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call to order um our park and rec commission meeting for Tuesday, July 14th uh 2026. Um welcome everybody. Welcome Littleton. Um and uh let's get started with uh

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Commissioner Updates. Um start with you, Rob. >> So I have a few um I attended the select board retreat >> before uh one thought. >> We need um someone to take notes or minutes. Is there any volunteer? Do we have any volunteers?

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>> Taking notes on. >> Oh, okay. >> And then we can just transcribe it after. >> All right. Awesome. Thank you. You're welcome. Sorry, Rob. >> Yeah. No, good point. Um so I attended the select board retreat on June 30th.

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Couple items of note um is that the uh plan on the next select board meeting July 27th to discuss the charter proposal. There was discussion amongst themselves without any real statements as to uh what their preferences were

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towards the elected versus appointed or the town manager. But because you've been more or less tracking that over, you know, months of the charter, just want to bring it to your attention. It sounds like that select board meeting is going to have some select board members weigh in as to what they think should be

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considered for a proposal in the event that a proposal goes forward to town meetings. I just want to >> alert you of that. >> And then the second thing that um I don't think the minutes as approved last night really reflect a connection to

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park and wreck, but I'd swear that I heard one. Um and that is that Jim brought up uh preparing a chargeback policy pertaining to uh schools and highway department and maintaining of fields and I'd swear that park and wreck

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had a brief mention there. So it's certainly something that we use fields etc. So we just need to track that monitoring um as it surfaces in the coming year uh in the event that that finds its way into his goals or

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into the select board goals. My sense was it would be in his goals those two items. Then Pete I think you got indication from Diane Corey we have a uh accessibility

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complaint identified. I think she'll probably appear at the next >> Yeah. next meeting. >> I was thinking we I'd bring that up at new business >> and I'll just I'll hold off on I'll hold off on that. Um but there was more broadly at the select board meeting and

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S cell s was there I think for this um was a disability uh transition plan. They disability commission obtained a grant. They made a they got a report from the Collins Center with regard to the transition plan that's due in 2028.

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We're two years ahead of it. Um the transition plan provides for a self assessment plan that was also mentioned if not noted in the 500page select board packet and um many items obviously uh

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are there for park and recreation. We have a lot of u facilities etc. Um there were many others nonp park and wreck but that is to say that this is underway and um we should be aware that we might be

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getting increased um what about this what about that and starting to need to stack up what the priorities are for park and recreation in concert with disability commission. So that's coming. Um, I look for Saul to comment on this, too.

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I I just want to mention wouldn't have been on my agenda except that George Sanders spoke at public input last night, and he was critical of the 250th celebration in terms of feeling that more should have been done by the select board, not park and wreck.

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But it connected and reminded me that I was made aware by a select board member who was I attended the July 4th event at Fay Park which you know we said yes you can cultural council you can host it there but there's somewhat association

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with us because FA Park is connected to park and recreation and so a select board member went out of his way to just say hey heads up that person over there who's quite involved olved in the town thinks that you folks didn't do enough to promote this and it more or less

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thinks it's your event and so that association if you will um just something for us to maybe think about as to how to communicate what we're involved in what we're not involved in because you know it it it it

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carries uh other aspects that um I've had uh come up to me are cancellation. Sounds like properly done with regard to programs. Cancellation due to lack of attendees signed up um with one day

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notice, but a tennis program, a soccer program, uh two dads individually mentioned separately that um you know, it's it's really disappointing. The kids are excited. They know it's coming and then all of a sudden it's not. you know, one

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one went so far as to say of if there's some minimum dollar threshold, I'd be happy to be paid more. Like I I want the events that I'm signing my kids up for. So, not for tonight, maybe not for who knows how many nights, but something

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that I think maybe we want to just become aware of. I know as a new member of this commission, I'm not knowledgeable about refund policies and how we engage other organizations and what sort of things there are. But that is to say, I'm now connecting the two

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things of park and recre. We have our our name and our programs are really wellreceived and and and really recognized as being outstanding. But there's also these little aspects that as something doesn't go as the way it's planned, people are also kind of quick

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to also, you know, you get the praise and you also get the, "Hey, what about this?" >> Yeah. >> Um, >> were these cancellations um this summer recently or Okay, I just want to be clear. >> Yeah. One was a soccer this summer and one was a tennis that my sense is that just happened the last two or three

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weeks. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Um, and then I had uh pretty lengthy public input. I think because the new member, I'm getting some activity, you know, sent my way. Um, and so someone

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approached me with regard to adult programming and, uh, specifically pickle ball and referencing the center on Chad Street that once had pickle ball. Um, and um, other than that, I don't know if Jenn or Mo, are you going to mention the

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resident feedback session? Okay. So, I'll hold off on that. So, I think those are my uh my uplinks. >> All right. Thanks, Rob. Um Saul, I think Rob covered all the stuff that I was

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other than I have been down at the lake a fair bit the last few days. It's very busy and lots going on. Looks like kids are having fun. So, um like >> and also busy in the email. I was just

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there just before I came here and the parking lot was mostly full and there are lots of people there. So as we think about future plans for the beach whether it's rental snack shack and

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>> those sorts of things and as we in the evening I think or just having the bathrooms open will be nice for the public. Um, so whatever it t if there's a way to make that work financially

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be would have some value. Other stuff was already on the agenda. So, all right. Um, I think I threw my things into the sort of agenda. So, I'm I don't have any

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updates at present and then we'll talk a little bit about Diane's request and um and the new business. Um I want to then kind of move on to acceptance of minutes. Um so we've got

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three sets. We had the May 12th, the June 9th, and then the special meeting on June 15th. And I want to give a shout out to Kate who put those all together for us. um her last tasks as um as a board member and uh want to thank her.

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So um hopefully you had a chance to take a quick peek at those and >> thought they were well done. >> Yeah, if you're ready for a motion motion motion to approve the minutes >> of park and recreation commission for the meeting sold on May 12th, June 9th

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and June 15th. >> Excellent. All right. Thanks for second. We have a second. All right. All in favor? >> I All right. All good. Um, public input. Do we have anyone um on

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the screen? Doesn't look like it. No. >> The room. All right. >> All right. I I move the public input based on just some of the thoughts you had um before you became a member. And I appreciate you doing that. In fact, in

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fact, yesterday somebody talked to me about 20 minutes and and noted twice, you know, what time did you say that was again? So, you know, it wouldn't have shocked me if somebody >> if here 15 minutes into the meeting, they can

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give their public input and then get the heck out, right? >> All right. Um, so we don't have a lot of word on the interest on the vacant board position. I will um I'll check in with the town

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clerk's office uh this week. And then >> do we know when that position when we would theoretically be approaching the select board for consideration of the person? I I asked by way of we have the

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opportunity with the August newsletter to put a little blurb in under park and recreation commission or PRC department that that would say there's a vacancy etc. and just broadcast it there if we wanted to do such a thing. >> I think the August newsletter may be a

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little late just because there's no one there. >> If there's no one there, then I don't get >> then then we got to we got to drum up some interest. >> So, um >> our newsletter. >> Okay. Okay. >> I know I know it's worth talking.

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>> Okay. >> So, for the next week or so, >> it sounds good. Yeah. >> Yeah. I mean, I would say double check with the select board. I think they I mean they were initially talking is they approved it I think two weeks ago.

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>> It was two weeks ago. It was >> so theoretically could be at the July 27th meeting of the select board and us. >> Yeah. >> So we'd have to post joint meeting. >> Yeah. if if they were going to >> if there's somebody >> if if there's somebody and

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>> say yeah that was kind of the I think that was their initial >> but I think we we need to be there if there is a single person we still need to be there in order to have the >> I I think it's a joint appointment

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yeah >> now last night as you may know there was a joint appointment with the select board and a member of one from the Littleton Housing Trust employee >> housing sorry >> appointment you know so it may not

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require a forum of us at the joint meeting >> but just want to get the ducks in order so we are prepared in the event that somebody does present themselves >> okay all right we'll look into that okay um the next thing on the agenda are

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um docs and the CPC funds. Um so so you you know a little bit about this, right? Or >> Yeah, I would have to I' I'd have to look back. So the the um

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CBC approved a funding for a collection of docks. there was a an addition to the beach area and a fishing dock were the or were the primary ones. Um the fishing dock to be

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placed over on Lakes Shore Drive on conservation property. We have agreement from them and at least in theory there was a permit applied for >> Yeah. >> with D. I don't know where that actually stands but >> well in 2024. Correct. >> Sounds right.

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>> Okay. I found I happened to find file. Um I just the other day. Um so I just reviewed it today. Um I have reached out to Canox who is who have um we had the three quotes from um and the designs

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from. So I have reached out to them. Unfortunately I only did that yesterday so I haven't heard back anything. Um, but to my knowledge and I looked and I also only got you access and learned how to use MUNES this past week. So now I

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was able to look in and see that we have $42,436 in CPC funds available. At least that's the one line item that I found. There could be more. It was a quick look um because I don't know all the account numbers.

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>> It's okay. I can I can fill in the blanks. So, so we had a an addition already put on on top of the 42 that was approved in 2024. And so the totals, my understanding is 57704

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um because that was approved um in the the town meeting last year and the the reason for that was a price increase associated with the original quote and the timing. So my concern as you reach out to them is is one aspect of my

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concern is is there yet another price increase etc. Um other aspects that I'd like to you know just Andy about on the topic. >> Um goes to Saul mentioned somewhat of an agreement or understanding with regard

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to KNCOM with regard to the location of the fishing dock. I I've been challenging the conservation commission to think a little bit more broadly as they consider the Long Lake violations. For those of you that don't know, they

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identified 100 violations on Long Lake. Certainly docks uh private docks on town property was a significant part uh area, if you will, of their their concerns. And through my involvement of attending

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the public hearings and my involvement with speaking with some of the residents, I think that any agreement that has been obtained for the fishing dock is about to go through a bit of a

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challenging situation as it pertains to accessibility. Uh I think the some members of the conservation commission were approached about making uh the fishing dock accessible and the grade

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where it's proposed and where it previously was during COVID years in a kind of a I don't want to call it halfhazard but it's temporary. the department did a great job of trying to provide additional space and and recreation opportunities during COVID.

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That since is gone, but I think that's still the location. So, I think there's going to be some some challenge of sorts with regard to whenever we get the update on the permits and the quotes and that sort of thing. I'm not so certain that KNCOM is going to be as ready to

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say, okay, go with it, etc. So I think you know we could task somebody or or look into you know that aspect is one. Um a second that came up at the meeting that we'll talk about later but just want to delve into a little bit because not everybody's there is um a concept

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that you folks have discussed in previous years and that is how the sailing dock is desirable to remain in the water for an extended period of time. Well, same thing applies with regard to the fishing dock, perhaps even more so for the fishing dock. And so we

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get into in the past, my recollection of during your meetings is is that we get into a staffing situation with the temperature of the water and the staff with regard to, you know, uh, removing the dock from the water and can the dock, you know, be in there year round and the thinking was no, it can't. So it

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typically is is brought up and and so we get into if we're going to have two or three more of those, where are they all going to go? It starts to be a location issue with regard to the uh the squeeze over at the boat ramp. So there's multiple layers to this dock is was the

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point that I'm trying to make. I don't want to belabor it, but but it is to say that I think it's a more challenging to to get there. And yet the funds were originally approved in 2024. So the public is routinely speaking to me, you

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know, along Lake Beach asking where where is it? When's it come? So So that's why I asked for it to be unattended. >> And the Yeah. Also the there's a lot I mean good thing there's a lot of fishing going on. A lot of it is happening on the

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boat dock. Yeah. >> Which is not ideal. in Oramp area also not anymore. >> Yeah. >> Um so I think that I would like to get that back as a focus and figure out

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Rob's got some good points to particularly for the fishing dock if we go down the path of making accessible and duck may not be the right answer, right? A fishing dock does not have to be at water level the same way the

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boating dock does. So yeah, you may just take it right off the top of the the bank and a post dock and and run it straight out. Maybe a better answer >> in that regard. There's a CPC meeting

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tomorrow that I'll attend as the representative of park and recck and if okay with you I thought I would just ask the question just make certain that hey I know can do was identified as the you know material and that sort of thing that's worth the quote but I'm assuming

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the concept that you really approved was the creation of a center dock and a fishing dock and not you know specific with regard to the brand etc. So that if we determine for whatever reasons that a different provider of materials etc is

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more appropriate that they're going to be good. I I really expect them you you've been on them. I think it's going to be a slam dunk but as a courtesy I don't want to you know >> there is also procurement process. Yes, >> we

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>> you have to go through the process. have to go through the process and and I think you know the fact that we already have a bunch of CAND doc does help us >> right >> select them or something compatible but >> and I've used um FM docks um in the past

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in another community and done ADA uh ramps rails uh kayak launches all of that uh into a smaller pond and into a great considered a gray pond which is the same size as Link which is the

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permit that I've Um it but it was listing seasonal dockage in that. Um so I we would obviously have to review that application and probably resubmit if we wanted to have it for a you know in year round. Um but that's something that

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would have to be brought up. Um but there are definitely other vendors out there. Not I have never worked with Kand do not to say it's it's a bad product. It's a great product for its uses. Um, but I'm sure there are other um, and technology changes. So, materials

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change. Um, and you know, and products products change. >> Um, so every year there's something new coming out, something more fancy and something nicer or cheaper or more, you know, better than better environmentally. So, um, so I'll review

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that with with Kandok to see where there is. if you where they're what they have for an update um you talk to CPC and find out if it's just for um >> give me I'll I'll follow you if you give them basically saying this is what we

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want and you get three different vendors you kind of go you know and you're asking for the same scope of work we are in good shape >> and then the other piece was the yeah the discussion had been about a center the dock in the center of the swim zone

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Right. >> Um whether you think that's a good idea or not is I think open to um it was you know proposed for a variety of reasons. It's it's one of those things where it's

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it's good you can have lifeguard on there couple over watching overseeing the pool swim area but on the other hand is you can't see the people on the other side of the dock especially after hours and if anybody's struggling so it becomes a safety concern so >> forunately they're only that high

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>> I know 100 yards um so I mean definitely needs to be re-evaluated But what's design? >> Yeah. Yeah, I'm open to it. I mean, because >> new leadership. I'd love to see the new,

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you know, to revisit the whole process and the whole project um and see where we >> I certainly support that. I I and I also note as I've been around the beach a good bit, typically we're seeing one of the two chairs being filled and so the

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second side chair is not used other than when camp t is is there and then it's then it's consistently staffed you know etc with their lifeguard etc. But that is to say that it seems like well you give us feedback as I think I think

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think the the one chair seems to be added but >> so but look for your fresh eyes new eyes to >> gives your perspectives >> when it gets busy they do put you people up >> because yes when you know it starts filling up but when they have a

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lifeguard staff there uh people just generally swim right over there so >> it's true >> that makes it easier. But I mean, we have another life that will be walking that walks around too, monitoring the shore. >> Okay. >> All right. So, Jen, we'll do a little

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research um on what we have in the files. >> Absolutely. >> I wouldn't mind maybe Rob um going out there with you just to kind of get a lay of the land >> just so I have a little bit of a perspective on >> Sure. >> where things are. We can >> Yeah, I'd be happy to happy to do that.

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So you're you already you know exactly where we're talking. I mean I know the gentleman I think we walk we could do it like do it separately without >> I don't I don't know without a quum >> precisely where we dropped it but >> close enough

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to all >> go to the beach there. >> Okay. So, um Jen's got to fill us in a little bit on um active >> timas.

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>> Activas. Yes. Um and um we've got a revised total contract with an amendment that we need to vote on for tonight. So, um um this is um in addition to what was

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originally u the contract amount. Um, so it's just uh amendments that we have to add $4,450 to um the revised total contract. Um, anything Lori, you want to share on that? I Jim signed off on it.

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>> Jim signed off on this last week. This was services that were rendered that we weren't necessarily aware aware of. Um, and we just received this last this last invoice. It's for um a USA grant to help

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with the funding for the um WCOM field and I'm not your brain grant. >> Russell Street Schools. >> Thank you. >> Tennis court team. >> Tennis courts. Um and uh so it's just additional services to help that they've

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done a lot of work over the past I don't know seven months um to fill out that application. So um but that's what their services are and that's what we need to pay that. Um it unfortunately came to us last minute. >> All right. Um have a motion or do you

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want to >> I'll make a motion to approve the additional services request for active plus. >> All right. So has a motion on the floor. >> Second. Any discussion before we vote on this? All in favor?

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>> I I >> All right. >> Thank you. All right. Uh, next thing on the agenda is um something Saul brought up related to the Apple man that's coming up uh this week and lifeguards

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and whether we um want to give the lifeguards the afternoon off or discuss. >> Yes, I I I was at the the Rotary runs a triathlon and there was mentioned that there was some discussion about possibly not Epic. Well, I thought about it, but

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I mean there's only a couple more hours. So, >> I know I know we put a lot of life cards out. >> Yeah, we have I have about eight of them. Um, and some of them are from uh seven, eight of them. Um, so they're, you know, they're ready to go. They're

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like, "Oh, we're good." But there goes the weather's supposed to, it's looking good or at least Saturn's looking good. It looks okay. I mean, looks there's possibilities of storms each day, but There's always possibility. >> There's always a possibility this time

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of year. Um, >> showers upon. >> Yeah. So, you know, obviously I think the from what I've heard is the the registrations are on track for what they've seen in previous years. So, they'll probably be

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4 to 500 competitors. Okay. >> I think just for the general public things shut down about 4 on Saturday. Is that right? >> Yes. Um I think they're going to shut down at three.

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>> At three. >> Is that okay to shut down at 3? So then that way they have the extra hour to close and we'll make a public announcement. >> Shuffle everybody out of the parking lot. >> Yeah. >> Make some signage. >> Make some signage. >> Social media everywhere. trains. Let

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them know that the beach is closed. >> Yeah. >> They're prepping. >> They're prepping. Yeah. So, they'll be in >> the beach will be on step three. Okay. >> But the transition area goes in the parking lot. So, there's bike racks all

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through the parking loting stuff goes up on the beach and fencing and all sorts of >> Yeah. explaining it and I was like, "Shoot, it just goes up fluidly and comes down just this." That's fantastic. >> Then she just had requested like the 3:00 was a little bit so they had they

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weren't rushing as much. So I was like, >> I get up. >> I know this is um a rotary responsibility, but that have they sort of checked in with the forestry foundation on the trails and stuff? Yep. >> Like that. Yeah, they they're working

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closely with the they've got a coordinator for each of the legs. So, somebody is working with doing forestry about the the trails in there and um mowing between the some of the boundaries and getting that ready and

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then the police are working on closing some roads, >> motorcycle escorts for the bike path and stuff. Everything seems to be on track. >> All right. >> Just a fun

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time. >> All right. Next agenda item, boat rentals. Saw you had asked about how boat rentals are going. >> So, this was something I think Rob brought up a long time ago, so I'll blame him, but um

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>> acceptance. Yeah, it certainly in the after camp time I don't know what the the numbers we looked at the last couple years and there they're not a lot of rentals for the amount of time available. Uh

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one thought I had was uh well two things. One is potentially lowering the rate >> until we see all the votes out all the time. Um, and the other the other was um, you know, potentially throwing in or adding,

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you know, some number half hour blocks of rentals to the membership just to get get people to try. Yeah. Try a boat sort of. you know, it's credited half, you know,

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>> like once a week or something, >> something just to just to have, you know, if you have a membership, you could you could try a vote for whatever seems reasonable. >> I think it's great. I did have somebody uh chat in the neighborhood that said,

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you know, honestly, I wouldn't do it because my children might say five minutes and I'm done, you know, and there I'm out 40 40 bucks, you know, that sort of thing. >> So, so what you're suggesting >> would, you know, cross over to that. The

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other part that uh I know it's a public meeting, maybe I shouldn't say this, um but um I think possibly the paddle boards whereas the canoes get locked up nice and tight each night. I know I was contacted week week and a half ago with

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regard to are you aware that paddle boards are being taken out after hours since I went over there and they were returned but but I don't think they are locked up. So apparently people are helping themselves to the paddle boards after hours and

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>> Oh, there's maybe where your paddles are going. >> Yeah, right. There's the paddle situation. >> So >> that's Yeah, I I will check in with them tomorrow morning to be like, what's going on with this? How are you locking these up?

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>> Yeah. bathroom. >> Yeah, like that idea. >> Like Yeah. Try to promote more use >> with the rentals. >> Yeah. >> I mean, they're I mean, they certainly they're out during camp time, which is great.

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>> Oh, yeah. The the kids, you know, for fishing, they use the kayaks and they go out, they go fishing. Um obviously sailing uses sailboats. Uh but I mean we see a lot of people walk in you know every time I'm there somebody's at least last three times somebody's come up for a rental or battle board which is great.

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>> Um I agree with you. I think the price is a little high. You know I'm I am all for lowering it so that you know people can use it. You get more use out of it. I mean that's what what is a fair price. And do we just do you know family of

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four if you're renting it with a flat fee or you have a couple of friends come up you know what what is what would you think is a reasonable price? >> Yeah. Yeah. Let's let's experiment and

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you know take the take some play around a little bit see what happens. I don't think we necessarily need to make we can give the direction but we'd like to say the price is lower and we don't need to pay specific about it

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trying to figure it out. >> Great. Thanks for throwing it back at me. >> Thanks for throwing it back at me. >> I threw it to you. >> I Yeah, I would. And so as you were coming in um to the

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meeting, we talked about maybe um adult rentals uh adult um um sailing lessons. Yeah. And I I like that idea. I mean sort of goes back to um what we were saying about um adult

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event, more adult programming, >> summer lessons. >> Yes. Yeah. That's I mean it's not going to happen this year unfortunately but it's definitely on on the radar, you know, no question >> because I think you know the kids are I mean the kids I should say I'm sorry the

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staff >> um they are professional so they know exactly what to do and and they love it so they love teaching so it's one of those things that they will be completely on board for it. >> Yeah. And you know it's sort of a I don't know how how it gets structured. I was

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working for a private nonprofit, but said it was um if I did private lessons after hours, that was just I got paid directly from the clients and so there wasn't

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overtime or any of that sort of thing. So >> have to watch out for line bills. Yes. >> Yeah. So um yes, how that gets structured now versus 30 years ago, whatever that was when I was doing that. different states and different organizations and all that other fun

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stuff. But yeah, we can give the instructors the opportunity to give some lessons after hours and >> structure move. >> But I think that also gives back the you sort of at some point need to then keep the

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the snack shack office open, >> right? Yeah, that's home opening and if there's rentals should be everything should be still open. >> So, I mean it's one of those things to be open check a little later because nobody's really coming uh not but not

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the weekend but uh during the week you know they're not really coming until >> KT is not allowed to buy anything but the sailing kids are. I mean that'd be a lot >> but like the sailing kids they come up every once in a while. So I mean like even at noon you can just say maybe it

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does like seven days past the hours. >> We can think about that. >> Y all right. Um I have um just budget finance update just kind of um was brought up um I think when one of

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you that just kind of get a sense of where we're at or how are things going or how are you how did the fiscal year close or if we if we've looked at that yet. >> We're we just kind of got access so now I'm really starting to look into it. Um you'll see in my in the my director's

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update that um I the revolving has been one that's been in question um because of the way our program registration starts in January >> but we don't really spend most of that

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money until the next fiscal year. So, um I've been tasked with looking at each of the lines um to and looking at the programs to make sure the which programs we're transferring money into the next fiscal year and which one we're keeping.

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Um and and some programs registration started in January, some didn't start until May, some didn't start until you know April. So, um I've gone through majority of the programs. I'm just going through details now to figure out how much of what's in the revolving now

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needs to actually go into next year, next calendar year. Um, finance started that um and then asked me to really kind of do a deeper dive into it. So, that's what I'm starting to do. I should have

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um most of a better idea by the next within the next week or so. Um, and I'm working with Robin as well, uh, later this week to tell her what I've found. Uh, so I think we're in good standing, but I, you know, I don't know where we

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were in the past. I don't know where, you know, so, um, I just know that I came in literally the last week of, uh, fiscal year. So, um, you know, trying to to do that, it's been fun. um catch up on, you know, some of these bills that are last minute and some that, you know,

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just kind of got forgotten or lost or didn't get sent to us until it's too late. Um I and I hope that we're in good standing. So, uh but so I'm really now just starting to feel that a deeper dive.

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So So sorry I don't have clear. >> Um >> there's a lot of moving pieces with it. So just bear with me. Be patient. Um, I didn't use Munis in my last municipality, so I'm not super familiar with it, so I just had to learn it. >> Bobby gave me a great tutorial, so I was

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going to play. >> Yeah. Well, a lot of good folks in town to help you out. >> Everyone very help. >> Yeah, very good. >> Good. >> All right. Well, um, moving on then to, uh, the acting director update. They

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printed something out for us. >> We did. um makes it easier for me to otherwise I can go off track sometimes. Um just some bullet points of things that I'm working on. Um capital improvement budgets. Uh we have until the end of the month to submit our

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requests. So um I've got Robin has given me last the last round information. Uh so I'm going to look at those see what we and then um I may ask you guys what what are those important things that you want me to continue to work on. I don't

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know what's in them, so I can't tell you yet. Um, but I have that information. So, I have we have until the end of the month to submit those requests um for the next uh capital improvement round. Um, the revolving I already spoke to

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that. Um, I am working on that journal entries and and um I'll work with Robin on making those journal entries so that everything is lining up. Um, fall programs uh Mo and her team have been working on the October Fest. Um, we definitely want to bring that back in

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the holiday helpers. Um, and then other fall programs. Um, I have heard a lot of residents and others um, want to have the third Thursdays. Um, I've want to bring that back. That's something that,

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you know, we hope to bring back next year. Um, they're disappointed it hasn't didn't happen this year, but with everything going on, it just wasn't feasible to do that. Um so we are definitely going to try our hardest to bring it back next year. Um and with

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that um we are that goes right into our software transition which we are working with uh rec technologies and we are doing trainings right now and starting to enter programs. Um, we're moving away from my rack software. Uh, right now

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that is being used at the beach and we're using it within the office, but we'll we're paying monthly for that service right now until probably the end of September. Um, so that we can get all of our budget, our program information and financials off that. Um, and but Rec

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Technologies uh is the new software. Um, they've been great with meeting with us on a regular basis. Um we're having a meeting this week with um finance and IT uh to make sure that the whole transition goes smoothly on their end.

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Um and they answer questions. Um so that's the software. Um United Way grant I just re um got access to uh past leadership's emails and I have them forwarded now to me. Um, and luckily I

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do because I was notified that we needed to report the United Way grant um on end of year information by tomorrow. >> I found that out yesterday. So, I quickly emailed them and they contacted

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me immediately this morning and we had a meeting this morning and we had had $1,000 still left to get reimbursed um out of 15,000. Um, and I thought I lost that completely cuz that was actually due June 30th. Uh, but they have they

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reconsidered understanding the situation and I was able to get them the paperwork that they needed and we're already getting $1,000 back. >> Um, and then the end of year reporting I will work with them um, a meeting with them next week to deal with that and

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then that gets us qualified for the next round. Um I was that was part of their email that I was like no we need that $15,000. So um so they were really really really helpful. Um

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lastly I've been working with um uh the special event and sports leagues um trying to kind of uh uh streamline the process of how we do special event and permit requests. Uh

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that's something I'd like to work on um moving forward because I think county that is a little disjointed. Um I you know having that a person put in a request to my office and then to have you guys have to approve it but before

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that it's supposed to go a highway and police and fire or signature before it goes to our commission to sign off. And I think it sometimes it happened and sometimes it didn't. So I was finding out about last minute events. So I that

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just kind of put a a light on me and I realized we need to streamline this this process. We have to figure that out. So it's something I'd like to work on. So Mo set up a um a meeting with the Littleton Youth Soccer and the St. A Church uh staff. Um they had reached out

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to her and um we had a meeting to discuss with for the use of their field bringing back for the little Wilson youth soccer. So, we're in those discussions now. Um, and >> did they have a change of heart? Were they I mean, we had heard that they were

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not in favor of >> this was a couple years ago. I don't know where the next meeting will go. He was bringing we had a positive meeting. Yes. with them and with Littleton Muer and >> we were all they were going back to their organizations to talk

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>> and then we'll meet again in a week and we will find out if we're going to move forward with working on a movement understanding. I mean, it's a it's a >> flat spot that we need flat spots, right? And it's been used in the past >> and it's just

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>> and I don't know and I haven't met a lot of department heads like personally. Um, and I'm still learning the relationship between parks and highway. >> Yeah. >> And park maintenance. And um, so I'm actually unfortunately Ben is on

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vacation right now. Fortunately for him, he's on vacation. Unfortunately for me, I have to wait until he comes back to actually have a meeting. So, I will have that meeting. We've already planned it and we'll talk about >> the process and who does what and where and who pays for what and how things get

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done. So, I don't necessarily know that quite yet. Um and and want to streamline that as well. So, um I'm used to sharing resources um in my past department. So, I'm hoping that we can do that again because we can't do what we do without

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the help of every department in the city. So, um so that's pretty much my update. Oh, I did forget though one last thing is um we did I didn't get to write it on here, but we had a neighborhood meeting um for the Long Lake residents and I think it went really well. Um and

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we had a lot of information come out of that. Um we we've typed it up. Uh I don't know. I believe it's just in Jim's hands um at this moment. So, but we've typed it up, but there are a lot of things that we will do our best to work

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on and make, you know, check check things off that list. You know, some are small, some are very large. Some can take just a phone call and some are going to take a year or so to to process. But we you've been heard and they've been heard and um and I'm

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looking forward to working with them. Um, so that's pretty much my report. >> Great. >> I'd just like to add the comment. I attended as a resident and um I think there were 12 households that attended on a very rainy night. >> Very rainy.

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>> Um there were um three that submitted remarks that I passed along. They sent them to me and I passed them along. And then I've now had four additional households see me in the neighborhood and say, "So that got cancelled, right?" No, it didn't. And one person went on

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for a half hour talking about very specific uh specific things that I I I should have already written up. >> But the the part that I want to emphasize um is that um the commitment with regard to we're holding this now to

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hear you and we're going to do it again at the end of the season and then we're going to do it next year beginning. That went over the feedback that I'm getting is that went over very very well. I've seen five of the 12 households since the

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meeting last Tuesday and each of the five said um in response to my question, did you feel you were heard? Yes. And and then came out the additional comments that that they expressed as being hopeful. Um which was was it

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sounded like a home run with regard to what took place. And I I think the approach that you folks had and the the free flow and and just it it it was a nice meeting. >> Thank you. >> So, thank you. >> Appreciate it.

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>> Well, we're here to we're here to make some improvements, make some changes, good or bad, you know, that's what we that's what we're here for. And, you know, these parks and open spaces are your residents there for that. And my

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favorite thing is to watch child play on the playground and laugh and smile and I know I did my job well when I see that. So, um, so I continue to do that and I hope that you understand that and see that passion. Mo has the same very

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similar passion that I do. Um, so I hope that you you think that uh we'll continue to do that for you. >> Great. Just going back there a couple days. I think we've talked about in the past

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changing the procedure for the permitting. >> U the select board some time ago gave the TA the authority to approve all of their one day liquor license permits and >> and then if it was if you had a reason

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to reject it then you bring it to the board. Um, I think if we can write that up as a policy, I think that probably unless anybody else thinks I think that's a a good place to start because most of these we

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>> unless there was some forically yes, >> but I mean big special >> if there were things if there were things that um were complicated by uh whether there was a liquor license or well not not even that um but things

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that need some additional discussion I guess >> as opposed to the birthday >> big noise >> and I think I think that the guidance was that he just the the town administrator brings those to the next meeting and says these are the >> events that have been approved

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>> okay >> that's a good >> before going on the one part that I'd just like to throw out for consideration discussion pertaining to use of facilities is I I feel like information with regard to the the

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people that are using the facility with what did it meet their expectations? What was their attendant like? I'd love to I'd love to use the opportunity as our facilities are being used to gain information that we could use as data

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points to help us, you know, help us be aware how our facilities are being used in the community and how they're being thought of. It's it's not like the the survey or that sort of thing, but these are the people, you know, like I was thinking of

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the Rotary, you know, this weekend. It would be interesting to me because there were some comments the other at the feedback session about water quality and vegetation. I know Clean Lakes Committee is is doing stuff and there's an algicide treatment anticipated after the

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triathlon is completed that sort of thing. But just for us to have that as an input with regard to our charge as being, you know, recreation oriented, >> just something that I want to throw out the other ministers and for you too to, you know, consider.

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>> It's funny because I actually brought this up in our staff meeting today. We have weekly staff meetings with our department and I asked about program reviews and and uh surveys for end of program. Um so uh it's not out of the realm of possibility of doing one for

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facilities as well. So easy enough to do. >> Hold that. Great. All that falls in the new software maybe that >> Yeah, there's there's that. Yeah. So there are different ways to do it. But u definitely getting some feedback from the community whether it's good or bad near programs and you locations is is

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great great to help us move forward. >> Yeah. Yeah, I mean we have there there are a couple. The triathlon obviously is probably the biggest. I don't I've never been to the road race. >> That one's in September. >> That one's in September. But is also a significant >> Yeah. >> event. So those are two that we should

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probably just have afteraction meetings with the Rotary with the running club like >> just to just to get through and yeah, what went well? What didn't what can we do better? The the amount I don't know the the

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plant life in the lake this year is extraordinary. >> Yeah, >> it's it's crazy. From like May to what it is now. >> Yeah. >> I did look it up and apparently it's supposed to die off soon. >> Yeah. which maybe is a good reason for

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the algicide because then it feeds a bunch of nutrients into the water and but it is there is more weed in there than I've ever seen and >> deeper and longer and yeah it's strange.

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>> Yeah, it is and it goes out. >> It goes a long way. Yeah, the swim the swim is going to be interesting. >> It's it's kind of eerie when you go on a boat and you just see all the moves and I mean they're really tall. >> Yeah. So, >> and

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>> that's a clean lakes conservation thing, but if there's some if there's some way we can help with that because it's eventually going to start affecting boats and their props. I I think based on the

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action that that you've took a year ago with regard to the funding with regard to this incremental amount I think it was established that with that would come some interaction between park and recreation commission and clean lakes

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with regard to updates and how we might work together etc. So, it seems like we could certainly put out a question, you know, to them, keep us in the loop as to, you know, it's getting some attention on social media or the Long Lake Neighbor Association. I forget

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which, but that what you mentioned is getting some some >> Yeah, it's some feedback. >> I'm sure it is because it's I mean, swimming has got to be unpleasant. I haven't I mean I've been in the water a lot and tangled it in a few times. So >> I've not really been swimming but it it

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it's and it's out all the way like out to the buoys and around buoys. Yeah. Yeah. It's way out. >> It's incredible. Uh so, uh the other one going back to the the capital budgets, um with the the ADA thing, I think the

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>> actually I was going to >> FA Park. >> Yeah. >> Plan should go very much to the top of the list to figure out, you know, just make sure that whatever is being proposed as the ADA solution is

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compatible slashin line with what we think should go there. Um, we had had some previous discussions about and I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but it was a concept of

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taking down some of the trees in the back to build a parking area because for big events there is not enough parking. Uh even even with parking at 3 King Street and it

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sometimes has to go over the the Mason Lodge and the church to treat >> so you know that if but let's just look at at what makes sense. I think those thoughts of the pavilion.

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Yeah, I heard you're throwing in the list. >> Yeah. Um I think that one is one we may need to do some outreach because I I think those were were sort of

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internally drafted concepts. We do have the survey from a couple years ago. Have to go back and look if there's any discussion there. But uh yeah, to get a little more feedback from the residents about what they would like

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to see FA art be I suspect you're going to get a whole lot of don't touch it. >> Uh but there used to be a bigger swing set there. There's been other things there in the past, but

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So what I want to do um is just um open up new business a little bit. I'm jumping a bit a little bit. Um based on conversation that I had with Dian Corey and what you too, Rob, um there was a

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complaint about accessibility to get to uh the the the band stand. Um and um she's been working uh Diane's been she wanted to come to the meeting. She was saying that she'd like to be on

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the agenda for the next meeting to talk about um funding um for accessibility to get access all the way to um um to the band stand. Um

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she I believe has some CPC funds available. So what you referred to? >> Yeah, we we had department head meeting. She >> she said that >> and and I'm thinking that we had um as a capital approved we had some discussion

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about putting that on our >> uh on our sort of the top of the list. Right. That was a So, I'm thinking that would be the um thing that we would want to include for this round. Okay.

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>> Yeah. >> Um yeah, accessibility is important. Um and one of the projects she's there at they're talking about a brown trail at Bay Park. So, just uh just heads up. I don't know anything about the project.

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>> I thought what that was at Y conservation land but maybe it's something maybe it's different. >> Okay. What you said at the meeting could be wrong. >> So I mean you >> I know yap I know there's one

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>> I thought it conservation land I this is new to me. I'm not saying it's you're wrong Jen. I just hadn't heard that. >> Same. That's how I heard it from from >> Yeah. >> Y >> um

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Okay. So, um invite her to the next meeting to talk a little bit more about um her thoughts and what she's been doing on her end to uh to move this forward. Yeah. Which I think is a great idea. I think it

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>> But yeah, I think Yeah. And it it sounded like there was at least some interest, willingness from the select board to consider the broader design

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feasibility scope of the whole project as opposed to just doing this path. Yeah. Peace meal. So >> yeah, Mark spoke, >> we heard him speak pretty extensively with regard to ideally whatever

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disabilities commission is proposing won't interfere with like the cross country track in terms of not putting a, you know, a trail right where they're, you know, running, etc. And so he he he delved in the aspect of park and wreck and thinking that there was a master

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plan or some vague reference with regard to what park and wreck was thinking of doing with regard to renovation. Um I'm not certain that I've ever seen anything with regard to written other than it was identified as a worthy initiative.

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>> There have been some concepts. Okay. Um but they I think they were you know they were sort of the back of the napkin concepts that you do internally before you go out and get a the feasibility done to to really look

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into it. But um I am there was and it was I think largely you putting in more parking u putting in some some accessible paths um >> that was well this was this was our

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proposal from a year ago or something um a pavilion and and that sort of thing. Um, but I think that, you know, that really never got outside of this group. If you didn't get it,

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then nobody else got inside. And so I think that, yeah, needs to be vetted with the residents a little a little more to see if there's support or >> neutral or what are you thinking response to? How much what's the what's

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the boundary between the Nef property and Bay Park in terms of the wood that wood lot that's in between a pretty good chunk of this Bay Park up towards the first farm the first house >> farmhouse up there. Yeah.

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>> So there is space though. >> Yes, there is space but it's all tree although I don't know. Yeah. So anytime you start cutting trees, >> cutting trees, people cranking. So >> and I think shade is also increasingly

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being appreciated. Yeah. Everybody was hovering >> July 4th. Hovering around. >> Yeah. >> Small trees. >> Was it supposed to grow up? >> Takes a while. >> I know. I know. >> Our state agency just put in an

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accessible path to Waldo Pond. They had to cut some trees and >> so I mean it >> there was a little flack but not a ton based on the fact that >> it was for a good cause. >> A lot of times if you're cutting tree one of the philosophies we've been

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dealing with is if you're cutting down some trees you have to plant some elsewhere >> so that you know you're you're giving back. You're not just having them just to make space. Yeah. >> But >> now there may also be

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trees that they're a good reason to cut down. >> Yeah. Sure. True. >> Usually there are. Right. >> Right. The actually the other thing that came up which we forgot to mention earlier is the the uh pathway going from

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Castle and Tree Sing. >> Oh yeah. To the library. To the library. Yeah. I I don't know anything about it. I only heard about it yesterday. >> Yeah. Did the board speak in favor of that? >> They did. Yeah. >> Yeah. I think that's a >> nice thing to do.

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>> Connect then to the schools, too. >> Yeah. >> So, >> and they would previously had town funds approved at the last town meeting. >> So, the funding is there. I I don't really know what led to that action that they took last night because I but the

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funding is there from CPC funds, >> right, >> to to do that. So, seems like it's progressive. So, at some at some point, we'll have to >> work with them to lay out the path because it'll go from

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the existing just beyond the playground boundaries uh probably off the the asphalt path back into the woods and across the work with whomever

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>> that access trails. And I don't know if that'll be accessible. >> Just meaning access creating access allowing people not to drive. They can walk and bike whatever to get from point A to point B.

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>> Yeah. >> Great. >> All right. Great. Um, thank you for the update. >> Okay, moving on. Um uh next item on the agenda and I I'm a little remiss in

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um Michelle had sent me out the draft of uh the director's posting. Did it come to it went to you? >> I asked for it separately. So I got a whole bunch. >> I don't believe so. So, what I what I'm

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going to do is send it um to all the members and um if you have comments, comment back to me individually and I'll send them back on to uh Michelle. I think uh

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I think Jim was going to look at it as well. And um I I recognize that that not all of us have seen it. Certainly Norm probably hasn't, you know, seen seen it either. I just if we could just spend a moment

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>> Sure. on I find myself and why I sought out Michelle separately was just from a standpoint of I'm aware of the assessment that was done last year. The assessment from my reading identified a number of aspects with

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regard to recommendations as to as to what should be done. And so I wanted to look at it from that vantage point as to whether or not the job description, you know, reflected some of the recommendations that were in there. And I found a few things that I I'll I'll

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separately comment, but I but I'd like to just incorporate as we look at the job description to to do it with a perspective. public I personally don't know where the commission stands right now but the commission does have a

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memorandum of understanding with regard to the TA you know interacting with the director >> I think that should be quite clearly stated you know as to supervision and who's doing day-to-day you know sort of

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thing but that's just one element I I I feel like some of uh what was discussed earlier tonight munice and interfaces this and I don't even it seems like this position as I read the assessment has got an

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awful lot of technical aspects and responsibilities with technology and system interfaces and I find myself new to this organization who's responsible for that is the IT department of the town or is it really somewhat of what

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the assessment talked of somewhat of a siloed department and if that's a siloed department that has challenges. So if if if that's what we're embracing and that's how we're structured to be built then we need to have the skill set in

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order to you know perform and execute those and that's I think only fair to to the you know the incoming director that sort of so I'm not saying I'm right by any means. I'm saying I think that vantage point at least should be

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considered as we look at the the job description and make sure it is complete with regard to the skill sets that we're looking for so the the candidates are aware of it and and we can you know really get the hire that that can fulfill the responsibilities that the

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commission you know thinks are those that should be done. >> Yeah. I mean I yeah I don't I think the the director's job description was probably updated to some degree with the last um bus and

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cop uh >> yeah review but not in we didn't you didn't review it I don't well we did but >> but not you know we didn't take a deep dive into it so

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So, do you think um it makes sense that a I send it out to all the members and then we comment you comment back to me um incorporate those comments and then um

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and then ask Michelle to post. Um, I would I think we probably want to take one more look at it as a group where we can talk openly and so maybe

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bring it back to the next meeting. >> Yeah. >> And um and it depends a little bit on on what our level of urgency and imposed is. And then I and I guess the question to you is you have a contract with the town

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through September >> through September 30th. >> Okay. So that's our timeline. >> Okay. >> Um if we do wait till um the next meeting it's going to

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>> Yeah. It's going to give us Yeah. It's like that's why it may be better for us to uh review it individually. give me comments and then I'm just thinking that time is uh

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I guess it's probably going to take a while to get the interview team go through interviews and then I don't know on the other end in terms of how fast the town can um get the position on board Right.

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>> Yeah, it's probably that's probably worth having a discussion with Michelle and Jim about. >> Yeah, >> I'll I'll follow back up with her for timing sake just to kind of lay out a timeline.

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>> Yeah. Okay. All right. So, are you okay with us Let's think about this. um us voting to um move the job posting forward, pending review of each commission member

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of the posting uh to make sure that >> yes, >> everyone's got what they want incorporated into it. >> Yeah. I don't know. I I think yeah, it's going to be hard to do that because we can give you all we can get we can each

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give you feedback, but if you get conflicting feedback, then you can't really send out a revised draft because then we're we're working outside the meeting, right? M

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>> could we do something along the lines of because you received the individual feedback if you see conflict then say I think we need to you know be aware that that

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>> potentially do a special meeting just just to do just to >> single item agenda with regard to you know get that get that done. And again, only if only if you find that because we're not I don't see I don't

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see what I'm saying as changing grade and that sort of thing. Rather, I see it as being adding more flesh to the to what exists. And that's just my two cents. I'm not saying, you know, >> yeah, you you may see it very differently.

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>> No. And I I I think I think you're probably all right. We're probably okay. So maybe yeah, let's start with >> All right. So I'll send it out. Yeah. >> Um we'll get comments back and then um I'll talk with Michelle on

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timeline and uh we'll try to get it out as soon as possible. If there's comments that conflict or may make some adjustments to the uh job posting,

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then um we may need a special meeting and that's fine. Or if we're doing end up doing a joint meeting with the select board, we'll be posted in meeting anyway. Then we can we can move our meeting down

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the hall and >> Okay. All right. >> Yeah. >> Depends on Yeah. We don't I don't know when they're going to be meeting or when that's going to happen, but >> Okay. >> potentials. >> So, on on I guess on the floor right now

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is um just getting um the board to vote on hosting the director's position once it's um satisfactory. Yeah. >> Um, I'll make a motion to post the

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director's position contingent on the update of the job description. >> Second. >> We have a second. Um, all right. All in favor? I >> Okay, it passes and um I'll get that out

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to you uh ASAP. All right. Uh, moving on. Um, any other new business? I brought up the Diane Cra um discussion. Anything else that um >> Yeah, I wanted to just bring up we had a retreat schedule. Yes, we did.

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>> We didn't do it. I I kind of think it makes sense to hold off until the the new commissioner joins, but but I'll also say that I'd love to be able to chat with you folks that that you had spoken with before other than through public input,

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you know, that sort of thing. So, I find myself in a in a you know, like to get there sooner than later, but but I really think it's worthwhile waiting so long as we get somebody to come on board. And

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>> I almost wonder if we do one before and one after >> interim retreat. Well, and and and what I'm thinking is largely that with the new leadership, they could really use some time with us to sit down and

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freely discuss whatever is, you know, seems to be not in your head yet. So, I'm all for I I I have no qualms about before and after. I was more concerned about exclusion. I didn't want an individual coming on board to be excluded. I have no issues and we can

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certainly get the new person up to speed with regard to what the thinking was at this point in time and then advance it with regard to their input as well. I had no issues with that whatsoever. >> Uh certainly want to be for the new folks unusual circumstances

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etc. So yeah, I think if we can let's look to schedule something whenever I say we can what Norm's schedule is or when he's back.

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>> I I did speak with Diane. I'm still learning about open need law and what's allowed, what's not allowed. that sort of I do think things what I heard was proposing agenda items between us all of us is actually from what I've

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heard you clarify is allowed we just can't deliberate about those agenda items and therefore from the standpoint of scheduling we could throw out a a straw man of you know doodle bowl or whatever of what dates and times could

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work with regard to a retreat for you know all of us >> and And you know then >> and then just respond back in individually. >> Yeah. That way we start to see it come together in terms of well wait a minute three are already saying can can you really make that work the fourth you know that sort of thing.

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>> No I think the fifth and the sixth >> even scheduling like you can you can have a discussion about you just can't have a discussion about substantial issues much later. >> Sorry. So thought is um maybe we try the

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put um a retreat on the calendar and um just and I like I kind of like the idea of like this is sort of the new moving forward in a new direction here. >> Yeah. uh how that will work um with

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staff with town administrator. Um okay, I'll um I'll send around a a doodle. >> Um do we have any old business? Uh, I mean there's still the we have a couple

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policy things outstanding. Um, we're going to have those on the next agenda. Um, and then one of the sort of projects that we had talked about was sort of gathering all of the policies.

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I think Nate had been starting to do that. how far he got. But, uh, and then looking at where there are gaps, where are the things that we need to, you know, either update or

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get rid of or fill in, those sorts of things to get a a more one, a more comprehensive set of policies. um write more things down than kind of tribal knowledge in

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the past and and to organize them and and publish them so they're people find it. Yeah, I >> think the the school department has probably the most extensive

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set of policies, but but the school department and the select court have pretty good examples of kind of posted policies and fairly comprehensive. >> Great. Um, speaking of the school department, we talked we've talked at

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this is a little bit of bold business about anou when the new Shaker Lane comes online. >> Yes. >> That we should keep that on record that um so we could still utilize the space um

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within the new building. just happened to figure out how much space there is and how much I don't know how how is did did all of Kanty fill up or do we have >> for the most part it's full for the most part

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>> some weeks more you know we're close but for the most part >> usually July 4th week is always the lowest >> okay >> I mean pretty consistently well yeah >> yeah I mean we've had we've previously

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had uh weight lists for most if not all weeks. And so one of the things that we had talked about was adding 10% capacity to sort of clear the weight list and

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actually have space every week. But >> awesome. >> So if that is possible in the building that >> that would be awesome. Then we have to find staff. >> Then you got to find staff. That's >> already

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Yeah, there's there's so many aspects. I think what I heard that might have been planning touched on it briefly is design is going out for for some aspect of

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processing um with regard to Shaker light school and so I don't know how we delved into of particular interest to me was the um the gymnasium and access to bathrooms

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during weekend, evening hours, those sorts of things. Even cafeteria, just just to see that the structural elements of security and accessibility are there for park and wreck programs and that that's a layer well beyond what

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cell I think you were talking to in terms of utilization for camp t and I think they did as I recall I got quite involved in that initiative. they were uh planning on everything's subject to the money and we're not going to go over

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those dollars. So, we'll hope that the the money's going to be strong enough for what they were proposing which was an additional classroom for each of the the grades. So, kindergarten, first, second grade, three additional

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classrooms. That's that's additional space for camp theoretically. Um so right it's a completely different structure to the building. So >> yeah, >> actually the current the way it's done

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currently is we're using I think the kindergarten >> or no maybe it's the other anyway >> we're just using right >> I know right that's all >> but that is to say to Pete's point

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>> there's an awful lot of opportunity potential >> with regard to this facility So, so continuing to stay in touch with regard I think I've got some responsibility and I sure that I've got the only I think

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chair might have theou responsibility but honestly I'm I'm losing it now with regard to Kate was there for a month and I'm not certain I'd have to go back to to >> where you are liaison to the schools >> to the school committee. Yeah. I'd be

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happy to, you know, tickle the the aspect of of theou and resurrect it, but I don't want to don't want to overstep. >> Yeah. No, I think it it probably I mean, you can can raise it with somebody or you can raise it with Justin and it's probably

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>> I think Ela's now the chair. >> Oh, Elair. >> Sorry. >> It's not chang and just to start that discussion. But I think also the I don't know when the new superintendent starts. >> Say he already started. >> Okay.

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>> This past week. >> Yeah. >> You guys >> and the new athletic director. >> Yeah. That's the other part. >> Thornton. >> I think he came from our >> Yes. >> Yeah. So similar to our transition,

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their school is going through quite the transition with the new superintendent. >> I haven't met superintendent metric. Right. >> We've already dealt with a couple issues and we've already resolved this. We're

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already working together. >> All right. Um before we adjourn, I just want to thank Mo and Jen for the work that you've been doing. I know it's been been thrown to the wolves in a lot of cases. And um I just want to re

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reiterate if there's anything that we can do to help either individually as board members or group of us uh please reach out. Um and uh thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you. Having your support is is felt and it's it's much much

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appreciated. So >> you know yeah we were thrown in but we're not sinking. We're swimming because we have people helping us float. But that's something amongst the weeds. >> The weeds keep growing and that's what we mean. Weeds are going to grow it as well.

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>> Love love the approach. >> Yeah. Yeah. The weeds are going to get trampled on some someday. So >> that big there's a big old snake down there. Um it's I think it's a bracer snake because it's it's big and it's black. It's really nice.

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>> It's right by the uh boat dock, too. >> All right. Robin and I saw that I love legs and snake. >> The snake's not the problem. >> That's actually more of the problem. I'm not worried about the snake. I'm worried about sand turtles.

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>> Yeah, we we had one on we were on vacation at Squam Lake in New Hampshire and uh it was a big one. But it just kind of floated around about 20 yards away from us and never came closer. Uh, no. >> But I don't think they do anything. It's

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when you're on land when you're messing with her eggs. >> So, or should you just bump into the back? >> Oh, yeah. That's the Who wants to make a motion? >> I will make a motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All right. All in favor? All right. Good evening, Mr. Jordan.