* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY, THE, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY [1. Call to Order] PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD, UH, MEETING, UH, CALL IT TO ORDER TODAY. UH, IF WE'D ALL PLEASE STAND AND GIVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, 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. OKAY? MM-HMM . UH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. UH, WHY DON'T, UH, YOU START AND WE WILL HEAD AROUND HERE, AND THEN WE WILL GO THIS WAY. ALL RIGHT. HEATHER CLINT WITH PARKS AND REC, LONG CAPITAL NORTH OF BROAD , SOUTH OF BROAD. BRUCE GER, SOUTH OF BROAD, KAISER, SOUTH BROAD LUFFY CAMP RO NORTH. UH, BILL MAC, A BIKE STORE DOWNTOWN WITH BEFORD TRAILBLAZER, BONNIE GORDON. I'M FRIEND. BILL KRO, CITY OF BEFORD. UH, ROB WELLS WOULD VISIT BE FOR PORT IN THE SEATTLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ST. I'VE BEEN DIRECTOR PARKS, CORRECT. A ERIC ION DIRECTOR CHRIS OF SEA ISLANDS PICKLEBALL CLUB. SCOTT WHITEHEAD, HALEY JOHNSON, B FOR ONE. ROSA, BROAD RIVER PARK, RECREATION AND ATHLETIC, UH, MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU'ALL FOR BEING HERE. UM, CAN I GET, UH, [4. Approval of Agenda] AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOVED. MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A. OKAY. UH, PRESENTATION. [5. Introduction/Presentation: Friends of Burton Wells] FRIENDS OF BURTON WELLS. OH, THERE'S, I SET THIS JUST RIGHT HERE. UM, SURE. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. IS THAT EASY ENOUGH? WELL, I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK UP THERE, BUT IF, IF, UH, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BETTER FOR US. YOU CAN, CAN EVERYBODY SEE THAT? AND THERE'S A MICROPHONE ON THE END OF THAT TABLE. WHAT, WHATEVER PREFERENCE IS. CAN EVERYBODY SEE THIS? WE HAVE A SECOND ONE HERE. IF, IF THE SIDE OF THE ROOM WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT TOO. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. AND THEY'LL BE HERE SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THEM ON THEIR WAY OUT. OKAY. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO COME AND SHARE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE BEAUFORT COMMUNITY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW, UM, WITH THE CREATION OF OUR FRIENDS OF BURTON WELLS REGIONAL PARK. UM, SO THE MISSION OF THE FRIENDS ORGANIZATION IS TO SUPPORT BURTON WELLS AS THE FACILITY THAT IT IS OVER 300 ACRES OF AMAZING PROPERTY, NORTH OF THE BROAD, WITH TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL, UM, THAT, THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY, THEY'RE INFLUENCING LIVES, INFLUENCING THE COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S, IN OUR OPINION, JUST SO MUCH ROOM TO IMPROVE THOSE PROGRAMS AND TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND WE'RE HERE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE THAT. SO WHAT WE SEE, THE FRIENDS OF BURTON WELLS BEING IS A COMMUNITY LIAISON BETWEEN PARKS AND REC AND THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY NOTICED THAT WITH A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE OUT HERE AND THINGS THAT AREN'T BEING DONE OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY'S OPINIONS. UM, AND [00:05:02] WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE THAT BUFFER SO THAT PARKS AND REC CAN DO THEIR JOB AND WE CAN HANDLE SOME COMMUNITY, UM, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT THE FACILITY IS AND WHAT THE, THE VISION OF IT IS. UM, SO THE BOARDS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN, UM, WHEN THE PARK WAS FIRST STARTED, AND A LOT OF THIS DID GET COMPLETED. UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT DID NOT, AND THEN THERE'S A BIG AREAS THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO GROW. BEAUFORT COUNTY. UM, WE ARE NOT ONLY OUT HERE MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK WITH BASEBALL. WE'VE DONE SOCCER OUT HERE, AND IT'S SUCH A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE TOWN OF BEAUFORT. OKIE, I MEAN, WALTER BOROUGH. IT, IT COULD JUST REALLY BE THIS SUBSTANTIAL PLACE. BUT SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IN TALKING TO PEOPLE, UM, I OWN A COUPLE LOCAL BUSINESSES, SO WHEN I COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE, THEY SAY, WELL, WHERE'S THAT? AND THAT TO ME IS JUST SO HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ALEX POURS HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS FACILITY. AND I KNOW THAT THE KIDS THAT ARE OUT HERE ARE BEING POSITIVELY IMPACTED. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE OR PLAY PICKLEBALL, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY, VERY POPULAR HERE. UM, I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH OF AN ASSET IS OUT HERE NOW. AND WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE THAT THIS GEM IS HERE. UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME AREAS THAT WE AS, UM, THE FRIENDS GROUP FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE SEEN OF AREAS OF POTENTIAL GROWTH WITH ADDITIONAL LARGER FACILITIES. WE'RE ALSO IN THE, UM, THE TRAVEL SPORTS WORLD WITH MY HIGH SCHOOL AGED DAUGHTER. SO WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT ROCK HILL AND EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THESE BIG TOURNAMENTS THAT HAPPEN. AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SPEND WEEKENDS UP IN COLUMBIA BECAUSE IT'S AS QUICK AS YOU CAN GET IN, AS QUICK AS YOU CAN GET OUT. AND THE, THE DRAW, THE BIG ONE WEEK IN A MONTH TOURNAMENT THAT YOU GO UP TO MYRTLE BEACH, YOU MAKE A VACATION OUT OF IT, YOU MAKE IT ALONG. AND I REALLY COULD SEE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SPORTS TOURISM SIDE WITH AN ECONOMIC, EXCUSE ME, AN ECONOMIC IMPACT WITH GROWING THE FACILITIES JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY PROJECTED IN THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND PLEASE UTILIZE US AS AN ASSET. UH, THAT IS OUR GOAL. UM, FIELDING EMAILS ABOUT DOG PARK FUNCTION OR PARKING PROBLEMS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO, UM, BUFFER TO ALLOW PARKS AND REC THE FREEDOM TO DO THEIR JOB AND TO PARTNER WITH THEM IN ANY WAY. THE OTHER, UM, REALLY, REALLY STRONG ASSET TO HAVING A FRIENDS GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH YOU IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT IT OPENS UP AS FAR AS PERSONAL DONATIONS, GRANTS, FEDERAL FUNDING, THINGS LIKE THIS. SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A MISCONCEPTION THAT WE ARE HERE ASKING FOR MILLION DOLLAR FACILITIES AND WE WANT THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR IT, BUT WE ARE HERE TO COME ALONGSIDE YOU GUYS AND TO BE A PARTNER, TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES, TO GET COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. WELL, I, I WOULD JUST MAKE THE COMMENT, UM, THAT ON HILTON HAD, UM, THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION AND I, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO NOW, BUT PEOPLE FOR PARKS WAS A SIMILAR TYPE OF AN ORGANIZATION AND THEY SPEARHEADED, UH, A LOT OF FUNDRAISING THAT WENT INTO THE CROSSINGS PARK. SO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS YOURSELVES, YOU KNOW, HAVE GREAT ROLES. I THINK IT'S, UM, AND THIS IS MY OPINION, ERIC, YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION, UM, BUT I THINK AS YOU SAID, YOU NEED TO BE COMPLI COMPLIMENTARY IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, THE MISSION IS. ABSOLUTELY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE AN ADVISORY GROUP. WE DO NOT MAKE THE DECISIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, THAT'S DONE ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL LEVEL. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO INTO THE BUDGET EACH YEAR AND SEE WHAT'S ALLOCATED TO THESE VARIOUS THINGS. BUT IF YOU HAVE A SMALL, A, A, A STRONG COMMUNITY GROUP AND WE'RE WORKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TOGETHER, I MEAN, I, I DON'T SEE THAT AS NOT BEING A POSITIVE. DO YOU ERIC? NO, I DON'T SEE IT, UM, AS NOT BEING A POSITIVE. WHAT, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IN RELATIONSHIPS SUCH AS THIS? SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE MENTIONED? UM, THERE'S, THERE'S ELECTED OFFICIAL DECISIONS ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? AND SO [00:10:01] YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY MEET AND JUST, I MEAN, I, I EXPLAINED TO SOMEBODY WHEN I HEARD ABOUT FRIENDS OF BURTON WELLS THAT WE'RE ALREADY GOVERNED BY A BOARD. UM, I KNOW A LOT OF POPUP GROUPS COME OUT AND WANT TO ESTABLISH GROUPS FOR WHATEVER REASON. UM, AND SO YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT POUR INTO IT AS FAR AS GOING TO TOURNAMENTS AND THEY WANNA SEE 'EM HERE. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL HOST 'EM HERE, BUT WE ARE A RECREATION THAT WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR CONCENTRATION ON IN-HOUSE SPORTS. UM, TRAVEL SPORTS IS GREAT. WE LOVE TRAVEL SPORTS, BUT WE HAVE GROUPS THAT MAY DO THAT, BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TRAVEL SPORTS BECAUSE WE LIKE THE, WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS CAN PARTICIPATE, TRAVEL. UM, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF KID AND A CERTAIN LEVEL OF KID THAT'S GONNA PARTICIPATE IN THAT. SO I GET THE POINT WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE TOURNAMENTS, AND WE HAVE, UH, WHEN I GOT HERE LAST YEAR, WE HAD A HUGE TOURNAMENT. WE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WON'T HAVE IT THIS YEAR OR EVEN MAYBE NEXT YEAR, UM, THE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT, BUT IT WILL BE COMING BACK. TALK ABOUT THE DIXIE. THE DIXIE, YEAH. YEAH. AND I DID MEET WITH ROB ON SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH SOME TOURNAMENTS THAT THEY WERE AFFILIATED WITH, AND THEY CAN, THOSE GROUPS CAN ACTUALLY COME AND MEET WITH US AND WE CAN DETERMINE ON HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY FACILITATE THOSE TOURNAMENTS HERE IN BEAVER COUNTY. SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. OR THOSE, UM, PARENTS THAT HAVE KIDS THAT PLAY HERE CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE HERE AS WELL. YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST THE, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE TRAVEL AS WELL BECAUSE I COACHED TRAVEL BASEBALL FOR A LONG TIME. ALLEN'S DONE IT. UM, I JUST WANNA PUT OUT THAT THAT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL, I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE COMPARING IT TO IS, IS THE FACILITY THAT'S IN BLUFFTON AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT LARGE SCALE FACILITY IS HAVING ON BLUFFTON, THE PEOPLE OF BEAUFORT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT IT ON THIS SIDE AS WELL. SO I, I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE REC CENTER IN BLUFFTON? OR WHICH WHICH THE BUCKWALTER FACILITY? YEAH. YEAH. THE WHOLE MM-HMM . YEAH. YEAH. SO, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND I THINK WE'RE, DIDN'T MEAN TO GET OFF ON THAT TANGENT, BUT WHAT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS ACCESS TO RECREATION FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND, AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY. UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING. UM, THE SECOND THING IS, IS THAT WE, WE WENT THROUGH A MAJOR STUDY, UH, AND LOOKED AT, WENT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH MEETINGS TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS. AND SO ANY, THE LONGER THAT THAT STUDY SITS ON THE SHELF RIGHT, IT LOSES ITS IMPACT. UM, BUT A COUPLE THINGS YOU SAID I REALLY AGREE WITH, AND THAT IS IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE. UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO BUILD A LITTLE MORE BRAND AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE. UM, MY FRIEND MR. PICKLEBALL OVER THERE, WE TALKED, UH, WHAT, TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE YEARS AGO. AND AT THAT TIME, YOU SORT OF FELT LIKE IF WE BUILT PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL, QUARTZ HERE, THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE UTILIZED. WE SORT OF DETERMINED THAT THEY ARE BEING UTILIZED. YEAH. SO, SO YES, WE'VE GOT A GREAT JEWEL HERE. WE PROBABLY NEED TO, UM, GET SOME MORE PR ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE OUT HERE. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS BOARD, AGAIN, IS AN ADVISORY BOARD, UM, IS WHOLLY IN. UM, UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO TELL ME I'M WRONG, WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF SUPPORTING YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO WORK TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR RECREATION. IS THAT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER WAY TO FACILITATE THAT RELATIONSHIP IS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU CAN MEET WITH THE GROUP DEFINITELY. AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN REPORT BACK TO US WHAT YOU'RE DOING. BUT I KNOW THAT THAT RELATIONSHIP ON HILTON HAD WAS VERY FRUITFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP CAN BE AS FRUITFUL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WE DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM AT THE JANUARY MEETING. I APOLOGIZE. SO WE NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, I'M SORRY. PUBLIC COMMENT. I ALWAYS SKIP, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER'S HERE FOR HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I APOLOGIZE. BUT, UH, [6. Public Comment] WHO IS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY? HI, THE BRIEF ROBIN. SURE. COME ON. STAND RIGHT HERE. WATCH. DON'T GO AROUND. THIS IS FINE. WELL, OKAY. SO YEAH, JOE MACK, I LIVE, I LIVE IN BUFORD, WORK IN BUFORT, AND I GREW UP IN BUFORT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA SPEAK OR NOT, BUT I CAME FOR THE, THE PRESENT. [00:15:03] SO TO KEEP THIS SHORT, UM, YOU KNOW, FUN, THERE'S NO PHILANTHROPISTS IN BUFORT. SO IF, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WINS A LOTTERY, SO THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY JUST TO THE NORTH BERHAM, UM, ABOUT 500 ACRES, I BELIEVE BONNIE SAID THIS WAS WHAT, 300 ACRES? YES. SO 500 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF JOE FRAZIER ON THE BROAD RIVER SIDE. UH, THEY'LL PROBABLY EVENTUALLY PUT HOMES, UH, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS, I THINK, UM, I THINK 5,000,020, 30 YEARS AGO. BUT LIVE IN VIRGINIA, RICHMOND, UM, BIG TIME DEVELOPERS. AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF JOE FRAZIER, WELL, LET ME BACK UP THE WEST SIDE. THAT 500 ACRES, I, I BIKED THAT PROPERTY. SO WE WERE LOOKING TO PUT TRAILS, SO MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS, RUNNING TRAILS, UH, WALKING TRAILS. IT'S ALL THE SAME THING. MULTI-USE. IT'S THE ONLY SPORT HANGING WITH PICKLEBALL FOR EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. UM, THAT PROPERTY IS GORGEOUS. IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY. AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TIED INTO THE SAME PROPERTY, BUT THEY, WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT, THAT WOULD BE ON THIS SIDE OF JOE FRAZIER, UM, CLOSER TO HERE. THAT'S ABOUT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES. THEY WANTED CRAM IN THE HOMES THERE SO THAT IT'S ALL WOOD WOODS RIGHT NOW. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ACQUIRE THAT LAND FOR THAT AMOUNT OF PRICING. UH, IT, IT'S DIFFICULT. THAT IS, I I BIKED A LOT OF PROPERTIES SCOUTING 'EM, SO . SO, SO JUST TO KIND OF PULL US BACK ON HERE, UM, ARE, ARE YOU ADVOCATING THAT, THAT THE COUNTY BUY THAT PROPERTY? UH, I MEAN, IF YOU, YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET THAT OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE PRODUCT FOLKS. SO I, I DON'T, WITH THAT KIND OF PRICE MONEY, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S WORTH TODAY. SO I DON'T KNOW. I, I, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT REAL FAMILIAR WITH LAND. I, I JUST SCOUT HIM WITH MY BICYCLE. WE HAVE BUILT A TRAIL, UH, WE BUILT A TRAIL OVER BY, UH, BY THE HOSPITAL REBO ROAD. UM, WE SAW ROOF TRAIL, UM, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT'S HOME FOR RED TAPE TAKING FOREVER TO DO SOMETHING. AND THAT'S HOPING THAT THEY PULL THE RIGHT TRIGGER DECISION AFTER, YOU KNOW, 10, 20 YEARS. IT TOOK, TOOK, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS. SO WE BUILT THAT TRAIL, YOU KNOW, NO CONSULTANT, NO NOTHING. WE JUST WENT AND BUILT IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEEDED PERMISSION, WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IT WOULD'VE TOOK. IT WASN'T OUR LAND. UM, SO WELLS. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, WE NEED SOMETHING ON THE WEST SIDE. WE NEED SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE. WE NEED SOMETHING WAY OFF TO THE EAST, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LADIES ISLAND AND HELENA. THE, THE, THE MONEY SHOULD BE A, A BONUS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT THE PASSION, YOU GOTTA GET, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA HAVE THE BACKBONE AND WE GOTTA MAKE THIS HAPPEN. YOU CAN'T SIT HERE AND, AND LISTEN TO THE FIVE PEOPLE. THEY'RE GONNA SAY NO TO SOMETHING. SO CAN'T BE SCARED OF GRAND TRASH. YOU CAN'T BE SCARED OF DICK STEWART. YOU CAN'T BE SCARED OF THESE PEOPLE. YOU JUST GOTTA GO AND DO THE GIVE, GIVE THE KIDS AND GIVE 'EM WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WANT. JUST SOMETHING THEY WANT. AND THAT'S YOUR OWN STUDY. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SURVEYS IN THAT STUDY THAT I READ. YEAH. AND THAT THEY, THAT IS IN THERE THAT THEY WANTED IT. SURE. FOR SURE. SURE. THIS, THIS BOARD, THIS BOARD DEALS WITH, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES ON PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY ACQUIRED THAT THE COUNTY OWNS. SO AS FAR AS ACQUIRING MORE LANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT'S A COUNTY DECISION, NOT A PARKS AND REC DECISION. I MEAN, PARKS AND REC OBVIOUSLY HAS INPUT ON THAT, WHAT WE NEED. UM, SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF THE PURVIEW OF, OF, OF THIS GROUP. NOW, IF, IF THERE ARE TRAILS THAT COULD BE PUT ON BURTON WELLS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SITUATION BECAUSE WE ALREADY OWN THE PROPERTY. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN. I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A, A LOOP TRACK OR SOMETHING THAT, A WALKING PATH. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO WORK WITH THESE, WITH THIS GROUP TO THEY GOT A PAVE PAVE PATH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BURTON WELLS ROAD. RIGHT. BUT, BUT UNDERSTAND, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT A GROUP. I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE SOME INFLUENCE AND WE COULD, WE COULD, IF IF PARKS AND REC WAS LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, WE COULD SUPPORT THAT. BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT, REALLY NOT OUR ROLE. RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T FALL ENOUGH FALL PAST THE PARKS. RIGHT. BUT JUST FOOD FOR DOG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW, UH, [7. Review and Approval of January Minutes – January 09, 2025 (backup)*] REVIEW AND APPROVE THE JANUARY MILLIONS. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? MOTION TO APPROVE? WE'RE APPROVING THOSE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM LAST TIME. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, THE [8. Review and Approval of March Minutes – March 06, 2025 (backup)] MARCH MINUTES, [00:20:02] HAVE WE REVIEWED THOSE? CAN SOMEONE GIMME A MOTION ON THAT? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY, GOOD. ALRIGHT. UM, FEE WAIVER. [9. Fee Waiver/Reduction Requests] REDUCTION REQUEST. HOW ABOUT THE SHEPHERD TENNIS ACADEMY? YES. YES. AND, UH, IT WAS JANICE, RIGHT? I'M JANICE, YES. YES. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? JANICE JOHNSON. JOHN JOHNSON. OKAY. AND I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THIS RIGHT, BUT I JUST WANNA KIND OF, ALRIGHT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, JANICE BROUGHT BY A, UH, UM, IN ADDITION TO YOUR PACKET THAT I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE, UM, AND THAT JANICE, WE HAVEN'T ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ ALL THIS, BUT UH, WE DO HAVE IT HERE. SO GO AHEAD. I'LL READ SOME OF IT. UM, THE STUFF THAT HA WELL, I'LL JUST READ SOME OF IT. I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, MOST OF, MOST OF BEAUFORT KNOW LARRY SHEPHERD. RAISE YOUR HAND. LARRY IS TAUGHT MORE. MOST OF THE KIDS IN BEAUFORT, UH, GREW UP IN BEAUFORT, LEARNING HOW TO PLAY TENNIS. HE WENT TO GRAMBLING UNIVERSITY ON A TENNIS SCHOLARSHIP. AND THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. HE WORKS TO GET THE KIDS, UH, TENNIS PREPARED AND HELPS THEM GET SCHOLARSHIPS TO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE. AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LARRY SINCE 2009 ON AND OFF. UM, HE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD GROUP NOW THAT HE'S GOT, HIS ORGANIZATION IS NOW 5 0 1 C3. HE'S GOT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, WE ARE, I SAY THEY, BUT WE ARE ORGANIZED. NOW. I'M NOT ON THE BOARD. I'M STILL LIKE, LIKE OFFSITE HELPING. UH, WE GAVE, UM, TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR. THERE WAS THIS FIRST TOURNAMENT HE'S EVER GIVEN FOR THE SHEPHERD TENNIS ASSOCIATION FOR KIDS IN THE AREA. AND THEY, IT WAS JUST TO KINDA GET EVERYBODY TO GET TO KNOW WHO, WHO WE ARE, WHO, WHO LARRY IS, WHO BUFORT IS. AND IT ATTRACTED KIDS FROM ATLANTA. WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST U-S-T-A-U, UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION. THAT'S THE FIRST USTA SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT, UH, THAT LARRY'S EVER GIVEN, UH, OR SHEPHERD TENNIS HAS EVER GIVEN. AND IT, IT DREW SO MUCH ATTENTION THAT WE HAD TO SHAVE IT DOWN. WE HAD MORE KIDS THAN WE HAD PLANNED TO HAVE. AND SO WE SHAVED IT DOWN. WE ONLY HAD ONE DAY, WE NEEDED TWO DAYS, SO WE CUT THE MATCHES DOWN. SO IT WAS FUN, BUT IT WASN'T ENJOYABLE. THE KIDS COULDN'T GET COMPETITIVE BECAUSE WE HAD TO TIME THE MATCHES AND BLOW THE WHISTLE. 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO PLAY. SO THIS YEAR WE WANTED TO GET TWO, TWO DAYS INSTEAD OF, UH, ONE DAY. AND, AND, UH, BUT LAST YEAR WHEN WE APPLIED, WE, THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME. WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE FIRST TOURNAMENT. BUT LAST YEAR WHEN WE APPLIED THE BOARD DIDN'T, UH, REQUEST ANY KIND OF A FEE, UH, EXCEPTION OR WAIVER OR ANYTHING, WHATEVER THE FEE WAS. THEY JUST WENT AHEAD AND PAID IT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ORDINARILY DO. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME. THE FEES THAT THE KIDS HAD TO PAY TO PLAY IN THE TOURNAMENT. THAT ALL GOT SUCKED UP FOR WITH THE COURT FEES. BUT WE, WE WEREN'T THERE TO MAKE MONEY. WE WERE THERE TO, WE WERE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, SO WE WERE JUST THERE TO GET OUR NAME ON THE BOARD. IT JUST DID MORE THAN WE THOUGHT BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE. UM, I GUESS THEY'RE JUST KIDS JUST HURTING TO PLAY TENNIS. 'CAUSE WE, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS FROM ATLANTA AND THE PARENTS WERE ON THE WAY DOWN AND CALLING US. AND, AND MOST KIDS TOURNAMENTS, 'CAUSE WE USUALLY TAKE OUR KIDS TO TOURNAMENTS OUT TO CHARLESTON OR HILTON HEAD. AND WHEN WE GO TO JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS THERE, IT'S JUST WATER AND, UH, GATORADE AND BANANAS AND STUFF. WELL, UH, LARRY WASN'T HAVING IT. THE, UH, BRICKS RESTAURANT RIGHT NEXT DOOR FROM LARRY. THEY SAID SET IT OUT WITH NICE FOOD AND FRUIT AND STUFF FOR THE KIDS. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A SMASH THE FIRST TOURNAMENT. BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN WE SPENT ALL THE MONEY ON THE COURT RESERVATIONS, THE BALLS AND ALL THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT TO DO IT, WE CAME OUT, IT WOULD BE CALLED A LAWSUIT. IF IT WASN'T A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LAW. BUT IT WAS A GAME BECAUSE OUR NAME IS ON THE BOARD AND SO IS BUFORD'S NAME ON THE BOARD. UH, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT U-U-S-T-A WAS GOING TO SEND OUT, UM, CUSTOMER REVIEW AFTER THE TOURNAMENT. AND, AND I BROUGHT THAT TO YOU. THE PARENTS THAT BROUGHT THEIR KIDS TO THE TOURNAMENT, THEY REVIEWED THE TOURNAMENT AND THEY, THEY WERE TELLING US TOO THAT THAT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY [00:25:01] THE BEST. AND IT WAS, 'CAUSE I TAKE OUR KIDS TO TOURNAMENTS AND I SEE HOW PEOPLE TREAT THE KIDS LIKE THEIR NUMBERS INSTEAD OF, SOME KIDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO COUNT OR SOME DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GAME. WELL, WE HAD, UH, VOLUNTEERS FROM, OF TENNIS PLAYERS FROM DOWNTOWN OUT THERE HELPING, HELPING THE PARENTS, HELPING THE KIDS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE MADE A BOOKLET NOW FOR THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS ALWAYS HAVE SO THEY CAN KNOW ABOUT TOURNAMENTS. SO NOW WE ARE GETTING READY TO HAVE OUR SECOND ANNUAL, IT'S CALLED THE SCHOOLS OUT TOURNAMENT. AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, JUNE 14TH AND 15TH. WE DECIDED TO TRY TO GET ONE MORE DAY. BUT WE, WE PAID A WHOLE LOT FOR ONE DAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I, I ASKED HEATHER IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER LETTING US GET THE COURTS JUST WAIVE THE FEES ON THAT COURT FOR THAT REASON. OKAY. SO, SO THE REQUEST THAT YOU MADE HERE IS FOR JUNE 7TH AND JUNE 8TH. SO NOW THAT WOULD BE, OH, OH, I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. WE'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED THEY DID CHANGE IT. THAT WAS HER. WE HAD TO CHANGE IT. I'M SORRY. IT'S GOOD. WE'VE GOT THE, THE COURT'S ABILITY. YEAH, I HAD TO CHANGE IT TO 14. WE HAVE A 70 30, UH, AGREEMENT WITH MR. SHEPHERD. RIGHT. SO, SO THIS, THIS IS THROUGH YOU, THROUGH YOUR ORGANIZATION. YES. IT'S OKAY. AND, UH, SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT SEVEN HOURS A DAY AND FOR TWO DAYS YES. PER COURT. AND HOW MANY COURTS ARE YOU REQUESTING? YOU NEED SIX COURTS? 'CAUSE WE GONNA, LAST YEAR WE ONLY HAD FOUR. WE HAD AGES 12, 14, 16, AND 18. THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE 10-YEAR-OLD. SO WE'RE GONNA GONNA HAVE FIVE AGE GROUPS. IT'S GONNA GO UP FROM 64 KIDS, UM, UH, ENTRANCE TO 80. SO WE NEED, WE NEED TWO DAYS. WE, WE NEED TWO DAYS AND WE NEED TO USE LIKE THE SIX COURTS FOR TWO DAYS. OKAY. SO, SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE HERE IS WE WOULD, IF, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, HEATHER, UH, UNDER OUR CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE, IT'D BE $90 PER COURT PER DAY FOR SEVEN HOURS? UH, YEAH. WELL IT'S 50 PER THREE HOURS AND THEN 10 $10 PER HOUR THEREAFTER. YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO IF YOU WANTED SIX COURTS FOR SEVEN HOURS, THAT'S GONNA BE $540 A DAY. IS THAT CORRECT? MM-HMM . OKAY. SO $1,080. OKAY. AND THIS IS GONNA BE A-U-S-T-A SANCTIONED EVENTS? YES. OKAY. UM, BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, DANNY, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY, ANY COMMENTS? WELL, IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE PICKLEBALL GROUP THAT WE APPROVED LAST FALL? YOU MEAN FOR, FOR THE WHOLE FACILITY THAT THEY RAN? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE'S A CHARITABLE COMPONENT TO THIS. YEAH, THE PICK THE PICKLEBALL, UM, TOURNAMENT, THEY RAISED ALL THE MONEY AND THEY DONATED ALL THE MONEY TO A LOCAL CHARITY. AND I THINK THEY ENDED UP RAISING, I DON'T KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES HERE, BUT I THINK IT WAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. 15,000 OR SOMETHING. 9,000. SO I, I, I THINK THE POSITION OF THE BOARD FOR THAT ACTIVITY WAS CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THE PROCEEDS AND PUT IT IN A LOCAL CHARITY THAT WE WANTED TO SUPPORT THAT. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE A DIFFERENT RE REMEMBRANCE OF THAT? WAIT, I DON'T REMEMBER. WERE THEY A 5 0 1 C3? YEAH. THE ENTITY THAT RAN THE PICKLEBALL. PICKLEBALL? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAD, UH, HERE YOU GO, BRIAN FLON, LOW COUNTRY PICKLEBALL LEAGUES RECAP FOR THE TOURNAMENT. UM, THE TWO DAY TOURNAMENT RAISED A THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD FOR SECOND HELPING. THEY ALSO PRESENTED A CHECK TO THE DIRECTOR OF FAMILY PROMISE FOR $12,687. AND, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, SO WE, WE LOOKED AT THAT, UH, ON THE FRONT END WHEN WE APPROVED IT, UM, WAS THE PURPOSE OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND THAT'S WHY WE GAVE THAT. UH, AND I THINK OUR RESPONSE WHEN HE CAME BACK AND TOLD US, UH, IS THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT ACTIVITY AGAIN BECAUSE WE WERE USING OUR RESOURCES HERE LOCALLY TO SUPPORT LOCAL PEOPLE. ISN'T, IS THAT OKAY? MAY I, MAY I CLARIFY ONE THING? SURE. UH, THE, THE 70 30 AGREEMENT YOU HAVE WITH, UH, SHEPHERD TENNIS IS FOR WHEN, WHEN ADULTS GO ONLINE AND, AND SIGN UP FOR CLASSES. YEAH, I WAS, I WAS JUST POINTING OUT THAT WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP [00:30:01] WITH THE ENTITY ALREADY. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WAS POINTING OUT. THE SHEPHERD TENNIS ACADEMY IS NON-PROFIT, SO HE GIVES FREE LESSONS TO THE KIDS. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP, SO THANK YOU, SIR. EVERY SATURDAY. YEAH, THANK YOU. SO THE, THE, WE HAD ANOTHER ENTITY COME IN FRONT OF US REPRESENTING BEAUFORT SENIOR SENIORS WHO PARTICIPATED WITH USTA REQUESTING A FEE AND WAIVER. AND WE DECLINED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS USTA. AND, UM, SO, SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I'M ASKING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANNA RUN A TENNIS TOURNAMENT AND PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN. UM, I'M JUST SEARCHING FOR A REASON WHY WE WOULD, WE WOULD WAIVE THE FEES ON THOSE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I KNOW THAT, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE FEES FOR A REASON. I GUESS THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT ON THAT? WELL, THE KIDS, THE KIDS ARE PAYING THE, WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY ONLY PAY $30 TO PLAY. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT LIKE A REGULAR ADULT TOURNAMENT WHERE IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS. IT'S NOT MONEY MAKING VENTURE. SO. RIGHT. WE JUST, WERE HOPING BECAUSE HE'S NOT FOR PROFIT AND HE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER WAIVING THE FEE ON FOR THAT TOURNAMENT. YEAH. YEAH. FOR TWO DAYS OUT OF A YEAR, . YEAH. WELL, AGAIN, I, I MEAN I, I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. MM-HMM . I MEAN, I, I THINK WE HAVE IN THE PAST WAIVED A PORTION OF FEES FOR CERTAIN THINGS ON A ONE TIME BASIS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THAT WE'RE WAIVING FEES, IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, AGAIN, DOING PHILANTHROPIC THINGS, CLINICS, WHATEVER. I MEAN, WE HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LARRY FOR THAT. THIS IS TWO DAYS ON A WEEKEND THAT IS GONNA BE USTA AM JUST LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. DOES ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE A DIFFERENT FEELING ON THIS? ARE ARE THEY UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS? ARE THEY PEOPLE WHO NEED YOU? SCHO, YOU KNOW, SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, IN THE TOURNAMENT. I'M, I'M MORE APT TO SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT'S LOCAL FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS THAN I AM FOR PEOPLE DRIVING IN FROM ATLANTA. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT A PLACE FOR THAT. THAT'S SORT WHAT WE DO. WHAT'S THAT? WE TRY TO CAPTURE THE KIDS HAIR. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT YOUR 70 30 PROGRAM WE HAVE WITH YOU RIGHT. FOR, UH, TENNIS SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE LONG RUN. YEAH. YEAH. THE 70 30 PROGRAM IS FOR TENNIS CLINICS. WHEN, WHEN ADULTS WANT TO PLAY ON THE COURTS DOWNTOWN AND THEY GO ONLINE AND, AND, AND, UH, SURE, SURE. I, YEAH. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE NATURE OF, OF, AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO HERE. WE WANNA SUPPORT THINGS THAT, THAT MAKE SENSE. UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO TAKING THE RESOURCES AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER EXCEPTION WE MAKE FOR ONE GROUP CAN BECOME A PRECEDENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS. SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT'S GIVING ME SOME PAUSE HERE. RIGHT? I, SO TWO QUESTIONS. OF THE 50 TO 75, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE JUST LOCAL? YOU HAVE ENOUGH? I MEAN, WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU THINK THE MAJORITY WERE LOCAL? WELL, HOW MANY PEOPLE? 35% OR 35 OF THE KIDS. OUT OF HOW MANY? SIX PEOPLE. ABOUT 50%. OKAY. AND AND DID ALL OF THEM HAVE TO PAY SOMETHING TO GET INTO THE TOURNAMENT? OH, YEAH. SEE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S, HE'S GETTING AT IS THAT WHEN WE'RE, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR FEES, RIGHT. SO I PAID, I'M PRETTY SURE THE ONE'S OUT OF TIME, BUT OUTTA MY POCKET. YEAH. OUR OWN JUNIORS. I ASK THAT OUR OWN JUNIORS DID NOT PAY FOR IT. NO, OUR OWN JUNIORS DIDN'T PAY FOR IT. UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT YOU TO MR. PAGE THAT I GAVE YOU THE, THE PART RIGHT. THE NEXT TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH. SURE. TWO. AND THAT'S ONE REASON THAT WE, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO, UH, RECONCILE THAT TWO, WHICH, WHICH, WHAT ARE YOU REFERENCING? UH, NU NUMBER TWO. UM, UH, H WHO ARE WE? OH, I GOT YOU. YEAH. WHY YOU'RE REQUESTING. SO NUMBER TWO, TWO. TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT TOO. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA DISCUSS THAT HERE, BUT, UM, OKAY. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, BUFFY DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? [00:35:02] OKAY. SO I THINK WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO NOT TO SET A PRECEDENT HERE IS WE HAVE GIVEN PEOPLE A ONE TIME FEE WAIVER, UM, OF A PORTION OF A FEE. UM, AND I THINK, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS DISCUSSION, IS THAT YOU'RE DOING GOOD THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, IF WE CAN HELP YOU GAIN SOME TRACTION ON A ONE-TIME BASIS FOR A TOURNAMENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA HOLD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS MOVING FORWARD MM-HMM . I MEAN, I, I THINK I COULD SUPPORT A 50% REDUCTION IN FEES FOR A TWO DAY TOURNAMENT PROVIDED THAT THE FACILITY IS AVAILABLE. RIGHT. AND HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HELP YOU, UM, EXPAND THE TOURNAMENT SO THAT NEXT YEAR YOU COULD PAY THE FULL FEE. UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK I COULD GET BEHIND. UM, SO HOW MANY COURTS, HOW MANY COURTS ARE THERE? IT WOULD STILL BE ONE OPEN. YEAH. OKAY. I WOULD, I'M FINE WITH THAT. YOU AGREE WITH THAT? ALRIGHT. CAN SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION? 'CAUSE I CAN'T , UH, I, I MOTION TO, UH, GIVE THEM A ONE TIME REDUCTION IN FEES OF 50% FOR THE TWO DAY TOURNAMENT. UM, AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES FROM THERE FOR ANY FUTURE YEARS. RIGHT. WE WOULD LIKE YOU AS A, AS A, AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THAT NOW, ALL THE INSURANCE, EVERYTHING THAT'S RUNNING UNDER SHEPHERD TENNIS ACADEMY. OKAY. AND, UH, WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME BACK, COME BACK AND JUST GIVE US A REPORT ON THE TOURNAMENT, THE SUCCESSES, YOU KNOW, SO WE GO, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW, UH, CHAMPIONS FROM THAT TOURNAMENT TO THE, UH, GOOD. WHICH WE DO EVERY YEAR. GOOD. SO AGAIN, UH, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE DON'T, BUT I, BUT I THINK, UH, ONE TIME, UM, MAKES SENSE TO, TO GROW IT HERE LOCALLY. AND, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOOD FOR US IF PEOPLE FROM ATLANTA, PEOPLE FROM WHEREVER COME HERE, THEY SPEND MONEY HERE AND THEY DO WHATEVER. SO I, I THINK THIS ONE TIME, SO, UM, ALAN MADE THAT MOTION. DOES ANYBODY SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR TOURNAMENT. WE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. NO PROBLEM. THANKS LARRY. ALRIGHT. CAN GO DOWN. SURE. GUYS ARE GOOD. UNLESS YOU WANNA WALK. NO, YOU HAVE TO STAY UNTIL THE END, JANICE. IF YOU LEAVE EARLY, IT'S ALL GONNA BE AT 25 . ALL RIGHT. SO WE GOT THE ANNUAL BUFORT WATER FESTIVAL PICKLEBALL FOLKS, I THINK. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS USUALLY A THREE MINUTE DEAL, SO I, I'LL NOT BE LONG AT ALL. OKAY. I AM SALY JOHNSON. SO TAKE FOUR AND A HALF. OKAY. I'M GOING FOR TWO. UM, I'M SALY JOHNSON. I'M THE SPORTS COORDINATOR THIS YEAR FOR BEFOR WATER, WATER FESTIVAL. WE ARE AGAIN HAVING OUR PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT. UM, WE HAVE ASKED TO HAVE IT HERE AS WELL AS LAST YEAR. UM, LAST YEAR WE DID NOT PAY A FEE, MUCH LIKE SHE TACTICAL AND WE'RE ASK, OR SORRY, SHEPHERD TENANT. AND, UM, WE'RE ASKING AGAIN, UM, IF WE CAN GET THE FEE WAIVED FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL. I DON'T REMEMBER WAIVING A FEE. I, THERE WAS, WE DID NOT GET CHARGED AT ALL LAST YEAR. WOW. YOU, YOU, HOW, HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU HERE? HOW MANY DAYS THAT WAS? THAT WAS NOT MY, THAT WAS NOT MY ISSUE LAST JUNE. OKAY. BUT NO, I, WHEN WE HAVE USED THE FACILITY IN THE PAST, WE HAVE NOT, UM, BEEN CHARGED FOR USING THE FACILITY BECAUSE WE PROVIDE YOU WITH, UM, LIKE THEY WERE SAYING, WE HAVE YOUR NAME ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THE, THE TOURNAMENT. IT GETS OUT THERE. THERE'S ADVERTISING AND MARKETING THAT IS INCLUDED WITH PROVIDING US WITH THE LOCATION. OKAY. UM, AGAIN, I I, AND WE'RE NOT PROFIT. WE DON'T SO YOU'RE A 5 0 1 C3 ENTITY? I BELIEVE SO, TO BE HONEST. I, YOU DON'T KNOW. I DO NOT KNOW. OKAY. IT'S OUR TREASURER'S WHEELHOUSE. I BELIEVE SO, YES. I WAS GONNA SAY, I BELIEVE WE ARE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TERMS. THE WATER VESSEL HAS HISTORICALLY AND ANNUALLY DISTRIBUTED MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE DO. AND, AND ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR, UM, VOLUNTEER GROUPS, OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE 10 DAYS OF FESTIVAL AND OUR MONEY GOES TO THEM AS WELL. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. I AGAIN THOUGH, IF, IF, IF THE FACILITY WAS USED FOR FREE, [00:40:01] IT, I DON'T BELIEVE IT CAME, IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH THIS ENTITY. SO I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW. AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING THE FACILITY. I JUST KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AT OUR MEETING, WE, BUT YOU'RE SAYING LAST YEAR HAD THIS TOURNAMENT RIGHT OUT THERE? YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR. UM, OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LAST YEAR SOMEONE ELSE GAVE AN APPROVAL, BUT IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH THIS, IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH THIS BOARD, SIR. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH BRANDON THIS YEAR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO WHAT, SO WE'VE GOT, AGAIN, DO WE HAVE A ONE DAY TOURNAMENT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL THE COURTS. YES, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, WE ARE STILL, UM, GETTING REGISTRATIONS. SO IT WILL DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF TEAMS WE HAVE. SO HOW MANY TEAMS DID YOU HAVE LAST YEAR AND HOW MANY COURTS DID YOU USE? UM, LAST YEAR I BELIEVE WE USED ALL THE COURTS. UM, I THINK WE HAD MAYBE 30 BELIEVE THOSE 20 TO 30 TEAMS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT WAS. OKAY. AND, AND SO I'LL BE HONEST, WHAT DO WE HAVE SIX OUT THERE? EIGHT. EIGHT. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR US IS THAT WE GIVE, BASICALLY GIVE YOU AN $800 FEE WAIVER. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THINGS LIKE TRASH CLEANUP AND ALL THAT? WE PROVIDE? ALL WE DO ALL OF YOU PROVIDE ALL THAT? WE DO THAT. WE WILL DO ALL OF THAT. OKAY. AND YOU'LL PROVIDE, UH, INSURANCE AND YES. THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THE WAIVER. WE ALSO, UM, PROVIDE, SINCE THE FACILITY ITSELF IS NOT OPEN, LAST YEAR WE HAD A PORTLET COME IN AND HAVE THE INSURANCE FOR THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THAT'LL BE THE OFFSITE. WILL THAT BE DONE AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE CLOSED ON SATURDAY HERE? YES, SIR. YES SIR. OKAY. SO WE HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT AS WELL. AND, AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO EDUCATE ME. I KNOW THE BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL IS A GREAT THING. I'VE PARTICIPATED IN IT. I MEAN, I'VE GONE AND ENJOYED IT. YES. BUT YOU WERE COMMENTING ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT. YES. IT'S A LARGE CON CONTRIBUTOR TO THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER THINGS. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SO, UM, PRIMARILY OUR 10 DAY FESTIVAL EVERY NIGHT AND EVERY DAY THE BOOTHS ARE RUN. UM, ALL THE TENTS ARE RUN BY CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTY AND WE PAY THEM FOR THEIR TIME. YES. SO THAT IS WHERE WE CONTRIBUTE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THIS IS FOR, THIS IS FOR TWO WEEKENDS FROM NOW? UH, YES. NOT THIS COMING, BUT THE NEXT WEEK. YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, I KNOW THE BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL IS A, IS A GREAT THING AND I DID KNOW THERE WAS A PHILANTHROPIC, UM, PORTION OF THAT. UM, SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? ANY IDEA WHAT THAT'S, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF USAGE DO YOU NORMALLY HAVE? LIKE I DON'T IMAGINE IT'S PRETTY BUSY, LIKE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY REGULARLY ON SATURDAY, ON A SATURDAY THAT, SO WOULD WE, IF WE NEED TO KEEP SOME OF THE COURTS AVAILABLE, WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK. YOU LET US KNOW. I WONDERING IF WE NEED TO DO THAT. WELL, I MEAN, ALEX, DO YOU KNOW, I I WAS SAY WOULD YOU, I MEAN WE, WE RUN A PROGRAM THAT HERE SATURDAY, BUT I DON'T REALLY LOOK AT PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT CLOSE. ALEX, I UNDERSTAND YOUR SURROUNDINGS, MAN. ANY, ANY, ANY GIVEN DAY. THOSE, THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS TEND TO BE PRETTY CROWDED. YEAH, I KNOW THAT WEDNESDAYS AND THERE, I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'RE UTILIZED ON SATURDAYS TOO. UM, OKAY. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OR MAYBE LEAVING ONE COURT OPEN? I'LL SECOND. IT NEVER CAME TO US BEFORE. YEAH. I'VE BEEN ON THREE YEARS AND I DON'T REMEMBER EVER TALKING ABOUT RIGHT. THE WATER FESTIVAL. . YEAH. MM-HMM . WELL, WE DO, WE DO, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE FACILITY DEALS THAT WERE CUT OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, BEFORE ON MY RECORD AS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, I MEAN, I DIDN'T CUT 'EM, BUT RIGHT. THEY'RE NO LONGER WITH US . SO IF IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE, THESE, THESE TOURNAMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HOSTED OUT HERE, WE USUALLY DO PUT SIGNAGE OF ADVERTISING THAT THE TOURNAMENT IS GOING TO BE PLAYED THIS PARTICULAR WEEKEND. LIKE WITH THAT ONE THAT THEY DID WITH ALL THE DONATIONS. YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO ADVERTISE FOR PEOPLE TO LIKE, THERE'S USUALLY A QR, RIGHT. UM, SO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DO UTILIZE THE FACILITY ARE AWARE OF MM-HMM . THE, THE TOURNAMENT GOING ON AND THE CLOSURE. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, WELL AND YOU ALSO, I THINK ONE, NOT SURE WHO MENTIONED IT, THAT SAID THAT YOU PUT BEAUFORT COUNTY PARKS AND REC ON ALL OF THE UH, [00:45:01] WE DID, YES. EVERYTHING FOR AS A SPONSOR. IT'S ON, BEEN ON THE WEBSITE. IT'S BEEN OKAY. YES. ADVERTISED THAT IT WILL BE ALL WELLS AND YEAH. AND PLEASE, IN YOUR, IN YOUR ADVERTISING, MAKE SURE IN BIG THINGS BURTON WELL, BURTON WELL, YES. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE WOULD WANT YOU TO COME BACK AT THE MEETING IN JULY AND TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND THEN GIVE US THE COMMUNITY IMPACT ON THAT. UH, I THINK AS FRIENDS OF BURTON WELLS SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND HERE WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE. I MEAN, GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN HERE IS A GOOD THING. UM, SO I COULD SUPPORT A MOTION FOR THAT ON RECOGNIZING THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS. OKAY. , SOMEONE, UH, WANT TO MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE DID. WHAT'S THAT? I THINK ONE DID OKAY. AND I SECOND IT. OKAY. IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT MOTION, WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE COURT AVAILABLE FOR OPEN PLAY? YES. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. A OPPOSED. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE IT TABLE. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. YEP. ALRIGHT. WE'VE GOT [10. Department Report] DEPARTMENT REPORTS. I'LL LET Y'ALL OPERATIONS I GUESS. OH, THANK YOU. MY VOICE USUALLY CARRIES PRETTY WELL. YOU GUYS KNOW ME. I'M HEATHER. I SUPPORT ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS. UM, HERE WE HAVE ALL OUR RECREATION CENTER CHECK-INS FOR MARCH AND APRIL. UM, MARCH WAS A PRETTY BIG MONTH. UM, I CHALK IT UP TO BASKETBALL ENDING ALL THE COURTS OPENED UP AGAIN AND WE HAD NO COUNTY CLOSURES OR HOLIDAYS THAT MONTH. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BURTON WELLS AND, YEAH. UM, AND, AND I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF, UH, THE MORE RURAL NATURE OF BEING OUT HERE AND PEOPLE NEEDING RIDES TO GET OUT HERE VERSUS PEOPLE CAN WALK TO BUCK WALTER OR DO WHATEVER. I'M NOT SURE, HONESTLY, I WOULD THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE HERE, BUT OF COURSE CHARLES LYNN BROWN IS DOWNTOWN, SO THAT WOULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR THAT THERE. OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, TRIED TO PROMOTE OF COURSE, BUT, UM, YEAH, MAYBE ERIC HAS A COMMENT ON THAT PART. , DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT, ERIC? THE UTILIZATION OF THIS FACILITY RELATIVE, I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD SIZE FACILITY. I MEAN, IT IS A GOOD SIZE FACILITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT BURDEN. WELL, I MEAN THE BUCK WALTER AREA DOES ABOUT 80,000 RESIDENTS OPPOSED TO ABOUT 20. RIGHT? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THERE'S YOUR ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM OUR RECREATION PIECE. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME ITEMS THAT WHERE WE PARTNER UP WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY WHERE THEY'RE USING OUR FACILITIES SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. WE ALSO, WE HAVE OUR LEAGUES AND OUR OWN PROGRAMMING, BUT WE'RE ALSO ALLOWING OTHER COUNTY ENTITIES TO USE OUR FACILITIES FOR THEIR FUNCTIONS AS WELL. SO A FEW OF 'EM, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT RAN A BLOOD DRIVE HERE AT BURTON WELLS. UM, THERE WAS A COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING AT BUCKWALTER. UH, THE LIBRARY CAME OUT HERE AND I THINK YOU GUYS SAW MAYBE BY THE DOOR, THEY HAVE A BOOK BOX HERE NOW, SIMILAR TO LIKE AN AMAZON PICKUP DROP UP THING. UM, AND, UH, THEY HAD THEIR MEETING HERE FOR THAT AND SHOWCASE THEIR BOOK BOX. AND THEN FOR EARTH DAY, UM, WHEREIN WE HAD OVER 200, 200 COUNTY STAFF, UH, PICK UP, UH, 9,000 POUNDS OF TRASH ALONG WITH 500 VOLUNTEERS. UH, I HEARD FROM PUBLIC WORKS THAT SOMEONE PULLED A SAILBOAT OUT OF THE MARSH SOMEWHERE, DURING THIS. UM, AND UH, WE HAD THE, UH, THERE'S A LUNCHEON AND SPEAKERS IN BEAUFORT, BUT THEY ALSO DO A LUNCHEON ON SOUTH OF THE BROAD. SO THAT WAS AT BUCKWALTER. DO YOU GUYS HAVE, AND THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES. WE HAVE OTHER MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT GO ON. SO GOOD. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. ATHLETICS . I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. HEY, THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WINDOW WAS IMPOSED BY HIM, [00:50:01] NOT US . UM, SO RIGHT NOW I'M BLUFFTON. THESE ARE THE LEAGUE WE'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING. UM, WE GOT SOCCER, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, FLAG. UH, LACROSSE ACTUALLY JUST ENDED, UM, DIAMOND U SOFTBALL. UM, THAT'S THE 13, 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS. UM, THE REGISTRATION'S CLOSED. I THINK THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST GAME NEXT TUESDAY. UM, AND SAME WITH DIXIE BOYS. UM, THAT REGISTRATION JUST RECENTLY CLOSED. THEY START AGAIN, UM, TUESDAY, UM, FOR OUR ADULT LEAGUES GOING RIGHT NOW. UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ADULT SOFTBALL GOING ON. WE GOT OUR FOUR NIGHTS OF THE WEEK. UM, YOU SEE THE DROP IN NUMBERS, THAT'S REALLY, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO HILTON HEAD IN THE SPRING. AND A LOT OF THE TEAMS COME FROM OUT OF TOWN, COME FROM BEAUFORT, UM, SAVANNAH, HAMPTON. UM, SO A LOT OF THE TEAMS DON'T LIKE GOING TO HILTON HEAD DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR. UM, SO THEY KIND OF TAKE THIS TIME OFF AND THEN JOINTS BACK IN THE FALL. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO IT'S A, IT IS A MESS DOWN THERE. WE WENT DOWN THERE THE OTHER NIGHT, THERE'S NO FENCES. UM, SO WE HAVE TO SET UP CONES FOR HOME RUNS AND YOU IMAGINE HOW THAT GOES WITH ARGUMENTS. AND UM, THEN THE SENIOR SOFTBALL, UM, THAT DROPPED OUT AGAIN, WE LOST THOSE GUYS TO HILTON HEAD. THEY DO THEIR OWN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LEAGUE. UM, THEY TRIED, UM, WE HAD THE REGISTRATION TO OPEN, I THINK WE GOT TWO TEAMS TO SIGN UP AND THEY ALL SHIFTED INTO THE BRONZE WHEN WE DECIDED WE WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO DO SENIOR. BUT THEY HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. YEAH. UM, OUR SUMMER SPORT RECAP, UM, WE HAD BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND ADULT KICKBALL GOING ON. I'M SORRY, THAT'S COMING UP. UM, AND THE SUMMER SPORTS FOR BASKETBALL, UM, WE HAVE YOUTH BASKETBALL. WE'RE AT 180 7 RIGHT NOW. REGISTRATION. THE REGULAR REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT FRIDAY. UM, AND THEN THE LATE WILL CLOSE ON THE 16TH. UM, SO THAT NUMBER WILL JUMP A GOOD BIT. HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU SPECIFIC. YEAH. I'M COMING AT YOU . UH, SO I SAID I WOULD BRING THIS UP, BUT ARE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAVING REALLY HARD TIME GETTING UMPIRES. IS THAT GONNA GET BETTER WITH LIKE, KIDS GETTING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL BALL ENDING OR ALL AND IS THAT HAPPENING IN THE SOCCER SIDE TOO? I'M JUST, SO IT'S NOT AS BAD IN SOCCER. UM, I KNOW DARRYL'S HAD TO DO A COUPLE GAMES, UM, BUT NOT NEAR . UM, NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS IT'S BEEN FOR BASEBALL. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE THE OTHER DAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH MAYBE MIKE KIND OF TAKING CONTROL OF THE SCHEDULING. UM, US STILL HANDLING THE UMPIRES, BUT MIKE BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR THE SCHEDULING. UM, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH WITH THAT TIME OF THE YEAR. 'CAUSE YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER SPORTS, SOCCER FLAG FOOTBALL, OR NOT FLAG FOOTBALL, BUT SOCCER, ADULT SOFTBALL WHERE ALL OUR OFFICIALS GO. AND THEN YOU GOT THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY THE YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL KIND OF FALLS BEHIND. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE IS OUT, KIDS ARE COMING HOME, HIGH SCHOOL BALL'S DONE. UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON, BUT THAT AVAILABILITY OPENS UP. UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL STARS, DIXIE TAKES CARE OF THAT. SO WE'RE GOOD ON THAT FRONT. BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ME AND SHANE, MIKE AND BYS, UM, WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO GET FIXED. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. IT DOES, IT DOES. I MEAN, IF, IF IF UMPIRES COST MORE, THEN THE PARTICIPANT FEES ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO UP TO PAY FOR THAT. YEAH. 'CAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE, UH, AND AGAIN, I KNOW BLUFF AND U SPORTS RUNS IT OVER HERE. I'M SURE YOU GOT THE SAME ISSUES IN BUFORT WITH, WITH THAT LEAGUE, I GUESS, UH, WITH UMPIRES. YEAH. SO, UM, I MEAN WE REALLY, AS WE KNOW FROM ADULT SOFTBALL WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE UMPIRES, RIGHT. OR I MEAN THAT, THAT NEVER WORKS OUT EITHER. BUT FOR KIDS, NO PARENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO FIND A WAY TO EITHER PAY THEM MORE OR WHATEVER. I DON'T KNOW. WHERE ARE THEY GETTING PAID PER GAME NOW? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE AGE GROUP, RIGHT? IT RANGES ANYWHERE FROM, IF IT'S A ONE MAN, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 28 I BELIEVE FOR THE YOUNG KIDS. AND I THINK IT GOES UP TO 45 MAYBE FOR THE OLDER KIDS. UM, BUT THAT'S A ONE MAN AND IT GOES DOWN IF YOU'RE A TWO MAN. UM, WHICH HONESTLY WE HAVEN'T HAD A TWO MAN ALL SEASON JUST WHERE IT'S HARD ENOUGH FOR US TO GET A ONE MAN. UM, I'M SURE THE PARENTS SITTING IN THE STANDS ARE JUST REALLY YEAH. HELPFUL. YEAH. IT DOESN'T HELP ANY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. RIGHT. WE HAVE ON FIRE. WELL, I THINK SOMETHING IF WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, A SOFTBALL, BASEBALL, WHATEVER LEAGUE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, UH, HAVE OFFICIALS. ALRIGHT, ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT JUST NEEDS TO GET FIXED. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT, I MEAN [00:55:01] MAYBE THERE'S SOME CREATIVE WAYS OF DOING IT, UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED PEOPLE TO WANT TO UMPIRE, WHICH IT'S A THANKLESS JOB ANYWAY. OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH. SO, UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAYBE WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO, UM, BRAINSTORM ABOUT THAT. YEAH. THAT'S FIX THAT PROBLEM. AND A LOT OF THE, THE OLDER GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOREVER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TIRED OF THE PARENTS AND TIRED OF THE COMPLAINING AND SO THEY'RE STEPPING ASIDE AND THERE'S KIND OF NOBODY COMING UP TO RIGHT. REPLACE THEM. SO, WELL, I THINK EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID AND PLAYED BASEBALL, AND THAT WAS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, I THINK ALUMINUM BATS WERE JUST INVENTED. UH, PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING. SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED. NO. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I KNOW Y'ALL ALL RIGHT. SO BEAUFORT, VERY SIMILAR BLUFFING WITH ALL OUR SPORTS THAT WE'RE RUNNING. UM, SO WE GOT THAT OLDEST AGE GROUP THAT'S COMING UP THAT'S ABOUT TO GET STARTED. UM, SO THAT, THAT NUMBER WENT DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. UM, BUT THAT WAS PROBABLY A LOT DUE TO US HOSTING THE WORLD SERIES HERE. SO WE HAD A LOT HIGHER PARTICIPATION, UM, IN THAT 13 TO 15 AGE GROUP FOR BASEBALL. UM, MOST NOTABLE NUMBER THERE IS SOFTBALL WENT UP BY 36. UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP OUR SOFTBALL IN-HOUSE IN BUFORT. UM, BESIDES THAT 13 TO 15 AGE GROUP. UM, SO OUR SIX YEAR OLDS ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR 12 YEAR OLDS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN BEAUFORT AND NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL TO BLUFFTON AT ALL TO PLAY. THEY HAVE THOROUGHLY, THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THAT. SO WE HOPE THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO GO UP. AND UH, I WOULD ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THAT PROBABLY TO OUR DECREASE IN IN SOCCER, UM, THERE. SO PROBABLY SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE KIDS MOVING OVER FROM SOCCER TO, TO SOFTBALL IN THE SPRING. UM, I ALSO KNOW THOUGH THE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE HOW MUCH VISIBILITY THIS FACILITY GETS. THAT CHART THERE SHOWS YOU THERE ARE 1200 CHILDREN IN BEAUFORT COMING TO THIS FACILITY TO PLAY. SO WHILE THE, YOU KNOW, THE FEELING MAY BE THAT IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED 1200 KIDS, IT IS ACROSS THE, THOSE SPORTS IS A, IS A FAIRLY BIG AND WE THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE AREA AS OPPOSED TO NOT KNOWING THAT IT'S HERE. MM-HMM. AND THE NUMBER DON'T LIE. WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT FACILITY. I MEAN, THIS, THIS FACILITY WAS BUILT BEFORE BUCKWALTER WAS BUILT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO, UM, YEAH. I, I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, AND, AND, AND IT IS JUST OVERALL, UH, UM, MAKE IT MORE TOP OF MIND WITH EVERYBODY IS A GOOD THING. THE, THIS FACILITY WAS BUILT, BUCK WALTER WAS BUILT, UH, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, BUT THIS FACILITY WAS BUILT, BUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DONE AT THIS FACILITY WASN'T DONE UNTIL, UNTIL, YEAH, SURE, SURE. THE MONEY WAS, THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED, BUT IT WASN'T USED. WELL, WALTER BUCK BUCKWALTER STARTED AS A TWO GYM FACILITY. MM-HMM . RIGHT. AND THEN THAT WAS EXPANDED IN, IN, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY T UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS THE MASTER PLANS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CREATED BUT NOT FUNDED. UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF A COUNCIL ROLE. IT, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF CARLOS WAS HERE BECAUSE, WELL, I DON'T, FROM FROM, UH, FROM A SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE, I, I'VE GOTTA BELIEVE THAT THE, UM, NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS INCREASING DRAMATICALLY OVER HERE COMPARATIVELY. I MEAN, JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH GROWTH. SO, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD EXPECT NOTHING BUT CONTINUED INCREASED USE OF THE FACILITY. SO JUST A QUESTION OF ARE WE, UH, REACHING OUT AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS EVERYTHING TO DO EVERY DAY, UH, AND YOUR DAYS ARE FULL. UM, BUT JUST MORE OVERALL A STRATEGY OF JUST BEING TOP OF MIND WITH PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS AND I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL EITHER. I'M JUST THAT'S FINE. YEAH. I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL. I'M, I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT A, A GREAT FACILITY HERE. WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THESE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO MAKING OUR SEASONS LONGER AND LONGER BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTRAINED TO THREE OF OUR, OUR BIG SIZE SOCCER FIELDS IN THREE BASEBALL FIELDS. RIGHT. BASEBALL OR BASEBALL SOFTBALL. WITH, WITH THAT GROWTH IN SOFTBALL WE'RE, I MEAN, OUR SEASON'S EITHER GETTING LONGER OR WE'RE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, SHAVE OFF TWO, TWO GAMES FROM THE SEASON, GO FROM 12 GAMES TO 10 GAMES. MM-HMM . RIGHT? YEAH. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, OUTGROWING THAT, THAT THREE WHEEL FACILITY, UM, OF, OF FIELDS OUT THERE FOR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL. SO DO YOU USE OLD BURTON WELLS TOO? UH, CURRENTLY WE USE IT FOR RENTALS AND PRACTICES. BUT YOU DON'T USE IT FOR GAMES? WE DON'T USE IT FOR GAMES BECAUSE I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE, WE HAVE PORT PORTA JOHN'S OUT THERE AND IT'S NOT COMPARED, COMPARED TO THE FACILITY OUT HERE. I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING THE, THE MONEY FOR THE REGISTRATION FEES AND, AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE, WOULD BE GOOD TO PUT ANY GAMES OUT THERE [01:00:01] COMPARED TO GAMES OUT HERE. UM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR, FOR OUR MY OWN PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN, OUR OWN PROGRAMS WE HERE. YEAH. I I THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON THAT PART OF THE, A BUDGET WITHIN THE LAST WHATEVER WAS TO PUT SOME RESTROOMS OUT THERE. NEW RESTROOMS. I THOUGHT IT WAS. YEAH. THERE THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF IN PROGRESS OF EVALUATING HOW TO OPERATE THOSE FIELDS, HOW TO REGIONAL RESTROOMS WHERE THAT MONEY IS GONNA COME FROM IMPACT. YEAH. I MEAN, BECAUSE IF YOU, AT LEAST FOR, FOR THAT, AND I GUESS MAYBE AT SOME OF THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS, MAYBE, DEPENDING WHAT SEASON YOU MIGHT GET SOME USE OUTTA OUTFIELDS OR WHATEVER, BUT RIGHT. IF YOU'VE GOT THOSE FIELDS OUT THERE, I MEAN THAT'S PROBABLY A, A FOCUS THAT, UM, Y'ALL OUGHT TO PUSH HARD ON TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE. UH, WELL THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT WITH MORE OF OUR T-BALL MAYBE. UM, SURE. WE, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE TEMPORARY FENCES ON FIELD ONE AND THREE, UM, TO, TO MAYBE SHORTEN THOSE TEAMS A LITTLE BIT. MAKE, MAKE THOSE TEAMS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. 'CAUSE IT'S T-BALL, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A NINE ON NINE GAME. RIGHT. AND WE COULD PUT SOME THREAD ON BASES IN THE OUTFIELD AND, AND HAVE SOME T-BALL GAMES OUT, OUT IN THE OUTFIELD WHILE THERE'S ANOTHER GAME GOING ON. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE FIELDS. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING I ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF RECENTLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, THAT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT FOR, FOR THE NEXT SEASON. YEAH. THOUGHTS LIKE THAT ARE GREAT. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD OLD WOODEN WALLS IS ACROSS THE ROAD. IT NOT THE SAME. IT'S AROUND. SO IF YOU GO, IF YOU GO BACK OUT THIS ROAD AND TAKE A LEFT YEAH, RIGHT THERE. THESE TWO FIELDS ARE EXISTING AND THIS THIRD ONE HERE IS NOT OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. GOOD. OH YEAH. AND THEN WE JUST RAN OUR, SORRY, WE JUST RAN OUR FIRST INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE, UM, THIS PAST SEASON HERE AT BURTON WELLS. THAT WENT REALLY WELL, I THOUGHT. SO WE WILL PROBABLY PLAN TO DO THAT AGAIN FOR A FUTURE SEASON. AND THEN WE GOT THESE SPORTS COMING UP. WE'VE GOT ADULT BASEBALL, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW AT 29 ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT NUMBER WAS AT 31 RIGHT BEFORE I, I CAME IN HERE. UM, THAT OPENED LIKE FOUR DAYS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FIVE DAYS AGO. SOMETHING'S WRONG IN YOUR MATH THERE. 71 VERSUS 29, THAT WOULD BE PLUS 42. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE OTHER WAY. OH, OKAY. SO IT'S 29 THIS YEAR. IT'S 29 RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S UP TO LIKE 31. BUT I'M EXPECTING SIX TEAMS IN THAT LEAGUE, SO THAT IS PROBABLY GONNA GO ABOVE 71 THIS YEAR. UM, BASKETBALL, WE, WE, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE A SUMMER BASKETBALL. WE DID ONE IN THE, UM, IN THE FALL LAST YEAR. FALL-ISH. RIGHT. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY THAT AGAIN THIS SUMMER. RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT SEVEN, UH, BUT WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT LANDS. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO ADULT SOFTBALL THAT JUST OPENED UP TODAY. SO WE'RE AT A WHOPPING ONE PERSON. UM, BUT FOR IT JUST OPENING TODAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT BAD. SOMEONE'S ON TOP OF IT. , UM, KICKBALL HASN'T OPENED, SO, SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YET, RIGHT? KICKBALL HASN'T OPENED YET, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, I FELT LIKE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE RUNNING A SUMMER KICKBALL LEAGUE, AND THEN WE HAVE YOUTH BASKETBALL. RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 50, UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD 1 45, SO THAT'S STILL GOING THROUGH, UM, THE, THE 16TH. SO THAT NUMBER SHOULD GO UP. AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, THESE ARE SOME OF THE DATES, UM, FOR SOME OF THE TOURNAMENTS WE HAVE COMING UP. SO DIAMOND YOUTH BASEBALL DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS, ROOKIE AND AA ARE GONNA BE IN BLUFFTON THE 12TH THROUGH THE 15TH. OZONE IS GONNA BE IN BUFORT JUNE 18TH THROUGH 21ST. SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, UM, SOME BASEBALL. AND THEN DIAMOND YOUTH SOFTBALL. WE'VE GOT EIGHT U AND 10 U IN BLUFFTON, THE SIXTH THROUGH THE EIGHTH. SIXTH U AND 12 U IN BEAUFORT, THE 11TH THROUGH 13TH. UM, LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED THAT INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE AND THEN WE'RE RUNNING OUR YOUTH LACROSSE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW WITH 33 PARTICIPANTS. UM, THEY'RE REALLY ENJOYING THAT, JUST TRYING TO GROW THE POPULARITY OF THAT SPORT HERE SO WE CAN, WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH IT NEXT SEASON. UM, SO THAT'S BEEN RUNNING THROUGH DIAMOND YOUTH, IS THAT VERSUS DIXIE NOW? IT'S IT'S THE SAME. THEY CHANGED THE NAME NAME. THEY CHANGED THE NAME. THEY CHANGED THE NAME TO DIAMOND. YEAH. YEP, SAME THING. SO THEN WE HAVE, UM, I THINK IT'S TOP GUN, IS THAT CORRECT? COMING IN? THEY'RE UTILIZING OSCAR FRAZIER ON MAY 3RD FOR A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT. UM, AND THEN I THINK THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE DATES IN THE FOUR MORE DATES. FOUR, FOUR MORE DATES. AND I KNOW THEY'RE UTILIZING BURTON WELLS AS WELL FOR ONE OF THOSE TOURNAMENTS. UM, SO, BUT THEY'RE COMING IN AND THEY'RE PAYING OUR FULL FEES AND EVERYTHING'S GOOD WITH THE WORLD. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. RIGHT. THEY RUN IT OUT THE FACILITY. YEAH, THEY, I MEAN THEY'RE PAYING NORMAL FEES, CORRECT. YEP. SO THAT, THAT TELLS ME THAT OUR FEES ARE OKAY. AND THEY'RE PROBABLY, PROBABLY A LITTLE LOW . YEAH. SO, OKAY. BECAUSE THOSE GUYS WHO RUN TOP GUN, THEY WANNA MAKE MONEY. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD. SO, COOL. ANY QUESTIONS THERE? THANK YOU. AWESOME. ONE MINUTE AND A HALF. . [01:05:03] GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. SENIOR PROGRAM, ACTUALLY THEY, UH, TODAY KICKS OFF OLDER AMERICANS APPRECIATION MONTH FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF MAY. SO TO CELEBRATE SOME OF THAT, UM, THEY HAVE ATTENDED AN EVENT THAT WAS PUT ON BY SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT ON AGING IN COLUMBIA TODAY. SO ALL EIGHT OF THE CENTERS ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR WAY BACK. UM, WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING A BIG, UM, EVENT WHERE ALL EIGHT CENTERS WILL COME TOGETHER HERE ON THE 13TH. AND THE THEME OF THAT IS BOOTS ON THE GROUND. SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME ON BY AND SEE SOME SENIORS DANCING, THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING THERE. FLAPPING WHERE THEM FANS AT. FANS, YES. YES, YES. UM, BOOKER T IS CLOSED DOWN FOR RENOVATION AND REMODEL. UM, SO I CHECKED ON THAT A WEEK AGO AND THEY'RE STILL PLUGGING AWAY WORKING EVERY DAY. UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THREE NEW VEHICLES. TWO OF THEM, UM, ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT OUT THAT WINDOW. THERE'S ONE, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S SITTING OVER THERE. AND THE THIRD ONE IS IN GETTING WRAPPED. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE VEHICLES. UM, WE HAVE MARCH AND APRIL NUMBERS FOR OUR HOME DELIVERED MEALS, WHICH ARE THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, THAT ARE HOME BOUND, THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO COME INTO OUR GROUP DINING, UM, CENTERS. SO 1635 AND OUR GROUP DINING WAS AT 1554 APPROXIMATE NUMBERS, AND THAT'S JUST THROUGH THE END OF LIKE YESTERDAY. SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. WE HAD SOME FUN FIELD TRIPS. GOOD. AND, AND UH, PARTICIPATION IS, I MEAN, WE'RE FULL, RIGHT? ARE WE PRETTY? WE'RE OVER FULL, YES. YEAH. . ALRIGHT. YES, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CENTERS THAT ARE STILL ABLE TO TAKE PEOPLE. UM, AND WE'RE, AS SOON AS THEY'RE CALLING AND WANTING TO COME, UM, ACTUALLY CHARLES LYNN BROWN IS ONE OF THOSE CENTERS THAT IS, UM, RAPIDLY GROWING. UM, WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE LIKE 15 TO 20 ON A A BINGO DAY, WHICH IS GREAT. SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I DID IT ONE MINUTE. POOL'S NOT GONNA TAKE ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE PER POOL. WE DIDN'T GIVE HER A TIME LIMIT. CAN'T GIVE TIME. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. OKAY, SO BATTERY CREEK POOL. UM, SAME HOURS AS NORMAL FOR OUR BATTERY CREEK POOL. WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS GOING ON AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR FINS PROGRAM THAT'S STILL SWIMMING THERE. AND OUR CHECK-INS FOR MARCH FOR THE FINS WAS 4 0 7 AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC WAS 7 26. UM, AND FOR APRIL WAS TWO 80 AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC WAS 1,141. I APPRECIATE THAT BREAKOUT. THAT THAT'S HELPFUL. SO, SO YEAH, BATTERY CREEK IS MOVING ALONG VERY WELL RIGHT NOW. UM, FOR BEAUFORT POOL, UNFORTUNATELY OUR PUMP BROKE DOWN , SO YEAH, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A SPARE ONE IN THE CLOSET. , THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. UM, SO OUR HOURS WERE STILL THE SAME. UM, WE HAD OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS STILL THE SAME AS ALWAYS. ISR JUST FINISHED UP AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, WATER AEROBICS HAS BEEN DOING WELL, BUT THEY'LL BE GOING OVER TO BATTERY CREEK WHILE THE PUMP IS DOWN. SO, UM, OUR NUMBERS FOR MARCH WAS 1,605, BUT FOR APRIL IT DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT. ONE BECAUSE ISR HAS LEFT AND THEN TWO BECAUSE THE PUMP JUST WENT DOWN. UM, BUT 986 IDEA WHEN YOUR PUMP, THEY'RE HOPING IT'LL TAKE AT LEAST A WEEK FOR THAT POOL AND NOT REPLACE OR REPLACE WITH A BRAND NEW ONE. HOW OLD WAS IT? THE PUMP THAT FAILED? UH, A LONG. YEAH. REALLY, REALLY, REALLY OLD . REALLY OLD. OKAY. SO IT DEFINITELY NEEDS GOT OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF THE PUMP. YES, WE DEFINITELY DID. UM, BLUFF AND PULL IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE HOPING THAT IT'S BEING WRAPPED UP REALLY SOON. UM, AND OUR ALVIN SETTLES POOL, THAT ONE IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO OPEN THAT ONE THIS WEEKEND TO ACCOMMODATE, TO ACCOMMODATE BUFORT POOL BEING CLOSED. I CAN TAKE THAT OFF. . OKAY, SO BLUFFTON, WHAT'S THE DATE NOW? ? I HAVE MY REPORT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ? [01:10:01] D DHEC IS COMING TOMORROW TO YES. START HAVE I HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH DHEC TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO FOR OUR BLUFF AND POOL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OPEN FOR THEM WELL UNDER THEM. SO THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RIDING IN THE STREETS YET, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY COMING SOON. THERE'S BEEN PHONE CALLS. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PHONE CALLS. YES. LOT, LOT OF PHONE CALLS. YEAH, SO, UM, WE OFFER OUR CLASSES. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME GROUP SWIM LESSONS AND PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY STARTING NEXT WEEK. BUT WE ARE SHIFTING THOSE AROUND FOR OUR BEAUFORT POOL. WE'RE SHIFTING THOSE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. WE STILL HAVE OUR STROKE IMPROVEMENT. THOSE ARE MAINLY FOR ADULTS. AND THEN WE OFFER CPR AND LIFEGUARDING. THE LIFEGUARDING. THE LAST ONE WE HAD WAS THAT BATTERY CREEK POOL. SO ARE WE SHORT ON LIFEGUARDS? WE DO HAVE A FEW THAT HAVE APPLIED. WE'RE STILL SHORT. WE'VE ALWAYS, BUT IT HELPS WHEN A POOL IS CLOSED, RIGHT? YEAH. SO ALL THOSE GUARDS HAVE SHIFTED OVER TO ANOTHER POOL, RIGHT. TO HELP OUT THERE. AND THEN THE OUTDOOR POOL IN THE SUMMER. I MEAN WE HAVE STAFFING FOR THAT. YES. AND WE HAVE A FEW GUARDS THAT ARE GOING TO ORIENTATION SHORTLY, SO YOU MIGHT WANNA SEE IF ANY OF 'EM WANNA BECOME UMPIRES TOO. ACTUALLY SOME OF THEM HAVE HELPED OUT DURING SOME OF THE TOURNAMENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD. SO. COOL. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE POOLS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT TO DO, ? JAMES? GOT IT. UH, I'M GONNA START. ALRIGHT, SO I WANNA INTRODUCE BROCK. I, BROCK WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR ON THIS SIDE AND HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR RECREATION. SO HE IS GONNA BE TAKING ON THE, THE AND BUILDING THAT PROGRAM FOR SOME OF THE NEW FACILITIES AND, UH, KIND OF ON THE NORTH SIDE EXPANDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OVER HERE. UM, AND THEN VITA, WHO'S NOT HERE, BUT SHE IS, SHE'S ON HER WAY BACK FROM COLUMBIA, SHE IS, IS TAKING THE ROLE AS ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE RECREATION PROGRAM. SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM WE'RE, YEAH. AND I DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO TALK A LOT, SO WE'RE KEEPING IT AT TWO MINUTES . ONE MINUTE. ALRIGHT THEN WE'LL GO ONE MINUTE. UM, . BUT YEAH, SO, UM, REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIND, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS TO UTILIZE THE GREAT FACILITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN HERE AT THE COUNTY, RIGHT? SO, UH, ONE OF MY BIGGEST THINGS IN STARTING IS JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN. SO WE HAVE PICKLEBALL MONDAY PICKLE BALLS THAT ARE STARTING ON MONDAY, BEGINNER CLASSES. UM, WE WILL BE AT CHARLES L. BROWN STARTING PROBABLY HALFWAY THROUGH MAY, I BELIEVE IT IS. UM, WE HAVE A KIDS GYM FITNESS CLASS THAT HAS STARTED THAT WE'RE DOING FRIDAYS AT CHARLES L. BROWN. AND WE ALSO HAVE A TONE AT THURSDAY FOR, UM, JUST ADULTS TO KIND OF GET IN SHAPE IN MORE OF A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT ON THURSDAYS AS WELL AT LYNN BROWN. UM, WE HAVE A TABLE TENNIS CLUB THAT JUST STARTED, HAD THEIR FIRST NIGHT HERE LAST NIGHT AND THAT WENT RELATIVELY WELL. AND, UM, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A MUCH BIGGER DEMAND FOR TABLE TENNIS THAN I ANTICIPATED. BUT, UM, THE MARGARITAVILLE LATITUDE, UH, FACILITY OVER IN BLUFFTON RIGHT OFF 95. THEY HAVE 175 PEOPLE IN A TABLE TENNIS CLUB WITH ONLY TWO TABLES AND, UM, I BELIEVE DA DA ALSO HAS A TABLE TENNIS CLUB WITH ABOUT 75 PEOPLE IN TWO TABLES. SO THEY'RE CONTINUING TO GROW AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE A HOME FOR A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, NOT ABLE TO PLAY AS MUCH. UM, WE'VE GOT BEGINNER ART CLASSES SET TO START UP IN AUGUST. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO TCL AND A COUPLE OF THEIR ART INSTRUCTORS AND THEY'RE GONNA GO KIND OF CREATING A PLAN THAT'LL COME IN HERE AND THEY'LL BE AFFORDABLE BEGINNER ART CLASSES LIKE DRAWING AND WATERCOLOR. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO START A WRESTLING CLUB HERE IN JUNE. SO, UM, WHAT'S THE AGES FOR THE WRESTLING CLUB? IT IS, IT'S SIX THROUGH 12, SO IT IS ALL KIND OF A WRESTLING CLUB AND A YOUNG MEN'S MENTORSHIP GROUP THAT'LL KIND OF BE TAKING PLACE HAND IN HAND. IS THAT OPEN FOR GIRLS TOO? YES, SIR. GOTCHA. BECAUSE THERE NOT YOUNG MEN, MAYBE A MENTORSHIP GROUP. A LOT OF GIRLS DO WRESTLE MEN. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THEY HAVE, UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT GIRLS IN THAT PROGRAM. I JUST MISSPOKE. SO, UM, AND THEN THOSE ARE THE CLASSES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE GOING ON AT BUCK WALTER AND AT LYNN BROWN AS WELL. UM, AND THIS POSITION, I'M ALSO DOING CAMPS A LOT. SO, UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING CAMP COUNSELORS, SO IF YOU KNOW ANY MEN THAT NEED A SUMMER JOB, PLEASE. UH, BUT, UM, YEAH, SO BLUFFTON CENTER'S PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY. BURTON WELLS IS ABOUT HALFWAY THERE. CHARLES LYNN BROWN AND SCOTT BOTH HAVE A LOT OF OPENINGS GOING FORWARD. UH, WE HAVE STARTED A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FROM THERE AND HERE'S EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO, UM, WE JUST HAD A MOVIE WITH THE BEFOR CITY POLICE LAST WEEK AND WE HAD ABOUT 40 KIDS OUT THERE, [01:15:01] SO, UM, PLANNING ON CONTINUING TO GO TO THOSE PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE. ANY QUESTIONS? GREEN? TWO MINUTES, 30 SECONDS. SOMEBODY SAYS 30 SECONDS. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING IT A LITTLE STRONGER THAN THAT. I KNOW. I HAVE ANOTHER JOB THAT WON'T ALLOW ME TO JUST TALK FOR 30 SECONDS, ESPECIALLY ON A MIC . SO, AS ANNIE, UM, SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT, UM, BLUFF AND POOL, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE BLUFF AND POOL OPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, OR AT LEAST, UM, DHC ONCE THEY'RE THERE TOMORROW THEY'LL LET US, THAT'LL DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE AS FAR AS GETTING THAT POOL OPEN. IT LOOKS GREAT. UM, WE ARE ABOUT THERE AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT THERE. OF COURSE, BEAUFORT, UM, POOL PUMP WENT OUT. UM, VIN ALVIN SETTLES WILL BE OUR BACKUP TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO OVER TO, UM, BATTERY CREEK, SOUTHSIDE PICKLEBALL COURTS. ON THE NINTH OF THIS MONTH, WE'LL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING TO OPEN, OFFICIALLY OPEN THAT SITE BACK UP WITH THE, UM, NEW COURTS OUT THERE. IT LOOKS AMAZING AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THOSE COURTS BACK UP AGAIN AT SOUTH SIDE. UM, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING OR TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON THE SIXTH AND THE EIGHTH, UH, AGNES, UH, MAJOR CENTER AND THAT COMMUNITY AND THE, AND THE WHAT'S, WHAT AREA IS THAT? SHE, THAT'S THE SHELDON AREA. THEY'LL BE GETTING A NEW FACILITY. AND SO WE'LL BE GOING OUT THERE ON THE EIGHTH TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, THE PLANS FOR THAT NEW FACILITY. AND ON THE SIXTH WE'LL BE IN ST. HELENA, WESLEY, FELIX. THEY WILL BE GETTING ALSO A NEW FACILITY AND WE'LL BE GOING TO HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING. AND THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS NOT TO, UM, NOT TO THE, THE PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY, BY COUNCIL. AND SO THESE TWO FACILITIES ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS STAGE NOW. WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE PERMITTING PROCESSES DONE AROUND THIS YEAR OF AUGUST AND NEXT YEAR, AUGUST, HOPING TO HAVE THOSE FACILITIES OPEN. AND SO WE'RE WITH THE NEW RECREATION TEAM, WE'LL START PROGRAMMING THOSE TWO FACILITIES AS FAR AS MAIN, UH, STAFFING THEM AND PROGRAMMING THOSE FACILITIES. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BOOKER T UM, WASHINGTON CENTER IS DOWN. MARISSA, UH, TOUCHED ON THAT UNDER RENOVATIONS. IT'S GONNA COME UP REALLY NICE. WE ALSO ADDING A NEW PLAYGROUND THERE, I THINK THE PLAYGROUND THAT WAS THERE AT BOOKER T UH, WAS MY AGE. AND, UM, I'M REALLY OLD. SO, UM, WE'RE REPLACING THAT PLAYGROUND. WE'RE REPLACING, WE'RE WE REVAMPING THE ENTIRE INSIDE AND PAINTING THE BUILDING FOR SOME GREAT AESTHETICS ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL. CHARLES LYNN BROWN WILL GO ON THE CONSTRUCTION WITH A NEW GYMNASIUM, NEW RESTROOMS, NEW PARQUET FLOOR. AND UM, WE'LL WE WE'RE CONSTANTLY MEETING WITH CIP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ON SCHEDULE TO BRING IN CONTRACTORS TO, UM, START THAT WORK AS WELL AS THE BLUFFTON CENTER, THAT CENTER WE'RE GOING TO RENOVATIONS AS WELL. UM, NEW TURF FIELDS, UH, NEW FLOORS INSIDE. UM, NEW ELEVATOR ON THE INSIDE AS WELL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY STARTING THIS SUMMER. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, SHELL POINT, PICKLEBALL IS DOWN. WE HAVE SOME INTRUSIONS WITH, UM, THE TREES THAT'S AROUND THERE AND IT'S A TRIPPING HAZARD. AND SO, UM, OF COURSE THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE THE THE EXACT AMOUNT FOR THAT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND GO OUT FOR BID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REDO THOSE COURTS TO GET THEM BACK UP WHERE, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY IS NOT SUED BECAUSE OF THE TRIPPING HAZARDS THAT THE, THE, UH, BRANCHES HAVE CAUSED ON THE, ON THE COURTS. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT, UH, CAN YOU GIVE A BRIEF COMMENT ON WHAT IS GONNA BE THE NEW FACILITIES AT MAJOR AND FELIX? SO, SO MAJOR, SO THESE TWO FACILITIES WILL HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO NOW DO SUMMER CAMPS AND AFTERCARE PROGRAMS AND TUTORIAL PROGRAMS. OUR SENIORS, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON ST. HELENA, THEY, WE RENT A LIBRARY, SO NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO RENT ANYMORE. ONCE OUR FACILITY'S UP, THEY'LL HAVE A HOME. THEY HAVE A NEW HOME WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY CALL, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, SITE WHERE THEY CAN GO IN AS, UM, SEVEN OTHER OF OUR SITES HAVE HOMES. UM, AND SO YES, IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S, IT IS LIKE THIS PLACE. IT'S JUST NOT AS BIG AS THIS PLACE, BUT THOSE COMMUNITIES, POPULATION IS NOT AS BIG AS SOME OF THESE PLACES AS WELL, SO, UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH PROGRAMMING JUST AS WE WERE PROGRAMMED HERE. [01:20:01] AND ALSO SCOTT CENTER, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ON HERE, UM, WILL GO ON CONSTRUCTION FOR A RENOVATION ON THE INSIDE AFTER SUMMER CAMP IN AUGUST. SO WE MET WITH CONTRACTORS THERE, THEY CAME IN AND TOLD US HOW THEY'RE GONNA GUT THE ENTIRE INSIDE, BRING IT BACK, NEW TO THE RESTROOMS, THE FLOORS, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. AND SO OUR SENIORS AND OUR AFTERCARE PROGRAM THAT MEET OUT AT SCOTT, WHICH IS ON ST. HENER, THEY WILL ALSO GET A NEW FACILITY NOW THEY, LAST YEAR WE, WE ACTUALLY PUT A NEW PLAYGROUND THERE, SO THEY HAVE A REALLY NICE PLAYGROUND THERE AT SCOTT NOW. AND, AND REMIND ME, DO WE OWN ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES? NO, THOSE FACILITIES AROUND SCOTT, SCOTT, DALE, BOOKER T WE HAVE A LONG TERM LEASE AND SO WE JUST, THOSE LONG-TERM LEASE WAS JUST SIGNED. JUST MAYBE, I THINK, UM, AUDREY JUST SENT THOSE TO US, UM, MAYBE LAST WEEK WITH ALL OF 'EM SEALED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED. SO WE ARE IN GOOD STANDARD TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE NEXT 25, 50 YEARS, UM, THE COUNTY WILL GET THE MONEY'S WORTH OF THE MONIES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THE FACILITIES. THAT'S MY STORY. I'M STICKING TO IT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MINUTE, 30 MINUTE. OH MAN, NOW MAN, I OWE YOU 30 SECONDS. THAT'S IN DOG YEARS. AND ALSO WANT TO, UM, LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT OUR, UM, A CA AUDRA IS HERE TODAY. IF SHE WANNA SAY ANYTHING. I KNOW SHE'S LIKE TO BE IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S OUR, OUR BOSS. SO SHE'S HERE IF ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER OR IF SHE WANNA JUST COME UP AND SAY HELLO. I DON'T KNOW. . OF COURSE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU PUT A TIME LIMIT ON MINE? ? UH, NO, . GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. KEEP IT TO AN HOUR. . UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO DALE RETIRED AND I THINK HE DID A SMALL INTRODUCTION AT THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT MONTH. I THINK I'VE HAD PARKS AND RECORD IN MY VISION. I THINK MAYBE THIS IS THE SECOND MONTH. SO, UM, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN GREAT. VERY WELCOMING. UM, I'M SLOWLY LEARNING. IT'S A LOT. UM, MY DIVISION HAS SEVEN DEPARTMENTS, SO, UM, I RECENTLY TOOK ON PARSON REC AND THE LIBRARY, SO I'M EXCITED. AND LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN GREAT, SO BEST OF LUCK. YEAH, . WELL, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, GREAT DEPARTMENT HEADS AND LIKE I SAID, THE STAFF, THEY'RE AMAZING, SO IT HELPS A LOT. MM-HMM . SO, BUT ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. CAN I HAVE A SIDEBAR WITH HER IN THE CAR, IN THE PARKING LOT? NOW WE'RE GONNA GO ASK WHAT REALLY GOING, UM, OKAY. AS FAR [11. Organizational Update] AS ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, UM, THIS, THIS, UH, WELL LET ME, LET ME SAY A COUPLE THINGS. I DON'T THINK, UH, SHANE BROUGHT IT UP, BUT, UM, WE WANT TO, UM, HAVE A, UM, SO WHAT WERE YOU GONNA BRING THAT UP? UH, SURE, YES, I WAS, YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU COME TALK ABOUT IT. THERE'S NOTHING ON HERE, SO I WAS OKAY. 30 SECONDS. NO, YOU, WE DID HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE ABOUT, UH, BUDGETING, SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO JUST GIVING YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE. MM-HMM . UM, PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK. WE DID SUBMIT OUR FY 26 BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AT THE SAME NUMBER AS LAST YEAR. THERE WERE SOME CUTS, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT NOT, NOT ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT. UM, YOU SEE THE 57 K REDUCTION IN NEXT YEAR IS, UM, IT'S NOT FINALIZED FINALIZED, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT. UM, FROM FFY 1225 STA STANDPOINT. UM, OUR BUDGET WAS 1.1, WE'RE AT 900 K BUT WITH TWO MONTHS LEFT IN THE, UM, YEAR, WE'LL WE'LL GET PRETTY CLOSE WITH THE REMAINDER OF OUR SUMMER LEAGUE REGISTRATIONS AND OUR CAMP REGISTRATIONS ARE GONNA BE PROBABLY THE, THE MAJOR DRIVERS THERE AND THEN POOL AND THEN SENIORS HAS SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL MONIES COMING IN. SO I THINK WE'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR ESTIMATE. AND THEN, UM, WE HAD A WONDERFUL WORKING GROUP FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO REVAMP OUR SPECIAL EVENT POLICY. WE'RE KIND OF FINALIZING THE APPLICATION, GO THROUGH LEGAL AND THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE. UM, 'CAUSE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE HONESTLY AWFUL. UM, AND THE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT, UM, THEY'RE TERRIBLE. SO THE COMMITTEE DID A GREAT JOB IN KIND OF REVAMPING AND MAKING THINGS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. AND THEN, UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON, WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY STARTED THE FEE SCHEDULE ANALYSIS, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE WORK IN TERMS OF KIND OF COMPARING US TO THE HILTON HEADS AND THE HARDY VS. AND THE CHARLESTONS AND ET CETERA. UM, SO WE WILL ALSO BE PLANNING ON, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, FEE EVALUATION AND SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE [01:25:01] THIS, THIS BOARD TO DO, I THINK, UH, I WAS SPEAKING TO HEATHER ABOUT IT, IS FOR US TO HAVE A MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT AND, UM, WITH WHOEVER YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE IN IT FROM STAFF AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS, WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND THEN ALSO WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT AND WE WOULD BE THE APPROVAL VEHICLE FOR THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THESE FEES, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE PICKLEBALL FEES, WE'RE CHARGING TENNIS FEES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME OR THEY SHOULD BE DIFFERENT. I DON'T, I MEAN, AGAIN, I I HAVEN'T COACHED A BASEBALL GAME IN ABOUT SIX YEARS AND WE STILL HAVE THE SAME FEES HERE FOR BASEBALL FIELDS AND OTHER THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S, UH, IS, I DON'T WANNA SAY A SLIPPERY SLOPE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SAY, OH, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA INCREASE EVERYTHING BY 30%, BUT IF WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES CHARGE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE'RE, WE HAVE TO BE STEWARDS OF THAT AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER FEES. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, HEATHER, ONCE YOU THINK Y'ALL ARE READY, UH, WE'LL SET UP A MEETINGS CALL SO WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME INTERPLAY ON THAT. SO WHEN YOU DO COME TO US, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT OUR VIEWS AND UH, WE CAN, UH, APPROVE WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. DOES THAT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT. OUR ADULT BASEBALL PROGRAM IS KIND OF IS SIGNIFI BE LOWER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. OUR SWIM LESSONS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER THAN THEY ALSO THAN THEY NEED TO BE. RIGHT. UM, SO THAT TYPE OF THING. BUT, AND ALSO WITH, WITH THE COMMENT YOU JUST MADE, WHEN WE STOP, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR FEE SCHEDULE AND HOW WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ORDINANCE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE TO, UM, COUNSEL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FEES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WHEN I GOT IN HERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE CREATING FEES AND CHARGES. UM, AS SHANE SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER, UM, MUNICIPALITIES ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING AND WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE BALL GAME, WE WANT TO BE IN THE SAME, ON THE SAME BALL FIELD AS AS, AS AS OUR, UM, NEIGHBORS. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. WE'LL MEET WITH AUDRA AND WE'LL BRING, WE'LL MEET WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ONCE WE, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR WHAT WE APPROVE TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO SAY WE, IF SOMEONE WANT TO COME HERE AND SAY I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FEE WAVE, WHEREAS THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE TO SAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS OR DO THAT. SO MY JOB IS TO JUST CREATE THAT AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU GUYS AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE CREATED, THIS IS WHAT WAS APPROVED, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE BECAUSE I, IN MY WORLD OR MY OLD WORLD, EVERYTHING HAD AN ORDINANCE TIED TO IT. SO THERE WAS NOBODY COMING BACK AND SAY, WELL THAT GUY WITH THE BLUE SUIT ON, HE TOLD ME I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING. AND NOW IT IT, IT'S LIKE A, WE COULD HAVE THE PICKLE BALL FOR FREE, RIGHT. RIGHT. SO IT'S A DOMINO. SO I WENT SOMEBODY AND I TOLD THEM WE DID IT RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO THEY'LL, AND AND THEY'LL START, THEY'LL WASH THIS AND SAY, HEY MAN, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE IT TO THEM FOR FREE AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY? SO WE GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE. SURE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CREATING NOW. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS ONCE WE, ONCE WE GET ALL THAT STUFF IN PLACE BY THE TWO OF YOU'RE UP HERE. JUST A, A CURIOSITY QUESTION. YES SIR. WHY IS THERE A PASSIVE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT? IT WAS HERE BEFORE I GOT HERE, SO YEAH. WELL I KNEW THAT AUDREY DEFINITELY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT , SO I KNEW THEY ASKED QUESTIONS. IT IS, IT IS COMPLETELY TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO PASSIVE PARKS IS, YOU KNOW, WID POINT IN AREAS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT WAS PURCHASED, UM, POSSIBLY THROUGH RURAL AND CRITICAL. UM, SO IT IS A DIFFERENCE. THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY PROGRAMMING. IT'S PASSIVE PARK WHERE PARKS AND RECREATION, YOU KNOW, PROVIDES ATHLETICS AND, AND PROGRAMMING TWO, I'LL JUST, THIS IS MY BACKGROUND. I WAS A PARK DIRECTOR DIRECTOR FOR 31 YEARS. IT SEEMS TO BE IT SHOULD, THEY SHOULD BE MO MERS TOGETHER, EITHER HAVE A DIVISION OF PASSING PARKS, BUT TO HAVE TWO IT, IT'S ALMOST A LITTLE CONFUSING TO SAY, WELL YOU GOTTA A PEPSI PARK WITH IT. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S PARKS RECREATION. NO, IT'S PASSIVE PARKS. I AGREE. AND WE HAVE HAD THE DISCUSSION ADMINISTRATION ON CHANGING, YOU KNOW, THE NAME OF PASSIVE PARKS 'CAUSE IT IS CONFUSING. IT, IT REALLY IS. BUT IT IS TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS AND, AND TWO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, MISSIONS AND, AND SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE. SO, AND WE LIVE IN A UNIQUE AREA TOO WHERE WHAT WOULD BE A PASSIVE PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF OHIO IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT IS HERE. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN IT'S REALLY CENTERED ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS AND OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN, SO I DON'T KNOW. OHIO DIDN'T HAVE ANY ALLIGATORS EITHER. YEAH. WELL, AND, AND A LOT OF, THERE'S ONE NEGATIVE ABOUT OHIO AND I'M A MICHIGAN FAN, SO THERE'S ONLY ONE [01:30:01] GO BLUE. YEAH, GO BLUE. NO . NO. UM, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR PASSIVE PARS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF IT IS RURAL AND CRITICAL. THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE. SO, UM, IT IS DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS CONFUSING. I AGREE. YEAH. I THINK, UH, WELL, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS A, A BIKING TRAIL WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ACTIVE PARK, WOULDN'T IT? YEAH. BUT BUT IT WOULD BE, IT COULD I GUESS BE IN A PASSIVE PARK. IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE, YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON, ON THE RESTRICTIONS. SO THAT'S A HYBRID. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, SO I'VE GOT ONE. UH, SO BE READY FOR A, UH, BE READY FOR, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THIS, UH, MEETING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE. AND, AND I DO HAVE UH, UH, ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT AND THAT IS, UH, AND I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN SOONER, BUT, UH, RON CAMPBELL HAS SERVED AS BOARD, UH, FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS IN THE BOARD WHEN I CAME IN MANY YEARS AGO AND UH, RON HAS 15 YEARS. RON HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. MANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON IT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME HAVE WATCHED, YOU KNOW, IT GROW FROM FROM HERE TO HERE. MM-HMM AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THAT GROWTH WAS IN BLUFFTON HILTON HAD, BUT NOW IT'S COMING IN BEAUFORT TOO. SO I JUST WANNA THANK RON FOR HIS SERVICE. UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP OVER ALL THESE YEARS AND UH, WISH YOU WELL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? SO OUR NEXT MEETING [12. Announcements] IS JULY 10TH IN BLUFFTON. UH, CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURN? MINT MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND. YEAH, HE'S GOT A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, A THANK YOU ALL. EVA MARIE SMOKED 12,000 PACKS OF CIGARETTES OVER 15 YEARS. SHE QUIT AND NOW THERE'S A NEW LUNG CANCER SCREENING THAT COULD SAVE HER LIFE. YOU STOPPED SMOKING NOW. START SCREENING NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU SMOKED, EARLY DETECTION COULD SAVE YOU. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR LEARN MORE AT SAVED BY THE SCAN.ORG. HI EVERYONE, I'M MARIA WALLS, YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY TREASURER. IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED WHAT'S E-BILLING OR MY BEAUFORT COUNTY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK BECAUSE MY BEAUFORT COUNTY IS YOUR ONE STOP LOCATION ONLINE TO MANAGE AND PAY YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY PROPERTY TAX BILLS. SIMPLY TYPE IN MY BEAUFORT COUNTY.COM OR DOWNLOAD THE APP IN THE APP STORE AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO LOG IN. SO HERE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE AS A GUEST. IF YOU DON'T WANNA CREATE AN ACCOUNT OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR E-BILLING, STORE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION, AND MANAGE ALL OF YOUR TAX BILLS FROM A SIMPLE DASHBOARD SCREEN. TO MANAGE YOUR PROPERTY ACCOUNTS IN YOUR DASHBOARD, SIMPLY CLICK LINK ACCOUNT AND TALK TO TAXBOT WHO IS HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU IN SIGNING YOU UP. YOU CAN SEARCH FOR A PROPERTY BY YOUR PIN, WHICH IS YOUR PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, YOUR A IN, YOUR ALTERNATE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, OR SIMPLY USING AN OWNER'S LAST NAME AND MAILING ZIP CODE. ONCE YOU'VE SEARCHED, GO AHEAD AND SELECT THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSOCIATE WITH YOUR PROFILE. YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO KEEP GOING OR LET TAXBOT KNOW THAT YOU'RE FINISHED BY PAYING YOUR TAXES, FINDING ANOTHER PROPERTY, OR SIMPLY GOING BACK TO THE DASHBOARD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SIGN UP FOR E-BILLING, YOU CAN DO THAT BY CLICKING MANAGE E-BILLING AND SIGN UP EACH PROPERTY TO RECEIVE YOUR BILL ELECTRONICALLY. WANNA KNOW WHERE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION IS STORED OR YOUR RECEIPTS? GO AHEAD AND CLICK YOUR WALLET IN THE WALLET. EACH RECEIPT YOU'VE PAID ONLINE IS AVAILABLE FOR OBSERVATION, DOWNLOAD AND PRINTING RIGHT HERE. NEED TO UPDATE YOUR PROFILE, NO PROBLEM. SIMPLY CLICK THE ICON IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER AND CAN UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND MANAGE YOUR PAYMENT METHODS. [01:35:01] AN ADDED BONUS WHEN YOU USE AN ECHECK TO PAY ON MY BEFOR COUNTY, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COSTS. YOU HAVE YOUR BILL AND YOUR ELECTRONIC RECEIPT ALL IN ONE LOCATION AND AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, WHATEVER YOU NEED IT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT USING MY BEAUFORT COUNTY OR TAXES IN GENERAL, PLEASE CALL MY FRIENDLY STAFF AND I AT 8 4 3 2 5 5 2 6 0 0 OR YOU CAN VISIT US@BEAUFORTCOUNTYTREASURE.COM. SUMMER IN THE LOW COUNTRY MEANS HOT HUMID DAYS WITH AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN ACROSS THE WATER AND LOTS OF DAYLIGHT. MANY CREATURES BECOME INACTIVE DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY AND INSTEAD RESTRICT ACTIVITY TO MORNINGS AND EVENINGS OR EVEN BECOME SOMEWHAT NOCTURNAL. WHEN THE DAYS BECOME SO LONG YOU HAVE TO STAY UP PRETTY LATE IN ORDER TO CHECK OUT THE CONSTELLATIONS. BUT IF YOU DO, YOU'LL BE REWARDED WITH A RELATIVELY EASY SET OF CONSTELLATIONS TO FIND THAT MAKE UP THE SUMMER TRIANGLE. THE SUMMER TRIANGLE IS MARKED BY THREE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE SKY, FOUND IN THE CONSTELLATION'S, LIRA, THE HARP, ULA THE EAGLE, AND NUS THE SWAN. LET'S LEARN TO LOCATE THESE CONSTELLATIONS AND TALK ABOUT THEIR STAR STORIES. ONE OF THE STARS MARKING A CORNER OF THE TRIANGLE IS VEGA. VEGA IS BRIGHT BLUE, WHITE AND IS THE FIFTH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. THIS IS THE FIRST STAR SEEN IN THE SKY ON A SUMMER EVENING AFTER THE SUNSETS. VEGA IS ONLY 25 LIGHT YEARS AWAY, WHICH IN AN ASTRONOMICAL TERMS IS RATHER CLOSE. LIRA IS A SMALL CONSTELLATION REPRESENTING A HARP. THE CONSTELLATION WAS SAID IN ROMAN MYTHOLOGY TO BE A TRIBUTE TO THE INVENTOR OF THE HARP MERCURY WHO WAS THE MESSENGER OF THE GODS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF INTERESTING ASTRONOMICAL FEATURES WITHIN LIRA. ONE OF ITS STARS CALLED EPSILON. LIRE IS NOT ACTUALLY A SINGLE STAR. IT'S A DOUBLE DOUBLE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH BINOCULARS, YOU SEE TWO STARS RATHER THAN ONE, BUT THROUGH A TELESCOPE, EACH OF THOSE STARS APPEARS AS TWO AS WELL. ALSO WITHIN THE REGION OF LIRA IS THE RING NEBULA. THE RING NEBULA IS THE REMNANT OUTER LAYERS OF A DYING RED GIANT STAR, WHICH BECAME A WHITE DWARF. YOU WOULD NEED A TELESCOPE TO SEE IT. ALTAIRE AND AULA. THE EAGLE MARKS THE SECOND CORNER OF THE TRIANGLE. ALTAIRE IS AT THE HEAD OF THE EAGLE AND DIMMER STARS MARK THE OUTSTRETCHED WINGS, BODY AND TAIL IN AN X PATTERN. THE EAGLE WAS THE SERVANT OF THE GREEK SKY GOD AND WAS SENT TO EARTH TO RETRIEVE LIGHTNING BOLTS THAT WERE MADE BY CYCLOPS AND FLUNG TO EARTH BY THE SKY GOD AS PUNISHMENT FOR PEOPLE. THE LAST STAR IN THE SUMMER TRIANGLE IS CALLED DENE AND MARKS THE TAIL OF NUS. SWAN DE NEB MEANS TAIL IN ARABIC. THE STARS THAT MAKE UP THE BODY OF THE SWAN FORM A ROUGH CROSS SHAPE, AN TISM THAT IS CALLED THE NORTHERN CROSS. LIKE A SWAN, THE HEAD END OF THE CONSTELLATION IS VERY ELONGATED, AS ARE THE WINGS. ZOOS DISGUISED HIMSELF AS A SWAN TO ABDUCT LITA, WHO THEN BECAME MOTHER TO HELEN OF TROY AND THE GEMINI TWINS. CIGNAS FALLS ALONG THE PLANE OF THE MILKY WAY, THE FAINT GLOWING BAND THAT RUNS ACROSS THE NIGHT. SKY IS THE DENSEST PART OF OUR OWN GALAXY AND IS BEST SEEN DURING THE SUMMER FROM A VERY DARK LOCATION. THIS IS BECAUSE OUR GALAXY IS NOT ROUND, IT IS FLAT AND DISC SHAPED. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MILKY WAVE FROM WITHIN IT. AND DURING THE SUMMER, DUE TO THE ANGLE OF THE EARTH, WE LOOK INTO THE PLANE OF OUR GALAXY WHERE THERE ARE THE MOST STARS AND IT IS HIGH OVERHEAD. THE GLOW FROM THOSE BILLIONS OF STARS FORMS A MILKY BAND THAT OUR EYE DOES NOT SEE AS MANY INDIVIDUAL STARS. AFTER SPENDING THE DAY AT THE BEACH OR ON THE WATER SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE HOT SUMMER SUN, STAY UP LATE AND TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK FOR THE SHAPE OF THE SUMMER TRIANGLE AND THE BAND OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY. THOUGH THE NIGHTS ARE SHORTER AND OFTEN CLOUDY DUE TO STORMY WEATHER, THE SUMMER TRIANGLE WILL BECOME AN EASY TO SPOT FEATURE OF THE SUMMER. NIGHT SKY, [01:40:09] EXPLORE AND UNWIND AMIDST THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND RICH HISTORY OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, OUR PASSIVE PARKS PROVIDE OVER 13,000 ACRES OF PROTECTED LAND AND 15 NATURE-BASED PASSIVE RECREATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NAVIGATE SCENIC, HIKING TRAILS, EXPLORE HISTORIC FORTS, DISCOVER NATIVE BIRDS AND WILDLIFE PICNIC, KAYAK, AND RECONNECT WITH NATURE IN BEAUTIFUL COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT BEAUFORT COUNTY SC.GOV. WHEN I CAME BACK FROM THE WAR, I WAS BARELY HANGING ON BY A THREAD. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF TANYA'S RELENTLESS EFFORTS IN TRYING TO GET ME HEALED AND SAYS, MICHAEL, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A PLAN TO TAKE YOUR LIFE TODAY, BUT IF YOU GIVE ME JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES TO LOVE YOU. FIVE MORE MINUTES. FIVE MORE MINUTES. SUNNY. FIVE MORE MINUTES TO LOVE MICHAEL. GOAL HAS ACTUALLY TAUGHT ME WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ACCEPT HELP. HURRICANE SEASON RUNS THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH. WE ARE PREPARED. ARE YOU? NOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY AND PET EVACUATION PLAN, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DISASTER SUPPLIES KIT. IT SHOULD INCLUDE A FIRST AID KIT, PORTABLE RADIO, FLASHLIGHT AND BATTERIES, PHONE CHARGER, CASH, BOTTLED WATER, MEDICATIONS, BEDDING, TOILETRIES, IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND ZIPLOC BAGS. PACK UP FOR FOUR TO FIVE DAYS. DOWNLOAD THE SOUTH CAROLINA HURRICANE GUIDE FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY WEBSITE. SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS@NEXEL.COM AND BEAUFORT COUNTY SC.GOV. IN FLORIDA, THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE BYE. SHE HAD SO MANY CHILDREN, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AT SCHOOL? SHE GAVE THEM SOME BROTH WITHOUT ANY BREAD. THERE YOU GO. AND KISS THEM ALL SOUNDLY. DAY NIGHT, GOODNIGHT, AND PUT THEM TO BED. HUNGER IS A STORY WE CAN END. END IT@FEEDINGAMERICA.ORG. WELCOME TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA'S ONLY GOLD LEVEL BICYCLE COMMUNITY. AS YOU'VE OBSERVED, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES IS TO GET AROUND ON BIKE. WHILE YOU'RE HERE, LET ME FILL YOU IN ON SOME OF THE BASICS OF GETTING AROUND THE ISLAND ON BIKE. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YOU SHOULD BE WEARING A BIKE HELMET AND IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER. YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED WHAT YOU'D CALL SIDEWALKS. WE CALL LEISURE PATHS. YOU WANNA STAY OFF THE ROADS AND STAY ON THESE MULTI-USE PATHWAYS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ALSO, NOTE THE MANY DRIVEWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE PATHWAY TO STOP AND YIELD SIGNS ARE MEANT FOR YOU. THE BICYCLIST MAKE A POINT TO CROSS THE STREET AT INTERSECTIONS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR CROSSWALKS. AND BEFORE CROSSING INTERSECTIONS, BE SURE TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THE MOTORIST. IT'S BEST TO WALK YOUR BIKE ACROSS MAJOR INTERSECTIONS INSTEAD OF RIDING. AND REMEMBER, OBEY THE SAME TRAFFIC RULES AS VEHICLES AND RIDE WITH TRAFFIC. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE BIKING ON THE ROAD WHEN IT INTERSECTIONS, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WALK. DON'T WALK SIGNALS. AND REMEMBER, WE SHARE THE LEISURE PATHWAYS SO WHEN YOU'RE COMING UP BEHIND SOMEONE, ALERT THEM BY BELL OR VOICE SO THEY KNOW WHEN SOMEONE IS APPROACHING. IF YOU NEED TO STOP ON THE PATHWAY, BE SURE TO MOVE OFF TO THE SIDE. THERE ARE ALSO 30 PATHWAY KIOSKS WITH MAPS OF THE ISLANDS THAT WILL HELP DIRECT YOU ON YOUR RIDE. AND PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OUR TOWN PARKS THAT HAVE BIKE RACKS, RESTROOMS, AND DRINKING MOUNDS. THESE CAN BE LOCATED ON THE KIOSK MAPS. WE ALSO HAVE 12 PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS POINTS WHERE YOU CAN RIDE THE HARD PACKED BEACH AT LOW TIDE FOR A UNIQUE BIKE RIDE. THANKS FOR WATCHING AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. [01:45:07] LOOKING FOR A GREAT CAREER OPPORTUNITY. BUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA HAS SEVERAL JOB OPENINGS IN AREAS THAT WILL MATCH YOUR SKILLSET. WE'RE LOOKING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, DETENTION CENTER OFFICERS, STORMWATER AND GROUND CREWS, AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, ALCOHOL AND DRUG SPECIALISTS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, IT SPECIALISTS, LIBRARY ASSISTANTS, BUS DRIVERS, AND MUCH MORE. BUFORT COUNTY OFFERS COMPETITIVE SALARIES, BEST IN CLASS BENEFITS, AND A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT. APPLY TODAY@BUFORTCOUNTYSC.GOV. DID YOU GET A CALL OR MESSAGE THAT MENTIONED SOCIAL SECURITY THAT MADE YOU FEEL THREATENED OR SCARED? THAT IS NOT THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. SOCIAL SECURITY WILL NOT THREATEN YOU, PRESS YOU FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR DEMAND INSTANT PAYMENT. SOCIAL SECURITY DOES NOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS BY GIFT CARD, PREPAID DEBIT CARD, INTERNET CURRENCY, OR BY MAILING CASH. CRIMINALS USE THESE FORMS OF PAYMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO TRACE. DON'T FALL FORWARD. HANG UP, IGNORE THEM. REPORT THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO OIG.SSA.GOV. PRODUCED AT US TAXPAYER EXPENSE ABOUT A QUARTER. HELLO, MY NAME IS EBONY SANDERS. I AM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSESSOR. OUR GOAL AT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE AREAS OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION. IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THAT GOAL. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHOW YOU A SERIES OF VIDEOS. STARTING WITH THIS ONE CONCERNING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WAGE. START BY GOING TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY WEBSITE, WWW.BEAUFORTCOUNTYSC.GOV, AND YOU CAN GO THERE TO LOCATE OUR WEBPAGE. TO BEGIN, WHEN YOU'RE AT THE WEBPAGE, YOU'LL START BY GOING TO THE GOVERNMENT TAB ON YOUR PAGE. THEN YOU WILL FIND DEPARTMENTS AND UNDER ASSESSOR. WHEN YOU SELECT ASSESSOR, THE PAGE WILL DIRECT YOU TO OUR WEBPAGE. ON THE ASSESSOR'S WEBPAGE, YOU WILL FIND A HOST OF INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN DO RESEARCH ON. YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR PROPERTY, BUT YOU CAN ALSO ACTUALLY ON FIND ONLINE APPLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN APPLY FOR LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS AG USE. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATION. TO BEGIN, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LINK THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATION. YOU SELECT OUR LINK AND HERE THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED FOR YOU. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO READ THE ENTIRE APPLICATION THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN, AS YOU WILL NEED CERTAIN DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT WITH YOUR APPLICATION. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO APPLY ONLINE, YOU CAN ALSO APPLY IN PAPER FORM. GO BACK TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WEBPAGE, GO TO FORMS, AND HERE YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF ALL THE FORMS THAT OUR OFFICE SUB SUPPLY OUR TAXPAYERS. YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THESE FORMS AND PRINT THEM OFF AND SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING. YOUR APPLICATION CAN BE MAILED INTO OUR OFFICE AS WELL. YOU CAN MAIL THEM BY USING OUR MAILING ADDRESS, WHICH IS LOCATED IN OUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBPAGE. YOU CAN ALSO FAX YOUR APPLICATION IN ALONG WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS TO THE FAX NUMBER THAT'S LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE. AGAIN, THE FORM SECTION OF OUR WEBPAGE DOES HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE. YOU CAN BROWSE, YOU CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS AND SELECT THE ONE THAT'S MOST APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR SITUATION. ADDITIONALLY, ON OUR WEBPAGE, YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. THERE'S A SHORT VIDEO BLAINE'S ASSESSOR'S OFFICE ROLE IN THE TAXATION PROCESS. ANOTHER PART OF OUR ONLINE WEBPAGES THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING, MAYBE BENEFICIAL, IS TO DOWNLOAD THE 2018 REASSESSMENT GUIDE BY SELECTING THE REASSESSMENT GUIDE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THIS PARTICULAR BROCHURE AND READ IT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE OR READ IT WHILE YOU'RE ONLINE. IT WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OFFICE AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU AS A TAXPAYER WITH REGARDS TO YOUR REAL PROPERTY UM, VALUATION. RETURNING TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WEBPAGE, YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU CAN CONTACT US BY REACHING US AT 8 4 3 2 5 5 2 4 0 0. OUR LOCATION IS LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE AS WELL. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT OFFICES. WE HAVE TWO SATELLITE OFFICES, ONE LOCATED IN BLUFFTON, ONE LOCATED IN HILTON HEAD, AND OUR MAIN CAMPUS [01:50:01] IS HERE IN BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE ADDRESSES FOR THOSE LOCATIONS AND FIND THE ONES CLOSEST NEAR TO YOU, YOU CAN GO GO BACK TO OUR PAGE TO RESOURCES. SELECT OFFICE LOCATION AND THE ADDRESSES TO OUR BUILDINGS OR LOCATIONS ARE LISTED THERE. ADDITIONALLY, WHAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO A LOT OF OUR TAXPAYERS, THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUE OR PROPERTIES IN THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS. YOU CAN USE OUR PROPERTY MAX FEATURE UNDER RESOURCES TO SEARCH FOR REAL PROPERTY BY YOUR PERSONAL PIN NUMBER. YOUR A IN NUMBER OR YOUR NAME AND YOUR SITE ADDRESS IS HELPFUL TO HAVE AS WELL IF YOU WANT TO SEARCH FOR A PARTICULAR ONE BY YOUR SATISFAC ADDRESS. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA DO SERIES OF VIDEOS THAT WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROPERTY MAX PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE. ANOTHER FEATURE THAT YOU MAY FIND VERY, VERY INTERESTING CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. OUR TWITTER ADDRESS IS LOCATED HERE ON OUR WEBPAGE AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY LINK TO OUR TWITTER ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ANY NEW UPDATED EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A TAXPAYER OR JUST INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. YOU CAN GAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY GOING TO WWW.BEAUFORTCOUNTYSC.GOV. YOU CAN CONTACT US BY CALLING US AT 8 4 3 2 5 5 2 4 0 0 AND YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND A MESSAGE TO US USING OUR CITIZEN GRAHAM THAT'S LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING PLANS, YOU ARE THE BEST. THE SAME WAY YOU PLAN EACH DETAIL FOR THOSE MOMENTS, START PLANNING TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES FROM A NATURAL DISASTER. PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY IS THE BEST PLAN YOU CAN MAKE. HELLO, MY NAME IS MILTON BOSWELL. I AM THE DEPUTY ASSESSOR OF BEAVER COUNTY. IN THIS VIDEO, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO USE THE REAL PROPERTY FUNCTIONS IN PROPERTY. MAX REAL PROPERTY REFERS TO ANYTHING THAT THE ASSESSOR VALUES, SUCH AS LAND BUILDINGS, MOBILE HOMES, OR CONDOMINIUMS. WE HAVE A LINK TO PROPERTY MAX LOCATED ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THE ASSESSOR'S WEBSITE, AS WELL AS ON THE MAINE COUNTY WEBPAGE UNDER ONLINE SERVICES. SO WITH THAT, LET'S GET STARTED. AFTER YOU CLICK ON PROPERTY MAX, YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE. CLICK REAL PROPERTY SEARCHING BY OWNER NAME IS THE DEFAULT SEARCH METHOD. YOU ENTER THE LAST NAME FIRST, FOLLOWED BY A SPACE AND THEN THE UH, FIRST INITIAL. SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, SO YOU WOULD ENTER IT LIKE THAT AND THEN CLICK GO. OTHER WAYS TO SEARCH WOULD BE BY PROPERTY ID OR ALTERNATE ID USING THE INFORMATION FOUND ON EITHER A TAX BILL OR AN ASSESSMENT NOTICE. YOU MAY ALSO SEARCH BY THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION SHOWN HERE. A HELPFUL TIP WOULD BE TO USE AN ASTERISK THEN PART OF THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION SUCH AS CEDAR CREST. YOU WOULD CLICK LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND THEN AN ASTERISK AND THEN CEDAR CREST. AND IT'LL TAKE IT A FEW MOMENTS, BUT THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT I'VE FOUND. IF YOU SEARCH BY LEGAL DESCRIPTION, NOW THE MOST COMMON WAY TO SEARCH OTHER THAN OWNER'S NAME IS BY STREET ADDRESS SHOWN HERE. SO YOU WOULD PUT IN JUST THE FIRST STREET ADDRESS AND THEN NAME AND CLICK GO. YOU'LL BE TAKEN TO THE OVERVIEW TAB. ONCE THE PROPERTY INFORMATION HAS BEEN RETRIEVED, WHICH INCLUDES VALUES AND TAX INFORMATION, PLEASE NOTE THE DATE THAT THE DATA WAS REFRESHED AND MOVING DOWN IS THE PARCEL TAB, WHICH DISPLAYS CURRENT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, INCLUDING APPRAISED VALUES, TAXABLE VALUES, AND THE ASSESSMENT RATIO. JOAN HERE NOTE THAT 2020 IS UH, BLANK BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN THAT TAX CYCLE YET. THE LAND TAB DISPLAYS BASIC LAND ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS, UH, ACREAGE OR SQUARE FOOTAGE IF WE HAVE IT IN THE SYSTEM. THE IMPROVEMENTS TAB DISPLAYS BUILDING FEATURES SUCH AS SIZE AND YEAR BUILD. CLICKING ON VIEW DETAILS WILL DISPLAY A SKETCH OF THE IMPROVEMENT, AND IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT WILL ENLARGE. THE SALES DISCLOSURE TAB DISPLAYS DETAILS OF OWNERSHIP TRANSFERS SUCH AS THE SALE DATE, THE SALE AMOUNT, AND THE DE BOOK AND PAGE VALUE. HISTORY SHOWS THE LAND AND IMPROVEMENT VALUES FOR EACH TAX YEAR. AND THEN GIS MAPPING OPENS A NEW WINDOW SHOWING WHERE [01:55:01] THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. YOU JUST CLICK OKAY, AND IT ZOOMS IN. THE FINAL FEATURE OF PROPERTY MAX THAT I WILL SHOW YOU IS SEARCH BY SALES. THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO FIND SALES INFORMATION BASED ON FILTERS THAT YOU CREATE. A HELPFUL TIP WOULD BE TO KEEP THE FILTERS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU GET THE MOST RETURNS. IN THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE, I WILL SET FILTERS TO FIND THE 2019 SALES FOR CEDAR CREST SUBDIVISION THAT SOLD BETWEEN $60,000 AND $300,000. SO FIRST YOU WOULD SET THE LOW SALES PRICE TO ONE ONE 2019. YOU WOULD SET THE HIGH TO 1231 2019. UH, SET THE LOW SALE PRICE TO 60, WHICH IS A DEFAULT, AND THEN SET THE HIGH SALES PRICE TO 300,000. NOW IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU HAVE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU CAN FILTER THIS, BUT I'M GONNA DO THIS BY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU WOULD SCROLL DOWN HERE AND THEN THERE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. SO I'M GOING TO SCROLL DOWN TO CEDAR CREST AND THEN YOU WOULD CLICK GO. AND THIS GIVES YOU THE RETURNS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S SOLD IN TAG YOUR 19 IN THAT PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN SEARCH FOR SALES. SO EXPERIMENT WITH IT. YOU CAN'T BREAK IT. I HOPE YOU FOUND THIS VIDEO INFORMATIVE AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER THAT OPERATES WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED BOUNDARIES OF BEAUFORT COUNTY, IT'S TIME TO RENEW YOUR COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE. YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE MUST BE RENEWED BY APRIL 30TH, OR YOU'LL FACE LATE PENALTIES. THE STANDARD LICENSE HERE IS MAY 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH, AND IS BASED ON THE PRIOR YEAR'S GROSS INCOME. THE COUNTY BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS MAILING REMINDERS AND SENDING INFORMATION TO ALL BUSINESSES DUE TO RENEW. SO BE SURE TO WATCH YOUR MAIL. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT BEAUFORT COUNTY C.GOV/BUSINESS SERVICES. ICE SURRENDER. ICE SURRENDER. ALL RIGHT, PAL, GET READY FOR THE DAY, BUDDY. HEY, DAD. HEY DAD. DO WE HAVE A GUN? WHAT'S THAT? DO WE HAVE A GUN? BEAUFORT COUNTY STRONGLY ENCOURAGES LOCAL, SMALL AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES TO SUBMIT A NEW VENDOR APPLICATION TO ITS PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. THE APPLICATION AND VENDOR GUIDE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE ALONG WITH INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. VISIT WWW.BEAUFORTCOUNTYSC.GOV. CLICK ON I WANT TO VIEW BIDS AND RFPS. UNDER BUSINESS SERVICES, VENDORS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO SOLICITATIONS, QUOTES, BIDS OR PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY WILL BE REJECTED. REGISTERED VENDORS RECEIVE EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS WHEN NEW SOLICITATIONS PERTAINING TO THEIR AREA OF INTEREST ARE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. THANKS FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.