[0:00] All
right.
[0:08] » We'll talk about that one day.
[0:23] » Dallas has had enough. He's gone.
>> Yeah.
[0:34] like to call to order the parks board
meeting for August the 24th, 2026.
[0:40] Open prayer, please, Mr. Ben.
>> Okay, you got it. Everybody, please bow
[0:43] your heads. Uh, heavenly father, we
thank you for this glorious and
[0:46] beautiful day. We ask you that you look
out for everybody here in in in this
[0:51] meeting this evening and do your will
each and every day. Uh God, we thank you
[0:55] so much for everything you give us and
in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
[0:59] » Amen.
>> Mr. Pike, will you do the pledge, sir?
[1:05] » Pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[1:10] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:16] justice for all.
>> Thank you, sir.
[1:19] » Jimmy, you be saying that every day.
>> I hope so.
[1:24] All right.
>> If you've looked over the agenda, I need
[1:28] a motion to approve. Mr. Golden was
first. Mr. Pike was second.
[1:34] » All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:36] » If you've had a chance to look over the
meetings from last meeting, I would like
[1:39] a motion to approve. That would be Mr.
Pike again and Mr. Bennett. And all in
[1:45] favor say I.
>> All oppose.
[1:47] » And I'm going to abstain since I wasn't
here.
[1:50] » You stayain. Do we need a a voicemail?
I don't think so.
[1:54] » Got it.
>> I think we're good. All right. Do we
[1:57] have any public comments, sir?
>> No, sir.
[1:59] » Thank you.
>> All right. I think we have a
[2:02] presentation. Do we not, Mr. Gilly?
>> We do.
[2:09] » Eagle Scout presentation from Miss Emily
Holman. She did a great job on her
[2:14] project. Uh there's some pictures that
show before and after of the the project
[2:19] she did at Drexs Creek Park Field 5. So
I'll let Emily take you from here.
[2:26] » Push your little button up there if you
don't mind. Thank you, man.
[2:30] » I completed the benches about two weeks
ago, I think. And um I put it in the
[2:37] home and visitor side. Two 10-ft benches
for each dugout.
[2:42] » Nice.
>> Four total. Uh, it was a lot of fun and
[2:47] I was a good improvement to the field.
So,
[2:51] » thank you.
>> That's awesome.
[2:52] » Good.
>> Looks like you had a lot of help.
[2:55] » Yes, I did.
>> Uh, looks like some of them might have
[2:58] been sitting while y'all were working,
but that's [laughter] all right.
[3:02] » You want to let everybody know kind of
who helped you?
[3:04] » Uh, yes. So, I had my troop, Troop 4
007, help me. um my brother who is also
[3:11] a scout and some other scouts from local
troops help.
[3:17] » Fantastic.
>> Looks great. Looks great.
[3:20] » And I I think you also had a little bit
left over in your fund. You talked about
[3:25] uh donating that back.
>> Yes, I had about $75 remaining in funds
[3:30] and I donated it to the Hendersonville
Civotton Club softball program for
[3:36] scholarships or whatever is needed.
>> Awesome.
[3:40] I'm sure proud of you. I sure am. I
mean,
[3:44] » and all the bad things going on in the
world, you guys are a light. I can tell
[3:48] you that.
>> We appreciate it.
[3:51] » Thank you, sir. Thank you,
>> Emily. Great job.
[3:53] » Thank you. They [applause]
[3:58] » Hey, wait a minute. I'll stand up for a
scout. [applause and cheering]
[4:04] [applause]
[4:07] » Thank you. Thank you.
>> It's hard for an old man to stand up. I
[4:12] did that though, didn't
[4:15] » All right. Items for approval. World Cup
rug practice site.
[4:24] » State your name. Tell us what you want.
>> Uh Brian Silkwood, head coach, Summit
[4:29] County Rugby, built the rugby fields. So
we've been um approached by World Rugby.
[4:34] That's the over the international
organization that controls the national
[4:38] teams for rugby worldwide. So coming up
in October the 24th to uh both the US
[4:46] national team, both men and women are
going to be in town playing at Gotas
[4:50] Park and they are looking for practice
site for the two international teams to
[4:56] have for the week leading up. So Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
[5:00] Um they're wanting to be out there
pretty much 8 to 5. they won't be there
[5:03] all day, but they want the flexibility
to come and go kind of as they need. Um,
[5:07] so really it doesn't impact our, you
know, high school, middle schools or
[5:12] flag or anything in that regard. For the
most part, they'll be off the fields.
[5:16] Um, but we will have both the Italian
women's national team and the uh men's
[5:22] South African Spring Bucks will be here.
Actually, we have the Australian team is
[5:27] actually coming. Sorry, Australian team
is coming. Uh, so we'll have both of
[5:30] them practice out there at the facility.
Um the only thing that they ask is we
[5:35] cannot make this a massive public PR
because there's not a lot of way to
[5:40] control if a lot of people knew about
it. So it's kind of more just let let
[5:45] them use the site, use the field. They
love the fields. They've already been
[5:47] out there. So um I don't think I missed
anything. Andy.
[5:52] » Okay.
>> Questions?
[5:56] » Motion to approve.
>> Mr. Rather made a motion to approve.
[6:01] » Mr. [snorts] head was second. Any more
discussion? All in favor say I.
[6:07] » All oppose.
>> Thank you for coming, sir.
[6:09] » Thanks.
>> Kingdom Treasures 5K run walk.
[6:21] » State your name and what you want.
>> Hi. Uh my name is Cyprian Ber. um with
[6:26] Kingdom Treasures and we're wanting to
do a fundraiser for this uh nonprofit
[6:31] organization. The purpose of the
nonprofit is to become a child uh
[6:36] placement agency uh that takes in uh
kids that are in danger of going into
[6:42] DCS custody and uh placing them with
foster parents. And u we've already we
[6:48] got established last year in July and
have done a fundraiser as a silent
[6:52] auction and dinner in April. and we're
wanting to do our second one as a 5K run
[6:57] to kind of get the community involved,
get the word out. So, uh the the date
[7:02] would be for November 7th, uh through
the morning to the 2 o'clock in the
[7:07] afternoon. So,
[7:12] » what's the the route for the 5K
that certain route over there picked out
[7:18] or
>> um generally the Memorial Park area, but
[7:22] I don't have the exact route. I'd have
to walk it. Um,
[7:25] » it's about a mile if you stay in the
park on that little walkway there.
[7:29] » They were planning on like a turnaround
point.
[7:32] » Okay.
>> Like multiple times within the park.
[7:36] » You can do that about three times right
on your back. You stay in the park
[7:40] without traffic.
>> Yeah. I actually I spoke to him this
[7:43] morning.
>> Yeah.
[7:44] » Um
>> we were he had asked if maybe to change
[7:47] the route kind of where it goes over
into Drake's Creek. Um and I told him
[7:51] that it would be a a different site map.
It would have to hire offduty police um
[7:55] for traffic purposes and stuff. So we we
had decided to stay in the park.
[7:59] » Yes. Yeah.
>> Okay.
[8:03] Any more questions on that?
I have a motion to approve this. Mr.
[8:09] Perry was first. Mr. Mononttoya was
second.
[8:13] Any more questions? Any more comments?
All in favor say I. All oppose.
[8:18] » Thank you, sir. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[8:21] » Beach Deca 5K.
[8:27] » State your name and what you want.
>> Good afternoon and thank you for giving
[8:31] me the opportunity to speak with you
today. My name is Ansley Han and I'm a
[8:35] senior at Beach High School. My partner
Blake and I are both members of Beach
[8:38] DECA and this year we're working on a
project called Bravehearts. Our project
[8:43] is focused on supporting pediatric
cancer patients and their families
[8:46] through fundraising, awareness, and
community involvement. We chose to
[8:50] support the pediatric cancer unit at
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital because
[8:53] we wanted our project to have a real
impact on children and families in our
[8:58] community.
Our why
[9:03] children in hospitals, especially those
battling cancer, chronic illness, or
[9:07] long-term treatments, face challenges
that most kids never experience. One of
[9:11] those being emotional stress and fear.
Um, hospitals can seem very scary and
[9:15] cold to children. Um, it's a really hard
experience for them. So, we want to make
[9:20] sure that they feel as least alone as
they possibly can. Um, another one of
[9:24] those being the loss of normaly. Um,
being in the hospital means missing
[9:28] birthdays, holidays, sports, and school.
So, we want to be a comforting face to
[9:33] them and make them feel a little bit
more normal.
[9:39] Um, also Bravehearts is more than just a
fundraising project. Our goal is to
[9:42] bring our community together around
pediatric cancer and create
[9:46] opportunities to make people feel a
difference. Throughout this school year,
[9:50] we want to involve students, schools,
businesses, and families throughout SER
[9:53] County. We want people to understand
that even something as simple as
[9:57] participating in event, sharing
information, or donating can help
[10:00] support children's going through
something um incredibly difficult.
[10:05] Why Vanderbilt Children's Hospital? Um
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital is the
[10:09] largest pediatric hospital in Tennessee.
Um they have patients from 50 states and
[10:14] international. Um they have 363 beds and
108,000
[10:19] patients each day. They're the number
one children's hospital in Tennessee and
[10:24] the Southeast. They are also the number
one hospital statewide for 10are
[10:28] admissions. Um me and my partner Blake
visited Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.
[10:32] And for pediatric cancer specifically,
they have a room, a playroom in each
[10:37] floor where they have games, uh Xbox,
they have coloring books, um things to
[10:43] make them feel a little bit more normal.
The first event um we want to host is
[10:51] the Every Color Counts Color Run, which
will take place on September 5th at 9:00
[10:54] a.m. at Memorial Park. Registration is
$10 and our goal is to create an event
[10:59] that is fun and welcoming for families,
students, and community members while
[11:02] raising money for our cause. The idea
behind the event is that every color
[11:06] represents a different person, family,
or story affected by cancer. When all
[11:10] those colors come together, they create
something much bigger than any one
[11:14] individual. That represents exactly why
we want Bravehearts to be a community
[11:19] coming together to support children and
families.
[11:24] We chose Memorial Park because it gives
us an ideal community setting for an
[11:28] event like this. The park already has
several features that make it
[11:31] appropriate for an active community
event, including a walking track,
[11:34] multi-purpose athletic field, restrooms,
picnic areas, and other recreational
[11:38] amenities. We also want to be respectful
of the park and the people who use it
[11:42] regularly. Our goal is not to disrupt
the community, but to create an
[11:45] organized event that fits naturally
within the park.
[11:48] We understand that hosting an event in
the park in the city park comes with a
[11:51] lot of responsibility. We plan to have
designated areas for registration, the
[11:55] start and finish of the run, and our
color stations. We also will be using
[12:00] biodegradable colors so that it'll get
washed out in the rain. We also will
[12:05] have a plan for cleanup and making sure
that we leave the park in the same
[12:08] condition or better than we found it.
Safety is also extremely important to
[12:12] us. We will make sure participants know
where they need to be. Volunteers.
[12:15] Volunteers understand the
responsibilities and we follow the
[12:18] city's requirements for special events.
We know that Henderson Parks has
[12:21] specific guidelines and procedures for
special events and we want to make sure
[12:24] we work with the parks department
through the process rather than assuming
[12:27] we know everything ourselves.
One of our biggest goals is getting Sar
[12:32] County involved. We've already reached
out to schools through the county and
[12:35] asked them to help us spread the word
through emails, uh, Sumner chat, social
[12:39] media, and other school communication.
We want this to be something that the
[12:42] students and families from all over Sar
County and Henderson can participate in.
[12:46] Although this color run is the first
event, it is not only it is not the
[12:50] beginning of Bravehearts. Throughout
this be throughout this year, we want we
[12:54] can we plan to continue finding ways to
raise money, spread awareness, and
[12:57] involve our community in supporting
pediatric pediatric cancer. We want to
[13:00] build something that continues through
the entire school year rather than one
[13:03] event and stopping there.
Today we are here because we would love
[13:07] to have your support and guidance as we
walk toward making every color counts
[13:11] colorant a successful event at Memorial
Park. We're both high school students,
[13:14] so we know we have a lot to learn about
organizing an event of this size. And
[13:18] that's why we're excited to work with
you guys. We want to make sure we are
[13:21] following the proper procedures,
respecting the park, keeping
[13:24] participants safe, and creating an event
that the Hendersville community can be a
[13:27] part of. At the end of the day,
Henderson will or sorry, at the end of
[13:31] the day, Brave Hearts isn't about
showing children and families facing
[13:34] pediatric cancer that they aren't alone.
We believe that the one small event can
[13:37] bring a community together and we're
hoping that the every color counts color
[13:41] run could be the first step in making
that happen. Thank you for your time and
[13:44] considering our project. We're really
excited about the opportunity to work
[13:47] with the city of Hendersonville and the
parks board and we'd be happy to answer
[13:50] any questions you might have.
>> That was just well done.
[13:54] » Thank you.
>> That was really well done. What type of
[13:58] advertisement are you doing for this?
>> So, um, me and my partner Blake went all
[14:03] across, um, all the Sumar County or all
the surrounding, um, middle schools and
[14:08] elementary schools and dropped flyers
and then got contacts of their assistant
[14:12] principles and principles and sent them
all emails of um, if they could send it
[14:16] out to parents. Um, we don't have Remind
anymore, but we have I think it's called
[14:20] Sumner Chat and they sent it out there.
They also sent it on emails. Um, we've
[14:25] also give it to our school. So, we've
posted it on our beta account. We have
[14:30] an Instagram ourselves. We also created
a Facebook account and it also has been
[14:34] shared on the Sear County Facebook
account and the Beach High School
[14:37] Facebook account.
>> Um, we also plan on we have a sign
[14:41] outside our school. It's electronic
sign. We actually have um a design that
[14:45] we're putting onto that sign for the
week of and then we also plan on using
[14:49] school announcements as well.
>> Well, we call my house. I'm good.
[14:52] [laughter]
Where where do you go to sign up?
[14:56] » Um so we have a link. It's um through
it's called like every dance marathon.
[15:01] It's a link. Um I actually have the QR
code if anybody wants to sign up. Um but
[15:06] yeah, we have a website and it's you can
either make a donation or sign up. Um
[15:10] and it asks for all your information.
>> Can you make sure and and get that to
[15:14] us?
>> Yeah.
[15:14] » After this gets approved here in a
minute.
[15:16] » Of course.
>> And um we'll we'll share the stuff.
[15:20] » I do have it.
>> Oh, you do have it. Okay.
[15:22] » I just was waiting for this. to share
it. [laughter]
[15:25] Perfect. I've worked um a lot with this
group. Over in the side is Miss Lrod.
[15:31] She is their teacher. Um their DECA
student, their DECA teacher. She So,
[15:36] this is a school event. It won't I mean
it is a school approved event and their
[15:40] representative of their school is here.
>> Yes.
[15:43] » How many color stations? Are you going
to ask some folk just slinging it on
[15:47] everybody? I've done one of these. It's
great.
[15:49] » Yes. Um, we haven't set a set number of
stations, but we're about to order the
[15:54] color. So, I'm going to I think there's
nine bags of color, so probably nine
[15:57] color stations. Also, I forgot to
include this, but um we have ambassadors
[16:01] from Vanderbilt Children's Hospital,
kids actually going through cancer that
[16:05] are going to be coming in throwing the
colors uh for the color run. So, yes,
[16:10] » orange would be a nice color.
>> Yes,
[16:12] » orange would be great.
>> Crimson would be bad.
[16:14] » No, it would not. [laughter]
>> No, it would not. No,
[16:17] » I would like to motion uh for approval
for this, but only if you get principal
[16:22] Kenny Pal out there to run as well.
>> Okay. I
[16:24] » Okay. [laughter]
>> All right.
[16:26] » Mr. Bennett made the motion. Mr. Rather
was second.
[16:30] » Any more discussion? All in favor say I.
>> All in favor say I.
[16:36] » All oppose.
>> Good job.
[16:39] » You just Thank you. You just did good.
You did good. If I got up there, I would
[16:43] not do good. So, you did [laughter]
great.
[16:45] » Thank you so so much for coming.
>> Memorial Park statue concept plan. Uh
[16:52] Rachel Collins.
[16:59] [clears throat]
[17:02] » Go ahead and state your name and tell us
what you want.
[17:05] » I'm Rachel Collins. I'm the alderman,
one of the aldermen for W 5 and I'm the
[17:10] liazison for the Hendersonville Arts
Council. And um with me tonight I have
[17:15] Renee Shepard who's the chairman of the
council and Bill Clifford who is doing a
[17:22] lot of the heavy lifting on this
particular project for the council. So
[17:26] if you have questions they are probably
going to be your people. Um but this is
[17:33] uh I it is my fault not theirs. I did it
backwards. I went to Bulma first. I got
[17:39] the project sanctioned and now I'm here.
um which is completely backwards. My
[17:44] apologies, but this will just sanction
the project so that we can begin
[17:49] fundraising. The city has an RFP
going out here in the next week probably
[17:55] and so it'll probably be another couple
months before we select an artist and
[17:59] even know how much it's going to cost.
But we can't raise money without
[18:03] permission to do the project.
>> Okay,
[18:08] questions.
[18:17] I have a question. Do you have to get
permission from the artist?
[18:22] » Yes. And that's actually part of the
contract with the artist is um
[18:27] » that's one, let me step in on that.
That's one reason why you don't see a
[18:31] picture in this packet because we didn't
want to put anything in a packet or
[18:35] anything until we had an exact um exact
image that was approved by the families.
[18:42] » Okay.
>> Um and the families are supportive of
[18:45] the idea. They definitely will want to
approve the image.
[18:50] » We're just voting on the plan itself.
>> Yeah. You're voting tonight on allowing
[18:55] them to construct this in the park and
the location that it's going to go there
[19:00] and that their plan is to put it in the
um grass island of Memorial Park. Um
[19:05] you're you're not getting into
you're not getting into the the weeds on
[19:09] the details of exactly what it looks
like, but you you're your job as a parks
[19:14] board anytime something's going to be
constructed in the park is to approve
[19:18] that location for something like this.
>> Okay. [snorts]
[19:22] um [clears throat] funding for that is
that
[19:25] » we're going to raise the money for it.
Um
[19:28] » so you won't be coming back for for a
permit to do that or is that something
[19:32] totally separate?
>> I we have we do have permitting that we
[19:36] will need to do through the core of
engineers. I director Gilly I'm not
[19:40] aware that we need a permit through the
parks department.
[19:43] » No, there'll be no other Okay.
>> There's there's no they wouldn't have to
[19:47] come back here for any kind of
>> Oh, got it. Yeah.
[19:49] » funding permission or anything. That's
>> so this is just two.
[19:52] » This is strictly hey they are building
something requesting to build something
[19:56] in the park. You're you're putting your
blessing on the project and the
[20:01] location. [snorts]
>> I I make a motion that we approve that.
[20:05] Hendersonville is a great place to have
that and we owe that to these these
[20:09] former or these artists that have done
so much and are from here. We need to
[20:14] represent.
>> Mr. Mtoya made the motion. Mr. Head will
[20:18] second. Any more discussion?
>> All in favor say I.
[20:23] » All oppose.
>> Thank you.
[20:26] » Years ago, uh my mother uh actually
played music with Johnny Cash and June
[20:33] Carter one time rocked me to sleep. So I
if y'all want my autograph, uh it's 4850
[20:40] with a picture. Uh so that's that's
good.
[20:43] » Maybe they can add a fifth statue
>> free without a picture. [laughter]
[20:48] That would be on the kickball field.
[20:53] » Eddie Robinson, memorial bench, Mr.
Gilly.
[20:56] » Uh, thank you, sir. Little
clarification, it's not. Uh, Alderman
[20:59] Robertson is alive and well, so uh,
sorry it says memorial on here. Should
[21:04] should be honorary bench. [laughter] Um,
>> I have questions.
[21:08] » Yeah, me too. Um but Alderman Robertson
and his wife have um graciously
[21:15] donated the funds for uh us to purchase
a bench. Uh he wanted to place this on
[21:20] the Sanders Fairy Greenway to
commemorate his uh service the last
[21:24] eight years to the city. He's been very
supportive of the parks. I think I have
[21:28] an email in here, but um very helpful
with the golf commission and with the
[21:32] parks department and and everything that
we've tried to do during his tenure. So,
[21:36] I would ask your uh approval for this
bench to be placed along the Sanders
[21:41] Fairy Green Ray.
>> I make a motion we approve that.
[21:46] » Was made the motion. Mr. Golden was
second.
[21:50] » I'm sorry. I'll [snorts] get to you.
Don't worry.
[21:54] » Any more questions?
>> All in favor to say I. All oppose.
[21:59] » Thank you, Mr. Gilly.
Raymond, listen to this. Raymond A. for
[22:04] devilla [snorts] memorial bench. I have
some I'll teach you on that later. Uh
[22:09] Mr. Gilly.
>> Uh thank you sir. This is another this
[22:13] one is a memorial bench that this uh
family of this longtime resident of the
[22:18] community and a person who loved to fish
at Malard Point um would like to place
[22:24] there. It's on page 47 through 49 in
your packet showing the uh what they'd
[22:30] like to say on it and the location. Uh
this is just another in a series. I
[22:36] think we have about six more of these
that we've gotten emails about in the
[22:39] last couple weeks. So that's cool that
people want to recognize their family in
[22:43] in this way. Um but we just ask your
approval for this bench to be placed at
[22:49] Mard Point.
[22:53] » Mr. Pac made the motion to approve. Miss
Helman made the motion to second. Any
[22:59] more questions? All in favor say I.
>> All oppose.
[23:03] » Thank you. [snorts]
>> Micah Aliser memorial bench. Mr. Gilly.
[23:11] » Uh yes sir. Micah Altiser was a u
student of mine actually at
[23:17] Hendersonville High School. Her brother
played baseball for us at
[23:20] Hendersonville.
>> She loved coming to the park. She loved
[23:24] watching people play baseball. and she
tragically passed away not too long ago
[23:29] at a very young age with a young family
and her brother Eric reached out to us
[23:35] to ask the parks board to approve
placing a bench. You can see on page 51
[23:41] » um where he would like that bench to go.
That's kind of a spot where she used to
[23:45] sit and watch us play baseball games. Um
but our our prayers continue to be with
[23:52] the Altiser family.
>> Perfect. Um,
[23:54] » perfect.
>> Mr. Pike made the motion to approve.
[23:58] Miss Helman made the second.
>> Who was the second?
[24:02] » Miss Helman.
>> Thank you.
[24:04] » All of us.
>> All any question? All in favor say I.
[24:08] All oppose. Uh, if I don't know if
anybody knew Micah's mother, but she is
[24:14] one of the most wonderful human beings
in this world. And uh,
[24:18] » uh, her pray we she needs our prayers on
this. much like any mom would that lost
[24:24] the young one like that. So,
Parksport Committee, Mr. Gilly.
[24:30] » Yes, sir. Um, in your packet on page
52, I believe,
[24:38] is um a list of our current committee.
So, we have some updating that might
[24:43] need to occur here.
Um,
[24:49] down at the
>> Yeah, or won't be on.
[24:53] » Down at the bottom, we have the Honor
the Game Sportsmanship
[24:57] committee. Uh, Mr. Fugate is no longer
here as an employee, so we probably
[25:02] [clears throat] need to um
um replace that name.
[25:09] The person who took his place was
Jasmine
[25:13] Bigger Staff. So if y'all want to make a
>> make a motion we replace or replace or
[25:17] Jasmine.
>> Okay. Is that a motion?
[25:20] » Motion, Mr. Rather.
>> Second, Mr. Perry. All in favor say I.
[25:24] » I.
>> All oppose.
[25:27] » Glad you didn't try to put me on it. I
can't get along with Keith Bruce for
[25:30] anything.
[25:34] All right.
Updates. Miss Hamlin. Does anyone have
[25:38] her report?
>> I have her report. Mr. Chairman,
[25:44] I won't read it as good as she does, but
uh Saturday, August 15th, we had the
[25:49] special needs expo at First Baptist
Church. They had a great turnout. We
[25:54] were able to share lots of information
about special needs programming in the
[25:57] parks. Uh se several people came out
with the help of Chris and Elizabeth,
[26:03] her employees. We shared information to
the special needs community. Next up
[26:08] will be the preschool track meet Sunday,
October 18th for ages 3, four, and 5y
[26:13] olds. Your age is determined by how old
you are on October 31st, 2026.
[26:20] So don't try to sneak a 5-year-old in
the four year olds just to win a ribbon.
[26:25] uh read in Dallas, especially Dallas.
Registration is now open uh on our parks
[26:32] website and in the office through
October 1st. Three-year-olds will be at
[26:38] 1:00 p.m., fouryear-olds at 2 p.m.,
5-year-olds at 3 p.m. Check-in begins 30
[26:43] minutes prior to your age start time.
The location is the Drakes Creek Park
[26:48] football field. If it rains, we've
secured Hendersonville High School's gym
[26:52] as a backup, so it will go on rain or
rain or shine. The fee is $20. It's a
[26:58] one-day event held each fall that
consists of a 25 yard dash, many
[27:02] hurdles, tennis ball throw,
and again, it's children ages 3 to 5 as
[27:09] of October 31st, 2026.
All children must pre-register in order
[27:14] to participate. Everyone that
pre-registers by October 1st will
[27:19] receive a t-shirt and ribbons.
Thank you. Oh, wait. One more thing.
[27:24] Breakfast with Santa is scheduled for
Saturday, December 5th. That will sell
[27:29] out as soon as it goes live.
>> So, everybody get ready for that. I'm
[27:33] not sure when registration starts for
that, but
[27:37] probably after at least trick-or- treat,
>> I hope.
[27:43] » All right. Thank you, Miss Mr. Ham.
Thank you. Recreation, Miss Bigger
[27:48] Stout.
>> I'll take care of hers. Um, fall
[27:53] baseball is underway with about with
about a month left in the season. We're
[27:56] also excited to have the Nashville Stars
joining us for our final games of the
[28:01] season. They'll be out there with the
booth um giving out treats and prizes to
[28:04] all the kids to help celebrate the
season. Um, also our fall adult men's
[28:10] and co-ed softball leagues and kickball
leagues are ongoing and those have been
[28:15] going great. And our fall pickle ball
league is uh full with 10 teams and
[28:21] they'll begin playing September 14th.
And then um starting next week, we'll
[28:26] start shifting our focus towards
basketball season with registration
[28:29] opening for our high school and adult
leagues. That's it for Miss Jasmine.
[28:35] » Thank you. Questions? All right, special
[snorts] events. Miss Langster.
[28:40] » Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I have a
few things to update on. Um, I believe
[28:47] you'll see the month of September's um,
special event list in the back of your
[28:52] packet. Um, a couple things on on there
to note. Um, [clears throat] the Middle
[28:58] Tennessee Highland Games, September 12th
and 13th out at Sanders Ferry. Um, the
[29:03] Hometown Heroes Day, September 19th at
Drake's Creek, the World War II ship
[29:08] that came back a while ago for approval.
Um, on here it shows the 21st. That is
[29:14] the day that they get here. The first
day of um, that'll be open and running
[29:17] is the 23rd.
[29:21] And then a couple other things um, to
update on. Nerf night has been set for
[29:25] the fall. Um, it will be October 1st.
It's $10 per child. There's three age
[29:30] divisions. There's uh 4:30 to 5:30.
There are 9 to 12 year olds. Those are
[29:34] typically for the kids that have sports
later in the evening. Um 6 to8 year olds
[29:39] 5:30 to 6:30. And then another 9 to 12,
6:30 to 7:30. Um Power Wheels is set for
[29:45] November 8th. Uh registration for Oh,
registration for Nerf Night has already
[29:49] started and it's filling up pretty
quickly. It's a popular one. Um Power
[29:53] Wheels is set for November 8th. Uh
registration for that will begin
[29:56] midepptember. Um, and that is there's
three age divisions, 3 to four, then 3
[30:00] to five, then six to seven, and that is
$25 per car. Um, and then our trick-or-
[30:05] treat has been set for October 30th.
That is a Friday night. Um, that is
[30:09] different than in the past. Um, but also
Beach and Hendersonville play football
[30:14] on that Thursday. So, we're not going to
try to do that the same night. So, that
[30:21] is going to be a Friday. The park is
going to be packed. It'll be fun,
[30:24] though. Uh, registration is now live for
that as well. Um, for vendor booths and
[30:28] they are $25 as well. Um,
I believe that is all I have right now.
[30:35] » We least question.
All right. Anybody have Mr. Cole's
[30:41] maintenance report?
>> Yes, sir. Um, the you will see the park
[30:46] staff out this week uh mulching all the
playgrounds that have mulch as a
[30:51] surface. Uh, for those of you who may
not be aware, we had a lightning strike.
[30:55] I know Mr. Head is aware. Uh, we had a
lightning strike in the park a couple
[30:59] weeks ago. It knocked out several things
involving our network and um IT related
[31:06] issues, security cameras in certain
places and some irrigation issues as
[31:12] well as lights on some of the fields.
So, they've changed about 25 of the 50
[31:17] light bulbs at this time. They were in
the park today working. Uh the soccer
[31:22] irrigation is back working. We think um
and then we are continuing to work
[31:29] through the IT issues. Um I can't say
enough about our IT department. And
[31:35] Jason's sitting back in the back. I
think he's back there. He's got his hand
[31:38] up.
Not only does he make those nice little
[31:41] intro videos for our meetings, but they
we have to work with them constantly um
[31:46] to get things back up and running or
adding things or trying to make things
[31:51] better. They do a great job. So, I want
to thank them for their quick work on
[31:54] this to especially get our concession
stands operating where they could take
[31:58] cards and and things in a quick
turnaround.
[32:03] Um
the maintenance staff's also we're going
[32:06] to shut down a couple of fields for
maintenance purposes. Fields 12 and
[32:11] field two. Field two we're doing a total
infield renovation and then field 12
[32:16] we're installing irrigation in the
outfield. So that'll make a big
[32:20] difference on both those baseball
softball fields.
[32:24] » Okay. Thank you Mr. Gilly.
>> Assistant director Mr. Long.
[32:29] » Thank you. Uh, Rex Soccer started up
their season this past Saturday and um,
[32:34] Tennessee United will be hosting their
Labor Day tournament next weekend and
[32:38] then their big annual fall tournament in
about one month from now. Adult soccer
[32:43] registration has begun and they'll start
playing in September. Rugby practices
[32:48] uh, started up last week. Um, tackle
football held their first games of the
[32:52] season this past Saturday here in
Drake's Creek and they'll host again
[32:56] this coming Saturday. And flag football
is still um working on getting started.
[33:00] They're hoping to start practice up
later this week or beginning of next
[33:03] week. That's it.
>> Thank you, Mr. Long.
[33:08] » Uh Mr. Gilly, do you have Mr. Bruce's?
>> I do.
[33:11] » Thank you, sir.
>> Uh fast pitch softball has started
[33:14] practicing. Games will start in
September. The Fast Pitch League added a
[33:18] high school open division this fall. I
think they have four teams. So, that's a
[33:22] that's a good thing that we haven't had
in a while. Um, senior men's softball,
[33:27] the league that never ends, is ongoing
and their fall league is now started.
[33:31] Their spring league ended last week and
their fall league started this week. Uh,
[33:36] senior women's softball, new new league,
uh, well, an old league that's come
[33:41] back, has six teams, I believe, and they
have had a first three good weeks to
[33:47] start out with. Uh the hockey league is
in process of drafting teams and then
[33:52] we'll start practices. Full count, fall
baseball, high school league is in the
[33:56] second week of games. Um we we've had to
do a lot of shifting around due to the
[34:01] heat as some of you all may have
noticed. Uh we had to reschedule a few
[34:06] things. The Nashville Predators Iron Man
hockey event is this weekend at
[34:10] Volunteer Park. You all approved that a
few weeks ago.
[34:13] uh UTSA baseball which uh came to us
earlier this summer is having their
[34:18] first tournament as a tournament
director and they will be this weekend.
[34:22] They have about 30 teams coming in from
all over. And the senior men's uh Twitty
[34:28] tournament earlier this month went well
according to uh all reports on Mr.
[34:33] Perry's AI generated social media page.
>> Very nice. Thank you, sir.
[34:41] » That's [snorts] all for Mr. Bruce.
>> Thank you, sir.
[34:45] » Uh, director, do you have your report?
Mr.
[34:47] » I'll be brief, Mr. Chairman.
>> Just to let everybody know, we will be
[34:51] breaking ground at Heritage Park within
the next couple of weeks as soon as we
[34:56] have an exact date and a groundbreaking
event. We will let you all know that,
[35:00] but that is um they was the construction
company was sent the notice to proceed
[35:05] today. So, we've got to clean out some
stuff from the house and then we will
[35:09] get started out there on that new park.
Um you probably have seen paving um
[35:15] going on at the rugby fields. They're
still working on that and they will
[35:20] begin paving the lot between the
baseball and soccer fields this week
[35:25] also. So that should you should start
see that to start take place tomorrow.
[35:30] Uh maintenance shop we've gone back and
forth public works working with Rogers
[35:34] Group to get us down to a a number. I
want to thank the public works
[35:37] department who took a second, third, and
fourth look at the plans and got it down
[35:43] to where we saved a couple hundred,000
off of what the engineers had drawn up.
[35:48] So, after Rogers Group sends us some
updated numbers, we'll begin moving dirt
[35:52] on our maintenance shop finally. So,
that's a good thing. Um, and then also
[35:57] just a reminder at this point all the
all of the ticketed events for upcoming
[36:03] Pigfest are on sale and a live Saturday
of of the Pigfest is free to everyone
[36:10] Thursday and Friday night. You got to
have a ticket. That's all I have. Sir,
[36:15] » question.
Mr. Goody, you remember a guy named
[36:19] Bruce me?
>> Name's familiar.
[36:23] » Remember him? He was in one of the first
Twitty tournaments.
[36:27] » Okay.
>> And the only autograph I've ever gotten
[36:30] in my whole life [snorts] I got from him
cuz he hit a ball from all the way up
[36:35] near the concession stand almost to
field number one down there.
[36:39] » And I got that and I put it away in a
safe place and I decided to look at it
[36:43] to the Dwayne and it's all faded out. So
>> if you see Bruce or know Bruce, I need
[36:48] him to resign that ball. So
>> Mr. Perry might know him. You would have
[36:52] to get pulled over by the Florida
Highway Patrol to catch him.
[36:56] » Is he? [laughter]
>> So, just speed through there. You'll see
[36:59] him.
>> I think he hit that home run with one
[37:01] hand, too. It was It was amaze.
Mr. Head, you got anything to say down
[37:06] there?
>> Uh, just thank you to the IT department
[37:09] for saving the day in the concession
stands with the credit cards. That was a
[37:13] big help.
>> Miss Mononttoya,
[37:18] » I'd like to do another shout out to the
youngsters this evening and to all the
[37:22] youngsters that come across this
committee and
[37:26] » to help make Hendersonville a better
place than what it is. And it is just
[37:30] amazing to see see that enthusiasm in
our youth as well as our adults and
[37:35] everything that's being done in this
community and a giant thank you to you
[37:40] guys. Keep up the good work.
>> You'll make the place the world a better
[37:44] place. You certainly do. Mr. Bike,
>> I want to second what Mr. MTO said. I
[37:50] want to thank Emily for doing what we
asked you to do, which was come back and
[37:55] give us an update on this. I don't know
what the response has been down there,
[38:00] but I can't imagine that it's been I can
imagine that everybody's excited about
[38:04] it on that softball field, man. Venches.
Thank you very much. This is Perry.
[38:11] » Yeah. Uh Matt Barnes, the one that
gentleman that puts on the senior
[38:14] Twitty, uh wanted to make sure that we
he thanked all of you all for helping
[38:19] him through the whole weekend. Those
those it was over 100 degrees of those
[38:23] guys. 150 degrees and then the storm
came on Saturday afternoon and he was
[38:27] thanking you for getting those fields
ready right after and they didn't miss a
[38:32] beat because of y'all. He just want to
make sure he said he promises it'll be
[38:35] bigger next year. So, thank y'all.
>> Mr. building.
[38:40] » Yeah. Nothing that hasn't already been
said. Thank you both for for being here
[38:43] and for for committing to uh to make
your communities better. So, thank you,
[38:48] » Miss Helman.
>> Yes. Thank you to our young people that
[38:51] is making this place better. And then to
our parks board committee, our parks
[38:56] committee for everything you do because
there's so many events that happen and
[39:01] they all seem to run so smoothly.
>> So, that's thanks to you,
[39:07] » M.
I I stand by it. Get Kenny Pal out there
[39:11] to run in your 5K. Okay. But also want
to um acknowledge the Carter family that
[39:16] lost their daughter tragically in
station camp softball player. So I'm
[39:21] very glad that you did the softball
benches for future girls like mine to go
[39:25] out there and go sit on in the future.
So again, sorry for the Carter family.
[39:31] » I don't have anything.
>> Mr. Gordon,
[39:34] » I think you all did some great items
tonight. And thank you Emily for sharing
[39:39] an update with us. You did a great job
there and I'm really looking forward to
[39:44] » Yipp.
[39:47] » All right. I see our mayor is with her.
You have anything you want to say, Mr.
[39:51] Mayor?
>> I appreciate that opportunity, but I'll
[39:53] pass.
>> It's all right. I don't blame you. All
[39:56] right. I need a motion [laughter] to
dismiss. That would be Miss Rather and
[40:02] Mr. Bennett and and Miss
>> Everybody. All in favor say I. All
[40:08] oppose. Out of here.
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