[1. Welcome.]
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UM, AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM.
WE'RE GONNA WAIT FIVE MINUTES AND SEE IF WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON SHOW UP SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
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WE NOW HAVE A QUORUM AND WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE, UH, STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. UH, BILLY MOORE TO COME UP AND GIVE TO PRAYER FOR US, PLEASE.
LET'S LOOK TO A FATHER, OUR GOD AND OUR FATHER, THE CREATOR, THE SOVEREIGN LORD OF ALL THINGS.
GOD, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING AS HUMBLES.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR BEING THE KIND GOD THAT YOU ARE, THE LOVING FATHER.
AND, AND RIGHT NOW WE COME ASKING THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO COME INTO THE MIS, THAT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR WAY, AND THAT YOU WILL GIVE US THE DIRECTIONS, THE WISDOM, THE STRATEGIES FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS MEETING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ASSEMBLED THE ADVISORY BOARD.
WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU FOR OUR CITY LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, UH, LORD, IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN UPON THIS GROUP AND THAT YOU WOULD, UH, JUST PULL OUT YOUR HEALING VIRTUE UPON THESE, YOUR PEOPLE.
WE JUST PRAY FOR HEALING FOR CARRIE AS SHE GO FORTH AND FIGHT THROUGH HER FIGHT.
GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU.
BLESS THESE MEN, THESE WOMEN WHO YOU GATHERED TOGETHER, THAT THEY MAY DO THY BIDDINGS, GIVE 'EM WISDOM TO DEVELOP STRATEGY FOR VICTORY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING FORTH WITH THE STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WILL COME AFTER THE BUILDING OF THIS GREAT FACILITY.
WE PRAY YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE.
LET IT BE ALL FOR OUR GOOD AND FOR YOUR GLORY.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE IN JESUS' NAME.
UM, AT THIS TIME, IF WE COULD, UM, STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR PLEDGE OF UNITED STATES, AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION HONOR GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA ASK, UH, ALLIE TO DO THE ROLL CALL.
BARBARA LEE, ALDERMAN, HAZEL ROYAL, AND CARRIE WARREN HERE.
[5. Approve Minutes.]
ALRIGHT, SO FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS, UM, APPROVE THE MINUTES WE HAVE FROM JANUARY.UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTION OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, UM, I THINK EVERYBODY'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THESE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'LL APPROVE THE MINUTES AS GIVEN NECESSARY CHANGES AS POSSIBLE.
[6. Stanley White Recreation Center Construction Update.]
ALL RIGHT.FIRST THING I HAVE ON MY AGENDA, I HAVE A SHORT AGENDA, BUT STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
UM, CURRENTLY 98% OF STEEL FRAMING IS COMPLETED.
THE INTERIOR WALLS ARE GOING UP.
UM, THEY'VE COMPLETED THE FIRST LEVEL, THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, UH, INTERIOR WALLS, THE CONCRETE FOR FIRST AND SECOND LEVELS HAS BEEN PLACED.
AND ALL PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND HVAC ROOFING IS IN PROGRESS.
UM, ON OUR END FOR ME, WE HAVE, UM, PURCHASED THE, UM, LANDSCAPING MATERIALS FOR THE OUTSIDE AND WE'RE WORKING ON SECURING, UM, POLE FOR THE PARKING LOT LIGHTING TO GO IN.
WE WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THAT.
UM, AND AS FAR AS THE RECREATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S THE UPDATE I HAVE ON IT.
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MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION.UH, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES TOTAL? OH, LORD.
UM, I CANNOT TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
ON WHAT SIDES OF THE, UH, BUILDING? WE SOUTH SIDE BEING BROAD STREET, THERE WILL BE, MOST OF THE PARKING WILL BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ON BROAD STREET SIDE, THERE WILL BE SOME PARKING ALONG THE, UM, THIRD AVENUE SIDE AS WELL.
AND YOU SAID THE DEPARTMENTS ARE GONNA DO THE LANDSCAPING? ALL THE LANDSCAPING? MM-HMM.
UM, WE, SO FAR WE'VE PURCHASED I THINK 55 TREES.
THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING THAT THE NURSERY'S HOLDING ON FOR US.
UM, THEY'RE, IT'S NOT READY TO BE, UM, DUG YET, SO THEY'VE GOT THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SUPPLIER THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME OTHER TREES FROM, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLEAN THE LIGHT UP BEFORE Y'ALL CAN START.
THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT WE DO.
SO WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT COME OUT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE BUILDING OF THIS? UM, I THINK SO.
IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE COST THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT.
JUNETEENTH SECOND IS GONNA BE TWO JUNE 15TH.
ANYTHING ELSE AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION? WILL WE BE ABLE TO, UM, TOWARDS YEAH.
WHEN THEY GET TO A POINT THAT IT'S SAFE AS FAR AS THE SITE TO HAVE TOURS? YES.
I ALREADY SPOKE WITH 'EM ABOUT IT.
[7. History Wall.]
THE NEXT THING I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE HISTORY WALL.UM, TOMORROW THERE SHOULD, SHOULD BE A BID GOING OUT FOR DESIGNERS, UM, TO BID ON DESIGNING THE HISTORY WALL.
UM, I FINALIZED THE, UM, DOCUMENT TODAY WITH THE PURCHASING OFFICER, AND IT'S, UH, SCHEDULED TO GO OUT TOMORROW AND IT'LL GO OUT ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, THE, UM, DIFFERENT WEBSITES THAT THE PURCHASING OFFICER SENDS THE, UM, REQUEST FOR BIDS OUT TO.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE DESIGN GROUPS THAT I HAVE, UM, BEEN GIVEN EMAILS THAT I'LL SEND IT OUT TO AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY WALL? ONCE IT GOES OUT TOMORROW ON THE WEBSITE, EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
UM, SO EACH ONE OF THEIR ONE THAT CAN BE, THEY GONNA GIVE THEIR OWN CONCEPT OF WHAT IT GONNA BE, OR DO YOU GOT A, A GUIDE? THEY WON'T GIVE A CONCEPT UNTIL WE, UM, WHOEVER WE HIRE NOW AS PART OF THE BID, THEY DO HAVE TO PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS WORK AND, UM, QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE WORKING ON OUR PARTICULAR PROJECT.
HAVE WE COMPILED A VAULT OF INFORMATION OR, UM, IMAGES THAT ARE IN ONE PLACE THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU OR, I HAVE A FEW, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT.
I HAVE STILL HAVE SOME I HAVEN'T SUBMITTED TO YOU.
UH, I TALKED TO BILLY ABOUT, SO MS. WHITE, HE SAID MS. WHITE HAS QUITE A FEW THINGS, SO MM-HMM.
NOW WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, THE STUFF THAT CAME OUT, THE OLD STANLEY WHITE BUILDING, LIKE THE TROPHIES AND FLAGS AND WE HAVE ALL OF THAT STUFF, UM, AND IT'S, UH, STORED AWAY AND WE, THERE ARE PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE HISTORY WALL OR NOT.
I MEAN, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP, BUT IF NOT, OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THEM DISPLAYED SOME, SOME OF THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE MEGA CENTER.
UM, AS THOSE ARE ELEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO BE DEPICTED IN THIS HISTORY LAW, WILL THERE BE A TROPHY CASE OR ANYTHING? I KNOW THAT WE
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HAD QUITE A FEW TROPHIES.WERE THEY SALVAGED, UH, TO TOLD BE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT MR. WOODS WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I HAVE, WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOSE THAT ARE STORED AWAY THAT WE TOOK OUT OF THE RECREATION CENTER.
AND HOW ABOUT THOSE GRADUATION PICTURES? FROM, FROM WHEN WE WERE TODDLERS, MOST OF THEM WERE LARGE A LONG TIME AGO.
A LOT OF THOSE WERE OVER AT THE, UH, AT THE OMEGA CENTER THAT MR. WHITE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
THAT WAS WHERE THEY TOOK PLACE.
BECAUSE, UH, I'VE HAD, I, I'VE HAD A FEW, BUT A LOT OF THEM GOT MESSED UP IN THE, UH, THE FLOOD.
I HAVE ONE BECAUSE I FOUND THE EARS AGO WITH MY CLASS STILL IN THERE, AND I HAD PULLED IT OUT, SO.
BUT, UH, AFTER THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FLOOD CAME THROUGH, IT MESSED UP A LOT OF THAT.
WHEN ARE WE GONNA START TO COMPILE THE IMAGES, INFORMATION AND PICTURES TO KIND OF GET THEM IN ONE PLACE, OR AT LEAST DUPLICATES OF THOSE IMAGES SO THAT WE COULD AT LEAST HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, UM, TO KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE WE MAY BE GOING WHENEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO HAS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SUBMIT FROM THE COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN BRING IT BY MY OFFICE.
WE CAN MAKE COPIES, WE CAN SCAN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
AND I, WE CAN KEEP A FILE OF THOSE THERE.
LIKE I SAY, I HAVE A FEW THAT WERE GIVEN TO ME, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT.
ANY PICTURES THAT YOU HAVE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM OR WE HAVE A PERSON THAT CAN, SO THAT PERSON ACTIVITY DO SOMETHING.
SO WITH THE DESIGN AND THE COMPANY, ARE THEY GONNA, ARE THEY CONSIDERING WHAT IS PRESENTED TO THEM OR THEY GONNA USE IT? ARE THEY GONNA USE IT OR THEY JUST CONSIDER WHAT WE, UH, UH, PRESENT TO THEM? I, I CAN'T CONFIRM HOW MUCH OF IT THEY'LL USE.
IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL WE WANT WE DECIDE AND AGREE ON TO HAVE FOR THE HISTORY WALL.
SO I CAN'T SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT THEY'LL USE EVERYTHING, BUT NO, NO, NO.
YOU, WHEN YOU FIRST, UH, I MADE YOUR STATEMENT, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THEY WILL COME IN AND CONSIDER WHAT WE PRESENT TO THEM.
SO I'M WONDERING ARE THEY ACTUALLY GONNA USE, I KNOW THEY CAN'T USE EVERYTHING.
BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME IN AND DESIGN SOMETHING OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I WANT 'EM TO USE THE HISTORY THAT THAT'S THERE.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GONNA GATHER INPUT FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY DESIGN ANYTHING.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY MYSELF AND ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO APPROVE WHATEVER DESIGN IS FINALIZED, SO IT'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD BEFORE IT'LL COME BACK TO US OR JUST THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL COME BACK HERE.
IT'LL DEFINITELY PROBABLY GO BACK TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN FOR APPROVAL.
AND ONE MORE THING, UH, WITH, WITH THE TRACK, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW.
UM, HAVE Y'ALL CONSIDERED ANYTHING VISUAL ON THE WALLS, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE WALKING STILL? JUST PLAIN WALL.
HAVE Y'ALL CONSIDERED A TELEVISION OR LED, UH, LIGHTING OR WHATEVER? THERE ARE GONNA BE VARIOUS, UM, TELEVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
UM, DEFINITELY SOME IN THE, UM, FITNESS ROOM, CARDIO ROOM.
UM, AND WE HAVE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME IMAGES ALONG THE WALKING TRACK, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN DECIDED.
YEAH, I JUST, I HAD THAT THOUGHT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF SPACE.
HAVE THE SPECIFICATIONS BEEN, EXCUSE ME, GIVEN ON THE SIZE OF THE WALL, WE YES, THEY HAVE BEEN DE DETERMINED.
THAT'S PART OF THE, UM, PROPOSAL FOR BIDS.
SHOULD WE AS A COMMITTEE OR A COMMUNITY, UM, COME UP WITH A CONCEPT OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE HISTORY WALL BEFORE WE, UM,
UM, LIKE I SAID, I PUT IN THE PROPOSAL, THE HISTORY THAT WE WANT TO SEE RIGHT.
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OF THAT COMMUNITY, THE RECREATION CENTER, THE MEGA CENTER.UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT, I THINK THAT DEFINITELY GOES ALONG WITH GIVING THEM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY WOULD GIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE US EITHER SOME TYPE OF SURVEY TO TAKE OR PICTURES OR SOMETHING TO GET AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO SEE.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TWO.
AND WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF TIMELINE ARE WE LOOKING AT? I KNOW THE BIDS START TOMORROW.
WHAT IS IT? I THINK IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT CLOSE DATE ON THE BIDS.
IT'S MAY SOMETHING THE VERY BEGINNING OF MAY, I THINK THAT'S ONLY TWO WEEKS THAT IT GOES OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION ON THE BID IS DECEMBER 1ST.
AND THAT'S INSTALLING EVERYTHING.
DIDN'T, WASN'T ECU WORKING ON SOMETHING HISTORY WISE, OR IS THAT OUTSIDE? OUTSIDE? THAT WAS OUTSIDE AT HENDERSON PARK, I BELIEVE.
SOMETHING THAT THE ART, THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ART STUFF THEY WERE WORKING ON.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE THERE, WERE WORKING WITH SOMEBODY IN DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES OR SOMETHING.
THIS WOULD DEAL WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SEE, MOST, MOST KIDS AROUND HERE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG KIDS, DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE, WHERE THEY REALLY CAME FROM, WHAT THE SCHOOL, WHAT WAS BUILT FOR US, AND HOW WE WERE TOPS IN COMING FROM THOSE SCHOOLS.
SO PROCESS, THEY STILL TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM.
SO MOST, MOST KIDS OR MOST PEOPLE THAT GROW UP LEAST YOUNG THAN I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WEST STREET.
THEY DUNNO ANYTHING ABOUT, SOME OF THEM KNOW MORE ABOUT DUNFIELD, BUT THEY WENT TOFIELD ON ANOTHER PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL.
SO THOSE MAJOR SCHOOLS THAT PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE HAD TO GO TO.
AND SO THOSE SCHOOLS WERE TALKS, ALL OF 'EM WERE TAUGHT WEST WERE TALK, JP WERE TALK, ALL OF 'EM WERE TALKED THROUGH WITH PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
EVEN THE WORLD IF YOU HAD TO MATCH UP WITH.
SO THOSE SCHOOLS WILL BE LOST IF THERE'S NO PICTURE OF IT.
AND PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE THAT JUST I SAY FLEW IN HERE OR COME IN HERE OR BEEN HERE, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, NEVER WENT TO THE SCHOOLS, THEY NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE EDUCATION THAT YOU WERE GETTING OR THE TEACHER YOU GET OUTTA SCHOOL.
I, I THINK IT NEED TO BE SOMETHING TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT MOST OLDER PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A IDEA.
HEY, YOU AIN'T GOT ANY QUESTIONS DOWN THERE, MR. WOODS GETTING YOU UP TO SPEED? YEAH, I, I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION OUTSIDE THE HISTORY WALLS, JUST KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN HENDERSON PARK.
UM, WE'RE WORKING TO GET BACK OVER THERE.
IT BEING KIND OF WET WHEN THEY STARTED MOVING SOME OF THAT DIRT AROUND AND TRYING TO LET IT DRY OUT SOME MORE.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN, UH, FITNESS EQUIPMENT IN TO INSTALL.
UM, AND THOSE WILL BE THE NEXT THINGS.
AND THEN ALSO PURCHASING, UH, POLES FOR LIGHTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO AROUND THE BASKETBALL COURT.
UH, WHEN, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS AT AT THAT TO FIELD? UH, WE HAVE NOT GOT TO THAT YET.
THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE LAST THINGS.
IS EVERYTHING STILL ON TRACK AS FAR AS THE DATE FOR THE, FOR THE FACILITY HELP? YES.
DID UM, UH, GEORGE BROOKS FROM FIRST TEE COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT POSSIBLY PUTTING LIKE A, A PAR THREE OUT THERE? I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM RECENTLY.
IT'S BEEN, GOSH, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN HE CAME AND TALKED TO ME.
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HIM.I TALKED TO HIM IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME.
MAYBE JUST, I KNOW THAT HE HAD A BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON.
UM, WITH THE HISTORY, WHILE WE THOUGHT ABOUT, I KNOW WE WAS GOT BIDS GOING OUT AND CHECKING THE WEBSITE, BUT, UM, TO MR. WHITE'S POINT OF VIEW, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS DO THAT TO WHERE THAT THEY COULD LEARN THEIR HISTORY AND DO THAT? UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT, LIKE, I NOTICED DESIGN, WHOEVER WE HIRED PART OF IT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO RESEARCH AND FIND THE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE STANCE OF LETTING A YOUNG GROUP DO IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO HAVE IT UNPROFESSIONALLY.
UM, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
I KNOW EARLY ON, UH, DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT, UH, IN THE HISTORY ROOM HAVING, UH, VIGIL AND AUDIO OF, OF THE HISTORY AND THAT TALKING ABOUT TOO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP A WHOLE LOT TOO.
YOU KNOW, UH, NOT EVEN JUST THE CITIZENS, BUT IF VISITORS COME IN AND THEY GO THAT ROOM AND THEY HIT A BUTTON OR PRESS A BUTTON AND IT STARTS TELLING YOU DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE CENTER, ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO RAN THE CENTER, UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE I, I'VE BEEN TO OTHER STATES AND GO TO RECREATION DEPARTMENT WHO WALK IN AND GOING THAT, THAT ROOM, YOU HAVE FACEBOOK, YOU HAVE COMPUTER, JUST PRESS A BUTTON AND START TELLING YOU THE HISTORY.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD, ALONG WITH THE VISUAL.
SO INTERNALLY, I GUESS, HAVE YOU GUYS STARTED TALK, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON WHO'S GONNA RUN THAT TEAM? LIKE WHO'S GONNA BE IN CHARGE OF THAT, THAT FACILITY? I'VE MADE REQUESTS FOR NEW POSITIONS.
BUT I CAN'T, I, AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE IN THOSE POSITIONS.
UH, I HAVE REQUESTED, SO IS IT LIKE A, A DIRECTOR OR A IT'LL BE A CENTER SUPERVISOR.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL STAFF, I REQUESTED FITNESS COORDINATOR.
UM, AND SEVERAL PART-TIME POSITIONS.
WOULD, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST UNDERSTANDING THAT'S GONNA BE A, A FACILITY? I GUESS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE CITY AT LARGE IS GONNA USE, DO YOU STILL THINK BECAUSE OF THE, THE HISTORY BEHIND THAT, THAT SOMEONE FROM THAT COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE KIND OF AT THE HELM OF THAT? OR IS THAT NOT A FOCUS? I MEAN, IT'LL, IF THEY, SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR IT AND THEY INTERVIEW AND THEY'RE A FIT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.
BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SEARCHING OUT PEOPLE TO APPLY.
SO THERE'S NO RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
IT'S EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.
SO BECAUSE US A NEW FACILITY, THE, UH, THE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR WITH AUTOMATICALLY GO OVER TO IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEW BUILDING.
HE WAS, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE, THE OLD FACILITY.
THEY COULDN'T JUST PUSH HIM OVER TO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO START HOLDING FRESH.
THE PERSON WHO WAS OVER AT THE STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER PREVIOUSLY WAS PROMOTED TO RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO, UM, THE POSITION OF CENTER SUPERVISOR, ONCE THE BUILDING CLOSED DURING HURRICANE FLORENCE, UH, WE NO LONGER FIELD THAT POSITION.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A PERSON THAT HAS ON STAFF THAT PREVIOUSLY RUN IT THAT'S STILL IN THAT POSITION.
SOMETHING, IT DOESN'T SEEM JUST TO ME, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IF WE DON'T GET SOMEBODY THAT REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND SOMEBODY THAT'S A GOOD, WELL, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THAT REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY, IT DEPENDS ON WHO APPLIES FOR THE POSITION.
AND I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND AND I JUST PROPOSE THAT QUESTION JUST SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
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FORECAST LOOKS.BUT, UM, YEAH, I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE, DO YOU KNOW WHEN, LIKE IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR THAT HENDERSON PARK SITUATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? IS IT STILL KIND OF, I MEAN, THERE WAS A DRAWING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER HAS KIND OF SLOWED SOME THINGS DOWN.
BUT WHAT, WHAT IS KIND OF THE, WHEN SHOULD THAT BE COMPLETED? A MAJORITY OF THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JUNE.
NOW, NOT ALL OF WHAT WE HAD IN THAT, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN ELEMENTS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO BE DONE WITH SOME OF THAT BY THE END OF JUNE AND THAT MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY OR FIELD THIS YEAR.
SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THE FOOTBALL TEAM THAT YOU GUYS HAD THAT WON'T BE READY FOR THEM THIS YEAR? NOT LIKELY NOT WITH US HAVING TO FEEL AND ELEVATE THAT FIELD.
ARE YOU GUYS HAVING GOOD PARTICIPATION IN REGARDS TO THAT FOR THE FOOTBALL? YEAH.
UM, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD THE FIRST TEAM IN TWO YEARS, WHICH WAS PRETTY GOOD.
UM, AND THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A, UM, IT'S LIKE A, IT'S NOT A CAMP, BUT LIKE A CONDITIONING TYPE THING TO COME OUT AND WORK ON CONDITIONING AND PREPARING FOR THE SEASON THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK WE HAVE, WAS IT 13 OR 16 SIGNED UP FOR THAT? SO DECENT.
BUT I THINK, UH, TORRANCE IS WORKING ON TRYING TO RECRUIT AND BUILD THAT UP SOME MORE.
THE NEED WILL CONSIST OF WHAT TEAMS? OR WOULD THAT BE INDEPENDENT TEAM? SAY FOR INSTANCE, I WANT TO BRING A TEAM IN.
N NO, WE, UM, SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE CITY? YES.
LIKE WHAT WE DID THIS PAST FALL, THEY PLAYED AGAINST KINS, LENOIR COUNTY RECREATION IS WHAT THEY DID THIS PAST YEAR.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE, THEY WON'T BE IN THE POP WARN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT NO, WE DIDN'T BE A TOP, UH, TIMELINE BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN, UM, POP WARNER.
UM, IT JUST DIDN'T GO ALONG WITH WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
AND THERE WERE SOME, YOU KNOW, REASONS WHY WE CHOSE NOT TO.
BUT I WAS SAYING WHEN WE GO BACK TO THAT, I MEAN, IT'S INDEPENDENT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DID, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW THAT MAYBE THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WE WERE PLAYING SOME TEAMS IN CLINTON AND AROUND IN THAT AREA AND STUFF.
WHEN WE GET IN A, LIKE SAY A CONFERENCE TYPE, IF WE CAN BUILD OUR TEAMS UP ENOUGH, UM, CAUSE I KNOW POP WARNER REQUIRES A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WE PREVIOUSLY COULD NOT MEET.
AND LIKE YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE SO MANY TEAMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME WE COULDN'T YEAH.
PROVIDE THAT MANY TEAMS FOR US TO BE PART OF THAT.
SO, BUT UH, WE DO THAT INDEPENDENT LIKE THAT UNTIL WE GET THAT WHEEL AND BE KIND OF STRUCTURED LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THAT, UH, FOOTBALL NEEDS THAT, UH, PACK TRUCKS WITH THE WEIGHT AND UH, THE TEAM LIMITS.
WE STILL FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND REQUIRE THE SAME, UM, ASSESSMENTS AND PHYSICALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND COACHES, UH, DID THEY ALL REQUIRE, UH, UH, THE COACHES LAST YEAR TO GET CERTIFIED OR, UM, THEY DIDN'T, WERE NOT CERTIFIED.
WELL, WHEN THE YEAR COMING UP WITH THE TIME COMING UP WITH THEY BE, YES.
WELL, AND TO ME, THAT'S A BIG THING TO ME BECAUSE, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO OUT THERE AND COACH JUST DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING.
BUT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO THROUGH, OF COURSE IT HELPS THEM, UH, WHEN THEY ESPECIALLY GO OUT THERE TO PRACTICE AND EVERYTHING, ALL COACHES HAD TO TAKE A TEST.
WE, WE TEST WHEN WE WERE THERE, EVERYBODY HAD TO BE, OH YEAH.
WE DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL, EVERYBODY HAD TO BE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND, UH, AND CERTIFIED.
HEY, HEY REG, WHAT WAS UM, DOC'S NAME THAT DID ALL THE PHYSICALS? UH, HE JUST PASSED? YEAH.
UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL WITH, UM, KIDS BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR PHYSICALS DONE.
AND, UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US AS A COMMUNITY DO SOMETHING IN HIS HONOR.
AND I THINK ONE OF, SINCE WE HAVE ROOMS AVAILABLE AT STANLEY, THE NEW GYM, ONE OF THE ROOMS REALLY NEEDS TO BE NAMED AFTER
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DR.BROWNWELL BECAUSE HE WAS, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, KIDS GOT PHYSICALS FOR $5 OR WHATEVER THEY HAD IN ORDER TO PLAY POP WARNER TO CHEERLEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
I MEAN, HE WOULD JUST, AND HE WOULD RUN A HEALTH CLINIC FOR A MONTH TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS GOT PHYSICALS.
AND HE DID THAT WELL UP UNTIL HE WAS UNABLE TO DO IT.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE OWE HIM AS A COMMUNITY TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM.
I KNOW IT'S POSTHUMOUS SLEEVE DUMP WILL BE DONE.
HOWEVER, I STILL THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.
I'LL, WE WILL TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND I WILL BE THE, I WILL BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD IF I HAVE TO.
'CAUSE, UM, MYSELF AND DOC AND REVEREND JOHNSON WAS TALKING, YOU KNOW, AND I TOLD REVEREND JOHNSON ABOUT IT 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT DR.
BARNWELL DID THAT, BUT HE DID THAT FOR YEARS.
SAY AGAIN? HE STARTED IN HEARD EIGHTIES.
BASED ON THE LAST MEETING, HOW MANY, UH, HAVE YOU GUYS GOTTEN ANY REGISTRATION CARDS WHERE Y'ALL AT? THE REGISTRATION, THE REC DESK CARDS? YEAH, THE, THE PAPER I DONE.
THE FORM THAT YOU HAD GIVEN US.
NO, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUNETEENTH TRYING TO, UM, BE OUT THERE AND MAKE AWARE THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S COMING UP.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET REGISTERED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, CAN YOU EMAIL THAT TO US? THAT FORM? I KNOW YOU GAVE US A HARD COPY OF IT.
AND SO, IS IT APPROPRIATE IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET, IF WE HAVE SOME CONTACT SITE, FOR INSTANCE, WITH PREGNANT TERRACE OR, OR PREGNANT TERRACE AND TO GET THAT FORM TO SOMEONE THERE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT FORM AND TO YOU GUYS, IS THAT APPROPRIATE? MM-HMM.
CAN YOU EMAIL THAT FOR US? YEP.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS OR IF EVERYBODY IS IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.