* 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. [00:00:01] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I [1. Call meeting to order ] GOT SIX O'CLOCK. WE'LL CALL THIS, UH, SHERWOOD PARKS AND RECS MEETING. JULY 21ST. MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST OFF, LET ME TELL EVERYBODY THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE VIDEO. WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT WE WILL HAVE AUDIO TONIGHT. JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW. UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO COLORADO, I GUESS. YEP. OKAY. SHELBY? HERE. MEREDITH HERE. CALLIE? HERE. DENNY? HERE. MARCY HERE. LEONARD HERE. AND WE'RE MISSING SCOTT. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE YOUR [3. Approval of April 14, 2025 Minutes ] MINUTES FROM MY APRIL 14TH MEETING BEFORE YOU, ANYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THEM? ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MOTION I MOTION WE ACCEPT. SECOND. I HAVE FIRST MR. SMITH AND A SECOND. MS. TIPTON. ALL IN FAVOR? APPROVING 'EM. SAY AYE. A. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. [4. Public Hearing for Lake Cherrywood ] WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE NEED TO OPEN UP AT THIS POINT. UH, MAYOR, I'LL ALLOW YOU TO, TO OPEN THAT UP. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS, UH, PART OF THE GRANT, A REQUIREMENT FOR IT. THIS GRANT IS FOR THIS SPILLWAY AT LAKE CHERRYWOOD. IT IS, UM, IN DISREPAIR. UM, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE PURCHASED, UM, THE LAKE, THE, THE BULK OF THE LAKE. AND, UM, AND SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE ALLOWED TO BE STALKED BY GAME AND FISH, WE NEED FOR THAT SPILLWAY TO BE REPAIRED. SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY THE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. IT IS A, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT QUALIFIES FOR IT. I'VE ACTUALLY, UH, DRIVEN THE SECRETARY OF PARKS AND TOURISM, UM, AROUND SHERWOOD. UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS I SHOWED HIM. HE EVEN GAVE US THE IDEA OF A COMPANY THAT DOES KAYAKING, KIOSK, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A BOAT RAMP AND ONCE A SPILLWAY IS REPAIRED, THE WATER LEVELS WILL BE ABLE TO GET UP TO THE LEVELS IN WHICH THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, WHICH WOULD MAKE THAT BOAT RAMP USABLE, WHICH GIVES US JUST ANOTHER AMENITY IN SHERWOOD AS WELL AS A GREAT FISHING LAKE. IT'D BE A FUN KAYAKING LAKE AS WELL. AND THE WAY THAT THAT WORKS, UM, BASICALLY IT COSTS US NOTHING. YOU PROVIDE THE ELECTRICITY FOR THE KIOSKS. PEOPLE USE A CARD AND WE GET A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF IT. SO IT'S A GREAT WIN-WIN. UM, THE PROJECT IS JUST OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO OUR PART IS BASICALLY 20,000 AND SOME CHANGE AND, UM, WITH THE STATE DOING THE, UM, 80,000 AND CHANGE. UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IT. UM, CERTAINLY THE SECRETARY OF PARKS AND TOURISM THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT PROJECT, A BEAUTIFUL AREA. THEY LOVED THE FACT OF THE BASKETBALL COURT. THEIR SIGN WAS UP. THEY LIKED THE FACT THAT IT WAS DONE QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY. THEY, WE SLOWED THEM THE SCHEMATICS AND, UM, THE LAYOUT OF THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT GOING UP. SO THIS JUST HELPS TO ENHANCE THAT. AND THEY COULD ALSO SEE THE FACT THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ALSO IS GOOD ON REJUVENATING, WHICH BRINGS ABOUT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, OF THAT AREA GIVING, GETTING MORE INVESTMENT IN IT. SO, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT. WE'VE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, OR WE, THIS IS PART OF THE, THE, YOU HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING. YEP. UM, IF THERE'S A PARKS COMMITTEE. SO THEY'RE LIKE CERTAIN THINGS, BOXES YOU HAVE TO CHECK OFF. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. I FIGURED THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME IN WHICH TO DO THAT. AND THEN IT GOES, UM, WITH Y'ALL'S BLESSING, IT THEN GOES BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING COMING UP AND THE DEADLINE IS AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO I THINK IT'S LIKE THE 30TH MAYBE. BUT ANYWAY, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING. WE'VE GOT THE DRAWINGS, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING READY TO GO. WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE GRANT AND THIS IS PART OF IT. AND LORD KNOWS THE COUNCIL HAD ENOUGH GRANTS ALREADY LAST MONTH, WHICH IS WHY I DIDN'T WANNA THROW THIS ON TOP OF IT. SO, UM, 'CAUSE WE WERE STILL GETTING THE PRICING AND EVERYTHING AT THAT TIME AND WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE COMPLETE TO BRING TO COUNCIL AND TO YOU GUYS. [00:05:01] SO, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING? I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, UH, PARTICIPATING IT. WE HAVE SOME, UH, NEW PEOPLE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. SO I WILL DEFINITELY, UH, BE GETTING THEIR SIGNATURES ON THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING, SO. AWESOME. ALRIGHT. IF YOU WANNA CLOSE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING [5.a. Project Updates Lake Cherrywood Playground Verona Park Improvements ] THAT MOVES US ON TO OUR OLD BUSINESS, UH, PROJECT UPDATES. ALRIGHT. I WILL, UH, SEE WE HAVE A COUPLE ON THERE. THERE'S A COUPLE, UH, THAT I'LL ADD AFTER THAT. UH, LET'S START WITH LAKE CHERRYWOOD. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, UH, I WENT OUT THERE EVEN 20 MINUTES AGO. THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING ON THE PLAYGROUND AND, AND AS WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT AGO, IT IS, IT IS A LOT BIGGER THAN WE REALIZED HOW, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, HOW TALL IT IS. IT IS GOING TO BE, UM, AN AMAZING, AMAZING PLAYGROUND. UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE ANTICIPATED DATE IS STILL EARLY AUGUST TO BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP. UH, WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT. UM, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS LAKE CHERRYWOOD GOES RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS. SO WE'VE, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THERE, YOU'VE SEEN THAT WE'VE CLEARED OUT SOME DIRT AND WE'VE GOT A GRAVEL PAD DOWN THAT WE'RE GONNA LAY ASPHALT DOWN. UH, WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE EXACTLY, UM, THE POPULARITY OF THE BASKETBALL COURT. AND THEN YOU THROW THE PLAYGROUND IN THERE, IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO HAVE MORE PARKING. AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE SPACE AND GET AS MUCH PARKING AS WE CAN. UH, SO WE MEASURED OUT, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE TWO ROWS OF DIAGONAL PARKING OVER THERE AND, UM, THEN WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO PARK SOME BY THE COURTS THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, IT SHOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT MORE SO THEY'RE NOT UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES DOWN. THOSE ARE GOOD PROBLEMS TO HAVE. THEY REALLY HAVE. IT'S A GOOD PROBLEMS TO HAVE. PROBLEM IS GOING AROUND THAT CURVE THOUGH, IF THEY'RE PARKING AROUND THAT CURVE. YEAH. IT IS GONNA BE A, IT'S GONNA BE A DANGEROUS ACCIDENT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN. YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WISH WE HAD MORE PARKING OVER AT HENSON'S. A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE WANT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE MORE PARKING, SO, UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, ONCE THE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, SURFACING IS GOING IN, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING UP THE LIGHTS FOR THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF AS WELL AS THE PARKING LIGHTS. SO THOSE LIGHTS WILL GO UP SHORTLY AFTER THEY, THEY GET THEIR BASE IN. UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO VERONA PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED OUT THERE. UM, THERE'S A BASKETBALL, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURT OUT THERE, UM, IS, AND SIMILAR TO THE ONE AT CHERRY WOOD, THAT IS, IN MY VIEW, A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS. UH, THERE IS A FALL OFF ON ONE OF THE SIDES THAT, UM, SOUTH SOUTH FROM RO FROM EROSION. IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS A LENGTHY FALL OFF. SO WE'VE REMOVED THE BASKETBALL GOAL ON THAT SIDE. WE'RE GONNA PUT FENCING AROUND IT. WE'RE, AND WE'VE ALSO STARTED WITH THE PAINTING OF THE GAZEBO OR THE PAINTING OF, UM, SOME, SOME BENCHES OUT THERE. WE'RE GONNA DO SOME AESTHETIC LOOKS, SOME THINGS ARE THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW WITHIN BUDGET. UM, BUT THAT IS A, UH, MUCH NEEDED, UH, SPRUCE UP TO THAT, THAT PARK. UH, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S GONNA PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE SAFETY FOR THE, FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WENT THERE AND PLAY BASKETBALL AND I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A EXTREME FALL OFF. CAN I ADD ONTO THAT? SURE. UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS WHEN WE MEASURED IT, I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A FULL BASKETBALL COURT, BUT IT IS A HALF BASKETBALL COURT, SO IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO THEN JUST DO THE ONE SIDE, WHICH WILL MAKE IT SAFE, BUT IT'S WIDER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD TRADITIONALLY SEE. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING, UM, FOUR SQUARE AND HOPSCOTCH, JUST SOME LITTLE EXTRA THINGS TO UTILIZE THAT CONCRETE PAD, UM, AS WELL. SO MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE MULTIPART. OH, AND THEN THE SWING SET. YEAH. THE SWING SET. CORRECT. SO YEAH. SO THERE'LL BE A BORDER, A BORDER AROUND IT. NEW STUFF GOING DOWN BECAUSE IT'S, UM, MORE A DA MULCH. YEAH. IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE, I'M GONNA PULL THE P GRAVEL OUT FROM THE PLAYGROUND. YEAH. SCARY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. AND WHEN, IF SOMEONE HAD, YOU KNOW, FALLEN OFF OF A SWING, YOU DON'T HAVE A, A MUCH OF A CUSHION YEAH. OUT THERE. AND THEN THERE'S A SLIDE THAT'S MISSING, AND SO WE HAVE A SLIDE TO GO ON THERE TO COMPLETE, UH, THAT PLAYGROUND SET AND MAKE IT WHOLE AGAIN. UM, I THINK, BUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO, WE'RE TRYING TO HIT AS MANY PARKS AS WE CAN, AS FAST AS WE CAN. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IT'S, IT'S NEEDED. IT'S MUCH NEEDED OUT THERE. UM, IT ALMOST LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DID WHEN I WENT OUT THERE, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO, UM, EXCITED ABOUT, EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A POCKET PARK. IT'S NOT LIKE ONE OF THE WIDELY USED PARKS. AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF TRUITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS A REALLY COOL PARK, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STREET, BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT ANYWAY. ABSOLUTELY. AND, UM, SO WE NEED TO MAKE IT LOOK MUCH NICER. YOU STILL, SOMEBODY'S HOME PARK THAT THEY GO TO AS OFTEN AS THEY CAN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S WHERE MY KIDS USED TO PLAY WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE. SO, [00:10:01] UH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, THAT SHE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION FOR ME. OKAY. THE PIG GROUND, WASN A BASKETBALL PAPER, ALL OF THESE PARTS ARE IN OUR WORLD MM-HMM . IT'S WHY YEP, SURE. WE'RE ON IT. SO I'M JUST ADDING THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE REMAKE TO THE HALF FOOT BASKETBALL, CORRECT. YEAH. AND JUST SLOW APP. SO YES. AND REMOVE THE BAMBOO. WE'LL GET TO BAMBOO OUT. I JUST, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT. BUT BAMBOO'S FUN. ISN'T IT SUPPOSED TO BE ILLEGAL? THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. IT'S, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, IT, IT MOVES, IT TRAVELS. I KNOW, I'VE HEARD SOME STORIES ABOUT IT, SO YEAH. UH, THE, THE TRAIL OF LIGHTS ADDITION, THE, THE ASPHALT BEHIND FIELD ONE BASEBALL IS COMPLETE. UH, IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD. UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE DO HAVE SOME GATES THAT WE'RE WANTING TO PUT ON BOTH SIDES TO CONTROL ACCESS. UM, THOSE GATES HAVE, HAVE NOT BEEN PUT IN JUST YET. UH, BUT THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND WE ARE MOVED ON FROM IT APART FROM THE GATES. SO, AS FAR AS PROJECT UPDATES, UH, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WRAPS THAT UP. ANY QUESTIONS? AND DON'T FORGET, I ALWAYS LOVE SUGGESTIONS ON WHERE TO GO TO NEXT. WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN GOING INTO NEXT, NEXT YEAR. UM, WE'RE ALREADY GOT THE WHITEBOARD CLEARED. WE'RE READY TO START PUTTING MORE, MORE THINGS ON IT. DID THE PAVING THAT WAS DONE BEHIND THE BASEBALL FIELD FOR THE TRAIL LIGHTS, WHAT BUDGET DID THAT COME OUT OF? A NP? OKAY. UNDER BUDGET TOO. WE, WE DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAIRWAY POOL IS GONNA NEED, IS GONNA NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION. SOME WORK, UM, NEXT YEAR. SO THAT, THAT WILL BE A LOT OF IT. BUT, UM, OUR, OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO TRY TO TOUCH AS MANY PARKS AS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY REALLY HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN A LONG TIME. BUT REALLY OUT AT FAIRWAY, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT'S IN GREAT SHAPE, MULCH IS IN GREAT SHAPE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT THE POOL IS, OUR POOLS ARE AGING AND SO IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S LEAKING OFF SIDES IF YOU GO THERE, NEED SOME, IF LIKE WATER'S JUST RUNNING AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF IS, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE GOTTA REPAIR THE POOL. RIGHT. BUT THAT WILL, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE OUR BIG PROJECT. YEAH. UM, IN TERMS OF FOR NEXT YEAR. CORRECT. BUT, ALRIGHT. AND JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW TOO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT, WE HAD TWO LEAKS OF THE SPLASH PAD. UM, AND NO SOONER DID, WE ENDED UP FINDING THAT OUT, BUT THEN WE ENDED UP HAVING A, A, UM, MAJOR BREAK IN THE LINE OVER AT THORNHILL. FILTER PIPES BUSTED. YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, I MEAN, PARKS AND REC, THEY BUSTED THEIR BACKSIDE, UM, WORKING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SEAN WAS OUT THERE AT BOTH LOCATIONS PUTTING IN, PUTTING IN THE WORK LIKE HE DOES TO DO WHAT HE DOES AND FIX THOSE THINGS AS FAST AS HE COULD. I MEAN, JACK HAMMERED THE STUFF UP AS QUICKLY AS HE COULD. ONLY A IT BOTH. AND WE APPRECIATE IT. KEEP, LITERALLY THAT WAS, I MEAN, THEY, THEY HAD NO DAYS OFF. THEY WERE JUST HUSTLING, TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AND UP AND RUNNING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE SPLASH PAD IS HIGHLY USED AND THE POOLS ARE HIGHLY USED. SO IT'S ALL GOOD THINGS. YEAH. BUT JUST WANNA GIVE THEM A YATA BOY. ARE THEY ON PROJECT UPDATES? UH, [5.b. Program Updates Shark Season Baseball Fall Season ] THAT TAKES US ON THE PROGRAM UPDATES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE SHARKS? ABSOLUTELY. SO IF ANYBODY WONDERS, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SHARKS FOR, I THINK I COUNTED IT THE OTHER DAY, 12 YEARS. SO IT'S A, IT'S MY FAVORITE. UM, THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD A GREAT SEASON. WE'RE NOT QUITE FINISHED YET. THE CITY'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US AND USING FACILITIES AND EVERYTHING WE'VE NEEDED. WE HAVE 19 SPONSORS FOR THE TEAM AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY GOOD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE SHARKS. AND JUST TO PUT A PLUG IN, HANNAH IS A ROCK STAR. HANNAH IS JUST WONDERFUL. SHE'S BEEN HANDLING POOL ISSUES BECAUSE THE SHARKS ALSO PRACTICE AT THORN HILL. AND WORKING WITH THE COACHES, COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER TEAMS, WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE, SHE'S AWESOME. SHE DOES EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED. SHE'S GREAT. UM, SO FROM LAST SEASON TO THIS SEASON, WE FORMED A BOOSTER BOARD OVER THE FALL. AND THE ROLE OF THE BOOSTERS IS TO SUPPORT THE TEAM. SO WE PROVIDE AWARDS FOR SWIMMERS. WE HOST THE MID-SEASON PARTY AND THE END OF SEASON PARTY. UH, WE ARE THE PARENT REP AND THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS AT THE MEETS. IT REQUIRES A TON OF VOLUNTEERS TO RUN A SWIM MEET. UM, THE, HAVING THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND HAVING A BOOSTER BOARD HAS BEEN [00:15:01] HUGE IN CHANGING OUR PROGRAM FOR THE BETTER. SO THIS IS, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL. WE HAD 140 SWIMMER, OR HAVE 140 SWIMMERS THIS SEASON, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR OF ABOUT 20 SWIMMERS, GIVE OR TAKE. UM, AND WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE OF THE TEAM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A LOGO FOR THE TEAM THAT'S SET. SO WE'RE GONNA USE THAT FOREVER FOR SIGNAGE, FOR T-SHIRTS, FOR WHATEVER. AND THEN WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE SO THAT NOT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IS JUST CRAZY OVERWORKED OVER THE COURSE OF A SEASON, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP KEEP THE PROGRAM GROWING. IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS THE SHARKS PRE COVID WE HAD ABOUT 300 SWIMMERS EVERY SUMMER WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. AND THEN AS MANY THINGS IN LIFE, COVID JUST RUINED IT. AND SO WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, BUT THINGS ARE REALLY GOING WELL. UM, WE HOSTED A MOCK MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND WE USED BILL HARMON FOR THAT. THE PURPOSE WAS TO TRAIN OUR BRAND NEW SWIMMERS ON WHAT TO EXPECT AT A MEET AND TO TRAIN ALL OF OUR PARENTS IN THE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. AND SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE A LACK OF VOLUNTEERS AT THE MEETS. UM, EVERY PARENT, EVEN VETERAN PARENTS, SPOKE HIGHLY OF OUR MOCK MEET SYSTEM. AND OTHER TEAMS HAVE ASKED ME WHAT DID WE DO AND WAS IT GOOD? AND SO I THINK THAT MAY FILTER ACROSS THE LEAGUE. WE HOSTED TWO HOME MEETS AT BILL HARMON THAT WENT JUST SWIMMINGLY. THEY WENT GREAT. WE PARTICIPATED IN THREE AWAY MEETS. AND SO OUR REGULAR SEASON IS OVER. AND WE'LL FINISH UP THE SEASON THIS SATURDAY WITH THE MEET OF CHAMPS, WHICH IS HELD AT HENDRICKS COLLEGE THIS YEAR. QUALIFYING FOR MEET OF CHAMPS IS BASED ON A TIME STANDARD. AND SO KIDS HAVE TO MAKE A, A MINIMUM TIME STANDARD TO BE QUALIFIED FOR IT. OF OUR 140 SWIMMERS, 86 HAVE QUALIFIED. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD. AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE ARE HOSTING OUR END OF SEASON PARTY AT SHERWOOD FOREST SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE OUR SWIMMERS AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT. AND, AND I WILL SAY TOO, SHERWOOD HAS A, UM, A LONG HISTORY OF HAVING THE BEST COACHES IN THE LEAGUE. AND YOU SEE THE RESULTS IN THE KIDS, THEY PROGRESS SO MUCH FASTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER TEAMS AROUND. AND SO TYPICALLY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DRIVE AT GREAT LENGTHS JUST TO COME INTO SHERWOOD AND, UH, HAVE THEIR KIDS BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SWIMMERS WHO LIVE IN BRYANT AND DRIVE INTO SHERWOOD FOR THE SHARKS. AND I'M GONNA ADD THAT BRYANT HAS A TEAM. UH, SO THEY GO STRAIGHT PAST THAT. THEY PASS A COUPLE OF OTHERS. WE GAINED A COUPLE OF SWIMMERS THIS YEAR THAT, UH, USED TO BE ON THE LAKEWOOD TEAM AND USED TO BE ON THE MALL MEL TEAM. AND SO YES, WE HAVE SWIMMERS THAT THAT DRIVE PRETTY FAR. THAT'S AWESOME. I'D SAY THE COORDINATION BETWEEN HANNAH AND THE BOOSTER HAS BEEN, UH, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS INTERESTING BEING ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT, LOOKING IN WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER WITH ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND AND, AND HOW THEY COORDINATE AND GET EVERYTHING GOING. IT IS A, UM, I HAVE NOT DEALT MUCH IN THE SWIMMING WORLD. IT IS FUN TO WATCH HOW, HOW, HOW WELL IT MESHES AND HOW THE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION MARKS WE USED TO HAVE ARE NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO THE PROGRAM IS, IS IS DOING, DOING GREAT IN THE DIRECT, WELL I SAY HAVING 86 OUTTA 140 MADE MEET THE CHAMPS. THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S PRETTY WELL, AND THOSE, THERE'LL BE MORE OF THAT WILL QUALIFY. BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO, UM, LIKE SO THOSE HAVE QUALIFIED IN AND BY THEMSELVES JUST ON THE TIME. YEAH. YOU'LL HAVE MORE IN THE, THE LOWEST CATEGORY WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU END UP IN THE TOP EIGHT, THEN YOU GET TO GO. SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY END UP BEING EVEN MORE THAN THAT. THEY GET TO GO. BUT TO HAVE THAT MANY THAT AUTOMATICALLY GO IS, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY GREAT. IT'S PRETTY GOOD. SO, BUT THANKS FOR Y'ALL ALL YOUR HARD WORK THERE. UH, MOVES ON TO BASEBALL, UM, FALL SEASON. TAKE YOUR MARK SIR. , IT'S MY FAVORITE PART. PUBLIC SPEAKING , UH, FOR THE FEW OF Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW ME ALREADY, MY AUSTIN SPEARS, I'M THE MANAGER OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX. UM, WE JUST FINISHED RUNNING OUR FIRST BASEBALL SEASON THAT WE RAN. UM, AS YOU CAN EXPECT, THERE WERE SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD, BUT OVERALL THE FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS PRETTY GOOD. UM, WE HAD 38 TEAMS, UH, JUST OVER 450 KIDS I BELIEVE. UM, WE [00:20:01] HAD A END OF SEASON COACHES MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WITH, I THINK WE INVITED 15 COACHES TO KIND OF GET FEEDBACK, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, HOWEVER THEY WANNA PHRASE IT TO US. UM, OVERALL THAT WAS PRETTY POSITIVE TOO. UM, THE END OF SEASON TOURNAMENT WENT REALLY WELL. A LOT OF THE COACHES LIKED THAT. THEY LIKED THE RINGS AND STUFF. WE OPENED FALL BALL REGISTRATION TODAY. UM, WE'RE HOPING TO FALL BALL'S ALWAYS A LITTLE LESS NUMBERS IN SPRING, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET PRETTY GOOD THERE. KEEP BUILDING THE PROGRAM. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE END OF FALL BALL SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A CLOSING CEREMONIES ON DOING LIKE A COSTUME NIGHT. IT'S AROUND HALLOWEEN. UM, MY SON'S TEAM DID THAT LAST YEAR AND IT'S HILARIOUS TO WATCH LIKE BATMAN RUN AROUND THE BASES. THAT'S GOOD. SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THAT AS A PARK AND MAYBE IF WE CAN MAKE IT LIKE A TRUCK OR TREAT SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS WILL REMEMBER, UM, TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, DO STUFF DIFFERENT, UM, TO TRY TO BUILD OUR PROGRAM BACK AS BIG AS WE CAN GET IT. UM, WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE MORE SUCCESSFUL, UM, THE SHAQ DID GOOD AT RETAINING SOME OF THOSE. UM, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE BIGGER, AS BIG AS WE CAN GET IT FOR SURE. UM, ON THE TOURNAMENT SIDE, I THINK WE'VE HAD 13 TO 14 TOURNAMENTS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE EIGHT MORE IN THE FALL. UM, ONE THING I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS WE GOT YOUTH TOURNAMENTS BACK TO SHERWOOD. I THINK IN THE FIVE YEARS I WAS HERE FIRST YEAR WE HAD ONE AND ALL THE REST WERE ADULTS. SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A GOAL OF OURS. WE WANTED TO GET YOUTH SPORTS BACK. ALL OF THEM THIS YEAR EXCEPT FOR TWO OUT OF ABOUT 20 OF THEM ARE YOUTH SPORTS. UM, SO THAT'S A BIG THING FOR US UP THERE. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT. UM, AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP THE LEAGUE PROGRESSING, I THINK THEY WORK COHESIVELY TOGETHER. UM, BOTH SIDES BENEFIT EACH OTHER. UM, THE TOURNAMENTS ARE GOOD FOR THE PARK, THE LEAGUE'S GOOD FOR TOURNAMENTS AND THE PARTS. SO WE WANT BOTH OF THEM TO THRIVE THE BEST THEY CAN. IF THAT'S ALL I GOT, EXCELLENT SUMMARY. THANK YOU. ONE THING THING, UH, AUSTIN, NOW THAT YOU'VE TURNED AROUND, UM, WE ARE, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING REGISTRATION COMPLETELY ONLINE. COMPLETELY ONLINE HOPEFULLY. SO YEAH, WE HOPE WE HAD SOME COME IN TODAY. I HADN'T GOTTEN MANY CALLS, SO I GUESS IT WORKED. BUT WE'VE UH, WE, WE'VE TRIED, WE FINALLY, WE'VE SWITCHED OVER TO REC DESK AS FAR AS OUR SOFTWARE GOES FROM, UH, SO WE ARE UM, I THINK YOU HAD SOME THAT ACTUALLY IT CAME THROUGH TODAY ON THE REGISTRATION PART. I THINK IT'S, IT'S, WE HAD A LITTLE SITUATION WITH GETTING THE AGES RIGHT. WHICH WE, YEAH, WE'VE GOT GOT A VERY GOOD REP THAT HELPS US OUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING STUFF IN RIGHT. UH, BUT WE'RE LEARNING ON THAT. AND IT WAS, IT IS, IT IS AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND IT SHOULD HELP US AND OTHER AVENUES TO BE ABLE TO DO REGISTRATION ONLINE FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO. AND ACROSS THE BOARD ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS IS NOT JUST THE SPORTS, BUT IT'S GONNA BE THE, THE RENTALS, THE TOURNAMENT RENTALS, THE UH, RENTALS AT OUR FACILITIES. WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING ONLINE 'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. SO WE ARE MOVING IN A VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD DIRECTION. AUSTIN'S BEEN HELPING WITH LEADING THE WAY ON GETTING US SET UP ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL AS JULIA AT THE REC CENTER. AND WE ARE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN IN A LONG TIME AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AND IT'S A LOT, A LOT TO DO TO THIS GUY RIGHT HERE HELPING. YEAH. IN TERMS OF REC DESK, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM WE'RE USING, IT'LL REALLY CLEAN UP A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE KIND HAD TROUBLES WITH THIS YEAR. UM, YOU, YOU SIGN UP IN THE AGE GROUP THAT YOUR KIDS IN, IT WON'T LET YOU SIGN UP IN A DIFFERENT ONE. SO THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY PUTTING THE RIGHT AGE GROUPS. UM, WE CAN DO OUR LEAGUE SETTINGS ON THE SAME WEBSITE WITH ALL THEIR INFORMATION, CONTACT PARENTS THROUGH THE SAME WEBSITE. SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD. UM, RENTALS, THERE'S LITERALLY A CALENDAR, SO IF YOU WANNA RENT FIELD ONE, YOU GO CLICK FIELD ONE, IT PULLS UP A CALENDAR AND IT KINDA HARD TO DOUBLE BOOK THAT WAY IT'S OPEN. SO AND WE HAVE A RECORD WITH THE RECEIPT THAT SAYS HOW WE KNOW WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD. AND THAT'S A THREE YEAR, THAT'S A THREE ABOUT A THREE YEAR PROJECT WE'VE BEEN KNOCKING OUT THE ENTIRE TIME. WE'RE HAPPY. I MEAN, WE'RE HITTING THE 21ST CENTURY Y'ALL. I MEAN SLOWLY, BUT SURE. WE'RE GETTING THERE. SO, SO AUSTIN, I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU TOO. YOU SAID Y'ALL HAD A MEETING JUST TO GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE COACHES AND EVERYTHING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU DO TO HAVE, HAVE SOME TYPE OF MEETING JUST TO SEE WHAT WE DID GOOD AND WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE GOING TO, ANYTHING'S GONNA GET BETTER. RIGHT. UH, I DON'T CARE WHAT ELSE I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON. YEAH. THAT WAS PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, THAT IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD IDEA. AND THE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TAUGHT 'EM TO BE BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH US. YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU GET BETTER. WE ALSO HAD THE, THE HEAD UMPIRE FOR SOFTBALL, THE HEAD UMPIRE FOR BASEBALL HELPING. AND WE HAD A OPEN DISCUSSION ON HOW TO IMPROVE IT FROM ALL ASPECTS. AND IF THERE'S A REASON, YOU KNOW, ALL STARS COMES UP OFTEN, BUT THEY GOT TO HEAR OUR SIDE OF WHY WE DON'T PICK ALL STAR PLAYERS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S VERY HARD TO, YOU KNOW, TELL ONE [00:25:01] PERSON'S KID, HEY, THEY'RE AN ALL STAR AND YOU'RE NOT, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT, BUT THEY GOT TO HEAR IT FROM US RATHER THAN AN OUTSIDE SOURCE OF INFORMATION. SO IT, IT'S KIND OF COOL THAT THEY GET TO SIT DOWN WITH US, VISIT WITH US, AND HELP MAKE IT BETTER AS WE GO INTO THE FUTURE. AND I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO KUDO WAS VERY GOOD. YEAH. AUSTIN, YOU DID A GOOD JOB. THIS IS NOT PARKS AND REC LEONARD, THIS IS DAD LEONARD. THIS IS MY, MY 14-YEAR-OLD PLAYS AND THIS YEAR WAS, WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I WAS OUT THERE AT EVERY GAME. UH, IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME. SO I MEAN I, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU AS A PARENT, NOT AS PARKS AND REC, BUT AS A PARENT MAN YOU DID A GREAT JOB. WE TRY REALLY HARD. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT TOOK A GROUP THIS YEAR FOR SURE. THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS MAN HERE IS HE CARES . HE, HE CARES A LOT ABOUT IT, THE END RESULT AND UH, HOW TO GET THERE. SO HE DOES A GREAT JOB. WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S ALSO KNOWN FOR SOFTBALL AS WELL. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . YES. HOW, HOW SOFTBALL HIS DAUGHTER. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SHAQ'S NUMBERS WERE IN SOFTBALL. NONE OF THOSE 38 WERE SOFTBALL TEAMS. OKAY. UM, WE HAD ABOUT TWO IN EVERY AGE GROUP EXCEPT FOR THE OLDER GIRLS. THEY ONLY HAD ONE. SO WE DID TEAM UP WITH THE CABOTS AND THE BALL MALES AND SOME OF THEM TO GET THOSE GAMES IN. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE COACHES MEETING I BROUGHT UP. 'CAUSE WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT WITH JUST CABOT, BUT MOST OF THE COACHES, SOFTBALL COACHES WE HAD THERE LIKED GETTING TO GO PLAY OTHER TEAMS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT THAT WAY IF THAT'S THE WAY THEY WANT TO DO IT. SO SOME CITIES HAVE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE SOFTBALL NUMBERS ARE SO DOWN, HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN STREAMLINING THAT OUT YEAH. OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND DOING AWAY WITH SOME OF THE FIELDS AND THAT OF THING. WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. RIGHT. YEP. I I WILL SAY I THINK NATIONWIDE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN THAT TREND AND I THINK IT'S DUE TO THERE'S THIS HUGE UPSURGE IN VOLLEYBALL FOR GIRLS AND THAT'S CUTTING INTO MM-HMM . THE SOFTBALL GIRLS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK HAVING LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SWIMMING MAY BE ONE KID'S THING OR VOLLEYBALL OR SOFTBALL OR, YOU KNOW, SOCCER AND BASKETBALL HAVING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG INTO. 'CAUSE WE WANT THOSE KIDS BUSY. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST GIVING KIDS OPPORTUNITIES. YES. BECAUSE EVERY KID'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT. ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE CITY GOES, I THINK WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THE LEAST GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. AND SO, I MEAN I I I DO AGREE. 'CAUSE AS LONG AS KIDS ARE INVOLVED AND, AND WE JUST HIRED A FULL-TIME, UH, SPORTS PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND WE ARE EXPLORING OPTIONS OF OTHER SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE, I THINK WE'RE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. WE'RE WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. YEAH. AND AUSTIN AND THIS CREW OUT THERE DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU AUSTIN. THANKS AUSTIN. ALRIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, AND REAL QUICK, UM, IF Y'ALL WERE NOT OUT AT THE JULY 3RD EVENT, UM, WE'RE EVERY DAY I AM LIKE CHECKING PLACER TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ENDED UP. BUT I MEAN, THAT EVENT JUST CONTINUES TO GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND, UM, THAT TAKES A VILLAGE. IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC ALL HANDS ON DECK. IT TAKES, UH, IT TAKES OUR, UM, SANITATION DEPARTMENT. IT, IT, WE USE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, A AND P PARTNERS WITH THAT AS WELL AS WE HAVE PRIVATE, UM, COMPANIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SPONSORING DIFFERENT TYPE OF THINGS ON IT. BUT LIKE WITH EVERYTHING WE, WE ALWAYS MEET AND GO, OKAY, WHAT WAS GOOD? WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? WHAT WAS GOOD? WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? AND WITH EVERY EVENT THAT WE DO, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR. SO ANYWAY, I JUST THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL STILL LIKE TRYING TO RECOUP FROM IT. BUT, UM, REALLY THE ONLY COMPLAINT I HEARD ABOUT IT WAS PARKING. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO. THAT THAT WAS LITERALLY THE ONLY COMPLAINT. WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO MM-HMM . FIX THAT. I MEAN THAT WAS LITERALLY THE ONLY COMPLAINT. I MEAN, I I I AGREE THAT I HEARD ALL POSITIVE. I MEAN, I WAS, THERE WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS A UNBELIEVABLE SHOW. AND THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT I HAD IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD MM-HMM . TRYING TO GET HIT IN THE PARKING ASPECT. WELL WE PARKED ACROSS THE STREET AND I WILL GIVE KUDOS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MM-HMM . BECAUSE THEY DID SAFELY GET EVERYBODY BACK ACROSS THE STREET. NOW, GETTING ACROSS THE STREET AT THE BEGINNING WAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF FROGGER GAME, BUT , [00:30:01] UM, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH PARKING THAT HAPPENS ACROSS THE STREET THAT WE MAY PUT AN OFFICER IN TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. YEAH. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF GRIDLOCKING THAT WAS HAPPENING AND PEOPLE JUST WANTED TO GET HOME AND SOME TENSIONS WERE HIGH. AND I ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT WAS A STR A DRIVE TO LITERALLY BE LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA GO THIS WAY, YOU'RE GONNA GO THIS WAY. JUST GET THE TRUCK FLOWING. YEAH. AND, AND HERE'S THE THING. WE ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T USE UP ALL THE, THE PARKING THAT WE HAD ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND IT WAS INTERESTING 'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN THEY WERE GOING, SERIOUSLY, WE COULD HAVE PARKED RIGHT HERE. MM-HMM . AND IT WAS LIKE, YEAH. SO I I I THINK AS PEOPLE KIND OF GET THAT WORD OUT MM-HMM . AND THEN WE ADDED A WHOLE NOTHER FAIRWAY. FAIRWAY. YEAH. AND SO WHAT OUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO UTILIZE, UM, THERE'S A GATE ON COUNTRY CLUB THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING AND OUT ONLY. AND UM, AND EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO GO EAST. I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY. AND THEN BLOCKING ONE LANE OF 1 0 7 WITH THE POLICE CAR YEP. WITH THE LIGHTS ON MM-HMM . AND THEN EVERYBODY HAS TO EXIT OUT OF THERE GOING NORTH. YEAH. BECAUSE THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS BACK, BUT THAT WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING FLOW A WHOLE LOT FASTER AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR 1 0 7 TO STILL WELL I KNEW YOU HAD HEARD THAT THAT WAS ONLY, I SAID THAT WAS ANOTHER THING. IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TOO TO WHEN THE FLYER GOES OUT TO HAVE LIKE A SIDELINE MAP MAYBE POSTED FOR WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARK. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION I GOT LIKE, WHERE DO WE GO? HOW DO WE GET THERE IF WE DON'T WANNA PARK ACROSS THE STREET? YEAH. AND I WAS LIKE, I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE WHERE ON THE FAIRWAY YOU CAN PARK. YEAH. WE HAD SIGNS AND WE HAD PEOPLE OUT THAT WERE DIRECTING, YOU KNOW, WERE DIRECTING IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WILL MEAN IF THE ON 1 0 7 WAS CRAZY ANYWAY AND PEOPLE WERE NOT SUPER PATIENT LIKE SHE SAID, EVEN GETTING THERE. SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK Y'ALL. IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS. BUT PEOPLE, HONESTLY, IF YOU GO TO A BIG FOOTBALL GAME, IF YOU GO TO, IF PARKING IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THE ISSUE AND NO ONE EVER GETS OUT AS FAST AS THEY WANT TO. IF YOU GO METH PEOPLE, I MEAN THE, THE DEAL IS, IT'S A GOOD THING. 'CAUSE THAT MEANS PEOPLE SHOWED UP. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. I MEAN, IF, IF IF, IF PEOPLE, IF IT'S JUST, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOBODY SHOWS UP, THEN IT'S, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. THAT WAS A GOOD THING. WELL WE MET PEOPLE FROM GREENBRIER, CONWAY, CABOT, I MEAN MEAN PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER, ALL OVER GOING AS WORD HAS SPREAD ABOUT IT. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO GET ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATIONS. YEAH. YOU KNOW, TV STATIONS TALK ABOUT IT. JOEY PUTS ON A GREAT SHOW FOR SURE. YEAH. OH, HE'S AMAZING. THAT'S MY KIDS' FAVORITE. THEY LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND THEY AND ALL THEIR FRIENDS GET THERE AND WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE FIREWORKS, THEY'RE THROWING A FRISBEE AND THEY'RE PEPPERING A, A VOLLEYBALL. YEAH. THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME. MY YOUNGEST WENT TO FIREWORKS IN ANOTHER CITY NEARBY THE NEXT NIGHT AND HE SAID THAT SHERWOODS WAS BY FAR THE BEST GOAL ACHIEVED. THAT'S RIGHT. WE LIKE TO [6. Announcements ] BE THE BEST S ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE THE, LET'S SEE, THAT'S AUGUST 9TH. YOU GOT SCHOOL SUPPLIES, DRIVE AT THORNHILL POOL, DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES OR A BACKPACK FOR FREE. POOL ENTRY ON THE 11TH IS THE, UH, FIRST DAY OF PULASKY COUNTY. MY SON IS NOT READY FOR IT. , UH, MOVIE NIGHT AT THORN HILL POOL. SHREK, UH, WITH FREE MISSION WILL BE ON EIGHT 30. UH, THE POOL WILL CLOSE AT 4:00 PM THE GATES REOPEN AT 7:30 PM I THINK THERE WAS COMPLETE CONFUSION LAST TIME ABOUT US SHUTTING IT DOWN AND REOPENING. BUT IT WILL CLOSE AND WE'LL REOPEN FOR THE, FOR THE MOVIE. UH, AND THEN ON NINE ONE CLOSING DAY FOR THORNHILL. TYPICALLY FAIRWAY CLOSES A WEEK BEFORE THEN, BUT WE HAVE NOT, UH, ANNOUNCED IT. UH, AND LAST YEAR SPLASH PAD OPENED ABOUT A OR TWO AFTER, OR CLOSED, EXCUSE ME, CLOSED A WEEK OR TWO AFTER. UH, THORNHILL. SO THOSE DATES HAVEN'T BEEN SET. IT'S KIND OF WEATHER DEPENDENT. IT DEPENDS UPON, YOU KNOW, IS IT A HOT SEPTEMBER? IS IT NOT A HOT SEPTEMBER? YOU KNOW, BE S'S BE HOT. MM-HMM . BE HOT. HALLOWEEN. THAT'S OUR AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION. SO SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A AYE. SAME TIME. * 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.