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YOU'RE CALLING THIS, UM, SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP IS THIRSTY FOR CALM THIS WORKSHOP ORDER.
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WE ARE ALL HERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR TUMOR WHO HAD A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT AND COULD NOT BREAK IT.SO I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER GAMMON.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD BE PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
SO PUBLIC COMMENT, NEXT WORKSHOP ITEMS, AND WE ARE ON OUR SECOND PART OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THIS IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THOSE WATCHING THIS VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY IS SPENT.
UM, THIS PRESENTATION ISN'T AS LONG AS THE ONE ON TUESDAY, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE KIM HERE AND HEATHER HERE TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS ON THAT SIDE.
WE HAVE, UH, CHRIS AND NATALIE ON THIS SIDE TO TALK ABOUT FINANCES.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE THE POWER TEAM HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO GET ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH.
SO THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE HAD UP THERE ON TUESDAY WITH THE GOALS FROM COUNCIL.
ONE OF THEM BEING HER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWER CONNECTIONS, PROJECTS LIKE SQUARE POPE, UM, BRIDGE STREET IMPROVEMENT AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND SO FORTH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND JUST TO GO THROUGH CONSOLIDATED BUDGET.
SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND CONSISTS OF.
OUR OVERALL BUDGET IS A LITTLE, IT WAS ABOUT 16 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS RECOMMENDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 OF THAT, ABOUT 28 MILLION WITHIN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND.
YOU CAN SEE THAT AS IT'S BROKEN UP, IT'S ABOUT 46.2% OF OUR OVERALL RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WITH THE OTHER PORTION, BIGGEST PORTION BEING GENERAL FUND AT 41.1%.
SO WHAT DOES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND? YOU CAN READ THAT THERE FOR YOURSELF, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S WHERE WE PUT ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO COST $5,000 OR MORE.
AND, UM, BUILDINGS, ROADS, ET CETERA, THAT ARE $50,000 OR HIGHER AS WE BUILD PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO DEPRECIATE AND ACCOUNT AS CAPITAL ASSETS.
SO AS WE DO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE FOLLOW A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE AS WE DETERMINE WHAT OUR PROJECTS ARE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
WE HAVE OUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE.
THEY INCLUDE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE JUST RECENTLY UPDATED WITH COUNCIL, OUR COMP PLAN THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO FINALIZE WITH COUNCIL.
WE HAVE OUR MAY RIVER WATERSHED ACTION PLAN, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN AND ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'VE DONE TO GUIDE AND PROVIDE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO WANT TO COMPLETE.
UM, AS PART OF THOSE PLANS, WE DID THE REVIEW OF THE CURRENT NEEDS AND AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES, BRING THOSE TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND PRIORITIZATION, WHICH Y'ALL DID THINK TWO MEETINGS AGO.
AND, UM, THEN PLANNING COMMISSION DID THAT, UM, JUST RECENTLY.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET ADOPTION.
NOT AFTER THAT, WE TAKE IT AND WE PUT IT TO WORK AND Y'ALL KNOW, Y'ALL SEEN, SEEN THAT IN ACTION WITH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO GET THEM MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, WE HAVE THE OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE THAT CONTINUES FOR YOUR OVER A YEAR.
SO WHERE DO THOSE FUNDS COME FROM FOR FISCAL YEAR 23? YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE, UH, UH, TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT BOND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THAT'S THE $9.85 MILLION THAT'S PROPOSED IN THERE.
THE NEXT COMES FROM OUR CIP FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TRANSFER IN FROM OUR CURRENT TIF, UM, TRANSFORMING FROM STORMWATER MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT FUNDS, GRANTS, HOSPITALITY, TAX ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
IT MAKES UP ALL OF THOSE GO TOGETHER TO MAKE UP ABOUT $28 MILLION THAT WOULD GO INTO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REVENUE THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS PROJECTS.
SO HOW'S THAT PLAN TO BE EXPENDED.
YOU CAN SEE FOR NEXT YEAR, ONCE THE TIF BOND IS COMPLETE, WE'RE ONLY ANTICIPATING SPENDING ABOUT LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION AT THE BOND AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE REMAINDER OF THAT WOULD GO INTO FUND BALANCE TO FINISH OUT THE BARN PROJECT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 18% GOES INTO PARK PROJECTS.
THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER 3 MILLION WOULD GO WOULD BE PART OF THAT, WHICH IS AN, UM, NEW RIVERSIDE BARN AS WELL AS OTHER PROJECTS LIKE, UM, IMPROVEMENT SOURCE OF FACTORY, UH, OSCAR FRAZIER AND OTHER PARTS ABOUT THE TOWN THAT STORM WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS, LAND ACQUISITION,
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UM, HOUSING IT PROJECTS.AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINDERS DOWN THERE TO COME UP WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT $28 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU PRINT IT OFF.
IT GETS A LITTLE TRYING TO READ.
SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE GETS A LITTLE TIGHT ON THE POWERPOINT SLIDES.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, SO YOU COULD FOLLOW ALONG IN THE PAPER IF IT MAKES IT EASY FOR YOU, IF YOU NEEDED TO MAKE NOTES OR ANYTHING.
THESE ARE JUST A LIST OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACTIVE MOVING INTO FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.
UM, WE BREAK THEM UP INTO STORM, WATER AND SEWER.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE PROJECTS THERE.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE PROJECTS, WE HAVE STAFF HERE AND I HAD TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE AS BEST AS WE CAN.
THE ONES THAT YOU SEE THERE WITH THE P ZERO ZERO XXX, THOSE ARE ONES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ASSIGNED PROJECT NUMBERS.
THOSE ARE ONE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.
STEVEN, THE, UH, THE SLIDE THAT WAS JUST BEFORE THAT HAVE THE LAND ACQUISITION AT 4.5, UH, 4.7.
AND I HAD A NOTE ON HERE AND I DID NOT HIT THAT.
WE ADDED THE $1.2 MILLION, BUT COUNCIL COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THE LAND, THE ACQUISITION OF BUCK WALTER.
SO THE LAND ACQUISITION COST WENT UP BY THAT $1.2 MILLION.
SO WHERE IT WAS, UM, WOULD HAVE BEEN 3.5, IT SHOWS IT'S NOW INCLUDED IN THERE.
YOU'RE SHOWING IT AS A BUDGET ITEM MOVING HERE.
AND THEN BACK TO THE NEXT MONTH, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THE ONE THAT YOU WERE THE PROJECTS.
THE, UH, ONE QUESTION I HAD IS, UM, IT HAS BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT THE STONY CREEK CAMPGROUND UNTIL, AND THAT'S A 20, 23 PROPOSED PROJECT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNTY'S ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
ARE THEY, UH, I REACHED OUT TO ERIC TODAY ON THAT I'M WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM HIM.
UM, OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD HAD PREVIOUSLY WAS AS PART OF THEIR ARPA FUNDS, THAT THEY WERE INCLUDING FUNDS FOR SEWER PROJECTS TO INCLUDE STONY CREST, UM, TH THAT PROJECT.
SO I FOLLOWED BACK UP, I EMAILED HIM TODAY ACTUALLY TO ASK HIM IF HE CAN VERIFY THAT THAT MONEY'S THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO MEETING WITH BJ WSA, I THINK, IS IT NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER TO TALK ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
SO WHEN WE MEET WITH BJ WSA, WE CAN SAY, THE COUNTY DID HAVE THE FUNDING IN THERE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND EXPEDITE THIS ONE AND MOVE IT, MOVE IT FORWARD.
THE HOPE WOULD BE, AND I RELAYED THIS TO HIM AS WELL IS IF THEY CAN GUARANTEE THEIR FUNDING, WE'VE GOT OUR FUNDING.
BJ WSA HAS THEIRS, AND WE CAN START MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD INTO DESIGN.
THERE'S $900 MILLION HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS THROUGH THE STATE IS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH BJ WSA TO HOPEFULLY APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS AND EXTEND OR REDUCE OUR OVERALL COST TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE.
BUT IF WE MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW, THEN WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO GET EATEN UP BY OTHER AGENCIES.
SO WE'RE, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO TRY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND GET THAT APPLIED.
SHALL WE SAY THAT WE WOULD PROCEED BEFORE THE COUNTY PASSES THEIR CONNECT ORDINANCE ORDINANCE CONNECT? UM, WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO GET THAT DONE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO PUT THIS INTO ENGINEERING AND GET DESIGNED AND GET A BID.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TIME FOR THEM TO GET THAT IN PLACE.
AND WE ARE IN, AND WE'VE SHARED THAT WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND HE DID TELL ME THAT THE VERY FIRST PRESENTATION THAT, THAT WAS IN THERE.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO GET IT RIGHT.
AND IT SHOWS AS, UM, LIKE WATER AND SEWER PROJECT, IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY LIST THEM.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET IT IN WRITING FROM THEM THAT THAT IS THERE, BECAUSE IF IT IS THEN WE CAN, WE'VE GOT THE FUNDS.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND EXPEDITE THAT ONE AS WELL.
SO I'M WAITING ON AN ANSWER FROM HIM FOR MY EMAIL TODAY.
SO THE ROAD PROJECTS THERE, WE TRIED TO BREAK THESE UP IN CATEGORIES.
AND, UM, SO THEN WE GO TO FACILITIES AND Y'ALL KNOW, SQUIRE, POPE, CARRIAGE HOUSE WITH THE US, UH, USING A TAX FUNDS TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
WE'RE HOPING TO EXPEDITE THAT PROJECT FASTER.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY AWARDED THE STABILIZATION ON THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT ONE FORWARD AT A FASTER PACE.
IT'S A COMPLETED, OH, THAT WAS QUICK.
I SAW THE FRAMING UP IN THERE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY HAD DONE THE CHIMNEY EVERYTHING.
IS IT POSSIBLE SINCE WE DID THAT SO QUICKLY.
UM, AND WE USED A TAX DOWN THE, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT SOME SPACE, BUT TO MOVE INTO THE SIMILAR
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THING WITH SARAH RALEIGH HOOKS, UM, WE HAVE IN THERE FOR NEXT YEAR TO ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUTURE USE IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO, TO, UM, RENOVATE IT.BUT ONCE WE FIGURE ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT, THE PLAN FOR IT, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO WELL.
I WOULD SAY IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE USE IS GOING TO BE, BUT I W I WOULDN'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS AS WELL, JUST LIKE WE WERE DOING ONTO OUR PUPS.
AND SO WHAT'S THE NEXT PHASE NOW THAT THE STABILIZATIONS HAS BEEN DONE NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE GETTING IT STARTING WORK ON THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS FOR THE METERS PLAN FOR RESTORATION, AND THEN IT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD TO ITS USE AS THE TOWNS NEW WELCOME CENTER.
AND AS A BID BEEN, UM, ACCEPTED ON THAT YET, OR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
PAUL, THE NEXT STEP WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE ATTACK COMMITTEE AND MAKE SURE WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO MOVE THAT FORWARD SO THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS SITTING AVAILABLE SO WE CAN PUT IT OUT TO BID.
SO WE CAN UPDATE THAT, UM, PRICING ESTIMATE AND, AND THEN GO BACK AN ESSAY TACK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS LIKE WE DID LAST TIME AND THE FUNDS FROM A TAG THAT WAS FOR JUST THE STABILIZATION, THE STABILIZATION, THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR STABILIZATION.
SO I'M SORRY TO KEEP DOWN ON SARAH RALEIGH HOOKS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF A TIMELINE AND HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN TO GET TO THIS POINT FOR SQUARE POPE.
ARE WE, WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR TO GET TO THE SAME POINT? THE SQUARE POPE IS RIGHT NOW OR NINE MONTHS, AND I'M NOT HOLDING YOU TO IT JUST IN MY HEAD.
SO WE HAVE THAT PROPOSED TO COME TO Y'ALL FOR WORKSHOP THIS FALL, AND THEN THAT WILL HELP GIVE US DIRECTION AS TO DESIGN AND MOVING FORWARD YEAR AGO THAT WE DID THAT FOR SCARVES.
SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY CONSTRUCTION AFTER WE DO THAT, I WOULD SAY LATE 20, 23, MAYBE THIRD QUARTER.
SO THE, THE BIG THING IS GOING TO, THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS WHAT OUR PROPOSED REUSE IS.
SO WE CAN USE THAT TO GUIDE OUR DESIGN AND RENOVATION AND HOW WE FINISHED THE BUILDING OUT.
AS WE DO THAT HISTORICAL RENOVATION, IT'S A TOURIST RELATED THING.
WE KNOW WE CAN GO TO EIGHT TIMES, CORRECT.
UM, THIS IS WHERE WE ALSO PUT HAVE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDERNEATH CIP.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR, UM, THE BULK WALDORF, MULTI COUNTY COMMERCE PARK.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE AS WELL AS SOME IT, WHICH IS ADDING IN FACE SIX OF OUR COMMUNITY CAMERAS.
DOES THAT REPLACE NEW CAMERAS? WE'VE STARTED DOING CAMERAS AS A LIFECYCLE LIKE ELECTRONICS.
SO WE'RE DOING FIVE YEARS OF WHAT WE HAVE.
SO WE'RE DOING 20% OF THE TIME.
WE'LL BE ADDING A FEW CAMERAS, UH, TO A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND LOVABLE PLACE.
AND THEN ALSO FOR THE CENTRAL PARK THAT WE'LL DO THERE TOO.
I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND USE THEM.
AND IT'S THE TECHNOLOGY WHERE YOU CAN ALMOST SEARCH SOMETHING, NOT HAVING TO SIT THERE AND WATCH A CAMERA VIDEO FOR A WHOLE DAY.
IS THERE SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN GET YOU TO STREAM INTO, MAYBE IT PRIME ON THESE DAYS? THE EXAMPLE WOULD BE CHRIS'S NOTEBOOK RIGHT HERE, TOO.
WE HAVE A CAMERA HERE FOR THIS ROOM.
I CAN DRAW A BOX ON THE TABLE AND IT WILL SHOW ME ANY ACTIVITY ON THAT TABLE TOO.
IT'LL CUT DOWN ON THE AWESOME.
SO IF WE KNOW OF SOMETHING ON A CORNER, YOU CAN SQUARE THAT CORNER.
I THINK IF YOU DRAW THEM IN AN AREA, IT WILL LOOK FOR ACTIVITY JUST FOR THAT AREA.
AND YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH THE TIMESTAMP.
IF WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN SEVEN AND SEVEN 15, WE CAN NARROW THAT DOWN.
AND ARE THEY BETTER PICTURES THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD? WONDERFUL SAT, STILL WATCHING THAT OFTEN MINUTES.
SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE IN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS WHAT'S BEEN DONE AT WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FACILITY, THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS WHO WERE PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO AND THREE IS ANTICIPATED TO GO BACK OUT TO BID NEXT WEEK OR THE FIRST OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
WE'RE WAITING ON ONE THING ABOUT A TREE ON HAVING THE BORE UNDERNEATH THE TREE.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT SQUARED AWAY, WE'LL
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GET IT OUT TO BID, UM, PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY, UM, FINISHED TOWN HALL, DRC OUTFITS OF STREET DOCK, RIGHT FAMILY PARK.THESE ARE ALL ONES THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN COMPLETED AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, UM, ONES THAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING COMPLETING IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 23.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWERS IN THERE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, PHASE TWO AND THREE IS GETTING READY TO GO BACK OUT FOR BID.
THEY'RE WORKING ON PHASES FOUR THROUGH SIX, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE RIGHT-AWAY GHOST ROAD, HAVING THE MONEY SET ASIDE TO HELP DO SO, UM, TO GET THE EASEMENTS WITH A CONTRACT POSITION, UM, YOU HAVE BUCK ISLAND ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, SEWER CONNECTION POLICY.
THAT'S OUR ONGOING POLICY WHERE WE HAVE SEWER CONNECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CONNECT AND THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND CAN QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE TOWN.
UM, GO THROUGH SCHULTE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE TWO, WE HAVE SQUARE POPE CARRIAGE HOUSE, AS WE SAID, WE'RE EXPEDITING THAT ONE FORWARD.
UM, WE HAVE THE ROTARY COMMUNITY CENTER FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ONE GOT PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT, JUST TRYING TO FIND A TIME WHEN IT'S NOT BEING USED SO WE CAN GET IN THERE AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
CAUSE WHEN YOU NEED FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS, WITHOUT ANYBODY BEING IN THERE, IT'S PRETTY TOUGH THAT BUILDING'S RENTED A GOOD BIT.
UM, AND THEN MAY RIVER ROAD, POCKET PARK, WHICH WAS COUNCIL OUR, OF WHICH WE JUST AWARDED LAST WEEK.
IT WAS LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE JUST APPROVED THIS AS THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD, TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE FINISHED.
AND NOW YOU HAVE TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE COMPLETED.
I THINK ADA, I THINK THAT'S INCLUSIVE.
THE ALMER AUDITORIUM, UH, YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE LIGHTS AND SOUND AND EVERYTHING AND O'MARA AUDITORIUM, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY REMOVED WHEN TOWN HALL WAS RENOVATED AND WE'RE FINISHING IT UP NOW, I SEE ON, UM, ON OUR SHEET, IT HAS THE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, DRAINAGE PLAN IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I SEE ONE'S FIRST, UM, PRITCHARD IN BUCK ISLAND IN THE FUTURE.
IS THERE A PROJECTION ALSO TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES ON SOMERSVILLE ROAD? SO THE COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE INITIALLY IS WITHIN AN EXTENDED AREA THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT THE IDEA IS TO ANALYZE SECTIONS OF THE TOWN AS WE MOVE ON.
AND THAT ONE WOULD OF COURSE, BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOD AS WELL, BEING A DOTD ROOM.
SO WE CONTINUED TO ASK THEM FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF THE CULVERTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT YES, MA'AM IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE IDEA THAT'D BE GOOD CAUSE THEY DEFINITELY DO NOT.
AND I KNOW, UM, STEVE AND I HAVE SPOKEN AND WE SHARED PICTURES, BUT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO GET THEIR SHOVELS TO DIG DITCHES OUT.
WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MASSIVE RAINS AND, AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK OUR CREWS HAVE GONE OUT AND DOD CREWS HAVE GONE OUT AND THEY DEAL WITH IT AS KINDA AS IT, AS IT HAPPENS.
UM, WE ALREADY HIT ON A COUPLE OF THESE, BUT THERE IS, UM, SOME NEW PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
WE TALKED ABOUT PRITCHARD STREET, MAY RIVER ACTION PLAN.
THERE'S THE OMAR AUDITORIUM IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, SARAH RALEIGH HOOKS COLLEGE COTTAGE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT AND THEN BUCK ISLAND ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO JUST TO CONFIRM THE PAGE BEFORE SAID 88 TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WAS, I GUESS THAT'S PROBABLY A MISTAKE THAT, THAT STAYED IN THERE.
IT PROBABLY COST 89 IS ALL I HAD A FEELING.
IT WAS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE OMAR AUDITORIUM IMPROVEMENTS THERE INSTEAD OF THE OTHER ONES.
JUST GIVE US A DETAIL ON, DO YOU KNOW IF WE READ OUR PACKETS FOR 88, WE REFERENCED THE TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WERE OH FOUR IT'S 23.
IF WE JUST PICK THE HOMER, WE PROBABLY JUST PICKED THAT ACCIDENT THAT WAS PROBABLY JUST PICKED AND CARRIED FORWARD INSTEAD OF THE OMER AUDITORIUM.
SO HERE'S WHERE WE LOOK AT WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND KIND OF DOING A FIVE-YEAR LOOKOUT ON THE COMPLETION.
AND, UM, AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU IN PAPER FORM SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND MAKE NOTES OR AS YOU WISH AND SIT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN TRYING TO LOOK AT IT ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND SEE THAT EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE FUNDING BEYOND FISCAL YEAR 2023 IS ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO COMPLETE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME PROJECTS LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE DRAINING PLAN IMPROVEMENTS.
WE SHOW THOSE MOVING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
UH, SAME THING WITH BOOK ALLEN ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS,
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THAT'S MULTI-YEAR PROJECT MAY RIVER ACTION PLAN, CALHOUN STREET, STREETSCAPE, HISTORIC DISTRICT, LIGHTING, SIGNAGE, ALL THOSE, THOSE ARE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS.YOU CAN SEE THOSE MOVING, MOVING DOWN.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AS A NEW RIVERSIDE PARK AND THE BARN SITE IS WORKING TO EXPEDITE THAT TO BE COMPLETED, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 24, INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT OUT ALL THE WAY TO 26, THAT BEING W WITH THE BOND THAT WE HAVE IS TRYING TO EXPEDITE ALL THE PHASES AND MOVE THEM FORWARD.
NOW THAT WE HAVE WITH COUNCIL, UH, BEING WILLING TO APPROVE THAT, HAVING THE FUNDING UP FRONT, WE CAN EXPEDITE THAT PROJECT AND MOVE IT FORWARD AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE FUNDING FOR FUTURE YEARS IS COMING FROM.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THAT PROBABLY HALF THAT SCHEDULE WE MET ON THAT EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE PAST, THAT MAY BE ANOTHER PAGE WHERE YOU CAN GIVE US IS EVERY NUMBER ON HERE FULLY FUNDED, OR ARE WE STILL WAITING ON FUNDING? BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE'VE SEEN A PROJECT AND IT'S AN IDEA TAT UH, ATAC GENERAL FUND IMPACT PIECE.
YOU KNOW, IT TELLS YOU WHERE ALL THE MONEY COMES FROM TO GO IN THERE TO IT'S 1 61.
IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR BINDER, UM, IT IS, UH, RIVERSIDE BARN PARK IS THE ONE THAT'S CONTINUING TO PARTNER THAT'S IF PUNISHMENTS, OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE, SO WHAT CHRIS IS SAYING IS IF YOU SEE IT ON THIS SHEET THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU OR ON HERE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THOSE, FOR THAT.
UM, THE QUESTION THAT'S WHY IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED WAS A NEW RIVERSIDE BARN.
ONCE WE GOT PAST PHASE ONE, THERE WAS NO FUNDS IDENTIFIED FOR THAT, UNLESS WE DID THE BONDING.
SO TO BRING US BACK, UM, OUR PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED BUDGET AGAIN IS ABOUT 60 AND A HALF.
UM, THIS AGAIN WILL BE A $1.2 MILLION CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS IN THE INITIAL BUDGET THAT YOU GOT DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE INCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY OUT AT BUCK WALTER AT 1.2 MILLION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE AS WELL.
WE STARTED THERE KIND OF WRAPPING UP THERE.
AND THEN THAT TAKES US TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS WHERE AT TOWN COUNCIL, BUCHER BUDGET WORKSHOP, TO WHERE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE CIP.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ON JUNE 14TH, THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SECOND READING, AND SHOULD EVERYTHING MOVE FORWARD.
WE WILL HAVE OUR NEW BUDGET AS OF JULY ONE.
AND THE GOAL WOULD BE JULY COUNCIL MEETING TO BRING THE TIFF EXTENSION AND FINANCING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL FOR IN JULY AND AUGUST, SO THAT WE CAN DO THE FINANCING AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOVE, THE EXPEDITE, THE BARN AND NEW RIVERSIDE BARN AND PARK PROJECT.
IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, LIKE I SAID, WE'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO ANSWER, OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS FURTHER RELATED TO THE BUDGET, I'LL JUST DROP.
SO 20 PROJECTS HAVE NO OTHER FUNDING AFTER 2023, AND WE CAN, AS LONG AS EVERYONE BEHAVES AND SUBMITS, WE CAN FINISH THOSE IN THAT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, CHRIS HAS GIVEN ME A PRINT OUT OF THE CARRY OVER THE PRIOR YEAR AND IT LOOKED AT ME LIKE WE'VE IMPROVED IN THAT AREAS IS THE IMPRESSION I GOT FROM IT, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY, WHICH IS GOOD.
UM, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO GET, I USED TO HAVE THE NUMBERS IN MY HEAD, BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE.
UM, OF THE NUMBER OF ALL THE SEWER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, COMPASSING ALL OF THE BUCK ISLAND, SIMMONS, ADVIL AREA, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HOW MANY SEPTIC TANKS HAVE WE TAKEN OFFLINE? HOW MANY DO WE HAVE WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS OR OUR DISTRICT TO BE DONE? I KNOW MOST OF THOSE ARE RESIDING IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S YOUR PHASES? 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTA BE A DECENT NUMBER.
UM, SOMETHING WE CAN ALL SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AT SOME POINT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SIR, BUT DEFINITELY WE CAN GET
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THAT FOR YOU.WE KNOW SURELY FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE GRANT ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT WE HAD.
I THINK IT WAS 40 TOTAL THROUGH THE GRANT THROUGH PHASES, ONE, TWO PLACES, ONE AND TWO HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH THREE 19, BUT WE CAN PULL THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
WE CAN CALL IT, THEY'RE ALL FINISHED AND THEN REFRESH THAT MOUNTAIN.
AND WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE REDO THE PATHWAYS AND PEDESTRIAN IS PUT UNDER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, THE CROSS WALKS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY BIG THINGS.
CAUSE I WALK ALL THE TIME AND I'VE BEEN ALMOST HIT QUITE A FEW TIMES, BUT, UH, I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH FOR THAT.
I MEAN, YOU CAN EVEN SAY, AND AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, BUT EVEN THE LITTLE SIGNS WE PUT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, THE PEOPLE LIKE TO RUN OVER, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CROSSWALKS, I'M JUST VERY CURIOUS.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYTHING OF WHAT OUR INTENT IS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THOSE SYSTEMS. WE WERE ACTUALLY JUST EMAILING ABOUT THAT AS PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INITIATIVE COMING OUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP.
AND, UM, I JUST TOLD STEVEN, I WAS THINKING OF WORKSHOPPING WITH THAT IDEAS.
DO YOU WANT RAYS TABLES, LIGHTED, CROSSWALKS? WHAT CAN WE NEGOTIATE WITH DDOT, ESPECIALLY ON MAY RIVER ROAD IN OCTOBER WITH Y'ALL.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS NOW THE COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF ALL THE ROADS PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, INCLUDING PRITCHARD ALL THE WAY OVER.
WE CAN HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT WE WANT TO DO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO DEITY AND ASK THEM FOR PERMISSION.
SO IF WE WANT TO DO RAISE TABLES WHERE THE CROSSWALKS ARE ACTUALLY ELEVATED, LIKE SPEED BUMPS, SPEED TABLES, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO DOD AND ASK FOR PERMISSION FOR THAT.
HOWEVER WE WANT TO, IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING FANCY AND MAKE THEM COLORED COLOR, OR, YOU KNOW, MAKE COLORS OR PATTERNS IN THEM, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO DEITY.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE IN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THEN WHAT WE DID BEFORE.
BUT YES, WE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY, ABOUT WORKSHOP IN THAT AND GETTING SOME GUIDANCE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED THEM, I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF PLACES AT NIGHT THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OUR LITTLE TOWN AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU REALIZE HOW HE WALKS ON DAYTIME THOUGH, WHITE KNIGHT TOWNS HORRID, BUT YOU KNOW, TO BE CLASSY, CLASSY, LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL IDEAS AND I'VE SEEN THEM IN DIFFERENT TOWNS.
WELL, A LIGHTED ONE THAT DOESN'T STAY LATE AT ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION AS WELL.
YOU CAN PUSH A BUTTON AND HAVE THAT LIGHT UP ACROSS STREET.
WE SHOULD ALL, IF WE TRAVEL OR GO ANYWHERE, JUST TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND WHAT'S HELPED WITH THE WORKSHOP.
THE LAST COMMENT I HAVE IS, UM, IN MAYBE IT'S ONLY ME, I GUESS, CAUSE I SEE IT SO MUCH AND GO, THERE'S SO MUCH, UH, DUBOSE, OUR BELOVED PARK, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SMALL BY NATURE, YOU KNOW, LIMITED BY GEOGRAPHY.
AND I HOPE AT SOME POINT WE CAN ADD SOMETHING ELSE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, SOMETHING AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE SHADING, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BE CREATIVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE WHEN THE LITTLE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SPEND THAT THE KIDS RUN AROUND AND THEY JUMP ON OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BUT SOMETHING WELL, AND WE'RE, UH, SENT AN EMAIL OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING A TREE THAT'S YEAH.
SO WE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SPACE TO DO SOME STUFF LIKE THAT.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE PRELIMINARY DESIGN ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT THERE.
UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT OSCAR FRAZIER AS THE FIRST ONE OVER THE BOYS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING SOMEBODY ELSE'S LOOKING AT PUTTING ONE IN OLD TOWN I'VE HEARD.
SO IT MIGHT BE, WE DON'T WANT TO COMPETE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT GUIDE STARTED THE CONVERSATION.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE A COUPLE OF DESIGNS AND HAVE A REALLY FUN ONE FOR OSCAR FRAZIER TO PUT OVER THERE NEAR THE PLAYGROUND.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR PART.
SO DAN, GET YOUR SWIM TRUNKS READY.
ADULTS CAN DO SPLASH PADS, DO SWIM TRUNKS, READY, ADULTS CAN DO SPLASH PASS TO, HE MIGHT SEE HIM IN THE MIDDLE WITH A CHAIR AND ELIMINATE.
THAT COULD BE A JOB, YOU KNOW, I'VE READ YET.
YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, BEFORE WE END, BECAUSE IT IS, UH, NSC, WHENEVER S SROS, THAT WAS PART OF BLUFFTON.
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JUST WANT TO THANK OUR OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY OUR SRS.WE'VE HAD TO REALLY KEEP A STRONGER EYE ON OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY DO IT EVERY DAY.
NOT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED.
SO BLESS YOU AND BLESS ALL OF OUR OFFICERS FOR JUST WORRYING.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE WEIGHT ON YOUR SHOULDERS EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
AND THEN WE HEAR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN TEXAS AND YOU KNOW, GOOD AND WELL, IT COULD HAPPEN HERE AND IF WE DON'T THINK IT CAN HAPPEN HERE, WE NEED TO GO LOOK OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND I JUST PRAY FOR Y'ALL EVERY DAY.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO BLUFFTON HOTS GRADUATION.
I'LL PROBABLY SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT AT MAY.
RIVER HAS GRADUATION AND I JUST PRAY.
IT'S A SAFE ONE AND EVERYONE HAS TO GET SUMMERS.
SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND REALLY GOOD PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.
RODRIGUEZ, ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT BUDGET.
AND AS ALWAYS, I WILL SAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING RELATED TO THE BUDGET, THE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH ME, YOU KNOW, HOW TO REACH STAFF.
WE'RE ALWAYS MORE THAN GLAD TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AND, AND WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THINGS AND, AND WHAT SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE AND ALL THAT BEFORE JUNE 14TH.
WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT PREFERABLY PART OF THE FINAL HEARING.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED WE'RE ADJOURNED.