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So, we're meeting for the month of August.

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8 months down and 3 more to go, hopefully.

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Maybe December we supposed to be, like,
solid, but who knows.

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So I've asked Commissioner Evans to do the
pledge, and I'm going to do the prayer.

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Will y'all please stand, please? Thank
you, Mr. Chairman.

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My Heavenly Father, once again we come
assembling to represent you,

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that you use us to do the things that
you'll be well pleased with.

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Father, bless this meeting tonight. Bless
everyone in this room.

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Bless all of our families, dear Lord.
Bless our children, dear Lord.

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Bless our school system. Bless our first
responders.

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And bless our young men, women, boys,

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and girls in the military on foreign soil
as they protect us and allow us to be able

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to assemble freely as we do.

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Father, we pray that you would just use us
to do what's right and let us do the

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things that you'll be well pleased with,

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because we can't do anything unless you
let us do it.

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And the things that we do, Lord, We know
if we're doing it for you,

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then it can't be nothing but right.

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And Lord Jesus, we ask a special blessing
upon those that are going through maybe

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bereavement, sickness.

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And Father, things that I fail to ask you
for, please fail not to grant.

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These and all blessings we ask and we pray
in your name, the mighty name of Jesus.

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Thank you, one eternal God. Amen.

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Amen.

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Please join me in the salute to the flag.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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United States of America and to the
Republic

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for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible,

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with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you all for that.

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Let's see. Let the meeting reflect all
members are here tonight.

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And, uh, can I get approval of the agenda?

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Commissioner Hollinsworth, can I get a
second on that? Commissioner Evans.

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All in favor of the agenda, let it be
known by the sound of aye.

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Aye.

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I have heard the motion passes. The agenda
is approved.

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Have we all had a chance to look over the
minutes?

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From the prior meeting of July?

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We did.

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What we'll do is just let those minutes
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as read. Public comments.

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Is anybody signed up for public comments
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there? Okay. Nick Beck.

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What would you like to speak on, Mr. Beck?

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I'd like to speak on the county park
project.

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I don't have a whole long-winded speech.

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If it would be better for me to wait till
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I can do that.

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Uh, either way, if you want to do it, you
can speak now or wait to the end,

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whatever you want to do.

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Uh, I'll wait till then. Okay.

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All right, sir. That's all.

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All right, so I'm going to read this about
the public comment since we got someone

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speaking on public comment.

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To provide public comment germane to a
specific agenda item,

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please complete and return a public form
available in person immediately prior to

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the scheduled meeting.

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Additionally, there are 2 defined public
comment periods for county business

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comment periods for county business
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no sign-up is required.

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At the discretion of the chairperson,
public comment is limited to 30 minutes.

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Aggregates With 3 minutes per speaker
distributed across 3 sessions:

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the outset of the meeting, during specific
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and at the conclusion of county business.

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All comments shall be addressed to the
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and there will be no rebuttal thereafter.
As we move forward, Health Department, Mr.

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Kenny.

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Good evening, everyone. I just have an MOU
with Murray Regional Medical Center.

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It's non-monetary. Simply,

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this is allowing us to send staff to their
mom and baby unit to allow us to complete

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women, infants, and children visits.

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This assists in not having a mom who needs
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department physically with a new baby,
possibly postpartum C-section,

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so we can complete the visit in the
hospital in the unit while they're there.

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So all this MOU is stating is that we're
allowed in there and following their

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security protocols Okay, we just need to
move that forward. Yes, sir.

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All right, can I get a motion to move that
forward, please?

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Commissioner Strand, seconded by
Commissioner Hollinsworth. All in favor?

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Any questions? We're moving it forward.

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Thank you.

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Also, we do have a date on our Fight Flu
Tennessee event.

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This is statewide every year.

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Health departments across the state offer
free flu shots.

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It's going to be October 20th. That's a
Tuesday.

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As soon as we get more information and
locations determined on where we will be

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locations determined on where we will be
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the community to offer this, I'll get that
out to everybody.

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All right. You got an announcement as
well? Is that your announcement?

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That's it, yeah.

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Okay.

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That's it? That's it? Okay. Any questions
for Mr. Kinney?

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Anyone?

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Madam Mayor?

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I just wanted to remind him that the
announcement is on here for the Regional

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announcement is on here for the Regional
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Office open house.

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Oh, sorry.

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Thank you for reminding me.

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Friday, is it August 21st? I don't have
the address memorized, but Honey Farms

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the address memorized, but Honey Farms
Way.

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So it's 2 buildings down from the
McDonald's on Highway 31.

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Our new regional health office,

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which has been across from Hospitalets
Daycare right next to the hospital urgent

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care for the last 30-plus years, they
finally got a new building and are

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finally got a new building and are
relocating.

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Moving week is current right now,

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and the ribbon cutting and grand opening
will be the 21st.

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And I was— I sent the flyer and we can
share that with everyone, but all is

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share that with everyone, but all is
welcome.

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Thank you.

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All right, sir. Is there any question for
Mr. Kinney other than that? That's it, Mr.

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Kinney?

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Thank you.

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Thank you, sir. Solid Waste, Mr. Turner.

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Good evening.

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Good evening.

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Just want to provide a couple updates.

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We did finish cleaning up our brush, so
that is all gone.

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And then we took 672 tons of material that
we diverted from a landfill from that.

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And I calculated some numbers up for some
of the diversions for what we did last

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fiscal year. I emailed those out, and I
did notice I missed one item on there,

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which is clothing. So I'll send out a
revised on that.

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So we have those America Thrift Stores
drop box at the centers.

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And they are basically goodwill at the
center.

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So I'll revise this and send that back
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But I did want to highlight,

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after purchasing that burner box just from
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saved the county about $32,000 versus
disposal of that wood waste.

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So other items that are larger quantity
would be cardboard and metal has continued

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to be very lucrative items for us,

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and we're going to hopefully see that
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A new one for us this go-around that we
started a couple months back is e-waste,

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and it's— I'm not going to say it's going
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but it is working out to be a lucrative
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and it's making sense for us to do that.

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So, going forward, just kind of continuing
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convenience centers took almost 15,000
tons of waste that was processed through

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tons of waste that was processed through
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transfer station, which took a total of
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For the last fiscal year.

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And then continuing with what I presented
last time I was here, the financial data—

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I sent that out as well— continuing to
trend upwards.

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So I think that if we keep this up for
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another couple of months, we'll
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hopefully, if we keep the trend we're
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almost catch up with what we were doing
before the city left.

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So everything seems to be moving in a
pretty, pretty good direction there.

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Good deal. Is that all you have, Mr.
Matthew?

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Pretty much, yeah.

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Is that it?

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Yes, sir.

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Any question from Ms. Matthew? Okay. Um,
any question from the committee?

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No from committee. Commissioner Sumner?

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Is the burn box better than a grinder?
I'm, I'm asking for Mr.

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Evans' benefit. No, I want to know if the
burn box is better than the

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grinder.

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Mr. Turner?

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Personally, I believe so, yes.

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That is my opinion.

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Thank you.

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All right. You're on for this guy.
Commissioner Grody?

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Is there any way that in the future you—

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are we still adding new customers every
month?

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Like, if you could have like a sentence
about how many new customers we add every

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month, that would help. Okay.

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I think we might have added one this last
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That's probably why I didn't include it.

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Just a running total maybe, or running
monthly total that we add. Thank you.

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All right. Thank you. Mr. Burkhardt.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Matt, did I understand you to say your
metal waste that you're selling,

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it's pretty lucrative right now? Did I
hear— did I understand that?

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We just put that out for rebid with the
new fiscal year.

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We're getting 9 cents a pound for the
metal.

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9 cents a pound?

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Correct.

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Is, is that a yearly contract?

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Yes.

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It is a yearly, and who got that?

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Waste Solutions of Tennessee.

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Okay, where are they located at?

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The facility is located in, I believe,
Williamson County. It's up Carter's Creek.

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It's the old B. Miller location.

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Okay, so do you have to haul it to them?

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Yes, we do.

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Okay, and you put that out to bid?

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That's correct, yeah.

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Okay, okay, and I was just wondering if it
would have been—

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I guess you've got to go with the high bid
because it seems that's—

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I don't know what you were getting for it,
where you were taking it to.

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Bids from last year were 6, 6.5 cents, so
it was more.

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We did factor, you know, Last year when we
did this, we did factor in travel time.

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This year there was a mix-up and some
confusion from some of our previous people

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confusion from some of our previous people
who

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bidded, and there was only one bidder, so
that kind of tied our hands.

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Oh, yeah. So you only had one bidder this
year?

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That's correct, yep.

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Oh, wow.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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All right. Matthews, I think that's it.

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Nobody else has chimed in, so— You're good
to go, sir.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Water Department, Mr. Schultz.
I don't see him.

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There he is back there, hiding on us
tonight.

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You was not in your usual spot.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a brief
update on our water connection with HBNTS.

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We are, you know, on schedule with that to
be through by the end of September.

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September.

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And with that, I'll answer any questions
anyone may have.

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Anyone have any questions for Mr. Schultz?

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Anyone on the committee? Anyone,
commissioners?

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Yes, Commissioner Burkhardt.

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Mr. Chairman, Todd, you say you are on
schedule for

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that connection there out on 431, that's
correct?

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Yes, sir, that's correct.

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Okay.

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When—

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I know where you're going to be putting
the water tank there on Jim Warren.

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When is that going to start? You start
seeing something there?

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That could be—

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we're hoping to bid that tank by fall.

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We've got plans in review right now to be
sent off to TDEC.

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You know, all of that has to be done,

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and then the bidding process will start
once those are approved.

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So, and you're looking at probably
Probably an 18-month construction period

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Probably an 18-month construction period
on the,

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on the tank itself.

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And that's going to be a 2 million gallon
tank?

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Yes, sir, that is correct.

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And your tank on Ash Hill is 200,000?

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That is correct.

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Are you going to keep them both?

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I would think once everything is in
service, that's going to be, you know,

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a good period of time, but that the
200,000 gallon tank would come down.

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Okay.

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And, you know, be replaced completely by
the 2 million gallon tank.

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Because I, I see something going on around
the tank there, and that may be the, uh,

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the golf course doing that. I didn't know
what that— whether that was you or them.

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That is the golf course.

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They own all of the property around the
existing tank.

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Okay, so is your 2 million gallon tank
gonna make the calendar Hope so.

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Okay, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Is that all you got?

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Yes, thank you.

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Anyone else? That's about it, Mr. Ray— I
mean, Mr. Schultz.

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Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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Thank you.

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All right, Mr. Ray, Parks and Rec.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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While Wayne's hooking up a presentation,

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I'll be glad to try to answer any
questions anybody might have,

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if you have any. And the presentation
pertains to the agenda item.

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Mr. Redding, hold on just a second.

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Sure.

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Mr. Beck, you ready to speak now? Yes,
sir.

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Well, I'm going to yield to Wayne. He's
going to do this presentation.

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We were here in May and showed you an
overview of what we were looking at at

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overview of what we were looking at at
Murray

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County Park. We've narrowed that down to a
first phase,

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and that's what you'll be seeing. And I
will step aside.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Would you like Mr. Bick to speak now?

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Yeah, go ahead if you want to.

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I'm happy to go after Wayne.

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Okay, that'd be fine. Go ahead, Wayne.

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All right, so as Mr.

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Ray said, if you remember, we came to
Budget Committee in May,

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asked for some funding.

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We presented you with a, um,

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with a 35,000-foot view plan of
improvements to Murray County Park.

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And, um, so you guys approved that.

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Uh, it was a $300,000 ask, and that was to
bring you back a GMP.

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Well, we got to work quickly on that.

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Soon after that, I got with Jamie Spencer
with Hewlett Spencer, Bell Construction,

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George Neuberger, and said, hey guys,

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can we get a GMP to this commission by the
first week in August?

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And they all passed out, and once they
came to, they said, yeah, we'll do our

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came to, they said, yeah, we'll do our
best.

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So kudos to all those guys. They worked
really hard.

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And we had a call from 9:00 to 10:45 this
morning kind of wrapping this up,

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but we got to that. So if you— so as Mr.

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Ray said, we have to phase this project
because we have to get rid of something to

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make space for something else, and we'll
talk about that in a minute.

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But Phase 1 Is relocation of the parks
maintenance facility and then relocation

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maintenance facility and then relocation
of

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Little League complex. And we'll do an
overview of all of that shortly.

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But if you remember in that plan that we
presented,

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our maintenance facility sits right here
in this building.

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And so Part— the biggest part of that plan
was cleaning up this whole area.

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The senior center sits here, our park
office here, Baker Building,

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maintenance facility.

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And then this area here is where we store
our equipment and things of that nature,

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right beside Columbia Central High School.

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So part of phase 1 is relocating this
maintenance facility and this equipment

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storage area all the way back here to
Casey Lane.

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Okay.

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The park property runs all the way back to
the sharp curve on Casey Lane.

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For those of us that have been around a
while,

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that's where the old driver testing center
used to sit before it was torn down.

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Mm-hmm.

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So that property is actually part of
Murray County Park property.

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So to get our shop, our maintenance
facility,

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our storage facility out of the front of
the park so that you guys don't have to

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drive by it anytime you come in the park,

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Anybody that comes to Columbia Central has
to drive by that.

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We thought it would be better to get it
moved back here, kind of out of sight,

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out of mind, and give a better appearance
to the front of the park.

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So that's part of phase 1.

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And again, for us to clean up this whole
area in the front of the park,

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we've got to get rid of something first.

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So we have to get rid of that maintenance
facility.

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And we have to have somewhere to go before
we get rid of it.

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So that's why we included it in Phase 1.

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As I said, the maintenance shop and
equipment storage currently sits there,

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and then we're proposing to relocate it to
the rear of the property.

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That way it makes way for future park
improvements and in a less visible area.

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So this is just a real quick view of the
proposed maintenance facility.

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It's a 40 by 80 building with 2 20-foot
side sheds.

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It's the exact same size as the
maintenance building we have now.

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So we didn't try to come in and design
some type of Taj Mahal or something like

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that. Gravel parking area for employees.

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This road right here indicates the drive
that goes to the back of the park,

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and Casey Lane will sit out here. So it's
pretty simple. It's a 2-bay shop.

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Okay.

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With one small office, a break room, and
some storage area.

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And so we'll house our equipment under the
2 side sheds,

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and then we'll have the 40 by 80 shop area
there.

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So then that's the small item, but the
bigger item, the Little League complex—

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and I'll show you some pictures in a
minute— but it is— It's a big deal.

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It is just a facility that's lived its
life.

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And it— to put it nicely, somebody in here
maybe can say how old,

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what year it was built, but in the '60s.

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'64.

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'64. So if my math is correct, it's 60
years old this year.

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So—

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62. 62. So my math wasn't correct.

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So—

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I'm only 45, so I don't— So it was long
before me.

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But that's a facility that there's minimum
amount of funds that come out of our

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budget that go into that facility. The
league is pretty much self-sufficient.

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I'm not sitting here and saying that we
don't help them out from time to time,

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but the help they get from us is minimal,

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that they're able to operate that
facility.

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In 2010, we applied for a grant To put in
new lighting.

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But beyond that, that's the only
big-ticket item that's ever came from us.

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So for the most part, what you see there
is what the community has done themselves.

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So moving that complex,

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it provides a facility that's safer and
more user-friendly for everyone.

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And I'm going to show you some pictures,

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and a lot of you guys have spent some time
there,

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and you know what I'm talking about when I
say that.

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Yes.

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That is not a very user-friendly facility.
Its accessibility is horrible.

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We can— I can make a whole list of things
that aren't good about that facility,

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but it has served a purpose and it served
a purpose for a long time.

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The 3rd bullet there provides safer and
more parking areas.

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When we first started talking about this,

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Al and I got together and we looked and we
said, you know, we can do some things,

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maybe we can make some things better.

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We could spend a bunch of money to try to
improve it at its current site,

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but then we still have a parking problem.

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And anybody that's spent any time out
there knows as well,

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on a Monday night during baseball season,
that parking is horrendous and we're all—

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We're all in agreement.

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Blessed and grateful that we haven't had a
tragic event out there with young kids

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because there's, there's really no
designated parking.

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They just park where they can park.

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And we could fix it on its site, we could
spend a bunch of money,

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but we still wind up putting lipstick on a
pig.

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So we, we decided we're better off to move
somewhere else.

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And then the last bullet,

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a new complex allows us to generate some
tax dollars through tourism.

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And we would be able to host—

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lease that facility out for people to host
tournaments on the weekends,

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bringing people in. Those are the kind of
tax dollars we like.

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Somebody else comes, spends their money,
and then they leave and go back home.

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So that allows us that opportunity.

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So just a few pictures if you haven't been
around.

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And these were taken just last week.

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You know, people with mobility issues have
trouble in the gravel areas.

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It—

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everything there needs replacing, from the
fences to the dugouts.

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For a while, I said everything there needs
to be gone except the lights,

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and then we realized that time gets away
from us and the lights themselves are 15

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years old. So it— If you look,

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this is going up to the front steps from
the parking lot.

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This old drain doesn't work most of the
time.

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Again, access to the area—

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this is how you access the concession
stand from the parking lot.

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Nothing compliant about any of it. This
sidewalk— Mr.

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Provetti might remember this, but last
year Called and said, hey,

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you guys need to go look at something down
there. And we did. What was it?

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There was a crack right here, that little
white area,

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where the sidewalk is falling away.

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And we went in and patched it best we
could, but it's falling away for a reason.

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It's because all that concrete has
deteriorated to the point where there's

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deteriorated to the point where there's
really

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00:23:25,488 --> 00:23:27,648
not much you can do with it.

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So right beside that,

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you can see this sidewalk is falling away
from the Concession stand.

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So we without a doubt have stability
issues.

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And then this is the ramp on the Major
League side,

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another access point to get to the
bleachers and to the concession area, but

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bleachers and to the concession area, but
again,

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nothing compliant about it.

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The restroom facilities that were built a
few years ago through The league were able

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to raise those funds.

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They did the best they could do with them,

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00:24:01,581 --> 00:24:05,051
but no accessibility to get to those as
well.

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We are— we hold our breath every day
waiting on the ADA lawsuit that's coming

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because of this place.

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So this is the proposed— if you remember,
and maybe I need to Back up to remind you.

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But if you remember, this is the current
Little League complex.

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And in that plan we presented in May, we
proposed that we,

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we take this complex and go and move it to
this area of the park.

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And for those that have been around a
while, what used to be the softball

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while, what used to be the softball
complex.

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So we handed this off to architects,
engineers, and said, hey,

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see if you can make this work in this
area.

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00:24:47,853 --> 00:24:52,711
And this is what Joe Haddix with Heritage
Civil came back with.

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And so a 3-field complex with just a
concession stand.

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There—

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this little square here represents an
existing restroom facility that has been

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there. We would still be able to utilize
that,

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so we don't have to build restrooms to
accommodate the area.

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Okay.

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So just the concession stand, storage
area,

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a small dressing room for officials would
sit in that building,

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and then a 3-field artificial turf complex
that,

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that gets rid of all of our maintenance,
ongoing maintenance for that facility,

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allows us to avoid rainouts,

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allows us to spend more time playing and
less time working.

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So this— that's— We would put in 8
handicapped parking spots in this area.

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One difference from this drawing,

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that is the fairgrounds where the carnival
sets up for the fair.

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That would remain as a gravel lot, which
would accommodate parking,

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but we would have hard surface handicapped
parking here for those that need it.

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And then the stadium, the football stadium
that sits here, there could be parking.

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They could park there and actually walk
across as well.

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So that is a really quick overview of what
we're proposing tonight.

446
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And before they— before Jamie comes up
with his part,

447
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I'll take any questions anybody may have.

448
00:26:29,527 --> 00:26:31,550
Okay.

449
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What did you say the cost of that was?

450
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I'm going to let Jamie break it in and
tell you.

451
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Okay. Okay. All right.

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We're going to go with the committee
first,

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and then we'll get the rest of the
commissioners to voice their opinion on

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commissioners to voice their opinion on
this.

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Commissioner Strand.

456
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Thank you, Chair.

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I've got a couple questions.

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One of them was the cost of the 40 by 80,
but we'll talk to Jamie about that one,

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00:27:00,722 --> 00:27:02,383
huh? The other question is,

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I've been working with developers in the
neighborhood on a proposed development

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between the railroad track and the big
curve on Casey Lane,

462
00:27:10,871 --> 00:27:14,254
right where you're going to put your
maintenance thing.

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Is that—

464
00:27:15,304 --> 00:27:18,927
will the entrance be off Casey Lane? Well,
there's an entrance there now.

465
00:27:18,927 --> 00:27:20,068
Yeah, there is one now.

466
00:27:20,068 --> 00:27:20,696
Yes, sir.

467
00:27:20,696 --> 00:27:25,588
And so you'll be using that entrance to
get in there. How much traffic is it?

468
00:27:25,588 --> 00:27:27,875
How much traffic? Yeah, will you be—

469
00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:31,751
So that entrance would just be used by our
maintenance staff.

470
00:27:31,751 --> 00:27:36,325
So you're, you're not going to have
vehicles coming in and out of there?

471
00:27:36,325 --> 00:27:40,963
We will, but so we have 9 full-time
maintenance staff year-round and then

472
00:27:40,963 --> 00:27:41,535
maintenance staff year-round and then
another 9

473
00:27:41,535 --> 00:27:45,284
or 10 more during the— Insignificant
number of that, right?

474
00:27:45,284 --> 00:27:48,079
Any big trucks or any of that kind of
thing?

475
00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:51,828
No, sir, I wouldn't— I'm going to hear
this question again.

476
00:27:51,828 --> 00:27:55,322
No, obviously, if we were to have
deliveries, you know,

477
00:27:55,322 --> 00:28:00,150
which are very rare in what we do, we may
have some big truck come in there,

478
00:28:00,150 --> 00:28:04,026
but that would, that would not be enough
to even worry about.

479
00:28:04,026 --> 00:28:04,186
Okay.

480
00:28:04,652 --> 00:28:05,086
Thank you.

481
00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:05,888
Thank you, Chair.

482
00:28:05,888 --> 00:28:09,556
Uh, we kind of broke protocol here. We
were supposed to let Mr.

483
00:28:09,556 --> 00:28:12,293
Beck go after you got through speaking.
So, Mr.

484
00:28:12,293 --> 00:28:22,264
Beck, you can speak now, sir.

485
00:28:25,264 --> 00:28:28,452
Chairman, do you want me to hit my time
button here or let you—

486
00:28:28,452 --> 00:28:29,455
You have to take care of it.

487
00:28:29,455 --> 00:28:32,377
Okay, perfect. Thank you for my 3 minutes.

488
00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:37,664
I'm currently the secretary for the
Columbia American Little League Board of

489
00:28:37,664 --> 00:28:41,282
Directors. I have a number of my
colleagues with me.

490
00:28:41,282 --> 00:28:44,273
This represents about a third of the
board.

491
00:28:44,273 --> 00:28:46,847
I'd like to recognize Nathan McBroom,

492
00:28:46,847 --> 00:28:51,856
head coach of the 8U state champion
coach-pitch team, and his son Crosby

493
00:28:51,856 --> 00:28:52,412
coach-pitch team, and his son Crosby
McBroom.

494
00:28:52,412 --> 00:28:57,978
You know, Columbia sheds a lot of light
across the state as far as Little League

495
00:28:57,978 --> 00:29:01,874
baseball is concerned. I'd like to second
everything Mr.

496
00:29:01,874 --> 00:29:06,187
Lindsey just said about the ballpark and
accessibility issues.

497
00:29:06,187 --> 00:29:11,961
If we had Some pictures from a week or so
ago when we got those 3 inches of rain in

498
00:29:11,961 --> 00:29:16,622
about an hour. Even more of that gravel
floats up and moves around,

499
00:29:16,622 --> 00:29:21,214
gets onto your grass infield, does those
things. Mr. Bilbo and Mr.

500
00:29:21,214 --> 00:29:26,779
Wooliver take great care of the ball field
and make it look as good as they can.

501
00:29:26,779 --> 00:29:30,745
The best thing about the ballpark is the
playing surface.

502
00:29:30,745 --> 00:29:36,310
If we could take that playing surface and
move it somewhere to a more accessible

503
00:29:36,310 --> 00:29:38,397
area, that would be fantastic.

504
00:29:38,397 --> 00:29:38,575
Thank you.

505
00:29:38,816 --> 00:29:40,860
But we just can't do that.

506
00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:45,813
The area around it, when I see— when we
host state tournaments,

507
00:29:45,813 --> 00:29:48,014
which we do almost annually,

508
00:29:48,014 --> 00:29:53,910
it's embarrassing when somebody's
grandparent in a wheelchair that wants to

509
00:29:53,910 --> 00:29:54,539
grandparent in a wheelchair that wants to
come see

510
00:29:54,539 --> 00:29:58,705
their son or granddaughter come play at
the ballpark,

511
00:29:58,705 --> 00:30:04,365
and you just kind of grit your teeth from
far away, watch them struggle,

512
00:30:04,365 --> 00:30:05,466
try to get up.

513
00:30:05,466 --> 00:30:05,595
I agree.

514
00:30:06,498 --> 00:30:08,764
to where they, they possibly can.

515
00:30:08,764 --> 00:30:13,433
And heaven forbid they have to use the
restroom while they're there.

516
00:30:13,433 --> 00:30:15,698
It's, it's borderline impossible.

517
00:30:15,698 --> 00:30:21,328
So they usually just end up parking on the
road up there, kind of across from 4-H,

518
00:30:21,328 --> 00:30:26,890
and, and watch the games from there when,
when they can. As far as what, what Mr.

519
00:30:26,890 --> 00:30:31,009
Lindsey said about being able to host
things on the weekend,

520
00:30:31,009 --> 00:30:36,227
I think all of us take our children on the
road For travel ball tournaments.

521
00:30:36,227 --> 00:30:39,317
We— there's nothing for baseball in
Columbia.

522
00:30:39,317 --> 00:30:44,878
You know, Ridley Park is now hosting a
significant number of events for softball,

523
00:30:44,878 --> 00:30:49,822
for baseball. We routinely go to
Tullahoma, Muscle Shoals, Murfreesboro.

524
00:30:49,822 --> 00:30:54,147
We recently participated in the
11-year-old state tournament in

525
00:30:54,147 --> 00:30:55,040
11-year-old state tournament in
Murfreesboro.

526
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,472
I drove there 5 consecutive days in a row
to play.

527
00:30:58,472 --> 00:31:01,562
11 innings worth of baseball because of
rain.

528
00:31:01,562 --> 00:31:04,377
If we could have pivoted to a turf field,

529
00:31:04,377 --> 00:31:07,398
we could have had this thing done in 2
days.

530
00:31:07,398 --> 00:31:11,930
You could have had 8 teams from all across
the state playing ball.

531
00:31:11,930 --> 00:31:17,079
And with these fields, I have no doubt
that we'll host one, if not several,

532
00:31:17,079 --> 00:31:19,894
Little League state tournaments annually,

533
00:31:19,894 --> 00:31:24,769
with teams coming from as far as Johnson
City and Upper East Tennessee.

534
00:31:24,769 --> 00:31:28,339
I think this project is a worthwhile
Solution, 1964.

535
00:31:28,339 --> 00:31:33,557
It's been plenty of time to build another
ballpark. Thank you for your time.

536
00:31:33,557 --> 00:31:41,385
Yes, sir. Thank you. Commissioner
Kuzawinski, I jumped over you.

537
00:31:41,385 --> 00:31:44,562
Thank you, Chairman. A few questions for
you, Mr. Lindsey.

538
00:31:44,562 --> 00:31:48,341
Kind of following up with what
Commissioner Strahan was talking about

539
00:31:48,341 --> 00:31:48,779
Commissioner Strahan was talking about
with the

540
00:31:48,779 --> 00:31:51,189
entrance being over there off of Casey
Lane.

541
00:31:51,189 --> 00:31:54,037
You're right in the heart of my district
over there,

542
00:31:54,037 --> 00:31:58,200
and how noticeable is that maintenance
building going to be from Casey Lane?

543
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,431
Are my constituents going to call me and
tell me, you know,

544
00:32:01,431 --> 00:32:03,731
why do we have an ugly building over here?

545
00:32:03,731 --> 00:32:06,689
And so that's a big concern of mine I've
got on there.

546
00:32:06,689 --> 00:32:13,712
Right, understandable. That was one of the
first issues we addressed with Mr.

547
00:32:13,712 --> 00:32:15,992
Neuberger, our architect,

548
00:32:15,992 --> 00:32:22,467
as we began to talk about this and
realizing that The question would be

549
00:32:22,467 --> 00:32:23,197
realizing that The question would be
brought.

550
00:32:23,197 --> 00:32:30,037
We would hide that building with
vegetation, arborvitae, some type of large

551
00:32:30,037 --> 00:32:30,675
vegetation, arborvitae, some type of large
plants,

552
00:32:30,675 --> 00:32:36,877
basically. We would use the landscape to
kind of hide that building.

553
00:32:36,877 --> 00:32:42,714
City of Columbia is not fond of metal
buildings, but it will be—

554
00:32:42,714 --> 00:32:45,085
it will not be an eyesore.

555
00:32:45,085 --> 00:32:45,215
Okay.

556
00:32:46,097 --> 00:32:47,173
And we'll make sure of that.

557
00:32:47,173 --> 00:32:51,293
And you had mentioned earlier that there
may be occasional deliveries coming

558
00:32:51,293 --> 00:32:51,673
may be occasional deliveries coming
through

559
00:32:51,673 --> 00:32:54,492
there, but obviously that is— that's
already posted.

560
00:32:54,492 --> 00:32:58,721
You're not supposed to have big rigs
coming through there and stuff like that.

561
00:32:58,721 --> 00:33:03,166
That's something that my constituents have
already complained about with enforcing

562
00:33:03,166 --> 00:33:06,907
that. So putting the entrance back there
and still having deliveries,

563
00:33:06,907 --> 00:33:11,298
it seems like that's going to create an
issue that I'd like to head off before we

564
00:33:11,298 --> 00:33:11,515
can—

565
00:33:11,515 --> 00:33:15,998
And if that's it, so The number of
deliveries we get from big trucks is, you

566
00:33:15,998 --> 00:33:16,293
deliveries we get from big trucks is, you
know,

567
00:33:16,293 --> 00:33:19,360
you can count on one hand how many we get
in a year.

568
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,309
So we'll still have entrances off of Line
Parkway.

569
00:33:22,309 --> 00:33:26,438
So if that were an issue, we can always
take care of it from that way.

570
00:33:26,438 --> 00:33:30,904
OK. Another question, and you kept on
mentioning it with the ADA compliant.

571
00:33:30,904 --> 00:33:35,429
Will this project— are you looking at
making this 100% ADA compliant through

572
00:33:35,429 --> 00:33:35,727
making this 100% ADA compliant through
every

573
00:33:35,727 --> 00:33:39,716
aspect of it, or are there still going to
be some areas that we're—

574
00:33:40,072 --> 00:33:44,577
No, it'll be absolutely ADA compliant. All
right.

575
00:33:45,266 --> 00:33:48,478
Um, another question I had, um, just with
my business,

576
00:33:48,478 --> 00:33:52,048
I get to travel around and get to see
different ball fields.

577
00:33:52,048 --> 00:33:56,629
We used to do an event up at Charlotte,
which has pretty nice ball fields out

578
00:33:56,629 --> 00:33:56,985
which has pretty nice ball fields out
there.

579
00:33:56,985 --> 00:33:59,425
Uh, is, is 3 fields, will that be enough?

580
00:33:59,425 --> 00:34:04,422
Will that be adequate for if we're talking
about expanding and hosting things or You

581
00:34:04,422 --> 00:34:08,169
know, they've got 4 out there and it's a
small area, Charlotte,

582
00:34:08,169 --> 00:34:12,929
but it's a huge draw out there and I've
seen what kind of crowds come with that.

583
00:34:12,929 --> 00:34:16,736
Is a 4th field necessary or are 3 going to
be adequate on there?

584
00:34:16,736 --> 00:34:22,059
So I know the director of schools is
sitting behind me and she doesn't know

585
00:34:22,059 --> 00:34:22,343
sitting behind me and she doesn't know
this

586
00:34:22,343 --> 00:34:28,235
yet, but our plan would be to partner with
the school system and possibly use their

587
00:34:28,235 --> 00:34:30,506
softball field as the 4th field.

588
00:34:30,506 --> 00:34:33,345
It's in close proximity to Very— I mean,

589
00:34:33,345 --> 00:34:36,894
within walking distance of our proposed
site here.

590
00:34:36,894 --> 00:34:41,153
But without disrupting the fair, Mule Day,
things like that,

591
00:34:41,153 --> 00:34:44,489
3 fields was pretty much our max for that
area.

592
00:34:44,489 --> 00:34:47,186
So that was why we landed at 3 fields.

593
00:34:47,186 --> 00:34:47,925
Okay.

594
00:34:48,101 --> 00:34:50,173
And then last question is kind of
frivolous,

595
00:34:50,173 --> 00:34:52,764
but with the concession stand and
everything like that,

596
00:34:52,764 --> 00:34:56,626
do y'all plan on putting the announcer's
booth above the concession, I'm assuming,

597
00:34:56,626 --> 00:34:57,474
and being able to—

598
00:34:57,797 --> 00:35:02,436
Oh, so actually, our plan is not to have
an announcer's booth,

599
00:35:02,436 --> 00:35:04,680
and everybody's going to gasp,

600
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:09,917
but our plan is actually to have a
scorekeeping area at one end of the

601
00:35:09,917 --> 00:35:10,516
scorekeeping area at one end of the
dugouts.

602
00:35:10,516 --> 00:35:14,107
These guys know if you go to travel
tournaments,

603
00:35:14,107 --> 00:35:17,099
they don't even use scoreboards anymore.

604
00:35:17,099 --> 00:35:22,261
So instead of spending the money to go up
top, finish the area, Yeah.

605
00:35:22,261 --> 00:35:26,376
We'll put the scorekeeping area down at
field level so,

606
00:35:26,376 --> 00:35:30,940
so we can keep a one-level building for
the concession stand.

607
00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:34,164
Okay, that's all my questions for now. I
appreciate it. Thank you, Chairman.

608
00:35:34,164 --> 00:35:34,546
Yes, sir.

609
00:35:34,546 --> 00:35:37,543
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

610
00:35:38,313 --> 00:35:42,240
Um, immediately, just parallel off, what
if somebody wants to video a game?

611
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:46,481
Would there be a platform or a roof where
they could get up there to put a tripod

612
00:35:46,481 --> 00:35:50,617
and a camera if somebody were going to
broadcast a tournament or something like

613
00:35:50,617 --> 00:35:50,879
that?

614
00:35:51,623 --> 00:35:55,225
If they've got enough money, we'll rent
scaffolding, I guess.

615
00:35:55,225 --> 00:35:57,766
Okay, well, you've already switched
laptops,

616
00:35:57,766 --> 00:36:01,174
but I wish you could go back to the other
one for a moment.

617
00:36:01,174 --> 00:36:02,733
I've got several questions.

618
00:36:02,733 --> 00:36:07,180
So first of all, youth sports are some of
the most important parts of a kid's

619
00:36:07,180 --> 00:36:09,259
development. I mean, they, you know,

620
00:36:09,259 --> 00:36:12,147
that's how young men learn a lot in life
that way,

621
00:36:12,147 --> 00:36:16,247
and having first-rate facilities are
paramount to that. And seeing Mrs.

622
00:36:16,247 --> 00:36:20,752
Johnson here tonight, I've always known
her as Mrs. Johnson. She's always Mrs.

623
00:36:20,752 --> 00:36:23,062
Johnson to me, but Cindy's here tonight.

624
00:36:23,062 --> 00:36:26,643
Back 12 years ago, when I was first
elected to the commission,

625
00:36:26,643 --> 00:36:29,242
she was the principal of Central High
School.

626
00:36:29,242 --> 00:36:33,747
And, you know, we were real big with
pushing to get Central High School built.

627
00:36:33,747 --> 00:36:38,541
And one of the things that I used to say a
lot, because we had no growth back then,

628
00:36:38,541 --> 00:36:41,255
we were, we were fairly stagnant. back in
2014.

629
00:36:41,255 --> 00:36:44,720
And one of the things that I talked about
is that, you know,

630
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:48,012
when you present to people that want to
come to Columbia,

631
00:36:48,012 --> 00:36:49,976
you set out your best centerpiece.

632
00:36:49,976 --> 00:36:52,575
You know, when, when a company's coming
over,

633
00:36:52,575 --> 00:36:55,520
it's the way my mom used to do it for the
holidays.

634
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:59,101
And I used to apply that logic to the new
Central High School,

635
00:36:59,101 --> 00:37:01,642
that if we get this new Central High
School,

636
00:37:01,642 --> 00:37:06,147
that's going to be the centerpiece of
Columbia to bring in and look at all the

637
00:37:06,147 --> 00:37:08,168
growth we've gotten since then. So.

638
00:37:08,168 --> 00:37:11,865
Anyhow, that said, this ball field can
apply to that same logic,

639
00:37:11,865 --> 00:37:16,716
that this is that centerpiece for the City
of Columbia to have that, because you're—

640
00:37:16,716 --> 00:37:21,221
if you have the tournaments, they will
come and they will stay at your hotels,

641
00:37:21,221 --> 00:37:25,552
even though it's all the way out at the
interstate. That's another problem.

642
00:37:25,552 --> 00:37:28,613
But they'll stay and they'll eat at your
restaurants.

643
00:37:28,613 --> 00:37:31,617
And so that's some of the best tax revenue
there is.

644
00:37:31,617 --> 00:37:34,793
The question I wanted to ask is that, you
know, having—

645
00:37:34,793 --> 00:37:35,521
Yes, sir.

646
00:37:36,378 --> 00:37:40,447
And if you're from here, you spent your
life at that Columbia American League

647
00:37:40,447 --> 00:37:40,764
life at that Columbia American League
field.

648
00:37:40,764 --> 00:37:43,512
And I wish you could bring up a picture
again of it,

649
00:37:43,512 --> 00:37:47,792
but down in that hole is where all the
little kids that didn't want to watch ball

650
00:37:47,792 --> 00:37:51,227
played catch and run around and played tag
and chased each other.

651
00:37:51,227 --> 00:37:53,552
Where is that going to be for this
facility?

652
00:37:53,552 --> 00:37:57,991
Where are those kids that don't care about
what's going on but want to sit there and

653
00:37:57,991 --> 00:38:01,690
play and do their own thing while their
big brothers are playing ball?

654
00:38:01,690 --> 00:38:02,853
Where is that in this?

655
00:38:02,853 --> 00:38:09,002
So if you're familiar with this, the
fairgrounds area, here's a,

656
00:38:09,002 --> 00:38:16,016
here's a grassy area that goes all the way
to Casey Lane if they want to.

657
00:38:16,016 --> 00:38:17,649
We got 241 acres.

658
00:38:17,649 --> 00:38:20,096
No, I hear you, but I mean, but the thing
about it is,

659
00:38:20,096 --> 00:38:23,721
is that you were there and your mom knew
you were right there and she could turn

660
00:38:23,721 --> 00:38:25,850
around where she was sitting and there you
are.

661
00:38:25,850 --> 00:38:29,339
I don't see that here because there's a
concession stand in the middle of it.

662
00:38:29,548 --> 00:38:32,987
So there's 60 feet between all of the
fields.

663
00:38:32,987 --> 00:38:38,565
So beyond here, this denotes concrete, but
then there'll be grassy areas.

664
00:38:38,565 --> 00:38:43,074
We actually— we still have some work to do
on some of this,

665
00:38:43,074 --> 00:38:47,354
but we're going to eliminate this
10-foot-wide sidewalk.

666
00:38:47,354 --> 00:38:50,181
So there'll be grassy areas down the—

667
00:38:50,181 --> 00:38:54,346
That's the one thing that concerns me,
because, like, for, you know,

668
00:38:54,346 --> 00:38:59,246
you look and there's your kid and And so
now that little hole is not going to be

669
00:38:59,246 --> 00:39:04,391
there anymore. To the bathroom section, so
if you've got 2— if you've got, you know,

670
00:39:04,391 --> 00:39:09,107
6 teams and all the spectators and
everything else, how big is that bathroom?

671
00:39:09,107 --> 00:39:13,780
That restroom now is— I'm going to use a
crude term— as we call it,

672
00:39:13,780 --> 00:39:15,385
a 4-holer on each side.

673
00:39:15,385 --> 00:39:20,825
So it's 2 urinals, 2 toilets on the men's
side, 4 toilets on the women's side.

674
00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:24,030
Is that big enough? Does that legally meet
the requirements? It does.

675
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:26,814
It's 4 times the size of what they have
now, so.

676
00:39:26,814 --> 00:39:28,536
Okay. Okay.

677
00:39:29,147 --> 00:39:33,944
All right. And my last question— I've got
the same concerns everybody else does—

678
00:39:33,944 --> 00:39:36,162
has about the building on Casey Lane.

679
00:39:36,162 --> 00:39:40,059
That's not my district, but I've driven
that road my entire life.

680
00:39:40,059 --> 00:39:41,318
It's my side of town.

681
00:39:41,318 --> 00:39:43,417
And all the residents around there,

682
00:39:43,417 --> 00:39:48,333
I guess you need to come up with something
that's going to be physically appealing

683
00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:52,890
to them that's not going to deter, you
know, You know, to get them riled up.

684
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:54,840
It will look better than it looks today.

685
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,346
I mean, you know, everything's—

686
00:39:56,346 --> 00:39:59,843
anything's going to look better than the
TDOT location that's, you know,

687
00:39:59,843 --> 00:40:02,660
a 60-year-old building right there at the
railroad tracks.

688
00:40:02,950 --> 00:40:05,010
But this will be— okay.

689
00:40:05,010 --> 00:40:07,778
All right. Well, that's all I had. Thank
you for bringing this.

690
00:40:07,778 --> 00:40:09,052
I think this is a great idea.

691
00:40:09,052 --> 00:40:11,645
I mean, I want to hear the price tag and
the sticker shock.

692
00:40:11,645 --> 00:40:14,149
This is the last month of this commission,
so we're done.

693
00:40:14,149 --> 00:40:16,610
So you may have to start all over again
next month, but—

694
00:40:16,610 --> 00:40:17,290
Well, hopefully we won't.

695
00:40:17,420 --> 00:40:19,028
Hopefully you won't. Anyway, thank you,
Mr. Chairman.

696
00:40:19,028 --> 00:40:20,508
Commissioner Markham.

697
00:40:20,508 --> 00:40:23,307
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

698
00:40:23,549 --> 00:40:28,951
Al, are these 200-plus feet fields?
They're all 200 feet. I should have said

699
00:40:28,951 --> 00:40:29,306
They're all 200 feet. I should have said
that.

700
00:40:29,306 --> 00:40:32,575
Our plan is to build them all flat, no
mounds,

701
00:40:32,575 --> 00:40:36,413
so that we can accommodate both baseball
and softball.

702
00:40:36,413 --> 00:40:39,469
We would play baseball off portable
mounds.

703
00:40:39,469 --> 00:40:45,013
That's not something that These guys
aren't used to doing as you travel around

704
00:40:45,013 --> 00:40:50,699
places. So we would make it a multi-use
facility for both baseball and softball.

705
00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:51,988
But a grass infield?

706
00:40:52,647 --> 00:40:52,840
Or—

707
00:40:52,889 --> 00:40:54,111
but it's going to be carpet, really?

708
00:40:54,497 --> 00:40:56,379
I mean, carpet, synthetic or whatever.

709
00:40:56,379 --> 00:40:57,634
Correct. Okay.

710
00:40:57,876 --> 00:40:58,680
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

711
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:02,316
Commissioner

712
00:41:02,316 --> 00:41:07,163
Burke-Hawthorne.

713
00:41:07,163 --> 00:41:09,587
Not yet.

714
00:41:09,587 --> 00:41:09,897
Push it.

715
00:41:11,591 --> 00:41:17,993
Tell him to push it again. Yeah, put—

716
00:41:20,993 --> 00:41:21,460
push it again.

717
00:41:21,460 --> 00:41:25,356
Does it go green when you press it?

718
00:41:25,356 --> 00:41:26,095
Mm-hmm.

719
00:41:26,095 --> 00:41:26,981
Push it again.

720
00:41:26,981 --> 00:41:28,032
I'm talking to it.

721
00:41:28,032 --> 00:41:38,711
For some reason mine's on. I don't know
why.

722
00:41:41,711 --> 00:41:45,138
Okay, thank you, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

723
00:41:45,138 --> 00:41:48,815
Wayne, you said all 3 fields are going to
be

724
00:41:48,815 --> 00:41:50,236
identical, right?

725
00:41:50,236 --> 00:41:50,653
Yes, sir.

726
00:41:50,653 --> 00:41:53,061
There won't be like a junior field like
they have now?

727
00:41:53,061 --> 00:41:53,993
No, sir.

728
00:41:53,993 --> 00:41:56,887
The names, will they trend? Like Mr.

729
00:41:56,887 --> 00:42:01,551
McFarland, will he— will that one of those
fields still be

730
00:42:01,551 --> 00:42:03,641
named after Tom McFarland?

731
00:42:04,109 --> 00:42:06,065
So that's a question for our park board.

732
00:42:06,065 --> 00:42:09,529
I would hope that they would still think,

733
00:42:09,529 --> 00:42:16,626
think about doing that because I may even
have a bathroom named after me down there.

734
00:42:16,626 --> 00:42:18,654
I'm not sure, but I may.

735
00:42:18,654 --> 00:42:24,568
But I, but, but, uh, I would hope the park
board would still honor Mr.

736
00:42:24,568 --> 00:42:26,342
McFarland because he,

737
00:42:26,342 --> 00:42:32,932
he was a vital part of that park when I
was When I was down there every night,

738
00:42:32,932 --> 00:42:39,606
and some of the best years of my life was
spent down there at that old park and

739
00:42:39,606 --> 00:42:45,858
everything. I had a question for Jamie,
but I don't— oh, the construction.

740
00:42:45,858 --> 00:42:52,195
I mean, you won't tear the old fields out
till this new one's built, right?

741
00:42:52,195 --> 00:42:52,597
Correct.

742
00:42:52,597 --> 00:42:54,866
So it won't be any interruption?

743
00:42:54,866 --> 00:42:55,574
No, sir.

744
00:42:55,574 --> 00:43:01,933
Okay. Well, I think Columbia's been
missing the boat on this for a long time.

745
00:43:01,933 --> 00:43:05,566
I think this should have happened years
ago,

746
00:43:05,566 --> 00:43:12,255
and I would even like to see it a 4-field
complex myself because I know we played

747
00:43:12,255 --> 00:43:18,449
Little League, but then once we got up to
the Babe Ruth, we went to travel.

748
00:43:18,449 --> 00:43:24,642
And nowadays, these parents are spending
tons of money on this travel ball.

749
00:43:24,642 --> 00:43:24,811
Yes.

750
00:43:25,207 --> 00:43:29,414
And Columbia is missing out on a lot of
revenue there by not having a baseball

751
00:43:29,414 --> 00:43:33,514
complex to host some of these baseball
tournaments. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

752
00:43:33,514 --> 00:43:36,459
Yes, sir.

753
00:43:36,459 --> 00:43:37,022
You know, that—

754
00:43:37,022 --> 00:43:41,360
just to comment, and I hate to tell war
stories, but I have a 12-year-old

755
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:41,895
stories, but I have a 12-year-old
daughter,

756
00:43:41,895 --> 00:43:46,828
and I've spent way too much time in North
Alabama in the last 2 months on Saturdays

757
00:43:46,828 --> 00:43:48,967
spending money that they're reaping.

758
00:43:48,967 --> 00:43:53,840
And when I— when we couldn't stay here,
you know, we wake up on Saturday mornings,

759
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,287
drive an hour and a half to a complex in
Moulton, Alabama,

760
00:43:57,287 --> 00:44:01,031
when we could have stayed here in Columbia
and spent our money.

761
00:44:01,031 --> 00:44:05,282
All right, Commissioner Brandon Baum.

762
00:44:05,282 --> 00:44:06,684
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

763
00:44:06,684 --> 00:44:10,890
I— the couple questions I had have been
answered by other commissioners,

764
00:44:10,890 --> 00:44:14,044
but I do want to make a, a comment in
support of this.

765
00:44:14,044 --> 00:44:18,308
It reminds me of when we first moved down
here, and I raised 4 daughters.

766
00:44:18,308 --> 00:44:21,346
Didn't have a son, so baseball wasn't in
our family.

767
00:44:21,346 --> 00:44:24,909
I will say this, I don't want to ruin his
reputation, but Mr.

768
00:44:24,909 --> 00:44:26,194
Beck is my son-in-law,

769
00:44:26,194 --> 00:44:30,984
and that's my grandson sitting there that
played on the 11-and-under All-Star team

770
00:44:30,984 --> 00:44:32,211
over in Murfreesboro.

771
00:44:32,211 --> 00:44:36,008
And I'm going to use some pride here and
let everybody know that.

772
00:44:36,008 --> 00:44:40,331
And so we have spent a lot of time in the
baseball fields over the last 2,

773
00:44:40,331 --> 00:44:43,836
3 years because his little brother plays
over there as well.

774
00:44:43,836 --> 00:44:45,763
I remember the days in Riverside.

775
00:44:45,763 --> 00:44:50,553
The Inman Rose Tournament, the, the league
games my daughter's playing down there,

776
00:44:50,553 --> 00:44:54,876
and how miserable that place was in the
last few years that we were there.

777
00:44:54,876 --> 00:44:58,264
And, and I don't mean to be insulting to
the neighborhood,

778
00:44:58,264 --> 00:45:01,360
but when you had 80 teams come in for the
Inman Rose,

779
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,638
there just wasn't anywhere to put them.

780
00:45:03,638 --> 00:45:06,559
It took us over 10 years to get Ridley
Park built,

781
00:45:06,559 --> 00:45:11,407
and the last year I was the president of
the board, was the year that it got built.

782
00:45:11,407 --> 00:45:15,321
So the next year it went in. That was 12
years ago, I think it was.

783
00:45:15,321 --> 00:45:19,177
We're in the same situation here. This
place needs to be replaced.

784
00:45:19,177 --> 00:45:21,046
I know the history is wonderful,

785
00:45:21,046 --> 00:45:24,609
but I can attest to the ADA problems that
we have down there,

786
00:45:24,609 --> 00:45:29,399
because even if you get your wheelchair up
on the stand where the concession stand

787
00:45:29,399 --> 00:45:31,794
is, there's only room for 3 or 4 of them.

788
00:45:31,794 --> 00:45:35,065
And when you get a lot of people in there,
they're just—

789
00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:39,797
there's just nowhere to put them. And it's
unsafe, and I can go on and on and on.

790
00:45:39,797 --> 00:45:39,989
Thank you.

791
00:45:40,344 --> 00:45:44,761
The promotion we have with Ridley was that
it was going to bring tournaments,

792
00:45:44,761 --> 00:45:48,146
and there are softball tournaments out
there every weekend,

793
00:45:48,146 --> 00:45:51,874
and I see the players in town, and they're
staying in the hotels,

794
00:45:51,874 --> 00:45:56,062
and they're eating at the restaurants, and
they're doing everything else.

795
00:45:56,062 --> 00:46:00,479
This is a springboard into that type of
economic prosperity as far as the tax

796
00:46:00,479 --> 00:46:03,233
revenues and those kind of things are
concerned.

797
00:46:03,233 --> 00:46:07,191
Baseball families and softball families
travel, and they travel well,

798
00:46:07,191 --> 00:46:10,289
and so this is a long time coming. I fully
support it.

799
00:46:10,289 --> 00:46:13,903
I know Jamie's going to blast us with a
price here in a minute,

800
00:46:13,903 --> 00:46:17,345
and we're all going to pass out and try to
catch our breath,

801
00:46:17,345 --> 00:46:21,934
but I will tell you that I fully support
this. I think it is a long time coming.

802
00:46:21,934 --> 00:46:23,081
It needs to be done.

803
00:46:23,081 --> 00:46:26,064
All of the safety features that have been
mentioned,

804
00:46:26,064 --> 00:46:30,194
all of the tax revenue that's been
mentioned, all of everything else for

805
00:46:30,194 --> 00:46:30,825
mentioned, all of everything else for
these kids,

806
00:46:30,825 --> 00:46:33,751
we need to provide them with a primo place
to play.

807
00:46:33,751 --> 00:46:33,927
Thank you.

808
00:46:34,153 --> 00:46:37,218
and to grow up and frankly to get them out
of the living room,

809
00:46:37,218 --> 00:46:41,271
get them out of the house, and get them
outside where they, where they need to be.

810
00:46:41,271 --> 00:46:42,457
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

811
00:46:42,457 --> 00:46:44,606
You're welcome. Commissioner Brody.

812
00:46:44,606 --> 00:46:46,614
Thank you, Chairman.

813
00:46:46,614 --> 00:46:54,644
I don't know much about the timing of
Little League weekend contest or whatever.

814
00:46:54,644 --> 00:47:02,372
So tell me what from Friday at 3:00 to
Monday morning, is that when they are—

815
00:47:02,372 --> 00:47:08,395
is that when they play on these courts?
When will they play?

816
00:47:08,395 --> 00:47:11,884
Local leagues will play throughout the
week, Monday through Friday.

817
00:47:11,884 --> 00:47:17,356
But I'm talking about a whole big crowd,
you know, a lot of parking, a lot of cars.

818
00:47:17,356 --> 00:47:18,806
When will that happen?

819
00:47:18,806 --> 00:47:23,059
Monday— I mean, every day except Wednesday
and Sunday.

820
00:47:23,059 --> 00:47:28,653
Okay, so Jamie, can you look up— can you
put Back up.

821
00:47:28,653 --> 00:47:32,030
There were 2 red dots. Your map.

822
00:47:32,030 --> 00:47:41,110
The first map that you showed us that had
buildings on them.

823
00:47:44,110 --> 00:47:44,239
Okay.

824
00:47:44,304 --> 00:47:48,573
See those red dots? It looks like one of
those is the Parks Office and the next one

825
00:47:48,573 --> 00:47:50,013
is the Senior Center, right?

826
00:47:50,013 --> 00:47:50,256
Yes.

827
00:47:50,256 --> 00:47:53,942
And it looks like it's right next to our
parking lot.

828
00:47:53,942 --> 00:47:59,506
What's going to keep all these thousands
of cars— you say a whole bunch of cars—

829
00:47:59,506 --> 00:48:02,219
from parking in the senior parking lot?

830
00:48:02,219 --> 00:48:05,349
Because the fields look pretty close to
that.

831
00:48:05,349 --> 00:48:09,661
Can you point to where the parking lot is
for these ballparks?

832
00:48:09,661 --> 00:48:10,145
Right here.

833
00:48:10,145 --> 00:48:12,773
Okay. So they wouldn't park for the
senior—

834
00:48:12,773 --> 00:48:15,078
Well, I mean, I can't say that they
wouldn't,

835
00:48:15,078 --> 00:48:17,435
but senior center is usually not in
operation.

836
00:48:17,435 --> 00:48:19,493
3 o'clock is when they all go home.

837
00:48:19,493 --> 00:48:21,252
They usually don't start till 5:30.

838
00:48:21,252 --> 00:48:22,570
Okay. That's what I—

839
00:48:22,570 --> 00:48:27,975
that was the first question is what are
the hours that this is going to have Yeah,

840
00:48:27,975 --> 00:48:32,260
weekday afternoons and then weekdays. But
after 5:30 on weekdays?

841
00:48:32,260 --> 00:48:33,422
Week— weekend days, correct.

842
00:48:33,422 --> 00:48:35,924
After 5:30 and then any time on the
weekend days?

843
00:48:35,924 --> 00:48:36,407
Correct.

844
00:48:36,407 --> 00:48:38,258
Okay, that helps me. Thank you very much.

845
00:48:38,258 --> 00:48:41,188
All right, so then carry on.

846
00:48:41,735 --> 00:48:45,197
I'm gonna let everybody catch their
breath.

847
00:48:45,197 --> 00:48:47,705
Take a recess.

848
00:48:47,705 --> 00:48:53,862
I'm gonna let Jamie have it. Mr. Strahan.

849
00:48:53,862 --> 00:48:57,879
Thanks, Chairman. I'll keep this short
because I know on the time,

850
00:48:57,879 --> 00:48:59,218
get to the price here.

851
00:48:59,218 --> 00:49:03,844
The relationship with the Murray County
Parks and Rec Department and Hewlett

852
00:49:03,844 --> 00:49:04,270
Parks and Rec Department and Hewlett
Spencer

853
00:49:04,270 --> 00:49:08,895
speaks for itself. We've been working with
these guys for a while on several

854
00:49:08,895 --> 00:49:10,539
projects, as you guys know.

855
00:49:10,539 --> 00:49:15,164
Yanalli, Miracle Field, Kalioka Park that
we just had the ribbon cutting on.

856
00:49:15,164 --> 00:49:18,573
So when Wayne And Al asked us to do this
and take it on.

857
00:49:18,573 --> 00:49:22,407
And then he gave us the timing that he
wanted this GMP tonight.

858
00:49:22,407 --> 00:49:23,868
We almost got a divorce.

859
00:49:24,029 --> 00:49:25,778
I'm pretty sure we were close to thinking
that.

860
00:49:25,778 --> 00:49:26,661
Mm-hmm.

861
00:49:26,661 --> 00:49:30,649
But we, uh, we have a contractor at, at
Bell, as you guys know,

862
00:49:30,649 --> 00:49:35,397
that has a pretty good stable of
contractors and subcontractors that really

863
00:49:35,397 --> 00:49:35,776
contractors and subcontractors that really
jumped

864
00:49:35,776 --> 00:49:37,042
in on this and, and,

865
00:49:37,042 --> 00:49:41,980
and got involved and tried to make this
work for the Parks and Rec Department.

866
00:49:41,980 --> 00:49:46,791
This is our breakdown sheet that just got
literally finalized earlier today.

867
00:49:46,791 --> 00:49:51,412
That's how this thing has gone down pretty
quickly. Get your pencils out.

868
00:49:51,412 --> 00:49:55,906
The guaranteed maximum price on this
project has come in at $7,669,842.

869
00:49:55,906 --> 00:49:59,135
$7,669,842 is the guaranteed maximum price
on this.

870
00:49:59,135 --> 00:50:04,262
As Wayne said, there are some things on
the plans and specs from George Neuberger

871
00:50:04,262 --> 00:50:09,199
that we are probably going to value
engineer a little bit to try to help us on

872
00:50:09,199 --> 00:50:09,516
engineer a little bit to try to help us on
cost.

873
00:50:09,516 --> 00:50:11,985
We've identified some of those already.

874
00:50:11,985 --> 00:50:16,985
You know, we are conscious about making
sure that when we have a GMP like that,

875
00:50:16,985 --> 00:50:19,707
that we, you know, we get competitive
bids.

876
00:50:19,707 --> 00:50:21,923
All these disciplines, you can see,

877
00:50:21,923 --> 00:50:26,860
these have all been bid out through
contractors and subcontractors to put this

878
00:50:26,860 --> 00:50:31,925
together. There are a little level of
drawings that we still need to get to with

879
00:50:31,925 --> 00:50:32,114
drawings that we still need to get to with
the

880
00:50:32,114 --> 00:50:35,533
architect. So you can see in here that we
even have a,

881
00:50:35,533 --> 00:50:40,787
what's called a design contingency to kind
of fill some of those gaps that we don't

882
00:50:40,787 --> 00:50:44,268
have yet, but we all feel really good
about this price.

883
00:50:44,268 --> 00:50:48,446
It comes from educated numbers, educated
subcontractors that knew,

884
00:50:48,446 --> 00:50:53,257
that saw the plans of what we have and do
work for us every day here in this

885
00:50:53,257 --> 00:50:57,751
community. So we feel good about
presenting that number to you tonight.

886
00:50:57,751 --> 00:51:02,499
And with that said, I'll answer any
questions that you have on the pricing.

887
00:51:04,820 --> 00:51:06,368
Commissioner Summers.

888
00:51:06,368 --> 00:51:08,137
Commissioner Kuzawinski,

889
00:51:08,137 --> 00:51:11,233
did you have anything else to add to that?

890
00:51:11,233 --> 00:51:13,739
Did you have— were your lights on?

891
00:51:13,739 --> 00:51:15,685
I had a question for him after the
presentation.

892
00:51:15,685 --> 00:51:18,418
Okay. Commissioner Summers.

893
00:51:18,418 --> 00:51:21,339
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

894
00:51:21,339 --> 00:51:25,720
So this question is for Al or Wayne.

895
00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:30,467
Not necessarily a question on the cost,

896
00:51:30,467 --> 00:51:37,039
but when you presented this idea, was it 2
months ago,

897
00:51:37,039 --> 00:51:38,743
3 months, May?

898
00:51:38,743 --> 00:51:40,660
May.

899
00:51:40,660 --> 00:51:42,536
And it was $300,000 in your budget.

900
00:51:42,536 --> 00:51:43,835
That was to pursue the GMP,

901
00:51:43,835 --> 00:51:47,397
and we're not going to spend that much
because it's coming out of our fund

902
00:51:47,397 --> 00:51:47,734
because it's coming out of our fund
anyway,

903
00:51:47,734 --> 00:51:50,188
if you recall. So we hope we don't spend
that much.

904
00:51:50,188 --> 00:51:54,546
How many, how many phases of this park
project are there going to be?

905
00:51:54,546 --> 00:51:57,188
To get To where we showed you.

906
00:51:57,332 --> 00:51:57,557
Yes.

907
00:51:57,830 --> 00:51:59,692
Which would include a rec center.

908
00:51:59,773 --> 00:51:59,981
Right.

909
00:52:00,238 --> 00:52:01,410
That's 2 phases.

910
00:52:01,410 --> 00:52:04,220
The next phase would be the last phase.

911
00:52:04,220 --> 00:52:05,280
Is the rec center.

912
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:07,335
And that would include the senior citizen
center as well.

913
00:52:07,335 --> 00:52:11,350
And that they are included in the center.
And I spoke with Steve.

914
00:52:11,350 --> 00:52:15,181
I don't know if he's had a chance to speak
with his board yet.

915
00:52:15,181 --> 00:52:17,096
I'll be glad to meet with them.

916
00:52:17,096 --> 00:52:21,111
And but when we start programming that,
we'll sit down with them.

917
00:52:22,467 --> 00:52:22,741
To—

918
00:52:22,741 --> 00:52:25,926
And any other user groups, stakeholders,

919
00:52:25,926 --> 00:52:32,216
and we will gather information in our
updating of our master plan to shape this

920
00:52:32,216 --> 00:52:38,346
thing. So I did go over to meet with Steve
last week, and we talked about it.

921
00:52:38,346 --> 00:52:40,416
He understood all of that.

922
00:52:40,416 --> 00:52:46,308
They made their improvements out, you
know, their restrooms now are great.

923
00:52:46,308 --> 00:52:48,139
Mat is to be commended.

924
00:52:48,139 --> 00:52:53,155
I had not seen them yet until last week,
and they were hideous,

925
00:52:53,155 --> 00:52:57,136
as y'all mostly know, and they're really
good now,

926
00:52:57,136 --> 00:53:02,709
and that's taken care of them such as it
is for a while, but they are—

927
00:53:02,709 --> 00:53:05,098
this clears the spot for that.

928
00:53:05,098 --> 00:53:06,376
Right, for phase 2.

929
00:53:06,376 --> 00:53:07,233
Exactly.

930
00:53:07,233 --> 00:53:07,508
Okay.

931
00:53:07,508 --> 00:53:07,961
Yes.

932
00:53:07,961 --> 00:53:12,835
So my question is for the chairman of the
building committee.

933
00:53:12,835 --> 00:53:14,593
Uh, do they— does the,

934
00:53:14,593 --> 00:53:20,186
the Health and Environment Committee need
to pass this to the Building

935
00:53:20,186 --> 00:53:25,620
Committee tonight for just for discussion
on the cost and the price?

936
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:26,643
It needs—

937
00:53:26,757 --> 00:53:31,870
it's on the agenda. It's already on the
building. That's okay.

938
00:53:32,439 --> 00:53:33,104
Okay, perfect.

939
00:53:33,250 --> 00:53:33,737
All right, thank you.

940
00:53:33,737 --> 00:53:39,443
Without Commissioner Sumlers, Commissioner
Kuzawinski.

941
00:53:39,443 --> 00:53:44,427
Thank you, Chairman. Um, I just want to be
very clear on the Phase 1 on this.

942
00:53:44,427 --> 00:53:45,915
I guess it's for Jamie.

943
00:53:45,915 --> 00:53:50,446
That number includes the maintenance
building and all the ball fields?

944
00:53:50,446 --> 00:53:51,611
That's everything?

945
00:53:53,574 --> 00:53:53,850
All right.

946
00:53:54,321 --> 00:53:56,515
That was my only question. Thank you, sir.
Thank you, Chairman.

947
00:53:56,515 --> 00:53:58,270
All right. Commissioner Markham.

948
00:53:58,270 --> 00:53:59,949
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

949
00:53:59,949 --> 00:54:05,265
I just want everyone to note that where
those ball fields are was 3 softball

950
00:54:05,265 --> 00:54:05,754
those ball fields are was 3 softball
fields.

951
00:54:05,754 --> 00:54:09,112
So although there will be some civil work
to do,

952
00:54:09,112 --> 00:54:11,910
that's That's level for ball fields now.

953
00:54:11,910 --> 00:54:16,806
It's not like you got to go move 4 feet of
a berm somewhere, you know.

954
00:54:16,806 --> 00:54:22,332
It's in— you know, I mean, you got to
clear the grass and put the surface down,

955
00:54:22,332 --> 00:54:27,648
but it won't need a lot of civil work
there. I just want to comment on that.

956
00:54:27,648 --> 00:54:32,964
There's numerous reasons we picked the
site, but electricity would come from

957
00:54:32,964 --> 00:54:33,313
site, but electricity would come from
here.

958
00:54:33,313 --> 00:54:36,041
Main sewer line is here. Water is here.

959
00:54:36,041 --> 00:54:41,847
I mean, it's the best site because all our
utilities are sitting within 150 feet of

960
00:54:41,847 --> 00:54:43,456
where we need them. So,

961
00:54:43,456 --> 00:54:48,492
so it's the most cost-effective site that
we could have picked anywhere.

962
00:54:48,492 --> 00:54:51,686
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Wayne.

963
00:54:51,686 --> 00:54:52,139
Okay.

964
00:54:53,158 --> 00:54:54,333
All right. As we move forward,

965
00:54:54,333 --> 00:54:57,428
what's the will of this committee to move
it forward to the building committee?

966
00:54:57,525 --> 00:54:57,752
Commissioner?

967
00:55:00,710 --> 00:55:02,772
Evans, and seconded by Commissioner
Hollinsworth.

968
00:55:02,772 --> 00:55:05,718
All in favor of moving this forward to
the, to the Building Committee,

969
00:55:05,718 --> 00:55:07,149
let it be known by a sound of aye.

970
00:55:07,149 --> 00:55:07,763
Aye.

971
00:55:07,763 --> 00:55:11,000
Any questions? No questions.

972
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:17,706
We're moving it to the Building Committee.
Thank you, sir.

973
00:55:17,706 --> 00:55:23,120
Animal Shelter, Ms. Rathoff.

974
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:27,818
Good evening, everyone.

975
00:55:27,818 --> 00:55:33,577
I'm keeping mine simple because I feel
like I blinked and I was just here last

976
00:55:33,577 --> 00:55:37,712
month. Lots and lots of animals have come
in this month.

977
00:55:37,712 --> 00:55:42,290
We've had 420 animals that have come in.
484 have found homes.

978
00:55:42,290 --> 00:55:48,418
I did send out the slides to everybody so
you had those ahead of time because I was

979
00:55:48,418 --> 00:55:54,325
running— I had an emergency later this
afternoon on my presentation, so Website,

980
00:55:54,325 --> 00:55:57,869
our new website should be completed August
10th.

981
00:55:57,869 --> 00:56:03,333
We're really looking forward to that
because everything will be online for

982
00:56:03,333 --> 00:56:03,997
because everything will be online for
forms for

983
00:56:03,997 --> 00:56:07,025
rabies microchip clinic, spay and neuter.

984
00:56:07,025 --> 00:56:12,119
This Wednesday we have 300 people
registered for the rabies microchip

985
00:56:12,119 --> 00:56:12,636
registered for the rabies microchip
clinic.

986
00:56:12,636 --> 00:56:17,805
Yeah, I know, I'm trying not to freak out,
but it's going to work out.

987
00:56:17,805 --> 00:56:21,053
Everything's going to be fine. It always
is.

988
00:56:21,053 --> 00:56:24,745
Last month we did it, everybody in their
vehicles.

989
00:56:24,745 --> 00:56:28,658
It was hot, but it actually was a really
good system,

990
00:56:28,658 --> 00:56:34,861
and we're going to continue to do it that
way. We have had 162 animal control calls.

991
00:56:34,861 --> 00:56:40,546
We were up 30% this month. It's just kind
of how it works, peaks and valleys.

992
00:56:40,546 --> 00:56:45,714
Inventory, we have 185 cats still in the
shelter, and we have 74 dogs.

993
00:56:45,714 --> 00:56:51,400
So we last week had 140 adoptions at
PetSmart, and we had a really successful

994
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:51,769
PetSmart, and we had a really successful
week.

995
00:56:51,769 --> 00:56:54,279
It was fantastic. That being said,

996
00:56:54,279 --> 00:56:58,414
our length of stay is 16 days because of
the quarantine.

997
00:56:58,414 --> 00:57:02,475
We're still up a little bit. We hope to
have that down.

998
00:57:02,475 --> 00:57:04,690
Volunteers banked 1,212 hours,

999
00:57:04,690 --> 00:57:10,523
and I will note that does not include all
my volunteers that are up at PetSmart

1000
00:57:10,523 --> 00:57:15,913
because they're off-site and they're there
7 days a week to do adoptions.

1001
00:57:15,913 --> 00:57:15,993
Wow.

1002
00:57:15,993 --> 00:57:20,881
It's unbelievable. It's the only thing
that has been keeping this moving

1003
00:57:20,881 --> 00:57:21,627
that has been keeping this moving
constantly.

1004
00:57:21,627 --> 00:57:27,126
And thank you to everybody who attended
the groundbreaking ceremony on the animal

1005
00:57:27,126 --> 00:57:30,249
shelter. Everybody is very excited about
that,

1006
00:57:30,249 --> 00:57:34,933
and we cannot wait to have proper
quarantine in areas that we should.

1007
00:57:34,933 --> 00:57:38,259
That being said, does anybody have any
questions?

1008
00:57:38,372 --> 00:57:42,053
Is there any question from the committee
for Ms. Raphael?

1009
00:57:42,053 --> 00:57:43,473
Any commissioners? Ms.

1010
00:57:43,473 --> 00:57:47,089
Raphael, I think you get away early
tonight, looks like.

1011
00:57:47,089 --> 00:57:53,441
I did have one other item on my agenda
concerning our vet and adding

1012
00:57:53,441 --> 00:57:58,952
benefits. She's looking to add a day
coming to the shelter.

1013
00:57:58,952 --> 00:58:02,222
Her pay is not looking to increase.

1014
00:58:02,222 --> 00:58:08,200
She's just had a change in her situation
where she needs medical

1015
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:13,805
benefits, and that would constitute to
$16,641 for the year.

1016
00:58:13,805 --> 00:58:16,658
Could you repeat that? $16,000 what?

1017
00:58:16,658 --> 00:58:21,947
$16,641. Last year I did not have a 4th
animal control all year.

1018
00:58:21,947 --> 00:58:25,253
I also did not have a medical assistant,

1019
00:58:25,253 --> 00:58:29,220
so those salaries sat vacant for the whole
year.

1020
00:58:29,220 --> 00:58:35,005
This vet has come in, she has organized
things, she is available 24/7.

1021
00:58:35,005 --> 00:58:37,401
She has done a fantastic job.

1022
00:58:37,401 --> 00:58:43,434
Had I had this during budget committee, I
would have put it on my budget,

1023
00:58:43,434 --> 00:58:49,715
but sometimes life circumstances happen,
and so that is why I'm bringing it.

1024
00:58:49,715 --> 00:58:54,018
Okay, Commissioner Strahan.

1025
00:58:54,018 --> 00:58:55,297
Thank you, Chair.

1026
00:58:56,910 --> 00:58:59,842
I'm of the understanding she's going to
add a day a week to her—

1027
00:58:59,842 --> 00:59:04,056
She'll add a day a week, yes. No increase
in pay.

1028
00:59:04,056 --> 00:59:10,291
So then the $16,000 is pretty much level
ground if we're looking at an

1029
00:59:10,291 --> 00:59:14,211
extra day's work from a professional
person.

1030
00:59:14,211 --> 00:59:16,794
So I think it's a no-brainer.

1031
00:59:17,798 --> 00:59:18,121
I would—

1032
00:59:18,121 --> 00:59:21,409
I guess we would send this to budget.

1033
00:59:23,044 --> 00:59:25,688
I believe it would go to admin, correct?

1034
00:59:25,688 --> 00:59:28,486
Thank you, Chair.

1035
00:59:28,486 --> 00:59:35,756
Commissioner, let's see who it is.
Commissioner Wilver.

1036
00:59:35,756 --> 00:59:38,928
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1037
00:59:38,928 --> 00:59:45,934
Doug, what's the number of hours that we
have to have

1038
00:59:45,934 --> 00:59:49,767
for a person to be full-time?

1039
00:59:49,767 --> 00:59:57,562
29 or less is a part-time employee with no
benefits.

1040
01:00:00,562 --> 01:00:07,234
And I understand that this person is
supposedly going to not get an increase in

1041
01:00:07,234 --> 01:00:09,261
pay for this extra hour.

1042
01:00:09,261 --> 01:00:13,146
They would get paid for One extra hour a
week,

1043
01:00:13,146 --> 01:00:19,481
but they're not going to get a raise or
anything other than eligibility for

1044
01:00:19,481 --> 01:00:20,241
benefits?

1045
01:00:20,241 --> 01:00:26,894
I don't know how many part-time employees
we have across the

1046
01:00:26,894 --> 01:00:33,880
county, but if we start making all of them
full-time employees,

1047
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:40,201
that old, that old tax dollar is going to
get smaller and

1048
01:00:40,201 --> 01:00:41,088
smaller.

1049
01:00:42,178 --> 01:00:46,469
And the tax levy on our citizens is going
to get bigger and bigger.

1050
01:00:47,986 --> 01:00:48,260
Thank you.

1051
01:00:48,260 --> 01:00:51,954
Commissioner Peretti.

1052
01:00:51,954 --> 01:00:53,115
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1053
01:00:53,115 --> 01:00:56,261
I was just going to say this is a matter
for the admin committee,

1054
01:00:56,261 --> 01:00:58,051
so we'll hear it tomorrow night then.

1055
01:00:58,729 --> 01:00:59,148
All right.

1056
01:00:59,293 --> 01:00:59,955
Thank you, Chair.

1057
01:00:59,955 --> 01:01:08,915
So this don't go to budget right
immediately, huh?

1058
01:01:11,915 --> 01:01:12,030
Okay.

1059
01:01:12,079 --> 01:01:17,359
Can I get a vote on this from this
committee to move it to the admin

1060
01:01:17,359 --> 01:01:18,136
committee to move it to the admin
committee?

1061
01:01:18,136 --> 01:01:22,018
Commissioner Sumner— I mean, Strand,
Commissioner—

1062
01:01:22,018 --> 01:01:27,764
it's already on the admin committee? We
still got to vote on it, don't we?

1063
01:01:27,764 --> 01:01:29,767
No.

1064
01:01:32,767 --> 01:01:36,811
Well, why did he bring it here?

1065
01:01:36,811 --> 01:01:40,986
I guess we'll do something else.

1066
01:01:40,986 --> 01:01:43,204
Just information.

1067
01:01:43,285 --> 01:01:43,462
Okay.

1068
01:01:44,233 --> 01:01:46,468
All right. Mr. Dobbs, you got anything to
say about that?

1069
01:01:46,468 --> 01:01:51,721
Uh, no, Chairman.

1070
01:01:51,769 --> 01:01:54,411
I think, I think we're okay since it's
already on the admin.

1071
01:01:54,411 --> 01:01:55,731
Okay. Thank you, sir.

1072
01:01:55,731 --> 01:01:56,633
You're very welcome, sir.

1073
01:01:56,633 --> 01:02:01,276
All righty. Okay, we're moving along then.
We're moving this to the admin.

1074
01:02:01,276 --> 01:02:04,225
It's already on admin committee, so we're
just—

1075
01:02:04,225 --> 01:02:10,039
And I just brought it up because I wanted
everybody to hear the reasoning behind it,

1076
01:02:10,039 --> 01:02:12,876
because like I said, she is adding a day.

1077
01:02:12,876 --> 01:02:16,475
You know, we looked for this person for a
long time.

1078
01:02:16,475 --> 01:02:19,936
She's done a really good job for us. So
thank you.

1079
01:02:19,936 --> 01:02:23,830
You're welcome. Let's see, Dr. Ventura.

1080
01:02:23,830 --> 01:02:27,825
Schools, tell us how it was on the first

1081
01:02:27,825 --> 01:02:28,224
day.

1082
01:02:28,224 --> 01:02:31,913
It was fantastic. Yes, today was our first
day.

1083
01:02:31,913 --> 01:02:37,800
We welcomed 12,294 students into our
buildings. That was the count at about

1084
01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:38,428
buildings. That was the count at about
1:00 PM.

1085
01:02:38,428 --> 01:02:41,489
I don't know who registered after that.

1086
01:02:41,489 --> 01:02:44,471
Our current enrollment sits at 12,974,

1087
01:02:44,471 --> 01:02:50,201
so we're looking at about 680 absent
students on the first day of school.

1088
01:02:50,201 --> 01:02:52,320
And that may be misleading.

1089
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:57,501
Some of them may have enrolled elsewhere
and just haven't told us.

1090
01:02:57,501 --> 01:03:01,975
Those are numbers that will materialize as
we go through.

1091
01:03:01,975 --> 01:03:08,568
Also, please remember that the 12,294 that
I just mentioned that did attend does not

1092
01:03:08,568 --> 01:03:13,120
include pre-K. And we typically have about
300 pre-K kids.

1093
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:17,045
So pre-K will start not next week, the
week after.

1094
01:03:17,045 --> 01:03:22,147
Our first full day of Kindergarten will be
a week from Wednesday,

1095
01:03:22,147 --> 01:03:27,562
so that does not include all of our
kindergartners as well attending.

1096
01:03:27,562 --> 01:03:33,371
That's how many actual faces we saw today,
and we were excited to do that.

1097
01:03:33,371 --> 01:03:39,257
125 buses ran. We had 141 routes, so
that's about 16 that had to double up.

1098
01:03:39,257 --> 01:03:43,025
I just got a text that I have 2 buses
still out,

1099
01:03:43,025 --> 01:03:48,519
but everybody else is back in the barn and
safe. So that is wonderful.

1100
01:03:48,519 --> 01:03:53,464
We had 1,958 employees show up for work
today, so that's great.

1101
01:03:53,464 --> 01:03:57,467
Probably have about 25 teacher vacancies
right now.

1102
01:03:57,467 --> 01:04:03,825
We're kind of going through that silly
season of people who committed to work for

1103
01:04:03,825 --> 01:04:03,982
season of people who committed to work for
us

1104
01:04:03,982 --> 01:04:09,476
but then took jobs elsewhere and getting
resignations and all of that.

1105
01:04:09,476 --> 01:04:15,520
I do want to— the men that sit behind me,
just to give them a huge shout-out.

1106
01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:18,581
SROs were there this morning and again.

1107
01:04:18,581 --> 01:04:19,207
Thank you.

1108
01:04:19,352 --> 01:04:23,047
that 1,958 does not include Sheriff
Rowland's employees,

1109
01:04:23,047 --> 01:04:25,290
but they are the best of the best.

1110
01:04:25,290 --> 01:04:27,599
And to see them welcoming children,

1111
01:04:27,599 --> 01:04:32,811
and we got a lot of big men and women that
squat down and help a child get to a

1112
01:04:32,811 --> 01:04:37,495
first-grade classroom, and it always just
warms my heart. I was at E.A.

1113
01:04:37,495 --> 01:04:42,971
Cox and Randolph Howell this morning and
just can't say enough good things about my

1114
01:04:42,971 --> 01:04:48,117
employees as well as Sheriff Rowland's
employees and just I just wanted to say

1115
01:04:48,117 --> 01:04:48,447
employees and just I just wanted to say
thank

1116
01:04:48,447 --> 01:04:52,340
you. I just happen to be sitting behind
you, and, you know,

1117
01:04:52,340 --> 01:04:57,552
I think it really is wonderful that we do
have a sheriff that was an SRO at one

1118
01:04:57,552 --> 01:05:01,510
time, and it shows in the men and women
that he gives to me.

1119
01:05:01,510 --> 01:05:04,479
But I don't know what questions I can
answer,

1120
01:05:04,479 --> 01:05:09,691
but I'd be happy to answer anything you've
got for me. It is literally day one.

1121
01:05:09,691 --> 01:05:15,889
Any questions? Just a second. Commissioner
Privetti.

1122
01:05:16,226 --> 01:05:18,732
Thank you, Ms. Chairman. Thank you for
being here tonight.

1123
01:05:18,732 --> 01:05:19,812
The summer meals program,

1124
01:05:19,812 --> 01:05:22,577
can you tell us how many meals were
distributed over the summer?

1125
01:05:22,577 --> 01:05:27,083
I cannot, but I can email you that
information. I have not—

1126
01:05:28,013 --> 01:05:28,125
we—

1127
01:05:28,254 --> 01:05:30,980
I have not gotten the tally yet, and I
just haven't really asked.

1128
01:05:30,980 --> 01:05:33,209
There's no reason the kids should go
hungry, and I'm just—

1129
01:05:33,209 --> 01:05:36,306
No, and we are serving lettuce in
cafeterias.

1130
01:05:36,306 --> 01:05:41,605
For just those of you— we do not get
lettuce from the vendor that has created

1131
01:05:41,605 --> 01:05:41,949
lettuce from the vendor that has created
this.

1132
01:05:41,949 --> 01:05:46,903
The number one question I got today was,
will there be lettuce served in

1133
01:05:46,903 --> 01:05:47,660
will there be lettuce served in
cafeterias?

1134
01:05:47,660 --> 01:05:48,211
And yes.

1135
01:05:48,211 --> 01:05:50,733
I'd like to know how many we actually were
able to help with that.

1136
01:05:50,733 --> 01:05:50,991
Okay.

1137
01:05:51,218 --> 01:05:51,379
Yes.

1138
01:05:51,606 --> 01:05:51,751
I will.

1139
01:05:51,751 --> 01:05:52,269
Thank you, Chair.

1140
01:05:52,269 --> 01:05:54,555
Ms. Ventura, that's it.

1141
01:05:54,555 --> 01:05:55,105
All right.

1142
01:05:55,445 --> 01:05:55,866
Thanks, y'all.

1143
01:05:55,866 --> 01:05:56,125
All right.

1144
01:05:56,189 --> 01:06:01,697
Thank you. Dr. Chaney. Is he here tonight?
Dr.

1145
01:06:01,697 --> 01:06:08,164
Chaney is not here. All right. We can move
along then.

1146
01:06:08,164 --> 01:06:14,391
So we don't have a report from the
hospital tonight,

1147
01:06:14,391 --> 01:06:20,258
so we're going to move right along. Old
business.

1148
01:06:20,258 --> 01:06:26,006
Any old business? Any new business? Mr.
Peretti.

1149
01:06:26,006 --> 01:06:27,319
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1150
01:06:27,319 --> 01:06:29,289
When Al Ray gave his report earlier,

1151
01:06:29,289 --> 01:06:31,916
I had my light on and I wanted to speak to
this,

1152
01:06:31,916 --> 01:06:36,512
but I just wanted to congratulate the Park
Board On the Coleoca Park. I mean, bravo.

1153
01:06:36,512 --> 01:06:39,959
It, uh, you know, it really, it really is
something down there.

1154
01:06:39,959 --> 01:06:42,148
Um, I'm hearing nothing but compliments.

1155
01:06:42,148 --> 01:06:46,525
People that I don't even live anywhere
near it, but they're coming to me saying,

1156
01:06:46,525 --> 01:06:48,057
hey, that park is fantastic.

1157
01:06:48,057 --> 01:06:51,559
Uh, the playground setup and, uh, the, the
track and everything.

1158
01:06:51,559 --> 01:06:53,201
And it was just a great event.

1159
01:06:53,201 --> 01:06:56,210
It was good to see, uh, former
Commissioner Turner, uh,

1160
01:06:56,210 --> 01:07:00,095
be able to cut the ribbon on that, and she
was a big proponent of that.

1161
01:07:00,095 --> 01:07:03,871
So Just congrats. Well done. Very well
done. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1162
01:07:03,871 --> 01:07:08,184
Thank you, Parks and Recreation
Department, and Mr.

1163
01:07:08,184 --> 01:07:13,428
Spencer and his organization for
developing it and everything.

1164
01:07:13,428 --> 01:07:20,364
And the Park Board, Mr. Bolton back there.
All right. Okay. That was new business.

1165
01:07:20,364 --> 01:07:24,846
That was old business. We're going to
public comment.

1166
01:07:24,846 --> 01:07:30,851
Anybody still signed up back there? No
sign-up for the public comments.

1167
01:07:30,851 --> 01:07:34,996
Okay, can announcements— all members'
committees—

1168
01:07:34,996 --> 01:07:41,508
committee members' term will expire in
September. Mark that on your calendar.

1169
01:07:41,508 --> 01:07:47,767
Building committee meeting at 5:45. Can I
get a motion to adjourn, please?

1170
01:07:47,767 --> 01:07:51,996
Motion, Mr. Evans, and second by Ms.
Hollinsworth.