Jun 07, 2022 Hilton Head Island Town Council

[1. Call to Order]

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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. >> WELCOME TO THE JUNE 7TH TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA.

FREE CHRISTY ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE FOR THE FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT? YES, SIR. WE ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE I SAY SIR.

MR. SAYS WHAT IS UNIVERSAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE? THANK YOU.

THE INVOCATION TODAY WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND AUSTIN FROM THE QUEEN'S CHAPEL CHURCH.

>> ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. TELL US ABOUT HANDS FOR PRAYER.

A WISE AND LOVING GOD. I THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO GATHERED THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS. THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF FOR THE MAGIC OF HEALTH. WE NEED TO FULFILL CALLINGS FOR PROVISION AND FOR FRIENDSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES. THANKS AS WELL FOR THE FREEDOM TO EMBRACE YOU OR THE FREEDOM TO REJECT YOUR THANK YOU FOR LOVING US. EVEN SO, FROM YOUR BOUNDLESS AND GRACIOUS NATURE GRANT THAT OUR MAYOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF TOWN OFFICIALS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS ASSEMBLE COUNCIL HAVE IS TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE AND WISDOM TO ACT FOR JUSTICE. I'M ASKING THAT YOU WOULD GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS AND CHALLENGING ISSUES OF OUR TIMES.

THIS REACTS IN YOUR NAME. A MAN NAMED THANK YOU COULD SHIFT TO MAKE THE ROLL CALL.

>> YES, SIR. INDICATING A MR. BENNETT IS EXCUSED.

YES, SIR. MR. BROWN HERE. MR. HARKINS HERE.

MR. GAME HERE, MRS. BECKER? YES. MR. LENNOX IS ABSENT TODAY AND

[6. Approval of the Minutes]

[7. Public Hearing: Town of Hilton Head Island Municipal Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023]

ALSO A APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TOWN MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR JUNE 30TH 2023 ROLLED BACK. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT WHOLE AFFAIR?

[8. Report of the Town Manager]

YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE REPORTED TOWN MANAGER. I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, SENATOR TOM DAVIS. HEY, TOMMY.

COME ON. COME ON UP, SIR. SENATOR DAVIS HAS ASKED TO APPEAR BEFORE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME VARIOUS ITEMS THAT I KNOW HE'S BEEN WORKING CLOSELY, ONE OF WHICH WILLIAM HOLDEN PARKWAY CLOSELY WITH US.

BUT THEN PERHAPS SOME OTHER THINGS IN COLUMBIA. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST VERY THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US, SIR.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS.

I REALLY JUST WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AND DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH DURING THE 20 22 LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT SOME MATTERS THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TURN FROM APPROPRIATIONS TO TALK ABOUT SOME LEGISLATION THAT WAS ENACTED IN REGARD TO OPEN SPACE AND GREEN SPACE AND THEN TO SORT OF RECOUNT MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE I THINK WE ARE IN REGARD TO THE 278 CORRIDOR AND THEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. SO IT'S BASICALLY AN INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE.

YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE THE BUDGET WE GO BACK UP NEXT WEDNESDAY TO PASS A RECONCILED BUDGET. I SUSPECT IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES FOR K THROUGH 12 FUNDING FOR ALL OF YOU FROM COUNTY I 95 HAS NOW BEEN FULLY FUNDED TO THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND REPAVING FROM THE GEORGIA SOUTH LINE ALL THE WAY TO WALTER BARROW. WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO ACCELERATE THAT SCHEDULE. THEY'VE ALREADY ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS OF WAYS THEY'VE DONE THE ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND SO NOW IT'S A MATTER OF MOVING IT UP IN THE QUEUE IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY START CONSTRUCTION . SO I KNOW THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE'RE STILL IN THE RUNNING FOR

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JUST ANOTHER ONE POINT THREE BILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY FOUND IN THE CUSHION.

SO SO I THINK THERE'S AN ACTUAL AND CHANCE THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE STATE FUNDING FOR THAT NEW TERMINAL. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A PACKAGE PUT TOGETHER WHEREBY THE COUNTY HAS COMMITTED SOME MONEY, THE FAA HAS COMMITTED SOME MONEY. SO I THINK THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD THAT WE GET THAT FULLY FUNDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WE ALSO MANAGE TO SECURE A ONE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR MITCHELL VILLE TO COMPLETE AND TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE MASTER PLAN. NOW YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWN A LOT OF LEADERSHIP IN REGARD TO AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ALSO HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE ON CALLED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE OLD STONEY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE IS AN APPROPRIATION REQUEST IN PLAY RIGHT NOW IN SENATE FINANCE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET.

BUT I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC ESPECIALLY SINCE ANOTHER ONE POINT THREE BILLION IN ONE TIME MONEY WAS RECENTLY CERTIFIED BY THE V.A. I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET SOME MONEY SOME SEED MONEY TO PUT IN EDC. I THINK THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS COMMITTED TO PUTTING SOME MONEY INTO THAT EDC AS WELL. SO I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY AS YOU GO ABOUT DECIDING UPON WHAT TO DO WITH THE 278 CORRIDOR. PARALLEL TO THAT WILL BE THIS EFFORT TO TRY TO BRING SOME ATTENTION TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND WHICH AS YOU ALL KNOW HAS HISTORICALLY BORNE MORE OF THE BRUNT OF DEVELOPMENT AND HELP AND HAD THAN OTHER AREAS. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN TO BE PROACTIVE AND I COMMEND YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. I THINK THERE AN EXCELLENT STEP IN REGARD TO THE 2 78 CORRIDOR PROCESS. I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT A PRINCIPAL IN THAT PARTICULAR DEAL. THE PRINCIPALS ARE THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE STAFF ON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN FACILITATING SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WITH COUNCIL WHERE I THINK THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. THERE SEEM TO BE THREE PARALLEL INITIATIVES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY AND THEY'RE SEPARATE IN SOME RESPECTS AND THAT THEY DEAL WITH WITH SEPARATE THINGS BUT THEY'RE ALSO CONCURRENT AND THAT THEY ARE ALL INTERRELATED IN REGARD TO WHAT I THINK IS THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE.

THE FIRST AGREEMENT THAT I THINK IS BEING DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN IS IN REGARD TO HOW THE TWO ENTITIES CAN GO ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING TWO THINGS.

ONE IS IS TRYING AS BEST WE CAN TO IMPLEMENT AND FUND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY ALTERATIONS TO THE BRIDGE THAT THIS TOWN HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE SCADA I BELIEVE IS SUBMITTED IT. MARK MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO AND I THINK THERE WERE 26 SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THE TASK THERE IS TO GET THE DOJ T TO AGREE TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN. THE SECOND PART IS TO FIND THE FUNDING TO PAY FOR THOSE THOSE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND SO THAT PARTICULAR AGREEMENT TO THE TOWN THE COUNTY WOULD SPELL OUT HOW THE TWO ENTITIES WOULD WORK TOGETHER TOWARD THAT END.

THE SECOND THING THAT THAT FIRST AGREEMENT OR A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COUNT IN THE TOWN WOULD BE TO ADDRESS A SIMULATION OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS FROM A MALL STREET LIGHTS TO THE TO THE CROSS ISLAND INTERSECT AND INCLUSIVE OF GUMTREE.

THE IDEA BEING THAT WE COULD HAVE A SIMULATED ANALYSIS DONE OF WHAT TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS WOULD BE IF THE DOJ PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE OR WERE IMPLEMENTED AND THEN TO COMPARE THAT SIMULATED DATA AGAINST SIMULATIONS DONE IN REGARD TO SOME ALTERNATIVES SO THAT TOWN COUNCIL WOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHEN IT'S CALLED UPON BY THE DOJ AND B FOR COUNTY TO FOOT DRAGGING QUITE TO THE CONTRARY I THINK THERE'S A A LOT OF RESPECT THAT HAS BEEN GARNERED BY FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD FOR THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PAID ON THIS PROJECT. SO I WANTED TO TO POINT THOSE ASPECTS OF THE STATE ABOUT THIS PROCESS THE SECOND PARALLEL BUT SEPARATE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT I ANTICIPATE AND THIS IS AGAIN A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT I THINK MARK HAS HAD WITH ERIC GREENWAY IS NOT ME COMING WHOLE CLOTH. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOUR EXCELLENT TOWN MANAGERS HAVE GOING TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER. BUT THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT

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THE IDEA BEING THAT HAVING THAT INFORMATION IN REGARD TO HOW YOU OPTIMIZE THAT CENTRALIZATION COULD ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE ABOUT THE 278 CORRIDOR.

I MEAN IT'S ALL IT GIVES YOU BACK AGAIN AT THE POSITION OR THE PURPOSE BEING TO PUT YOU IN A POSITION AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION POSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HILTON HEAD.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT AGREEMENT IS ALSO BEING DRAFTED.

THE THIRD WOULD BE IN REGARD TO WHAT I MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO FORMALIZING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION FOR STONEY. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEMORIALIZE THAT ONE BECAUSE IT THEN GIVES YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OR EXPECTATION OF WHAT MONEYS BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL GIVE SEED MONEY. BUT SECONDLY AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT IT PUTS ME IN A POSITION AND ALSO OTHER MEMBERS OF A BEFORE AND LEGISLATURE DELEGATION A POSITION TO SECURE APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GIVES US A VEHICLE WE CAN POINT TO AND SAY THIS IS THE WAY BY WHICH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS GOING TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS TO STONY AND THAT'S A VERY COMPELLING ARGUMENT UP THERE IN COLUMBIA.

AND SO THIS BRINGS FOCUS TO THAT PARTICULAR COMPELLING ARGUMENT AND GIVES US AN ABILITY NOT JUST THIS YEAR BUT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE SOME SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THAT EDC. SO I WANTED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. ONE LAST THING IS IN REGARD TO A GREEN SPACE BILL THAT I AUTHORED AND GOT PASSED. AND WHAT IT DOES AND GOVERNOR MCMASTER SIGNED IT INTO LAW A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IT ALLOWS BEAUFORT COUNTY TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL A ONE PENNY SALES TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING A REVENUE STREAM THAT WILL THEN PAY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS DENSITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WHAT I ANTICIPATE IN THE WAY THE BILL WAS DRAFTED WAS THAT THAT IF THAT IS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OTHER TO A REFERENDUM THAT INCOME STREAM COULD THEN BE LEVERAGE BY THE COUNTIES THAT COULD ISSUE BONDS FOR INSTANCE 400 MILLION FATHER MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS.

THOSE BONDS WOULD BE AMIRA TIES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME DEPENDING UPON WHAT IT TOOK TO AMORTIZE THAT DEBT. THE IDEA THEN BEING THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE WOULD BE FOR COUNTIES RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS COMMITTEE.

THEY'RE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, THEY ALREADY HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD AND REALLY BE AGGRESSIVE IN REGARD TO BUYING UP DENSITIES AND TRYING TO BUY UP OPEN SPACE WITH SPELLING BEE FOR COUNTY. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF YOU FOR COUNTY AND IN JASPER COUNTY AS WELL.

IF IF EVERY UNIT IS BUILT THAT'S ALREADY AUTHORIZED ALREADY BEEN APPROVED ALREADY IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF ROOFTOPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

WE SIMPLY CAN'T WE CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT. OUR WATERWAYS CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT. OUR ROADWAYS CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT.

WE'LL BE FAST ON THE WAY TO BECOMING MT. PLEASANT. NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A HORRIBLE TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT A PENNY SALES TAX FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE, INFLATION PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR OURS AND SOME ODD A GALLON AT THE PUMP FOR GASOLINE. IT'S A VERY UNFORTUNATE OR UNTIMELY, YOU KNOW, TIME TO REALLY ASK FOR A PENNY SALES TAX FOR THAT PURPOSE. BUT THEN AGAIN I WOULD ARGUE THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY HERE AND ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE YEARS THE HORSE IS OUT OF THE BARN AND IT'S DONE SO I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION WHICH SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE AND I WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT THAT TOOL IS NOW AVAILABLE AND I WANT THAT TO ENTER INTO THIS CONVERSATION. THE SECOND REASON WHY IT'S PROBLEMATIC IS I KNOW THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY AT THIS POINT IS CONTEMPLATING A PENNY SALES TAX IN NOVEMBER TO PAY FOR ROAD PROJECTS FOR IT ON A COUNTY WIDE BASIS. AND I'M NOT DENIGRATING THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE AT ALL IN THAT REGARD AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY STANDING GOING TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM THAT I'VE JUST ARTICULATED IS SOMETHING WE CAN PAY OUR WAY OUT OF IT.

AND REALLY I THINK IT IS IT'S A VERY EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE HERE AND SO I'M GOING TO ADDRESS COUNTY COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING NEXT WEEK. IN THIS REGARD IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S TWO MORE READINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE TO THIS PENDING SALES TAX FOR ROAD PROJECTS. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS AS AS OTHER AN ALTERNATIVE OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE COMPLEMENTARY TO WHAT THEY DO THIS NOVEMBER FOR THE PENNY

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FIRST OF ALL, TOM, YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT A PARTY HAVING TO DO WITH THE CAR PROJECT.

>> I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. YOU ARE A VERY VALUABLE NEUTRAL ARBITER BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY HELPING TO FACILITATE THESE THINGS. AND WITHOUT YOUR ASSISTANCE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE NOW. SO I AM VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THE CONCEPTS OF THESE M.O. USE WHAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED TO BOTH US AND TO THE COUNTY MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.

AND I'M GOING TO PUSH TO GET THOSE THINGS ADOPTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU.

AND I GUESS I GUESS THE REASON I SAY THAT IS I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF MY LANE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT YOU KNOW, THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY ARE INTERFACING WITH D.A. AND ULTIMATELY YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE THE ONES TO MAKE THE DECISION.

SO I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT. BUT BUT I HAVE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY THAT Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN ME TO KIND OF BE A FACILITATOR TRIED TO BRING BECAUSE THERE IS SOME STATE ASPECTS THAT BEAR UPON THIS TOO.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE ARGUMENT TO CHRISTY HALL THAT MORE FUNDING OUGHT TO BE PROVIDED. TALKING TO JOHN WAYNE AT THE CIB, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, DON'T GET SHAKY ON ONE TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS WHERE WE'RE HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER HERE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY LANE, GLENN. THAT'S ONE REASON.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

AN YOUR LANE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE 278 CORRIDOR PROJECTS.

THE REASON NOBLE AND THE SENSITIVITY TO THE WISHES OF THE ISLAND RESIDENTS CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED. AND I APPRECIATE THAT RESPECT AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR IT.

ADDITIONALLY, I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON THE IDEA OF DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BUY THOSE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO PRESERVE THAT LAND. I THINK THOSE OF US ON THIS COUNCIL AND STAFF WHO HEAR ME ALMOST EVERY DAY AND I'M SORRY FOR THAT I ECHO THOSE SAME

WORDS HERE ON THE ISLAND. >> AND SO I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THING THAT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THANK YOU. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL

CONSIDER FIRST. >> THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. YOU'RE A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE TO THIS. THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTY IN TERMS OF THE EDC STONY AREA.

IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL I HOPE WE ARE TO GET THOSE FUNDS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

WILL THEY BE LIMITED FROM WHERE YOU SIT STANDPOINT TO STONY OR COULD THEY BE USED ALSO THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND? WHERE WE MAY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER TO CELEBRATE GULLAH CULTURE? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A DECISION FOR A TOWN COUNCIL TO MAKE IN REGARD TO THE EDC HOW YOU DEFINED THE SCOPE OF ITS MISSION.

YOU KNOW WHAT AREA THAT YOU ENVISION TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT EDC? I GUESS I REFER TO STONEY BECAUSE I VIEW THAT AS THE MOST IMMEDIATE THING IN NEED OF PROTECTION BECAUSE OF 278. BUT BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHATSOEVER AND I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR A NARROW STONY ONLY FOCUS TO EDC. I THINK CERTAINLY IT COULD BE BROADENED OUT. HOWEVER TOWN COUNCIL WANTED TO FORM IT.

AND IT'S YOUR I MEAN THE WAY IT WOULD BE SET UP AND DAVID MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO BECAUSE HE'S HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THIS BUT IT WOULD BE A FIVE TO ONE C 3 INCORPORATE. AND THEN YOU WOULD BE THE THE THE MEMBER OF OR THE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER IN THAT 5O AND C THREE AND YOU'D HAVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND YOU'D BE THE HAVE THE BUILDING THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO DEFINE THE AREA THAT YOU WANTED IMPACTED AND THEN AND THEN BASED ON HOW THAT'S HOW THAT'S DEFINED THAT WOULD THEN ENABLE US THEN TO MAKE OUR VARIOUS ARGUMENTS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ABOUT WHY FUNDING WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. YES SIR. SENATOR, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO INNATELY UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO AN AREA, TO A COMMUNITY AND YOU BROUGHT UP TWO EXAMPLES OF THAT TODAY.

ONE WAS THE CDC AND ONE WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY UNDERSTOOD THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THAT WOULD PROVIDE THIS ISLAND IN TERMS OF MITIGATION FOR THE ST. LOUIS AREA REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF THE ROADWAY, THE HIGHWAY BUT ALSO LONGER TERM THE PROSPERITY THAT COULD COME FROM THAT KIND OF AN ORGANIZATION.

SO I THANK YOU ON THAT. THE SECOND IS THE NOTION OF A 1 CENT SALES TAX TO PURCHASE

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I MEAN LAST NIGHT I WAS AT A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE COOLER COOLER TRACK WHICH IS A LARGE TRACT OF LAND NEAR OLDFIELD AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO TO TRIPLE THEIR DENSITIES IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPING THAT TRACK WHICH WOULD FURTHER CONGEST AN ALREADY VERY CONGESTED AREA IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THAT NEW LIGHT IS THE 462.

BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN THE COOL THE FAMILY STOOD UP THERE AND SAID WE'VE HAD THIS PROPERTY IN A FAMILY OF FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY YEARS YOU'VE GIVEN ADJACENT PROPERTY IS THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP AT THESE DENSITIES A MATTER OF SIMPLE FAIRNESS YOU GIVE THAT RIGHT TO US.

AND ONE OF THE AND THAT'S A FAIR POINT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED TO ME WAS THAT'S AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW A RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS COULD COME IN AND SAY IF YOU AGREE TO DOWN ZONING DENSITY TO SAY MAYBE 30 UNITS FOR ALL THAT LAND YOU CAN THEN TAKE AS A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION THE MARKET VALUE AMMUNITION BY AGREEING NOT TO DEVELOP AT THAT HIGHER DENSITY THAT THERE ARE CREATIVE WAYS WE CAN GO ABOUT OUT OF THIS

PROBLEM THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS THROUGH ZONING. >> THE REASON WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT THROUGH ZONING IS A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SIGNED.

THESE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS INVESTED AND AND AND I KNOW IT'S A TERRIBLE TIME TO BE TALKING A 1 CENT SALES TAX AND I MAY REGRET IT. BUT BUT BUT BUT I THINK IT IS TIME FOR FOR US TO KIND OF AT LEAST ARTICULATE THE PROBLEM AND LET THE PEOPLE SOUTH AND LET THE PEOPLE BE FOR COUNTY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. MR. MARTIN, GO MY COLLEAGUES SENATOR, WITH YOU BEING A PARTNER ALONG THE WAY, WE ARE SO GRACIOUS TO HAVE SOMEWHAT

OF YOUR STATUE. >> I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU ON A FEW THINGS REAL QUICKLY HERE.

YOU'RE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND EXECUTE PROCESS I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO YOU HAVE THIS RARE ABILITY TO BE BOLD WHEN NEEDED.

WE DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

OK. WE ARGUE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT POLITICS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE ALL REPRESENTATIVES. I THINK YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB .

WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE GREEN SPACE INITIATIVE HAS SOME FLEXIBILITY WITHIN IT. OK, WITH THE VOTE RIGHT THERE, THAT'S IMPORTANT NOT NECESSARILY BOX OURSELVES IN. SO THE CREATIVITY IS ENORMOUS. I APPRECIATE THAT ALSO AND TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CDC AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE ON THAT. NO.

ORLANDO HAVE MORE TO COME ON THAT THE POINT IS YES. THE FOCUS ON STONEY BUT NOT LIMIT OURSELVES TO JUST ONLY BECAUSE THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE TOWN ARE ALSO IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE ALONG THE WAY. SO AGAIN WE THANK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THAT AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL WELCOME.

STANDING IN FRONT OF US SHARE AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH US AT ANYTIME.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. >> AND ONE THING I SHOULD MENTION TOO. IN ADDITION TO WOULD THE CDC OR CDC HOW DO YOU WANT TO ASCRIBE TO IT? IT ALSO GIVES AN ABILITY TO PETITION THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN REGARD TO GRANTS. I MEAN THERE'S A TREMENDOUS STORY THAT WE CAN TELL HERE AND HILTON MITCHELL THERE'LL BE ON ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT. BUT THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THAT AND I THINK WHAT'S BEEN LACKING IN THE PAST IS SORT OF A COHERENT WAY TO TELL THAT STORY ON THE ONE HAND. AND SECOND OF ALL, SOMETHING YOU CAN POINT TO TO POLICYMAKERS AND SAY IF YOU LIKE THAT STORY AND AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE TOLD THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN FACILITATE AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO I THINK IT SERVES A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND I REALLY COMMEND THE LEADERSHIP. YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWN IN PASSING THAT RESOLUTION TO CREATE THAT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT REALLY WAS A GAME CHANGER.

WELL, I DON'T SAY EXCEPT THAT OVERTIME SEVEN YOU KNOW OF COURSE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ESPECIALLY YOUR HELP COMMUNICATING ON OUR BEHALF ON THE COUNTY'S BEHALF WITH THE STATE. I DO KNOW THE PROJECTS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU AND AND THEN SOME I'M I'M I'M EXCITED TO DIG INTO THIS.

THIS NEW SOUTH CAROLINA LAW TTR CAPABILITY VERSUS JUST BUYING PROPERTY IS IS IS A GAME

CHANGER I THINK FOR THIS STATE. >> AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THE WAY THAT LEGISLATION WAS DRAFTED IT CAN BE UP TO 1 PERCENT. SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO LEVY 1 PERCENT ALTHOUGH I WOULD ARGUE THAT IS WARRANTED IF YOU WANTED TO BLEND IT AND HAVE A HALF A PENNY OR A QUARTER OF A PENNY OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE

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SENATOR, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE WHEN WE NEEDED YOU. >> IN FACT, SOMETIMES YOU SHOW UP BEFORE WE THINK WE NEED YOU. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR US ALONG THE WAY.

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU IN THE GREEN SPACE? HOW CAN WE HELP THE PROCESS?

>> WELL, I THINK I HAVE A BETTER IDEA. MAYOR, AFTER NEXT TUESDAY WHEN I MAKE THE PRESENTATION THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND I GET AN IDEA OF JUST HOW FAR DOWNSTREAM THEY ARE WITH WHAT THEY ALREADY WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW AND I'VE SINCE I SAID I THINK I COPY ALL OF AN EMAIL THAT I'D SENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THREE WEEKS AGO AS SOON AS THE LAW HAD BEEN PASSED AND SIGNED AND SIGNED MCMASTER I SENT IT TO THEM BECAUSE AND I'VE BEEN TELLING THEM ALL ALONG THAT I WAS WORKING TO GET THIS THING THROUGH.

I JUST GOT IT PASSED ON THE NEXT TO LAST DAY A SESSION. AND SO IN ANY EVENT I'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA AFTER THAT MEETING WHERE THE VOTES ARE IN THAT REGARD.

I'M GONNA MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO DO AN OPEN SPACE PENNY THAN A TRANSPORTATION PENNY. BUT FAILING THAT ARGUMENT I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP A DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE DOING A BLEND WHERE MAYBE YOU HAVE A HALF A PENNY FOR YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZING CERTAIN ROAD PROJECTS AND ANOTHER HALF PENNY FOR THE OTHER BECAUSE THERE ARE REALLY TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. SO ALL THE BETTER IDEA NEXT TUESDAY.

MR. MAYOR, I'D BE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK TO YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY SHOW THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT ON THE LIST ARE SEMI ANNUAL REPORT FROM OUR CHAIRMAN.

OUR FEARLESS CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MR. MIKE SCANLON.

HELLO, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.

A PLANNING COMMISSION LEFT THIS AFTERNOON. >> MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MR. ORLANDO FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO THANK THERESA HALEY FOR THE WORK SHE'S DONE FOR THE APPOINTED COMMISSION OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND THOUGH SHE'S MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AND ALSO FOR THE CONTINUING AND ALWAYS EXCELLENT WORK OF INSPIRING. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL QUIET ON THE PLANNING FRONT AT THIS POINT SO QUIET THAT RECENTLY WE FEEL LIKE LIFEGUARDS ARE SITTING NEXT TO AN EMPTY POOL. YEAH, NOT MUCH TO DO BUT WE'RE NOT IN OVER OUR HEADS.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET I'M SURE WE ACCEPTED THE REPORT OF DARREN SCHUMAKER WITH REGARD TO THAT TRAFFIC MONITOR AND EVALUATION STUDIES. ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE CAPITAL WILL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR PRIORITY PROJECTS THE COMMITTEE VOTED FOR DID NOTHING TO MOVE A LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS FORWARD AND THAT HAPPENS BE WITH REGARD TO THESE QUITE APPROPRIATE CODE GREEN SHELL PARK TO FOR CHILL RING PARK WITH A CONNECTION TO THE ROWING AND SAILING CENTER AT SQUIRE POPE COMMUNITY PARK AND ALSO ADD S FORCED BEACH PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND UNDER PATHWAYS ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS AND THEN MOVE DOWN THE ROAD AT THE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY INTERSECTION TO A TOP PRIORITY.

UNDER ROADS ALSO THE COMMISSION VOTED 8 TO 0 TO APPROVE AND RECOMMEND A TOWN COUNCIL PROPOSED A FISCAL YEAR. PRIORITY PROJECTS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO MOVE IN THE MAIN STREET WHIPPING CRANE WAY TO WILBURN ROAD PATHWAY PROJECT DOWN THE PATHWAYS TO PRIORITIES LISTS AND TO MOVE THE JONES RAIL ROAD PATHWAY PROJECT UP TO SECOND PLACE IN THAT CATEGORY. WE ALSO EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN QUIET WE HAVE HAD SOME STREET NAME APPLICATIONS WITH REGARD TO MANY COMMON BAILEY'S POINT TO SEVEN DIFFERENT STREETS THERE AND THE OYSTERMAN TRACE. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS CONCLUDES MY REPORTS OF COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, SIR.

AND LAST. KRISTA IS AS MR CLAWSON HERE FROM BEFORE COUNTY.

YES, SIR. THERE IS LET'S SAY BEFORE COUNTY 1 CENT SALES TAX PRESENTS AN AIR CLASS ON OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.

WELCOME. YOU WANT TO DO THAT AT THE TOM DAVIS WELL.

>> YEAH. NO. NOT ONLY DO I DO I HAVE TO FOLLOW SENATOR DAVIS BUT I'M ALSO YOUR ON THE B SQUAD FOR FOUR BEAUFORT COUNTY.

I'VE BEEN HERE A TOTAL OF ABOUT SIX WEEKS. OK, SO BEAR WITH ME.

I'VE BEEN A PART THOUGH OF OF NOT ONLY SITTING ON SOME OF THE TAC COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT BEFORE COUNTY HELD BUT ALSO A PART OF SALES TAX REFERENDUMS FOR SOME OF THE PAST

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JUST IN SOCIETY RIGHT NOW WITH GAS PRICES AND INFLATION AND WHATNOT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALSO WE'RE REALLY AT A CRITICAL PATH TO A CROSSROADS TO MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

SO REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT WHERE WE PROPOSED GOING UNTIL WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN . SO A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY SO A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY ON THE SALES TAX, THE PRIOR SALES TAX IN AND WHERE WHERE THIS WHERE THIS IS REALLY COMING FROM. NOVEMBER LAST YEAR COUNTY COUNCIL GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF A OF SALES TAX. SEEING THAT THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST ABOUT AT COMPLETING ITS ITS TOTAL TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF TAX DOLLARS WHICH WAS 120 MILLION DOLLARS. SO THAT SALES TAX EXPIRED IN TWELVE THIRTY ONE OF TWENTY ONE. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A YEAR EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED ON THE COLLECTION OF THAT TAX. SO FURTHER DISCUSSION OCCURRED IN JANUARY OF 2022 TO DISCUSS WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE SALES TAX WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE.

SO ON FEBRUARY 7TH COUNTY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED CITIZEN COMMITTEE SO THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION AS 70 MEMBER COMMITTEE.

THERE WAS ONE MEMBER FROM EACH ONE OF THE ELEVEN COUNCIL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS ONE MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE SIX MUNICIPALITIES. SO IN IN HILTON HEAD YOU'VE GOT DISTRICT 8 WHICH YOU'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS CHARLES PERRY DISTRICT 10 MORSE CAMPBELL DISTRICT 11 FRANK TORONTO AND THEN YOUR TOWN OF HILTON HEAD REPRESENTATIVE WAS P CHRISTIAN. SO AND WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR INPUT IN THEIR THEIR EXPERTISE THAT THEY GAVE TO THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE CHAIR DEAN MOSS.

SO AGAIN THEY MET METTE PRETTY TIRELESSLY TRYING TO WORK THROUGH JUST ALL THE CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO MEET NOT ONLY THE NEEDS OF HILTON HEAD BUT BUT AGAIN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO THEY WERE THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAD TASK THIS THIS TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH THREE TASK NUMBER ONE TO COME UP WITH PROJECTS TO TO PLACE ON A PROPOSED SALES TAX NUMBER TO DEFINE WHAT THAT SALES TAX AMOUNT WAS GOING TO BE.

AND THEN THREE LASTLY IS COME UP WITH WHATEVER THAT DURATION WOULD POTENTIALLY BE.

SO THE COMMITTEE MET AS I AS I MENTIONED IT WAS ON TUESDAY NIGHTS IN THE EVENING FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. MET A AT OR AT ELEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

AGAIN, THANK YOU THANK YOU TO THAT COMMITTEE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE TO TO WORK THROUGH THIS. SO THE INITIAL DISCUSSION INVOLVED JUST SOME TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DISCUSSION. WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRIOR PLANS THAT WE'VE USED SOME OF THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT HERE TO RECREATE THE WHEEL. WE'RE HERE HERE TO BUILD UPON SOME OF THOSE THOSE PLANS THAT HAVE ALREADY THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE NAMELY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE LARGEST LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ,THE IMPACT THE PROJECTS IN THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT THE TECH COMMITTEE LOOKED AT WAS JUST THE DURATION OF THE TAX. SO WHAT THEY AGAIN NOT RECREATING THE WHEEL THEY WENT BACK AND THEY LOOKED AT OTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND FOUND THAT THE PROGRAM LINKS RANGE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO TWENTY FIVE YEARS.

SO BASICALLY AFTER THAT AFTER WE MET ELEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE FUNNEL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION VISOR COMMITTEE WAS A 10 YEAR SALES TAX THAT IS PROPOSED TO BRING IN SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE SALES TAX THAT WAS DONE IN 2018. THERE'S REALLY TWO DIFFERENT PARTS SALES TAX PART OF IT IS DEFINED SPECIFIC PROJECTS. PART OF IT IS HALF OF IT GOES TOWARDS PROGRAM PROJECTS.

AND AGAIN I THINK THE OTHER KEY PIECE TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS THAT DOESN'T IN TO INCLUDE THE TOTALITY OF WHAT THIS TAX COULD MEAN AS IT COULD BE LEVERAGED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, STATE FUNDS THAT SORT THING SO WELL WELL THERE IS A THERE'S A PRETTY EXTENSIVE LIST HERE AND NOT ALL THESE ARE NECESSARILY IMPORTANT TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. I DO WANT TO RUN THROUGH THEM JUST REAL QUICK JUST SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE THAT THE TAX COMMITTEE USED AS THEY WENT

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SO THIS IS TO LOOK AT CAPACITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS BASICALLY FROM 278 TO 460 TO HIGHWAY 46 IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN, THAT PROJECT MEANS A LITTLE BIT MORE BLUFFTON.

BUT AGAIN, CAPACITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT CORRIDOR BUT ALSO BEING COGNIZANT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR PRESERVE THAT SCENIC BYWAY DESIGNATION ON THAT PARTICULAR ROUTE. THE BLUFFTON REGIONAL ROADWAY NETWORK.

SO A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE LATS IN LAX LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO AGAIN JUST THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.

SO NOW WE GET TO THE ONES THAT ARE ARE MORE SPECIFIC TO TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.

>> WE'VE GOT THE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS SO FORTY MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR ROTARY SURFACING INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PATHWAYS AS REQUESTED BY BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. SO AGAIN THERE'S YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ROAD RESURFACING EVEN IN THE WAY OF REPAVING, WE'RE ACTUALLY PAVING ONE OF HILTON HEADS DIRT ROADS THIS WEEK ON RIGHT PLACE. SO JUST SHOWS WHAT SOME OF THE SOME OF THOSE TAX DOLLARS COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR. AND THEN AGAIN, THE BIGGER PROJECT, THE HIGHWAY 278 PROJECT ENHANCEMENTS AGAIN BETWEEN WHAT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED JUST TRYING TO AGAIN COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT THAT THE CORRECT BALANCE IS SO THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF NOT ONLY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD BEAUFORT COUNTY BUT ALSO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO 40 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT ONE U.S. 21 AND BUSINESS 21 SLASH SC 281.

SO AGAIN THESE PROJECTS ARE REALLY AROUND BUT BOUNDARY STREET RIBAUT ROAD DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT. SO SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE THERE 75 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT. AND THEN THE ONGOING LADY'S ISLAND CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED 40 40 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT. SO THIS IS THE SECOND.

>> THE SECOND PIECE OF THE PIE AND THIS IS THIS IS REALLY THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO WHAT WHAT THESE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE DIFFERENT POTS OF FUNDING THAT CAN BE USED UTILIZED FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS DUTY AS THINGS ARISE. SO THERE'S THERE'S THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW OF TODAY AS FAR AS IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERNS, PEDESTRIAN NEEDS, THAT SORT OF THING THAT WE DON'T KNOW TODAY. THIS GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS BASICALLY ON AN ON CALL BASIS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS AGAIN AS WE TALK ABOUT A 10 YEAR PROGRAM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW EVERYTHING FROM DAY ONE.

SO THAT AGAIN IS 365 MILLION DOLLARS 25 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING TO MASS TRANSIT TO AGAIN ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONGESTION CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT WILL LOOK AT BOTH TRANSIT AS WELL AS FERRY ACCOMMODATIONS. FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. SO ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS, MINOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED THEIR RESILIENCY. SO AGAIN, AS WE DEAL WITH FLOODING, SEA LEVEL RISE, THAT SORT OF THING, THIS GIVES US A POT OF FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THEN DERAIL PAVING.

I THINK I'D MENTIONED THAT ONE JUST A MINUTE. THIS IS A PRIMARY NEED ESPECIALLY IN ST. HELENA AS WELL AS THERE ARE STILL A FEW DROPS HERE IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD CONTINUING ON ON THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS RESURFACING.

WE HAVE 60 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT. AND AGAIN THAT IS TO BRING UP THE PAVEMENT CONDITION OF ALL ROADS BASICALLY WITHIN THE WITHIN THE COUNTY WHETHER THEY BE COUNTY ROAD, STATE ROADS, MUNICIPAL ROADS. FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PATHWAYS AGAIN LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF ALL USERS FOR IN THE SYSTEM AGAIN CREATING THOSE PATHWAYS, THOSE SAFE SAFE. AS FOR KIDS TO GET TO SCHOOL THAT'S SAFE PASS FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN NEIGHBORHOODS TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES AND ACCESS ROADS.

AGAIN, I THINK THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE SENSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO NECESSARILY BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF EVERYTHING. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE THOUGH AND ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS FAR AS CONNECTING CONNECTING

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SO 50 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT. AND AGAIN TO TIE INTO WHAT SENATOR DAVIS HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE GREENBELT. SO WE DO HAVE A POT OF FUNDING IN HERE TO DO JUST THAT.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED EVEN AS TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS TO PRESERVE LAND AND WE CAN'T NECESSARILY BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THINGS. SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THOSE THOSE KEY AREAS WORKING WITH A RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS COULD BE BUT 60 MILLION DOLLARS FOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR POT. SO THE IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE TAC COMMITTEE WAS AND AGAIN THAT A THIS IS A.

BUT THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES WILL SHOW WHAT A IS PRETTY LONG HERE.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO BASICALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS WHAT WAS FORMED WITH THE TAC COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY WIDE TASK FORCE OR COMMITTEE THAT MEETS TALKS THROUGH THE PROJECTS ASKED FOR A MAKE A CALL FOR BUDGET CUTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AGAIN IN THE SENSE THAT WE WE ARE BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH HOW THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT, WHAT HOW THE PROJECTS ARE PROCEEDING AND AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THEN WE LOOK AT PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT EACH ONE OF THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF FUNDING THE COMMITTEE ALONG WITH COUNTY AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE WOULD HAVE FROM TOWN STAFF AS WELL COME UP WITH CRITERIA TO GRADE EACH ONE OF THESE DIFFERENT EACH ONE OF THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS. SO AGAIN THE IDEA IS WE ALREADY HAVE A SET OF PROJECTS READY TO GO IN THE HOPPER WHETHER THIS HAPPENS NOW OR IT HAPPENS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE OR SALES TAXES CONTINUED WHATEVER FUNDING MAY LOOK LIKE WE HAVE PROJECTS READY TO GO. SO BE ON THAT IS ISSUE BONDS. SO AGAIN GET THOSE BIG PROJECTS OUT OUT THERE AND ON THE STREET AND GET THEM CONSTRUCTED JUST AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

GREEN BELTS AGAIN. TALKING THROUGH THAT AND UTILIZING RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS TO PROCESS SET PRIORITIES ON WHERE THOSE WHERE THOSE LANDS SHOULD BE PURCHASED.

AND THEN AGAIN THE MASS TRANSIT PIECE WHICH IS REALLY JUST LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE THOSE CARS OFF THE ROAD SO THE PATH FORWARD AS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TAC COMMITTEE THAT TAKES THREE READINGS AS WELL AS A PUBLIC MEETING. THE FIRST READING WAS HELD ON MAY 20. THIRD IS MOVED ON TO THE TO THE SECOND READING THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ABSENT THAT DAY SO MOVED MOVED ALONG TO A SECOND PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR THIS UPCOMING MONDAY AND THE FINAL FINAL WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD THEN BE ON JUNE 27 IF THE COUNTY COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD. SO REALLY THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE IS BY WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FINAL WORD AND SENT TO THE STATE BY AUGUST 15TH FOR APPROVAL AND INCLUSION ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY THE TIMELINESS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH BASICALLY ALL THE WORK THAT THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE TAC COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS. SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. QUINN FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN HERE ONLY SIX WEEKS, YOU'VE HIT THE TRACK RUNNING. OH WELL THEY UNDERSTAND A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS HERE AND YOU

YOU HAVE GOTTEN SOME CONTROL ON THOSE ISSUES. >> NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT YET AND AND IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFICULT DECISION WHEN HE GETS TO THAT.

BUT ASSUMING THAT THE REFERENDUM IS PUT ON THE BALLOT AND THEN THE TAX IS APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS, IS IT CONTEMPLATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF BONDING AGAINST THOSE FUNDS SO THAT THE PROJECTS COULD START MOVING FORWARD QUICKLY OR IS THE PLAN

TO DO IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME? AND IF SO, HOW MUCH TIME? >> YEAH, THE BIG THE BIG PROJECTS WE ARE DEFINITELY WANTING TO BOND AGAIN TO TRY TO GET THOSE.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN I THINK WE IN THE IN THE TAC COMMITTEE MEETING THERE WAS A AND I'M GONNA I'M GONNA STEAL THE STEAL THE PHRASE WE'RE NOT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.

WE'RE UNDER THE EIGHT BALL. SO AGAIN WE'RE THERE'S THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH INFLUX HAS COME INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT AGAIN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE BIG PROJECTS OUT THERE SO THAT WE HAVE THAT IMMEDIATE BENEFIT OF THE

COMMUNITY. >> YOU HAVE REAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SENATOR DAVIS AND THE PROGRAM THAT HE'S GOTTEN THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VITAL THAT COUNTY AND THE STATE WORK TOGETHER ON THAT AND COME UP WITH A WAY TO SPLIT THAT ANY SO

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND WELCOME. THANK YOU.

I'M I THINK THE COMMITTEE DID A GREAT JOB. >> I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT ALL OF THE TIME THEY SPENT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. A PENNY TAX IN THIS AREA IS NOT

SOMETHING THAT IN FAVOR OF AND SO FOR MANY REASONS. >> SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT BUT ANYONE'S INTERESTS AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHER REASONS I'M HAPPY TO TALK LATER. THANK YOU, BILL. THANK YOU.

A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. THE IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS SALES TAX CAN GENERATE 700 MILLION IN THE QUESTION THEN THAT WOULD FOLLOW IS WHAT WHAT WILL WHAT COULD BE THE RANGE OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY ON AN APPRECIABLE BASIS GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT MATH YOU CAN START CREATING STRONGER LOGIC TO SELL THIS.

YES. AND THERE'S THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. YOU KNOW THERE THERE'S ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BECOME AVAILABLE.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY RESEARCHING RIGHT NOW TO BE PREPARED TO TO AGAIN LEVERAGE FUNDING.

THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE THAT. >> I INSTINCTIVELY REACT TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WHAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THAT 700 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN SPENT AND IN SOME WAYS I SHUDDER. SO HOW DO YOU MITIGATE THAT? HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSE STATION ON THE PART OF COUNTY COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS UP ZONING OR TO RESTRICTING ZONING IN SOME WAYS THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE CALCULUS OF NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION. TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE SLASH ZONING ARE CONNECTED AND OFTENTIMES WE SPEND MONEY BUT WE DON'T CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE

TOWARDS HOW WE USE LAND. >> YEAH AND I THINK THAT THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AND SOME OF THE WAYS WE HAVE PROPOSED RIGHT NOW WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE BASICALLY A COMMUNITY WIDE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT BASICALLY EACH EACH ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL AGENCIES MUNICIPALITIES COUNTY WOULD USE ONE OF THE SAME SET SAME TRAFFIC ENGINEERING GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND ASSESS WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE.

I MEAN I THINK BETWEEN THAT AND JUST LONG RANGE PLANNING IS REALLY WHERE WE GO THAT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, AGAIN TRYING TO PRESERVE THESE AREAS SO THAT THERE IS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE DENSE DEVELOPMENT IN THESE IN THESE UNTOUCHED AREAS I THINK IS HIS KEY TO THAT AS WELL. YOU I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. WHAT I REALLY AM DRIVING HOME THOUGH IS THAT IT BOILS DOWN TO POLITICAL DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE ALMOST ON A MONTHLY BASIS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT THIS ISN'T EVEN GOING TO SOLVE.

THANK YOU, ALEX. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'M MISQUOTING YOU SAID YOU WERE A SIX WEEK OR 10 WEEK BABY A SIX WEEKS. SIX WEEKS.

OKAY. YES. SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE

STILL IMPRESSIONABLE VERY. >> AND I'M SURE THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS MUCH LIKE US WHERE

WE RELY ON STAFF HEAVILY. >> RIGHT. BECAUSE WE CAN OPENLY ADMIT THAT Y'ALL ARE A LOT SMARTER THAN WE ARE. OK.

WE'LL PICK UP ON WHAT COUNCILMAN AMES WAS WAS GOING YOU KNOW AS WE AGE AND START TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR ARTERIES. YOU CAN GO.

YOU GET HIM ON A CLOGGED. YOU CAN PUT A STENT IN OR YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR DIET.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO FOR ME IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ANY TYPE OF REFERENDUM, THERE HAS TO BE A DRAMATIC SHIFT TO CHANGE IN OUR DIET.

YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND HAVE THIS OPEN ADDED TO THAT.

WE CAN TAKE WHOMEVER WHENEVER, WHEREVER. THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR US IN THE LOW COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY HILTON HEAD. I WOULD ALSO MENTION THAT ONE

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SOME OF US HAVE CAUSE NOW THAT WHEN YOU GET TOO CLOSE TO THE LINE IT STARTS TO VIBRATE UNDER YOUR LEG. THAT TELLS ME THAT TECHNOLOGY IS TAKING US TO ANOTHER PLACE.

SO THE WHOLE ONE PERSON PER CALL ATTITUDE WELL AT SOME POINT GO AWAY.

WE'RE NOT THINKING IN THOSE REALMS AT THE MOMENT AND WE REALLY SHOULD BE.

>> SO THE GREEN SPACE INITIATIVE I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE MORE OF A TOP PRIORITY VS. THE PAVEMENT PIECE. SO THEY SENT YOU.

THAT'S AT LEAST ONE MESSAGE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR FROM US. OK. WHEN I YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT THAT IS IT'S A BALANCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I COMPLETELY AGREE ON THE GREEN SPACE PIECE BUT I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE SOME ISSUES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME KIND OF OF WEIGH IN MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE. SO I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT THERE IS A BALANCE THERE AND AGAIN NOT ONLY UTILIZING THE GREEN SPACE BUT ALSO TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE IN THE WAY OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY SO THAT THAT'S EVOLVING AS WE SPEAK AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, UNCLE WELL I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO WEIGH IN AS COUNTS MY RIGHTS APPRECIATE BEING HERE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL HEARING A LOT THAT, YOU KNOW, ACQUIRING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, TRANSFERRING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO TO TO REALLY BALANCE BALANCE THE ISSUES ARE OBVIOUS.

WE SEE WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ARE INTERSECTIONS GOING TO SCHOOL ARE SOME BIG ONES ON OUR ISLAND. SO I APPRECIATE IN YOUR FIRST SIX WEEKS YOU'VE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU AND OBVIOUSLY THEM TO BE TRUE. SO WELCOME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY. MR. MAYOR, MISTER, IF I MIGHT DISAGREE.

I THINK WE ALSO SHOULD EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO PETER CHRISTIAN, OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS COMMITTEE WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS, KEPT US POSTED WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON AND DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST ONE QUESTION FOR ME.

WHAT IS THE COUNTY COUNCIL LOOKING FOR ON THE TOWN COUNCIL ? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOME ENDORSEMENT? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WELL, JUST AS AN EDUCATIONAL SESSION TO US. YEAH, I MEAN I GOT NOTHING BACK . I FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT THIS IS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

YOU KNOW, THERE THERE IS THE THE TIMING ON THIS IS IS YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE IF WE WERE LOOKING FOR NECESSARILY A RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE WELCOME. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND WE'RE ONLY ABOUT SIX DAYS OR SO AWAY FROM THEM MEETING AND PROBABLY ULTIMATELY DECIDING THE FATE OF THE FATE OF THIS THIS REFERENDUM.

SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE WOULD BELIEVE THAT THE THE COMMITTEE WOULD APPRECIATE SUPPORT. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT MAY IMPACT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT. YES. THANK YOU.

[9. Reports of the Members of the Town Council]

OKATIE PUBLIC COMMENT. NO. NO, SIR.

OK. BEFORE MY COMMITTEE'S THERE I HAVE A GENERAL REPORT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR. EMERY CAMPBELL RECENTLY RECEIVED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE OF HUMANITIES DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH. THE HONORARY DEGREE RECOGNIZED HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HERITAGE.

IT IS HIS THIRD HONORARY DEGREE. WE CAN BE VERY PROUD, DR.

CAMPBELL, FOR HIS MANY GOOD WORDS. HE IS A TRIBUTE TO THIS ISLAND.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR, I JUST HAD ONE.

YES, MA'AM. I'M SO IT JUST SEEMS TO ALL FIT TOGETHER AND WAS ON MY INTENDED COMMENTS ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT TO ASK OUR COUNCIL AND TOWN MANAGER AND STAFF TO BEGIN TO SET AS A PRIORITY HOW WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT ON HILTON HEAD, THE LAND ACQUISITION PIECE OF IT IS OBVIOUSLY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. SO OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT DISCUSSION BUT ALSO HOW OUR ALAMO SETS THE STANDARDS AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CODE AND APPROVAL. I THINK THAT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE WHAT IS A BETTER STANDARD OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ISLAND THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

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>> SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT A FORMAL REQUEST THAT WE SET THAT AS A PRIORITY TODAY.

JUST THE GRAND WE WILL AREA TEACHERS. >> FIRST OF ALL MADE OUR GENERAL REPORT, MR. MAYOR, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE TOWN WAS APPROACHED BY A GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUTDOOR SPEECH .

THE TOWN HAS RESPONDED. THEY'VE IMPROVED THE SITUATION AT ISLANDERS BEACH BAR.

THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING OVERLOOK THERE WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR HANDICAPPED VIEWING AND ENJOYMENT OF THE BEACH WHICH IS WONDERFUL. AND IT'S REALLY FEELS GOOD WHEN THE TOWN IS CHALLENGED BY A GROUP CITIZENS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ISSUE WHEN THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. AND YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WHAT'S MR. GLENN UP THE LAST DID NOT MEET SINCE OUR LAST MEETING SO I HAVE NO REPORT SO COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT REPORTS

THINGS LIKE HERE BUT I DO HAVE ONE STORY. >> THE TERMINAL BIDS ARE DUE JANUARY JUNE 3RD. THE APRON PROJECT IS COMPLETE. THE AIRPORT AMBASSADORS PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY THAT'S STAFFED ON THE WEEKENDS WITH LOCAL AND AIRPORT BOARD VOLUNTEERS.

IT'S FIT. ITS MISSION IS BASICALLY GREETING, GUIDING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS OF THE MANY PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE TERMINAL. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE SUMMER SCHEDULE IS LESS INTENSE THIS YEAR DUE TO THE AIRLINES PILOT CREW SHORTAGES. SO THE TERMINAL IS NOT AS CROWDED AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BILL PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING AND WILL BE COMING BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL AT OUR NEXT SESSION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BCA AND FOR THE PARKS COMMISSION AS WELL AS RIO AND

VARIOUS OTHER THE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. AMES.

ONE THING PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15TH E. BIKES

[10. Appearance by Citizens]

ARE ON THE AGENDA. >> APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS CHRISTER YES SIR.

FIRST ON OUR PARENTS BY CITIZENS SORRY IT WASN'T PREPARED IS BOB ELLIOTT SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. MY NAME IS BOB ELLIOTT AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA NURSE RETENTION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL. FACE TO FACE FOR HAVING CONFIDENCE IN OUR PROGRAM AND FOR PROVIDING SOME INITIAL FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN ALL IMPROVE HEALTH CARE FOR HILTON HEAD CITIZENS. THE NURSE SHORTAGE IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY STAFFING SHORTAGE ISSUES THAT THE ISLAND FACES. I REALIZE THAT OUR PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN ADDRESSING WORKFORCE STAFFING ISSUES SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARDS TO THE NURSES UNLIKE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT ,SIGNING BONUSES AND SO FORTH THAT ENCOURAGE AND INCENTIVIZE

WORKERS TO ACTUALLY BE EMPLOYED ON THE ISLAND. >> WE ONLY MAKE PAYMENTS IN RETURN FOR SERVICE. SO A NURSE MUST CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED ON THE ISLAND IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY SO WE SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME IF YOU WILL TO HELP THEM OVERCOME SOME OF THE OBSTACLES OR BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH WORKING ON THE ISLAND.

THERE ARE OVER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY UNFILLED ARE IN JOBS ON THE ISLAND.

AS OF THIS MORNING AND THERE IN HOSPITALS THERE AND HOME CARE THERE AND REHAB CENTERS EACH NURSE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN ON OUR PROGRAM NOW WILL CARE FOR EIGHT TO TEN THOUSAND PATIENTS PER YEAR. THAT'S EVERY NURSE.

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THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WILL ONLY BE USED TO RETAIN NURSES ON THE ISLAND WE EXPECT TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN UP TO 10 NURSES.

THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE CHOSEN. HILTON HEAD FOR EMPLOYMENT AND OVER 20 25 IN THAT RANGE OF NURSES ACROSS BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH THE FUNDING THAT

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN. >> THERE ARE NINETY FIVE NURSES I JUST GRADUATED FROM USC TCO

THAT'S OUR TARGET GROUP THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM. >> THEY'RE AWARE OF OUR PROGRAM. THEY'RE MAKING THEIR EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS AS WE SPEAK AND OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS WILL CEASE ON AUGUST 1 WILL BEGIN THE SELECTION PROCESS.

THE ONE FINAL NOTE ON A PERSONAL NOTE. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOUR SUPPORT HAS MEANT TO ME PERSONALLY AND TO OUR COMMITTEE.

IT HAS REINFORCED THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NEED THAT RESONATES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND CAN OBTAIN FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. IT'S GOOD.

THIS INDULGE ME FOR ONE MOMENT. JUST WALKS AND THOUGHT SO TRYING TO MAKE THIS RELATIVE NOT A QUESTION, DOESN'T IT? ME COME YOU GOOD. THANK YOU BOTH.

ELLIOT I TEND TO BE A JOB FOR A FEW WEEKS AGO OVER IT. ACE AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ACE HAS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THERE BUT ONE OF THEM IS A NURSING PROGRAM AND IT WAS SO EXCITING AND PROMISING TO SEE OVER A DOZEN YOUNG LADIES IN THEIR SCRUBS SO PROUD TO BE IN THAT PROGRAM IN ONE DAY THEY WERE GOING THROUGH MY MIND WAS ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, ONCE THEY GO ON TO USC WILL THEY FEEL WELCOME HERE ON HILTON HEAD?

>> OK. AND I THINK THAT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL WARM AND WELCOME. WE'RE STAYING HERE ON HILTON THIS SORT OF RETENTION PROGRAM IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRISTINE. YES, SIR.

MR. ERIC SOMERVILLE. MR. SOMERVILLE, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

JOHN, I GOT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT LATE. I SAT DOWN AND GOT IT UNCOMFORTABLE. I FORGOT HOW FAST YOU WERE IN A MEETING.

I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT. UP MUCH OF THE CLOCK EDDIE.

ANYWAY, I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BRIDGE. AND I'M HAPPY TO SEND A FULL WHITE PAPER ON SOME COMMENTS I MAKE. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO KNOW SOME MORE ITEMS SO I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLINE AND I THINK YOU HAVE A FOLDER WITH THE PAGE ONE PAGE ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR A SIMULATED TRAFFIC SIMULATION.

THAT SEEMS AWFULLY HIGH TO ME. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS COMPETITIVE BID AND I'M COVER THINGS AND A LOT OF DETAILS. THE LAST ONE I'LL BE MUCH MORE INFORMATIVE. ITEM NUMBER TWO TO POINT SEVEN FOUR MILLION DOLLARS MILLION DOLLARS MILLION VISITORS TRAVELED HERE. EACH YEAR IF YOU DO ALL THE MATH JUST TO GET ON AND OFF THE ISLAND THAT'S 15000 VISITS OVER THE BRIDGE BACK AND FORTH THAT KIND OF VISIT OFTEN. NOW THE 15TH THOUSAND VISITS BACK AND FORTH.

PAGE THREE S.D. THAT ACTUALLY MADE A STUDY OVER THE BRIDGE AND THEY SAID WE'D GET ABOUT JUST HOVERING UNDER 50000 CARS TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH EACH TIME EVENT THAT WE ALSO PUT TOLL BOOTHS OVER THE BRIDGE JUST AS WE PAID FOR THE TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE FROM PRICE

ISLAND. >> WE PAID FOR THE BRIDGE. RIBAUT PAY SOMETHING THAT'S COLLECT SOME MONEY AND I DON'T MEAN TOLL BOOTHS. I MEAN A TOLL WATCHER FROM THE TOP DOWN TO THE HARDEST POINT I THINK I BRING YOU IF I DID MY MATH RIGHT.

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IT JUST GETS YOU A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I HAVE IS IF WE SPEED UP THE TRAFFIC AND WE MAKE IT EVERY FTD OR TWO EVERY TIME I ASK IT SO WE'RE MAKING IT GO FIVE MINUTES FASTER, 10 MINUTES FASTER.

WE'RE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. PROBLEM IS ONE LANE OF 15 MILES OF TRAFFIC.

>> OUR LITTLE CIRCLE HERE, A.J. I OUT TO 78 CIRCLE IS ONLY 15 MILES LONG.

IF YOU MEASURE IT OUT FROM THE USE IN 21 OUT YOU GO OUT ABOUT THE OKATIE HOUSE THAT'S 15 MILES OF TRAFFIC WITHIN THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE THE SPACE AT 30 FOOT PER CAR AND SPACE IN BETWEEN CARS TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY CARS THAT'S ONE LANE GOING 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU COULD MANAGE TO GO AT THAT SPEED WHICH THE BRIDGE WILL TRY TO DO THAT FILLS ONE FULL LANE ON OUR ISLAND TWO LANES FILL TWO LANES ON IRELAND FOR THREE LANES WOULD EXCEED BY RAIL AND FOR EVEN WHOLE. SO BOTTOM LINE IS YOU HAVE TO PARK THEM AS FAST AS YOU GET AWAY. RIBAUT HAVE A BIG TRAFFIC JAM UNTIL NOW THAT WE CAN'T THEY CAN'T DRIVE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> THANKS VERY MUCH BILL. >> MARK THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

CHRISTIAN MR. SMITH. MR. GARY SMITH. MR. SMITH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX HILTON HEAD RESIDENTS AND CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS WHO THROUGH TODAY SIGNED THE PETITION REQUESTING THAT AN INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTING GROUP BE HIRED BY THE TOWN HILTON HEAD TO PERFORM A TRULY INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF OUR SITUATION AND PROVIDE THEIR BEST RECOMMENDATION AS TO HOW TO BEST SOLVE OUR PEAK TRAFFIC FLOW ISSUES.

I SIMPLY WANT TO LIST AS A REMINDER WHAT WE THE RESIDENTS WOULD ASK THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ELECTED BY US TO ACCOMPLISH GOING FORWARD AT THIS POINT.

OUR LIST CONSISTS OF FOUR STEPS . NUMBER ONE THE CREATION OF A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT DELINEATES THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO BE SENT TO FIVE OR MORE OF THE PREMIER TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FIRMS NATIONWIDE ASKING THEM TO BID ON THE HILTON HEAD TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTING CONTRACT FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE SITUATION AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE BEST SOLUTION TO OUR PEAK TRAFFIC FLOW PROBLEMS. NUMBER TWO THE INCLUSION IN THIS RFP OF A SPECIFIC AND DETAILED STATEMENT OF WORK WHICH COMMUNICATES ACCURATE ACCURATELY TO EACH BIDDER EXACTLY THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE OF THE CONTRACT WINNER.

I HAVE HERE TO PLACE INTO THE RECORD A DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY ALL OUR LOCAL TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL COMMUNICATE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOR THE WINNING CONSULTANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

NUMBER THREE WE ASKED THAT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE ECD OTI IMMEDIATELY SELECT A PROVIDER OF ADAPTIVE A.I. AND SATELLITE DRIVEN STATE OF THE ART TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS AND IMPLEMENT THE TECHNOLOGY STARTING AT THE BUCK WALTER TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND EXTENDING ALL THE WAY TO CALLIGNEE CIRCLE. NUMBER FOUR WE BELIEVE IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP COMPRISED OF HILTON HEAD RESIDENTS BE ESTABLISHED AND PARTICIPATE IN ALL PHASES OF THE 278 CORRIDOR PROJECT TASKS GOING FORWARD. THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUPS ARE ARE ALSO WILLING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOWN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT THE MULTIPLE PHASES OF THE WORK ENTAILED TO ACCOMPLISH EVEN JUST THE THREE STEPS DESCRIBED ABOVE REPRESENT A GARGANTUAN TASK. WE THE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON TOWN GOVERNMENT.

WE ASKED THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT REMAIN CENTRALIZED HERE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF HILTON HEAD RATHER THAN THE COUNTY. FINALLY, ON BEHALF OF THESE 80 200 PLUS TOWN RESIDENTS I WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO SENATOR TOM DAVIS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS OF THE HILTON HEAD CITIZENRY AND FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL SUPPORTER AND CHAMPION OF WHAT WE PERCEIVED TO BE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE FUTURE OF THE

ISLAND. THANK TIGER VERY MUCH. >> APPLAUSE KRISTEN.

>> YES. LASTLY, IS MR. HOAGLAND SKIP HELPING EVERYBODY? SOME PEOPLE RUN OVER. EVERYBODY GETS A RUN OVER A GUY.

I JUST KEPT GOING. DON'T DON'T PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME.

I ALL MY TIME I DON'T PUSH YOU DON'T GET TO RUB ME. GO.

I COULD DO IT A ROOM. I SAID NO. WELL, I CAN DO WHAT IRAQIS WHO WERE I WANTED THE WORLD. I'M JUST SAYING DO NOT START THE CLOCK.

PLEASE DON'T STOP. PLEASE PUT THE CLOCK BACK. I JUST ASKED.

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TALK. >> I'M GONNA GO IT'S SOMETHING LIKE COME ON IT'S PRETTY OK.

ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER IT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.

SKIP HOAGLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA WATCHDOG DOT.COM CONGRATULATIONS.

COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED MORE TAX FUNDS TO BILL MYLES AND THE CHAMBER TO CONTINUE TO ROB OUR COMMUNITY BLIND. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE WHEN MILES TOLD ALL OF HIS USE OF TAX MONEY WITH HIS SECRET SAUCE AND NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS WISE COUNSEL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE ITS LAWFUL BEHAVIOR? YES, A LAWSUIT IS FORTHCOMING.

YOU WILL ALL BE HELD LIABLE FOR KNOWINGLY ISSUING MILLIONS TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION YOU KNEW ILLEGAL. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DEPOSITIONS.

ONLY THREE OF YOU COMMENTED ON WHAT CHAMBER FUNDING SHOULD BE APPROVED AND TOTALED DISREGARD FOR THE LAW THAT WAS AMES BROWN AND LENNOX. IT WAS SO OBVIOUS PLANNED AND REHEARSED. THIS COUNCIL IS CONTROLLED LIKE PUPPETS BY THE TOWN LAWYERS JUST RUBBER STAMPED EVERYTHING. ALEX YOU VOTED YES. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS WITH NO ACCOUNTING, NO FOIL AND PROVEN ILLEGAL TAX USE? I UNDERSTAND MITCHELL BILL'S FUNDING IS IMPORTANT TO THE NATIVE GULLAH ISLAND COMMUNITY WHO I HAVE SUPPORTED FOR FORTY SEVEN YEARS. HOWEVER A MOD WARD WHO RUNS THIS PROJECT IS CORRUPTED AND UNCHECKED AND SITS ON THE CHAMBER BOARD HAND-PICKED BY BILL MILES AND ALSO ON MITCHELL BILL A BOARD IS GRIFTER CARVED IN DALLAS SALMON MONTAIGNE ASHLEY HEAD OF THE SECRET GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL WHO TOOK CROOK GLEN SANFORD'S PLACE THEN AT THE TOWN'S REQUEST DALLAS SUBMITTED A PLAN TO HELP BILL MILES AND THE TOWN AVOID MY BOY A COMPLIANCE THAT THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THIS TOWN MUST PROVIDE A ALEX. YOU SAID YOU AGREE WITH EVERYTHING DAVID AMES SAID ON VIDEO. AMES GLAD THERE ARE NO IF THERE ARE NO FRAUDULENT CHAMBER METRICS. ALEX WAS ONLY LAW AND ACCOUNTING. THE MOST SICKENING WAS SMOOTH TALKING DAVID AMES LENGTHY HEARTFELT SLURPEE SLOP SPEECH PRE DRAFTED AND SCHEME TO PRAY ON AUDIENCE EMOTIONS VERSUS OFFERING FACTS AND LAW AIMED PURPOSELY AVOIDED LEGITIMATE CRITICISM AND ALLEGATIONS

OF FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING BY MOUTHS. >> IT WAS OBVIOUS HIS INTENT WAS TO MANIPULATE THE PRESS AND COMMUNITY WITH A SPEECH HE KNEW WAS BOGUS.

AMES IS ALL HAT AND NO CATTLE. AND PREDICTABLY SHYSTER TOM LENNOX SLAUGHTERED OVER A TAX CHAIRMAN LAWYER JIM FLUKE A FLUKE OR YET ANOTHER APPOINTED CROOK LACKEY FOR TOWN COUNCIL AND BILL MILES. MY LAWYERS HAVE THE EVIDENCE THAT LENNOX AND AMES LED THE FRAUDULENT DRAFTING OF THE CHAMBER GMO CONTRACT. THEY BOTH SHOULDER

RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THIS FRAUD. >> AND THE TOWN LAWYER COLTRANE AND BLUFFTON LAWYER TERRY FINGER DRAFTED THIS ILLEGAL CHAMBER CONTRACT TO ALLOW ONGOING THEFT OF TAX MONEY WITH ZERO ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS. YES, WE ALL GOT THE MIDDLE FINGER FROM TERRY FINGER. THIS IS THE LARGEST NONPROFIT CHAMBER TAX SCAM IN SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY AND IT MUST END. SO I ASK AGAIN FOR COMPLIANCE.

MY TAX FOIL ALEX TAMARA. ARE YOU GOING TO COMPLY TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO GET THE MONEY FROM THE CHAMBER? I MEAN THE COUNTING ON OVER ALL THE MONEY WENT THE MILLIONS TO HAND TO ME AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM OF WHAT HE DID WITH OUR MONEY. ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? YES OR NO? YES OR NO? YES OR NO? HOW ABOUT YOU? HOW ABOUT YOU, MR. KARNES? YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLY. YOU PEOPLE CANNOT BE ANY MORE CROOKED AND CORRUPTED AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS COUNCIL.

[11. Consent Agenda]

OKAY. >> GO. MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

TWO ITEMS ON A CONSENT AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE THOSE TWO ITEMS, HE WILL JUST

[12a. Consideration of a Resolution of the Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Dissolving the U.S. 278 Gateway Corridor Committee]

ANY QUESTION ANYBODY TO PLEASE RAISE THE RATING? OKAY.

NEW BUSINESS. 19. WELL, WE APPOINTED THE 278 GATEWAY CORRIDOR COMMITTEE THAT WAS OUR FIRST MOVE INTO THE CORRIDOR.

THE BRIDGE THE STONEY COMMUNITY AND BRINGS US TO TODAY NOT THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN YEARS BEHIND IT IS NOW TIME TO DISSOLVE THE COMMITTEE, MOVE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR WORK WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND COMPLETING THIS PROJECT. DAVID, I CAN'T THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, TOOK A LOT OF HEAT IN THE BEGINNING FOR ONE WAY. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE

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>> DAVID? YES, SIR. THIS IS NOT JUST OK.

THERE I MEAN IT. I. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

WHEN I. ABOUT A MONTH INTO THE PROCESS I GOT A LETTER AND IT HAS PSALM ON THE FRONT OF IT. FROM THE BIBLE IN THE LETTER IT SAYS DEAR MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND TO CONSIDER THE STEWART FAMILY'S CONCERNS AS THEY RELATE TO THE 278 THRUWAY. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU BY THIS THEY MEAN THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL DO ON OUR BEHALF.

MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. SINCERELY, BELINDA STEWART YOUNG. I DIDN'T KNOW MRS. YOUNG WAS A OBVIOUSLY A STUDENT AND CAME WITH HER HER COUSINS TO THE MOST MEETINGS. BUT TO ME THAT SORT OF GAVE ME AND THE COMMITTEE I THINK HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENTIOUSNESS ON THIS THING. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND YET MOST OF THE PEOPLE HAVE BELIEVED IN THE PROCESS AND I FEEL LIKE THE PROCESS HAS BEEN A GOOD ONE.

SO I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN SETTING UP THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE WHO WORKED SO HARD AND THE STAFF WHO WORK HARDER. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE THE PUBLIC WHO CAME AND DO THIS. THE REASON I READ THE LETTER IS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIDES AND I DON'T ENVY YOUR POSITION BUT I THINK THAT WITH THE INPUTS FROM ALL THE SIDES THAT IT BROUGHT AND WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE INDEPENDENT ENGINEER THAT HAS COMPLIED ON THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING GET ANOTHER. AND THAT CAME FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE WHO WERE MITT FOR MANY UM WHO FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T DOING ENOUGH. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT THE PROJECT IS A BETTER PROJECT BECAUSE THE PROCESS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED THROUGH AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR FOR WEIGHING IN. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR

YOUR CONFIDENCE. >> I THINK ANY QUESTION FOR DAVID? WE FULLY CLOSE OUR AGENDA JUST ON THIS AGENDA AND NOTHING ELSE FOR ME JUST ON THIS AGENDA ITEM JUST ON YOUR AGENDA WRITING YES OR NO YOU SPEAK NOW MISS LOGAN .

WHAT YOU CAN SPEAK NOW. OKAY. AND HE COULD DESCRIBE TO OUR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL NOTHING. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO EXTEND MY PERSONAL THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE GROUP I SAT IN AS A SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE WATCHING AND LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE DISCUSSIONS AND THEY WERE THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE OF THE PROCESS.

>> THE GOALS, THE PRINCIPLES THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND I KNOW YOU LET YOUR HEART AND SOULS IN

IT. >> THANK YOU AND YOUR MOTION FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE

COUNCIL OF THE COMMITTEE. >> SO MOVED BACK TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COUNCIL

[13. Executive Session]

>> BEFORE WE GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION I'D LIKE COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC BUDGET ON THE BUDGET. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY MISUNDERSTANDING WE HAD BEFORE YOU DO ANY COMMENT ON THE BUDGET, MR. HOGAN. THANK VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR WELCOME. OK.

SKIP HOAGLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA SC WATCHDOG DOT COM. THE ADOPTION OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD CANNOT BE APPROVED NOR SHOULD HAVE THE FRAUDULENT TOWN AUDIT BEEN APPROVED BY GREEN FARM UNTIL OUR CORP CORRUPTED CROOKED TOWN OFFICIALS UNDERGO A FORENSIC

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THEN INSIDE THEY INCLUDE CROOKS TOWN MANAGER MARK ORLANDO INSIDER FROM BLUFFTON, LAWYER JOSH GRUBER, INSIDER FROM BEAUFORT AND LAWYER CURT CURTIS CALLED FRIEND INSIDE LAWYER WHO DRAFTED A FRAUDULENT CONTRACT WITH LAWYER TERRY FINGER TO FUND MILLIONS TO THE HILTON HEAD BLUFFTON CHAMBER WOULD NO ACCOUNTING REQUIRED? YES, WE ALL GOT THE MIDDLE FINGER. LASTLY CONTROLLER CPA JOHN TROYER ONCE FORENSICALLY AUDITED WILL REVEAL CRIMES SUCH AS EMBEZZLEMENT, PAYOFFS, LAUNDERING, FACILITATING ILLEGAL FUNDING WITH OTHER INSIDER STEVE RILEY, THE PAST 30 YEAR TOWN MANAGER AND MARK ORLANDO ONCE THIS FORENSIC AUDIT IS COMPLETE, I PREDICT WILL BE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED BASED ON THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND INFORMATION ALREADY PROVIDED BY SC WATCHDOG AECOM. PLEASE KNOW AN INTERESTING FACT NEVER IN THE 300 YEAR HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA OR THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. WHEN FORENSIC AUDITS WERE FORCED ESCAPE THEY NEVER DID NOT ESCAPE WRONGDOING AND WASTE BEING DISCOVERED AND MUCH OF THE TIME PRISON WAS A RESULT. I'M CALLING FOR FORENSIC AUDITS IN COUNTY SINCE SO MUCH ILLEGAL CRIMINAL TAX USE HAS ALREADY BEEN CAUGHT AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE FACTUALLY DISHONEST, CROOKED AND CORRUPTED. I'M CALLING FOR FORENSIC AUDITS ON ALL THOSE WHO RECEIVE AND CONTROL MILLIONS OF TAX FUNDS ISSUED BY SOUTH CAROLINA TREASURY TO CLEAN THE SLATE.

IDENTIFY CRIMES IN THE FUTURE. MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR EVERY BEAUFORT COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTION TO UNDERGO FORENSIC AUDITS EVERY THREE YEARS.

IT'S A KNOWN FACT HIRE COOKIE CUTTER FINANCIAL AUDITS ONLY SHOW THE NUMBERS INSIDERS WANT YOU TO SEE. AND BY DESIGN TO HIDE CRIMES ONLY FORENSIC AUDITS IDENTIFY CRIMES AND WASTE. THAT'S A FACT. I'M CURRENTLY CALLING FOR FORENSIC AUDITS ON THE FOLLOWING TO BEGIN ALL TOWN AND COUNTY MANAGERS THEIR CPA CPD AND THEIR LAWYERS WHO HAVE BEEN PROVEN IN COURT WITH EXCESSIVELY BILLING US FOR

LEGAL FEES. >> COLTRANE AND HIS PREDECESSOR ALFORD.

WE'VE GOT AN ARTICLE ON THAT. WE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION ON HIS ROBBERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CPA AND THE OFFICIALS ALL TAX FUNDED NON-PROFITS AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE SEABEES AND HIRED DEMOS AND THEN ALL OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO FOLLOW. WE PROOF THAT THEY'RE ILLEGALLY BEING ISSUED MONEY BY ALL OF YOU AND ILLEGALLY USING MONEY FOLKS.

TENS OF MILLIONS OF HARD EARNED TAX PAYERS MONEY. THE LAST 40 YEARS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS DISAPPEARED WITH ZERO OVERSIGHT, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OR REAL AUDITS. GENERAL LOOKING OVER LOSING ONE'S HEAD.

JUST LET ME RUN OVER A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU DO OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIKE YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT RESPECT. IT'S TIME TO CLEAN UP IT.

IT'S TIME TO CLEAN UP. NOT THE BEAUTIFUL SWAMP WHERE NICE CREATURES LIVE BUT THE CESSPOOL OF INCESTUOUS BATON PASSING BACKSLAPPING BACKROOM DEAL IN LYON STEALING INCOMPETENT CORRUPTION WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR 50 YEARS AS I'VE LIVED HERE. THIS HAS GOT TO END. WE LOOK TO YOU PEOPLE TO FOLLOW YOU AND ABIDE BY YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES. WE PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR Y'ALL TO BE HONEST AND TO MAKE PEOPLE ABIDE BY THE LAWS. WHY CAN'T YOU DO IT? YOU'LL BE SO PROUD YOURSELVES AND RIBAUT BE SO PROUD OF . YOU'LL GET REELECTED.

EVERYBODY BE. WHY CAN'T YOU BE HONEST THERE ANY OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE

PUBLIC ON THE BUDGET? >> ANYONE ELSE? >> I JUST LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION WHY ARE WE NOT AUDITING EVERYTHING IN EVERYONE ? THAT'S ONE MY QUESTIONS. CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? AND COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR

NAME AND LOCATION FOR THE RECORD? >> YEAH.

LYNN GREELEY. >> I LIVE IN HILTON HEAD AND THEN MY OTHER ONE IS OH I FORGET MY OTHER ONE COMMENT. WHAT'S A YOU CAN COMMIT? OKAY.

OKAY. HAVING HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO MAKE SURE ALL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. GET BACK TO THE PERCENTAGE AND YOU CAN ASK FOR IT. THE MOTION WAS CLAIMED TO IMPROVE.

>> THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED IN MOTION.

SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THE SECOND. NOW DO ANY QUESTION MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW WE'RE GETTING BACK. MR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT

ON THE TO SAY THE RIGHT SIR. >> RESPECTFULLY ASK BACK OVER A LITTLE BIT ON THIS BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK. I TALK TO CRYSTAL. I RESPECTFULLY YES.

BEFORE YOU START MY TIME THAT I WANT TO SUBMIT FIVE STUDIES I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU ALL.

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WE OKAY. I'M TRYING TO HELP AND I'LL GET HER TO MAKE COPIES OF THIS STUDY THAT I'VE THAT I'VE HIRED SOMEBODY TO PUT TOGETHER FOR ME AND I'LL PAY THE COPY CAUSE I HAVE NO PROBLEM. SO JUST LET ME READ WHAT'S IN THERE THIS STUDY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT EVERYBODY HEARS THIS MAN IS ON VIDEO JEKYLL ISLAND MASTERPLAN SOUTH CAROLINA MASTERPLAN COMMUNITIES SHORT ON WORKERS RESORT COUNTIES STOP MARKETING TO TOURISTS UNSUSTAINABLE TOURISM CARRYING CAPACITY SMALL TOWN AMERICA FACING BIG CITY PROBLEMS AND WHY TOURIST RUIN THE VERY PLACES THAT THEY VISIT WITH TRAFFIC AND OVERCAPACITY AND TRAFFIC. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO CRYSTAL AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH APPRECIATOR OF YOUR TOWN EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING AND FEED THEIR FAMILIES .

>> WE DON'T NEED A REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OR A CHARACTER VISIONING.

WE NEED AN ENTIRE ISLAND MASTER LAND PLAN WE HAVE NEVER DEVELOPED.

THANK YOU, MR. HARKINS FOR THAT. I HAVE LIVED ON HILL NEVER FORTY SEVEN YEARS AND I'M SORRY SOUTH CAROLINA DEONTE AND THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE AND OUR ENTIRE ISLAND COMMUNITY IS ENDED UP IN THIS UNBEARABLE TRAFFIC SITUATION FOR ALL RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEIR WORKERS. IT HAS IN FACT CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS, LIFE THREATENING SITUATION WHEN THE HARBOR RESIDENTS AND NATIVE ISLAND ISLANDERS LIVING ON 17 CHARLES FRAZIER'S VISION FOR LOW DENSITY HIGH RESORT RETIREMENT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DESTROYED AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE NO REAL GOOD SOLUTIONS NOR HAVE I EVER HEARD OF ANY. FACT IS WE HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THIS SITUATION BY OUR 30 YEAR TOWN MANAGER STEVE RILEY AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD POLITICIANS PAST MAYORS CONFLICTED WHO WERE BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, LAWYERS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS WITH HORSES IN THE RACE WE HAVE NEVER CREATE THE MASTER LAND PLAN PAST HOW MANAGER STEVE RALEIGH ASSEMBLED THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE THE HEAT OFF OF HIM FOR HIS FAILED LEADERSHIP AND NO MASTER LAND PLAN. GATED COMMUNITIES HAVE MASTER PLANNED PLANS BUT NOT HARDY VILLE, BLUFFTON BEAUFORT AND THEY'RE ALL HEADING THE SAME WAY AS HILTON HEAD LAND PLAN WAS NEEDED 30 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD TWO POUNDS AND A FIVE POUND BAG NOT WAITING TO WE HAVE SIX POUNDS IN A FIVE POUND BAG AND WE'RE HEADING TO TEN POUNDS IN FIVE POUND BAG WE CAN'T FIX WHERE WE ARE ONLY A FORCE OFFICIALS LIKE Y'ALL TO DO A MASTER LAM PLAN NOW TO STOP TEN POUNDS IN A FIVE POUND BAG. HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE STAND? FOLKS WE HAVE ONE BRIDGE ONE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO NINETY FIVE AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN HANDED THIS OVERFLOWING BAG CAUSED BY STEVE RILEY LISA SILKE AND OTHERS. UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NO GOOD FIX. FIRING STEVE RILEY IS SOMETHING THAT CALL FOR MANY YEARS AGO NOW WE END UP WITH ANOTHER INSIDER AND I'M SORRY MARK CROOKED FROM BLUFFTON, MARK ORLANDO AND LAWYER GRUBER FROM BEAUFORT IS JUST BOTTOM PASSING.

WE NEEDED OUTSIDE PEOPLE NEW BLOOD. >> MY IDEA TO STOP THE INSANITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IF WE FORCE OF MASTER LAM PLAN NOW SO WE PREVENT THE TEN POUNDS IN A FIVE POUND BAG WE HAVE SIMPLY ALLOWED OVERDEVELOPMENT TOO MANY TIME SHARES, CONDOS, TOURISTS FOR THE CAPACITY OF ONE ROAD AND ONE BRIDGE TO

NINETY FIVE. >> WE CAN'T FIX THIS IS A DARN SHAME BUT MANY OF US HAVE MOVED HERE. FORTY YEARS AGO WE DID NOT SIGN UP FOR MYRTLE BEACH OR CHARLESTON. PLEASE LET ME FINISH AND I'LL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY NO MASTER LAM PLAN HAS CAUSED A RIPPLE EFFECT ALL THE WAY 95 IT'S HARMING WORKERS, RESIDENTS, TOURIST NEGATIVELY. IF THIS DOESN'T STOP BUSINESSES WILL KEEP CLOSING.

WORKERS WILL LOOK FOR JOBS OFF ISLAND, TOURISTS WILL LEAVE AND RESIDENTS WILL MOVE AWAY.

LASTLY, THIS IS A BIG THING FOR ME. I'M A FISHERMAN.

I'M A HUNTER. I'M AN OUTDOORSMAN. THAT'S WHY I MOVED HERE 47 YEARS AGO. LASTLY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE OVERFLOWING FIVE POUND BAG HAS CAUSED SEVERE POLLUTION TO OUR ENVIRONMENT LIKE THE MAY RIVER BROAD CREEK ESTUARIES WHERE WE OYSTERS AND SHRIMPING AND ALL THE THINGS WE DID.

ALEX AND HIS FAMILY GOING BACK. IT TOOK MILLIONS OF YEARS TO CREATE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

WE HAVE DESTROYED I'VE WITNESSED IT. I KNOW IT FOR A FACT BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IT. WE HAVE DESTROYED IT IN 30 YEARS AND THERE'S NO TURNING BACK AND IT'S A SHAME. IT'S LIKE A SLOW GROWING CANCER.

YOU KNOW THAT I CAN GO TO THE DOCTOR TODAY. HE IS A SKIP.

YOU GOT CANCER ON YOUR HAND. HE SAID IT'S NOT GOING TO KILL YOU TODAY BUT IF YOU DON'T REMOVE IT, IT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY KILL YOU. THIS IS WHERE WE'VE ENDED UP.

SO I ASK YOU ALL. BILL, YOU'RE THE ONE WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THAT I WENT BOTH BILL, YOU SAID IT. WE'VE NEVER HAD A MASTER LAND PLAN AND IT'S JUST CRIMINAL THAT WE HAVE NOT CONTROLLED. WE'RE UNHEARD OF . UP AGAINST I BEG Y'ALL FOR

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Y'ALL GETTING CAUGHT TRAFFIC JUST LIKE WE DO. YOU KNOW, WE JUST CRAPPED IN OUR BACK BACKYARD AND WE NEED TO TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO CLEAN IT UP.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTRA TIME. APPRECIATE IT VERY LITTLE. GOOD INFORMATION, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING PLAN. >> OK, FOURTH COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

HE WENT TO YOU? >> YES, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY. THERE ARE THREE MOTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST MOTION IS TO MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SECOND DISCUSSION AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

GOSH, MY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL CALL THE ROLL.

LET'S JUST CLARIFY I GUESS YOU CAN BET THAT THIS IS CREATING THE COMMITTEE, NOT ASSIGNING MEMBERSHIP TO THE COMMITTEE. CORRECT. OR CREATING THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE THE STRUCTURE. IT IS NOT YET POPULATED WITH PEOPLE WHO.

YES, SIR. MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. HARKINS. YES, MR. AMES? YES, MRS. BECKER. YES. MR. STANFORD? YES. MAYOR MCCANN? YES.

MOTION CARRIES 6 0 7. >> MR. MAYOR. THE SECOND RESOLUTION I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTHPORT SHELTER COVE OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC. AND THE COMPLETION OF THE

TRANSACTION DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT. >> THAT'S NEWPORT, ISN'T IT? NEWPORT THAT I SENT YOU? YEAH, I'M STARTING WITH A CORRECTION NEWPORT I'M SECOND HE'S GOT MY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE COMMUNITY. MR. CRYSTAL COOL ROLL MR. BROWN SUPPORT MR. HARKINS. YES. MR. AMES.

YES. MRS. BECKER. YES, MR. SANFORD.

YES. MAYOR MCCANN. YES.

MOTION CARRIES, SIR. THANK YOU. IN THE LAST FINAL MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVENIENCE OF ZERO POINT ZERO FOR ACRES OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO THE NEWPORT SHELTER COVE OWNERS ASSOCIATE SECOND DISCUSSION AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND A COMMUNITY CRITICAL ROLE. MR. BROWN THE BOARD MR. AMES. YES, MR. HARKINS.

YES. MRS. BECKER. YES.

MR. SANFORD. YES. MAYOR MCCANN.

YES. MOTION CARRIES, SIR. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE EMOTIONS VIA WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO ENJOIN BEFORE THAT AND I APOLOGIZE

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