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RIBAUT FOR THAT MEETING. >> I LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF YOU PLEASE STAND FACE FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT. >> INTRODUCTIONS WHY DON'T WE START RIGHT HERE? WELL, COME AROUND THE ROOM. WELL, WHY WE START ON LINE? HERE YOU GO. WELL, MIKE WHITE STARTED TO HEAD AIR.
>> ERIC MR. BLUFFTON LOGAN COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 OKATIE IS VERY OFTEN BRUCE YEAGER
BLUFFTON SOUTH. >> BRIAN WELL MCCULLOUGH BEAUFORT CARLOS KERRY WHERE REP
PRESENTING BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL. >> SPECIALIST JOHNNY WALKER,
DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. >> ATKINSON VACANT FOREVER NEW AND GO AHEAD. NELSON LOCAL RESIDENT EVERYONE RESIDENT ALL OF THEM.
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA'S WHITE LOCAL RESIDENT.
THURGOOD AGAIN WELCOME. WELCOME EVERYONE. GET OUR AGENDA HERE TODAY.
TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE THE AGENDA A CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE. OKAY. UNDER BOOKER T.
SOFTBALL THAT WE APPROVED THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN WITH THE ADDITION OF ITEM NUMBER A
LETTER I SOFTBALL ON FAIR I CAN'T. >> ALL RIGHT.
SO NOW WILL ENTER INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PHASE OF OUR MEETING AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS RECOGNIZED SHOULD LIMIT THE COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES SUBJECT MATTER IS LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT. AND PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL. ADDRESS ME AS THE CHAIRMAN. IN SPEAKING OF AVOID ANY DISRESPECT TO ANY STAFF MEMBERS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD, CONFINE YOURSELVES TO QUESTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THIS BODY AND BE MINDFUL IN RESPECT OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING TELEVISION. SO I BELIEVE THERE IS A CONTINGENCY FROM THE FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FANS OR SOME OTHER SUBJECT?
>> WELL, MA'AM, WHY DON'T YOU GO UP AND WE'LL START WITH YOU .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MY NAME IS TERRY GIBSON. I'M A RESIDENT OF LADIES IN IOWA WHERE RESIDED FOR 11 YEARS. I'VE GOTTEN INTERESTED IN WHAT PARKS AND RECREATION ARE DOING BECAUSE READ TOGETHER FOR REFORM REPORT WHICH IS A DEDICATED REPORT OF THE STATUS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY. ACCORDING TO A NUMBER OF ISSUES LIKE HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND ONE OF THE BIG WELL ONE OF THE LARGEST PROBLEMS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT IS OBESITY.
OBESITY IS A HUGE PROBLEM. I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT AND THAT LEADS ME TO PARKS AND RECREATION BECAUSE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT ALL HAVE TO DO WITH GETTING PEOPLE UP OUT, MOVING AROUND, HAVING OPEN SPACES, HAVING PARKS, HAVING PLACES FOR
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PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND MOVE AROUND. SO I'M MENTIONING THIS BECAUSE I LIVE ON LADY'S ISLAND AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ST. HELENA. AND ACCORDING TO THE REPORT THERE ARE 23 ACTIVE PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS COMBINED PARSON PARKS.BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW THOSE ARE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE COUNTY AND THERE'S PERFECTLY GOOD REASONS FOR THAT. I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL OF THAT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. BUT IN DOING SOME RESEARCH IT IS OUT AT ST. HELENA.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND MANY OPEN SPACES OR PARKS OR WHATEVER.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S GOOD REASONS BUT THERE ARE ALSO NOTICED IN YOUR MINUTES THAT REVEALED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT NOT ALL THE MINUTES ARE POSTED.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE WORD IN ANY OF THE MINUTES PAST TWO YEARS HAVING TO DO WITH ANYTHING HAVING HAVING TO DO WITH PARKS AND RECREATION ON A LADIES ISLAND OR ST. HELENA.
IF YOU REVIEW THE MINUTES SO I'M ASKING FOR SOME MORE ATTENTION TO BE PAID TO THE ONES SINCE WE AREN'T A PART OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE THINK WOULD BE GOOD TO ADDRESS OBESITY IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY NOT JUST WHERE THE MAJOR POPULATION AREAS ARE. I DID APPRECIATE THAT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A MASTER PLAN IN THE WORKS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO AND I'M HOPING THAT THE MASTER PLAN WILL ADDRESS SOME OF WHAT I SEE AS SOME DEFICIENCIES IN ALLEN RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. ONE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION AND THAT'S ALL IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND A PARK. WELL, THERE'S NOT MANY TO FIND ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIGNS, THERE'S NO DIRECTIONS ,THERE'S NOTHING WRITTEN DOWN. HAD IT HOW DO YOU FIND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE A COUPLE OF SIGNS TO POINT THE WAY THERE IS A NICE PARK ON ST. HELENA BALL PARK ROAD BUT I HAD TO ASK PEOPLE HOW TO FIND IT. AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SIGNS AND ALSO A LIST. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU HAD A LIST OF PARKS AND THEIR ADDRESSES. COULD BE MAYBE PUT IN THE VISITORS CENTER. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO FIND PARK SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
WELL, I MEAN THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO FIND LET'S ASK PEOPLE. SO I WOULD PUT THAT OUT AS A SUGGEST A 42 AND I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. >> WHAT WAS THIS STUDY THAT YOU REFERENCED? THE FIRST STUDY TOGETHER FOR BEAUFORT.
IT'S PUT OUT BY THE HUMAN SERVICE ALLIANCE WHICH IS PART OF THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND THEY PUT IT OUT EVERY YEAR AND IT'S ALL ONLINE AND IT'S FULL OF CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND IT COMPARES BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT STATISTICS TO THE STATE AND TO THE COUNTRY AND IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE IN MY OPINION.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. IN THAT REPORT ALONG WITH MANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS TO
IMPROVE THE CITIZENS LIVES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY GREAT, GREAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU SHANNON, DO WE DO WE HAVE A LIST OF OUR PARKS, OUR WEBSITE? >> WE DO HAVE A LIST OF OUR ART ON OUR WEBSITE IN THIS IS IT. GIVE ME I WROTE THAT NAME. WE WILL HAVE A MARKETING PERSON . I'M SURE YOU KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW. I WROTE IN SIGNAGE IS IMPORTANT.
I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE PUT SIGNS FOR THE POOLS WHERE THERE WEREN'T ANY BEFORE AND THAT WAS FAIRLY HELPFUL FOR US. SO WE HAVE CHANGED THE NAME OF OUR ORGANIZATION FROM PARKS AND LEISURE SERVICES TO PARKS AND REC.
SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME SIGNAGE CHANGES ON THOSE THINGS STATE SIGNS OR STATE SIGNS ARE A LITTLE TOUCHY. THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN SETBACKS AND STUFF.
BUT I WILL REACH OUT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADD SOME MORE.
SOME OF THEM THAT WE PUT DOWN AT THE STATE SIGNS POINT TO THE OLD GET DAMAGE USUALLY OUT OF EVERY THEY'RE WIPED OUT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS NOT HERE
FOR THE FINS? YES, SIR. >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL DIXON I
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LIVED IN FOR 20 YEARS AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING THE MEETINGS.EXCUSE ME FOR BEING A LITTLE UNINFORMED BUT I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE BREAK DOWN IN THE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD AS TO NORTH OF THE BROUGHT IN SOUTH OF THE BOARD.
SEEMS LIKE WHEN I HEARD PEOPLE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES I MAINLY HEARD BLUFFTON.
IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION OR DOES IT SEEM LIKE BLUFFTON HAS WAY MORE FACILITIES AND WHAT WE HAD IN BEAUFORT AND NORTH OF THE BRIDE AND IT MAY BE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERED LATER I LOOKED AT THIS IN YOUR DIRECTORS REPORT IN REGARDS TO THE GREEN STREET GYM I HAD NO IDEA IT'S BEEN SETTING VACANT FOR THE LAST YEAR. AGAIN, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT FOR ME AFTER WORDS. I'M JUST REALLY CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AS DIRECTOR OF YOU FOR VOLLEYBALL CLUB FINDING A GYMNASIUM TO RUN CLUB VOLLEYBALL IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR WHEN ALL THE SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF IT.
SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIND GYMS AND THERE'S WHAT GREEN STREET GYM AND WHAT'S THE PARK OUT ANYWAY? THE OTHER GYM THAT I CAN'T THINK OF RIGHT OFFHAND. BUT ANYWAY IT JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW COME THERE ARE SO FEW FACILITIES NORTH OF THE BROAD IN REGARDS TO FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED THAT COULD BE WELL. WELL LET ME ANSWER YOUR YOUR YOUR QUESTION.
AND OF COURSE MAKE UP IS IS EQUAL BETWEEN NORTH ABROAD AND SOUTH OF THE BROAD I BELIEVE WITH SOME AT LARGE MEMBERS AS WELL. THEN WE HAVE MR. CAVE WHO REPRESENTS THE THE BOARD OF EDUCATE AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FOR THE MILITARY. SO THAT REPRESENTATION IS IS PRETTY EQUALLY WEIGHTED AS FAR AS FACILITIES ARE CONCERNED. A LOT OF THE FACILITIES AT LEAST THE FACILITIES THAT ARE BUILT ARE DRIVEN BY IMPACT FEES THAT ARE CHARGED IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME DISPARITY WITH FACILITIES BEING BUILT BECAUSE THAT THAT DRIVER IS THE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE BEING PAID FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
WHEN YOU BUILD A HOME. SO THAT'S SOME OF THE REASON I CAN'T SPECIFICALLY ATTEST AS TO WHY THE GREEN STREET POOL I MEAN THE GREEN STREET GYM MAY BE CLOSED BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE HERE TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR FACILITIES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. I KNOW THAT WITH COVE IT AS YOU SAID THAT CAUSED A LOT OF THINGS TO BE SHUT DOWN. SECONDARILY, STAFFING IS ALSO AN ISSUE FOR US AS WELL.
I MEAN WE HAVE OPEN OPEN SPOTS FOR PEOPLE THAT WE CAN'T FIND WE CAN'T FILL.
SO IT'S IT'S THAT JUMBLE. ARE THEY JUGGLING OF RESOURCES AND STAFF AS WELL? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT? SHANNON, OUR YES AND NO.
I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE COVERED LATER ON SO. OK.
SO I WAS A LITTLE PREMATURE ON THAT ONE. BUT ANYWAY AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS ARE THE FEES THAT ARE CHARGED FOR THE RENTAL FACILITY THE SAME THROUGH A COUNTYWIDE.
>> YEAH. THE FEES ARE DRIVEN BY THIS BOARD.
THIS BOARD HAS IMPACT ON THE FEES WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. AND SO YES, THERE IS A FEE SCHEDULE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR
ALL COUNTY FACILITIES. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL JUST WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT GREEN STREET TOO. CAN I THEN MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT AFTER THAT OR IS THIS THE ONLY
TIME PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ALLOWED? >> WELL, THIS IS REALLY THIS IS REALLY THE POINT IN TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WHAT I WOULD URGE YOU TO DO THOUGH THAT IF YOUR ANSWER IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ANSWER IN THE QUESTION IS TO REACH OUT TO OUR STAFF INDIVIDUALLY AND ASK THEM ABOUT THAT AGAIN, WE AS A GROUP ARE TRYING TO ALLOCATE THE COUNTY'S RESOURCES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY IN THOSE FACILITIES.
AND AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK EXACTLY TO THAT BUT MAYBE SHANNON WE'LL COVER THAT AS SHE SAID. WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE SO BECAUSE THE LACK OF GM SPACE AND THE LACK OF THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO IS A BIG PROBLEM IN BEAUFORT.
AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THE GREEN STREET GYM OPEN BACK UP IS DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FORMER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB? IS THAT THE CITY THAT IS.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THAT'S A SEPARATE
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ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITY. SO AND IT THIS YOU KNOW SO TO YOU KNOW, BRIDGES PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND NOW I HEAR THAT IT'S MAYBE CAN BE TAKEN BACK OVER BY SOMEONE.>> YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME. >> I APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT IS NOT HERE TO SPEAK WITH REGARD TO THE FENCE SWIM TEAM? OK, SO WE'VE GOT 15 MINUTES TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE FINS. WE WERE PROVIDED WITH A PACKET HERE BEFORE SO I'M REACHING OUT. DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE REPRESENTING YOUR GROUP IN GENERAL AND ARE YOU USING THIS DURING YOUR 15 MINUTES OR COKE? AND SO WILL YOU BE SPEAKING FOR
THE GROUP IN MASS OR. >> NO, NOT WELL. I MEAN IT'S TYPICALLY THREE MINUTES PER PERSON BUT I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE SO.
SO WHY DON'T YOU STEP UP THERE AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND TELL US WHAT YOU'D LIKE US TO DO. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PRESENTATION? I THINK IT WOULD BE THE FIRST PRICE SIX PAGES AND THE REST ARE TESTIMONIALS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO READ AT YOUR LEISURE. WHENEVER YOU COULD OR OTHER
PARENTS CAN PRESENT. >> OK. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS TODAY. OK AND MIKE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER MONTEIRO. I'M HERE REPRESENTING BANDS BUT I'M ALSO A SWIM MOM.
MY SON ONCE FENCE. SO WE'VE HAD A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PRICING FOR FINS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE CURRENT PRICING WE HAVE IS FIVE DOLLARS PER LANE AND WE ARE UTILIZING THE POOL FORTY SEVEN RIGHT NOW. AND THAT LEAVES SOME LANES OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC. WE USE FOUR LANES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THREE LANES AND WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE ADDITIONAL LANES IF THE PUBLIC IS NOT MEETING THEM AT THE TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING AROUND ELEVEN NINETY A MONTH IF WE UTILIZE THE LANES WE WERE PERMITTED TO USE THE PREVIOUS PRICING AS WE WERE USING THE POOL FOR OURS WAS SIXTY DOLLARS AS OPPOSED FROM 6 AND SEVEN AND IT WAS 6 4 740 5 SO THAT WAS APPRECIATED BUT THAT RESULTED IN A PAYING THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH.
THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE WANTED YOU GUYS IN PARTICULAR TO BE VOTING ON IS THE PROPOSED PRICE INCREASE IF IT GOES UP TO TEN DOLLARS PER LANE PER HOUR IT'S GOING TO JUMP OUR PRICE TO ABOUT TWENTY THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH AND WE CONTINUE TO PLAY AND WE ARE NOW WITH THE FALLING FROM 4 TO 7 AND 3 LANES FOR A PERIOD OF THAT TIME TOO. AND THEN IF WE WENT AFTER HOURS THE PRICE INCREASES PROPOSED TO BE AT ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PER HOUR WE WOULD IDEALLY NEED TO PULL FOR TWO AND A HALF TO THREE HOURS. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE.
IT WOULD JUMP TO ALMOST SIX THOUSAND OVER SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
SO THIS ONE TEAM WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE RENTAL FEES. I ALSO POSTED THERE FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW THE PROFIT LOSS FOR FENCE SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THAT IF THE PRICES INCREASE TO DOUBLE OR NOT, THE SWIM TEAM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE UNLESS FEES COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THE REASON WHY WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE PRICE WE ARE IS BECAUSE THIS IS AFFECTING 60 KIDS. THE PRICE INCREASE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO CONTINUE. MUST BE 60 KIDS WHO SOMEWHERE UP FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR FOR SWIM. I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT MY GRADES. MY SON, SOCIAL ANXIETY.
IT'S HELPED HIM AND ALSO IF WE COMPARE TO THE OTHER SWIM TEAM IN THE AREA THEY'RE PAYING RIGHT AROUND THREE DOLLARS AN HOUR PER HOUR GRILLING. SO AND ALSO THE CONDITION OF THE BLUFFTON POOL IS IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR. SO WE'RE USING A FACILITY THAT IS NOT PART WITH ONE TEAM. I ALSO INCLUDED A SLIDE THAT COMPARES TO THE OTHER TEAM AGE TO A THEY DO HAVE A CONTRACT WHICH WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE WITH YOU GUYS IF YOU'RE UP TO IT. THEY PAY EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH WHEN YOU DO ALL THE MATH THEY UTILIZE THE POOL FOR A HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR HOURS.
THEY ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC COMPLETELY FROM FOUR TO SIX THIRTY.
WE ARE THERE WITH THE PUBLIC. WE IF WE SEE THAT WE'RE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC WE WILL MOVE OVER A LINE WE ARE TRYING TO BE VERY ACCOMMODATING BUT ARE PRICE PRINTING IS ACTUALLY AT 270.
SO THE FINAL THING WE WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO DO THE STUDIES THAT IN THE PENTAGON ADDRESS LATER TO SEE ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS YOU GUYS HAVE. WE WOULD LIKE TO STAY AT 4 TO SEVEN WITH FOUR LANES AT THE PRICE WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING. AND IF WE CAN GET A CONTRACT TO
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THAT END AFTER YOUR REVIEW PERIOD WE CAN SIGN A WATER CONTRACT.WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT . >> AND THEN I INCLUDED SOME PICTURES OF THE POOL AS YOU CAN SEE THE REST AND THE SHOWERS ARE WORKING NOW AND ALL THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I HAVE TESTIMONIALS. I WANT ME TO READ THEM OR YOU WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ THEM ON YOUR OWN. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE OLYMPIC TRIALS SO YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE TEAM DOES WORK. THERE'S A GREAT PIVOT COME OUT OF IT AND IT HELPS ALL THE MARKET FOR EVERY HERE AND HERE. WE'LL KEEP IT UP AND SAY THAT
AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO. >> VERY GOOD. IS THAT THREE MINUTE CHIN FOR ME? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. WELL, WE'LL REVIEW THIS INFORMATION WHEN I WOULD SAY THOUGH TO YOU ABOUT THE POOL, THE CONDITION OF THE POOL WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THE CONDITION OF THE POOL THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE.
WE WERE EVALUATING THE POOL FOR REPAIRS. WE HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THAT. SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SITUATION.
>> THE BLUFFTON POOL HAS BEEN A UNIQUE SITUATION IN TERMS OF AS COMPARED TO THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT WE COULD DO ON THE OTHER POOLS. THE WORK ON THIS POOL IS A LITTLE MORE INTRICATE, INTRICATE REQUIRING ENGINEERING STUDIES AND OTHER THINGS.
SO AS FAR AS THE CONDITION OF THE POOL, WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT WORK.
WE'RE NOT HAPPY THAT THAT'S THE CONDITION OF THE POOL EITHER IN TERMS OF THE AESTHETICS AND RUST. BUT WE'RE WORKING AT. OK.
THANK YOU. >> GOING TO LATER TODAY ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPLY THE POOL BECAUSE WE WERE PRETTY MUCH TOLD THAT TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO DECIDE
IF WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THIS INFORMATION. WE'RE GONNA REVIEW WHAT SHANNON AND MATT HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD GET BACK TO YOU WITH SOME SORT OF SOME SORT OF ANSWER. AGAIN, UNDERSTAND WE'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD. WE REVIEW WHAT IS PRESENTED TO US ARE WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT RUN THE DEPARTMENT. IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO SECOND GUESS EVERYTHING THEY DO BUT RATHER REVIEW IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED BY MULTIPLE PARTIES.
YOU INCLUDED. I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE POOL PASS TO ME MEETINGS AGO WAS WHEN WE PUT FORTH THE ALTERNATIVE RENTAL AGREEMENT.
>> WE WENT FROM 60 TO 110. THAT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR A SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME AND WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME BUT YET WE'RE BACK AT THIS. SO YOU KNOW, WE THIS IS AN ISSUE WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ON A REPEATED BASIS. IT'S JUST WE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE WANTED NO PART. SURE. I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND. YES. WE WILL DEFINITELY PROVIDE YOU WITH SOMETHING. I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT IT WILL BE TODAY BUT IT MAY BE.
BUT IT MAY NOT HAPPEN HERE AS WELL. YOU DON'T GET TO RIGHT.
CAN WE CONTINUE PASSING THE ARE RIGHT NOW? AGAIN, THIS IS NOT REALLY THE ROLE FOR THAT FOR ME TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. IT'S FOR YOU TO SPEAK AT THIS
POINT WAS EVER AN ACT. >> PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF FROM I WORK WITH ON MONDAY. SO I APPRECIATE IT. IT MEANS GROWTH BECAUSE FROM WHAT I KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT YOU KNOW I SAW WAS A GREAT MAN.
I READ TODAY BECAUSE HE WAS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES FROM SOMETHING TO A PUBLIC DISCORDANT HOME AND IT WAS A BIG CHANGE AND IT WAS SUICIDAL. SO WHEN GOING TO COUNSELING EVERYTHING I APPRECIATE COACH GEORGE I SAID TO HIM YOU'RE REACHING HIM AND THANKS TO STREAMING HE'S COMING OUT IN EVEN THOUGH OR WHATEVER IT IS GOING TO BE THAT ONE DAY HE TOLD ME I I TOOK A SHOWER. SO WE HAD TO NOT BE SPEAKING FOR HIGH SCHOOL TO GROW UP TO BE NOTICING IT. SO SO I'M JUST THINKING DON'T YOU JUST.
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WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. WAS IT A CHANGE FOR MY SON? THANK YOU.THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. HI, I'M CANDY STEVEN.
BUT THE THREE OF US SITTING BACK IN THAT CORNER BASICALLY REPRESENT SOUTH CAROLINA SWIMMING WHICH IS THE GOVERNING BODY FOR USA SWIMMING WITHIN SOUTH CAROLINA.
JUST AN EMPHASIS WE HIGHLY SUPPORT GETTING THE POOL UP TO SPEED, MAKING THIS TEAM VIABLE AGAIN WITHOUT A LARGE RATE INCREASE. THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE HAD DOWN HERE AND I HAD ONE OF THE GUYS DO SOME RESEARCH RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE 11 SWIMMERS FROM THIS AREA THAT ARE ON SCHOLARSHIPS AT VARIOUS COLLEGES TO SWIM. SO THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE NEED TO CONTINUE. YOU HEARD ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN WHO WENT TO THE OLYMPIC TRIALS. I'VE BEEN TO THE OLYMPIC TRIALS AS AN OFFICIAL TWICE.
I KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT. I'VE BEEN AN OFFICIAL FOR 30 YEARS NOW.
TWENTY ONE YEARS OF WHICH I'VE BEEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I'VE WATCHED SWIMMING GROW IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND IT NEEDS TO GROW MORE. WE DON'T NEED TO BE DELETING PROGRAMS LIKE THE FANS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
IN THE STATEMENT SHE CAN GET OKAY. DID YOU GET MR EASY B C E YES.
WAS FIRST NAME IS KENT RIGHT? YES. YOU AND THEN LOUISE.
GOOD. VERY GOOD. SO MY NAME IS VICTOR TIRADO.
I ARE A O I GET A NEW RESIDENT OF THE TOWN. I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE DUE AND I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR BLUFFTON.
EYE CONTACT THEM THE DAY I GOT HERE. WHAT THE DAY MY KIDS ACTUALLY STARTED SWIMMING BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF THE POOL, THE SHOWER WORKING THEY HAD TO DRIVE FROM THE POOL BACK TO THE HOTEL WAS TAME. SO THEY COULD GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL IN THE MORNING. SO HE REACHED OUT TO ME IMMEDIATELY ON THE PHONE.
HE WAS VERY, VERY FOR UPFRONT WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE TOLD ME THE POOL WE'RE GOING TO BE FIXED IN A MONTH AND A HALF. WELL, WITHIN TWO DAYS THEY WERE OUT THERE FIXING IT. SO I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
IN THE REST OF THE AREA I'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE TOWN. TRUST ME, I'M NOT.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE FACE. BERMAN OF THE BLUFFTON HIGH SWIMMING REALLY ARE GOOD. MY KIDS CAME FROM CALIFORNIA FROM SAN DIEGO.
THEY TOWN WITH SMALLER TEAM. THERE WAS KIND OF A SHOCK FOR THEM BUT THEN THEY REALIZED THE SWIMMERS THAT ARE ON THAT TEAM ARE ACTUALLY BETTER THAN WHAT THEY WERE SWIM AGAINST. IN CALIFORNIA. SO THE PROGRAM HERE IS REALLY GOOD AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE UP FOR WITH THE TEAM HERE, KIDS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE SPEAK? I DON'T SEE YOUR FAMILY AND I'M OF COURSE PRESIDENT OF LIEUTENANT I HAVE THREE LOCALLY LOCALLY L O N THE L BY I HAVE THREE CHILDREN ONE STUDENT USC B ANOTHER ONE IS THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON AND I HAVE A SOPHOMORE AT ME RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL THREE OF MY KIDS HAVE SWAM AT THE BLUFFTON SCHOOL. MY OLDEST HAD HER SPINE FUZED SO SHE HAD TO SWIM TO STRENGTHEN HER BACK FOR THE SURGERY.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THAT STAYS THERE AND THAT IT'S IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION FOR KIDS THAT MAYBE ARE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION CAN USE THE FACILITY ON MY OTHER TWO KIDS WERE ON THE FINS AND MY SON IS STILL ON THE FINS. HE HAS REALLY BLOSSOMED.
WE'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS AND IT'S I REALLY HELPED TO BE A BETTER PERSON TO YOU KNOW, GIVES THE KIDS CONFIDENCE TO BE A PART OF A TEAM TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING LARGER THAN WHAT THEY ARE AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A FAMILY. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE KIDS HAVE THAT. I THINK IT REALLY HELPS TO BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY THE BLUFFTON POOL WAS ALLOWED TO GET IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S MY QUESTION. LIKE I'VE BEEN TO THE OTHER
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POOLS IN BEAUFORT AND THEY SEEM THAT THEY'RE IN BETTER SHAPE AND BUT OUR BLUFFTON POOL I MEAN THE RUST PART OF THE CEILING IS FALLING AND IT'S JUST SUCH A SHAME.THERE WAS RUST ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND MY SON SAID THAT GEORGE TOLD THEM BE CAREFUL, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T TOUCH THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH THE RUST. YOU MIGHT GET CUT.
I MEAN THAT'S REALLY DANGEROUS AND THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES THE KIDS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OPEN THE DOORS. THERE WAS A TIME THAT THE POOL RULES WHERE YOU COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS AND THE CHLORINE IS SO STRONG THAT THE KIDS ARE COUGHING.
THEY HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE POOL, STAND NEAR DOOR AND OPEN IT JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE CHLORINE IS SO STRONG. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S VENTILATION OR WHAT BUT I MEAN IT'S JUST IT'S SAD, YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT MY CHILD BUT I KNOW IF I'VE HEARD OF OTHER KIDS WHO'VE HAD CHLORINE POISONING AT THAT POOL BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN ENCLOSED SPACE AND THE DOORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE OPENED.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHY MAYBE THAT POOL HASN'T BEEN THE REPAIRS HAVEN'T DONE IT'S ALLOWED TO OWN A HOME AND YOU DON'T FIX LITTLE THINGS. AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU HAVE THIS HUGE PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS AN ANSWER FOR ME. WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE CONDITION OF THAT POOL HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED AND IS IS REVIEWED ON AN ONGOING BASIS. THE PILE THE POLICY OF NOT OPENING THE DOOR TO MY RECOLLECTION HAS TO DO WITH IT. WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST OPEN ALL THE DOORS AND THE WINDOWS TO THE POOL. SO WE'RE OPERATING THE POOL IN THE BEST CAPACITY IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE KNOW HOW TO OPEN IT TO TO OPERATE BEFORE.
>> AND THE ISSUES WITH THE REST AND THE REPAIRING WE'VE WE'VE REVIEWED THESE THINGS.
WE'VE WE'VE SOUGHT OUT MONEY TO FIX THEM AND IT'S IT'S IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.
SO WE IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND WE'RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP THE RESOURCE OPEN WHEREAS IF WE JUST SHUT IT DOWN THERE WILL BE NO POOL.
SO WE'RE WALKING A FINE LINE THERE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THE SAFETY. BECAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST AS A COUNTY AND HAVING A FACILITY OPEN THAT IS GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE SICK OR GET PEOPLE HURT.
SO THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS JUST SHUT IT DOWN AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO EITHER. SO IF YOU DO LOOK BACK AT THE MINUTES AS THE FIRST LADY MENTIONED, SHE HADN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES REGARDING WHAT SHE WAS THERE TO SPEAK UP. I THINK YOU'LL FIND OVER THE LAST EIGHT TO 10 YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES IN THE MINUTES DEALING WITH THE BLUFFTON POOL AND DEALING WITH FUNDING AND
HOW THEY IMPROVE IT AND REPAIRS THAT ARE TO BE MADE OK. >> AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW AND THAT'S I'M JUST GOING I'VE I'VE BEEN TO DIFFERENT SWIM MEET ON TO DIFFERENT POOLS IN THE COUNTY.
AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE BLUFFTON POOL IS IN BAD SHAPE YET AGAIN.
>> IT'S A DESIGN OF THE POOL. THE POOLS AREN'T THE SAME DESIGNS.
>> I MEAN THEY'RE SIMILAR. THEY'RE VERY THIN. WELL, YEAH, I'VE BEEN EVERY POOL THAT WE HAVE. SO YEAH, THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE ATTRIBUTE TO THIS POOL.
MY KIDS LEARNED HOW TO SWIM IN THAT POOL. SO AND THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
SO IT'S IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR THE COUNTY AGAIN TO ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES WITH POOLS.
WE DO HAVE THREE POOLS. WE OPERATE THE POOLS ON AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT BACKGROUND IT GOES WAY BACK AS TO WHY WE OPERATE FALLS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT. BUT IT'S BASICALLY TO TEACH PEOPLE TO SWIM BECAUSE OUR COUNTY IS ALMOST 80 PERCENT WATER. SO IT'S A PUBLIC SERVICE IN ORDER TO TEACH PEOPLE TO SWIM TO SAVE THEIR LIVES IF THEY EVER GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ONE OF OUR WATERWAYS, THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE THAT THE POOLS WERE PUT TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WE OPERATE THAT UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY TO DO THAT. AND THAT AGREEMENT IS UP. CARLOS KNOW I'M NOT SURE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S IN TWO OR THREE YEARS. SO THE POOLS ARE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE PRIMARILY FOR SAFETY PURPOSES AND THEN ALSO WE WANT TO USE OUR POOLS FOR RECREATION AS WELL. SWIMMING ON THE OTHER HAND BUT I'M GIVING YOU SOME BACKGROUND AS TO WHY THE POOLS WERE PUT THERE AND THEIR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS FOR US TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW
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DOES HOW TO SWIM. AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY TO DO THAT FORSAFETY PURPOSES. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT.
THANK YOU. >> WHERE WE HAVE A MINUTE WAS SHANE AND OVERALL IMPORTANT?
>> OK. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAY THROUGH THE MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE. LET'S MOVE ON TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AUGUST MINUTE'S
DURING IN MR. CHAIRMAN. >> HOWEVER, BASED ON AGE OR OF THESE MINUTES SECOND POINT THAT MOTION WAS ACTUALLY MADE BY ME AND I AM NOT AWARE OF WHO THE SECOND WAS.
>> BUT I DO KNOW THAT I MADE A MOTION FOR THAT. YEAH.
YOU MEAN FOR THE FOR THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR? YES.
YEAH. I DIDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH. >> OKAY.
WE WILL GO BACK AND REVIEW THE VIDEO AND MAKE THAT CORRECTION. DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING.
>> CORRECTION SECOND QUESTION ON FAVOR OF KEN. >> ALL RIGHT.
NUMBER SADDAM NUMBER SEVEN ISLAND RECREATION UPDATE. FRANK SO ARE YOU THERE? FRANK? THINK SO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. FRANK. FRANK, CAN YOU I KNOW YOU USUALLY STICK AROUND AND KNOW YOU'RE ON ZOOM BUT CAN YOU STICK AROUND FOR ITEM F UNDER
THE DIRECTORS REPORT? >> YEAH I WAS WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR THE WHOLE MEETING.
OKAY GO DARK. I'LL BE LISTENING. ALL RIGHT.
>> VERY GOOD, FRANK. THANK YOU. PERFECT.
SO FAST FORWARD OUR FULL SCHEDULE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS UP AND RUNNING.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF A CHALLENGE AND OBVIOUSLY WE FOUND MEGAN'S OTHER THINGS BUT WE'RE UP AND RUNNING. WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 60 KIDS TODAY AGE REGISTERED WHICH IS A FEW MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR DURING THIS TIME SOCCER PROGRAMS RUNNING.
BOB RESNICK PUT TOGETHER TEAMS NOW THAT HAD AMONG WEEKS THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED.
WE GOT ABOUT 500 KIDS AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR STANDARD NUMBER NOW.
HAVING 500 KIDS IN OUR SOCCER PROGRAM OF THE UNIQUE THING WE'RE RUNNING A YOUTH BASKETBALL CLINIC. CHECHESSEE ANY ONE OF OUR PROGRAM SUPERVISORS RUNNING THAT BOTH FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAD SOME NICE NUMBERS THERE.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF SENIORS ARE RUNNING VERY WELL.
TALKING ABOUT THE POOL A LITTLE BIT I MENTIONED LAST TIME AND ONCE AGAIN WE'RE SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR HOURS BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE BEEN ABLE TO DO PROGRAMING BECAUSE THE LOST
STAFF HIRING STAFF FOR TRAINING NEW PEOPLE. >> BUT AS WE MOVE ALONG HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE THERE. WE ALSO HOST AND I SPOKE TO ONE TEAM AND WE'RE ALSO CLOSE TO THE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY TEAMS SO TO COUPLES SWIM MEETS COMING UP AND BEST THING GOING YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF YOU'LL FIND THAT TO TEACH YOU THE LESSONS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO. RUBIK'S LADY.
I THINK THE OTHER DAY BRANDON BROWN TOLD ME AFTER WE HAD 35 RAISED THEIR WATER SO THOSE TYPE OF CLASSES ARE STILL GOING WELL. WE HAVE INSTRUCTORS THERE OUR FITNESS PROGRAM WITH FUNDAMENTAL MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WITH TO ALL OF OUR FITNESS PROGRAM PART OF OUR FITNESS AND PUT THEM IN THE GYM FOR THE MOST PART IN THE MORNING HOURS READJUSTED OUR GYM SCHEDULE OPEN GYM SCHEDULE ACCOMMODATE GUYS.
NOW WE'LL DO THAT FOR A WHILE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN HOW THINGS PROGRESSED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT SENIOR CENTER. WE'RE STILL OPEN AND WE HAVE A HAVE A PICNIC DOWN AT CHICAGO PARK TOMORROW. WE HAVE LIKE THIRTY PEOPLE BUT FOR THE MOST PART AND SOME OF THE GAMING GAME STUFF THAT WE'VE REALLY SEEN A DROP OFF THEY'RE JUST FIVE CLASSES SEEM TO BE GOING WELL FOR THOSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE TOWN HAS BEGUN THE MASTER PROCESS. IT'S SEVERAL MEETINGS FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS FOR THE
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MIDDLE PART MILFORD CHAPLAIN PARK AND CROSSINGS FOR THIS AS WELL.INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TIME BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION FOR THE COMMISSION AND SOMETHING I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED YOUR HELP ON AND THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT THAN JUST SAY HEY YEAH WE OUGHT TO DO IT BUT I THINK THERE YOU CAN CONVERSE LIKE THERE WAS EARLIER ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK HAVING YOU MANAGED TO PARKER FIELD GO TO THE TATTLETALE. OH MY TICKET THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD AND THE PROCESS WE'RE DOING DOWN IN THE MASTER PLANNING AND HAVING THAT FACILITY.
I KNOW THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE THE BOARD HERE ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS COMMIT TO SOME TYPE OF AND I'LL JUST TELL THAT JUST ASK THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AT WE START TALKING ABOUT THAT AGAIN. I THINK IN THE LONG RUN IT'S GOING TO HELP IN THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS. HAVING SAID THAT, HE MENTIONED YOU AND I'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE YOU AND WORKING SOFTBALL SCHEDULES AND THINGS OUT THERE. SO WE HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO FIELD A KIND OF A THREAT. SOME OF MY CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN WE HOPE IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN WITH HOW HOW THAT'S PLAYED TO PACKED WHAT WE DO GOING INTO EFFECT. BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE BUILDING IN GENERAL THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ALSO SHORTLY HIGHER PARTS OF INTERIOR THAT YOUR PARKS DIRECTOR AND THEN JUST IN THE GENERAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, I SPENT ALL THOSE LAST LITTLE WHILE I GUESS AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE, BRUCE. >> YES.
YES, IT'S MIKE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT FRANK MENTIONED ABOUT THE BARKER FIELD TRANSFER OVER THAT TYPE OF THING IS A SEPARATE ISSUE FROM RICHARD B GROUP WITH THAT. IT'S TO BE A SINGULAR ISSUE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE SHERIFF'S CONVERSATION I WOULD THINK NOTED THAT'S A FRANK AS IT PERTAINS TO BARKER FIELD.
AND YOU'RE MENTIONING. I KNOW THAT SHANNON AND MATT, HAVE YOU ALL HAVE WORKED TOGETHER QUITE A BIT IN UTILIZING THAT FACILITY OVER OVER THE PAST YEAR WITH SOFTBALL AND EVERYTHING PAST FEW YEARS? WHAT HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT GOING FORWARD? WELL, BEING IN MY COMMUNITY WOULD BE GREAT.
IT WAS UNDERNEATH THE TOWN AND THE TOWN COMMITTEE. SO GOD IS PART OF THEIR PART MASTER PLANNING. I THINK IN THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN DONE BY LOWE'S DESIGN THAT CAME TO THE TOP OF THE HEAD AND LOOKED AT ALL THE FACILITIES IT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CROSSINGS BECOME A BASEBALL FACILITY AND PARK PARKER FIELD WITH BARKER STEWART SAID IT WOULD BE LIKE THE FIELD FACILITIES AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE GREAT. COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO HAVE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FIRST CIVIC SPORTS. I THINK WITH THE MOVE TOWARD HAVING THE TOWN OPERATING KIND OF PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PARKS IN OUR ABILITY TO PROGRAM OUT THE PARKS TOGETHER. I MEAN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I MEAN REALLY I'VE BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH THEM HAS NOT NOT BEEN A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR ANY TYPE OF PROGRAM.
I'M JUST REALLY KIND OF TALKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATION. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER RESPONSIBLE CITIES THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS OVER HERE OR THE CONSUMMATE OR OTHER THINGS. BUT THE REALITY OF THE COUNTY CONSOLIDATE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE ON THE TOWN AND WITH THE MASSIVE FUNDING AND THOSE.
THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE ISSUE AWAY FROM AWAY FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DISCUSSION. NO, WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT AS CHAIRMAN.
DO WE DO WE PRIMARILY RUN SOFTBALL THERE OR DO WE DO SOMETHING ELSE? WE CAN WE RUN OUR SOFTBALL PROGRAM OUT OF PARK OR FIELD BUT THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT IS IN COUNCIL SAYING SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE ADDRESSING. OK.
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>> ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE FOR FRANK?
THANKS, FRANK. SHANA DIRECTORS REPORT. >> SO NOT WHERE THE UPDATE ON
THE SOFTWARE IT IS GOING AMAZINGLY WELL. >> WE ACTUALLY ENJOY GETTING ON THE COMPUTER AND CHECKING PEOPLE IN AND HAVING PEOPLE SIGN UP IN PROGRAMING.
>> MAX GALAXY GOING OUT OF BUSINESS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. PARKS AND REC. SO WE ARE IT'S MOVING ALONG.
WE ARE IN THE MEMBERSHIP PHASE . WE ARE IN THE REGISTRATION PHASE AND WE WILL BE MOVING TO THE POLLS NEXT. AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO THE RENTAL PHASE OF IT. SO WE ARE DOING STRANGELY WELL WITH TWO OF THE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNING UP ONLINE AND THEN SO WE. THIS IS OUR FIRST RUN THROUGH IT. SO AS FAR AS REACHING YOU, WE CAN USE THE SOFTWARE ALSO TO
REACH BACK TO PEOPLE ONCE THEY'RE IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT. >> THEY HAVE A WAIT LIST.
SO ONCE REGISTRATION AND THEY CAN GET PLOPPED OVER TO THE WAIT LIST.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. WE NO LONGER HAVE PEN AND PAPER WAITLIST.
SO IT'S BEEN A REAL BLESSING FOR US FINKEL ALL DAY. >> SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS SOUTH SIDE OF THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS SHELL POINT.
WE NOW HAVE AT EACH OF THOSE SITES ONE TENNIS AND TWO PICK A BALL COURTS.
THEY HAVE NOW MOVED TO BLUFFTON CENTER IN BLUFFTON AND THEY BEGAN YESTERDAY.
SO WITH THOSE THREE PARTICULAR SITES WE HAVE CONVERTED INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TENNIS WE HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS NOW AND WE HAVE WON TENNIS AND TO PICK A BALL.
SO PICK BALL PEOPLE WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ERIC.
THEY HAVE THANKED HIM FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE GOT A PLACE TO PLAY NOW UNTIL WE CAN GET THE PICKLE WHILE COMPLEX. SO IT'S BEEN A REAL GOOD THING.
>> FEES SO LANE RENTAL FEES AS I SENT YOU THE INFORMATION ON BACK IN 2016 IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD BUT NEVER MADE IT TO THE MINUTES FOR THEIR LANE RENTAL FEE.
WE DID TOO FROM FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR PER LANE TO TEN DOLLARS AN HOUR PER LANE BUT IT NEVER MADE IT TO THE MINUTE. SO THEREFORE IT NEVER BECAME OFFICIAL.
SO WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT AND MAKE A DECISION IF WE WANT TO STAY AT FIVE DOLLARS OR IF WE
WANT TO GO TO THE 10 HOUR RENTAL FEE PER HOUR PEARLING. >> MY QUESTION TO YOU AND THIS IS THAT WE THIS THIS DECISION WE ALREADY AGREED TO DO THIS PREVIOUSLY I MEAN ALMOST FIVE
YEARS AGO. CORRECT. >> AND MIKE, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? YEAH. ERIC, WERE YOU THERE? OK. SO. SO THAT'S I MEAN THAT'S FIVE YEARS AGO. SO AND THEN YOUR ITEM F FOR THE FINS IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THAT.
SO WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO ADDRESS THIS NOW OR DO WE WANT TO ADDRESS THIS WITH F OR AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING WE APPROVED FIVE YEARS. FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T ON THE BOARD IT JUST FOR SOME TECHNICALITY. WE WE DIDN'T CATCH IT.
ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE THAT AT THIS MOMENT? >> WE HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED.
WE HAVE BEEN CHARGING THE FANS THE FIVE DOLLARS PER HOUR PER LINE.
BUT OTHERS WE HAVE CHARGED THE 10:00 HOUR PER LINE STANDPOINT .
>> CAN YOU MAKE IT ON FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR THE CONTROL ROOM OR DO YOU LOSE MONEY? WHEN I GET TO THE FENCE I WILL GO. I WILL TELL YOU IN YOUR PACKET WHERE THE FEE REVENUE BUT THE SO THE REASON I DISCUSS THIS REASON THEY'RE THERE SEPARATELY IS THIS INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST A FENCE. THIS IS LANE RENTAL FOR ANY GROUP THAT COMES IN. SO WHEN WE'RE SETTING FEES BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION IT'S PROBABLY BEST NOT TO FOCUS ON A GROUP. SURE WE'RE SETTING TRENDS ARE
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CLEARLY VERY GOOD. THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS WHO WOULD LIKE TO USE THE POOL FACILITY WHO HAS YOU KNOW THEY'VE APPROACHED US AND WE NEED TO QUOTE THEM A NUMBER TWO. SO THE SPECIFIC ISSUE WITH FANS I THINK AFTER OUR TEAMS WHICH AGAIN ONCE WE ESTABLISH AFTER OUR JUICE AND OPEN UP A FACILITY FOR ANY GROUP, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FOR ANY GROUP BECAUSE IF WE LET ONE GROUP DO WE'RE A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. WE HAVE TO LET ALL THE GROUPS TO WHERE THIS ONE IS A FEE FOR LAYING IN A POOL REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS. SO I JUST WANT THAT AS CONTENT.>> I APPRECIATE THAT. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE LET'S HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WE APPROVE THIS FIVE YEARS AGO. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING BETWEEN WHEN WE APPROVED IT AND NOW THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO ASK A QUESTION OTHER THAN IS 10 DOLLARS ENOUGH RELATIVE TO THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGING FOR LAST FIVE YEARS.
SOME DISCUSSION PLEASE JUST TO CLARIFY ALL OF THESE VARIOUS THIRD PARTY ENTITIES CABLING
THE TOPIC OF FINNS SPEAKING IN GENERALITIES FOR EVERYBODY. >> HAVE THEY BEEN CHARGING THE TEN DOLLAR WAS AGREED TO ROUGHLY FIVE YEARS AGO? WE HAVE YET WE DON'T HAVE A
WHOLE LOT OF LANE RENTAL. >> BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, IF WE DO HAVE SOME AND WE HAVE CHARGED SOME, WE WE CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
>> BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS AGREED TO JUST NOT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT PROPERLY DOCUMENTED. CORRECT. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE I WASN'T A PARTICIPANT AT THE TIME THE DECISION WAS MADE, IT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY FOR TO INCREASE MINIMALLY FROM FIVE TO 10 AND IMPROVE PROVE THE POINT 2060.
MY RECOMMENDATION, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THAT SINCE WE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A CHANGE FROM FIVE TO 10 DOLLARS YOU JUST DIDN'T GET DOCUMENTED APPROPRIATELY.
I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE DO MOVE THAT FROM FIVE DOLLARS TO TEN
DOLLARS GIVEN THAT THAT WAS OUR PREVIOUS INTENT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS
MOTION. >> I REMEMBER BEING A. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION CALLED A QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED.
THANK YOU. VISITOR OUR OR THE VISIT? WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE VERY RARELY HAPPENS BUT IT DOES HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY. SO I KNOW I BROUGHT THAT TO THE BOARD. PROBABLY BEEN EARLY 2020 WHERE WE ESTABLISHED A VISITOR FEE.
SO IF A GRANDCHILD CAME TO VISIT WITH THE GRANDPARENTS THAT THE GREAT GRANDCHILD COULD COME IN FOR THE FIVE DOLLAR VISITOR FEE EVEN IF THEY WERE OUT-OF-STATE OUT OF COUNTY WHATEVER THEY WERE. SO REESE, RECENTLY WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS THAT AN EXAMPLE AS A PATRON CAME IN AND HER SISTER WAS STAYING WITH US FOR A WEEK.
SHE WAS A GROWN ADULT STAY AND SHE WANTED TO COME EACH DAY AND WALK AND THEY WANTED TO USE THE FACILITY AND SHE ASKED ME WHY WE JUST HAD THE FEE FOR THE GRANDCHILDREN AND NOT FOR THE TAXPAYER. AND HER FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS THERE.
SO THEY WANTED TO COME IN EVERY DAY AND WALK AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TEN DOLLARS A DAY.
SO INSTEAD OF THE FIVE DOLLARS A DAY VISIT FEE. SO I'M ASKING IF THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING US TO REWORD THE VISITOR FEE AND ALLOW IT FOR ANY SIBLING THAT IS VISITING IN TOWN WITH THE TAX FAIR AND STAYING WITH THE TAXPAYER TO ALLOW IT TO BE FIVE DOLLARS NOT JUST FOR A GRAND CHILD WHICH IT CURRENTLY STATES .
>> SO TO CLARIFY ARE FEE VISITOR FEE WAS FOR DIRECT FAMILY MEMBER PRIOR.
IT WAS FOR THE GRANDCHILDREN ONLY. NOT FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO THE CURRENT LANGUAGE STATES THE WORD GRANDCHILD AS OPPOSED TO SIBLING OR RELATIVE? CORRECT. I MOVE THAT WE CHANGE THE SUBJECT LANGUAGE TO REFLECT SIBLING OR RELATIVE AS OPPOSED TO GRANDCHILD. SO THE ONLY DISCUSSION I WOULD WOULD HAVE ON THAT DO WE HAVE LIKE A PASS FOR VISITORS TO COME? LET'S SAY THAT PERSON FOR EXAMPLE A VISITOR OF ANY TAXPAYER THAT WANTS TO USE THE
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FACILITY IS ALL WE HAVE FOR THEM IS THE TEN DOLLARS A DAY. IS IT FOR THE FINE IF THEY'REOUT OF STATE IF THEY'RE OUT IF OUT DOLLARS YES. >> OKAY.
WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A FEE OR SOME VISITOR. YES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN DISCUSS WITH THE STAFF AND BRING BACK TO THE NEXT BOARD
MEETING. >> YEAH I THINK THAT MIGHT MAKE SOME SENSE.
>> YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE'S IN TOWN FOR A WEEK OR TWO AND THEY WANT TO PAY 30 DOLLARS FOR THE WEEK. FRANK, DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT? THIS WOULD BE IF THEY WERE HERE FOR WAIT. YEAH WELL RIGHT NOW IT'D BE
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS. >> FRANK SAID HE WAS GONNA STICK AROUND.
HERE HERE STARTING. DO YOU HAVE LIKE A NINE RELATIVE VISITOR FEE LIKE FOR A WEEK AT THE REC CENTER FOR PEOPLE BECOME EASIER FACILITY OR HAVE YOU JUST GONE TO THE PER DIEM? WE DO. WE DO.
WE DO DAILIES AND WE DO WEEKLY. THEY CAN BE AS MUCH 30 DOLLARS A WEEK FOR IT CAN BE SEVEN DOLLARS A DAY AND A SENIOR YEAR AND STUDENTS ARE SEVEN ADULTS. BUT THEY WILL ONCE I THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE DON'T RECOGNIZE WHERE YOU LIVE OBVIOUSLY. STILL AHEAD BEING FOR TOURISTS OR SOMETHING TO COME IN AND WANTS TO USE A FACILITY. THEY JUST HAVE TO SIGN A WAIVER AND PAY THEM TO SO AS FAR AS
THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE. >> I WOULD JUST JUST RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. COME BACK TO US FOR THE OTHER. BUT CALL THE QUESTION ON THE MOTION AT HAND. DO YOU WANT TO RESTATE THE MOTION THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THE SUBJECT BE CHANGED FROM THE WORD GRANDCHILD TO INSTEAD STATE SIBLING OR OTHER RELATIVE
FAMILY MEMBER CALL A QUESTION IN FAVOR OF THOSE. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> AND THEN THE LAST PHASE SO KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES. AND WE DO HAVE AND AND THIS WILL KIND OF TIE INTO G AND I WILL GET INTO THAT WHEN I GET TO G.
BUT CURRENTLY WE STILL DO HAVE COLLEGE KIDS THAT LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS THAT ARE LOCAL THAT GO TO THE SCHOOLS OR COLLEGE KIDS THAT ARE HERE GOING TO COLLEGE AT OUR LOCAL COLLEGES AND OUR CURRENT KIDS FREE IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ALLOWING US TO ALLOW THE COLLEGE KIDS TO COME IN AND USE THE FACILITY AS WELL.
AS THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ARE FREE. CORRECT.
>> AND I'M ASKING THAT WE INCLUDE THE COLLEGE KIDS SHOWN AS PART OF THAT.
>> WE REQUIRE WE REQUIRE THEIR LIFE TO BE LAID OUT ON THE LINE.
SO WE GET EVERYTHING FROM LEASES TO COLLEGE TO I.D. TO LETTERS FROM PARENTS.
WE WE FULLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN FACT WHO THEY STATE THAT THEY ARE.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? IF YOU WANT ME TO SKIP DOWN, I CAN SKIP DOWN OR IF YOU WANT TO TABLE IT AND UNTIL G THEN I CAN.
WELL, I GUESS ALL I'M SAYING IS MY POINT IS IS THAT I'D BE MORE INCLINED TO GIVE THEM SOME SORT
OF A DISCOUNT. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM ARE YOU KNOW LOCAL OR NOT. I MEAN USCCB HAS FACILITIES I DON'T KNOW.
>> I JUST I JUST I THINK OUR FACILITIES ARE FOR PEOPLE FIRST .
I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM KNOCKED DOWN BUT WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD FACILITIES.
THAT'S WHERE AND HERE I THINK THEY SHOULD PAY SOMETHING. BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE.
QUESTION IS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST BACK IN TOWN ON VACATION OR WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S THAT WHAT'S A SNAPSHOT OF WHO THIS INDIVIDUAL IS, THESE COLLEGE KIDS WHO ARE JUST THE USA V. KIDS AND I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO REDUCE FEE.
>> MY ONLY QUESTION REASONING IS IT'S ONCE AGAIN NOT AT ALL FORECASTS ANYTHING ABOUT THE FINS BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE GROUP AND ANOTHER OTHERS IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT TYPE OF STIPULATION FOR COLLEGE KIDS WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR MILITARY MEMBERS OF THE SAME
AGE WHO ARE BACK IN TOWN FOR THE WEEK. >> WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T DO EITHER. OR JUST WORKING FOR ME? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THEM ALL BEING FREE. BUT AT THE SAME POINT I DON'T RIGHT.
HAS A DYNAMIC IN THE MILITARY. WE HAVE THE REDUCED ONE DOLLAR FEE FOR ONLY ACTIVE MILITARY.
OKAY. IT'S I'M NOT OPPOSED EITHER WAY IF YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS
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TO STAY THE SAME OR WE ARE AT TWO DOLLARS RIGHT NOW AND WE DO HAVE A TEN DOLLAR A MONTH.SO IT IS A MINIMUM. I MEAN WHAT WE CHARGE IS MINIMAL.
RIGHT. >> SO RIGHT NOW A COLLEGE KID IF IF MY SON GOES TO CLEMSON HE COMES HOME AND HE WANTS TO COME IN, IT'S TWO DOLLARS. CORRECT.
OR IT'S TEN DOLLARS A MONTH. CORRECT. OKAY.
AND THEN BY THE SAME TOKEN, IF I GO TO USCCB AND I LIVE IN GREENVILLE WHILE I'M AT SCHOOL HERE, IF I SHOW YOU MY I.D. IT'S TWO DOLLARS TIME OR TEN DOLLARS A MONTH.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. MY MY PERSPECTIVE IS I THINK
YOUR CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE IS. ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RESURFACE UPDATE.
SO WITH THE POOL RESURFACED I WILL GIVE AN UPDATE AND I WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES SO THE POOL IN BLUFFTON WAS FINALLY RESURFACED AND WE FINALLY GOT TO OPEN THE DAY THAT WE HAD IT INSPECTED TO OPEN THE HOT WATER HEATER EXPLODED AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THAT. SO WE WERE WE IN LIGHT OF NOT KEEPING IT CLOSED FOR A COUPLE
OF MORE WEEKS. >> WE CHOSE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE POOL TO THE PUBLIC.
WITHOUT THE SHOWERS. SO YOU KNOW, WHICH IS JUST EXTRA.
BUT WE DID GET IT OPEN. WE HAVE GOTTEN THEY DID GET THE WATER HEATER REPLACED AND WE
GOT THE SHOWERS. >> SO THE SHOWERS WERE AVAILABLE BUT ONLY COLD SHOWERS. THERE WAS NO WATER. THEY TURNED THE WATER OFF SO I
GUESS YEAH. >> WHICH ALSO COVERED PER DAY. HECK SHOWERS WEREN'T AVAILABLE TO BE USED ANYWAY. SO THIS WAS NOT ANYTHING THAT HADN'T BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. AS FAR AS THE DOORS WE HAVE STARTED OPENING THE DOORS BACK UP. WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE DOORS.
WE HAD TO GET THE GLASS COMPANY OUT. YOU KNOW, AS THE POOL SITS AND SAID OH THEY ARE GLASS SLIDING DOORS. GLASS SLIDING DOORS DO NOT ALWAYS FUNCTION THE WAY THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. WE DID KEEP THE DOOR SHUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. WE HAVE SINCE ADDED SOME ORANGE CONSTRUCTION FENCE BECAUSE WHAT
WE WERE HAVING WAS WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF THE PATRON. >> AND SWIM TEAM COME IN THROUGH THE SIDE DOORS AND REFUSAL TO COME INTO THE FRONT DOOR AND DO CHECK.
SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM JUST COMING IN THE SIDE DOORS WITH THE WHOLE SIDE BUILDING ME AND OPEN AND JUST COMING INTO THE POOL WITHOUT CHECKING AND MAKING SURE LIABILITY WAIVERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS COMPLETED.
IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THE DOORS COULDN'T BE OPEN OTHER THAN THE REASON YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE JUST SPEAKING UP? IT SEEMED TO ME AT ONE TIME I THOUGHT WELL WHY DON'T WE JUST WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE WALL DOWN AND JUST HAVE IT BE OPEN AIR POOL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SIDE. SO BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH THAT.
YEAH, WELL A LOT LIKE I SAID SOME OF THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN.
>> AND THEN LIKE I SAID, WE STOPPED IT FOR A WHILE. IT'S GOTTEN UNDER CONTROL.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT. WE PUT UP THE ORANGE SAFETY FENCE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM JUST COMING IN AND THE DOORS HAVE BEEN REOPENED.
WE DID OPEN THEM DURING THE COVE BECAUSE OF DEEPAK REQUIREMENTS AND SO THEY'VE BEEN OPEN AS FAR AS THE REST AND THE REASON THAT THE BLUFFTON POOL HAS MORE RUST THAN THE OTHER TWO POOLS IS THE CAUSE OF THE CLAW REMAINS IN THE AIR AND THE USE OF THE BLUFFTON POOL WHICH IS A HIGHER USED POOL THAN THE OTHER TWO POOLS.
WE HAVE ONE POOL SOUTH VERSUS TWO POOLS NORTH. AND SO WHEN THE ENGINEERS WENT IN AND THEY HAVE LOOKED AT ALL THREE POOLS THAT ARE IDENTICALLY ALIKE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BECAUSE OF MORE USE AT THE BLUFFTON POOL THE FLOOR MEANS HAVE CAUSED MORE RUST TO THE STRUCTURE. SO WE ARE AWARE OF THAT THERE. THE ENGINEERING HAS IT OUT RIGHT NOW WORKING ON A PROPOSAL TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AND THEN COUNCIL WILL RELOOK AT THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY ALLOCATED VERSUS THE MONEY IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO REPAIR THE POOLS. THE CONTRACT IS IN WITH US UNTIL 2020 TO THE POOL. CORRECT. AND CAN YOU REFRESH YOUR MEMORY
ON THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PROPOSAL WENT OUT. >> COUNTY COUNCIL HAD ALLOCATED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TO HAVE THE THREE POOLS REPAIRED AND THE MONEY THE BUDGET CAME IN AT ONE POINT FOUR MILLION I BELIEVE IT WAS. WE HAVE TAKEN THE FIVE HUNDRED
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THOUSAND AND WE HAVE USED IT TO RESURFACE THE POOLS. WE HAVE DONE LIVERPOOL AND WE HAVE DONE BLUFFED SIMPLE BATTERY PEOPLE POOL WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SWIM SEASON AND BATTERING CREEK SWIM TEAM NOT WE DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THEM NOT HAVING A POOL UNTIL THE END OF THE SEASON WHICH I BELIEVE IS OCTOBER .>> YES, BUT WE HAVE THE MONEY TO RESURFACE THAT POOL. WE DO THINK THAT IN THE 500 GO WELL WE SPENT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOR THE THREE
POOLS. >> SO THERE'S THREE FIFTY LEFT ALLOCATED SEEM TO ME.
>> WE HAD AN ENGINEER HERE AT THE TALK TO US ABOUT THE POOL. DID AND HE WAS SAYING WEREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT LIKE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THAT POINT ? WHY IS THAT STICKING IN MY HEAD?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TO RESURFACE THE FOUR POOLS BUT THE FOURTH POOL WE HAD PARK FUNDING FOR FOR THE OUTDOOR POOL BUT IT WAS OVER A MILLION 0 TIMES.
>> IT'S THERE A. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE. WE HAD ALSO DID DISTRICTS THAT ABOUT THE SLIDING WORKS PREVIOUSLY AND THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE REMEMBERING WAS HEALTHY MODIFICATION SYSTEM AND HAVING DOORS OPEN CAUSES RUST AND DESTROYING THE USEFUL LIFE
OF THAT EQUIPMENT AS WELL. >> I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING. YEAH.
BECAUSE VENTILATION WAS AN ISSUE AND CORRECT. >> MR. BRISTER HANDLES POOLS IN HIS CAPACITY AT MARRIOTT. SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH. OKAY.
>> WAS THERE A BALLPARK TIMELINE ON THE COMPLETION OF THE RECENT ENGINEERING REPORT? NO. SO WHAT WAS THAT? WAS THERE A TIME RECENTLY OR WHEN THEY PUT OUT YOUR ITEM? WHAT THAT TIMELINE.
I MEAN SO THAT'S GOING TO COUNSEL PUBLIC FACILITIES MEETING THIS MONTH SEPTEMBER.
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE THEM THREE MONTHS. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT I'LL DIGRESS JUST A LITTLE BIT. I MADE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO DEALING WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LEASES THAT THE COUNTY HAS WITH PARKS AND REC FACILITIES. THE POOL'S THE ISSUE WE HAVE WITH THE POOLS IS WE'RE IN A TWENTY FIVE YEAR LEASE. THE POOL COVERS THEMSELVES ARE REACHING THE END OF THEIR LIFESPAN. THEY'RE ALMOST TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD.
SO THE QUESTION FOR COUNCIL. THE QUESTION THAT I POSED DURING MY PRESENTATION IS DO WE WANT TO LOOK BUILDING A NEW FACILITY SOMEWHERE? DO WE WANT TO GO INTO ANOTHER LONG TERM LEASE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PUT A BUNCH OF MONEY INTO THESE POOLS? IT WOULD RIGHT WHERE WE ARE IN EXCESS OF SEVEN OR EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER POOL TO BRING THEM BACK TO 100 PERCENT. THAT'S MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, THE COVERINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO ONCE WE GET THE CONSULTANT THERE REPORT ON EXACTLY WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO THOSE STRUCTURES ,WE'LL BE BETTER POSITIONED TO MAKE THAT DECISION. REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL AND LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION SO THAT THAT'S SORT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH IT.
MORE QUESTION MARKS THAN PERIODS AT THIS POINT. MY HOPE IS BY THANKSGIVING WE WILL HAVE THE REPORT BACK AND SOON AFTER WE WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE DECISION AT LEAST AT COMMITTEE LEVEL WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANT US TO GO IN.
SO I HOPE THAT HELPS. >> THANK YOU. THANKS, CANDY.
SO THE INFLATABLE EXTENSION SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THE INFLATABLE EXTENSION.
>> I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING WE VOTED TO GIVE 30 DAYS TO TRY THE FIVE DOLLAR FEE FOR THE INFLATABLES AND WE WILL ADDRESS BUT WE HAVE NOT DUE STAFF SHORTAGE.
WE HAVE NOT STARTED ON THE SATS WITH THE INFLATABLES AT BATTERY CREEK POOL THAT WILL BE ON HER SLIDE PRESENTATION. BUT WE WILL NEED AN EXTENSION ON THAT 30 DAYS.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL BE WITHIN THAT 30 DAYS THAT I CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU. HOW WELL DID YEAH. I THINK YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT MIKE IN THAT MOTION WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR IT TO HAVE A 30 DAY PERIOD OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN THAT 30 DAYS STARTS.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? AND F THE FINS SO I'M IN YOUR PACKET.
I HAVE INCLUDED ONE I HAVE INCLUDED AN AGREEMENT THAT I WAS TO REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS ON AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING WHERE YOU GAVE ME PERMISSION TO MAKE SOME CHANGES
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IF NEEDED BUT TO REPORT BACK THOSE CHANGES. SO YOU GUYS HAD VOTED FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS FOR AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES FOR THE FINS AFTER HOURS THAT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM TODAY CAUSED A STIR. AND SO I ADDED AN ADDED TO AN HOUR AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES TO THE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS AFTER HOURS THEY DECIDED AGAINST THE AFTER HOURS AND DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE FEE THAT THEY WERE CURRENTLY BEING CHARGED WHICH WAS THE FIVE DOLLARS PER HOUR FOR A LINE. I SENT AN EMAIL TO GEORGE AFTER A MEETING THAT WE HAD TO CONFIRM THE FRIEND'S WE'LL SWIM IN FOUR LINES FROM FOUR TO FIVE THIRTY AND IF THAT TIME THE PUBLIC IS NOT USING THE POOL HE MAY EXPAND INTO FIVE LINES AT FIVE THIRTY PM. THE SWIM TEAM WILL GO TO THREE LINES UNTIL 7:00 PM AT ANY TIME DURING THIS PERIOD THERE ARE OPEN LINES. THE TEAM WILL WORK WITH THE LIFEGUARDS AND EXPAND. IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COMES TO SWIM THEN WE'LL MOVE BACK THREE LANES AND THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT UNTIL THE PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETS IN SEPTEMBER WHICH IS NOW. I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED IN THEIR A EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM A CITIZEN ASKING FOR WATER AEROBICS AND WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THE WATER AEROBICS. WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL CAPABILITY.I'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE AN EMAIL FROM A LADY WITH THE AUTISTIC FOUNDATION.
>> SHE IS ASKING FOR LANE'S SHE WOULD LIKE MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS FROM UP TO SEVEN AND FRIDAYS FROM 2 TO 7 BEGINNING IN OCTOBER WHICH RIGHT NOW WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT AND STILL STAY OPEN OPEN LANE SWIM AND THEN I'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE BLUFFTON POOL REVENUE THAT MATT PUT TOGETHER FOR JUST FOR THE YEAR 2021.
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE FINS COACH WAS THAT WE DIDN'T USE THE POOL OTHER THAN BASICALLY THAT THEY HELP US WITH THE REVENUE AT THE POOL. SO IF YOU CAN LOOK IN JANUARY YOU WILL SEE NOT INCLUDING THE BANDS WE BROUGHT IN TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO DOLLARS IN REVENUE AND THE FINS ADDED TO THAT WITH A THOUSAND AND TWENTY IN FEBRUARY. WE BROUGHT IN THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS IN REVENUE AND THE FINS BROUGHT IN A THOUSAND AND TWENTY IN MARCH WE BROUGHT IN FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE DOLLARS IN REVENUE AND THEN THE FINS ADDED TO TWELVE FIFTY.
IN APRIL WE BROUGHT IN FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO DOLLARS AND THE FANS ADDED TO IT WITH ELEVEN FORTY AND THEN IN MAY WE BROUGHT IN THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE DOLLARS AND THE FANS ADDED REVENUE OF NINE HUNDRED CNN.
>> THAT MEANS THAT DURING THE PERIOD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE THE FINS WERE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT OF THE BLUFFTON POOL REVENUE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
CORRECT. AND AND AS FAR AS THE FINS WHEN WHEN THEY'RE HAVING WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE TIME THAT THEY USE AT THE POOL IS IN PEAK TIME OF THE BULL THE AFTERNOONS.
>> SO YOU KNOW THE AFTERNOONS THAT'S THE HARDEST PART FOR US. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEVENTY FIVE KIDS ON A WAITING LIST FOR SWIM LESSONS. WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING ON THE BOARD MEETING. WE ARE NOT OFFERING WATER AEROBICS. WE ARE NOT OFFERING BOGUS CLASSES BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT WITH YOU KNOW, GIVING UP FOUR LANES AND THEN ONLY HAVING A LANE BETWEEN FOR AN OPEN LINE SWIM AND THEN SWIM LESSONS. WE DO GET COMPLAINTS FROM SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT FEEL LIKE THAT THEY CAN'T JUST GO RELAX AND ENJOY THE SWIMMING BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF NOISE AND THE AMOUNT OF SPLASHING GOING ON IN THE POOL WHICH IS TYPICAL OF A SWIM TEAM THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED. YOU KNOW THE WE HAD AGREED ORIGINALLY ON THE THREE LANES AND THE COACH DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THREE LANES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT USE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO
THE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO AS A SWIM TEAM. >> SURE, SURE.
CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND BETTER? SO WE HAVE A WAITING LIST.
SEVENTY FIVE KIDS ADULTS WHO NEVER SWIM LESSONS. WHY IS IT THAT THOSE ARE ONGOING OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT? SO RIGHT NOW WE WON ONE WOULD
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CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT TO STAFFING BUT TO IT'S YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO MORE GROUP SWIMMINGLESSONS. >> BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EXACTLY EASY TO DO THE SWIM LESSONS FOR THE KIDS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO WHEN THEY START TO SWIM LESSONS IS THEY GET THE KIDS USED TO JUST PUTTING THEIR FACE IN THE WATER.
WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT A SWIM TEAM THAT'S KIND OF ROCK IN THE POOL, YOU KNOW THE WATER IS NOT EXACTLY CALM FOR THE KIDS TO JUST PUT THEIR FACE IN THE WATER.
SO YOU KNOW, THE A LOT. IT'S NOT ALL THE FINS. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH LIKE I SAID, STAFFING AND THE ABILITY TO GET CAUGHT UP WITH THIS ONE LESSONS AND THEN IN THE BLUFFTON AREA WE WERE CLOSED FOR TWO MONTHS FOR THE RESURFACING.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT SWIM LESSONS ARE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT AEROBICS IS. BUT YOU MENTIONED AN ACRONYM BOGO OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. WHAT IS THIS?
SO THAT'S THE WATER AEROBICS. >> I MEAN YOGA ON BOARDS. OK.
OK. >> AND THEN THERE WAS IT YOU MENTIONED SOME THIRD PARTIES REACHED OUT WITH YOU WITH THE DESIRE TO CREATE OTHER PROGRAMS AND ONE WAS SOMETHING WITH REGARDS TO FORGIVE MY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, SOMETHING SPECIAL NEEDS.
AUTISTIC CHILDREN SAY LAUGH SO LOW COUNTRY AUTISM IT. >> CORRECT.
>> AND THAT'S THE E-MAIL THAT'S IN THERE. SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME IN ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 5 TO 7 AND THEN ON FRIDAYS FROM 2 TO 7 AND TEACH THE AUTISTIC CHILDREN TO SWIM AND THE EMAIL FROM HER AND THE EMAIL THAT SHE AND I ARE EMAILING BACK AND FORTH WHICH I'VE TOLD HER I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE AN ANSWER RIGHT AWAY.
I DID TELL HER AT CURRENTLY IF THE RAID WAS APPROVED IT WOULD BE THE TEN DOLLARS PER HOUR PER LINE AND SHE WAS FINE WITH THAT . AND THEN LIKE I SAID WE HAVE
PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BRINGING BACK WATER AEROBICS. >> YOU HAD YOU HAD MENTIONED I'D SEE IN OUR PACKAGE HERE THAT WE HAVE. YOU DID A SAMPLING THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE LOW COUNTRY AREA IN TERMS OF WHAT LANE RENTAL RATES ARE FOR ENTITIES SIMILAR SIMILAR TO OURS. AND WHAT WERE YOUR FINDINGS? I MEAN I SEE A BUNCH DIFFERENT RATES IN HERE. CAN YOU GIVE US. I'M GOING TO LET THAT COME UP AND I GUESS HE DID HIS HOMEWORK. CAN YOU GIVE US A HAD AN IDEA
THAT WHAT YOUR INVESTIGATION CAME UP WITH? >> YES.
I CONTACTED A LOT OF MUNICIPAL IDENTIFY YOURSELF. SORRY.
THAT WAS DEPUTY RYDER FOR PARKS AND REC. I CONTACTED AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MEANNESS AND INDOOR POOLS SOUTH.
GO ON A LIST OF MORE IF NOT IN THE LOWCOUNTRY AREA AND SOME OF THE BIGGER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS GREENVILLE, MYRTLE BEACH AND THE ONE COUNTRY BASED ALONG THE COAST.
BUT I GOT IN CONTACT WITH THREE ACTUALLY SCHEMING FOR AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S IN BLACK IN THE EMAILS SO IT CAN BE DOCUMENTED THAT NORTH CHARLESTON HAS TWO SEPARATE POOLS THAT THEY ALLOW PRIVATE SWIM TEAM TO USE ONE POOL. THEY CHARGE ROUGHLY 4000 DOLLARS A MONTH. THERE'S THEIR AQUATIC CENTER. THEY STAY THAT THEY HAVE EVERY SWIMMER THEY USE THAT PULLED FROM THE PRIVATE SWIM TEAM, GET A MEMBERSHIP SO THEY THEIR MEMBERSHIPS FOUR DOLLARS A MONTH. SO THAT'S HOW THEY HANDLE THAT SIDE. THEY HAVE ANOTHER POOL THAT THEY HAVE ON THE SWIM TEAM USES THAT POOLS WELL AND. SO EACH PERSON THAT'S ON THE SWIM TEAM PAYS FOUR HUNDRED
EIGHTY DOLLARS A YEAR TO USE THAT POOL FOR THAT. >> BUT THAT'S WHAT HE STAYED IN THE OFFICE. THEN THE OTHER NORTH CHARLESTON POOL THEY SAID THAT THEY CHARGE IT'S THE SAME SWIM TEAM THEY USE THAT POOL AS WELL. THEY CHARGE A MONTHLY FEE OF THIRTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH TO USE THAT POOL.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA IN TERMS OF AMOUNT OF TIME AS A POOL THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THE FINS ARE USING FOR US NOW? YES, THEY IT'S USUALLY YOU KNOW, AFTER HOURS AS IT STATES AND HERE THEY USUALLY THEY SAY THEY USE IT FOR TWO PLUS HOURS EVERY NIGHT. THEY DO STAY WITHIN WITH THE NORTH CHARLESTON BECAUSE THEY WILL CLOSE DOWN FOR THE SWIM TEAM TO USE COMPLETELY. BUT ON THE OTHER POOLS THEY SPOKE WITH MT. PLEASANT FOR EVERYONE. IT'S ACTUALLY THE EXACT SAME SWIM TEAM THAT GETS THERE ABOUT THE NEW YANKEES. THEY THEY PAY FOR PULLING OUT
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PLAYERS AND TALKING TO COACH BE THERE. THAT'S NOT DOCUMENTED BUT I'M SURE SHE WOULD TALK TO WHOEVER CALLED HER AND SHE SAID IT'S ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO EIGHT THOUSAND FOR THE POOL. AN UNPLEASANT FOR THE SWIM TEAM TO USE PERSONNEL AND THE LAST PERSON I SPOKE WITH WAS THE CITY OF MYRTLE BEACH. AMANDA, THEY'RE HURT.THEIR RATES ARE NOT FAR OFF FROM OURS ACTUALLY DOWN THERE. THEY JUST DO A PLANE ROUND OVER THAT WHATEVER HOURS THAT PRACTICE TEAM USES IT, THEY PAY A 10 HOUR PER HOUR LANE RENTAL . BUT THEY DID SAY THAT IF IT IS CLOSED DOWN TO THE PUBLIC COMPLETELY THAT IT'S LIKE HOW HOURS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SHOULD BE OR FOR SOME CASES ARE.
IT'S JUST A LARGER FIELD AND THEY BASICALLY RUN THE ENTIRE FACILITY FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY THAT THEY HAVE A NICE NEW AQUATIC CENTER THERE. THEY EVIDENTLY SHUT DOWN FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR MAINTENANCE EVERY YEAR WHICH I WASN'T AWARE OF SAID I COULDN'T GET IN CONTACT WITH ANY OF THEIR RESPONSE. I GUESS THAT'S TIME THEY TAKE VACATIONS. THOSE WERE MY FATHER KEVIN . DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? WELL, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE COME.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO SWIM TEAM COACH THAT THAT I KNOW THAT USED TO BE HERE AND OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT LOCATOR AND CARRY DIFFERENT FEES. IT'S MARKET DEPENDENT. HE SAID HE'S PAID AS MUCH AS TWENTY FIVE PER LANE PER HOUR IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF D.C.
FIVE YEARS AGO SEVEN DOLLARS AN HOUR PER LANE IN TEXAS. SO THE QUESTION I THINK THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS ONE OF , YOU KNOW, MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. OUR FACILITIES RECREATION OF THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND WHEN I THINK OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH THE FINS IN TERMS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND MOST RECENTLY 2013.
>> WE HAD A BIG ISSUE WITH THEM AT THAT TIME AND WE WERE PROVIDING SERVICES AT BELOW MARKET RENTS. THEN SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT IS NEW EVERY TIME IT APPEARS THAT WE WANTED TO INCREASE A FEE TO GET IT IN LINE WE HAVE A SITUATION SIMILAR TO THIS. AND SO I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT IN I THINK ABOUT OTHER SPORTS I WAS INVOLVED IN TRAVEL BASEBALL I COACH TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAMS FOR 12 YEARS IF I WANTED TO HAVE A BASEBALL PRACTICE BEFORE COUNTY I HAD TO PAY THE FEE SCHEDULE TO USE A FACILITY AND I DIDN'T GET TO PICK WHEN I WANTED TO BE THERE BECAUSE COUNTY WORKS WITH BLUFFTON SPORTS AND THERE NEEDS CAME FIRST. SO WE HAD 15 PEOPLE ON OUR TRAVEL TEAM BUT THEY HAD THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THERE FOR 400 PEOPLE IN THEIR BASEBALL LEAGUE . SO WHEN DID I GET TO PRACTICE? WELL, I PAID THE FEE AND THEN I GOT THE PRACTICE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHTS BEFORE I HAD TO GO PLAY A TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY. I GUESS MY POINT IS IS THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THE CITIZENS
FIRST TAXPAYERS WHETHER WE WERE A QUOTE UNQUOTE NONPROFIT. >> BUT THE REALITY IS A NONPROFIT IN THAT FASHION IS WE JUST DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY. WE DON'T TAKE ANY MONEY IN EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE GIVE US. WE SPEND OUT. WE DIDN'T CHARGE FOR COACHING OR WHATEVER ELSE BUT WE HAD TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY AND THE FACILITIES OF BASKETBALL IS ANOTHER SITUATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF BASKETBALL TEAMS. ERIC, MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
BASKETBALL IS I MEAN WE'VE GOT ALL THESE KIDS PLAYING BASKETBALL.
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THE GYMS ARE FULL. I MEAN THE TRAVEL TEAM JUST CAN'T COME IN AND GET PRIME TIME OFFERS. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH VARIOUS PENALTY.I THINK THERE'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TRAVEL TEAMS IN OUR AREA NOW AND WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT ACTUALLY IN THESE BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE SYSTEM. TO TRY AND CREATE WAYS FOR THEM TO PRACTICE AT THE GYMS IN BLUFFTON AND IN OTHER AREAS. SO I DO AGREE I THINK IT ALL NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT THE SAME WAY A LOT OF THESE TRAVEL TEAMS ARE PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THESE FACILITIES WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR. THE FACILITIES WERE BUILT FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF THE YOUTH IN OUR AREA AND THE PUBLIC. SO WE DO THAT THROUGH THE SPORTS THAT WE PROVIDE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT THROUGH BLUFFTON YOUTH SPORTS IN AND I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THE ADULT LEAGUES THAT WE OFFER AS WELL.
SO WE WEREN'T REALLY DESIGNED OR BUILT TO BE MADE FOR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND TO DO THAT.
LIKE YOU SAID FOR YOUR BASEBALL YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND PAY MARKET RENT.
>> OKAY. MEAN ANY ANY OTHER ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FOR ANYBODY HERE?
THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANOTHER STORM TEAM OR CLUB UP HERE. >> FRANK FRANK H TO.
FRANK HELLO FRANK. YEAH WELL WE WE WERE PROVIDED WITH SOME DOCUMENTATION BY THE FANS TODAY AND THEY HAD REFERENCED ANOTHER SWIM TEAM H TO A AND THEY HAD NOTED THAT THEY USE YOUR FACILITY AND HAVE AN EFFECTIVE RENTAL RATE OF THREE DOLLARS 40 CENTS PER
LANE PER HOUR. >> I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.
I CAN FREE IT. DO YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT? DO YOU HAVE THAT ON MY CARD
CONTRACT OR GO. >> OH, OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO THIS SAYS THAT EACH TWO WAY PAYS EIGHTEEN HUNDRED A FLAT RATE A MONTH FOR EIGHT LANES FROM FOUR TO SIX THIRTY FOR THE ENTIRE POOL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SIX THROUGH FRIDAY. OKAY SIX LANES FROM SIX THIRTY TO SEVEN THIRTY P.M. TWO LANES OPEN FOR SWIM LESSONS IN THE PUBLIC AND ALSO SATURDAY SEVEN 10 A.M. ALL EIGHT LANES AND THIS RESULTS TWENTY SIX LANES USE DAILY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 24 LANES BEING USED SATURDAY WEEKLY THERE IS A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR FIFTY FOUR LANES BEING USED. THIS RESULTS IN TWO DOLLARS AND 70 CENTS PRICE PER LANE.
SO CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? SURE. >> I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS BEEN A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN IRELAND SITUATION. FINDING THIS PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS IS A ONE TIME WHEN THEY OUT THE FIRST THEY DID IT IN CHARGE. WE DIDN'T CHARGE A FEE AT ALL TO THEM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WE'RE REALLY JUST GETTING INTO KIND OF A LONG TERM CONTRACT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS 10 TO 12 YEAR DEVELOPING YOUR CONTRACT AND HAVING YOU GO UP A LITTLE BIT. IT'S TIME NOW FOR THE MOST PART ARE WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN SOME SWIMMERS WE SOME DEMAND THAT AFTER SIX O'CLOCK HOUR WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE SAY HEY, WE NEED IT, WE WANT THIS, WE WANT THAT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRIVATE LESS THAN WE CAN ACTUALLY DO IT IN OUR SMALL IN THE POOL. SO WE COULD DO THIS ONCE AND WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE AND I AM I HEAR THAT. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY INDOOR VERSUS OUTDOOR IS A LOT DIFFERENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE I SEE YOU GUYS AND WORK WE WE'RE JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OTHER STATIONARY PROGRAMS AND NONPROFIT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AS I SAID FOR
A LONG PERIOD. >> SO YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT GOES UP, THE MONEY GOES UP EVERY YEAR AND THAT'S PLACED AND IT GOES EVERY YEAR A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE ROADHOUSE STATION THEY DON'T USE IT AND THE LIGHTING HAPPENS IN THE SUMMERTIME BUT IT'S A MONTHLY GREAT FRANK AND I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION DID YOU SAY
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THAT THEY PAID FOR YOUR DOME WHICH GAVE YOU ADDITIONAL HOURS OF OPERATION?>> YEP. THE FIRST DOWN WERE ON NUMBER THREE THE FIRST ONLY ONE UP AT 92 OR 93. THAT'S TEAM RAISED ALL THE MONEY FOR IT AND THEN SOLVE IT.
SO OK. SO SO A A BENEFIT OF YOUR POOL BY PROVIDING DOME WHICH ALLOWED YOU TO HAVE EXTENDED HOURS EVEN WHEN THEY WERE NOT THERE AN EXTENDED USE THROUGH WINTER TIME WHEN YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THAT. SO THEREFORE YOU GAVE THEM A DISCOUNTED RATE AT THAT TIME? YES SIR WE DIDN'T. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SWIMMING AT ALL. THE MALL WAS NOT EAT IT AND WE WORKED TO GET IT BACK IN.
AND SO THERE WAS NO YEAR AROUND SCREAMING HERE. I DON'T THINK WE WERE DONE.
WE'RE DONE. OCTOBER 1ST. AND ASSUMING A DOME LIKE THAT
WOULD BE FAIRLY EXPENSIVE. YES, THERE WAS. >> HOW MUCH WAS IT FRANK THEN?
>> I THINK IT WAS ONE TWENTY FIVE. >> THE MOST CURRENT DON'T WE
PUT THERE WAS A LITTLE OVER 300 300 THOUSAND NOW. >> YEAH THAT CANCER COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT. YEAH THAT HAD. YES.
BECAUSE THEY MENTIONED SO YOU KNOW I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES WITH TO SOME CLUBS AND FROM COUNTY STANDPOINT AND BECAUSE I AM AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SUCCESS PEOPLE HAD HIGH SWIM AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THE FANS FEED ME RIVER AND BLUFFTON HIGH SWIM. SO AGAIN JUST GIVING THOSE THOSE KIDS THOSE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IS WHERE I'M KIND OF I'M FOCUSING ON FOCUSING IN ON THAT SPECIFIC BECAUSE I.
I SEE THE BENEFITS THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE RECEIVING IN THEIR SWIMMING PROGRAM AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES WHICH OBVIOUSLY TAKING PLACE WITH THE FANS AND WITH WITH AGE TO A ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT.
WE WE DO PROVIDE WE DO PROVIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAMS WITH ACCESS TO OUR POOLS.
>> IS THAT NOT CORRECT? >> YEAH, AT NO CHARGE, IS THAT CORRECT?
CORRECT. YES. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY
COMMENTS ON JUST A QUESTION. >> MR. CHAIR, IS THERE IS THERE ACTUALLY AND WE'VE SAID ANECDOTALLY THAT THE MISSION OF THAT FACILITY IN THIS IS IN GENERAL IS TO TEACH POPULATION TAXPAYERS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO SWIM. IS THAT DOCUMENTED? I MEAN IS IT LIKE A MISSION STATEMENT? THAT CENTER IS IN THE CONTRACT
AND THE CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS. >> THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE JOINT CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS TO TEACH THE CHILDREN TO SWIM AND I'LL GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ON TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE END.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT FROM BEGINNING THIS MONTH IS WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE ALL THE POLLS TO THE PUBLIC FROM 9 TO 12 JUST FOR THE SCHOOL KIDS BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE SCHOOL KIDS LOST THE SECOND GRADERS BECAUSE OF COVE.
IT DID NOT GET THE ABILITY TO LEARN TO SWIM. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING OUT ON A LEMMING AND TAKING A STEP FURTHER AND TEACHING THE SECOND AND THE THIRD GRADERS TO SWIM TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT WE LOST LAST YEAR. I MEAN EVERYBODY WANTS THE KIDS TO GET INTO WATER CORRECTIONS. MIKE, BUT THAT GETTING IN THE WATER TAKES MULTIPLE DIFFERENT INCARNATIONS. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST ON THE OUTSIDE LISTENING IN IS TRYING TO DECIDE IS DOES THE PRESENCE OF A COMPETITIVE THIRD PARTY SWIM TEAM AT THE FACILITY IMPACT NEGATIVELY THE MISSION OF ALL THESE OTHER FOLKS BEING ABLE TO GET IN, WHETHER IT'S TO LEARN TO SWIM OR TO HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOM OR ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN THAT'S A GENUINE QUESTION THAT I GUESS I HAVE. I MEAN IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SWIM TEAM TO DO SOMETHING AFTER HOURS OR AT DIFFERENT I MEAN I JUST DON'T I'M TRYING GET A GRASP ON THE BIG PICTURE OF THIS AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE CORE MISSION WHICH IS MAKING SURE FOLKS CAN SWIM. I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION YET. I'M TRYING TO LEARN.
>> RIGHT. AND I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT COULD BE 50/50. YOU KNOW, SOME KIDS CAN BE INTIMIDATED BY OTHERS MAY BE THEY MAY BE ROLE MODELS FOR SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT A KID SEES WHEN THEY SAY, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE BRUCE BROUGHT UP
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EARLIER IS THAT I WILL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE AFTER HOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS STILL GET TO SWIM AND GET TO BE PART OF THE THING .>> BUT IF THERE IS AN AFTER HOURS. LET'S JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SOLUTION OR NOT BUT IF IT WASN'T AFTER OUR SOLUTION THEN I HAD SEEN HER GETTING STAFFING LIABILITY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY PROBABLY TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE AND I ASSUME IT'S GOING TO BE PAID IT OVER TIME.
AM I RIGHT? WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IF WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THERE BUT THE FRIENDS WOULD BE ABLE TO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE AS MANY STAFF THERE BECAUSE WE WOULD LOCK THE DOORS SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE OFFICE STAFF THAT WOULD BE
NEEDED EITHER. >> SO WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE ONE STAFF MEMBER THERE THAT STAFF MEMBER COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM A REGULAR LIFEGUARD THAT MAKES SIXTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR TO A POOL MANAGER. SO YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE EXACT COST ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE SHORT STAFFED TO COVER IT. BUT YOU KNOW WE WE COULD OPEN UP WITH ONE STAFF MEMBER BECAUSE THE FINS DO HAVE CERTIFIED COACHES THAT WOULD BE
ON BOARD. >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE APPROPRIATE
LABOR SALARY PLUS BENEFITS. >> CORRECT. CORRECT.
>> YOU HAD YOU TALKED EARLIER ABOUT WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND BLUFFTON POOL IN THE CONDITION OF THE POOL WHICH THE HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY KNEW THAT BUT BECAUSE OF OVERUSE OF THE POOL, THE BLUFFTON POOL GETS USED MORE THAN ANY OTHER POOL.
IT DOES NOT ONLY FROM A SWIM TEAM PERSPECTIVE BUT FROM A PUBLIC CORRECT PERSPECTIVE.
AND WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE REVENUES FOR THE THREE AND FOUR MONTHS THIS YEAR AGAIN 70 A MINIMUM OF 70 PERCENT OF THE REVENUES WERE COMING FROM THE PUBLIC.
>> CORRECT. AND DURING THOSE MONTHS THE SWIM TEAM WAS IN THERE DURING
PEAK HOURS. >> CORRECT. FOR MOST TIME.
SO AGAIN, I THINK I THINK WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO NUMBER ONE. THE REASON FOR THE CONTRACT AS WE SAID THE TWENTY FIVE YEAR CONTRACT IS IS TO GET OUR SCHOOL KIDS COMPETENT IN SWIMMING BECAUSE OF WHERE WHERE WE'RE AT AND WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT PUMPING EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POTENTIALLY INTO EACH POOL TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED OR POTENTIALLY KNOCKING THE POOLS DOWN AND STARTING OVER AND MAYBE THEY'LL BE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY NEED TO COME FIRST.
NOW WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF PROGRAMS WHERE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO BLUFFTON THE COUNTY RAN THE BASEBALL PROGRAM AND THE U.S. TOOK THAT OVER AND RAN THAT FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS AND NOW YOU'RE RUNNING IT KIND OF JOINTLY. >> RIGHT.
>> IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE BACK ,YOU'RE BACK TO IT. AND THERE THEY SERVE AS A
VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION. THAT'S OK. >> SO.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO 70 30 PROGRAMS WITH WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
WE DO. WE DO THAT WITH MANY. OK.
SO THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THE FANS. BUT IN GENERAL TO ME TO MY THINKING I WANT SOMEONE TO PAY A MARKET RATE BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT THAT GROUP TO TAKE AWAY FROM TIME THAT OUR OTHER FOLKS CAN BE UTILIZING THE POOL AND WANT TO USE THE POOL JUST AS FRANK SAID HE HAS PEOPLE THEY'RE USING THE POOL WHEN HE'S NOT USING THE POOL.
PLUS HE HAS A DIFFERENT POOL CONFIGURATION. SO IN MY MIND AND I DID LIKE FRANK WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT EVOLVED OVER TIME THEY GAVE YOU ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FILL THAT DOME. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I KNOW THE FANS I LIVE IN SHOW HALL. YOU ALL HAVE A HISTORY WITH SHOW HALL. I KNOW THAT. SO I'M MORE APT TO SAY WE NEED TO MOVE THIS TO AN OFF OUR RELATIONSHIP. WHEREAS YOU ALL USE THE POOL DURING THE HOURS THAT THE RECREATION STAFF DEEM IS IS OUR NON PEAK HOURS AND WE MOVE TO A REASONABLE RENTAL RATE. AND AND I'M OPEN TO A LONG TERM AGREEMENT TO BE CRAFTED THAT
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MAYBE WE START OUT AT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF WHERE WE WANTED TO GO BUT WE GET THERE IN THE NEXT YEAR A LONG TERM AGREEMENT SO IT'S NOT SUCH UP FROM FIVE TO 10 EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO THAT WE IMPROVE THAT. SO I THINK THE OFFSET TO GO TO AN OFF OUR SCITUATE OCEAN AS LONG AS THEY COVER AS YOU SAID ERIC THE OVERTIME AND WHATEVER FOR WHATEVER EMPLOYEE THAT HAS TO BE THERE AS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE WITH A LONG TERM AGREEMENT FOR THEM.THAT'S THAT'S. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AS I KNOW THESE FOLKS WOULD LIKE US TO GIVE THEM ANY ANSWER TODAY. SO I'M JUST SEEING WHAT EVERYBODY'S THOUGHT PROCESSES HAVE QUESTION JUST LOGISTICALLY WHAT DEFINES OFF HOURS LIKE WHAT?
I KNOW IT'S SEASONAL BUT LIKE WHEN DO WE WHEN DO WE CLOSE? >> IS THAT SEASONALLY?
I JUST MADE IT ASSUMPTION WE DID. >> WELL, WE'RE CLOSER TO NOW.
WE USED TO BE OPEN UNTIL 8:00 P.M. WE WE WE BACKED UP AND CLOSED AT 7:00 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT OF USED AT 7 O'CLOCK.
WE DIDN'T HAVE PATRONS AT THE 7 O'CLOCK HOUR TO WARRANT STAYING OPEN ANY OF OUR POOLS.
SO WE WE STARTED CLOSING AT 7:00 SO A 7 TO 9 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT PROVIDED WE HAD STAFF ON A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BASIS WOULD BE WOULD BE OK. YES.
BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS SUBJECT TO STAFFING, RIGHT. >> SO YOU SAID TO ME WHICH I FEEL LIKE WITH ONE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE CERTIFIED COACHES THAT WE COULD PROVIDE ONE STAFF
MEMBER. YES. >> YEAH I WOULD SAY GIVEN THE CURRENT LABOR MARKET THE NUMBER OF OPEN POSITIONS I'M GOING TO GUESS YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING YOU OVER TIME WE MAY BE. YES. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY COULD THEY
FUND THAT POSITION? >> WOULD WE BE ABLE TO KNOW COULD THEY FUND THAT POSITION AS PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT? YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD I MEAN WE HAVE A MONTHLY RENTAL RATE OR WHATEVER FOR A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF WHATEVER AND THEN THEN WE HAVE WHATEVER THAT COST
OF THAT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEE WOULD BE. >> YEAH, WE COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE PROBLEM WITH GETTING INTO A LONG TERM AGREEMENT TO WITH PAUL IS AND A CONTRACT IS IS TALKING WITH THE ENGINEERS AND STUFF WE DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT. GOOD POINT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE.
I HAVE SAID TO GEORGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS YOU NEED TO LOOK AT FUTURE BECAUSE WE KNOW AT SOME POINT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. PAUL.
THEY HAVE ALREADY TOLD US THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO THE OTHER POOLS.
WE MAY NOT NEED TO REPLACE THE BEAMS BUT AT THAT POOL WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO.
SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A POINT THAT THAT POOL IS GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WE WE AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ,WE HAVE KEPT THAT POOL OPEN PURPOSELY FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE THE THE COMMUNITY EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY AT SOME POINT YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A FALSE STATEMENT THAT WE DO HAVE ROSS THAT FALLS IN THE POOL.
COULD WE CLOSE WE WE WE COULD CLOSE IT AND YOU KNOW. BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING BUT HURT THE COMMUNITY . I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS UP HERE INITIALLY. ONE OF YOUR THINGS SAID PRIOR PRIOR TO PREVIOUS PRICING AUGUST 13TH WE WERE UTILIZING THE POOL AFTER IT CLOSED THE PUBLIC WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW THE HOURS BETWEEN 6 P.M. AND 745 AND YOU WERE BEING BILLED SIXTY DOLLARS AN HOUR. THAT'S THE RATE THAT WE
INCREASE TO 1 10. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES.
OK. YEAH. IT WAS AN HOUR 15 MINUTES THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED. RIGHT. AND YOU GAVE HIM AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES AND YOU NEED TO NOT BE THERE. ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS SAID THAT THAT WAS TWELVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS.
SO IF MY MATH IS CORRECT IF IF IT DOUBLED TO WELL IF DOUBLED TO 120 THAT WOULD BE TWENTY SIX HUNDRED A MONTH IS THAT CORRECT. OKAY.
SO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU'RE SWIMMING IN THIS SCENARIO IS THAT ADEQUATE? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.
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WELL MY POSITION I'D BE INTERESTED IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO SOMETHING ON A SHORT TERM BASIS HERE A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS TO MAYBE A MAXIMUM OF YEAR AS CHUCK SAID IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WE'RE GONNA GET SOME MORE CLARITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE POOL.OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE POOL CLOSES DOWN. YOU WON'T HAVE A PLACE TO SWIM AT LEAST FOR BEFORE COUNTY UNLESS YOU WANTED TO TRAVEL THE BARRIER AND THAT'S IT WILL BE
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS. >> OKAY. SO SAY THAT ALL OKATIE DISGUSTING AFTER HOURS OR DURING I THINK MY POSITION IS IT SHOULD BE AN AFTER HOURS RELATIONSHIP JUST BECAUSE I I THINK OUR PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE THE 75 KIDS THAT ARE WAITING FOR SWIMMING LESSONS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE IN FULL SO QUESTION IF I IF I MAY.
>> YEAH IF IF THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON HYPOTHETICALLY WASN'T WORKABLE WOULD THREE LANES AT THE SAME RATE EVERYBODY ELSE IS PAYING SOMETHING. I MEAN JUST THREE LANES ALLOW EVERYBODY WANTS KIDS IN A POOL BUT THAT TAKES SO MANY DIFFERENT INCARNATIONS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE FAVORITISM BLOCKING OUT ONE GROUP TO DO THE OTHER.
WHAT HAPPENS? NOT THREE LANES AND SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY IF THERE IS A
FOURTH OR WHATEVER. >> WE COULD DO THE THREE LANES AND YOU KNOW SUBJECT TO THERE WOULD BE A WORK AROUND BECAUSE YOU KNOW LIKE THIS THIS LADY THAT WANTS TO TEACH THE OTHER KIDS SHE WANTS A COUPLE OF THE LANES, YOU KNOW. SO WE MAY HAVE TO TO BACK IT
DOWN TO TWO LANES ON THESE PARTICULAR DAYS. >> I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS GO ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS SO THAT WE COULD ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO NOT TIE OURSELVES IN TO JUST ONE GROUP BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE TO ASK, YOU KNOW, FOR A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF LINES BECAUSE THOSE GROUPS ARE WILLING TO PAIR STANDARD
PRICES. >> YES, FOR THE POOL. CORRECT.
AND IF WE DID THAT THEN THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THREE LANES FOR THEM, TWO LANES FOR THEM AND THEN THERE WOULD BE ONLY ONE LANE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHICH WOULD MEAN NO SWIM LESSONS, NO GROUP LESSONS, NO ANYTHING, NO WATER AEROBICS, NO ANYTHING.
THAT'S NICE BUT THAT'S TWO NIGHTS A WEEK. THAT WOULD BE.
SHE SAID IN HER EMAIL MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. AND THAT WAS FOR TWO MONTHS.
>> SO WE TYPICALLY DON'T TAKE GIVE OR TAKE RIGHT NOW WITH YOU.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD.
BUT LIKE I SAID THAT WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THE FOUR TO THREE LANES DURING PEAK HOURS.
I'M THERE EVERY DAY. I WILL SAY THAT IF I'VE SEEN THREE PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC AND I SIT DOWN THAT GENE AND AND IT WAS A VERY NICE MEETING WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER IS TO POSSIBLY KEEP THAT ARRANGEMENT UNTIL YOU ALL DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THE OTHER PROJECTS YOU HAVE PLANNED. AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS AFTER HOURS OR WHATEVER.
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS SEEMS TO BE WORKING OR IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL HERE AND NOBODY IS HAPPY AND THIS IS TAKING UP AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR OUR
PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN TERMS OF RECREATION. >> SO I THINK WE NEED TO COME
TO WORK IN ANSWER. >> I AGREE WITH YOU. AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TIME SITTING DOWN WITH ME BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WORKING AS THE HOURS ARE WORKING BECAUSE IF WE GO AFTER HOURS WE HAVE SOME KIDS THAT ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALSO WE WOULD THEN BE GETTING OUT AT NINE NINE THIRTY TEN O'CLOCK. THAT'S ALSO AN ISSUE FOR KIDS.
SO I JUST. YEAH IT'S GOING TO BE ANYTHING .
AND I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I'M NOT SAYING COME UP WITH
THIS DECISION TODAY AT ALL. >> BUT YOU YOU'RE ASKING US FOR A DECISION EARLIER.
I'M JUST SAYING CAN WE CONTINUE ON WITH LIKE HOW WE'RE GOING? I'VE SEEN A KICK.
YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT HOW WE'RE GOING IS NOT IS NOT GOING .
THE PROBLEM IS I'M GOING TO CHIME IN ON THAT. SO WE AGREED TO THIS AND I SAID THAT AND THE E-MAIL TO GEORGE UNTIL THE BOARD MET WE AGREED TO THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE PEACE. THE FENCE HAD GONE TO THE ISLAND PACKET WSJ DAVEY.
AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANTED TO TRY TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE SITUATION.
WE PURPOSELY HAVE NOT PROGRAMED ANYTHING UNTIL THIS BOARD. >> SO IT'S WORKING FOR THEM.
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BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE FOUR LINES IS WORKING FOR US. I WILL EMBRACE YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF ATHLETICS AND ERIC YOU HAVE LONG BEEN PART OF ATHLETICS.I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS BUT WE ALSO HAVE FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL,
FLAG FOOTBALL, SOCCER, CHEERLEADING. >> THOSE GAMES GO TO A A 30 AT NIGHT AS WELL. SO FOR THE SEVEN YEAR OLDS AS WELL AS THE 8 YEAR OLDS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE THE WOMEN COULDN'T GO TO 8 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT EITHER.
OK. I'M NOT. LET ME THINK HERE.
JENNIFER. YEAH, RIGHT. SO THAT'S NOT ALL THAT BACK THERE. THAT'S ME. OK.
WELL THANK YOU. IS THERE A WAY THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME HOURS STARTED BEFORE 7:00, SOME STUMBLING OR I THINK I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW AND TRY TO COME TO SOME CONCLUSION AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REALLY? YEAH. WE WOULD HAVE. I MEAN I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PROGRAM THE WHOLE POOL. SO IF THEY DID WANT TO TELL YOU SOME LINES DURING BUSINESS CASE WELL LET ME SAY THAT SWIMMING HAS SOME UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES.
YOU CAN WORK THE LANE HERE, A LANE THERE WHEN YOU PLAY BASEBALL OR BASKETBALL YOU DON'T USE JUST THIS PART OF THE FIELD THAT PART OF THE FIELD. SO THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SORT OF FLEXIBLE. I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. BUT AGAIN, I I'M FEELING PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. I BELIEVE THAT SPORTS BUILDS CHARACTER.
SPORTS CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES JUST AS YOU MENTIONED. WAS IT LOOSENED UP?
LET'S SEE. OK. >> MILTON LAST NAME.
OK. ALL RIGHT. SO SO WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF SPORT. WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF RECREATION.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ON THIS FOR ALL THE WAY FROM, YOU KNOW, KIDS YOUNG KIDS TO ADOLESCENTS TO ADULTS. I MEAN WE'RE HERE TO TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR THE WHOLE RANGE OF PEOPLE. OK, AND MOST OF US ON THIS BOARD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED PRETTY HEAVILY IN SPORTS WITH OUR KIDS AND ALL VARIOUS SPORTS DIFFERENT SPORTS.
SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT SWIMMING WHAT BASKETBALL AT BASEBALL TRACK WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT EVERY SPORT. FLAG FOOTBALL DOES IN OUR COUNTY DOES VERY, VERY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. BUT WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FACILITIES AND IN SOME OF OUR FACILITIES ARE BETTER THAN OTHER FACILITIES AND SOME OF OUR FACILITIES. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T UTILIZE BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF STAFFING . WE HAVE HUGE STAFFING ISSUE.
BUT BUT I KEEP GOING BACK TO EITHER MAKE IT A 70 30 PROGRAM WITH THE COUNTY EVEN THEN I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF DOMINATING A POOL TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
I THINK YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE NUMBER SHOWED THAT THE LIMITED PROGRAM WE'VE DONE WE DO 70 PERCENT MORE REVENUE TO YOUR 30. AND AND THAT'S WITH YOU PAYING HALF PRICE ESSENTIALLY. SO I'VE HAD MANY BASKETBALL PRACTICES AT OMER OMER GYM AT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK ON A SUNDAY TO 930 WITH KIDS WHO WERE 7 AND 8 YEARS OLD.
>> SO YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL STRONGLY AND SAY I CAN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION HERE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS PROGRAM TO AN AFTER HOURS AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE AT TEN DOLLARS PER LANE OR WHAT WE HAD SAID A HUNDRED AND TEN BUT IF WE WANTED TO DO SOME GRADUATE SITUATION ON THAT OR TRY IT FOR SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
THEY CAME THEY WANT WE'D LIKE AN ANSWER. IS THERE ANY DOWNSIDE FROM
GIVING AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS? >> WHAT DOWNSIDE TO NOT GIVING AN ANSWER AS YOU JUST SAID YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PROGRAMING ANYTHING WHICH MEANS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT COULD AND SHOULD BE A NET FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF DUTY BECAUSE OF THIS,
CORRECT? >> YES. AND THAT IS BEING REFERRED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. THEY CAN MOVE ON AND YEAH IN THE END THE OTHER THING AGAIN I UNDERSTAND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE ELEVEN PEOPLE ON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND WE HAVE THIS AND THAT AND I THINK IT'S GREAT JUST LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP FRANK SAID HE HAD
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AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT HILTON HEAD LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING CARLOS WE ALREADYGIVE THE YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL TEAMS WE GIVE IT TO THEM FREE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO BUT I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO DO HERE. IT'S IT'S AN ACTIVE SPORT AND WE DON'T PROVIDE IT. YOU PROVIDE IT WHETHER WHETHER IT'S WHETHER THE COACH IS
MAKING A LIVING OFF IT OR NOT. >> I MEAN THAT IS AN ISSUE I REALLY DON'T CARE.
BUT I THINK AS LONG AS WE GO TO THAT AFTER OUR SITUATION I MEAN I THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD WE SHOULD GO FORWARD AND AT A MARKET RENT DID WHEN WE APPLIED I STILL THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF LANES AVAILABLE DURING HOURS WE WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED BUT YOU NEED THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE YOU KNOW YOU NEED WE NEED TO LIVE IN IT WELL YOU NEED TO LIMIT IT.
>> YOU NEED TO SET THE RELATIONSHIP AND USE THAT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T THEN WE'RE GONNA BE BACK HERE IN THE SAME SITUATION. I WITH THE CHURCH MISSION WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION PLEASE. I WELCOME TO BE NAMED OR SHUT DOWN OR AMENDED.
I WOULD MOVE THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE WE HAVE IT WE ALLOW THE FINS TO UTILIZE THREE LANE MAXIMUM AT DURING REGULAR HOURS. HOWEVER IT STARTS OFF AT A RATE OF TEN DOLLARS PER HOUR LIKE EVERYBODY PAYING THREE LIMBS. SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OFFENDS THREE LANES AT A TEN DOLLAR PER HOUR PER LANE MAXIMUM WITH ADDITIONAL LANES ALSO BEING AVAILABLE AT STAFF DISCRETION BASED OFF AVAILABILITY AND POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH OR LACK OF SAME WITH OTHER PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION I WOULD MOVE THAT WE FACILITY AVAILABLE TO FINS FROM AN AFTER HOURS PERSPECTIVE AT A RATE OF 60 DOLLARS PER HOUR PLUS COST IF ANY OF ANY REQUIRED ADDITIONAL STAFFING THIS PORTION OF MOTION WOULD BE SUBJECT TO STAFFING AVAILABILITY AS IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT STAFFING IS CURRENTLY BELOW ME AT THE FACILITY. THAT'S MY MOTION.
IS IT ONE OR TWO? IT'S ALL IN ONE. >> I WOULD PREFER A SET OF RIGHT AFTER HOURS FOR OUR I'M GOING TO LEAVING MY MOVE HERE IS THAT THE PROGRAM WAS I THINK THE APPROPRIATE RATE WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN FOR THE AFTER HOURS BECAUSE I'M TALKING SIXTY DOLLARS LANES AND THEN PROBABLY OTHER FIFTY DOLLARS LABOR THAT I WILL AMEND MY MOTION REFLECT THAT IT IS IT IS IT IS ONE BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AVAILABILITY AFTER HOURS BUT THAT'S MY MOTION ALTHOUGH I'M AMENDING IT TO THE 110 PLUS THE COST OF STAFFING.
>> IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON SO ONE TEN PER HOUR YOU CAN AMEND IT.
>> I'M JUST SAYING YEAH THERE WOULD. THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
I WILL MEAN MY MOTION AGAIN TO SAY WEDNESDAY. WELL WE'VE OUR NEXT MEETING IN
NOVEMBER, CORRECT? YES. >> NOVEMBER.
YES. NOVEMBER 2010 END THESE DAYS SWIMMING AROUND I WOULD AMEND IT TO END ON THAT DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS IT AND SEE HOW IT'S
WORKED OUT FOR. >> AND SO THAT'S THREE LINES MAXIMUM 10 HOURS PER HOUR PER LINE WHICH IS WHAT WE CHARGE BREATH YOU TO HAVE THE DISCRETION SO THAT YOU CAN DO PROGRAMING THEN MAYBE DO A LITTLE MORE HERE OR THERE TO ADD ADDITIONAL STAFF DISCRETION
BASED OFF PROGRAMING AND THEN ONE PER HOUR AFTER HOURS. >> CORRECT.
OKAY. GOT IT. >> PLUS WHATEVER THE COST IS OF STAFFING IF IT'S REQUIRED AND THAT PART IS OBVIOUSLY SUBJECT STAFFING ABILITY
AVAILABILITY WE WOULD WE WOULD STAFF ONE STAFF MEMBER. >> SO WHAT YOU MEANT OVER
OVERTIME? >> I MEAN I'M JUST LET ME JUST FROM A STANDPOINT OF REC DESK PROGRAMING IT'S EASIER BILLING WAS TO HAVE A SEPARATE RIGHT UNDERSTOOD.
>> THAT'S WHY I SAID FIGURES EIGHTY DOLLARS GIVES YOU TAKE TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS IN OUR ASSOCIATION WOULD SAY IT'S TIME AND A HALF FOR OVERTIME AND THEN AT 30 PERCENT OR MORE FOR
BENEFITS YOU'RE AT ALMOST FIFTY DOLLARS AT THAT POINT. >> SO YOU'RE SAYING ONE 10 PER HOUR ALL INCLUSIVE FOR AFTER HOURS. THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE LABOR. THAT'S MUCH CLEANER. SO YEAH.
YES. IDEAL SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. SO I AMENDED THREE FLIGHT 110 TOTAL NOT AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR STAFFING BUT SUBJECT TO STAFFING AVAILABILITY.
OK. IF ANYBODY NEEDS ME TO REPEAT THIS WHOLE THING FOR THE RECORD. NOW WITH THESE CHANGES I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT BEFORE THERE'S A SECOND OR NOT A SECOND LOOK. CAN I HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION HERE? IF IF WE'VE GOT MOTION ON THE TABLE. OK.
WELL, I WAS DISCUSSING REBELS MOTION FORGIVE ME THAT THE DISCUSSION THAT I WAS GOING TO
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HAVE WAS ARE WE JUST PUTTING YOU BACK IN A POSITION TO GET RUN OVER AGAIN?>> I MEAN YOU GET YOU WE HAVE HOW MANY LANES WE HAVE SIX LANES THAT WE CAN WORK WITH
THIS HE SAID THREE LANE MAX. >> SO IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT COMES THEN THERE MAY BE DAYS LIKE I SAID WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. SO IF THERE'S A THREE LANE MAX AND WE NEED A LANE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LIMIT THEM ON A CERTAIN DAY IF WE HAD WATER AEROBICS OR ANY OTHER CLASS TO TWO LANES THEN WE WOULD GIVE THEM MORE THAN ENOUGH ADVANCE NOTICE BEFORE WE PROGRAM OR WE SCHEDULE ANYTHING. SO FOR INSTANCE THE LADY THAT WON'T SEE AUTISM YOU KNOW IF WE NEED THOSE LANES THEN WE WOULD LET HER KNOW THAT WOULD THE BEGINNING OF THE MOUNTAIN GOING TO GET THROUGH THAT'S THIS. I MEAN AGAIN THAT'S A MANAGEMENT DISCRETION. YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONAL. SO AM I RIGHT? THAT WE HAD A SECOND BELIEVE ERIC SECOND AND THEN ERIC GAVE SECOND.
>> CAN YOU REPEAT IT? >> CERTAINLY I'LL DO MY BEST. I MOVED AND IT WAS SECONDED THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THE THINGS A THREE LANE MAXIMUM AT A RATE OF TEN DOLLAR PER HOUR PEARLING ADDITIONAL LANES MAY ALSO BE AVAILABLE BUT AT STAFF'S DISCRETION BASED ON AVAILABILITY AND POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH OR LACK OF SAME WITH OTHER PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION I MOVE THAT WE MAKE THAT FACILITY AVAILABLE TO FANS FROM AN AFTER HOURS PERSPECTIVE AT A RATE OF ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS PER HOUR. BUT THIS PORTION OF MY MOTION IS SUBJECT TO STAFFING ABILITY AND THAT'S INCLUSIVE. AND THIS IS THIS WILL GO UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN REASSESS AND SEE HOW IT IS WORKING WHICH IS NOT THE ONLY ACTION THAT I WOULD HAVE WITH THAT WOULD BE. WE DID HAVE A REQUEST FOR AN AFTER HOUR FROM THE AUTISM FOUNDATION WHEN WE GO AT THE SAME RATE OF ONE TENTH FOR THEM. I WOULD SAY SO. I WOULD SAY CERTAINLY YES.
BUT I WOULD SAY IN WILL'S MOTION AS I UNDERSTOOD THE FIRST TIME THAT'S GIVEN HER DISCRETION TO DO SIX LANES AND IF IF IT'S A THREE LANE MAX THEN THAT ASSURES US THAT 50 PERCENT OF THE POOL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES.
IS THAT CORRECT? DURING OPEN HOURS? CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT? YES, THAT'S WHAT I WANT. OK.
SO IF YOU ALL WE'VE GOT A SECOND ON MY DISCUSSION IS I'D PREFER THAT MOTION NOT TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL LANES THREE THREE LANES MAX THREE OPEN HOURS BUT IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO EVERYBODY ELSE. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL THE QUESTION?
>> BRUCE I THINK IN HIS MOTION WE LEFT THAT OPEN TO SHANNON'S DECISION ON IF IT WOULD BE ANY MORE THAN THREE THINKS THERE'S BOUND TO BE DAYS WHERE THERE'S NOT ANYTHING GOING ON AND THEY CAN HAVE MORE AVAILABILITY. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SET PROGRAMS FOR ALL OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE. WE WANT TO HAVE THE SAME ABILITY TO GET IN THERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE SO YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU KNOW IT'S A MAXIMUM.
CORRECT. AND OBVIOUSLY IF WE IF WE HAVE THAT DATE THAT WE GIVE THEM AN
EXTRA LANE BEYOND THE 3 MAX THAT'S 10 DOLLARS RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT.
SO THE QUESTION ON FAVORITE COMPOSED MIKE. >> THANK YOU.
MY DAD MIKE RAISED HIS HAND OH . ADDING SAM SALLY RAISED HER HAND. OKAY. LEN BROWN.
SO WE COUPLE THINGS TO REPORT LIN BROWN SO LIN BROWN, YOUR QUESTION LIN BROWN WE ARE GOING TO BE OPENING LIN BROWN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE ARE TRYING CURRENTLY TO GET STAFFING COMPUTERS, PHONES, OTHER THINGS UP THERE SO THAT WE CAN OPEN UP LIN BROWN FROM 12 TO 8 WE HAD THIS PAST SATURDAY WE HAD WHAT WE CALL A FUN DAY AND LIN BROWN WE HAD A LIN BROWN TASK FORCE OUT AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS CHUCK SHOWED HIS SMILING FACE AND WE HAD A CARNIVAL SHOW KIND OF POP THROUGH THE SLIDESHOW HERE.
THIS WAS THE POOL FUN DAY THAT STARTED AT 12:00 AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT OUT THAT WORK WITH THE KIDS. >> YOU CAN SEE THE BALL WELL YOU COULD SEE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT EVAN HAD AS MUCH FUN AS ANYBODY OUT THERE.
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THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT MIKE'S KIND CUTTING OFF THE TOP OF EVAN.HE'S HAVING FUN IN THE SACK RACES UP HERE AND THEN MY STAFF ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT WITH THEIR
SPOON RACES. >> SO WE ARE PLANNING ON OPENING WE'RE PLANNING ON PROGRAMING. AS I SAID, WE'RE WORKING ON WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT WILL BE MOVING OVER THERE. WE WILL BE OPEN JUST AS WE ARE OPEN TO BARTON WELLS AND BUCK WALTER WITH THE MEMBERSHIPS WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPANDING. WE MEET ON WEDNESDAY WHERE WHEN WE RENTED THE SCHOOL OUT TO BRIDGES WE CLOSED TWO OF THE CLASSROOMS THAT WAS ONE BIG OPEN ROOM. WE'LL BE ADDING WORKOUT EQUIPMENT SO THAT WE CAN DO THE SAME THAT WE'RE DOING OVER AT BARTON WELLS. WE WILL HAVE OPEN GYM THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PLAY BASKETBALL AS THEY WANT TO PLAY . SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE IT'S WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FOR THE USC KIDS SO THEY CAN COME DOWN AND PLAY BASKETBALL, WORK OUT, DO AS
THEY WANT TO IN THE CENTER. >> SO WE ARE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE WERE ASKED TO DO IT. TO ANSWER THE GENTLEMEN'S QUESTIONS EARLIER.
YES, WE HAVE BEEN CLOSE. WE DID RENT IT OUT TO BRIDGES AT ONE TIME FOR THE SCHOOL UNTIL THEY COULD BUILD THEIR SCHOOL AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT COVE IT HIT.
SO NOT NO NOT JUST LEN BROWN CLOSE BUT MOST OF OUR CENTERS CLOSED.
THERE IS A STAFFING SHORTAGE. THERE WAS A CONCERN WE DID NOT WANT TO GATHER THE AFTER SCHOOL. THE SENIORS FOR THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS. SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO STARTING THAT BACK AS WELL. AT THE CENTER SO WOULD THAT BE
AVAILABLE FOR VOLLEYBALL FOR THIS GENTLEMAN? >> WE AS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T RENT THE GYMS. WE DON'T RENT THE GYMS TO ANY FOR ANY OUR GYMS ARE OPEN TO OPEN MEMBERSHIPS. SO IF YOU PAY A MEMBERSHIP FEE THEN YOU COME IN AND PLAY BASKETBALL. SO WE DON'T RESERVE OUR GYMS THAT'S IN OUR FEE POLICY AND YOU PUT THAT IN OUR FEE POLICY . ERIC, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG
PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO. RIGHT. >> OKAY.
SO. SO FOR A GENTLEMAN SUCH AS THIS MAN WHO WANTED TO WHAT WOULD HE DO WITH ME IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE OR SOMETHING WITH WOULD HE COME TO
YOU AND HAVE A JOINT PROGRAM TO START A VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE? >> WE HAVE ADVERTISED IT SEVERAL TIMES. WE CURRENTLY OFFER ADULT VOLLEYBALL.
WE'VE ADVERTISED YOUTH VOLLEYBALL BEFORE SO HE COULD WORK WITH US START A VOLLEYBALL
LEAGUE IF HE WAS INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. >> RISING TO THE OCCASION WE'RE IN BOOKER T. AND SO BOOKER T IS OUT ON THE WAY TO CHARLESTON AND YAMA C..
>> OKAY. >> ALL ALL THINGS HE SAID WAS FOR EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS WHAT
WAS ON THE SCREEN. >> YEAH. THAT'S NOT WAS NOT IT.
THAT'S COMING UP AS A. ALL RIGHT. SO THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON UPDATE JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE. IT'S IN YOUR PACKET IN THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WE HAD SOME CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT CAME OUT TO DISCUSS THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON CENTER AND NOT BEING USED. SO WE HAVE SINCE HAD A ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING WHICH WOULD BE OUR SECOND COMMUNITY MEETING WITH OUR COUNCILMAN.
THAT'S OUT IN THAT AREA. IN THAT YOU WILL SEE THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON CENTER DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY. SO WE HAVE GIVEN SOME OPTIONS FOR CENTER ONE.
THE COMMUNITY TAKES COMPLETE OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY TO THE COMMUNITY CONVEYS COMPLETE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE COUNTY FOR RECREATION USE AND PROGRAMING.
THREE, THE COMMUNITY CONVEYS COMPLETE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE COUNTY FOR THE USE OF CIVIC GATHERINGS, LITERACY PROGRAMS, DIGITAL SERVICES PROGRAMS AND BASICALLY TO BECOME A SATELLITE LIBRARY FOR THE COMMUNITY TAKES PARTIAL CONTROL OF THE CENTER'S PROGRAMING VIA A LEASE AGREEMENT OR FIVE. THE COMMUNITY TAKES COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CENTER'S PROGRAMS VIA A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND FACILITY USE AGREEMENT. SO I PUT THAT IN THE PACKET SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF READ OVER WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. WE HAVE SENT THAT PROPOSAL OVER TO COUNCILMAN DAWSON AND HE IS
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PLANNING ON MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS AND TO SEEWHERE WE GO WITH THAT PARTICULAR CENTER. >> SO IF WE PUT A DATE ON THIS
DOCUMENT WHAT WITH THE DATE FOR DATE. >> AS OF .
>> WELL, YEAH. I MEAN THIS DISCUSSION SUMMARY WHAT WHAT DATE WAS THAT? THERE'S NO DATE AND HERE THAT I THAT I CAN SEE. OK.
AM I RIGHT? NO, NO. >> LAST WEEK WE SAID.
>> OK. SO. SO IT WAS THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST. OK. CORRECT.
>> AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT THIS MEETING? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> WE DID IT VIA ZOOM AS WELL AS IN PERSON. I WAS ON THE ZOOM AND I WOULD SAY THERE WAS PROBABLY ROUGHLY 15 18 PEOPLE AT THE MEETING. AND AS THIS PART OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN GENERAL IS THIS YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW PLAN AND EVERYTHING GO THIS THIS IS SOMETHING IN ADDITION, CORRECT? GOOD.
>> NEXT UP IS I ASKED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL OUR SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.
>> SO AS YOU GUYS CAN SAY WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE BLUFFTON COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER DON. SHE LOST HER SON NOAH IN A CAR ACCIDENT. A COUPLE YEARS AGO ON THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY.
SO OUR PARENTS HOUSE FROM LOUISIANA LAST WEEK AND WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY COME THAT ASKED COULD WE DO A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT HER PARENTS AS YOU CAN TELL
THAT PRETTY MUCH LOST EVERYTHING IN THEIR HOME. >> AND IT JUST HAPPENED IN TIME FOR ME TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA TO ASK PERMISSION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PUT ON A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT THE FAMILY. SO WHAT WOULD FACILITATE WHAT ARE WE WOULD WE FACILITY ARE WE GIVING THEM THERE? ARE YOU PROPOSING THEN WE WOULD
HAVE TO. >> IT WOULD EITHER BE OSCAR FRAZIER OR MICHAEL C DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF TEAMS AND WITH IT BEING FLU SEASON IT WOULD PROBABLY RUN IN ON A SUNDAY. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT THAT WE WAVE OF .
WE WAIVE A FIELD FEE OR EVENT FEE THERE. >> RIGHT.
LIKE THE FIRE FARM IT'S DONE IN THE PAST SO THAT THEY COULD HOST A COMMUNITY SOFTBALL
TOURNAMENT TO TRY TO RAISE MONEY TO HELP OUT. >> DO THEY PAID DISPOSAL? I DON'T REMEMBER HOW WE'VE DONE THAT. THEY DID THE LAST COUPLE OF THE
LAST COUPLE OF THEY DID. >> WE JUST REPORTED BACK THE MONEY THAT WAS TAKEN IN AND AWARDED TO THE. IT DIDN'T COST US A LOT OF MONEY.
I MEAN THERE WASN'T A MESS THERE. >> WHATEVER.
I KNOW SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW IT SAID A DISCUSSION ON FAVRE POST.
>> SIR, I KNOW YOU'RE WAVING BACK THERE BUT WE DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION DURING OUR DURING OUR DURING OUR MEETING. SO EXCEPT FOR THE BEGINNING. SO UNLESS YOU'RE ON THE ON THE ON THE AGENDA, BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU IN THE MEETINGS OVER ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK WITH OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. KEEP THIS SHORT SWEET. VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBERS.
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I HAVE ON MY PART TODAY. NUMBERS FOR THE FALL WERE NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. IF YOU CAN SEE THERE WE ROUGHLY HAVE TWO HUNDRED EIGHT PARTICIPANTS MORE MORE PARTICIPANTS IN BEAUFORT THAN 2019.
I KIND OF DISCARDED 2020 PROBABLY ROUGHLY 700 MORE KIDS IN 2020.
BUT WE HAD NINE MORE PARTICIPANTS THAN DEFAULT 2019 .
SO YOUTH BASEBALL REALLY GREW BEFORE. WE'VE NEVER HAD MORE 50 THERE IN THE FALL BECAUSE OF SOCCER MOSTLY. BUT WE HAD NOT HAD TWO KIDS THIS YEAR. NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY QUITE CLIMBING UP IN BEAUFORT AS WELL. FLAG FOOTBALL IS ANOTHER SPORT THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND MUCH DURING THE FALL. WE HAVE WE'RE UP TO 76 KIDS NOW. SO WE HAVE BASICALLY A LEAGUE AND EACH AGE GROUP AND FLAG FOOTBALL YOUTH SOCCER NUMBERS AND VIEW FOR WERE PHENOMENAL WEEK.
JUST SO YOU WE ONLY HAD THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN I BELIEVE IN 2019.
NOW WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY NINE STAFF IS DOING A GREAT JOB ORGANIZING THOSE LEAGUES TO GET
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THEIR NUMBERS UP AND IN BEAUFORT AND SOFTBALL. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NEVER HAD YOU SAW ALL PROGRAM DURING THE FALL. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO TEAMS THAT WANTED TO KISS BAY WHICH WILL PLAY WITH BLUFFTON TRAVELED BACK AND FORTH.THE PARTIES PARTICIPATE WOULD BE WISE. THEY EACH GROUPS IT ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS THAT YOU'RE SEEING GROWTH. OH, WE'RE REALLY SEEING IT IN SOCCER AS A LOT OF YOUNGER AGE GROUPS. SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THOSE YOUNGER KIDS IN THE PROGRAM AND KEEP IT ON BASEBALL ACTUALLY.
WE SAW A LARGER GROWTH IN THE 19 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP. WE NEVER HAD MORE THAN ONE TWO TEAMS. WE HAD FOUR TEAMS SO THEY WOULD JUST PLAY IN BEAUFORT FOR THIS FORM. SO THAT'S GREAT. IT'S GOING PRETTY WELL.
IN BLUFFTON, YOUTH BASEBALL NUMBERS ARE A LOT BETTER LAST YEAR.
COACH, IT REALLY HURT BASEBALL LAST YEAR I THINK WE ONLY HAD ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KIDS AND IT'S BACK UP OVER THAT. WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO LAST YEAR IN 2019 NEAR THE FALL FOR YOUTH BASEBALL SAYING WITH SOFTBALL NUMBERS ARE WAY UP. WE HAVE I THINK MORE 30 MORE GIRLS PARTICIPATING WHICH IS PHENOMENAL CAUSE I MEAN I THINK I'VE DISCUSSED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING OUR BOARD MEETINGS THAT YOU SAW ON NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND YOU KNOW, RECREATION ARE DOWN. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE GIRLS PLAYING SOFTBALL SOCCER NUMBERS. IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW LARGE A SOCCER IS GETTING IN BLUFFTON.
I MEAN THEY HAD UNDER 19 WHICH LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO WE BELIEVE WE HAD SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE ANOTHER HUGE LEAD WITH THE FLAG FOOTBALL 190 THREE KIDS PARTICIPATING.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THROUGHOUT THE THE THE AREA A LOT OF THE TACTICAL PROGRAMS ARE NOT A GAME IN NUMBERS THEY USED TO OR THEY'RE NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A TACKLE FOOTBALL PROGRAM WHICH IS SAD. BUT ON JUST THE NATURE WE'RE IN NOWADAYS, THE FLAG FOOTBALL NUMBERS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD ON BOTH SIDES AND I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO KEEP GROWING. NOT ONLY HERE BUT THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE NEXT SLIDE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON REGISTRATION IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
IT'S MAINLY OUR ONLY REGISTRATION. WE HAVE MORE ON OUR FEE FOR ADULT BASEBALL BUT BLUFFTON AT OLD BASEBALL OR ADULT SOFTBALL IS GROWING AGAIN.
THIRTY TWO TEAMS BACK IN FALL 2019 WORLD OF FORTY TWO. SO IT'S FIELDS ARE GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER TO BLUFFTON . WE NEED SOME DESPERATELY IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR HITTERS OR WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE HARD WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICIPATION BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FIELDS TO PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS. BLUFFTON VOLLEYBALL PRETTY MUCH HOLD AND SERVE THE LAST FEW SEASONS IN THIS IN THE FALL SIX TEAMS IS WHAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS BESIDES LAST YEAR WITH COACH NOT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROGRAM . THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON NOW. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WITH YOUTH AND ADULT PARTICIPATION FOR THIS FALL, DID WE HAVE I THOUGHT WE HAD A LACROSSE PROGRAM A SPRING SPRING. OH YEAH.
AND THOSE NUMBERS I SEE THOSE NUMBERS INCREASING AS WELL FROM THE SPRING.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER SPORT THAT'S GONNA KEEP GROWING AS LONG.
I KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE PRETTY INVOLVED NOW. ONE HASN'T EVEN STARTED TRYING TO LOOK AT DOING GIRLS LACROSSE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY THAT
OUT IN THE SPRING BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ARE GETTING IT. >> I KNOW WE TALKED AT ONE TIME ABOUT DEPOSITS FOR EQUIPMENT AND STUFF AND LACROSSE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER CAME TO A RESOLUTION ON THAT. WE DID. I DID GET AN UPDATE FROM KEVIN KEVIN REYNOLDS WHO RUNS THESE ATHLETES AND RATHER HANDLES IT AND IN BLUFFTON AND WE WE DID HAVE A SHOW I THINK WE STILL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT OUTSTANDING HELMETS.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOME BEFORE NEXT SPRING. YOU'RE RIGHT, BRUCE AND WE'LL HAVE TO WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO FIX THAT. FORTUNATELY ENOUGH, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM ARE ALLOWED TO SIGN UP FOR SPORTS UNTIL EQUIPMENT IS TURNED IN.
BUT YEAH, WAITING. WE'RE STILL HAVING ISSUES. OKAY BECAUSE I I THINK WE WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE PUT SOME SORT OF DEPOSIT THING IN. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW I MEAN I LACROSSE HELMETS WORK UP ON HER BIKE EITHER. THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT CHEAP .
THEY CAN GET UP I THINK FOUR HUNDRED BUT I THINK YOU KNOW FOR RECREATIONAL USE HELI YOU PROBABLY GET ONE FOR 130 THE EXPENSE IS GETTING TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW YOU I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO WEAR A CERTAIN TYPE OF CHEST PROTECTOR THAT CAME JUST THE REGULAR PADS.
THEY HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL CHEST PROTECTOR AND THEN YOU HAD TO EMERY CERTIFIED NOT SAY YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE TO SHOULDER PADS, BATTING HELMETS I'M SURE YES.
I'M PROUD TO SAY BATTING HELMET FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW YOU HAVE SORT OF A BUDDY.
WELL, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO THINK ABOUT HAS A QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE DON'T SIDE WITH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. I KNOW YOU SAY THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH FIELDS.
HAVE YOU REACHED OUT OR LOOKED AT POSSIBLY USING HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS IN SOME WAY TO REASON
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WHEN I SAY THAT BECAUSE AGAIN I'M THAT CAN BE A REVENUE STREAM POTENTIALLY FOR YOU USING THE HIGH SCHOOL FEEL BAD HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM COULD DO IT DO CONCESSIONS RIGHT AND WIN AND NOW YOU HAVE THE FACILITY MAY HAVE A WAY OFF SEASON TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR SPRING.AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS WITH WITH THE YOUTH FOOTBALL AND THOSE OTHER SPORTS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN FALL, WHAT IS WHAT HOW HOW IS THIS BEING COMMUNICATED LIKE THE ELEMENTARY AGE LEVEL KIDS THEY CAN BECOME MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS RIGHT NOW AND SECOND THE THAT I KNOW BASEBALL WISE WE WOULD NOT BE OPPOSING ALL PLAY ON THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
>> I THINK ON THE ISSUE IN THE PAST ALWAYS BEEN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO USE THE FACILITY . I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW CONTRACT NOW BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE WOULD STILL PAY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT ROBERT HARDING AND SOME OF THE OTHER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO US IT BE GREAT FOR US. BEAUFORT BECAUSE WE ARE BASEBALL PROGRAM IS GROWING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THE FEELS THAT WE ARE KIND OF PUSHING THE ADULT BASEBALL TO NOT FEEL AS I WOULD LIKE THEM TO PLAY. I PLUS I THINK DISTANCE WISE AND FEELS THAT THEY'RE PLAYING OFF SOME OF THE THEY ACTUALLY DON'T IMPROVE THEY'RE PLAYING YOU KNOW SO THEY WANT TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE HIT HOME RUNS AND THE FEELS THEY'RE PLAYING RIGHT NOW ARE PRETTY LARGE. YOU KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO BUT NOT BE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT CAR. OBVIOUSLY I'LL GIVE WITH ROBERT ON THAT BECAUSE I DEFINITELY I CAN SEE WHERE THE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT IT JUST FROM FROM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR STANDPOINT LOOKING AT REVENUE STREAM, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU FORGOT THE ON THE FIELD AND YOU KNOW WE JUST DO CONCESSIONS AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO USE THE FACILITY RIGHT THROUGH MORE YOU AGREEMENT. I THINK THAT JUST IT JUST WORKS. BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY SIT DOWN WITH ROBERT LEADING THIS MEETING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THESE KIND SEE WHAT HIS THOUGHTS ARE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE COACHES WOULD WELCOME ME FIVE WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS FOUR YEARS AGO WE HOSTED STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WANTED BLUFFTON. HOW GREAT.
AND THE BLUFFTON HIGH BOOSTER CLUB DECIDED TO ROCK CONCESSIONS FOR I THINK THEY LOVED YEAH. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY ACTUALLY HELP US STAFFING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR US TO GET PAST KNOW NOW. ABSOLUTELY.
KEEPING THAT WE'LL DO THAT FROM THE OUTREACH WITH THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
IT'S GOTTEN TOUGH FOR US. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT THE LAST MEETING WITH MEYER IF HE STARRED IN THAT IS THAT STILL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT USING THE TO GET THE FLYERS AND EVERYTHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC? I CAN TAKE ON THAT. I GUESS MY POSITION IS I CAN GO BACK TO OBVIOUSLY GO BACK TO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND BASICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. NO. AND SO THAT'S AS I SEE HERE.
THAT'S ALL I ENVISION IS THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB RIGHT HERE.
I JUST NEED TO GET THE COMMUNICATION AND GETTING PUSHED OUT AND WE CAN GET IT PUSHED OUT AND I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT I NEED TO TAKE BACK TO DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF SO THAT WE CAN BECAUSE I THINK THE NUMBERS COULD BE MUCH GREATER RIGHT NOW. I'LL SEND THE BASKETBALL PLAYER IF YOU WOULD DO THAT.
YES, YES. YES, YES. NO, NOT REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT'S YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T. WE USED TO BE. I MEAN LET'S FACE YOU STILL TAKE FLYERS IN THE SCHOOLS. NEARBY DOING A LOT TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
BUT I'M NOT OUT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT NOW AFTER WE GET OUT AND MAKE THE ARGUMENTS AND CELEBRITY AND GET WHATEVER INFORMATION I'LL GET ON MARKETING PERSON TO PUT TOGETHER SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A ROUGHLY A YEAR LONG INFORMATION PACKAGE SEND YOU IF YOU CAN GET IT OUT I THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SHANNON.
DOES OUR NEW SOFTWARE DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOLS OR
ANYTHING NEW SOFTWARE? HAVEN'T EVEN EXPLORED A LOT. >> SO VERY WELL.
SO ANNIE TODAY ANNIE IS ONE OF OUR SOCCER COACH. SO SHE HAD TO GET TO SOCCER PRACTICE. I BELIEVE THIS IS I CAN'T SEE TO THOUGHT BATTERY GRATEFUL BATTERY OPERATED. SO THE BUG CLASSES WE HAVE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT 6:00 GROUP SWIM LESSONS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE NONE BECAUSE OF THE SHORT STAFFING THE SWIM TEAM BETTER HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM AS PRACTICED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THIRTY SIX
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SCHOOLS. LESSONS BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE FROM 9 TO 12 P.M. AT THE POOL LIFEGUARD CLASSES WE'RE DOING WE'RE GOING TO START SEPTEMBER THE 7TH AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO ADVERTISE AND DO THEM EVERY WEEK AND TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN RECRUIT LIFEGUARDS. THE INFLATABLES WILL START BATTERY CREEK POOL ON SEPTEMBERTHE 18 DUE FOR POOL. >> WE HAVE THE BOGO CLASSES MONDAY WEDNESDAY FROM 6 6 THIRTY GROUPS SWIM LESSONS CURRENTLY NON SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS AGAIN SEPTEMBER 13 SWIM TEAM THEY BEGAN AUGUST 16 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 4 TO 6 AND FRIDAY FROM 4 TO 5 AND THEN BLUFFTON POOL WE HAVE THE GROUP SWIMMING LESSONS CURRENTLY NONE SWIM TEAM.
>> THAT'S A TYPO. SHOULD HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE TEAMS MAY RIVER AND BLUFFTON 6 A.M. TO 8 A.M. AND FINS FOR CURRENTLY 4 TO 7 AND THE SCHOOL LESSONS AGAIN BEGIN SEPTEMBER THE 13TH AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SECOND GRADE AND THE THIRD GRADE TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE UP FOR WHAT WE LOST LAST YEAR WITH COACH LYNN BROWN.
>> POOL CLOSES THIS WEEKEND LABOR DAY WEEKEND. SO WE ARE OPEN TOMORROW AT 3 TO 7 SATURDAY 10 TO 7 SUNDAY 1 7 AND THEN LABOR DAY 10 TO 7 AND WE WILL CLOSE THE LAST ACTIVITY THAT WILL TAKE PLACE. THERE WILL BE SEPTEMBER THE 11TH FROM 10:00 TO 3:00 AND WE WILL HAVE DOG DAY. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE DOGS, BRING YOUR DOGS, LET THEM SWIM AND THEN WE'LL CLEAN THE POOL, CLOSE IT DOWN FOR THEM AND OPEN IT UP.
MEMORIAL DAY AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NEW HOURS FOR THE PUBLIC AT THE POOLS ARE GONNA BE 1 TO 7 STARTING ON SEPTEMBER THE 13TH BECAUSE THE SCHOOL LESSONS WILL TAKE OFF TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT WE'VE LOST IN THE PAST IS GONNA TAKE UP A GOOD BIT OF TIME AND THE
STAFFING AT EACH OF THE POOLS WE'RE STILL OFFERING CPR. >> WE'RE STROKE IMPROVEMENT AND PRIVATE LESSONS OF COURSE AT ALL OF THE POOLS THE STAFFING UPDATE I THINK WE THERE'S
NOTHING NEW PRODUCTS. >> NO. OK.
SO WE STILL HAVE ONE AQUATIC ASSISTANT PRODUCT MANAGER TO FILL THAT ONE OF THE POOLS WE FILLED TWO LIFEGUARDS. WE HAVE SEVEN FULL TIME OPEN SIX PART TIME OPEN MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH SEVEN POSITIONS TO FILL AND REC AIDES.
WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH SIX POSITIONS TO FILL. >> THE NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 4TH AND BLUFFTON AND ANY QUESTIONS I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I HEARD IT SO MOVED INTO A SECOND SIMULTANEOUS QUESTION. OH VETERAN
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