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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[1. Call to Order]
THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING OF THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2024.UM, IF WE COULD ALL STAND AND, UH, SET THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, 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.
MY POST-ELECTION TIE ABOUT LAST TIME, HUH? YEAH, RIGHT.
I USUALLY DO NOT WEAR A TIE, BUT, UH, I, I DECIDED TO SEE TODAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BUFFY PUERO.
UH, UH, BUFFY IS NOT HER, UH, GIVEN NAME.
IT'S ELIZABETH, BUT SHE GOES BY, UH, BUFFY AND, UH, SHE IS OUR NEWEST, UH, MEMBER FOR NORTH ABROAD.
DO YOU WANNA TAKE A SECOND AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? SURE.
UM, AS I SAID, MY NAME IS BUFFY CAMP GUITAR.
UH, I'M AN ATTORNEY FOR MOTLEY RICE, WHICH IS A PLAINTIFF'S LAW FIRM OUT IN MOUNT PLEASANT.
BEEN WITH THEM FOR OVER A DECADE AND, UM, HAVE MOVED BACK AND FORTH FROM BEAUFORT, UH, TO CHARLESTON AND BACK TO BEAUFORT SEVERAL TIMES.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD NOW.
AND YOU, AND YOU PREVIOUSLY WERE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, RIGHT? FOR THE COUNTY SOMETIME AGO? YES.
UH, ALAN ARSENOV, SOUTH OF ABROAD.
MARK REDDICKS, NORTH OF ABROAD.
CARLOS CAVE, BE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, KAISER, SOUTH OF BROAD.
I'M BRUCE JAGER, AND, UH, I'M SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
[4. Approval of Agenda]
OUR AGENDA.YOU'VE ALL BEEN, UH, WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT IT.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT? A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO NOT.
YEAH, THAT, YEAH, THAT IS A FIRST.
[6. Review and Approval of September Minutes – September 05, 2024 (backup)]
SIX, REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER MINUTES.UH, HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE? AND ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR, UH, ADDITIONS, UH, MODIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED HERE? MOVE TO APPROVE.
[7. Department Report]
UM, SO HERE IN BLUFFTON, UM, WE GOT OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM STARTING.UM, WE'VE GOT 904 KIDS, UM, SIGNED UP, AGE 14 TO 16.
WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY, UM, 130 TEAMS IN THOSE AGE GROUPS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE OUR COACHES MEETING THE 12TH AND THE 13TH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START PRACTICES ON THE 16TH.
UM, AND THEN GAMES WILL START JANUARY 4TH.
UM, YOU SAID 14 TO 16? I'M SORRY, FOUR TO SIX.
UM, WE ALSO JUST OPENED UP, UM, OUR REGISTRATION NOVEMBER 1ST FOR ADULT KICKBALL.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE ONLY GOT 12 SIGNED UP, BUT WE'RE ONLY A WEEK INTO IT, SO, UM, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF KIDS OFF IN BASKETBALL.
WILL YOU HAVE LATE REGISTRATION THAT'LL GET THAT GAP? WE DO.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE KIDS ON THE WAIT LIST, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OFF.
UM, PROBLEM IS, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND COACHES.
UM, SO WE CAN'T PULL TOO MANY OFF WITHOUT HAVING COACHES FOR 'EM.
UM, HOW LONG'S THE WAIT LIST RIGHT NOW? 20.
20? YEAH, ABOUT 20 SOME MORE FOR 11, 12.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY NOT DOWN, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? MUCH.
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UM, WE WRAPPED UP OUR, OUR FALL SPORTS PAST COUPLE WEEKS.UM, WE'RE GETTING READY TO START SOCCER ALL STARS.
UM, I KNOW IN BLUFFTON WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT U BOYS AND GIRLS ALL THE WAY UP TO 15 U BOYS AND GIRLS.
UM, SO THAT TOURNAMENT'S GONNA BE, UM, NEXT WEEKEND IN, UH, BEAUFORT.
WE DID SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.
WE, WE DID A TOURNAMENT, AN END OF THE SEASON TOURNAMENT FOR ALL THE KIDS.
UH, THEY REALLY LOVED IT, ENJOYED IT.
WE GOT 'EM MEDALS FOR THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION AND RUNNER UP.
UM, THAT WENT OVER WELL, UH, FOR OUR ADULT SPORTS.
WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR ADULT VOLLEYBALL.
UH, I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH SEVEN TEAMS. SEVEN TEAMS IN ADULT VOLLEYBALL, DID A TOURNAMENT FOR 'EM.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WRAP UP OUR ADULT SOFTBALL.
UM, WE GOT SOME LEAGUES THAT ARE STARTING THEIR TOURNAMENT, AND THEN SOME LEAGUES THAT ARE TWO WEEKS IN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN RAINED OUT EVERY THURSDAY AND THANKSGIVING AND, UH, HALLOWEEN.
UM, SO WE GOT OUR THURSDAY NIGHTS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS STARTING PLAYOFFS.
UM, SO WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP NOW.
UH, SO WE GOT SOME STUFF COMING UP HERE FOR SPORTS TOO.
WE GOT OUR YOUTH BASKETBALL, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT DOWN THERE FROM COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
AND WE'VE GOT, UH, ADULT KICKBALL RUNS THE SAME AS BLUFFTON.
UM, SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON REGISTERED SO FAR, BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK.
AND THEN WE JUST STARTED A, UH, BASKETBALL, ADULT BASKETBALL SEASON THAT'S GONNA BE TAKING PLACE DOWN AT LYNN BROWN.
WE'VE GOT 33 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
SO THERE'S FOUR TEAMS. IT'S GONNA RUN PRETTY TYPICAL TO WHAT THE, UH, OTHER ADULT SPORTS ARE GONNA GONNA SEE WITH NUMBER OF GAMES AND TIMEFRAME AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT GOES AND TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN OFF A LITTLE BIT.
IS THAT A FULL COURT? FIVE ON FIVE FULL COURT? FIVE ON FIVE.
DO THEY HAVE CROSS COURTS AT LYNN BROWN? THEY DO, BUT THOSE GOALS DON'T GO UP AND DOWN, SO, AND THEY'RE SMALL.
WELL, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS, UM, YEARS AGO, UM, AND I BELIEVE THEY MAY STILL HAVE IT, BOB, THEY HAVE A, ON THE REC CENTER, THEY HAVE A THREE ON THREE CROSS COURT LEAGUE, AND THAT TENDED TO BE VERY, UH, WELL SUBSCRIBED.
I'M JUST SAYING TO LOOK INTO EITHER.
BECAUSE YOU CAN GET MORE PEOPLE PLAYING, MORE TEAMS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PLAY WITH FIVE GUYS TOTAL ON A TEAM, AND THE CROSS COURT'S BETTER FOR US OLD PEOPLE,
UM, WELL, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY STUFF, YOU KNOW, AFTER OUR BASKETBALL SEASON'S OVER MIGHT MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH LYNN BROWN AND, AND THE WORK THEY'RE GONNA DO THERE.
SO WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GETTING NEW FLOORS, BLEACHERS, GOALS, ALL THAT STUFF.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ON ALL OF THIS, UH, PROGRAMMING ONCE BEST TIME.
SO YOU COULD HAVE ADJUSTABLE HOOPS AT LYNN BROWN YES.
AND THEN CROSS COURT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
AND THAT I THINK IS IN THE, IN THE PLAN AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF IN THE WORKS.
UM, SO WE WENT, WE HAD, UH, POSITIVE NUMBERS IN ALL OF OUR SPORTS OVER THE FALL.
THOSE, THOSE ARE ALL DONE, UM, EXCEPT CHEER THAT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALL UP IN NUMBERS.
WE'VE GOT ALL STARS COMING UP, UM, FOR SOCCER AS WELL.
UH, SO WE'RE HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT IN BEAUFORT AT BURTON WELLS ON THE 16TH FOR DISTRICT.
THAT'S GONNA BE US, MOSTLY US IN BLUFFTON, TWO OF THOSE AGE GROUPS.
UM, ORANGEBURG IS COMING DOWN TO PLAY ON, UM, AS WELL.
AND, AND THEN ON THE 23RD AND 24TH OF NOVEMBER, WE'RE HOSTING THE EIGHT U 10 U AND 12 U GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT, UM, AT BURTON WELLS.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, COMMUNICATING WITH, UH, SEAN TAYLOR UP IN ORANGEBURG.
HE'S THE DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW OF, UH, SCAP SOCCER.
SO GETTING STUFF ORGANIZED WITH HIM, GETTING REFEREES, TROPHIES, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, READY TO ROCK AND ROLL.
UM, AND THEN, SORRY, I HAVE, WELL, I GUESS I CAN DO IT AFTER THIS.
UH, YEAH, SO ADULT BASKETBALL, WE'RE STARTING THAT UP AT LEN BROWN, LIKE I SAID, TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, PLANS TO HOPEFULLY DO SOMETHING INDOORS AS WELL.
I THINK IT'LL BE AT LYNN BROWN WITH, UH, AN ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE.
UM, SAL LEAGUE I THINK IS SOMETHING SIMILAR.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S PRETTY PRELIMINARY RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO KICKSTART.
WE HAD A CAMP OVER THE SPRING THAT WAS A THREE DAY CLINIC.
AND THEN OVER THE FALL OR OVER THE SUMMER, SORRY.
AND THEN OVER THE FALL WE HAD A,
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I DON'T REMEMBER, BROCK, HOW MANY WEEKS WAS THAT? FIVE, FIVE WEEKS ON SATURDAY.COUPLE OF HOURS AT THE END OF OUR FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAMMING.
'CAUSE WE WERE DOING IT ON THE SAME FIELD AS OUR FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAMMING WHERE THE KIDS WOULD COME OUT, HAVE A TWO HOUR CLINIC WITH A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEER COACHES.
UM, AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND, AND GOOD TURNOUT FOR THOSE.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO DO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SMALL CLINIC IN THE WINTER TO DRUM UP INTEREST A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT BEFORE THE, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY JOIN THAT LEAGUE THAT, UH, BLUFFTON HAS LACROSSE LEAGUE IN AS WELL.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN OFF THE GROUND A LITTLE BIT.
SO YOU, YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE ADULT BASEBALL THAT LOOKED LIKE, WASN'T THAT PROGRAM SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION, BUT IT, I HAVE, I HAVE A, I HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS ON THAT ONE.
I WANTED TO GO INTO WITH YOU AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T TOUCH ON THAT ONE.
I HAVE SOME NOTES IN MY NOTEBOOK.
I MEAN, THE, THE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY STEADY AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE FOUR CONSISTENT TEAMS WITH USUALLY A FIFTH, SOMETIMES A SIXTH TEAM.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO GET THE IDEA OUT TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OF, RIGHT NOW WE DO AN INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FEE OF $75 PER PARTICIPANT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE GUYS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF EACH OF THESE TEAMS, I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO DO THAT UNTIL WE CAN ESTABLISH THE LEAGUE AND CREATE NOW A TEAM SIGNUP FEE.
UM, WHICH I THINK IS, IS VERY POSSIBLE AND IT WOULD LOOK MORE STRUCTURED LIKE WHAT THEY DO FOR ADULT SOFTBALL.
UM, NOW I, I DO THINK THAT WITH BASEBALL, THE COST YOU INCUR IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE YOU GO THROUGH MORE BASEBALLS IN A BASEBALL GAME THAN YOU DO WITH AN ADULT SOFTBALL GAME.
YOU KNOW, WE GIVE 'EM FIVE BASEBALLS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME.
UM, I JUST GOT A QUOTE FOR, IT USUALLY IS ABOUT 12 DOZEN BASEBALLS FOR THE SEASON, WHICH IS ABOUT $700.
WE LIKE TO HAVE TWO UMPIRES PER GAME, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE TEAMS. SO FIVE TEAMS IS A TOTAL OF 28 GAMES.
AND AT $50 AN UMPIRE, IT, UM, ADDS UP TO ABOUT 2,800.
SO WHAT WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE LOOKING AT, AND RIGHT NOW WE PROVIDE JERSEYS WITH, UM, TRANSFERS ON THE FRONT, AND I CAN PUT THIS IN A, IN WRITING AND, AND SEND AN EMAIL PROPOSAL WITH ALL THIS AS WELL, BRUCE.
UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.
UM, BUT BASICALLY RIGHT NOW WE, WE PROVIDE JERSEYS, WHICH IS ABOUT $500 COST TOTAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL BASED OFF OF FIVE TEAMS RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST DOING IT FOR RECENCY'S SAKE WITH, WITH THESE THIS PAST SEASON, UM, WITH JERSEYS.
AND WE HAVE TO GET THE TRANSFERS THAT GO ON THE FRONT, UM, AND, AND WE HEAT PRESS 'EM OURSELVES, UM, OVER AT THE OFFICE.
BUT THAT FEE, THAT COST WOULD GO AWAY ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BECOME, YOU PROVIDE YOUR OWN UNIFORM JUST LIKE THEY DO FOR ADULT SOFTBALL HERE.
AND THE ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE THAT WE RUN OVER IN, UM, IN BUFORT AS WELL, CO-ED LEAGUE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT TOTAL IS ABOUT 5,100 WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FEES AND 68 PEOPLE REGISTERED.
UM, BUT WITH, WITH UMPIRE FEE AND BASEBALL FEE, WHICH IS THE TWO BIGGEST COSTS, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT ABOUT $3,500, UM, TO ESSENTIALLY BREAK EVEN ON, ON THOSE THINGS FOR THE SEASON, WHICH WITH FIVE TEAMS IT WOULD BE ABOUT A $700 TEAM FEE, WHICH STILL LOWERS THE COST, THE INDIVIDUAL COST PER PERSON TO ABOUT $60 A PERSON.
UM, IF, IF YOU VERSUS IS 75, IF YOU CARRY, IF YOU CARRY 12 PEOPLE ON A TEAM, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHAT THESE TEAMS LIKE TO DO, BUT IT ALSO GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY MORE PEOPLE ON THEIR TEAM BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM FLEXIBILITY WITH THEIR ROSTER BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A, IT WOULD BE A FREE INDIVIDUAL SIGNUP.
SO THEN THE TEAM FEE IS ESSENTIALLY GONNA BE SET BY EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, UM, WHICH BECOMES DIFFERENT AS LONG AS WE GET THAT TEAM, THE ENTIRETY OF THE TEAM FEE PAID TO US BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, I CAN, I CAN PUT ALL THIS IN WRITING AND I KNOW FEES HAVE TO BE SET HERE, BUT SO IN, IN THAT SITUATION, FROM AN INSURANCE PERSPECTIVE, WE, WE PROVIDE INSURANCE, RIGHT? NO, NO, WE DON'T.
THEY SIGN EVERYONE SIGNS WAIVERS.
OH, SO LIABILITY WAIVER WAIVERS, OKAY.
SO, AND IT WOULD STILL GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, SIGN UP AND SIGNING THE WAIVER AND EVERYTHING OF LIABILITY.
DO WE, DO WE, WHEN WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP INDIVIDUALLY, OBVIOUSLY WE GET ALL THOSE WAIVERS SIGNED.
I'M GONNA CALL MY, MY, UH, MY BUDDY OVER HERE AND HE CAN COME AND PLAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEY GET OUT ON THE FIELD AND THEN THEY TAKE A LINE DRIVE TO THE HEAD AND THEY'RE NOT SIGNED UP.
YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU SO IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME THING.
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WE'RE OUT THERE EVERY NIGHT, YOU CHECK, YOU KNOW, FACILITATING AND, AND WE, WE CHECK, I, I KNOW PRETTY MUCH ALL THE GUYS THAT PLAY IN THAT LEAGUE NOW.SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO TELL WHENEVER SOMEONE'S OUT OF PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, AGAIN, THIS, I THINK THIS STRUCTURE WOULD ALLOW US TO, FOR THOSE TEAMS TO CARRY CLOSER TO 15 PLAYERS ON A TEAM, AND THEN THEY CAN BRING NINE GUYS TO A GAME INSTEAD OF HAVING 15 GUYS THAT PAID $75 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.
UM, SO IT GIVES THEM THAT FLEXIBILITY AS WELL.
WELL, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A WASH.
WE'RE DOING LESS WORK AND UH, AND UH, WE'RE NOT REALLY LOSING ANYTHING HERE.
IS THAT CORRECT? ESSENTIALLY, YEAH.
UM, THE PLAYERS, ARE THEY MOSTLY BEAUFORT PLAYERS OR? YEAH, THERE'S MAJORITY, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 80, 85 OF THEM ARE BEAUFORT.
THERE'S SOME FROM WALTER BURROW.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE I THINK THAT COME OFF OF, UH, HILTON HEAD TO PLAY, AND THEN PROBABLY A COUPLE FROM BLUFFTON AS WELL.
BUT A MAJORITY OF IT IS BUFORT.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, UH, ARE, I MEAN, I, I THINK IF YOU COULD PUT, PUT SOMETHING IN WRITING DOWN, UM, I THINK IN GENERAL, UM, I MEAN WE COULD TAKE A POLL HERE.
I, IN GENERAL, I WOULD BE, UH, IN FAVOR OF DOING WHAT YOU'VE RECOMMENDED.
I JUST THINK WE PROBABLY NEED SOMETHING ON PAPER.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA RUN IT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS YOU RUN THE SOFTBALL.
IT, IT, IT TAKES, I MEAN, IT'S STRUCTURED RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE RUN ADULT SOFTBALL, BUT THIS WOULD JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO THE TEAMS THEMSELVES WITH, WITH ROSTER SPACE AND KIND OF, KIND OF ALLOW ME TO REGULATE THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO I KNOW THEY HAVE TROUBLE AS THE SEASON GOES ALONG WITH GETTING ENOUGH PLAYERS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SEASON, DURING THE SUMMER, KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL, CORRECT? YEAH, BACK TO COLLEGE BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET SOME COLLEGE KIDS THAT SIGN UP.
AND SO THE NEXT SEASON WILL BE IN THE SUMMER? YES.
WE HAVE A SE OUR SEASON IS CURRENTLY GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'RE LIKE THREE WEEKS IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I, I WOULD SAY UNLESS SOMEONE, IF, UNLESS WE WANT SOME MORE DISCUSSION HERE, JUST PUT THAT FOR OUR REVIEW IN JANUARY.
JUST GIVE US SOME NUMBERS ON THE PIECE OF PAPER AND, UH, VERSUS TODAY VERSUS WHAT IT WOULD BE THEN.
AND I WOULD THINK, UH, WE'D BE APT TO SAY SURE.
YOU'RE THE RUNNING THE PROGRAM.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? WELCOME JOHNNY JANAE? YES.
I, I HAVE JUST A GENERAL QUE IS THAT, IS THAT THE END OF YOUR YEP.
I JUST HAVE A GENERAL KINDA OBSERVATION.
IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYTHING IN BLUFFTON WAS DOWN, WHICH SURPRISED ME.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IN BUFORT IS UP.
UH, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME BECAUSE BUFORT IS GROWING PRETTY RAPIDLY.
GOT A LOT OF HOUSING GOING UP RIGHT NOW.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT TERMS OF TURNOVER IN MILITARY IS.
UM, I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE COME MORE OFF OF BASE TO PLAY WITH US, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
BUT, UM, I THINK A, A LOT OF, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.
I ALSO THINK WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD, GOOD TEAM AND SOME, SOME POSITIVE TRACTION WITH, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN, IN BUFORT RIGHT NOW.
SO IS THERE ANY, UH, IS THERE ANY REASON YOU THINK WE'RE DOWN IN, IN BLUFFTON IN THOSE VARIOUS AREAS? UH, I'LL WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT.
JUST, UM, SO IT'S PROBABLY WOULD BE BEST TO SEE A TWO YEAR TREND, WHICH YOU'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
UH, BECAUSE IN TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE HERE, AND THEN LAST YEAR WE'D SKYROCKETED.
AND SO WE'RE, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY NORMALIZING WITH WHAT A NORMAL SEASON WILL BE, UH, BUT WITHOUT SEEING A TWO THREE YEAR TREND, IT'D BE TO SAY A ONE TERM DOWNTURN IS, IS IT REALLY A DOWNTURN? SURE.
I THINK WE'VE JUST BEEN USED TO THEIR NUMBERS GOING UP EVERY YEAR.
THE NUMBERS, I MEAN, THE NUMBERS WERE DOWN.
THERE WERE SOME NEGATIVES, BUT THEY WEREN'T DOWN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THAT'S A HUGE POSITIVE FOR THE, FOR THE BEAUFORT SIDE.
UM, SENIOR PROGRAMMING, OUR ATTENDANCE IS INCREASING.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN UP THE WAITING LIST TO SEVERAL CENTERS.
UM, SO AS WE REGISTER THEM, UM, THE NUMBERS KEEP INCREASING.
SOME OF THE TARGET NUMBERS FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND GROUP DINING ARE CLOSE TO 3000 AND OVER THE 3000 MARK FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS,
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UM, WE DID HAVE TWO HURRICANES, SO THAT WAS FUN TO NAVIGATE.UM, BUT WITH WELLNESS CHECKS AND, UM, THIS LAST GO ROUND, HELENE CAUGHT US OFF GUARD, SO WE ENDED UP ACTUALLY DOING SOME HOT HOME DELIVERED MEALS AS WELL, UM, WHILE THE CENTERS WERE BEING CLEARED AND WERE REOPENED FOR SAFETY AND SUCH.
OF COURSE, YOU SEE TRAVELING, THEY LOVE TO TRAVEL.
DON'T WE HAVE SOME NEW VANS? WE HAVE NEW BUSES.
OH, NEW BUSES, RIGHT? YES, WE'RE WORKING ON THE VANS.
THE VANS SHOULD BE COMING, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO NEW 36 PASSENGER BUSES AND IT'S OUT AND ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE GETTING READY TO DO A, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE HERITAGE PARADE DOWN ON THE ISLAND ON THE NORTH END ON SATURDAY.
UM, AND THEY JUST WERE TODAY, SEVERAL OF THE CENTERS WENT TO THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BIRTHDAY PARTY LUNCHEON.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO FOR BATTERY CREEK, UM, HOURS ARE STILL THE SAME AS NORMAL.
UM, WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS THAT HAVE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
FRIDAYS ARE ALWAYS OPTIONAL DEPENDING ON WEATHER AND CHEMICALS AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT IT'S FROM NINE TO ONE.
THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AT BATTERY CREEK IS OUR DEEP WATER AEROBIC EVERY TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
AND THEN OUR FINS SWIM TEAM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE NUMBERS FOR OUR CHECK-IN FOR SEPTEMBER IS 1,277, AND OCTOBER IS 1,178.
CAN I ASK IF MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PATRON CHECK-INS, IF WE CAN, WE CAN DIFFERENTIATE THAT BETWEEN JUST PUBLIC, PUBLIC, UH, AND, AND FINS SPLIT THOSE TWO UP? YEAH.
JUST SO WE GET A FEEL FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF THOSE PUBLIC THAT ARE FINS.
UH, I WOULD THINK THAT MAY BE A LOT OF IT.
A LOT OF THE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE FIN SWIM TEAM.
SO WHAT, TO ME, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS JUST TO, JUST TO SEE WHAT'S SCHOOL RELATED SWIM LESSONS, WHAT'S FINS AND THEN WHAT'S JUST GENERAL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMING IN.
UH, I THINK THAT WOULD, UH, GIVE US A BETTER IDEA, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF THAT'S OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BATTERY CREEK POOL? OKAY, SO OUR BEAUFORT POOL, SAME THING, SAME HOURS.
UM, OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS WILL START BACK UP AGAIN.
THEY'RE FROM NINE TO ONE AS WELL.
OUR PROGRAMS, WE HAVE OUR SCUBA CLASS GOING ON, UM, THAT IS BY APPOINTMENTS.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR WATER AEROBICS.
THAT ONE IS WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
AND THEN OUR CHECK-IN FOR SEPTEMBER IS 750.
AND FOR OCTOBER IS 617 SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS ENDED.
I MEAN, NOT SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS, UM, SCHOOL SWIM TEAM.
THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS WENT DOWN.
SO THAT IS MORE OF A PATRON CHECK-IN YEAH.
SO FOR THEM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU KNOW, CARLOS IS HEAD OF THE ATHLETICS, SO I MEAN, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE WHAT SWIM TEAMS WERE DOING AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT BLUFFTON IS DOWN, RIGHT? IT'S STILL DOWN.
BLUFFTON IS STILL DOWN, BUT THEY'VE BEEN USING OUR BATTERY CREEK POOL.
SO THAT'S THE HALF OF THE FIN SWIM TEAM IS ALSO FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO MOST OF THEM SWIM ON THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN SWIM ON FINS.
YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST LIKE, I I MEAN, I'LL THROW THIS OUT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT JUST GENERAL PUBLIC IS USING THE POOL AND, UH, VERSUS THE SWIM TEAMS AND, AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, UH, THE LESSONS.
DID, DID WE RENEW THAT CONTRACT, CARLOS, FOR I THINK THE MOU HAS BEEN EITHER IS COMPLETE OR THEY'RE FINALIZING IT.
BUT I MEAN, YEAH, EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY ISSUES WHILE THAT'S BEING WORKED OUT OR I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BEEN SIGNED YET.
I KNOW THE MOU FOR, UH, THE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE REC AREA FIELDS, THOSE THINGS THAT IS DONE.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT, RIGHT? YEAH, THERE'S A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT.
SO, SO, UM, BUFFY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UH, AND THE, UH, COUNTY HAVE, UM, AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SWIM LESSONS.
AND THAT AGREEMENT, I THINK WAS ORIGINALLY A 10 OR A 15 YEAR AGREEMENT THAT JUST RECENTLY MATURED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IS BEING RENEWED.
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OUR LEFT AND POOL IS STILL CLOSED.UM, EVERYTHING IS GEARED FOR STILL OPENING UP IN FEBRUARY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS DRIVEN BY IT.
IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD SO FAR, BUT I HAVEN'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OR ANYTHING FOR THAT SAYING, ARE YOU GETTING PHONE CALLS ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY? NO.
THEY'RE PROBABLY TALKING TO ERIC, SO THAT'S GOOD IF THERE'S A
I KNOW THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.
AND, UH, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION, SOME CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISORS THAT WE HAVE NOT EMPLOYED DRIVING BY EVERY DAY, BUT, BUT THAT'S GOOD THAT, UH, WE, WE DO THINK THAT FEBRUARY IT WILL BE BACK RUNNING, WE'RE HOPING.
AND THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR POOL THAT HAS THE MOST USE, CORRECT.
UM, AND OUR LAST POOL IS THE OUTDOOR, THE ALVIN SALVA SETTLES OUTDOOR POOL.
THAT ONE IS CLOSED AND THAT WILL REOPEN IN MAY.
THE CLASSES THAT WE OFFER, WE HAVE OUR GROUP AND PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS, THOSE ARE ALL YEAR ROUND.
WE HAVE OUR STROKE IMPROVEMENT, OUR CPR AND OUR LIFEGUARDING CLASSES.
SOMETHING NEW THAT WE JUST PUT UP IS ALL OF THE CLASSES ARE ALL ONLINE NOW, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE TIMES AND THE DAYS AND YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE.
SO CAN YOU PROVIDE, YOU USED TO PROVIDE US WITH NUMBERS AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING VERSUS JUST WHAT WE PROVIDE? I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO AGAIN? MM-HMM.
I, I JUST THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO SEE.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE SERVING.
UM, AND ARE WE STILL HAVE A SHORTAGE OF LIFEGUARDS? WE ARE, YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE POOLS? THANKS.
UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST, BUT WE'VE STARTED A RECREATION DIVISION, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN, IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT WE BROUGHT ON VIDA HERE, UH, IKA REYNOLDS.
UM, SHE WAS WITH OUR SENIOR PROGRAM, UM, AND SHE'S COMING ON, SHE'S KIND OF HANDLING THE RECREATION PIECE RIGHT NOW, MOSTLY OUTTA LYNN BROWN.
UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET A RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT ON BOARD TO KIND OF MANAGE IT FROM A, FROM A LARGER SCALE.
UM, BUT SHE'S BEEN DOING WONDERFUL WORK KIND OF ON THE NORTH SIDE, SO I'M GONNA LET HER SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO, IN RECREATION THUS FAR, WE HAVE STARTED A BRIDGE CLUB PROGRAM.
UH, WE'VE ALSO ADDED SOME NEW CLASSES SUCH AS KARATE, ZUMBA, UM, LATIN DANCE.
EVERYTHING IS LISTED ONLINE WITH THE LOCATION, TIME, AND FEES.
UM, WE'VE ALSO STARTED A MENTORING GROUP.
ONE IS A ALL MALE AND ONE IS ALL FEMALE GROUP.
UM, IN THESE GROUPS, THE YOUTH ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES.
THEY TAKE COLLEGE TOURS, THEY HAVE, UM, GUIDANCE FROM EXPERIENCE, UM, PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND I WHO HELP THE CHILDREN, UM, AND SUPPORT THEM WITH THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL, UM, GROWTH.
UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE, UM, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOW COUNTRY TO GET A TEEN PROGRAM STARTED.
SO WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT ON NEXT WEEK.
SO, UM, WE HAVE GOOD HOPES TO START A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
ONE WAS THE UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY WAS A PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO COME AND HAVE A BUNCH OF RESOURCES UNDER ONE ROOF.
AT THIS EVENT, WE HAD MAYBE LIKE 15 TO 20 VENDORS.
WE GAVE AWAY FREE POOL PASSES, WHICH WAS A HIT.
AND, UM, THEN IN OCTOBER WE JUST PARTNERED WITH THE BEAUFORT CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE, UM, GREAT GRAND FOUNDATION, UM, AND HELD A TRUNK AND TREAT EVENT.
THE BEAUFORT CAR CLUB CAME OUT WITH THEIR FANCY CARS, DECORATED THEIR TRUNKS, AND GAVE AWAY LOTS OF TREATS.
UM, I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY SERVED MAYBE OVER 200 CHILDREN AT THIS EVENT.
SO THIS IS TO BE, TO, TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY HERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A NEW POSITION, AND THIS POSITION IS FOCUSED NORTH OF THE BROAD AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I, I HAVE AN ORG CHART AND A COUPLE SLIDES, SO I'LL KIND OF STEP OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? YES, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE IS GONNA BE PART OF THIS, LIKE, UM, HAVING A YOUTH, UH, BECAUSE I LOVE IT, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICERS AND THE YOUTH TO KINDA BRIDGE THIS.
UM, UM, SO THAT WAS JUST FOR THAT EVENT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OFFICERS THAT ARE OUR MENTORS FOR OUR ALL BOYS GROUP.
DO THEY MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS? YES, EVERY MONDAY.
AND WHERE DO THEY MEET AT? LYNN BROWN.
IS ALL THIS AT LYNN BROWN? UM, THE MENTOR GROUPS ARE AT LYNN BROWN, BUT
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THE CLASSES ARE BETWEEN THESE TWO CENTERS, BETWEEN LYNN BROWN AND THIS FACILITY.SO FAR, HOW MUCH, HOW, HOW MANY, UH, FOLKS DO YOU HAVE PARTICIPATING IN THE CLASSES? MM-HMM.
IT JUST DEPENDS, UM, ON THE INTEREST.
SO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE MAYBE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE THAT LOVE ZUMBA, BUT YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 OR 20 THAT LOVE THE LATIN DANCE.
SO IT KIND OF VARIES ON THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW, THE BRIDGE CLASS, THE BRIDGE PROGRAM, WE HAVE ABOUT 15, UM, SENIORS FROM DAW AND FREP.
THEY MEET EVERY TUESDAY AT LYNN BROWN MEDIA OUTLETS ARE WE USING TO GET THE WORD OUT? UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE USING OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND AN EMAIL BLAST.
AND WE, WE'VE HAD WTOC AND W-S-A-S-A-V AT SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. RIGHT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S KIND KIND OF SNOWBALL AS WE, UH, AS WE GROW.
I'LL SPEAK TO THAT ON A, ON A SECOND.
WONDER WHAT JUNGLE BODY WAS? THAT MIGHT BE MY JAM.
UM, THE, THIS COLUMN AND THIS COLUMN AND THIS COLUMN AND THIS COLUMN ARE MORE TRADITIONAL, WHAT YOU WOULD'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, OUR, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UM, HAS KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN HERE, BUT WE ARE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A POSITION OPEN FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF RECREATION.
UM, SO WE WERE, WE THOUGHT WE WERE CLOSE ON THAT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING.
UM, BUT WE'RE DOING INTERVIEWS FOR, FOR THAT POSITION.
THEIR, THEIR ROLE WILL BE TO MANAGE RECREATION AS A PROGRAM ACROSS, ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH RECREATION, SO WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH OUR LEAGUE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS.
WE'VE GOT GREAT LEAGUE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND KIDS IN ABUSE.
YOU'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF FOCUS ON WHAT WE'LL CALL TRADITIONAL RECREATION, WHICH IS CLASSES, CAMPS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE KEY VISION IS TO MANAGE CLASSES, CAMPS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS PIECE ON THE CLASSES THAT WE OFFER OVER TIME, WE'LL START PROJECT, WE'LL START SHOWING YOU THE NUMBERS THAT WE, WE HAVE IN THOSE CLASSES.
WE'VE ALWAYS OFFERED, UH, NOT ALWAYS, BUT FOR A WHILE.
THEN WE'VE OFFERED, UM, SOME CLASSES LIKE, UM, THE, THE JUNGLE, I'M HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE, THE CHART HERE.
SO LIKE A JUNGLE BODY IS MORE OF A DROP IN TYPE CLASS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND INTO PEOPLE REGISTERING FOR A SIX WEEK CLASS, OR AN EIGHT WEEK CLASS, OR A 10 WEEK CLASS.
SO WE HAVE MORE, UM, KIND OF WHAT I'LL CALL A NORMAL RECREATION PROGRAM, WHICH A LOT OF THE PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE.
SO THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY DOG OBEDIENCE AND, UM, MARTIAL, UH, FULL MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS AND PERFORMING ARTS AND FINE ARTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING.
GETTING, UH, KIND OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PROVIDING RECREATION TO, TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THIS ROLE ARE, ARE THESE THINGS THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY, UH, HAVE IN A 70 30 PROGRAM? YES.
NOW WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THAT TYPE OF DEAL? CORRECT.
SO ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE WE'RE HAVING ACTIVE 70 30 PROGRAMS WITH THAT WE'RE SQUEEZING OUT HERE.
CAN YOU REPHRASE? IS THERE ANYBODY BUDDY THAT, ARE WE STILL DOING 70 30 PROGRAMS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO A LOT OF THE, THE, THE CLASSES THAT WERE LISTED ON THE PREVIOUS, THOSE ARE 70 30 PEOPLE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DO GYMNASTICS AND THEY WILL TEACH, THEY WILL TEACH OUR GYMNASTICS PROGRAMS AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE ON A 70 30.
WE WON'T BE HIRING INSTRUCTORS PER SE WILL BE KIND OF FULFILLING THE 70 30, JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY AVENUE WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD ALL GET A DISTRIBUTION OF THAT ORG CHART.
AND IF YOU COULD PUT, UH, NAMES WHERE THEY'RE AT, AT LEAST AT THE PRESENT TIME, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE COULD HAVE THAT SENT TO US BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND I GUESS THOSE COORDINATORS AND THOSE THINGS DOWN THE MIDDLE, THEY, THEY HAVE NORTH AND SOUTH PEOPLE ARE, SO RIGHT NOW, NO.
SO, UM, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW THIS IS OUR, UM, THIS IS MARISSA.
SHE'S OUR, THIS OUR SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER.
SO THE, THE LINE BOXES, THOSE ARE NEW POSITIONS.
UM, THE, THE, THESE OTHERS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THE SENIOR PROGRAM.
VIDA WAS OUR FIRST RECREATION COORDINATOR.
UM, SO WE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO GET THOSE POSITIONS APPROVED.
WE HAVE TO BEG BAR AND STEAL TO GET THEM FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE SOMEWHAT POSITION LIMITED IN, IN SEVERAL PLACES.
UM, SO THEY, EVERYONE WHO'S BOLDED IS OR NOT OUTLINED IS, IS A CURRENT POSITION.
IT'S JUST THE KIND OF THE RECREATE.
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SO NOT, I DON'T THINK I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE DID START AN ADAPTED SOCCER PROGRAM,[00:35:01]
UM, THIS, THIS FALL, UM, WHICH WE JUST CONCLUDED.UM, SO THAT WE HAD ABOUT 20 CHILDREN WITH, UM, WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THAT PROGRAM.
WE WERE FEATURED ON, UM, WTOP AND WSAV.
THEY DID, UM, THEY CAME AND DID A NICE STORY AND PUT 'EM IN THE PAPERS.
UM, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT IN THE SPRING IN, IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
WE HAVEN'T DECIDED, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT THAT SOMEWHAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY HOSTED THAT AT ONE OF THE SCHOOL LOCAL SCHOOLS.
UM, AND WE'LL PROBABLY BRING THAT BACK IN HOUSE IN THE SPRING BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF, OF RESOURCES.
BUT, UM, THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING OFF THE GROUND.
UM, WE, WE HOSTED THE CROSS COUNTRY MEET AT BURTON WELLS, SO FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS UP NORTH.
SO ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO SLOWLY GET OUR FEET WET ON THE, UM, SHARING OF RESOURCES WITH THE SCHOOLS.
UM, WE'RE HOSTING A YOUTH SUMMIT, UM, NEXT WEEK FOR ALL THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, CHILDREN INTERESTED IN KIND OF PURSUING A, AN, WE'LL CALL IT A, AN ADAPTED PROGRAM.
IT'S KIND OF A, A LEADERSHIP PIECE WHERE THEY'LL BE BUST IN FOR A FEW HOURS TO BURTON WELLS.
UM, SO WE'RE DOING THAT NEXT WEEK.
UM, WE HOSTED MAY RIVER BASKETBALL HERE IN THE GYM, UM, THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE THEY NEEDED SOME RESOURCE.
'CAUSE THEIR TEAMS MADE STATES IN A COUPLE PLACES.
SO THEY LOST THEIR TRYOUT SPACE AT, UM, THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE THUMBS UP PARTNERSHIP, WHICH VITA'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH.
IN FACT, THEY SENT US A LETTER OF, OF THANKING US FOR A KIND OF A SUMMER PROGRAM IN A CONTINUED, UM, FALL TYPE AFTER SCHOOL, UM, PROGRAM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, VITA'S DOING A GREAT JOB OF KIND OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THE GOAL IS THAT WE DO THAT A LOT MORE.
UM, BRINGING IN OUTSIDE GROUPS TO, YOU KNOW, THE BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING TO KIND OF FURTHER THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION EITHER IN, IN THE WORKS OR WILL BE SOON.
WE DID GET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TO PURSUE NEW BUILDINGS FOR AGNES MAJOR AND BOOKER T.
UM, SO THOSE WILL BE, UM, KIND OF BUILD THE PRINT TYPE, UM, BUILDINGS IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
UM, LYNN BROWN IS OUT FOR RFP TO GET THE, ALEX TALKED ABOUT IT.
BUT, UM, GET ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE GYM FLOOR REDONE AND SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES DONE.
I DID SPEAK WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION SUTTON, UM, YESTERDAY, JUST TO VERIFY THAT WE'RE ON TRACK.
THAT IT IS ON TRACK FOR JANUARY 1ST WITH THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE SOME LONG LEAD ITEMS THAT MAY PUSH US BACK.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE THE, RIGHT NOW, FEBRUARY 1ST IS THE CONSERVATIVE, UM, ESTIMATE.
AND WE'RE GONNA STICK WITH FEBRUARY 1ST BECAUSE THINGS NEVER GO AS PLANNED.
UM, BUT THAT WAS CONFIRMED YESTERDAY THAT WE'RE STILL ON TRACK ACCORDING TO THE, UM, OUR ARCHITECT THERE, UH, BLUFF AND CENTER.
WE, UH, MET AND GOT IN PROGRESS, AN ESTIMATE FOR, UM, KIND OF REDOING THE BASEBALL FIELDS AT BLUFFTON CENTER.
AND THEN, UM, TRYING TO TURF THE, UM, THE FIELD IN THE BACK, WHICH WE USE FOR, UM, LACROSSE MOSTLY.
UM, SO WE'RE WAITING, UM, THAT WE'LL GO OUT FOR RFP TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD BASED ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.
UM, BUT IDEALLY WE'D BE ABLE TO, UM, DO THAT.
AND WE, THE SENIOR CENTER PORTION IS ALSO GETTING A NEW ELEVATOR AND GETTING SOME NICE, UM, RENOVATIONS ON THE INSIDE AT BLUFF AND CENTER.
UM, DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO BATHROOMS THERE NOW FROM THE OUTSIDE AT BLUFF AND CENTER? YEAH, WE DO.
UM, THE CHALLENGES, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS OPEN WHEN THEY SHOULD BE.
UM, WE LOST SOME ACCESS 'CAUSE WE, WE WERE DOING EARLY VOTING THERE, SO I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONSTERNATION FROM THE, UH, THE YOUTH STOP YOUTH SOFTBALL, BASEBALL FOLKS.
'CAUSE THE VOTING FOLKS WOULD LOCK IT FROM THE OUTSIDE.
AND SO, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY, PROBABLY A BETTER SOLUTION THAN WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT YET.
WELL, I, I KNOW THAT, THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT WANTING TO GO TO THOSE FIELDS BECAUSE OF THAT AT ONE TIME.
AND I THOUGHT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AND I WENT THERE FOR EARLY VOTING TOO, AND I, I THOUGHT THE SIZE OF THOSE FIELDS AND, AND, AND JUST THE OVERALL CONDITION OF EVERYTHING THERE, IT WAS BEING WELL USED.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A, IT'S KIND OF A, THAT'S KIND OF A JEWEL THERE.
YOU KNOW, SO, SO THE, UM, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS SIDE, WHEN WE DO GET OUR, OUR, SO OUR NEXT RECREATION COORDINATOR, SO A VITA COUNTERPART THAT'S, THEY WILL BE AT BLUFFTON CENTER.
UM, AND THEIR JOB WILL BE TO KIND OF BUILD OUT THE, UM, THE RECREATION PROGRAM AT BLUFF AND CENTER.
SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO KIND OF BUILD UP THOSE FIELDS NICE.
MORE, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH SO THE FENCES ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT, THE RIGHT SIZE IN FIELDS, ET CETERA.
BUT WE'RE, WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW MUCH, HOW FAR OUR DOLLAR WILL GO, WILL GO.
UM, WE'RE, AND FOR A WHILE NOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, UM, NETTING BEHIND THE OSCAR FRAZIER, UM, SPECIFICALLY ASH FRAZIER ONE.
'CAUSE THERE'S SOME, SOME CHALLENGES BETWEEN FLAG FOOTBALL AND, UM, OUR ADULT SPORTS AND HOW HARD THEY CAN HIT THE BALL.
UM, SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GET DONE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR TO GET SOME NETTING OUTSIDE OF AT LEAST FRASIER ONE TO OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF PROTECTION AND KEEP THE BALLS WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
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BECAUSE OF SOFTBALL PEOPLE HIT, CRUSHING THE BALL INTO, YEAH.SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YES.
ON THE, UH, AGNES MAS, AGNES MAJOR CENTER, IS THAT A CENTER OR A GYM? IT'S A CENTER.
I, I WOULD SAY, UM, I'M REALLY, I'M REALLY, UM, HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, THE WORK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT ARE DOING TOGETHER.
AND I COMMEND CARLOS FOR THAT AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE RESOURCES THAT THERE USED TO BE THIS CHINESE WALL BETWEEN US AND THAT'S COMING DOWN.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP US, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE ARE MORE RURAL IN NATURE, ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FACILITIES.
SO I THINK THAT ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE WHAT WE HAVE.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, CARLOS, FOR, FOR SPEARHEADING THAT BEING PART OF THAT.
I'LL PUT IT IN MY PITCH NOW THAT WOULD LOVE TO SEE A JOINT PARKS AND REC AND SCHOOL DISTRICT FIELD COMPLEX.
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE MORE LAND THAN, THAN I THINK WE DO TO SOME EXTENT.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SOME AREAS I WANTED TO SHOW HIM THAT I KNOW THOSE AREAS ARE CURRENTLY BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY, BUT THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS UNDERUTILIZED.
SO SOMETHING, SOME THINGS CAN TAKE PLACE HERE, BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
DESPERATE BASEBALL FIELDS IN SOFTBALL FIELDS ON, ON THIS SIDE.
THERE'S A LITTLE FEW MORE ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT WE DESPERATELY NEED 'EM ON THIS SIDE AND AN AQUA AND AN INDOOR AQUATIC CENTER.
A QUESTION, AND MAYBE CARLOS, YOU KNOW, THIS, UM, I'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS 'CAUSE OF BEING ON THE BOARD.
UM, WHEN THIS CONTRACT GETS DONE, ARE THEY GOING TO REDO THE EVENT FEES? UH, ARE THEY GONNA BE THE SAME? BASICALLY LIKE THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RENTING FROM YOU GUYS AND RENTING FROM THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, LIKE THE PRICING.
SO IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DISCUSSING THAT THAT'S, SO THE MOU FOR THE FACILITY SHARE PIECE, I THINK THE FEES PRETTY MUCH HAVE SOMEWHAT GONE AWAY, UH, AS A PART OF THE BOTH PARTIES WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, SO THE FEES ARE, ARE VERY, VERY, UH, IT'S, IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR OUTSIDE GROUP THAT WOULD WANT TO COME IN, USE THE FACILITY.
SO IT'D BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE CHARGE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, HEY, REAL QUICK, UH, WAS THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH OF THOSE SITES? UM, WHAT'S THAT? THE, UH, WASHINGTON AND, UM, AGNES WAS THAT NEW CONS? I THINK THOSE ARE IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? OR NO, THOSE ARE, IT, IT'S NEW.
THEY TOOK ON AGNES MAJOR AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING WHOLE BRAND NEW BUILDING.
I ACTUALLY VISITED AGNES AND BOOKER T AND SO I THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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HAVE ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE CAUSE OR ANYTHING THEY WANNA, SHOULD I HEAR YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.UM, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER.
I, YOU MAY NOT KNOW ALL OF US AND I'LL YEAH, RIGHT.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO AROUND AND EVERYBODY INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU ARE.
AND SO BUFFY PUERO WILL, WILL KNOW THAT.
UM, I'M BROCK MA, I'M AN ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR, EVAN CHRISTIAN, ATHLETIC MANAGER, DARRYL'S, ALWAYS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME.
BOB ROSE, ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR AT BLUFF SCOTT.
WELL, I'M JEANA HAYES, UM, ALSO KNOWN AS LATE JANA
I'M ALSO A GUEST TEACHER WITH THE, UH, THE
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GUEST TEACHER SCHOOL AT A SUPERVISOR AT, I MEAN, GUEST TEACHER AT A, WITH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS HERE.AND THAT'S WHY I'M, I, FORGIVE ME FOR BEING TARDY.
WITHOUT ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE PARKS AND REC GROUP.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN WAS DEVISED IN PROBABLY OR 2006, RIGHT AROUND THERE.
WE WERE STARTING TO SEE THE GROWTH AFFECT OUR SMALL TOWN COMING WEST OFF OF HILTON HEAD AND MOVING ITS WAY INTO BLUFFTON.
AND BLUFFTON WAS JUST THIS SMALL, SOMEWHAT OF A SQUARE MILE, BUT GROWING.
SO WE DECIDED TO PUT SOME MONEY AND A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS INTO WHAT IS CALLED THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN.
IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2006 AND IT REALLY IS A BLUEPRINT FOR ALL OF OUR POLICIES, IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO THE GARVIN HOUSE IS BEHIND US.
IT'S THE, PROBABLY THE LAST FREEDMAN'S COTTAGE THAT'S ON THE RIVER.
SO YOU LOOK AT IT AND PEOPLE THINK TEAR IT DOWN.
WELL AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK TO THIS OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN, IT WOULD TELL YOU ENHANCE YOUR STRUCTURES, PUT YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND YOUR MONEY INTO PLACES THAT THAT CAN'T BE DUPLICATED.
MY WIFE AND I LIVE HERE IN BLUFFTON.
AND UM, THIS HAS BEEN A, A, A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SINCE ABOUT 2008 AND, UH, BEFORE THE RESTORATION AND RENOVATION STARTED.
AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN SEEING PROGRESS OVER TIME.
WELL, IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
UM, THE, THE HAR THE HOUSE HAS BEEN CALLED THE GARVIN HOUSE FOR JUST KIND OF FOLKLORE VERNACULAR.
AND AS, UH, MELANIE MARKS MY WIFE, WENT THROUGH THE, THE GENEALOGY, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT HIS REAL NAME WAS CYRUS GARVEY.
BUT THROUGH TRANSFER OF DEEDS AND OTHER, OTHER, THE WAY PEOPLE WROTE THINGS THAT HIS NAME IS ACTUALLY CYRUS GARVEY.
AND AT TIMES YOU SEE GARVIN, AT TIMES YOU SEE GARVEY, BUT HIS REAL NAME AS YOU TRACK BACK HIS FAMILY AND SO FORTH IS, IS TRULY CYRUS GARVEY.
YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY SAYS THAT HE BUILT THE HOUSE IN 1870, SHORTLY AFTER, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS FREEDOM, UH, ON PROPERTY THAT BELONGED TO JOSEPH BAYNARD, WHO WAS A PLANTATION OWNER.
HIS SUMMER HOME WAS HERE ON THIS PROPERTY.
BUT HIS PLANTATION WAS NEAR OR POSSIBLY IN THE BOUNDS OF PALMETTO BLUFF, THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, SOMEHOW CYRUS WAS ABLE TO WORK THIS LAND, BUILD HIS HOUSE IN 1870, BUT DIDN'T GET DEEDED THE PROPERTY UNTIL 1880 BY JOSEPH BANAR.
UH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS HOUSE AND HE WAS LIVING HERE IN THE VIEW THAT HE HAD, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.
MY WIFE AND I GOT TOGETHER AND WE SAID WE HAVE TO BECOME PART OF THIS.
SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO COME TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEND TIME HERE AND TRY AND FACILITATE AND BRING MORE AWARENESS TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, THIS IS HISTORY AND HOW COULD WE HELP? WELL, WHAT BRINGS US TO BLUFFTON IS THIS MAGNIFICENT HOUSE HERE, THE GARVIN HOUSE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AS, AS DIRECTOR OF THE PALMETTO TRUST.
I'M ALL OVER THE STATE WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND, AND UH, COMMUNITIES AND THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR EVER SINCE I CAME ON IN 2007.
AND THIS WAS AN AMAZING STORY OF THIS FAMILY AFTER FREEDOM, WERE ABLE TO BUILD THEIR OWN LIVES HERE AND THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION 'CAUSE MOST OF THE PROPERTIES WE WORK WITH DO GET TURNED INTO PRIVATE HOMES.
THIS IS ONE WHERE IT REALLY IS GONNA BE LIKE A MUSEUM, UH, SITUATION WHERE THE PLACE IS SAVED AND THE COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE IN LEARNING ABOUT IT AND THE TOWN CAN LEVERAGE IT AS PART OF THEIR HISTORIC CHARACTER THAT IS SO KNOWN IN BLUFFED.
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TOOK OVER THIS PROJECT, THERE WAS A STABILIZATION PROJECT, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WHERE THESE SIX BY SIXES, CRIBBING CARRIES A STEEL BEAM THAT PRETTY MUCH RUNS THROUGH THE LENGTH OF THE HOUSE.SO YOU'VE GOT ONE HERE AND YOU'VE GOT ONE PRETTY MUCH THAT RUNS DOWN THE CENTER.
AND THIS WAS BASICALLY TO GIVE SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE GOT TO THE POINT OF WHERE IT REALLY COULDN'T STAND BY ITSELF.
NOW THIS IS NEW PRODUCT, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE WERE ABLE TO SALVAGE ALL OF THE, UH, ORIGINAL FLOORING.
SO WE BASICALLY REMOVED IT FROM THE HOUSE, WRAPPED IT UP, DOCUMENTED IT, AND NUMBERED IT SO THAT IT CAN GO BACK DOWN IN THE SAME PLACE.
AND WHAT WE'LL END UP DOING IS PAINTING THE PLYWOOD FLOOR BLACK SO THAT YOU CAN'T SEE DOWN THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AND IT GIVES THE ILLUSION OF WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
WE'LL INSTALL AS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL STUFF AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO PULL DOWN.
BUT WE'LL TAKE THIS DOWN, PHOTOGRAPH IT, DOCUMENT IT, AND WE PUT IT BACK IN THE SAME PLACE.
THIS IS SOME OF THE ORIGINAL OLD BEAM AND BASICALLY IT'S ANYWHERE FROM SIX INCHES TO SIX AND A HALF INCHES 'CAUSE IT'S ALL ROUGH HUED.
IT WAS ALL DONE BY AX AND BASICALLY OUR HAND SAW.
SO IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A STA OR A LITTLE BIT OF A WAVE HERE AND THERE.
SO WE'VE INTERLOCKED AND TIED IT IN.
WHEN WE DUG THE FOOTING, WE CAME ACROSS A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS.
SO JUST VARIOUS BOTTLES, LITTLE BABY PERFUME BOTTLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PRECIOUS TO THEM BACK IN THE DAY.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLD ORIGINAL LIDS FROM THE CANNERY, FROM THE, UH, OYSTER FACTORY.
I KIND OF ALWAYS ENJOYED THE CHALLENGE OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND TRYING TO LOOK AT, OKAY, WHY DID THEY DO THIS? OR HOW DID IT DEVELOP INTO THIS? AND HOW IT PROGRESSED AND CHANGED.
AND JUST EVEN STANDING HERE, YOU NOTICE THAT THIS IS EXTERIOR SIDING.
SO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE USED TO END HERE.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL BACK DOOR.
HAD A FRONT PORCH ON THE FRONT SIDE.
SO AS TIME PROGRESSED THEY NEEDED MORE ROOM.
THEY BASICALLY JUST NOTCHED IN, ADDED TO THE FOUNDATION, BROUGHT A NEW ROOF OUT.
AND NOW THIS BECAME BASICALLY A ANOTHER ROOM, BEDROOM, LIVING ROOM AREA, KIND OF A KITCHEN AREA HERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT RUNNING DOWN TO HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S, YOU CAN SEE THEY ACTUALLY JUST WENT DOWN TO THE BEACH, GOT SAND AND BASICALLY MIXED A SAND MORTAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OYSTER SHELL PIECES IN IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A HEAVY DUTY FOUNDATION LIKE WE HAVE NOW, AND THIS USED TO BE BASICALLY WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS TAKE A CYPRESS STUMP, HOPEFULLY CYPRESS BECAUSE IT WOULD LAST LONGER AND THIS IS 1870.
BUT THEY WOULD BURY THIS INTO THE GROUND AND THEN THEY WOULD START ALL OF THEIR HEAVY BEAM AND FRAMING AND BASICALLY SIT ON TOP OF THIS.
YOU HAVE MILESTONES EVERY DAY.
YOU THINK AFTER, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS THAT YOU KNOW IT, IT'S DIFFERENT EVERY DAY.
SO WE HAVE A STAIRCASE THAT WAS INTACT, SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REMOVE IT, WE KIND OF KEPT IT IN PLACE.
WE WORKED UNDER IT, AROUND IT IN IT.
AND I, WE TEMPORARILY SECURED THIS THING EIGHT DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE WE PUT THE FLOOR SYSTEM UNDER IT.
SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE STRUCTURE, WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT WENT.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD PHYSICALLY REMOVE IT, PHOTOGRAPH, AND THEN WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND JUST LABEL THIS PIECE, WHAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE IT WAS ON, WHERE IT WAS AT.
AND IT BASICALLY GIVES US A GUIDE TO PUT THIS GIANT PUZZLE, YOU KNOW, BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
MOST OF THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT ARE DONE ARE RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE MODERN USE.
WE DO HAVE MODERN CODES THAT HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED HERE BECAUSE OF ITS PUBLIC ACCESS.
UH, BUT EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO TRY TO ENSURE IT COMMUNICATED WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAD TO BUILD.
SO WE DIDN'T PUT IN THESE BIG BRICK PIERS UNDERNEATH.
UH, BUT EVERYTHING HAS WORKED TO GIVE THE AESTHETIC LOOK OF THE TYPE OF HOUSE.
THIS THING WOULD'VE BEEN WHEN IT WAS BUILT TO CAPTURE A POINT IN TIME TO CAPTURE WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PIECE OF A BROADER PICTURE TO CAPTURE WHAT A FAMILY CYRUS GARVEY WAS LIVING IN HERE WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THESE RECLAIMED WOOD AT THE TIME IT WAS RECLAIMED.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM HOUSES THAT WERE BURNED AFTER THE WAR ENDED AND PUT THIS TOGETHER WHERE HE LIVED.
AND THEN THAT'S WHY THE GENEALOGY AND THE HISTORY OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE IT ISN'T JUST A BUILDING, IT'S A MAN AND HIS FAMILY IN A TIME OF OUR HISTORY WITH A BUILDING AND A COMMUNITY AT A TIME OF MOVEMENT.
AND SO YOU WANNA MAKE IT AS REAL AS POSSIBLE.
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AND PLACE THAT NOT MANY PLACES DO ANYMORE.YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, UM, IN THE LOW COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE SUCH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES, USUALLY LITTLE WOODEN BOXES LIKE THIS GET DESTROYED AND LOST.
AND SO THIS COMMUNICATES SOMETHING, UH, POST CIVIL WAR, UM, POST ENSLAVEMENT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT THESE PEOPLE SURVIVING AND OVERCOMING ENSLAVEMENT INTO A PLACE OF FREEDOM AND THEIR NICHE AND PROPERTY AND THEIR OWN HOUSE.
AND, AND THAT TRANSITIONAL STORY IS NOT TOLD ENOUGH IN THE STATE AND WE'RE SO GLAD IT COULD BE DONE HERE.
THE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, IS WORKING IN ALL OF THE OLD LUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE TO THE EXCITING PART OF IT NOW WHERE WE'RE BASICALLY DONE WITH THE FRAMING, NOW WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING THE PUZZLE BACK TOGETHER.
YOU GET A FEEL FOR WHEN THEY ACTUALLY PUT IT TOGETHER AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR FRUSTRATIONS WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF A PARTICULAR SPECIES OF LUMBER OR SOMETHING TO USE AND THEY JUST CHANGED IT UP AND, AND STILL KEPT GOING AND PUSHED FORWARD.
I KNEW THE HOUSE WOULD BE HERE WHEN WE GET BACK.
JUST THE, THE METHODICAL WAY THAT WE PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THESE BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES THAT HAVE SURROUNDED THIS.
'CAUSE I DID COME DOWN HERE THREE DAYS AFTER THE STORM AND THERE WAS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
I COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE HOUSE.
I, I GOT DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS I COULD AND LOOKED AT THE HOUSE AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH.
IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY THAT THE THING WAS STILL HERE, HIGH AND DRY, NO LEAKS, NO NOTHING, NO DAMAGE.
AND THAT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, LUCKY.
I NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, I PRESENTED THE TOWN WITH OUR FINISHED REPORT.
UM, AND I KNOW THE TOWN IS PLANNING ON USING THAT MATERIAL TO PROMOTE THE, THE HISTORY OF THE, THE HOUSE THROUGH BROCHURES, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE TO MAKE IT A TRUE DESTINATION FOR TOURISTS.
I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE TO APPLY THE BLUFFING PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR KNOWING THE VALUE AND OF THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THIS HOUSE.
FOR THE TOWN IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IN THIS COUNTRY THESE DAYS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH STRIFE AND THERE'S SO MUCH CONFLICT AND FRICTION TO ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS SAY, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT OUR MONEY HERE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW PEOPLE OVER TIME DID WORK TOGETHER AND RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND WE'RE RESURRECTING NOT ONLY A HOUSE, BUT REALLY A, A LEGACY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT ROSE ABOVE A BIG CHALLENGING TIME.
WHEN THE STORM COMES, THE TWISTER FORMS AND THE WIND STARTS RIPPING THINGS AWAY.
YOU'LL ASK YOURSELF HOW PREPARED OR UNPREPARED ARE YOU? DO YOU HAVE A SHELTER, A SAFE PLACE TO GO, SOMETHING TO SHIELD YOU? THAT'S EASY TO GET TO.
IS IT STOCKED WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED? WATER, FOOD AND BATTERIES.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR KIDS? DID THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO STAY IN TOUCH.
IF A WATCH IS DECLARED A TORNADO MIGHT BE ON ITS WAY, GETTING READY TO BLOW THINGS AWAY, STAY INFORMED, WAIT FOR UPDATES.
AND IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OR OUT FOR A RIDE, MOVE CLOSE TO SOMEWHERE.
WHEN A WATCH BECOMES A WARNING, YOU HAVE TO ACT FAST.
GO AS LOW AS YOU CAN AND HOLD ON TIGHT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT.
ONCE THE STORM HAS PASSED AND YOU GET THE ALL CLEAR, TAKE YOUR SUPPLIES NOW.
WATCH OUT FOR DANGEROUS DEBRIS.
PROTECTING YOURSELF IS A NECESSITY.
SO BEFORE THE STORM COMES, THE TWISTER FORMS AND THE WIND STARTS RIPPING THINGS AWAY.
GET PREPARED, MAKE A PLAN, AND PRACTICE WHAT TO DO TO STAY SAFE.
AMERICA'S PREPAREATHON, BE SMART.