>> That gas.

1320
01:36:47,760 --> 01:36:52,960
» I don't know if you've seen those solar
panels on my roof, but uh they make

1321
01:36:51,280 --> 01:36:56,880
» they pay off, right?
>> And we got all these roofs without any

1322
01:36:54,960 --> 01:36:59,760
solar panels.
>> You think the energies would install

1323
01:36:58,400 --> 01:37:03,679
those for free? [laughter]
>> Well, they're not free, but they would

1324
01:37:02,560 --> 01:37:09,280
pay for them.
How far in are you in

1325
01:37:06,480 --> 01:37:14,080
to like offset the cost?
Cuz I looked into them too, but it would

1326
01:37:11,840 --> 01:37:18,159
take me like even if my electric bill
went down to nothing,

1327
01:37:15,440 --> 01:37:19,840
» it would take me like 10 years or
something to

1328
01:37:18,880 --> 01:37:22,800
» Oh, where am I?
>> So, I'm like,

1329
01:37:21,520 --> 01:37:25,840
» but it's not like they're going to come
down. They don't have any moving parts.

1330
01:37:24,560 --> 01:37:31,280
» Yeah.
>> And they keep the roof going from

1331
01:37:28,080 --> 01:37:34,400
wearing those quick. Was Eric's plan to
have storage in that storage?

1332
01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:42,239
» Yeah.
>> Well, it' be an addition to Yeah. Um

1333
01:37:40,239 --> 01:37:46,880
» the shed.
>> Oh, yeah.

1334
01:37:45,520 --> 01:37:52,560
» I think you said that was the original
plan for that shed. So talk about moving

1335
01:37:50,320 --> 01:37:57,600
it but
idea is

1336
01:37:55,280 --> 01:38:04,040
» part of our
fundraising

1337
01:38:00,239 --> 01:38:04,040
generates funds to

1338
01:38:07,119 --> 01:38:13,760
» cool
um so I know it says action on here I

1339
01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:18,719
mean I guess your action is this looks
good please proceed with getting a free

1340
01:38:16,400 --> 01:38:18,719
pavilion.

1341
01:38:19,840 --> 01:38:24,560
If you want to make a motion that's a
little bit

1342
01:38:22,320 --> 01:38:28,960
» motion to move forward on building a
pavilion at Marine Crow Park to the spot

1343
01:38:28,000 --> 01:38:30,960
» as presented.
>> As presented.

1344
01:38:29,760 --> 01:38:37,360
» Thank you.
>> Second.

1345
01:38:33,600 --> 01:38:40,560
» All right. Uh all those in motion say I
or all those in favor say I.

1346
01:38:39,440 --> 01:38:45,040
» I.
>> Opposed.

1347
01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:47,760
Motion passes.
Right. discussion and possible action on

1348
01:38:47,280 --> 01:38:50,880
Robert
>> Omi Amy

1349
01:38:49,280 --> 01:38:55,840
» Omi Amy
>> Amy donation

1350
01:38:53,679 --> 01:39:01,119
» um so we got a significant donation as
you all know about $96,000 from Robert

1351
01:38:58,480 --> 01:39:07,840
AB foundation or from the foundation to
us um it's been sitting in our account

1352
01:39:04,639 --> 01:39:12,080
segregated for a parks and wreck purpose
um the chairman Seiring and I have

1353
01:39:09,679 --> 01:39:15,600
talked a little bit about um creative
ways to use those funds and really it's

1354
01:39:14,000 --> 01:39:21,280
up to the discretion of the village of
what we want to do with it. Um to to

1355
01:39:18,480 --> 01:39:24,239
back up on an accounting standpoint, so
we've been talking about it for a number

1356
01:39:22,480 --> 01:39:29,040
of years of segregating our parks and
wreck funds away from our general fund.

1357
01:39:26,800 --> 01:39:32,719
So we have finally done that. So like
this nice revenue thing sheet that you

1358
01:39:30,880 --> 01:39:36,400
see here in front of you. All of the
revenues that we generate from events

1359
01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:40,719
this year goes into that segregated
fund. It'll earn a little bit of

1360
01:39:38,080 --> 01:39:44,960
interest and it'll help to fund future
events and things like that that we do.

1361
01:39:42,639 --> 01:39:48,639
So right now the Robert Amy donation is
also sitting in that segregated fund for

1362
01:39:47,040 --> 01:39:52,880
that purpose. You guys could leave it
there. It could earn interest for 10

1363
01:39:50,000 --> 01:39:55,440
years, right? And grow and wait to spend
it or you could say we have a really

1364
01:39:54,239 --> 01:39:59,840
cool project and we want to spend all
the money right now. Um my

1365
01:39:58,400 --> 01:40:03,119
recommendation is probably to do a
little bit of both, right? I think you

1366
01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:06,719
can use this money as foundational
support for something, right? Whatever

1367
01:40:05,040 --> 01:40:11,440
you want it to do and then maybe split
the other half to earn yummy interest

1368
01:40:08,639 --> 01:40:14,560
over the years and grow that fund. Um,
and so that's where I'll leave it

1369
01:40:12,719 --> 01:40:18,000
because Trusty Sering had a cool idea of
what maybe we could do with some of that

1370
01:40:16,000 --> 01:40:23,679
money. Take it away.
>> Yes. So, as you can see in the

1371
01:40:20,639 --> 01:40:30,719
renderings, um, the idea of adding a
playground behind the splash pad and the

1372
01:40:27,119 --> 01:40:37,920
new pavilion. Um,
but as I talked to Mr. Jenkins. Um, I

1373
01:40:36,400 --> 01:40:44,400
would like this playground to be more
than just like a little kid playground.

1374
01:40:41,520 --> 01:40:48,719
I want something for even like our
teenagers that can actually be there.

1375
01:40:46,800 --> 01:40:53,360
Maybe when a parent is with their kids
as flash or we did move Tuesday tunes

1376
01:40:51,040 --> 01:40:57,040
where even teenagers are having fun with
us. This rendering is smaller than the

1377
01:40:55,520 --> 01:41:02,239
one I sent you, but
>> they would. I looked at a larger one and

1378
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:06,639
possibly I know a lot of parks that I've
been do with my kids, the ones that have

1379
01:41:03,760 --> 01:41:12,639
the zip lines are packed all the time.
So maybe the idea of a a larger zipline

1380
01:41:10,159 --> 01:41:18,080
along the back of it for kids to be
having fun with.

1381
01:41:14,400 --> 01:41:24,480
Um, this was kind of my idea to do with
some of those funds is to start the

1382
01:41:20,800 --> 01:41:29,040
process to create a fundraising for a
playground at Marie Cro or Try Play.

1383
01:41:27,760 --> 01:41:33,040
» Yeah. So, when we've talked about it,
it's the next kind of next signature

1384
01:41:31,440 --> 01:41:36,000
project that we'd be working on. So, the
splash pad, you know, took us about a

1385
01:41:34,480 --> 01:41:40,400
year to fund raise and then we got it
done the following year. Um, this I

1386
01:41:38,719 --> 01:41:43,360
mean, we're going to have to look at a
lot of specs, right? We'd start with

1387
01:41:41,760 --> 01:41:47,679
that of what we want kind of want the
park to look like. Um what I envision is

1388
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:50,239
we'd spend the rest of this year coming
up with that kind of plan of action.

1389
01:41:49,199 --> 01:41:54,080
This is what it's going to look like.
These are the features we want. Um this

1390
01:41:52,400 --> 01:42:00,239
is the area that's going to cover. And
then then we hit the ground running in

1391
01:41:57,440 --> 01:42:05,360
2027 with some sort of fundraising
campaign. And I'll be as honest with you

1392
01:42:02,880 --> 01:42:11,040
as I was with the splash pad. Um, you
know, we need to be cognizant of the

1393
01:42:08,000 --> 01:42:15,920
market that we're in, the the small
close-knitness of the village. Um, if

1394
01:42:14,320 --> 01:42:19,040
there's other fundraising efforts going
on at the same time, right, we don't

1395
01:42:17,440 --> 01:42:22,880
want to be cannibalizing each other. So,
there's a lot of things like that that

1396
01:42:20,159 --> 01:42:27,840
we need to think about. Um, but based
off of what the quotes end up coming in

1397
01:42:25,199 --> 01:42:31,760
at to build, if this is a million-doll
project, then, you know, this might be a

1398
01:42:30,080 --> 01:42:36,400
five-year fundraising campaign, and we
as long as we're okay with that, right,

1399
01:42:33,199 --> 01:42:40,000
then that's what it is. Um, but we also
don't want to set our goals too high

1400
01:42:38,560 --> 01:42:43,840
that we're going to raise a million
dollars in a year. I don't think that's

1401
01:42:41,360 --> 01:42:47,920
realistic, right? So we can lay the
groundwork this fall of getting again a

1402
01:42:46,719 --> 01:42:51,920
rough idea of what we want the park to
look like, a rough cost estimate, and

1403
01:42:50,080 --> 01:42:55,600
then I can come back to you guys end of
this year, beginning of next year with

1404
01:42:53,520 --> 01:43:00,239
all right, where's our plan of action
and we're good to go. So

1405
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:05,960
and using and let me tie back using that
50k of the Amy donation as a kind of

1406
01:43:02,320 --> 01:43:05,960
founding amount.

1407
01:43:10,080 --> 01:43:16,639
» Yes.
Okay, based on this conversation, just

1408
01:43:14,719 --> 01:43:23,040
the initial thoughts, I'm sitting on 30
seconds, but we're working together and

1409
01:43:18,960 --> 01:43:29,920
it's the soccer club and softball club
and the village is working together to

1410
01:43:24,960 --> 01:43:34,639
make that part of a a good part that
there's things that a soccer club

1411
01:43:31,679 --> 01:43:40,639
whatever we can fund raise for them, we
would donate

1412
01:43:36,560 --> 01:43:46,560
50 grand on softball
raises, you know, maybe for heart or

1413
01:43:43,679 --> 01:43:51,840
bathrooms or whatever it is to donate.
And we're all working together

1414
01:43:48,960 --> 01:43:56,719
to try and generate those funds for the
bigger cause, right? My goal is for that

1415
01:43:54,800 --> 01:44:05,520
every day down there was to have a
complex. It's softball and soccer and

1416
01:43:59,920 --> 01:44:10,400
smash splash and you know an all all
place for everybody to go. The only way

1417
01:44:07,760 --> 01:44:16,199
to do that is to have
everybody working together with the

1418
01:44:11,840 --> 01:44:16,199
village to make that happen, right?

1419
01:44:16,320 --> 01:44:22,960
» Oh, I I mean, as he was saying, you
know, cannibalizing and making sure

1420
01:44:20,880 --> 01:44:25,520
we're not over overlapping each other
and fighting each other for donations,

1421
01:44:24,800 --> 01:44:28,800
but
>> working with each other.

1422
01:44:27,520 --> 01:44:33,679
» Yeah,
>> that that's much better.

1423
01:44:30,400 --> 01:44:38,880
» And, you know, on the account of
transparency, I'm huge on transparency.

1424
01:44:35,760 --> 01:44:43,440
So once we put that plan together and
had an idea and knew what we wanted to

1425
01:44:41,040 --> 01:44:47,520
do for an end goal, then we build a
program to make sure we're being

1426
01:44:44,880 --> 01:44:52,719
transparent with the donors. So we're
constantly putting some type of news out

1427
01:44:50,719 --> 01:44:56,320
there of like here's the next thing of
our, you know, that we're trying to

1428
01:44:54,880 --> 01:45:01,760
raise right now. And then when we get
there, that next goal and then at the

1429
01:44:58,800 --> 01:45:05,920
end we have that whole entire thing in
full contrast of like, okay, we've made

1430
01:45:04,080 --> 01:45:11,840
it. we're, you know, it's time to
celebrate that. So, um, but yes, working

1431
01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:16,400
together is very beneficial because the
soccer club might pull in donors that

1432
01:45:14,400 --> 01:45:19,840
the village might not and the baseball
club might pull in donors that the

1433
01:45:18,000 --> 01:45:25,360
village might not or the soccer club
might not. So, I think everyone working

1434
01:45:22,639 --> 01:45:30,560
together is a huge opportunity to see
Marie Krauss turn into something amazing

1435
01:45:27,280 --> 01:45:34,560
for all of the families to enjoy. So,
>> yeah.

1436
01:45:32,613 --> 01:45:41,520
[clears throat] So then in again we're
doing our leg work this fall. I mean

1437
01:45:37,199 --> 01:45:46,080
you're going to do the same thing. So
>> should be different

1438
01:45:44,639 --> 01:45:49,119
» suggestions on that.
>> Yeah I think I think that

1439
01:45:47,679 --> 01:45:54,400
» yeah I think that timing works fine
because then whatever we present then to

1440
01:45:52,320 --> 01:45:59,679
you all for this is the entire package
right it can include your needs and our

1441
01:45:56,080 --> 01:46:03,760
needs and all that. So that'd be cool.
And even if somebody finishes or wraps

1442
01:46:01,840 --> 01:46:08,000
up their leg work faster than another,
we just wait to put it all together.

1443
01:46:06,239 --> 01:46:12,520
Yeah. You know, at the same time.
>> Yeah. It should be a cohesive plan.

1444
01:46:12,800 --> 01:46:18,159
» Yeah. I mean, the the difference is that
at the end of the day, this is all

1445
01:46:16,320 --> 01:46:21,199
village property, right? So, we
appreciate that these community

1446
01:46:19,760 --> 01:46:24,400
organizations are helping to support
that, but at the end of the day, they're

1447
01:46:22,639 --> 01:46:31,040
helping to improve our own property. So,
we should

1448
01:46:27,199 --> 01:46:35,199
take that support. Yeah.
Cool.

1449
01:46:33,440 --> 01:46:39,119
So,
to tie it back to what we're discussing,

1450
01:46:37,280 --> 01:46:44,639
are you comfortable with that split of
the Amy donation? So, again, it's a 96k.

1451
01:46:42,400 --> 01:46:50,159
It would stay in our fund, but we'd
segregate about half of it for this

1452
01:46:46,800 --> 01:46:54,080
future complex purpose or do you want to
spend that money on something else?

1453
01:46:51,920 --> 01:46:58,400
» What was in
the donation

1454
01:46:56,159 --> 01:47:01,840
package? from
>> it was very vague. They just wanted to

1455
01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:06,239
see it used for parks and recreational
purposes. They didn't expect naming

1456
01:47:03,679 --> 01:47:11,280
rights or any of that. Um
>> I still think it would be opposed to us

1457
01:47:08,719 --> 01:47:14,880
the Amy playground or something that
>> Yeah. But but we also don't want to

1458
01:47:13,679 --> 01:47:19,520
hinder ourselves because if it's a
million-dollar project and they only

1459
01:47:16,639 --> 01:47:22,719
only donated 50,000, right? You know,
and I don't know, Port Washington State

1460
01:47:21,280 --> 01:47:27,040
Bank gives us another million dollars,
right? You want to

1461
01:47:24,800 --> 01:47:30,159
» Yeah.
But yes,

1462
01:47:28,480 --> 01:47:34,000
» I mean,
>> if all else, you know, there's going to

1463
01:47:32,480 --> 01:47:38,480
be probably benches around the
playground, like I of course would

1464
01:47:36,400 --> 01:47:43,199
definitely say,
>> especially like you said, if we if they

1465
01:47:40,880 --> 01:47:45,679
did 50,000 and then somebody comes in
and they're like, "Oh, I'm going to give

1466
01:47:44,400 --> 01:47:48,719
500,000."
>> Yeah.

1467
01:47:46,159 --> 01:47:54,080
» If you name the playground after me.
Well, we already got that claim. like

1468
01:47:52,000 --> 01:47:59,600
but I definitely feel like yes we'll
have a plaque on the bench or

1469
01:47:56,960 --> 01:48:02,719
» there will be something that mentions
that

1470
01:48:00,639 --> 01:48:08,960
» flash all the donors out there
>> right

1471
01:48:05,520 --> 01:48:14,880
» maybe another sign like that or a PWSB
playground in partnership with OSBA

1472
01:48:13,440 --> 01:48:17,880
and maybe
>> Yep.

1473
01:48:18,320 --> 01:48:23,679
» Great. We're putting the car before the
horse.

1474
01:48:22,159 --> 01:48:27,520
» What do you want to do with Amy money is
what I've tried to get.

1475
01:48:25,199 --> 01:48:31,520
» I would like to see that bit be set
aside to

1476
01:48:29,600 --> 01:48:34,239
doing something like this for the future
of that complex.

1477
01:48:32,719 --> 01:48:38,239
» I mean, they wanted the money used for
something like this. Setting some aside

1478
01:48:35,920 --> 01:48:44,480
so that we can do future projects, but
using some of it in a a a

1479
01:48:41,360 --> 01:48:49,360
way that is visible, that is we're
clearly using this to get this started.

1480
01:48:46,880 --> 01:48:54,880
I think that that sends a message to the
family that yes, we're using their money

1481
01:48:51,920 --> 01:49:02,239
for what they wanted us to use for. So,
I think that's a good idea.

1482
01:48:58,159 --> 01:49:08,320
The location I've always thought and
is to use that money at Children's Park.

1483
01:49:06,320 --> 01:49:13,119
I think if you use I mean maybe not all
of it, I think that money there gets you

1484
01:49:10,800 --> 01:49:19,679
a new playground.
Um I think it's it's it's very easy that

1485
01:49:16,639 --> 01:49:22,480
ends up in six figures very quickly. Um
the size of Children's Park with that

1486
01:49:21,360 --> 01:49:27,600
current playground, I think you're
looking somewhere like 50 60 grand. Last

1487
01:49:24,880 --> 01:49:31,040
time I had now it's probably gone out.
Um

1488
01:49:29,600 --> 01:49:33,760
but if you're using that money,
>> did they have a connection to Children's

1489
01:49:32,320 --> 01:49:37,199
Park or you just saying?
>> I don't know. Costwise, if you're

1490
01:49:35,600 --> 01:49:42,719
looking because we know that park was so
bad that equipment is so bad that it

1491
01:49:39,760 --> 01:49:45,679
needs to be replaced but it's not used
as much as every other playground. So

1492
01:49:44,320 --> 01:49:51,440
now you're moving into the back end of
the office in terms of use indeed. Um

1493
01:49:49,520 --> 01:49:55,600
maybe not maybe using donation money for
a playground that doesn't get used as

1494
01:49:52,800 --> 01:50:00,960
much isn't necessarily a great idea, but
um that's not using money that the

1495
01:49:57,520 --> 01:50:05,280
village is then bringing in its donated
money.

1496
01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:09,199
I mean that was always my since that
donation came in. That was my thought

1497
01:50:06,800 --> 01:50:11,760
like why don't we use that for to to fix
that part.

1498
01:50:10,000 --> 01:50:15,360
» And I think you have a point there. It
does get pushed to the back because it's

1499
01:50:13,760 --> 01:50:19,280
a small park that doesn't get used a
lot. And that's probably why it's in the

1500
01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:23,440
condition that it is.
>> And yeah, I don't see I don't see it

1501
01:50:21,920 --> 01:50:28,159
getting any better.
>> Does get used a lot by the residents in

1502
01:50:25,520 --> 01:50:32,600
that neighborhood. Um that's for sure.
>> I know my kids use it all the time.

1503
01:50:33,440 --> 01:50:40,320
» Yeah, I would imagine people down there
use it. It's not You're not coming from

1504
01:50:37,760 --> 01:50:44,239
St. John's to use Children's Park,
right?

1505
01:50:41,920 --> 01:50:51,920
What if we were to use some of the Amy
money, not the whole 50 or 96 or

1506
01:50:48,080 --> 01:50:56,760
whatever, but some of it to start a
fundraising program for Children's Park.

1507
01:50:57,199 --> 01:51:03,119
Again, I wouldn't be running multiple
fundraising bids at the same time. Let's

1508
01:51:01,119 --> 01:51:09,280
shoot ourselves in the foot.
Um, but we can maybe if there's interest

1509
01:51:07,040 --> 01:51:14,320
in this idea of two, we could explore
getting some quotes on playgrounds and

1510
01:51:11,600 --> 01:51:18,719
then maybe if it is more in the 25 30k
range. I just don't want to eat up all

1511
01:51:17,199 --> 01:51:22,960
the money right away.
>> Yeah, I agree. I think I think I think

1512
01:51:21,199 --> 01:51:29,119
you could very easily get a play on the
size of the current children's park for

1513
01:51:25,520 --> 01:51:32,880
50 grand. Um, I'm not I don't want to
say that it's for sure because it's like

1514
01:51:30,800 --> 01:51:37,440
I said, it's probably gone up. last time
last year and

1515
01:51:35,679 --> 01:51:42,000
we all know how things are are
increasing in price. So,

1516
01:51:39,679 --> 01:51:46,480
» um but I think it's it's feasible to get
a playground in there with a half that

1517
01:51:43,679 --> 01:51:50,080
money.
>> Okay,

1518
01:51:48,000 --> 01:51:53,080
we can definitely look at that.
>> Yep.

1519
01:51:53,760 --> 01:52:01,599
» So, in October,
I'm just trying to think through this

1520
01:51:58,639 --> 01:52:06,400
through here. In October, we'll have our
parks open space public hearing and

1521
01:52:04,239 --> 01:52:10,320
finalize that.
Again, depending on how long it that

1522
01:52:08,159 --> 01:52:16,159
meeting is, you could also have an
actual parks and wreck meeting where we

1523
01:52:13,119 --> 01:52:19,599
bring these kind of rough sketch plans
and a quote on that and then you can

1524
01:52:18,080 --> 01:52:24,880
kind of give a final determination or
guidance on the Amy dollars to um but if

1525
01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:29,040
the public hearing is going to be three
hours long, then we might want to just

1526
01:52:26,880 --> 01:52:31,040
look at another date further into the
year. So,

1527
01:52:29,920 --> 01:52:33,760
» okay.
>> So, I don't even know that now, but I'm

1528
01:52:32,400 --> 01:52:35,840
just trying to think of stuff we got to
do by the end of the year.

1529
01:52:35,040 --> 01:52:41,360
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. All right. So, do you want to take

1530
01:52:39,119 --> 01:52:44,960
any official action on the Robert Amy
donation? I would say for this, you'd be

1531
01:52:43,360 --> 01:52:49,199
giving a recommendation to the village
board to then, you know, we'd pass a

1532
01:52:47,280 --> 01:52:53,199
resolution designating these funds for
this purpose. But if you're not ready to

1533
01:52:51,440 --> 01:52:57,360
do that because we might spend it on a
different thing, then we should wait.

1534
01:52:55,840 --> 01:53:05,440
If you are going to be taking a look
into what it would cost to do moderate

1535
01:53:01,280 --> 01:53:10,000
steps of rebuild on uh children's as
well as

1536
01:53:07,280 --> 01:53:14,080
whether or not 50k would be the starting
punch

1537
01:53:11,599 --> 01:53:18,639
» for uh
the playground down at Marie Krauss,

1538
01:53:17,040 --> 01:53:24,719
then I think we should wait till we get
the numbers to get an idea of what how

1539
01:53:21,760 --> 01:53:29,199
this money might have to be divided up.
So I I don't know. I'd say we wait until

1540
01:53:27,599 --> 01:53:32,320
the next time we meet so they have a
chance to repeat the numbers.

1541
01:53:31,840 --> 01:53:38,239
» Yeah.
>> And I I think in in the grand scope of

1542
01:53:34,880 --> 01:53:43,679
the playground at Marine Corral, I think
50,000 would get

1543
01:53:41,119 --> 01:53:47,440
swallowed up in in the grander scheme of
things and less significant.

1544
01:53:46,960 --> 01:53:55,040
» Yeah.
>> Whereas if Mr. Amy contributed to the

1545
01:53:51,360 --> 01:53:59,760
total rehab of an entire park. That's
kind of has a little bit of weight

1546
01:53:56,239 --> 01:54:04,960
behind it. So I think we should explore
that idea.

1547
01:54:00,960 --> 01:54:10,119
» Yeah, maybe make a decision later on.
>> Yeah, don't worry. That

1548
01:54:10,320 --> 01:54:16,400
» right now on that then.
>> I just Yeah, take no action. Should be

1549
01:54:14,080 --> 01:54:19,280
good. Well, we're kind of glad that
Tuesday Tunes got to cancel it because

1550
01:54:18,320 --> 01:54:21,280
we correspondence.
>> We're able to take time and get

1551
01:54:20,639 --> 01:54:24,320
everything done.
>> Yeah.

1552
01:54:22,480 --> 01:54:26,719
» Um I have no correspondence.
>> All right. Items for future

1553
01:54:25,920 --> 01:54:29,280
consideration.
>> We talked them to death.

1554
01:54:28,560 --> 01:54:32,560
» What's that?
>> So, we talked them to death. There'll be

1555
01:54:30,639 --> 01:54:35,360
a lot of items for future consideration.
>> Yes. [laughter]

1556
01:54:34,239 --> 01:54:40,239
» Motion to adjourn.
>> Motion to adjourn.

1557
01:54:37,280 --> 01:54:44,639
» I motion to
>> Oh, okay. I'll second that.

1558
01:54:42,960 --> 01:54:48,159
» All those in favor? I
>> I

1559
01:54:45,520 --> 01:54:51,159
» opposed. All right. This meeting has
ended.

1560
01:54:53,119 --> 01:54:56,360
» What's that?

1561
01:54:56,574 --> 01:55:00,400
[laughter]
>> That's a good sign.

1562
01:54:58,639 --> 01:55:03,920
» My wife's sitting here texting me like,
"Where are you? What's going on?"

1563
01:55:02,080 --> 01:55:07,719
» I told my wife as we make dinner when I
got home an hour ago.