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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY.
MY NAME IS BRUCE JAEGER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 5TH TO ORDER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE AND FACE FLAG? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, I'M BRUCE JAEGER AND, UH, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.
UH, I'D LIKE TO START HERE WITH OUR ADVISORY BOARD, GO AROUND DOWN, AND THEN WE'LL GO ALL THIS WAY AROUND THE ROOM FOR EVERYBODY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
UH, BILL BROWN, MILITARY REP JAMIE'S MAX AND HELENA NALA.
UH, ERIC PRIESTER, BLUFFTON MIKE MINNESOTA'S HILTON THAT I LOVE TOO.
YEAH, SUPERVISED REVIEW FOR JUSTIN KEVIN REYNOLDS, ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR.
WASHINGTON CITIZENS, CHUCK ATKINSON, BUFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT, RECREATION DIVISION, GARY STERLING, UH, ST.
YOU'VE HEARD JEREMIAH, UM, SAME THING AS CITIZENS UM, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT.
HELENA COMMUNITY LEADER ADVISOR.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY.
UM, WE NEED AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TODAY.
IF Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT ONE, ONE ISSUE IN THAT, UM, I WAS PRESENT WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO ATTENDANCE, IT DIDN'T HAVE MY NAME LISTED.
OH, IS IT YOU MEAN ON THE, UH, FOUR MINUTES PRESENT? YES.
UH, NEXT, UH, ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, I BELIEVE SHANNON PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO WHAT? THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
SO WHO WOULD EVER WOULD LIKE TO GO UP FIRST, PLEASE GO UP AND THEN RESTATE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
THE OTHER WEEK, I WANT TO GO GET YOU IN THIS LITTLE FOUNDATION, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND REGISTERED COUNTY VENDOR THAT CONTINUES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN 2019.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TWO QUESTIONS.
MY FIRST QUESTION, IS THERE A PLAN TO RESTORE THE BATHROOMS AT GLORIA POTTS, BROOMFIELD AND SCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER BEFORE ASKING YOU ALL MY SECOND QUESTION, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE PERFORMANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT STUDY WAS COMPLETED ON MARCH 12TH, 2013, BY THE BALLARD KING AND ASSOCIATES.
WHAT THE PURPOSE TO CRITICALLY ASSESS PARKS AND RECREATION TO KEY EXCERPTS FROM THE FINAL REPORT ARE.
AND I QUOTE POWELL SAID CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
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IN THE EFFORT TO EXPAND MARKET, TO EXPAND MARKETS AND SERVICES WITHOUT HAVING TO DO IT ALL INTERNALLY.AND OF COURSE, AND THE SECOND KEY EXPERT AND I QUOTE PILES NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AT COMMUNITY AT COUNTY FACILITIES.
AS LONG AS THEY DO NOT COMPETE WITH THE INTERNAL PROGRAMS AND COPE AS YOU BOARD MEMBERS ARE AWARE, THERE WAS A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH LOVE HOUSE LEARNING ACADEMY TO PROVIDE IT AT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES THAT ENDED ON JUNE 30TH, 2021.
WITH THAT BEING SAID DOCUMENTED IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 29TH, 2016 STATES.
AND I QUOTE GOING FORWARD, THE COUNTY WILL ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO FACILITATE TWO PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE THESE TWO PROGRAMS. AND OF COURSE, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS MY ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH OVER 300 CONCERN, BUFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS, SIGNATURES TO ASK YOU, WELL, PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT THE COUNTY HAS YET TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO FACILITATE PROGRAMS AT THE NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY CENTERS.
I E GLORIA POTTS, BROOMFIELD, AND THE SCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER.
I SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AS A WHOLE.
ANYWAYS, HE'S WANT HE'S SHINE NOW.
UM, MY NAME IS GARY STERLING AND I LIVE ON ST.
HELENA ISLAND IN A PLACE CALLED SCOTT HILL.
AND IT'S A PLACE THAT I HAD GONE AWAY FOR, UH, FOR AWHILE, UH, FOR MANY YEARS, UH, I GREW UP THERE AND WHEN I COME BACK ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO, I RECOGNIZE THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE THERE.
WE'VE GOT A SERVICE THAT THAT SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA, SORT OF LIKE A VILLAGE.
WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER'S FAMILY SORT OF THING, BUT THEN NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
SOMETHING IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
I'VE HEARD, I'VE SEEN WHAT THE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, BUT IT'S NOT BEING DONE IN THE FIVE MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN BACK.
I SAW ONE THING HAPPENED LAST WEEK, WHETHER IT WAS A SPORTS, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? A SPORTS, UM, SPORTS CAMP.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING IN THAT TIME, THAT CENTER IS NOT BEING USED.
MY PARENTS WERE MEMBERS OF THAT CENTER.
I GREW UP THERE PLAYING AT THAT TENT ON 4TH OF JULY, WE USED TO JOIN ICE CREAM AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.
I CAN TELL YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
AND THE REASON I BROUGHT THESE KIDS UP, WE BROUGHT THESE KIDS WITH US.
THAT'S ENOUGH IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
KIDS LIKE THIS 11, 10, 13, 15 ARE WALKING AROUND.
AND THE WALK AGAIN, DOING THE WORST THINGS IN AREA.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE THAT SENT A SCOTT CENTER NEEDS TO BE OPEN.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO COST $400 A DAY TO RENT IT.
IT DOES END AT FOUR 50, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO CLEAN IT.
BUT IF YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE I'M SAYING, IF WE GIVE OUR PEOPLE A CHANCE TO OWN THAT CENTER, WE CAN DO THE CLEANING WE CAN DO WHATEVER'S NEEDED.
YES, WE HAVE TO PAY A RENTAL AGREEMENT, BUT NOT 400 BUCKS A DAY.
THAT SORT OF THING, SOMETHING NEEDS TO DONE.
I'VE BEGGED YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT IMMEDIATELY.
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AFTERNOON.I AM A, ALSO A RESIDENT OF SAY, HELEN.
UM, I AM A PRODUCT OF WHAT MR. STERLING, UH, SPOKE ABOUT.
I PLAYED SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL GROWING UP AT THE COMMUNITIES.
I'M A RETIRED FIRST SERGEANT CAME BACK HOME.
IT'S NOTHING, THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
I BROUGHT MY SON, MY KIDS TO PUT THEM IN THE SAME SPORTS THAT I HAD.
IT PAINS ME TO KNOW THAT NOTHING THERE.
THAT'S ALL WE ASK FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
WE JUST NEED OUR CENTERS OPEN.
WE NEED SOMEWHERE FOR OUR KIDS TO GO.
WE SHOULD BE PLAYING BALL, BUT WE'RE BURYING OUR KIDS.
HI, MY NAME IS SANJANA WASHINGTON.
UM, ACTUALLY KIND OF CAME TO MORE, TO LISTEN IN TO SPEAK, BUT AT THE SAME THING, I THINK IT'S THE SAME CONCERN.
SO I'M TRANSITIONING BACK TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
UM, I AS WELL, I'M FROM THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER WENT THERE AS A KID.
MY KIDS CAME DOWN FOR SUMMERS AND WENT THERE AS WELL.
AND APPARENTLY IT'S THIS THE SAME THING THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A NEGLECT OF CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIMES RIGHT NOW THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT WHERE WE SEE WHAT'S KIND OF HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND WE KNOW THAT KIDS NEED SOMETHING MORE STRUCTURAL IN LIFE, AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO JUST LISTENING AND HEARING EVERYONE ELSE, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WHAT THEY PLAYED IN THE ROLES OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, I'VE ALREADY HAD A MEETING WITH SHANNON BACK IN APRIL.
WE MET WITH COUNTY COUNCIL AND GERALD.
THEY MADE SOME PROMISES THAT THINGS THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO.
UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN.
UM, WE DID AN INFORMAL SURVEY IN THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO DO.
AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REVITALIZE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT ROLLING AGAIN SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO BE ENGAGED ABOUT AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER TO COUNTY COUNCILMAN, GERALD AUSTIN, AND AGENDA PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE OUTCOMES THAT ARE EXPECTED FROM IT.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO PASS THAT INFORMATION ALONG TO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN IT.
UM, SO JUST AS A VOICE AND NOT THE ONLY VOICE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T MIND USING MY VOICE.
UM, SO THE SAME THING THAT THESE FOLKS ARE ASKING FOR THE COUNTY HAS THAT RESPONSE PARKS AND RECS IS SUPPOSED TO BE PARKS AND RECS FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NOT SELECT CENTERS.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL CENTERS ARE INCLUDED UNDER THAT BUDGET AND IN THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND SHE HAS THE BODY, I'M SORRY.
MA'AM WHAT DID YOU SAY? SHE IS A PRODUCT OF THE COMMITTEE TO SEND THEM WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP IN THE RURAL AREAS.
IS ANYONE ELSE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK? AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, I GUESS THE CHILDREN.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN AND BUFORD COUNTY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BROAD AS WELL.
UM, IN REGARDS TO, UH, POP IN RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY, THERE ARE, UH, PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED.
THEY HAVE SPORTS PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED AS WELL.
HOWEVER, THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS, THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRAS AND HELENA ISLAND, UM, SHELDON SEABROOK, DALE, THEY IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THEM THERE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE REC AGE STUDENTS, UM, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING.
AND BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LIVING, PARENTS ARE WORKING TWO JOBS.
UM, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE IN A TWO HOUSEHOLD, A TWO PARENT HOUSEHOLD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THAT THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, IT'S NOT REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE KIDS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T HAVE NOBODY AVAILABLE TO GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AT, TO MAKE THESE PRACTICES, UM, TO EVEN GET TO THE FACILITIES.
I THINK FROM THE HELENA, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE A TEAM OVER THERE CURRENTLY, UM, A LOT'S BEEN GOING ON, SO A LOT'S CHANGED, BUT FROM THE HELENA, LIKE IF THEY WOULD'VE SIGNED UP FOR CERTAIN
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SPORTS, THEY GOT TO GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO, UM, BARTON WELLS RECREATION CENTER.AND THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO BY THEMSELVES.
SO, UM, IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR THE KIDS, WE CERTAINLY SHOULD BE DISCUSSING MAKING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM OVER THERE AS WELL.
THAT'S IT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH GREETINGS EVERYONE.
I COME TO YOU AND THE SPIRIT OF UNITY ASKING THAT YOU LOCK ARMS WITH US, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.
AND A LOT OF US KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE.
COULD YOU TELL ME WHO YOU ARE? MY NAME IS CITY BRANDON.
I AM A COMMUNITY LEADER AND EDUCATOR.
WE KNOW WHERE SOUTH CAROLINA FALLS IN TERMS OF EDUCATION.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE BURYING TOO MANY OF OUR BROWN AND BLACK CHILDREN TOO SOON.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT TO DO WITH CHILDREN.
WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT, WE JUST WALKED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
IT'S NOT OVER SCHOOLS MAY CLOSE, THEY MAY OPEN, CAN WE LOCK ARMS AND PROVIDE SOME BASIC RECREATION TO PROHIBIT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AND READING ABOUT.
THEY'RE NOT THE CHILDREN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY NOT BE YOUR PERSONAL FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT I PLEAD WITH YOU LET'S FIGHT CRIME TOGETHER.
THERE ARE MANY SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLACING HANDCUFFS ON THE CHILDREN.
LET'S HELP THEM HEAL IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR COMING.
UH, WE WILL, AS A GROUP, DISCUSS THE ISSUES, UH, IN A CLOSED SESSION THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, UM, AND DISCUSS THOSE WITH, UH, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, SHANNON, AND, UH, TAKE YOUR COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT.
SO WE'RE HERE TO SERVICE THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, AND, UH, ARE PLEASED THAT YOU CAME AND BROUGHT THIS UP TO US AND WE'LL REVIEW THAT.
DO I NEED A MOTION TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF JANUARY MINUTES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE, I DID HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS MYSELF.
UM, PAGE FIVE UNDER FOOD TRUCK FEES, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, I THINK THAT SHOULD SAY HOST FREE EVENTS AND THE THIRD SENTENCE.
AND, UH, UNDER DEPUTY DIRECTORS REPORT, WE GAVE OUT ROUGHLY 7 63 REFUNDS OR CREDIT, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY EQUATE TO CLOSE TO 45,000 IN LOST PROFITS.
UH, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT THAT BE CHANGED TO REVENUES OR FEES, NOT PROFITS.
UM, AS WE KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN A PROFIT BUSINESS HERE, SO I, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS, UH, VALID.
DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING? CAN I GET A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THESE, A MOTION TO APPROVE MEETINGS MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY MEETING.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.UH, FRANK SOL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UM, I KIND OF LOOKED AT MY THING LAST TIME I WAS HERE WHEN IT WAS MAY WHEN I WAS HERE.
SO IT WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER.
WE HAD A GREAT SUMMER, UM, SUMMER CAMP WAS FULL.
WE HAD A SPECIAL NEEDS CAMP THAT WAS FULL.
UM, AND LIKE, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN, IS THAT WE STRUGGLED FOR STAFF, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DID SOME OTHER THINGS, HAD BASKETBALL CAMPS, THREE SUCCESSFUL BASKETBALL CAMPS.
WE HAD TWO SUCCESSFUL VOLLEYBALL CAMPS ALONG WITH, UH, KIND OF NEW STUFF.
AND, UH, PROBABLY WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE, BUT FENCING.
WE HAD A FENCING CAMP AND IT WAS FULL.
AND I BELIEVE SOMEBODY FROM THE UNITED STATES WON A GOLD MEDAL.
SO FENCING'S GOING TO UP JUST LIKE SWIMMING IS GOING TO GO UP EVERY YEAR AFTER OUR OLYMPIC YEAR.
AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE SIGNING UP, BUT WE HAD A CHEER CAMP.
WE ALSO DID A KARATE CAMP AND THOSE KIND OF CHEER AND FENCING AND ALL THOSE OTHER STUFF, KIND OF NEW TO US THIS YEAR.
WE'D TAKEN SOME TIME OFF, BUT THAT CAMP WAS LOADED THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED, UH, GOING OUT TO THE POOL FULL POOL SCHEDULE.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO DO NOT ONLY WATER AEROBICS, SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES.
WE HAD IT ON SATURDAY, BUT OPEN SWIM, UH, REC SWIM CLUB, AGE TWO, A AND WE WERE BUSY ALONG WITH, UH, PROVIDING SWIM LESSONS.
UM, AND AS I TALKED TO THE AQUATICS PERSON HERE, BUT RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO, WE, WE LOSE NINE PEOPLE, UM, MIDDLE THROUGH THE MONTH.
SO GOING INTO THE FALL, IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.
UH, WITH THE SAME SEVEN DAY, WEEK POOL SCHEDULE WE'VE BEEN OFFERING, UH, FITNESS PROGRAMS. OUR MEMBERSHIPS ARE GOING UP, UH, HAD A GREAT ALL OUR LITTLE SESSIONS AND CLASSES WENT WELL, UH, ANTICIPATE WITH THE SAME SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE A FREE COMMUNITY YOGA AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON MONDAY.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OVER AND JOIN US, YOU CAN COME AND DO YOGA.
AND THE GYM AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT THE REC.
AND THAT FIRST TIME OUT, WE HAD OVER 10 PEOPLE.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A, THAT WAS A LAST MINUTE PROGRAM, PUT IT OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND OUR MEMBERSHIPS ARE GOING BACK UP AND WHICH IS REALLY NICE.
UM, OUR BUSY TIME IS IN THE MORNING AND THEN IN THE LATE EVENING IN THE FITNESS CENTER, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF TAKING ADVANTAGE.
WE HAVE A THING CALLED WELL BEATS WHERE YOU CAN GO IN.
IT'S LIKE THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON TV NOW WHERE YOU CAN LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND WORK OUT WELL, WELL, BEATS IS THE SAME THING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND WE'RE REALLY, AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE PUT IN BEING USED THERE AT THE REC CENTER SENIOR CENTER WAS, UH, WE WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH COVID KIND OF, RE-EMERGING, WE'VE SEEN SOME DROP BACK THERE, BUT, UM, STILL HAVING PEOPLE COME, UH, WENT TO THE CENTER YESTERDAY AND WISHED, UH, ONE OF OUR LONG-TIME MEMBERS, A HAPPY HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
I MISSED THE 98 TO 99, BUT I WAS AT LEAST ABLE TO SEE HER FOR A HUNDRED, WHICH IS THIS WEEK.
UM, LOW COUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK.
I MENTIONED THAT THAT'S A NEW PARK DOWN IN COLIGNY.
UH, WE HAD SOME EVENTS DOWN THERE THIS SUMMER.
IT WENT VERY WELL AND REALLY KIND OF EXCITING BECAUSE IT WAS A NICE MIX OF PEOPLE VISITING OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO, UH, ISLANDERS COMING TO THE EVENT, UH, LOCAL PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE.
SO IT WAS A NICE THURSDAY NIGHT EVENT.
UM, AND THEN WE SAW A LOT OF YOUNGER FAMILIES THERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FIREWORKS TO GO OFF, LIKE YOU SEE AT SHELTER COVE AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO THERE.
SO IF I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE IT ON THE HILTON HEAD TO SEE THIS NEW PART, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO DO IT.
UH, OUR FALL PROGRAMS ARE UNDERWAY.
UM, PEOPLE ON HILTON HAD ALWAYS LIKED THE WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
SO I WON'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO AND, AND WHERE WE GO FALL PROGRAMS. BUT I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT OUR SOCCER NUMBERS AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE OFFERING WILL CERTAINLY BE AT THE SAME LEVEL.
WE FOUND TWOS AT A, UM, ADULT BASKETBALL, WHICH WE HADN'T DONE IN YEARS.
IT SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO WORK IN SOME TIME TO MAKE THAT WORK FIVE ON FIVE LEAKS.
AND, UH, WE FINISHED UP ONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
IT TOOK THREE MONTHS TO GET IT OVER WITH, BUT IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD.
UM, JUST ONE OF, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON OVER IN HILTON HEAD, THE TOWN'S GOING TO BE DOING A MASTER PLANNING OF THREE PARKS, WHAT THEY CALLED THE MID ISLAND PARK, AND THEN ALSO CHAPLAIN AND THE, AND THE CRA, UH, CROSSINGS PARK.
AND THEY'RE GETTING READY IN THAT PROCESS.
AND THAT ACTUALLY, THAT ALL STARTS IN TWO WEEKS WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
AND I'M SURE YOU'LL SEE ABOUT THAT OUT THERE, BUT THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
I WANT TO THANK MATT AND SHANNON FOR, UH, MAKING BARKER FIELD AVAILABLE TO US THIS SUMMER AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE HAD SOME OF THE CAMPS THAT WE HAD SOCCER CAMP AND OTHER THING REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL TOO, FOR, UH, COMING BACK AND FUNDING OUR POOL OPERATIONS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
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UH, APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, THAT REALLY KIND OF HELPS US GET MOVE FORWARD.UM, I DID MENTION THE COVID EARLIER, BUT THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR FALL PROGRAM REGISTRATIONS AND OTHER THINGS.
WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN SOME IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS. AND, UH, WE'LL JUST FIGURE THAT OUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, TALKED ABOUT STAFFING STAFFING AT THE POOL AND OTHER AREAS OR ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S NODDING THEIR HEAD, WHOEVER EMPLOYS PEOPLE.
THAT'S, THAT'S AN, A, A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, CROSS THAT HURDLE.
AND ONE IS JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO KIND OF DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND RECREATION ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, IS ON A 60% COST RECOVERY.
AND SO WE HAVE TO GENERATE 6% OF OUR REVENUES IN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS CERTAINLY GOING UP AND UP.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, FOR PEOPLE THAT GO BUY YOUR FOOD AT THE FOOD STORE OR GO TO THE GAS PUMPS, WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT GOING UP.
AND WE ANTICIPATE SOME OF THOSE FEES AND THAT WE OFFER AT DIRECT CENTER PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO GO UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE CONTINUE OUR COST RECOVERY.
SO HIT THE END ON A GLOOMY NOTE, BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT.
I DON'T WANT HOW MANY SCHOLARSHIPS THAT, UH, THIS, SO WE'RE A LITTLE OVER $250,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP.
SO, AND THEN, UH, IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A THIRD OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAMS ARE ON SOME TYPE OF COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP.
IT CAN BE AS MUCH AS TWO THIRDS.
SO, YEAH, THERE'S A GOOD NOTE TO END ON ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I HAD A MATE SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE AGAIN, I'M DAVE HOFFMAN, AND THIS IS RICHARD ARIE.
WE'RE THE CO FOUNDERS AND CO COMMISSIONERS OF SENIOR SOFTBALL BUFORD.
UH, WE FIRST MET WITH EVAN IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND IN FOUR MONTHS WE STARTED A LEAGUE WITH SIX TEAMS, 90, 90 SENIORS PLAYING, AND SIX SPONSORS HELPING US, UH, COVER ALL OF OUR EXPENSES OF UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT AND, UH, COUNTY FEES.
UM, WHEN I, WHEN I MOVED HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THERE WAS NO SENIOR LEAGUE.
UH, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT COULD PLAY SENIOR SOFTBALL, I HAD TO LIVE IN SUN CITY AND PLAY IN THE HAIR LEAGUE AND WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY.
SO THAT WAS THE, AND WE WERE TIRED OF PLAYING WITH YOUNGER GUYS WHO COULD OUTRUN US OUT, THROW US NOW, HIT US.
SO WHEN RICK AND I BEING REASONABLY SMART, I SAID, WHY DON'T WE JUST PLAY WITH PEOPLE OUR AGE? SO THAT'S WHAT STARTED THIS WHOLE THING.
UM, THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ANYONE 55 AND OVER WHO WANTS TO PLAY ANYBODY WHO PLAYS, UH, AND SHOWS UP FOR GAMES.
WE'LL BE IN THE BATTING ORDER.
THEY'LL PLAY SOME TIME IN THE FIELD.
UH, THERE'S NO, NO, UH, RESTRICTION ON TALENT LEVEL OR EXPERIENCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE TRY AND KEEP OUR TEAMS COMPETITIVE.
UM, WE'RE POSITIONED FOR MORE EXPANSION AND IN THE FALL, UH, WE MAY HAVE SIX, SEVEN OR EIGHT TEAMS. WE'VE BEEN HAVING A SUMMER PROGRAM OF INFORMAL PRACTICES.
AND OUR DATABASE OF POTENTIAL PLAYERS IS UP TO ABOUT 240 SENIORS IN THE COUNTY.
UM, NOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU FOR, SO IS THIS ARE ALL THESE FOLKS NORTH OF THE BROAD PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM SOUTH ABROAD THAT THEY'RE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND A FEW FROM JASPER COUNTY, TWO OF THEM.
AND WE HAVE SOME INTEREST FROM PEOPLE IN SAVANNAH, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LEAGUE THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND, UH, SO THE COUNTY IS KIND ENOUGH TO LET PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE AREA AND CAN GET HERE, PLAY, WHICH MAYBE, MAYBE SOME OF THEM WILL JOIN US THIS YEAR, TOO.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED OUR INITIATIVE, WE THOUGHT OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE WOULD BE FINDING PLAYERS.
UM, BUT WE TAPPED INTO THIS INCREDIBLE MARKET.
OVER 40% OF THE POPULATION IN BUFORD COUNTY IS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 50 AND 79, WHICH IS OUR MARKET.
WE'RE ALSO, I MIGHT ADD OPEN TO WOMEN.
UH, SO WE HAD SOME WOMEN PLAYERS, WE HAD TWO, BUT WE'RE OPEN AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAP INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE HAVE.
UM, AND BEFORE I FORGET, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR, TO TALK ABOUT THE FIELDS AND WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR CURRENT CHALLENGES ARE.
UM, I GREW UP IN BALTIMORE CITY AND MY UPBRINGING WAS BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND STUFF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND WE HAD A REC CENTER THAT I HUNG OUT IN, UH, THAT REALLY WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY GROWTH AS A, AS A PERSON.
UM, SO I CAN REALLY EMPATHIZE WITH THOSE WHO TALKED ABOUT THEIR NEEDS HERE.
SO I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR NEXT CHALLENGE.
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IS OUR MAJOR CHALLENGE IS FIELDS.AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT THE SAND HANDLE PEOPLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE TALKING WITH SHANNON, THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH BUDGET TO HANDLE ALL OF THE RECREATION THAT'S NEEDED IN THIS COUNTY.
AND, UH, AND I MOVED HERE IN 1979 AND THAT'S WHEN I PLAYED MY FIRST SOFTBALL GAME AT BARKER FIELD.
AND SINCE 1979, I'VE BEEN CONNECTED WITH BUFORD COUNTY AND THE ISLAND REC CENTER, UH, COACHING, UH, BASICALLY ANY SPORTS A LONG TIME AGO AT THE ALLEN REC CENTER.
BUT THEN I SPENT 15 YEARS INVOLVED IN DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL.
AND, UH, AND WHEN I TURNED 50 YEARS OLD, THAT'S WHEN I RESTARTED PLAYING SOFTBALL.
AND OF COURSE WHEN I WAS 50, I THOUGHT I COULD STILL HANG WITH ANYBODY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT A GROUP OF US OLD GUYS TOGETHER.
AND WE PLAYED IN THE COUNTY SOFTBALL LEAGUE, BUT WHEN WE GOT 60 AND THEN WE GOT 65, UH, WE JUST COULDN'T COMPETE.
SO WE, THIS IS WHAT INSPIRED US TO TRY TO GET A SENIOR LEAGUE STARTED.
AND LIKE DAVE SAID, WE WERE SHOCKED WITH THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT, BUT REALLY WHAT THE, WHAT THE COUNTY PARKS AND REC NEED.
WE NEED A LARGER BUDGET FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR RECREATION FOR THE LOCAL PEOPLE.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY NEED IT.
AND I'M SURE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER SPORTS MINDED GROUPS NEED IT.
AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH ANY GROUP.
WE THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE THAT ARE PLAYING AND JOINING US.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE WILL HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN.
WE JUST NEED TO KNOW A DIRECTION THAT Y'ALL WANT US TO GO IN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, AGAIN, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE IN GETTING THIS STARTED AND WE HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH, UH, SHANNON AND HER WHOLE TEAM A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND WE'RE, UH, I KNOW IN MY CAREER COMMUNICATIONS, EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, YOU CAN NEVER COME A LOT OF PROBLEMS IF YOU JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY.
WE WANT TO BRAINSTORM WITH YOU.
WE WANT TO DO STUFF TO HELP YOU DO WHAT YOUR MISSION, UH, ASKS YOU TO DO.
UM, BUT WE ALSO ARE, UM, TRYING TO PARTNER WITH SUN CITY AND GET THEM MORE INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE ONE FIELD TOO, AND THEY'RE TOTALLY MAXED OUT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC, UH, AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WAS DONE FOR COMMUNICATION IS THE COUNTY HAS AGREED TO MEET WITH US.
WE HAVE LIKE A STANDING MEETING ONCE A MONTH WITH EVAN AND JUSTIN.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT STUFF BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE 120 HOPEFULLY PLAYERS THIS FALL.
AND A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, A LOT OF TEAMS, A LOT OF COORDINATION ON OUR END, NOT TO MENTION WHAT THE COUNTY HAS TO DO.
SO WE HAVE THE FIELDS READY AND ACCESS TO THE FIELD.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
AND RICK'S BEEN IN MAINTENANCE AND HE HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE ABOUT MAINTENANCE, TO IF, IF, IF HE'S WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AND DO SOME THINGS TO HELP IN ANY WAY AS WELL.
SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR HAVING US HERE.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING IT AND SERVING MORE AND MORE OF THE SENIORS IN THE COUNTY WHO JUST WANT TO STAY ACTIVE, BE PART OF A TEAM AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S FELLOWSHIP.
SO, SO TO, TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I MEAN, YOU, YOU'VE BASICALLY GIVEN US AN UPDATE ON WHERE YOU ARE.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR REQUESTS OF THE COUNTY AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY DIRECTLY AND YOU'RE PUTTING FORTH YOUR TALENTS TO ASSIST IN GENERAL WITH RECREATION AND BUFORD COUNTY.
AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY? YES.
THE CA UM, WE HAVE, UH, A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH, WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, SO, AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO PLAY IN THE DAY.
SENIORS DON'T DO WELL AT NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER LITTLE TWIST TO THE, TO THE WHOLE FIELD THING.
UH, WE PLAYED AT FOUR O'CLOCK DOUBLEHEADERS ONCE A WEEK AT PARKER FIELD.
UH, THIS PAST SEASON, WE COULD DEAL WITH WORKING SENIORS AND RETIRED SENIORS.
WELL, I WOULD THINK, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE QUITE AS LONG AS SOME OF YOU, ESPECIALLY YOU RICK, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE, UH, 93 AND VERY INVOLVED IN BASEBALL.
AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SINCE 93 IS A LACK OF FIELDS.
AND EVEN AS WE PRODUCE FIELDS, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS BEHIND THE DEMAND, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE IS A LOT OF VALIDITY, I THINK, TOO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE THAT HELPS A LOT IN TERMS OF USAGE OF THE FIELDS.
UM, BUT THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THE FIELDS AS WELL
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AS IS OBVIOUSLY USAGE WITH THE FIELDS, BECAUSE THE FIELDS THAT NEED MORE MAINTENANCE AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.SO, UM, WE HAVE IT AND THAT'S WHEN WE MAINTAIN THE FIELDS, YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNINGS AND WHATEVER ELSE, BUT THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND, UM, I RE I REALLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE COMING HERE SAYING THEY WANT TO WORK WITH US TO, UH, MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
SO, UM, JUST TO GIVE A UPDATE ON OUR SOFTWARE, WE HAVE GOTTEN STARTED WITH REC DESK.
UM, WE STARTED WITH OUR FALL REGISTRATION.
WE STILL HAVE MAX GALAXY RUNNING, SO WE'RE RUNNING BOTH PROGRAMS. UM, WE'VE STARTED THE, UH, FALL REGISTRATION THROUGH THE NEW SOFTWARE AND WE'RE CONTINUING CURRENTLY THE MEMBERSHIPS AND THE POOL ADMISSIONS THROUGH THE OLD SOFTWARE.
UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER TRAINING SET FOR NEXT WEEK, SO WE'RE HOPING TO TRY TO MOVE SOME MORE OF IT OVER, BUT WE'LL HAVE IT COMPLETELY MOVED OVER BY, UH, UM, OCTOBER, THE FIRST OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE, THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED AND SENT OVER TO LEGAL.
SO WOODEN PARTNERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO START REACHING OUT.
UM, THEY WILL START REVIEWING EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES, UM, EACH OF THE CENTERS, EACH OF THE FACILITIES, AND THEN THEY WILL START THEIR, UM, MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THROUGH THE CONTRACT PHASE OF IT, BUT THAT'S FINALLY DONE.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN START THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET OUT AND, AND START TALKING TO HIM.
SO, UM, TO DOVETAIL ON THAT, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MAKING THOSE EVALUATIONS.
AND SO IT'S JUST, IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, THE TENNIS COURT UPDATE, UM, SPOKE WITH DAVE.
THEY'RE HOPING THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT TO BID NEXT WEEK.
THEY HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN, UM, ALL THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF IT, DRAINAGE SIDE AND MEETINGS AND STUFF DONE FOR THE DOWNTOWN TENNIS.
SO IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL WITH THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT OUT, UM, FOR BID NEXT WEEK.
AND I THINK IT'S 30 DAYS THAT IT TAKES TO GET THE BIDS BACK, BUT THEN HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HAPPEN.
THEY'RE HOPING TO CLOSE THE DOWNTOWN TENNIS COURTS DOWN AROUND THE NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME AND HAVE THEM REOPENED AROUND THE MAY TIMEFRAME.
SO, UM, THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING UP AND GO IN BEFORE NEXT SUMMER, THE PICKLE BALL UPDATE.
SO AS WE, UM, STAND HERE, WE HAVE THE SHELL POINT AND THE SOUTH SIDE COURTS BEING CONVERTED, HALF PICKLEBALL, HALF TENNIS.
SO THEY'LL BE, UM, EACH EIGHT, UM, PLACE WE'LL HAVE TWO PICKLEBALL ON ONE TENNIS.
UH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE IN THE BEGINNING OF, OF THE WEEK, LAST WEEK.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE, THE RAIN, WHEN IT RAINS.
SO IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THAT.
SO WE MET AND WE MET WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
UM, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE MASTER PLAN REAPPROVED THROUGH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT ONCE THAT TAKES PLACE, THEN THEY'LL START PULLING THE PERMIT.
UM, WHAT, FROM THE MEETING, BASICALLY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE, STAFFING ISSUES.
SO, UM, THEY, THE ENGINEER, THE SURVEYOR, ALL THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF STAFFING, THEY'RE LIKE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS OUT.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING'S TAKEN A LOT LONGER THAN NORMAL TO GET THINGS DONE.
UH, THAT WAS KIND OF OUR, OUR HOLDUP TO, WITH THE PICKLE BALL IS THEY COULDN'T GET PAINT.
SO IT'S JUST, EVERYTHING'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALLY THE CASE OR IF THAT'S JUST THE NEW COVID EXCUSE.
SO IS IT A BUCK, WALTER UPDATE, THE TENNIS FACILITY AND BASEBALL FIELDS? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? BUCK WALTER UPDATE IS ADDING THE ADDITIONAL SOCCER FIELDS AND BEGINNING THE TENNIS COURTS, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON THE BUDGET AND HOW THE IMPACT FEES COME IN ON THAT, THEY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S JUST, LIKE I SAID, DEPENDING ON THE IMPACT FEES AND WHAT THE, THE BID INCOMES IN THEM, UM, THE BUDGET IS IN YOUR, EACH OF YOUR PACKETS.
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UM, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED ON THE BOARD TO KIND OF GIVE US A DIRECTION ON.SO WHEN WE SHUT DOWN FOR COVID, WE EXTENDED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FOR IF THEY WERE, WE WERE CLOSED FOR THE 12 WEEKS, WE ADDED THE 12 WEEKS ONTO THEIR MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, LATELY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING BACK TO US NOW ASKING AGAIN, TO CONTINUE TO EXTEND.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, DO THAT.
DO WE WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM, THEIR MEMBERSHIPS RAN OUT AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, OH, WELL, MY MEMBERSHIP RAN OUT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK HERE SINCE Y'ALL REOPENED, BUT WE STILL WANT, I STILL WANT 12 MORE WEEKS.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S SAYING, HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WELL, WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE BOARD AND SEE HOW LONG THEY WANT TO ALLOW FOR THE MEMBERSHIPS TO BE EXTENDED.
ARE YOU ASKING FOR, UH, SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT? SO YOU WERE CLOSED 12 WEEKS.
IF YOU EXTEND IT FOUR WEEKS, COULD YOU ASK AS PART OF THAT AND THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR ANOTHER YEAR IF IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE 12 WEEKS, BUT WE'D LIKE YOU TO SIGN UP FOR ANOTHER YEAR RIGHT NOW.
SO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEM AT THE BACKSIDE OF IT.
SO IT'S A BALANCE OF SOFTWARE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK WHERE WE ONLY CLOSED FOR 12 WEEKS.
SO 12 WEEKS WE WERE DOWN 19 NIGHTS.
SO WHEN, UM, I KNOW WE, WE HAD COMMUNICATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT BEING CLOSED.
WHAT ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATION ABOUT REOPENING THE CENTERS WHEN WE'VE HAD THE COMMUNICATION? SO THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN THERE.
UM, SO ARE WE A TOTAL OF 19 WEEKS POST? OBVIOUSLY WE ARE RIGHT? YES.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE WE CAN DO THEN TO OFFER PEOPLE, UM, AN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE OUT AND WE OFFERED THEM TO EXTEND IT FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CHOSE TO COME WORK OUT OR COME.
I MEAN, IF WE HAD THAT AVAILABLE, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR PEOPLE.
THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT IS, IS I THINK THAT WE WANT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MEMBERS BEFORE TO RETAIN THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
SO, BUT I THINK A POLICY OF, YES, WE'VE DONE IT FOR 19 WEEKS AND THAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE WERE OUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ADEQUATE MYSELF.
SO IF THEY COME SIX MORE MONTHS FROM NOW, AND THEN WHAT 19, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG DO WE CONTINUE THIS PROCESS? I DON'T THINK YOU CONTINUE AT ALL.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO, UH, SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO FOR EVERY PERSON THAT WAS A MEMBER, DID WE ADD 12 WEEKS TO THEM? ANYONE THAT CAME BACK WE GAVE THE 19 WEEKS, AS SOON AS THEY CAME BACK, WE EXTENDED THEM THE 19 WEEKS.
WELL, AT THIS POINT YOU'RE NOT CLOSED.
WE'RE NOT, WE CAN EXTEND THE ADDITIONAL WEEKS WHEN WE HAVE A FACILITY AVAILABLE AT A FACILITY CLOSED, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT ONCE THE CLOSED FACILITY OPENS UP, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME, WHICH IS THEY CHOOSE NOT TO EXTEND ANY FURTHER.
I READ 19 WEEKS, YOU GOT 19 WEEKS BACK, RIGHT.
AND YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO COME AND GET THAT EXTENDED.
WELL, AND IF, AND IF, AND AGAIN, IF WE HAD BEEN, IF THEY HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN OR WHATEVER ELSE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT'S REALLY NOT OUR ISSUE.
SO, AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE, SO THEY'VE HAD A YEAR AND 19 WEEKS OF MEMBERSHIP DEPENDING WHERE THEY FALL ON PLAY, SO, OKAY.
DO WE NEED A MOTION? ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH, I GUESS WHAT DO YOU WANT, EM, I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO HAVE EMOTION ON IN THAT REGARD TO THIS, SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION THAT WE'RE NOT, WE WILL NOT EXTEND, UM, MEMBERSHIPS BEYOND THE ORIGINAL 19 WEEKS, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY EXPIRED AT THIS POINT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
AND I'LL SECOND THAT GOOD MOTION.
SO WE FINALLY GOT THE POOL INFLATABLE, UM, THAT WE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH COVID.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEEN TWO YEARS AGO NOW, UM, THAT WE GOT THE POOL INFLATABLE.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OPENING,
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UM, BATTERY CREEK POOL ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, SO THAT, UM, IT'S JUST OPEN, NOT FOR SWIM, BUT FOR THE INFLATABLES, UM, THAT ARE IN THE POOL.UM, WE, ANNIE MYSELF, UM, MATT, ALL OF US LOOKED AT THE RATE AND THE AVERAGE, LIKE, UM, ISLAND PLAYGROUND THAT HAD THE, THE BOUNCES AND STUFF.
SO WE KIND OF WENT AND SAID, WELL, WHAT ABOUT $5? AND, UM, JUST HAVE THAT AS THE ENTRY FEE.
AND THEY CAN STAY THERE, YOU KNOW, FROM 10 TO SEVEN ALL DAY, IF THEY WANNA STAY THERE, CLARIFICATION, ONE IS THE POOL INFLATABLE ONES SWIMMING.
SO THE POOL INFLATABLE IS THE, REMEMBER THAT'S THE BIG, HUGE INFLATABLES THAT GO IN THE POOL.
WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY SET THEM UP INSIDE THE POOL.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE WITHIN THE POOL THAT THE KIDS CAN GO IN AND JUMP ON, YOU KNOW, AND THE $5 ENTRY RATE, WHAT'S THE REGULAR ENTRY RATE.
IF YOU WERE TO GO IN AND LAST SWIM, IS IT A FOUR? OH, SO YOU'RE ADDING A DOLLAR MORE AND THEY GET THE WHOLE, ALL THE INFLATABLES, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT THE, UM, YOUR USAGE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WE'RE NOT OPEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SO IT WOULD BE A, UH, AN EXTRA TO OFFER.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR, UH, EMPLOYEE FEES, GUARDS IN THAT YOU GET TO TRY AND SCHEDULE GUARDS.
I HAVE INFLATABLES IN OUR POOLS AND IT CAN BE A TRYING TIMES FOR $5.
UM, I'D SAY THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
YOU HAVE A STAFF FOR, HEY TODAY.
WHAT WERE THE POOLS BEING UTILIZED? THIS IS STRICTLY THE BATTERY CREEK POOL.
THIS WOULD BE THE BATTERY CREEK POOL TO HOPEFULLY INCREASE USAGE OF THE POOL.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
I THINK IT'S BEEN TWO, ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HOW COULD WE INCREASE USAGE AT THAT? BUT IT WOULD ALSO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BRING THE KIDS UP THERE, MEET, HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND STUFF LIKE THAT DO WHEN, WHEN KIDS ARE UNDER A CERTAIN AGE AND THEY, I MEAN, CAN PARENTS COME DROP THEM OFF? DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE SUPERVISION? HOW DOES IT HAVE TO BE 12 AND OLDER, 12 AND OLDER.
AND WHEN THEY'RE 12 AND OVER, THEY CAN JUST BE RIGHT.
WE DISCUSSED IT TODAY AND THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE.
SO IF I, AS A PARENT WANTED TO COME IN WITH MY CHILD TO THERE WOULDN'T BE A CHARGE TO THE PARENT BECAUSE THE PARENT WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THE PARENT DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO GET IN THE POOL AS WELL.
HOW MUCH WERE THE INFLATABLES THERE? THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT YEAH, THEY WERE EXPENSIVE NUMBER.
SO AN INCREASE IN USAGE, RIGHT.
AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT, RIGHT? YOU GUYS HAD COME TO US AND SAID, HOW CAN WE CREATE INCREASE THE USAGE OF THE POOL? THAT WAS WHAT WE CAME BACK WITH.
AND SO WE MOVED FORWARD WITH IT, PUT THEM IN OUR OLYMPIC POOL ON THE PARIS ISLAND.
AND MY USAGE HAS REALLY GONE, DEFINITELY TOOK OFF, UM, UPKEEP ON THEM.
YOU'LL BE DOING A LOT OF GLUING, BUT, UH, YEAH, THE OTHER THING YOU'LL FIND IS THAT, UH, WHEN YOU GO IN THERE ADULTS MY AGE, I MEAN, I'VE GOT MARINES AND THEY PLAY ON 'EM JUST AS MUCH AS THE KIDS DO.
SO, UH, I, I WOULD ANTICIPATE USAGE.
AND AT SOME TIME YOU MAY WANT TO COME BACK AND ASK ABOUT A HIGHER FEE FOR ADULTS.
YOU'RE WEARING TEAR BY ADULTS IS A LOT, UH, WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON THAT.
AND YOU MAY WANT TO COME BACK WITH, BUT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MOVE.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE, UH, AN INCREASE, MORE INTEREST IN THAT POOL, FOR SURE.
UH, SO IF I COME IN WITH MY CHILD, IF I'M NOT PAYING, THEN I DON'T GET IN THE POOL.
SO, UM, AGAIN, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND 20, 2000, THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT A RATE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PERIOD OF TIME, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, $5 FOR, FROM 10 TO SEVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE ALL DAY AND THEY'RE, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A $5 ENTRY FEE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A, UH, FOR THE WHOLE SESSION THAT IT'S OPEN.
SO, I MEAN, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A 10 TO TWO SESSION AND A TWO TO FIVE SESSION OR AN A FIVE
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TO SEVEN SESSION? I MEAN, I'M JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION.YOU GET THAT ALL, LIKE YOU WERE ALSO SAYING ABOUT LIKE THE ADULTS, WE DO A SESSION THAT'S JUST ADULTS OR BOOMERS OR ASIANS THAT SAT RACE, AND THEN THE KIDS ARE AT A DIFFERENT TIME FOR A CERTAIN PRICE.
AND I THINK THERE MAY BE KIDS AND PARENTS WHO MAY COME TOGETHER AND WANT TO DO IT TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, I WOULD THINK THAT, UH, YOU WOULD SEGMENT THAT DAY AND I HAVE $5 PER SESSION OR SOMETHING.
YOU, YOU COULD DO THAT AT LIKE TWO HOURS.
I KNOW WHEN WE GO TO THE JUMP PLACE IN SAVANNAH, THEY DO LIKE AN HOUR, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST AT LEAST TWO HOURS AND THEY PUT A CERTAIN COLOR BRACELET ON.
AND AT THAT, AFTER THAT TWO HOURS IS UP THEN, WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU TELL SOMEBODY IF THEY WANT TO STAY ALL DAY, IT'S $12, NO REFUNDS.
AND THEY COME IN AT THE BEGINNING AS YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? CAUSE THREE INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS WOULD BE 15.
I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO RECOUP SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT AND GET THE ADDITIONAL USAGE.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST TOO LITTLE.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT'LL DROP THEIR KID OFF AND SAY, I'M GOING TO BE BACK AT SEVEN TO PICK YOU UP.
AND $5 IS A PRETTY INEXPENSIVE BABYSITTER.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO RUN IT A MONTH AND SEE WHAT YOUR USAGE TIMES ARE.
I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING YOU MAY END UP HAPPENING TO ADJUST IT.
UH, SUNDAYS AT 10, SOMEHOW I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT COMING IN, BUT I COULD SEE SATURDAY MORNINGS, YOU MAY WANT TO OPEN EARLY, BUT RUNNING IT FOR A TIME, SEE WHERE YOUR USAGE PATTERNS ARE AND THEN COME BACK WITH SOME OTHER PLANS OR PAY SCHEDULES TO GIVE US.
SO YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT A MONTH OR SO TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, WELL, MY SENSE, MY SENSE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BEAT IT TO DEATH, BUT MY SENSE IS IF YOU GO IN INITIALLY WITH TWO OR THREE SESSIONS AND THE NUMBER'S HIGHER, YOU CAN GAUGE WHAT YOU HAVE AND YOU CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, PULL IT BACK IF YOU WANT.
IT'S HARDER TO GO THE OTHER WAY IN MY MIND.
I THINK LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE AT THE JUMP ZONES, IT'S REALLY NOT LIKE SESSIONS IT'S WHENEVER YOU SHOW UP AND YOU KIND OF GO IN AND YOU HAVE A, AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS THAT YOU BUY THAT TIME.
SO THEN YOU'RE NOT STUCK INTO, OH, WELL, IF I DON'T SHOW UP AT 10 NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KIND OF KEEP IT ON A ROLLING TIME PERIOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
ALSO THE OTHER ISSUE FOR YOU IS MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DEALING WITH WRISTBANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IT MAYBE FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, SO WE DO ANYWAYS US.
SO DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOMETHING? DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO PUT A MOTION OUT THERE? WHAT DIRECTION? I MEAN, DOES ANYONE, AS WHAT'S THE D TRYING TO THINK OF ONE, UH, MIKE, IF YOU'VE GOT ONE TO PUT FORTH, HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY THIS? UM, I THINK WE MEET AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE COULD GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME RUNNING A TRIAL BASIS FROM NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT.
THE $5 FEE, IS THAT CORRECT? AND JUST FOR TWO HOUR SESSIONS, ROLLING SOUND SOUND AS IT TENT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS UNTIL JUST A REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
YOU WANT ME TO GIVE THAT MOTION? I CAN GIVE THAT MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SET A FLAT RATE OF $5 FOR THE USAGE OF THE POLL ON A TWO HOUR ROLLING BASIS.
UM, AND WE'LL TRY THIS FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS.
I SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
YOU GUYS ASKED ME TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH FOOD DRUGS.
SO I REACHED OUT WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS AND, UM, TALK WITH SOME OF THE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS.
AND WHAT THEY EXPLAINED TO ME IS THAT THE RATE VARIES.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A LARGE EXISTING IN THE EVENT, UM, BEAUTIFUL WATER FESTIVAL MAY FAST, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE A LONG TIME.
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BIG TURNOUT.
THEN THEY'RE CHARGED ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO $300.
IF IT'S A NEW UNESTABLISHED EVENT, UM, A NEW ONE, YOU KNOW, FIRST YEAR, SECOND YEAR EVENT THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO, TO GAIN AS BIGGER EVENTS.
THEY AVERAGE FROM A HUNDRED TO 150.
AND IF IT'S JUST A SMALL EVENT, UM, EXAMPLE LIKE A SOCCER GAME OR A SMALL, YOU KNOW,
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LITTLE EVENT, THEN THEY CAN BE CHARGED ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO A HUNDRED OR A PERCENT.AND THIS WOULD BE WHEN YOU'RE NOT HAVING A CONCESSION STAND, ACTUALLY WE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL US AND ASK US, YOU KNOW, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO INVITE ANYONE TO COME OUT IF WE DID IT.
UM, TYPICALLY WE DO DO CONCESSIONS.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE WE USED TO HAVE THE BLUFF FEST, UM, WHEN WE'VE HAD THE STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT OR IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AVAILABILITY TO HAVE A CONCESSION STAND, UM, WE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE HOME AND GARDEN SHOW AND, YOU KNOW, JUST DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO US AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, CAN WE PUT MY FOOD TRUCK OUT THERE? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FEE ESTABLISHED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE SUCH A THING.
I WAS ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU HAD A FOOD TRUCK AND YOU GOT THE SESSION SAYING YOU'RE SELLING THE SAME, SAME PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, THEN THAT'LL BE KIND OF SHORT CHANGE ITSELF.
IT TAKES AWAY FROM YOUR YOUTH LEAGUES THAT RUN THE CONCESSION STAND TOO.
BUT, UM, BUT IF WE HAVE, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IN THE PAST, AND OF COURSE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH COVID, IT'S KIND OF STOPPED EVERYTHING, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING A SNOW DAY, YOU KNOW, SNOW DAYS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN DO SNOW DAYS AROUND THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, AND WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE SNOW DAYS THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE CONCESSIONS.
THE TRUCK PULL UP, TAKE CARE OF IT.
I AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF A FLAT RATE.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT EASIER FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK WITH THE PERCENTAGE.
NOT EVERYBODY MAY BE AS FORTHCOMING WITH, HEY, I MADE $200, YOU KNOW, AND THEY MAY BE WALKING AWAY WITH TWO GRAND DEED.
SO DEFINITELY THE FLAT RATE IS YOUR PROBABLY YOUR BEST WAY TO GO.
UM, THE, THE ONUS IS ON THEM TO GET THE SALE.
THE $300 RANGE FOR EXISTING LARGER MAN, I THINK IS REASONABLE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A BUILT IN CROWD.
THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES, PROBABLY A LOWER RATE, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR EVENT AND THE ONE SINGLE EVENT LIKE A SOCCER MATCH OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
THE LOWER FEE STRUCTURE THERE MAY IS I THINK IS REASONABLE, NOT THE HIGH END.
YOU'RE ALSO ENHANCING YOUR PROGRAM TO WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOUR VAN IS OR GIVING TO PEOPLE, SOMETHING YOU'RE MAKING THE COMMUNITIES GETTING A BETTER SURFACE.
SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE DOLLARS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE, MAKING SOMETHINGS NICE, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND CENTS.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT PROGRAM YOU CAN PUT OUT THERE ON THE FIELD AND GET THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE BROUGHT UP AND, AND IN OUR PREVIOUS SITUATION, UM, WE TABLED THE TOPIC TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING SPECIFIC.
UM, THE FIRST THING I THINK IS THE COMPETITION WITH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH EXISTING, UM, CONCESSION STANDS AND THAT'S PROBABLY FOR THE MOST PART LIMITED TO BASEBALL, ISN'T IT? OR JUST, OR SOCCER.
DID THEY HAVE CONCESSIONS AT SOCCER TOO? WE DO NOT.
SO THE OTHER ISSUE WAS COVERING, COVERING, UM, THE INCREASE IN DISPOSAL COSTS AND TRASH AND OTHER THINGS THAT THESE THINGS WOULD GENERATE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING US ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE PRODUCT AND THEN THEY'RE EVERYONE WHO'S EATING AS A DEPOSIT AND TRASH.
SO HOW MUCH MORE TRASH IS THAT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO, AND WHAT ARE OUR COSTS GOING TO BE BEFORE FOR THAT? SO, UM, I THINK YOU CONTROL IT BY HAVING A FLAT RATE AND THEN THEY DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO PAY THE RATE OR NOT.
SO A SMALL, I MEAN, US GETTING INTO THE DEFINITION OF WHAT'S A LARGE AND A SMALL EVENT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SMART.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT HAVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, THAT, UM, WITH INDIVIDUAL FOOD TRUCKS THAT THEY'RE COVERED FROM A LIABILITY PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE COVERED AS WELL.
I MEAN, WE'D HATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT PROPERLY LICENSED TO GETS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SICK AT AN EVENT.
AND THEN THEY POINT TO THE COUNTY.
SO, I MEAN, TO ME, I WOULD SAY, MAKE IT 250 OR $300, AND THEN THEY INDIVIDUALLY MAKE THE BUSINESS DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO DO IT OR NOT.
AND OUR POLICY IS, IS THAT THEY HAVE THE PROPER INSURANCES
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THAT ARE PROPERLY, UH, APPROVED BY D HECK HAS TO PROVIDE US WITH A LICENSE OR WHATEVER ELSE PROVIDE.UM, YEAH, WELL PROVIDE THEIR OWN UTILITIES.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK IN THAT SITUATION, THEN WE'VE GONE THIS LONG WITHOUT HAVING IT.
I AGREE WITH MIKE THAT IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT CAN ENHANCE EVENTS, BUT IT ALSO, IF IT GOES THE WRONG WAY, IT CAN BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR US.
SO I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE HIGHER FEE, THEN EACH FOOD TRUCK MAKES THEIR OWN BUSINESS DECISION.
IF IT WORKS OUT FOR THEM ON THE FIRST TIME, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE BACK.
WELL, SHE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT IS, DOES THE UMBRELLA POLICY AND THE POLICY THAT THE COUNTY HAS HAVE COVERAGE FOR THAT IF CASE THERE WAS A FOOD WERE DOING, WE DO LIKE THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A LIABILITY POLICY, BUT I'VE TALKED TO LIKE AN UMBRELLA OVER TOP OF THAT, LIKE A SECONDARY POSITION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I BET YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE OR SOMETHING.
I'D HAVE TO ASK RISK MANAGEMENT.
I, I, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UH, ACCOUTREMENT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ANY UNDUE LIABILITY FOR IT.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT SOLID POLICY IN PLACE.
AND IF EVERYBODY SAYS $300 OR TWO 50 IS TOO MUCH MONEY, THEN WE'LL JUST CONTINUE ON THE WAY WE ARE.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF A SINGLE RATE VERSUS HAVING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ONES.
UM, MOST OF THESE FOOD TRUCKS ARE NOT GOING TO COME TO YOUR FACILITY.
IF YOU'RE HAVING THEM COME FOR AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, YOU HAVE TO GUARANTEE THEM A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IN THEIR MINDS, IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M SPENDING A HUNDRED OR 300, I NEED TO MAKE A THOUSAND PLUS THAT BEFORE IT'S WORTHWHILE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH IN THEIR, IN THEIR MIND FOR THEIR BUSINESS.
SO I THINK YOU JUST SET ONE FEE AND CALL IT A DAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SOMEBODY WANT TO PUT A MOTION TOGETHER? I WOULD MOVE, WE CHARGED $300, LARGE EXISTING EVENTS, 1 25.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE, WE'LL SEE AGAIN, AND WE'LL COME BACK, DISCUSS IT.
THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR MOTION POSSIBLY WOULD BE THE DIRECT CERTIFICATION, BUT I DO BELIEVE ALL FOOD TRUCKS HAVE TO HAVE THAT WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UH, ANYWAY, SO, UH, JUST STATE REQUIREMENT, JUST PROTECTING YOU GUYS ARE PROTECTING ALL OF US.
I'M GOING TO MAKE IT DISCUSSION THAT I FIRMLY DON'T BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A DIFFERENCE IN PRICE BETWEEN ANY EVENT.
I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE ONE EVENT, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO GO WITH, IT I'LL DEFER TO THE GROUP.
BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO REQUIRE INSURANCE AND ESTABLISH THAT WE HAVE SECONDARY PROTECTION FROM, FROM OUR LEGAL FOLKS TO DO THAT IN DISCUSSION.
I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT THAT, UH, I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE ONE FEE, NO MATTER SIZE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER IT'S ONE FEE OR THREE FEES AS PRESENTED EASY TO MAINTAIN, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING ANY ISSUES THAT YOU CHARGED ME, 50 UTAH, YOU ONE 30 VALUE TALKING TO ME 320 EVENTS.
SO YOU CAN AMEND IT AND YOU CAN AMEND IT MENDED $200, NO MATTER WHAT IS THAT GOING TO COVER IS $200 GOING TO COVER IT OR INCREASED COSTS.
WELL, WE WERE GOING TO GET THESE FEES.
DO WE WANT IT TO SET IT AS A TEMPORARY FEE? OR DO WE WANT TO, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR VIEW.
WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE IT, BUT I THINK IF THEY FIND THAT THE EXPENSES ARE MORE THAN THE FEE, THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK UP HERE AND MAKE A MOTION AT THAT POINT TO INCREASE IT IN SALES TO MAKE THE MATH WORK OUT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR, $200 FEE MOVING FORWARD, PROPER INSURANCES AND, AND WHATEVER.
SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS THAT HAVE COME UP WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO US AND, AND WITHIN OUR, OUR LENGTH OF TIME OF HAVEN'T BEING ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING OR A SCHEDULED MEETING WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME UP AND ASK US IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIREFIGHTERS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WANT TO DO A FUNDRAISER FOR A CHILD IN THE COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING
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COMES FORWARD, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT THEM OFF, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS COME TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT A BIG DECISION OR A BIG EVENT, BUT AT LEAST BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DECISION.WHAT WOULD THE BOARD TYPICALLY DO, OR AT LEAST BE ABLE TO EMAIL THE BOARD AND GET A DECISION BACK WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME.
THIS IS FOR WAIVER OF FEES, FOR CERTAIN THINGS OR REDUCTION OF FEES.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AS LONG AS YOU EMAIL US WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT.
IF WE SEE A TREND THAT WE CAN REACT TO, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME LATITUDE.
AND TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, I TELL MOST EVERYONE WITH THE FEES LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO TO THE BOARD.
WELL, FEES ARE REALLY ONE OF THE MAJOR, MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD.
SO, SO, UM, I GUESS I WOULD SAY, UM, WE COULD SET SOMETHING UP WITH, UH, A CERTAIN DEFERENCE TO YOU UP TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, THEN ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE SENT AROUND ON AN EMAIL, BUT JUST THAT YOU WOULD THEN REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, WHOEVER YOU PROVIDED THAT DEFERENCE TO.
SO WE WOULD HAVE IT IN THE MINUTES IN THE MINUTES AND THERE WOULD BE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A RECORD OF IT SO THAT ANYBODY WHO WAS WANTING THAT WOULD BE TRANSPARENT.
SINCE WE WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, IN SOME OF OUR ASSOCIATION BUSINESS WHERE WE, UM, WE'LL GET AN APPROVAL THROUGH AN EMAIL PROCESS AND THEN WE JUST RATIFY IT IN THE MEETING.
SO DID YOU GET THE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, WHAT TYPE OF DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR YOUR DISCRETION WOULD YOU BELIEVE IS APPROPRIATE? I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I CAN EMAIL EACH OF YOU, YOU KNOW, AND SEND OUT AN EMAIL FOR A RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN CHARGE THE COUNTY.
SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISCRETION TO A CERTAIN NUMBER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL THE TIME.
I JUST HATE PEOPLE SOMETIMES HAVING TO WAIT TO COME BACK TO THE NEXT DAY WHEN THEY WANT SOMETHING OR NEED SOMETHING.
I THINK WE SET A THRESHOLD AND THEN IF IT'S ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, THEN THE EMAIL CIRCULATES AND WE RATIFY IT LATER.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE ONE SET FEE, UH, EXAMPLE, UH, OUTDOOR FACILITY VERSUS AN INDOOR FACILITY.
OR WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH, WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
SAY YOU WANT TO RENT A BUILDING $500.
WE DON'T GIVE YOU AN AMOUNT TO GO UP TO 500 OR LIKE IF IT'S A SPECIAL, SO SAY YOU HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT, BUT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, KENNY SAY, YOU COME TO ME AND YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CHILD AND OUR PROGRAM, OR THERE'S A CHILD AT OUR SCHOOL.
THAT'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO A FUNDRAISER FOR HIM.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MONEY BEING TAKEN IN, SO IT'S CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EVENT IT'S FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TAKE PART IN AND HELP OUT IN.
VERSUS HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO GET
THESE THINGS HAPPENED WITH THE BRIGHT SITUATION WHEN SHE WAS PARALYZED, THE, UH, OSI WORLD, UM, OPENED THE BUILDING UP RIGHT THERE.
IT WAS A PERFECT SPOT LOCATION TO DO IT.
UM, YES, I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY TO, UH, MAKE THAT CALL AND A UNIT, SOMEBODY GOING TO COME UP RATHER QUICKLY AND YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE A FAST DECISION BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY NOBODY THINKS TWO WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S USUALLY, HEY, SATURDAY, WE WANT TO DO, AND GETTING BACK, GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF US COULD BE RIGHT.
WELL, AND, AND, AND, AND THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE GET IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S FRESH, IT'S NEW TO EVERYONE.
AND EVERYONE WANTS TO HELP OUT WITH THIS CHILD OR THIS, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHOEVER, AND, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME WE WAIT THE TWO MONTHS TO COME BACK TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD TO GET APPROVAL, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE ALREADY DONE OUR PART AS THE PARKS AND REC AND, AND HELPED OUT.
I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS, TOO, IF DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF EVENT IT IS, I, I YOU'VE GOT A FLAT FEE AND THAT THE EVENT, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, FACILITY FEES TYPICALLY COVER THE ESTIMATED CLEANUP AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THERE'S TYPICALLY A DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WHEN SOMEBODY DOES THAT TO MAKE SURE, ARE YOU GOING TO WAIVE THE DEPOSIT AS WELL? WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE DEPOSIT.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DEPOSIT POLICY
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MEAN FOR, I I'M JUST, UH, JUST COVERING YOURSELF, JUST TRYING TO COVER IT.I MEAN, AGAIN, IF WE'RE DONATING WHATEVER AND THEY GIVE US A CREDIT CARD TO COVER THE POSIT, I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE BECAUSE IN THE END THERE'LL BE NO FEE.
UM, SO I'M THINKING THAT, UM, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO WAIVE, UM, UP TO A SINGLE DAY EVENT FEE FOR ANY FACILITY, UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED, UH, WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL, ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, YOU WOULD NEED TO EMAIL US AND WE WOULD NEED TO APPROVE IT.
AND, UM, REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF, UH, OF, UH, FREE, UH, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, GRATUITY FREE, UH, UH, WHATEVER YOU PROVIDE THAT GETS REPORTED IN THE REPORT, IN THE FOLLOWING, UM, MINUTES, AND THEN PART OF YOUR REPORT, YOU JUST SAY WHO YOU DID IT FOR AND WHY YOU DID IT.
AND THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND WE MAKE UP EMOTION, THAT MEETING TO COVER ANYTHING SHE DID ON HER OWN, AND THEN RATIFY ANYTHING THAT WE APPROVED EMAIL.
SO RESTATE THAT OR EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
I'M TAKING WHAT BRUCE SAID AND ADDING MY CARDS.
ANY OTHER, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I NEED TO GET A SECOND ON THAT MOTION.
UM, THE POOL RESURFACE UPDATE, WE'RE HOPING TODAY, THAT'S WE HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR A WHILE.
ARE YOU GUYS DOING THE INSTRUCTORS OF THE POOLS AS WELL? THE BATTERY CREEK BUFORD, UM, THE OTHER POLLS IN THE COUNTY THEY'RE COVERING, I GUESS, TALKING ABOUT REDOING ALL THAT AS WELL IS WHAT WE'VE TACKLED RIGHT NOW.
NOW WE'VE DONE BLUFFTON, AND THEN WE'VE GOT BATTERY CREEK.
UM, THAT IS STILL ALL IN THE WORKS WITH THE FUNDING THAT COUNCIL HAS SET ASIDE TO REDO THE POOLS.
UM, HEY, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
THEY'RE TALKING WITH ENGINEERS SEEING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THAT'S STILL ALL IN THE WORKS, BUT, UM, THE BLUFFTON POOL WAS BASICALLY BEEN CLOSED ALL SUMMER.
UM, THE PUBLIC IS JUST HOUNDING US, UM, BECAUSE IT IS OUR MOST USEFUL, BUT, UM, WE'RE HOPING TODAY THAT WE GET THE GO AHEAD TO REOPEN, UM, SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS ARE COMING UP, YOU KNOW, SWIM TEAMS ARE COMING UP.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE CONTRACTOR.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON SPORTS CAMP.
SO HERE WAS OUR TURNOUT, YEAH.
OF OUR, UM, WE DID SOME SPORTS CAMPS WE DID OUT IN DALE AND THE SCOTT AREA.
UM, THE SCOTT AREA HAD, UM, BETTER PARTICIPATION COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT, WE FEEL LIKE COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, HAD THE RAIN NOT BEEN REALLY BAD.
UM, BUT I'LL LET ETHAN, OH YEAH.
UM, GIVE YOU A LITTLE, HE DID THE SPORTS CAMPS FOR US.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DAYS IN THE PARK.
UM, BUT WITH COVID OF COURSE WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO ARE THESE SINGLE DAY CAMPS EACH WE HIT, WE WEEKLY GAMES.
AND DO THEY PAY THEY PAY FOR THE WEEK OR NO, IT WAS A FREE CAMP.
I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE EARLIER.
I'M THE ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR OVER HERE IN BUFORD.
SO PROBABLY TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO, SHANNON CAME TO ME WITH A PROJECT BASICALLY IT'S LIKE WANT TO DO SOME STUFF IN THE OUTLINE AREAS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GET OUR PRESENCE OUT THERE MORE AND OPEN A DIALOGUE UP WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO I PROPOSED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT IDEAS.
WE KIND OF BRAINSTORM THROUGH WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE THE FIRST, THE F THE FIRST INSTALLATION OF THAT.
AND SO WE DECIDED ON RUNNING WEEK LONG SPORTS CAMPS, THAT FOCUS ON THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ALREADY OFFER.
SO ALL THE, SO THE FIRST DAY WE HAVE BASKETBALL, UM, SO THAT WE'D RUN THAT SPORT.
HE GOES, YOU GUYS KNOW IN THE WINTER AND SUMMER SEASONS, AND THEN ALSO ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR FALL SPORTS.
SO BASEBALL, SOCCER, FLAG FOOTBALL, UH, TRYING TO GET THOSE NUMBERS TO RISE AND GET MORE KIDS INVOLVED.
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UM, AND FOR ME, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.UH, SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MYSELF.
I, UH, WAS A COLLEGIATE TWO SPORT COLLEGIATE ATHLETE.
UM, BUT MY BACKGROUND ACTUALLY, ISN'T IN RECREATION.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN A PART OF ATHLETICS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE, BUT MY DEGREE WAS IN SOCIOLOGY WITH A FOCUS ON CULTURAL STUDY AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO THE REASON I WANTED TO DO THIS JOB WAS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SPORTS MATTER.
UM, AND THAT WHEN KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN SPORTS, THEY'RE HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, AND MORE LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
UM, AND I'VE SEEN THAT BOOK AND A TOTALLY AND EMPIRICALLY THROUGH ALL RESEARCH.
SO WE WANTED TO GET, FIND AN EVENT WHERE WE COULD START TO KIND OF START THAT PROCESS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES UP THERE AND WHICH WAS MY MAIN GOALS WITH EACH CAMP WERE TO TEACH THE KIDS.
WE ONLY HAVE AN HOUR, UM, ROUGHLY WITH EACH AGE GROUPS.
AND SO IN THAT TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE CHANGE ANY KIDS SHOT OR WHATEVER.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TEACH THEM ANYTHING CRAZY, BUT TEACH THEM ONE OR TWO TECHNICAL THINGS THAT THEY COULD WORK ON IN THEIR OWN.
UM, MAKE SURE THEY HAD FUN OBVIOUSLY.
AND THEN, UH, GET THEM A MEAL, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ENJOYED IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE DID IS EVERY KID AND PARENT THAT SHOWED UP, UM, WE HAD THESE, UH, LITTLE HANDOUTS STICK MADE TOGETHER WITH ALL OF OUR, UM, FALSE SPORTS FLYERS.
SO INFORMATION, ALL THAT INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, UM, THAT ARE, I THINK WE WOULD AGREE UNDER UTILIZED.
UM, SO WE HAD, I HAD JEREMY R WHICH HE'S IN HERE WORK ON MAKING THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE, EASIER TO, EASIER TO DIGEST.
UM, SO WE HAD ALL THAT IN THERE AND THEN AS WELL AS OUR FOREVER CALENDAR SO THAT YOU CAN SEE CAUSE OUR SPORTS GENERALLY HAPPEN AT THE SAME, AT THE SAME INCREMENTS.
SO INFORMATION ON WIND CAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE HEAR WITH PEOPLE IS I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT.
UH, SO TRYING TO GET MORE OF THAT INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE FOLLOWS US ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, OR IS ON OUR EMAIL BLASTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IF YOU HAVE PLAYED WITH SPORTS WITH US BEFORE, IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET INFORMATION, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T, IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT.
SO TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND DO MORE TO HELP OUT.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME PICTURES THERE.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AS WE HAD A DECENT AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT CAN HELP ME OUT, UH, WHICH IN THIS SHORT TIMEFRAME, WE HAD TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
I PROBABLY HAD ANYWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND 10 COACHES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMS OVER IN BUFORD, UH, COME OUT AND HELP US WITH THE DIFFERENT ATHLETICS, WHICH HELPS, WHICH HELPED ME QUITE A BIT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCCER.
UM, I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BACKGROUND IN BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, BUT, UH, SOCCER WAS NOT MY, NOT MY CUP OF TEA.
I WAS A LITTLE TOO TALL FOR THAT.
UM, BUT NO, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AND I, IF YOU GO, WHAT I SAID, AS BASKETBALL WITH YOUR FEET.
EVERYBODY ALWAYS ASKS FOR THAT.
EVERY OLD WOMAN I MEET IN A GROCERY STORE ASKED ME IF I PLAYED BASKETBALL, BUT OH YEAH.
WELL THAT, AND CAN I GET, CAN I GET THEM THE LITTLE PIECE OF JELLY OFF THE, OFF THE TOP SHELF FOR THEM? BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, I'D LOVE TO LOVE IT.
UM, MR.
I COACHED PALS AND MORE THE TEN-YEAR EMPLOYER PALS.
I HAVE ONE CHAMPIONSHIP AT PALS.
UM, SO I'M JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT SPORTS TOO.
IF YOU COULD TASK, GET ONE MR. WAKEFIELD AND GET MYSELF, WE CAN GET SOME LOCAL OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEY'RE WILLING.
AS YOU SAID, THERE'S NO PROGRAM GOING TO BE THE DEAD HORSE, NO PROGRAM.
I'D SAY HELL NO, BUT WE WANT A PARTNERSHIP WITH PALS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF RUMORS GOING AROUND WHEN WE SEPARATE FROM PALS AND A SEPARATE CAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR SAY HELL NOW, BUT WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
YOU GOT VOLUNTEERS, THERE'S FACILITIES THERE THAT COULD BE USED.
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF COACHES THAT READY TO VOLUNTEER.
THEY WANT TO STEP IN, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES AND THE BOARD.
I KNOW OUR BOARD IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MILITARY, WE GOT FOOTBALL, WE GOT BASKETBALL, WE GOT SOFT.
WE GOT VOLUNTEERS READY TO GO TO WORK.
AND THE PROGRAM WANTS IN HELL, NO BLOCK MY WARD.
I KNOW DALE AND STEWART POINTS OUT THE SAME THING.
IT STARTED BEFORE I STARTED AT ST.
HE WAS ONLY AFTER THE RECOMMENDS TO HELP HIM.
AND HE HAD OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING, ALL THREE OR FOUR SPORTS.
SO WE WILLING TO WORK WITH HIM.
WE'RE NOT FRUSTRATED, BUT WE'RE NOT UPSET.
SO PALS AND THE COUNTY CAN COME IN WITH US.
MR. ATKINSON, WE ALL CAN GET INVOLVED AND GIVE US A LITTLE PUSH THOUGH, TO SUPPORT.
THEN IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION BECAUSE YOU GET YOUR NUMBERS UP.
YOU CAN MOVE INTO A SPRINT, YOU GET MORE TEAMS, YOU GET MORE VOLUNTEER COACHES.
SO IF YOU CAN GET ONE MYSELF, MR. WAKEFIELD, AFTER THE MEETING, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, READY TO GO AND WE REALLY
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DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.YEAH, YEAH, NO, I, I REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME OUT THERE.
I MEAN, I, I TOLD SHANNON TO LIKE, UH, IN ALL OF US SAID LAST, LIKE SUPERVISOR, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE, UM, CHALLENGING TO DEAL WITH PARENTS AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S REALLY NICE JUST TO DEAL WITH KIDS.
CAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN A LOT OF PARENTS I'VE RARELY EVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE KID.
UM, NORMALLY THE KIDS JUST WANT, THEY JUST WANNA PLAY.
UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, NO, I, I, I, WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO INCREASE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT TYPE OF DIALOGUE DISCUSSION BECAUSE I WANT, I FEEL LIKE IT AGAIN, SPORTS MATTERS.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I GUESS I SKIPPED MY PIECE.
UM, UH, JUST GIVE A LITTLE RUNDOWN OUR REGISTRATIONS FOR, UH, OVER THE SUMMER AND OVER THE FALL TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE AT, UH, SUMMER WENT REALLY WELL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE SUMMER BASKETBALL, UH, LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID, BUT THIS YEAR REALLY PICKED UP.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN BUFORD, WE HAD 98 KIDS, WHICH WE'VE ONLY HAD SUMMER BASKETBALL.
I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR THIRD SEASON.
UM, I GOT HERE FOUR YEARS AGO AND STARTED IT.
UH, WE ALREADY ARE UP 42 KIDS FROM LAST YEAR.
WE BARELY HAD OVER 50 KIDS OR TWO YEARS AGO IN 2019, WE HAD 98 THIS YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE IN BLUFFTON, UM, MORE NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, WE'RE AT 2 43 AND HAD 23 MORE KIDS, UH, SIGN UP FOR SUMMER BASKETBALL OVER THE SUMMER.
SO, UH, NUMBERS ARE LOOKING GOOD.
UH, ADULT BASEBALL, THEY'RE PRETTY STEADY.
I THINK THE SAME NUMBER OF GUYS ARE PLAYING EVERY YEAR OVER ON THE BEEF OR SIDE.
UH, THEY'RE PLAYING, UM, RIGHT NOW I THINK THEY PROBABLY END IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
HE COULD PROBABLY GIVE HIM MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, UM, WHICH WE DID END UP HAVING ADULTS OR ADULT BASEBALL LAST YEAR, ADULT CHURCH, SOFTBALL AND P FOR, WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR, BUT, UH, WE DID HAVE MORE TEAMS SIGN UP.
UM, THIS SEASON, UH, IT WAS DOWN 74 TOTAL, UH, PARTICIPANTS FROM 2019.
THE NUMBER OF TEAMS WERE ONLY OFF BY ONE.
UM, IT'S JUST, I GUESS OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN HAVE 22 PLAYERS ON THE TEAM AND I'M SURE SOON OBVIOUSLY THAT THE NUMBERS WERE SMALLER AND THESE ROSTERS, UM, DON'T KICK GULP KICK BALLS GOING REAL WELL FOR US.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD 214 SIGNUP.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO END THIS SATURDAY WITH OUR TOURNAMENT HERE IN BLUFFTON, BUT UH, NOT SURE DUE TO WEATHER IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE UP 53 TOTAL PEOPLE VERSUS LAST SUMMER.
SO, UM, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.
REGISTRATION IS STILL GOING ON.
UH, SO THESE NUMBERS AREN'T EVEN FINALIZED.
UM, BUT WE RAN REGULAR REGISTRATION TOMORROW, THEN LATE REGISTRATION NEXT WEEK, UH, RUNDOWN WITH BUFORT, UH, YOUTH BASEBALL IS GOING PHENOMENAL.
WE'VE NEVER HAD MORE THAN 55 SIGN UP FOR FALL BASEBALL AND A BEEFER BEFORE WE'VE ONLY HAD A PROGRAM LAST THREE YEARS.
WE CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH KIDS TO SIGN UP, TO HAVE A PROGRAM.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO BUILD SOMETHING.
UH, YOU CHEERLEADING'S UP 13 KIDS.
WE HAVE 21 SIGNED UP OF YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL, UH, DOWN NINE KIDS RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL BE UP BY THE TIME REGISTRATION IS OVER WITH.
AND THEN SOCCER'S REALLY, UH, ETHAN HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH A SOCCER PROGRAM IN BUFORD, UH, OVER 55 MORE KIDS THAN TWO YEARS AGO, OR EXCUSE ME, LAST YEAR, ALMOST AT 300.
UM, I THINK WE HAD ROUGHLY TWO 900 THE IN 2019.
SO THAT, THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW, HOW MUCH IT IS GROWING.
UM, I EASILY COULD SEE US GETTING TO NEARLY 350 KIDS PLAYING, UH, SOCCER AND BUFORD.
UM, THIS FALL IN BLUFFTON, UM, BASEBALL IS GOING REALLY WELL.
NUMBERS WERE REAL LOW, LAST FALL DUE TO COVID, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY BACK UP TO TWO 13 AND NEARLY A HUNDRED MORE KIDS WILL PROBABLY BE SIGNED UP THIS FALL IN BLUFFTON, PLAYING BASEBALL.
YOU CHEERLEAD IS A LITTLE DOWN, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT WILL STILL BE ABOUT THE SAME OR MORE BY THE TIME REGISTRATION ENDS, UH, FLAG FOOTBALL.
IT'S REALLY BOOMING AT THE MOMENT HERE IN BLUFFTON.
UM, WE, WE, WE ONLY HAVE RIGHT NOW THREE MORE THAN, UH, LAST FALL, BUT LAST FALL WAS ALSO THE BIGGEST WE'VE EVER HAD IN BLOODS AND FLAG FOOTBALL WISE.
UH, EVAN AND, UH, RYAN AND JUSTIN MET WITH, UM, JOHN CALEO, HE'S THE OWNER OF THE, I GUESS THEIR YOUNGEST, THE RIGHTS TO THE UNDER ARMOUR FLAG FOOTBALL THAT WE WENT TO A FEW YEARS AGO.
UH, THEY MET WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY AND, UM, HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
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PRETTY BIG IDEAS FOR FLAG FOOTBALL, BOTH IN BLUFFTON AND BUFORD.AND HOPEFULLY I THINK YOU'RE SEEING AN INCREASE, UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN WITH TACKLE FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, OUR PROGRAM KIND OF WENT DOWN A LOT OF THE TRAVEL PROGRAMS AROUND, UH, AROUND BEAVER COUNTY AREA ARE NOT EXISTING ANYMORE.
SO FLAG FOOTBALL NUMBERS ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER.
UM, YOU, SOFTBALL NUMBERS ARE UP AGAIN.
THEY WERE DOWN JUST LIKE BASEBALL WAS LAST YEAR AND IN BLUFFTON, BUT, UM, THEY'RE BACK UP.
SO, UH, PARTICIPATION WISE, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'LL UPDATE YOU TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH HOW THEY END UP, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING PARTICIPATION, UM, TOURNAMENTS.
WE HOSTED TWO TOURNAMENTS THIS, UM, THIS SUMMER, AS MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW, WE HOSTED BOTH ON AT BURTON WELLS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE INAUGURAL 2021 SCALP SOFTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT.
WE HAD 14 TOTAL TEAMS. I THINK WE ONLY HAD ENDED UP WITH THREE AND EIGHT, YOU, BUT WE HAD A FIVE AND THE 10 YEAR AND SIX AND THE 12 YOU FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF THINK EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME, UM, REALLY LOOKING AT THAT, THAT PROGRAM GROWING.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY ENJOYED THEMSELVES, UM, AND BE FOR THE AREA.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THAT TOURNAMENT MORE OFTEN.
AND THEN WE HOSTED THE, UH, DIXIE JUNIOR BOYS AND BOYS STATE TOURNAMENTS.
UH, WE HAD 14 TOTAL TEAMS IN THERE AS WELL.
UH, THE JUNIOR BOYS, A 13 YEAR OLDS, HIS NUMBERS ARE REALLY DOWN ACROSS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.
WE ONLY HAD TWO TEAMS THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT, BUT WE HAD 12 AND THE DIXIE BOYS JUNIOR, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THE DIXIE BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT, 13, 14 YEAR OLDS, UH, WHICH THAT TEAM WENT ON TO THE WORLD SERIES UNION.
AND THEY ENDED UP, UM, COMING ON RUNNER UP IN THE WORLD SERIES, LOUISIANA, LOUISE, LOSING THE LOUISIANA.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THOSE TOURNAMENTS.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL PROBABLY KNOW HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOST.
UM, MARK, MATT, OTHER NAT, I'M SORRY.
OTHER THAN THE ONLINE REGISTRATION IN FACEBOOK, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER CREATIVE WHEELS FAR AS PROMOTING REGISTRATION AND SIGN-UPS WELL, WE, UH, WE HAD, UH, THOSE CARS THAT WE TOOK OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT BUFORD AND BLUFFTON.
UM, WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT RECENTLY.
WE'VE HAD SOME TURNOVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WITH MARKETING BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A PART-TIME POSITION.
UM, WE WANT TO GET THOSE BACK OUT THERE TO START GETTING INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR'S OFFICES, YOU KNOW, DENTAL PRACTICES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THE BIGGEST, THE BEST ONE WOULD BE SCHOOLS.
THE DIFFICULT PART IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL GONE TO PEACH TREE COSTS, AN ARM AND A LEG FOR ANYBODY TO PARTICIPATE WITH.
UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK INTO IT, IT'S UNGODLY HOW MUCH IT COST, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANTED TO SEND IT TO ALL SCHOOLS IN BEAVER COUNTY.
IT PROBABLY COSTS UPWARDS WITH $10,000 PROBABLY TO GET JUST ONE FLYER OUT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS.
WE TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WORD OF MOUTH.
THESE GUYS GET ON THE PHONES AND CALL KIDS AND PARENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD LOOK, ANY KIND OF EVENTS, YOU KNOW, UH, BE IT, UH, JEREMY'S GOING TO ONE HERE SOON, SOME SORT OF JOB FAIR OR HEALTH FAIR.
WE TRY TO GO OUT AND PARTICIPATE WITH, TO GET INFORMATION OUT, BUT, UM, WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.
AND THE REASON, THE REASON WHY I'M SORRY.
NO, SO PEACH, I MEAN, AT ONE POINT IN TIME, A FEW YEARS AGO, THE SCHOOLS JUST BASICALLY TURNED US OFF.
WE USED TO, WE USED TO DISTRIBUTE THINGS IN SCHOOLS.
SO PEACHTREE, IS THAT A, IS THAT AN ACCOUNTING OR P IS PEACH JAR.
THEY IS A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO IT TO WHERE IT'S ALL EMAIL-BASED.
SO THEY CONTRACT WITH PEACH JAR AND THERE'S NO FLIERS, SO THERE'S NO PHYSICAL HANDOUTS, MUCH ANY MORE IN THE SCHOOL.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS YOU CONTACT PEACH JAR.
YOU TELL HIM, YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO GET OUT INFORMATION TO A CERTAIN SCHOOLS OR ALL SCHOOLS AND WHATEVER SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND, UM, THEY'LL YOU PROVIDE THEM THAT, THAT FLYER YOU, UH, YOU PAY THE FEE AND THEY, THEY HAVE THE EMAIL ADDRESSES THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND THEY SEND OUT THE FLYER TO ALL, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M JUST DENSE, BUT IT REALLY SEEMS KIND OF INCREDULOUS TO ME THAT WE ALL WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY, UM, FUNDS THE SCHOOLS.
AND YET WE CAN'T REACH OUR PEOPLE.
I MEAN, HONESTLY SAY WHEN I STARTED, WE USED TO COME WITH, I MEAN, CASES OF PAPER AND WE WOULD SIT AND RUN AND WE WOULD CALL EACH SCHOOL AND SAY, HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU HAVE? AND THEY WOULD SAY, DIVIDE THEM UP.
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YOU KNOW, 45 OF 20 AND WE WOULD DIVIDE THEM AND WE WOULD DROP THEM OFF AT THE SCHOOL FOR THEM TO PUT IN EACH KID'S FOLDER.AND TO ME AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'D GET THAT, YOU KNOW, AND LOOK AT IT AND I WOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEY JUST ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW, I I'M, I'M KIND OF, UH, IN THE SCHOOL THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE TO KILL TREES, THAT'S FINE.
BUT, UM, IF WE'RE DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION INTO THE PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS ARE GETTING, I MEAN, JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY HAS A CELL PHONE.
SO MY PRESUMPTION IS JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.
WHO'S GETTING A CONFERENCE WITH A KID OR SUCH AND SUCH OTHER THAN A PHONE CALL BECAUSE HE'S AT THE FRONT HERE, SHE'S AT THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE IS, IS, UH, ABLE TO PICK UP EMAILS.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS REALLY ODD TO ME THAT WE CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATABASE, UNLESS THERE'S SOME LEGAL REASON THAT WE CAN'T AND WE CAN'T DISTRIBUTE OUR PROGRAMS TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS OF THE COUNTY.
WELL, HOPEFULLY JEREMY'S GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, UM, HE JUST GOT HIRED ON FULL TIME.
I THINK IT STARTS NEXT WEEK IS HIS FULL-TIME WITH MARKETING.
SO I'M HOPING THAT HE'S GOING TO GET OUT THERE MORE.
I KNOW HE'S UM, LIKE MATT SAID, HE'S DOING SOMETHING NEXT WEEK.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SHRIMP FESTIVALS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GET OUT IN TO THE COMMUNITIES.
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
WE ASKED THAT THIS MORNING WE TALKED ABOUT GOING BACK OUT, THE PEACH CHART IN THE FALL PROGRAM.
SO, AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED, CAUSE I GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
I WENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE MEETING THAT THE COUNTY HAD AND A LOT OF RECREATIONS, UH, QUESTIONS CAME UP.
SO, UM, YORK AND THERE WAS A CONSUMMATE GLOBAL THERE.
SO I KIND OF STEPPED UP AND A LOT OF PARENTS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT, BUT I DON'T SAY HELD ON AT A CERTAIN TIME.
SO THEY CAN'T BE ON THEIR PHONE.
THAT'S WHY I SENT IT TO CLIENT WHEN WAS TRYING TO START THIS BROADBAND.
AND THE COUNTY HAS A BROADBAND MEETING TONIGHT LATER ON.
AND SO AS YOU COULD GET UP, LIKE WE SAY, KILLING TREES OR FLORES AND CONTACT ME.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, MR. WAKEFOREST, SOME OTHER PEOPLE THERE, WE CAN GET THE FLYERS AND WE CAN GO TO THE CHURCHES.
CHURCHES ARE GOING BACK READING AND, UM, PROGRAMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NOW THEY STARTED BACK IN THE CHURCH.
I ATTEND STARTED BACK SO WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE PARENTS SAID, WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO ONLINE.
BY THE TIME YOU DO HOMEWORK OR WIFI AND THAT TYPE OF THING, I CAN GET JEREMY TO REACH OUT TO THE CHURCHES AND TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, AN IDEA OF HOW MANY, AND WE CAN TAKE FLYERS BECAUSE I KNOW BRUCE MIGHT BE ABOUT THE TREES, BUT, WELL, I'M JUST SAYING, I MEAN, IT'S FINE.
WE CAN PUT THE FLYERS BACK IN.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THOSE FLYERS, I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT EVERYBODY GETS SO MANY JUNK EMAILS THAT NOT EVERYBODY READS ALL THEIR EMAILS IT'S DELETE, DELETE, DELETE, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL ABOUT THE FLYER.
SO IF WE CAN GET THE FLYERS BACK OUT THERE AND FLY WITH A REGISTRATION FORM ATTACHED TO IT.
WELL, WE DON'T DO THE REGISTRATION FORMS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BUT WITH THESE CAMPS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS.
AND WE, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT'S WHAT ETHAN SAID.
THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDED THE WEEK BEFORE.
THIS WAS SOMETHING WE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
BUT AT THOSE CAMPS WE TOOK A COMPUTER OUT THERE.
WE TOOK WIFI CARD OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW TALKING WITH SOME OF THE COUNCILMEN THAT THAT'S ONE OF THEIR HOPES IS THAT THERE'S, THEY'RE GONNA EXPAND THE BROADBAND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DO KNOW IT'S NEEDED.
AND SO WITH EACH OF THE CAMPS, WE TOOK, UH, A STAFF MEMBER AND A COMPUTER OUT THERE AND WE WERE WILLING TO DO THE REGISTRATION, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT.
SO, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT MORE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ONE BEFORE BASKETBALL SEASON OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
VIVIAN PEGLER, WHO USED TO RUN A GREEN STREET GYM.
WHEN I STARTED WITH BUFORD COUNTY, SHE, UH, AT THAT TIME SHE WAS OUT OF DALE, BUT SHE MADE ME GO TO EVERY CHURCH.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE TURNOUT.
UM, SHE WAS RELENTLESS AND SHE WOULD MAKE, SHE WOULD PICK ME UP IF I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE CHURCH WAS AND OFF WE WENT.
AND, UH, IT WORKED VERY WELL, ESPECIALLY ON ST.
WELL, WE CAN'T MEAN, AND JEREMY'S WILLING TO, HE'S WILLING TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THOSE THINGS.
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YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WEREN'T MEETING AND YOU KNOW, SO HE'S BEEN KIND OF HESITANT.HE WAS SO EXCITED LAST WEEK WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME THING EVENT THAT HE COULD GO TO.
BUT I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE HAD BOUGHT, AND I THINK IT WAS KOOZIES AND CHAPSTICK THAT WE WERE GOING TO START DOING EVENTS AND GETTING OUT AND HAND IN PEOPLE, THINGS, GIVING OUR FOREVER CALENDAR.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MATT AND I TACKLED PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO IS WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FOREVER CALENDAR WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME REGISTRATION DATES.
WE ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME ENDING DATE.
SO BECAUSE WITH THE CHANGE EACH YEAR, PEOPLE WERE MISSING THE DAY.
SO IF WE SAID THE SECOND SATURDAY OF FEBRUARY EVERY YEAR IS WHEN THIS REGISTRATION ENDS, IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO REMEMBER.
DO YOU, DO YOU PUT A PRINT? UH, NO MUCH BECAUSE YOU USED TO SPEND THAT TO EVERYBODY.
IF WE DO IT TODAY, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE DO PRINT STUFF AROUND THE CENTER, SHE USED TO HAVE LIKE A, LIKE A COURSE CATALOG.
THEY USED TO SEND THEM, CAN WE DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE A DATABASE
PEOPLE COME AND GO,
I DIDN'T WANT HER TO GET THAT WITH ME.
ONE OF THEM, SARAH A'S SHE BEEN DOING SOME READING, DID LIKE BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL GAMES OVER THE SPEAKERS.
WE TRY TO, WE'VE TRIED TO WORK.
WE'VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO REALLY WORK WITH.
THE SCHOOL WAS MORE, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S TOUGH.
SO, WELL, AGAIN, NOT TO DIGRESS, BUT I BELIEVE KEN THAT, UM, WITH, I MEAN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME WITH THE, WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT'S COMING OUT.
UM, SO I WOULD URGE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH IN ST.
HELENA AND EVERYBODY ELSE, WHEN THEY HAVE THESE MEETINGS OUT THERE, I WOULD EXPECT EVERYBODY TO BE OUT IN FULL FORCE BECAUSE NOW IS THE, IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO SHOW WHAT YOU NEED.
AND THEN WE CAN RESPOND TO THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, USE THAT AS AN, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXPLAIN YOUR NEEDS AND HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
CAUSE IT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THE FIRST GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT A STUDY FROM 2013.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND, BUT IT THE IS RIGHT.
SO I WOULD JUST URGE ALL OF YOU ALL TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS SO WE CAN HAVE GOOD DIALOGUE.
HOW ARE YOU? UM, I'M ANTOINETTE BURNETT AND I MANAGE ALL THE SWIMMING POOLS.
SO THIS ONE HERE IS FOR BATTERY FREE POOL.
OUR BOGA CLASSES ARE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT FIVE 30.
THEN WE HAVE OUR GROUPS FROM LESSONS.
WE JUST FINISHED OUR LAST GROUPS HOMELESS AND AT THAT POOL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SCHEDULE FOR THIS SCHOOL.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE WATER RUBBISH RIGHT NOW.
UM, OUR SWIM TEAM, THE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM JUST STARTED THIS PAST TUESDAY AND THEY'RE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, FOUR 30 TO SIX 30.
AND THEN OUR S UM, THEY BEGIN ALL WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, FOUR 30 AND SIX 30, STARTING WHEN SCHOOL STARTS ON AUGUST 16TH, OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS START SEPTEMBER 13TH FROM NINE TO 12, OUR BUFORD POOL, UM, LADIES ISLAND, OUR BOGA CLASSES ARE MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AT FIVE 30.
OUR GROUP SWIM LESSONS JUST STARTED AUGUST 9TH.
THEY GO TO THE 25TH, MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, AND THAT'S FROM THREE 30 TO SIX 30.
AND THAT'S FOR ALL AGES, EVEN ADULTS.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WATER AEROBICS AT THAT POOL.
WE HAVE SCHOOL SWIM LESSON SCHOOL, SWIM LAWSON'S ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AS WELL, NINE TO 12, AND THEN OUR SWIM TEAMS FOR THAT POOL STARTED THIS PAST MONDAY.
AND THAT'S MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FOUR 30 TO SIX 30.
AND THEN ON AUGUST 16TH, THERE'LL BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 4 30, 6 30, AND THEN OUR BLUFFTON POOL.
CURRENTLY WE ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE RESURFACING.
UM, BUT ONCE WE DO OPEN THE SWIM TEAMS, THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS WILL BE SIX TO EIGHT IN THE MORNING.
WE'RE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, OUR FINS SWIM TEAM
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WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT 30 IN THE AFTERNOON, ALSO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEN OUR OUTDOOR POOL, WHICH IS LYNN BROWN.WE HAVE A LIFEGUARDING CLASS THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH.
WE TRIED THAT A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
THAT WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH FROM 10 TO THREE.
AND THEN CURRENTLY OUR HOURS ARE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, SATURDAY 10 TO SEVEN SUNDAY, ONE TO SEVEN, AND THEN STARTING ON THE 16TH, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, WE WILL ONLY BE OPEN FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, FRIDAY THREE TO SEVEN, SATURDAY, 10 TO SEVEN AND SUNDAY ONE TO SEVEN.
AND THEN OUR LAST DAY WILL BE LABOR DAY, WHICH IS ON THAT MONDAY FROM 10 TO SEVEN AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POOLS? SO ALL THOSE TIMES THAT THAT AREN'T BLOCKED OFF IS, IS THE POOL OPEN FOR OPEN SWIM TO THE PUBLIC? YES.
AND HOW WE USED TO TALK ABOUT ATTENDANCE NUMBERS AT POOLS.
I MEAN, IN GENERAL, IS IT UP, IS IT, I MEAN, DO WE NOT HAVE WATER AEROBICS BECAUSE OF COVID WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY.
I DON'T HAVE THE INSTRUCTORS THAT WANTED TO COME BACK TO DO THAT.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FOR? WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO ABOUT THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE KEEP ASKING FOR ME TO COME BACK, BUT I MANAGE ALL OF THE POOLS, SO I CAN'T DO WHATEVER.
BUT IS THAT SOMETHING ARE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN DEMAND? WE JUST DON'T HAVE SOMEONE TO TEACH AT EACH CORRECT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, EVEN GETTING SOME OF OUR STAFF CERTIFIED, BUT A LOT OF THOSE THAT WE HAD WERE 70, 30 PROGRAMS. SO, AND WITH THE COVID PEOPLE, JUST AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE NOT READY TO GO BACK FULL FORCE, THE PARTICIPANTS OR THE DIRECTORS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE POOLS? GOOD TO GO.
SO OUR EMPLOYEE UPDATE, UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, WITH THE COMPENSATION STUDY THAT WAS DONE, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE.
UM, WE HAVE OUR AQUATICS MANAGER, WHICH IS ANNIE.
UM, WE WERE GIVEN THREE FULL-TIME ASSISTANT, UM, AQUATICS MANAGERS FOR THE THREE INDOOR POOLS.
WE HAVE TWO OFFERS, UM, THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
AND, UM, ONE TO FILL THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED.
UM, LIFEGUARDS, WE HAVE SIX FULL-TIME OPEN AND SIX PART-TIME OPEN, WHICH IS WHERE OUR STRUGGLE IS WITH OUR HOURS.
UM, OUR MARKETING, AS I SAID EARLIER, UM, FINALLY WENT FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME, WHICH WAS HUGE FOR US.
WE STILL HAVE SEVEN POSITIONS LEFT TO FILL THOSE POOR GUYS ARE JUST THEY'RE THEY'RE CUTTING WHAT HAS TO BE CUT AND DOING WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT THE STRUGGLE IS REAL.
UM, AND THEN RECORDS, WE STILL HAVE FOUR POSITIONS TO FILL.
AND, UM, AFTER TODAY FIVE, SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SECOND IN BUFORD.
IS THAT RIGHT BEFORE THERE IS THE, YES, THERE IS.
WE NEED TO GET TO THE SECOND WEEK.
SO THAT'S WHAT I SAID THE NIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THE COMMUNITY BROUGHT UP TODAY? SOME OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED WITH, UM, ADMINISTRATION AND THEY'RE BEING WORKED THROUGH, WE JUST HAD MORE MEETINGS YESTERDAY ABOUT IT.
SO SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK THIS STUDY IS GOING TO TELL THE STUDY IS GOING TO BE HUGE.
AND I HAVE, I HAVE SAID, AND I HAVE TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE PART OF IT.
YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A VOICE AND, AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE.
UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT MASTER PLAN, THEY'RE SPENDING $172,000 TO DO THIS MASTER PLAN.
SO WITH THIS MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT, COUNCIL'S GONNA LOOK AT THAT AS THEIR BIBLE TO, TO, TO GO BY.
BUT THEN THE OLD ADMINISTRATOR DID THAT SURVEY BEFORE, BEFORE HE LEFT OUT
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ABOUT THE LACK OF THE KNEES.I'M NOT GOING BACK TO THE 2013 SURGERY, BUT AS A, IT WAS A SURVEY DONE BEFORE SAYING THE SAME THING THAT THE RESIDENCY HAS SAID, AND WE ARE THE RESIDENTS FUNCTIONAL HELM.
AND I'M FROM SALEM HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO THE TENSION BEFORE.
THERE'S A LACK OF FACILITIES OR LACK OF SERVICES OF LACK OF PROGRAMS. AND, AND MY THING, WHEN I'M JUST ME, WHY WE WOULDN'T SPEND ANOTHER $173,000 FOR SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT DON'T EXIST.
THAT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY POINT THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT FOR EXAMPLE, TO GET BATHROOMS. THERE'S NO BATHROOMS OR BROOMFIELD, THEY'D GO OUT THERE AND PLAY.
AND GLORIA POTS, THERE'S NO BATHROOM, AN OUTDOOR BASKETBALL FACILITY.
NOW WHAT IF A YOUNG LADY, I SWEAR, DIDN'T HAPPEN, GO OUT THERE AND HAVE TO RELIEVE HERSELF AND SHE'D GO BEHIND A GUM, NO TWO BOYS AND A YOUNG MAN COMES BEHIND HIM.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STOP? THAT'S WHAT NOT? SO MY THING IS WHY WE WANT TO SPEND $173 DOLLARS FOR A PROBLEM THAT WE KNOW EXISTS.
IF THAT'S WHAT THE POLICIES IS.
AND THAT'S WHAT PROTOCOL IS THEN BY MEANS WE DO IT, BUT WE DON'T NEED THAT.
WE COULD BUILD THREE BATHROOMS, $173,000.
WELL, I THINK, UM, MAYBE ONE BATHROOM OUTDOOR BATHROOM, ABOUT 250, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU WANT MY OPINION ON IF WE NEED SOME MORE FACILITIES, OBVIOUSLY A NICER FACILITY OUT THE HOUSE AREA TO SERVICE THE ISLAND.
THAT'S THE SECRET I'VE SAID THAT EVER SINCE, UH, STARTED, BUT YOU KNOW, THE WRONG CAPITALIZING ON CERTAIN ITEMS, YOU KNOW, WITH SUCH AS REGISTERING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S $750,000 TO DO THREE DIFFERENT SITES.
SO, UM, I AGREE WITH YOU, KENNY, WE CAN JEOPARDIZE SAFETY FOR MONEY, HUMAN HUMAN RIGHTS.
CAN WE NEED MONEY? THERE'S OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT TOO.
WE GOING TO LEAVE MY MOM TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO LOCK THEM UP AT NIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA PICK UP RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY.
TO ME, ALL OF THEM JUST EXCUSES.
NOW YOU CAN TAKE IT HOW YOU WANT THREE YEARS AGO.
ALL OF THOSE SAME THINGS SAID, AND ONLY ONE PERSON CONTACT ME WAS USED BECAUSE I SAID, PAULA, ALL THOSE WOULD DO, WOULDN'T DO PROGRAM, DO WHATEVER.
AND YOU CALLED ME AND YOU WANTED TO APPLY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT.
AND I PAID $500, WHICH I DIDN'T THINK WAS A CHAPTER BOOK, BUT I'M NOT GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.
I DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT TWICE.
CAN I FINISH? I DIDN'T CUT YOU OFF.
I THAT'S ALL I SAID, AS MY OPINION, YOU CAN LOCK THE BATHROOMS UP AT NIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE DON'T WANT A HOMELESS ONE, NO CRIMES, NO MORE JOBS.
THERE'S RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN GIVE A KEY TO.
I'LL PUT UP REAL ESTATE LOCK ON IT.
THERE'S STEVE DON'T, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT WILL COME AND REALLY KEY.
I LOCK IT AND I LOCK IT EVERY DAY AND WE GOT PEOPLE RIGHT THERE TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND I WILL ISSUE YOU A KEY.
WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT BEGGING.
AND WE DON'T WANT MONEY FOR ISSUE YOU A KEY.
I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THIS BODY DOES FROM, IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND WE'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, AND, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUDGET HERE AND I'M A NUMBERS GUY.
I THINK WE NEED TO SEE MORE NUMBERS.
I'VE SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE THE STEWARDS, WE'RE SETTING FEES TO SEE WHAT RECREATION IS COSTING THE COUNTY.
AND OBVIOUSLY AS A COUNTY, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS OR CITIZENS.
SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A 5.1 MILLION OR $5.2 MILLION BUDGET, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A COUNTY, THE SIZE THAT WE ARE, UM, $172,000 FOR A STUDY IS REALLY NOT OUT OF LINE.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A REASONABLE THING.
UH, SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS PART OF THAT STUDY IS GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS ST.
HELENA FROM SCOTT, WHATEVER ELSE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TRUE NEEDS ARE.
SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE, HOW WE CAN MEET THEM, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA COST, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH 172,000 WOULD GO A LOT OF WAY TO SOLVING SOME PARTICULAR ISSUES.
NOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE THE BIG PICTURE APPROACH AND GET YOUR PEOPLE OUT IN MASS, DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS NEEDED IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE CAN BEST SERVICE THEM.
WE CAN'T BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, BUT NOW IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO THE RESOURCES CAN BE ALLOCATED IN THE BEST WAY.
AND THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 172, I AGREE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MONEY WELL SPENT MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YEAH,
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YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 33 DIFFERENT FACILITIES, RIGHT? YEAH.CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK A QUICK COMMENT? IS THAT OKAY? YOU CERTAINLY I'M CHUCK ATKINSON, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE DIVISION THAT PARKS AND REC.
SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THE LARGER CONVERSATION.
I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PLACES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE NEEDS.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR GOING ON A YEAR AND TWO WEEKS.
THE F THE FIRST BIG HURDLE FOR ME WAS IDENTIFYING THE IMMEDIATE NEED.
THE IMMEDIATE NEED TO ME IS HOW MANY FACILITIES NEED MAINTENANCE NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST THING, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LARGER CENTERS OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OUTLYING CENTERS, THE BALL FIELDS, FENCES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME, MONEY WAS ALLOCATED TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD INCREMENTALLY.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE'RE NOT PLANNING.
WE WERE NOT PLANNING FAR ENOUGH AHEAD, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL OF ANY PAST ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY HAVE, BUT THE VISION FOR PARKS AND REC WAS NOT SET FAR ENOUGH IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU BRING BACK CERTAIN FACILITIES THAT NEED ATTENTION THAT ARE ALREADY THERE PLUS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ADDING BATHROOMS, PUTTING PROGRAM IN CERTAIN AREAS? WELL, THE MASTER PLAN IS A LARGE VIEW OF EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES, WHERE THEY ARE, WHO THEY SERVE AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES IN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS.
THAT'S WHAT THE MASTER PLAN DOES.
SO IF WE DON'T SPEND THE $172,000 TO GET A PROFESSIONAL GROUP IN TO LAY THAT LONG RANGE PLAN, WE WILL CONTINUE THE BROKEN CYCLE THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AS TO WHY YOU SPEND THE MONEY TO LAY THE PLAN AND NOT JUST FIX SMALL PIECES IN PARTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LAY THAT PLAN.
SO THAT OVER THE NEXT 10, 15, 20 YEARS, WE CAN BE SMART ABOUT WHERE WE SPEND MONEY, WHERE WE LAY PLANS, HOW WE BUDGET OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT ON THE TABLE FOR, I HOPE THAT HELPS.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR SURE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEETING TODAY.
UM, SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL
FORREST GUMP, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, THE GREAT SANTINI.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE BIG HOLLYWOOD MOVIES FILMED IN BUFORD COUNTY DURING THE 1980S AND 1990S, BUT THE EARLIEST BIG SCREEN PRODUCTION, A SHOT HERE DATES BACK NEARLY A CENTURY LATE IN NOVEMBER, 1917 AMERICAN FEATURE FILMS OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA SENT A COMPANY OF ACTORS ON LOCATION TO ST.
HELENA ISLAND AND AMONG THE ANTEBELLUM MANSIONS OF BUFORD.
AND THE WORDS THAT THAT BUFORD GAZETTE, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERACY IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND STUPENDOUS MOTION, PICTURE SCENARIOS EVER ATTEMPTED BY ANY DRAMATIST.
IT CERTAINLY WAS A COSTUME DRAMA
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WITH OVER 640 PIECES OF PERIOD CLOTHING SHIPPED IN FOR THE ACTORS, JORDAN AND THE PRODUCTION JUST BEFORE FILMING WAS ONE WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM OF PEERLESS FILM COMPANY IN LOS ANGELES.HE LENT A HOLLYWOOD TOUCH TO THE PRODUCTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FILM HAS DISAPPEARED.
IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE STUDIO EXAGGERATED HIS CLAIMS OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MOVING PICTURES.
THAT'S THE BIRTH OF A NATION I'M DENNIS ADAMS. AND THIS HAS BEEN YOUR BUFORD COUNTY MOMENT TO SEE MORE BEAVER COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAVER COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB FOR COUNTY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
AND WE'LL KEEP YOU ON FOR THE COUNTY CHANNEL YOUR SOURCE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BUFORD COUNTY, FROM COUNTY COUNCIL AND MUNICIPALITIES SCHOOL, BOARD, AND LOCAL EVENTS.
THE COUNTY CHANNEL, WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TODAY FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF THE COUNTY CHANNEL SCHEDULE, GO TO BUBER COUNTY, SC.GOV, SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON WATCH NOW AND CHOOSE YOUR SELECTION FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF MEETINGS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS.
IT'S THE COUNTY CHANNEL, UM, AS GOING TO A PERSON'S HOUSE, DEALING WITH THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF AN ANIMAL, WE DON'T NECESSARILY OUR INTENTION.
I NEVER TO TAKE THE ANIMAL AWAY FROM THE OWNERS.
WE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THEM FIND A SOLUTION TO TRY TO KEEP THEIR ANIMALS JUST EDUCATING THEM.
AS FAR AS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SO USED TO ANIMALS BEING OUTSIDE, BEING TIED OUTSIDE, THAT THEY DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THEM NEEDING SHELTER OR THEM BEING BROUGHT IN THE HOUSE.
IF THE, IF THE TEMPERATURES DROP, OR IF IT'S RAINING THAT THEY NEED TO BRING THEM IN THEIR HOUSE, THEY CAN JUST LET THEM SIT OUTSIDE WITH AT LEAST NO SHELTER.
SO THROUGH THIS, UM, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WHERE W PEOPLE ARE CALLING US AND DOING HEALTH AND WELFARE ON THE ANIMAL.
SO WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE REALLY HONESTLY JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY NEED, ACTUALLY, BEFORE EVEN GETS OUT OF HAND, IF THEY CALL US, THEN WE CAN HELP THEM.
BUT IF THEY WAIT UNTIL IT GETS TOO LONG, THEN OUR HANDS WILL HAVE TO BE FORCED AND HAVE TO MAKE THEM DO THE RIGHT THING.
THE GOAL IS TO IF THE PUBLIC DOES NEED ASSISTANCE, UM, TO KEEP THE ANIMALS IN THEIR HOME, IF IT'S FOOD ASSISTANCE, WE CAN HELP WITH THAT.
UM, IF IT, YOU KNOW, BE FOR COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL, OFTEN WE'LL PROVIDE, HELP, PROVIDE SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME SUPPLIES FOR YOU TO KEEP YOUR ANIMAL IN YOUR HOME.
IF THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED, THE AVERAGE TAX TAKES YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD FOR NEARLY FIVE SECONDS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
THAT'S ENOUGH TIME TO TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD.
STOP THE TEXTS, STOP THE WRECKS.