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STRATEGIC WORKSHOP TO ORDER SLIDES FOR THE SCRIPT HERE, WHICH I WENT INTO IN A SECOND, WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
I LIKE TO CARRY FORWARD FROM WHERE WE WERE THE OTHER DAY FROM WHERE WE WERE IN HOUSING AND A LOT OF OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES.
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR A LOT OF IDEAS.
I WANT TO HEAR A LOT OF SOLUTIONS, HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND NOT JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR PROBLEMS ARE.
I THINK BY THIS TIME WE ALL KNOW WHAT OUR PROBLEMS ARE, SO LET'S JUST TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET SOME, GET SOME WORK DONE, KRIS IN COMPLIANCE OR FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT KRISTA.
AND COULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? YES, SIR.
MR. LENNOX HERE, MR. STANFORD HERE.
PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON AS A RULE.
UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, FIRST AND FOREMOST.
APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS TODAY WE HAVE FIVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I ASK THAT WHEN YOU'RE CALLED UPON THAT YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE HERE IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE.
YOU FLIP THE SWITCH FORWARD AND YOU BEGIN AT THAT TIME.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
OUR FIRST CITIZEN IS FRANK BABEL.
A FEW OF THEM FIRST, OUR ROADS RECENT STUDIES HAVE DOCUMENTED THAT RE REDUCING ROADWAY SPEEDS ALSO REDUCE AUTOMOTIVE CRASHES WHILE IMPROVING VEHICULAR FLOW.
PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING AS A PRIORITY IN 2023, THE REDUCTION OF SPEED LIMITS ON OUR HILTON HEAD ISLAND ARTERIALS BY FIVE MILES AN HOUR AS A WAY TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND THE CONDITION OF OUR ROADS.
NEXT IS THE BRIDGE TWO POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
WE REALLY DISCUSS THE PLIGHT OF THE FOUR FOLKS WHO COMMUTE DAILY ACROSS OUR BRIDGE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SPOKESPERSON.
THEIR TRAVEL ACROSS THE BRIDGE IS CONSTANTLY BEING DISRUPTED.
MAINLANDERS ARE ALSO ABANDONING DOCTORS AND BUSINESSES ON THE ISLAND BECAUSE THEY OFTEN EXPERIENCE TRAFFIC DELAYS.
THIS IS AN ECONOMIC IN A, IN A SOCIAL PROBLEM.
THESE PERSONAL DISRUPTIONS MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF THE BRIDGE.
THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON IS A MATTER OF AESTHETICS.
IT'S NOT THE BRIDGE THAT MATTERS.
IT'S WHAT WE LOOK FOR AND SEE, AND VISUALLY ARTICULATES THE BEAUTY OF THIS ISLAND WHEN THE BRIDGES ARE CROSS IT'S THE VIEW.
WE DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT THE BRIDGE LOOKS LIKE.
THE THIRD POINT IS BACK IN THE 1980S, MANY AMERICAN BUSINESSES HAD SIGNIFICANT QUALITY CONTROL AND PRODUCTIVITY PROBLEMS ON THE SCENE CAME DR.
DING, DR W EDWARDS, DEMING AND OTHER QUALITY AND GURUS WHO CHANGED.
AMERICA'S THINKING ABOUT QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY.
WE WERE IN, WE WERE IN THE TOILET BACK THEN.
ONE OF THE TEACHINGS WAS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT FEW.
MOST ORGANIZATIONS CANNOT SIMULTANEOUSLY UNDERTAKE TOO MANY INITIATIVES.
SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS PICK A SIGNIFICANT FEW OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES AND CONCENTRATE ON THEM.
IF DR DEMING WERE HERE NOW WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, HE WOULD CHALLENGE THE NUMBER OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY UNDERTAKING BY THE TOWN.
MY LAST POINT IS ABOUT PATHWAYS SYSTEMS AND BIKING.
WE ALL KNOW HOW THE SYSTEM HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS INTO A MAJOR TOWN AMENITY, A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE AND A TOWN DIFFERENTIATOR.
WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH A GOLD LEVEL BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AWARDS SINCE 2015 AND WILL BE REAPPLYING AGAIN IN FIVE MONTHS, TRIPADVISOR CAN CONTRIBUTORS HAVE RATED RIDING OUR BIKE TRAILS AS THE NUMBER ONE BEST THING TO DO ON HILTON HIGH ISLAND FOR EIGHT STRAIGHT YEARS NOW.
AND AN INDUSTRY HAS DEVELOPED WITH OVER 30 BUSINESSES, SELLING, RENTING, AND, UH, AND SERVICING BIKES WITH HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES, MARK AND HIS TEAM HAVE A GREAT
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TEAM AND THEY'RE ALL OVER SEVERAL MAJOR NEW PROGRAMS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE SYSTEM.BUT ANOTHER OF OTHER CHALLENGES WILL STILL REMAIN.
MY QUESTION IS FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR TOWN, OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, WHY ISN'T THIS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF BIKING AND OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM.
REMEMBER WHEN I USED TO ASK THE QUESTION WHO IS IN CHARGE OF SAFETY, THANK YOU, BOB, FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME, AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
WHO IS GOING TO LEAD US TO THE NEXT LEVEL PLATINUM INTRODUCE NEEDED COURTESY AND ETIQUETTE EDUCATION AND OTHER, AND MAKE OTHER OVERALL SYSTEMS SAFER AND MORE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY FOR EVERYONE.
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THOUGHTS TO SET MY IDEAS FOR YOU WHEN YOU GO IN THROUGH THIS DAY.
AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST OF LUCK AND THANKS TO THE THREE PEOPLE, JOHN, TOM BILL, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS MIKE MALIKA AND MY WIFE AND I ARE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS HERE IN HILTON HEAD.
AND I'M HERE NOT ONLY REPRESENTING MYSELF AND MY WIFE, BUT ALSO 570 DUES PAYING MEMBERS OF THE HILTON HEAD PICKLEBALL CLUB.
MAYBE THIS DOESN'T SOUND AS WEIGHTY AS ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME WAS ADDRESSING, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, PICKLE BALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT SERVICES ALL AGE GROUPS FROM TEENAGERS, UH, THROUGH SEASONED CITIZENS, SUCH AS MYSELF, I HAPPEN TO ATTEND A PARKS AND REC MEETING FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WHERE THEY, UH, MADE THE RECOMMENDATION, THE TOWN COUNCIL THAT A 22 TO 24 COURT DEDICATED COMPLEX BE BUILT ON THE ISLAND TO SERVICE THE RESIDENTS HERE.
WELL, HERE IT IS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS LATER, AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SUCH AS OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN BY THREE TIMES, BUT WE'RE STILL USING THE SAME 13 MAKESHIFT SUBSTANDARD COURTS THAT WE WERE USING BACK THEN.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK AND I, UH, THE MAYOR AND, UH, MR. ORLANDO MENTIONED AT A HILTON HEAD PLANTATION MEETING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE COURTS WITHIN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
UH, IT'S NOT JUST FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ENJOYMENT OF VISITORS IT'S TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY THAT RESIDES HERE ON A FULL-TIME BASIS.
THERE'S A, A HUGE DEMAND FOR THIS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING INCLUDED IN YOUR PLANS.
IN 2015 TOWN COUNCIL PASSED AN ARTS AND CULTURAL MISSION TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AS A RICH AND DIVERSE ARTS AND CULTURAL DESTINATION ENRICHING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS AND GUESTS MANY GOALS IN THE 2021 OCA STRATEGIC PLAN, THANKS AND PUBLIC ARTS INITIATIVE INITIATIVE.
IT'S VERY CAME FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITIZEN, LED ARTS AND CULTURAL STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY TOWN COUNCIL.
I HOPE THAT TOWN COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THESE GOALS AND INITIATIVES.
THESE GOALS INCLUDE THE CREATION OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND THE INCORPORATION OF ARTS INTO OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND INITIATIVES, INCLUDING CAPITAL PROJECTS, PARKS ENGINEERING, AND CARTER IMPROVEMENTS.
SINCE 2020, THE TOWN'S PERMANENT PUBLIC ART COLLECTION GREW BY 60%.
FOLLOWING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'VE SEEN AN, UM, GROWTH AND RECOGNITION OF SMALLER, DIVERSE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ISLAND'S IDENTITY AS A PLACE WHERE CULTURE SURVIVES AND THRIVES ANOTHER STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE GOAL.
AS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, THE CULTURE AND ARTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE NEXT CREATED BY THE COUNCIL.
AND RECENTLY THE ARTS COUNCIL I'M CONCERNED THAT ITEMS ON THE TOWN'S OVERARCHING STRATEGIC PLAN ARE MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT TOWN STAFF ASSIGNED
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TO INCLUDE ARTS IN THE EARLY PLANNING.I HOPE COUNCIL WILL SAFEGUARD THESE COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO HAVE INVESTED TIME AND ENERGY, CREATING THESE GOALS AND SUPPORTING THE OCA.
I ALSO RECOMMEND THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER BE DESIGNATED AS CULTURAL AFFAIRS LIAISON TO WORK WITH THE NEW CULTURAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR AND ATTEND ARTS COUNCIL MEETINGS SIX EACH YEAR.
THIS WOULD MAINTAIN TOWN COUNCIL'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY AND THE OCA STRATEGIC INITIATIVES PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS VESTED INTEREST IN OUR ART SCENE AND ENSURING THAT FUTURE OCA PLANS ARE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
THIS ROLE IS SIM SIMILAR TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN THE D O'S MARKETING COMMITTEE PROCESS.
LASTLY, I'M AT A, A SUGGESTION TO THE HOUSING DISCUSSION.
I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF YOU ALREADY ABOUT ART SPACE, A NONPROFIT WHICH CREATES AFFORDABLE SUSTAINABLE SPACE FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, A MIX OF HISTORIC RENOVATION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THE TOWN WOULD FUND AN INITIAL STUDY AND HELP SECURE LAND OR A BUILDING TO RENOVATE THE REST IS FUNDED AND DONE BY ART SPACE.
THEIR MANAGEMENT GROUP ENSURES LONG TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY.
TYPICAL PROJECTS RANGE FROM 35 TO 55 APARTMENTS FOR FAMILY INCOMES BELOW 60% AMI.
ANYONE WHO QUALIFIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY APPLY FOR RESIDENCY.
THEY NEED NOT DERIVE THEIR INCOME FROM ART.
THINK NURSE WHO SINGS, FIREMEN WHO PLAYS THE GUITAR PREFERENCE IS GIVEN TO THOSE APPLICANTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN AND ARE COMMITTED TO THE ARTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ARTS AND CULTURE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH, UH, REA PRINCE MS. PRINCE ON PRINCE AND I LIVE ON MARKETPLACE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, HILTON HAD ISLANDS THE FIRST PLACE I'VE EVER CHOSEN AS HOME HILTON HEAD ISLANDS.
THE FIRST PLACE I'VE EVER CHOSEN AS HOME PREVIOUSLY, I WENT SOMEPLACE BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY WAS IN THE RIGHT TOWN OR, UM, I GOT A JOB AND MOVED TO A CITY BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND WHEN I MOVED HERE, I DID NOT INTEND TO BECOME A CRITIC, BUT I PASSIONATELY BELIEVE IN BOTH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AKA PUT UP OR SHUT UP AND THE AMERICAN PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
SO WHEN YOU ARE ELECTEDS OR NOT REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I WAS HOPEFUL THAT WE'D SEE A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS BY NOW, BUT I'M BOTH FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT SPECIFICALLY THE 2 78 INDEPENDENT END TO END STUDY, THE ONE THAT SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION HALL NOT ONLY SUPPORTS, BUT IS WILLING TO FUND HAS LANGUISHED UNDER YOUR WATCH.
UM, YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE, THE HOUSING MEETING, UM, AND IT IS YET ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF HOUSING CRISES THAT WE FACE OURSELVES THAT, THAT FACES US.
AND, UM, TO ME THAT JUST REFLECTS COMPLETELY MISSING TOWN POLICY OR AT WORSE, A LACK OF CARING AND CONCERN ABOUT LEAVING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS BEHIND WHILE I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME PROGRESS MADE.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WHERE, WHERE YOU HAVE LISTENED TO RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY ON REDISTRICTING.
UH, THERE WAS NO FOLLOW THROUGH THERE WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
SO THERE ARE STILL SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER THIS NOVEMBER'S VOTE WILL, WILL, WILL ALLOW ALL RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THAT I THINK THE TOWN HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS OR HAS ADDRESSED, BUT ISN'T GOING TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS I READ THROUGH THE RFP FOR THE, UM, HOUSING INITIATIVE AT NORTH POINT.
UM, AND I'M VERY HEARTBROKEN THAT THAT DOES NOT REFLECT THE INTENT OF THOSE OF US WHO SPOKE UP ABOUT THAT REGARDING
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TOWN CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN THAT PROJECT.AND IT BEING A LONG-TERM PROJECT, AS OPPOSED TO A DEVELOPER WHO CAN COME IN AND, UM, MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO RETURN IT TO MARKET RATE HOUSING.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH TODAY'S WORKSHOP, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF US IN THIS AUDIENCE AND BEYOND WHO ARE CONCERNED AND ARE WATCHING, AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY NEED TO REMAIN IN THIS POSITION AS CRITICS.
THANK YOU, MS. PRINCE, UH, PATSY BRYSON PLEASE.
MAYOR TOWN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWN MANAGER, AND STAFF FOR ALLOWING THE PUBLIC, THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY BE HERE, BUT ALSO TO SPEAK.
AND ALSO THANKS FOR PUTTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON THE WEBSITE AND FOR, UH, THE DASHBOARD THAT APPEARS THERE AND THE ASSISTANCE TO THE PUBLIC IN KEEPING UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN.
ONE IS THE STRAT PLAN IS ORGANIZED BY TOPIC, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL IF YOU CARE ABOUT LOTS OF TOPICS AS I DO, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO ORGANIZE IT BY FISCAL YEAR IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES FOR EACH YEAR.
SO FOR INSTANCE, WHAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND SECONDLY, WHAT'S PLANNED FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
IF YOU ORGANIZE IT THAT WAY, THEN IT TIES DIRECTLY TO THE BUDGET FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR.
IF IT'S HIDDEN SOMEWHERE ON THE DASHBOARD, I APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING THAT SOLUTION.
I HAVE LOOKED
I ALSO HAVE A NOTEBOOK ON IT, UM, WITH LOTS OF DETAIL, LOTS OF GREAT CHARTS, BUT NO ORGANIZATION BY FISCAL YEAR.
SO A SUGGESTION FOR THAT, UH, THE OTHER TWO SUGGESTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH ACCELERATION OF SOME THINGS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
FIRST OF ALL, WE ALL SEE IN THE NEWS THESE DAYS, FLOODING EVERYWHERE.
AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LIVING ON A BARRIER ISLAND AND THE IMPACT OF STORM WATER SURGES AND OTHER KINDS OF FLOODING.
SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO ACCELERATE OUR SWAT ANALYSIS OF THE STORM WATER PLAN AND ALSO OUR FUNDING OF OUR STORM WATER SYSTEM, AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE PSDS AND WITH ALL COMMUNITIES ON THE ISLAND ABOUT OUR STORM WATER SYSTEM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MANAGE THAT TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.
THE OTHER SUGGESTION IS TO ACCELERATE THE SWAT ANALYSIS OF CAPACITY, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF US ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF THIS ISLAND IN MANY WAYS, INFRASTRUCTURE PARKING, ACCESS TO BEACHES, LIVING CONDITIONS.
AND SO WE NEED TO MOVE THAT UP THAT IS OF HIGH CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO FIND WHERE THAT LIVES.
IF YOU HAD IT ORGANIZED BY FISCAL YEAR, TYING IT DIRECTLY TO THE BUDGET AS IT IS, THEN YOU COULD FIND IT MORE QUICKLY.
SO THOSE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS AND MY THANKS.
UH, LASTLY IS MR. HOLAND SKIP HOLAND MR. HOLAND, SIR, NOT SEEING MR. HOLAND THAT CONCLUDES APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS, SIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I JUST WANNA REMIND COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE TO TOUCH YOUR GREEN BUTTON TO TALK ONCE YOU DO THE RED LIGHT WILL BE ON, AND THEN YOU CAN TALK.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, WELCOME AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE MEMBERS PRESENT AS WELL AS THOSE WATCHING ON BAUER COUNTY.
WELL, I HAVE ONE OF THESE, I, I DON'T NEED TO PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON, I DON'T THINK, BUT THIS CASE, UM, AND TO THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE, WE'RE LIVE ON, UH, BUER COUNTY CHANNEL, THANKS TO THEM FOR HELPING US, UH, DO THAT AS WELL AS OUR TOWN FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, IN A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE GROUP SITTING BEHIND ME, SENIOR STAFF, DEPARTMENT HEADS, DIVISION MANAGERS, UM, THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION.
AND, AND MY, MY TRUE BELIEF IS SECOND TO NONE.
UM, WE DON'T GET EVERYTHING RIGHT, RIGHT AWAY, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A LOT OF PROGRESS BEING MADE, UM, LITTLE REMINDER ABOUT TODAY.
SO TODAY STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP, WE WERE LAST HERE TOGETHER.
IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG AGO, BUT WE WERE LAST HERE TOGETHER IN OCTOBER
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OF 2021 AS A TOWN COUNCIL.YOU APPROVED THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN DECEMBER OF 2022.
UM, AND SO TODAY IS TO REVIEW EIGHT MONTHS OF WORK, RIGHT? SO HIGH LEVEL DETAILS AND SCHEDULES, SOME OF WHICH, ALL OF WHICH ARE, ARE THINGS THAT I HEARD AND, AND, AND BEEN TAKING SOME NOTES ON ALREADY.
UM, BUT HIGH LEVEL DETAILS AND SCHEDULES AND A THOROUGH DISCUSSION ON THOSE HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS. SO I WOULD SUGGEST TODAY THAT WE SPEND OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT YOUR POSITION AND, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING AND NEED TO BE.
UM, ON THOSE HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH ALL ELEMENTS TODAY.
UM, THERE'S TIME FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION AT THE END OF THE DAY ON THAT WE EITHER ALREADY COVERED OR TOPICS THAT ARE, ARE NEW TO THE NEW, TO THE MIX.
UM, AND I, AND AS I DO BEFORE, A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I JUST GOOGLE STRATEGIC PLANNING QUOTES, AND, AND I CAME UP WITH, I SAW ONE THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME.
IT WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL THAT IS QUOTED SAYING, HOWEVER, BEAUTIFUL, THE STRATEGY YOU SHOULD OCCASIONALLY LOOK AT THE RESULTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S TODAY, TODAY IS, UH, IS AS MUCH ABOUT STRATEGY, BUT IS AS MUCH ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE RESULTS, WHERE ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE GOING? HOW ARE WE DOING? WHAT'S DIFFICULT, WHERE ARE OUR CHALLENGES? ARE WE ALIGNED? ARE WE DOING, WHAT AM I DOING? WHAT YOU EXPECT ME TO DO? AND SO ON.
SO A LITTLE BIT, AS A REMINDER, STRATEGIC PLAN IS A MULTI-YEAR ROADMAP.
IT'S NOT A ONE YEAR PLAN WHEN WE FIRST PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND, AND, AND WE REFERENCE FOLKS WITH ME HERE GOT NERVOUS.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA GET ALL THAT DONE IN ONE YEAR? AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES DON'T HAVE ONE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE HAVE A PRIORITY LIST AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS ACCURATE.
SO, SO FAR WE'VE LISTED OUT ALL THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE HAVEN'T AS A TEAM FOCUSED AS MUCH ON THE PRIORITY, YET EIGHT MONTHS INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE, THE GOAL THEN WAS, I THINK EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY.
OF COURSE, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY RISES TO THE TOP.
OF COURSE, OUR NORTH POINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT RISES TO THE TOP, AS WELL AS RESILIENCY, SWAT ANALYSIS AND, AND A RESILIENCY PLAN AMONGST A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS.
BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE TOGETHER IS PRIORITIZE THESE ELEMENTS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER.
UM, BUT A STRATEGIC PLAN IS TAKEN THAT LONG TERM VISION, BUT IT MATURES OVER TIME, RIGHT? SO IT'S ALLOWED TO MATURE OVER TIME.
AND I THINK TO BEING HERE BACK IN EIGHT MONTHS, UM, MORE THAN JUST ONCE A YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE WORK PLAN IS, IS IMPORTANT TO US.
AND IF PUT IN PLACE AND FOLLOWED, AND IF WE'RE PROACTIVE, WE'LL PREVENT CRISIS LEVEL ISSUES.
AND WE HEARD THAT WORD OF A FEW TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL TOPICS HERE.
WE CAN APPLY SOME OF THAT TOO.
UM, IF DONE CORRECTLY, IT HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM TODAY'S VISION INTO TOMORROW'S REALITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I'M, UH, APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE ALL AT THE TABLE.
AND I REMIND MYSELF OFTEN THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPERATIONAL THINKING, WHICH IS SHORT TERM AND INTERNAL AND STRATEGIC THINKING, WHICH IS MEDIUM AND LONG TERM AND PUTS IN, IN PLACE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR LONG TERM SUCCESS.
SO TODAY IS LESS ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS THOUGH.
SOME OF THOSE ARE BAKED INTO THIS PLAN FOR MY SAKE, FOR YOUR SAKE, FOR THIS TEAM'S SAKE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT OUR SUCCESS OVER TIME NEEDS TO BE MEASURED ON THE SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES AND OUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT MY ABILITY WITH THIS TEAM TO IMPLEMENT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I, I DO WANT TO QUICKLY, UH, ALLOW AND ASK ALL THESE FOLKS WITH ME HERE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BRIEFLY.
SO WE KNOW WHO'S IN THE ROOM WITH US AND THEY KNOW THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DAY.
SO KRISTA WE KNOW WE KNOW KRISTA, BUT GO AHEAD, KRISTA, START US OFF.
HI, I'M KRISTA WEED MEYER, UH, TOWN CLERK FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON ME.
KRISTA WEED MEYER, UH, TOWN CLERK, JOSH GRUBER, DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER.
MY NAME IS BEN BROWN AND I RECENTLY REJOINED THE TOWN AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE TOWN MANAGER.
MY PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE SERVING AS THE PROJECT EXECUTIVE FOR THE NORTH POINT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
I'M ALSO ASSISTING THE TOWN MANAGER WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
I'M WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FACILITIES TEAM AS WE DEVELOP A LONG RANGE, COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TOWN MANAGER AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP ON VARIOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.
I'M ANGIE STONE ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER.
UM, I AM OVER, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AND THE OFFICE
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OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.GOOD MORNING, MAC DEF FORD, GENERAL COUNSEL.
GOOD MORNING, JOHN TROYER FINANCE.
WE DO PAYROLL COUNCIL TABLE BUDGETING, CAPITAL PLANNING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.
I'M THE CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGER.
I'M ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER WITH OVERSIGHT OVER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROGRAMS UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, WE, WE HAVE OUR, UM, GOSH, I'M SORRY.
ANOTHER PROGRAM IS COMMUNITY PLANNING, UM, CAPITAL PROGRAMS, OUR ENGINEERING STORM, WATER UTILITY, AND THEN OUR FACILITIES, UH, MANAGEMENT SECTION.
SO ALL FIVE OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE, ARE PART OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
I'M LISA STAUNER THE HR DIRECTOR OR THE TOWN'S PEOPLE'S CHAMPION.
SO THAT'S,
I AM THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION AND THE FIRE MARSHAL.
UM, I OVERSEE OUR 9 1 1 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND OUR SUPPLY PERSON, AND, UM, ALSO LIAISON TO THE TOWN'S IT DEPARTMENT.
GOOD MORNING, CHRIS BLANKENSHIP.
I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OPERATIONS FOR FIRE RESCUE.
I OVERSEE ALL OF THE FIRE STATIONS, THE RESPONSE, UM, THE TRAINING IN THE EMS DIVISIONS.
HEY, GOOD MORNING, BRAD DAD LOCK FIRE CHIEF.
UM, I JUST RECENTLY JOINED THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT, AND I WILL ALSO BE HERE AS A TRANSLATOR FOR SPANISH TO ENGLISH, ENGLISH TO SPANISH, IF ANYONE NEEDS SO GOOD MORNING, TOMMY SUNDAY, UH, IT DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY JOINED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
UH, VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE, GOT ROUGHLY 23 YEARS, 24 YEARS IN IT.
I'M ALSO, UH, THE MUNICIPAL IT BOARD PRESIDENT.
SO REPRESENTING HILTON HEAD THROUGH, UH, THE MUNICIPALITIES ALSO.
I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATOR.
I OVERSEE ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND I DO ALL THE GRAPHICS AND MARKETING FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, CAROLYN GRANT, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, BOB RUMMAGE, UH, JUST RETIRED FROM BUER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AFTER 31 AND HALF YEARS.
UH, PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM AND, UH, UNDER MARK ORLANDO'S LEADERSHIP IN TOWN COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, UH, I AM THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON NET ISLAND.
I OVERSEE CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE, WHICH IS GOING INTO EFFECT IN I ONE ALSO PHYSICAL SECURITY OF THE, UH, TOWN FACILITIES, TOWN HALL IN ALL TOWN OWN BUILDINGS AND WORKPLACE SAFETY TO MAKE IT A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS TO OUR TOWN FACILITIES.
AND ALSO I'M A LIAISON WITH BE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT TEAM, WHAT A GREAT TEAM.
UM, AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT AND, UM, IN THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE, UH, TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH COUNCIL AND, AND DIRECTLY WITH THIS TEAM AND, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS TEAM ASSEMBLED, UH, MYSELF INCLUDED THAT WE CAN SOLVE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AS A COMMUNITY.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM, RIGHT? WE, WE KNOW THEM.
IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY, DEPENDS ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE USE THE TERM LIMITED SERVICE GOVERNMENT, UH, NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ANYMORE.
IT USED TO MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE AN, A UTILITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF A, OF A MAJOR CITY.
UM, BUT, BUT A LOT OF OUR SERVICES ARE EITHER INTERNAL THEY'RE GROWING OR THEY'RE OUTSOURCED, RIGHT.
OR, OR, OR THEY'RE OUTSOURCED THROUGH AGREEMENTS OR THEY'RE OUTSOURCED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THEY'RE ALSO JUST OUTSOURCED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM.
SO, UM, LOTS TO MANAGE, UH, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS, I BELIEVE WILL BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL AND HELPFUL PIECE OF THE BUSINESS, RIGHT? MR. LENNOX ASKED ME BEFORE HE SAID THAT PUTTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN TOGETHER AND MANAGING IT SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIES.
IT SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN STRATEGIES AND GOALS BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S WORK TO DO TO TAKE WHAT WE KNOW
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NEEDS TO BE DONE, TO CONVERT IT TO AGENDAS AND MAKE THOSE PRIORITIES THROUGH COMMITTEE, THROUGH COUNCIL, THROUGH, UH, APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THEN MAKE THINGS A REALITY, RIGHT? SO THINGS TAKE TIME.GOVERNMENT ALWAYS GOVERNMENT ALWAYS GETS BLAMED THAT WE TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT I ALWAYS REMIND SOMEONE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BUILD TO, TO, TO BUILD A STRUCTURE.
RIGHT? YOU BUILD A FOUNDATION FIRST.
YOU, YOU, YOU THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE.
IT'S NOT JUST AUTOMATICALLY THERE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON A TRUCK.
UM, SO I, I ASK US THAT AS WE THINK THROUGH THIS, THAT WE, WE THINK THROUGH THE LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO BUILDING SOMETHING TOGETHER AND THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AND THIS IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS ADVOCATES, RIGHT? SO I HEARD, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZE IT DIFFERENTLY.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BUT, BUT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THAT.
WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS CLEAR AND TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP THAT I KNOW I NEED TO PROVIDE HERE.
I NEED CLARITY AND I NEED TO PROVIDE CLARITY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY OF THE TEAM, COMMUNITY COUNCIL, STAFF, MYSELF, INCLUDED WITH THESE GOOD FOLKS HERE, UM, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT CLARITY.
AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO REMIND US ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT, BUT IT'S ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS PROCESS.
SO UNEQUIVOCABLE SUPPORT OF TOWN COUNCIL, UH, OF ME AND THESE AFFECTED DEPARTMENT HEADS.
A LOT OF PLACES DON'T BRING ALL THEIR DEPARTMENT HEADS.
IT'S A LOT OF SALARIES SITTING IN A ROOM FOR A DAY, BUT I NEED THEM TO BE LOCKSTEP WITH ME AND RUNNING WHEN I START RUNNING.
SO THAT IT'S NOT A, IS NOT A 30, 60, 90 DAY SHIFT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AFTER A STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP.
SO THIS TEAM WANTS TO KNOW BIG PICTURE SO THEY CAN GET TO WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING TODAY, I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AGENDA WITH YOU.
THERE IS AN, A STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP MEETING OUTLINE MAYOR COUNCIL, MORE FOR YOU.
WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS DAY BY 2 59.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS.
THAT'S BAKED INTO THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GONNA TALK, WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AS THEY'RE LAID OUT, WE'LL REVIEW OUR WORK TO DATE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETE, THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN PROCESS.
THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T YET STARTED.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY WHAT WE HAVEN'T YET STARTED, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S JUST A LOT ON, ON THE LIST, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, I WANT TO GET THROUGH AS MANY OF THESE STRATEGIES EXCEPT FOR C I P CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PARKS AND REC PRIOR TO LUNCH.
SO IF WE FIND OURSELVES IN THAT SPACE BEFORE LUNCH, THAT'S GOOD.
I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF TIME TO TOWN COUNCIL TO TALK ALONG THE WAY.
SO TO TALK ABOUT THOSE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES, SOME OF WHICH WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WE KNOW THEY'RE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES, THE PARKWAY THAT SAFETY, THE BRIDGE HOUSING RESILIENCY.
I WANT TO, IF, IF WE WANNA SLOW DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE WHY THAT THAT'S FINE, I JUST ENCOURAGE US TO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF TIME AFTER TO TALK ABOUT JUST GENERAL DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND FROM THE TOPICS WE ALREADY COVERED AND ARE THERE ANY NEW ELEMENTS WHICH I PUT A SLIDE TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME NEW, NEW, UH, INITIATIVES UNDERWAY IN, IN, IN THE FUTURE YEAR.
WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS.
SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM, YOU KNOW, TODAY, IT'S MY JOB AS A, AS THE MANAGER HERE AND, AND, AND THE PERSON IN THIS ROLE TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, BUT, BUT WHAT ELSE, WHAT DO WE DO IN THE NEXT YEAR? RIGHT? WHAT DO WE DO IN, IN EARLY 20, 23 AS WE START PREPARING FOR BUDGET? SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT A STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP.
THE NOT, NOT THE MID, NOT THE MIDTERM UPDATE, UM, ON, ON OUR RESULTS, BUT, BUT REAL STRATEGIC PLANNING ONE OR TWO DAYS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE'LL TAKE BREAKS AT YOUR DESIRE.
MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, BREAK FOR LUNCH.
LUNCH SHOULD ARRIVE AROUND 1145.
WE COULD HAVE A LUNCH GET BACK TO OUR TABLE AND BY ABOUT 1230, HOPEFULLY WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT TOPICS, UM, AND END BY 3:00 PM.
SO I HEARD TODAY AND, AND JUST TO, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SAY THINGS, WE LISTEN AND WE HEAR HOUSING LONG TERM COMMITMENT, RFP.
PATHWAYS, PARKS, AND PICKLE BALL.
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18 MONTHS.I WANTED TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY COMMENT.
UM, WHEN YOU ASSUMED OFFICE AS THE TOWN MANAGER, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU OBSERVED WAS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK IT MAKES THE TOWN STAFF THAT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
IT TENDS TO GET JOBS DONE MUCH BETTER.
IT HAS DESTROYED THE SILOS OF INFLUENCE THAT USED TO EXIST.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUSHING THIS THROUGH.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR OF STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE SUCCESS.
UM, WE HEARD ABOUT PATHWAYS, PICKLE BALL, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, ORGANIZATION OF STRAP PLAN AND, AND PRIORITIZATION, WHICH IS A KEY POINT RESILIENCY CAPACITY AND HOW WE TIE IT ALL INTO THE BUDGET AND INFUSE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS INTO EVERYTHING WE DO.
SO LOT, LOTS OF STUFF ALREADY.
I, I HAVE TO, I DO HAVE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JOSH WHO HAS BEEN WORKING NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO I WENT THROUGH THE, UH, OUTLINE IF MY BACK IS TO YOU, SIR.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN I'LL PACE.
UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH THE OUTLINE AND FOR THE FOLKS SITTING OUT THERE, IT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF TODAY.
SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT HOW DOES IT HELP US? IT HELPS US WITH OPERATING BUDGETS, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
UM, IT, IT WAS A GREAT EXERCISE TO SIT DOWN WITH TOWN COUNCIL AND GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
JOSH, WHAT'S THE ORDER GOALS, STRATEGIES, TACTICS.
WE, WE, WE LEARNED FROM ONE OF THE BEST, UM, UH, AND I THINK THAT WE ORGANIZED IT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN START GETTING SOME THINGS DONE AND MEASURE SUCCESS.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WAY I USE THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ONCE TOWN COUNCIL DECIDES ON WHAT THE POLICY INITIATIVE IS, WE WORK TOGETHER TO, TO, TO PUT THE POLICY OR THE PROJECT OR THE, THE INITIATIVE IN PLACE.
SO IT DEVELOPS ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK TODAY IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE DOING? AND IT'S JUST FULL DISCLOSURE.
YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS I THINK WE'RE DOING GREAT AT SOME THINGS ARE TAKING LONGER THAN, UM, THERE'S NO EXCUSES, THERE'S ALWAYS REASONS.
BUT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR, OUR PLAN, SO TO SPEAK OUR PLAN, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I GOT HERE.
AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT A BLESSING, BECAUSE WE TOOK THAT, THAT PLAN AS THE FOUNDATION OF, OF THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S GUIDED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THE PROCESS HERE IS THAT OUR PLAN DIVES INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THOSE STRATEGIC PLAN ELEMENTS DIRECT THE OPERATING BUDGET AND ARE INFLUENCED BY THE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO I, I REMEMBER SAYING, YEAH, IF IT'S IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT'S AWESOME, BUT I THINK I SHOULD BE MEASURED ON MY RESULTS AND OUR RESULTS IF WE CAN AFFORD TO DO IT, IF WE BUDGET FOR IT.
SO IT JUST CAN'T BE IN A PLAN.
AND SO YOU SEE SOME ELEMENTS LIKE THAT AND THAT IT EMPOWERS OUR IMPLEMENTATION.
SO I WON'T, I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, BUT THIS IS PART OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE ONLINE.
IT'S ALREADY ONLINE A PIECE OF IT.
UM, IT, THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOESN'T INCLUDE OTHER ELEMENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT BUDGETING TODAY AND DAY TO DAY CORE FUNCTIONS AND SHORT TERM PROJECTS, BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW TO GO FROM HERE TO THERE, RIGHT, THROUGH SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES.
SO WE KNOW THAT A STRATEGIC PLAN HAS A VISION AND A MISSION.
WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY DO WE WANT TO BE? WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING TO ACCOMPLISH THE VISION AND GOALS? WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH TO GET THERE AND TACTICS, WHAT ACTIONS WILL WE BE DOING? AND SO TODAY IS SOME OF THIS, A LOT OF THIS.
SO A LOT OF STRATEGIES, SOME OF THE TACTICS, UM, OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH, UH, I SUGGEST IN THE NEW YEAR, WE, WE, WE SCRUB AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT, UM, IF WE LIKE IT, GREAT.
IF IT RESETS, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT GREAT TOO.
BUT OUR CURRENT MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE THROUGH ETHICAL AND INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS.
OUR VISION STATEMENT HAS OUTLINED IN OUR PLAN AND THAT'S CURRENT.
WE BELIEVE, UH, OUR 2020, OUR 20, 20 TO 2040 VISION, REINVENTING SUSTAINABILITY, AGAIN, TO FOCUS ON REVITALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION AND TO
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BUILD AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY.SO AS WE WORK ON ELEMENTS, WE, WE DO HAVE AS A STAFF, AS A TEAM, THIS, IN MIND, OUR VISION.
SO I WON'T, I WON'T GET INTO A LOT OF THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, GOAL ASPIRATION, DESIRED OUTCOME, A STRATEGY, A PLAN OF ACTION, AND A TACTIC AS A TOOL.
SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? WELL, I, WE TOOK THESE CORE VALUES OUT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I, I WON'T, I WON'T READ 'EM ALL, BUT ADOPT AND PURSUE OUR IDEALS OF EXCELLENCE, PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, MANAGING EVOLVING GROWTH WHILE MAINTAINING THE ISLAND'S UNIQUE AESTHETIC.
THOSE ARE JUST THREE OF THE, OF THE SEVERAL, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THOSE AND WE CONVERTED THOSE CORE VALUES OUT OF THE COMP PLAN INTO STRATEGIC ACTION GOALS, INTO THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN GOALS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE, SO WE KNOW WHAT THE GOALS OF THE COMPANY ARE.
AS WE WALK DOWN THE HALLWAY, IF SOMEONE, WELL, WE DON'T ALL HAVE THEM MEMORIZED, BUT IF SOMEBODY ASKED US, WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE COMPANY? WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION? WE HAVE THEM, WE TALK ABOUT IT.
WHEN WE HIRE AN INTERVIEW, WE TALK ABOUT IT, UM, IN, IN DEPARTMENT MEETINGS AND WE TALK ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS IN YEAR, UM, IN THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I WILL READ THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT FOR TODAY.
SO THE GOALS, AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE LISTED OUT PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE THAT WE REQUIRE AND SUSTAIN EXCELLENCE OF PLACE, PEOPLE, PLANNING, AND PROCESS THAT WE CREATE A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PLANNING AND POLICY THAT WE CREATE AN ISLAND APPROPRIATE ECONOMY THAT HAS SUFFICIENT DEPTH AND BREADTH TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE RESIDENT, VISITOR AND BUSINESS POPULATION THAT WE FOSTER A MULTIDIMENSIONAL, EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT WE FACILITATE TRUE CONNECTIVITY IN ISLAND, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
WE EVALUATE HOW REGIONAL EXPANSION WILL IMPACT IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE SOCIAL ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL PLANNING AND POLICY.
WE ALIGN THE COMMUNITY'S PHYSICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL VALUES WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PROGRAM AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, AND THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
SO EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT TODAY ARE REALLY EMBEDDED IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, OUR, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS BROKEN DOWN INTO A FEW DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
YOU SEE OVER HERE ON THE SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN HERE ARE FOCUS AREAS.
OUR, OUR, OUR HEADINGS FOR OUR, AND THE WAY IT IS ORGANIZED IS BY FOCUS AREAS OUT OF THE COMP PLAN AND BY FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT WE, WE TYPICALLY WOULD ADOPT A POLICY WHERE TOWN COUNCIL IS INVOLVED.
WHAT IS YOUR POLICY POSITION? UM, AN ORDINANCE, A RESOLUTION, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, A PROJECT IS, IS JUST A LARGER, LONGER TERM PROJECT.
AND THEN OPERATIONAL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ON MY SHOULDERS AND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CONDUCT THAT.
I'M PRETTY SURE I'M ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL ON, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALIGNED AS A SENIOR STAFF ON, UM, BUT THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL OR TOWN COUNCIL TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.
SO, UM, SO AS WE DIVE IN, I THINK TODAY, JUST BIG PICTURE.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BIG PICTURE BOUNCE THROUGH EVERYTHING, CUZ I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS UNDERSTAND THE FULL COMPREHENSION OF ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
AND THEN THIS'LL TAKE ME ABOUT FIVE, 10 MINUTES AND THEN I'M GONNA SLOW DOWN AND GET INTO WHERE WE ARE IN EACH ELEMENT.
IS THAT FAIR? IS THAT IS A GOOD PLAN.
SO, SO WHAT HAVE BEEN THE POLICIES UNDER OUR PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE GOAL? SO IMPLEMENT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING, ASSESS ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES, IMPLEMENT A PARKING MASTER PLAN ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT SHORT TERM RENTAL REGS.
AND THAT SHOULD SAY PROGRAM AS WELL, IMPLEMENT CCL, FIX AN APP, AN APP, UH, THAT HELPS FOLKS WITH FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ADOPT THE 2020 CENSUS REDISTRICTING IMPLEMENT THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS STRATEGIC PLAN, ADOPT A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE EXTENSION, A SWO ANALYSIS OF OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, IMPLEMENT A BEACH ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A BEACH MASTER PLAN, ENHANCE OUR BEACH SUBTLE.
I'VE TALKED TO MIKE TIE TODAY ABOUT HOW WELL THE BEACH SHUTTLE SERVICE IS GOING.
AND HE ASKED ABOUT EXPANDING HOURS IN, IN MONTHS.
SO I THINK IT'S WORKING WELL ESTABLISH, UH, MIKE TY'S A GM HERE AT THE WEST END, UM, ESTABLISH ISLAND BRAND DEVELOPMENT, UH, STRATEGY ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT AN HR HUMAN RESOURCES, STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS A TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION STRATEGIC PLAN.
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THOSE OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS.SO ALL THOSE WERE UNDER TOWN COUNCIL.
SO AT SOME POINT TOWN COUNCIL HAS OR WILL TAKE ACTION ON THOSE ELEMENTS.
SO THOSE OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS RESPONDING TO COVID IMPROVE OUR PERMITTING AND PLAN REVIEW PROCESS CONDUCT, AND RESPOND TO AN EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY, IMPROVE THE ADMIN SUPPORT PROCESS AND ONBOARDING FOR BOARD COMMISSIONS AND RESEARCH, ALWAYS RESEARCH BEST IN CLASS SERVICE DELIVERY, UH, UH, ACQUIRE FIRE RESCUE CENTER, PUBLIC SERVICE EXCELLENCE RE-ACCREDITATION AND CONGRATS TO CHIEF TADLOCK AND HIS TEAM FOR ACCOMPLISHING THAT IMPLEMENT THE FIRE RESCUE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS WITH STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA EMPHASIS AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS ON MY MIND CREATING A CULTURE OF HIGH ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE.
SO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IMPLEMENT THE BEACH RE NOURISHMENT PROGRAM AND UPDATE BEACH MANAGEMENT PLAN, A SWAT ANALYSIS OF OUR ISLAND SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING WORK WITH PSDS ON LONG TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS, A SWAT ANALYSIS OF OUR ISLAND RESILIENCY AND THOSE OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS ESTABLISHED NATIONAL LEADERSHIP, CREDIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND RESOURCE PROTECTION ACQUIRE OUT BOND INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY RE-CERTIFICATION SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF THE BUNCH.
SO ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR, IS THIS WORKING? ALL RIGHT, LET ME JUST KEEP GOING THEN.
SO REVITALIZE ECONOMY ADOPT A MODEL BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE PUT FORWARD BY MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DEVELOP A TOWN PROPERTY, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION PLAN IMPLEMENT THE DMO MARKETING PLAN AND MEASURE PERFORMANCE, ESTABLISH A STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEYOND, BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE AND ESTABLISH A HISTORIC AND CULTURAL DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IMPLEMENT GOLA GEI TASKFORCE, WORK PLAN, ESTABLISH A PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH U S C B TO SUPPORT ARTS AND CULTURE ADOPT THE ANNUAL HU ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM CDBG PROGRAM DEVELOP A LANDMARK PROTECTION PROGRAM AND CONDUCT A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
THOSE OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS ASSIST MITCHELL VIEW MITCHELLVILLE AND INCORPORATE PUBLIC ART AND CULTURE PROJECTS INTO NEW PARKS AND, AND, AND WHATNOT CAP PROJECTS.
SO TO CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY ASSIST WITH ST JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH RELOCATION ADOPT AN E-BIKE AN E SCOOTER USAGE REGULATION PLAN, UH, ADOPT A MID ISLAND REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND PARK MASTER PLAN DEVELOP A HILTON HEAD ISLAND GROWTH FRAMEWORK AND ILLUSTRATIVE MASTER PLAN AND CONDUCT A SWOT ANALYSIS OF OUR LMO SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET IN THE WAY OF THAT UPDATE THE WEBSITE, A SWO ANALYSIS OF HIGH SPEED FIBER AND, UH, A STRONGER, MORE ROBUST EMPHASIS ON AN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES THROUGH A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.
AS WE FOCUS ON THE REGION, ASSESS BUER COUNTY IMPACT FEES, ASSESS A REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND UPDATE, THE LATS TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THE LATS IS THE LOW COUNTRY AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY PUT FORWARD BY THE MUNICIPAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION THROUGH ELCO LOW COUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UM, ESTABLISH RECURRING REGIONAL JOINT MEETINGS BETWEEN HILTON HEAD ISLAND BEFORD COUNTY, UM, EVALUATE ACCESS BETWEEN THE ISLAND AND THE GREATER REGION THROUGH MULTIMODAL OPTIONS IN TERMS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT, SIZING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO A WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY, A WILLIAM HILTON GATEWAY CORRIDOR PLAN, UM, A MAIN STREET, RIGHT WAY ACQUISITION, A COMMUNITY ADDRESSING ORDINANCE AND A TRAFFIC HOME POLICY ASSIST WITH CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT POSTS ON FACEBOOK.
I APPRECIATE YOU IF YOU'RE LISTENING.
UM, IT IS, IT IS OUR HOME THOUGH.
AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPINION.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH D O T UM, AND IMPLEMENT OUR C I P PROGRAM.
SO ONE ELEMENT HERE IS A 45 MILLION PROGRAM.
SO IN TERMS OF WORK PLAN, I, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, IT'S ROBUST, UM, ESTABLISH A PARK AND REC MARKETING PLAN ASSIST WITH FORD SHELLING WITH BAUER COUNTY AND ESTABLISH A BEAUFORD COUNTY HILTON HEAD ISLAND, LAND TRUST.
THOSE ARE EVERY, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE ELEMENTS, ALL OF THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU HAVE SAID THAT ARE IMPORTANT BASED UPON,
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YOU KNOW, BASED UPON OUR WORK TO DATE AND THOSE THINGS THAT WERE ON MY DESK AS I ARRIVED HERE, UM, ABOUT 16 MONTHS AGO, WHAT WE'VE DONE AND IT'S, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY BORING.WHAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS IS, IS WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AND I'M GONNA BOUNCE THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT ARE LOW, LOW PRIORITY OR AUTOPILOT.
AND THEN WE CAN SLOW DOWN AND PLEASE INTERRUPT ME, MAYOR COUNCIL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU WANT ME TO SLOW DOWN.
I THINK I, I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA WHERE SOME OF IT IS, BUT WHAT WE'LL GO THROUGH IS THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE THAT IT BREAKS OUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE, IT BREAKS IT OUT, WHETHER IT'S A POLICY PROJECT OR, UM, OPERATIONAL ELEMENT.
AND IT LISTS IT OUT BY WHAT IT'S CALLED THE STARTING FISCAL YEAR, THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOCUS AREAS.
BUT, BUT WHO, I THINK THE, WHO IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, UM, THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE INITIATIVE DESCRIPTION AND IT GIVES AN UPDATE.
I DON'T WANNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON WHAT WE GOT DONE, ALTHOUGH I, I DO, BUT I KNOW I CAN'T BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS DONE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE WORK TO DO, UM, I'D, I'D LOVE TO SPEND A HALF A DAY LETTING YOU KNOW ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO TO GET WORK DONE.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU TELL ME TO HURRY UP.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL JUST DIVE RIGHT IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING APPROPRIATION.
SO JUST KINDA FORMAT AGAIN, THIS IS UNDER PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IT'S POLICY.
SO THAT MEANS TOWN COUNCIL WILL DECIDE UPON IT OR HAS DECIDED UPON IT.
AND SOME HAVE TO GO BACK TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR SOME MORE ACTION AS, AS WE GET THROUGH.
AND THAT GETS TO MY, THAT GETS TO MY POINT EARLIER WHERE I SAID THIS PLAN MATURES AND EVOLVES OVER TIME.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE OBTAINED AN EASY GRANT.
IT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 5.2 MILLION, AND WE PLEDGED IT FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, GRANTS, TOWN HALL, SECURITY, AND TECHNOLOGY.
SO REALLY A CAPITAL PROJECT FOR, FOR, FOR THE TOWN, A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS A PARK, UH, AND INFRASTRUCTURE FLOODING ISSUE, A RESILIENCY ISSUE, INFRASTRUCTURE 400 TO A HOME SAFE AND REPAIR PROGRAM AND 200 TO A LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.
IT WASN'T JUST PLEDGING THE MONEY, BUT QUALIFYING THE HOMES, FINDING THE RIGHT CONTRACTORS, MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE, THE, THE BIDS ARE SCOPED PROPERLY, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING THEIR PERMITS TO PUT 400, DO $400,000 IN A HOME SAFE REPAIR.
WELL, WE HAVE MORE TWICE AS MANY OR THREE TIMES AS MANY, TWO OR THREE, TWO, TWICE AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS WE HAVE FUNDS.
SO DO WE COME BACK IN THE FUTURE TO YOU AND, AND TAKE SOME OF THIS 1.6 MILLION OR PERHAPS THE $500,000 THAT ARE SITTING IN, UM, THE BEAUFORT COUNTY, GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND, $500,000 IN THE GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND.
DO WE TAKE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS AND PLUG IT STRAIGHT BACK INTO THIS? SO I THINK AT AN UPCOMING FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, IS THE WAY WE FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
AND YOU ASKED FOR MY DIRECTION AND OPINION ON, ON HOW TO USE THOSE $5.2 MILLION.
I HEARD FROM, FROM YOU FIRST, I KNOW YOU HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WE COMPARED NOTES IN THE REGION, BUT THERE ARE $500,000 STILL REMAINING.
AND WE HAD FIRST TALKED THAT WE, WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA SPEND THIS 1.6 MILLION ON OUR ACCOUNT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE COUNCIL'S CLEAR AND SUPPORTIVE OF WHERE THOSE FUNDS GET GETS PLEDGED.
SO KNOW THAT I'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT LITTLE BIT, UM, BEAUFORT COUNTY, YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT IT.
IT'S A BEAUFORT COUNTY, GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND.
IT'S THEIR TRANCHE, A SIGNIFICANT ONE OF THIS, OF THE HOME REPAIR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, FUNDS THE, ON THE HOME REPAIR, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND SO THEY PLEDGE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SAID, IF YOU USE IT WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK, WE'LL PLEDGE IT TO YOU.
SO WE HAVE TO JUST ASK THEM, BUT BEFORE I ASK THEM, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE IT FOR.
SO ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT TODAY? CAN YOU GET ME A YES, SIR.
CAN YOU GET ME A COUPLE BOTTLES MARK? I HEARD THE, OUR CITIZENS LOUDER AND CLEAR DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THE CRYING NEEDS WE HAVE FOR IMPROVEMENT, UH, OF WORKFORCE HOUSING HERE ON THE ISLAND.
UM, I SALUTE THE TOWN FOR UNDERTAKING THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING THE SOLE SOLUTION, UH,
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TO THIS PLAN, TO THIS PROBLEM, I SUGGEST THAT WE DEDICATE THE $500,000 COMING FROM BEAUFORD COUNTY TO A NEW LOCAL HOUSING TRUST THAT WOULD BE USED TO PROVIDE, UH, INITIATIVES SUPPORT FOR HOWEVER, THE PLAN DEVELOPS TOWARDS WORKFORCE HOUSING FURTHER.I THINK THAT THE TOWN SHOULD ALLOCATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT EACH YEAR TO THIS LOCAL HOUSING TRUST IN ORDER TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS CRYING HOUSING NEED WE HAVE HERE ON THE ISLAND.
JUST WANNA PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT TO, UH, THE 5.2 MILLION, WHICH WAS A RESULT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, RIGHT.
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AND ALTHOUGH WE, UH, DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT HILTON HEAD, UM, HAS ITS POCKETS OF POVERTY.
AND WE STOOD UP, UH, TALL HERE AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO FUNNEL THESE MONIES TO WHERE THE FOLKS MOST DESPERATELY NEEDED.
AND WE SHOULD APPLAUD OURSELVES FOR DOING THAT.
UM, BUT THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN THAT 5.2 IS GONE AND THE 500 K WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE COUNTY.
I MEAN, IT'S PEANUTS IN TERMS OF THE DEMAND.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER GETTING INTO THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO GET IN LINE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE CORRIDOR SHAME, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND A CORNER FROM US, BUT WE HAVE PARTS OF THAT RIGHT HERE ON HILTON HEAD.
UM, AND INSTEAD OF US GETTING INTO, UH, AN ARGUMENT ABOUT PRIORITIES, UH, WITH HILTON HEAD BEING AS INFLUENTIAL AS IT IS, I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AGAIN, FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US FROM AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY STANDPOINT.
MARK, WE HEARD SEAN ON TUESDAY TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND, UH, AS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS, UH, TO BE CONSIDERED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, IF WE MORE FULLY DEVELOP THE DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UH, A PORTION OF THIS 500,000 COULD BE USED TO FUND OUR FIRST YEAR PARTI PARTICIPATION IN THAT FUND.
COULD, IT COULD FUND EVEN MORE THAN THAT IF WE CHOSE MM-HMM
MARK, UH, IN, IN RESPONSE TO, UH, UH, GLENN'S COMMENTS, I DON'T TAKE EXCEPTION TO WHAT HE'S SAYING.
UH, BUT I THINK THERE'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S OUT OF SEQUENCE.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE TO GET A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED, I THINK, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, ADDRESSING WORKFORCE HOUSING THAN WE HAVE BEEN.
I THINK, UH, FIRST WE HAVE TO REALLY ASK THE QUESTION VERY SERIOUSLY.
DO WE ALL RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A PROBLEM? AND SECOND IS, UH, HAVE WE TRULY MEASURED THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND I THINK WE'VE TAKEN EFFORTS TO DO THAT.
UH, HAVE, HAVE WE DETERMINED WHAT PERCENT OF THE PROBLEM SHOULD AND CAN BE ADDRESSED BY THE TOWN WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS? HAVE WE DETERMINED IN, IN RESPONSE TO THAT ACTION, WHAT TIME TYPE OF, UH, TIMEFRAME ARE WE GONNA PUT OUT THERE TO MEASURE OURSELVES? UH, HAVE WE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WHAT ROLES WE CAN AND SHOULD PLAY TO TAKE ACTION, UH, COUNTY WISE AND WHAT SPECIFIC ACTION COULD WE TAKE TOWN WISE? UH, HAVE WE, UH, HAVE WE SENSED THAT THERE'S, UH, AN UNDERCURRENT OF NEGATIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS? AND I THINK THERE IS, UH, AND GIVEN THAT, HAVE WE, UM, HAS THE LIGHT GONE ON
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IN OUR, IN OUR MINDS TO SAY IF THERE IS, OR THERE PROBABLY IS HAVE, ARE WE WILLING TO DEVELOP A ROBUST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO GET THE TOWN BEHIND US? UH, ANOTHER QUESTION IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVES OR WHAT WE CAN OR CAN'T DO HAVE WE, UH, COME TO GRIPS IN TERMS OF A MAJORITY POSITION ON THIS COUNCIL AS TO, UH, THE, THE USE OR NOT TO USE TOWN LAND AND HOW TO USE IT? UH, I, I THINK THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS, UH, HAVE TO BE ASKED, HAVE TO BE ANSWERED.AND THEN THAT KIND OF CREATES THE BOUNDARIES FOR AN ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN TO GO BACK TO FRANK BEAL'S COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN DING SET FORTH THE, THE REALLY THE, THE FATHER OF QUALITY PERFORMANCE IN, IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY, UH, HIS FOCUS WAS LIMITED, UH, AND, AND VERY, UM, VERY INTENTIONAL, UH, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE UP HERE, NOT ALL, BUT MOST HAVE ONE SYSTEMIC ISSUE AND THAT'S PEOPLE, WORKFORCE PEOPLE.
AND I THINK ON A HORIZONTAL LEVEL, WE HAVE TO CUT THROUGH THAT WITH A VERY STRONG FOCUS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE START CHECKING OFF ALL THESE, UM, INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED UPON.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOUSING TODAY AND, AND WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO GET THERE.
I DO WANT TO MOVE THROUGH SO THAT, SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, USE OF FUNDS.
MS. BECKER, I DIDN'T SORRY, GO AHEAD.
NO, I JUST, IF WE'RE FOCUSED IN THE FOCUS ON HOUSING AND IT'S EASIER ENOUGH TO DO THAT, BUT YOU ASKED THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION WAS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE 500,000 MA'AM DOLLARS MA'AM.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES OTHER THAN HOUSING THAT THE ISLAND IS PRESENTED WITH THAT NEEDS SOME FOCUS.
AND AS WE ENTER THIS AND I CONTINUE TO CALL IT A CAPACITY STUDY, BUT AS WE ENTER THAT, UM, PROCESS, THOSE BE CLEARLY, UM, DELINEATED.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM IS.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO CREATE SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THEM.
ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS.
I KNOW AS I CAME ON COUNCIL, IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AND IT SOMEHOW HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE BACK BURNER.
BUT AS THOSE ISSUES ARE BROUGHT FORWARD, TRANSPORTATION, WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR WORKFORCE.
WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD HELP, UM, WITH OUR 2 78 CORRIDOR ISSUES.
AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT PERHAPS WE OUGHT TO INVESTIGATE AND LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UM, IN TERMS OF THE $500,000 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, NOT TO GET OFF.
IF YOU ALL BILL'S QUESTIONS, ALL BILL'S COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, WELL TAKEN AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IF WE GO THROUGH THE WALL, WE'LL BE SITTING HERE NEXT YEAR, DISCUSSING YOUR SAME SUBJECT AGAIN, AND WE WILL HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING DONE.
WE CHECK TO FEW MORE OFF THE BOX.
WE HAVE MOVED VERBAL DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMMUNITY DECISION.
IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
AS MUCH AS IT IS A PRINCIPAL DECISION, WE SHOULD TAKE THE COURAGE AND TALK ABOUT OR REFERENDUM TO INCREASE THE MILLAGE ON OUR PROPERTY TAX.
SO TO ANSWER ONE OF GLEN'S QUESTION, SO WE HAVE A STEADY FLOW OF INCOME, NOT ONLY FOR THE HOUSING, BUT FOR THE ITEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE HOUSING, WITH THE HOMELESS AND WHATEVER ELSE WE HAVE TO COVER IN THAT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE, WE DO THE, THE REFERENDUM AND WE DO THE EDUCATION, WE WILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT THIS YEAR.
CAUSE EDUCATION BRINGS OUT ALL BILL'S QUESTIONS AND ALL BILL'S ANSWERS, BUT THE REFERENDUM AND PEOPLE GET BEHIND IT MAKE LIFE A HECK OF A LOT EASIER THAN US DISCUSSING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
IT'S LIKE I PUT THESE SLIDES IN THE RIGHT ORDER, ASSESS ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES AND, AND WE CAN GET INTO THAT, RIGHT? WE ADOPTED THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE.
THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX WAS ON THE BALLOT, BUT FAILED TO GAIN PUBLIC SUPPORT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL OR NOT ON THE BALLOT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE BALLOT OR ANTICIPATED TO BE ON THE BALLOT.
AND THEN WE ALSO ADOPTED A SHORT TERM RENTAL FEE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE IN THE NEW BUSINESS.
WE DIDN'T TAKE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR IT AND FUND IT.
WE, WE ADDED A $250 FEE TO EVERY SINGLE SHORT TERM RENTAL ANNUALLY.
AND, UH, WE, WE PUT SOME FUNDS IN PLACE TO HIRE STAFF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, YOU NAME IT.
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AT IT.THIS IS A, THIS IS A FOREVER INITIATIVE, MID ISLAND, TIFF STORM WATER FEES.
WE WILL ADD, AND WE WILL ADD, AND JOSH'S OVER THERE TAKING NOTES.
WE WILL ADD AN ASSESSMENT OF MILLAGE FOR HOUSING.
WE WILL JUST PUT THAT ON THERE.
I PUT AN ASSESSMENT AND THAT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DECIDE AND, AND WORK ON IN, IN THE COMING MONTHS, INCREASED MILLAGE, WHETHER THROUGH REFERENDUM OR, OR, OR SIMPLE, SIMPLE ONE MILL INCREASE AS WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO, OR BOTH.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN ASSESS AS, AS WE GET THROUGH THAT TO, YEAH.
SO, SO I'M, I'M GLAD YOU ARE BRINGING SOME CLARITY TO THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO, TO