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          TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH. 
          AND THIS IS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR FEBRUARY. 
          AND I'LL CALL THE MEETING. 
          DAUGHTER IS SIX OH ONE AND WE'LL START WITH SAM BRITT PRESENT, PRESENT ELLEN. 
          SHE MAKE HER PRESENT FROZEN MY TRIP TO PRESENT THAT THAT'LL GIVE US A CORNER, UM, AND THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          UH, EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE IT? SO VOTE SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          AYE, UNANIMOUS, UM, ADOPTIONS OF THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021 MEETING. 
          EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THESE. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING THE SECOND, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UNANIMOUS FINANCIAL REPORT, NATALIE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING. 
          ATAC UM, I ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOUR QUILLA HICKS. 
          SHE IS GOING TO BE ASSISTING WITH A ATTACK NOW. 
          UM, SHE JUST STARTED A FIRE WITH THE FOREIGN FARM WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO. 
          UM, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER WITH US. 
          SHE'S BEEN GREAT. 
          SO, UM, NEW FACE AND SHE'S EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, SO, OKAY. 
          UM, AND HAPPY BELATED VALENTINE'S DAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, S UM, EIGHT TAX FUNDS FOR THIS QUARTER. 
          UM, THERE IS A COMBINED TOTAL OF OVER $2 MILLION AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION SPLIT BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. 
          UM, THEY ARE UP 57% FROM LAST YEAR'S QUARTER. 
          WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS THIS YEAR. 
          THIS QUARTER, THE MAY RIVER THEATER IS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR ADVERTISING. 
          UM, $22,195 OLD TOWN. 
          BLUFFTON MERCHANT SOCIETY IS THEIR ANNUAL REQUEST, UM, FOR THE BLUFFTON AS A DESTINATION PROJECT AT $16,000 AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FOR THE SQUIRE POPE COTTAGE HOUSE RESTORATION AT $215,000. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN AT THIS TIME. 
          ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON NOW LATER? OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AND OUR FIRST APPLICANT IS MAY RIVER THEATER, EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          UM, SO JUST BACK HERE, BASED ON YOUR REQUEST THAT WE SHOULD SEARCH OUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVERTISING AND THAT FUNDING, UM, THE PACKET THAT YOU GOT FOR THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT SAME AS THE PACKET YOU ORIGINALLY GOT, WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ON THERE IS JUST THE BREAKDOWN FOR WHAT THE EXPENSES FOR THOSE BILLBOARDS THAT YOU HAD SUGGESTED. 
          AND THEN ALSO FOR THE ADDITIONAL PRINT MEDIA, UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AND YOU SEE THE BILLBOARDS BRING UP A LARGER CHUNK OF THAT MONEY. 
          UM, AGAIN, LOOKING AT TWO OF THE MAIN CORRIDORS COMING INTO THE BLUFFTON AREA, HOPING TO BRING IN, UM, NEW VISITORS, UM, IDEALLY FOR OUR EVENTS, BUT THEN THAT WOULD EXPAND INTO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE NEED TO EAT WHEN THEY GO SEE THEATER. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER 5,000 WOULD BUMP US UP IN OUR PRINT MEDIA. 
          SO INSTEAD OF OUR THREE MONTHS THAT WE WOULD BE DOING WITH THE THREE LOCAL PLACES, WE'D BE DOING SIX MONTHS AT THAT SIX MONTH, UM, COMMITMENT THAT GIVES US ACCESS TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          SO WHEN IT JUST BE THE PRINT ARTICLES, UM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IS GOING INTO THAT. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          SO COUPLE UPDATES, JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE Y'ALL HAVE TALKED TO US LAST. 
          UM, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND RECENTLY WITH OUR ADVERTISING, WITH OUR PRODUCTION OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS, HAVEN'T BOUGHT YOUR TICKETS YET. 
          IT OPENS NEXT WEEKEND IS THAT OUR, UM, OUR PATRONS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS ARE STILL RELYING 
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ON THAT PRINT MEDIA. 
          I, MOST OF THEM AS I'M ANSWERING CALLS AND STUFF TO THE THEATER AND STUFF, IS THE, I SAW THIS IN THIS, WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT HAS PROVEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THE PRINT MEDIA. 
          UM, THAT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION. 
          LAST TIME IS HOW VIABLE IS THAT AS A SOURCE FOR MARKETING. 
          UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, UM, THE DATA FROM OUR WEBSITE AND FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, A LITTLE OVER 75% OF THAT IS NEW VISITORS. 
          OKAY. 
          NEW PEOPLE TO MAY RIVER THEATER. 
          SO WE'VE, WE'RE WORKING ON KIND OF CREATING THAT BALANCE BETWEEN HOW DO WE GIVE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO US FOR 20 YEARS, WHAT THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED, AND THEN HOW DO WE REACH THAT NEW DEMOGRAPHIC? UM, SO AGAIN, OUR WEBSITE HAS BEEN AS WE'VE REVAMPED THAT HAS BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AT CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN WE'VE BEEN SUPPLEMENTING THAT THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND OUR INSTAGRAM PAGES SEE HENDERSON HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT JUST WITH THAT ADDITIONAL MARKETING BEYOND WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH IS THOSE THREE SHOWS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST TIME, UM, SOMETHING WE HAD IN THE WORKS JUST, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT SOLIDIFIED BY DECEMBER, WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE REQUEST TO HAVE THIS BACK IN IS, UM, THIS SPRING, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUR FIRST SERIES OF ONE APPS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT ONE AX IS THE EXPENSES LOW, AND WE CAN HAVE A HIGH IMPACT. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE FOUR NEW DIRECTORS TO MAY RIVER THEATER THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH OUR ONE X SERIES. 
          UM, THREE OF THEM ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25. 
          THEY ARE, THEY GREW UP IN THIS AREA AND THEN WENT TO COLLEGE AND NOW WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          AGAIN, THE TEACHER IN ME GETS EMOTIONAL ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, COLLECTIVE, YOU WOULD THINK I DO THIS ALL DAY, THAT I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, GET EMOTIONAL, BUT ANYWAYS, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO BE. 
          SO WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT ONE X BASICALLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY GET TWO WEEKS TO REHEARSE. 
          A SHELL GOES UP TWO WEEKS TO REHEARSE A SHOW GOES UP. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY ACTIVE IN OUR THEATER AND UTILIZING THAT SPACE, BRINGING IN NEW PEOPLE TO DIRECT, TO ACT, TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE EXPENSE OF ROYALTIES AND THAT SORT OF STUFF, BUT BY EXPANDING TO THAT SIX MONTH ADVERTISING, THAT HELPS US INCLUDE THAT WE CAN NOW REACH OUT TO A DEMOGRAPHIC IN ABOUT AUDITIONING FOR THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, IT IS OUR GOAL WITH THAT SERIES OF ONE X TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR AND EXPAND INTO AN ANNUAL EVENT. 
          THAT WOULD BE AMAZING IF WE COULD GROW IT AND INCLUDE THEATERS AND HILTON HEAD THEATERS IN BUFORD. 
          SO THAT IT'S REALLY KIND OF GROWS INTO THIS KIND OF DESTINATION TYPE EVENT. 
          SO JUST IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE FORWARD-THINKING TOO, AND THAT THAT'S OUT THERE AND THAT THESE FUNDS WILL, UM, SUPPORT US AS WE GO THERE. 
          UM, THE OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT WHAT'S, I THINK IS IMPORTANT, AS WE'RE ASKING FOR MONEY IS SHOWING THAT THE BOARD HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR REVENUE? SO WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER AND AFTER HIS FIRST MEETING WITH US, HE'S LIKE, I'D REALLY LIKE TO START A REVENUE COMMITTEE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY HOW WE BRING IN REVENUE, BUT HOW DO WE BE CREATIVE ABOUT THAT? SO WHERE THE FUNDS FROM THIS WOULD HELP US WITH THOSE TRADITIONAL MARKETING AND ROYALTY FEES THAT WOULD OPEN US UP TO DOING THINGS LIKE PAIRING WITH BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, IT'S NOT, UH, A HUGE ONE YET, BUT FOR THIS ONE, LIKE WE'RE JUST DOING AN EVENT WHERE WE'RE DOING A CONTEST FOR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE PICTURES OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR, UM, THEIR SALON, THEIR HAIRDO, THE WEDDING ONE, WHOEVER GETS THE MOST COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK GETS FOUR FREE TICKETS, TWO FOR THEMSELVES, TWO FOR THEIR HAIRDRESSERS SINCE STILL MAGNOLIAS IS TAKES PLACE IN A HAIRDRESSING PLACE. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE PAIR UP? HOW DO WE SHARE SOCIAL MEDIA? HOW DO WE GROW? AND I THINK IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE PRINT SIDE OF IT, IT KIND OF GOES UP. 
          UM, AND I THINK FINALLY, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS, AND WE DIDN'T SHOW A NEW BUDGET BECAUSE THE FACT IS IF WE DON'T GET THE 22,000, WE WON'T BE DOING BILLBOARDS AND, AND THE SIX MONTHS JUST BECAUSE IN OUR FIRST LIKE FULL YEAR BACK, AND IT IS A FULL YEAR AND THAT'S AMAZING. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PAST REVENUE FROM THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          SO AFTER YOU'VE BEEN TO THE PLACE AND I MUST PICK THE WRONG NIGHTS, CAUSE Y'ALL ARE PRETTY FULL. 
          WHAT KIND OF ATTENDANCE DO YOU RUN ON AN AVERAGE? SO FOR 
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OUR SHOW IN NOVEMBER, WE WERE AT ABOUT 75%, WHICH WERE OUR FIRST SHOW IN THE THEATER AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS. 
          THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. 
          WHERE A TICKET SALES ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS ONE. 
          I'M HOPING WE, WE SELL THIS ONE OUT AND THERE'LL BE, UH, FOR YOU, IT WAS STILL MAGNOLIAS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THIS ONE, CORRECT? YEP. 
          AND HOW MANY NIGHTS WILL IT RUN? WE HAVE SIX SHOWS GOING. 
          SO, SO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, AND THEN SUNDAY MATINEE QUESTION ON THE, ON YOUR BILLBOARD REQUEST, UM, YOU GOT PLACEMENT A ONE-ON-ONE 70 AND SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD. 
          UM, THAT'S THROUGH HARDY GOALS. 
          I HAD THE NORTHERN GIRL IN HERE IS GOING TO BE LIKE, UM, SHOULD BE THE INTERSECTION OF 17 A AND THE ROAD THAT COMES OUT FROM LEVY. 
          THAT'S THREE 15. 
          AND WHAT WAS THE ONE 70? WELL, NO, YOU HAD ONE, YOU HAD ONE SEVEN, YOU KNOW, ONE 70 AND I, I CAN IMAGINE, UM, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH ADAMS. SO IF I'M THINKING SPEEDWAY, WHEN I'M DRIVING TO SAVANNAH. 
          SO ONE 70 IS THAT WHEN WE COME DOWN THROUGH HARDY VILLE AND HIT SPEEDWAY HERE THAT YOU HIT BEFORE THE BRIDGE SPEEDWAYS, THE, THE, THE ROAD THAT GOES FROM THE INTERSTATE TO THE TALMAGE BRIDGE. 
          AND SO ONE 70 DOESN'T INTERSECTED ANYWHERE. 
          SO IS IT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS? DO YOU KNOW? IT IS TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          YEAH, IT WAS. 
          ONCE I HAD A BOWL, I HAD ABOVE A BILLBOARD ON THREE 15, I KNOW THE PLACEMENT OF WALLET. 
          SO THREE 15 IS THE ONE COMING IN FROM SAVANNAH, WHERE YOU TAKE SEVEN, 17, YOU COME TO THE FLASHING LIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT A GUY'S ALWAYS BEGGING FOR MONEY AND THEN MAKE A, MAKE A RIGHT. 
          AND THEN THAT'S COMING IN FROM SAVANNAH. 
          SO WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT WAS, UM, MOST OF YOUR GOOGLE, GOOGLE DIRECTIONS WOULD BRING YOU PASS THERE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS A GOOD, SO, BUT ONE 70, SO OFF, UM, COMING FROM HERE, 46 FIRST GOES INTO THE CENTER OF HARTSVILLE. 
          I FLIPPED THAT WAS SPEEDWAY EVERY, UM, THE NEXT, NEXT 1, 1 70 AND ONE 70 THEN CUTS OFF, HITS INTO 17 AND ONE 70 THEN GOES THROUGH THE PRESERVE. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PLACE THIS OTHER BOARD FOR YOU IS THAT AS THE TRAFFIC WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC, OKAY. 
          ONE 70, I'M GOING TO IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO BE COMING FROM BUFORD AND YOU HIT PEOPLE COMING IN. 
          YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY TOURIST. 
          I ALSO HAD, I ALSO HAD A BILLBOARD ON 4, 4 62 COMING IN WITH EXIT EXIT 28. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, THE TRAFFIC, UM, REPORTS ON THAT, WHERE YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN, WHERE WE'RE VACATIONING, ONCE AGAIN, GOOGLE MAPS TAKES YOU THROUGH THAT WAY. 
          AND THEN COMING FROM SAVANNAH, THEY BRING YOU THROUGH THREE 15. 
          SO, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS OUR INTENT. 
          CAN I STEAL YOUR PEN FOR A MINUTE? I'M JUST GOING TO PUT ON YOUR, SO I, I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR TENT. 
          I'LL JUST BE HONEST AND SAY THAT JENNIFER WAS THE ONE WHO CONTACTED FOR THE BILLBOARDS AND STUFF. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS OUR, THAT IT WAS THAT SAVANNAH IN BECAUSE AGAIN, COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION AND THEN THE BEAUTIFUL COMING DOWN. 
          BUT IF THERE'S, YEAH, I WOULD QUESTION IF THEY'RE SELLING YOU ON ABSOLUTELY. 
          ON ONE 70 COMING FROM SAVANNAH, ONE 70 COMING IN FROM BUFORD MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE YOU GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND YOU'LL GET YOU GET LOCAL LOCALIZE ON THAT ALSO. 
          UM, SO, UH, AND KNOWING HOW MUCH BILLBOARDS COST YOU'RE JUST ABOUT IN ABOUT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IS. 
          CAUSE I KNOW THE ONE-ON-ONES ONE 70 COMING FROM BUFORD WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER ONE COMES FROM . 
          UM, AND THEN PERSONALLY, I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM PRINT MEDIA, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A PERSONAL THING. 
          I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I WOULD COMPLETELY STAND RIGHT NEXT TO YOU AND BE THAT WAY, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT'S BEEN ANSWERING THE PHONES FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AS PEOPLE AS MUCH, LIKE I SAW YOUR ADVERTISEMENT, I'M LIKE, OKAY. 
          SO I GUESS SOMEBODY STILL READING IT. 
          THAT'S AND I, AND MOST OF IT IS THERE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING FOR THAT 15, 20 YEARS THAT KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, W WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO AND FOR WHAT PERIOD OF TIME, OR IS IT GOING TO BE STAGGERED? 
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DID JENNIFER PUT THAT IN THERE AS THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TO KNOW THINGS? WHERE ARE THEY LOOKING OR AS, ESPECIALLY THE ONE COMING FROM BUFORD? IS THAT LOOKING, IS THAT LOOKING AT A, A DIGITAL OR IS THAT GOING TO BE A HARD COPY? HERE'S MY SUGGESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING IS JUST IN FIND OUT WHERE IT IS ON SPEEDWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY VITAL WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE JUST WASTING IT OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU CAN ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE, NATALIE, BUT JUST DO AN AMENDMENT TO THIS LITTLE SECTION RIGHT HERE AND SAY EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE. 
          AND IT'S FOR A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS OR SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT IS, IS WHAT MY SUGGESTION CAUSE AND REACH OUT TO JENNIFER. 
          SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND HAD A LAST MINUTE FAMILY THING COME UP. 
          AND MY OTHER PS IS SAD. 
          UM, I, I MESSAGED Y'ALL THROUGH FACEBOOK AND I LEFT A MESSAGE TO ASK ABOUT SEASON TICKETS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN AMBER CALLED ME BACK OR WROTE ME BACK ON FACE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST DOUBLE CHECKED IT TOO. 
          SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT THOSE MIGHT BE OTHER AVENUES THAT YOU MIGHT BE MISSING IF THERE'S MORE THAN WAS THE ONE, A PHONE CALL TO OUR THING WAS ONE OF THOSE, A PHONE CALL A MESSAGE ON THE ANSWERING MACHINE. 
          THAT ONE WAS ME. 
          SO USUALLY I CATCH THOSE. 
          SO NO, NO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY PUTTING IT OUT THERE. 
          I JUST, ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, I CAUGHT A CORRECT ONE THAT ON THE ONE X PLACE, OKAY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING HERE. 
          WHAT WAS THE EXPANSION THAT THE HILTON HEAD IN BEAUTIFUL. 
          SO EVENT, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE ONE X SERIES, THEY KIND OF TURN MORE SO INTO KIND OF A FESTIVAL TYPE THING AND DIFFERENT THEATERS WILL HOST THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CHUNK OF TIME. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE OUR, UM, OUR GRAND VISION. 
          NOW THE ROAD WOULD BE THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING THEM HERE, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE SO MUCH INTEREST THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY EXPAND OUT AND KIND OF INCLUDE THE GREATER COMMUNITY JUST TO KIND OF BRIDGE THOSE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS CONCENTRATE ON MONIES THAT YOU GOT FOR A TAX AGE TAX THAT YOUR, THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS HERE. 
          RATHER THAN THERE YOU WANT MONEY FOR HILTON HEAD BY ALL MEANS, GO ASK THEM. 
          YOU WANT MONEY FROM BUFORD BY ALL MEANS, PETITION THEM. 
          BUT OTHERWISE I JUST CONCENTRATE ON WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO EXPAND IT. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          BUT FUNDING'S GOT TO COME FROM OTHER PLACES THAT ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          THIS IS COMPLETELY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          THAT JUST IN CASE THAT WAS A CONFUSION. 
          IT'S JUST, I'M A BIG UMBRELLA PICTURE. 
          LIKE THIS IS THE FOUNDATION. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE HOPE TO BUILD IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THOSE, THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE FOR Y'ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEXT WOULD BE OLD TOWN, MERCHANTS AND MERCHANTS SOCIETIES AT THE END, EACH ONE, HISTORICALLY WE MOTORED AT THE END FOR EVERYBODY AT THE SAME TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN SIT BACK DOWN AGAIN IF YOU WANT. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'VE ONLY EVER DONE VOTING AT THE END. 
          HOW WE, I DON'T MIND DOING IT BETWEEN EACH ONE LAST TIME BETWEEN EACH ONE THAT YOU WEREN'T HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE USUALLY WRITE THIS GRANT, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, CAUSE OUR FISCAL YEAR RUNS FROM JULY ONE TO JUNE 30TH. 
          WELL, THIS YEAR I DID NOT WRITE THE GRANT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE WERE STILL UNSURE OF WHAT WE WERE DOING BECAUSE OF LOVELY COVID. 
          AND THE LAST TIME I WROTE A GRANT, UM, WE DIDN'T USE HALF THE MONEY BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS CANCELED. 
          SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THROUGH THE FALL. 
          UM, AND WE DID HAVE AN ART WALK AND WE'RE HAVING AN ART WALK THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
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UM, WE DID GO AHEAD AND PLACE THAT I INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND I WOULD SAY MAYBE EIGHT YEARS, NINE YEARS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY RUN AN AD IN THE HILTON, HAD A BLOCKED, UH, VACATION PLANNER. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE PRINT PART, WHICH THEY DO SEND OUT TO BECAUSE UP TO 145,000 PEOPLE, BUT YOU GET THE WHOLE DIGITAL PART WITH IT, WHICH IS, UM, THE NICE PART IN TODAY'S WORLD, EXCEPT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET ON AND THEREFORE STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT PRINT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR. 
          IF YOU NOTICE WE'RE STILL DOING EVENT MARKETING, SO WE'LL STILL SPEND SOME MONEY, UH, FOR THE EVENT. 
          AND I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR SPRING ARTS WEEKEND AND THEN OUR GENERAL ADVERTISING, WHICH I JUST SHOWED. 
          YOU INCLUDES THE VACATION PLANNER. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE IN CAROLINA THE LAST TIME WE RAN IT. 
          UM, THIS IS THE TYPE OF AD AND UM, SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING. 
          UM, SO IT GOES TO ALL THE, UM, THRIVE MARKETS IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND UM, THEN OUR TOURIST MAPS. 
          AND AGAIN, LAST YEAR WE WERE LIKE LIMPING ALONG WITH THE TOURIST MAPS, THE AIRPORT IN ONE MONTH I HAD TO DELIVER A BOX, UH, TWICE ALREADY. 
          SO THE TOURISTS ARE COMING AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, WE ALL HAVE SHOPS OR RESTAURANTS IN TOWN. 
          WE KNOW IT'S THE TOURIST. 
          I MEAN, I GUESS THEY'VE LEFT HOME. 
          UM, THEY'RE HERE AND I GUESS THEY'RE STAYING, WHICH IS OKAY WITH ME BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HAD A BETTER YEAR EVER, WHICH IS AMAZING TO ME AFTER ALL THE STUFF WE'VE DONE. 
          FINALLY, I GUESS THEY'VE DISCOVERED US, UM, WHICH NOW THEY CAN STOP DISCOVERING US. 
          BUT I KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW I WANT TO MAKE, UH, BLUFFTON A DESTINATION AND WE DO, BUT WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE CAUTIOUS AND THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO MOVE HERE FROM NEW YORK. 
          UM, SO THE TOURIST MAPS, THE VIDEO PRODUCTION, WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET A LITTLE VIDEO SO WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH MAKES US MORE UP TO DATE. 
          IT'LL BE IN SEGMENTS SO WE CAN USE IT IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN OUR WEBSITE ENHANCEMENT. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT WEB MASTER DO THAT BECAUSE SO OUR WEBSITES, OKAY. 
          I THINK WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT AND IT'S JUST, OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO, UM, DO THE REST, WHAT WE WANT DONE. 
          AND THAT'LL ALL BE INCLUDED IN THIS. 
          WE ARE PLANNING WHICH AGAIN, THE LAST TIME. 
          SO FOR OUR BIG SPRING FLING, UM, WEEKEND THAT WAS CANCELED IN 2020, AND THEN WE DIDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT IT IN THE SPRING OF 2021. 
          UM, THAT WAS TIED IN WITH A PLAN AIR COMPETITION AND ALL THAT. 
          WELL, WE'VE MOVED IN NOT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT JUST A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WE'RE GOING TO, IT'LL STILL BE A WEEKEND. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY GO AFTER THE DRIVE MARKET, UM, TO COME AND STAY HOPEFULLY FOR TWO NIGHTS AND FILL SOME BEDS, GO TO RESTAURANTS. 
          UM, FRIDAY NIGHT DEFINITELY WILL BE AN ART WALK SATURDAY. 
          WE'RE HOPING WE'LL, WE'RE GOING TO TIE IN WITH THE, UH, GREATER BLUFFTON CHAMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD TASTES OF BLUFFTON. 
          THEY'RE KIND OF MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION ALSO. 
          UM, IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, STREET FESTIVALS IN THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, NONE OF THEM ARE AS GOOD AS THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. 
          OH, YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME? SORRY. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S, TO ME, WE'VE MOVED TO ANOTHER LEVEL, SO WE COULD HAVE A SOPHISTICATED TYPE OF TASTE OF BLUFFTON. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE NECESSARILY BOOTHS OF THE STREET. 
          WE COULD HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, WE HAVE THIS GORGEOUS AREA AT THE HAYWARD HOUSE. 
          WE HAVE MARTIN PARK. 
          UM, SO ANYWAY, IT'LL BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MOST WHY WILL BE BRUNCH AROUND TOWN AND WE'LL HAVE IT INTERSPERSED WITH, UM, ARTISTS DOING LIVE DEMOS IN PARKS, ON THE PORCHES OF GALLERIES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          SO THOSE DETAILS AREN'T IN STONE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING A FULL WEEKEND ARTS CULTURE HISTORY, WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT HERE IN BLUFFTON. 
          AND WE'LL CREATE AN EVENT THAT'S A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, UM, AND THAT PEOPLE WILL COME AND THEN WANT TO STAY. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF, I JUST, WHAT'S THE DATE ON THAT? WE DON'T KNOW YET. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE END OF APRIL. 
          DEFINITELY NOT THE WEEK BEFORE MAY FEST. 
          CAUSE THAT'S IN MAY. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO CROWD PEOPLE, BUT EASTER IS LATE THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE DON'T WANT IT EASTER WEEKEND BECAUSE IT'S 
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HERITAGE PLUS HERITAGE, CORRECT. 
          I'M JUST SAYING, IT'LL BE, YES, WE'RE GOING TO WORK BECAUSE WE WANT SOMETHING FOR BLUFFTON, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE YEARS, UM, WE'VE TRIED TO ENTICE, UM, PEOPLE THAT COME FOR THEIR HERITAGE TO COME OVER TO BLUFFTON. 
          I MEAN, THEY MIGHT COME OVER, BUT THAT IS NOT THE TIME FOR US TO DO AN EVENT. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO COMPETE WITH HERITAGE, UH, POOR DAYTIME QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO MY FIRST QUESTION WAS THE 16,000, CAUSE I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SO LOW, BUT IT GOES TO JUNE 30TH AND THEN YOU'LL PUT A NEW ONE IN THEN FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT, AS LONG AS THE WORLD'S NORMAL. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE TO CANCEL EVERYTHING, I GUESS. 
          UM, ONE THING I KNOW THAT WE HAD OUR, UM, THING ABOUT ALL THE APPLICATIONS. 
          I LOVE HER APPLICATION. 
          NONE OF THEM LOOK LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO READ IT. 
          DOESN'T HAVE THAT LITTLE BOX WHERE EVERYTHING DISAPPEARS. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO BE KNOWN THAT THIS IS REALLY NICE. 
          GOOD JOB, MARY. 
          THANKS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, AND I, YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT IS THAT NO EVENTS. 
          SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR WALK WEEKEND, SPRING FLING THING. 
          BUT IN THE PAST WE USED TO DO A COUPLE OF BIG EVENTS. 
          Y'ALL USED TO DO A COUPLE OF BIG EVENTS A YEAR. 
          SO NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE. 
          I MEAN, I'M JUST ASKING IT WOULD BE IT'S IT'S. 
          SO AT THAT TIME, CHRISTY WAS ON THE BOARD AT ONE TIME SHE WAS PRESIDENT TWICE. 
          UM, SO IT WAS JUST, IT'S HARD. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE A BUNCH OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THAT'S NOT REALLY WHO WE ARE. 
          UM, WE NEEDED THAT REVENUE BECAUSE AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING, WE WERE BRINGING TOURISTS, WE'RE STILL BRINGING THEM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO CREATE SUCH BIG THINGS. 
          I MEAN, WE HAD OCTOBER FEST. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH OF US. 
          CAUSE MOST OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES IT'S THEM. 
          SO THEY'RE IN THEIR SHOP. 
          SO HOW ARE THEY GOING TO SEND THE VOLUNTEER? I MEAN, SOME OF US HAD CHILDREN THAT WE CREATED, THEY WERE SLAVES. 
          UM, BUT LIKE MINE ARE ALL GROWN AND IT'S HARD TO GET THEM TO BE SLAVES ANYMORE. 
          SO, UM, I MEAN, I, I'M JUST BEING HONEST. 
          THAT'S REALLY WHY WE JUST, WE COULDN'T DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THAT GOES KIND OF INTO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, SO I SEE ON HERE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WAS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. 
          SO WHAT DID YOU DO? WHAT HAPPENED AT LOT OF THE NIGHT? UM, AND DECEMBER WE JUST TOLD PEOPLE, AGAIN, IT HAS CHANGED SO MUCH. 
          SO OUR COOL THING USED TO BE, TO MAKE THE LUMINARIES AND LINE CALHOUN STREET AND ALL UP TO THE PROMENADE. 
          UM, AND IT WAS VERY COOL AT THE TIME. 
          W WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. 
          IF, IF ANY OF YOU SAW THE LIGHT UP THE NIGHT THAT THE TOWN PUT ON, WE ADVERTISE THAT IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD KEEP OUR SHOPS OPEN TILL FIVE 30 BECAUSE AT FIVE 30, THAT WAS THE TREE LIGHTING. 
          SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE HERE, COME OUT AND SUPPORT ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND THEN GO TO THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. 
          AND WE DID THE SAME THING FOR THE PARADE. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S NO SENSE IN US WASTING MONEY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO, IF ANY OF YOU WERE THERE, IT WAS LIKE THE, I HAD MY GRANDCHILDREN. 
          IT WAS THE WIRELESS NIGHT IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. 
          THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. 
          AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
          OUR TOWN IS, I MEAN, I LOVE MARTIN PARK. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU, MARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAST APP BUILT WILL BE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON FOR THE ASPIRE POPE CARRIAGE HOUSE RESTORATION PROJECT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS PAT ROONEY. 
          I'M A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MANAGER FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. 
          I DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'VE WRITTEN DOWN FROM THE APPLICATION. 
          GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND. 
          THE SQUIRE POLK CARRIAGE HOUSE IS ONE OF 10 REMAINING ANTEBELLUM STRUCTURES WITHIN THESE HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 
          IT'S CONSIDERED A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE TO OUR NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE, A LITTLE BACKGROUND. 
          UM, THE TOWN BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 2017. 
          MOST OF YOU KNOW, THERE'S 
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BEEN A BEAUTIFUL PARK PUT ON THAT PROPERTY. 
          THE STRUCTURE ITSELF HAS BEEN FENCED OFF FOR THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          NOTHING'S REALLY BEEN DONE THERE. 
          IT'S BEEN, HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED, UM, BUT IT DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME ATTENTION. 
          IT'S, UH, IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT AS BAD AS SHAPE AS THE GARVIN GARVEY HOUSE WAS, BUT IT'S IN PRETTY DIFFICULT SEN UH, SHAPE AND NEEDS SOME ATTENTION. 
          UH, IN 2019, WE DID A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT AND PRESERVATION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL. 
          I THINK IT'S IN YOUR PACKETS. 
          IT'S A PRETTY LONG-WINDED DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FROM THAT POINT ON TO, UH, DEVELOP STABILIZATION PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE, TO RESTORE THE SCARP OF CARRIE'S HOUSE. 
          WE PLAN TO DO WE PLAN TO DO THE, SOME OF THE STABILIZATION THIS YEAR AND THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN START THE ACTUAL RESIDENT RESTORATION IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR 23, AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED USE FOR THE STRUCTURE, I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE AT THE GARVIN GARVEY HOUSE. 
          IT'D BE KIND OF A MUSEUM SLASH INTERPRETIVE CENTER. 
          THERE'LL BE FILLED WITH DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITS TO TELL THE STORY OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE LAND. 
          UM, THE PROJECT, UH, WE BELIEVE THE PROJECT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL TRACTION TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE HAYWARD HOUSE, UM, VISITORS CENTER AND MUSEUM WILL USE THIS AS PART OF THEIR GUIDED TOURS AND SELF GUIDED TOURS THAT THEY HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THIS PROJECT DOES SUPPORT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON STRATEGIC PLAN BY PRESERVING LOCAL CULTURE AND HISTORY. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT, UM, VISITATION IN SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY INCREASE VISITOR EXPENDITURES AND RETAIL DINING AND LODGING FACILITIES, AND THEREFORE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASE ACCOMMODATION TAX REVENUE WITH THAT. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO TOSS MY QUESTION. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF POSSIBLE OR NOT, BUT, UM, SO THE TOWN ALREADY GETS HARSH A PORTION OF THE DETOX MONEY. 
          UM, SO I WAS WONDERING WHERE THAT WAS SPENT. 
          SO NATURALLY HOW MUCH IT WAS LAST YEAR. 
          LET ME JUST ONE SECOND. 
          SO THE BI-STATE LOG, UM, THE FIRST QUARTER OF EACH YEAR, RIGHT OFF THE TOP $25,000 GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 5%, EACH QUARTER GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL. 
          SO THE TOWN, UM, ABOUT $66,000 FROM STATE FUNDS BASED ON THOSE DESIGNATIONS. 
          UM, AND THAT GOES INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH CAN BE USED FOR GENERAL PURPOSES. 
          THAT WAS 66,000 FOR THEM FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE 25,000. 
          IT DOES. 
          YEP. 
          AND THE GENERAL FUND IS JUST FOR ANYTHING TO TELL ME IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS. 
          YEP. 
          ALL OF OUR OPERATING PERSONNEL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO MY, UM, MY NEXT QUESTIONS IS I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M EVEN GOING TO GO HERE, BUT, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE BUDGET OF ALL THE STUFF. 
          SO IT STARTS OFF THAT. 
          YOU JUST SAID THAT, UM, IN YOUR LITTLE THING, NO, NOT NATALIE. 
          SORRY. 
          NO, I KNOW. 
          I NEED TO INTERRUPT. 
          I'M SORRY, PAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE THE CLARIFICATION THAT THAT WAS STATE FUNDS. 
          SO THE TOWN DOES 
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RECEIVE OUT OF THE OTHER, UM, PERCENTAGES FROM LOCAL, BUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR STATE FUNDS TO SPEND WITHIN TWO YEARS IS WHAT GENERATED THIS REQUEST. 
          SO OUT OF STATE FUNDS, THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED $66,000 LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF WE DON'T USE IT, WE LOSE IT. 
          SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE JUST HELPING UP IN THAT, RIGHT? IT WAS STICK LAW. 
          THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO, THAT YOU NEED TO SPEND THE FUNDS, BUT THE STATE OF COMBINATIONS TAX WITHIN TWO YEARS OF RECEIPT, UM, OR YOU CAN REQUEST AN EXTENSION, BUT YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT IT'S COMMITTED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO MY QUESTION WAS, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GAVIN HOUSE AND HOW THAT THE GAVIN HOUSE, HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND ON THE GAVIN HOUSE? DO YOU KNOW? UH, I CAN TELL YOU, I CAN TELL YOU THIS ONE'S BUDGETED FOR $1.4 MILLION IN THIS CONSTRUCTION MARKET WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN BUILD IT FOR THAT IN THAT. 
          SO YOU SPENT MORE THAN THAT ON THE GUMNUT HOUSE, YOU THINK? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          I MEAN, WELL, IT WAS IN MUCH WORSE SHAPE THAN THIS ONE IS, BUT I WOULD SAY THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE GARVIN GARVEY HOUSE IT'S LARGER. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'LL HAVE TO BE ELEVATED. 
          IT'LL YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION IS PRETTY MUCH SHOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN, ALRIGHT, SO YOU GET APPROVED TO THIS, UH, 215. 
          THIS MIGHT BE A NATALIE QUESTION. 
          SO IF THE, UM, IF THE CONSTRUCTION IS LIKE TRIPLE THAT OR DOUBLE THAT, WILL WE COME BACK AND TRY TO GET MORE MONEY TO FINISH IT? OR WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          THE, UH, PRESERVATION PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN 2019 HAD IT HAD AN ESTIMATED TO BE JUST UNDER A MILLION AND WE BUMPED IT UP TO 1.4 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, HOPING THAT NEEDED TO COVER INCREASES IN COSTS THAT HAVE COME UP SINCE THEN. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE THAT EXTRA COSTS IN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IF FOR SOME REASON IT COMES IN AT 1.6, WE CAN DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT INCLUDE $200,000 TO INCREASE TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR THAT. 
          I KNOW THE PROJECT IS A PRETTY HIGH PRIORITY WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SO THEY WANT TO SEE IT DONE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE, UH, GRANTS THAT CAME FROM THE STATE FOR PARKING BARBIE HOUSE. 
          WHAT'S YOUR PLAN. 
          AS FAR AS SOLICITING THOSE OTHER FUNDS, WE RECEIVED ONE GRANT FOR THE PRESERVATION PLAN PAID FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE COST OF THAT. 
          AND WE'RE, UH, GROWTH MANAGEMENT IS LOOKING INTO LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE STATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHATEVER FUNDS WE CAN FIND FOR THIS. 
          SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT THIS, WOULD THAT BE UNDER THE STRATEGIC MEETINGS OR WHAT MEETINGS PUBLICLY WOULD YOU GO TO, TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS? WHENEVER YOU DO THAT, THE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT OVERALL? OKAY. 
          UM, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS PRETTY TRANSPARENT. 
          WE HAVE OUR ENTIRE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          PROJECTS ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          YOU CAN GO TO THE STORYBOARD, GET A WHOLE NINE YARDS, THE BUDGET, THE SCHEDULE, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT, AS FAR AS APPROVALS. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          MATTER OF FACT, WE, WE SPENT ALL DAY TODAY WORKING ON THAT AND, UM, THAT'S WHERE THEY PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND WE'LL SHOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE END OF THE WEEK, MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE MEETING ON THE 23RD TO KIND OF GO REVIEW ALL THAT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION OR NOT. 
          YOU DISCUSSED IT TODAY. 
          AND, UH, IN THE MARK SHOT THAT YOU HAVE IN, UH, IN, UH, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS A TWO YEAR WINDOW. 
          SO IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR THAT TWO YEAR, ONE WINDOW, BUT THE ACTUAL BUDGET GETS APPROVED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BRING US TO THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF VOTING FOR APPLICANTS. 
          FIRST ONE, WE WOULD CALL WOULD BE THE NEIGHBOR THEATER. 
          UM, CAN I GET A MOTION, 
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MOTION TO APPROVE A MEMBER THEATERS REQUEST FOR $22,195? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT AN AMENDMENT ON THAT? ARE WE GOING TO PULL AWAY? JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S LEAVE IT AT THAT SECOND. 
          I'LL SECOND IT DISCUSSION ON THIS. 
          SO WHAT AMENDMENT, YOU MENTIONED THE MET AN AMENDMENT AS FAR AS THE PLACEMENT OF THE BILLBOARDS. 
          DID YOU GET AN ANSWER BACK? WHAT'S THAT ANSWER?  SO THE SAME WAY ONE IS THERE AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE ONE 70 BY THE SHERRY. 
          SURE. 
          Y'ALL CHERRY PUMP. 
          THAT'S THE DIGITAL ONE. 
          IS IT? YEAH, BOTH OF THEM ARE DIGITAL IT'S FOR A YEAR. 
          AND THAT CAUSED US TO INCLUDE SOCIAL AND, UM, LIKE MEDIA THROUGH THEM ADVERTISEMENT ALSO. 
          THAT'S GOOD WITH THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S SMART BECAUSE THE CHANGES THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE, UH, SO ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MAY RIVER TO THE EIGHT OR 50 50 MATCH, THE 50 50 MATCH, THE ASTERISK IS JUST, IT'S JUST A MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE REQUEST. 
          SO IT WAS THE 32,690 POINT 50. 
          THE ACTUAL REQUEST IS THAT IT'D BE APPROVED AMOUNT HUDDLE. 
          AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM WITH A 50 50 MATCH IN THE BUDGET, THERE'S TWO STARS REDUCES 21. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IN 2020 1002 1650, WHAT YOU, YOU MOTION MIKE? YES. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE HALF OF THE AWARD, WHICH IS 21,000 TO 1650. 
          WE HAD THE DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AWARDING, THE MAYOR THEATER, THE $21,216 AND 50 CENTS, PLEASE STATE AYE. 
          ANYBODY OPPOSED? DID I DO THAT? RIGHT? SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE OLD TOWN MERCHANT SOCIETY. 
          UH, BLUFFTON AS A DESTINATION, THEIR REQUEST IS FOR $16,000. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR $16,000. 
          SECOND, SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I AM RECRUITS RECUSED FROM THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO HE CAN'T VOTE. 
          I KNOW THAT PART, BUT DO WE HAVE A, STILL A FORM THAT WE CAN MAKE IT GO THROUGH ANY DISCUSSION ON THE 16 POUNDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, STATE BY ONE RECUSAL AND EXCEPT FOR THAT UNANIMOUS. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL APPLICANT WOULD BE THE KIND OF LEFT INSPIRE POPE, CARRIE CHILD'S RESTORATION. 
          AND I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TOWN OF BLUFFTON FOR $215,000. 
          I'LL SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION. 
          ANYONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THAT'S WHEN UNANIMOUS THERE WAS NO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT'S, UH, FOR THOSE WHO WERE ADVERTISING, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT IS ADVERTISING SPONSORED WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON EIGHT TAX DOLLARS AS PART OF THE LOW COUNTRY LOGO ON IT? THE NEXT MEETING FOR EIGHT TAX IS MAY 7TH. 
          THERE WAS A DEADLINE OF MARCH 31ST FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS TO BE IN MARCH 31ST, MARCH 17TH, RIGHT? 17. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAVE THE DRAFT. 
          MAY 17TH IS THE NEXT MEETING MARCH. 
          YES, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID WITH THAT. 
          I'D GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          I MOVE, WE ADJOURN.
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