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Part 1 (Video ID: PHwUHqpW4xo):
- 00:00:01: Meeting Opening: Wally Park Pickleball Court Bids
- 00:00:32: Pickleball Court Bid Review: Masta Landscaping Recommendation
- 00:05:00: Pickleball Court Bids Approved & Subcontractor Questions
- 00:06:16: Contractor Coordination & Construction Process Discussion
- 00:07:18: Construction Quality Control & Electrical Considerations
- 00:09:09: Bid Timeline, Liquidated Damages, and Project Schedule
- 00:10:33: Pickleball Challenge & Thank You for Efforts
- 00:11:03: Pickleball Court Design, Colors, and Pavilion Updates
- 00:13:09: Project Timeline Realistically to Get Rolling
- 00:15:18: Project Paperwork, Potential Savings, Contingency Discussion
- 00:16:39: Approval of Meeting Minutes and Musco Lighting Update
- 00:18:36: Pickleball Courts Rental Policy and Discussion
- 00:19:56: Wall-ally Park: Toro Mower Replacement Discussion
- 00:24:00: Park Maintenance Staffing Update and Splash Pad
- 00:25:23: Field Lining Responsibilities and Home Plate Alignment
- 00:28:21: Rotary Club Concerts Approval & Lighting Coordination
- 00:30:52: Rail Trail Cleanup and Conservation Letter Received
- 00:31:55: Park Director Position and Beach Lifeguard Staffing
- 00:35:58: Picnic Table Repairs and New Board Member Update
- 00:37:32: Election Results and Filling Vacant Positions
- 00:38:45: Meeting Adjournment and Thank You


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Okay, I'm going to open the park and recck meeting for Wednesday, May 13, 26. Um, President David Data Lori, John Wallally, and Dan Welsh. Um, we have couple of guests also. We'll get to

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those. I'll let Rob I'll let you start first. And I know they put you at the bottom of the agenda, right? But we'll we'll start on that. I don't think we have anybody else here for public comment unless you Randy. >> No. Okay,

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>> great. You want me to get started? >> Sure. >> All right. Uh, for the record, I'm Rob Leec from our Lebec Associates here this evening um to discuss the Wally Park pickle ball courts. Um, we put the project out to bid. Um, we had a number

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of biders, all respectable companies within the area, some more landscape based, some more site construction based. Uh the list includes Taylor Davis Landscape, Mass West Construction, Baskin Builders, HM Nunes and Suns,

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Western Works, and Massa Landscaping. The um the bids were based on um a base bid uh which included the courts and some uh site work. Um also we had two ad alternates. One was the U pavilion and

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one was the lighting. So the good news is I believe and you guys will have to confirm budgets but I believe based on the budgeting um you will be able to do all three. So, the base bit plus the two alternates. Um, we had numbers, and I can go through each one, but we had

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numbers ranging from a high of about $587,789, uh, which was Western Earthworks LLC in the low bid being $478,898. Um, there was one company, HM Noons and Suns, they were at 57,1800.

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Um, but if they had been low, which they weren't, they they were missing an addendum. Um, so that would potentially disqualify them, but it was not an issue. Good company, just may somehow missed the addendum. So, um, long story short, uh, we have vetted Masta

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Landscaping being the low. Uh, so based on the procurement requirements, we're you're typically required to take the low unless you can disqualify the low bidder. Uh I can tell you that there was a uh pickle ball project in the town of uh South Hadley. We were uh we were not

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originally involved but became involved after the fact. Masttoa was the landscape contractor on that. Um Bergkshire Design was the designer of a park project that included the pickle ball courts. Is that the redo or >> It was so we our company Arbec

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Associates uh designed the redo which has just been done recently when I went back out to bid and the contractor who was selected is doing a great job. I think it's BAK back uh enterprises. Uh they're are doing a great job.

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Everybody's really happy. We're happy. Um they have not yet put the surfacing on put u the actual coating. So you have to wait about a month between asphalt and putting the coating on. So long story short, that's been resolved. We have investigated and through

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communications with the town, um there was more of a design related item and maybe some coordination items that caused that issue. Not to we're not personally laying blame on any of those folks, but Masta certainly is a capable company capable of doing this work. And

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even through that process, which was complicated, the town uh park and wreck folks that we communicated with, um you know, they weren't laying blame on Master specifically. It was more of a an overall coordination issue between the designer and the contractor. So, uh we

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do know Master's work in general. We know them to be a capable landscape uh contracting firm. um they had all the addendums and um I do not believe there's a reason to disqualify them in any way. Um so uh we have a letter that

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we date uh dated April 20th to Nicole Parker, chief administrative officer for the town of Southwick um recommending I can read it but the letter recommending um that is the this is the low bid uh and they can demonstrate the capabilities and experience to complete

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the project. >> Okay. I think she just forwarded that to me yesterday. >> Oh, okay. >> So, here's a copy. That's that's a copy for you. I also have a copy of all the individual bids. Um, and if you'd like, I can go through each um

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>> each one, but generally speaking, >> I do. >> Um, you know, I don't think there's any reason not to award to a master at this. >> So, they would be be doing all three sections. Is that correct? The base bid and the two ad alternates were included

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in that total figure of 478,000. >> They did include the sub the two to the piece. >> They did. Yes. My motion. >> I make a motion to award them the bid. >> I second it. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> I

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>> Great. Um so there were there if I can ask were there subcontractors for the two sub pits? um that double check through and see that if you're if you're done with that,

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they just want to make sure put it in every single >> What do they use in >> uh they might not have bought that out yet. Often times they'll buy that out a little closer to, you know, with the um I don't know who did your I think

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I think Andre I don't know who did the paving originally over for Al Master over at South Hadley, but let me just see if they have any information. >> They might not have yet. That's fine. That's fine. Yeah. >> So, Rob, once we get rolling on this,

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this is something you'll keep in touch with them and coordinate like the starting and phases of different things. Typically um once the town you know awards what we would do is we'd communicate with them through a pre-construction meeting with the town

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with those folks. Um we typically ask for a sk a project schedule um and a schedule of values. So uh they typically will submit pay requests upon completion of work. So we review that schedule of values ahead of time make sure it makes work sorry makes sense as the work's

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completed. will review uh sign off on pay requests, give that information to the town. I'm not sure if Nicole will ask that to be reviewed and approved by park and wreck and then yeah, but will at least process it, give it, I'm

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assuming, to park and wreck and um also >> to her also and then someone I'm assuming from the town cuts the check. I don't know who cuts it but um yeah. So, but our our end would be administrative related. >> Okay. >> Yep. And then also reviewing

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construction. Uh we've done a number of pickle ball courts. They've they've gone pretty darn well. Um the big thing for us is to make sure that when subgrade is established, um you look at it and then when they, you know, grade everything

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out before they pay, it's all about communicating, coordinating before they pave. Um, and then having the a crew when it comes to paving because as you can imagine that 83 or I'm sorry, yeah, 0 83%. It's pretty flat, but it needs to drain

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a little bit. So, you know, and it's really more so, >> you know, you don't want puddles. And, you know, not to not to say that pickle ball courts don't get squeegeeed or, you know, blown off when when they, you know, when it rains a little bit, but um, you can tell pretty good. And we

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have between the lasers and you know smart levels and everything else we can tell pretty good before they pave. And then you know we just the one it was a tricky one over in South Adley to fix. They did a great job. So right now I think everybody's pretty happy. I would

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expect that you we can eliminate any potential problems. The rest of it's pretty straightforward. >> Yeah. It's really it comes down to the paving. the the um the there was a number of addendum questions related to electrical. Uh Mr. Wally was able to get us into the building. We looked closely

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at the panels and you know there was some questions related to how we're all tying in what kind of controls but um I think we're all in the same >> there. Yeah. >> Oh, good. >> Yeah. >> Left on. >> Yeah. and also just coordinated, you know, to be able to be similar to the

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leather lighting, you know, you know, apps to to operate things and hopefully, you know, essentially potentially be tied in somehow to that, you know, similar. >> Yeah. When it gets closer to that point, I >> Yeah, we'll interface with >> Yeah. get some information on the whole

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thing just so we can >> and they'll be required to put a project manual together with all the all the >> Wasn't there something in the bids about starting at a certain time sooner rather than later after the bids are awarded? >> There is. Yeah. And there in uh

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>> which should get us my concern is so we can get it going and not have to >> Yeah. So I think so they were required to hold their bids. They have a bid bond and they're required to hold their bids for a certain amount of time. We're still within that time frame. I'll double check now that you guys have made your vote. My understanding is the town

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probably move pretty quickly. Award >> Yeah, the select board will have to sign off. Okay. But I'll make sure they get something tomorrow and get it on their agenda for Monday. >> Great. And then um you know once we award, we can start talking about timing. Um, I do believe we might have

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had I have to check if we put liquidated damages in, you know, for completion. Uh, but obviously we need to work with logically with the contractor. Again, they'll have their work to do. They'll pave, put the fencing up that or not, sits for

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a month, do the coating, and then, you know, kind of button things up. So, it, you know, you want to make sure they're they're getting to it pretty quickly. Okay, sounds like a plan at this point. >> Yeah, I challenge Randy to a pickle ball game

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singles when when it's all in. >> No, it doesn't happen. >> How many points you giving me? I think I'm giving you about 30 years. >> Would like to thank you and Randy for all your efforts getting this to this point.

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>> That's great. Appreciate it. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Glad to see it. Every time I go anywhere, people are asking, "So, what's the when I was at the voting booth the other day, the fellow checking me in like, so what what do you hear happening?" I said, "It's happening. It's happening."

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>> I think the nice thing is to have this number of courts together is going to be huge. I think separating I know other towns have separated courts and I think that's a big mistake. I think having six courts together is going to allow you to do >> when you get the groups there, you get everybody there to play. You're not looking for games as much as there's

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going to be people there. So, you know, >> and the pavilion is uh you know uh >> the same company. Um obviously they you know >> um it'll match the main pavilion which good. >> Oh, the same one. >> Oh, they're really good. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, it's going to be the same, you

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know, same color, same roof, you know, so it'll it'll tie into the rest of the >> good. Yep. >> I think we can pick our colors. So, we'll be coordinating with you on I think we show something, but you know, when we get down to the details, we'll make sure that you guys are all happy with the surface colors and >> Okay.

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>> kitchen and all that. >> What do you think of the colors that were out on this one here? They good or >> you know, I didn't I didn't I didn't really I couldn't tell you. I I'm sure I saw them, but I didn't I don't remember what they are. I mean, you know what I thought thought interesting when I was looking at the pricing and stuff?

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>> Different colors cost different prices. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It's not like you pick a color and it all costs the same. It's not a huge, but there was there was definitely a significant difference in color, you know, like and you can get stuff like John's t-shirt there for some of it, you know. Love that. >> Yeah. Purple,

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>> purple, yellow. Uh, you know, I don't yellow. Actually, they don't do yellow because the balls probably not going to hold up well. And yellow's usually more difficult to cover. Well, >> you see a lot of, you know, the tan different colors, tan, browns, and blues. >> Yeah.

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>> I see a lot of green. Yeah, got blue and green out there. >> Is that what it is? So, is it green on the outside and the blue on the inside? >> I think so. >> That's usually the way it >> this week out in the playground with my granddaughter and I can't remember. >> Yeah, I just know it was the blue and green. Yeah, I'll double check again.

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>> Yeah. I mean, >> it's the color they have mostly in Florida. >> What's that? The blue blue. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Little green around. >> So, Rob, at this point, it's say we approved it and the select board approves it Monday. What are we looking

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at timewise to get rolling after that? Realistically, >> um the sec once it's awarded, um we'll get all the paperwork from the contractor. I will double check, but they're going to they'll have a little bit of time. My my guess is they'll need to mo, you know, by the time they get

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everything in place with the town, everything signed and then mobilized. was probably looking at, you know, I would assume mid to late June this. Yes. Right. I got to look at the timeline we put together. I don't have it.

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>> Yeah. About a month or so then. >> Yeah, >> I would think so. Yeah. I mean, they're going to want to, you know, they were awarded it. They're going to want to hit it and get it done. >> Yeah. >> Um, and yeah, the timeline was as tight as we could make it and still, you know, have that month built in. So, we'll just

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adjust accordingly. Don't let us know. >> Okay. Just curious. Yeah. Yeah. I'll I'll I'll try to confirm a better answer. I I truthfully can't remember what we had it in. We'll >> seems like a reasonable time. Does it get there?

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>> It's good. Yeah. It's been I mean, frankly, it's been hasn't been that nice out. >> Couple days here and there. >> Looks like after after Friday. >> Yeah. Hopefully, we'll catch the breaking weather. So John's gonna be

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your contact for this. Sure. Questions pop up right away. >> I'll be glad to. >> Great. Very good. >> Okay. Any other questions, Dan? Or >> Nope. >> As we get closer, you know, we can we can make sure we stay in close touch if

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you see anything weird or if I see anything weird, you know. >> Yeah. >> We we play enough pickle ball. We should know what we're doing. >> Yeah. Kind of. I'm there every day with the dogs. >> Yeah. Sh Paramount, too. Dave and Del and Drew.

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>> Great. >> Well, thank you for your time. >> Thank you for showing up here. I appreciate it. >> No problem. >> Thank you, Randy. >> Thank you. >> Very much. >> Thank you. >> So, do I'm going to give you that. Did I

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give you I gave you that? Is there anything else that the select board's going to want to see or >> I would give them maybe just a copy of the bid >> or just that's a small copy of the plans and then Nicole already sent me this yesterday. >> Do you want the bid? I'm going to hold on to these, but if they have any

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questions on the bid results, we certainly can furnish. >> Okay. Yes. >> Great. I wouldn't see why they'd need all the bid results. >> Oh, don't the lowest. >> But what ends up happening is that you end up turning money back to the town, right? didn't budget for like 650 or

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something. >> So maybe we'll be able to >> get a director. >> That'd be nice. >> So one of the things that I would I would say and I'm not sure how the financing works in in in the town, but I would, you know, there is the possibility as with any construction project, you know, we figure a

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contingency, there is a, you know, potential for minor change orders. We try to keep absolute track of that and make sure that they're legitimate. But you know with some of the electrical components you know if anything everything else is pretty straightforward but any you know interfaces with you know you know the

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other equipment and everything. So I would just >> we're not pushing the limits. So >> yeah. So >> I give it back when we're done. >> Yeah. When the project is not >> All right. Yeah. Yeah. All right guys. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> Thank you guys. >> Thanks.

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>> Okay. I'll start at the top. We have no public comment tonight. Um, Margaret printed up a couple copies of the minutes, plus she sent them out if if they look okay. I sent her corrections back on one or both of them that they had my name misspelled, but it looks

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like they're corrected. Then she added two different ways. She made some corrections, so they're okay. Not that I care, but I just make them right. >> Does it Does it look good now? The credit copy she understanding we don't have to sign any more copies as long as we vote to accept

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them. Make a motion to accept both. A second. >> Both. All in favor? >> I. >> I. >> All right. Minutes are all set. Um, we have a few other things. Wall-ally

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Park. Did you hear back from Musco? >> Um, I heard back from her. She sent an email. Not about the putting LED lights on the field. I'll have to get back to her again. She wanted she was more excited about putting in a bid to the

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pickle ball courts, but not necessarily give us giving us a quote on the LED lights. >> So, do you think did they get the light process? Rob didn't say it. >> I think they had a a different um system set up than Musco was proposing a

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different um lighting setup than they had speced out in a plan. So, I'm not sure if they accepted that as an alternate or not. I'll have to double check on that, but I have no answer on that. I don't know. I don't know who else does that, but it

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lights like that anyway. So, beyond Musco, they're pretty >> Well, it would be a much different system where you you actually turn them on by hitting a button and the timer starts. >> Yeah. We'll probably have a electric thing also where we can limit

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>> Yeah. times and everything else. Um, how do we handle potential if somebody wants to come in and rent them for a tournament? >> I think money maker for them. They need to pay rent or some kind of >> Yeah, I think we have policies like

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renting out the fields. I think that's something we have to discuss. >> We should have something >> like I I have no idea. I mean, it might be worth talking to Randy what they even charge to rent for these things. Yeah. >> And how it works.

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>> Got a few months to figure that out. >> Yeah. Right. >> But yeah, we should come up and come up with some kind of plan. So, >> but I I think having the two courts up here also if we do rent all six down there, we can still say, "Yeah, there's two two courts free right

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>> in town." But I think that's something we have to work on. >> Or they can sign up for the charter once. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But I think that's something we should put together. >> Okay. But I have no idea on the pricing. And if >> I can get together with the Randy and

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>> Yeah. If they do it like charge everybody x amount and so much goes back to the town and so much goes for whatever they're doing. >> So I think that's something we should look into. I don't know about tonight. >> No, I don't. >> I'll do some research on that.

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>> Okay. Um we'll see. Also at the park, the Toro mower I think is getting near its last legs. I think it's got about one leg left. >> It was in the shop already RNR and East Scramby to get fixed and >> tuned up for the year and then the

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clutch they thought the clutch went and it's back up there. I guess it's electronic problems now, but they're not having luck getting parts. But they did find a couple relays I guess they're going to put in. But they basically said they're not making parts for it.

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>> So we're it's on life support at this this point. I did look into got a quote for other mowers. Um the Toros are I I'll get beefed to death trying to go through the town for that. They're you're looking close to $100,000

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>> to replace something like that. I did look at another one called the Ventrak which was like 50,000 but the good thing with that you could put different tools on it like the infield groomers and different attachments but I don't think

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that's going to be a worthwhile thing either. We do have some money in our the Wall-E Park account. I think it's near 100,000. So I think the way things are with the town now, they're going to want us to dip into that to buy a mower. Oh, I have 130. >> Yes.

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>> Soon. >> Um, yeah. So, I looked at different mowers and I talked with John who's worked up there last year and this year who's pretty good with that stuff. I think for 19,000 we can get one that'll do a 72 inch cut instead of 60 60 in

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Skag. Yeah, that one. >> It's not a Skagg. This would be I forgot what the name brand is, but it they all carry the same motors. This just has like different tires and a different like the grass catching baskets on it and that kind of thing. It would run

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like 18 to 19,000. I think I might even have the paperwork for >> What was the 100,000 price? >> That that would be a new Toro compared to what we have there. >> What's a Toro? 10 feet >> I think. Yeah, something like that. 90

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90 something inches for the cut. I've got the 72 inch deck on this gag that I I mow my hood with. >> It's a turf 72inch turf Tiger and they all have the same I guess it's a Vanguard engine which is supposed to be

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something low maintenance and a lot of contractors use that engine. Where it says Vanguard, it's the same engine in all those different models. They're just different. the cheat, right? But

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>> the cheat is less. >> Yeah, he gave me prices on three different ones. They're all at similar cuts and engines. >> I would go with the cheetah. >> I've got I think seven of them. >> Do you? >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. Just prices I had there. But the price the price on that isn't the I guess town price or government contract price. You get a discount on that. >> Basically the the discount thing would kind of work out like getting the grass catcher.

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>> Yeah. >> Attachment put on would be a wash with that. So we're probably looking at having to do that at some point. Well, he can get a little Toro back. >> Okay. Well, I don't know if it works

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that way. Now, you're gonna have to >> It worked that way with a truck that I gave. >> You might have to buy it back. I don't know. >> But I'm sure we'll see. But that's where we are with mowers. Um I've been doing interviews too to get John some help up

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there. He was doing it by himself at the beginning of the season, which worked out okay. Yeah. Um, so I've got a somebody that's going to college that also works part-time at a golf course and got him starting next week. So he's

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going to kind of like do a little bit different times than John does. So it'll cover like the fields on Saturdays and that kind of thing. We still have one more position I guess we could do, which I'm kind of thinking. >> I have a grandson that's looking for a job.

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>> Does he? >> Yeah. >> Is he? Well, have him give me a call. You got my number? >> Yeah, >> I'll talk to him. >> It's probably like 15 hours a week, but it's random things. >> Oh, okay.

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>> Okay. Well, that would be good. Um, let's see. What else for the park? The splash pad. I guess the town got the water back on. We had no leaks. Nothing froze and broke cuz we >> wonderful. We did it the way you were supposed to do it over the winter. So,

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everything's good. It's tested. It's all set to go for Memorial Week. >> Beautiful. >> Um, see, I think that's all everything else I had for Wall Park. Unless >> What's her responsibility for renting the field and lining it versus not

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lining it? >> Um, well, before Cara left, she had sent because we only had one person at the time. We didn't usually we get a lot of applications at the beginning. This year we didn't. So it was just John at the beginning and he was kind of mowing

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getting the fields groomed. So we basically sent all the coaches something. It said it might be like the first month you might have to do the lining yourselves which we have the shed cleaning the key and the lime and have

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them do it. Um, so there was games on say like Friday night and then Saturday morning it didn't get lined in between kind of thing. But I think having this other kid coming on board, we should be able to cover it pretty well.

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>> Yeah. >> I know that one day that you and I coordinated when they called it, there was teams that were there. They weren't the regular teams that knew what to do. >> Yeah. This was their first time up at the field there. >> Uh, I couldn't tell. The field definitely was unplayable and I told them no, they can't use it. They were

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okay with that. U but I couldn't tell if it was because the rain two days hadn't rained in a couple of at least one full day. So I couldn't tell if it was a sprinkler problem. It was in front of our space. It was really wet. >> Yeah, I think that was a little low. >> It was low, but I wasn't sure if the

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water was left over from sprinklers or >> or or a shower. The rest of it >> Yeah, we actually haven't even turned the sprinklers on yet. They're all They're all ready to go, but we we've had enough rain to go every day. So >> otherwise, he's going to be mowing. >> They were fine with it. I didn't have to say no. I got authority here. I don't

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really have any authority, but just to say >> it's unplayable and they shook their head and I locked it up and back. >> Yeah. So hopefully moving forward it's things are taken care of and the warmer weather should dry things out a little

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bit quicker. I did notice that the home plate is not lined up with the pitcher st >> on which field >> the 90 foot diamond. It's quite off. It's turned course third base.

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>> Do you think the plate shifted or >> I trying to believe it would shift but it's not lined up to the pitch. It's easier to move the plate than it is the pitcher's mouth because of the the size of the mouth. But we'll take a look at it sometime here. >> Okay. If you stand behind the planes and look out towards the bounds, it's definitely skewed towards third base.

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>> Started out right. >> I put it in. >> I put it in the pitchers model, too. >> Yeah. Take a look at it with you sometime. >> I haven't been bugging John with like too many extra things up there only because he's doing the mowing and the

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field ging. >> I don't want to like overwhelm him and scare him out of there at this point kind of thing. Um, yeah. I don't know if you have anything else on the park. We've been using the lights a little bit um between

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last week and this week. I think the girls softball is going on right now. >> Uh yeah, I would like to ask for permission to >> eight eight Wednesdays for Rotary Club for concerts. >> Okay.

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>> We we paid I forget what the payment was. 300 concert to the number. I don't know. I didn't look before it came. I may have it in my notes, but whatever it was in the past will certainly. >> Yeah, it' be the be the same price this year for it. >> It's it's eight Wednesdays like it has

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been. Starts on July. >> Goes July and August again. >> July and August. Just give you the start date. Uh July 7th and goes for for eight weeks July 7th through 8:25 >> on behalf of the Um,

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>> we have to vote on it. >> I don't think Well, we can, but I mean, >> I thought we did in the past, but I don't remember. Okay. >> Yeah, I make a motion to do the same as we did last year. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I I >> I

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>> um that might be something you'll have to coordinate. We don't have a director and I've been doing a lot of that kind of stuff. So that might be something you'll have to coordinate the lights just to make sure that they're on kind of thing. >> Well, we we have access to the panel.

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>> Yeah. >> For the lights in the pavilion, but >> we certainly don't. And I don't care if a baseball game goes on. It's not it's not that dangerous if they happen to rent the field out for a ball game. >> Yeah. >> Doesn't affect the concert at all. >> Okay. Whatever I have to do, I'll check.

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>> We can hook you up with Moscow on a password so we can turn on the street lights. Okay. >> All right. Yeah, I've been doing that for all the the ball games. I mean, it's just >> Yeah, it's a phone call. >> Yeah. Well, not even a phone call. I've been doing it online.

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>> Oh, >> yeah. Okay. >> So, I can I can show you how to do that when it gets to it. >> We did have the lights fixed because they went out last year and I guess they ended up checking them all. There's blanks that are on the bottom for the

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>> Yeah. >> connections. I guess a mouse or something. >> Yeah. Chewed everything up. >> It happens. >> But they're they're all set. >> And I think that's all I have left on on the park, unless anybody has anything

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else. >> Next up is the rail trail. Um the friends did a cleanup. I believe it was two weeks ago. Good. >> Um >> I saw it there was controversy on some >> Yeah. All the

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>> Yeah. All the all the different kiosks, cleaning them, mulching them and stuff. And on I was actually down there on the one on Miller Road. We had trimmed branches off of the pine trees, the dead lower branches, and we threw them across the street instead of on our side.

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Conservation sent us a letter. >> I saw I saw that. >> Yes. >> Okay. Well, I think uh Christie from the friends was gonna sent already made up a letter and sent it back and said we won't do it again. >> But I know in the past like when the

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leaves gotten blown and they end up on that side of the road kind of thing, but we'll try to keep them >> on the woods around the rail trail for now on see what else we have. text >> master plan implementation committee. I

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have nothing new to add for that >> at this point. Um old business. >> Um I just wanted to bring up we again we have no director. It's been six weeks now. Um, Margaret's given us two and a

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half hours a week to help out and I've been I've been doing enough, but I I think we have a problem with the ad. I mean, where it's advertised on the town website and if you read the director's job, it's

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looks like you're >> doing an awful lot for not a lot of money and not a lot of hours. So, I we've had one application for it and I called back about that. never got a call back. So, I think it was somebody that probably just applied because they had

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to apply for unemployment kind of thing. And >> I mean, I called and left a message and emailed. I got no response back, but that was the only application we've had for the job. But >> um after that, let's see.

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Um just wanted to bring up the town beach. We have that usually opens um mid June when we have enough lifeguards that are out of school. Um Tara used to have the lifeguards set up sometime by the beginning of May. Um they're just

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starting to get going on those now. >> Who's doing that? >> Um Margaret and Naen. When I talked to Nicole the week Cara left, I said I we needed a little help on the beach and she said those two would take care of the hiring and everything.

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>> Um and we also the manager that was there last year, I spoke with her today. She's coming back again. So I pretty much told her, do what you got to do to get it going and whatever you have to get for it, I'll make sure you you get it out of the budget. Like I mean Cara

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did all the scheduling and stuff before. So I I spoke with her and said if that's something you can do with the scheduling you feel comfortable doing go ahead. And she was usually picks up all the food but Carrie made list of what to get

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for down there. I'm like well start simple and then after the first week if you need more stuff get more stuff. So >> that's kind of how everything's running at this point. Um, but that's about it at the beach. Hopefully we get it open in mid.

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>> Who do we have to talk to to do a better job of advertising the job? Um, I would think Naen, she's the our HR person. >> Is it a problem of mention a problem on the park maintenance people, but is it a

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problem with getting life cars to >> advertised? I in the past I know she Cara had always reached out earlier to the kids that have been there previous years and I I >> thought I had told them that at the in

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early part of April about doing that. >> So I I think they were finally going to reach out to them and see who's coming back and then >> check with the schools and and get more to fill in from there. So hopefully I have a little more update

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next month. See what happens with it. >> Um other than that I don't think I have any other new business. >> A question on the picnic tables behind the play skate. Is that fall into parking rack or just town maintenance? Uh there's some of

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them broke and the board just sticking up in the air and the kids did it are just >> normal life end of life on some of the boards. >> Yeah, those are the ones like kind of out in the field there. >> They're in the back right behind the swings. >> Okay. >> There's a small pavilion there.

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>> Yeah, I could I could mention it to maintenance. I mean, we don't really do anything on that. I mean, >> I wasn't sure who's who fells on >> Yeah, technically we oversee Park, but we don't really do a whole heck of a lot with it. But >> unless they're dangerous enough, you can't use them with there's a couple of

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them are in tough shape. >> I could mention it to them. Okay. And give them make sure they get a a work order. >> Okay. Had my granddaughter there this week. >> And I was kind of walking on that side by the swing. So just

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>> wouldn't take a lot of work to replace the boards on top. >> Okay. I'll make sure they get a work order for that. Okay. And >> do what they have to do. like place them or get them out of the way. >> Did we get a new person coming in? >> Yeah. >> Um I didn't

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>> She got a vote yesterday. She did. >> Yeah, I see. >> Yes, she got a vote. >> Okay. >> And John got a vote. >> I'm here. >> Yeah. I haven't heard anything on the election like everything, but after

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>> uh >> Diane or Joe >> I kept looking at it last night trying to see what it was. Yeah, I didn't see anything on the town website or in the news. >> I looked about noon time today and didn't still didn't say anything. But >> yeah, so hopefully there'll be something in the news tomorrow.

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>> Joe won big. >> Did he? >> Yeah. >> I did not hear what happened with the school meeting. >> Two out of three on that. Three people, two positions, I think. >> Yeah, there two positions. There were three on the ballot. But

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>> I didn't know but I didn't know all any. >> So somebody lost >> right beside Diane. >> Maybe they'll end up on park and wreck then. We'll see. >> Okay. Anybody? >> So we don't have any Do we need to fill a position? >> We do. Yeah, we still have Okay. I think

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of who was uh >> Okay. >> from from Rick's position where he resigned. there's if they would at this point just fill in for the rest of his term, which >> I have a daughter that would do it. >> Well, at this point, we we can't pick

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anybody. It's got to go in front of Los Angeles select because it's been more than a month. All right. Anything else? >> Nothing. Motion to adjurnn. Second. >> All in favor? I >> I

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>> All right. Should be all set. Thanks for waiting for me. >> We had no choice. We >> had no choice. I was I was in Mson, but we would have waited anyway. That's