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OUR GOAL TO GET YOU LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE MEETING NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH 2022 WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OFFICIALLY CALLED THIS MEETING TO ORDER CARE AND I'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOR YOU. YES SIR WE ARE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ? CERTAINLY.
MR. ABDUL-MALIK PRESIDENT MR. SIMMONS PRESIDENT. MR. CAMPBELL PRESIDENT.
MR. HAYNES PRESIDENT IS RIGHT MR. STEPHENS HERE AND I DID NOT HEAR FROM THE SCREEN I HAD GOTTEN A MESSAGE FROM HER EARLIER SHE WAS GOING TO TRY MAKE IT SO I'M STILL NOT SURE.
THANK YOU SIR. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY OKAY.
WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT'S BEFORE US AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA TO SET BEFORE US. I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION MR. MALIK MAKES THE MOTION APPROVED MS. WRIGHT SECONDS THE MOTION AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BASED RIGHT HERE WERE RAISED A HAND MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WE HAVE SOME MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 10TH MEETING I AND IF THEY'RE NOT REVISIONS OF QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR OCTOBER 10TH MEETING AS WELL SO MOVED MR. LAKE MAKES THE MOTION SO MR. CAMPBELL HAS SECOND OKAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SHARE BY RAISING YOUR HAND ABSOLUTELY THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEM, I DID JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME OPENING COMMENTS. CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND CARRYING ON IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE ABSENCE OF HAVING IN THAT POSITION. SO I'M SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR OUR STAFF TO DO. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THIS YEAR TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STAFF AND WHAT THEY DO CERTAINLY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MRS. IT OUR PLAN B IT'S GOOD TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH IN THIS TASK FORCE AND CERTAINLY I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUES AND FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE DISCUSSIONS AND BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND MINDFUL OF WHAT WE HAVE TASKED TO DO, I WANT TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME JOYCE RIGHT BACK TO OUR TASK FORCE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN ME SOME GOOD ENERGY AND SOME GOOD IDEAS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THAT INPUT WELL AND IT'S ALONG WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES SO THANK FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND CERTAINLY I DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE OUT ANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO MAY BE PRESENT WHEN THEY ATTEND THESE MEETINGS FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AT THIS LEVEL.
I MEAN MOVING ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL WE APPRECIATE SUPPORT AS WELL AND OF COURSE OUR PUBLIC AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN THE PUBLIC WHO TAKE THE TIME TO COME OUT TO THESE MEETINGS OR PAY ATTENTION TO THEM ONLINE ARE WE STILL ONLINE WITH THESE MEETINGS? VERY GOOD. SO THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE ONLINE WATCHING, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AS WELL. OKAY.
THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS. DO WE HAVE ANY APPEARANCE MESSAGE NO CITIZENS SIGNED UP AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS TO THE PORTAL OKAY.
VERY GOOD. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL IN MY COLLEAGUES WERE VERY FEARFUL OF ALL THE ITEMS WE HAVE BUT I THINK MS. LUI WILL BE ABLE TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS EFFORTLESSLY AND BY HAS A PACKET RIGHT AND YOU HAVE YOUR PACKETS SO THIS ITEM IS THE CRITICAL PATH REVIEW.
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IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET SEPTEMBER IN IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETING WE DIDN'T MAKE IT THE ENTIRE SLIDE DECK OR PRESENTATION WE MADE IT THROUGH THE CULTURE OF PRESERVATION OF PROGRESS ITEMS AS WELL AS THE HEIRS PROPERTY A PROGRESS ITEMS AND WE MADE IT THROUGH P FOUR OF THE PUBLIC POLICY SECTION. WHAT IS INCLUDED ON THE SLIDES IS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE THE LARGER CRITICAL PATH AND PROGRESS TRACKING DOCUMENT THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET WE COULD SKIP AHEAD AND THROUGH THE SLIDES THAT WE MISSED IN THE PUBLIC POLICY SECTION WE HAVE NOT MADE A LOT OF ADVANCEMENT ON THESE ITEMS IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS SO THE INFORMATION IS STILL THE SAME AGAIN THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SEPTEMBER PACKET SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THOSE SLIDES.THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IT ALSO THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET. SO I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU HOW YOU WANTED TO HANDLE I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY AS WELL AND I CAN HANDLE THIS HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE. SO AT THAT LAST MEETING AS MISSY SAID WE DID A PRESENTATION AND WORKING THROUGH THE SLIDES YOU GUYS OKAY WE JUST START FROM MAYBE THAT POINT YOU DO YOU DO HAVE WHAT WE DID LAST WEEK BACK IN SEPTEMBER IN YOUR PACKET AND WE GIVE YOU A LOT MORE TIME TO DIGEST IT IF YOU FEEL OKAY WITH THAT OKAY.
GREAT. THANK YOU MS. OKAY THANKS. WOULD WE LIKE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM OR YES, YOU CAN DO GOOD MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE KIND OF BIG PICTURE PURPOSE STATEMENT REVIEW THIS WAS THIS WAS A QUESTION THAT BROUGHT UP TWO MONTHS AGO BY MR. HENNES WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE LARGE CRITICAL PATH AND PROGRESS TRACKING DOCUMENT AND SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND HE ASKED WELL WHAT DOES WHAT DOES IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE? AND SO I SAID WE WOULD AT OUR NEXT MEETING TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROJECT PURPOSE FROM THIS DOCUMENT, MAKE SURE THAT IT STILL RESONATES WITH US AND TALK ABOUT IT. SO FROM THE REPORT THIS IS THE PROJECT PURPOSE IT ACTUALLY IS TO GOES TO TWO SLIDES AND SO THE PURPOSE STATEMENT AGAIN FOR THIS REPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW TO IMPLEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS A CENTURY HILTON HEAD ISLAND WAS DOMINATED BY THE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YEARS OF GEOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL ISOLATION. THEIR DISTINCT REFLECTS THEIR WEST AFRICAN ROOTS IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING LANGUAGE CRAFTS, FOODWAYS, STORYTELLING TRADITIONS FARMING, FISHING AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAND. HOWEVER FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE LAND BY NON GULLAH PEOPLE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACCESSING THE ISLAND IN 1956 A STEADY TREND HAS OCCURRED THAT DETERIORATES THAT GULLAH CULTURE BECAUSE OF THE ALARMING DECREASE IN THEIR PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AND THE CORRESPONDING LOSS OF GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURE THE TOWN ESTABLISHED THE GALAXY TO LAND IN CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE IN 2017 AND THE TASK FORCE MISSION IS TO IDENTIFY AND ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE GETTY CULTURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETECTING AND RESOLVING ISSUES SPECIFIC TO ITS COMMUNITY INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION HEIRS, PROPERTY TAXES, LAND USE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES FOR AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE AND THROUGH ONGOING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY PURPOSES FOR THIS PROJECT CREATE A BROAD STRATEGY FOR GOLD KEY TO CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND TO INCLUDE RESOURCE PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT INTERPRETATION AND HERITAGE TOURISM. IDENTIFY POTENTIAL REVISIONS TO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND OTHER LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED POLICIES TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS. IDENTIFY TOOLS FOR ADDRESSING THE AREA'S PROPERTY ISSUES WHICH GREATLY LIMIT WHAT GULLAH LAND OWNERS CAN DO WITH THEIR LAND BECAUSE OF A LACK OF TITLE TO THEIR PROPERTY AND RELATED LEGAL HURDLES SO THAT EXACTLY WHAT THE PURPOSE STATEMENT IS IN IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO IMPLEMENT AND THE WAY IF WE IF WE WERE TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THE PROGRESS TRACKING DOCUMENT THAT'S HOW THE DOCUMENT STRUCTURED IN THESE THREE MAJOR PROJECT CATEGORIES AND THEIR CULTURAL PRESERVATION PUBLIC POLICY AND HEIRS PROPERTY AND REALLY TO THINK ABOUT THAT BIGGER PICTURE QUESTION YOU KNOW WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY LIKE AND FEEL LIKE IF ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPLEMENTED AND I WOULD I MEAN I HAVE SOME IDEAS
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OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE OR FEEL LIKE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM FROM YOU ALL WHAT YOU THINK THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE I KNOW FROM YOU KNOW THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS SPACE THAT WE WORK TO GET THE CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THROUGH WE STILL HAVE TO LIFT THAT UP FULLY BUT I THINK THAT WILL CREATE A BETTER BASELINE UNDERSTANDING LEVEL FOR A TOWN AND OFFICIALS TO JUST UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND, THE HISTORY OF WHAT WAS HERE BEFORE MAYBE WITH EMPLOYEES HAVE COME TO THE ISLAND AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY WHERE YOU'VE BEEN TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING. SO I THINK THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THAT'S COME BEFORE. ALSO WHEN I LOOK AT THE PUBLIC POLICY SECTION CERTAINLY IT IS WORKING TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE PURPOSE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS STATEMENT PRIOR TO SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND PRESERVATION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF PRESERVING THE CULTURE AND LAND OWNERSHIP AND THEN ALSO AS FAR AS HEIRS PROPERTY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT TOWN HAS ALREADY WORK TO PUT INTO PLACE AND CERTAINLY THAT WOULD REMOVE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OR THREATS TO THOSE PROPERTIES AND OWNERSHIP OF THOSE. SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE LIKE ALL THREE OF THOSE PROGRAM AREAS I THINK YOU WOULD SEE A REALLY HEALTHY DYNAMIC CULTURE THAT CELEBRATED ON THE ISLAND APPRECIATED BY ALL THOSE THAT VISIT AND LIVE HERE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I SEE IS LOOKING LIKE IF THIS IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS TO DOES THIS PURPOSE STATEMENT IN THIS DOCUMENT OR HOW YOU YOU KNOW WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IS REALLY WHAT I THINK THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR SO AND THANK YOU MR. HENZE FOR BRINGING THIS UP . I THINK IT'S A GOOD GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE. SO I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES FIRST.
I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. WELL, BUT IT'S MR. HINTZ BASICALLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT VISION.
YOU'VE PAINTED THE PICTURE AND I REALLY LIKE I LIKE YOUR VISION.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTING THESE AND THEN AND I THINK THAT FOR FOR ME FAIRLY NEW ON ON THIS COMMITTEE IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT THAT VISION PAINTED THAT WHEN WE SHOW UP FOR OUR MEETINGS WHERE WE KNOW NOW WHAT WHAT THE END GAME LOOKS LIKE AND COURSE IF YOU IF YOU ASK A THOUSAND PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO GET A THOUSAND DIFFERENT VISIONS. BUT BUT THIS IS A GOOD START AND THEN AND IT'S SO, SO IMPORTANT. I MEAN WE'VE WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WE LIVE IN. WE'VE GOT THE OCEAN TREES, BEAUTIFUL CLIMATE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US EXCEPTIONAL IS THE THE GOAL A GEEKY HISTORY AND IN THE LAND AND IN WE'VE GOT TO REALLY LIFT THAT UP OTHERWISE WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THE PLACE THAT THAT'S THAT WE HAVE SO I REALLY LIKE THAT THAT YOU GAVE US THE IT MAKES WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE IN THE PROJECT REPORT MORE MEANINGFUL TO ME AND MAYBE THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN THIS WAS DEVELOPED WHAT YEAR WAS THIS PREPARED YOU THIS PLAN IS 2019 2019.
SO HOW DO WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND MAKE SURE DOES THIS NEED TO BE REIMAGINED? IS IT IS IT STILL GOOD THREE YEARS LATER? ARE WE ARE WE STILL VERY HAPPY WITH WITH THIS ARE ITEMS THAT THAT WE'D WANT TO ADD ARE THERE MAYBE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO SO MAYBE THAT'S A THAT'S A TASK FOR ANOTHER DAY BUT BUT I SURE LIKE I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL MISSION AND I SURE LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON IT TO HELP TO HELP THE COMMUNITY WITH WITH THIS MISSION SO THE REPORT WAS GENERATED IT WAS IN I THINK IT'S IN 2018 YOU TALKED ABOUT
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WHAT THE TOWN APPROVED IN 2019. IT WAS APPROVED IN APRIL OF 2019.OKAY OTHERWISE PLEASE. OKAY. WELL I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT IT MY MY COMMENTS MY OBSERVATION OF COURSE IS THAT THIS TASK FORCE WAS CREATED OUT OF WHAT SOME OF US FOUND TO BE A VERY DISTURBING TREND AND THAT IS THE LOSS OF LAND AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THE GALA GEECHEE CULTURAL OR MORE SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS NATIVE ISLANDERS. SO I DO THINK WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS AGAIN WE'RE WORKING KIND OF AT A LOSS ALREADY HAPPENED AND JUST TRYING TO SAY PUT A FINGER IN THE DAM SO TO SPEAK TO STOP THAT FROM LOSING EVERYTHING AND THAT IS WHAT WE WHY WE WERE CREATED AS A TASK FORCE AND I'M HAPPY ALSO THAT WE REINFORCED REINFORCED THE MISSION AND THE PURPOSE OF WHAT THIS TASK FORCE IS ABOUT. I'M SURE THAT MISSION STAFF CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS IN THEIR OWN WAY BUT MR. HINTZ TO ANSWER PART OF THAT QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THIS DOCUMENT WILL ALWAYS BE LIVING AND BREATHING AND CHANGING IN SOME FORM, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS TASK FORCE IT IS NOW WILL BE IN EXISTENCE FOREVER.
BUT THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE CERTAINLY WHEN WE GET SOMEONE IN THIS POSITION THERE WILL BE SOME BODY OF OVERSIGHT AND THEY MAY BE DIRECTLY TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF COMMUNITY GROUP, IF YOU WILL, TO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT AND SOME TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS WILL CONTINUE BE IMPLEMENTED AS YOU ALSO HAVE OBSERVED.
YES, IT'S A LOT TO DO AND A LOT TO IMPLEMENT SO WE WILL KEEP PRESSING FORWARD AS WE DO.
WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE DYNAMICS CHANGE AROUND US IN OUR COMMUNITIES CERTAINLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CERTAINLY RELATED TO THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE THE IMPACT THAT WHAT THE BRIDGE WILL DO ALSO AS WE TALK TO OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WE SITUATIONS THAT COME UP AND THE MORE WE WORK THE MORE WE DO ON IT THE MORE WE LEARN JUST HOW MUCH WORK IS TO DO. IT IS HARD TO KIND OF PUT IT ALL INTO SAY DOCUMENT AND SAY THIS IS IT AND THIS IS THE ANSWER AND THIS IS ALL WE'VE GOT TO DO TO FIX THIS. BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE ONE DAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN HOWEVER I THINK THAT THAT IT WILL BE WORK, THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONGOING AND YES ,THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HELPED BUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH HERE JUST LIBRARY COURSE MR. MAY DEPICTED IS HERE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT AND CERTAINLY LOWCOUNTRY GULLAH HAS HELP WITH IDENTIFYING AREAS PROPERTY AND HELPING WITH SOME OF THE TAXES THAT ARE DUE SO WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WORKING TO TO HELP MOVE SOME OF THESE THINGS ALONG AS WELL. WHAT I'M HOPING THAT THE MESSAGE WILL BE TO OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT YES, WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS.
ARE WE THERE YET? NO, WE'RE NOT THERE. TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE JUST LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND I INFORMED THEM THAT WE DO HAVE THE DESIGN STUDIO IN PLACE NOW AND YOU KNOW SO WE HAVE A PLACE THAT CAN GO AND AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE BRIDGES AND MEND THOSE FENCES BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE THIS REPORT ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME IS THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWN AND SOME OF THE MISTRUST MISINFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I TO STAND ON THE STAFF UP AND COMMEND THE TOWN ON THEIR EFFORTS AND AT THE SAME TIME WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO TRY TO GET SOME THESE ITEMS ADDRESSED ARE THE THOUGHTS YES. SO I THOUGHT ONE OF MY THOUGHTS WOULD BE AN INVERSION. I WANT TO SAY TOO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN BEING PUT INTO THE PRESENTATION BEEN GIVEN BECAUSE OF IT MIGHT BE COMING IN A NICE STATE OUT OF SOMETHING OR TRUE AS I APPRECIATE THAT SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IS A HEALTHY BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST
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CAME TO HAMILTON AND SO WE USED VAN THE FIRST YEAR THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SAW ON YOUR AIR WERE BUSINESSES THAT WERE OWNED BY GOING ON GOING TO FAMILIES. SO I DON'T KNOW WE PASSED UPON NO RETURN YET GONE BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THAT IF WE ARE TALKING TO LANDOWNERS ABOUT POTENTIAL LAND USE AND I THINK ONE OF THE CRUCIAL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SEEING WAYS THAT YOU CAN ECONOMICALLY FROM YOUR LAND? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY EVERYTHING WE DID WAS TIED TO ECONOMICS IN THE VISION THAT WE WE WERE ONE IT WASN'T JUST FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION ONCE WE HAD SAID ABOUT OUR COACHES AND SERVICE AND EVERYTHING AS WELL SO AND THE SAME WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND IF A PERSON HAD A TRADE YOU KNOW IT WAS IT WAS ALL CONNECTED TO YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ECONOMICS.WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STAY ON AN ISLAND AT ANY POINT DOWN THERE.
I WOULD JUST I DON'T I WOULD HOPE TO SEE THAT EMPHASIZED THANK YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT YES MA'AM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND THANK YOU, MISSY, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND PREPARING US FOR FOR THE MEETING. UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY IN GOING OVER WHERE WE HAVE THE CULTURAL PRESERVATION I KNOW THAT THE TOWN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN REGARDS TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED ABOUT THE CULTURE AND THE HISTORY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BUT I HOPE THAT'S ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS I HOPE IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IMMEDIATELY RIGHT AND THEN IS GONE IN SIX MONTHS. SO IF WE HAVE IT ON A CYCLE I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND NOT ONLY WITH HERE AT THE TOWN WITH THE STAFF BUT I THINK THE OTHER PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO ENGAGE YOU KNOW WITH THE CHAIN AND OTHERS THAT WE NEED TO DEFINITELY EDUCATE ABOUT THE CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND, THE PUBLIC POLICIES, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THIS. I THINK IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN VISIT WITH THAT THE IMPORTANCE WHEN WE ARE IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS OR DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING TO THE TOWN THAT WE ALL INCLUSIVE. OKAY IT'S NOT JUST ON THE SOUTH END AT THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND IT HAS TO BE ISLAND WIDE AND I THINK THAT IMPORTANT WE SOMETIMES DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT SO. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S NORTH OR SOUTH BUT IT TO BE INCLUSIVE AND IT IS PROPERTY DOING A GREAT JOB BY THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO OTHER THAN JUST INFORM PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT VISION IS ALWAYS EVOLVING SO IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN REVISIT THAT AGAIN IN A YEAR OR TWO. BUT YOU KNOW WE CAN'T JUST SAY STIFLE IN ONE AREA AND JUST SAY THIS IS IT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT ALL DEPENDS UPON WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND US AND SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL AND OPEN MINDED ABOUT THAT AS WE GROW AS THE ISLAND GROW WE HAVE TO GROW WITH IT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND SURE. A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS AND I THINK THE STATEMENT OF COURSE YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE SAID WE DEFINITELY TAKE OUR HATS OFF TO ALL THE WORK THAT THE STAFF AND THE YOURSELF HAVE BEEN DOING. AND I THINK THE STATEMENT REALLY TELLS OF THE GREAT DISCONNECT THAT IS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN THE GULLAH COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT AND ALL THAT IS THAT IS HAPPENING. AND WHILE WE WERE ESTABLISHED TO START WITH IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT TOURISM. SO AS A RESULT OF THAT ALL OF WHAT WE ACCUSTOMED TO I THINK IS WHAT THE STATEMENT REALLY SAYS AND I'M TRYING TO BRING THAT MAKE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CULTURE AND YOU KNOW ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS IS THAT THE CULTURE IS IS BEEN TIED TO THE LAND. YOU KNOW, THE CULTURE IS TIED TO LAND.
AND AS THE LAND HAD BEGAN TO FADE IS WHERE IT BEGAN TO CREATE ISSUES FOR COMMUNITY AND AS WHY SO MUCH AS TIED TO THE LAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND THE RETAINING OF LAND IS THE
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FOCAL POINT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE THE CULTURE ITSELF HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE TIED TO THE LAND. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS. IT ALL TIES TO WHAT YOU CAN OR CANNOT DO OR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LAND. SO I THINK THE THE STATEMENT TELLS OF THE DISCONNECTED OF THE WORK AND THE DIRECTION IN WHICH WE IN WHICH WE ARE HEADED.OBVIOUSLY AS WE SAID A THERE'S A LOT HERE A WHOLE LOT THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK YET TO BE DONE. BUT I THINK DEFINITELY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I THINK OUR FOCUS IS YOU KNOW STAYS WITH WHAT THE LAND BRINGS INTO THE EQUATION THEN I THINK WE'LL FIND THAT WE CAN MOVE WHAT THE ECONOMICS YOU KNOW THE SOCIAL SIDE OF IT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THE LAND HAS ALWAYS BROUGHT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING IF THESE THINGS ARE ACCOMPLISHED AND WE CAN BETTER USE THAT WHICH WE HAVE REMAINING IS ALWAYS THE HURDLES AS I THINK THE LAST PART OF THIS REALLY SAYS IS THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO JUMP WHEN IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I HAVE IS IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN THERE'S A BIT OF ACCOMPLISHMENT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT TWIST AND TURN AND GO THE OTHER WAY JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE MADE IT TO A POINT WE FIND THAT SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU THOUGHT WE HAVE DONE SO IT'S I'M NOT SURE WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN REALLY POINT OUR FINGERS AND SAY OKAY WE GOT IT YOU KNOW AND THAT'S I THINK IS THE END POINT WHERE WE WANT TO BE YOU KNOW WE YOU KNOW I MET MENTIONED SOME FOLKS EARLIER TODAY ABOUT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON SOME THINGS YOU KNOW IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE YOU HAVE SAY OKAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
WHAT'S NEXT? YOU KNOW, NOT JUST EVERY TIME WE GET TO A POINT YOU SAY OKAY, LET'S KICK THE CAN A LITTLE FURTHER AND WE'LL PICK IT UP SOMEWHERE.
WELL YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY GOING TO LEAVE SOME THINGS UNDONE BECAUSE YOU KEEP KICKING CAN TO THOSE THINGS THAT WILL COME UP THAT YOU NEED TO GET DONE SO THAT'S JUST MY BILL OF HOW I SEE WHERE ARE AS A TIED TO THE STATEMENT AND WHAT IT REALLY TELLS YOU KNOW THE TALES OF WHAT WE THE GULF COMMUNITY HAS COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE BASICALLY TELLS WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WHERE I SEE US CURRENTLY THAT'S WHERE I SEE US GOING AND SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. SO THANK YOU MR. SIMMONS OTHERS KNOW YOU GOOD AND GOOD.
WELCOME, SHARNI I'M GLAD YOU CAN MAKE IT. BABYSITTER.
BABYSITTER SHOW UP TODAY. OH, OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. COUNCILMAN BROWN WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THIS PURPOSE STATEMENT WE'VE TALKED A LOT FROM THE BEGINNING ABOUT WE MEASURE AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AND AT THE CURRENT MOMENT WE DON'T HAVE A METRIC TO SPEAK TO SHOW OUR SUCCESS OR NOT RIGHT AND I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO ONLY BE JUDGED BY EMOTIONS OR THE GOOD OR THE BAD THAT HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS AS MR. SIMMONS WAS DESCRIBING. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE EXERCISES THAT WAS DONE VERY EARLY ON WAS IDENTIFYING ALL OF THE GULLAH OWNED PROPERTIES AND THEN FIGURE OUT THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME. I THINK THE STUDY WAS DONE BACK IN 20 1718 MAYBE BUT WE'VE GOT A BASELINE THAT GOES BACK TO THE MID-NINETIES WITH THROUGH THAT STUDY THAT TALKED ABOUT 500 ACRES. OKAY.
SO THE QUESTION THAT I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THIS GROUP ASK IS WHERE WE NOW AND ARE WE HOLDING OKAY AND PROBABLY RIGHT. WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO TURN THE TIDE. I THOUGHT THE AD TODAY BUT NO MORE LAWS I THINK IS REALLY THE MISSION AT HAND BUT WE DON'T KNOW AT THE MOMENT THAT IT'S THIS IMPORTANT METRIC FOR US TO HAVE PARTICULARLY WE HAVE TURNOVER THE NEW PEOPLE COMING ON TO BOARD THE COMMISSION,
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PEOPLE COMING ON THE STAFF, NEW PEOPLE COMING ON THE COUNCIL THAT CAST BASELINE IN METRIC I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.COUNCILMAN BROWN, ARE THE OTHERS IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON OKAY, GREAT.
THANK YOU MISS. YOU CAN CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT.
SO NEXT ITEM IS THE UPDATE ON THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS OVERLAY AND THAT'S AGAIN A STANDING AGENDA ITEM THAT IS ALWAYS ON OUR AGENDA. LAST MONTH YOU HEARD FROM THE CONSULTANTS REGARDING THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN AND LAST WEEK THAT DISTRICT PLAN WAS ADOPTED COUNCIL IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN ARE ON THE BOOKS JUST YET BUT THAT THE GUIDING DOCUMENT OR PLAN IS ADOPTED AND WE WILL WORK TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLAN. SO PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO GO OVER AND WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN THE MEMO THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET THE COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN IN THOSE FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AGAINST WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE GOLGI TO CULTURE PRESERVATION PROJECT REPORT AND SO THIS COMPARISON JUST SHOWS BECAUSE AGAIN THE GOAL GETTY REPORT WAS RECOMMENDING AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT MADE ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN IS RECOMMENDING THAT THESE CHANGES ARE MADE THROUGH BASE ZONING SO NO OVERLAY DISTRICT BUT THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY APPLIED FOR THE FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD SITES ALSO ARE CURRENTLY ZONED RM4 SO IF YOU COMPARE THE TWO YOU KNOW THERE WAS HIGHER DENSITY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE CULTURAL PRESERVATION REPORT AND THERE IS BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE RECOMMENDED IN THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN ITEM B IN THE ECOLOGY CULTURE PRESERVATION REPORT RECOMMENDS SETBACK AND REQUIREMENTS BEING RELAXED A LITTLE ALSO CONSISTENT UNIFORM DENSITY STANDARDS AS WELL AS SETBACK, BUFFER AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT REDUCTIONS WOULD BE LOOKED AT IN THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT AS WELL AND THEN ALSO THEY WERE LOOKING AT MAXIMIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND IN THE MID ISLAND PLAN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ALLOWANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL THAT ALLOWS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE THESE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT THAT MIX WOULD BE 75% RESIDENTIAL AND 25% NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
SO THESE ARE SMALLER SCALE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES WAS WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE REPORT BUT MORE OPPORTUNITY THAN JUST AN AT HOME OCCUPATION SO NOT A FULL COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMERCIAL THAN JUST AN AT HOME OCCUPATION IS WHAT THAT PLAN ENVISIONED. SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER WHAT WAS JUST IN MID ISLAND DISTRICT AGAIN THAT'S FIVE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS AND I HAVE THE THE SLIDE HERE SO THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OUTLINED IN ORANGE IT'S BAGEL MITCHELL THE OLD BIG HILL GRASSLAND AND MARSHLAND AREAS WHERE THESE NEW MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLANS RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND AGAIN THIS SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF A FLAVOR OF WHAT THE PLAN WAS RECOMMENDING. SO ADDITIONAL DENSITY PROPOSED SO THERE COULD BE SOME INFILL OPPORTUNITIES. IT SHOWS THAT COMMUNITY GARDEN AS IS POSSIBLY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY BUT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF A MORE A DENSER RESIDENTIAL NETWORK AND ALSO SHOWS WHAT UNIFORM DENSITY STANDARDS COULD LOOK LIKE SHOULD DEVELOPMENT FOLLOW PARTICULAR IMAGE SO I WANTED MAKE SURE SINCE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE CONSULTANTS LAST MONTH AND THEN THE DISTRICT PLAN WAS JUST ADOPTED THAT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE DISTRICT PLAN HELP TO IMPLEMENT AND WHAT IS HERE IN THE GETTY CULTURE PRESERVATION REPORT AND IT MENTIONED THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IF YOU COULD MAYBE JUST GIVE US A MORE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED. SURE. SO THE THE RED DASH IS THE FULL DISTRICT BOUNDARY. SO THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT ITSELF IS A RATHER LARGE AREA
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THAT GOES SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO THE MARSHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD IN AROUND THE ASHMORE TRACT OF COURSE AROUND THE MID ISLAND TRACT WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE CENTERPIECE THE TOWN PARK SITE THAT 103 ACRE PARK AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SO YOU'VE GOT HISTORIC MITCHELL VILLE IS INCLUDED OLD NEIGHBORHOOD IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT AND THOSE COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER AREAS IN THE MIDDLE BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S A DISTRICT BOUNDARY IN FULL AND WITHIN LARGER DISTRICT BOUNDARY THERE ARE FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WHERE THIS THIS DEVELOPMENT THESE DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS ON THAT ARTIST'S RENDERING OF WHAT A COULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE INCREASED DENSITIES IT NEVER LOOK LIKE THAT WITH HEIRS PROPERTY BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T BUILD STRUCTURE LIKE ON HEIRS PROPERTY.RIGHT. YOU JUST COULDN'T GET A MORTGAGE IF IF IT'S WIDELY HELD AND AND YOU CAN'T GET A MORTGAGE THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES THAT TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH MANUFACTURED HOMES BUT CERTAINLY THE INFILL OPPORTUNITY IS THERE AT A CONSISTENT DENSITY PATTERN AND YOU'RE RIGHT THE THE PLAN SHOWS OR PROPOSES ALSO THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP SMALL HOUSE SERIES SO THERE WOULD BE PREVENTED PREAPPROVED HOUSE PLANS FOR USE IF SOMEBODY WAS TO ABLE TO FINANCE THE PROJECT EVEN WITHOUT A MORTGAGE IF IT WAS HEIRS PROPERTY THAT THERE COULD BE OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS THAN JUST A MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS IS AGAIN I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT LAST TIME MET THAT THE 7525 SPLIT AND THAT'S THAT'S EASY FOR US TO BUT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT OUGHT TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE MAYBE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WANT THAT 25% AND MAYBE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD WANT IT MORE RESIDENTIAL HOW WOULD WE KNOW AND HOW COULD YOU SET A STANDARD FOR FOR ALL OF OUR 14 COMMUNITIES? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IF THOSE COMMUNITIES ESTABLISH WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS . AND THAT IS I MEAN AGAIN IT WAS RECOMMENDED IN THIS PLAN TO BE A 7520 5% SPLIT AMONG RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS A RECOMMENDATION. SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROCESS TO AMEND THE CODE TO BOTH ALLOW THE ADDITIONAL DENSITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AS A USE AND AS WE GO THROUGH THAT NOT ONLY DOES IF THE ZONING DISTRICT CHANGES WHICH IT LIKELY WILL GO FROM ALM FOUR TO M SIX OR EIGHT IF IF DEPENDING ON WHERE WE LAND THAT REQUIRES A REZONING OF OF PROPERTIES AS WELL SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF PROCESS THAT HAS TO UNFOLD AND AS WE DO THAT WE WILL LOOK FURTHER REFINE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CALIBRATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE SENSE IN ALL THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE BEING PROPOSED. THANK YOU.
SO I JUST WANTED TO WAIT TILL YOU FINISH. I'M I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THAT IN PART MISSY ABOUT EYRE'S NOT BEING ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED.
I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE TOWN HAS ACQUIRED PROPERTY THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SOME DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED HEIRS PROPERTY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY ON WHEN WE START DEVELOPING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE'S STILL AS WE SAID A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. IT MAY EVEN BE AT STATE LEVEL BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE TOWN AND THIS TASK FORCE CAN BE AN ADVOCATE FOR GETTING SOME CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND I'M SURE WE ALL LIVE FOR THE DAY WHEN WE WILL DO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF AREAS PROPERTY THAT WE THAT WE HAVE WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO A FUTURE AGENDA, YOU KNOW AND TALK ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE AND HEIRS PROPERTY CERTAINLY SOME OF THE BARRIERS ARE REMOVED IF THE TITLE CLEARED BUT BUT WE CAN HAVE SOME EXPERTS TALK THAT AS WELL. OKAY THANK YOU.
YOU SAID HOW MANY COMMUNITIES IS LEFT IN THE OVERLAY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE
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FIVE. YES. THIS PARTICULAR MID ISLAND DISTRICT INCLUDES FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE HISTORIC FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE DO WE HAVE LIKE IDEA OF THE GULLAH FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE IT'S JUST THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE OVER LAID DISTRICT THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW BEING BORN AND RAISED IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF GULLAH FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA SCOPE I'M JUST I GUESS I'M I HAVE A HARD TIME OF FROM WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THE OVERLAY OF THE GULLAH COMMUNITIES HOW DID WE GET TO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE THAT LOOKS TO ME YES, I SEE THE BENEFIT OF THE PARK IN YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN THERE.BUT THEN YOU STILL HAVE THE AIRPORT THAT YOU HAVE GULLAH COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY IMPACTED ON HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THEIR PROPERTY. NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THOSE FAMILIES AND THOSE IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT'S IMPACTED TOO IT AROUND THERE I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF I WANT TO HEAR THE THE TRUE BENEFIT OF THIS AND WHAT BROUGHT ME TO SAYING IT IS BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR YOU LIKE HE SAID WITH HEIRS PROPERTY AND I BROUGHT IT UP THE LAST MEETING WHEN YOU SHOW THE PICTURE OF THE HOMES AND STUFF LET'S BE REAL THAT'S NOT THE GLOBAL COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW LOOK LIKE SO TO GET TO THAT POINT AND I HEARD YOU SAY THERE COULD BE A MODEL OF SOME LITTLE I GUESS YOU SAID LIKE LITTLE HOMES OR I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM. I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THINGS LIKE THAT AND STATEMENTS LIKE THAT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO COME AND BUILD THAT GAP OF THE ISLAND, THE ONE ISLAND AND TO SAY THE KEEP SAYING LOOKING AT STUFF FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE FUTURE.
ALEX MR. BROWN MENTIONED THE RURAL. NOW HERE WE ARE YEARS LATER WITH THE GO TO TASK FORCE LIKE HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE THE FUTURE OF THE SCOPE OF THESE THINGS WE'RE IN RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW AS IS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRIDGING THAT GAP. HOW LONG WILL THIS TAKE TO GET TO THAT COMMUNITY THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE REALLY SITTING THERE LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT FOR? INSTANCE I LIVE IN THE STONEY AREA SO OF COURSE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED THROUGH OUR YOU KNOW FAMILY AND EXPERIENCE AND FAMILIES AROUND LIKE YOU KNOW I GOT SEVERAL CALLS LIKE OKAY ARE THEY SAYING WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHATEVER.
AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND BE LIKE OKAY WELL NOW OVERLAYS OVER HERE.
WELL WHEN IS IT COMING TO US? AND I JUST SAY IN THE FUTURE. IN THE FUTURE.
SO AGAIN LIKE I DON'T KNOW I'M LOOKING FOR MORE LESS WHEN WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE NOW. SURE. LIKE BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DO THE OVERLAY FOR US TO SEE THE BENEFIT I'M TRYING TO OUT THE TERM LIKE HOW MANY GULLAH FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE WILL JUST BENEFIT ON THIS PART FOR TO BE A LARGE ENOUGH EXAMPLE FOR THE OTHER AREAS THE ISLAND BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE LIKE MAKING AN IMPACT ON THEM OF WHAT WE ARE WE'VE DONE WHICH WE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS AND PARTNERING WITH THE TOWN WE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS BUT JUST LIKE WE'RE THINKING OKAY HOW LONG HAVE THEY ARE TO TERM SO THIS IS NOT AN OVERLAY DISTRICT IT'S A IT'S A REDEVELOPMENT I'M SORRY THE REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AREA SORRY ABOUT THAT AND IN THE AREA WOULD ACHIEVE ALL OF THE REGULATION AND ZONING CHANGES THROUGH MAKING BASED ZONING CHANGES.
AND SO WE WERE LOOKING DOING MORE DISTRICT PLANNING IN OTHER AREAS THE ISLAND SO TO REPLICATE YOU KNOW WHAT WORKS THE DISTRICT CENTER THAT'S PROPOSED HERE WHAT WORKS WITH THE HISTORIC HERE AND THEN AS WE MOVE TO OTHER AREAS OF THE ISLAND TO WE WOULD REPLICATE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ISLAND WIDE GROWTH FRAMEWORK AND MASTER PLANNING PROCESS ON THE HORIZON. WE COULD LOOK TO SEE HOW THIS IS IS GOING WITH IMPLEMENTATION
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AND AND LOOK TO WEAVE IN ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THAT PROCESS AGAIN JUST LIKE WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THIS PLAN WITH THE OVERLAY IS STILL REQUIRED AND A LARGE SCALE YOU KNOW REZONING OF OF A LOT OF PROPERTIES TO ENACT WHAT WAS PROPOSED HERE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT SO A LOT OF PROCESS PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE REQUIRED THROUGH THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THIS PLAN AS WELL IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF , YOU KNOW, RED TAPE AND PROCESS THAT'S REQUIRED WITH THIS. IT REQUIRES FIRST ROLLING OUT A FUTURE LAND MAP WHICH REQUIRES US TO AMEND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADOPT THE THE MID ISLAND FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THEN WE CAN WORK THROUGH AN IMPLEMENTATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE WERE CALLED OUT. CERTAINLY WE COULD LOOK ON YOU KNOW TO, CREATE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES THAT YOU KNOW, ADVANCES SAY THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE SOME OF THE OTHERS. BUT BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S THE PROCESS AND AND NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S NOT FOR ALL 14 OF THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IT IS FOR THESE FIVE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.YEAH. LET ME SEE IF I CAN HELP A LITTLE BIT AND APPRECIATE MS..
GREEN BRINGING THOSE POINTS OUT BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR HER EXPRESSING IS THE AS WE KNOW IT AND AGAIN AS IT WAS STATED IN THAT MISSION STATEMENT, OUR PURPOSE A VERY DISTURBING TREND. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED THAT ARE THAT HAVE ALREADY BUT IS WHY OUR COMMUNITY RAN OUT OF TIME I LIKE MY SCREEN IS SAYING WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS HAPPENING NOW BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS YEAH IS THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN I THINK STARTING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS TO MOVE AWAY FROM WHAT? WE KNOW AS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT WE MAY STILL LOOK AT LIKE THAT BUT I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WE START MAYBE LOOKING AT THINGS AS BASE ZONING.
THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT I HEARD I THINK ARE ALSO APPROPRIATE THAT LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVEN ALMOST PROPERTY TO PROPERTY CASE BY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES ARE VERY UNIQUE AND HAVE UNIQUE DYNAMICS IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS I I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT IS GOING TO HELP OF COURSE AND WHEN WE GET SOMEONE IN THIS POSITION IT CAN REALLY BE FOCUSED ON THIS PARTICULAR WORK NOT THAT THE STAFF IS NOT DOING IT BUT. IF WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THAT POSITION THEN THAT'S SOMEONE WE HOPE WILL CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE FOLKS ASKING THE QUESTION WE CAN PUT A FACE WITH THAT PERSON AND ASK THEM DIRECTLY OR THEY CAN COME AND INFORM US FOR SURE WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB FAR AS COMMUNICATION GETTING THEM OUT THERE BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE WE KNOW THAT'S IN THAT POSITION.
THE LAST THING IS THE COMMUNITY CORPORATION THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TOO THAT'S TO BE COMING ONLINE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION REALLY GOING TO HELP WITH A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. NOW WE HERE AT THE TASK FORCE AND CERTAINLY IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME VERY STRONG INPUT AND.
I JUST SHARE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE INPUT WE HAVE THAT WE JUST HEARD IS COMING FROM A PLACE AGAIN WE HAVE SOME HISTORY THAT IS NOT ALWAYS GOOD HISTORY SO WE CONTINUE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. YES, SIR. I DO HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION THEN I'M GOING TO CLOWNING ABOUT AS WELL WITH THE WITH THE ADOPTION THESE MINERAL INDUSTRY PLANNING. UM, WHEN I UNDERSTAND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS WILL TAKE SOME TIME BUT IF THIS ONCE IT IS FULLY ADAPTED AND IS NOT BEING USED AS A TEMPLATE FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THEN HAVE NOT RECEIVED INCREASE THE NEWS DON'T SEEM TO BE ITEMIZED HERE. THAT'S CORRECT IS OUR THAT IS OUR INTENT THAT THIS IS USED AS A TEMPLATE REPLICATE IN OTHER HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE ROLL OUT ADDITIONAL DISTRICT OR THROUGH THE ISLAND WIDE PLANNING EXERCISE THAT'S COMING .
AND I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION WOULD BE WITH THIS AS A TEMPLATE TO MOVE FORWARD, WHEN WILL WE NECESSARILY GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF HAVING CONSULTED FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T BELIEVE SO I THINK WE WOULD TAKE THE WE WOULD DO THE
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT. BUT NOW IF HAVE A A PLAN AND AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE THAT APPEARS TO WORK IN A REPLICATIVE FASHION, THEN WE WILL WE WILL LOOK TO DO THAT WE DUPLICATED THAT'S FASTER. YES, MUCH FASTER BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR QUESTION. YES, SIR. MR. CAMPBELL NO QUESTION WAS JUST COMMENTS MADE. PLEASE MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE TASK LET ME JUST SAY I I JUST CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE AND I PROBABLY MISSED MOST OF THE PRESENTATION BUT I CAN THE TRIP AS TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND WHAT THINK AND I THINK THAT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO COME UP WITH THE TEMPLATE OF SOME KIND. THOMAS SAID THAT AND I WAS BUT I MADE A NOTE OF IT IS NOT A COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH SO EVERY COOKIE CUTTER IS NOT GOING TO FIT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE KNOW SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT YOU SAID MR. CHAIR IS THAT IT HAS TO BE RATCHET DOWN INTO NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IN SOME ONE IS RESPONSE TABLE OR GETTING THAT THOSE VARIOUS FAMILIES BECAUSE EVERY FAMILY IS DIFFERENT EVERY AMOUNT OF YEARS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AND DIFFERENT ARE GOING TO WANT DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THEIR PROPERTY I THINK IS GOING TO BE THE GRASS ROOT APPROACH IS GOING TO BE VERY VERY CRITICAL TO COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR FOR THE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS NOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT REALLY NEIGHBORHOODS ANYMORE.THEY'RE JUST PARTS OF PORTIONS OF NEIGHBORHOODS MORE SO THAN JUST A DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, WE CAN SAY THAT ALL THE PROPERTY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOT ON PROPERTY.
THE OTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THAT THE 7525 SPLIT I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER IT SAYS UP TO 75 AND UP TO 25 OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER AS FAR AS THE SPLIT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL VERSUS RESIDENTIAL THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD BE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FLEXIBLE ALITY WITH THOSE NUMBERS WHEN YOU WRITE THOSE NUMBERS THE BASE ZONING IDEA IS A GOOD IDEA I THINK AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DISTINCT LAYERED DEFINITIVELY WORK WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ITS OWN SETTING MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE THE CHAPLAIN IS NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THE LIKE THE SPANISH WELLS NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU CAN'T JUST MATCH THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS SPANISH WELLS, THESE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SPANISH WELLS IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST NEIGHBORHOOD OF THESE GULLAH NEIGHBORHOODS. SO BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE LOOKING YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT. SO BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AND THINK IT BEHOOVES US THE TASK FORCE AND ALL OF US LIVING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO REALLY GET THE FAMILIES AND MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS WHAT WE WANT OR WHAT WE FORESEE OUR FAMILIES WILL WANT IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK MRS. PRESENTATION BASICALLY FROM HER PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT PERSONALLY WITH OUR PRESIDENT TO BE DONE ON HOW WE PERSONALLY UTILIZE OUR PROPERTY WITH THE RESPECT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND RESPECT FOR THE WHOLE HISTORY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. AND FOR THE RECORD WHERE DO YOU LIVE MR. CAMPBELL AND WHICH HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN THE BEST.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR ? COMMENT. I JUST LIKE TO SPIN OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT AND I GUESS MR. CAMPBELL GOT UP RIGHT BEFORE I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THE THE MIDLAND PLAN . YOU KNOW I GUESS IT'S EITHER AGAIN SO VERSUS THE THE THE PLAN FROM THE FROM THE TASK FORCE SIDE OF IT AND YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION ALWAYS COMES UP ABOUT THE SEPARATE OF THE AND HOW THEY EACH ARE DIFFERENT. MR. CAMPBELL LIKE MYSELF, YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN THE BEST NEIGHBORHOOD OF COURSE SO WE KNOW THAT IT'LL BE DIFFERENT
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WHEN COMES TO THIS PLAN AS WELL AS THE AREA JUST THE DYNAMICS OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF WOULD BE DIFFERENT AND OF COURSE I AGREE WITH HIM IT'S GOING TO SAY AS WELL THE 7525 IS NOT A BAD IDEA BUT IF IT SAYS UP IT GIVES YOU FAR GREATER FLEXIBILITY. I THINK THAT APPROACH IS NOT BAD BUT EVEN THOUGH I LIKE TO THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALL BASICALLY NEED THE SAME THING YOU KNOW THAT NEED IS GOING TO ARISE IN A DIFFERENT IN A DIFFERENT FORM SOME KIND OF WAY, YOU KNOW, ALL GOING TO NEED ROADS. WE'RE GOING TO BE WATER WE'RE GOING TO NEED SEWER. THEY ALL NEED THAT. YOU KNOW THE APPROACH AFTER YOU GET THAT IS WHERE YOU WOULD AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY.BUT I THINK THE IDEA OF THE MIDLAND PLAN BEING A TEMPLATE I SUPPOSE THAT COULD WORK AND I SUPPOSE IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA IS IT DOES IT GIVE US THAT ADDED BOOST FOR THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS? DOES IT REALLY GIVE US THAT? SO WHEN THAT IS DONE WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING NOT BEING AS LONG OF A PROCESS BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS PROCESS AS IT IS IT'S GOING TO SOME TIME AND FOR THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TO BOUNCE BACK I'LL COME BACK AND THEN GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS FOR THE SAME THING IS WHERE THE THE REAL UNEASINESS COME YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE ONE DAY OR WE GET LEFT BEHIND AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE YEARLONG PLUS PROCESS TO GET WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE WITH THE FLEXIBILITY DONE WITH THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN MIND THAT IT COULD BE A GOOD A GOOD PROCESS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME FOUND ATION TO BUILD ON AND IF THE MIDDLE AND YOU COMPARE THE TWO GIVES YOU THAT FOUNDATION THEN I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OKAY THANK YOU MR. SIMMONS, IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MISSING ON, I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND NEXT WE HAVE APRIL ATKINS WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW ABOUT SHOPS? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU MISSY LUKE INVITED IN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT POP UP EVENTS AND SPECIAL RELATED TO BUSINESS LICENSING. MY NAME IS APRIL AIKENS AND I AM THE REVENUE SERVICES MANAGER HERE AT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES ARE THERE LOCAL TAXES SUCH AS HOSPITALITY TAXES ACCOMMODATION TAXES AND BEACH PRESERVATION FEES SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE POP UP SHOPS AND A LARGER BROAD VIEW AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF DRILL DOWN TO THE BUSINESS SITES AND STUFF THEY ARE INTERRELATED AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M OBVIOUSLY AVAILABLE NOW OR EVEN AFTER THE PRESENTATION I'M SO AS YOU'RE THE TOWN HAS A SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE AND IT WAS ADOPTED ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY IN PROVIDING AND COORDINATING EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC BY ENSURING EVENTS ARE BOTH SAFE AND MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS. ALL EVENTS LARGE OR SMALL ARE CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EVENT UNDER THIS ORDINANCE THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF SPECIAL EVENTS I WENT THROUGH AND LISTED THAT WE THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY DAY INR SO WE HAVE OF COURSE OUR FESTIVAL EVENTS, OUR PARADES, MARCHES, PROTEST MARKETS WHICH INCLUDE FARMERS MARKETS, ART MARKETS, ONGOING MARKETS OR EVEN A MARKET THAT MAY JUST HAPPEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
WE HAVE POP SHOPS, WEDDINGS, OUTDOOR CONCERTS, TOURNAMENTS SPORTING EVENTS.
THE LIST CAN GO ON AND I BET I THINK YOU GET THE DRIFT HERE SO WHEN YOU ARE ORGANIZING A SPECIAL EVENT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU WORK WITH TOWN STAFF TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING AND REGULATIONS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN PLANNING A SPECIAL EVENT. WE DO HAVE A TOWN SPECIAL EVENT STAFF HERE TO HELP GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT CAN BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED. I'M NOT GOING LIE BUT THE
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TOWN'S A SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR HERE AT THE TOWN ACTS AS A LIAISON TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT BE INVOLVED WITH YOUR EVENT AND IF YOU HAVE NOT MET HER HER NAME IS EILEEN BUCKELEW SO SPECIAL EVENTS HAVE AN EVENT PRODUCER OR WHAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS AN EVENT SPONSOR AND EVENT SPONSORS ARE DEFINED AS SOMEONE THAT PROMOTES COORDINATES A SPECIAL EVENT. THE EVENT PRODUCER WITH THE TOWN'S SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR TO ENSURE THAT THE EVENT HAS ALL TOWN REQUIREMENTS AND OR STATE REQUIREMENTS AND APPROVALS PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT AND EVENT AND PRODUCER IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A TOWN BUSINESS LICENSE. I FOCUSED MOSTLY ON SMALL EVENTS BECAUSE I KNOW POP UP TYPICALLY ARE SMALLER. THERE IS A BIG THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON WITH LARGER EVENTS SO I TRIED PARE IT DOWN TO OUR SMALL EVENTS OR SIMPLE EVENTS AND THAT WOULD BE DEFINED WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. SO THE EVENT WOULD HAVE LESS THAN 250 PARTICIPANTS AND THAT USUALLY IS THE KEY POINT ON WHETHER IT'S A LARGE AND OR A SMALL EVENT THERE IS NO PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED, NO ALCOHOL SALES, NO ROAD CLOSURES WOULD OCCUR. SMALL EVENTS DO NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FROM THE TOWN BUT WE'LL NEED TO MEET OTHER REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE EVENT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE WHEN PLANNING EVENTS ARE LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN THE TOWN'S SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR CAN WORK WITH YOU TO HELP OBTAIN ANY PERMITTING OR APPROVALS FROM TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND OR STATE AGENCIES.THE EVENT LOCATION NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED FOR ZONING. IF YOU HAVE ALCOHOL, BEER OR WINE SALES YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE A STAGE TENT MAY ALSO REQUIRE PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT MUSIC AND MOST OF THOSE REQUIRE A TOWN BUSINESS LICENSE IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE OPEN BURN WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE OPEN FLAME COOKING OR YOU'VE GOT FOOD WARMING STATIONS WITH THE BUNSEN BURNERS AND THAT SORT OF THING THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO BE INVOLVED. THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT PIECE I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT THAT MOSTLY FOR IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PERMITTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND MAKE MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE SAFE THERE'S FIRE SAFETY VENDORS ARE OBVIOUSLY ARTISTS MUSICIANS PEOPLE WHO ARE SELLING TYPE OF FOOD BEVERAGE MERCH AND MERCHANDISE RETAILERS THAT SORT OF THING AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
AMUSEMENT RIDES ARE REGULATED BY THE STATE. THERE'S BLEACHERS, FIREWORK DISPLAYS. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF ITEMS THAT DO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PERMITTING TYPICALLY BY THE STATE AND THE TOWN AS WELL. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE TODAY. I CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS QUICKLY IF YOU PREFER.
THERE'S A LOT TO COVER IN THESE SMALL EVENTS. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF OUR ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE PUBLIC SAFETY IS MET AND THAT IS SO THE EVENT REQUIREMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE FOR PARTICIPANTS, SPECTATORS AND THE COMMUNITY.
THE EVENT PRODUCER WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING WHEN PLANNING AN EVENT AVAILABLE RESTROOMS AND TOILETS AVAILABLE RECYCLING RECEPTACLES IF APPLICABLE AVAILABLE.
IMPACT OF INCREASED TRAFFIC ON THE. CROWD CONTROL AND OR SAFETY.
NOISE AND THEN AFTER THAT CLEANUP SO I WANTED TO VISIT THE VENDOR BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL EVENTS. I TRIED TO MAKE IT EASY. IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY IN THE BUSINESS LICENSE WORLD ANY BUSINESS THAT HAS REGULAR BUSINESS OPERATIONS WILL DEFINITELY REQUIRE A TOWN BUSINESS LICENSE AND THAT IS REGULAR BUSINESS WITHIN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. OUR REGULAR REGULAR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ARE DEFINED AS MORE THAN TO SELL OF MORE THAN THREE DAYS PER YEAR. SO IF THE VENDOR DOES NOT MEET THESE REGULAR BUSINESS ACTIVITY REQUIREMENT IDS THEN THE VENDOR SHOULD APPLY FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE TO GET THE ANNUAL LICENSE BUT THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING THE TAX.
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VENDORS SELLING FOOD AND BEVERAGES ALL FOOD TRUCKS AND MOBILE FOOD UNITS REQUIRE A TOWN BUSINESS LICENSE EVEN IF THEY WILL ONLY PARTICIPATE AT ONE EVENT.ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FROM THE TOWN'S FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES IN ADDITION TO STATE REGULATIONS AND PERMITS SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE. ALL VENDORS SELLING PREPARED FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS TO COLLECT AND REMIT THE TOWN'S HOSPITALITY TAX.
I INCLUDED THIS IN THE PRESENTATION I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS LOCAL INDUSTRY BUSINESS LICENSE THAT'S IN OUR TOWN AND IT STATES ANY PERSON WHO DESIRE TO EXCLUSIVELY ENGAGE IN BUSINESS OF OFFERING FOR PUBLIC SALE AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE TOWN MANAGER FARM AND GARDEN OR FLOWERS GROWN ON THE PROPERTY OF SUCH PERSON FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS ARTS OR CRAFTS PRODUCED IN THE HOME OF SUCH OR SEAFOOD CAUGHT BY SUCH PERSON SHALL SECURE FROM THE TOWN ANNUAL BUSINESS LICENSE BUT AGAIN WILL BE EXEMPT FROM PAYING THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES. OF COURSE THERE'S MY INFORMATION.
PLEASE TAKE IT DOWN SO YOU CAN GIVE ME A CALL OR SUBMIT EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M TO BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT AT ALL TIMES.
MY MY JOB IS TO GET YOU LICENSE SO THAT YOU CAN FLOURISH AND A VERY GOOD BUSINESS ECONOMY.
I THINK THAT WAS THE WORD YOU USED HEALTHY BUSINESS SO I'M DEFINITELY HERE TO HELP.
WE HAVE OTHER AS WELL. WE HAVE THIS GREAT USER FRIENDLY TOOL ON THE WEBSITE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE OF IT ON HOW TO HELP PLAN A SPECIAL EVENT SO I'M GOING TO PULL THAT UP AND SHOW IT TO YOU. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE OUR SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR THAT HELPS YOU WORK AS A LIAISON WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A TOWN THE TOWN HAS A SPECIAL EVENT PAGE THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION ON IT. BUT I REALLY THOUGHT I COULD SHOW YOU THE FRIENDLY TOOL BECAUSE I FOUND IT BE VERY FRIENDLY.
I USE IT A LOT. OKAY. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH OUR LANDING PAGE HERE THE TOWN ON OUR WEBSITE AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN.
PERMITS AND LICENSING AND THEN YOU JUST KEEP GOING DOWN. THERE'S SPACE HERE FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THIS CAN HELP YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH PLANNING YOUR YOUR SPECIAL EVENT. MY PLACE THAT I REALLY LIKED THAT I FOUND WAS UNDER SORRY UNDER ORGANIZING A SPECIAL EVENT SO IT'LL GO THROUGH HOW TO ORGANIZE WHAT IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EVENT AND THAT SORT OF THING BUT IT'S THIS GUIDE HERE THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY HELPFUL. I USE THIS A LOT SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A CHECKLIST OF ITEMS HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR EVENT IS DOING YOU WOULD JUST CLICK ON IT TO FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS REQUIRED. SO IT PROVIDES A CHECKLIST.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IF YOU HAD LESS THAN 250 PARTICIPANTS, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GO TO A SPECIAL BUT YOU MAY HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED BASED ON THE BOXES YOU'RE CHECKING. YOU CAN GO THROUGH LOCATION YOU CAN DO EVENT SPECIFICS.
SO IF YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SERVE ALCOHOL IT WILL BE UP HERE SORRY.
THEN IT CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOU.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A STAGE UP YOU KIND OF GET MY DRIFT HERE BUT IT DOES A CHECKLIST FOR YOU THAT YOU CAN START FOLLOWING SOME OF THE OUTLINE PROCEDURES.
I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL. AGAIN, I USE IT A LOT WHEN I'M SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE OVER THE PHONE SO THAT I KNOW THAT I'M GIVING THEM THE PROPER INFORMATION. OUR TOWN STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES REVIEWING THE SPECIAL EVENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, PRACTICES AND OUR ORDINANCE.
WE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED AND FRIENDLIER BECAUSE IT CAN GET PRETTY THE LARGER THE EVENT HAPPENS. ANGIE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT THIS YEAR AGAIN THAT GOES ACROSS NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS HERE AT THE TOWN SO JUST KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THIS CAN BE A LOT FOR ANYONE AND THAT HONESTLY THAT'S IT FOR MY
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PRESENTATION I JUST CAN TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT. I HAVE A QUESTION.OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS AIKEN. I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD MY SCREEN. QUESTION IF THAT'S HER MIKE YEAH.
SO POP SHOP IS NOW ADDED TO IT ADDED TO THE LIST SO POP UP SHOPS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EVENT AND WITHIN OUR ORDINANCE THAT'S THAT'S NOT NEW.
OKAY BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT IT AND NO ONE'S BEEN TO AT ONE POINT NO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAID A POP UP SHOP AND THEN CAN YOU JUST KIND OF ABOUT WHAT'S A POP UP SHOP ABOUT NEEDING A LICENSE ? YES.
SO THE EVENT COORDINATOR SPONSOR OR PRODUCER WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN A BUSINESS LICENSE, THEY'RE THE ONES ORGANIZING THE EVENT A LOT OF TIMES ARE CHARGING FEES TO THE VENDORS AND SETTING EVERYTHING UP RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE THAT PIECE OF IT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE VENDORS DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN A BUSINESS LICENSE AS WELL AND THEN THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT WOULD ALSO NEED DUTIES NEED MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ZONED FOR THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND THEN OF COURSE DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE EVENT YOU MAY HAVE SOME OTHER ITEMS. OKAY SO THE PERSON LET'S SAY IS THE HOST THEY NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE AND EACH VENDOR SO THE VENDORS AGAIN OH HOLD 1/2 I WASN'T FINISHED EXCUSE ME SO I'M AT THIS POINT I'M WANTING TO BE AT THIS POP UP SHOP I'M SELLING USED ITEMS MY BOOTH SELLING USED I NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR THAT SO IF YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS ON THE ISLAND YOU WOULD NEED ONE AND AGAIN THAT IS MORE THAN TO SELL PERIODS OF MORE THREE DAYS PER YEAR AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A STATE REGULATION THAT IT FALLS INTO OUR LOCAL TOWN ORDINANCE. THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF REGULAR BUSINESS OPERATIONS . IF YOU DON'T FALL INTO REGULAR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR THE LICENSE SO YOU HAVE IT OPERATE AS A VENDOR BUT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE TAX SO YOU WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE TAX. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE AND? HOW MUCH ARE THE BUSINESS LICENSE THEY VARY BUT IT TYPICALLY RUNS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $40 AND $65 A YEAR FOR THE YEAR THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
I'M SORRY WHERE YOU FINISH I THE QUESTION SO I'M MICHAEL PLEASE YES YOU REMEMBER YEARS AGO THAT IMPACT IS STILL BEING A YARD SALE EVENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY USED TO HAVE LET'S SAY ABOUT TWO OR 300 VENDORS. SO EVERY VENDOR WOULD TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE AM I CORRECT? OKAY. SO IN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT ACTUALLY FALLS UNDER THE LARGE EVENT SO THAT WOULD BE OVER 250 PARTICIPANTS.
THE VENDORS THAT ARE THERE AGAIN IF THEY'RE NOT DOING REGULAR BUSINESS OPERATIONS THEN THEY GET A SPECIAL LICENSE TO OPERATE JUST FOR THAT ONE DAY.
BUT THAT'S IN A DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE HAVING OVER TEN OR 50 PARTICIPANTS SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT. OKAY. SO YOU SAID EACH THOSE VENDORS WOULD GET A SPECIAL LICENSE AND WHEN DID THAT START THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE WORD NET.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING AN ANNUAL LICENSE, A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT ARE JUST THERE FOR WEEKEND TO SELL YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR ITEMS FROM THEIR HOME SO THAT DOESN'T FALL IN THE REGULAR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BECAUSE OF THAT THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT FOR AN ANNUAL BUSINESS LICENSE THEY DON'T INTEND ON OPERATING AGAIN SO THOSE VENDORS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE VENDORS THAT ARE COMING IN A FEW TIMES A YEAR THAT MAY TRAVEL OUR AREA AND THEY DO WEATHER MARKETS SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT I GUESS I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS YOU SAID EACH VENDOR AT THAT EVENT LET'S STICK TO WHERE HE IS WOULD NEED A SPECIAL LICENSE THEY DO HAVE THEY OBTAIN THAT THROUGH THE SPONSOR OKAY BECAUSE AND I GUESS I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ONE OF THOSE VENDORS AND I'VE NEVER HAD TO DO SO SO I HAD TO DO IS OUT A PAPER THAT I WAS GOING TO FOR MY THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THERE AND PAY A FEE WHICH IS WHY I'M REALLY TO FIND THE BALANCE AND NOW WITH THE POP UP SHOPS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE
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AROUND IN THE AREAS SO IN THE EVENT THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE SPONSORS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THE VENDORS HAVE EITHER CORRECT BUSINESS LICENSE OR THE SPECIAL LICENSE WE TALKED ABOUT, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE VENDOR THAT THEMSELVES. IT'S THE SPONSORS REQUIREMENT TOO AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VENDORS ARE LICENSED PROPERLY BEHIND THE SCENES THEY'RE WORKING WITH TOWN STAFF AND SUBMITTING A REPORT IF YOU WILL, OF THE VENDORS THAT WILL BE AT THAT EVENT PARTICIPATING AND THEN BASED ON THE NEEDS THEY'RE TOWN STAFF WORKS WITH THE SPONSOR DIRECTLY SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE MAYBE YOU WEREN'T AWARE THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE PROCESS FOR FOR MANY YEARS AND I GUESS IT BOTHERS ME NOT THAT I WASN'T AWARE BUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS A BROUGHT UP IT WASN'T IN THE PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING AND NOW WHEN THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING UP ABOUT POP UP SHOPS NOW IT'S LIKE PUT IN PLACE THIS IS WHAT WE DO X Y Z MOVE WHEN AS FAR AS I KNOW IT HADN'T BEEN A PROCESS THAT WAS FOLLOWED. OKAY YEAH I APOLOGIZE IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF THE PROCESS. IT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. AS I SAID OUR TOWN HAS BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER AND PUTTING INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT THAT IS CONSIDERED SPECIAL EVENT AND NOT JUST YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS FOR THE DAY IT'S VERY DIFFERENT IN OUR TOWN ORDINANCE BUT I I'VE BEEN HERE FROM WAS 14 YEARS AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE THE 14 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. SO IN TERMS OF THIS BIG EVENTS THAT SPONSOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE VENDORS HAVE THEIR LICENSE NOW IS THAT SPONSOR REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A LIST OF THOSE VENDORS TO THE TOWN YES SIR THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE APPLICATION WHO CAME WITH PAYMENT FOR THEIR SPACE OR JUST THEIR NAME? THEY TYPICALLY PROVIDE THEIR NAME, THEIR BUSINESS LIKE CONTACT INFORMATION. SO THE BUSINESS NAME A CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER. OKAY, BUT BUT THE ONLY THE ONLY FINANCIAL THAT THIS PERSON HAS IS HIS OWN FOR HIS OWN LICENSING. YES.HE GETS HIS LICENSE OR SHE GETS HER LICENSE AND THEN AS PART OF PLANNING THE EVENT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THE VENDORS ARE LICENSED AS WELL. NOW ANOTHER QUESTION ON THAT SAME SCENARIO THIS IS DONE IS WORK AS FAR AS THE TOWN CAN SEE STATE THE TOWN FINDS OUT THAT SOMEONE AT THE EVENT DOESN'T HAVE THE LICENSE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT? AT THAT POINT I WOULD PROBABLY REACH OUT TO THEM THE EVENT AND ASK THEM YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN OR OPERATING DO YOU NEED A LICENSE AND JUST KIND OF EDUCATE THAT YOU KNOW GOING FORWARD THEY MIGHT NEED A LICENSE AND IT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON THE SITUATION THAT THE VENDOR OR THE SPONSOR I WOULD REACH DIRECTLY TO THE VENDOR. THE VENDOR YEAH I GUESS JUST MY LAST QUESTION IF I WANTED A YARD SALE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS IS THAT A YARD SALE AT YOUR PERSONAL RESIDENCE? NEWSMAN NO AND I CAN DO THAT EVERY WEEK IF I WISH WITHOUT A LICENSE YOU CAN. I'M YOU KNOW WHAT I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT YARD THAT'S NOT REALLY IN MY ZONE IF YOU WILL. BUT IF YOU WERE HOSTING A YARD SALE AT YOUR HOUSE FOR A DAY OR TWO THAT TYPICALLY DOES NOT REQUIRE SO IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD COULD HAVE A YARD SALE ON DAY IF THEY WANTED TO WITHOUT A LICENSE. SURE YEAH. OH THAT AND AGAIN DEPENDING ON THE SCALE IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE YARD SALE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY AND IT MAY IMPACT TRAFFIC OR THAT SORT OF THING YOU CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE TOWN TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT IN CASE YOU NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR CROWD CONTROL AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WELL, WE CAN WE CAN THOSE HOMES AND JUST BRING THEM TO ONE SITE AND HAVE A COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE IN ONE LOCATION. CAN WE DO THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND IT WAS LESS THAN 250 PARTICIPANTS THEN YOU WOULD JUST FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND AGAIN THE IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPONSOR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE NORMALLY YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE SO YOU KNOW LIKE THE SCHOOL THE ISLAND PACKET THOSE THOSE ARE SPONSORS OF VERY LARGE EVENTS IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH A SMALL EVENT AND THAT YOU KNOW UNFORTUNATELY NOT EXACTLY YOU KNOW, APPLES TO APPLES THINGS, YOU KNOW. YES. I'M SORRY MR. WRIGHT.
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YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? I DO, YES, I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS TOWN FOR SUPPORTING EVENTS THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF AND LEARN SOMETHING EVERY YEAR THINGS POP UP AND. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE GUIDED US THROUGH WITH THIS WE WE DO A A VERY LARGE EVENT AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR QUITE A FEW VENDORS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS THAT COMMUNICATION OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A LICENSE OR A LICENSE TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I AM QUESTION CONCERNED ABOUT THE POP UP AGAIN BECAUSE AS SHANNA WAS SAYING THE SCREEN WAS SAYING THAT YOU KNOW A LOT OF THIS DID NOT SURFACE UNTIL NOW THAT THE POP UPS WERE COMING. AND I MEAN I JUST WENT ONLINE TO KIND OF DEFINE WHAT A UP SHOP IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM, YOU KNOW, ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION THIS AND BASICALLY SOMEONE HAVE A POP UP SHOP DOWN AND MATERIAL AND THEY'RE THERE FOR MORE THAN 2 TO 3 DAYS THEN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENSE TO DO THEIR BUSINESS CORRECT 2 TO 3 DAYS THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE THE VENDOR A BUSINESS LICENSE AGAIN. YEAH IF THEY OR IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING INTO REGULAR BUSINESS OPERATIONS THEY WOULD CERTAINLY NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE IF THIS SOMEONE IS COMING JUST FOR A ONE NIGHT EVENT THEN THEY WOULD FALL INTO THE NOT MEETING REGULAR BUSINESS.DEFINITELY THEY SHOULD APPLY TO HAVE ONE SO THEY HAVE THEIR COVERED FOR ANY EVENT THAT THEY PARTICIPATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT AGAIN THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IF SOMEONE LIVES ON HILTON HEAD SOMEONE LIVES IN BLUFFTON. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT ? WELL, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE TYPICALLY TO KEEP IT DRY, TRY TO KEEP EASIER THE THE REQUIREMENTS THE SAME BUT FEE THE TAX IS TWICE AS MUCH OUTSIDE OF OF OUR JURISDICTION SO THEIR FEE WOULD BE HIGHER FAIR TAX SO ANYONE OUT OF THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND WOULD BE DIFFERENT THE TAX WOULD BE LOWER.
YEAH YEAH THAT THAT IS THE TAX THE TAX CODE IS WRITTEN ACROSS THE STATE.
LAST QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE KIND OF FEW AROUND THIS AREA BECAUSE IT'S A VERY TOUCH AND GO SPOT FOR ME WITH WITH THE EVENTS REALLY HERE TO HELP ME AND DEALING WITH THESE EVENTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND THE ONES THAT I ATTEND MEAN WHO IS ACTUALLY MONITORING THE EVENTS TO DO AS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THE METRICS BEHIND WHO IS ON TARGET AND WHO'S NOT ON TARGET, WHO IS PENALIZED, WHO ISN'T WHAT IS YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PERSON WHO IS OUT OF ORDER? WELL, WE HAVE LIKE SAID IT STARTS WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS BY REACHING OUT TO EILEEN BUCKELEW AND SHE'S GOING TO DETERMINE IF YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS WHICH IS OVER 250 AND THAT IS A VERY AS YOU KNOW CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS EVENT PLANNING AND THAT IS DEFINITELY MONITORED BY EILEEN AND THEN ADDITIONAL TOWN STAFF THE ORGANIZATION. SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT APPLICATION THE INFORMATION IS SENT OUT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AND THEN EVERYBODY TAKES THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, SO TEAM LOOKS AT THE BUSINESS LICENSING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE START LOOKING AND SO ON SO THAT IS WHY IT'S EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED AND APPROVED AND SIGNED OFF ON AND THEN YOUR EVENT APPLICATION IS APPROVED AND WE MOVE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL YOU ACTUALLY GO OUT AND MONITOR PEOPLE AT THESE EVENTS WITH THAT OR NO.
SO I KNOW OUR PROCESS INTERNALLY HAS BEEN EVOLVING CHANGING.
ANGIE STONE IN OUR SPECIAL EVENT TEAM MEET WITH THE EVENT'S SPONSORS ANYONE INVOLVED IN PLANNING THE EVENT AND THAT LEADS UP TO THE EVENT. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING WITHIN THE PLANNING PROCESS THEN WE GET THE YOU KNOW, TOWN STAFF INVOLVED THAT NEEDS TO HELP WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLIANT.
SO IT'S KIND OF STARTS AT THE TOP EILEEN STARTS YOU KNOW INFORMATION OUT ANGIE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH TRYING TO HELP ORGANIZE THIS AND GET IT STREAMLINED A LITTLE MORE SO SO
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I WOULD SAY THE FINAL FINAL WORD THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. YEAH.OKAY. YES. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU. SPECIAL EVENTS AND ALL OF YOU WHO HOLD THEM HERE ON THE ISLAND. THEY MAKE THIS SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE AND WE'RE TRYING TO AS APRIL MENTIONED I'M SORRY. I'M ANGIE STONE FOR THE RECORD ,WE'RE TRYING TO EVOLVE THIS PROCESS AND CREATE MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND THEM BE COMPLIANT IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE DOING A WHOLE LOT TO MAKE SURE THE WAY WE ARE TREATING ALL OF OUR EVENTS IS EQUITABLE.
SO I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT WITH NOISE METERS AND AT EVENTS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING FOR FOR EVERYBODY AND SO I WOULD WELCOME IT IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC SCENARIO THAT THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF IF WE COULD TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT BUT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO BE THE ENFORCEMENT ARM RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE EDUCATION GOING AND HELP FOLKS TO BE COMPLIANT AND BE A PARTNER WITH THEM ALONG THE WAY TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE AND WE'RE HAVING GOOD SAFE EVENTS IS REALLY THE THE AIM OF IT ALL. I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH.
MR. CAMPBELL. YEAH. THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY. WERE YOU FINISHED? MR. RIGHT.
AT THESE EVENTS I MEAN ALL VENDORS DO THEY NEED TO DISPLAY THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE? I THINK THAT IS IN THE CODE BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN TO A SINGLE EVENT WHERE I HAVE SEEN THEM DISPLAYED SO I DON'T AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING AT ON THE FRONT END OF APPLICATION WE'RE LOOKING AT A LIST OF VENDORS SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE.
I'M NOT GOING AROUND THE EVENT WITH THAT LIST AND THEM OFF THAT MAY BE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE BUT AGAIN WE WANT TO GET THE THE EDUCATION OUT FIRST AND HELP FOLKS COMPLY MAKE THIS AN EASIER PROCESS RATHER THAN THE PUNITIVE ARM FIRST. DOES THAT MAKE.
YEAH. AND THEN WHEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR YOU SAID VENDORS SELLING THEIR FOOD AND BEVERAGES IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT THE TOWN'S HOSPITALITY TAX.
WHO IS TO COLLECT THAT TAX FROM THE VENDOR? YES VENDOR IS PAID ON THEIR YEAH RIGHT. ARE THEY GIVING IT TO THE TOWN AFTERWARDS.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE ACCOUNT WHETHER YOU HAVE YOUR EXEMPT FROM THE TAX OR NOT YOU WOULD HAVE THE TO PAY THE HOSPITALITY TAX AFTER THE EVENT AT THE BUSINESS LICENSE OFFICE OR YOU COULD GO ONLINE AND DO IT BECAUSE LIKE IT WAS ON A SATURDAY YOU KNOW VENDORS FROM GEORGIA AFTER THAT HE'S LEAVING THAT SAME SATURDAY SO.
YES. AND THEN WE WORK ON ENFORCEMENT BEHIND THE SCENES.
YES, MR. HANDS, IF I WANTED TO DO A POP UP, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET EVERYTHING THAT I NEEDED SO THAT I COULD BE IN BUSINESS FOR THE DAY? AS FAR AS BUSINESS LICENSING OR JUST THE ENTIRE SMALL POP UP I WANT TO I'M SELLING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS ON DECEMBER 15TH.
ONE DAY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 250 PEOPLE UNLESS I'M REALLY LUCKY.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? GET WHAT I NEED FROM THE TOWN TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON THE 15TH. I CAN SPEAK TO THE BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS IF YOU IN TOWN IT TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT 5 TO 7 DAYS TO GET YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE DOESN'T ALWAYS TAKE THAT LONG BUT THAT'S A PRETTY STANDARD APPROACH. IF YOU'RE LIVE OUTSIDE OF TOWN YOU COULD ACTUALLY COME IN AND GET YOUR LICENSE THAT DAY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE INTERNAL DEPARTMENT REVIEWS. SO IT COULD BE ABOUT A WEEK FOR THE BUSINESS AND THAT WOULD APPLY AS WELL TO THE VENDORS. AND THEN IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WORKS VERY QUICKLY TO TRY TO GET INSPECTIONS OR WHATEVER MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN. SO WE CAN EXPEDITE IT AND ASK FOR SOMEONE IF WERE SUDDENLY WANTING TO DO SOMETHING IN A WEEK'S NOTICE. WE TRY TO WORK WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE WE JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. OKAY? THANK YOU, MR. AIKENS. I THINK IF THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE ASSIGN SOMEONE FROM THE TASK FORCE TO WORK WITH YOU AND MAYBE COME BACK AND THEN WE CAN WHAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS WHAT'S NEEDED IS EDUCATION. YES.
WE JUST ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT A PROCESS AT THIS POINT FOR PENALIZING OR RECITAL ISSUES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY HAVING SOME SITUATION WHERE I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST NOT CLEAR ON HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPER PERMITS AND THINGS IN PLACE. I'M SORRY MR. SIMS, YOU HAD ONE
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MORE THING, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MAKE SURE NOT TO BELABOR THE POINT AT ALL.SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE WHOLE THING ABOUT A BUSINESS LICENSE AS A MATTER OF REVENUE BECAUSE IF THAT EVENT HORSE HAS A LICENSE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW HER TO HAVE AN EVENT UNLESS YES THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX IS IN PLACE TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE TOWN SO MADE IT WHICH IS I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT REALLY THE WHOLE ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S A MATTER OF REVENUE IT DOESN'T REALLY YOU KNOW I MEAN I GUESS THIS TO ME THAT'S WHAT COMPLICATES THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE AND WHY HAD THAT BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST AS YOU KNOW IT'S A A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOOD POP UP SHOPS. WELL, I THINK WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD POP UP SHOPS BEGAN TO GROW SOMEONE SAID WELL WE'VE IT JUST IT BECOMES A MONEY ISSUE AND MONEY ISSUES GOVERNMENT AND MONEY AND LOCAL PEOPLE THERE'S ALWAYS A CONFLICT. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY HEAR GOING ON BECAUSE MOST TIMES AS A BOSS. GREENE POINTED OUT TOO THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WHOLE SAYS WE'RE DOING A POP UP SHOP SHE VERY WELL MAY NEED TO OBTAIN ALL SHE NEED TO OBTAIN BUT THEN IT HAS COME TO THAT TO TO THE FRONT OF COME TO THE TABLE TO BE KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE DOING SUCH AN EVENT THEN YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES THAT THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THERE. BUT I GUESS AS A MATTER OF WHAT ITEM WHEN WHEN WHEN FUNCTIONS GROW INTO WHERE IT'S MORE NOT AS NOT AS BEING NOTICED THAT THESE GOING ON NOT THAT THE RULES HAVE BEEN THERE AND I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD ABOUT THIS IS BY DEFINITION THEY POP SHOP MOST PEOPLE SAID IT WAS NEVER REALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS DEFINED BY THE TOWN AND THEN THERE WAS USING THE DEFINITIONS. THE DEFINITION WAS SORT OF EVOLVED BETWEEN WHAT'S A MARKET, FLEA MARKET OR OTHERWISE VERSUS A POP UP SHOP BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN A FLEA MARKET, OPEN MARKET OR WHATEVER AND A POP UP SHOP. I CAN SEE HOW MAYBE THAT WOULD BE INTERPRETED THAT WAY ESPECIALLY YOU THINK FLEA MARKET YOU THINK VERY LARGE EVENT YOU KNOW OVER 250 AND THEN SUDDENLY YOU'VE GOT THE APPLICATIONS YOU HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF VENDORS IT'S A BIG A ,BIG UNDERTAKING BUT THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE IN REQUIREMENT FOR EITHER EITHER THAT WELL THE SMALL THE SMALLER EVENTS HAVE LESS SIZE I'M TO SAY IF IT'S A MARKET IS THAT DIFFERENCE IN REQUIREMENT FOR WHAT IS KNOWN AS A MARKET HALL VERSUS A POP UP SHOP YEAH A MARKET THAT THEY IT FALLS IN A SPECIAL EVENT FALLS IN ALL DIFFERENT CAN BE LABELED AS ALL SORTS OF THINGS BUT POP SHOPS POP UP MARKETS OF FALL FESTIVALS THE WAY TO BY DEFINITION FOR THE TOWN WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE MARKET AS ONE OF THE ITEMS LISTED HERE YOU HAVE MAGAZINE YET PUBLISHER I'M SAYING YES THE REQUIREMENT FOR EITHER SMALL OR THEY ALL SAY YES IT'S ABSOLUTELY IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. NO SORRY I WASN'T FOLLOWING. YEAH.
OKAY. OKAY. ONE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IF MEAN THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY HERE BEFORE US WHO I THINK WAS BEING CHALLENGED BY THE RUMORS OF POP UP SHOPS SHE WAS HAVING THEM AND THEN FOR SOME REASON SHE WAS ASKED TO STOP OR WAS TOLD THAT SHE COULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE AND WE SAID WOULD GET WITH HER AND HAVE AN INTERNAL PROCESS SO THAT ALL REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO MEET SHE COULD CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS. YES PLEASE PLEASE SEND HER MY WAY.
HAPPY TO HELP HER. OKAY. I'M MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE MORE THAT THAT PARTICULAR YOUNG LADY MY NAME IS FELICIA YOUNG AND WE WERE ABLE TO TO DO HER VENDING OR UP SHOPS WHEN SHE WAS DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT THE REASON WHY YOU HERE I THINK TODAY IT'S EXPLAINED THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT POP SHOP OWNERS MEANS YES SO SHE WOULD NEED HER BUSINESS LICENSE TO THE POP UP SHOPS SO I GUESS TO JUST JUST TO JUMP IN AND I GUESS IT'S OKAY TO CALL CALL NAMES I THINK YOU MENTIONED A NAME BUT I RECALL YEAH TRACEY YOUNG HAS COME IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES SO DID HAVE YOU ALL WORKED WITH TRACEY? HAVE YOU COME TO ANY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHERE WHEN AND HOW SHE CAN CONTINUE BECAUSE SHE CONTINUED SHE WOULD HAVE POP UP SHOPS ON PROPERTY THAT AISLE AND IT WAS SIMPLY A
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MATTER FOR ME HAVING THE SPACE OKAY FINE BUT I THINK IT BECAME A WHOLE NOTHER ANIMAL WHEN THIS THING GOT TO A POINT WHERE IT BEGAN TO BE NOTICED IT WAS THEN A ZONING CORRECT? CORRECT. IS IT SMALL OR LARGE OTHERWISE WHAT HAD BEEN WHEN THEY HAD BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL ITEMS WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT OTHERWISE EXCEPT I THINK THE FACT OF DOLLARS AND CENTS YOU KNOW AS MADE THIS COMES TO MIND TO ME WHEN IT BECOMES A MONEY THEN IT'S AN ISSUE FOR FOLKS TO HAVE IT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT BECOMES A HAPPY MEDIUM FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HOST HE'S GOT EVENTS BECAUSE IF WE REMEMBER THIS STARTED OUT AS HOW THE GULLAH PEOPLE COULD EXHIBIT THEIR CRAFTS AND OTHERWISE BUT THEN IT BECAME A BUSINESS IT BECAME IS NOW BECOMING A BUSINESS MORE SO THAN YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXHIBIT YOUR WARES AND OTHERWISE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT THEN IT QUALIFIES YOU TO HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS NOW AS WE WORK TOWARD ABLE TO SHOW OUR WE'RE NOT CRAFT FROM THE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND I DON'T THINK HAS I DON'T THINK NO ONE WANTS TO BE NONCOMPLIANT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE EVENTS BUT WE COME RIGHT BACK FULL CIRCLE TO THE THE HURDLES TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. YOU KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING IS BEING HOSTED ON THE TOWN IT'S PROPERTY SOMEWHERE. OTHERWISE I GUESS IN THE CORRECT ZONING YOU YOU KNOW I GUESS THAT'S OKAY BUT THEN AGAIN THE POINT WAS THE THE FOCUS WAS HOW DO WE THESE DONE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE WHAT WE DO CIRCULATE IN THAT COMMUNITY IT IT ALMOST GETS TO A POINT WHERE WELL THAT'S REALLY NOT GOING HAPPEN BECAUSE HOWEVER YOU DO THIS IS NONCOMPLIANT. SO THE ISSUE IS IS THAT HOW DO WE FIND A COMPLIANT WAY TO HAVE THESE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR OUR PEOPLE EVEN IF OUTSIDE HAS COME TO PARTICIPATE WE STILL LOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE THE NEURONS ON OR THERE'S NO WAY TO BECOME COMPLIANT IF YOU'RE NOT ON TOWN PROPERTY SOMEWHERE WHERE THESE THINGS ARE ALLOWED THAT'S THE BIGGER PICTURE SO YEAH YOU KNOW I AFTER SITTING THROUGH THE MEETING AND LISTENING TO YOUR AGENDA I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH ANY OF YOU OR YOUR ENTIRE TASK FORCE AND TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, AND CREATE BRIDGE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW.AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ABOUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO AND THAT THERE'S OF SOME TO AMEND THAT OR ADJUST IT IN SOME WAY BUT I THINK JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO BUSINESS HERE WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS IF I COULD HAVE ONE OF MY TASK FORCE COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH YOU OR I LEAN TO JUST TO GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO THAT HERE TODAY. WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY, MR. WRIGHT, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION YOU KNOW, I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT. THIS HAS BEEN A QUESTION AND JUST TO ADD TO THE FACT ABOUT AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T RESOLVE ALL THE ISSUES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT OUR COMMUNITY THE NATIVE COMMUNITY CAN DEFINITELY HANDLE THE POP UP SHOPS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE HAVING TO PAY SO I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE REVENUE FROM THE BUSINESS LICENSE AND THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR AN A TAXES, IT DOES COME BACK TO US THROUGH OUR TAX AND SO THAT MONEY IS FOR OUR NONPROFIT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON EVENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING ON ISLAND THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MONEY WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO. IT'S NOT TOTAL FULL CIRCLE THAT THE MONEY ALL COMES BACK TO US BUT SOME OF IT DOES AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE TOWN DO YOU KNOW GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING THROUGH YOU KNOW WITH NONPROFITS TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE KIND OF FUNDS AND SOME OF THOSE FUNDS DO COME FROM THE LICENSES AND PIECES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. I JUST I FELT THAT HIS POINT. YEAH.
THANK YOU. AND AGAIN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PRESENTATION HERE TODAY THE DIFFERENCE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REGULAR BUSINESS AND SOMEONE WHO JUST COMES TO DO SOMETHING FOR ONE DAY OR SOMETHING THAN THREE DAYS IN A YEAR. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE AND IF THERE ARE SOME OTHER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THEN WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. SO IF I COULD I CAN EITHER DO IT NOW OR SPEAK TO SOME OF YOU
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OFF LINE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE THIS ON AND KIND OF WORK ON THIS PIECE SO WE WILL UNDERSTAND IT, WE CAN PRESENT IT TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT THAT BE WITH YOU.SIMMONS ARE YOU MR. MARLEY OR OKAY OKAY OKAY. MR. MALIK AND MS. RIGHT.
OKAY, GREAT THEY'LL GET WITH YOU AND OF COURSE I LEAN IN THE APPROPRIATE TO GET A BETTER MORE THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. OKAY GREAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, NANCY.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM I BELIEVE IT IS OUR MEETING SCHEDULE AND WE HAVE A PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULED IN YOUR PACKET AND I'M GUESSING IN MOST OF THESE DAY ALL THESE DAYS ARE PROBABLY STILL ON MONDAYS AT 1:00.
YOU DO NOTICE THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES WITH SOME OF THE HOLIDAYS FALLING SO THE MEETINGS MIGHT FALL ON A SECOND MONDAY BUT MOST OF THE EITHER FIRST MONDAYS OF THE MONTH IS OUR REGULAR TASK FORCE MEETING AND THIS IS A PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR 2020 3%.
WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH AUGUST 2022? OKAY IN OUR PACKET THE AUGUST MEETING HAS 2022 SO I'M SURE WE CAN GET THAT CORRECTED. WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED.
OKAY. YES YES MA'AM. TO INSERT YOUR MICROPHONE ON PLEASE. THANK YOU. I'M TO ASSURE A QUORUM WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS IS IT NECESSARY THAT WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETING OR IF WE WERE TO TAKE VACATION TIME JUNE, JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AND WE MAY NOT HAVE A FULL QUORUM.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN TAKE OFF A MONTH OR TWO? THERE ARE NOW I THINK IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN ALWAYS NOT HAVE THE MEETING I DON'T THINK I WANT PUT IT ON THE SCHEDULE AS NOT HAVING A MEETING OKAY. YEAH I THINK YOU NEED TO APPROVE THE SET AND IF WE NEED MORE TO ADJUST IT FROM MONTH TO MONTH WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. I WANTED DECISIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY THAT POSSIBLY WILL NOT MEET NEXT MONTH IN DECEMBER BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF STAFF WILL BE OUT OF PLACE. I KNOW I'LL BE BUSY AND IT'LL BE HOLIDAYS SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE CONSIDER BUT IT IS ON THE GENERAL SCHEDULE WE CAN JUST MAKE THAT MONTH TO MONTH. ALL RIGHT. NOW THE QUESTIONS DO WE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
IF GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YES, SIR.
MR. HANS, AS ALWAYS, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS IN THE DAY.
I GUESS NOW'S THE TIME TO MAKE THAT REQUEST REQUEST AND OTHERS FEEL ABOUT THAT AT THIS TIME.
PRETTY GOOD FOR ME. BUT MONDAY'S A DAY THAT'S KIND OF FLEXIBLE I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH LATER TODAY WE WOULD WANT TO GO. WE CAN ADD LIKE YOU KNOW 3 TO 5 WOULD BE MY SWEET SPOT. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK FOR SOME OF THE REST OF US. A LOT OF QUESTIONS I MEAN IF WE ARE TRYING TO GET A A FULLER ATTENDANCE FROM THE PUBLIC IS THIS TIME BETTER SERVED AT 1:00 OR SHOULD WE DO ALTERNATE THE TIMES MAYBE LIKE GOING INTO THE COMMUNITIES? I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST MAYBE AND HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW WE COULD ALTERNATE IT THERE JUST YEAH AND AGAIN I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY LIKE A SPECIAL MEETING I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PUT OUR GENERAL SCHEDULE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE WE CAN ALWAYS ADJUST IN A MEETING IF WE WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING RIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY I. THINK THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE NOW IS JUST TO APPROVE A CALENDAR MEETING IF HAVING ABOUT 1:00 I I'M OKAY WITH THE 1:00 TIME I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS THING IS THAT I APOLOGIZE HANS IF THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU AS WELL WHEN ARE WE MOVING TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC? ARE WE MOVING SO WE HAVE AN EASIER BETTER SCHEDULE FOR THAT FOR THE TASK FORCE WHICH WELL I THINK THAT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE BALANCE BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE TASK FORCE PROBABLY MORE
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IMPORTANT THAN THE PUBLIC WITH ANY SENSE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HERE IF THE TASK FORCE IS NOT HERE THAT'S. MY POINT WHICH WAS BEING THAT WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH A 1:00 WORKS FOR ME SO I COULD DO THREE I SUPPOSE BUT I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING I WOULD STILL BE TRYING TO COME KIND OF OTHERS FOR YOU. I'M FINE WITH LIKE I'M FLEXIBLE I'M MONDAYS I'M FINE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW SO GO AND CHANGE LOOKS FOR YOU AS WELL ONE HERE ONE THERE GOOD FOR ME THREE THREE IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ANY BETTER RIGHT YEAH RIGHT EXACTLY FOR ME SO YEAH I'LL HAVE A PROPOSAL WE KEEP IT AT MONDAYS AT 1:00 AND IF WE CAN MAYBE REVISIT THIS MAYBE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR THEN WE CAN TRY TO SEE HOW THAT'S WORKING OR IF WE CAN MAKE SOME OTHER ADJUSTMENTS AND AGAIN WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS TODAY I'M ASKING WE APPROVE THE MEETING SCHEDULED AS SET BEFORE US FOR THE YEAR OF 2023 AND I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, APPROVE THIS MEETING, SCHEDULE . SO MR. MALIK HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND MR. SIMMONS HAS SECONDED ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SHIFT MEASURE RAISING YOUR HAND TO THE SCREEN ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR YOU NOT IN FAVOR ABSTAINING YOU NEED TO KNOW I'M SORRY IN FAVOR OF PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT COMPLETES THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE AND NOW THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS OUR STAFF REPORT I BELIEVE MY RIGHT.YES STAFF REPORT DELINQUENT TAX HISTORIC NABORS DESIGNS DUE TO YOU AND THE TOWN OPEN POSITIONS UPDATE HOME SAFETY REPAIR AND THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM UPDATE OH BY ME SILHOUETTE SO THE DELINQUENT TAX SO UPDATE LAST MONTH I INDICATED THAT WE HAD BEEN SHARING THE UPDATES WITH YOU WEEKLY UP UNTIL THE TAX SALE ITSELF THERE WERE THERE WERE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WERE SOLD THERE AGAIN IN THE REDEMPTION PERIOD FOR A YEAR PLUS A DAY.
SO I WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE DELINQUENT TAX SALE UPDATE ON THE AGENDAS UNTIL WE ROLL AROUND TO IN ADVANCE OF TAX SEASON IN 2023. SO RIGHT NOW THE ONLY STATUS UPDATE THAT I HAVE AGAIN IS THE SAME THAT I SHARED YOU LAST MONTH THAT THERE WERE TWO THAT WERE LEFT ON THAT LIST THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN STUDIO WAS IN YOUR PACKET AGAIN WE HAVE 44 DESIGN STUDIO REQUESTS THAT THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED WITH 18 COMPLETED CASES AND 24 ACTIVE CASES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON HELPING PEOPLE WITH WITH DESIGN PLANNING FOR THEIR PROPERTIES AS FAR AS TOWN OF HILTON HEAD JOB OPENINGS WE CURRENTLY STILL HAVE SENIOR PLANNER OF CULTURAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WE HAVE 911 PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAINEE PRINCIPAL VACANCY TEMPORARY ADMIN ASSISTANT IN REVENUE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY PLANNING AS WELL AS A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER.
SO THOSE ARE ALSO THEY WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR JOBS BOARD ON OUR WEBSITE AND NOW ON HOME SAFETY REPAIR AND SEWER CONNECTION THERE WAS AN UPDATE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FOR HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR.
WE'VE HAD 87 APPLICATIONS. 70 OF THEM ARE APPROVED. THERE ARE 12 APPLICATIONS THAT ARE STILL REVIEW AND FIVE OF THEM WERE NOT APPROVED. THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM ACTIVITY UPDATE IS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED NINE APPLICATIONS AND NINE HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF. DO WE HAPPEN TO KNOW WHO THE DELINQUENT TAX OF THOSE TWO PROPERTIES ARE? IT WAS SHARED WITH YOU CONFIDENTIALLY.
OKAY, VERY GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTION MISSING ON ANY OF THIS? YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION
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MISSING REGARDING THE SENIOR PLANNER. OH, SURE.HE'S DOING A PRESERVATION VACANCY. DO WE HAVE ANY CANDIDATES IN PIPELINE? WE DO. WE RECENTLY HAD A VERY GOOD PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE WHO APPLIED LAST WEEK SO WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH INTERVIEW AND INTERVIEW PROCESS HIMSELF. YES, YES. AND MR. HANDS ON THE SEWER CONNECTION OBVIOUSLY WANT EVERYBODY ON THE ISLAND CONNECT TO THE SEWER SO ARE WE ARE WE WAITING FOR APPLICATIONS OR ARE WE GOING OUT IN IN REQUESTING APPLICATIONS IT WAS HIGHLY PUBLICIZED WE HAD A REALLY STRONG COMMUNICATIONS ROLLOUT. THAT PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH DEEP WELL AND SO THERE ARE SOME WHO QUALIFY PROJECT SAFE, THE PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED THROUGH DEEP WELL AND SOME WHO DON'T MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT SAFE THAT THEN CAN APPLY FOR PROGRAM. BOTH PROGRAMS ARE RECEIVING A LOT OF ACTIVITY SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS BEING MADE THROUGH PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THE TOWNS YOUR CONNECTION PROGRAM COUNCILMAN BROWN YOU HAD A FOR US OR COMMENT GOOD MEETING TO GET THOSE ALMOST ON TO OUR SENIOR WAS JIM YOU ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE PROPERTY THAT IS IN DANGER OF BEING LOST AND NOW ON THE REDEMPTION LIST AND I'M NOT SURE MISSY I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S BEEN SHARED CONFIDENTIALLY .
I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONLY ONE PROPERTY AND.
ALSO NOTED THAT REDEMPTION LISTS IS A PUBLIC RECORD ISN'T IT? YES. SO THERE'S NOTHING CONFIDENTIAL ABOUT IT.
I MEAN I THINK IT'S IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS COMMITTEE KNOWS WHO THE PROPERTY IS.
OKAY. JUST WE HAVE MADE SOME GROUND TODAY WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSE DEPARTMENT AND HAVING MORE DIALOG AS HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS AND EDUCATING PEOPLE.
I THINK THE SAME IS WITH THE PROPERTY TAXES OKAY I HAVE MET WITH ONE FAMILY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT TYPICALLY IS ON THE LIQUID TAX LIST AND THEY HAD ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY WERE IN A MISUNDERSTANDING THERE IS PROPERTY OWNERS COULD NOT GO THE DESIGN STUDIO OF OAK WHICH IS TOTALLY UNTRUE OKAY BUT THAT'S JUST A MISCONCEPTION. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE AND THEN TODAY I'VE GOT A MEETING AT 4:00 WITH THE ONE PROPERTY OWNER THAT I KNOW OF THAT IS ON REDEMPTION LIST AND THEIR PROPERTY IS IS ALSO IT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SUBDIVISION PROCESS WHICH ALSO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE FROM THE TOWN AT THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT SO I JUST ENCOURAGE THAT WE SHARE THOSE FAMILIES WITH THE COMMITTEE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS. OKAY AND THAT'S INCUMBENT OF US ON THIS COMMITTEE AND US IN THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE THOSE DIALOG SO IF WE HAVE SOME HESITANCY BETWEEN STAFF TALKING TO THE COMMITTEE THEN THAT'S A DISCONNECT.
I THINK WE NEED TO SHARE INFORMATION THAT IS PUBLICLY ALSO AVAILABLE NUMBER ONE.
AND SECONDLY, I JUST ENCOURAGE US TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE FAMILIES WHERE WE CAN TO EDUCATE ON HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THE SITUATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT.
IT GOES RIGHT BACK TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BROWN.
AND TO TO HIS POINT YES, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION IS THE TAX SALE WAS PUBLIC INFORMATION BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION SHARED FROM STAFF.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WANTS TO SHARE THAT NOW NOW I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
RIGHT. OKAY THAT THAT IS FINE. THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO ARE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE WORKING WITH OTHER EFFORTS AS COUNCILMAN BROWN MENTIONED.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH WHAT KNOW TO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING IN THAT IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'RE HOPING THAT JUST AS WE DID WITH THE POP UP SHOPS ITEM TODAY THAT AS CHAIRMAN AND I CAN CONTINUE TO MAYBE DELEGATE SOME OF THESE ITEMS FOR US TO WORK ON SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SOLVE IT IN THE MEETINGS AND TRY TO GET THE LENGTH OF OUR MEETINGS DOWN TO THE LITTLE BIT MORE CONCISE AND
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I WON'T SAY FRUITFUL BUT I THINK HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AT THE MEETING AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT A LITTLE BIT HOMEWORK IN BETWEEN SO THAT WHEN WE COME TO THE MEETINGS IT'S REALLY MORE OF JUST AND AN UPDATE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR OUR PUBLIC AND FOR OUR TASK FORCE AND MAYBE NOT SO LABOR INTENSIVE FOR OUR STAFF BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO WORK A LITTLE CLOSER WITH THE STAFF IN BETWEEN MEETINGS. I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT IS MY OWN BRILLIANT IDEA BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT MS. RIGHT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE HER BACK ON THE TASK FORCE TO GIVE ME SOME SOME IDEAS LIKE THAT AS WELL. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU GUYS GOOD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS CHAIRMAN THE PUBLIC, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR MS..GRANT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. MY STAFF IF THERE'S ELSE FURTHER THAN THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED SO
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