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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY.
UM, WE ARE HERE FOR OUR JANUARY 11TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
IT'S A VERY BIG AGENDA, BUT VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAD AN ELECTION, UM, FOR THIS NEXT, FOR THIS NEXT TERM.
UM, WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP A 50%, UM, RATE IN HERE.
WE ALL KNOW THE COVID, UM, CONCERNS.
SO I KNOW IF YOU COME TOGETHER, IT'S NO SENSE MAKING YOU SPLIT UP.
IT KIND OF BE AWARE OF WHO'S AROUND YOU.
UM, I THINK IT'S A VERY CONTAGIOUS, UM, VIRUS OUT THERE.
JUST, JUST BE AWARE AND PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WASH YOUR WASH, YOUR HANDS OR SANITIZE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE AFTER A CERTAIN PART OF THE AGENDA, IT'S FINE.
WHEN YOU'RE HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE FOR THE WHOLE, FOR THE WHOLE TIME.
SO WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
ALL OF OUR COUNCIL IS IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND I HAVE PRAYER AND I'M NOT PREPARED.
UM, DEAR LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON AND, AND BE WITH OUR RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND THANK YOU FOR ANY WISDOM YOU CAN SHED ON US TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
IT'S GOOD FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN.
UM, PLEASE BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN TO ILLNESS.
PLEASE BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND PLEASE LORD JUST BLESS US FOR A VERY PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND SAFE 2022 AND THIS WEEK PRAY.
UM, WE HAVE THE SWEARING IN OF TOWN, THE ELECT, FRED HAMILTON AND LARRY TOOMER.
CONGRATULATIONS ON Y'ALL'S WINS AND WE HAVE OUR VERY FAVORITE JUDGE BUSH, HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOU WANT TO START WITH, OR DO YOU DO BOTH OF THEM? WE HAVE BREAD RIGHT UP.
UM, WE HAVE MR. HAMILTON AND MR. NEWTON, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO STAND WITH? YOU CLEVER EVERYONE WITH A MASK ON? CAN, WILL YOU HOLD THE, AND WE HAVE DEBBIE THAT'S TAKEN PICTURES.
I LIKE YOUR DRESS FOR SUCCESS.
MR. TUMOR WHILE HE SIGNED AND YOU CAN MEANDER.
AND IF MR. TUMOR'S FAMILY OR FRIENDS
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WHO WANT TO STAND BY HIM WILL COME FORWARD.DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I AM DOING AND I WILL.
AND DEFEND, THAT'S BEEN DEVIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS FOR US AND FOR SERVING AS OUR JUDGE.
WE ALSO PART OF OUR, UM, SCARING IN, UM, WHICH HAPPENS THAT THE TERMS ARE FOUR YEARS, BUT EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE ELECTIONS.
WE ALSO APPOINT A MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR PRO TEM IS, UM, I GUESS HOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK IS A VICE MAYOR, A THEY SIT AND TAKE OVER THE MEETINGS THAT THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE AND REALLY SERVE AS KIND OF A BACKUP AND VERY INVOLVED AS ALL OF COUNCIL IS.
SO, UM, WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEM.
I'LL NOMINATE LARRY TUMOR COMBINATION FOR LARRY TUMOR NOMINATIONS HERE.
MIRA NOMINATE, UH, FRED HAMILTON, BRAD HAMILTON.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? UM, WE CAN ONLY VOTE FOR ONE.
UM, THERE'S LARRY TUMOR AND FRED HAMILTON.
AND IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE WHO WOULD, UM, VOTE FOR LARRY TUMOR TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
BRI, THOSE FARM, MR. FRED HAMILTON, WHERE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
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THANK YOU.SO WE WILL PROBABLY KEEP OUR SEATS AS IS IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
WE WANT TO CHANGE UP NEXT MONTH.
UM, NEXT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES MR. STACE? YES.
WE WOULD ASK THAT COUNSEL, MOVE THE ITEM.
NUMBER FIVE UNDER FORMAL AGENDA TO ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER FORMAL AGENDA TO ACCOMMODATE THE AUDITOR SO WE CAN COMPLETE.
ANY OTHER CHANGES? THAT'S IT WITH THAT CHANGE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA? SOME OF YOUR SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR STEP WAS SAYING, AYE.
WE HAD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.
SO DECEMBER 14TH, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THEM.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES FROM ANYONE, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEIR SECOND, SECOND SESSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE, UM, SCHOOL, UM, DISTRICT STUDENT OF THE MONTH TALKED TO RODRIGUEZ.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE DO EVERY MONTH FOR OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS.
AND WE WILL HAVE THEM IN OUR CHAMBERS VERY SOON, BUT THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING GIVEN TO EACH CLUSTER.
AND OUR CLUSTER IS MORE THAN HALF OF THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY POPULATION IN BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND HE GOES FROM KINDERGARTEN, MAYBE PRE-K TO HIGH SCHOOL.
AND EVERY SCHOOL HAS THE NOMINATION, MANY NOMINATIONS, AND IT WHITTLES ITSELF DOWN UNTIL THERE'S ONE FROM EACH CLUSTER THAT GETS RECOGNIZED.
AND THIS MONTH IT'S, UM, TRAIT WAS RESPECT AND GRATITUDE AND IT GOES TO RAQUEL SOLACE AND MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, MR. WARREN SHOWER, THE PRINCIPAL MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND ADDRESSING SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES THAT ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO TEAR, TO AIR UP SCHOOL RESTROOMS. OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD DO THAT.
DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT.
HE MADE A NOTE OF THE FACT THAT THIS ACT WAS MOST UNFAIR TO THOSE WHO WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL TO KEEP OUR ENVIRONMENT SAFE AND CLEAN.
RAQUEL CAUGHT MR. BARNHART IN THE HALL AND ASKED FOR MITCH PERMISSION TO BRING GIFTS FOR OUR SCHOOL CUSTODIANS.
A WEEK LATER, RAQUEL BROUGHT GIFTS FROM BATH AND BODY WORKS THAT SHE BOUGHT WITH HER OWN MONEY.
SHE WENT TO TEACH CUSTODIAN AND THANKED THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
THIS ACT WAS ENTIRELY CREATED AND EXECUTED BY RAQUEL DEMONSTRATING HER IMMENSE RESPECT, GRATITUDE, AND THOUGHTFULNESS TOWARD OTHERS.
UM, AND I GO BACK TO THEIR, I GUESS STUDENTS HAD BEEN TEARING UP RESTAURANTS AND, UM, HE WAS NOT ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO SO.
UM, SHE, THAT IS AMAZING AND THAT'S, OUR WORLD WORKS BEST WHEN OUR STUDENTS GET INVOLVED IN POSITIVE ACTS AND, AND WE JUST GIVE RAQUEL A HUGE SHOUT OUT AND WE WILL GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE AND A COIN.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'S SOMETIME SOON, WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THESE STUDENTS TOGETHER AND REALLY CELEBRATE THEM.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO RICK HILL.
NEXT IS OUR PROCLAMATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY IS SOMEONE HERE TO, EXCEPT THIS QUINN.
IF YOU'LL COME HERE, I'LL STAND BEHIND YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A MASK ON AND I'LL READ IT AND THEN WE'LL GET A PHOTO.
HOW ARE YOU? WHEREAS JANUARY 15TH, 1929 WAS THE BIRTHDAY OF A GREAT AMERICAN.
GAVE US LIFE FOR LOVE, PEACE AND JUSTICE.
CELEBRATION IS SPONSORED AND HOSTED ANNUALLY BY THE BLUFFTON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS COMMITTED TO PURSUING THE IDEALS OF JUSTICE, LOVE AND PEACE.
AND IN BLUFFTON 35TH CELEBRATION, THAT THINGS SHALL BE, IT STARTS WITH YOU THE URGENCY OF CREATING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE I LEASED THE SARCOMERE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ALONG WITH BLUFFTON COUNTY COUNCIL DO HEREBY DESIGNATE AND PROCLAIM MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH HAS REVEREND DR.
DATE, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THIS ON OUR BEHALF.
AND IF YOU PICTURE FOR LIKE THE SERIES OF EVENTS OR, AND IF YOU DO JUST SPEAK, CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDLY FROM HERE? DOES SHE NEED TO GET, UM, SO ON FRIDAY NIGHT WE ARE HAVING OUR BLACK EXCELLENCE BALL AT NORTHRIDGE EVENT.
VENUE IS FROM FIVE THIRTIES TO, UM, UNTIL, AND WE'RE JUST HONORING, UH, MEMBERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR SERVICE, THEIR ACCOLADES, UM, AND THE, FOR THEIR EFFORTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ON MONDAY WE HAVE THE, UH, MLK COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE DAY WHERE WE ARE, UM, HAVING STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND, UM, COMMUNITY CHURCHES COME IN, PERFORM AN ESSAYS, BEEN BEING READ AGAIN.
THAT IS ON MY DAY, IT'S AT 1230, IT BEGINS
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AT 1230.UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE, EVAN STARTED THE MAIN RIVER THEATER, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AND WE'RE GONNA DO A PARADE DOWN, UM, BLUFFTON AND WE'LL END AT THE, OR SURFACTANT BARK.
UM, SO THAT, THAT IS THE LIST OF THE EVENTS WE DO.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW US OR KNOW MORE ABOUT THE EVENTS AT WWW, WHAT'S AN MLK.ORG BLUFFTON PAY THAT ORACLE.GOV.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, BRIDGET, AND ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM.
WHO'S BEEN PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, WE ARE NOT CANCELING ANYTHING.
THERE'VE BEEN SOME CANCELLATIONS ON HILTON HEAD, BUT PLEASE TRY TO COME OUT MONDAY.
UM, IT'S A GREAT TIME AND YOU GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST A NICE PLEASANT WALK OF IT'S CHILI.
JUST PUT ON A COAT AND I HOPE TO SEE AS MANY OF YOU THERE.
UH, WE START HERE AT ABOUT 1230 AND WE'LL DO A PROGRAM AND 12 O'CLOCK, 12 O'CLOCK AND THEN WALK AND THEN, UM, PLEASE COME OUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THIS AFTER THE COMMITTEE.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, PALMETTO ELECTRIC BURL DAVIS IS HERE, AND THIS IS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT, UTILITY TAX CREDIT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000 IN BURL.
YOU HAVE THE MINUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAM MAYOR, UH, TOWN COUNCIL, UM, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FIRST TIME, GLAD TO SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, BACK IN 1996, UH, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AN ACT CALLED THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT AND IT ALLOWED ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND OTHER UTILITIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO, UM, TO NOT SIN ALL OF THE TAX REVENUE, UH, REVENUE TAXES THAT WE SEND TO COLUMBIA AND ALLOW US TO, UM, KEEP UP TO $400,000, UH, THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, UH, GIVE TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE BUSINESS PARKS AND OWN PROPERTY AND, AND USE IT FOR, UH, RURAL DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT IN THESE LOCAL, UH, LOCAL AREAS.
AND OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, UH, HAMADA HAS GIVEN BACK OVER 20, UH, EXCUSE ME, OVER $8 MILLION, UH, BACK IN THE HAMPTON JASPER AND BUFORD COUNTY.
AND OF COURSE, TO TOWNS WITHIN THOSE COUNTIES.
UH, I, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT BLUFFTON HAS RECEIVED, UH, ALMOST 2 MILLION OF THAT 8 MILLION OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.
SO CERTAINLY, UH, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UH, WE'VE ALL SEEN THE GROWTH THAT HAS GONE HOME ON HERE IN BLUFFTON.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT, THAT GROWTH AND BEING A PARTNER WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND CERTAINLY IN THE AREAS THAT WE SERVE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A CHECK FOR $55,000 THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, THE HEAD REQUESTED TO UTILIZE THIS, THIS MONIES, UH, FOR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, UH, GEO-TECHNICAL STUDIES, AS WELL AS, UH, TREE AND TOPO STUDIES FOR THE WELL TRACK, APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES THAT THE TOWN OWNS IN THE WELL ATTRACT.
AND, UH, THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE USED, UH, UH, FOR THOSE STUDIES.
AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE TOWN AND BE SUCH GREAT FRIENDS AND DO SOMETHING THAT I THINK Y'ALL DO JUST LIKE WE DO IS, UH, DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LIVE A BETTER PLACE.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO STEVE AND, UH, AND I'M SURE HE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT, SO SURE.
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT TO STEVE AND STEVE CAN GET UP.
STEVEN CAN GET UP THERE, GET A PICTURE Y'ALL WANNA STAND AND HUDDLE TO YOUR SODS OF YOUR ACRYLIC, THE BEST YOU CAN.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE A LITTLE HARD? YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU, YOU CAN'T GET US ALL UNDER CANYON.
IF YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT COMING OUTSIDE EUROPE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN HAND THAT OVER TO STEVEN, EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU SAID, UM, AND WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED THAT WE, WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO STAY IN FRONT.
WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO IN THIS TOWN, JUST OFF OF PROPERTY TAX AND BUSINESS LICENSE REVENUES.
UM, ALWAYS CONSIDERING OUR TOWN WHEN IT COMES, COMES TO THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO SERVE THIS TOWN AND APPRECIATE IT, APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND OUR WAY I MENTIONED THAT, UH, UH, THE, UH, UTILITIES, I KNOW THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, AT LEAST IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH DOMINION AS WELL.
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OTHER UTILITIES, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOBBYING THE LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE THIS AMOUNT FROM 400,000 UP TO 600,000.SO, UH, YOU MAY BE HEARING ABOUT THAT.
AND IF YOU DO CERTAINLY, UH, YOUR SUPPORT, UH, TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE FUNDS COME BACK TO THE LOCAL TOWNS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE SERVE.
SO LET US KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BECAUSE WE CAN, WE CAN GATHER ALL THE TOWNS, THE MUNICIPALS, AND WE HAD MR. GREENWAY HERE TODAY.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL JUST DO WHATEVER YOU NEED US TO DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL NEXT WE HAVE, WHICH WAS A VERY EXCITING EMAIL AND CALL FROM RICHARD NOLL.
IS RICHARD HERE? RICH? ARE YOU OH, OKAY.
WELL, I'M GONNA PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE RICH.
UM, YOU CAN TELL US, I DON'T RECOGNIZE ANYONE BEHIND THESE MASKS, SO I MIGHT KNOW YOU, BUT NOT THAT, THAT MASCOT, OUR GREATEST PURPOSE ISN'T TO EMPOWER PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES TO CONNECT AND THRIVE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN SO GRACIOUS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR REALLY OUR REGION WITH, FROM SCHOOLS TO YOU, NAME IT, TO HELPING OTHERS.
UM, THIS PAST YEAR HARGRAVE WANTED TO STAY TRUE TO WHAT MATTERED MOST AND THAT'S WELLBEING, THE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL, OR EMOTIONAL AS PART OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INITIATIVES, AND LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN PARK.
GREY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTRIBUTING TO BLUFFTON.
THIS NEWEST PROJECT RELATING TO POLICE AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED $35,000 TO IN HONOR OF A REFLECTION GARDEN TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF A FALLEN OFFICER, JONATHAN GARCIA.
AND IT'S JUST SO APPROPRIATE TO ANNOUNCE, SET TONIGHT FOR EVERYONE, EVERYONE TO HEAR THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, THE MENTAL HEALTH OF POLICE OFFICERS HAS BEEN AFFECTED, AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL BE A LASTING STAPLE IN PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY, REFLECTION AND WELLBEING, PARTICULARLY MENTAL HEALTH.
AND I SEE YOUR NAME, JOSE VARGAS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BLUFFTON TOWN COUNCIL, BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND OBVIOUSLY MAYOR SOCA FOR HAVING US HERE.
I'M A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR HART GRAY.
UM, I'M REALLY THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY.
IT'S SILVER, A PARTNERSHIP WITH TOWN, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS DONATION TO THE BOSTON CONSOLE, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF REFLECTION GARDEN.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE REALLY HAPPY FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW, I'M THINK ALL OF US ON THIS DIOCESE REMEMBER JONATHAN, UM, I HOPE MANY OF Y'ALL DID.
HE WAS JUST A STAPLE DURING MATTHEW, UM, AND HE AND DEBBIE AND I REALLY WERE CONNECTED AT THE HIP DURING MATTHEW GOING THROUGH TOWN.
HE DID ALL OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HE JUST REALLY HAD A SWEET, BUT STERN AND SCARY WAY ABOUT HIM, UM, ESPECIALLY IN CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND, UM, YOU FELT REALLY BAD ABOUT BREAKING A RULE AND JONATHAN WOULD BRING YOU TO THE OFFICE TO TALK TO, BUT, UM, HE HID HIS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND I THINK OUR, ALL OF US NEED TO RECOGNIZE IT'S OKAY TO BE HAD MENTAL ISSUES.
BUT THE BETTER THING IS TALK ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR PD CAUSE I, I KNEW HIM REALLY WELL AND IT REALLY, IT, IT CAUSED ME A GREAT MOMENT TO STEP BACK AND FEEL LIKE WHAT COULD HAVE I DONE DIFFERENTLY, BUT HE HAD BEST FRIENDS THERE THAT NO ONE REALLY KNEW THAT HE HAD THE ISSUES HE HAD.
SO THIS GARDEN IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THESE GUYS AND WOMEN TO SIT OUTSIDE AND REALLY REFLECT AND REALLY REALIZE IT'S OKAY TO TALK ABOUT THINGS.
SO, UM, I'M THRILLED AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THAT.
I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR, FOR ALL OF US IN THIS TOWN AND I'LL MAKE USE OF IT.
WE HAVE ARIANNA BERNICE WITH THE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON TO DO THE PRESENTATION OF OUR F 23 DMO MARKETING PLAN.
WE ARE HEADED INTO BUDGET YEAR, SO ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ARIANA BERNICE WITH THE HILTON ISLAND LEFT AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, TOWN MANAGER, AND STAFF FOR HAVING ME AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT, UM, OUR TEAM AND ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
SO TONIGHT'S PRESENT TECH PRESENTATION ACTUALLY IS ON FISCAL YEAR 22
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Q1.UM, BASED ON OUR CONTRACT, THIS IS THE REPORTING TIMEFRAME.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING BACK AT JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, UM, WHICH WILL BE FUN.
WE CAN GO BACK AND SEE ALL THE GREAT WORK AND, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAD.
SO IF YOU WILL, UM, IS THIS MY CLICKER? OKAY.
DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE THROUGH IT THIS WAY NOW I CAN USE THIS ONE.
WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? SO AGAIN, THIS IS FISCAL YEAR 22 Q1.
SO JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21 TIMEFRAME, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK QUICKLY AT HEADS AND BEDS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OCCUPANCY, AVERAGE DAILY RATE AND REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM, WE CAN SEE THAT WE WERE QUITE HEALTHY FOR THOSE THREE MONTHS IN 21.
AND IT'S A GREAT STORY, BUT THAT MOMENTUM THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE HAVE GREAT ANTICIPATION FOR THE Q2, UM, FINDINGS THAT WILL COME OUT IN A FEW WEEKS, UM, IN THE FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME THAT WE WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO YOU AS WELL.
SO THE MOMENTUM WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT, UM, VISITORS ARE FINDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND SPENDING THE NIGHT AND SPENDING SEVERAL NIGHTS HERE, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE WE'VE HELD HANDS FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS ON THE SOCIAL SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN GREAT LENGTH.
AND OUR PARTNERSHIP HERE HAS REALLY GROWN A LOT.
UM, WHAT WE'LL SEE IN ANOTHER SIDE, WHICH IS OUR WEBSITE PERFORMANCE.
SO A FEW YEARS BACK, WE STARTED WITH THAT SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS EXPONENTIAL GROWTH YEAR OVER AND SEVERAL PLATFORMS. SO INSTAGRAM CONTINUES TO BE THE STRONG GROWTH PLATFORM, BUT YOU SEE THAT STRENGTH IN FACEBOOK THAT CONTINUES TO SHINE THROUGH, UM, MANY OF US ARE ON THESE PAGES AS WELL.
AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT ORGANIC CONTENT.
WE LOVE TO YOU TO USE USER-GENERATED CONTENT.
SO WHEN OUR TRAVELERS AND VISITORS ARE OUT IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON VISITING, MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES HERE, UM, ENJOYING OUR PARKS, UM, AND ALL THAT, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS TO OFFER.
WE LOVE FOR THEM TO POST ABOUT IT.
SO WHEN WE DO THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE IMAGES AND THEY DO PERFORM QUITE WELL FOR US.
SO THAT JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME, YOU'LL SEE A QUICK FEW SNAPSHOTS OF THOSE TOP PERFORMERS, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE THREE MONTHS.
UM, AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM AGAIN, WHICH LEADS INTO THE OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR WEBSITE.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WE LAUNCHED, UM, THE VISIT BLUFFTON.ORG WEBSITE ON MARCH 31ST, 2021.
AND AS WE LOOK BACK FOR THE JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME HITS OR VISITS TO THE WEBSITE, THERE WERE OVER 40,000 CLOSE TO 41,000.
BUT WHAT WE REALLY LOVE TO LOOK BACK AT IS THE REFERRALS ARE HANDSHAKES OUT TO BUSINESSES.
SO THOUGH THE WEBSITE IS OUT THERE AND PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT.
ARE THEY ACCESSING THE BUSINESSES, WHICH IS THE HEART OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO LEARN SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT AND THEY ARE, AND THEY DID THAT OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER BY, UM, 11,000 HANDSHAKES OUT TO THOSE TOWN BUSINESSES.
WE HAD SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGH THIS TIMEFRAME AS WELL.
THERE WERE OVER 20 EVENTS HELD WITH OVER 4,000 PARTICIPANTS.
UM, MANY OF YOU PROBABLY JOINED US AT PALMETTO AXES AND THEN, UM, OUR CONVERSATION AND COCKTAILS AT TIA'S THAT THAT QUICKLY TRANSLATES BACK INTO NOT ONLY HAVING ALL THE GREAT ASSETS HERE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, WHO'S TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND FROM A PR PERSPECTIVE, UM, WE HAD OVER, UM, SEVERAL IMPRESSIONS OR 605 MILLION.
WE HAD 230, 2 MILLION IN AD VALUE IN OVER 135 PLACEMENTS.
AND THAT'S JUST AN A THREE MONTH TIMEFRAME, WHICH IS SO GREAT TO SEE, UM, AT FIRST TOUCH BASE.
SO ONCE THEY HAVE COME TO VISIT BLUFFTON.ORG AND WE CAN SEE THEM MOVE THROUGH THAT JOURNEY ON THE WEBSITE, AND THEY WANT TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE DESTINATION, WE'VE CREATED A STANDALONE OFFICIAL VACATION GUIDE FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, WHICH WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT.
THIS WAS OUR FIRST YEAR IN 21, WE'RE QUICKLY, UM, WORKING ON 22 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON THOSE DETAILS.
UM, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF FULFILLMENT AND WHAT 21 BROUGHT US, UM, OR I SHOULD SAY FOR THIS TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, THERE WERE OVER, UM, 7,333 THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAD LEFT THAT WE WERE WORKING THROUGH IN OVER 17 722, UM, OF THE, UH, ADDITIONAL GUIDE THAT WE PRODUCE AS WELL.
SO PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
THEY ARE DIGESTING THE CONTENT OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND SO THROUGH THE OFFLINE AND THE ONLINE TOUCHPOINTS, WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT LIFT.
AND WHAT GOES BACK TO THAT SECOND OR THIRD SLIDE ABOUT OCCUPANCY.
PEOPLE ARE COMING, THEY'RE LAYING THEIR HEAD
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IN A BED.AND SO ALL THESE PIECES FIRING AND WORKING TOGETHER, UM, MAKES, UH, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TOP OF MIND, AND IS EASY TO RECALL WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACATION PLANNER.
JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, NOT ONLY ARE THEY IN OUR, UM, OUR OFFICES, THEY'RE AT THE HAYWARD HOUSE, THERE ARE SOME WITH TOWN WELCOME CENTERS, THE AIRPORTS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S ANY CALLS, EMAIL INQUIRIES, OR WALK-INS THAT THOSE ARE FULFILLED THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ALSO, UM, WORK WITH ALL AAA OFFICES.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ON THE PAGE THAT HAD IMPRESSIONS, LARGE, LARGE NUMBERS THAT WENT WITH IT.
W WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS? THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE IMPRESSIONS ARE ANYONE THAT WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT A PICKUP, RIGHT.
UM, SO THOSE IMPRESSIONS ARE ALL THE EYEBALLS THAT WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIGEST THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, NOT CLICKS.
IT'S UM, SO IT WOULD BE THOSE THAT WOULD BE A CIRCULATION NUMBER.
IF SOMETHING WAS PRODUCED IN AN EDITORIAL PIECE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ON, UM, A SOCIAL MEDIA, IF A INFLUENCER CAME IN AND THEY HAD WRITTEN OR POSTED ABOUT IT, IT COULD BE THAT.
SO IT'S THOSE IMPRESSIONS THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A PR PERSPECTIVE, NOT PAID FOR THAT, YOU'RE GARNERING AS A DESTINATION.
AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VALUE OF THOSE IMPRESSIONS, YOU EQUATE THAT TO A DOLLAR.
AND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK, WE LOOK AT AND WE SAY, OKAY, GREAT.
FOR, FOR WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST US 230, $2,000 OR 230, 2 MILLION, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO GET PAID FOR THOSE IMPRESSIONS, WHICH WE DIDN'T DO.
THOSE CAME ORGANICALLY THROUGH, UM, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT CHARLIE AND HER TEAM DO DOES WITH PROMOTING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
THAT'S A FORECAST, RIGHT? I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, THE 6,520 IS A GUESSTIMATE AT BEST, RIGHT? WELL, SIR, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE PUT AROUND THE VALUE OF THE MEDIA THAT WAS EARNED.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, ANY OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, THEY'LL ACTUALLY CREATE THAT METRIC FOR YOU.
SO LIKE IF YOU HAD AN IMAGE OR CIRCULATION THAT WAS CREATED, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS PAGE FOR IT, IT'LL TELL YOU LIKE, THIS IS HOW MANY IMPRESSIONS YOU GOT TO, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY HAVE LOOKED AT IT, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T CLICK ON IT, THEY MAY HAVE SEEN IT.
AND IT COULD HAVE PROMPTED THEM TO GO TO ANOTHER WEBSITE OR GO SOMEWHERE TO PURCHASE A TICKET OR SOMETHING.
SO PRINT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FRAZIER.
SO BRIDES MAGAZINE PICKED UP AND THEIR EDITORIAL TEAM CHOSE TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND ALL THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S LOOKING TO GET MARRIED, THEY HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THEIR CIRCULATION NUMBER, RIGHT? THE CIRCULATION OF THOSE THAT ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THE BRIDE'S MAGAZINE.
AND SO THAT CIRCULATION NUMBER IS ACCOUNTED FOR, IN TERMS OF THEIR PUBLICATION IN PRINT, AS WELL AS IF IT WAS PUBLISHED, THAT ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ONLINE, THEY'LL TAKE WHAT THEY HAVE IN CIRCULATION ON THE WEBSITE.
SO HOW MANY WEBSITE VIEWS DO THEY RECEIVE? SO THAT, THAT NUMBER IS ACCOUNTED FOR THERE.
AND IF THAT STORY WAS UNLIFTED AND TAKEN TO SOCIAL, YOU'LL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW MANY BRIDES FOLLOWERS THAT SOCIAL HANDLE HAS.
AND AGAIN, IF IT WAS ACROSS SEVERAL CHANNELS, YOU'LL TAKE THAT.
SO NOT TRULY, IT'S NOT A GUESSTIMATE OR, UM, UH, AN AVERAGE NUMBER.
IT IS, IT IS AN ACCURATE NUMBER BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY REPORT ON.
UM, AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT FOR BRIDES OR PHOTOS OR PURE, WHILE YOU CAN TAKE THAT SAME FORMULA, IF YOU WILL, AGAIN, BUT IT'S EARNED MEDIA AND NOT PAID MEDIA.
SO AT THAT TIME, THAT'S WHERE CHARLIE'S TEAM COMES IN AND THEY'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THESE PUBLICATIONS OR WRITERS.
AND THEY'RE SAYING PITCHING STORIES, THEM SAYING, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FOR YOUR UPCOMING WEDDING? OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT I'M USING WEDDING AS THE EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I SEE BRIDES VERY BIG.
UM, BUT THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TEAM AND THE WORK THAT SHE DOES WITH HER TEAM ON THE BACKEND OF MAKING PEOPLE AWARE 365 DAYS OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
AND SO WHEN THE STORY IS PICKED UP, UM, FROM A BRIDES MAGAZINE, AGAIN, THAT'S EARNED MEDIA BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DOLLARS EXCHANGED FOR THOSE EFFORTS.
BUT THE NUMBER YOU SEE FROM IMPRESSIONS IS ACCOUNTED BACK TO AGAIN, WHERE IT WAS DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THAT PUBLICATION.
SO PRINT, SOCIAL, DIGITAL, HOWEVER, IT WAS EMAILED OUT, THEY TAKE THOSE NUMBERS BASED ON WHO THEY HAVE AS TRACKING IN THE, AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO THAT NUMBER.
YEAH, WELL, NO, THAT'S NOT COOL BY EVER BEING, BUT IT'S INTERESTING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ARIANA? WE DO HAVE A MARKETING COMMITTEE WITH THE TOWN THAT MEETS WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO IF THERE'S EVER ANYTHING, Y'ALL, WON'T TALK TO THAT.
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HE CAN GET IT.SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO.
ON NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, IS THREE MINUTES IN LENGTH FROM THE MINUTE YOU STAND UP UNTIL YOU SAY THANK YOU.
UM, IT IS, UM, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU AND ASK YOU.
IT IS FOR KIM FOR MINUTES, PLEASE, JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL.
I GUESS THAT'S THE GIST OF IT.
TRY TO KEEP YOUR CONCERNS THAT THAT COULD FALL UNDER OUR JURISDICTION OF WHAT WE CAN HANDLE.
WE DO NOT RESPOND TO A PUBLIC COMMENT IS IT'S JUST A COMMENT.
AND AFTERWARDS, IF WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE OUR THOUGHTS AFTERWARDS, IT'LL BE IN THE NEXT ITEM.
SO WE HAVE THREE IS THAT WE HAVE KILL AND LAWTON.
ANYTHING Y'ALL WANT TO PASS ALONG FOR THE RECORD YOU CAN GIVE TO KIM.
SO NAME AND ADDRESS MR. LAWSON.
UH, MY NAME IS JIM LAWTON AND I RESIDE AT 52 OYSTER STREET.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE APPLICATION BY PULTE HOME COMPANY, LLC, TO ANNEX THE HUNDRED ACRE TREVOR PARCEL INTO THE TOWN LIMITS AND THE REQUEST FOR REZONING FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL MAY RIVER COMMUNITY PRESERVATION UNDER THE BEAVER COUNTIES DEVELOPMENT CODE TO RESIDENTIAL GENERAL STONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR THE USE PER ACRE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF BRINGING 403 POTENTIAL NEW HOMES VERSUS 38 UPON THE MAY RIVER WATERSHED, PARTICULARLY WHERE THIS UPLAND PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
WELL, OVERWHELMING, ALREADY STRESSED OUT ECOSYSTEM WITHIN THE 22,413 APPROVED TO USE ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE END BLUFFED INS CURRENT POPULATION TIPPING PAST 31,000 RESIDENTS.
WHAT WE ARE DESPERATELY NEED IS THE POLAR OPPOSITE.
TURN THESE A HUNDRED ACRES INTO GREEN SPACE.
BLUFFTON HAS REACHED THE 50% BUILD-OUT, UM, PREDICTED, BUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SINCE THE PLAN WAS PUBLISHED IN 2014, BLUFFTON POPULATION HAS DOUBLED THE RESULTING TRAFFIC CONGESTION PRESSURE ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND ADVERSE EFFECTS UPON THE UNIQUE ECOLOGY OF OUR REGION.
WHAT DO ALL THESE PEOPLE DO FOR RECREATION? THE TOWN HAS WONDERFUL FESTIVALS THAT DRAW UPON HOMEGROWN RICHES, SEAFOOD, LOCAL PRODUCE ART AND NATURE, AND HAS MADE NOMINAL GAINS ESTABLISHING PARKS THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP, BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.
AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT IS CONSUMING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
ONCE THESE DO USE ARE AWARDED THERE'S NO GOING BACK, NO ONE WOULD DISPUTE THE CENTERPIECE OF BLUFFTON SCREEN SPACE IS THE MAY RIVER.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE HYDROLOGY WITHIN THE 54 SQUARE MILES OF THE TOWNSHIP AND CONCENTRATION OF THE, UM, OF THE DUS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURES WITHIN IT ARE UP LAND OF THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE.
EVERYTHING FLOWS TO THE MAY RIVER.
IT WOULD BE LIKE NEW YORK CITY DRAINING EVERYTHING FROM ITS STREETS AND ROOFTOPS INTO CENTRAL PARK.
IT DOESN'T TAKE A CLIMATE SCIENTIST TO KNOW THAT ALL THE STUFF THAT FLOWS INTO THE WATERWAY FROM IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, TRASH, FECAL BACTERIA, NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS, OIL, AND GAS IS EXTREMELY HARMFUL TO IT.
BLUFFTON TOWN COUNCIL AND ITS PARTNERS IN BUFORD COUNTY MUST REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE MAY RIVER BY SETTING ASIDE CRITICAL LANDS BEFORE THEY'RE GIVEN AWAY TO DEVELOPERS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THIS PARCEL IS IN THE COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP.
IT MUST BE SET ASIDE FOR THE FUTURE.
JESSE WHITE EVENING, JESSE WHITE BUFORD, SOUTH CAROLINA.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MAY RIVER WATERSHED ACTION PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I URGE YOU TO DENY PULTE HOMES, REQUEST TO ANNEX AND UPS ZONE A HUNDRED ACRES ALONG MAY RIVER ROAD, BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING WATER QUALITY CONCERNS IN THE MAY RIVER.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED MAY RIVER COMMUNITY PRESERVATION, WHICH ALLOWS JUST SHY OF 40 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.
BY CONTRAST, PULTE HOMES SEEKS A NEARLY 1000 INCREASE IN ALLOWABLE DENSITY TO APPROXIMATELY 400 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.
THIS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA, AS WELL AS ITS FEATURE
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LAND USE DESIGNATION.THE MRCP ZONING IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE LOW INTENSITY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS WHILE ENCOURAGING AND ALLOWING MORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO LOCATE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT AT EITHER END OF THE CORRIDOR, IT RETAINS A MUCH NEEDED YET QUICKLY DIMINISHING RURAL BUFFER TO THE TOWNS, MORE URBAN AND SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS THE NAME IMPLIES THE MRCP FLANKS, THE HEADWATERS OF THE MAY RIVER AND IS INTENDED TO BE PROTECTIVE OF THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WATERWAY BLUFFING AND STUDIO DOES NOT CONTAIN A ZONING CATEGORY.
THAT WOULD BE SIMILARLY PROTECTIVE AS THE MRCP, EVEN THE TOWN'S AGRICULTURAL ZONING WOULD ALLOW A DENSITY OF ONE UNIT PER ACRE.
SO A HUNDRED HOMES WHILE BETTER THAN THE 400 SOUGHT.
IT'S STILL FAR MORE IMPACTFUL THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATE THIS PROPERTY AS LOW INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL INTENDED TO MAINTAIN EXISTING RURAL CHARACTER IN DECREASED ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS CONSISTENCY WITH THIS LAND USE DESIGNATION IS BEST ACHIEVED BY ALLOWING THE PROPERTY TO REMAIN IN THE COUNTY WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATELY ZONED RURAL LOW-INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL UNDER THE PROTECTIVE MRCP, NOTABLY THE ANNEXATION REQUESTS FERTILIZED ON THE BUCK, WALTER PUD TO ESTABLISH CONTINUITY.
THE DIFFERENCE IN DENSITY ALLOWANCES BETWEEN BUCKWALTER AND MRCP IS EXTREME.
AND IF ALLOWED WOULD ESTABLISH A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT OPENING UP THE SURROUNDING MRCP DISTRICT, A HIGH INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERMINING THE DECADES OF RESEARCH, INVESTMENT AND COMMITMENT TOWARD IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY OF THE MAY RIVER AND PROTECTING IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THIS AREA IS ALREADY UNDER SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE FROM EXISTING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT RESULTING IN CLOSURE OF SHELLFISH HARVESTING AREAS IN THE MAY.
THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR WHEN THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE OF A WATERSHED EXCEEDS 10%, IT RESULTS IN MEASURABLE AND DEVASTATING IMPACTS TO THE PHYSICAL CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL HEALTH OF THE WATERWAYS AND ECOSYSTEMS. WATER QUALITY IS A PRIMARY CONCERN IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THOSE CONCERNS ONLY CONTINUE TO GROW.
THE MAY RIVER IS ALREADY UNDER TOO MUCH STRESS FROM THE EXTENT OF SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPERVIOUS OPUS.
WE KNOW INCREASED IMPERVIOUS SURFACES COMES, COMES WITH INCREASED STORMWATER RUNOFF, INCREASED FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA, AND DIMINISH WATER QUALITY OPENING UP THIS PROPERTY TO ALLOW MORE INTENSE.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY AND A DOMINO EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING LAND USES.
I ALREADY GOT GUYS JOEL ROURKE, 84 9 TAB HERE TO SPEAK ON CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ZONING MAP.
IT'S HEADED TO TAKE TIME OUT OF MY SCHEDULE TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, DEBATED BY THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, DEALING IN RESTAURANTS AND ZONING.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT.
FIRST, THERE ARE PROCESSES SET IN PLACE FOR A REASON, DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES OF THIS KIND.
I BELIEVE A VARIANCE REQUEST WOULD HAVE SUFFICED.
THE CHANGE OF ZONING MAP IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND OVERREACH IS THAT WE ARE USING TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE ONLY TO DISREGARD SET ADVICE.
THE ADVICE WAS GIVEN BASED ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW, BASED ON WHAT I READ, IT APPEARS ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WERE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ATTORNEY CONCLUDED.
THIS IS FROM YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA READ THROUGH LATER, QUOTE UNQUOTE, ON JULY 26TH, 2016, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON STATED THE USE OF A RESTAURANT IS NOT ALLOWED AS THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD ABANDONED LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR OR MORE.
I ASKED THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON PLANNING COMMISSION, INCLUDING KEVIN I-CAR TO REVIEW EMAILS FROM MY RESTAURANT DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2016.
WHY WAS MY SITUATION DIFFERENT? AND WHILE I'M HERE AND WHY IS IT STILL DIFFERENT? I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS RESTAURANTS WITHIN ONE MILE OF THIS AREA FOR DISCUSSION HAVE PAID A PREMIUM TO OPERATE BASED ON THE TOWN ZONING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED THESE RESTAURANTS TO STRUGGLE SIGNIFICANTLY.
ACCORDING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MORE THAN 2.2 MILLION, WE'RE GIVING THESE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT IS 170% MORE THAN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AVERAGE.
DONALD BLUFFTON HAS DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE REGARDING RESTAURANTS AND ZONING.
NOW MORE THAN EVER IS NOT THE TIME TO BE CHANGING ZONING MAPS OR LAWS.
NEXT IS COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT AGAIN, UM, WE JUST CAME AND I SAID THIS LAST TIME WE CAME THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS SPECIAL PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE CITIZENS OF BLUFFTON.
AND EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PUBLIC WORKS GROUP IN AMERICA BECAUSE THEY MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
WHEN YOU RIDE THROUGH THE CITY LIMITS OF BLUFFTON,
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YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN MAYBERRY.THEY'RE LIKE A PIT CREW AT A RACE TRACK.
THEY'RE LIKE A BASEBALL GROUNDSKEEPING GROUP THAT COMES OUT ON THE, IN BETWEEN THE GAME SEVEN, ANY STRETCH OF WHATEVER.
AND YOU GET AN APPLAUSE AND IT TAKES CREATIVITY, NOT ONLY HARD WORK, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF THOUGHT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT ALL THOSE LITTLE, LITTLE MINI LIGHT BULBS.
MUST'VE BEEN A MILLION OF THEM.
SO I APPLAUD THOSE GUYS OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
I THINK THEY'RE THE HARDEST WORKING BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD EVER WANT TO KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN AND DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THEY'RE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND I, MY HATS OFF TO THEM, I WISH THEY ALL COULD GET A RACE WELL IT'S BUDGET YEAR PRITCHETT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, USE, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE A BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS WHO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES THIS MONTH, UM, WHICH IS WHY I'M IN PINK TONIGHT.
I SEE SOME, UH, MEMBERS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE THE MEMBERS OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI WHO ARE CELEBRATING 111 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, UH, PHI BETA SIGMA, 108 YEARS, DELTA SIGMA, THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
I SEE A FEW LADIES HERE TONIGHT, 109 YEARS, UH, IN MY SORORITY ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED 114 YEARS AND ZETA A SIGMA THETA SORORITY 108 YEARS AS WELL.
AND I RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING DR.
KING'S BIRTHDAY, THIS UPCOMING MONDAY, AND ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES AT LARGE AND WERE INTEGRAL IN ADVANCING CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT.
AND ALSO I SAID, WE HAVE MICHAEL LEWIS WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE.
IF HE WOULD STAND, HE IS THE 2022 BLUFFTON MLK, UM, SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE FOR HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS AND, UM, REGISTERING VOTERS AND ASSISTING PEOPLE IN, IN THE CAUSE FOR EQUITY AND EQUALITY FOR ALL.
I'M SURE HE PROBABLY HAS A VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION ON HIM NOW.
SO IF YOU NEED TO SWITCH YOUR ADDRESS OR DO ANY OF THAT, UH, HE'S DEFINITELY THE MAN FOR IT, BUT THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HONORING YOU THIS FRIDAY AT THE BALL.
MA'AM UM, THAT'S A BUNCH OF STRONG WOMEN AND IF YOU'VE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT ONE OF THEIR CONVENTIONS, IT'S, LIFE-CHANGING, UM, IT'S WONDERFUL.
AND I ALWAYS FORGET WHAT BRIDGET IS, BUT I'LL KNOW NOW BECAUSE OF THE COLOR SHE'S WEARING.
UM, THIS IS ALSO A TIME I'M NOT GOING TO PUT Y'ALL ON THE SPOT, BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IN IT'S OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR COMMISSIONS.
AND WE, WE NEVER REALLY GET AN UPDATE FROM, FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SIT AS A LIAISON ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DON RYAN CENTER, LO KONG, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND OUR WATERSHED, UM, COMMITTEE.
SO I'VE TALKED WITH MR. THIESSEN AND IF I'M MISSING SOME, WE NEED TO GET IT.
UM, WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS OVER THE NEXT MONTH.
ARE YOU HAPPY WHERE YOU ARE? DOES SOMEONE WANT TO, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO CHANGE OR MOVE OVER OR WHATEVER? WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN REAL COMPLACENT WITH IT BECAUSE YOU ALL SEEM TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH YOUR VIDEO ASSIGNMENT.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME EVERY MONTH TO MAYBE GIVE A QUICK 10, SECOND, 22ND UPDATE ON ANYTHING.
AND IF Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING TONIGHT, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, CHIME IN, BUT IF NOT, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT AND LET THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHERE WE ALSO SIT IN AND GET INFORMATION.
AND IT'D BE GOOD FOR COUNCIL TO HEAR ANY, ANY, UH, IF Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING TONIGHT, SPEAK UP, IF NOT, YEAH.
SO WE COULD, YOU CAUGHT ME A LITTLE OFF GUARD.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL PLAN THAT IN FEBRUARY AND MAYBE THEY'RE KEY POINTS THAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR, YOUR COMMITTEES TALKED ABOUT THAT WE WANT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD AUDIENCE HERE THAT MAY NOT COME TO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO, UM, SHOULD HAVE DONE IT LAST MONTH, BUT I FORGOT THAT I'LL REMEMBER THAT FROM NOW ON, UM, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY MR. REALLY ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'VE GROWN.
UM, JESSE AND MR. LAUGHLIN, LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN, EVERY YEAR, IT'S NOT THAT WE GET TOTALLY NEW PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE LEAVING AND PEOPLE REPLACING AND NEW PEOPLE COMING.
AND THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE TONIGHT.
SO THERE'S A HOST OF ARTICLES.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING MORE PUBLICIZED ON JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE, UM, W IF YOU'RE IN THE COUNTY, WHO'S YOUR REP, YOU KNOW,
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THEY SEEM TO CALL ALL OF US EVEN IN SUN CITY, AND THAT'S NOT IN THE TOWN.UM, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING Y'ALL THINK ON THE STREET THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO HELP EDUCATE, PLEASE GET IT TO US AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET SOMETHING WRITTEN ABOUT IT, JUST TO GET IT OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
UM, GOTTA KEEP EDUCATING, UM, OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO WORKSHOP, AGENDA ITEMS. UM, FIRST IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE ACCESS.
JARED ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN BY MR. , WHO IS THE PE ASSISTANT BUFORD COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ENGINEERING.
I JUST TOLD ERIC Y'ALL ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
WE DON'T EVER HAVE ANYBODY COME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND GIVE US CHECKS.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AWESOME.
I'VE NEVER HELD ONE OF THOSE BIG CHECKS BEFORE, SO I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS.
SO, UM, AND I THINK WE DO HAVE THIS SLIDE AND WHILE HE'S UP, MR. SUMMERVILLE, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING MR. SUMMERVILLE'S ON THE BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL, MR. GREENWAY, THAT EASY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR BOOK WALKER ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO BOOK WALTER ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, THIS IS, UM, OUR GOAL WITH ACCESS MANAGEMENT IS PLANS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS TO, UM, PROVIDE AND BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE TO MAKE SURE OUR ROADWAYS ARE AVAILABLE AND HAD THE CAPACITY FOR EXISTING NEEDS AND FUTURE ACCOMMODATION.
SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXISTING BOOK, WALTER ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN 2007.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR, WE THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
UM, WHAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED, WHAT THINGS DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT, MAYBE TWEAK, MODIFY, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT ORIGINAL PLAN AGAIN, IT'S A PLAN AND PLANS ARE MADE TO BE GUIDES AND TEMPLATES TO MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL INTACT.
SO THAT'S THE ENDEAVOR THAT WE SET OUT ON LAST YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR IS THE LIMITS OF THE ORIGINAL STUDY AND WE USE THE SAME EXACT LIMITS, UH, FOR THE UPDATE.
SO THIS IS TURNED TO THE SIDE TO NORTH IS TO THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.
UM, AND IT'S RUNNING, UH, LEFT AND RIGHT.
AND SO THE RIGHT SIDE TERMINI IS BLUFFTON PARKWAY, UH, BUCK WALTER PLACE AND PUBLIX RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S THE NORTHERN SECTION OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY, NOT THE SOUTHERN, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE EXACT LIMITS FROM THE 2007.
UM, SO WE WERE JUST REPLICATING THAT AND, AND TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT HAS CHANGED AND IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED OR UPDATED.
I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT TO YOU.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, IN THE YELLOW DASH LINES, THOSE ARE, HEY, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE THIS INTERCONNECTIVITY, UM, SUCH THAT IT TAKES STRESS OFF OF THE MAIN ROUTE.
SO AS PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THE INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARCELS AND PROPERTIES, UH, SUCH THAT THEY CAN GET IN AND AROUND, AND THEN ALSO MAKE SAFE ACCESS TO PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED INTERSECTIONS.
SO THE RED DASH IS KIND OF CROSS BLUFFTON PARKWAY, AND I APOLOGIZE THIS ONE STERN BARKLEY, UM, THIS IS NORTH AND SOUTH, THE TWO 78TH AT THE TOP ON THIS SHOT HERE.
UH, THOSE ARE THE INTERSECTIONS.
SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS ARE, UM, CALLED OUT AS SIGNALS.
UH, AND THIS AGAIN IS 2007, THEY'RE PROPOSED SIGNALS.
AND THEN, UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER SIGNALS.
UM, ONE THING IN ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHEN YOU SEE A SIGNAL, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT A SIGNAL IS GOING THERE RIGHT AWAY.
IT JUST MEANS THAT WHEN A SIGNAL IS WARRANTED AT THAT LOCATION, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE LOCATION.
SO AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, UM, AND THE WARRANTS ARE REQUIRED BASED OFF THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OR WHATEVER THE, THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS THEN THAT WOULD BE PROGRAMMED SYSTEMATICALLY WHERE THAT SIGNAL WOULD BE LOCATED.
SO THIS ONE, AGAIN, UH, HAS PROPOSED SIGNAL THERE, UH, AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE, UH, PINELLAS, UM, WHICH IS AT THE SEA TURTLE CINEMAS, AND THEN ALSO AT LUDLOW STREET.
SO, UM, AT THE WASHINGTON, WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS WASHINGTON SQUARE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
I KNOW YOU'VE SET UP, BUT JUST TO REITERATE THIS, THIS IS AN AERIAL OF 20 YEARS AGO, OR, UH, YEAH, 2007.
AND THEN OUT IN OUR, IN OUR UPDATE, YOU'LL SEE THE CURRENT, WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
SO THIS IS JUST CONTINUING DOWN TO THE TERMINI.
UM, AND IT STARTS THERE AT LUDLOW.
IT HAS THE PROPOSED SIGNAL AT INNOVATION
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DRIVE, UM, GOING INTO THE BUCK WASHER PLACE, A BUCKLE WALTER PLACE WASN'T EVEN DEVELOPED AS WELL AS BLUFFTON PARKWAY, UH, PHASE FOUR.IT WASN'T EVEN CONSTRUCTED AT THIS TIME.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT, UH, PROPOSED SIGNALS THERE ALONG THE WAY.
SO AS PART OF THAT, THAT WAS DONE IN 2007, IN 2010, UM, WE ADOPTED THIS AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO IT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE, UM, AND THIS GETS INTO THE EXISTING VERSUS THE PLAN.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A, IN A CORRIDOR AS THIS IS A 2000 FOOT SPACING, UH, THAT'S OPTIMAL, UM, BASED OFF THE SPEEDING AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO AIM.
UM, SOMETIMES WE CAN'T QUITE GET THERE.
SO 1600 TO 1800 FEET SPACE IS OUR SWEET SPOT.
SO WHAT THAT GIVES US IS THAT ENSURES THAT WE'VE GOT, I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN IN TRAFFIC BEFORE, WHERE YOU'VE NEVER HIT A RED LIGHT.
YOU JUST KIND OF PLATOONED IN TRAFFIC, LIKE THINKING RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, SOMETIMES YOU PROBABLY HIT IT WHERE YOU MIGHT HIT EVERY SINGLE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
UM, SO THE GOAL IS TO GIVE THEM SPACE WHERE YOU CAN, CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AS SUCH.
SO THIS IS THE EXISTENCE SIGNAL, UM, VERSUS THE PROPOSED SIGNAL.
AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ, BUT RATHER THAN READ THEM OFF THE SCREEN, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT ARIEL.
SO THIS IS WHAT WOULD CALL THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE'VE COORDINATED WITH HEATHER AND THE TOWN STAFF, AND ALSO OUR CONSULTING ENGINEER TO HELP TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, WHAT WE HAVE.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT ALL THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE PROPOSED KNOWN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD OCCUR IN UNDEVELOPED SPACES.
AND AGAIN, THE SAME YELLOW DASH LINE AS REPRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
SO THESE ARE FUTURE ACCESS ROADS.
THIS IS NOT EXACTLY HOW THEY'LL LAY OUT, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE THAT, HEY, THIS TRAFFIC SHOULD, OR THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD GET BACK TO THIS ACCESS POINT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT TOO.
I KNOW WE'VE BELIEVE IN INNER CONNECTIVITY FROM YOUR OLD MAP, BUT HIS STAFF TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, YEAH, THIS IS, YEAH, YES, WE WERE COORDINATING, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO.
SO SOME OF THE, AND THIS GETS BACK TO COUNTY VERSUS TOWN.
UH, SO THE, OBVIOUSLY THE ROAD IS ALL A COUNTY OWNED FACILITY, BUT UP AND DOWN, THE CORRIDOR IS TOWN PARCELS.
BUT HOWEVER, BEHIND THAT, BASICALLY THE FRONT OF THE ROAD IS, IS TOWN, UH, FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, BUT BEHIND IT, THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTY ON, SO IT'S A COORDINATION OF SUCH BETWEEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS AS DEVELOPMENTS AND PERMITS ARE APPLIED FOR.
SO WE ALSO BELIEVE IN THIS AS WELL, WHICH I DO THE CONNECTIVITY.
SO OVERALL WE DO, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT IN CLOSE DETAIL.
UM, WE'RE NOT TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, BUT WANTING TO GET INPUT FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHY THE WORKSHOP AND WE HAVE COMMUNICATED AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, AGAIN, THAT ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE KNOW IS EITHER HAS HAD PRE APPLICATIONS OR A DEVELOPMENT PLAN SO THAT THE COUNTY IS AWARE OF WHERE THOSE NEEDS ARE.
SO, SO IN THIS ONE, WHAT'S YOUR RECOGNIZE IS INITIALLY THE FIRST SIGNAL IN THE 2007 FORMAT WOULD BE AT THAT NORTHERN ENTRANCE OR THAT FAR RIGHT ENTRANCE UP PINELLAS DRIVE.
UH, WE'VE SHIFTED THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS ABOUT 3000 FEET FROM THE ASSISTANT 2 78.
SO IN THIS ARRANGEMENT UNTIL ABOUT 2000 FEET, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IT, UH, IN SEARS, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SIGNAL TOO CLOSE TO 2 78, UH, AND MAKE THAT INTERSECTION WHERE IT UNDERPERFORMS OR THEY KIND OF RUN INTO EACH OTHER WITH A QUEUING.
SO AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE AS REFERENCED THE FUTURE WILLOW DEVELOPMENT, UH, WILLOW RUN TRACK, UM, SO THERE WOULD BE THE FIRST, UH, UM, CASSIDY DRAFT THAT WOULD BE RIGHT NOW, IT'S AN OPEN INTERSECTION, BUT THAT WOULD BE CONVERTED TO A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT.
SO YOU'D HAVE A MEDIUM ACROSS THERE, AND THAT TRAFFIC WOULD ALL BE ROUTED TO THIS FIRST INTERSECTION, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN, UH, DRIVE AT PINELLAS DRIVE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE EXISTING SIGNAL LOCATION AT THE SOUTHERN DRIVE OF PINELLAS TO THE RIGHT WOULD BE CONVERTED TO A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT AND RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT, UM, IS JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE AVAILABILITY TO TAKE A LYFT.
SO THERE WOULD BE A MEDIAN AT THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S A RIDE IN RIGHT OUT R I R A, WE GET REALLY, UM, UM, WILD IN THE TRAFFIC WORLD WITH OUR ABBREVIATIONS.
UM, ALSO PROBABLY BETTER REFLECTED ON THIS PREVIOUS SLIDE IS JUST TO THE VERY END, UH, ON THIS SLIDE UP TO THE FAR, RIGHT? SO THIS IS AT PARKSIDE DRIVE.
SO THE ENTRANCE TO WOODBRIDGE AND ALSO ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO WASHINGTON, UM, PART DEVELOPMENT, WASHINGTON SQUARE.
SO IN THE 2007 VERSION, IT IS ACTUALLY REFLECTED, UH, WHERE THE FIRST IS RIGHT THERE ON LUDLOW.
UM, BUT BASED OFF AGAIN, OFF DEVELOPMENT AND THE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT.
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UH, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD TRYING TO GET, UH, THE WOODBRIDGE COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY WOULD ACCESS BUCK WALTER.UM, IT WOULD BE CUTTING THROUGH THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WETLAND RIGHT THERE BEHIND, UM, NORTH OF THE RRO.
SO, AND AGAIN, TRYING TO SPACE OUR SIGNAL, SUCH THAT WE GET TO THAT PREMIUM 2000 FOOT ALIGNMENT.
SO THIS SIGNAL GOT ADJUSTED FROM THAT LOCATION TO THE PART SIDE, UH, ENTRANCE THERE.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ADDING SIGNALS.
WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY MODIFYING THIS PLAN TO ADJUST IT TO WHAT DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE AND TO ALSO GAIN BACK SOME OF OUR, OUR SPACING, UH, FURTHER DOWN.
SO THE NEXT SIGNAL IS, IS, UM, TO THE KROGER FUEL STATION.
SO IN THE PREVIOUS 2007, IT WAS AT THE NEXT RIO, WHICH IS AT INNOVATION DRAF, UH, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS CALLED OUT IN 2007.
AND AGAIN, AS WE SHIFT THE ONE TO THE NORTH, STARTING AT PINELLAS, WHEN WE SHIFT THAT ONE TO THE NORTH, IT CREATED MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT THE LUDLOW TO THE NORTH, TO PARKSIDE, WHICH GAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT INNOVATION TO THE NORTH, TO THIS KROGER FUEL STATION.
UM, I DIDN'T REFLECT THIS ON THE 2007, BUT, UM, AGAIN, BUCK WASHER PLACE HAD NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT THAT TIME, NOR WAS IT CALLED OUT THAT THERE WAS A SIGNAL, UH, TO BE PLANNED AT THE, AT THE LORD OF THE LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH OR THE, THE ENTRANCE THERE IN THE PUBLICS.
IT, UH, AGAIN, THE REASON TO GO BACK AND UPDATE A PLAN IS THINGS HAPPEN.
IT GOT DEVELOPED, THERE IS A SIGNAL THERE.
SO IN THE, IN THE OLD ITERATION, UM, AT INNOVATION DRIVE, WE WERE LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE 2016, 1800 IS OPTIMUM.
UM, SO BY MOVING IT AND SHIFTING IT IN BETWEEN, UH, THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS, THE WASHINGTON SQUARE DEVELOPMENT AND THE BOOK WALTER PLACE DEVELOPMENT, IT HELPS US RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT SPACING REQUIREMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY IS BUCK WALTER, UH, OR THE INTERSECTION OF BUCK WALTER AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY.
SO, UM, THIS ONE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SHOWING ANY CHANGE.
THIS IS THE EXISTING TERMINI, UM, IT TOO IS AT A THOUSAND FEET APPROXIMATELY, BUT BASED OFF THE PLAN, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE TERMINI WAS FOR THIS STUDY.
UH, IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD, UM, USE THAT SAME SPACING REQUIREMENT, 2000 FEET AS WE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUCKLE WALTER PARKWAY.
UM, BUT FOR THE PURPOSE TO MATCH UP LAST, THE LAST PLAN WITH THIS PLAN, WE REFLECTED IT AND JUST STOPPED HERE AT THE INTERSECTION JUST TO, UM, TO SHOW YOU THAT WITH NUMBERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCENARIO ONE TO 2007 VERSION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
WE GOT SOME 3000 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1000 AND 1000 THERE AT THE END, AND THEN WE'RE MUCH MORE, UM, UM, EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD IN THIS SCENARIO TOO, IN THIS UPDATE.
SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO 2000 1800, 1500, SO PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT 1600 1800 SCORE, UH, DISTANCE, UM, SPACING.
UM, JUST FROM A COUNTY STANDPOINT, AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE BLESSED INTO, TO ADOPT OR APPROVE AS WELL AS THE, THE COUNTY WE'RE WORKING AT CURRENTLY THROUGH OUR COUNTY COUNCIL AND OUR, OUR PROCEDURE.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED OUR COUNCIL WITH A SIMILAR PRESENTATION, UM, AND THEY WERE RECEPTIVE OF IT AND WE'RE MOVING IT THROUGH COUNCIL.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN READ TWICE AS FAR AS WE'VE GOT TO UPDATE THE ORDINANCE FROM THE 2010 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE.
SO WE HAVE HAD, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD OUR SECOND READING.
UM, SO WE WOULD HAVE A THIRD READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO FOLLOW.
UM, BUT WE'LL GLADLY TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS.
AND IF WE NEED TO TWEAK ANYTHING BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY AT SECOND READING, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THIRD READING, WE DEFINITELY CAN DO SO THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS, EDITS FRED UP AT FRED GOES SINCE HE SHOOK HIS HAND FIRST.
A LOT OF 'EM PROPOSE OR PREPLAN WHAT'S ACTUAL WHAT'S PRIORITIZE IN, IN THESE CONCEPTS.
WELL, SO NONE OF THESE SIGNALS ARE, UH, THIS IS JUST A PLAN WE'RE NOT IMPLEMENTING ANY OF THESE SIGNALS.
THOSE SIGNALS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS DEVELOPMENT COMES.
UM, AND WHETHER THEY'RE DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY CALLS FOR AND WARRANTS A SIGNAL THAT'S WHEN IT WOULD BE PLACED.
BUT SO THIS IS JUST SETTING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE LOCATIONS BASICALLY.
UM, BUT SINCE 2007, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH THAT WARRANTS A LOT OF THESE TO BE ACTIVATED NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT, UM, WARRANTS THAT ARE KNOWN, UH, THERE'S SOME THAT THE, THE CLOSEST ONE THAT, THAT IS KNOWN, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT, UH, TAKING PLACE AND, AND UNDER PERMIT RIGHT NOW FOR ONE AT PARKSIDE.
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UM, SO THEY HAVE SUBMITTED, I GUESS, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT IS THE WOODBRIDGE PARKSIDE COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME.SO THE WOODBRIDGE COMMUNITY AT THAT ENTRANCE, THAT, THAT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE IS A, UM, A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SUBMITTED ON THAT ONE.
AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER SPECIFICS THAT ARE DRIVING A, UH, WARRANT ANALYSIS RIGHT NOW.
AND IF I COULD JUST HELP MOMENT.
SO WHAT WE DO WHEN WE REVIEW PLANS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWS, PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS, ONE OF THE REVIEW CRITERIA THAT THEY USE IS HOW IT MEETS THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, BECAUSE THAT IS AN APPENDIX TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO IF THAT DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED AND IT, THE TRAFFIC STUDIES WARRANT A SIGNAL, OR HOWEVER THAT TRAFFIC PATTERNS WORKED, WE COMPARE IT TO THE APPROVED ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND LIKE JARED SAID, AS THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND HAD, AS THERE'S BEEN SOME OUTLIERS WHERE A SIGNAL DID NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED, ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T IN THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, THE COUNTY DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR THE COUNTY FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND RE LOOK AT THAT PLAN AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
SO, UM, THE NEXT STEPS FOR COUNCIL WOULD BE TO AFTER IT'S APPROVED AND WE'VE PROVIDED COMMENTS BACK TO THE COUNTY AND AFTER THIRD READING, WE WOULD TAKE THAT TO YOU FOR ADOPTION THROUGH RESOLUTION.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS, THE WILLOW RUN, UH, TRACK, WHERE ARE WE WITH PLANS WHERE EVERYTHING THERE REALLY, UM, AND YET, CAN YOU HELP US OUT WITH THE COUNTY IS DOING FOR THE, IN THE WILBURN COMMUNITY PROPERTIES? I CAN HELP WITH THAT.
UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO THAT SIDE OF A BLUFFTON PARKWAY INTERCHANGE WITH THE WILLOW RUN TRACK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF YOU ALL, AS TOWN COUNCIL WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH YOUR STAFF TO GET THAT WORKED OUT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA, THEN WE WOULD BE GLAD TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ABOUT MOVING THAT FORWARD.
BUT OUR COUNTY COUNCIL IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ELSE, UH, WITH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE ON THAT SIDE OF A BUCK WALKER AT THIS POINT, THAT'S IT.
AND ONE THING WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED THE TOWN MANAGER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A WORKING COMMITTEE TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY, UH, TO COVER ALL KINDS OF ASPECTS OF EVERYTHING HOLISTIC GOING FORWARD REGARDING TRANSPORTATION ROADWAYS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE THE EXPERTS ON THE TOPIC, NOT US.
AND, UH, AND BY THE WAY, I WONDER, DO YOU REALLY READ ALL HIS REPORTS HERE? AND I MEAN, MY GOD, IT'S INSANE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO PUT THIS WORKING GROUP TOGETHER AND IT TAKES TIME TO BETTER EDUCATE US TO HELP US PLAN BETTER FOR THE FUTURE.
AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN TONIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THOSE INTERCONNECTIVITY ROADS, STREETS, THERE'S TOPICS TO BE HAD ABOUT FUNDING WHO BUILDS, WHAT, WHO OWNS WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN HAS NOTHING IN PLACE TO EVER EVEN CONSIDER ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE LONG-TERM DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BEGIN SOON MAINTENANCE, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
AND, AND BACK TO, UM, UM, MR. HAMILTON'S QUESTION, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWED THREE ROADWAYS INTO WILLA RUN COMING OFF THE PARKWAY UP AT THE NORTH END UP THERE.
AND WE HAD A PRIOR DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL PRESENTED TO US BEFORE TRYING TO SOLVE SOME OF THE CONGESTION PROBLEMS ON THE PARKWAY, ON THE SOUTHERN END DOWN THERE.
AND YOU CAME UP WITH FIVE SCENARIOS AND THEY WERE GOOD.
UM, AND I, AND I'VE NEVER FORGOT ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE YOUR, IT WAS IF WE DO NOTHING, WE'LL HAVE MASSIVE CONGESTION, I THINK WAS YOUR EXACT WORDS, MASSIVE CONGESTION.
AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DIALOGUE TO FIGURE ALL THESE THINGS OUT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM PROCESS, BUT BACK TO THE THREE ROADS IN THE WILLOW RUN, I WOULD STILL ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME BENEFIT TO DO SOMETHING TO THE SOUTH END OF WILLOW RUN COMING OUT BECAUSE ALL THREE OF THOSE ROADS ARE NEAR 2 78 AND TYING IN TO THAT PORTION OF THE PARKWAY.
NOBODY'S GETTING TO COME OUT THE BACK END OF WILLOW RUN.
AND I KNOW THERE'S POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS IN ALL OF THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT THIS COUNCIL STILL WARRANTS CONVERSATION ON IN THE FUTURE.
W AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE TOWN.
THE ONE THING THAT I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, COMFORTABLE DOING AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS PUTTING THE
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COUNTY COUNCIL AND COUNTY STAFF IN A POSITION OF HAVING TO DEFEND, UH, ANY ACTION ON THAT END.SO IF THE TOWN WANTS TO JOIN US, IF THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL, AND YOU WANT THEM ALL WANT TO JOIN WITH US AND FACE THE PUBLIC OUTCRY THAT CYCLING IN THE SU WHEN, WHEREVER WE START THOSE DISCUSSIONS, THEN BY ALL MEANS, LET'S DO IT TOGETHER AS A UNITED FRONT, AND TRY TO EXPLAIN IT AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE ISSUE.
SO, YEAH, I'M ALL ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M JUST NOT GOING TO PUT OUR COUNTY COUNSELING AND COUNTY STAFF IN THAT POSITION TO FIGHT THAT BATTLE WITHOUT SOME, UH, INPUT AND FOLKS FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, STANDING THERE WITH US.
AND AGAIN, THESE OTHER STREETS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BATTLED HALL OF THEM AT SOME POINT, SOMEWHERE GETTING EASEMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO START THE DIALOGUE JOINTLY TOGETHER WITH COUNTY TOWN AND MIX IT UP AND WE'LL GO FORWARD.
JUST THE WORKSHOP TONIGHT IS THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN ON A PORTION OF BUCK WALTER PARKWAY.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU WANT FROM US, OUR RED LIGHT ROAD RELOCATION'S RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT.
SO WE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT CLOSING OFF ROADS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT COMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THE OUTBACK THAT AREA CLOSE OFF A ROAD WHEN THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO GET OUT UNTIL THERE'S DEVELOPMENT ON 2 78 PARCEL WHERE YOU HAVE THAT CONNECTOR ROAD KIND OF BEHIND THAT PLACE? SO THE DOTTED LINES, I THINK, ARE THINGS WE ALL GOT TO BUY INTO THAT IF, IF A DEVELOPMENT COMES TO US, THEY NEED TO KNOW, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR.
THAT'S A MUST, IT'S A MUST, BUT IT JUST CAN'T GO THROUGH A PLAN WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO PUT WHAT OUR PLANS ARE ON THIS MAP AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT ROAD CAN GET NORTH TO SOUTH OFF OF BOOK WALTER AND ALSO THE DOTTED LINES.
UM, THEY'RE NOT NEW, SO THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT COLOR.
I WENT AND I DOUBLED THE DOTTED YELLOW HERE FROM 2007 IS REFLECTING A SIMILAR CONNECTIVITY.
AND WHAT THAT DOES, UH, FROM, FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT AND A PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IS WHETHER IT'S A COUNTY OR WHETHER IT'S A, UM, TOWN OWNED OR A JURISDICTION IS WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT COMES.
THEY HAVE TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE A PLAN THAT SHOWS CONNECTIVITY.
SO WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR PLAN, THEY HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THEY PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY IN ADHERENCE TO THE ADOPTED PLANS, THAT BOTH WHOEVER COUNCIL, UM, HAS, HAS WHATEVER JURISDICTION THEY ARE SUBMITTED.
AND THIS HAS, AND I WANT TO GET THEM ONCE I HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THEM.
BUT WHEN THIS IS DONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATED ACTUAL ARIEL TAKE AWAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH BRIGHT, YELLOW AND GREEN IN 2007, BUT IT'S HORRID.
IT'S MORE REALISTIC, BUT YOU, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT YOU HAVEN'T REMOVED ANY OF THE DOTTED LINES.
YOU JUST KIND OF CHANGED THE FORMAT AND YEAH, THEY'RE JUST SOMEBODY ELSE DOODLED ON THE MAP VERSUS WHOEVER IT WAS PREVIOUS IN 2007, A DIFFERENT ENGINEER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGED OR TAKEN BACK TO COUNTY COUNCIL ON THIS, ON THE BUCK, WALTER.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A GUIDELINE AND SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, OR SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE MAY SAY THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK EITHER, AND EVERYTHING'S GOTTA BE MOVED AGAIN.
I MEAN, IT, IT IS A GUIDELINE, SO IT HAS, IT'S NOT, UM, THE LAW IS NOT IN STONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO JUST AS HEATHER MENTIONED, AT SOME POINT BEFORE ANOTHER INTERSECTION WAS INSTALLED, THAT EVERYBODY AGREED UPON IN SOME FASHION.
SO WE CAN, WHEN SOMEBODY SUBMITS, WE CAN SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S IN OUR PLAN THAT WE SUBSCRIBED TO.
IT TOOK 14 YEARS TO CHANGE THIS ONE.
UM, THE ONLY, MY ONLY THOUGHT TO SUMMIT, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE CLOSING OFF ROADS ON SOME OF THEM.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, UM, UH, WHERE YOU HAD THE FUTURE.
WILL I RUN? I DON'T, I CAN'T SEE ATTACHMENT ON, BUT YOU HAVE A BIG CIRCLE WHERE PINELLAS IS, AND YOU SAY, REMOVE EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE REPRESENTATION.
I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO MOVE FORWARD.
THAT YOU'RE, IF THAT RED LIGHT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE'S, WHO'S GOING TO PAY TO MAKE A NEW DRIVE.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO FALL ON A BUSINESS AT BUILT WITH THE CURRENT STANDARD SINCE I GUESS.
AND, AND THAT ONE YOU'RE PROBABLY SPOT ON RIGHT THERE, THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION, MORE THAN THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS.
SO THE EXISTING PLAN HAD AT THE SOUTHERN PINELLAS.
UM, AND AS WE ADJUSTED AND MADE SENSE OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS, AND WE MOVED THIS ONE TO THE NORTH, UM, IT'S ONE THING, GETTING A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO SUBSCRIBE AND BUILD TO THE EXISTING PLAN, BUT HAVING AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD TO A NEW PLAN OR AN UPDATED PLAN IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE AREAS AS YOU GUYS JUST DESCRIBED THAT WE'D HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ARRANGEMENTS BEYOND THIS,
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TO HOW DO WE FACILITATE THAT? IF, IF THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S REQUIRING THE SIGNAL, OR THAT'S GREAT FOR THAT SIDE OF THE STREET, BUT AT OTHER STRATEGIES, STREET HAS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND HOW DO WE COLLECTIVELY MEET THAT REQUIREMENT? SO, UH, MY ONLY REALLY THOUGHT ON IT IS PUTTING A NOTATION THERE, CAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE HERE.AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A LIGHT AND RIPLEY PLACES TOLD TO BUILD A ROAD THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.
AND THEY BUILT ACCORDING TO WHAT OUR SEVEN PLAN SHUT.
THAT WOULD BE A COMMENT FROM ME.
AND, UM, WHEN, IF NOTHING ELSE ON THIS, WHEN DO WE LOOK AT SOUTHERN, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF LOTTO AND PARKWAY ON BUCK WALTER, DO WE EVER DO THAT? THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A BRAND NEW PLAN.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS REFERENCED IN THIS SLIDE UP HERE.
THIS ACTUALLY, UH, OUTLINES THE INTERSECTIONS, UM, FOR THE ENTIRE BLUFFTON PARKWAY, BUT IT DIDN'T GO INTO THE PLAN LEVEL.
SO WE HAD AN, A PLAN AND WE INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO THE CODE DIDN'T DO THE PLAN.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A EXISTING PLAN TO THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE.
THAT WOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE AS COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP AT A FUTURE TIME.
BUT, UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.
IT COULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH YOUR SOUTHERN PART OF WILLOW RUN DISCUSSION.
I WAS KIND OF SET IN THAT, EDUCATE ME A LITTLE BIT ON FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE DO BUILD THESE ROWS OR LIGHTS, WHO DOES THE, WHO THEY FALL ON THE, UM, AT THE TIME, BECAUSE IT'S, IT APPEARS THAT THE COUNTY IS NOW GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
WELL, SO WITH GOOD PLANNING, UM, AND IT'S DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN, IT WOULD BE ON THE ONUS OF THE DEVELOPER.
IF, UM, IF IT'S SOMETHING, UH, DRIVEN BY A DIFFERENT MECHANISM.
UM, ONE, ONE SOURCE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT LISTED IN OUR CURRENT IMPACT FEES, BUT IN FUTURE IMPACT FEES, WE HAVE, UM, INTERSECTIONS PRESCRIBED IN THERE.
UH, IN THAT SCENARIO, IT MAY BE AN IMPACT FEE CREDIT.
SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO EASIEST READILY AVAILABLE, UM, MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, A PLAN ALLOWS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF IT'S A DEVELOPER DRIVEN THE NEED AND THE WARRANT FOR THE SIGNAL, THEN, THEN THEY'RE SUBSCRIBED TO, OR THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR THAT, UM, W W PRESSURE THAT THEY PLACE ONTO THE SYSTEM, UM, OTHER MECHANISMS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SALES TAX OR OTHER, YEAH.
IN SOME PARTICULAR CASES, WHENEVER WE HAVE STUFF IN THE IMPACT FEE, THE AG PASS THE PROJECTS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IN THE NEW IMPACT FEE, UPDATE, TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT, WE HAVE SIGNALIZATION MONEY IN THERE.
SO UNDERNEATH THIS SCENARIO, IF SOMEONE CAME IN AND THEY SAID, WELL, THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN REQUIRES A SIGNAL HERE.
WE'RE WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THAT SIGNAL.
AND THEY DID THAT OUT OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT POCKET.
THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE CREDIT BECAUSE THEY WENT AHEAD AND IN ADVANCE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IMPACT FEE STUDY.
SO THEY WOULD GET AN TRANSPORTATION CREDIT, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THEIR DEVELOPMENT COST UPFRONT AS WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IMPACT FEES.
ACTUALLY KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THAT NOW, I THINK WITH THE, UM, CON THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY ON THE WESTERN SIDE, HOPEFULLY TO GET THE THEATER CONNECTED TO WASHINGTON SQUARE, CONNECTED TO BUCK WALTER PLACE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PROJECT TO SHOW OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, OKAY, IT CAN BE DONE THERE.
WE WEREN'T JUST THROWING THINGS AT THE WALL.
AND THAT I THINK THAT RIGHT THERE, AS LONG AS WE STAY WITHIN OUR PERMIT GUIDELINES, WE'LL REALLY SEE SOME TRAFFIC ARE PARALLEL ROADS TO, UH, ROADS THAT HAVE CARRY TRAFFIC, PARALLEL ROADS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ACCESS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO MAINTAINING THE CAPACITY OF THE MAIN CORRIDOR AND THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE.
ANY OTHER FAULTS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU EVER COMMENTS? IT'S NOT MANY, BUT, UM, I'M CONFUSED WHY WE ONLY DID PART OF THE PARKWAY.
I WISH I KNEW AS WELL, AND UNFORTUNATELY, BUT, UH, DEFINITELY HAVE THAT AS A COMMENT FOR ACTION ITEMS FASTER THAN, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, UH, CONSIDERATION.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE ERIC, YOU'RE UP TO, AND DR.
WE'RE DOING A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED BUFORD COUNTY IMPACT FEES FOR SCHOOLS, AND WE KEPT ASKING QUESTIONS AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO GET YOU BOTH HERE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TELEPHONE TAG AND ANSWERS ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT ARE QUESTIONS ARE DIFFERENT.
WE FELT THEY WERE GOING TO BE SO Y'ALL HAVE IT.
LET ME, I WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INVITE TONIGHT.
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UP EARLIER.I DIDN'T DO THAT, BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, MR. TUMOR, MR. HAMILTON, FOR YOUR SWEARING AND REELECTION, UH, THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO LET DR.
RODRIGUEZ DID MOST OF THE TALKING THIS EVENING, UH, SINCE THIS IS PRETTY MUCH, UH, HE'S THE EXPERT ON THE GROWTH IN THE SCHOOL AREA HERE, UH, WE NEED TO WRAP UP, UH, THE IGA IS ON THE IMPACT OF THESE PARTICULAR AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING WHILE I'M HERE FOR THE RECORD.
JUST SO IT'S CLEAR BECAUSE YOU ALL HAD ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, UH, ANNEXATION OF PROPERTIES, WHENEVER THERE'S AN IMPACT FEE PENDING ON THOSE PROPERTIES ON UNINCORPORATED AREA COUNTY IS NOT A WAY TO BYPASS AN IMPACT FEE.
SO IF AN IMPACT FEE IS IN PLACE AT THE TIME, THE PROPERTY IS ANNEXED, UM, THAT IMPACT FEE STILL HAS TO BE PAID.
SO THERE IS A SCHOOL IMPACT FEE IN SOUTHERN UNINCORPORATED BUFORD COUNTY.
SO IF PULTE HOMES ANNEX IS INTO, INTO TOWN OF BLUFFTON, UH, WE WILL EXPECT THE TOWN TO COLLECT AND WORK WITH US TO COLLECT THE $9,500 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT THAT GETS BUILT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AND $4,500 FOR EACH MULTI-FAMILY UNIT THAT MIGHT BE BUILT THERE.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.
AND SO THAT THING CAN'T COME BACK LATER AND SAY, OH, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO US BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT ON A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IMPACT FEES ON AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR HAVING ME.
AND, UH, AND MY TEAM HERE, I HAVE, UH, WITH ME TODAY, UM, MS. TANYA CROSBY, WHO IS OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND I ALSO HAVE, UH, MR. ROBERT ADI, WHO IS OUR CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, AND THEN MS. CAROL CRUTCHFIELD, WHO IS IN OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AS WELL.
GWADAR IS HERE, UH, FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, TELL YOU, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU.
UH, THE STREETS ARE BEAUTIFUL IN BLUFFTON WHEN THE BANNERS ARE UP AND WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON.
UH, MY FAVORITE TIME IS WHEN THE BANNERS GO UP THAT SAY BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
AND SO, UH, SO THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN, UH, FOR HAVING US THE CONVERSATION AROUND IMPACT FEES AND SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT CONVERSATION STARTED WAY BACK IN PROBABLY 2017, UH, BUT, BUT, UH, UH, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, IN THE WAY OF GROWTH IN, IN BLUFFTON AND IN OUR SCHOOLS HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 300 TO 400 STUDENTS PER YEAR, UH, IN THE BLUFFTON SCHOOLS.
AND, UM, UH, COVID LAST YEAR, PUT A PAUSE ON THAT, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE BACK TO 300 TO 400 AGAIN.
AND SO, SO THAT GROWTH IS, IS BACK PICKED UP RIGHT BACK WHERE, UH, WHERE IT WAS PRIOR TO COVID.
SO THAT, UH, THAT THAT'S THE REALITY WITHIN OUR BLUFFTON SCHOOLS.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, MR. ODDING TO JOIN US UP HERE AT THIS TIME.
AND HE WANTS TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO GROWTH IN PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, INFORMATION AROUND, UH, AROUND THE IMPACT FEES.
UM, FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, I'M GONNA ADDRESS TWO ITEMS. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT PROJECTIONS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE, UH, UH, STUDY THAT WAS DONE FOR THE IMPACT FEES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US, UH, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
IT GAVE SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, SO WHEN YOU FIRST START TO ADDRESS PROJECTIONS, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS WE'LL BE PRESENTING TOMORROW NIGHT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, WHAT WILL BE IN THAT WILL BE OUR PROJECTIONS DEMO, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS AND GROWTH, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THAT'LL BE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE PREVIEW OF THAT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THE WHOLE, UH, REPORT OUT TO YOU.
THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE BOARD MEETING ON THE 18TH, UM, WHERE WE'LL GO INTO MORE DEPTH ON THAT REPORT.
SO AS DR. RODRIGUEZ SAID, WE'RE BACK TO GROWTH IN BLUFFTON, UM, AND WE DID HAVE THAT ONE YEAR SETBACK, BUT THINGS APPEAR TO BE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.
WHAT IS NORMAL? WELL NORMAL FOR US WAS WE'D BEEN BEHIND, UH, WE'VE BEEN BEHIND IN BLUFFTON.
UH, WE WERE BEHIND FRANKLY, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT OUR BUILDINGS AND WHAT STATE WE'RE IN, WHEN WE SAY BUILDING CAPACITY, WE'D SAY WE WERE AT 85% PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY, WE'RE AT 104% FOR ALL OF THE BLUFFTON SCHOOLS, THAT'S ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH.
SO WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT IN THE WEEDS THERE ON
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WHAT THOSE TWO WORDS MEAN.WHEN I SAY BUILDING CAPACITY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHAT THE BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED FOR, UM, HOW THEY WERE MADE, UM, FROM THE ARCHITECTS TO FIT AND PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY IS HOW WE USE THE BUILDINGS.
SIMPLE, UM, EXAMPLE OF WHERE THAT MATTERS IS.
SO IF WE HAD 12 STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM, THAT'S FOR 22 STUDENTS, WE'D SAY WE'RE AT 54% BUILDING CAPACITY.
BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THOSE 12 STUDENTS ARE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT YOU CAN HAVE IN THAT CLASSROOM IS 12.
THEN WE'RE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT DIFFERS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN MOVING MORE TOWARDS PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY BECAUSE THAT GIVES A BETTER REFLECTION OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR BUILDINGS AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN THEM.
UM, SO JUST TO SAY, UH, LET'S, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE'RE HAVING ISSUES TODAY, I'LL SAY PRICHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, IS THAT 127% BUILDING CAPACITY.
WE'RE AT 163% PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY, BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, 92% BUILDING 120% PROGRAMMATIC MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL WAS JUST HAD AN ADDITION PUT ON IT AS YOU PROBABLY ARE ALL WELL AWARE IS THAT 91% BUILDING CAPACITY AND 106% PROGRAMMATIC.
SO FOR THE MOST PART MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL IS ALREADY FULL TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO ADDRESS THIS IS WITH MOBILES, YOU'LL SEE MOBILES RIGHT NOW ARE AT BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL, 18 MCCRACKEN PITCHER, VILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY, AND MAY RIVER.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO F THE WING EDITION AT RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY BE ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE MOBILES BECAUSE THAT NEW ADDITION IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CAPACITY FOR THAT BUILDING FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS.
BUT WE DO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADD MOBILES IN THE UPCOMING YEARS AND MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND 18 MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND MAYBE EVEN BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
RODRIGUEZ SAID WE'VE BEEN GROWING AT THREE TO 400 STUDENTS A YEAR IN BLUFFTON, AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
THAT BASICALLY IS A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIZE EVERY TWO YEARS, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, EVERY THREE YEARS OR A HIGH SCHOOL EVERY FOUR YEARS.
WE WOULDN'T DO ALL THOSE AT ONCE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE AVERAGES, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF NUMBERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND COVID DID IMPACT US.
AND WE SAW THAT OVERALL DROP IN STUDENTS, BUT IT WAS PRIMARILY AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.
UM, MIDDLE SCHOOLS STAYED PRETTY FLAT AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ACTUALLY GREW.
NOW, THAT'S BEEN A SIMILAR SITUATION TO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE NASH, THE NATIONAL REACTION TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE RETURNED TO THAT THREE TO 400 STUDENT RANGE, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE VERY QUICKLY TO HAVING FULL SCHOOLS AGAIN.
UM, QUITE HONESTLY, WHAT COVID DID IS BROUGHT US A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FROM THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND NOW WE NEED TO TAKE THAT ADVANTAGE OF THAT TIME AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED, UM, WAS WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR DECREASE IN GROWTH? UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 10 YEARS.
AND FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, I'D SAY I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THE ARGUMENT THAT BLUFFTON IS NOT GROWING.
UM, BLUFFTON IS GROWING AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE IT GROW.
UM, AND I'D HAVE TO SAY, AS FAR AS IF WE'RE ASKED, WHEN WOULD WE SEE THE DECLINING GROWTH, I'D SAY A BETTER MEASURE OF THAT IS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND THE BUILDING PERMITS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT.
WHEN YOU START TO SEE YOUR SPECIFICALLY YOUR RESIDENTIAL PERMITS GO INTO A TREND OF DECLINE A FEW YEARS LATER, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE EXPERIENCING GROWTH, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH COUNT WE'RE EXPERIENCING GROWTH.
SO THE PROJECTS WELL, SO BEFORE I GO ON A PROJECT, SO JUST LET ME JUST MAKE ONE.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NO INDICATION THAT GROWTH IS ANTICIPATED TO SLOW OR EVEN DECREASE IN THE BLUFFTON AREA.
SO AS FAR AS PROJECTS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN THE IMPACT FEE STUDY WAS DEVELOPED BY TISCHLER BIAS, IT WAS DEVELOPED THE SAME TIME WE WERE WORKING ON OUR REFERENDUM BACK IN 2019.
UM, FOR, SO FOR THAT REFERENDUM, WE HAD A COMMITTEE DEVELOPED TO STUDY OUR NEEDS.
THEY WERE THE COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THAT INFORMATION THAT WE PRESENTED AND WENT TO THE COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE, WENT STRAIGHT TO TISCHLER BICE THAT WAS, UM, REVIEWING THE IMPACT FEES AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST READ REAL QUICK, A DESCRIPTION THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE OF THE COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE.
SO THEY WERE A GROUP OF 40 MEMBERS NOMINATED BY SCHOOLS, SCHOOL, SIC GROUPS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND DISTRICT STAFF.
THEY WERE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
THEY WORK MORE THAN 900 HOURS BETWEEN JANUARY, 2019 AND APRIL, 2019.
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WE CALLED THEM THE CPRC.THEY VISITED 26 SCHOOLS AND BUFORD AND OTHER DISTRICTS AND RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS FROM OUTSIDE EXPERTS BEFORE PRODUCING THE DISTRICT-WIDE PROJECT LIST.
THE CPRC MEMBERS RECEIVE PRESENTATIONS FROM SAFETY, SECURITY CONSULTING FIRMS, DEMOGRAPHER FOR ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT VENDOR, A FURNITURE VENDOR, AND DISTRICT STAFF.
AFTERWARDS, THE CPRC IDENTIFIED 629 MILLION IN DISTRICT-WIDE FACILITY NEEDS.
AND THEN ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TIME, HERBERT BERG, THE BOARD DECIDED TO CUT THAT INTO TWO PHASES.
AND THE PHASE ONE REFERENDUM WENT FORWARD FOR 344 MILLION IN PROJECTS.
SO AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THAT LIST, TISCHLER BICE USED THAT LIST WELL, AND THEY CREATED A LIST THAT ADDRESSED THE GROWTH ISSUES IN SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY.
SO PRIMARILY IN BLUFFTON, THEIR PROJECT LIST CAME TO 160 MILLION IN 10 YEARS.
SO SINCE THAT TIME, THAT PROJECT LIST WAS DEVELOPED, THE REFERENDUM OF COURSE PASSED, AND WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN PROJECTS.
UM, RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY EDITION, UH, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL EDITION.
THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED.
AND ALSO, SO HAS SOME OF THE, UM, MOBILE UNITS THAT WERE IN THAT PROJECT LIST AND THE ORIGINAL IMPACT FEE STUDY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO TANYA CROSBY, THE DISTRICT CFO, WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK ON, UH, JUST THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND HOW IMPACT FEES WORK.
UH, ONE SECOND, JUST BREAK IT UP INTO SEGMENTS.
WE GOT A REALLY LONG COUNCIL MEETING, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS INFORMATION WE GET.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? YES, YES, SIR.
YOU TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD A STUDY GROUP THAT CAME UP WITH THESE SCENARIOS OF WHY BLUFFTON KNEES, UM, I GUESS TO BE THE GOOD CHILD IN THIS, IN THE CELL FOR RIGHT.
YOU SAID THAT, UM, THE STUDY GROUP GAVE YOU PRETTY MUCH THE STATISTICAL SCENARIOS.
WHY BLUFFTON SHOULD BE THE GOOD CHILD AND HELPING WITH THE, I GUESS THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF, OF THE, OF INCREASING THE, UH, SPACE FOR SCHOOLS, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS, UH, THE IMPACT STUDY AND WHO'S GOING TO PAY THE IMPACT FEES IS THAT, AND I THINK MS. CROSBY WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
SO THAT'S, I'M MORE ON THE PROJECTIONS OF GROWTH IN THE PROJECTS, BUT WHAT WAS YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I GOT THAT CONCEPT FROM? UM, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET TO, TO THAT THE STUDY GROUP, YOU SAVE A PART OF BLUFFTON PARTICIPATED PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE, RIGHT? UM, SO BLUFFTON AGREED THAT WE, UM, WE ARE THE, THE CAUSE FOR THE SCHOOLS TO BE IMPACTED OR OVERCROWDED IN, IN NEXT 10 YEARS.
YOU THINK THAT BLUFFTON ALSO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING BUILD THESE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? I WOULDN'T SAY THE CALL IS ALL I AM STATING IS THAT THE GROWTH IN BLUFFTON? UM, WE SEE A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH THE GROWTH THAT OCCURS IN BLUFFTON, IN OUR BLUFFTON SCHOOLS, RIGHT? SO OUR, AS THE TOWN GROWS, OUR SCHOOLS GROW, WE EXPERIENCED THAT SAME THING, AND WE NEED SOME MEANS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN SCHOOLS TO HANDLE THAT GROWTH.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
I'M GOING TO JUST THROW UP A FAULT AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN DO IT.
I ACTUALLY HAD HEATHER SET UP A PRESENTATION FOR ME CAUSE I'M STARTING TO GO OUT TO GROUPS AND TALK AND ONE WAS ACTUALLY ON BUILDING PERMITS.
AND I KNOW IT ONLY GOES BACK TO 2010, UM, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2010 AND TODAY PRE DR.
RODRIGUEZ, WE HAD THAT 8% MONEY WE SPENT AND BUILT, AND THEN WE HAD A REFERENDUM FROM THAT GROUP.
I THINK, I THINK THAT GROUP WAS SET UP TO LOOK AT SECURITY AND, AND SO THAT MONEY FROM THAT LAST REFERENDUM, WHICH Y'ALL DID ON TIME UNDER BUDGET.
BUT, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION AND THOUGHT FOR YOU WITH ALL THIS AND MY CONFUSION IS, AND I KNOW YOU'LL HELP US WITH THIS, BUT FOR 10 YEARS, HAVE YOU REALLY SAT DOWN WITH STAFF? I LOOK AT OUR BUILDING PERMITS.
THEY PEAKED IN 17, BUT TAKE COVID AWAY.
CAUSE EVERY ONE OF THEIR BROTHER ARE MOVING HERE RIGHT NOW.
WE ACTUALLY DID START DECLINING.
I MEAN, WE DECLINED BY 150 BUILDING PERMITS BETWEEN 18 AND 19 DECLINED AGAIN IN 2020.
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21 SHOULD JUST MOVE OVER INTO A SUBSET OF ITS OWN, BUT IT IS GOING TO SEE YOUNG.IT IS GOING TO SEE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO I I'M REALLY IN 10 YEARS, ARE WE GOING TO SEE THAT DECLINE GO DOWN, DOWN, DOWN FURTHER? HAVE YOU SAT WITH HEATHER AND HER STAFF ON YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU RIDE THROUGH THERE, YOU SEE TWO STORY HOUSES, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE FAMILIES, BUT THEN WE HAVE FOUR SEASONS AT NEW RIVERSIDE.
WELL IT'S AGE RESTRICTED AND MAYBE THAT'S A HUNDRED PERMITS FROM THERE.
I JUST WANT US TO BE COMMUNICATING AND MAKE SENSE OF SOMETHING THAT IS A HUGE DESK, HUGE DETRIMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO FALL ON THE COUNTY OR US TO PAY THAT IMPACT FEE.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY TROUBLE THINKING THROUGH ALL THIS AND I'M JUST THROWING IT AT YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER, BUT I WANTED THE GROUP TO HEAR KIND OF MY THOUGHTS AND WHAT I SEE ON GRAPHS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, SO IF I CAN JUST SAY CAROL, UH, CRUTCHFIELD IS OF COURSE OUR PLANNER AND I KNOW HEATHER, WE SPEAK ALL THE TIME ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WHAT THE TOWN IS SEEING.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED THAT THAT COMMUNITY PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE, THEIR TASK WAS TO SEE, LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS AND COME UP WITH LIST OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS NEEDED FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE HAD THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AT THAT TIME, WHICH HEATHER ACTUALLY DID COME AND PRESENT TO THEM ON WHAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WAS SEEING SO THAT THEY WOULD, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALIGNED.
AND YES, WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME AND IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRACK IS WE ONLY TRACK GROWTH OF STUDENTS.
SO IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CORRELATE.
UH, YOU MAY HAVE SOME AREAS THAT, UH, ARE HAVING GROWTH THAT AREN'T PRODUCING STUDENTS, BUT QUITE HONEST, THAT'S MAYBE WHAT HEATHER WOULD TRACK MORE.
WE ONLY PAY ATTENTION TO STUDENTS' BUTTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT I'M ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU JUST TOLD FRED, WE NEED TO TRACK IT OURSELVES AND WE'VE BEEN TRACKING IT.
AND OUR BUILDING PERMITS ARE DECLINING.
IT'S KIND OF, THEN WE, THEN WE SHOULDN'T TRACK BUILDING PERMITS BECAUSE OUR PERMITS ARE DECLINING, BUT YOUR STUDENTS ARE GOING UP.
I THINK WE ALL GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS A TREND IN DECLINE WHEN YOU START TO SEE A CONSTANT LINE DOWN.
OKAY, WELL, IT'S BEEN GOING DOWN SINCE I'M 17 CONSTANT DOWN, DOWN ANYWAY, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE COUNTY NUMBERS AND I DON'T HAVE MAIL-IN BLOCKS.
YEAH, Y'ALL DO HAVE THE NUMBERS.
IT'S IN THE IMPACT FEE STUDY THAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO THE STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TOOK THE GROWTH TRENDS INTO CONSIDERATION AND EXTRAPOLATED OUT WHAT THOSE WOULD DO FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND ALL OF THAT'S IN THE SCHOOL IMPACT FEE, STUDY REPORT.
IT'S ALL BASED ON US STATISTICAL MODELING OF WHAT THE TRENDS WERE, UH, AND FOR THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD SERVICE AREA.
AND IT'S ALL IN THE IMPACT FEE STUDY, THE NUMBERS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE ACCURATE.
UH, THEY ARE THE CONSULTANT THAT DID THE STUDY TISHA BASE.
THEY'RE KNOWN AROUND THE UNITED STATES AS THE EXPERTS IN IMPACT THESE, UH, THEY DID IT CORRECTLY.
IF THE NUMBERS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE SAYING WHAT THE NUMBER NEEDS TO BE, THEN YOU ALL, AS A CITY COUNCIL CAN BE REASONABLY ASSURED MORE THAN REASONABLY ASSURED IN MY OPINION, UM, THAT THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS ARE ACCURATE.
AND THE IMPACT FEE THAT THEY ARE SAYING THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THOSE NUMBERS IS SPOT ON AND ACCURATE AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY WE PAID THE CONSULTANTS TO DO THAT.
SO ERIC, UM, LET'S, LET'S NOT, UM, SAY THAT WE'RE DISAGREEING WITH YOUR STUDIES BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS WERE THERE, THEY LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND ALL OF THAT TRENDING INFORMATION IS IN THE STUDY.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE DISAGREEING ON BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
BUT WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE NOT JUST A BUFORD SOUTHERN DIFFERENT COUNTY, UM, SCHOOL.
WE ARE GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS.
UM, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TWO DIFFERENT DIVISION OF COUNTIES IS ONE COUNTY.
SO NO MATTER WHERE THE SCHOOL IS OR BILL THE WHOLE COUNTY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
WELL, THE, THE, SO LET ME, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IMPACT FEES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE LEGAL, THEY HAVE TO BE BASED ON A SERVICE AREA.
UH, NOT ALL SERVICE AREAS ARE EQUAL.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, A DECISION WAS MADE THAT THERE WILL BE A NORTH OF THE BROAD SERVICE
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AREA AND A SOUTH OF THE BROAD SERVICE AREA.WE DID A SCHOOL IMPACT FEE STUDY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY WAS THAT GROWTH IN THE NORTHERN SERVICE AREA WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE NEED FOR A SCHOOL IMPACT FEE GROWTH.
SOUTH OF THE BROAD SERVICE AREA WAS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE NEED FOR OUR SCHOOL IMPACT FEE.
AND THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTED IT FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND IS TRYING TO WORK WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE SOUTH OF THE BROAD AREA TO GET YOU ALL, TO ENTER INTO THE IGH SO THAT WE CAN COLLECT IT IN A UNIFIED APPROACH.
NOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I GET THAT OUR COUNCIL AND YOU ALL, AND I AM VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO DOES NOT HAVE A DETRIMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN MY OPINION, AS LONG AS I'M COUNTING ADMINISTRATOR TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO THAT PEOPLE DO NOT, UM, ARE, ARE ABLE TO TEACH HERE, BE NURSES HERE, BE POLICE OFFICERS HERE, BE FIREMEN HERE, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE.
AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AS MR. PALLI TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO WITH IMPACT THE WAIVERS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FROM A COUNTY STANDPOINT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT WE, YOU ALL ARE.
WE HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT MAKING GROWTH PAY FOR ITSELF WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN ON THE IMPACT FEE IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP NEW GROWTH PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT ARE BROUGHT ON TO THEM, BECAUSE YOUR ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO SPREAD THAT OUT ACROSS ALL OF YOUR CITIZENS AND MAKE BONDS BE PUT ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE, WHERE THEY'RE BUYING A NEW HOUSE OR NOT WHETHER THEY HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL OR NOT.
AND THEY OUGHT TO PAY THAT MONEY BACK THROUGH THEIR AVALARA AND PROPERTY TAXES EVERY YEAR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO IMPACT, THESE ARE A WAY TO SLOW THE NEED FOR BONDING FOR CAPACITY PROJECTS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE IMPACT FEES THAT IS PAID BY NEW GROWTH THAT CREATES THE NEED FOR THOSE CAPACITY PROJECTS IN A SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE PRESENTATION YOU'LL KNOW WE HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA.
CAN YOU LET TANYA GIVE HER PRESENTATION? OKAY, GREAT.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, ACTUALLY MR. GREENWAY HIT ON MANY OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE IN THE FEW QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO RESPOND TO.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT, HE MENTIONED THAT, UH, THIS, THE NORTHERN SERVICE AREA DID NOT PRESENT A, AN ABILITY OR A CALCULATION THAT AN IMPACT FEE WOULD BE APPLICABLE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT DID NOT REPRESENT THAT THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SEATS IN SCHOOLS.
WE DO HAVE NEEDS FOR RENOVATIONS OF THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT WE DO NOT NEED ADDITIONAL SEATS, ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THERE IS SPACE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS THERE, BUT IN BLUFFTON, THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, EXPANSIONS OF BUILDINGS, NEW BUILDINGS, AND THAT IT PROVIDES, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR NEXUS IN THE IMPACT FEE CALCULATIONS AND THE STUDY, AND THE NEXUS IS THE NEED, THE NEED FOR GROWTH, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. AND SO IMPACT FEES CANNOT BE USED TO RENOVATE EXISTING SCHOOLS.
THEY MUST BE USED TO BUILD NEW, EXPAND, UH, SCHOOLS TO ADD THOSE SEATS FOR ADDITIONAL STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NORTHERN SIDE AND THEN SOUTHERN SIDE.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, WE, WHEN WE RECEIVED THESE QUESTIONS A FEW DAYS AGO, I APPRECIATE, I LOVED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE INFORMATION.
I'M CERTAINLY NO EXPERT IN THIS AREA.
I HAVE BEEN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 20 YEARS, A GRADUATE OF THE SCHOOL BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOLS, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN IN MY ROLE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DEALT WITH IMPACT FEES.
SO I HAVE A TEAM, AN ARMY, IT'S ALMOST AN ARMY OF PEOPLE AROUND ME TO HELP ADVISE ME.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW DAYS, CONTACTING CARSON BICE OF TISHA ADVICE.
I TALKED TO HIM JUST TODAY, UH, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR UP ON COUNCIL AND MY COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE STATE WHO HAVE IMPACT FEES IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND SO I'VE BEEN LEARNING, UH, AS THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE IMPACT FEES AS WELL.
AND, UM, MY FOCUS IS MY EXPERTISE IS IN FINANCE.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT I GATHERED THAT INFORMATION AND, UH, UH, UH, THIS THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO HELP YOU AND HELP PROVIDE TO YOU TODAY.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WAS WHAT OTHER OPTIONS EXIST OTHER THAN IMPACT FEES FOR SCHOOL, FOR FINANCING OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS.
SO NO STATE FUNDING IS PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS.
WE DO NOT RECEIVE STATE REVENUES.
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PRIMARY, UH, AVENUE IS VOTER APPROVED REFERENDUM.AND GENERALLY THESE ARE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS.
UH, THESE ARE TYPICALLY LONG-TERM BONDS OVER ABOUT 20 YEARS, 20 OR PLUS YEARS.
UM, THE OTHER AVENUE IS THROUGH THE 8% FUNDING.
8% IS AN AVENUE THAT LIMITS BY STATE LAW LIMITS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BORROWING EXCLUDING VOTER APPROVED REFERENDUM TO THE 8% OF THE COUNTYWIDE ASSESSED VALUE.
UM, SO IT, UH, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, OUTSTANDING BONDS ON REFERENDUM MONS, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OUTSTANDING BONDS OUTSIDE OF THOSE VOTER APPROVED.
UH, SO BOTH INVOLVE, UM, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
THE DIFFERENCES 8% BONDS ARE TYPICALLY USED FOR SHORTER TERM PROJECTS.
THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT AND MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE ANNUAL PROJECTS ABOUT 20 TO $25 MILLION THAT WE USE 8% BONDS FOR.
AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY HPAC REPLACEMENTS, ROOFS PAINTING, SCHOOL-WIDE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOLS AND SO ON.
UM, SO THAT IS THE, UH, EXTENT OF OUR OPTIONS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING.
UM, BOTH OF THOSE AFFECT PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, THEY CAN AFFECT PROPERTY TAXES AND THEY MAKE UP THE DEBT SERVICE, UH, MILLAGE THAT WE IS IMPOSED ON OUR TAX BILLS.
SO, UH, IMPACT FEE, UH, ARE ALL MS. MUNICIPALITIES REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE FEES.
SO THERE ARE THREE MUNICIPALITIES INVOLVED, UH, IN THIS STUDY, UH, THE TOWN OF HARTSVILLE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD AND TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
UM, AND BASED ON THE COMMENTS I RECEIVED FROM MR, EXCUSE ME, ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE FEES.
IF ANY, ONE OF THE MUNICIPALITY DOES NOT ADOPT THE FEES, THE NEED FOR THE PROJECTS DO NOT CHANGE.
AND THE CALCULATIONS OF THE FEES DO NOT CHANGE.
UH, SO THE NEED IS STILL THERE.
THE CALCULATION IS BASED ON THE GROWTH IN THE AREAS THAT EXIST.
AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRIORITIZES PROJECTS BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, AND THE OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS WOULD BE THROUGH REFERENDUM OR 8% FUNDS.
UM, SO THOSE, UH, BLUFFTON IS THE GREATEST SHARE OF THE REVENUES AND THE GROWTH IN THIS STUDY.
UM, AND SO THE, WITHOUT BLUFFTON SUPPORT, WE WOULD, WOULD HAVE LESS OF AN ABILITY TO OFFSET ANY FUTURE BORROWINGS.
UM, SO THERE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE LESS OF A, UM, UH, AN ABILITY TO LOWER OR TO OFFSET ANY INCREASES THAT MIGHT BE IN THE MILLAGE OR PROPERTY TAXES FOR FUTURE, UH, FOR THOSE FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, THERE WAS A GREAT QUESTION AND, UH, I, I THINK WE, UH, THIS WILL BE A FAVORABLE ANSWER FOR YOU, COULD A SHORTER PLAN BE LOOKED AT, AND THEN RE-EVALUATED BASED ON GROWTH OR CHANGES DURING THE TIMEFRAME SAY FIVE YEARS.
UM, WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THIS IS A 10 YEAR PROJECTION.
IT'S A 10 YEAR PROJECTION, UM, FOR THE GROWTH IT'S A 10 YEAR PROJECTION FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL CAPACITY.
UM, AND, BUT PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, THE IMPACT FEE STUDY IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS STUDY MUST BE RE UM, DONE AGAIN, IT MUST BE PREPARED AGAIN WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
UH, AND I CHECKED WITH MR. BICE AND HE BELIEVES IT'S IT'S FIVE YEARS, AT LEAST FROM THE DATE OF THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST, UH, JUNE 28TH, 2021.
SO, UM, IT WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED, AND AT THAT TIME, THE CALCULATIONS WOULD BE DONE AGAIN, UH, GROWTH WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND LOOKED AT AGAIN, AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WOULD BE CONSIDERED AGAIN FOR THE PROJECTS IN THE SERVICE AREAS.
WE DO ANNUAL UPDATES TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND IT IS A 10 YEAR PLAN EVERY YEAR.
UH, I BELIEVE MR. OTTING MENTIONED IT, THAT IT WILL BE GOING OUT VERY SOON.
SO I WANTED TO REASSURE YOU THAT THAT PLAN MUST BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
IT COULD GO DOWN POSITIVE NEGATIVE, OR IT COULD STOP THE, THE, THE, UH, THE BOARD, THE COUNCIL, THE TOWNS COULD, UH, CHOOSE TO END THE FEE IF THAT IS, IF THAT IS THEIR DESIRE.
SO, UM, JUST IN, JUST IN CONCLUSION, UM, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, PRIMARILY BLUFFED, AND THE ESTIMATED IMPACT FEE IS ABOUT $9 MILLION A YEAR, UH, OR ABOUT 90 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS.
UH, THE LIST OF PROJECTS AS MR ALI MENTIONED WERE 162 MILLION.
SO THIS WOULD REDUCE THE BORROWING OF THOSE NEEDED
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PROJECTS AND WOULD PARTIALLY OFFSET THAT FUNDING AND POTENTIALLY OFFSET ANY INCREASES FOR TAXPAYERS.SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS QUESTION BEFORE.
WELL, YEAH, I, FIRST OF ALL, I WEAR THE LAST PART OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY UP HERE, WHETHER WE COULD REVISIT THIS WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS, IT PLAYS RIGHT INTO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SPEAKING TO A MINUTE AGO, BECAUSE YOU SAID THE STUDY WAS 2017.
UH, THIS, NO, THE CONVERSATION BEGAN IN 2017.
THE STUDY WAS DATED 2021, EXCUSE ME, 2020.
THE, IT WAS PASSED IN THIRD AND FINAL READING BY COUNCIL IN 2021.
CAUSE AGAIN, 20 18, 19 20, THE NUMBERS WERE DROPPING HERE.
UH, THE LAST YEAR THAT SHE ALLUDED TO WAS AN ABERRATION.
BUT ANYWAY, I LIKED THE FACT ABOUT COMING BACK AND REVISITING IN FIVE YEARS.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS IF HILTON HEAD NOR HARTSVILLE DECIDED TO PARTICIPATE, BECAUSE THE COUNTY'S ALREADY IN THE OTHER AREAS AROUND US ALREADY COLLECTED GUESSERS.
UM, THEY, THERE IS THERE, UH, THE LEVEL OF GROWTH IS NOT AS LARGE IN THOSE TWO AREAS.
SO IT WOULD HAVE VIRTUALLY, UM, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MR. BICE, THE STUDY WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DONE.
WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE COLLECTING.
AND THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE AND THE BULK OF THE REVENUE WOULD BE FROM AN UNINCORPORATED AND IN THE BLUFFTON AREA, IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
MR. FRAZIER, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK I'M DEFINITELY, PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYONE HERE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S, THERE IS A NEED IN TERMS OF BEING A FORMER EDUCATOR AND, UM, HERE IN BEAVER COUNTING AND SEEING CLASSES TAKE PLACE NOW INSIDE OF CAFETERIAS AND THE HALLWAYS AND AUDITORIUMS, UM, UH, IS DEFINITELY NOT CONDUCIVE FOR THE BEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS OR FOR STAFF TO BE IN.
UM, AND A CONCERN THAT I BROUGHT UP THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE, SEE WHERE YOUR, YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS IN IT.
UM, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM OR SURE.
MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE IMPACT FEE.
UH, FOR ME IT WOULD COME DOWN TO THOUGH WHAT ASSURITIES OR MITIGATION DO YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE WON'T CONTINUE TO JUST BE BUILDING SCHOOLS BECAUSE WHEN MAY RIVER HIGH AND RIVER RIDGE WAS BUILT, THEY WERE BUILT AT CAPACITY.
SO FROM OPENING DAY, IT WAS ALREADY NOT ENOUGH SPACE.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT BECOMES A CONCERN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST KEEP, UH, SEEING SCHOOLS BE BUILT IN TERMS OF, ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE OVER A LONG, A TIME PERIOD IN TERMS OF WHAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE DON'T JUST TURN INTO LIKE, UH, WE'RE LIKE BUILDING WITHOUT LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD.
UM, IS MY CONCERN, SO LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS SHARON'S IS, DO YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE, UM, TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE BUILDING TO CAPACITY ON, ON DAY ONE? OH, UH, I'LL MENTION FIRST, UH, THERE IS AN ANNUAL REPORT, UM, THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE PREPARED BY STAFF AND PUBLISHED, UH, FOR, FOR PUBLICATION, UH, IS DESCRIBES THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE COLLECTED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED ARE BUDGETED AND EXPENDED.
SO THAT'S ONE WAY AVENUE THAT WE COULD USE TO UPDATE CERTAIN INFORMATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
BUT I'LL LET MR SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BEHIND AND THE PROBLEM IS FUNDING, WE NEED A FUNDING SOURCE IN ORDER TO BUILD SCHOOLS ON THAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW WE NEED ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE OPENING ONE RIGHT NOW.
UH, PRINCEVILLE, AS I SAID, WAS THAT 163% CAPACITY? IT HAS RIGHT NOW, 10 MOBILE CLASSROOMS OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE.
I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, A FUNDING SOURCE TO PAY FOR IT.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS BRINGS AND THAT THAT'S A GREAT THING.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT IS THAT THERE IS A QUESTION ON THE PARTICIPATION OF BLUFFTON AND, AND WHAT I'M BLUFFTON PAYING IN.
I WAS JUST LOOKING UP THE 163 MILLION OF PROJECTS PROJECTED TO BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, 159 MILLION ARE IN BLUFFTON.
SO ONLY 4 MILLION OF THAT IS IN HILTON HEAD.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH FACTOR IS THE BULK OF THE GROWTH IS IN BLUFFTON.
THE BULK OF THE PROJECT NEEDS ARE IN BLUFFTON.
UH, TO MY QUESTION, IF THE IMPACT FEE PASSES, THE APPROVAL HERE, PASSES IN BLUFFTON, CONTRIBUTE TO CHAIR, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE? OR WHAT'S THE PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE WON'T HAVE A RIVER RIDGE OR MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, AGAIN, IN A SENSE OF, FROM THE ONSET OF FIRST WEEK, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WE GOT TO BUILD ANOTHER SCHOOL TO ADDRESS
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THE BUILDING OR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY OVERCROWDED.EXCUSE ME, WE UPDATE OUR PROJECTIONS EVERY YEAR.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TOMORROW.
UH, AND OUR PROBLEM IS FUNDING.
WE KNOW WE NEED BUILDINGS AND WE WOULD LOVE THE LUXURY OF BUILDING THEM AHEAD OF TIME.
AND ACTUALLY SOME DISTRICTS WILL BUILD SCHOOLS FAR ENOUGH AHEAD OF TIME THAT THEY'LL ONLY OPEN, LIKE SAY A HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY MAY OPEN THE NINTH GRADE FIRST YEAR, NINTH AND 10TH, THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT LUXURY.
WE'VE JUST NEVER HAD THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
CAUSE I KEEP HEARING HER QUESTION THAT I THINK I HEAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE ANSWERING IT.
ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE COUNTY? I THINK THE BEST PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHERE THE GROWTH OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE, IS OUR STAFFS PLANNING.
IT'S YOU FOR COUNTY STAFF AND TOWN OF BLUFFTON STAFF.
AND I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF A CONNECTION.
SO YOU CAN KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME BEFORE US, WHAT WE FEEL IT'S GOING TO BRING AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT KNOW.
SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KNOW WHERE TO TELL YOU TO LOOK, TO PUT THAT SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE OF RIGHT, BECAUSE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE SENSE OF LIKE, IF WE'RE AT CAPACITY AND THEN MONEY'S ALLOCATED TO BUY OR BUILDING THESE MOBILE UNITS TO NOW HOUSE STUDENTS, IT'S LIKE, WHY WHERE'S THE PLANNING IN A SENSE OF, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO RELY ON THE MOBILE UNITS, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE PROJECTIONS FOR THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE THERE, LET'S BUILD A SCHOOL TO ADDRESS THOSE FUTURE NEEDS, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS BLUFFTON IS YOU CAN'T EVEN BUY A HOME.
IF YOU WANT TO MOVE HERE, IT'S HOME SCARCITY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BRING STUDENTS AS WELL.
A COUPLE OF, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, TO THAT STANDPOINT, FROM THE PLAINTIFF'S STANDPOINT, THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES PLANNING.
THEY KNOW WHERE THE GROWTH IS, IS THAT AS THEY'VE DEMONSTRATED TO YOU ALL TONIGHT, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON, UH, MR. AND MYSELF AND OUR STAFF TO WORK TOGETHER ON PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, UH, AND NOT ALLOW THINGS FROM A GROWTH STANDPOINT TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD APPLAUD THAT.
I THINK OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS WOULD APPLAUD THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF, UH, I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE ON OUR ROADS WOULD APPLAUD THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE KEY TO, TO YOUR QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF YOU ASKED DR.
RODRIGUEZ OR TANYA OR MR. AUDITING, OR, UH, MR. CRUTCHFIELD, IF THEY WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL OR ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, IN BLUFFTON, THEY WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU, NO, NOT REALLY THAT THEY'VE, THEY PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH TO MANAGE WITH THE CHILDREN THAT THEY HAVE.
SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A COMBINED EFFORT THAT STARTS WITH THE TOWN STAFF, YOU ALL, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE COUNTY STAFF, THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKING TOGETHER TO MANAGE THE GROWTH APPROPRIATELY AND PROVIDE THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO YOUR POINT ABOUT HARDY, ABOUT HILTON HEAD AND HARTSVILLE, UH, HARDY VILLE HAD THIS ON THEIR AGENDA, A COUNCIL AGENDA TO APPROVE THE IGA, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BUT THEY PULLED IT OFF TO GIVE DR. RODRIGUEZ A CHANCE TO COME AND TALK TO ALL OF THE, UH, THE TOWN COUNCIL.
WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR HARTSVILLE, UH, HERE SHORTLY, WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR HILTON HEAD, UH, IN FEBRUARY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT WHOLE CIRCUIT.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH WITH ALL OF THIS, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATING IN IT BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, AND AS I SAID TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, IS GROWTH IN SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY IS TO MANAGE THAT AND DEAL WITH THAT HAS GOT TO BE A COMBINED STRATEGY.
WE DON'T WANT ANY ONE ENTITY, UH, AND I TAUGHT YOU ALL.
OFTENTIMES YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE ENTITY PAY THEM MORE THAN THEY NEED TO PAY FOR WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, IN THAT AREA.
SO, UH, AND THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY COMMITMENT.
AND THAT WILL REMAIN MY COMMITMENT TO YOU ALL.
WELL, LET'S NOT LET TONIGHT END IN RHETORIC.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE TO MAKE SURE GOING FORWARD.
THEY KEEP US ON TRACK BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE COULD HAVE A WORKSHOP JUST ON THIS AND WHAT OUR GROWTH PLANS ARE.
AND I'M GOING TO PUT THE CHARGE ON ERIC SINCE HE BROUGHT IT UP, THAT HE CAN GET THE STAFF TOGETHER AND START WORKSHOPPING ON GROWTH, WHERE IT'S GOING THINK ABOUT ION IN CHARLESTON.
YOU KNOW, A DEVELOPER HAD TO BUILD A SCHOOL WITHIN HIS COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY WAYS OUT OF THE BOX.
WE CAN THINK, UM, YOU'VE MADE ME HAPPY ON FIVE YEARS.
I DIDN'T, I WAS NOT GOING TO PASS 10 YEARS.
I, I JUST CAN'T ADULT FEEL IT IN MY BONES AT BLUFFTON IS GOING TO GROW
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AND GROW AND GROW FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS BECAUSE I SEE THE BLUFFTON NUMBERS AND THEY DON'T LIE EITHER.AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY NUMBERS ARE, BUT, UM, FIVE YEARS TO COME BACK AND LET ALL OF US REGROUP ON THIS HAS MADE ME HAPPY.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FOR THEM OR QUESTIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T ANSWER? I HAVE ONE MAYOR.
LET ME SEE IF LARRY HAS HER FIRST I'LL I'LL HOLD MINE UNTIL LATER.
MEAN WE'RE ABOUT GETTING, WE'RE GETTING TO LATER.
WE GOT TO MOVE THE BALL ON IT.
SO WE'LL GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, NEXT MONTH IS WHAT I'M THINKING WE WOULD DO.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN ON AN AGENDA.
WE CAN HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AND COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS AND MAKE A, IT NEITHER TABLE MOVE FORWARD.
DO WHATEVER THAT COUNCIL WOULD DECIDE TO DESIRE TO DO.
AND BY THEN THEY'VE WILL HAVE MET WITH HILTON HEAD IN HARTSVILLE, PROBABLY.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA FOR HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE GONE AS WELL.
UM, COUPLE, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I KNOW IN OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, WE LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT.
IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING ON MUST AND WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT IGA IS A LITTLE MORE WATCHED AFTER, AND I KNOW YOU HAD SOME CONCERNS OVER SOME OF THE WORDING SUMMIT.
WE'RE GOING TO COUNT ON TERRY TO GET WITH MR. KEVIN ON THAT.
UM, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE FOR FUTURE PAUL.
I REMEMBER YOU STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US YEARS AGO, ABOUT A $3,000 PER UNIT.
WE VOTED ON IT AND A $2 AND 50 CENT, UH, PER SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL.
AND I'M CONFUSED BY COMMERCIALS NEVER PLAYED INTO THIS.
I THINK THAT IS A HUGE IDEA AND THOUGHT WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
UM, AND IT'S NOT IN IT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I DON'T THINK COMMERCIAL CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SCHOOLS, UM, DEVELOPMENT, IMPACT FEES.
ERIC CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT BETTER, BUT IT HAS TO BE BASED ON THE IMPACT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE.
WELL, THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGING ILLEGALLY.
WOULDN'T WE? PAUL? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING QUICKLY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW BUSINESS TAKE PAY FOR THE DEBT, BUT THEN THEY CAN'T.
YEAH, THEY CAN DO BONDS, BUT THEY CAN'T DO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES BECAUSE OPENING A WALMART DOES NOT IMPACT SCHOOLS.
THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS IS WHAT IMPACTS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT COME IN FOR SCHOOLS.
BASICALLY, I'M GONNA MAKE ALL YOUR STUFF.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS.
YOU CAN REMEMBER WHEN I CAME BEFORE YOUR COUNCIL IN 2007 AND ASKED YOU ALL TO APPROVE A CAPITAL FEE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T LEGALLY ABLE TO HAVE IMPACT PHASE THEN IN SCHOOLS AND, UH, AND YOU ALL COOPERATED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD THE RECESSION OF 2008 AND NOBODY WAS BUILDING ANYTHING.
AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY DISSOLVED THE PUD AND ALL SORTS OF THIS.
AND WE NEVER GOT A DIME OUT OF IT, BUT WE WERE FIGHTING THE BATTLE TO TRY TO GET, TRY TO GET GROWTH, TO PAY FOR ITSELF A LITTLE BIT, JUST LIKE A DOZEN HIGHWAYS, JUST LIKE IT DOES IN PARKS AND IN LIBRARIES.
I KNOW YOU'RE TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS.
YOU SAID JEN, THAT 30 SECONDS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK, I'M CHRISTINA GODS ON THE BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT NINE.
AND I THINK I REPRESENT FOUR OF THE FIVE OF YOU.
SO, UH, ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST FOR YOUR WORKSHOP, THE BOARD GOT THE PRESENTATION FROM THE TISCHLER BICE COMPANY ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2019.
IF YOU GO TO BUFORD COUNTY CHANNEL AND LOOK UP OLD, YOU KNOW, A BOARD OF EDUCATION VIDEOS, YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION.
I'VE LOOKED AT IT MULTIPLE TIMES, INCLUDING THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, IT'S ABOUT 30 MINUTES LONG AND IT ANSWERS MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, WERE, UH, ADDRESSED TONIGHT.
UM, IT ALSO SAYS ON THAT, ON THAT, UM, UH, VIDEO, THERE'S A LOT OF IMPACT, YOU KNOW, UH, DIFFERENT STATES HAVE IMPACT PHASE.
IT'S REGULATED BY LAW IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT SOUTH CAROLINA IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE NATION THAT ADDRESSES THE IMPACT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING BASED ON THESE IMPACT FEES.
SO THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THERE AND THAT DID NOT COME UP TONIGHT.
I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL WOULD AGREE THAT WE WANT QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT'S IN OUR BUFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHETHER THEY LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR A $2 MILLION MANSION, THEY NEED QUALITY EDUCATION.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO ATTRACT GOOD DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR CITIZENS IS BY HAVING AND MAINTAINING A QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE METHOD OF FINANCING, THE QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WHERE THE FEES ARE COLLECTED OR WHERE THEY'RE SPENT.
SO FEES COLLECTED IN BLUFFTON.
AREN'T GOING TO BE RENOVATING HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I THINK THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT THAT'D BE BROUGHT UP.
UM, SO DAN, THAT DID ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
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THANK YOU FOR ALL.THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT WE HAD, AND WE WILL HAVE THIS ON THE FEBRUARY AGENDA AND I HOPE YOU ALL CAN HAVE TIME.
WE WOULD LIKE THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE TO HILTON HEAD AND HARTSVILLE.
SO I HOPE IT FITS IN TO THAT SCHEDULE.
UM, NEXT, UH, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UPDATE, WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS SETTING COMPAS 92% OF OUR TOWN AND REQUIREMENT OF EACH OF THEM IS TO HAVE AN UPDATE THROUGH THE YEARS.
PEOPLE HAVE MOVED, DIED, LOST THEM.
UM, SO WE HAVE HEATHER THAT DOES AN OVERALL VIEW MINUS PALMETTO BLUFF AND PALMETTO BLUFF IS OUR LONGEST DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN FOLLOWED BY PALMETTO BLUFFS UPDATE.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ALREADY A LOT TODAY.
SO WHAT THIS IS, IS LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A SNAPSHOT OR REPORT OF WHERE THE TOWN IS AT WITH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO AS YOU KNOW, AND I WILL SAY, I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.
ALL THESE NUMBERS ARE HARD TO GET ON THE SCREENS, BUT IT IS ALL IN YOUR PACKET.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IT'S LOTS OF NUMBERS.
SO WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC OR YOU ALL, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT US.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN AFTER ANYTIME.
UM, BUT AGAIN, 92% OF OUR LAND IS UNDER OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
UM, YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE CLOCK WAS STOPPED.
SO TO SPEAK BY THE STATE WHEN THE ECONOMY KIND OF TOOK A DIP AND THEN THAT'S ALL KIND OF REDONE.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN, UM, ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY STILL HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME TO GO.
WE PROVIDE THIS UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF UNITS, RESIDENTIAL UNITS, COMMERCIAL UNITS, UM, AND ALL OF THE, LIKE AS FAR AS THE BUILD-OUT.
SO IF YOU GO THROUGH AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT SNAPSHOT IS IN PALMETTO BLUFF DOES DO THEIR OWN PRESENTATION, WHICH THEY WILL FOLLOW, BUT THEIR NUMBERS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENTS.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THIS IS ALL VERY, AGAIN, HARD TO READ FROM, UM, FROM THERE, BUT OVER TIME WE ARE, UM, WE'RE ARE CONTINUING TO GET CLOSER TO THAT BUILD-OUT NUMBER.
UM, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT STATISTICS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT THERE IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS, UM, THE OVERALL, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S THE DEVELOPMENT BUILD-OUT, UM, AND THEN THERE'S UTILIZED.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS WHAT'S, IF WE SAY IT'S UTILIZED, THAT MEANS THAT IT COULD BE A SUBDIVISION.
SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY, YOU MAY STILL TREES AND YOU WON'T REALLY SEE THAT IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT THERE MAY BE AN APPROVED SUBDIVISION OF 500 LOTS, AND THAT'S TAKEN OFF OF THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE TWO DIFFERENT TOTALS AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL BUILD-OUT, WHICH USES BUILDING PERMITS.
AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, MOVING FORWARD VERSUS UTILIZED IN THAT INCLUDES AGAIN, THAT THE APPROVED SUBDIVISION, SO THE NUMBERS ARE CLOSE, UM, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
AND WE'VE JUST STARTED TRACKING THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO YOU, UH, TO DO THIS REPORT BACK IN, LET'S SAY IT WAS THE LAST ONE I COULD FIND HANDY WAS 2017.
OUR OVERALL BUILD OUT WHEN YOU TOOK THE AVERAGE OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL WAS 33%.
UM, THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WERE AT 38%.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE WERE, WE WERE DOING AN AVERAGE OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
WE HAVE SINCE SEPARATED THOSE OUT.
I HAD 2000, 1940 4% LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, THAT, THAT COVERED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME BECAUSE OF COVID.
WE STARTED TO ADJUST AND NOW WE'RE DOING THESE REPORTS ON THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS 46%.
UM, RESIDENTIAL, I BELIEVE 46%, UH, BUILD OUT TODAY FOR, UM, PERMITTED WE'RE AT 52% AND 54%, UM, UTILIZED.
AND THAT'S THE OVERALL, I'M SORRY, THAT'S THAT OVERALL NUMBER? THAT'S EVERYTHING.
AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE, WE DO BREAK IT DOWN BY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AREA, AS FAR AS THOSE PERCENTAGES AND OVERALL, UM, THROUGHOUT.
AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T EXPECT ANYONE TO READ THESE NUMBERS FROM, FROM THEIR SEATS, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL OUT THERE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRACK.
OH, THAT JUST DID A QUICK MATH.
SO ON THAT FIRST THING YOU HAVE, UM, SO BLOCKED HIM VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PERCENTAGE, BUILD-OUT RESIDENTIALLY 84%.
WHAT DID I DO? I KNOW IT WENT OFF, UM, BUCK WALTER, 71% RESIDENTIALLY BUILT OUT ADDED THOSE NUMBERS THAT SHOWS RESIDENTIALLY WE'RE 80% BUILT OUT IN WHICH HONESTLY PALMETTO BLUFF IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE.
PALMETTO BLUFF, I BELIEVE IS ONLY 18%.
THE RESIDENTS REALIZE THAT THEY HEAR YOU SAY 54 AND THEY DRIVE HOME AND THEY GO CRAZY.
SO DO I, BUT WHEN YOU SEE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT SCARING EVERYBODY
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VERSUS, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE IT THE COMMERCIAL OUT.SO I'M GOING TO HAVE INTERCONNECTIVITY AND ALL THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
THAT THAT'S A BIG, IT IS A BIG NUMBER AND WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO TODAY, LIKE SINCE THIS IS A WORKSHOP, AND OBVIOUSLY ANYTIME YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS REPORTING THERE'S NUMBERS, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND THINGS WE CAN TRACK.
AND I KNOW MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS IS ACTUAL BUILT UNITS.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT VERSUS WHAT'S PERMITTED.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF UNITS YOU'LL SEE ON THIS CHART THAT ARE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BANK.
BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEM BEING DEVELOPED MAY NOT BE VERY LIKELY SO WE CAN SEPARATE OUT AND TRACK WHAT THAT EQUATES TO.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS USED AS PART OF OUR POPULATION PROJECTIONS.
AND SO POPULATION PROJECTIONS, AND I MAY HAVE GOT THIS NUMBER WRONG BY MEMORY IN THE PAST, I'VE ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS, BUT IN 2014 THAT, UM, METRIC WAS 2.8, FOUR PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE USE WITH THESE NUMBERS OF UNITS TO COME UP WITH THE MATH FAST FORWARD TO, UM, THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, 2015 TO 2019, THAT FIVE-YEAR ESTIMATE THEY USE 2.74, WE'RE WAITING ON THE NUMBERS OF WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.
AND THAT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT METRIC THAT WE USE TO KIND OF FAST FORWARD AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, BUILD OUT AND AGAIN, DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY'RE USING ALL THIS INFORMATION TO KIND OF GET A BETTER SNAPSHOT.
THOSE UNITS ARE, UM, ACTIVELY BEING CONSTRUCTED AS WE ALL CAN SEE, BUT HE, AND THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, IN YOUR PACKET TOO, I WON'T GO THROUGH IT ALL UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO THIS OUTLINES, UM, FOR EVERYONE, THOSE AREAS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, RELATIVE TO THAT CHART, THE NEW RIVERSIDE OR A PALMETTO BLUFF.
SO THE AREAS OF LAND THAT, UM, REFERENCES AND WITH THIS AND IN THE PACKET IS THE SUMMARY OF EACH HOUSING.
THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SUMMARY FOR EACH OF THOSE AREAS THAT INCLUDES ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO, WHAT THE PUBLIC DEDICATIONS WERE.
AGAIN, JUST A SNAPSHOT AND KIND OF A SUMMARY.
NOW IT'S CATCHING UP TO MY CLICKS, BUT THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'D SEE.
SO AGAIN, A LOT OF INFORMATION, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE NUMBERS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, LIKE I SAID, CONTINUE TO TRACK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND TRY TO BETTER DESCRIBE WHAT STAFF MEANS BY BILLED OUT AND UTILIZED.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS, THE LIKELIHOOD OF US REACHING MAXIMUM BUILD-OUT AND USING ALL OF THOSE UNITS MAY NOT BE VERY LIKELY, IT'S STILL LIMITED BY LAND CONSTRAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE CAN'T, UM, WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT THEY'RE REMOVED, BUT AGAIN, THE LIKELIHOOD IS, IS NOT VERY HIGH, BUT THEY'LL ALL BE THERE.
IT'S GOOD INFORMATION ON ALL OF THIS, THAT ALL OF EVERYONE WATCHING AND HERE CAN GET ACCESS TO UNDER OUR AGENDA CENTER SO YOU CAN CAN SEE THIS.
THESE THINGS KEEP POPPING OFF AND OWN HERE.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE ANNUAL PALMETTO BLUFF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UPDATE AND WHO IS DOING THIS WILL WELCOME BACK EVENING AND HAPPY TO BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
DO YOU HAVE WHERE WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE? GOOD.
AND I CAN FLIP THROUGH IT BY JUST HITTING THE DOWN BUTTON HERE.
UH, GLAD TO BE BACK, UH, FIRST, UH, COUNCILMAN TUMOR AND COUNCILMAN HAMILTON, YOUR GRADUATIONS ON THE REELECTION.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR FIRST UPDATE, UH, FOR PALMETTO BLUFF.
UM, IT'S BEEN, UH, AN INTERESTING YEAR AT PALMETTO BLUFF A GOOD YEAR, AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 2022.
SO YOU, I KNOW YOU RECOGNIZE MY FACE.
UM, BUT UH, ALSO INCLUDED MY, UH, THREE OTHER PARTNERS HERE.
UH, CHRIS RANDOLPH, JORDAN PHILLIPS AND PATRICK MELTON THAT IS SOUTH STREET PARTNERS.
UM, JUST PUT FACES WITH NAMES.
SO 2021, YOU CAN SEE A PRETTY BIG INCREASE IN THE, UH, IN THE BAR CHART.
UH, THE ORANGE IS, UH, RESELL HOMES AND YOU CAN READ THE RESALE HOME SITES DOWN TO DEVELOP DEVELOPER HOME SITES AND DEVELOPER HOMES.
UM, A, A RECORD YEAR OF SALES AT PALMETTO BLUFF.
UM, THIS IS NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, 372 UNITS, UH, SOLD IN 2021, UH, HOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATE,
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UM, 794, UM, CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, UH, 431 HOMES ARE EITHER IN CONSTRUCTION OR IN REVIEW.UM, THAT'S A RECORD NUMBER AS WELL.
UM, 20, 22, UH, STRATEGIC, UH, INITIATIVES, UM, PRODUCT RELEASE.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, WITH THE RELEASE FROM LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WHICH IS IN FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 40 LOTS.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, INITIATED AND LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL HOME BUILDING PROGRAM, WHICH WE CALL PULLING OUT OF BLUFF BUILDERS, EXCITED TO GET THAT GOING.
UM, ADDITIONAL UPGRADES AT THE FARM, INCLUDING A PAVILION RESTROOMS IS, UH, ALMOST COMPLETE.
WE'LL BE FINISHED BY Q1, UH, SHOOTING CLUBHOUSE.
THERE'S A SLIDE FURTHER ON, WE'LL GET YOU SOME MORE DETAILS THERE, BUT, UH, INCREASING THE, THE FIVE STANDS ALONG WITH A CLUBHOUSE, WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED IN Q1, UH, STORAGE FACILITY.
THAT IS THE SET ALL SOURCE FACILITY THAT WAS ON LAST YEAR'S UPDATE.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME UPDATED PICTURES THAT ARE JUST ABOUT COMPLETE, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS OF OUR BUSINESS BACK IN JUNE, UH, WAS THE INITIATION OF A 4.2, $5 MILLION RENOVATION OF THE STORE RIVER HOUSE, WHICH, UH, SERVED AS THE, UH, OLD OF BEARS IN, UH, CHECK-IN AND DINING FACILITY.
UH, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN Q1.
WE'LL HAVE A, UM, STEAK HOUSE SLASH THE TYPE THEMED RESTAURANT ALONG WITH A COFFEE SHOP, UH, AND ALONG WITH THE SPEAKEASY FOR OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, SOAR WELLNESS, UM, THAT WAS ALSO, UH, LAUNCHED LAST YEAR.
UH, THEY HAVE NOW BROKEN GROUND AND IT STARTED THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, THEIR, UM, ASSISTED LIVING AGED, TARGETED, UM, FACILITY.
UM, WE'VE TALKED, WE'VE TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT THE NEXT BULLET POINT IS WE HAVE RE-ENGAGED, UM, UH, HART HOWERTON, THE ORIGINAL, UM, MASTER PLANNER OF PALMETTO BLUFF, ALONG WITH THE PRIMAR, UH, COMPANY OUT OF, UH, KIAWAH TO, UM, MASTER PLAN AND REMAINING ASPECTS OF, OF PALMETTO BLUFF.
UM, WE ARE NEARING, UH, I CAN'T SAY COMPLETION OF THAT, BUT WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, FAST, UH, ANSON, UH, AND THEN A REVAMP OF THE RESORT, UH, MASTER PLAN.
UM, HERE'S JUST A MAP THAT SHOWS THE 2021 PLUS THE 2022 RELEASES, UH, M TWO AND THREE AND IN FIVE, UH, WHICH WILL BE COMING ONLINE.
THOSE ARE THE 40 LOTS, UH, THERE IN YELLOW, UM, AS WE MAKE OUR WAY DOWN, UH, THROUGH MORELAND, UM, THIS IS THE SHOOTING CLUB RENDERING.
UM, THIS IS THE STORAGE SET, IT ALL FACILITY, UM, ON PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS A RENDERING, I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES OF THE EXISTING FACILITY, UH, RIGHT HERE, UM, EXCITED THAT THEIR, UM, THEIR LEASING AND PRE-LEASING HAS GONE WELL.
UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE PRODUCT.
UM, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE RIVER HOUSE.
UM, HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF THE RIVER HOUSE RESTAURANT, UH, RENDERINGS, UH, WHICH WE ALL HOPE TO BE SEEING IN PERSON IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UM, THE, UH, COFFEE BAR, UH, AS YOU ENTER THE RIVER HOUSE.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THE SPEAKEASY EASY, THAT WILL BE IN THE AREA WHERE THE WINES WINE SELLER HAS DOWNSTAIRS AT THE RIVER HOUSE.
UM, HERE'S THE SOAR WELLNESS, UH, SITE PLAN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'VE STARTED A SITE WORK, UH, EAGERLY AWAITING, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION THERE.
UM, AND THEN HERE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AS WE PROGRESS, UH, THROUGH, UM, PLANNING OF AUNTS AND VILLAGE, THIS IS JUST A MAP, OBVIOUSLY PALMETTO BLUFF HAS WILSON MORELAND, AND THEN THE THIRD VILLAGE BEING ANSON, I'M EXCITED TO, UH, TO GET GOING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE MASTER PLAN THERE.
UM, THE, UH, THE MONTAGE PALMETTO BLUFF, UH, WE HELD OUR FY 2021 WAS THE FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ITS OPENING, UH, 20, 21 RECORD REVENUE AND PROFITABILITY, UM, WHICH, UH, WAS GOOD TO SEE 2021 OCCUPANCY WAS JUST OVER 56%.
UH, AND THEN THE, UH, ACT CONTRIBUTION WAS JUST, UH, OVER 1.2 MILLION, UM, UH, ANNUALLY, UM, PALMETTO BLUFF, NO OTHER REAL UPDATE WITH PALMETTO BLUFF, UH, MONTAGE.
UM, ONE OF THE, YOU MAYBE HAVE HEARD ON THE STREETS.
ONE OF THE, UM, ASPECTS IS THAT A BLOCK DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 30 TO 35 EMPLOYEES PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST.
UM, PALMETTO BUFF DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN OVER THE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL THE CLUB FACILITIES.
SO WE HAVE GROWN FROM 230, OR EXCUSE ME, 35 EMPLOYEES TO JUST OVER 270, OR WE BASICALLY TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES
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WHO WERE THOSE OF MONTAGE MANAGING THE CLUB OVER TO, TO OUR ENTITY, EXCITED ABOUT THAT, EXCITED TO BRING THOSE FOLKS IN HOUSE, UM, AS WE CONTINUE FORWARD, UM, ANY QUESTIONS, UM, KIND OF CAUGHT MY EYE THERE, THE, THE HX CONTRIBUTION WE HAVE NUMBERS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, PROBABLY IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.THE LAST PRESENTATION ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE HIM IN THERE.
YOU W YOU, YOU, YOU MENTIONED IT IN THE LAST MEETING, SO WE MADE SURE TO INCLUDE IT, BUT WE CAN GET THOSE TO YOU.
IF WE CAN GET SOME WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU THAT UPDATE AND THAT COMPARISON, YOU KNOW, ALREADY UP THERE CLOSE TO, I ALSO GET TO STAY FREE.
NO, UNLESS YOU, UNLESS YOU DO, IS IT WORKING? IS IT, YOU MADE HIM BLUSH, UM, OTHER QUESTIONS.
IT IS GOOD IF COUNCIL, IT IS A PLACE Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY DAYS, AND THE PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LARGEST ANNEXATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE LONGEST.
SO ANY, ANYTIME THERE'S A CELEBRATION, I THINK WE'D LOVE TO BE PART OF IT, NOT TO BE GIVEN ANYTHING, BUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN ABSOLUTELY.
UM, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING, WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ZONING MAP, TO REZONE CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY JC FRAZIER JR.
CONSISTING OF 1.24 ACRES LOCATED ON GO THROUGH THE ROAD IN A DEVELOPER, IDENTIFIED BY THE TEXT NUMBERS WRITTEN ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS ALSO SECOND AND FINAL READING.
I WILL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AND KIM'S LEFT AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY, BUT LET ME DO IT ANYWAY.
FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THIS ITEM NUMBER 11, ONE SECOND.
CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 11, ONE THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 11 ONE.
AND I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE AT PUBLIC COMMENT MEANT TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, KEVIN, ANY, DO YOU WANT TO DO A QUICK UPDATE? WERE THERE ANY CHANGES FROM LAST TIME? NO CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
AND, UM, I HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE, IF NOT, I GOT THE PROPOSED MOTION.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OF KEVIN ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY.
NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY JC FRASER JR.
FOR APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON OFFICIALS, 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 BEAVER COUNTY TEXTMAP NUMBERS.
UM, THAT ENDED WHEN FIVE, NINE AND 7 44 MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION, UM, JUST FOR THOSE HERE, IF THERE IS A BUILDING IN PLACE, THERE WERE SO MANY CHECKPOINTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT DIDN'T CAUSE PRECEDENT FOR OTHERS TO DO THIS.
AND KEVIN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
AND STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR KIND OF THINKING OUT OF THE BOX, YOUR FIRST LITTLE BIT HERE, YOU REALLY DID TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING WORK.
AND IT'S VERY APPRECIATED SESSION ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING, AH, AH, OPPOSED THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
WE ARE MOVING NUMBER FIVE UP, WHICH IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL YEAR 2021 AUDIT BY THE POOR PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY'D BE ON HERE IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM THE START.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE TREY YOU WAITING AND, UM, HOPE YOU LEARNED A LOT ABOUT BLUFFTON WHILE YOU WERE ON HOLD.
UH, YOU ARE, YOU ARE UP FOR CHRIS EUROPE REAL QUICK.
UH, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, IS Y'ALL ON ALL TREY SCOTT WITH WALDEN AND JENKINS IS OUR AUDITOR.
UH, THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR OF THE ENGAGEMENT I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, HE WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THE, UH, JUNE 30, 20, 21 AUDIT.
AND YOU SENT IT TO US, BUT THIS IS IT THIS WAY.
AND, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, MS. CHRIS SMITH, MY NAME IS CHRIST GOD PARTNER, UM, WITH THE JENKINS WHO OVERSAW THE, ON THOSE, THE TOWNS 2021 BUNNY, AND CERTAINLY PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF, OF BATTLE, UH, REAL QUICKLY.
JUST THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENTATION TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF INVOLVED IN JENKINS IS
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THIS REPORT, OUR CLASS REPORT, AND THEN GOVERNMENT LAW STANDARDS.WHO YOU ALL TO DO THAT AT THAT POINT IN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST TO GIVE YOU A REAL .
OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, WE STARTED 5 65 SOUTHEAST ABOUT 12 OFFICES.
THE UNITED STATES, IT SERVES PLUGGED INTO OUR SPANISH GEORGIA OFFICE CLOSEST TO ALL THE PROXIMITY, UH, OVER 140, UH, WHO RECEIVED IT.
DO YOU HAVE A WHITE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CHEAP AND FINANCIAL REPORTING EACH YEAR, BUT TAKE MORE IMPORTANCE, I THINK TO YOU ALL, AS IT RELATES TO OUR ALL THE BIGGER FINANCIAL SITES, I THINK AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DIGNITY.
THEY LOOK AT THAT ACT FOR ANY APPLICANTS BEFORE IT'S.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS YOUR HONOR TO EXPRESS.
WE FALL UNDER GOVERNMENT OFF DATES, NEIGHBORS IN THE GENERAL STANDARDS AS WELL.
AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT TO YOU, OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE CALL, UH, EXPLANATIONS TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRESENTED, UH, IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE BANK'S POSITION AND IT RESULTS IN THE TOWN'S OPERATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT, IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE FISHER PRIDE WEEKLY ON YOUR SITE.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE YOU, YOU PRESENT AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT GOES BEYOND REQUIRED FOR 40 .
BASIC FINANCIAL ASKED FOR IS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, BEAUTIFUL WAY, A BIG CERTIFICATE, EXCELLENT PROGRAM CERTIFICATE TO MEET ALL OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
UH, YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR 13 YEARS IN A ROW.
IT'S A WEEK LATE LUNCH TO BE THE 14TH HERE.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T ANTICIPATE RECEIVING, UH, THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO ISSUE A COMPLIANCE REPORT THAT WE CALL OUR YELLOW REPORT.
UH, IT DOESN'T PROVIDE AGENT LIKE OUR CULTURE'S REPORT DOES, BUT WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO IS TO LET YOU HELP THEM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH CONTROLS OR COMPLIANCE AT THE TOWN AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES THAT YOU, UH, SO AGAIN, UM, GOOD, EASY, GOOD PERSON.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING AGAIN, FINANCE MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE COMMITTED, UH, REALLY QUICKLY.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AGAIN, JUNE 30, 20, 21 ANNUAL STATEMENTS, SOMETHING THAT HE ONLY SEE ONCE A YEAR, INTO MORE OF A BIG PICTURE VIEW OF THE, THE TOWN ITSELF.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE NUMBERS TO YOU DO WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, THE, I GUESS THE NEXT, THE LAST BULLET, HEY, WERE WORRIED ABOUT 0.3 MILLION PLACES TO PLAY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOUR ASSETS EXCEEDED YOUR LIABILITIES 550.3, AND THAT'S ABOUT $10 MILLION INCREASED INTERNET, WHICH IS A VERY STRONG INCREASE IN YOUR HEAD.
AND THEN IF WE MOVE UP TO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT MORE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, UH, WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT PURPLE 1 24 0.4 MILLION AND 21.4 BY 17.2.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD CONSIDERING.
UM, WE JUST PICKED, I GUESS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FISCAL YEAR AFTER YEAR.
UH, SO CERTAINLY A GOOD THING TO SPEAK THERE.
AND THE LAST BULLET POINT THAT BOTTOM JUST KIND OF GETS YOU AN IDEA OF IF YOU DIDN'T COLLECT ANOTHER, HOW MANY, HOW LONG COULD YOU GO BEFORE YOU RAN OUT, UH, IN, IN YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, YOU'D HAVE ABOUT 11 AND A HALF MONTHS OF EXPENDITURE, AND THAT'S VERY STRONG, UH, AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT TIMES THINGS THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR YET.
WE'RE TWO 30 FISCAL YEAR AGAIN, PRIMARY ROBERT PRIMARY SOURCE OF RESTAURANT.
WHEN DID WE GO NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM COLLECTING OUR PROPERTY PROPERTY.
UH, ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CONTINGENCIES FIRST, ALL THIS WASN'T INHIBIT.
UH, WE ALL SPENT THE , UH, 11 AND A HALF MONTHS IF THERE'S GOOD, STRONG
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FUND BALANCE.UH, AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE, HERE'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, UH, YOUR REVENUES EXPENDITURES OR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, THOSE ARE HALF THE TRAITS KIND OF GOOD, STRONG, STRONG NUMBERS AS WELL TO GET, LIKE I SAID, ARE HERE TO PRESENT A GOOD INFORMATION, EASY PERCENT POSITIVE PUNCH, FINALLY, REAL QUICK, JUST THE THINGS I'M REQUIRED TO , BUT CERTAINLY WE DEAL WITH PRIMARILY ARE CHRIS AND CINDY, VERY PROFESSIONAL.
SHE GETS WE'LL BE MOVING DATA.
I APPRECIATE THAT REFRESHING FROM, FROM THE LAST NAME ADJUSTMENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE INDEPENDENT OF THE TOWN AS REQUIRED BY STANDARD.
AND, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH COMPLETELY CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SURROGATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU IN THE FUTURE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COUNCIL HAVE TO VOTE TO ACCEPT THIS? YEAH, I HAVEN'T.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS CHRIS OR TREY? TREY.
UM, THERE, WE DO NEED TO ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL YEAR 2021 AUDIT BY MALDEN AND JENKINS, LLC, ANY DISCUSSION? UM, GREAT JOB, CHRIS, WATCHING OUT FOR SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
UM, WE'LL MOVE BACK UP TO THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER SECTION 11, CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF PULTE HOME LLC IS 100% ANNEXATION PETITION TO ANNEX CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY CONTIGUOUS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS CORPORATE BOUNDARIES CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED ACRES PLUS 0.7, EIGHT MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT 1 0 7 0 7 MAY RIVER ROAD AND BEARING THE TEXT NUMBER LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AND IF THERE'S A REFERRAL TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
UM, AS YOU STATED ON, UH, THIS IS AN ANNEXATION REQUEST, A A HUNDRED PERCENT ANNEXATION REQUEST IS ONE PARCEL OF LAND.
UM, AND WE RECEIVED A APPLICATION ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2021, UM, FOR THAT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE PROPERTY TO BE REZONED TO THE RESIDENTIAL GENERAL PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH DOES HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
UM, SHOULD THE TOWN COUNCIL ACCEPT THIS PETITION? UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE INTENT TO ANNEX, SO IT'S JUST ACCEPTING THE APPLICATION.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY VOTING ON, UM, ON ANY TYPE OF APPROVALS.
UM, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT, UM, APPLICATIONS OF CONCURRENT REQUESTS FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO REVISE THAT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM THE LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL TO THE MEDIUM OR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UH, FROM AN AERIAL STANDPOINT THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP HERE, UM, ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION HERE IS MAY RIVER ROAD, UM, VISTA VIEW HALLMARK, UH, PINE CREST TO THE TOP, UM, BUCKLES FOR A PLACE TO THE LEFT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE TOWN LIMITS VIA PINE CREST.
AND THEN JUST AN AERIAL VIEW HERE, UH, TO GIVE YOU A CONTEXT OF WHAT THE SITE MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THE SITE DOES LOOK LIKE.
UH, THE PLAT THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE APPLICATION.
SO THE PROPERTY, AS WE STATED IS THE A HUNDRED PLUS ACRES, UM, AND SENT UNINCORPORATED BEAVER COUNTY, UH, WHICH CONSISTS OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, UM, AS STATED IN PRE PREVIOUSLY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, IT IS THAT MAY RIVER COMMUNITY PRESERVATION, UH, WHICH IS IN THE BEAVER COUNTY, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, THE APPLICANT INTENTS IS DEVELOPED THE SITE OF SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH AS WE STATED HAS THAT MAXIMUM OF UP TO FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
UM, I HAVE A COMPARISON LIST OF ALLOWED USES.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY MAJOR CONCERNS, I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT RESIDENTIAL GENERAL, UH, ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, NO MULTI, UM, UH, FAMILY USES THAT ARE ALLOWED AND VERY LIMITED.
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UM, COMMERCIAL USES, UH, MAINLY, UH, DAYCARES, UM, SOME, UH, UH, CIVIC USES AS SUCH, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT HERE, UH, FUTURE ANNEXATION AREA, THIS IS LOCATED, UH, IN THE MAP HERE.UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES CALL FOR THAT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL CURRENTLY.
UM, AS I STATED, UH, IF IT MOVES FORWARD, THERE WOULD BE A CONCURRENT, UM, UM, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP REVISION TO THAT HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL FROM THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS NOT LOCATED WITH ANY OF OUR, UM, PLACE TYPES OF THE HAMLET, THE VILLAGE OR THE, UM, THE CENTER TOWN CENTER, UH, FROM A RE UH, REVIEW PROCESS.
AND NEXT STEPS, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, THIS IS STEP NUMBER ONE.
SO WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, FOR THAT INTENT TO ANNEX AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PETITION.
UM, IF IT MOVES FORWARD, IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH A NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE WOULD THEN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PROCESS AND START SETTING IT UP TO BRING IT TO THAT GROUP.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY, MR. MA, MR. NESTER IS HERE.
UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UM, IF YOU SO CHOOSE AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF KEVIN AT THE MOMENT, OR DO YOU WANT, OH, FIRST QUESTION, WALTER.
SORRY, I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET UP HERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE WAIT UNTIL THE END TO THE LONGER YOU TALK.
AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND CONGRATULATIONS, MR. HAMILTON AND MR. TUMOR ON YOUR REELECTION.
AND FRANKLY, ALL SOMEONE HAS TO DO IS SIT THROUGH A MEETING LIKE THIS EVENING TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE HOW MUCH YOU DO AND HOW MUCH YOU GIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S, IT'S APPRECIATED.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A LARGE VOLUME OF INFORMATION AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, SO THE TARVER TRACK AS, AS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IS, UH, A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED ACRES IN SIZE, AND IT'S LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT AS KEVIN NOTED, UH, AS MR. E-CARD NOTED, IT IS IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONTEMPLATES THE ANNEXATION OF THIS PROPERTY AS, AND, AND PROVIDES IT A FUTURE LAND, A FUTURE LAND USE ONE THING THAT KEVIN DIDN'T MENTION, UM, AND W W WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT THE ANNEXATION BE DONE PURSUANT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN.
THE PROPERTY HAS ENOUGH ACREAGE FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND IN THIS WAY, THE TOWN COUNCIL CAN WORK WITH THE, THE APPLICANT TO, TO COME UP WITH A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT SATISFACTORY TO THE TOWN.
WHAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CHARGE YOU WITH IS TO ACHIEVE ORDERLY GROWTH WHILE DEVELOPING A MORE COHESIVE BOUNDARY.
SO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONTEMPLATES AS NOTED IN THE MAPS, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CONTEMPLATES ANNEX IN THIS PROPERTY, MAKING THIS PROPERTY A PART OF THE TOWN.
INEVITABLY, THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
THIS APPLICATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TOWN COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER, TO COME UP WITH A DEVELOPMENT THAT TOWN COUNCIL BELIEVES IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY THINGS.
MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT TONIGHT, HOUSING, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING MIX, ALL TYPES OF HOUSING, THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE, INTERCONNECTIVITY, TRANSPORTATION, THOSE THINGS ARE ON, ON THE TABLE.
AND THIS PROPERTY IS A MILE AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN HISTORIC.
UM, BLUFFTON IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY IS FOR THE TOWN TO SAY, TOM COUNCIL TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY.
LET'S GIVE IT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.
AND IF, IF THERE'S NO AGREEMENT AT THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, TOWN COUNCIL CAN SAY, NO TOWN COUNCIL CAN SAY, WE DON'T WANT IT.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DUTY THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
WHAT WE ASK IS THAT YOU DON'T DETERMINE NOW TODAY, JUST BASED ON THE APPLICATION, WHAT MIGHT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE TOWN AND THE LANDOWNER, GIVE IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.
LET US GO THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT YOU AS TOWN COUNCIL SEEK TO SEEK, TO PROVIDE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN.
AND WE'RE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT IS MR. ROBERT MERRICK, UH, PATTERSON FARMER AND JOSH MILLER.
WHO'S A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WE'RE AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
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THANK YOU, WALTER.UM, JUST ONE QUESTION, JUST CURIOSITY, THE MAY RIVER COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT FILL IN PLACE.
THE CP DISTRICTS ARE ALL STILL IN PLACE WITH THE COUNTY, AND I THINK ERIC'S HERE AND HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.
WHAT IS THAT PER ACRE? IN THE, IN THE MAY RIVER SEAT, ONE UNIT FOR EVERY THREE ACRES.
AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, IT'S LARGER, ONE PER FIVE, I THINK.
UM, QUESTIONS, THERE ARE A MOTION TO ACCEPT PULTE HOME COMPANY, LLC IS 100% ANNEXATION PETITION TO ANNEX.
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY CONTINUES TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS CORPORATE BOUNDARIES CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 100.7, EIGHT ACRES, MORE OR LESS THAN BEARING THE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER 700 0 3 8 0 2 0 2 3.
MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS.
100% ANNEXATION PETITION TO ANNEX CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY CONTIGUOUS TO THE TOWN CORPORATE BOUNDARIES CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 12.3, FOUR, EIGHT ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF BUCKWALTER PARKWAY AND LAKE POINT DRIVE AND BEARING THE TEXT NUMBERS WRITTEN ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AND IF NECESSARY TO REFER TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, KEVIN.
AND, AND AGAIN, REAL QUICK FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE STILL LEFT, THIS IS, WAS SET UP LONG AGO FOR TRANSPARENCY TO SEE IF WE EVEN WANTED TO PUT STAFF THROUGH THE RIGOR OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WHETHER WE VOTE YES OR NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A DONE DEAL.
JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THAT.
UM, SO FROM AN INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION STANDPOINT, I'M GOING BACK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF HERE.
SO THAT IS NOT INCORRECT WHERE IT SAYS JULY 14TH, 2020.
UH, SO WE RECEIVED AN ANNEXATION REQUEST, UH, FOR THE GRANDY OAKS, UM, LLC, UH, FOR AN ANNEXATION OF TWO PARCELS, THAT WAS A TOTAL OF 13.399 ACRES AT THE CORNER OF BUCHWALD'S OR PARKWAY AND LAKE POINT.
UH, SO THAT PREVIOUSLY, UH, PREVIOUS REQUESTS, UH, HAD A CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT, WHICH, UH, HAD ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OF THE 13.93, THREE ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL 15 DWELLING UNITS, AND A CONDITIONAL ADDITION OF 120 DWELLING UNITS IN THE EVENT THAT A UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS DID ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, AND THEN AT THAT, UM, OCTOBER 13TH, 2020 MEETING, UH, THERE WAS NO MOTION MADE.
THEREFORE THE AGENDA ITEM DIED FOR A LACK OF EMOTION.
NOW IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT, WHO HAS SINCE ACQUIRED, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, PARCELS, UH, HAS SUBMITTED THE REVISED FOR CONSIDERATION OF 12.3, FOUR ACRES LOCATED AT THAT SAME CORNER THAT WE'VE BEEN REFERRING TO AND THE PROPERTY ID IS LISTED THERE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, PURSUANT TO THE ANNEXATION MANUAL, UH, THEY WOULD REQUEST THAT IT'S, UM, UH, INCORPORATED INTO THE BUCK, WALTER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, THE CONCEPT PLAN, AND AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS PART OF THE BUCK, WALTER COMMONS LAND USE TRACK.
AND I'LL, I'VE GOT SOME IMAGES HERE TO HELP EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN THAT, UH, WHICH DOES HAVE THAT DESIGNATION FOR ABROAD, UH, USE OUR BROAD MIX OF USES, UH, AS WELL AS THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THAT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM MEDIUM DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM INTENSITY COMMERCIAL, UH, AND JUST FOR A COMPARISON PURPOSE.
I THINK THAT THOUGHT THIS WAS PRETTY HELPFUL FROM THAT PREVIOUS REQUEST TO THE CURRENT REQUEST.
SO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS HAS BEEN REDUCED.
AND THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THE ACTUAL ACREAGE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR ANNEXATION HAS BEEN REDUCED, UH, DWELLING UNITS, UH, BOTH, UM, THE REQUEST OF THE 15 AND THE CONDITIONAL HAVE ALSO BEEN RE UH, REDUCED.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS STATED THAT IF THERE'S ANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY, THEY WOULD BE USING EXISTING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IN THEIR POSSESSION TO GO TOWARDS THAT PROPERTY.
SO THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO INCREASE ANY OF THE DWELLING, UH, UNIT NUMBERS AT THIS TIME.
IT'S JUST THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION THAT THEY WOULD BE INCREASING WITH THIS ANNEXATION.
UM, FROM AN AERIAL STANDPOINT, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY HERE.
UH, THE PREVIOUS REQUEST, UH, INCLUDED, UH, THE PIECE AT THE CORNER, UM, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE REQUEST AND FROM AN AERIAL STANDPOINT AS WELL, THAT WAS BEING PROVIDED.
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HERE'S THE PROPOSED BUCHALTER COMMONS CONCEPT PLAN, UH, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT CONCEPT PLAN WHERE THE DOTTED LINE REPRESENTS THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, THE RED, UH, THAT YOU SEE HERE REPRESENTS THAT WHAT WE CALL THE BUCK, WALTER COMMONS, UH, LAND USE, AND THAT'S THAT INTENSE GENERAL COMMERCIAL LAND USE THAT WE HAVE.UH, SO YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE STREET IS, UH, AN ESSENCE WOULD BE THE PARKERS, UM, AND THE, UH, SELF STORAGE FACILITY IS, UH, UH, UH, ACROSS BUCK WALTER PARKWAY IN THAT RED.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, PORTION TO THE RIGHT IS THE ROBERTSON TRACK, THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY WOULD JUST EXTEND THAT BUCK, WALTER COMMONS DESIGNATION DOWN INTO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S, UH, APPROXIMATELY 12.3 ACRES IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT.
UM, IT DOES HAVE A CURRENT VILLAGE COMMERCIAL, UM, DESIGNATION UNDER THE GRANDY OAKS, UM, UH, PUD, UH, AT THIS TIME THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY, UM, BUT THEY WOULD LOOK TO A PRELIMINARY PLANNING.
IT WOULD INCLUDE A MIXED USE TYPE DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL VILLAGE SETTING, UH, POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL ABOVE COMMERCIAL, UH, MEDICAL SERVICES AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
UH, AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS FOR THAT 12.3, FOUR EIGHT ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL, HERE'S JUST A COPY OF THE GRANDIOSE PD MASTER PLAN, JUST OUTLINING THAT VILLAGE COMMERCIAL IN RED.
AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO.
UM, THERE IS A LIST OF USES OF A COMPARISON FROM BUFORD COUNTIES, UM, VILLAGE CENTER TO BUCK WALTER PINE UNIT DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUCK, WALTER COMMONS LAND USE TRACK.
UM, THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED, UH, POTENTIAL USES THAT ARE LISTED IN HERE.
UM, THESE USES, UH, RANGE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, THAT INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE UP AND DOWN, UH, BUCHALTER COMP, UH, BUCKLE PARKWAY, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE TYPES OF USES THAT WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED AT THIS PROPERTY.
UM, ALSO JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON OF THE WHOLE REASON THAT INTENT TO NX STAFF HAS NOT DONE A VERY DETAILED ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THESE USES.
UH, JUST AS YOU SAID, THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, WE WANTED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INTENT FIRST, UH, BEFORE WE STARTED DOING, UH, THE SERIOUS ANALYSIS ON THEM FROM A, UH, FUTURE, UH, ANNEXATION AREA, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
UH, IT DOES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
YOU CAN SEE IT HAS THAT, UM, MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL, AND WE'D BE CHANGING IT TO THE MEDIUM COMMERCIAL FROM A GROWTH FRAMEWORK STANDPOINT.
THIS IS LOCATED, UM, IN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT.
AND AS STATED BEFORE FROM A REVIEW PROCESS, THIS IS THE INTENT TO ANNEX.
UM, AND THEN IF NECESSARY, IF YOU DEEM NECESSARY, YOU'D LIKE FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND IT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE WHERE THEY CAN NEGOTIATE ANY TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DO KNOW, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY, MR. HAMMOCK IS HERE.
I BELIEVE HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A THING OR TWO.
UM, BUT I'M ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR STAFF, THE QUESTIONS, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER HERE.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY 30 SECONDS? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO IT, OR WERE YOU ASKING IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD FOR THAT.
WE'VE GOT JOHN AND JAKE REED HERE AND UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, NATHAN LONG FROM THOMPSON HUTTON WHO HELPED PUT TOGETHER EVERYTHING.
UM, I'M HERE TO MAKE ESSENTIALLY TWO POINTS.
UM, IT REALLY HADN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BUT THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF BRINGING THIS PROPERTY AS THE STAFF REPORT SAYS, WHEN YOU READ IT IN DETAIL, UM, EVERYTHING'S ALREADY ALLOWED IN THERE SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL, EVEN HOTELS ALLOWED WITHIN THE GRAND YOLKS.
AND THAT'S FAIRLY COMMENSURATE WITH THE BOOK, WALTER COMMENTS.
THEY AREN'T EXACTLY ONE-TO-ONE, BUT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE.
UM, THE QUESTION CAME UP, UH, HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WELL, IF YOU CAN DO ALL THAT STUFF ALREADY, WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT IN OH, TWO, TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO MENTION.
ONE GOES BACK IN HISTORY AND THAT'S WHY I'M GIVEN TO DO IT BECAUSE I WAS HERE.
I REPRESENTED, UH, UM, MR. ROBERTSON, ALONG WITH JIM TILLER.
JOSH IS A DAD WHEN WE DID THE GRANDIOSE PUD BEFORE THERE WAS ANY BOSTON STRETCHING AROUND IT, BEFORE WE DID THE BOOK WALL TRAINING SESSION.
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HAD DONE, UM, ITS OWN INTERNAL PLANNING OF THE SITE.AND WE SAT DOWN WITH UNION CAMP TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING AROUND THIS SQUARE, WHICH IS A SQUARE DONUT HOLE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BOOK WALTER.
AND IT WAS MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL COMING AROUND IT, BUT AT THE TOP, ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTHERN BOUNDARY, THE TOP OF THE SQUARE, UM, LAND THAT CURRENTLY UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS OWNS THAT'S BUCK WALTER COMMONS.
IT WAS ALL BUCK WALTER COMMONS.
SO WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT WAS JIM TILLER AND ROBERTSON AND, UM, AND JACK ALDERMAN ENCOURAGED IT WAS TO ZONE IT UNDER THE, UM, UNDER THE PUD.
IT WAS IN THE COUNTY TO REFLECT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
SO THAT'S WHY THE ONLY PLACES YOU SEE VILLAGE COMMERCIAL IN, UM, IN THE GRANDIOSE PLAN IS UP THERE RIGHT ACROSS THE LINE.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS VARIOUS, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND IS MOSTLY NOW DEVELOPED AS RESIDENTIAL.
PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT WAS IT WAS A SYSTEM OF WETLANDS THAT DIVIDED IT AND THOSE, THOSE LANDS ACROSS THE TOP, ONE OF WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, BUT THOSE LANDS WERE GENERALLY MORE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE NORTH PLUS, UM, ROBERTSON'S WEREN'T COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, UM, AND THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO ZONE IT.
SO IT COULD BE DEVELOPED BY WHOEVER, WHETHER UNION CAMP WENT FORWARD WITH THE GREATER BUCHWALD'S WALTER PLAN OR SOMEBODY ELSE DID.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS DONE THAT WAY.
AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PLANNED TO BE THAT WAY TOGETHER.
UM, JOHN REED, AND THE EXTENT MYSELF I'VE TALKED TO VARIOUS TOWN REGIMES, UM, MAYORS, UH, MANAGERS OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE LOOKED AT MAYBE BRINGING IN SOME PIECES, UM, TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE ROBERTS WITH MR. ROBERTSON, UM, ABOUT PURCHASING THAT THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED UNTIL NOW.
UM, JOHN FIRST GOT IT ON THE CONTRACT WHEN YOU SAW US A YEAR AGO, NOW HIS BOUGHT THIS 12 ACRES.
AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALIZING THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF HOOKING IT UP TO THE BOOK, WALTER COMMONS.
UM, THE OTHER THING, OTHER THAN THAT HISTORY THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS IS THAT ARE PRACTICAL REASONS FOR DOING THIS FOR NOT JUST DEVELOPING IT IN TWO DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ALLOWED THE SAME THING.
WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING ROADWAYS, ACCESSES, PARKING OPEN-SPACE LANDSCAPING, UH, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
IT'S EASIER TO DO THAT ALL UNDER ONE MASTER PLAN AND UNDER ONE PLANNING JURISDICTION.
AND JOHN WOULD RATHER THAT BE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.
WE'VE DEALT WITH BLUFFTON, UH, FROM THE OUTSET.
UH, IF THIS ISN'T BROUGHT IN, THEN IT HAS TO BE DONE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTLY, EVEN THOUGH THE SAME THINGS CAN BE DONE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTLY WITH TWO DIFFERENT PLANNING DEPARTMENTS.
AND IT CAN'T, IT'S HARD TO COORDINATE, COORDINATE HOW ACCESS IS GOING TO WORK.
THERE'S EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, FROM SOME INNER CONNECTIVITY TO COME ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET OUT INTO THAT BROADER COMMERCIAL AREA THAT RUNS DOWN BLUFFTON PARKWAY ABOVE IT AND PROVIDE THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY.
SO PEOPLE WON'T HAVE TO GO UP AND DOWN BUCK WALTER TO GET THERE.
UM, WE THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
THE ACTUAL MASTER PLANNING WOULD BE DONE WOULD COME TO THIS COUNCIL.
UM, IF WE'RE ANNEX, DAN IS BUCK WALTER COMMONS, UM, THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK OUT A MASTER PLAN THAT WORKS WITH THE PROPERTY BECAUSE UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS OWNS ALL OF THAT PROPERTY ABOVE, UM, BOTH GRAND YOLKS THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO DENSITY.
IF ANYTHING'S INCREASE INCREASED, WE'RE NOT INCREASING ANYTHING.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY ALLOWED.
THEY SAY IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER.
AND HISTORICALLY, WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO PUT THEM TOGETHER.
IF ANYTHING, THERE'S A REDUCTION BECAUSE WHEN JOHN BROUGHT THE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY THAT THIS 12.3, FOUR, EIGHT ACRES FROM A ROBERTSON FAMILY, IT CAME WITH 15 UNITS OF DENSITY.
AND WE HAVE ELECTED NOT TO ASK FOR IT THIS TIME AROUND.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CUTTING 15 UNITS OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OUT OF THE WORLD.
AND IT'S NOW PERMITTED UNDER BUFORD COUNTY.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THAT THAT COME IN.
SO IT'S NOT A GREAT DEAL OF REDUCTION, BUT IT IS A REDUCTION OF DENSITY.
IT'S NOT AN INCREASE OF ANYTHING.
THE ONLY THING THAT WILL INCREASE IS THE TAX BASE OF THE TOWN AND THE ABILITY OF THE TOWN TO HELP WORK WITH US FOR HOW TO DEVELOP IT.
UM, WE, WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
I JUST WANT TO GET ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, I'VE GOT IN, JOHN MIGHT WANT TO SAY HELLO IF YOU'VE GOT THAT.
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I WAS SURE.I REALLY, I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ON WITH PLACE.
UM, THIS IS ONE, THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE CASE YOU JUST HEARD.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT ASKING FOR ANY MORE DENSITY, ZERO, NO NEW, NOT ONE SINGLE NEW USE OR ANYTHING.
WE LISTENED TO ALL AND WE, WE, WE TOOK IT OUT.
WE TOOK OUT THE, UH, THE ACRE AND A HALF IN THE CORNER BECAUSE WE, WE DIDN'T CONTROL IT AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME EVER SAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND NOT DO IT, YOU KNOW? AND WE DIDN'T CONTROL THAT ACRE AND A HALF IN THE CORNER.
SO WE TOOK THAT OUT OF THE, UH, UH, OUT OF THE REQUEST, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS IF IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT'S ALL WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
THE 15 TO 20 YEARS, THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT, IT PUTS SUCH A HARDSHIP ON US TO HAVE TO DEVELOP.
WE OWN BOTH PIECES OF PROPERTY.
IT IT'D BE VERY HARDSHIP NOT TO GO AHEAD AND THE SAME USE THE SAME RIGHTS.
WE'RE NOT ASKING ME ANYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST TO, FOR Y'ALL TO MANAGE IT IN ONE GROUP, IT INSTEAD OF TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS MANAGE IT.
SO I'D APPRECIATE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, WE WORK, WE'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS ALL AROUND THERE, AND, UH, WE'RE NOW READY TO DEVELOP IT.
I HOPE YOU THINK ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO A GOOD JOB, WHATEVER WE DO, WE WILL DO A GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU, JOHN QUESTIONS TO KEVIN.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS MAYOR, UM, REALLY DIRECTED TOWARD COUNCIL, UM, AND, UH, STEPHAN, BUT, UM, STEVEN, SORRY, STEVEN.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THE, UM, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A STEP OF THE PROCESS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'VE APPROVED ANYTHING.
IF WE ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO GO FORWARD AND IT CAN ALWAYS BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE AT ANY TIME, THIS COUNCIL WOULD SO DESIRE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ANNEX IN YOUR ANNEX CNN TO AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, LIKE BUCKLE ALTAR, AND YOU GET ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT, THAT WAS LISTED UP HERE ON THE DOCUMENT THAT KEVIN PRESENTS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PARALLELS THERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE COUNTY DOES ALLOW IT IT'S IN SYNC WITH WHAT THE TOWN ALLOWS.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF CONDITIONAL ITEMS ON HERE.
MORE SO IN OUR SIDE OF THE LEDGER THAN THE COUNTY'S SIDE OF THE LEDGER.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A MECHANISM IN PLACE BECAUSE WE DON'T TRULY KNOW WHAT THE APPLICANT'S DESIRE IS.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS WHAT HE MAY GAIN OR NOT GAIN ON THE LEDGER ON OUR SIDE OF THE SHEET, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST HAVEN'T SAID YET, IS THERE A WAY TO NEGOTIATE THIS, THAT EVEN IF YOU COME IN TO THAT BUCK WALTER PUTT, IF YOU WERE ANNEX STAN, THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE WHAT, WHAT ZONING YOU ACTUALLY ALLOWED.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO TAKE A PIECE OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR PIECES OUT OF THE ZONING, WE COULD DO THAT.
CAN WE DO THAT SOMEHOW, THAT COULD BE NEGOTIATED YET.
SO YOU CAN DO THAT NEGOTIATING.
IF WE ANNEX HIM, BUT WE CAN DO NEGOTIATING REMOVE SOME OF THE POINTS OFF ARE WHAT WE WOULD GET BY, RIGHT.
BY COMING INTO THE TOWN NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE COULD DO THAT.
I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
SO WE KNOW WAREHOUSES ARE NOT ANYTHING WE HAVE AN APPETITE FOR, BUT WAREHOUSES ARE A USE ON THIS, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, LET ME TALK TO TERRY REAL QUICK.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE, BUT THAT COULD BE REMOVED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN BUCKWALTER COMMONS THROUGH THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT COULD GET ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, I WOULD USE, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST WHAT Y'ALL DID WITH ST.
GREGORY, THE GREAT, YOU ACTUALLY CLICK CREDIT, A NEW PLANNING DESIGNATION.
I THINK IT WAS, WE CREATED THE ST.
GREGORY, THE GREAT, UH, PLANNING TRACT WHEN THAT CAME THROUGH ALLOWABLE USES AS PART OF THEIR ANNEXATION.
SO THAT WOULD RUN CONCURRENTLY THAT COULD RUN CONCURRENTLY IF THE ANNEXATION.
AND AGAIN, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENERGY THAT'S NECESSARY TO, TO REALLY ANALYZE ALL OF THIS, UM, BY MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN LOOK EVEN FURTHER INTO BOTH THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION OR A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LESS INTENSE USE.
UM, AND THAT, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REMOVE SOME OF THOSE, UH, USES THAT ARE AT THAT HIGHER INTENSITY THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT MOST YOU MORE LIKELY DON'T WANT TO SEE.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED INTO,
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UM, AND, AND VARIOUS OPTIONS COULD THEN BE BROUGHT IN FOR, UH, IN FRONT OF THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, UM, TO CONSIDER.AND THE LAST QUESTION WOULD DEMEANS BE JUST THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR WOULD YOU ACTUALLY COME UP, LIKE HE SAID, WOULD YOU GIVE IT A SPECIAL DESIGNATION OR WOULD YOU ACTUALLY TIE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO IT? WELL, YOU COULD SKIN THE CAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU COULD DO WHAT, LIKE WE DID WITH ST.
GREGORY'S AS, AS WE COULD DO A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, LOTS OF WAYS THAT YOU COULD GET YOUR GOAL ACCOMPLISHED.
WELL, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION IF WE WANTED TO, OR SOME OF THOSE, UM, RESTRICTIONS TONIGHT? OH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ACCEPT THE REQUEST, WHICH IS ACCEPTED AND THEN, AND SHIP IT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.
SO, SO QUESTION ON THAT, A LOT OF THAT, I'M FINE WITH NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN A COUNCIL HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND THEY LIKE TO DO IT.
COULD IT ALSO BE WORKED OUT AT A STAFF LEVEL WITH, WITH THE, UM, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON CREATING THINGS.
SO, SO COULD WE DO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE AT A LATER DATE OR DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY HAVE TO GO TO THAT TONIGHT? I THINK STAFF PROBABLY HAS ENOUGH, UM, GUIDANCE FROM YOU TONIGHT, UH, TRY THAT YOU COULD ALWAYS SEND IT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE AT SOME FUTURE POINT, IF WE NEED IT TO, I'M FINE EITHER WAY.
I JUST KNOW IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT AT THAT, AND YOU HEAR OUR FAULTS ON IT, AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING, THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.
CAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT ANYWAY AND SAY, I THINK THIS PROBABLY SHOULD GO TO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU MAY THINK THAT THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE THROUGH COUNCIL IS A LITTLE BIT STRONGER AND THEIR DESIRES, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT WORKED OUT.
IF IT COULD BE BEFORE YOU GET TOO MUCH EFFORT INTO IT FROM, FROM THIS EVENING.
UM, KIND OF WHAT I'M HEARING, WHAT STAFF WILL WE'LL WORK ON IS YOU DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT VARIOUS HIGHER INTENSE USES.
UM, THE, THE WAREHOUSES, UH, THE MINI WAREHOUSES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPECIFIC ONES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, TO KIND OF START CRAFTING SOME OF THIS.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO IS PUT IT ON THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO KIND OF SHOOT FOR.
UH, AND THEN FROM THERE, UM, START FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.
W WHAT I THINK COUNCIL IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE APPLICANT, GIVE US SOME MORE, UM, INTENT WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO JUST TO CONTINUE THIS INTENT TO ANNEX, AND THEN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE REFINED INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU.
AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU CAN THEN DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO GO TO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.
SO THAT WAS, SO TONIGHT IS JUST, ARE WE INTERESTED IN EVEN PURSUING THAT'S IT, AND THEN NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, BRING THIS BACK AS INTENT TO ANNEX AS FOR ANOTHER MEETING, THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
WITH, WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AT THAT POINT, I MEAN, YOU STILL NEED TO PUT SOME EYES ON SOME OF IT DON'T YOU, RIGHT? CERTAINLY.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME KIND OF IDEA OF WHAT IT IS, WHAT TO BE DONE.
I MEAN, THAT'S IT, WE ALL JUST SAT HERE AND HEARD THE SCHOOL BOARD THERE.
DO WE NEED MORE HOUSES RIGHT NOW? OR SHOULD WE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING? HOUSING HAS INCLUDED? YOU KNOW, HOW'S THE, IS NOT A PART OF, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT.
THEY'RE NOT ACTING FOR HOUSING.
I KNOW, BUT WITH, WITHIN THE, IT COULD BE NO, NO, NO.
RIGHT? WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT BUY.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE I WAS THINKING, SEE, LARRY, NO, NONE.
NOTHING NEW, BUT IT ALREADY HAS SOME, BUT YOU CAN STOP THAT.
BUT I REALIZED, OKAY, WAIT, WHAT WE'RE DO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
SORRY, MR. THE QUESTION IS, WE'RE STILL PLANNING IT BECAUSE IT'S, WE'VE OWNED IT FOR 20 YEARS AND THE WHOLE AREA WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN IT.
AND, UM, THE GOAL WOULD BE A PROMENADE, SOMETHING LIKE A REALLY GREAT MIXED USE VILLAGE.
UM, I WAS TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE,
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UH, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF HAMPTON HAMPTON LAKE.AND HE SAID, WE LOVE THE PROMENADE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE OUT IN BUCK WALTER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BUT THAT'S BEEN MY GOAL ALL ALONG IS TO DO A WONDERFUL, MIXED USE GATHERING PLACE.
AND, UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN APARTMENTS, TO DO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE SOME VILLAGE, WE MAY HAVE A FEW UNITS ABOVE SOME COMMERCIAL OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A MIXED USE THE VILLAGE AND NO NEW UNITS, ALL THE UNITS WE HAVE, WE ALREADY GOT IT.
ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT ANYWAY.
AND THE UNITS ARE THE WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT CAN BE BUILT THERE NOW? HOW MANY DWELLING UNITS AND IN ALL A BUCK, WALTER, I DON'T KNOW, JUST THIS PROPERTY.
AND WE'RE GIVING THOSE UP THOUGH.
I MEAN, WE, WE GOT THAT AND THERE, BUT WE, WE SAID, NO, WE WON'T DO IT, BUT WE MIGHT PUT, AGAIN, WE MIGHT PUT UNITS ABOVE, LIKE IN THE PROMENADE, THERE MIGHT BE LIVE WORK AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
CAUSE PEOPLE WANT THAT, BUT IT WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
NOW WE WERE PLANNING TO PUT, UH, SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
I WON'T SAY THE USE OF THE PROMENADE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
I'M CONFUSED ON THE SLIDE, KEVIN, ON THE THEFT, THAT'S FINE.
AND YOU CAN STAY JOHN THIS SLAB RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS WAS THEIR, THIS WAS THEIR REQUEST BACK IN 2020.
SO THEY, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS UNDER THE COUNTY CODE FOR DEVELOPMENT, FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ACREAGE OF WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED, BUT IT'S, IT'S A 12.3 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND AND THEY HAVE THE VILLAGE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION APOLOGIZE HERE.
I'M GOING TO GO TO, WELL, WHEN I WAS READING IT, IT SAID THAT IT WAS ALMOST THE SAME.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS HOW MANY UNITS, HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS COULD YOU BUILD THERE TODAY? OKAY.
THROUGH, THROUGH BUFORD COUNTY THEY HAVE, UH, 15 DWELLING UNITS.
AND WHAT WE'RE THEY'RE REFERRING TO IS THAT THEY'RE NOT ASKING TO CON TO BRING THOSE UNITS OVER FROM THE COUNTY INTO THE TOWN.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, HE ALREADY HAS A CLOUD OF UNITS THAT IF HE NEEDS TO USE THEM, HE WOULD ALREADY THAT HE ALREADY OWNS THAT HE COULD USE THEM ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO HE'S NOT REQUESTING NEW UNITS FROM YOU.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE CURRENT UNITS THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST OUR, WE INTEREST SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE YEAH.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT OVER TO GET ALL THESE ANSWERS ISSUES.
SO MANY OF YOU STILL IT'S MONEY.
LIKE WHAT IS THAT POCKET? WHAT IS GOOD? AND WHAT IS THE IDEA? WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 200 AND SOME, ROUGHLY 250 UNITS GOT A CONTRACT ON 250 UNITS ON ANOTHER PARCEL AND, AND BUCK WALTER RIGHT NOW, OR EXCUSE ME, LOI AND ANOTHER PARCEL.
UH THAT'S BY RIGHT AND SO FORTH.
SO WE WON'T HAVE, IF WE HAVE ANYTHING, IT'LL BE 20, 30 UNITS MAYBE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE UNITS, YOU KNOW, UM, AT ONE TIME THAT THE PEOPLE WANT IT.
I COULD JUST KIND OF REALLY QUICK, BUT I THINK I'M TRYING TO LIKE INTERPRET THE QUESTION AND ANSWER.
I KNOW IT'S JUST REMEMBER TO LIKE, AND I KIND OF GOING BACK TO MY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SUMMARY, REMEMBER THERE'S UNITS AND BUCK WALTER, AND THEN THERE'S LAND.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GO TOGETHER UNTIL YOU SELL THE UNITS AND TRANSFER THE UNITS TO THE LAND.
SO WHAT MR. RAY IS SAYING IS THAT HE HAS, HE CONTROLS 250 UNITS.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SIMPLE MATH.
SO THOSE UNITS ARE JUST KIND OF OUT THERE FLOATING IN BUCK WALTER, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
HE COULD TRANSFER SOME OF THOSE UNITS.
SO HE'S NOT REQUESTING ANY ADDITIONAL UNITS FROM TOWN COUNCIL.
THOSE UNITS COULD BE USED ELSEWHERE IN HAMPTON LAKE OR ANOTHER PROPERTY, OR HE COULD SELL PART OF THOSE UNITS 200 UNITS AND THEN USE 50 UNITS HERE.
SO IT'S AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT POCKET OF LAND, IT IT'S KIND OF FLOATING.
THERE'S A, IT'S IT ALL THE I WAS TRYING TO GET, WHAT CAN WE SAY, HOW MANY UNITS COULD BE BUILT THERE IN CASE YOU SELL IT TOMORROW? OR, OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHAT IF YOU SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE POLTI AND THEY WANT TO BUILD THE VERY SOLID, MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY BUILD, LIKE NORMAL.
YEAH, IT DOESN'T ADD ONE UNIT TO WHAT THEY CAN ALREADY BUILD IN BUFFALO.
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ONE PERSON AT THE MIC, ALL Y'ALL I FEEL LIKE Y'ALL GOING TO COME STAND BACK HERE IN A MINUTE.JUST WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ADDING ONE UNIT TO TWO, THE DENSITY, NOT ONE, SO TWO.
SO WE'RE ASKING, THEY'RE ASKING THE INTENT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEPS TO GET TO THESE QUESTIONS.
AND IF IT GOES TO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, IF SOMEBODY, MY THOUGHT IS IF SOMEBODY BOUGHT IT.
CAUSE I, THE NEGOTIATIONS, IF YOU ELECT TO DO ACCEPT THE PETITION, UM, PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS COULD BE THOU SHALT, NOT PUT MORE THAN X UNITS ON THESE 12 MAY BE OKAY WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD SOLVE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF BEATEN AROUND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO COME UP WITH THAT? BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A PETITION APPETITE FOR IT, ESSENTIALLY HAVE AN APPETITE FOR IT.
AND AT SOME POINT, DO WE WANT TO SEND IT TO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE OR DO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT STAFF CAN DO AT A STAFF LEVEL ON OUR WISHES OF, OF WHAT TO DO? AND I GUESS I HAD TWO OTHER QUESTIONS.
ONE, DOES IT HAVE TO GO AND BUCK WALTER COMMONS, DOES IT HAVE TO, I KNOW IT'S BEEN REQUESTED TO, BUT DOESN'T THAT ELIMINATE ALL THE CONCERNS OF YEAH.
SO THE BOOK WALTER COMMONS IS THAT LAND USE TRACK THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IF SO, CHOOSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND BRING THAT IN FRONT OF THE NEGOTIATING COMMISSION AS, UM, POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES OF BEYOND JUST THAT LAND USE, UM, IN THE BOOK CALLED HALTER COMMONS.
BUT ONE EXAMPLE, AS I STATED WAS THAT MAYBE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, UH, DESIGNATION QUESTION, AND I JUST REMEMBERED THIS FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE WISH OF STAFF AT THE TIME IS TO BRING ALL OF IT IN AT ONE TIME.
AND I, I, I FEEL THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WISH WE COULD DO THE WHOLE PARCEL AND FIGURE IT OUT, BUT YOU DIDN'T GO THAT ROUTE.
YOU SEE HOW THE COUNTY TALKS, YOU'RE FRUSTRATED.
AND THIS IS JUST, MY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC THAT RED LIGHT COULD GO AWAY TOMORROW, THAT RED LIGHT'S TEMPORARY.
AND WE'VE JUST GOT TO BE CAREFUL, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE WHAT A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT LIVE BEHIND YOU, THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE TOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM.
AND I HEAR MY INNER FRED, SOMEHOW WE GOT TO GET BUY IN ON WHAT COULD BE THERE AND WHAT THEY WANT AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT WITH JUST ONE RED LIGHT IS TEMPORARY.
LAST TIME, LIKE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN Y'ALL WERE HERE AND YOU HEARD THIS LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION.
UM, UH, I JUST, I DON'T FEEL LIKE GETTING THROWN UNDER THE BUS TOO MUCH, TOO MANY MORE TIMES, BUT WE JUST ALL HAVE TO BE IN THIS TOGETHER ON THE, HOW WE FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND IT'S NOT FOR TONIGHT, BUT JUST THAT'S IN MY HEAD.
AND YOU AND PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP.
JUST LIKE WE TRY TO ANSWER THE DENSITY, NOT WE TRY TO ANSWER, THEY TAKE THE CORNER OUT.
WE CAN'T ANSWER BECAUSE THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN, ALTHOUGH WE WERE SETTING UP A MEETING SOON WITH THE COUNTY OF THE TOWN TO TALK ABOUT SOME TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE, CREATE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE AND WALK AND THEY PARK AND GATHER AND SO FORTH.
AND IT'LL CONNECT TO THE INNOVATION DRIVE WHERE THEY WILL BE ALIVE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT NOW FROM THE COUNTY.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN THEY, UH, WHEN WE GAVE THAT EASEMENT, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T DEVELOP ONE, SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP IT UNTIL THEY PUT A LIGHT UP THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE WILL HELP THE SOMEWHAT, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING A WALKING, GATHERING PLACE.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT LIKE IT INSTEAD OF HATING, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 5% THAT HATE IT.
ANYTHING THAT'S CHANGING, BUT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND WE'RE PLANNING IT AND WE'VE BEEN PLANNING IT FOR 20 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR 20 YEARS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PARTYING POINT IT'S JUST ABOUT THE CHANGES WE CAN UNDER THE 13TH AMENDMENT IS TERRY WAS DOM.
WELL, IT SAYS IT'LL COME IN AND SAY, AS BUCK WALTER COMMONS, WE CAN ATTACH A LIST OF FIVE OR 50 USES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED.
AND IF THERE'S ANY LIMITATIONS, WE CAN ATTACH THAT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I THINK WE HEARD THAT WITH TERRY, UM, IS THERE A MOVE TO ACCEPT UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS, LLC? 100% ANNEXATION PETITION TO ANNEX CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY CONTIGUOUS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, ITS CORPORATE BOUNDARIES CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 12.3, FOUR, EIGHT ACRES,
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MORE OR LESS BEARING THE TEXT NUMBER LISTED SECOND.YOU NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE SAID IT FASTER.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? UM, OKAY.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WILL GO FROM HERE? YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A SHOT.
MA'AM BRING IT BACK AND LET US DECIDE IF WE WANT TO SEND IT TO NEGOTIATING OR DOES COUNCIL ALSO WANT TO SEND IT TO NEGOTIATING NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO LET KEVIN WORK WITH IT AND THEN LET ASSAULT CONSIDERABLY? I HAVE TO SEE STAFF COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND THEN THEY CAN ALWAYS KICK IT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.
WE WE'LL KNOW WHETHER WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
JUST SO I'M CLEAR, WE WILL BRING THIS BACK PRIOR TO BRINGING IT TO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, JUST TO GET A FINAL.
WE'RE NOT VOTING TO SEND IT TO NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE AT THE MOMENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
CAN'T COME YESTERDAY TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
NOW YOU CAN LEAVE IF YOU NEED TO CONSIDER, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL WERE SCARED.
WELL, JOIN THE CLUB CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE IN MANY OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS CUT OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 22, UM, TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS, TO ADDRESS LOCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIS IS SECOND AND FINAL READING.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES FROM FIRST? NO, THERE WERE NOT.
IS THERE A NEED TO HEAR IT AGAIN? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 22 STREET SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY, ARTICLE FOUR SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO ADDRESS LOCATIONS, REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIS IS SECOND AND FINAL READING, RIGHT? YES.
THIS IS PULLING UP FROM THE THAT'S.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
UM, NUMBER FOUR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO PLACE DEED RESTRICTION, UM, TOWN OWNED, PROPERTY REFERENCES, NEW RIVERSIDE PARK LOCATED AT 30 RED BARN DRIVE THIS SALT.
SO A SECOND AND FINAL READING.
AND THERE WERE NO CHANGES OR DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING.
DID DAN VOTE ON THAT LAST ONE? I DIDN'T SEE HE LEFT.
AND YOU SAY THAT, WHAT DID HE DO THEN? OKAY.
I'M PULLING UP THE MOTION HERE.
I DID NOT HAVE IT HANDY AT DAY.
Y'ALL NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO LIBERATE THEIR MOVE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE DECLARATION OF COVENANT TO FAR THE NEW RIVERSIDE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 30 RED BARN DRIVE AND IDENTIFIED BY BUFORD COUNTY.
IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE WAS SAYING, AH, AH, THAT'S FOR, I THINK HE GOT TO PUT IT FOUR IN ONE STAIN OR SOMETHING SO THAT, UM, WE JUMPED TO ITEM SIX CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL 2022 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR EXPENDITURES OF CERTAIN FUNDS AND TO ALLOCATE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR SAID, FUNDS, CHRIS, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE LONG OR, YOU KNOW, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT I STAND BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR QUESTION IS NOT ABOUT DEAN IS GOING TO BE LONG.
SO THERE'S THREE MAIN COMPONENT COMPONENTS OF THE MAJOR BUDGET AMENDMENT THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST IS THE SPEND PLAN FOR OUR UPPER DOLLARS.
UM, SOME GENERAL FUND PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WE'LL ADD AS WELL AS A CIP PROJECT, UH, CHANGES.
SO OVERALL THIS IS KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ARPA SPEND PLAN.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT 30% OF THIS WOULD GO TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF TOWN EMPLOYEES, UH, 26% GOING TOWARDS NON-PROFITS AND OTHER 26% GOING TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAMS AND 17% GOING TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON THE FIRST COLUMN, WHICH IS FYI 22.
SO THE FIRST SECTION OF ARBOR DOLLARS, WE ARE GOING TO CLAIM AS REDUCTION IN LAW AND, UH, REPLACEMENT REDUCTION REVENUE.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, FROM THE, UH, ARPA BRIEFINGS, UM, ARPA DEFINED A REDUCTION IN LOST REVENUE BASED OFF OF THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
UM, AND SINCE OUR REVENUE TRAJECTORY WAS ABOUT 9% ANNUALLY AT THAT TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE IN REVENUE, UM, IT DIDN'T QUITE MEET OUR TRAJECTORY.
SO IT ALLOWED US TO, UH, CLAIM REDUCTION REVENUE.
WE'RE GOING TO CLAIM ABOUT $579,494.
AND IN TURN WE'LL USE THOSE FOR, UH, THREE PROGRAMS, ONE BEING A COVID RETENTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM, UM, A, UH, UH, 59,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REGIONAL
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HOUSING TRUST FUND AND A 22,000 FOR A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, TRAINING INCUBATION PROGRAM.AND WE HAVE NONPROFITS ASSISTANCE GRANTS OF 236,000 AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR 175,000 REGARDING THE COVID RETENTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
UM, THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED.
UM, INITIALLY WE WERE BOUNCING AROUND THE IDEA OF A BONUS PROGRAM FOR HOURS WORK DURING THE, UH, BEGINNING PART OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, ESSENTIALLY IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT, UH, THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATE LEGALITY OF BONUSES FOR PREVIOUS, UH, PAST PAY.
UM, WE ARE, UH, TURNING THE PROGRAM INTO AN INCENTIVE STIPEND, UH, TO RECOGNIZE FOR THE, UH, THE WORK OF TOWN STAFF, UH, ADDRESSING ONGOING CONCERNS AROUND COVID, UM, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT, UH, UH, SPIKE.
AND IT'LL BE STIPENDS THAT WERE PAID OUT MONTHLY OVER SIX MONTHS.
LIKE WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE, UH, THE TOP TIER BEING SWORN OFFICERS.
UH, THE TOTAL OVER SIX MONTHS WOULD BE 4,800, UM, EMPLOYEES IN HIGH CONTACT POSITIONS LIKE PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE CORPS WOULD BE 3,300.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE TOWN EMPLOYEES, THE SUPPORT ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES IS 2100 NEXT.
WE HAVE THE NON-PROFIT AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAMS. UM, AND THE STRUCTURE WILL BE VERY SIMILAR, UM, TO THE NONPROFIT PROGRAM SET UP BY HILTON HEAD.
UM, THERE'S THERE ARE GRANTS WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED A LOT MORE MONEY THAN US, BUT OUR MAX GRANTS WOULD BE $20,000.
UM, AND IT'D BE TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM THE COVID 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
UM, ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPROFITS WILL BE, UH, NON-PROFITS THAT SERVE BLUFFTON AND FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD BE LESS THAN 50 EMPLOYEES, UH, HEADQUARTERED IN BLUFFTON, UH, WITH ACTIVE BUSINESS LICENSE AND CURRENT ON LOCAL TAXES.
AND THEN THIS PROGRAM WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE ARPA GUIDELINES, WHICH ARE VERY, UM, SPECIFIC ON WHAT THE COSTS AND COVER.
UM, SO IT'S PRIMARILY AROUND THE, UH, ADDRESSING IMPACT OF COVID, WHETHER IT BE THE COST THEY INCURRED TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT OR IMPLEMENT NEW PROCEDURES, HEALTH, SAFETY PROCEDURES, UH, TO WEATHER PERIODS OF CLOSURE OF THEIR, OF THEIR BUSINESS OR OTHER, UH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS CAUSED BY A DEPENDENT, WELL, THE GENERAL FUND ADJUSTMENTS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT 900, $9,000 OF THE ARPA.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE IN THERE A TRANSFER TO CIP OF 70,000, WHICH I'VE OVER ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, COMMUNITY PREPARATIONS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, UM, OF 35,000 ADDITIONALLY PSTB AMBASSADOR PROGRAM CLASSES.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING, GONNA ADD FOUR CLASSES WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UH, LOCAL AID TAX REVENUE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLY IN THE NIGHT WHEN THEY PURCHASE THAT INTO THEIR CHECK, BUT THERE'S 55,000, UH, REGARDING WILL, UH, RUN TRACKED AND THEY HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
SO LAST BUDGET, AND THEN WE DESIGNATED THE DOLLARS, UM, AND THIS, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEM WILL BE TO BUDGET THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UH, SHOULD THEY ARISE FROM THE PROGRAM? YEAH, PA UH, ADJUSTMENTS, THE LSE REFLECTIVE GARDEN OF 75,000 TRANSFER VTCS, UH, TO GENERAL FUND FOR THE WE'LL RUN RANCH.
I ALREADY DISCUSSED, UH, POLICE OFFICER FITNESS COURSE OF 50,000 AND THE, UM, A 70,000 FOR SCHEDULING TIME REPORTING AND PAYROLL SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AND AUTOMATION.
UM, THIS GOES TOWARDS ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC ASH ACTION ITEMS ON AUTOMATION AND, UH, UH, LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES.
UH, THE FIRST BULLET OF MINIMUM WAS PRIMARY CARRY FORWARD WAS 11.1 MILLION.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT TONIGHT IS ALMOST 1.6 MILLION FOR A FINAL PROPOSAL, FYI 22 BUDGET, $52.8 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS? JUST ONE QUESTION, CHRIS, THE, WHERE YOU REFER TO THE SMALL, THE NONPROFITS THAT THE SMALL, ALRIGHT, NON-PROFIT PROVIDING SERVICES WITHIN BLUFFTON OR SMALL BUSINESS, LESS THAN 50 EMPLOYEES HEADQUARTERED IN BLUFFTON WITH ACTIVE BUSINESS LICENSE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS OR, OR, I MEAN, SO THE, THE SPECIFIC, UM, OUTLINE PROCEDURES AND, AND, UH, QUALIFYING FACTORS, AS WELL AS THAT BACKUP DOCUMENTATION THAT THE ENTITIES WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE TO PARTICIPANT AT PROGRAM WILL BE OUTLINED, UM, IN INCLUDED IN A, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING.
THIS IS JUST APPROVING DOLLARS FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, THE QUALIFYING COSTS AGAIN, WOULD GO TOWARDS THAT LAST BULLET, SO THEY COULD ONLY GET REIMBURSED FOR THINGS THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES.
AND THE MAXIMUM GRANT WOULD BE UP TO 20,000.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU BE GUARANTEED 20,000, YOU'D HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT.
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BUT YEAH, THAT'S THE OVERALL STRUCTURE.AND I WAS JUST, THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WOULD WITH US HAVING THE ABUNDANCE OF A TAX AND AGE TAX THAT WE DO, UM, NONPROFITS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN GET THAT.
SO SEE A BETTER WAY OF USING THIS.
I MEAN, FOR NONPROFITS OR WE, IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING, I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO GIVE THIS MONEY TO NONPROFITS OR DO WE WANT THEM TO APPLY FOR H TAX RATE TAX, SINCE WE HAVE SO MUCH OF IT WELL, BUT GIVE IT AWAY, PAY TAX VERY RESTRICTIVE.
IT'S ONLY REGARDING, UH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT TOURISM.
UM, WHEREAS THIS WOULD BE SUPPORTING BASICALLY THE, THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC ON THEIR NOT ONLY REVENUE, BUT ALSO THE, THE, UH, THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC AS WELL.
I HAD TO HAVE A 4TH OF JULY PARTY, OR WE ARE THIS THE TOWN GOING TO SPONSOR ONE? YEAH, WE ARE.
WELL, THERE THERE'S NO MEMO TILL WE HAVE THE MONEY TO PLAN IT.
IF COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THE FUNDS TO DO SO.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING A FIREWORKS AND SMALL EVENTS SINCE WE DID NOT DO THAT LAST YEAR, BUT ONCE WE DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO REALLY THINK ABOUT BUDGETING IT EVERY YEAR.
UM, I'VE JUST TWO OTHER THINGS.
THE STIPEND THAT'S GIVEN OUT SINCE THAT'S ARPA MONEY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THEY'VE GOT TO CLAIM AS INCOME? OR IS THAT TAX-FREE OR DO THEY GET A TEXT? NO, JUST TEXT YOU.
OH, WELL, NOT EVERYTHING I JUST THOUGHT SINCE IT WAS HELPING THEM, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAX IT.
THEY'RE ALWAYS TAX AS A TEACHER, EVERYTHING WE GOT WELL STINKS.
AND YOU ALL DESERVE IT BY THE WAY.
AND I HOPE THAT SPREADS OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S COMING AND THEN WHERE'S THE FITNESS.
WHAT DID I MISS? THE FITNESS COURSE MEMO? SO THIS, THIS IS THEIR OBSTACLE COURSE.
UM, AND THIS IS GOING TO GO BEHIND THE NEW PARKING LOT.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL AGAIN, WE HAVE LAND FOR, AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION OF IT, BUT UNTIL THERE'S MONEY, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET DESIGNED OR BUILT, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE TO SET UP AND TAKE DOWN THE OBSTACLE COURSE EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO RUN IT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING ON THE EVERCORE PROPERTY OR SOMEPLACE ELSE.
SO WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WE HAVE SOME LAND RIGHT OFF THE PARKING AREA, GOING BACK TOWARDS THE, UM, THE WETLANDS AREA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CUT A LITTLE AREA OUT AND SET UP, SET IT UP PERMANENTLY.
SO IT WOULD BE A FENCED AND BE WITHIN THEIR SECURE AREA THAT THEY COULD HAVE ROOM BACK THERE.
MOVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE, AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR EXPENDITURES AT CERTAIN FUNDS AND TO ALLOCATE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR SAID FUNDS YOUR SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION.
UM, DO YOU WAIT TILL SECOND READING BEFORE YOU DISPERSE THE START? WHEN DOES A MONTHLY STIPEND START? IT WOULD START THE LAST, UH, UH, PAYROLL OF THE MONTH.
SO FEBRUARY LAST PAYROLL SOBER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
AND I WANT YOU TO READ EVERY REPORT AND Y'ALL ARE DOING SO MUCH WORK AND IT'S REALLY GREAT INFO.
AND I KNOW YOU READ IT TOO, BUT THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION ON ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS AND ALL LIEUTENANT DANIELLE, YOU DO A GREAT JOB WITH COVID.
JUST TELL IT TO BELIEVE WE CAN SEE YOUR FACE, NOT YOUR MASK.
UM, DOES ANYBODY WANT ANYTHING OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOT IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY BY SAYING AYE.