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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY.
[I. Call to Order]
EVERYONE.WE WILL CALL THE DECEMBER 14TH BLUFFTON TOWN COUNCIL MEETING THE ORDER.
WE'LL START BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
THAT'S JUST FOR ALL MR. TUMOR.
THANK YOU LORD, FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS TOWN.
MAYBE WE LOOK TO YOU FOR DECISIONS, GUIDANCE ON DECISIONS THAT WILL COME BEFORE US TONIGHT, AND ALWAYS PUT YOU FIRST.
I ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US AS WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS NEXT WEEK.
LET US ENJOY OUR TIME TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT ESPECIALLY HELP US TO NOT FORGET THE REASON FOR THE SEASON IN JESUS' NAME.
[IV. Adoption of the Agenda]
IS THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY CHANGES MR. STACE MAY OR THE ONLY ONE POSSIBLY WOULD BE? WE HAVE A PRESENTER THAT IS NOT PRESENT YET.
IF HE DOESN'T SHOW UP, THAT WOULD BE THE WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA? IS THERE A SECOND, MR. FRAZIER, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE WAS SAYING, AYE.
[V. Adoption of the Minutes]
ONE WAS A WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER AND ONE WAS OUR REGULAR MEETINGS.SO THE WORKSHOP MINUTES OF OCTOBER 19TH, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS FOLLOWED BY LAST MONTH'S MEETING NOVEMBER 9TH.
WHERE THERE ANY CHANGES, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT YOUR SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SET BY SAYING AYE.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP NUMBER ONE
[VI. Presentations, Celebrations and Recognitions]
AND DO NUMBER TWO NEXT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND I THINK THEY HAVE A BASKETBALL GAME.THEY HAVE TO GET TO, UM, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT ON THOSE.
WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHERE WE RECOGNIZE STUDENTS AND TONIGHT SEEMS TO BE WITH HARPER.
THAT'S JUST ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
ALL COURT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, AND ACROSS COUNTRY IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS FOOTBALL TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OTHER CELEBRATIONS.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO START BY RECOGNIZING A GROUP OF MEN WHO DECIDED TO CALL BLUFFTON HOME THIS YEAR AND THAT'S HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
AND THEY BROUGHT HOME ANOTHER STATE TITLE, WHICH IS VERY HARD TO DO.
I HAVE MY MOM HAVE A SON WHO WENT AND TRIED, AND I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS.
SO IT SAYS A LOT FOR Y'ALL'S DETERMINATION AND YOUR WORK ON AND OFF THE FIELD, UM, TO, TO WIN THAT.
SO WE ARE TICKLED AS WE CAN BE TO CELEBRATE Y'ALL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
AND IF WHO'S HERE, LET ME READ.
UM, I THINK OUR STAR QUARTERBACK TIER JAYCE, BLACKSHEAR IS JACKSON LINEAR HERE, COME ON UP.
MONICA AND BOBBY VICKERS ARE Y'ALL HERE.
YOU CAN YOU STAY THERE? THIS IS ABOUT THEM.
RIGHT? AND YOUR COACH ROUND THE DOOZY COME UP HERE.
SO HOW MANY DO Y'ALL REPRESENT? HOW MANY ARE ON YOUR TEAM ALREADY? SO IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF AN ATHLETE, YOU KNOW, THEY PLAY EVERYTHING AND I HEAR YOU HAVE A GAME AT CHRISTIAN VANNA CHRISTIAN.
SO WE JUST LIKE CELEBRATE Y'ALL AND WE'LL GET YOU OUT ON YOUR WAY.
SO I WANTED TO READ JUST A FEW OF THESE, WHEREAS IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR THE HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SKIS, A REGION TWO, A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHEREAS THE HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY EAGLES COMPLETED THEIR FIRST FULL SEASON ON THE SCHOOL'S NEW CAMPUS IN BLUFFTON WITH AN UNDEFEATED RECORD OF 13 AND OH WHILE EXHIBITING HUMBLE SPORTSMANSHIP AND THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD WHERE HIGHLIGHTS LEADING UP TO THE BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HONOR INCLUDED PLAYOFF WINS OVER CAROLINA ACADEMY, 47 AND NOT, THEN YOU DIDN'T GIVE HIM A CHANCE.
UM, AND PD ACADEMY, WHICH WAS ON TV, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
UM, AND WHEREAS 2021 TEAM LEADERS, WHICH ARE SENIORS EARNED THE FOLLOWING TOP SKIS, REGIONAL
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HONORS, JACE BLACKSHEAR WAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHECK SYMBOL DOG LINEAR WAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.JOSEPH SPEEDY ROBINSON WAS CO OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
AND RILEY SHIN WAS THE ALL REGION FIRST TEAM.
SO ALLIE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, ALONG WITH THESE FINE MEN AND WOMEN ON TOWN COUNCIL AND THE WHOLE TOWN.
DO YOU HEAR BACK CONGRATULATE HILTON, HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOR DISPLAYING RELENTLESS TEAMWORK AND SPORTSMANSHIP ALL WHILE EARNING SKIS, OUR REGION TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DATED DECEMBER 14TH.
WANT TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR HEADMASTER? RIGHT.
UM, DOUG LANG HOUSE, HE WAS GIVEN THE STATE'S TOP LEADERSHIP AWARD AT ITS ANNUAL HEADMASTERS CONFERENCE IN ORANGEBURG.
THAT'S A HUGE FEAT IN, IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TRIP OVER HERE AND TAKING CARE OF THESE BOYS AND CONGRATULATIONS.
SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING OH, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN PRETEND IT'S LIKE A FRISBEE.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A TOWN TO COME AND SPEAK TO Y'ALL AND LEADERSHIP CAPACITY.
WE GOT A LOT GOING ON Y'ALL CAN BE PART OF, IT'S NOT JUST HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WHO HAD MAJOR SUCCESSES THIS YEAR WE HAD.
AND IF Y'ALL ARE FOOTBALL MOMS, YOU UNDERSTAND THE SHRINE BOWL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, EVENTS IN THE STATE AND ACTUALLY OUR NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
UM, ONE OF THEIR PLAYERS WON MR. FOOTBALL, WHICH IS HUGE FOR FOOTBALL AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
BUT OUR VERY YOUNG DJ AIKEN WHOSE MOM WORKS AT BLUFFTON HOSTEL IS THE DEFENSIVE.
AND HE WAS NAMED TO THE SHRINE BOWL, WHICH WAS AMAZING FOR OUR, OUR AREA.
AND THEN WHAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS NORTH SOUTH GATE, MS. VAIL TOUCHSTONE ENERGY COOPERATIVE BOWL.
AND THAT WAS PLAYED THIS PAST WEEKEND IN MYRTLE BEACH.
AND WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WORKS FOR US.
ANGIE, UM, DOUGLAS, WHOSE SON, UM, WAS QUARTERBACK AND HE JOINED MAY RIVERS, J'ONN ALLEN AND COACH.
RODNEY SUMMERS WAS ON THE COACHING STAFF.
I GOT TO BRAG ABOUT VOLLEYBALL CAUSE WE ALSO HAVE NATALIE'S DAUGHTER WHO JUST SIGNED AT FLAGLER TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL.
UM, ALL REGIONS SEVEN FOR A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF KIDS NAMED TO IT.
COACH SUMMERS WAS THE COACH OF THE YEAR.
UM, GAP GARVIN DOUGLAS WAS QUARTERBACK, A LOT OF HILTON HEAD BUFORT, UM, JAYLIN LINDER FROM BLUFFTON HA KJ FRAZIER.
I SAW HIS PARENTS THEN LOOK, THEY MIGHT BE OUTSIDE WITH, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER.
TREVOR MURDOCH WAS NAMED TO THE TEAM.
UM, JUSTIN BARROW AND JACQUELYN WILLIAMS. THAT'S HUGE.
SO THESE KIDS ARE GOING DOWN A GOOD LEADERSHIP PATH AND UM, I THINK THEY'RE GOOD REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR, OF OUR TOWN.
SO LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A BIG HAND NOW, ARE THEY READY FOR THIS? FOR THE, UM, PERFORMANCE? OKAY.
SO WE HAD A PARADE THIS LAST WEEK.
THANK YOU TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN.
THEY IN BLUE JUST HANDLED IT PERFECTLY.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HELPING US WITH THE PREY TO KEEP US ALL SAFE.
BUT WE HAVE THREE AWARDS FROM THREE FUN JUDGES WHO ALL REPRESENTED, UM, ASPECTS OF COVID.
WE HAD, UM, UH, TELEPHONE, THE PHARMACY.
WE HAD A NURSE AND WE HAD, WHO SAID HOUSEKEEPING, THREE, THREE, GOOD REPRESENTATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES DURING 2020.
SO BEST PERFORMANCE IS, ARE WE DOING THAT ONE FIRST? AND THEY'RE READY? GOES TO RED CEDAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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OKAY.WELL THEY'RE OUT THERE STARTING THEIR OWN PARADE, BUT YES.
GIVE THEM A WONDERFUL HAND NEXT FAST FLOAT.
AND THAT GOES TO MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL ANIMAL WELFARE CLUB.
WHO'S HERE FROM THE ANIMAL WELFARE CLUB.
STUDENTS ARE ROCKING IT THIS YEAR AND Y'ALL DESERVE IT WITH WHAT YOU, YEAH, IT'S OKAY.
THEY COULD REALLY GO DOWN CALHOUN STREET AND WAKE UP EVERYONE.
SO Y'ALL GOT CHERYL Y'ALL GATHER AS CLOSE AS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
Y'ALL AND GO OUT AND START THE CRANE VERY MUCH.
AND I LOVE SEEING Y'ALL I GOT BACK AT THE TAIL END TO WATCH YOU ON FINALLY WE HAVE A, UH, AN AWARD CALLED THE STATE OF MIND AND THAT GOES TO BLUFFTON.
UH, OUR A TO J ROTC NASSI SANKAR.
THEY'RE LAID BACK COMMANDER, CAITLIN SHERMAN AND MR. THOMAS FOSTER.
I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE PARADE AD.
THINK WE HAD TO SWITCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT I HOPE IT WAS SOMEWHAT LIKE IT WAS KENNETH.
WE'D GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOUR SON TO BE ON THAT REGION TEAM.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER, YOU CAN ALWAYS LET US KNOW.
AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT MOVING OUT.
NEXT WE'LL DO THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARACTER OF THE MONTH.
THIS IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS, UM, BREAKS DOWN THEIR CLUSTERS AND OUR CLUSTER IS HALF THE SIZE THAT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EVERY STUDENT IN EVERY GRADE HAS THE ABILITY TO BE, UM, RECOGNIZED AND PUT IN A POOL OF THAT, OF THE LARGER AWARD, WHICH WAS THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH.
SO ANYONE FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE COULD, IT COULD GO INTO THIS PILE AND BE CHOSEN.
AND THIS MONTH GRAYSON MIZELLE OF OTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WON THE TRAIT FOR COURAGE AND TOLERANCE.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OH, T IS A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL.
SHE'S HAD, UM, EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULT LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT COMES TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A CAN-DO SPIRIT.
SHE BEFRIENDS OTHERS AND TRUST HER BEST EACH AND EVERY DAY.
SHE IS THE EPITOME OF COURAGE IN THE FACE OF VERY TRYING TIMES.
AND WE PROBABLY COULD ALL LEARN FROM HER.
SO, UM, GRAYSON, WE'LL GET A, UM, THANK YOU, A CERTIFICATE AND A COIN.
AND WE HOPE ONE DAY TO HAVE ALL OF THESE KIDS BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND, AND REALLY BE RECOGNIZED IN THE PROPER WAY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO GRAYSON.
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PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH.UM, THIS IS DONE BY A LOCAL GROUP.
THAT'S IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CALLED LOW COUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY YOUTH.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT, THEY ARE NOT HERE TO ACCEPT IT, NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SLOWLY GET BACK INTO SOME STATE OF, OF ATTENDANCE AT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
BUT, UM, THE GIST IS THERE'S, UM, IT IS NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH.
DRIVING ON OUR ROADWAYS CAN BE DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE TWO MOST CELEBRATED DAYS OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S CHRISTMAS, EVEN NEW YEAR'S EVE, DECEMBER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH BY EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE 1981, LOW COUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY YOUTH AND TEENS FOR HEALTHY YOUTH ARE WORKING TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE DANGERS OF IMPAIRED IN STRAP AND DISTRACTED DRIVING.
UM, THE SAME ALSO SHARE OUR APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
LET'S SEE 43 CAMPAIGN, WHICH AIMS TO PREVENT IMPAIRED IN DISTRACTED DRIVING.
AND I, ALONG WITH TOWN COUNCIL, UH, WE'LL PROCLAIM DECEMBER, 2021 IS NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE FIGHT AGAINST IMPAIRED AND DISTRACT TO DRIVING DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR.
UM, A POSITIVE NOTE, I SAT WITH SOMEONE YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE TALKING ACTUALLY IT WAS EASILY.
UM, STEVEN THAT SINCE UBER AND LYFT HAS STARTED, THEY HAVE NOTICED A DEFINITE DROP IN, UM, DUIS AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
UM, PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT ALL EVERYTHING KIM, COULD I DO EVERYTHING? PUBLIC COMMENT.
[VII. Public Comment]
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE EVERY MEETING, UH, WE HAVE RULES THAT WE DO, UM, STRONGLY HAVE YOU ABIDE BY YOU ADDRESS COUNCIL, AND THEN WE'LL AVOID DISRESPECT TO COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER PERSONALITIES IN THE ROOM.YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF TO THE QUESTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THIS COUNCIL AND JUST BASICALLY BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT.
YOU NOTICE WE HAD A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE WE USUALLY DO.
SO IT'S JUST NICE TO BE GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR STUDENTS.
SO WE HAVE TWO, I THINK FIRST IS JOSEPH O'ROURKE, JOSEPH O'ROURKE.
UM, YOU ALSO CAN FILL THIS OUT ONLINE, BUT TO BE IN THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE TO READ YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL CALL HIM AFTER I TRY THE SECOND ONE ANSLEY MANUAL, GOOD EVENING ANSLEY.
AND AS YOU COME UP, YOU KNOW, NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, HELLO, ANSLEY MANUAL 1 0 4 PRITCHARD STREET, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SAKA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT IS EXHAUSTING BEING A RESIDENCE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF BLUFFTON AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS SUFFERING.
WE ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE AS A PLAYGROUND TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN TOURISTS, BUT BEING CONSTANT SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT, THROUGH EVENTS AND CONCERTS, CREATING NOISE AND TRAFFIC ISSUES.
TWO BIG ATTEND EVENTS A YEAR, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IN DECEMBER AND THE VILLAGE FESTIVAL IN MAY, THEN A THIRD BEING THE ARTS AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL AND OCTOBER WAS ADDED.
THERE WAS NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC CONCERT EVERY WEEK.
THERE WERE NO ROUTINE ROAD CLOSURES.
IT IS EASY FOR OUTSIDERS TO SAY THAT WE RESIDENTS SHOULD PUT UP WITH THE CONSTANT INTRUSION IN OUR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF THE TOWNS, COOL FACTOR, BUT THEY DO NOT LIVE HERE AND THEY GET TO GO BACK TO THEIR PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASKING THE TOWN TO TUNE IN, TONE IT DOWN.
EVERYONE DESERVES AT LEAST SUNDAYS IS A DAY OF REST WITH PEACE AND QUIET.
I HAVE TO WONDER, ARE WE THE RESIDENTS OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE TOWN'S PRIORITY? THERE'S SOMETHING GROSSLY WRONG WHEN THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT FIRST IN MIND WHEN MAKING ANY DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE TOWN TO TUNE IN, TONE IT DOWN.
UM, JOSEPH O'ROURKE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER.
[VIII. Communications from Mayor and Council]
FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.UH, LOOK TO THE LEFT, ANYTHING FROM THIS END.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING GETS LARGER EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND IT'S MAGICAL.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE WITH SANTA AT DUBOSE PARK THAT EVENING AND THE PARADE WAS EXCELLENT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WHERE SHE WAS SPEAKING TO A MINUTE AGO, BUT CORNERSTONE CHURCH WENT OVER AND DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB OVER THERE AT, UH, MARTIN FAMILY PARK AND DO BOASTS THIS WEEKEND.
IT WAS AMAZING WHAT ALL THEY HAD THERE.
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UM, AND LAST, I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT, UM, TIME OF THE YEAR.I MEAN, ANYTIME OF THE YEAR IS A GOOD TIME TO DO THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY TO GIVE AND GIVE GENEROUSLY AND GIVE TO SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE.
I, I CAN'T NAME THEM ALL, BUT YOU'VE GOT THE AMY SOUP FOOD KITCHEN, AND YOU'VE GOT BLUFFTON SELF HELP.
YOU GOT BLUFFTON JASPER VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE, CALHOUN STATION, AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO SO MUCH GOOD WORK HERE.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THAT AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
YES, I WANT TO EVERYONE, I'M A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS TIME OF YEAR FOR US TO BE, TO KIND OF RE REFLECT ON WHY WE NEED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WHY WE NEED TO LOVE EACH OTHER AND WHY WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE OUR BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH WITH OTHERS EVERY CHRISTMAS.
WELL, I GOT TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS, UM, UH, AS WE HAVE A PLAQUE THAT WE HAVE HANGING IN OUR HOUSE THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN YOU NEED, DON'T BUILD A HIGHER FENCE, BUILD A LONGER TABLE.
SO IF WE ALL DO, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, PUBLICLY THINK ALL OF A TOWN STAFF WHO, UM, WERE A PART OF ANOTHER AMAZING CHRISTMAS PARADE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT RAVE REVIEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT.
AND FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND, UH, FOLLOWING SUIT DEFINITELY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT'S A GIFT FROM US AND Y'ALL DO ALL THE WORK.
SO PLEASE PASS THAT ALONG TO ALL OF YOUR STAFFS.
UM, STEVEN, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR FIRST CHRISTMAS PARADE, UM, TO COME.
UM, THE POINT SET IS THERE FOR ME.
SO JUST A LITTLE JOY FOR Y'ALL AND, UM, I WISH THE ANSLEY HADN'T LEFT BECAUSE THE TIME TO DISCUSS ALL THIS AS IT STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE I REACH OUT TO HER IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WE ALL NEED TO LOOK AT.
UM, HAVE AS IN YEARS OF EVERYONE ON BOOTS ON THE GROUND, STAFF AND COUNCIL CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE TO DO.
UM, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE I RELAY THAT TO HER.
SHE CAN BRING THAT UP AT STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, HAVE GOOD HOLIDAYS BE SAFE.
AND LIKE I TELL MY CHILDREN, REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE WHEN YOU GO OUT.
WE DO HAVE A WORKSHOP ITEM, WHICH IS THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN FROM THE COUNTY.
SO I'LL JUST KEEP AN EYE ON JARED.
WOULD WE MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE AGENDA OR WHAT SHOWS YOU YEAH.
NOTE THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE.
WE'RE FINE IF HE WANTS TO BE ON THE NEXT.
SO, SO ITEM, UM, NON WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEMS, UH, THE PRESENTER IS NOT HERE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT SCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.
[X.1. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton’s Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23 – Unified Development Ordinance, Table of Contents, Article 2 - Administration, Sec. 2.2, Establishment; Article 3 – Application Process, Sec. 3.18 Certificate of Appropriateness –Historic District and Sec. 3.25 Designation of Contributing Structure; Article 4 – Zoning Districts, Sec. 4.2 Zoning District Provisions and Sec. 4.4 Conditional Use Standards; Article 6 – Sustainable Development Incentives, Sec. 6.3 Sustainable Neighborhood Design and, Article 9 – Definitions and Interpretation, Sec. 9.2, Defined Terms Related to Certain Historic Preservation Terms and Definitions – Public Hearing and Final Reading – Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]
A COUPLE, WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2.2 AND THEN ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 3.18 AND 3.25 AS WELL AS ARTICLE FOUR, WHICH IS SECTION 42 AND FOUR FOR ARTICLE SIX, WHICH IS SIX, THREE AND NINE TOO.UM, THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READINGS.
SO LET ME DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
THERE IS A FIRST CALL FOR COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE ITEM.
LET ME GO THROUGH A SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE UNDER PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, FOR THE ITEM LISTED AS NUMBER ONE UNDER PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UM, SO THE PRESENTATION THAT I PROVIDED IS THE SAME PRESENTATION AS YOU SAY, DID, UH, THIS IS A, UH, SECOND AND FINAL READING.
UH, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES TO THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, OR WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE, UH, MOTION.
UM, AND I DO HAVE ALL THREE OF THE MOTIONS ON THIS ONE SLIDE, UH, FOR ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
YOU ALL NEED ANY OTHER INFORMATION? THERE WERE NO CHANGES REQUESTED FROM THE FIRST READING.
SO WE'LL DO THIS ONE AND MOVE ON.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE? UH, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO TWO, WHICH IS CONTENTS ARTICLE
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THREE, SECTION 3.8, APPLICATION PROCESS ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 4.2 AND 4.4.AND THOSE ARE ZONING DISTRICTS IN ARTICLE SIX AND ARTICLE NINE, UM, SECTION 9.2.
YOUR EMOTION, IF YOU WERE FINISHING.
OH, I KNOW I DIDN'T AS RELATED TO CERTAIN HISTORIC PRESERVATION TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? THIS WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK PUT INTO THIS, SO THANK, THANK ALL OF YOU.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
[X.2. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton’s Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23 – Unified Development Ordinance, Article 3 – Application Process, to Establish Sec. 3.26 Proactive Preservation and Maintenance of Contributing Structures – Public Hearing and Final Reading – Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]
ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING.UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THIS EITHER, BUT I'LL JUST MAKE HER FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CALL.
THERE'S A, UH, FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION THREE TO SIX THAT CAN CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, YEAH, NO CHANGES FROM THE FIRST READING.
THEN I HAVE THE MOTION UP HERE FOR YOU AS WELL.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES ARE Y'ALL SATISFIED.
DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN? OKAY.
SARAH MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, TABLE OF COMMENT, CONTENTS, ARTICLE THREE, APPLICATION PROCESS, SECTION 3.25 DESIGNATION OF CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
IS THERE A, DID WE JUST DO THE THIRD ONE? OKAY.
IS ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR STATE? LET ME BACK UP.
SO THIS SAYS 3.25, BUT THE NUMBER TWO SAYS 3.26.
THE MO THE MOTION AS PUT UP HERE IT'S IT'S, IT'S INCORRECT.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF STATE BY SAYING AYE.
[X.3. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton's Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23 – Unified Development Ordinance, Article 3 – Application Process, to Amend Section 3.25, Designation of Contributing Structures – Public Hearing and Final Reading – Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE THREE, TO AMEND SECTION 3.25 DESIGNATION OF CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES AND YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT, KIM.SO FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, AND THAT'S WHAT I WONDERED IF THE MOTIONS WERE FLIPPED.
DOES ANYONE NEED TO SEE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THIS? THERE? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, TABLE OF CONTENTS AND ARTICLE THREE APPLICATION PROCESS TO ESTABLISH SECTION 3.25 PROACTIVE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
THERE A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR OF STATEMENT SAYING, AYE, AYE.
UM, KEVIN, YOUR STAND UP FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS.
[XI.1. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton’s General Code of Ordinances, Chapter 24 – Taxation to Establish Article V – Special Property Tax Assessment for Rehabilitated Contributing Structures in Old Town Bluffton Historic District – Second and Final Reading – Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]
WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON GENERAL CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 24, A TAXATION TO ESTABLISH ARTICLE FIVE SPECIAL PROPERTY TEXTS, ASSESSMENT FOR REHABILITATED CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES IN AN OLD TOWN, BLUFFTON HISTORIC DISTRICT.THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING WHERE THERE CHANGES FROM ONE TO THE NEXT.
NO MA'AM, THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES.
UM, AND THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, SINCE THIS IS IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
UM, SO THERE ARE NO CHANGES AND I DO HAVE THE MOTION UP HERE FOR YOU.
I DON'T NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION OR ANYTHING ON THIS.
YOU'RE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 24 TO ESTABLISH ARTICLE FIVE, WHICH IS SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT FOR REHABILITATED DISTORT PROPERTIES.
THERE'S SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, STEP OF SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[XI.2. Consideration of Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee Funding Recommendations for Quarter Ending September 30, 2021 - Natalie Majorkiewicz, Treasury Manager]
NATALIE.THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.
UM, THE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 16TH TO REVIEW FOR APPLICATIONS FOR QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
THE TOTAL REQUEST OF THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, COMES TO $80,136.
THE FIRST, THE FIRST IS THE ANNUAL
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REQUEST OF THE FARMER'S MARKET.UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING 37,900 AND $900 FOR ADVERTISING AND FACILITIES EXPENSES FOR THE WEEKLY MARKETS THAT ARE HELD ON THURSDAYS.
THE SECOND IS THE HILTON HEAD, A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WHO HAS REQUESTED $5,000 FOR, UM, THE CONCERT THAT WAS HELD, UM, AFTER THANKSGIVING ON NOVEMBER 27TH AT ST.
GREGORY'S, UM, PARISH LIFE CENTER, AND THE $5,000 IS REQUESTED FOR ADVERTISING.
THE THIRD REQUEST IS FOR MAY RIVER THEATER FOR THE 2022 PRODUCTION AND ADVERTISING EXPENSES.
THE ORGANIZATION HAS REQUESTED $11,481.
UM, A TECH HAS REMAINED AS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THAT FULLY FUNDED, BUT THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE ORGANIZATION COME BACK AT THE NEXT QUARTER, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING EXPENSES FOR THEIR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, UM, FOR THIS COMING QUARTER ENDING, UM, THAT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND THEN FINALLY IS A REQUEST FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA, LOW COUNTRY TOURISM COMMISSION.
UM, THEY HAVE REQUESTED $25,755 FOR PROMOTION OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE LOW COUNTRY.
UM, ANY TECH HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS BE FULLY FUNDED.
UM, THERE IS CURRENTLY OVER $2 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL ATEX FUNDS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, NO, UNFORTUNATELY I DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ITEM BY ITEM, AND THEN WE CAN DO IT.
WOULD THAT BE GOOD FARMER'S MARKET OF LEFT.
AND DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT REQUEST? YES, SIR.
WHAT WAS THE, THEY REQUEST THE FARMER'S MARKET.
HOW, HOW ARE THEY USING THESE PHONES? SO THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FOR, UM, ADVERTISING.
WE HAVE $28,000 FOR ADVERTISING FOR THEM.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE REMAINING IS FOR FACILITIES, EXPENSES.
UM, SO IT'S ITEMS TO PROVIDE FOR THE TOURIST.
SO, UM, LIKE SAFETY MATS TO COVER THE ELECTRICAL CORDS, UM, TENTS, ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UM, HELP THE WELFARE OF ANY TOURISTS COMING TO VISIT THE MARKET.
WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE FOR ADVERTISING OUT OF THAT PROFIT? WELL, JUST OVER 25% OUT OF THEIR TOTAL BUDGET, WHY WOULD THEY NEED TO ADVERTISE A FARMER'S MARKET? WHY WOULD WE AWARD THAT AT THIS? THIS IS GOING ON FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR KIM.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE WON, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AWARDS RECENTLY, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BACK TO HER UNUSUAL.
IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST NOT PART OF THEIR ANNUAL.
AND I DON'T MIND CHIMING IN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AS A FORMER MEMBER OF ATEC TO ANSWER SOME OF WHAT FRED'S QUESTION WAS, BUT FOR THEIR ADVERTISING, UM, THEY DO GET MORE, UM, UH, POINTS OR INCENTIVES IN TERMS OF LIKE, IF THEY GO LARGER WITH THEIR MARKETING, SO TO ADVERTISE AND, YOU KNOW, PLACES LIKE SOUTHERN LIVING AND GARDEN GUN, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT DOES GET EXPENSIVE, BUT I KNOW WHAT THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, DURING THE SUMMER, THEY, THEIR ADVERTISING REACH IS PRETTY VAST.
THEY HAVE A BUS THAT COMES FROM MYRTLE BEACH SOMETIMES JUST TO BE ABLE TO SHOP AT THE MARKET.
AND SO THAT EXPANSION IS, UM, I KNOW HELP THEM A LOT, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, GROWING THE MARKET ITSELF AS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN BUZZED OR WANTING TO ATTEND BECAUSE IT'S BECOME SUCH A WIDESPREAD, UM, MARKET AND THAT ADVERTISING REACH GOING BROADER THAN JUST ADVERTISING HERE LOCALLY HAS ALLOWED THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS TOTALLY SUPPORTED THE FARMER'S MARKET AND ITS MISSION AND ALL THAT.
BUT ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE AND I THOUGHT I'D ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, MAYBE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THE ANSWER IN THAT 9,900 PART OF IT IS FOR RENTAL FROM THE HEYWARD HOUSE.
I NEED TO BE CLARIFIED ON THAT.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT'S OKAY.
SO THE, UM, THE RENT, UM, IS AROUND, IT IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MARKET, UM, AND IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MARKET THAT THEY RENT THE COMMON GROUNDS FROM THE HAYWARD HOUSE.
UM, AND IT'S PART OF IT WAS DUE TO COVID JUST SO THAT THERE'S, UM, GREATER SEPARATION WITH, UM, THE ATTENDEES.
UM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE MUSIC THERE AT THE LITTLE, UM, THE PAVILION.
UM, AND SO IT'S JUST EXTRA SPACE FOR THEM TO USE THAT THEY DO RENT FROM THE HAREWOOD HOUSE.
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YEAH, I, UM, I, IN THE PACKET IT SAYS THEY HIT NUMBER ONE, UM, FARMER'S MARKET IN THE SOUTH, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NUMBER FOUR IN THE SOUTHEAST AND, UH, BEST OF BLUFFTON.AND SO THEY'RE BRINGING SOME VALUE, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I THINK THEY HAVE DONE THAT FOR A WHILE.
UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS IT'S A CURIOSITY TYPE THING THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE REQUEST AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENDED DOLLARS, ACTUAL EXPENDED DOLLARS, ALWAYS LESS, WHY, WHY WOULD THAT BE? WE ARE REIMBURSEMENT BASED.
AND SO WE DON'T FULLY FUND RIGHT UPFRONT.
WE, UM, ENSURE THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BLACKTON LOGO IS INCLUDED IN ALL OF, IN ALL OF THEIR ADVERTISING.
UM, AND SO WHILE THIS IS THE BUDGET WE DO, UM, IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT BASED GRANT OR SO THEY MAY NOT SPEND EVERYTHING THAT, RIGHT.
NOT BEATEN UP ON THEM, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION CAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN.
PART OF THAT WAS, UM, FOR A TRAILER OR AN ADVERTISING TRAILER, I GUESS I'M CONCERNED, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A TRAILER PARKED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? ISN'T THAT A BILLBOARD, I MEAN, IS THAT OPEN IT'S IN THE BODY OF THE REQUEST.
SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, IS IT CONTINGENT UPON THAT BEING ALLOWED? OR ARE WE SAYING, OH, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT BECAUSE WE VOTED ON THIS.
SO I AM IN COMMUNICATION WITH KIM WHILE WHATEVER FUNDING IS AWARDED THIS EVENING, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY WHAT STATE LAW HAS AN AN AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL ALWAYS DO.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON WHERE THE TRAILER MAY BE PARKED.
UM, AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO KIM AND, AND COMMUNICATED THAT WITH HER.
NOW, IF SHE DOES WANT TO PURCHASE A TRAILER, ABSOLUTELY.
THE WRAP BECAUSE IT IS ADVERTISING COULD QUALIFY, UM, AS, AS AN EXPENSE.
UM, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT OF MOBILE BILLBOARDS PARKING IN OUR PARKING SPOTS.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE TO CAUSE WHEN LYNN DOES IT, THE OTHER, ONE'S GOING TO GET ANOTHER IDEA.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT BULLET.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE TOWN MANAGER TIER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORDINANCE HAS SAY REGARDING THAT, BUT YOUR POINTS WELL-MADE WELL, I'VE SENT COMPLAINTS FOR ABOUT BOATS AND CARS FOR SALE UNDERSTATE THOUGHTS.
AND I'M TOLD THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT STEPHEN.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS FARMERS MARKET, A BLUFFTON AMOUNT REQUESTED 3,709 AMOUNT RECOMMENDED 37 9.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT SESSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF STATE BY SAYING AYE.
NEXT IS HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, HOLIDAY POPS.
I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THE ONE IN THE PARK, SO I HOPE THEY COME BACK, UM, AMOUNT REQUESTED FIVE AMOUNT, RECOMMENDED FIVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, STEP OF SAYING AYE.
NEXT IS MAY RIVER THEATER COMPANY, A MOUNTAIN RECOMMENDED 11,000 4 81.
I MEAN, REQUESTED AND AMOUNT RECOMMENDED WAS 11,000 4 81.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I GOT ONE QUESTION.
DO WE ALWAYS PAY FULL PRODUCTION COSTS? SO THE THEORY BEHIND IT IS YOU NEED TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCTION COSTS IN ORDER TO HOLD THE, UM, THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION ITSELF.
SO YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
SO IN, IN THE PAST, YES, THAT HAS QUALIFIED AS, UM, AS AN EXPENDITURE.
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GOING TO JUMP ON FROM A FARMER'S MARKET, BUT THERE'S THERE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT OUR LOGO AND EVERYTHING ON THERE, ADVERTISING.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FRONT PAGE OF RA TAX APPLICATION.
SO, OH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS OR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF 11,000 4 81 TO THE MAY RIVER THEATER COMPANY, INC.
AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING AYE.
FINALLY, THIS SOUTH CAROLINA, LOW COUNTRY TOURISM COMMISSION AMOUNT REQUESTED 25,000 7 55 AMOUNT RECOMMENDED 25,000 7 55.
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CURIOUS, UH, YOU HAD A SPLIT VOTE ON THAT ONE.IT WASN'T A WHOLE GROUP WASN'T THERE, BUT IT WENT THREE TO TWO AND A, I'M NOT SURE THEY HAD DISCUSSION IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
AND THEY WENT THROUGH WITH THE VOTE ANYWAY, THERE WAS DISCUSSION.
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE TWO DISSENTERS? UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED, UM, AND PEACH ACTUALLY CAME AND PRESENTED, UM, AND GAVE A PRESENTATION OF, OF WHAT THEIR ADVERTISING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ON WHAT ENHANCED, UM, VALUE MAY COME WITH THE GRANT.
UM, AND THAT COULD HAVE LED TO THE, THE TWO DISSENTS, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE VOTE.
THEY WORK WITH OUR DMO FROM WHAT I READ, I GUESS.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES YES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY OR NOT.
THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH FOR BLUFFTON AT THIS POINT.
I'M NOT CRITICIZING THEM, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR MONEY TO PROMOTE BLUFFTON IT UP TO THIS POINT.
I DON'T THINK THEY HISTORIC BEHIND IT.
UM, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE IT BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN, THEY'VE NOT MADE A REQUEST FOR YEAR.
UM, I MEAN, I GO BACK TO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT COUNCIL.
THE, I ALSO HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS THE ADVERTISING IN THEIR BOOK WAS INCORRECT.
THEY DIDN'T, I MEAN, I THINK MR. HOFFMAN WAS ON COUNCIL AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE BLUFFTON BARBECUE IN IT.
YOU KNOW, THE, AND SO I'M REMEMBER THAT.
I'M VERY CURIOUS WHAT THIS GOES TO, IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT BOOK.
I GUESS WE CAN'T REALLY HOPE THAT'S NO ONE'S CAR.
SO EITHER SOMEONE FOR A KID OR SOMETHING, BUT, UM, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT BECAUSE I THINK THEY JUST GOT SO UPSET.
SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED OVER WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT BOOK AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHY, SO THEY JUST STOPPED COMING BEFORE I, YOU REMEMBER THAT? ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE, GOD DAMN ANSWERED OR ASKED WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.
SO THERE'S A REQUEST AND A RECOMMENDED AMOUNT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU'RE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS REQUEST.
UM, OH, IT'S AT THE TOTAL OF OKA.
THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT THEY ASKED FOR THE 25,759.
UM, WE WERE ONE OF NINE, UM, MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FOR FUNDS.
I'M HESITANT TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR AWAY AND WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T LIKE JUST GIVING MONEY CAUSE WE'VE GOT IT.
UM, I'LL FOLLOW COUNCIL ON THIS.
I JUST THINK WE'VE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT IF IT'S GOING IN THAT BOOK.
WE JUST NEED A RETURN OF INVESTMENT ON THIS SUGGESTION.
I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A REIMBURSABLE, UH, FUN, IF NOT, IF THEY DON'T ADHERE TO WHATEVER WAS STIPULATED IN THAT THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE THAT THOSE FUNDS.
SO, UM, AND THEN ALSO THE, THERE IS THE LOGO REQUIREMENT.
UM, YEAH, CAUSE I NEVER, OUR LOGO REQUIREMENT WASN'T ON THIS PR WHEN THEY WERE HERE IN THE PAST.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME BACK TO MEET AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE I OFF AND GET THEM TO TELL US WHAT IT IS THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR US.
I MEAN, THEY, I GUESS THAT'S THE, WHERE THE CLARITY IS MISSING FOR ME.
AND PROBABLY EVERYBODY SITTING UP HERE IS READ IT, BUT YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY.
AND SO SHOW US, YOU KNOW, SHOW US SOME IDEAS OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, BUT NOT HAVE BEEN EXPLAINING.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, PEACH DID HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMITTEE.
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OF A GOOD FAITH.IT BACK THE SECOND TIME AFTER THEY'VE BEEN MISSING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, I'M GUESSING, UM, IT'S GOT TO LOOK GOOD CAUSE I'M NOT AGAINST NOT DOING THIS AGAIN.
AND I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS HER IN ANY WAY, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO STEP UP ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH THIS AND UM, DO YOU HAVE THINGS ON ATEX? I WASN'T SURE IF I GET A SHOUT OUT, BUT YES, WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, FOR THE, UM, RECOGNITION FOR MARISSA.
WE, UM, I WAS QUITE IMPRESSED BY HOW HIGH SHE JOBS ABOVE THE NET.
SO WE NEED TO FOLLOW HER AND ANGIE'S SON, IT'S KIND OF COOL HAVING OUR FAMILY HAVE KIDS THAT ARE EXCELLING IN THEIR SPORT OR OFF THE FIELD AS WELL.
BUT YOU TELL HER WE'RE PROUD OF HER.
[XI.3. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton’s Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22 – Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Public Property to include Provisions to Address Locations and Requirements for Special Events – First Reading – Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager, Planning and Projects]
IS ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS, CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE IN MANY OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 22 STREET SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PROPERTY TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS, TO ADDRESS LOCATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.CAUSE I THINK WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT BACK BEFORE HEATHER.
LAST MONTH I WAS BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE AND COUNCIL HAD SOME QUESTIONS, THEY ASKED ME TO GO BACK AND, UM, ADDRESS AND INCORPORATE IN, UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND THE THREE SPECIFIC ONES THAT WE HAVE.
AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
A MOMENT IS THAT EVENTS AT PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, FOR EXAMPLE, A FAMILY REUNION BIRTHDAY PARTY, MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR THAT THAT WAS EXCLUDED AND WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO GET A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.
UM, ALSO EVENTS AND GATHERINGS AT TOWN FACILITIES, WHERE THERE WAS NO INTENTION TO, UH, RESERVE HAVE A RESERVATION FOR THAT SPACE, BUT MORE LIKE IT COULD BE AN IMPROMPTU PARTY, JUST A PARTY WHERE YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO RESERVE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS EXCLUDED AS WELL.
AND THEN TO ALSO CONSIDER A THRESHOLD OF, UM, ANTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES.
SO THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED AND STAFF DID WORK WITH TERRY FINGER ON HIS NOTES AND MAKE SURE THAT'S, THAT'S ALL INCLUDED.
AND THIS JUST SUMMARIZES THAT REQUEST, UM, LIKE A SUB, WHAT WERE YOU REFERRED TO AS THESE SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE LEMON FRAZIER WAS NOT HERE THAT NIGHT.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO GO THROUGH IT? I'M LIKE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT HERE.
UM, JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ARE SPECIFIC ONLY TO EVENTS ON TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES, SO ONLY TOWN OWNED PROPERTY.
SO IF IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES, THE SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE DOES NOT APPLY.
SO ONE THE INTENTION OF STAFF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, THE SPONSOR OF THE EVENT IS WELL AWARE AND INFORMED OF ALL OF THE OTHER ASSOCIATED TOWN ORDINANCES, WHETHER IT'S RELATED TO NOISE, TRAFFIC, BUILDING, PERMITS, BUSINESS LICENSE, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO TO BE EDUCATIONAL BECAUSE IF IT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEY MAY NEVER COME TO US TO, UM, GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN JUST TO GET AGAIN, THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT THERE'S, UM, SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE FOR THE EVENT HOLDER.
THIS IS WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR A SPECIAL EVENT WHAT'S UNDERLINED THERE'S THINGS THAT WOULD WOULD ADD, UM, TO THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE WORD PRIVATE THERE FOR STREET AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE LIST OF WHAT IS A SPECIAL EVENT.
SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO, WHAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO COME TO TOWN FOR A PERMIT AGAIN, THIS, UM, THIS GOES THROUGH AND SAYS WHAT THE PERMIT, AS FAR AS WHEN IT'S REQUIRED.
SO AGAIN, WE ADDED IN A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS ANTICIPATED, UM, A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND JUST WHAT THAT LIST OF SPECIAL EVENTS IS.
SO THE EXCEPTIONS, THE INTENTION WITH THE ORDINANCE AND THE REGULATIONS IS NOT TO PROHIBIT SPECIAL EVENTS.
IT IS SIMPLY TO AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE AND THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE OF WHERE CAN WE PARK? IS THERE BATHROOMS, LITTER AGAIN? DO WE NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE FIRST TWO EXCEPTIONS ARE ALREADY IN THE ORDINANCE, UM, FUNERAL PROCESSIONS, UH, IN PARADES.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT LIST.
THE INTENT AGAIN IS NOT FOR A SCHOOL TO HAVE TO COME TO THE TOWN EVERY TIME THEY HAVE A FOOTBALL GAME OR A FAIRER CARNIVAL THAT'S ARE THE SITES ALREADY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE TYPE USES? AND THIS IS WHERE I INCLUDED THOSE THREE, UM, THREE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AS FAR
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AS THE PERSONAL RESIDENCE OR FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, IT'S A CLUBHOUSE THERE'S ALREADY PARKING IN PLACE AND FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.AND AGAIN, NUMBER SEVEN, THERE, YOU WILL SEE WE CAN'T, UM, WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE ALL EVENTS OR WHAT THEY ALL MAY BE.
SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE TOWN MANAGER TO WAVE, WAVE THE, UM, PERMIT FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO OTHER THINGS THAT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, WE'RE JUST THINGS AGAIN THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OTHER MUNICIPAL CODES AND SECTIONS OF OUR ORDINANCE, BUT JUST TO GET IT ALL IN ONE SPOT.
SO ADDRESSES THINGS SUCH AS THE SECURITY AND SAFETY TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND PARKING TOILET FACILITIES, SOLID WASTE, DISPOSAL, ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS, AND AGAIN, THAT AUTHORITY TO WAIVE AND OTHER EXEMPTIONS.
I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST MEANT TO COVER THAT THIS DOES, UM, PROVIDE FOR SOME THRESHOLDS AS FAR AS WHEN YOU NEED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
SO THERE, ONCE THEY APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT, THEN ONCE IT'S REVIEWED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TOWN MANAGER, IT MAY BE ADJUSTED.
AND THE SAME WITH TRAFFIC, THIS ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE PARKING IN AS FAR AS WHERE YOU CAN PARK ON THOSE ROADS AND THE SHOULDERS.
AND AGAIN, IT IS MAKE IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE AND THE TRAFFIC CAN CIRCULATE ACCORDINGLY.
SAME FOR RESTROOMS. AGAIN, PUT A NUMBER FOR A, A THRESHOLD.
AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE CAN ADJUST BASED ON THE EVENT, THE SOLID WASTE AND REMOVAL OF THAT SOLID WASTE WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE EVENT THAT ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A TEMPORARY EVENT OR A PERMANENT, YOU STILL ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ALL BUILDING CODES AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THAT, UM, THE APPROPRIATE BUILDING PERMITS WILL BE REQUIRED.
THIS IS JUST, UM, THAT FIRST PAGE OF OUR APPLICATION, OUR APPLICATION IS ALREADY VERY, UM, VERY ENCOMPASSING AS I'M SURE Y'ALL KNOW.
SO IT ALREADY WOULD ACCOMMODATE ANY CHANGES IF THIS IS APPROVED, UM, THIS EVENING.
SO TONIGHT THIS IS FIRST READING, YOU CAN APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS, UM, AS SUBMITTED APPROVE WITH CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS OR DENY THEM, OR IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION OR THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO IT IS TWO READINGS.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED LIKE YOU TO MAKE ONE CHANGE.
THAT EQUALS FIELD IN A LANGUAGE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT OVER THIS PAST YEAR, AT LEAST WHEN WE WERE THINKING THROUGH, UH, THERE ARE TWO EVENTS THAT, AND LOCATIONS, EAGLES FIELD WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE IF IT MET ALL THOSE THRESHOLDS AND THEN ALSO EVENTS LIKE IN THE PROMENADE PARK SPACE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER PRIVATE, UM, AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE HAD EVENTS OVER THIS PAST YEAR, OFTEN VILLAGE BLUFFTON VILLAGE.
THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL SPACE WHERE I'M IN FRONT ON THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY THAT IS IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS JUST MEANT TO EDUCATE AND INFORM AND MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE QUESTIONS FOR OUR CHANGES FOR HEATHER, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS THERE, A MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 22 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY, ARTICLE FOUR SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO ADDRESS LOCATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
SARAH ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR STATEMENTS SAYING, AYE, AYE.
THANKS FOR TAKING OUR COMMENTS AND REDOING IT.
[XI.4. Consideration of an Ordinance to Approve the Annexation of Certain Real Property Owned by the Town of Bluffton Consisting of Approximately 9.27 acres, More or Less, Located at 115 Bluffton Road and Identified as Beaufort County Tax Map No. R600 039 000 0050 0000 - First Reading, Kevin Icard - Director of Growth Management]
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY ON BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 9.27 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT ONE 15 BLUFFTON ROAD AND AS IDENTIFIED BY THE TAX NUMBER WRITTEN ON THE AGENDA.THIS IS FIRST READING OF TWO AND A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? THIS WOULD BE A PUBLIC.
AND, UM, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, UM, THE PRESENTATION IS FOR BOTH ITEMS FOR BOTH ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER FIVE.
SO IT'S BOTH THE ANNEXATION AND THEN THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF THE, UM, SO THE PRESENTATIONS ITEM FOUR AND FIVE, BUT WE VOTE SEPARATELY.
SO ALSO WILL BE FOR THE, UH, WHO APPROVED THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ZONING MAP TO INCORPORATE AND DESIGNATE CERTAIN
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REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.I DO HAVE TWO MOTIONS AT THE END FOR YOU.
UM, SO AS YOU STATED, UH, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE FIRST REGION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT ANNEXATION AND DESIGNATION TO THE GENERAL MIXED USE OF THE 9.27 ACRES, UH, PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN OWNS AT ONE 15 BLUFFTON ROAD.
UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS DID GO IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AT THEIR NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING WHERE THERE WAS A VOTE FOR A FOUR TO ONE FOR THE ANNEXATION AND THEN A VOTE OF THREE TO, TO, UM, TO APPROVE THE ZONING AMENDMENT REQUEST AS SUBMITTED, UM, JUST, UH, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UM, APRIL 13TH, UH, TOWN COUNCIL, YOU CONSIDERED PROVIDED THE DIRECTION, UH, FOR TOWN STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, UM, ON JUNE 29TH, IN 2021, AS WHEN WE UPDATED THE, UM, ANNEXATION POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT INTENT TO ANNEX.
AND WE BROUGHT THIS ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, AT THAT POINT, WHICH YOU TOLD US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, SO, UM, PURSUANT TO BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS, WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH BRINGING THIS UNDER THE GENERAL MIXED USE DESIGNATION, THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION UNDER THAT, UM, UH, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, SO THIS WAS, UH, IN JULY 18TH, UM, YOU ACCEPTED IT AND DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, THE 25TH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A WORKSHOP, UH, TO DISCUSS THE REQUEST.
UH, THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING IS WHERE THEY HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOTH THE ANNEXATION AND THE, UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
UH, HERE'S AN AERIAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GET YOUR REFERENCE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE TO THE NORTH, THAT'S THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY.
AND THEN, UH, THE ROAD TO THE WEST IS BLUFFTON ROAD AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT FROM AN AERIAL STANDPOINT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE TOWN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ANNEXING.
IT, IT, UH, THE CURRENT ZONING IS UNDER BEAVER COUNTY, WHICH HAS THE, UH, THE FRONT PORTION OF IT AND THAT T4 HAMLET AND THE, UH, REAR PORTION IS THE T3.
UM, THESE ARE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S ALL THAT INFORMATION IS LOCATED THERE.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, THE CURRENT ZONING THROUGH BUFORD COUNTY, UH, WHICH HAS A MULTITUDE OF USES RESIDENTIAL RETAIL USES, UM, OFFICE AND SERVICES.
UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THAT TABLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, UM, UH, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
UH, P MEANS IT'S PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
IF THERE'S AN S E THAT MEANS IT'S A SPECIAL EXEMPTION, WHICH IS, UM, REQUIRED APPROVAL THROUGH THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
UH, JUST SOME, UH, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS INFORMATION.
UH, AND THIS WAS ALL ON YOUR PACKET, UH, THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU, UH, JUST, UH, AS A, UM, PROPOSED, UH, BUILD OUT, UM, PROPOSED TAXES AND THEN, UM, PROPOSED ESTIMATED REVENUE AFTER THE EXPENSES, UH, OF THAT PROPOSED BILL.
AND THAT WOULD BE AT 60 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO REQUESTS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE ANNEXATION REQUEST, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 14, UH, VARIOUS REVIEW CRITERIA.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO PULL UP THE REPORT AND WE CAN GO THROUGH ANY ONE OF THEM IF YOU WISH.
UH, BUT THEY, EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT ON HERE.
UH, SO THERE WAS, UH, 8, 3 14 THERE, UM, FROM THE FUTURE, UH, ANNEXATION AREA.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THIS IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED.
UM, THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE THAT DOES, UH, PROPOSE THAT AS THAT MIXED USE, UH, TYPE OF, UM, UH, CLASSIFICATION FROM THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THAT, UM, VILLAGE, UH, PLACE TYPE.
UH, SO THAT'S CONSISTENT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST.
UM, AND THAT HAS THE SIX REVIEW CRITERIA, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THEM.
UM, SO THIS EVENING WE'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST READING.
UM, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS, UH, UH, IF YOU SO CHOOSE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK IN FEBRUARY FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING.
WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO DO THE NECESSARY, UM, MAILING NOTIFICATIONS.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE TIME TO GET THAT HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO CONTACT US.
AND THEN THAT GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME, UH, TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AT THAT FEBRUARY MEETING.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED, UH, YOUR ACTIONS THIS EVENING, YOU CAN APPROVE, YOU CAN APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR TO DENY, AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE NO VOTE CAN USE.
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UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THAT ONE OF THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FELT THAT, UM, THAT THE EXTENSION OF THIS, UH, OF THE, OF THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES ACTUALLY CREATED AN ENCLAVE, UH, THEY FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, WAS THE START OF CREATING A DONUT HOLE, UH, AS WHAT, ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS, UH, THERE WAS ALSO FOR THE ZONING PORTION OF THEIR CONCERNS WAS, UH, THE PROXIMITY TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.THEY FELT THAT, UH, ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THERE, UH, WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE, UH, ISSUES WITH, UH, WITH, UH, WITH TRAFFIC ISSUES.
ONLY THE ONE ATTACHMENT SHOULD THE AREA WITH THE TWO GREEN BOUNDARIES.
WHY IS IT LOOK LIKE THAT? THERE IS, THERE IS A, UM, A SOUTH CAROLINA D O T PORTION THAT WAS PURCHASED RIGHT AWAY THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR, I BELIEVE, A STORM, UM, STORM DRAINS AND IT, AND IT BISECTED THAT PROPERTY.
AND WHEN THEY DID THAT, IT IN ESSENCE SPLIT THE PROPERTY THAT ANNEX 10 AS WELL, OR IS THAT EASEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE THAT'S RIGHT OF WAY.
MAKE THAT MOUNT MORE INCLUSIVE, THEN JUST COVER THE WHOLE THING.
SO DO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT IN THE MOTION OR JUST HAVE YOU DO IT BEFORE SECOND READING? IT'S ONE, ONE PARCEL, NOT TWO THAT'S.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, YES, THERE, THERE ARE TOO MUCH EMOTIONS FIRST.
SO ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION PROPERLY OF THE ENTIRE PARCEL OF 9.27 ACRES, INCLUDING THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY AND, UM, TOWN OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE 15 ROAD AND IDENTIFIED BY BLUFFTON COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER 6 0 1 0 3 9 3 0 0 0 5 0 4.
ZEROS HAD THE 100% PETITION IN ORDINANCE ON A BLUFFTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING, AYE.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
[XI.5. Consideration of an Ordinance to Approve an Amendment to the Town of Bluffton Zoning Map to Incorporate and Designate Certain Real Property Owned by the Town of Bluffton Consisting of Approximately 9.27 Acres, More or Less, Located at 115 Bluffton Road and Identified as Beaufort County Tax Map No. R600 039 000 0050 0000 as General Mixed Use Zoning - First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]
WHICH IS THE ZONING MAP.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, THE ZONING MAP TO INCORPORATE AND DESIGNATE REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 9.27 ACRES LOCATED AT ONE 15 BLUSHING ROAD AND IS IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS GENERAL MIXED USE ZONING.
ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING, AYE.
UM, YOU'RE STILL UP, UH, NUMBER SIX UNDER FORMAL
[XI.6. Amendments to the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances Chapter 23 – Unified Development Ordinance, Article 5 – Design Standards, (Sec. 5.13 Signs); Sec. 5.15.6.Q. (Old Town Bluffton Historic District, Signs); and, Article 9, (Sec. 9.2 – Defined Terms for Certain Related Definitions) Related to Signage - First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]
ITEMS, AND THEN THAT'S TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE FIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, SECTION FIVE 15, UM, AN ARTICLE NINE, WHICH ARE DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SIGNAGE FIRST READING.UH, SO THIS EVENING WE'RE HERE AND I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS MORE OF A HIGH LEVEL, NOT TO GET NECESSARILY INTO THE SPECIFICS OF ALL OF THE, UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
BUT AS YOU REMEMBER, WE DID COME BACK.
WE CAME IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, BACK IN AUGUST WITH SOME VARIOUS, UH, CODE CHANGES, UH, SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH SIGNAGE.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, LIKE WITH ANY ORDINANCE, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT ORDINANCE.
UM, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS, UM, WHEN WE MADE ONE OF THE CORRECTIONS, WE INADVERTENTLY, UM, LEFT OUT A SIGN TYPE, UH, WHICH HAS CAUSED SOME, UH, COSTUME ISSUES, UM, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING ABLE TO, UM, REGULATE SPECIFIC SIGNAGES WHILE WE'RE IN THERE.
WE WANTED TO CLARIFY, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, ITEMS RELATED TO, UM, DIMENSION REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO SAYING A CERTAIN HEIGHT AND A CERTAIN, UM, WITH THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
WE GAVE A, UH, A, THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE.
WHAT THAT DOES IS GIVES FLEXIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO SHAPE THE SIGNS AS THEY SO CHOOSE.
UM, SO WE HAVE SIGNED REGULATIONS, UM, IN SECTION FIVE 13, AND THAT DEALS WITH, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UM, THAT'S REGULATED BY THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
SO AGAIN, UH, JUST REMEMBER THAT 92% OF THE TOWN IS WITHIN A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT HAS ITS OWN SIGN REGULATIONS.
SO THIS IS FOCUSED MORE ON THAT 8%.
UM, SO SECTION FIVE, 15 DOES DEAL WITH THE, UM, HISTORIC DISTRICT
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AND THEN SOME, UH, DEFINITIONS IN TERMS. UM, SO SOME OF IT WAS CLARIFYING THAT THE, UM, THAT EXEMPT, UH, SUSPENDED SIGNS ARE SMALLER THAN PERMANENT BUILDING SUSPENDED SIGNS AS PROPOSED IN THE BUILDING TYPES.UH, SO WE DO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES HERE WHERE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE WERE, UM, CLARIFYING WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO.
UM, THE EXEMPT ONES ARE THE ONES THAT KIND OF RUN PERPENDICULAR, UH, FROM A BUILDING WALL, AS OPPOSED TO PARALLEL WITH A BUILDING WALL.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTIONING.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET DOWN INTO THE, INTO THE WEEDS OF, OF, OF SIGNED PERMITS, THIS IS ITEMS THAT, THAT DO COME UP THAT WE NEED TO TRUST YOU.
UM, OTHER ITEMS INCLUDED, UH, CLARIFYING THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE, UM, DON'T PUT SIGNS THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA KNOCK THEIR HEADS AGAINST.
UM, SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ADDRESSED.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE PERMANENT BUILDING SIZE, UH, WHICH WAS ADDING THE SUSPENDED SIGNS FROM THE BUILDING TO, BY REMOVING THOSE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN, UH, THE CANOPY SIGNAGE.
UH, SO, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR FIVE 13.
SO THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO ADD A NON DIGITAL ELECTRONIC SCROLL SIGNS.
NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, YOU SEE A SIGN FOR A GAS STATION, AND IT'S A DIGITAL MEANING THAT'S ELECTRONIC, LIKE THE LED LIGHTING TYPE SIGNS.
THAT'S STILL NOT ALLOWED WHAT THIS IS, IS A LITERALLY A MECHANICAL SCROLL INSIDE.
AND IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ATTENDANT OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HOME OFFICE CAN, UH, CAN CHANGE GAS PRICES AS NECESSARY, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SOMEONE TO PHYSICALLY COME OUT, REMOVE THE NUMBERS AND THEN CHANGE THEM OUT.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW THEM TO, UM, TO HAVE THE NUMBERING ON THEIR SIGNS WHERE THEY IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MECHANICAL WHEEL INSIDE THAT THAT ROLLS THE NUMBERS AROUND TO THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.
UH, IT'S NOT ELECTRICAL IN THE SENSE OF LIKE AN LED LIGHT, BUT IT'S ELECTRICAL IN THE SENSE OF THAT.
IT, IT AUTOMATICALLY MOVES AT PRICES APPEAR TO BE RATHER DATED.
I WAS THINKING THAT YOU HAVE NONE UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IF, IF IT'S NOT LED, THEN WHY WILL YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION? UH, W BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT IS, UM, IT'S CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT SET UP IS IT'S A HAND CHANGE ONLY.
MEANS PHYSICALLY THAT THE ATTENDANT HAS TO GO OUT AND THEIR PLASTIC LETTERING THAT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND IN ESSENCE, USE A SUCTION CUP TO, TO GET THEM AND PULL THEM OFF.
UM, WHAT THIS DOES, IS THIS STILL, IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THOSE LED TYPE OF LIGHTS, UM, THAT WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, AGAINST, BUT IT DOES ALLOW FOR THE FLEXIBILITY FOR ANY TYPE OF SIGNS TO BE ABLE TO STILL MECHANICALLY CHANGE THEM.
UM, WITHOUT HAVING SOMEONE TO PHYSICALLY GO OUT THERE BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT GAS PRICES CHANGE SOMETIMES HOURLY.
UM, AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
HOW ABOUT INSIDE THE STORY? WELL, THAT IS BACK TO THE MANUAL.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S FROM THE HISTORICAL STANDPOINT, WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT ALLOWING FOR THE LED LIGHTING IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR THE SIGNS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WISH TO LOOK TO ALLOW FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WELL, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE LED LIT ANYWAY.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO TRY AND DO, IT'S STILL THE SAME THING, BASICALLY.
IT'S GOING TO SAY 2, 3, 3 0.9.
THE SIZE OF SIGNS THAT ARE ALLOWED.
UM, SO, AND WE'RE GONNA, YOU ONLY HAVE, UH, YOUR FREESTANDING SIGNS ARE ACTUALLY VERY SMALL IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
LIKE THIS IS A LARGE SIGN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF PUT UP A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, FASTER, LARGER.
I MIGHT, SHOULD LOOK AT IT AND NARROW THE SUN LIMIT.
AND THEN MAYBE NOT IN THIS PARTICULAR, I DON'T KNOW.
I HEARD YOU, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S DOING IT ANYMORE.
THE OTHER IS ANCIENT OUT THERE.
IT'S ANCIENT AND TOWN TO, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AN OPTION.
EVEN IF TECHNOLOGY CATCHES UP THAT MAY BE ALLOWED WHENEVER TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS IT TO FIT WITHIN THE RIGHT SIZE.
I'M FINE WITH THE SCALE, THE SAME, BUT ALLOW THE OPTION.
IF IT WORKS, IT'S PROVIDING THAT ABILITY.
THEY CHANGE IT BY HAND OR BY A TUMBLER.
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WELL, HIS CONCERN WAS, DO WE WANT THEM TO HAVE HUGE SIGNS IN AN AREA WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING SLOWER? NO, I WASN'T.WE'LL MEET THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALLOW THE OPTION.
IF IT FITS, WE NEED TO CHANGE IS THAT THEY CAN'T GO UP IN PRICE.
THE BIGGER, THE SIGN, THE LOWER, THE PRICE, WE STILL CONTROL THE LIGHTING ISSUE.
WELL, WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT ONE FOR A SECOND READING.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, UM, WAS THE REVERSE CHANNEL LIGHTING.
UM, SO AS APPROVED, ONLY EXTERNAL LIGHTING SIGNS ARE PERMITTED.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ALLOW FOR THE REVERSE CHANNEL OR THE HALO LIGHTING.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE INTERNAL, UH, LIT SIGNS WHERE YOU HAVE LIKE A CABINET AND THEN, UH, LIKE PLEXI GLASS ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND THEN THE, THE LIGHT SOURCE IS BEHIND IT.
UH, WHAT THIS DOES, IT KINDA CUTS OUT THE LETTERS AND THEN MAKES THE SOLID LETTERS AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A LIGHT SOURCE BEHIND IT, BUT IT DOESN'T PROTRUDE OUT THROUGH THE LETTERS.
SO, UM, A GREAT EXAMPLE IS UP ON 2 78 SHERIDAN PARK.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THE, UM, THE, UH, BUSINESSES UP THERE THAT HAVE THAT HALO LIGHTING, UM, SO THAT, UM, THEN THE OTHER SIDE TYPES, UH, THE AMENDMENT RETURNS THE ABILITY, UH, TO PROVIDE THOSE OTHER SIGNED TYPES, NOT SPECIFICALLY, UH, PROVIDED, UH, THAT IT DID NOT EXCEED, UM, FIVE SQUARE FEET.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE SIGNS THAT ARE COMING IN, THAT IF IT DOESN'T FIT A TYPE, THEN WE STILL ALLOW FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
IT JUST CAN ONLY BE FIVE SQUARES.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
HOW COULD YOU PUT THREE GAS PRICES ON FIVE SQUARE FEET, RIGHT.
IT'S JUST GLARED AT, YOU STILL SEE IT AT NIGHT.
WELL AGAIN, SO DIESEL REGULAR, AND YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY CAN PUT THREE GAS PRICES ON THERE.
SO YOU'RE STILL IN THE HISTORIC, IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
YOU ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THAT YOU HAVE YOU GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW? YES, YES WE ARE.
UM, SO THEN THE OTHER ITEMS WAS THE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, SO THE CHANGEABLE COPY, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A MANUALLY CHANGED COPY OF SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, AND, UM, THE PUBLIC AGENCIES AND FIELD STATIONS.
UM, AND THEN THE SUSPENDED SIGN WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE BUILDING TYPE.
UM, SO AGAIN, STILL IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, UM, SO ADD THE SUSPENDED SIGNS, UH, TO THAT PERMANENT, UH, PERMITTED BUILDING TYPES, UH, EXCUSE ME, PERMITTED BUILDING SIGN TYPES, UH, REMOVE SOME OF THOSE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS, INSTEAD OF SAYING, YOU'RE ALLOWED A FIVE BY TWO SIGN, YOU'RE ALLOWED X SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND HOWEVER YOU CONFIGURE IT IS, IS HOW YOU, HOW YOU DO IT.
AND THEN CLARIFY HOW CANOPY SIGNS CAN BE PLACED, UH, BELOW THE CANOPY AND THEN OTHER MINOR FORMATTING ISSUES, UH, SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH THOSE AUTO ORIENTED CANOPY.
SO, UM, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SIGNAGE ON THE CANOPY, UH, FOR OVER GAS PUMPS.
UH, NOW WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IS THAT, UM, THAT, UH, AS A SAFE, UH, SUCH AS A FUEL STATION CANOPY, UH, TO BE NO MORE THAN 30% OF THE CANOPY OR 24, 20 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS GREATER, UM, SO YOU'RE ALLOWED WALLS, YOU'RE ALLOWED WALL SIGNAGE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE YOU CAN USE WHAT'S ALLOWED ON THERE TOWARDS YOUR CANOPY SIGN.
BUT THEN THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A SMALLER WALL SIGN.
SO YOUR OVERALL ALLOWED WALL SIGNAGE, SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU CAN EITHER HAVE IT ALL ON YOUR WALL OF YOUR BUILDING, OR YOU CAN PULL SOME OF THAT OFF AND THEN PUT IT ON YOUR CANOPY.
UM, BUT THEN THAT MEANS THAT YOUR, YOUR SIGN ON YOUR WALL IS SMALLER.
IT'S GIVING MORE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO PUT, PUT THE SIGN ON THERE.
IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GETTING MORE SIGNAGE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
YOU'RE STILL HAVING THE OVERALL SAME AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.
IT'S JUST HOW YOU DECIDE TO USE IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CANOPY OVER YOUR GAS STATION, YOU COULD HAVE NOTHING ON THERE.
IF YOU WANTED TO, OR YOU COULD HAVE A SMALL SIGN, UM, AND THEN A SMALL SIGN ON YOUR WALL.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS GIVES THAT FLEXIBILITY PRIME EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE ONE THAT'S GOING THROUGH WHERE, UM, WE DON'T ALLOW FOR CANON SIGNAGE ON THE CANOPIES, UH, AND THEY, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SIGNED PERMIT, UM, BECAUSE
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WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T APPROVE IT.WE JUST CAN'T APPROVE ANY TYPE OF SIGNS ON THAT CANOPY.
UM, THIS DOES ALLOW FOR THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE BEYOND WHAT ANYONE ELSE IS ALLOWED.
THE PROBLEM THAT, THAT PARTICULAR PLACE IN THE WAY THE WORLD'S CHANGED.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET CHEVRON OR SHELL OR ANYBODY ELSE TO SELL YOU GASOLINE WITHOUT THEIR NAME ON THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, IT'S REALLY CHANGED FROM THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHERE YOU JUST ORDER A TANKER FULL OF GAS.
YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY BE A PART, ALL OF THEIR LOVE, YOU KNOW, WHICH THE STORY APPEARS IS GOING TO BE TEXACO.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT OF HURDLES TO JUMP THROUGH PLUS HOURS.
SO WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THE 20 SQUARE FEET ON THE CANOPY AND THE WALL THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FIVE SQUARE FOOT OF FREESTANDING SIGN, THOUGH, RIGHT.
JUST FOR GAS STATIONS OR HAVE, Y'ALL BEEN CAREFUL ABOUT SEEING HOW IT CAN AFFECT OTHERS.
UH, SO THAT'S WHERE THE PROVISION, WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IS THAT, UM, WHEN WE REFER TO CANOPY SIGNS, I MEAN, LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF AWNING OR ANYTHING THAT'S PROTRUDING OUT FROM THE BUILDING THAT YOU COULD ALLOW FOR THAT SITE.
I MEAN, I GOT KINDA, I'LL CALL HIM OUT CORNER PERK AT PUT EVER, YOU KNOW, WRITTEN WHAT THEY SELL ON THEIR CANOPY.
AND I REMEMBER AT THE TIME, OH, SO NOW WILL IT BE ALLOWED? UM, SO THE WAY THAT, THE WAY THAT WE'RE SAYING, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, BUT YEAH, SO IT'S THE WAY IT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS THAT, UM, IT SAYS ONE SQUARE FOOT FOR EACH LINEAR FOOT OF BUILDING WALL, NOT TO EXCEED 40 SQUARE FEET.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE WIDTH OF YOUR BUILDING IS WHAT IS WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S FOR WHAT THIS 2020 RIGHT HERE IS FOR THE CANOPY ON THE, LIKE FOR A GAS STATION, NO MORE THAN 20 SQUARE FEET COULD BE USED TOWARDS THAT CANOPY.
AGAIN, IT'S GETTING BACK TO LIKE, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE A, IF YOUR BUILDING IS 40 FEET WIDE, THAT MEANS YOU'RE ALLOWED 40 SQUARE FEET OF SIGNAGE FOR YOUR WALL.
YOU CAN TAKE UP TO 20 SQUARE FEET OF THAT TO PUT ON THE CANOPY, BUT THAT MEANS YOU ONLY GET 20 SQUARE FEET OVER HERE.
WE'RE NOT DOING THIS JUST FOR A BUILDING.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD JUST A, UH, AN UPDATE TO THE PROJECTION SIGN, UM, JUST REFERRING TO AS BEING APPROPRIATELY PERPENDICULAR TO A BUILDING WALL, UM, REVIEW CRITERIA, HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM.
YOU CAN SEE THEM, UM, UP ON YOUR, UH, UH, SCREEN THERE.
UM, BUT THEY MEET ALL THE REVIEW CRITERIA FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THEY JUST, UM, ASKED STAFF TO MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY BETWEEN SIGN FACE AND SIGN AREA.
UH, SO, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WITH A PROJECTION SIGN, THAT'S IT LIKE A, A TWO-SIDED SIGN? SO A PROJECTION SIGN IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR, IF YOUR WALL IS PARALLEL WITH THE ROAD AND YOU HAVE A SIGN THAT'S PERPENDICULAR, SO IT STICKS OUT FROM YOUR BUILDING.
YOU'LL HAVE A SIGN ON ONE SIDE AND THEN A SIGN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THE SIGN FACE IS JUST LIKE ONE SIDE, THE SIGN AREA IS BOTH SIDES.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY'D HAD.
AND WE MADE SURE TO CLARIFY THAT AND JUST TO MUDDY AGAIN.
SO WHERE DOES THE RULE COME IN? DO YOU, DO YOU GET YOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE ON, UM, OH, ASSIGNED AREA, HALF OF HALF AND HALF SO SINE AREA.
SO IF A MAXIMUM OF LET'S SAY, AND I THINK WE HAVE IT IN HERE, IT'S A MAXIMUM AREA OF 10 SQUARE FEET.
SO THAT MEANS YOU GET FIVE SQUARE FEET ON THIS SIDE, FIVE SQUARE FEET ON THIS SIDE.
SO WHEN IT'S REFERRING TO SIGN AREA, BECAUSE I MEAN, SOMEONE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE BRAND ON ONE SIDE AND ANOTHER BRAND ON THE OTHER SIDE, A GREAT EXAMPLE IS ACTUALLY THE SIMPSON CONSTRUCTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED THAT, BUT THEIR SIGN HAS HIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON, ON ONE SIDE AND THEN IT'S LIKE THE HOME HELP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT GRAPHICS ON THE SAME SIDE.
SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME GRAPHICS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE STAFF, THAT'S REVIEWING THE SIGN PERMITS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS, TWO STAFF MEMBERS FOR HISTORIC DISTRICT AND NON HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UM, SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE ACTIONS THIS EVENING
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IS TO APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR TO DENY.UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE READING.
WE WILL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY WITH A SECOND READING.
UM, I DO HAVE THE NOTE HERE, UM, THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE, UM, TO, TO FOCUS ON, UM, W AND WE'LL DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THE FREESTANDING SIGNS ABOUT THE ELECTRIC SCROLL AND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'LL WORK ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.
WE'LL TALK WITH THE TOWN MANAGER.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, YOU CAN WORK THROUGH HIM AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO BRING THAT BACK AT SECOND READING, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE IS WAITING ON A SIGN THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM AT A WAITING ON ANOTHER MONTH? I MEAN, IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, UNLESS THERE'S OPPOSITION TO THE PENDING DOCTRINE ON THEIR SITS AN ORDINANCE RECOMMENDING A MONTH, I WILL SAY THAT I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT SIGNED PERMIT THAT COULD BE ISSUED, BUT NO, NO.
CAUSE HE'S LOOKING FOR IT'S FOR PERMANENT SIGNAGE.
UM, THE, THE ITEM THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IS NOT RELATED TO THE CONDITION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE AN ITEM, OR WE LOOK AT THE SAFE AREA AND WE ASK FOR ANY CHANGES FROM YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO DO ALLOW THE SCROLL IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE.
SO, BUT THIS IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME VOTE, BUT YOU BROUGHT UP THE CHANGE IN IT IN OLD TOWN TO THE SCROLL.
ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO FALL ON THAT SWORD? JUST WAIT AND BRING THAT BACK.
AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AN ANNUAL UPDATE, UM, AND WE CAN, UM, ADD THAT AS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS FOR IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PENDING, UH, REQUESTS FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND THEN MAKE SURE TO BRING IT BACK WITH A FUTURE, A FUTURE, UM, AMENDMENT.
SO ANY APPLICATIONS AFTER THAT POINT ARE SUBJECT TO IT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HASN'T HAD SECOND READING, I CAN'T THIS WAIT 30 DAYS, LARRY.
I MEAN, WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING IT CAN'T, BUT THE MAN IS ALREADY UP BEEN TRYING TO GET HIS STUFF IN ORDER FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND HE'S, HE'S REACHED OUT TO ME QUITE A WHILE TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL I GOT THE AGENDA.
IT WAS KIND OF SAID TO HIM, I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, KEVIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS IN THE MAKINGS.
UM, BECAUSE OUR RULES AT THE PRESENT TIME ARE KIND OF VAGUE ON THE SIGN HE HAD THERE TWO YEARS AGO.
SOMEBODY PERMITTED IT, I GUESS, OR EITHER NOT, CAUSE THERE'S BEEN A GAS STATION THERE, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AROUND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A STATION THERE PROBABLY NONCONFORMING THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN DO RATHER THAN CALL A MEETING AND DO IT AGAIN.
I THINK WE SHOULD STAY ON TRACK.
REALISTICALLY, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? OKAY, SO 31 DAYS, SO WE CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 11TH.
SO THAT WHEN COUNCIL APPROVES THE JANUARY 11TH, JANUARY 12TH, HE CAN PULL HIS PERMIT THAT DAY AND BE READY TO GO AND THEN HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO.
AND REALLY IT'S ONLY FOR ONE OF THE SIGNS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE TO WORK WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE A FREESTANDING SIGN THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE.
SO WE CAN, UH, WE'RE JUST WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SHOWING PROPER PLACEMENT OF IT.
UH, THEY HAVE A WALL SIGN THAT CAN BE APPROVED.
IT'S JUST THE CANOPY SIGN IS THE ONLY ITEM SO WE CAN GET EVERYTHING ELSE AND IN LINE WITH THEM.
BUT MINUS THE ONE CANOPY CANOPY ALREADY HAS TEXT SAME ON THE WASN'T ON THERE TODAY.
IT'S JUST RED AND HE PUT THIS ON UP AND PUT A PAPER OR SOMETHING OVER IT TO COVER IT.
AND DOESN'T MATTER, CAN HE, HE CAN GO ON HOPEFULLY ORDERING IT, UNDERSTANDING WHERE MOST LIKELY GONNA PASS THIS AT SECOND READING AND GET IT ORDERED.
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VOTE ON JANUARY 12TH, HE CAN PUT IT UP.SO THE QUESTION BACK TO THE SCROLLING AGAIN, WILL THAT END UP AT SECOND READING OR IT WILL NOT END UP IN THE SECOND READING CHOOSING, WELL, THEN LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD THINK THAT SOLVES THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
WHAT WOULD THAT MOTION SAY WITH, TO INCLUDE THAT NOTE THAT WE GAVE YOU? I LIKED WHAT STEVEN SAID THAT HE DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN FOR ME.
UM, LET'S SEE HERE, WINDOWS CANOPIES.
AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IS, UM, WE WON'T MAKE SURE TO ADD ADDED IN THAT SECTION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN MOTION AS ONE.
5 15, 6 Q, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE TO GET THE APPROPRIATE.
SO INCLUDE LANGUAGE 15, SIX, CUTE TO REFLECT OLD TOWN.
NEW ORDINANCE OUTSIDE OF OLD TOWN.
WELL, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THIS.
I LIKED STEVEN'S BETTER WHEN HE SAID IT, LIKE IT HAD TO REFLECT THE CURRENT SIZE RESTRAINTS.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SIZE RESTRICTIONS THAT ONLY ALLOW YEAH.
NON-DIGITAL ELECTRONIC SCROLL SIGNS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A SHOT OR TEAR.
YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE SOMETHING.
NO, THAT'S I THINK THIS WAS OVERLOOKED AND UM, I THINK IT TOOK SOMEONE TO REALIZE IT'S AN OVERT, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE MIGHT BE NONCONFORMING IN OTHER BUSINESSES.
SO AT LEAST IT GETS IT CONFORMING FOR, UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE FIVE AND THEN 5 15, 6 Q TO ALSO INCLUDE THE ALLOWING OF NON-DIGITAL SCROLL SENSE IN OLD TOWN, UM, WITH OLD TOWN SIDE'S CRITERIA, UM, ARTICLE NINE DEFINITIONS 9.2 DEFEND TERMS. OKAY.
ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, STEP OF SAYING AYE.
IT'S NICE TO HELPING BUSINESSES MOVING OUT TO ANOTHER BUSINESS.
WE NEED HELP, UM, CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE
[XI.7. Consideration of an Ordinance to Approve an Amendment to the Town of Bluffton Zoning Map to Rezone Certain Real Property Owned by J.C. Fraser, Jr. Consisting of Approximately 1.24 Acres, More or Less, Located at 190,192,194, and 196 Goethe Road and Identified as Beaufort County Tax Map No. R610 039 000 0159 0000 and R610 039 000 0744 0000 from Residential General Zoning to Neighborhood Core Zoning - First Reading - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]
TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ZONING MAP, THERESA UNCERTAIN REAL PROPERTY ON BY JC FRAZIER CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 1.24 ACRES LOCATED AT 1 91 92 AND 94 AND 1 96 GO THROUGH ROAD AND IDENTIFIED AS BUFORD TEXT MATT NUMBERS.UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN FROM RESIDENTIAL GENERAL ZONING TO NEIGHBORHOOD COURT ZONING, KEVIN FIRST READING.
UH, AND JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, UH, MR. FRAZIER IS IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE, UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
THIS IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST, UM, AS YOU'D STATED, UH, FROM A RESIDENTIAL GENERAL ZONING DESIGNATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORE, UH, AS IT'S RELATED TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, SO MR. FRAZIER HAD SUBMITTED THIS REQUEST ON OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, CURRENTLY IT, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL GENERAL ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE IS UP TO FOUR UNITS PER ACRE, UH, LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES.
UH, HOWEVER RESTAURANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON NOVEMBER 17TH, UH, TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ONE.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RE-ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED, UM, OF 1 96 GUTHY ERODE AS A RESTAURANT WITH THE ASSOCIATED PARKING, UH, THE BUILDING AND HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED AS A RESTAURANT, A GAS STATION, A POOL HALL, UH, CAFETERIA FOR NC RALLY SCHOOL.
AND PROBABLY A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF.
UM, I'M NOT GOING READ THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, BUT, UM, YOU CAN SEE LIKE IN 1960 OR 64, MR. FRAZIER, SENIOR, UH, CONSTRUCTED THE 1500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, UH, AND IT WAS LISTED AS GENERAL PURPOSE BUILDING.
UM, THEY OPERATED A RESTAURANT AT THAT LOCATION UNTIL, UH, 1969
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WHEN IT CLOSED, UH, 1981 TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND ENACTED A ZONING.UM, THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL USE.
UH, MR. FRASER SENIOR WAS NOT PERMITTED TO RE-ESTABLISH ANY OF THOSE COMMERCIAL USES, UH, IN 1984 BUFORD COUNTY, UM, DOES DENIED A ZONING VARIANCE TO OPEN THE STORE ACROSS FROM MC RILEY, UH, SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MC RALEIGH SCHOOL WAS AT THAT PREVIOUS LOCATION ON GUTHY ROAD, UM, IN 91, UM, MR. FRAZIER REQUESTS, A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL GENERAL TO MIXED USE TO THAT'S AN OLD ZONING CLASSIFICATION THAT THE TOWN HAD AT THAT TIME.
UH, IT WAS DENIED BY TOWN COUNCIL AND THE RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED BY BUFORD COUNTY, UH, PLANNING STAFF, AND THAT THEY STATED THAT THE SITE LACKED ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE TO HANDLE THE USES OF A MIXED USE TWO'S ZONING DISTRICT 93.
UM, THE TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED THE REZONING REQUEST, UM, AS RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING STAFF, UH, TO THAT MIXED USE TO IN 1992, WHO RECEIVED A STATE RETAIL LICENSE, 1996, RECEIVED A BUSINESS LICENSE WITH THE TOWN, UM, BETWEEN BETWEEN 2001 AND 2002.
UM, THE TOWN REZONED THE PROPERTY TO GENERAL RESIDENTIAL, UM, THAT WAS ALONG WITH THE ANNEXATION AND ESTABLISHED ZONING ON OTHER PROPERTIES ALONG BOTH THE AND SCHULTZ GUTHY ROAD AND SCHULTZ ROAD.
UM, AND THEN THE TOWN DID PROVIDE A DETERMINATION THAT HE DID HAVE VESTED RIGHTS TO CONTINUE THAT MIXED USE TO, UM, DESIGNATION WITH NON-CONFORMING USE, UH, IN 2016, UH, TALENT ATTORNEY, WE STATED, UM, PROVIDED A STATEMENT THAT THE RESTAURANT WAS NOT ALLOWED, UH, HAD ABANDONED THAT LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.
UM, YOU LOSE A LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS AFTER ONE YEAR.
UH, IF I USE IS NOT RE-ESTABLISHED, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WE MET WITH MR. FRAZIER ONSITE, UH, FOR A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING TO DISCUSS, UH, HIS STEPS THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, NOVEMBER 1ST WE HAD WORKSHOP WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT THIS, UH, AND THEN THE ON NOVEMBER 17TH IS WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD THEIR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FROM A PUBLIC NOTICE STANDPOINT, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 250 FEET WERE NOTIFIED.
WE PUT A NOTICE IN THE PAPER AND THEN A SIGN HAS BEEN OUT ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, SINCE OCTOBER 17TH, UM, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, UH, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MR. SERRANO, WHO IS THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH.
UM, AND AS STATED WISHED TO MR. FRAZIER ALL THE BEST IN HIS REZONING, SO HAD NO CONCERNS, UM, WITH THE REZONING.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE SIX REVIEW CRITERIA, UM, ALL WERE MET.
I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH, UH, ANY OF THEM, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST READING, UH, THAT WERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO YOUR ACTIONS ARE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED APPROVE WITH AMENDMENTS TO DENY THE APPLICATION.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED THAT FIVE TO ONE, UM, FOR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
YOU HAVEN'T, WHAT WAS THE REASON OF THE, THE NAVY VOTE WAS RE RELATED TO, UH, THE CONCERN THAT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CORE, UM, DISTRICT, WHICH IS NOT IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UM, THAT THE LIST OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORE SEEM TO BE TOO INTENSE FOR THAT LOCATION.
AND THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY WHEN DEALING WITH A DEVELOPMENT OF A SITE.
UM, THE ONE USE THAT WAS IN QUESTION WAS A CARWASH.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, FROM A PLACEMENT STANDPOINT, UH, MOST CAR WASHES WOULD NOT BE LOCATED ON A, ON A SMALLER ROAD LIKE THIS.
THEY WOULD NEED MORE VISIBILITY.
SO, UM, READY TO TELL THEM THAT HE DIDN'T WANT A CAR WASH.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN, ANYTIME YOU REZONE A PROPERTY, ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE LISTED IN THAT DISTRICT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE.
UH, SO THEIR CONCERN WAS WITH THAT, THAT MORE INTENSE USE OF THE POSSIBLE WHEN WE REZONED A PROPERTY, UM, IT, TO THEM TO TELL US WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE.
SO HIS INTENTIONS ARE TO REESTABLISH THE RESTAURANT, UH, AND IN THE BUILDING THAT HE HAS, AND THEN THE ADJACENT, HIS, HIS OTHER PROPERTIES IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT HE DID CLARIFY.
YES, HE WANTS TO OPEN HIS RESTAURANT AND HE, AND HE GAVE A, UM, UM, A GREAT SPEECH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
HOLD ON, UM, MORE, MAYBE I'M A TECHNICALITY.
I, THE, UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD IT ESTABLISHED, AND MAYBE YOU DID THIS, THIS WAS MY QUESTION.
AND ACTUALLY ON THE WHARF STREET
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SITE WHERE WE HAD THE BUNGALOWS THAT WERE GOING TO COME IN, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE PROJECT.AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT WE WOULD SEND THE CERTIFIED LETTERS TO EVERYBODY AROUND IN THAT LOCATION.
AND WE WOULD DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOWN.
AND WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COUNTY, DID WE DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN YOU SAID COMMUNICATED TO THE TWO WITHIN 250 FEET OR WHATEVER, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.
SO MR. FRAZIER DID ALL OF THAT AND WE HAVE COPIES OF ALL OF THAT, AND I'M A HAPPY CAMPER.
AND MR. FRAZIER, I'M GLAD YOU CAME TODAY, MR. FRAZIER.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY JC FRASER JR.
FOR APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE TWO PARCELS FROM RESIDENTIAL GENERAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD CORE, THE SUBJECT PARCELS CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 1.2, FOUR ACRES AND ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE TEXT MAT NUMBERS AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, MAKE THE MOTION.
YOU WANT TO SECOND THAT MOTION? SURE.
ANY DISCUSSION? UM, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT SHOWS SOMETIMES WE OVERLOOK THINGS AS WE GROW, AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT IF WE SEE WE MISSED SOMETHING AND I DON'T THINK THIS SETS PRECEDENT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ACTUAL BUILDING.
UM, THANK YOU, MR. FRAZIER FOR YOUR PAY.
UM, ANYWAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? STATE-BY-STATE YOU'RE WELCOME.
UM, THANK YOU, MR. FRAZIER, CONSIDERATION
[XI.8. Consideration of an Ordinance to Place a Deed Restriction on Town Owned Property, referenced as “New Riverside Park”, located at 30 Red Barn Drive, Parcel R610 036 000 1319 0000 in New Riverside – First Reading - Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]
OF AN ORDINANCE TO PLACE DEED RESTRICTION ON TOWN, ON PROPERTY REFERENCES, NEW RIVERSIDE PARK LOCATED AT 30 RED BARN DRIVE.SO I DON'T HAVE ANY FANCY PRESENTATION, BUT RELATIVELY QUICK AND SIMPLE.
UM, IT'S ALL THE BACKGROUND IS IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, ALSO THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE NEW RIVERSIDE BARN PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, BACK IN OCTOBER OF THIS PAST YEAR, THE TOWN WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, SITE, WORK, GRADING, RESTROOMS, TRAILS, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF THAT IT COULD, UM, QUALIFY FOR IN THAT CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
HOWEVER, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS THAT THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION PLACED A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT PLACED ON THE PROPERTY THAT THE PROPERTY BE CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR, UM, OUTDOOR RECREATION.
SO THAT DOES TAKE, UH, TWO READINGS VIA ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, TONIGHT IT'S, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, OR I CAN ALSO PULL UP THE MOTION.
DOES THIS NEED TO BE APPROVED WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME, OR DO WE YET AGAIN ASK FOR THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD? WE SHOULD BE OKAY FOR TIMING IT, UM, THEY'VE REQUESTED THAT IT SHOULD BE, IT WOULD, IT HAS TO BE DONE BY JANUARY 15TH.
SO THE NEXT, UH, JANUARY TOWN COUNCIL MEETING WOULD BE SECOND READING AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLY ERNIE A GREASE.
YOU LIKE USING IT RARELY I CAN TELL, UM, PICKED US FROM OVER YOUR APPLICATIONS.
YOU SAID THAT BEFORE, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
SO YOU SAID THAT THE DEED, UH, COVENANT PUT THE STIPULATION THAT THE PURPOSE BE FOR OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL USE THAT WON'T NEGATE THE INTENDED USE OF THE BARN AS LIKE A, UM, POTENTIAL LIKE VENUE OR NO, NO, IT WILL NOT.
UM, THEY HAD OUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN, A PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL, BUT THAT THE LAND OUTSIDE OF THAT, EVERYTHING, IT NEEDS TO BE THAT OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR THE REST OF IT.
BUT TO KEEP FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, ARE THEY JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS APART? I'M ASSUMING THEY JUST WANT IT TO MAINTAIN, STAY APART, BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, AERA MOTION TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE, APPROVING THE DECLARATION OF THE COVENANT FOR THE NEW RIVERSIDE PARK PROPERTY LOCATED AT 30 RED BARN DRIVE AND IDENTIFIED BY BUFORD COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER 6 0 1 0 3, 6 0 0 13, 19.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[XII. Consent Agenda Items]
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THERE ARE SEVEN REALLY GREAT INFORMATION ON ALL OF THESE SARAH REPORTS AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.UM, REALLY GOOD READING FOR, FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND ALL OF US.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE OFF
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AND HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON IT'S NOT AS YOUR, A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.YOUR SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
[XIII. Executive Session Items]
SESSION ITEMS. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR DISCUSSIONS RELATING TO NEGOTIATIONS AND CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ACQUISITION OR REAL PROPERTY? THAT'S UH, ACT FOUR YET 34, 78, 2 AND PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATING TO TOWN MANAGER REVIEW AND THAT'S FOR YEAH, 34 7.DO I NEED TO REREAD THAT OR IS THAT A TYPER? OKAY.
SO SECOND YOU NEED A SESSION AND IT'S NICE SEEING OUR RESIDENTS BACK IN HERE.
IT'S GETTING BACK TO WHERE WE USED TO BE.
UM, WELL, THEY'LL BE, UM, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
WILL THERE BE ACTION ON ANY OF THIS? OKAY, JOE, THERE WON'T BE ANY ACTION ON THIS.
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DID YOU KNOW, BUFORD COUNTY HAS MANY LOCATIONS FOR YOU TO DISPOSE.
YOU ARE OUTDATED OR UNUSED MEDICATIONS.
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A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BY CLEMENT C MOORE WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
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WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE STARTED, CREATURE WAS STIRRING, NOT EVEN A MOUSE.THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE IN HOPES THAT ST NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE.
THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS WHILE VISIONS OF SUGARPLUMS DANCED IN THEIR HEADS, MORE IN HER KERCHIEF.
AND I IN MY CAP HAD JUST SETTLED OUR BRAINS FOR A LONG WINTERS NAP OUT ON THE LAWN.
I SPRANG FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WHAT'S THE MATTER.
I FLEW LIKE A FLASH TORE, OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH.
THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW GAVE A LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO OBJECTS.
WHAT TO MY WONDERING, I SHOULD APPEAR, BUT A TINY REINDEER WITH A LITTLE OLD DRIVER.
I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE ST.
THEY CAME AND HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED AND CALLED THEM BY NAME NO DASHER, NO DANCER.
NOW PRANCER AND VIXEN ON COMMENT ON FEW BID ON DUNDER AND BLITZING TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH TO THE TOP OF THE WALL.
NO DASH AWAY AS DRY LEAVES THAT BEFORE THE WILD HURRICANE FLY, WHEN THEY MEET WITH AN OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY.
SO UP TO THE HOUSE TOP THE COURSERS, THEY FLEW WITHIN SLAVE FULL OF TOYS AND ST.
AND THEN IN A TWINKLING, I HEARD ON THE ROOF, THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH LITTLE HOOK AS I DREW IN MY HEAD AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY ST.
HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT AND HIS CLOTHES.
THEY ARE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SUIT, A BUNDLE OF TOYS.
HE HAD FLUNG ON HIS BACK AND HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER, JUST OPENING HIS PACK, ITS EYES, HOW THEY TWINKLED HIS DIMPLES, HOW MARY HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE ROSES HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY, HIS TROLLED LITTLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN UP LIKE A BOW.
AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW, THE STUMP OF A PIPE.
HE HELD TIGHT IN HIS TEETH, ENDED THE SMOKE IN CIRCLES, HIS HEAD LIKE A WREATH.
HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY THAT SHOOK WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY.
HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMPER, RIGHT? JOLLY OLD ELF.
I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD.
HE SPOKE OUT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK AND FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS, THEN TURNED WITH A JERK AND LAYING A FINGER ASIDE OF HIS NOSE AND GIVING A NOD UP THE CHIMNEY.
HE ROSE, HE SPRANG TO A SLAVE TO HIS TEAM, GAVE A WHISTLE AND THE WAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE, BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM ERE.
HE DROVE OUT OF SIGHT, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL OUR GOOD NIGHT, COME CHECK OUT OUR HOLIDAY OFFERINGS AT YOUR NEAREST BRANCH OF THE BUFORD COUNTY LIBRARY.
WE HAVE BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS HANUKKAH KWANZAA, JUST FOR FUN ALL YEAR ROUND.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR LOCATIONS IN BUFORD, BLUFFTON HILTON, HEAD LIBIDO AND ST.
HELENA ISLAND VISIT OUR WEBSITE@WWWDOTBUFORDCOUNTYLIBRARY.ORG AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
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WE STARTED BACK IN 1986 AND I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST TEAM MEMBERS OF THE SWAT IN 1986.AND IT WAS MAINLY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE HIGH-RISK WARRANTS.
AND, UH, AND WE WERE DURING THAT TIME OR HEAVILY INVOLVED IN SOME, UH, VIP PROTECTION BECAUSE OF HILTON HEAD AND, AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT VISITED US HERE AND B FOR COUNTY, THE SQUAT BASICALLY STANDS FOR SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS.
AND BASICALLY IT'S MADE UP OF SPECIALIZED OFFICERS WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT.
THEIR PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE ROAD PATROL ANYTHING THAT IS OUT OF THE CAPABILITY OF THE ROPE PATROL.
THE SLOT TEAM WILL HANDLE ANYBODY THAT'S ARMED AND DANGEROUS, UH, HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY, HIGH RISK WARRANT SERVICE, UM, DRUG RAIDS, UH, VIP PROTECTION, BARRICADES, HOSTAGE RESCUE, OR EVEN SURVEILLANCE DETAILS WHERE WE'RE SURVEILLING AN ARMED AND DANGEROUS PERSON.
UM, THEY ARE CALLED IN TO DEAL WITH THAT SUSPECT DUE TO THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING, UH, CONSISTS OF, UH, WE, WE TRAIN TWICE A MONTH, EIGHT HOURS A DAY FOR TOW 16 HOURS.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL EXERCISES OR, UH, ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THOSE TRAINING HOURS DO IS ALLOW US TO, UH, REHEARSE AND TO, UH, WORK ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE JOB.
SUSPECT TAKEDOWN, OBVIOUSLY WEAPONS, TRAINING, UH, EXTENSIVE WEAPONS TRAINING.
UM, AND WE HAVE VERY, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO KEEP UP ON THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS RECENTLY STARTED UP A, UH, THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
UH, OUR STATE POLICE HAS STARTED UP A WMD INITIATIVE FOR ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND THEY'VE LIKE, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED SEVEN, UH, SWAT TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UH, TO BASICALLY COME TOGETHER AND PROTECT THE STATE AGAINST TERRORIST, UH, UH, SITUATIONS AND DEEPER COUNTY SWAT TEAM IS ONE.
WE HANDLE THE LOW COUNTRY, UM, WHICH HAS SEVEN COUNTIES.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE, OUR CO OUR TEAM HAS COMBINED WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, A HAZMAT TEAM, OUR SWAT TEAM, AND THE, THE BUFORD COUNTY BOMB SQUAD.
AND WE CAN RESPOND REALLY ANYWHERE IN THE STATE, BUT NORMALLY THE LOWER PART, THE LOWER SEVEN COUNTIES AND STATE, UH, FOR ANY TYPE OF TERRORIST INSTANCES, WE WILL ACTUALLY RESPOND THERE AND HANDLE THOSE CALLS.
WELL, WE WERE TRYING TO PUT HERE IS IF WE HAVE A BARRICADED SUBJECT INSIDE A BUILDING WITH A MULTI-STORY WITH SOME WINDOWS THAT WE CAN REPEL INTO, UM, SOME OF THE TIME WE CAN'T MAKE ENTRY INTO A BUILDING FROM OUTSIDE PERIMETER, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ALL THE WINDOWS, HE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
IF WE CAN GET ON THE SIDE THAT WE KNOW HE'S NOT LOOKING AT IT, WE CAN GET TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND REPEL DOWN IN, THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND GAIN ENTRY TO ONE OF THE MULTIMEDIA STORIES AND COME DOWN THE STAIRS AND GET THE SUBJECT FROM THERE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME COMING IN, BUT THE ENTRY TEAM, SO WE CAN GET THEM FROM BOTH SIDES.
ONE THING IS TO CAMARADERIE, JUST BEING ON A TEAM ASPECT.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS AN ADRENALINE GETTER, EVERYTHING WE DO, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EXCITING IS DANGEROUS, BUT IT'S ALSO EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME, I SERVED FOUR YEARS WITH THE MILITARY, UM, AND THEN WENT TO COLLEGE.
AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO.
I AM THE REPEL MASTER FOR THE TEAM, AND TO LEARN HOW TO TIE THE SYSTEMS AND HOOK EVERYTHING UP.
SO IT'S DONE IN A SAFE MANNER, IN A REAL SITUATION.
THEY MIGHT BE EXPECTING THIS TO COME FROM THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
AND IN FACT, WE CAN EITHER COME THROUGH THE TOP FLOOR WINDOWS, WHICH WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE ON US BECAUSE WE GET THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE, OR WE CAN ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPLOY FLASH BANGS, ALL THESE GUYS IN THE SHERIFF'S.
I WAS SWAT TEAM VOLUNTEER FOR THIS.
I'M GOING TO GET ANY EXTRA PAY.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COLLATERAL DUTY FOR THESE GUYS AND THEY ALL VOLUNTEER TO DO IT.
AFTER COMING OUT OF THE MILITARY, UH, SWAT TEAM HAD THE OPPOSITES OF THE SAME THINGS I DID WHEN I WAS IN THE SERVICE AIRBORNE INFANTRY, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE, I WAS TIP OF SPEAR AND THE TYPES OF HIGH-SPEED THINGS THAT DID THE MILITARY BROUGHT A GREATER SENSE OF SECURITY TO THE CITIZENS OF DIFFERENT COUNTY.
ONE THING ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I CAN NEVER SAY IS WE DO HAVE THE TOP LINE EQUIPMENT, UH, ALL THE NEWEST GADGETS AND GIZMOS WEAPONS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO HELP US DO OUR JOB BETTER AND SAFER.
WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE WEAPONS.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION OF WEAPONS FOR THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, UH, LESS LETHAL MUNITIONS.
WE HAVE REPEL GEAR, RESCUE GEAR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, WATERBORNE TYPE, UH, GEAR BECAUSE WE DO CAUSE THE, THE AREA THAT
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WE LIVE IN, WE WORK ON THE WATER A LOT.WE HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARE BALLISTIC SHIELDS AND VESTS AND HELMETS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT CHEMICAL MUNITIONS.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO FORCE SOMEBODY OUT OF A LOCATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHEMICAL MUNITIONS THAT WE CAN DEPLOY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THAT SITUATION.
THE BOMB TEAM CAME AROUND, UH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, AND THE REALITY THERE IS WE WERE DEPENDENT UPON AN AGENCY, UH, WHICH IS REFERRED TO A SLED LOCATED IN COLUMBIA, WHICH REQUIRES SEVERAL HOURS OF NOTICE BEFORE THEY CAN RESPOND AND ACTUALLY BE HERE AND BE FOR COUNTY.
AND WE SAW THE BENEFITS OF WHAT SWAT HAS DONE, UH, FOR, FOR US LOCALLY AND KNEW THAT THE BOND TEAM WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
WE'VE HAD A BOMB SQUAD, UH, COMING UP ON THREE YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS MYSELF FROM THE CAPTAIN, WHAT BIT OF KNOWLEDGE I DID HAVE FROM THE MILITARY OF A MECHANICAL THINGS AND EXPLOSIVES AND ELECTRICAL, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, I MIGHT MAKE AN ASSET TO IT.
AND, UH, I THINK, UH, BUFORD COUNTY IS VERY PROGRESSIVE.
EVERY BOMB SQUAD IN THE UNITED STATES IS ACCREDITED THROUGH THE FBI.
AND ONCE WE GOT THAT ACCREDITATION, WHICH WAS A COMBINATION OF ACQUIRING THE EQUIPMENT AND SENDING OUR, OUR PEOPLE TO BOMB SCHOOL, THAT'S WHEN THE TEAM ACTUALLY, UH, WAS STOOD UP AND WE STARTED ANSWERING CALLS IN THE CAMP.
WE HAVE GROWN BOTH OF THOSE UNITS TO INCLUDE A WATER RESCUE WITH OUR ZODIAC, UH, BOAT.
UH, WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, IN AN WATER-BORNE, UH, SITUATIONS, UH, BECAUSE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR COUNTY, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE A COASTAL COUNTY.
THE, THE THEORY BEHIND ALL OF THIS SPECIAL TEAMS IS TO HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, UH, VERY QUICKLY, UH, IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS AND PROTECT BUFORD COUNTY, CITIZENS, AND GUESTS THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE HERE AND SWORN TO PROTECT BECAUSE OF THE JOB WE HAVE TO BE VERSATILE.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE WATER, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN THE WOODS, YOU KNOW, WORK IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, UH, UH, BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLED TO, TO RESPOND TO THESE GUYS AND GALS, THEY WORK HARD, THEY TRAIN HARD, THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO ALL OF WHAT THEY DO.
NOT ONLY WOULD THEIR PRIMARY JOB AT THEIR SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.