Resident Services Board - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon, everybody.

Hi, Lydia. Hey, Deara. I noticed that nobody from the board except you is here?

Correct.

Oh. They're coming. They're coming in. Where's Jose? Yeah.

Hey, Lydia.

Hey, Jose. We're waiting for one more. A quorum.

Okay. I know Francois is out waiting on... Fair human is coming.

I reached out to him.

Okay.

I'm going to text Faraheim.

He's here.

Oh, perfect. Yay. Okay, so call the meeting to order at 632. Hi, Faraheim. How are you?

Good. How are you? Recording in progress.

Okay, so I'm going to take the roll. Faraheim?

Yes. Jose?

Jose? Jose is present. Can't speak.

Present in the county board.

Thank you. Francois, we know is on vacation. And Sylvia is not present. Let's do a quick approval. Oh, who's coming in? Is that Sylvia? No.

It was Julie. Oh, it was Julie.

Okay, thank you. Approval of minutes. Can I have a second on the approval of minutes, please?

I second.

Thank you. Okay, I'm going to switch it around a little if you all don't mind, because we have Indira that's going to present for us. So I'm going to let her go ahead and go first so we don't hold her up. So I'm going to move up 4B. She's going to present a stoicism course for teens that I think sounds great. And she'll give us the information on it. Thank you, Indira, for joining us.

Thanks. Hi, everyone. Jose, Farahim, Lydia. I don't know if Goran is on. I know he's your... He's running late.

You have another 15 minutes or so.

Okay. So the reason why I wanted to present this course to this particular board is because I think it would be a great opportunity for teens to use as volunteer hours, and that's actually the incentive to the course. So I don't know if you've had a chance or if you were provided with – the complete outline of what i am viewing but if not if i can share my screen please share because it wasn't included in the agenda okay so i would be happy to share that let me just okay so um everyone can see right And Jose, I know you're driving, so be safe. So I'll just go over, but this is basically a proposal and the target for this would be 13 to 17 year olds. I anticipate that it should not be more than 15 participants because Beyond that, you tend to lose their attention. And it would be one hour a week for 10 weeks. I ideally would want it to be in Village Hall because I want it to be in a public space that is obviously not... like our clubhouse or anything like that. And in terms of marketing, I would ask the village, Julie, to advertise it in social channels, newsletter. There is a budget. I put that number just based on going on Amazon and seeing what things would cost. But if you guys have your own internal ways of getting journals and pens, then, you know, the budget could be nothing. So the course objective is basically to introduce teens to stoic philosophy, which is ancient wisdom, but really putting it into art. modern terms. So bringing in modern examples to it. And the reason why stoic philosophy is such a wonderful thing for teens is because it really builds resiliency. And it allows them to have different ways of dealing with the things that they're dealing with right now. Like, stress, social pressure, self-doubt, even lack of focus, which is rampant in our teens because of social media. So if you look through, and I can actually share this. Ferhim, are you also driving?

No, I'm not driving. I'm a passenger.

Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead and share this link. I know sometimes it's easier if you can see it yourself. Where's my Zoom? Can I share a link? Is there a chat? No, okay. That's okay, okay.

I think you can email it over later.

Yeah, that's okay.

And I'm driving, but I can't see the screen. I'm being safe, but I'm hearing you.

Okay, so I'll go through it so that you don't have to look at the screen, Jose. We want you to be safe. So the proposal is to be a 10-week curriculum, like I said, and it would be for an hour. And each week... we would be covering different aspects of stoism and how they can relate it to the current day. So every single week, there's gonna be an objective. So for example, week one, it's understanding the foundational concepts of stoism. I don't know if anybody on the board is familiar with it, but there's four really guiding principles, which is courage, justice, wisdom and temperance. Temperance would be like self-discipline. And so those are like the four major virtues of Stoism. And then there's many more. And the first week would just be breaking it down, letting them know what this is all about. And every week there would be a outcome, an assessment and a journal prompt, which is why the course does require journals. part of stoism is actually to be reflective. And so journaling is actually a practice where you do on a daily basis. And in this course, it would be part of their reflection to journal. So for example, week one would be What do I control and what don't I? The principles of stoism is very much focused on the only thing that is within your control. And the only thing that's within your control is how you react to situations, which is, I think, something that... would be a great lesson for teens today. They are, I don't know, I know Jose, I know Lydia, so I know that we come from the same age group per se. So we did not deal with the level of pressure that the teens today do specifically because Even though they leave school, they leave campus, they're connected to social media. And so they never turn off. And what this course, I hope, would teach them to do is to have tools in their toolbox to handle the modern day issues. issues that teens are facing. And so as we go, like, for example, week one, what is stillism? Why does it matter today? The journal prompt would be, what do I control? What don't I? Week two, control what you can and let go of the rest, right? So Each week, we're going to go deep into every topic and philosophy in stoism. And there's always going to be a journal prompt. Emotions aren't the enemy. This is a big part of stoic philosophy, where you actually want to explore your emotions, be reflective about your emotions. It's the opposite of trying to pretend like things don't bother you and like you are strong and being seen as weak for expressing emotions. This is actually a reversal of that because In the philosophy, in expressing your emotions, it gives you the opportunity for growth. And in being vulnerable, you're actually being strong. So that would be week three. Week four would be turning obstacles into opportunities. This is the concept of obstacle is the way. So all of a sudden, seeing that that thing which you perceive as strong, being bad or not what you wish would happen, if you reframe it, what lessons can come out of that? How can you turn this around and see that maybe that is actually an opportunity to make you stronger? So that is actually the journal prompt that day. What's something tough that made you stronger? The situation that you had to face and at the end of it, you came out stronger because of it. then week five would be don't be ruled by other people's opinions, which I think in this day of social media is such an important lesson for teens to be reminded. And in stoism, there's a big philosophy of you have no control over what other people think. What other people think is actually none of your business. Whether they think highly of you or low of you, it doesn't matter because ultimately the only way person who you have to face is yourself in the mirror. So it's how you see yourself that actually matters. And some of the examples that I put to bring it to modern day are social media, popularity, the approval tap. I like to say FOMO. Six is know your values and live by them. So I have found that there is a big gap in the teens today where they lack the ability to, A, know what is a value exactly and actually defining them. And so in this week, we would be actually going through what is our personal code of contact to actually for them to come up with that, to... reflect on who they want to be. And so that the journal entry for that day would be when was the last time I stood up for something, right? That's the virtue of courage. But getting them into becoming active participants in the values that hopefully they carry with them through life. Week seven, practicing grammar. I've noticed with teens today, there is unfortunately, they don't have the opportunity to really socialize so much in person. A lot of the things that they're doing They're texting or they're on social media, but they're not really in person. And when you don't have that, that gets missed. And sometimes that comes in gratitude. This particular week, we're going into everything that has to do with gratitude and becoming aware of how you can foster gratitude. And then week eight, we deal with self-discipline and self-respect, which is a virtue of stoism, which is temperance. And we go into where in your life can I show more discipline, right? And we talk about habits and what are habits and how those habits can help you in everyday life and just small wins that you can apply every day. And so week nine, we go to prepare for life's curveballs, right? There is a concept in stoicism. It's called memento mori, which is... I mean, it's not morbid, but it's a reminder that you're going to die. And so when you come from a space of knowing that your life is finite, then how do you live your life knowing that every day has to count because you only have this life in as you know regardless of your beliefs this is the only lifetime you have in this body as this person so How are you going to make it a good ending is what I like to say. And so in that particular day, we definitely would want to create like bucket lists. Like what are the things that you want to achieve knowing that, you know, life is short, which is not something that they think about at all. And then week 10 is how your legacy starts. Now we're bringing it all together, final reflections and what, What I would want from them is to demonstrate what stoic strength means to them. And I would want to give them the opportunity to not just journal, but actually to express that even if they want to stand up and talk about it. Some people feel better with just words. vocalizing what it means. And, you know, I would want to do like certificates and all of this would be with the idea that they are getting volunteer hours because I don't really see how I would be able to get a teen to come and spend an hour learning this philosophy without some sort of incentive. So, yeah, I'm going to stop sharing. Let me know what questions you have.

So a couple, well, first of all, thanks, Indira. A couple of questions, a couple of thoughts. So I've heard of stoicism before and you're talking about stoicism, not stoicism, right? I didn't know if it was an off branch of stoicism. I've had friends bring this up in the past and I just know that From what I know of Stoicism, it's, I think, the art of mindful thinking and it's like Greek philosophy. So I think it's something that I've seen come up in the past. I don't have too much background on it. As a father of two daughters who I'm constantly trying to rip the iPads from their hands and get them thinking, I've gotten my daughter journaling recently.

Oh, that's phenomenal.

She's loving it. My 10 year old, not my eight year old. Right. So I think it's a great idea. But I share your concerns on I think you covered at the last point where you're talking like, how are we going to get teens to come and take a 10 week course for an hour? Right.

The volunteer idea sounds like a.

a good start. Um, and then my other question is who would be teaching this class? Is there a cost to the city? Oh, okay.

I'm the facilitator. Yeah, no, I've obviously I'm donating my time. Um, stoicism has changed my life and part of the philosophy is you pay it forward. So I want to be able to teach it to who I think is really the most important segment the children because I wish I would have learned this as a teen and I would have had it my entire life. I came to it as a full-fledged adult. So the only cost to the city would be the pens that they would use, the journals that they need. And I would want to provide some sort of light refreshment and whatever that means. That would be the cost to the city, whatever. I mean, if you guys have journals that you want to give them and you have the North Bay Village pens you want to give them, then there is no cost. So, yeah.

Well, I mean, so I'll just say and then I'll open up to the rest of the board. I mean, I think it's something that would I'd be open to exploring it more and seeing if we could market it effectively and you think that we could get it out there and get some attendance. Is there a goal in attendance or how many kids you'd want to register or have registered for this?

So the proposal is for this to start next school year in October. And the reason why I say October is because September is when the kids start applying for the National Honor Society. And the National Honor Society requires that you do a minimum of 10 hours. This is all based on, I know that they are required to do 10 hours. And so this would be an incentive that they fulfill their National Honor Society hours. And also because I would want to just put fillers out because the reality is if we don't even have... 10 to 15 kids. So to answer your question, Jose, I would want no more than 15 kids, because at that point, I would lose their attention. I'm a level two volunteer. So I'm in the classroom quite a bit. And when you have 20 teens, it's very difficult to control the situation. But once... Yeah, it's like herding cats. But when you have 10 to 15, that's different. You can still manage that classroom. So to answer your question, max would be 15 teens. And what I propose is if you think it's even an idea worth considering is to actually start putting fillers out to see we are potentially thinking of you know, offering this, it will give teens volunteer hours. Is this something you would be interested in? Because I see no point in doing, you know, I mean, I've already done the course. I'm going to I'm pitching this to many different organizations.

But quick question. So or suggestion and thought. Yeah. So I think, yeah, I mean, it looks like a good idea. I think anything today that will raise mindfulness and anything that takes kids away from what I see with my kids, who are not even teens yet. They're pre-tweens or whatever, tweens, whatever you call them, right? Yeah. i think that if we were to market it we would probably not want to we'd want to maybe phrase it under some other different setting like no knowing that the concept is stoicism or whatever i'm thinking if i'm a parent and i see a marketing ad on come come bring your kid to a stoicism class they're gonna be like what like i think yeah it's actually called ancient wisdom for modern teens i don't know if that makes a difference Okay. That could be, yeah. I mean, something that is a little more marketable, but, and again, I'll, those are my thoughts. I'll leave it up to the board and the rest of the board members or Farheim or Lydia, I think is your thoughts on it. But I appreciate you presenting this. I think this is a good idea and refreshing to hear that you're willing to spend your time and do this. Did you, did I hear you say you just recently took a course on this?

No, what I said is it fundamentally changed my life. So I want to pay it forward. In Stoic philosophy, there is a big virtue of you want to help the collective. You want to do things for the humanity. And if you have a wisdom that has helped you, you want to pay that forward.

Okay, no, I heard that part. I just thought I heard you say that you had gotten certified or something.

No, no, no. What I am in is what you call a membership. And so I am part of a membership with other Stoics throughout the entire world. And we learn from each other and we learn from our teacher. We have a teacher. But no, no certification, nothing. I don't know that anybody could be certified as a Stoic.

Okay, no, I didn't know. Sorry.

Yeah, definitely not.

All right. Well, if there's no other questions or Lydia, Farahim, thoughts?

I've had the luxury of seeing this before when she presented it to me. I agree with the putting in the header. If you put stoic in there, people are going to be like, what is this? that you know the average person so it definitely wouldn't use that um so that I agree with but I think we should put feelers out it's just a question of how how will we market it I guess we would have to ask Julie what she thinks and give her time to think about it and what she thinks would work to so we can see if anyone's interested um I think it's great I wish that you know it You would have presented this when Daniel was that age. Because all those things that you mentioned are so difficult for them. It's really very different from when I was growing up. Yeah. The way they were growing up. And even for me, it's hard for me to understand sometimes. Sometimes I have to step back and try to look at it from his point of view. Because his world is very different from mine at that age. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, that's a great point, Lydia. I think this is great. I really appreciate the presentation, Indira.

Oh, hi.

Hey, hey, everyone. Yeah, I just share kind of the same concerns that were shared by Lydia, Jose, just the marketability. And my other concern would be if we can drive enough attendance. We have a scholarship that we manage and we barely find applicants for a scholarship for free money. So we're a little limited in just the amount of kids we can reach. But, you know, nonetheless, appreciate you bringing this up and, you know, leave it to the board as to how they want to move forward. But, you know, I like it.

Thanks, Goran. Ibrahim, are you there?

Yeah, speaking of the attendance, finding kids, does it have to be for the teens? Can it be for adults?

Oh, I never... I didn't think about it because I, the reason why I thought about teens is because I tied it to volunteer hours, which is something they're required to do. Like in high school, you can't graduate high school unless you fulfill volunteer hours. And when you're in the honor society of middle school, you have to have 10 hours of volunteer hours. But yeah, I think I wouldn't want to mix a class with teens and adults. So it's either we do it for teens or we do it for adults, but I would not want to mix those groups. But that's actually a really good idea.

Maybe we could put feelers out for two different sets and see what we get back.

Okay. I mean, for an adult, it's actually a lot easier because I have an entire course on, like, parents, how to be a stoic parent. And it's 10 weeks also because each week you go through the different – like principles, there's 10 principles of how to be a stoic parent. So maybe it would be a stoic parent or teens, but Farahim, I feel like that would eliminate people who didn't have kids, right?

I like the idea of opening it up to parents as well. I think we cast a wider net and it could drive more attendance. So what I would say, Indira, is maybe as a next step, and you can maybe join the next board meeting, get a marketing flyer together or something that we could potentially... put out there, right? And maybe get it out on Facebook or something. I'll leave that to Julie and Lily, of course, and see if there's need for it or if there is a market for it, shall we say. As Goran mentioned, we struggle sometimes with just getting, you know, kids there, you know, to, to things that, to get free money for scholarships is one of the things we're going to be discussing later. So I love it. I appreciate you sharing this. And I think as a next step, maybe we, we look at some sort of flyer or something we can put together, get it out there and see if anyone bites. And then if we do, maybe we can market it to the school or to, well, Treasure Island is more,

elementary kids so well I could market it I'm in the board I'm in the executive board in at Nautilus middle school so and I have good friends in the executive board at Beach High which is the high school so I definitely have those two segments that I can market to um I will so it wouldn't it wouldn't it wouldn't just be for North Bay Village kids in right we'd open it up or No, I think it would be. But North Bay Village kids go to Nautilus and Beach High. Like, for example, the scholarship, I had our PTA market it, but it said this is only for North Bay Village residents.

Right. Okay. Well, we'll table it to the next board meeting. And if there's no other questions, we can move on to the next agenda. I don't know if that's okay, Indira. Anything else?

I just want to be clear on next steps. Did you want me to do a different proposal for what that would look like for parents, which is actually, that's what I call it. It's stoic parent. And it's also-

Can you do that for us? Make a different one for parents and then we'll have that. And if you could, are you able to make something on marketing flyers so that we have an idea of what Julie and Lily can put out?

Julie, if you could just email me your logo, that would be fantastic so that I can just get your colors and stuff like that. Okay.

Thank you, Adira. Appreciate it. Okay. Thank you. Bye.

Thank you.

Okay, let's go back to the order. Thank you for indulging and letting her go first. Thank you. Okay, so, oh, business. Update on the status of the tech classes. I believe Jose said we were going to table that.

We're going to table that for the next board meeting. One of the members that I was going to have present tonight, knowing I was driving, could make it. So, we'll table for the next board meeting.

Okay. Okay. Okay, so the next up is the scholarship. So everybody should have received the email with information. The Sophia Sadie Scholarship, we've got two applicants and there's two scholarships, so there's really nothing to decide. They'll each get one. So the only one we need to decide is on the Maria Sadie Scholarship, which is for the middle school. We have two candidates. We're not mentioning names. So don't mention names. You'll see that there's applicant one and applicant two on the email that Julie sent out. Applicant two, we received a video with him playing piano. And applicant one, Julie, is going to give us more information. Julie, are you there?

Hi. You were looking for more information on which one? The second one?

The one with the art. Isn't that one?

Let me look. Okay. So everyone received everything. And then did everybody take a look at the transcripts, the letters of recommendation and all that?

I did. Jose Verahim.

I don't, I don't remember recommendations, but I, I, I read all those also saw the video. Thanks for the video.

Okay. You, you got my emails, right? With the, um, application, the essays.

Yes. Yes. Okay. Perfect. Yeah. And, and I won't mention names, but I just want to be clear, Lydia. So, um, the young gentleman playing the piano, I, I, I think is for me, um, He's up for one of them. And the other applicant, was that the one who discussed her upbringing and her... No, that was the high school student.

This one was... The other one is... This applicant number one, and he discussed his art.

Okay. And so there's only one scholarship left, right? It's between the pianist and the other. And the art.

Yeah. The art we haven't seen. So I think that's what Julie is looking for.

Yeah. So I can share my screen. I can show you the art. Just one second. I'm just trying to figure this out.

So this is applicant one for the Maria Sadie scholarship, which is middle school. Applicant two was the video we received with the piano playing.

Got it.

Yeah, and the other two are already decided because there's no competition.

Okay, let me... That's what I thought because I was like, we've got, I think, a total of four. So we've got a total of four applicants, right? Four, yeah. That's good. Better than what we had a few weeks ago. Yeah.

Yeah, and I will say, I think all the applicants are really great. We got great kids. So can you see this? Yeah. Okay, so this is number... Well, not the piano. I can't remember. This is one or two. Number one. This is Maria, candidate one.

Yeah.

So... And this student also mentioned that they did make some sort of, well, sorry, the piece isn't there, did make an art piece in honor of Maria Sadie that maybe we could hang at Village Hall one day. I don't know if that's one of these, but I just noticed that in the essay.

Yeah, I saw that. That makes it a little harder of a decision, I think, knowing that.

Yeah, I know. I realized I, sorry, go ahead.

No, I was going to say, I was leaning towards the pianist. Still am. But now looking at this art and, you know, I would have to say I'm still probably leaning towards the pianist. And I feel bad even having to decide here because, as you said, Julie, these are all worthy recipients. So it's... It sucks that we have to decide between one of these two, but I don't know, Lydia. All right, go ahead. Sorry.

No, I was just going to mention, you know, we did have that 500 that we had given to the Optimist Club. So, you know, it's unfortunate that we moved that money. But, you know, because we just have one candidate, that's great. You know, it could be something that maybe if the vice mayor is interested in either sponsoring or we can find money from my budget to maybe award our last candidate. The other option, the other applicant that we don't choose for the 1,000, maybe we can offer 500. I would be willing to remove some from, you know, my public relations budget just because I think they're both great candidates.

Yeah, I agree. And Julie, I'm willing to, you know, match that for my own budget, you know, to make, because these are two exceptional candidates. So, you know, let's give the second place person $500. We'll find a way to make it happen.

Awesome. That's awesome. Okay.

So with that in mind, then, I would vote for the pianist to get the remaining thousand. And if Vice Mayor and Julie, you can, that's a win-win, right? And I think it's a great gesture. And not only that, but could maybe help us grow this scholarship later, now knowing we're awarding it to more pianists.

more kids right so i think if that we can do that that's a no-brainer so okay so your vote is number two then correct for the pianist yes okay fair to be my vote my yeah my favorite was number two um yeah it made it difficult but yes number two still number two okay i vote for number two also

Okay. So number two and then number one, we'll still get awarded something. Thanks to Julie and Vice Mayor.

That's awesome.

I think for next year, I was emailing with Julie that we should try to do this in person when it comes up to the scholarship because I think it would just be easier to look at everything in person. So we just got to keep that in mind for next year. Because it's hard for her to send all pieces and then us connect it. It becomes a little complicated with the art one because it's not just an essay, right? We need to look at what they're sending. Okay, that's all for that. Are we good, Julie? Do we need anything else from us?

Nope, we're good. I just wanted to let you guys know. So what we'll do is on May 20th is our commission meeting. So I believe that... Sylvia's coming. Mr. Saidi, when I spoke to him a few months ago, he's supposed to be in town that week. So I'm going to invite him to the commission meeting. So you're all welcome to join. I'll get certificates for the kids with that fourth applicant. I think I'll ask him as well. And we'll do certificates, the checks, and just a quick photo op with the mayor and commission and Mr. Saidi if possible and if he wants to speak. So I'm going to have that in the presentation portion of the meeting. I have that as a placeholder. And then tomorrow when I get into the office, I'll make sure to update with all the

winners and um and yeah it'll be a nice way to um send the kids off into their to the summer can we share with him um the the applications they sent like the essay part because i think they're very touching yeah i think he might that's a great idea yes i think he might like to read that thank you thank you very much putting all together and putting it out the constant marketing and following through. We're very appreciative.

Well, luckily we got a bunch of awesome candidates at the very, very end. So they were up against the deadline, but they got it in.

Thank goodness. Thank you. Okay. So moving on to 3C, update on a 4th of July event.

That's me. Yeah, we'll pass it to Lily. Thank you, Lily.

So I have been working on the logistics of what the 4th of July is going to be. I got a big water slide, a big USA water slide. There will be a vendor doing custom NBV popsicles. which I think is super cute. Another one of my vendors actually gave me the contact and she was like, hey, I know you like to do super cute custom things. So I saw this vendor at a wedding and she was doing popsicles. So she sent that over. So we'll have her. I am working out.

Will we have the dunk booth back?

If you want it, I can probably have the dunk tank back. Yes.

Yes.

I can probably get someone else to man it this year though, so that you're not stuck there, Jose. Unless you want to do it again.

No, but I mean, I just think it was such a hit. So, and sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you, but yeah.

No, no, you're totally fine. And then recently I've been working out the catering. I have this really great catering company that I work with a lot. And they actually told me that they offer like grilling services. So they would come and they would grill hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, the whole nine. They would have like really great sides. And then Frank, the manager, also offered to maybe do him and the chief do it instead like they used to do back in the day um so to be determined if i'll have frank and the chief grilling hot dogs and hamburgers or if i'm gonna do the catering company um but that's where i'm at right now look in the day wow what's the time what's the time again lily um we're still gonna do it from like during the day as opposed i know

We've done it right before fireworks, before we just do it. We're going to keep it during the day.

I actually haven't decided. Do you guys have suggestions?

We've gone back and forth on this every year. I think one year we did it right before the fireworks and a lot of people complained because it was like, no, we were at the beach all day and we didn't want to go to the fireworks thing. And it took away from their fireworks thing. So last year, I think it actually worked out well. The one negative is the heat and the sun, right? So I think as long as we have a lot of coverage, like we did last year, and the barbecue that was there was a hit, you know, I was just wondering if you had decided, but I'm impartial. I think during the day is probably the best. It's going to be at Vogel, right?

Yeah, it'll be at Vogel. I don't think I'll have ties anymore. I think the Easter event was the last event. at Ty's, which is sad, but that's okay.

Yeah. What time are you planning now? Or you don't have a time planned yet? No. Yeah, that's a tricky one because the afternoon is probably the best, but then it's so hot.

Mm-hmm.

Not really sure. But definitely not morning because... Who wants barbecue in the morning?

Yeah, we'll kick it around. We're looking at planning, working on the planning of the community center groundbreaking in the middle of June. So we're still... That's coming up too. But we're going to see what time that is. And then maybe we see how the temperature is and if it's in the evening. So we're just going to keep kicking around, I think.

Okay.

Thank you. You're welcome. No questions? No more questions on that one? Okay.

Any more suggestions? No. Besides a dunk tank?

Dunk tank, water slide, popsicles, catering.

Oh, I didn't even realize Frank was here. Yeah. Yeah. So Frank said he would consider maybe doing it himself. So we'll see.

That's how they used to do it. Okay. That sounds great to me. I think that's perfect. I don't think it needs anything else. I mean, it's the 4th of July. I really can't think of anything else. It's barbecue and beach and food, right? So it sounds pretty good. You got the water park covered. You got food and that's it. That's good.

Thank you. Oh, was anyone able to go to Poop Free? They were grilling up hot dogs. Oh, yeah. I had the hot dogs at Poop Free. Anyone from our board? Were you guys there?

No, I wasn't.

No. Negative.

No. Okay. Let's move on to update on North Bay Village summer camp program. I requested this.

I can give an update. I know Frank's on the call if he wants to chime in. I have an update from Janice. So enrollment for both programs is at capacity now. And they're doing an orientation for the parents on May 22nd at the Ties Cafeteria.

And... Do we know if it got filled with just North Bay Village kids? Or is it a mixed...

I think North Bay Village kids, Thai students, it looks like we had 70 kids for Arts for Learning, 75 for YMCA. And it looks like the manager approved to fund an additional 30 kids that were on the waiting list. So that'll be 105 for YMCA. So I think we really wanted to accommodate everyone that was a resident and everybody that had a kid who went to Thai's.

Question on that. Just a couple of comments. One of the feedback I got was the registration process was a little tricky. So I don't know if maybe for next year we can look at that or not. Just a comment. Heard it from several parents. And then question, if a child is enrolled in the art or in the regular summer camp but wants to move over to the art program, how easy is that going to be? Is that going to be feasible or not?

Are you talking about your kids?

No, of course not. I'm not talking about my kids.

No, I was just saying I can help you offline because I think everything is full. I don't think they can switch yet anymore.

I didn't think so. And if not, that's okay. I was just wondering because we realized we registered for both for the regular summer camp and not. one of them wants to maybe do the art. So if not, it's no big deal. I guess. That's what I was going to say.

Send me, yeah, send me an email. We'll, we'll, we'll see. Cause I think arts for learning is the one that's rolling or no, I think that's YMCA is the rolling registration. I might be confusing them.

That's, that's the one where they sign up every week, right? Like they have to sign up for every week I think is what it was, but yeah, I could be wrong. But yeah, I'll take that offline with you, Julie. Thank you.

Yeah, yeah. No problem.

Okay. So do you happen to know or do we have, are we keeping record of how many are actually North Bay Village kids?

Well, I'm not managing it, but I can talk to Janice and she can give me the updates because Arts for Learning and YMC, I know they're managing it and she's sort of the liaison. So I don't know all the ins and outs, but.

Yeah, if Janice or I can email her, I also want to ask her. That's fine. I didn't know she was the one that was handling it.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'd like to know because I know we were keeping track for next year for funding as far as North Bay Village kids and non-North Bay Village kids. Also, I had the question on the teens. Has anybody thought about the teens that used to volunteer or work at summer camp?

Yeah, they said no. No one's thought of that. Okay. No, no, they said no at the in-person meeting. They can't have any teens volunteering.

And they don't hire from the village either for summer?

I don't know. Okay. I could connect you with somebody from the Y if you want to see. I think that they have counselors that have an extensive background in

I understand. I'm just trying to think of filling the holes of what we previously had. So that's what I'm thinking of. I understand if the YMCA has their particular rules, which I'm sure they have, because they have a nationwide program. But as a resident services board, we have to think of all our residents. So I have to think of the teenagers as well that are not being serviced now. They have nothing to do for the summer. So that's where I'm coming from. Thank you. Thank you for the update. I'll email Janice and see if I can get more information on those few things. And then I'll let everybody know what she says. Okay. So new business discussion on dance in the park event.

That's me. Yes.

Okay. Um,

So I took these dance classes in the dance school, Miami, Dance Arts Miami, and it came to my mind, like, we can do, like, once in a week, Friday night, Sunday morning, we can have dance day, and we can teach dance class, and the school can provide different classes. dance classes like each month and we can pay the school and um yeah but what do you what do you guys think about it so dance classes kind of like the yoga classes and that that we have weekly like that type thing you mean yeah uh yeah exactly like that uh but we can have Each month, we can have different dance, like one month, two months, it can be line dance, can be bachata, salsa, another month, and et cetera. And the school can provide all of this. We can pay them so they can provide different teachers and different months, or we can select one type of dance. We can keep going.

Do you have a proposal from them to see cost?

No, but I want to get your approval. Then I can ask proposal from them. Then I can present here and we can go from there.

I think it's a great idea. It's just a question of cost and getting it budgeted. So that's kind of what it comes down to, but I think any activity like that is great. What do you think, Jose? You might not be able to answer. Okay.

Sorry. No, I think it's a great idea.

Okay. Fariam, can you go back to them and get us more information of logistics and cost and then present it back to us next month?

Okay.

And then maybe we can see if it's something that is feasible within the calendar of the budget.

Okay.

Yeah, that sounds good. I'll ask them and, yeah, see what I can present on the next meeting.

Awesome. Thank you. Sure. I love that idea.

Thank you.

Okay. We already did... But I think that's it. The staff liaison updates. Vice Mayor, are you still with us?

No.

I can't see him. Julie and Lily, you have anything else for us? No. No? Do we have any public comment? No. Okay, so we need to, I'm sorry, Ferahim?

No, we just say no.

Okay. Okay. Agenda items for the next meeting. So Ferahim, come back to us with the dance in the park idea. I'm going to follow up with Janice on the summer camp and I'll come back to us with that. And what else? Then we'll have Indira come back with the classes for teens and parents. And I think that's all. Anything else from anybody?

Actually, well, the tech council one should get pushed to the next meeting.

Oh, yes. Yes. I'm sorry. Yes. I have that already.

And then I also want to introduce the gardening classes. I ran into the person who runs the community garden in Miami Beach and found out that there's a bunch of cool stuff we could do for classes for kids and parents and just the basics of gardening. Yeah. And I'll potentially have her on to present. So if you could add that to the agenda.

That'd be great. All right. Awesome. I think that's it then. We're going to adjourn at 724 p.m. Thank you, everybody.

Thank you.

Thank you.