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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY REQUIRES A QUORUM TO VOTE ON AT THIS POINT, UH, OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY PARKS AND REC, UH, ADVISORY BOARD, UH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 2026.
UH, SO LET'S STAND AND RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
UH, I'M FROM SOUTH OF BROAD, UH, IN BLUFFTON.
I'M CHRISTIAN CDA, UM, NORTH OF BROAD MARK RENNICK, NORTH OF BROAD.
HEATHER CLINT, ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER, PARKS AND REC.
BARRY BROWN, PARKS DIRECTOR SHANE STA.
DEBBIE
UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, I HOPE Y'ALL HAD A GREAT, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON AND, UH, ENJOYED SOME TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES.
UH, ALAN ARSENAL, WHO SITS ON OUR BOARD, IS NOT HERE TODAY.
UH, HE HAD, UM, UH, A HEART ATTACK AND, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS HE HAS A STENT AND HE'S DOING WELL.
SO, UH, HE GIVES HIS, UH, REGARDS AND, UM, HE, UH, CERTAINLY HOPES TO BE BACK, UH, UH, AT OUR NEXT, UH, MEETING.
SO, UH, NOW I'LL ASK, UH, FOR, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW THE, UH, AGENDA.
AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, I THINK WE CAN APPROVE THE AGENDA HERE.
CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SECOND DISCUSSION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE BEING NO ONE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, UM, IS A GREAT THING, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE HERE AND WANT TO BE HEARD.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO A GREAT THING WHEN WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, ONLY BECAUSE YOU, WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET AT THE WAY WE'RE CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
SO I WANNA SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THAT.
UH, HAVE Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST BOARD MEETING? UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE, UH, ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES OR ANYTHING THEY WANNA BRING OUT? OKAY.
UH, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE GIVE ME A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVE SECOND.
THAT'S APPROVED DEPARTMENT REPORTS.
TURN IT OVER TO THE SHOW TO YOU ALL.
ADMIN, ADMIN, OPERATIONS, ADMIN, OPERATIONS.
IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE AGENDA.
MY, MY PART WILL BE VERY SHORT HERE.
UM, SO YOU SEE HERE ON THE, UH, ON THE BOARD, UM, WE'VE JUST DONE A NICE COLLAGE OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.
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TO INCORPORATE MORE PICTURES GOING FORWARD SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL STUFF THAT THE STAFF IS DOING.UM, SO THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION IS, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR, IS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK BACK FROM A YEARLY STANDPOINT, AND THEN GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THIS, BUT THE DEPARTMENTS, THE INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE WALKING YOU THROUGH THOSE.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMENT ON EVERY PHOTOGRAPH? I DO.
UM, BUT WE START A LITTLE LATE, SO.
UM, WE HAVE NUMBERS HERE FROM 2022 TO 2025 FOR, UH, THE RECREATION CENTER PARTICIPATION.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, AT LYNN BROWN IN 2023, A SPIKE THERE.
SO THAT YEAR WE HAD THE ALVIN SETTLES OUTDOOR POOL CHECK-INS TIED TO THAT CENTER.
WE HAVE SINCE UNDONE THAT, SO THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS HIGHER THAT YEAR.
WELL, THAT'S, UH, INCREASING STEADILY.
WERE THEY, WERE THEY TIED TO THAT THE YEAR BEFORE ALSO? YES.
THEY'RE ONLY PART OF THE YEAR.
AND WASN'T, WASN'T THAT CENTER DOWN FOR RENOVATIONS DURING ONE OF THOSE PERIODS?
I, I THINK IT WAS, I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YEAH.
UM, I PULLED SOME NUMBERS OFF OF THE CENSUS.GOV.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, FROM 2020 TO 2024, A 30% POPULATION INCREASE IN BLUFFTON, BASICALLY 8% IN THE BUTTE COUNTY OVERALL.
UM, AND I JUST THOUGHT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT IN RELATION TO OUR NUMBERS.
AND WE'RE STILL PICKING UP MORE RESIDENTS THAN EVEN OUR, OUR GROWTH IS HIGHER AT THE REC CENTERS THAN IT IS WITH, WITH THESE NUMBERS.
OH, HERE'S OUR FOOTFALL AND CHECK-IN TOTALS.
UM, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM LAST TIME, WITH THE FOOTFALL TOTALS, WE SUBTRACT 30%, UH, JUST TO ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE WALKING UP DOORS.
UM, AND BASKETBALL STARTED HALFWAY THROUGH NOVEMBER, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, UH, DECEMBER HIGHER, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAD, UM, HOLIDAYS OFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN DECEMBER.
WOULD YOU HAVE MORE TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY BECAUSE KIDS WOULD BE JUST COMING TO THE UM, UM, YES.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THE CHECK-IN TOTALS ARE STILL GOOD THERE BECAUSE WE ALSO GET A LOT OF VISITORS THAT WE REALLY ONLY SEE ONCE A YEAR.
I HEAR THEM COME IN, UM, THEY'RE VISITING OTHER FAMILY HERE AND THEY'RE BUYING THEIR VISITOR PASSES TO COME IN.
SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, SO THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE, THIS IS, UH, BOTH BLUFFING AND BUFORT COMBINED NUMBERS, UM, FROM 22 TO 25 FOR ALL OF OUR YOUTH SPORTS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BIG JUMP FROM 22 TO 23 AND SNA UM, GOES UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT EVERYTHING BIG ONE THEN, YOU'LL PRETTY MUCH SEE IT ON ALL THE SLIDES, IS FLAG FOOTBALL, UM, FLAG FOOTBALL CONTINUOUSLY.
UM, EACH YEAR CONTINUES TO GO UP.
UM, SO THIS IS THE SPORTS BY A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
UM, AGAIN, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS KIND OF STAYING THE SAME.
AND THEN FLAG FOOTBALL, UM, IS THE ONE THAT KEEPS GOING UP.
PRO CONTINUES TO GO UP, UM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY STAGNANT.
YOU KNOW, IT GOES, STAGNANT IS NOT A GOOD WORD.
THAT'S A BETTER WORD THAN STAGNANT.
SO FOR THE, UH, THE BEAUFORT SIDE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR NUMBERS, UM, BASEBALL, UH, WAS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN 22 AND 2023.
UM, AND THEN AS YOU SEE, IT COMES UP IN 2024.
UM, SO BASEBALL IS PRETTY, IS PRETTY CONSISTENT, UM, IN THE SPRING.
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UM, AND IN THE FALL, THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.UH, WHAT WE DO LIKE IS THAT, UM, FOR OUR SOFTBALL LEAGUE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBER IS A LITTLE DOWN, UM, IN 2022 AND 2023.
UM, BUT THEN IT INCREASES FOR 2024 AND 2025.
UM, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE INCREASE IN TRAVEL BALL TEAMS THAT HAS INCREASED IN THE AREA.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT NUMBER CONTINUOUSLY GOES UP FOR OUR 2026, UM, BASKETBALL SEASON HAS IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS, SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
UH, FLAG FOOTBALL IS GOING UP.
UM, AND OUR SOCCER IS PRETTY STAYING PRETTY CONSISTENT.
WE HAD A LITTLE DIP, UM, IN THE, UH, FALL OF THIS PAST YEAR FOR 2025.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT NUMBER'S GONNA, UH, GO UP FOR 2026.
AND AS YOU SEE, OUR LACROSSE AND CHEERLEADING IS PRETTY MUCH A, A STAYING CONSISTENT NUMBER.
SO IT'S BEEN, WE HAVE, WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD YEARS, UM, IN THE PAST, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE BETTER ONES IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THAT, THE INTERESTING THING, I I THINK, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR AREA IS GROWING VERY RAPIDLY.
THESE ARE PRIMARILY KIDS SPORTS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO IT'S, IT, IT IS INTERESTING, UM, TO SEE THAT THEM, THAT THEY'RE STAYING NOT STAGNANT, BUT CONSISTENT
UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ARE, ARE VIABLE, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF LEAGUES AND NUMBER OF TEAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT POPPED AT ME.
AND SOFTBALL LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT, IT EVOLVES, BUT THE, THE FEE, BUT I THINK THAT PROGRAM WAS PRETTY MUCH DYING FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS WITH, UM, YEAH, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS GOING IN THE WRONG, UM, DIRECTION.
BUT, UH, LIKE I STATED, WITH WITH, UH, WITH THE INCREASE IN, IN, IN TRAVEL TEAMS IN, IN THE AREA, UM, THEY HAVE, UH, COME, THEY HAVE STARTED, UM, COMING MORE TOWARDS OUR, OUR LEAGUES.
'CAUSE THEN THAT HELPS THEM PREPARE FOR THEIR OWN SEASON THAT IS UP TO COME.
UM, SO WE GET A GOOD INCREASE IN THAT.
AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD FOUR OR FIVE TEAMS IN EACH ONE.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA INCREASE THE MORE, UH, GIRLS HAVE AND LIKE THE DIFFERENT TRAVEL PROGRAMS WE HAVE, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA INCREASE MORE, UH, IN 2026.
SO, UH, WE LOOK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND PROVEN.
UM, AND ALL OTHER SPORTS, I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT FALL SPORTS IS OPEN NOW FOR REGISTRATION.
SPRING SPORTS, SPRING SPORTS, SPRING SPORTS, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR,
UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING BESIDES, UM, MINE, BECAUSE I DID, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL AND ALSO SAW ON FACEBOOK ARE REACHING OUT ANY OTHER WAY THROUGH, THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND ANY, ARE WE DOING ANY PHYSICAL REACHING OUT AS FAR AS, UM, UM, WE ARE DOING, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLATFORMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE ALSO DOING, UM, THE LITTLE PICKET, THE LITTLE PICKET SIGNS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK OUR MARKETING GUYS HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING BESIDES SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE, WE'LL HAVE OUR BANNER AND THE BANNERS AND WE'LL HAVE OUR BANNERS.
UM, BUT BESIDES THAT, I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONLY PARTS OF, OF CONTACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY SO FAR AS, UH, GETTING THE NAME OUT THERE.
SO, UM, THAT THE GIRLS CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A LEAGUE.
UM, AND I THINK HE, UH, POSTS HIS REMINDER ON SOCIAL MEDIA QUITE OFTEN IF I'M, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO, UH, PEOPLE ARE PURVIEW TO, UH, SHARE THAT, UM, TO, TO, TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? UM, SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE SHARE IT, THE MORE THAT PEOPLE SEE IT, THE MORE THAT IT'S MORE THAT IT'S SEEN.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IS, IS, IS THE INCREASE IN THE SPORT.
UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR ADULT SPORTS.
UM, FOR THE BLUFF INSIDE, UM, THE, THE THREE THAT WE DO ARE KICKBALL, SOFTBALL, VOLLEYBALL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR, OUR LARGEST ONE IS SOFTBALL.
UM, WE HAVE THE, THE FOUR LEAGUES, THE FOUR DIFFERENT NIGHTS, UM, ACTUALLY FIVE LEAGUES NOW 'CAUSE WE DO THE SENIOR LEAGUE AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT'S BY FAR OUR BIGGEST ONE, UM, KICKBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.
UM, THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO UP EACH SEASON.
UM, THIS PAST PAST SEASON FOR VOLLEYBALL WAS, WAS OUR LARGEST, UM, WE HAD A GREAT, GREAT VOLLEYBALL SEASON.
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13 TEAMS. UM, WE GOT KICKBALL GOING ON RIGHT NOW.UM, I BELIEVE HE HAS EIGHT, EIGHT TEAMS IN KICKBALL RIGHT NOW.
UM, AROUND A HUNDRED BEYOND 106 PARTICIPANTS.
UH, SO IT'S, UH, THE ADULT SPORTS SIDE OF, OF BLUFFTON, UM, CONTINUES TO GROW.
AND, UH, THINGS ARE REALLY GOOD OVER THERE.
DO WE NOT HAVE BASKETBALL IN BLUFFTON? WE DO NOT, NO, SIR.
I KNOW THEY DO IT IN BEAUFORT, BUT, UH, WE DON'T IN BLUFFTON, WELL, OUR ADULT BASEBALL LEAGUE, AS YOU SEE, UH, THE NUMBERS IN THE FALL AND THE SUMMER, UM, ESPECIALLY THE NUMBERS, UH, IN 2025 HAS INCREASED.
UM, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB WITH PROMOTING IT, UM, TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, OUR MARKETING TEAM HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH PROMOTING IT AS WELL.
UM, SO AS YOU SEE, THAT NUMBER IN THE SUMMER FOR 2025 IN THE FALL IS, IS INCREASING.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT NUMBER STAYS UP, UH, FOR BASKETBALL.
UM, THE ADULT LEAGUE, UH, WE WERE NOT, UH, AS YOU SEE THE NUMBER, IT KIND OF FLUCTUATES, UH, FOR 2025.
UM, IN THE, IN THE WINTER WE ONLY HAD 17 SIGN UP, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, UH, CONDUCT THE LEAGUE BEING THAT THE NUMBER IS LOW.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING WE'RE GONNA TRY TO REESTABLISH THAT, UM, IN THE SUMMER TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO GET IN 2026 TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A, A BETTER NUMBER FOR OUR ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY CONDUCT ONE, UH, KICKBALL NUMBERS.
UM, WERE UP IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 AND THEN THE NUMBERS WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT NUMBER INCREASES, UM, NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND, UM, SO THAT'S GONNA START, UH, HERE.
OUR WINTER LEAGUE FOR 2026 IS GONNA START HERE SHORTLY.
I THINK WE ONLY HAVE LIKE THREE TEAMS. UM, SO WE'RE, UM, TRYING TO GET THAT, UM, BACK UP AND RUNNING AND GETTING THAT BACK, UH, THAT NUMBER BACK HIGH.
UH, SOFTBALL IS OUR BIGGEST, IS OUR BIGGEST NUMBER.
UM, I THINK, UM, TEAMS ARE STARTING TO REALIZE, UH, THAT WE, UM, HAVE A GOOD LEAGUE.
UM, WE'VE EVEN HAD A FEW PEOPLE COME OVER FROM THE BLUFFTON TO JOIN OUR CO-ED LEAGUE.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING BIG FOR US.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET MORE OF THEM, UH, BEING THAT WE DO HAVE SOME PLAYERS ON THIS SIDE GO OVER THERE AND PLAY OVER THERE.
WE HOPING THAT THEY DO THE SAME FOR US COMING IN THIS, UM, IN THIS YEAR, IN THE SUMMER.
SO, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE FOR, UM, OUR ADULT LEAGUES IN BEAUFORT.
SOMETHING THAT, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL DO IT ON HILTON HEAD OR NOT, BUT YEARS AGO, UH, IT, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU, YOU MIGHT WANT THINK ABOUT, BUT, UM, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A FIVE ON FIVE MEN'S LEAGUE, BUT HAD A THREE ON THREE CROSS COURT LEAGUE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY NEED FIVE PLAYERS AND, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HAVE A TEAM VERSUS SEVEN OR EIGHT, UM, AND IT BEING CROSS COURT, UH, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO NAVIGATE FOR OLD PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, VERSUS THE FULL COURT, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE A REF.
EVERYBODY CALLED THEIR OWN FILES, YOU KNOW? UH, SO IT, IT, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO, UH, TO THINK ABOUT.
NO, UH, SO, SO WE DID TRY THAT.
UM, OH, YOU DID? YEAH, WE DID REACH OUT.
I REACHED OUT TO THE PLAYERS THAT DID, DID SIGN UP AND ASK THEM IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN.
A LOT OF THE PLAYERS WEREN'T INTERESTED.
UM, SO BEING THAT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED, WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T CONDUCT IT.
'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO PLAY FIVE ON FIVE.
SO, UM, WE DID, WE DID AT LEAST TRY THAT.
I DID AT LEAST TRY THAT FOR THEM.
AND THEY, SOME DID, SOME DIDN'T.
UM, NOT FOR THE CURRENT LEAGUES.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR BASKETBALL SEASON, UM, FOR YOUTH BASKETBALL.
UM, WE JUST STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE GOT, UH, 902 PARTICIPANTS.
I THINK WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 109 TEAMS, UM, FOUR TO 16.
UM, SO THAT SEASON, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
WE WILL END, I THINK OUR, OUR SEASON RUNS THROUGH FEBRUARY 6TH.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GET CRANKED UP FOR ALL STARS.
UM, OUR ADULT SPORTS RIGHT NOW WE GOT ADULT KICKBALL.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS OUR, OUR FIRST WEEK.
UM, SO THEY'VE PLAYED TWO GAMES SO FAR.
UM, OUR NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP IN ADULT KICKBALL.
UM, GOT EIGHT TEAMS, GOT TWO FIELDS, UH, FOUR GAMES A NIGHT.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S GOING GOOD.
IS THERE ANY PLANS? PLANS FOR PARKING? PROVIDING MORE PARKING? I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS AT, AT BUCKWALTER.
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SO REGISTRATION JANUARY ONE, ALL OUR YOUTH SPORTS FOR THE SPRING.UM, THE REGISTRATION OPEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE GOT BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, FLAG LACROSSE, AND SOCCER.
UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT DAYS INTO IT RIGHT NOW.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE, ARE PRETTY LOW.
UM, BUT NO DOUBT THAT THEY'LL GET EITHER TO IT OR OVER IT.
WE ARE, THIS YEAR, UM, WE GOT APPROACHED TO, TO TRY TO DO A, A FEMALE FLAG FOOTBALL, UM, FOR THE KIND OF TEENAGE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS.
UM, SO WE DID OPEN THAT UP THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I THINK THAT NUMBER STAYED AT FIVE WHEN I LEFT THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, SO WE STILL ONLY HAVE FIVE GIRLS, UM, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME INTEREST.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT NUMBER WILL PICK UP.
UM, AND THEN FOR OUR SPRING ADULT SPORTS, UM, AGAIN, REGISTRATION JUST OPENED JANUARY ONE, UM, BUT WOULD DO INDOOR VOLLEYBALL, UM, AGAIN AT BUCK WALTER.
UM, NEW SPORTS AND TOURNAMENTS, UM, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME.
WE DO HAVE FOUR AGE GROUPS THAT WERE STATE CHAMPIONS FOR SOCCER.
UM, OUR EIGHT U GIRLS IN BLUFFTON, 10 U GIRLS IN BEAUFORT, 10 U BOYS AND 12 U GIRLS FROM BLUFFTON ALL, UH, WENT, UM, TO FLORENCE AND, AND WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THEIR AGE GROUPS.
UM, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, THE, THE NEW SPRING SPORT, BUT THE, THE FEMALE FLAG FOOTBALL, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AGAIN WITH TOP GUN ABOUT HOSTING MORE OF THE, THE TRAVEL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS IN BOTH BLUFFTON AND BUFORT.
UM, I GAVE THEM OUR DATES THAT, THAT WORK FOR US, UM, KIND OF AROUND OUR REC PROGRAM AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE GOING GOT GOING ON.
UM, SO I'M JUST WAITING ON THEM TO GET BACK TO THE DATES THAT WORK KIND OF FOR BOTH OF US SO WE CAN GET THAT ON THE SCHEDULE.
UM, AND THEN THE 12 U 15 U GIRLS, UH, DIAMOND STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, UM, WILL BE HOSTING IN JUNE 20TH, UM, AT OSCAR FRAZIER.
SO THERE IS NO BASEBALL, UH, NOT AS, NOT WE'LL, WE WILL HOST THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT AGE GROUP.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE'RE, WE KNOW WE'RE HOSTING.
HOW DOES THE, UH, TRAVEL, UH, PROGRAM AFFECT BLUFFTON? IS IT AS FAR AS NUMBERS? AS AS FAR AS NUMBERS? YES.
AS FAR AS NUMBERS IN YOUR PROGRAM.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S TOUGH IN BLUFFTON.
UM, BECAUSE, UM, WITH OUR ADULT SPORTS, OUR ADULT SOFTBALL, UM, BYS ONLY USES THE FIELD ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, SO ALL THEIR GAMES ARE ON SATURDAY.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY TRAVEL TOURNAMENTS ARE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
UM, SO THOSE, THOSE, IT KIND OF DOESN'T WORK IN THE FALL FOR BLUFFING TO HAVE TRAVEL PLAY SPRING OR TRAVEL PLAY REC AS WELL.
UM, IN THE SPRING, THOSE KIDS KIND OF COME BACK, UM, AND PLAY REC AND TRAVEL.
UM, SO YOU SEE THE NUMBERS JUMP IN THE SPRING, BUT IN THE FALL IT DEFINITELY HURTS.
SO THE PLUS MIGHT, THERE'S NOT A REALLY A NEGATIVE TO HAVING TO HOSTING THE TOURNAMENTS AND RUNNING OUR REC PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
THE TOP GUN IS YES, YOU CAN USE THE FIELDS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA WORK AROUND US.
YEAH, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA MOVE OUR REC PROGRAM FOR THEM, SO.
IS THAT YOUR LAST SLIDE? IT'S, YES.
UM, JUST A COMMENT THAT I HAVE, WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS ALL THE SPORTS AND YOU LOOK ACROSS THE PARTICIPATION, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GAUGE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR PENETRATION IS.
OBVIOUSLY IF WE'VE GOT LEAGUES AND THEY HAVE ENOUGH TEAMS TO HAVE COMPETITION, UH, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND IN CERTAIN SPORTS WE HAVE MORE THAN THAN OTHERS.
UM, AS THE MAJORITY OF OUR, I THINK YOU, YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, THE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE IS ONLINE AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO WHEN WE'RE ROLLING OUT, UM, AND I SHOULD MAYBE KNOW THIS, BUT WHEN WE'RE ROLLING OUT THE SPRING SCHEDULE, EVERYBODY WHO IS ON OUR EMAIL LIST WHO'S PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST IS GETTING A BLAST, CORRECT? YEAH.
AND, AND ARE 95% OF THOSE PEOPLE REGISTERING ONLINE? I MEAN, WHAT'S, I MEAN, MOST OF THEM AREN'T COMING IN AND FILLING SOMETHING OUT, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
99% OF THE REGISTRATION'S ALL DONE.
SO, UM, SO I THINK WHAT THAT'S SHOWING ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF, OF, OF THE COMMUNITY FROM WHAT I CAN TELL WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE THINGS.
THE, THE THING THAT, UM, IS CURIOUS IS WHEN WE'VE GOT A NEW PROGRAM LIKE FLAG FOOTBALL MM-HMM
FOR FEMALES, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET THAT OUT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW BOB, UH, BOB HAS A LOT OF HELP WITH THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE I, IT WAS, IT WAS SOMEBODY FROM THE SCHOOLS THAT KIND OF APPROACHED BOB.
SO I THINK THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE, THE MAY RIVERS, BLUFFTON HIGH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, THEY'RE KIND OF GETTING IT OUT TO THE GIRLS THEMSELVES, UM, THROUGH THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AGAIN, WE'RE ONLINE, FACEBOOK AND WHATNOT.
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QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS? ION I WOULD CONSIDER, UM, FOR MOST OF THE, AT LEAST I'M AWARE OF THE BLUFFTON PEOPLE, BUT MAY REMEMBER THE SAME WAY THEY HAVE CLINICS, THE COACHES PUT ON USUALLY A ONE DAY CLINIC.I THINK MAYBE COULD YOU ENCOURAGE THE COACHES TO ASK THEM TO GET, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE WAY TO KEEP INVOLVED OVER AND ABOVE THIS ONE DAY WE'RE DOING, GET INVOLVED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND GOING TO THE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT IT.
EVEN HAVE SOME FLYERS THERE TO TAKE A PASS OUT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY, HOW MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WE SERVED IN SPORTS? I MEAN, YOU JUST ADD ALL THOSE NUMBERS UP, BASIC, BASICALLY.
AND FROM THAT, WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE.
AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO HAVE, TAKE MY SHOES OFF, TAKE MY SHOES OFF TO START, UH, AND RIGHT.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A, A KID THAT PLAYS BOTH BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FLAG FOOTBALL, UM, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT THREE SEASONS.
UH, YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE KIDS THAT ARE DOING TWO SPORTS IN THE SAME SEASON, BUT YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF 'EM THAT DO BASEBALL, FLAG FOOTBALL, AND YEAH.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THE BIG ISSUE IS ARE WE MEETING THE RECREATION NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY? ARE WE PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH ENOUGH, UH, VARIATION AND, AND, AND ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES? AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE ARE BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT, BUT, GREAT.
UM, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT YOU, THE, THE IDEA THAT YOU APPROACHED.
UM, I DID, UM, WE, ME AND BRANDON AND I SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE, UH, BASKETBALL COACHES AT, UM, BATTY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
HE'S LOOKING TO OFFER HIS SERVICES WITH, UM, ALFRED OFFERING CLINICS, UM, TO OUR TEAMS. UM, SO, UM, I'M GONNA BE WORKING WITH HIM AND REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT COACHES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH BASKETBALL FIRST, UM, WHICH TRYING TO START CLINIC, UH, TRYING TO START A CLINIC AFTER OUR SEASON.
SO THE, UM, THE IDEA, UM, WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UM, SHANE ABOUT IT, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT AFTER EVERY SEASON FOR EACH SPORT, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO INTRODUCE CLINICS, UM, TO OUR PROGRAMS. UM, FOR THE SURROUNDING, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THE SURROUNDING COACHES, HIGH SCHOOLS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHOEVER'S INTERESTED.
UH, THEY CAN COME IN AND PROVIDE CLINICS, UM, TO OUR, TO OUR PROGRAMS. AND THAT WAY, UM, THAT NOT ONLY HELPS OUR, UH, NUMBERS 'CAUSE THEN, UM, IT'LL HELP OUR NUMBERS, BUT IT'LL ALSO HELP THEM, UH, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE TALENT THAT IS POSSIBLY COMING TO THEIR SCHOOL.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY HAVE, UM, IN THE AREA.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I DID SPEAK WITH SHANE ABOUT.
UM, AND ME AND SHANE ARE WORKING, WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE PROBABLY, UM, WE'RE LOOKING, UM, PROBABLY MAYBE AROUND MARCH OR APRIL TO PROBABLY HAVE, UM, ONE OF THESE CLINICS.
UM, SO THE PLAN IS TO REACH OUT TO THEM, SEE WHO'S, SEE WHO'S, UH, INTERESTED.
UM, AND THEN THAT ALSO GIVES COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS FOR THOSE PLAYERS, UM, WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP OUT WITH THE CLINIC.
AND THEN THAT LOOKS GOOD, UH, ON THEIR, UM, COLLEGE RESUMES AS WELL.
UM, SO IT KIND OF BENEFITS BOTH, BOTH PARTIES, NOT ONLY, UH, THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE PLAYERS, UH, THEMSELVES THAT ARE PLAYING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IN, IN THE NEAR, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, SO, UM, UH, FIRST START OFF, WE HAVE OUR WINTER ADULT KICKBALL LEAGUE.
UM, OUR NUMBER DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON.
UM, SO WE ONLY HAVE THREE TEAMS, SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE, UM, THREE GAMES, UH, ONE NIGHT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, UH, FOR OUR SEASON FOR, FOR KICKBALL.
UM, AND THAT WILL START UP, UH, PROBABLY IN TWO WEEKS AND WE'LL GET THAT AND WE'LL GET THAT BALL ROLLING.
UH, AS YOU SEE FOR OUR WINNER, UM, BASKETBALL, UM, OUR NUMBER HAS WENT UP.
UM, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD THING.
UM, NOW WE HAVE, UH, THE SURPRISING NUMBER IS WE HAVE LIKE FIVE TEAMS OF GIRLS FOR NINE AND 10, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, LIKE THREE TEAMS FOR, UH, SEVEN TO EIGHT GIRLS.
AND WE'RE USED TO ONLY HAVING A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO RUN LIKE THREE VERSES THREE.
UM, SO NOW THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED, SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO RUN THE FIVE ON FIVE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR BASKETBALL, UM, PROGRAM SO FAR FROM A GIRLS, UM, SIDE.
UM, SO OUR NUMBER HAS INCREASED, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SEASON BEING A, A GOOD SEASON AND PREPARE FOR OUR ALL STAR SEASON.
AND, UH, BEAUFORT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE BASE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE AT THE BASE.
ARIEL PERRY IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THAT CONSTITUENCY AND SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY.
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DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY KIDS DO WE, DO WE GET A LOT OF KIDS FROM, UH, FROM THE BASE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROGRAMS? DO WE KNOW? UM, GO AHEAD.I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD ACTUALLY KNOW THAT UNLESS, YEAH, UNLESS THEY TOLD YOU, RIGHT.
AND HAVING HER ON THE BOARD WOULD, HAVING, HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE, WOULD BE INTERESTING.
I CAN, UM, I MEAN, JUST TO KIND OF, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE BUFORT IS BLOWING UP, JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IN, IN TERMS OF POPULATION, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THOSE STATS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHEN YOU, WHEN I DROVE OVER HERE, I'M, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH MORE IS GOING ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EXPECT THAT EXPLOSION TO BE IN THE, IN, IN THE BEAUFORT SIDE OF THE, UH, OF THE RIVER AS WELL AS BLUFFTON, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO THESE ARE OUR SPORTS THAT'S COMING UP, UM, FOR THE SPRING.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, SOCCER, BASEBALL, UM, SOFTBALL, FLAG FOOTBALL AND LACROSSE.
UM, THESE, UH, ARE THEY JUST PRETTY MUCH OPENED UP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE NUMBERS TO, UH, INCREASE, UM, HERE WITHIN THE NEXT PROBABLY MONTH OR SO.
UM, SO WE, UH, DO HAVE, UM, OUR INDOOR SOCCER PROGRAM OPENED UP.
UM, THAT NUMBER HAS WENT DOWN.
UM, I HAVE, UM, DECIDED TO, UH, KIND OF EXTEND THAT END DATE TO KIND OF SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER BACK UP TO WHAT, UH, IT WAS IN 2025.
UH, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A LEAGUE, UH, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY 13, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, SO WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UM, EXTENDING IT, THE DUE, THE END DATE, PROBABLY A, A WEEK OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER UP.
AND WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A, A LEAGUE FOR OUR INDOOR SOCCER PROGRAM FOR THE ADULTS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS? THANK YOU.
UM, SO YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, FOR OUR FOOD, PART OF OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, HERE ARE STATISTICS, 23 TO 24, UM, AND THEN TO 25.
THERE WAS SOME, UM, REDUCTION IN OUR NUMBERS, UH, DUE TO THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF FUNDING.
UM, SO SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS DROPPED BECAUSE THEY HAD A HOLD ON REFERRALS COMING TO US.
UM, IN THE GROUP DINING SETTING.
WE HAD, UM, SOME REDUCTION IN NUMBERS WHEN WE'VE HAD CENTERS CLOSE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, SO NOW THAT THEY'VE REOPENED THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING BACK UP.
HERE ARE JUST SOME FUN HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, THEY ALL WENT TO THE COASTAL CAROLINA FAIR IN LATSON, ENJOYED BINGO.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THEM WITH THEIR MERCH.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES, UM, LOTS OF CRAFTS.
THEY, COUPLE OF, UM, GROUPS WENT DOWN TO SEE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS OR I GUESS UP TO CHARLESTON, UM, HOLIDAY PARTIES AT CENTERS AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN OUR MEAL NUMBERS FOR OUR, UM, HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
UM, WE'RE AT 3000, A LITTLE OVER THAT FOR THE TWO COMBINED MONTHS.
AND THEN OUR GROUP DINING WITH THE HOLIDAY CLOSURES WERE, WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, UM, BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
NOW YOU'RE SERVICING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YES, AND WE WERE, UM, ABLE, WE STARTED FOOD AT LYNN BROWN, UM, DECEMBER.
UM, SO THE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE THERE AS WELL.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL NEW VEHICLES SO THAT WE HAVE VERY HAPPY SENIORS.
UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A FEW MORE FOR THIS, UM, FISCAL YEAR, BUT OVERALL WE'RE GROWING.
THOSE ARE VANS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SOME OF THEM ARE BUS STYLE VANS.
UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKE, WHEN YOU WENT TO LADSON, HOW MANY BUSES DID YOU TAKE? OR HOW MANY VEHICLES DID YOU TAKE? UM, WELL, ALL OF OUR SENIORS WENT.
SO NOT ONLY DID WE TAKE OUR BUSES, BUT WE ALSO RENTED BUSES.
UM, BECAUSE THE PROGRAM HAS OVER 150 SENIORS, IF EVERYBODY'S GOING AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE REACH OUT AND HAVE TO GET MORE RESOURCES THAN WHAT WE HAVE AS WELL.
SO YOU HAVE A BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
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'CAUSE WE'RE JUST GROWINGWHAT IS THE BACKUP PLAN? IF FUNDING IS STILL, IF IF THE FUNDING IS HAILED FOR THE BAILS, IT'S, IT'S NOT.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT, UM, DOING ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORRIES AS FAR AS I'M AWARE OF.
UM, THEY DID MOVE THE FISCAL YEAR, SO IT KIND OF FALLS A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO THEY GET THEIR, ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY GET THEIR BUDGET JULY ONE.
SO THEY'VE MOVED OUR FISCAL YEAR WITH THEM FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER.
SO IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THEIR FUNDING AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHAT, AND THEN WE COME IN AND IT COMES TOGETHER.
SO, AND THAT JUST TOOK PLACE THIS FUNDING YEAR HERE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO FOR THE POLLS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 2022 ALL THE WAY TO 2025 IN BLUFFTON FOR THAT 2023, THAT IS THE ONE YEAR THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY OPEN FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER.
THE OTHER YEARS, SOMEHOW SOME WAY THE POOL WAS CLOSED FOR SOME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS YEAR EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY AND WE WILL SEE A BIG INCREASE.
YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THAT IS, IS SWIM TEAM STUFF TOO, RIGHT? YES.
A LOT OF THAT IS WITH SWIM TEAM.
SO, AND, AND, AND SO THAT IN THOSE YEARS OF 24 AND 25 WOULD'VE BEEN REALLOCATED TO OTHER POOLS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WHICH YOU CAN SEE HOW BATTERY CREEK AND BEAUFORT DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT FOR THOSE 24 AND 25, RIGHT? NO.
AND, AND SOME OF THAT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT, SO WE MIGHT EXPECT THAT TO GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
IS EVERYONE HAPPY WITH THE BLUFFING POOL? AS OF RIGHT NOW, EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HAPPY.
WATER AEROBICS IS DEFINITELY, HAS INCREASED A LOT.
WE NOW HAVE FIVE INSTRUCTORS FOR OUR WATER AEROBIC PROGRAM.
UM, THE INFANT SWIM LESSON DEFINITELY HAS INCREASED.
THAT WILL CONTINUE AGAIN IN ABOUT A MONTH.
AND THEN OUR LEVEL ONE SWIM LESSON, THAT ONE OUT OF ALL THE LEVELS, THAT ONE IS THE MOST POPULAR ONE.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S THE BASIC CORRECT, CORRECT.
SO ONCE YOU GET TO LEVEL FIVE, LEVEL SIX, WE DON'T OFFER LEVEL SIX BECAUSE BY THAT TIME, YOU ARE READY TO BE ON THAT SWIM TEAM.
UM, SO MOST OF THE TIME, EVERYONE THAT'S IN THAT LEVEL FIVE, THEY'RE ALREADY TRYING OUT FOR THAT FIN SWIM TEAM.
SO THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, TRIPS, I MEAN THINGS FOR THE LESSONS FOR THE SCHOOLS? NO, THIS DOES NOT, DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT? NO, NO, NO.
BECAUSE THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO WE HAVE COMBINED THE POWERPOINT TO JUST ONE SLIDE FOR THE AQUATICS.
SO WE HAVE OUR GROUP AND OUR PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS.
THOSE NORMALLY START FROM TWO 30 TO SIX 30.
AND IT EVERY, IT VARIES, EVERY 30 MINUTES IS A DIFFERENT CLASS.
UM, THE NEXT LIFEGUARDING CLASS WE HAVE IS AT OUR BLUFFTON POOL.
THE PRE-COURSE IS ON FEBRUARY 7TH, AND THE CLASS IS THE 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH.
UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, WE HAVE OUR FIN SWIM TEAM, WHICH IS AT OUR BLUFFTON POOL.
THAT IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UM, FIVE TO 8:00 PM THE INFANT, UM, SWIM LESSONS, THAT ONE YOU HAVE TO CALL KRISTEN FOR, BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT ONE WILL START NEXT MONTH.
THAT ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING IN A MONTH AS WELL.
WATER AEROBICS, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE FIVE INSTRUCTORS NOW.
UM, SO WE HAVE WATER AEROBICS AT ALL THREE POOLS.
AND HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT DATES.
THE BATTERY CREEK, THE BUFORT, AND THE BLUFFTON POOL.
AND THEN, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS, UM, BETWEEN NINE 30 AND TWO O'CLOCK, THE POOL IS CLOSED DURING THE SWIM LESSON TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE THAT'S COMING UP IS ACTUALLY AT BLUFFTON POOL, WHICH STARTS ON JANUARY 12TH.
SO NONE OF THOSE NUMBERS WOULD INCLUDE, UM, SWIM LESSONS OF CHECK-INS.
IT WILL WHEN YOU, IT DOES WHEN YOU HAVE 'EM, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BUT IN THAT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER THERE WEREN'T ANY.
SO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, YES, WE DID HAVE SWIM LESSONS FOR BEAUFORT POOL.
THAT'S WHY BEAUFORT POOL'S NUMBERS
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ARE SMALLER THAN BATTERY CREEK AND BLUFFTON.AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN THE SCHOOL IS WANTING TO COME.
SO THE SCHOOL CALLS, I SCHEDULE IT ALL FOR LIKE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, SO THERE COULD BE A MONTH OR TWO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LESSONS.
SO FOR JANUARY, FOR EXAMPLE, BEAUFORT POOL DOESN'T HAVE ANY LESSONS UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.
AND, AND, UH, I WANNA SAY A YEAR OR TWO AGO, MAYBE YOU CAN REMIND ME.
WELL, UM, WE SETTLED UP WITH THE FINS AND THEY WERE PAYING TO, TO COME TO THE POOL AND THEY STILL DO.
AND THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THAT FROM WHAT I'M AWARE OF.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE POOLS? THANK YOU.
SO, UM, THIS PAST DECEMBER, WE'VE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH RECREATION.
WE HAD A DODGE BALL TOURNAMENT FOR ADULTS THAT WENT OFF REALLY WELL.
UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT HURT? NONE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WENT REALLY WELL.
BUT, UH, YEAH, NO, PEOPLE GOT HURT.
MOST OF US COULDN'T LIFT A DRINK THE NEXT DAY THOUGH, WITH OUR THROWING HAND.
BUT, UM, IT WAS A GOOD TIME OVERALL.
WE ALSO HAD, UM, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS LIKE A UNITY DRUM CIRCLE TAKE PLACE IN BOTH BEAUFORT AND BLUFFTON.
WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE REGISTER FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO JUST FINISHED UP OUR WINTER BREAK CAMP ON DECEMBER 23RD, WHERE THEY WENT TO THE PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION, GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN THE DAY BEFORE, THEY DID A LOT OF, UM, HOLIDAY THEMED ARTS AND CRAFTS.
UM, NOW MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT RECREATION IS KIND OF A NEWER BRANCH, AND BY NEWER, I MEAN NEWER THAN MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
BUT, UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS COMING UP, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
AND THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, KIND OF ATTACHING NUMBERS TO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, UH, WE'VE GOT A NEW BEGINNER PICKLEBALL CLASS THAT'S COMPLETELY FULL.
LIKE I SAID, UH, WE ALSO HAD A YOUTH DODGE BALL, UM, CLINIC THAT WAS 100% FULL.
UH, FLOOR HOCKEY IS 100% FULL WITH PROBABLY A WEEK TO GO.
UM, WE HAD BOARD GAME NIGHT, WHICH WAS 90% FULL, BUT AS OF LATER THIS AFTERNOON IT'S COMPLETELY FULL.
BOOK CLUB IS SITTING AROUND 70% IN TOP SPOT.
WE, THAT HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP SINCE THIS WAS DONE.
AND WE ONLY HAVE THREE SPOTS REMAINING.
SO, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE A BROADER SPECTRUM OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
AND THIS IS MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THESE REGISTER THAT ARE REGISTERING FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE NEW AND HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE KIND OF MEETING THAT NEED AND BRINGING PEOPLE IN.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NEW PEOPLE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING INTRODUCED THROUGH IT THROUGH MARKETING.
WELL THAT, THAT AND THE KIDS, BUT MOM AND DAD HAVE A DIFFICULT, WHY WAS THE BEAUFORT CAMP ONLY 30% FULL? UM, AS COMPARED TO BLUFFTON? I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, THE BEAUFORT CAMP IS USUALLY A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE BLUFFING CAMP IS, AND THAT JUST KIND OF REFLECTED A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTREME.
UH, THAT ONE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH OF A RUNWAY FOR ADVERTISING.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE BIT LATER.
AND, UM, SO YEAH, I GET YOUR, UH, NEWSLETTERS EVERY WEEK, EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND THEY VERY NICELY DONE.
AND THEY GET A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WIDESPREAD THAT THAT GOES OUT ELECTRONICALLY, BUT IT'S VERY WELL DONE.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT JEREMY CAN PROBABLY TELL US ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT GOES TO.
DO YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD REACH.
SO, UM, CAMPS, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A HUGE SPIKE IN CAMPS, AND THEN WE KIND OF HAVE EVENED OUT OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, RIGHT.
USING THE RIGHT VERBIAGE THERE.
BUT, UM, AND AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRENDS THROUGHOUT THE, THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, NOT ONLY HAS THE CAMPS EVEN OUT, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ADDING MORE AND MORE CAMPS TO THAT.
RIGHT? SO, UM, LAST YEAR, THE, IN 2024, WE HAD ALL AROUND ATHLETES AND ATHLETIC ARTS AND CRAFTY KIDS, AND THEN ONLY ADDED LACROSSE AND TENNIS.
THIS YEAR WE HAD A WINTER CAMP, WE HAD A SPRING BREAK CAMP.
WE HAD ATHLETES, WE HAD A COMBINED, WE HAD BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, ARTS AND CRAFTS, LACROSSE, TENNIS AND SOFTBALL.
THIS YEAR WE'RE ADDING EVEN MORE.
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HAVE A ROBOTICS CAMP THAT'S HAPPENED IN SPRING BREAK.THIS, UH, WE'RE ADDING SPRING BREAK ON TOP OF OUR IN-HOUSE CAMPS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER CONTRACTED CAMPS THAT ARE GONNA BE OFFERED.
SO OUR CAMP OFFERINGS ARE ONLY GOING UP FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UM, MOST OF OUR CAMPS HAVE BEEN PRETTY FULL, ESPECIALLY ON THE BLUFFTON SIDE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND EXPAND FROM BLUFFTON CENTER TO BURTON OR BUCK WALTER AS WELL, ONCE THAT FACILITY'S FINISHED AND ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
SO, LIKE WE ALSO SAID, UH, RECREATION'S A LITTLE BIT NEWER, RIGHT? SO YOU SEE A LOT OF PROGRAMS UP THERE WITH NOT A LOT OF REGISTRATION, BUT A LOT OF THESE JUST STARTED IN DECEMBER, RIGHT? SO A LOT DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER.
SO A LOT OF THESE ARE STILL GETTING TRACTION, STILL GROWING.
UM, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY ARE COMPLETELY FULL AND JUST THE NUMBERS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ADD UP YET TO LOOK LIKE WHAT BRIDGE CLASS LOOKS LIKE, OR LINE DANCING LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE THAT'S A REPETITIVE THING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE FULL YEAR WHERE PEOPLE COME BACK ONCE A WEEK AND THAT NUMBER JUST KEEPS STICKING UP WHERE MOST OF THESE OTHER CLASSES HAVE ONE OR TWO MONTHS IN.
SO GOSPEL, ZUMBA, GOSPEL ZUMBA, PRAISE THE LORD, JUNGLE, JUNGLE BODY IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE MORE, UH, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN
SO, SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE, I MEAN, DOES EACH, EACH PROGRAM THEN HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER AND THEN IF YOU DON'T ACHIEVE THAT NUMBER, YOU, YOU, YOU CANCEL THE SITUATION? YEAH, SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE, THE INSTRUCTOR.
SO THE INSTRUCTOR SETS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR IT TO BE FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO HOLD THAT CLASS.
AND IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN THAT, WE EITHER DELAY THE CLASS UNTIL WE GET ENOUGH PEOPLE OR UH, WE SEND A REFUND AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
BUT ALL OF THESE, THOSE 70 30 PROGRAMS, YES, SIR.
ALL OF THESE CLASSES WERE, UM, DID GO FORWARD.
ABOUT THE PARKING AT, UM, BUCK WALTER.
SO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS FOR PARKING FOR FOUR NEW FIELDS WHERE PARKING WILL BE ADDED.
NOW THAT DISTANCE TO GET TO THE GYM DURING BASKETBALL MAY BE A LITTLE HYPE, BUT WE ADDING PARKING.
SO I MEAN, THE SPACE, THE SPACE WHERE WE HAVE PARKING NOW, THERE'S NO OTHER SPACE TO ACTUALLY PUT PARKING THAT WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS, YEAH, IT'S, YEAH.
ARE WE GONNA BE RUNNING SHOVEL BUSES? IT'S NEED TO PARK A CAR.
IT'S A GOOD, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
BUT YEAH, WE ARE ADDING MORE PARKING TO THE NEW FIELDS ONCE THEY COME, COME, COME ON BOARD.
UM, PERSONAL UPDATES, UH, OUR ADMIN, OUR AQUATICS, OUR ATHLETICS, RECREATION GROUNDS, SENIORS, THEY ALL ADDED NEW STAFFING TO THAT.
I WANNA JUST TALK ABOUT FY 27.
WE ARE REQUESTING THREE PART-TIME STAFF FOR AQUATICS AND THREE PART-TIME WSI FOR AQUATICS ATHLETICS, WE REQUEST, WE ARE REQUESTING ONE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR, RECREATION, TWO PART-TIME RECREATION AIDE.
AND OUR SENIOR PROGRAM, WE'RE REQUESTING THREE PART-TIME RECREATION AIDE.
AND, AND, AND, AND WHEN DOES, WHEN DOES YOUR BUDGET GET SUBMITTED TO, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO? WE ARE NOW IN OUR BUDGET PLANNING STAGES, BUT THIS IS 27.
THIS IS, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AHEAD FOR MM-HMM
WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA, UM, ASK FOR.
AND 26TH, I GUESS YOU JUST SAW ALL THOSE NUMBERS, RIGHT? AND YOU GUYS HAVE THAT IN YOUR BACKUP THAT WE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR.
UM, OUR FACILITY CIP UPDATES, UH, ON THE 16TH, OUR BID UH, PROCESS WILL ACTUALLY CLOSE FOR OUR BRACE PROJECT, THE BUCK WALTER RECREATION ATHLETIC COMPLEX PROJECT, THOSE, THOSE FOUR FIELDS I TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT, AND THE ADDITIONAL PARKING.
SO, UM, THAT IS OUT THE BID AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT CLOSED.
UH, AGNES AND WESLEY FELIX, YESTERDAY WE HAD A, UH, GROUNDBREAKING FOR WESLEY FELIX.
TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE ONE FOR AGNES.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, BOTH OF THOSE SITES TO GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, AS SOON AS THESE GROUNDBREAKINGS ARE OVER.
AND, UM, THE, THE TIMEFRAME FOR THOSE TO BE FINISHED, UM, WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, WEST FIELDS.
IS THAT THE F THE REC, THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND EVERYTHING OUT THERE? YES, YES.
SO THERE'S A FACILITY ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE.
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OUR SENIOR, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER, SCOTT, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE TAKING THAT BACK OUT TO BID FEBRUARY 9TH.UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BID MEETING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
WE HAVE A BID MEETING ON THE SCOTT CENTER TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT BUILDING REFURBISHED LYNN BROWN.
UM, WE HAD A FEW, UH, ELECTRICAL ISSUES AT LYNN BROWN, BUT WE'RE BACK ON TRACK AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY GET LYNN BROWN, UM, UP AND RUNNING.
I SAW SOME EMAILS TODAY ABOUT THE FLOOR, UM, BEING STARTED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND, UM, THE ELECTRICAL WORK, UH, MID-JANUARY TO 3, 3, 3 WEEKS CLOSURE FOR THAT, AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SHUT THE BUILDING DOWN TO DO ELECTRICAL WORK FOR, FOR, UH, LYNN BROWN.
AND SO THAT, UH, PROJECT HAS BEEN EXTENDED, UM, LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT WE RAN INTO, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THAT DONE AS WELL.
UH, SANTA CLAUS CAME EARLY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, OLD BURTON WELLS.
WE DO HAVE A GEO BOND, UH, SOME GEO BOND MONIES TO ACTUALLY GET PROJECTS STARTED AT OUR OLD BURTON WELLS FIELDS.
SHANE AND I ARE ACTUALLY GONNA WALK THAT VERY, VERY SOON WITH OUR CIP TEAM AND GIVE THEM A SCOPE OF WORK, WHAT WE WANNA SEE DONE ON THOSE FIELDS TO GET THOSE FIELDS REFURBISHED AND GET SOME THINGS DONE THERE.
DUSKY ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER IS, I ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, DISCUSSED A BID PROCESS IS ACTUALLY GOING OUT FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER TO ACTUALLY GO UP IN DUSKY.
THAT'S A TOTAL, TOTALLY NEW FACILITY.
THERE'S A PARK ALREADY THERE, RIGHT? THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT'S AT THE, THE, UH, AGNES AND WESLEY FELIX ACTUALLY, IT'S THE SAME BUILDING.
AND THE DISCUSSION ON THAT BID EVALUATION IS ACTUALLY UNDERWAY AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THAT TO ACTUALLY GET THAT GOING AS WELL.
WE ASKING FOR A BOAT SO THAT WE CAN GET THERE EVERY WEEK AND WE'RE GONNA BOAT.
IT CAN BE A ROWBOAT OR IS IT GONNA BE MOTORIZED? I DON'T, I CAN'T ROW OVER THERE, SO I'M GONNA NEED MOTOR ON MINE.
BUT WE, WE GONNA ACTUALLY ASK FOR A BOAT.
I JUST SAY WHAT COMES OUTTA THIS DUDE MOUTH.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? GO BACK TO LYNN BROWN.
DIDN'T WE REPLACE THE FLOOR IN THERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO? I WASN'T HERE WHEN WE DID IT IF WE DID, BUT NO.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE GYM THAT WE, IT WAS A RUBBER FLOOR THERE NOW IT'S GONNA BE SOME PARQUET GOING DOWN.
YEAH, THERE WAS SOMETHING DONE TO IT, BUT YEAH, THERE WAS SOMETHING DONE TO IT.
IT WAS BEFORE THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST RE-PAINTED IT OR WHATEVER.
WELL, I, I HAD THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY WENT TO WOOD, BUT THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN AT, TO THIS POINT IN TIME.
IT, IT'S, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
UM, PORT ROYAL IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW WITH A NEW PARKING, UM, LOT THAT'S GOING IN INTO PORT ROYAL THAT'S DESPERATE, DESPERATELY NEEDED OVER THERE.
UM, OUR PENDING, UH, REMAINING FUNDING FOR OUR AQUATIC, OUR AQUATICS PRO, UM, BUILDING OVER AT, UH, BEAUFORD POOL IS THERE AS WELL.
AND OUR LYNN BROWN AWNING AND OUR RESTROOM FUNDING IS ALSO PENDING AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.
YOU GUYS HAVE OUR FY 27, UM, SUBMITTALS FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT THERE FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE.
YOU CAN GIVE US, OH, WELL, OKAY.
NO, I'M JUST, JUST LOOKING THROUGH THOSE AND, UH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT, UH, MC RILEY? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY GIVE IT A FACELIFT.
REDO MC RILEY, GIVE IT SOME NEW FEELS, UM, THE CONCESSION AREA.
JUST, UM, BRING IT UP TO THE 21ST CENTURY OR THE 22ND CENTURY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO LOOKING TO BRING THAT UP TO THE 21ST CENTURY AND THE BEAUFORT BASEBALL SOFTBALL.
WHAT, WHAT, UH, FIELDS ARE THOSE? IS THAT, UM, THOSE ARE SOME, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, WHICH ONE? YEAH, THOSE ARE BASICALLY SOME OF OUR FIELDS.
LIKE WHAT'S ALL OF OUR FIELDS THAT WE HAVE IN, IN THAT WE HAVE NOW AND WE JUST WANNA DO SOME MAINTENANCE OR SOME, SOME, UH, REDOING THE FIELDS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, CLAY SAW AND JUST, UM, GIVING ALL THOSE FIELDS OF FACELIFT.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE, THOSE ARE SMALLER FIELDS, SMALLER FIELDS, BIGGER, JUST GIVING 'EM FACELIFT LOCAL.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUBMITTED.
AND I, AND I DON'T WANNA GO INTO DETAIL 'CAUSE IT'S NOT ANYTHING, UH, IN STONE YET, BUT WE HAVE IT HERE AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS IT AS, AS IT'S IS EITHER IS AS
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IT'S APPROVED FOR US TO GO, UM, FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS.AND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE DONE IN-HOUSE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ONCE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THOSE SUBMITTALS? I DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE TOTAL ON THOSE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE SOME OF IT MAY GO GENERAL FUND, SOME OF IT MAY BE OVER 50,000.
AND SO ONCE WE GET ALL OF THAT, I'LL, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS WITH THAT.
AND, UH, TRAININGS, UH, WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WE TAKE OUR TRAINING DOLLARS VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE, UH, STAFF WENT TO OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
UM, I WENT TO OUR STATE CONFERENCE AND WE CONDUCTED SOME TRAININGS AFTER THOSE CONFERENCES ENDED.
ONE, THE TRAINING THAT I WAS MOST EXCITED ABOUT WAS OUR BRANDING TRAINING BECAUSE I ACTUALLY, UM, CONDUCTED OUR BRANDING TRAINING.
AND OUR BRANDING TRAINING JUST CONSISTS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION LEAD STAFF REBRANDING THEMSELVES AS A RECREATOR.
AND SO OUR TRAININGS ARE THERE, UM, FOR YOUR PLEASURE AS WELL.
AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT TRAINING BECAUSE TRAINING IS WHAT MAKES US BETTER.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR TRAINING, UM, ANNUALLY AND, UH, DEFINITELY QUARTERLY, UH, DURING OUR, WITH OUR, DURING OUR STAFF MEETINGS.
SHANE IS UP NEXT FOR THE NEXT TRAINING, UM, AND, UH,
AND IT WOULD BE A, UH, SPINOFF FROM THE PROFESSIONAL BRANDING TRAINING.
SO HE CAME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND, UH, I THINK OUR DOORS WILL HAVE SOMETHING ON OUR DOORS SOON.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO WHEN IT SAYS REDUCED OUTSTANDING TRAINING MODULES BY OVER 60%, THAT WAS, UH, REQUIRED TRAINING TO STAY CERTIFIED IN CERTAIN AREAS FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO YOU HAD A BACKLOG AND YOU'VE REDUCED THAT DOWN.
AND, AND THE REDU THE REDUCTION ALSO COMES FROM US ACTUALLY DOING THEM AS, AS WELL OR CONDUCTING THEM.
IF YOU ALL OF THIS, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, YOU CAN ASK, BUT THAT'S ALL OF THE UPDATES I HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS BESIDES, THE KEYES WILL WIN TONIGHT AS THEY DID LAST WEEK AGAINST OHIO
IF THEY DON'T, THEN I WON'T BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
HEY, WE CALL THAT THE TEAM DOWN SOUTH.
YEAH, WELL, OF COURSE ON THEISM, WE CALLED OHIO STATE.
WHAT ISSUES ARE WE, UH, FACING OR LOOK AT ON, ON VANDALISM, SIR D OHIO STATE, I SAW YOU SAY YOUR TEAM IS TRACKING VANDALISM INCIDENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE FACILITIES.
YEAH, WELL WE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING, ESPECIALLY AT OUR, UM, AT OUR BUCK WALTER FACILITY, WE HAVING A LOT OF TAGGING OF THE BUILDINGS, PUTTING THEIR, UH, THEY SPRAY PAINTING A LOT OF DOORS AND RIGHT.
AND, AND THE, THE, UH, SKATE PARK AND, UH, OUR RESTROOMS. I'VE SEEN THAT, YES.
WE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH OUR RESTROOMS WITH SOME OF THE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE COLA DAYS, UM, WHERE SOME OF THE HOMELESS MAY GO AND SLEEP IN THERE.
UM, AND SO WE CAME, WE WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES TEAM, COME UP WITH A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN AUTOMATICALLY LOCK THE DOORS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVING SOME VANDALISM WHEN WE LEAVE 'EM OPEN.
AND I, YOU KNOW, HEART GOES OUT FOR THOSE FOLK THAT'S HOMELESS AND THEY JUST WANNA FIND SHELTER.
BUT THEN WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES AT OUR TENNIS CENTER RIGHT HERE AND, AND BEAUFORT WHERE FOLK ARE GOING IN THE BATHROOM AND DOING MISCHIEF.
SO, UH, WE COMING UP WITH THE SYSTEM, THANK, THANK YOU FOR OUR PUBLIC USE, OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES TEAM TO HELP US COME UP WITH A SYSTEM WHERE, WHERE WE CAN, UH, HAVE THOSE DOORS LOCKED AUTOMATICALLY ONCE, UH, PROGRAMMING IS DONE.
WHAT CAN THE COMMUNITY DO TO, WE DO HAVE CAMERAS IN SOME PLACES, BUT SOME PLACES WE DON'T.
AND SO WE ARE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL, IS TRYING TO UPGRADE OUR CAMERA SYSTEM, UM, COUNTYWIDE UNTIL THAT, WHAT CAN THE COMMUNITY DO TO ASSIST YOU IN CATCHING OR, I MEAN, WHAT CAN SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE A PHONE NUMBER, SOMETHING YOUR FIRST SHIFT IS TONIGHT.
IS THERE ANY PLANS FOR ANYTHING OUT THERE WITH BASIL GREEN? UH, YEAH, WE, WELL, WELL, WE'RE IN-HOUSE.
WE'RE GONNA START MAINTAINING THE FIELDS AND MAKING SURE, 'CAUSE WE DID PUT IN A REQUEST OF CIP, UM, REQUESTS FOR BASIL GREEN, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOME THINGS AT BASIL GREEN.
MARK, YOU, UH, I MEAN, THAT THIRD ITEM UP THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY REALLY PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT ON YEAH.
WITH THE SHORT FIRE AND ROUGHS YEAH.
IF, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME OUT, WE, WE WILL BACK AROUND YOU AND GET YOU A BADGE AND YOU CAN COME OUT AND IMPI AND REF
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FOR US.BEING A REF IS THE TOUGHEST THING OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THAT WAS AT, AT, UH, BUCK WALKER LAST NIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD PLENTY OF OFFICIALS OUT THERE.
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL IS, I MEAN, PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST YOUR IDEAS.
BASKETBALL YOU ENDORSE IS AC YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE SMALL, THEY DON'T YELL AT YOU AS MUCH, SO.
IT'S NOT THE KIDS, IT'S NOT THE KIDS THAT ARE A PROBLEM FOR THE WORST.
ANY, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR COMMENTS FOR ERIC? I'M AN UMPIRE AND I THINK THE, THE PAY RATE THAT YOU ALL ARE, UM, OFFERING IS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON PAR WITH WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS PAYING, SO, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, UM, DOES ANYBODY ON THE, UH, BOARD HAVE ANY, ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE SO TO SPEAK, OR ANY COMMENTS THEY WANNA MAKE? I'D JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, THE GROUNDBREAKING YESTERDAY.
AND FOR WHAT TIME IS TOMORROW? IT'S BREAKING.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE MARCH 5TH IN BLUFFTON.
IF, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AT THE REC CENTER, I'M SURE THAT, UH, HEATHER WILL LET US KNOW AND IN ADVANCE.
SO THAT SHOULD BE A BUCK, WALTER ANYHOW.
UM, WELL I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE PARTICIPATION TODAY AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT, UH, YOU PUT FORTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, I THANK YOU.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THE COUNTY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
EARLY SETTLERS FROM ENGLAND BROUGHT THE TRADITION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO AMERICA.
TODAY, MORE THAN 3000 COUNTY GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE SERVICES THAT AFFECT ALMOST EVERY CITIZEN'S LIFE.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S 46 COUNTIES ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS EVOLVED NATIONALLY.
THE COUNTY UNIT IN SOUTH CAROLINA WAS REGARDED AS THE LOCAL EXTENSION OF STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 1970S LED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PASSING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOME RULE ACT.
IN 1975, THE HOME RULE ACT GREATLY EXPANDED COUNTY AUTHORITY AND CHANGED THE NATURE OF COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION TO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
BEAUFORT COUNTY WENT FROM HAVING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A COUNTY COUNCIL.
MEMBERS OF THE 1975 COUNCIL INCLUDED CHAIRMAN ARTHUR HORN, VICE CHAIRMAN GRADY THAMES, LEROY BROWN, GARY FORDHAM, WILLIAM GRANT, HARRIET, KAISER LING, DAVID JONES, BILL MCBRIDE, AND BOOKER WASHINGTON.
AS THE NEW COUNCIL SOUGHT TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF, COUNCIL MEMBERS DESIRED AN OFFICIAL SYMBOL THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE JURISDICTION'S IDENTITY AND UNIQUE CHARACTER COUNCIL APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE TASK AND CARRY OUT A CONTEST FOR THE BEST COUNTY SEAL DESIGN.
HARRIET KLIN WAS A MEMBER OF COUNTY COUNCIL, AND IT WAS HER IDEA BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IDENTIFY OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL COUNTY.
WE MET THEN UP AT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A CAROLINA BANK, AND SOME YEARS AGO, BACK THERE ON WEST STREET, AND THEN WE PUT 'EM IN PILES, YOU KNOW, LIKE, GOOD, BAD MAYBE UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT
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IT DOWN TO THE ONE THAT WE NOW USE.COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SEAL COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH REFLECTED THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND NATURAL BEAUTY.
THE SEAL'S COLORS OF BLUE AND GREEN REPRESENT THE COLORS OF THE COUNTY'S OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT WITH ITS MANY WATERWAYS, MARSHLANDS, AND MARITIME FOREST.
THE FIVE IMAGES WITHIN THE SEAL DEPICT SOME OF THE COUNTY'S DISTINGUISHING FEATURES, ANCIENT LIVE OAK TREES, THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, RICH NATURAL RESOURCES, AND RARE MARINE ECOLOGY, LOW COUNTRY ARCHITECTURE, AND MILES OF RIVERS, CREEKS, AND INLETS.
I THOUGHT IT ENCOMPASSED WHAT THE, WHAT WE AS A BODY WERE LOOKING FOR A SEAL.
IT WOULD, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, IT REALLY COVERS THE ASPECTS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, WHOLE, SO DEAR AND WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT BEAUFORT COUNTY.
COUNCILMAN BILL MCBRIDE WAS IN OFFICE WHEN THE CONTEST WAS HELD AND WAS PRESENT WHEN THE COMMITTEE REVEALED THE WINNING DESIGN.
I THINK COUNCIL WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT IT.
UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE, THE SIMS ON THE SEAL REPRESENTED, UM, ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL ON DRAFT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WHERE YOU HAVE THE SHRIMP BOAT TODAY.
INITIALLY, THAT WAS A PLEASURE CRAFT, A SAILBOAT YACHT TYPE BOAT.
AND, UH, IT WAS CHANGED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE SHRIMP BOAT WAS A BETTER REPRESENTATION, UM, OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ASPECTS OF, BUT COUNTY LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAD OTHER THINGS ON THE SEAL THAT REPRESENT THE PLEASURE AND RECREATION, THE FISHING AND THE BEACH.
SO THEY THOUGHT THE SHRIMP BOAT, WHICH WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF BEAUFORD COUNTY CULTURE, SHRIMPING, ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME, WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE SALE.
THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST WAS AN ARTIST FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE LATE LEE PAYNE, WHOSE DESIGN WAS SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 126 CENTURIES SUBMITTED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS INDIANA AND TENNESSEE.
HE WAS AWARDED $250 FOR HIS DESIGN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE CAPTURED THE LEGACY OF OUTDOOR BEAUTY, CULTURE, AND HISTORY THAT HELPED TO DEFINE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LIFE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
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