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MANAGE HIM. >> DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SHOW ON OK MOVING TO
PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING. >> FOR CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER TWENTY THREE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ARTICLE 5 DESIGN STANDARDS SECTION FIVE POINT THREE POINT NATURAL RESOURCES TREE CONSERVATION MISSION PLANNING AND LANDSCAPING SPECIFIC TO SECTION FIVE POINT THREE POINT THREE TREE CONSERVATION SECTION FIVE POINT THREE POINT SEVEN SPECIFIC LANDSCAPING STANDARDS AND SECTION FIVE POINT THREE POINT A FEE AND LEE OF TREE
REPLACEMENT AND OR LANDSCAPING. >> PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC
HEARING. >> FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED UP. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT KEVIN BUT I'D RATHER KNOW I'M NOT KEVIN . SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION UNLESS YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR WANT ME TO. >> BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS SECOND FINAL READING.
NO CHANGES TO ACTUALLY AUDIO AMENDMENTS THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN MADE.
YOU HAD ASKED FOR STAFF TO JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE TREES.
WHAT THOSE TREES WOULD BE AND KIND OF HOW THAT FEE IN LIEU WOULD WORK.
SO I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PASSWORD A LITTLE BIT BUT IT IS ON A SCREEN THERE JUST SOME BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHAT THE ACTUAL AMENDMENTS DO YOU STATE GOING THROUGH HERE? WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS LIST OUT THAT REPLACEMENT TREE IS AND IT IS A MATH GAME OF HOW MUCH YOU TAKE OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO REPLACE AND HOW BIG IT IS.
SO THE WHOLE THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO RETAIN AS MANY TREES ON SITE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
AND IF YOU CAN'T THEN THAT YOU REPLACE THEM ON SITE THE BIGGER TREES THE BETTER THEY COUNT.
SO YOU CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, PLANT TWO LARGER TREES INSTEAD OF FIVE TREES AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE EXAMPLE HERE AND AGAIN THIS IS THAT EXAMPLE WHERE I TOLD YOU THAT LARGER CALIBER INCH TREES. SO THAT'S THEIR MEASURE THAT I THINK SIX TO 12 INCHES FROM THE GROUND AND THAT'S THE STANDARD LANDSCAPE MEASUREMENTS THAT'S USED.
SO IF YOU PLANT FOUR FOUR INCH CALIPER TREES THEY COUNT AS TWO TREES LIKE ONE FOR IT COUNTS AS TWO TWO AND A HALF. AND THEN IF YOU PLANT AN EVEN BIGGER TREE HAS SIX INCH TREE THAT COUNTS AS THREE SMALLER TREES. SO THE QUESTION REALLY YOU SAY FOUR INCH CALIBER TREE WOULD COUNT AS TO REPLACEMENT TREES BUT WHAT WHAT SIZE ARE THOSE
TWO AND A HALF INCHES. >> THE REPLACEMENT TREES ARE SUPPOSED TO A MINIMUM.
YES, THAT'S THE MINIMUM REPLACEMENT SIZE THAT IS NOT LIKE THAT.
I HAVE AN EXAMPLE THAT GOES THROUGH HERE. THE OTHER OPTION THAT WE HAVE IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT WAS APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND THEN REVISED FIRST READING IS THAT IF YOU CAN'T MEET THAT MINIMUM TREE REPLACEMENT THAT YOU CAN PAY IN A FEE IN LIEU OF SO THAT WOULD BE USED FOR BANK OF FUNDS THAT COULD BE USED TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL TREES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN OUR PARKS AND OUR RIGHT OF WAYS WHEREVER THAT MAY BE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
>> THAT REFORM STATION PLAN THAT'S IN THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO REALLY MAP THAT OUT AND THAT WOULD BECOME PARTNERED WITH THIS. BUT IT AGAIN THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO REPLACE ON SITE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS AN AUTOMATIC SO YOU CAN'T AS AN APPLICANT SIMPLY JUST SAY INSTEAD OF PLANTING THE TREES.
I'D LIKE TO PAINT OF THE TREE FUND. IT'S STILL APPROVED BY TOWN STAFF ULTIMATELY BY ME AS THE DEO ADMINISTRATOR AND AGAIN THAT'S ONCE YOU'VE EXHAUSTED ALL OTHER OPTIONS AND THEN TOO IT COULD BE PARTIAL. IT COULD BE YOU NEED TO PLANT FIVE TREES. YOU CAN'T PLANT FIVE BUT CAN YOU PLANT FOUR IF YOU CAN'T PLANT FOUR? CAN YOU PLANT THREE AND THEN SUPPLEMENT? SO AGAIN THE GOAL IS TO ALWAYS RETAIN IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN'T RETAIN REPLACEMENT SITE OR DO A MIX OF REPLACEMENT AND FEE THOSE REQUIREMENTS OTHER DO BEFORE A CEO IS ISSUED THAT IS BEFORE YOU'RE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS APPROVED. SO WE NEED TO KNOW ON THE PLAN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT. SO YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE HERE WHAT THAT ROOT TREE REMOVAL PLAN LOOKS LIKE. SO THEY'LL SHOW THE TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED WITH AN AX.
THE ONES THAT ARE STAYING WILL SHOW UP AND THEN THERE'LL BE A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT SHOWS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND SO YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE. YOU MAY HAVE TO REMOVE A TREE BECAUSE IT'S IN A PARKING SPOT.
YOUR WORDS AND THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT. BUT AS YOU GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS AND WHICH IS REVIEWED BY TOWN STAFF AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU MAY SEE THAT IF YOU SHIFT WHERE THAT PARKING SPOT IS, MAYBE IT'S NOW IN THE LANDSCAPE
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MEDIUM. SO WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THAT.BUT THE PLAN ITSELF HAS TO BE APPROVED BEEF AND IT IS SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION PRIOR TO YOUR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THEN THE TREES HAVE TO BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO YOUR CERTIFIED SET OF CONSTRUCTION COMPLIANCE OR YOU CAN BOMB SOME THINGS THIS YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT COUNCIL ASK ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF TREES AND WHAT'S ALLOWED FOR MITIGATION IN ITS NATIVE HARDWOODS AND REALLY THAT IS YOUR OAKS CYPRESS ELMS AND MAGNOLIAS. SO YOU FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN'T USE PALM TREES AS YOUR MITIGATION TREES. YOU CAN USE THEM IN YOUR LANDSCAPE PLAN AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NOT SAY NO TO. HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT MEET YOUR REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS. AGAIN, THAT IS AT THAT TWO AND A HALF INCH MINIMUM CALIBER AND THAT'S ALSO 12 FEET TALL. SO YOU CAN'T PLANT FOR JUST CLEARANCE IF YOU TAKE DOWN A ALLOWABLE ARE YOU REQUIRED TO PLANT BAKLAVA? NO, JUST A HARDWOOD TREE.
WE THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE ALIVE OAK BUT IT DEPENDS WHAT THE SITE CONDITIONS ARE AS FAR AS WHAT ELSE IS ON THE SITE, WHAT CAN ACCOUNT ACCOMMODATE. WE WOULD ALWAYS ENCOURAGE LIVE OAK. THAT'S KIND OF THE HIERARCHY OF THE PROTECTED NATIVE TREES BUT IT COULD BE A HARD ONE. ANY ONE OF THE HARDWOOD NATIVE HARDWOOD TREES CAUSE WHY NOT A PALM TREE? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED A NATIVE HARDWOOD TO MEET THAT SAME TREE PLACEMENT BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO IF YOU'RE REMOVING ALIVE OAK OR A HARDWOOD THAT YOU REPLACE WITH A HARDWOOD PALM TREES ARE DIFFERENT AS FAR AS PROTECTED TREES THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED A TREE BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S USED IN YOUR BUFFER IN YOUR LANDSCAPE PLAN.
IT'S JUST NOT COUNTED THAT WAY AND AGAIN IT'S BECAUSE OF CANOPY COVERAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW. THIS HERE JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION OVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE JUDICIAL AMENDMENTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DCH CALIBRATE CIRCUMFERENCE. THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES A VISUAL OF HOW WE MEASURE THAT AND WHAT'S USED AS FAR AS WHAT THAT CALIPER LIKE A CALIPER TREE DCH AND WHAT TO USE. AND AGAIN THAT CALIPER SIZE LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT TWO AND A HALF INCHES TWELVE FEET IN HEIGHT THAT IS THE MEASUREMENT THAT'S TAKEN, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A FOOT OFF THE GROUND. IN THE BASE OF THE GROUND THERE . SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT SO DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN APPLICATION THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. SO IF YOU WENT TO OUR PERMIT FINDER MAP YOU COULD CLICK ON THIS AND DOVE DEEPER AND ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF THESE PLANS NOT NECESSARILY THESE EXAMPLES BECAUSE WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE ALL THE TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED WITH THAT X THIS AREA TABLE SHOWS THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER ONE ACRE. SO IT DOES TRIGGER THAT 15 TREES REQUIRED PER ACRE. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF THIS LAYOUT WERE APPROVED. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST IN THE REVIEW STAGE CONCEPTUAL.
THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO THAT PARKING TO REWORK THAT AND GET ALL THE TREES PLANTED. BUT THERE ARE TOTAL TREES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IS TWENTY FOUR ON SITE. THIS PLAN SHOWS 19 TREES PLANTED.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO MITIGATE FOR FIVE. SO THAT COULD BE PAYING IN THE TREE. TREE MITIGATION BANK OR COULD BE A COMBINATION THAT I'LL GO THROUGH. SO HERE'S ONE SCENARIO AGAIN THAT THEY FIGURE OUT WITH STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION A WAY TO PLANT THOSE TREES, THOSE GREEN DOTS.
THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT STAFF HAS INITIALLY LIKE HERE'S WHERE YOU COULD PLANT THOSE TREES. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S NOT WITHIN THE REQUIRED BUFFER.
THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED THROUGH THE PROCESS IS THAT THE BUFFERS ARE THE BUFFERS. THE MITIGATION TREES THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
SO THOSE GREEN DOTS ARE JUST JUST SOME INITIAL SUGGESTIONS. ONCE WE WALK THE SITE AND GO THROUGH IT, IT MAY NOT BE CONDUCIVE FOR THAT. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST START WITH. CAN YOU PLANT THOSE FIVE EXTRA TREES THAT YOU'RE SHOWING MISSING? HERE'S HERE'S A SUGGESTION IF THEY DO THAT, THEY MEET THE TREE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. NO FEE IS REQUIRED IN OTHER SCENARIO.
>> LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SWAP OUT AND PLANT SOME BIGGER TREES INSTEAD OF THE FIVE.
SO THEN YOU COULD DO A COMBINATION PLANT ONE FOR IT CALIPER THAT WOULD EQUAL TWO TREES ONE SIX INCH CALIBER THAT WOULD EQUAL THREE TREES. AND THERE YOU GO AGAIN.
NO FEES REQUIRED. SO THERE IS A LOT OF THERE'S NEVER A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
EACH CITES DIFFERENT AND THERE'S CERTAINLY UP TO THE DEVELOPER, THE BUSINESS OWNER
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THERE'S DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MEET THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS.AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION IS THERE'S THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO PLANT TREES.
MAYBE THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF CANOPY, WHATEVER THE GRADE CHANGES, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND WE'VE WORKED THROUGH ALL OF THE OPTIONS AND SAID OK.
IT TRULY IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PLANT THESE TREES ON SITE. SO WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR TREE MITIGATION. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING STAFF WOULD REVIEW.
WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO IS THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT IT IS AT MARKET RIGHT.
PLUS INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE TREE. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO PROCEDURALLY IS GO THROUGH AND GET THREE QUOTES SIMILAR TO OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY ALIVE, OK.
WHAT IS IT COST? WHAT'S THE AVERAGE FROM A NURSERY AND THEN IT WOULD BE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE PERCENT. SO THAT 25 PERCENT ADDITIONAL THAN THE STANDARD COST THE TREE WOULD BE TO ADMINISTER THE ACCOUNT TO THE LOGISTICS OF ORDERING THE TREE, OBTAINING THE TREE, FINDING A PLACE TO PLAN IT, MAINTAINING IT AND MOVING FORWARD. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE JUST ON MARKET RATE LIVE OAK THAT WOULD MEET THAT TWO AND A HALF INCH TWELVE FOOT HIGH REQUIREMENT. NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. AGAIN WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT'S THE AVERAGE THREE DIFFERENT QUOTES AND ALSO LOOK TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICES WHO WHO DO THIS AND WHAT WOULD IT COST US TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REASONABLE AND AGAIN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE TOWN BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN THAT BANK WOULD BE USE AGAIN TO PLANT TREES IN OUR NEW PARKS. RIGHTS OF WAY OR WHEREVER THE PLANT IS AND THAT'S IT FOR THE EXAMPLE. AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THE CRITERIA THAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS. IT DID.
WE DID FIND THAT IT MET IT ALL PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE ONE VOTE AGAINST WAS JUST TO CLARIFY THE MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS WHICH WERE DONE AND WITH THAT IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE THE MOTION? AND IF THIS IS APPROVED THIS EVENING, THEN IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT FOR ALL NEW APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AS OF TOMORROW ENCLOSURES DISCUSSION IN YOU IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION READ THE MOTION AND IT BECOMES THE TREE PROTECTION MEMO FOR. SO YOU WANT ME TO READ ABOUT IT? WOULD YOU MOVE TO RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS TO THE BLUFF TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF NEXT CHAPTER 23 DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ARTICLE 5 DESIGN STANDARDS SECTION FIVE POINT THREE NATURAL RESOURCES TREE CONSERVATION PLANNING AND LANDSCAPING SPECIFIC TO SECTION FIVE POINT THREE POINT THREE TREE CONSERVATION SECTION FIVE POINT THREE POINT SEVEN SPECIFIC LANDSCAPING STANDARDS AND SECTION FIVE POINT THREE POINT EIGHT FEE AND LEE LIEU OF TREE REPLACE AND OR SPECIFIC LANDSCAPING.
IS THERE A MOTION WHERE WE NEED TO GET THE AND TO VOTE ON THIS OR ANYTHING OR KIM.
>> THERE IS THERE IN FAVOR JUST THEIR SILENCE TELLS US THEY'RE IN FAVOR ALL IN FAVOR SAY
THAT'S UNANIMOUS. >> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> MOVING ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDAS. THE WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE M K S K CONSULTING TEAM HERE TO PRESENT BLUEPRINT BLUFFTON COMPREHEND PLAN UPDATE I HOPE JUST GO AHEAD AND
INTRODUCE. >> YES WE HAVE ANDREW WITH MFA AFAIK INTRODUCE THAT AS WELL AS HIS COLLEAGUE KYLE. YEAH I WAS LIKE I GOT THAT RIGHT TO GO THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD TELL YOU STOP THEM IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OH AS PRODUCTIVE
AS POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS BIGGER SETS UP TO THE MEDIA. >> I WON'T MESS WITH YOUR
HORMONAL MESS WHEN I HAVEN'T. >> I JUST DON'T MESS WITH IT AGAIN.
>> ANDREW OVER BACK WITH M.K. ASK YOU WHAT M.K. ASKS. WITH ME TONIGHT CALL ME.
EVEN SO, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SORT OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS HERE. WE KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST FINISHED IN THAT PROCESS ARE REALLY IN LOCKSTEP WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THAT'S IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE AT THE SAME TIME YOU ALL WRAPPING THAT UP TO BE ABLE TO KNOW AFTER TONIGHT WILL BE SORT OF DRAFTING THE PLAN AND MOVING AHEAD WITH DOCUMENTATION AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THAT ARE SORT
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OF DOVETAILING PERFECTLY WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING EFFORT. SO WE'LL BE WE'LL BE SORT OF REFERENCING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE TWO DOCUMENT REALLY, REALLY FANTASTIC THAT THAT WORK'S BEEN COMPLETED.SO WE USE THAT AS A STARTING POINT. WHEN WE BEGAN THIS WORK THAT 18 MONTHS AGO, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THAT'S BEEN UPDATED AS WELL.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS TONIGHT. WALKING THROUGH THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK, ALL THE STUFF YOU SAW OUT THERE IN THE HALLWAY KNOW WE'LL HAVE SOME CHANCE TO CONVERSATION AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS IF THERE'S ANYTHING ALONG THE WAY INTERRUPT.
WE CAN MAKE THIS VERY INTERACTIVE AND CONVERSATIONAL TONIGHT WITH YOU ALL.
SO WE'RE REALLY AT THE END OF THIS TASK OF PROVISIONING AND POLICY DIRECTION.
WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE SORT OF THOSE HIGH LEVEL GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND ACTION STATEMENTS AND WE'D LOVE TO GET YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON THAT DIRECTION.
WE'RE ON TO MOVE AFTER TONIGHT INTO THAT PLAN DOCUMENTATION PHASE AND AS YOU ALL SORT OF LAID OUT IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE PLANNING PERMISSION AND THEN COMING BACK TO YOU FOR FIRST AND SECOND READING HERE THIS SUMMER. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE UP TO NEXT. YOU KNOW, BACKING UP TO THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO LOOK OUT THE NEXT 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME AGAIN SUPPORTING THE TOWN'S VISION BOTH WHAT'S BEEN ARTICULATED TO US BY THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO WHAT'S IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HAVE THAT BALANCED APPROACH TO EVOLVING AS A COMMUNITY BUT ALSO HONORING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE THAT'S HERE. WE'VE HAD GOOD ENGAGEMENT BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE ALTHOUGH THE LAST TWO WEEKS AGO WE'RE HERE TO TO A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP. WE WERE FORCED BY THE 20 HEADS TO DO THAT ONLINE AT THE LAST MINUTE. I THINK KYLE AND I MIGHT BEEN ALONE HERE IN TOWN HALL BUT WE WERE IN A SAFE PLACE IN THE INTERIOR ROOM. SO IT WAS THEY SAID IT WOULD SAY YEAH YEAH HE'S STILL HERE. STILL HEAR MAY BACK OVER 750 PEOPLE HAVE WATCHED AT THAT PRESENTATION AND WAS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE WORD OUT.
WE'VE GOT STUFF IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CREATE PAPER COPIES OF THAT THAT CAN BE TAKEN OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MIGHT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DOING THINGS ON PAPER. SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK AS WE DO OUR DOCUMENTATION HERE. BUT THE GOAL WILL BE I THINK WHAT YOU'LL START TO SEE HERE TONIGHT IS A HIGHLY VISUAL UNDERSTANDABLE CLEAR PLANNING DOCUMENT TO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH YOU AS YOU LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF PLANNING AND EVOLVING HERE IN BLUFFTON THERE'S 10 REQUIRED ELEMENTS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I'VE TALKED TO SOME IN THE HALLWAY.
RESILIENCY IS RESILIENCE AS A NEW CATEGORY. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN EMBEDDED IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS HERE AND YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.
NOW IT'S A STANDALONE SECTION YOU SEE OUT THERE IN THE HALLWAY IT TOOK UP TO TWO OF THE PORTS. IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY WEIGHTY SECTION.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT INPUT ON THAT. AND THEN AGAIN LOOKING AT YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, LINING THAT UP WITH WITH THIS EFFORT AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE
YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING INTO THIS WORK TOGETHER. >> I THINK AS WE LOOK AHEAD THESE ARE POPULATION FORECASTS USING SORT OF BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT THIS GROWTH TRAJECTORY CONTINUES, BUT WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS EVOLVED FROM WHERE WE WANTED 2000 WHERE WE ARE TODAY THERE WILL BE CONTINUED GROWTH. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AGAIN, IT'S A REASON TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD AS COMMUNITY AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM ONE SQUARE MILE TO 54 SQUARE MILES. BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE AREAS SORT OF AROUND BLUFFTON AS WELL. SO YOU SEE THE STEADY AREA HERE IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THE TOWN BOUNDARIES AND AGAIN THOSE AREAS OF INFLUENCE AND MAKING SURE WE TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT OUR EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WE REALIZE THERE'S THINGS
HAPPENING TO US REGIONALLY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE INFLUENCE ON. >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING ARE THINGS THAT THE TOWN CONTROLS AND TOWN CAN HAVE ACTION ON. BUT THERE'S ALSO THINGS WHERE THE TOWN NEEDS TO PARTNER WITH WHETHER THAT'S EXISTING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN THAT CAN PLAY A ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THIS AND OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ADVOCATE AND BE AT THE TABLE AND THEY'LL MAKE THOSE RIGHT DECISIONS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT SORT OF THOSE ARE TWO TWO MAJOR PLACES OF INFLUENCE AND IMPACT MEDIA ENGAGEMENT. WE'RE WELL OVER 700 VOICES NOW WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HAD.
WE'LL CONTINUE AGAIN TO WORK ON THAT AND WE'VE DONE THAT BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE.
WE DID COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE. WE HAVE A GREAT STEERING COMMITTEE ALMOST 20 FOLKS THAT HAVE GUIDED US THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WE DID A LAST WORKSHOP WITH THEM BACK IN FEBRUARY AND THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM IN EARLY MARCH WITH SOME SOME ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH PROBABLY THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS MET WITH THEM FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE HOURS TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS MATERIAL AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND INPUT.
IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC SOUNDING BOARD FOR THIS FOR THIS WORK AND REPRESENT A BROAD
CROSS-SECTION OF COMMUNITY. >> A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED AS A SORT OF PULL YOUR ATTENTION
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TO THE THINGS THAT MAKE BLUFFTON SPECIAL. I THINK WE ALL KNOW IT'S THE PEOPLE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT, THE CULTURE OF IT AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN OLD TOWN YOU THINK REPRESENTS ALL OF WHAT PEOPLE ENVISION AND THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF A VISION OF BLUFFTON.HOW DO WE THEN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT FEELING THROUGHOUT THE 54 SQUARE MILES AS KIND SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ASKED OF US. SO I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONCERNS PEOPLE HAVE, IT'S ABOUT THOSE THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AND PLANNING PROCESSES, GROWTH DEVELOPMENT, TRAFFIC YOU KNOW WHAT THIS BLUFFTON LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.
HOW DO PEOPLE THAT MOVE HERE UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHAT CAME BEFORE THEM AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBVIOUSLY BEEN ON YOUR LIST OF CONCERNS AS WELL. HOW DO WE KEEP HOW DO WE SORT OF KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS GOING FORWARD SO THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS SORT OF ARE EMBLEMATIC OF THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO IN AND I THINK HERE WITH THESE THIS SECTION OF OUR CONVERSATION I WITH THESE ENGAGEMENT THEMES I THINK IS YOU ALL NOTED IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS A KEY CONCERN I WOULD ATTACH THAT TO NEEDING TO BE A PLACE WHERE THERE IS A LIFECYCLE COMMUNITY. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN THE HOUSING PIECE WHERE YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE A BROAD SECTION ACROSS A SECTION OF HOUSING SO THAT SOMETHING PEOPLE OR WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NATURAL AREAS MAY RIVER THE NATURAL BEAUTY PRESERVING AND EXPANDING THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE REGIONAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BE PARTNERING ON. AND HOW DO WE THEN CONNECT THINGS TOGETHER? I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF THIS WORK IS SOME OF THOSE INTER JURISDICTIONAL CONNECTIONS WITHIN HOW DO WE GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND WHAT'S THAT IMPACT ON BOSTON? AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER PIECES I THINK ARE WORTH POINTING OUT THE MORE DIVERSE ECONOMY YOU ALL SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THE MOST RECENT STRATEGIC PLAN. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? HOW DO WE ATTRACT KNOWLEDGE WORKERS AND IN THOSE TYPES OF FIRMS ARE GOING TO DIVERSIFY THE SORT OF EMPLOYMENT BASE HERE IN BLUFFTON.
SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE SORT GO TOGETHER AND AND HELP US TAKE THAT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND TURN THAT INTO INTO THE ACTION ITEMS THAT THAT WILL GO THROUGH HERE THIS EVENING.
ANY ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT OR SHALL I HAVE CONTINUE GOOD GAVE YOU ONE.
>> THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME'S KYLE. MAY I WORK WITH LONG WITHIN A ANDREW AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN VERY EXCITED TO GET TO KNOW YOU ALL AND FOCUS ON YOU ALL AND AND STUDY YOU AT LENGTH WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW AS ANDREW ALLUDED TO IS TRYING TO PULL A LOT OF PIECES TOGETHER. THE BOARDS OUT FRONT, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ONLINE AND WITH THE COMMUNITY SO FAR WE'VE HEARD A LOT I THINK IN THIS AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. THIS POINT IS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND THIS THIS THIS PRODUCT AND WHAT I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU HERE WITH THE BALANCE OF OUR TIME TOGETHER THIS EVENING IS OUR KIND OF AN INITIAL APPROACH TO TO ORGANIZING SOME OF THE HOW RIGHT WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHY WE'RE ACTING IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
BUT BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACT? WHAT ACTIONS THE OBJECTIVES WHAT ARE WE SAYING AS A COMMUNITY IN EACH OF THESE IN EACH OF THESE SECTIONS AND YOU'VE MADE THE POINT THAT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT NINE WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH THE RIGHT TERM. IS IT MAYBE IT'S THE WHEEL OR THE COMPASS? I'M NOT SURE. BUT WE'VE GOT NINE OF THESE TOPICS THAT WE'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT IN IN TIME AND AN ANALYSIS INTO AND ASKED THE COMMUNITY THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON AS WELL RANGING FROM ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, HOUSING, CULTURAL RESOURCES AND AS ANDREW
MENTIONED TO THESE NEW ONES RESILIENCY AND PEOPLE. >> BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE WITH THOSE TWO ADDITIONS IS THAT IF YOU THINK ABOUT ■THIH
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