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EVERYBODY WHO WERE AT THE LONG AWAITED STRATEGIC PLAN MEETING.
FIRST OF ALL, I ASKED YOU, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CHECK YOUR PHONES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON MUTE OR SHUT OFF FOR SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY.
IF YOU HAVE TWO PHONES, MAKE SURE THEY'RE BOTH THE SAME WAY WALK.
I MUST SAY THAT, UM, JEFF BUCKALEW GOT THE BEST PARKING SPACE TODAY OF ANYBODY HERE.
HE WALKED FROM HIS HOUSE ON THE BEACH TO HERE, AND I WAS PLEASED, YOU KNOW, COME OUT TO THE BEACH BEACHY.
WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE WATER, I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED THAT HE WAS SOMEBODY, I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT I WALKED HERE FROM HIS BEACH AND IT WAS, UM, IT WAS VERY NICE.
WELL, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A ROLL HERE THIS MORNING.
IT'S GOOD THAT WE'LL ROLL HERE IN PERSON, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S A GOOD FEELING OF MEAN IT'S ALL YEAR AT THE SAME TIME.
TODAY IS ALL ABOUT WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ABOUT.
WHAT, AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL BE FILLING IN THE, THE, WHEN, HOW, AND, AND EVERYTHING.
AT A LATER TIME, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, WHAT THE SEE WHAT'S THERE.
UM, MARK HAS THE THING BROKEN DOWN TO THIS MORNING.
WE'LL GO THROUGH WHAT'S IN THE BOOK.
AND THEN HE HAS A WHOLE LOAD OF STUFF THAT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT WANTED TO REVIEWED EVERYTHING AND THEN GO THROUGH THEM.
UM, THIS IS NOT A SESSION FOR LECTURES, SPEECHES.
I'D APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING AS BRIEF AS THEY CAN, RIGHT.
TO THE POINT OF WHAT THEY CAN.
LET'S TRY TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS WE CAN IN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, WITH THAT MOCK, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, MARK.
OH, I THOUGHT I SEEN YOUR CALL COG ON THE OTHER WAY WITH THE BRIDGE THIS MORNING.
SO I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED YOU WERE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD.
CAN YOU TURN THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR ME? THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND LEADING, UH, IT'S INTERESTING TOMORROW MARKS MY EIGHT MONTH ANNIVERSARY AND I DO COUNT, UH, BECAUSE I COUNT MY BLESSINGS AND, UM, I'M MORE THAN GRATEFUL TO BE HERE SERVING AS YOUR TOWN MANAGER.
UM, AND I HAVE SUCH GREAT APPRECIATION FOR HOW MUCH WORK YOU ALL PUT IN, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AS WELL AS BEHIND THE SCENES WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO AS A STAFF AND I CAN SPEAK FOR US, WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER TO WORK FOR YOU AND ALONGSIDE YOU ALONG THE WAY.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AROUND THE TABLE.
UH, THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN COUNTING THAT I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT MONTHS.
UM, I THINK THAT WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS TOGETHER.
I'M GETTING TO KNOW THEM AS MUCH AS THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW ME.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S A, IT'S A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND A VERY PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT TO DATE.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
I COULD SPEND MINUTES, LOTS OF MINUTES TALKING ABOUT EACH ONE OF YOU AND HOW YOU LEAD THE COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU'VE HELPED EACH OTHER IN YOUR RESPECTIVE.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT TOWN STAFF.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, GETTING TO KNOW THEM, UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION, UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMIC, YOU KNOW, THE WHY, WHY DO WE DO IT THAT WAY? UM, DO WE NEED TO KEEP DOING IT THAT WAY? AND I'VE BEEN ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO INVOKE A LOT OF THOUGHT.
UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS IN INTERIM POSITIONS.
UH, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT BUILDING THE RIGHT TEAM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN DO HERE, BUT I ALSO REALLY BELIEVE IN BUILDING THE TEAM SLOWLY.
AND SO I AM GOING TO KEEP WAITING UNTIL I FIND THE RIGHT PERSON IN THE RIGHT POSITION AT THE RIGHT TIME, INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING SOMEONE THERE.
UM, IT'S ALLOWED SOME FOLKS, ESPECIALLY CHRIS YATES AND JEFF BUCKALOO TO SERVE AS INTERIMS OF TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK JEFF HAS SUCH APPRECIATION EVEN MORE SO IN ADMIRATION NOW WITH THE LOSS OF SCOTT SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES.
AND I KNOW CHRIS HATES, I ABSOLUTELY KNOW CHRIS HATES HAS AN APPRECIATION.
UH, I WAS WALKING PAST THIS MORNING LOOKING FOR A BOTTLE OF WATER AND I HEARD CHRIS TELLING SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS BEHIND ME.
HE SAID, GOSH, I SURE APPRECIATE CHARLES NOW.
SO, UM, GREAT JOB TO THE TEAM.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY A LOT OF THANK YOU TO THE VARIOUS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO SAY A COUPLE OF THANK YOUS TO KICKOFF OUR VARIOUS BOARD COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOUR APPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE DRB, THE TASK FORCES, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS REALLY MAKE THE MACHINE RUN.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SUCH GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.
AND OFTEN WE DON'T SAY A LOT ABOUT THE BOARD COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THERE'S ALMOST AS MANY AS THE THEM AS THERE ARE STAFF MEMBERS.
AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT GOES A LONG WAY AS WE ADVANCE.
AND IT'S GOING TO PLAY IN A LOT OF THIS AS, AS, AS WE REVIEW THIS TODAY, A
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COUPLE THINGS, JUST SOME HOUSEKEEPING, KRISTA, TELL US ABOUT THE MICROPHONES REAL QUICK.ON THE FRONT OF YOUR MICROPHONE, YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE DONE, IF YOU HURT YOURSELF AND YOU'RE OFF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOWN IN THE MORNING.
KRISTA, I HAVE A HOUSEKEEPING.
YOU SIR, I DON'T NORMALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT TEMPERATURE.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO KEEP US AWAKE, BUT YEAH, PRETTY COOL.
KRISTA HAS IT SET? SO IT DROPS ONE DEGREE PER HOUR, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL RESET.
IF YOU THINK THE ROLE, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND COMPLIANCE TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, THANK YOU.
YES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH FOIL.
AND THIS HAS ALSO LIVESTREAMED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITE, BE FOR COUNTY CHANNEL AND THANK YOU TO BRIEF BUFORD COUNTY FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, HARGRAVE CHANNEL NINE AND SPECTRUM CHANNEL 1 3 0 4.
SO LOTS OF WAYS TO SEE US IN HERE.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, YOU HAVE REALLY TWO AGENDAS, ONE, UH, THE PUBLIC AGENDA, THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP AGENDA, BUT ON PAGE TWO IS AN OUTLINE THAT I JUST WANT TO GO OVER IT REAL QUICK.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE TODAY.
UM, SO SKIPPING DOWN TO ITEM TWO, I'M GOING TO OVERVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, RIGHT? LET'S JUST TALK STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR A MINUTE IN TERMS OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AND, AND HOW SUCCESSFUL WE CAN BE WITH A GREAT PROCESS IN PLACE.
UM, BEFORE WE DIVE IN INTO THE WHAT'S, THE NEXT IS EXACTLY THAT DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
SO OUR FOCUS AREAS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE PRIORITY ORDER OR THE PRIORITY SET OF OVERARCHING GOALS.
WE'LL REVIEW AN ACTION AGENDA AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A SECOND.
THERE'S ALSO TIME TODAY, UM, FOR, FOR ME TO HEAR FROM YOU, AS MUCH AS YOU HEAR FROM ME, I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM, FROM YOU AND, AND, AND ALLOW AND PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, YOUR DISCUSSION AMONGST YOURSELVES.
UM, YOU HAVE PROVIDED COMMENTS TO ME.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE PROVIDED SOME COMMENTS, BOTH IN-PERSON AND IN A MEETING AND OVER THE PHONE AND IN EMAILS.
AND SO I'LL REVIEW SOME HIGH-LEVEL OF THAT TODAY.
I'LL ALSO REVIEW SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT HAVE COME UP SINCE THIS BOOK WAS PRINTED AND PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND AS WE KNOW, YOU'VE HAD THIS BOOK FOR A WHILE, AND I KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT IT.
AND SO TODAY I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME THINGS FASTER THAN I TYPICALLY WOULD SIMPLY KNOWING YOU'VE HAD THAT MATERIAL AND THAT CONTENT FOR SOME TIME.
UM, I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT TODAY.
UH, I'M VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH SHORTLY BEFORE MY ARRIVAL.
SO NINE MONTHS AGO, YOU SAT WITH A NOVAK GROUP AND YOU WENT OVER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND, AND YOU WORKED ON, UM, VARIOUS VARIOUS ITEMS. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ATTEMPTED TO BE CAPTURED IN THIS BINDER.
AND SO NEXT, UH, THE BINDER, AND JUST MAYBE FOR THE FOLKS LISTENING AND PARTICIPATING, AND I KNOW COUNSELING, YOU KNOW, THIS ON PURPOSE INTENTIONALLY ON YOUR DESK AS IS THE SHORT SUMMARY GUIDE, THE GUIDE BOOK OF OUR PLAN.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST THING SOMEBODY HANDED ME AS I ARRIVED.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU KEEP THIS CLOSE AND PLEASE KNOW WE'VE USED THIS AS THE TEMPLATE, AS THE BASELINE, AS THE GUIDE FOR THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, WE JUST DIDN'T MAKE THE, THE, THE COLORS THE SAME IN THE SAME FONT, THE CONTENT OF IT IS DRIVING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR BINDER, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALMOST, SELF-EXPLANATORY THE FRONT SECTION REALLY TALKS ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND THEN IT STARTS DIVING INTO OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
UM, ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE EXTRACTED OUT OF THE S OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUT OF OUR PLAN, AND REALLY BAKED INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
A PORTION OF THE BOOK IS THE HIGH LEVEL GOALS, THE HIGH LEVEL STRATEGIES, AND ANOTHER PORTION OF THE BOOK ARE THOSE TACTICS.
TODAY'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT TACTICS.
TODAY'S ABOUT THE PRIORITIES, THE, THE, WHAT TO DO'S, UM, IT'S ABOUT THE GOALS, THE PRIORITIES, UM, AND THE STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE IN YOUR BINDER.
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AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BACK APPENDICES, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE DEPENDENCIES.ONE OF THEM IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF ANY STRATEGIC PLAN OF ANY INITIATIVE IT'S, IT'S IMPROVING OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE PUBLIC REALM THAT CIP PROGRAM WILL ALWAYS REMAIN AS AN APPENDIX C OF THE, OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS I WORK ON IT WITH YOU.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE IN HERE THE WORK SESSION REPORT FROM THE NOVAK GROUP.
AND, AND AGAIN, I HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T TO REPLACE THAT WORK YOU'VE DONE.
THIS IS REALLY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HEARD YOU WERE LISTENING AND TO ASK, ARE WE MISSING ANYTHING? SO THAT REPORT IS IN THIS BOOK.
WHAT'S ALSO IN THE BOOK, ARE THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE NOW NEAR NEXT ELEMENTS, UM, AND THAT PRIORITY ORDER, OR THAT PRIORITY SET, WE'VE TAKEN THAT AND ATTEMPTED TO, TO PUT THAT PLACE THAT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THAT SPREADSHEETS IN THE BACK, AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE MOST PART AS WE GET THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING AND I'VE MENTIONED IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HIGHLIGHTED IT ON THE LEFT SIDE.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO READ ALL OF THAT, CAUSE I CAN'T EVEN READ ALL THAT FROM THIS CLOSE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
THAT'S REALLY OUR WORK PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WHAT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP ME ALONG THE WAY.
I ASSURE YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO BE READING THIS ON A DAILY OR A WEEKLY OR A MONTHLY I'M, I'M GOING STRAIGHT THERE.
AND, AND THAT AIR TABLE HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY JOSH.
IT'S SOMETHING I'VE USED IN THE PAST AND HAVE FOUND SOME SUCCESS IN MANAGING THIS.
UM, MR. LENNOX ACTUALLY SUGGESTED ONE OF THE ITEMS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN SHOULD BE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, AND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT IT? WELL, HOW, HOW DO I MANAGE IT? HOW DO I COMMUNICATE IT TO YOU? HOW DO I MAKE SURE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TRACK RIGHT THERE? AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR LEFT COLUMN, IT'S THE STRATEGIC ACTION ITEM.
SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT AND HOPEFULLY AGREE TO TODAY.
JOSH, IF YOU GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY WHO THE PROJECT MANAGER IS, WHAT FISCAL YEAR WE'RE STARTING.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN HERE THAT WE ALL CAN'T START FISCAL YEAR 22.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START SOME THINGS IN FISCAL YEAR 23, FISCAL YEAR 24.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WE HAVE, IF NOT TODAY, SOON, PERHAPS, MAYBE EVEN AS WE WERE ROUNDING, UH, THE YEAR AND INTO NEW YEAR FOR, FOR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO THOUGH, IS BE REALISTIC ABOUT THIS WORK PLAN.
IF EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY, RIGHT? IF WE'RE WORKING ON EVERYTHING FIVE SECONDS AT A TIME NOTHING'S GOING TO GET DONE.
SO THE HARD JOB IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS IN A WAY THAT WE CAN GET SOME THINGS DONE.
AND THAT COLUMN REMAINS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I REMEMBER IT WAS EITHER I FORGET WHO IT WAS THAT SAID, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET ALL THIS DONE IN ONE YEAR? I SAID, WELL, STRATEGIC PLANS AND COMPANIES ARE NOT ONE YEAR DOCUMENTS.
THINK OF THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD, LINKEDIN, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY, THINK OF THE LARGEST, OR THINK OF JUST A COFFEE SHOP.
WHERE ARE THEY TRYING TO DO BUSINESS ONE YEAR AT A TIME? AND SO, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T TRY TO PRACTICE THAT EITHER.
AND SO THIS PLAN IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S NOT TO MEAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY.
IT'S NOT TO MEAN THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO FOCUS TO MOVE THE, MOVE, THE NEEDLE AND ACCOMPLISH GREAT GOALS ON YOUR BEHALF AND, AND, AND AS DIRECTED BY YOU.
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US NEXT COLUMN COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT.
AND SO WHAT I FIND VERY HELPFUL IN WHAT STAFF REALLY, UH, HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND IS THE EBB AND FLOW THE PROCESS FROM TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THREE COMMITTEES.
UH, WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LISTED TO OUR BEST ABILITY, WHAT COMMITTEE WE BELIEVE THESE STRATEGIES ARE WORKED ON ALONGSIDE YOU IN PRIOR TO A COUNCIL, UH, CONSIDERATION.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT THAT COLUMN WILL DO, IT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT COMMITTEE CHAIR WE WILL WORK WITH TO PLACE THOSE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
IT ALSO, AS A COMMITTEE CHAIR, LETS YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR PIPELINE AGENDAS LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS? UH, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S HEALTHY BOTH WAYS.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE LESS CHASING DOWN AGENDA TOPICS AND WE CAN BE MORE PURPOSEFUL AS WE'RE PLANNING OUR WORK,
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THE NEXT COLUMN AND JOSH THAT'S THE LAST COLUMN.SO PROJECT MANAGER, DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE FISCAL YEAR START DATE, THE NEXT ARE THE PROJECT NOTES.
AND TO ME, THOSE PROJECT NOTES ARE SO IMPORTANT.
THAT'S HOW I WILL MANAGE THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT'S HOW I WILL KNOW HOW TO GO WORK WITH DIFFERENT AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK PROGRAM, RIGHT? NOT JUST PUTTING OUT FIRES, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECT, WHATEVER THAT POLICY DIRECTIVE IS.
I WILL, I ALREADY HAVE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPECTATION AND UPON ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN, THIS WILL BE LIVE ON THE WEBSITE.
IT, YOU WILL HAVE READ ACCESS TO IT.
IT WILL BE LIVE ON THE WEBSITE AND THE LAST, YOU KNOW, LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T GO PAST MIDNIGHT, THAT EXPECTATION IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD ASSURES THAT THAT IS WELL UPDATED.
SO WHATEVER PROGRESS WAS MADE EVERY MONTH, WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON A COMMITTEE AGENDA, GOING TO A COMMITTEE AGENDA, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE, WHATEVER THAT IS, WHATEVER PROGRESS IS MADE ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM THAT WILL BE UPDATED.
SO YOU AS A COUNCIL, UM, OUR BOARDS, COMMISSION COMMITTEES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VARIOUS AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS DEFINITELY ME CAN GET ON THIS AND CHECK TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING.
UM, SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY HELPFUL TOOL FOR US.
IT'S, UH, IT'S IN THE CLOUD SOMEWHERE.
WE CAN, I CAN ACCESS IT FROM ANYWHERE.
JOSH IS THE MASTER, UH, ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS.
AND I, AND I THINK THIS, THIS AS A WORK PRODUCT HAS COME SO FAR SINCE WE FIRST STARTED THIS EXERCISE.
SO, UM, SO, UH, WE KNOW THE COMPLAINT'S OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT AND JOSH, THE MOUSE, OH MY CLICKER, THERE WE GO.
NOT A MOUSE, THE CLICKER, UM, AND THAT OUR COMP PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2020.
AND IT INCLUDES VARIOUS GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND TACTICS, SOME GENERAL, SOME NOT SO GENERAL THE NOW NEAR NEXT PRIORITY ORDER, WE TRY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND PLACE IN THIS DOCUMENT.
AND TODAY WE INTEND TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, OF THOSE GOALS.
AND TODAY'S ABOUT CONFIRMING THE GOALS.
NOT REALLY COMING UP WITH ALL THE GOALS THERE ARE, THEY'RE ALREADY HERE, THEY'RE IN THE PLAN.
UM, ONE THING I REMIND MYSELF AND ONE THING I TALKED A LOT ABOUT WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, I'M VERY CLEAR WITH THEM AND THEY ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT, THAT YOU SET THE POLICY.
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU NEED ME TO BE.
I NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU WANT US TO BE GOING WITH VARIOUS ITEMS. I'LL ASK YOU MORE QUESTIONS FIRST.
THEN, THEN I'LL WALK IN A ROOM AND GIVE YOU MY HARD FIRM RECOMMENDATION, UNLESS SOMETHING IS REALLY WRONG AND SOMETHING'S ON FIRE, OF COURSE.
BUT THE PROCESS TO WORK IS AS IS WORKING WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY, DEFINITELY COLLECTIVELY AND DEFINITELY THROUGH COMMITTEES TO SET THAT POLICY.
AND ONCE YOU SET THAT POLICY, MY JOB, UM, WITHIN REASON IS TO IMPLEMENT, RIGHT? SO AS YOU SET POLICY AND I IMPLEMENT, UM, I WILL TALK TO YOU ALONG THE WAY ABOUT ALLOCATING RESOURCES, PRIORITIES ISSUES, QUESTIONS I HAVE.
AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS PLAN WILL HELP ME HAVE THE CONFIDENCE, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD ON, ON THOSE ELEMENTS.
UM, I'M GOING TO OVERVIEW THEM ACTUALLY.
SO THAT'S THE OUTLINE RIGHT HERE, UH, TODAY OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC PLAN, THE DISCUSSION OF THE INITIATIVES WE'LL HAVE A WORKING LUNCH.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, WE'LL DIVE INTO THE AIR TABLE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IF, IF YOU WANT TO, AND THEN REVIEWING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES, WE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GREATER ISLAND, COUNCIL PLANNING, COMMISSION.
THERE'S SOME NEW TOPICS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO JUST SIMPLY ASK OURSELVES.
IS IT TIME? IS IT READY? UH, TO PUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ONE AND TWO O'CLOCK AND TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE AT TWO, MY GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO GET THROUGH THE FRONT PART OF THIS BOOK AS I CALL IT THE STRATEGIES BY 1130.
SO I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE FAST.
AND WHAT I'D ASK YOU TO DO IS IF THERE ARE VARIOUS STRATEGIES YOU WANT TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT, OR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT LET ME KNOW, WE'LL FLAG THEM AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM OVER LUNCH BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK.
SO I THINK FROM AN EBB AND FLOW, IS THAT A FAIR OR DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT A DIFFERENT DIFFERENT WAY? GOOD THUMBS UP.
SO WE KNOW WHAT STRATEGIC PLANNING IS, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S OUR PROCESS TO DEFINE OUR VISION DIRECTION AND, AND MAKING, UH, CORRESPONDING DECISIONS ON HOW OUR RESOURCES WILL BE ALLOCATED.
UH, I DON'T NEED TO DIVE TOO, TOO DEEP INTO THAT,
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BUT HOW WILL THE PLAN HELP US? UM, THE OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN GUIDES, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN NEEDS TO DIRECT THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE OPERATING BUDGET INFLUENCES THE STRATEGIC PLAN.SO IT'S NOT THAT I WANT TO SIT HERE AND ADOPT EVERYTHING AND THEN COME TO BUDGET AND NOT HAVE THE FUNDS OR THE MEANS OR THE RESOURCES.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE REAL WORK PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING COME INTO PLACE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FAIL.
I DON'T WANT TO SET OURSELVES UP TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS, BUT NOT HAVE THE FUNDING OR THE RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND THAT ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET EMPOWERS THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT.
AND WHEN, WHEN WOULD THAT DOESN'T JUST MEAN ME.
UM, WHAT'S NOT IN HERE, OUR ROUTINE OPERATIONS BUDGETED EXPENDITURES DAY TO DAY.
UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UH, THE ONE QUESTION AND WE PUT IT IN HERE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ANNUAL PROCESS.
THIS CAN'T JUST BE ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND WE'LL SEE, MAYBE WHEN WE COME BACK, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS STRATEGY.
THAT WAY I STAY UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH YOU ON WHERE WE NEED TO BE GOING POLICY-WISE.
AND THEN I HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT A VERY IMPORTANT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
AND I THINK THIS IS MORE SO, AND I KNOW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M NOT SITTING HERE TRYING TO TEACH THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE ARE VISION AND MISSION DRIVEN THAT WE SEEK TO ESTABLISH CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS.
WE SEEK TO ESTABLISH AND IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS, THOSE TACTICS, THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS, UM, THAT THAT NEED TO OCCUR.
AND IF IT'S A POLICY MATTER, I'M DEFINITELY WORKING WITH YOU.
IF IT'S AN OPERATIONAL MATTER, I'M DEFINITELY WORKING WITH THE FOLKS AROUND THIS ROOM.
UM, AND SO TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
UH, SO IF, IF WE'RE VISION AND MISSION BASED, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT I HAVE TO USE AS OUR MISSION AND VISION, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, MISSION STATEMENT, THE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE THROUGH ETHICAL AND INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS.
THAT'S OUR CURRENT MISSION STATEMENT.
AND SO IN THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY THIS YEAR, AS, AS WE CONDUCTED IT, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS OR A FEW MONTHS AGO, STAFF WAS WARM TO THAT.
THEY DIDN'T SIT THERE AND SAY, OH, I LOVE THIS.
THIS REALLY HELPS ME IDENTIFY WITH THE COMPANY.
IT REALLY HELPS ME UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR REAL MISSION IS.
AND SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT FOR TODAY AND FOR THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT, THAT THAT'S TO BE PLACED IN THERE, BUT, BUT ADD THIS AS AN ELEMENT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR MINDS AND ON OUR, ON OUR, TO DO LIST TO PERHAPS REVISIT THIS IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT A MISSION STATEMENT AND WE MIGHT SAY, HEY, WE LOVE THIS.
YOU KNOW, IN HINDSIGHT IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
AND THEN OUR, OUR HILTON HEAD ISLAND VISION STATEMENT AS IDENTIFIED IN OUR PLAN, WHICH IS THE 20, 20 TO 2040 VISION REINVENTING SUSTAINABILITY, AGAIN, TO FOCUS ON REVITALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION AND TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY STRAIGHT OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND PLEASE STOP ME ALONG THE WAY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
AND SO AGAIN, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE COMP PLAN, OH, I, I ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO, SO I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS AND I'M LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND SO IF, IF, IF IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR QUESTIONS, I'VE WRITTEN DOWN A COUPLE, UM, I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE VARYING DEGREES OF, UM, UH, OF DEPTH THAT SOME OF THE GOALS HAVE IN HERE.
JUST CURIOUS AS WE WORK THROUGH IT FOR, TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND STEPS, GUIDANCE, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE DO START TO REACH THAT LEDGE, WHERE IT'S TOO MANY GOALS, RIGHT.
IF YOU CAN KEEP US ON TRACK SO THAT WE DON'T OVERWHELM WHAT THIS FIRST YEAR'S PLAN REALLY LOOKS AT, UM, I'D LOOK TO YOU FOR THAT GUIDANCE AND STAFF.
SOME OF THEM ARE LITTLE, SO THE NUMBER ISN'T NECESSARILY AS, AS, AS IMPORTANT AS THE DEPTH OF EACH ONE OF THEM AND HOW THANK YOU.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, UH, WHICH WILL BE PROBABLY RECURRING THEME.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AND READ THE WORDS THROUGHOUT OUR PLAN THROUGHOUT THE STRATEGIES, UM, THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANS THAT ARE DEVELOPED, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A, UM, DEFINITION
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OF A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT BECOMES CONTROVERSIAL.AND I CERTAINLY, UM, ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT, SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH REGARD TO THAT, WHICH LEADS ME TO, I REALIZE WE'RE NOT TALKING TACTICS AT THIS MOMENT, BUT TWO TACTICS, UM, AND THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE, WHAT SPECIFIC ACTIONS WE WILL BE DOING, THOSE ARE MY COUPLE OF, TO GET US STARTED.
UM, DEFINITIONS IN WHAT REGARD DEFINITIONS FOR OUR VISION AND MISSION AND MISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRATEGIC PLAN? WELL, CERTAINLY A COMMON DEFINITION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY CERTAIN THINGS AND WHAT IS THE TACTIC THAT IS BEING EMPLOYED TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, THOSE, THOSE, UM, IMPLEMENTING THOSE WORDS, FOR INSTANCE, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE AND A DEFINITION.
AND SO THAT WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE, SO THAT WHAT'S BEING DONE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT, UM, AND IMPLEMENT ANY ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT'S BEING DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, AND THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH REGARD TO THAT.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT I FOUND THAT I FIND FLIPS IS THAT IN OUR PLAN, WE HAVE A, UH, PAGE I WISH I COULD SAY ANYWAY.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR PLAN KEY DEFINITIONS AND, UM, HOW THOSE WERE DEVISED IS FINE, BUT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO ADD TO THAT LIST AND BE CLEAR.
AND I THINK THAT COUNCIL HAS AN IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAYING WHAT WE MEAN AND WHAT WE MEAN IS BEING CARRIED OUT.
AND SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS FURTHER DEFINE THE UNKNOWNS RIGHT? FURTHER TO FIND SOME OF THESE COMMON THEMES, ESPECIALLY AS WE RELATE TO OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT AND THROUGHOUT OUR DOCUMENT, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS CERTAIN DEFINITIONS, BUT PERHAPS IT'S LACKING.
I SEE SEAN TAKING NOTES TOO, OVER THERE.
AND BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, I WON'T FORGET ANYTHING YOU SAY.
UM, I MAY SAY THE NOTE TWICE OR THREE TIMES AS WE GO ALONG, BUT THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT WITH COUNSEL? UH, GOOD MORNING.
UH, JUST TO MOVE ON FROM, UH, TAMMY'S COMMENTS, I THINK A SIMPLE WAY TO APPROACH THIS IS IF WE ASK OURSELVES, DO WE WANT A GLOSSARY OF TERMS? AND IF WE DO, THEN WHY DON'T WE INDIVIDUALLY SEND TO YOU, UH, WORDS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT, BUT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
PLEASE SEND THEM, PLEASE SEND THEM ALL.
COME UP WITH OUR OWN WE'LL WILL HAVING A GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS, SEEMS SIMPLE ENOUGH.
WELL, SPEAKING OF DEFINITIONS TODAY, A GOAL AND ASPIRATION OF A DESIRED OR AN A DESIRED OUTCOME.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS OUT OF OUR PLAN.
AND SO I'M, I'M BEING RESPECTFUL OF THAT DOCUMENT.
IT, IT ISN'T AS SPECIFIC AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COULD BE TO TELL US WHAT TO DO FOR OUR FUTURE.
AND SO OVER TIME, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT PLAN AND RESPECTFULLY BAKE IT IN, PACK IT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT GUIDE FOR ME TO DO THAT.
I THINK BOTH DOCUMENTS, ONE'S A HIGHER LEVEL.
OF COURSE, ONE'S A LOT MORE SPECIFIC AND STRATEGIC, BUT IT'S ALSO MORE ACTIONABLE.
AND SO BETWEEN THE TWO, I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE, BOTH OF THOSE, A STRATEGY, OF COURSE, A PLAN OF ACTION AND A TACTIC, A TOOL OR ACTION ITEM.
SO KEY COMMUNITY THEMES STRAIGHT OUT OF OUR PLAN.
I WON'T READ THEM ALL BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE TRUE STRATEGIES, BUT THOSE ARE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THEY'RE IN YOUR BINDER AND THEY'RE IN OUR PLAN AND THEY'RE IN THEY'RE UP HERE SO THAT WE IN THIS PRESENTATION AFTER TODAY, PARTS OF IT, NOT ALL OF IT, UM, WE'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTED PER PURSUE OUR IDEALS OF EXCELLENCE, UM, PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, MANAGING EVOLVING GROWTH WHILE MAINTAINING OUR UNIQUE ISLAND, UNIQUE AESTHETIC, I SHOULD SAY, PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE
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OFFERINGS AND ARTS CULTURE AND RECREATION BEST-IN-CLASS FACILITIES.AND AGAIN, RIGHT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OUR PLAN IS SAYING TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION AND MISSION, UM, DEVELOP CREATIVE REVENUE SOURCES TO FUND THE DELIVERY OF CAPITAL SERVICES, MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, AND PROJECTS RECOGNIZE RESPECT AND PROMOTE MULTI DIMENSIONAL DIVERSITY ON THE ISLAND PROMOTE EFFICIENT AND SECURE PUBLIC SERVICES TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS.
I SAID, I WASN'T GOING TO READ ALL THESE, BUT I THINK I BETTER PLAN FOR AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH CONCERNS AND NATURAL DISASTERS VIEW THE REGION AS A PARTNER, NOT A COMPETITOR HERE THAT A LOT.
IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S IN THERE FOSTER A HEALTHY SELF-SUSTAINING COMMUNITY THAT ENCOURAGES ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.
AND SO, UM, THERE, WE HAVE IT STRAIGHT OUT OF OUR PLAN.
THOSE ARE THOSE ITEMS TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION AND MISSION.
AND SO HOW DID WE CREATE THESE CORE VALUES AND THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN GOALS WERE HERE.
THEY ARE, THOSE ARE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE COMP PLAN AS WELL, PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
AND SO THESE IF ASKED WALKING AROUND THE BUILDING OR THE 30 SECONDS IN AN ELEVATOR, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE MANY ELEVATORS ON OUR ISLAND, IF SOMEBODY ASKS WHAT OUR COMPANY GOALS ARE, AS WE COMMUNICATE OUR COMPANY GOALS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, THROUGH ANY MATERIALS, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, AS WELL AS DIGITAL, UM, AND MARKETING MATERIALS.
THESE ARE THE ORGANIZATION GOALS, PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE REQUIRE AND SUSTAIN EXCELLENCE OF PLACE, PEOPLE PLANNING AND PROCESS GOAL.
ONE GOAL TO CREATE A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PLANNING AND POLICY THREE THIRD GOAL CREATE AN ISLAND APPROPRIATE ECONOMY THAT HAS SUFFICIENT DEPTH AND BREADTH TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE RESIDENT, VISITOR AND BUSINESS POPULATION.
NEXT GOAL FOSTER, A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
NEXT GOAL FACILITATE TRUE CONNECTIVITY IN IRELAND, PHYSICAL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS, REGIONAL FOCUS, EVALUATE HOW REGIONAL EXPANSION WILL IMPACT IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PLANNING AND POLICY, RIGHT SIZED INFRASTRUCTURE ALIGN THE COMMUNITY'S PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL VALUES WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.
AND THEN FINALLY, BUT NOT LAST AND DEFINITELY NOT LEAST PARKS AND REC IMPLEMENT THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN.
SO GREAT JOB TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT MASTER PLAN.
IT'S A GREAT GUIDING DOCUMENT.
UM, AND SO THERE YOU HAVE IT THAT, THAT RIGHT THERE SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF THIS TEAM, THIS THE SENIOR STAFF TEAM, AS THEY, AS THEY WORK, AS WE IMPLEMENT MARK, I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT IF I MIGHT, UM, THIS GROUP DOESN'T NEED THIS, BUT I THINK THOSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS NEED TO KNOW THAT THESE GOALS AND SO FORTH WERE DEVELOPED BY OUR CITIZENS NOT BEING IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
WE HAD THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR STAFF.
WE HAD MANY, MANY, MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE THOSE INPUT FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT EVOLVED AND DEVELOPED THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT.
UM, IT'S SO CLEAR TO ME HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT THERE ARE, BUT ALSO IN, AND PROBABLY JUST AS IMPORTANT AS HOW MANY FOLKS ACTUALLY GET ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AND, AND, AND SPEND THEIR TIME PROVIDING THAT INPUT.
IF I CAN JUST JUMP IN FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO PICK UP ON WHEN GLEN SAID THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
AND BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, UM, WITH REGARD TO HOW THIS COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND WORKED LONG HOURS AND MANY SESSIONS TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND SHOULD PROCEED.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING JUST PRIOR TO THAT, ABOUT HOW IT, IT HAS SOME VAGUENESS THROUGH IT.
AND I THINK IT MAY GO BACK TO, UM, BILL'S GOOD SUGGESTION OF HAVING A GLOSSARY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, AND I STILL FIND, UM, MAYBE AN AREA THAT I THINK WE SHOULD REDUCE THE VAGUENESS, OR AT LEAST COME UP WITH, UM, UH, A GLOSSARY TERM FOR IT OF UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, BEST IN CLASS.
I ALWAYS FIND THAT AS A SECOND TIER WORD.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BEST, I KNOW WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING IN OUR CURRENT, OUR PLAN
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ON THE DEFINITION PAGE, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO EMPHASIZE TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S LISTENING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'M LOOKING TO BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.I'M NOT SETTLING FOR ANY CLASS DESIGNATION.
I SEE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AS BEING THE BEST THERE IS THROUGHOUT, UM, THIS WORLD WE LIVE ON.
AND THEN SECONDLY, IT JUST GOING BACK, IT'S THE RIGHT SIZE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT ALWAYS BOTHERS ME BECAUSE I CAN'T GET MY HEAD WRAPPED AROUND WHAT RIGHT-SIZE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVEN'T DEFINED WHERE, WHERE OUR CAPACITY LIMITS ARE AND W NEVERMIND WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE.
AND SO THAT'S JUST TWO AREAS THAT, UM, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT ADDRESSED THAT, UM, THOSE YEARS OUT SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT FAR AS, AS I SEE THAT AS A PRIORITY NOW, BUT, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M HEARD.
MA'AM ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTARY.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOOK, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT'S IT'S BROKEN UP OR, OR I WOULD SAY SEPARATED.
SO WE'RE ABOUT TO DIVE INTO THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, RIGHT? SO IF WE TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY THEMES OUT OF OUR PLAN, HOW THOSE ARE CONVERTED INTO, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN GOALS, BUT THEN WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IS HOW WE CONVERT THOSE, HOW WE CONVERT THESE GOALS RIGHT HERE, THESE OVERARCHING GOALS INTO STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, POINT OF CLARIFICATION MARKET, A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IS THE SAME THING AS A STRATEGY.
SO AS A STRATEGY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT, UM, THE, THEY ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY.
AND JOSH IS GOING TO KICK ME IF I MESS THAT UP OVER HERE, HE ALREADY, ALREADY TOLD THEM THAT DON'T LET ME MESS UP THAT STRATEGY VERSE TACTIC.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT JOSH AND I REALLY TALKED ABOUT TO BE HONEST AND UPFRONT ABOUT, BECAUSE IF COUNSEL IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE GOAL AND REALLY FOCUSED ON THE STRATEGY, AND I'M REALLY FOCUSED ON DEFINING THE APPROPRIATE POLICY WITH YOU THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, THROUGH COUNCIL, WITH PUBLIC INPUT.
SO ON, SO FORTH, THIS WORKS RIGHT.
THIS, THE CIRCLE OF LIFE OF THAT INITIATIVE REALLY, REALLY PLAYS OUT.
IF, IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT GOALS, CHANCES ARE, THEY WON'T CHANGE.
WHAT WILL CHANGE WILL BE THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE BASED UPON WHAT WORKS AND WHY AND WHAT DOESN'T AND WHY NOT? YES, SIR.
SO OUR, OUR FOCUS REALLY SHOULD BE AT, AT THE GOAL LEVEL, MAYBE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES, BUT THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR DOWN AS WE GO.
AND THAT IS A VERY HEALTHY PLACE FOR A TOWN MANAGER AND A TOWN COUNCIL TO LIVE.
UM, WHAT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THOUGH, IS THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT I'M SIMPLY BRINGING YOU THE POLICY.
SO EXAMPLE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.
THAT DOESN'T JUST MEAN I'M GOING TO COME UP WITH THAT POLICY AND WORK WITH STAFF AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND KEEP YOU OUT OF THE WEEDS AND BRING YOU THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CRAFT THOSE EXPECTATIONS, THOSE PRIORITIES, UM, TALK ABOUT THOSE CHALLENGES TOGETHER SO THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT COMES IN FRONT OF YOU IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF ADDRESSING.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S THE IMPORTANT PART AND ALSO THE CHALLENGING, BUT EASY PART IF WE DEFINE THE PROCESS.
JUST FOR THE PUBLIC LISTENING THEN.
SO WE, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT IF NOT SOLE RESPONSIBILITY AT THE POLICY LEVEL, FROM THE PUBLIC CONSUMPTION STANDPOINT, IN TERMS OF STRATEGIES, IT IS, IS THAT IN OUR WHEELHOUSE OR ARE YOU IN THAT WHEELHOUSE WITH US? I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THE WHEELHOUSE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN THE WHEELHOUSE, THE COMMUNITY HE IS, AND THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT.
AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE STRATEGIES, THE, THE REAL STRATEGIES THOSE COME OUT OF OUR PLAN.
THOSE ALSO CAME ACROSS MY DESK OUT OF A COMMITTEE MEETING, RIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT ON A PARTICULAR PAGE, AND I'M GOING TO STICK ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE IT'S AN EASY ONE TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT'S NOT ON PAGE 92 OF OUR PLAN.
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ASSESSMENT.IT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE, IT CAME, IT CAME FROM COUNCIL.
SOME OF THESE ON THIS SCREEN TODAY COME FROM ME.
SOME OF THESE COME TODAY, AS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS THROUGH ME.
AND AS I AGREED TO THEM, THEY'RE ON THE BOARD.
UM, SO THEY'RE COMING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AT DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND I THINK THAT'S A HEALTHY WAY TO LOOK AT THIS, BUT AT ALL TIMES OUR PLAN IS THAT GUIDE.
SO WE'RE JUST NOT PULLING SOMETHING OUT OF THIN AIR FROM THAT, FROM THAT TRUE OVERALL GOAL STANDPOINT.
AND SO TODAY, AS WE REALLY LOOK AT THE STRATEGIES, IT'S BROKEN UP THREE WAYS, POLICY, PROJECT, OPERATIONAL.
SO POLICY IS OBVIOUS, RIGHT? STRATEGIST, STRATEGIC, STRATEGIC BY VIRTUE OF THEIR LEGAL ORIGIN AND REQUIRE FORMAL ACTION ON THE PART OF TOWN COUNCIL TO ACCOMPLISH.
FOR EXAMPLE, AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, ORDINANCES, FORMAL RESOLUTIONS CREATION OF NEW PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS AND THE SUBSEQUENT PROGRAMS THAT WERE CREATED, THAT'S JUST NEEDS TO BE THROUGH YOU AND THEN POLICIES OR REVISIONS TO EXISTING ONES.
SO IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THINGS THAT NEED A VOTE, THOSE, THOSE ITEMS THAT NEED A VOTE, UM, RESOLUTIONS ORDINANCES, SIMPLE VOTES, UH, NEW PROGRAMS. I'M NOT JUST NOT PICKING ON PIECES OF NEW PROGRAMS AND IMPLEMENTING THEM PROJECTS.
SO THOSE INITIATIVES THAT ARE DEFINED IN OUR STRATEGIC BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENT TO RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH THEM PRIORITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
SO YOUR VOTE MATTERS THAT THERE'S REALLY DEFINING THE PROJECT THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT REALLY AT TIME OF BUDGET.
SO IN A BUDGETS OF POLICY, OF COURSE, NOPE.
SORRY, HAVING A COUPLE, HERE WE GO.
NEXT OPERATIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT CONSISTS OF TASKS OR OTHER ACTIVITIES EXECUTED BY TOWN STAFF IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ENHANCE SERVICES.
SO OPERATIONAL ONE EXAMPLE IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM, UM, DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN FIRE DEPARTMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN CAME TO YOU AND THROUGH YOU, AND EVEN THOUGH THAT'S STRATEGIC AT AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL, YOU'RE INVOLVED, BUT IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM, ESTABLISHING DIFFERENT METRICS, REVIEWING THE PLAN, WORKING WITH THE HOME BUILDERS, UM, WORKING WITH STAFF TO REFINE THE PROGRAM, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE, UH, OUR RESOURCES ARE IN PLACE AND THE PROCESS IS GREAT.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE ADDED TO THAT.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TODAY, UM, THAT ARE ON MY PLATE.
AND SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE STILL STRATEGIC, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT A POLICY MATTER, THEY'RE STILL STRATEGIC.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M WORKING ON THINGS EVEN OUTSIDE OF YOUR COLLECTIVE GOALS FOR YOUR POLICIES.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PART, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, THE TACTICS SHEETS THAT WE WON'T REALLY GET INTO TODAY.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT IN, IN A PORTION OF THIS, THIS BOOKLET HERE, WE'VE LISTED OUT THE INITIATIVE, THE STARTING FISCAL, THE INITIATIVE TYPE, WHETHER IT'S POLICY, PROJECT, OR OPERATIONAL, THE FOCUS AREA IN THOSE, IN THOSE TERMS AND WHO THE PROJECT MANAGER IS, REGARDLESS OF WHO THE PROJECT MANAGER IS, I WILL WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ON IT, BUT DEPARTMENT HEADS CAN'T BE PROJECT MANAGERS ON EVERY ITEM.
AND, AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND, UH, TO QUOTE OUR FAVORITE CIP PROGRAM MANAGER, RIGHT? SCOPE, SCHEDULE BUDGET, REGARDLESS, THAT'S JUST NOT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MINDSET.
THAT'S, THAT'S ANY PROJECT MANAGER MINDSET ON THIS DOCUMENT, UM, WHO THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS, AND THEN A DESCRIPTION OF THE INITIATIVE.
THAT'S YOUR CUE? JOSH? JOSH SAID, I COULD SLAP HIM IF HE WAS SLEEPING, BUT YEAH.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST SHOW HOW ALL OF THAT TRANSLATES TO THE AIR TABLE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE THAT THERE.
AND JOSH JUST RUN THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK AND PICK ONE, JUST LET'S PICK, UM, PARKING STUDY SINCE THAT'S COMING FORWARD.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT THIS ONE IS MORE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED AT THE OUTSET WITH GIVING YOUR TABLE IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY A SUMMARY SIDE OF THE FORMAT
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STRATEGY.WHAT IS THE FISCAL YEAR START DATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ACTUAL
DID YOU CLICK ON THAT ONE AND GO STRAIGHT ACROSS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN? ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN WE'LL IMPLEMENT PARKING SITE.
THAT'S THE ONE I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER ON.
SO AS WE GO FORWARD, AS WE HAVE MONTHLY UPDATES ON COMMENTS, WE'LL BE POSTING THEM HERE WITHIN THIS TAKE.
CAN YOU GO BACK? LET ME, LET ME, LET ME HELP GO ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT PLEASE.
NEXT COLUMN IS WHAT, THIS IS THE CORE VALUE THAT WE ARE ASSIGNING PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
NEXT, THIS IS A POLICY INITIATIVE NEXT IT'S IN THE DEPARTMENT.
OUR DEPARTMENT NEXT, JOSH IS THE PROJECT MANAGER NEXT THE SCHOOL YEAR START NEXT.
THIS IS A TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO AGAIN, IN THIS CASE WILL BE MR. AMES THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH.
AND I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING SET FOR NEXT WEEK.
SO IT SHOULD INDICATE THAT YES, SCHEDULE PRESENTATION ON RECOMMENDING IMPLEMENTATION STEPS FROM THE SESSION ON 10 28.
SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION, THIS IS UPDATED ON A MONTHLY BASIS ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED OR WHAT'S COMING UP THAT WAY.
WE CAN CLEARLY TO THE PUBLIC ON EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS WITH STATUSES, EVEN GIVEN THAT MEANS THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTION ON THE SITE.
THAT'S STILL US COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING THAT'S OCCURRED WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THIS FISCAL YEAR ITEM.
IT IS A NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT AGAIN, IT'S STILL COMMUNICATES THAT INFORMATION AND THEREFORE EXPECTATIONS.
SO THAT'S JUST REALLY HOW IT WORKS.
AND IT'S KIND OF RIGHT THERE AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
AND OVER TIME, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
AND SO WE'LL REFINE IT AND TO MR. LENNOX'S 0.0, STRATEGIES OVER TIME WILL CHANGE.
WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH SOME THINGS, CLOSE THEM OUT, CELEBRATE THEM, UM, REALLY CELEBRATE AND APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THEM, UH, AND GET ONTO THE NEXT ONE.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE MEET ON STRATEGIC PLAN ENOUGH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ENOUGH IS, THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO YOU.
I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS, THEN THOSE STRATEGIES ARE ALWAYS BEING ADDED.
WHAT IT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP US DO IS IF SOMETHING COMES UP MID YEAR AND IT'S LIKE, WHOA, HEY MARK.
LET'S, LET'S BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER AND LET'S PUT A PARTNERSHIP IN PLACE AND LET'S, LET'S DO ALL THESE GREAT THINGS.
WELL, MY, MY ANSWER SHOULD BE, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT AT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S A GOOD TIME FOR TOWN COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE DUE DILIGENCE COMING HERE.
IT'S NOT JUST A, YOU KNOW, A PUT IT IN A PILE AND WE'LL VISIT IT IN 11 MONTHS.
I THINK THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US MOVING FORWARD ARE TIMES FOR US TO TALK ABOUT NEW ITEMS. IT'S ALSO A TIME FOR US TO CLOSE OUT AND LOOK BACK AND, AND GET EXCITED ABOUT THOSE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
SO, AND WITH THAT, JUST ONE QUESTION USING, UM, THE PARKING PLAN AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, WHEN THAT IS BEING EXPRESSED AT A TACTICAL LEVEL, IF I'M A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND I DON'T LIKE WHERE IT'S GOING, WHERE CAN I BE HEARD OR WORK? CAN MY COMMENTS BE MEMORIALIZED? IF IN FACT YOU WANT THEM, UH, CAN THEY BE INSERTED AT THE NOTE LEVEL? NO, THAT, THAT NOTE, THAT LEVEL ISN'T FOR THAT, THAT NOTE LEVEL IS FOR THE PROJECT MANAGER TO DO THEIR WORK THERE.
THEIR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD VIA EMAIL DIRECTLY TO
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THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THE TOWN MANAGER, TO OTHERS.BUT IT'S ALSO AT TIME OF PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THROUGH DIFFERENT AND VARIOUS MEETINGS.
AND IF WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT, IT'S NOT JUST PUBLIC, IT'S JUST NOT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT FIRST AND SECOND READING.
IT'S IT'S THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES.
IT'S THE INTERACTION, RIGHT? I THINK MR. LENNOX.
TO USE YOUR EXAMPLE OF AN IDEA THAT COMES UP MID YEAR, LET'S BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER, LET'S DO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER.
I THINK YOUR ANSWER SHOULD BE, WHICH ONE OF THE GOALS DOES THAT SUPPORT? THAT'S A STRATEGY.
THAT'S NOT A GOAL, THAT'S A STRATEGY.
AND WHICH ONE OF OUR GOALS IS THAT IN SUPPORTIVE, ONCE YOU DETERMINE THAT, THEN I THINK YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE WHERE IN THE HIERARCHY OF EXISTING STRATEGIES, DOES THIS FALL OR FALL TOWARD THE BOTTOM? IF SO, THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT IT WON'T BE ALLOCATED RESOURCES, IF IT'S A WONDERFUL STRATEGY AND YOU THINK, OR WE THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, THE LIKELIHOOD IS IT'LL GET RESOURCES ALLOCATED, BUT THAT'S THE FORMAL PROCESS THAT YOU'VE SET FORTH BY DOING THIS.
IN THE IDEAL WORLD AND THE, AND A GREAT PROCESS IN PLACE AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WONDERFUL PART OF THIS PROCESS, RIGHT? AND, AND JUST PICKING UP ON THAT IN USING THE SAME THEME, I DON'T SEE IT THAT DISSIMILAR TO WHEN WE BROUGHT, UM, WHEN A RESIDENT CAME TO ME AND ASKED, WELL, SEVERAL OF US ACTUALLY, AND ASKED THAT, UM, A PAVILION BE BUILT AT, UM, ISLANDERS PARK AND, UM, AND THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH AND IT WAS ABLE TO BE ASSIMILATED INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, AND MADE SENSE FOR US TO MOVE ON IT IMMEDIATELY.
BUT I THINK, UM, IN ANSWER TO BILL'S QUESTION, I THINK HE KNEW THE ANSWER.
THOSE THINGS ALWAYS COME TO US FIRST, WE GET THOSE PHONE CALLS, WE GET THOSE EMAILS AND MESSAGES, AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HURTING THEIR OWN COMMITTEE OR DIRECTLY TO THE TOWN MANAGER.
AND THAT CHANGES, UM, AS APPROPRIATE COULD BE MADE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD HOPE FOR WITH THIS SYSTEM, UM, IS THAT ANY LACK OF TRANSPARENCY THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, UM, IS REDUCED NOT ONLY REDUCED IS ELIMINATED COMPLETELY.
AND I'M WONDERING IN TERMS OF HOW THE FOLLOW THROUGH AND CHECKUP WITH TH THOSE THAT CAN KIND OF BE PLAY.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM SAYING THAT, UM, THAT ISSUE MUST BE ADDRESSED.
AND I THINK THAT THIS, THIS PLAN THAT YOU HAVE WITH WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM MAY HAVE NATURE'S NOTES OR THE DIRECTOR'S NOTES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IS CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT AND HONEST UNDERSTAND.
ONE THING I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON IS, ARE YOU ASKING ME TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING HERE, BECAUSE THERE, IS THERE A TOPIC OR AN ISSUE THAT I SHOULD GO BACK AND RESEARCH, OR DO YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH? NO, SIR, I WANT TO GET THROUGH THESE, BUT YES, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TRANSPARENCY ISSUES AND SOME CONFUSION IN TERMS OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND, UM, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AN, UH, LOOKING RIGHT NOW TO, TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO OKAY.
IF YOU'D LIKE, THIS IS YOUR DAY, WE SHOULD DIVE THROUGH THE STRATEGIES.
SO, WELL, HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M GOING TO DIVE INTO THESE STRATEGIES.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM QUICK, PLEASE STOP ME AND SLOW DOWN AND ALSO SAY YES, I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO OVERVIEW EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
KNOW THAT, JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, MOVE ON.
UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT AS FAR AS HOW OFTEN WE REVIEW IS UP TO US, BUT YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS.
YOU'RE GOING TO COVER THAT LATER, AS FAR AS THE IDEAS.
NEXT STEPS AND FUTURE, AND HOW ALL THIS, LIKE, LET ME TAKE THE DOG SMALL WALKING ME EVEN TALKING.
AND WE'VE THE TENTATIVE PLAN IS TO RE RECONVENE THIS GROUP IN WATCH AND SEPTEMBER.
SO WE WOULD MEET TWICE A YEAR, FORMALLY AND MORE OF MOCK OR YOU GUYS THINK WE NEED IT, BUT THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE MARCH AND A FORMAL MEETING WOULD BE SEPTEMBER THAT CORRECT, SIR.
AND THE MORE WE MEET AND THE MORE WE REFINE, BECAUSE THERE, I ASSURE YOU, I ALREADY KNOW, I ALREADY SEE A COUPLE THINGS IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY, WHY ISN'T THAT IN THERE? OR WHY IS THAT IN THERE? AND GOSH, HOW DID WE NOT THINK OF THAT BACK THEN? THE MORE WE MEET ON THIS DOCUMENT, THE BETTER IT WILL BECOME IN YEAR THREE, WE
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SHOULD BE HITTING OUR STRIDE AND A PART, A PART OF THE NORM, A PART OF THE CULTURE, AND VERY STRATEGIC AS A COUNCIL, VERY STRATEGIC AS A SENIOR STAFF AND FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS OPERATIONALLY.NO, THAT AS I GET THROUGH THESE STRATEGIES, I'M ALSO GOING TO COVER SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK TO ME.
I'VE RECEIVED WONDERFUL EMAILS.
I'VE RECEIVED SUCH GREAT ADVICE, JUST EVEN IN TERMS OF REORGANIZING A PIECE OF THE DOCUMENT, MR. LENNOX, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME PURGE OUT WHAT A GOAL ON THIS LOOKS LIKE.
SO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY NEED TO KNOW TOWN COUNCIL HAS PUT IN A LOT OF TIME WITH ME AND BY THEMSELVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE IT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER YOUR HIGH LEVEL FEEDBACK.
I'M NOT READING EVERY SINGLE LINE OF EVERYTHING, SINGLE THING THAT WAS SENT TO ME.
SO IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED.
AND PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU THINK I'M MISSING ANYTHING.
AND THEN ALSO THERE ARE NEW ITEMS, AS I'VE MENTIONED, NOT NEW ADDITIONAL, AND TO MR. LENNOX'S POINT, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
UNDERSTAND WHAT GOAL, UM, WOULD THEY WOULD ACCOMPLISH IF THEY ARE A STRATEGY.
WHAT, WHAT PRIORITY ORDER, HOW IMPORTANT ARE THEY? AND SHOULD WE ADD THEM TO THE MIX TODAY? AND TODAY IS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
TODAY IS NOT ABOUT GOING BACK TO WORK TOMORROW MORNING AND HOPPING ON THIS.
I REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT THOSE GOALS FOR OUR FUTURE AND DIVE INTO THE STRATEGIES.
SO I'M GOING TO STAND UP BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE SCREEN A LITTLE BETTER BACK HERE.
SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M MOVING AROUND.
UM, AND SO JUST TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT AS WE LOOK, THESE STRATEGIES ARE REALLY BUCKETED INTO THESE GOALS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THEM IN THIS, IN THIS ORDER, I, BY NO MEANS IS THIS A PRIORITY ORDER IS SIMPLY THE ORDER.
SO PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE REQUIRE AND SUSTAIN EXCELLENCE OF PLACE, PEOPLE PLANNING AND PROCESS.
AS WE LOOK IN THIS RE REQUIRE AND SUSTAIN EXCELLENCE OF PLACE, PEOPLE PLANNING AND PROCESS.
SO THEY'RE THERE IN LIES THAT GOAL, THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN PLACE, ALL OF THESE ON THE SCREEN SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY DEFINITELY TO, TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME HAVEN'T STARTED, SOME WERE WELL UNDERWAY OF, AND I THINK TODAY, AGAIN, TO REMIND US IS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND DO YOU AGREE? AND IF YOU DO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THESE ITEMS TOGETHER AT A LATER TIME THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS, THROUGH COMMITTEE OPPORTUNITIES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO HERE WE GO, ADOPT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING APPROPRIATION, WELL ON ITS WAY, SIGNED THE MOU, UH, WITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
UM, I EMAILED THAT TO YOU RECENTLY.
IT, IT, IT WAS EMAILED A LITTLE LATER THAN I WANTED IT TO, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GREAT MOU IT'S CONCRETE, MR. TROYER IS GOING TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
AND SO, UM, YOUR VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD THAT IS IN PLACE.
THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS THOUGH.
TOWN HALL, SECURITY, TOWN HALL, UH, TECHNOLOGY, UH, HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE, I PATTERSON PARK INFRASTRUCTURE, A HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, THE SAFE AND DRY PROGRAM, AS WELL AS REMOVAL OF DILAPIDATED ON INHABIT.
IT STRUCTURES ALL OF THAT WORK AS WELL, UNDERWAY ASSESS ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES THAT CAME UP AT BUDGET IMPLEMENT PARKING MASTER PLAN.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER WHEN YOU WERE PREEMPTING, UM, AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY, YES.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO TALK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT LATER, CORRECT? YES.
DID YOU FLAG ME YET? WELL, I'LL LET YOU FINISH, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT IMPLEMENT PARKING MASTER PLAN, ADOPT SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGS, ADOPT AFFILIATED AGENCY TOWN FUNDING PROCESS ADOPT A 2020 CENSUS REDISTRICTING PLAN, ADOPT A BEACH MASTER PLAN, A SWAT ANALYSIS ON OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES ADOPT THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE, EXTENSION AND EXPANSION BEACH SHUTTLE, SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS, ESTABLISH ISLAND BRAND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE POLICY ITEMS UNDER EXCELLENCE, ANYTHING TO FLAG FOR LATER ON THAT SCREEN ARC.
I HAVE TROUBLE FITTING VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS INTO CATEGORIES.
UM, AND I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL HERE, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WHY IS ADOPT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN UNDER PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE RATHER THAN FOR EXAMPLE, BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY? IS THAT JUST AN ARBOR ARBITRARY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE AS,
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AS BEING OUR COUNTDOWN? YES, SIR.IT'S, IT'S AN ART, NOT A SCIENCE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ARGUABLY BECAUSE THE TOPIC WILL COME UP AND IT WILL BE OBVIOUS ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN TAKE SO MANY OF THESE ITEMS AND PUT THEM IN ENVIRONMENT.
SO IN SOME OF IT'S DRIVEN BY THAT, OUR PLAN, SOME, SOME OF IT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT AND YOU DIVE INTO THOSE TERMS, BECAUSE TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT, I HAD SOME OF THESE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT AS STAFF STARTED TO REVIEW IT, AND THE FOLKS THAT REALLY WORKED ON COMP PLAN ON THE, ON OUR PLAN SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT THAT BUCKET.
THAT'S NOT THAT PRIORITY GOAL.
AND LOOK WHY A LOT, SOME OF THIS WAS REALLY DEFINED, BUT TO YOUR POINT, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN EXCELLENCE IN YOUR GRAFFITI, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES I'M WILLING, I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT YOUR DECISION THOUGH.
AND IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, LET'S MOVE IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TODAY'S ABOUT.
SO MARK, I DO HAVE, UH, A FEW HAIL ON THAT EXCELLENCE POLICY.
UM, THE, UH, ULTIMATE REVENUE SOURCES.
UH, THE REDISTRICTING AND THE TRANSFER FEE.
AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT LIST, UM, BEAT SHUTTLE SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS AND ESTABLISH ISLAND BRAND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WOULD BE TO THAT.
I'D LIKE, OKAY, AS, AS WE EAT LUNCH AND LEADING UP TO TWO, AND IF WE DON'T GET TO THE MALL TODAY, WE'LL FIND SOME MORE TIME MARK TO, TO GLEN'S POINT IT'S POSSIBLE.
AND IT IS FREQUENTLY DONE TO HAVE ONE STRATEGY, BE IN SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE GOALS.
SO HE COULD HAVE THAT SAME STRATEGY LISTED UNDER ANOTHER GOAL.
ONLY DO IT ONCE, BUT IN SUPPORT OF TWO GOALS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WHAT TAMMY AND ALEX MENTIONED IS TOP OF THE LIST FOR LUNCH RATHER THAN NEW STUFF COMING IN, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING AND NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.