[music] Good evening and welcome to the July 23rd Lakeville Park Commission meeting. Is there anybody other than Lake Cam recording? Having none, we can move to announcements. Any announcements, Peter? >> I do not have any.
>> Okay, so we'll just announce that Clear Pond is open. The water is still good. nice and warm today. Um, and we have DJ Crazy Harry coming on Sunday. So, come on out and support Clear Pond and DJ Harry. Okay, we're going to skip down to
>> not the next one. That's perfect. Like, you knew um Rachel Ashley to discuss and possibly vote on her request for an event 5K race October 17th, 2026. >> Do you need her to move to a microphone or you did?
>> Yeah. Um, one more. >> Can you can Would you mind moving to the chair with the >> with the microphone? >> Yes, please. >> Do you want to bring um another chair so you can sit nearby? >> Yeah. >> If you want to come sit over here,
you're welcome. >> Not a problem. >> We should have played that better. [laughter] Okay. Welcome. Can you tell us about your event and your um It's a fundraiser, so tell us about the organization that it's going to.
>> Yes. >> Um well, it's hopefully going to be a 5K and it's in cooperation with a Louis Body Dementia Association to raise money for them. >> And what do they do?
They help families um caregivers and actual people who have louisibody dementia. And then they also of course um give some money for research towards the disease um therapies to help manage it as well as hopefully someday prevent
it. Um okay. And are all of the proceeds from your 5K going to them there? Okay. All right. So tell us about your 5K. >> Um I'm not sure exactly what you want to
know about it, but so far what I have is um the like the venue I hope to be at Ted Williams camp. Um I was just going to kind of promote locally and um I
think I provided the route cuz it's on the road. You saw the map. >> Okay. And then I put in the application for use of public way and they said I should hear back in August. So I'll know more about, you know, I think that's like the the police detail things like
that, which of course I know I'll have. >> Yeah. >> Um and then I mean I'd like to have some like at least one water station halfway through and I'm working with Racewire for a timing company. >> Okay. And so I like it to be timed and
have people have their bibs and everything and then have I don't know if you've ever been to like events like that. You probably have, but you know, usually afterwards, you know, you sell something and have a small prize for
like top finishers um and then have a couple tables out with vendors and obviously LBBA um information there. Uh, and I really really want to raise awareness of Louisbody dementia. I don't know if you
guys are familiar with that one specifically. Yeah. U because it's not as well known even though it is the second most common dementia and it is the most aggressive >> through the chair. Isn't that what Robin Williams died of? >> Yes, it is. >> Yes. Um, >> comedian.
>> Yeah. And it's uh very it's different than Alzheimer's in a lot of ways and it really needs to be treated differently and so I think the more awareness we can get out there we can handle it better as best as possible. So um and it's you
know like all the dementias it's on the rise. >> Yeah. >> And my father of course it's because of my dad. He died from Louisbody dementia um actually 3 years ago yesterday. So, no, thank you. But he was from East Freetown, so Lakeville. He would rode
his bike all over here and went to Ted Williams camp and um lots of ties to his area. So, when I was thinking about where I wanted to do it in his honor, um this place.
Okay. All right. There's just October's a you probably don't think of it, but October is a very busy wedding season for us. >> Sure. >> So, we have weddings cuz I asked about the 17th and the 18th and the next
weekend. And we have weddings every weekend day. So, as long as you're out by 1. >> Okay. Out by one. But you um you said that 9 to one is what your race time was and then you would need time after to
clean up. So 9 to2. So I don't know if you can push it forward. So yeah. And I just I just did that trying to think cuz I have never done this before. Um a break like breakdown time. I don't think anyone would take till that long to
finish the race. Like it's only 3.1 miles. But I was trying to consider breaking down within that time frame too. Yeah. Um so I would hope I was hoping to even be done before when would be great. But um that is good. So I was
thinking maybe an hour before an hour after is what I was trying to give myself. >> And then I was really thinking the the the run time would be um 10 to 12. >> Okay. >> That's because I was like I don't know how like what's when they say what time it is. I was like, "Do they mean
everything total or just the race?" So, I try to put a little buffer in there >> cuz you have to when people come back, they like probably want to hang out and look go to your vendor, learn something about it, get a drink, do something like that. >> But it usually doesn't take people too too long. Like when when I do the 3.1
even like walking is like 30 minutes. So, I think an hour hour and a half tops for people. Um I I hope Yeah, because you you hoped for 50 people, but I'm sure that you would probably have more than 50 people. >> It would be nice, but I I just have no
idea what to sell, >> right? It's always hard doing a event >> the first time even anytime, right? And do you have a rain date? >> That's what I actually wanted to talk to you guys about >> because I didn't know well from like
LBDA when um they have like discussions for people raising events. That's when I asked my questions. Um, they said it depends on the venue, which is you guys. So, they said sometimes they allow a rain date, sometimes they don't. Um, what what do you guys do? [laughter]
>> You tell me. Do I have a rain day? >> Um, well, [snorts] it's just it would be the same thing. You would just have to be out by one. >> By one. Okay. I would like presumably be the next day, I'm assuming. Um, Sunday [clears throat] >> would be this. >> I think that's usually. >> As far as parkwise,
>> the only things really going on are the weddings in October. >> So, it's just >> you they he said you have to be out by 1. Yeah. >> Any of the days. So, >> out by one. That is and we were actually originally I was thinking of using like
the the if I could use the fists at Moon Pond Large or but yeah I was like [laughter] um cuz that's where your weddings are. >> Yes. >> Yes. I went to a wedding there once. It's very pretty. It's a pretty place. Um but everything actually works out
better anyways nearby there. I don't know what the name is if it's possible cuz I have to figure out if you guys approve it the next steps. Um, what is it? There's the little area that's by like the I don't know the baseball fields or just behind the
police. There's like a little bathroom. It's just it's a little bit there. There's like a maybe a karate or taekwond do picture or something there. >> That was where I was actually hoping to kind of set up shop if you guys >> in that parking lot or on the grass. >> Both.
>> Both. So, if you could take that under consideration. >> Um, yeah. So, Saturday is mixed martial arts >> more so than Sunday. >> Okay. >> Um, but the maintenance shed is closed,
so it's just them. >> Um, as far as parking goes, you have the um horseshoe parking area. >> Okay. >> And you have the um over by the skate park >> Yep. area
and then that down on the soccer fields. Does anybody have any questions? >> I'd like to make a motion. >> Shall I make a motion? >> Um, you shall make a motion. Um I before I'll just let you know that our normal
fee for well it's our fee for the triathlon is $7.50. We currently don't per person. We currently do not have a 5K that comes through here. I don't believe we had one but we don't anymore. So just keep that in the back of your mind when you make your motion.
So, my thought was to wave the fee and to approve for the 5K race on the 17th of October for the 5K benefiting the Louisbody. >> I don't know what the rest of your organization's name is.
>> Louis Body Dementia Association. Sorry, >> Association. Um, >> that's my motion. >> Okay, >> I'll second it. >> All right. Any further discussion? I'd just like to add that as long as she's out by one. >> Yeah.
>> And when you set the rain, you let us know. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I >> I Okay. So, you're all set to use Ted Williams Camp until 1:00 on 10:17 with a
rain date provided by you at a later date. >> Okay. And I should just email um Mr. Marty, please. You can email Peter. Fantastic. When is the time that you can start setting? >> Oh, yeah. >> Um, anytime in the morning. >> Anytime. Okay.
>> Yeah, cuz they'll have wedding people coming in and out as well in the morning and on a and like I said in October, there really isn't too much going on. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Well, thank you so much, guys. I really enjoyed it. I hope talk to you.
>> No, it'll be nice to see that. Yeah, the field ticket >> it's it's going to be called Leaving Behind >> for us. >> It was a for how many years? >> He passed away at 68
>> and he he passed away 15 months after his diagnosis and stuff. Well, he was a cranberry farmer >> responsibility cranberry. >> So, you're thinking exposure. I think that I think it was a big part of it. >> You had insurance
already like not 60. Yeah. >> Still, this is wonderful. >> Thank you. And thank you for leaving the phone with you. I'm sorry. What's your name? Normally, I'm sorry. You had these other wonderful
>> like openended Melissa for like a period of time >> but where this is only a one day event. Yeah. But that's you just call the insurance. >> Yeah. You should come to see you there. I may >> come check it out. >> I may do that. >> The LGA they're from Georgia.
They have the whole check off thing. It's been helpful cuz I don't know. >> Good for you. But >> it's your first one. You'll be an old pro by next year. >> Well, thank you ladies for coming. Any other questions that you have, just
again shoot Peter an email and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. >> Well, thank you for having us tonight and um we look forward to working with you this event. Hopefully, it's a success and get the word out for uh we got to work on that. Yeah. >> Have a good evening. You too.
>> Thank you. >> Hello. Hi. Okay. Number three, review and vote to approve minutes of July 9th. Um, I didn't know if we you were going to keep council on aging one year
crossing or if it had already switched over to Lakeville Center for Active Living. I'll change it >> cuz [clears throat] I remember you were so excited that we were not meeting as SDOA. >> Good catch. >> And then that
>> I just have three um spelling things. Okay. >> On on the back where it says motion by no to approved sol item number >> uh right above item four. Um the first line on the second page says mode two
approved. I think that should just be to approve. Um the line before item 5 section B versus Melissa Coat reported there has been on case that should be one case.
Um and then in section B second line both assistant directors were available and she presented some option for coverage. I I don't know if that should be options. should be optional, too. >> Okay, those are the three that I noted. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Look at you go. You can go
more than I did. [clears throat] >> We have a motion to accept the minutes. >> Motion to accept the minutes of the stated revisions. >> Second it. >> All in favor? >> I >> I
accepted with those changes. Arts Council. Every year they borrow two picnic tables and five trash cans. They DPW picks them up, brings them over, brings them back the next week. [cough and clears throat]
>> Anybody want to make a motion to lend out our picnic tables and trash barrels? >> Um, motion to approve the request from Lake Arts Council to use two picnic tables and five trash recepticles for the festival on October 3rd. Second.
>> All in favor? >> I wish that >> car. >> Yep. So, congratulations Arts Council. We can use our trash cans. >> Um, let's see.
Discuss a possible vote to promote Sophia Adams to Clampon Park assistant director effective August 3rd, providing she passes her saf. Um, so our we have two assistant directors and one
is going back to Mass Maritime and the other one has something else she's doing during the week. So if we could if she passes her serve safe, which I'm sure that she's going to, she can run the snack shack, take care of everything.
All the kids, I can't complain about any of the kids. They're all They know what they're doing. They all do what they're supposed to do. So, I'm not worried in the least, but I would like to Sophia applied for the assistant director position to begin with. She just the
other two had more experience. So, she's been there all year. I have no doubt that she can handle it. >> Uh just a question on that. Is it different pay >> than her current position? Yeah. So,
>> we just have to be cautious that she gets the right. >> Yes. So when we vote on it, then we'll let human resources know so they can do that. >> Yes. Okay. >> Live and learn, right? >> Yeah, it happens. I'll make a motion that we promote Sophia Adams to
assistant park director effective August 3rd >> providing she passes as safe. >> Right. Go ahead. Noel seconded. Any further discussion? All in favor? I
>> how I s fingers crossed for Sophia. >> That'll be good for her. >> Sorry, I can second that. >> Noel discuss a possible vote on offering half season clear passes for the end of the season. So we are a little more than
halfway. So we're five weeks in. So we have four weeks left. So, I we're close to I think our budget for the year, but I don't know if like it has been suggested from the directors
if that that might be another way to bring more people in for the second half of the year. Um, so it's up I don't know what you guys want to think. The full prices of the season passes were $120 or $210.
And if we do half price for the last four weeks, that would be $60 or $105. I don't know if it'll work. Never done it before. >> I think it's worth trying. >> Yep. >> I think it's a very good idea. >> Yeah.
>> Okay. All right. So, do you want a motion to half price the passes for the last four weeks? I'll make a motion to offer half season clear pond passes for the um half price of is it 165
60 and 105. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I see they'll be happy. We'll see if that works or not. >> Bring more people in. We haven't had a lot of people. So, the other option would be to open it
up for just everybody to come during the day, but I think that's too risky. Like, I'm not ready to do that. We'll talk about that over the winter, like ways to bring other people in cuz something's
okay. Pass season discuss and possible vote to have a pancake breakfast Sunday, August 7th or 9th. They are both Sundays, 8 to 10:00 a.m. at Clear Pond. Anybody want to check their calendars and see if
they're available August 2nd or 9th from 8 to 10:00 a.m.? >> All right. No, I'm not. I'm away the 9th and my son has a tournament on weekend. >> I don't know if I am. >> I'm sure some of the kids would come in
a little early to do it, but again, it's just something to bring see if more people will come in, raise a little more money. But I mean, I don't know if it's going to work or it's not going to work. >> What would be the cost for us to do it?
>> Um, the cost for us to do it, I mean, it's breakfast. It's pancakes. It's fairly cheap, >> right? >> It's just um pancake syrup, maybe fruit, coffee. >> Are you having people sign up ahead of time? How do you know how much to buy?
>> Yes. So, we would have have to have it ahead of time, but we could do it at the door to for like a couple dollars more. >> Mhm. >> And just have extra. >> Um, [clears throat] I mean, I guess we would need to think of how many people we think might come
and, you know, based on that, you know, like what's the offset that that it needs to be for us to actually >> make money on on ECU. I I mean I guess you could do it with the intention of just you know you know breaking even so so that people
then at at a later time come but if the objective is to actually raise money for it then I think we need to have some >> well that's always the objective right >> well I think we need to have some like concrete ideas and numbers on people and costs and all that's >> right so how many people do you think
would come like that's always the >> the hard question, right? So, and I'm always like, "Well, how many do you think? What do you think?" And everybody's like, "Oh, I don't know." >> So, >> what do you >> So, so we've never done >> I've never We've never done a pancake
breakfast. >> I I have to ask you, are you good at making pancakes? >> Oh, yeah. >> Cuz I suck at making pancakes and it's always around the third one, they start sticking to the pan and and and it's disastrous. I'm just being honest with
you. And then I'm just envisioning a whole bunch of people waiting for pancakes. And you don't want me cooking them. Scraping them off the band. You don't want me cooking them. >> Well, we we will not put you. >> What's the Smack Shack doing this year moneywise?
>> Um, well, we've been really slow like at the beach. So, um, last Saturday we were had a lot of people because we had two parties. So, there were a lot of people there, but they bring in their own food. So, >> it's not We make like anywhere from $50
to $200 a day. >> Okay. >> And I'd like to give you a rhyme or reason why that happens, but I can't. Like the other day when it was like cloudy and really windy, we had like five 10 families. >> But today when it was like sunny and
there was like three. >> So, how many pancakes can you make in 10 minutes? [laughter] >> I don't know. I've never timed myself. >> I don't know. I mean, I You don't know unless you try it, >> right? >> So, I'm not opposed to us trying it.
>> Yeah. >> I don't think it's going to I don't know. Not to be pessimistic, but I don't think it's going to be like, "Wow, this was a great money maker for us, but because you already said the numbers are low this year, >> right?" >> Yeah. All right. So, let's put that on
the back burner. >> Pancakes on the back burner. >> Don't leave them there too long. Look at how funny I am. All right, so we're going to scratch that. Okay, let's another winter thing. Come up with
a plan. Additional clear pond park updates. Other than it's been slow, it's fine. Like we've had more people for um cookie decorating on Wednesdays. We're up to like 20 people for the last two weeks. >> So that's a lot of that's a lot for the
kids. >> Um >> Colleen runs on Mondays the puddle jumpers. It's ecology about the pond and she had like a lot of kids this week. The first week not so many but this week
she had a lot. Um, arts and crafts on Friday goes up and down. Some days it's a lot, some days it's not so much. So, tomorrow we're doing pirate hands if anybody wants to come make a pirate hand from 1 to two.
Any questions about Clear Pond? Um just no questions but uh we've exceeded the uh budget for season passes now. >> Woohoo. Great.
>> You've got budget at 17,000 and uh have uh 17,420. >> Great. >> So get some people paying for half of them as well. >> Yeah.
The um date fees $3700 so far. Got four more weeks. So the budget for that was 5,000. So >> close. >> Definitely made that. >> Well, close.
>> You'll get it. [laughter] And uh just just so you know, just looking at the numbers and just tracking things so far, it looks like the we're tracking to a a net
uh loss of of probably about 20,000. >> If we got a net loss of 20,000, I would be so excited. >> That's what it looks like. >> Okay. as opposed to 27 last year. >> Yeah,
you can see in September how close I am. >> Okay, you see. All right. Any liaison updates? >> I tried to get a hold of Ted Williams Foundation. There's no answer at the phone. No
response to the email. In [clears throat] October, there is a grant. Um, I'm thinking of the ball fields. >> Massachusetts Land and Water Conservation Fund. It's a municipal grant for renovating dedicated parks.
The application window is October with a January deadline. And my thought [clears throat] was because September, first week of September is the deadline for step one applications for CPC. So my thought was uh if we can have that mass land and
water conservation as one of the things we're applying for um and if you could get if you could get a number from the um Yukon landscaping a current maybe we could do two fields
maybe we could try to do two fields. So that's that's my thought. Okay. All right. So, next week I think I'm at the park every day. So, if you want to come, let me know when you want to come
and I'll go we can go over everything for this grant and the park grant. >> Okay. Is any day better for you? >> I don't think so. >> Okay. So, say Monday. Monday. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> See you Monday.
>> Okay. Any new business? Nothing. Okay. Um, the picnic tables, they've been removed from Don Pon Park. >> Perfect. >> I'm pretty sure. >> Uh, I'll have to go by there and look. I know you said the guy was going to go over.
>> Yeah. So, yeah. I haven't looked. Um, our new lawnmower should be in next week. I think that's it. I think we're done. What time is it? 7:00. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Motion to adjurnn.
>> 7 o'clock. >> I. >> All in favor? >> Okay. We are closed. Thank you for joining us.