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Description
City of Charleston Committee on Recreation Meeting 11/14/22
B
C
Okay,
very
good.
Well,
thank
you,
everybody
for
being
here
this
November
okay.
There
we
go!
Thank
you
for
being
here
our
November
14th
meeting
in
the
recreation
committee
for
the
City
of
Charleston,
really
probably
the
first
cold
morning
of
the
Fall,
so
I
hope
you
wore
your
jacket
out
this
morning
and
I'm
not
looking
forward
to
more
cold
mornings.
Some
of
you
may
be,
but
of
course
we
got
Thanksgiving
I.
Think
it's
10
days
away.
Christmas
is
about
40
days
away
and
before
we
know
it,
2022
will
be
in
our
rearview
mirror.
C
So
thank
you
all
for
taking
so
much
of
your
personal
time
to
be
on
the
committee
today,
we'll
start
with
a
moment
of
silence
and
if
you'll
be
in
silent
prayer.
If
you'll
remember
this,
this
students,
athletes
and
family
members
up
at
the
University
of
Virginia,
including
the
family
of
the
young
man
here
from
the
Low
Country.
So
if
it
would
take
a
moment
of
silence,
please.
C
D
C
Right,
we
have
approval
in
a
second
all
in
favor,
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much.
Those
have
been
approved
and
I
know
that
you
remember,
as
part
of
our
Parks
and
Recreation
master
plan.
Was
that
we're
going
to
hire
an
Enterprise
Manager
and
at
our
last
meeting
Laurie
announced
that
we
had
hired
an
Enterprise
Manager
now
and
I'm
gonna
call
on
Laura
Yarbrough
to
introduce
him
to
our
committee.
If
you
would
Lori.
E
E
I
think
we're
all
excited
to
to
work
with
him
and
Justin
I'm
going
to
be
quiet
now
and
let
you
introduce
yourself
and
say
a
few
words,
but
but
again
we're
all
very
happy
to
have
him.
I
have
not
told
Justin
that
he
has
to
bring
in
a
bunch
of
money
really
fast
councilmember,
shealy
I'm,
trying
to
break
him
in
slow,
so
don't
scare
him:
okay,
okay,
so
Justin
at
this
time,
you'll
introduce
yourself.
C
E
G
D
A
E
He's
he's
here:
I
gave
him
yo.
We
threw
a
curveball
with
him
on
time,
I'm
gonna.
Let
him
sit
in
my
chair
and
introduce
himself
councilmember
Parker.
He
is
still
figuring
out
some
of
the
culture
of
our
city,
so
I
don't
think
he
knows
exactly
what
his
next
12
months
are
going
to
look
like,
but
he'll
tell
you
what
he's
working
on
and
what
his
thoughts
or
here
you
go.
H
H
H
Hopefully
here
by
the
end
of
the
year,
I
will
be
able
to
provide
a
2023
and
2024
business
proforma
with
some
targets
and
reasonable
projections
and
then
also
just
the
path
to
growth
within
this
position
and
the
partnership
yeah.
So
as
Laurie
mentioned,
I
did
launch
a
digital
campaign
working
with
some
local
restaurants
and
bars
to
help
support
the
world
cup
using
that
as
an
opportunity
to
attract
our
adult
sports
Market.
It's
the
target
clientele
for
all
of
them,
so
currently
generated
750
dollars
in
Revenue.
H
The
only
thing
we
provide
for
them
is
a
digital
asset
on
our
web
page
recognizing
them
as
a
place
to
watch
the
World
Cup.
In
addition,
we
are
going
to
capitalize
further
next
week
at
Stony
field
by
hosting
a
World
Cup
viewing
party
for
kids
from
Arthur
Christopher
and
St
Julian
Devine
in
partnership
with
the
Charleston
battery.
So
the
battery
will
be
sending
out
some
players
and
staff
to
interact
with
the
kids.
H
A
H
H
I
come
from
the
professional
sporting
world,
where
your
three
targets
is
always
the
product
on
the
field,
the
publicity
and
then
the
revenue
I
see
it
as
a
circular
strategy,
as
without
the
publicity
and
the
revenue
you
can't
increase
the
product
on
the
field,
which
is
our
programs,
the
larger
our
programmings
are,
and
the
more
detailed,
the
more
kids
we
are
able
to
reach
in
the
Greater
Community
impact
we
can
have.
So
it
takes
all
three
with
the
publicity
and
the
Strategic
Partners
to
be
able
to
increase
our
programming.
H
So
right
now,
our
offerings
are
specifically
towards
the
youth
teams.
Each
facility,
during
the
sign
up
and
registration
of
you,
Sports
Seasons,
sort
of
offer
a
team
sponsorship.
250
dollars,
get
your
family
business
on
the
front
of
your
T-shirt
whatever
for
the
season.
In
addition,
we
do
have
some
larger
partners
with
Harris
Teeter,
Roper
and
Dick
Sporting
Goods
that
offer
a
lot
of
vik
as
well,
and
then
we
provide
some
assets
with
signage
around
our
facilities.
E
E
What
Justin's
inherited?
So
that's
what
we
already
have
we're
not
going
to
change
the
structure,
really
we're
still
going
to
make
it
an
affordable
council
member
Parker
for
our
business,
to
be
able
on
James
Island
to
be
able
to
you
know,
put
put
their
logo
on
a
on
the
kids,
t-ball,
shirts
and
and
walk
around
and
everything
else
to
be
250.
E
This
is
going
to
be
an
enhancement
to
that
level
and
that
layer
of
sponsorships
we
already
have
right
now
we're
currently
collecting
around
50
to
60
thousand
dollars
in
in
financial
sponsorships
without
Justin
and
we're
putting
that
money
straight
back
into
the
revenue
into
the
general
fund
for
our
programs.
Okay,.
A
E
Certainly,
when
you
pay
thirty
dollars
to
play
a
sport
for
nine
weeks,
we
have,
we
don't
have
to
recover
some
cost.
So
Justin's
going
to
be
doing
things
like
working
on
other
types
of
types
of
sponsorships
like
like
the
idea
of
watch
parties
for
the
World
Cup.
That's
not
something
I've
got
ever
had
anybody
to
go
out
and
work
with
businesses
on
we've.
Never
had
anybody
work
with
a
5K
run
series
to
develop
a
running
series
and
do
it
on
our
facility
and
pay
us
to
do
it.
E
So
we
just
feel
like
from
The,
Parks
and
Rec
master
plan.
It
identified
some
areas
in
in
our
city
that
we
have
not
had
the
staff
and
the
resources
to
go,
try
to
find
partners
with
it
and
that's
going
to
be
Justin's.
His
real
deal
is
trying
to
figure
those
out
and
right
now
he's
trying
to
see
what
all
do
we
offer.
What
all
do
we
have
he?
He
knows,
we've
done.
We
just
had
a
fishing
Festival
one
day
at
Colonial,
Lake.
E
Well,
he's
already
got
the
idea
of
what
about
all
these
companies
here
in
Charleston
that
have
located
free
fly
and
Hawk
and
some
of
those
other
fishing
companies.
How
do
we
bring
them
in
and
make
that
event
bigger,
bring
in
Revenue?
You
know
make
it
a
a
better
experience
for
the
families
that
take
part.
So
those
are
the
kind
of
things
he's
looking
at
right
now,
as
he's
getting
started.
Okay.
A
E
That's
what
we've
been
doing,
we've
been
bringing
in
that
much
money.
So
when
you
see
on
the
back
of
our
our
Parks
and
Recreation
program
guide,
when
you
see
the
Harris
Teeter
page
they're
already
paying
money
to
be
a
premier
presenting
sponsor
the
folks
that
are
already
paying
250
to
be
on
the
front
of
the
T-shirt,
those
folks
are
still
but
we're
bringing
that
in
now.
E
C
All
right
any
other
questions
for
Justin
Justin.
We
are
very
excited
to
have
you.
So
thank
you
and
if
there's
anything
this
committee
can
do
to
help
you
please
reach
out
to
us
all
all
of
our
committee
members
would
be
glad
to
help
any
way
we
can
so
so
best
of
luck
with
everything
and
and
like
I,
said
we're
here
to
help
you.
If
you
need
us
so.
E
Yeah
I've
got
it
back,
it's
all
fine!
We
we
work
closely
around
here.
He
spent
the
last
couple
of
weeks
running
around
to
meetings
and
meeting
folks
in
our
community,
like
Tom,
O'rourke
and
Kathleen
Cortland,
who
handles
the
Metro,
Sports,
Council
and
and
all
the
things
here.
So
he
went
to
a
Cooper,
River
Bridge
Run
meeting
today.
So
he's
he's
meeting
those
influential
people
in
our
community
right
now
that
have
Partnerships
that
have
have
a
handshake
into
a
business
and
we're
trying
to
get
him
going
in
that
direction.
So.
E
E
E
So
we
typically
have
these
Sports
programs
take
place
at
these.
These
facilities,
where
we've
got
Staffing,
but
because
we're
down
in
part-time
staff
and
available
folks.
It
has
definitely
affected
our
full
field.
Supervision
and
all
of
our
full-time
staff
are
working
more
hours
and
more
days
than
they
are
used
to
and
probably
should
be,
but
they
all
are
trying
to
make
sure.
We
continue
to
offer
a
safe
program.
We
we
are
also
short
staffed
in
our
what
we
call
our
program.
E
E
So
what
that
means
is
when
the
community
calls
and
says
hey,
we
want
to
use
dimming
playground
for
a
one
of
our
neighbors
is
I
want
to
have
a
birthday
party
for
their
80
year
old,
father
I,
don't
have
staff
that
can
work
it
on
Saturday,
so
the
city
has
always
had
these
Community
buildings,
where
you
could
rent
them
in
the
community
and
the
neighborhood
associations
could
use
them.
So
when
we're
short
staffed,
it
means
that
I
don't
have
as
many
people
that
can
work
and
offer
those
those
services
to
the
community.
E
E
So
we
we
continue
to
struggle
in
that
area.
We
appreciate
everything
City
council's,
been
talking
about
and
looking
at
for,
the
pay
performance
plan.
I
personally
think
it's
going
to
make
a
difference
if
you
all
are
able
to
offer
that
because
it.
If
you
try
to
hire
a
younger
employee
now,
they
want
to
know
what
their
other
op
the
next
opportunity
within
this
company
is
or
within
this
agency.
E
When
you
say
well,
we
don't
have
any
full-time
openings,
but
so-
and
so
you
know,
we
always
have
something
it
just
doesn't
it
doesn't
give
them
a
clear
path
to.
Why
would
I
want
to
be
here
and
work
if
there's
no
way
to
move
myself
up
the
ladder
and
so
having
a
performance
plan
with
progressions
and
allowing
folks
to
move
out
of
the
three
or
four
positions
that
we
actually
have
into
some
additional
positions?
A
A
Of
that
I
said
I'm
just
kidding.
So
can
you
tell
me
a
little
so
some
of
those
part-time
positions
are
they
referees?
Are
there
concession
stands
things
like
that
or
how
are
we
looking?
You
know
I
know
we're
going
to
kind
of
go
down
onto
the
participation
numbers,
but
as
far
as
field
needs
things
like
that
for.
E
Winter
great
question
so
and
what
I
just
gave
you?
Those
are
called:
Rec,
Specialists
all
of
those
part-time
positions,
whether
they're
at
a
community
center
or
at
a
ball
field.
They're
a
Rec
specialist
and
those
are
folks
that
deal
firsthand
with
with
the
teams,
the
players,
the
coaches,
the
moms,
the
dads
all
the
game,
officials,
the
umpires
referees.
Depending
on
what
sport
it
is
they're,
the
ones
that
are
making
sure
that
all
the
rules
are
being
followed
in
the
facility
and
and
in
the
game,
and
that
everything
goes
that
way.
E
So
that's
the
position
we're
down
on.
We
are
absolutely
down
and
and
having
trouble,
finding
umpires
and
certified
referees
in
all
sports.
That's
Nationwide,
that's
everywhere,
but
we
don't
hire
those
as
city
employees.
We
have
a
contract,
we
use
those
as
contractual
employees,
so
we
have.
Those
are
not
going
to
be
reflected
in
those
numbers
that
I
just
gave
you.
Those
are
those
numbers
that
I
just
gave
you
are
within
our
budget,
their
their
assigned
positions
that
have
been
approved
by
budget.
E
I
don't
have
enough.
They
don't
have
enough
staff
to
put
staff
outside
running
this
game
and
running
this
concession,
stand
and
running
the
building.
They're
short,
eight
nine
positions,
and
they
they
just
can't
do
all
of
those
places
at
one
time.
So
we've
had
to
make.
As
you
were
aware,
some
some
choices.
The
number
one
priority,
obviously,
is
the
activity
and
keeping
it
safe,
and
so
we've
had
to
let
Slide
the
concession
end
on
some.
E
So
that's
where
we're
having
that's
why
it's
causing
such
a
big
problem?
We
usually
have
more
employees
at
tackle
football.
Tackle.
Football
involves
more
children
for
some
reason.
We
tend
to
have
a
few
more
problems
with
with
safety
and
fans.
We
try
to
hire
some
off-duty
City
of
Charleston
Police
Officers,
but
we
just
don't
have
as
many
employees
available
to
work
so
we're
having
to
run
it
with
less
employees
than
what
we
would
like
to
do.
E
But
we
do
it
anyway,
so
that
kind
of,
hopefully
that
kind
of
answers
that
our
volunteer
coaches,
those
folks,
are
the
ones
that
are
moms
and
dads
that
when
we
make
the
phone
call
and
say
hey
your
child's
been
placed
on
a
team
we're
looking
for
a
coach.
We
have
enough
of
those
people.
People
always
come
through
in
the
end
for
us
to
coach,
because
it
is
not
a
paid
position
but
trying
to
find
paid
field,
supervisors,
lifeguards
and
then
in
the
contractual
world
of
of
referees,
umpires
and
game
officials.
A
E
Is
through
the
contract?
So
if,
if
someone
is
a
minor,
if
they're
under
the
age
of
18,
their
parents
can
still
allow
them
to
referee
and
sign
that
that
contract
on
their
behalf
with
with
the
assign
you
know
for
a
referee
assigner,
so
we
do
have
16
17
18
year
old
referees
and
umpires
I
will
tell
you
that
it
does
not
work
very
well.
E
Nor
do
those
young
people
feel
very
ready
to
be
rapping
prior
to
that
age
and
there's
some
grown-ups
that
don't
want
to
ref
anymore,
but
people
are
are
very
threatening
and
rude.
We've
had
to
call
the
police
and
have
parents
that
scored
it
out
of
facilities,
as
they've
argued
with
refs
and
followed
them
to
their
cars.
It's
just
real
hard
to
find
folks
that
want
to
sign
up
for
that.
E
But
we
do.
We
do
work
with
our
young
folks
who
have
played
baseball
at
James
Island's
a
great
example:
maybe
they
get
to
that
high
school
age,
they're
not
going
to
make
the
high
school
baseball
team,
but
they
love
baseball.
Yeah.
We've
we've
had
a
training
program
where
we've
worked
with
them
in
the
winter
months,
so
that
they're
ready
to
umpire
for
us
in
the
spring
months
as
a
16-17
year
old,
so
that
that
works
for
them.
E
But
the
younger
a
person,
the
more
you
have
to
work
with
the
with
the
with
the
laws.
As
far
as
how
many
hours
a
day
they
can
work
and
what
hours
they
can
work
and
how
many
hours
they
have
to
be.
You
know
in
school
and
those
kind
of
things
they're
just
certain
things
that
that
change,
that
there
aren't
that
many
16
year
olds
that
work
in
the
City
of
Charleston
most
of.
G
E
Other
offices
are
all
grown
up,
so
we're
the
only
ones
that
have
that.
So
we
really
have
to.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
these
young
folks
are
ready
for
that
responsibility
and
that
we're
not
taking
them
away
from
their
schoolwork
and
all
those
kind
of
things
too
many
hours
and
following
the
letter
of
the
law,
I.
A
B
A
E
E
But
we
we
work
with
them
to
teach
them
job
skills
of
how
to
be
a
summer
day,
camp
counselor
so
that
after
they've
done
that
for
a
year
or
two
they're
ready
to
take
a
job
in
our
department
and
that's
been
a
real
good
pathway
that
we've
created
for
those
13
14
year
olds,
and
we
do
that
with
umpiring.
Also,
okay,.
C
E
We
only
have
tried
to
work
with
those
those
assigners
that
we
can
count
on.
We
we
have
made
our
schedules
around
like
for
for
tackle
football.
We've
made
it
around
the
JV
Varsity
night
so
that
we
can
get
game
officials
on
a
Monday,
a
Tuesday,
a
Wednesday.
We
try
to
play
games
on
those
days
so
that
they're
able
to
go
do
JV
and
varsity
games
on
Thursday
and
Friday.
E
E
You
know
that
even
the
the
state
associations
having
trouble
finding
folks
that
are
to
come
in
and
start
that
next
generation
of
sports
officials
and
so
those
those
folks
that
we
have
used
we've
been
able
to
count
on
they've,
been
quick
to
call
us
this
year
and
tell
us
that
we
may
not
be
able
to
supply
as
many
referees
as
we're
used
to
we
struggle
during
our
volleyball
program
for
girls.
This
fall
to
have
volleyball
officials
I'm
going
to
assume
that
basketball
is
going
to
be
a
challenge.
E
We
did
make
one
change
this
year
for
basketball,
though
we
went
ahead
and
offered
four
and
five-year-old
basketball
in
the
fall,
because
we
hear
feedback
all
the
time
that
there's
not
enough
time
in
the
gym
practicing
for
all
of
our
age
groups,
and
we
didn't
get
any
new
gyms
built
this
year.
So
we
decided
to
split
up
that
gym
time.
So
we
brought
the
younger
kids
in
in
the
fall
they'll
play
flag
football
in
the
winter
and
then
we'll
play
basketball
for
the
7
to
14
year
olds.
E
I
think
it'll
give
everybody
a
little
more
time
in
the
gym
for
practices,
which
is
the
only
way
you're
ever
going
to
develop
so
I
hope
that
will
help
our
refereeing
needs
for
the
for
the
winter
time.
But
you
know
Robin
Cooper's
forever,
sending
out
emails
on
Facebook
trying
to
find
people
that
grew
up
playing
sports
have
an
interest
in
sports.
Somebody,
that's
retired!
Somebody!
That's
come
back
to
Charleston
hey
come
on
about,
and
you
know
it's
it's
not
bad
money.
It's
30
bucks,
a
game
in
most
cases
or
more.
E
So
it's
just
it's
just
making
sure
that
we
create
a
safe
place
that
folks
want
to
come
serve
as
a
referee
in
an
Umpire
for
us
and
know
that
we're
going
to
back
them
and
keep
them
safe
and
that
you
don't
have
parents
following
them
out
to
their
car,
threatening
to
to
do
something
to
them
for
a
call
that
was
missed
and
in
some
child's
game.
Yeah.
B
A
Sorry
just
to
jump
in
again
and
that's
sort
of
where
I
mean
you
know
these
Saturday
mornings,
especially
with
these
smaller
these
younger
groups.
You
know
having
this
younger
demographic
of
refs,
you
know.
If
that's
what
you
want
to
call
them,
you
know
I
mean
wrapping
a
5-6
basketball
game.
I
mean
I.
Think
that's
something.
If
we're
going
to
have,
you
know
run
into
the
exact
same
problem
unless
the
coaches
are
just
going
to.
E
Well,
we
we
do
that.
We,
we
ask
the
coaches
to
be
on
the
court
in
those
young
games
so
that
they
can
help
position.
The
kids
explain
things.
Actually,
basketball
is
probably
the
hardest
sport
to
explain
to
a
child.
Why
you
blow
the
whistle
all
the
time
you
can't
just
pick
up
the
ball
and
run
with
it.
I
mean
soccer
is
a
lot
easier
to
play.
So
basketball
does
require
a
lot
of
explaining
to
the
kids
as
you
go.
Otherwise
they
don't
really
ever
develop
those
skills.
E
A
C
I
I
So,
currently
in
the
parks
department,
which
fluctuates
daily,
we
have
158
funded
positions
with
113
filled
and
that's
a
little
deceiving.
So
I
want
to
go
through
the
divisions,
since
we
are
such
a
varied
Department
in
our
focus
of
work
spreads
across
the
city
through
capital
projects,
facilities,
maintenance
and
grounds
maintenance.
So,
overall,
currently
we
have
28
about
29
percent
unfilled
positions
and
then,
if
you
dive
down
into
the
divisions,
if
you
look
at
electrical,
that's
electricians,
HVAC
texts,
plumbers
and
Pump,
Techs
14,
budgeted
positions,
nine
filled
five
currently
vacant.
I
So
that's
about
36
percent,
open
Grounds
Maintenance,
which
is
groundskeepers
horticulture,
ball
field,
technicians,
our
grounds,
mechanic,
forestry,
our
landscape,
architect
and
I'm
going
to
get
into
forestry.
But
that's
six.
That's
87,
budgeted
positions,
82
filled
25
vacant,
which
is
about
29
percent
open
one
of
the
most
critical
numbers
here
is
our
forestry
staff.
We
have
12
budgeted
positions,
three
filled,
seven,
seven
vacant,
we
don't
have
any
crew
leaders,
so
that's
about
58.3
percent
vacant
Staffing
12
positions
to
cover
the
entire
Urban
forest
and
Park
Forest
across
the
city.
It's
not
a
sustainable
model.
I
We're
currently
running
one
crew
that
doesn't
have
a
crew
leader,
so
our
superintendent
is
currently
running
that
crew.
It's
just
it's!
It's
a
tough
position
that
that
forestry
group
has
been
vacant
more
than
anybody
else,
I
think
going
through
keep
going
through
this
facilities;
maintenance,
which
is
custodial
positions,
maintenance,
technicians
or
project
managers
and
department
managers.
There
are
a
16
budgeted
13
fill
three
vacant
at
about
18.7
percent,
open
our
construction
Crews,
which
is
our
heavy
equipment
operator,
superintendents,
trades,
Masters,
carpenters
and
Painters.
I
So
then
again
a
couple
of
projects.
We
have
two
openings
of
nine
budgeted
and
we
currently
have
about
50
active
capital
projects.
They
range
from
small
renovations
to
large
projects
such
as
the
African-American
Museum
and
the
Ashley
River
Crossing
Bridge
Project.
So
that
kind
of
that's
a
lot
of
numbers
across
a
lot
of
Divisions
in
a
very
short
amount
of
time.
I
C
I
You
know
if
you
look
at
the
spreadsheet
that
has
number
of
hits
versus
applicants
that
I
think
this
is
from
mid
last
year.
Third
quarter
of
all
the
advertised
positions,
we
have
filled
some,
but
as
we
filled
some,
we
get
some
some
that
go
away.
There
were
79
000
hits
on
the
website
with
413
applicants,
wow
okay.
So
just
recently
we
with
the
help
of
Amy
and
Kay.
We
added
a
three
thousand
dollar
sign-on
bonus
for
our
plumbing
positions
that
are
open
and
we've
gotten
some
good
interests.
There.
I
A
I
You
know
the
private
sector
is
so
hot
right
now,
especially
for
pre-work
I
mean
even
our
even
our
Contracting
arborists
are
telling
us
that
they're,
you
know
they.
They
can't
always
get
right
to
our
work,
but
we
have
some
dedicated
arborists
out
there
that
do.
But
you
know
they
are
so
busy
they're
paying
their
staff
a
lot
of
money
when
it
comes
down
to
it.
I
A
lot
of
those
folks
don't
really
look
at
the
benefits
that
the
city
provides,
which
are
exceptional
and
all
of
us,
if
you
ever
needed
them,
you're
very
grateful
for
it.
So
you
know
we're
hope,
we're
hoping
to
get
closer
and
hopefully
attract
some
of
those
other
folks
to
come
into
the
City
and
work.
F
F
If
you're
looking
for
employment,
we
we
have
some
opportunities.
Hopefully
after
the
first
of
the
year,
they'll
be
a
little
more
attractive
to
people,
but
we
all
as
council
members
and
mayor.
We
all
need
to
be
part
of
the
recruiting
team
and
put
on
your
social
media
and
your
thing.
Maybe
you
wait
until
January
1
when
we
have
the
new
raising
place,
but
let's
all
continue
to
recruit
employees
for
our
city
and
keep
building
this
team
thanks.
C
E
I
would
just
say
that
they're
the
lifeblood
of
our
program,
I
mean.
If,
if
you
look
at
the
fact
that
this
fall,
we
serve
7
342
kids,
which
is
up
another
eight
percent
from
from
the
year
before,
I
mean
we're
we're
past
our
pre-coved
numbers
for
participation.
If
we
didn't
have
those
moms,
those
dads,
those
grandparents,
those
folks
in
the
community
that
just
love
working
with
kids
and
want
to
come
out
and
participate.
If
we
didn't
have
those
volunteers,
we
couldn't
do
what
we
do.
E
We
carved
out
time
for
them
when
the
gyms
are
a
little
more
open,
so
I
feel
like
we'll
be
we'll
be
going
Full
Throttle.
It
does
help
a
little
bit
be
going
into
winter
council
member
shealy,
your
assessment
of
Christmas
coming
Upon
Us
quickly
in
the
cold
weather.
Jason's
guys
won't
have
to
be
blinding
fields
for
us
in
the
winter
months,
so
that
is
very
helpful.
E
I
know
to
Jason
I
know
that
he
still
have
to
mow
grass
and
take
care
of
grass,
but
they've
been
laying
out
anywhere
from
90
to
110
Fields
every
week
for
us
to
play
on
of
different
sizes
and
dimensions,
and
we
will
mainly
be
indoors
in
the
winter
months
playing
basketball.
We
do
have
some
flag
football,
but
it's
it's
a
little
smaller.
So
all
of
our
all
of
our
gyms
are
in
full
use.
Now,
with
basketball
teams.
E
Practicing,
we've
still
got
some
things
going
on
in
adult
sports
for
the
rest
of
this
month
and
then
obviously
our
tennis
courts
and
our
swimming
pool
are
all
very,
very
busy
and
filled
right
now.
So
our
numbers
are
great.
I
couldn't
ask
for
participation
of
any
better
and
Jason's
folks.
Do
a
great
job
of
taking
care
of
those
fields
and
getting
them
ready
for
us.
G
Sacramento,
thank
you
chairman
Sheely,
two
things.
One
Laura
I
just
want
to
say
my
son,
just
finished
basketball
at
Arthur,
Christopher
and
the
coaching
was
coach
was
great,
but
our
the
ref
that
y'all
have
down
there
was
exceptional
I'm,
not
sure
of
his
name,
older
African-American
gentleman,
probably
in
his
60s
built,
like
he's
in
his
20s
yeah.
G
He
was
amazing,
he
had
he
had
the
parents
up
and
you
know
yelling
and
screaming
before
the
game
clapping,
but
that
was
the
type
of
experience
that
that
we
hoped
that
we
could
continue
and
I
guess.
My
second
question
is,
with
the
Enterprise,
Manager
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
The
challenge
is
like
the
systems
that
we
have
currently
in
place
so
for
signing
up
for
for,
for
for
student
participation.
Is
that
something
that
you're
all
thinking
about
tweaking
when
that
sign
up
sheet
the
data
that
you
all
get?
G
For
example,
if
you're
a
parent
you're
signing
up,
is
there
a
way
for
a
parent
to
notate
that
they
want
to
coach
or
also
be
a
sponsor
and
then
getting
that
data?
And
then
you
know
sharing
that
data
with
the
appropriate
people.
So
is
there?
Is
there
a
thought
about
revising
or
rethinking
the
the
sign
up.
E
Absolutely
we
have
the
ability,
since
the
city
did
invest
in
the
rec
track
registration
program.
We
have
the
ability
to
call
all
of
that
information,
a
lot
of
our
parents
or
a
lot
of
our
coaches
coach
season
to
season.
We
know
that,
but
yes,
we
can
extrapolate.
Are
you
interested
in
being
a
sponsor?
Do
you
want
to
coach?
Would
you
like
to
be
a
referee?
E
D
C
I
I
We've
started
software
repairs
at
the
Herbert
Hazel
pool
building
received
bids
for
the
Hazel
Parker
playground,
building
roof
replacement,
which
was
deferred
for
a
couple
years
due
to
co-bed
Painted
backboards
at
Ferguson
Village
at
James,
Island,
rec,
center
basketball,
repaired
bleachers
at
James,
Bond
Rec,
centered
pressure,
washed
Mary,
UTC
tennis
courts
replaced
front
door,
Hazel
Parker
playground
installed
punching
bags
and
mirrors
at
the
alma
Dungey
Community
Center.
So
that's
kind
of
some
of
the
big
things
that
the
our.
I
Stacks
of
Staff
has
been
working
on
related
to
Recreation
grounds,
I'm,
not
purely
Recreation,
but
we
did
build
and
open
two
new
parks
at
Shiloh
and
the
Susie
Jackson
Freedom
Memorial
Garden,
both
with
water
features.
We
have
the
IAM
grounds
that
we're
looking
to
open
up
next
year,
which
is
a
very
large
city
park
with
a
very
large
water
feature
underneath
the
building
itself
arpo
related
work.
I
We
funded
lots
of
athletic
work
recently
with
the
arpa
funds,
so
we
are
grateful
to
get
that
money
we
top
dressed
at
Bayview,
Governors,
Ackerman,
West,
Ashley,
Park
soccer,
east
landing
baseball
and
the
multi-purpose
fields
at
bees.
Landing
we've
done
some
baseball,
infield
renovation
work
with
that
money
at
West,
Ashley
Park.
Hopefully
those
will
be
completed
at
the
end
of
the
year.
We've
also
done
some
extensive
tree
work
using
that
arpa
money
as
it
relates
to
athletic
fields
and
courts.
I
Complete
interview,
inner
in
field
renovation
at
Park
Shore,
including
Tilly,
Grady,
rolling,
redefining
the
back
arch
and
make
sure
the
distance
is
the
bases
were
set
correctly.
Regular
field
drags
and
game
setups
for
all
scheduled,
Recreation
programming,
ball
field,
layouts,
monitor
all
irrigation
systems
and
replace
and
secure
base
anchors
in
multiple
locations.
Capital
projects
I'll
try
to
get
through
this
quickly
as
well.
We
have
about
49
active
capital
projects,
Carl
Richardson
Park,
which
is
one
of
our
new
neighborhood
parks
over
at
Ashley,
but
Maryville
will
hopefully
be
completed
by
the
end
of
the
year.
I
I
So
if
you
haven't
been
out
there
to
take
a
look
at
it,
please
do
we've
completed
our
tennis
and
basketball
court
resurfacing
projects,
pickle
board,
pickleball
court
lines,
added
to
Mary,
UTC,
new
color
coding
at
of
course,
three
and
four
Maybank
Tennis
Center
backboard
court
at
Charleston,
tennis
center
and
Mary
UTC
courts,
two
basketball
courts
at
Corinne
Jones.
Those
were
all
resurfaced
and
re-lined
with
new
coloring
and
white
lines.
I
Again
more
tree
trimming
got
a
lot
of
work
going
on
on
the
greenway
phase,
two
Long
Creek
Bridge
replacement,
we'll
start
in
this
fourth
quarter,
hopefully
be
completed
by
first
quarter
23.
We
have
a
multi-use
trail
on
Daniel
Island,
a
little
Bridge
section
that
is
moving
through
the
process.
With
the
dot
and
TRC
we've
got
Greenway
Bikeway
connector
we're
turning
that
project
over
the
county
that
connects
to
Greenway
at
wapu
drive
through
the
Bikeway.
I
It's
a
new
sidewalk,
hopefully
wider
than
normal,
to
connect
death
up
to
those
two
facilities
and
across
Savannah
highway.
So
we've
been
working
on
that
project
for
a
while
and,
like
I,
said
we're
going
to
turn
over
the
construction
documents
to
the
county
and
the
county
is
going
to
bid
it
and
construct
it.
Lowcountry
Senior
Center,
we
selected
a
contractor
for
some
carryout
sets
to
that.
Building
that
work
is
near
substantial
completion
and
I
know
the
senior
center
management
will
be
very
excited
when
that
all
comes
to
fruition.
A
E
A
E
A
E
A
I
Yeah
we
so
we
drag
based
on
the
recreation,
Department's
programming,
we're
not
able
to
get
everywhere
across
the
city
every
week
and
it's
basically
it's
it's
really
based
on
the
recreation
Department's
schedule.
So
we
try.
We
try
to
get
to
their
scheduled
games
and
practices
as
best
as
we
can,
and
if
it's
not
on
the
schedule,
then
we'd
probably
don't
make
it
there,
because
it's
not
a
wreck
department,
function
or
scheduled
program
and.
E
Council
member
Parker
I'll
jump
in
to
tell
you
that,
as
in
the
fall
for
baseball
since
the
James
Island
rec
center
are
the
only
ball
fields,
baseball
softball
fields
on
James,
Island
that
have
lights.
We
schedule
everything
there.
Neither
Steven,
Washington
or
Thomas.
Johnson
have
lighted
ball
field
and
they
also
didn't
have
any
baseball
teams
coming
out
of
that
Park.
So
we
didn't
have
any
baseball
use.
E
I
A
Sorry,
I'm,
sorry,
but
this
far
as
our
sponsors
and
things
like
it's
like
the
fields
on
James
Island
that
are
in
poor
shape
people
utilize
them
every
day,
but
they're
in
poor
shape
the
dart's
bad
I
mean
we've
got
ball
teams
using
them,
whether
they
should
be
or
not
whether
they
need
a
permit
I
mean
if
that's
something
we
need
to
work
on,
but
we
also
you
know.
If
we
are
trying
to
get
sponsors
you
know.
Do
we
need
sponsors
to
maintain?
I
I
A
number
of
years
ago,
probably
10
and
before
I,
was
in
this
position
and
I
was
deputy,
and
we
came
up
with
an
agreement
that,
based
on
what
we
could
do,
that
we
would
work
off
of
the
recreation
Department's
schedule
that
they
provide
us
and
it
goes
through
every
single
field
that
they're
going
to
be
using
and
that
gives
base
set
up
and
picture
amount
length.
And
you
know
it's
it's
a
seven
day
a
week
project
and
it's
really
not
we're.
Not
it's
not
possible
to
go
through
every
satellite
field.
I
A
E
Well,
there
isn't
there
is
a
permitting
process.
So
if,
if
a
team
wants
to
use
a
field
and
have
it
reserved
for
their
use,
if
it's
not
being
used
by
the
city,
they
can
permit
and
use
it,
there's
a
cost
for
that
and
when
you
fill
that
permit
out,
that
goes
on
the
parks
department,
scheduled
to
say,
hey,
there's
baseball
at
Honey
Hill
on
Saturday
we
or
Stephen
Washington.
E
So
in
that
case
there
that
structure
is
set
up,
but
when
groups
just
go
out
and
use
the
field
without
any
permit
or
without
reserving
it
or
our
knowledge,
then
it's
just
kind
of
Open,
Season
and
and
Jason
would
have
to
determine
what
it
would
cost
to
do
that
field
on
a
regular
basis
and
then
we'd
have
to
try
to
find
someone
that
wanted
to
pay
for
it.
But
you
know,
then
you
kind
of
say
all
your
ball
fields
are
used.
E
So
that's
kind
of
the
balance
that
we
have
right
now,
based
on
the
resources
that
we
have
allocated
to
us,
and
if
the
city
is
going
to
start
trying
to
find
money
to
redo
fee
or
to
to
Dragon
line
ball
fields,
then
that's
you
know
that's
kind
of
a
little
different
than
what
Jason
and
I
have
ever
been
tagged
and
doing
and
I
shouldn't
speak
for
Jason.
I
can
only
speak
for
myself.
A
E
E
So
not
all
fields
are
kept
to
the
same
to
the
same.
The
same
procedures
based
on
how
those
how
those
are
used,
Jameson,
Rec
Center,
is
a
regional
park
that
we
schedule
games
at
and
we
put
Staffing
at
Honey,
Hill
or
Stephen
Washington.
That's
a
neighborhood
park
that
the
city
is
put
money
into
and
and
we
keep
the
fields
we
pick
up
trash
and
we
pay
for
the
portal
ethics
out
there.
We
do
those
kinds
of
things,
but
we
don't
typically
play
games
there,
so
those
fields
are
not
there's
no
irrigation
there.
C
I
I
I
There's
also
another
property.
That's
been
discussed
out
there
on
James
Island
and
coordination
with
the
open
space
Institute
we're
waiting
to
hear
back
from
the
Charleston
County,
Parks
and
Recreation
Commission
on
what
they
determine
is
how
they
would
like
to
address
that
property
and
then
we'll
determine
how
to
move
that
one
forward
from
the
city
point
of
view.
Each
of
these
would
have
to
come
through
this
committee
and
real
estate
to
have
a
resolution
for
its
application.
I
I
That's
what
we
have
in
the
black
in
the
bank
allocated
to
the
city,
the
city's
allocation
comes
through
annually
through
the
county
tax
process,
which
is
their
on
their
fiscal
year
to
about
mid-year,
we
see
a
little
bit
more
money
coming
into
that
allocation.
Typically,
it's
about
a
million
to
a
million
and
a
half
a
year.
I
There's
a
current
proposal
on
the
table
from
the
Greenbelt
Advisory
board
that
will
go
to
the
Charleston
County
Council
that
would
limit
any
forward
spending
to
10
percent
of
the
remaining
lifetime
balance.
So
if
that
goes
through,
we
would
have
a
Max
of
three
million
dollars
available
and
part
of
the
program
would
require
those
funds
to
be
paid
off
before
we
could
then
forward
spend
again.
I
So
we've
got
the
Stunna
preserve
on
John's
Island
Griffith
track
Johns
Island,
Church
Creek
Park
in
West,
Ashley,
Howell
level,
Avenue
parcel
over
on
James
Island
Brantley
park
with
the
town
of
James,
Island,
Fort
Pemberton
on
James
Island,
and
then
the
Ross
track,
Johns
Island,
Park
expansion,
so
that's
kind
of
Greenbelt
101
and
less
than
five
minutes
that
I
meet
I'm
on
the
Greenbelt
Advisory
Board
and
we
meet
typically
monthly
and
there's
lots
of
things
going
on
with
Greenbelt.
Right
now,.
I
I
The
advertised
asking
price
was
350
000
and
we
haven't
yet
negotiated
any
deals
with
them
and
I,
don't
believe
we
reached
out
to
their
Realtors
yet,
but
that
was
in
the
process
and
it
really
that
project
met
almost
every
single
bit
of
the
criteria
in
the
Parks
and
Rec
master
plan.
So
it's
interesting
to
take
that
Parks
and
Rec
Master
band
plan
and
actually
use
it
and
measure
this
property
against
what
the
plan
says,
and
it
was
pretty
pretty
highly
rated.
So
that
was
pretty
cool
foreign.
I
For
that's
what
we're
currently
in
that's
what
we
currently
have
allocated,
since
this
is
a
pay,
as
you
go
plan
and
none
of
the
money
was
bonded
up
front
like
it
was
in
the
previous
Green
Belt.
We've
always
been
encouraged
by
the
Greenbelt
staff
to
make
an
application
if
we
saw
a
property
that
fit
the
need
for
the
parts
department
or
was
in
Jeopardy
of
being
being
sold
for
something
else.
I
So
if
you
look
at
some
of
those
other
projects
that
we
purchased
over
the
past
couple
years,
we
did
forward,
spend
on
almost
every
single
one
of
them
and
for
anything
that
we
currently
tried
to
go
after
will
be
a
forward
spend
as
well.
Okay,
okay,
so
there's
right
now,
the
green
belt,
both
urban
and
rural,
has
a
but
there's.
There's
25
million
dollars
in
that
Greenbelt
bank
account
right
now,
foreign.
I
We
went
through
the
conservation
bank,
which
is
a
state
organization
non-profit
and
they
purchased
that
property
on
our
behalf,
along
with
our
current
allocation
at
the
time,
and
then
we
paid
them
back
over
the
next
couple
years,
as
our
allocations
were
realized.
So
that
was
another
way.
We
did
that.
One.
F
So
so,
if
I
may
add,
Mr
chairman
just
try
to
be
clear,
Jason
is
saying
that
the
county
has
totaled
about
25
million
in
the
bank,
but
only
a
hundred
and
something
thousand
of
that
25
million
is
ours,
but
because
they
have
that
balance,
you
know
at
any
given
time
everybody
hadn't
spent
all
their
money.
So
they've
they've
got
a
you
know
a
balance
sitting
there.
F
They
allow
us
to
apply
Forward
Thinking
forward
spending
in
advance
of
of
our
annual
seat
for
allotment
and
and
hence,
if
they're
going
to
say,
we
can
only
apply
for
up
to
10
of
what
we
expect
over
the
whole
lifetime.
What
we
can
go
for
right
now
would
be
up
to
about
three
million
dollars
worth
of
purchases.
F
I
Right
and
to
your
point,
mayor,
County
Council,
hasn't
approved
any
of
the
forward
spending
limits.
Yet
so
and
when
these
projects
come
through,
the
Greenbelt
Advisory
Board,
they
go
through
a
subcommittee
process
which
I
was
on
that
subcommittee
for
a
little
while
when
it
first
was
created,
and
then
we
kind
of
trade
back
and
forth
with
the
other
municipality
Representatives,
but
that
hasn't
gone
to
County
Council
yet
and
County
Council
can
approve
or
deny
pretty
much
any
application
that
comes
through
regardless
of
how
The
Advisory
Board
makes
a
recommendation
on
it.
I
C
A
C
A
So
we'll
have
one
more,
but
I
just
would
again
like
to
request
that
we
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
we
just
start
discussing
a
bond
referendum
as
far
as
Parks
and
Recreation
go
Jason
and
Laurie.
That
I
know
that's
something
that
might
it
might
be.
A
process
might
take
some
time,
but
I
certainly
want
to
start
these
discussions
earlier
in
the
year
than
later.
C
Well,
in
January,
we
will
have
a
meeting
where
we're
going
to
bring
back.
You
know
some
of
the
people
that
helped
us
do
our
our
master
plan
and
go
through
it
with
us,
but
that'll,
be
our
January
meeting
and
we'll
have
Tom
O'rourke
with
us
and
and
maybe
some
others
that
will
go
through
this
and
help
us
better
understand
this.
E
So
they
mean
they
meet
once
every
two
months
and
then,
if
they
have
action
items
you
do
hear
from
them
in
a
report
out,
they
haven't
had
any
action
items
in
the
last
two
meetings.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
we
didn't
have
Quorum
for
the
last
meeting,
but
we
haven't
had
any
action,
but
unless
there's
something
they're
reporting
out
to
you,
then
there's
not
a
report.
I
can
ask
them
to
provide
you
a
report.
We
have
a
meeting
scheduled
this
month
in
another
two
weeks.
E
E
D
C
D
I
mean
you
can't
there's
no
need
for
bonding
if
we
haven't
done
XYZ
with
regard
to
the
plan
and
I
think
the
approach
that
we're
using
is
a
is
a
great
one.
Don't
get
me
wrong.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
clear
that
we
did
accept
the
plan,
but
the
overall
plan
has
not
been
approved
by
Council,
because
what
would
that
cost
us
a
hundred
million
dollars
or
something
yeah.
I
I
think,
if
my
recollection
serves
me
correctly,
you
did
adopt
or
approve
the
plan,
but
the
plan
just
made
recommendations.
There
was
no
finite
plant
program
in
the
plan.
That
said,
if
you
adopt
this,
then
we
have
to
do
this.
That's
what
that
January
Workshop
meeting
will
be
is
to
talk
about
the
recommendations
of
the
plan.
Okay,.
D
Okay,
I
just
I,
just
wanted
to
make
sure
and
if
we
can,
if
we
can
pull
that
just
to
verify
for
me,
Jason
that
we
did
in
fact
approve
I
accept
the
recommendations
you
know
whatever.
That
is
just
just
for
the
record
and
the
the
other
thing
Jason,
both
myself
and
the
chairman
has
been
on
James
Island
to
take
a
look
at
the
19
Acres
off
of
Folly
Road
you're
familiar
with
it,
the
dill
track.
D
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
when
we
talk
about
green
green
belt
funds,
that
we
don't
do
it
at
the
expense
of
this
potential
opportunity,
just
for
the
record
and
perhaps
at
our
next
com,
Mr
chairman
at
our
next
Recreation
committee
meeting,
if
we
can
have
a
presentation
to
start
a
share
with
the
rest
of
the
committee
members,
what
we're
talking
about
because
it
is
an
opportunity
and
whenever
we
can,
we
can
have
access
to
the
water
for
the
public
I.
Think
it's
a
good
thing!
D
A
D
C
D
I
Right,
the
application
deadline
would
be
the
end
of
January,
and
in
this
case
the
open
space
Institute
has
been
heading
up
that
particular
piece
of
land
and
if
the
PRC,
whatever
they
determine,
is
the
next
step
and
City.
If
the
willow
city
council
to
do
a
resolution
to
support
the
open
space
institute's
application
for
City
funds,
then
it
would
come
to
council,
okay,.
C
B
Happy-
and
this
might
have
been
mentioned
earlier
in
the
meeting
but
we're
holding
January
26
at
four
o'clock
for
a
full
city
council
workshop
on
the
recreation
master
plan,
so
that
will
be
in
front
of
all
of
council
and
I.
Think
that's
a
Thursday!
So
it's
it's
a
couple
of
months
away,
but
it'll
be
here
before
you
know
it.