Mar 03, 2022 Town of Bluffton Affordable Housing Committee

[I. CALL TO ORDER ]

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IS THIS MARCH 3RD 2022? AND WE ARE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL ABOARD. THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEASE. CHAIRMAN FRED HAMILTON PRISON. DAN WOOD GWENN CHAMBERS PRESIDENT PRESENT NO LESS POLITE JOHN NICOLE PRESENT GRAY STABLES PRESENT AND MEG JAMES

PRESIDENT RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. OKAY.

[III. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ]

>> MOVED SECOND CASE HAS BEEN MOVING PROPERLY A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

LET BE KNOWN BY SAYING I I I OPPOSE EYES HAVE IT ALSO THE ADOPTION OF THE FEB 3RD MINUTES

[IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES ]

>> ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS VICTORIA? >> NO SIR.

[VII.2. Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update ]

NONE AT THIS TIME. >> OKAY THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

OKAY. I DO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I DO KNOW THIS POLITE HAS JOINED US.

>> AND I AM GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN. >> GET ME ONE SECOND SO I CAN PUT OUT WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS FOR TODAY TO DO A NEW PLATFORM IN GOING AFTER THIS

MEETING. GIVE ME A CALL PLEASE. >> NEED I HIT THAT AND IT SAID IT WAS A MOMENT SOMETHING I WAS DOING SOMETHING SWELLS ON MISS

. OKAY I'LL I'M STUCK. >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE WHAT WENT

WRONG. >> KEVIN , CAN SHE SEND HER STUFF TO YOU?

>> MAYBE YOU CAN TRY TO SHARE. >> COME ON, FOLLOW IT UP. ARE YOU JUST PULL UP THE REPORT

THINKING KICK KEVIN CAN YOU HEAR US? >> YEAH.

OKAY. YOU CAN HEAR ME. YEAH.

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NEAR ME. HE'S GOT A MICROPHONE OVER ME. >> IT WOULDN'T LET ME SHOW, OK.

>> CAN YOU GUYS SEE MY SCREEN NOW? YEAH.

>> NO I'M NOT. YES THERE WAS. >> THERE YOU GO.

IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YOU GOT IT.

GOT IT. OK. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I WAS IN PANIC MODE AND I THOUGHT I WAS ON MY APOLOGIES. OK.

SO WHAT YOU GUYS SEE NOW SHOULD BE THE BUDGET UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY TWENTY FOUR OF TWENTY

TWENTY TWO. CORRECT. >> RIGHT.

AS OF FEBRUARY 24TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO THE AVAILABLE BUDGET IS ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND FIFTY TWO DOLLARS AND SIXTEEN CENTS EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE FORTY SEVEN EIGHTY FOUR HAS BEEN PAID OUT ON ROOFS AND REPAIRS SEPTIC PUMP OUTS AND INCOME VERIFICATION INVOICES.

AS OF FEBRUARY 24 OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY NINE HOMES HAVE BEEN ASSISTED.

CURRENTLY ONE HOME IS WAITING ON ESTIMATES AND THAT ONE HOME HAS BEEN WAITING ON ESTIMATES FOR A WHILE BECAUSE ITS MATERIAL HAS BEEN BACKED UP WITH THAT ONE.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE SEEMS TO BE ON THERE EVERY MONTH. ON OUR SPREADSHEET, OUR EXCEL SPREADSHEET YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IS ESTIMATED AND WHAT CHECKS HAVE NOT BEEN CUT OUT YET BUT CHECKS THAT ARE WAITING TO GO OUT. MAYBE THIS THURSDAY OR EVEN NEXT THURSDAY WHEN WE CUT CHECKS HERE AT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

SO ANY QUESTIONS WITH THOSE EXPERTS EXCEL SPREADSHEETS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

VICTORIA, THEY SAY BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT OR A LOT OF AND WE'RE JUST FEBRUARY IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY THIS YEAR? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION TO TURN OVER TO CHAIRMAN.

IF WE DO RUN OUT, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THAT'S A NEW ONE FOR ME BUT I DON'T BELIEVE SO. BUT I CAN PASS THAT ONE OVER TO CHAIRMAN SO HE CAN KIND OF GIVE US MORE IF WE DO. IF THAT DOES COME WHAT WOULD BE A PLUS? IF IT DOES THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> YEAH. YEAH. >> IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT SO YOU KNOW WE RUN ON THE FISCAL YEAR SO THE END OF THIS BUDGET CYCLE IS AT THE END OF JUNE.

SO IN ESSENCE WE HAVE FOUR MORE MONTHS IN THIS BUDGET. SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE US.

YOU KNOW, RUNNING OUT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO IF IT GETS CLOSE?

>> ANY PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD JUST YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY EVEN IF WE HAD TO DELAY IT FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS ,THEN IT WOULD GET INTO THAT NEW BUDGET CYCLE.

>> OK, I UNDERSTAND. >> ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THE BUDGET UPDATE, RIGHT?

[VII.1. November 3, 2022 - Meeting Date Change ]

NO QUESTIONS. >> THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA WAS GOING OVER FOR OUR NOVEMBER MEETING. WE DO NEED TO CHANGE OUR DATE. TOWN COUNCIL HAS SCHEDULED THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO IF EVERYONE CAN PULL UP THEIR CALENDAR FOR ME FOR NOVEMBER AND WE CAN KIND OF SET THEM ON A DATE SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT IN THE NOTES IN OUR MINUTES FOR THE WEBSITE AND THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT NOTICE ON THE TOWN'S AGENDA ON THE TOWN'S CALENDAR EXCUSE ME. SO WE DO NEED TO MOVE OUR

NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING. >> ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS WE CAN KEEP IT ON THURSDAY AND GO TO THE 10TH OR THE 17? KEEP IN MIND THANKSGIVING IS THE FOLLOWING WEEK BUT WE CAN KEEP AN THURSDAY AND WE CAN MOVE TO THE 10TH OR WE CAN MOVE TO THE 17TH.

CHAIRMAN, ANY IDEAS COMING FROM YOU? WELL, THE DATE I WANT TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE AND TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE.

SO AGREE. >> ALL RIGHT. OK, LET'S DO IT THOUGH.

>> ANY ONE GOOD FOR NOVEMBER. WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY. I'M GOOD.

I'M GOOD. OK. SO IT LOOKS LIKE MAJORITY RULE

SO LEAVE OUT ON NOVEMBER 10. >> ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS DATE OR IS CONSENT THIS CONSENT? OK. ALL RIGHT.

>> NOVEMBER 10. SO I'LL SEND YOU GUYS OUT A CALENDAR INVITE.

SO WE ARE SET FOR NOVEMBER 10. KEEP HIM IN TIME 10:00 A.M.. >> BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER, OUR PRESENTER TODAY, I JUST WANT TO READ TO GO OVER IN-HOUSE THINGS.

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OK. DID EVERYONE GET THAT INVITE? WE'LL GET THAT E-MAIL.

>> YES, YES. OK. ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY GET YOUR ON SCREEN IF YOU CAN JUST SHOOT CARRIE OR EMAIL BACK THAT

[VII.3. Regional Housing Trust Fund Update: Eric Greenway, AICP, County Administrator, Beaufort County ]

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

I'M GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL DAY TO EXPLAIN NOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REGIONAL HOUSING

TRUST FUND. >> I'VE GIVEN SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS ON THE DEVELOP OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THERE IS DETAILED PRESENTATIONS OUT THERE FOR YOU ALL TO GO LOOK AT IF YOU NEED TO. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS MAYBE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO NOW WE HAVE EIGHT JURISDICTIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN HIRING ON CONSULTANT TO STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

AND WE HAD A LARGE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT ADVISED THE CONSULTANT ON WHAT THAT FRAMEWORK FOR ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTY. WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS WE'VE PRESENTED THAT FRAMEWORK TO ALL EIGHT JURISDICTIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY AND THOSE EIGHT JURISDICTIONS ARE BEAUFORT COUNTY, JASPER COUNTY ,THE TOWNS OF UMC CITY OF BEAUFORT, TOWN OF PORT ROYAL TOWN OF BLUFFTON, TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND TOWN

OF HARDY VILLE. >> SO WE HAD A WIDE SUPPORT ON THE CONSULTANT AND THE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE. WE'VE HEARD THAT ALL OF THAT THE SO LOGO BOARD WHO ORIGINALLY STARTED THE STUDY OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND HAS RECENTLY ASKED ME TO DEVELOP THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

THE ORDER IS TO ESTABLISH THAT AND THEN THE INTER GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY TO LOOK AT SO THAT WE CAN SET UP THE GOVERNING BOARD STRUCTURE AND ENTER INTO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS ON HOW ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES WILL MAKE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS FINANCIALLY TO THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

WE ARE TARGETING A START IN BASE OF ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR TO SEE THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE WILL USE THAT SEED MONEY TO LEVERAGE MANY, MANY MORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OUTSIDE FUNDS EITHER THROUGH THE FEDERAL STATE LEVEL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS OR THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS.

TAP THE CITY OF GREENVILLE THE TRUST FUND MONITOR A REGIONAL TRUST FUND.

IT WAS ONLY THE CITY GREENVILLE THEY PUT 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN AND THEY TURNED THAT 2 MILLION DOLLAR SEED MONEY INTO FORTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR REGIONAL. OUR FOUR HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN AND AROUND THE CITY OF GREENVILLE FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AS YOU ALL KNOW A KEY ELEMENT TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND WOULD BE INVOLVED IN DOING GAP FINANCING BETWEEN WHAT A DEVELOPER COULD DO AND WHAT A BANK WOULD LOAN.

SO IT WAS SAVED THE DEVELOPER HAVING TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENCE.

THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND COULD ASSIST WITH THE IMPACT FEE PAYMENTS FOR THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE INCLUDING SCHOOL IMPACT FEES FOR SOUTH OF THE BROAD IT COULD DO EVENTUALLY GET INTO DOING HOUSING REHAB AND MAINTAINING EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRUCTURES AND THEN ULTIMATELY BUT BE A LONGER TERM POSSIBILITY WOULD BE POTENTIAL FOR LAND BANKING SOME LAND TO BE USED AND WORK WITH THE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AGAIN IS WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THESE GOVERNING

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QUESTIONS. >> THANK AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

AND YEAH, I HAVE YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG BECAUSE I'M A PART SO LOCAL BUT BUT AND I WANT TO GIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS A CHANCE TO GO TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL. BUT I HAVE A FEW AND ONE IN AN IN AND IS KIND PREMATURE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT HOW MANY IS BLUFFTON DO HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT'S IN THE Q HOW MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN REGIONAL TRUST FUND HAVE PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH WHILE BEFORE COUNTY WE HAVE THREE IS THE

CITY OF BEAUFORT? >> NO HAS ONE THAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW SARA BUT BUT AGAIN I WOULDN'T LOOK AT IT AS AS BEING COMPETITIVE WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND ONCE WE GET THE FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED AND WE'RE WORKING WITH GOING THROUGH AN AGREEMENT REVIEW ON THAT AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW WITH COMMUNITY WORKS TO OPERATE THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR US THEY DO THIS THEY DO THE THEY DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN GREENVILLE. SO THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH TRUST FUNDS AND HOW THEY OPERATE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT. SO HOPEFULLY BY JUNE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE ON THE GROUND RUNNING AND TAKING APPLICATIONS.

I WOULD LOOK AT IT AS COMPETITION COUNCIL MEMBER HAMPTON HOPEFULLY THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO THE GOAL OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND IS TO SPREAD THE WORK OUT AMONG THROUGHOUT THE REGION THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS ALL EIGHT OF THEM AND PROJECTS WILL NOT HAVE TO COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN

ORDER TO GET FUNDING. >> OKAY. WHAT WOULD THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE NOT DOING ANY HOUSING PROJECTS BUT IT DOES THAT IS USED TO SPREAD THE MONEY. I GUESS YOU'D ONLY KNOW IT THEY THEY IF THEY DON'T OUR PROJECTS

THEY WILL NOT. >> THEY WON'T. THOSE THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE A PROJECT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FROM THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

OUR TAKE IS TO OUR TAKE IS THAT YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND IS GONNA BE ONE UNIT THAT SERVES A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS AND YOU KNOW, IF A JURISDICTION HAS A AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT INSIDE THEIR JURISDICTION, THEY IMBIBE FUNDING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN ONE JURISDICTION THEN THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO ALL THE

OTHER JURISDICTIONS IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU. >> YES.

NOW YOU ALSO SAID THAT IT COULD IT COULD LEND ITSELF TO HOUSING REHAB, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH.

YEAH. OKAY. WHAT WOULD THAT.

HOUSING WE HAVE FALL UNDER THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS A PROGRAM. DO WE HAVE ANY IS THERE GUIDELINES SPECIFIC ON MEANS FOR HOW HOW THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED IF IF IF HE WANTED TO PUT IT PUT IT IN OUR PROGRAM WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR PROGRAM AT ANY POINT NOW.

>> YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU ALL AS LONG AS THE JURISDICTIONS HAVE PROGRAMS SET UP TO DO RAISING OUR HOUSING REHAB AND YOU KNOW, TYPICAL HOUSING REHAB PROJECTS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE REWRITING THE PLAYBOOK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS.

THIS IS STRICTLY A FUNDING SOURCE AND A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE REGION . WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN I MEAN THERE'LL BE GUIDELINES FOR THEM TO GIVE MONEY TO PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND TAKE AWAY THE AUTONOMY OF INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.

SO THAT'S NOT THE PLAN AT ALL. >> OK WITH WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE AS

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CORRECT? >> YEAH, I THINK FOR THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE LOOKING TO RAISE A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS .

>> OK. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELECT ITS TIMING YOU CAN DO SO NOW, PLEASE.

THAT WAS THE SAME QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE IS HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE THINK THAT WE WOULD GET FOR FOUR BLUFFTON? YEAH. AND I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T IT'S NOT GONNA BE I WOULDN'T LOOK AT IT AS A MEANS OF HOW MUCH MONEY BLUFFTON IS GONNA NECESSARILY.

I WOULD LOOK AT IT MORE AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HOW MANY PROJECTS THAT THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY DIRECT PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS IN THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND IS GONNA BE A STAND ON ENTITY THAT'S GOING TO FUND A VARIETY OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND ALL THE JURISDICTIONS.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I IT'LL BE ESTABLISHED ENOUGH COME JUNE THAT YOU'LL BE LIKE YOU THINK.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT RAISING THE TWO MILLION DO ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO DECIDE HOW MUCH THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT IN TO GET TO THAT NUMBER AND THEN BY DOUBLING THE THE HOUSING TRUST ONE PROGRAM STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY THE STAKEHOLDERS RECOMMENDED FUNDED

A FUNDING FORMULA FOR THAT. >> THAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION AND I WILL E-MAIL VICTORIA THE PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU ALL CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT IT. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WHAT BLUFFTON BECAUSE THERE WAS AN THERE WAS A SCHEDULE ESTABLISHED ON FOUR JURISDICTIONS USING THEIR ARPA MONEY AND SINCE BLUFFTON GOT LESS ARPA MONEY BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF ENTITLEMENT JURISDICTION THEY ARE, THE FORM IS A LITTLE SKEWED FOR THE OWN WHEREAS I THINK WASHINGTON WOULD ONLY BE REQUIRED TO PUT IN FIFTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS THE FIRST YEAR BUT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF POPULATION TOWN OF BLUFFTON HAS THAT NEEDS TO BE INCREASED. SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE MANY OF THE SMALLER POPULATION AREAS ARE HAVING TO PAY WAY MORE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST THAT ONCE AGAIN ONCE WE GET ALL THESE DOCUMENTS BACK IN FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT 19. HOW LONG IT TOOK GREENVILLE TO GET TO THAT 43 MILLION A YEAR 43. I DON'T THINK WHAT IT WAS IT

WAS PRETTY QUICK. >> THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF FLOODING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR THIS TYPE OF . I'M SORRY. I MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.

MR. EMERSON, WHERE ARE YOU FREE IN ANY MONEY? >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU THERE.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IS THERE A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS IN THIS REBEL REBEL WHERE YOU SAID I WAS WRITING IMPATIENT AND OVERLOOKED IT? WAS THERE A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS WE CAN APPLY FOR? AND THEN ALSO DOES THIS WILL WE BE ABLE TO UTILIZE CAN WE APPLY

FOR IT WITH PREEXISTING PROJECTS? >> SO THE ANSWER TO THOSE MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS OF THE FIRST ONE IS THERE ISN'T GONNA BE A CAP BUILT IN TO THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE FOR EACH JURISDICTION TO APPLY FOR THAT THERE WILL BE A CAP BUT IT'LL ONLY BE LIMITED TO THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS WE CAN DO PER YEAR . AND THE SECOND ANSWER IS YES, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXISTING PROJECTS TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND ONCE THAT'S ESTABLISHED THOSE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE AS IT HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE

MUNICIPALITY SO WE'LL PROJECT. >> NO, NO IT DOESN'T. OKAY.

INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPERS, MUNICIPALITIES, INDIVIDUALS CAN APPLY THROUGH THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY WORKS IF THAT'S WHO WE GO WITH TO SET UP THE

THING TO MAKE APPLICATIONS AND AND GET THEIR FUNDING AGAIN. >> YOU KNOW FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS I MEAN AS A MUNICIPALITY OR JURISDICTION DRIVEN PROCESS ONCE WE ESTABLISH THIS THING IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BEAUFORT COUNTY AGENCY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE AN AGENCY IN THE REGION TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TIED TO ACTUAL WORK BY

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE AN APPLICATION AS A MINUS PARTY FOR THE HOUSING TRUST FUND

UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A PROJECT YOU WANT TO DO SO. >> DOES THAT MEAN I GUESS HAVE YOU ESTABLISHED COVERING DOCS AND IT HAS ITS OWN BOARD STRUCTURE? IT'LL BE AN ENTITY THAT WE TUNE IN TO FOR LIKE ANNUAL REPORTS AND THINGS OR WILL THEY REPORT

TO THE COUNTY AT ALL? >> NO, THEY WILL NOT THERE. I DON'T WANT THEM REPORTING TO ME. I HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE REPORTING TO ME.

>> I WANT THEM TO REPORT IT TO THE BOARD IS TO BE SET UP. SO WITH OPERATE THE KIND OF INDEPENDENTLY AND AS AN AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE OF ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT WAY WE DON'T ACT THAT WAY. WE DON'T GET POLITICS INVOLVED IN IT.

THAT'S THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> SO TO YOU IT IS MAYBE EACH JURISDICTION, EACH JURISDICTION WILL GET AN APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN FUNDING THE THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THEN AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD THERE THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO THE BOARD WILL BE MADE UP OF MEMBERS

OF THE PUBLIC. >> IF THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY TO DO UNDERSTAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU KNOW YOU KNOW KEVIN PROBABLY CAN TELL YOU THIS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, I'M A PLANNING I KNOW A LOOK I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE DANGEROUS. YOU KNOW, I'M I'M AT THE POINT NOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE EXHAUSTED ALL OF MY BANDWIDTH ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD THAT KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THESE THINGS WORK THEN THEN THAN I DO OR ANYONE THE COUNTY AND I YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY AT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WOULD HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF SERVING ON THE BOARD. NOT IF THEY DO AN I UNDERSTAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HAVE IT ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THOSE PROJECTS WORK AND FUNDS, YOU KNOW, GAP FINANCING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. LOW INTEREST RATE LOANS AND ALL THAT THEN THAT'S GREAT. THEY COULD APPOINT SOMEONE TO TO THE BOARD BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HIRE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE MORE IN TUNE WITH DOING THESE THINGS MAYBE DEVELOPERS OR BUILDERS THAT UNDERSTAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES AND APPOINT THOSE FOLKS TO THE BOARD AS OPPOSED TO STAFF.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ONCE THE BOARD STRUCTURING GOVERNING DOCS ARE ALL CREATED , WILL YOU PUT SOME SORT OF I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT LIKE AN RFP OR AN HOUR. Q BUT JUST A CALL OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHO MIGHT WANT TO

APPLY TO BE PART OF THE BOARD. >> WE'RE GOING WE'LL LET EACH INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTION DO THAT. I GUESS WE HAVE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GO THROUGH FOR OUR APPOINTMENT ON THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD IS MAKE IT GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS BE

APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL. >> AND THAT'LL BE THE SAME FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. SO THE PERSON WHOMEVER IT IS WILL BE APPOINTED BY TOWN

COUNCIL. >> I MEAN YOU ALL YOU ON DOWN THE BLUFFTON, YOU ALL HAVE A LITTLE YOU ARE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND ALL THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON DEALING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES. YOU HAVE YOU'LL HAVE YOU'LL HAVE A MORE DEFINED NETWORK AND FRAMEWORK FOR DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN THAN ANY JURISDICTION IN THE REGION.

SO I NEED YOU TO SAY I NEEDED YOU TO SAY THAT THIS MORNING BECAUSE THAT REALLY WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE MEETING IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST MEETING TO MEET IN. BUT WE ARE WE ALL STRUCTURE WE WE DO HAVE SOME MEASURABLE THINGS THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS.

AND JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, FUNDING IS ALWAYS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

SO SO YEAH. >> AND I AGREE WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ON HAMILTON THAT

DAY. >> YOU KNOW, YOU ALL YOU ALL THAT SERVING ON THE ON THIS TASK FORCE OR COMMITTEE WHATEVER IS TECHNICALLY CALLED IS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

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SO I MEAN PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO ME. THEY EVERYDAY SAY I'M A WINNER.

I MEAN I'M TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SAYING HATE WHEN THERE'S COUNTY AND THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND GONNA BE SET FOR JASPER AREA SO THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO INVEST MONEY IN THIS CAUSE. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING FOR FOR THE REGION.

SO DO YOU YOU ALL ARE SET IN GOOD SHAPE. YOU'RE GONNA YOU PLAY A VITAL ROLE NOW BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY EVEN MORE OF A VITAL ROLE AND MAKE A LOT MORE PROGRESS BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE FRAMEWORK IN PLACE TO KIND OF DIRECT THESE THINGS THROUGH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND MY MOM. THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHERE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL EMAIL VICTORIA THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID LONG AND LINK THE. IT GOES INTO A LOT OF DETAILS.

SO IF YOU HAVING TROUBLE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST CRY THING OPEN LOOK AT ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE BUT YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH IT AT YOUR LEISURE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST REACH OUT TO VICTORIA. VICTORIA AND I WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB FOR THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND SHE CAN REACH OUT TO ME AND WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. BUT JOSH, YOU ALSO FREED AND I REACH OUT TO ME AS WELL. MACK ASKED ME QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS THINGS AND NOT DO I DO A FAIRLY GOOD JOB RESPONDING. I DON'T KNOW THAT I AM 100 PERCENT WITH MEG BUT BUT I WILL I WILL RESPOND TO YOU. I WILL.

I WON'T IGNORE YOU, OK? >> SO I TRY TO MAY GO IN YOU THIS MORNING BUT SHE GAVE YOU A

BREAK. >> YEAH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE SCHOOL IMPACT FEED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE HAS BEEN PASSING ABOUT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO KNOW THAT NOW AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

OF FREE. >> I JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE CURRENT SURGE FROM YOUR ATTORNEYS. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE YET.

THE JOEL RAISED IN YOUR LAST MEETING SO IF YOU COULD GET THOSE TO US SO WE CAN RESPOND

TO THOSE APPRECIATE IT. >> WE'LL WORK ON IT. THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

WHAT DID YOU MISS? WHAT NOW? CHRIS, THE APPLICATION TO APPLY TO HAVE THE FEE WAIVED THEY DIDN'T GET THAT TO YOU YET. NO.

OKAY. I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP TO ME. THANK YOU. I'LL GET THAT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL.

TAKE CARE. SEE YA. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. VICTOR. THOSE GOOD INVITE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT TO TO SPICE UP OUR MEETING A LITTLE BIT LIKE HAVING THOSE KIND OF INTERACTIONS WHERE IT'S CENTERED AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW WE CAN BE BETTER EDUCATED AND WHAT'S WHAT'S AROUND US. OK.

THANK SO ARE OUR NEXT MEETING. >> I DID SIT DOWN CHARLOTTE AND I SAT DOWN TALKED WITH TAMMY

HOYT ROY FOY FROM COMMUNITY WORK. >> SO I DO WANT TO KEVIN AND CHARLOTTE AND I ARE GONNA SIT DOWN THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE ANOTHER TALK.

SO I DO PLAN ON PUTTING COMMUNITY WORKS ON OUR NEXT AGENDA OFFERING APRIL.

SO CHAIRMAN, I'LL GET WITH YOU ONCE. KEVIN AND CHARLOTTE AND I SIT DOWN AND SPEAK. JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO TALK TO. COMMUNITY WORKS ABOUT. SO I DO PLAN ON HAVING THEM ON

OUR NEXT AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH. >> OKAY. AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY BODY YOU THINK WE SHOULD TALK TO, PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH VICTORIA.

>> AND WE'LL WE'LL DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN ANY ANY INPUT. AND IS I LIKE YOU WHEN IT COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE ANYWAY BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU EMPOWERED INVOLVE.

OKAY. IS WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? >> IS THERE ANY CONCERNS FROM

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BUT FRED, I WANTED TO MENTION I WAS LESS THAN I TUNED INTO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEADS MEETING AT

THIS POINT ON IF I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. >> BUT THEY THEY'RE TOTALLY THEY'VE GOT A PRIVATE PUBLIC HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING. THEY'VE EVEN GOT LIKE DRY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING FOR OVER BY THE POST OFFICE ON THE ISLAND AND THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TOO. SO WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE UNDER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND THINKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE IN THE QUEUE, IT MADE ME THINK OF THAT THAT I THINK TOWN OF HILTON HEAD WILL HAVE SOME TOO. BUT TO ERICK'S POINT NOT THAT ANYBODY WOULD BE COMPETING BUT I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH YEAH. WHICH ROOM? WELL LINDA WILL NEED TO GO IDEAS OVER THERE WITH THEM. GIVEN YOU ARE CORRECT.

>> WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE DOING A GREAT THING OVER HERE AND JUST JUST TRANSLATE IT OVER THERE AS WELL. YEAH. THE THE.

IS ANY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR YOU FROM THE MEMBERS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

>> CAMERON IF I CAN INPUT RIGHT QUICK. SURE.

I DO WANT TO PUSH OUR HEIRS PROPERTY WORKSHOP TWENTY NINTH. IT'S BEEN GONE AROUND.

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN GOING AROUND TOWN WEB SITES AS WELL. I WILL SEND YOU GUYS A COPY OF THAT FLYER SO YOU CAN PUSH IT FOR US. WE DO NEED TO GET TWENTY FIVE REGISTERED THE FLYERS GOING OUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ALL KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO CALL TO REGISTER WHICH IT IS ON THE FLYER BUT IF IT COMES UP IN A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WHERE YOU GUYS ARE PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS HOSTING IN HEIRS PROPERTY WORKSHOP ON MARCH 29 AT THE ROTARY CENTER. IT'S OPEN TO DIFFERENT VENUES, DIFFERENT AREAS. WE JUST GOT TO GET THAT NUMBER OF TWENTY FIVE AND THAT'S FOR ORDER FOR IT TO ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE. BUT I WILL SEND YOU GUYS A COPY OF THAT FLYER SO YOU CAN CIRCULATED AROUND WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

WHEN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT VENUES IN DIFFERENT AREA YOU MEAN OUTSIDE OF BLUFFTON? YES OUTSIDE OF BLUFFTON. YES. ALL RIGHT.

>> SEE THE TWENTY NINTH IN WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE ROTARY CENTER AT THE ROTARY CENTER FROM SIX TO SIX TO EIGHT. IT'S A TWO HOUR WORKSHOP THAT AIRS FOR PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHARLESTON COMING AND THEIR STAFF WILL BE TAKEN OVER THAT WORKSHOP. WE'RE JUST HOSTING FOR THEM. THEY JUST HAVE ONE ON HILTON, DIDN'T IT? THEY DID A WILLS IS TO SEPARATE TWO SEPARATE WORKSHOPS.

THEY DID A WELLS CLINIC IN OR ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE ON THAT TOPIC OF SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.

>> AND WHAT I WAS ASKING ERIC GREENWAY ABOUT ONE OF THE ITEMS OF DISCUSSION IS THAT IMPACT FEE THERE'S NO PROPORTIONALITY, RIGHT. SO IF SOMEONE'S BUILDING A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOUSE OR FIVE MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE, EVERYONE PAYS THE ALMOST TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IN IT'S NOT BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THERE'S NO REAL EXCLUSIONS OTHER THAN HE. HE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE I BROUGHT UP THE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE EXCLUDED. SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? AND ERIC SAID THAT THERE IS AN APPLICATION THEY WOULD COMPLETE, THEY WOULD SUBMIT TO HIM ESSENTIALLY HE WOULD PRESENT IT TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THEY WOULD BE APPROVED OR DENIED FOR THE FEE BEING WAIVED WHICH WOULD BE THEN BE PAID OUT OF THE COUNTY'S OPERATING BUDGET. SO I KIND OF JUST WAS CURIOUS, WILL, WHAT DOES THAT APPLICATION LOOK LIKE? WHAT'S ON IT? WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS, THE QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT WE AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE COULD THEN CHAMPION BEHIND THAT PROCESS, LEARN IT, GET IT AND HELP OTHERS THROUGH IT? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PAPER THAT PART IT JUST. SO WHAT? BEHIND IT.

SO I WAS HAPPY TO KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT HADN'T BEEN SENT YET BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF LIKE WHERE IS IT ON THE WEB SITE? WHERE CAN WE FIND IT? AND AGAIN, JUST WHO QUALIFIES WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ESPECIALLY IN THINKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP BECAUSE THE FEE HAS TO BE PAID.

EVERYONE HAS TO PAY. BUT WHERE THE PAYMENT COMES FROM LIKE THE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR INSTANCE COULD ALSO HELP PAY IT IN THE FUTURE. BUT IT'S NOT ESTABLISHED YET.

SO IF THESE PROJECTS GET OFF THE GROUND THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT MONEY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT TRYING TO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE FOCUS ON AND IT'S IT'S NOT JUST THE 60 PERCENT AND UNDER THE 80 TO ONE HUNDRED AND

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THE BULL BY THE HORN AND I'M FOLLOWING YOU. >> BUT TRUST ME, I SEE ALL YOU YOUR E-MAILS AND I AM IN IT GIVES ME A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR FOR YOU FIGHTING THAT BATTLE IN THIS. THAT'S WHY I INVITED YOU TO THIS TOWN MEETING BECAUSE YOU DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU.

I COULD NOT FIND IS THERE ANY ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SHARE? >> KEVIN , DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING

YOU WANT TO OFFER? >> JUST THAT WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING TO TOWN COUNCIL THIS MONTH AT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL JUST WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT MEETING THAT WE CAN THEN PROVIDE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

BUT IT IS MOVING FORWARD AND AS SOON AS MR. GREENWAY STATED AS IT ONCE ATTORNEYS ARE INVOLVED THAT THINGS DO TAKE LONGER. BUT THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING AND THAT PUTS PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WAS AN ATTORNEY UNTIL YOU LONG.

TAKE MORE TIME A MORE MONEY. ALL RIGHT. VICTOR, ARE YOU GOOD? YES, SIR, I'M GOOD INSIDE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. I'M LISTENING FROM ONE COMPUTER . I'M WATCHING ON THE OTHER. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT YES, SIR. WE'RE GETTING MEETING. THANK YOU ALL.

>> PLEASE DON'T BE SORRY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME USING MICROSOFT TEAM AND BETTER GET IT TOGETHER. GET IT GO. I DON'T GET IT.

I'M. I'M NOT EVEN SURE ANYMORE AND I CAN'T SEE MYSELF ON THE ZOOM.

I COULD SEE MYSELF. THERE. WE CAN'T SEE.

I'M ALL. HUH? HERE'S YOUR CAMERA ON IT IS THE RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS. BUT REALLY MEETING EVERYONE. ENJOY YOUR RECIPE WEEK MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.