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ALL RIGHT, WELCOME EVERYBODY.THIS IS OUR JANUARY 30TH, 2024
[1. Welcome]
STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT TONIGHT.
SO, UM, WE ARE GONNA PROCEED WITH OUR AGENDA.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. WOODS TO, UM, CITE THE PRAYER FOR US.
OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, ONCE AGAIN, WE COME TO THE AS HUMBLE AS WE KNOW OUR FATHER GOD.
FATHER GOD, AS WE GATHER, THEY TAKE THE CUT.
TAKE THE BUSINESS OF THE STANDING WRIGHT REC CENTER.
FATHER GOD, FATHER GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY HEART THAT'S HERE.
BLESS EACH AND EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
BLESS THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING.
FATHER GOD BLESS THOSE THAT ARE ON THE WAY.
FATHER, GOD, LET US DO THIS IN LOVE, PEACE, AND HARMONY.
THESE AND ALL OTHER BLESSINGS WE ASK.
SIN, SIN OF JESUS, OF CHRIST, THAT ALL THE HEARTS SAY AMEN.
IT'S TIME WILL STAND AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WE STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
BARBARA LEE, ALDERMAN, HAZEL ROYAL, AND MYSELF.
[5. Approve Minutes.]
LAST TIME SEPTEMBER WAS LAST TIME WE HAD, WE WERE GONNA HAVE A MEETING.SO WE HAVE MINUTES FROM JULY, WHICH WAS THE LAST MEETING THAT WE DID HAVE A QUORUM.
UM, I THINK I SENT THESE OUT TO EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, IF Y'ALL CAN READ THROUGH 'EM OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OTHERWISE IF I CAN GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS READ WITH NECESSARY CORRECTIONS IF THERE BE ANY SECOND.
ALRIGHT, SO THE JULY 20, 23 MINUTES WERE APPROVED.
[6. Stanley White Recreation Center & Henderson Park Update.]
ALL RIGHT.SO, UH, STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER UPDATE.
I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY, IF YOU RODE BY THE CENTER LOCATION, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE PROGRESS GOING ON.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE ARE AT 85% COMPLETE OF THE PRECAST PANELS BEING INSTALLED, WHICH ARE THE LARGE PANELS THAT YOU SEE 'EM LIFTING WITH THE CRANE.
UM, THEY HAVE STARTED SOME MINOR STEEL WORK INSTALLING STEEL BEAMS. UM, AND THAT'S GOTTA BE COMPLETED.
SO THE REMAINING PANELS CAN, UH, BE INSTALLED AROUND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE GYM JOISTS WILL BE HERE THIS WEEK, HOPEFULLY BY TOMORROW, AND THEY'LL BE GETTING READY TO INSTALL THAT.
AND THEN SOME UNDERGROUND WORK INSIDE THE BUILDING IS BEING DONE TO PREP FOR, UM, THE SLAB POUR.
SO THAT'S KIND OF MINOR UPDATE THERE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ANYTHING REGARDING THE PROGRESS OR CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME? I HAVE A QUESTION.
ARE YOU PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WITH THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING? I AM, THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE.
THE CONTRACTOR, THEY'RE VERY RECEPTIVE.
WE HAVE A MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MONTH FOR THEM TO GO OVER, UM, WHERE THEY'RE AT.
ANY OUTSTANDING THINGS THAT NEED TO RE BE RESOLVED, UM, THEIR TEAM HAS BEEN GREAT.
HAVE YOU BEEN AT ONE SITE? YES.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS AT.
OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE ON SITE AT THEIR JOB TRAILER.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED TO WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO VISIT AND GO ON SITE AT, AT ANY POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
I CAN DEFINITELY SEE IF WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT FOR Y'ALL TO DO A SITE VISIT.
UM, WE WILL BE REQUIRED WEAR HARD HAT AND BEST MM-HMM.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ACCOMMODATE.
YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SEE WHAT THEIR, UM, REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING ALONG THAT.
ALSO, IS IT, UM, POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO COME TO A MEETING AND GIVE US LIKE AN UPDATE SO WE CAN UPDATE, ASK QUESTIONS? YEAH, CAN UPDATE, YEAH, I CAN ASK.
I CAN ASK THEM IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO COME.
UM, I'LL CHECK WITH 'EM AND SEE IF THEY CAN COME TO THE NEXT MEETING OR WHATEVER'S CONVENIENT
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FOR THEM.MY QUESTION IS, UM, IS IT, UH, POSSIBLE TO GET A LAYOUT OF THE PARKING, UM, UM, OFF THE PLANS? YEAH, I CAN LOOK IT.
YOU EMAIL IT TO ME OR I'LL GIVE YOU MY EMAIL.
I NEED YOUR, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I NEED YOUR UPDATED EMAIL ADDRESS.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I ASKED ABOUT, ASKED FOR AT OUR LAST MEETING.
I NEVER SEEN YOU WANTED TO PARKING OR THE WHOLE PLAN.
I I WANNA PLAN THE WHOLE PLAN, JUST DO THE SAME WAY WE DID WHEN WE DID STAND WHITE, WE HAD THE COMMITTEE HAD A PRINT, SO, AND THAT'S HOW WE FOUND OUT WHETHER OR NOT ACCORDING TO COURT, TO OUR PRINT.
AND WE FIND THAT THERE'S SOME CHANGES.
AND IF IT'S POSSIBLE, JUST YOU CAN ADD ME ON TO GET A COPY ALSO.
UM, IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO A SITE VISIT, I'M ASSUMING Y'ALL WOULD BE AVAILABLE DURING THE DAYTIME.
IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC TIME OR DEPENDING ON WHAT I CAN SET UP, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU CAN SET UP AND, UH, WITH ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A JOB, SO
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CENTER OR CONSTRUCTION? UH, BUT I WAS STILL OUT, BUT I NOTICED I JUST COME THROUGH THERE THIS EVENING COMING FROM MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE AND UH, I SEEN THE OUT THERE SPREADING THE DIRT.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT.
YEAH, THEY, UM, GOT OUT THERE THIS WEEK TO START SPREADING SOME OF THAT DIRT OUT SO WE CAN RAISE THE ELEVATION OF WHERE THE OLD BASKETBALL COURTS WERE.
UM, AND AS SOON AS THAT'S LEVEL AND IT'S DRY ENOUGH, IT'S GOTTA DRY OUT SOME.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START INSTALLING THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT, THE OUTDOOR FITNESS AND OBSTACLE COURSE.
UM, AND RECENTLY WE DID INSTALL A WATER FOUNTAIN OUT THERE BY THE BASKETBALL COURT.
UM, IT IS NOT HOOKED THE WATER, WE HAD TO NOT TURN THE WATER ON YET BECAUSE OF THE WINTER AND IT FREEZING.
BUT AS SOON AS IT GETS WARM ENOUGH, USUALLY AROUND MARCH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S TURNED ON.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH THE OTHER PLANS, UM, FOR THE BATHROOM AND, UM, PLAY COMPONENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDED TO PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE.
HAVE YOU DECIDED WHAT, WHAT AREA OR WHAT SITE WHERE YOU GONNA PUT THE NEW BATHROOM? IS THAT, THE NEW BATHROOM IS GOING TO BE UP CLOSE TO CHAPMAN STREET SITE ON THE CHAPMAN STREET SIDE BY THE BASKETBALL COURT, THE NEW BASKETBALL COURT.
SO UP TOWARDS THE PART OF THE PARK THAT'S LESS LIKELY TO FLOOD.
WE CAN'T HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MOST FLOATABLE PART, BUT IT'S GONNA BE CLOSER UP TO THE PARKING LOT AND WHERE THE NEW BASKETBALL COURT IS.
CAN YOU SEE WHAT, WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING A SECOND ONE? BECAUSE THIS, THAT'S KIND OF FAR UP IN THE FRONT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE ACTIVITIES IN THE BACK, LIKE PRACTICE, FOOTBALL PRACTICE OR BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL, UH, THAT'S A LONG WAY TO, TO GO.
AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE ELEVATION, 'CAUSE I ASKED YOU THE LAST MEETING TO SEE, UH, ABOUT THE ELEVATION OF THE NEW ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
BUT, BUT I, LIKE I TOLD YOU, THE ONE AT UNION POINT AND THE ONE AT, UH, UM, BOSTON CREEK IS, UH, AND YOU, I THINK YOU SAID THAT THAT WASN'T IN CODE EITHER, BUT IT'S UP.
SO I STILL NEED THAT INFORMATION TO, TO SEE IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE IT ELEVATED MORE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA, IT IS GONNA FLOOD.
WELL, THE, WHAT IT IS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE IT A BATHROOM THAT CAN BE FLOOD PROOF OR AT LEAST NOT BE DAMAGED IF THE WATER COMES UP.
SO WE, WE, SO THIS, THIS PERSON WILL, UH, TELL US.
IT'S, IT IS GONNA BE A PROCESS.
DID WE EVER MAKE ANY HEADWAY ON THE WALKING TRAIL WITH THE, WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE WERE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH? I KNOW THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS PRETTY SIMPLE WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE, UH, THERE WAS A DOUBLE, WELL THERE WAS A TRAILER THAT WAS THERE THAT IS NOW BEING REMOVED.
YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE BACKSIDE OF HENDERSON PARK, ON THE BACKSIDE OF HENDERSON PARK, AS YOU COME AROUND THE CURB ONTO FROM CHAPMAN WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE, IF YOU WOULD COME STRAIGHT BACK WHERE THEY DID CLEAR OFF A LITTLE BIT OF LAND.
AND PUBLIC WORKS IS IN THE PROCESS.
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A ELEVATED WALKING BRIDGE ACROSS THERE TO HAVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO DEPART FROM THAT AREA.DID THE CITY EVER ACQUIRE THE STANLEY PROPERTY? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I'M NOT, WHICH EXACTLY, WHICH PROPERTY IS THAT? THAT'S THE ONE THAT STILL HAS THE, UM, STILL HAS A FOUNDATION ON IT.
STILL HAS THE FOUNDATION AND SOME DEBRIS.
ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN TOTALLY CLEARED OFF THE TRAILER THAT WHERE MR. MIDGET USED TO LIVE IS GONE.
I KNOW THAT THEY ACQUIRED THAT ONE FROM THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS READY TO SELL.
IS THAT THE PROPERTY, IS IT ON CHAPMAN OR IS IT ON THAT STREET? THAT INTERSECTS RIGHT THERE.
IT'S GARDEN IS GARDEN WHEN YOU COME.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK IN INTO THAT.
BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN APPROVAL TO DO THE OVER MM-HMM.
GREAT PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE WORKING ON THAT.
AND HOW FAR WOULD IT EXTEND FROM, FROM THE GARDEN GARDNER AND, UH, MAIN STREET, UH, ENTRY? HOW FAR WOULD IT GO UP INTO THE PARK? MM-HMM.
SO IT'LL JUST CONNECT WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK ON INTO THE PARK.
YOU KNOW, WE, UM, I THINK ELIJAH MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE BACKBOARDS AT THE, ARE WE LOOKING AT REPLACING THOSE WITH THE GLASS ONES OR WE GONNA KEEP THE METAL ONES UP THERE? WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA KEEP THE METAL ONES FOR THE TIME BEING, JUST FOR THE FACT THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE.
BUT FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, UM, WHENEVER THOSE NEED TO BE REPLACED, WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT I'M, I DON'T, I'M HESITANT TO PUT GLASS OUT THERE.
WHY? WELL, WELL IT'LL LAST LONGER.
THE THE REASON I ASK IS, AND I SAY OVER AND OVER AS LARGE AS NEW BURNAGE, ALL THESE SMALL TOWNS AND COUNTIES ALREADY HAVE 'EM, MAYSVILLE, PAULSVILLE, UH, UH, UH, VANCE SQUARE, UH, EVEN UH, PEMBROOK HAS 'EM NOW.
SO I MEAN, WE, WE CAN'T BE SCARED OF STUFF.
WE, IF WE GET THE RIGHT THING AND AND INVEST IN IT CORRECTLY, IT IT, IT'LL BE OKAY.
THE, THE GLASS ONES WILL LAST LONGER THAN THE METAL DUE TO THE WEATHER.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY'S GOING TO 'EM OUTSIDE IS BECAUSE THE RUST FACTOR OF THE METAL.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE ONLY BEEN UP THERE MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT I I I BELIEVE IN ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA RUST.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.
I THINK WE'LL END UP, WE'RE GONNA END UP SPENDING THAT EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GONNA RUST.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IT'S GONNA RUST AND THEN WE'RE GONNA END UP REPLACING WHAT WE, WE SHOULD HAVE PUT UP THERE THE FIRST TIME.
SO WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT IN ADVANCE SINCE WE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY, BUT WE GOT SOME MONEY NOW TO GET IT DONE THE CORRECT WAY AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT LATER DOWN IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I REMEMBER US TALKING SOMETIME ABOUT A, UH, A CANOE TRAIL.
YOU REMEMBER THAT ROBBIE RIGHT THERE? WHERE THE UM, OR AM I? YES, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME KIND OF CANOE TRAIL THAT CONNECT TO THE, UM, NOOSE OUT THERE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE REMEMBER THAT OR AM I IN ANOTHER MEETING? I, I, I REMEMBER HIM TALKING ABOUT IT UNDER OUR
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE WERE DOING JACK KNOW LAWS.
WHAT'S THAT CREEK OVER ACROSS THE WATER? JACK SMITH CREEK? NO.
THE ONE WE DID, WE FINISHED, UH, BACK THERE.
NO, THEY AIN'T NOBODY, IT AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH LAS CREEK.
IT'S WAY ACROSS THE WATER THOUGH.
IT'S THE OTHER OTHER, THE ONE ON SEVENTH STREET.
THE ONE UP ON, ON GLEN BURN CREEKSIDE MARTIN CREEKSIDE SIDE.
SO WE WAS DOING THE BACK, BACK THERE BY CREEKSIDE.
THEY WAS, UH, TALKING ABOUT PLANTING ON CANOES WAS SOMETHING SLAMMED ON THOSE CANOES.
PEOPLE USED TO GET THE CANOES IN THE BACK, TAKE THEM DOWN, THEY GO IN THE BACK AND GO OUT.
BUT THEN WHEN HARON WAS HERE, HE WENT TO TRY TO GET THE CANOE SYSTEM SET UP RIGHT ON OFF THAT T ROAD THING SO PEOPLE COME GET THE CANOES AND GO WHERE THEY GONNA GO OUT.
MAY, MAYBE I'M IN MY HEAD'S IN ANOTHER MEETING, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE BACKSIDE OF HENDERSON PARK WHERE THE DITCH IS.
I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY HAD THAT, UM, RESILIENCY MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, YEAH, THEY MENTIONED THAT, BUT THE AREA THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IS IN THAT STORM WATER DITCH
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AND I THINK AND THAT'S NOT OKAY.I THOUGHT THEY WERE SAYING THEY WANTED TO KIND OF WIND IT IF THEY WIDENED IT, BUT YEAH.
IT WAS IN THAT MEETING I THINK IN THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY HAS REGARDING HENDERSON PART? YEAH.
UM, WHERE I, I SAW ALL THE, THE DIRT THAT WAS THERE, TONS OF IT, BUT I SAW 'EM THIS WEEK.
THEY WERE TAKING SOME OF IT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH.
THEY WERE TAKING, HAULING IT OUT.
BUT MY, MY QUESTION IS WITH THAT, IF THEY'RE GONNA ELEVATE THE COURTS, DO THEY HAVE PLANS TO PUT A A, A BLOCK OF CONCRETE BARRIER AROUND IT SO THE, SO THE EARTH WON'T GET WASHED OUT AND IT'D PROBABLY BE SAFER FOR THE PLAYERS ALSO INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TAPER IT OUT? UH, LIKE WHEN I VISIT NEW YORK, UH, OTHER CITIES, THEY, THEY HAVE CONCRETE, UH, UH, WALLS AROUND LIKE A KNEE WALL.
OR EITHER COME WITH, WITH A, A, A CHAIN FENCE, YOU KNOW, KICK THE BALL.
WELL NOW THAT AREA, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PUT IN COURTS BACK THERE.
MOST OF THAT AREA'S GONNA BE ENCOMPASSED WITH THAT FITNESS COURSE.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURSE AND OBSTACLE COURSE.
SO MOST OF THAT AREA IS GONNA BE ENCUMBERED WITH THAT NEW FITNESS COURSE.
THE REASON I ASK 'CAUSE THAT'S A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT LAST YEAR THAT THE CONVERSATION I HEARD THAT UM, THEY WERE GONNA ELEVATE THOSE COURTS.
'CAUSE I THINK PEN HAD, UH, RECOMMENDED THAT THEY TAKE 'EM AWAY.
BUT I WAS SAYING THE MORE COURTS THE BETTER BECAUSE YOU HAVE OLDER KIDS, UH, UM, MIDDLE AGE KIDS AND THEN YOU HAVE HAVE SMALLER KIDS.
AND WHEN THE OLDER KIDS HAVE THOSE COURTS AND IT'S ONLY ONE NOW AND YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE OTHER TO AWAY, TO ME THAT'S JUST MY, MY THOUGHT.
IT DON'T MAKE SENSE NOT, NOT, NOT TO BUILD A NEW IMPROVED STAND, UH, HENDERSON PARK AND JUST HAVE ONE COURT.
BUT I, I WALKED IT OFF WHERE THE COURT IS WHERE Y'ALL WAS TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A SHUFFLEBOARD IS, BUT IT'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR ANOTHER COURT.
THE SAME, SAME WIDTH AND LENGTH, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THE OFFICERS USED TO BE.
IT'S, IT'S ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT ANOTHER COURT THERE.
SO IF YOU TAKE AWAY FROM BACK THERE, YOU NEED ANOTHER COURT.
YOU DON'T NEED JUST ONE COURT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE STANDING, WAITING TO PLAY.
AND IF YOU GET A LOT OF, A LOT OF GUYS OUT THERE THAT, THAT'S FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER, THAT'S OLDER.
UH, MAYBE MY, MY GRANDCHILDREN, UH, OR SOMEBODY WON'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO PLAY 'CAUSE IT'S ON WIN COURT.
[7. Recreation Programming.]
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR REC CARD MEMBERSHIP THAT WE GIVE OUT.AND SO I BROUGHT A COPY OF WHAT CITIZENS FILL OUT WHEN THEY COME IN AND GET A REC CARD AT WEST NEWBURN CURRENTLY.
AND SO THIS WILL, YOU KNOW, BE SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS.
WILL SAME PROCESS WE'LL USE AT STANLEY WHITE, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD SOME INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THESE KIDS COULD GO AHEAD AND GET REC CARDS.
'CAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE AN ADULT OR GUARDIAN SIGN.
UM, THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATIONS ONCE THEY SIGN, THEY'LL RECEIVE A COPY OF.
UM, AND I WAS JUST WANTING TO LOOK AT MAYBE SOME EVENTS OR DATES Y'ALL THOUGHT WE MIGHT COULD SET UP AT TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO START SIGNING UP FOR THESE CARDS.
UM, BECAUSE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT 'EM INTO SYSTEM AND THEN ONCE WE OPEN STANLEY WHITE, THEY'LL ALREADY BE IN THE SYSTEM AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL KEEP UP WITH THEIR CARD.
UM, AND IT, WHAT WE DO IS WE WRITE THEIR NUMBER THAT THEIR CARD NUMBER UP HERE, SO AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW WHAT THEIR NUMBER WAS.
IF THEY HAPPEN TO LOSE THEIR NO CARD IS A CITYWIDE.
MEANING IF YOU SIGN UP AT WEST NEWBURN, THEY, THEY'RE GOOD FOR EVERYWHERE.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT, IT ALL GOES INTO OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT WE USE FOR RECREATION.
UM, I WAS DEFINITELY THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE A TABLE AT JUNETEENTH.
UM, YOU HAVE THE BLACK HISTORY PARADE ON THE 17TH.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THEN.
BUT, UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AT LEAST PASS 'EM OUT AND TRY TO GET 'EM BACK.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK THAT THERE'S A PROGRAM AT THE CENTER AT THE OMEGA CENTER ON THE 17TH MM-HMM.
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HISTORYI BELIEVE IT'S, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S, IT'S, UH, PART OF THE BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM AND IT IS, UH, MORGAN'S, UH, KIND OF CAMPAIGN SITUATION I BELIEVE.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LEGACY PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE UMBRELLA THAT'S ANYTHING THAT THE CITY IS GONNA BE SPONSORING, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THERE OR THAT SOMEBODY'S THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY DOES, ANYTHING THAT THE CITY'S ATTACHED TO NEEDS TO HAVE AT LEAST A TABLE TO SET UP TO AT LEAST WHERE WE CAN, EVEN IF WE DON'T REGISTER WITH 10 KIDS MM-HMM.
EVERY SINGLE EVENT THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF NEW BERN, WE NEED TO BE THERE, BE A PART OF IT.
AND EVEN SOME THAT ARE NOT SANCTIONED OR SPONSORED BY THE CITY THAT WE KNOW THAT WHERE WE CAN GET THE KIDS.
AND I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN IMPLEMENTING IT INTO SOME WAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, BUT I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PLACES THAT WE NEED TO BE.
WELL WE CAN DEFINITELY KNOW ANYTHING THAT PARKS AND RECREATION PUTS ON, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE A SET UP WHERE PEOPLE CAN REGISTER AT THAT TIME IF THEY WANT TO.
UM, BUT OTHER CITY EVENTS THAT MAY COME ABOUT, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING SET UP EVERY SATURDAY AT THE, UH, BASKETBALL GAMES, AT THE RECREATION GAMES OVER AT WEST, AT WEST NEWBURN BECAUSE, UH, SOMETIMES IF THOSE PARENTS OR THOSE, UM, GUARDIANS CAN COME OUT JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES FOR THOSE GAMES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE TIME MONDAY THROUGH, UH, FRIDAY TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT.
BUT THEY MAY TRY TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE GAMES ON THE WEEKEND.
AND EVEN IF THEY'RE THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES, HEY, GO AHEAD AND GET 'EM SIGNED UP.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES ALSO THAT THE CITY HAS? YEAH, WE CAN PUT IT OUT ON THAT.
AND I THINK IF WE PUT A BLAST OUT SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE REGISTERED OR CHILDREN REGISTERED FOR STANLEY WHITE, THAT'S OUR EMPHASIS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S HAVE A GREAT PUSH FOR SAY THE 24.
THAT'S OUR PUSH FOR 24 IS TO GET AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE REGISTERED FOR STANLEY WHITE.
SO IF WE USE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, THE NEWSPAPERS, UH, I'M WITH ROBBIE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, EVERY, EVERY EVENT THAT WE CAN HAVE A TABLE SET UP, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE, I'LL PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR TO BE THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, MY DESIRE IS TO BE ABLE TO REACH SOME OF THE KIDS THAT MAYBE CAN'T GET TO, YOU KNOW.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO WEST NEWBURN OR THEY MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN BASKETBALL.
SO WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING TO 'EM WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
UH, EVEN IF WE LIKE AT THE OMEGA CENTER, UM, ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, JUST SET UP THERE OR SOMETHING.
UM, DO THEY HAVE TO BE CITY RESIDENTS? NO.
THEY JUST HAVE TO, UM, PROVIDE THEIR INFORMATION AND WE ISSUE 'EM A CARD.
NOW IF THEY LOSE THEIR CARD AND THEY NEED ANOTHER ONE, THERE IS A FEE, WE CHARGE A FEE.
THE FIRST ONE'S FREE, BUT, MM-HMM.
UM, SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT SETTING UP SOME TIMES, I'LL SEND OUT SOME INFORMATION AND IF SOME PEOPLE WANT TO VOLUNTEER, UM, WE CAN AT LEAST GET 'EM TO FILL THIS OUT, ISSUE 'EM THEIR CARD AND GET IT PUT IN OUR SYSTEM.
ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING THOUGHTS OR, UH, IDEAS? I KNOW ONCE THE RECREATION CENTER WE'RE OPENS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLETHORA OF SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES OVER THERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DOUBLE GYM PICKLEBALL COURTS, UM, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SPORTS OVER THERE.
UM, THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE A MAJORITY OF OUR SPORTS ARE GOING TO BE HOUSED IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN SPORTS PROGRAMS, ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING AT THE CENTER? WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, UH, GAMING ROOM AND, AND THE MM-HMM.
AND, AND, UM, OH MAN, I CAN'T EVEN THINK RIGHT NOW.
WHILE I WAS THINKING WITH THIS BEING A NEW FACILITY AND
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WITH IT BEING SUCH AN ATTRACTION TO NEW BERN AND NEW BERN BEING AS ATTRACTIVE AS IT IS, WILL THE CENTER BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT MAY HAVE ANY TYPE OF A, A U AFFILIATION THAT MAY WANT TO PUT ON ANY TOURNAMENTS OR ANYTHING IN THE AREA? WILL IT BE AVAILABLE? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'LL SORT BE LIKE ANY OF OUR OTHER FACILITY RENTALS.LIKE IF THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP OR WHATEVER.
WE HAVE FEES AND STUFF BUILT BUILDING INTO WHERE TOURNAMENTS CAN COME IN AND BE HAILED AND, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT SORT OF THING.
I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST DO SOME INVESTIGATIONS ON MAYBE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES HAVE HAD WHEN IT COMES TO BRINGING IN THAT KIND OF TOURNAMENT AND THINGS BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A BIG DRAW, BUT IT COULD BE A BIG HEADACHE ALSO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD IN OTHER, UH, PLACES, OTHER VENUES AS RELATED TO BRINGING IN, AND I'M NOT JUST POINTING OUT A A U AT ALL, I'M JUST SAYING SOME OF THESE OTHER TOURNAMENTS IN SOME OTHER CITIES THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD ISSUES, UH, OR SOME KIND OF CONFLICT SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.
UH, HE, HE KNOW THEY, UM, CHANDLER USED TO PUT IT ON, HE USED TO BRING 'EM FROM, FROM OUT OF STATE AND THEY USED EVERY COURT THAT HAD, OH, WE DID IT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.
UH, THEY WAS OUT IN ANNAPOLIS.
BUT IT WAS A, UH, AEP A GOOD, UH, TOURNAMENT.
UH, A LOT OF TALENT, A LOT OF THE TIME THE KIDS DIDN'T GET A, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AWAY LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, IT WAS A GOOD THING WE HAD GOING ON.
BUT LIKE I SAY, AFTER THE KIDS GOT IN THE ACCIDENT, GOING BACK TO MARYLAND MM-HMM.
BUT IT, IT, UH, AS FAR AS UH, PROBLEMS, WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY PROBLEMS WITH, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THOSE TYPES TUMORS.
UH, AND WE ALSO HAD THOSE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS.
WE USED TO PUT ON, UH, USED TO BRING TEAMS FROM ALL OUT OF STATE FROM, UH, PLAYING AT NEW VERN HIGH, NO GROVER, SEA FIELDS.
UH, A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT WAS A GOOD THING.
GOOD, UH, MONEY MAKING, UH, THING FOR OUR GROUP AND STUFF.
UH, AND IT GAVE US A CHANCE TO DO OTHER THINGS WITH THE MONEY, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
UH, UH, THAT, UM, WELL WHAT IT WAS OUR BOOSTER CLUB WAS THEY, UH, WERE BEHIND IT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN ANY MONEY RAISED WENT TO THE CITY COFF.
SO WE HAD TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WE, WE FORMED A BOOSTER CLUB.
UH, THAT WAS THE BEST THING WE DID BECAUSE THESE KIDS HAD A CHANCE TO GO EVERYWHERE AND DO A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, NOT ONLY IN SPORTS, BUT WE ALSO DID COLLEGE TOURS AND STUFF THAT PAID FOR THE STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, AFTER WE DID THAT.
BUT NOW IT MIGHT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW.
THEY STILL HAD TO GO IN THERE CITY CONFERENCE AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GO IN THERE, WE'RE NOT SURE WE'RE GONNA GET THAT MONEY BACK.
AND YOU
UM, YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE COMPUTERS? YES.
COMPUTERS FOR HOMEWORK AND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT AND SEE.
HAS BROADBAND BEEN DISCUSSED FOR THE BUILDING OR FOR THE AREA? YOU GOT WIFI? YEAH.
WE ALREADY HAVE WIFI AT OTHER LOCATIONS, SO THAT'S BUILT INTO THIS NEW FACILITY.
I'VE JUST GOT ONE FINAL QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD TO NUMBER EIGHT.
UH, DOES THIS BOARD HAVE A SHELF LIFE? UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IT, ONCE THE CENTER IS, UM, OPEN, THIS COMMITTEE WOULD DISBAND IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BASED
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ON THE ORDINANCE SUPPOSED TO DISBAND.HUH? SUPPOSED TO DISBAND AFTER EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED.
AND THE THING I I TALKED ABOUT IS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A RECREATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD.
I WAS THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THAT.
THE COUNTY HAS A RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD OUT ON BOTH THOSE BOYS.
WE USED TO MEET DIFFERENT PLACES LIKE IN, UH, FIRST FLIGHT WE USED TO USE THERE, ACCOMPLISHED ROOM UPSTAIRS.
BUT, UH, UH, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS ONE BACK.
AND NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, AS A WHOLE, UH, WE HAD INPUT ON A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON AS FAR AS REPARATION AND, AND SUGGESTIONS.
UH, AND WE HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, NOT JUST IN THAT AREA.
UH, ALDERMANS APPOINTED THEM PER WHAT? AND THEY ONLY APPOINTED TWO PEOPLE.
AND THEN WHEN I COME UP WITH, WAS TO GET TWO HIGH SCHOOL, TWO OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL PEOPLE FROM NEW BERN TO BE ON THAT BOARD.
WE HAD A, A MALE AND A FEMALE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE STARTED GOING.
AND THEN WE, WE HAD ALL THOSE TEAMS COMING HERE.
THE, THE, UH, COACH OF THE, UH, ATHLETIC FIELD WOULD ALLOW US TO USE HIS FIELD, BUT THE SCHOOL WE HAD TO PAY UP FRONT, WHICH THE SCHOOL HAS FOR ANYBODY USING THEIR FACILITY.
AND THAT, BACK THEN IT WAS $69.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT TO, TO SECURE THE BATHROOMS TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WENT IN THERE AND MESSED HIM UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THEN WE HAD, WE HAD CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING THERE.
AND ONCE THE LIGHTS WERE CUT OFF CAME OFF AND I REMEMBER KURT CUT THE LIGHTS BACK ON FOR ME.
SO HE, I WAS GONNA GO AND TRY TO CUT 'EM ON.
HE, HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS THAT KNEW HOW TO CUT 'EM ON SO HE WOULDN'T CUT 'EM BACK ON FOR ME.
WE HAD TEAMS COMING FROM VIRGINIA ALL SURROUNDING AREAS.
AND WHEN FLORIDA, I SAID THIS ONE BEFORE IN THIS MEETING WHEN FLORIDA WAS INTO THE, THE, THE PART WARNER THING THAT, THAT PART WARNER TEAM WAS FOLDING AND THE FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS GOT IN IT TO HELP 'EM BECAUSE THEY WERE SENDING LETTERS BACK TO ME AND JOHN ABOUT IT.
SO THEY WANTED US TO DO, THEY WANTED US TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN IT.
ALABAMA AND ALL OF 'EM, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT COMING TO OUR LITTLE THING.
WHAT I WANNA DO, I WANNA SET IT UP TO BE JUST A METHOD FOR THIS AREA, BUT FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T, WE DON'T WORK THAT WAY.
EVERYBODY ELSE WANT TO BITE IN.
WHAT DID WE GET OUT FOR? MY TEAM GOT OUT OF IT, MY TEAM TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT.
WE USE OUR MONEY TO BUY ALL THE TROPHIES AND THEN WE WORKED OFF THE GATES, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WAS ON THE GATES.
I MET ALL THE, UH, PEOPLE ON THE GATES HOLDING THE CHANGE.
I MADE SURE EACH ONE OF THE LITTLE KIDS GOT PAID PER GAME.
SO I NEVER HAD TO LOOK FOR ANYBODY.
THE OFFICIALS WAS THE HIGHEST THING THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR.
AND, UH, WE, WE PAID THEM RIGHT OFF AND THEY DIDN'T MIND COMING.
AND COACH, COACH CLAY ALLOWED US, IF WE WENT TO, FOR THE LARGER GUYS, THAT'S THE GUYS FROM 14, I THINK 13 TO 1415.
HE SAID, UH, COACH WHITE, IF YOU WANT THAT ONE OUTFIELD, YOU CAN GET THAT FIELD TOO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, NOW AT THIS TIME, UH, IT'S HARD TO GET OFFICIALS, BUT IT PROBABLY BE HARD TO DO A TYPE EVENT LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE IN KEEPING OFFICIALS, SO THEY AGENT OUT TOO, UH, SO THEY EASY OUT ALSO.
A LOT OF THOSE GUYS, OR I WAS TALKING TO OFFICIALS THE OTHER DAY, THEY, THEY, HE'S CALLING IN SO MANY GAMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MM-HMM.
TOM DEFINITELY CHANGED OFFICIALS.
HERE IN, IN THE AREA COAST, A LEAGUE OF OFFICIALS.
THERE'S ONE CRYSTAL COAST, THEY, THEY'RE OUR AIR LOT.
I KNEW THEY HAD, UH, THE OTHER ONE OVER ON THE BASE DOWN IN JACKSONVILLE.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE USING, UH, CRYSTAL COAST ONCE.
THEY, BUT NOW THEY DONE GOT SO SMALL, YOU KNOW, SO THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT.
BUT THEY PLAYED AND I LEAGUE, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT LEAGUE DID PLAY.
I HAVE ONE MORE CONCERN, UH, ABOUT THE USE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, MY CONCERN IS IN THE PAST, THE COMMUNITY HAVE, THE KIDS HAVE BEEN SHUT OUT, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FALL.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE RENTAL WITH THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
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IT.AND THEN WHEN THEY STARTED TO ASK THE SCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, EVERYBODY HAD TO LEAVE THE BUILDING.
AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE AFTERSCHOOL, UH, PROGRAM.
WE DIDN'T SHUT THE BUILDING DOWN.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE GYM, WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF.
OH, WELL, SOME DAYS, I THINK ONE DAY, UH, OF THE WEEK WE DID, UH, DESIGNATE THE GYM FOR THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
WELL, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG ENOUGH GYM AREA THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE.
SO ARE, ARE WE STILL GONNA HAVE THE TRACK? MM-HMM.
I LIKE THAT THE WALKING AND TRACK AND THE FITNESS, UH, CENTER WOULD BE UPSTAIRS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE.