Nov 21, 2022 Finance Committee

AND I WOULD ASK SOMEONE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, PLEASE.

WE HAVE MET ALL FOYA REQUIREMENTS, UM,

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

UM, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT AGENDA? SEEING NO DISCUSSION.

UM, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

APPROVE THE AGENDA WITHOUT OBJECTION, SIR.

AFTER ALL THAT FUN WE HAD, IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE THAT, UM, WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY OR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK DURING OUR CITIZEN'S COMMENT? NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

LET'S, UH, LET'S MOVE FORWARD THEN.

UM, AND I THINK MR. BUTTS, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COME BEFORE US EACH TIME, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, LAST TIME WE MET, UH, WHICH I THINK WAS SEPTEMBER, I GAVE YOU ALL SOME NUMBERS FROM OUR REGISTERED DEEDS DEPARTMENT.

TODAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FROM, UH, THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, ONE OF OUR, UH, DIVISION DEPARTMENTS, UM, T THE SEASON.

SO, UM, UH, LEGAL RESIDENCE APPLICATIONS.

UH, AS OF LAST WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 16TH, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED 8,143 LEGAL RESIDENTS APPLICATIONS.

THAT'S THE 4% REQUEST APPLICATIONS.

UM, GOOD NEWS IS THAT, UH, 6,000 6 0 3 HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE LEAVING 1,540.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 904 PER MONTH.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S COMING IN SINCE, UH, SINCE MARCH 15TH, WHICH WAS THE DEADLINE THAT WAS EXTENDED LAST YEAR FOR TAX YEAR 21.

SO, UM, UH, UPTICK FROM, UM, UH, THIS TIME A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 780 PER MONTH.

AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, UM, CURIOSITY ABOUT THE BUSIEST, UH, OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR IN THE COUNTY.

THAT WOULD BE THE BLUFFTON OFFICE.

THEY, UH, IN THE LAST WEEK, 858 WALK-INS TO THAT, UH, DEPARTMENT SEEKING ASSISTANCE.

AND OF COURSE, THE BIG REASON FOR THAT WAS THE, UH, THE MAILING OF THE TAX BILLS, UH, NOVEMBER 1ST.

AND DESPITE THE EFFORTS TO, UH, ASK PEOPLE TO GET IN EARLY, THEY, THEY TYPICALLY WAIT FOR THOSE TAX BILLS AND THEY COME IN AND START THOSE APPLICATIONS.

UM, MS. SANDERS, UH, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH, UH, HER STAFF IN, UH, TAKING THE APPROACH OF ALL HANDS ON DECK.

SHE KNOWS WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON, AND THAT IS, UH, THE QUAD REASSESSMENT NEXT YEAR.

SHE'S BEEN MAKING COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THAT REASSESSMENT.

SHE SPOKE AT STAND FOR LAND TAXPAYER EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP ON OCTOBER 29TH, AS WELL AS THE HILTON HEAD LEGAL STAFF PROFESSIONALS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8TH AND THE BEAUFORT CITY COUNCIL JUST LAST TUESDAY.

SHE HAS A PRESENTATION SCHEDULED WITH HILTON HEAD TOWN COUNCIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COUNTY'S OFFER FOR HER TO COME AND PRESENT, UH, HER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE REASSESSMENT AND HOW IT AFFECTS, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS IN OUR COUNTY.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO COME AND, UH, AND SPEAK TO YOUR MEETING OR EVENT, YOU COULD CALL THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND, UH, JUST ASK FOR DAVID GREGORY AND HE'LL GET YOU SET UP, GET YOU ON MS. UH, MS. SANDERS'S SCHEDULE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, MR. BUTTS.

ANYBODY THAT HAS A QUESTION? UH, LARRY, UH, HEY, WE, FOR THE REASSESSMENT, THE, IS THAT THE END OF DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR? IT IS, YES, SIR.

DECEMBER 31ST.

SOMEWHERE IN ADVANCE OF WHAT WE, IF YOU GET THAT BACK TO ME, I'D APPRECIATE ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN WILL THE, THOSE, WELL, THOSE NOTICES WOULD GO OUT AT THE, AT THE TYPICAL TIME FOR NEXT, NEXT TAX OR NEXT FALL? WELL, OKAY.

BUT PEOPLE HAVE, THEY, SO I GOT GOTCHA.

I'LL CHECK WITH MS. SANDERS ON THAT AND GET AN ANSWER FOR YOU, MR. MCKEN, UH, EXACTLY WHAT THAT CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE.

I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU.

THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I KNOW THE, AND YOU THINK THAT'S

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YES, SIR.

CHAIRMAN PAMAN, GO AHEAD.

I BELIEVE THAT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, BY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WILL HAVE THE REASSESSMENT DONE FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

THEY WILL BE TWEAKING THINGS AND NOTICES OF REASSESSMENT TO ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN REASSESSED.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S 133,000 PROPERTIES HERE WILL RECEIVE THAT NOTIFICATION BY JUNE, SO THAT IF THERE IS APPEALS, THEY CAN START THEN BETWEEN JUNE AND NOVEMBER WHEN THE NEXT TAX BES WOULD GO OUT.

YES.

THAT'S, THAT DOES SOUND ABOUT, THAT DOES SOUND ABOUT RIGHT.

THE PROCESS WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH.

CORRECT.

YEAH.

UH, INCIDENTALLY, IF THE NEW COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN, UM, HEARING FROM HER ON THIS TOPIC, UH, JUST LET US KNOW.

WE'RE HAPPY TO SET THAT UP FOR YOU.

I THINK WE NEED IS JUST THE TEXT OR AN EMAIL? YES, SIR.

ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTTS? RIGHT.

SCENE? NONE.

MR. BUTTS, THANK YOU AGAIN.

IT'S ALWAYS PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU, YOU, SIR.

LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

AND THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY, AND WE ARE GRACED WITH THE PRESENCE OF MR. JOHN OTU, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

MR. O, YOU SKIPPED NUMBER SEVEN.

OH, I DID.

NOW

[7. DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FY 2023]

YOU GOTTA CUT, JOHN.

I'M SORRY.

WE GOTTA, I'M, WE GOTTA KEEP YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE, MR. WILLIAMS, SO COME ON UP HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M, I'M JUST ONE, TRY AND TRY AND BE REAL, REAL BRIEF.

I'D LIKE TO KINDA GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE ON KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

WE'VE CLOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022.

THE AUDITORS HAVE, WE'VE UPLOADED THE MAJORITY OF THEIR STUFF TO THEIR FILE SOFTWARE.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 88% LAST 12% OR MORE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT RELATED ITEMS THAT WE CAN'T REALLY DO UNTIL WE GET THEM FURTHER ALONG IN, IN THEIR DRAFT.

UM, THE AUDITOR IS CURRENTLY DRAFTING THE, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR US.

THEY'RE HOPING TO GET IT TO US IN, IN, IN A FAIRLY QUICK TIMEFRAME.

AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE PARTNER AT MALDEN AND JENKINS, AND HE, HE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANY PROBLEM WITH US HAVING IT IN BY THE DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 31ST, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE.

SO, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD.

NEXT, UM, I KIND OF WANNA GO OVER SOME EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHTS.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, OUR NEW BUDGET, MAN, BRIAN CRONAN.

HE WAS OUR, UH, OUR, OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT.

HE'S NOT WITH US TODAY.

HE'S OUT ON LEAVE FOR THE WEEK.

HE'S BEEN HERE WITH US FOR ABOUT A YEAR, BUT HE'LL BE, UH, HEADING UP, UH, GETTING THE BUDGET GOING.

UH, I'LL ADDRESS THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE ALSO HIRED A NEW GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR WHERE SHANNON MILLROSE WAS HERE, RYAN NEW.

HE, UH, HE'S ALREADY CUT HIS TEETH WITH THE, UH, STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX BOARD.

UH, THEY HAD A COUPLE REVISIONS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, AND THEY'RE PLANNING ON PRESENTING.

UH, NEXT, NEXT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING WE HAD BRYSON CAMPBELL.

UM, SHE HAS JUST STARTED AND SHE'S TAKING NOT A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT POSITION, BUT SHE'S STARTING OUT AS A STAFF ACCOUNTANT.

SHE'S RIGHT OUTTA CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, WHICH WE'LL GO, GO TIGERS.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER.

SHE, UH, GOT HER ACCOUNTING DEGREE THERE WITH A VERY IMPRESSIVE GPA.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON STAFF.

BUT FINANCES MADE SOME REALLY GREAT HIRES, I THINK OVER THE PAST, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

UM, MM-HMM.

AND, AND WE ARE REALLY GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, I THINK, FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.

HERE'S KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE, UH, BUDGET CALENDAR.

WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE, WITH ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS, UH, LAST WEEK AND KIND OF WENT OVER THE TIMELINE.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.

UH, WE ARE USING, THERE'S AN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PORTION AND CLEAR GOV WHERE WE CAN UPLOAD AND RUN CERTAIN SCENARIOS WHERE YOU'RE NOT UPLOADING MASSIVE SPREADSHEETS.

IT SHOULD MAKE US MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO DO.

WE'RE PLANNING ON GETTING ALL THAT KIND OF UPLOADED AND IN, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL SESSIONS IN JANUARY, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE LAST READING OF THE BUDGET IN THE FIRST COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING IN JUNE.

AND ALTHOUGH Y'ALL'S CALENDAR HAS NOT BEEN SET YET, BUT WHEN IT IS, WE CAN KINDA LOCK THESE DATES DOWN A LITTLE BIT BETTER, KIND OF AFTER JANUARY'S KIND OF UP IN THE AIR A LITTLE BIT.

UM, BUT, BUT, WE'LL, WE'LL LOCK EVERYTHING DOWN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND PROBABLY GET MORE DETAIL.

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS OUT ON THE WEBSITE, AND IT'LL BE KIND OF A LIVING DOCUMENT AS IT GETS, UH, AS IT GETS CHANGED.

YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

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BEFOR COUNTY ARPA, UH, PLAN HIGHLIGHTS.

UH, AND, AND SO WE'VE RECEIVED 37 MILLION FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

UM, THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE, UH, TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND COUNTY STAFF, EITHER ORDINANCE OF 22 SLASH 16.

UM, HANK HAMSON, WHO IS HERE TODAY, IT, UH, IS GONNA COME UP AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND HOW WE'RE GETTING THERE.

SO, OKAY.

I MIGHT MOVE YOUR LAPTOP SO I DON'T MESS IT UP.

IS THAT ALRIGHT? JUST GONNA DROP IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, AS HAY SAID, I WON'T REPEAT ALL THE THINGS WITH THE, THE NUMBERS, BUT I WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE THINGS.

AS WE SAID, WE'D COME BACK WITH PERIODIC UPDATES, WHERE WE ARE, HOW IT'S GOING, HOW ARE WE IN RELATIONSHIP TO DEADLINES AND SCHEDULES.

AND, UH, WE HAVE THROUGH THE END OF 2024 TO OBLIGATE THE FUNDS OBLIGATION IS THE DIFFICULT PORTION ACTUALLY, SINCE IT'S MORE THAN PROMISING.

IT'S WORKING OUT THE ACTUAL NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PLANS AND AGREEMENTS.

AND, UH, SO WE ARE THROUGH ALMOST, I STARTED IN FEBRUARY, SO WE'RE ALMOST TO 10 MONTHS, 11 MONTHS, AND WE ARE ABOUT 48% OBLIGATED AT THIS POINT.

SO WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE THERE.

HOWEVER, UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SLOW DOWN.

WE THINK THAT, THAT GETTING THE OBLIGATION PORTION IS IMPORTANT.

WE WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET IT DONE IN YEAR TWO OF FOUR SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO EXPEND BECAUSE THE EXPENDITURE CAN'T REALLY HAPPEN UNTIL THE OBLIGATIONS ARE IN PLACE.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

UH, SOME OF THE UNALLOCATED FUNDS ARE AWAITING MINOR PROPERTY ISSUES.

AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, INVESTMENTS IN PARKS OR COMMUNITY CENTERS OR OTHER ISSUES.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY, UH, AS WE KNOW ISSUES.

SAME THING WITH FERRY TERMINALS AND THINGS LIKE, LIKE THAT.

SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME CHUNK EXPENDITURES.

THE, SOME OF THE OBLIGATED PORTIONS HAVE, AS YOU'VE SEEN, BEEN IN WORKFORCE.

UM, WE HAVE DONE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.

UH, THE BIG CHUNK EX PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL FOLLOW QUICKLY.

THAT'S WHY I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THE OBLIGATION PROCESS IS WE ARE WAITING FOR FEDERAL FUNDS ANNOUNCEMENTS OR STATE FUND ANNOUNCEMENTS SO THAT WE CAN USE THIS MONEY AS MATCH AS OPPOSED TO A SOLE FUNDING SOURCE IN CERTAIN AREAS.

SO BROADBAND IS A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE FUNDING AND THAT'S A WAITING, THE PLAN OF WHAT THE STATE WILL DO SO THAT WE DON'T DOUBLE SPEND.

AND ACTUALLY, IT MAY GO A LONG WAY.

PATRICK HAS BEEN, PATRICK HILL HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN TRYING TO LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS.

UH, WATER SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WE KNOW THOSE ARE LONG TERM PLANNING PROCESSES.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH GRANT PROGRAM, IT'S CALLED SKIP SOUTH CAROLINA.

IT'S A WATER AND SEWER GRANT PROGRAM IN THE RURAL AREAS.

THE HEALTH CENTERS, AS WE KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN OBLIGATED FUNDS EITHER BECAUSE OF PROPERTY ISSUES AND, UH, RECREATION PROJECTS.

WE KNOW THAT THOSE TAKE TIME.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH CHUCK AND HIS STAFF ON THOSE PLANS.

BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT THAT NUMBER 37, THE BIG ROUND NUMBER'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.

WE ARE HOPEFULLY WITH A FAVORABLE RESULT LATER IN MY OTHER PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL GET TO ALMOST 18 MILLION OBLIGATED AND, UH, FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD.

YEAH.

YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, OWNERSHIP BEFORE FUNDING IS DONE.

HELP ME WITH THAT.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU, THE COUNTY HAS TO OWN THE PROPERTY BEFORE? NO, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I, WE WANNA MAKE SURE FOR, IN CERTAIN CASES, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE MAINTAIN THE BUILDING.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT THOSE ISSUES, NOT IN A PURCHASE SITUATION, BUT A TRANSFER POTENTIAL SITUATION.

UH, TO CLARIFY THE PLAT ON ST.

HELENA, FOR EXAMPLE, TO LOOK AT WHERE THE COUNTY, WHERE THE COMMUNITY BUILDING MIGHT GO, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ATTACHED POTENTIALLY TO THE LIBRARY OR ADJACENT TO A PARK.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE OWNERSHIP ISSUES CLEARLY ON PAPER AND PLATTED.

SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THE, UH, BOAT LANDING ISSUE THAT WE'VE RUN INTO OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

ANYONE ONLINE? I, I CAN'T SEE YOU.

SO IF ANYONE ONLINE I'D LIKE TO SPEAK, GO AHEAD, SPEAK UP.

SO, HANK, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FROM US, FROM COUNTY COUNCIL, FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD HELP YOU OR NO, AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND BRING IT BACK JUST TO HOPEFULLY CONTINUED SUPPORT AND APPROVAL.

PAID, BUT LAST YEAR WE, WE GAVE ALLOWED EMPLOYEES TO CASH IN UP TO 60 HOURS OF PLT AND 479 EMPLOYEES, UH, CASHED IT IN.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, HANK.

UM, YOU, UM, SO, UH, Y'ALL AGREE TO DO THE PLT AND, AND I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID IT, BECAUSE IT KIND OF WENT THROUGH AND, UH, I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL HOW MUCH IT

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AND THAT'S ROUGHLY 40 TO 45% DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF YEAR IT IS.

WE RANGE FROM 1200 TO 1300 EMPLOYEES, DEPENDING ON THE SEASONALITY.

UM, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PLT WAS $775,000.

UM, YOU KNOW, I I I'LL, WHEN THEY CALLED ABOUT TO SEE IF WE COULD FUND IT, I LOOKED AT OUR, OUR CURRENT PROGRESSION AS FAR AS PERSONNEL SERVICES AND WE HAD IT IN GAP POSITIONS.

SO WE, WE COULD AFFORD TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SUPPORTED THAT FROM THE EMPLOYEES, THE PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEES.

CAUSE IT MEANS A LOT TO, TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUESTION.

UM, THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT, UH, CASH FLOW MM-HMM.

, UH, WITH THE COUNTY.

UM, DO, DO YOU EXPERIENCE A CASH FLOW PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTY OVER THE LAST, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE? NOT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE ONE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN WE PRESENT THE 2022 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, OUR REVENUES ARE, ARE WAY OVER WHAT WE'RE, IT IS HARD TO ESTIMATE REVENUES IN THIS CLIMATE.

HMM.

UM, AND, AND IT IS, WE'VE HAD REVENUES AND, AND WE, WE'VE HAD POTS OF CASH, BUT I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A CALL FROM THE TREASURER, UH, AS FAR, AND, AND, AND THE TREASURER ACTUALLY MANAGES OUR MONEY.

I'M NOT MANAGING THE MONEY ON A DAILY BASIS.

I UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT SHE IS, AND, AND SO, BUT, BUT WE, WE, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE A BOND PAYMENT COMING UP, I LET HER KNOW MM-HMM.

AND, AND, AND THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE PAYROLL EVERY TWO WEEKS AND THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE WHAT, WHAT OUR AP YOU KNOW, OUR AP IS RUNNING A MILLION TO $2 MILLION EVERY WEEK.

AND SO THEY KIND OF, THEY HAVE THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND, AND THEY RUN CASH FLOW MODELS AND, AND TO GET DATA HAS BEEN A, UM, FOR, OR YOU AND THE TREASURER, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY HERE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MADE THAT DECISION LAST WEEK MM-HMM.

, WHICH IS A SURPRISE TO THE TREASURER.

FAR AS CASH FLOW OR TO YOU AS FAR AS CASH, CASH FLOW.

DID THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU'D BE CONCERNED ABOUT AS FAR AS CASH FLOW? IT, IT, THE, I TALKED TO ERIC AND THEN I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MARIA RIGHT AFTERWARDS.

SO I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS A NON-ISSUE.

I MEAN, I, I TOLD HER, OKAY.

I, I, I, WE, WE, THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TREASURER ARE, ARE VERY OPEN.

UH, WE, SHE DOESN'T MIND CALLING ME.

I DON'T MIND CALLING HER, BUT IF WE HAVE SOMETHING UNUSUAL LIKE THIS, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE, THE WINDOW THAT WE HAD THIS COME UP IN, I'M, I'M GONNA LET HER KNOW IT'S COMING CUZ BECAUSE IT IS ONLY FAIR TO HER, UM, AND HER STAFF.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO MAKE SURE ALSO THAT SOMEBODY'S THERE TO, UH, MAKE THAT DEPOSIT ON WEDNESDAY, UH, AFTERNOON.

IF, IF THAT'S WHEN, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT PAID.

WE HRS TRYING TO GET IT TO US BY NOON TOMORROW.

WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE IT PAID BY TUESDAY AT THE LATEST ON WEDNESDAY.

SO IT'LL BE IN THERE FOR, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES FOR BLACK FRIDAY.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

INCOME RIGHT NOW OF ABOUT $568,000.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, AND I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS REALLY QUICK.

I HAVE A TAX OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE A PART OF THE PACKET.

UM, THE, THE REVENUES ARE STILL KIND OF LOW, WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED THIS YEAR, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE WON'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING.

AND I, I'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT REPORT TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.

UM, BUT OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OVERALL ARE, ARE LOWER THAN WE EXPECTED, WHICH ALLOWS FOR PLT PAYOUTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, WE'VE BEEN USING THE GENERAL FUND AND, AND USING THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

SO WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH IS STILL TECHNICALLY PART OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S FUND 10 40 INSTEAD OF 1000.

AND WE'RE GETTING THEM THERE SO WE CAN GET THESE PROJECTS THAT TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR TO GET DONE, DONE.

AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT, IT IS HARD WITH THE PURCHASING PROCESS AND THE VETTING PROCESS AND THE ENGINEERING PROCESS TO GET SOMETHING DONE WITHIN A YEAR.

UM, BUT WE, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, BIG THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON.

WE'VE PURCHASED, UH, SEVERAL PROPERTIES FROM TCL TITLING 730, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UH, WE PROCEEDED WITH A CONDEMNATION OF HELS AND WAY AND MELROSE LANDING FOR A TOTAL OF 4.9 MILLION.

UH, WE CLOSED THE MYRTLE PARK FUND AND DISTRIBUTED THE FUNDS AS, UH, INSTRUCTED BY Y'ALL, UH, EARLIER WE HAD THAT ORDINANCE AND WENT THROUGH ALL THAT.

UM, GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.

UH, THE BEFORD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT HAS OPERATING INCOME OF FOUR $44,000 TO DATE, UH, WHICH IS GREAT.

UH, THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT HAS OPERATING

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UM, SOLID RACE IN A RECYCLING FUND HAS, UH, MANAGED TO KEEP EXPENDITURES, UH, 15.26% LOWER THAN BUDGETED, UH, BUDGETED YEAR TO DATE AMOUNTS.

AND THE STORMWATER UTILITY HAS DONE THE SAME, KEEPING THEIRS AT 19.22% LOWER THAN BUDGETED YEAR TO DATE AMOUNTS.

SO ALL THE DETAILS, UH, IN THE PACKET, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE GIMME A CALL.

YOU'LL HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.

, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMS? QUESTIONS FOR CHAIRMAN? YES, GO AHEAD.

UH, MR. HERON, THANK YOU.

A CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE INTERNAL AUDIT? WHAT I THINK, ARE WE AT RFP? ARE WE DOING AN RFP FOR THAT? I, I, I'VE GOTTA TALK TO PURCHASING ABOUT THAT.

AS FAR AS THE RFP GOES, WE DUNNO, WE DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL GET AN ANSWER.

WE, WE'LL GET AN ANSWER AND LET YOU KNOW.

IT'S IN PURCHASING, IT'S IN PURCHASING.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES US TO DO IT.

WE SKIP FISCAL YEAR 2022.

FEELS LIKE, LIKE I'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS AND, AND MONTHS.

WE'RE NOW THE FISCAL YEAR 23.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ALONG IN POSSIBLE.

WILL DO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILLIAMS? RIGHT, MR. WILLIAMS, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

UH, APPRECIATE IT.

AND RYAN, WELCOME ABOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SITES FOR DIVERSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY]

AND, UH, JOHN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU A FALSE START EARLIER, BUT, UM, YOU ARE UP.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.

UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION AND AM I ABLE TO MOVE? OKAY.

SO YOU CAN, UH, MOVE THROUGH THIS.

I'LL, I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I KNOW YOU GAVE ME 15 MINUTES.

I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH IT QUICKLY.

I EXPECT A LOT OF THE SLIDES WILL BEG QUESTIONS AND I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, OFF OFFLINE TO ANSWER IT OR ANSWER IT HERE TODAY.

UM, THE IDEA IS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ON PRODUCT AND WHY WE'VE ARRIVED AT THE THOUGHTS WE HAVE.

NO FINAL, UH, DECISIONS ARE MADE.

OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE, UH, AS WELL AS STAFF.

AND WE'VE BEEN, UH, UH, WORKING OR LIAISON WITH, UH, HANK AND, UH, MARK DAVIS AND ROB MERCHANT HAVE, UH, HELPED SOME OF OUR THINKING HERE, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

SO, UH, REALLY JUST TO GET GUIDANCE.

SO I'LL JUST, UH, GO THROUGH IT.

UH, THIS IS THE AGENDA ITEM, BASICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UH, GREEN TAX THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY VOTERS, UH, WITH ALL OF THE PRESSURE ON, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UH, I THINK, UH, AND I HOPE YOU AGREE THAT A BALANCED COMMUNITY WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE BALANCE.

AND SO IF WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, UH, PURPOSEFUL ON RESERVING SOME SPACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MAKE A LIVING, UH, WE'LL HAVE JUST MORE TRAFFIC.

UH, WE, UH, OUR THEME, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT RESONATES WITH INVESTORS, UH, PEOPLE BRINGING, UH, GOOD PAYING JOBS TO, UH, BUFORD COUNTY ARE THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, THE SKILLED AND READY WORKFORCE.

WE KNOW THAT'S CHALLENGING, BUT WE STILL THINK WE HAVE AN ACE IN A HOLE COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, WITH SOME 2000, UH, TRANSITIONING MARINES IN OUR COUNTY EACH YEAR.

AND THEN, UH, I GIVE CHARLIE STONE A BULK OF THE CREDIT HERE, BUT UNPARALLELED SUPPORT, UH, COMPANIES WE'VE WORKED WITH PROVIDE THE BEST, UH, TESTIMONY TO, UH, WHAT A COMPANY, WHAT INVESTORS CAN EXPECT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

OUR TARGETS ARE CLEAN, UH, AND, UH, WE THINK, UH, FIT WELL WITH, UH, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY.

UH, THESE, UH, WE TEND TO PROVE EACH YEAR AT OUR, UH, CONVERGED SUMMIT WITH SURVEYING OF ATTENDEES.

WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, HOW WE GO ABOUT, UH, GENERATING PROJECTS.

WE'VE HAD SOME 438 LEADS IN OUR FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE JUST OVER FIVE YEARS IN EXISTENCE.

AND, AND OUR WORK PLAN PRETTY MUCH EXISTED THIS, UH, UH, MARKETING, NETWORKING, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE'VE BEEN DO PIECING THAT TOGETHER FOR FIVE YEARS.

UH, WORKFORCE, UH, BRANDING AND CULTURE, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS IN EACH JURISDICTION.

AND THEN A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP AND TEAMWORK.

UH, I HAD SHOWN YOU THIS AT YOUR STRATEGIC SESSION LAST YEAR.

I'LL JUST BRING IT UP AGAIN.

A COMPANY WITH OPERATIONS IN NEW JERSEY AND CALIFORNIA, UH, REALIZES THEY NEED, UH, UH, DISTRIBUTION IN THE SOUTHEAST US.

UH, THEY FIND THIS PROPERTY, UH, THAT COMES AVAILABLE ON THE 30TH

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OF, UH, JANUARY, 2021.

AND BY, UH, FEBRUARY 8TH, IT'S UNDER CONTRACT.

AND, UH, UH, THIS COMPANY IS LOOKING, UH, AT THE, UH, UH, ENCOURAGEMENT OF JARED FRA.

UH, THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THE ROAD OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THE ADJACENT 10%.

SO TO DATE, A LOT OF OUR PRODUCT WORK IS WORKING WITH EXISTING FACILITIES AND, AND PIECES OF LAND, UH, THAT ARE ZONED APPROPRIATELY.

WE GOT A GOOD SYSTEM WORKING OUT HERE WITH THE HEAD NOD.

SO WE'RE DOING REAL WELL WITH THE ADVANCING OF THE SLIDE.

I BETTER NOT NOD MY HEAD INADVERTENTLY THOUGH, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE KEEP SCORE AND, UH, MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS, UH, BUT WE'RE, UH, NEAR NEARING 1300 JOBS THAT ARE AVERAGE IN 45, JUST UNDER $46,000, AND HAVE, UH, UH, PROJECTS WITH A PROJECTED INVESTMENT OF QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS.

SO WE, WE SHOW THIS TO EVERYONE.

TRY TO BE REAL TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, UH, WHAT THE RESULTS ARE.

AND THEN, UH, I KNOW SOME JURISDICTIONS TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN INCENTIVES COMING BACK IN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO HELP BEAUFORD COUNTY BUSINESSES GROW.

I, THIS IS WHERE THERE'LL BE QUESTIONS, UH, BUT, UH, I WON'T GET BOGGED DOWN IN THIS CUZ I'M GONNA HONOR MY 15 MINUTES.

UH, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF LEADS TO GET TO THE 53 COMPLETED PROJECT.

SO THIS IS SOME 436 LEADS, AND THEY STAY IN VARIOUS STATES, AND THEY ARE DROPPED.

AND WE DO LOOK AT WHY THEY'RE DROPPED.

OFTENTIMES, IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.

COMPANY DECIDES NOT TO INVEST, DECIDES TO INVEST WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE.

UH, A LOT OF QUESTIONS COULD BE ASKED HERE.

UH, NEXT ONE, UH, AND THESE I WON'T DWELL ON, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES, UH, I'VE, I'VE PICKED UP ON THE FACT, WELL, YOU KNOW, BEAUFORD COUNTY IS THE LARGEST INVESTOR IN THE BEAUFORD COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

WHERE ARE THE PROJECTS GOING? SO I'VE GRAPHED WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE GOING IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY, BL F IN BLUFFTON, HILTON, HEAD ISLAND, BEAUFORD, UH, PORT ROYAL, AND, UH, BEAUFORD COUNTY, BC.

I'VE ALSO, UH, UH, PROVIDED AN ANALYST, AN ANALYSIS OF WHERE THE INVESTMENTS ARE GOING, THE BULK OF THE INVESTMENTS, BEAUFORD COUNTY, AND THEN THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE JOBS ARE GOING.

UH, WE'VE GRAPHED THIS, SO SOME 1300 JOBS.

AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'VE GRAPHED THAT AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE DETAIL ON THAT.

UH, RETAIN JOBS.

UH, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE, LIKE WHERE PORT ROYAL WAS LOOKING LIKE A TINY LITTLE SLIVER.

THEY DID WELL WITH RETAINING SOME JOBS.

THAT'S LARGELY, UH, STONEWORKS GOING FROM HILTON HEAD TO, UH, PORT ROYAL.

UH, THE LANDING PAD.

UH, THIS MORNING I MET WITH, UH, A COMPANY OVER AT THE, UH, UH, DON RYAN CENTER FOR INNOVATION, UH, AN ISRAELI COMPANY THAT'S LOOKING AT THE LANDING PAD.

THIS IS SPACE WHERE COMPANIES EXPLORING SOUTHEAST US WE'RE INVITING THEM TO COME HERE.

AND SE UH, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IS DOING THE SAME, INVITING THESE COMPANIES TO COME TO OUR LANDING PADS.

SO WE HAD THE JAPANESE FIRM, SKYDRIVE COME HERE THIS MORNING.

UH, WE MET WITH, UH, A COMPANY, UH, WITH OUT OF ISRAEL, LOOKING TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONS IN BEAUFORD COUNTY AS WELL.

SO, NEXT SLIDE.

AND, UH, SKYDRIVE IS A FLYING DRONE, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AS A RESULT OF THE MARKETING OR, OR FREE INK WE GOT ON THIS COMPANY.

WE HAVE TWO OTHER DRONE COMPANIES LOOKING AT BEAUFORD COUNTY, AND THESE ARE PASSENGER CARRYING DRONES.

UH, AND, UH, THE OTHER COMPANY THAT WE'RE TALKING TO, AGAIN AT A, ANOTHER COMPANY OUT OF ISRAEL, UH, HAS DRONES THAT PROVIDE SECURITY.

SO ON DEMAND, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CALL UPON THAT, UH, UH, DRONE.

I CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT NEXT SLIDE.

NOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO PRODUCT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR ABOUT.

UH, I, I THINK WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND, UH, BASICALLY SUCCINCTLY, UH, IN FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE NOT UPSET THE ENVIRONMENTALIST AND WE HAVEN'T UPSET THE PEOPLE NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

AND WE LIKE TO STAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE LEDGER.

WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP AND ON SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU, UH, AND EVEN SOME OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

UH, WE EXPECT THAT RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS, OR THIS, UH, NEW ORGANIZATION THAT WILL HANDLE THE PROCEEDS OF THE PENNY TAX, UH, WILL WORK WITH US TO PRESERVE LAND IN AREAS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING, UH, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES.

AND THE, THE, PROBABLY THE THIRD BULLET THERE IS, IS THAT WE TRY TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE MARINE CORPS.

ANOTHER GROUP WE DO NOT WANT TO TICK OFF, UH, BUT, UH, UH, OFTENTIMES THEY PROVIDE, UH, DUE DILIGENCE FOR US

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ON THE PROJECTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT MYRTLE PARK, UH, THIS BUILDING, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE BRICK IN THAT LOWER RIGHT IS BEING PUT ON THE BUILDING.

UH, IT IS 90%, UH, LEASED OR SOLD AT THIS POINT.

UH, SO IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, SHOW YOU AND, UH, LOOK AT THE CALLBACK, UH, PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT IF THE JOBS AREN'T WHAT WE EXPECT, BUT IT IS 90% LEASE, WHICH, UH, ALONG WITH THAT MIRROR CASE SHOWS THAT IF WE HAVE IT, IT MOVES PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND I'M GUESSING YOU'RE ADVANCE IN THE SLIDE, RIGHT? I'M MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT PERSON.

OKAY, GOOD.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

UH, BUCK WALTER PLACE, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, A PAD SITE, UH, IN, UH, BLUFFTON.

AND WE HAVE A, A FOOD PROCESSOR, UH, A SUPPLY CHAIN TO HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM THAT'S LOOKING AT DOING A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY AT THIS LOCATION.

THE MAGNUS SPEC BUILDING IS FULLY LEASED, AND, UH, WE'LL GET INTO IT IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

BUT THE FIRST TENANT WOULD LIKE TO BUILD THE 221,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, UH, DOWN THE ROAD FROM THIS SITE.

AND WE HAVE, UH, SIGNED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND SPEC BUILDING.

UH, THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE ONLINE, 72,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS WE EVALUATE SITES.

THIS IS A PAD SITE.

COMMERCE GAVE US A GRANT OF 200,000, UH, DOLLARS TO BUILD A PAD THERE.

WE HAVE AN ALBANY COMPANY, A COSMETICS COMPANY, LOOKING TO GO, UH, UH, UNDER CONTRACT ON THIS, UH, UH, PARCEL.

THIS IS IN THE COMMERCE PARK.

NEXT, NEXT SITE, OR NEXT ONE.

NOW WE'RE GONNA GET FANCY HERE.

WE'RE GONNA PRESS IT.

UH, WE'LL GO NOW ONCE, THIS WILL SHOW YOU THE COMMERCE PARK, AND THEN WE'LL CLICK IT ONE MORE TIME AND IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU THE, THE FIRST STAR SHOWS YOU WHERE THE SPEC BUILDING'S GOING.

THE NEXT STAR WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE PAD SITE IS, THAT GREEN STAR, WHERE THE PAD SITE IS, AND THEN THE BLUE STARS.

UH, AND THERE ARE NO MORE STARS, UH, BUT THE BLUE STARS WILL SHOW YOU WHERE, WHERE THIS, THOSE, THAT IS THE ACREAGE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

BUT THAT IS A COMPANY LOOKING TO BUILD 221,000 SQUARE FEET ON, ON THOSE PARCELS.

NEXT, UH, SLIDE ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE WITH PRODUCT.

AND PEOPLE SAY, OKAY, WELL, BEAUFORT COMMERCE PARK HAS BEEN OUR MAIN SOURCE OF PRODUCT.

THIS IS, UM, UH, A PRIMITIVE OUTLINE OF WHERE MOST OF THE PARCELS ARE LOCATED.

AND, UH, UH, MOST OF THEM HAVE SOME PROHIBITIONS, UH, DUE TO THE ACU ZONE, EITHER, UH, ACCIDENT PREVENTION OR, OR NOISE CONSIDERATIONS.

WHAT WE DO WANTING TO BE IN THE GOOD STATE OF THE US MARINE CORPS IS ANYTIME WE HAVE ANY PROSPECT LOOKING IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE THE MARINE.

WE PROVIDE, UH, COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY TO THE MARINE CORPS TO EVALUATE THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS, THE MATERIALS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THERE, IF THEY WOULD BE EXPLOSIVE OR, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE PARTICULAR FACILITY.

SO WITH WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE BUFORD COMMERCE PARK, I THINK IT WOULD, IT WOULD, UH, SELL OUT, UH, UH, IN, UH, THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

AND I WILL SAY THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SITE, UH, WE HAVE THAT COMPANY THAT'S GONNA BUILD THE 221,000 SQUARE FEET IN THAT YELLOW BAND THERE AT THE CORNER OF, UH, UH, SHORT ROAD AND, UH, UH, SCHWARTZ.

UH, AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE'VE ALREADY RUN THEIR BUSINESS, UH, THROUGH THE MARINE CORPS.

AND THE MARINE CORPS IS OKAY WITH THEIR OPERATIONS.

SO WHERE WE CAN GET USES IN THE ACU ZONE, WE, WE TRY TO, UH, PUT THEM THERE SO THAT IF WE HAD, UH, SOME OTHER USE OR INVESTOR WHO DIDN'T WANT THOSE PROHIBITIONS, WE'D HAVE THE OTHER SITE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF JUGGLING NEXT SITE AS WE LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S, UH, SEEN THIS BEFORE.

ENVIRONMENTS NUMBER ONE IN THIS COUNTY FOR SURE.

EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, ARE KEY.

AND THEN TRANSPORTATION.

SO WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GOING ON, WE DON'T EXPECT TO BE, UH, THE ONLY SPOKE ON A WHEEL THERE, THERE ARE EVEN, UH, MORE IMPORTANT SPOKES, UH, THAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY FEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT, UH, THOSE THINGS.

AS WE LOOK AT SITES, WE LOOK AT, UH, OFTEN TIME OF YEAR ABOUT TRANSIT ORIENT DEVELOPMENT OR INFRASTRUCTURE ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

I'M A PROPONENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHERE ALL OF THAT COMES TOGETHER, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS WHERE WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO PICK OUR SITES.

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UH, WE LOOK AT SHORT TERM, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED IN 24 MONTHS, UH, MEDIUM TERM, 48 MONTHS, FOUR YEARS, AND LONG TERM MIGHT BE, UH, FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.

WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND I I I WON'T BOG YOU DOWN WITH ALL OF THIS, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, UH, KIND OF A PRIORITIZATION, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SHORT TERM, THEN MEDIUM TERM, THEN LONG TERM, UH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION AND FROM COUNCIL, UH, THAT, UH, UH, ACHIEVING, UH, A CLEANUP, UH, PRODUCTIVE USE OF LICO IS A HIGH PRIORITY.

UH, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, UH, STAFF, UH, TRYING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THAT, UH, SOUTHERN CAROLINA ALLIANCE PROVIDED, UH, A, UH, A PHASE ONE STUDY ON THE LICO SITE.

AND, UH, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, MARK DAVIS TO GET THE, UH, PHASE TWO, UH, ESTIMATE.

AND STAFF IS, IS KIND OF RUNNING THAT, BUT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.

WE JUST HAVE NUMBERS IN THERE AS, AS PLACEHOLDERS.

UH, ALL OF THESE, UH, NEED TO BE TIGHTENED UP AS WE GET MORE SERIOUS.

BUT LICO IS ONE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF ON.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE, UH, THE PROJECT, THE PRODUCT THAT'S ON THE, ON THE FRONT BURNER.

I WILL SAY THAT OUR SENSE IS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE GONNA HAVE SOME CONCERN AS TO WHAT GOES THERE.

UH, BUT WE, WE FEEL THAT, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE CAN GET THE, UH, GET THE SITES CLEANED UP, ASSEMBLE SOME 200 ACRES, AND, UH, FIND ONCE, UH, UH, UH, THE COUNTY'S GOTTEN THROUGH ITS PROCESSES, WE CAN MARKET THAT SITE IN A WAY THAT, UH, SITS WELL WITH, UH, THE RESIDENTS, UH, UH, CERTAINLY WITH COUNCILMAN DAWSON AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.

COUNCIL STAFF AND, UH, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

AND, UH, THIS IS OUR MEDIUM, UH, MEDIUM, UH, OR NO SHORT TERM PROJECTS.

UH, AND SOME OF THESE HAVE NUMBERS ATTACHED TO 'EM, BUT JUST WE'LL JUMP DOWN TO THE BOTTOM BUCKWALTER CROSSROADS.

THIS IS PROPERTY OWNED BY TOMS IN, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH HIM TO GET THAT, UH, UH, CERTIFIED THROUGH THE PALMETTO SITES.

I I DON'T THINK THAT WE'D, UH, HAVE ANY REAL BUDGET ON THAT AT THIS POINT.

UH, BUT IF WE WERE TO CONTROL IT AS PRODUCT, UH, THERE MIGHT BE AN INFRASTRUCTURE SPEND OUT THERE IN ORDER TO LOCK THE USE, UH, AS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

UH, ON, UH, UH, LET'S SEE.

GOING BACK UP TO THE TOP, UH, AT HILTON HEAD AIRPORT, WE HAVE A GROUP INTERESTED IN, UH, INVESTING ABOUT 18 MILLION OUT THERE, CREATING 46 JOBS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH JOHN REBOLT ON THAT IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FROM HILTON HEAD AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY.

IT MIGHT BE OUR HOPE.

UH, WE'LL WAIT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET 90% OF THAT ACQUISITION FUNDED BY THE FAA.

BUT JOHN REM BOLT'S ON TOP OF THAT, AND WE'LL WORK WITH HIM ON THAT.

YEMA, SEE, UH, CHITON PROPERTIES, UH, IT'S, UH, 850 ACRES OUT THERE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, A BUDGET NUMBER IN THERE, BUT I HAVE A, A GROUP OUT OF BRITAIN, UH, THAT, UH, IS, WOULD LOOK AT THE SITE FOR, UH, CONSTRUCTION OR, OR PRODUCTION, MAKING ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ELECTRIC TRUCKS AT THAT SITE.

UH, AND THEY LIKE THE RAIL ACCESS.

I ALSO HAVE A LOCAL COMPANY LOOKING AT MAKING RAIL CARS OUT THERE, AND THEY LIKE THE RAIL ACCESS TO THAT SITE.

THERE MIGHT BE A WAY WE CAN DO THIS PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING TO INVOLVE, UH, COUNTY FUNDS, UH, JUST WORKING WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY NOW AND GETTING THESE END USERS.

AND, AND SO THERE MIGHT BE A LIMITED, UH, SPEND OUT THERE.

THE PRICE YOU SEE UP THERE, UH, IS TAKING IT DOWN A THIRD AT A TIME.

UH, AS YOU MAY HAVE RECALL, OR MAYBE DON'T RECALL, BUT A A PREDECESSOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP TRIED TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

AND, UM, I'M PROBABLY RUNNING LONG, AREN'T I? I'M GONNA ZIP IT PRETTY QUICKLY.

UH, BUT, UH, THEY TRY TO TAKE THE WHOLE SITE DOWN AT ONCE AND WE THINK WE CAN TAKE IT DOWN IN, UH, ONE THIRD TRANCHES.

AND IF A COMPANY WANTS MORE THAN THEY CAN BITE THAT OFF.

UH, WE THINK BEING IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TEASE US UP QUITE WELL.

UH, IF AN END USER, UH, UH, COMES ALONG, AND I MIGHT, UH, BE VISITING WITH THIS BRITISH COMPANY UP IN TORONTO NEXT, UH, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY TO, UH, SEE WHAT THEIR INTEREST IS.

BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE, I THINK IT'S MY LAST SLIDE OR SECOND TO LAST SLIDE, UH, LONG TERM.

UH, AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, UH, THE COUNTY

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UH, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, UH, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, PROJECTS WERE, OR, OR PROPERTIES WORTH WATCHING IS WILLOW RUN.

UH, IT'S SOME HUNDRED, UH, WITH THE TOWN ACREAGE, 120 ACRES.

UH, THAT MIGHT PROVIDE SOME PROMISE FOR, UH, RECREATIONAL USE, OPEN SPACE, AND PERHAPS, UH, SOME HEADQUARTER SITES.

ASPIRATIONALLY, I'D LOVE TO SEE IN THE NEXT, UH, FIVE YEARS, THREE TO FIVE HEADQUARTERS, UH, TYPE PROJECTS LOCATE IN BEAUFORD COUNTY.

AND, UH, UH, OTHER PROPERTIES UP THERE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE CHAMBER ON, UH, UH, REUSE OF THE, UH, NAVAL HOSPITAL.

AND, UH, ONE THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE, I THINK IT'S A NON-STARTER, BUT, UH, SOME LAND JUST SOUTH OF THE WHALE BRANCH THAT WAS PROPOSED.

AND NEXT SLIDE, OUR PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT OVER TIME THAT WE DID NOT PURSUE.

AND NEXT SLIDE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE, UH, THE PRICE IF YOU DID EVERYTHING.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING, UH, YOU DO EVERYTHING, UH, BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU, UH, UH, WHAT WE HAVE IN THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS.

UH, HOPEFULLY TODAY'S PRESENTATION, UH, UH, IS JUST A BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION.

AND, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

I'M SORRY FOR BEING ALONG.

NOPE, THAT WAS GREAT.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, STUART.

ANY, UH, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR MR. ATUL? JUST QUICKLY, UM, WHAT DO YOU, UM, SHOW AS LONG TERM, SHORT TERM, INTERMEDIATE, UH, IMMEDIATE TERMS FOR SOME OF THESE PSYCHS AND STUFF? A FOR AN EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE YOU, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE, THE BEAUFORD, UH, THE GU HERITAGE, UH, IS THAT SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM OR IMMEDIATE? IT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION.

I HAVE IT AS MEDIUM.

SO I THINK, UH, THREE, THREE, IF IT WAS CHOSEN AS A TARGET, I THINK YOU COULD GET IT DONE IN FOUR YEARS, INSIDE OF FOUR YEARS.

GOTCHA.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND IF ANYONE WANTS A COPY OF, OF, OF THOSE, I HAVE COPIES HERE, I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE 'EM.

UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, HARON, I THINK I SAW YOUR HAND UP.

THANK MR. CHAIRMAN.

I JUST GONNA SAY, UM, GREAT PRESENTATION, JOHN.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THOSE DATA POINTS I'S FANTASTIC.

WELL, CHARLIE AND I FEEL BLESSED TO DO IT HERE, AND WE LIKE TO THINK THAT THINGS WE DO IN THE VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES BENEFIT ALL, ALL BEAUFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS.

BUT, UH, AS SOMEBODY GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF SEVEN KIDS, SOMETIMES ON CHRISTMAS DAY, SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S PILE AND WONDERING IF THEY WERE TREATED FAIRLY BY SANTA CLAUS.

SO WE, WE DO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, ANALYSIS.

JOHN, WILL YOU MAKE SURE THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SENT THE PRESENTATION? I SHALL.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN, I THINK WE HAVE YOU UP FOR OUR NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UH, DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE SALE PRICE OF A BEAUFORT COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY IN BEAUFORT COMMERCE PARK.

SO THIS WAS JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. OTU? MM-HMM.

VERY GOOD.

[9. DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE SALE PRICE OF A BEAUFORT COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY IN BEAUFORT COMMERCE PARK]

YES.

AND THIS'LL BE FAIRLY, I HOPE, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

UH, WE USED $208,650 TO BUY SOME 13 ACRES IN THE COMMERCE PARK, AS I JUST SHOWED YOU IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, SLIDE PRESENTATION, UH, NORMAN, UH, THE NORMAN NORMAN USA, UH, OUR FIRST TENANT IN THE SPEC BUILDING HOPES TO BUILD A, UH, A, UH, 2, 220 1000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, BUILDING IN THE PARK.

ON, ON THE LOT THAT I'M MENTIONING, WE ESSENTIALLY PAID 30,000 AN ACRE.

YOU PAID HALF OF IT.

CITY OF BEAUFORD PAID HALF OF IT.

AND IT WOULD BE OUR INTENTION, I THINK, IN THE SPIRIT OF THE OUTCOME OF THE, THE MYRTLE PARK DISCUSSION TO, UH, RETURN COUNTY MONEY BACK TO THE COUNTY FUND.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO RETURN EXACTLY WHAT WE SPENT ON THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, AND RETURN IT BACK TO THE SITE FUND.

SO WE'D BE TREATING IT LIKE REVOLVING FUNDS.

UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE DON'T REALLY NEED ANY ACTION.

BUT, UH, UH, IF, IF I COULD HAVE SOME CONSENSUS THAT, UH, AT LEAST THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS CON IS COMFORTABLE WITH US, UH, SELLING IT AT THE PRICE WE PAID FOR IT, UH, SOME THREE YEARS AGO.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.

ANY, UM, WELL COMMENT ON THAT OR, YEAH, IF I MIGHT, YES, SIR.

THIS ITEM IS NOT ON YOUR COMMITTEE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZATION TO SELL THE PROPERTY, SO I WOULD

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I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS IS GOING, BUT IF THE IDEA IS TO GET PERMISSION FROM COUNSEL TO SELL THE PROPERTY, THIS ISN'T IN THAT POSITION.

I SEE IT AS JUST A, A, UM, A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR US.

SO, UM, FOR US, OTHER THAN JUST HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, ANYTHING ELSE THAT NO PROBLEM WITH THE DISCUSSION.

JUST DON'T WANT ANY VOTES MATTER MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT SELLING PROPERTY.

YES, SIR.

IF, IF I COULD JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I, AS, AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF I'M REPRESENTING A PRICE POINT.

I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T COME BACK AND I SHOCK ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. GREENWAY.

I CAN TELL THAT, UH, A CO A COUPLE THINGS.

UM, AGAIN, YOU ALL HAVE FOUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING ON AGENDA.

WE, WE WENT THROUGH THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WITH THE MYRTLE PARK ISSUE, UH, WHEREBY, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE GAVE, UH, SOME INDICATION OF SOMETHING, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE CITY OF BEAUFORT IS ON THIS.

UH, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST BE APPROACHED ABOUT DOING THE SAME THING AND TAKING SOME STANCE, UH, ON THE ISSUE ABOUT SELLING IT FOR THAT PRICE.

YOU ALL JUST ALLOCATED 600 FUND.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FAIR, UH, FOR YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT JOB SITE FUND WITHOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES WHO ARE ALSO SELLING THEIR PROPERTY, DOING THE SAME WITH THEIR PROCEEDS, UH, FROM THE CELL OF THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS SINCE WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS AND THINGS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION ON IT.

BUT I WOULD BE HESITANT BASED ON WHAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS SAID TO YOU ALL, FOR YOU ALL TO GIVE ANY INDICATION TODAY ABOUT WHERE YOU FEEL, WHERE YOU STAND ON PRICE.

SO WE, WE SHOULD, UM, BRING THIS BACK AT ANOTHER FINANCE MEETING, IS THAT, UH, WHAT THE RECOMMENDED, UH, WE SHOULD GO OUT AND MARKET THE PROPERTY FOR THE TERMS THAT WE THINK IS FAIR.

AND THEN WHEN WE PUT THAT DEAL TOGETHER, WE BRING THAT TO YOU ALL FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT.

AND WITH REGARDS TO THE JOB SITE DEVELOPMENT FUND, IF THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD AND WE PUT OUR PROCEEDS INTO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO BE, UH, ANOTHER 800 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS BASED ON WHAT YOU ALL JUST DID INTO THE JOB SITE DEVELOPMENT FUND.

AND I'M NOT SURE IN HAYES, IF YOU COULD GET FROM ME THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY IS PUTTING INTO THE SAME JOB DEVELOPMENT FUND.

BECAUSE THE RECURRING THEME, AS YOU ALL KNOW FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT SERVE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, IS THAT THIS IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES.

AND IT'S A MODEL THAT'S ESTABLISHED FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE EQUALLY.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH THERE'LL BE FOUR NEW MEMBERS COMING IN JANUARY, THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT PUBLICLY, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR ACTIONS ARE MIRRORING THE ACTUAL WORDS OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOB SITE FUND.

AND THAT WAS, THAT'S JUST MY, UH, 2 CENTS FOR YEP.

AND THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY.

YEAH, MR. ROBIN, I WOULD PIGGYBACK ON WHAT ERIC IS SAYING.

FIRST OF ALL, IF WE'RE TALKING PRICE, IT PROBABLY LENDS ITSELF TO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, NOT SIGNAL TO THE WORLD WHAT WE'RE WILLING, WILLING TO SELL IT FOR.

UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THOUGHT FOR SOME TIME, NOT ONLY ARE WE PUTTING THE BULK OF THE MONEY INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE REPRESENTATION AT THE BOARD LEVEL.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COME BACK WITH A NEW COUNCIL, WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE REPRESENTATION SINCE WE REPRESENT THE BULK OF THE MONEY AND 60% OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNDEVELOPED PART OF THE COUNTY.

GOOD.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBIN.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS? HEY, HEY, MARK.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

YEAH.

MR. DAWSON AHEAD.

YEAH, TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, ON THE DISCUSSION AND THE, UH, POINTS THAT, UM, THE ADMINISTRATOR GAVE, THEN PERHAPS I WOULD SAY TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION, UHS HAD A A HAD A MEETING, BUT SCHEDULE THAT AS STUDENT, LET'S TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND EVERYTHING OUT ON THE TABLE, JUST DISCUSS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE FORWARD WITH THESE, UH, THESE PROJECTS THAT WE DEVELOP THERE.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT FUNDING FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, AS A COUNCIL, WE PROBABLY NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD SO THAT WHEN IT'S TIME FOR FUNDING, EVERYBODY'S AGREED ON A FORMULA FOR FUNDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

GOOD.

YEP.

MR. GLOVER? YEAH, THANK YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, IN MY OPINION RIGHT NOW,

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THEY, THEY WERE TASKED TO BRING IN JOBS TO BEFOR COUNTY, UM, NOT ONLY JOBS TO BEFOR COUNTY, BUT TO INCREASE OUR TAX BASE, GETTING IT AWAY FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL TAX BASE TO MORE OF A COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.

AND, UM, I WANNA SEE THEM MOVE FORWARD.

AND IF EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING, UH, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF AN OPINION, WE NEED TO REALLY SETTLE DOWN ON THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR FROM, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS WELL AS, UH, SOUTHERN CAROLINA.

UM, I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT, AND SO WE ALL CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, THEY DON'T NEED TO COME HERE EVERY TIME AND, AND, AND, AND LOOK LIKE WE ARE SQUABBLING ALL MONEY.

UM, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A FORMULA THEY CAN WORK WITH, THEY CAN DO LONG TERM PLANNING AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO, UM, I WISH WE COULD DO THAT.

GOOD POINT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM, UH, ANY OTHER COUNSEL PERSON? MR. TOOL? GO AHEAD.

BEFORE I GIVE FINAL GO AHEAD.

YEAH, IF I, IF I COULD JUST SAY THE, THE, THE MATH THAT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATOR JUST USED TO SAY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING OUR, UH, EXPENDITURE TO 800,000 IS NOT TRUE.

USING THE SAME LOGIC YOU USED FOR MYRTLE PARK, THE 208,000 WAS SPENT IN 2019.

WE'RE ASKING THAT IT BE REALIZED BACK INTO THE SITE AND JOB FUND.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE REPLENISHING YOUR OWN FUNDS, UH, BACK INTO THE FUND.

SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE POINT THERE.

THE, UH, I, AS FAR AS DISCUSSING PRICE POINTS, AND I, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF TRANSPARENCY AND SPEED.

I WOULD IMAGINE MOST OF YOU WENT INTO GOVERNMENT FOR, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, INCREASE EFFICIENCY WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT.

SO LET ME EXPLAIN.

THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE CITY OF BEAUFORD.

FIRST PIECE OF LAND, WE, WE LET GO AT 20,000 AN ACRE, EVEN THOUGH THE APPRAISAL SAID IT'S WORTH 30, THEY'RE INCENTIVIZING THE DEAL PER ACRE.

THIS LATEST SPEC BUILDING IS GOING TO BE SOLD AT 25,000 AN ACRE.

AND WE, WE HAVE TOLD THEM AS THE PARK IS PROVEN AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BEAUFORT, UH, UH, BEAUFORT IS PROVEN, WE WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE APPRAISED VALUE OF 30,000.

SO THE CONVERSATION, THE SIMILAR CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HELD WITH BEAUFORT.

IF THERE WAS A SALE TO MR. KEVIN'S POINT AND TO MR. GREENWAY'S POINT, THE SALE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.

BUT IF, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A LENGTHY PROCESS OR IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S DOING, JUST LET US KNOW.

BUT IN ORDER TO GO OUT THERE, GET SOMEBODY INTERESTED THEN, AND, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS AIS WAS SUBMITTED IN JUNE, AND HERE WE ARE JUST, UH, JUST ABOUT TO GET INTO THANKSGIVING.

SO, UH, UH, IF, IF IT'S TO, AND, AND SOMETHING WE'VE HAD ON OUR PRESENTATION SINCE I GOT HERE WAS TO IMPROVE OUR BRAND BY BEING SIMPLE, SWIFT, AND CERTAIN, WHEN PEOPLE ASK A QUESTION, YOU GIVE 'EM AN ANSWER.

IS IT THE PERFECT ANSWER? PROBABLY NOT.

COULD SOMEBODY CRITICIZE IT? THEY PROBABLY COULD.

BUT IF YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATION IN OPEN AND SOMEBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

WE BOUGHT IT FOR THIS.

WE DIDN'T BUY IT TO MAKE MONEY, WE BOUGHT IT TO FOSTER INVESTMENT, THE 221,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS GOING TO ADD, UH, 16 MILLION OF INVESTMENT TO THE, UH, GRAND LIST AND SOME, UH, 69 JOBS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THAT TO ME, PASSES THE SMELL TEST.

I'D SAY, YES, BUT IT'S YOUR CALL AND I BROUGHT IT TO YOU FOR ADVICE.

UH, BUT WITH THE MYRTLE PARK, AND NOW WITH THIS EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME I PEER HERE, IT'S TIME.

I'M NOT SPENDING OUT THERE SELLING WHAT YOU'VE HIRED ME TO DO, WHICH IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT DON'T ALIENATE OUR RESIDENTS, DON'T ALIENATE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND DON'T ALIENATE THE US MARINE CORPS AND ADD GRAND LIST AND QUALITY JOBS FOR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

IF I'M NOT DOING WHAT YOU EXPECT ME TO DO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, MR. STOOL,

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UH, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB, BUT OBVIOUSLY ON OUR SIDE, WE NEED TO SHOW TRANSPARENCY.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE MONEY'S BEING SPENT, WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, WHERE IT'S GOING, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WE'RE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION RIGHT NOW WHERE WE DO HAVE FOUR NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE COMING ON.

UM, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANNA MAKE A, A DECISION NOW THAT, UM, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THOSE FOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LIVE BY OUR DECISIONS WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE.

SO, UM, I, I GUESS AT THIS POINT, UM, MR. WILLIAMS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR NEXT FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING AND, AND, AND LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE CLOSER.

IS THAT SOMETHING, ERIC, THAT YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST, THE MOST APPROPRIATE, UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, SUCH AS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT THEY COULD HANDLE IT SOONER.

UM, OTHERWISE I THINK WOULD BRING IT BACK UP, UM, WITH SOME TYPE OF, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S A TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE.

WE CAN LOOK AT FINANCE IN DECEMBER.

YOU HAVE A FINANCE COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER? WE WOULD IN JANUARY.

WELL, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL CONSIDER THAT.

PARCEL AND THEY, THEY CAN'T WORK AROUND A SPECIMEN TREE AND THEY REMOVE THAT TREE, WE BASICALLY REQUIRE THE METER TO PLANT BACK ON THE LOT OR TO, UM, PAY INTO THE TREE FUND.

LET'S, UM, LET'S KEEP MOVING HERE THEN.

UM, AND, UH, WE'RE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT PLANNING AND ZONING FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO CONTINUE SERVING THE BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY]

10.

UM, RECOMMEND, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT PLANNING AND ZONING FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES, UM, TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF SERVICES.

AND, UH, YES.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU, I BELIEVE, IN THE, THE JUNE, 2022 MEETING.

AND AT THAT TIME, YOU REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO OUR EXISTING FEE STRUCTURE AND COMPARISON OF THAT TO, UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES.

WE'VE INCLUDED THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, AND I BELIEVE DORCHESTER COUNTY AS A, AS A COMPARISON AND REALIZING IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT LINE ITEM COMPARISON BECAUSE EVERY COMMUNITY HAS A DIFFERENT WAY THAT THEY, UM, CALCULATE FEES, AS YOU'LL FIND AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS.

I JUST WANTED TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT WE, UM, THESE FEES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY CHARGES WERE ESTABLISHED IN, UH, THE SPRING OF 1999.

AND SO WERE, A LOT HAS HAPPENED, UH, SINCE THAT TIME.

IF YOU LOOK AT PRICES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN QUITE AN INCREASE AS, AS FAR AS INFLATION, BUT IN ADDITION, WE'VE ADOPTED, THAT WAS IN THE ADOPTION OF OUR ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ORDINANCE.

SINCE THAT TIME.

WE'VE ADOPTED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN WE GO THROUGH A PERMIT THAT WE GO, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS NEW CODE REQUIRES OF US AND EVERY TIME WE AMEND IT OR, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT ALL OF THIS IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT DEFINITELY INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAP, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO ADMINISTER THE CODE.

UM, IS WE GO THROUGH THIS LIST, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO ITEM BY ITEM, BUT I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE SIMPLEST, UM, PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS THAT PEOPLE SEEK IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A NOMINAL INCREASE.

YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FOLLOWING COST OF LIVING.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT SUCH THINGS AS A MINOR SUBDIVISION ZONING PERMIT, UH, FAMILY COMPOUNDS, THOSE ARE FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, WITH KIND OF FOLLOWING INFLATION AND, AND, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT HOW THE OLD FEES ARE STRUCTURED AND REALIZED THAT THEY REALLY DON'T REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THAT APPLICATION PRODUCES.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE A MINOR SUBDIVISION.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE CALCULATED AT $25 PER LOT, AND OUR CODE DEFINES A MINOR SUBDIVISION AS FOUR LOTS OR FEWER WITH NO NEW ROADS.

AND THE, THE WAY OUR CODE WORKS IS THE MINUTE YOU TRIGGER A MAJOR SUBDIVISION, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS, UH, YOU KNOW, COME INTO PLAY.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT REQUIRED OPEN SPACE, STORM WATER.

A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S, UM, INTERNAL ROADS AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S QUITE A, THERE'S A BIT OF A LEAP.

UM, AND SO TO SAY, YOU KNOW, $25 A LOT, YOU KNOW, JUST INCREASING AS SOMETHING GOES FROM MINOR TO MAJOR DOES NOT REALLY REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF WORK.

UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE KIND OF TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW WE RES HOW WE STRUCTURED, UM, THE, UH, THE FEES HERE.

UM, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THIS IS BEAUFORT COUNTY AND WE LOVE OUR TREES, AND EVERY TIME TREES COME DOWN, UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU HEAR ABOUT IT.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, THE COST TO MITIGATE.

IF SOMEBODY, UM, IS DEVELOPING A

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AND, YOU KNOW, THE WAY OUR S OUR FEES ARE CURRENTLY STRUCTURED, THAT'S A BIT OF A BARGAIN AS FAR AS PAYING INTO THE TREE FUND.

IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE COST OF PLANTING A, YOU KNOW, A TREE ON THE SITE.

AND SO THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WANTED TO A ADJUST, YOU KNOW, TO BASICALLY, NOT ONLY TO BE FAIR AND REFLECT THE ACTUAL COST OF THINGS, BUT WE THINK THAT IT ALSO, I THINK POLICY-WISE MIGHT LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE RECONSIDERING WHETHER IT'S WORTH IT TO REMOVE A TREE OR, YOU KNOW, NOT TO PLANT BACK ON SITE.

SO, WANTED TO DRAW THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE MAY LOOK HIGH, BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE REFLECTING, I WOULD SAY, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, MAJOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT FEE REFLECTS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO REVIEWING THAT PLAN.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I THINK THE FINAL PAGE HERE, WE ADDED THIS.

SOME OF THESE FEES MAY SEEM, YOU KNOW, SHOCKING AT FIRST, BUT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING, THE AMOUNT OF WORK NECESSARY WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY IS DOING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENTERING INTO AGREEMENT THAT WE, WE COULD LIVE IN, LIVE WITH DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.

IT, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK ON OUR PART, YOU KNOW.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY IS SEEKING THAT ROUTE, THAT THE COST OF US MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING THE BEST, UH, UM, LOOKING OVER THE DOCUMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE FEES REFLECT THAT COST.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT THESE ARE ALL NEW FEES FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS CURRENTLY.

THERE'S NO FEE STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO REFLECT THAT.

UM, ONE FINAL NOTE, AND NONE OF THESE GO INTO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

ALL THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED GO, GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO , REGARDLESS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT, UM, OCCURS IN OUR DEPARTMENT BASED ON THE, THE, THE WORKLOAD, THE PERMITS, THE ZONING AMENDMENTS, ALL THE THINGS THAT COME INTO OUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED IN FEES REFLECTS THAT.

AND SO WE DON'T STAND THE GAIN AS A DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK IT ALSO HELPS THAT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF FEES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS, UM, BETTER REFLECTS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IT, THAT IT TAKES TO REVIEW THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

UM, WITH THAT, UH, ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS? AND LET ME JUST SAY, MR. MERCHANT, I, I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T GIVE YOU A PROPER INTRODUCTION.

OH, ROBERT MERCHANT, I WAS SEARCHING FOR YOUR, YOUR OFFICIAL TITLE, WHICH, UH, ACTING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.

AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE WHEN YOU FIRST STEPPED UP.

IS ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MERCHANT? YEP, GO AHEAD, JOE.

ON THE DEVELOPMENT A AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD BE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? YES.

WHAT ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT EXISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? THEY, THEY WANT TO MODIFY THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

WOULD THOSE FEES BE THE SAME? WOULD BE THE SAME.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND FUTURE OF NO TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT? AGREE.

, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, AND, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS, IS FOR US TO, UH, APPROVE THIS AND THEN IT WOULD MOVE TO COUNTY COUNSEL FOR THREE READINGS.

UM, IS THERE RESOLUTION, I'M SORRY, IT'S RESOLUTION, SO IT JUST BE ONE READING? YEAH.

UM, SO ONE READING, BUT IT WOULD GO BEFORE.

COUNSEL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE A OH, NO.

YES SIR.

YOU'RE GOOD.

UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE HERE, UH, BUT I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT FAMILY, FAMILY, UH, RESIDENT MOVING FROM WHAT, 25 TO 50? UH, THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT JUSTIFY THAT ACTUALLY FAMILY COMPOUND.

WE'RE KEEPING THE SAME, WE'RE KEEPING AT 25 CUZ WE RECOGNIZE A LOT OF TIMES IN THOSE SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU CALL SPECIAL EVENT? IN OUR CODE, WE HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERMITS.

UH, TEMPORARY USE PERMITS, SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS.

UM, ONE EXAMPLE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, THE CIRCUS WAS GONNA COME TO HABERSHAM.

I DON'T THINK IT PANNED OUT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT IT, IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON OUR PART.

UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THE PERMITTING FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE CODE.

THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE, MR. CHAIRMAN.

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ALL RIGHT, LET'S, UH, MOVE ON THEN TO NUMBER 11.

IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND IT.

IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO US MOVING THIS TO COUNSEL FOR A RESOLUTION? SEEING NO OBJECTION, THIS WILL, WILL MOVE TO COUNSEL.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MERCHANT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

[Items 11 & 12]

ON YOUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU ALL TAKE 11 AND 12 WITH ONE.

WE'LL DO BOTH PRESENTATIONS AND WE CAN TAKE ONE MOTION ON BOTH OF THOSE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO BOTH PRESENTATIONS, UH, 11 AND 12, AND THEN TAKE A, UM, A, UH, A VOTE, UM, HOPEFULLY HAVE A, AN AMENDMENT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY HANK, CAN YOU PRESENT THIS AS WELL? YES, SIR.

HELLO AGAIN.

UM, YEAH, AS REQUESTED TO DO THESE TOGETHER, I, I'LL DESCRIBE 'EM SEPARATELY THOUGH.

UM, NUMBER 11 IS, UH, THE SECOND PART I MADE, I THINK IT WAS IN TWO MONTHS AGO FOR THE GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND, WHERE WE REQUEST THE, THE CITIES, THE MUNICIPALITIES TO MAKE THEIR REQUESTS FOR THEIR ALLOCATION.

, I'VE ATTACHED THOSE LETTERS.

THEY ALL FIT WITH OUR JOINT PLANNING AND ARPA INITIATIVES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ON THOSE, UH, I CAN ELABORATE, BUT, UH, BEAUFORT IS GONNA FURTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HILTON HEAD IS GOING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO SERVE THE UNDERSERVED AND MOST AFFECTED AREAS.

AND HARDY IS GONNA SUPPORT, UH, JOINT EFFORTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY MOVING FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT THEIR LETTERS ARE FOR.

SECONDLY, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY EXCITING.

I KNOW I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE ANYBODY ELSE'S PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS EXCITING BECAUSE OUR NURSING INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED FIRST, UH, HAS REALLY GROWN.

AND THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT, UH, WE WE'RE TALK ABOUT BUILDING A PIPELINE FOR THE MEDICAL FIELD AND NURSES.

SO WE STARTED WITH FILLING THAT PIPELINE.

SO WE WORKED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE WORKED WITH THE COLLEGES, WE WORKED WITH THE HOSPITAL.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE LAUNCHED WHAT IS CALLED THE PATH PROGRAM.

PEOPLE ACHIEVING THEIR HIGHEST, I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.

THAT'S A RUSSELL BLEY PROGRAM.

THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE TO SUPPORT.

HE'S BEEN A GOOD DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS.

THINKING HOLISTICALLY ABOUT THE, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, UH, PEOPLE ARE TRAINED FOR ALL FACILITIES, EVEN THOUGH BEFOR MEMORIAL IS, IS THE MOST BOUGHT IN, IN THE PROCESS.

UH, HOWEVER, THIS HAS THEN FOSTERED A NEED FOR CAPACITY.

WE CAN GET MORE IN THE PIPELINE, BUT NOW WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN AND NOT HAVE MULTIPLE ENTITIES, BUILD MULTIPLE FACILITIES IN WHICH TO TRAIN THEM.

SO AS I WROTE INTO THE AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY, UM, I DID FORGET A WORD, SO EXCUSE MY GRAMMAR, I WAS TRYING TO GET IT IN IN TIME, BUT IT'S INNOVATIVE, BUT WE'RE NOT THE FIRST.

THERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN LEXINGTON WHERE A HOSPITAL AND A UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SYSTEM HAVE COME TOGETHER TO HAVE A JOINT FACILITY TO GREATLY INCREASE THE CAPACITY.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE CAPACITY AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND NURSES, IT'S ALSO THE QUALITY OF THE TRAINING, THE MODERN NATURE OF THE FACILITY IN WHICH THEY'RE TRAINED.

I ATTACHED A FLOOR PLAN.

UH, IT'S VERY EXCITING.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS THAT STARTED WITH HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM.

SO WE GET HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, COLLEGE KIDS, AND EVEN EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT MEDICAL WITHIN A HOSPITAL.

THIS WILL THEN CREATE ONE WAY MIRROR SITUATIONS WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE SIMULATIONS, DEBRIEF, ROOMS AND CLASSROOMS. BUT ADDITIONALLY, IT CREATES CAPACITY FOR TESTING AND CERTIFICATION.

THERE IS NOT A LOCAL TESTING AND CERTIFICATION CENTER.

IN FACT, PEOPLE HAVE TO TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES TO DO SO.

SO IN THIS FACILITY, NOT ONLY WHERE OUR PEOPLE NOT HAVE TO EXPEND RESOURCES TO GO SOMEWHERE, IT'LL ACTUALLY ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE AREA.

UH, THIS IS AGAIN, WOULD BE LOCATED AT BEAUTIFUL MOR HOSPITAL IN THEIR SPACE, BUT CITY, COUNTY, US, CB AND THE HOSPITAL WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS RENOVATION.

I'D BE ASKING FOR THIS HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, DO WE HAVE FOR HANK? GREAT IDEA.

I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION FOR ITEMS 11 AND 12 SECOND.

SO WE HAVE, UM, A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO, UM, UM, APPROVE OF ITEMS 11 AND 12.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE ONLINE? ANYONE IN CHAMBERS HERE? JUST QUICKLY? UM, I DON'T SEE, UM, WITH THE NURSES TRAINING FACILITY, YES, SIR.

I DON'T SEE COLLABORATION WITH, UM, UM, TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS.

UM, THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO PARTICIPATE.

THEY SAID THEY DID NOT NEED THE EXTRA CAPACITY.

OH, OKAY.

THANK

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YOU.

MR, WHERE DO YOU VOTE? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY ONE THING.

UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE WERE, UH, UH, AT ODDS, UH, ON CERTAIN ISSUES WITH, UH, BEAU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY SINCE HE'S HERE TODAY, TO THANK, UH, MR. BAXLEY FOR THE JOB THAT HE DID, UH, WORKING WITH ME TO NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS TO HELP PUT THAT ISSUE BEHIND US AND, UH, RESTORE A POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP, UH, BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND BEFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THEIR GREAT PARTNERS.

UH, RUSSELL HAS MY HIGH ESTEEM AND DEEP PROFESSIONAL RESPECT, AND, UH, UH, I ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM.

SO, ONE MORE DETAIL JUST FOR THE RECORD.

ADDITIONALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS JOINT TRAINING FACILITY IS THE HOSPITAL ACTUALLY PROVIDES CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS.

IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET AND GAIN CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WALK INTO JOBS.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATE.

SO THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS PART OF THE MONEY UNDER ARPA FUNDS THAT CAN BE OBLIGATED AND BE SPENT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

YES, SIR.

EXCELLENT.

WE JUST NEED YOU ALL TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZATION AND SPENDING.

OKAY, GREAT.

IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, WE WILL APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.

I DO NOT SEE OR HEAR ANY OBJECTION.

SO THIS IS APPROVED TO MOVE TO COUNSEL.

MR. SSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB.

[13. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH GOVERNMENTJOBS.COM, INC. (DBA NEOGOV) FOR RECRUITING AND APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM - (FISCAL IMPACT: $190,827.34)]

LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER OR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13.

UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH GOVERNMENT JOBS.COM AND MR. MARSHALL.

I THINK THAT, UH, YES, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? YES, SIR.

UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR, UH, THIS BODY'S APPROVAL OF SOME FUNDING FROM THE GO IT TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE BOND, UH, TO FUND A NEW APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM, BASICALLY, AND IT'S MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

THIS WILL REPLACE OUR LEGACY SYSTEM THAT'S ATTACHED TO MUNUS.

UM, IT WILL GIVE US AN ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE.

IT'LL GIVE US GREATER EFFICIENCY, MORE CAPABILITY THAN WE HAVE WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.

OUR RESPONSIVENESS WILL BE BETTER BETWEEN APPLICANT AND ORGANIZATION.

OUR RESPONSIVENESS WILL BE BETTER BETWEEN HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND HIRING MANAGER SHOULD SPEED THE PROCESS.

UH, THERE ARE ALREADY OVER A DOZEN, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT HAVE THIS PRODUCT AND ARE USING THIS PRODUCT.

AND AS BEST WE CAN TELL, THEY'RE VERY SATISFIED WITH THIS PRODUCT.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN REPLACING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS NEED THE USER FRIENDLY NOR EFFICIENT, UH, WITH THIS.

AND IT SHOULD HELP WITH OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS AS WELL.

IT GIVES US EXPANDED RECRUITING CAPABILITY.

UM, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, FOR, UH, MR. SCOTT MARSHALL, HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

ONE SECOND.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN PASSMAN.

AND, UM, I THINK MR. RODMAN WAS SECOND THERE, BUT, UM, THANK YOU MR. DAWSON.

UM, AND ANY OBJECTION TO US? AND THIS IS JUST US PURCHASING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN THE, THE FINANCE COMMITTEES.

YEAH, WE PROBABLY SHOULD CLARIFY THAT THE AMOUNT IS FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

YES.

SO THAT TOTAL AMOUNT THEN WOULD, IS 190,000 SPREAD OVER THREE YEARS, OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

THREE YEARS, OKAY.

YES, MR. GREAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NO OBJECTION.

UM, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. MARSHALL.

THANK YOU, COMMITTEE.

AND WE'RE MOVING ON NOW TO, UM, EXECUTIVE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SESSION.

DO YOU WANT TO, UH, WELL, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND TO PURCHASE PROPERTY TO YOU, UH, ADJACENT TO THE OLIVE OILY BOAT LANDING.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND DISCUSS IT, YOU CAN.

IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS AN OPEN SESSION, WE'RE FINE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

VOTE.

SO YEAH, WITH NO PROBLEM TO OPEN SESSION.

EVERYONE THINKS WE GO BACK THERE AND THERE'S ALL KIND OF CRAZY THINGS WE TALK ABOUT AND THEY FIND OUT THAT'S PRETTY BORING, ACTUALLY.

SO, UM, UH, IS MS. WARD, ARE YOU GONNA PRESENT THIS TO US? I AM.

YOU ALL WANT US TO PURSUE THIS AT THE STAFF LEVEL RIGHT NOW TO PUT THE DETAILS TOGETHER ON THIS PARTICULAR DEAL.

LUCK TO YOU.

I HAVE TO BRING MY FINANCE GU UP HERE WITH ME FOR A LITTLE SUPPORT.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

WE CAN DO THE MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION AT COUNCIL.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE

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, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER LAWS, AND YOU'RE ALREADY FAIRLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE, RIGHT? MS. WARD? UM, YES.

CAME TO ME A SHORT TIME AGO TO LOOK INTO THIS PROPERTY.

UM, THIS IS CONSIDERED TWO MULLET STREET.

IT IS ACTUALLY TWO PROPERTIES, AND IF GIS WILL PULL UP TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF ITS LOCATION.

AND CAN EVERYBODY ONLINE SEE THAT AS WELL? OKAY, SO THIS IS MULLET STREET, OR I MEAN, UH, ALL JOY LANDING RIGHT HERE WITH THE BOAT RAMP.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED PARCELS HERE, IT IS ONE PARCEL THAT IS POINT APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES.

THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AS IT IS CURRENTLY LISTED, AND IT IS LISTED, UM, WITH A, UM, REAL ESTATE AGENT AT THIS TIME.

SO IT IS ON THE PUBLIC MARKET.

THE HOUSE YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE PURCHASE.

SO THE PURCHASE OR THE LISTING TOGETHER ARE THE TWO YELLOW PARCELS THAT YOU SEE HERE, AS WELL AS THIS OTHER HIGHLIGHTED PARCEL HERE.

THEY ARE BEING SOLD TOGETHER.

THE FAMILY DOES NOT WISH TO HAVE THE PARCELS, UM, TAKEN APART FOR REASONS OF THE COUNTY PURCHASING IT.

SO THE COUNTY WOULD BE BUYING IT ALL TOGETHER.

WHAT GONNA HELP HOUSE ITSELF IS WITH A HOME.

I MEAN, IT IS, UM, IT IS A PRETTY NICE HOME.

UH, IT IS, I BELIEVE A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSES SQUARE, OR, UM, IT'S SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THAT.

I CAN GET YOU THE DETAILS OF THE HOME ITSELF, UM, AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE, UH, DETAILS OF IT.

LIKE I SAID, IT IS LISTED ONLINE.

UM, I'M JUST WHERE THE TOTAL OF ALL THREE PROPERTIES IS.

WHAT WAS THE TOTAL ACREAGE OF THAT? UH, IT IS A LITTLE OVER, I'M PULLING IT UP RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A LITTLE OVER HALF AN ACRE.

SO I'M UNSURE AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE.

UM, RIGHT HERE.

ENGINEERING HAS SAID THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, COMPLIMENTARY TO THE BOAT LANDING AND HOW IT SITS.

IT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PARKING ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOWN THERE.

I, UH, HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE FAMILY.

UM, IT IS CURRENTLY LISTED, UH, BUT WE HAVE PUT IN A LETTER OF INTENT, UM, FOR IT TO BE APPRAISED AND BASED ON AN APPRAISAL.

UM, WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT 1.9, I BELIEVE, 1.1 0.9 MILLION.

THAT'S INCLUDE THE HOUSE THAT IS INCLUDING THE HOUSE.

IT WOULD BE UP TO, UM, COUNSEL AND OUR ADMINISTRATOR DETERMINE WHAT USE OF THE HOUSE WE WOULD HAVE OR WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE HOME.

UM, BUT THE PURCHASER IS FULLY AWARE OF OUR, UH, DESIRE TO EXPAND THE PARKING OF ALL JOY, UM, BOAT LANDING AND THE NEED FOR IT.

THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

UM, I KNOW SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AND THEY LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

SO, UH, THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT I CAN PRESUME THROUGH A CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF PARKING THERE.

WE BE EXPANDING INTO? SO I, I BELIEVE THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS COMMITTEE THEN TO, UM, UH, OKAY.

MAKE A, A RECOMMENDATION, OR ACTUALLY TO, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU ALL TO REC, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN ANY, ANY PURCHASE THEN WOULD BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL.

IT WOULD BE FULL COUNSEL.

AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT.

UM, AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

THE HOUSE SELLS AGAIN, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF, UH, THE, THE MORE HEAVILY USED BOAT LANDINGS.

UM, WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE IN BLUFFTON.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FOR ME, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THIS AND, AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, AND TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THINGS WORK ON, ON THE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR ANY DISCUSSION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH ANYONE ELSE IN, IN, IN COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO, IF I MAY.

YES, MA'AM.

THIS IS MY TYPICAL PRESENTATION.

I LIKE TO HAVE A LOT MORE FACTS WHEN PRESENTING TO A COMMITTEE COUNCIL.

I DO WANNA EXPLAIN TO COUNSEL WHY THIS IS COMING FORWARD SO QUICKLY.

UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION A SHORT TIME AGO.

LIKE I SAID, UM, WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING AN APPRAISAL.

SO THE FAMILY HAS AGREED THAT THE APPRAISAL'S GONNA BE TAKING CONSIDERATION.

SO I, I'M STATING ONE POINT, THE 1.9, BUT THAT PRICE MAY FLUCTUATE EITHER WAY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, BY THE TIME THIS COMES IN FORWARD IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, I WOULD'VE WORKED WITH ENGINEERING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO COUNCIL MM-HMM.

, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT HERE? UM, AS FAR AS PARKING GOES, UM, HOW MUCH MORE PARKING WOULD

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BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS ON THE OPEN MARKET.

UM, SO IT DOES ALSO HAVE ITS OWN, IT DOES HAVE ITS OWN DOT, ITS OWN DEEP WATER DOT.

IT DOES HAVE A, DO, UH, DEEP WATER ACCESS, UH, WHICH I CAN SHOW YOU.

YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS A DEEP WATER DOCK OWNED BY THE HOUSE.

, LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU.

THE YELLOW, THE COLORED PARCEL IS A HALF AN ACRE COMBINED WITH THE HOME, THE HOME, AND THE YELLOW PORTION IS A LITTLE OVER HALF AN ACRE.

WOW.

, ACCORDING, AND AGAIN, I HAVE NOT HAD THAT VERIFIED THAT AS ACCORDING TO OUR TAX RECORDS, WHICH I CAN ABSOLUTELY VERIFY, AND I'M SURE, UM, THE LISTING AGENT CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THAT AS WELL.

, BRITTANY, THIS IS YES, SIR.

THE, THE PURCHASE OF THE OFS FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.

I, I, I CAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A NO BRAINER.

UM, BUT I, I LIKE SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN TO ME THE USES THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR THE HOUSE.

AND FORTUNATELY SIR, THE FAMILY IS NOT WILLING TO SELL ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

UM, THEY WOULD BE SELLING THIS TOGETHER.

UH, AND THEN ADMINISTRATION, WE WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO WITH THE PARCEL WHEREBY THE HOUSE LIES ON MM-HMM.

SO, AND, AND, AND TAKING MR. DAWSON'S QUESTION IS, IS WE, THEY WANNA SELL THE WHOLE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PURCHASE IT WITHOUT TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE THING.

IT WOULD THEN BE UP TO COUNCIL OF, OF, IF WE DID DECIDE TO PURCHASE IT AND GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH A VOTE THAT WOULDN'T JUST PURCHASE IT, UM, OF WHAT WE DID WITH IT.

AND THAT WOULD BE EITHER THEN TO SELL THE HOUSE SEPARATE, TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN, USE THE HOUSE FOR OTHER PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE'VE SPENT, AND AGAIN, BEING PRUDENT WITH, WITH THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

AND IT MAY BE THAT WE COULD ALSO JUST AS ANOTHER OPTION, UH, IS THERE ABILITY TO RESURVEY THIS AND ADD AN EVEN MORE, UM, PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THE HOME, UH, HERE, AND THEN SELL THE HOUSE.

I MEAN, THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS TO YOUR POINT.

OKAY? MM-HMM.

SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS, MR. ROBIN, YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? OH, YES SIR.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

SOUNDS TO ME LIKE, UH, IT'S A GOOD DEAL.

TIME IS IN THE ESSENCE, SHOULDN'T TAKE YOU TOO LONG TO FIGURE IT OUT AND BRING IT BACK TO US.

SO I WOULD MOVE, WE SEND THIS FORWARD WITH, UH, RECOMMENDATION FROM FINANCE TO COUNCIL.

I WILL SECOND THAT.

WE GOT SECOND.

I SEE MR. HERON.

SO NOW WE'RE OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.

MR. HERON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE FLOOR? UH, YES, PLEASE.

UH, QUESTION AND A COMMENT, BUT THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THIS IN UNINCORPORATED OR IN TOWN? THIS IS UNINCORPORATED BEFOR COUNTY, CORRECT.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

I SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I'VE ALREADY HEARD AND THAT THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PIECE OF PROPERTY PUSHING 2 MILLION.

AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE'D BE PURCHASING A APPARENTLY RATHER NICE HOUSE, WHICH I CAN'T IMAGINE THEM THE TAXPAYERS BE COUNTY HAVE BE USED FOR.

UM, SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE, UM, THE OPTIONS ARE FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY AS WELL.

BUT I DO SHARE THOSE CONCERNS, WHETHER IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY THOUGH, RIGHT.

MORE.

YEP.

MR. GLOVER, GO? NO, I'LL, MR. ROBIN.

I WAS GONNA SAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE BUY AND WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO FLIP THE HOUSE AND, AND USE A PORTION OF IT PARKING, BUT MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT, UM, THAT HALF AN ACRE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LAND AND YOU GOT A HOUSE ON THERE AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ABOUT RESERVATION.

BUT IF COUNTY CAN SHOW, UM, FOR THE STAFF HOW THEY WOULD CREATE PARKING, I MEAN, SPACE WOULD BE ON THERE.

UM, AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE HOUSE ITSELF? UM, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT OF LAND THERE, INCLUDING THAT HOUSE.

THAT'S MY, AND I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ACTUALLY A BIGGER PARCEL, YOU KNOW, SEEING IT DOWN THERE AND IT COULD BE END UP BEING A BIGGER PARCEL.

UM, AN APPRAISAL FOR IT FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, SO I CAN PROVIDE MUCH GREATER INFORMATION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SO ANY, ANY MORE DISCUSSION FROM ANYBODY? UM, I CAN'T SEE IF YOU ARE WITH NO MORE DISCUSSION.

UH, WE'RE GONNA, MR. I JUST HAVE ONE.

THE HOUSE LISTED TO SALE ON MARKET NOW IT IS, WHAT'S THE LIST? PRICE? 1.995.

AND THAT'S WITH, THAT'S WITH THE APPRAISAL THAT THE OWNER OBTAINED.

UH, THAT IS THEIR LISTING AGENT HAS LISTED IT PRICE OPINION, AND IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY JUST A PRICE OPINION FROM THEIR REAL ESTATE AGENT.

UM, BUT I AM OBTAINING,

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COULD YOU MOVE THAT PICTURE UP A LITTLE BIT FROM THE END OF THE DOCUMENT AND THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE, WELL, YES.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE A VOTE? UH, WHEN I ASK IF THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, UM, YOU NEED TO TAKE A ROLL CALL, IS ANY OBJECTION? I DON'T SEE ANY OBJECTION.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE.

SO, UM, WE WILL THEN, UM, THIS PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE WILL THEN MOVE THIS TO COUNTY WHERE WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION, UH, FROM YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

I WILL, MS. WARD, HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOTHING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE HAD THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT BEFORE.

I KNOW THIS TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

MR. GREENWAY, ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE GOT? NO, I'M GOOD.