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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
THE, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, UM, UH, TO ORDER TODAY, NOVEMBER 6TH.
AND IF WE'D ALL PLEASE STAND AND RECITE THE PLEDGE.
I GUESS AS PART OF THAT, JUST WENT RUNNING FOR I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO, UH, WE HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, CHRISTIAN CDA, WHO IS, UH, TOO OVER TO, TO MY RIGHT.
UM, CHRISTIAN, WHY DON'T YOU SAY A FEW, SAY, SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF.
LE LESS THAN, NOT MORE THAN 50, NOT LESS THAN 25.
UM, I REPRESENT NORTH OF BROAD, AND I REPRESENTED WAS ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY IN 2015.
AND AM HAPPY TO BE BACK AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.
UH, UH, MS. ARIEL PERRY, UH, IS FILLING A ROLE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD FILLED ON THE BOARD.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE TWO EX OFFICIO MEMBERS AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE IS REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT'S CARLOS CAVE.
AND THE OTHER, UH, IS TO REPRESENT, UH, THE MILITARY ON, UH, PARIS ISLAND, UH, AND BEAUFORT IN GENERAL.
AND SO, UM, I FORGOT THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, WHO WAS FORMERLY ON THE BOARD, UH, THAT RETIRED.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS POSITION FILLED FOR A WHILE.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, ARIEL WILL GET HERE AND, UH, BE A, UH, CONTRIBUTING BOARD MEMBER.
UH, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA OF TODAY? MOTION.
YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T, UH, YOU DIDN'T OPPOSE THAT.
UH, REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER MINUTES.
UH, HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE MINUTES? I WILL SAY THAT THE MINUTES, UM, ARE IN EXTREME DETAIL, WHICH IS AWESOME.
I MEAN, I THINK, AND I THINK I'VE UH, SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT NICE JOB ON THE MINUTES.
EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK? YEP.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE NEED TO SH WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO TWEAK HIS DELAY.
WHERE'S THE AUDIO VIDEO PERSON? OKAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? WOW.
GUESS THAT MEANS Y'ALL ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB,
WE DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THE MEETING.
YEAH, WELL, THERE IS A GUY THAT'S, UH, CHAINED TO HIS CAR OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S, YEAH, NO, BUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE, UM, HISTORICALLY, UM, IS FOR FEE WAIVERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE REPORTING ON THINGS THAT WE'VE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO DO AND HAVE COME BACK TO DO THAT.
UM, NOT A LOT OF REALLY NEGATIVE STUFF.
AND AGAIN, THAT REFLECTS WELL ON THE STAFF AND THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND SO, UM, UH, AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, I APPRECIATE THAT.
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UM, HOW ABOUT DEPAR DEPARTMENT REPORTS? LET'S GO RIGHT INTO THAT.YOU CAN SEE, UH, CHECK-IN REPORTS AND FOOTFALL COUNTERS WHERE WE HAD THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD AN ERROR ON THE MACHINE IN SEPTEMBER, SO AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE ARE SUBTRACTING ABOUT 30% FROM BUCKWALTER TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR PEOPLE THAT GO BACK OUT THE ENTRY DOOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO REMIND ME WHAT FOOTFALL MEANS.
THESE ARE, IT'S A LITTLE COUNTER AND IT JUST PICKS UP SOMEBODY WALKING AND IT, AND NOT BOTH LEGS.
IT KNOWS IT'S ONE PERSON WALKING ACROSS IT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OCTOBER WHERE IT SAYS BUCK WALTER, 44 79, THAT'S YOUR CHECK-IN.
SO THOSE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN AND CHECKING IN TO DO SOMETHING, USE THE FACILITY, UH, GO TO A CLASS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, BUT THE FOOTFALL COUNTERS ARE RENTALS.
UM, WE HAD SOME, UH, EVENTS LIKE A TAX SALE THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE IN, THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE THEY'RE NOT CHECKING AT THE FRONT DESK.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING BASKETBALL, THE FOOTFALL COUNT GOES WAY UP ALSO, EVEN JUST FOR SPECTATORS GOING OUT.
AND WE'VE BEEN RUNNING VOLLEYBALL GAMES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO CHECK IN EITHER FOR SPECTATORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AT BURTON WELLS.
I MEAN, IN, IN TERMS OF THE FOOTFALL RELATIVE TO THE OTHER.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN REALLY PICKING UP WITH PROGRAMMING, RECREATION PROGRAMMING, SO THAT'S PROBABLY HELPING SOME OF THAT TOO.
UH, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS OF NOTE THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
UM, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE HAD THEIR DELINQUENT TAX SALE HERE AT BUCKWALTER.
UM, YOU'RE SEEING JIM'S ONE AND TWO WITH THE BIG WALL DOWN, UM, AND THEY DO A WHOLE AUCTION
IS THAT SOMETHING, IS THAT THE FIRST TIME IT WAS HELD HERE? NO, NO.
IT'S BEEN, I'VE HANDLED IT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
THIS IS THE THIRD ONE, I BELIEVE.
HOW ARE OUR MA HOW ARE OUR COVERS HOLDING UP SHANE
UM, N IS CARE IS, UM, I THINK CONNECTED WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY DRUG AND ALCOHOL, BUT THEY HAD A STAFF RETREAT AT BARTON WELLS.
I BELIEVE OUR WONDERFUL DIRECTOR, ERIC BROWN, DID SOME ICEBREAKERS FOR THEM AT THIS EVENT.
UM, SO THAT WENT REALLY WELL OVER THERE.
THEY USED THE GYM FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, ON HALLOWEEN, THERE WERE A COUPLE PEOPLE IN COSTUME.
UM, THEY HAD A PUBLIC WORKS TRAINING CONFERENCE, AND IT BROUGHT, UH, PEOPLE FROM, I BELIEVE, ALL OVER A FEW OF THE STATES, NEIGHBORING STATES AND EVERYTHING.
SO THEY HAD, UM, VENDORS IN THE HALLWAY.
UM, THEY USED THE CLASSROOMS AND GYM ONE HERE AT BUCKWALTER.
I, I PRESUME WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE OBVIOUSLY DOING THINGS LIKE THIS, WE'RE NOT CHARGING THEM.
'CAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE, IF THEY'RE PART OF THE COUNTY, WE DON'T CHARGE.
YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M ONE OF THE ATHLETIC SUPERVISORS ON THE, UH, B UH, BURWELL SIDE.
I'M STEPPING IN FOR A, UM, FOR BRANDON AS HE'S OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP, UM, OUR FALL SPORTS GOING INTO OUR WINTER SPORTS.
UM, SO FOR, UH, FLAG FOOTBALL THIS YEAR, UH, WE'RE DOING LIKE AN END SEASON, UH, ALLSTAR TOURNAMENT, WELL, LIKE A END SEASON ALLSTAR GAME.
SO WE'RE JUST TAKING PLAYERS THAT ARE THE BEST ONES ON THEIR TEAMS, JUST DOING A LITTLE END SEASON, UM, ALLSTAR GAME.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST INSTALLED THIS YEAR.
A LOT OF COACHES LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
SO SEEING IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, UH, IN THE SEASONS, UH, TO COME.
UM, THESE ARE, UM, OUR NUMBERS FOR OUR ADULT SPORTS, FOR BASEBALL, UM, FOR OUR ADULT SEASON.
UM, THEIR SEASON IS UNDERWAY NOW.
UH, KICKBALL HAS JUST OPENED UP, SO THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER LOOKS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THAT REGISTRATION ENDS ON THE 31ST AND THEN THE SEASON WILL BEGIN IN
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JANUARY.UM, OUR WINTER BASKETBALL SEASON IS GETTING READY TO GET KICKED OFF PRACTICES TO START HERE, UM, IN A FEW WEEKS.
AND AS YOU SEE, OUR NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL FOR BERGEN WELLS.
UM, SO KICKBALL IS REALLY A, IS REALLY A WINTER SPORT.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO SEASONS.
WE HAVE A SUMMER, UH, LEAGUE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A WINTER LEAGUE.
AND OUR WINTER LEAGUE IS GETTING READY TO GET STARTED.
UM, THAT'S GONNA START, UH, PROBABLY THE SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY.
UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE OUR, UH, WINTER ADULT CO-ED LEAGUE FOR KICKBALL.
SO, SO I GUESS WHAT I, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AT, WHAT I'M SEEING ON THE SCREENS THERE SAYS BEAUFORT FALL SPORTS UPCOMING.
WE'RE IN THE FALL SEASON, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, SO, SO WE'RE IN, SO WE'RE IN THE FALL SEASON, BUT IT JUST, THE REGISTRATION RUNS IN THE FALL, BUT THEN IT STARTS IN, IT STARTS IN THE WINTER.
AND THEN YOU, AND JUST, JUST SEEMS A LITTLE ODD TO ME.
UH, BUT, UH, BASEBALL, UM, DIDN'T WE CHANGE THE WAY WE'RE RUNNING BASEBALL? DIDN'T, DIDN'T WE CHANGE THAT PEOPLE JUST SIGNED UP INDIVIDUALLY OR SOMETHING? YES.
SO, AND THAT, THAT'S WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL, I GUESS.
UM, WE, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE SIGN UP AS FREE AGENTS AND ADDED THEM TO, UH, DIFFERENT ROSTERS FOR THOSE WHO, UM, WHO DO NEED IT.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE ENJOYED IT.
UM, BEING ON TEAMS WITH, OF COURSE, PEOPLE THEY MIGHT, MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT THEY ARE GETTING TO PLAY THE SPORT THAT THEY DO, THAT THEY DO LOVE.
SO WE'VE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT WITH THAT.
AND HOW MANY TEAMS? UH, THIS YEAR WE HAVE, WE HAVE SIX OR SEVEN TEAMS. OH, WOW.
AND WHERE DO THEY PLAY ALL THEIR GAMES? UH, WE PLAY AT BURTON WELLS, UH, REC CENTER, THE BASEBALL COMPLEX THAT'S BEHIND THE BUILDING.
UM, WE USE, UH, FIELDS ONE AND THREE IS WHAT WE USE.
SO WE USUALLY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.
GAMES ARE ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, UM, STARTED AROUND SIX 30.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN COMING OUT, WATCHING OR PLAYING, JUST LET ME KNOW.
WE CAN GET YOU A SPOT ON THE TEAM.
UM, SO BLUFFING JUST WRAPPED UP OUR FALL YOUTH SPORTS AS WELL.
UM, THE ONLY THING STILL GOING RIGHT NOW IS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.
WE ENDED THE SEASON WITH, UM, END OF THE SEASON TOURNAMENT.
THAT WAS, I THINK THAT SAYS SECOND YEAR.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO START ALL STARS FOR SOCCER.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, I'LL GET TO THAT LATER, BUT SOCCER'S WRAPPED UP, UM, CHEERS.
UM, SO REALLY THE ONLY THING GOING RIGHT NOW IS, UH, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL YOUTH WISE, UM, FOR THE ADULTS.
UM, WE JUST WRAPPED UP VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT.
WE DID, WE FINISHED THE TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT.
WE, WE STILL HAVE ADULT SOFTBALL GOING ON.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD WRAP UP RIGHT AROUND THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER.
UM, SO WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP THOSE, UM, UPCOMING LEAGUES.
UM, THE BASKETBALL FOR YOUTH IS UP TO 8 85 RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE'RE DARRYL'S PULLING PEOPLE OFF THE WAIT LIST, GETTING MORE TEAMS. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A STRUGGLE 'CAUSE YOU GOT KIDS THAT ARE MAKING SCHOOL TEAMS THAT ARE DROPPING OFF.
WE'RE PULLING PEOPLE OFF THE WAIT LIST.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE ON THAT NUMBER.
SO THAT 9 32 NUMBER IS JUST WHERE IT ENDED UP LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S, IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD END UP AT THAT NUMBER OR MAYBE MORE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, YES, IT'S POSSIBLE.
WE'LL, IT'LL PROBABLY END UP CLOSE TO THE 900 RANGE.
UM, BUT YES, IT, IT COULD GO UP HIGHER THAN THAT.
UM, KICKBALL, LIKE ROD SAID, A REGISTRATION JUST OPENED UP.
UM, WE'LL GET READY, GOT ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF LEFT FOR THAT REGISTRATION, SO THAT NUMBER WILL GOOD.
UM, I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD 12 TEAMS. UM, SO, AND IS THAT, THAT'S COED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS, WE HAVE OUR LAST OF FIVE, UH, TOP GUN TOURNAMENT COMING UP THIS, UH, 22ND.
UM, THIS ONE, THEY'RE GONNA BE USING BOTH BURTON WELLS AND OSCAR FRAZIER.
SO THEY'LL BE USING SIX FIELDS FOR THE TOURNAMENT.
UM, THE SCAP DISTRICT TOURNAMENT'S COMING UP, WE'RE GONNA PLAY THOSE OVER IN BURTON WELLS.
WE'RE GONNA DO A THURSDAY NIGHT, KIND OF JUST THE, THE DIVISIONS THAT JUST BLUFFING AND BEAUFORT ARE PLAYING IN.
UM, AND THEN ON SATURDAY, ORANGEBURG'S COMING DOWN FOR, UH, 10 AND 12 CO-ED.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE ON SATURDAY.
UM, WE'VE KIND OF DECIDED WITH THAT WHERE LIKE THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, IT'S JUST BEEN BLUFF AND BUFORT AND WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND 'EM OFF PLAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP
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IT HERE IN BLUFFTON.UM, WE ADDED 16 YEAR OLDS TO IT TO KIND OF INCLUDE SOME MORE PEOPLE.
UM, AND BLUFF AND BEAUFORT GONNA PLAY A BEST OF THREE, UM, TO FIGURE THINGS OUT BETWEEN THE TWO.
ARE THEY GONNA DO THAT ALL IN ONE AFTERNOON OR A COUPLE DAYS? NO.
SO THEY'RE GONNA PLAY THE, THE FIRST GAME'S GONNA BE IN BEAUFORT, UH, A COUPLE DAYS LATER WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND PLAY IN BLUFFTON AND THEN IF NEEDED, BACK IN BEAUFORT.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING, UM, WE'LL BE HOSTING THE DIAMOND U SOFTBALL, UH, STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE 12 AND 15 U GIRLS.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE JUNE 20TH, THE 23RD AT BURTON WEST.
HOW BIG OF A TOURNAMENT IS THAT USUALLY? SO THE, THE 12 U LAST YEAR HAD 12 TEAMS. UM, I THINK THE 15 U ONLY HAD FOUR OR FIVE.
UM, BUT THEY'RE GONNA PLAY BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND WHERE WE WERE GONNA START ON THE, I THINK THE 19TH, UM, FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUSH THAT TO THE 20TH WITH JUNETEENTH.
UM, SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE WEEK GETTING STARTED LATER.
BUT WHAT ABOUT BASEBALL? ARE WE STILL INVOLVED IN? I KNEW AT ONE POINT IN TIME WE WERE PRETTY INVOLVED IN DIXIE BOYS OR DIXIE, UH, YOUTH.
I DON'T KNOW, HAS THAT EVOLVED INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S STILL DIXIE.
UM, WE, IN THE DISTRICT, WE WILL, THE, THE AGE DIVISION KIND OF ROTATES AROUND.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HOSTED DOUBLE A, UM, FOR, FOR BASEBALL.
BEAUFORT HOSTED OZONE, UM, I THINK HILTON HEAD HOSTED MINORS.
UM, AND IT JUST KIND OF ROTATES AROUND THE DISTRICT.
UM, THE STATE I WAS TALKING ABOUT STATE.
THAT'S, YOU GOTTA GO OUT FOR BID FOR THAT.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING OR NOT? UH, WE KIND OF TOOK A BREAK FROM THE WORLD SERIES.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THE WORLD SERIES AGAIN.
UM, I THINK IT'S BOOKED THROUGH 27.
UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT ABOUT.
WELL, I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO, AND, AND I KNOW YOU COACH TRAVEL BASEBALL, UH, AND WE'RE INVOLVED IN BLUFFTON YOUTH SPORTS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I CAME HERE 30 YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A NEW BASEBALL FIELD BUILT SINCE THEN.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE REALLOCATED SOME THINGS THAT ULMER, YOU KNOW, FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S GETTING USED.
BUT I MEAN, HOW ARE WE WITH FIELD SPACE FOR BASEBALL? WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A WAY.
NO, I JUST SAID THAT I, I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DID.
BUT THAT'S, WE DID NOT WALK IN HERE TOGETHER.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE SENIOR PROGRAM.
WHAT, OH, I'M LINDSAY ING THE ASSISTANT MANAGER TO THE SENIOR PROGRAM.
UM, BOOKER T WAS UNDER RENOVATION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEY'RE FINALLY BACK.
THEY'RE ENJOYING ALL THE UPGRADES.
UM, I THINK ERIC'S GONNA SPEAK ON, UH, SCOTT CENTER HAS BEEN DELAYED FOR RENOVATIONS, BUT HE'S GONNA GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
WE POSTED, UH, SOME PICTURES, UM, LIKE 140 SENIORS WENT ON CHARTER BUSES AND OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY BUSES TO THE FAIR YESTERDAY IN LADSON.
SO THEY HAD A GREAT TIME, UM, PLAYING BINGO AND DOING ALL, THERE WAS NO RIDES OPEN, BUT THEY HAD LIKE TENTS WHERE THEY COULD GET FREE STUFF AND HAD A GOOD SENIOR DAY.
SO THAT WAS THEIR BIG HIGHLIGHT SO FAR THAT THEY ALL GOT TO GO TO THE FAIR.
BUT WE'RE SERVING LOTS OF, UM, PEOPLE.
WE'VE SERVED 1,757 MEALS, UM, FOR GROUP DINING THAT'S IN OUR SENIOR CENTERS DAILY.
AND, AND WE HAVE SERVED 1,435 MEALS TO HOME DELIVERED, HOME HOME BOUND PEOPLE.
WE DO THAT EVERY MONDAY, FIVE ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THEY GET FIVE MEALS, FIVE FROZEN MEALS.
HOW MANY TOTAL PEOPLE ARE WE SERVICING IN OUR SENIOR PROGRAM? UH, CLOSE LIKE HUN.
THEY DON'T ALL COME EVERY DAY.
THEY COME TO THE ACTIVITIES THEY LIKE, BUT WE HAVE EIGHT SENIOR CENTERS AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING REFERRALS FROM LOW COG EVERY DAY, PULLING 'EM OFF THE WAITING LIST.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME, BUT TRANSPORTATION IS A PROBLEM.
ABOUT 40 PEOPLE SOMETIMES COMING TO A CENTER, JUST AVERAGE
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TO WHAT THEY LIKE BINGO DAYS.SO I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME, UH, DISCUSSION OF THE CENTERS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE AND WHATEVER, BUT UH, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY GROWING.
BUT THE REALITY IS WE'RE SERVICING ALL THE PEOPLE WE CAN RELATIVE TO WHAT FUNDING WE HAVE AND, UM, AND WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE.
AND, AND WE DID GET SOME VANS FOR THAT TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT? MM-HMM
HOPEFULLY SOME MORE IN THE FUTURE.
SO FOR BATTERY CREEK, STILL THE SAME HOURS AS NORMAL.
UM, WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS DURING OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSON TIME, WHICH IS NORMALLY NINE 30 TO 1230.
WE ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
UM, WE HAVE WATER AEROBICS FOR BATTERY CREEK ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM FIVE 30 TO SIX 30.
UM, FOR OUR CHECK-INS FOR SEPTEMBER, IT WAS 746 AND FOR OCTOBER HAS BEEN 528.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BATTERY CREEK? DO, DO THE SWIM TEAMS SWIM THERE? NOT AT THIS POOL, NO.
SO WHAT, WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THE DIFFERENCE IN CHECK-INS TO? I THINK BECAUSE IT'S JUST GETTING COLDER.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN INDOOR CORRECT.
SO, BUT WATER AEROBIC HAS DEFINITELY PICKED UP.
THAT HASN'T BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, SO THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE'VE HAD ADDED ON.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BRING THE NUMBERS UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO FOR BEAUFORT POOL, BEAUFORT POOL IS THE SAME THING.
WE'RE NORMAL HOURS, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS, THEN WE'RE CLOSED THE NEXT SESSION FOR THE, UM, SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS DOESN'T START UNTIL JANUARY FOR THIS SPECIFIC POOL.
UM, THIS ONE HERE, THEIR WATER AEROBICS IS ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
UM, THAT'S A GREAT HIT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVEN'T HAD A SCUBA CLASS RECENTLY, BUT HE IS STILL INTERESTED IN DOING SCUBA CLASSES AT OUR FACILITY.
AND THE SWIM TEAM, THE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM JUST FINISHED UP.
SO FOR THE CHECK-IN FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 1,267.
AND THEN FOR OCTOBER IT WENT TO 744.
AND THAT'S 'CAUSE THE SWIM TEAM FINISHED.
DIDN'T BEAUFORT HANDLE THE FINS WHEN BLUFFTON WAS CLOSED? BATTERY CREEK WAS THE ONE THAT DID THAT.
AND THEN FOR OUR BLUFFTON PULL.
SAME HOURS AS NORMAL, THEIR SWIM LESSONS, UM, FOR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS ARE FROM NINE 30 TO 1230.
AND WE ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
UM, THE FIN SWIM TEAM IS ALWAYS IN THE AFTERNOON, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE SWIM TEAM.
THE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAMS FINISHED UP JUST RECENTLY AS WELL.
UM, WE DO HAVE A WATER AEROBIC CLASS THAT IS ABOUT TO START SOON.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND THEN FOR CHECK-INS FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 1,694.
HOW MUCH OF THAT JUST ROUND NUMBERS WERE THE SWIM TEAMS? SO THE LAST TIME WE WERE CHECKING THE DIFFERENCE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, NORMALLY IT WAS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AT HALF, HALF WAS SWIM TEAM, HALF WAS THE PUBLIC.
BUT WE HAVE THE SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS IN HERE NOW, SO THAT DOES HELP OUT WITH THE PUBLIC SIDE.
AND HOW, HOW HAS THE, THE REWORKED POOL BEEN RECEIVED? UM, MEANING LIKE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY LIKES THAT.
EVERYONE HAS DEFINITELY SEEN A DIFFERENCE.
THEY LIKE HOW THE NEW FACILITY LOOKS AND ANYONE THAT'S FROM THE BUFORD BATTERY CREEK SIDE, IF THEY GO TO THE BLUFFTON SIDE, THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT IT ON THAT SIDE.
NOW
SO YOUR NUMBERS BACK UP TO WHERE THEY USED TO BE WITH THE NEW FOR BLUFFTON? YES.
IT HAS DEFINITELY GONE RIGHT BACK UP.
ANY IN WATER AEROBICS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU, I MEAN, I'M, I'M PRESUMING THAT'S GONNA BE A, A BIG HIT MM-HMM
HOW MANY PEOPLE, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT? SO THE WATER AEROBICS THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE, SHE NORMALLY HAD ABOUT 18 TO 20 PEOPLE EACH CLASS.
THE WATER AEROBICS THAT WERE ABOUT TO
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HAVE COMING RECENTLY OR COMING UP AND EVERYTHING, IT IS A DIFFERENT INSTRUCTOR, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THE LADIES THAT WERE AT THE LAST ONE WILL BE COMING TO THIS ONE AS WELL.SO WE'RE, IT'S PRIMARILY A, A, A LADIES ACTIVITY OR IS IT YES.
BUT DO THEY
THERE IS A LOT OF GENTLEMEN THAT JOINED THE BEAUFORT SIDE.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN I THINK ONE OR SO AT THE BATTERY CREEK ONE.
UM, BEAUFORT THOUGH FOR SURE HAS HAD A LOT OF GENTLEMEN, SO I'M HOPING THE BLUFFTON SIDE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE GENTLEMEN AS WELL.
OH, AND THEN WE TRIED THE PUMPKIN SPLASH AND IT WAS A GREAT HIT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO NEXT YEAR.
UM, HERE'S A LOT OF OUR PICTURES FOR THAT LOVELY PUMPKIN SPLASH.
SO WE DID IT AT THE BLUFFTON SIDE.
WE WERE GONNA DO IT AT THE ALVIN SETTLES OUTDOOR POOL, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT LIKE IT WAS TOO COLD
SO, SO, SO EXPLAIN WHAT A PUMPKIN SPLASH IS.
I SEE PUMPKINS GETTING PAINTED.
SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE CAN HAVE A VIDEO BUT, UH,
UM, SO WHAT IT IS IS WE MOVE ALL THE LANES OUT TO THE SIDE.
WE PUT ALL THE PUMPKINS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POOL, THE KIDS GET TO JUMP INTO THE WATER, SWIM 'EM AROUND.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF KIDS PLAYING WITH THEIR PUMPKINS.
THEY LITERALLY JUST PLAY AROUND WITH THEIR PUMPKIN.
ONCE THEY PICK THE PUMPKIN THAT THEY WANT, THEN THEY GO GET TO GO TO THE SIDE.
THEY PAINT THE PUMPKIN, PUT STICKERS ON THE PUMPKIN, WHATEVER THEY WANT.
UM, WE HAD A COLORING STATION AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THEY WERE ALL DONE WITH THEIR PUMPKINS, THEN WE DRIED THEM AND THEY COULD GO HOME.
WHO THOUGHT OF THIS? SO THIS WAS BETWEEN VITA AND I.
AH, SO VITA DEFINITELY HELPED OUT A LOT.
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT OF A PUMPKIN SPLASH.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT I NEVER KNEW HOW TO START IT.
AND VITA DEFINITELY HELPED ME WITH THAT.
BUT THIS ONE DEFINITELY WAS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER OF A HIT.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN TRY THE PENGUIN SPLASH AS WELL.
WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT ONE WILL COME IN.
UM, THAT ONE WILL BE IN DECEMBER.
SO EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE TO BRING A PENGUIN, DO THEY? NO.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT ONE WILL TURN OUT AS GOOD AS THIS PUMP PUMPKIN SPLASH SHOULD SO, YEP.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POLLS? ALRIGHT, I'LL BE THE ONE THAT ASKED.
WHAT'S A PUMPKIN OR WHAT'S A PENGUIN SPLASH?
WHAT'S A PUMPKIN
SO IT, THIS ONE IS SIMILAR TO LIKE THE PELICAN PLUNGES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF.
SO THIS WON'T BE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
UM, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE PELICAN PLUNGE IS A PLUNGE THAT YOU DO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO PRETTY MUCH START YOUR YEAR AS A NEW START.
SO THIS WILL BE IN DECEMBER AND WE ARE TAKING ALL THE BAD AWAY FROM US FROM THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND WE WILL START A NEW YEAR FRESH.
BUT YOU'RE DOING IT INSIDE? NO.
WE WILL TRY THIS AT OUR, SO LIKE A POLAR BEAR, WHATEVER YOU CORRECT.
SO WE ARE GONNA TRY THIS AT OUR ALVIN SETTLES OUTDOOR POOL.
IF THE WEATHER ENDS UP BEING REALLY BAD THAT DAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE IT INDOORS.
SO, AND THEN WE HOPEFULLY, OR REALLY BAD JUST MEANS IF, IF IT'S RAINING OR SOMETHING RAINING AND STUFF, YES.
IF IT'S COLD, THE COLDER THE BETTER
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING OUTSIDE THE BOX WITH SOME THINGS AND THAT'S NICE, BRIAN.
I'M, I'M THE ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR RECREATION.
AND I'M BROCK THE MANAGER OF RECREATION, I GUESS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT EVENTS.
SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING QUITE A FEW THINGS.
LIKE ANNIE MENTIONED, WE HELPED OUT WITH THE GREAT PUMPKIN SPLASH.
UM, WE HAD THE TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT THIS YEAR.
WE DID THE TRUNK OR TREAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BROAD.
WE HELD IT HERE AT BUCK WALTER CENTER AS WELL AT, AT A LYNN BROWN.
WE HAD, UM, QUITE A FEW COMMUNITY
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PARTNERS COME OUT AND HELP WITH THAT EVENT AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP ON DOING THAT.
UM, AS WELL AS WE HOST THE LOW COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL CLINIC HERE AT THE, UM, BUCK WATER CENTER THAT, AND WANTED TO CONTINUE TO.
UM, AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE KIDS? MM-HMM
UM, FOR UPCOMING CAMPS AND CLINICS, WE HAVE, UM, A WINTER CAMP COMING UP THE 28TH AND 29TH OR THE 22ND AND 23RD OF DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY GOT 10 TO 12 KIDS, UH, REGISTERED AND WE JUST OPENED IT ON MONDAY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THERE.
UM, WE'VE GOT A YOUTH DODGE BALL CLINIC, AN ADULT DODGE BALL TOURNAMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS LIKE VANILLA EXTRACT AND SUGAR SCRUB COMING UP.
UM, WE'VE GOT, LET'S SEE HERE, A PICKLEBALL CLINIC SHOULD BE STARTING JUST AFTER THE NEW YEAR.
WE'VE GOT A UNITY DRUM CIRCLE.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'VE GOT FLOOR HOCKEY, WHICH JUST OPENED ON, I THINK IT WAS TUESDAY AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT ABOUT 20 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR THAT, WHICH WAS REALLY SHOCKING ACTUALLY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SO ALL THOSE ARE COMING UP, UH, REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, ALSO IN THE NEW YEAR WE'RE GONNA TRY TO START EXPANDING OUR PROGRAMMING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEWER, UH, NOT NEWER FACILITIES, BUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING, UH, PROGRAMMING TO BOTH BROOMFIELD AND WESLEY FELIX STARTING IN THE SPRING, TRYING TO BRING A DIFFERENT KIND OF ATHLETIC PROGRAMMING LIKE CAMPS AND CLINICS OUT THERE TO THOSE, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TO DRIVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO GET TO BURTON WELLS.
UM, SO I DID FORGET, I'M GONNA GO BACK, UM, 'CAUSE I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENT.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A WARM UP TO WINTER EVENT THAT'S COMING.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT NOVEMBER 22ND.
THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE BURTON WELL CENTER.
IT'S AN EVENT THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE AWAY THINGS TO KIND OF KEEP.
UM, SO AS FAR AS PROGRAMS, OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS WE, UM, HAVE GOING ON THE TONIC TUESDAY AS WELL AS TONIC THURSDAY IS AT THE CHARLES LYNN BROWN CENTER.
WE STILL DO THE BRIDGE AS WELL AS LINE DANCING AT CHARLES LYNN BROWN, CHAIR YOGA, UM, JUNGLE BODY GENTLE YOGA, AND TABLE TENNIS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON, BUT WE HAVE A LOT IN THE MAKING.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO TELL YOU GUYS THE NEXT MEETING.
HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THESE THINGS? SO, UM, FOR THE TRUNK OR TREAT, WE HAD ABOUT 200 PEOPLE HERE AND OVER 500 PEOPLE AT UH, CHARLES AND BROWN.
ACTUALLY, TO THE EXTENT WHERE WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE THE LOCATIONS 'CAUSE IT WAS THAT CROWDED.
WE HAD PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT WRAPPING AROUND AND LINING UP ALL THE WAY PAST THE POOL ENTRANCE.
SO WE HAD A TON OF TOO MANY PEOPLE THERE ACTUALLY.
UM, DODGEBALL CLINIC IS PROBABLY 70% FULL.
WE'VE GOT 26 KIDS AND THAT JUST OPENED LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AGO.
UM, ADULT DODGE BALL TOURNAMENT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS.
I THINK WE'RE TWO TEAMS RIGHT NOW.
UM, VANILLA, THE TWO WORKSHOPS.
YEAH, I REALLY WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
WHAT IS VANILLA EXTRACT AND WHAT SUGAR SCRUB THEY ARE NOT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE, UM, WE'RE KIND OF AT THE STAGE WITH BEING A NEW DEPARTMENT AS WELL WHERE WE'RE KIND OF THROWING THINGS UP AGAINST THE WALL AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY.
AND UM, A LOT OF THAT ALSO COMES WITH GETTING OUR NAME OUT THERE AND LETTING PEOPLE REALIZE THAT WE DO STUFF LIKE THIS TO EVEN LOOK AT THE COUNTY WEBPAGE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW I THINK VANILLA EXTRACT HAS LIKE SIX PEOPLE REGISTERED AND, UM, BUT YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHAT THAT, WHAT, WHAT IS IT? UM, THAT IS, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT ONE BECAUSE I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE.
SO, UM, UM, PLEASE EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME IF I MIX UP THE BUSINESS NAME, BUT HIS NAME IS JACK AND JACK HAS A VANILLA ABSTRACT BUSINESS.
AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO JACK ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS EVENT.
SO HE'S GONNA COME AND HE'S GONNA SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE VANILLA ASHRAY.
SO HE'LL PAY THE FEE AND WE SUPPLY YOU WITH EVERYTHING ALONG WITH THE INSTRUCTION.
AND THE SAME THING FOR, UM, THE SUGAR SCRUB.
AND SO THESE WORKSHOPS, THEY'RE GONNA BE, IT'S A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS.
SO EVERY WEDNESDAY, ONE WEDNESDAY OUT OF THE MONTH, WE WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP AND THEY WILL VARY, UM, BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT BUSINESS WE GET TO VOLUNTEER TO COME IN AND DO IT.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS SLIDE HERE, IT TELLS ME THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMMING OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S REALLY,
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IT REALLY DOESN'T IT.I MEAN, WE NEED VARIED PROGRAMMING THAT PEOPLE, UM, ENJOY, UM, UH, UTILIZING.
UH, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU EITHER HAD PARTICIPANTS OR MAYBE YOU HAD THE CAPACITY OR THE PERCENTAGE OF CAPACITY TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THE PROGRAMMING IS, UM, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN JUNGLE BODY IN ABOUT FIVE MEETINGS, SO I'M GUESSING THAT'S GOING PRETTY WELL.
UM, AND I REMEMBER I ASKED ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, BUT MY PRESUMPTION IS, IS WE'RE NOT PUTTING PROGRAM OUT PROGRAMMING OUT THERE.
SO THE SEVEN THIRTIES IS, IS SOMEONE THAT'S COMING IN AND RIGHT.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE EFFECTIVE, RIGHT? I MEAN IF, IF, UH, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ZERO IS ZERO, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UM, BUT NO, I THINK IT'S A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS AND YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IN, IN THE, UM, IN THE VARIOUS STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, PEOPLE WANT VARIED PROGRAMMING.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS QUESTION ERIC HAVE WITH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND THE SPONSORSHIPS YOU GET? UH, HAS THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE OR ARE YOU CONSIDERING APPLYING FOR GOLD MEDAL, I'M SORRY, GOLD MEDAL UNLESS IT DOESN'T EXIST ANY LONGER? BE GOLD MEDAL.
YEAH, YEAH, IT'S, YEAH, I THINK I SHOULD APPLY.
GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA WANT BE, RIGHT? SO THEY DO.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ACCREDITATION MAYBE IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR FOR RECREATION BUDGET.
UH, IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I, A FULL PICTURE OF.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER DIVISIONS THAT WILL ADD ON TO, UM, PARTNER TO PUT US IN LINE TO BECOME ACCREDITED
ONCE WE LOOK AT OTHER THINGS SPECIAL, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING ON SPECIAL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL BE MASSIVE.
NOT JUST PARKS AND REC, BUT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY OF, UM, UM, SO WHAT BENEFITS COME WITH ACCREDITATION
RIGHT? AND IT MAKES YOU, IT MAKES THE DEPARTMENT AND IT, AND IT GIVES US, UM, THE ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT, DOCUMENTATION OF INTENT.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIG THING IS DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING THAT, DOES IT DO ANYTHING FOR GRANTS OR ANYTHING ELSE? NOT REALLY.
WHERE I COME FROM, WE, WE, WE ACTUALLY RECREATION RUN THAT MUCH MORE.
AND SO THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD OVERALL FOR THE COUNTY.
IT'S A GOOD LOOK FOR EVERYONE.
IT'S ABOUT 300 AND SOMETHING, UH, REALLY? YEAH.
AND SO, SO IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY SMALL NUMBER.
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IT'S A SMALL NUMBER OF, RIGHT.SO, SO THIS IS A GOAL THAT YOU, YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR LONG TERM PLAN TO DO THAT.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP WE'VE GOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
AND I GUESS SOME OF THAT ACCREDITATION, IT, SOME OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, OUTLYING CENTERS THAT DON'T MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND, BUT THOSE ARE PLACES WHERE WE'RE HAVING PROGRAMS AND, AND, AND REACHING PLACES WHERE WE REALLY WEREN'T REACHING THEM BEFORE.
SO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, STATE, COUNTY HAS TO PLAY A ROLE IN OUR CREDIT IS LEGAL, ALL THOSE PEOPLE PLAY AND THEN THAT, AND THEN YOU HIT THAT BASIC BASELINE, BUT THEN IT'S A RECURRING THING, RIGHT? YEAH.
AT ONE TIME, BEING ACCREDITED HELP WITH YOUR INSURANCE, YOU GET A DISCOUNT ON YOUR INSURANCE FOR LIABILITY AND FOR, UM, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
SO THERE'S SOME MONEY SAVINGS INVOLVED.
UM, SO IN THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW GOALS FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THIS SLIDE KIND OF SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TRAINING WISE.
UM, A BUNCH OF US WENT TO NRPA IN SEPTEMBER.
I I ATTENDED SEVERAL OF THE ACCREDITATION MEETINGS TO KIND OF GET A, A FOOT FOOTHOLD INTO WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANT.
UM, SEVERAL FOLKS ARE GOING TO THE CAROLINA'S RECREATION AND PARK CONFERENCE IN DECEMBER.
THE DIRECTOR WILL GO THERE AND ATTEND VARIOUS WORKSHOPS.
THEY'RE KIND OF IN THAT PLANNING STAGE NOW.
OUR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE TEAM WILL GO TO THEIR SOUTHEAST SPORTS FIELD MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW.
UH, MARKETING IS GOING TO A MARKETING, UM, CLASS AS PART OF S-C-R-P-A.
UM, MULTIPLE OF US HAVE GONE TO THE DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSES.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AS A, A COUNTY REQUIREMENT FOR US ALL TO BE ALL THE, ALL US DRIVERS TO GO THROUGH THAT COURSE.
AND THEN, UH, HEATHER AND VITA JUST WENT THROUGH OUR EMERGING LEADERS OF THE COUNTY'S EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.
SO THEY'VE BOTH BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THAT, UM, A GREAT HONOR.
UM, SO WELL CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM.
AND THEN HEATHER HAS, UM, DECIDED TO STAY ON AND WORK AS THEIR PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT NEXT TERM.
UM, SO BIG NEWS, UH, ARE THE BRACE, RFP, WHICH IS THE, UM, SOCCER FIELD EXPANSION HERE AT BUCKWALTER.
JUST DROPPED, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF OCTO, END OF OCTOBER, MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.
IT'LL BE DUE, UM, DECEMBER 9TH.
THERE WERE DOZENS OF INTERESTED CONTRACTORS ON THE FIRST CALL.
YEAH, SO IT WAS, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ENOUGH INTEREST, HOPEFULLY ONCE WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BIDS ARE, UM, TO MAKE IT A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND TO MAKE IT, UM, ACTUALLY, AND WE'RE ADDING HOW MANY FIELDS? FOUR FIELDS.
AND ARE THOSE GONNA BE GRASS FIELDS OR TURF? TURF? YEP.
SO GIVE US SOME YEAR ROUND, UH, YEAR ROUND ABILITY.
WE, WE TURNED DOWN A LOT OF FOLKS BECAUSE WE JUST, WE HAVE TO PRESERVE OUR FIELD.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN ERIC WILL TALK ABOUT, UM, OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, OUR OSCAR FRAZIER NETTING WENT IN, HOWEVER, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO, UM, THE LEFT FIELD AND THE OUTFIELD.
UH, UM, JUST TO KIND OF SHORE UP SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE WE NEED A LITTLE BETTER SECURITY, UM, HERE AT BUCKWALTER.
UM, WE JUST, WE GOT OUR GYMS RE-LIT, UM, IN GYMS ONE AND TWO.
IT'S BEEN IN NEED FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UM, THE NEW SENIOR CENTERS, WHICH, UM, ARE AGNES MAJOR IN WESLEY FELIX, THEY WERE WELL INTO THAT CONSTRUCTION, WELL, THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND BEGINNING OF DECEMBER-ISH, UM, FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UM, FOR THAT.
UM, THE SCOTT CENTER, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA GO THROUGH A REBID PROCESS BASED ON THE INITIAL WINTER, UM, KIND OF CHANGING SCOPE COSTS, ET CETERA.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
LEFT AND CENTER, UM, RENOVATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES KIND OF A REDO OF THE MAIN FLOOR AND THEN A NEW ELEVATOR, UM, FOR THE SENIOR FOLKS TO GET UPSTAIRS AND UTILIZE THE UPSTAIRS PORTION OF BLUFF AND CENTER SHOULD BE STARTING EARLY DECEMBER.
AND THEN CHARLES LYNN BROWN, THEY'VE COMPLETELY GUTTED THE GYM.
UM, PUT IN THE NEW, UM, NETS AND THE CURTAIN.
WE'RE GONNA GET, NEED A ELECTRICAL UPGRADE, THE SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL UPGRADE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN WHY WE EVALUATE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? BUT, UM, MULTIPLE NEW STAFF MEMBERS.
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WE'VE BEEN DOING A BETTER JOB OF GETTING ANNIE SOME STAFF.SHE'S BEEN SHORT STAFFED FOR A LONG TIME, SO A COUPLE FULL-TIME FOLKS COMING ON.
A COUPLE PART-TIME FOLKS COMING ON A NEW RECREATION COORDINATOR TO SUPPORT ALL THE RECREATION PROGRAMS THAT YOU SAW ON THAT OTHER SLIDE ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE.
UM, A COUPLE NEW BUS DRIVERS SUPPORTING THE SENIOR PROGRAM HERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT BUS TRANSPORTATION.
SO THIS, THESE WILL HELP THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL THE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC MANAGER, RECREATION LEADER, SOME RECREATION AIDS.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE KIND OF STARTING THE PUSH, UM, FOR OUR SEASONAL CAMP AND LIFEGUARD STAFF, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TILL THE SUMMER.
UM, WE NEED TO, WE'RE GONNA BE, CAMPS ARE GONNA BE EXPANDING AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE ANDY NOT HAVE TO WORK A HUNDRED HOURS EVERY PAY PERIOD.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL HERE.
AND THEN, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GONNA PASS THIS OFF AS WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME BUDGET STUFF AND ERIC WILL TALK ABOUT SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS.
I MEAN, I KNOW HOW MANY TYPE OF PROJECTS WE HAVE, BUT SHANE AIN'T GOTTA TALKED ABOUT 'EM.
BUT, UH, AGNES AND, AND WESLEY, FELIX, AS SHANE, UH MENTIONED, ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND THIS YEAR.
UM, DON'T HAVE A, DON'T HAVE A DIRECT TIMEFRAME, BUT I WANT TO SAY FROM MY MEETING THIS MORNING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, MID-DECEMBER OF BREAKING GROUND ON TWO, ON THOSE TWO LO TWO NEW LOCATIONS.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT NOW.
THE BRACE PROJECT THAT'S BEING DONE HERE, THE FOUR, UM, NEW SOCCER FIELDS, PARKING LOT AND CONCESSION.
UH, RESTROOMS. RESTROOMS. UM, WE HAD OVER, UH, 20 COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY, UH, WAS ON THE BID, ON THE BID PROCESS, UH, IN THE BID PROCESS MEETING WITH US LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE, UM, WANTING TO BID FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THAT KICKED OFF AND STARTED, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR WHERE WE CAN GET OUR FIELDS WHERE SOCCER, UM, WE WON'T HAVE, UH, MANY ISSUES WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH FIELDS, UM, FOR SOCCER PLAY AND, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, FOR FLAG FOOTBALL, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SCOTT CENTER STEEL, ALTHOUGH, UM, WE, WE HIT A SNAG WITH THE SCOTT CENTER.
UM, AND THAT RENOVATION IS SIMILAR TO THE RENOVATION THAT WAS DONE AT, UM, BOOKER T WASHINGTON, WHERE WE GONNA RE, WE'RE GONNA GUT IT OUT AND, UM, HAVE THAT SITE REDONE AND SO THAT SITE WILL NEED TO GO BACK OUT FOR BID.
BUT, AND, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CIP TEAM TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND ONCE THAT'S IDENTIFIED, WE'LL PUT THAT BACK OUT THE BID AND WE'LL GET THAT PROJECT STARTED AS WELL.
AND AS, UH, LINDSAY SAID EARLIER, THOSE SENIORS THAT WAS AT THE SCOTT CENTER, THEY HAVE TRANSITIONED OVER TO GLORIA POTTS FOR THE TIME BEING AND, UM, THEY REALLY WANT TO BE BACK IN THEIR HOME.
AND I HAVE NOT WENT TO SEE THEM AS OF YET, BUT I WILL GET AROUND TO SEEING THEM TO EXPLAIN TO 'EM WHY WE HAVE HIT A DELAY.
AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW PROJECTS, THE NEW STAFF THAT'S COMING ON BOARD AND ALL THE THINGS, THE WONDERFUL EVENTS, UM, THAT STAFF IS DOING THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
AND, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAYBE, UM, HOSTING, UM, THE NATIONAL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AGAIN OF THE DIXIE BOYS.
UM, AND MAYBE DO THAT IN 29 OR 28 OR 29 OR WHENEVER, OR BIDDING FOR IT ANYWAY.
UM, BECAUSE TOURISM IS ONE OF THE THINGS ONE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WANTED TO SEE MORE OF IN, IN PARKS AND REC.
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY DOING.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERIC? YEAH, YEAH.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THEM? DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BALL FIELDS AS WELL? NO, JUST THE, JUST THE FACILITY, JUST THE BUILDING ITSELF.
WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE BALL FIELDS? I WENT OUT THERE WITH MY CHILDREN, UH, SOMETIME THAT, THAT HOLD THAT, THAT LITTLE CONCESSION AREA.
YEAH, THAT'S, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT AWAY.
WE WE'RE GONNA, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RENOVATING, RENOVATING WE CAN DO WITH THAT FACILITY BECAUSE IT'S ALL, UM, I DON'T KNOW, WEATHER BEATING AND KIND OF WEATHER BEATING DOWN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO, WE ARE LOOKING TO REMOVE IT, BUT I HATE TO REMOVE IT AND DON'T PUT ANYTHING BACK THERE.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE AND NO ONE CAN GET AROUND IT AND ALL THAT.
BUT, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I'M FOCUSING ON IS, UH, BUILDING SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE GONNA USE IT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I CAN THROW A ROCK AND, AND, AND PUT, I DON'T KNOW, 10 ELEPHANTS OUT THERE AND NO HITTING OUT ONE OF 'EM BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE USING THOSE FACILITIES.
SO, UM, RECREATION IS WORKING HARD ON GETTING PROGRAMMING SO THAT WE CAN BRING PEOPLE BACK TO THOSE FIELDS.
AND I'VE HEARD THE, I'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS OF 30 YEARS AGO, BUT GUESS WHAT, THOSE FOLKS DON'T EVEN LIVE ON THE ISLAND ANYMORE.
SO, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING PROGRAMS OUT THERE AND NOT JUST PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THERE AND THEN
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WATCHING THE GRASS GROW BECAUSE NO ONE IS REALLY USING IT.BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT AREA.
BROCK WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH BEFORE HE BECAME THE MANAGER OF CREATING A PLAN FOR THE ST.
HELENA, UM, AREA, AND HE'S GONNA PUT THAT INTO PLACE.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO I ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT BASEBALL FIELDS.
YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA ANSWER THAT.
I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? I JUST, I JUST SAID I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND THE NEW BASEBALL FIELD HASN'T BEEN BUILT.
SO I'M WONDERING IF, UH, WHICH ONE? WHAT'S THAT? WHICH BASEBALL FIELD? NO, I'M JUST ASKING A BLUFFTON I'M ASKING A GENERAL QUESTION IN BLUFFTON.
I MEAN, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 30 YEARS, WHEN I CAME HERE, OSCAR FRAZIER WAS NEW, RIGHT? AND SO MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION TO YOU, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE, AND MAYBE THERE'S, MAYBE THERE'S NOT A DEMAND FOR IT.
I'M, I'M, I'M A BIT OUT OF IT.
MY, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS THERE A DEMAND FOR MORE BASEBALL FIELDS? WHEN I WAS COACHING BASEBALL NOT THAT LONG AGO, I MEAN, IT, IT, THEY WERE, I MEAN, SCHEDULED UP THE HILT AND I KNOW IN THE MASTER PLAN SOMEWHERE THERE'S SOME MORE BASEBALL FIELDS.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY, UM, EXPLORED LAST YEAR, AND WE PUT IT IN EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A CIP, UM, RIGHT.
AND SO WE PUT, PUT IN FOR IT AND, AND YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH A BID PROCESS AND IT'S PRIORITIZED BASED ON THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON WHAT WE CAN DO.
BUT NOW THE TENNIS COURTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT, BUT LAND IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO.
AND WE, WE KINDA LOOKED, WE KINDA HAD A MEETING MONTHS AGO AND LOOKED AT A PLACE, UM, WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A BASEBALL STADIUM ON THIS SIDE OF THE BROAD.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA TAKE, UM, A VOTE AND I DON'T KNOW MONIES TO SAY WE NEED THE LAND.
SO FIND ME SOME LAND, GIMME A BUDGET, WE'LL BUILD IT.
THAT'S, THERE'S THIS, THIS BOTTOM PORTION, RIGHT? SOME OF THE CIP PROJECTS.
AND SO SOME OF THE CIP PROJECTS IS GONNA, IS, IS ACTUALLY ANSWERING THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE THAT WE ARE GONNA ASK FOR THOSE THINGS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION TO REDO, UH, MC RALLY TO MAKE IT A, A NICE STADIUM WHERE A FOLK CAN ACTUALLY COME AND PLAY BASEBALL MM-HMM
BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY EXPANDING ANYTHING THAT'S JUST REDOING WELL, IT'S ADDING, IT IS NOT EXPANDING, BUT IT'S MAKING IT PLAYABLE.
YOU ACTUALLY PROVING FACILITIES.
WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HOST GAMES AND HAVE, UM, TOURNAMENTS THERE AT THE SITE.
WELL, AND THAT'S NOT BAD BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO OSCAR FRAZIER.
SO I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
UM, YEAH, O OBVIOUSLY WE, WE CAN ONLY, UH, WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT THE COUNTY AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT DEMAND, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
I DON'T, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DEMAND, THE SOCCER FIELDS IS DEFINITELY IN THE DEMAND.
AND SO THAT WOULD SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE A PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THEY ARE IN DEMAND.
TENNIS WAS ON THE TABLE PRIOR TO ME GETTING HERE, BUT TENNIS WAS TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.
'CAUSE IT WASN'T A HUGE DEMAND FOR THE TENNIS.
I WOULD THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY DEMAND ON THE BASEBALL SIDE AND SOFTBALL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD HERE THAT ONLY BE GROWN A TON.
NO FIELDS HAVE BEEN BUILT AND ADULTS, EVEN ALL THE ADULT SPORTS ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER TOO, THAT USE THOSE FIELDS.
SO, AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THE TRAVEL SPORTS ALSO LOOKING FOR FIELDS TOO, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A NO BRAINER TO DO SOMETHING.
IT, IT'S A NO BRAINER TO DO SOMETHING.
IT'S A NO BRAINER TO GIVE FIELDS BASED ON THAT.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, YOU GUYS SEE 'EM EVERY TIME WE COME IN A MEETING.
THE DEMANDS IS THE SOCCER FIELDS OR THE, THE YEAH.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT DEMAND DRI DRIVES IT ALL.
BUT, BUT I, I DO THINK THAT, UH, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOCCER FIELDS, YOU KNOW, MY PRESUMPTION IS ALSO THAT THOSE ARE ALSO MULTIPURPOSE FIELD MULTI PURPOSE, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I MEAN, IT IT, I MEAN, A BASEBALL FIELD REALLY, YOU CAN PLAY BASEBALL, YOU CAN PLAY KICKBALL AND YOU CAN, UH, PLAY SOFTBALL ON IT.
SO I I WOULD AGREE THAT, UH, IMPROVING SOMETHING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT, UM, AT UM, UM, MC MC RILEY, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE THAN BUILDING SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW REGARDLESS OF THE LAYOUT OR WHATEVER.
SO I MEAN, THE ONE THING THAT'S NOT BEING MADE, MADE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, GOD IS NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND.
AND SO FOR THE DEMAND OF BASEBALL FIELDS, WE NEED THE LAND TO DO THOSE BASEBALL FIELDS.
CERTAINLY IN, IN OVER TIME WE'VE HAD VARIOUS, UH, UH, POTENTIAL DONATIONS OF THAT LAND.
BUT REGARDLESS, EVEN IF, I MEAN, EVEN IF SOMEONE CAME AND GAVE US THE LAND WE WANTED TOMORROW RIGHT.
TO DO THAT, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT PROBABLY, IF NOT MORE YEAH.
SO EVERYTHING NEEDS TO, I I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THAT
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ALL 10 TO 12 MILLION WHEN IT STARTED TALKING ABOUT NEW RENOVATIONS, WE CAN GO TWO OR 3 MILLION.BUT WHEN YOU GO BRAND NEW, JUST JUST UP IT A FEW MILLION.
THERE A PROPOSAL ONE TIME, THERE'S SOME LAND WEST OF HAMPTON LAKE.
THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE BUILT FOR BALL FIELDS.
HAMPTON LAKE DIDN'T WANT THAT.
THE PEOPLE IN BLUFFTON PARK LOVE THE LIGHTS.
YEAH, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF THAT ONE.
THAT GOT TURNED, THAT GOT TURNED INTO A PASSIVE PARK.
I MEAN, SO YES, OUR, OUR COUNTY I THINK IS, UH, WHAT, WHAT PERCENT WATER? 75%, 60, I THINK IT'S 75% WATER.
LAND IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UH, RIGHT.
DRIVES THESE THINGS AND THERE'S A LOT OF WETLANDS OUT THERE WHERE YOU CAN'T DO MUCH WITH IT.
WELL, AGAIN, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS OVERALL, AND I SAID THIS EARLIER IN THE MEETING, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A GROUP OF IRATE, UH, CITIZENS IN HERE, UH, SCREAMING THAT OUR RECREATION AND OUR COUNTY IS TERRIBLE.
SO I, I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, SO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANYBODY AGAIN UNTIL, UH, FOLLOWING, UH, THE NEW YEAR IN JANUARY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A, A HAPPY, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON, THANKSGIVING AND, UH, CHRISTMAS OR HANUKKAH, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU KWANZA, WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE WITH YOUR FAMILIES.
AND, UM, AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UM, DOES ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, SIR.
JANAE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, I, UM, I SECOND WHAT YOU SAID, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE THIS YEAR.
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION ADJOURN.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH BC I AM EMORY CAMPBELL, AND THIS IS YOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENT.
THE MARSH TACKY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS IN THE GULLAH CULTURE.
THE MARSH TACKY WAS USED FOR PLOWING, FOR CARRYING PEOPLE TO CHURCH, AS WELL AS TO PULL WAGONS.
IT'S A BREED OF HORSE THAT WAS LEFT BY THE SPANISH IN THE 15 HUNDREDS, AND SINCE THAT TIME, IT HAS BEEN INNER BRED.
MARSHACK HAS A NARROW CHEST AND SLENDER LEGS, BUT IT'S VERY TOUGH HORSE.
AND BEFORE MODERN DEVELOPMENT, EVERY FAMILY HAD AT LEAST ONE MOSH TACKY.
IT WAS LIKE A CAR OR A TRUCK TODAY.
AND SO WE HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED THE MOSH TACKY.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE ENTERTAINERS OF THE AREA BECAUSE WE HAD RACES WITH MARSH TACKY AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR.
TODAY, THE MARSH TACKY HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY CERTAIN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THROUGHOUT THE LOW COUNTRY AREA.
THIS IS EMERY CAMPBELL, AND THAT HAS BEEN YOUR BEAUFORD COUNTY MOMENTS.
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