Feb 15, 2022 Hilton Head Island Town Council

[1. Call to Order]

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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15TH.

>> CHRISTER I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER THE COMPLIANCE THE FREEDOM WHERE SHE YOUR FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT. YES SIR.

WE ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE?

I CERTAINLY CAN. MR. BROWN HERE. >> MR. HARKINS HERE.

MR. AMES HERE. MR. EXCUSE ME, MR. STANFORD HERE.

THIS IS BECKER HERE. AND MR. LENNOX. YEAH.

MAYOR MCCANN HERE I'LL PRESENCE OR RELOCATION TODAY ABLE TO GIVE MY PASS THE.

COLIN, PLEASE STAND PLEASE. WOULD YOU JOIN ME AS WE PRAY TOGETHER? MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. TOWN COUNCIL THANK YOU IS GOOD TO BE BACK TOGETHER IN PERSON. IT REALLY IS. SO WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN WATERPROOF FATHER GOD WE THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN AND GOD I DO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GATHERING US BACK IN PERSON. AND FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST BE WITH US TODAY. GOD IS AS WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO STEWARD WELL THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN, THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US .

I PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE THANKFUL FOR IT. FIRST OF ALL, GOD, I THANK YOU FOR THESE WHO ARE CITIZENS WHO ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THIS COMMUNITY LEADERS ELECTED APPOINTED AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THEM AND I THANK YOU FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR EFFORT IN MAKING THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE.

>> I THANK YOU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND GOOD TIMES.

I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT HILTON HEAD SUCCESS AS NEHEMIAH PRAYED FOR THE SUCCESS OF JERUSALEM. FATHER, I PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE AWARE AND PRAY FOR THE SUCCESS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND SUCCESS IN BUSINESS AND SERVICE, IN GOVERNANCE, IN EDUCATION AND FATHER ALSO IN RESPONDING WELL TO THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND FINALLY I PRAY FOR WISDOM TODAY AND THE ISSUES THAT FACE US ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. I PRAY AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE WHO ARE HERE. THOSE WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE GOVERNING WOULD GOVERN WELL WITH PASSION AND FATHER I PRAYED THAT OUR CITIZENS WOULD SEEK DISCERNMENT AND WISDOM.

>> AND FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP EACH ONE OF US WHO MAKE HILTON HEAD ISLAND HAVE WORDS THAT LEAD TO PEACE EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENCES RATHER THAN DISCORD.

FATHER, HELP US TO HAVE ATTITUDES OF UNITY RATHER THAN DIVISION AND HELP US TO ACT WITH COMPASSION RATHER THAN SEEKING OUR OWN COMFORT. FATHER I THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME WE HAVE HERE TODAY AND PRAY YOUR BLESSING OVER IT. WE PRAY THIS ALL IN YOUR NAME.

HEY MAN. >> THANK YOU. AS YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH HAS ONE NATION GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU OKATIE.

[6. Approval of the Agenda]

>> THE APPROVAL OF TODAY'S AGENDA SO MOVED SO I GET. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

[7. Approval of the Minutes]

ANY CHANGES IN DIRECTION? THE MINUTES AGREE. THEY RAISE THE RIGHT HAND

[8. Report of the Town Manager]

REPORTER THE TOWN MANAGER WITH THE WINDOW. >> SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY IN PERSON . I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF ITEMS. WELL A BUNCH OF ITEMS UNDER ITEMS OF INTEREST I WILL JUST SHARE. YOU KNOW, ONE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM OF INTEREST IS ON FEBRUARY 22ND AT 9 A.M. WE WILL HAVE A HOUSING WORKSHOP RIGHT HERE IN TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER. SO MARKET CALENDAR PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN.

>> THANKS FOR TONIGHT. OVERVIEW I SAW MR. TAYLOR HERE SOMEWHERE OVERVIEW OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND HOSPITAL OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS DISCUSSION OF FUTURE NEEDS.

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP. YOU ASKED MR. JOEL TAYLOR, CEO OF THE HILTON HEAD REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO ATTEND TO TALK ABOUT STAFFING, TO TALK ABOUT OPERATIONS, TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND IN SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING ALL OF US BUT IN PARTICULAR THE HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL. AND SO WITH THAT MR. TAYLOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROLANDO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THE INVITATION FOR THOSE I HAVEN'T MET IN PERSON JOEL TAYLOR. I'M THE MARKET CEO FOR HILTON AND REGIONAL HEALTH CARE STARTED IN OCTOBER AND SO I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AS PART OF HILTON HEAD REGIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR ABOUT FIVE AND HALF YEARS.

>> SO NO THE MARKET AND KNOW THIS AREA WELL. WELL AND I WILL TELL YOU THE REPORT TODAY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN HAD I BEEN HERE A MONTH AGO IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL

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DEPARTMENTS. >> WE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE BUSY AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT STAFFING, STAFFING CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE. I THINK IT IS FOR EVERY BUSINESS THAT I AM AWARE OF AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT OUR HOSPITAL HAS DONE FOCUS ON RETENTION AND SO VARIOUS RETENTION BONUSES AND APPRECIATING THE STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US THROUGH THIS FOR SO LONG NOW FOCUSED ON RECRUITMENT AND RECRUITMENT TO THE ISLAND IS IN PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TO BE FRANK.

>> 38 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF LIVE ON THE ISLAND. >> ANOTHER 38 PERCENT LIVE IN BLUFFTON OR OKATIE. HOW WE CAN OFFSET COST OF LIVING CHANGES IN THE AREA.

WE KNOW THAT FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT WE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE.

WE BELIEVE WE ARE. WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

BUT I WOULD TELL YOU EVERYDAY FROM HOUSEKEEPING STAFF TO IMAGING STAFF TO NURSES WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. SO ANYTHING THIS GROUP IS TALKING ABOUT FROM A HOUSING STANDPOINT OR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE USCCB PARTNERSHIPS, GYNECOLOGY, THE LOW COUNTRY EXCUSE ME HAS A GREAT COUPLE OF GREAT PROGRAMS WE PARTNER WITH. SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE ARISEN LAST MONTH BUT OVERALL WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE BUT WE DO NEED MORE STAFF. JOHN, HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH BOB ELLIOTT ABOUT THE NURSE RETENTION SCHOLARSHIP? YES.

>> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. BOB? BOB PLACED A NURSE AT HILTON HEAD WITH THEIR SCHOLARSHIP PLANS. THIS GROUP LIKE SOME PORTION OF THIS GROUP I BELIEVE TALKED WITH BOB AND HIS ORGANIZATION THAT IS FUNDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO KEEP STUDENTS THAT FINISH NURSING SCHOOL AND PARTICULARLY IN PARTICULAR IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND SO THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL AT HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL AND WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE EXPAND THAT ORGANIZATION'S REACH AND HOW CAN WE BE A GOOD PARTNER? JILL, APPRECIATE YOUR COMING AND GIVE US AN UPDATE.

IF IT'S NOT PROPRIETARY. HOW MANY NURSES DO YOU HAVE WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL AND HOW MANY LIVE ON THE ISLAND? OH, I DON'T KNOW THE BREAKDOWN ON THE ISLAND.

>> I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, AS I SAID FROM A FROM A COLLECTIVE STANDPOINT, 30 PERCENT OF HILTON HAD STAFF IN HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES JUST UNDER SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE.

>> SO YOU MENTIONED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION. WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

I APPRECIATE. YES, CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR COVERED HOSPITALIZATIONS AT

THIS POINT? ABSOLUTELY. >> I'M SO ACROSS OUR TWO HOSPITALS SO HELP THAT REGIONAL HEALTHCARE IS MADE UP OF BOTH HEALTH THAT HOSPITAL IN COASTAL CAROLINA ACROSS THE TWO THERE ARE 13 COVERED POSITIVE PATIENTS IN HOUSE, THREE OF WHICH ARE IN THE ICU EIGHT OF THE 13 ARE AT HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL.

>> AND HOW MANY ARE VENTILATED? ONE. AND THAT WOULD HAVE COMPARED TO

60 DAYS AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN MANY MORE THAN THAT. >> 60 DAYS AGO.

SO 60 DAYS TO GO IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME. WE'VE KIND OF WE PEAKED SO TO SPEAK LOCALLY IN THE LOW 20S AND LATE EARLY IN LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY AND WE'VE SEEN A PRETTY STEADY DECLINE OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. GOOD NEWS .

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR..

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU MENTIONED THAT STAFFING IS A CHALLENGE.

I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU CAN DOVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER FOR ME.

OKAY. OF COURSE NOT BEING A BUSINESS I'M NOT PROCLAIMING TO BE A PROFESSIONAL BY ANY MEANS BUT I WOULD SOMEWHAT VIEW THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THE NURSES AND THE DOCTORS DESK KIND OF BEING FRONT LINE AS WELL AS QUOTE UNQUOTE CUSTOMER SERVICES CONTROL BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT THE MOST ABSOLUTE HEART HOW GRIEVOUS YOUR

STAFFING THE DIA AND HOW FAR OFF ARE YOU? >> AS FAR AS BEST INDUSTRY PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH STAFF AND THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.

SO THE E.R. IS THE FRONT DOOR OR HOSPITAL FROM A NURSING STANDPOINT?

>> WE ARE STAFFING CONSISTENTLY AT OUR EXPECTED RATIO BUT NOT EVERY DAY.

SO I MEAN IT VARIES. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN RESPONSE IS BRING IN CONTRACT LABOR SO OUT OF TOWN FOLKS THAT WE PAY A PREMIUM TO TO TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY

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>> IT MAKES IT A CHALLENGE FOR ANY PATIENT THAT WALKS IN THE DOOR.

I THINK THE FLIPSIDE TO ON THE NURSING STAFF CHALLENGES IT'S NOT JUST THE E OR THE WAY THE HOSPITAL WORKS. THE E.R. IS THE FRONT DOOR TO THE HOSPITAL.

BUT WHEN YOU NEED TO BE ADMITTED YOU GO TO THE FLOOR. SO IF THEY'RE STAFFING CHALLENGES THERE TOO, YOU END UP WAITING IN NEW YORK. AND SO THAT HAPPENS ROUTINELY THESE DAYS AND FOLLOWING UP ON A CALL NAMES. QUESTION IS THERE A 30 PERCENT LIVES ON THE ISLAND? THAT'S OF COURSE A SAMPLING EVERYBODY.

RIGHT. IT IS. BUT THAT DEATH STATISTIC I THINK HELPS US A LOT. ALSO IF WE GET A IF WE CAN GET THAT SOMEHOW FROM YOU AS FAR AS THE NURSE, THE PHYSICIANS AND NURSES THAT ACTUALLY LIVE ON HILTON HEAD AND 38 PERCENT IS WHERE YOU ARE CURRENTLY. DO YOU HAVE ANY GOAL IN MIND IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE

TO BE RIGHT NOW? >> COUNCILMAN BROWN THEY COULD LIVE IN TENNESSEE AS LONG AS THEY CAME HERE TO WORK. I WOULD BE HAPPY THE REALITY IS I THINK GIVEN THE COST OF LIVING SITUATION I EXPECT THAT 38 PERCENT TO DECLINE. I JUST THINK THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ASKED THE QUESTION INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY START TO SET SOME LEVEL GOALS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BE WITH THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT I LIVE IN ON HILTON HEAD.

I THINK YOU YOU YOU JUST NATURALLY TAKE MORE OWNERSHIP IF YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE IN. RIGHT. SO AS MUCH AS YOU CAME AS YOU STRATEGICALLY PLAN IF YOU WANT TO THROW A NUMBER AND END AND CONTINUE TO KEEP THROWING THAT NUMBER AT US, IT HELPS US TAKE OUR DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. I APPRECIATE WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING. I APPRECIATE THAT INVITATION. I WOULD SAY IF YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION IN HILTON HEAD SERVES IT'S NOT JUST HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

>> WE OBVIOUSLY TAKE CARE OF FOLKS IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY ON IN THE JASPER COUNTY DEPENDING ON THEIR NEEDS. BUT BUT I WOULD FULLY EXPECT THAT OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP AND RETAIN LOCAL TALENT THROUGH USCCB AND TCO. MY HOPE IS THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL BUT WE'RE REACHING FURTHER BEYOND THAT. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION OF A CHECK WE ALWAYS LIKE CHECKS, JOHN. WHENEVER WE SEE WE GET A CHECK. MOST OF THE TIME IS WORKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON BECAUSE SHE LIKES TO SEE BIG CHECKS EVEN SO BUT THIS IS ABOUT EXPANDING UNEXPLAINED IN COMPANY IN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.

JOHN AND ASHLEY FOR. FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER. JOHN'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SEX INDUSTRY. JOHN O'TOOLE OF COURSE IS THE EXACT DIRECTOR OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.. IT'S A GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL

AND MR. MAYOR. >> NICE TO BE WITH YOU. I APPARENTLY MISTAKENLY CALLED THE MAYOR COUNCILMEN IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND SO I WILL CALL THE MAYOR CONSISTENTLY THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. BUT IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU ALL.

OUR SEX INDUSTRIES TOOK OVER A VACATED BUSINESS BUILDING DOWN ON SPANISH WELLS A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO AND QUICKLY THEY REALIZED THEY WERE OUTGROWING THIS SPACE.

SOME PEOPLE TOLD TOM WHO RUNS THE SHOP YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FEEL THE LOVE IN HILTON HEAD AND AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT, TOM AND MARK ROONEY DO FEEL THE LOVE AND HILTON HEAD AND THE DESIRE TO BE HERE AND APPRECIATE IT. THEY ARE GOING TO BE INVESTING OVER NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS NEW FACILITY ON FINCH ROAD NEW TO THEM AND THERE THEY'RE MAKING THAT INVESTMENT IN THE BUILDING AND IN THE MACHINERY. THEY'LL HAVE 13 JOBS AVERAGING SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WE'LL GET BACK TO COUNCILMAN BROWN'S QUESTIONS ABOUT PERCENTAGE FROM HERE AND THERE AND SO ON. WE'D LIKE TO THANK OBVIOUSLY MY CHAIR ASHLEY FEASTER WHO IS WITH PALMETTO ELECTRIC. I THINK SHE AND BURRO WERE HERE A SHORT TIME AGO WITH A CHECK FOR THE TOWN. THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD STAFF IN PARTICULAR SHOW MARK ORLANDO AND HIS LEADERSHIP SEAN COLE AND SPECIFICALLY TERRY LEWIS WHO HELPED AS THE COMPANY WAS CONSIDERING TO BUY THIS PROPERTY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY COULD OR COULDN'T DO AND WAS IT GOING TO BE THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM TO GROW.

ADDITIONALLY, CHARLIE ST.. OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WORK WITH JOHN RUMBLE TO MAKE SURE

THAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE PROPERTY WAS COMPLIMENTARY. >> THE PLANS TO EXPAND THE AIRPORT AND SO YOU KNOW TOM TOM SPOKE VIA VIDEO AT OUR CONVERGE SUMMIT LAST MONTH AND PEOPLE

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USED TO ASK HIM WHERE HE WHERE HE LIVED. >> HE SAID HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN LIVED ON HILTON HEAD AND HE LIVED OUT OF A HOTEL ROOM.

AND SO WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN THIS BUSINESS ON HILTON HEAD AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AND MAYBE YOU'LL TOM LIVE A CHANCE BUT ONE PIECE THEY WERE MAKING WAS FOR AEROSPACE COMPANY AND IT WAS THE HOUSING FOR CAMERAS THAT WILL EXPLORE THE MOONS OF JUPITER RIGHT PLANET. AND SO PRETTY NEAT BUT TOM IS OUR POSTER CHILD FOR EXPLAINING TO FOLKS HOW YOU CAN DO BUSINESS ON HILTON HEAD AND WHEN YOU GO DOWN ARROW ROAD YOU GO FROM FIT TRON X TO MAP TECH. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY MEGAWATT.

AND THEN YOU GO UP TO L3 L3 HARRIS AND THEN YOU GET UP TO MAP TECH PEOPLE CAN DO THINGS ON HILTON HEAD. AND SO TOM HELPS US TELL THAT STORY BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO OPEN YOUR ARMS UP TO BUSINESS. BUT IT'S GOOD FOR US TO FEEL LIKE WE PUT AN ENERGY OUT THERE AND GET AN ENERGY BACK. AND I THINK TOM DOES FEEL LOVE AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY NEAT IS AND I THINK COUNCILMAN BROWN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AT THEIR EXISTING LOCATION. THERE WERE CHARLIE'S WORKING WITH LJ BUSH ON TRYING TO GET HILTON HEAD STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE ON A COLLEGE TRACK IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WITH THE APPRENTICESHIP CAROLINA PROGRAM AND NICOLE BENTLEY, OUR PARTNER THERE.

>> SO IT'S A NICHE KIND OF INVESTMENT. >> NINE MILLION DOLLARS IS REAL SERIOUS MONEY. AND IT'S MY PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY THAT GIVES US MONEY TO INCENTIVIZE JOBS AND INVESTMENT TO PRESENT. THEY ALREADY CHECK THAT CLEAR.

BUT IF I COULD I COULD GET A PICTURE OF THE MAYOR WITH ROOFIES ACCEPTING THIS CHECK.

IF MARK AND TOM, YOU'VE COME UP I'M SORRY TO BUT YOU KNOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ARE A LITTLE CORNY WITH AND MAYBE EVEN NEAR THE AMERICAN FLAG YOU WERE THE COUNCILMAN THE MAYOR.

PLEASE, PLEASE. AND ASHLEY, IF YOU JOIN THEM AND WE'LL GET THEM.

THANK YOU. SORRY, BUT I APPRECIATE AND IS THERE THERE YOU'RE SQUARE

ENOUGH FOR THE PHOTO. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SQUARE OFF FOR THE PHOTO.

BUT TOM'S EXPERIENCE WAS HIS DAD USED TO SERVICE MACHINE SHOP IN PENNSYLVANIA OR OHIO

WHICH STATE IS AT KENTUCKY? >> I MEAN I'M FROM NEW YORK. SO ALL YOU SEE IS THE ARCH IN MISSOURI AND THEN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. BUT.

HIS DAD USED TO TAKE HIM AROUND AND HIS JOY, HIS APPRECIATION, HIS LOVE OF MANUFACTURING WAS BORN FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES OF BEING IN THE SHOPS IN KENTUCKY AND HE'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH HILTON STUDENTS. SO I THINK WE NOT ONLY HAVE A COMPANY GROWING BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING ADDING TO THE FABRIC OF COMMUNITY. HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND BEAUFORT COUNTY. THANK YOU. AS HOW MUCH WAS A CHECK FOR?

>> TWENTY FIVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JOHN.

AND WELCOME WELCOME AND THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. IT'S JUST A REAL QUICK.

I'LL COME BY FOR A TOUR SOON. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR FACILITY NOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE GROUND AND I'D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR WRITING PROCESS. COME ON. ABSOLUTELY.

I KNOW I'M GOING TO LOOK OVER THERE AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COME IT

COULD COME IN ANYMORE. >> YES, SIR. OK.

ERIC GREENWAY STATUS UPDATE ON THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLE PROGRAM.

HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. SIR, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MAKE

IT TO ALL THE MEETINGS BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS ALWAYS. A PLEASURE. GOOD AFTERNOON.

COLESLAW CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE BEFORE YOU ALL I WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS BEFORE I GET INTO MY PRESENTATION AND ABOUT YOUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WITH THIS MAN AND I HAVE A ORGAN TOGETHER. HE DID NOT PAY ME TO SAY THIS STUFF. SO. AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK JOSH GRUBER AS WELL. HE'S THE REASON THAT I'M IN THIS AREA BACK IN 2018.

HE BROUGHT ME HERE TO BE THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THROUGH NO TALENT OR ABILITY ON MY OWN.

I AM WHERE I AM TODAY AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WHERE I AM THEY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HIM.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR HELLMAN HIS CHURCH, HIS FRIENDSHIP, CHERISH THE

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OR MAYBE NOT. >> SO ANYWAY WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS.

THE STATE RECITE LAYING GOAL FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TO BE AT 40 PERCENT RECYCLABLE AREA IN 2020. BEAUFORT COUNTY WAS AT 18 PERCENT THE STATE AVERAGE FOR RECYCLING ACROSS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT TWENTY FIVE AND A HALF PERCENT. I'M I'LL GIVE YOU ALL OF THESE NUMBERS AND THE NUMBER ONE TILE IS DOWN TO WHERE I'M HEADED IN 2020 BEAUFORT COUNTY COLLECTED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND TONS OF SOLID WASTE IN THE COUNTY. THIRTY THOUSAND OF THOSE TONS WERE RECYCLED. SO WE'RE WELL BELOW THE STATE GOAL OF 40 PERCENT.

ON RECYCLING IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY AND MOST DISPARITIES IN OUR OPINION AT THE COUNTY TO CONTROL THE WASTE STRING IN THE COUNTY DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT COST THAT MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IS COSTING ACROSS STATE IT'S ABOUT 2.8 BILLION DOLLARS THAT IT COST JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE LAST YEAR TO HANDLE THEIR SOLID WASTE IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A TERM AND AN ACRONYM CALLED MURPH ASSUME OUR ELFIN MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY WE SHOULD BE RECOUNTING ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR LOCATIONS TO PUT TWO OF THOSE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLACE FOR THE WASTE TO GO THERE TO BE SORTED OUT INTO THINGS THAT WILL GO TO THE LANDFILL AND THOSE THINGS THAT CAN BE

RECYCLED. >> SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.

THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN THERE. WE STARTED AT DEKALB PROGRAM BACK IN OCTOBER 20 20 AND THAT WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL. AND I WILL HAVE TO TELL YOU AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR I INITIALLY WAS AGAINST THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD DETRACT OR BE A DETERRENT OR HARM THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAS NOT PROVEN TO BE THE CASE.

>> WE'VE ISSUED NEARLY FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND SOLID WASTE DECALS TO RESIDENTS.

THEY GET TO DO FOR THOSE DECALS. THEY GET TO DO THE THINGS ON THAT SCREEN AND THE BULLET POINTS UNDERNEATH THERE THEY GET 3 3 VISITS PER WEEK TO DROP THEIR SOLID WASTE IN THE RECYCLABLES OFF THAT COMING UP CENTER.

>> THEY IF THEY'RE A RENTER THEN THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH THEIR LANDLORD TO GET THEIR DEKALB. SO IT'S A WAY FOR US TO START REDUCING THE COST OF THE OF SOLID WASTE WITH THIS WORK. OK, THANK YOU. AND COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO APPLY FOR DEKALB HAD TO MAKE A RANGE MUCH FOR COMMERCIAL HAULERS TO PICK UP THEIR SOLID WASTE AND CARRY THAT TO THE LANDFILL ITSELF. THIS IS THE SCHEDULE OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ON THE RIGHT FOR THE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

YOU'LL SEE THAT HILTON HEAD AT 26 SUMMER DRIVE IS OPEN MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR RESIDENTS TO DO THEIR SOLID WASTE DROP OFF THERE IF THEY DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE TO PICK UP THEIR SOLID BASE. ALL RIGHT.

SO LET ME THIS THING GOT A LITTLE QUICK ON ME THERE. SORRY.

SO BASICALLY AROUND THE COUNTY THE FOLLOWING YEAR POLITIES USE THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES TO PICK

UP THEIR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLES CITY. >> BEAUFORT USES CAPITAL WAYS TOWN OF BLUFFTON USES YOU ALL USE THE COUNTY CENTERS AND SOME CURBSIDE THROUGHOUT YOUR JURISDICTION. PORT ROYAL USES WASTE PROBE AND THEY HAVE AN RFP OUT FOR NEW HAULERS AND GMAC USES S AND S DISPOSAL. IF YOU NEED ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM USES ANY OF THOSE YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER TWO BULLET POINTS THERE ABOUT OTHER COMPANY D AN ABOUT CALL ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR WHAT THEY PARTICULARLY RECYCLE AT AS A PART OF THEIR

PROGRAM. >> BUT THESE ARE THE BIG NUMBERS HERE THAT I WANT SPEND A MAJORITY OF MY TIME ON. SO THIS IS FROM A COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAD GO OUT BACK IN JULY

OF 20 21. >> THE PROGRAM IS BENDING AND PLAY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AT

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SO WHAT HAPPENED IS WAS EXACTLY WHAT MY STAFF WHO ARE A LOT MORE EDUCATED ON THESE THINGS THAN I WAS AT THE TIME AND THAT WHAT THEIR THEORY WAS PROVED TO BE ACCURATE.

A LOT OF COMMERCIAL HAULERS STOOD TALL IN THEIR SOLID WASTE TO THE LANDFILL WERE HOLLAND OR SOLID WASTE TO OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND USING OUR CONVENIENT CENTERS FOR US TO PAY THE BILL AT THE LANDFILL. SO WHEN WE WENT AND IMPLEMENTED THE DEKALB PROGRAM OUR VOLUMES WENT DOWN. OUR CALLS WENT DOWN BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE COMMERCIAL HAULER MATERIALS AND THE TONNAGES THAT THEY WERE CARRYING TO THE LANDFILL AND JASPER WENT UP AND THEIR COST TO TO THE LANDFILL OF COURSE WENT UP. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE CHARGING RESIDENTS TO HAUL THE MATERIALS TO THE LANDFILL WERE PAYING THE LANDFILL THOSE MATERIALS THERE AND THE COUNTIES AND MOST COUNTIES WOULD SEE A REDUCTION IN THE COST TO US. SO THAT PROVED TO BE THE CASE OF ABOUT THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. BEAUFORT COUNTY ALSO SAW A 6 PERCENT DECREASE IN DISPOSAL COST COUNTING AS A SAVINGS OF ONE OR SIXTY THOUSAND.

AND SO THAT'S NOT TWO HUNDRED NINETY. IT'S 160 OF WHAT WE SAVED TO LANDFILL AT AT RIDGE 1 INSTEAD OF THE 2. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IT WORKED OUT WELL IT'S WORKING OUT WELL . WE NOW GET CALLS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS FROM ACROSS THE NATION WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT OUR DEKALB PROGRAM, HOW IT WORKS, HOW WE WENT ABOUT IMPLEMENTING AND WHAT THESE COST SAVINGS ARE TO THOSE JURISDICTIONS. I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.

I UNDERSTAND I'M OUT. TALKED TO MR. BOOGALOO AND FOLKS HERE EARLIER ABOUT CONTINUING THIS DISCUSSION ON GAINING CONTROL OF THE WASTE STREAM.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH YOU ALL AND SEE IF WE CAN GET ON TOP OF THE COST FOR SOLID WASTE. AND I WILL PUT IN A PLUG FOR RECYCLING RECYCLE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM. WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO RECYCLE REUSE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DONATE STUFF. DON'T THROW IT AWAY AND LANDFILL IF YOU'VE GOT FURNITURE CLOSURE OR THINGS LIKE THAT OR USABLE YOU TAKE THOSE AND DONATE THEM. AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE YOU CAN IF YOU'RE INTO IT I'VE COMPOST A LOT OF OWN MATERIALS AT MY HOUSE. WE SELL COMPOST CONTAINERS THROUGH SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT AT THE COUNTY FOR FIFTY DOLLARS SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT JUST GET ON THE WEBSITE THERE AND PURCHASE ONE OF THOSE AND AND DO THAT.

SO ANYWAY THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MISS YOU I HAVE GOT THE QUESTIONS FROM ARE REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS. DAVID MR. GREENWAY I APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING UP THE RECYCLING AT THE AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL. FOR YEARS I'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY THEY'RE RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE PAYING FOR WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE GENERAL DUMP AND NOT BEING RECYCLED. I'VE CALLED WASTE MANAGEMENT IN DALLAS TO TRY TO GET AN ANSWER.

I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. CAN I ASK THE COUNTY TO CONFIRM FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT IN FACT WHEN WE'RE PAYING A SURCHARGE FOR RECYCLING IT'S ACTUALLY BEING RECYCLED SO.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> SO THERE'S TWO THERE'S TWO ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION.

AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO FROM A RECYCLING SITUATION IS GOING IN THE APPROPRIATE TRUCK IN THE APPROPRIATE BINS TO GET DONE WHAT THE END USER DOES WITH THAT PRODUCT.

>> WHENEVER WE TAKE THEM, WE HAVE NO WAY OF VERIFYING THAT YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE THAT RECYCLABLES WHERE I'M REVENUE GENERATOR FOR WASTE HAULERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAS THAT TREND HAS SHIFTED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WHERE MEANING TIMES YOU'RE HAVING TO PAY TO GET RID OF THAT STUFF. SO IF YOU'RE HAVING TO PAY TO GET RID OF IT THEN I WAS SUSPECT AND I DON'T KNOW THIS BUT I CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER TO CONFIRM MY SUSPICION IS THAT

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TO PAY FOR. >> OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE PAYING THAT PREMIUM AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO IT AND IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE DUMP AS IT SHOULD BE. MAYOR, I'D REQUEST THAT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD WRITE LETTERS TO THAT GROUP OF CONTRACTORS AND ASK THEM TO CONFIRM THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING INTO A RECYCLING PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

YES. THEN I'LL I'LL REACH OUT OUR SOLID WASTE OUT, MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THAT PROPERLY AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE YOU ALL ANY ADDITIONAL MORE

CONCRETE INFORMATION AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE.

ERIC ALEX. YES, IT'S GREAT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

YOUR FIRST LIGHT MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE RENTERS HAVE TO GET THE DETAIL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THERE'S THE 4 PERCENT OR 6 PERCENT PROPERTY IN OWNERSHIP

MAKING A DIFFERENCE SO YOU GET IT DOES TO A DEGREE. >> I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE 6 PERCENT IN THAT SUB AND WE CAN VERIFY THAT THE IDEA IS A RENTAL SITUATION, A NON OWNER OCCUPIED SITUATION THERE ARE THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR RENTERS TO GO THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR THE LANDLORD TO GET THOSE DECALS. BUT THERE IS SOME SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE 6 PERCENT SITUATIONS ON HOMES LIKE AN IRISH PROPERTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND FAMILY COMPOUNDS FROM MULTIPLE STRUCTURES IN THE COUNTY IS LOCATED ON THE SAME PIECE AND LAND IN THOSE PARTICULAR CASES ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO GET A

DISCOUNT IF IT IF IT MAKES SENSE. >> THERE'S DEPARTMENT OF THE

COUNTY THAT HANDLES THAT. >> YEAH I SAW THE WASTE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S DEDICATED TO PROCESSING DTI APPLICATIONS DOING THE RESEARCH AND LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION, VERIFYING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND MAKING A DETERMINATION ON WHEN THE DECALS SHOULD BE ISSUED DUE TO AN INDIVIDUAL REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S A 4 PERCENT OR 6

SITUATION. >> OK. SO I GUESS WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THERE AS FAR AS THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE COUNTY VERSUS WHAT WE'VE ISSUED DETAILS SO

FAR. >> YEAH I WOULD LOOK AT THAT MORE THAT FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND NO MORE AS HOUSEHOLDS NOT NECESSARILY INDIVIDUALS FROM A POPULATION STANDPOINT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND PARCELS.

SO I'M NOT COMMERCIAL HAULERS APART. I MEAN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PEOPLE THAT HAVE MORE THAN FOUR PLEX ON THEIR PROPERTY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A DISCOUNT. SO THAT NUMBER OF FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND YOU KNOW THAT'S ADDRESSES AND PARCEL LEVEL TYPE INFORMATION, NOT INDIVIDUALS. SO WE'VE WE PUT A SIGNIFICANT

DENT IN GETTING DECALS OUT TO THE PROPERTIES IN THE COUNTY. >> AND DO YOU NEED A DETAIL TO

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RECYCLING ? >> YOU DO NOT.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A DISCOUNT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

TWO OF THE BLUFFTON SITE OR TO THE SHANKLIN ROAD SIDE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

>> THEY CAN'T TAKE THEM TO HELP . I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE, HAILED HILTON HEAD WITH IT BEING AN ISLAND AND BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. YEAH, AND OUR RESIDENTS WANTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF US BEING ABLE TO RECYCLE. HILTON I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION BUT I THINK THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND WHILE I'M ON RECYCLING I KNOW THAT THE PLACES THAT JASPER OFFERED UP RECYCLING FOR ELECTRONICS WITH TECHNOLOGY BEING WHAT IT IS NOWADAYS YOU KNOW THIS THING IS OUTDATED TOMORROW.

RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO THROW IT AWAY. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER OFFERING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE. YEAH. WE DO ALL FOR THOSE AROUND.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT SIGNED UP FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE COUNTY, YOU NEED TO GET ON THAT EMAIL LIST BECAUSE WE DO SEND OUT COMMUNICATIONS PERIODICALLY I THINK ABOUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR. WE OFFER A LOT CHRONIC RECYCLING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGH THE COUNTY. I'LL CHECK INTO THE DETAILS AND GET MR. ORLANDO SOME DETAILS ABOUT WHERE WE DO THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING THOSE ELECTRONIC RECYCLING PROGRAMS HERE ON THE ISLAND AS WELL. AND I'LL I'LL GO AHEAD AND

CHECK FURTHER. >> I KNOW THAT YOU DO PERIODICALLY BRAG THAT JASPER HAS A BIG YEAH ON A DAILY BASIS WHERE YOU CAN OFFER ELECTRONICS AGAIN WITH THE DEMAND RIGHT OF ELECTRONICS. CAN THE CHANGES MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN OFFER ON SITE ALSO. YEAH, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS SOME JURISDICTIONS THAT DO THAT BUT YOU KNOW USUALLY WHAT YOU FIND IS I HAVE A HARD TIME

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AT CAPACITY. >> WHAT ARE THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS THAT ARE ONGOING BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER POTENTIAL SITE? WELL, I I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN THE COUNTY AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO

IDENTIFY SITE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY CAMPBELLS. >> WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH JASPER COUNTY BECAUSE OF THAT REASON ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND WHAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION FOR US. SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD ONE. BUT ONCE WE IDENTIFY WHERE WE COME TO ACTUALLY PUT A MURPH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO START DISCUSSIONS.

>> ALL THE DISPARITY ABOUT WHAT WHAT OUR WHAT OUR GAME PLAN IS MOVE THEM FORWARD AND I'M SURE WE'RE WE'RE TO THAT POINT YET. THE MOTTO IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CREATING SUSTAINABILITY. AGAIN, AND TO ME THIS IS A VITAL COMPONENT OF THAT AND HAVING A DUMP THAT IS MODERN AND HANDLES THE RECYCLING AND SO FORTH IS VITAL.

AND SO I THINK THAT I APPRECIATE THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS GOING ON BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO BE REDOUBLED BECAUSE WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM THERE.

I AGREE. I AGREE AND IT'S CERTAINLY A COSTLY SITUATION FOR ALL OF US AND IT'S ONE THAT WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF . RIGHT.

>> THANK VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GAVE US A LOT GOOD DATA THAT WE CAN SHARE AND I THINK THE BEST WAY FOR US TO SHARE WITH THE RESIDENTS IS THERE'S A SPACE ON OUR WEB SITE.

SO THOSE DATES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE COUNTY'S WEB SITE ARE EASILY FOUND LOCALLY HERE. YEAH. YOU ALL HAVE THIS PRESENTATION

. >> BUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU MAY NEED FOR ME? I'LL BE GLAD TO BE GLAD TO GET A SHARE WITH YOU ALL SO THAT YOU ALL CAN PUT IT ON YOUR WEB SITE IS REALLY HELPFUL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING A GREAT DEAL OF COOL CAPITAL HAS BEEN INVESTED BY JIC ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

AND CERTAINLY WE AS AN ISLAND THAT PRIDE OURSELVES IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE IN TERMS OF OUR PERFORMANCE. SO I I WELCOME YOU COMING FORWARD, BRINGING THIS TO THE PUBLIC EYE AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE JIC OUR COUNCIL AND OTHER COUNCILS COMING FORWARD, I THINK COLLECTIVELY WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER. I AGREE WITH THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL AMERICA. SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S KIND OF TWO EXTRA LAYERS TO EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. ONE, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDES A SWOT ANALYSIS EXPECTATION FROM STAFF IN THE COMING YEAR ON SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING IN THE COUNTY.

AND SO HOW IT AFFECTS OUR OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER IS THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL THE SUSTAIN CAPABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE PUT FORWARD TO PLANNING COMMISSION OF RESOLUTION PLANNING COMMISSION THEREFORE PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT ASKED US TO ADVANCE IT TO TOWN COUNCIL TO ENSURE THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THE LANDFILL AND RECYCLING IN THE REGION AND HOW IT AFFECTS US. SO REALLY, REALLY TWO ADDITIONAL LAYERS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THOSE.

THANK YOU. DAVID WANTED TO PARENTS BY CITIZENS LATER ON HAVE A COMMENT ON RECYCLING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT MISS JEN MCHUGH AND DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE

STUDENT ART MURAL TEMPORARY EXHIBITION. >> HI JEN DWYER MCEWAN DIRECTOR

OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR THE RECORD. >> SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND WE PUT LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ARTIST MARY FERRIS INTO THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR A THREE WEEK ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

HE WORKED FOR THE TOOTIE VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS AND THOSE KIDS GOT TWO PRODUCTS FROM THAT.

ONE WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL GULLAH HISTORY INSPIRED MURAL AT THE SCHOOL INSPIRED BY MARY'S AESTHETIC A STYLE THAT WAS MANAGED BY THE TWO VISUAL ARTS TEACHER MONIQUE MONIQUE DOUBLE LA AND THEN THE OTHER WOULD BE THE FINAL PROJECT WHERE THIS FOR THE STUDENTS WAS

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AS YOU CAN SEE THE NINE GO AROUND THAT WALKING TRAIL AND THERE'S KIND OF A VIRTUAL MOCKUP OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THAT ONE IS NOT IN THE WATER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT PIN GOT MOVED BETWEEN MY DESK AND ARI. AND THEN HERE IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD GO ON IT SAILING AND ROWING AND JUST KIND OF PUT IT IN A TINY LITTLE EXHIBITION AROUND THE PAVILION THERE THAT'S THAT MANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHN.

>> THANK YOU. JOSEPH THANK YOU. JOHN AND NOW A DIFFERENT JEN.

JEN GRAY, CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGER TO GIVE THE QUARTERLY STATUS UPDATE ON OUR WONDERFUL PROGRAM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. JENNIFER RAY FOR THE RECORD.

AND YOU'LL RECALL IN THE PREVIOUS BEFORE I FOCUSED ON BUDGET SCOPE AND SCHEDULE SO I BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THOSE FOR YOU TODAY BASED ON THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER FIRST THROUGH DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST.

SO FIRST HIGHLIGHT BUDGET. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF OUR BUDGET BALANCE PER CATEGORY.

>> IT INCLUDES WHAT WE HAVE EXPENDED WHICH MEANS WE'VE SPENT THAT WE'VE CUT A CHECK FOR THAT OR WE'VE ENCUMBERED WHICH MEANS WE'VE COMMITTED TO SPEND THAT MONEY WE'VE COMMITTED OR EXPENDED ABOUT 2 MILLION DOLLARS SO FAR. SO THAT'S QUITE A SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS OVER QUARTER ONE WHERE WE WERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH OUR BUDGET. HERE'S JUST ANOTHER CHART THAT SHOWS THE COMPARISON OF THE TOTAL BUDGET TO THE BUDGET BALANCE. AND I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE HERE PATHWAYS. THE SECOND ONE FROM THE RIGHT THE BAR ON THE LEFT, THE TALL BARS, THE APPROVED BUDGET. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BY THE END OF QUARTER 2 THAT BAR IS MUCH SMALLER. SO WE HAVE COMMITTED OR EXPENDED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT PROJECT'S BUDGET. THE NEXT ITEM IS SCOPE. AND IN THIS EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ALSO AGAINST THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS.

EACH PROJECT MANAGER REPORTS ON THEIR PERCENT COMPLETE IS HOW WE MEASURE THE PROGRESS ON A PROJECT AND IN THIS CHART WE COMBINED EACH PROJECT IN ITS CATEGORY AND COMPARE FISCAL QUARTER ONE TO QUARTER TWO OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO AS THE BAR GETS TALLER THAT MEANS MORE OF THE PROJECTS ARE BEING COMPLETED. SO AGAIN IF YOU LOOK AT PATHWAYS AS AN EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE IT WENT FROM 6 PERCENT COMPLETE THROUGH THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER TO 19 PERCENT AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER. SO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS STARTING TO BE MADE WITHIN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. THE THIRD COMPONENT IS THE SCHEDULE AND THIS I KNOW IS HARD TO READ ON THE SCREEN BUT IS IN YOUR POCKETS AND ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THE SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS COMBINED. WHAT THIS IS NICE TO SEE IS WHEN THINGS ARE STARTING AND THEN THE DURATION AND I'LL CALL OUT A FEW PROJECTS HERE THAT WE JUST STARTED IN THAT QUARTER WE'RE MAKING I MENTIONED A LOT OF PROGRESS ON PATHWAYS SHELTER COVE LANE WOULD HAVEN DRIVE AND WILLIAM PELHAM PARKWAY PATHWAYS ARE ALL IN SOME PHASE OF SURVEYING OR DESIGN ISLANDERS BEACH PARK. WE HAVE BOTH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON WITH THE PAVILION THE OVERLOOK PAVILION STARTED THIS QUARTER AND THEN PLANNING AND SURVEYING FOR LARGER IMPROVEMENTS THERE AND THEN STARTING IN QUARTER 3 WHICH IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE RIGHT NOW . YOU CAN SEE A LIST THERE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS JUST SOME SELECT ONES THE CORRIDOR STUDIES. SO WE'VE ENGAGED WITH KIOSK TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID ON THE GATEWAY CORRIDOR AND START LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE CORRIDORS ON THE ISLAND NEXT QUARTER WHEN I'M BACK AGAIN.

I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME PROJECTS WILL BE FINISHED. SO IT'LL BE NICE TO SEE SOME PHOTOS BEFORE I CLOSE OUT. JUST A REMINDER ON OUR VIP DASHBOARD ON THE TOWN'S WEB PAGE YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF PROJECT DETAILS SEE THE STATUS OF EACH PROJECT TO

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THOSE HAVE BEEN UPDATED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS IN F TWENTY 22 QUARTER 3.

WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BE UPDATING ON A MONTHLY BASIS WITH AN AIR TABLE SO MUCH LIKE YOU'VE GOTTEN FAMILIAR WITH FOR THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THE AIR TABLE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE

UPDATES ON A MONTHLY BASIS AS WELL. >> THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE.

I KNOW IT WAS BRIEF BUT YOU'VE GOT A BIG AGENDA. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LIE YOUR TIME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AND YOUR CONFIDENCE IN OUR TEAM. AND JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PROJECT MANAGERS BOTH IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM AND THEN ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

THEY ARE PUTTING OUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO DO REALLY GOOD WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON WHAT YOU ALL APPROVED IN THE BUDGET. AND I SEE THAT CONTINUING THROUGH THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS AND THEN INTO NY TWENTY OUT. THANK WELCOME ABOUT COMPUTER SKILLS LIMITED. OKAY BUT I TRIED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT DASHBOARD. YES I HAD TROUBLE TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH FOR BUSINESS AS I WENT INTO THE PARKS IT GAVE ME A LIST OF BOX AND WHEN I CLICKED ONE PORK COULDN'T GET BACK TO THE OTHER PARTS BUT THAT COULD JUST BE ME. BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD VERIFY THAT I'M AN IDIOT THEY'D BE GREAT. THE OTHER THING I HAD YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION IF YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO WHERE WE ARE ON THE PATTERSON PARK. OKAY. ONE I KEEP GETTING PHONE CALLS ABOUT. THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS DOWN HERE I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. YES, SIR. AGAIN, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE PUTTING INTO MANAGING THIS ENORMOUS SEE AT THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE PUT ON YOU. WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

>> THANK YOU. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JAN, THANK YOU. CAN'T GET AWAY WITHOUT ME SAYING THANK YOU TO TO YOU AND YOUR AMAZING TEAM AND REALLY IT'S BEYOND JUST THE SEE IP PROJECT MANAGERS. IT'S THE TEAM IT'S SHAWN VERY INVOLVED AND AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHERS VERY INVOLVED. GREAT. ABSOLUTELY.

AARON AND JEFF, GREAT SEE EYEPIECE TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO REALLY SEE BRIAN AND WE THINK ABOUT IT AND PLANET AND TALK ABOUT IT AND WHAT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT JEN BUILT WITH WITH SOME REALLY GREAT I.T. HELP AND OTHER TEAM TEAM MEMBERS THAT YOU COMPLETELY REBUILT THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE RC IP AND SO THE TAKEAWAY PERHAPS TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE IS WE'RE NOT SO MUCH JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PATH OR THE SOCCER FIELD OR WHATNOT. JEN'S TALKING ABOUT STATUS AND HOW WE'RE USING OUR MONEY AND WHEN WE'RE USING THE MONEY AND AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT. SO THANK YOU MAYOR MCCANN, THAT

[9. Reports of the Members of the Town Council]

BEFORE WE GOING TO PUT BY COUNCIL MEMBERS BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL MYSELF WE'RE THRILLED TO BE BACK. WE WORK BETTER TOGETHER WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER AND WE WORK BETTER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE BACK AND YOU'LL SEE US FROM NOW ON. THE OTHER THING IS THAT DONALD TOOLE MADE HIS PRESENTATION TODAY. IF YOU RECOGNIZE CHARLEY WITH GET THEM, CHARLIE DOES MOST OF THE WORK. CHARLIE, WELCOME. I WANT TO SAY TODAY I DID AN INTERVIEW I WAS PROBABLY BEING INTERVIEWED WITH THE TOM BARNWELL JUNIOR.

IT WAS GREAT. I MEAN IT WAS JUST WE RAN OUT OF TIME.

WE PASSED BY THE HALF HOUR MARK AND WE RAN OUT OF TIME. MR BOND, WELL, IT'S A PLEASURE HAVING YOU HERE. IT'S GONNA BE ON A COUNTY CHANNEL ON FEBRUARY 24TH.

SO I SUGGEST EVERYBODY LOOK AT IT. IT'S REALLY, REALLY WORTHY WORTHWHILE AND I THANK YOU TOM WHO PUTS MY COUNT GENERALLY? BY COUNT.

I HAVE WATER REPORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE WHAT I THINK HAS BEEN FAIR.

FANTASTIC WORK LED BY JOSH AND OTHER KEY STAFF IN TERMS OF MANAGING AND PLAYING WITH THE COMPLEX DATA ON REDISTRICTING. I THINK IN VERY SHORT ORDER THEY HAVE MASTERED A VEHICLE THAT TO ME IS COMPLEX AND THEY TRANSLATE A VERY SIMPLE WAY.

SO A TOOL I THINK THAT IS GOING BE VERY HELPFUL TO OUR COLLEAGUES HERE AND TO THE PUBLIC. SO THANK YOU. AND OTHER GENERAL REPORTS.

EVEN THE USE OF FORCE. DAVID HAVE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AND A SUGGESTION FOR COUNCIL. 50 YEARS GO. STAN SMITH WON WIMBLEDON AND

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STAN RAISED A BUNCH OF MONEY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TWENTY FIVE OR SO YEARS AGO.

HE'S BEEN AN AMBASSADOR FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND AN IMPORTANT AMBASSADOR INTERNATIONALLY.

MY SUGGESTION THERE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE THIS MEETING BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO BE OFFERING A RESOLUTION.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE IF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND DOES THE SAME.

IT WAS CHRISTIAN, MR. BROWN. YES. I READ AN E-MAIL AND I APPLAUD THE COUNTY FOR TAKING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING COUNCIL MEETINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

ONE IS SCHEDULED ON HILTON HEAD I THINK ON FEB. 28, 5:00 P.M. WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE YET.

BUT AT SCHOOL. THANK YOU, SIR. AS WE WANT TO CONTINUE HAVE FABRIC CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR OUR FRIENDS AT THE COUNCIL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY NEED FOR A PUBLIC NOTICE IN CASE ONE, THREE OR FOUR OF US SHOW UP TO THAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS? OKAY.

REPORT THE LOWCOUNTRY COUNTRY AREA TRANSPORTATION. MR. STANFORD.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE LET'S HAILED AS REGULAR MEETING ON FEBRUARY THE 4TH. WE HAD A DETAILED REPORT FROM CRAIG WINN SC DOJ.

HE REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO MOST ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY NASA TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCES OF THE PROJECT. AS THE DOJ WE HAD CREATED IT.

THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING ON MARCH THE 3RD AT WHICH TIME THE DETAILS OF WHAT THE MODIFICATIONS ARE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AND THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS INCLUDES WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE.

IF YOU'LL RECALL RADIO PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE CALL FOR ONE SINGLE SPAN I THINK 110 FEET WIDE OF CONCRETE AND SOME OF US ARE NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THE APPEARANCES OF THAT LEADING INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND M.K. SCA HAS SUGGEST INSTEAD OF THAT TWO SPANS WE SHOULD BE MORE LIKE WHAT WE HAVE NOW. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL COST? AND SO WE'RE GONNA GET INFORMATION FROM NASA AND DOJ ON THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THAT AND WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF DECISIONS ACCORDINGLY. HE REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED OVER 500 46 COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND THEY HAVE RESPOND DID TO ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE RECEIVED A SUMMARY OF THOSE RESPONSES AS PART OF OUR MATERIAL.

MR WHAN EXPECTS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JUNE AND THEY ARE ADAPTING THE M.K. S.K. RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE PROJECT.

HE THEN REPORTED THAT THE STATE HAS APPROVED SOME 700 NEW HORSE WALKS IN THE STATE.

ONLY SEVEN HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THE LOWCOUNTRY REGION. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUTH IS GOING ON THERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR CROSSWALKS ARE GETTING STATE SUPPORT AND WE CAN PROTECT CITIZENS AS THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY. WE HAD A DETAILED REPORT FROM PALMETTO BREEZE. I THINK PROBABLY GOING TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM PALMETTO BRIDGE TODAY. SO I WON'T STEAL HER THUNDER ON THIS BUT I'M VERY PLEASED AT WHAT PALMETTO BREEZE IS DOING TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION FOR US HERE ON THE ISLAND.

I THINK THAT NOW THE SHUTTLE IN THE HIGH SEASON HAS GOT REAL MOMENTUM.

THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS USING IT IS INCREASING COME OUT OF RES AS INDICATED FLEXIBILITY . IN TERMS OF USING THE THE SHUTTLE BUSES SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR BEACH EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF REGALIA THAT PEOPLE CARRY OUT THERE SO THAT THAT WILL BE THE THAT MUCH BETTER. AND THEN FOUND THAT A BREEZE IS ALSO WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR SOME MORE ABOUT THAT.

SO THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN TERMS OF REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION.

>> WE TRY TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THOSE AND KEEP UP WITH THEM AND REPORT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

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MISS BECKER. >> OUR FEBRUARY MEETING HAS CANCELED AND OUR MARCH MEETING IS GOING TO BE HELD IN PERSON. I AM SUPER EXCITED GIVING MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. WHAT THE CELL CAROLINA FLOOD WATER COMMISSION, MR BROWN.

THE REPORT. WHAT DID THE LOW COUNTY REGIONAL BOARD MISS THE LENNOX.

THANK YOU. JOHN SLOCOMBE MET ON JANUARY 25TH WITH TWO AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST WAS AN UPDATE ON THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND DONE BY ERIC GREENWAY AND WE ARE SOON APPROACHING THE POINT WHERE THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON ITS PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT OF THAT EFFORT. ERIC THEN INTRODUCED TAMI HOY WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY WORKS FUND AS A POSSIBLE COLLABORATE WITH THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND. THE WORKS FUND IS A GREENVILLE BASED CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT MAKES SMALL AND MICRO BUSINESS LOANS MAKES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY LOANS, MAKES LOANS FOR DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE, MAKES TRADITIONAL CONSUMER LOANS AS WELL AS OFFERING BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL COACHING AND THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A WOMAN'S BUSINESS CENTER. SO THERE IS SOME NATURAL AFFINITIES BETWEEN WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT THE MISSION OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND IS TO DO. SO THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THE WITH THE FUND. THANK YOU, MR. AMES. NO REPORT, MR. HAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IN OUR RECENT COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAD A GOOD EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FROM MEMBERS OF G.I. RELATIVE TO ERIC GREENWAY PRESENTATION. EARLIER TODAY THE SENSE WAS MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE.

MUCH SHOULD BE DONE AND WE DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTION OTHER THAN WE KNOW IT'S IN THE GOOD HANDS OF OUR TOWN MANAGER. HE'S IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION AND I'LL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME ON THAT SUBJECT TO PETER CHRISTIAN WHO IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING SO I UNDERSTAND ON THAT SUBJECT. IN TERMS OF APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS THAT OUR NEXT MEETING

WE'LL BE REVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS. >> SOME MORE ON THAT LATER.

AND IN TERMS OF WORK PRODUCT, IT'S REFLECTED IN TWO ITEMS COMING FORWARD HERE ON THE AGENDA NAMELY ELEVEN A 12 THE THAT'S MY REPORT, SIR. THANK YOU.

PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, MR. AMES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MET ON JANUARY 20 7TH, RECEIVED UPDATE ON SHORT TERM RENTALS AND AFTER A SERIES OF VERY SUCCESSFUL WEBINARS THAT HAD OVER 500 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE . SECONDLY, IT RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON BEACH PARKING MASTER PLAN AND ALSO DISCUSSED THE ISLANDER BEACH PARK AND RECOMMENDED PASSING ON TO TOWN COUNCIL ITS THOUGHTS ON PASSES, FEES AND ELIMINATING OR PROHIBITING SHUTTLES AND ISLANDERS BEACH

PARK. >> AND THEN LASTLY DISCUSSED ONCE AGAIN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR EA BIKES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. LENNOX.

HAVE ANY THANK YOU JOHN F. A HELD TWO OF FOUR WORKSHOPS ON REDISTRICTING.

THE FIRST WAS ON FEBRUARY THIRD AND THE SECOND WAS ON FEBRUARY 4TH.

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 40 PEOPLE IN THOSE TWO WORKSHOPS. THE NEXT WORKSHOP IS TOMORROW AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE LAST WORKSHOP WILL BE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20 SIC AT 2 P.M. AT THE ISLAND REC CENTER. THE FEMA COMMITTEE ALSO HAD THEIR REGULAR MEETING THIS MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK WITH TWO AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST WAS AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE GRANT APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS OF THE AARP FUNDS THAT THE TOWN RECEIVED FOR THE YEAR

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[10. Appearance by Citizens]

AND THE LIGHTS ARE ON. >> THANK YOU TOM. APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS OF THE TOWN'S RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WHAT YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

EACH CITIZEN HAS THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE TOWN COUNCIL. AT THE END OF THREE MINUTES YOU ARE ASKED TO CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENT. THIS IS OUR ESTIMATE CHANGES DECORUM SUITABLE FOR THE MEETING AND REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANITY ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE CHRISTIANS OR ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP TODAY FOR US.

HERE'S BY CITIZEN EXCUSE ME. >> YES SIR. THE FIRST TO SIGN UP TODAY IS PETER CHRISTIAN PETER THANK YOU RIBAUT MARRIED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MARK ORLANDO, OUR

TOWN MANAGER AS YOU KNOW WE'RE A LOT OF HATS. >> AND TODAY I AM WEARING THE HEAD OF THE CHAIR OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE GREATER IRELAND COMMITTEE. LATER ON I'M GOING TO BE WEARING A DIFFERENT HAT.

>> ADMINISTRATOR GREENWAY GAVE YOU A LARGE OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY AND TRASH FROM RECYCLING. I'M GOING TO DRILL IT DOWN TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND A LITTLE

BIT. >> I'VE BEEN WORKING TO RODMAN AND STU AND THE COMMITTEE THAT HE SERVES ON WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT A SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF THE BROAD. THE EXACT LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN PICKED OUT YET.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT CAMPUS IS IS GOING TO REDUCE THE TRAFFIC AND COST OF TRASH FROM RECYCLING TO TO GO OVER THAT BRIDGE AND COME BACK. THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO RICHLAND TO COMPLETE THAT CYCLE. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE LEFT THE TRANSFER RECYCLING BUSINESS AS A TOWN WAS BECAUSE IT WASN'T ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT WAS SEVERAL FOLD BUT IT WAS THE TRIP THAT EACH TRUCK HAD TO TAKE ALL THE WAY OVER THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY OVER TO RANGELAND AND DUMPED THEIR LOAD AND THEN COME BACK WASTING ALL THAT FUEL THAT'S SUSTAINABILITY CAMPUS WILL ENABLE THAT TRIP TO BE MUCH, MUCH SHORTER.

THE OTHER REASON WHY THAT ECONOMIC MODEL FAILED IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE COUNTY PAYS THE TIPPING FEE FOR ANY TRASH AT THE LANDFILL. IF YOU DUMP RECYCLING AT THE LANDFILL YOU ARE PAID A FEE. THERE IS A DISINCENTIVE PRESENTLY AT THE LANDFILL TO RECYCLE AND BECAUSE OF THAT MANY FEET PEAK FOLKS FELT AS THOUGH THEY COULD NOT TRUST THEIR LOCAL CARRIER TO PUT THAT RECYCLING IN THE RECYCLING STREAM AND IT ENDED UP IN THE SOLID WASTE STREAM AND IN THE LANDFILL WHICH FURTHER DEGRADES THE LONGEVITY OF THE LANDFILL.

THOSE ARE IMPORTANT BUT ARE CONVENIENCE AND I BELIEVE ADMINISTRATOR GREEN WILL BEAR ME OUT IS THE MOST POPULAR AND THE MOST USED IN THE COUNTY. AND PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW AND PUT THEIR RECYCLING IN THOSE BINS. IT'S GOING TO END UP IN THE RECYCLING STREAM AND NOT IN THE WASTE STREAM. SO THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO BRING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW THE NAME OF YOUR COMMITTEE BUILD COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THAT AND SUPPORT THAT PARTICULAR ENDEAVOR BY THE COUNTY. IT WILL LESSEN THE COSTS FOR THE CITIZENS FOR THE DRILLING IT DOWN. IT IS A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF DEALING WITH THE WASTE STREAM. AND RIGHT NOW THE LANDFILL CLOSES AT 2 O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY AND THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF THE TRASH THAT'S COLLECTED BECAUSE EVERY CONDO, EVERY SHORT TERM RENTAL IS CLEANED. GUESS WHEN BETWEEN 10:00 AND FOUR O'CLOCK ON A SATURDAY AT A PD THREE MINUTES RENT IS NOWHERE.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT THAT TRASH BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSE. THANK YOU.

SO WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THAT ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, SARA. FINALLY WE HAVE SKIP HOAGLAND WHO SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. MR. HOAGLAND, AFTERNOON.

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MR. MCCANN, YOU ABUSED YOUR POSITION AS MAYOR BY USING TAX MONEY TO PAY FOR HUNDRED DOLLAR LUNCHES TRIPS TO ITALY, WASHINGTON D.C. THAT SERVE NO MEANINGFUL PURPOSE OR PROVEN RETURNS OF TAXPAYER FUNDS EVEN FLEW FIRST CLASS BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WERE USED TO FLYING THIS WAY AS AN EXECUTIVE. YOU ARE NOT AN EXECUTIVE. YOU ARE A PUBLIC SERVANT AND WORSE CORRUPT. THIS INCLUDES PAST TOWN MANAGER STEVE REILLY WHO ACCOMPANY YOU TO ITALY. YOU ARE A LONG YOU ARE A LOCAL PART TIME SMALL CITY MAYOR.

YOU'RE NOT THE GOVERNOR YOU NOW APPROVE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SALARY AND PERKS INCREASE FOR NEW BUT TOM PAST INSIDER MARGARET LANDO FROM BLUFFTON WHO ALSO GOT CAUGHT ILLEGALLY USING TAXPAYERS FUNDS. GOVERNOR MATT MACMASTER SALARY IS ONE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND . MR. MCCANN YOU LINUX AND ORLANDO LAWYERS CALLED TRAIN GRUBER BUSH AND HIGHLY DISHONEST BLUFFTON TOWN LAWYER TERRY FINGER HAVEN'T CAUGHT COMMITTING FRAUD WITH THE DRAFTING OF A FIVE YEAR CHAMBER CONTRACT TO ALLOW THE ILLEGAL USE AND ISSUE OF MILLIONS OF TAX FUNDS BY BILL MILES AND THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER WITH ZERO ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT, NO OVERSIGHT, PROVEN PERFORMANCE

METRICS AND RETURNS TO TAXPAYERS. >> MR. MCCAIN, YOU AND LENNOX AND HARKINS ALL SAID YOU SAW THE CHAMBER ACCOUNTING WHICH WAS A LIE AND FRAUD.

WE DESPERATELY NEED AN FBI INVESTIGATION AND FORENSIC AUDIT AUDIT ON ALL TOWN RECORDS AT CPA JOHN TROYER AND OTHERS CONTROL ON HOW AND WHERE ALL TAXPAYERS FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED LEGALLY, ILLEGALLY, CRIMINALLY AND DISAPPEARED. YOU WERE ALL HIRED AN ELECTED TRUST AND TRUSTED TO APPROVE SPENDING GUARD OUR TAX MONEY LIKE YOUR OWN MONEY.

THIS IS NOT FUNNY MONEY AND THE GAME OF MONOPOLY MR. MCCANN, CAN YOU NAME ONE THING I'VE SAID WRONG ABOUT YOUR ILLEGAL ISSUE AND USE OF MILLIONS OF TAX MONTHS OF BILL MILES IN THIS CHAMBER? ONE THING THE RECENT TOWN AUDIT BY GREEN FINNING CALLED A POSITIVE EXTERNAL AUDIT REPORT IS FRAUD. THIS AUDIT IS NOTHING BUT A HIRED INTERNAL TOWN AUDIT BY TOWN INSIDERS THAT ONLY SHOW THE NUMBERS THEY WANT US TO SEE. ONLY A FORENSIC AUDIT WILL IDENTIFY CRIMES COMMITTED BY INSIDERS. I CALLED THE AUDIT FIRM GREEN FANNING AND THEY AGREED WITH ME. MY ALLEGATIONS ARE CORRECT. ARREST WOULD BE THE RESULT.

MY TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO FOCUS AS A CITIZEN AS A CRITIC IS SOMEBODY WHO CARES.

>> OUR ENTIRE MAN IS GONNA BE FOCUSED ON FORENSIC AUDITS, CHAMBER TAX THEFT AND A 50 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD FOR ILLEGAL AND CRIMINAL USE OF TAX FUNDS. I LOOK FORWARD TO DEPOSING ALL OF YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

THIS THIS YEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THERE'S THE REPORT THAT IT

WAS FRAUDULENT. >> IT SAYS ON RECEIPT I WAS A POSITIVE WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> UNFINISHED BUSINESS, MR. MAYOR. MAY I ASK A QUESTION OF THE TOWN CLERK? YES, SIR. IS THIS MEETING BEING RECORDED?

>> YES, SIR. THIS MEETING'S BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST LIVE.

>> MAY I HAVE A TRANSCRIPT OF MR. HUGGINS COMMENTS? >> YES, SIR, YOU MAY.

I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. THANK YOU. TOMORROW.

THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE NOT. YOU HAD YOUR TURN.

[11a. Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance to Amend Chapter 1 of Title 8 (Beaches), of the Municipal Code of the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, by amending Section 8-1-112 relating to the Definition of Beach; and providing for severability and an effective date.]

HE HAD YOU HAD YOUR TURN. STICK. UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

SECOND READING A PROPOSAL TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 8. BEACHES OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AT THE HELM OF HILL THAT ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA BY AMENDING SECTION 8 ONE DASH ONE 112 RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A BEACH AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AN EFFECTIVE DATE MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SCOTT ANY DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND A DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THAT CAN I CALL THE VOTE GROUP WHILE THE VOTE MR. SANFORD.

>> YES. MRS. BECKER YES. MR. HARKINS.

YES. MR. BROWN. BUT MR. LENNOX.

YES, MR. AMES. YES. MAYOR MCCANN? YES. MOTION CARRIES, SIR. THIS IS THE SECOND MEETING TO APPROVAL. WHERE YOU JUST RECEIVED LOOKING GOOD.

[11b. Consideration of the Final Draft of the Affiliated Agency Application]

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>> YES, SIR. MR. STAMFORD. YES, MRS. BECKER.

YES, MR. HARKINS. YES. MR. BROWN.

REPORT MR. LENNOX. YES. MR. AMES?

[12a. Consideration of a Resolution Dedicating a Garden in Honor of Sally Krebs for her Service with the Town of Hilton Head Island.]

MOTION CARRIES, SIR. THANK YOU. NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERATION A RESOLUTION DEDICATING THE GARDEN IN HONOR OF SALLY KREBS FOR SERVICE WITH THE TOWN OF HILL THAT I OWNED MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND AND ANY QUESTIONS BY MEMBERS THE COUNCIL WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? ANY DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY? CHRISTIAN. MR. SANFORD. YES.

MRS. BECKER. YES. MR. HARKINS? YES. MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. LENNOX? YES.

[12b. Consideration of a Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, authorizing the Town Manager to enter into an agreement with the Hilton Head Plantation Property Owners' Association to provide funding assistance for the maintenance and renourishment of Pine Island Beach.]

YES. MOTION CARRY, SIR. THANK YOU.

CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. THE TOWN COUNCIL A FILTER THAT IRELAND SOUTH CAROLINA AUTHORIZING A TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HILL LED PLANTATION OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR THE MAINTENANCE EVERY NOURISHMENT OF PINE ISLAND BEACH A MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> THE SECOND AND A DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IS ONE QUESTION WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS A REAL REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. TOWN MANAGER? I CAN ANSWER THAT, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S A REIMBURSABLE EXPENSE AND HE'LL NET PLANTATION WILL FOLLOW THE TOWN'S PROCUREMENT CODE . THANK YOU. DISCUSSED MANY MEMBERS OF THE

COMMUNITY. BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. >> MR. SANFORD? YES. THIS IS BETTER. YES.

MR. HARKINS? YES. MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. LENNOX?

[12c. First Reading Proposed Ordinance 2022-05 to amend the Municipal Code of the Town of Hilton Head Island South Carolina, Sections 2-5-15 and 2-5-16, to provide for regular and special meetings and public hearing of the Town Council and Town Boards & Commissions by electronic means; to amend Section 2-5-80, to specify the Rules of Decorum apply to all public meeting bodies for theTown of Hilton Head Island; and providing for severability and an effective date.]

MAYOR MCCANN? YES. MOTION CARRIES, SIR.

FIRST MEETING PROPOSED ORDINANCE TWENTY DASH 22. >> DASH FIVE TO AN END AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN WITH YOU. THAT ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION TWO DASH FIVE THIS FIFTEEN AND TO DAYS FIVE THIS SIXTEEN TO PROVIDE THE REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS TO AMEND SECTION TO 580. THE RULES OF DECORUM APPLIED THIS MEANING THE BODIES OF THE TOWNSVILLE NET ISLAND AND PROVIDES OUR ABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ANY DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF THE OF THE CITIZENS? NO TO MR. SANFORD? YES MRS. BECKER? NO.

MR. HARKINS? >> YES. MR. BROWN THE BOARD.

MR. LENNOX. YES. MR. AMES.

YES. MAYOR MCCANN. YES.

MOTION CARRY, SIR. >> MR. GRUBER. YOU UP, SIR?

[12d. Consideration of a Resolution by the Town Council of the Town of Hilton Head Island to authorize the Town Manager to prepare the necessary documents to establish a nonprofit Economic Development Corporation to coordinate and implement economic plans and initiatives with an emphasis on the Historical Neighborhoods of Hilton Head Island.]

>> THERE IS A DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WITHIN THAT DOCUMENT IS AN OUTLINE OF THE PROCEDURAL STEPS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO UNDERTAKE THE CREATION

OF THIS ENTITY. >> HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO BRING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD BECAUSE WHILE WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA, THE PERSON THAT WE'VE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD.

AND SO I WANT TO TURN IT OVER AT THIS POINT TO MISS FRANNY HEISLER WHO'S OUR BOND COUNSEL

AND HAS WORKED WITH NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE. >> SHE IS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND I'LL COME BACK TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE

FREEDOM. >> IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.

GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE IN THIS THING COULD SEE THE MATERIAL YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE IS A VERY WELL DEVELOPED DOCUMENT AND SET OF DOCUMENTS REGARDING ECONOMIC

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I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH WITH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.

MOST BAD EXPERIENCE IS STARTED LONG AGO IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN TO COLUMBIA RECENTLY AND YOU'VE DRIVEN FROM EITHER DOWN OR UP DOVEY SORRY IN THE MID 1980S AND NONE OF THAT WAS THERE LONGER GEORGE WAS IN THERE BLUE MARVIN WASN'T THERE. FAMILY PARK WAS THERE. THE PARK SIDE APARTMENTS WEREN'T THERE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE IN PART THE RESULT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COLUMBIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATE MISSION THAT WAS CREATED IN THE LATE 80S.

THE IT FOR A DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT'S FOCUSING ON AN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANT THAT CORPORATION TO FOLLOW IS ITS CORE ACTIVITIES.

THE ITEMS ON THE ON THE MEMO. SO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ISN'T JUST ABOUT ATTRACTING BUSINESSES ALTHOUGH THAT CERTAINLY CAN BE PART OF IT. BUT THE SUPPORT THAT CAN BE FILTERED THROUGH THROUGH THE TOWN. SUPPORT THAT CAN BE OBTAINED AS IT'S IN GRANTS AND OTHER OTHER OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF ITS NONPROFIT STATUS.

AND THE IDEA THAT THERE WOULD BE A GROUP THAT IS BASICALLY CONTROLLED BY THE TOWN BUT IS SEPARATE FROM THE TOWN SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COULD ACTUALLY DO BUSINESS LIKE A BUSINESS LIKE A CORPORATION IT WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.

IT WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MORTGAGE PROPERTY. IT WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PARTNER IN A TRUE LEGAL SENSE WITH WITH VARIOUS INITIATIVES.

SOME EXAMPLES THAT I CAN GIVE YOU IN FROM COLOMBIA. AGAIN, THE THE HISTORIC ARSENAL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN COLOMBIA BENEFITED FROM THE ACTIVITIES OF COLOMBIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING AND IN THE DEVELOPING OF PARKING THAT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE SO MANY ADVANCED IS OF HAVING A GROUP THAT IS A NONPROFIT WORKING IN A FOR A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHICH WOULD BE THE CASE HERE.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE A GROUP OF CITIZENS ON BOARD THAT YOU WOULD APPOINT.

SO YOU STAY IN CONTROL OF THE BOARD BUT HAVE THE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED AND DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF THAT HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S A LONG WAY TO SAY THAT. I THINK YOU'VE GOT A VERY CLEAR ROAD MAP HERE IN THE MATERIAL THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED. AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO YOU KNOW, TO HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT

THE VISION WOULD BE FOR A CORPORATION SUCH AS THIS. >> DAVID, HOLD MY COMMENTS FOR

A MOMENT PLEASE. >> ALEX IN WHEN I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN FORMING CORPORATIONS MEMBER THIS TYPE OF CORPORATION THEY'VE ALSO HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN ACQUIRING

THE NOT FOR PROFIT STATUS WITH WITH THE GOVERNMENT. >> HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT THIS ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS WILL REQUIRE? WELL THE CORPORATION COULD BE A

SOUTH CAROLINA NONPROFIT CORPORATION IN A DAY. >> THE 5 TO 1 C 3 STATUS CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO 18 MONTHS DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY AND DEPENDING ON THE I GUESS SORT OF THE WORKLOAD OF THE IRS THE CORPORATION IN ANTICIPATION OF RECEIVING ITS 5 0 1 C 3 STATUS CAN CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS IN THAT VEIN EVEN BEFORE IT IS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED.

>> SO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL 5O WHEN C 3 TO BE TO BE AWARDED.

THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES THAT WE WOULD YOU COULD FOLLOW AND IT WOULD BE THERE WOULD BE NO REASON FOR THIS CORPORATION TO NOT BE RECOGNIZE. AS A FATHER WHEN C THREE I THINK THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING IDEA AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU.

MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE FOR US FOR OUR

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CAUSE. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE BY GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND WILL BE VERY CLEARLY FOCUSING ITS EFFORTS AND MAKING

THE ACTIVITIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD A PRIORITY. >> AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE SORT OF SYMBOLIC ADVANTAGES OF SETTING UP SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT

CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE OF ITS NONPROFIT STATUS. >> AND WHEN YOU USE THE WORD NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EMBRACES OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND NOT ON A PARTICULAR STREET. CORRECT. YES, SIR.

I THINK THAT THE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE INITIAL FOCUS WOULD BE ON THE HISTORIC STONEY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS CORPORATION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO THAT PURPOSE.

BUT IF THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE CORPORATION FOCUS ON THAT AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT, THEN I THINK

THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. >> THAT'S CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS TO TO KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT THEIR SORT OF THE SCOPE OF THEIR WORK WOULD BE AT LEAST INITIALLY THE MOST OF THESE EFFORTS START RELATIVELY SMALL WITH WITH SUCCESS THEY GROW. AND SO YOU CERTAINLY COULD FOCUS INITIALLY ON ONE AREA AND ULTIMATELY BENEFIT OTHER AREAS IN IN THE.

ON THE TOWN. IN THE TOWN. THANK YOU.

DAVID RAMEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU.

IF I'M A DEVELOPER WAS A DEVELOPER AND I WAS FORTUNATE BECAUSE I HAD AN EDUCATION THAT GAVE ME SOME LEVEL OF EXPERTISE I KNEW SOME PEOPLE WHO I COULD GO AND ASK FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND I COULD RAISE SOME CAPITAL . IF YOU THINK ABOUT A DEVELOPER AND CORPORATION. ESSENTIALLY IT IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE CAPITAL EXPERTISE AND A NETWORK. AND SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY SAYING IN FORMING THIS NONPROFIT CORPORATION IS TO THE STONEY NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS NOT DEVELOP THIS NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT INSIDE.

I THINK THAT THIS TRULY IS A VEHICLE THAT NOT ONLY WILL BENEFIT THE STONY AREA BUT DOWN THE ROAD OTHER AREAS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF IT AS WELL.

>> OK, THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. >> REMEMBER THE COUNCIL ANY COMMENT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ALEC USING THE TOM. SORRY TOM.

GOOD TO SEE IF HE CAN BE BUYING ALI. IT'S HARD TO SEE EVEN EVEN THOUGH THIS IS CALLED AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS ITS TRUE PURPOSE IS REDEVELOPMENT AND I THINK MOST OF EVERYTHING THAT IT DOES WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SOME SORT OF REDEVELOPMENT AND I COME FROM A BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE REDEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITIES THAT DO JUST THAT. >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INCUMBENT UPON US TO AS THE BUDGET IS FORMED FOR THIS NEWLY FORMED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO IDENTIFY MULTI LAYER OF FUNDING. AND I THINK IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FEDS FED STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL AND PRIVATE ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. BUT I'VE SEEN IT WORK AND IT CAN WORK AND I BELIEVE IT WILL WORK HERE. IT'S OUR DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

OFFICIALS HAVE MR. BURKE IS THE BARNWELL SIR. YES, SIR.

BONDING OPERATION ABLE TO HAVE A BONDING INDEPENDENT OF THE COUNCIL?

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WHAT THIS CORPORATION WOULD HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY LIKE A BUSINESS WOULD BORROW MONEY WITH PROPERTY MEAN SECURITY AND NOT TAXING AUTHORITY.

>> SO IT THIS LETS THE REDEVELOPMENT GO FORWARD IN IN A MORE BUSINESS LIKE MANNER RATHER THAN HAVING TO DO THE BUSINESS JUST IN A GOVERNMENTAL MANNER.

SO IT'S AN EXTRA TOOL FOR THE TOWN IN FOCUSING ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOUR QUESTION WAS NO SAYS GOT I MOVED THAT WE PROCEED FORWARD AND APPROVE THIS SECOND VOTE IN FAVOR OF NEXT YEAR. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DISCUSSION. OKAY. YES.

YES SIR. MR. STANFORD? YES.

THIS IS BECKER. YES. MR. HARKINS? YES. MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. LENNOX. YES.

MR. AMES? YES. MAYOR MCCANN?

YES. MOTION CARRIES, SIR. >> HEY, NOT MCGEE CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION BY THE TOWN COUNCIL BILL AND I ONLY AUTHORIZE THE MANAGE MANAGER A TOWN MANAGER TO PREPARE DOCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE NONPROFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO COORDINATE SAY WELL WE JUST. OH SEE.

[12e. Discussion of Hilton Head Island Representation on the Beaufort County Citizens Advisory Committee Regarding a Possible 2022 Transportation Sales Tax]

DISCUSSION MR. GOOBER. >> YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AT THE JANUARY 24TH MEETING OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL THEY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE TO MEET AND DISCUSS THE TERMS THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE INCORPORATED WITHIN A PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX REFERENDUM THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION AND IF ADOPTED ULTIMATELY PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR THE UPCOMING I BELIEVE NOVEMBER 2022 REFERENDUM. AND SO THE FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION THE COUNTY REACHED OUT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AS INDICATED IN THE MATERIALS THAT IN YOUR BACKUP AND ASKED THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY PROVIDE A REPRESENTATIVE TO THIS BODY TO

SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. >> I WOULD NOTE IN ADDITION TO THAT WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL THAT REQUESTED THAT THE APPOINTMENT ACTUALLY CITIZEN ON

THIS COMMITTEE. >> HOWEVER THAT IS UP TO THE DISCUSSION OF THIS BODY AS TO WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE IT IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION OK DISCUSSED BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THEN MR. MAYOR, THE THROUGH THE MAYOR. MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? BY AGREEING TO SUBMIT A NAME FOR REPRESENTING ACTION CANNOT BE CONSTRUED AS SUPPORTING A TAX. IT CERTAINLY COULD BE ULTIMATELY THE GOAL OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO DEVELOP LANGUAGE WITH REGARDS TO SCOPE AND SCALE.

>> SO THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT IT MIGHT BE IN PLACE, THE DOLLAR VALUE THAT MIGHT BE

RAISED OR THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE PURSUED. >> AND SO ULTIMATELY IF WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND IT IS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED, IT WOULD BE

SEEN AS US SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT. >> BUT ISN'T IT? BUT ISN'T IT TRUE THAT IF WE DON'T PUT A REPRESENTATIVE THERE AND THE TAX GOES THROUGH,

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>> ABSOLUTELY. I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONSIDER THIS IN SOME KIND OF SUBSTANTIAL MANNER AND SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IF WE CHOOSE TO DO SO, CONTINUE PLEASE.

>> I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO BE AT THE TABLE. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOUR VOICE CAN BE HEARD. BUT I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE

CONSTRUED THAT BY OUR PRESENCE WE ARE GUARANTEED SUPPORT. >> AND I THINK BY YOUR ACTIONS HERE TONIGHT AND POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A BODY IN THE FUTURE WE

CAN CERTAINLY PUBLICLY EXPRESS THAT VERY SENTIMENT. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE ELSE FEELS ABOUT THAT. MR. HIM. RIGHT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO JUMP IN AND AGREE WITH PHIL.. I AM NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT AN THIS TAX REFERENDUM SO I WELL I AGREE JUST AS BILL SAID THAT A VOICE AT THE TABLE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE'RE PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS. I'M NOT SURE EVEN AFTER THE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAD THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS.

SO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ON HOW YOU THAT'S HOW. YES.

I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF APPOINTING CITIZEN TO THIS GROUP BUT I WANT TO STATE PUBLICLY THAT I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS BEFORE I KNOW WHAT IT DOES.

THAT ONLY HAPPENS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU, ALEX. YES.

DO DO WE HAPPEN TO KNOW THE VOTE COUNT ON THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BY THE COUNTY?

>> I DO NOT. BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT SOMEBODY WHO MAY DOES.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BUT IT WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT TO TO DO THIS

RESOLUTION THE ANTENNA. >> THIS IS NOT TO LOCK ANYBODY IN OR ANY MUNICIPALITY AND TO SUPPORT OF A SALES TAX REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER 2022. THIS IS THE SORT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT ARE RUN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES. SO WE IN ADDITION TO THE 11 APPOINTEES EACH COUNT COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER I'VE GOT TO APPOINT WE'VE ASKED FOR EACH OF THE SIX MUNICIPALITIES TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO SERVE ON THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE JUST TO GIVE US ADVICE ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AROUND EACH OF THE COUNTY. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, HILTON HEAD MAY HAVE SOME TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT WOULD MAKE GOOD ONES OUT PROJECTS LIKE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE THAT DE PONDS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN RAISED AS A POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE REFERENDUM. SO CERTAINLY IF YOU ALL DO THIS, I THINK YOU DO NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW FROM A COUNTY ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT THAT BY YOU PUTTING SOMEONE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE I WOULD NOT TAKE THAT AS A VOICE OF SUPPORT FOR THE REFERENDUM BY THIS COUNCIL.

BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO APPOINT SOMEONE, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT WE CAN EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A WIDE RANGE OF SUPPORT ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR THIS REFERENDUM. ERIC, IF THIS PASSES I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU ALERT YOUR COUNTY COUNCIL THAT WE ARE AGREEING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE ONLY AND WE'RE NOT AGREEING TO ANY PROVISIONS OF A REFERENDUM AT THIS POINT NOW.

WELL, I WILL DO THAT. I CAN'T DO WE HAVE ANY OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COUNTY

AS TO THE DISCIPLINES THAT THEY HAVE? >> WELL, SOME OF THE DISCIPLINES THEY HAVE LISTED GROWTH IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED GROWTH IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. I AGREE.

BUT TO HIT I'M I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH ONE IS GROWTH AND TOURISM AND THE OTHER IS GROWTH IN THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR. AND HE'S NOT AT MASSEY.

I'VE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY CORRESPONDENT SAYING THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT THAT ON HILTON HEAD OR NEED THAT ON HILTON HEAD. SO YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING TROUBLE AGAIN HAVING SOMEONE SIT AT THE TABLE DISCUSSING ITEMS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO

AGREE OR DISAGREE. >> PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN SO I'M JUST I THINK IT

MAKES SENSE TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS. >> I THINK YOU'RE YOUR COUNSEL LEADERSHIP BAND AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE TAKEN OR ASSUMED AND THIS PROCESS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. ONE OF THE REASONS THE LOSS FAILED WAS THERE WAS NO CLEARLY DEFINED PROJECTS IN IT THAT THE PEOPLE COULD MORE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AS YOU

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PERTAINS TO A SALES TAX. >> HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESIDENTS USUALLY PAY 25 PERCENT OF THAT.

VISITORS TO HILTON HEAD PAY 25 PERCENT OF THAT AND THE REST OF BEAUFORT COUNTY PAYS 50 PERCENT OF THAT SALES TAX. SO THE SALES TAX PAID BY ISLAND RESIDENTS IS GOING TO BE ONE OUT OF FOUR DOLLARS. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN GET A CORRESPONDING BENEFIT IN RETURN, I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, DAVID.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME IF I CAN JUST TAKE YOU TO THE ARTICLE ON THIS FLOATING DOWN THERE IS THAT THE SEVENTY TWO POINT FIFTY PERCENT OF VOTERS OPPOSED THE LAST REFERENDUM AND THERE WAS A TOTAL OF TWENTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THREE VOTES CAST REPRESENTING FOURTEEN POINT 20 PERCENT ONE HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR REGISTERED VOTERS. SOME DON'T RECALL AT THIS POINT IN THE CONVERSATION TO ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT THOSE ARE THE STATISTICS THAT ARE DOCUMENTED AFTER THAT VOTE WAS TAKEN. SO ERIK, YOU BRING BACK THE MESSAGE THAT WE WILL BE APPOINTING SOMEONE TO SIT IN ON THAT COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED BY THAT COMMITTEE. WE'D LIKE THOSE ITEMS TO BE REVIEWED BEFORE THEY'RE DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. AND THIS IS BY NO MEANS AN ENDORSEMENT OF COUNCIL OF THE PROGRAM. YOU'RE WELCOME.

MR. I HAVE SOMETHING. I'M SURE THE WE HAVE NOT DISTINGUISHED DISTINGUISHED OURSELVES AS GOOD COMMUNICATORS AT A COUNTY LEVEL IN TERMS OF REFERENDUM AND THAT IT'S NOT A TACTIC. NO, NOT YOU IT. IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED WELL. SO WE THIS IS BECKER'S COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE HARD NUMBERS. DID WE COMMUNICATE WELL? DID WE EDUCATE? WELL, I DON'T THINK SO. SO REGARDLESS OF HOW WE END UP HERE, LET'S LET'S GIVE IT A BETTER TRY IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, PLEASE.

I AGREE AND THAT'S FINE. WE'RE DOING THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WELL WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE COUNTY AND ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ON WHAT THEN TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.

WHAT PERCENTAGE IS A B? YOU KNOW TO YOUR POINT ABOUT TOURISM WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, NONE OF US ARE ADVOCATING NECESSARILY THAT WE DO ROAD PROJECTS OR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE TOURISM BUT GROWTH IS COMMON IS SOMETHING THAT NO ONE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THE BEAUTY OF THE 1 CENT SALES TAX AND I'VE HAVE EXPERIENCE OF 1 CENT SALES TAX THAT GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO NINETEEN NINETY FIVE WHENEVER YOUR COUNTY DID THEIR FIRST ONE BACK THERE IN ROCK HILL AND IN NEW YORK COUNTY WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE HEAVY TOURISM TRAFFIC IS THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE BURDEN OF IMPROVING THOSE ROADS AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OFF OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX PAYERS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE FULL TIME OR THE PEOPLE THAT OWN PROPERTIES HERE AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES HERE BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SATISFIED.

SO ARE YOU GONNA SATISFY ON THE BACKS OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR BUSINESSES HERE AND THE RESIDENTS HERE? ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMON HERE AND VACATION STAYING HERE AND VISITING HERE HELP PAY FOR THAT THROUGH PAYING AN ADDITIONAL PENNY ON THE MONEY THAT THEY SPEND WHILE THEY'RE HERE AND HELP THEM PROVIDE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE? THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A ONCE SALES TAX PROGRAM.

IN MY MIND IT TAKES THE BURDEN OFF THE TAXPAYERS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

>> ERIC, THAT'S THE KIND OF EDUCATION WE ALL NEED. WE CERTAINLY KNOW WE HAVE A LOT

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SO. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. THANK YOU.

AND WITH NO DISRESPECT. >> NO, NO. RIGHT.

I MEAN I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS. FOR THE RECORD, THE QUARTER AND THE REASONS WHY. IN TERMS OF EDUCATION WE WENT TO AN EDUCATION PUBLIC PUBLICITY AND WE PASSED A ONE HAVING REFERENDUM FOR THE 278 BRIDGE AND NOW I'M NOT SATISFIED. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND A LARGE NUMBER SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND IT'S BIG NUMBER RIGHT . OR DISSATISFIED ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND I DON'T SEE THE COLLABORATION WITH HILTON HEAD, THE AND THE COUNTY TO MAKE IT ANY BETTER. AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND I'M BOTHERED BY THAT AND THE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD THAT I SPEAK TO OR BOTHERED BY THAT. AND I THINK THAT BEFORE I'M WILLING TO SUGGEST TO ANY RESIDENT UNDECIDED THAT WE CONTRIBUTE MORE MONEY TO MORE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY'RE NOT IDENTIFIED WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THEM. IS WAIT PREMATURE AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE AS A COUNCIL TAKE MORE CONTROL OF THE CURRENT ISSUE THAT WE HAD BEFORE US WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECT. BUT MOREOVER THAT WE ESTABLISH WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT AND WE DRIVE THIS RATHER THAN THE COUNTY DOES NOT OR ANY FUTURE PROJECTS.

SO AGAIN. YEAH. IF I CAN RESPOND TO THAT.

>> OUR BECAUSE I THINK I THINK THE FIRST PART OF THAT I DON'T THINK YOU LISTENED EARLIER TO THE REPORT DELIVERED BY THE GENTLEMAN SITTING TO YOUR RIGHT.

NOT WITHOUT YOUR RESPECT. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH HERE.

HOWEVER, I HAVE READ THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED JUST YESTERDAY I BELIEVE AND I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THOSE ANSWERS EITHER. SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH YOU. WHILE WE'RE SEPARATELY BUT QUITE SURE.

BUT SEE, I'M NOT THE KIND OF I'M NOT THE KIND OF PERSON I'LL LET SOMEBODY CALL ME OUT PUBLICLY, HE SAID AND I DON'T PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO THAT PUBLICLY.

OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO GET IN A BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU EITHER. BUT YOU ARE HARD OF LAND NEWS CONSULTANT THAT GAVE YOU ALL A SET OF RECOMMENDATION AS YOUR TOWN MANAGER AND I MET WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN RADIO TEAM AND WE WENT OVER THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE YOU HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING THAT MANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THERE WERE PURPOSEFUL PUT FORTH HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE DOJ T

AND THE COUNTY. >> THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU ON. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT HAPPY BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COUCH THAT IS IN. WE'RE NOT HAPPY YET BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS GOING TO GET BETTER AND THE DESIGN IS GOING TO GET BETTER AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

SO AS PART OF A COUNCIL THAT WAS ELECTED BY RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND WHO NOW HAS SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS SIGNED A PETITION IN OPPOSITION MOVING FORWARD AT THE SCALE THAT WE'RE AT.

>> I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE HAVE THAT JOINT COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE WITH THE COUNTY. MOREOVER, THAT HILTON HEAD ISLAND BEGAN TO HAVE A REAL VOICE AT THE TABLE. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT I'M GOING TO BE HAPPY SOME LATER POINT WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE. I WANT TO SAVE THIS TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY THAT I HAVE. AS WE MAKING THAT PROCESS THROUGH TO THAT FINAL CONCLUSION AND NOT LEAVE IT TO THE COUNTY OR THE STATE TO TELL ME HOW THAT'S GOING TO UNFOLD IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE HAVING WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT JOINT MEETING WITH

YOU ALL WHENEVER YOU ALL HAPPY AND WE ARE READY TO DO IT. >> SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'VE REQUESTED AND ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITH YOU ALL. I'M HAPPY FIRST NAVAL OFFICER I RECALL THAT IN THE 90S WHEN HILTON HEAD POPULATION VOTERS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF REFERENDA THAT TOOK THE LAND

OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT POOL. >> AND SO I WOULD JUST SORT OF HYPOTHETICALLY SAY ARE WE

APPROACHING THIS THE WRONG WAY? >> ARE WE ONLY PAVING OVER THINGS LAND USE DECISIONS AND

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EARLIER BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT. >> AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE TO BASE. I'VE HEARD TONIGHT FROM MY COLLEAGUES IS ONE IS ACTIVE IN MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION AND THAT'S NOT JUST WITH THE COMMUNITY BUT US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNTY LEVEL. AND YOU KNOW, I FOR ONE KIND OF GET THE SENSE THAT THIS DECISION WAS MADE ALREADY AND I DID ASK US TO COME BE A PART WHERE IF WE'RE TRULY GOING TO BE PARTNERS WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSION IT BEFORE WE GET TO THIS POINT. AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED.

THAT'S NOT ON YOU. THAT'S ON ALL OF US, OK? WE NEED WE NEED TO DO BETTER COMMUNICATING BOTH WAYS, GOING DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE THUS FAR IS TO ESTABLISH A CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE TERM THE PROJECTS AND THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL 22

REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT. >> THE DECISION TO PUT A 22 REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT HAS NOT BEEN MADE YET BY THE COUNTY PLANET. JERICHO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE DECISION TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW WE HAVE NOT HAD ADEQUATE TIME TO DISCUSS THAT WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOOD.

>> COMMUNICATE INTO COSMIC LEMMINGS. THIS POINT IS FOR FOLLOWERS WHAT WE OFFER. HI MATT. I'M AT A LOSS FOR YOU TO DO TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I SENT AN EMAIL MANY WEEKS AGO YOU GUYS ARE JUST NOW GETTING AROUND DEALING WITH THE ISSUE SO I'LL MAKE THE LAST WORD.

IT CLOSES THIS THURSDAY I GUESS IS THE FIRST MEETING THAT MARK AND ERIC WILL HAVE BETWEEN THREE MEMBERS OF LAW COUNCIL AND THREE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL.

AND WE HOPE THAT THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS AND THOSE MEETINGS EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED THAT EARLY ON AS OPPOSED TO LATER THE FIRST MEETING SITES THIS THURSDAY. SO YES, SIR. YES.

MAYOR. DO WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS SCHEDULE OF THOSE MEETINGS BESIDES JUST NEXT THURSDAY? WELL, WE PLAN THEM OUT THROUGHOUT THURSDAY.

WE SEE HOW EVERYBODY PERFECT THEATER. THANK YOU.

OK. OK. WITH THAT INVOLVED.

YES. JOSH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY IS INDICATED IF THREE FAIL TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THAT THEY MAY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ON OUR BEHALF.

>> I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO STATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT WE'VE NOT REJECTED MAKING AN APPOINTMENT. WE'RE CONTINUING THESE DISCUSSIONS AND WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNTY WAIT ON OUR RESPONSE AT A FUTURE POINT IN TIME. I THINK MARK AND MYSELF MAKE A SUGGESTION TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE MIGHT. MORGAN MYSELF BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD NAMED JOSH IS ON DELEGATES. IT IS THE CITIZENS GROUP ALONG THE WAY. HE IS NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THEREFORE CAN BE NOMINATED AS A DELEGATE. IF WE AGREE ON THAT WE'LL DO IT TONIGHT.

WE DON'T AGREE ON THAT. WELL, I WANT TO FIND SOMEONE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND YOU MAY HAVE COME. I DO. I THINK CERTAINLY MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. HOO HOO HOO. DO WE KNOW THAT KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE INTRICACIES OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAN JOSH SO I'D BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT ONE.

I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT JOSH WOULD BE APPROPRIATE APPOINTING THIS BUT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE THIS CREATION OF THIS COMMITTEE AND PUT SOMEONE ON THE NO WE HAVE NO MOTION ON IT. WE HAVE TO RECOMMEND SOMEBODY.

ALL RIGHT. >> SO YOU WERE AMENDING THE MOTION TO MAKE THAT DESIGNATED THE MR. GRUBER. IT WASN'T THE MOTION BEGINNING WAS I REMEMBER RICK.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS. BUT GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.

A POINT OF ORDER. DO WE NEED A MOTION? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

IF WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT SOMEBODY WE NEED AN EMOTION OKATIE RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ASK JOSH THROUGH THE MAYOR AND COUNTY MANAGER TO VR REPRESENT AT THIS POINT WE WILL HAVE A SECOND I'LL SECOND THAT.

WE'LL DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE BEFORE THE POINT THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE ACCORDING THE COUNTY IT WAS A A DATE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE. JOSH FUMBLING THROUGH SOME PAPERS THERE YOU CAN GET IT FOR YOU. JOSH HAS HELP HER, JOE BECAUSE I CREDIT JOE AND THAT'S MY LAST

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COMMENT CAME FROM JOE'S ASSISTANCE AS WELL. >> WHEN COUNTY COUNCIL PASSED THIS RESOLUTION AT THAT POINT THEY HAD REQUESTED THAT AN APPOINTMENT BE MADE NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 11TH. WHEN WAS THAT PASSED? IT WAS ADOPTED I THINK ON THE

24TH OF JANUARY. >> YEAH. YEAH.

JANUARY 24TH WHEN IT WAS I WOULD SAY BASED UPON THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE

TONIGHT. >> I THINK WE CAN TRANSMIT TO THE COUNTY THE FACT THAT WE MAYBE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING AN APPOINTMENT ASSUMING THAT NOTHING COMES OUT OF THE MEETING TONIGHT AND THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT WE HOLD THAT POSITION OPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME

AS AN APPOINTMENT IS MADE. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. >> OKAY.

WELL, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WITHDRAWING. OKAY, GOOD.

I MADE A MOTION WAS SECONDED SO I'D ASK FOR A VOTE. WHAT'S A MOTION TO NOMINATE? JOSH IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY. CALL THE ROLL PERSON.

>> WAS JOSH BEING A REPRESENTATIVE FOR JOSH REPRESENTING THE TOWN OF MR.

STAMFORD? >> YES. WE'RE APPOINTING SOMEONE BEFORE WE'RE AGREED TO A COMMITTEE BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WELL WE AGREED THE COMMITTEE WAS I MEAN WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT THE TOWN APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE.

WE'RE BYPASSING THAT RESOLUTION AND WE'RE NAMING THAT PARTICULAR REPRESENTATIVE.

OKAY. I'LL BE HAPPY TO AMEND THE MURDERS MOTION WAS A PERSON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF COUNCIL. UNDERSTOOD. UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU. I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THE PROCESS WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

BUT I DO SUPPORT JOSH S APPOINTMENT. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MR. GRUBER, I HIGHLY RESPECT AND DOUBLE USING MY WORDS. BUT FIRST OF ALL I THINK PROBABLY SHOULD BE. I REALIZE TOWN STAFFING IS ALSO A VIABLE APPOINTEE BUT PROBABLY SHOULD BE SOMEONE WHO ALSO LIVES IN HILTON HEAD. IT MAY BE THAT AS IT MAY I'M NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. SO NO MISS MR HARKINS.

>> YES, MR. BROWN NOT NO DISRESPECT TO MR. GRUBER AT ALL BUT I'M OPPOSED TO THIS.

MR. LENNOX, LET ME SAY THAT WE ARE NOT THE DECIDING BODY ON THIS ISSUE.

>> THE VOTERS ARE WHETHER WE SUPPORT IT OR NOT. DOESN'T MATTER.

THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO DECIDE NOT US AS A COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY IS GOING FORWARD WITH THIS REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE SAY HERE. SO WHY WOULDN'T WE? WHETHER WE SUPPORT IT OR NOT WANTS SOMEBODY AT THE TABLE. AND WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT SOMEBODY WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT A JOSH GRUBER HAS SO REGARDLESS OF HOW WE FEEL, WE ARE NOT THE DECIDING BODY ON THIS REFERENDUM. THE VOTERS ARE SO I FOR ONE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE UP DOWN OR SIDEWAYS ON IT WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND I WANT EXPERIENCE AT THE TABLE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE JOSH GRUBER REPRESENT US AT THAT TABLE. I SUPPORT IT.

MR. AMES, I'D LIKE TO BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING. >> TOM JUST SAID THAT HE WANTS A SEAT AT THE TABLE BY VOTING NO AT THIS TIME. WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING OUR SEAT AT THE TABLE. WE ARE ONLY IDENTIFYING OUR RECOMMENDED PERSON TO BE AT THE TABLE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT, DAVID.

OKAY. I VOTE NO AT THIS TIME. MAYOR MCCANN, I VOTE YES.

MOTION CARRIES FOR THREE, SIR. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO DURING THE MEETING. SO MOVE TIGER A

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