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WE'RE LIVE ON FACEBOOK FOR OUR MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING.
IT'S UM, MARCH NIGHT, 5:00 PM.
I HOPE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING IN ON FACEBOOK LAB, UM, WILL FIND THIS INFORMATIVE.
WE HAVE ALL OF COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE AND COUNTERPART.
WE WILL START, UM, OUR MEETING BY DOING THAT SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL INVOCATION COUNCIL ON WORD.
EVERYBODY WOULD SHARE WITH ME ABOUT THEIR HEADS, PLEASE.
DEAR LORD, FOR EVERYONE WHO IS STRUGGLING TODAY, MAY THEY FEEL YOUR STRENGTH RISE UP WITHIN THEM? MAY THEY FEEL YOUR NEWNESS AND BE ASSURED THAT YOUR GRACE WILL SEE THEM THROUGH ONE DAY, ONE HOUR, ONE MINUTE AT A TIME, PLEASE MEET EACH KNEE IN PHILLY CHART WITH YOUR HOPE AND PEACE IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
UH, WE HAVE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
SCOTT, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA AS WAS PRESENTED? NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? IF NO OTHER CHANGES, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS, UM, AS WRITTEN SECOND, BRIDGET, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
WE HAD A REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY NIGHT.
IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MEETING MINUTES, IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES OR ADDITIONS OR EDITS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? SO ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS UNDER OUR PRESENTATION, CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS FIRST IS OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH, WHICH I'M, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAD THAT PULLED UP FOR ME.
SHE GOES TO BLOCKED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A MIGHT THERE YOU GET AS PERFECT.
UM, WE CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE YOU YOUNG STUDENTS BE PRESENT WITH US ONE DAY SOON, BUT UNTIL THEN, WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE YOU.
THIS IS A CHARACTER, UM, PROGRAM THROUGH THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE HAVE CONTINUED IT FOR YEARS TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR KIDS WHO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL TO BE SELECTED FROM ALL OF THOSE APPLICANTS.
AND THIS YEAR, I MEAN THIS MONTH IT WAS PERSEVERANCE AND KATIE BANTON, UM, WHO IS RIGHT THERE WITH BLUFFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, SHE WAS NOMINATED BY HER ELA TEACHER, ALLIE WALTON, AND SHE SHARED THE FOLLOWING ABOUT KATIE.
SOMETIMES SHE FACED CHALLENGES WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE.
SOMETIMES SHE PERSEVERE AGAINST A FOE WITHOUT A NAME SCHOOL DOESN'T COME EASY TO EVERYONE.
OUR SEVENTH GRADE MUSTANG OF THE MONTH HAD FACED CHALLENGES AND PERSEVERED THROUGH THEM.
ALL HER TEACHERS HAD BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HER ADOPTION AND, AND HER EFFORT.
SHE HAS ALWAYS THROWN HER VERY BEST EACH AND EVERY DAY.
EVEN IF THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST HER, WHEN HER DANCE STUDIO WAS CLOSED, SHE CONTINUED ON WITH DANCE.
WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SO EASY TO GIVE UP, SHE TRIED OUT AND MADE THE DANCE COMPETITION TEAM ENTIRELY VIRTUALLY ON IT'S AMAZING AND DANCE THROUGH INJURY.
AND COVID WHEN SHE HAD TO MISS A DAY.
SHE WAS MAKING SURE SHE EVEN MAKE IT UP.
WHEN SHE FACES A CHALLENGE, SHE ALWAYS PERSEVERES.
WE'RE VERY PROUD TO CELEBRATE KATIE.
SHE'S A SEVENTH GRADER AND SHE IS OUR, UM, OUR STUDENT FOR THE CHARACTER TRAIT PERSEVERANCE.
UM, NEXT IS ADD MARKETING OUR DMO AND WE HAVE ARIANA SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSE.
I BELIEVE THERE SHE IS, UH, COMES BEFORE US.
SHE'S GOING TO DO THE REPORT OF PROGRESS AND ACTIONS ON OUR ANNUAL MARKETING PLAN.
AND EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME RIGHT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU.
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WONDERFUL.SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH JUST A HANDFUL OF SLIDES AND THEN HERE, AS WELL AS OUR CONTROLLER RADIO ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM THE PRESENTATION OR OUTSIDE.
SO WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR Q2 2021 UPDATE.
SO AGAIN, RECAPPING OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE QUICKLY WITH YOU WHERE WE WERE FROM AN ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, REV CURRENT ADR STANDPOINT, AS WE KNOW WE HAVE, UM, THE THREE ACCOMMODATIONS PROPERTIES CON CONTRIBUTING INTO THESE NUMBERS AND WITH COVID, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IMPACTING, UM, 2020, THIS IS WHERE FROM THOSE THREE MONTHS, OUR NUMBER SAT FOR THOSE THREE METRICS.
WE ALSO, UM, MANAGE, UH, THE WEBSITE METRICS AND HOW THOSE PERFORMED FOR US AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IN TERMS OF TOURISM INTO THE DESTINATION AS OPTICS AWARENESS AND PEOPLE LOOKING FOR, UM, BLUFFTON AS A WHOLE.
AND THE NUMBERS ARE REALLY A GREAT STORY.
WE HAVE OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, THE VISITS WERE AT 24,000 REFERRALS AS ARE HANDSHAKES OUT TO BUSINESS FOR OVER 6,000, OVER THAT THREE MONTH PERIOD AND OUR WEBSITE, UM, ALSO COMPLIMENTS ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SEEN MONTH OVER MONTH GROWTH WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA NUMBERS AND OUR METRICS NEED TO OUTPERFORM OUR COMP SET.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THOSE SURROUNDING TOWNS AROUND US THAT ALSO DRAW ON TOURISM.
UM, AND WE, UM, HAVE A PASSIONATE FOLLOWING AND THEY LOVE TO SEE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE OUTDOORS.
THEY LOVE, UM, ANY OF OUR PET POSTINGS AND, UM, THEY LOVE OUR SUNSETS.
SO THE TOP PERFORMING POSTS OVER THOSE PAST THREE MONTHS WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL CUP HERE IN FRONT OF, UH, THE CHURCH OF THE CROSS.
YES, WE'RE OVER, OVER THE THREE MONTHS, 28 EVENTS HELD SOME OF THOSE EVENTS JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF WORK THROUGH THEM.
THERE WERE A COMBINATION OF TWO RIBBON CUTTINGS.
WE HAD A HANDFUL OF VIRTUAL EVENTS.
WE HAD OUR GOLF EVENT CONVERSATION AND COCKTAIL.
SO WE JUST LOOK AT THAT AS A WHOLE 28 EVENTS WERE HELD.
THERE WAS OVER 19,000 PARTICIPANTS, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON AND AS A WHOLE AS WELL, WE LOOK AT JUST THE RECOGNITION OF OUR REGION AND THAT IS DERIVED IN OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS NUMBERS.
SO OVER HERE WITH OUR IMPRESSIONS WITH 1.7 BILLION, UM, WHICH EQUATED TO AN AD VALUE OF OVER 2.4 BILLION.
SO THAT EQUATED TO AS A TOTAL, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT OUR REGION AS A WHOLE WE'RE 590 STORIES AND MENTIONS, AND THAT AGAIN WAS IN YOUR QUARTERLY UPDATE.
SO PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LOW COUNTRY AND IT'S A GREAT THING.
SEE, WE'VE TALKED, UM, PRIOR ABOUT THE BLUFFTON, UM, SERIES OF VIDEOS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO LIFE THAT WILL LAUNCH AT THE END OF MARCH AND COMPLIMENT THE WEBSITE EFFORTS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE OUR SOUTHERN LIVING MEDIA BY, UM, THE WORK IN TERMS OF THE BUY AND CREATION OF THE AD ITSELF.
AND THE CONTENT WAS DONE IN THE, UM, LAST PART OF THE YEAR, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, BUT IT ACTUALLY RAN IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, UM, EDITION OF FIRST OF THIS YEAR, THE DISTRIBUTION WAS 917,000 AND WE FOCUSED IN ON THOSE DRIVE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES.
SO SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND THE MIDWEST AS A WHOLE.
SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT REACH AND DISTRIBUTION AND THOSE NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT THE UPCOMING VACATION PLANNER.
SO AS YOU KNOW, YOU DO, UM, SIT WITHIN THE, UM, VACATION GUIDE THAT EXISTS TODAY.
AND THE OPPORTUNITY HAS COME TO US WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PRODUCE A TON OF BLUFFTON SPECIFIC VACATION PLANNER THAT WILL HIT IN EARLY APRIL.
THERE'S GOING TO BE 3000 UNITS IN TOTAL.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE A, NOT ONLY A PRINTED VERSION, IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE A DIGITAL VERSION.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SOCIAL PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGN THAT PROMOTES THE GUIDE ITSELF.
AND IT'S GOING TO, UM, REALLY JUST TIE EVERYTHING BACK TO THAT WEBSITE INITIATIVE THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT NOW.
UM, BUT FROM A CONTENT PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, REALLY A GREAT LOOK INTO, UM, ALL THE GREAT RICH HISTORY AND STORIES OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON THAT WIRE FRAME OR OUTLINE I SHOULD SAY WAS, WAS PROVIDED.
UM, EARLIER THIS MONTH TO BOTH LINDSAY AND SCOTT, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND ON, UM, ENSURING THOSE DETAILS.
UM, SO WE CAN GET THAT TO PRINT.
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SO VISIT BOSTON.ORG.THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT AND ALL THINGS LEAD TO, UM, THIS PLATFORM.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE STILL TRACKING TOWARDS AN END OF MONTH MARCH LAUNCH.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE SOCIAL EFFORTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALL OF THE DIGITAL, UM, UH, THIRD-PARTY BUYS THAT WE DO ARE, UM, EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TIED INTO THE DIGITAL VACATION PLANNER, ALL GOING TO TIE BACK TO, UM, EYEBALLS BACK TO THIS WEBSITE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY EXCITING.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING IN THE AWARENESS AND, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS ALSO, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, SCOTT AND LINDSAY ON THAT.
AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT DETAIL WITH YOU AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE BUDGET, UM, DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, AGAIN, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD, UH, WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE TOWN AND, UM, WORKED TO AN AMOUNT THAT WAS AGREED UPON AN 82,000.
THIS WAS RIGHT AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE WERE UNSURE OF WHERE THE FUTURE WAS GOING TO BE OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, BUT AS WE WORKED THROUGH THE YEAR, WE RE, UH, WORKED CLOSELY WITH BOTH THE TOWN AND OUR RAY DEALER, OUR CONTROLLER, AND OBVIOUSLY THE QUARTERS HAVE SHOWN, UM, WELL FOR US OVER, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS APPROVED ORIGINALLY BACK IN, UH, EARLY PART OF 2020.
SO WE ARE JUST BRINGING FORTH AN AMENDED BUDGET TO, UM, SIT CLOSELY AND MORE ALIGNED WITH THE ACTUAL, SO, UM, SORRY, ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT, UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE ACCOMMODATION TAX.
SO, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, UM, FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL, ARE, ARE THE AMENDED, UM, NUMBERS AGAINST THE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAD PRESENTED ORIGINALLY.
AND SO WE WENT $82,000 WAS THE TOTAL THAT WAS APPROVED, UM, EARLY 2020, AND THE AMENDED THERE'LL BE 220,000.
AND SO THOSE ARE THOSE, THE NUMBERS THERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO PAUSE AND WALK THROUGH THAT OR HOLD ON.
WELL, QUESTION ARI IS THIS OUR NEW FIGURE THAT'S COMING FROM THE PERCENTAGE THAT Y'ALL GET, I KNOW ABSOLUTELY MAYOR.
AND THIS ONE IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, THE TOWN FINANCE GROUP, AS WELL AS, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH WHAT WAS COMING OUT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AMENDED THAT IN, UM, IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS YOURSELF TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT SUPPORT, UM, THE ACTUAL AND THAT WHAT IS COMING IN TO SUPPORT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THOSE DOLLARS OUT AS TO MAINTAIN, UM, INITIATIVES THAT WE PUT FORTH EARLIER IN THIS POWERPOINT, WHICH WOULD BE THE WEBSITE, CONTINUED SOCIAL EFFORTS, THE VACATION PLANNER, RIGHT? THE REASON I ASK, I MEAN, THAT'S COMING BEFORE SOME BUDGET AND IT IS A NUMBER THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY, AND YOU'RE JUST GIVING THE PRESENTATION, BUT MAYBE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON, ON THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MORE DETAILS WOULD BE GOOD RIGHT NOW, IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN FOR JUST A MOMENT, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER TO, TO COUNSEL BEFORE THE QUESTIONS COME, UH, WE, WE CHALLENGED THE DMO THIS YEAR WITH MAKING A PLAN THAT WAS SCALABLE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE VOLATILITY OF THE REVENUES THAT WE WERE EXPECTING, UM, CLEARLY THIS REFLECTS THAT OUR REVENUES FROM A TAX ARE MUCH GREATER THAN WE ANTICIPATED, UH, GIVEN THE COVID ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN.
AND SO THESE NUMBERS AS, AS, UH, ALREADY ALLUDED TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT, UM, THOSE REVENUES ARE GREATER, WE ARE OBLIGATED, UH, FOR THOSE AT HOME THAT ARE WATCHING THIS.
WE WERE OBLIGATED BY LAW STATE LAW TO ALLOCATE 30% OF OUR ACCOMMODATIONS TAX REVENUES TO OUR, UH, DMO.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A LOCAL BUDGET POLICY WHERE WE ALLOT UP TO 8% OF OUR LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX REVENUES TO OUR DMO.
AND THE PROJECTION OF TWO 20 IS REFLECTIVE OF THE EXPECTED INCREASES TO REVENUE THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE WHEN WE PASS OUR F 21 BUDGET.
THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR THE BACKUP THAT'S NEEDED ANY QUESTIONS.
ONE THING I'LL ASK WHILE THEY'RE THINKING YOU HAD SHOWN A SLIDE ON THE VACATION PLANNER AND I'M GUESSING IT WAS JUST FOR PURPOSES OF TONIGHT, BUT ON NOTICE ON THE BOTTOM, IT SAID VISIT HILTON HEAD ISLAND.ORG THAT IS GOING TO BE CHANGED TO OUR WEBSITE.
SO WE HAD, WE DIDN'T HAVE A RENDERING OF THE NEW CAUSE IT'S IN PRODUCTION.
AND, UM, BUT IT WAS TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL, THOSE PAGES THOUGH, THAT YOU SAW THOUGH, THE FOOTER WILL BE CHANGED, UM, WERE THE SPECIFIC BLUFFTON, UM, PIECES THAT LIVE INSIDE THE EXISTING BOOK,
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BUT WE WILL USE A PORTION OF THOSE PAGES AND CREATE NEW CONTENT AND EVERYTHING WILL BE BRANDED SPECIFICALLY, UM, TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WITH NO REFERENCE.ANY QUESTIONS ARI AT THIS POINT? OKAY.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE ARE HERE, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE THE DESTINATION IS PROMOTED.
AND, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR MEET WITH YOU SOON.
LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UM, NEXT IS OUR PALMETTO BREEZE UP ABOUT 22 BUDGET REQUEST AND SERVICE PLAN.
SCOTT THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE AND NEEDED FOR, UM, MARY LOU TO COME BECAUSE SHE HAS SOME EXCITING NEWS ON ROUTES AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING.
THAT'LL BRING OUR WORKERS AND GET THEM TO THEIR JOBS.
YOU'RE UP? WHEN YOU EVER YOU CONNECT.
I TURNED OFF MY FACEBOOK WHERE I WAS TRACKING WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, SO I WOULDN'T GET FEEDBACK.
SO, NO, WE JUST SAID YOU'RE UP.
YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US A QUICK PRESENTATION ON YOUR, YOUR REQUEST AND YOUR SERVICE PLAN.
WELL, I'M GOING TO START WITH THE, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN, WORK ON THE HEAD.
UH, THIS IS MY FIRST ONE THAT THERE ISN'T SOMEBODY HERE CLICKING THE BUTTONS.
UM, SO IN 2017, UM, THE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON AREA BECAME, UH, A SMALL URBAN TRANSIT, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER, UM, DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE URBANIZED AREA.
WE NOW GET A NEW SOURCE OF FUNDING IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE GOT FOR THE RURAL AREA.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE SINCE 2017 BEEN DEVELOPING CONCEPTS AND PLANS TO FURTHER PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE URBANIZED AREA.
AND, UM, WE, UH, DID HILTON HEAD FIRST.
UM, AND SO WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THEM AND THIS IS FOR BLUFFTON.
AND, UH, WE, UH, WENT WITH THE SMALLER BUSES.
THEY SEEK 24 PEOPLE AND, UH, WE PURCHASED FIVE OF THEM AND, UH, THEIR, UH, SERVICE IN THE URBANIZED AREA.
AND, UH, THIS IT'S A LITTLE BUSY, BUT, UM, THE ORIGINAL URBAN SERVICES PLAN STUDY THAT WENT AROUND LAST YEAR THAT WE DID PALMETTO BLUFF.
WELL, IT TURNS OUT THIS YEAR, THEY'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO HELP SUPPORT THE FUNDING OF THE ROUTE.
SO WE RETOOLED IT TO DO THE ROUTE, UH, THE WAY IT WAS, BUT, UH, WITHOUT THE PALMETTO BLUFF PORTION AND, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ROUTE AND WHAT REALLY DROVE US TO, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING EXERCISES WAS TO HOOK UP THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UM, ON THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND UP ON SIMMONS VILLE.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, WE, WE GO ON THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY AS WELL FOR THE HOMES AND THINGS THAT ARE IN THE AREA THERE.
PEOPLE WANT TO WALK DOWN, BUT THE IDEA REALLY WAS TO CONNECT, UH, THE, UH, HIGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS LIKE APARTMENTS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT JOBS SOURCES IN BLUFFTON.
AND SO WE DO SERVE THE SAMS AND THE WALMART AND, UM, ON BUCK ISLAND, IT SAYS PUBLIX, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO SERVE THAT MEDICAL BUILDING AS WELL, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT RECREATION AREA.
SO WE GO TO THE REGIONAL PARK THAT HAS ESCAPED BARK.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, INDOOR BASKETBALL, AND WE GO TO, UM, THE, UM, BUCK WALTER COMPLEX AND, UH, EVERCORE, I THINK EMPLOYS ABOUT 300 PEOPLE IN THERE, ALL OF THE RETAIL, UH, THE HOSPITALS, THE TCL CAMPUS, THE CULINARY, THE CULINARY SCHOOL, ALL OF THAT IS ALL SERVED IN THAT BUCK WALTER PLACE.
SO WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A PLACE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO GO AND COME FROM.
AND THEN, UM, IN LOOKING AT, UM, THE PIECE OF BUCK WALTER PARKWAY, THAT GOES UP TO TWO 78, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE TOO.
AND WE HAVE EXTRA TIME IN OUR SCHEDULE.
SO RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE FOR LAYOVER, BUT WE WILL SERVE WASHINGTON SQUARE, WE'LL SERVE ANY NEW THINGS THAT COME UP ALONG THAT WAY.
AND AGAIN, THE SAME, UM, UH, FOCUS IS TO GET FOLKS MOVING AROUND WITHOUT THEIR CARS CONVENIENTLY AND, UH, IN A WAY THAT WE SERVE ALL OF THE JOBS, AS MANY JOBS SITES AND RESIDENTS AND RECREATION AREAS.
UM, THE FOLKS AT THE VINEYARD, WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE VINEYARD, THEY
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HAD A CONVERSATION AND COCKTAIL THAT I WENT TO AND MET THEM, AND THEY WERE EXCITED FOR US TO COME RIGHT IN AND TURN AROUND RIGHT IN THE, IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, WHICH WORKS REALLY WELL.AND THEIR FOCUS WASN'T SO MUCH FOR THE RESIDENTS AS THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET EMPLOYEES TO THE WORKFORCE.
AND SO THAT FIT RIGHT IN WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THE ROUTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROUTES NOW, OR, UM, I JUST HAVE A, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE, I CAN GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH OR GET THROUGH IT AND THEN GO BACK TO THAT.
IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, OKAY.
AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE PROPOSED TIMETABLE, AND THIS IS THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY ROUTE.
AND WHAT I WOULD JUST REALLY POINT OUT THAT'S REALLY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE WHEN WE INCLUDED PALMETTO BLUFF, BECAUSE THEY HAD SPECIFIC TIMES.
THEY WANTED US TO MEET THE BUS IS GOING TO COME EVERY HOUR AND IT'S GOING TO COME.
THE COLORS ARE, ARE FOR ME FOR, CAUSE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BUSES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ANY ONE LOCATION, IT COMES AT THE SAME TIME, EVERY HOUR, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE CATCHING A BUS THAT THEY DON'T.
IF THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR BUS STOP, THEY KNOW WHAT TIME THE BUS COMES.
UM, EXCUSE MY UMS. AND THEN THIS IS THE PART THAT GOES FROM BUCK WALTER PLACE TO BERKELEY, TO THE VINEYARD AND BACK.
AND AS I'VE SAID, THIS, THIS BUS ACTUALLY CONNECTS WITH THIS BUS ARE THE SAME TWO BUSES.
AND SO THERE'S LAYOVER TIME AT BUCK WALTER PLACE ON BOTH SIDES, WHICH AS I SAID, WOULD TAKE UP FOR LIKE REALLY BUSY TRAFFIC OR WHEN WE GO INTO WASHINGTON SQUARE AND SERVICE IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE TIME TO DO MORE THINGS.
AND SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, THEN THE DRIVERS WILL HAVE A LITTLE REST BREAK IF THEY NEED IT.
UM, AND HERE'S JUST SOME OF 'EM.
I HAVE SOMEBODY THAT DID SOME MARKETING, UH, BRIAN SULLIVAN, UH, IS OUR MARKETER.
AND WE JUST CAME UP WITH SOME SAMPLES OF WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT THE BUS STOP SIGNS COULD LOOK LIKE.
THE TOWN OF THE TOWN SAYS, WELL, WE LIKE THAT, BUT WE WANT IT DIFFERENT THAN THIS THAT'S FINE.
OR IDEA WAS ALSO THAT PEOPLE COULD TAKE THEIR PHONE AND TAKE A PICTURE OF THE QR AND, AND GET INFORMATION ON THAT BUS STOP.
THE WHAT TIME THE BUS COMES, EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL LOAD UP FOR THAT PARTICULAR.
WE PROBABLY IN OUR FIFTH URBAN GRANT AND, AND I'LL GET TO THE BUDGET SIDE OF IT.
WHEN WE ASK FOR MONEY FOR THE BUDGET, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LOCAL MATCH FOR ONE GRANT.
AT THIS POINT IN THE BEGINNING, WE HAD THREE AND A HALF GRANTS ALL AT ONCE.
AND BUT NOW WE'RE JUST DOING AN ANNUAL GRANT AND THE LOCAL MATCH, UH, HELPS US TO, UM, TO FUND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT.
AND WHAT I EXPLAINED TO STAFF IS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY PUT AWAY IN GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN MATCHED THAT COVERS THE BUS STOP SIGNS, THE BUS SHELTER, BENCHES.
UM, HERE'S SOME SAMPLE SHELTERS.
THESE ARE MADE BY A COMPANY CALLED TOLER.
AND, UM, THEY'RE ALL, UH, TOLD HER WHY, LIKE TOLD HER THEY'RE DOWN HERE.
AND WE CAN PUT THESE SHELTERS UP WITH ALL SOLAR, FOR THE LIGHTING.
UM, WE CAN DO ADVERTISING OR NOT ADVERTISING.
WE COULD JUST DO THE ROUTE MAP AND, UM, FARMER'S MARKET, IF WE DON'T WANT TO, IF THE TOWN WOULD RATHER NOT US DO ADVERTISING, ADVERTISING HELPS OFFSET THE LOCAL MATCH MONEY THAT WE NEED, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN.
WE'RE NOT SET IN ANY WAY WE WANT TO DO IT.
WHAT I LIKE THOUGH, LOOKING AT THIS SHELTER, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A METAL.
WELL, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT'S A METAL SCREEN.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS PROVIDE SHADE, BUT IT LETS AIR COME THROUGH.
AND I PREFER THESE OVER ANYTHING BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET GLASS, THEY GET BROKEN AND, UM, PEOPLE TO SHOOT AIR GUNS AT THEM.
SO IT'S, IT CAN BE REALLY NOT A GREAT THING.
AND THEN THE PLEXIGLASS WILL CLOUD UP.
SO I PREFER THESE BECAUSE THEY DO LET AIR THROUGH, YOU COULD SEE THROUGH THEM IN THEIR INDESTRUCTIBLE.
AND AGAIN, UM, WE'LL WORK WITH THE TOWN STAFF AS FAR AS PICKING OUT THE KIND OF SHELTER THAT YOU WANT.
IF YOU GO ON THE TOLLER SOLAR SOLUTIONS, THEY HAVE, THEY MUST HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE OR SIX STYLES, 10 OR 20 ROOFS.
I MEAN, YOU FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WANT IT TO LOOK AND, AND WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE WHATEVER BLUFFTON WANTS IT TO LOOK LIKE.
AND, UM, I KNOW I TALKED TO THE STAFF ABOUT WHERE WOULD WE LOCATE A BUS SHELTERS? WHERE DO YOU LOCATE BUS? SHELTERS IS REALLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE BOARDING THE BUS.
SO PROBABLY OUT AT BUCK WALTER, UM, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE THE APARTMENTS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING ON, UH, WOULD BE GOOD LOCATIONS.
WE WILL BE OPEN TO WHEREVER PRELIMINARILY.
WE WANT TO TRY TO POSITION SHELTERS.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS WE COUNT EVERYBODY THAT GETS ON AND OFF THE BUS.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE A LIST IN SHORT ORDER OF THE HIGHEST BOARDING LOCATIONS.
UH, CAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE MIGHT GET UPSET.
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A BUS SHELTER? WE DIDN'T GET A BUS SHELTER.WELL, YOU HAVE A METHODOLOGY THAT SAYS WHEREVER THE MOST BOARDINGS ARE, THAT'S THE ORDER OF THE BUS SHELTERS.
WE CAN ALSO PUT UP A SIGN AND A BENCH TODDLER ALSO HAS, UM, POLES THAT ARE SOLAR LIT THAT WOULD PUT A LIGHT ON, OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THEM WHERE THE LIGHTS OFF.
AND THEN WHEN YOU COME TO THE STOP, YOU PULL A LITTLE CHAIN AND THE LIGHT COMES ON.
SO, UM, THEY'RE ALL GOOD AMENITIES AND GOOD.
I MEAN, THE SCHEDULE DOESN'T RUN THAT LATE, BUT IN THE, IN THE WINTER, IT'S DARK BY SIX O'CLOCK.
AND THEN PERHAPS THERE'LL BE FURTHER EXPANSION.
IF ANYBODY, I CAN GO TO ANY OF THOSE SCREENS, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, REALLY GOOD NEWS AND GREAT ROUTES.
UM, MARY LOU, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE OUR ZONING IS, WHERE SHELTERS CAN GO.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE'RE CONTRIBUTING IT'S IN OUR BUDGET.
I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR LOGO PART OF THE LOW COUNTRY, OR MAYBE OUR COLORS SOMEHOW TO BLEND WITH YOUR, YOUR LOGO AND EVEN ON YOUR SIGN WOULD BE NICE.
EVEN IF IT WAS OUR CEO OF SOME, SOMETHING WOULD JUST BE MY SUGGESTION OR THOUGHT THAT I LOVE THE ROUTE.
LOVE TO SEE IT AND SEE WHAT, HOW YOU CAN CHANGE IT UP.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I PRIDE MYSELF ON THE ABILITY TO BE, UH, EASILY ABLE TO ADAPT.
AND SO WITH ENOUGH NOTICE, WE CAN GO ANYWHERE WITH THE BUSES AND, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS JUST TO BEST SERVE.
THE OTHER THING YOU DON'T SEE, YOU DON'T SEE OLD TOWN SERVED AND WE HAVE A ROUTE FIVE OH THREE THAT'S PART OF OUR SYSTEM NOW THAT'S FOR AND HILTON HEAD AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL, WE HAD A LOT OF RIDERS THAT USED IT AND THEY KIND OF FELL OFF AND RIGHT NOW THE ROUTE'S NOT RUNNING AND WE'RE GOING TO RE UH, UH, DEPLOY THAT ROUTE WITH, WITH, WITH THIS SERVICE OR EVEN BEFORE, BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT CONNECTS.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING UP OUT OF OLD TOWN, MAYBE EVEN ALGEBRA, W W WE STILL HAVEN'T GOT IT ALL THE WAY PLANNED, THAT WILL COME UP PROBABLY TO THE WALMART, OR MAYBE TO TANGER AND ALLOW YOU TO, TO GET ON THIS ROUTE NETWORK.
AND IT WILL STILL GO TO HILTON HEAD AS WELL.
AND SO THE, ALL THE FOLKS THAT RIDE HERE, IF THEY ARE GOING OVER OR BACK, WE'LL HAVE A WAY TO CONNECT THIS TO THE ROUTES IN HILTON HEAD.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS FROM COUNCIL? WELL, TOM, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION AND, UM, DEFINITELY A WELL-NEEDED SERVICE AROUND HERE.
I THINK THAT'LL ALLEVIATE, UM, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS FROM, UH, WORKERS WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET TO WORK.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TRADE OFF ALSO FOR EMPLOYERS, AND THAT THEY'LL HAVE A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR WORKERS.
UM, AND I THINK IN THE AREAS WHERE SHE'S MENTIONED AND WHERE IT WON'T BE AN ACTUAL SHELTER, BUT TO STILL DO A BENCH OUT, UM, I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT, UH, GREAT MOVE TO, TO DO HAVE THOSE WHO ARE STANDING, WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE, BUT AT LEAST THOSE WHO ARE STANDING, UM, MIGHT BE ELDERLY OR WHATEVER WOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO SIT DOWN AS THEY'RE WAITING.
AND, AND EVERY YEAR WE PUT, UM, DIFFERENT CAPITAL IN, IN THE GRANT THAT WE GET.
AND SO THAT THE SHELTER PROGRAM AND BENCH PROGRAM CAN CONTINUE TO GROW.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL START WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE'LL ADD TO IT.
UM, MARY LOU, UM, THE, UM, WHAT ARE THE FEES? WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT CHARGING A DOLLAR FARE AND THAT HELPS OFFSET, UH, AND MAKES THE GRANT, UM, LAST LONGER, IT DOESN'T OFFSET THE LOCAL MATCH, BUT IT DOES, UM, HELP WITH FUNDING OF THE ROUTE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A DOLLAR ON EACH ROUTE.
SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO GO FROM BLUFFTON PARKWAY TO BUCK WALTER, IT'S A DOLLAR.
IF YOU'RE GOING ON UP TO BERKELEY PLACE, IT'S THIS, THIS PIECE HERE IS, IS GOING TO BE A DOLLAR.
SO IF YOU GET ON HERE, IT'S A DOLLAR, AND THEN IT'S $2 TO GO FROM HERE TO HERE.
WHAT WOULD IT BE TO GO FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, BUCK WALTER TO HILTON HEAD, IF YOU STAYED ON THE BUS, WELL, THIS MUST WON'T GO TO HILTON HEAD, BUT WE'LL HAVE A TRANSFER.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE THE DOLLAR TO GET DOWN TO HERE.
AND THEN THE, THE ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND BACK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ROUTE IS PRICED AT THREE 53, THREE 75.
I THINK ALL OUR DEMAND RESPONSES ARE, AND, AND IN HILTON HEAD AS WELL, THAT'S FAIR WAS SET LONG AGO.
AND I, PART OF OUR RENOVATION IS TO, TO GET A MORE USER-FRIENDLY FAIR FOR OUR DEMAND RESPONSE.
UM, CAUSE THAT'S, WE HAVE THEM OVER IN BUFORD AS WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT HOLDS PEOPLE BACK FROM JUST
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GOING ON A QUICK TRIP, IF THEY HAVE NO OTHER OPTION THREE 75 IS A DEAL, BUT IF IT WAS $2, I THINK YOU'D ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE.AND SO, YEAH, SO THAT'S OUR FUTURE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BALANCING ALL THIS AND GETTING IT TO BE A MORE REALISTIC, UM, FAIR ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
IT'S THREE 75 AT THIS POINT, THE, FROM BUCK WALTER TO TANGER AS A DOLLAR, LAST QUESTION, HOW LONG WILL THIS ROUTE STAY AS IT IS? HOW LONG WILL YOU COMMIT TO IT BEFORE YOU TWEAK IT? WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE TOWN WANTS OR WHAT WE SEE, BUT I GENERALLY WOULD, WOULD THINK YOU'D WANT TO RUN IT A YEAR BEFORE YOU EVEN START MEASURING, BECAUSE IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE HANG OF IT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MARKET TO THE BUSINESSES.
I DO HAVE A FULL-TIME MARKETING PERSON AND WE'RE GOING TO MARKET TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND REALLY HELP THEM.
YOUR FIRST WEEK IS FREE ON ANY OF OUR SERVICES, UH, WITH A LETTER FROM YOUR EMPLOYER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REALLY GET FOLKS AWARE OF THIS SERVICE THAT WE OFFER.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS WE HAVE A MOBILE PAYMENT APP AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT VERY ATTRACTIVE.
I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT WE WILL HAVE A WEEKLY RATE.
THAT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE THAT THEY CAN BUY ON THEIR MOBILE PHONE.
LIKE SAY I THINK OVER, UH, ACROSS THE WAY IT'S A $15 A WEEK, BUT WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED YET EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY ATTRACTIVE.
SO SOMEONE COULD JUST GET THE MOBILE APP AND THEN RIDE UNLIMITED FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME NEARLY WHEN DOES THIS START? AND YES, THE ANSWER TO THAT IN AN AISLE JULY 1ST, JULY 1ST, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR CAN GET OUT AS WELL.
AND OUR DON RYAN CENTER IT'LL GET ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE TO HELP YOU GET IT OUT TO THE BUSINESSES.
AND I I'M THINKING WE'RE GOING TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF MARKETING AND, UM, EVENTS TO GET THIS WORD OUT AND HAVE A BIG GRAND OPENING.
AND YOU KNOW, UM, A LOT OF FANFARE, THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
WELL, LET US, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A BIG DEAL AND LET'S ALL RIDE.
IT LETS OUR DOLLAR AND ROD DETANGLER AND BACK, YOU CAN GO ON THE FIRST, UH, INAUGURAL RIDE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS GUYS? YES.
I'M JUST WANT TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THIS ROUTE AND IT USED TO GO TO PALMETTO BLUFF AND SHE HAD MADE THE STATEMENT THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT PAY THEIR SHARE OR SOMETHINGS WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? BE HAPPY TO INITIALLY THE PLANNING WAS TO WORK WITH KOMODO BLOCK BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AT APARTMENTS, UH, IN BLUFFTON AND THEY WERE PAYING, WE CONTRACT, THEY CONTRACT WITH US NOW TO DO ONE A MORNING TRIP AND ONE AFTERNOON TRIP.
BUT FOR YEARS THEY GOT, UM, THESE ARE WORKERS.
AND SO WHEN THEY GOT VISA WORKERS AND THEY'D PUT THEM UP IN THE APARTMENT, UM, THE AVALON SHORES APARTMENTS AND THEY PAID US AND PROBABLY FIVE OR SEVEN OTHER TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF, UH, PALMETTO BLUFF.
AND SO PART OF THE PLANNING WORK WAS, UM, WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY WANTED TO BE INVOLVED.
WE MET WITH THEM DOWN AT PALMETTO BLUFF BEFORE COVID AND, UH, THE, THEIR HIGHER POWERS WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE TOWN TO BE PART OF THIS.
AND WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR IS THAT THEY, THE WHOLE VISA PROGRAM LAST YEAR, THEY DIDN'T GET ANY VISA WORKERS.
THE VISA PROGRAM IS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF COMMITMENT AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANYBODY.
AND SO THEY OPTED TO NOT GO AFTER THE VISA WORKERS THIS YEAR.
WELL, WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THEIR HR DIRECTOR WHO, YOU KNOW, CHECKED IN TO SEE WHETHER THERE THEY STILL WANTED TO INVEST IN HAVING THE BUS COME OUT TO PALMETTO BLUFF.
AND THE ANSWER I GOT WAS NOT THIS YEAR.
WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO PUT ON THE BUS.
WE'RE NOT SOLVING A PROBLEM FOR THEM AND THEY, YES.
BUT I THINK THEY'LL COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE ON THESE VISA WORKERS AND NO ONE'S GETTING THEM AT THE MOMENT.
AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY, MY LAST COMMENT WOULD BE TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE IN THE TOWNS.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE ROUTE, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES, UM, I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE, THEY WEREN'T LEFT OUT JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PAY ON THEIR OWN.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO USE TAXPAYER'S MONEY TO PAY FOR IT, THEN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR BUSINESSES ARE TAKEN CARE OF EQUALLY.
WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND SEE THEIR THOUGHTS AND BRING THEM BACK
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TO THE TABLE.ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT PRESENTATION, MAYOR LEE.
THIS PRESENTATION, IF YOU WOULD SEND TO SCOTT OR WHOEVER HAS, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE, AND I CERTAINLY WILL.
SO THE BUDGET PART OF IT IS I WENT ON Y'ALL'S AGENDA LIKE THIS AFTERNOON AND JUST TO SEE WHAT IT ALL LOOKED LIKE, A BUDGET PRESENTATION AND REALLY WHAT YOU JUST DID.
CAUSE I WAS GOING SAY WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
I'LL JUST GO OVER IT REALLY QUICKLY.
THE PROJECT, THE GRANT THAT WE'RE MATCHING THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 1.1 MILLION $229,433 IS THE PROJECT COST.
THE GRANT, THE FEDERAL GRANT PAYS $833,765.
AND THE LOCAL MATCHES 330,005 63, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE URBANIZED AREA.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS YEAR WE'RE USING 2010 CENSUS DATA TO BREAK UP THE COSTS BY POPULATION.
THE THREE AREAS ARE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UNINCORPORATED BUFORD, AND UM, HILTON HEAD.
AND SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR, THAT WAS 2010 CENSUS DATA.
AND PROBABLY NEXT YEAR WHEN WE BREAK IT UP, IT'LL BE 20, 20 CENSUS DATA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WELL WE'LL LIST.
LET'S GET THIS YEAR BEHIND US AND HAVE A BIG SUCCESS AND THEN IT'LL BE EASIER, BUT THIS WILL BE IN OUR BUDGET PACKAGE.
AND WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT WITH SCOTT TWO BY TWOS, BUT IT PUTS A FACE IN A MESSAGE BEHIND WHAT WE SEE ON PAPER AND WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO GOOD TO WORK WITH AND SO POSITIVE.
SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU.
AND T KIM, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT? COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE A COMMENT TONIGHT? HERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER ON NUMBER ITEM.
NUMBER EIGHT IS COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ANYONE AT THIS POINT, JUAN, ANY SAY ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE GOOD OF ALL OF US IN OUR TOWN AND ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING? YES.
BRIDGET JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE SEDIMENTS I'M SURE MANY OF US ARE FEELING, UM, WITH THE RECENT EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND UH, JUST OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO, UM, ALL THE FAMILIES AFFECTED AND INVOLVED.
AND UM, JUST SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF OUR TOWN AND HOW THEY'VE RALLIED BEHIND ALL THE FAMILIES AND THE, UM, SHOW AT THE VIGIL AND THE VARIOUS MEMORIALS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
AND I'M JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHO, UM, ARE ALL GREATLY EFFECTED BY THIS AND JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY HERE, UM, FOR THEM AND, UM, THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO OVERCOME THIS, UH, GRIEF.
AND, UM, THE SECOND ISSUE IS, UM, I WOULD, UH, BE IN FAVOR OF SEEING COUNSEL RETURNED TO IN-PERSON AND HYBRID MEETINGS IF NEEDED, UM, OR COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, AS WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE WITH VACCINATIONS AND UH, JUST OTHER THINGS.
I, UM, THINK THAT WOULD BE A, WELL, NO, IT WOULD BE A PREFERRED METHOD FOR ME.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THE REST OF COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? I'LL I'LL JUMP IN.
I HAD GOTTEN A CALL ON THAT, BRIDGET, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, I WANT ALL OF US TO BE ON BOARD WITH IT.
VACCINES ARE, ARE, ARE GETTING AVAILABLE TO OUR AGE GROUPS NOW AND I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET A SHOT.
I CAN'T ASK THE REST OF YOU UNLESS YOU WANT TO, UM, TELL US, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD PROCESS IF EVERYONE'S AGREEABLE TO THE STEPS, GETTING THERE A HYBRID AND HOPEFULLY TOTALLY IN PERSON, UM, UNDERSTANDING EVERYONE'S CONCERNS.
MAYBE SCOTT COULD LOOK AT PROCESS ON THAT AND LET US ALL KNOW AND CHIME IN.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE'S THOUGHTS ON OF, AND LET ME JUST FIRST JUMP IN TOO ABOUT, UM, THIS TOWN AND THESE PEOPLE AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR, EVERYONE ON THIS SCREEN, THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GIVE TO A FAMILY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE, OUR FAMILIES THAT SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT DROP EVERYTHING TO SAY, WHAT CAN I DO? HOW CAN I HELP IS JUST, UM, OVERWHELMING.
UM, AND THESE FAMILIES ARE GONNA NEED IT.
THESE I WANT TO, AND I HOPE THESE FAMILIES ARE LISTENING OR WILL LISTEN.
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KIDS.THESE THREE YOUNG MEN WERE, ARE, AND WERE AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE YOU WOULD BE THRILLED TO HAVE AS YOUR CHILD.
I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET THE GRAM CHILD, BUT I KNOW THE FAMILIES THAT ARE AROUND THEM AND LISTENING TO WHAT THOSE KIDS SAID SUNDAY.
AND SO MANY OTHER KIDS NEED MORE HELP.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR GUYS.
WE NEED TO HELP OUR CHILDREN AND COACH HOP SAID IT IN THE ATHLETIC WORLD SHOW UP AT A FOOTBALL GAME, SHOW UP AT A BASEBALL GAME, GO TO A T-BALL GAME.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO ON A SATURDAY, GO CHEER ON A CHILD.
AND, UM, LET'S TRY TO GET STOPPED THIS AND HAVE MORE MENTORS TO THESE KIDS AND HELP SUPPORT THE GOOD ONES.
CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD ONES OUT THERE AND THESE THREE KIDS WERE LEADERS AND I HOPE THAT GETS OUT.
IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THE PRESS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
THEY WERE AMAZING CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TOP OF IT AND PROVIDING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
AND UM, I KNOW YOUR MOM AND YOU PUT YOUR FEET IN THOSE SHOES AND IT'S HARD.
UM, WE LOST ANOTHER LADY WHO POSH WHEN YOU'RE 90, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD LIFE.
JEANIE KITTY WAS SUCH AN INSPIRATION, I THINK, TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND LET'S NOT FORGET HER EITHER.
SHE WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST MIDWIVES IN BLUFFTON AND HAD SO MANY STORIES OF THE HISTORY OF OUR TOWN AND LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION FROM OUR MARKETING ORGANIZATION.
I WANT THOSE STORIES OUT TOO, THAT SHE WAS, SHE WAS SOMETHING ELSE UP.
I HOPE SOMEONE'S CAPTURED HER, HER TAILS AND HER STORIES AND HER MEMORIES.
ANYONE ELSE? THOUGHTS ON BRIDGES THOUGHT ABOUT MEETING AND COUNCIL? COULD WE START LOOKING, DO YOU HAVE OPINIONS? DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW? DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE, MAYBE HAVE A PLAN BY APRIL OR BY MAY TO TRY SOMETHING BASED ON VACCINES BASED ON ABILITY TO COME OR NOT COME? I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO PLAY IN, UH, TO LOOK AT APRIL OR MAY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IT APPEARS FROM, FROM GATHERING THOSE OF US THAT SAID IT TODAY IS WE'LL POTENTIALLY HAVE HAD THE SHOTS, THE VACCINE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW STAFF, WHERE THEY ARE IN THIS PROCESS, WHO WOULD BE, UM, NEEDING TO SIT IN THE ROOM WITH US AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN AS TO HOW WE WILL HANDLE THE, UM, THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY WANT TO RETURN.
UM, SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ANSWERS TO IT AND GET THE KINKS WORKED OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
ALSO, I WOULD JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT, UH, LEE, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB BEING PROACTIVE AND LEANING FORWARD.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE BEGINNING TO EXECUTE A PLAN, A PLAN TO BRING STAFF BACK INTO TOWN FACILITIES BEGINNING WITH OUR, UH, SENIOR STAFF, THIS COMING MONDAY.
AND THEN HE WILL IN TURN WORK WITH EACH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER.
THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THAT DEPARTMENT ON HOW TO BRING THEIR EMPLOYEES BACK IN A WAY THAT WILL MITIGATE THE RISK OF INFECTION TO THE, TO THE, TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.
UM, AND TO THAT END, HE IS ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, WAYS WE CAN BRING A YOU BACK AND SOME OF OUR OTHER, OTHER, UH, PUBLIC BODIES, THE COMMITTEES BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT YOU APPOINT, UH, WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING THEM BACK ALSO FOR IN-PERSON MEETINGS IN WAYS THAT WILL MITIGATE THE RISK OF INFECTION.
SO, UM, BY THE TIME YOU ARE READY AND COMFORTABLE TO COME BACK, UM, WE WILL HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION TO HELP YOU, UH, WITH THOSE DECISIONS TO INFORM THE PROCESS, WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH THAT.
AND WE ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON THAT ALL THE TIME.
ANYONE ELSE COUNT MAYOR COUNCIL ON ANY OTHER CONVERSATION? UM, I JUST BACK UP ON SCOTT RIGHT THERE, SCOTT, WHEN Y'ALL GET YOUR PLAN READY TO LET ME KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S KINDA LIKE WE'RE JUST REACHING IN THE FOG, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT WE CAN CATCH, BUT YOU KNOW, GET SOME PROTOCOL IN ORDER AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'LL DO, WHETHER IT'S MASKED AND DISTANCING AND WHO'S ALLOWED OR NOT AMMAN I'M WIDE OPEN FOR, UM, WHATEVER EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO.
RIGHT? WELL CURRENTLY, UH, ALL OF THE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND US, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING.
SO, SO NONE OF US ARE TOO FAR OUT OF STEP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
UM, BUT SO FAR, NO ONE ELSE HAS MEETING IN PERSON YET WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A HARDY BELT, WHICH IS CONTINUED TO MEET IN PERSON.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TREND DATA WITH THE INFECTION RATE, CONTINUING TO GO DOWN WITH THE NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS AND CONTINUING TO GO UP,
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UM, THERE IS SOME ENCOURAGEMENT, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON, UM, WITHOUT A DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF EVERYONE GETTING INFECTED.AND WE'VE GOT A FAIRLY LARGE, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING PLACE FOR, FOR COUNCIL AND OUR CHAMBERS.
UH, WE CAN SPREAD OUT JUST FINE.
WE CAN SPREAD THE FIVE OF YOU OUT ON THE DIETS WHERE YOU'RE PROBABLY, UH, NO, ONE'S WITHIN SIX FEET OF ONE ANOTHER ON THE DIOCESE.
AND WE CAN BRING IN JUST THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WE NEED THAT WOULD BE PRESENTING.
AND WHEN THAT STAFF MEMBER FINISHES PRESENTING, THEY CAN EXIT THE ROOM.
UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD ALSO LEAVE US LIMITED SEATING FOR PUBLIC.
IF WE CHOOSE TO HAVE IT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE IN A PHYSICAL FASHION, UH, WE WILL STILL BROADCAST THE MEETING SO THAT THE MEETING WILL REMAIN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY, NO MATTER WHAT.
SO, UM, SO I GUESS ALL OF THAT IS TO SAY A COUNCILMAN TUMOR THAT WE ARE READY AT ANY TIME TO HAND YOU A PLAN TO COME BACK.
UM, AS SOON AS WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE THAT COMFORT LEVEL, SO WE WILL SUPPORT YOU, HEY, THIS IS FRED, THANK YOU.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND, AND DON'T PLAN FOR ME CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN.
AND I DON'T PLAN TO BE THERE UNTIL EVERYONE IS FASCINATED.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY, UM, THIS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO DO WRITE DOWN THE NUMBERS.
IF THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING, BUT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN IT A CHANCE TO, TO STABILIZE OR, UH, COME TO A PLACE WHERE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MEASURE THAT ACCURATELY GOING DOWN, GOING UP THAT COULD HAVE, THEY COULD GO DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEN HE COULD GO BACK UP FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO WITHOUT A PLAN, WITHOUT SOMETHING, UM, ACCURATE THAT WE CAN MEASURE, PLEASE PLAN ON HAVING FRED CALLING OR ZOOM.
AND IF I'M THE ODD BAR, THEN I'VE ALWAYS LED FROM BEHIND.
AND I THINK IF WE DO THAT WELL, LET'S GET US A PLAN OUT, LET US LOOK AT IT AND GET IT AND NOT A PROBLEM.
AND, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN FIND OUT VACCINATION WISE.
I KNOW WE CAN'T REALLY SPREAD THAT OUT WITH HIPAA AND LET'S SAY, SAY IT, BUT WE CAN GET A GOOD FEELING AND UNDERSTAND FRED'S CONCERNS.
UM, UM, I'M ON THE LINE MORE WITH BRIDGET ON MEETING.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, BEFORE IT BECOMES A QUESTION OF WHY AREN'T WE AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE THERE YET, BUT I FEEL BY MAY, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING APRIL MAY BE TOO QUICK.
MAY, MAY BE PERFECT, BUT UM, MAYBE GET US A PLAN.
CAUSE YOU HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKING THREE, ACTUALLY FOUR AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE ONE.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT PLAN TO YOU.
UH, WILL ALSO REMIND COUNCIL THAT, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO YOU PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A HYBRID MEETING IF YOU WANT.
I MEAN, SOME IN PERSON AND SOME ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, AND THAT IS A, THAT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THAT IS NOW PART OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND A PERMANENT FEATURE.
AND I RESPECT PEOPLE WHO, EVEN IF STAFF HAS AN ISSUE THAT THEY CAN STILL PRESENT, UM, THAT WAY.
AND I REALLY RESPECT PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO GO THAT ROUTE, BUT SLOWLY THERE IS A PLACE TO START MEETING AGAIN.
I HOPE IT'S JUST, THIS IS REALLY HARD FOR ME AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY EASY FOR OTHERS, BUT UM, WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO WORKSHOP ITEMS. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ITEM TONIGHT AND IT IS ON A UNIFIED THE ON SIGNAGE.
SO DESIGN STANDARDS, SIGNS, ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, SUN GUIDELINES, HEAD THUR.
CAN YOU SEE THAT? SORRY, MULTIPLE SCREENS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ON WHERE TOWN STAFF IS CONCERNING ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, AGENDA ITEMS CONCERNING PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AS THEY RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO SIGNS.
SO WHY AM I HERE TODAY ON OUR WORKSHOP ITEM? WELL, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD WORK ON CHANGES TO THE UTO.
UH, LIKE I SAID, RELATED TO SIGNS, UM, AND OTHER VARIOUS PORTIONS
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OF THE UDL.AND AGAIN, THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC ON SIGNAGE.
YOU KNOW, WHY IS THAT INCLUDED IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN? WELL, OVER TIME WE HAVE TO ADJUST OUR REGULATIONS AND THAT'S BASED ON ZONING, BEST PRACTICE PRACTICES.
UM, WHAT HAS, WHAT HAVE WE SEEN THAT'S WORKING THAT MEETS WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND ALSO WHAT, UM, WHAT IN TURN HAS CHANGED THAT CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY CONTENT? UM, AGAIN, HOW SIGNAGE IS DISPLAYED IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE CONSIDER, UH, ADJUSTING OUR REGULATIONS IF WE NEED TO.
AND THEN ALSO REPRESENTING CHANGES IN CASE LAW RELATED TO SIGNAGE, UM, AS COURT DECISIONS COME ABOUT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN OUR REGULATIONS ACCORDINGLY, AND THEN ALL WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REGULATIONS ARE VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE AND THAT THE PROCESS IS STREAMLINED AND EFFICIENT WHEREVER I CAN BE.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO SET THOSE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYONE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN ADMINISTER THEM ACCORDINGLY.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE RELATED TO SIGNAGE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS BASICALLY PERFORMED AN AUDIT, SO TO SPEAK.
SO WE'VE REVIEWED WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WHAT WE HAVE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE THE STANDARD REGULATIONS FOR SIGNAGE THROUGH, UM, VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SIGNAGE THAT'S RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND, UM, GUIDELINES SPECIFIC TO THAT.
THEN THERE ARE ALSO VARIOUS SECTIONS ON PERMITTING, THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENT FOR SIGNS THAT SIGN PERMITS, NOT IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WHEN YOU CONTINUE ON, THERE'S ALSO, UM, REGULATIONS CONCERNING LIGHTING, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.
AND IN SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES, REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN THE DEFINITIONS GOING THROUGH, UM, THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED AS PART OF THE VIDEO WOULD NOT NECESSARILY, UM, GOVERN PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN PUD OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, HOWEVER, IN THOSE DISTRICTS THAT THE REGULATIONS ON SIGNAGE IS GOVERNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT VARIES, UM, BY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN FURTHER BY PLANNING TRACKS.
HOWEVER, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH CHANGES TO THE SIGN SIGN REGULATIONS IN THE UTO, SHOULD A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROPOSED CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS, THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY COULD CHOOSE TO, UH, MAKE REVISIONS AND USE SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS, A SUMMARY ON THE CHANGES THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU, UM, IN ADDITIONAL MEETINGS ARE THE REGULATIONS, LIKE I STATED, ARE IN MULTIPLE SECTIONS, UM, WITH LITTLE TO NO CROSS-REFERENCING SOMETIMES CROSS-REFERENCING, UM, CAN BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IF YOU CHANGE ONE SECTION AND NOT ANOTHER, UM, COULD CREATE SOME ISSUES, HOWEVER, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS WELL AWARE AND DOESN'T MISS, UH, AGAIN, LIKE I STATED, UH, THIS, THE LIGHTING FOR SIGNAGE, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY LOOKING AT ONE SECTION.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE CROSS CROSS-REFERENCING OR ALL OF THE REGULATIONS IN ONE SPOT, THE INTENT OF THE SIGNED REGULATIONS, UH, AGAIN, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE PURPOSES.
UM, ONE IS FOR EXAMPLE, JUST PREVENTING SIGNED PROLIFERATION AS FAR AS TO MINIMIZE DISTRACTIONS.
SO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UH, CLEARLY INCLUDED IN THE INTENT OF THE SIGN REGULATIONS.
AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I STATED, MAKE SURE THAT WE REFLECT ANY CHANGES TO CURRENT CASE LAW, AND WE ALREADY BEGAN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEYS AND WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO DO SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING ANY CURRENT, UH, DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE CONCERNING SIGNED REGULATIONS AND CONTENT SPECIFIC MOVING FORWARD IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS THAT ARE DIFFERENT IF YOU ARE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND THERE ARE VERY ASSIGNED TYPES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY, UH, LIMITED WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THOSE PERMITTED SIGN TYPES.
UM, AGAIN, THAT WOULD MAKE THE PERMITTING PROCESS JUST VERY SPECIFIC AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE SAME TERMINOLOGY.
UH, LIKE I SAID, CANOPY SIGNS ARE NOT MENTIONED AS A PERMITTED SIGN TYPE, HOWEVER, THEY'RE CONSIDERED WELL SIGNS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING IT VERY CLEAR AS FAR AS WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
LIKE I STATED SOME SIDE DEFINITIONS HAVE NO RELATED STANDARDS, HOWEVER THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION SUCH AS A CANOPY SIGN.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE FIXED THAT INCONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY AND
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HAVE THAT CLEARLY CLEARLY REFERENCED IN THE UDL.UM, WHAT WE, WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY IS OBVIOUSLY THE WORKSHOP AND JUST PROVIDED YOU AN OVERVIEW OF AT LEAST THE, THE DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHAT TOWN STAFF IS CONSIDERING IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING.
HOWEVER, TODAY I CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL AS, UH, SUGGESTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS WE'RE DRAFTING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE UTO PROCEEDING FORWARD.
WHAT WE EXPECT AND ANTICIPATE TO DO WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE A WORKSHOP WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND TOWN STAFF WOULD REALLY LIKE THEIR INPUT AS IT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THE REGULATIONS FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND SIGNAGE IN THAT AREA.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE A PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS A 30 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE.
SO WE WOULD REACH OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE AT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND INPUT AND A RECOMMENDATION BY, AT THAT MEETING TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT FIRST READING, AND THEN ALSO A FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FROM TOWN COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO THAT'S HOW WE ANTICIPATE THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
AND LIKE I SAID, JUST, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE, UM, REVIEWING WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AS FAR AS I'M MAKING CHANGES TO THE STUDIO.
AND LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THAT AT THIS TIME AS WELL TO ANY SLIDE OR I CAN CLOSE THE SCREEN FOR JESS JUST PER HEATHER QUESTIONS WHO ENFORCES IT WHEN THESE ARE THINGS.
SO WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IS WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE FIRST.
SO, UH, GROWTH MANAGEMENT STAFF THROUGH PHONE CALLS, EMAIL FOLLOWUPS, AND, UM, INFORMATION SENDS THAT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE BUSINESS OWNER.
AND, UM, ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
HOWEVER, WE REALLY TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
FIRST QUESTIONS, ANYONE, MARY, I DON'T HAVE REALLY HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HEARING WHAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND ALL ARE TO US.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A, OR A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC THING UNTIL WE GET A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN THE LINE.
I, I KIND OF FEEL THE SAME WAY I LIKED THE FORMAT.
I LIKE, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY HEAR IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? OKEY-DOKE GOOD JOB, HEATHER.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A FINAL HEARING ON OUR UDL, UH, ARTICLE FIVE RELATING TO STANDARDS, THE BUILDING TYPES, MAXIMUM BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND HEIGHT.
UM, WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT? UM, KIM, LET ME GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE HEATHER PULLS IT UP.
FIRST READING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE FIVE SECOND, CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE FIVE OF OUR LEFT-HAND CODE OF ORDINANCES, THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR, UM, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES.
CHAPTER 23 ARTICLES, FIVE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
HEATHER YOU'RE UP, I THINK AGAIN.
AND WERE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR CHANGES ON THIS OR DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR TO REMEMBER WHAT WAS SAID AND HEATHER, WERE THERE ANY CHANGES TO ANY OF THIS? OKAY.
NO, THERE WERE NOT, THERE WERE NO CHANGES AFTER, UM, FIRST READING AND A WELL STATE TEAM.
THIS COMES FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM TOWN COUNCIL, AS WELL AS APPROVAL THROUGH, UH, PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE, AS WELL AS THE LAST MEETING.
AND DO WE HAVE TO RESTATE THAT AGAIN TONIGHT, OR IT'S ALREADY SUGGESTED IN THE, I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY SUGGESTED, AND I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF HEATHER ON THIS? I HAVE ONE, UM, HEATHER, THE, IT MAY NOT BE RELATED.
I MAY BE CONFUSED ON THIS WHEN WE, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TWO AND A HALF STORY HEIGHT,
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WHERE DOES THAT MEASUREMENT BEGIN? IT BEGINS AT GRADE.AND THEN, AND I MAY BE CONFUSED ON THE, UH, WHEN WE WENT FROM THE ONE FOOT FREEBOARD TO A THREE FOOT FREEBOARD, IS THAT APPLIED TO THIS AREA AS WELL? UH, YES, IT WOULD APPLY TO THIS AREA.
HOWEVER, JUST WHAT IS WITHIN THE FLOOD WITHIN THE FLOOD, UM, FLOOD ZONE.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT AFFECTS ANYTHING HERE.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION, BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT CONFLICT THERE.
IF YOU FEEL THAT IT DOES, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? ARE YOU SURE IT DOESN'T, I GUESS I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE I, NO, IT, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, IT DOES NOT.
UM, AND IF THE OVERALL HEIGHT, IF YOU'RE A CALL WITH THE FLOOD ORDINANCE AND BECAUSE IT'S LOWERING, UM, EVERYTHING SHOULD STILL BE HIGHER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE OUR FLOOD ZONES ALL, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA AT DID ALL LOWER, I BELIEVE BY THREE FEET.
SO BY LOWERING, UM, AND AT THE MINIMUM OF THREE FEET.
SO BY THAT LOWERING AND THEN THE THREE BOARD, IT STILL IS LESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, ARTICLE FIVE DESIGN STANDARDS RELATING TO CERTAIN BUILDING TYPES, MAXIMUM BUILDING SIZE FOOTPRINT, AND HEIGHT, AND WAS FIRST READING CONTINUED TO BE WITH THE PENDING DOCTRINE COURT.
IS THERE A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? I GUESS IT IS OFFICIAL AS SOON AS WE VOTE, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING, AYE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED THAT'S FRUIT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW FORMAL ITEMS. FIRST IS MR. FORSTER, UH, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON 2021 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR EXPENDITURES OF CERTAIN FUNDS AND TO ALLOCATE CERTAIN SOURCES OF REVENUES FOR THE SAID, THIS IS SECOND AND FINAL READING.
UH, NO CHANGES SINCE LAST SPRING.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS ON THIS? IT IS A SECOND AND FINAL READING.
IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO AMEND THE TOWN OF BLAH, EXCUSE ME, TO AMEND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FR 2021 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF CERTAIN FUNDS AND TO ALLOCATE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE SAID FUNDS THERE SECOND I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S UNANIMOUS NATALIE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 20, 20.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION? YES.
UM, YOU HAVE, BEFORE YOU THE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2020, WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT THIS QUARTER, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT BEING REQUESTED OF $33,800.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE $1,309,976 AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION, WHICH IS SPLIT BETWEEN LOCAL AND STATE ACCOMMODATION TAX FUNDS.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS THE ANNUAL REQUEST FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET OF BLUFFTON.
THE FARMER'S MARKET IS HELD EVERY THURSDAY, WHICH BEGAN, UH, THIS YEAR ON JANUARY 14TH AND RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 16TH, 2021.
THE ORGANIZATION IS REQUESTING 24,000 IN ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AND $9,800 IN SUPPORT FOR FACILITIES, UM, OF CIVIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS, ITS EXPENSES, WHICH DOES INCLUDE $4,800 FOR RENT AT THE HAYWARD HOUSE.
THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED TO FULLY FUND THE ELIGIBLE REQUESTED AMOUNT.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S SAM, OUR CHAIR IS ON, BUT UNFORTUNATELY KIM, UM, HAD AN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY AND SHE WAS UNAVAILABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL.
UH, OF COURSE I HAVE MAYOR, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE, THE FUNDS THAT YOU
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JUST MENTIONED, AND THIS IS REALLY DIRECTED MORE TOWARD COUNCIL.IT'S A 1.3 MILLION TOTAL, UH, THE 1.1 MILLION FROM THE LOCAL AID TAX, 51% OF THAT GOES TO THE CIP.
AND I WONDERED IF WE MIGHT NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IT'S GETTING RATHER LARGE.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET LARGER, UM, SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT WHEN WE GO TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, IF EVERY BODY FEELS LIKE THAT NEEDS SCRUTINY.
UM, AND, AND ONE QUESTION TOO, UH, IS THE FARMER'S MARKET INTENT TO RELOCATE BACK AT SOME POINT TO COUNTLESS STREET.
DO WE KNOW THIS WAS THEIR NEW PERMANENT HOME AND TO FIND MY MUTE BUTTON THERE FOR A SECOND? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS YES, THAT THAT IS THEIR NEW PERMANENT HOME.
UM, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING OUT SO FAR, AND I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY PLANS TO GO BACK TO CALHOUN STREET AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM NOW, WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS LISTED ON HERE THAT ON THE SCREEN WAS, UH, TOURISM RELATED EXPENDITURES PER SEC, CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS, ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS OR LOUD.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE RATING MATRIX, THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD ASSUME SOME OF THE ART FUNDING WOULD EVENTUALLY COME THROUGH A TAX, BUT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATRIX, IT IS, IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO THAT.
SO MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND MODIFIED AT SOME POINT.
I THINK A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S HAD A ONE-ON-ONE OR ANYTHING WITH CHRIS AND IT'S NOTES TO GIVE HIM, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS BUILT UP BECAUSE WE HAD NO EVENTS.
AND I NOTICED WITH THE GOVERNOR AND WITH SCOTT'S EMAIL, IS THERE A WAY TO SEND OUT AND REMIND PEOPLE IF THEY ARE, NON-PROFITS SAY, PLEASE COME TO US WITH REQUESTS TO LET THEM, LET US AT LEAST VET THEM ON NATALIE, I GUESS THAT THROW THAT AT YOU AND LINDSAY, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS OUT BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE'S WATCHING THIS COUNCIL MEETING, NOT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE TO, TO EVEN, UM, APPLY.
SO MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A, A TAX, UM, WORKSHOP WITH OUTSIDE NONPROFITS.
WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
WE CAN REACH OUT TO PAST RECIPIENTS AS WELL, JUST TO REMIND THEM, UM, THAT THAT PROCESS STILL EXISTS.
AND WE CAN ALSO GO OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE TAX GRANT PROCESS IS WHO'S ELIGIBLE AND HOW TO APPLY.
UM, AND THEN WHEN WE CAN FINALLY OPEN THE FACILITY UP, HOPEFULLY IN A FEW MONTHS, OR AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR, WE CAN, WE CAN HOST AN, A TAX WORKSHOP FOR, UH, POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS.
DO IT VIRTUALLY IF YOU CAN, LET'S GET IT OUT BECAUSE ARCH IS COMING UPON.
SO ANY, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? GOOD, GOOD THOUGHTS STAY ON, UM, ON THIS, THERE IS ONE REQUEST OF 33, 800 AND A MATT RECOMMENDED IS 33, 800.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST OF OUR, UM, COMMITTEE, UM, MAKE THAT MOTION THERE.
SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE, AYE.
UM, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER OUR FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS, CONSIDERATION AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT OVER CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY ON BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
UM, IN FAVOR OF THE BUFORD JASPER WATER SEWER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LINE.
UM, AS YOU SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE, UM, THE GRANTING AND TRANSFER OF A PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT TO BE FOR JASPER WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY.
THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 200 NEW RIVERSIDE DRIVE OR NEWBURGH RIVERSIDE ROAD.
THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE NEW RIVERSIDE BARN PARK.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, BUFORD JASPER IS CONSTRUCTING A 36 INCH WATER LINE ALONG A C 46.
UH, THIS WATER LINE IS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THE CURRENT CUSTOMERS, PROVIDE BETTER WATER, PRESSURE AND WATER FLOW TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN TO PLAN FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, P FOR JASPER AND STAFF HAD WORKED TOGETHER
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TO COME UP WITH A ROUTE THAT WOULD PRESERVE THE MOST TREES POSSIBLE.UM, IT'S WOULD INVOLVE COMING ON TO TOWN PROPERTY AND OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY NEAR THE RE UH, ROUNDABOUT, A NEW RIVERSIDE AND
I'LL ZOOM IN HERE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE NOT REMOVING ANY TREES ON TOWN PROPERTY.
THERE WILL BE TWO TREES REMOVED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE EASEMENT AREA AND THAT'S IN A SED OT RIGHT AWAY, BUT NO TREES WILL BE REMOVED ON TOWN PROPERTY.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I CAN GO TO THE, UH, TO THE MOTION.
I'VE GOT IT UP AND SHE CAN PULL IT UP IF NOT THE FIRST READING OF TWO.
UM, AND IT IS AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS WHAT'S ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE? ARTHUR ASKING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT, PROVIDING A NON-EXCLUSIVE UTILITY EASEMENT OVER CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON LOCATED AT 200 NEW RIVERSIDE ROAD IN FAVOR OF BUFORD, CHEST FOR WATER AND SEWER 30 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER, TRANSMISSION LINE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING AYE.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS ITEM 12 OR OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE PULLED OUT AMONGST THOSE SIX SPEAK.
NOW, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS UNDER CONSENT AGENDA? DID YOU STOP? WAS THAT BRIDGET? IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? THESE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS AND THEY ARE FOUND EASILY ON OUR AGENDA.
UH, SIDE OF OUR WEBSITES ARE URGE PEOPLE TO GO ON AND LOOK AT THEM.
UM, YOU SEE WHAT OUR STAFF'S DOING? IT'S A LOT OF WORK THEY'RE DOING EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING, AYE.
SHOULD I TALK SLOWER SO I CAN GET US TO SEVEN.
O'CLOCK ME ONE MONTHS TO COME.
THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WANT YOU ALL TO REALIZE THAT IN THE PUBLIC, WE ONLY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT ANYTHING? OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, FRAT? SO MOVE THERE A SECOND.
IT'S LIKE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION WE ARE ADJOURNED.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY BLESS YOU ALL.