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FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 634.
CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL? MR. SCHUMACHER? YES. MR. BARNES? YES. MISS GALLO? YES. MR. CONWAY. YES. MISS SCOTT? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRIS. YES. AND MISS KELLERMAN AND MISS HALL ARE BOTH OUT. SO QUORUM IS. YES. THANK YOU. SO OUR FIRST ACTION IS MINUTES. ON THE AGENDA WILL
[III. Action of Minutes: November 13, 2024]
BE. FOR. SORRY. IT'S GOING BACK SO FAR. NOVEMBER 13TH, 2020. FOR SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS, DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024 MEETING MINUTES. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MISS GALLO? YES. MR. BARNES? YES. MR. CONWAY. YES. MISS SCOTT. YES.MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FROM STAFF? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. GREAT. THANK YOU. NEXT ARE HEARING OF VISITORS FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IF ANYONE IS HERE THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. THAT IS NOT ALREADY COVERED BY OUR TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. OKAY. SEEING NONE,
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO TONIGHT'S ITEMS OF BUSINESS. I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MISS NICHOLS. THANK YOU. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE FIRST ITEM TONIGHT IS OUR STUDENT LEADERS AND SUSTAINABILITY GRANT Q&A SESSION. WE DO HAVE ONE STUDENT IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR PROPOSAL TO YOU. AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME TIME FOR BOTH YOU AND THE POTENTIAL APPLICANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS REALLY A TIME FOR YOU TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO THE APPLICANT BEFORE THEY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION, WHICH IS DUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH ON THE 28TH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALEXA BRIGGS, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.AND I HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION. I'LL PULL THAT UP FOR YOU TO. PRESENTATION. IT'S NOT LIKE THE COMPUTER. WELL, I CAN'T GET IT IN PRESENTATION MODE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO JUST. I'LL SCROLL DOWN FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO LET ME KNOW. SO MY NAME IS ALEXA. I AM A JUNIOR AT AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M 7192 AS WELL. SO FOR MY EAGLE PROJECT, I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE I GREW UP, AND I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FOUND MY PASSION. AND YOU. I ALSO KNEW THAT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION. SO AFTER CONSULTING WITH MR. BARNES AND ARGENTINA, I DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO DO BOTH AND. SO WE CAN DO THAT. SO THE PLAN IS TO CONSTRUCT. CONSTRUCT 19 BOXES.
FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO INCREASE THE. NOW A STAPLE SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS. AND IT'S A NICE TYPEKIT 2015. THE 15 WILL BE POSTED IN LOCATIONS AROUND, AND I HAVE A DIAGRAM ON THE SLIDE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU. AND THEN I WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTING THE TWO PLATFORMS FOR NOW. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE DOING THE STANDARD MAINTENANCE ON THE EXISTING BOXES BY THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, MATERIAL AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE STANDING STRAIGHT UP AND FACING THE RIGHT WAY.
IT'S MY PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO HOPEFULLY. AND LIKE PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON THE BRAND AND THEN MY SOCIAL. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A DIAGRAM OF THE CONSTRUCTING ON THE LEFT IS THE BEST SHOW FOR THIS. IT'S BASICALLY JUST A LITTLE PLATFORM WITH AN OPEN HAND THAT THE SPECIES OF. BONDS PROBLEMS AND THE CONSTRUCT KIND OF A LOVE NEST AROUND LIKE NORMAL TOILETS.
AND THEN USE THAT TO MAKE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF NESTING LOCATIONS. AND MOST PEOPLE DO.
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CONSTRUCTING TWO OF THOSE. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE NEXT BOX FOR THE EASTERN BLUEBIRD IN THE TREE SWALLOW. AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR STRUCTURE TO THE BOX THAT THE EXISTING ALMOST IDENTICAL. IT'S GOT A LITTLE DOOR ON THE SIDE THAT YOU CAN ENTER AND LOOK AT THE YOUNG INSIDE. AND ALSO FOR ANY OLD NESTING MATERIAL. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE DESIGN AND AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO EXISTING. SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE THE LEFT, IT IS KIND OF A MAP OF WHERE THE EXISTING BOXES ARE LOCATED AND WHAT THE FUTURE BOXES THAT WE SET UP ARE GOING TO GO. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT THE GREEN DOTS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THAT ARE ALREADY UP. AND I THINK THAT THIS YEAR AND THEN THE YELLOW DOTS ARE REALLY CANNOT SEE THE BLUE BOXES. SO THE TOTAL CAN BE.15 NEW SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE OFFICES KIND OF SURROUNDING THE BUILDING. AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WE HAVE FRIENDS AND THEN KIND OF UP AT THE TOP OF THE FIELD BY THE POLLINATOR GARDEN.
SO I DID SEE THE RED DOTS THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE LOGO.
NESTING SHELLS. AND THEN IT IS LABELED IN YELLOW. AND THE BOXES THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING SITTING ON AN EXISTING POST BOXES. AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ON THE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS KIND OF A DIAGRAM OF WHAT WE SET UP. WE HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT TALL POLE.
ABOUT TWO FEET OF IT OR SO IS GOING TO BE IN THE GROUND. YOU MIGHT NEED TO STICK IT DOWN MORE DEPENDING ON JUST. HOW THE GROUND AND HOW MANY BOXES TO KEEP IT FROM TOPPLING OVER. AND THEN AT THE TOP, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A BOX AND IT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE POLE WITH A SCRAP PIECE OF WOOD NAILED TO THE TOP AND KIND OF SUPPORTED BY THE POLE ATTACHED TO IT, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE SCREWED. ON TO HOLDING DOWN THE POLE. SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE BOXES THAT ARE PRETTY BAD RIGHT NOW. THE SECOND PICTURE OF THE BOX IS GONE. THE LAST PICTURE THERE'S NO BOX AT ALL. IT'S JUST SITTING THERE, RIGHT? SO THIS PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING.
BECAUSE THESE BOXES REALLY DO A LOT OF NATIVE SPECIES THAT COME IN NEST IN THE LOCATION. THE LAB IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF OTHER STUDENTS TO COME AND EXPLORE AND. INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE MORE THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THOSE SPECIES TO COME, THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO EXPOSE THEM TO THAT. IT ALSO HELPS TO, YOU KNOW, JUST BENEFIT THE PELVIS ECOSYSTEM TOTAL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THESE SPECIES, ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN BLUEBIRD, ARE ON THE DECLINE. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY WAY TO GET. BUT THEY ARE IN DECLINE. AND YOU WANT TO HELP PRESERVE THE MAKING THEM TO COME BACK AND KEEP THEM COMING BACK. SO THE AMOUNT REQUESTED IS $1,000. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE I SHOWED THAT THEY'VE DONE THAT. SO THE MATERIALS TAKE UP THE BULK OF THE COST. AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE TOTAL EXPECTED COST IS 70 $707,778. IN 1777. TECHNICAL. BUT WE'RE ROUNDING UP TO $1,000 TO ENSURE THAT ANY UNEXPECTED EXPENSES.
WOULD BE COVERED UP WITH THE EXAMPLE OF THE TOOL WAS READY FOR ME TO DIVIDE. BECAUSE THAT WAS EXPENSIVE. WE'D BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT TO HALF OF THE MONEY. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MATERIALS. AGAIN, THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARTS OF IT WOULD BE THE AND THE PLANKS. WHICH ARE CEDAR PLANKS FOR THE BOXES BECAUSE IT IS A ONE IS A LOT OF MOLD. IT'S THAT NEEDS TO BE NON-TREATED TO HELP KEEP THE BUGS AND HEALTHY AND SAFE. YEAH. SO AGAIN, THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARTS THAT WE DO WOULD. I GUESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. VERY THOROUGH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT? I DO. SO FOR THE MAP, I'M ASKING FOR $1,000 FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO NEED ALL OF THAT MONEY. AND I MYSELF AM NOT ALLOWED TO
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KEEP THAT FOR MYSELF BECAUSE IT. WHAT SORT OF THIS IS SET UP? BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GET IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE EAGLE SCOUT GUIDELINES. BUT WOULD I BE ABLE TO THAT TO THE BOARD OR WOULD HAVE TO GO TO MY BENEFICIARY, MR. BARNES? THAT KIND OF. PETER, YOU WORK IN A TIP? WELL, WELL, IT'S A CONSULTING FEE. YEAH. IF THE LATTER, THEN YOU SHOULD ASK FOR 2000 UP TO 2000. I CAN, I CAN ANSWER THAT. SO LAST YEAR, WHAT WE DID WAS WHEN THE NOELS NEEDED SUPPLIES, THEY WOULD GIVE ME THEIR LIST AND I WOULD DO THE SHOPPING FOR THEM. BECAUSE WE CAN'T GIVE THE GRANT MONEY TO A MINOR. SO THEN I WOULD GIVE THE ITEMS TO YOU OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'D GO SHOPPING TOGETHER AND I WOULD PAY FOR IT AND THEY WOULD TAKE IT. WE CAN ARRANGE THAT. SO WE WOULD JUST BUY THE ITEMS AS NEEDED, AND THEN WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER IS STILL WITH US. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON YOUR EAGLE SCOUT? THIS IS MY PROJECT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT. SO. YEAH, TECHNICALLY. SO IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY APPROVED YET. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO START FUNDRAISING, RIGHT? SO IT'S A GROUP THAT I HAVE THAT MEETINGS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ME. AND THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED. IN THAT PRICE RANGE. SO I THINK SO HOPEFULLY THAT GETS YOU IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND THEN I APPLIED FOR THE MANDATE. IT DEFINITELY WAS GRANTED. AND I'LL BE ABLE TO START WORKING ON IT. GOT IT. GREAT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH IT DID.THANKS. IT'S BEEN REALLY HONESTLY WHEN SHE SAID SHE WANTS TO BUILD SOME BOXES, I WAS THINKING MAYBE SHE HAD 5 OR 6. AND THEN SHE SAID, I WANT TO DO 19 BOXES. I WANT TO DO SOME SWALLOW BOXES. SHE HAD ALL PRICED OUT. AND SO IT'S BEEN FUN. FUN TO WORK WITH YOU SO FAR. HAVE YOU MADE ONE? HAVE YOU TRIED TO MAKE ONE YET OR. YEAH, NOT A LOT, SO I GET IT APPROVED.
OKAY. I JUST WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE JUST MESSING AROUND AND TRIED TO MAKE ONE FOR YOURSELF.
I HAVE A FRIEND, SO I DON'T THINK IF YOU GO BACK TO THE KIND OF THOSE THINGS YOU MAKE THEM WITH. YEAH. SO IT SAYS, I KIND OF ACCOUNTED FOR AN EXTRA BOX TO BE MADE JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF TEST IT OUT FOR EACH OTHER. RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE THAT TO KIND OF BUILD IT AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ALSO ACCORDING TO THE BUDGET. GOTCHA. AND WE WON'T NEED A LOT OF. MONEY FOR DOING THE VIDEOS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE A LOT. SO THAT KIND OF PLAYS INTO THAT. PRETTY COOL.
YEAH, I LIKE IT. EXCELLENT. AND NOT A SUSTAINABILITY. ALEXA RODE HER BIKE HERE TONIGHT IN THE RAIN, IN THE DARK AND RIDES EVERYWHERE. NOW I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY. IT'S ALL SAFE. WHERE DO YOU RIDE FROM? I LIVE IN LUDLOW. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO DO YOU GO DOWN 605 LIKE. BY THE BY THE SCHOOL BUILDING? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I LIKE. THAT. GOOD FOR YOU. THAT'S GREAT. I ALSO RAN CROSS COUNTRY. SO IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT THE BIRD BOXES BASICALLY DOT THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE? YES. I WAS I WAS JUST THINKING THAT SAME THING. I'M LIKE, THOSE ARE OFF THE COURSE. RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. YOU CAN CHECK ON THEM AS WE'RE DOING WORKOUTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
YEAH. WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING ELSE? IT'S FANTASTIC.
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE 28TH, AND THEN WE'LL BRING ANY APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE TO THE MARCH MEETING FOR YOU TO REVIEW. AND AWARD THAT EVENING.
SO YOU WILL HEAR PROBABLY AROUND MARCH 13TH IF IT GETS APPROVED. THANK YOU. HAS ALEXA OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION? I ADVISED HER TO SUBMIT AFTER THIS EVENING IN CASE THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK. SO I KNOW SHE'S ANXIOUS TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION NOW BECAUSE THE TIMING ON THAT APPROVAL WORK WITH YOUR TIMELINE FOR YOUR EAGLE BADGE. I HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER. WOUNDED EAGLE. OKAY. THE WHOLE SUMMER. BUT THE SOONER THE BETTER. OKAY. YOU SEEM LIKE SOMEBODY JUST LIKES TO WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET STUFF DONE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON YOUR SCHEDULE. AWESOME. THANKS, ALEXA. AND DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO STAY
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FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. YOU CAN GO WHENEVER YOU WANT. OKAY.ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE POCKET PRAIRIES. THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE PROJECT. AND IF YOU RECALL, THE BOARD, THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT KIND OF PICKING THE LOCATIONS FOR THE POCKET PRAIRIES, AND WE LANDED ON TAYLOR FARM, JAMES RIVER, AND PLANTERS GROVE. AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACTORS CONSIDERED. SO AFTER WE GOT THE BUDGET APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT FROM CITY COUNCIL, WE ENLISTED MAD SCIENTIST ASSOCIATES, LLC TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL, AND WE SHARED THAT WITH ALL OF YOU. AND THE PROPOSAL WAS SHARED WITH YOU. AND THEN THIS TENTATIVE SCHEDULE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT IN THE PROPOSAL. THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING AT LEAST THAT WAS TENTATIVE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN MARCH AND HAVE THE FIRST WORKSHOP WITH THE BOARD. SO THEY'LL COME TO THE MARCH MEETING AND WORKSHOP. THE PLAN FOR THE POCKET PRAIRIES WITH ALL OF YOU. AND THEN MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD COME BACK. THEY WOULD COME BACK A SECOND TIME, PROBABLY IN APRIL. AND THEN THAT WOULD JUST BE CONTINUATION OF THAT WORKSHOP TO TRY TO FINALIZE THE PLAN THAT YOU ALL COME UP WITH. AND THEN WE WOULD GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THAT TO ACTUALLY GET THE PLAN TOGETHER AND PRESENT IT TO YOU, PROBABLY IN JUNE. AND AT THAT TIME, THEY WOULD ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE WITH YOU FOR THE EDUCATION COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN THE FALL WOULD BE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY INSTALL THE POCKET PRAIRIES. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE. AND ONCE THEY COME IN MARCH AND MEET WITH YOU, THEY'LL PROBABLY GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO DO, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO NAIL DOWN A MORE DEFINITIVE TIMELINE AFTER THAT. SO ARE WE GREENLIGHTED BY COUNCIL? SO EVERYTHING AFTER TODAY IS UP TO OUR THIS BOARD TO REVIEW, APPROVE AND PROCEED. YEAH. FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF CASEY'S DUTIES AS THE LIAISON IS TO REPORT BACK KIND OF THE UPDATE OF WHERE THE STATUS OF THESE PROJECTS ARE. AND I YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO THAT. I'M SURE YOU'LL DO THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE HAVE MORE DETAILS THAT WILL KIND OF BE THE AUTHORIZATION. GOT IT. YEP. SO THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WOULD NEED TO BE THE LAND. AND THEN THAT WILL GO TO COUNCIL FOR. YEAH, I MEAN APPROVAL I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING. LIKE WHAT. HOW MANY STOPS DO WE REALLY NEED. YES. YEAH I THINK AT THIS WORKSHOP IN MARCH. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF IT TAKES MARCH AND APRIL, THAT'S FINE. I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE, MAYBE THINK THROUGH LIKE THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THESE AREAS IF WE WANT. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, LIKE A THEME FOR EACH IF WE WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT. AND I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS. IT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE THIS BOARD LANDS. OBVIOUSLY, PLANT MATERIALS LIKE, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HOPE MIGHT BE REPLICATED IN OTHER APPLICATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND MAYBE WE WON'T GET TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL IN ONE MEETING, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO COME PREPARED TO DISCUSS. AND THEN THAT WILL LEAD US TO THE KIND OF CREATING THAT EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE. PART OF THAT WILL COME FROM IF THESE ARE THEMED OR WHAT
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WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE OUT OF ALL OF THEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE THAT COPY AND GET SIGNED PROPOSALS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO I THINK PROBABLY THE FIRST CHECK IS AFTER CHECK IN IS AFTER THE MARCH MEETING, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD HAS FORMALIZED SOME OF THE DETAILS RELATED TO THE PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT AND GET THE SALT AND ROLLING. THE FACT THAT WE'RE ROLLING THESE OUT IN EXISTING PARKS AND WE'RE GOING TO DELINEATE THEM WITH LIKE SIGNAGE, I THINK WE HAVE SOME LATITUDE. LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ROLLING THIS THING OUT ACROSS THE CITY. RIGHT. SO I, YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP COUNCIL ABREAST OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME LATITUDE. AND I TO I LIKE WHAT ADRIAN SAID AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, IT'LL WHEN THE MAD SCIENTISTS COME IN, IT'S FANTASTIC WHEN THE MAD SCIENTISTS ARE HERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD BE INTENTIONAL WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU KNOW, WITH THESE THREE OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE, ARE WE TRYING TO ROLL SOMETHING OUT THAT WE CAN REPLICATE ON, YOU KNOW, ROADWAYS OR MEDIUMS OR, YOU KNOW, AND THESE WILL BE OUR TEST ZONES WHERE WE CAN DO THAT? I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D EXPECT TO NECESSARILY SEE IN A PARK. LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET THAT BOXED IN WITH IT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THOSE, LIKE THE BOTTOM ONE THERE, LIKE I EXPECT TO SEE IT AT THE PARK OR BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ROLL OUT AND EXPAND TO THE REST OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS. RIGHT? INSTEAD OF HAVING TURF, WHAT ELSE CAN WE HAVE? SO WE USE THESE, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES. THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN THE PARK, WE'RE GOING TO PUT SIGNAGE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK WE CAN IF IT DOESN'T TURN OUT GREAT, IT LOOKS A LITTLE UGLY. IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, I'LL KEEP COUNSEL. BUT I THINK WE CAN DO SOME COOL STUFF WITH WHAT WE WANT TO TRY AND DO. EXCITED? I THINK WITH SPRING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S IN HIS WOODS IN WESTERVILLE IS THE PARK. I'M THINKING THROUGH THAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A WHILE WITH SPRING COMING, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO GO. JUST LOOK FOR IDEAS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT HAS A LOT OF JUST FLOWERS THROUGHOUT, AND IT LOOKS LOOKED OVERLY DESIGNED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE KIND OF LIKE WHAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR HEAD WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE THIS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME INSPIRATION ON HOW THEY PULLED A NICE DESIGN TOGETHER AND LIKE POCKETS AND NOOKS AND CRANNIES, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD A GOOD PLACE TO CHECK OUT. I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH MAD SCIENTIST. WE. MOLLY. I WENT TO A CONFERENCE JUST LAST WEEK AND MARK DILLEY FROM MAD SCIENTIST WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, AND HE WAS SHARING PHOTOS OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY BIG PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE ALL DOWN TO SMALLER ONES LIKE THIS. AND SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS AND THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE REALLY LIKE WORKING WITH GROUPS AND, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND STUFF. SO GOOD CHOICE. YEAH, HE WAS A GREAT SPEAKER. IF WE COULD GET HIM IN IN SOME WAY OR INTERVIEW HIM OR SOMETHING FOR THE CITY, I THINK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR MARK SPEAK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE HE PUTS THINGS IN A REALLY DIGESTIBLE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. SO THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. YEAH, HE WAS FANTASTIC. YEAH. AND PETE SPOKE TO WELL, YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR LIKE ONE OF JOSH PULLIN'S VIDEOS OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD BE INTRODUCING THE PROJECT AND MAYBE HAVE HIM, YOU KNOW, SHARING, WHY ARE WE DOING IT OR THAT KIND OF STUFF? I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY COOL. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? NO. OKAY. WE'RE JUST EAGER FOR MARCH. OKAY. SO THIS IS AN UPDATE. YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING FOOD WASTE STATIONS AT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO ENLIST THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS TO ENSURE THAT THE FOOD WASTE GOES IN THE CORRECT RECEPTACLES. AND LAURA AND PETE BOTH HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER. YES, YES. AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. WE DIDN'T HAVE A COOL T SHIRT TO WEAR. WE DON'T HAVE THE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE T SHIRTS YET, SO TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE TALKED TO YOU AT THE END OF LAST YEAR ABOUT WORKING THIS IN TO YOUR 2025 WORK PLAN AND BUDGET, SO YOU MAY RECALL IT'S LISTED WITHIN THE ONGOING PROGRAMS SECTION OF THE WORK PLAN INITIATIVES AS GREEN GUARDIANS PROGRAM AND CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE OUR REQUEST FOR MONEY FOR THE PROGRAM TO EXPAND THE GREEN GUARDIANS. WITH THE MONEY[00:25:08]
WOULD COVER DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THE RECEPTACLES AND THE BAGS AND THE GLOVES AND THE GRABBERS AND THE HAND SANITIZER, AND ALSO WITH THE T SHIRTS. SO IF YOU VOLUNTEER AS A GREEN GUARDIAN, YOU'LL GET A T SHIRT. AND THIS IS THE LOGO THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM CAME UP WIT.IT WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT ITERATIONS. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL. AND I LIKE IT. IT'S NICE AND CLEAN AND I LIKE IT. IT'S COOL.
I WONDER WHEN IT'S READY. IF WE COULD. I'M THINKING IF WE COULD HAVE ANY KIND OF A FLIER THAT WE COULD ATTACH TO, LIKE THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THEY SEND HOME FLIERS DIGITALLY EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY KNOW THEY GET A T WE MIGHT GET MORE KIDS SIGN UP, BUT LIKE A SIGN UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COMPOST MONITORS AT SCHOOL AND SO THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. SO WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH BEFORE THE KIND OF THE SUMMER EVENT SEASON, A BETTER VOLUNTEER SIGN UP SYSTEM FOR THE CITY. YOU JUST READ MY MIND.
REALLY? OKAY, GOOD. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE PURCHASING SOME CLOUD BASED SOFTWARE, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY BECAUSE NOW HOW WE DO IT IS IT'S ALL BY EMAIL. WE'LL BE ABLE TO LIKE AUTOMATICALLY EMAIL OR TEXT PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. AND YOU CAN ALSO LIKE REGISTER AND THEN CLICK OH, I'M INTERESTED IN SUSTAINABILITY EVENTS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO MANAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND ENTICE PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THESE EVENTS AND HAVE SOME BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. I'M GOING TO ASK A DUMB QUESTION, AND I'M GOING TO PREFACE IT BY SAYING IT'S DONE. CERTAINLY, I'M NOT GOING TO SUGGEST PUTTING A QR CODE ON THE BACK OF THE T SHIRT, BUT IS THERE A WAY? SO PEOPLE ARE WEARING THESE ARE OUT DOING EVENTS. I ASSUME PART OF IT IS BEING SEEN. SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE PART OF A GROUP, THAT WE'RE DOING THIS KIND OF THING. BUT IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO COME UP AND ASK, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LIKE, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE COULD ASK ME ABOUT JOINING OR. YEAH, SCAN ME TO KNOW MORE OR SOMETHING? I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION.
IT'S JUST A YEAH, I THINK WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, MOST OF THE EVENTS HAVE BEEN AT THE AMPHITHEATER THAT WE'VE WE'VE HAD THE GREEN GUARDIANS AT. AND SO WHERE WE SET THEM UP, I'M SURE WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT A SMALL SIGN OR WE DO HAVE A LIKE A TABLE AT THE ENTRY THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE SYSTEM SET UP, THERE'LL BE A PLACE TO POINT THEM TO. BUT YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I DO HOPE THAT THIS WILL ATTRACT SOME QUESTIONS LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THAT T SHIRT OR HOW DO I DO IT? AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A RESOURCE TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO. IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK THE POINT IS LIKE SENIORS GETTING OR EVEN JUNIOR SENIORS GETTING HOURS OF BEING EASY PLUG IN.
OKAY, IS THAT ALL FOR THAT ITEM? OKAY. THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE INVASIVE TRADE IN PROGRAM. WE DID HAVE TWO APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED LAST YEAR, AND THEY WERE BOTH APPROVED. YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION ON THE SCREEN THERE. AND THEN BOTH OF THE LOCATIONS REMOVED. HONEYSUCKLE.
AND THE FIRST ONE PLANTED A SYCAMORE TREE IN ITS PLACE. AND THE SECOND RESIDENT PLANTED NEW SHRUBS. THE FIRST APPLICANT INDICATED THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS STRUGGLING WITH REMOVING HONEYSUCKLE FROM THEIR PROPERTY, SO MAYBE THERE'LL BE A REPEAT APPLICANT THIS YEAR. WE WILL ROLL OVER THE REMAINING $3,800 INTO THE POT FOR THIS YEAR, AND THE BUDGET DID GET APPROVED FOR THE ADDITIONAL, ABOUT 11,000 FOR 2025. FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER. THEY WERE CURIOUS ABOUT MAYBE
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THE REASON THE NUMBERS WERE SO LOW WAS BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT WE DID IT. MOST PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR GARDENING IN THE SPRINGTIME, SO WITH IT BEING IN VERY LATE FALL, THEY'RE KIND OF ATTRIBUTING TO MAYBE IT'S JUST NOT THE BEST TIME TO RUN THIS PROGRAM. SO THEY'RE HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE WE'LL HAVE MORE TAKERS IN THE IN THE SPRINGTIME THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE WE'RE AT WITH IT RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I THINK WE I THINK WE GOT THE TIMING.PART OF IT WAS AT THE TIME MARY LOU WAS SUGGESTING THINGS LIKE HONEYSUCKLE REMOVAL. AGAIN, IF YOU'RE NOT DIGGING SOMETHING UP, IF YOU'RE TREATING IT, THAT FALLS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, EVEN EVEN GRAPEVINES, THEY'RE PULLING BACK INTO THE EARTH. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO TREAT THEM WITH SOME SORT OF HERBICIDE, THAT'S THE TIME TO DO IT AS OPPOSED TO SPRAYING OR DIGGING MAYBE UP A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING IT. I'M, YEAH, TO SAY DISAPPOINTED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE, I DID GET PLENTY OF HONEYSUCKLE, BUT I WAS LIKE, OH, I DO IT BECAUSE I DO IT. I PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I HAD A COUPLE NEIGHBORS WHO WERE CUTTING DOWN BRADFORD PEARS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, OH, I CAN DO THIS PROGRAM. LIKE, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT MONETARILY FRUITFUL FOR YOU. BUT SO I LOOK AT THIS AND I THINK SOME OF THE UPTAKE IS JUST AGAIN IT'S SCALE. AND IF SOMEONE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, I COULD DO MORE, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AT THAT MORE LEVEL. SO I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO PICK A NUMBER I THINK TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER THE ALLOTMENT GOING UP BECAUSE I THINK AT SOME POINT WE THREW OUT LIKE $500 AND LIKE THAT, AND WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE JOIN, WANT TO DO IT, AND WE'LL RUN OUT OF MONEY. AND MAYBE THE CARROT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT JUICIER. AND IF WE STILL GET TWO, THEN AT LEAST THOSE TWO GET A LOT MORE OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE OUT OF IT. YOU'RE SAYING GIVE MORE THAN 150. YEAH, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU'RE YOU'RE BUYING A TREE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SIX, EIGHT FEET. I MEAN, YOU COULD SPEND FIVE, 600, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YEAH. IF I'M REMEMBERING IT FROM OUR ORIGINAL DISCUSSIONS, I THINK WE THREW OUT MAYBE, MAYBE IT COULD BE A TIERED THING WHERE I'M TAKING OUT A TREE. SO IT'S $1,000 OR, YOU KNOW, 700 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND. SO I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH. I THINK WE CAN LOOK, LOOK INTO A TIERED APPROACH. AND WE DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY SOIL AND WATER ABOUT THAT. NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN MORE, YOU DO IT. MAYBE WE CAN TWEAK IT AND SEE IF WE GET BETTER, BETTER, YOU KNOW, RECEPTION IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL WE'LL TALK TO THEM AND MAYBE COME BACK WITH INFORMATION FROM THEM AND SOME IDEAS ABOUT A TIERED OR SOME OTHER SORT OF INCENTIVE. I MEAN, I THINK FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF BUDGET LEFT TO WORK WITH. SO IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THIS MIGHT CREATE I KNOW THIS IS AN ETHICAL ISSUE OR NOT, BUT IF WE IF IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD PARTNER WITH LIKE SAY OAKLAND NURSERY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I'M JUST THINKING OF IF I'M GOING TO BUY A TREE AT OAKLAND NURSERY AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A POSTER OR SOMETHING UP AND EXPLAINING THE PROGRAM. AND THEN I'M REALIZING, OH, I COULD, YOU KNOW, GET MONEY FOR THIS TREE I WAS ALREADY PLANNING TO BUY. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND PICK ONE VENDOR LIKE THAT, BUT JUST MAYBE A LITTLE MORE VISUAL WHEN I'M OUT ALREADY BUYING A TREE, THINKING ABOUT IT, RATHER THAN JUST SEEING IT ONLINE OR WHATEVER. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT IDEA. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH, I MEAN, I DID I DID POINT OUT TO CHELSEA, I'M LIKE, I THINK ONE OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS WAS, WELL, BURNING BUSHES, CERTAINLY INVASIVE. YOU CAN GO BUY IT AT OAKLAND NURSERY TODAY. SO IT'S LIKE, HEY, GO AWAY. YOU CAN EXCHANGE IT FOR THAT. SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THAT WE KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN. YEAH I WOULD SAY PART OF IT IS JUST THE EDUCATION COMPONENT OF MOST PEOPLE NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT'S GROWING IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, YARD. AND SO I THINK AND IT LOOKS PRETTY A BURNING BUSH LOOKS PRETTY IN THE FALL, BUT SO DOES CHOKECHERRY. SO IT'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE EDUCATION OF I THINK THAT'S KIND OF MAYBE OUR ROLE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE DOING OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE HAVING A SIGN WITH THAT INFORMATION AND SORT OF CONNECTING IT TO OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN ASK US WHEN WE'RE OUT AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, YOU KNOW, OH, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE WE DO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DIRECTING THEM BACK TO THAT. AND IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME TREES RIGHT THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT AREN'T NATIVE, THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOOD PATHWAY, POLLINATOR TREES AND SHRUBS, THAT TYPE OF THING. BECAUSE I THINK ONCE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS A REALLY GOOD SUBSTITUTE AND THIS MAKES SENSE,
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I THINK PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO THAT. YEAH. ESPECIALLY AS PEOPLE'S LANDSCAPES AGE OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEY HAVE TO REPLACE, ESPECIALLY WITH SHRUBS. YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THINGS EVERY SO OFTEN. AND THIS IS JUST I THINK THAT'S KIND OF OUR JOB IS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY MORE ON THIS. BUT I THINK THIS COULD BE I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD IDEAS I THINK THAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD. WE COULD USE LIKE A FARMER'S MARKET BOOTH, A COUPLE SLOTS OF THAT AND JUST MAKE A WHOLE BOOTH. I DON'T KNOW IF SERVICE WOULD HAVE A TREE. THEY COULD BRING IT OUT OR. YEAH, AND THEN HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE AND GET, YOU KNOW, SAMPLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD PUT IN AND THIS IS WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO DO IT. YEAH.AND JUST GIVE THEM SOME OF THE MOST COMMON SAMPLES. AND THOSE USUALLY START IN JUNE. YEAH THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START IT. YEAH I WAS WONDERING I MEAN I DON'T KNOW. THOSE PEARS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT IF WE COULD TARGET LIKE A MAILER IF THEY'RE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY LIKE, NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE MOST PEAR TREES. I'M HAPPY TO HELP. YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND IN APRIL AND WRITE. I KNOW ONE STREET OR COURT IN PARTICULAR. OKAY, THOSE ARE SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR BETTER OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION. YEAH, MAYBE JUST PICK, LIKE YOU SAID, 3 OR 4 SHRUBS OR TREES THAT ARE THE MOST THE ONES THAT WE WANT LIKE THAT WE THAT ARE EASY TO IDENTIFY THAT WE CAN DO AND SORT OF BRING THOSE SAMPLES AND SAY, HERE'S A REALLY GOOD REPLACEMENT, AND THIS IS WHY YOU WOULD WANT THIS INSTEAD. AND I THINK TO SEE IT VISUALLY AND HAVE PEOPLE TOUCH IT AND THEY WOULD THEY WOULD REMEMBER THAT, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I LIKE THE MOST WANTED IDEA BECAUSE WE COULD DO SOME CUTE POSTERS WITH MOST WANTED. YEAH. YOU KNOW, NEW ALBANY'S MOST WANTED KIND OF THING. YEAH. CAN YOU PUT A JOSH COLLINS FUNNY OFFICE VIDEOS OR SOMETHING? I THINK IT GIVES PEOPLE A SENSE OF HUMOR. MAYBE IT'LL TOUCH, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR ATTENTION. THOSE COUNCIL VIDEOS. I'M ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN I SEE ONE OF THOSE POP UP ON FACEBOOK, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE FUN OF CASEY. YEAH, THAT'S THE BEST EASY TARGET. ONE THING THAT MARY LOU DIDN'T TAKE A SHINING TO THAT I SUGGESTED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THROW BACK OUT. IS THAT TO SERVICE? IF WE COULD HAVE FORESTERS BE AVAILABLE TO COME OUT AND GIVE PEOPLE AN ASSESSMENT. YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE UNDERSTOOD WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT LAST TIME THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO GO WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUTTING TAGS ON THINGS. NO, NO, NO, I THINK IT'S JUST OFFERING LIKE IF YOU AREN'T SURE, CALL A NUMBER AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT, HAVE A CITY FORESTER COME OUT AND GIVE YOU AN ASSESSMENT OF THESE ARE INVASIVE. THESE AREN'T. YEAH. LIKE, YOU KNOW, SERVICE. RIGHT. IF THE UPTAKE ON, YOU KNOW, $10,000 WAS TWO PEOPLE LIKE I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE MORE THAN A HANDFUL. BUT JUST HAVING THAT TOUCH ENGAGEMENT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN THE LAST THING FOR ME IS THIS HOA ENGAGEMENT. YEAH. AND LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PUTTING TOGETHER AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION AND TAKING IT TO THEM, INVITING THEM TO A MEETING. WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATIONS DO YOU GET FROM YOUR HOA? IS THERE LIKE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OR ZERO? OKAY. FROM THE FROM THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB. SO I'LL TELL YOU FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB. ALMOST ZERO. I THINK WE GET TWO A YEAR. 1 OR 2 YOU GET YOU. YEAH. THERE'S NORMALLY THEY SEND OUT LIKE THE RULES AND BYLAWS EVERY YEAR OR TWO LIKE FUN STUFF. YEAH I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S JUST GOT THE, I DON'T KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF AND STUFF.
WE GET LIKE A QUARTERLY ONE. AND I CAN SEE IF WE HAD LIKE A FLIER, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO ATTACH IT TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'D BE HAPPY TO THE LINKS ALSO, DOES IT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S MONTHLY OR BI MONTHLY, BUT THEY DO A NEWSLETTER AND I'M SURE WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THERE IF WE HAD THE RIGHT PROGRAM. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I THINK ALL THESE IDEAS, WE MIGHT RUN OUT OF MONEY THIS YEAR. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TALK TO COMMS ABOUT SOME OF THESE IDEAS. AND WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TRY TO GET A FARMER'S MARKET BOOTH A COUPLE? I WOULD LOVE THAT. I WILL VOLUNTEER TO HELP THEM. OKAY, GREAT. CAN WE WORK GREEN GUARDIAN SHIRTS TO THAT. WE CAN DO IT ALL. CLEANING STUFF UP. ALEXA. ALEXA CAN STILL HAVE BIRD BOX PLANS. YOU CAN SELL. YEAH, I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE A WHOLE VARIETY OF SUSTAINABILITY THINGS THERE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL AND REPORT BACK. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO I SAW THE FLIER AND THE BACKYARD AND I WAS LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW. THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED ON HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT. THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT'S THERE WASN'T. AND I DON'T THINK THERE WAS REAL SPECIFIC AS TO I MEAN, THE PROCESS WAS YOU REMOVED WHATEVER PLANT IT WAS AND YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU WERE REMOVING, AND THEN YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU WERE
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REPLACING IT WITH. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SUBMITTED FOR YOUR FOR YOUR MONEY BACK. BUT I DON'T WE WEREN'T REALLY SPECIFIC ABOUT ROOTS AND ALL OR CUT DOWN OR I DO KNOW THAT FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT. AND I'M SURE IF YOU GET ON THEIR SITE OR HAVE THEIR GREAT IF YOU REACH OUT TO THEM, THEY'LL GIVE YOU GREAT SUPPORT WITH THAT. AND THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST REACH OUT TO THEM OR LOOK ON THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE I DO THINK THEY GIVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT TYPE OF THING BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE SUCCESS WITH IT. RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, THEY WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT RIGHT. SO WELL. AND MAYBE THAT COULD BE A VIDEO, IF WE LIKE RELAUNCH THIS FOR THIS YEAR. AND PART OF IT IS HOW HOW TO RIGHT. HOW DO YOU THIS THIS PROGRAM. BUT HOW DO YOU DO IT. AND YEAH JOSH WE COULD DIG UP SOME BURNING BUSH RIGHT. BY I MEAN I WAS I WAS LAUGHING WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT BURNING BUSH BECAUSE THERE ARE A PARKING LOT.THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. CASEY WILL BE IN THAT ONE. I'LL BRING MY MATTOCK FOR YOU. FUN TIMES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD STUFF. OKAY, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY? OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER FROM THE AGENDA. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN FOR EARTH DAY TO ARBOR DAY, AND WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THE ANNUAL E-WASTE DRIVE AND HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION WILL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH FROM 8 A.M. TO 12 P.M. AND NEW THIS YEAR, IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PAPER SHREDDING. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A COMPANY THAT GAVE US A QUOTE THAT WAS UNDER WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THE PAPER SHREDDING, SO THAT WAS NICE. AND THEY BASICALLY BRING OUT THEIR PAPER SHREDDING TRUCK, AND PEOPLE CAN BRING THE PAPER AND THEY SHRED IT IN THE TRUCK RIGHT THERE AND THEN HAUL IT AWAY, AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SERVICE. THEY'RE ORGANIZING. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS ORGANIZING THE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION, TREE PLANTING. AND RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS TO DO THE PLANTING AT ROSE RUN. THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAD TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A LOCATION. AND ONE OF THEM, PETE, CAN ATTEST TO THIS IS IT HAS TO BE CLOSE TO THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE WALKING FROM THE SCHOOL TO COME OVER AND HELP PLANT THAT DAY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT. IT IS GETTING KIND OF HARD TO FIND A SPOT CLOSE ENOUGH WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE THAT I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT RUSH PARK. YEAH. SO I MEAN, IF NOT FOR THIS YEAR TO THINK ABOUT IT FOR FUTURE YEARS, WHERE WOULD WE WANT TO REFOREST OR ARE THERE? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN THEY CLEAN OUT THE INVASIVE SPECIES, IT BECOMES OBVIOUS WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE OF THAT WORK. BUT I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT AS EASY AS AS IT SEEMS. ON THE FACE OF IT. YEAH. AS I SAID, IF I HAD TO VOTE, I WOULD SAY PLANTERS GROVE SHOULD BE. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S BARREN RIGHT? IT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY. AND THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME LAWNMOWERS THAT'S, THAT'S STARTING TO GET PLANTED IN. BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE THERE IN TERMS OF CANOPY COMPLETION. I THINK ROSE IS A GOOD I MEAN OBVIOUSLY A GREAT PLACE FOR WALKING FOR THE KIDS. I DO I MEAN, I GUESS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE STUDENTS WHO ARE PLANTING IT EVERY YEAR FOR ARBOR DAY, BUT IT IS A FUN PROJECT FOR THEM AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE. I GOT AN EMAIL FROM ANGIE HILBERT ABOUT THAT. DO YOU KNOW IF SHE PICKED A DATE OR LIKE, I DIDN'T TALK TO HER ABOUT THE DATE. I THINK THEY NORMALLY DO IT ON FRIDAY THAT WEEK. YEAH, THAT'S TYPICALLY BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD THE EXACT DATE YET. OKAY. I THINK SHE IS OUT OF THE OFFICE THIS WEEK, BUT WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. YEAH, SHE WILL BE. I THINK YOU ALL MET HER BACK IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. SHE WILL BE ATTENDING THE MEETINGS FROM NOW ON, BUT SHE'S ON VACATION THIS WEEK, SO. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS. WE HAVEN'T MET SINCE NOVEMBER. YEAH, BUT MIKE BARKER HAS LEFT THE CITY AND IS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF DUBLIN NOW. YEAH. SO RYAN OLLIE WAS INTERNAL HERE, SO HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERVICE DIRECTOR. AND WHAT'S ANGIE'S TITLE? ANGIE IS OPERATIONS MANAGER OKAY. SO SHE SHE
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SUPERVISES ALL THE DIFFERENT TEAMS. SO THERE'S LIKE FORESTRY AND FACILITIES AND PARKS. SO SHE SHE SUPERVISES ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TEAMS. SO SHE REALLY KNOWS FROM DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING. AND THERE'S SUCH OVERLAP WITH THIS BOARD'S WORK. SO I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR HER TO ATTEND. AND THEN STEVE MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW STEVE. HE WAS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IS MOVING OVER TO BE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS RYAN'S OLD POSITION. SO GOT A LOT OF CHANGES THAT CAME AT US PRETTY FAST AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WILL THEY HIRE A NEW FORESTER EVENTUALLY, OR IS THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT IS IN THE PLANS. I THINK THAT POSITION WAS BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR. I THINK THEY WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO JUST THINK THROUGH THAT FORESTRY FUNCTION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE RIGHT STRUCTURE IN PLACE. BUT I DO THINK THEY ARE GOING TO HIRE SOON. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO MAYBE FOREST ARBORISTS ON STAFF, AND THEY WOULD BE LOOKING TO FILL THAT CITY FORESTER POSITION. OKAY, GREAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT THE TREE PLANTING IS THERE. I MEAN, THERE SEEMS TO BE LOTS OF SPACE ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY FOR TREES. IS THERE SOMETHING OF COORDINATION WE COULD DO WITH THE CITY? PROVIDING TREES FOR THAT CROSSED MY MIND TOO. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. I MEAN, THERE IS SOME LAND THAT'S KIND OF SHARED, LIKE WITH SWICKARD AND THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO PLANT IN SWICKARD, BUT.WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THEY COULD DO? IT'D BE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY PLANT OR THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ALLOWED. I THINK WE COULD FIGURE THAT OUT IF THE SPACE IS, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE WITH THE NEW WELL, AND A FEW OF YOU ARE ON THE THEIR COMMITTEE WONDER IF THERE'LL BE ANY OPPORTUNITIES AFTER THAT BUILDING IS BUILT, BECAUSE THEY'LL PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO REMOVE SOME TREES IN THAT WHERE IT'S GOING. RIGHT. YEAH. WELL I DO THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP. AND WE CAN ALWAYS ADD TO THE EDGE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M THINKING MORE ALONG THE EDGE OF WHERE THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE. SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR FUTURE YEARS. ONCE THAT'S DONE. YEAH. WE CAN LOOK AT THE CITY OWNS BASICALLY WHERE THE FIELDS ARE LIKE AROUND CARDUELIS. THE CITY OWNS THAT PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW. IS IT BEING USED FOR FIELDS THAT MAYBE WOULD BE AVAILABLE, BUT WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. AND WAS EVEN THINKING BEHIND THE PARKING LOT, BEHIND THE POOL, LIKE ON THAT SIDE OF SWICKARD. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, IT'S JUST KIND OF A BARREN FIELD AREA BEHIND THAT PARKING BEHIND. IT'S LIKE, YEAH, LIKE LIKE THAT FAR SIDE CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SPACE THERE TO ADD TO THE EDGING AND KIND OF ADD OUT, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S WALKABLE. RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. JUST I GUESS THE IDEA OF BEING THAT RATHER THAN ADDING TO WHERE SOMETHING ALREADY HAS A FAIRLY ESTABLISHED CANOPY, WHICH IS STILL NEEDED, I'M NOT GOING TO DEBATE THAT, BUT GOING SOMEPLACE WHERE IT'S BARREN AND STARTING TO ADD BACK IN THERE, RIGHT? OKAY. PARENTING NOT THERE, YOU KNOW. WE'LL LOOK INTO SOME OF THOSE. THANK YOU. OH, AND TWO, BACK UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING THE PAPER SHREDDING. OH SURE. DON'T THINK THAT THIS WASN'T LIKE ELATION ON THIS SIDE OF THINGS. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE PEOPLE ASK ABOUT MORE THAN ANYTHING. THE LAST ONE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT. SO YEAH, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CALL THE OFFICE AND ACTUALLY ASK IF, IF WE HAVE PAPER SHREDDING. SO IN FACT, SO IT'S A DONE DEAL FOR SURE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT. SO I CAN GIVE PEOPLE THE DAY THAT THEY ASK, YES I HAVE TO OPEN THE CHELSEAS NUMBER. YEAH. IT MAY BE THE MOST POPULAR PART. SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ROUTING. YOU KNOW, I WAS WONDERING THAT TOO. YEAH. AS WE KEEP ADDING LIKE HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? I AND I WONDER. YEAH WE'LL HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THAT. DO YOU THINK DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL BRING A LOT OF PAPER? I DO WHEN THEY COME IN COULDN'T THEY DO THAT.
YOU'RE HEADING BACK TO THE PAINT. LIKE IF THE TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE AREA OVER ON THE LEFT, BECAUSE THAT'S A LONG STRETCH. WHERE THEY'RE BEFORE THEY GO BACK AROUND. THAT COULD BE THE FIRST STOP. YEAH. THAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST. BECAUSE ON LIKE AFTER THE E-WASTE, YOU'RE KIND OF OUT THE GATES. AT THAT POINT I WAS THINKING LIKE MAYBE SOMEONE HAD
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LIKE A BANKER'S BOX, BUT I THOUGHT WE'D GET LIKE TEN CELL PHONES, OUR FIRST E-WASTE DRIVE.AND I WAS WRONG. RIGHT. THAT'S WAY OFF ON THAT WAY, WAY OFF. AND I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD THE E-WASTE A COUPLE OF YEARS. YEAH, YEAH. PENT UP DEMAND. BUT THIS BEING THE FIRST YEAR. YEAH. PAPER SHREDDING IS LIKE, OH, I'M GOING DOWN THE BASEMENT. HOW MANY HOW MUCH PAPER DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE? YEAH. NOT PERSONALLY. I'VE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME WHEN I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THESE THINGS FOR ME. YEAH. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO START TO PROMOTE THIS STUFF. AS SPRING IS COMING TO, THE PEOPLE CAN START TO GET READY AND, YOU KNOW, AND GATHER UP THEIR THINGS AND KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS. IT'S KIND OF NICE TO KNOW AT LEAST A MONTH IN ADVANCE SO YOU CAN SORT OF GET YOUR THINGS ORGANIZED. YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO PREPARE FOR SPRING CLEANING. YEAH, WE'LL GET WITH COMES IN NEXT MONTH. PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT THEIR COMMUNICATION PLAN IS GOING TO BE. GOOD. OH, AND WITH THE E-WASTE, THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THAT, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US ACTUALLY WORK THE EVENT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES TO HELP US COLLECT THE E-WASTE THAT DAY. SO IF THAT WORKS OUT, WE WON'T NEED AS MANY VOLUNTEERS. I MIGHT NEED THEM FOR PAPER. YEAH THAT'S TRUE. WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY NEED FOR THE PAPER REALLOCATE. YEAH.
PLEASE COME FOR THE DONUTS. SORRY. DONUTS AND SHIRTS. OKAY. THIS IS JUST KIND OF A BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE UPCOMING FOR THE YEAR. WE HAD TALKED TO THE BOARD. I THINK IT WAS THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS PERHAPS IN NOVEMBER. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WATERCOURSE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER. WE MET WITH THEM ONCE SO FAR ABOUT ENSURING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US COORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM. ONE THING WOULD BE NOTIFYING RESIDENTS OF THE WATER COURSES IN THEIR BACKYARD AND GIVING THEM INFORMATION ON BEST PRACTICES FOR STREAMS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHERE THEY'RE MAILING THEIR RESIDENTS POSTCARDS NOTIFYING THEM THAT THEY HAVE A WATERCOURSE IN THEIR BACKYARD AND JUST SOME BEST PRACTICES. SO THAT'S ONE COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO DO ANYTHING EDUCATIONAL AROUND THAT. SO WE HAD THAT INITIAL MEETING WITH THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN OUR CONTRACT FOR 2025, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING SOON TO GET THAT GOING. AND ONCE WE START DEVELOPING THAT WITH THEM, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT TO YOU FOR FEEDBACK. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SO FAR? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THAT? NO, I MEAN IT JUST THE TIMING OF THAT WORKED OUT AFTER OUR MEETING. WE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE EVEN SAW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH DUBLIN. AND IT JUST KIND OF SPARKED SOME POSSIBILITIES. AND SO I THINK IT WAS JUST GOOD TIMING ON THE BOARD'S PART. AND SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE A MODEL OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH DUBLIN, WE CAN KIND OF REPLICATE THAT, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST STEP FOR THIS SORT OF EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. YEAH. I'D BE CURIOUS IF WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER, WHAT THEY LAND IS SOMETHING THAT COULD ALSO BE USED AND SENT TO COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING COMPANIES THAT WERE AWARE. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME BIGGER OUTFITS THAT WOULD BE EASY TOUCHES. WE MIGHT MISS A FEW PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST THE OBVIOUS THINGS ABOUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE BLOWING LEAVES INTO THE CREEKS AND. RIGHT. ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. ALL RIGHT. THE OTHER THING IS CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE FOOD WASTE CURBSIDE PILOT PROGRAM. SO THAT WAS APPROVED. PRETTY MUCH YOUR WHOLE BUDGET THAT YOU SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL WAS APPROVED WITHOUT ANY CHANGES. SO I WENT TO WAR. IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO BEAT UP CONSULTING FEES. THEY WERE THEY WERE INVECTIVES THROWN AT ME.
AND I SAID, I'M DOING IT FOR THE EARTH. I SHOULD HAVE WORE THE BAND-AID. YEAH, RIGHT. COME LIMPING IN HERE. YEAH. SO THAT THE NEXT STEPS FOR THAT FOR US ARE REALLY INTERNAL. WE HAVE TO
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FIGURE OUT, LIKE, OUR HOW PROCUREMENT FOR THAT AND WHETHER IT'S HOW WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO I, WE JUST NEED TO WORK WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. SINCE WE ARE ALREADY IN CONTRACT WITH A VENDOR FOR THE DROP OFF. LIKE, WHAT ARE OUR AVENUES TO ADD THIS CURBSIDE COMPONENT? SO WE'LL DIG INTO THAT AND BRING INFORMATION BACK TO THE BOARD. SO TWO THINGS ARE WE STILL THINKING WINDSOR MAKES THE MOST SENSE I YEAH, I THINK SO. FROM THE ANALYSIS THAT THE BOARD DID LAST YEAR OKAY. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S YOU KNOW SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. AND THEN WE CAN SCALE IT. I DO THINK SINCE EARTH PEAK CAME IN AND THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TRACK RECORD, I'D LIKE TO GET AT LEAST TWO NUMBERS AND WE CAN KIND OF REASSESS. I MEAN, GO ZERO DOES OFFER CURBSIDE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO THAT WORK WITH US FOR THAT. SO I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO JUST SEE AN APPLES TO APPLES WITH, WITH GO ZERO AND THEN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN, CAN DO AS WELL.OKAY. SO WE'LL ASK FOR PROPOSALS FOR CURBSIDE ONLY, NOT NECESSARILY TO CHANGE OUR, OUR DROP OFF. OKAY. I MEAN CORRECT I THINK WE'RE HAPPY WITH GO ZERO AS FAR AS THE DROP OFF. YEAH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PACKAGE NUMBER IF IT'S DIFFERENT. I WAS WONDERING WOULD I MEAN I WOULD HAVE I GUESS I MEAN GO ZERO IS THEIR NUMBER. I MEAN I GUESS WE COULD ASK THEM IF THEIR NUMBER FOR THE DROP OFF IS GOING TO CHANGE. IF WE ADD THE CURBSIDE PILOT. AND THEN I GUESS WHEN WE GET THE QUOTE FROM EARTH PEAK, WE CAN HAVE THEM JUST QUOTE BOTH. YEAH. WE COULD ASK THEM DO IT BOTH WAYS AND SEE WHAT THAT HOW THAT SHAKES OUT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OKAY. WE'LL DO THAT. YEAH. SOMETHING ELSE POPPED IN MY MIND, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. BUT WE'LL DO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET AND BRING BACK TO THE BOARD. OKAY. BUT NOT NECESSARILY JUST LIMITED TO THOSE TWO TRYING TO GET GET AT LEAST THOSE TWO JUST. YEAH, AT LEAST THOSE TWO. I MEAN I MEAN WE COULD POST A FULL BLOWN LIKE RFP TO SEE IF WHAT KIND OF INTEREST WE GET. I THINK IT'S JUST UP TO THE BOARD HOW MUCH TIME YOU WANT TO TAKE ON THAT. OR IF WE KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE, WE WANT TO AT LEAST GET PROPOSALS FROM BOTH OF THOSE TO MAKE AN EVALUATION. ESPECIALLY USING NOW. IS BASICALLY BASED OFF THE ONE THAT WAS GOING BACK TO SOMEBODY ELSE. BEXLEY IS TRYING TO DO IT THEMSELVES LIKE EALING WAS USING LOCAL WASTE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH I THINK EVERYONE'S IN LIKE AN EXPERIMENTAL MODE BECAUSE THEY'VE STARTED THESE PROGRAMS. BUT NOW THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, CHANGING IT A LITTLE BIT. IS THE SCHOOL STILL USING GO ZERO? WE'RE CURRENTLY USING CODE ZERO. WE DID GET AN EMAIL SAYING THAT THEIR RATES WERE INCREASING.
YEAH. THEY INCREASED THEIR RATES A LITTLE. SO I HAVEN'T BROKEN THAT NEWS TO MY PRINCIPAL YET.
BUT YEAH I DON'T YEAH I DON'T KNOW I THINK PROBABLY WE'LL STICK WITH THEM. AND WE'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH THEIR SERVICE. BUT YEAH YEAH ONE THING AND MAYBE WE CAN ASK THIS IN THE PROPOSAL. GO ZERO DATA INTEGRATION WITH OUR DASHBOARD IS REALLY GOOD. I MEAN AND I DON'T WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. SO ANY VENDOR I WOULD WANT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THAT SAME CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE US WITH THAT DATA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL MORE TO COME. THIS WAS GOOD. I'M GLAD WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE WERE A LITTLE BIT LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE EAT THE ELEPHANT WITH THIS PROJECT. SO THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR BUSINESS. THE NEXT ITEM UNDER
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OTHER BUSINESS IS THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. I THINK TYPICALLY STAFF RUNS THAT YOU WILL BE ELECTING CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIRPERSON AND SECRETARY FOR 2025. THIS WILL BE THREE DIFFERENT MOTIONS. AND THEN YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO ESTABLISH DATE, TIME AND LOCATION FOR 2025. IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 630, WE CAN KEEP IT THAT WAY. OR IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION FOR LOCATION. THERE HAS BEEN TALK[01:00:07]
BEFORE ABOUT MOVING THE MEETINGS TO BEING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, LIKE WE DID IN NOVEMBER, INSTEAD OF BEING IN HERE FOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IT'S MORE IT LENDS ITSELF TO MORE OF A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION. AND THE ONLY DOWNFALL TO THAT MAYBE, MAYBE NOT A DOWNFALL. DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, IS THERE WILL BE NO RECORDING IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. SO IF YOU STAY IN HERE, THE MEETINGS CAN KEEP BEING RECORDED AND IF WE MOVE IN THERE THERE WILL BE NO RECORDING. I WILL STILL TAKE A MINUTE. SO, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY, THAT'S THE RECORD IS THE MINUTES. BUT SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AND THEN ANOTHER THING WITH THE SCHEDULE, ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS WHETHER YOU WANT TO HAVE A SUMMER RECESS. LAST JUNE WE DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM JUST WITH PEOPLE HAVING VACATIONS DURING THE SUMMER TIME. AND THEN WE ALSO DID NOT HAVE A MEETING LAST DECEMBER. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE IDEA PANEL, THEY CHOSE TO HAVE A SUMMER RECESS FOR ONE MONTH IN THE SUMMER AND THEN AGAIN IN DECEMBER. SO THAT WAS WHAT THEY CHOSE TO DO. SO YOU CAN CONSIDER TO DO THAT OR NOT TO DO THAT, IT'S UP TO YOU. BUT DO YOU WANT TO DO THE CHAIR? YEAH, I THINK I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD DISCUSSION TO YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF. YOU CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE. YOU CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE THAT ISN'T HERE IF YOU WANT, WHICH IS SOMETIMES FUN. TO BE ON THE BOARD THOUGH. I MEAN ANYBODY. YES, IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY. AND YEAH, I WOULD DO THOSE MOTIONS SEPARATELY. SO THE CHAIR VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE MOTIONS WHOEVER WANTS TO. AND THEN WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL AND THEN WE'LL DO A MOTION FOR THE, YOU KNOW, DATE TIME AND LOCATION AS WELL. WELL, I MOVE THAT OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CHAIRPERSON STAYS IN THAT SEAT. SECOND. SORRY. WAS THE SECOND SECOND OKAY. MISS GALLO? YES, MR. BARNES? YES. MR. SCHUMACHER? YES, MR. CONWAY? YES, MISS SCOTT? YES. MOTION PASSES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE. MISS LAURA GALLO AS VICE CHAIRPERSON. SECOND, DO WE PLANT THIS? AT THE TIME, WE DID NOT. SEE MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. BARNES? YES, MISS GALLO, AS LONG AS CHARLES PROMISES, NEVER MISS A MEETING. YES, MR. CONWAY? YES, MISS SCOTT? YES. MOTION PASSES.AND THEN OUR SECRETARY. SECRETARY, AS A REMINDER, JUST REMIND MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY NEW ONES, WHAT THE SECRETARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO WE THOUGHT THAT THEY ARE THE PERSON THAT WOULD RUN THE MEETING. IF BOTH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE NOT IN ATTENDANCE. BUT WE ACTUALLY FOUND OUT JUST YESTERDAY THAT THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY RUN THE MEETING. THEY ARE ALL BUT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. LIKE ASKING THE BOARD TO MAKE A MOTION ON WHO THEY WANT TO NOMINATE TO RUN THE MEETING. IF THERE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR IS NOT PRESENT. SO THEY RUN THE MEETING VERY BRIEFLY UNLESS SOMEONE VOTES FOR THEM TO RUN THE MEETING. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, IT'S PROBABLY RARE FOR YOU. YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY SAFE POSITION. I MOVED TO ELECT MOLLY SCOTT AS SECRETARY. I CAN HANDLE THAT. SECOND. FOR MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. BARNES? YES, MISS GALLO? YES, MR. CONWAY. YES, MISS SCOTT? YES. MOTION PASSES. AND DATE, TIME AND LOCATION. I MOVE THAT WE KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME. I AGREE, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ROOM. IS THERE ROOM FOR, LIKE, GUESTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE COMING TO SPEAK OR THAT TYPE OF THING OR NOT SO MUCH. NOT LIKE IN THE SAME FORMAT. THERE ARE CHAIRS. I MEAN, GUESTS
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COULD SIT AT THE TABLE BECAUSE THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE, AND THEN THERE'S SOME CHAIRS AROUND THE TABLE. IT'S A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, BIT OF A CLOSE QUARTER. WHEN WE WHEN WE HAD IT LAST TIME, IT WAS VERY CLOSE. YEAH. AND I THINK IF WE LIKE IF WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS COMING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE OPTION TO EITHER USE THAT IF WE CAN, OR EVEN WHEN WE HAVE THE TABLES SET UP IN THE MIDDLE HERE, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO TALK AND THERE WAS ROOM FOR EVERYBODY TO SIT AROUND IN THERE. I FELT LIKE WE WERE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND DURING COLD AND FLU SEASON, I GET ENOUGH OF THAT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. I DON'T NEED IT AT NIGHT.YEAH, YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC WORKSHOP WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, TOUCHING AND FEELING STUFF AND HAVE TO DO THAT. THEN WE'VE GOT THAT OPTION. BUT I THINK IT IS GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR GUESTS AND FOLKS TO COME IN. WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT NEXT MONTH WHEN WE'RE KIND OF DIGGING IN WITH MAD SCIENTISTS? I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THEIR PRESENTATION.
LIKE IF THEY'VE GOT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR. OKAY, WE'LL FIND OUT IF IT'S MORE LIKE PRESENTATION OR ROLLING OUT PLANS. OKAY. STEPHEN, DID YOU HAVE. NO. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING. I THINK IF IT'S AVAILABLE, IF THEY SHOW UP WITH A SET OF SCHEMATICS AND WE WANT TO KIND OF LIKE GO AROUND, THAT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD TO RESERVE IT AHEAD OF TIME OR IF WE COULD JUST TUCK IN THERE IF WE NEEDED TO. YEAH, WE CAN RESERVE IT FOR THESE NIGHTS, BUT WE'LL BE PRETTY SAFE. IT'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU GUYS WANT TO AND IF YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE, LIKE, OH, NEXT MONTH WE PROBABLY SHOULD MEET IN THERE, LET US KNOW. WE'LL JUST WE DO PUT LOCATION. WE DON'T PUT THE CONFERENCE ROOM. SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD EITHER WAY. AND TO GO BACK.
THESE ARE STREAMED OR JUST RECORDED AND POSTED BOTH. THEY'RE BOTH IN HERE AND IN THERE. IT WOULD BE NEITHER. THAT'S RIGHT OKAY. YEAH. I'D ASK CHELSEA. I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING. I MEAN, THE PETE BURNS FAN CLUB ALONE IS PROBABLY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. DO WE GET STARTED? I DON'T WANT TO CUT PEOPLE OFF. DOES ANYONE? I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY LIKE ONE OF YOU. I ACTUALLY ASKED OUR DEPUTY COUNCIL CLERK TODAY. OUR CLERK OF COUNCIL IS OUT THIS WEEK, SO SHE'S THE ONE I HAVE TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT. BUT WE DID. CHARLES ASKED ME THE SAME THING. SO WE WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT. I'M JUST CURIOUS. YEAH. LIKE DURING THE ZOOM TIME, WE COULD SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE. BUT LIKE THE NEW LIKE THIS HIGHER TECH ONE. THERE'S NO OR THERE'S NO LIKE NUMBER THAT SAYS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY WATCHING. OH YEAH. I'M GUESSING THAT THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE RECORDING, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL US HOW MANY ARE CURRENTLY WATCHING WHEN IT'S LIVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCH IT LATER. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO IMPACT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT WERE TUNING IN. YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG NUMBER.
THAT'S MY GUESS. I THINK I THINK SOMEBODY AT BERKELEY SQUARE. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ADDRESS? THOSE ARE THE TWO. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW, AS FAR AS THE RECESSES GO, I. LIKE DECEMBER.
MAKES SENSE I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE MAKE PLANS AROUND A JUNE RECESS. YEAH. I THINK JUST EVERYBODY LINING UP FOR A, YOU KNOW, TO BE AWAY FOR THAT 1ST JUNE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HIT AND MISS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. RIGHT. CAN'T WE JUST KIND OF PLAY IT BY EAR? AND IF WE HAVE A QUORUM, WE HAVE A MEETING. AND IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S HOW WE OPERATE NOW. AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S FUNNY. SPRING BREAK MONTH SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON THE WEEKS, THE MEETINGS, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT. USUALLY THERE'S ONE MONTH IN THE SUMMER AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ALWAYS JUNE OR JULY, BUT THERE'LL BE ONE TIME WHEN WE DON'T GET A QUORUM. AND THEN DECEMBER IS JUST KIND OF A PEOPLE ARE BUSY AND IT'S A LULL IN IN THE WORK CYCLE. SO THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT TOO. I THINK WE MIGHT RUN INTO A SCENARIO WHERE WE SET UP A JUNE RECESS AND THEN END UP NOT HAVING ONE BECAUSE OF A QUORUM ANYWAY. SO THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH, AND YOU END UP MEETING A LOT LESS. YEAH.
OKAY. I GUESS I WOULD JUST ASK THE MEMBERS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET PLANS, YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL CHELSEA ASKS THE MONTH BEFORE, ARE WE GOING TO BE THERE? JUST IT'S ENOUGH TO SAY, HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOR THIS MONTH FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE SECOND WEDNESDAY. SO AND THEN WHERE POSSIBLE, MAKE THIS YOUR PRIORITY OVER OTHER PLANS. COULD BE SO DO YOU WANT TO DO THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION MOTION FIRST. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO DO A DECEMBER RECESS, DO THAT AS A SEPARATE MOTION. OKAY. SO LAURA MADE THE MOTION. I THINK STEVE SECONDED
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THAT. KEEPING EVERYTHING THE SAME OKAY. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. BARNES? YES, MISS GALLO? YES, MR. CONWAY? YES, MISS SCOTT? YES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. AND DO YOU WANT A MOTION FOR THE DECEMBER RECESS? SO JUST TO CONFIRM, WE HAVE TO. THIS IS A BIT FOR MOLLY AS WELL. AND A REMINDER FOR MYSELF WHAT WE STARTED DOING BUDGETING IN SEPTEMBER OR AUGUST. IT'S USUALLY AUGUST. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IS MAINLY DOWN. AND OCTOBER IS WHEN IT'S GOING TO COUNCIL BASICALLY. RIGHT. SO THE NOVEMBER WOULD PREFERABLY BE KIND OF OUR YEAR END ASSESSMENT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT IT OKAY. THEN I WOULD MOVE TO FOR THE YEAR 2025 HAVE DECEMBER VIA NON MEETING MONTH SECOND. MR. SCHUMACHER YES MR. BARNES. YES MISS GALLO YES. MR. CONWAY. YES MISS SCOTT. YES. OKAY. MOTION PASS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'LL TURN[VIII. Poll Members for Comment]
IT BACK OVER TO MR. CHAIR. GREAT. THANKS. POLL MEMBERS, ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? WE DO HAVE AN OPENING, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ADVERTISED, I BELIEVE, AND THAT'S OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT CLOSES. I DON'T EITHER. I THINK IT CLOSES ON THE 21ST AND THERE'S THREE APPLICANTS SO FAR. I DON'T KNOW WHO. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S THREE. SO IF YOU KNOW A NEW ALBANY RESIDENT THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A GREAT FIT, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. GREAT. I DID WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE BRIAN FOLEY FOR HIS SERVICE. IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. SO WHILE HE'S NOT HERE, I THINK HE WAS A GREAT ASSET TO THE TO THE BOARD AS GETTING THINGS STARTED. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING THAT I'VE TALKED TO CHELSEA ABOUT AND THAT'S. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO HAVE CHECK INS ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY IS AROUND WASTE DIVERSION AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF WORKS HARD GETTING INFORMATION.HOLD ON TO THE WEBSITE ABOUT KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH COMPOSTING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING TO ATTACK THE WASTE DIVERSION. BUT WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT RECYCLING AT ALL. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ARE WE ACTUALLY DIVERTING ENOUGH WASTE IN TERMS OF, ARE WE SEEING A REDUCTION IN WHAT GOES TO THE LANDFILL? SO IF YOU I THINK WHOEVER WAS HERE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, I WORKED WITH CHELSEA AND PULLED TOGETHER SOME DATA FROM RUMPKE TO KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, DID WE SEE COMPOSTING GO WAY UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW WASTE COMING DOWN AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY FOUND OUT WAS WASTE STAYED PRETTY STEADY IF NOT WENT UP SLIGHTLY. AND RECYCLING WAS KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND, AND COMPOSTING WAS DOING FAIRLY WELL AT AND UP. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS KIND OF GOING UP AND DOWN. AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT'S A WAY THAT WE DON'T PUT SOMETHING IN MOTION AND SIT ON IT FOR 12 MONTHS AND THEN TALK ABOUT IT IN NOVEMBER, LIKE, HOW DO WE DO AS OPPOSED TO SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND GIVING OURSELVES KIND OF A GUT CHECK AS TO. ALL RIGHT, COMPOSTING IS DROPPED OFF. IS IT ABOUT A MAILER? IS IT ABOUT LOOKING AT THE SIGNAGE THAT WE HAVE? SINCE WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT RECYCLING AND WASTE? NOW, I GO BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE FIRST GOT STARTED AND TALKED TO RAMKI, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT CITIES, THEY'D GONE AND DONE RECYCLING AUDITS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. SO IF WE'RE SEEING RECYCLING DROP OFF, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENGAGE THEM TO DO SO AS OPPOSED TO KNOWING THAT WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN JANUARY AND THEN TRYING TO PLAN IT OUT IS THAT, LET'S HAVE A CHECK IN TO SAY, HOW ARE WE DOING? AND THEN LOOKING AT COURSE CORRECTIONS IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT TODAY TO ASK CHELSEA IF WE CAN PUT IT ON THE ON THE AGENDA FOR MARCH. BUT MAYBE JUST EVERYBODY GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO LIKE WHAT WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SUSTAINABILITY CHECK IN. YEAH. YEAH I THINK A LOT OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING, EVEN THE YEAR OVER YEAR, IS HELPFUL.
YEAH. RIGHT. AND I WAS WONDERING ON THAT TOPIC, ARE WE GOING TO GET STATS FOR THE PAPER PORTION? DO THEY MEASURE THE POUNDS THAT THEY COLLECT. IT'S JUST THINK OF ANOTHER KPI THAT WE'RE GOING TO
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HAVE A DATA POINT FOR THAT OUT. YEAH. THAT WE'LL HAVE WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S A GOOD BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO VENDORS DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT FOR US. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY CAN DO THE SAME THING. AND IN THE MEANTIME, IF THE BOARD THINKS ABOUT THIS AND WE RECONVENE NEXT MONTH, WE CAN ALSO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITH OUR GIS SYSTEM, BUT THAT'S HOW WE DO THE COMPOSTING DASHBOARD BASED ON THE DATA GOES ZERO GIVES US. AND I MEAN, I KNOW SERVICE HAS SOME RUMPKE DATA THAT THEY PUT IN THEIR MONTHLY REPORT. IT'S NOT AUTOMATED, BUT MAYBE THERE'S I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO LOOK AT THAT. AND EVEN IF IT'S QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY, NOT THE GO ZERO, I THINK IT'S WEEKLY. I'M NOT SURE IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT LEVEL, BUT A WAY TO LIKE, I DO THINK CHECKING IN AND SEEING WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ARE. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT REACHING OUT TO UPPER ARLINGTON TO SEE IF THEY TRACK THIS ANY WAY, ANY WHICH WAY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE HAULER FOR ALL THREE. AND I WONDER IF THAT IS MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OUR DROP OFF FOOD WASTE COULD BE RESIDENTS, COULD NOT BE RESIDENTS, THERE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THAT CORRELATION TO A CHANGE IN YOUR SOLID WASTE OR RECYCLING, YOU KNOW. RIGHT. YEAH. NO. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE PRESENTED IT. YEAH. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A 1 TO 1 NECESSARILY. HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET TO LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING PICKUP. THAT WAY WE MIGHT SEE MORE CORRELATION TO YOUR POINT. SO YEAH IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HAVE A PEEK AT THAT UA STUFF.WE'LL LOOK INTO WHAT AVAILABLE DATA WE MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OVER THIS NEXT MONTH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN MARCH. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PETE BARNES, OUR VERY OWN. I ATTENDED THE PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE. IT WAS A SUMMIT. WHAT DID WE HAVE IT AT? WE HAD IT AT. YEAH, I WAS THERE. THANK YOU. AND IT WAS ON FEBRUARY 1ST AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. I TALKED TO ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS AND LAST YEAR IT WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR THEY HAD IT. AND IT'S BASICALLY VERY ORGANIC. PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES COMING IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO, AND THEY TALK. THEY HAD 60 PEOPLE LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR THEY HAD ALMOST 300.
SO I THINK THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT PATHWAY POLLINATORS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND NATIVES AND SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING. CHARLES. BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC. AND PEACOCK TO PRESENT. THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD PRESENTERS, AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT AND REPRESENT NEW ALBANY. YEAH, THANKS. THAT WAS REALLY FUN. AND I MET A LOT OF REALLY COOL PEOPLE THERE. YEAH. THE GUY WHO RUNS FRANKLIN COUNTY POLLINATOR PATHWAY IS COMING TO CAMPUS ON FRIDAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD PARTNER UP AND STUFF. SO THAT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING CONNECTION FOR SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, POCKET PRAIRIES KIND OF CONNECTING ALL THOSE TOGETHER. THEY HAVE A WEBSITE WHERE THEY TRACK ALL THE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SITES, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE THESE PATHWAYS FOR POLLINATORS, MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER, I THINK. YEAH. YEAH. EXCELLENT. GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. BECAUSE I WAS THINKING WHEN WE GET THIS ALL NAILED DOWN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MADE THAT CONNECTION WITH THAT GROUP. YEAH. AND ADRIAN'S REALLY INTIMATE WITH THEM. CHARLES AND I ATTENDED THEIR INAUGURAL MEETING IN THE SUMMER. IT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. YEAH, YEAH. GREAT. GREAT.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 753. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. WE TIED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY
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