[1. Call to order] [00:00:09] LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S UNMUTED. WELL, WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. READY? CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER NOW, IF YOU PLEASE. HAVE A ROLL CALL. SHELBY, PRESENT. KELLY HERE. MEREDITH. HERE. MARSH. MARCY HERE. ANITA HERE. AND JUSTIN. AND WE'RE MISSING LEONARD. YEAH, [3. Approval of July 21, 2025, Minutes ] WE HAVE MINUTES BEFORE YOU FROM OUR JULY MEETING. Y'ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THOSE. I WILL TAKE A MOTION ON THEM. SO MOVED. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THEM? SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. LET ME GET THAT TO YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS I'D LIKE TO [4. Introduction of New Committee Members ] INTRODUCE. HAVE MISS ANITA PITTS AND JUSTIN BAILEY. I THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TIMES. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES FOR PARKS AND RECS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO ADD. DO Y'ALL? Y'ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT Y'ALL HAVE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING UP YOUR TIME AND BEING HERE WITH US. WE WILL TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME AS WE GO ON TONIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING US. YEP, YEP. HAVE A [5.1. Senior Age Group Classification for BHRC Memberships ] MAINTENANCE REPORT FROM SEAN PENN. CAN MESS ME UP THERE. NO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR BIG PROJECTS THIS YEAR, DURAN PARK D PUT A PICTURE IN Y'ALL'S PAMPHLET OF WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR OVER THERE. THE DESIGN ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, EXTRA PARKING, ADA SIDEWALKS ALL AROUND ADA. BATHROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL BEEN OVER THERE, BUT THE COURTS ARE THERE. THEY'RE TERRIBLE. SO THAT THAT'LL BE COMING UP. GOING OUT TO BID IN MARCH, START CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, ONCE ALL THE BIDS ARE RECEIVED AND WE GO FROM THERE. SECOND PROJECT IS SPILLWAY AT CHERRYWOOD. THE ENGINEERING IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE ON THAT. AND THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT TO BID IN MARCH AS WELL. HOPING THE WEATHER WILL BE DRY. AND THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE GOT TO DIG THE SPILLWAY OUT YOU KNOW GET THEY GOT TO DIG IT DOWN, GET ALL THE KEY WAYS IN AND EVERYTHING, GET THAT DONE. AND ALONG WITH THAT, WE WANT TO DO SOME OF THE SHORELINE CLEANUP AROUND THE POND TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, NICER. YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT NICE PARK. WE NEED TO MAKE THE REST OF IT LOOK NICE AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP THE NORTH END TO GET A BUNCH OF THAT BRUSH AND STUFF OUT OF THERE AND MAKE THAT NICE AS WELL. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE ARE LOOKING AT IS POSSIBLY 1 OR 2 SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS. WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON A PLACE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE KICKING AROUND DISCUSSING, LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT SPOT, POSSIBLY. AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE THE MAJOR PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST FINISHED TRAIL LIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S DONE. YEAH. Y'ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OH I DO WELL YOU GOT IT. SO THE PROJECT AT THE DURAN YOUTH CENTER. YES, MA'AM. SO IT'S GOING OUT FOR BID IN MARCH. IS THERE AN ESTIMATE ON WHEN YOU WANT TO FINISH THE PROJECT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE? I MEAN, IT'LL BE WHATEVER, WHATEVER TIMELINE THEY'RE GIVEN SINCE THEY'RE ONLY DOING ONE COURT AND PARKING, I ASSUME IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID. AND WE'RE DOING THE BATHROOM. WE'LL DO IT IN HOUSE LIKE WE DID ALL THE OTHER ONES. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW LONG CHERRYWOOD TOOK. LET'S. IT WILL BE WEATHER DEPENDENT, BUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. AND YOU KNOW THE BID GOES OUT. SO GENERALLY THAT RUNS FOR TWO WEEKS. AND THEN WE OPEN ALL THE BIDS AND THEN AWARD THE BIDS. SO WE MAY BE LOOKING MAY START ISH SOMEWHERE IN THERE. SO BUT HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE DRY AND WARM AND THEY CAN GO TO TOWN. I DRIVE PAST IT ALL THE TIME AND I'VE BEEN THERE'S STUFF ON THE UNUSED TENNIS COURTS AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. THE POLICE DOGS. I'M EXCITED. YEAH. SO IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING UTILIZED FOR THAT SO THAT THAT'S A PLUS. THEY KEEP IT LOCKED UP EXCEPT WHEN THEY'RE OVER THERE DOING TRAININGS AND STUFF. SO IT'S IN DESPERATE NEED OF SOME. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ART SCHOOL THERE THAT THIS PARKING WILL [00:05:03] BENEFIT AS WELL. THAT PLACE IS BOOMING. I MEAN, IT IS. YEAH. THAT WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD MOVE TO GET THEM IN THERE. WE JUST FINISHED UP A LITTLE LITTLE STUFF FOR THEM. A FEW THINGS MAKE THEIR LIFE BETTER OVER THERE. NOW THAT EVERY ROOM IS IS BEING USED AND BEING USED LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO. WE HAD TO DO A LITTLE, LITTLE FRESHENING UP. SO. BUT THEY'RE HAPPY. WE'RE HAPPY. SO SO THE FOR THE FOR THIS PROJECT HERE IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD IN THE BUDGET. WE HAD ALREADY PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR. YES. A&P IS PAYING THE MAJORITY OF IT. I THINK THE 400 ISH MARK. AND THEN WE PUT THE 200 IN OUR BUDGET, AND THEN A&P IS ALSO PAYING 80% OF THE SPILLWAY PROJECT, AND WE'RE COVERING ANOTHER 20%. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. THAT TAKES US INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS, MR. BLAKE. ALL RIGHT. I SPOKE WITH SHELBY ABOUT BRINGING MORE THINGS TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. I THINK THAT THIS COMMITTEE COULD BE USED IN IN MORE WAYS. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS THAT I THINK IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL TO WORK TOWARDS WORKING TOGETHER FOR POLICIES, PROCEDURES, THINGS, THE WAY, THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE, THE WAY WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER, POTENTIAL PROJECTS DOWN THE LINE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I'VE GOT ABOUT SIX THINGS THAT JUST KIND OF I KIND OF CAME, CAME TO MY MIND, I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS WITH AND OPEN UP FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSSION. BUT AS A COMMITTEE THAT IS A, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTS PARKS AND REC THAT TAKES THINGS TO CITY COUNCIL AND REQUEST APPROVAL FROM THERE. I THINK IT'S IT'S TO ALL OUR BENEFIT AND TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BENEFIT AND THE CITY'S BENEFIT FOR US TO HAVE MORE ACTION, SO TO SPEAK. SO MY INTENT IS FOR US TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE WAY WE DO THINGS, WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER POLICIES, PROCEDURES, WHAT WE HAVE WRITTEN OUT IN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. BUT I THINK IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO, AS A PARKS DEPARTMENT, TO WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND KNOW THAT IF SOMETHING COMES UP, THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF THAT'LL, THAT'LL MAKE OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR JOBS A LOT EASIER WITH SUPPORT. SO I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IN THE PAST IS ITEM ONE, THE SENIOR AGE CLASSIFICATION FOR BILL HARMON REC CENTER. AND THAT ALSO GOES TO THE SENIOR CENTER. CURRENTLY IT'S AT 50. AND I'M GOING TO BRING JULIE GREEN UP WHO'S OUR FACILITY MANAGER. SHE'S ONE OF OUR ALL STARS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. BUT WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT THIS AND WE WANT TO KIND OF BRING IT UP FOR Y'ALL FOR DISCUSSION ON IF WE WANT TO ADJUST THE AGE OR LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS. SO SHE HAS SOME INFORMATION AND NUMBERS TO RUN BY YOU. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IN OUR SENIOR MEMBERSHIPS, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 700 DIFFERENT IN THE DIFFERENT TYPES. WE HAVE ANNUAL WE HAVE A LIMITED MEMBERSHIP. THAT'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 TO 3 8 A.M. TO 3 P.M. FOR SENIORS. AND THAT'S AT EXTREMELY DISCOUNTED RATE. THEY GET THAT FOR $50 A YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE SENIOR COUPLE MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS. OUT OF THE 700 AND SOMETHING MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IS A 15% OF THOSE MEMBERSHIPS ARE IN BETWEEN 50 AND 60. EVERYBODY ELSE IS OVER 60. SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS POSSIBLY UPPING THE AGE FOR WHAT'S CONSIDERED A SENIOR RATE, MAYBE MAKING IT. I MEAN, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, BUT IF YOU'D WANT TO MAKE IT 55 OR 60 AS OPPOSED TO 50. AND WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES AND I THINK THERE WAS ONE THAT ALSO HAD 50. SEVERAL OF THEM WERE 60. AND THEN WE LOOKED UP THE DEFINITION OF SENIOR. WE WE KIND OF LOOKED AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'RE FINE STAYING AT 50. WE, YOU KNOW, LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY GO UP. AND WHAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IS IF Y'ALL RECOMMEND A CHANGE, Y'ALL WANT US TO MAKE A CHANGE. I WANT TO BRING UP MORE INFORMATION. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT PROGRAM, I THINK THAT THEY DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY EITHER TO STAY IN THERE, GET ADVANCED NOTICE FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME, NOT TO WHERE WE'RE JUST SAYING, ALRIGHT, IF IT GOES TO 55, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY GOING INTO THE HIGHER RATE BECAUSE IT IS IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE IF IT'S NOT A SENIOR RATE. SO WE WANT TO CONSIDER ALL THOSE THINGS AND JUST KIND OF OPEN IT UP FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS, SEE IF WE'RE EVEN WANTING TO GO DOWN THIS PATH AT ALL. BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF ONE, LIKE I SAID, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF US TRYING TO BRING STUFF TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT MAYBE WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, MAYBE WE'RE FINE WITH IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU TO BE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE AGE BEING 50, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT A SENIOR CITIZEN, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WHY IT'S 50. SO I MEAN, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT. [00:10:04] BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO, LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF WHATEVER, WHOEVER IS ALREADY A MEMBER, MAYBE LEAVE THEM ALONE. I MEAN, THEY'LL STAY AT THE RATE THEY GRANDFATHERED AS LONG AS AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, THE GRANDFATHERED THEM IN, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T HAVE A LAPSE, AS LONG AS THEIR MEMBERSHIP STAYS AS THEY STAY CURRENT. BUT THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE FIND OUT WHATEVER THAT THAT AGE WE LAND ON AND PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD COULD GO INTO THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE ONLY FAIR, BECAUSE I THINK 50 IS A LITTLE YOUNG FOR MOST PEOPLE AT 50 ARE STILL WORKING. SO I'M DEFINITELY NOT A SENIOR. I'M NOT. BUT I THINK WHENEVER THAT I MEAN, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HAS THE SENIOR IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE FACILITY IN WHAT, 20? I MEAN, IT'S I STARTED WORKING THERE WHEN, WHEN IT OPENED AND IT'S BEEN OPEN 24 YEARS. AND YEAH, I MEAN, MAYBE AT THAT TIME PEOPLE WERE RETIRING EARLY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 50 YEAR MARK. I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, STANDARD SENIOR IS AT LEAST 65. I MEAN, WHY DON'T WE CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT AS A CATEGORY, I MEAN YOU CAN UP IT. BUT THE SENIOR THING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AT A 50 YEAR OF AGE. BUT I ALSO THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THERE, I MEAN, I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR EITHER GRANDFATHERING THEM IN OR AT LEAST GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, 1 OR 2 YEARS TO ADJUST WHATEVER THEY NEED TO. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO. WELL, AND TO TO YOUR POINT, A LOT OF LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S PART OF THEIR BUDGET. THEY, THEY BUDGET FOR THEIR RECREATION STUFF. AND THE REC CENTER IS ONE OF THEM THAT THEY WOULD DO. SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF RECLASSIFYING IT, BUT WHAT WOULD WE CALL IT OR WHAT AGE WOULD WE WANT TO GO TO. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO YOU TALKED ABOUT SO 50 YEARS OLD. BUT THAT'S ALSO FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN, THE SENIOR CENTER. SO IT'S ACTIVITIES AND WHATNOT. HOW MANY 50 YEAR OLDS ARE PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES AT THE SENIOR CENTER? HAD 2020 WERE BORN IN THE 70S. SO I HAVEN'T I GOT THOSE NUMBERS SENT TO ME TODAY. SO THERE ARE 20 THERE ARE 20 MEMBERS THAT ARE BORN IN THE 70S, 91 IN THE 60S. WE ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT WAS COOL, HAD FOUR BORN IN THE 1920S, STILL A MEMBER. SO THAT'S WOW. BUT A LARGE MAJORITY ARE BORN IN THE 50S OR 60S AND UP. SO THERE'S ONLY 20 MEMBERS THERE. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S A FREE FACILITY ALSO. SO IT'S IT'S COULD BE THAT SOMEBODY IS HOME, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RETIRED OR THERE COULD BE A MYRIAD OF REASONS WHY THEY'RE GOING TO THE FACILITY FOR FREE TOO. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT BUDGET FOR THEM, SO TO SPEAK. SO NOW I WAS I WAS MORE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SOLELY UTILIZING BILL HARMON VERSUS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING BOTH THEIR, THEIR DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIPS. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE'S FREE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CENTER DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD THING TO LOOK INTO. SEE HOW MANY ARE CROSS MEMBERS OR IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WHERE THE MEMBERSHIPS, DO, YOU KNOW, COMBINE. BUT I DON'T KNOW. WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THE SENIOR CENTER TO TO BE BOTH. CORRECT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YEAH. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SENIOR PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER. NOT A LOT OF THEM COME TO THE REC CENTER. IT'S LIKE A DIFFERENT GROUP. YEAH. I MEAN, THERE MAY BE A FEW, BUT YEAH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S. THEY KIND OF SEPARATE THEMSELVES OUT. FOR SOME REASON. I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING MORE NUMBERS. OKAY. AS FAR AS I MEAN, AS FAR AS AGE BREAKDOWN, JUST WITH THE REC CENTER, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LOOK AT SENIORS. I CAN GET IT. SHE GOT IT FOR THE REC CENTER MEMBERSHIPS. YEAH. WE CAN. HOW ABOUT WE PRINT SOMETHING OFF AND GET YOU GET THAT SENT TO YOU ALL? YEAH. CAN WE ALSO GET NUMBERS FOR LIKE, SURROUNDING CITIES TYPICALLY. WHAT? YEAH. WHAT'S THE SENIOR AGE? THE AVERAGE. YOU KNOW NORTH LITTLE ROCK IS IT'S 50. YEAH. AND THEN FOR THEIR SENIOR WELL ACTUALLY I CALLED THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEN JACKSONVILLE AND CABOT ARE BOTH 60. WELL, SINCE WE JUST BROUGHT IT FOR DISCUSSION, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO DO IS LET US GO PUT PUT A, YOU KNOW, SNAPSHOT TOGETHER, SEND IT TO YOU GUYS AND LET EVERYBODY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION OR GIVE AN OPINION. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE YOU KNOW. BUT I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT 50 IS TOO YOUNG TO BE CONSIDERED A SENIOR. HOWEVER, 50TH MAY NOT BE YOUNG TO BE IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY AT A DISCOUNTED RATE THAN A FAMILY MEMBER, I GUESS IS THE, YOU KNOW. YEAH, WELL, LET US GO. PUT IT PUT. WE'LL PUT IT ALL TO Y'ALL. AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO BRING A LOT MORE STUFF UP FOR DISCUSSION THAT HELPS US KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SOME MORE FEEDBACK. SO WE'LL GET THAT TO Y'ALL. WE'LL GET THAT EMAILED OUT THIS WEEK FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. WHICH GOES TO ALRIGHT JULIE STAY THERE. YOU GOT IT. RENTAL [5.2. Rental Facility Closing Time ] [00:15:05] FACILITY CLOSING TIMES. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR RENTAL FACILITIES IS WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THIS IS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE GREENS, THE REC CENTER AND SHERWOOD FOREST. WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT FOR YOU ALL FOR DISCUSSION. STAFF RECOMMENDS CHANGING THE CLOSING DATE OR TIME FOR RENTALS TO 10 P.M. RATHER THAN MIDNIGHT. AND I LET JULIE GO INTO A LOT OF THE REASONINGS. WELL, I CAN SPEAK FOR THE REC CENTER. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER TWO FACILITIES, ALTHOUGH THOSE FACILITIES DO HAVE THEY ALLOW ALCOHOL AT MY FACILITY. WE DON'T. WE MOSTLY DO BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR KIDS, SWIM PARTIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S REALLY RARE SINCE WE CHANGED OUR RENTAL POLICIES. IT'S BEEN 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO NOW THAT WE STARTED GOING BY THE HOURLY RATE INSTEAD OF THE ALL DAY RATE, AND I'VE DONE THE BOOKINGS FOR THESE PARTIES AT THE REC CENTER FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS. AND WHEN WE HAD THE ALL DAY RENTAL, PEOPLE WOULD CONSTANTLY SAY, I WANT IT FROM FOUR TO MIDNIGHT. THEY'D TAKE THE IT WAS AN EIGHT HOUR RENTAL BLOCK AND THEY WOULD ALWAYS PICK THE FOUR TO MIDNIGHT, BUT THEY WOULD RARELY STAY. AND IF THEY DID, IT WAS ALWAYS A TREMENDOUS MESS. BUT NOW IT'S RARE THAT I HAVE ANYBODY STAY PAST 8:00 ANYWAY, AS FAR AS MY STAFF GOES. AND I THINK A LOT OF THE OTHER STAFF, IT'S YOUNG PEOPLE. I DON'T ALLOW MY STAFF TO WORK BY THEMSELVES. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TWO TEENAGE GIRLS UP THERE OR ONE BY THEMSELF TILL 10:00 OR MIDNIGHT. SO I JUST THINK FOR SAFETY'S SAKE, FOR THE STAFF AND FOR JUST IN GENERAL FOR MY BUILDING SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ABOVE 10:00, CLEANED UP AND OUT BY TEN. I THINK THAT'S PLENTY LATE FOR KIDS BIRTHDAYS. AND NOW THE GREENS IN SHERWOOD FOREST. THEY DO WEDDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THEY DO WEDDINGS, THEY DO RECEPTIONS, THEY DO, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE EVENTS. THEY DO HAVE ALCOHOL. IF A FACILITY HAS ALCOHOL AT A PARTY, THEY'RE TO HIRE SECURITY, WHICH IS A SHERWOOD POLICE OFFICER, THROUGH EXTRA DUTY SOLUTIONS. AND THEY GO THROUGH AND THEY'RE THERE. AND THAT HAS TO BE YEAH, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. YES. A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THEY'RE HAVING THERE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF THE TIME IT'S THE THE AGE OF THE STAFF THAT'S THERE, INDIVIDUAL OR TWO DEPENDING ON HOW IT IS. BUT WE'VE DONE THIS FOR A LONG TIME. P.D. IS THERE TO THEY'RE THE LAST ONES THERE. NOW. WE'VE WORKED A LOT OF THINGS OUT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE THE LAST ONES THERE. BUT I THINK THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US BY THE FACILITY MANAGERS HAVE BEEN THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY, NOT ALLOW THAT EXTRA COUPLE HOURS OF, OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BEFORE THEY DRIVE HOME. BUT THAT'S ONCE AGAIN, WE BRING THAT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION TO SEE IF Y'ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW, OR SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST QUESTION THERE IS IF WE DO LIMIT IT TO TO 10:00, ARE WE GOING TO START LOSING RESERVATIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE YEAH, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE HAVING A PARTY AND THEY WANT TO BE THERE AT MIDNIGHT, THEY'RE PAYING FOR, RIGHT? THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE OFFICER TO BE THERE AND THEN TO TELL THEM THEY GOTTA LEAVE AT TEN. THAT WOULD PROBABLY I PROBABLY FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT I DON'T HAVE THE STUFF IN FRONT OF ME FROM THE OTHER FACILITIES. THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT CLOSE AT TEN, SOME CLOSE BEFORE THEN. SOME OF THEM STAY LATER. SOME OF THEM HAVE A 2 A.M. THING. IT JUST. AND MY BIGGEST REASON FOR WHAT DO WE WANT AS A CITY, WHAT DO WE WANT OUR TIME TO BE? A LOT OF THE STUFF WE VIEW AND LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, WHICH IS COMPARABLE. WHAT ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH? 12 WHAT IT'S BEEN. BUT JUST TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION, IF WE WANT TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER, IF WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH 12, THEN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE IT IS. BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING ONE OF THE CONCERNING FACTORS FROM OUR STAFF TO Y'ALL. I MEAN, AS SOMEONE WHO RENTS A LOT OF FACILITIES AND COORDINATES A LOT OF EVENTS INVOLVING ALCOHOL, I CAN SEE SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BEING A 10:00 SHUT OFF. THAT WOULD BE THE GENERAL. I MEAN, EVEN FROM A CORPORATE STANDPOINT, I THINK SATURDAY AND SUNDAY YOU COULD PROBABLY CUT THEM OFF AT 11. BUT IN TERMS OF A WEDDING, LIKE IF YOU'RE SHUTTING, SAY, ALCOHOL DOWN AT 11, THAT'S YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE CLEANUP TIME UNTIL, I MEAN, AND YOU CAN DO THAT TILL MIDNIGHT AND LET YOU KNOW THE RENTER, DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO UTILIZE THEIR TIME. I MEAN, YOU CAN SET A NO ALCOHOL CAN BE SERVED AFTER X TIME, BUT I WOULD NOT DO A SATURDAY SUNDAY TILL TEN, I THINK. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END UP SATURDAY SUNDAY. YEAH I MEAN ANY. YEAH FRIDAY SATURDAY I MEAN FRIDAY, SATURDAY I WOULD DO SUNDAY AT TEN. SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY [00:20:03] I THINK 10:00 WOULD BE FINE. I MEAN OKAY WELL AND DOES THIS HAVE TO BE A BLANKET POLICY FOR ALL THREE FACILITIES OR CAN WE SAY BILL HARMON. IT'S DONE AT TEN EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. YEAH. THERE'S NO REASON FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN AT BILL HARMON AFTER 10:00. I MEAN, I DON'T WELL, WHAT WE'VE DONE. YEAH. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE'RE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FACILITIES. WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS. AND SO IT'S BEEN A BLANKET FOR A WHILE. IT HAS. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A STAFF IS WE'VE KIND OF THERE WAS THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT HAD THREE DIFFERENT RULES. ALL OF THEM HAD SETS OF RULES. SO WE'VE KIND OF COME TOGETHER OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, STARTED KIND OF PUTTING THE RULES TOGETHER. SOME OF THEM CAN BE SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER. SOME OF THEM DON'T NEED TO MATCH. JULIA WILL TELL YOU SHE DOESN'T NEED ALCOHOL POLICY IN HER STUFF BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ALCOHOL OVER THERE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS A STAFF WE'VE GOT TOGETHER AND HAD SOME VERY GOOD STRONG MEETINGS ABOUT THAT. THESE ARE OUR POLICIES. WHAT ARE WE OKAY WITH HERE? WHAT ARE WE OKAY WITH THERE AND HAVE THEM SIMILAR ENOUGH WITH THE RENTAL SIDE OF THINGS, THE, YOU KNOW, REFUND SIDE OF THINGS. BUT SOME OF THE POLICIES DON'T HAVE TO MIRROR EACH OTHER BECAUSE THE FACILITIES DON'T MIRROR EACH OTHER. SO I THINK THAT I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON. BUT WE COULD SHUT THEM DOWN AT TEN AND THEN COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY TO UTILIZE OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE THERE AT TEN AND WE'RE PRETTY SHORT STAFFED ACROSS THE BOARD AT OUR RENTAL FACILITIES. IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE THERE AT TEN, THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, TILL TEN, THEY CAN CUT OUT AND COME BACK AND WORK A NORMAL WORK DAY. AND WE SHIFT SCHEDULES TO WORK THE WEEKENDS. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A COUPLE PART TIMERS TO HELP OUT AT THE, AT THE GREENS. WE MAY HAVE A SOLUTION THAT SHORTLY. BUT EVEN FROM A FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT. AND I'M JUST SAYING THESE ARE THINGS THAT I ENCOUNTER AT OTHER FACILITIES THAT I HAVE RENTED. YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE AN EVENT AND I HAVE TO AND I, I DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE SERVE ALCOHOL TILL TEN, 11:00, OUR SECURITY INCREASES AUTOMATICALLY. WE HAVE TO HAVE DOUBLE WHAT OUR GENERAL POPULATION NUMBERS ARE FOR THAT EVENT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING PAST 10:00. SURE. AND THAT'S WHEN THE STAFFS AND THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR. BUT THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY. YEAH. SO I MEAN, AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, UPPING SECURITY COSTS, YOU KNOW, SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALCOHOL AFTER A CERTAIN TIME. YEAH. WHY DON'T WE DO LIKE WE DID WITH THE FIRST ONE. LET'S PUT SOME STUFF TOGETHER. YEP. COME BACK AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT IT AGAIN WITH THIS IS HERE'S, HERE'S KIND OF A ROUGH OUTLINE OF WHAT Y'ALL DID AND THEN LIKE IT. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. AND THIS MAY BE OFF TOPIC, BUT WHEN SOMEONE LIKE A MINOR IS HIRED FOR THESE LOCATIONS AND LET'S SAY THE BALLPARK AS WELL, I MEAN, CAN THEY BE IN THE SAME POOL, LIKE LET'S SAY THE GREENS ARE OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY AND YOU ARE SHORT STAFFED, BUT THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON AT THE BALLPARKS. THAT STAFF IS FANTASTIC. CAN YOU MAKE THAT PHONE CALL AND SAY, HEY, ANYBODY WANT TO WORK A WEDDING? AUSTIN STAFF AND EVEN SOME OF THE DAYCAMP STAFF WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS NEED EXTRA, YOU KNOW, SUMMER HOURS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THEY FILL IN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN SO THEY ARE INTERCHANGEABLE. THEY WORK FOR THE THE KIDS, WORK FOR THE CITY AND NOT. OKAY, WELL, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. MAYOR'S ALLOWED US A LOT OF LATITUDE TO IF WE'RE IN PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE'RE IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. SO WE'VE AUSTIN'S CREW HAS HELPED OUT MANY, MANY EVENTS. AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, JULIE'S AT OTHER PLACES. SO WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN AND WE'VE WE HAVEN'T EVER RAN INTO THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, HOST AN EVENT. SO WE GOT A GOOD STAFF THAT DOES BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE. AND THEY DO A GOOD JOB WORKING TOGETHER. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CLEANUP COSTS IS NOT OUT OF THE NORM WHEN RENTING FACILITIES. AS FAR AS THE GREENS AND SHERWOOD FOREST. YEAH. I MEAN, I CAN GIVE YOU TONS OF INVOICES THAT SHOW LIKE ALL THE BREAKDOWNS OF ALL THE THINGS. WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR PRICES ARE PRETTY CHEAP AS IT IS. SO, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, THERE'S I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO WORK AROUND THAT IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, NOT CUT IT OFF TOO EARLY. THAT'S GOING TO CUT US OUT OF. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANYTHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE REC CENTER AFTER 10:00. I AGREE, I AGREE, I AGREE IT'S NOT EVEN AN OPTION. I THINK Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL GOTTA GET SOME OPTIONS TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ALTHOUGH THAT I'M IN THE 50S, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL SENIORS. I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD A DISCOUNT, SO I'M I'M OPEN TO NEW HOURS. GET IN THERE QUICK. I'M ABOUT TO RENEW THE MEMBERSHIP TOMORROW. YEAH. YOU GET IT WHILE YOU CAN BEFORE YOU GET GRANDFATHERED IN. IF YOU'RE LISTENING OUT THERE, GET GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. YOU'RE GONNA YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN INFLUX. NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. THAT'S GOOD INFLUX. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE IT. MAYBE THAT'S THE SECRET IS. YEAH. GETTING GETTING THE NEWS OUT THERE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS PRETTY [5.3. NO Baseball/Softball Play signs in the BHRC Gym ] STRAIGHTFORWARD. JULIE. THE BASEBALL NO BASEBALL SIGN. WELL, IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION, I [00:25:05] THINK THROUGH BLAKE THAT WE ARE ON A NO. IT WAS ON A SUNDAY. I GOT A CALL. I GET CALLS ALL THE TIME. HEY, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE GYM PLAYING. THEY'RE LIKE DOING SOFTBALL PRACTICE. I THINK THERE'S A THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THERE WITH THEIR CHILD PITCHING WHILE BASKETBALL. AND I THINK VOLLEYBALL OR VOLLEYBALL WAS GOING ON AND. PICKLEBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SIMPLY PUT UP A SIGN, YOU KNOW, THAT SAYS NO BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL IN THE GYM. IT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO BE A SMALL SIGN OUR STAFF CAN ENFORCE IT WHEN THEY SEE IT. THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. THEY WENT IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARED IT OUT. HOWEVER, SOMETIMES IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO JUST HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS, HERE IT IS. YOU KNOW, THOSE NICE NEW FLOORS. YEAH. THAT'S IT. YEAH, YEAH. WALLS. AND THEN SOMEBODY WALKING. I DON'T THINK THAT OUR NEW FLOORING IS BASEBALL SOFTBALL. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BRING THAT ONE BACK TO US. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE YOU CAN PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON I DON'T THINK WELL APPROVED SIGNS I WOULD BE SPECIFIC. OKAY. BUT LET ME ASK, NOT JUST BASEBALLS OR SOFTBALLS. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BALLS. RIGHT. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY LIKE, WELL, NOT EVEN WIFFLE BALLS. IT GOES A LONG WAY. AND I HAVE THEM IN MY GARAGE, SO I DO TOO. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT YOU WANT TO BE SPECIFIC IN REGARDS TO WHAT IF WE GO VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL AND PICKLEBALL ONLY ONLY. IT'S ONLY UNLESS IT'S RENTED OUT FOR A PARTY, BECAUSE I DO RENT IT FOR MY SON'S WIFFLE BALL TOURNAMENT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, SO. BUT I PAID FOR IT. OH, THAT WAS YOU? ACTUALLY, I GUESS WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO. WE'LL GO OUT TO THE BALLPARK. WHY DON'T YOU BE? YOU COULD JUST SAY NO HARD BALLS, RIGHT? YEAH. A SOFTBALL COUNCIL HERBAL. YES, YES, YES IT DOES. YES, TECHNICALLY IT DOES. AND THEN YEAH, WE'LL GO TO THE. WELL, WE CAN EVEN LEAVE THAT OUT. AND WE COULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE TEE BALL FIELDS OR FIELD FIVE OR SOMETHING. IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE COOKOUT OR SOMETHING OUT THERE. SO YOU COULD ALSO ADD BATTING CAGES IN YOUR RENTAL ROOMS. OH, NO. ARE WE GONNA RENT THEM TO THE COMMITTEE? ARE WE GOING TO RENT THE HELMETS, TOO? BECAUSE THE HELMETS. NO, I MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH EXTRAS. OH MY WORD. OH, RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S PROBABLY KNOW IS THAT WE CAN PROBABLY PUT BATTING CAGES THAT WE LOWER DOWN. WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT COVERED. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU NEED US TO VOTE ON? WHICH ONE? BATTING CAGES. NO. THE SIGN. THE SIGN. ARE YOU JUST OR. NO. WE'RE. WE WILL PUT. WE WILL. OKAY. WE'LL PUT THE SPECIFIC YEAH TYPE OF HERE'S WHAT'S ALLOWED HERE. YEAH. IF YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THIS LIST GO. NO WE'LL CREATE ONE. WE'LL GET ONE UP. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THE NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS [5.4. Code of Conduct/Disciplinary Actions ] KIND OF A BROAD TOPIC. CODE OF CONDUCT, DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS I BRING THAT AS A AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF SHRINK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM. WE HAVE OUR BASEBALL SOFTBALL BASKETBALL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE FACILITIES, POOLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO IS COME UP WITH A DISCIPLINARY ACTION TYPE POLICY THAT WE CAN STICK TO ENFORCE. SO SAY A KID GETS OUT OF LINE AT THE THE AFTER SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM. THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY BE REMOVED, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A CONFERENCE WITH THE PARENT, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME WRITTEN DOCUMENTATIONS IF IT'S BAD ENOUGH. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS. HOWEVER, I THINK AND AT THE POOLS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN THE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REMOVED AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I FOUND OUT THE OTHER DAY, THIS IS WHAT SPURRED ME TO ASK ABOUT THIS. THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL OVER THERE THAT'S GIVEN STAFF PROBLEMS, BUT THEY'RE THEY CONTINUOUSLY COME IN AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? WELL, YOU DON'T LET THEM IN, RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M KIND OF FIGURED OUT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE US TO DO. A LOT OF THE TIMES IT'S COME TO ME AND I'VE MADE THE DECISION, ALL RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED BACK. IF THE POLICE ARE INVOLVED, THEY TYPICALLY HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS. BUT I THINK THERE ALSO COULD BE AN APPEAL PROCESS WHERE MAYBE THEY COME TO YOU IF THEY IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN KICKED OUT WRONGLY FOR A CERTAIN REASON AND THEY KIND OF COME PLEAD THEIR CASE, SO TO SPEAK. BUT THAT COULD ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD, IF THEY'RE IN A, IN A PROGRAM WHERE THEY DON'T GET TO COME BACK. SO A LOT OF THE STUFF IS FALLING ON MYSELF. AND, AND MAYOR'S BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND IT'S JUST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CONSISTENT WITH IF WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE SOMEBODY FROM A PROGRAM, BASEBALL PROGRAM, SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, A FACILITY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CONSISTENT, AS CONSISTENT. NOT ALL THE SITUATIONS ARE THE SAME, BUT WE WANT TO BE AS CONSISTENT AS WE CAN WITH ANY KIND OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL IN OUR FACILITIES AND OUR PROGRAMS. SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'D LOVE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF INPUT, ANY KIND OF ADVICE, ANY KIND OF THINK. Y'ALL, YOU ALL THINK WE MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO DOING. NOT ALL SITUATIONS ARE THE SAME. SOME ARE EXTREME, SOME ARE NOT. BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME [00:30:03] SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REMOVED. AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, RIGHT? BUT BY THAT TIME THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM. SO WE'RE CLEANING UP STEPS ON OUR OWN. BUT I ALSO WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT SOMEBODY COULD COME IN AND SAY, HEY, I GOT KICKED OUT OF THE FACILITY, I GET KICKED OUT OF THE PROGRAM, MY SON GOT KICKED OUT OF A PROGRAM. IT'S NOT RIGHT. I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A SOUNDING BOARD, SO TO SPEAK. I THINK EVERYTHING'S FAIR. AND IF WE DISCUSS IT AND COME UP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THREE SIDES TO THE STORY AS WE'VE BEEN LEARNING. SO JUST WANT TO OPEN THAT. ANOTHER THING UP FOR Y'ALL'S DISCUSSION IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO SO ESSENTIALLY IF SOMEONE GETS KICKED OUT OF BASEBALL OR GET KICKED OUT OF DAY CAMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY COULD COME TO US AND APPEAL GETTING WELL, THEY COULD OR I COULD SEND AN EMAIL IF SOMEBODY IS REMOVED SAYING, HERE'S THE SITUATION WE'VE DOCUMENTED. YOU KNOW, IT'S ESCALATED TO THE POINT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, BE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM. AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE NEED TO HAVE AN APPEAL PROCESS IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, BUT BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME LAPSE FROM MEETING TO MEETING WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU COULD USE LIKE A TIERED APPROACH. I MEAN, THAT'S TYPICALLY LIKE IN SCHOOL. THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN SITUATIONS THAT WOULD ARISE THAT WOULD BE MINOR, BUT YOU START STACKING THEM. YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE, OKAY, YOU NEED TO BE GONE. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR MINOR OFFENSES AND I DON'T EVEN IN SOME CASES THREE STRIKES MIGHT BE TOO MANY. YEAH. BUT THEN OF COURSE THERE'S EXTREME CASES. IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THEY DON'T NEED TO BE THERE ANYMORE. SO AS FAR AS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AN OVERALL POLICY, IT MAY JUST THERE ARE SITUATIONAL THINGS THAT YOU CAN SPECIFICALLY THINK ABOUT, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, OUTLIERS. OF COURSE, IT MAY BE THAT YOU NEED MORE GENERAL STATEMENTS WITH REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, RESPECTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE AND THAT KIND OF THING, THAT A LOT OF THINGS FALL UNDER THAT OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY LIKE INSUBORDINATION, BUT JUST NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE IN OR THE MORNING SUN SPEAK. IT'S MORE OF LIKE A HANDBOOK TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE IT'S OUTLINED IN WRITING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE COURSE OF ACTION IF YOU ARE TO DO THIS, AND THEN YOU CAN POINT TO THAT AND SAY, OKAY, AND THEN IT'LL BE HARDER FOR THEM TO APPEAL. THAT'S WHY WE'VE KIND OF GONE TO I KNOW THEY DID IT. THE SPORTS COMPLEX WITH CODES OF CONDUCT FOR PARENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT IN THE SUMMER PROGRAM. AND I THINK CODE OF CONDUCT, IF YOU HAVE A SIGNATURE SIGNATURE ON IT, AND THEY VIOLATED SOMETHING ON THAT, THAT THAT HELPS TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE WENT WRONG. THIS IS WHAT YOU DID. BUT I MEAN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY. AND IT MAY JUST BE CODE OF CONDUCT ACROSS THE BOARD WITH SIGNATURES FROM PARTICIPANTS, WHETHER IT'S A MEMBER AT THE REC CENTER, THE SENIOR CENTER, WHATEVER IT IS. WELL, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE SUBMIT A NEW CODE OF CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE. AND I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE HAD SUCCESS IN THE PAST WITH THE PLAYER AND PARENTS, IF YOU WILL, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY PARENTS, BUT THE GUARDIAN, THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR BASICALLY PAYING THAT TAB, IS THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPECTATORS THAT YOU ALLOW TO COME WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. I THINK THAT FOR ALL OF US THAT THAT HAVE KIDS OR GO TO SPORTING EVENTS, THE ADULTS TEND TO BE THE PROBLEM. I AGREE, NO ONE WANTS TO HOLD A CHILD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ADULT. NO SUPPORTERS. BUT WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE WE AS A STAFF FIND OURSELVES SOMETIMES CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERESTING SITUATIONS. BUT IF WE CAN GO TO THAT CODE OF CONDUCT AND WE SAY, OH, HERE IT IS, YOU VIOLATED IT, YOU'VE SIGNED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS. I MEAN, THAT CLEANS IT UP ACROSS THE BOARD. AND WE WE'LL DEVELOP SOME SIMILAR TO WHAT WE GOT WITH THE SPORTS CURRENTLY. AND I THINK IF IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TRY TO IMPLEMENT. I AGREE WITH THAT 100% BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT, THEY VIOLATE SOMETHING. YOU GOT SOMETHING TO POINT TO BECAUSE I I'D HATE FOR IT TO GET TO ONE OF THOSE THINGS. LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN BETWEEN THAT THAT WE MEET AND AND WE WANT TO HAVE Y'ALL'S BACK NO MATTER WHAT. SO IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND PUTS ON A GOOD CASE AND WE LET THEM BACK IN, JUST WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING Y'ALL. AND I'M ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. WELL, I'M ALL ABOUT THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I SPOKE WITH THE SENIOR CENTER STAFF ABOUT. THEY'RE HAVING AN ISSUE. AND I SAID, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE DO. I SAID, MAN, THIS IS SIMPLE. WE ALSO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT BY US. SO WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO. YEAH, WE'VE HAD TO DO IT SEVERAL TIMES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT. THEY JUST HAD BLANKET MEMBERSHIPS. THEY CAME IN, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. SAY WHAT? AND TO WHOEVER THEY WANT, HOW THEY WANT TO INTERRUPT MEETINGS AND INTERRUPT PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO WE NEED TO ADDRESS. AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKED PRETTY GOOD WITH THE BALL FIELDS SINCE WE TOOK OVER THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. SO I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY GET ON BOARD THAT AND START GETTING THOSE. I THINK THE THE SIGNATURES, TO YOUR POINT, YOU SIGNED IT, YOU AGREED TO IT OWNERSHIP. AND YEAH, UNLESS WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND I THINK HAVING MYSELF OR THE FACILITY MANAGER WITH THEM IS A BIG DEAL TOO, BECAUSE [00:35:02] THERE COULD BE SOME REASON THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE BEING MISTREATED. AND MAYBE A DISCUSSION ENDS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HANDLE IT THAT WAY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT PEOPLE OUT. BUT SOMETIMES IT IS UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO SO WELL. AND TO GO TO ANITA'S POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THE CHILD FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR PARENTS BEHAVIOR. I'M INVOLVED IN SWIM. IF THERE'S A SWIM MEET, I'M PROBABLY THERE IN SOME CITY, AND I'VE SEEN OTHER PROGRAMS WHERE LIKE THE PARENT WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE PARENT HAS BEEN TOLD THEY CANNOT COME BACK, BUT THEIR CHILD IS STILL WELCOME. YOU KNOW, THEY JUST HAVE TO BE OKAY, THAT THERE'S NO THAT THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE SUPERVISING THEIR CHILD OR SOMEBODY ELSE DOES. AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS CODE OF CONDUCT BE STANDARDIZED ACROSS ALL YOUR YOUTH SPORTS. AND SHERWOOD, AS FAR AS IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE CITY RAN, THEY SHOULD BE OKAY. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE. YEAH. NO 100%. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD ALSO DO IS WE DO HAVE SOME. AND I KNOW THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THE SOCCER PROGRAM, THE IN THE SWIMMING IS ESSENTIALLY CITIES NOW. SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A CODE OF I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL USE THE CODE OF CONDUCT THIS YEAR. I'M NOT SURE IT'S IN OUR HANDBOOK. AND SO I WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU AFTER AND SAY, HEY, WHEN YOU GET THAT VERBIAGE, SEND IT TO ME SO I CAN INCORPORATE IT IN THE HANDBOOK. WHAT WE'LL DO IS I KNOW AUSTIN, THEY USE IT OUT AT THE THEY AND THEY'VE PUT A LOT OF DETAIL INTO THEIRS OUT AT BASEBALL SOFTBALL. SO WHAT WE'LL DO WE'LL SEND THOSE OUT AND I THINK OR WE CAN SEND THEM THROUGH. Y'ALL MAKE SURE YOU APPROVE. OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT, YOU KNOW, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD BECAUSE, YEAH, WE'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN SPORTS UP HERE OR OR FACILITIES IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. SO WHY DON'T WE SEND OUT WHAT? AUSTIN? WHAT? YOU GOT A NOTE? THERE WE GO. WE'RE GOING TO. Y'ALL. I TOLD YOU, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS UP. Y'ALL OF KNOWLEDGE UP HERE. YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT'S THE BEST PART THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. WE WANT THE SAME THING. SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S LOCK ARMS AND GO TOGETHER. SO I MEAN, I'M STILL I'M STILL HUNG UP OVER YOU SAYING THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I'M LIKE, WELL, I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD. SO I'M LIKE, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND OUR OTHER FACILITIES. AND YEAH, I KNOW THE MEMBER WHO IT IS. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, JUST SET UP A MEETING WITH ME AND LET'S, LET'S LET THIS INDIVIDUAL DISCUSS IT. I THINK, I THINK WE CAN GET PAST WHERE WE WERE. SO WE'LL SEE. IT'S AWESOME. WE SHALL SEE, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW ALL THAT GOES. I'LL LET YOU KNOW. I ALWAYS SAY I'LL TELL MY 11 YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW, YOU CONTROL ONE PERSON, I CONTROL ONE PERSON THAT'S MYSELF. SO APART FROM THAT, WE CAN GIVE GREAT ADVICE. I CAN GIVE MY SON GREAT ADVICE, BUT I CAN'T MAKE HIM DO THINGS. SO AT ANY RATE, THE NEXT ONE IS [5.5. Blue Building Usage/Potential Rental at the Sports Complex ] A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING. THE BLUE BUILDING. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW OUT AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, WHICH IS I'M REFERRING TO THE BATTING CAGES THAT THE THE INDOOR FACILITY, THERE'S A TURF FACILITY INDOORS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL USES. AND IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN USED FOR SPORTING, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, LEAGUE USAGE. WE'RE PROPOSING AN IDEA AND I'LL BRING AUSTIN UP HERE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THIS AS WELL. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLORE THE OPTION OF POTENTIALLY WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TEAMS ARE DONE WITH IT, RESERVE IT, RENT IT OUT FOR TOURNAMENT TEAMS IF NECESSARY TO WHERE EACH TEAM HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT. WE HAVE A GOOD GRASP ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. WE'D LOVE TO INCORPORATE THE INDOOR FACILITY INTO THE LEAGUE TO HELP GET ADDITIONAL PRACTICE TIMES INSIDE THE FACILITY. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS ESSENTIALLY POTENTIALLY RENT OUT THE INDOOR FACILITY AND ALSO UTILIZE IT FOR THE REC LEAGUE THAT WE HAVE. SO AUSTIN, YOU GO INTO IT. HELLO EVERYONE. THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS KIND OF THE SAME AS THE FIELDS THEMSELVES. OBVIOUSLY OUR HIGH SCHOOL USES THE FACILITY A LOT. WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS, BUT IN THE TIMES IT'S NOT BEING USED. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONLY TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE IT. WE WANT IT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE REC LEAGUE. IT'S KIND OF SOMETHING THAT SEPARATES US. NOT MANY PUBLIC MUNICIPAL REC LEAGUES HAVE AN INDOOR FACILITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT JUST LIKE A FIELD. WE A LOT TIMES WHEN WE DO OUR DRAFTS OF PRACTICE, TIMES WE CAN GIVE THEM A TIME IN THE BLUE BUILDING. WE WOULD STAFF THAT. WE KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IN THERE AND THINGS THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY KIDS THAT PLAY BASEBALL. SO WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE IN THERE TO MAKE OVERWATCH AND MAKE SURE KIDS AREN'T GETTING INTO THEIR THINGS ONE TEAM AT A TIME. WE JUST WANTED IT TO BE FAIR ACCESS DIRECTLY SO WE GET ACCESS JUST AS THEIR ENTRY FEE. THE TOURNAMENT TEAMS AND STUFF, JUST LIKE FIELDS, WOULD BE A RENTAL FEE. BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS JUST TO GIVE ACCESS TO ALL THE KIDS AND NOT JUST A FEW [00:40:03] KIDS, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BENEFIT OUR LEAGUE GREATLY BECAUSE WE DON'T. THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE THAT I KNOW OF THAT A MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OFFERS AN INDOOR FACILITY FOR A PRACTICE FACILITY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YOU SAID REC LEAGUES AND THEN YOU SAID LIKE BENEFIT OUR LEAGUE KIDS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN LIKE THE THE DIFFERENCE. SO YOU HAVE TRAVEL BASEBALL IS IT I'M VERY FAMILIAR MONSTER. OUR RECREATIONAL LEAGUE IS JUST THE ONE WE THE CITY RUNS. AND IF YOU'RE ON A TRAVEL TEAM AND YOU'RE NOT PART OF OUR RECREATIONAL LEAGUE, THOSE COACHES HAVE TO RENT A FIELD OR RECREATIONAL TEAMS DO NOT. THEY GET FREE PRACTICE TIME THAT COMES WITH THEIR REGISTRATION FEES BECAUSE THEY SIGNED UP THROUGH US. SO WITH THESE RENT TO JUST SHERWOOD TRAVEL TEAMS OR ANY FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AFTER THE FACT, AFTER WE HAVE TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, THEY RENT FIELDS FROM US ALREADY. AND WHY DOESN'T THE CABOT TEAMS USE THE CABOT SPORTS ARENA? GAME TIME? I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT. SO THAT'S FOR BASEBALL? ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THERE'S YOU PAY FOR IT TWICE A WEEK FOR. YEAH. FOR BASEBALL. YES. WELL I KNOW THEY HAVE THAT SIDE, THE TURF SIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO THERE'S ALSO ON DECK IN IN SHERWOOD YOU HAVE THE PROSPECTS HAVE THEIR FACILITIES HAVE THE FACILITY. THERE'S A BULLPEN THERE. I MEAN THERE'S MULTIPLE FACILITIES AS WELL. YEAH. THERE'S TONS OF FACILITIES. WE'VE THERE'S IN LITTLE ROCK, THERE'S ALL, ALL TIMES FACILITIES LIKE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE BEING RENTED OUT. SO ARE YOU ONLY GOING TO RENT FOR TEAMS. COULD IT BE FOR COACHES THAT WANT TO HAVE LESSONS. IT COULD BE SOMEBODY FOR LESSONS. IT COULD BE SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO COME AND HOLD A CAMP. IT COULD BE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FIELD, ANY OTHER FIELD RENTAL THAT'S OUT THERE. AND WHAT ABOUT FOR THE SHERWOOD YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN LOYAL TO THE SHERWOOD LEAGUES BECAUSE OF THE BLUE BUILDING? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND. IF YOU'RE IN THE SHERWOOD LEAGUES, YOU GET FREE PRACTICE COMES WITH YOUR BUILDING, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD GET FREE FIELD TIME. RIGHT. BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, A LEG UP FOR THE SHERWOOD COMMUNITY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I DON'T CONSIDER PROSPECTS A A SHERWOOD. RIGHT? THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FACILITY. THEIR DUES PAY FOR THAT. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S ODD BECAUSE WE'RE PCSSD, BUT IT'S SHERWOOD OWNED BUILDING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF INDEPENDENCE TEAMS. THERE'S A LOT OF TEAMS. EQUIPMENT QUESTION. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. COACH, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ASK COACH. YEAH, YEAH HE'S ABSOLUTELY COME ON. COME UP TO THE TO THE DEAL IF YOU DON'T MIND ON THE IS THE GETTING THE GOTTA GET IN THE CIRCLE OVER HERE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS IN THAT BUILDING BELONGS TO THE SYLVAN HILLS BASEBALL DEPARTMENT. WELL, YEAH. WHEN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR, WE OWN EVERYTHING IN THAT BUILDING. OKAY, SO Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT RENTING A BUILDING, UTILIZING SOMEONE ELSE'S EQUIPMENT? NO, THEY WOULD NOT BE USING ANY EQUIPMENT IN THERE. THEY'D BE USING NETS AND MOUNDS THAT WE PUT IN THERE. WE OWN THE NETS. SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO WE WOULD HOW WOULD, WOULD WORK THE FACT WE WE THE CITY PAYS THE UTILITIES FOR THE FACILITY. THE CITY MAINTAINS THE FACILITY. OKAY. WE'VE WE SPOKE WITH HIM THE JUST LIKE THEY DID LIKE THE SHACK DID LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DO. THERE'S A SET OF GUIDELINES THAT YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO. YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE BAYS AND YOU'D HAVE ACCESS TO THE PITCHING MOUNDS. OKAY. BUT I GO IN THE MODEL THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO GO TO, YOU'D BE REQUIRING SYLVAN HILLS BASEBALL DEPARTMENT TO MOVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY OWN OUT OF THAT BUILDING. WE WOULDN'T WE'D BE WE OUR STAFF WOULD BE JUST LIKE THE SHACK STAFF HAD BEFORE. WE'D BE PROTECTING THAT. IT'D BE OUR JOB AND OUR JOB TO PROTECT IT. OKAY, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE THOUGH? LIKE, LET'S SAY ALL THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYERS PUT LOCKS ON ALL THE LOCKERS, BUT SOMEONE BREAKS INTO THAT AND THERE'S $5,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT CAMERAS INSIDE THE FACILITY. CORRECT? THOSE ARE. BUT STILL, THAT'S A LIABILITY. THE CITY OWNS THE BUILDING, AND THE CITY NOW IS RENTING THE BUILDING OUT. ONE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THERE. I MEAN, DO WE MAINTAIN THE LIABILITY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WHEN THEY'RE IN THERE? I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE BRINGING IT FOR A DISCUSSION. THERE'S NOT A DEFINITIVE YES OR NO. WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, LET ME ASK THIS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE ATHLETIC, THE BUILDING THAT THE ATHLETIC CLUB USED, BECAUSE THAT BUILDING WAS VACATED BY THE ATHLETIC CLUB. SO IT'S OFFICE CITY SHERWOOD, THERE'S OFFICES IN THERE THAT ARE RUNNING THE YOUTH SPORTS, AND THE UMPIRES UTILIZE THAT FACILITY. SO MY BIG DEAL, I THINK AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, I THOUGHT I [00:45:06] REMEMBERED LIKE HISTORY ON THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE. SO I REACHED OUT TO COACH T TO TRY TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. AND IT WAS THE WAY I REMEMBERED IT. HIM AND COACH BRUMLEY RAISED A LOT OF MONEY TO TO PUT THAT BUILDING UP. AND SO EVERYTHING IN THERE, LIKE THEY WERE SAYING, THE, THE SCHOOL AND THE, THE BASEBALL TEAM, THEY OWN ALL THE STUFF INSIDE. SO I KIND OF I KIND OF HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OVER AND START RENTING IT. IF THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE, I GET IT. IT WAS ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I JUST KIND OF HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US NOW SAYING WE'RE GOING TO START RENTING IT OUT. AND AND I GET IT LIKE MAYBE IT'S OUTSIDE OF BASEBALL TIME, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON'S OVER. BUT I DO KNOW THEY STILL HAVE OTHER TIMES THEY GO IN AND PRACTICE OR, OR HAVE SOME ONE OFF STUFF. SO THAT ONE JUST KIND OF I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S GRAY AREA IN ALL OF THIS. YEAH. THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT. AND I JUST AND WE JUST DISCUSSED. ABSOLUTELY. AND A LOT OF THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE IS WE GET WE RENT THE FIELDS OUT TO A LOT OF INDEPENDENT TEAMS. WE RENT FIELDS OUT TO PROSPECTS. WE RENT THE FIELDS OUT TO NEW. EVERY EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, THERE'S A NEW TOURNAMENT TEAM. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. YEAH. THE ABILITY FOR US ALSO TO USE THE FACILITY FOR THE LEAGUE IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME TOO. YOU KNOW, I DON'T CARE IF WE RENT IT. I DON'T CARE IF WE RENT IT AT ALL. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO USE A CITY FACILITY OR HAVE A CITY FACILITY, I THINK THAT IT IS REASONABLE TO HAVE IT OPEN AND AND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE NOT JUST A SELECT FEW PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE CITY FACILITY IF WE WANT TO GO. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. I'M DONE. I WANTED TO ADD TO IT BEFORE WE TOOK OVER THE LEAGUE, THE SYLVAN HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB DID THE SAME THING. THEY LET LEAGUE TEAMS PRACTICE IN THERE. THEY LET THEIR OWN TRAVEL TEAMS PRACTICE IN THERE. TO THIS DATE, THE HIGH SCHOOL USES IT AND THE SYLVAN HILLS BEARS USE ESSAY TEAMS USE IT. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S A FEEDER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I SAY I DON'T WANT TO SAY LIKE FEEDER IN TECHNICAL TERMS, BUT FOR SOMEONE THAT HAS LIVED HERE AND RAISED HER KIDS HERE IN PULASKI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO HAD US, WHO HAS A SON WHO'S 14, WHO STILL USES BOTH, I MEAN, LIKE YOU AND I AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS. I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE MY SON PLAYS BASEBALL, BUT THE SELECT FEW. I MEAN, FOR THOSE OF US PARENTS THAT PUT THAT RIGHT A CHECK, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE SYLVAN HILLS ATHLETIC CLUB OR THE PROSPECTS OR 501 OR AVA VOLLEYBALL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A SELECT FEW. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO USE THE BLUE BUILDING, THEN YOU TRY OUT FOR SYLVAN HILLS BEARS TEAM AND YOU MOVE TO A LOCATION WHERE YOU CAN PLAY FOR SYLVAN HILLS BEARS BASEBALL. THEY DON'T HAVE 5,050% OF THE OF THE PLAYERS IN THE BEARS ORGANIZATION. OR AT LEAST I COULD BE WRONG. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT A DIRECT NUMBER. I'M NOT SURE WHAT RESIDENTS TELL TRAVEL. TRAVEL TEAMS ARE NOT BUILT THROUGH THE CITY OF SHERWOOD. ULTIMATELY, WE'RE BRINGING IT TO Y'ALL AS A THING TO SAY. WE WANT THERE'S ACCESS TO ALL THE KIDS IN THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, NOT JUST THE TRAVEL TEAM. THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHY. AND TO YOUR POINT, MY SON PLAYS FOR THE PROSPECTS SHERWOOD PROSPECTS. IT IS A SHERWOOD. DOES THAT MEAN HE WILL BE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM BECAUSE HE WASN'T THE BEARS ORGANIZATION? I'M JUST SAYING USE YOUR OWN FACILITY. I MEAN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ON THE BLUE BUILDING WHICH THE CITY OWNS, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO BE PROUD OF. BUT EVERYTHING INSIDE THAT IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY OF SHERWOOD. AND SO. ALL RIGHT, SO AN INDIVIDUAL RUNNING THE BEARS ORGANIZATION, THERE'S AN IT IS RAN BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR VARIOUS AGE GROUPS. RIGHT. IS THERE AN AGE GROUP? IS THERE EVERY AGE GROUP GOT A TEAM? AM I ALLOWED TO TALK I DON'T KNOW YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH, YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD. I'M INVISIBLE. YEAH. YOU CAN TALK. GO AHEAD. YEAH. IS THERE BEAU BOWMAN AND MYSELF CREATED THE SYLVAN HILLS TOURNAMENT TEAMS BECAUSE THE LEAGUE ELIMINATED ANY KIND OF ALL STAR FOR RECORD. IT'S JUST A REC LEAGUE GAME. SO WHEN I SAW THAT, I SAW THAT THE SYLVAN HILLS NAME IS NO LONGER OUT THERE FOR BASEBALL AND THE REC LEAGUE. WHEN YOU GO TO A REC LEAGUE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS SHERWOOD. THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS SYLVAN HILLS. THERE'S NOTHING. AND SO IN THE BASEBALL COMMUNITY, I KNOW THAT THESE KIDS EVENTUALLY ARE GOING TO GROW UP AND COME VIA SYLVAN HILLS BASEBALL PLAYER OR BEBE BADGER OR CABOT PANTHER OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND SO THEN WHEN WE GO TO THESE TOURNAMENTS, ALL THESE TEAMS ARE BEEBE OR CABOT OR BRYANT OR BENTON, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS SYLVAN HILLS. SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, LET'S COME TOGETHER. I MET WITH BLAKE, I MET WITH AUSTIN. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT GETS LEFT OUT. THAT HAPPENED. AND THEY'RE FOR IT. WELL, THEN. AND THE THE SHACK DISSOLVES, [00:50:05] THE CITY TAKES OVER, AND NOBODY WANTS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BLUE BUILDING. THE BLUE BUILDING NEEDS A TON OF RENOVATIONS. WE CHARGE OUR SYLVAN HILLS TEAMS. HALF OF THE MONEY GOES INTO ACCOUNT TO PUT BACK INTO THE BLUE BUILDING, SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO FIX SOME THINGS. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. WE'RE NOT. WE HAVE TIMES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. IF YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO TO THE LEAGUE, THEN I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. MY THING WITH THAT IS THOUGH, IS RIGHT NOW ONE OF MY COACHES IS SITTING IN THAT BLUE BUILDING, BECAUSE THAT BUILDING AND THE STUFF IN THERE MEANS SOMETHING TO US. OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE A LOCK ON THEIR LOCKERS. IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAFF IT, WHO ARE WE GOING TO STAFF IT WITH? AND WHAT WHAT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS? OUR KIDS LOCKERS ARE IN THERE. THAT'S THEIR LOCKER ROOM. THAT'S WHERE THEY COME. THAT'S WHERE THEY THAT'S OUR HOUSE. THAT WOULD BE LIKE ASKING SOMEBODY FOR TWO HOURS TO COME SIT ON YOUR COUCH. IT'S YOUR HOUSE. IT'S OUR PLACE. WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE. THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 2007. I THINK THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN HERE EVERY YEAR. HOW WHETHER IT'S WHETHER IT'S THE SHACK HAVING THREE TEAMS AT ONCE IN THERE. YEAH. IT'S OVERRUN BY PEOPLE. WE WE HANDLE THAT. NOBODY'S SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE BEARS ORGANIZATION. WE WE THINK IT'S WE THINK IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION. HILLSDALE'S. CORRECT. WE ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY IF A COACH IN THE LEAGUE WANTS TO HAVE AN ALL STAR TEAM, THEY CAN HAVE AN ALL STAR TEAM. THEY CAN SELECT THEIR PLAYERS, THEY CAN DO THEIR THING. US AS A CITY ARE NOT GOING TO CUT KIDS ON AN ALL STAR TEAM. WE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. WE WEREN'T CUTTING ANY KIDS. IF A COACH WANTS TO PUT A TEAM TOGETHER AND GO PLAY IN TOURNAMENTS, THEY CAN PRACTICE AT OUR FACILITY. WE SUPPORT THEM. THEY CARRY THE YOUTRIP INSURANCE WITH THEM WE SUPPORT AND THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT DID IT THIS YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? WE'VE THERE'S A FEW. SO YES, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ALL STAR TEAM. US AS A CITY. WE'RE NOT CUTTING KIDS. THAT'S NOT OUR JOB. WE'RE NOT GOING OUT AND SELECTING WHO'S AN ALL STAR. SO LITTLE JOHNNY CAN'T BE ON AN ALL STAR TEAM BECAUSE HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE SELECTED BY OUR CITY OF SHERWOOD EMPLOYEE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR US TO DO THAT. BUT IF LITTLE JOHNNY WANTS TO USE THE BLUE BUILDING, THEN WHY CAN'T WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? BUT WHY ARE WE GOING TO RENT IT OUT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OF SHERWOOD? OR IF THIS WAS A PROPOSAL FOR THE LEAGUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO USE THE BLUE BUILDING, I ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN DO Y'ALL HAVE AN AGE GROUP FOR EVERY KID? YES. SO? WE HAVE SEVEN TEAMS RIGHT NOW. AND I'LL SAY AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THE PROPOSAL WAS MEANT TO PIN THIS AS MUCH AS GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING. I WASN'T INTENDED TO. YEAH, WE CAN PUT ANYBODY ANYTHING WE WANT TO AGAINST EACH OTHER. NOBODY'S SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE BEARS, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW I'VE HAD I GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE COACHED THE BEARS THAT ARE STILL WITH THE BEARS. THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE BROUGHT IT AS AN OPTION. I ALSO FEEL LIKE THE LEAGUE SHOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE CITY FACILITY. AND I AGREE WITH I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON THAT, BUT I MY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THE CITY DIDN'T BUILD IT AND WE HAD AN WE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY EVEN IF, EVEN IF IT WAS 80 YEARS AGO, IF WE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD COME BACK AND CHANGE THE TERMS NOW. YEAH. I COULDN'T THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A THAT'S ALL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERMS ARE. YEAH. WHEN I SAY TERMS, SOMEBODY BUILT IT. SOMEBODY RAISED MONEY TO BUILD THE BUILDING. YEAH. AND OKAY Y'ALL Y'ALL USE IT AT YOUR DISCRETION. AND LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN, MY KID PLAYED BASEBALL THERE. I KNOW THE LOCKERS AND STUFF ARE IN THERE BECAUSE MY KIDS KEPT ALL HIS STUFF IN THERE. AND WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT BECAUSE THE ONLY THE THE SYLVAN HILLS TEAM WAS IN THERE. SO HE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE STUFF. BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S NO LOCKERS, THERE'S NO LOCKS, THERE'S NO LOCKS ON LOCKERS. AND YEAH, THEY NEVER HAD HE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING, BUT I DO I DO HAVE A PROBLEM. I DO THINK WE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM IF WE START RENTING IT OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE. IT'S NOT THERE. I DO BELIEVE JUST THE AN OPTION. I MEAN, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ANSWER TO THAT. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. THESE ARE WE'RE JUST TALKING I MEAN I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS WHOLE ISSUE, BUT WE SPENT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF ARGUING AND CARRYING ON ABOUT BASEBALL, WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD DO THIS, WHETHER IT SHOULD DO. I MEAN, THIS IS PRESENTING SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE NOT WE WON'T DO IT. THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO DO WITHOUT Y'ALL'S BLESSING. YEAH, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THE CITY LEAGUE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT. I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE IF IT'S AN INDEPENDENT LEAGUE WITHIN THE. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SINGULAR ORGANIZATION, BUT IF Y'ALL DO, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. THAT'S UP FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS. AND WE FOLLOW Y'ALL'S LEAD. YEAH, YEAH. AND THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION. AGAIN I KNOW EVERYBODY'S PASSIONATE ON EACH SIDE OF IT, BUT WE'RE JUST HAVING A DISCUSSION. WE'RE [00:55:02] HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT US TO DO. BUT I THINK WHAT WE'VE RAN INTO IN THE PAST WITH BASEBALL IS OFTEN GETTING HISTORY LESSONS ON HOW THINGS USED TO BE, HOW THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN DONE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF HOW IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN DONE. IT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD DO IT. I'M FINE WITH IF WE DON'T, IF WE JUST WANT IT HIGH SCHOOL. ONLY IF WE WANT TO AUTHORIZE, IF WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE SOLE DISCRETION. SAY THERE IS ONLY LEAGUES OUT. THAT'S FINE. I'M WITH YOU. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF. THIS IS HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE. I'M WITH YOU 100%. AND I WAS ALL FOR THE CHANGE WHEN WE TOOK IT OVER. TOOK OVER BASEBALL. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WHEN I SAY IF YOU MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY AND THEY, THEY PUT UP A BUNCH OF MONEY AND DID SOMETHING, WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS. I JUST DON'T LIKE CHANGING THE TERM. THAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MAKING A CHANGE AND JUST MAKING A CHANGE. WE'RE INVOLVING OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE THE CHANGE. RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THINGS. IS A IS A IS A BIG DEAL. I THINK THE HISTORY WITH THE BASEBALL PROGRAM WITHIN THIS AREA. YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T GROW UP HERE AND CAME AND THEN HAD KIDS AND HAD TO UNDERSTAND THE, YOU KNOW, THE SYLVAN HILLS, PULASKI COUNTY, YOU KNOW, JACKSONVILLE HAS THIS NOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT I WILL SAY FROM SOMEONE THAT GREW UP A BASEBALL FANATIC AND MOVED HERE AND THEN EVENTUALLY HAD A SON AND ALL THE HISTORY BEHIND IT. I MEAN, THE REASON I THINK THAT BASEBALL GETS I MEAN, TRAVEL BASEBALL IS BIG MONEY MAKER. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. THE DIFFERENCE COMES AT ABOUT 13, 14. THE KIDS THAT MOVE ON, THE KIDS THAT DON'T. THE PROBLEM IN THIS CENTRAL ARKANSAS WHEN IT COMES TO BASEBALL IS EVEN LEAGUES DO NOT LINE UP WITH THE COMMISSIONED AREAS WHERE EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN ORDER TO GO TO COOPERSTOWN, PERIOD. SO IT DOESN'T LIKE EVERYONE. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT'S NOT EVER GOING TO BE THE SAME. I MEAN, PEOPLE GO WHERE THEY FEEL THEY'RE THEY MEET THEIR NEEDS. I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE SADDEST PART ABOUT IT IS THAT KIDS ARE LEAVING BASEBALL AT SIX AND AT SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND THAT'S A SHAME. IT IS. AND I'M I'M GUILTY OF IT. WE HAD AN ALL STAR TEAM THAT WAS THE SYLVAN HILLS ALL STAR TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. AND WHEN THE SHACK WAS THERE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE PRESENTED, HEY, LET'S LET THIS BE THE ALL STAR TEAM. WE'LL STAY IN THE LEAGUE, WE'LL DO THESE THINGS. THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERING OPINIONS AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK, YOU KNOW? WELL, I'LL SAY THAT WHEN MY SON WAS NINE, HE DIDN'T MAKE THE ALL STAR TEAM, AND THAT WAS FINE. WE WERE WE WERE NOT CRUSHED. WE MANAGED TO GO TO SLEEP AND WAKE UP. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAD A COACH COME TO US AND SAY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH YOUR KID. AND WE NEVER WENT BACK TO LEAGUE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH COACHED. IT WAS A VERY I MEAN, HOW YOU HOW IT BECOMES POLITICAL FOR 9 TO 11 YEAR OLD CHILDREN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT. WELL, IT'S IT'S I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S TERRIBLE. IT'S IT'S EXCITING. EVERY YEAR THERE'S A TRANSFER PORTAL FOR NINE YEAR OLDS. YEAH, IT REALLY IS. AND I'M SERIOUS, I'M TELLING YOU. BUT BUT THE CHALLENGE IS IT'S IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PRACTICE. YEAH. AND I SAY THAT WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR WHOLE YARD, IF YOU DRIVE BY, IS NOTHING BUT BASEBALLS. I MEAN, A TIRE IN MY YARD INTERRUPTING MY POOL ALL DAY BECAUSE MY SON IS DISCIPLINED. I MEAN, SO THAT BEING SAID, IS WHETHER WE RENT THE BLUE BUILDING OUT OR NOT ISN'T GOING TO KEEP SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO PLAY BASEBALL FROM NOT PLAYING BASEBALL. NO I AGREE. YES. NO. WE'RE ON. YEAH. FOR SURE. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL THIS YEAR. THAT TEAM WAS ABLE TO USE THE BLUE BUILDING. THERE'S A SYLVAN HILLS TEAM. I MEAN WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY. AUSTIN AND JACOB AND THOSE GUYS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB ON OUR FIELDS, AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THEM. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. I JUST I FOUND OUT LAST THURSDAY AND SO I'M JUST HERE TO PRESENT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHAT THAT BUILDING IS. I TOTALLY DISAGREE. AND FOR THAT WE DIDN'T BLINDSIDE YOU. WE HAD A CONVERSATION. SO HE'S AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU GUYS. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WE WANT WE WANT EVERYTHING TO BE OUT. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY MAKING DECISIONS BEHIND THE BACK. WE COULD HAVE EASILY JUST SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THAT'S IT. BUT WE DON'T. THAT'S NOT HOW I WILL EVER OPERATE. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMMITTEE, I WANT TO BRING STUFF TO THE COMMITTEE. AND I [01:00:03] THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN THE GOAL FROM THE WHOLE TIME CHANGING THINGS UP. YEAH. DO THINGS A DIFFERENT WAY. DO THINGS A BETTER WAY. IS IT ALWAYS WHERE WE'RE ALL GOING TO AGREE? NO. BUT I MEAN, WHAT Y'ALL WANT US TO DO, WE'LL DO, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AND THEN ALSO, I DO HAVE SEVEN TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING SINCE DECEMBER. AND TO COME IN NOW AND TO TELL THEM, NO, I JUST I THINK THAT'S WRONG. I THINK THAT'S A BAD LOOK ON ME AND, AND I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. IF THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PLACE IN THE FUTURE, LIKE I, I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO FINISH OUT THE, THE TIMES AND, AND THE SLOTS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED TO THEM. INSTEAD OF JUST UP AND TAKING IT FROM THEM. LIKE I SAID, I CAN TOTALLY GET DOWN WITH THE LEAGUE AND AND I'M FOR THAT. I BELIEVE IN THAT. THEY'RE ON THOSE FIELDS WHEN WE'RE PLAYING AND THEY'RE PLAYING. THOSE KIDS ARE GETTING TO LOOK DOWN AND SEE SOME OF THOSE BASEBALL PLAYERS, AND I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THAT. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I GOT TO PLAY ON THAT FIELD AND LET DOWN. BUT TO OUTSIDE TEAMS OR TO TO LESSONS OR WE HAD TO WE GOT A COACH LEFT US BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT NO LESSONS COULD BE HAPPENING IN THAT LITTLE BUILDING THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE'VE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT. YEAH. AND SO I'M NOT HERE TO BE A NEGATIVE. I'M NOT HERE TO BUT I, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT BUILDING BECAUSE THAT'S OUR HOME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH WE APPRECIATE IT I, I MY THOUGHTS LINE UP WITH ANITA AND SHELBY'S I MEAN I IF IF AN AGREEMENT CAN BE WORKED OUT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN THAT BUILDING YOU KNOW FOR FOR LEAGUE YOU KNOW OUR REC TEAMS, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE. BUT PULLING IN ANYTHING FROM THE OUTSIDE I THINK IS JUST A LITTLE DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY THE INTENT OF WHAT THAT BUILDING IS THERE FOR IS NOT FOR OUTSIDE ENTITIES TO COME IN. AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST AND I GET THAT, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THERE'S A THERE WAS A CERTAIN INTENT WITH THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, MONEY WAS RAISED WITH THE INTENT BEHIND THIS BUILDING. AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ALTER WHAT THAT IS. I JUST I JUST DON'T. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAST ONE, THE 2026 [5.6. 2026 Sherwood Tennis Center Operations ] TENNESSEE TENNIS CENTER OPERATIONS. WE MET WITH OUR TENNIS PRO TODAY. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS. OPEN IT UP. WE HAD A BOUT OF 5000, LESS THAN $5,000 IN REVENUE FOR THE FACILITY AS A FOR THE YEAR, WE'RE SPENDING 30 TO $45,000 IN PART TIME HELP TO OPEN UP THE DOORS. SO 25 WE MADE $5,000, 25 MINIMUM. I THINK YOU DID A NUMBER ON JUST ONE OF THE PERSONS. ONE PERSON ACROSS THE YEAR IS 30 TO, YOU KNOW, $30,000 FOR A PART TIMER. WE USUALLY HAVE A COUPLE UP THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, ROTATE OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS OPEN THE SIDE GATES. THERE'S LIGHTS LIKE THERE ARE AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, AT THE BASKETBALL COURTS THAT CAN BE PROGRAMED BY AUSTIN AND STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, GO OFF AT TEN POST HOURS UP THERE. IT IS STATE TENNIS. IT'LL STAY AT TENNIS. IT STAY IN TENNIS. YOU CAN'T WE WE'RE NOT MESSING WITH THOSE COURTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THOSE POST-TENSION SLAB, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE SLABS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH. WE DON'T MOVE ANYTHING STAYS. TENNIS. TENNIS PRO IS GOOD WITH IT. HE'S GOING TO HIM AND AUSTIN ARE GOING TO WORK ON A SCHEDULE TO COORDINATE WHEN HE HAS HIS LESSONS, WHEN HE HAS TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF AN OUTSIDE SOURCE LIKE THEY ALWAYS HAVE, WANT TO COME IN AND HAVE A TOURNAMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THE TOURNAMENT FEE, JUST LIKE A RENTAL FEE FOR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND THE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, WE'RE GOING TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE PARK STAFF, SUCH AS WORKING AT THESE EVENTS CENTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY. WE WANT THEM TO STAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM. BUT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO BACK THAT DOWN, OPEN IT UP. JUST LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU CAN GO PLAY PICKLEBALL, TENNIS. THERE'S A FREE TENNIS COURT STILL OVER AT HENSON PROGRAM. PROGRAM OF LIGHT. SO THAT IS THE INTENT. SO IT WON'T BE STAFFED? NO. WELL, THEY'LL HAVE THE FACILITY OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO UTILIZE FOR THE SPORTS. OKAY. ARE THERE CAMERAS OUT THERE ON THAT FACILITY. YES. AWESOME. ARE THERE SIGNS LIKE OUT THERE THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, SAY SOMETHING LIKE YOU'RE BEING WATCHED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE RIGHT NOW. NEED TO PUT SOME BIG SIGNS OUT THERE, SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BEING WATCHED. WE'RE GONNA PUT SIGN. WE'LL HAVE TO PUT SIGNS UP. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING UP THERE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT SOMETHING THAT SAYS CAMERA. YOU KNOW, CAMERAS OUT HERE, WE CAN PUT HOURS OF OPERATION BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DON'T THINK I WORRY ABOUT IT SINCE PEOPLE KNOWING THAT NOBODY'S THERE. AND WE'RE DOING THIS OUT THROUGH THE FACEBOOK [01:05:01] PAGE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, FREE TO GO OUT THERE THROUGH THESE HOURS NOW WITH THE TENNIS PRO HIGH PRIORITY. YES. WELL, HE ABSOLUTELY WILL. WE DON'T WANT MULTIPLE PROS. HE'S DONE US A GOOD JOB. THEY'VE THEY'VE THEY'RE HIS LESSONS. AND THINGS HAVE GROWN SINCE HE'S COME HERE. IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S SET UP. IT'S HE CAN CONTINUE TO DO HIS THING. HE'S HE'S GOT LEAGUES HE'S PUTTING TOGETHER AND WE MAY WE TALKED WITH HIM TODAY. WE MAY BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THAT THROUGH OUR SPORTS PROGRAM COORDINATOR. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HINDER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE HE'S DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AND GROWING. NO HE ASKED HE ACTUALLY THINKS HE MAY GET SOME MORE PLAYERS AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO FREELY COME UP THERE AND PLAY. SO THAT'S WHAT HE SPOKE WITH US ABOUT TODAY. YEAH. SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL GOT A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. THAT IS THAT IS MY RUNDOWN LIST. IT'S A GOOD LIST TODAY. I'LL HAVE SIX MORE NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH. BUT I WILL TRY TO MAKE THEM LESS CONTROVERSIAL. SIX IS THE LIMIT. SIX. NO, NO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COOL. I MEAN, I LIKE THIS. THIS IS WHAT? THIS. YEAH. THIS IS WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS ALL ABOUT. FOR US TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALWAYS AGREE ON STUFF, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. WE ARE. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. EXACTLY. AND AND PUTTING THOSE DECISIONS ON ME SOMETIMES, I MEAN, I'M GONNA MAKE WRONG DECISIONS. I'M GONNA MAKE PEOPLE MAD. IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WE WORK AS A UNIT. WE GET PAST THOSE DECISIONS THAT I MAKE, MAKE, MAKE, MAKE, MAKE PEOPLE MAKE THINGS BETTER IN TEAMS, YOU KNOW? SO. ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE [6. Old Business ] LIST. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS? I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION. IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA REGARDING THE BUSH CLASSIC. MYSELF, TAMMY AND MAYOR MET WITH THE ALBRIGHT'S WHO'S THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS AFTER THEY RECEIVED THAT, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE FIELDS RENTED THIS 4TH OF JULY DUE TO STAFFING PURPOSES. WE MET WITH THEM. THEY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, WE TOLD THEM NO. THEY CALLED MAYOR'S OFFICE, ASKED FOR A MEETING. WE MET WITH THEM. THE ANSWER WAS STILL NO. YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED US WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO CHANGE YOUR MINDS? CAN WE OFFER TO PAY FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, STAFFING OF THE OVERTIME AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? THEY SAID, PUT PENCIL TO PAPER, LET US KNOW WHAT IT IS WE LOOKED AT IT, CAME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE AUSTIN JACOB AS SUPERVISORS AND DIDN'T INCLUDE THE WASTEWATER, WHICH IS OUT THERE FOR THEIR EVENT. THE YOU KNOW, THEY RECEIVED THEIR NUMBER FOR THE TWO DAYS, WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO ANYWAY BECAUSE WE STILL NEED OUR STAFF FOR THE 3RD OF JULY EVENT. IF OUR EVENT RAINS OUT, IT'S ON THE SUNDAY. STAFFING SITUATION STILL IS THE SAME, BUT WE PRESENTED THEM WITH THE NUMBER THAT THEY ASKED FOR TO POSSIBLY MAKE IT HAPPEN. IF EVERYTHING WORKS WITH THE RAIN OR WITH WEATHER, BUT I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL HAVE TAMMY'S HERE AS WELL. MAYOR'S HERE AS WELL. WE'RE ALL IN THE MEETING WITH THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE OR AS A RESULT OF ANYTHING YOU'VE SEEN OR HEARD. I'LL JUST SAY, I'VE READ ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I READ THE CITY'S RESPONSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I SUPPORT Y'ALL. APPRECIATE IT. I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. I HAVE NO BEEF WITH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THAT EXPLANATION. I MEAN, NOW, YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT IT IS THERE'S ALL LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO TO EVERYTHING. BUT THANKS FOR JUST KIND OF BRINGING US UP TO SPEED ON THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT LARGE EVENT. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THAT 3RD OF JULY EVENT IS JUST IT'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER, AND WE WANT IT TO CONTINUE THAT WAY. AND STAFFING ISSUES, WE'RE WE'RE THE REASON [7. Announcements ] BEHIND IT. SO YEAH. YEAH. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE IS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING SIGNUPS FOR OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL LEAGUE. AND YOU CAN GO TO CITY OF SHERWOOD. COM TO REGISTER YOUR KIDS. ANY OTHER DEADLINE. DEADLINE, DEADLINE. REGISTRATION. I'LL LOOK IT UP. IT'S FINE. IT'S GOOD. I THINK I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE. LET'S SEE. I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY REST YOUR RIGHT, COACH. THE DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 20TH. OKAY. AND IF YOU REGISTER BY THE 16TH OF THIS MONTH, YOU GET $10 DISCOUNT. YEAH, IT'S STILL THE SAME OF MULTIFAMILY LIKE MULTI KIDS DISCOUNT. WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR? I'M. I DIDN'T SAY IT. DIDN'T THE REC THE REC DESK WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO GET THAT IN THERE OR IT WOULDN'T SET UP. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 2 OR 3 ISSUES WITH REQUESTS WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAR UP, AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM. THAT'S ONE. SO ALL RIGHT. CAN I ADD AN ANNOUNCEMENT? ABSOLUTELY. THE BOOSTER ASSOCIATION FOR THE SHERWOOD SHARKS. WE ARE RUNNING OUR THIRD ANNUAL FIVE K, WHICH [01:10:03] IS A FUNDRAISER FOR US TO SUPPORT THE SHARKS. IT WILL BE ON APRIL 11TH. WE'RE WORKING ON FLIERS AND EVERYTHING. HOPING TO START GETTING REGISTRATIONS NEXT WEEK. IT WAS ABOUT 115 PEOPLE IN THERE LAST YEAR, RIGHT? IT'S A BIG EVENT. IT'S A REAL BIG EVENT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A5K THAT STARTS AT BILL HARMON AND ENDS AT CITY HALL LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. AND IT'LL RUN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO LIKE NOBODY'S GOING DOWN KEELE AVENUE. AND WE'RE ADDING A FUN RUN FOR LITTLE KIDS FOR TEN AND UNDER. WE'RE ADDING A FUN RUN WHERE THEY JUST GO AROUND THE THE POND. ESSENTIALLY AT CITY HALL, YOU SHOULD DO A 50 RUN AROUND THE BLOCK, RIGHT? SIGN US UP. I CAN ROUND UP. WE'LL HAVE A WE'LL HAVE A 50 RELAY. I'M CLOSE. WE'LL HAVE A PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SENIORS. IT COULD BE 50 IS ENOUGH, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. LOOK, I'M ROUNDING UP. I'LL CATCH UP. I'M CLOSE. APRIL 11TH. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I HAVE A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. WE HAVE THE HEARTS AND HUGS BALL COMING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH AT THE FOREST. IT IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED FOR PARENTS AND AND CHILD. NOT NECESSARILY FATHER DAUGHTER. WE HAVE MOTHERS WHO MAY WANT TO BRING THEIR SONS OR MOTHERS THAT WANT TO BRING THEIR SON AND DAUGHTER OR DAUGHTER, DOESN'T MATTER THE COMBINATION. THE POINT IS, NOT ALL FATHERS CAN ALWAYS MAKE IT. AND BOYS DO ENJOY GETTING THAT SPECIAL TIME WITH MOM OR DAD. SO WHATEVER THE COMBINATION IS, THE TICKETS ARE $15 EACH. IT'S GEARED TO PRE-K, THREE YEAR OLD PRE-K UP THROUGH SIXTH GRADE, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING BANNERS START GOING UP TOMORROW IS WHAT THEY SAID OKAY, TOMORROW. SO THEY'LL BE GOING UP AROUND TOWN. IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF YOU WANT TO ON OUR PAGE. AND YOU CAN GO TO EVENTBRITE AND BUY THE TICKETS. AWESOME. ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY DAUGHTER'S LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND A PARENT OR ADULT MUST ACCOMPANY THE CHILD, CORRECT? YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH IT IS. DROP IT OFF, CHILD THINGS. THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT. SO TAMMY AND CHLOE JUST PICKED A A LARGE SPONSORSHIP. GWATNEY. GO GWATNEY. THANK YOU, GWATNEY FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT. SO MUCH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE AN EASTER FESTIVAL. SPRING FESTIVAL. SO WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH VENDOR FEST AND THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY EMPHASIZE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR SPRING, YOUR WREATHS, YOUR BASKETS, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY BRINGING SOME RIDES AND DOING SOME DIFFERENT FUN THINGS WITH THAT. SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO CHURCHES, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. BUT IT SHOULD I MEAN, EVERY YEAR IT'S GOTTEN BIGGER AND BIGGER. BUT THIS YEAR SHOULD BE LIKE PHENOMENAL. SO AWESOME. GREAT JOB FOR STAFF. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SEC * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.