[I. Call to Order]
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MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 19TH, MAY 3RD.[III. Approval of Meeting Minutes]
MINUTES FROM MAY 3RD HAVE BEEN APPROVED.[V.1. Review Final NOMINEES for the AHOF Class of 2021 (Part 1 of 2)]
>> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE CONFIDENTIALITY HERE.
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EVEN WHEN THEY ARE >> NOW WE'RE GOOD.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO JUMP AHEAD.
GOING BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE PASSED BACK IN MARCH.
WITH THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF INDUCTEES AT TEN.
ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'LL JUST TAKE ONE VOTE AT THE END.
SO ANY POST 1965 TEAMS, YOU HAVE THE GIRLS INDOOR TRACK STATE CHAMPION, '90, '91 CATEGORY.
ALEXANDRIA HIGH SCHOOL, BOYS BASKETBALL, 47 AND 56.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE TEAM OF 1956 BOYS BASKETBALL WAS THE HIGH POINT GETTER, 113.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE BOYS, THAT WOULD BE THE PRE 1965 INDUCTEES.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CATEGORY.
COACHES ADMINISTRATOR AND CONTRIBUTORS.
AS WE SEE THERE, TOMASELLO WITH 211.
HE WOULD BE OUR NOMINEE AS COACH ADMINISTRATOR, CONTRIBUTORS FOR UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THE ONE INDICATED IN GREEN ARE THE ONES THAT SUSAN.
IT WENT FROM AGAIN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE CATEGORY HERE.
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THE EQUITY.
JUST LOOK AT THOSE FIVE NUMBERS HERE.
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PEOPLE THAT WE THINK SHOULD FALL IN THAT CATEGORY.SO YOU HAVE DIANE TROY, EARL COOK, JASON INGRAHAM.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO THIS IN A MINUTE.
AND HIGHEST POINT THERE IS LOUIS HARRIS, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT GARLAND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? OKAY.
SUSAN, IF YOU COULD DISPLAY THE WHOLE LIST.
>> AND THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT ON BACK IN MARCH WE APPROVED, THERE IS A COUNT THERE I THINK THAT IS NINE.
AND TWO THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH HERE, ONE IS THAT WE HAVE THE EQUITY, THOSE ARE THE GUIDELINES, 60/40, EITHER WAY, MALE OR FEMALE.
IN THIS CASE, AND THE MAX NUMBER OF 10 FOR THIS CLASS.
AND THIS IS ALL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.
IF WE GO TEN, WHERE WE PULL THAT TEN PERSON FROM, ADD ADDITIONAL, GO BEYOND TEN.
EVERY YEAR WE GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS.
THAT IS WHY WE STARTED THE PROCESS IN FEBRUARY, WE WANTED TO TRY TO COME DOWN WITH SOMETHING THAT IS CONCRETE THAT WE CAN STICK WITH AND STAND UP TO.
AGAIN, CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING TO LOOK AT IT AND ONCE WE HAVE OUR TOTALS HERE AND MAKING OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD.
>> JUST FOR CORRINE REID, SHE IS I'M ASSUMING 97.
YOU HAVE HERE DOWN HERE FOR '77.
IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS, WE NEED ONE MORE FEMALE.
>> DIANE RICHARDSON, THAT SHOULD BE '77, I WOULD THINK.
I PROBABLY SWITCHED THESE TWO.
I KNOW SHE WAS YOUNGER THAN ME.
I THINK I WAS TAKING THEM OFF OF THEIR APPLICATIONS THAT MAY HAVE COME IN FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT I CLEARLY MADE A MISTAKE THERE.
>> QUESTION, SHIRLEY MARSHALL LEE, IS SHE STILL ALIVE.
>> SCUBA, HUH? I THINK I MISSED THAT.
>> SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN SCUBA DIVERS AND VERY GOOD AT IT.
SEE, I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING.
>> WELL, I VOTE FOR SHIRLEY, NO SHADE TO MY FRIEND CORRINE.
BUT IF SHE IS ALL THAT YOU SAY, FIRST SCUBA.
AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SCUBA FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SPORT.
IS THIS THE TIME TO DEBATE THAT, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION.
>> FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, SHE DID NOT PARTICIPATE AT SCUBA AT PARKER GRAY HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WAS A MULTI SPORT ATHLETE.
BUT HER POST SECONDARY EXPERIENCES WERE EXTRAORDINARY IN TERMS OF HER ACCOMPLISHING ALL OF THESE FIRST PROFESSIONAL FEMALE SCUBA DIVER AND ALL OF THE NUMBER OF DIVES THAT SHE PARTICIPATED IN, SO YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SEE THE LIST.
BUT MY IMPRESSION WAS WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE HIGHEST TEN VOTE GETTERS, AND IF WE DIDN'T REACH OUR GOALS, ELIMINATE THE 10TH PERSON AND BRING IN ENOUGH
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PEOPLE THAT HAD THE NEXT HIGHEST VOTES TO GET TO WHAT WE NEEDED.WOULD THAT MAKE IT SIMPLER AND AVOID MULTIPLE VOTES?
I THINK THAT WAS IN ONE OF OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT, AS BEING THE BREAKDOWN, WHETHER OR NOT WE GO WITH THE MALE, FEMALE, BUT WE GO WITH THE TEN.
THE NEXT HIGHEST VOTE GETTER I THINK MIGHT BE RODNEY JOHNSON.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T SEE THE LIST AT ALL.
INSTEAD OF REVOTING AND REVOTING.
WE VOTED AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE HIGHEST VOTE GETTERS AND LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO DO THE 60/40, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH CORRINE.
>> WELL, WHOEVER HAS THE MOST VOTES AND THEN YOU JUST BUMP THE TENTH PERSON OUT.
>> CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE NINE.
>> BRING THE HIGHEST WOMAN VOTE GETTER IN AND WE'RE DONE.
SO I'LL HAVE TO COLOR IN GREEN.
>> JEFF, CAN I GET A MOTION FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET THAT ON RECORD, PLEASE.
I MOVE THAT WE DO WHAT I JUST SAID.
HE IS MOVING THAT WE TAKE THE NEXT HIGHEST VOTE GETTER OF THE ENTIRE LIST OF FEMALE
>> NEXT HIGHEST VOTE GETTER AMONG WOMEN.
>> READ IT BACK THE MOTION TO US.
JIM CLARK MOVED THAT WE TAKE THE NEXT HIGHEST VOTE GETTER AMONG WOMEN AND ADD THAT PERSON TO ROUND OUT THE LIST, I THINK IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> TO MAKE THAT PERSON THE 10TH INDUCTEE.
>> HEARING NONE, CALL FOR A VOTE.
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTIONS, SAY AYE.
>> HEARING NONE, THE MOTION TO MAKE CORRINE REID OUR 10TH NOMINEE INDUCTEE FOR THE CLASS OF 2021 HAS PASSED.
AND I THINK AN EXCELLENT JOB, JIM.
BECAUSE WE WOULD BE VOTING ALL NIGHT.
WE MEET OUR STANDARD, OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE IT'S 60/40 EITHER WAY.
WE MET OUR GOAL AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF INDUCTEES, WHICH WAS TEN.
THAT WAS THE MAX NUMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING.
AND HEARING NO DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, I MOVE THAT WE CAN'T MOVE THAT.
BEFORE WE TAKE THE NEXT VOTE, THERE IS SOMEONE ON THE ATTENDEE SIDE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR PHONE.
I WANT TO SEE IF IT'S A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
HELLO, GUEST, GALAXY S 21 ULTRA 5G.
>> SUSAN, LEAVE HIM OVER THERE.
>> CORRINE REID NAME IS CORRIN I BELIEVE.
>> MIKE, CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I CORRECTED IT ON EVERYTHING ELSE.
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BUT THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.SO WE'RE OKAY AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE INDUCTEES.
AGAIN, I REEMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BEING CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT TO DISCUSS.
THE BOARD VOTES ON THE NAMES OF THE 17TH OF JUNE.
SO IT WILL BE PRESENTED ON THURSDAY, THE 3RD.
IT WILL GO UP FOR INFORMATION.
SO IT WILL BE PUBLIC AT THAT POINT.
SO WE ARE QUIET UNTIL THAT DATE AND TIME.
STILL GOING TO CONTINUE ON THE AGENDA.
STILL NO DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR THE FALL CEREMONIES, BOTH CLASSES.
[V.2. Discussion on plans for 2021 induction ceremony (2020 and 2021 Inductee)]
I AM HOPING THAT THEY WILL HAVE A FALL SCHEDULE PRETTY SOON.SO THEY HAVE I THINK JAMES HAS THE HOME DATES NOW ON THE 26TH, THERE IS GOING TO BE A COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE STADIUM.
AND I CAN FORWARD YOU THAT INVITE.
JAMES PARKER IS LEADING THAT MEETING.
AND THEY TENTATIVELY SAID THAT HOMECOMING IS OCTOBER 15TH THIS YEAR.
>> SO WE CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF DISCUSSION THERE.
SO THEIR DEDICATION PRIOR TO >> THE DAY IS, THE DATE OF THE FIRST GAME IS WHATEVER THAT FRIDAY IS, AUGUST 27TH, I BELIEVE, 28TH.
BUT YOU KNOW, MY SENSE IS THAT THAT FIRST NIGHT IS GOING TO BE REALLY JUST ABOUT THE STADIUM.
BY THE WAY, MY UGLY FACE OUT OF THE WAY, THAT IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE BUILDINGS BUILT AS WELL.
>> MARK, THAT ALMOST BRINGS ME TO TEARS.
ANY DAY, I'LL GIVE YOU A TOUR, WALK AROUND.
>> GIVE YOU A CALL, MARK, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
>> MAYBE THE COMMITTEE CAN DO A TOUR.
WE CAN HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING THERE.
>> A COUPLE OF DAYS MORE TO FINISH THE FIELD.
THEY NEED A CRANE TO DO THE LIGHT POLES.
THE CRANE WOULD AFFECT THE TRACK.
GET THE CRANE OUT OF THERE, REDO THE TRACK.
RED TRACK AROUND THE BLUE FIELD.
I WAS SCARED IT WAS GOING TO BE BOISE STATE.
I'M JAMES WILL BE OKAY WITH YOU JOINING, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHO WANTS TO COME, BUT THERE IS A COMMITTEE, LIKE I SAID, IT STARTS ON THE 26TH AND I'LL ALSO JAMES TO FORWARD THE ALL OF THE HOME DATES.
MY SENSE IS WE'VE GOT FIVE HOME DATES TO WORK WITH, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE ABOUT THE STADIUM AND THEN WE CAN PICK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES AROUND HOMECOMING.
SO THE FIRST HOMECOMING OF THE STADIUM, I THINK WE WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT DATE, IF POSSIBLE?
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO CAREFULLY PLAN THIS EVENT TO NOT ONLY INCLUDE LIKE ALUMNI WHOM MIGHT BE COMING FOR THAT, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
>> FIVE DATES TO CHOOSE FROM TO DO THE CLASSES.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY OFF THE DATE OF THE FIRST GAME.
AND I'M THINKING THAT WE WANT TO STAY OFF HOMECOMING AT THIS TIME, THIS PARTICULAR ROUND.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET BACK TO THE HOMECOMING CEREMONIES.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO MEET IN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO AND I HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THEN AND WE CAN COME UP WITH THE DATES AND SO FORTH.
BEFORE I MOVE OUT OF THE OLD AGENDA, THIS TIES INTO THE NEW DISCUSSIONS, BYLAWS FOR
[VI.1. Discussion on Bio for the 2021 Inductees]
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THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS THAT WERE INDUCTED TO THE HALL OF FAME.WRITING THE BIOS, JIM, YOU'VE DONE THAT BEFORE FOR US, HAVEN'T YOU?
>> I'M PLEASED TO TAKE A STAB AT IT.
AS LONG AS EVERYBODY IS WILLING TO YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT AND DON'T BE SHY ABOUT EDITING ANYTHING I WRITE, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A STAB AT IT.
>> JUST FYI, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PUT BIOS IN THE THING I POST ON FRIDAY FOR THE MEETING ON THE 3RD.
WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS TO GET PHOTOS AND/OR SOMETIMES WHAT I'VE DONE IS TAKEN A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THE APPLICATION AND COMPILED IT, BUT THAT IS THE NOT THE WRITTEN BIO FOR THE CLASS.
>> WELL, IF POSSIBLE, TO GET THIS WEEK BECAUSE I HAVE TO POST ON FRIDAY.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE PICTURE WITH THE PERSON.
SOME OF THE ONES WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE YEARBOOKS.
>> I'LL GO THROUGH THE YEARBOOKS TOMORROW IN LARRY'S OFFICE.
>> ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE, AGAIN, TELLING THE
I THINK THE ONES THAT IS GOING TO BE HARDER ARE THE ONES ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES I GOOGLE AND I CAN FIND THEM.
IF MARK CAN FIND THE ONE FROM THE POST 1965, I WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT I CAN GET.
SOMETIMES I CAN GOOGLE AND FIND A PHOTO SOMEWHERE.
SO LET ME DO THAT TONIGHT AND LET ME SEE WHAT I'M MISSING.
MARK, IF YOU CAN GET THE POST 1965 ONES, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> SUSAN, YOU CAN GET THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PHOTO OF LOUIS HARRIS ONLINE OR FROM THE ALEXANDRIA AFRICAN AMERICAN HALL OF FAME.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE THE 1928 BASKETBALL TEAM.
>> I THINK THE NAME, MS. SHIRLEY, THEY HAVE A PICTURE OF HER AS WELL.
I CAN'T THINK OF HER LAST NAME.
>> SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT THIS TIME.
SO ANY WAY YOU CAN HELP THERE, WE APPRECIATE IT.
SUSAN LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE MISSING SOMETHING AND I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY.
I'LL WRITE THE MEMO AND SEND IT TO YOU FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
[VI.2. AHOF Bylaws and Criteria]
THE BYLAWS, WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT FORMING A COMMITTEE TO GO INTO BYLAWS.HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY FRIEND HERE, SUSAN, THE BYLAWS IS A BIG PIECE IN WHICH THE BOARD HAS TO GET INVOLVED AND SO FORTH.
I THINK WE CAN LEAVE THAT ALONE, BUT LOOK AT OUR CRITERIA TO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR, AND GOING FORWARD, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND NOT HAVE TO SWITCH THIS TEAM BACK AND FORTH EVERY YEAR TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS.
WE WON'T NEED A COMMITTEE, BUT MAYBE AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH THE WHOLE COMMITTEE, EVERYONE LOOKS AT THE CRITERIA AND LOOK AT THE PIECE THAT WE PASSED IN MARCH, FEBRUARY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS GOING FORWARD.
>> I THINK, THOUGH, THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE TO YOUR BYLAWS, BECAUSE WE HAVE EMBEDDED IN THE BYLAWS A PREVIOUS SELECTION PROCESS.
SO I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO REVISE THEM SOMEWHAT.
>> BUT I THINK IN MY EXPERIENCE, IS THAT RATHER THAN EMBED THE PROCESS INTO THE BYLAWS, BECAUSE THEN EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO GET THE BYLAWS APPROVED AND IT'S A TWO STEP APPROVAL, THE COMMITTEE APPROVES AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TO APPROVE.
RATHER THAN DO THAT, AGREE THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW BYLAWS YEARLY, THE PROCESS YEARLY AND REAFFIRM OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO, CHANGE, DO A COMMITTEE VOTE.
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GOING FORWARD, THE KEY THING IS TO BE CONSISTENT HERE.
AND GETTING READY TO PREPARE FOR THE INDUCTEES, INDUCTION IN THE FALL.
>> ONE THING THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY DO, AK, IS GET A LIST OF WHO THE MEMBERS ARE OF THAT TEAM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BECAUSE I COULD PROBABLY POST THAT WITH THE GROUP.
>> QUICK QUESTION, WILL COACHES BE INCLUDED ON THAT FOR THAT TEAM, OR JUST THE ATHLETE?
>> THE TEAM, COACHES, EVERYONE A PART OF THE TEAM, I WOULD THINK, YES.
>> MY MOM IS GOING TO BE A HALL OF FAMER.
IF I COULD GET A LIST OF THOSE COACHES, SO THAT I COULD LIST THEM AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THE TEAM.
[VII. Chair’s Report]
YES.AGENDA, I HAVE NO UPDATES, ANYONE? AGAIN, I SAY IT EACH TIME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GETTING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
IT MADE IT EASY IN SO MANY WAYS.
THANK YOU FOR THE 100 PERCENT PARTICIPATION LAST WEEKEND.
SO EVERYONE WAS INVOLVED IN THAT.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION, THOUGH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE AT THAT
[V.1. Review Final NOMINEES for the AHOF Class of 2021 (Part 2 of 2)]
POINT, BUT DID WE VOTE TO APPROVE THE GROUP OR DID WE JUST VOTE TO ADD CORRIN?I THINK WE JUST VOTED TO ADD CORRIN.
>> DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THE GROUP AS A COMMITTEE VOTE?
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2021 HALL OF FAME CLASS OF THE ALEXANDRIA HALL OF FAME?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE NAMES.
>> HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A VOICE VOTE BY SAYING AYE, IF YOU APPROVE.
HEARING NONE, THE CLASS OF 2021 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE.
[VIII. Announcements by Members]
ANY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? I'M SORRY.CONGRATULATIONS ON SELECTING THE NEXT CLASS, THE 2021 CLASS.
YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO IMPRESS ME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMITTEE.
SO I'M BRINGING ANOTHER ISSUE FORWARD.
MS. GREEN IS ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BUT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY DESERVE AND WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM THE CITY, PARTICULARLY FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, ABOUT AN AQUATICS FACILITY, A POOL, REGULATION POOL FOR OUR SWIM TEAMS, DIVE TEAMS, ANYONE THAT USES THE POOL, OR USES THE POOL IN ACPS.
AND IT'S KIND OF DISHEARTENING BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD A REGULATION SIZE POOL IN ACPS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO TO CONTINUE TO BE DENIED THIS IS QUITE DISHEARTENING.
SO THE SCHOOL BOARD IS LOCKSTEP IN PUSHING FOR THIS.
WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN ON THIS.
THIS IS PROBABLY OUR LAST CHANCE WITH THE HOWARD FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A REGULATION SIZE POOL.
SO I HAVE, I'M GARNERING UP SUPPORT FROM NOT ONLY OUR AQUATICS COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE IT'S A WIN WIN.
OUR ACPS STUDENTS, ALL OF OUR 18 SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND IT'S ABOUT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD NEED FROM THE CITY, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.
BUT CONSIDERING LIKE EVEN IF YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, IN THE INEQUITIES OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO EVEN SWIM IN OUR CITY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGHT FOR THIS.
AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING ME IN THIS CHARGE, LET ME KNOW.
AND I CAN LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET INVOLVED.
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I'M TALKING TO THE TC WILLIAMS ALEXANDRIA CITY ETA IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES, SEVEN O'CLOCK.BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, DR. HUTCHINS IS BEHIND IT.
THE SCHOOL BOARD IS BEHIND IT.
THE ONLY THING THAT IS THE PUSHBACK IS THE CITY.
IT'S KIND OF UPSETTING TO ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT OUR 16,000 STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A REGULATION SIZE POOL.
SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SEND A LETTER, TO HELP IN THE FIGHT, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY.
WHEN THEY BUILT CHICK, I WAS AROUND, THE ONE THING THEY TALK ABOUT, THE REASON WHY THEY BUILT THAT TO HAVE EVERY BROWN KID BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM.
ALONG THE WAY, THAT FELL BY THE WAYSIDE BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY REACH OUT, PEOPLE HAD TO PAY TO GO IN THERE.
THERE WEREN'T MANY CLASSES TO BE TAUGHT.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY FOR THE FACILITY, RATHER THAN DOING WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO IN THE BEGINNING.
THERE HAD BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT EXTENDING TO MAKE IT OLYMPIC SIZED POOL.
COME OUT TOWARDS KING STREET AND EXTENDING THE POOL.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THE ONLY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN ALEXANDRIA, LOOK AROUND, HOW MANY OTHER CENTERS GOT POOLS FOR THEIR WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE JUST THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT SHOULD BE THE CITY ALSO.
THE PARKS AND REC SHOULD JOIN YOU IN THE PROCESS, HOW IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE FOR THEM LONG TERM.
JUST A LITTLE HISTORY ON WHAT HAPPENED TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN THE CITY WAS GOING REVITALIZE, THEY SAID IT WAS LIKE 10, 15 MILLION BACK THEN, TO DO IT NOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADD ON 10 MILLION.
ON THE CITY SIDE, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS PUTTING UP 7.5 MILLION.
WE WOULD NEED ANOTHER 8 MILLION FROM THE CITY.
FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY PULLED THE MONEY AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND THERE IS STILL A LOT OF HARD FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PUSHBACK THIS TIME, FOR SOMETHING WE NEED AND WE'VE NEVER HAD.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION, THOUGH.
SO YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO WRITE LETTERS TO THE CITY?
>> CITY AND SCHOOL BOARD, SUSAN.
THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE CITY.
>> SO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE DOCKET FOR THE CITY ON JUNE 9TH.
>> SO YOU WANT IT WELL BEFORE, AT LEAST BEFORE JUNE 9TH.
SO IF SOMEONE IS GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE INEQUITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, I KNOW SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS ARE DOCUMENTED THROUGH NEWS AND OTHER STUFF, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE, IF THEY WANT TO SEND A LETTER.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MEMBERS?
>> DID YOU SAY IT WILL BE PLACED ON THE DOCKET ON JUNE 8TH.
>> JUNE 9TH, FOR CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9TH.
>> SO CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE FINAL VOTE, WHETHER WE'RE TO GET MONEY FOR THE POOL THAT WE WANT TO PUT IN IN OUR BUILDING.
IT'S VERY HARD TO HAVE TO RELY ON SOMEONE ELSE FOR YOUR PURSE STRINGS.
THEY GET THE FINAL SAY IF OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET A POOL.
HEARING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT, I CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT.
>> MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MAY 24TH MEETING.
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.