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[1. Welcome.]
THE STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR APRIL.AT THIS TIME, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. WILLIAM MOORE COME UP AND GIVE PRAYER.
WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND FOR YOUR MERCY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND KINDNESS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS DAY THAT LED US TO THIS PLACE TO DISCUSS THE BIDDINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID BEFORE, THE CITY OF NEWBURN, PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THE SURVIVOR BOARD.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR WISDOM THAT WE MAY DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR VICTIM AND EVERYTHING THAT'S SAID AND DONE, WE THANK YOU.
WE PRAISE YOU AS WE GO FORTH, LORD, GOD, AND THE BIDDINGS AND THE GROUNDBREAKING, THE PROGRAMMING IN ALL GOD, WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'LL BE FOR OUR HOOD, BUT IT'LL BE FOR YOUR GLORY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THINGS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL SAY A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, FLAG, THE UNITED, UNITED STATES, AND TO ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR.
ALL RIGHT, GINGER, WILL YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? ALL RIGHT, MR. LAND MORGAN.
[5. Approve Minutes.]
OUT THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 21ST MEETING.HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW 'EM? IF NOT, YOU RECEIVED A COPY.
UM, SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU IF YOU NEED TO LOOK THROUGH 'EM.
ARE THEY STILL ON TRACK? THEY, UH, OPEN BID ON
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVED THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS REASON WITH ANY CORRECTIONS, IF THERE BE ANY SECOND.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BIDDEN
[6. Bidding Status.]
STATUS.UM, THE BIDS WENT OUT ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS MARCH 29TH.
UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL CONTRACTORS THAT SHOWED UP FOR THE BID OPENING MEETING AT OUR ONSITE VISIT, UM, WHERE THEY ALL WENT OUT AND LOOKED AND ASKED QUESTIONS.
UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE SCHEDULED TODAY WITH SENT OUT AN ADDENDUM TO THE BID OPENING FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDENDUM, YOU CAN GO INTO CITY WEBSITE UNDER, UH, BUSINESS AND GO TO THE CURRENT BIDS AND IT'LL SHOW WHAT THE ADDENDUM QUESTIONS WERE.
UM, AND THE BIDS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RECEIVED BY 3:00 PM NEXT TUESDAY, APRIL 25TH.
AND THE BIDS WILL BE OPEN AND READ ALOUD STARTING AT 3:05 PM IT'LL OCCUR RIGHT HERE IN THE COURTROOM.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BE PRESENT HERE TO BIDS.
IF Y'ALL NEED A REMINDER, WE CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT TIME AND DATE ABOUT WHEN THE BIDS ARE OPENING AT THREE O'CLOCK.
THEY'LL BE OPENED AND READ AT 3:05 PM DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BIDS QUESTION? UM, I
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WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, DID YOU SEE ANY, UM, MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN ANY OF THE EVENTS? UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT DAY.I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE PERSON THERE, MAYBE MINORITY.
UM, BUT IT WAS SENT OUT TO ALL MINORITY GROUPS AND THE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED BUSINESSES.
IT WAS SENT OUT IN TO ALL THOSE AVENUES.
ONCE YOU OPEN THE BID, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME THAT THIS SIDE ON? UM, OF COURSE, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED.
THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL REVIEWING, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE TIMEFRAME, I'M NOT FOR CERTAIN.
WE'RE HOPING WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS THAT WE CAN GET IT AWARDED AND GET EVERYTHING READY FOR GROUNDBREAKING.
THESE ARE CLOSED BIDS THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING FROM THE CONTRACTORS? YEAH.
WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY DELIVER ON THAT DAY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE CLOSED AND THEY WILL NOT BE OPENED UNTIL 3 0 5 AND THEY'LL BE, I'LL BE OPENED AT THE SAME TIME.
SO AT THAT TIME, WE'LL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE WARDEN PROCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? ALL RIGHT.
[7. Public Input.]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON, TALK ABOUT PUBLIC INPUT, WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.UH, GINGER AND I HAVE, WE DID A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING A SURVEY.
UM, JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT 'EM, SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE, IF WE NEED TO SIMPLIFY IT MORE, UH, ADD TO IT, UM, CHANGE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO GO THROUGH.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE MORE THAN FIVE QUESTIONS IN THIS SURVEY.
WE WANT TO KEEP IT KIND OF SHORT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
UM, AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO QUICKLY, LIKE IF WE'RE AT AN EVENT, LIKE SAY WE WANT TO SET UP A TABLE AT JUNETEENTH OR DUFF FEST AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY, SOMETHING THEY CAN DO QUICKLY OR THAT EVEN WE COULD DO A WITH A IPAD ON SITE.
UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION WE HAVE ON HERE, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR THEM TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT WE HAVE ON A SCALE OF ONE, WHICH IS NOT PREFERRED TO A SCALE OF FIVE, WHICH IS VERY PREFERRED RATE, EACH PROGRAM OPTION BASED ON YOUR HOUSEHOLD'S PREFERENCE PREFERENCES.
SO WE HAVE YOUTH SPORTS AS THE FIRST ONE.
WE HAVE ONE AS NOT PREFERRED, TWO, SOMEWHAT NOT PREFERRED, THREE NEUTRAL, FOUR SOMEWHAT PREFERRED, AND THEN FIVE VERY PREFERRED.
AND AS WE GO DOWN, WE HAVE EXERCISE CLASSES, HEALTH WELLNESSES CLASSES, FOR EXAMPLE, NUTRITION, WEIGHT LOSS GROUPS, SUPPORT GROUPS, ET CETERA.
WE HAVE ARTS, CULINARY MUSICAL CLASSES, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES FOR YOUTH OR ADULTS, AND THEN CHA CHILDCARE PROGRAMS AFTER SCHOOL, SUMMER CAMPS, SPRING BREAK CAMPS, AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT.
SO, UM, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT FIRST ONE? I, I THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, IT IS BASICALLY IT ASK THEM TO, IT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS, SO I THINK IT'S W YOU KNOW, FINE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK WE SHOULD ADD ON THERE? WE GOT YOUTH SPORTS.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ANY ADULT SPORTS.
SO IN QUESTION TWO, THIS IS JUST KIND OF LIKE A SHORT, UM, WHERE THEY CAN DO A WRITE IN OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
TYPE IN, UM, WHAT KIND OF RECREATION SERVICES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OFFERED TO THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT OFFERED BY THE CITY OF NEWBURN? PARKS AND RECREATION? SO THEY COULD RIDE IN HERE, WHETHER IT WOULD BE, UM, THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN A POTTERY CLASS OR THEY WANT TO SEE MORE, UM, PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY'RE WANTING TO SEE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT OFFERING.
THEY COULD WRITE THAT IN THERE.
YOU HADN'T THOUGHT OF A CLASS
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OVER THERE.UM, SO THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, WRITE IN ANYTHING THERE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
UM, EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE SPECIFIC LIKE, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, LIKE IF THEY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING TO HELP WITH EDUCATION ON DIABETES OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
AND THEN QUESTION THREE, UM, IS WHICH OF THE RECREATION PROGRAMS BELOW DO YOU FEEL ARE MOST NEEDED IN NEWBURN? SO THEY WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO SELECT ONE OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THAT LIST.
AND WE HAVE YOUTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS, CULTURAL ARTS, WELLNESS CLASSES, AND OR SUPPORT GROUPS, TEAM PROGRAMMING, YOUTH SPORTS, ADULT SPORTS, THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAMS OR PROGRAMS FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES OR OUTDOOR NATURE PROGRAMMING.
WOULD IT BE, UH, UH, LIKE THE FIRST QUESTION? UH, ONE FIVE? WELL, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BASICALLY SHOW US WHICH ONE PEOPLE ARE MOST INTERESTED IN.
LIKE SAY IF WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO PICK MORE MULTIPLE ON HERE, IT MAY NOT, IT'LL SKEW OUR DATA AND MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFY THE ONE THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THE MOST.
CAN Y'ALL THINK OF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I REALLY THINK HAVING UP TO FIVE QUESTIONS IS A GOOD IDEA.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF JUST WHERE WE STARTED AT.
I THINK WHAT'S HERE, IT IT, YOU, WE WOULD GET A GOOD SURVEY OF WHAT WOULD BE, UM, PEOPLE WOULD SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT STANLEY WAYNE.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS NOT A WHOLE LOT THERE.
SO I, I THINK YOU GOT TO MEET RIGHT THERE.
WHAT, WHAT THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE HERE REALLY WILL PUT SOMETHING DOWN FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT OR US TO LOOK AT AND SEE.
IT COVERS A LOT OF AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST THREE QUESTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY WITH SURVEYS, NOBODY LIKES A SUPER LONG SURVEY.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE THE SIMPLER AND QUICKER WE CAN MAKE IT, THE MORE RESPONSE WE WOULD GET.
THE, THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE UP HERE, BUT STANDING WHITE ALWAYS HAD A OUTSTANDING YOUTH PROGRAM AND A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME IN THE PARK AGREED TO THAT THEY HAD A EXERCISING PROGRAM OVER THERE.
BUT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD PACK A ROOM DOING THAT AND WITH THEM, WALKING DISTANCE WITH SOME OF THEM.
AND THEN THE EDUCATIONAL PART ABOUT THE KIDS, THAT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS PUSHED BACK WHEN WE USED, HAVE THE KIDS PLAYING SPORTS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME AND DO THEIR, COME IN THERE AND DO THE HOMEWORK AND, AND, AND DO THE LITTLE STUDY BEFORE THEY HIT THE FIELD.
AT LEAST WHEN I HAD, SO THAT, THAT, THAT PAYS OFF.
THAT PAID OFF FOR ME GREATLY WHEN, UH, I WAS OVER HJ BEFORE END, THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS HIT THAT FIELD, THEIR PRINCIPAL IS SET A ROOM UP FOR US AND THEY COULD GO IN THERE AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND THEY, THEY FINISH THEIR HOMEWORK.
WE HAD EM ON THE FIELD WHEN THEY COME TO GRADE TIME.
WE MAY HAVE HAD ONE PERSON TO NOT MAKE THE LESSON WHEN EVERYBODY HAVE 13, 14 PEOPLE TO DROP OFF MM-HMM.
SO YOU TOLD ME THAT WAS FUN, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.
DO YOU THINK HAVING SOMETHING LIKE, UM, MAKING ONE OF THE OPTIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE AND TUTORING PROGRAMS FOR YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION TO ADD TO IT? ANYTHING EDUCATIONAL THAT HELP STRONG WOULD BE, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST EXPAND ON THAT ONE.
AND ADD, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TUTORING OR WOULDN'T THAT FALL UNDER I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT THAT IS TRUE.
UH, STAN WHITE DID HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE CHILDREN, BUT THROUGH THE YEARS IT ENDED UP CHARGING THE CHILDREN.
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MY, MY THING IS, AND I KEEP SAYING IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS, IS WE ARE TAXPAYERS, WE PAY TAXES, AND IT ALL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DOUBLE DIPPING.THE TAXPAYERS IS OVERTAXED BECAUSE THE KIDS GOTTA PAY FOR CERTAIN THINGS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY.
SO, AND, AND I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT 'EM TO GET TO THAT AGAIN, THAT WHERE IT BUILDS UP TO OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM AND, AND, AND THE STUDENT, THE PARK REC, THEN AFTER A WHILE IT BECOMES A, A MONEYMAKING THING.
AND THEN IT ELIMINATES A LOT OF KIDS THAT REALLY BE IN THERE THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS MM-HMM.
SO IF, IF, IF WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY, I'M, I'M, I'M WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WELL, MAYBE WE COULD ADD IN HERE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS AT STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER.
AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE, UM, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR TRANSPORTATION OR THOSE COULD BE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE COULD CHOOSE.
AND THAT WAY WE WOULD SEE IF THEY'RE NOT PARTICIPATING, WHAT'S THEIR REASON WHY.
AND WOULD THIS BE THE LAST SURVEY? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE DONE STICKERS ON THE BOARD WITH SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT, THAT WE ARE ASKING ON THE SURVEY MM-HMM.
WELL, IT IS BEEN A WHILE AND THIS ONE'S GONNA BE MORE GEARED TO SPECIFICALLY THE PROGRAMMING INSIDE THE CENTER.
OF COURSE WE CAN STILL USE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT IS BEEN WHAT, TWO GOING ON THREE YEARS SINCE THAT SURVEY WAS DONE AND SOME OF THE, UH, SURVEY PARTICIPANTS MAY HAVE CHANGED.
WE MAY HAVE NEW PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GET TO TAKE IT BEFORE.
AND SO IT'LL JUST GIVE US MORE INFORMATION TO GO OFF OF.
BUT YEAH, ONCE WE DO THIS, AND IF WE GET A GOOD RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD PROGRAMS OFF OF THE RESPONSES WE RECEIVE, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT FROM NOW AND THEN TO DO SURVEYS AND TO GET INPUT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY EVEN AFTER WE'VE HAD PROGRAMS IN PLACE FOR A WHILE.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT AGAIN, CERTAIN PEOPLE, THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WASTING THE TIME.
AND SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE PUT IT OUT THERE, WE GOTTA PUT IT OUT THERE IN A WAY THAT IT CATCH THEIR ATTENTION AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE ARE FOR REAL ABOUT, WELL, I KIND OF, WHAT I WAS THINKING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS, BUT LIKE FOR D FEST COMING UP, IF WE CAN HAVE A TABLE AND LIKE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, EITHER MYSELF, GINGER, A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE BOARD THERE TO UM, YOU KNOW, BE THERE TO TRY AND GET SOME PARTICIPATION IN THIS SURVEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT'S A EVENT GOING ON RIGHT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
AND ALSO THE NEXT MONTH FOR JUNETEENTH HAVING THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN GATHER, I MEAN A FEW HOURS AND WE COULD GATHER QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION AND WE CAN HAVE, WE HAVE A IPAD WE CAN HAVE OUT THERE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT ELECTRONICALLY.
OR WE CAN HAVE SOME PAPER ONES OUT THERE IF THEY PREFER TO DO PAPER.
THAT WOULD HELP US GET A LOT OF INFORMATION.
LET'S DO BOTH AND, AND MAYBE HAVE FOUR, FOUR STAFF, UH, TWO AT THE TABLE AND TWO JUST MEETING LING WALKING AROUND, WALKING AROUND.
WHEN IS DO FEST GET DO FEST IS MAY 13TH ON A SATURDAY.
AND THEN JUNETEENTH WE'LL BE ON A SATURDAY ALSO.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY DATE, JUNE, 19TH, 17TH OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, IT'S THE THIRD SATURDAY.
IT'LL, WELL, YEAH, IT'LL BE JUNE 17TH.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAYBE SEND OUT A, UM, A POLL OR SOME TYPE OF SURVEY TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR LIKE CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME DURING THOSE EVENTS TO COME OUT AND HELP GATHER SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
AND THAT WAY YOU CAN SIGN UP AND WE'LL JUST SEND OUT A SCHEDULE OF WHO'S DOING WHAT TIMEFRAME, IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO THAT.
WELL, I'M ALREADY COMMITTED TO WORK FOR, UM, JUNETEENTH.
YEAH, I'M ALREADY, I'LL, I'LL BE THERE AT JUNE 10TH, BUT WE HAVE TO, WE'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MM-HMM.
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BE LIKE, HEY, YOU GUYS GO OVER HERE AND TAKE THE SURVEY.UM, BUT, AND EVEN IF THERE'S SOME VOLUNTEERS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ON THE BOARD THAT WANT TO HELP THAT DAY MORNING THAN WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US WORK ON THAT.
CAN WE HAVE SURVEYS PREPARED FOR THE, UM, RESILIENCY MEETING, WHICH IS NOT UNTIL NEXT.
IT IS, IT'S A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD WANT US TO DO ADDITIONAL SURVEYS THERE TO WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
SO LET ME CHECK WITH THE GROUP THAT'S DOING THAT AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTUALLY REQUESTING SOME INPUT THAT DAY, SPECIFICALLY FOR HENDERSON PARK.
SO, OR THE HENDRICK DUFFY FIELD AREA AND THE, UH, STORMWATER DRAINAGE.
THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM MM-HMM.
SO IT WOULD BASICALLY BE THE SAME PROGRAM JUST CONTINUING, OR WE COULD EXPAND ON IT OR GROW IT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE NEED.
SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL WITH TIMEFRAMES AND INFORMATION ON BEING AT DOVE FEST AND OR JUNETEENTH, AND YOU GUYS CAN LET US KNOW AND WE'LL PROVIDE EVERYTHING.
YOU JUST SHOW UP AND HELP US ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
WELL JUST THINK THIS TIME YOUR DARE IS A VOLUNTEER AND YOU CAN GET DAD WHEN YOU'RE READY.
WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME HELP US ALL DAY.
WELL, I PROBABLY WILL VOLUNTEER SOME TIME OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS A GOOD THING AND A LOT OF WORK.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAD ON MY AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? OH, LASTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, LOOKING INTO THE SIGN.
I ACTUALLY BELIEVE FOSTER HAS DONE THAT, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ORDERED.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY FOR CERTAIN, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I HEARD THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH A SON.
AND I SEE THE GUYS THAT WORKING ON THE HOUSE.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT WORKING ON THE HOUSE, THEY WORKING ON MOVING THE HOUSE, SO.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR THAT OTHER THAN WHAT WE SEEN GOING ON AS FAR AS, I DON'T HAVE MOVE DATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IS THIS WHERE THE HOUSE CAN SIT RIGHT BESIDE THE OLD WELL, UH, WHAT, WHAT IS IT? HUMAN RESOURCES BUILDING? YES, SIR.
OH, SO THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THEY, UH, STUMPS THE THERE YEAH.
THE TREES AND STUFF HAVE TO BE KINDA TIGHT.
I'M LIKE, MAN, THAT'S, I UNDERSTAND GETTING THE HOUSE SMOOTH.
THAT'S KIND OF TIGHT, BUT WELL, YOU SAY THAT'S OUTTA OUR PURVIEW.
WE THEN
I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS PART OF THE HOUSE MOVING AND THAT IT WOULD GO WITH IT.
BUT HE HAD TO PURCHASE IT, I BELIEVE, BUT GOTCHA.
I'VE BEEN COMPILING SOME PICTURES OF THEN, UH, GETTING MY SCANNING ON MY COMPUTER.
I'VE HAD A FEW OFF AND SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS THAT WORK WITH GOVERNOR CENTER PUTTING TOGETHER SOME STUFF.
BUT, UH, WHEN I FINISH, I EMAIL ALL THOSE, UH, TO YOU.
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I SAID, I START SCANNING THEM, MY COMPUTER.ABOUT THE OLD AND UH, MAYBE YOU CAN PUT 'EM ON A FLASH DRIVE.
AND IF YOU NEED ONE, LET ME KNOW.
BUT, UH, SHE WAS WITH, AND UH, I GOT SOMETHING THAT GO, I MEAN, I, LOOKING AT SOME OF 'EM LAST NIGHT WITH MY WIFE AND I SAID, WOW, THESE KIDS ARE GROWN.
THEY GOT THEIR OWN FAMILY
WE GOT A CHANCE TO TRAVEL ONCE IT WAS, THOSE KIDS GOT A GOOD, UH, IT WAS GOOD FOR 'EM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT.
UH, BUT I, I'LL DO THAT THIS WEEKEND.
I'LL TRY TO PUT IT ALL ON THE FLASH DRIVE AND WAITING FOR, UH, ONE OF MY OTHER FRIENDS TO SEND ME SOME, UH, MORE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS MAYBE NEXT WEEK AT THE BID OPENING IF YOU CAN ATTEND.
CAN THAT PUT THAT ON MY CALENDAR RIGHT NOW? DO WHAT? LET ME PUT THAT ON MY CALENDAR RIGHT NOW.
AND I'LL, GINGER CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL TOMORROW WITH THAT DATE AND TIME AND EVERYTHING.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING FOR THIS? I GOT ONE THING AND I CLOSE THAT OUT.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT POTTERY STAND WHITE HAD A GREAT POTTERY PROGRAM AND WERE MOSTLY OLDER PEOPLE AND THEN SOME OF 'EM GET SICK.
THAT PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AND PUT OVER THE WEST.
NOW BOTH OF 'EM HAD, UH, THE POTTERY PROGRAM.
BUT, UH, THE BIGGEST THING WAS I, WE FIND TO TEACH MS. WRIGHT PASS, MS. ADAM PASSED AND WE DIDN'T HAD NOBODY QUALIFIED TO UH, TEACH IT.
TO TEACH IT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.
BUT WE DID HAVE A, UH, THAT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET IT, UH, AGAIN AND FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
WELL, AND THIS SURVEY, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ADD IN IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO SEE.
SHE STARTED AT WEST, UH, STANLEY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THERE, SENIOR CITIZENS, HOW HARLEM WENT, SENIOR CITIZEN.
BUT MOST OF 'EM WERE, THEY ENJOYED IT.
IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING I MIGHT WANNA GET INTO.
SO, UH, THEY DID, CAUSE BOTH CENTER HAD A GOOD, UH, PROGRAM, UH, SENIOR PROGRAM.
UH, THERE WAS MISS LEY AND THEN, UH, THEN UH, AT WHITE BACK.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, UH, SURE.
UM, ABOUT THE, THE LITTLE CARDS.
DID, DID WE CHANGE THAT OR ARE WE STILL SAYING IT'S TOO EARLY TO GET OUT? I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO ACTUALLY GET OUT AND START GETTING THOSE PULLED IN.
UM, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT, MAYBE SIX MONTHS BEFORE AND I REAL, WE MISSING 2, 2, 2 BIG OUTINGS, YOU KNOW, UM, JUNETEENTH AND, AND EST.
WELL, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL COME AROUND AGAIN BY THE TIME WE'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN THE CENTER.
SO THEY'RE SAYING 15 MONTHS, I BELIEVE, TO FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT WOULD PUT US, HUH? BARN? WELL, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE OTHER ACTS OF GOD.
BUT, UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES EITHER WITH EST OR JUNETEENTH NEXT YEAR OR WE HAVE A TON OF EVENTS THAT WE DO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TAP INTO AND EVEN SOME PUBLIC EVENTS THAT GO ON THAT WE COULD PRO BE A PART OF.
SO I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO
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GET OUT AND GET THAT RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CHILDREN.UM, WHETHER WE JUST SET UP ONE DAY IN HENDERSON PARK, YOU KNOW, OR AT DUN MEGA CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IS IT, UH, IS IT ACTIVE NOW AT, UH, WEST? YES.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN ACTIVE FOR A WHILE.
IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE, DO Y'ALL HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN.