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<br /> 1 they want it to be covered, so the one thing we have realized, or because we started in '21, but
<br /> 2 playing over the period of time, we realized that it's not very hygienic for kids to just use porta-
<br /> 3 potties, although it's been cleaned every time it's been used, and especially now, we have little
<br /> 4 girls coming and playing, like teenage girls, players playing, and they are not very comfortable
<br /> 5 using the porta-potties. That's the main reason we are going for a toilet and resting facilities. What
<br /> 6 we are proposing is to have toilets so that kids can have hygienic use of toilets, and then we want
<br /> 7 a resting facility because we've noticed that suddenly, there is some adverse weather,
<br /> 8 thunderstorms, and the kids have nowhere to go, so we want a place for safety for these children.
<br /> 9 Players will be able to go sit somewhere and eat, and also, they'll be eating lunch, sitting on the
<br /> 10 ground anywhere. So that's the main reason why we are proposing this toilet and resting facility,
<br /> 11 and it's not going to be huge, like 4,000 or 5,000 feet. It's probably going to be approximately
<br /> 12 1,500 to maybe 2,000 square feet, and this is, again, depending on if we get EHS approval. Okay,
<br /> 13 and the next one is the multipurpose storage shed, and as my husband just pointed out, we have
<br /> 14 mowers, huge mowers. We have rollers. They're always outside, so we want to have something
<br /> 15 where we can put this huge equipment, which are very expensive, so it's mostly for safety and to
<br /> 16 make it also like an access control and also, to make sure that they don't get spoiled because of
<br /> 17 weather conditions.
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<br /> 19 Vishwanath Patil: I will talk about the cricketing part here. Batting practice cages,just like the baseball, right? When
<br /> 20 we do practices, often we are short of players. Usually you need at least 11 each team, but
<br /> 21 practices, they show up, like, less than ten people, ten kids, so in order to save their balls going
<br /> 22 across the wooded area, things like that, it's pretty much enclosed area, which has meshed fence,
<br /> 23 but underneath is literally grass surface. There is no concrete, nothing underneath,just like the
<br /> 24 batting cage, that you see. I can just show you the picture of a batting cage. It's going to be
<br /> 25 exactly like this. This is one lane, I would call it, so like that. They'll be in this 80 by 100 feet long.
<br /> 26 You can fit in probably three or four for them, but just like the grass surface, and the structure is
<br /> 27 exactly same as this so that if batter is hitting, the ball is not going to go all around the park. It'll
<br /> 28 just stay within the park, basically the fenced, protected area, I would say. The purpose of this
<br /> 29 one, all you can have is two players, and they can then still enjoy the practices. That's it.
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<br /> 31 Beth Bronson: So how many teams are practicing at once?
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<br /> 33 Vishwanath Patil: Not even teams. Probably take one cage, two people, three people.
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<br /> 35 Beth Bronson: Oh, not necessarily just in the batting cage, in the entire season.
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<br /> 37 Vishwanath Patil: At practices? One team.
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<br /> 39 Beth Bronson: One team.
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<br /> 41 Vishwanath Patil: One team or two, so probably at the most, you would have 15 players. If we use practices on the
<br /> 42 actual ground, usually practices we do it on the side of the field because maintaining the pitching
<br /> 43 area is heck of work. I myself manage everything, actually, rolling the pitching areas, curation, and
<br /> 44 everything. It takes me 4 days for one game, the one weekend game, so I put in, apart from my
<br /> 45 work, I put in at least 40 hours every week, and you can imagine if game washes out, all in vain.
<br /> 46 Many times, it happens, Saturday, Sundays are rainy, and then you get one good Monday after
<br /> 47 that immediately. Then we can at least use that work and play on next day, so that way, it can
<br /> 48 save the amount of work.
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<br /> 50 Leon Meyers: Other questions, board members? I want to clarify the buildings. It looks like there are five
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