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SO TOMMY MSC, AND I'VE GOT A VERY BRIEF SPIEL ON WHAT'S GOING ON UP ON THE SIDE OF THE COUNTY AGAIN.
UM, SO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE TOWN, COLIN MORRISON MAYOR PEGGY BINGO BANNER AS A MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALFRED WASHINGTON, DAVID PAUL MURRAY, AND STACY PINCKNEY ON THE COUNCIL, THE APPOINTED OFFICIALS THROUGH THE TOWN, MYSELF TOWN CLERK, GREG ALEXANDERS, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE LINE OF GREEN AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT AND WILLIAM SANFORD IS OUR CLERK OF COURT, UM, CRASH COURSE.
SO THE TOWN WAS ORIGINALLY A TWO SQUARE MILE CIRCLE AROUND THE TRAIN STATION IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, WHEN THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM CAME IN BACK IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, THE ANNEX PROPERTY GOING OUT TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 95, THE THOUGHT WAS TO TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON THE IMPENDING, UH, COMMERCIAL SUCCESS THAT ALL THAT TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE ON IT UP UNTIL THE 1950S, THE TOWN MAINTAINED THAT KIND OF TWO SQUARE MILE CIRCLE, KIND OF LIKE BLUFFTON AND YOU ALSO ONE SQUARE MILE.
UM, IN 2006, THE TOWN ANNEX 1300 ACRE TRACK LAND THAT HAS BEEN THE PLANTATION, WHICH IS IN NORTHERN BEAVER COUNTY AND THE SHELDON COMMUNITY.
UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION.
UM, WINDOW CONSERVATION EASEMENT, AND ONLY JUST RECENTLY.
NOW, HAS THERE BEEN A PLAN THAT'S BEEN PRELIMINARILY APPROVED FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF 20 HOMES OUT THERE? ESTATE SIZE LOTS.
IT'LL BE THE FIRST REAL BIG SUBDIVISION TOWN'S GOING TO BE GETTING.
UM, IN 2018, WE WORKED WITH DOZENS OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE EITHER IN A DONUT HOLE, WHICH IT'S AN UNINCORPORATED AREA.
THAT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE TOWN OR JUST OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
EVERYONE ASSUMES, YOU KNOW, YOUR ZIP CODE IS 2 9, 9 1 OH, AND IT'S BLUFFTON, BUT MIGHT NOT BE A TOWN.
SAME THING APPLIES FOR MOC AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OR ZIP CODE STANDS FOR COUNTIES, WHICH MAKES A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.
UM, IN 2018 WE PROCESSED 147 PETITIONS FOR ANNEXATION.
THIS INCREASE THE TOTAL AREA OF THE TOWN WHILE ADDING APPROXIMATELY 300 MORE RESIDENTS, THAT TOWN POPULATION IN 2021 AT THE TIME, THE TOWN ANNEX COTTON HALL AND TO MOTLEY PLANTATIONS IN NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY.
THAT'S JUST A REAL QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE TOWN'S BOUNDARIES.
UM, WEST GOING UP TOWARDS EARLY BRANCH ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO BUFORD COUNTY, ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND PRIMARILY THE DIFFERENT MAKEUP OF PROPERTIES WE'VE GOT IN TOWN.
THE LION'S SHARE OF IT IS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL.
WE'VE GOT SOME COMMERCIAL CONCENTRATE ALONG THE INTERSTATE AREAS AND DOWN THE MAIN DRAG THROUGH TOWN.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF PROPERTY IN BEAVER COUNTY IS UNDEVELOPED.
UM, THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF THE SHELDON COMMUNITY IN THE TOWN BACKING UP.
SO WE'VE GOT EXIT 38, WHICH IS OUR MAJOR INTERCHANGE RIGHT THERE.
WE'VE GOT 68, WHICH IS A CORRIDOR THAT SPANS EAST WEST.
IT'S THE EVACUATION ROUTE FOR THE HURRICANES.
THIS PORTION OF TOWN HERE HAS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT BEAVER HAS SOME AUTHORITY PROJECT, ALPHA GENESIS, AND THE LARGEST RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER THAT WE HAVE IS KIND OF CONCENTRATED RIGHT HERE, SHELDON, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY AND BUFORD COUNTY.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF JURISDICTION DOWN THERE LIVE WITH SOME DEVELOPED TRACKS.
FORTUNATELY, MOST OF THEM ARE UNDER CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
THE FIRST MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY COMING TO YEMEN.
SEE THE ONE I MENTIONED A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
IT'S STILL, WHEN YOU PICK UP BENDON, WE'LL BE GOING DOWN HERE ON THAT 17 CORRIDOR.
NOW WE DO HAVE SOME ISOLATED POCKETS OF COMMERCIAL THAT WE'VE BEEN ZONED.
THERE'S NOTHING DEVELOPED OUT THERE YET.
I THINK IT'S LESS THAN 20 ACRES AT THE CORNER OF CASTLE HALL ROAD AND TRASK PARKWAY.
WHILE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE GROWTH, THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA HAVE, OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN WATCHING AND KIND OF TRYING TO SEE HOW THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DEALING WITH THE STRUGGLES AND THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE, THAT THEY, HEY, WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS BETTER.
SO WE'RE KIND OF TAKING IT AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FROM WHAT THE OTHER TOWNS HAVE DONE.
WE WANT TO POSITION OURSELVES IN THE BEST PLACE POSSIBLE TO TAKE TACKLE ON THIS GROWTH WHEN IT DOES COME.
SO THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE REALLY DONE A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
WE'VE GOT A NEW APPOINTED ZONING BOARD.
WE'VE GOT MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE REQUIRED TRAINING.
NOW IT'S A TOUGH THING WITH THE SMALL TOWNS.
YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF POOL TO PICK PICK FROM, FOR INDIVIDUALS SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GOOD GROUP AFTER, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS OF LOOKING WE'RE WORKING ON OUR COMP PLAN UPDATE, AND WE LAUNCHED A CAPITAL PROJECTS PROGRAM IN 2021.
SO THE GOALS FOR THIS YEAR, SHORT AND SWEET WORKING ON OUR MASTER PLANS FOR, FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS OFF OUR LIST.
WE'VE ENGAGED ALLIANCE CONSULTING MR. FRANK TORONTO IN THAT GROUP.
UM, WHAT SOMEBODY FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TO GO AHEAD AND
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GIVE US FOUR MASTER PLANS FOR THE TOP FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAD.THE FIRST ONE IS THE CASTLE HALL ROAD SIDEWALK EXTENSION.
THIS PROJECT WILL EXTEND THE SIDEWALK FROM THE CURRENT TERMINUS IN DOWNTOWN AT THE CORNER OF WALL STREET, DOWN TO THE BEEF FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECT.
ALSO WE'LL ADD LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, MORRIS PARK, WHICH HAS A LARGE ACTIVE PARK.
THE TOWN HAS RIGHT OFF OF THE MAIN DRAG ACROSS FROM THE TOWN HALL.
THIS WILL ADD PARKING SPACES AND CAP ACCESS, A SPLASH PAD, NATURE TRAIL AND STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS, S C 68 SIDEWALK EXTENSION THAT WOULD EXTEND THE SIDEWALK FROM TERMINUS.
NOW FROM BEING GOING UP TO COCHRAN AND RAILROAD APP, WELL REPLACE THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS, ADD LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING ALONG THE CORRIDOR DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS A BIT ONE ORDINANCE NOTIFICATION.
WE'VE WORKED ON THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN THE HOME STRETCH HERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR ORDINANCES, CODAFIDE GET THEM UP TO DATE AND OUT OF THE OLD BINDER THAT TOWN HAD FOR SO LONG, THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO MAKE AN ELECTRONIC COPY.
EVERYONE'S HUNGRY FOR INFORMATION, WANTS TO BE, WE'LL FIND IT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS.
THIS WILL MAKE IT A LOT EASIER THAN WE'VE GOT NOW.
AND WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO GET THIS CODE VACATION KNOCKED OUT.
UM, CURRENTLY THE STATUS ON THAT IS THE DRAFT HAS BEEN RETURNED FROM UNICODE.
IT'S BEING RETURNED BY US ACCOUNT ATTORNEY AND THE COUNCIL.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE CHANGES, SEND IT BACK TO MUNICH CODE.
THEY'LL SEND IT BACK TO US FOR FINAL PROOF AND THEN WE CAN ADOPT IT SHORT AND SWEET.
LIKE I SAID, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT IN THE TOWN OF MSC? I HAVE ONE.
MATT, WHERE ARE WE WITH? UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON A GROWTH BOUNDARY AROUND THE TOWN.
WE GET A LOT OF PRESSURE AND LIKE GET A LOT OF COMMENTS IN NORTHERN BUFORD COUNTY ABOUT ANYTIME YOU ALL AM EX, ARE WE STILL WORKING ON ESTABLISHING A GROSS BOUNDARY FOR THE TOWN? YES, SIR.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CONCURRENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU'VE BEEN PART OF THIS SINCE WE DECIDED TO RESURRECT THIS CRAZY GROUP OF PEOPLE, UM, AND IT TO EDUCATE AND TO UNDERSTAND.
AND ON MY NECK, STEVEN EVEN SAID, UH, ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, WATER FINDS THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
SO PEOPLE MOVE IN HERE, DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR NUMERACY OR BLUFFTON OR OUT OF BLUFFTON ARE IN.
WELL, THEY KNOW IN THEIR OWN HILTON HEAD, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS ON HILTON HEAD INCORPORATED BECAUSE THE FIRST PART OF THAT IS NOT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE.
UM, YOU'RE A GOOD ASSET TO US AND WE ALL GOT TO WORK ON THIS BIG, CRAZY ROLL TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.
UM, AND SO I WOULDN'T BE CONFUSED.
I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE VIDEOTAPE AND ANYBODY WHO, UM, WANTS TO IT'S ON THE CITY OF HARTVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.
UM, IT WAS RECORDED, UM, JUST TO REVIEW A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT WE WOULD REORGANIZE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO FINALIZE THE DETAILS OR, OR, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE, WE WERE GOING TO CREATE A, UM, A MISSION FOR THIS NEW SUBCOMMITTEE AND THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH ON, ON, AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW THAT WOULD BE STAFFED.
I JUST WANT TO REVIEW WHERE WE ARE OR THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE IN THE PROCESS.
ACCORDING TO THE, UM, RE FINAL REPORT, THE FINAL REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND PROPOSAL, UM, CAME OUT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AUGUST, 2021 AND Q4 WAS TO BE THE, UH, COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES.
IN OTHER WORDS, UH, WHO OF THE GROUP WERE GOING TO COMMIT TO BE PART OF THIS, UM, REGIONAL TRUST.
AND THAT WAS TO BE DONE IN, IN Q4 AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, AND I'M TRYING TO RE REMEMBER EVERYTHING, BUT WE WERE GOING TO, UM, GET A SAMPLE ORDINANCE AND PUT IN FRONT OF ALL THE JURISDICTIONS
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FOR THEM TO DECIDE ONCE.AND FOR ALL, ARE YOU GOING TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP SO THAT WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEPS THAT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE? AND THAT LED TO LAST MONTH CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT NEXT STEPS WERE TO BE.
SO ON THAT NOTE, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD.
AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DECIDE TODAY IS ONCE AND FOR ALL, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? ARE WE GOING TO ASK THE JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS? DOES THAT REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE? DOES IT REQUIRE A RESOLUTION? SO WE NEED TO BE GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP.
UM, AND DO WE NEED THIS SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO ANYTHING PRIOR TO THAT ERIC YOU'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF ALL THE JURISDICTIONS AND EXPLAINED IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL THE JURISDICTIONS IX PRESENTED THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY, AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THAT STUDY UP TO THE FORMULATION OF THE, UH, GOVERNING GROUP.
UM, MOST RECENTLY, UM, WENDY'S THERE A COUNCIL MEMBER, HOWARD AND KIRK TAYLOR, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, UH, COMPLETED THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL BE SENDING OUT TO EVERYONE.
UH, TODAY WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT SOME IN THIS MEETING, IF YOU ALL WANT TO THE DETAILS OF THAT, UH, TO THE, UH, JURISDICTIONS, AND WE WILL NEED TO SCHEDULE SOME TIME WITH EACH LEADERSHIP, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN JASPER COUNTY, UH, FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND GO OVER THOSE IGH WITH THE, UH, WITH THAT GROUT, IGA FOR THEM TO REVIEW AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
SO THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED THAT WAS COMPLETED TOWARD THE END OF LAST WEEK.
UH, SO AGAIN, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE AT THIS POINT.
UM, THAT'S A, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED THE DRAFT OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR EACH JURISDICTION TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND FUND, UH, UH, THEIR PORTION OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.
SO, SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE AN INNER GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT.
SO WE KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE A PART OF YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN HAVE, UH, WE CAN DESIGNATE PEOPLE IN MY MIND THAT WORKED ON THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, UH, WINDY ALICE KIRK TAYLOR, TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTION.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND LET THEM, UH, EXPLAIN THE CONTENTS OF THE UNDERGO AGREEMENT COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE IT TO YOU WELL IN ADVANCE OF THAT, UH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND WE CAN, UH, WE CAN THEN DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO BUY INTO THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH CONTINUING THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING THE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, WITH, UH, UH, COMMUNITY WORKS AND MISS HOYA.
THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR THAT, I GUESS THAT GO BACK SINCE WE'RE SO ACCUSTOMED TO THESE IDEAS OVER THE PAST YEAR, UM, WHERE, AND I APPRECIATE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL ON THAT, BUT REALLY GETTING ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES AS YOU AND YOUR COUNTERPARTS, OUR TOWN MANAGERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T SEE IT TO LOOK AT IT AND SIT AROUND THE TABLE, ARE WE GOING DOWN THAT PATH OF EVERYONE CHANGING IT AGAIN? YOU KNOW, SO WE, I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN FROM ALL OF OUR MISSTEPS IN THE PAST TO GET, I'M JUST TALKING FOR BLUFFTON.
SO WE'VE ASKED HEATHER, HEATHER IS THE STAFF THAT ROLLS UP HER SLEEVES AND LOOKS AT THE LGA.
WE JUST, WE JUST ASK THEM TO DO THINGS.
SO WHERE IS THAT DISCUSSION AROUND THE TABLE? AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT THIS COMMITTEE COULD WORK, BUT WHERE IS THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE YOU SEND US AN IGA THAT ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE ALL GOING TO BE SO DIFFERENT.
AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY.
WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT THE IGA IN ANY WAY.
YOU ALL WANT US TO DO THAT ON OUR SIDE.
I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT THE DRAFT IS, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
NOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE DOCUMENT OF POSSIBLY TWO OR THREE OTHERS THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED AS WELL.
UM, SO IF YOU ALL SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T WE LET THE MANAGERS OF EACH JURISDICTION WORK TOGETHER, OR THE ASSISTANT MANAGERS EACH JURISDICTION WORK TOGETHER TO REVIEW THESE IGS AND GET THOSE IN A WORKING FORMAT TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND TO THE ELECTED BODIES.
I I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE PREFERRED, UH, APPROACH THAT WE DO THAT FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT AND THEN LET EACH ELECTED ENTITY DECIDE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING TO DO THEIR FUNDING.
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GROUP TO GET ANY REFINEMENTS TO THE IJS NECESSARY.AND I, AND A FOLLOW-UP, I GO BACK TO US TALKING LAST MONTH, MATT IS KIND OF OUR GUY, SO LOCO, WHICH I LIKE, I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE REGIONAL, BUT SOMETIMES WE GOTTA BE KIND OF IN OUR OWN LITTLE WORLDS MERGE.
UM, I THINK MATT IS REALLY THE ONE THAT SHOULD BE IN THAT GROUP.
AND MATT, MATT, AND I'VE ALREADY MET, UH, SO, UH, HE, HE HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE BACKGROUND AND THE PATH FORWARD ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO COMPLETE THIS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES AND LET HIM, UH, DO THE LEG WORK AND ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE MAY HAVE MORE, UH, ABILITY TO FACILITATE THAT THAN I DO, UH, BASED ON WORKLOAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT SAYING THAT HE'S NOT BUSY, I KNOW HE'S VERY BUSY.
UH, SO, BUT, UM, HE, HE MAY BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND HE'S CERTAINLY, UH, VERY QUALIFIED.
HE'S WORKED WITH ME ON THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SO HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT.
SO I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP TO WHAT MAYOR SOCCER SAID, BECAUSE I THINK WE WORK IN THE SAME WAY WHEN THERE'S AN IGA, THE ADMINISTRATORS WITH THEIR STAFF, THEY WORK OUT WITH WHOEVER THE, WHOEVER THE OTHER ENTITY IS ON THE DETAILS OF THE IGA AND THEN BRINGS IT TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR VOTE.
SO THIS SHOULD IT SEEM, IT SHOULD WORK THE SAME WAY.
UM, SO IF, IF ALL THE MANAGERS OR, OR WHOEVER THEIR DESIGNATED STAFF IS GET TOGETHER AND AGREE TO THE TERMS THAT THEY WANT TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE ONE.
I MEAN, AT ONE, UM, MATT AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE LEAD ON GETTING THE IGA OUT TO ALL THE CITY MANAGERS AND, UH, THE COUNTY MANAGER WITH JASPER COUNTY, ANDY.
AND IF MATT NYE, IF YOU ALL WANT MATT AND I CAN GO AROUND AND MEET WITH EACH MANAGER, OR WE CAN DO IT IN A GROUP AFTER WE TALK WITH THEM, UH, IN DETAIL ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO, UH, HANDLE THE IGA REFINEMENTS, WE COULD DO THAT IN A GROUP, UM, UH, SETTING WITH ALL THE MANAGERS IN THEIR STAFF AND THEN PUT, PUT THE FINAL FINISHING TOUCHES ON IT SO WE CAN PRESENT IT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ELECTED BODY.
SO THE MANAGERS THAT ARE HERE AND PART OF THE BOARD, WHICH STEVEN AND MIKE AND, AND MATT, UM, IS THAT, I MEAN, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED IS THE PROPOSED IGA, RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE TO GET THAT TO ALL THE MANAGERS.
MIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR ERIC? WHAT WAS YOUR SENSE OF THE OTHER JASPER COUNTY ENTITIES PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATION? WELL, I DON'T, I, WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH REGIONALLY, SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, RICHLAND NEVER, NEVER SIGNED A, OKAY.
AND THEN, SO OBVIOUSLY THE FUNDING FORMULA THAT I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ISSUES ABOUT THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE IN TOTAL PARTICIPATION, SO THAT'LL BE UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THAT WOULD BE UP FOR DECIDED, I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE, AS, YOU KNOW, MANAGERS, UM, AT THE STAFF LEVEL NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND WORK OUT AND DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT IS.
I MEAN, WE, BUFORD COUNTY, WE'VE ALREADY SET ASIDE OUR FUNDING FOR IT.
SO I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT FROM OUR SIDE OF THE EQUATION, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD APPROACH UNLESS, YOU KNOW, UH, STEVEN OR SOMEBODY ELSE HAS A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT OPINION THAT WE AS MANAGERS MEET, UH, WITH MATT AND MYSELF.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND IT OUT.
UH, AGAIN, CARTE TAYLOR'S HERE TODAY, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE IGA, HE'S OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
UH, HE CAN ANSWER THOSE SPECIFICALLY TODAY FOR YOU ALL, BUT WE CAN GET THOSE OUT TO EACH CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND, UH, WE CAN START A MEETING EITHER AS A GROUP OR INDIVIDUALLY WITH YOU ALL, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND, UM, AS WE HAD IN A FINAL REPORT, I HAD, I MAY HAVE SAW A GOOD SUGGESTION THAT WE PUT SOME TIMETABLE ON THIS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T KEEP LINGERING.
UH, IT'S ALREADY LINGERED LONGER THAN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED TIMETABLE.
SO, UM, CAN WE HAVE THE MANAGERS PRESENT? CAN WE TARGET AT TIMETABLE AND WHEN IT COULD BRING, UH, BRING IT TO EACH, EACH JURISDICTIONS ATTENTION? UM, I KNOW, I KNOW FRED'S GOT HIS MIC ON, BUT
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THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD TO PIGGYBACK ON MIKE WAS JUST SAY, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN WITH THE IGA IS GETTING US ALL TOGETHER TO DISCUSS IT IN A GROUP WOULD BE THE KEY TO GO THAT WAY YOU DON'T END UP HAVING TO MAKE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS AND GETTING THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT SETS OF QUESTIONS WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER.AND MAYBE WE JUST HAVE A SINGLE MEETING AND THEN A FOLLOWUP.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT QUICKER AS WELL TO HELP PUSH THE TIMETABLE FOR THAT WAS MY ONLY COMMENT.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW? WE'RE ALL GOING IN BUDGET.
AND I KNOW FRED HAS GOT HIS HAND HERE, CAN SEE HIM, BUT, UM, BUDGET TIME, MAYBE YOU MANAGERS, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR Y'ALL ARE ON THE SAME KIND OF BUDGET CYCLE? WHAT IS A GOOD TIME TABLE TO KEEP FIRST OF ALL, TO GET THE IGA TO, TO US ALL GREEN AUGUST.
ONCE WE GET THROUGH OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION, AND SECOND READING HERE, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD HOPE MAYBE INTO JUNE, WE CAN GET EVERY, I WOULD SAY MAYBE WE CAN GIVE AN UPDATE.
WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE JULY? YEAH, I WAS, I WAS THINKING, I WAS THINKING THAT JULY WOULD BE FOR US TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ALL, UH, IN JULY.
AND THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE ALMOST TWO MONTHS FROM TODAY, UH, TO GET THE GETTING MEETINGS AND GET THE REFINEMENTS TO THE IGA, UH, TO PRESENT LADY CITY MANAGER TAUGHT WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE IGA, NOTHING OFFICIAL.
AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL IN JULY AND GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT WITH THIS BEING A PRIORITY, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN GET IT DONE QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
WE NEED THAT GA LIKE, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE WERE GOING TO SEND THE IGA IS OUT BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY.
CAN WE, CAN WE SAY, INSTEAD OF JULY THAT THIS MEETING IN, UH, JUNE, THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE TALKED TOGETHER AND HAVE AN IGA YEAH.
THAT'S GOING TO POSSIBLY AFTER THIS MEETING IN JUNE, WE'D GO TO THE COUNCILS FOR VOTES IN JULY.
YOU KNOW, CAUSE I THINK, I THINK THIS IS THE KIND OF THING HERE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME, UH, TO DEAL WITH.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF, UM, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THE KIND OF DETAIL IN THE US AS HAVING TO DEAL WITH SIX, FIVE OR SIX SEPARATE, UH, IMPACT VIGS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THAT.
SO ANYWAY, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF MORE SIMPLE.
SO I THINK I TH I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE, UH, COMING BACK IN JUNE.
SO THEN THE END OF JUNE, WE'LL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, WE'LL REVIEW THE IGH THAT ARE OUR MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE, UH, AGREED UPON AND THEN LOOK TO JULY FOR THE JURISDICTIONS TO HAVE A VOTE AND, UM, RGAS REQUIRE ONE VOTE, RIGHT? SO, UH, THAT COULD GET DONE AT, AT THE JULY MEETINGS.
AND THEN WHAT WE NEED IS NEXT STEPS FROM THERE.
WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? AND THIS MAY BRING US BACK TO THAT COMMITTEE IDEA.
UH, BUT WHAT DO WE, I THINK WE NEED NEXT MONTH IS WHAT IN DETAIL, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? UM, BECAUSE WE HAD A PREVIOUS MEETING, WE HAD, UH, ESTABLISHED THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD BE ONE VOTE PER JURISDICTION.
WE ALL, WE TOOK A VOTE ON THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
UM, SO DOES, DOES, WHEN DOES THAT GET FORMED AND WHAT DOES IT COMPRISE OF WHO SHOULD BE PART OF IT? SHOULD IT BE ELECTED OFFICIALS, SHOULD IT BE STAFF WHO SHOULD BE, SHOULD IT BE PRIVATE SECTOR? UM, ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND EVEN, UH, I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF EVEN, UH, UM, MAYOR MARY, UH, FOLLOWED UP WITH, UM, SOME THOUGHTS AND TERMED IT, THE BUFORD JASPER REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST, WHICH BROUGHT TO MY MIND WAS WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THIS? SHOULD IT BE BUFORD JASPER? OR SHOULD IT BE IN KEEPING WITH OUR NAME, SOMETHING LIKE THE SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY, REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE MINOR THINGS SHOULD BE PART OF THE NEXT STEP.
ANY, ANY THOUGHTS, ANYBODY TO THAT? SO I WILL, I WILL JUST BRIEFLY STATE AND IT'S M UM, MR. MURRAY'S COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL HERE IS THAT THE, THE ADVISORY BOARD
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OR THE BOARD OF STRUCTURE SINCE WE'VE KIND OF MOVED AWAY FROM THE STUDY RECOMMENDATION OF STANDING UP OUR OWN HOUSING TRUST FUND GOVERNANCE WITH A DIRECTOR AND A PROJECT MANAGER AND ALL, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, COMMUNITY WORKS.SO THE BOARD MAY NEED TO TAKE ON A DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT FORMAT THAN WHAT'S RECOMMENDED IN THE STUDY.
HOWEVER, WHO IS OWN THAT BOARD, IF IT'S AN ADVISORY BOARD OR A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR WHATEVER, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND, AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND AND WORKING WITH, UH, TAMMY AND THE OTHERS.
UM, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WHO US TO STICK WITH THE STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ON THAT BOARD AND THAT THERE BE NON-PUBLIC ORIENTED EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BACKGROUND AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IT, IT CALLS FOR PRIVATE, IT CALLS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR TYPE INDIVIDUALS THAT UNDERSTAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES TO BE ON THAT ADVISORY BOARD.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING BECAUSE ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT I'VE APPRECIATED ABOUT, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MAYOR AND THE SO LOCO REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND, UH, CONCEPT IS THAT BY AND LARGE, THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN AN APOLITICAL TYPE ENDEAVOR BY SO LOCO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD PROFESSIONAL STAFF FOLKS ON THEIR PRIVATE FOLKS INVOLVED, UH, ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT UNDERSTOOD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN A COMPREHENSIVE FASHION.
I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.
UH, AS WE WALKED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ESTABLISH THIS BOARD, UH, TO, UH, MAKE IT MEANINGFUL, BUT ALSO, UH, NOT HAVE, UH, ANY POLITICAL INFLUENCES FROM, FROM ELECTED OR COUNTY STAFF OR CITY STAFF MEMBERS.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SO LOCAL BOARD.
UH, I MIGHT KEEP FORGETTING YOU.
ACTUALLY, MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE LINGERING QUESTION.
THE IGA IS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IS FUNDING THE ONLY DIFFERENCE OR THERE'S VERBIAGE IN THESE IDEA FROM THIS, UM, UM, JURISDICTION THAT COULD BE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THERE, THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT'S DIFFERENT FOR EACH JURISDICTION.
IT'S JUST BASICALLY THE AGREEMENT OF HOW THE PARTICIPATION IN THE IGA WILL, WILL OCCUR FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND, A CART, A WINDY IS THAT, AM I BASICALLY ARE CORRECT ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
IT'S ONE IGA TALKS ABOUT FUNDING.
IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE, UH, REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND W UH, PURPOSE AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, IT SEEMED NOT TO HAVE ANY PARTICIPATION FROM, FROM JASPER.
WELL, JASPER WILL PARTICIPATE.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, WHENEVER I PRESENTED TO JASPER COUNTY, THEY WERE CONCERNED, UH, THEIR COUNTY COUNCIL WAS CONCERNED THAT THEY WOULD BECOME THE PLACE WHERE ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ENDS UP.
AND ONCE I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS HOUSING TRUST FUND TO WORK IN MY MIND, THE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE REGION.
UM, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK TO ANY ONE JURISDICTION OR ANY ONE ENTITY TO RECEIVE THEIR MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH THIS REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND ENDEAVOR.
NOW THAT MAY OCCUR NATURALLY FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT, UH, IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, BUT THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FROM, FOR IT TO WORK.
I THINK WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS THAT ATTENTION ON AREAS WHERE WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN NATURALLY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SEE THE ROLE OF REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND DO SO, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME WORKFORCE HOUSING ON HILTON HEAD.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING, OF COURSE, AND GREAT JOB.
BLUFFTON IS DONE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND TO ASSIST WITH THAT HARDY VILLE, AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOP.
AND THEN THOSE PLACES IN BUFORD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BUFORD AND PORT ROYAL, WHERE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF OTHER MARKET CONSTRAINTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE MS. HOYT CAN ASSIST, UH, WITH THAT.
SHE'S ALREADY HELPING ONE PROJECT HERE IN BLUFFTON TO, UH, TO TRY TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM, TO TRY TO CLOSE GAPS ON DOING AN EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING WORKFORCE, APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE IN BLUFFTON MAY RIVER APARTMENTS.
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SO, UM, THEY'RE DOING THAT EXPANSION.SO THEY'RE TRYING TO THEY'RE, THEY, THEY CAN'T CLOSE A GAP.
SO TAMMY'S WORKED WITH THEM ON THAT.
AND ALSO, UH, THE, UH, LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION OR NOT, BUT, AND I THINK GETTING THE MANAGERS WHO DO THIS AND GET PAID TO DO THIS EVERY DAY, AND THEY ARE RELATIONSHIP BUILDERS WITH EACH OTHER, ARE THE ONES TO GET THAT.
I THINK THE KEY WORD ON THAT IS TRUST.
AND IF I WAS IN JASPER COUNTY, I PROBABLY WOULD THINK THE SAME THING AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS KIND OF TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO.
SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I JUST HAVE, AND I LOVE STEVENS MERE MARIE THERE'S SO MANY STEPHENS MAYOR MARIE'S EMAIL OR READ IT.
WE JUST HAVE TO NOT BE WHERE HE HAS THE MAJOR NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE REGION IS FOR HEALTH SAYS BELOW 60 AMI OR BELOW 49,000 AND EVERY TOWN'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
IT IS AN HOUR 69,000 ON 60 NOW.
I MEAN, OURS IS NOT THAT NUMBER 49,000.
AND MAYBE THAT'S A COMMA AND IT'S THANK YOU.
BUT MAYBE THAT'S A COMMA AS THE MARKET CHANGES BECAUSE THAT'S NOT US ANYMORE.
THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE FROM THE STUDY GUIDE.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY HAD IN THERE THAT LEADS ME TO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE KEY HERE.
UH, SO LOCO IS AN ADVISORY BOARD.
WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE NO, UH, LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY WHATSOEVER OTHER THAN JUST TO PROPOSE THINGS TO OUR, OUR JURISDICTIONS.
IF AFTER WE SIGNED AN IGA, THERE'S GOING TO BE THINGS WHERE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THINGS SHOULD BE WRONG.
NOW YOU HAVE WHAT, 10 JURISDICTIONS WHO, WHO RESOLVES THOSE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
MY, MY, I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO RELY UPON THE EXPERTISE AND THE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE OF TAMMY AND HER, UH, FOLKS THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING TO WORK HERE, UH, WITH MATT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND MEET WITH THOSE JURISDICTIONS TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
UM, AND AGAIN, MATT FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT AND WORKING WITH EVERYONE, UH, AND WITH TAN HIM WITH TAMMY'S EXPERIENCE, IF THAT'S SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO GO DO THAT, I THINK WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE APPROACH.
AND TO CHIME IN ON THAT WE ALL TRUST OUR TOWN MANAGERS.
CAUSE WE ALL, WE ALL HIRED THEM.
SO WE KNOW WHEN THEY TOOK THAT ROLE, THEY UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP I HAD.
I KNOW FOR US, WE HAVE A LOT OF TALKS WITH OUR TOWN MANAGER AND I'VE HEARD FRED SAY IT BEFORE, YOU'RE THE FLAG CARRIERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY THIS IS RIGHT, WHY THIS IS WRONG.
SO I THINK THAT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ONE PERSON, MATT, YOU'RE JUST LEADING THE COMMITTEE.
BUT THERE'S NO ONE THAT IN YOUR ROLE THAT YOU DON'T RESPECT, Y'ALL HAVE THAT LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR SOMETIMES ELECTED OFFICIALS STIR THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE SHOULD.
I THINK, I THINK MATT COORDINATE WITH TAMMY AND THE OTHER MANAGERS AND ALL OF THAT I THINK IS A WORKABLE SOLUTION AND THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ALL GET THERE.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE A HARD EXAMPLE.
SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON HOW CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE STUDY SAYS IT SHOULD BE PRIVATE SECTOR PEOPLE AS PART OF THIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LET'S SAY THREE JURISDICTIONS.
THINK IT SHOULD BE ELECTED OFFICIALS OR SOME OTHER MAKEUP WHO RESOLVES THAT CONFLICT.
AND I'M NOT POINTING TO YOU, ERIC, THIS IS AN OPEN QUESTION TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THAT THERE WILL BE THINGS LIKE THIS THAT COMES UP, COMES UP.
SO IF WE ALL GONNA SIGN AN IGA, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET DOWN TO NITTY GRITTY.
SO IF, HOW DO WE RESOLVE ANY KIND OF CONFLICT? I JUST USE THAT ONE AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT THERE MAY
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BE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK IT SHOULDN'T BE PRIVATE SECTOR PEOPLE, MIKE, YOU HAVEN'T.I MEAN, SHOULDN'T THAT BE, UH, DISCUSSED ON THE IGA HERE? HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE MEMBERSHIP, HERE'S THE QUALIFICATIONS AND EVERYBODY, I MEAN, IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT GENERAL, BUT SHOULDN'T, WE ALL AGREE THAT HERE'S THE TYPE OF FOLKS WITH WHATEVER BACKGROUND THAT WE WANT TO REPRESENT US.
SO GREAT IDEAS ABOUT JOTTING THAT DOWN ABOUT ESTABLISHING WHAT I'D SAY IS LIKE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS REALLY OUR FUNDING GROUP.
AND THEN MAYBE THE BOARD OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND LOOKS DIFFERENT, BUT THE FUNDING AGENCIES REALLY ULTIMATELY HAVE SOME AUTHORITY OVER WHAT THE GROUP'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
LONG-TERM BECAUSE IF WE DON'T LIKE IT WE'D STOP FUNDING.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN BE SOME, BUT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE IGA DISCUSSIONS THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT.
SO CARD IS, IS THAT, OR DOES THE IGA GO INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL? AND CAN WE D IF IT DOESN'T, CAN WE DEVELOP THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL? OKAY.
WHICH GOES TO PROVE THAT THEY MANAGERS ALL, YOU CAN DO THIS, RIGHT.
UH, W WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UM, I'VE WRITTEN OUT A COUPLE OF NOTES.
I'LL, I'LL, WE'LL SEND OUT THE IGS TODAY, MATT AND I WILL.
AND THEN MATT AND I WILL WORK ON SCHEDULING A MEETING FOR ALL THE CITY MANAGERS AND, UH, JURISDICTIONAL MANAGERS TO, UH, WORK, UH, ON, TO MEET AND TO WORK THROUGH THE ITEMS AND GET A DRAFT OF AN IGA THAT WE ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.
AND BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL IN, AT THE MEETING IN JUNE.
THEN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE I OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC? OKAY.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, ALTHOUGH NOT MEMBERS OF THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP TO THE TABLE AND THE MICROPHONE, ANY JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS, UH, FOR ROYAL BUFORD MAYOR MURRAY, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE AND PICK OUT A MICROPHONE AND, UM, EXPRESS ANY, ANY OF YOUR COMMENTS, ANY, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC NOW.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE MY MICROPHONE PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON.
THE STEVENS PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SIT ON THE SAME SIDE, RIGHT.
MURRAY AND SEE, THAT'S YOUR NICKNAMES.
UM, WELL, THANKS FOR INVITING US UP TO THE TABLE.
WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION AND, UH, HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE, UH, WITH THIS SOLO CO LED INITIATIVE SINCE THE BEGINNING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNCIL, SINCE THE BEGINNING HAS FUNDED THE CONSULTANT STUDY, UH, WE'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING IN A, IN A REGIONAL WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERNS ALL ALONG HAVE BEEN, AS GRANDPA WOULD SAY THE DEVIL'S OR DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS.
AND I THINK IN CERTAIN CASES, WE'VE LET THE MONEY KIND OF LEAD THE CONVERSATION.
WHEN I THINK IN ORDER FOR US TO BE A RESILIENT ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS CAPACITY LONG INTO THE FUTURE SETTING A STRONG FOUNDATION THAT BUILT ON REGIONAL GOALS THAT WE ALL AGREE TO AND REGIONAL STRATEGY THAT WE ALL AGREE TO IS IMPORTANT AND LET THE FUNDING SORT OF FOLLOW, BUT THE FUNDING FOLLOW THE GOALS.
UM, I THINK THE REPORT IS GOOD.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INFORMATION.
AND IN THE REPORT, I DON'T AGREE WITH ALL OF IT, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY PRETTY, PRETTY COMMON.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF THE DEBATE TODAY WAS ABOUT, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED ME TO, UH, THE NEW SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE WERE STANDING UP AND APPOINTED COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS, UH, PORT ROYAL, UH, TO THE THING.
AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK ABOUT ELECTIVES AND THAT'S FINE.
THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING WORTH GOING TO THE MATTRESSES FOR, ALTHOUGH THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD COUNCILMAN DAN WOOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PHIL KROMER, UH, WHO'VE BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, WE'VE HAD ELECTEDS AT THE TABLE.
AND SO, UM, I THINK BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN GOOD VOICES THAT BROUGHT A SORT OF A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHICH, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
CAUSE YOU'RE ASKING SIX POLITICAL JURISDICTIONS TO, UM, COMMIT FUNDING AND COMMIT SORT OF A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO BEING AT THE TABLE.
I LIKE THE IDEA AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S LEADERSHIP AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE IGA.
I APPRECIATE, UH, ERIC GREENWAY WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER BE EXCITED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE REST OF THE MANAGERS TO CONSIDER THE DETAILS OF THE IGA.
UM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION I DO HAVE IS A ADMINISTRATIVE GREENWAY MADE A COMMENT THAT WE WERE, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT LANGUAGE, BUT WE WERE MOVING AWAY FROM SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE STUDY AND GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND I'VE JUST WOULD LIKE A LITTLE CLEARER ARTICULATION ON WHAT'S THE DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
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HOW WAS THAT DIRECTION DECIDED EITHER BY SO LOCO OR BY THE PREVIOUS STEERING COMMITTEE? YEAH.THAT THERE WE ARE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM THE STUDY WITH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STANDING UP OUR OWN OPERATING FRAMEWORK.
UH, WE MADE A PROPOSAL TO SO LOCO MANY MONTHS AGO THAT, UH, WE WORKED WITH MS. HOYT AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH HER TO ACTUALLY OPERATE THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND, WHICH WILL SAVE US MONEY, UH, IN PARTICULARLY THE STARTUP COST AND HIRING PEOPLE AND HAVING PERSONNEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT POTENTIALLY, BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GET THE PROJECTS MOVING A LOT FASTER THAN WE OTHERWISE WOULD BE.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY DEPARTURE FROM THE STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING AT THIS POINT.
NOW, WHENEVER YOU DO THAT, I THINK COMMUNITY WORKS HAS THEIR OWN BOARD.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THEM WORKING WITH THEIR BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WORKS AND WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUNDS.
SO THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME, THERE MIGHT BE SOME MODIFICATION OF THE STUDY TO MAKE THAT WORK, UM, IN A COHESIVE EFFECTIVE WAY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM.
I'M HAPPY FOR HER TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
IF THE OTHER BOARD WANTS HER TO, UH, ABOUT WHAT SHE SEES THAT WORKING, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY DEPARTURE FROM THE STUDY IS INSTEAD OF US HIRING OUR OWN DIRECTOR AND OWN PROJECT MANAGER, WE WERE GOING TO CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY WORKS, LET TAMMY OPERATE, UH, THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.
AND THEY WOULD HIRE A LOCAL PERSON HERE TO BE A PROJECT MANAGER WHO WOULD HAVE AN OFFICE HERE.
AND I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT OFFICE SPACE, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE CITY OF BUFORD, UM, NEAR CITY HALL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BILL AND I'M, AND I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF COMMUNITY WORKS.
AND I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT TAMMY AND TORI ARE HERE.
I'VE MET WITH THEIR ORGANIZATION A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THINK BRINGING IN SOMEBODY WITH THEIR CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE IS, IS IMPORTANT.
WHEN YOU SAY WE, WE WILL CONTRACT WITH THEM, WHO, WHO IS THE ENTITY THAT SORT OF WRITES THE CHECKS AND HAS A MANAGING CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY WORKS? IS IT THE SEVEN OR EIGHT JURISDICTIONS OR IS IT ONE JURISDICTION? HOW, WHAT IS THE SORT OF MECHANISM FOR THAT TO OCCUR? YEAH, WE DON'T W I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT YET.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE BEST FROM A PURCHASING STANDPOINT THAT IF ONE, THAT ONE ENTITY RECEIVES THAT MONEY AND PAYS THAT, UM, PAYS THOSE BILLS OUT TO COMMUNITY WORKS AND, YOU KNOW, BUFORD COUNTY, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT ON OUR SIDE OF THE EQUATION.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THE IGA, UH, MAY IDENTIFY, UM, THAT THE CONTRACTING ENTITY FOR PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT PURPOSES WOULD BE THE COUNTY OF BUFORD AND COOPERATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO BUFORD COUNTY WOULD, WOULD SECURE AND MANAGE THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE JURISDICTIONS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE'S AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR NOT.
I THINK WE DON'T KNOW EVEN WHAT'S.
I MEAN, I WISH WE HAD THE IGA IN OUR HANDS TO BE HONEST AND APPARENTLY PRIVATE.
I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE HAD IT, AND SHE'S NOT EVEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
SO I THINK THE IGA IN OUR TOWN MANAGER'S HANDS SHOULD BE THE KEY TO ANSWERING AND UNDERSTANDING THESE CONCERNS.
AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT.
AND THEN THE IGA WAS JUST FINISHED UP LATE FRIDAY, SO I COULDN'T GET IT OUT TO EVERYONE.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S BEEN AROUND, WELL, I JUST, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT THE STUDY RECOMMENDS SOME TYPE OF ENTITY.
IT RECOMMENDS A 5 0 1, A FULLY STRUCTURED NONPROFIT.
AND I DRAW A COMPARISON TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF WHICH MAYOR SILKA AND I ARE OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS.
UM, BUT, BUT IT, ONE, IT CREATES A MECHANISM WHERE EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS HAVE AN EQUAL SEAT AT THE TABLE AND HAVE AN EQUAL VOICE TO BE HEARD.
AND I THINK TO MAYOR, I THINK MAYOR WILLIAMS, YOU MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO DIFFERENCES GET SETTLED.
WE HAVE TO CREATE A STRUCTURE WHERE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ASKING YOU TO THE JURISDICTIONS TO COMMIT PUBLIC FUNDS, I THINK EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS REQUIRE, AGAIN, A FAIR, EQUAL SEAT AT THE TABLE.
AND THE BYLAWS OF THAT ORGANIZATION CAN BE RUN THROUGH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
SO THAT THERE'S A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS FOR FOLKS TO BE HEARD.
IT, IT, IT, MY PERSPECTIVE MAY BE WRONG, BUT I'LL SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE IN THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES THAT THIS IS A SOLO CODE DRIVEN INITIATIVE.
UM, SO LOCO, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WE WERE GOING TO STAND UP HAS ALREADY APPOINTED A CHAIR OF THE POTENTIAL SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE NAME WAS SUGGESTED THAT IT BE CHANGED AGAIN TODAY.
I'M TOLD BY ANOTHER ONE OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE'RE MAYBE MOVING AWAY FROM THE STUDY AND COMPLETELY CHANGING THE MODEL.
UM, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A NERVOUSNESS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO COMMIT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC FUNDS, BUT DON'T HAVE A FAIR AND EQUAL SEAT AT THE TABLE.
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IS BEFORE WE'RE REALLY SET UP AND SORT OF MOVING FORWARD.AND SO THERE, THERE'S A CONCERN THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING A FAIR AND SORT OF INCLUSIVE, YOU KNOW, MAYOR STUDY, WAIT, MOVE PATH FORWARD.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THE PAPER WITH THE IGA IS THE KEY, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE TO, WE ARE REGIONAL, BUT THEN WE DO HAVE TO PLANNING, UH, AREAS DUE TO THE COMP PLAN FROM 20 YEARS AGO THAT WE HAVE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN.
MY QUESTION IS, HAS IT BEEN PRESENTED TO THE NORTHERN METROPOLITAN PLANNING, WHATEVER THE NAME IS.
WE CHANGED FROM SOUTHERN BUFORD COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE PARTY MILL AND WE, YOU KNOW, OUR REGION'S A LITTLE GOES PAST.
SO THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY.
UM, AND REALLY, AND TO PUT AN OFFICE IN CITY OF BUFORD IS KIND OF A COMPROMISE TO ALL OF US TO SO THAT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING'S KIND OF WORKING, BUT AT SOME POINT WE BOTH HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT PLANNING AREAS WITH HARDY VILLE AND BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD.
AND NOW WE HAVE RICHLAND AND JASPER AND MASSEY VERSUS, UH, BUFORD, PORT ROYAL.
THAT'S KIND OF A UNION AND YANG, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING ONE AND GOING TO THE OTHER.
SO WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT PLANNING AREAS, AND I'M GLAD WE BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE WE GOT ALL OF US TO THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ALL BUFORD COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE THAT ARE IN BUFORD COUNTY.
AND WHY WOULD JASPER SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED THE BUFORD HOUSING TRUST? SO I KIND OF LIKE YOUR IDEA OF COMBINING THE TWO COUNTY NAMES AND STAYING AWAY FROM SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY, LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT, BUT THAT CAME FROM THE STUDY.
I COPIED AND PASTED THAT FROM THE STUDY BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR YEAH.
AND I, AND I AGREE, WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, JOHN, A TOOL WHERE THE COURT MAKES US GREAT ANALOGY ABOUT BEAVER COUNTY IN JASPER IS A STAINED GLASS WINDOW.
AND EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT TAKEN TOGETHER.
IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT WE, THAT WE GET TO LIVE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE EXAMPLES AGAIN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HOW, WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER REGIONALLY, UM, WE CAN ACCELERATE, ACCELERATE OUR GOALS.
SO WE, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO COOPERATE REGIONALLY WITH FOLKS.
UM, BUT I, IF I'M IN JASPER COUNTY, I'D SORT OF SHARE THE CONCERN, HAVING A CONTRACT SOLELY MANAGED BY BUFORD COUNTY, UM, DOESN'T NECESSARILY PAINT THE PICTURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUAL SEAT AT THE TABLE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE FUNDING.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE IGA, BUT JUST WANT TO BE VERY UPFRONT, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS BRINGING, BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER THAT A FAIR AND BALANCED STRUCTURE FOR HOW WE DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE, I THINK IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO BUILD CONFIDENCE OF ALL THE PARTNERS.
STEVE, LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY ONE THING, IF I CAN, NO ONE'S EVER INDICATED THAT THE NAME OF THE ENTITY WOULD BE BUFORD COUNTY.
YOU YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DESIGNATE SOME ENTITY.
THAT'S ABLE TO HAVE FUNDING AND PAY THE BILLS AND ALL OF THAT, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHO THAT IS, I W IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME IF IT'S JASPER COUNTY HARDY VILLE CITY, BUFORT BLUFFTON, WHOMEVER.
THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE THING.
THE PURPOSE IS, IS HAVING THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND GET STARTED AND DO THE WORK THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE REGION.
SO CAN I CHIME IN ON THAT? UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES OF DEVELOPING ANY KIND OF STRUCTURES, MANPOWER, UH, OR SOMEONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO THE WORK MANPOWER, UM, IN A LOT OF JURISDICTION, UM, HAS TO BE SHARED, BUT YOU HAVE A COUNTY SEEMS TO BE, UM, UP AND RENTED TO A PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE THE MANPOWER NOW THAT WE CAN ALMOST BORROW WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR IT.
AND IF THEY WILLING TO DO THAT, LET'S TALK TO THE OTHER JEWISH PHYSICIANS ABOUT ACCEPTING THEIR ROLE.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THEN LET'S, LET'S ASK THEM HOW, HOW THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
BECAUSE IF YOU KEEP DOING MONEY AT LABOR, THERE'S NO GONNA BE ANY MONEY FOR DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, MR. HAMMOND, I THINK WE, I THINK WE DID ASK THE JURISDICTIONS HOW WE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE STRUCTURE FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE REGIONALLY AGAIN, I GIVE SO LOCAL, A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE WHO KNEW THREE YEARS AGO, THAT IT WOULD BE THE CRISIS THAT IT IS, IT IS TODAY.
UM, SO I WOULD POINT THAT WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
THE STAKEHOLDERS WERE INTERVIEWED, EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS HAD PARTICIPANTS LIKE COUNCILMAN DAN WOOD.
UM, AND THE STUDY CAME BACK WITH WHAT I THINK IS A VERY PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO HOW WE, HOW WE COOPERATE REGIONALLY.
AND THAT'S THE STRUCTURING OF, UH, OF A NEW ENTITY, UM, THAT HAS AN EQUAL SEAT FOR ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT COULD BE FUNDED.
AND THEN THAT ENTITY CAN MANAGE THE CONTRACT WITH THE, WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
UM, AND SO IF THE IGA SORT OF SPELLS THAT PROCESS OUT THAT WAS CLEARLY DELINEATED AND ARTICULATED IN THAT STUDY, I THINK THE CITY WILL BE, THE CITY WILL
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BE ON BOARD.I THINK THE NEXT QUESTION, AND I THINK THE ADMINISTRATIVE GREENWAY'S POINT ABOUT HOUSING BEING NEAR WHERE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING THAT PRIORITY MATRIX OF HOW WE SCORE PROJECTS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT TO US, UM, BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO THROW A BUNCH OF MONEY INTO AN INITIATIVE AND ACTUALLY EXACERBATE OUR PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS.
IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, UM, I THINK WE CAN GET THERE.
AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IGA BECAUSE I KNOW OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE HAPPY TO COME AND MEET.
I WILL JUST SAY, IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, OUR COUNCIL TAKES ABOUT HALF OF JULY AND MOST OF AUGUST OFF FOR SUMMER VACATION AND WE DON'T MEET.
UM, SO WE WON'T HAVE A FIRST MEETING, I THINK UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF FORMAL APPROVALS, UM, W UH, MY COMMITMENT IS WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND MOVE IT FORWARD JUST AS FAST AS WE CAN, IF WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
UH, BUT THERE MAY BE A CALENDAR ISSUE THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW IT ON THE TABLE, BUT AGAIN, THANKS FOR INVITING US TO THE TABLE AND, UH, LEADING THE CONVERSATION.
UM, IF I, IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION, I KINDA LIKE THAT IDEA.
WE ALL DESERVE, WE ALL DESERVE A BREAK, ESPECIALLY OUR SNAPS.
UM, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THERE ARE SOME, AS YOU SAY, DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS, I THINK ANY JURISDICTION WHO HAS SPECIFIC, UM, CONCERNS THAT THEY WANT PART OF THEIR IGA, THEN THEY SHOULD TELL THAT TO THEIR ADMINISTRATOR.
SO WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER, THAT CAN BE HASHED OUT AMONG THE ADMINISTRATORS.
SO THE FINAL PRODUCT COMES BACK ADDRESSING EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS.
SO, UH, MAY OR MARY, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN ABOUT WHO MANAGES THAT, SHOULD IT BE THE 5 0 1, UH, ORGANIZATION OR BUFORD COUNTY, MR. HAMILTON MADE A GOOD POINT.
WHY, WHY THROW IT AWAY? BUT EACH OF YOU TELL YOUR MANAGERS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AS PART OF THE IGA, IF IT'S NOT IN THERE ALREADY, AND THEN LET THE ADMINISTRATORS HASH IT OUT.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DISCUSS IT AT OUR JUNE MEETING, TOM, GOOD.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO, UM, GIVE US SOME ADVICE, GROS, OBVIOUSLY WE COULD USE ALL THE HELP YOU NEED TO GET TO A MICROBIOME.
UM, I JUST WANNA KNOW THIS IS TAMMY WHO I HAWKINS WITH COMMUNITY WORKS.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, UM, MAYOR THAT WE CAN SHARE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT OUR GOAL IS JUST TO SUPPORT ANY WAY WE CAN TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MAKE IT MORE STREAMLINED FOR YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IN GREENVILLE, THE WAY WE DID IT IS WE LAUNCHED, WE GOT THINGS GOING BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE IF I PARTNER JUST LIKE YOUR STUDY OVER TIME, THEY CREATED A 5 0 1 C3 STRUCTURE.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, THERE WAS SORT OF AN ADVISORY TYPE GROUP THAT PROVIDED GUIDANCE, PRIORITIES, AND STRATEGIES.
SO WE HOPE WITH OUR EXPERTISE AND OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS, WE CAN BRING THAT TO, TO THE TEAM AND TO THE GROUP.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALMOST THERE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE STUFF THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH KURT AND THE TEAM.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE JUST STAND READY AND WILLING WHENEVER YOU GUYS ARE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK, BUT THANK YOU GUYS.
I WAS JUST GOING TO BRING UP AN IDEA FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, BUT, UM, SO WE HAVE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS RECENTLY AND I'LL JUST PUT THE BLUFFTON WORLD, CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM.
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GO INTO BUFORT.
SO FOR STEVEN, STEVE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN BUFORD AND I'LL SEND IT TO STAFF.
AND WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW.
THERE SEEMS TO, I THINK A MEETING HERE FOR OUR TOWNS AND COUNTIES TO PRESENT, NOT JUST PROJECTS OF MAJOR INFLUENCE OR WHATEVER, THE 50 ACRE ABOVE PROJECTS ARE, BUT EVERYTHING, LET'S NOT A HOUSE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING UP ON BLUFFTON ROAD WHERE SCOTT BUILDERS IS.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S A BIG PARCELS.
TWO OR THREE ACRES, MAY RIVER VILLAGE, MR. GREENWAY.
I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE EXPANDING UNTIL THE OTHER DAY A PRIVATE PERSON TOLD ME AND, AND IT'S RIGHT IN, YOU KNOW, JUST SPIT FROM THE TOWN.
BUT DOES THIS COMMITTEE KNOW THAT MAY RIVER VILLAGE IS EXPANDING WITH MAYOR BENNETT OR FORMER MAYOR BENNETT? I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO DO THAT HERE.
AND MAYBE SINCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE KEY, MAYBE WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR PROJECTS? YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW.
AND I'M SORRY IF YOU DON'T, BECAUSE I'LL TAKE, I'LL LOOK IN THE MIRROR TOO.
SO JUST THE THOUGHT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ALL CAN CELEBRATE AND PROJECTS OVERALL OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE, NOT, NOT REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
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WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.I MEAN, BECAUSE WE JUST ALL PARTICIPATED, WE JUST APPROVED A, A, A MAJOR PROJECT CARD AND, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED EVERYBODY TO COME AND WEIGH IN AND HELP US.
AND, AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT SHARING DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'LL GO DOWN ONE 70 AND JASPER COUNTY HAS SOMETHING AND WHAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, ANYBODY, IT'S JUST, IT'S SO MANY THINGS.
HOW DO YOU DISPERSE ALL THAT INFORMATION? I AGREE.
SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE CAN STRUCTURE AND WHO WOULD PRESENT IT? MAYBE IT'S JUST AN, AN OPEN GO AROUND THE TABLE AND TELL US SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS GOING ON, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A, THE END, THIS, UH, THERE'S ONE OTHER FUTURE PROJECT.
UH, I HAD A SUGGESTION FROM A STAFF MEMBER WHO, UM, BUT, UH, UH, TOPIC FOR SO LOCO, IF YOU WANT US TO PURSUE IT, THAT BEFORE THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I'M THINKING THE END OF AUGUST IS THE NEXT TIME.
UH, IT'S IN HARTSVILLE THAT WE INVITE OUR ENTIRE LEGISLATIVE GROUP TO A BREAKFAST.
AND THEN THE SO LOCO MEETING FOLLOWING WOULD, UM, THEY COULD EACH COME UP AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE FUTURE GOALS OF THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND EVERY YEAR IT COULD BECOME A TRADITION NEXT YEAR OF BLUFFTON HERE AND VICE VERSA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE INTEREST IN PURSUING THAT? OKAY.
SO, SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WORK ON THAT PERHAPS FOR AUGUST, UH, MR. GREENWAY, I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU ALL, UM, MAY BE AWARE OF, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL WANT TO PROCEED, BUT, UM, WITH THE US, BUT WE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING LAST NIGHT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE 22 REFERENDUM, A LOT OF DEBATE GOING AROUND AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL LEVEL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE DO THAT IN 22, OR IF WE DO IT WAIT UNTIL 24.
SO IF YOU ALL HAVE AN INTEREST IN, UM, JARED AND DE MOSS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE COME IN AND PRESENTING THAT PROJECT LIST TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCILS, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COORDINATE THAT WITH YOU ALL AND SCHEDULE THOSE PRESENTATIONS AT A, AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME, A WORKSHOP OR ACCOUNT.
SO, MEANING W I KNOW WE TRIED TO GET THEM IN JUNE, BUT JARED CAN'T COME, SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ANOTHER OR SOMEBODY, UH, JARED, MAYBE SUBSTITUTE IRD MOSS CAN COME.
IF YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT IN JUNE, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE, UH, NEKO THING? SO BEFORE COUNTY RECEIVED, OH, IT'S GREEN, IT'S GREEN, RIGHT? OKAY.
UH, BEEPER COUNTY RECEIVED TWO AWARDS FOR NICO, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND RECOGNITION FOR OUR DECAL PROGRAM THAT WE'RE USING AT THE, UM, CONVENIENCE CENTERS AND ALSO FOR OUR STORMWATER PROGRAM.
UM, WHICH ALL ARE PART OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO THE STORY THAT YOU ARE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE, AND, UM, IN THE MAYHEM, THE REGIONAL MANUAL.
SO THAT WAS A BIG, VERY HIGH HONOR.
AND WE WERE VERY PROUD OF, OF, OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF THAT DID THAT.
I WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT WE RECEIVED WRECKING THE SOLO COAST STORMWATER MANUAL RECEIVED RECOGNITION AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO ASK COUNSEL, WHAT ARE SOME PROJECTS WITH ZERO.
SOME THAT FELL KIND OF UNDER THE, UNDER THE TIMING OF THIS REGIONAL STORM WATER INITIATIVE, BUT WHAT HAVE WE SEEN? HAVE WE SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, MANAGED GROWTH.
WHAT HAVE WE SEEN IN, WHAT IS THE COUNTY SEEM? THAT'D BE SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NOW.
I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.
CAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SOME PROJECTS IT PASSED, BUT THEY WERE ALREADY PAST THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO WHERE IS THAT FIRST PROJECT TO REALLY TEST IT? SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH THE COUNTY DOWN THE ROAD, THAT SAME THING, IT MIGHT URGE THEM THAT SIGN ONTO IT.
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NIGHTMARE.I KNOW YOU ARE WITH, UH, ANYONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD OF THE PUBLIC, LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE CLOSE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I JUST GOT TO LEAVE HERE AT 1130.
I'M FINE OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU HAD