* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GO DOWN. [00:00:01] I GOT SIX O'CLOCK. WE'LL [Parks & Recreation Committee on April 14, 2025.] CALL THIS MEETING. ORDER. ROLL CALL PLEASE. SHELBY. HERE. CALLIE. HERE. MEREDITH. S SCOTT. SCOTT. PRESENT. LEONARD'S MISSING. DENNY HERE. AND MARCIA HERE. AND IT'S MARCY. MARCY. I KNEW THAT WHEN I SAID I'M SORRY, MARCY, YOU HAVE MINUTES FROM, UH, MARCH 10TH. HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THOSE OVER. SEE, ANY THINGS NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. I ONLY SEE ONE THING. THE DATES SAYS 2024 AT THE TOP. OH, THANK YOU. I'LL FIX THAT SIGNATURE. OKAY. IF ANYBODY, Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL TAKE MOTION. SECOND. THE MOTION IS A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING MINUTES. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. UH, WE'LL GO MOVE US ON TO OUR OLD BUSINESS. UM, PROJECT UPDATES. WELL, I JUST GOT HIS NAME SCRATCHED OUT. I TAKE ALL RIGHT. YEAH. UH, PROJECT UPDATES, UH, CHERRYWOOD PLAYGROUND. WE HAVE THE TREES DOWN. UM, WE'RE WAITING FOR A FIRM START DATE FOR THEM TO COME START INSTALLING. UM, WE DID LEAVE THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND AND SWING SET TO BE REMOVED RIGHT BEFORE THEY GET HERE TO DO THAT. UH, SO WE CAN STILL ENJOY THAT. UM, THE GUYS ARE HEAVY IN TO GET THE BULLS READY AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL OPEN THE END THE NEXT MONTH. SO WE'LL GET TWO BULLS READY AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD READY TO OPEN. UM, WE ARE GETTING QUOTES TO GET THE ROAD BEHIND FIELD ONE ASPHALTED. UH, HOPEFULLY I SHOULD HAVE A NUMBER TOMORROW, SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, THAT PUSHED THROUGH AND MOVING FORWARD. UM, SO THE, THE, THE PICTURE MAY JUST SHOWED Y'ALL IS WHAT WE'RE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT. BUT I KNOW LAST MEETING I WASN'T HERE, BUT THEY TALKED ABOUT PICTOR PARK, POSSIBLY BASKETBALL COURT. YES. SO WHAT, I KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING, SHE WAS SAYING ANYWAY, SO I KNOW Y'ALL PROBABLY NOTICED IT RAINED A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK. JUST A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. SO THAT WAS ALL UNDER WATER WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE A BAPTIST. SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING, UH, DUE TO THE FLOODING, DUE TO THE DEBRIS, DUE TO ALL THAT THAT CAME THROUGH THERE. UM, GOING BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL PLAN, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH IT, WITH, UM, DURAM PARK. YEP. UM, BASICALLY MOVING THAT BASKETBALL COURT OVER THERE, TAKING THE TOP PART OUT, MAKING THAT EXTRA PARKING. UM, THE LOWER, WHERE THE LOWER TENNIS COURT IS NOW, THAT WOULD BE THE BASKETBALL COURT. OKAY. YEAH. SO, AND THAT WAS KIND OF AN IDEA. WE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING WITH THE ART SCHOOL BEING RIGHT THERE, KIND OF TIE THE TWO TOGETHER AND THEN OH YEAH. AND AN OUTDOOR RESTROOM OVER THERE. SINCE I CAN'T GET IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE THAT HOUSE RIGHT THERE, THAT WAS THE COP HOUSE IS FIXING TO BE TORN DOWN. I'VE GOT TWO UTILITIES, UNBOOKED, UH, LIKE THE WATER AND THEN IT'LL BE COMING DOWN. OKAY. SO I GUESS YOU CAN ADD THAT MORE OF OUR PROJECTS IN THE HOUSE CAME OVER. I THINK PD USED IT AS A SWAT TRAINING THE OTHER DAY. SO THEY DID. IT'S COMING DOWN ALRIGHT. ABOUT ALL I GOT. ALRIGHT. AND ON THE PROGRAM SIDE OF THINGS, UH, JUST GOT SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW AND ON RIGHT NOW. UH, THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM MAXIMUM ABOUT 150 KIDS. WE'RE SITTING AT 145. MOST OF THE GROUPS ARE FULL, UH, ALREADY, UH, WITH WAITING LISTS, BEGINNING TO, UH, ACCUMULATE TO PEOPLE ON 'EM, UM, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY GOOD PLACE TO BE. UM, WE COULD POSSIBLY TAKE MORE KIDS, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD TO TAKE MORE KIDS WHEN THE VANS ARE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE THE VANS FOR FIELD TRIPS. SO ONE 50 IS THE MAX. WE'RE GONNA CAP IT AND LEAVE IT THERE. UM, AS THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER PROGRESSES, HOW THAT TYPICALLY WORKS IS IF A KID IS EITHER REMOVED OR THEIR PARENTS CHOOSE OTHER OPTIONS OR THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY HOME, WE'LL CALL SOMEBODY ON THE WAITING LIST, UH, CAN GO THROUGH THE LIST RIGHT THERE AND SEE IF, UH, THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED IN COMING OUR PROGRAM. MOST OF THE TIMES THEY NEED TO FIND SOMETHING. SO THAT WAITING LIST THAT WE MAY HAVE 20 NAMES ON, YOU MAY HAVE TWO OR THREE THAT ARE STILL INTERESTED IN COMING BECAUSE THEY GOTTA FIND SOMETHING FOR THEIR KIDS. SO, UH, BUT THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO BE JUST ABOUT FULL UP ALREADY. SO WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE VEHICLES TO TRANSPORT WELL. CORRECT. AND I MEAN, REALISTICALLY WITH THE, THE, UH, LOGISTICS OF MOVING DIFFERENT PARTS AND DIFFERENT GROUPS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, IT, IT DOES TAKE AWAY STAFF BECAUSE ON FIELD TRIPS I'D RATHER SEND MORE STAFF, UH, HAVE MORE EYES ON KIDS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S LIKE A WATER PART TYPE OF SITUATION. SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. UH, THE LICENSE CAN GO UP TO 192, BUT EVEN, YOU KNOW, YEARS AND YEARS WHEN I RAN IT, IT WAS, WE, IT WAS ABOUT 1 40, 1 50 WE'D HAVE THERE, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, [00:05:01] THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. UM, SHARKS, UH, SHERWOOD SHARKS REGISTRATION IS OPEN. UM, THEY JUST HAD A 5K THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, HANNAH GAVE ME WERE 106, 114 PARTICIPANTS. I SAW A LOT OF THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF IT. IT LOOKED LIKE AN ABSOLUTE GREAT TIME AGAIN. SO A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. UH, I THINK THE TRYOUTS ARE A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY. MM-HMM . IS THAT CORRECT? THE TRYOUTS FOR THE SHARKS IS GONNA BE APRIL 26TH AND 27TH AT BILL HARMON A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY. WE GOTTA GET A PUSH ON GETTING KIDS ENROLLED IN THE REGISTER FOR THAT. SO, UH, WE MAY NEED TO PUSH THAT OUT FACEBOOK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON OUR TV LIST, MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY'RE DOING THAT AS WELL. UM, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WISE, UM, I THINK WE TOLD ENDED UP WITH 36 TEAMS, 4 46 PLAYERS. UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DO OUR FIRST OPENING CEREMONIES THIS PAST WEEK. UM, PRETTY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. WE RAN INTO A PRESEASON TOURNAMENT RIGHT AFTER THAT. UH, THERE WAS SOME BUMPS IN ROAD. A LOT OF NOBODY NOTES, BUT WE NOTICED. UM, SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF STILL ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE CAN GET BETTER AT AS YEAR ONE PROGRESSES. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY AND DO BETTER. UM, SOME OF THAT JUST POPS UP AS IT IS. HOWEVER, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS OUT THERE GETTING TO PLAY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCORPORATE A AND WE TRY TO DO IT WITHOUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WITH AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION. IT JUST DIDN'T PAN OUT. YEAH. UM, WE STILL DO HAVE SOME CURRENT SCHEDULING ISSUES THAT COULD, COULD COME OVER NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. HOWEVER, THE SCHEDULE IS ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE LET EVERYBODY KNOW. SO, UM, FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. UM, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE, THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE WAY THAT, UH, THE WAY THAT IT WAS RECEIVED ON THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THINGS. UM, ONLY BIGGER AND BETTER FROM HERE THAT, UH, THAT IS THE UPDATE FOR PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS. YEAH. BUT IT WAS FUN TO THE OPENING CEREMONIES, IT WAS FUN. IT WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, GRANDPARENTS MM-HMM . AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY BIG FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING. I, I DID HAVE ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT CAME ABOUT SOME SIGNAGE OR SOMETHING FOR PARKING BY THE SOFTBALL FIELDS. UM, I'LL GET WITH YOU OFFLINE, BUT THERE, I I THOUGHT YOU WERE, IT'S IF IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL THAT I'M THINKING OF THAT WAS DURING A, UH, HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL GAME. YEAH. CAME UP TO THE, AND I'LL JUST SHARE IT FROM THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED. INDIVIDUAL THAT FROM, NOT ILS FROM AN ABUNDANT LIFE. YES. UH, SCHOOL, UH, A GRANDPARENT WENT UP AND PARKED BY OUR STAFF WAS, OR YOU KNOW, UP BY THE CONCESSION AREA, UH, WAS ASKED TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLE AND WASN'T AS ACCOMMODATING OR WAS RECEPTIVE OF THAT. SO AN EMAIL ASKED HIM OUT ABOUT THAT. HOWEVER, WE CAN PUT A SIGN UP THAT SAYS AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL. YEAH. I WILL SAY THIS ALSO THAT I THINK MAYOR CAN EVEN SPEAK TO IT. MY FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE JOB, WAY BACK WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HOPPED THE, UH, THE CURVES BEHIND SILVER, BEHIND THE, AT TENNIS CENTER AND MADE THEIR WAY TO PARKING BY THE FIELDS THEMSELVES. SO STUFF HAPPENS, WE ADDRESS IT THE BEST WE CAN AND I THINK AUSTIN AND STAFF TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION, BUT THEY WEREN'T, UH, VERY RECEPTIVE TO IT, WHICH IS FINE. SO IT IS, YEAH. I JUST, I WANNA ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ASPHALT GOING IN BEHIND FIELD ONE, IT MAKES ME NERVOUS. I, I THINK THAT'S, WE NEED THE ASPHALT BEHIND FIELD ONE, BUT WE GOTTA HAVE A WAY TO KEEP A GATE UP. IF YOU EVER GO, LIKE TONIGHT WHEN CARS STILL COME THAT WAY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHEN THEY COME, LITTLE KIDS ARE EVERYWHERE ON, ESPECIALLY ON A BIG EVENT. AND WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY GO, I MEAN, USUALLY FOR US, WE ALWAYS GO DOWN THERE AND CLOSE THAT GATE, BUT THAT'S JUST PROBABLY ON THAT FRONT END. 'CAUSE THEN IF THEY, IF YOU EVER CLOSE IT CLOSEST TO THE RIGHT FIELD LINE, WHEN THE CARS TRY TO BACK UP TO TRY TO GO BACK, MOVE FENCE. YEP. SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I THINK THEY MOVE THE GATE. I I'M WITH YOU. AND I THINK THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE ASPHALT IS NOT FOR PEOPLE TO GO, IT'S FOR THE TRAIL OF LIGHTS. I, I AGREE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA KEEP IT OPEN FOR STAFF AND THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM. HOWEVER, WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO HAVE OUR STAFF UP THERE AT THE TOP, CLOSE THE GATES. 'CAUSE UH, COACH, THERE'S A COUPLE COACHES, WHEN I'M HELPING, I'M HELPING A TEAM THAT ARE PARKING BY THE FIELDS. SO I ASKED THEM TO SHUT THE GATES ON THAT AND THEY DON'T DRIVE UP THERE WITH ALL THE KIDS. SO THERE'S, I MEAN THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT WE INTERNALLY CAN, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS WHEN YOU COME FROM OUT OF TOWN AND YOU GOOGLE, YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE. IT COMES UP DJ HUDSON. AND SO WHEN YOU JUST COME UP D DJ HUDSON, THAT'S WHERE, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING. AND THEY'RE, WE USED TO HAVE SIGNS TO THE PARTY, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING, JUST TO MAKE SURE. 'CAUSE [00:10:01] WE, IT'S JUST ONE OF MY FEARS, THOSE LITTLE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND AND SOME, MOST PEOPLE GO REALLY, REALLY SLOW. BUT THERE WAS ONE THE OTHER NIGHT THAT WENT REALLY, REALLY FAST AND HAD TO STEP IN FRONT OF IT. PEOPLE OVER COURSE HOP OFF THE STUFF. SO I'M, I'M WITH YOU. I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN UH, THE GATES UP AND LEAVE THERE AND THEN COMMUNICATE. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE THING. UH, BLAKE THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR CREW FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH THE 5K. UH, Y'ALL REALLY HELPED MAKE THE EVENT SUCCESSFUL AND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, THOSE TEENAGERS WERE AMAZING VOLUNTEERS FOR US. THAT'S AWESOME. AND SO WE, I WAS AT THE FINISH LINE AND I WAS HELPING GIVE OUT THE AWARDS AND EVERYBODY THAT CAME ACROSS, THEY SAID THEY LOVED THE ROUTE, THEY LOVED THAT IT WAS CLEARLY MARKED. THEY HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. GOOD EXPERIENCE. THEY'LL COME BACK. YEP. APPRECIATE THAT. ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR THE POSITIVE SIDE THINGS, BUT IT MOVES ON DOWN TO NEW BUSINESS. UM, RAN SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, KIND OF HIT THAT IN THE, UH, PROJECT UPDATES. THAT'S WHAT THE GRANT, YEAH. WELL, SO YEAH, THAT'LL BE BASICALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THE UH, BASKETBALL COURT. WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THE GRANT FOR PICK ON. BUT AS WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RAIN FLOODING AND ANYWAY, BACK TO THE GRANT OVER AT THE, WELL THE GRANT PARK. YEAH. I SAID THE YOUTH CENTER. BUT GRANT, GOOD DEAL. WE, WE'LL APPLY FOR THAT. ALRIGHT. IT TAKES US DOWN TO ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST THURSDAY OR THE THIRD THURSDAY IN THE PARKS FIRST CONCERT COUNT. SET IT BACKWARDS. THAT'S FINE. UH, IS THIS THURSDAY? SIX TO 8:00 PM UM, THE CITY HALL PARK, TRAGICALLY WHITE WILL BE THERE. AND THEN APRIL 20TH AT 2:00 PM EAST EGG HUNT HERE AT CITY HALL. SO THOSE ARE THE NEXT COUPLE EVENTS WE GOT COMING UP. 15,000 EGGS. YEAH. 15,000 EGGS IS GONNA BE DROPPED. SO, YEAH. GOOD DEAL. IT'S GONNA TAKE LIKE THREE SECONDS. YEP. YEAH. GOTCHA. I GUESS WHAT WE NEED IS, UM, A MOTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO SEND IT TO COUNCIL FOR THE GRANT. THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, PIVOT AND GO FROM PICK THORN TO BACK TO UH, DUR PARK. OKAY. SO WE NEED A MOTION FROM, UH, FROM OUR BODY HERE TO TAKE THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY. BACK TO THE COUNCIL. MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. FERGUSON SECOND. WHO WAS THAT? DENNY. MR. SMITH. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT IS AN AGENDA. I HEAR A MOTION FOR ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A. A. AYE. . HE LIKES THAT HAMMER. THAT'S. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.