Okay, she's pitching the animal contract style.

Okay, perfect.

Good deal.

Do you know what I mean?

And I hear if we don't mind.

Thank you.

You know what?

It's coming up.

So we'll have to go back to that.

No.

Ready to go.

All right.

All right.

I would like to call to order the border parks commissioners regular meeting for today, July fifteenth, twenty twenty-six.

And we need a motion to approve a meeting memorandum from July first.

So moved.

Second.

All in favor.

Aye.

Against motion carries.

I would read a consent agenda items here.

Approve and execute skating professional agreement with independent skating.

Instructor George Ann Griffin Actinson.

Approve and execute skating professional agreement with independent skating.

Approve and execute user group agreement with Tri-State Hockey Academy for Swanna Ice Arena.

Approve and execute agreement with Tri-State Spartans for Swana Ice Arena.

Do we have any questions, comments, and anything else on the consent agenda items?

I make a motion to approve the consent and consent agenda.

Second.

All in favor, aye.

Against motion carries.

Okay, we've got a few things here.

Okay, the first one we have is from uh Dye Brothers.

And the lump sum price on this one is twenty one thousand two hundred twenty-five dollars.

And there is an alternate unit price of uh for number eight stone.

Um undercut the subgrade and replace with number eight stone for a hundred and fifteen dollars.

Um for a cubic yard.

Next one is from Rivertown construction.

Uh base lump sum bid is thirty-one thousand eight hundred fifty dollars,850, $31850.

Um and the alternate number one uh for removal of unsuitable soil replacement with number eight stone is one hundred twenty-five dollars per cubic yard.

And then the this last one is um, arc construction uh base bid is thirty-one thousand two hundred dollars.

That's three one two zero zero.

Alternate number two, or I'm sorry, alternate number one, which is the the uh removal of soil and replacement with number eight stone, is ninety dollars per cubic yard.

So those will be submitted to purchasing.

Purchasing, I guess, and held under advisement.

Yep, and they'll make a recommendation, noted.

All right, item B on a new business.

Open seal bids for Caldwell Playground Cycle Work.

Okay, this one uh first one again is Dyke Brothers, and the uh lump sum price is thirty-nine thousand five hundred twenty-three dollars, three nine five two three, and we've got the same uh type of alternate unit price, which is undercut subgrade replacement number rate stone one hundred and fifteen dollars per cubic yard.

Oh, separate.

Second one is Rivertown.

Base lump sum bid is sixty-three thousand seven hundred ninety-five dollars, six three seven nine five, and alternate number one uh unit price is one hundred twenty-five dollars per cubic yard, and the last one is uh from arc construction.

Uh base bid is forty-six thousand nine hundred ninety dollars, four six nine nine zero total cost uh for well unit price for alternate number one is one hundred thirty dollars per cubic yard, and those will also be submitted for review, all right.

Item C open C quotes for replacement of Amazonia bulwark board walk decking.

Making the bill.

Good afternoon.

Uh we put this out for quotes, and we should I believe have three uh ready to open today, so and you should have a bid tabulation sheet in front of you for this project.

Are there any alternates or is just a base bid?

It's just a base bid.

All right.

First one we have is Dag Brothers, and the proposal is for two hundred thirty-nine thousand, eight hundred eighty dollars, two three nine eight eight zero.

Uh the second one is from Custom Mechanical Construction Inc.

And proposal is for two hundred eleven thousand five hundred fifty six dollars, two one one five five six.

And the third one, last one is ARC construction.

The bid is uh two hundred eighty-three thousand eight hundred ninety dollars, two eight three eight nine zero.

Okay, and likewise those will be held under advisement.

Yeah, we'll be back soon to get this work started this fall step.

Do you want those or does Dash and A take those?

I usually scan them and send them to her.

So I'll take it.

Thank you, Eric.

All right.

Moving on.

Item D.

Any other business the board wishes to consider?

And are there any public comments?

Come on, yep.

Please state your name, address for us.

Yes, yep.

Okay.

Um, I asked a question about the handout.

Uh, Gabe Correjo addresses 702 on Greencoat Avenue.

Um, I actually have a handout that goes along with my little three-minute presentation.

Is that alright to provide you all?

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Thank you, Sarah.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

So sorry, this is about Metzparts Zoo and the tokens.

So I was in the paddle boats last week, kind of having a fun time out there, right?

And I noticed that it cost me five dollars to purchase five tokens, but three tokens to take the paddle boats.

So I had two tokens left over, which I couldn't figure out what to do with myself with those two tokens.

So if you look at you know the pricing structure and uh the tokens and what you can purchase for the experience within the Metzger part, I didn't really have a value, so I took these home.

It takes probably 25 cents to produce these tokens.

So in terms of your capital expenditure, I just kind of stole 50 cents from the zoo.

And in order to replace the five tokens so that they go back into circulation, you have to produce two more tokens, which is another 50 cents.

So now you have the five tokens back in circulation, ready to be issued through the token machines.

So sorry, I'm a little nervous.

The concept is you're kind of bleeding money in little areas uh around the token system, I think, including where if I wanted to then use I'm out of breath.

If I wanted to take these two tokens and then buy two more to feed the giraffes, because those are four tokens, um, that's two more credit card transactions.

That's like seven cents per transaction for me to go get one more dollar from you all.

So that's three credit card transactions that you're probably not collecting and noticing in your budgets.

It's hidden, and so are the operational costs to replace the two tokens that I've just took home.

That's a I think a novelty expenditure within the budget as well.

So the idea is towards the end is you restructure the token monetization offerings and then add value.

So it becomes a multiple of three of three, excuse me.

So I don't buy five tokens, I buy six.

Um, and then the budgie bird, the um carousel, that becomes a two for one.

So for three tokens, I get to go on either one, or I can go on both as a child.

I get a stamp that has two opposite stamps.

And then I have three tokens left, and I can go back on the um pedal tavern or pedal pedal boats.

But as you can see, um you've reclaimed all six tokens.

The opera the capital cost of creating the token to go back into the pool is eliminated.

The credit card transaction to then allow me to have a better experience and more value in the token, it's gone.

99% of your credit card transactions are gone.

95% of your capital expenditures of creating the tokens are gone.

I've also put um a picture of what the buttons would look like, representative six, twelve, and eighteen instead of five, ten, and twenty as they are today.

So each um token experience becomes a little bit different.

The uh penguin, you're paying five tokens, you get one herring.

I have two kids, I don't want to spend two dollars.

I actually don't have two kids.

But if I'm a parent, I'm not gonna spend $10.

But if you tell me for six tokens, I get two herrings, I'm gonna give you those tokens.

It costs a dollar for a herring.

That's an easy win, right?

And then you get all the capital expenditure associated with producing these tokens back.

I don't leave with them.

The take home token problem is gone.

Um, and kind of the um other idea here is you know, improving the value for your patrons without doing a whole lot of heavy lifting or investment, and it's more of kind of a capital expenditure, operating expenditure, looking at their experience and then how you can add value.

I'm so nervous.

Sorry.

So that's my presentation.

Uh enjoy the handout and it might be a good idea.

Uh, it might not be.

I just want to get it out there.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

We would take a look, uh take it on our advisement and then uh consult with the zoo staff, see how far we can go with this.

Appreciate it.

Any other comments from uh the public.

All right.

Here in the scene we do not have reports today so I will entertain a motion to accept payroll and vendor claims.

Second.

All in favor aye against motion carries we're adjourned.

Thank you.

I do want to do it thank you very much.