so first of all um I believe we have to approve the minutes for March If everybody had a chance to review and read them over they're very detailed Very good job Uh uh can we um vote to approve the minutes for March approve
All right Yep Second All right All in favor okay Eyes have it All right Great That takes care of that Um and then um we'll skip over the treasurer update in case um you know Ry comes a little bit later
Um and then we already discussed uh that Judy is applying um but we haven't seen her application come through And I'm sure she can give us an update if she logs in Oh hold on We just have to say meeting open at 7:06 Oh you're right Yes
sorry This is the official um Littleton Cultural Council meeting for April 8th opened at 7:06 Uh and this is recording so everybody knows I have to tell you that Yep Um still no attendees extra attendees or panelists
up there So if anybody has like um you know wants to text whoever uh yeah I'll throw Ray a quick text and see make sure he's Yeah let me know Waiting or something And I sent a couple messages and I asked her to let me know once she's on too just to make sure we
catch her Perfect Okay perfect Um okay So um skipping over the treasure update kind of um sort of skipping over the membership update We're right down to the public art project updates um right away Um so who would like to
begin um I know Juliana you were sort of like our pin our our our point person for all of the fun exciting uh stuff How did that go how was your experience and what do you need it was great And will you do it again next year
yeah absolutely I was expecting to get tons of boxes like it was going to be crazy and no it was just you know I I in fact I was like is this it or did they miss something like I I I had to count them Like I
couldn't believe but they're so thin And so I just put a a table like a a folding table in my garage and organized it and it took like 10 minutes probably So it was super fast And I think next year we don't need paint Like we have a ton of paint and I'm sure whoever needed paint
will return a ton from leftovers So I think we're going to be good So next year I'm super happy to order the the wood the guy in the store that that you guys decided to order from last year It was amazing Like incredible followup It was just
super smooth easy It came in just a few days not even a week which is what had anticipated So and then Kim came just you know perfect timing so that everybody had the the paint and the brushes And I think it went it went
great Maybe next year because I Ray did want an additional flower and it's like "Oh we don't have extras right?" So maybe next year we could order a few extras just in case And if not we can keep them for the following year That might only you know like the lesson
learned maybe Yeah just in case some of us want more or No just Yeah Melissa I see somebody in the participants now Oh yes I see it too Thank you Sorry it's Judy Yay All right we found her I told Ray to
text me if he got in because we were having trouble seeing people Hi Judy Hello I promoted her to panelist It takes a while to get everything turned on Yeah Um I just wanted to back
up one I didn't put this in the agenda because I didn't have time to look it up but there is one upcoming event that's normally in there which is the um the sounds of Stow which is on Sunday at 2 p.m at the Littleton High School Romantic Riches So that's the um one
that we had um given a grant to So that's happening Sunday at 2 p.m You can get tickets I put it in the um I'll put it in the minutes Oh great you're interested It's like hi Judy music from the romantic era period Yeah that's great Um and then a
pianist is doing I think Oh that sounds lovely Yeah So anyway sorry that was missing from the agenda I apologize Where is it in Stow uh it's actually at Littleton High School It's just the group is uh Sounds of Stow is the organization Okay Littleton High School
Okay Yeah Yeah You said right at 2 p.m Yep 2 p.m Littleton High School Yeah you can get it's the sounds of Stow.org org/tick So that's probably easy to remember Did you guys go see the Legally Blonde
Yes I couldn't but I heard it was great My nephew was in it I wanted to My nephew was your nephew He was Jackson Fe He was Oh my god He was my favorite My daughter and I were like he played three different characters and they were so distinctly different and he played them
like he was Oh my gosh Yeah Tell him like he knows Abby from Dinner with the Puss but tell him he was the dad He was um El's dad He Well and then he was the um guy in boyfriend The ex-boyfriend the with
the baseball hat Yes I know Absolutely He was Carlos He was the one that was my favorite part for sure Oh that's wonderful I will tell him because everyone kept telling me Yeah They were like wait till the second half Yeah Yeah My daughter used to do
theater with him at uh Theater with the Twist when they were younger Like they were newsies together and he actually helps out the middle school He like mentored them So my daughter's Abby and she was in Newsies and she was Jack and she like Yes We went together to go see it and we brought Courtney who was
crutchy and those girls would not stop laughing every time he got on stage They were like he is so amazing They were so impressed with him Oh that's wonderful Did you get an email from Ray i mean we all did And he has some computer computer issues so he's coming Okay He
Yeah he loves doing theater He I'm glad cuz you guys need to approve my reimbursement I know I know I have a reimbursement in there too Um Yeah I heard it was amazing I couldn't go because I had so many other things It was fantastic I was not I mean
even a live orchestra like I was impressed Yeah they do a good job I have to say Oh yeah Yeah they do a very good job Yeah One of the girls the girl who played Pette she was like she's always been into music and I think she's going to Berkeley for music Yeah Like she had never done a show before and her voice
is like unbelievable She was a hairdresser I'm sorry A hairdresser Yes Oh yeah I love her She was perfectly cast Yeah It was four girls I think is going to school for musical theater Like she applied all around They're all um my
friend Nicole is all their voice teachers All the all those girls from Gr is it Groten Hill Kiki or No she teaches privately Yeah Oh nice She has a studio That guy that's the the the guy that l ends up with I don't know the names I'm
terrible But oh he was so good too Oh my god I know I know They they do such a great job there The the the teachers everybody who they bring in and they bring in professional musicians and like you know vocalists and and the choreography like the way they were dancing
That's um actually we know the choreographer She's a good friend of my daughters and um I'll tell her too but yeah she did a great job with all those kids There were so many kids Yeah Great So it was really fun So yes it was great to see So I'm glad others went If I had known you were there I would
have said hello So I was there I was there on Sunday Yeah I was there on opening night and wonderful I went Saturday and it was so late Honestly I had no idea it was going to be so long So I was yawning and I thought "This isn't boring It's
not you It's me It's me." Like the little old lady sitting there like I know I'm like that too Especially on a Saturday I'm like I can't stay up this late That's so funny Nice It's all good All right Sorry Sorry to pull us off Yeah No
that's fine That's good All All good Oh I see an attendee Hold on Let me promote Ry And his daughter was in the show right yeah Yep She was really good Caroline The Greek chorus The Greek one of the Greek chorus girls Oh okay Oh they were
awesome too Yeah they were so good Um okay Oh Judy while we're waiting for Ray to unmute have did you fill out the um application yet are you in process oh you're muted Oh you're muted Oh you're muted Love the cat I say I see a kitty cat
tail as well How's that can you hear me got it Yeah I have a I have a kitty that thinks he should be up here We can accept I have not Is there somewhere I can just go down to the offices and fill something out oh yeah You can go down to
town hall just see Diane in the town clerk's office Yeah that's what I wondered if I could see Diane and just do it Yeah she can do it I will I will do that I will do that Um I'll try to do it tomorrow or Thursday and get it done Yeah they're open uh they just close early on Fridays That's it They're done They're out of there by noon Are they
open at all on Friday yeah just in the morning but um I think they're out of there by noon Probably best not to go on Friday Yeah I usually avoid going to the town offices on Fridays I know it's hard to find parking over there these days with the construction Every time I've gone
over there to get the mail I'm like circling like it's Christmas Eve at the mall in 1987 I'm like what is happening i was over there today at the club and there was a spot right in front of the club and I was like "Oh my god it's a miracle." Yeah that never happens Huge
flex Yeah Um do you want me to back up on the agenda or just um circle back oh look at the kitty Judy what are you doing to us it's so beautiful I love kitties And now
I can't focus I say I tell him I tell him he's my furry lap warmer Oh he's so beautiful I love him Um okay So I skipped over some agenda items Um just do you want to keep going with Little Town in Bloom or do you want me to go
back guys doesn't matter to you What do you think report Is that the only treasure update first yeah that's really it Yeah Ray we skipped over the treasurer update Do you have any updates for us do you want me to keep going with
Little Town in Bloom um we need to approve reimbursement for Little Town Yes All right Juliana you ready she's very excited Yeah So I sent it to Ray Oops Are you still there yep
we can hear you looking through it but I'm not sure what the process is in this but I sent the two attachments to Ry and I'm trying to find the email because I think it was like $800 something Ray do you remember so was one expense for
$8923 and then a second expense for much larger but it's not coming up I think it was like 815 on the spreadsheet is what it said Yeah So I have 1898
$819.50 Sorry I didn't mean to speak over you Oh yeah No I'm sorry Um so the two of them together is uh I should have spreadsheet open 9348 So motion to approve to reimburse
Juliana for the amount she said I second Say the amount Can you say the amount again for the minutes sorry Oh yes Give me just a second Now you're making me do that 93 9003.48 Okay Thank you
All right All in favor i All right Approved Um and is that for Sorry Is that for the uh wooden cutouts and the paint is that what Okay Um I chose 90873 Juliana what
what map are you doing i know because you're adding the tax You're you're probably adding the tax from the paint and I didn't cuz we shouldn't No Why shouldn't we you can't get
reimbursed for the sales tax if she didn't use the tax exempt form The town won't So I bought the paint So the the wood was fine They said we could use the form and everything was perfect No tax there But then I bought the pill through Amazon and I am trying to get the reimbursement from the from Amazon but
it's I mean it's never going to happen But I'm okay It's $5 right so I don't know I mean if I if I 9348 Yep Yes Okay It's fine All right Okay Um then Kiki also had an amount Why
don't we just do this all at once yeah Um so sorry to interrupt Just so I understand with this I do I have to do anything else No You do not have to do anything else i have to do something now Okay Do you
need anything do you need anything from me like so that I can get the You've given me everything I need Okay Awesome I just need to submit it to the town now that we've got approval from or I'll have the minutes from today's meeting and I'll give that to the town along with the receipts and they'll cut you a check Awesome Yeah knowing them it'll
probably still take several more weeks for them to cut that check Like you'll see that in June but uh but you will get your check They they almost never miss They are just slow That's okay Thank you so much And then Kiki I got to just pull
it up here Um let's see It was 150 I guess right yep 150 even Okay So that was for the lawn signs Um
motion to approve Motion that we reimburse Kiki $150 for lawn signs All in favor yay All right Approved And then last but not least if
you'll bear with me I gotta look at my receipt Um so okay I got to do the same thing with the sales tax because Home Depot is is silly like Amazon is The the reimbursement for me is $95.88
Perfect Motion motion to reimburse me I guess I think I'm allowed to do that Okay Second Second All in favor okay Approved to reimburse Ray
All the money All the money All the money All the money Well yeah My piece and then the others Oh um okay So I'll process those for this next month Um I actually did request a latest transaction report from the town
because a lot of uh grantee checks should have been cut That would be the other part of my treasurer update Once again my comment about being slow I think I sent them a not a couple weeks ago and they haven't sent me the latest transaction report even though it's fairly easy to do that Um so I'll bug them again and hopefully by next month
I'll have an update We are we've already cleared the applications for I think over twothirds of our 2025 grantees There's a group of them that are left Um but the majority it's already been processed So I just need to confirm that
the town couple checks and then we wait for the last couple of grantees over the next month or two or three Um other than that nothing's nothing more to update on treasure Awesome
Okay then we can move on in the agenda to um item number five public art project update Um Juliana we were just telling us how you had a really good experience um with the cutouts It was really easy
And then Kim um distributed everything And then um Kim how about how did everything go on your end uh I just had two groups Nice and easy So the the school is thrilled The church
won't be ready until after They're working on it the day after we actually install everything So I told them that I would help them install separately And I thought since it's the FCU it's literally across the
street from the fire department Yeah So they have 20 or so So if I if there are ex extra sticks I can do the just do it and install it And she was very upset that she didn't have dates I'm like
"Yeah it's all fine It's just all fine." Calm it down Debbie I have a question Are those those um organizations or or or like Eloquence or Derigible are are we going to install in their place of
business or we take the flowers to the center of the town i'm hoping to the center for most of them Yes I actually asked Eloquent Juliana and um Whitney said that she actually can't because of the landlord Yeah So she said she can't do that and Derigible was fine having us
just do it in the center Yeah Oh okay Okay Because I thought it would have been nice I know Me too Yeah Yeah Okay Good to know Because I didn't want to offer anything without knowing Thank you Thank you so much Yeah I mean I think you could offer it if you did If um they wanted to put it and they could you know
and we could give them When are we put When are we putting these up on Saturday Saturday And where are we meeting you're gonna get all that We're gonna get to that Judy Okay So we do have a bit of a question with FA Park still outstanding I I actually
went in and spoke with with um Alicia today and she is presenting our request at the meeting tonight which is happening at the same time as ours So unfortunately it wasn't possible to be in both places at once Uh but I sent her all the information We talked through
everything She doesn't see any reason it would be an issue especially since we've already been given permission by the select board She's a little unclear as to jurisdiction
Yes But but you know we're crossing tees and dotting the eyes on this one right trying to make sure like Kim said nobody's unhappy And if you get a no then we just take them to the common So right not not the end of the world Exactly She didn't seem to think there
was any real reason we would expect a no Um particularly since I was telling her you know we were talking about keeping it around the gazebo Um Kim she did want to make sure that we were um coordinating with the highway department
which I believe you were doing for the common correct yeah So she just wants essentially we can't put it anywhere in the grass where they're going to mow because by the mid midmay they're going to mow So that's the key is we're just trying to keep it in the mulch keep it
somewhere that they can mow around because they have the big machines and nobody's doing any little trimming So I get it And that's what I told her I told her like we we kind of worked out some of these wrinkles last year and that's one of the reasons we're comfortable
expanding this year um and that you had talked to them pretty extensively about it So um I should hear tomorrow Great Great Um can we So on the spreadsheet we have a bunch of locations but I guess I
was just curious like are these is this right is it so it the spreadsheet says Town Common FA Park Fire Station Police Station end of Shaker Lane Powers Road Castle in the Trees and then potentially the entrance of the point but I don't
know that we got deep into that I don't think we ever got approval for the point I don't think we explored that any further Um and I didn't I didn't contact Shaker Lane um about them Did anybody else well no It's that it's that public
park at the end of Shaker Lane Road not where where the trough is Yeah Where the big trough is right yeah Okay And that's mowed as well There's no mulch there So basically I I went around to as many places as possible And unless there's a
flower bed with mulching we really should avoid it or we're going to have to go back and get it anyway So it feels like why don't we concentrate on Saturday on the common and we have extras Last year as many as we had it
still felt sparse So by throwing them all there that's going to make a bigger impact and maybe over time we end up spreading more That's true Maybe that's our focus When they're clustered they're much more noticeable Much more so and then it's cooler and people can go to
one place and take a walk and really enjoy them And so um both people from the club and from um Tiger's Den expressed interest in being able to go and do like a scavenger hunt to find their flowers right cute And Tiger's Den
in particular she's going to actually make that an activity that they do together where they're walk up and go find their flowers So being able to keep them together as much as possible I think is helpful Or at least in groups of some sort maybe Or the exact opposite
Yeah So they're all over the place Spread them out in the scavenger hunt They have to go have their pictures taken in different that could be fun I think you just mean like location though right Sarah like if if we want right but on the common spread them out but all
Yeah Yeah You mean they all have to be together on the all over town yeah Yeah Like Okay So we're we're really focusing on the common I think that's best Also I agree that the more the better And then we if we get approval from FA Park we'll put some there And it sounds like we
already assigned um somebody to put some in front of the fire station when they're done The the And maybe it's FA Park instead of the fire station So whichever Right I mean it's right there So Right Right And there's 20 you said of those ones right yeah And if the if
the FCU wanted to put them in front of their church they could do that too We I did I ordered 10 signs because um last year at the at least at the common we only had the one sign and we were kind of like where could we put it but with so we'll put that one big one out but the small ones I was thinking we could
put them at all sort of entry points I love it I do have to um talk to you guys about the sign Yeah because those A-frames are going to be being used They just got done being used for Legally Blonde and then they're going to be used for It's a Mad House the play at the middle school Um so I don't think
they'll be able to give us the A-frame Um so I think I have an I probably have an extra one at the church that I don't need but let me go look We have like a bunch of them but I'm not sure that they're I know you sent me the size before so let me check I've got one in my uh one in my attic Yeah Oh okay All
right Great So where we have options do you want to come if you want to come and get it i could give it to you today if you want Okay Yeah Yeah I can do that I can come after the meeting I'm like right up the road So um Okay perfect Who else has It's a little It was used for something else but it'll work for what
we're talking about Yeah Yeah Yeah Okay perfect Um and then he the signs are in process He said he'll have them by Saturday so I will um I guess drop One thing we might need to use is some sort of broom scrub
brushy something some kind of because some of the ones that pork from last year pour them outside from last year they're going to be a little bit of leaf debris or that kind of stuff Most of them have been brushed off but there's some that
to bring a brush is what I'm saying Yeah Yeah that brings up a good question Who has those and who's I do and who and you're going to bring them Saturday mhm Okay That's a lot Do you need any help with that um I have two young men who live in my home and they will be helping
But thank you for that offer and they they can't wait I can assure you they are thrilled They are thrilled I I have a selfish I have a selfish um point I'm dragging along one of my
daughters so she can get some of her NJHS community service hours this Saturday So I don't mind stretching my involvement try to check some more hours off the list So actually my friend for that reason too Well if you want to put a note I will be
loading those up um by 8:30 or 8:45 I think we're meeting at 9:30 so I'll be loading them because it's going to take a few trips And so um my address is 21 So I'm happy to um have that Sorry give
me what's the address again 21 more lane It's off woodcom And where are we meeting are we meeting on the common mhm Yeah Okay So now I was going to bring all the assembly equipment to the common but what I might do is swing by your place I'll have my
stuff in my car but then I can swing by and take a load and then be at the common by 9 Same as you They are predicting rain Saturday What great Yeah Ray do you need any other uh like work tables or anything or
um I've got one that'll be big enough for at least two or three people to be working at a time um actually I'll have more than one I I I'm fine I don't think anybody else needs to bring any tables I've got I've even got a couple folding tables where I don't care if they get
battered and hammered I wonder if we do the transfer on Friday night Ray Only because in the So I Lisa and I have another listing to come on and we're going to do an open house about 15 minutes after I leave all of you on the common in the soggy rain So I'm
wondering if I have time to actually blow dry my hair so that it looks like just for fun I'm wondering exactly how much time I'll have to do all the things So yeah we'll chat right they don't have any outlets on the common You
could blow dry right there Just do a blow dryer right Um Yeah I'm sure you could drop them on Friday night and it wouldn't be an issue That's what I'm doing as well And could I go back to it so we're going to focus on mulch areas of the town common right
the gazebo at Fay Park and that's it so far mostly because last year we spread them so thin that it was kind of oh it was a little underwhelming So we're hoping to
have a bigger punch for the the look I don't think any of the kids felt that by the way I got such great feedback on it That's great Everyone my my two cents on that is there are less mulch areas than it
appears at the common Oh good So you well my you might end up with too high a concentration by switching only to the mulch area They took out a lot of shrubs out of the um common Great We may we may want to consider
extending it to the mulch areas on the other side of great road because that's still the common We didn't do that last year That's what I was going to suggest too We could go on to the side by side where where the clock is So that there's a clock Yeah And then they do a lot of
those um in the summer I know she does uh the Mori does a lot of festivals there too So that would be how how long do we leave these up i mean I thought the message was if you leave them in the mulch area there's not
necessarily an end date that we would get to choose if we in the mulch area Yeah but they want them down before the senior uh p things go up the se the the graduating senior signs I guess it's like in May So we know who I think
Say again I think that's Timan Rosias I can check with her and see when she's going to put those out Yeah I saw the post about it but I think it's usually like the week running up to graduation which graduation I think is the end of May this year It's a little bit earlier than usual Yeah So we'll have at least
two months I can suggest that the Littleton Garden Club has a president's garden over on meeting house roadside and nothing will be blooming in it at the at this early and since they'll be gone by before graduation and
stuff I I don't know why we couldn't put some in that garden if we wanted to It's all completely mulched Do you know where I mean over towards the entrance to uh where you go off CVS off of um
meeting house the other side is it what's isn't that meeting house over on the CVS side Yeah There's a garden there that's quite a goodsized garden that's mulched and I don't imagine I mean I can double check with the girls in the garden club but I can't imagine why if
they're going to be gone by like miday or I mean mid June or something why they would mind But so if they've planted bulbs and all that sort of thing will we be disturbing what they planted by hammering something in not knowing where anything is i don't I don't remember
there being bulbs but I'm not sure that there aren't as well Um I I I will double check I will double check I know who to ask so I will double check And and um how long do you come i think I think it's worth checking because we
have we have like this is much bigger than last year So I don't And it's And it a lot of people cut through that way to go to CVS so they'd likely see them I would think Yeah We had also talked about if we had a few to put over in Castle in the Tree sort of near the
labyrinth just to kind of jazz up the area Right That's a nice thought Do we have That's a parking wreck question too Sorry that's a park and wreck question If it was in the labyrinth though if it was like in that area where we're
sort of already designated a public art right structure good point I mean I'm thinking like you know 10 or something and then a sign So it's a sort of idea that like hey there's someplace else too That's nice because it's near near where
a different group of people go So Jate it'll take for us to install I'm trying to figure out because my husband had to work trip and my daughter has a game on Saturday morning So I'm just trying to see what I can do to do
everything How long do you think we'll be a couple of hours Yeah it depends on I mean who is actually like I I know Reverend Jen can't go I can't go But who is physically going to be there we have I can be there I'll be there I was I my husband and I will come We have to leave
by like 11:30 because we have tickets to River Dance at 2 Nice Love River Dance Okay Okay So doing it for the first time with a little bit of inefficiency It was about
four hours end to end like the very beginning to very end but like the last hour was a little bit of a few folks had already scattered and it was more some tidy up So like I would guess maybe this is a lot more but I'd guess maybe like
we had enough people three hours end to end I guess Yeah because I think we um Yeah we had a lot of we had some learning as we went last year with the rubber mallets but I think this year will be a lot more efficient Do we need more of those do you need me to buy a
couple of those it's got to be a sledgehammer Got to be a sledgehammer One And I have a little one And Ray you're bringing the nail gun which will be far better than us going tap tap tap tap So I'm actually going to try to screw everything in I'm not going to
even use nails Oh okay Do you want another screw that'll actually work better Do you need another screw gun then if folks have cordless screwdrivers you're welcome to bring it Great I've got extra batteries Okay
So no on the on the sledgehammers or we do need more I'll have a sledgehammer Bring it And how don't bring regular hammers and don't bring rubber mallets They don't really work Bring folks that have sledgehammers bring them I have a
couple So I'll bring what I've got But I'll for those of us who have nothing we would be the ones going book after you guys nail or what what is this expected don't worry We'll assign you a job You can use a sledgehammer that someone else brought Don't worry That's right I don't
trust myself but I'll try I don't have one but I'll buy one at like Abouttons Like what size is there like a size I need to get the handheld ones are a little bit more useful in a situation like this So like a 12 in one is probably what you'd want to get Okay
cool I'm guessing the three-footer that weighs I don't know 85 pounds is not what we need So I'm going to skip that one Yeah I actually remembering that one of mine I think I think we will actually be able to make use of that But yeah I have a giant one I can also leave with
you guys I just can't do it physically So we're getting there 9:30 in the morning We think we'll be there 10:30 11:30 12:30ish Um 9:30 I was planning on 9 Is it 9:30
9 would be better Is it 9 or 9:30 it's 9 10 11 12 Great So we'll hopefully be done by like 12:00 12:30 if if we have enough hands Yeah So I'll be there Um I just don't think I can make it until
9:30 but just a little I'm having outpatient surgery on Thursday I don't think I can do much like as far as lifting and banging but I will do whatever I can to help You can put the metal on a nice little assembly line I'm
sure there'll be something for me to do Absolutely I will come I have a 9:00 a.m funeral and a 10:30 wedding but I'll come after the wedding Wow The one thing I'd recommend everybody bring is some type of work gloves for yourself And you have enough screws and
everything Ray Yeah because I got a mayonnaise jar of screws in my basement I'm happy to get rid of welcome to my hoarder husband I'm pretty pretty sure we're covered but you're welcome to contribute if you'd like I just want to get rid of that manager
[Laughter] Okay So all right that sounds good So um in terms of the the signs Kiki the How many do you have the little I
ordered 10 So he um he said he'd have them ready for I use the same guy from last year Okay Jose he's lovely Um and but I got bigger ones than I got uh so that be they'd be seen from the street um 18 by 24 instead of the 12 by I think
it was I don't remember what it was before but anyway 18 by 24 So I think he'll have them by Friday So I will um drop them off cuz I'll be going by at like 8 in the morning So I'll probably just leave them there or I might send my teenage uh driver down with them too if
if he's here And where are we putting all those signs like are they all like being like spread out to talk about it or is it like all on the common so uh the sign sort of is like I think meant to go where you're seeing them to say
this is what this so that when you're looking at them you're like what what is this so it says what it is and then there's community artists So I would say um that we would put them like around the comments so people see them from all five and five if we're doing on both sides like Yeah Or if they're going like
it's we need to save some like for FA Park park Okay if they're going to be putting them at um either the fire station or the church if like save them one and then if we're wherever I I would say wherever blooms are being planted there should at least be one sign and
then I'm thinking a frame could go like on that main road where we always see the A-frames and I don't have to worry about like we that day we don't have to worry about installing in FA Park because we're going to wait for the 20 from the church and put them there Is
that what we're understanding so everything's just in the common tomorrow We don't have to disperse and go elsewhere unless we like run out of space right let's make that a game time decision Okay How many are were from last year there was like a Was it 125 from last year seems like four million
but I'm pretty sure accurate counts I I don't remember exactly but I think we have like over twice as many this year Right So with Yeah that's what I'm saying So it might be Yeah but and there is not that many mulch areas So I don't I guess my visualization is thinking that we are going to have to spread out
from the common and I mean last year we we did do not just in the mulch right and it was just a problem because they had to mow but we installed a lot later if I remember if you different levels like different heights you could together and it'll look lovely Yeah
that's what we did last year We had some short ones and some tall ones and some were attached to the top and some were attached to the middle But um but I think there'll be 375 of them So yes I'm just saying like I think we should spread them out if we can and put them you know and maybe we can it'll be it'll
be less posts than that because based supplies we're going to attach two per post So it'll be our last year last year we mostly did two per post There are some that were only one per post So it'll probably be it'll probably be around 250 posts is probably what it'll
end up being if I just estimate Okay Maybe not even because a lot of them are um butterflies too right which we may or may not want to Well okay Not a lot proportionally but
several Several Yes And so we have like a game plan of everybody is picking up or they're drop the the organizations are dropping off their finished ones That's like all I'm picking up I'm picking up I'll get the ones from our church And Kim are you getting the ones
from the school the middle school texting now on them Oh okay You let us in I'm getting the ones the um COA did it on Monday And actually they put a nice video up that I shared on our social media too of the seniors painting them which is really nice I saw that That was really nice They came out
beautiful Yeah they did They came out really nice And I And I'm going to post so when when we get it up I'll post a thing and I'll take that picture you sent Sarah of the one the club had done and we'll sort of do like a little montage a little Facebook reel I can send some more too I picked up the last
couple from the club and tigers done today So I have all like 150ish of those Um which they look really wow They did fantastic job The the the tigers den painted the backs
black and then they painted the front The kids painted the front So they look they look really nice Some of the ones from the the club have both sides painted and they have indicated which side they want showing out
That was really awesome Yeah Yeah I got great great feedback from both organizations They're very very excited to do this again next year So great Awesome I think the school won't be ready yet So they may be on our second batch and also
go to perhaps Bay Park So I think their event is the 27th that they're doing it So that may be not correct but I think so That's fine Yeah Okay So does if anybody needs like day
of or day before like help transporting anything I I can help Just feel free to shoot me an email or text me or whatever Um but it sounds like we have a good plan Ray so I think between two of us and
hatchbacks we should be good Yeah I don't think any help transporting but I might need a little help shleing from the car to the common Sure Yeah we'll be there For sure In the parking Be parking in the rain Yeah it might not rain So
keep a positive attitude You can't believe the weathermen They the only job you can have and be wrong And that's right And get paid for all the That's right So today we saw rain snow sun clouds Um I do have that popup you know
the popup tent that we use for third Thursdays I could drop that off if we if you wanted to put that up and it would be a cover That's a great idea And I have one Oh you have one too yeah That's awesome Just in case it rains If it's really you never know Maybe it's because
they can at least put the tables under there So I'll drop I can plan to drop that off too I like the way you think Juliana Right You have to you know I I have to tell you something I was doing I I teach a Spanish through music class in a language academy in Westford And I was
it was knowing at the time of my class and I told them we're like look we're gonna manifest the spring is actually here like the sun is gonna shine bright and the flowers are going to start coming up and and after my class the sun came out it was there you go every day
The power of positive thought right that's fantastic Okay So we feel like we have a good handle on Saturday Um Ray for the sign do you mind if I come grab it from you tonight real quick or do you want me to do that tomorrow night yeah tonight we can do All right Fabulous Um
does anybody have any questions before we install on Saturday or does everybody feel like they have a good way forward sarah I'm going to bring flowers butterflies work gloves potentially a cordless screwdriver if I
can figure it out Is there anything else yeah Work gloves and a a a sledgehammer Hammer if you have you have it Right One thing to do is to just mark everything with a sticker or a big Sharpie Sharpie
marker because everything's going to look the same as everybody else's So if you want to end it up at the same house probably market somehow Okay good point Um and that brings me to one other point Um there were a couple of
people one of whom is the director of the club and then a couple of the students wanted to um take theirs home after the installation Are we okay with them doing that assuming they want to come get it
No I'm kidding Right We're not going to hunt yours down but we could maybe say you know the that like I don't know tell them the week the whatever the third week of May you can come and get it but if you don't come and get it by this date when we take them down like it's you have to wait one
year Oh we have it You'll have to get it again next year right we're going to save them again for next year right yes Cool And I was that might actually help us a little bit because we're not gonna if if if some of the kids come and get them it's not going to be quite as many
this store It's not going to get as crazy as fast But I don't know Like that's just what do you what does everyone think that's okay yeah The only potential pit Yeah Well the only potential pitfall is if like two different kids get attached
to the same pole because we wouldn't really be knowing that and like they might have to remove it and not have it on a pole or something like that but that's probably few and far between And I'm we could make that clear in some way shape
or form Bring a screwdriver right yeah Bring your own it Yeah All right Thank you All right Well we will see you on Saturday I guess everybody Um on the I wrote this all in the minutes and I'll send it out tonight so that so I have in
there what to bring what time so you can look back on that Oh perfect Thank you so much That would be 9:00 rain or shine Yeah Yep Yeah Maybe we should set up the tent Friday night
Well will the select board have a problem with that they don't work on Friday night Yeah sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness right than ask for permission So I'm I'm fine if you want to do that Just be like "Sorry we didn't
know." I um Yeah Yeah I have a thing I haven't a work thing until like 9:00 on Friday night but I'm happy to drop my tent I just can't like I'd have to drop it by 5 because I'll be Yeah Well even if I install mine and then put yours under mine right so that nothing
is getting wet That might be just Yeah I don't know Yeah Or Yeah If you can bring your one up and then I can leave mine if you need it That's fine too Right Just Okay guys Thank you I might be able to help on Friday too Kim Okay
Can't guarantee it yet but that's okay So I have um dinner plans with ladies that I don't get to see very often So it's going to be a backup Set it and forget it So I won't be there more than 15 or 20 minutes So it's not going to be requiring a great
deal of help So that's okay That's impressive Did we somebody know that we're going to put it there no they're going to surprise We're going to surprise them Surprise them I guess
And I will send a text to the select board and let them know what we're doing It's gonna be dark anyway mostly right like by the time anybody sees it bother anyone right it's just for the night Like it's I know But I'm just thinking
somebody might think it take it down or something you know somebody knows Yeah it'd be good just to let them know that maybe we need the signs if the signs are there under this tent and then some of the flowers it kind of becomes more
clear Um Okay No Yeah I could probably drop off the the A-frame if you need me to Okay Um Friday night after work Okay Um let's see So on the agenda there's no other
real topics I drafting the agenda topics for the next meeting which seem fine to me how they are for everybody else Yeah I don't see anything else in there that would need to be added right um nope public art will just be you know how the install went how
it's being received blah blah blah And that's it Does anybody have any other like agenda items or business that they want to bring up before we end the meeting i just remembered you sent an email about you know like with everything that's happening in this country The funding is that something we
should be worried about for next year or Yeah we should be worried about all the things Well that that I agree Um I can't even remember what I sent to be perfectly honest but I I just I I I can't remember the the the details but I
I I think it was something to do with the budget for the culture councils in Massachusetts in general So they basically cut it So it's likely that we're not going to have the money that we have been getting from the state because they're not going to get it from
events So okay that's basically and that's something we don't know yet right we'll know like in the fis when the fiscal year is ended right but yeah something to keep your eye on and then we should you should all be getting those from the MCC If you are
not you pop on to that portal and make sure your emails right Yeah Okay All right Thank you Thank you everybody All right Motion to end the meeting at uh 7:57