Native Plant & Seed Share on May 9, from 1-3pm, at 7719 Chicago Ave, Takoma Park MD
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#TakomaPark council: #GavelDown (actually tonight).
Next live postings: Monday, April 13, starting about 6:15 for the vote to hold a Secret Session. Don't miss it if you can.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Schlegel asks for details about Silver Spring school bus situation. Councilmember Honzak provides them; notes that buses to head in to the city, but too late for the start of youth programs.
#TakomaPark council: DCM Eubanks notes that it's a different part of the police department that using the teen room; notes that it's been out of use because of floor damage; notes that can be used after floor repair and before start of atrium work.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Wesolek wonders about which programs draw most on scholarships. Deputy rec head: 3/4ths of it is before- and after-care and summer camps.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak checks on whether $45,000 is earmarked for Lunch and Learn. DCM Eubanks: another community partner is Let's Play America. Any group that believes it meets the criteria of the grant is welcome to apply.
#TakomaPark council: DCM Eubanks: how much budgeted for Lunch and Learn? Rec head: $45,000. DCM Eubanks: same as last year? Rec head: yes.
#TakomaPark council: DCM Eubanks wonders if process has changed for community partnership program. Rec head: no; gives a bit of detail on the process.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak interested if youth-serving programs handled by outside groups appear in the budget. Rec head: only the Lunch and Learn program, with the expense listed in the Inter-Departmental budget category, not as a recreation expense. Finance head: a grant.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak notes the possibility of funding such busing in the city budget.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak wonders if city buses children from a school in Silver Spring to city programs. Rec head: has been considered. Notes that parents can request that their children be picked up or dropped off "at a different location."
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak invites presentation of information on time required to administer scholarships.
#TakomaPark council: rec head notes that the majority of forms for scholarships are received in December, a slow time for the department.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak notes expansion of scholarsips with ARPA aid. Wonders if more scholarships required added staff work to administer scholarships. Rec head: an administrative assistant has created a form; there's a "nice process" for awarding them.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Honzak wonders where scholarships are in the budget. Rec head: not a separate line item; result is "unrealised revenue."
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Schlegel wonders if, with the change in the building, there's a change in developing relationships with kids. Rec head: knowing kid's names "means the world to them;" to be an element of combined staff training.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Schlegel asks about 3:00 to 5:00 activities (with library challenges in mind). Rec head calls the period "the power hour;" notes that staff is present in the building at that time to help with the situation; notes that joint training with library staff coming up.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Schlegel wonders if scholarships can be shown as an expense to allow the level to be tracked over the years. "I'm seeing [Finance] Director Cheung nodding their head."
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Schlegel wonders if councilmembers can prepare eggs during meetings for the 2027 event.
#TakomaPark council: rec head: will be going back to teen lounge once atrium work is done.
#TakomaPark council: start of hour four (given the late start).
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Gilbert wonders about situation with teen lounge. Rec head: police dispatch will be moving to teen lounge for atrium work, so teen lounge is moving to game room.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman can there be scholarships for before- and after-school child care? Rec head: yes, and for camps.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman wonders if all takers are accepted on scholarships. Rec head: we go by the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) limit; it's very rare that someone is over the limit and does not qualify, maybe one or two year.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman notes popularity of table tennis.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman appreciates names of individuals on the organization chart.
#TakomaPark council: Councilmember Landman notes need for police officers to keep adults off the field when the egg hunt happens.
#TakomaPark council: deputy rec head notes the staffing and programs at the recent egg hunt.
#TakomaPark council: so much for adjournment by 10:30.
#TakomaPark council: rec head: more money would help. Notes that special events reduction is more of an accounting matter than an actual cut.
