Goose Creek Recreation

Commission Meeting

Minutes Summary

March 17, 2008

 

PRESENT:

 

·         Commission: Bill Starr, Jerry Glass, Nancy Trevino, Milton Terre, Tom Lindsay, and David Kennedy

 

  • Staff: Gary Stuber, Cheryl Heiselman, & Carrie Stika

 

  • Guest: Ed Gonsalves, Kathleen Roberts, Zachary Roberts, Alex Roberts, Hector Alvarez, Pat Hinson, Shirley Johnson, Ed Page, Mr. Brown, Judy Moore, and Warren Welch.

 

CALL TO ORDER:

Mr. Kennedy called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Mrs. Shirley Johnson and Mr. Brown stated that a staff member had been rude to them and their family members.  Mr. Kennedy told Mrs. Johnson that Mr. Stuber will look into the incident and apologized from the Commission for the rudeness.

 

Mr. Page commented that when GCRC basketball teams travel to away games this causes problems.  He also mentioned that baseball is not organized well. He said there were still some coaches and parents that had not been called.  Mr. Stuber stated that the Hanahan Recreation Director and he resolved the officiating issue at the away games.  Mr. Kennedy suggested to Mr. Stuber that the Commission needs to be notified of these situations.

 

Mr. Gonsalves made another plea for fans upstairs, opening late Friday nights, and another bench downstairs.  Mr. Stuber said that he has been looking into putting fans upstairs but that he will not put another bench downstairs.

 

Mrs. Roberts and her sons came to ask again about any new development about the skate park.  Mr. Kennedy said it takes money, security and a good location.  He asked them to please give the Commission time to get some efforts put together.  Mr. Kennedy suggested to Mr. Stuber that a Committee be formed and try to get some ideas of places and grants to help pay for the park.  Mr. Glass suggested to Mr. Stuber that if he came up with a dollar amount he would take it to City Council and ask them to match.

 

Mrs. Judy Moore came to ask for some help on getting some more tennis courts.  Mrs. Moore asked to be pointed in the right direction to try to get funds to help with the cost.  Mr. Kennedy expressed his idea about working with the schools and getting some more support.  Mr. Stuber will look into the City having some donated tennis fence wire.

 

Mr. Alvarez stated that he appreciates everything that the Commission has done and is doing for the Community.  He stated he would like to see a mission statement and a vision put on the website to show the community what the Commission has planned.

 

OLD BUSINESS MINUTES:

Minutes of the February 18, 2008 were approved.

 

FINANCIAL REPORTS:

Financial reports for the period ending February 29, 2008 were approved.

 

RECREATION REPORTS:

 

Recreation Division:

Mr. Stuber informed the Commission that baseball is starting earlier this year.  The coach’s clinic was March 9th.

 

Mrs. Trevino asked if the coaches were informed of the new Little League rules.

 

Mrs. Heiselman answered yes, that they were aware of the rules.

 

Mrs. Heiselman informed the Commission that the fourth of July Festival may not go on this year because Westview has placed trailers where the fireworks are shot off.  Mr. Stuber added to this that we will exhaust all our options before we cancel it.

 

Mrs. Heiselman told the Commission that software vendor has a program where clients can register for classes and sports online.  It will consist of a $1.50 fee per transaction.

 

Mrs. Trevino made a motion to pass the $1.50 per transaction fee on to the user, seconded by Mr. Starr.  All in favor, motion carried.

 

Mr. Stuber informed the Commission that we are the designated shelter for this area for the Red Cross. 

 

PROJECT STATUS REPORT:

 

Foster Creek Park:

Mr. Stuber informed the Commission that Foster Creek is almost done.  The bathrooms will be completed for soccer season.  Mr. Kennedy asked if the run off from the fields will affect the reservoir.  Mr. Stuber said he will look into it to see if there will be a problem.

 

Contract:

Chairman Kennedy commented that the postcard that was sent out to the district residents was not marketed effectively.  He felt it was not colorful enough to catch people’s attention nor was it mailed on the correct day of the week.  It should also have had a reply card so that we got responses back from the residents.

 

The Chairman asked all Commissioners to voice their opinions on the contract with the City and the feedback they had received from the mailout.

 

Mr. Starr stated that district residents are not in the City for a reason and he still has a lot of concerns about the district.  This Commission should have the final say on recreation.

 

Mrs. Trevino stated that we should go ahead with the contract; we are doing this for everyone.

 

Mr. Lindsay stated that there are a lot of district people that use our facilities and he thinks with things being as they are we should go with the contract.

 

Mr. Glass said he is in favor of the contract as it will help us plan for the future.

 

Mr. Terre asked when do we need to make a decision?  He is still trying to be fair and make a fair decision.

 

Mr. Kennedy thanked everyone for voicing their opinions and stated that he is still concerned that the City has not shown us a plan for recreation.  We want to protect the people in the district.  The feedback he has gotten from the district residents has been all “no”.  No one has said “yes”.

 

Mr. Glass made a motion to enter into the agreement with the City of Goose Creek as specified in the interagency agreement, seconded by Mrs.Trevino.

 

Roll Call Vote: 

Mr. Glass – yes

Mrs. Trevino – yes

Mr. Lindsay – yes

Mr. Terre- no

Mr. Starr – no

 

At this time, Mr. Kennedy requested that he be allowed to vote.  Mr. Starr stated that a precedent had been set in 2001 when Mr. Glass was chairman and he requested the authority to vote.  If Mr. Kennedy’s vote counts, his vote would be “No”, therefore the motion would fail due to lack of a majority.

 

Usually, according to Robert’s Rules of Order, the Chairman only votes to break a tie.

 

Mr. Stuber was asked to research this point and to report back.

 

Mr. Starr suggested that we have a public meeting to try to get more input.

 

Mr. Lindsay stated that this is an extremely difficult decision but he thinks we must move forward.

 

Mr. Terre asked if the vote can take place without everyone in attendance.  Mr. Kennedy’s response was yes but he would rather have Mr. Hiott here for this important issue.

 

Mr. Terre suggested that we make a final decision next meeting and have everyone there.

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Mr. Alvarez commented that the public perception of the Commission could be negative when it appears the Commission does not know their own by-laws.

 

Mr. Page voiced his concern that the Commission should be here for the youth and if they do not sign the Contract that there won’t be enough youth to play in the programs.

 

ADJOURNMENT:

Mr. Starr made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Trevino, to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 p.m. All in favor, motion carried.

 

Next regularly scheduled meeting is set for April 21, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.