[12a. First Reading of Proposed Ordinance 2022-07, Amending Section 3-1-210, of the Municipal Code for the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina with Regard to the Boundaries of the Six Single-Ward Districts in the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina]

OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILIES, I'M SURE. PITY YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

>> NEW BUSINESS FRESH READING POLLS WHEN IT'S 20 DAYS 22 DAYS 7 AMENDING SECTION 3 1 TO 10 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF A TOWN OF HILTON THAT I WAS MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? >> I THINK I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX SINGLE WARD DISTRICTS AND IN THAT REGARD I'D LIKE TO AMEND AMEND THE MOTION YET MISS THE GROUP IS

GONNA GIVE A PRESENTATION FOR US. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE

MOTION? >> WELL, I'D LIKE TO BE AMEND THE MOTION AND MAASTRICHT GRUBER CAN REFERENCE IT IN HIS PRESENTATION AND I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION FOR REASONS OF CONTINUITY DUTY TO REMOVE FROM WARD 3 BULL ISLAND AND HAVE IT BE INCLUDED IN WARD 5.

>> OK, GOT A SECOND. >> I MISS THOSE WOMEN. OK DISCUSSION MY MEMBERS COUNCIL AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION. I AGREE WITH THE AMENDMENT OR FAVOR THE AMENDMENT. JUST GIVE A SIGNAL BUT WE KNOW WE'RE DOING OKAY.

OKAY. MR. PRESENTATION FIRST. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MR. ORLANDO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE BUT FOR ALSO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE AT HOME WATCHING THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DILIGENTLY FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT ONLY COMES UP ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS. SO MOST FOLKS USUALLY AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST KIND OF TAKE A QUICK STEP BACK REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE AND THEN ULTIMATELY YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACTION THAT YOU HAVE PENDING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. I KNOW KRISTA'S FURIOUSLY WORKING ON TRYING TO PULL UP

THE PRESENTATION. >> I AM FAMILIAR WITH IT ENOUGH THAT I CAN PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND START OH THE DID THAT. PERFECT TIMING PAUSED FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. SO AS I WAS STARTING TO COVER TODAY I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GO AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PROJECT WHERE WE'VE BEEN WHERE WE'RE GOING, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW THE OVERVIEW OF THE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA THAT WE RELIED UPON AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I WANT TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION THIS AFTERNOON TO OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT HAD COME UP WHEN THIS MATTER WAS COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE. WE'VE TAKEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PULL ALL THAT TOGETHER SO WE CAN PRESENT TO YOU KIND OF A SUMMARY ON WHAT THIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS HAVE BEEN.

WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AT THIS POINT. IF THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS RECEIVED WE'VE ADDRESSED IT, WE'VE EITHER INCORPORATED IT OR WE ACKNOWLEDGED IT IN SOME WAY AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF BRIEFLY GO OVER ALL THOSE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS WAS TRULY AN OPEN PROCESS WHERE WE INVITED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TO PROVIDE INSIGHT AND FEEDBACK AND THAT WE TOOK THAT GENUINELY AND SERIOUSLY.

AND LASTLY, FOCUS ON THE ALTERNATIVE MAPS THAT WERE CONSIDERED AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW THE ONE THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO VISUALLY SHOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST MADE AS WE HAD A VIGOROUS DEBATE GOING ON RIGHT BEFORE THE START OF THIS MEETING ABOUT WHAT THAT AREA WAS ACTUALLY CALLED. SO I THANK YOU FOR CALLING A BULL ISLAND CAUSE THAT WAS THE BEST THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH. BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL LOOK AT IT SO THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOGETHER.

SO AGAIN, THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO OUR DECENNIAL CENSUS EVERY 10 YEARS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO COUNT THE CURRENT POPULATION BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY OBTAIN.

LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO REDRAW THEIR POLITICAL BOUNDARIES ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. AND SO WE WERE REQUIRED TO REDRAW OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES PRIOR TO OUR NEXT GENERAL ELECTION WHICH IS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE FILING FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL SEATS THOSE THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT WILL OPEN UP JULY 1ST AND THEY'LL CLOSE ON AUGUST 15TH. SO WE WANTED TO BE DILIGENT ABOUT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT RESIDE IN BY THE TIME THAT THIS PROCESS IS OVER. SO WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO BE DONE WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 30 FIRST FILING PERIOD. YES, SIR.

I'M SORRY. JULY 30 FIRST THAT IS WHEN IT WILL OPEN AND THEN IT CLOSES ON

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AUGUST 15TH. SO HERE WAS THE POPULATION FIGURES BASED UPON THE NEW CENSUS NUMBERS AND AS YOU CAN SEE OUR POPULATION DIDN'T GROW SIGNIFICANTLY BUT THE POPULATION WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL WARDS DID CHANGE SUBSTANTIAL.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH AND REDRAW OUR BOUNDARIES TO BRING THOSE POPULATION NUMBERS BACK IN LINE WITH THE CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED LIMITS. THIS WAS THE TOWN COUNCIL BOUNDARIES AS THEY EXIST TODAY . AND SO THIS WAS KIND OF THE INITIAL STARTING POINT AND THEN LOOKING AT THE POPULATION NUMBERS THAT WERE REFLECTED HERE AND PROVIDED TO BY THE STATE, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE NEEDED TO REDUCE POPULATION IN SOME DISTRICTS AND INCREASE POPULATION IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO GET WITHIN THE MARGINS THAT WE KNOW TO BE JUDICIALLY ACCEPTABLE. COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE DISTRICTS THAT WERE OF EQUAL POPULATION.

HOWEVER IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE A TOLERANCE OF UP TO 10 PERCENT.

SO 5 PERCENT ABOVE 5 PERCENT BELOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AND STILL FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT A MAP THAT WENT TO THAT DEVIATION WOULD BE FOUND UPHELD IN SUPPORTED BY THE JUDICIAL BRANCH. WE WERE ALSO GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT TO ENSURE THAT MINORITIES HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE. WE WERE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICTS WOULD BE DRAWN CONTIGUOUS, CONTIGUOUS. SORRY WE'RE GROWTH CONTINUOUSLY SO THAT THEY WERE ALL COMPACT AND TOUCHING ALL PARTS OF THE DISTRICT AND NOT SPOTTY IN ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REPRESENTED THE COMMUNITIES OF INTERESTS THAT ARE HERE ON THE ISLAND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN. SO IN ORDER TO START THIS

PROCESS. >> STAFF GENERATED A PRELIMINARY MAP FOR PURPOSES OF JUST BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER. SO THIS IS THE MAP THAT WAS PREPARED BY STAFF AND BROUGHT FORWARD TO KICK OFF THESE DISCUSSIONS.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT MADE A NUMBER OF CHANGES. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS JUST TO GET THE BALL ROLLING AND BRING THOSE INITIAL NUMBERS BACK IN LINE WITH WHAT THE TOLERANCES WERE FOR THIS EXERCISE. ADDITIONALLY, THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE HELD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS OVER A SERIES OF WEEKS TO GATHER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORT ON THIS MATTER. WE MET IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND THE TOWN TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT. ULTIMATELY WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING OVER THOSE HERE IN A MINUTE BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST KIND OF THE BREADTH OF TIMES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT THIS PROCESS IS, WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM AND ALLOW FOR THEM TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.

>> WE APPROACHED IT FROM MULTIPLE AVENUES IN TERMS OF NEWS RELEASES AND DIGITAL MARKETING. WE HAD DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WENT OUT IN BOTH JANUARY AND AGAIN IN FEBRUARY. WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND CAMPAIGNS. THOSE ALL WENT OUT IN JANUARY AND IN FEBRUARY THEY WERE ON FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR LINKEDIN. WE ALSO THEN PRODUCED IN-PERSON PAPER MATERIALS AND SO WE HAD MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO PICK UP WHEN THEY CAME IN TO THE WORKSHOPS AND WE ALSO HAD A QR CODE POSTED ON THAT MATERIAL SO THAT IF FOLKS WANTED TO REDIRECT THEM TO THE TOWN'S WEB SITE WHERE WE MAINTAINED A CENTRAL HUB OF INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS PROCESS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH IT IN TERMS OF TELEVISION, PRINT, NEWS MEDIA, WE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET COVERAGE BOTH IN PRINT AND IN TELEVISION NEWS MEDIA AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE WERE REQUESTED TO FOCUS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COMMUNICATING

WITH THE HISPANIC POPULATION ON THE ISLAND IN ORDER TO DO THAT. >> YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE THAT WE HAD OUR MATERIALS TRANS ARE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH THAT INFORMATION ALONG WITH COPIES OF THE MAPS WERE PROVIDED TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. WE'VE GOTTEN CONFIRMATION FROM A NUMBER OF THEM I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST KIND OF THE CHILDREN'S CENTER. THEY LET US KNOW THAT THEY DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE PROVIDED THEM TO ALL OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS AND TO ALL THE PARENTS BOTH ELECTRONICALLY AND IN WRITING VIA A PHYSICAL DOCUMENT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO PRODUCED VIDEOS. WE'VE GOT A VIDEO IN ENGLISH AND IN THE LINK THERE WHICH I'M GOING TO PLAY THIS EVENING BUT YOU CAN GO TO IT.

THE LINK TO THAT VIDEO IS TRANSLATED IN SPANISH AGAIN LETTING FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROCESS WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM AND HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION AND COMMENT TO US SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY USE IT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS IN FOCUSING ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE DID RECEIVE, BASICALLY THERE WAS TWO CATEGORIES THAT WERE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WERE NOT ACTIONABLE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER AND THEN THERE WERE OTHER COMMENTS THAT

WERE POTENTIALLY ACTIONABLE. >> AND SO EVERY COMMENT THAT WAS RECEIVED FELL INTO ONE

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OF THOSE TWO CATEGORIES. BUT REGARDLESS OF WHICH CATEGORY IT FELL AND WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD FOR AT LEAST DISCUSSION IF IT WAS ACTIONABLE WE MADE IT IN ALTERNATIVES SO THAT IT COULD BE SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERED FOR WHATEVER ASPECT WAS BEING PROPOSED OR IF IT WAS NOT ACTIONABLE. WE WENT THROUGH AND EXPLAINED WHY IT WAS NOT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE NOW. SO THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN HERE WHAT IT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED WAS A PROPERTY OWNER WHO LIVED IN THIS PART OF THE ISLAND E-MAILED US AND ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE HIS VOTING WARD CHANGED FROM WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS NOW TO THE ADJOINING WARD.

SO IT'S CURRENTLY IN WARD 2 AND THAT REQUEST WAS COULD IT BE MOVED INTO THE ADJOINING WARD ONE DISTRICT AND WE LOOKED AT THIS AND FROM THESE DISCUSSIONS THE WARD BOUNDARY ITSELF SEE IF I CAN DO THIS CORRECTLY. SO THE WARD BOUNDARIES OF IS ACTUALLY VERY LARGE STARTS UP HERE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HERE AND THEN COMES BACK UP AND THEN IT'S GOT FOUR INDIVIDUAL LITTLE VOTING PRECINCT ARE NOT PRECINCTS BUT CENSUS BLOCKS INSIDE OF IT.

>> AND SO FOR CONTINUITY PURPOSES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE ENTIRE VOTING CENSUS BLOCK ITSELF AND THE LITTLE DONUT HOLES THAT ARE WITHIN IT. AND SO WHEN YOU ADD UP IN THIS INSTANCE THAT WOULD BE ELEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE AND FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE ISLAND PER THE CENSUS AND THAT IN ORDER TO BE WITHIN A FIVE PERCENT TOLERANCE EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW THAT NUMBER REALLY COULDN'T EXCEED MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PEOPLE. THAT'S REALLY RIGHT WHERE YOU GET TO THE 5 PERCENT DEVIATION.

>> SO THIS REQUEST WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN ELEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE SWINGING FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER WHICH AGAIN COULDN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT REQUIRING SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS. OTHERWISE IN OTHER DISTRICTS. SO AGAIN THIS WAS A NON ACTIONABLE ITEM BUT IT WAS A COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVED WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE WARDS ON THE ISLAND COULD BE SEPARATED BY THE BODY OF WATER WHICH IS BROAD CREEK. AND SO STAFF LOOKED AT CREATING WARD 3 ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF BROAD CREEK AND WARD 4 ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF BROAD CREEK AND ULTIMATELY THE POPULATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS AREA AND THIS AREA ARE SO SIGNIFICANT THAT IT RESULTED IN ABOUT A 12 HUNDRED PERSON DIFFERENCE IN WARD 4 AS COMPARED TO WARD 3.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS NOT AN ACTIONABLE ITEM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET TO FIT WITHIN THAT 5 PERCENT DEVIATION. WE ALSO RECEIVED A REQUEST TO LOOK AT TRYING TO PLACE AS MANY HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN WARD 1 AS POSSIBLE.

THE MAP THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN OVERLAY OF BOTH THE PROPOSED DISTRICTS AND THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE RED HASHED OUTLINES ON TOP OF THAT.

AND WE SHOWED BY LOOKING AT EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL CENSUS TRACTS HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THEM AND WHY THEY COULD OR COULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN AND ULTIMATELY WE CAME DOWN TO YOU THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY CAME CLOSE WAS RIGHT HERE. THERE WAS ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WE COULD BRING THAT IN BUT ULTIMATELY WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE MADE A CHANGE UP HERE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE TO WARD 1 WHICH WOULD HAVE TAKEN AN AREA OUT.

AND SO THE END OF THE DAY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BRING ANY ADDITIONAL AREAS INTO WARD ONE THAT WERE A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE SOME OTHER AREA THAT WAS CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO BE IN THAT WARD AND THEN LAST. THIS WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING THAT WE LOOKED AT FROM A CHANGE OF BOUNDARY STANDPOINT WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO CONSIDER WHERE THE MINORITY POPULATION WERE ON THE ISLAND. AND AGAIN IT'S KIND OF AN EXTENSION OF THAT LAST ONE THAT WE LOOKED. SO THIS LOOKS AT BOTH HISPANIC CONCENTRATE ASIANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONCENTRATIONS AND YOU CAN SEE REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE ANALYSIS FROM WARD ONE IS THIS DISTRICT DOWN HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF THE CENSUS BLOCK I BELIEVE IF I RECALL CORRECTLY IS ABOUT 500 80 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT CENSUS BLOCK. SO AGAIN, IT WASN'T REALLY EASY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ANYWHERE. AND AT THIS POINT IN ORDER TO HAVE CONTINUITY, IT REALLY COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE TO GET INTO WARD 1 OR ANY ANY OTHER AREA. SO THOSE WERE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE'D RECEIVED THAT WERE

NOT ACTIONABLE IN NATURE. >> THE ONE THAT WAS ACTIONABLE IN NATURE THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST COMMENT WE RECEIVED THE VERY FIRST PUBLIC MEETING AND IT WAS A QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THE AREA THAT STAFF HAD PROPOSED TO BRING INTO WARD 3 I'M SORRY INTO WARD 4 FROM THE NORTHWEST ME S SPEECH AREA COULD BE BROUGHT INTO WARD 3. AND SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN WE NEEDED TO CHANGE BOTH THE CENSUS BLOCKS UP HERE IN POINT COMFORT AND THIS LITTLE PORTION RIGHT HERE JUST NORTH OF THE NORTH FORCED ME S FORCED BEACH AREA IN ORDER TO BRING THAT IN. BUT BECAUSE THE NUMBERS DID WORK WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR CONSIDERATION. WE THEN ALSO HEARD VERY RECENTLY ABOUT BASICALLY THE ALTERNATIVE TO THAT WHICH IS TO KEEP POINT COMFORT IN WARD 3

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AND THEN TO MOVE THIS AREA BACK INTO WARD 5. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A WORKABLE OPTION BECAUSE THE NUMBERS AT THIS POINT DO WORK AND SO WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE IS BASICALLY THE STAFF J.S. MAP BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED WHEN STAFF BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AS THE PRELIMINARY MAP. WE ALSO HEARD FROM INDIVIDUAL

MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL. >> WE GAVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND WALK THROUGH THESE MAPS WITH US AND LOOK AT A A WIDE VARIETY OF ALTERNATIVES AND THEN THOSE THAT SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

>> WE DID. SO THIS IS COUNCILMAN BROWN'S ALTERNATIVES.

ULTIMATELY YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED REPRESENTS SOME KIND OF CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE EXISTING WARD BOUNDARIES AND THEN WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED.

>> THE PRIMARY ONE WITH THIS ONE IS BRINGING THIS CENSUS BLOCK INTO WARD FOR MOVING THESE ONES BACK INTO WARD 1. THOSE WERE NOT A PART OF THE GSE MAP ARE THE JESUS PULMONARY MAP. BUT THAT'S WE WORKED ON WITH COUNCILMAN BROWN.

BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE NUMBERS WORK, WE NEEDED TO MOVE THIS AREA INTO WARD 4 OUT OF WARD 1 AND THEN THIS AREA AS WELL OUT OF WARD 6 INTO WARD 4 .

THIS WAS COUNCILMAN BECKER'S ALTERNATIVES AGAIN VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF MOVING SOME OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND THE BIG FOCUS HERE WAS LOOKING AT MAKING THIS AREA ALL COME TO A CONTIGUOUS KEEP USING THE WRONG SYLLABLE ON THAT ONE, MAKING THIS CONTIGUOUS AS FAR AS DISTRICT FORGOES AND THEN WITH COUNCILMAN STANFORD HIS COMMENTS WERE FOCUSED UP ON CHANGING THIS AREA HERE FROM WARD 6 TO WARD 2 AND THEN FROM THIS AREA FROM WARD 2 TOWARDS

6. >> AND SO AT THE LAST FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE WORKSHOP STAFF WAS REQUESTED TO TAKE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED AND TRY TO COMBINE THEM TOGETHER INTO ONE COHESIVE MAP TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD MAKE THE CHANGES THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED WORK WITH EACH OTHER RESPECTIVELY. AND SO ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT RESULTED IN IS THIS MAP RIGHT HERE WHICH WAS ALTERNATIVE 5. THIS IS THE MAP THAT'S ULTIMATELY PENDING BEFORE THIS EVENING WITH THE AMENDMENT AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT RIGHT NOW. MY UNDERSTANDING, DAVID, IS THAT THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS THE AREA THAT WE'VE REFERRED TO AS BULL ISLAND WHO'S BEST TO OUR KNOWLEDGE AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD MOVE THIS OUT OF DISTRICT 3 AND INTO DISTRICT 5.

AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IT HAS 15 PEOPLE IN IT. SO FROM A FROM A NUMBER STANDPOINT, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH MOVING THAT IN THERE BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE THE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY. BUT IF THAT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL THAT I THINK HOPEFULLY WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS WHAT THAT AMENDMENT WILL DO BETWEEN NOW AND IF THIS COMES BACK FOR SECOND READING AGAIN JUST TO FOCUS ON THE NUMBERS THIS MAP ALTERNATIVE 5 IS ACTUALLY THE TIGHTEST MAP THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED AS WE'VE GONE

THROUGH THIS PROCESS. >> THE DEVIATION IN TOTAL IS THREE POINT EIGHT PERCENT.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAD UPWARDS OF A 10 PERCENT DEVIATION. THE STATE RECOMMENDED 5 AND WHAT WE'VE COME FORWARD WITH OUT OF THE FDA COMMITTEE MEETING IS A MAP THAT'S THREE POINT EIGHT PERCENT DEVIATION AND THAT BRINGS US UP TO WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING AND WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUDGE.

>> MR. MAGID WANT TO COMMENT THAT I THINK THAT THE STAFF LED BY JOSH GRUBER HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ONE IN EDUCATING ME AND SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE TO WHAT THIS

MEANS. >> BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND GIVING THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND AND TO REACT. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE COMING FORWARD WITH TODAY IS A IS A PERFECT CONSOLIDATION OF ALL OF THAT.

SO GREAT JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU, ALEX. >> THANK YOU.

>> WHEN I CALLED GIRLS STANFORD'S COMMENTS AS FAR AS THE EFFORT IS CONCERNED GREAT GREAT JOB TO STAFF. JUST TWO COMMENTS, MR. GRUBER. ONE.

THE ITEM THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT AS FAR AS COMMUNICATIONS TO LATINO POPULATION, THAT'S GREAT. OK. I'D LIKE US TO USE THAT AS A TEMPLATE AND MOVING FORWARD. YES. AND OTHER ITEMS. OKAY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE TALKED MAYBE AND SASHA TWO OR THREE ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR RESIDENTS AFTER THIS IS ADOPTED AND NO BOARD OF ELECTIONS WILL TAKE A STAB. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING FROM THE TOWN ALSO IN TERMS OF THE WAR CHANGES AS IT AFFECTS FOLKS WHERE THEY'RE VOTING. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND THAT ACTUALLY RAISES A GREAT POINT THAT I DID NOT TOUCH ON AS PART OF MY PRESENTATION.

SO WHEN COUNCIL FORMALLY ADOPTS ITS REDRAWN DISTRICTS BY ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, FIRST

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READING IS PENDING THIS EVENING. SO AFTER SECOND READING WE WILL TRANSMIT THAT FORMAL ORDINANCE AND THERE'S METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION THAT GOES WITH THAT THAT OUTLINES THE PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES EACH DISTRICT WE WILL TRANSMIT THAT TO THE

BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD VOTER REGISTRATIONS AND ELECTIONS. >> THEY WILL THEN DISSEMINATE NOTICED TO ANY AFFECTED VOTERS WITH REGARDS TO THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS ABOUT WHERE THE VOTING PRECINCTS MAY BE OR WHERE THEIR VOTING DISTRICT MAY BE IF IN FACT CHANGES MANY OF THE ISSUES BY COUNTY COUNCIL. AND JOSH, THE SMALLER THE DEVIATION IS THE STRONGER THE MAP AND MORE COMPLIANT THE MAP IS.

>> YEAH, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF OUR WARDS IS HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY EQUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EACH DISTRICT.

NOW OBVIOUSLY IT CAN'T BE AN EXACT SCIENCE AND SO THERE ARE TOLERANCES THAT ARE THERE BUT THE CLOSER WE CAN GET THE MORE PROPORTIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE EACH DISTRICT IS TO ONE

ANOTHER. >> ME. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME SO BOLOGNA BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THIS DISCUSSION FROM EARLIER.

>> WHERE WAS THAT INITIAL? IN OUR CURRENT MAP. SO AT THIS POINT I'M NOT SURE

THE BULL ISLAND HAS EVER CHANGED. >> SO IT'S IN WARD 3 I BELIEVE NOW AND WAS PROPOSED TO REMAIN IN WARD 3 WITH BOTH THE STAFF MAP AND THROUGH ALL THE ALTERNATIVES. BUT MR. AMES AS PART OF HIS MOTION THIS EVENING HAS MADE AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD MOVE THIS FROM WARD 3 INTO WARD 5 PRIMARILY I BELIEVE FOR COMPACTNESS CONCERNS AND WHERE YOU SEE IT KIND OF SPATIALLY LAID OUT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REST OF THE DISTRICT. I CERTAINLY THINK IT MAKES A GOOD DEAL OF SENSE TO MOVE IT INTO DISTRICT 5. I THINK THIS MAP MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CONTIGUOUS IT ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE THAT PORTION OF WHAT USED TO BE WARD 3 IN COMFORT IS NOW A DIFFERENT COLOR THAN THERE. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE A QUESTION. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY. PATTY AFTERNOON. PATSY BRYSON.

NO, NO QUESTIONS. JUST SOME COMMENTS. THAT'S STILL APPROPRIATE.

I'M REPRESENTING THE COALITION OF IRELAND NEIGHBORS AND KEY THE WORD NEIGHBORS.

WE RECOGNIZE ALL COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ON THE ISLAND AND HAVE MEMBERS FROM ALL COMMUNITIES, ALL NEIGHBORS ON THIS ISLAND. ALSO I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND WE CARE ABOUT TWO THINGS PRIMARILY.

ONE IS THAT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND THE MAPS TO TO THE MAP THAT YOU ADOPT COMPLIES WITH THE CRITERIA. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YES, IT IS A NUMBERS GAME.

BUT THE OTHER PART OF THE NUMBERS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO VOTING RIGHTS ARE DILUTED DURING THE PROCESS. SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER STANDARDS AS WELL.

WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'VE BEEN SHOOTING FOR THE FIVE NO MORE THAN 5 PERCENT DEVIATION.

THAT IS WHAT WE RECOMMENDED RATHER THAN THE 10 PERCENT. SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE WITHIN THE 5 PERCENT IN ADDITION TO THAT HONORING THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S RESPONSE TO OUR COMMENTS ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THE LATIN X HISPANIC COMMUNITY. IT'S NICE THAT THERE WERE FLYERS AND IT'S NICE THAT THEY'RE IN SPANISH. THE COALITION URGED COMMUNICATIONS IN SPANISH DURING THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC TWO YEARS AGO AND WE'RE GLAD THAT THE TOWN IS IS CONTINUING TO DO THAT AND HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT OUTRAGE DOESN'T MEAN JUST HANDING OUT FLYERS. IT ALSO MEANS BEING PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITIES HOLDING ONE OF THE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS IN THE LATIN X RAY HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

I DID A LOT OF GIRL SCOUT WORK AND WE GO TO WHERE FOLKS LIVE WHERE THE FAMILIES WHERE THE KIDS ARE. YOU DON'T JUST HAND OUT FLYERS, YOU ACTUALLY GO TO FOLKS WHERE THEY LIVE, WHERE THEY WORSHIP, WHERE THAT WHERE THEIR BUSINESS IS ARE.

SO OUTREACH IS A DIFFERENT METHOD OTHER THAN HANDING OUT FLYERS.

AND I HOPE A TOWN WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. SO RESPECTING COMMUNITIES OF INTERESTS. WE'RE GLAD THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE HISTORIC GULLAH COMMUNITIES AND RESPECT FOR THAT. AND WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THE SECOND DAY THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF THE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS WE HAD FOLKS THERE AT EVERY ONE OF THE SESSIONS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY WENT ON VACATION DURING THAT TIME PERIOD BUT WE DID HAVE FOLKS THERE AND IT WAS GREAT THAT WE HAD THEM IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON THE ISLAND. THE OTHER THING TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THE TIMING THE TIME OF DAY BECAUSE THERE'S SOME WORKING FOLKS THAT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE COME TO EVEN IN HAITI AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER FOLKS WAITSTAFF WHO WORK IN THE EVENING AND MIGHT LIKE A DIFFERENT TIME OF DAY. SO BE MINDFUL OF THAT DURING INPUT PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS. BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THAT HAPPEN.

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AND LASTLY ON A PERSONAL BASIS AS I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, OUR LAND WHERE I LIVE IN OUR RESPECT THE DECISION. BUT I HOPE THAT ANYONE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, ANYONE WHOSE SEAT SITS IN YOUR SEAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MANAGER BECAUSE I KNOW HE'LL DO THIS AND WILL RESPECT THE ENTIRE ISLAND AND WE'LL THINK OF REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE ISLAND NO MATTER WHERE THE LINES ARE DRAWN, NO MATTER WHERE SOMEONE LIVES, NO MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, HOW THEY VOTE OR WHAT THEY THINK BECAUSE WE ARE ONE ISLAND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MA'AM.

YES, SIR. OH YES. SKIP WAS BACK HOME AFTER THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF GEORGE GRUBER AND THE TOWN ALONG WITH PAST LAWYER TOWN LAWYER DIANE BUSH NO LONGER I UNDERSTAND IS NO LONGER HERE.

IF YOU'RE STILL INVOLVED WITH THE ANNEXATION OF WINDMILL HARBOR AND IF YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH THE ANNEXATION OF WOMEN HARBOR AND THAT'S STILL OF INTEREST TO YOU I'D LIKE TO WHY? FOR WHAT REASON? I CAN TELL YOU THAT I LIVE IN WINDMILL HARBOR AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE TOTALLY AGAINST ME AN ANNEX INTO THIS CORRUPT TOWN THAT WASTE OR OUR TAX MONEY IS ILLEGALLY USE OUR TAX MONIES SO I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE AGAINST IT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME BUT MAYBE GEORGE GRUBER CAN ANSWER IT BECAUSE HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL THAT.

ARE YOU STILL INVOLVED WITH ANNEXATION WHEN THE HARBOR TO GOOGLE QUESTIONS UP HERE? OK. FAR AS I KNOW THERE'S NO CURRENT CONVERSATION GOING ON FARMING AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO CURRENT CONVERSATION GOING BUT WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THAT BECAUSE WE'RE AGAINST THAT. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. HERE. YES.

MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? YES, PLEASE. >> THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN METHODICAL. DEPENDS ON ARITHMETIC. VERY THEORETICAL.

BUT WHAT IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO IS THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED WITH PEOPLE WITHIN AWARD AND I'M I FOR ONE. AND FEELING THE SEPARATION THAT IS PROPOSED FROM PEOPLE THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE

REPRESENTING THEM ANYMORE. >> BUT I ALSO WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO REPRESENTING A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE AND I WILL SERVE THEM TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

BUT THIS IS A PEOPLE PROCESS AS WELL AS A THEORETICAL ONE. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ME? >> I GUESS I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT COMMENT. I CERTAINLY THINK WORD FOR HAS HAD THE MOST ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO IT. I WELCOME THAT. I'M FAMILIAR ACROSS THE ISLAND WITH THE ISSUES AND THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE ON IN ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT AND TO HELP YOU REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU LIVE.

THANK YOU. >> MAKE YOUR ROLL CALL PLEASE. I THINK JACK DAILY WRONG COMMENT FROM JACK. JACK RIGHT FROM THE GET GO AND SEE YOU.

JACK DAILY 4 SPEECH I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN TOWN STAFF FOR HAVING SUCH A OPEN AND EASY PROGRESS PROCESS THOSE EASY TO NAVIGATE.

>> AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND THAT YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAD FOR SPEECH BY GETTING BACK TOGETHER AND ALSO BEING GROUP WITH OTHER LIKE SIZED COMMUNITIES. AND SO THAT'S A BIG WIN AND THE MATH TURNS OUT TO BE THAT THAT'S THE MOST ACCURATE MOST FAIR MATH WE HAVE.

AND WE'RE GONNA MISS TOM LENNOX BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA WORK WITH DAVID AMES WHO WE ALL LOVE AND THAT'S A COMPLEMENT TO HIM THAT WE WANTED TO GO TO WAR THREE AND I THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PROCESS. IT REALLY MADE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR TOWN THAT WE COULD HAVE AN OPEN PROCESS LIKE THAT. IT WOULD RUN SO SMOOTHLY AND IT WAS SO ACCEPTING TOO, YOU KNOW, POPULAR FEEDBACK AND INPUT. SO THANK YOU. THANK.

MR. BOND WELL. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY? ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL? DAVID, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN THE MOTION?

>> YES, YES. GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AND THE AMENDMENT.

AND THEN TAKE UP THE MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR OWN AMENDMENT FIRST.

YES. CALDWELL GO ON THE AMENDMENT AGAIN.

>> MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. HARKINS. YES.

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MR. AMES. YES. THIS IS BETTER.

YES. MR. LENNOX. YES, MR. STANFORD? YES. MAYOR. YES.

MOTION CARRIES, SIR. AND NOW ON THE 1ST THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED IS MR.

BROWN SUPPORT. >> MR. HARKIN. YES.

MR. AMES? YES. IS BECKER? YES. MR. LENNOX? YES.

[12b. First Reading of Proposed Ordinance 2022-04, Amending Section 2-5-70 of the Municipal Code for the Town Hilton Head Island, South Carolina to Allow for Public Comment at a Town Council Meeting by any Interested Party During the Appearance by Citizens Portion of the Agenda]

MR. STANFORD. YES. >> MAYOR MCCANN? YES. MOTION CARRIES, SIR. OKAY.

OKAY. >> WE'LL BE THERE WILL BE DEALS ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS BY THE BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL. MR. GRUBER, YOUR PRESENTATION ON HIS.

>> DON'T YOU YOU AGAIN, MR. MAYOR. JUST BRIEFLY KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN CODE THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHANGE THE REQUIRED MEANT THAT A CITIZEN OF THE ISLAND SPEAK BEFORE THIS BODY DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE CHANGED TO ANY INTERESTED PARTY AND THAT CHANGE IS BEING PROPOSED. REFLECTIVE OF THE ACTUAL PROCESSES THAT THIS BODY HAS GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND SO IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY KIND OF AMBIGUITY OR ANY KIND OF CONCERN, STAFF HAS PROPOSED THAT THE LANGUAGE MIRROR THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF THIS BODY WHICH IS TO ALLOW ANY INTERESTED PARTY TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC COMMENT MOTION TO APPROVE A MOVE TO ACCEPT THE FIRST READING OF THE AUDIENCE. THAT'S DISCUSSED. SECOND, THEY CAN DISCUSSION MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND GET THE PERSON IS DALTON. I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECTING CITIZENS COMMENTS AND NOT FIGHT THAT AND TRY TO STOP THAT PREVENT THAT AND WORSE EVEN REMOVING CITIZENS BY POLICE FORCE LIKE THIS HAPPENED TO BE FOR COUNTY IT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND TO VIOLATE YOUR BASE COME TO REALITY YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO A GUY LIKE ME AND YOU SHOULD SHOULD TAKE IT TO HEART. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AND YOU SHOULD LEARN TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ADDRESSING YOU, THE PROFESSIONALS THAT COME UP HERE AND ADDRESS YOU. YOU SIT IN THAT DIOCESE AND SOMETIMES YOU LOSE A SENSE OF REALITY AND YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN THOSE ADDRESS YOU. AND SO YOU'RE TO EMBRACE CITIZENS LIKE ME THAT COME UP AND SHARE THE LAWS AND IN EVIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE ON WHERE YOU'RE FAILING.

SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE ALL CAN DO AND YOU ALL CAN DO IS RESPECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND YOU ALSO NEED TO RESPECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT. IF WE LOSE THE FIRST AMENDMENT OR SECOND AMENDMENT WE NO LONGER HAVE A COUNTRY. WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.

AND THEN YOU NEED TO START ABIDING BY THE LAWS YOU NEED TO START DOING THE THINGS THAT I AND OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST TO YOU . SO WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE YOU LOOK GOOD AND YOU'VE LEFT SOMETHING GOOD BEHIND. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LEAVE OFFICE DISGRACED AND NOT DOING YOUR JOB? IT'S YOUR KID YOU VIOLATED CAMPAIGN PROMISE. YOU HAVE TO START BEING HONEST .

YOU HAVE TO START BEING TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND YOU'VE GOT TO START PROVEN TO ALL OF US WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH OUR TAX MONIES AND HAS IT ACTUALLY BENEFITED US AND GIVEN UP GIVEN RETURN ALL PAY TAXES TOO. WE ALL PAY TAXES.

WHY WOULD WE WANT NOT WANT THAT? SO I ENCOURAGE YOU IN 2022 TO LET'S START FORCING PEOPLE TO SHOW WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR MONEY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A KNOWN FACT THAT IF YOU DON'T DO THAT AND YOU DON'T OVERSEE PEOPLE, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY EVER IN 300 YEARS HAS A FORENSIC AUDIT BEEN FORCED ON A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON A TOWN COUNCIL ON A SCHOOL BOARD WHERE WRONGDOING HAS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED, WASTE WRONGDOING AND A LOT OF TIMES PRISON THE RESULT SO WE HAVE TO START KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE BALL THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN FOCUS ON IS WHERE IT AND HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING USED.

I LEAVE THAT AND I HOPE THAT'S GOOD ADVICE FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS JIM LUGER AND I'M CITIZEN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

I ALSO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF SERVING ON THIS TOWN'S A TECH COMMITTEE. THE LAST YEAR AS CHAIRMAN AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS AMENDMENT TO THE TO THE TOWN CHARTER OR CODE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A QUESTION WITH OUR COMMITTEE FOR

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THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AS AN ATTORNEY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY POSITION TO BASICALLY TO ENFORCE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I WAS NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES BASED ON THAT AND BASED ON TOWN COUNCIL'S LEAD ON THIS. BUT THERE WERE MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE THAT HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER NON CITIZENS SHOULD ADDRESS THE ATTACK COMMITTEE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND FOR THE CONFIDENCE YOU'VE SHOWN IN OUR COMMITTEE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TO THE ANYBODY ELSE.

OKAY. BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. DAVID, I'VE BEEN LEANING OVER ANY ANYBODY.

ALEX AND ALEX MOST OF THOSE WHO CALL FOR AN AMENDMENT OR NOT. BUT I WANT TO BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. WE ARE SECTION ONE ITEM C WHERE WE ARE THOSE PARTIES DESIGNED TO PRESENT MATTER AT A REGULAR MEETING WAS NOTIFIED A TOWN RECEPTIONIST OR THE PRESIDING OFFICER BY 12:00 NOON ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEETING. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THAT WOULD APPLY TO YOU WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IN THE MORNING JUST ADJUST THE TIME ZONES. WELL I'LL GIVE YOU CAN PUT IN THE FEMA HELP HERE.

DO YOU KNOW THIS MOBILE LEGAL QUESTION THAT'S OKAY. BEING ABLE TO WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING THAT'S SO THAT LANGUAGE THAT YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED IS ACTUALLY CURRENT LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE CODE NOW IT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED TO BEING AMENDED AND SO THE ONLY TIME THAT SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE SPOKEN TO IN THE CODE IS UNDER THE PROVISION THE BASIC SAYS THE MAYOR MAY CALL A SPECIAL MEETING. OTHER THAN THAT, WE SPEAK TO OUR REGULAR MEETINGS AND THE DECORUM AND IN THE ORDER OF PROCEDURE AT REGULAR MEETINGS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AND THE OUTLINE THAT'S ON IT THAT IS SPECIFIC TO REGULAR MEETINGS WHEN IT COMES TO WORKSHOPS OR IF IT COMES TO SPECIAL MEETINGS ,WE HAVEN'T PUT ANYTHING IN THE CODE AND THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO WITH REGARDS TO THOSE IT'S ONLY APPLICABLE TO REGULAR MEETINGS. OKAY HERE WELL SEE WELL SEE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WINTERBOTTOM SITE. THANK YOU. WHY I'M HERE WITH KRISTEN.

>> CERTAINLY, SIR. MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. HARKINS. >> YES, MR. AMES.

YES. THIS IS BECKER. YES, MR. LENNOX.

[12c. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina to Enter into a Joint Ownership and Operating Agreement with Beaufort County for the Redevelopment and Operation of the Ford's Shell Ring]

YES. MR. STANFORD? YES.

MAYOR MCCANN. YES. MOTION CARRIES, SIR.

OKAY. WE'LL SEE. JAMIE'S GONNA GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THE FORWARD SHARING THAT ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL JAMEEL UP COCINA YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THE RECORD AND WE'LL HAVE TWO ITEMS COVERING THE FORD SHOWERING AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY.

>> WHOOPS SORRY. WE'LL LOOK AT THE LOCATION AND CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE

PROPERTY. >> THIS ONE IS FOR A JOINT OPERATING AND OWNERSHIP AGREEMENTS THAT WILL COVER THEM FINANCIAL AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE FROM HERE. THIS IS THE CURRENT PROPERTY IT'S ON SQUARE POPE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION AND THE ROUNDABOUT WITH GUM TREE ROAD. THERE IS CURRENTLY EARTHEN TRAILS THERE MOSTLY HEAVILY TREED FIGURE EIGHT FOR THE SHOW RING BUT VERY LIMITED INFORMATIVE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW AND WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WITH BEFORE COUNTY IN 2003 AND HAD AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AT THAT TIME AND THIS NEW AGREEMENT WOULD SUPERSEDE THAT AGREEMENTS BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL DID LOOK AT THIS JOINT OPERATION OWNERSHIP AND OPERATING AGREEMENT AND APPROVED IT IN APRIL OF 2021 SINCE THAT TIME TOWN STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH COUNTY STAFF ON AN ACTUAL SITE PLAN AND WHAT THE DETAILS OF THAT WOULD BE. SO WE MADE SURE WE CAME FORWARD TO COUNT.

SO COUNCIL WITH THE MOST FINISHED PRODUCT THAT WE COULD AND THEN IN THE AGREEMENT THERE IS AN OPTION THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS OTHER COM FRIENDSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. SO THEY'VE ADDED AN OPTION TO THIS ONE TO WORK WITH THE HILTON HEAD CHAPTER OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY TO POSSIBLY RUN TOURS, DO INSPECTIONS, CLEANUPS, MAINTENANCE OF THE SHELTERING PROPERTY FOR THE FINANCIAL AND MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES THE COUNTY IS GOING TO TAKE ON

ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS. >> SO THE COST OF THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK AND IF THERE IS ANY DAMAGE TO CAPITAL LIKE THE FENCES, THE SIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THE

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COUNTY WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT OR IF THERE IS A MAJOR ALTERATION.

THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT WOULD BE TOWN COUNCIL DID ASK FOR A MORE OF A CONNECTION TO THE WATER. SO IF WE WANTED TO ADD A DOCK OR OVERLOOK OR CONNECTION TO THE WATER THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON RCMP THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE JUST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. WE WILL OPEN AND CLOSE THE PARK. WE WILL KNOW AND BLOW THE TRAILS IN THE PARKING LOT TO DO

SOME MINOR TRIMMING AT A MINIMAL COST TO THE TOWN. >> THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT . THE OUTLINE OF THE TRAIL THAT YOU WILL SEE THERE IS BASICALLY THE TRAIL THAT IS THERE NOW THAT HAS BEEN USED HISTORICALLY AND THE CENTER IS THE SHELL RINGS AND WE HAVE PUT THE PARKING IN AREA WHERE I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO REMOVE ONE TREE. SO WE TRIED TO HAVE AS LITTLE IMPACT AS POSSIBLE ON THE PROPERTY WHEN WE LOOKED TO LOCATE THE PARKING ON THE PROPERTY.

SO HERE WE ARE FOUR TOWN COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND SO IF THE JOINT OPERATING OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS APPROVED WILL EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND THEN STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO EXECUTE THEIR PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK AND GO THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS AND MONITOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN AGAIN WE'LL NOTE THAT IF THE TOWN COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPTION TO DO IT, THEN THE CONNECTION TO THE WATER WE WILL HAVE TO PUT THAT THROUGH AN RC IP PROGRAM THAT'S TWELVE. SEE? DO YOU? THREE QUESTIONS WITH JAMIE ON JAMIE IS MY UNDERSTANDING SAYS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH JOINT OWNERSHIP ON THIS PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN WILL MAINTAIN ITS INSURANCE.

>> WITH REGARD TO ITS INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS ANY LIABILITY AND THE SAME WOULD APPLY TO THE COUNTY. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JAMIE ON THIS ONE?

THIS IS A RESOLUTION AND ONLY ONE READING HIS REGARD. >> YES, SIR.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC NOTHING. OKAY.

BRINGING IT BACK. THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY. WAS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? NO. OKAY. LOOK.

NO, NO, NO. >> MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

ON THE ITEM ADVANCED BY JAMIE SECOND. OKAY.

NOW CALL THE ROLL CALL COUNCIL THAT SIR. MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. HAWKINS.

YES. MR. AMES. YES.

MRS. BECKER. YES. MR. LENNOX.

[12d. First Reading of Proposed Ordinance 2022-03 Authorizing the Execution of a Termination of an Easement and Granting of an Access and Utility Easement Encumbering Real Property Owned by the Town of Hilton Head, South Carolina and Beaufort County, South Carolina, in Area of the Ford's Shell Ring Property, Under the Authority of SC Code Ann. Section 5-7-40 (Supp. 2010), and Section 2-7-20 of the Municipal Code for the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, (1983)]

YES, MR. STANFORD. YES. MAYOR MCCANN? YES. MOTION CARRIES, SIR. WE GO ON A 12 DINO GAMING SIR GAIN WITH THE FORD SHARING PROPERTY. THE SECONDARY CONSIDERATION ON THIS THIS IS AN ORDINANCE. SO IT WILL BE THIS IS FIRST READING REALLY INTO EASEMENTS THAT ARE EXISTING AND NEW FOR THE PROPERTY. SO AGAIN WE'LL LOOK AT THE LOCATION AND CONDITIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE TERMINATING AN EASEMENT AND THEN CREATING AN ACCESS UTILITY EASEMENTS SO THE SAME PROPERTY AGAIN WITH THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, THE CURRENT ACCESS IS WHERE IT'S SHOWN WITH THE GREEN DASHED LINE WHERE IT ENTERS ON SQUIRE POLK ROAD.

SO IN 2003 WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WITH THE COUNTY THERE WAS AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT THAT RAN FROM SQUARE PROP ROAD TO THE SMALL LITTLE TRIANGLE PROPERTY IN THE BACK.

>> THIS LITTLE GUY RIGHT HERE. IT'S LANDLOCKED SO THE ONLY ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY IS THROUGH THE FORD SHOWERING PROPERS EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE TOWN AND COUNTY AND THERE ARE ALSO WAS A SEPTIC AND DRAIN FILLED AREA AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS EXISTING WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PARK.

SO WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WE ARE SHIFTING THE ACCESS EASEMENT SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AWAY FROM THE MARSH TO GIVE IT MORE OF A BUFFER AREA AND THEN NOW WE HAVE SEWER AVAILABLE WHERE WE'D LIKE TO ELIMINATE THE SEPTIC AND GREENFIELD AREA ON OUR PROPERTY. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT PUT CLOSE TO THE MARSH AND SO THE ACCESS IS TO THAT RIVER PROPERTY AND SO WE WILL HAVE A PARKING AREA AND AT THE END OF THE PARKING AREA WE'RE GOING TO PUT A CHAIN UP THAT WILL BLOCK ANY OTHER VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM GETTING BEYOND THE PARKING AREA. AND THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL LOCK PUT ON THERE WITH A COMBINATION THAT BARNWELL FAMILY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN ORDER TO USE THAT ACCESS TO GET TO THEIR PROPERTY. AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BARN WELLS. THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THE TERMINATION AND NEW EASEMENTS AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN AND COUNTY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PUBLIC WHO WERE ON THE FORD SHOULDERING PROPERTY THAT MAY POTENTIALLY WANDER OVER TO THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE IS NO RESTRICTED ACCESS AT THIS POINT.

BUT WE HAVE LET THEM KNOW SHOULD THEY WANT TO PUT UP A GATE OR A FENCE TO BLOCK THAT ACCESS THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. SO THIS IS THE ACCESS EASEMENTS AND THE DRAIN AREA. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE FULL PROPERTY FIRST SO YOU KNEW

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WHERE IT WAS. IT'S KIND OF ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN WE'LL BLOW THAT UP. SO THE DARK AREA THAT YOU SEE IS THE NEW EASEMENT. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE AT THE ENTRANCE THE DASH LINE TO THE RIGHT AS THE EXISTING EASEMENT AND WE'VE SHIFTED IT TO THE LEFT SLIGHTLY AND WIDENED IT FOR TUESDAY TRAFFIC AND THEN HERE IN THE BACK YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE SEPTIC AND DRAIN AREA, VERY LARGE AREA CLOSE TO THE MARSH. SO THAT WILL BE TERMINATED AS WELL AS THE EXISTING 15 FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT AND THE NEW EASEMENT THAT'S THERE WILL BE CREATED TO RETAIN ACCESS. IT WILL BE AN ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENT SHOULD THERE BE ANY DESIRE TO RUN UTILITIES TO THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR. NOW THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR IS ZONED CONSERVATION. IT WAS PART OF A PD TO OVERLAY FOR THE BARNWELL PROPERTY WHERE THE TABBY IS. SO ALL OF THE DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM THAT PROPERTY ON THE WATER WERE TRANSFERRED OVER WHERE THE TABBY WAS.

SO THOSE TWO PROPERTIES THERE NEXT TO THE FORWARD SHELTERING ZONE CONSERVATION SO THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED USES THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY PUT ON PROPERTY IN OUR NEXT STEPS AS WE ANTICIPATE THE COUNTY COUNCIL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION YESTERDAY I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM STEPHANIE AT THIS POINT IF THERE WAS ANY ISSUES WITH THAT BUT THEY WILL HAVE THREE READINGS OF THE EASEMENT TO BRING IT FORWARD AND THEN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION HERE FOR FIRST READING AND IT WILL HAVE TO HAVE SECOND READING. SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO SUPPORT IT ? QUESTION FOR JAMIE WITH ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC YOU HAVE A MOTION. YES. MR. MURRAY.

RIGHT. I MOVE THAT WE ADVANCE PROPOSED ORDINANCE 0 2 0 2 2 DOES SHOW 3

SECOND. >> THEY ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD.

RIGHT. GOOD. HOLD THE ROLL CALL QUESTION, MR. BROWN REPORT MR. HARKINS. YES, MR. AMES. YES.

MRS. BECKER? YES. MR. LENNOX.