Aug 09, 2022 Bluffton Town Council

[I. Call to Order]

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RELY WE'RE HERE FOR OUR REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST. >> IT'S AUGUST 9TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO WE HAVE ALL COUNCIL SECTION OF NEAR KHARTOUM SO THANK YOU ALL AND GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE IF WE CAN'T STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOW ANY INDICATION I PLEDGE TO READERS OF DINNER OH GOOD SALES GUY LIBERAL JUSTICE FOR HELP FROM THE WORD CHOICE PRAY WITH ME I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST SAY LOTS OF PEOPLE CARRY HEAVY BURDENS IN THIS

WORLD AND SOME OF THE FOLKS IN BLUFFTON ARE NO EXCEPTION. >> I'M JUST TRYING TO GET BY PUT GAS IN THE TANK, FEED THE CHILDREN, TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES.

I ASK WE DON'T LEAVE SIDE OF THAT EVER. IT'S A LOVING TOWN.

IT'S A LOVING COMMUNITY AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE BRICKS PILED UP TO HIGH, TAKE A BREATH, GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, ENJOY THE PARKS AND THE RIVER AND THE THINGS WE HAVE HERE TO AVAIL US OF GOD'S NATURE AND LIFT OUR SPIRITS AND THAT I ASK IN JESUS NAME AMEN PRAYER.

[IV. Adoption of the Agenda]

>> WE HAVE AN AGENDA ADOPTION AGENDA ITEM MET THIS YEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA

[V. Executive Session]

ALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING I I SUPPOSE THAT'S YOUR NAME WAS THE UNANIMOUS OUT AND IF THERE'S ANY ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION THEN.

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AND WE ARE NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR COUNCIL

[VII. Adoption of the Minutes]

NEXT IS THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES . THESE ARE MINUTES FROM JULY 12TH IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES ARE THERE CHANGES ARE ADDED. IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA? I MEAN THE MEETING MINUTES TO YOU LOST WELL 20 SOME OF HERE

[VIII. Presentations, Celebrations and Recognitions]

NEXT IS PRESENTATION CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS AND WE START OFF WITH INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND RECOGNITION OF PROMOTIONS. MR. STEVE AMY'S COMING HOME.

DEPARTMENT HEADS INTERVIEWS. OKAY. ANNIE CONTRIBUTE.

CHRIS, YOU'RE UP. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GO FIRST WITH MY STAFF. FIRST WE HAVE SHANNON MILROY. SHE'S OUR NEW BUDGET PROCUREMENT ANALYST. SHE IS THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR YOU FOR COUNTY FORMER PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR IN WEST VIRGINIA AND SHE WANTS THE UNIVERSITY WEST VIRGINIA.

>> SO WELCOME, JEN. WELCOME. THANK YOU.

HANNAH WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED FROM A CONTRACT WRITER. SHE IS NOW A TREASURY COORDINATOR UP FRONT DESK AND SHE'S ALSO BEEN AN INTERN WITH THE TOWN IN THE PAST.

SO HELP HANNAH AND HER PROMOTION. WELCOME.

WE HAVE KIM CROCHET FROM DRC. >> SHE'S OUR NEW INNOVATION MANAGER.

SHE. HER POSITION IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND SHE'S STARTED A BUSINESS IN ST. KITTS CALLED BABY ON THE GOGO AND SHE'S LEVERAGING THOSE SKILLS TO HELP MENTOR SMALL BUSINESSES. CARLA AND THEN POLICE ARE RAISING REASON INHERITED TO

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SO PERHAPS WELCOME TO VOLUNTEER CHRISTINE SKIP. IT HAS BEEN H.R. FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL AND SHE WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER.

>> SO CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTINE. SHE PRIMARILY SUPPORTS THE PTA.

WELCOME AGAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS. NOT A WELCOME.

CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED. THOSE ARE ALL MY EARS.

THANK YOU. FROM THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WE HAVE MARY SUE MCINTYRE. SHE JUST STARTED WITH US TWO WEEKS AGO AND A HALF AGO ONE

WEEK AGO. >> SHE IS OUR PART TIME RECEPTIONIST.

SHE REPORTS TO LIZ UP FRONT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SHE'S CURRENTLY ALSO A SERVER DOCKSIDE ON THE ISLAND. SO YOU GOT TO HAVE HER HERE. THANK YOU.

WELCOME. >> I ALSO HAVE MARC TAKIS. HE IS OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR TOO. YOU'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WITH US FOR HOW LONG NOW? SINCE FEBRUARY. OK, IT SEEMS LONGER THAN THAT. SO HE REPORTS TO MARCUS, ONE OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS I WAS A TRADER OPERATOR AT ROBERTSON'S READY MIX IN CALIFORNIA. CORRECT. SO BIG MOVE.

I'M GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT. ALSO THIS EVENING WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FOR THE PROJECTS WATERSHED RESILIENCE DEPARTMENT.

MR. SAM CROTTY WHO'S IN THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIVISION IS A STORMWATER TECHNICIAN REPORTING TO BILL BOWER AND COMES TO US FROM PENNSYLVANIA WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOLOGY FROM THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

WE ALSO HAVE MISS CHRISTINA HURD WHO'S IN THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIVISION ALSO FOR REPORTING TO BILL. AND SHE'S OUR STORMWATER COORDINATOR AND FIELD ASSISTANT COMING TO US WITH A B.S. FROM USC B AND GRAPHIC DESIGN CERTIFICATION FROM SCAD.

WE ALSO HAVE A PROMOTION AND TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANDREA MARINA WAS PROMOTED TO MS FOR PROGRAM MANAGER IN JUNE OF THIS LAST YEAR AND SHE JUST CELEBRATED HER SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH US OVER THIS WEEK. SHE ALSO COULD BE A POLICE ON THE THRESHOLD OF MISERY. VERY GOOD. ARE VERY SHE'S VERY GOOD AT WHAT SHE DOES. YES, SHE. AND THEN IN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIVISION WE HAVE MISS MEG JAMES WHO'S REPORTING TO PAT ROONEY AS IP ADMINISTRATOR AND MEG COMES TO WORK WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AN OFFICE MANAGEMENT FROM THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LITTLE COUNTRY. ALSO GREAT FACE.

WE HAVE MS. CONSTANCE CLARKSON WHO WAS PROMOTED TO PROJECT MANAGER IN A YEAR AND SHE'S DOING SIMILAR WORK AS WELL. MAVEN GRANTS REGULAR.

I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE HERE AND I KNOW AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT PEOPLE LEAVE BUT I'M GONNA ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WISH YOU THE BEST.

TOMMY, THIS IS HIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING HERE IN I HOPE YOU WILL SEND US YOUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE I HAVE TO SEND YOU E-MAILS TO SEE IF THERE IS PHISHING OR WE CAN OPEN IT.

BUT YOU HAVE BEEN A TRUE DELIGHT AND WE ARE REALLY, REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME. THANK YOU, MAN. APPRECIATE AND ENJOY MY SEVEN PLUS YEARS. WE HAVE TWO PROMOTIONS IN I.T. .

FIRST UP IS JOANIE. VERY COOL. SHE IS NOW OUR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR. SHE'LL BE MANAGING ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE FOR THE TOWN AND SHE'S BEEN HERE SINCE DECEMBER 2016. SO ALMOST SIX YEARS. NEXT UP IS BOB CHARLES.

>> HE IS NOW OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST.

HE'S BEEN HERE SINCE JUNE OF 2018. HE MANAGES ALL THE POLICE EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE. ALTHOUGH THE PHONE ON THE PDA HE'S CLEANING THAT OFFICE TO

OUR SITE THE OTHER DAY. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE.

BUT GOOD EQUIPMENT YOU'LL NEED ALL KIND OF CORDS SHOW AND SEE HOW HE'S GOT A MILLION OF BUT

YOUR CAMERAS APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. SEE YOU AT YOUR DOOR LIKE THANK YOU. HEY, MR. DEREK. VERY NICE.

I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE ANTONIO ROBINSON WHO'S THE NEW HIRE YOU.

BUT HE HAD A CONFLICT TODAY WITH HIS FAMILY SO HE COULDN'T BE HERE.

BUT HE COMES FROM US FROM CSA FOR NINE AS A CREW LEADER AND HE'S BEEN HERE ABOUT A MONTH.

SO SEEMS VERY HAPPY HERE. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING YOUR CITY OF OURS. SHE CAN BE HERE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL.

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SHE REPORTS TO DEBBIE AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT.

SHE IS A DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. SHE STARTED IN FEBRUARY I BELIEVE MAYBE MARCH. SHE COMES TO US FROM LOW COUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY YOUTH. SHE WAS A GRANT PROJECT COORDINATOR AND SHE HAS HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM USC AND SHE HAS A GRAPHIC DESIGN CERTIFICATE FROM.

WOW. SO SHE CAN BE HERE BUT WE ARE REALLY GOING TO AND HER SERVICES OK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. FIRST WE HAVE LISA FREEHILLS WHO WORKS FOR A COURSE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS AN EVIDENCE RECORDS ADMINISTRATOR.

SHE REPORTS TO J.C. RUIZ AND SHE HER PRIOR EMPLOYMENT WAS MEDICAL RECORDS SPECIALIST AND AUDITOR WITH THE OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER OF HILTON HEAD. SO SHE WORKS UP FRONT.

SO WHEN YOU ALL COME UP FRONT YOU'LL BE SEEING MISS LISA. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THIS IS ALEX LAMM. HE IS POLICE OFFICER ONE HE REPORTS CURRENTLY TO SERGEANT MICHAEL DIETZ. HE IS STILL IN T.O. PHASE PRIOR EMPLOYMENT WAS WELFARE GOLF CLUB IN BLUFFTON AND HE HAS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM APPELLATION STATE UNIVERSITY. NICE TO SEE YOU.

WELCOME. THANK DUBSTEP. THIS IS STEPHANIE PASS.

WELL, SHE'S COMING TO US AS POLICE OFFICER ONE. SHE HAS NOT MADE IT TO THE ACADEMY YET. WE'RE STILL WAITING ACADEMY DATE SO SHE'S STUDYING HARD WITH HER PREQUEL AND SHE REPORTS TO MICHAEL D AND PRIOR EMPLOYMENT WAS A CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT WITH ENCOMPASS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL.

SHE HAS A BACHELOR SCIENCE IN EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.

HE'S ABOUT TO GET MARRIED. >> YES, SIR, I AM OCTOBER 1ST. CONGRATS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVEN'T MANY PROMOTIONS AS YOU ALL KNOW.

AND SO OUR FIRST IS GOING TO BE PROMOTION TO POTUS AND THAT POLICE OFFICER TOO.

SO THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN WITH US AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAS GRADUATED TO THE SECOND LEVEL POLICE OFFICER AND THIS OFFICER FRANKLIN. SO HE'S OUR NEW ON.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT WE HAVE OUR CORPORAL PROMOTIONS.

GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP, FOLKS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CORPORATE PROMOTIONS.

WE HAVE CORPORAL AKIL BROWN PURPLE AMANDA FELL FOR BOTH DAN MARCIANO, CORPORAL JAMES PERKINS AND CORPORAL DAN RICKERT TWO PRIVATES ARE ACTIVE BELIEVE NEXT WE HAVE OUR

SERGEANTS. >> THIS IS HE WAS PROMOTED SERGEANT ADAM KNOTTS AND WE HAVE THE DEBT FROM HERE, SERGEANT. SO YOU'LL SEE THEM OUT IN THE FIELD. THEY'RE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED A PATROL RIGHT NOW.

SO THANK YOU. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THEM BOTH WORKED REALLY HARD.

CONGRATULATIONS. YES. YOU KNOW AND WE HAVE A FAMILIAR FACE HERE AS I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW. BRING ON TONY AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTEN PROMOTED AND HE IS OUT ON PATROL WITH US AS WELL. SO AT DEFAZIO HERE GOT PROMOTED TO WITHIN IT. SO LIEUTENANT JOHN TO DIVYA I KNOW HE'S STILL GOING TO HANG IN OLD TOWN ALREADY TOLD HIM HE CAN'T LEAVE, CAN'T LEAVE ANYWHERE IN TOWN.

>> SO IS THAT ALL LET ME AGAIN. IS IT FAIR SERGEANT CARAFE, WHILE WE HAVE SERGEANT CARAFANO AND OFFICER MOORE. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NEW TOWN PATROL IN THE ORIGINAL SQUARE MILE. BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOU, SERGEANT CORMIER APPEAR TO

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IT WASN'T EVEN IN BLUFFTON. THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S HELICOPTER WAS FLYING ABOVE AND HE GOT OUT AND HE HEARD THE CALL AND HE WAS ABLE TO RESCUE THE DOG AND THE MAN ON HIS DAY OFF. AND THAT IS A TRUE CULTURE. REST OF THE DAY YOU LIVE EMBRACE THE CULTURE OF THAT AND I HEARD AT THE CEREMONY HE ACTUALLY ALMOST PASSED AGAIN AND THERE YOU WERE. I THINK YOU PROBABLY SHOULD JUST MOVE IN, AREN'T YOU?

>> BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT THIS PAST WEEK.

AND I JUST THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND WE'RE CELEBRATING AND YOU'RE A REAL MENTOR FOR PEOPLE LIKE OFFICER MOORE WHO JUST STARTED THE FORCE AND THANK YOU . SO AS AS YOU'RE HEARING TOWN HALL FOR OFFICER MOORE, IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU WALKING AROUND. YOU'RE PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH THE KIDS AND YOU ARE YOU ARE A KID IN A BUT THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO JUST GETTING THAT CONNECTION WITH OUR YOUTH. SO NEXT IS FCB SAM SHARP PROCLAMATION AND IS WHO IS HERE AND BROUGHT DOWN OUR BANNERS ARE DEREK HARVEY SCOTT, YOU'RE NEW YORK, YOUR OLD WEAR MANY HATS IS HERE SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO TAKE THIS WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT IS FULLY ACCREDITED COMPREHENSIVE LAW SECONDARY INSTITUTION WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY SOUTH CAROLINA SYSTEM USC PROVIDES SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION 19 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS AND TWO GRADUATE DEGREES TO FULFILL ITS MISSION TO RESPOND TO REGIONAL NEEDS, DRAW UPON REGIONAL STRENGTHS AND PREPARE GRADUATES TO CONTRIBUTE LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. USC HAS PRIMARY REGIONAL RESOURCE FOR EXCEPTIONALLY SKILLED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TEACHERS, HOSPITALITY MANAGERS, SCIENCE BASED RESEARCHERS AND COMPUTATIONAL TROUBLE TROUBLE SHOOTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY USA HAS A REPUTATION FOR INSTITUTE PROMINENCE AS A REGIONAL PROBLEM SOLVER CAPITALIST FOR PROGRESS AND AN ENGINE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH.

WHEREAS REPORTS SOUND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN BEAUFORT COUNTY INDICATE THAT A THOUSAND SIXTY SIX JOBS WE HEARD SOMEBODY COUPLE 50 MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL MEDIAN SALARY INCOME ONE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO POINT FOUR MILLION IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT AND ONE POINT SIX MILLION IN NET GOVERNMENT REVENUE ARE TREATED ATTRIBUTABLE TO US EACH YEAR. THANK YOU SENATOR DAVIS FOR PROVIDING PARITY WITH THIS SCHOOL. YES, WITH THIS WEEK. YES.

TWENTY TWO THOUSAND THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED STUDENTS THEIR PARENTS, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO CAMPUSES IN BLUFFTON BEFORE AND NOW HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND TWO ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND PARTY STARTED TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY TWENTY THREE ATHLETIC YEAR.

SO WE MYSELF FROM ALL ACCOUNTS ALL THE BIG AUGUST 17TH TO THE 24TH AND U.S. SAM SHARK, WELCOME TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW SOME DO THE VIDEO SOCIAL MEDIA THAT MACHINE OUT THERE DURING OUR I JUST WANT TO STUDENTS WHERE THEY COME BACK THEY SPEAK THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THERE ARE JUST HOW.

HEY, SENATOR DAVIS, I TELL YOU A LOT SOONER THAN WHERE WE ARE BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN BLUFFTON. SENATOR DAVIS IS HERE. HE'S BEEN AROUND THE COUNTY AND HILTON HEAD AND E-MAILED ME ON A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE. SO I CALLED HIM OUT AND SAID YOU NEED TO COME SEE THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU LIVE NOW.

WELL, SOON WE'LL BE A NICE LOT ON THE CORNER OF ALL JOY AND CRYSTAL BEACH.

SO REALLY EXCITING IN THERE. SO I CAN APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL AND. BEFORE I DO TALK ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE, I DO WANT TO TALK

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SO IT'S REALLY A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR USC. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THE SCREENS SPACE PROGRAM THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL GAVE THIRD AND FINAL READING TO LAST NIGHT. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS THIS THEY'LL BE ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER, A REFERENDUM WHERE THE VOTERS WILL BE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT A PENNY SALES TAX FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS OR TO RAISE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST IT'S PROJECTED THAT A TWO YEAR PENNY SALES TAX WILL COLLECT ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. SO THE TWO MAY BE RELATIVELY THE SAME BUT BUT THOSE THAT'S THE PARAMETERS OF THIS. AND THE REASON THAT I THINK IT'S AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IS THAT UNLIKE PRIOR INITIATIVES, THESE PROCEEDS ARE THE REVENUES GENERATED WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR 100 MILLION DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY AND THEN AMORTIZE THOSE BONDS WITH THE SALES TAXES AS THEY'RE COLLECTED AND THEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL WITH WHATEVER PROCESSES IT PUTS IN PLACE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE RURAL CRITICAL LANDS, WHETHER IT'S CO-SPONSORED CONSERVATION LEAGUE CAN IDENTIFY TRACTS OF LAND TO SET ASIDE FOR GREEN SPACE BUT ALSO ALLOWS TO PURCHASE UP DENSITIES BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW AND A LOT OF INSTANCES WE'VE ALREADY THROUGH BUDS OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS OR EVEN BY BAR RIGHT ZONING THERE'S ALREADY A NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE KIND OF LYING IN WAIT TO BE BUILT AND IF WE SIMPLY ALLOW EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PERMITTED OR AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO BE BUILT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A DOUBLING OF THE ROOFTOPS IN SOUTHERN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN JASPER

COUNTY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. >> SO AND YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF EMPHASIZING THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE MAIN RIVER ON THE OTHER RIVERS HERE. I NOTICED ON THE WAY END AS A SIGN YOU KNOW, REMINDING US TO KEEP THE MAIN RIVER CLEAN. MEAN YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT WITH THAT.

I I REALLY THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A TOOL TO KIND OF COMPLEMENT THOSE THOSE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MAKING AND PROVIDE US WITH THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO TAKE SOME DENSITIES OFF THE BOOK TO PURCHASE UP SOME UNDEVELOPED TRACTS THAT ARE SLATED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND TO QUITE FRANKLY PREVENT FROM HAPPENING WHAT I SAW HAPPEN WHEN I GREW UP IN MARYLAND.

I GREW UP IN SAW THE CHESAPEAKE BAY ABSOLUTELY DEGRADES ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MID ATLANTIC REGION OVERPOPULATED DRAINED IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, RUINED IT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND IT'S NOW COSTING SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS IN THE PERIOD OF 30 YEARS TO TRY TO RECLAIM. WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AND BE FOR COUNTY TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING HERE. AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT STEP FORWARD. THE TASK NOW WILL BE TO COME BEFORE GROUPS LIKE YOURS AND SOLICIT HOPEFULLY YOUR SUPPORT FOR IT. TALK TO CIVIC GROUPS, ROTARY GROUPS, CLUBS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT'S ALWAYS AN UPHILL BATTLE WHENEVER YOU ASK PEOPLE TO IMPOSE A TAX ON THEMSELVES. BUT I WOULD I WOULD SUBMIT THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES BEFORE COUNTY VOTERS HAVE SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO TAX THEMSELVES TO PAY FOR OPEN SPACE THE THE BOND REFERENDUMS FOR THE WRONG PROTOCOL LAND PROGRAMS USUALLY ARE APPROVED BY 73 PERCENT OF THE VOTE. SO IF WE GO OUT THERE AND WE DO OUR JOB, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN ITS PARTICULARS IF YOU'D LIKE. MAYOR OR I COULD GO ON AND TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED THIS SESSION THAT I THINK ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU. I THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW WE ALL HAVE A FEW MINUTES PASSED AND IT'S A COUNTY VOTE AND I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE ALL WANT TO HEAR A FEW WHILE WE HAVE YOU. WE LOVE IT. YOU'RE HERE AND ALSO THE INVITE TO THE DELEGATION BREAKFASTS FROM HARDY BILL WHICH IS AT A LOCAL I HOPE THAT'S THE

BREAKFAST RUSH ON MY CALENDAR. >> I'LL DO THAT LATER LATER THIS MONTH AND YOU CAN GO OVER

A FEW THINGS IF YOU'D LIKE. >> YEAH, LET ME IF I COULD APPROACH AN IMPASSE.

I'M NOT IN COURT. I CAN APPROACH OTHER STATE SUBSIDY AS A LENDER DELEGATES LEAST TO SECRETARY PAUL. AND IN YOUR DO YOU THINK IT IS AND I'LL READ A PIECE OF IT.

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ROADS AND BRIDGES. >> I MEAN IT IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY THE KIND OF MONEY THAT WE WE CURRENTLY BEING PUMPED INTO THE SYSTEM. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE SIX BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE BIPARTISAN FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS. WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT ARE OUR PORTION OF THAT IS 6 BILLION DOLLARS BUT IT'S CONTINGENT UPON US PUTTING UP A STATE MATCH OF 600 MILLION DOLLARS OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. THAT'S A PERIOD OVER WHICH YOU CAN DRAW DOWN THE SIX BILLION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS APPROPRIATE 120 MILLION DOLLARS A RECURRING MONEY AT THE GENERAL FUND TO PUT TOWARD ROADS AND BRIDGES FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF BEING PULL DOWN THAT ENTIRE SIX BILLION DOLLARS. AND SO WE WE DID EMPHASIZE THAT.

SO YOU'VE GOT THAT. THAT SIX BILLION DOLLARS THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED BY SECRETARY HALL OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO VARIOUS PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO THAT WE TOOK ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS OF NON-RECURRING FUNDS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND PUT IT TO A RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INTERSTATE FUNDING ON TOP OF THAT.

WE WENT AHEAD AND SET ASIDE A BILLION DOLLARS IN A CONTINGENCY FUND TO SPEND NEXT YEAR. AND IT'S MY EXPECTATION THAT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO TO ROADS AND BRIDGES. AND SO THIS LETTER WAS SENT BY BY REPRESENTED BRADLEY MYSELF HER PERSON REPS REPRESENT NEWTON WHERE THE FOUR STATE LAWMAKERS REPRESENTING SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND THERE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS YOU KNOW, SOME FOR MAJOR PROJECTS BY BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND THERE WAS AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS CHAIRED BY DEAN MOSS TO IDENTIFY FOR PROJECTS THAT NEEDED FUNDING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEM DETAILED ON THE FIRST PAGE THERE. IMPROVEMENTS TO 170, IMPROVEMENTS TO 462, IMPROVEMENTS TO 278 AND IMPROVEMENTS TO 46 A COMMON THREAD AND ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AS THOSE ARE ALL NECESSARY FOR EVACUATION ROUTES THAT THEY'RE IDENTIFIED BY THE DOJ. HE HAS BEEN AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST PAGE PRIMARY ARTERIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY EXIT THE AREA IN THE EVENT THERE IS A NEED TO EVACUATE. AND SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH SECRETARY HALL.

WHEN I SAY WE I MEAN OUR DELEGATION SHE CAME DOWN HERE, SHE MET WITH US AND WE MADE OUR CASE FOR THIS FUNDING AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. THERE ARE 46 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND REPRESENTATIVES AND LET US SENATORS FROM ALL THOSE OTHER COUNTIES.

SO THERE ARE ALSO PREVAILING UPON SECRETARY HULL. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT GETTING A CHUNK OF THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THOSE FOUR CRITICAL PROJECTS FROM THE MONEY THAT'S CURRENTLY UP THERE IN COLUMBIA. SO I WANTED YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON. THE MONEY HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

AND AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE IS THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE.

I MEAN IF YOU'RE UP THERE AND YOU HAVE A COHESIVE PLAN AND YOU HAVE A COORDINATED APPROACH ,YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. WE SAW THAT WORK. THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT FOR THE HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS WE GOT FROM THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK FOR THE NEW HILTON HEAD BRIDGES. I MEAN THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. THE DELEGATION Y'ALL COUNTY COUNCIL AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN IN REGARD TO THESE ROAD PROJECTS SO. BUT I'LL PAUSE WITH THAT AND YOU SAID THAT THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS SOCCER SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

>> THAT'S NOT I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. YES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LAPSED WHICH YOU SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE WE DON'T SEE YOUR DELEGATION.

THERE'S AT ALL SINCE THE BRIDGE MONEY CAME AND I THINK THAT LAST COMMITTEE WHICH IS THE POLICY COMMITTEE WHICH ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF ALL THE AREAS HAVE TRYING TO TRIANGULATE ABOVE THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY HAS EVEN SAID WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A MASTER LIST. AND I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO SOME BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE NOT ON THE MASTER LIST AND EVEN SOME WORDING FROM THAT COMMITTEE.

YOU KNOW, I WISH PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE THAT'S A SCENIC BYWAY FROM FORTY SIX THREE FIFTEEN AND SOMEONE GIRARD STILL HAS NOT GIVEN US THE ANSWER IS IF YOU WIDEN IT THAT'S A SCENIC DESIGNATION AND GO BY AND IT WAS MONITORED BY SO MANY PEOPLE LIVING HERE AND I REALLY WANT

US TO HAVE IT BE A FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HIGHWAY. >> ARE THE PROJECTS HERE MAYOR.

SO THE FOUR THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE WERE IDENTIFIED AND SEPARATED OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE EMERGENCY EVACUATION ROUTES AND THAT IMPROVES YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING AN ALLOCATION OF MONEY FROM THE SCADA WHEN THEY ALLOCATE THE DOLLARS. SO IT'S NOT MEANT TO IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE THAT THESE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER PROJECTS IDENTIFIED.

>> ONE OF THEM IS WORTH ONE. AND THE WORDING WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THAT COMMITTEE THAT WE

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BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BETTER TO DISCUSS THAT AT THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE I WILL MAKE

SURE WE HAD I'M NOT SURE WHO. >> I MEAN I WAS ON THERE FOR A WHILE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION. THAT'S WHO HAS A SEAT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE CHAIR I THINK WESTERN MAYBE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION NOW ALL OF THE OTHER LISTED THINGS

LIKE THIS. OK. >> SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION THAT HAD A RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE WILL MAKE SURE.

>> YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE. YEAH. AND THEN WHEN I ROTATED IF I STOP AND I'D WELCOME TO COME AGAIN I DID JUST WANT TO HAVE A PRESS OR PARTY YOU NEVER.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SCREEN. ANY QUESTIONS REALLY ASKING ME ANYTHING? WELL, WE HAPPEN TO BE GREAT. YES, SIR.

>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. I'M A FAN OF YOURS.

YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND YOU BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO ME FOR COUNTY.

I WAS THE PHOTO WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. I MEAN WE WEREN'T PART WE WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND EARLY OR ANYTHING AND YOU KNOW, SO IT KIND OF CAUGHT US BY SURPRISE BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF US WERE SUPPORTING THE TRANSPORTATION PENNY SALES TAX. WE ALLOCATED A PERSON TO REPRESENT OUR OUR TOWN ON THERE AND AND YOU SEE YOU DO OUTLINE THE NEEDS ON HERE CLEARLY AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS. THIS CAME OUT ON JULY THE 7TH. YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE IN AUGUST. SO I'M GLAD I'M GETTING TO SEE THIS NOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF EVERYTHING I WAS AFRAID THAT BY GOING FOR THE PENNY ON THE GREEN GREEN SPACE SALES TAX WE WERE CUTTING OUR NOSE OFF WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE. >> HERE'S WHAT I THINK THE REASONING WAS AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR COUNTY COUNCIL BUT I BUT I WAS THERE DURING THEIR DELIBERATIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THE GREEN SPACE BUILD AND I WAS THE AUTHOR OF THIS BILL DIDN'T GET PASSED UNTIL THE VERY LAST DAY OF OF SESSION.

OK, SO IT WAS IN LATE MAY THAT IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR AND AS SOON AS IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR. YOU KNOW, I SAID OK, WELL THE REFERENDUMS IF IF IT'S GONNA HELP IT HAVE TO BE IN GENERAL ELECTION YEARS WHICH MEANS 2022 2024, 2026 AND. AND I FELT THAT 2024 WAS GOING TO BE TOO LATE.

THE HORSE IS GONNA GET OUT OF THE BARN. I MEAN YOU DRIVE DOWN 172 78.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SO I THEN WENT TO COUNTY COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY AND SAID I GOT THIS LAW PASSED. IT ALLOWS YOU ALL IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. PRETTY PENNY SALES TAX ON THIS YEAR'S BALLOT OR FOR A REFERENDUM? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S AN EXISTENTIAL PROBLEM HERE. I THINK THAT IF YOU SIMPLY ALLOW ALL THE APPROVED DENSITIES BECOME REALITIES, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE THING THAT MAKES THIS PLACE SPECIAL.

AND SO I DID ADVOCATE FOR THE INCLUSION OF THIS ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

I DID NOT DO SO TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE PENDING SALES TAX FOR THE ROADS.

THAT WAS A DECISION BY MY COUNTY COUNCIL. I MEAN I THINK IT FAILED ON A FIVE TO FIVE VOTE TO GO FORWARD ON IT. BUT I READILY ADMIT THAT I DIRECTED A LOT O O O O O O O O O TO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT FOR A WHILE. I WAS HOPEFUL IT CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY FOR COUNTY EDUCATION TWITTER'S BUSINESS MEETING ON AUGUST 6.

>> IT IS BEING BROADCAST ON VIDEO BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL AND CONDUCTED IN HYBRID HYBRID FASHION BUT WITH THE ZOOM IN IN PERSON REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PARTICIPATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN FIVE P.M. AND FIVE THIRTY P.M. BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND TOPIC TO ROBYN CHRISTIAN BARRY BEAUFORT K12 DONE SEE US.

RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESSED BOARD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE BOARD'S DOMAIN.

FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES IF ARE IN PERSON WHICH NO ONE IS.

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PLEASE SEE THE BOARD CLERK FOR A CARD REQUEST FOR A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN 7 AND 730 P.M. IN THE SAME MANNER. SECOND PUBLICILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT BUT NO LATER THAN 9 P.M.. SECOND COUNTS FOR WHAT THEIR

REASONS WERE. >> BUT LISTENING TO THEM THAT'S WHAT I INFERRED FROM FROM THEIR DELIBERATIONS. COUPLE MORE THING THAT'S A VAST BROAD EXPLANATION AND I

APPRECIATE IT. >> AGAIN YOU GIVE ME A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN I'VE EVEN CONSIDERED. YOU KNOW ONE THING ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE ACT AND I UNDERSTAND YOU CAME FROM THE STATE. DON'T GET ME WRONG I LIKE GREEN SPACES. WONDERFUL ABOUT DENSITY IF POSSIBLE.

WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT'S AN OBSTACLE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO DEAL WITH YOUR LOCALLY AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT ONE THING IS THE WAY THE ACT IS WRITTEN BY THE STATE IS THE ONLY PROPRIETOR OF DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS THE COUNTY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE FUTURE .

>> ANOTHER PART OF IT IS THE JASPER COUNTY AREA I THINK ARE LIMITED AND WE'RE NOT TALKING BEAUFORT COUNTY NOW I'M TALKING JASPER COUNTY. THEY'RE LIMITED ON BEING ABLE TO APPLY THIS ACT TO THEIR NEEDS I THINK. I THINK THEY'RE TAXED OUT OR MAXED OUT ON THEIR TAXING. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THE EXPLOSION OF GROWTH AS YOU WELL SENATOR DAVIS, HARDY VALE AND JASPER COUNTY IMPACT BEAUFORT COUNTY AND OUR GROWTH IMPACTS THEM AS WELL. SO AS THE REGIONAL THING.

SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT AND AND IN DRAFTING THIS LEGISLATION AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE IS THAT THE DOLLARS THAT ARE THAT ARE RAISED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY AT THIS REFERENDUM IS APPROVED CAN BE USED SPECIFICALLY TO PURCHASE SPACE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY

BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT . >> I MEAN THE IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT DOESN'T RESPECT COUNTY LINE. OK, SO IF YOU'VE GOT DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING UP IN THE HEADWATERS UP IN JASPER COUNTY THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE QUALITY OF OUR RIVER SYSTEM HERE. SO THIS GREEN SPACE ACT AUTHORIZES THE COUNTY TO MAKE PURCHASES OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY, RECOGNIZE THE REGIONAL NATURE OF THAT OF THE PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE COUNTY BEING THE ONE THAT THAT MAKES THE PRESERVATION PROCUREMENTS AS IT'S CALLED IN THE ACT, YOU'RE RIGHT IT IS THE COUNTY COUNCIL THAT ULTIMATELY MAKING THE DECISIONS ON WHICH TRACKS TO ACQUIRE WHICH DENSITIES TO ACQUIRE, WHETHER TO GET FEE SIMPLE TITLE, WHETHER TO GET CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. I MEAN THERE'S A VARIETY OF TOOLS BUT BUT WHAT THE CONTEMPLATES AND SAYS IS THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS TO PUT IN PLACE A SYSTEM AND A PROCESS AND THEN PUBLISH THAT NEWSPAPER PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM AS TO HOW THEY INTEND TO GO ABOUT DECIDING WHAT PRESERVATION PROCUREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE MADE.

>> SO SO THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT BE FOR COUNTY COUNCIL PUT SOMETHING PLACE AND PUBLISH THAT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE VIEW FOR COUNTY COUNCIL INVOLVED IN MUNICIPALITIES IN THAT. THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS THE ACT REQUIRES THAT THE GREEN SPACE APPROPRIATIONS THAT THE PROCUREMENTS HAVE TO BE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. OK. THEY CAN'T BE CONCENTRATED EXCLUSIVELY IN ONE AREA AND THAT LANGUAGE WAS ADDED DURING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONCERN BY SOME THAT CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FAVORED OVER OTHERS. SO THAT LANGUAGE IN REGARD TO AN EQUITABLE ALLOCATION WAS INCLUDED IN THERE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPING HAD IN BLUFFTON IN BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL AND THE MNC AND THE VARIOUS AREAS IN THE COUNTY. ALL HAD A STAKE IN THIS AND ALL HAD THE ABILITY TO PUT FORWARD THINGS THEY FELT WERE APPROPRIATE AND THEY ACT ON ITS OWN ON ITS OWN ON THE FACE REQUIRES YOU TO SPREAD THE MONEY OUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

HAS ONE MORE HUMAN WAY. >> OK, ONE MORE QUESTION. >> LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE AND LOOKING AT THE REGIONALISM THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AND THIS IS A GOOD TOOL.

>> I MEAN I SUPPORT THAT I GET THE IDEA. ARE WE STILL HOPEFUL FOR THE JASPER PORT BECAUSE I SEE I SEE A CONUNDRUM THERE. I MEAN WE'RE ALREADY HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, ROADS, GROWTH, SO FORTH AND SO ON IN THE JASPER PORT IS A MEGA GIANT. BE THE 800 POUND GORILLA IN THE ROOM AND IT WOULD FOREVER CHANGE. EVERYTHING AROUND HERE WITHIN MANY, MANY MILES.

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WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? MR WOOD IS IS YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING IN SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, LOGISTICS FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET ARE BEING BUILT NOT ONLY IN RIVER REPORT BUT IN THE ADJACENT TRACK THE SURE.

WHAT TRACK NORTH POINT JUST BOUGHT A PIECE OF THAT. SO YOU'RE SEEING YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY THE JACK REPORT PER SAY BUT YOU'RE SEEING THE PORT SAVANNAH IS IS OUT OF ROOM ON ITS SIDE OF THE RIVER TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS.

SO THEY'RE SPILLING OVER AND THEY'RE ABSORBING SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY INTO THEIR ECONOMIC SPHERE. SO SO THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MORE AND MORE SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY BECOMES INTEGRATED INTO THE SAVANNAH PORT OPERATIONS. THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP IS THE JASPER PORT WHICH IS AT THE MOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER WHICH HAS THE ABILITY TO SERVE AS THE POST PANAMAX SHIPS THAT THAT HAVE A HIVE IN CARRYING TWENTY THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND FEET USE. THEY CAN'T GET UNDER THE TALMADGE BRIDGE MUCH LESS I CAN'T NAVIGATE THAT CHANNEL. SO SO IN THE SHORT TERM YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DEVELOPMENT THERE ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING SAVANNAH PORT OPERATIONS. BUT YES, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE JASPER REPORT BECAUSE MARKETS ARE SHIFTING TO THESE LARGE POST PANAMAX SHIPS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A PORT AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TO SERVICE.

AND THAT REALLY EMPHASIZES YOU KNOW, IT REALLY UNDERLINES AND UNDERSCORES THE NEED TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN REGARD TO OUR PRESERVATION EFFORTS NOW BECAUSE THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND BRING IN THE PRIVATE CAPITAL AND BRINGING THE JOBS WHICH WE ALL SUPPORT CREATES PRESSURE ON WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE IS IN BLUFFTON. THEY WANT I MEAN IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE STATE.

I THINK THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE STATE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME HERE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT THIS TWO YEAR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR PRESERVATION PROCUREMENTS IS SO SUCCESSFUL AND TRUST IS BUILT UP WITH THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A ROLLING SERIES OF BONDS THAT WE DO. AND SO I THINK IT'S IN VIEW COUNTY'S BEST INTERESTS AND I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO PREVAIL UPON THEM TO ENGAGE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, TO ENGAGE THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, TO ENGAGE THE CITY OF BUTTE FOR THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND GMC AND TO BRING THEM ON BOARD BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S PERCEIVED BY PEOPLE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL, IT'LL BE SELF RENEWING OVER TIME.

BUT WE'VE GOT ONE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT. I'M SURE.

I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW HOW LONG WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU AT SOME TO I COULD BE AT SOME. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SUSAN, DO THE LYNCH THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND ON NEXT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THE PASSION THAT IS SHOWN FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME THANKS DAN AND I'LL GIVE MY TIME TO BRIDGET. LET'S YOU HAVE THE BALANCE YOUR TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IT IS VERY MUCH. RIGHT. JUST AN EQUITABLE SETTLEMENT OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT AND EXPLAIN CLARIFYING THE GIST OF THIS ACT IN WHAT ALL IT ENTAILS, WHAT IT.

BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SEEING HOW OUR WORLDS WERE DEFINITELY DEFINITELY ALREADY TAX AND KIND OF OVERBURDENED EVEN BEFORE CLOSURE THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH OUR NEW DATA HERE WITH THE CENSUS. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT SOME THOUGHT FOR MITIGATION TOWARDS YOU KNOW, ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR ROADWAYS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IS TAKING A FOREFRONT. BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF OF THE SALES TAX THEY'LL SEE ON THIS UPCOMING BALLOT. WILL THE TOWN RECEIVE ITS PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE TAX

REVENUE DIRECTLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE? >> NO.

WHAT IT DIRECTS THE COUNTY TO DO THE DOLLARS THAT ACCRUE WILL GO TO BE FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AND THEY'LL MAKE THE PRESERVATION PROCUREMENT DECISIONS BUT THEY'RE CONSTRAINED BY THE ACT IN THAT REGARD THEY HAVE TO BE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

OK, SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE LAW. AND BECAUSE THE GREEN SPACE REFERENDUM IS UNLIKE OTHER REFERENDUMS FOR INSTANCE A LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FOR ROADS TYPICALLY HAS ALL THE ROADS LISTED ON THE BALLOT. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE MONEY. SO VOTERS ARE INFORMED THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE WITH THIS. YOU DON'T KNOW IN ADVANCE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO BE A REASONABLE YOU KNOW WHAT LANDOWNERS ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND NEGOTIATE A FAIR PRICE AND SO YOU CAN'T BE VERY SPECIFIC UP FRONT AND TELL THE VOTERS. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE BUILT INTO THE ACT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEVEN MEMBER ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS TO MONITOR WHAT BEAUFORT COUNTY DOES WITH THOSE PRESERVATION PROCUREMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT CONFORMS

WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT. >> ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS BEING THAT THERE'S AN EQUITABLE ALLOCATION THROUGHOUT COUNTY. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A BLANK CHECK THAT YOU FOR COUNTY COUNCIL HAS. AND THERE'S THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUPERVISES THAT. SO I WOULD SAY, MISS FRAZIER, YOUR ASSURANCE IN REGARD TO YOU

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THAT'S NOT WHAT OCCURS. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

JUST FINAL AND WE CAN. I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

THEY WEREN'T REALLY THRILLED ABOUT AN ARTICLE WRITTEN TODAY WHICH I THINK WAS MISS WHAT WAS

THAT? >> WHAT WAS IN THE ARTICLE? I DON'T READ THAT PAPER BUT IT WAS IT WAS MISREPRESENTING WHAT ONE OF THE COUNTY COUNCILMEN SAID WHICH HE CALLED ME IMMEDIATELY AND SAID THAT WAS NOT WHAT I SAID. AND I WATCHED ACTUALLY WATCH CAPTAIN HOUSE ON VIDEO TODAY. SO I WOULD SAY THEY THEY'RE FRUSTRATED.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE FRUSTRATED AT YOU AS MUCH AS THE COUNTY.

NO ONE IS BRINGING WHAT MAKES UP I THINK MORE THAN HALF OF THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITIES. SO WE ARE COUNTY RESIDENTS TOO. ONE THING I WOULD SAY I'M NOT

AN APOLOGIST FOR FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL. >> BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS A VERY SHORT WINDOW OF TIME HERE IN THAT YOU HAD TO GET IF YOU WANT TO ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER YOU HAD TO SUBMIT SOMETHING BY AUGUST 15TH AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATE MAY THAT THIS LAW GOT PASSED. AND SO I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T REACH OUT BUT IT WAS ALL KIND OF TELESCOPED INTO A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE PHONE.

>> YEAH, LOTS OF WAYS TO GET TO. NOT YOUR FAULT.

NO, I SAID JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ADVOCATE VS. EDUCATE. IS THIS THE SAME PROCESS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS ON A PENNY BEING PUT ON THE BALLOT LIKE WITH LOSS WE COULD ONLY EDUCATE. WE COULDN'T ADVOCATE. SO WHAT IS THE RULE ON THAT WITH THIS GREEN PENNY? AND LIKE YOU SO I ALWAYS THINK EDUCATION IS IS SORT OF THE WORD YOU USE AND YOU GIVE BUT YOU KNOW ON UNVARNISHED TRUTH OR FACTS AS BEST YOU CAN.

>> I MEAN I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT THAT WHEN YOU'RE EDUCATING YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE EDUCATORS BIAS PROBABLY COMES THROUGH. BUT BUT I BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE CONSTRAINT IS PUT ON US IN TERMS OF TRYING TO EDUCATE THE VOTERS.

>> SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING I'VE BEEN TOLD AND I'VE TRIED TO READ THROUGH STILL BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT SIDE HOLD UP THE BILL THE GOVERNOR SIGN AND WAY TO THINK OUT A BOX ON BUT DOES IT AFFECT PD OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS 92 PERCENT OF THIS TOWN AND WHAT WILL PROBABLY SIMILAR HARDY BILL AND BEAUFORT COUNTY AS WELL TO A GREAT EXTENT ARE UNDER THOSE LEGALLY. YOU KNOW YOU SAID IT.

RIGHT. KEN, YOU KNOW IT'S WHAT THE SELLER WILL TAKE HOME.

THE BUYER WILL PAY. SO YOU WRITE THIS WE CAN BUY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BUT IF THE SELLER IS NOT WILLING TO SELL THEM AND CAN WE GO IN TO THE PD AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS

TO SOMEWHAT AT LEAST START THE CONVERSATION? >> YEAH, I THINK YOU KNOW AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THAT THAT THE BILL WAS DRAFTED THE WAY THAT IT WAS. IT TALKS ABOUT NOT ONLY BUYING YOU GETTING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND BUYING FEE SIMPLE TITLE IT TALKS ABOUT BUYING UP APPROVED DENSITIES.

IT TALKS ABOUT AND THAT'S REALLY A NEW KIND OF A PHENOMENON, RIGHT? I MEAN IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN YOU THINK OF GREEN SPACE YOU TYPICALLY THINK OF AN OPEN FIELD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE TO PRESERVE FOREVER. SO IT'S A BIT OF A MISNOMER WHAT IT ALLOWS TO BE DONE HERE AND WHAT I ANTICIPATE WILL BE DONE IS GOING INTO SOME OF THESE LARGE PODS AND NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO PURCHASE SOME DENSITIES.

AND YES, I MEAN IN THE IN THE ACT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZES FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BUT BUT I THINK WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN QUITE FRANKLY IS YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ON THE ONE END DOLLARS BEING RAISED TO PURCHASE DENSITIES AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN PODS AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO CREATE MORE AND MORE DENSITIES. THERE'S GOT TO BE SORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL OF US IN THIS COUNTY AND POINTING FINGERS. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY IN THIS BALLOT IS EVERYBODY. I MEAN THE GROWTH HAS HAPPENED AND THERE'S NO SENSE IN TRYING TO WANT TO CLOCK BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHY WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THE CARDS AS THEY LAY. BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

MAYOR SOCCER IF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ENTERED INTO SOME SORT OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH V FOR COUNTY AND FOR SOME LONG TERM PLAN BY SAYING LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TRY TO PURCHASE UP DENSITIES VIA OPEN SPACE. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE GOT TO

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TO STEP UP AND DO THIS. >> THIS IS A BRAND NEW PRESERVATION TECHNIQUE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE LOOKING AT BEAUFORT COUNTY.

I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A LOT OF INTEREST FROM PEOPLE OUT OF STATE SAYING THIS IS A REAL OUT OF THE BOX. ENTREPRENEURIAL WAY OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

IN OTHER AREAS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE TRIED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY BY DOWN ZONING PUTTING ON MORATORIUMS, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHICH RAISES THE PROBLEM INVERSE CONDEMNATION YOU MIGHT HAVE A LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST YOU AND SO.

SO I THINK THIS WAY IS REALLY AN INNOVATIVE WAY BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER AND AND IF I CAN HELP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO START DOING, MAYOR SOCCER IS IS COMING TO YOUR MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS WHICH I FRANKLY SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE OF IN THE PAST AND I REALLY HAVEN'T GONE TO ANY TOWN OF HILTON HEAD MEETINGS EITHER EXCEPT RECENTLY BECAUSE OF HIGHWAY 278 AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS EXCEPT RECENTLY BECAUSE I WAS ASKING FOR A GREEN SPACE.

BUT I NEED TO PUT ON MY CALENDAR YOU KNOW WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE IN BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL AND BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD AND BE FOR COUNTY BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF INFORMATION BACK FROM YOU AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER THAT COMMUNICATION IF I CAN FACILITATE THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT ROLE THAT I CAN PLAY WELL WE CAN GET YOU ON THE CENTRAL FOR SURE GIVE YOU CHART DISTRIBUTION WHAT WE MIGHT GATHER EVERYONE AT ONE TIME BECAUSE IF NOT YOU'RE GOING TO WE ALL MEET SECOND STRING EVERY MONTH.

>> YEAH I'M GOING TO. I'D LOVE IN A OPINION IF YOU'D I KNOW THEY ASKED YOU ABOUT IT

ON THAT RIGHT HEATHER ABOUT THIS HOUR. >> MAY I APPROACH THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AREA SPECIFICALLY NOT JUST APPLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE MANY NAMED STORMS WE WEREN'T HERE AND THEY WERE ALL SUDDEN WE'RE JUST DEALING WITH RAMIFICATIONS

OF A SMALL SELF-DOUBT IT PRETTY MUCH ALL RESPECT. >> STEVEN, THAT'S.

I'LL GIVE YOU MINE. >> I'M SORRY I ONLY BROUGHT THAT IT'S VERY BROADLY DRAFTED TO GET BROAD POWERS TO BE FOR COUNTY BECAUSE THE POINT I MADE UP IN COLUMBIA IS WE HAVE A UNIQUE PROBLEM DOWN HERE. I MEAN THERE ARE SOME TRACKS THAT YES.

MAY WE GET CONSERVATION AND SO ON AND MAYBE PURCHASE OUTRIGHT. BUT THERE ARE OTHER FRACS THAT ARE LYING FALLOW NOW BUT THERE'S DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.

AND THE DEVELOPER DENSITY RIGHTS AND SO WE NEED TO BE EXPANSIVE IN REGARD TO WHAT THE POWERS OF PRESERVATION ARE. AND SO WHAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN AS WELL IS HOW THIS WORKS IN PRACTICE. IT'S ONE THING TO TAKE SOMETHING IN LEGISLATION AND PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE SHORTCOMINGS? HOW COULD IT BE DONE BETTER? BECAUSE I CAN THEN GO BACK TO COLUMBIA NEXT SESSION IN JANUARY AND AMEND THIS. I MEAN BECAUSE WE'RE SORT OF BETA TESTING THIS WHERE WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING IT FIRST. AND SO THE LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM THIS CAN BE USED TO FURTHER AMEND THIS TO MAKE IT BETTER AND MORE USEFUL FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE AND TO US. YES, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? WE WILL SEE IF THE DELEGATION RIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.

[IX. Public Comment]

BASICALLY IT'S BEING MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL AND IF YOU COULD FOR THE MINUTES PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE YOU START. SO GOODBYE ACTUAL ADDRESS OR

THAT I LIVE IN HILTON HEAD ME LIKE NAME ADDRESS PLEASE MA'AM. >> OK LYNN REALLY? I'M AT 8 WAX MYRTLE LANE. THANK YOU. OK.

I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING SKIP HOAGLAND EXPOSURE OF CORRUPTION DONE BY THIS COUNCIL AND I HAVE WATCHED THIS COUNCIL AWARD AND RECOGNIZED MANY PEOPLE AND TODAY THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO THANK SKIP HOAGLAND FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT HE HAS DONE AND FOR ALSO FOR EVERYONE AT FC WATCHDOG DOT COM BECAUSE SKIP HOAGLAND IS HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SKIP WITH AN AWARD ON BEHALF OF MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT FULLY SUPPORT AND RESPECT SKIP'S EFFORTS AND DEDICATION. WE BELIEVE HE IS A HERO AND AN AMERICAN TREASURE.

THIS IS THE WATCHDOG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD AND I LIKE TO READ TO ON BLACK.

YEAH, IT'S BIG. THERE'S YOUR HERE AND I'M GOING TO CALL YOU UP IN JUST A MINUTE BUT IF I COULD JUST READ IDENTIFYING CORRUPTION IN THE PALMETTO STATE, THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS WE HAVE THE FORBIDDEN NEWS AND WATCHDOG COM I WANT TO READ WHAT WE PUT ON HERE. ONE MAN OF PASSION CAN

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THERE ARE THREE CLASSES OF PEOPLE THOSE WHO SEE THOSE WHO SEE WHEN THEY ARE SHOWN AND THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE. THAT WAS LEONARDO NADA VINCI FOURTEEN EIGHTY FOUR PEOPLE NEED DRAMATIC EXAMPLES TO SHAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR APATHY AND THEIR DISHONESTY.

SO I'D LIKE TO YOU WOULD COME UP WITH THIS AWARD TONIGHT? WE REALLY DO.

I SAW DANIEL KATE CHRIS LOVELY NAME AND ADDRESS. KATE, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND MAYOR THEM. MY NAME IS KATE CREECH.

MY ADDRESS IS 17 MULLET BUT I REFER TO IT AS SEVEN SEVENTY BOUNDARY AS THAT HAS BECOME MY HOME AWAY FROM HOME. I'M STILL SERVING AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR AT THE HAYWARD HOUSE MUSEUM AND WELCOME CENTER. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A FEW MORE THAN FIVE LESS THAN 10 UPDATES. THE FIRST IS THAT WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL BOARD MEETING ON JULY 20 3RD AT THE COLE COCKTAIL HOUSE. WELL IT WAS A SMALL GATHERING WE HOPE FOR A SLIGHTLY LARGER CROWD NEXT YEAR. WE ARE GETTING THERE ARE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS WERE OFFICIALLY ELECTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.

KATIE EPPS AND PAUL TOLSON WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH FOR NUMBERS.

WE SURPASSED OUR GOAL FOR VISITOR FOOT TRAFFIC FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 22.

WE WERE 42 PERCENT ABOVE OUR GOAL NUMBER. THE GOLD NUMBER WAS ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED. WE WERE NEARLY AT SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TOTAL VISITORS. WE WERE NINETY TWO PERCENT GOAL FOR OUR IMPACT VISITORS THOSE BEING NON LOCALS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OF IT OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME IS WELL UNDERWAY AND GOING SWIMMINGLY THANKS TO DAVID PRATT AND HIS CREW OF HARD WORKERS WE'RE SLOWLY BUT SURELY GAINING MORE TRACTION ON OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP AND HOPE TO HAVE NEW CARDS AND BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. I HAVE STICKERS AS WELL FOR EVERYONE AND I'M SURE I AM CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING FOR OUR NEW DONOR SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WILL SERVE AS A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND OUR MEMBERS. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THE BOLD PEANUT FESTIVAL AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH SOME NEW SOME NEW AND LOCAL VENDORS THIS YEAR FOR WHAT IS TYPICALLY OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER. BRIDGET WILL MEET SOMETIME SOON BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS. THE FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING ON 12:00 TO 6:00 PM. WE ARE AIMING TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP EVENT NEXT SPRING. I'M CURRENTLY MAKING LISTS LOTS OF LISTS TO HOPEFULLY BRING ON SOME VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST TO HELP WITH THE WORKLOAD THAT IS CURRENTLY ON MY PLATE NUMBER 9. SO MORE THAN FIVE LESS THAN 10 NUMBER NINE WE I'M WORKING ON PARTNERING WITH SOME LOCAL HISTORICAL ENTITIES TO FORM A JOINT FACEBOOK PAGE.

THIS FACEBOOK PAGE WILL TELL THE ALL ENCOMPASSING HISTORY OF BLUFFTON PEOPLE, PLACES AND CULTURE NOT AN BUT A HISTORICAL PAGE. IN CLOSING THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND WE AT THE HAYWARD HOUSE MUSEUM AND WELCOME CENTER IN THE HISTORIC BLUFFTON EXCUSE ME HISTORIC BLUFFTON FOUNDATION. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BELIEVE IN OUR MISSION AND THE HARD WORK WE ARE PUTTING IN TO KEEP THE SHIP AFLOAT.

THINKING MAY I GIVE THESE TO YOU? I'M GIVING THE CAMP I THINK IT'S TIME. BUT HOW LONG YOU YOUR. ANDREW.

KILL. KILL. GOOD EVENING, MR. ANDREW KEEL

22 TRAIL RIDGE RETREAT. >> I'VE JUST STARTED COMING TO TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND PLANNING MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, AS THE SECOND TOWN HALL MEETING I'VE BEEN TO AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SEEMED TO RUN A LITTLE LONG. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A RULE OF WATER BUT MAYBE WE PUT THEM IN THE BACK OR PUT A TIME LIMIT SO THAT THE TOWN KNOWS WHEN TO

SHOW UP AS OPPOSED TO JUST WAITING AROUND. >> I WAS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON 720 7 AND IT LASTED LONG. IT DIDN'T UNTIL ABOUT TEN FORTY FIVE. ONE OF THE REASONS WAS THREE OF THE DEVELOPER WAS ON THERE.

I BELIEVE WHAT CAME I'M PREPARED. WELL THEY WERE PREPARED.

HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME MIDDLES IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WERE INCOMPLETE MISSING EXHIBITS THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

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NEXT THING I MEAN AT THE SPECIAL PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND. I THINK TWO OF THE FOUR OR SO BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE DEPRESSING AND THE REASON THEY'RE DEPRESSING IS THE GROWTH IS OUT OF CONTROL.

I'M GLAD THE SENATOR IS HERE TODAY AND TALKING ABOUT THIS. THE GREENS BASE TAX OR THE TAX TO BUY GREEN SPACE. BUT YOU KNOW, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, IS THE TOWN GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THIS IN TERMS OF HAVING TRYING TO PASS ORDINANCES TO GET THE PODS TO BUILD THINGS THAT WE WANT? I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE SPECIAL PLANT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING D.R. HORTON WANTED TO CONVERT RESIDENTIAL SLASHED COMMERCIAL AREA JUST TO RESIDENTIAL AND THEY SAID THEY'D BEEN TRYING TO SELL THE COMMERCIAL AREA AND HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S TRUE.

WHO KNOWS? BUT THEN THEY FALL BACK ON THE THREAT THAT ALL THE DEVELOPERS ARE USING. WELL, IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE WANT AND AMEND THIS PLAN WE'RE JUST GONNA BUILD WAS APPROVED 15 YEARS IN. I MEAN THAT'S A PRETTY TIRED ARGUMENT. MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR THE FIGURE OUT A WAY UNDER THE 6, 31, 110 OR WHATEVER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT STATUTE IS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THESE GUYS BECAUSE THERE ARE PROVISIONS THAT SAY FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED IN A HEARING YOU CAN PASS ORDINANCES THAT APPLY.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO START DOING THAT. THANK YOU.

THANKS. >> KAREN BROWN AND ANTHRAX. GOOD EVENING.

EVENING DOWN COUNCIL MY NAME SHARON BROWN. >> I LIVE AT 1 6 3.

BUCK ALAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. WHY GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE TOWN FOR PARTNERING ME WITH THE FUNDING? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

VERY SUCCESSFUL. I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE TOWN MISSION STATEMENT.

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. THE TOWN AND EACH OTHER BY CONTINUOUSLY MAKING OUR COMMUNITY AN ORGANIZATION BETTER. BACK IN 2008 TEAM THE TOWN PURCHASED 37 ACRES AT RIVERSIDE . THE PURCHASE WAS ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL MAINTAINS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. NOW I NEED YOUR TOWN COUNCIL PEOPLE TO HELP PRESERVE PROPERTY IN THE NATIVE AREAS. YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS BUYING UP THESE NATIVE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE BUILDING ALL THESE CONDOS, TOWNHOUSES, THINGS THAT IMPEDE ON OUR COMMUNITY WHICH DOES NOT HELP THE NATIVES SO WE CAN STOP FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BOX THE NATIVES IN AND CHANGE THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE UPCOMING PROJECT THAT'S ON BOTH YOUR ROAD AND ACROSS ON THE BLUFFTON EAGLES FIELD. NOW WE HAVE MISS NELLIE BROWN PROPERTY THREE ACRES AND THE PROPERTY ACROSS FROM COTTON GRAVEL WHICH ARE BOTH BLACK OWNED PROPERTY.

WE NEED YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT PRESERVING THEM. WE NEED GREEN SPACE.

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BLACK PEOPLE LIVED HERE. WE CAN'T EVEN SEE OURSELVES FLAT BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS BEING BOUGHT UP BY DEVELOPERS. FIND THE WEAKEST LINK.

NOW YOUR TOWN COUNCIL PEOPLE I KNOW YOU SEE IT. WE HAVE OUR GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE. WE HAVE OUR NATIVE PEOPLE HERE AND THE PROPERTY IS BEING BOUGHT UP. AND YOU GUYS AREN'T TRYING TO BUY ANY GREEN SPACE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS. YOU DID IT FOR NEW RIVER. THIRTY SEVEN ACRES.

WHAT ABOUT TRYING TO RESERVE THREE ACRES, RUN ACROSS SOME SQUAT AND GOBBLE YOU TOWN COUNCIL PEOPLE GOT TO DO BETTER. OUR TAX DOLLARS WE ARE IN THE TOWN. BLUFFTON IS WELL AND BLACK PEOPLE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT WERE ON CALHOUN STREET AND EVERYWHERE ELSE AND WE CANNOT SEE THEM.

SO FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND BUY THESE PROPERTIES AND NOT TRYING TO HELP THE WORKFORCE PEOPLE EVEN HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND REALLY DON'T CARE WHEN YOU GOT HOUSES THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE HOUSE.

PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK 15 JOBS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET TO AFFORD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I NEED YOU GUYS TO STOP START CARING MORE ABOUT OUR BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS AN 11 YEAR PROFESSOR SKIP HOAGLAND WOMEN HARBOR, YOU'RE

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FRIVOLOUS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT. >> YOUR AMBULANCE CHASE AND MURDOCH LAWYER WAS ABLE TO WIN PURELY ON YOUR CROCODILE TEARS . YOUR DRAMA LEGAL THEATRICAL PLAY WITH NO EVIDENCE OR SUPPORTING LAW DEFAMED YOU. FACTS SUPPORT EVERYTHING I SAID ABOUT YOU ORLANDO AND FINGER IS TRUE. I DID NOT DEFAME YOU.

YOU DEFAMED YOURSELF BECAUSE OF YOUR PERJURY, YOUR LIES AND YOUR CONFLICTS.

THE BAR HAS BEEN SET AT 50 MILLION. FAIR IS FAIR.

I FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU FOR VIOLATING MY FREE SPEECH WITH THE VIDEO EVIDENCE.

YOUR LAWSUIT WITH BASELESS SPECIFICALLY FILED TO SILENCE MY VOICE OBSCENELY PROFIT YOU AND YOUR MURDOCH LAWYERS CORRUPT POCKETS. IT'S MY RIGHT TO CRITICIZE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AS I SEE FIT. YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A LIKEABLE CHEERLEADER PERSONALITY BUT YOUR CORRUPT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN YOUR WORDS. I CONTEND YOU LIED AND COMMITTED PERJURY WHICH IS A CRIME. YOU ILLEGALLY GET A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE USING 10 EMPLOYEES TO PROFIT YOUR CROOKED FRIEND BUILT MILES OF THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER THAT HARMED YOUR OWN OFFICIAL GREATER BLUFFTON CHAMBER.

YOU ILLEGALLY USE TAX MONEY TO JOIN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AS A HILTON HEAD.

CHAMBER MEMBER QUID PRO QUO. NOT THE LEGALLY OPERATED GREATER LEFT THAN CHAMBER UNTIL I FORCED YOU YOU ARE ILLEGALLY ISSUING TAX FUNDS TO THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER TO BE LEGALLY USED WITH ZERO ACCOUNTING. VIOLATING FOI LAWS ENVOY VERSUS HIRING YOUR OFFICIAL BLUFFTON CHAMBER. YOU'RE A FULL TIME REAL ESTATE AGENT PART TIME MAYOR USING YOUR INSIDER STATUS TO PROFIT YOUR REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. TOWN LAWYER FINGERED THE SAME FOR HIS REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER CLIENTS. YOU'RE BOTH IN SEVERE COMFY.

WE NEED OFFICIALS WITH NO HORSES IN THE RACE WHO REPRESENT TAXPAYERS BEST INTERESTS NOT THEIR OWN TOTAL DISREGARD FOR OVERDEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC THAT'S JUST UNBEARABLE. FINGERS DEVELOP THE FRAUDULENT EIGHT TECH CON EIGHT TAX CONTRACT FOR THE ILLEGAL HILTON HEAD CHAMBER. HE SCHEME THIS WILL WITH LAND ON THE HILTON LAWYERS TO HIDE TAX ACCOUNTING FINGERED LAD AND YES WE ALL GOT THE MIDDLE FINGER MISSISSAUGA YOU FINGER ORLANDO WE'RE NOT FIT TO SERVE. I DEMAND A FORENSIC AUDIT ON TOWN RECORDS. YOUR INTERNAL HIRED AUDITS IS A FRAUD SINCE HIS TOWN HAS ALREADY BEEN CAUGHT AND ILLEGAL ACTS AND ONLY SHOWS THE ACCOUNTING THAT TAXPAYERS DID INSIDERS WANT TO SEE ONLY A FORENSIC AUDIT WILL IDENTIFY CRIMES LIKE FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT, ILLEGAL TAX USE AND OVERCHARGE LEGAL FEES LIKE HAPPENED ON HILTON HEAD WITH LAWYER ALFORD AND FINGERS FRIEND DO YOU DENY MY FACTS IN THIS? OK I GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU. WE HAVE YOUR E-MAILS WITH BILL MILES LICHENS AND HARKIN'S CAPTURED FROM YOUR SERVERS AND I'M GOING TO BE USING THIS IN YOUR LAWSUIT.

IT'S COMING UP IN DECEMBER. THIS ARTICLE THAT YOU PUBLISH IN A MAGAZINE ABOUT A TAX FUNDS IS A FRAUD AND THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MANY EXHIBITS IN YOUR LAWSUIT THAT I'M SUING YOU ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. COMING OTHERS MARK, I'D LIKE TO

JUST CORRECT THE RECORD. >> MR. HOAGLAND HAD MANY TIMES INDICATED THAT HE ASSUMED YOU MAY OR SOCCER. IN FACT THAT IS NOT TRUE. HIS LAWSUIT IS AGAINST THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON. NOT AGAINST YOU PERSONALLY. SO HE IS WRONG YET AGAIN ON A

FACT WILL CHANGE. >> LET'S STICK TO THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.

LARRY BAKER, HER NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. LARRY BAKER, I LIVE 15.

THREE COOKS LANE ROAD AND HARDY VILLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

IT'S MY PLEASURE. >> NOW YOUR SOCCER AND COUNSELOR.

MY NAME IS LARRY BAKER AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I'M A MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS BEAUFORT CHAPTER TWELVE AND IN HONOR OF BLUFFTON AND PART OF OUR CHAPTER WE WANT TO DONATE A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PICNIC TABLE.

I WAS TALKING TO YOUR COUNSEL AND SOME OTHER FOLKS PUT IN ONE OF YOUR PARKS AND IT'S A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PICNIC TABLE. WHAT IT HAPPENED? A VETERAN WAS AT A PARK IN CHARLESTON I THINK IN NOVEMBER. HE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR DURING THE DAY. SOME FOLKS HAD HELPED HIM GET OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR TO ENJOY PICNIC TABLES FROM FRIENDS DURING THAT DAY. SOME PEOPLE WERE COMING AND GOING AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE PICNIC TABLE AND GET BACK TO HIS CHAIR.

SO LUCKILY A PARK RANGER WAS CLOSING THE PARK DOWN SOL A CAR IN THE PARKING LOT.

WE WENT BACK TO PART, FOUND BETTER IN THAT HE COULDN'T GET TO HIS WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE HIS PHONE WAS IN HIS BAG. SO IT MADE EVERYBODY KIND OF STOP AND THINK, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. SO THEY THE PEOPLE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE BUILT SOME PICNIC TABLES THAT ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO TABLE YOU'RE ABLE TO SLIDE WHEELCHAIR LEAN AND BE PART OF THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND KIND OF BEINGS THAT APART. SO WE'RE DONATING THAT IN HONOR OF OUR VETERANS BUYOUTS THAT NEEDS A WHEELCHAIR. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO

[X. Communications from Mayor and Council]

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WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO FOLLOW US.

WE HAVE MANY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU CAN HAVE INPUT ON OUR GREEN BLUEPRINT BLUFFTON. STILL WE HAVE A FEW WORKSHOPS

THERE AND YOU ARE PUBLIC COMMENT TO SPEAK. >> WE DON'T ALWAYS RESPOND BUT

[XI. 1. Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend the Town of Bluffton Redevelopment as it Relates to the Tax Increment Finance (TIF) - Public Hearing and Second and Final Reading - Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

AND THEN WE HAVE SUCH AN IMPORTANT READING PUBLIC COMMENT ON JUST THE ITEM IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ORDINANCE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON REDEVELOPMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE I CAN CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON REDEVELOPMENT AS IT RELATES TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCE. THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON REDEVELOPMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. HEATHER, WERE THERE CHANGES UPDATE US.

MAYBE HELPFUL. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'D LIKE ANYTHING MORE ON THIS . THERE WAS ONE ONE CHANGE NUGGET .

IF I COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS IS THE THERE'S TWO ITEMS RELATED TO THE TIFF FUNDING THAT WAS PART OF THE APPROVED BUDGET AND WHAT THAT THE TWO PARTS MY PART'S MORE THE WORDS THREE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THEN I'LL TURN YOU OVER TO CHRIS FIRST HEARD MORE THE NUMBERS.

BUT AS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT SECOND ITEM THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT INCLUDING ALL OF THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES SPECIFICALLY SOME IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT WE'VE RECENTLY ACQUIRED AND INCLUDING THOSE ON THE PROJECT LIST IN CASE OUR FUNDS AVAILABLE AND JUST TO EXTEND THE FLEXIBILITY OF THOSE 10 DOLLARS. WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW. THEY WERE CAPTURED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.

SO THOSE BOUNDARIES. BUT WE DID ADD TO JUST BASIC PROJECTS TO INCLUDE THE SARAH RILEY HOOK'S HOME AS WELL AS THE SQUARE POPE HOUSE. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WERE MADE SINCE FIRST READING. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. ANY OTHER QUESTION FROM PAUL SINCE THAT IN THE MOTION IS THAT INCLUDED IN. DOES IT NEED TO BE ADDED FROM THE SECOND TO INCLUDE THEM?

>> IT'S BEEN MY OPINION THAT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE GOING BACK TO FIRST GOOD MOTION FOR NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AS IT RELATES TO THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR

[XI. 2. Consideration of an Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of a Not to Exceed $10,000,000 Tax Increment Bond, Series 2022, or Such Other Appropriate Series Designation – Public Hearing and Second and Final Reading – Frannie Heizer, Burr Forman ]

FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM WHICH IS AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOT TO EXCEED 10 MILLION DOLLARS TAX INCREMENT ON SERIES 2022.

SORRY. SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

THE THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OF THIS ITEM AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSE TO OKATIE SORRY. AS WAS MENTIONED THAT THE TWO PROJECTS ARE ADDED TO THE PROJECT LIST FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON OUR CFE AND THAT'S PRIOR POPE. SO RIBAUT HOPES THESE ARE JUST ADDED AS POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THESE BOND PROCEEDS. IF THERE ARE OTHER DELAYS AND

THE OTHER PROJECTS SO OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS NO PROSPECT. >> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SECOND AND FINAL READING? REALLY GOOD JOB ON ALL OF THIS. CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE A NOTION

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[XII. 1. Consideration of Approval of an Amendment to the Master Plan for Buckwalter Community Park Master Plan Consisting of +/- 142.91 Acres of Land Located along the Western Side of Buckwalter Parkway and Zoned Buckwalter Planned Unit Development - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

PARK REGIONAL PARK BUT ALSO A REGIONAL PARK. >> YES, MA'AM.

YES SIR. SO AS YOU SAY THIS IS A MASTERPLAN AMENDMENT JUST PROVIDED A COPY UP HERE SO WOULDN'T PARTNERS IS WORKING ON BEHALF OF BEAUFORT COUNTY.

SO THEY ARE HERE REPRESENTATIVE WITH FOUR COUNTIES HERE. SO OUR QUESTIONS MR. MARK SUTTON HE'S THE PROJECT PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS. SO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU PROJECT LOCATION OF HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT'S AGAIN LOCATED BUCHWALD BUT WALTER PARKWAY. IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO ACRES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MY RIVER ROAD AND TO THE NORTH IS HAMPTON HALL. SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO AMEND THE EXISTING PLAN SO THERE'S SOME REDUCTION OF SOCCER FIELDS ON THE NORTH PORTION OF IT AND I'VE GOT SOME IMAGES TO EXPLAIN ALL THIS DELETION OF A SPORTS PAVILION CHANGING THE THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED THREE BASEBALL FIELDS TO TWO SOCCER FIELDS MORE MORE OF A MULTIPLE FIELD AS WELL. I MEAN IT'S BUILDING A NEW DISC GOLF COURSE AND REVISED TENNIS CENTER. SO JUST COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. SO THIS PROPERTIES IT'S OWNED BY THE TOWN AND THERE'S A INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY THAT WAS RECENTLY UPDATED IN 2014 AND THAT'S HAS A CONTINUATION OF 25 YEARS.

SO AGAIN CONSIST OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO ACRES CURRENTLY. YOU HAVE THE RECREATIONAL CENTER, THE SKATE PARK, THREE SOCCER FIELDS, THE RESTROOMS COVERED SEATING THE ASSOCIATED DRIVE ISLES PARKING LIGHTING AND SIDEWALKS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

SO THIS DID GO THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE BACK IN DECEMBER AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED AT THEIR JULY TWENTY SEVENTH MEETING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAN AS SUBMITTED AGAIN THIS IS PART OF THE BUCHWALD CONCEPT PLAN. IT WAS PART OF THAT DEDICATION IN 2000 WITH THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. HERE'S A COPY OF THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN THAT'S ON FILE AGAIN AND I'M GOING TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT'S HAPPENED AND THE REASON OF THE RECONFIGURATION OF AND REPROGRAMING OF SPORTS IS THAT RECENTLY THERE WAS A WETLANDS DELINEATION IN THE UP UPDATE AND FROM THAT AND YOU CAN SEE I KIND OF PUT IT SIMPLE SIMPLE GRAPH UP TOP HERE WHERE THE ORIGINAL PLAN FROM 2001 HAD ONE HUNDRED AND THREE ACRES UPLAND AND 40 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT HAS SINCE CHANGED WHERE IT'S EIGHTY ONE UNIT OR EIGHTY ONE ACRES OF UPLANDS AND THEN SIXTY ONE ACRES OF WETLANDS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF TWENTY TWO ACRES THAT IS NOW WETLANDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY UP ON THIS IS MY VERY SIMPLE GRAPH TO KIND OF REPRESENT THE AREAS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE NOW CONSIDERED WETLANDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REPRESENTATIVE OF UPLANDS THAT HAD HAD PROGRAMING SPECIFICALLY YOU CAN SEE IN THE BASEBALL AREA HERE.

SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN. >> I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH FROM THE NORTHERN PORTION PREVIOUSLY HAD THE SIX FIELDS THE SPORTS COMPLEX YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE NOW CHANGED THAT THE FIVE FIELDS THE NECESSARY PARKING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THE CENTRAL PORTION THEY HAD THE THREE BASEBALL FIELDS AS WELL AS PARKING THROUGHOUT AGAIN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS SITE PLAN HERE. THAT'S THE FARM.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AMOUNT OF PARKING AND FIELDS WERE ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE TO THE FARM AND WITH THIS NEW ADDITION YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY MOVED OFF FURTHER AWAY.

SO NOW THE FIELD THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE FARM IS 700 FEET AWAY. NOW THERE WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS AND I'VE GOT IT ON A SIDE HERE AS WELL. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE'S A LITTLE LINE THAT'S RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH HERE. THIS IS AN OLD LOGGING ROAD THAT PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF BEEN USING AS A LITTLE BIT OF A PATH .

THE INTENT IS THAT THIS ENTIRE AREA WILL BE FENCED OFF TO PREVENT INDIVIDUALS FROM FROM

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AND THEN THE THE ROAD CONNECTION THERE FOR BARTON'S RUN.

AND THAT WAS THAT WAS AN ACCESS EASEMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE TOWN AND SOLELY CONSTRUCTED BY BARTON'S RUN RESIDENTS. SO DURING PLANNING COMMISSION THERE WAS A VARIOUS DISCUSSION ITEMS. ONE WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BASEBALL FIELDS WITH THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS DUE TO THE WETLAND DELINEATION, THE FIELDS BEING FENCED.

THAT WAS A CONCERN MAKING SURE THAT FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT THAT YOU KNOW, KIDS WEREN'T KICKING OR BEING ABLE TO GET FURTHER OUT INTO THE WETLAND AREA AS WELL AS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE WETLAND AREA OVER TO THE FARM, THE TENNIS COURTS BEING FENCE THE ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS FENCING AROUND THAT.

AGAIN WITH THE CLOSEST HOUSE BEING STILL TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX FEET AWAY, THERE WERE SOME PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS AND THAT'S VARIOUS AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE ROAD ROAD CONNECTIONS INTO THE FARM AS WELL AS BARTON RUN JUST TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS OVER THESE THAT ARE A HOUSE THAT WE AS PEOPLE ARE WALKING THROUGH THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CROSS THESE STREETS AND THE MOTORISTS ARE FULLY AWARE THAT THEY'RE THERE. THE ORIGINAL PLAN DID HAVE A PULL ON THERE AS WELL DARK

PARK. THEY'VE BEEN THERE. >> THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED.

THE NEED HAS GONE AWAY AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE WHERE THE DOG PARK WAS LOCATED IS IS VERY WET. SO IT IS NOW WETLANDS AND IT'S NOT A NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE DOGS RUNNING AROUND IN WET AREA. SO THERE IS DISC GOLF THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED ON THE PLAN. THERE ARE NINE HOLES WITH TEE BOXES AND IF YOU'RE NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH WITH DISC GOLF YOU'RE THROWING A FRISBEE INTO A LARGE BASKET AND WHAT THIS DOES IS YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO USE THE NINE HOLES WITH THE VARIOUS TEE BOXES WHERE YOU'RE THROWING THE DESK OFF. SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE . ALSO SOME OF THE CONCERNS IS DEALING WITH LIGHTING YOU WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSE WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS MOVING FORWARD WITH LIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FULL CUT OFF THE SPORTS LIGHTING. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY IF YOU REMEMBER A LOT OF PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THOUGH SO THEY WILL BE HAVING THIS SPORTS LIGHTING THAT CUTS THE CUTS THE LIGHTING OFF WELL BEFORE IT GETS TO THE PROPERTY LINE THAT'LL ALL BE PICKED UP DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS PARKING PARKING IS ALWAYS A CONCERN. WE HAD THE APPLICANT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PARKING CODE THE APPLICANT USE THEIR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT TO DETERMINE THE NECESSARY PARKING AND CAN SEE THAT THE TOP SECTION REFERS TO REQUIRED PARKING APPROXIMATELY 614 SPACES. AND THEN WHAT THEY ARE PROVIDING IS OVER SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE SPACES THAT ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SITE REVIEW CRITERIA. HAPPY TO GO OVER THEM. BUT THEY MET ALL THE REVIEW CRITERIA YOU'RE ACTION THIS EVENING'S TO APPROVE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS OR TO DENY THE APPLICATION FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT YOU'LL SEE WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THE PRE APPLICATION MEETINGS REVIEWED BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN THIS EVENING. SO I'M ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS REPRESENTED FROM P4 COUNTY IS HERE AND THEY CAN ANSWER AS WELL.

QUESTIONS. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE NEW DESIGNATION FOR WETLANDS CAUSE THE AND THAT PRIOR TO I AM NOT AN ENGINEER AND I PROBABLY LET THE

APPLICANT SPEAK ON ON BEHALF OF THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND. >> ABSOLUTELY.

I DID IT IT'S IT'S A.. WHAT HAPPENED? >> I'M ERIC WALLACE, PRINCIPAL

WITH WOODEN PARTNERS. >> WE ARE THE LAND PLANNERS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FOR THE PROJECT AS WELL AS A DESIGN TEAM LEADER. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE MARSHALL PLAN AMENDMENT TONIGHT. AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTION GOES, WE WERE SHOCKED AS WELL WHEN WE GOT THAT DELINEATION FOR THE FOR THE NEW WETLAND BOUNDARY.

IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED IT. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY DEVELOPMENT PLAYED A ROLE IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION BUT IT WAS LOW GROUND AND WATER TRAVELS, LOW GROUND SINKS LEAST PATH OF RESISTANCE. SO UNFORTUNATELY ENCROACHED INTO OUR ACREAGE OR LAND ACREAGE AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE GOT LEFT OVER.

[01:25:02]

>> THANK YOU. ASIDE FROM THAT, I THINK THE PROJECT IS VERY EXCITING.

I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MUCH ACTIVITY GOING INTO A PARK LIKE THAT.

OUR YOUTH DEFINITELY NEED IT. AND WE ALSO HAVE A POPULATION OF COMMUNITY FOLKS HERE.

I THINK THAT WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES YOU'RE OFFERING.

THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS. MR. HAMILTON APTITUDE AND THIS QUESTION IS COMING FROM COUNCILMAN TOUMA WHO IS WATCHING THIS AFTER THE

PROPERTY. >> TWENTY FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY WHO WILL OWN THE LAND SO THAT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON STILL WE OWN THE LAND.

SO ALL THE PROGRAMING IS THROUGH BEFORE COUNTY AND THE AGREEMENT.

TERRY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THIS AS WELL BUT THE AGREEMENT IT LASTS THAT TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND THEN IT WOULD JUST I WOULD ASSUME BE RENEWED RENEGOTIATED WITH THE TOWN WITH SOME LAND AT 25 YEARS. WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY.

YOU'RE TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE ABOUT EXTENDING IT IN SOME FASHION SO BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA LAND IN THE APPROVED AGREEMENTS MORE FOR WHO RUNS THE PART OF . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO I HAVEN'T. I HAVE A COUPLE SO IT'S A RATHER LARGE TENNIS OPERATION APPEARS WITH THE CRY FOR THE MAYOR ALL SEEM TO BE A NATIONAL PHENOMENON AND EVEN HERE.

WHY ARE WE NOT PUTTING BALL? >> I'M A PICK A BALLPLAYER SO I CAN SIDE WITH THAT.

BUT BASICALLY THE PLAN THAT WE'RE SHOWING IN THE AMENDMENT TO THAT THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WAS SCRIPTED BY THE COUNTY AND IT'S MEETING A COUNTY NEED MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER PICK THE BALL PLAYERS WANT TO HEAR BUT CERTAINLY FOR THIS PROPERTY THIS MATCH PLAYED TENNIS CENTER IS IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. LET ME SATISFYING A NEED FOR THE GUY SO MY IN MY DEALINGS WITH THE COUNTY OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE, I IMAGINE ALL OF US WAS BASEBALL FIELDS, BASEBALL FIELDS, BASEBALL FIELDS. I COULD NEVER GET ENOUGH BASEBALL FIELDS AND NOW WE'RE BUILDING MONUMENTAL TENNIS OPERATION AND BASEBALL FIELDS.

>> SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NO PICKLE BALL, NO BASEBALL FIELDS AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DERIVED. I MEAN INSTEAD OF JUST THE COUNTY JUST SAYING I'M SURE THERE'S LOGIC TO THIS INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING THIS IS OUR

NEEDS, HOW DID THEY DERIVE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE? >> WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THERE ISN'T A NEED FOR BASEBALL FIELDS, RIGHT? THERE CERTAINLY IS.

PICKLE OR PICKLE? IT'S JUST THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IN THE LAND.

THE SCRIPT IS FOR A TENNIS CENTER WHICH IS ALSO A NEED. RIGHT.

I KNOW CURRENTLY THE COUNTY IS GOING THROUGH A RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THAT MAY HELP TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. RIGHT. BUT FOR THIS PROPERTY IN THIS MASTER PLAN, THE TENNIS CENTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. IT'S ALWAYS A DOG PARK.

SO IT WAS A DOG PARK? YES, CORRECT. OK.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW. IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE LOST THREE BASEBALL FIELDS WHICH IS A IS A DEED BUT THE LAND HAS TO HAVE A BASEBALL FIELD COMPLEX THAT'S JUST NOT THERE.

>> SO YEAH, YOU SHOWED SOME OF WELL YOU KNOW I WAS JUST CURIOUS I DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD AND I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY HEAR SIMILAR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC NEEDS. BUT THANK YOU.

>> IT'S JUST A QUESTION I HAVE WOULD URGE YOU TO GO PICKLE BALL COURT BEFORE WE DECIDE TO PUT ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL ANALOGIES OR PICK UP BALL COURTS AND ONE COMMUNITY CAUSES MORE NOISE THAN A LOT OF MOTORCYCLES RIGHT NOW.

WELL, AMAZINGLY LOUD AND THESE RESIDENTS WOULD HIT THE ROOF. THE LIGHTING I HAVE SEEN AT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY I ACTUALLY WASN'T SURE TRUST BUT VERIFY. AND IT REALLY DOES CUT OFF IS JUST AMAZING. PINE CREST IS NOT AFFECTED AT ALL.

SO I'M GLAD WE USE THAT IN OTHER PROJECTS. SO TIMING WHO TAKES THE RULES IS PART OF THE REASON I ASK AND MAYBE IT'S NOT YOU IT MIGHT BE US.

WELL DID THE PARKS BE CLOSED AT NIGHT LIKE THE REST OF BUCHWALD OR A WEEKEND? YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POLICE THAT ARE WE HAVE TO MONITOR IT AS WELL.

SO I GUESS I JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NIGHTTIME. GOLF AH WELL THE PARKS CLOSE ALL CLOSED AT NIGHT LIKE CULTURE PARK DOES NOW. I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW IT.

YEAH I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S A COUNTY OPERATION. >> SO CAN WE CHECK ON THAT?

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I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A VERY ROBUST PARKS AND RECREATION APARTMENT AND AN

OPEN ROAD RUNS OUT FOR US. >> SHE KNOWS SHE DOESN'T DO IT BY HERSELF BUT SHE DETERMINES SCHEDULES AND THEN MIXING UP SCHEDULES AND TIMES. WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO RUN ANYTHING THAT'S A NUISANCE. WE WOULDN'T RUN IT LATE AT NIGHT.

I UNDERSTOOD A COMPLAINT A BALL PROJECT THAT IT WAS SEVEN TO 10 .

I COULDN'T IMAGINE US DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHEN I WILL SAY OUR WHOLE INTENT WAS TO BUILD A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT WAS.

AND WHEN YOU GOT INTO HAVING BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL EVERYTHING IT JUST TOOK AWAY FROM THE WHOLE IMPORTANCE OF ONE PARTICULAR THING. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY, A LOT OF PARKS. WE DON'T MAKE THESE CALLS BUT I KNOW THERE'S TALKS PICK A BALL, THERE'S TALKS OF OTHER DOG PARKS. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE WHOLE FACILITY IS ALREADY A DOG PARK. YOU CAN CERTAINLY TAKE YOUR ANIMAL THERE AND CLEAN IT AFTER THEM. BUT THE TENNIS CENTER WE WANTED WE HAD A CHANCE TO DO A COUPLE OF SMALL TENNIS COURTS BUT WE WANTED A STATE OF THE ART TENNIS CENTER.

WE WANT SOCCER. THAT'S NICE ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO COME THERE AND USE THE FIELDS AND BASEBALL HASN'T GONE AWAY. BY NO MEANS.

WE HAVE OTHER FACILITIES WITH BASEBALL THAT MAY BE EXPANDED BUT THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PROJECT. WOULDN'T PARTNERS ARE CURRENTLY DOING A MASTERPLAN PROGRAM FOR US? MOST OF ALL OUR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WE'RE NOT THERE YET BUT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THEY'RE SMARTER PEOPLE THAN ME. BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AND WE'RE NOT ABANDONING ANY ONE SPORT. WE JUST WE WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PULL THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE POOL FOUR POOLS NOW THAT ARE A LOT OF LOT OF ISSUES WITH THEM.

SO WE'RE FIXING THE ONES WE HAVE BEFORE WE'LL START ANOTHER ONE.

BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT THE REPRESENTATIVE TOM GENTLEMEN THAT MUCH.

>> I JUST DIDN'T WANT THEIR RESIDENTS AND I'M VERY RESPECTFUL OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE NOW THINGS ARE GETTING PLOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. AND I JUST WANT HIM AND I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN FARM FOR COOKOUT WITH COPS TALKING TO SOME RESIDENTS THAT JUST MONITOR AND WE CAN GET RASHAN ON AND I THINK WE NEED TO AT LEAST INTERESTS PLAY IN A BREADSTICK THE SOCCER FIELDS YOU DON'T SEE YOUR CLOSER TO HAMPTON HALL AND IT'S HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FEET. SO JUST FALSE BUT THANK YOU FOR FAILING TO SAY.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, ERIC. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL THIS QUESTION TO YOU, STEPHEN. YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER TODAY BUT DOESN'T KNOW THE TUMOR QUESTION IF AT THE END OF THE 25 YEAR OR ANY TIME WE TAKE OVER THE ACCOUNT TOWNS DECIDED WE WANT TO BE A PART BUSINESS WILL BE ON THESE IMPROVEMENTS IF EVERYTHING GONE IF WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT FOR MANAGEMENT. SO ANYTHING DONE ON THAT THEIR AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW IS OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY THE THE IMPROVEMENTS MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITIES. AND THEN I'LL KIND OF LEAVE IT TO TERRY AS TO AT THAT THAT TIME FRAME WHAT WHAT HAPPENS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? KEVIN , THIS IS ON AMENDMENT I WANT AND DONE RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. IF NOTHING ELSE, IS THERE AN APPROVAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE MASTERPLAN FOR BACKWATER COMMUNITY PARK MASTERPLAN CONSISTING OF PLUS OR MINUS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO POINT NINE WHEN ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF BACKWATER PARKWAY AND SOME BANK VAULT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT MOVE SECOND WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TEN SECOND HOPE THERE WAS

[XII. 2. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4 – Animals – First Reading, Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

GOOD EVENING DAVE WANTS A YEAR IS A WASTE OF TIME READING THIS .

OK, HEATHER, THANK YOU. SO THIS IS COMING BEFORE YOU AS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLOCK AND CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 4 ANIMALS AND THIS IS AS IT RELATES TO BEAUFORT COUNTY CHANGES THAT THEY RECENTLY HAD AND APPROVED WITH THEIR CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT REALLY REFLECT CHANGES IN STATE LAW. SO JUST A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION. SO AGAIN BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL THEY ADOPTED RECENT TEXT AMENDMENTS ON THIRD READING IN APRIL OF THE SAME ORDINANCE AND WE HAVE HAD THAT THE SAME ORDINANCE AND REFLECTED THE SAME ORDINANCE AS BEFORE COUNTY.

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BEAUFORT COUNTY THEN REQUESTED THAT WE MAKE THE WE CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AGAIN AND THE POINT IS THAT TO ENFORCE THEM WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS JUST TO BE SEAMLESS UNIFORM REGULATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTIES THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AGAIN REALLY REFLECT CHANGES IN STATE LAW, FOCUS ON VOICE CONTROL. VOICE CONTROL HAS BEEN ELIMINATED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE LEASH LAW. WE DID MAKE SURE THAT WE RESEARCH THAT WE WOULD STILL BE OK WITH DOG PARKS. DOG PARKS THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THAT THEY ARE. THAT IS A PLACE THAT YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE YOUR DOG.

YOU'RE IN A FENCED IN AREA AND WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THAT CAN REMAIN THE WAY IT IS.

SOME OTHER CHANGES JUST ABOUT DOG BREED DETERMINATIONS, NEGLECT AS WELL AS BEACH EXEMPTIONS WHICH DOES NOT HAVE AN EFFECT WITH THE LONDON AGAIN THIS IS FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE. YOU'LL NOTICE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN PROVE THAT AS PRESENTED APPROVE IT WITH REVISIONS WE WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD TAKE THAT BACK TO THE COUNTY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK OR DISAPPROVE AND AGAIN WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU'D NEED TO GO FURTHER. IF THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL THEN IT WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND READING AND AT THAT SAME AGENDA WE WOULD ALSO INCLUDE AN AGENDA ITEM AS IT RELATES TO THE IJA TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CODIFIED TOGETHER AND WORKS TOGETHER. WE DID INVITE TO LULA TRICE THE ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AS WELL AS BRITTANY WARD FROM THE COUNTY THE BEAUFORT COUNTY DEPUTY ATTORNEY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. YOUR TO YOUR WORD.

I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHY YOU WERE SENDING YOU GO BACK. OK, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND ACTUALLY WE CAN MEET Y'ALL IN ITS BEDROOM. YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

THIS IS SOME QUESTIONS AND PLENTY OF HOW WERE Y'ALL? >> GREAT.

OK. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. BOYS CONTROL THERE.

HAVE THERE BEEN TRIED AND TESTED VOICE MENTORS ACTUALLY REMOVES FROM THE COUNTY

ORDINANCE. >> IT SAYS STATE CODE IS RECENTLY AMENDED SPECIFYING THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE CONTROL OVER AN ANIMAL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE PHYSICAL CONTROL MEANING A LEASH. SO VOICE CONTROL ACTUALLY BEEN REMOVED FROM OUR ORDINANCE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THIS? I MEAN I LOVE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AND MAKING CORRECTIONS WE ALL CAN. HE ALWAYS SAYS NO BETTER DO BETTER.

SO THERE IS ONE OTHER AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE POINTED OUT TO ORDINANCE VALDEZ AND THAT'S CONCERNING AND DANGEROUS START DETERMINATION THAT HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE WITH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO YOUNG DOGS THAT GET IN SITUATIONS WHEREBY WE ALL HATE BUT WHETHER IT'S A CHILD OR ANOTHER DOG HAS BEEN INJURED.

WE HER STAFF GOES FORWARD AND PROSECUTES IT AS A DANGEROUS DOGGED DETERMINA AND DOING THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THE COURT SYSTEM AND WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL PARTIES TO HAVE A LESSER INCLUDED CHARGE TO THE DANGEROUS DETERMINATION THAT WILL PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON DOGS THAT ARE CAUGHT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE BLINDED BY THE REGULATIONS THAT WE PLACE ON A DANGEROUS DOG. SO THAT IS AND MADE HER ATTRIBUTE THAT I THINK WE'RE PROUD OF . TO MAKE SURE DOGS GET WHAT THEY NEED AS FAR AS CONTROL AND RESTRAINT. BUT WE'RE NOT LIMITING THEM WHEN YOUR DOG'S YEARS OLD AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES. THANK YOU.

PRESENT TO THEM ARE WE THE FIRST ONE WE ARE RUNNING THIS CIRCUIT BUT NO, WE'RE GOING TO

PAY. >> WE HAVE TO HILTON HEAD ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

SO WE HAVE GMAC. MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER AND PORTLAND.

I'M NOT SURE HE HAS AN ON THE AGENDA AND BEFORE IT CAME BEFORE US YEARS AGO AND IT WAS QUITE UPSETTING TO SOME PEOPLE. BUT I THINK YOU'VE PROVEN THAT WE NEED IT.

YES. AND I MIGHT I SAID I APPRECIATE YOU LOOK IN AND SEE AND HOUSEKEEPING REALLY AND FOLLOW ON STATE'S STATUTE OR LAW AND MAKING THE CHANGE ALWAYS TO UPDATE IT. AND THE STATE'S ACTUALLY FOLLOWING US WITH THE PIT BULL SPAY NEUTER. I'M ON THE STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL PATROL AND THEY'RE PUSHING A STATE LAW. NOTHING AGAINST THE BREED. IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST TRYING TO

REDUCE IT. >> YEAH. NO.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ON A NUMBER OF MATTERS?

>> THIS WORD OVER THE YEARS AND IRRATIONALITY IS ALL WE'VE GOT. WELCOME TO THE DOG PARK.

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YES, I DO. >> WELL I'M HERE OK. IF NOTHING ELSE SINCE THERE ARE MOTIONS TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CARDBOARD THAT'S A CHAPTER FOR ANIMALS FIRST READING. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

THEIR EMOTION IS YOUR SECOND OK. >> ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS IS FIRST OF TWO READINGS AND WE WILL HAVE THIS BACK ON FOR A FINAL READING NEXT MONTH.

HOPEFULLY ALL PAPERS SAYING I OPPOSED. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

[XIII. Consent Agenda Items]

I'VE LEARNED FROM LAST MONTH. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING SINCE THAT'S NOT REALLY A VOTE, LET'S VOTE ON THE WHOLE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THEN IT'S CHEAP .

YOU COULD COME BACK TO REVOTE ON IT. SHE COULD BRING YOU CAN ASK HER QUESTIONS. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA OR SECOND? SO ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR SAY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THAT'S UNANIMOUS. CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING. CHIEF, ARE YOU. I'M DOING WELL.

THANKS, FRED. AND YOU'VE HAD A QUESTION ON YOU ON ON OR TWO OF THE AGENDA NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO FOLLOW. I SEE THE REPORT OUT OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE AND JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF ARE ARE THERE ANY SPECIFICS WE COULD GET IN TERMS OF I DID SEE THE NUMBERS BUT NO CORRELATION IN TERMS OF LIKE A SUCCESS RATE OR IF THE FOLLOW UP THAT WE'RE DOING IS THAT EFFECTIVE OR EVEN WHAT THE LEVEL OR THE EXTENT OF OUR FOLLOW UP IS IN TERMS OF THE 7 CRISIS INTERVENTION CALLS AND THEN A FOLLOW UP I

WANTED TO GET SOME MORE DETAILS ON WHAT WHAT ALL THAT IS. >> ABSOLUTELY.

AND. YES. >> MR. C'S HAS A REPORT THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND I'M CERTAIN HE'LL BE PASSING IT ON TO COUNCIL AS SOON AS HE'S DONE PERUSING IT. BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT AND WE HAVE DONE SOME CASE SYNOPSIS ON THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO SAY WITHOUT OF COURSE DIVULGING ANY DETAILS THAT WE SHOULDN'T SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, EITHER VICTIM SUSPECT INFORMATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT A FEW OF THE ONES THAT WE FOLLOWED UP ON ARE AND THESE ARE JUST THE TITLES OF THE REPORTS BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF THAT.

SO ALTERED MENTAL STATUS THE SUBJECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL AND THEN WE NOTIFIED THE SUBJECT'S SIBLING. SO THESE ARE ALL FOLLOW UPS THAT MISS ANDERSON'S DONE STOLEN VEHICLE. THEY CONDUCTED A FOLLOW UP PROVIDED RESOURCES.

SO SUICIDE THREATS CONDUCTED A FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN KEEPING TRACK AT THIS FROM JUNE AND INTO JULY.

SO YOU CAN SEE THESE AND I'M SURE WE HAVE NO PROBLEM OF COURSE GIVING YOU THIS.

IT'S ACTUALLY FOR YOU. SO HEALTH AND WELFARE CHECK DEESCALATED THE SUBJECT AND NOTIFY THE SUBJECT'S SPOUSE. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SERVICES TO THE SUBJECT OR THE PERSON IN QUESTION. IT'S ABOUT RESOURCES TO THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL WHICH THEY MAY

OR MAY NOT KNOW EXIST. >> AND THAT'S MORE SO WHAT I WANTED BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND AND DON'T WANT TO KNOW THEIR NAMES AND WHERE IT'S GOING ON BUT MORE SO WHO DO WE PARTNER WITH IN TERMS OF NAMI USE IT OTHER BEHAVIOR MIDDLES ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE AREA IN TERMS OF SEEING LIKE HOW OUR PROGRESS OF THIS PARTICULAR ROLE AND ITS BENEFIT TO THE PERSON IN CRISIS LIKE WHAT WHAT WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? ABSOLUTELY.

AND I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL JUST TODAY AND IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT MISSING ANDERSON AND ALL THE OFFICERS THAT HELPED ONE PARTICULAR GENTLEMAN AND HIS FAMILY WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH A TIME OF CRISIS. SO PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS FOR THAT.

I KNOW MR. STEVE SENATE RIGHT BEFORE COUNSEL SO I'M SURE YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT PLEASE SEE HOW MUCH THOSE SERVICES ARE NEEDED. AND AS YOU MENTIONED NAMI AND ALL THE OTHER RESOURCES HANNAH HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND THE REPORT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT SHE'S DONE IN PREPARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS THAT SHE'S BEEN HERE AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE PLANNING TO GO. WE'RE ALSO PLANNING IN OCTOBER WHEN SHE HAS BEEN HERE A FULL YEAR OF GIVING YOU A FULL REPORT OF WHAT'S BEING DONE BEEN DONE EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID FOR INSTANCE, BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND ACTUALLY WRITING AND CORRESPONDING WITH OFFICERS WHICH SHE'S CURRENTLY DOING DOWN TWICE A WEEK ON TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS SHE'S ACTUALLY WORKING AFTERNOONS AND INTO EVENINGS AND YOU'LL SEE HER OUT ON THE CALLS WITH THE OFFICERS. SHE WAS OUT AT THE OSCAR

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SO WE'LL GLADLY FORWARD THIS TO YOU WHENEVER WE GET THE APPROVAL AND TO MORE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO ON ABOUT? I MEAN I CAN I CAN READ ALL THESE TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE.

GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT? NO, I WAS MORE SO WANTING YOU'RE LIKE WHAT THE PROCESS

IS. >> I GUESS SO. OH THE PROCESS.

YES. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I APPRECIATE IT.

SO THE PROCESS SO WE BECOME AWARE EITHER THROUGH CONTACT THE POLICE OR 9 1 1 OR BASICALLY JUST TALKING TO CITIZENS THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH OR RESOURCES. AND SO WHAT THE OFFICERS DO IS THEY NOTIFY AND SEND THE REPORT TO HANNAH AND THEY TELL HIM HEY, THIS IS THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.

HANNAH THEN IMMEDIATELY USUALLY IT'S WITHIN 24 HOURS. ACTUALLY QUITE LESS FOLLOWS UP WITH THEM AND JUST SITS AND TALKS WITH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR SITUATION.

AND THEN SHE HAS SPENT, YOU KNOW, SIX, EIGHT MONTHS REALLY BUILDING HER RESOURCE.

AND SO SHE DIRECTS THEM TO APPROPRIATE RESOURCES. VIETNAM MAY BE A YOU KNOW, FOOD ASSISTANCE BE A YOU KNOW, HOME ASSISTANCE OR UTILITIES. THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST REALLY NEED TO TALK. SO AND SHE ALSO DOES AFTERCARE FOLLOW UPS LIKE IF THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL ON A CALL FROM OFFICERS, SHE CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, SHE CAN'T HELP IN THE ACTUAL TIME OF CRISIS BUT SHE TRIES TO HELP BEFORE THE CRISIS HAPPENS AND THEN SHE ALSO FOLLOWS UP WITH THEM AFTERWARDS . SO AFTER SHE DOES THAT SHE MAKES NOTES AND SHE WRITES REPORTS AND DEPENDING ON HOW THEIR SERVICES ARE GOING FROM THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, SHE EITHER KEEPS FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM THE FAMILIES IF THEY WANT HER TO OR SHE'LL DIRECT THEM TO OTHER RESOURCES LIKE SPIRITUAL RESOURCES AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES UNTIL SHE FEELS LIKE THEY REALLY NO LONGER NEED HER ASSISTANCE AND THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND AT LEAST HAVE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. WOULD THAT HELP DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU. YOU'VE MADE ME THINK OF A COUPLE OF .

NINE ONE EIGHT I THINK IT IS. WHAT'S A NINE EIGHT EIGHT NINE EIGHT EIGHT.

WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? WHERE ARE CONNECTION WITH THAT IN SOUTH CAROLINA? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I CAN ABSOLUTELY CHECK UP WITH YOU AND I KNOW THAT IT'S UP AND RUNNING BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY SUCCESSES OR HOW MANY CALLS THEY'VE HAD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I CAN ABSOLUTELY CHECK ON. AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS THINKING WHERE SHE INTEGRATED WITHIN THAT. AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ARTICLE THAT I READ ABOUT NINE 8 CHANGE THAT IS SHE LINKED IN TO THAT? IS IT NONWHITE LIKE NINE ONE ONE. I CALLED AND I'M IN BLUFFTON.

CRAZY MAN COMES AND YELLS AT ME IN THE PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW? CALL 9 1 1.

THEY SEND IT TO YOU BECAUSE I'M IN BLUFFTON. BUT IF SOMEBODY THAT'S HAVING REAL TRAUMA MENTALLY CALLS NANNY WHO ANSWERS IT. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHO ANSWERS IT AND DOES THAT GO TO WHO WE HAVE WHICH IS HANNAH BUT NO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DON'T HAVE THAT. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHEN YOU CALL THE WHEN CALL THE NUMBER AND ASK YOU HOW WHICH STATE YOU'RE IN. AND SO IT'LL PROMPT YOU TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL IN THAT PARTICULAR STATE BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU IMMEDIATE CONTACT WITH A LIVE PERSON. WE'LL TALK TO YOU LIKE WALK YOU THROUGH IT.

BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT WAS NOT TO BE ALIGNED WITH 9 11 IN THE SENSE OF NOT TO MAKE IT A CRIMINAL RIGHT THING JUST TO MAKE IT YOU IN CRISIS. BUT THAT JUST THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA SOMATIC CONNECTED WITH OUR HARD TO REACH OUT TO THEM MEDIATOR AND I DON'T KNOW THE HIP AND THE WHOLE THING AND I GET IT. I DON'T KNOW.

AND ONE OTHER THING I READ YOUR REPORT IN THIS LAST REPORT I CAN REMEMBER DAY OR NIGHT.

AND I KNOW WE DON'T WE JUST GET A SNAPSHOT BUT EVERY SINGLE ITEM HAD TO DO WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, EVERY SINGLE ONE. SO ARE THOSE SAY THERE WERE FOUR, YOU KNOW, BREAKDOWNS THAT IS ARE THOSE CONSIDERED FOR CASES FOR HER? YES.

ARE THOSE ARE CONSIDER FOR FOLLOW UPS WITH HER TO CONTACT EACH ONE OF THE PARTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED PARTICULARLY THE PERSON THAT'S MOST YOU KNOW SHE STARTS WITH YOU KNOW, THE ASHTON PER SAY. BUT THEN OF COURSE IF THERE'S FAMILY INVOLVED AND THEY'RE LISTED IN THE REPORT AND THEY HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION, SHE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM REACHING OUT TO THEM AND ASKING THEM DO YOU NEED RESOURCES AND WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU AND DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS AVAILABLE? SO ONE CASE COULD IS ONE FOLLOW UP AND IT COULD BE SEVEN DIFFERENT MEETINGS SINCE AUNT SEVEN FOLLOW UPS. IT'S STILL JUST ONE FOLLOW UP.

YES. OK. SO 26 FOLLOW UPS COULD BE 100 DIFFERENT PHONE PHONE NUMBERS. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LOVE FOR HER TO COME WHEN SHE'S GOT HER. YOU KNOW, SHE'S IN AND SHE'S READY BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW AND YOU'VE SEEN WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF HYPE OVER IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE HER UMBRAGE AT I SAID LAST MONTH GIVE US SOME TIME YOU WERE HERE. THE INTERVIEW WAS FABULOUS.

I HOPE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT HER ROLE IS AND THEY SUPPORTED IT IS NEW.

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SO THE CLEAR ASSESSORS, BY THE WAY, WERE VERY INTERESTED. >> AS YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH ACCREDITATION THE LAST TWO DAYS. THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM AND THEY WERE HOPING TO TAKE THAT TO OTHER AREAS. SO I APPLIED THIS ONE SUBJECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND WE GIVE OUR UPDATES. ANYTHING FROM A

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