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WELL, IF WE CAN START THIS MEETING BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY ON VACATION STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY HAMILTON, THE SPRAY WAS MERCIFUL AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME NOW ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE BY THE EXIT FOR YOUR WISDOM, BY THE X, WITH YOUR WISDOM, THAT WE MAY MAKE THIS DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE FRUITFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO ALL THE CITIZENS THAT MAKES UP THIS COMMUNITY.
FATHER GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR ALL THAT ARE INVOLVED.
BUT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE US SO THAT WE PUT YOU FIRST AND THAT WAY ALL WILL BE REPRESENTED THESE AND ALL OTHER BLESSINGS YOU CAN USE IN JESUS NAME.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MS. BRIDGET FRAZIER AND MR. DAVIS GO DOWN AND BE SWORN IN CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, YOUR ELECTION AND YOUR REELECTION LADIES FIRST.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ORDER.
IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO COME DOWN AND JOIN FOSTER, THEY'RE HERE FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND OR FORM THAT I AM DUALLY QUALIFIED THAT I AM DUALLY QUALIFIED ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE OF THIS STATE TO EXERCISE, TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO, WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND THAT I WILL, AND THAT I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, THERAP, DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES THEREOF, AND PRESERVE AND PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF THE STATE AND THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER, AS COUNCIL, MEMBER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, I WILL FAIRLY, I WILL FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL AND SKILL EXERCISE, EXERCISE, THE TRUST REPOSED IN ME, THE TRUST REPOSTING ME AND I WILL, AND I WILL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS, USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS TO PRESERVE, TO PRESERVE THE PEACE, THE PEACE, AND CARRY INTO EFFECT AND CARRY INTO EFFECT.
ACCORDING TO THE LAW, ACCORDING TO THE LAW, THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED.
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YEP.FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE, I, UH, DAN WOULD DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND ALL FROM ANA FARM THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED, THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE OF THIS STATE, TO EXERCISE, TO EXERCISE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO, WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND THAT I WILL, AND THAT I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, DISCHARGE, DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES, THEREOF, THE DUTIES THERE OF, AND PRESERVE AND PRESERVE FOR TECH PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF THE STATE AND THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER, AS COUNCIL, MEMBER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE TOWN, OF BLUFFTON, OF THE TOWN OF BLUFF, I WILL FAIRLY, I WILL FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND SKILL AND SKILL EXERCISE, EXERCISE.
SO TRUST THE TRUST POLLS IN ME PROPOSED IN ME AND I WILL, AND I WILL USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS, USE MY BEST ENDEAVORS TO PRESERVE, TO PRESERVE THE PEACE, THE PEACE, AND CARRY INTO EFFECT AND CARRY INTO EFFECT.
ACCORDING TO THE LAW, ACCORDING TO THE LAW, THE PROPOSALS, THE PROPOSED FOR WHICH I HAVE BEEN ELECTED FOR, WHICH I HAD BEEN ELECTED.
UH, MOVING ON AHEAD TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE, UH, APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TIM.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO NAN AND BRIDGET.
UM, WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR PRO TIM.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN FRED HAMILTON.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HOW MANY FRIENDS SECOND OFFER OF APPOINTING COUNCILMAN FRED HAMILTON IN THE POSITION OF MAYOR PROTON.
I WILL SECOND THAT, HEY, IS THERE A VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
SO THAT'S ANIMALS AND I CAN GET OUT OF THIS CHAIR NOW.
RIGHT? SO MY RECOMMENDATION THERE TOO, AND YOU GET PAID EXTRA.
NOW, IF I'M DOING MORE THAN MY JOB, SO CONTINUE WITH, WELL, THAT'S FINE.
MOVING ON TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA, MARK, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? YES, SIR.
I RECOMMEND, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH MAYOR SALKA ABSENT TONIGHT.
I RECOMMEND THAT WE REMOVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS TO NEXT WEEK'S WORKSHOP AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE 21ST AT 6:00 PM AND I, AND I RECOMMEND MOVING, UH, THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, ITEMS TO THAT AGENDA AT FIVE AT 5:00 PM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THOSE CHANGES? SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
NOW WE NEED TO MOVE TO THE TOWN ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, REGULAR MINUTE MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING AND THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 10, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 10? BOOM.
PRESENTATION, CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
MY NAME IS NOT MAYOR SOCCER, BUT I THINK WE HAVE, UH, EXCEPT
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COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS GOING TO ACCEPT.WHEREAS JANUARY 15TH, 1929 WAS HIS, WAS THE BIRTHDAY OF A GREAT AMERICAN THE LATE REVEREND DR.
WHO GAVE US LIFE FOR LOVE PEACE AND JUSTICE.
AND WHEREAS THE DOCTOR, THE REVEREND DR.
CELEBRATION IS SPONSORED AND HOSTED ANNUALLY BY THE BLUFFTON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS COMMITTED TO PURSUING THE IDEAS OF JUSTICE, LOVE AND PEACE.
AND IN BLUFFTON IS 35TH CELEBRATION.
THE THEME SHALL BE WORKING TOGETHER TODAY TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE TOMORROW.
NOW, THEREFORE I, LARRY TUMOR X PROTEIN WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, ALONG WITH BLUFFTON TOWN COUNCIL DO HEREBY DESIGNATE AND PROCLAIM MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2020 IS REVEREND DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED A SEAL THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ON THIS DAY, JANUARY 20, 20 SO NOW WE HAVE OUR STUDENT RECOGNITION.
I KNOW I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO SAY THIS LAST NAME, ALLEN.
UM, HI, THE CERTIFICATE IS OF RECOGNITION.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IN RUSSIA RECOGNITION FOR THE CHARACTER TRAIT, COURAGE AND TOLERANCE FOR WATER BY THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN BLUFFTON, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU WANT TO, OH, OKAY.
WELL THIS SPECIAL LITTLE PIN THAT NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE GET THEM, DO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIAL TO GET IT? SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO EVERYBODY, HONESTLY, ANYHOW, I'LL JUST SAY, MY NAME IS MATT HOME, PROUD PRINCIPAL OF WHAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, UH, ALAN IS AN EIGHTH GRADER IN OUR BUILDING.
AND FOR THREE YEARS, ALAN HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
HE'S GOT NO ENEMIES IN OUR BUILDING.
HE, UH, HE EXEMPLIFIES THE CHARACTER TRAITS THAT HE'S BEING HONORED FOR TODAY, WHICH I RESPECT AND GRATITUDE.
HE SHOWS, EXCUSE ME, COURAGE AND GRATITUDE.
HE SHOWS UP EVERY SINGLE DAY, DESPITE SOME ADVERSITY THAT YOU ALL SEE, UH, THAT HE GOES THROUGH WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, BUT THAT DOES NOT LIMIT HIM IN ANYTHING THAT HE DOES.
AND HE HAS THE COURAGE TO SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY, PUT FORTH THE BEST EFFORT THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE TEACHERS HAVE NOTHING BUT AMAZING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN, UH, PERSEVERES THROUGH ALL OF THE ADVERSITY.
AND HE'S A SHINING LIGHT IN OUR BUILDING.
AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AL AND, UH, KEEP THE GOOD WORK, BUDDY, KEEP SHOWING THAT COURAGE KEEPS SHOWING THAT GRATITUDE ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF HIM.
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OKAY.WE NOW CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED IN MY, UH, OKAY.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DAN SPEECHLESS TONIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, HOLD ON.
CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATE DAN AND BRIDGETTE ON TO A TERM OF, FOR THIS, I MEAN YEAR AND THINK THAT THIS IS A TEAM THAT WE COULD DO SOME GREAT THINGS FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
AND I PRAY THAT GOD WOULD GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DO SO.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BLUFFTON X ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE THIS COMMUNITY IS STANDING IN NEEDLES.
SO TAKE MY HEAD UP TO YOU GUYS FOR WELL-RUN ELECTION AND BOB, TO WORKING WITH YOU.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I AM HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE UP ON THE ROSTER AND WITH YOU ALL.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FOR SERVING THE PUBLIC IN THIS CAPACITY.
AND JUST GRATEFUL TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF BLUFFTON ARE TRUSTING ME TO WORK IN THIS POSITION.
I'LL JUST ADD, UM, I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED.
AND I WAS HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BUT YOU DON'T GET TO DO THIS VERY OFTEN.
SO IT'S, UM, OUR MAYOR AMERA DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB.
THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR US TO DO ANYWAY.
UM, FRED WILL BE JUST FINE THAT HE'S GOT MORE TIME THAN I DO ANYWAY, BECAUSE I HAVE 10 GRANDKIDS AND HE DOESN'T HAVE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON MY TWO LITTLE BRAND NEW GRANDDAUGHTERS THAT ARE HOME AND DOING JUST FINE ALL THE WAY UP TO FIVE AND SIX POUNDS, FIVE POUNDS, SOMETHING, AND ALMOST SIX POUNDS NOW, BUT THAT'S PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE UNTIL THE 17TH OF THIS MONTH.
SO ANYWAY, MOM AND THE KIDS ARE DOING GOOD AND OTHER THAN BEING AWAKE EVERY TWO AND A HALF HOURS FOR THE LAST 40 DAYS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FORMAL ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF INITIAL MASTER PLAN FOR NEW RIVERSIDE PARK, PARCEL SIX FOR BUFORD COUNTY WITHIN THE NEW YORK.
I MEAN, NEW RIVERSIDE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR A PASSIVE PART THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN OPEN AIR PICNIC, SHELTER, RESTROOMS, CANOEING, AND KAYAKING, OVERNIGHT PRIMITIVE CAMP SITES AND HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS AND PARKING ON APPROXIMATELY AND PARKING ON APPROXIMATELY 759.3, ONE ACRES LOCATED WEST OF NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD AT THE TERMINUS OF HOLLY HILL ROAD.
MR. KEVIN, E-CARDS GOING TO EDUCATE US ON THAT.
OKAY, MR. TUMOR, YOU'VE JUST DONE THE INTRODUCTION FOR ME.
AND, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, UH, THIS, UH, APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY BUFORD COUNTY, UM, FOR, UH, THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN FOR THE PASSIVE PARK AND NEW RIVERSIDE, UH, THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS KYLE THEODORE WITH WOODEN PARTNERS IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, SHE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME, UH, BRIEF BACKGROUND, THIS IS PART OF THE NEW RIVERSIDE PUD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 4,000 ACRES.
UH, THE PARCELS YOU CAN SEE, UM, HERE, WHICH IS PARCEL SIX B UH, ON THE MAP.
UM, IT, IT'S ALSO HAS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UH, LINEAR TRAIL, WHICH BISECTS THE PARCELS HERE.
UH, SO THE NEWER SIDE PD AGAINST 4,006 ACRES IT'S HAS A TOTAL OF 3,651 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.
UH, ADDITIONAL INITIALLY IT HAS 190 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL AND 200 ACRES OF BUSINESS PARK.
AND THEN AS OF JUNE 30TH OF THIS PAST YEAR, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 1,599 DWELLING UNITS BUILT.
AND THE 200 ACRES OF BUSINESS PARK WAS EXTINGUISHED, WHICH IS PART OF THE, UM, THE PURCHASE OF, UH, THAT BUFORD COUNTY WITH, UH, THE RURAL CRITICALS, UH, LAND PROGRAM.
UH, JUST FROM AN AERIAL STANDPOINT, YOU CAN SEE
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THAT THE SITE IS LOCATED HERE.UH, IT IS A TOTAL OF 759 ACRES.
UH, THIS IS NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD.
YOU HAVE OTT HIGHWAY 46 DOWN TO ONE 70.
THAT IS ALSO ON THE EDGE OF THE NEW RIVER.
FROM AN AERIAL STANDPOINT, YOU CAN SEE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AGAIN, IS THE PROPERTY, UM, UH, TO THE NORTH.
YOU HAVE THE HERITAGE AT NEW RIVERSIDE AND AUSTIN PARK, UM, TO THE EAST IS THE HAVEN, UH, IN MAY, MAY RIVER, HIGH SCHOOL IS A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE NEW RIVER AND INTO PALMETTO BLUFF.
AGAIN, THIS IS A, THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY, A OF 759 ACRES.
UH, IT IS A PASSIVE PARK, LOW IMPACT, UH, HAS A FOUR AND A HALF MILES OF HIKING TRAILS.
IT'LL HAVE A HALF MILE ADA ACCESSIBLE PAVED LOOP, UH, FROM THE PARKING LOT.
THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 25 PARKING SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL KAYAKING AND CANOEING TRAILS.
FROM A PHASING STANDPOINT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WOULD BE THE INITIAL PHASE.
ONE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT FROM AN ACCESS STANDPOINT HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE HERE'S NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD.
UH, THE ACCESS IS THROUGH, UH, A, UH, A RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS, UH, HOLLY HILL ROAD, UH, WHICH WOULD CROSS THROUGH THIS IS AUSTIN PARK PHASES ONE AND TWO ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF IT.
AND ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE IS AUSTIN PARK PHASE THREE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
SO THE ROAD WILL ENTER THE SITE HERE.
THERE IS A PARKING WITH ADA ACCESSIBLE PARKING, UM, A RESTROOM FACILITY, WHICH IS A COMPOSTING FACILITY.
SO THEY DO NOT NEED NEED, UM, A, UM, THEY DO NOT SEWER, UH, TO THE SITE.
UM, THERE WAS A, A, UH, AN ATTACHMENT IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT KIND OF SHOWED THE, THE GREEN COMPOSTING, UM, BUILDING THAT THEY WOULD BE USING.
AND THEN THE, YOU CAN SEE THE INITIAL ROUND OF TRAILS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SITE.
ALL OF THESE TRAILS ARE ON THE, ON THE UPLANDS PORTION.
THEY DO NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN THE WETLANDS.
UH, THERE IS, UM, THERE IS, UH, AS I SAID EARLIER, A TOTAL OF FOUR AND A HALF ACRES, OR EXCUSE ME, FOUR AND A HALF MILES OF THE TRAILS, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY NARROW TRAILS.
THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE PAVED.
UM, AND AS THE, THIS PROCESS, AS THIS GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT PLAN ASPECT, UM, IT WOULD BE A FIELD SERVED, UM, REMOVAL OF ANY VEGETATION IN ORDER TO, UH, CREATE THE TRAILS.
SO IF THERE, UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH AND THEY FIND A VERY LARGE TREE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO CUT DOWN, THEY'LL JUST ACTUALLY JUST MOVE THE PATH AROUND THAT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, PHASE TWO IS HERE, WHICH IS, UM, PART OF THE OLD RICE FIELDS, UH, THAT HAVE A LOT OF WATER CANALS.
SO THERE'S ACCESS OF FOR KAYAKING AND CANOEING ON THE NEW RIVER.
YOU COULD ENTER IN THROUGH SOME OF THESE CANALS, AND THEN THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED CAMPS, SITES, UH, ONE HERE, AND THEN ONE HERE, HERE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO WHAT THEY CALL PACK IN.
SO ANY SUPPLIES THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE ON YOUR BACK, IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE BY ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE, UM, OR YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH ON A CANOE AND ACCESS THE SITE.
SO TO CAMP SITES, UM, I SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT EARLIER ABOUT THIS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE FOUR PEOPLE, UH, AT EACH SITE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR VERY, VERY SMALL SITES.
UH, NOT MEANT TO BE, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE ACCESSING THIS AREA, OH, FROM SITE DESIGN ASPECTS, UM, DEALING WITH WETLANDS, UM, OF THAT 730, SOME ODD NINE, UM, 739 ACRES, 525 OF IT IS WETLANDS.
SO THERE'S A 233 ACRES THAT ARE UPLANDS.
AND AGAIN, VERY MINIMAL IMPACT.
UM, ONCE THIS PROJECT GOES IN, THERE IS A, THERE IS A TOTAL OF 5.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED, AND THAT IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THROUGH THEIR, UH, PREVIOUS, UM, UH, MITIGATION PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE NEW RIVERSIDE PD.
SO, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT, BUT AS ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON FOR THE PARK MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF IT.
UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE FOR AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, THAT IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT BEING A COUNTY PROPERTY, UH, AND ENFORCEMENT IS THROUGH BUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY DO, THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE, UM, THAT FOR PASSIVE PARKS THAT APPLIES
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TO THIS PROPERTY.SO IT CAN BE ENFORCED BY EITHER THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR THE BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AGAIN, ACCESS IS THROUGH HOLLY HILL ROAD HERE, AND THEN IN COORDINATION WITH THE BLUFFTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DISTRICT, UH, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SITE THROUGH ATA, ATV, UH, VEHICLES, UH, IN CASE OF, UH, ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCIES, UH, FROM A PARK OPERATION STANDPOINT.
UM, THE PARK HOURS ARE FROM DAWN UNTIL DUSK.
UM, AGAIN, WITH THE VERY LIMITED OVERNIGHT CAMPING IN THAT FUTURE PHASE OF PHASE TWO, UH, THE PARK ENTRANCE ITSELF WILL HAVE A TIME TO AUTOMATIC GATE.
SO AT, AT DUSK, THE GATE WILL GO DOWN, UH, AND IF ANYONE IS STILL IN THERE, THE GATE WILL AUTOMATICALLY OPEN UP FOR, TO ALLOW THEM TO LEAVE.
HOWEVER, ANYONE THAT'S COMING IN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SITE MINUS EMERGENCY PERSON.
UM, THERE WILL BE, UH, SECURITY CAMERAS, AS WELL AS LIGHTING AROUND THE PARKING AREA.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT A GROUP WANTED TO HAVE AN EVENT OUT THERE, UH, IF THEY EXCEEDED MORE THAN HALF OF THE PARKING SPACES, IT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED AGAIN, THAT'S TO ENSURE THAT ANY VENDOR, THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SITE.
UH, AND, AND, AND IN SOME TYPE OF SOME TYPE OF EVENT OUT THERE, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO USE ALL OF THE PARKING FOR YOUR EVENT TO WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT ANYONE ELSE FROM BEING ABLE TO USE THE SITE FROM A LAND MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT.
UM, THERE INITIALLY THEY'LL HAVE THE INITIAL OF THE TIMBER OUT THERE.
UH THAT'S TO OBVIOUSLY GET PARKING, UH, LOCATED IN THERE, THE ROAD, UM, THE PAY, THE ADA PAVED, UM, PATH, UM, AS WELL AS THE NEED TO REMOVE, UM, ANY TYPE OF, UH, VEGETATION FOR THE TRAILS.
UM, AS WELL AS THERE, THEY DO HAVE A, UM, CIVIC CULTURE PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES THE, THEIR LONG-TERM, UM, MANAGED FORCE, UH, JUST TO HELP THEY HAVE TO CUT BACK SOME INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES, AS WELL AS JUST TO BEING ABLE TO CONTROL IT.
SO THAT WAY, UH, IT HELPS TO PREVENT FOR ANY TYPE OF FOREST FIRES IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING, UM, THEY'RE PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 25 PARKING SPACES TO THIS, UM, IN OUR ORDINANCES, WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PARKING CALCULATION FOR A PARK LIKE THIS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S MEANT TO BE VERY LOW KEY PRIMITIVE PARK.
UM, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM A PARK THAT'S GONNA HAVE PLAYGROUNDS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO IT.
SO, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE APP CAN LOOK RESEARCHING AND LOOKING AT VARIOUS OTHER PRIMITIVE PARKS LIKE THIS, THE, THE 25 PLUS OR MINUS PARKING SPACES WAS THAT WAS AGREED AS TO THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT THEY WOULD NEED, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF, OF OVERFLOW.
UH, THE SHOULDERS TO THE GRAVEL DRIVE, UH, ON THEIR PROPERTY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE, UM, AND PARK ON THE SIDE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR, THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO HAVE MORE THAN THAT FROM A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT.
UM, THEY'RE IMPACTING LESS THAN 1% OF THIS SITE.
SO THEY'RE BEYOND THE SWALES, UM, ALONG THE ROAD, UM, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
UM, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IF THERE IS ANY TYPE OF CONTROL MEASURES THAT ARE NECESSARY, THEN THEY WOULD BE PICKED UP AT THAT TIME.
UM, HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME IT IS NOT, UM, IT IS NOT, UH, DETERMINED THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY FOR THAT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, WHAT WAS ACTUALLY PROVIDED IN THE, UH, STAFF REPORT AS TO, UM, THE TYPES OF TRAILS.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, CROSS SECTION OF THE TRAILS.
UM, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE, UM, THE TRAIL TRAIL CLASS ONE, YOU KNOW, GET THIS ZOOMED IN ON A LITTLE BIT HERE, UM, FOR EVERYONE IS THE HIKER PEDESTRIAN, WHICH IS MEANT TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY SIX OR SIX FOOT HIGH, A WIDTH OF LESS THAN 24 INCHES.
SO THIS IS MEANT TO BE A VERY, VERY SMALL PATH FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON.
UH, SO THIS IS THE HIKING TRAILS PORTION OF IT.
AGAIN, IT IS TRULY MEANT TO BE A PRIMITIVE PARK WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH, YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE PAVED LOOP WILL BE ADA ACCESSIBLE, UH, AND AT A MINIMUM
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FIVE FEET IN WIDTH.UH, THIS WAS, UM, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE COMPOSTING, UH, RESTROOM.
UH, SO THIS IS WHAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED, UH, JUST TO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO BE AS GREEN AS POSSIBLE ON THIS SITE.
UH, HERE'S JUST A FEW OF THE SITE PHOTOS.
UH, THE APPLICANT AND THE, UH, COUNTY PARKS MANAGER WENT OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND KAYAKED THE, UM, THE BLUE WAYS THROUGH THE SITE.
AND YOU CAN JUST SEE THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE OLD RICE FIELDS, SOME OF THE VIEWS FROM THE NEW RIVER, AGAIN, AS I STATED, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON LINEAR TRAIL BISECTS, UH, THIS PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS THE, THE LINEAR TRAIL FROM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ASPECT.
UH, THIS WILL MEET, UM, THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THE NEW REV NEW RIVERSIDE CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THE ACCESS AGAIN IS OFF OF NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD VIA HOLLY HILL.
UH, IT WILL MEET OR EXCEED THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S MEETING THE MINIMUM TREE COVERAGE, UM, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, UH, ANY UTILITIES THAT ARE NECESSARY WILL BE PROVIDED, UH, THE STREET, UM, AND DRIVE WILL BE OWNED, ARE THE STREET WILL BE OWNED.
THE STREET IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY, UH, PALMETTO BLUFF.
HOWEVER, THERE IS THE ACCESS PORTION OF IT.
SO, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD FROM NEW RIVERSIDE TO THE SITE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUFORD COUNTY.
AND THEN AGAIN, FROM A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, THIS, UM, WHEN THE COUNTY AND THE RURAL, RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS PROGRAM PURCHASE THIS, THEY ALSO PURCHASE THE 200 ACRES OF BUSINESS PARK, UH, IN THE INITIAL, UM, TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT WAS PROVIDED.
UM, THEY HAD A TRIP GENERATION WHICH INCLUDED, UM, THE 350, THEY, THEY ASSUMED THEY HAD TO ASSUME, UH, CAUSE THIS WAS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.
THEY ASSUMED THAT THERE WAS 3,500 HOMES, A 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, AND THEN 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
SO, UH, BY EXTINGUISHING THOSE 200 ACRES OF THAT, OF THAT OFFICE SPACE, THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, WHICH FROM A DAILY TRIP COUNT IS 7,780 TRIPS THAT ARE NO LONGER A PART OF THE NEW CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, WE HAVE THE EIGHT REVIEW CRITERIA, WHICH ARE PROVIDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH, UH, ANY ONE OF THEM.
HERE'S THE FIRST FIVE AND THE ADDITIONAL EIGHT FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT.
UH, THIS HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING.
UM, THEY HAD THEIR, CHECK-IN A REVIEW BY STAFF.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, TOOK ACTION BACK IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, SO YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED, UH, APPROVE THE APPLICATIONS WITH CONDITIONS OR TO DENY THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND.
AND THIS IS ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITION THAT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, UH, THERE MUST BE AN OBLIGATION TO CONSTRUCT HOLLY HILL ROAD AS A GRAVEL OR
I GOT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, UM, MATERIAL AT A MINIMUM, UH, FROM NUMEROUS SIDE ROAD TO THE SOUTHERN MOST CURB CUT, UH, OF AUSTIN PARK.
AND THEN ALSO INCLUDING THE EIGHT FOOT, UH, MULTI-USE TRAIL CONNECTING NEW RIVERSIDE, UM, PARK TO NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND ALSO THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, THE PRIMITIVE CAMPSITE AND THE, UM, RESTROOMS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHERE EXACTLY IS THE SEWAGE FROM, UM, FROM THOSE WATERLESS RESTROOMS GOING.
AND I WILL LET ME GET BACK TO A PLAN HERE AND THE, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND MAYBE SHE CAN COME UP AND HELP TO, TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT, UM, SO THERE IS, THERE IS A WATER THAT'S ACCESSIBLE, UH, APPROXIMATELY HERE.
UH, SO YOU'D HAVE WATER INTO THE SITE, UM, TO THE RESTROOM FACILITIES.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET THE APPLICANT EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO THE COMPOSTING.
CAN WE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO TO,
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UM, THE RESTROOM FACILITY IS LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF THE PARKING LOOP IMAGE OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN IT, UM, IS A COMPOSTING.SO IT, IT WILL COME AND BE SERVICED IN A SIMILAR VEIN TO A PORT A LOT, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BY THE WAY, I'M KYLE THEODORE WITH WOODEN PARTNERS, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, THE COMPOSTING AND ASP ASPECTS OF IT IS FAR MORE INTERESTING THAN JUST A REGULAR BOARD OF JOHN.
I HAPPENED TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ ABOUT IT TODAY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY STRUCTURE THAT OUT THAT IS OUT THERE, WE'LL HAVE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT AND MEET BUILDING CODE.
UM, ALSO THIS ARC, MOST OF THE BEST IN THE NIGHT IS IN THE COUNTY, RIGHT? IT'S ALL IN THE TOWN, ALL IN TOWN.
IT'S ALL PART OF THE, UM, THIS IS ALL PART OF THE NEW RIVERSIDE CONCEPT PLAN, BUT THIS, THE LINEAR TRAIL WAS IN THE TOWN.
LINEAR TRAIL IS OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
SO IT BISECTS THAT THE TOWN PHYSICALLY OWNS THE LINEAR TRAIL HERE.
SO THE PARK THERE PARK IS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINEAR TRAIL.
IT'S A DIFFERENT COUNTY AS OWNER.
WHAT DID THAT MEAN? YOU FOR COUNTY OWNS THE LAND.
AND AS IN THIS COUNTY, WELL, IT'S, IT'S IN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF BLOCKS, BUT IT'S IN THE LAND, THAT'S IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, BUT BUFORD COUNTY OWNS IT.
IF YOU OWN LAND IN BUFORD COUNTY OR IN THE TOWN, LIKE THE FUCK WALTER, OH, THEN WHY WE HAVE MULTIPLE, I MEAN, BOTH DO ADDITION SUPERVISING OR ENFORCEMENT.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT IS IN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
SO BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THAT.
WHAT I WAS ALSO REFERRING TO IS THAT THE COUNTY DID PASS AN ORDINANCE FOR THEIR PARKS.
THAT GIVES A 30 TO THE BUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO GO ONTO THOSE PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO ENFORCE, UH, THEIR, THEIR LAWS.
AND ONE MORE CALL COULD GO TO EITHER TO YOU THE AGENCY THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS, OR THE NINE 11 CALLS GO TO THE REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER OR BOTH BUFORD COUNTY AND THE PD.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CONFUSION PROCESSING THOSE CALLS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO THE SAME STUFF.
I BELIEVE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WOULD BE THE PRIMARY RESPONDING UNIT TO THE MAJORITY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION, UM, THE, ANY THINGS THAT MAKE UP THE GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE THAT BLUFFTON HAS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE PINCKNEY ISLAND RESERVE, EXCEPT THIS ONE A REALLY APPEARS TO BE FAR MORE IN DEPTH AS TO WHAT IT'S OFFERING, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, KAYAKING AND TRAILS AND SO FORTH, A LITTLE BIT OF CAMPING, UM, SORELY NEEDED FOR OUR AREA.
I, IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL PARKS AROUND HERE TO GET THEM ENJOY.
AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT I SEE HERE.
AND I THINK THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN LAYING OUT THE VISION FOR IT, KYLE, SO THAT, THANK YOU.
NOW, ONE LAST THING, WOULD YOU GIVE ME THAT TRIP NUMBER AGAIN THAT WAS REDUCED OR RE ACTUALLY REMOVED? SO I SURE, I, I, I, I COPIED THIS FROM THE NEW RIVERSIDE, UH, TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
UM, AND IT SAYS THAT, UM, DAILY TRIPS FOR 3,550 HOMES IS IT'S 27,300 TRIPS FOR 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.
AND THEN FOR 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, IT'S 7,780 DAILY TRIPS.
UM, KEVIN, I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.
I'M SURE THIS COULD BE ADDRESSED, BUT I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO COME UP FROM THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT CAMPING STAY, THEY'RE SAYING SIX OR EIGHT PEOPLE OR FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX OR WHATEVER.
HOW IS THAT REGULATED? I MEAN, ARE THESE PEOPLE PAYING A FEE TO GO AND CAMP, OR ARE THEY BEING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO'S IN THERE?
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SO TO SPEAK HERE, YOU HAVE THEM AS THEY ARE DEVELOPED AND THEY ARE A FUTURE PHASE.THEY'RE NOT THE PHASE ONE COMPONENT.
UM, THE INTENT OF THE COUNTY IS THAT THEY WILL BE PERMITTED THROUGH THE PASSIVE PARKS ADMINISTRATOR.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT AND IN ADVANCE NOTIFY THE COUNTY THAT YOU ARE RESERVING THAT SITE AND CAMPING THERE.
AND THEN AS KEVIN SAID, THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE DUSK TO DAWN, DAWN TO DUSK.
UM, AND SO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS IN THE EVENING, YOU'D ALSO NEED TO TOUCH BASE WITH THE, THE COUNTY PASSIVE PARKS.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THIS CAMPING SITE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME OUT AT DARK IF THEY'RE GOING TO CAMP, THEY'RE GOING TO CAMP OVERNIGHT.
JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW WILL THAT BE, THAT WILL BE PERMITTED IN ADVANCE PRIOR TO SHOWING UP ON THE SITE.
NOW IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING OF ANYTIME YOU HAVE A PLACE THAT EVERYONE'S WELCOME.
A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE DON'T WANT SHOW UP, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON WHEN IT'S A SECLUDED ARE AN AREA LIKE THAT, THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THEN, YOU KNOW, I COULD FORESEE ISSUES, BUT I THINK, I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE WHERE THE PARK IS, IS VERY GOOD.
IT'S, UM, IT'S IN A GREAT AREA NOT TO BUILD ANY MORE HOMES OR DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH, EXCEPT FOR, SO THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
IF, IF THERE IS A MOTION, I MEAN, IF YOU OF Y'ALL WANT TO MAKE A MUFFIN, WHOEVER WANTS TO READ IT AND APPROVE IT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF AND, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION.
ONE OTHER QUESTION BEFORE WE DID, IT WAS WHO, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THIS PARK THAT WILL BE FOR COUNTY COUNTY.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN FOR THE NEW RIVERSIDE PARK, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
AND PRIOR TO, TO ISSUANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, THERE MUST BE AN OBLIGATION TO CONSTRUCT HOLLY HILL ROAD AS GRAVEL ROAD WITH NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD TO THE INCHES OF THE NEW RIVERSIDE PARK WITH THE MULTI-USE TRAIL, RUNNING THE ENTIRE LENGTH.
WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL AMENDED TO THE MASTER PLAN FOR PROPERTY, REFER TO CYPRESS RIDGE WITH THE JONES STATE OF PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR ADDITIONAL ROADS AS SERVICE LANES TO THE COMMERCIAL VILLAGE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF 44 ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON APPROXIMATELY 14, 12 ACRES LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 70.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, IT'S A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, FOR CYPRESS RIDGE.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF UPDATING OUR APPLICATION PROCESS PROCESSES.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WAS, UM, DEALING WITH MASTER PLANS AND THE ABILITY TO, UM, HAVE ANY TYPE OF AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS TO, UH, ULTIMATELY TO TOWN COUNCIL, UH, THIS ITEM, UH, BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, ISSUES OF, OF CHANGING AND MOVING, UM, SOME OF THE STREET NETWORKS, UH, IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT THIS WAS, UM, CONSIDERED AS A MAJOR MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT, WHICH ULTIMATELY, UH, IS COMING TO YOU THIS EVENING.
SO, UM, AS YOU STATED, UM, THAT THIS IS, UM, FOR THE UPDATE OF THE, THE CYPRESS RIDGE MASTER PLAN, I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE NO INCREASES IN DENSITY.
UH, THERE'S NO INCREASES IN ACREAGE.
UH, SO THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST THE MOVING OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN, THAT IT IS MOVING FROM THE SMALL, THIS SMALL ORANGE AREA HERE ON, UM, ON THE, WHAT WOULD BE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF LAKERS TO THE RIGHT SIDE HERE, UM, THIS, UH, MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL, OR EXCUSE ME, IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, SO THE, LET ME GO BACK REAL QUICK.
THIS PORTION HERE IS PART OF CREEK, UH, WHICH IS THE DR.
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UH, THIS PORTION HERE IS PART OF THE FOUR SEASONS AT CAROLINA OAKS, WHICH IS THE K HOVNANIAN PROPERTY.UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS AN, THERE WAS AN EXISTING, UH, CEMETERY THAT WAS ONSITE HAS BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, WHEN K HOVNANIAN WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL GRAVE SITES THAT WERE FOUND, UH, THEY STOPPED WORK.
THEY CONTACTED THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY.
UM, AND FOLLOWING THE SHIPPO REQUIREMENTS, SHIPPO CAME OUT, THEY'RE ESTABLISHED THAT THEY ARE GRAVE SITES.
UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, UM, THE, UH, THEIR REGULATIONS, UH, THROUGH THIS ENTIRE TIME.
UH, THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN COVERED, BACKED OVER THE HEADSTONES HAVE BEEN, UH, REPLACED.
UH, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE FELT THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT, THAT THIS COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY HERE ALONG THE MAIN ENTRANCE, BE REMOVED AND HAVE IT JUST LISTED AS THAT OPEN SPACE, UH, FROM A DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS STANDPOINT, UM, THE MAGNOLIA GROUP, WHICH OWNED IT, UM, HAD ACTUALLY ALREADY CONVERTED SOME OF THEIR COMMERCIAL RIGHTS INTO RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
SO THE REMOVAL OF THIS RED GREEN IS APPROPRIATE.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT THEY DIDN'T, THEY NO LONGER HAD THOSE COMMERCIAL RIGHTS AND JUST FELT THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SHOW THIS ON THE MASTER PLAN TO CLEARLY ESTABLISH IT.
SO THAT WAY EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT'S THERE BACKGROUND.
UH, THIS IS PART OF THE JONES ESTATE, WHICH IS, UM, 1,885 ACRES, A TOTAL OF 2,482 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, AND 139 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL TO DATE, A TOTAL OF 1,361, UM, DWELLING UNITS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND APPROXIMATELY 26 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL.
AERIAL MAP, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS ALL, UH, CYPRESS RIDGE.
UH, THE NORTHERN PORTION IS MILL CREEK AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS FOUR SEASONS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS AERIAL MAP HASN'T BEEN UPDATED JUST TO SHOW RECENT, UH, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE HERITAGE AT NEW RIVERSIDE TO THE SOUTH, THE LANDINGS, UH, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE VILLAGES AT PALMETTO POINTE, AND THEN LAWTON STATION AIR IS A FULL OF THE MASTER PLAN.
AGAIN, SHOWING LOCATIONS OF THOSE EXISTING 44 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL AREA.
AND THEN THE GRAVES LOCATED HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS COME IN AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THE RESIDENTIAL AREA UP TO HERE.
UM, PREVIOUSLY YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THE ORANGE SQUARE ON THE INITIAL PLAN WAS SOMEWHAT SMALL.
UH, IT WAS MORE OF A PLACEHOLDER.
UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN EXACT DESIGN OF THOSE 44 UNITS, UH, AS THEY'VE MOVED FORWARD AND PROGRESSED, AND THEY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THOSE UNITS WERE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND THEY ACTUALLY PLOTTED IT OUT ON THE PLAN.
THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK, YES, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, VOTED AT THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE 44 UNITS.
UH, THEY DID HAVE SOME, UH, CONDITIONS WHICH WAS TO ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, MICHAUD SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF BIKERS, UM, AND THE CENTER STREET, UH, THAT PROVIDES THE PRIMARY ACCESS TO THE HOMES AND THEN REQUIRE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK ALONG THE FRONT OF THE HOMES THAT FRONTS THE NEW STREET THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND CONNECTS TO MILL CREEK AND DILLARD LANE.
AND THEN AT THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM DR.
HORTON TO MAGNOLIA, RESIDENTIAL WAS NOT ALLOWED.
SO FROM SOME OF THE SITE DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES AND DECLARATION OF COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS SET BY CYPRESS RIDGE, UH, WILL MEET THIS, UH, FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, A PORTION OF THE SITE DOES FALL ON THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH REGULATES ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.
UH, SO THEY'D HAVE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THEIR BUILDING SETBACKS AND HEIGHTS ARE REVIEWED BY CYPRESS RATES, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, UM, TO FORM A SAFETY REGULATIONS.
AND THEN THAT THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL SITE, CYPRESS RIDGE ALSO HAVE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UH, I PROVIDED A COUPLE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING TYPES.
AGAIN, THIS IS MORE OF CONCEPTUAL, UM, WHILE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW IS NOT IN THE PURVIEW OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.
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UH, WE JUST FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO KIND OF JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT SOME OF THE TOWNHOME UNITS WOULD LOOK LIKE.UM, ALSO, UH, AS ALWAYS, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS DEALING WITH PARKING.
UH, SO WE MADE SURE THAT THEY DID PROVIDE US A PARKING.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS ALLIE FED UNITS.
UM, SO THERE'S NO GARAGES OUT TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE HOMES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A, WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE CAR GARAGE WITH A TWO PAD PARKING SPACE PLUS ADDITIONAL PARKING ALONG THE ROAD THAT IS, UM, THIS SOON TO BE NAMED ROAD HERE THAT CONNECTS FROM LAKERS BOULEVARD OVER TO WHAT IS, UM, DILLARD DILLARD LANE, UM, TO THE SOUTH ON THIS PLAN, UM, IS ACTUALLY TOWARDS ONE 70.
THERE IS WETLANDS THAT ARE OUT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A WETLAND BUFFER HERE, AND THE WETLANDS, UH, WILL NOT BE IMPACTED.
AND THEN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THIS PORTION OVER HERE.
HERE'S THE TRASH TRAFFIC CIRCLE AS YOU ENTER.
AND THEN THE HOMES WOULD BE FACING ALONG HERE AS WELL.
UH, THAT EQUATES TO 3.5 PARKING SPACES PER A UNIT THAT'S OUT THERE.
WHAT IS REQUIRED THROUGH THE JONES ESTATE? PUD IS A MINIMUM OF TWO PARKING SPACES.
AGAIN, I HAVE ALL OF THE REVIEW CRITERIA, UM, ALL EIGHT OF THEM.
THERE'S FIVE HERE, UH, FOR MAKING YOUR DECISIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH, UH, ANY ONE OR ALL OF THEM, IF YOU WISH FROM A REVIEW PROCESS, UM, WE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING BACK IN JULY, IT'S GONE THROUGH A VIDEO REVIEW, DRC REVIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION BACK IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN ULTIMATELY HERE FOR YOUR DECISION.
AGAIN, THE ACTION THIS EVENING IS TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR TO DENY THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED.
AND THEN AGAIN, FROM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AS STATED EARLIER, WHICH WAS THE SIDEWALKS, BOTH SIDES OF BLAKER AND THE CENTER STREET, UM, PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE NEW HOMES SIDEWALK ALONG THAT NEWLY CREATED ROAD, UM, BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND NOT ALLOWING THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
YOU WANT ME TO INCHES FOR THE GRAVE SITE THAT ENTRANCE, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE POINTER IS OVER THE EXISTING GRAVES.
UM, THIS AREA IS COMPLETELY WOODED.
UM, THERE ARE HEADSTONES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND, UH, DURING, DURING THE INITIAL JONES ESTATE, UH, PUD, UM, PROCESS.
SO THEY ARE CLEARLY ESTABLISHED, UH, YOU KNOW, 20, 20 YEARS AGO THAT THEY WERE FOUND THESE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL THREE HEADSTONES, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED TO 150 FEET AWAY FROM THEM.
UM, SO FROM AN ACCESS ACCESSIBILITY STANDPOINT, UM, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO VISIT THE SITE, UM, THAT THERE IS SPACE HERE AT THE, UM, THE ENTRANCE, UH, THAT SOMEONE COULD PARK OVER HERE, AND IT IS AN EASY 75 FOOT TO A HUNDRED FOOT WALK, UM, TO WHERE THE, THE, UM, HEADSTONES ARE LOCATED, UH, WHEN YOU REFER TO ENTRANCE AS IN LIKE, LIKE A, LIKE A FENCED AREA, W UH, A DRIVEWAY, UH, NO, SIR, THERE'S NO, THERE, THERE WAS NO DRIVEWAY TO THE EXISTING, UH, CEMETERY, AND THERE IS NOT AN, A DRIVEWAY PER SE, EXACTLY.
UM, THE APPROXIMATE DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE ROAD IS LOCATED IS, IS ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET.
UM, SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WERE TO WALK OVER TO THE SIDE, IT WOULD TAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, 30 SECONDS TO NOT EVEN TO WALK OVER TO IT, THE GRAVES SITE, HOW'S IT DEEDED, SORRY, HOW'S IT DEEDED? WHO THE, WHO IS IT SO I CAN VISIT WHO CAN BE BURIED THERE AND THINGS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DISCOVERED PRIVATE.
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I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THERE.UM, THE STATE DID NOT KNOW THAT THESE GRAVES, UM, GRAVESTONES WERE THERE EITHER.
UM, SO I MEAN, THE PROPERTY IS IN AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND MAYBE CAN, CAN HELP.
UM, BUT I MEAN, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY, I BELIEVE IT'S,
UM, AND THERE WAS RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE TO FIND, UH, WHO THE, UM, THE, UH, THE MORTUARY THAT, THAT PROCESS OR THE FUNERAL HOME, UH, THAT WAS FOUND.
BUT, UM, IN THE RESEARCH, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND THE RECORDS OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THERE.
UH, I BELIEVE ON THE, ON THE HEADSTONES, YOU CAN IT'S, YOU CAN CLEAR, YOU CAN, YOU COULD SEE THE NAMES.
UM, SO IT, IT IS KNOWN THAT IT'S THERE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY NOW, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, K HOVNANIAN IS FULLY AWARE OF IT, YOU KNOW, THEY STOPPED EVERYTHING WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
UM, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, PUT EVERYTHING BACK, UM, AS THE STATE REQUIRES IT, UM, THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY DO HAVE A LANDSCAPING PLAN, UH, FOR THAT AREA.
THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY ARE PLANNING ON PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THE FRONT SIDE TO HELP, TO KIND OF BLOCK IT AS WELL AS THEY'VE ALSO STATED THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT UP LIKE A MEMORIAL TREE, UH, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT ARE BURIED THERE.
UM, BUT AS FOR ACTUAL OWNERSHIP, IT, ULTIMATELY IT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE, THE COMMON OPEN SPACE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
SO NO DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE, WOULD BE ON THAT SITE.
UH, WE ARE REQUIRING THAT THEY PROVIDE AN EXHIBIT PLAT.
SO THAT WAY THAT CAN BE RECORDED.
THAT'LL CLEARLY SHOW WHERE THOSE HEADSTONES ARE LOCATED.
SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE, ANYONE THAT'S DOING ANY TYPE OF SURVEYING WORK, IT'LL, IT'LL BE KNOWN THAT THOSE ARE THERE.
MY NAME IS MIKE HUGHES WITH THOMAS NUTTIN.
I AM THE ENGINEER FOR DEER HORTON.
I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THE ENGINEER FOR K HOVNANIAN AND, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY DID EXPOSE THE GRAVE SITES AND IMMEDIATELY DID CALL THE POLICE AND ALSO GOT THE STATE ARCHEOLOGIST INVOLVED, UM, AND TOWN STAFF PLANNING STAFF HAS ASKED THAT WE STAY AWAY FROM THE GRAVE SITES.
THE, THE STATE ARCHEOLOGISTS EXPOSE THE GRAVE DETERMINED.
THERE WERE THREE TOTAL AFTER FINDING ONE HEADSTONE.
UM, THEY FOUND, I THINK THREE FOOT STONES AND THREE HEADSTONES SOUND ASKS THAT WE STAY AWAY UNTIL WE COME UP WITH A PLAN, HOW TO RESPECTFULLY FRAME OUT LANDSCAPE AND, UM, WOODEN PARTNERS ON BEHALF OF K HOVNANIAN HAS COME UP WITH A, A FENCE, AN ORNATE FENCE THAT GOES AROUND IT, A WALKING TRAIL THAT TAKES YOU TO THE SPACE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH TOWN STAFF, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS RESPECTFULLY DONE.
UH, AND IT IS ACCESSIBLE IN SOME MANNER TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT PER, PER STATE REQUIREMENTS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO, TO THOSE, UM, GRAVES SO THEY CAN NOT BLOCK IT OFF AND SAY THAT NO ONE'S ALLOWED TO, TO VISIT THIS.
SO BY STATE REQUIREMENTS, THEY HAVE TO ALLOW ANYONE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE THERE AND THEN GET OUT AND VISIT THOSE SITES.
THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IF THIS WAS A SACRED SITE.
SO HOW DO WE, HOW CAN WE, UM, WHAT DID, WHAT DID, WHAT DID THE DEVELOPER WILLING TO DO TO PUT THAT IN VERBIAGE THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AT IS, IS ALWAYS PROTECTED, UM, FROM ALSO FROM THE, THE EXEMPT PLAT ASPECT OF IT, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT RECORDED, UH, WITH THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.
UH, WE CAN WORK WITH THE APPLICANTS ON, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEIR, UM, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED OR THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS.
IT CAN BE AMENDED TO, TO INCLUDE THAT THE, THAT THE GRAVE SITES ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, UH, A PROCESS OF PROTECTION, UM, FOR THEM.
UH, SO THAT WAY THAT'S ALWAYS IN THEIR DOCUMENTATION.
SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, 20 OR 30 YEARS PEOPLE HAVE CYCLED OUT NEW PEOPLE ARE IN THERE.
THEY WILL KNOW THAT IT'S IN THEIR OWN PRIVATE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT THOSE GRAVESTONES ARE THERE.
AND THEY'RE NOT TO BE TOUCHED EXCESS IN EXCESS WAS ALWAYS BE ACCESSIBLE AS WELL.
AND ABSOLUTELY WE CAN, WE CAN REQUIRE THAT THEY PUT SOME TYPE OF SMALL SIGNAGE OUT THERE AS WELL.
I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU, UH, IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THAT YOU WOULD JUST KIND OF INCLUDE THAT INTO YOUR MOTION.
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I HAVE A QUESTION THE MORE SO GENERALIZATION FOR YOU, KEVIN, NOT THE ENGINEERING.SO I'VE NOTICED IN THE MASTER PLANS AND PROPOSALS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE THAT APPLICANTS HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, BUFFERS AND SETBACKS.
UM, BUT HAS ANY STATISTICAL INFORMATION EVER BEEN COLLECTED TO SHOW HOW EFFECTIVE THESE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ARE AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES WE SEE WITH DEVELOPMENT WHEN TREES AND OTHER ITEMS ARE REMOVED FROM THESE SITES OR THESE AREAS.
SO THE, THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, ARE THERE LEGAL BINDING CONTRACTS? SO THE, UH, REGULATORY, UM, DOCUMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PUD, UH, SPECIFICALLY STATES OUT, UH, SETBACKS AND, AND TREE BUFFERS, UM, REALLY IN THE PAST, UM, 18 MONTHS OR SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS ON, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH SAVING ADDITIONAL TREES, UH, LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE BUFFERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EITHER MINIMALLY IMPACTED OR NOT IMPACTED AT ALL.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS NOW WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH TELLING THEM THAT THEY NEED TO, THEY NEED TO DO BETTER, UM, WITH, WITH THEIR DESIGN.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT.
AND, UM, I WILL JUST ADD TO THAT AS PART OF ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND, UM, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, SORRY, HEATHER COLON, UM, JUST WANTED TO SPECIFY THAT WE ARE REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ANNUALLY.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THOSE.
AND I TYPICALLY COME BEFORE COUNCIL IN, I BELIEVE, JULY OR AUGUST IN THE SUMMER TO GIVE UPDATES OF THOSE AGREEMENTS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HEAD START ON ALL OF THAT TO START TO KIND OF PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, TO GET THAT STATISTICAL NUMBER, MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS IN COMPLIANCE, OR IF THEY HAVE MORE IN THAT'S GREAT AND HOW THAT'S WORKING, OR IF WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND, UM, DO SOME BETTER SITE SITE DESIGN AND REVIEW.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? RIGHT? SEEMS THAT'LL BE FORTHCOMING.
THAT WAS MY, UM, CONCERN IS JUST SEEING LIKE WE HAVE THESE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE, BUT ARE THEY AS EFFECTIVE AS WE'RE HOPING THEY NEED TO BE? DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, MAYBE EITHER INCREASING OR DECREASING, UM, JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE THE DATA ON THAT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT'S WORKING BEAR ATTEMPTING TO DO ALL OF THAT AND FOR ALL OF THE AGREEMENTS AND LIKE AGAIN, TO BASICALLY AUDIT THOSE AGREEMENTS AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO DO BETTER.
AND AGAIN, ANYTHING I DO, UM, AND MAYBE ASK YOU TO WAIT FOR THE MOTION TO BE MADE, TO PUT A CONDITION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S IT NOW, BUT THEN MAKE SURE, YEAH, I'D ALREADY SAME AS BRIDGET.
I WAS FOLLOWING THAT VEIN OF THINKING, THIS IS A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT.
IT'S WHY IT'S BEFORE US, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A REQUEST.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ON THE 44 UNITS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT WORKED WITH STAFF TO NOT CLEAR-CUT THE LOT AND TO TRY TO SAVE ANY TREES THAT ARE POSSIBLE WITH STAFF APPROVAL.
WELL, I HAD A QUESTION WHO WAS JUST GOING TO WORD IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
MY QUESTION IS WITH, WITH THESE CHANGES, ARE WE LOSING ANY SIGNIFICANT TREES THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE? WHAT THE ORIGINAL AS A TREE TOPO BEEN DONE TO MATCH THIS, THE NEW ROADS AND THE STUFF THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR, WE HAVE NOT DONE A TRAIN TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THIS AREA YET.
SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY BASED ON THE LAND PLAN, WHETHER IT'D BE MORE OR LESS, WE DO NOT KNOW AS OF YET WHEN THAT NORMALLY BE A REQUIREMENT BEFORE A PERMIT, CORRECT.
THE NEXT STEPS OF THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE MATH, THE MASTER PLAN FIRST.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE MAKING CHANGES TO THAT.
UM, OR THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THAT OTHERWISE APPROVED MASTER PLAN AND WHATEVER IS APPROVED, WHETHER IT'S STEP PLAN FROM BEFORE OR THE PLAN FROM TODAY, WE WOULD, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE FOR THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND THAT'S THE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE TREE TOPO, THE DETAILS OF GRADES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO, UH, KEVIN HAD A SLIDE THERE THAT SHOWS ALL OF THOSE, UM, REGULATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MOVE ON WITH THE APPROVAL.
SO THIS IS THE BIGGER PICTURE MASTER PLAN.
THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS WOULD BE A PROPOSED
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE REVIEWED BY STAFF AND THEN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY PLANNING COMMISSION.SO THIS, THIS WILL GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AND THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT DURING THAT TIME.
UH, ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT POINT, UH, FROM A STAFF LEVEL, WE WILL, WE WILL WORK WITH, UM, THE ENGINEERS ON THEIR TREE AND TOPO, UH, AND THEN THE DESIGN TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAVING AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT WILL NOT COME BACK TO US.
SO OUR DECISION BASICALLY IS JUST NOW KNOWING YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU CAN AND DO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND, AND KNOWING THAT IT DOES GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL FOR, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION FROM A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STANDPOINT, THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE PRELIMINARY PLANS.
AND THE COMMISSION, IF, IF WE GIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING PLANNING COMMISSION, CAN'T CHANGE OUR RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S NO, IT'S THE HORSE, WHATEVER WE WANT.
SO IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE, THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE MASTER PLAN.
SO THOSE CONDITIONS THEN HAVE TO, IT FOLLOWS THROUGH, BUT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS, UH, WHEN I'M GETTING UP, I HAVE THE FEELING THAT IF WE SAY YES, NOBODY CAN REALLY SAY NO OVER AGAIN.
I MEAN, SAY CAN MAKE CHANGES OR WHATEVER, BUT HOW COULD THEY SAY WE HAVE TO CUT ALL THESE TREES DOWN.
COUNCIL SAID WE COULD DO IT, MADE SURE THEY COULD GO PLANT SOME TWIGS OR, YOU KNOW, SMALLER TREES, WHICH IS OUR ISSUE THAT WE HAVE.
NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO THE TREE TOE.
NOW WE ASKED WHERE THE TREE TOPO, WE LET STAFF MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF TREES THAT COULD BE SAVED, AND THAT COMES BACK TO US.
AND IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE APPROVE THAT.
AND THAT'S, IT'S IN STONE, IT'S WRITTEN AND IT GOES BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IT COVERS ALL OUR BASES, OUR QUESTIONS WITH A, SOME MORE SENSIBLE WAY TO DO IT, IN MY OPINION, IF IT'S THE LEGAL WAY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR EMOTION, THEIR EMOTION, OH, YOU GOT IT.
THE MOTION IS FOR THIS TO GO BACK TO STAFF OR TREAT TOPO WITH STAFF REVIEW TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE TO SEE WHAT TREES CAN BE SALVAGED APRIL MOTION TO TABLE.
ALL THE THINGS CONDITIONS THAT WE MENTIONED BE INCLUDED WHEN HE COMES BACK, INCLUDING THE, UH, THE GRAVE SITE.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOVING RIGHT ON THE DURATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET TO PROVIDE THE EXPENDITURES CERTAIN FUNDS AND TO ALLOCATE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE SAID FUNDS.
BOSTER GOOD EVENING COUNSELORS.
SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF BUDGET AMENDMENT.
NUMBER TWO, IS IT RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING FYI 20 CONSOLIDATE BUDGET BY A NET AMOUNT OF $28,262 EFFECTIVE? THE AMENDMENT WILL INCREASE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET BY $193,820 INCREASE THE CIP FUND BY $200,000 AND DECREASE THE STORM WATER UTILITY FUND BY $365,558 FOR A NEW TOTAL CONSOLIDATED BUDGET OF $37,302,612.
UH, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, THE DETAIL BEHIND THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS PRESENTED AT LAST MEETING, AS WELL AS, UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RECOMMENDED AMENDMENT MEAN HE CHANGES FROM FIRST READING AND NO CHANGES? YEAH.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION I NOTICED IN THE AMENDMENT, THERE WAS, UM, AN ADDITION REQUESTED BY THE DISTRICT TO ADD, UH, ANOTHER SRO, WHICH SCHOOL IS THAT GOING TO? RED? CEDAR ELEMENTARY.
IS THAT GOING TO BE THE ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT GETS AN SRO? UH, THE ONLY ADDITIONAL ONE AT THIS TIME, I THINK WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE
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ORDERING TWO CONVERSATIONS WITH BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL SROS, UH, BOUND TO DO SO.I THINK THE END GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY.
BECAUSE CURRENTLY, YEAH, NONE OF THEM HAVE IT.
WAS THERE A REASON THAT RED CEDAR RECEIVED ONE BEFORE THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THAT.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT IS IDENTIFIED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR GRANT APPLICATION MOTION TO APPROVE WE'LL MOVE ANIMUS.
HEY, WE MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE, CONSIDERATION AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE TOWN CODE TRAFFIC MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING RULES FOR PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES.
FIRST READING MR. BRIAN MCCULLOUGH.
UM, BEFORE YOU AS A CONSIDERATE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE TOWN CODE FOR TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES, UM, BY ADDING RULES FOR PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES, UH, THE ORDINANCE, IF AMENDED, UM, WILL RESULT IN A CONSOLIDATED CODIFIED SOURCE OF RULES FOR ALL TOWN OF BLUFFTON OWNED AND OR OPERATED PUBLIC PARKING PARKING FACILITIES.
THE CURRENT CHAPTER 26 SPEAKS MAINLY TO PARKING ON STREETS AND PUBLIC WAYS AND NOT WITHIN PARKING LOTS.
UM, I'M GOING TO SCROLL DOWN TO EXHIBIT A AND IT'S, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS FOR PARKING REGULATIONS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A, JUST AN EQUITABLE METHOD FOR REGULATING AND ENFORCING OFF STREET PARKING AND PUBLICLY OWNED AND OPERATED PARKING FACILITIES.
A PUBLIC PARKING FACILITY IS ANY OFF STREET FACILITY OWNED, LEASED, OR MAINTAINED BY THE TOWN AND HELD UP IN FOR PUBLIC USE.
UM, THE THREE MAIN RULES WE'RE ENFORCING ARE YOU MUST PARK IN A DESIGNATED AREA.
UM, MEANING A STRIPED PARKING STALL.
UH, YOU CAN'T BE OUT OF SKEW WITH THAT PARKING STALL.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS NO DETACHED TRAILERS.
SEMI-TRAILERS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, CAMPERS, MOTORHOMES, OR BILLBOARDS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE THIRD RULE IS NO PARKING FOR OUR CUMULATIVE PERIOD OF 24 HOURS OR MORE WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM THE TOWN MANAGER.
UM, THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE A RESPONSIBILITY WHICH BASICALLY STATES IF A ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLE IS PRESENT, IT'S PRESUMED THAT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IS ALLOWING IT TO BE THERE.
AND THEREFORE THEY'RE THE ONE WHO PARKED IT THERE.
SO IT WOULD BE THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REMOVE IT.
AND IF, UH, ADEQUATE TIME OR ADEQUATE MEANS OF NOTIFYING THAT OWNER, THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ILLEGALLY PARKED, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE IT.
AND THEN SUBJECT TO THE FINES, UH, AFTER 26, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, OR LIMITS ARE A LITTLE BIT CONVOLUTED WHEN YOU COME OFF OF 40, ARE YOU COMING ON 46 OFF OF HIGHWAY 2 78 TOWARD ON BLUFFTON ROAD TOWARDS THE FOUR-WAY STOP? OBVIOUSLY THERE'S PORTIONS OF IT.
AND THEN THERE'S PORTIONS THAT ARE UNINCORPORATED BUFORD COUNTY.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THE LITTLE CAR SITTING IN FRONT OF THE STORAGE FACILITIES.
THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR PROBABLY TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A TRUCK BROKEN DOWN WITH THE TIRE OFF ON THE SIDE TO GOT CONES PLACED TO IT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO DO TO FURTHER THIS WORK IS TO MEET WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS AT BUFORD COUNTY, BECAUSE IT IS OUR GATEWAY AND TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO COORDINATE OUR PARKING WITH THEIR PARKING.
SO WE CAN HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT SITUATION ALL THE WAY FROM 2 78 THROUGH BLUFFTON, PROBABLY SOMETHING THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT IT COVERS, I THINK DAN IS ASKING FOR A BIG FIGHT.
IN FACT, WHEN THE TIRE OFF OF IT'S IN BLUFFTON, I'M JUST SAYING, HEY, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING? LIKE THEY WERE SAYING, THANK YOU, BRIAN.
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TO OUR LAST ITEM HERE TONIGHT, ITERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CHIEF CHAPMAN.THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BRING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
I THINK IT'S A PROGRESSIVE STEP, UH, FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY FOR FURTHER ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON OCTOBER 8TH, UH, WE HAD A WORKSHOP DISCUSSING THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WANTED THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT RESOLUTION.
UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED TONIGHT.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKSTORY, HOW WE GOT HERE IS THAT ALL OF YOU ON JULY 12TH ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS GOING FORWARD.
AND THAT PLAN WAS BUILT ON THE SIX PILLARS OF 21ST CENTURY POLICING, WHICH WAS A CONCEPT THAT WAS, EXCUSE ME, ORDERED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DISCUSS ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS AND ISSUES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS.
WE REALIZED THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WE WERE AT AN AREA WHERE WE WERE LACKING.
AND SO WE BRING FORTH BEFORE YOU A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH SERVING AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, UM, TO THE BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TOWN COUNCIL, BY BRINGING TO THEIR ATTENTION, THE FEEDBACK OF COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS, UH, FURTHER THE COMMITTEE IS DEVOTED TO FACILITATING THE FREE FLOW OF IDEAS AND DISCUSSION, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND OUR MISSION IS TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY BASED ON BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES WITHIN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON SUPPORT, VARIOUS GROUPS IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO ENSURE COORDINATED EFFORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH ALL PARTIES.
AND SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE DISCUSSED AND THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE, THE, UH, RESOLUTION IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE SHALL ASSIST AND PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION WITH TOWN COUNCIL AND THE BLUE BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ON MATTERS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK REGARDING POLICE SERVICES.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW OUR COMMUNITY, US AND WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE AND THEN FILTER COMMUNITY NEEDS REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY TO TOWN COUNCIL AND BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATE IN AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
WHEN WE HAVE A CRITICAL INCIDENT THAT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ONCE IT'S SETTLED AND THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH, WE WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER OR WHY THINGS WERE DONE IN A CERTAIN WAY.
UH, AND THEN WE WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO PARTICIPATE IN CUNY COMMUNITY EVENTS OFFERED BY THE BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL ENGAGE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION BY THEM BEING PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING IN A NUMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE BELIEVE THAT TO STIMULATE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AND THEN FACILITATE CONVERSATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELATED TO POLICY PROCEDURES AND BEST PRACTICES.
AGAIN, WE CAN'T LIVE IN A BUBBLE.
UH, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY SPEED BACK ON HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS, AND THEN WE WANT TO SHARE WITH THEM WHY WE DO THINGS IN A CERTAIN WAY, ENSURING THEM THAT WE ARE HOLDING OURSELVES TO THE BEST PRACTICES, UH, AS OUTLINED IN THE PROFESSION.
AND THEN WE WANT THE COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTERS AND COMMUNITIES ASTER, PREPAREDNESS RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, ONE OF THE MAIN AREAS THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE WORKSHOP WAS THE MEMBERSHIP.
WE KIND OF LEFT THIS WIDE, UH, THE RANGE A LITTLE BIT WIDER THAN MAYBE SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMITTEES, FIVE TO 12 MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT WE TRULY HAVE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SERVE.
AND SO, UM, NOT TO SAY MORE IS BETTER, BUT IF WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OR THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL GET SOME VERY, UH, WORTHY FEEDBACK.
WE BELIEVE THAT WILL MAKE US A BETTER POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE LONG RUN.
AND THEN WE INCLUDED, UH, TWO BUSINESS MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE TO GIVE US PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
AND THEN, UH, WE'VE ATTACHED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, UH, TO THE RESOLUTION, WHICH ARE FAIRLY STANDARD FOR MOST OF OUR SITTING COMMITTEES WITHIN THE TOWN.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESOLUTION.
AND THEN WE WOULD VET WE WOULD ADVERTISE AND VET THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PRESENTING THEM TO COUNCIL FOR, UH, APPOINTMENT AS SEEN FIT, UM, BY THE COUNCIL.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ANSWER? I, THE, UH, DOING ONBOARDING WITH YOU? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE A VERY FORMALIZED ONBOARDING PROCESS THAT WE RUN THROUGH, UH, WITH OUR TOWN CLERK AND, AND OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS.
SO THE NEW PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABSOLUTELY THROUGH A KICKOFF MEETING AND IN TIME TO LEARN THE PROCESSES AND PROTOCOLS AND EXPECTATIONS AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, JUST HAVE ONE CHIEF, UM, SORRY, WHERE IT SAYS IN THERE THAT
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THE ANYONE HOLDING, UH, AN ELECTED POSITION OR ANYTHING CANNOT SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE BYLAWS, WHATEVER DOES THAT PERTAIN TO SPOUSES OR I'LL FIND THE LINE IS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IF I BELIEVE IT WOULD NOT BECAUSE THERE'S NO FINANCIAL.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A LAW ENFORCEMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE? SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE'RE MOVING ONTO CONSENTED GENDER.
IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT AS SIR, WE APPROVE, UM, HERE DOES NOT SET A TREND, BUT IN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT REPORT, I NOTICED THAT THE NUMBER OF PERMITTED HOUSES WAS DOWN ABOUT 20% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WITH THAT.
HEATHER, I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION VALUE, UH, FOR THE TOWN WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND EVEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT DOLLAR VALUE THAT TRUE.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR EYE ON.
EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GROWTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY TOOK OFF LIKE A BULLET AND EXPLAIN, WE KNEW WE HAD HOUSES AND BUILDINGS GOING UP LEFT AND RIGHT.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE'LL START TO SEE IF THERE'S POTENTIAL TRENDS STARTING TO DEVELOP THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S FOR ALL OF US, I THINK THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
NOTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE LIKES TO TAKE OFF IS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOT PERTAINING TO THE NIGHT'S AGENDA.
I WAS HOPING THE MAYOR WAS HERE BECAUSE WE BOTH HAD OUR DAUGHTERS GO THERE.
SO A LITTLE BIT IN THE MORNING, MY NAME IS DALLAS HUTCHINSON, NINE BASKETBALL COURT.
WE HAVE A MACRO MACRO KNIT MAC MACROCOSM HERE.
WHICH IS THE GLOBE THAT WE LIVE ON.
I'LL BE QUOTING FROM A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WHEN SHE WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD AND HEARD ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL WARNINGS WITH DARK CONSEQUENCES.
SHE SAID THAT CAN'T BE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THAT.
IF THAT WERE HAPPENING, THE POLITICIANS WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
SHE SAYS, I'D LIKE TO TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN THAT WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD, AND WE DID IT FOR THEM.
AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME FOR SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT HUMANITY'S PREDATORY RELATIONSHIP, WHERE THEIR ONLY HOME WE HAVE, WE HAVE GRETTA.
THORNBURG WAS NAMED TIME MAGAZINE IN 2019 PERSON OF THE YEAR.
SHE SAYS, WE JUST CAN'T CONTINUE TO LIVING AS IF THERE'S NO TOMORROW, BECAUSE THERE IS A TOMORROW TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SHE SAYS, OH, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT AS MONEY AND FAIRYTALES IF MATERNAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, HOW DARE YOU.
SO LET ME BRING THE MACRO DOWN TO THE MICRO.
OUR BLUFFTON STATE OF MIND, MEANINGFUL CHANGE RARELY HAPPENS WITHOUT THE GALVANIZING FORCE OF CITIZENS.
THERE'S A GROUNDSWELL OF CITIZENS.
YOU REPRESENT WANTING OUR COASTAL VILLAGE AT BLUFFTON TO PRESERVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WITHOUT THE OVERWHELMING SHADOW OF DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, I HAD TO LEARN WHERE MY TWO SECOND HOMES WORK LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOT.
THERE WERE NO SIGNS IN 2 78 BECAUSE WE HAD THESE FANTASTIC BUFFERS.
SO I WAS GLAD TO GET LOST AND BE A PIONEER IN THIS NEW PLACE THAT IT WAS MOVING INTO.
SO LOCO HAS BEEN WORKING ON A MULTI COUNTY STORMWATER BEST PRACTICES ORDINANCE THAT UTILIZES NEW SCIENCE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE NOW THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
THEY WERE OUTDATED SINCE STORM WATER CONTROL IS CONSIDERED A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
NEW MANDATED ORDINANCES ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DECADES OLD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
HOWEVER, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OTHER SYMBIOTIC
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RELATIONSHIPS THAT MITIGATE STORMWATER CANNOT MOVE FORWARD.TREES THAT ABSORB HUGE AMOUNTS OF STORMWATER ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO BE MAINTAINED AND NOT JUST DESTROY BECAUSE IT'S LESS CLEAR, COSTLY.
EVEN WHEN CERTAIN UDO'S MY ORDER OF DEVELOPER REPLANT, SEVERAL, AS YOU SAID, TWIGS OF SMALLER SIZE TO EVENTUALLY EQUAL WHAT HAS BEEN CUT DOWN THE ENVIRONMENT SUFFERS AS DOES THE WHOLE HABITAT.
BLUFFED AND PLANNING COMMITTEE GROWTH MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE CAN QUOTE UNQUOTE, SLOW DOWN THE DEVELOPERS WITH MORE PAPERWORK, BUT THE END GAME WILL BE THE SAME MASS DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WILL BE A BITTER TASTE OF ALL, EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LINING THEIR POCKETS WITH MONEY JUST AS WE ARE COMBATING SOME OF THE CHANGES IN HOME RULE OUT OF COLUMBIA OR THE UPSTATE, WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE BUSINESS INCOME TO US.
CAN WE NOT ALSO COMBAT THE O P U D AGREEMENTS THAT RESTRICT BETTER DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES? I'D LIKE TO TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN THAT WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO KEEP BLUFFTON FROM BECOMING AN ASPHALT JUNGLE, ANOTHER MYRTLE BEACH, A MONEY MAKER FOR DEVELOPERS AS THEY SACRIFICE.
MOTHER NATURE IS ELEGANT, FLORAL AND FAUNA.
I LOOKED AT EACH OF YOU CIVIL SERVANTS TO NOT JUST SLOW DOWN OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SPREADING LIKE THE WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA, BUT MAKE OUR ORDINANCES OF MANUALS MORE THAN JUST A BOOK OF INFORMATION, BUT A MANUAL OF RESTORATION FROM SHORTSIGHTEDNESS OF PAST ADMINISTRATIONS, AS WELL AS THE BOOK OF TRANSFORMATION FOR A NEW DECADE, FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER US.
HE PLAYED WITH YOU, YOU PLAYED WITH YOU.
AND, UM, I'M GOING TO ECHO DALLAS HERE.
UM, I WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND I SPOKE TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT MY JOURNEY TO BLUFFTON VIA CONNECTICUT AND MURRELLS INLET.
AND I WANT TO KIND OF CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AND ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT.
YOU KNOW, MERLE'S INLET, AS I SAID, WAS LIKE BLUFFTON BACK IN OH FOUR.
AND I WAS JUST BACK THERE IN NOVEMBER AND IT'S OVERDEVELOPED WITH FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND YOU KNOW, ONE CVS OR WALGREENS, TOO MANY, THERE'S A PLAZA AFTER PLAZA.
UM, AND MORE CONCRETE IN ORDER TO BUILD ANOTHER GAS STATION, GROCERY STORE RETAIL, OR A CONVENIENCE STORE.
UH, YET THERE'S AN AREA IN MURALS AND LIT THAT IS NOT OVERDEVELOPED.
AND THAT'S THE RESTAURANT AREA ALONG THE INLET, WHERE OF COURSE THE TOURISTS GO AND YOU GO NEXT DOOR TO PUB PAWLEYS ISLAND OR LITCHFIELD.
AND YOU NOTICE AN IMMEDIATE DIFFERENCE, THEIR ORDINANCES AND RESTRICTIONS ON BUILDINGS AND LAND WORD HERE TOO BY DEVELOPERS.
AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND GROWTH AND THE DESIRE TO LIVE IN A TOWN LIKE BLUFFTON.
AND I LOVE IT HERE, BUT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDERS ADHERE TO OUR TOWN ORDINANCES AND RESTRICTIONS.
I LOOK AT THAT STORAGE BUILDING ON BUCK, WALTER PARKWAY EVERY DAY ON MY WAY TO WORK.
AND IT SADDENS ME BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN EYESORE.
UM, I LOOK AT THE SUPER WALMART AND THE SAM'S CLUB.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES.
AND NOW, NOW IT'S LIKE TAKING MY LIFE IN MY HANDS WHEN I WANT TO GO OVER AND BUYS SOMETHING AT SAM'S CLUB.
UM, WE OFTEN WONDER WHAT BLUFFTON WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, UM, HOW, WHAT THE POPULATION WILL BE AND WILL WE HAVE MORE AND MORE GAS STATIONS, GROCERY STORES, PARKING, LOT CONVENIENCE STORES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS.
UH, ARE WE GOING TO LOOK LIKE POOLER? ARE WE GOING TO LOOK LIKE MURRELLS INLET? WILL WE SAVE OLD TOWN, BUT NOT THE REST OF BLUFFTON? ARE WE GOING TO HOLD THE DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE THEY COMPLY WITH OUR ORDINANCES AND RESTRICTIONS? AND I OBVIOUSLY SAW THAT TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS, WE HAVE THE NEED FOR BALL FIELDS AND SOCCER FIELDS.
WE NEED MORE POLICE, MORE FIRE STATIONS, ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC IS INCREASING.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT MORE ROADS, BUT I WANT TO OFFER YOU SOME INSIGHT.
I HAVE A PART-TIME JOB ON THE ISLAND.
I WORK AT A HIGH-END WOMAN'S BOUTIQUE.
AND IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE PLANS, WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT RETAIL BECAUSE RETAIL IS SLOWLY DYING.
UM, I HAVE A SON WHO WORKS OVER AT THE OUTLET AND THEY WERE DOWN LAST MONTH IN DECEMBER AND THEY'RE USUALLY UP.
SO BE AWARE THAT I'M LINE, ESPECIALLY THE GENERATIONS COMING IN BEHIND ME.
SO BE AWARE OF THAT AS WE START TO MOVE FORWARD AND LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TOWN.
THANK YOU, MIKE WILLIAMS. MY NAME IS MIKE WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 84 40 COURT.
COUNCIL, MR. FINGER, MR. ORLANDO,
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UM, LAST AT THE LAST TOWN COUNTY MEETING DR.MOUNTAIN EMPHASIZED THAT IF WE WERE SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING THE MAY RIVER, WE WOULD CONVERT ALL SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO SEWER.
THE TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THE RESIDENTS OF BLUFFED AND WHAT THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE DRC, AND THE TOWN STAFF TO TAKE DR.
SERIOUSLY, THE QUESTION I HAVE TONIGHT IS DID WE EAT HIS WARNING ONE MONTH AGO? WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST MEETING TONIGHT? I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE QUESTIONS ABOUT TREES THAT YOU GUYS ASKED.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT TREES ARE IMPORTANT THIS YEAR THOUGH.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE NORTH, THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR, THE EAST WEST CONNECTOR.
WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS PUT ALL OF OUR ENERGIES INTO GOVERNING SEPTIC SYSTEM TO SEWER AND CONTROLLING DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE A NEW SENSE OF URGENCY.
LIKE NEVER BEFORE THE MAY RIVER SITUATION IS THE WORST IT HAS EVER BEEN.
YOU HAVE A DOCUMENTED REPORT AND YOU HAVE PROOF.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE MAY RIVER BECOMES MORE AND MORE CONTAMINATED? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS IT WILL, IF YOU DON'T TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES.
SO PRETEND LIKE THE MAYOR WAS HERE, CAUSE I'VE PREPARED THE SPEECH FOR HER TO BE HERE.
MAYOR, YOU HAVE TO BE THE LEADER.
YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.
PLEASE ANNOUNCE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BLUFFTON THROUGH EVERY MEDIA OUTLET, SOCIAL MEDIA PRINT, RADIO INTERNET, FACE-TO-FACE MEETING THAT WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WITH THE MAY RIVER AND THAT WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SAVE IT, SHARE WITH THEM THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO ENABLE SEPTIC SYSTEMS, TO BE CONVERTED TO SEWER.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MEET WITH ALL THE DEVELOPERS, THE BUILDERS AND ENGINEERS IN THE AREA TO REVIEW DR.
MOUNTIES REPORT, TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET THEIR COOPERATION, INFORM THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU INTEND TO PROMOTE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICES AND EVERY DEVELOPMENT SHARE WITH THE DEVELOPERS, THE BUILDERS AND ENGINEERS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES MAY THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
THEY MAY WORK IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT WORKING HERE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY HURTING THE MAY RIVER.
IT HAS IT, THEIR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES RIGHT NOW ARE HAVING A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE RIVER.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO RECONSIDER THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
WHO DID THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS BENEFIT? DO THEY BENEFIT EVERYONE? ANY AGREEMENT THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS IN NEEDS TO BENEFIT THE TOWN AND ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS.
THE MAY RIVER IS PART OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TELL YOU THAT YOU GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE MAY RIVER.
AND DID THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ENSURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF BLUFFTON? I DON'T THINK THEY DID.
WE MUST ACT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
BARTHOLOW NINE DUTCH DUCHESS CIRCLE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US UP HERE TONIGHT.
UH, MULTIPLE TIMES THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVERAL BLUFFTON TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS I'VE ATTENDED, I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE SCIENTIFICALLY BACKED POSITIONS FOR ELIMINATING CLEAR-CUTTING PRESERVING WETLANDS AND REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF HARDSCAPE INSTALL AROUND AND, AND MULTIPLY THE MULTITUDE OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT BLUFFTON.
AND IN FACT, AS I HEARD TONIGHT DISCUSSING THIS ONE DEVELOPMENT WHERE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE ORDINANCE HAS TWO PARKING SPACES REQUIRED AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THREE AND A HALF, OR WE'RE GOING TO IN THE NAME OF NEIGHBOR CONNECTIVITY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD MORE SIDEWALKS.
WHY AREN'T WE PUTTING IN PERMEABLE TYPE SURFACES INSTEAD OF HARDSCAPE SO THAT THE GAME KIND OF CONTINUES.
UM, THOSE INTELLIGENT APPROACHES ARE NOT REALLY BEING FOLLOWED.
SO I GUESS FOLLOWING WHAT MIKE JUST SAID, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? WHAT LEVEL OF FECAL, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA, IN THE MAY RIVER, ARE WE GOING TO ACCEPT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE SENSE OF URGENCY AND REALLY UNTIL VARIOUS COMMENTS TONIGHT, NO CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR.
IT WAS THE MULTITUDE OF SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS CAUSING THE DELAY.
WHY AREN'T WE AMENDING THE STUDIO? IT'S BEEN AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.
IT CLEARLY STATES ON THE UDA UDO'S PAGE ONE, THAT IT CAN BE REVISED AND AMENDED TO QUOTE, IMPROVE THE ORDINANCE, ADDRESS NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CHANGES TO THE TOWN'S PLANNING AND POLICIES.
THE UDL WAS WRITTEN AND I QUOTE TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTED IMPLEMENTATION OF
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THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2007.THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN ALSO BE AMENDED AS PER ARTICLE 2.2 0.6, C3 OF THE UDL.
AGAIN, I DON'T SEE THE SENSE OF URGENCY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? FINALLY, THERE ARE MANY TEMPLATES AVAILABLE TO HELP IMPLEMENT MORE INTELLIGENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAVVY DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
A PUBLICATION WRITTEN PART BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION CALLED FOREST CONDUCTIVITY IN THE DEVELOPING LANDSCAPE PROVIDES THE REASONS STEPS, PROCESSES, AND MARKETING TOOLS FOR SUBDIVISION DESIGN.
IT BUILDS ON OTHER WORK ON THIS TOPIC BY INCORPORATING MODERN TOOLS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, SYSTEM ANALYSIS, HABITAT MODELING, AND THE BEST DESIGN PRACTICES FOR MAXIMIZING FOREST CONSERVATION, CONDUCTIVITY AND RESTORATION OF IMPAIRED AREAS.
I CAN PROVIDE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE LINKS TO THIS PUBLICATION.
I DO WANT TO ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DO.
UM, I'M NOT REALLY RESPONDED TO ONE PERSON'S COMMENT, BUT I WILL SAY ONE MORE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR WATER QUALITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, TOOTH AND NAIL SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
MY OWN MONEY TO GO TO COLUMBIA, TO GO HERE, TO GO THERE, ATTEND MEETINGS, SET ON BOARDS.
THE ISSUE IS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO POINT FINGERS A LOT, BUT I STILL SAY IT WASN'T, IT'S NOT TOTALLY THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
WE'VE GOT ENOUGH BOND WITH THAT BELIEF TOO.
BUT THE, THE WAY THAT WE EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE GOING ON IN THE RIVER IS FECAL CALIFORNIA, WHICH COMES FROM WARM BLOODED ANIMALS, HUMANS.
WE ARE OUR WORST ENEMY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY HAVE, DO WE HAVE EVERYWHERE.
YOU LOOK ON THE WATER'S EDGE, THERE'S A HOUSE OR A DOCKER ONE COMING UP AS WE SPEAK EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST DESIRED PLACE TO BE.
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST AREA THAT THERE IS NO SEWER.
SO NO MATTER FRESHWATER, I UNDERSTAND THAT FRESH WATER DOES NOT KILL FECAL, CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS SALT WATER, BUT IT RAINS IN THE RIVER TOO.
DOESN'T JUST RAIN ON LAND AND WASH IT OUT.
IT RAINS ON EVERY PIECE OF WATER, JUST LIKE IT DOES ON THE LAND.
AND UNTIL WE CAN GET THE HUMAN FACTOR OF SEPTICS WHERE THAT WATER CLEAN OR DIRTY RUNS THROUGH WASHINGTON INTO THE RIVER, WE WON'T FIX OUR PROBLEM, BUT I WON'T GIVE UP PERSONALLY UNTIL IT'S DONE.
AND I THINK FOR SURE THAT IT'S THE WILL OF THIS COUNCIL THAT WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN, BUT OUR BIGGEST ISSUES ARE NOT IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
SO WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE WHAT WE HAVE IN BLUFFTON BEFORE WE CAN GET THE ATTENTION OF OUR COUNTY AROUND US.
UM, SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? THANK YOU.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT FOR YOU TOO BAD.