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UH, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS AGAIN, AGENDA AND THERE'S NO CHANGES OR ADDITIONS THAT CAN EVERYBODY ON THE SCREEN.
UH, EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES AND IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES OR ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, I BELIEVE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
AND WHAT WAS THE SECOND BOOK WHO WROTE THE MINUTES? ALL IN FAVOR.
UM, NOW WE WILL MOVE TO CITIZENS COMMENTS.
I DON'T SEE ANY CITIZENS HERE, SO THERE'S NO CAR MANAGERS.
WE DON'T MOVE DOWN TO FINANCIAL UPDATE BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN LEAVE.
I'M HAYES WILLIAMS. I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
I'VE COMPILED A FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YOU OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOU OR ON SCREEN OR THEY HAVE COPIES.
SO I'LL JUST DO A QUICK RUN THROUGH AND YOU GOT, UH, ABOUT $11,000 WORTH OF INTEREST IN THEM.
UM, YOUR EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL FEES IS MAINLY TO BE CALLED, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR LAND CONSERVATION, HENRY FARM, YOUR LAND CONSERVATION, THE DEL PDR, YOUR LAND ACQUISITION NUMBER, MEET HIM, UH, BLUFF.
AND THEN, UH, UH, HOLD OVER ON FOR FREMONT IS, IS AS A PROJECT, GIVEN YOUR TOTAL $4.3 MILLION, ARE YOU CHANGING FUND BALANCES? UH, FOUR POINT THE PEDAL IS 4.3 OR YOU'RE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE AFTER Y'ALL.
UM, UH, DID THE LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT $19,798,000.
UH, AND WITH, WITH THAT LOSS, YOU'RE NOW AT, UH, 15 OR 47.
UM, I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE SOME ENCUMBRANCES LEFT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND MAINLY THERE WITH, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF, UH, 44,500.
AND, UH, EXPENDITURES ARE FORT FREMONT AT 71, 0 56.
SO YOU'RE REALLY YOU'RE UNOBLIGATED FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT AS OF DECEMBER WAS A 15 MILLION 32, 4 31.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT Y'ALL HAVE LEFT AVAILABLE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS IS INCLUDE THE PASSIVE PARK.
THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT, UH, AS A WHOLE DIFFERENT, UH, FUND I'VE ONLY BEEN ASKED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE, UH, RURAL AND CRITICAL BASE.
SO THE FOR BOND, BUT NOT FAR AS IT'S AN ANTICIPATE THE PAST AND PART PIECE, THE FAMILY AND DOLLARS WAS SPLIT OUT INTO A DIFFERENT FUND AND IT IS ACCOUNTED FOR ACCORDINGLY.
UH, THERE WAS AN RN, THERE WAS A, I BELIEVE AN ORDINANCE THAT, UM, STEPHANIE SHE DID, UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO REPORT ON THAT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ON IT.
I JUST, UH, IT WILL TAKE ME DOWN TO GET THE REPORT TOGETHER.
NO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, AS I KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN SATISFIED PARTS OUT OF THE BOND WITH RIGHT.
SO OF THE 20 MILLION OF THE $25 MILLION 20 MILLION, I WENT TO THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY AND THE OTHER FIVE WENT TO A PASSIVE PARKS.
UM, YEAH, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, ACTUALLY STEPHANIE HAS A COMMENT TO SAY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL REPORT REAL QUICK.
HOW ARE YOU? MY DOG? UM, SO THE A AS HAYES HAD MENTIONED THE, UM, FUNDING FOR THE PAST WITH PARKS WAS PULLED OUT, UM,
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PRIOR TO THE JULY 1ST DATE OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT, YOUR, YOUR CURRENT FINANCIAL REPORTS DATED JULY ONE TO DECEMBER 31ST OF LAST YEAR.AND SO, UM, THERE WAS A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OUT OF THE 4,500 ACCOUNT INTO THE 45 0 2 ACCOUNT, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT FOR THE APPROPRIATE PROJECTS AS PER THE ORDINANCE.
SO, SO THAT FUNDING'S ALREADY, LIKE IT'S ALREADY DELETED FROM THE, THE, UH, $25 MILLION BOND THAT WAS RECEIVED IN 2020.
UM, HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ON YOUR CURRENT FINANCIAL REPORT SINCE DECEMBER 31ST, THE FORT FREMONT PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
THE PO HAS BEEN CLOSED, UH, IN FULLY EXPENDED.
AND SO THAT'S $71,000 OF ENCUMBERED FUNDS IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE BACK TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
THERE WILL BE AFTER THAT, AFTER THIS REPORT, THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER PASSIVE PARKS BEING SHOWN ON YOUR FINANCIAL REPORTS, BECAUSE ALL THOSE ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF THAT IN MY OTHER ACCOUNT, FORT FREMONT WAS JUST A HOLD OVER FROM LIKE FROM THE 2018 CONTRACTING.
UM, BUT THAT CONTRACT IS NOW COMPLETED.
UM, SO YOUR NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT WILL, SHOULD REFLECT THAT.
SO SUNDAY, $1,000 WAS NOT SPENT ON FOR THREE MONTHS, CORRECT.
WE HAD A CREDIT FROM THE CONTRACTOR BECAUSE OF SOME PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH THEM.
AND THAT'S THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT FOR THE CREDIT THAT WE RECEIVED BACK.
UM, SO THAT IS MONEY THAT WAS NOT, UH, USED.
SO IT GOES BACK INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE.
THE ENCUMBRANCE IS THERE UNTIL IT'S LIQUIDATED.
IT WAS LIQUIDATED AFTER DECEMBER 31ST THERE.
AND ALL OF THE ADD ON THE DUE DILIGENCE, UM, PIECE UNDER EXPENDITURES, THE, UM, IT DOES APPEAR AND THEN MAKE SENSE AS A, THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST FEVER COUNTY PAID FOR ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE DL, BUT IT'D BE REIMBURSED FOR, UH, 50% OF THAT DUE DILIGENCE SINCE IT WAS A JOINT REPI PROJECT.
UM, AND I, I'M NOT GOING TO WAGER A GUESS HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM TO GET THAT MONEY FROM THE MILITARY.
UM, SO MAYBE IT'S KIND OF, IT PROBABLY HASN'T AND IT WILL COME.
AND SO THAT'S 63,000 IN ADDITION TO THE PURCHASE PRICE THAT Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH WILL BE REDUCED IN HALF.
SO, UM, HEY, JUST FOR MY OWN CURIOSITY, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'VE RECEIVED THAT MAKE A MENTAL NOTE, BUT, UM, IT SHOULD GET THAT.
TH THERE, YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS COMING IN AND OUT, BUT YEAH, DO YOU WANT ME TO ALSO PRESENT A PASSENGER CARS STATE FOR THIS, FOR THE NEXT, UM, I'M SORRY, I, THAT IS, UM, THE CRITICAL LINKS BOARD IS, DOES NOT OVERSEE OR HAVE THE PURVIEW OVER THE PAST THE PARK'S ACCOUNT.
SO, UM, I WOULD RATHER REPORT THAT INFORMATION MYSELF, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, BUT THAT THE MISSION OF THIS BOARD IS FOR LAND ACQUISITIONS.
THEY'RE ALL BE ORGANIC TAXPAYERS.
I'M HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER THEY NEED ME TO DO.
SO ANYWAYS, IF Y'ALL DON'T NEED ME ANYMORE, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH YOUR MEETING AND I WILL TALK, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS A $1 MILLION BOX? NO, SIR.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED.
I'M JUST SAYING THE PURVIEW OF THE PASSIVE PARKS IS NOT UNDER THIS BOARD AND I PROVIDE INFORMATION UPON REQUEST.
SO IF THERE IS REQUEST, THEN I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.
HOWEVER, I'M ASKING OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD.
I DID NOT FEEL WAS APPROPRIATE.
I CAN ADDRESS THAT IF YOU WANT, IT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE RESOURCE COMMITTEE.
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THIS BOARD DID PLAY A PART IN IT, BUT, UM, ANDREW, TOMMY RETIRED, IF I'M THINKING CORRECTLY, AMANDA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.IT, THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET WAS ACTUALLY A NATURAL RESOURCE THEN FULL COUNCIL.
AND THE PLAN WAS DONE FOR THE PAST, UNDER THE VENTURE UNDER NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUT THERE WASN'T, THERE WASN'T A, THE REASON YOU ALL WERE INVOLVED BEFORE IS BECAUSE REALLY HOW THAT BUDGET WAS APPROVED OR NOT.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN UNTIL STEPHANIE WITH HER POSITION WHEN THEY CREATED HER POSITION PLAN BUDGET.
AND IT CAME UNDER PLANNING, WHICH COMES UNDER NATURAL RESOURCE.
AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A POSITION.
HE DID IT AS AN EXPENSE, AN EXTRA DUTY, SO TO SPEAK.
SO YEAH, WE WOULD BRING LIKE PLANS FORWARD AND LOOK AT ALL THAT COST OF IT.
NOW WE HAVE A PERSON DEDICATED AND, AND THAT'S WHAT SEVEN EIGHT DOING NOW.
AND SO CERTAINLY WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK THEM, HEY, IS NEXT MEETING? YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS RIGHT TO DO THAT? WHAT'S CALLED IF A PROPERTY COMES TO OUR ATTENTION FOR PURPOSES OF ACQUISITION, BY BEING SIMPLE AND ALL THAT.
AND AS PART OF THAT, MAYBE HAS A PART, COULD BE A PART OF THE USE OF THAT.
SO WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING THE PROPERTY, AREN'T WE ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT COMPONENT, WHICH MIGHT BE PATCHING PART OF WHO YOU ARE, BUT NOT THE BUDGET FOR IT AND NOT PLAN FOR IT.
I CAN'T, IT'S HARD TO HEAR WHEN YOU'RE EVALUATING A PROPERTY FOR FEE SIMPLE PUBLIC ACCESS IS A CONSIDERATION.
HOWEVER, WHETHER IT BECOMES PART, WHETHER IT BECOMES A PASSIVE PARK OR THE PLANNING FOR THAT, OR THE BUDGET FOR THAT IS NOT, IS NOT PART OF THIS BOARD REVIEW TO MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO YES, PUBLIC ACCESS ON FEE SIMPLE PROPERTIES IS A RECOMMEND IS A, UM, UH, CRITERIA CONSIDERATION, UM, AS PART OF THE EVALUATION CRITERIA.
AND KATE, IF YOU HAVE THAT HANDY, MAYBE YOU CAN READ THROUGH WHAT THAT ACTUALLY STATES, UM, BUT PURCHASING SOMETHING FEE SIMPLE, THE IS HAVING PUBLIC ACCESS OR CREATING A PASSIVE PARK IS NOT THE MAIN CRITERIA FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY.
IF WE'RE WEARING A PROPERTY FOR A MILLION DOLLARS AND SOME ASPECTS THAT MIGHT BECOME MORE WINS, EXPECTED TO BECOME A PASS THE CAR WITH ANY OF THE $5 MILLION AS A BOND ISSUE.
AND IT'S PART OF THE PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY.
THE 5 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO ME FOR PASSIVE PARKS WAS BROUGHT TO COUNTY COUNCIL AS AN ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN FUNDING TO CERTAIN HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.
THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU ARE PURCHASING FEE SIMPLE.
NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, BRINGING YOU TO BLUFF, THERE IS NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE THAT FEE SIMPLE PURCHASE.
IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL.
IT IS IN INCORPORATED INTO MY WORK PLAN, BUT I CURRENTLY HAVE THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE PRIORITY PROJECTS AS PER THE WORK PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL.
AND SO THERE ARE MANY THESE SIMPLE PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, AND I'LL BE WORKING ON OTHER BONDS OR OTHER MONIES OR A, OR H TAX FUNDING OR GRANT FUNDING.
I HAVE TO GET CREATIVE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE OTHER LOWER PRIORITY PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION, BUT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN IN ANY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, IN ANY NEAR FUTURE.
HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE PURCHASE A PROPERTY FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, IF POSSIBLE, SUBSEQUENT THAT PURCHASE USING THE 25%, 75% ON THE BONDS WITH THAT, YOU COULD BE INVESTING $200,000 TO DEVELOP THAT AS A TASK OR IN ADDITION TO THE PURCHASE PRICE, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
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THE 20, THE BOND REFERENDUM SAID 20 UP TO 20% OF THAT BOND REFERENDUM COULD BE USED FOR CURRENT PAST OR FUTURE PASSIVE PARKS.SO WHEN I RECEIVED THAT FUNDING BACK IN 2020, I WENT TO AN ACTUALLY IN 2019, I WENT TO COUNTY COUNCIL WITH A LIST OF PRIORITY, PAT FEE, SIMPLE ROLE AND CRITICAL PATH, PASSIVE PARK PROJECTS, AND ASK THEM TO EARMARK THAT $5 MILLION TO CERTAIN HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.
SO THAT MONEY IS ALREADY EARMARKED TO CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
SO WHEN YOU PURCHASE A PIECE OF PROPERTY, LIKE THE BERMUDA BLUFF PROPERTY FOR 885 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY GET 20% OF THE 5 MILLION THAT I HAVE BECAUSE WE'VE PURCHASED OVER $165 MILLION WORTH OF LAND IN 50 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
BUT LET ME OFFER AN EXAMPLE, A DIFFERENT, LET ME TRY TO FRAME THIS CONVERSATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND ALSO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT I THINK HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN THE PAST.
START WITH A SUGGESTION, UM, THAT IS WHEN WE TYPICALLY HAVE DONE OUR ANNUAL RETREAT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A PASSIVE PARK COMPONENT WHERE WE, THOSE ARE THE WORK PLAN.
STEPHANIE LAST YEAR DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING KIND OF WHAT THE TIER ONE, TIER TWO TIER THREE PRIORITIES OF THAT WORK PLAN ARE.
UM, AND HOW WOULD WE BE FRESH ON THAT AND DO THAT AGAIN, NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE PURVIEW OVER IT SINCE IT'S, WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED ALREADY TO KIND OF COUNSEL, BUT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH IT.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE FAMILIARITY, THAT'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A BETTER ABILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT'S GOING ON FOR US, WHERE AS FAR AS FUNDING, WE COULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE PURCHASE PRICE AND AFTER THE BURDEN.
AND THAT THAT'S THE EXAMPLE YET.
UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL REFORM NOW UNDER EXPENDITURES AND INDEX ADMISSION REVIEW TO BLOCK THE PURCHASE PRICE AT THAT PROPERTY WAS 860,000.
THE REMAINDER, UM, AT 5 41, UM, WAS FOR SOME DUE DILIGENCE NOW, BUFORD COUNTY COUNTY, THAT PROPERTY.
NO, REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF ACQUIRING REVIEW TO BLUFF, UM, BECAUSE OF ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE WATER ACCESS AND FISHING RESOURCES.
IF BEEFER COUNTY WAS TO DECIDE THAT IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE FISHING RESOURCES, THERE REALLY NEEDED A PLATFORM THAT INSTRUCTION AND PAYMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
IT'S NOT INCORPORATED ALREADY IN THIS BASIS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO COME FROM THE LAND ACQUISITION SIDE, BUT IT COULD, COULD, COULD COME FROM THE PASSIVE PARK SIDE OR ANOTHER GRANT SOURCE THAT MAY SEEKS OUT.
DO WE GET ANY IN THAT PLANNING IN ADVANCE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR OFFERS, UM, IN ADVANCE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS VERSUS, AND IT COULD BE ONE OF OUR PRIORITY PROJECTS JUST TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? SURE.
I WOULD THINK, YEAH, THOSE ARE REASONABLE QUESTIONS THAT CERTAINLY WE ASK OF EACH OTHER WHEN THE PLACE STAFF AND CONTRACTORS NEED TO THINK ABOUT PROACTIVE PURPOSES, BUT ALSO ONE THAT Y'ALL HAD DISCUSSED.
UM, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN, FOR ME TO CLASS SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CONVERSATION THAT THE PROPERTIES WOULD HIT THE ROAD ALL THE WAY OUT THERE.
AND THAT, THAT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEN YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY LATER ON TO IMPROVE THE ROAD OR DO SOME SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON PROPERTY.
UM, SO I THINK WE, I THINK WE DO HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
WE CAN MAKE A POINT TO DO IT MORE POINTEDLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY, OKAY, LIKE WE'RE ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY, WHAT TYPE OF OUTFIT DOES IT NEED? UM, AND DOES THAT NEGATE THE VALUE OF THE, OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR, OR NOT THAT JUST YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
PUBLIC ACCESS IS ONE OF MARKERS HERE.
AND I THINK IF YOU'RE ASKING ARTISTS, HOW MUCH MONEY IS IT GOING TO TAKE US TO GET TO THAT? UM, AND DOES THAT WEIGH IN, ON DECISION MAKING AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A POINT TO POINT IT OUT EVEN MORE, EVEN MORE THAN WE DO.
JUST ALSO TO POINT OUT THE WORK PLAN IS ON MY WEBSITE.
SO ON THE PASSIVE PARKS WEBSITE AND THE COUNTY ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, THE WORK PLAN IS, IS RIGHT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE THE PRIORITY TABLE.
IS THERE, THE TIER ONE PRIORITIES ARE LISTED.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.
SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THAT IS, THEN THAT'S ALL RIGHT THERE.
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INCLUDE IT IN THAT ANNUAL REPORT.UM, SO FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT PROPERTIES HAVE HAD THEIR CONCEPTUAL PLANS COMPLETED? ONE THING THAT WENT REALLY WELL WITH RESPECT TO HALF THE PARKS THIS PAST YEAR IS THE CONCEPT PLAN MEETINGS THAT YOU HELD DEPUTY THE PUBLIC MEETINGS TO COLLECT FEEDBACK.
UM, SO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ON SURVEYS AND HELP US MEETING, UH, WAS, WAS HELPFUL IN MY OPINION.
UM, WE DID HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR COUNCIL, SO SURE.
UM, SO AMANDA, YOU KNOW, AMANDA, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING SENT AROUND A COPY OF THE ROLE IN CRITICAL LAND APPLICATION, THIS IS WHAT AN APPLICANT, WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE LIKE NOT ABOUT HIM, IT'S NOT PORT ROYAL.
SO YOU DEEPER, OR, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER LEADERS IN THE UN OR THE LAND TRUST AND AN APPLICANT, UM, AN EASEMENT HOLDER AND AN APPLICANT.
UM, AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE DISCUSSED WHAT IS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HOW IT NEEDS TO BE ASKED FOR SOME THAT EITHER ON THE APPLICATION, LET THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT PART OF THE APPLICATION WAS IMMEDIATELY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
UM, SO IF AMANDA PROPOSED THAT, WE JUST MAKE IT MORE CLEAR ON THIS APPLICATION, UM, AND ADD SOME INTRODUCTORY LANGUAGE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, ALL APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
UM, AND THEN AS APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS ARE FURTHER REVIEWED BY THIS BOARD AND BY NATURAL RESOURCES, I THINK THIS IS KNOWN INFORMATION, BUT IT'S GOOD TO OVERSTATE IT.
UM, AND THEN INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, ALL ITEMS WITH AN ASTERISK MAY BE DISCUSSED DURING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND ARE THEREFORE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, AND WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IS NOT ONLY THIS LANGUAGE, BUT WHAT PORTIONS OF THE APPLICATION, IF YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU LIKE THIS LANGUAGE TO MARK WITH THAT, UM, I HAVE SOME IDEAS, BUT I'LL STOP THERE AND, UM, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM FOR SURE THE EXITS PRICE.
NO, PROBABLY NOT, NOT HARD WITH AN ASTERISK.
SO THAT WAS OUR REQUEST, NOT TO MARK EXPECTED FOR OUR OWNERS PRICE EXPECTATIONS WITH AN ASTERISK.
ARE THERE OTHER, OTHER THOUGHTS ON THE LANGUAGE IN GENERAL AND B I'LL ASK YOU POINTED IT WAS YOUR SUGGESTION NAPIER OBJECTIVE, OR I DO ON THE SPOT, BUT CERTAINLY ANYONE'S NAME.
UM, THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE NOT PLEASING AS APPLICATION THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, UM, NO, THAT'S NOT THROUGH A PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION.
UM, THERE'S NO NOTHING, EVEN IF IT TALKS ABOUT IT, SOMETIMES CONTAMINATION MAY JUST BE A DIESEL FUEL.
UM, MAYBE WE'LL PUT THAT IN THERE AND, UM, AND NEGATIVE PENALTY.
CAUSE IF YOU DO DUE DILIGENCE ON AND SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, THEN THEY KNEW, AND UNTIL YOU PAY THAT BACK, NON-DISCLOSE I THINK THAT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED PUBLICLY EITHER.
IT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED IN THE APPLICATION AND APPLICATION.
THAT WOULD PUT A BURDEN ON THEM TO DISCLOSE WE DID DUE DILIGENCE.
FOR THE FOURTH ONE, A BIT OF FAITH IS ALWAYS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE OR THE CONSERVATION BANK
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AND FEDERAL GRANT.BUT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT TO PUT THE ONUS ON THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE APPLICANTS JUST CALL IT OUT UPFRONT.
SO I THINK IT WAS CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, BUT THEY ARE COVERED, THEY SAY TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
OTHER FEEDBACK, JUST THE QUESTION IN THE PAST, HAVE PEOPLE APPROACHED THINKING MAYBE OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, DID NOT WANT IT KNOW THAT THEY WERE THINKING OF SELLING THEIR PROPERTY OR DOING SOMETHING THAT, WHAT, WHY WOULD WE KEEP IT PRIVATE? WHY WOULD WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, I GUESS? YEAH.
SO IN, IN MY EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ROLE, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM APPLICANTS, UM, CONCERN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER EIGHT, THE CONCERN FOR DISCUSSING THINGS IN OPEN VERSUS DECORATIVE SESSION.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT'S COME ABOUT HAS BEEN WELL THEN IF, IF YOU'RE APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM, IT SUGGESTS A WILLINGNESS TO SELL, RIGHT.
WHICH AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT, UM, DOES THAT INCREASE OUR LIKELIHOOD TO BE OUTFIT? UM, AND BECAUSE WE CAN PAY APPRAISE VALUE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEIGHBOR WANTS TO SELL TO THE PROGRAM FOR VALUE, THAT'S GREAT.
IF THEN YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR SAYS BLACK AND OPERATING WITH GREAT VALUE AND HALF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE MISS AN OPPORTUNITY IN THAT REGARD.
SO I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE SESSION ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND THERE WERE OTHER POINTS THAT WERE RAISED, UM, ABOUT WHY WE MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT, UM, THE CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PRICE ESCALATION OR LOSING AN OPPORTUNITY CERTAINLY CAME UP THAT EARLY.
AND CERTAINLY FRANKLY, IN THIS CURRENT MARKET AND THEN ENDED MAYBE COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR CONTROL, WHETHER WE'RE IN PUBLIC OR NEGATIVE, TO BE HONEST.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE CONSIDERATION.
IS THAT A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE RAISED THAT CONCERN? YEP.
SO JUST, UH, WE EVENTUALLY GOT, I THINK IT WENT UP TO $16 MILLION AT ONE TIME.
WE WERE LITERALLY CHASING IT AT ONE TIME.
I'LL TELL THE APPRAISER, WE CHASE IT UP TO EVENING AND WE STOPPED AND THEN IT JUST WENT UP TO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAND SIDE OF THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THESE DEALS REQUIRE WILLINGLY BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PROTECTING ONE'S PROPERTY IS THE QUOTE UNQUOTE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT THEY MAY GET PAID MORE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO THAT WILLINGNESS CERTAINLY FACTORS IN, UM, AND OFTENTIMES IT INTERSECTS WITH ISSUES LIKE ESTATE PLANS AND TAXES AND FAMILY AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE REALLY FUN THINGS THAT NO ONE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, PART OF THE SENSITIVITY THAT WE JUST ALL HAVE TO GO ON BASED PROJECTS, BUT, UM, BEING REAL SENSITIVE TO THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW, THE FULL STORY ON AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE PRECIOUS ACTUALLY IN TO APPLY THAT PROPERTY, PROBABLY WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH HIM, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE 608 WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE NAVY WITH THE DEAL WITHIN GERMANY.
SO YEAH, ON THE APPLICATION WE TALKED ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP REQUIRED THAT ALL THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY , UM, JUST WANT TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE AREN'T DONE IN A BATHROOM OR CERTAINLY WE ALL HAVE ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT THERE'S REASON TO THINK THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT THEIR NAME
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ON MY MIND.YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING OF A FAMILY SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE SAY SOME OF THE KIDS WANT TO SELL AND SOME DON'T, BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AND THIS IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT BUCKET OF QUESTIONS THAT THIS IS NOT A, UM, THE CONTRACT.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION.
OTHER FEEDBACK ON THE LANGUAGE THAT'S PROPOSED TO ADD ON TOP OF THE APPLICATION, THE SUGGESTION THAT WAS MADE ABOUT A NEW QUESTION REGARDING ANY MEN TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEN CONTAMINATION AND OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU MARK WITH AN ASTERIX SO THAT IT'S THERE TO BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
AND I ALSO HAVE, WELL, UH, FROM OTHER LAWYERS ABOUT LIKE, UH, PROBABLY, UH, REDACT PEOPLE'S, UM, ADDRESS NUMBER.
SO THAT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC, BUT OKAY.
SO, UM, I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR Y'ALL ON ZOOM.
UM, BUT WHAT AMANDA JUST SAID, OBVIOUSLY, UNDER APPLICANT AND PROPERTY, IN YOUR NAME INFORMATION, WE CAN REDACT THINGS LIKE EMAIL AND CELL PHONES THAT ARE NOT FLASHING AROUND THE INTERNET.
UM, BUT WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK TO JUST PUT UP ON A SLIDE, BUT IT WAS PUT UP IN PUBLIC SESSION AND THEN HE MAY, OR MAY NOT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THAT, IT WOULD BE LIKE, WHO IS THE APPLICANT? WHO IS THE PROPERTY OWNER? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME COMBINATION OF THE ADDRESS OR THE PROPERTY TAX NUMBER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND.
UM, IT, IT PROTECTS THEN PRICE EXPECTATION THAT PROTECTS, YOU KNOW, OTHER INFORMATION THAT EVEN THAT ABOUT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DOESN'T NECESSARILY PERHAPS DOESN'T NEED TO BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE THE EAR.
AND AGAIN, AT THE, OR FURTHER DOWN THE RIGHT BOOKLET, ARE THERE ANY ENCUMBRANCES ON THE PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OF COURSE THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO A LITTLE AND ASK HER, YOU KNOW, A SHORT SENTENCE ON WHY THIS PROPERTY HAS THE NEEDS OF THE RURAL ROAD CRITICAL PROGRAM.
UM, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU'LL WANT TO DO, AND THAT'S PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE, THAT'LL START JUST A PIECE OF DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE FIRST AND THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF PROJECTS IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE DONE DUE DILIGENCE ON THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE GREAT AND THEN RUN INTO ALL SORTS OF ISSUES.
AND JUST THE PROJECT THAT NEVER MOVED FORWARD, THAT WHEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO LIKE TITLE ISSUES, LIKE IF IT'S HEIRS PROPERTY AND YOU GOT LIKE 30 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF, REMEMBER A LAWSUIT ON THE PROPERTY INDEX.
SO ANY OTHER FEEDBACK? NOT FOR ME.
IS THIS MEET, UM, IS THIS MEET YOUR NEED WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PROPOSE THE IDEA? OH, YOU TALKING TO ME.
YOU THINK THAT THE ACHIEVE YOUR OBJECTIVE? UM, YES.
I THINK IT DOES MAIN THING IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN.
WELL, SO ITEM EIGHT, UM, A DISCUSSION OF WHEN PROJECTS SHOULD BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I THINK LAST MONTH HERE ON EBONY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, MY SHORT SENTENCE TAKEAWAY OF HIS VERY HELPFUL PRESENTATION WAS THAT IT'S HELPFUL TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN PUBLIC SESSION, BUT THE BOARD, LIKE YOU ALL MAY CHOOSE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT YOUR
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CHOOSING.UM, AND, AND, AND, AND FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PURPOSES, LIKE CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATION.
UM, AND SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS ON WHEN PROJECTS SHOULD BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO OFFER THEM AT THIS TIME, JUST FOR THE GOOD OF THE GROUP.
UM, WE CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN, CAN BE ALIVE QUESTION DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT, I THINK OF THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE IS WE STARTED WITH IN JANUARY, WE HAD TWO PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT WERE THE CO APPLICANTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME EXAMPLES MAY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ALL FALL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS, UM, ON WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR NOT, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO OFFER THEM AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, CONDUCT THESE MEETINGS RESPONSIBLY, BUT FOR THE RULES, THE PUBLIC AND THE LANDOWNER SESSION ON WHETHER IT BE GOING ON THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MIGHT COME UP IN THE MEETING.
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TOM LAST OR LAST MONTH WAS YES.
LIKE IF YOU GUYS, IF WE HAVE A PROJECT COMING FOR LIKE EACH CITY ROAD ONE, AND YOU GUYS DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO HOLD A QUICK EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS SOME THINGS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST, THEN EVIDENTLY YES, YOU CAN CALL IT AND SAY, WE NEED TO HAVE A QUICK EXECUTIVE SESSION GO IN THERE AND TALK, COME BACK OUT AND THEN FINISH THE AGENDA WITH THE PROJECT IN OPEN SESSION.
AND I WILL CHECK WITH TOM ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WERE REAL CAREFUL FOR AWHILE ABOUT WHEN WE STARTED DOING IT.
BUT IT USED TO BE, WE JUST HAD TO SAY EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN THEY START SAYING, NO, WE ACTUALLY GOT TO PUT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAD TO START NAMING THINGS.
AND THEN WE DID THE NAMES FOR A WHILE THAT WAS LIKE 20, 20, 19 ABC.
AND THEN WE STARTED ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
BUT I THINK WITH THE LAW, NOW YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PUT WHY YOU'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR PROPERTIES TO PURCHASE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
BUT I THINK I HAVE SOME LANGUAGE.
LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT, WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO SAY IT.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY JENNY, YOU'RE AT TWO THIRDS VOTE, AND THEN YOU CAN PUT IT ON AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COME BACK OUT.
AND THEN, BUT USUALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE ON, WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AND GO AHEAD AND PUT OFF, I PERSONALLY WOULD TRUST YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, WHAT THE OWNERS OR THE APPLICANTS.
AND I WOULD TRUST YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO JUDGE WHEN YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT WE NEED TO GO INTO EFFECT SESSION.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING COME UP.
WE WOULD SAY, OH, WE SHOULDN'T BE DISCUSSING THAT TO THE SESSION.
IF, IF WE CAN JUST PUT IT ON THERE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT TO PUT IT AS, YOU KNOW, CITIZEN COMMENTS, EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE JUST DON'T DO IT.
SO WE NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND ANYTIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DISCUSSING ANY PROJECTS, WE HAVE THE OFFICES, OTHER FEEDBACKS.
UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE GREAT CARE WITH HOW WE TREAT APPLICANTS AND HOW WE RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC IS TAX DOLLARS WERE LOOKING AT HER.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I HAVE SOME MONTHLY UPDATES FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A RECAP OF OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH OF OUR FIRST SITE IN MINUTES.
SO I'LL ASK AMANDA TO PULL UP, UM, THE MONTHLY NOTES AND, UM, I KNOW LOTS OF , DIDN'T KEEP UP MY STREET.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF NEW INQUIRIES THIS MONTH, UM,
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TOTALLING UP TO ABOUT SIX INQUIRIES, UM, AROUND THE COUNTY, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND YOU TALK TO POTENTIAL APPLICANTS, THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 31ST.
UM, SO WE BOTH, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THE LANDOWNERS AND Y'ALL ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT MESSAGING.
UM, SO 62 INQUIRIES, UM, DURING THIS APPLICATION PERIOD, AND WE HAVE, HAVE SOME GREAT PROJECTS TO BRING YOU, UM, THERE WAS SOME PRESS ON PROTECTIVE LAND.
UH, ONE PIECE IN PARTICULAR I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE FEBRUARY 13TH COLUMN AND THE ISLAND PACKET, UM, ABOUT THE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, WEB WILDLIFE COUNTY REALLY INCREDIBLE PROPERTY ARE ABOUT TO ENTER SPRING WILDFLOWER SEASON.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR YOU.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MORNING OR DAY TRIP, THE ARTICLE DOES A GREAT JOB TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WEB.
I KNOW CHRIS HAS TAKEN MASTER NATURALIST CLASSES OUT THERE.
UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WATER ACCESS AND KAYAKING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND IT IS PART OF THIS LARGER REGIONAL REBUILT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS, OBVIOUSLY BNR AND, UM, WHAT GOES ON IN COUNTIES AROUND US IS IMPORTANT.
UM, AND TODAY'S SAY THURSDAY, RIGHT? THE COPY OF THE ISLAND IS, UM, KRISTEN, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS QUOTED, UM, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, THE THANKFUL PIECE OF THE MILITARY CRASH LAST OR LAST WEEK, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE SUGGESTED GO DOWN ON PROTECTED PROPERTY, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A SILVER LINING TO ANY OF THAT, IT IS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS PROTECTED AND THAT THERE WERE NOT, UM, HOMES OR AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE UNDERNEATH, UM, THE AIRPLANES.
THOSE ARE THE PILOTS WERE, UM, ABLE TO WALK AWAY BASELOAD, UM, WHICH IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
UM, WE DID SPEAK TO THE LANDOWNERS, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CONSERVATION AND THE RESTRICTIVE EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE SOME, YOU KNOW, POST-CRASH WORK INVESTIGATION DOCUMENTING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT THE LANDOWNERS ARE WELL, BUT PILOTS ARE SAFE AND IT IS.
AND, UM, AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A HEARTBEAT PIECE FOR ME, UM, IN THAT REGARD IS THE MILITARY THEME THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN AND OUT OF THE MEETING IS REALLY A LOCAL TEAM.
UM, CALLING LANDOWNERS, CALLING PEOPLE, CALLING US AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS OKAY AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER IN EVENTS WHERE WE NEED TO RESPOND QUICKLY.
SO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, OTHER KINDS OF MISCELLANEOUS THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS MONTH, UM, THE HOUSE PROGRAM IS WORKING ON THEIR MASTER PLAN.
SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RURAL CRITICAL LAND ACQUISITION.
THERE'S HALF THE PARK ACTIVE, AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND NEIGHBORS ASK YOU ABOUT THE ASSET PARKS.
UM, SO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU CAN COMMENT ON THE ACTIVE PARK MASTER PLAN, UH, AT PLAY DEIDRE ACADEMY.COM.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE, THERE'S A MEETING AT THE GREAT STREET GYM IN SYDNEY, YOU CAN FOLLOW US TO THE MEETING AND PARTICIPATE AT THE ACTIVE PARK SIDE OF THINGS, UM, ON THE PASSIVE PARK SIDE, UM, WE JUST GOT A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT OSPI RIVER PARK, WHICH IS SOME OF THE MASTER PLANS.
SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN ON THE 14TH COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THEIR SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL CHOSE TO COMMENT ON AS A BOARD, WHICH IS THE RESOUNDING OF OUR PROPERTIES TO T1.
UM, OUR LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THAT REASONING WAS, UM, SUBMITTED TO THE RECORD LAST MEETING.
AND THEN SECOND AND THIRD READING WILL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN FOR THOSE MEETINGS IF YOU'D LIKE, YES, CAN I MAKE A QUICK CLARIFICATION FOR THAT OT RIVER PARK PRESS RELEASE? THE TITLE OF THAT IS SLIGHTLY MISLEADING.
THE OTT RIVER PARK, UM, FUNDING FOR THE ACTUAL PARK PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION WAS APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL.
BACK WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
NOW THIS ARTICLE ACTUALLY IS REFERRING MORE FOR THE FUNDING FOR GRAVES' ROAD ITSELF.
SO, UM, IT IS, UH, IT'S A PRESS RELEASE THAT KIND OF COMBINES THE PARK AND THE ROAD, BUT THE RECENT APPROVAL BY COUNTY COUNCIL FOR FUNDING WAS FOR THE $1.3 MILLION TO REIMBURSE MR. GRAVES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF GRAVES ROAD.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UM, WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THE RELEASE WAS THE IMAGE AND THE MAP I'D RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL CAN BE MORE ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL.
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UM, AT THE MOST RECENT COUNTY COUNCIL OR MEETING, SORRY, I'M GETTING ALL MY DATES MIXED UP ON MONDAY.UM, I REPORT TO NATURAL RESOURCES.
I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL HARD COPIES THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE THEM.
UM, AND WE'LL BE PRINTING THESE TO PUT OUT AT AREA LIKE HERE AT CRYSTAL LAKE AND OTHER PLACES, UM, BUT PRESENTED THE ANNUAL REPORT, UM, AND ALSO, UH, LET NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
I WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, COASTAL EXPEDITIONS IS, UM, A BOAT, UH, PROVIDER AND THEY, UM, ARE PARTNERING WITH THE ADDRESS, UM, TO DO SOME TOURS OF THE WENDY'S RIVER AREAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PERFECTED LAND IN THAT CORRIDOR.
AND WE WOULD LOVE YOU ALL TO JOIN, UM, ON MARCH 24TH, IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, IT'LL BE ABOUT 40 MINUTES A PIECE, UM, IN THE AFTERNOON THREE TO FIVE.
SO NOT THAT WHOLE TWO HOUR TIME, IF YOUR SCHEDULE DOESN'T ALLOW, BUT, UM, A LITTLE 40 MINUTES, UM, ENJOYABLE, BUT STRESS, UM, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO A SITE VISIT OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'LL HAVE, UM, THIS MINE.
SO, UM, PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR AS WELL.
AND WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM ME ABOUT THAT WITH DETAILS, UM, TOMORROW WHEN I GET THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS JUST THE SIZE OF IT THAT WE ENJOYED TOGETHER TO THREE SISTERS.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE WITH THE BOAT TOUR AND OTHER UPCOMING SITE VISITS, IT WILL BE ONE OF MANY WE'LL GET TO TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED AND EVEN THOSE WHO COULDN'T, I KNOW, UM, YOU ALL REALLY WORK HARD ON THEIR SCHEDULES AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUMMARIZE, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 145 ACRES ON THE RIVER THAT WAS PROTECTED IN 2004, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE PRECEPTORS WHO FARM THE PROPERTY, AND IT DID CREATE A SHORT VIDEO WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY EMBARRASSING VOICEOVER.
THEY DON'T HEAR MY VOICE ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO, UM, WHEN AMANDA IS PULLING UP ON THE SCREEN IS A LITTLE WRITEUP.
I, IT ALSO INCLUDES A MAP, WHICH I HOPE WILL BE HELPFUL TO YOU, UM, TO SHOW THAT IT IS PART OF OVER 1400 ACRES THAT ARE PROTECTED IN OPC RIVER.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT LEFT A YEAR AND YOU'D BE BACK.
DO YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE WHOLE GROUP? SORRY.
ANYBODY ELSE YOU THOUGHT WAS GOOD? IT WAS INTERESTING.
NICE TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE AND HOW THE PROPERTY, UM, CAME UNDER PROTECTION.
THE FAMILIES ALSO GET AS BREW.
SO INDIGO, HOW DOES SHE ? WELL, THIS IS A WHOLE RUN OF, OF THE FAMILY AND I NEED TO SEE THE VIDEO DOWNLOAD AND YOU REFRESH IT.
IT SHOULD COME UP WITH TOO MUCH PHONE.
I KNOW WE WERE VERY, UM, JUST A BIT LIKE AT THE TOP OF THE BAR.
UM, THERE'S A QUESTION IN THE ROOM IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THE PUBLIC ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY? UM, THEY USED TO DO TOURS FOR DIFFERENT GARDEN CLUBS AND, UM, MASTER GARDENER GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THAT SHIT, BUT SCORES OF IT.
UM, AND THEY WERE VERY, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THE PROPERTY CAN ACCOMMODATE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING WORKED TOO MUCH.
UM, SO THE, THE VIDEO MIGHT TAKE TOO LONG TO DOWNLOAD, UM, BUT OPENED IT AROUND AND, UM, AND YOU ALL CAN JUST KIND OF TAKE A LOOK.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS LINES UP WITH OUR GOALS TO MARKET AS SUCCESSES, UH, THE RURAL INCREDIBLE IN PROGRAM AND REALLY SHARE IN OUR SHARED ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO, UM, AMANDA AND I ARE MEETING WITH FOLKS FROM THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS LIKE BREASTS.
HE MET THE LAST MEETING AND TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I HAD VISITING RECESSOR, THOSE WERE MY THREE SITE VISIT.
AND THE VISIT WITH YOU ALL IS THAT IN 2004, IT WAS A REALLY BOLD DECISION FOR THAT 150 ACRES IN BLUFFTON.
UM, IN 2022, THERE AREN'T MANY PROPERTIES
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THAT ARE 150 ACRES.SO THINK ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, 2004, HOW PROGRESSIVE AND FORWARD THINKING IT REALLY WAS AT THE TIME TO SAY, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PLACE.
WE WANT TO PROTECT IT FOREVER.
BUT IN 2004, THERE WERE STILL HOUSING DEVELOPERS NOT BEING AT THE DOORS, ALL OF THE THINGS.
AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT THAT DAN WAS BOLD.
UM, I THINK I WOULD ARGUE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO ON THE BOARD.
AND THE COUNCIL MADE THAT DECISION.
I'M THRILLED THAT FAMILY MADE THAT DECISION, BUT I THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE THAT THEY MADE THAT CHOICE IN, IT WAS, IT WAS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING.
YOU'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FASTEST DEVELOPING PLACES ON THE EAST COAST AND LOTS.
SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT DECISION AND THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND WHEN WE SHARE THE PICTURES, THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE UNABLE TO JOIN AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET A FEEL FOR IT AS WELL.
WE HAVE FUN, UH, THE DECISION FOR THE FAMILY OF THAT PARTICULAR OFFSPRING, IF YOU PRESERVE CONSERVE, PRESERVE IT 125 PAGES AND STILL ARE RELATIVES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS STILL, AND, UM, UM, IT REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT SWITCHING INDEPENDENT BECAUSE ACTUALLY, UH, A FAMILY OWNED PIECE OF PROPERTY BACK HERE.
AND IF YOU WEREN'T FULL DOWNSIDE SIDE ON REAL ESTATE, UH, THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE 270 ACRES PICK THE COLONY, WHICH WAS A PERFECT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT, BUT I LOOK AT IT IS BASICALLY BEING PRESERVED.
UM, SO THIS IS A BIG, YOU KNOW, LIKE SO MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES, UM, I MEAN FAMILIES WITH DEEP ROOTS FAMILIES, LOTS OF RELATIVES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT I ALSO APPRECIATED HEARING IS THE ROLE THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT PLAYS IN HELPING FAMILIES SUSTAIN PLAN FROM ESTATE TAXES PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKING IT AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILY PROPERTY AND IT'S PERFECTED.
UH, WE HAVE OUR, MAYBE NOT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK TYPICALLY WE DID IT LAST YEAR IN MAY.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE OJ WELL OVER THE YEARS THAT WE USED TO START IN FEBRUARY AND THEN WE START DOING IT LARGE, BUT THEN IT ENDED UP COINCIDING WITH COUNTY COUNCIL'S RETREAT AND IT IS, SO WE TRY TO DO IT BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRAW THE RETREAT, UM, OH, OKAY.
AND IF THOSE OF Y'ALL ON DUNE, FEEL FREE TO SHOOT ME AN EMAIL OR GIVE ME A PHONE CALL.
THERE'S DATES THAT WORK BETTER FOR YOU ALL.
I'VE PREPARED THOSE DATES, BUT LOOKING AHEAD, APRIL, MAY, JUNE.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT SOMEWHERE, LIKE IF WE WANT THIS POINT LAST TIME, MAYBE THIS TIME, LIKE I CAN TALK TO STEPHANIE AND SEE IF WE CAN DO IT AT LIKE PORT FREMONT NOW THAT THE PORT FREMONT CENTER IS OPEN OR, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT ACTUALLY THAT FORT FREMONT MIGHT BE A REALLY NICE PLACE TO GO BECAUSE, UM, THE HISTORY CENTER'S GOING TO BE, UH, HAVE SOME INTERPRETIVE STUFF INSIDE WITH THE, WITH THE FRIENDS THAT WE COULD ASK THE FRIENDS TO DO AN INTERPRETIVE TOUR FOR US TO DO A DOCENT LED TOUR.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY FUN FOR THEM.
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OKAY.SO YOU WANT DATE TO YOU? GENERAL PREFERENCES.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY PRESENT HERE AND WE HAVE NO OTHER.