[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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KEVIN , WHEN YOU DO THAT I THINK HOW I AM NOT PREPARED FOR THE ROLL CALL.
>> GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE. HOLD ON. ME JUST A SECOND.
>> I MEAN I CAN DO THAT. OK, CHAIRMAN BRETT HAMILTON YEAH.
[II. ROLL CALL]
DAN WOULD YOU DAN LANCE HERE FOR THE REPORTER HERE. >> DUANE CHAMBERS PRESENT MEGAN JAMES JOHN NICOLE GRACE STABLES AND ANALYST POLITE AMY GRACE IS HERE.
>> SHE'S JUST ON RIGHT THIS MOMENT, OK. >> WE DO HAVE A PERFORMANCE SO
[III. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA]
NOW WE NEED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA . CAN I GET A MOTION TO PROMOTE AGAIN? ALL IN FAVOR. I SEVEN MINUTES FROM JULY 1ST,[IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
2021. CAN I GET A MOTION TO DROP SOME OF IT ALL IN FAVOR?>> ALL THE POLLS HAVE OLD BUSINESS AND NEW BUSINESS. >> KEVIN , RIGHT?
[VII.1. Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update]
>> YES, SIR. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. PULL THIS UP FOR YOU.
OK. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS ON THE SCREEN.
WE HAVE STARTED OBVIOUSLY WITH THE START OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE AN AVAILABLE BUDGET. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AS OF JULY TWENTY NINTH WE HAVE SPENT TEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS FOR ROOFING REPAIRS AS WELL. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A SEPTIC PUMP OUT.
TWO HOMES AND SERVICE THROUGH THIS IN THREE HOMES ARE AWAITING CONTRACTOR ESTIMATES TO BEGIN WORK. HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS WITH A LOT OF RAIN THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING RECENTLY. IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HER TO TO GET THE CONTRACTORS COME OUT TO THE SITES BUT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THEM.
DO HAVE THE BUDGET HERE JUST SO THAT THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE IT FROM A NUMERICAL STANDPOINT.
AND WE HAVE SAID ACTIVELY 3 3 PROJECTS AND SHE DOES HAVE AN ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING TO MOVE THROUGH THE INCOME VERIFICATION PROCESS. SHE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN GOING THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING PEOPLE FINDING PEOPLE THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE.
>> QUESTION FOR KEVIN ON THE ON THE BUDGET IN THE ANY OTHER THAN PRETENDING TO THE
GENTLEMAN. >> YES, SIR. >> IF YOU'D LIKE.
[VII.1. State of Mind Contract Update]
I MEAN I CAN MOVE FORWARD. YES. YES.UNDER THE DISCUSSION COMPONENT HERE WE HAVE STATE OF MIND CONTRACT UPDATE JUST A VERY BRIEF UPDATE. TOWN STAFF DID MEET WITH STATE OF MIND PARTNERS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO START TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THEIR THEIR CONTRACT AS MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, PRICES OF MATERIAL HAVE SKYROCKETED. ABOUT TWO MONTHS OR SO AGO PRICES ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO COME DOWN WHICH IS GREAT. THE APPLICANT IS WORKING ON STRUCTURING THE CONTRACT IN ORDER FOR US TO KIND OF BREAK IT UP AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SMALLER PHASES SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE SOFT COSTS AS WE TALKED ABOUT THEM THE SOFT COSTS OF ENGINEERING COSTS. UNDERSTOOD.
BEFORE WE START MOVING INTO ACTUAL BUILDING MATERIAL SIDE OF THINGS.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO WORK SOFT COSTS AS WELL AS START TO GET ACTUAL DESIGNS PUT TOGETHER AND AS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WILL EVENTUALLY GIVE THIS TO YOU. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, DEFINITE WORKING ON STEP 1, GET THAT ESTABLISHED BEFORE WE'RE
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FOCUSING ON STEP FIVE. SO AT THIS POINT WE LEFT THE MEETING AND THE APPLICANT IS WORKING ON UPDATING THE APPLICANT STATE OF MIND IS WORKING ON UPDATING THE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT AND WE'LL GET IT BACK OVER TO OUR TOWN ATTORNEYS.I AM FROM A TIME STANDPOINT I'M NOT SURE. I JUST I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH HEATHER COLLIN DIRECTOR.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH STATE OF MINE PARTNERS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BETTER DATE AS TO WHEN THOSE ITEMS WILL BE UPDATED IN THE CONTRACT AND BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE TOWN MANAGER IN ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE STATE OF MINE UPDATE.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL JUST MOVE ON TO THE
[VII.2. Saint Gregory the Great Annexation Update]
NEXT ITEM. AND THAT'S THE ST. GREGORY THE GREAT INDEXATION UPDATE.SO I'M PROVIDING A IMAGE HERE'S SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE THIS IS THE MASTERPLAN FOR ST.
GREGORY THE GREAT TO GIVE EVERYONE KIND OF A LITTLE RECAP OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. GREGORY THE GREAT CAME TO THE TOWN TO ANNEX INTO THE TOWN AND THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY SIXTY ONE ACRES OF LAND WITH THAT THEY HAD TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT A P D AMENDMENT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT TO MASTER PLAN BELIEFS AND TAX CHANGES AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PROCESSES THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET THEM INTO THE TOWN.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A MASTER PLAN SHOWING YOU KIND OF THE LAYOUT A LOT OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT ON THE CAMPUS AS WELL AS AREAS FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
BOTH FOR THE CIVIC USE OF ST. GREGORY, THE GREAT AND THEN POTENTIAL FOR A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT AND THIS COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMPONENT ITS YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.
THEY RECEIVED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OF APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, DWELLING UNITS ARE ALLOWED FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE USE FOR HOTEL WHICH HOTEL?
>> ONE HOTEL ROOM COUNTS FOR HALF A UNIT. SO IN ESSENCE IF A HUNDRED AND TWENTY ROOM HOTEL WERE TO COME IN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE 60 OF THOSE DWELLING UNITS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WITH THE HELP OF TOWN COUNCIL WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH ST. GREGORY THE GREAT. SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE IF THERE IS ANY RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT THAT'S DEVELOPED THAT IS NOT A HOTEL OR NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHURCH AS A CLERGY RETIREMENT FACILITY. SO MEANING ANY MARKET AVAILABLE APARTMENTS OR MULTI FAMILY UNITS THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 20 PERCENT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS AT A MINIMUM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WE'RE ABLE TO DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS IT'S FLEETING ME AT THIS VERY MOMENT BUT I THINK WE HAD AN ESTIMATE OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 UNITS. THAT'S POTENTIAL FOR FOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. SO THIS FINALLY WENT THROUGH TOWN COUNCIL THERE AND WENT TO THE JULY 13TH MEETING AND THEN WE WE TABLED UNTIL THE 20TH AND THEN IT WAS FINALLY APPROVED.
SO STAFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS ACCURATE.
IT'LL ALL THEN BE RECORDED. AND THEN IN THE FUTURE ANY DEVELOPER THAT'S COMING IN TO DEVELOP THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT AFFORDABLE COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THAT WAS A LOT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS WORTH OF WORK KIND OF CRAMMED INTO A A QUICK FOUR MINUTE DESCRIPTION BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MAY HAVE REGARDING THAT
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. >> WOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TO GIVE THEM A GOOD SYNOPSIS. APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY.
YES, SIR. >> THAT WAS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
IF THERE IS IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> WAITING. WE'RE ENTERTAIN ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.
>> AGAIN, WE WILL ENTERTAIN ANY CONCERNS QUESTIONS ANY MORE ON BEHALF OF THAT QUESTION.
>> SO WE JUST WAITING ON THEM TO PRESENT PLANS THE OFFICIAL PLANS AT EITHER HOTEL OR
HOUSING. >> SO AT THIS POINT THE THE THE CHURCH OWNS THE PROPERTY.
SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OF THE DEVELOPMENT RELATED PROCESSES THAT SOMEONE WOULD
HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS ANNEXATION. >> AND I'LL TRY NOT TO GET TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS BUT A PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT THEY HAVE A SET NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS . SO ST. GREGORY THE GREAT HAS THIS WE'LL CALL IT A BANK OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DWELLING UNITS. SO IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THIS AREA HERE SAYS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND GRANITE, THEY'D HAVE TO GET ALL THE NECESSARY PLANS APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF. BUT ANYTHING THAT THEY DO WOULD HAVE THAT COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO REQUIREMENT IS TO QUESTION YES THEY DID MANY OF THE LINGERING THOUGHTS OF QUESTIONS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST ABOUT GREGORY ANY IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCERNS OR
QUESTION. >> KEVIN , YOU SAID THE NEXT MEETING WITH STATE OF MIND IS WHEN THE NEXT. I DON'T HAVE. YES, SIR, I DON'T HAVE A DATE AS TO WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IS. I HAD A CALL AND DIRECTOR OF GRIEF MANAGEMENT IS OUT THIS WEEK WHEN SHE GETS BACK NEXT WEEK. I'LL FOLLOW JUST TO SEE.
WE'LL SEND WILSON AN EMAIL OUT TO STATE OF MINDS KIND OF GETTING A STATUS UPDATE ON
ON WHERE THEY ARE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. YES, WE WERE REAL DOWN TO
NUMBER NINE. >> ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? THIS IS GRACE.
I'M SO SORRY. I'M. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LEAVE THIS MEETING AND GET BACK ON AND I JUST HAVING TERRIBLE CONNECTION BUT I HAVE BEEN LISTENING.
I'M JUST SO SORRY ABOUT THIS. >> GRACE, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS, ANY LINGERING
THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO . >> WELL, THE ONLY ONE I THOUGHT THAT'S COME TO MY MIND IS AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FOR THIS IS THE VENUE BUT ARE WE DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE MORATORIUM THAT MAY END UP NEEDING HELP FROM OUR COMMITTEE OR FROM OUR COUNT FROM THE TOWN IN WITH WITH THE RENT
MORATORIUM? >> I KNOW IT'S EXTENDING BUT DO WE? DOES THIS TOWN HAVE ANY NUMBERS THAT SHOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN BLUFFTON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS ONCE IT'S OVER? AND DOES THAT COME BEFORE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
>> ARE YOU REFERRING TO LIKE THE THE EVICTION B.S. MORATORIUM? YEAH. OKAY. NO, MA'AM.
THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE THAT'S MORE EITHER A
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COUNTY OR A STATE LEVEL. OK. WE DON'T.YEAH, WE DON'T TRACK. WE DON'T TRACK THOSE. THERE'S NUMBERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. OK. THAT'S ALL THAT WAS ON MY MY
MIND OTHER THAN THE ST. THREE AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT. >> OKAY.
FRED, I HAVE SOMETHING OFF SUBJECT NOTHING TO DO WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE I'M WEARING MY WALK FOR WATER T-SHIRT THIS MORNING. WALK FOR WATER IS A IS A CHARITY BASED IN CHARLESTON THAT IS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO DRINKABLE WATER AROUND THE WORLD. AND THERE'S A THERE'S A FUNDRAISER THAT BEAUFORT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGH THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE WALK IS THAT YOU TAKE AN EMPTY PAIL AND YOU WALK FOR A MILE AND YOU FILL IT UP AND THEN YOU BRING THAT BACK.
AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE TO DO EVERY DAY TO GET TO GET WATER.
LAST YEAR DURING COVERED LOWCOUNTRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HAD A WALK IN BLUFFTON BECAUSE NOBODY WAS REALLY DOING ANYTHING TOGETHER. TODAY WE'VE WE'VE DECIDED TO OPEN THAT UP AND MAKE IT JUST A BLUFF INSTEAD OF A BEAUFORT WALK.
IT'S GONNA BE A BLUFFTON WALK AND STARTED AT THE OYSTER FACTORY PARK.
AND IT'S GONNA BE AN OCTOBER 9. SO YOU'LL SEE SOME FLIERS GO UP AND SOME ADVERTISEMENTS TRYING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND WALK US THROUGH THE OLD TOWN BLUFFTON ON OCTOBER 9.
THANK YOU. >> WHERE ARE YOU AGAIN? I'M IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO WALK BACK? I'M SORRY. ARE YOU GOING TO WALK BACK? NO, WE'RE GOOD. BOARD DRIVING, YOU KNOW THAT THAT COUNTS FOR SOMETHING.
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A PLATFORM TO SHARE. GOOD, GOOD NEWS . THANK YOU.
RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND THIS BRINGS US TO CLOSE OF OUR MEETING.
HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.