* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO BRING THE, UM, THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, UH, 2026, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, UH, TO ORDER CALL IT TO ORDER RATHER. AND LET'S START OFF WITH OUR, UH, PLEDGE. I GUESS WE'LL GO IN THE CORNER. , I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. VERY GOOD. I DIDN'T WANT DON'T WORRY. WE CAN STILL SEE THE FLAG. WILL. ALRIGHT, WELL, LET'S, UH, GO AROUND AND, UM, HAVE OUR INTRODUCTIONS. PHIL, WHY DON'T YOU START? BILL KAISER, SOUTH OF BROAD, CHRISTIAN KDA, NORTH OF BROAD. UH, BRUCE YEAGER, SOUTH OF BROAD, ALAN O. SNOW SOUTH OF BROAD MARK RENNICK, NORTH OF THE BROAD. OKAY. AND, UH, CARLOS, UH, COULDN'T MAKE THIS MEETING. JOAN A HAD OUR SVP? YES. AND, UH, HE JUST SENT US A TEXT THAT HE HAD AN ISSUE AT HIS CHILD'S SCHOOL. UH, I WANNA NOTIFY THE BOARD THAT WE HAD A RESIGNATION FROM, UH, BUFFY COMPRO. UM, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH PERSONAL SITUATIONS. NOTHING ABOUT THE BOARD. SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OCTAVIA ON, UH, GETTING, UH, THAT POSITION, WHICH I BELIEVE HER POSITION IS AN AT LARGE POSITION. YES, I BELIEVE SO. UM, THAT COULD BE EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH. OKAY. WHY DON'T WE GO AROUND AND START WITH, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. UH, WELL, I'M THE MANAGER, HEATHER. OH, I'M SORRY. SORRY, HEATHER. I AM MEAN. YEAH. TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE. SHANE, RECREATION MANAGER ING, ASSISTANT SENIOR MANAGER. MARISSA FREEMAN, SENIOR MANAGER. BRANDON WEINER, ATHLETIC MANAGER IN BEAVER SAWYER, ASSISTANT ATHLETIC MANAGER. BROCK RECREATION PROGRAM MANAGER, ASSISTANT ATHLETIC MANAGER. CHRISTIAN HAS A WAY ABOUT AS LONG AS HE'S BUSY. HE DOESN'T WANT TO NO, NO PICKLEBALL AFFILIATION IN HERE. VERY GOOD. WELL, WELCOME EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, CAN I GET, UH, SOMEONE ON THE BOARD TO GIMME A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA OF TODAY? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA FOR TODAY. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, WE DON'T. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, A SUBMISSION, UM, OH, I'M SORRY. THAT WILL COME LATER. UM, SORRY. THERE. OKAY. UH, REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER MINUTES. UH, ACTUALLY JANUARY 8TH. JANUARY MINUTES, I GUESS. YEAH. UM, HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MINUTES? NO. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES? AND I WILL SAY AGAIN, THE MINUTES ARE EXTENSIVE, AND, UH, NICE, NICE JOB. SO WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN HOUR MORE PROPER. WOULD YOU BE OFFENDED IF WE REDUCE THEN INTO A MORE TRADITIONAL MINUTE FORMAT? OR YOU LIKE TO ALMOST READ, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I'LL PUT THIS OUT TO THE BOARD. WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK PER, PER, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING SAID IT'S NOT NECESSARY. OKAY. NOT AT THIS LEVEL. YEAH. THAT'S MY OPINION. YEAH. ANY OTHER OPINIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? NO, I AGREE. YEAH. WELL, YEAH, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT, UH, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, [00:05:01] KNOCKING 'EM DOWN, BUT STILL HAVING THE, THE NECESSARY CONTENT. UH, I FIND THAT, UH, UH, I GO BACK INTO THE MINUTES QUITE A, QUITE A BIT WHEN, UH, UH, WE HAVE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS AND OTHER THINGS. SO I FIND 'EM VERY HELPFUL AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED. SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE THAT WITH THE GRAIN. GRAIN AND YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A NEXT, SO IF, SO, IF THE NEXT ONE IS A PAGE AND A HALF, THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO LESS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE TOO LIGHT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE SAYING. YES. OKAY. SO, UM, VERY GOOD. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, FEE WAIVER REDUCTION REQUESTS. UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WHICH HAS BEEN A FAIRLY LONG TIME, UH, UH, I'VE NEVER REALLY, WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE THAT WAS JUST, UH, PROVIDED IN LETTER FORMAT. EVERYBODY HAS THIS HEATHER? YES. OKAY. UM, BRANDON, YOU SPOKE WITH THE, YOU SPOKE WITH, UH, MS. ALTMAN? YES. IN THAT REGARD. OKAY. SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A, A, A SCHOOL IN BEAUFORT CALLED THE COMPLETE STUDENT, UH, THAT WANTS TO USE THE DOWNTOWN, UH, TENNIS COURTS FOR, UM, THERE, FOR, ACTUALLY IT APPEARS TO BE TWO, UH, DATES, BUT WE JUST HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR THE FIRST DATE. UM, BUT INTIMATING THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER, UH, ACCORDING, UH, TO OUR HISTORY, THIS SCHOOL HAS PAID, UH, ALL OF OUR FEES PRIOR, UM, AT A HUNDRED PERCENT. ALTHOUGH THE LETTER MAKES IT APPEAR TO BE A HARDSHIP, ACTUALLY IN THE MAIL TODAY, WE RECEIVED THEIR CHECK FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. UM, I, UH, AM, UM, INCLINED MYSELF, UM, TO APPROVE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF A FEE WAIVER, UH, MAINLY BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, UH, TO THE, SPECIFICALLY TO THE HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL. WE DID THAT. YEAH. UH, LAST YEAR, I THINK, UM, I'VE GOT THE SPECIFIC DATE HERE AND THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS THESE SOLID MINUTES THAT WERE BEING PREPARED, , UH, ONE NINE OF 25 AND UH, UH, WE GAVE THEM A 50% REDUCTION. UH, THEY HAD A LITTLE LARGER, I THINK, SCHEDULE THAN THIS ENTITY, THE REQUESTING, UH, SIX COURTS, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE THERE'S UM, UH, LARRY SHEPHERD TENNIS CLINIC GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. I THINK HE USES ONE COURT THERE, BUT HE USES ONE. YEAH. SO THIS WOULD BE THE REMAINDER OF THOSE COURTS ON A TUESDAY. BOTH OF THESE DATES ARE TUESDAYS, UH, FROM I GUESS THREE TO THREE TO SIX 15. SO, UM, UH, BASED ON YOUR, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY PEOPLE WILL COME AND REQUEST, WE CAN ASK 'EM QUESTIONS. THEY'RE NOT HERE, SO I GUESS THEY'RE AT OUR MERCY. SO DO I HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING? WHAT IS, WHAT WOULD THE NORMAL FEE BE FOR THE TWO, $300, $300 FOR ALL SIX COURTS? THREE HOUR PERIOD? IT 150 EACH TIME OR IS IT THREE? NO, IT WOULD BE 300 FOR EACH DATE. YEAH. BUT THERE WAS SOME QUESTION, I THINK, BRANDON, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, ABOUT USING ALL THE COURTS AND US BEING TOTALLY OUTTA SERVICE THERE? SURE, I CAN. UM, YEAH, SO LIKE BRUCE SAID, THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER SIX COURTS THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE DURING THAT TIME WITH LARRY USING ONE FOR, UM, FOR HIS CLINIC AS WELL. UM, SO I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT GOES ON AT THAT, DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, UM, OUT THERE ON TENNIS COURTS. UM, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT TAKES UP EVERYTHING THAT WE OUT THERE DURING THAT TIME. AND, AND, AND WE TYPICALLY HAVE A THREE WEEK REQUIREMENT FOR, UH, REQUESTS AND I GUESS THAT WE HAD TO DO IT TUESDAY. YEAH. YEAH, IT'S NEXT TUESDAY, SO, WELL, SHE SENT IT IN ON THE 23RD. YEAH. YEAH, SHE DID. NO QUESTION. UM, I DON'T, WHAT ABOUT OUR RESERVATIONS? I MEAN, THEY'RE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE RIGHT? AT THE, AT THE FACILITY MM-HMM . SO, UM, DO WE, DO WE PUT THINGS ONLINE ABOUT WHEN THE COURTS WILL BE CLOSED WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OR NO, I MEAN, THEY'RE BEING USED OTHERWISE. I KNOW WE HAVE BIG PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS AND STUFF. WE DO THAT. I THINK NORMALLY THEY GO AND PUT A SIGN THERE OF THE COURTS, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WHEN IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE CONSIDERATION ON THE SECOND MATCH, THE $300 THEY [00:10:01] SENT WAS THAT FOR THE FIRST MATCH AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER 300. SO THEY'RE THINKING IT'S 600, IT WOULD BE 600 BASED ON WHAT OUR NORMAL FEES WOULD BE FOR TWO EVENTS. IS THIS A MATCH? IS THIS, IT APPARENTLY IS A HOME TENNIS MATCH, IS IT GONNA TAKE THREE HOURS TO PLAY A I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU'RE USING, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S LONG. WELL, WHEN HOLY TRINITY CAME, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALSO, THEY WERE, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY COURTS, BUT THEY HAD MATCHES AND THEY HAD PRACTICES AS WELL. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS, THIS ENTITY IS JUST ASKING US FOR TWO HOME MATCHES. SO THEY'RE NOT PRACTICING. WHAT, WHAT'S THE SECOND DATE? UH, THE SECOND DATE, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT THE SECOND DATE IS, UH, 3 22. NO, IS IT 3 22 OR 4 22? I THINK IT'S THE 22ND. NO, I THINK IT, HOLD ON A SECOND. RIGHT THERE. HE'S THE ONLY ONE OUT. I THINK BRANDON HAS THAT INFORMATION. YEAH, I THOUGHT I HAD IT HERE OR SOMETHING. I THINK IT'S APRIL 22ND IS THE SECOND DATE. UM, MY, MY, UH, AGAIN, MY RECOMMENDATION, AND I, I'M NOT GONNA OBVIOUSLY MAKE A MOTION HERE, BUT IT IS THAT, UM, WE, UH, GIVE THEM A 50% REDUCTION OVERALL FOR TWO DATES. UH, AND THE DECISION OF, UH, UH, OF THE USE OF ALL SIX COURTS. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE STAFF AND WHETHER THE AVAILABILITY IS THERE, UH, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. SO THAT'S, IS LAB THERE ON TUESDAY? IS HE THERE EVERY NIGHT? HE'S THERE EVERY NIGHT. YEAH. I, I, I PREFER THAT APPROACH. UH, IF YOU, IF YOU DECIDE TO APPROVE A DISCOUNT THAT YOU GIVE THE NUMBER OF COURTS DECISION TO US AND THEN WE WILL JUST DISCOUNT. WELL THAT'S HOW, THAT'S YEAH. THAT'S THE WAY IT NEEDS GO BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE A PROGRAM GOING ON THERE, SO NOT GONNA DISCREDIT WHAT'S GOING ON. RIGHT. I THINK THEY CAN DO IT WITH FIVE COURTS. YEAH. YEAH. AND AGAIN, UH, THAT WAY WHEN DIDN'T SEND IT AS FAR AS THE COURTS, WE JUST WANTED APPROVAL FROM YOU GUYS. YEAH. AND, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE CONFIRMATION OF INSURANCES AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. SO, UM, SO SOMEONE GIMME A MOTION, PLEASE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REDUCE THE FEES 50% FOR THE COMPLETE STUDENT FOR TENNIS MATCHES, TWO TENNIS MATCHES. SECOND, UH, SUBJECT TO SUBSTITUTE. I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT BE BASED ON HOW MANY COURTS THEY ACTUALLY GET? YEAH, JUST BASED ON, BASED ON 50% OF WHAT THEY WOULD CHARGE, 50% OF WHATEVER THE CHARGE WOULD BE. UM, SUBJECT TO, UH, UH, MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UH, OF STAFF. IF I MAY, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS GIVE US A YAY OR NO ON REDUCTION OF PRICING OR FEES. STAFF WILL HANDLE ALL THE LOGISTICS MOVING FORWARD. SO WHETHER I'M, I'D RATHER FOR 'EM TO HAVE FIVE FIELD, FIVE COURTS, TWO COURTS. IT'S UP TO YOU. WE'LL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. WE JUST WANT TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR THE WAIVER OF THE FEES. RIGHT. AND WE'LL MAKE DECISIONS ON, ON EVERYTHING ELSE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, LARRY OR HOW MANY COURTS OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WALK-INS HAVING ONE COURSE SO STAFF WILL GET TOGETHER. YEAH, CERTAINLY. ALRIGHT. I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. UM, SO DO, DO WE HAVE A RESTATED MOTION OR ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT, HEATHER? THAT OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? I AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. GREAT. UH, DEPARTMENT REPORTS. DO YOU WANT ANYTHING? HI EVERYONE. HEY, I'M HEATHER CLINT IN CASE YOU KNOW, BRUCE DOESN'T WANT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN. , UH, SO WE HAVE RECREATION CENTER TOTALS UP ON THE SLIDE. UM, THE, YOU WILL NOTE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE FOOTFALL COUNT, COVER BURTON WELLS. THAT MACHINE IS GIVING US IMPOSSIBLE NUMBERS AND WE ARE NOT SURE WHY. SO WE HAVE REINSTALLED IT CLOSER TO THE INNER DOOR, HOPING THAT MAYBE IT'S FROM PEOPLE MILLING AROUND IN THE LOBBY BECAUSE IT WAS GIVING US 10 THOUSANDS MORE THAN WHAT'S GOING ON AT BUCK WALTER, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE CHECK-IN TOTALS IS NOT POSSIBLE. SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THAT SORTED OUT. SO WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. WHY ARE THOSE NUMBERS SO DIFFERENT IN THOSE TWO MONTHS? UH, BASKETBALL. SO BASKETBALL FINISHED UP MM-HMM . YES. GOTCHA. AND I WANNA REMIND YOU, UH, THE BUCKWALTER NUMBERS ARE REDUCED BY 30% TO ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE GOING BACK OUT THE ENTRANCE DOOR. [00:15:02] DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THESE ARE JUST, UM, SOME ITEMS THAT, UH, OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS USE OUR FACILITIES AND IF THEY ARE A COUNTY DEPARTMENT AND IT'S COUNTY BUSINESS, WE DO NOT CHARGE. BUT IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE FACILITIES. ANY QUESTIONS HERE? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. UM, SO, SO BLUFFS INSIDE THERE. SPRING SPORTS, UM, WE HAVE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. THEY HAVE THEIR OPENING DAY, UM, THIS WEEKEND, THIS SATURDAY THEY HAVE AN EVENT OUT AT OFFICER FRAZIER. UM, AND THEN GAMES WILL START THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY. IT'S THE 16TH, UM, FLAG FOOTBALL. UM, THEY HAVE THEIR COACH MEETING LAST NIGHT. PRACTICES WILL START NEXT WEEK. UM, WE'RE ALSO, THIS YEAR WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO, UM, A FEMALE FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE SPECIFIC. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH GIRLS FOR THE 11 TO 13, UM, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ENOUGH GIRLS FOR THE 13 TO 16. UM, SO WE OFFERED THOSE GIRLS TO EITHER MOVE TO SOCCER OR PLAY THE 13 TO 16 WITH THE BOYS. UM, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE 11 AND THIRTEENS OFF THE GROUND. UM, LACROSSE, UM, THEY'VE BEEN PRACTICING NOW FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. THEY GOT THEIR FIRST GAME THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY. UM, THEY LEFT IN CENTER, UM, AND SOCCER. UM, WE HAVE OUR COACHES MEETING THIS EVENING FOR SOCCER. UM, THEN WE'LL GET STARTED NEXT WEEK WITH PRACTICES. UM, ADULT SPORTS. UM, WE GOT ADULT VOLLEYBALL GETTING READY TO CRANK UP. UM, THAT'LL START NEXT WEEK. WE'LL PLAY TWO NIGHTS A WEEK. I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH 13 TEAMS, 14 TEAMS, UM, FOR OUR ADULT VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM. IS THAT INDOOR? IT IS, YES. YEAH, WE DO, WE DO IT TWICE A, OUR THREE TIMES A YEAR WE'LL DO TWO INDOOR, UM, AND THEN IN THE SUMMER WE'LL DO ONE OUTDOOR AT BLUFFTON CENTER, UM, UPCOMING LEAGUES. UM, REAL QUICK, WHAT IS THE, THE FLAG FOOTBALL BIG JUMP? YES. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS LIKE IN THE FALL? LIKE TOTAL NUMBERS? DO YOU KNOW? I CAN GET BACK TO YOU. UM, 3, 3 80. SO IT'S EVEN BIGGER IN SPRING. YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS. AND EVEN FALL WAS A BIG JUMP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. FALL. I MEAN, FLAG FOOTBALL IN AND OF ITSELF IS REALLY TAKEN. GENERALLY FOOTBALL SPRINGS GONNA BE BIGGER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE PLAY TACKLE FOOTBALL, SO THERE'S NOT AS MANY IN FALL. RIGHT. OH, SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PLAYING TACKLE ARE PLAYING FLAG IN THE SPRING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEP. UM, OUR UPCOMING LEAGUES, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SUMMER BASKETBALL. THAT REGISTRATION WILL OPEN UP, UH, APRIL 1ST. UM, WE STILL ARE REGISTERING FOR, UM, DIAMOND SOFTBALL AND DIXIE BOYS BASEBALL. THAT REGISTRATION WILL END APRIL 3RD. UM, AND WE'LL GET STARTED A FEW WEEKS LATER WITH GAMES ON THAT. UM, UPCOMING ADULT SPORTS, UM, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR SOFTBALL, WE GOT THAT AGAIN, UM, FOUR TEAMS AS WELL. UM, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START IN HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS. UM, AND THEN REGISTRATION JUST OPENED UP, UM, FOR OUR ADULT SOFTBALL. UM, I DIDN'T UPDATE THE NUMBERS APPARENTLY, BUT UM, THE, THE BRONZE LEAGUE'S ALREADY GOT 10 OF THE 16 TEAMS IN IT. UH, WE GOT A COUPLE CO-ED TEAMS SIGNED UP, A COUPLE SILVER TEAMS SIGNED UP. UM, SO WE'RE LESS THAN A WEEK INTO THAT AND THAT'S ALREADY STARTING TO TAKE OVER. UM, UPCOMING SPORTS AND TOURNAMENTS. UM, UH, BUNCH OF OUR BASKETBALL TEAMS JUST PLAYED IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. UM, WE HAD A GOOD GROUP GO TO ORANGEBURG AND THEN A COUPLE TEAMS WENT TO DANIELS ISLAND, UM, FOR BLUFFTON, OUR EIGHT AND 10 U GIRLS, UM, ONE DISTRICTS. AND WE'LL BE HEADING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND. OUR 10 U BOYS WON THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. WE'LL BE HEADING TO THE STATE. AND THEN THE 12 U UM, COMBINED BEFORD COUNTY TEAM, 12 U GIRLS. UM, THEY ALSO WON THE DISTRICT AND WE'LL BE HEADING TO THE STATE. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, THE NEW FEMALE FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE. UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. I KNOW SCOTT'S BEEN WORKING ON DATES WITH RENEE, UM, FOR TOP BALL OR TOP GUN SOFTBALL. UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK IN THE FALL WITH TOURNAMENTS. UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD ANOTHER GUY REACH OUT TO US, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK DATES AROUND OUR WRECK AROUND TOP GUN, UM, TO SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM IN FOR A FEW TOURNAMENTS AS WELL. THOSE ARE GIRLS SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, CORRECT? YES. YEP. UM, AND THEN THE 12 AND 15 U GIRLS, UH, THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN JUNE. UM, THAT'LL BE HERE AT OSCAR FRAZIER. AND THEN ALSO NOT ON THERE. I JUST GOT APPROVAL TODAY. WE WILL BE PITCH, HIT AND RUN AGAIN IN JULY, SO THEY JUST GOT APPROVAL TODAY. SO THAT'LL BE IT. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS OR ANYTHING? NO. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL HOST THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS AGAIN. YEAH. BUT NO STATE THIS YEAR. UM, [00:20:04] THE SOFTBALL PROGRAM SEEMS TO HAVE COME BACK PRETTY WELL. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S DOING WELL. GREAT. WHO HOSTS THE STATE TOURNAMENTS? I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT IS THIS YEAR. UM, I KNOW ORANGEBURG TYPICALLY THEY'VE GOT A HUGE COMPLEX UP THERE. UM, SO THEY TYPICALLY HOST A GOOD BIT OF THEM. UM, I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THEM IS IN FLORENCE THIS YEAR. UM, BUT AGAIN, I CAN, I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I KNOW AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THE, USUALLY THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS ARE IN ORANGEBURG. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, SO THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS FOR BEAUFORT CURRENT, UH, SPRING LEAGUES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. UM, BASEBALL, WE SAW A SLIGHT INCREASE. UH, SOFTBALL WAS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM, BUT WE DID MOVE A LOT OF OUR YOUNGER SOFTBALL GIRLS INTO BASEBALL, UH, FOR THE PROGRAM FOR T-BALL. UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ALL GIRLS T-BALL TEAMS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK EVER IN BUFORT. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE OF THE YOUNGER GIRLS THAT ARE STARTING TO PLAY, UM, AS YOU SAID WITH, UH, IS THAT CO-ED? UH, T-BALL IS CO-ED, YEP. BUT WE HAVE TWO, TWO ALL GIRLS TEAMS, SO THOSE GIRLS CAN KIND OF PLAY WITH EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH SOFTBALL. UM, AS, AS EVAN MENTIONED FOR FLAG FOOTBALL IN BLUFFTON, WE SAW A HUGE JUMP IN FLAG FOOTBALL IN BEAUFORT AS WELL. UM, SO THAT'S BY FAR OUR BIGGEST NUMBER FOR FLAG FOOTBALL THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN BEAUFORT. SO ROD IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING EVERYTHING, UM, ORGANIZED FOR THAT PROGRAM THIS COMING YEAR. UM, OUR LACROSSE PROGRAM, SO LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE TRIED A LACROSSE LEAGUE, UM, IN BEAUFORT. WE DID NOT ACTUALLY JOIN A LEAGUE OF ANY KIND. UH, BLUFFTON IS LACROSSE PLAYS IN A LEAGUE THAT'S BASED OUTTA THE SAVANNAH AREA. UM, IN BEAUFORT, A LOT OF OUR PARENTS ARE NOT WILLING TO MAKE THAT TRAVEL TO COME PLAY IN THAT LEAGUE. SO WE HAD KIND OF A MODIFIED LEAGUE STRUCTURE LAST YEAR. UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET ENOUGH NUMBERS TO EVEN DO THAT. UM, SO WE DID END UP TRANSFERRING A LOT OF THOSE LACROSSE PLAYERS, UH, OVER TO OTHER SPORTS OR WE HAD A FEW THAT ALSO DECIDED TO COME PLAY, UH, LACROSSE AND BLUFFING WITH BOB'S PROGRAM. UM, SOCCER, WE SAW ANOTHER INCREASE. UM, AND THEN WE ARE STILL TAKING REGISTRATIONS FOR DIAMOND SOFTBALL AND THE DIXIE BOYS BASEBALL, UH, FOR ROUGHLY ANOTHER MONTH WITH EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, ON THE INDOOR SOCCER SIDE, THAT'S OUR ADULT SPORT THAT JUST STARTED. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST GAMES ON TUESDAY NIGHT. UH, WE SAW A SLIGHT INCREASE, BUT WE'RE AT THE SAME NUMBER OF TEAMS. WE HAVE FIVE TEAMS JUST LIKE WE DID LAST SEASON FOR THAT. AND THIS IS THE SECOND SEASON THAT WE'VE HAD THAT FOR. WHERE DO YOU PLAY THAT AT? UH, AT BURTON WELLS. OH, OKAY. IN THE GYM. YEP. THEY PLAY ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS IN THE GYM. WHAT KIND OF INJURIES YOU GETTING AT? UM, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANYTHING MAJOR TAKE PLACE SO FAR, FAR SURPRISINGLY IT'S NOT THAT BAD, BUT THEY DO HAVE GAMES TONIGHT, SO MAYBE WE NEED TO LET, MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT, WE'LL PUT PADDING ON THE WALLS FOR THE EVENING JUST TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT. BUT NO, IT'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD. UH, WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP THAT SEEMS TO PLAY IN THERE. UM, A LOT OF 'EM ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THE SOCCER COMMUNITY IN THE AREA, SO, UM, WE SEE A LOT OF 'EM THAT ALSO COACH FOR US OR PLAY IN OTHER VARIOUS LEAGUES. SO IT'S A, IT'S A FUN GROUP. GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY. UM, AND THEN OUR UPCOMING LEAGUES, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SUMMER BASKETBALL THAT'S COMING UP. UM, THAT REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON APRIL 1ST. UM, AND THEN FOR ADULT SPORTS COMING UP IN BUFORT, ADULT BASEBALL REGISTRATION WILL OPEN APRIL 1ST. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, CO-ED ADULT SOFTBALL AND ADULT KICKBALL REGISTRATION THAT'LL START IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY. RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MARISSA FREEMAN WITH SENIORS. UM, HERE'S SOME HIGHLIGHTED PICTURES FROM OUR LAST COUPLE MONTHS OF EVENTS. UM, THEY CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH, UM, DOING PROGRAMMING AND UH, GOING OUT TO EVENTS. AND THEN WE HAD OUR MARDI GRAS PARTY FOR THEM, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WERE THERE OR SAW IT OR SOMETHING. I WAS, YEAH, IT WAS IT THAT CHIP WAS PACKED. , YES, . THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE. UM, OUR HOME DELIVERED MEALS I PARTICIPATE, UM, HAVE INCREASED AND, UM, SO HAS OUR GROUP DINING. WE'VE, UM, ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO START GETTING MORE REFERRALS, UH, NOW THAT, UM, FUNDING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL HAS BEEN RELEASED. ANY QUESTIONS? DEFINE GROUP VERSUS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY HOME DELIVERED IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. SO GROUP DINING IS IN OUR CENTERS. WE HAVE EIGHT CENTERS, EIGHT LOCATIONS, AND THEY GET [00:25:01] FOOD DAILY. RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SATISFIED FOLK. YES. MM-HMM . GOOD. THANK YOU. HELLO. HELLO. OKAY, SO FOR THE POOLS, WE STILL HAVE OUR GROUP IN PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS THAT GO YEAR ROUND. NORMALLY THAT'S BETWEEN TWO 30 AND SIX 30 IN THE AFTERNOON. IT'S VERY, VERY POPULAR. UM, OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, WE HAVE THE FIN SWIM TEAM, WHICH IS AT OUR BLUFFTON POOL. WE STILL HAVE THE INFANT SWIM LESSON AND THE SCUBA, AND THEN WATER AEROBIC HAS DEFINITELY INCREASED. WE HAVE WATER AEROBIC AT ALL THREE POOLS NOW. BLUFFTON IS EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. UM, AND THEN OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, NINE 30 TO 1230, WE ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. UM, BUT THEN WE OPEN RIGHT BACK UP AFTERWARDS. UM, FOR OUR CHECK-INS. SO FOR THE BATTERY CREEK POOL, OUR CHECK-INS CAME UP A LITTLE BIT FOR FEBRUARY, UM, FOR BATTERY CREEK. THEY DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT WAS COLD AND WE HAD A LITTLE HICCUP WITH ONE OF OUR HEATERS. AND THEN FOR BLUFF AND POOL, BLUFFTON IS STILL VERY, VERY POPULAR. MM-HMM . SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POOLS? NO, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY. EVERYTHING'S CLICKING ALONG SO FAR. , I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE COMPLAINING LATELY. NOW WHAT'S THE NEXT, WE HAVE ANOTHER POOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GOING ON, OR NO? ARE WE GOOD? UM, WE DO, BUT I BELIEVE SHANE HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. POOL IS THE NEXT ONE AND WE'RE OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL BE THROUGH THE THREE. NO, NO, NO. THAT AGREE BY THAT POINT IT'LL BE YEAH. CYCLE THROUGH. RIGHT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COOL. AWESOME. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. PERFECT. SO RECREATION HAD A BUSY COUPLE MONTHS. UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HOSTED OVER HERE IN BLUFFTON SO FAR HAS KIND OF FILLED UP TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN STAFF IT, RIGHT. SO, UH, ADAPT TO ATHLETICS HAS GONE REALLY WELL SO FAR. WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO CLASSES THIS THURSDAY'S THE THIRD OUT OF EIGHT I BELIEVE. UM, WE HAVE A PI PICKUP BASKETBALL GAME NIGHT THAT IS COMING UP LATER THIS MONTH. UM, OUR BEGINNER PICKLEBALL PICKLEBALL CLASSES HAVE BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE HAD, WHAT IS IT, FOUR OF THOSE NOW, AND ALL FOUR OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY FILLED WITH A WAIT LIST, SO WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND, BUT WE'VE GOT ONE PERSON WHO TEACHES 'EM, WHO ALSO DOES A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS WITHIN ATION. WHERE, WHERE DO YOU HOLD AT? UH, AT BURTON WELLS. OH, OKAY. THEY'RE AT BURN WELLS ON MONDAY NIGHTS. MM-HMM . AND, UM, GAME NIGHT IN BLUFFTON. SO WE HAVE STARTED BOARD GAMES TRYING FOR ADULTS AND THEY'VE BEEN COMING IN PLAYING, UH, BOOK CLUB AS WELL. AND FLOOR HOCKEY WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY WHERE UM, KIDS LOVED IT. THEY WANT MORE OF IT. AND, UM, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ORGANIZED LIKE AN EXTERNAL TRIP TO ONE OF THE GHOST PIRATE GAMES. SO WE'VE GOT, I THINK 37 KID KIDS AND PARENTS AND SIBLINGS ARE GOING TO THE GHOST, GHOST PIRATES GAME ON THE NIGHT OF THE 21ST. UM, CAMPS JUST OPENED UP FOR SUMMER CAMP AND SP SPRING BREAK CAMP IS ROCKING AND ROLLING. UH, SPRING BREAK CAMP FILLED UP IN LESS THAN A WEEK, SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO EXPAND THOSE NUMBERS YESTERDAY OR TO, YEAH, SO WE'RE HAVE 30 THERE. BURN WELLS IS SITTING RIGHT AT 10. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO OFFERING ROBOTICS AND CHEMICAL CREATIONS CAMPS. AND SUMMER CAMP OPENED ON MONDAY AND WAS FILLED BY WEDNESDAY FOR THE BLUFFTON ATHLETES CAMP. SO, UM, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY AT 30 KIDS. UM, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING ON MORE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 50 KIDS IN THE ATHLETES CAMP AND 40 KIDS IN THE ARTS AND CRAFT CAMP. SO THAT IS OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW. SO YOU'RE EITHER IN THE ATHLETIC CAMP OR AN ARTS AND CRAFTS CAMP, ONE OR THE OTHER? YEP. FOR THE BIGGER SITES? YES, SIR. SO FOR BUR BOTH, UH, BLUFFTON CENTER AND BURTON WELLS, OR IT'S GONNA BE AT BUCK WALTER THIS YEAR, BUT BUCK WALTER AND BURTON WELLS, THEY HAVE ARTS AND CRAFTS OR ATHLETES, AND THEN AT CHARLES AND BROWN AND SCOTT WHERE THEY'RE THE SMALLER SITES, THEY DO A COMBINED CAMP. AND, UM, AS FOR, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS AND 70 30 PROGRAMS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING. WE HAD A NEW KARATE CLASS START THE OTHER NIGHT, WHICH HAD I THINK A TOTAL OF EIGHT REGISTRANTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO NOT BAD FOR OUR FIRST CLASS. WE'RE ALSO DOING AN EASTER EGG HUNT HERE ON MARCH 28TH OVER AT BLUFFTON CENTER. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE MOVIE NIGHTS COMING UP AS WELL, THAT'S GONNA BE AT A LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT SITES. SO, AND THEN THERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE 70 30 [00:30:01] PROGRAMS AND CLASSES AND CLINICS WE HAVE COMING UP. WHAT IS ONE LOCO BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL? SO ONE LOCO IS, UM, KIND OF A TRAVEL TEAM THAT WANTS TO RUN RECREATIONAL SIDE CLINICS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT OUR PROGRAMS. SO THEIR GOAL IS TO HELP THE KIDS FROM OUR PROGRAMS KIND OF TRANSITION INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND BY OFFERING THOSE CLINICS DURING THE OFF SEASONS. PERFECT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? PLAYERS? LOT OF STUFF. LOT OF STUFF. MM-HMM . TRYING TO STAY BUSY. NOT HIM. GUESS IT'S ME. YOU'RE TOLD ME THAT YOU, YOU'RE MORE THAN, MORE THAN CAPABLE, MORE THAN CABLE OF DOING HIS JOB. ALRIGHT, WE SHALL SEE. OKAY. UM, SO FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT, UM, WE ARE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL. WE'RE PROBABLY THE MOST FULL WE HAVE BEEN IN A SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. UM, WE HAVE, YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE'VE HIRED A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW FOLKS RECENTLY. WE DO HAVE SOME PART-TIME POSITIONS OUT THERE, UM, BUT WE ARE MORE OR LESS FULLY STAFFED ON THE FULL, UM, FULL-TIME STAFF SIDE. CONGRATULATIONS. A VERY GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. UM, WE ARE KIND OF AT THE PEAK OF HIRING FOR OUR SEASONAL STAFF. UM, SO OUR SEASONAL LIFEGUARDS, UM, SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS, BUS DRIVERS, UM, ET CETERA. THAT'S KIND OF OUR, OUR PEAK, UM, RIGHT NOW WHERE WE NEED TO HIT AS MANY. SO HOPEFULLY IF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS ON TV, THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR SUMMER WORK. UM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S A HIRING EVENT TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH, UM, THE 23RD, I BELIEVE, UM, TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR TEACHERS, ET CETERA. ANY QUESTIONS ON STAFF? WHAT'S ONBOARDING? UM, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN HIRED AND THEY'RE ON THE, THE, THEY'RE DOING THE ONBOARDING PROCESS. THEY HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY STARTED YET. QUESTIONS. THAT'S GREAT. UH, SO FROM A FACILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT A, A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME. THERE'S SEVERAL SLIDES ON THIS, BUT TOP OF THERE IS THE BRACE, UM, CONTRACTS. UM, IT DID CLOSE ON THE 24TH AND WE HAD, I WON'T SAY HOW MANY, BUT WE HAD MULTIPLE BIDDERS, WHICH HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE WITH THE COUNTY, UM, IN, IN PREVIOUS YEARS. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE BIDDERS MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD COMPETITION AND WE HAVE ENOUGH COMPETITION TO AWARD SOMETHING IN THE COMING MONTHS. I WON'T, WON'T SAY WIN. UM, BUT EXCEPT FOR IS THAT FOR SOCCER FIELDS OR? YES. UM, SO YOU'LL HOPEFULLY I CAN TALK LOUD ENOUGH. UM, PICK NOT GREAT, BUT THE ON THE NORTH SIDE, SO IT WAS BID IN TWO PARTS. UM, THE FIRST IS THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH IS THAT DIRECTION, UM, FOR THE TWO NEW TURF FIELDS AND A NEW PARKING LOT UPGRADES TO OUR BATHROOMS AND CONCESSION STAND. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE CORE BID THAT WAS DONE. AND THEN ALL, ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO SUBMITTED AN ALTERNATE BID. UM, THAT ALTERNATE BID IS FOR THE SOUTH SIDE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CIRCLE OVER HERE, IT'S KIND OF TO THE LEFT OF THE CIRCLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO SOFT FIELDS, THIS ONE, TWO ADDITIONAL SOFT FIELDS, AND THEN ADDITIONAL PARKING AS WELL. SO HOW MANY FULL THOSE, ARE THOSE FULL SIZE OR THOSE ARE FULL? THERE'S A FOUR, FOUR FULL SIZE, INCLUDING THE ONES WE ALREADY HAVE, INCLUDING THE REGULAR TURP. SO YES, WE, WE, OH TECHNICALLY HAVE SEVEN TOTAL SOCCER ISH MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS. UM, SO WE, WE SHALL SEE WHAT GETS AWARDED, BUT UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PROMISING MOVING FORWARD. HAVE THOSE BIDS BEEN REVIEWED ALREADY? THEY'RE IN THE REVIEW PROCESS. OH, OKAY. YEAH. I, SORRY, I CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH. SURE. UM, BUT SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. UM, THAT IS ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROJECT THOUGH, SO ONCE IT GETS AWARDED ROUGHLY TWO YEARS AFTER IT GETS AWARDED THOUGH, THE FIELDS WILL BE READY TO PLAY, HOPEFULLY SOONER. BUT TWO YEARS IS THE TARGET. UM, THE SCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER, THE, UH, BIDS WERE DUE ON THE NINTH. WE ALSO RECEIVED MULTIPLE BIDS FOR THAT, WHICH IS GOOD. UM, THAT'S KIND OF A REFURBISHING OF THAT SENIOR CENTER. THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED AS WELL. UM, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH TO, TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, AND THEN OUR BLUFF AND CENTER, WHICH IS GETTING, UH, KIND OF A FULL IN ANTENNA FACELIFT, NEW FLOORS, A NEW ELEVATOR, UM, PAINTING, SOME OF THE WALLS BEING FIXED, ET CETERA. UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, SO THAT IS WHY BROCK HAD MENTIONED THAT OUR BLUFF AND CENTER CAMPS WILL BE HELD AT BUCKWALTER THIS YEAR, THIS SUMMER. AND THEN OTHER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HERE, UM, THE GROUNDBREAKING HAS OCCURRED FOR AGAS, MAJOR BUS FELIX. SO THESE ARE, UM, GRAPHICAL VIEWS OF THE AERIAL VIEWS OF THE WESLEY, FELIX AND AG I MAJOR, WESLEY FELIX, UM, FIELDS OR COMMUNITY CENTERS. ANY QUESTIONS THERE? CHARLESTON BROWN, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE, BUT WE ARE MOSTLY COMPLETE ON CHARLESTON BROWN. UH, YOU'LL SEE THE BEAUTIFUL WOOD FLOORING, YOU KNOW, THE TERRIBLE FLOOR. IT WAS BEFORE. SOME COOL GRAPHICS, THE PARTS OF THAT LOGO IN THE MIDDLE THERE, NEW BLEACHERS THAT ARE, UM, ELECTRIC SO THEY CAN SLIDE IT IN OUT. UH, AND THEN SIMILAR WITH [00:35:01] THE NEW BASKETS. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOSTLY COMPLETE WITH THAT. THERE'S SOME ELECTRICAL WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT'S A VERY OLD BUILDING, KIND OF A SURPRISE ON THE ELECTRICAL WORK, BUT, UH, IT'S GETTING VERY CLOSE TO BEING READY. THAT'S NICE COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS. YES. OH, IT LOOKS, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, WE HAD POSTPONED SOME AWNING AND RESTROOM IMPROVEMENT BASED ON FUNDING, BUT WE DID FIND SOME FUNDING FOR THAT TOO. SO THEY'RE PUTTING A AWNING OUT FRONT SO PEOPLE CAN LEAVE WITHOUT GETTING RAIN DONE RIGHT AWAY. UM, AND THEN UPGRADE SOME OF THE BATHROOMS FOR ACCESSIBILITY QUESTIONS THERE. UM, OTHER THINGS GOING ON. THE, UM, PORTO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADDING PARKING ON THE NEXT TO THE PORTO PLAYGROUND. THAT WORK'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR ABOUT A MONTH OR SO NOW, UM, JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO GET IN AND OUTTA THAT PARKING LOT. UM, THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL IS ALSO PUTTING IN A SPLASH PAD AT THE, UM, PLAYGROUND SO THAT, UM, PRE-CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME ABOUT WHERE THE OLD BURDEN WAS, WAS FUNDED THROUGH A A BOND PROJECT. UM, SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, IDENTIFYING WHAT WE CAN GET DONE FOR THE MONEY THAT WAS APPROVED. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR? NEXT YEAR? THAT'LL BE STARTED SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR? YES. GOTCHA. YEP. HOW MUCH WAS APPROVED? 1.8. AND THAT WAS, AND THE, THE OLD BURTON WELLS IS THREE. THERE ARE THREE FIELDS. 2, 2 0, 2 2. YES. YES. LONG TERM VISION IS TO ADD THE THIRD FIELD, BUT 1.8 DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS IT USED TO. UM, THAT WAS SECTIONED OFF AS, UM, ROUGHLY 400 K FOR THE, THE RESTROOM. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THAT WAS FOR FIELDS. UM, WE WILL SEE HOW IT ENDS UP GETTING ALLOCATED THOUGH WHEN WE FINISH DOING OUR ASSESSMENT. SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF FIVE FIELDS THERE AT BURTON WELLS THEN, RIGHT? YEAH. YES. LONG, LONG TERM WOULD BE SIX, UH, TERM SIX, YES. YES. OKAY. AND THEN FOR TRAINING UPDATES, UH, NICE PICTURE HERE OF THE TRAINING THAT OCCURRED IN THAT CLASSROOM OVER THERE. SO ALL OF OUR, MOST OF OUR 99% OF OUR DRIVING PERSONNEL HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH DEFENSIVE DRIVING, WHICH WAS A NEW COUNTER REQUIREMENT THIS YEAR. UM, THAT'LL BE REFRESHED EVERY THREE YEARS, I BELIEVE. UM, RECREATION ATTENDED A PROGRAMMING SUMMIT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE STATE-OF-THE-ART PROGRAMMING PRACTICES, CAMPS, ET CETERA. AND THEN MYSELF AND BRANDON WENT TO A FEMA, UM, CLASS ABOUT, UH, BASICALLY EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT, UM, SPORTING EVENTS. SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD TWO DAY COURSE. UM, WE ATTENDED WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY AND, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THAT IS ALL FROM ME. CAN I ASK, UM, I, I NOTICED THE WEBSITE THAT THE SHE POINT PARK COURTS ARE CLOSED. WHAT, WHAT'S THE YES. UM, SO THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT ROOT INTRUSION ON THOSE COURTS, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE THEY BASICALLY NEED TO BE CHEERED OFF. UM, AND THEN REPAVING MORE OR LESS THE, THE ENTIRE THING. UM, IT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR MONEY TO, TO DO. SO IT IS A PRIORITY TO GET THAT COMMUNITY BACK UP AND RUNNING. IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF FINDING THE, THE FUNDING TO DO SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ANTICIPATED WHEN THEY WERE INITIALLY DONE OR WHAT'S THE SITUATION? SO THEY HAD REPAVED IT, I THINK BEFORE MY TIME, BUT NOT THAT MUCH BEFORE MY TIME. IT'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. UM, BUT I, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THEY, THAT THEY DIDN'T SHEAR, THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE FOREST DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE COURT. MM-HMM . AND THOSE ROOTS HAVE MA MANAGED TO MAKE THEIR WAY AND BUBBLE IT. UM, IN, IN THEORY IT'S PLAYABLE, BUT NOT, NOT WORTH THE RISK OF, UM, SOMEONE GETTING INJURED. SO WE'RE THAT'S, IT'S CLOSED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. OKAY. SO NO REAL TIMEFRAME, JUST LOOKING FOR SOME MONEY. LOOKING FOR SOME MONEY. THAT'S CORRECT. IMAGINE THAT. YES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGE? THANKS, SHANE. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT MEETING. UH, TUESDAY, MAY 7TH. UM, THURSDAY. THURSDAY. MY EYES, I'M TELLING YOU. PUT THE GLASSES THOUGH. ? YEAH. OH NO, I CAN'T READ IT AT ALL. VERY GOOD. I CAN, I SEE MY, MY NICKEL BACK REALLY QUICK. YEAH. UM, I DO WANT TO ADVERTISE, WHICH I FAILED TO MENTION HERE. WE ARE DOING A SENIOR EVENT, KIND OF LIKE A COUNTYWIDE VERY LARGE EVENT ON APRIL 1ST HERE, UM, FROM 10 TO TWO, UM, 300 PEOPLE, UM, REGISTRANTS POTENTIALLY THERE. GONNA BRING OUR SENIOR PROGRAM HERE. SO COUNTY, IF YOU'VE GOT, IF YOU NEED, LOOKING FOR SENIOR RESOURCES, SWING ON BY HERE ON THE FIRST APRIL 1ST. IT'S NOT AN APRIL FOOLS DAY JOKE. . GREAT. GREAT. IS THERE ANYONE ON ON THE BOARD THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE OR? NO? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. UM, I THINK WE'RE, UH, DOING A PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD JOB. UM, WITH, UH, AGAIN, AS [00:40:01] I SAY, WHEN MY PHONE'S NOT RINGING AND PEOPLE AREN'T COMPLAINING, THAT USUALLY MEANS THINGS ARE PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD. SO, UM, BUT YOU'RE WORKING HARD AND, UH, WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL. YOU ARE WATCHING BC TV LIVE, WORK PLAY. 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 A 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 KEISLING, 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 BEAUFORD 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 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 WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. 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 BUTT COUNTY. THERE IT IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, 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, [00:45:01] IT WAS CHANGED BY COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE SHRIMP BOAT WAS A BETTER REPRESENTATION, UM, OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ASPECT OF BEFORD 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 BEFORD COUNTY CULTURE, SHRIMPING, ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME, WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE SEAL. 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. TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.