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QUARTER TO QUARTER.

ALL RIGHT, WELL WELCOME EVERYONE

[1. Welcome.]

TO THE MAY 17TH, UM, STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.

UM, THE BEGAN WE HAD, WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH PRAYER.

SEE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO OFFER PRAYER TO NOT FOR THE MEETING.

WELL, STRESS IS NORMAL.

I WAS PROBABLY, THE GUY WAS SKINNY.

THIS FEW OF US STANDING TOGETHER FOR THE GARDEN IN UNITY FOR THE GODDESS.

WE COME TOGETHER.

THIS EVENING CONDUCT CONDUCTED BUSINESS OF OUR CITY, LIKE LOVE PEACE AND HARMONY REBEL FROM THE PRIVATE GOD IS THIS IS THE ELECTION SEASON.

ALLOW THE FOLKS THAT ARE RUNNING, UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOUR PEOPLE, FOR THE PRIVATE GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

WE ASK THAT ALL THAT ARE HERE, THOSE WHO ARE ON THE WAY THOSE ARE OUT AND ABOUT YOU COVER AND PROTECT OR LISTEN.

ALL OF THEM BLESSINGS WE ASKED IN THE MASTERS ARE MARBLES.

NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, MR. WARDS.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS TIME, WE'LL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

UH, LANDER MORGAN HERE PLAYING A MASSEY JAMES WOODS.

CURTIS, DO IT.

BERNARD WHITE HERE.

REGINALD PENDER, ELIJAH BROWN, BARBARA LEE.

ALDERWOMAN HARRIS, CARRIE WARREN HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

FOUR ON

[5. Approve Minutes.]

THE MAINTENANCE TONIGHT.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE SENT OUT THE APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.

NO, MARCH 29TH.

I, IF EVERYBODY'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCREPANCIES, IF NOT, IF SOMEONE COULD APPROVE THE MINUTES OR MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, HOW MUCH TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 2ND.

ALL RIGHT.

SO

[6. Update on Stanley White Recreation Center and Henderson Park.]

FIRST TIME WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIS UPDATE ON STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER.

UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE.

UM, WE HAVE SEEN IN MY JOURNAL BEEN HAVING SOME MEETINGS WITH THE ARCHITECTURE FARM, UM, AS THEY WORK TO, UM, FINALIZE DETAILS ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

UM, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE ALL THE CODE BUILDING CODES ARE ME AT ALL STANDARDS THAT THE BUILDINGS REQUIRED TO BE BUILT BY.

UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING ALL THOSE STANDARDS AS FAR AS BUILDING INSPECTION AND CODE GOES, UM, THEY ARE COMING ALONG NICELY ON THE PLAN.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT PLAN WILL BE NEARING COMPLETION INTO JUNE, JULY, UM, AT THAT TIME, IF IT NEEDS TO COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, IT WE'LL.

UM, AND OF COURSE AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD IDENTIFY OUT OF FINAL COST, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING DETAILED OUT AND ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE INSIDE, WHAT I WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED.

UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ABOUT DESIGN PROCESS? IT'S CPA, THEY'RE THE SAME ONES THAT DID THE CONCEPT PLAN AND, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING OFF OF.

UM, AND ONCE THEY FINISHED THAT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH IT.

UM, IT'LL GO A REQUEST FOR BIDS, WE'LL GO ALE.

UM, AND WE WILL WAIT TO RECEIVE TO BE ADS WHEN TO BE A DOR RECEIVED CD WE'LL REVIEW THE IDENTIFIED STYLE.

UM, AND THEY'LL MAKE A SELECTION ON THE CONTRACTOR.

UM, WITH THIS DESIGN DURING THE DESIGN NOW AT THE NFL, MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY

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GAVE US, UH, SO FAR.

HAVE THEY MADE ANY CHANGES? NO.

THE, UM, CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDED ORIGINALLY HAS VERY MUCH STAYED THE SAME.

UM, IT'S JUST GETTING DOWN TO DEFINE DETAILS ABOUT RESTROOMS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY RESTROOMS, LOCATION RESTROOMS, MAKING SURE THERE'S ENOUGH, UH, EIGHT GRASSES, YOU KNOW, FOR EMERGENCIES, UM, IS STILL TO DOUBLE GM PLAN.

UM, AND I THINK WHEN I LOOKED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT'S A LITTLE OVER SAY 37,000 SQUARE FEET.

UM, AND SO I MAY AS LOOK IN THE US WHAT THEY'VE DESIGNED SO FAR ON THE INSIDE WITH THE DETAILS, UM, VERY MUCH GOING TO BE STATE OF DARK, UM, FACILITY.

WAS THIS PLAN, UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF ANYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST, IN ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT CPL SHOWED US ANY DESIGNS FROM YES, THEY HAVE PROVIDED SOME EXAMPLES.

UM, I DID NOT BRING ANY OF THOSE WE HAVE MADE, BUT I CAN SEND YOU THE CDS THAT THEY'RE MODELING FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

JUST GIVE HIM A CALL.

SHE SAID Y'ALL WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE HER, WE EMAILED THE LINK FOR THE VIRTUAL MEETING TO HER AND TALENA LAST WEEK AND REMINDED THEM YESTERDAY AS WELL.

IT WAS SENT VIA EMAIL.

SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE SEEN AND WHAT THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST TWO TO THREE MONTHS.

UM, VERY SATISFIED.

THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WITH US ON IF NOT A WEEKLY, A BIWEEKLY BASIS.

UM, THEY'VE SET OUT A SCHEDULE OF WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL MEET WITH US, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNICATION.

UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY NEED CLARIFICATION ON OR SPECIFICS, THEY'LL REACH OUT TO US, UM, SUCH AS, UM, BUILDING CODES THAT MIGHT BE SPECIFIC TO THIS AREA BASED ON, UM, WHETHER IT'S, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SHELTER UNITED TO BE ABLE TO BE A SHELTER OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO US FOR, UM, RESILIENCY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE IN AN AREA THAT EXPERIENCES HURRICANES.

UM, ALSO THEY REACHED OUT, YOU KNOW, REGARDING IT STUFF THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED.

UM, SO THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY ARE COMMUNICATING TREMENDOUSLY.

UM, WELL YOU'VE MADE UP WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES, UM, VIRTUALLY AND, UM, THEY'RE JUST TOP NOTCH.

I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REALLY MOVING ALONG.

NICE.

I LIKED WHAT I'VE SEEN.

RIGHT.

I CAN'T RECALL, BUT, UH, DID WE HAVE AN INTERNET PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT AREA ON A BROADBAND? IS IT READY TO BE LAUNCHED HERE IN NEW BERN AS OF YET IN THAT AREA? UM, BUT DID WE HAVE A PLAN FOR INTERNET ACCESS? I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF WIFI ACCESSIBILITY AND THAT'S WHERE OUR IT DEPARTMENT WILL COME IN.

I DO RECALL SEEING IN DEPLOYMENTS, UM, I TELL YOU ROOM IN THE FACILITY.

SO I FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE COULD BUILD A BUILDING OF THAT MAGNITUDE WITHOUT HAVING THAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY IN IT RAISED UP.

IT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED WAS AN TV, SO THAT KIDS WOULD HAVE A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK IF THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT AT HOME, PLUS THE GAMES, YOU KNOW, THE GAMES NOW, THE MAJORITY OF THEM, IF THEY DON'T HAVE, YEAH, THERE WAS ALSO, I THINK AT EIGHT GAME THE GAME HAD IT YEAH.

ONE MORE QUESTION.

HAVE YOU BEEN RECEIVING ANY CALLS UNTIL YOUR OFFICE AS IT RELATES TO QUESTIONS AND WHAT IS THE MOST RECURRENT QUESTION THAT YOU'D BEEN ASKED WHEN IT'S COMING TO YOUR OFFICE? WE HAVE, WE GET A FEW CALLS, NOT A LOT, BUT WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE

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CALL WANTING UPDATES.

UM, I RECENTLY MET WITH SOMEBODY THAT WAS ASKING, UM, AND THEY REQUESTED THAT WE GET MORE INFORMATION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN HEAL.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UM, I ALSO RECENTLY HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH, UM, UH, TODD WEATHER DEN FROM SUN JOURNAL, AND I THINK HE JUST PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE TODAY ON DIET THAT DISCUSSES WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE WITH STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE STANLEY WYATT RECREATION CENTER? UH, I REALLY FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE PLANS WHEN YOU SAY FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, I THINK LOOKS GREAT.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A FACILITY LOT.

WE HAVEN'T HAD YEAR FOR OUR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, UM, I'M EXCITED FOR, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS TO COME OUT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WE HAD GOALS.

AND THEN WITH THE FLAT ROOM, WHAT TYPE OF ROOM THEY DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAD A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT.

UM, IT'S GOING TO BRING SOME WATER, HAVE A FLAT ROOF.

I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON THAT, BUT THAT IS MORE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL GET ONCE THIS PLAN IS FINALIZED.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE EXACT MATERIALS.

UM, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO WHAT I'VE RECEIVED SO FAR.

AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU, WHAT WE HAD DEALT WITH A BIG PROBLEM AT A SPECIAL ON THE GYM SECTION OF THE BUILDING, NO ONE WANT TO JUST STAY SITTING UP THERE.

UM, OKAY.

SO MOVING ALONG NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE HENDERSON PARK UPDATE.

UM, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, I THINK I MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS CURRENTLY A PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, PERIOD THAT WAS GOING ON FOR THE HENDERSON PARK IN REGARDS TO FEMA AND THE CHANGE IN SCOPE OF WORK.

UM, AND WE RECENTLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT DESCOPE CHANGING SCOPE OF WORK WAS APPROVED.

SO THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THE PLANS THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, UM, FOR WHAT THEIR HENDERSON PARK REDEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE.

UM, THOSE ITEMS ARE GOING TO INCLUDE THE 30 BY 65 SHAREHOLDER.

THE DUB WAS A FARMER'S MARKET, UM, FOR COURT, LOTS FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT AND FOUR SETS OF BLEACHERS, UM, NEW FITNESS COURSE EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.

UM, THE ADDITION OF BLACKTOP OR CONCRETE GAMES ON THE BASKETBALL BESIDE THE BASKETBALL COURT, UM, EXPANSION OF THE PLAYGROUND AND UPGRADING THE GRAVEL PARK.

AND THAT'S IN THAT AREA BESIDE WHERE THE, UM, RECREATION CENTER FOR FORMERLY WAS LOCATED.

SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD THAT AND, UM, RECONSTRUCTION OF THE RESTROOM FACILITY, UH, FITNESS AREA AND ALL THE MOVING I STAYED AND STAYED IN THE SAME PLACE, BECAUSE I KNOW THE SIDE THAT COURTS AND STUFF.

I KNOW THAT THE RAIN, THEY GET A LOT OF WATERS YEAH.

UM, IS, IS GOING TO STAY PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME LOCATION.

I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME STRUCTURAL, UM, LANCE LANDSCAPE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.

THAT IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO STAY IN THAT LOCATION RIGHT BY THE ALL CAN TRACK.

UM, I REMEMBER I TALKED TO YOU THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE, WHAT GEORGE BROOKS HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT.

UM, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND ME A PLAN BECAUSE HE SAID HE, HE TOLD ME HE DROPPED THE PLAN OFF TO YOU BEFORE WE LOOK AT, CAUSE IT WAS A SIX HOLE PART THREE, THAT'S YOUR PLAY IT THREE TIMES TO BE 18 OLDS ON.

I REALLY BELIEVE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, FIRST HE IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE I WORK WITH AND WE WERE AT STANLEY WHITE BEFORE THEY WENT OUT.

AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.

NO, I JUST CAME FROM SCHOOL IN LOUISVILLE AND LOUISVILLE HAD A REALLY, REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW, SET UP,

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YOU KNOW, UM, AT FIRST HE WAS, SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THAT WAY WAS HARRISON.

YEAH.

BUT THAT DIDN'T NEVER COME TO FRUITION.

I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WAS TAUGHT.

RIGHT.

BUT IF WE COULD GET SOME AT HEDIS APART, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE CAN GET, WE CAN, WE CAN USE THAT AREA RIGHT THERE TO WORK WITH KIDS AND EVERYTHING.

JUST SOME LITTLE SHORT PART THREES WOULD, WOULD REALLY WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, HE SAID IT WOULD BE ON THE OUTSKIRTS AROUND THE OUTSKIRTS.

SO, SO NOT WHERE THE, UM, BALL FIELDS ARE CURRENTLY LIKE ANY OF THE BATTLEFIELDS OR LOW, WELL, HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE THE PLANS.

I THOUGHT I'D HAVE THEM TODAY, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE THEM BY THE WEEKEND AND I'LL LOOK AT THEM AND I'LL KNOW MORE.

EXCUSE ME.

ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST MEETING.

WE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT A PROCESS FOR GETTING CHILDREN OVER AND DUMPING FIELD THERE, THEIR CARS, WHAT PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE ON THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CARDS IN PLACE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT LIVE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THEM BEING ABLE TO GET IT WITHOUT RECORDING.

AND I HAVE NOT GOT IT AT PROCESS YET.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY START WORKING ON, OKAY.

I JUST WANT US TO BE PROACTIVE ON THAT AND NOT IN A REACTIVE TYPE OF SITUATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE GYM IS FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING TO GET DONE.

LET ME BACK UP TO THE, UM, GOLF COURSE TO JUNE.

SPEAKING OF, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE? THEY'RE A LITTLE NORTH COUNTY, IT'D BE ON FADE PAR.

NOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING VERY, VERY SIMILAR.

UM, BILL FAY PARK WAS A PARK THAT WE USED TO PLAY SOFTBALL.

AND BACK WHEN THE SOFTBALL WAS A LOT MORE ACTIVE THAN IT IS TODAY.

AND I THINK THEY HAVE CREATED A, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF HERSELF SIX HOLE OR FOR SAY NINE HOLE, BUT I THINK IT IS PART THREE COURSE THAT THEY HAVE, AND IT IS RUN BY THE MUNICIPALITY.

IT'S RUN BY KESTER BY THE CITY.

UM, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER SINCE THEY'VE COMPLETED.

THAT THING HAS BEEN COMPLETED NOW MAYBE THREE TO FOUR YEARS, AT LEAST.

UM, BUT I CAN GET SOME INFORMATION OR IF YOU EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, IT'S CALLED BILL FATE PARK AND IT'S IN THE CITY OF KENSTON RUN BY KESTON PARKS AND RECS.

THAT'S OVER THERE BY THE POOL, RIGHT BACK OVER TOWARD THE HOSPITAL, BACK UP IN A RESIDENTIAL.

YEAH, I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.

UM, I HAVE TO GO TO KINSTON ONE DAY THIS WEEK.

SO I'LL CHARTER BILL FATE PARK, BUT I JUST KNOW GEORGE SAID THAT HE, UM, HE WAS ALREADY DRAWN UP A PLAN.

HE TOLD ME, WE, I MEAN, WE DISCUSSED IT IN DEPTH OVER THE WEEKEND.

HE TOLD ME IT WAS, UH, A SIX HOLE PART THREE.

THE BIT THAT THE LARGEST LONGEST HOLE WAS 75 YARDS.

SO, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 40 AND 75 YARDS, UM, SIX HOLES AND SHE PLAYED THREE TIMES FOR 18 HOLES.

SO I THINK THAT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BENEFICIAL THAN THE, UM, I KNOW WE WANT TO DO THE GAMES ON A BLACK TOP, BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT, I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT THIS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN TODAY, THE SHUFFLEBOARD AND THINGS THAT WE WERE INTO WHEN WE WERE THERE, WE ACTUALLY PLAYED THOSE TYPE OF GAMES.

SO I DON'T THINK KIDS TODAY WILL BE INTO THAT.

SO I DON'T WANT US TO WASTE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME DOING THAT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE USED.

YOU KNOW? UM, WELL I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GAMES ARE GONNA BE MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, GAMES THAT YOUNGER KIDS MIGHT BE, CAN ENGAGE IN LIKE YOUR HOPSCOTCH, TIC TAC TOE, THINGS LIKE THAT, MAYBE FOUR THAT ARE GEARED TOWARDS A YOUNGER AGE CHILD.

UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL THINGS AS WE WORK, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THOSE OKAY.

SO THE, UM, THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT FOR HENDERSON PARK IS

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WE WILL START WORKING ON THAT OVER THE SUMMER AND START ADDING ALL THAT STUFF.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL ADD SOME, UM, AMENITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, PRIOR TO THE RECREATION CENTER BEING COMPLETED.

UM, AND WHERE'S THE PLACE OF THE FARMER'S MARKET REPLICA GOING TO BE HOUSED WILL BE PLACED.

I DIDN'T BRING THAT LAYOUT.

WE HAD IT LAST TIME, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE GAME, A GRAVEL PARKING LOT, THIS PERPENDICULAR TO WHERE THE ACTUAL BILL.

SO IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN AT THE CURRENT FARMER'S MARKET, WHAT SIZE IS THAT BUILDING LOOK, DOES ANYONE KNOW IT'S A 30 BY 60 ROBBIE IT'S DISCOM.

IT'S PROBABLY WILL BE MAYBE HALF THAT SIZE, HALF THAT SIZE.

IT'S JUST REALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE A PICNIC AREA THAT CAN BE USED AND THAT THE DOORS ON THE SIDES AND THAT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY DOORS, NO WALL CLOSEST TO THE SHELTER.

REMEMBER WHAT THEY JUST BUILT IN GREENVILLE.

MATTER OF FACT, THEY OPENED IT UP.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN OPEN AIR MARKET, BUT THIS IS THE LOCATION FOR THE PICNIC SHELTER.

YEAH.

QUESTION IT.

HE NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THE BATHROOMS AT, UH, PAUL.

YEAH.

A WHILE AGO I SAID THAT WE WOULD ALSO BE RECONSTRUCTING THE RESTAURANTS.

YEAH.

AND, UM, THERE'LL BE, UM, THEY WON'T BE ELEVATED SUPER HIGH, BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE USED IN THE PARK.

IT'S LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THEM UP CLOSER FROM WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

YEAH.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I KNOW THEY HAD TWO SHARES OF THAT.

THE ONE IS THE OTHER WAY YOU CAN GET RID OF ONE OF THEM OR ARE THEY GOING TO STAY? UM, ONE OF THEM MIGHT HAVE TO GO.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE, THERE'S THE ONE BIG ONE AND TWO SMALLER ONES.

UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO PAN DOWN.

ONCE WE GET THINGS UP PILE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE BIG SHOUTER OUT HERE GIVES YOU USED TREMENDOUSLY.

UM, WE HAVE LITTLE RESERVATION FOR THE SMALLER ONES.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THAT PROGRESS IS.

ONCE WE START WORKING ON THESE OTHER ITEMS, REMEMBER WE SAID LAST MEETING THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY WITHOUT HAVING A REPLACEMENT.

AND WE DID TALK ABOUT TWO BIG SHELTERS OUT THERE AT HENDERSON PARK.

MAYBE NOT THE SAME SIGNS, BUT THE 30 BY 60 AND MAYBE ONE AND A HALF THAT SIZE.

ALL RIGHT.

OR MAYBE THIS BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE TWO LARGE TWO NIGHT SHELTERS.

AREN'T THERE GOT A QUESTION.

UM, SO WE HAVE HENDERSON PARK AS A WHOLE.

WE HAVE THE VALE BASEBALL FIELD.

WE HAVE THE CAPTAIN AND WORKOUT AREA, CORRECT WALKING TRAIL.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS CURRENTLY, OR THAT IS CURRENTLY NAMED, UM, BEFORE WE START GETTING INTO IT, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD IT BE IN CASE THEY WANT IT TO DENOTE? IF WE HAD TWO SHELTERS TO NAME THOSE SHELTERS AFTER THOSE THAT MAYBE HAD BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN THE RECREATION IN THAT AREA? UM, I THINK PROBABLY WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS DISCUSS THAT WITH THIS BOARD AND YOU GUYS WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD, UM, PROBABLY GO TO THE BOARD OF OUR MEN FOR FINAL APPROVAL IS WHAT I WOULD THINK.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONS THAT ARE COMING IN, NOT TO CHANGE OR TO DISRUPT ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MORE SHELTERS COMING IN, UH, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE HELPERS WITH WHO WAS INFLUENTIAL BACK DURING THE TIME THAT MAYBE SOME OF THESE YOUNGER GUYS OR YOUNGER YOUNG LADIES WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WITH, OR EVEN THEIR PARENTS COULD IDENTIFY WITH.

UM, I DID KNOW MR. VALE, OF COURSE I KNEW CAPTAIN BET.

UH, HENDERSON CAME PROBABLY DURING YOUR TIME, WHEN YOU OLDER GUYS WITH THE HILLS AND PAUL HENDERSON, THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE PERSON AND UNDERSTAND THE WHY.

OF COURSE IT WAS THERE, BUT WHO WAS MR. HARRISON? I THINK THEY WERE THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE THEM PROBABLY READ THEM, TALK TO HIM

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TO THE CITY.

I THINK IT WAS DONATED TO THE CENTER AND FULL, AS I KNOW WHEN I GOT THERE SEVEN DAYS, IT WAS A HARD SOME POP.

I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION, SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BOARD COULD, UM, OR COMMITTEE COULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AND VOTE ON WHAT TYPE YOU KNOW, OR WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE SHELTERS NAMED AFTER.

THANK YOU.

I WAS JUST, I'M LOOKING WAY DOWN THE LINE AND I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE COLLECTED THE OTHER FAULTS LIKE GLENN BURNERS AND EVERYTHING.

THEY WILL NAME THE LIARS SHELTER.

THE JC.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE MONEY LOVES A PRECONDITION.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE NUMBERED.

UM, WELL, ONE THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT ON THE SHELTERS WERE, UM, I KNOW, UM, CAROLINA EAST HAS A GRANT PROGRAM.

HAROLD BASS FOUNDATION HAS A GRANT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO BIGGEST IN THE CITY THAT MAYBE WE CAN ASK THEM TO HELP WITH.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE ONLY SHELTERS OR SOMETHING OUT IN HENDERSON PARK.

UM, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THIS BOARD OR SOMEWHERE ELSE I WAS AT, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WRITING A GRANT BASED ON COVID FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE HOUSE AND HOW THEY COULD GET WITH CAROLINA EAST OR TO HELP FUND THINGS AT HENDERSON PARK.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK IN.

UH, SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID IT THROUGH ALL, A LOT OF GRASS, SPECIALTY DEAL, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, WE GOT IT THROUGH A KTB RENTAL WHERE WE HAD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY CALLED THEM TRYING TO EAT WHEN WE GOT THERE, UH, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM STARTED, UH, THEY DID A WHOLE LOT OF HEALTH INITIATIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER MONICO MORRIS AND, UH, JAMIE RAY WAS OVER THAT PROGRAM AND IT HELPED OUT A LOT.

AND THEN WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING WITH THAT AND IT WAS A, PROBABLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT AND IT LASTED QUITE A WHILE, YOU KNOW, AND I SAY, THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED OUT THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL PROGRAM CAME FROM OUT OF THAT MONEY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I DID MY MAKEUP AND I THINK WE CALLED IT MTV FITNESS AND, UH, THEY DID A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF FOR THAT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE GRANTS, THE, UM, CAROLINA EASTON BYTES FOUNDATION.

ALL RIGHT.

SO

[Additional Item]

LAST THING THAT I HAD ON HERE, DO YOU GUYS, UM, LAST TIME, UH, SHARED THE INFORMATION THAT HAD BEEN, UH, COMPLETED THE PATH TO GREATNESS STANLEY WHITE RECREATIONS STANLEY WATSON, A RELOCATION PLACEMENT PROJECT, UM, THAT WAS SENT AT SOME YOU, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE HERE, MR. MORGAN.

UM, BUT IT'S YOU DOCTORS, UH, GINGER HAS A COFFEE IF HE DOES WITH WALK ONE.

UM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT, UM, HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, COMPONENTS TO WHAT, UM, AMENITY ITEMS, BASICALLY A TRAIL FROM HENDERSON PARK TO THE LOCATION OF THE NEW RECREATION CENTER THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME CULTURE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THAT THE STUDIOS ACU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, PUT TOGETHER, SORRY, IF Y'ALL ARE IN THAT, IF ANYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I ASKED FOR PICTURES AND STUFF, BUT, UM, BEEN HARD.

CAUSE SOME OF MY STUFF THAT WENT ON THAT LAST I LOOKED THEM UP AND STUFF.

I STILL GOT A FEW, BUT I ALSO TALKED TO CHARLES, WHICH I KNOW HE'S GOT QUITE A FEW THINGS MIGHT BE ANSWERED UNTIL IS IT AN IDEA THAT THIS BOARD COMMITTEE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF? YEAH, I AM.

I'M IN FAVOR OF IT AS LONG AS THEY CAN TIE THAT INTO THE PREEXISTING

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HISTORICAL WALKER.

SO OVER THERE, I MEAN, AS LONG AS IT GETS TIED INTO THAT, I'M ALL FOR IT.

I THINK THE MORE EXPOSURE YOU GET THE BETTER OFF WE ARE.

OKAY.

HAVE YOU EVERY BODY, SO THAT'S HERE, THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WE SHOULD PURSUE.

UH, I THINK, UH, FRAGRANT MATERIALS OR THE CITY OF SOME ASSEMBLED WITH ALL THE SIGNS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT MR. WOODS IS TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORICAL MARKERS.

UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE S IS THERE WITH A, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE ART AREA FROM MURALS, UM, AND INTRODUCING SOME MORE CULTURE INTO THAT AREA.

YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ALL, LIKE I SAID, ARE ALL TIED INTO EACH OTHER AND I THINK THAT THAT'S DOABLE.

I MEAN, THEY, THE STUDENTS THAT ECU SHOULD, COULD, OR COULD, OR SHOULD FIND A WAY TO TIE ALL THAT IN TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALL HISTORY.

I KNOW THE MURALS AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE SOME, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT I BELIEVE IT ALL CAN BE TIED IN TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT.

WERE YOU, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WHILE WE'RE HERE? UM, MY PLAN IS TO HAVE A MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH AND TO YOU, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT TO DISCUSS.

UM, AND THAT WAY I CAN KEEP YOU GUYS AWARE OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE.

UM, CERTAINLY IF, UM, THERE'S REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE OR IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER YOU GUYS, I HAVE ONE QUESTION I JUST THOUGHT OF THE AREA THAT THEY ARE, BUT IT USED TO BE THE TENNIS COURTS, BUT THEN, UH, THE LADY TOOK IT OVER IN THE BEDROOM, THE GUARDS, UH, ARE THEY GOING TO CLEAR, CLEAN THAT AREA UP MORE? WHAT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE SINCE SHE'S MOVED OFF TO PALM STREET, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE ACTUALLY WENT OVER THERE AND CLEANED UP THAT WHOLE AREA AND REMOVED ALL THE DEBRIS.

UM, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE MO ON IT TO MAINTAIN IT, BUT ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE LEFT THERE HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP.

NO, NO, THAT WAS A BAD DEAL FROM THIS.

ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THE SAME PERIMETER DOWN ALONG THE, UM, FIRST BASE SIDE OF HENDERSON PARK WHERE THE BACK SOFTBALL FIELD IS BACK AND FORTH, IT GETS INTO THAT THICK GREEN SPACE.

WHAT NOT, I GUESS THE WALKING TRAIL IS THE FURTHEST THING TO THE WEST SNAIL, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE WALKING TRAIL IS THE FURTHEST THING TO THE BEST OR WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT SAME LANDSCAPE OR ARE WE GOING TO ENCROACH ON THE, UH, FEMALE RACE PLACE BACK THERE? IS THERE A PLAN TO ENCROACH ON IT? RIGHT.

AND I, ON THAT, THERE'S NO PLAN FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA.

I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE AREA THAT FLOODS THE MOST WITHIN THAT AREA.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A LOT OF BUILDUP FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO BE USABLE FOR OTHER, UM, UH, BEING A DAYS BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD AND FACTOR.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO SPECIFIC PLANS.

AM I, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE WALKING TRAIL.

YOU UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT, UM, WHATEVER AVENUES YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION BACK OUT ABOUT AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE DESIGN PHASE, UM, AND HOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG.

IF YOU CAN GET THAT OUT INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, RESEARCH SOME WAYS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT, INCLUDING ANY PROGRAMMING THAT WE MIGHT BE HAVING IN THAT AREA, SO THAT ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY OR RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CALL ME.

OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN

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MOTION MOVED.

SO MOVED.