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[1. Welcome.]
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THE UM, JULY STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, MR. JAMES WOODS TO GIVE US PRAYER.
MOSES GRACE IS ALWAYS FATHER GOD, ONCE AGAIN, WE COME TO AS HUMBLE AS WE KNOW HOW FATHER GOD, FATHER GOD, AS WE COME TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS, OF THE STANDING WHITE RECREATIONAL CENTER, BLESS THOSE THAT ARE HERE.
BLESS THOSE THAT ARE ON THE WAY.
BLESS THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE.
COULD AND FATHER GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
FATHER, GOD BLESS MY BROTHERS SISTERS IN ARMED FORCES TO SICK AND INFLICTED THE BREATHING AND SUFFERING, THOSE LEADING AND AFFLICTED THOSE THAT ARE DO AND BOUND AND PRAY BY SEE, BY LAND THESE AND ALL THE BLESSED HIS ACTS AND THE ES IN THE BIBLE'S NAME OF JESUS TO CHRIST THAT ALL SAVED.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GIVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE OF ALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, GINGER, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL.
UM, HOPE EVERYBODY'S BEEN DOING WELL.
[5. Approve Minutes.]
THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES AS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS OR CHANGES, PLEASE NOTE THEM.
IF I BE IN ORDER, I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AS READ OR AS WRITTEN.
[6. Stanley White Recreation Center & Henderson Park Update.]
AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT, UM, I DO WANT TO GIVE A UPDATE ON A FEW THINGS REGARDING STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER AND THE HENDERSON PARK, UH, REDEVELOPMENT.UM, FIRST THING WE DID HEAR BACK FROM THE, UH, RURAL TRANSFORMATION GRANT.
WE WERE NOT AWARDED THAT GRANT.
UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS AND, UM, THERE WASN'T AS MUCH FUNDING AVAILABLE AS THEY WOULD'VE LIKED TO BE ABLE TO AWARD A LOT OF, UM, PROJECTS AND GRANT REQUESTS.
UM, SO THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD.
THE GRANT THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE, WHO RECEIVE THAT? DID IT GO OUT TO ONE? I DO NOT KNOW.
IT WAS ACROSS THE STATE, SO, UM, IT WOULD'VE GONE OUT TO MULTIPLE, WHOEVER THEY AWARDED IT TO.
BUT I HAVE NOT LOOKED TO SEE WHO THOSE AWARDS WERE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW FORWARD DOWN THE LINE FROM THAT GETTING THAT GRANT? I DO NOT.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE, UM, THE GRANT, UM, DIVISION WITH THE RURAL TRANSFORMATION WHERE WE SUBMITTED IT AND SHE SAID WE HAD A VERY GOOD GRANT SUBMISSION, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T MEET AS HIGH AS SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING THAT IS GONNA BE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 4TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY BEGINNING AT 11:00 AM WE WILL BE SENDING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'LL, UM, PRESENT SOME PLIERS AND MARKETING STUFF THAT YOU GUYS CAN SHARE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT, OF COURSE, INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITE.
UM, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY EMAIL YOU GUYS WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THAT.
UM, OH MAN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE.
WILL THE COMMITTEE BE INVOLVED WITH THE ON THE GROUND BREAKING DOWN? ABSOLUTELY.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO, UM, BE AVAILABLE THAT DAY TO ASSIST US WHEN WE'RE SETTING UP AND GETTING READY
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FOR IT AND BE INVOLVED IN, LET ME KNOW.UM, WE'LL HAVE TO DO QUITE A BIT OF SETUP THAT DAY TO GET READY FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, WE GOT A COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT DAY WITH TREAT COURT AT 11 O'CLOCK.
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SPLIT YOURSELF.
SO, UM, THE ON THE SITE ITSELF.
UM, DO YOU KNOW, WHAT LOCATION ARE YOU GONNA BE SETTING UP? UM, MOST LIKELY IT'LL BE IN THE SECTION WHERE THERE'S MORE OF A GRASSY FIELD, SO WE CAN SET UP SOME TENTS AND TABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, CAUSE UP TOWARDS THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF UNEVEN SURFACING AND STUFF, SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE MOST LIKELY IN THE GRASSY AREA.
AND ARE THEY GONNA TRY TO CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT? LIKE OH YEAH.
WE'LL HAVE AREA IS, IT HAS A LOT OF OVERGROW.
UM, I, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE, THEY DID IT ONCE, BUT THEY DID IT TWICE.
AND THE LAST TIME THEY DID IT, WHEN THEY MOVED THE HOUSE, UM, THE, THE THE LITTLE BRICK HOUSE THAT THEY TOOK DOWN MM-HMM.
BUT I LIKE TO SEE ONCE THEY CUT IT, I LIKE TO SEE 'EM, KEEP IT CLEAN CAUSE IT LOOKS BETTER.
WELL, WHENEVER I KNOW WE CAN DO IT OR NOT, BUT I, I, I THINK IT LOOKS BETTER WHENEVER WE, UH, DO THE, UM, GROUNDBREAKING AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE MOBILIZING ON SITE AT THAT TIME.
SO ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEY'LL PUT A FENCING AROUND THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING WHATEVER'S INSIDE THERE.
WE WILL NO LONGER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING IN AND CUT, UM, UNLESS I'M TOLD OTHERWISE.
BUT YOU CAN, UH, ASK OR REQUIRE THAT THEY KEEP IT LOOK PRESENT.
THERE'S REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE JOB SITE A CERTAIN STANDARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT GROUNDBREAKING TIME? WAS TIME ABOUT 11:00 AM WE'LL SEND OUT, UM, AN INVITE SO YOU GUYS CAN PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
UM, AND I'LL PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
CAN WE GO BACK TO GRANTS FOR A MINUTE? UM, YES SIR.
CAN WE, UM, I KNOW THE BATES FOUNDATION IN CAROLINA EAST DOES GRANTS ALSO MM-HMM.
UM, AT THIS POINT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE WOULD QUALIFY FOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, WE COULD QUALIFY FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE MAY COULD QUALIFY FOR STUFF FOR INSIDE THE BUILDING.
I THINK WE, I KNOW WITH CAROLINA EAST, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE WOULD PROBABLY QUALIFY FOR LIKE HEALTH EQUIPMENT.
THEY, THEY'LL HELP US WITH GETTING, UM, EQUIPMENT FOR THE GYM AND MAYBE THE BATES FOUNDATION MIGHT DO, UM, BASKETBALLS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
FOOTBALLS AND SUPPLIES, SOFTBALL EQUIPMENT, RIGHT.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THOSE.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, THAT'S, UM, ABOUT ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL CENTER.
LIKE I SAID, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE MOBILIZING ON SITE, UM, AND BEGIN WORK ONCE WE HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING, UM, HENDERSON PARK, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY STARTING TO PUT INTO SHELTER.
UM, WITHIN THE COMING TWO WEEKS, WE'LL BE STARTING TO TAKE OUT THE OLD FITNESS EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE.
UM, THE NEW FITNESS EQUIPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN ORDERED AND UM, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE HERE SOON WHERE IT CAN BE INSTALLED.
UM, CURRENTLY WORKING ON PLANS FOR THE RESTROOM STRUCTURE THAT'LL BE GOING OUT THERE, MAKING SURE THAT IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UM, FEMA AND, UM, MOVING ALONG THERE WITH HENDERSON PARK.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HENDERSON PARK? QUESTION ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT.
THERE WILL NOT BE LIKE A POUR IN PLACE SURFACE IN THAT'S, YEAH, I WAS THINKING MORE LIKE VILLE WHERE THEY HAVE THE, THE RUBBER.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
[7. Recreation Programming.]
ALL RIGHT.NEXT THING, UH, WE DID, UM, ADMINISTER
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SURVEYS AT JUNETEENTH AND THEN HAD, UM, COUPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN OUT, NOT YOUR, NO, I, OH, OK.SO WE, UM, HAVE EACH QUESTION LISTED HERE AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT THE RESULTS WERE.
UM, FOR THE DIFFERENT, UM, RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD LISTED THE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT EXERCISE AND FITNESS YOUTH ATH AND AS YOUTH ATHLETICS, CHILDCARE PROGRAMS AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, CULINARY ART CLASSES, HEALTH AND WELLNESS TUTORING PROGRAMS, ADULT ATHLETICS.
UM, AT LEAST 60% SAID THAT THEY, ALL OF THOSE, UM, PROGRAMS WERE VERY PREFERRED.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OFFERED.
UM, SO THAT GIVES US SOME CATEGORIES TO WORK FROM.
AND THEN ON QUESTION TWO, WHERE PEOPLE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE IN A, UM, RECREATION SERVICE WE CURRENTLY DON'T OFFER, OR THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THE MAIN ONES WERE, UH, YOUTH SPORTS, SWIMMING POOL, TEAM PROGRAMS, POOL, AGAIN, EXERCISE CLASSES, CERAMIC CLASSES AND ADULT PROGRAMS. UM, OF COURSE AT THIS CENTER CURRENTLY WE WOULD NOT HAVE SWIMMING OR SWIMMING POOL, BUT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE REST OF THOSE PROGRAMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERAMICS.
IF IT HAS TO BE ONE THAT WE HAVE TO FIRE.
CAUSE WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR A KON AT THE NEW CENTER, WHICH BEFORE, I KNOW THERE USED TO BE ONE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IN RECENT YEARS WE HADN'T HAD ONE OPERATING OVER AT THAT CENTER.
YEAH, I I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ARE THEY, THEY NOT AT AT WEST NEWBURN NO LONGER.
YEAH, THEY HAVE IT AT WEST NEWBURN.
BUT WHEN STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER WAS STILL OPERATIONAL THE PAST FEW YEARS, IT HANON HAD CERAMIC CLASSES.
SO, UM, GOING ON TO, UH, QUESTION THREE.
SO THIS ONE WAS, WHICH OF THE RECREATION PROGRAMS BELOW DO YOU FEEL ARE MOST NEEDED? UM, THE TOP THREE WERE YOUTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND TEEN PROGRAMMING.
UM, OF COURSE THERE WAS GOOD PERCENTAGES ON OTHERS, BUT THE MAIN ONES WERE YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS AND TEEN PROGRAMMING.
AND SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHICH TARGET AREAS AS FAR AS AGE GROUPS, UM, AND TYPES OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES WE NEED TO BE LOOKING TO WORK TOWARDS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THIS WAS, WE HAD 114 PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SURVEY.
UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY KEEP GATHERING INFORMATION TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, UM, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WERE WE GONNA PULL IN SOME OF THE OLD SURVEYS? SO IS THAT A PART OF THIS? NO, THIS IS JUST THE ONE THAT WE RECENTLY DID.
BEFORE WE DO THE FINAL THOUGH, WE'RE GONNA CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOU GUYS WHAT WE HAD GATHERED SO FAR WHEN WE, UM, DID THE SURVEY AT JUNETEENTH AND UM, I THINK MR. MOORE ASSISTED WITH GETTING SOME SURVEYS OUT, SOME ADDITIONAL SURVEYS.
UM, AND AS FAR AS RECREATION PROGRAM GOES, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO GET SOME STUFF OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I SENT YOU GUYS, UM, INFORMATION ON THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE SHARE THAT, UM, WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR, UH, SOCIAL CIRCLES TO HOPEFULLY GET SOME INTEREST IN THAT.
WE ALREADY HAVE COACHES ESTABLISHED, WE JUST NEED THE KIDS.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH REGISTRATION WHERE WE MAY NEED TO DO SOME SPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS,
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PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN WORK ON ACCOMMODATING THAT.DO YOU THINK WE COULD PUT SOME SIDE INTO ANYTHING? RON? UH, ANDERSON PARK, WE ACTUALLY, YEAH, I HAD SOME, UM, SIGNAGE MADE SOME 18 BY 24 SIGNS AND WE'VE PUT 'EM AT HENDERSON PARK, THE MEGA CENTER, WEST NEWBURN, UM, UM, AQUATIC CENTER, MARTIN MARIETTA PARK, PLEASANT HILL COMMUNITY CENTER.
I HAD EIGHT MADE THAT WE PUT OUT.
UM, I ALSO DID A PRESS RELEASE.
I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO PAST PARTICIPANTS OF RECREATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT AGE GROUP.
UM, AND I ALSO SENT IT OUT TO A FEW, I SENT IT OUT TO, UM, NEW BERN HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE LADY THAT, UM, MANAGES THAT AND SHE WAS GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO THE, UM, CITIZENS.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT ELSE I'VE DONE.
OF COURSE WE'VE PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE SENT IT OUT ON NEW BERN ALERTS, MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
UM, SO OTHER THAN KNOCKING ON DOORS, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH COVERED.
UH, UM, IS THERE, HAVE YOU ALREADY, UH, MADE A COST FOR THAT PROGRAM? ANYTHING OR WHAT I HAVEN HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT WHAT I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT.
I THINK IT'S 50 AND 80, 50 FOR RESIDENTS, 80 FOR NON-RESIDENTS IS THE COST.
AND THAT COVERS UNIFORMS. UM, INSURANCE STUFF.
UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE.
DOES IT COVER THE PHYSICAL? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PHYSICAL NOW.
NO, REALLY WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PLAYING THROUGH THAT PRIVATE LEAD.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL, I, YOU KNOW, MY OPINION IS, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, UH, TO HAVE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE, DURING THE TIME WE HAD DR.
UH, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.
WE HATE TO GET, UH, HAVE THAT KID GET GOT A PROBLEM WE DUNNO ABOUT BEFORE.
TORRANCE IS WORKING ON ALL THAT.
SORRY, TALKED PHYSICAL, TALKING ABOUT HAVING PHYSICAL YEAH.
I USED TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE HOSPITAL AND THEN I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT YEAH, FOR NUMEROUS YEARS.
LOT YOU HAVE P WE HAVE PAPERWORK.
BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY NECESSITY.
COUPLE SALES AND, AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY MIGHT REQUIRE RIGHT.
THE INSURANCE, WHEREVER INSURANCE, UM, AND THEN ANY ADDITIONAL PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY SPECIFIC CONTACTS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE INFORMATION OUT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE CHURCHES.
UM, I'LL SEND IT OUT ON THE, UM, THE NAACP WE HAVE, UM, A EMAIL LIST.
SO I'LL GET IT PUSHED OUT THAT WAY AND MAYBE IT'LL GET, IT'LL HOPEFULLY GET TO THE CHURCHES.
UM, I'LL TALK TO, UH, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE AND PUT OUT THAT WAY THROUGH THE CHURCH.
PLEAD IN THE EMAIL BANK ALREADY, SO.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE OPENING REGISTRATION THIS WEEK FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, SO I'LL MAKE SURE I SEND THAT TO YOU GUYS.
ALSO, UM, WILL BE OFFERING AFTER SCHOOL AT OMEGA CENTER, WESTBURN AND THE PLEASANT HILL COMMUNITY CENTER INSURANCE.
DON'T SOUND LIKE THAT WOULD BE A BAD DEAL.
UH, MOST OF THE COACHES, MOST OF THE TEAMS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE MAY COME AND PAY US STRAIGHT ABOUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY THEY HAVE DEALING WITH SPORTS.
SO IF WE TO PAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT GROUP, EACH AGE GROUP, DIFFERENT, THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
UM, AND AS FAR AS RECREATION PROGRAMMING,
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IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SEE US OFFER AT THE OMEGA CENTER FOR THIS UPCOMING FALL, WINTER, SPRING THAT WE MAYBE HAVEN'T OFFERED PREVIOUSLY? CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE? RECREATION PROGRAMMING, UH, TO OFFER AT THE MEGA CENTER THIS UPCOMING FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING.UM, ANY SUGGESTIONS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT OFFERED THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE, UH, BENEFICIAL OR SUCCESSFUL OVER THERE? WE'VE DONE A VARIETY OF, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNGER KIDS.
UM, THEN SCHOOL AGED KIDS, SENIOR CITIZENS.
WHAT'S BEEN THE RESPONSE? UM, WE, BIGGEST RESPONSE WE HAD OVER THERE WAS THE, UH, LITTLE BEAKER SCIENCE LAB PROGRAM THAT WE DID.
UM, THAT'S BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, AFTER SCHOOL WE'VE AVERAGED FOUR TO SEVEN KIDS AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OVER THERE.
UM, YES, CAMP WAS COMPLETELY FULL FOR SUMMER CAMP WHEN THEY REGISTERED.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS HAVE HAD MINIMAL PARTICIPATION WITH THE AT SCHOOL PROGRAM.
IS IT, IS IT, UM, THE MISSION, IS IT FREE OR IS IT A FEE? THERE IS A FEE.
IS THAT A MONTH OR A WEEK THAT IS OR IS IT ONE TIME? IT'S NOT ONE TIME.
GINGER, YOU REMEMBER WHAT, UH, EXACT, I, I DID NOT.
I THINK IT'S A WEEK, 35 A WEEK AND IT'S 55 FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
SO WE DID ASK, UM, IN THE LAST MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO GET GRANTS, WHATEVER, TO DERAY THE COST FOR, FOR SOME OF THE PARENTS, UH, IN THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, HAVE WE MOVE FORWARD TO TRY TO FIND OUT ANYTHING TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE.
UM, WELL THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING, LIKE WITH FOOTBALL, IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME TYPE OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM MM-HMM.
UM, I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY SPECIFIC GRANTS THAT PAY FOR REGISTRATION, BUT IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME TYPE OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, DEFINITELY WILL NEED HELP WITH GETTING THAT OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
I THINK THAT'LL, THAT'LL WORK BETTER.
QUESTIONING ABOUT FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEAGUE WE PLAYING IN AND WE ARE GONNA DO AN IN-HOUSE LEAGUE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING WITH, UM, KIN LENORE JONES COUNTY.
WE'LL BE THE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS WE'LL BE PLAYING WITH AND TEAMS. I HAVE A NEW CAR.
WE ARE SHOOTING TO HAVE A 10 AND A 12 U.
IT'S AMAZING HOW WE COME FROM, UH, 14 TEAMS DOWN TO, AND THEN WE ONLY PLAYED TON WHITE WOULD ONLY TAKE US TO PLAY KINSTON AT A OLD STAR GAME.
THAT'S TEAMS THEN ADVANCE FROM THERE.
WAS ALL WE CAME THROUGH EVERYBODY.
WELL, WHEN I LOOKED THIS MORNING THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE
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REGISTERED, SO THAT'S WHY I SAY WE NEED HELP GETTING IT OUT, EVEN THOUGH I'VE, UH, TRIED TO PUSH IT OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN.YOU HAD THOSE KIDS LEAVE THEM BACK? YEAH, THEY BEEN OUT THERE CRAVING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND I THINK THAT HEARD KIDS COMING IN WHEN THEY WOULDN'T GO LONG WITH, UH, HOPEFULLY IT STILL REQUIRE COACHES TO BE CERTIFIED.
UH, AND THAT'S A BIG THING, UH, THAT THEY WASN'T DOING ON THE OTHER SIDE OVER THERE THAT I DIDN'T WITH SOME OF SOME THE PEOPLE THAT YEAH.
THAT BACKGROUND, UH, WERE SKETCHY.
SOME OF THEIR PHILOSOPHY THAT THEY DO WITH THE KIDS, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER LADY.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I'VE COVERED THE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS.
LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT, UM, OTHER THAN THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
UM, AND THEN THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR, SURVEY NUMBERS.
SO, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND COMING TO ME AND ASKING ME ABOUT HIM SOME FALL.
UM, SO WHAT ARE, OTHER THAN THE BATHROOM AND THE SHELTER, WHAT DO WE HAVE SCHEDULED PICKS AND THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? UM, FOLLOWING THAT WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
WE'LL BE TAKEN OUT TO OLD BASKETBALL COURTS, UM, AND THEN LOOKING TO ADD IN BLEACHERS, LIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HAVE WE BUILT AROUND AT OTHER CITIES OR COUNTIES THAT HAVE EQUIPMENT LIKE GREENVILLE AND OTHER, UH, FACILITIES BEFORE WE EVEN MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT THERE? TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, I THINK YOU NEED TO, YEAH.
WE LOOK AT WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING THE INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE, WHAT'S BEING OFFERED, UM, GETTING UP TO DATE EQUIPMENT.
AND THE REASON I ASK IS I, I'VE BEEN TO INSTATE OUTOF STATE LOOKING AT FACILITIES AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU AS BIG AS NEW BURN IS, WE DON'T LOOK GOOD.
UH, AS FOR THE, THE LITTLE TOWNS THAT IF YOU GO TO MAINESVILLE AND IT WOULD KNOCK EVERY, JUST BY EVERY PARK.
WE HAVE OUR OVERDALE CREEK SIDE AND THE NEW PARK.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN YOU DO IT, WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE 27 PARKS VERSUS ONE PARK, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UH, REQUIREMENTS AND MAINTENANCE ON THOSE.
IF WE ONLY HAD ONE PARK AND YEAH, WE COULD PUT ALL OUR RESOURCES INTO IT, BUT WE DON'T, WE HAVE 27, SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
SO WE WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO GET MORE GRANTS TOWARDS THAT.
WELL CURRENTLY THE MONEY THAT'S GOING INTO HENDERSON PARK IS, UM, MONEY THAT WE'LL RECEIVE FROM FEMA.
CAUSE I, I MEAN, I KEEP SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA STOP SAYING THAT.
YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO GET MONIES AND GRANTS TO DO CERTAIN PROJECTS, YOU GO IN AND DO 'EM AND YOU DO 'EM TOP NOTCH.
SO I'LL SAY, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PARKS YOU HAVE IN THE CITY, OTHER COUNTY GET MONEY AND GO, THIS IS STARTING UP NEW NOW CAUSE IT'S BEEN, UH, DESTROYED FAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT BACK UP.
SO I JUST, JUST LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT BASKETBALL, BACK, BACK BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I JUST DON'T, WHEN YOU START FROM THE GROUND UP, I DON'T, I DON'T, IT'S NOT SITTING GOOD WITH WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE.
WELL, I DID THE SHELTER LOOKS NICE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE END OF IT, BUT IT LOOKS REAL NICE AND, UM, IT'S A DELAY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT, IT'LL BE DONE PRETTY SOON.
YEAH, THEY WERE WORKING OUT TODAY.
UH, I JUST HAPPENED TO SEE THEM OUT THERE AND STOPPED.
THEY WAS DOING SOME CLEANING AND, UH, REPAIRING THE BRIDGES OUT THERE.
UM, AND I TALKED TO, TOLD WHAT THEY DO.
I THINK IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE OUT THERE, UH, WHEN THEY FINISH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THREE ON THAT CREW THOUGH.
UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, LET'S CARRY, HIRE SOME PEOPLE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY POSITIONS TO HIRE PEOPLE,
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SO THEY'RE ALL FULL AT THIS TIME, EXCEPT FOR TWO THAT AREN'T WORKING ON THAT CREW.ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT.
AND YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA LOOK INTO THE, UM, CAROLINA EAST BATES.
YEAH, I, WE'VE ACTUALLY, I'VE DONE A CAROLINA EAST ONE BEFORE WHERE WE PURCHASED SOME, UM, FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR STANLEY WHITE.
IT WAS LIKE, I WANNA SAY 2016.
SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE BATES FOUNDATION, BUT I DO KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED THEM IN THE PAST.
WELL, BOTH OF 'EM, THEY DO REAL WELL.
CAUSE, UH, I WAS AT, UH, THE HISTORY CENTER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
THEY GOT A WATER FROM CAROLINA AND THE BANKS AND THEY, THEY, THE GRANTS WOULD REAL NICE THAT THEY RECEIVED.
SO IT'S WORTH LOOKING IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO, MOVED IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OH YEAH, I DID HAVE ONE MORE THING.
I, I JUST, UM, ONE OF SOME KEY THAT YOUNG MAN'S FAMILY IN PRAYER THAT THE ONE THAT GOT HIT ON, UH, THE TWIN BRIDGE, HE LOST HIS LIFE.
HE WAS ONE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTERS, UH, CLIENTS FROM SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.
SO, UH, LET'S KEEP THAT FAMILY IN PRAYER.