[1. Call to Order]
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. AND THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JANUARY 3RD 2023 TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP TO ORDER. CHRISTA ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT? YES, SIR, WE ARE.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? I CERTAINLY WILL.
MR. BROWN HERE, MISS BRYSON. MR. AMES HERE. MISS.
MISS BECKER? YEAH. MR. ALFRED HERE.
MR. STANFORD HERE. MAYOR PERRY HERE. PRESENT, SIR.
THANK YOU. PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SHE STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU.
[4. Appearance by Citizens]
AS WE GO INTO APPEARANCES BY CITIZENS, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO TOWN COUNCIL PLEASE DO SO AFTER YOUR 3 MINUTES IS UP. EACH PERSON HAS 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS TOWN COUNCIL.AT THE END OF THE 3 MINUTES YOU ARE ASKED TO CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
PLEASE MAINTAIN A DECORUM SUITABLE FOR THE MEETING AND REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANE ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE. CHRISTA IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY? YES, SIR. WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP. SIX PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY. FIRST IS SIERRA SIERRA IN STAR IN.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KAREN STALL.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW AND REELECTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON THE RECENT APPOINTMENTS AND I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S LATE IN THE DAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE SO I'LL BE BRIEF. THIS IS A NEW YEAR AND A NEW ADMINISTRATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO AND I'M REPRESENTING A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT ARE ASKING TO USE THIS NEW TOWN COUNCIL TO PUT THE INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS FIRST.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ROLANDO AND THE TOWN STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF DEALING WITH SOME TRAFFIC AND STORMWATER ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RECENTLY.
HIS LEADERSHIP IS MAKING A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE THAT WE CAN ALREADY TELL THAT THIS IS A NEW ADMINISTRATION. THE TOWN RECENTLY PRESENTED ITS MID ISLAND TRACT MASTER PLAN WHICH GOES TO GREAT LAND TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH CHARLES FRAZIER'S VISION.
THE MASTER PLAN ALSO STATES AND I QUOTE IT WILL ENHANCE HUMAN WELL-BEING AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY. WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPLY THESE METRICS TO PROPOSED 15 WIMBLEDON PROJECT WHICH IN ITS CURRENT FORM IS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THESE TWO METRICS.
THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE FOLLOWING FIELD, NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEACH AVAILABILITY FOR RESIDENTS AT ISLAND BEACH PARK. WE WOULD ASK THAT THE TOWN AT A MINIMUM CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AS WELL AS A TRAFFIC STUDY OVER A WEEKEND IN JULY. THE RESIDENTS OF THIS ISLAND HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS TRAFFIC STUDY SINCE 2015. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DANIEL ANTHONY .
MR. ANTHONY DANIEL ANTHONY . GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DANIEL ANTHONY AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE JARVIS CREEK SUBDIVISION POWAY LOCATED AT WALKING HORSE STREET OFF JANESVILLE ROAD. I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY FORMED JANESVILLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP A MORE TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TOWN OFFICIALS AND THE RESIDENTS OF JANESVILLE ROAD AND TO SLOW THE ESCALATION OF DEVELOPMENT ON JANESVILLE ROAD. WE ARE NOT AGAINST ALL DEVELOPMENT AS LONG AS IT ADHERES TO THE PURPOSE OF THE ALAMO.
THAT PURPOSE IS TO CODIFY STANDARDS THAT REGULATE LAND USE, PROMOTE ORDERLY GROWTH AND PROTECT EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS BY ENSURING A SAFE, CONVENIENT, ATTRACTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY. THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS AND MANY TOWN OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE ALAMO DOES NOT MEET THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE ISLAND.
YEARS AGO THE ALAMO GUIDELINES WERE CHANGED TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HOWEVER, THESE CHANGES DID VERY LITTLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEEDS.
THEY MERELY ENHANCED THE ABILITY FOR DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS MANY OF WHICH WHO DO NOT LIVE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO GET RICH. WHILE OUR ISLAND SUFFERED IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT WILDLIFE CREEKS AND STREAMS, SALTWATER MARSHES,
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QUALITY OF LIFE THE VERY IMAGE OF HILTON HEAD THAT ALL OF US HAVE COME TO LOVE.THE CURRENT ALAMO ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER TO DESIGN AND ENGINEER THEIR PROJECTS ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION OF LOWCOUNTRY DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. DEVELOPERS AND TOWN OFFICIALS WILL ARGUE THAT THEY ADHERE TO THE ALAMO RULES AND GUIDELINES. THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT ONE ONLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT ON MARSHLAND ROAD OR BAILEY'S COVE TO SEE THE FAILURES OF THE CURRENT ALAMO.
I ASK YOU IS THIS THE FUTURE OF HILTON HEAD? IS THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING? HOW CAN SOMEONE CLAIM THAT A DEVELOPMENT ADDRESS IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN THE PRICE TAG ON THESE UNITS IS BETWEEN 508 HUNDRED K? HOW CAN A SCHOOL TEACHER FIREFIGHTER POLICE OFFICER EMT . HOW CAN THEY AFFORD TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY LIKE THIS? THE ALAMO MUST BE CHANGED TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF PAST ADMINISTRATIONS BEFORE ANY MORE DAMAGE CAN BE DONE AND TO PROTECT THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND FROM THE GREED OF DEVELOPERS. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL ISLAND WITH BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, DIVERSE AND HISTORICAL COMMUNITIES. WE ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING WHAT WE HAVE ALL COME TO CHERISH AND ENJOY. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT A MORATORIUM BE ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE CURRENT ALAMO RULES AND GUIDELINES CAN BE ADDRESSED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENTS BEYOND AN ARMED FORCE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS WOULD GET ALL OF US TIME TO REEVALUATE THE LONG TERM EFFECTS THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS BRING TO OUR COMMUNITIES. TO ADDRESS SUCH ITEMS AS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME JUST TO NAME A FEW.
WE ALSO ASKED FOR A ONE HOUR MEETING DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF JANESVILLE ROAD AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU LORI SURRATT SO OUR LAND IS SARLACC IT'S GOT TO PUT MY OLD LADY GLASSES ON NOW.
MAYOR PERRY, MR. ORLANDO AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND FOR LISTENING TO OUR CITIZENS. I'M HERE TODAY REGARDING THE EXCESSIVE OVERDEVELOPMENT OF JONES FALL ROAD AND THE EFFECTS IT'S HAVING ON THE SAFETY OF THE CURRENT RESIDENTS IN THIS HISTORIC COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY BAILEY'S COVE A MASSIVE 147 UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS BEING BUILT AT THE FRONT OF JONES FIELD ROAD WHICH ESSENTIALLY DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF CARS AND PEOPLE INHABITING THE ROAD.
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE TOWN WITH WHAT HAS BEEN ADMITTED ON PUBLIC RECORD AS SOME QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS REGARDING ADHERENCE TO CURRENT LMO AND INADEQUATE ASSESSMENTS AS TO THE IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON TRAFFIC, WATER, SEWER AND GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND WE ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE IMPACTS. ALL IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO THIS AREA DUE TO BAILEY'S COVE WILL NOW FALL ON THE BACKS OF THE TOWN AND OUR TAXPAYING RESIDENTS RATHER THAN THE DEVELOPERS THAT WILL SIGNIFICANT PROFIT OFF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE NOW LEFT LIVING ON A ONE WAY AND ONE WAY OUT ROAD WITH DOUBLE THE TRAFFIC AND POPULATION NOW. TWO ADDITIONAL LARGE DEVELOPMENTS ARE PROPOSED AND IF APPROVED WOULD ALMOST TRIPLE THE CURRENT POPULATION AND TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD.
THE LACK OF APPROPRIATE PLANNING FOR BAILEY'S COVE IS ALREADY CREATED AN INCREDIBLE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY HAZARD DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC TIMES THE NEW POPULATION AND OUR RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN OFF OF JONES VALE ROAD IN ANY DIRECTION MEANING WE WILL HAVE NO WAY OF LEAVING OUR COMMUNITY. IF THERE IS ANY NEED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES DURING THOSE TIMES THERE WILL BE NO WAY IN OR OUT FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD A FAIR, UNBIASED AND TRANSPARENT ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE IMPACT ON THIS HISTORIC AREA AND WHETHER IT CAN SUPPORT THIS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE BEEN PROMISED FUTURE ASSESSMENTS AND WHILE WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT THESE PROMISED CHANGES WILL NOT IMPACT THE TWO NEW PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD THEY BE QUICKLY PUSHED THROUGH BEFORE PROMISED CHANGES ARE MADE.
PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL DESTROY OUR HISTORIC AREA FOR YEARS TO COME. I'M REQUESTING TODAY THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL AND MAYOR STAND UP ON BEHALF OF THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND HALT ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OVER AN OUR M4 IN THIS AREA UNTIL APPROPRIATE SURVEYS TAKE PLACE. I'M IN NO WAY PROPOSING THAT LAND SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE IN THIS AREA BUT IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE CAN BE PROTECTED AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL DWELLINGS BEFORE WE ALLOW FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT. CURRENT ELMO STATES HIS PURPOSE IS TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT, PROMOTE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY MORALS, CONVENIENCE ORDER, APPEARANCE, PROSPERITY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE LANDOWNERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF REAL PROPERTY OWNERS BY ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN AND PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. I BELIEVE YOU COULD ASK ANY RESIDENT ON JONES HILL ROAD IF THEY FEEL THAT THE ALAMO HAS PERFORMED AS PROMISED AND THEY WOULD CERTAINLY DISAGREE. BUT WHEN THE TOWN SELECTIVELY ADHERES TO ITS ORDINANCES WE ARE NOT JUST DISSATISFIED. WE'VE BEEN COMPLETELY FAILED AND LEFT IN DANGEROUS LIVING
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CONDITIONS AND OUR RIGHTS HAVE CERTAINLY NOT BEEN PROTECTED. THANK YOU STEVE CLARK.MR. CLARK, YOU. HELLO. MY NAME'S STEVE CLARK.
I LIVE ON WALKING HORSE STREET OFF OF JONESVILLE ROAD. I'D LIKE TO ECHO THIS TO OUR SPEAKERS. THEY LAID IT OUT VERY WELL. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO TAKE A 15 MINUTES AND DRIVE DOWN JONESBORO ROAD IF YOU'VE NEVER HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA. IT'S SURROUNDED BY TWO BEAUTIFUL MARSHES ON BOTH SIDES. IT'S ALREADY BEING DESTROYED.
IT WILL BE DESTROYED AND YOU JUST NEED TO GO DOWN HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THIS IS A FAIR THING THAT'S HAPPENING TO JUST THAT AREA AND YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE EVEN WHERE THEY PUT THE NEW ROAD IN IT'S ON A BLIND CURVE WITH THE IN THE 30 ACRE BULLDOZED TREES IT CAME DOWN AND IT LEFT 12 TREES. I MEAN SO JUST TAKE A RIDE DOWN THERE, TAKE A LOOK AND A APPRECIATE TO THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS. THEY DID A VERY NICE JOB.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MARY MINETTI.
MR. MINETTI, GOOD AFTERNOON. NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR AND OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL WOMEN AND TO THE MEN COUNCILMAN. AND THANK YOU FOR OUR GREAT WHO I REALLY HONOR.
TOWN MANAGER. I WANT YOU ALL I HAVE IT ON BOTH SIDES SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS PICTURE . MY NAME IS MARY ANN MINETTI AND I'VE BEEN A FULL TIME RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD SINCE 2000. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THIS COUNCIL. I MAY GO OVER 15 SECONDS AND I COME TO YOU WITH GREAT SADNESS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO WAS MY GRANDMA, MY GREAT GRANDSON'S GRANDMA.
AND HE STOOD AT HER FEET. SHE LOVED TO COOK. HE LEARNED TO COOK.
HE WANTED TO BE A CHEF BECAUSE OF HIS GRANDMA WHICH SHE WILL NOT NEVER SEE HIM.
YOU KNOW, I COME BEFORE YOU WITH THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROBLEM ON HILTON HEAD AND YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT AND I THINK THAT'S A SHAME BECAUSE WHEN I COME HERE AND READ IN THE PAPER I NEVER HEAR BACK. I WANT YOU TO SAY HER NAME LORETTA CARR WHO'S A MOTHER GRANDMOTHER, GREAT FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY AND HER FAMILY .
LORETTA WAS SHE DIED FROM FEAR AND IT'S HARD FOR ME I WROTE IT I READ IT OVER AND OVER BUT IT'S STILL VERY PAINFUL FOR ME TO SAY THIS FEAR TOOK LORETTA'S LIFE.
SURELY AS THE SPRAY OF BULLETS FROM THE CRIMINALS WHO CAME INTO HER COMMUNITY IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT ON MONDAY, DECEMBER THE 12TH AND FRIGHTENED SOULS SEVERELY THAT SHE SUFFERED A MAJOR HEART ATTACK AND DIED. SHE WAS 65 YEARS OLD.
WE ARE ALL SUBJECT TO VICTIM BEING VICTIMS AS LONG AS WE ALLOW THESE CRIMINALS TO OCCUPY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND AND BEYOND. THERE IS A CONTINUUM ONE CONTINUOUS SHOOTING ON A NOT BEEN OUT OF THE ISLAND. WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO BIND TOGETHER WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE INVOLVED IN ROOTING OUT THESE CRIMINALS WHETHER IT'S A SHOOTING OR DRUG DEALING THAT IS TAKING AWAY OUR LOVED ONES AND OUR CHILDREN.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER. SOME HAVE SAID THEY ARE AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION IN A MEETING I ATTENDED TWO WEEKS AGO. WE WERE TOLD BY FAMILIES AND
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NEIGHBORS IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT THE FAMILIES ARE SLEEPING IN ONE ROOM ON THE FLOOR AND THERE'S A COUPLE COUNCIL PEOPLE HERE WAS AT THAT MEETING AND THEY HEARD THAT FOR FEAR OF THESE CRIMINALS COMING AND SHOOTING UP THEIR COMMUNITIES AGAIN THEY ARE SLEEPING WITH THEIR CHILDREN ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS SAD. I MEAN MY HEART ACHES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HERE. WE PROMOTE THIS COMMUNITY AROUND THE WORLD.PARADISE DOES NOT HAVE CRIMINALS LIVING AMONG US. THIS IS PARADISE FOR ME.
I HAVE ENDURED BEING HERE ALL THESE YEARS AND I FEAR FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MORE RESOURCES AND ATTENTION FROM OUR ELECTED LEADERS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS WELL, WE NEED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO DO NOT FEAR TO LIVE IN DARKNESS OR FEAR.
IT DOESN'T MATTER THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, YOUR NATIONALITY AT ALL.
WE HAVE CRIMINALS AMONG US AND WE MUST ROOT THEM OUT IF WE DON'T COMMIT TO MORE RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY. ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS, BEACHES, GOLF COURSES, BIKE PATHS AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS WILL DISAPPEAR ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE.
WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY OR OUT OF THE GATED COMMUNITY, THERE'S CRIME EVERYWHERE. AND I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I HOPE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY WILL THINK ABOUT WHAT I'VE SAID. IT'S ALL TRUE.
WHALEY, THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. SEEMS ONE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS NOT QUITE AS IMPACTFUL . GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ELLEN WHALEY AND I REPRESENT A CITIZENS GROUP WORKING ON ISSUES AT FOUNDERS PARK WITH THE TOWN SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2021. WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK TOWN MANAGER ORLANDO AND HIS STAFF FOR THE EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO DATE THAT HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND WHILE THERE WAS MUCH IMPROVEMENT THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE MUCH OF WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE PREVIOUS TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TO COMPLETE THEM AS PLANNED IN THE CFP FOR THE SUMMER OF 2023.
TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS NEW ONES AND OLD YOU YOU'VE MADE ELECTION COMMITMENTS TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT WITH RESPECT TO ISLAND DEVELOPMENT THERE'S A THEME HERE IN KEEPING WITH THAT THEME AND RECOGNIZING THE VERY REAL DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS. OUR EXPECTATION THE TOWN COUNCIL TO HEIGHTEN THEIR SUPPORT FOR ISLAND RESIDENTS AND MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN SUPPORTING THAT COMMON CAUSE BY INSTITUTING A NEW BALANCE A NEW WAY IN DEVELOPMENT DECISION MAKING FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA. SO TODAY WE WANT TO KNOW CONCERNS WITH WIMBLEDON COURT. WE NEED YOUR HELP IN LOOKING AT THE INCREASED CAPACITY ISSUES THAT WILL RESULT IN TRAFFIC MAYBE 160 MORE CARS A DAY BEACH CROWDING 4 TO 500 A DAY AND STORMWATER ISSUES THAT WE CREATED BY THIS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS FOR OTHER NORTH END PARCELS AND EVEN PLANS FOR THE MID ISLAND TRACK WOULD CLEARLY BE OVERWHELMING.
THE NORTH END AND ITS BEACHES AND ROADS IT APPEARS THE RESIDENTIAL END OF THIS ISLAND THAT THE INTENT IS TO OVERDEVELOPED THIS AREA TO MERRITT COLONY AND FOREST BEACH WHERE WILL IT STOP? WHY? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THE NORTH END BEACH AREAS DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY THE SOUTH END HAS AVAILABLE TO HIGH CAPACITY PROJECTS. WE ARE ACUTELY AWARE DEVELOPERS HAS A CURRENT RIGHT TO DEVELOP THEIR PARCELS. WE WOULD ASK THE TOWN TO STEP UP NOW, MAKE A NEW FUTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT MIRRORS OTHER COMMUNITY STRUCTURES IN THE AREA.
AT A MINIMUM THE VISUAL LANDSCAPING SETBACK FENCING HIGH DENSITY SCREEN FOR MORE DISCUSSION IS ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT NO ONE IN TOWN COUNCIL OR TOWN STAFF HAS DISCUSSED THE ACTUAL BEACH ACCESS CAPACITY LIMITATIONS AND THE ISLANDERS BEACH AND FOLLY FIELD AREA WITH THE DEVELOPER FURTHER THAT THE TOWN AT LEAST WE WOULD REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER DOES CLEARLY STATE TO POTENTIAL BUYERS THE LIMITED NATURE OF THE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS AT THE SMALL END OF THE ISLAND THE CORPORATE GIANT THAT WILL BE GOLIATH IN THIS ON THEIR OWN
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WEBSITE HAS A MISSION STATEMENT THAT SAYS WE FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. LET'S HOLD THEM TO IT. SO AS A PARENT IT'S PARAMOUNT AS A GOOD CORPORATE PARTNER THEIR BUYERS KNOW THAT IS EXPECTED THAT BEST USE OF PRIMARY BEACHES MAY NOT BE ISLANDERS, IT COULD BE DRIESSEN OR BURKE'S.THIS MAY BE MORE PALATABLE BY A CHANGE IN PALMETTO BREEZE TROLLEYS WHICH COULD PICK UP AT THE ENTRANCE IS COMPLEX AND TAKE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE WALKWAY AT TREES AND BAKES BURPS OR EVEN COLONY. YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING READY FOR THE 2023 BEACH SEASON. YOUR SHIP PLANS WILL BE GONE OVER WITH YOU.
THEIR COMMITMENTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT THAT PARK I GET EMAILS ALL SUMMER AND I WAS AT A PARTY NEARLY HIT SOMEBODY DRIVING INTO ISLANDERS WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT PEDESTRIAN PATH IN SO TIME IS GROWING SHORT SO PLEASE DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO DIRECT TOWN MANAGEMENT STAFF BY PROVIDING CLEAR POLICY DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS AND REMOVING ROADBLOCKS TO PROGRESS. THANK YOU SIR.
THAT CONCLUDES APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BUT BEFORE WE MOVE TO SHAWN TO SAY A FEW WORDS MARY I'M TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THE LOSS AND YOUR FAMILY MY HEART AND CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO YOU AND I'M SURE FROM THE REST OF US AS
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WELL. MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE ,MAY I HAVE JUST A MOMENT? I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP. THE FIRST IS TO ALSO EXPRESS CONDOLENCE FOR LORETTA CARR'S LOSS OF THE FAMILY. SHE WAS IMPORTANT TO YOUR FAMILY. SHE WAS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS I'VE ASKED AS WE GET CRIME STATISTICS HOW MUCH OF OUR CRIME IS RELATED TO DRUGS ON THE ISLAND? I HAVEN'T GOTTEN SUFFICIENT ANSWERS AND I DON'T SEE SUFFICIENT STATISTICS EVEN COMING OUT OF THE CRIME STATS THAT WE DO GET AS THE NEWLY APPOINTED CHAIR OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY THAT'S IT. I WOULD LIKE AND ASK THAT THIS ALONG WITH SOME OF THE EMPHASIS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD WITH REGARD TO OPIATE ADDICTIONS AND NARCAN TRAINING FOR THE ISLAND BE PUT ON MY AGENDA AND AGAIN I'M SO SORRY ADDITIONALLY IF WE CAN PLEASE HAVE A 217 UPDATE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON AND WHAT THE STATUSES AND WHO'S INVOLVED AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE ALAMO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE ALAMO AND OVER THE COURSE OF TIME THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE OF FAILURES IN THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND PEOPLE KNOW ME KNOW THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT WE HAVE DONE SUCCESSFULLY THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT WILL BE MAKING A STRONG IMPACT. I WOULD ASK THAT WE MOVE WITH ALL SPEED TO REMOVE LOCKOUTS FROM THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND DISALLOW THEM AGAIN ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND.SO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE WAY THE ZONING AND THE ACREAGE WORKS IN TERMS OF HOW LOTS CAN BE COMBINED TO CREATE LARGER PARCELS OF LOTS FOR DEVELOPMENT ,I THINK THAT WOULD CLARIFY HOW IT IS THAT WE EXPECT HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND SO I ASK THAT THOSE TWO ITEMS BE MOVED TO THE JANUARY 17TH AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN DIRECTLY BEGIN TO WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
[5.a. Town of Hilton Head Island Land Acquisition Program]
DO WE WANT TO GO TO SEAN TO ADDRESS OR GO INTO THE YES SIR. IF I COULD JUST ASK SEAN SINCE A LOT OF COMMENT TODAY FROM ABOUT ALAMO AND ISSUES WITH SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND ALIGNING OUR CODE STANDARDS WITH YOU REALLY I'D SAY COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS WOULD YOU SPEND A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO SEAN TALK TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR JONESVILLE WHERE WE ARE WITH CERTAIN SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS ALSO TALK ABOUT THE JONESVILLE DISTRICT PLAN AND SOME PENDING AND SOON TO BE KICKOFF MEETINGS FOR THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS ALAMO AMENDMENTS. YEAH. YES, SIR.THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MANAGER OTHERS HAPPY NEW YEAR. I'M EXCITED FOR 2023 AND WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND WHO ARE WATCHING. YES, THERE ARE THREE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
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IN PROCESS ALONG JANESVILLE ROAD. BAILEY'S COVE SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED THAT WAS 147 UNITS ON ROUGHLY 29 ACRES A DENSITY OF RIGHT AROUND FIVE FIVE UNITS. THERE ARE TWO OTHERS TWIN OAKS WHICH HAS GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TIDELANDS WHICH WHICH HAS TWO PHASES AT 200 224 AND 234 JONESVILLE ROAD THOSE TWO SUBDIVISIONS ONE IS 22 UNITS TIDELANDS COMBINED IS 74 FOR A TOTAL OF 243. THAT'S WHERE THOSE ARE IN THE PROCESS ONCE BEEN APPROVED THE OTHER TWO ARE SO WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS HAVE NOT YET BEEN APPROVED.WE PLAN TO KICK OFF THE JONESVILLE DISTRICT PLAN. MANY OF YOU RECALL WE DID THE MIDLAND DISTRICT OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST AND MOST COMPLEX DISTRICT THAT WE WILL DEAL WITH BUT WE PLAN TO KICK OFF A DON'T THE JONESVILLE DISTRICT PLAN IN JANUARY TALK TO CONSULTANTS ABOUT ACCELERATING THESE DISTRICT PLANS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD CO CHANGES AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE SOON. JOHN CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? CLARIFY JANUARY JANUARY, JANUARY THIS YEAR, JANUARY OF YES WE WILL START THIS MONTH . WANT TO MAKE SURE YES SIR. GOOD POINT.
WE WILL START THIS MONTH AND IF I COULD JUMP IN AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS WHAT'S A DISTRICT PLAN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? RIGHT. PLANNING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH INCLUDES ROADS, PATHWAYS ,OPEN SPACE, GET A LITTLE DETAIL WITH THAT SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WELL ONE WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE DEVELOPMENT LEVELS THAT ARE OUT THERE OR WITHIN THE DISTRICTS WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT TO STILL OCCUR. BUT IT'S A PLAN FOR LIKE LIKE MARC MENTIONED IT'S A PLAN FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S ROADS, IT'S OPEN SPACE, IT'S DRAINAGE IS ESTABLISHING EXPECTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO FOR MIDLAND DISTRICT THERE WERE DISTRICT CENTERS WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE A MAYBE A HIGHER LEVEL OF INTENSITY. THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS ON HOW TO CALIBRATE THAT DEVELOPMENT SO THAT IT'S MORE CONSISTENT AND WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCE WITH OUR ALM FOR DISTRICT AND I KNOW MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE IT THERE IS A SLIDING SCALE OF DENSITY THAT COMES WITH TOTAL ACREAGE SO IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN THREE ACRES YOU GET FOUR UNITS AN ACRE IF YOU HAVE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE YOU CAN GET SIX UNITS AN ACRE AND IF YOU HAVE FIVE OR MORE YOU GET EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE IN A MIDLAND DISTRICT THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO CALIBRATE THAT THOSE ENTITLEMENTS SO THERE'S CONSISTENCY AND EXPECTATIONS AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MIDLAND DISTRICT AND I EXPECT THERE'LL BE A SIMILAR RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD COME OUT FOR THE JONESVILLE DISTRICT AND OTHERS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ON.
BUT IT'S A PLAN FOR ZONING. IT'S PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT, IT'S A PLAN FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT. SO WE PLAN TO KICK OFF THE JONESVILLE DISTRICT IN JANUARY . WE ALSO ARE ENGAGED RIGHT NOW WITH SOME ALAMO AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE MOVED THROUGH A PLANNING COMMISSION SUBJECT SUBCOMMITTEE ,A PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONCE THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD A PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE HERE LATE THIS MONTH. BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A COMPLETE LEAD ASSESSMENT OF OUR ALAMO IT'S ZONE. OUR ALAMO IS A COMBINATION OF SUBDIVISION AND ZONING CODE SETS THE ENTITLEMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE HAVE A HIGH CALIBER CONSULTANT THAT'S DOING A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT COMPARING OUR ALAMO AGAINST THE OUR PLAN OR THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH OUTLINES EXPECTATIONS FOR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS IT'S A PUBLIC PROCESS WE PLAN HAVE A INTENSE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION THIS JANUARY LATER IN A COUPLE AND IN A COUPLE TWO THREE WEEKS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT FINALIZED. BUT WITH THE ALAMO AMENDMENTS WE WILL LOOKING AT ZONING THE ENTITLEMENTS WE WILL LOOK AT THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST AND WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE. WE KNOW WE CAN IMPROVE.
WE'LL LOOK AT SITE DESIGN BUILDING DESIGN, PARKING. WE'VE ALREADY EVALUATED OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PROVISION OF OUR CODE AND WE'LL BE MAKING SOME CHANGES RECOMMENDING SOME CHANGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE CODE AMENDMENTS REEVALUATE REEVALUATING OUR TRADE STANDARDS, OUR STORMWATER ORDINANCE, OPEN SPACE PROVISIONS AND STARTING TODAY OUR NEW SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT.
WE WEREN'T FLOODED OUT OF THE GATES BUT WE'VE GOT ACTIVITY BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF SHORT TERM RENTAL EFFECTS ISLANDWIDE AND WITHIN THESE DISTRICTS TO UNDERSTAND
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WHERE ADDITIONAL CODE PROVISIONS NEED NEED TO BE MADE.SO WE ARE I'M I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE MAKING MEANINGFUL HEADWAY DOBBING IN STRATEGICALLY AND WE'LL MAKE PROGRESS ON THE REST OF THESE DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS AND TO DEVELOP THIS HOLLYWOOD MASTER PLAN THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF WHICH WILL LEAD TO TACO CHANGES IN THE ALAMO AND AND MEET THE EXPECTATIONS THAT I HAVE I THINK THAT MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM HAVE FOR THE FUTURE BUILD ON THAT SO THANK YOU SEAN. I'D LIKE TO DEVIATE JUST FOR A SECOND AND AND ASK ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO THAT SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHERE YOU STAND WITH WITH THE ISSUES THAT THEY SEE AND WHAT SEAN JUST SAID JUST FIRST OF ALL, THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE ARE VERY SERIOUS TO US IN TERMS OF OUR ISLAND CHARACTER.
I KNOW THAT OUR FRIENDS, THE CITIZENS HERE ARE SINCERE IN THEIR CONCERNS.
THEY'RE NOT JUST PICKING ON DEVELOPERS AND SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IN FACT WE ARE HEARING YOU THEN I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE THE PATH THE TIMELINE OF THIS TO BE SEAN MOVING FROM KIND OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT HERE WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT GOING TO COMMITTEE, GOING TO COUNCIL, WHAT SHORT TIMEFRAME DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN THAT? WELL, WE'VE OUTLINED A PATH 6 TO 9 MONTHS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT, THE CODE ASSESSMENT AND YOU BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS. I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG TIME BUT THAT'S REALLY A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF THE TIME FRAME NEEDED TO DO THESE AND DO THEM RIGHT. THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH A CONSULTANT HAS THEM REPORTING WHEN YOU CALL NO SIR NOT SPECIFICALLY. ON EACH STEP WE WILL OUTLINE THE TIME FRAME FOR EACH ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS THAT WE THAT WE HAVE IN DEFINING THE DISTRICTS ESTABLISHING A TIME FRAME FOR EACH ONE BUT COLLECTIVELY FOR ALL OF THESE AND 6 TO 9 MONTHS IS OUR PUSH TO GET THOSE DONE THROUGH ENACTMENT BY COUNCIL TO BE READY FOR REVIEW AND MOVE THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS. THANK YOU.
THAT'S A YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT THE MAYOR ALLOWED THIS TIME FOR US TO DISCUSS THESE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES.
IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND FOR FIVE YEARS. IN FACT I THINK SINCE I WALKED ON THE BEACH AND LOOKED AT RESORT DISTRICT IN 2015. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE AT THE TABLE NOW TO TRY TO HELP OUT AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE WITH DELIBERATE SPEED WHICH IS WHAT I HOPE AND EXPECT THAT WE WILL DO. I THINK IN THE MEANTIME WE NEED TO ASSURE THE RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE INTERIM TIME AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR OPTIONS DURING THAT TIME.
CERTAINLY THE STAFF HAS CHANGED. THE TOWN MANAGER THROUGH HIS STAFF HAS CHANGED THE REVIEW PROCESSES SO THAT WE'RE MORE CAREFUL IN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND IS KEEPING THE TOWN INFORMED ABOUT PERMITS BEING ISSUED AND UNDER CONSIDERING.
AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PART OF THE REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVED IS FOR THE JANESVILLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. IF I'M REMEMBERING THE CORRECT NAME TO SPEND AN HOUR IN A WORKSHOP OR A MEETING WITH US AND I BELIEVE THAT MR. AMES HAS MENTIONED THAT WE'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT BEFORE THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON WHICH I SERVE IN THE TOWN COUNCIL AND PERHAPS MR. AMES WILL WILL SPEAK ABOUT THAT HIMSELF. BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I ALSO WANT TO HEAR WE'VE HEARD ABOUT JANESVILLE FROM THE STAFF BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 15 WELDON COURT AND WHAT IF ANYTHING IS GOING ON THERE? WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT? WE HEARD A REPORT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I WAS THERE IN DECEMBER WHEN THAT REPORT WAS MADE. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTENSITY OF THAT PROJECT. AS A MEMBER OF THE BIPOC BOARD I'M LOOKING OVER AT MR. ALFRED . WE SERVED ON THAT TOGETHER. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FARLEY FIELD AND TO 78 OR WILLIAM HELTON PARKWAY. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT 15 MOULDEN COURT FOR THE PUBLIC WHO'S ASKED ABOUT THAT REPORT HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. BRENNAN YES, SURE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
SEAN THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. THE 6 TO 9 MONTH TIME PERIOD I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE MIDLAND DISTRICT PLANNING WHICH CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT. I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT JANESVILLE IS NEXT RIGHT.
VERY SENSITIVE AREA AND A LOT OF PRESSURE RIGHT NOW AND NEXT UP THE BAT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE. I WOULD JUST ADD TO THE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE STAY ENGAGED OUTSIDE OF THE HOUR MEETING THAT WE ARE REQUESTING WITH MR. AMES AND HIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT DISTRICT PLANNING IS JUST THAT THE END RESULT OF THAT SHOULD REFLECT THE EXPECTATIONS
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COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY SO LET'S ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS DISTRICT PLAN IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT AREA. IT'S NOT JUST ONE MEETING.IT WILL BE AN EXERCISE OF LOTS OF MEETINGS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE AND ENCOURAGE THE ENGAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. ALFORD. WELL, SEAN, I'M IMPRESSED THAT YOU'VE GOT A PLAN MOVING FORWARD RELATIVELY PROMPTLY AND QUICKLY ON THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. ONE QUESTION YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE THREE SUBDIVISIONS IN JANESVILLE AND ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON WILL AFFECT THE OTHER TWO BUT NOT THE ONE? AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH RESPECT TO THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED? WELL, LOOK, THE ONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PUSH FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WITH THAT THE SUBDIVISION BAILEYS CLUB HAS BEEN APPROVED.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF SPECIMEN OR A FEW SPECIMEN TREES THAT WEREN'T IDENTIFIED CORRECTLY ON THE SURVEY AND SO WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZING A PRETTY CLEAR OF THAT PROPERTY UNTIL MITIGATION PLAN AND OTHER THINGS ARE RECTIFIED THERE. WE ALSO ASKED FOR A FEW OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THAT THAT PROPERTY ARE PART OF THAT SUBDIVISION BUT THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN APPROVED THE TIDELANDS AND TWIN OAKS ARE BOTH IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF REVIEW. THE TWIN OAKS CAME BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AND AND NOVEMBER AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION OUR EXPECTATIONS AND AND AND COMMENTS BACK TO THE APPLICANT AND HAD THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROVIDE INPUT AS WELL THE IS TWO PHASES AND IT'S IT'S IT'S ONE SUBDIVISION BUT IT'S IT'S SEGMENTED IN TO TWO AND WE PROVIDED A FEW SERIES OF COMMENTS OF THAT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE BUT BUT AGAIN THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET AT THIS POINT. MR. ALFORD, THANK YOU.
OKAY. SPECTER THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS AND I'M SURE THERE'S REALLY QUESTIONS IN HERE I'VE ASKED FOR THE TWO ITEMS TO BE PUT ON TO THE AGENDA 6 TO 9 MONTHS. WELL, IT MAY NOT SEEM LONG AND I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT THIS MEETING THAN THE AFTER AND THEN ON AND ON. BUT A NINE MONTHS AN AWFUL LOT CAN HAPPEN IN TERMS OF SUBMISSION OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS WE HAVE ISSUES THAT WE CAN'T RESOLVE. AND SO I'M ASKING AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE FOLKS HERE THAT WE FIND OUT HOW WE CAN IF POSSIBLE INSTITUTE SOME SORT OF MORATORIUM ALONG WITH THAT AND BECAUSE OF THE FORWARD MOTION IN MAKING THESE CHANGES I WONDER AND I WOULD ASK OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO ADVISE US AS TO WHETHER OR NOT A PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE COULD BE PUT IN PLACE WITH REGARD TO ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE THAT ISN'T CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR PLANS ARE AS WE AS WE WORK THOSE OUT. AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT SLIDING SCALE WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND SO RATHER THAN LEAVING THAT HANGING THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I THINK IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY. OKAY. SO FOR NOW.
THANK YOU, MR. AMES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF I WERE SITTING IN YOUR SEATS I WOULD BE SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING. I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS NOW SINCE THE ALAMO WAS REWRITTEN THE ATTEMPT TO REWRITE THE ALAMO HAS ITS BASIS AN UNDERSTANDING AND AN APPRECIATION OF WHAT CHARLES FRAZIER WAS TRYING TO PRESERVE. UNFORTUNATELY, CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT HAVE COME INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND HAVE USED THEIR PRACTICES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND THOSE TWO ARE IN DIRECT CONFLICT OF ONE ANOTHER THERE IS NOT PRESERVATION OF NATURAL VEGETATION OR TREES. THERE'S A LACK OF SENSITIVITY
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TO DRAINAGE. THEY SAY YOU CAN DO SIX OR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN A CLUSTER KIND OF DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVE TREES, HAVE AN END PRODUCT THAT MAKES SENSE. WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT IN A SENSE.I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE ALAMO HAS FAILED TO PRESERVE THAT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN SACROSANCT AND IMPORTANT TO US AND THE REASON SO MANY OF US CAME TO THIS ISLAND IS SO YES, WE HAVE TO CHANGE ALAMO BUT THE ALAMO HAS ITS ITS FOUNDATION AND THE DISTRICT PLANS THAT'S WHERE THE UNDERSTOOD BANDING OF THE PECULIARITIES OF A PARTICULAR AREA HAVE TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE ALAMO.
DIFFERENT DENSITIES ON THIS ISLAND ARE PERFECTLY OKAY BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD I.E. THE DISTRICT PLAN TO MAKE THE ALAMO WORK AND THE DISTRICT PLAN SITS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE PARAGRAPH OF THE ALAMO TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT NOW FOR YEARS AND WE ONLY GET DEEPER INTO THE TAR BABIES TAR AND SO I THINK WHAT THE TOWN MANAGER IS DOING AND WHAT THIS COUNCIL IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK TO UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER PICTURE SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP. THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL MEET WITH YOU IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH US WITH THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE THE EARLY SEVENTIES I'VE WORKED WITH FRAZIER KNEW FRED HACK KNEW WHAT THEY EMBODIED THEIR VALUE SYSTEM AND IT WAS THEIR VISION OF THIS ISLAND THAT CREATE IT. THE CHARACTER THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS COME TOGETHER AT THIS TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AND I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT AS WE DISCUSS THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU. I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT. YOU HAVE SPOKEN IN COUNCIL AND THE TOWN HAS LISTENED.
ACTION WILL BE COMING. IT TAKES TIME. ELMO AMENDMENTS STRATEGIC PLANNING TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TREE STANDARDS OPEN SPACE THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I DID NOT SEE WHEN I WAS ON JONES VALE ROAD TODAY I FELT LIKE I WAS EITHER IN FLORIDA WHICH I WAS THERE OVER THE PAST WEEKEND OR ATLANTA. IT'S NOT HILTON HEAD ISLAND SO YOU'VE GOT A COUNCIL RIGHT NOW THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE NOT PROTECTING THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND AS MR. AMES SAID ,IT CAN BE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS BUT IT ALL HAS TO MAINTAIN THE HILTON HEAD FEEL. SO I THINK YOU'VE GOT A COMMITMENT FROM THIS GROUP THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR COMMUNITIES ARE PROTECTED.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO SPEND A LITTLE EXTRA ON THIS AND ESPECIALLY TO THE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS SO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU ARE. SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TOWN MANAGER TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION ON THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM .
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL AND FIRST I WANT TO SAID HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AS WELL.
SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE SEAN HAS PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION THERE AREN'T THAT MANY SLIDES BUT REALLY THE INTENT IS TO GO THROUGH A LABOR OF LOVE.
WOULD YOU CALL IT SEAN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERY FILE IN THE CABINET THAT IDENTIFIES THE LAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED OVER TIME AND SO MANY GREAT STORIES TO TELL AND WHAT WE'LL DO TODAY IS UNVEIL A DASHBOARD AND REALLY A TOOL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND THINK ABOUT OUR PROPERTY AND HOW WE ACQUIRED IT. SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SEAN AND TODAY IS FOR SEAN TO UNVEIL THIS TALK ABOUT LAND AND THE ACQUISITIONS MADE BUT REALLY TO START WRAPPING OUR HEADS AROUND WHAT'S NEXT. SO SEAN THANKS AGAIN MARK MAYOR AND COUNCIL YEAH THIS HAS BEEN
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AN ALL HANDS ON DECK ENDEAVOR FOR FOR A WHILE THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM OVER THE COURSE SINCE THE TOWN WAS INCORPORATED BUT WE HAVE NOT MODERNIZED AS A TOOL FOR AN ASSET MANAGEMENT UNTIL HERE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD EVERYTHING IN FILES AND SO EVERY TIME SOMEONE ASKED WHAT CAN YOU DO ON THE PROPERTY OR WHAT WAS PROPERTY PURCHASED FOR WHAT THE PRESS RELEASE SAY WE'D HAVE TO DIG THROUGH THE FILES AND THAT WAS WELL ATE UP A LOT OF TIME IN YOUR DAY AND WHAT I ALWAYS FRUSTRATED ME WAS IT MIGHT GET A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAME PROPERTY THREE MONTHS APART AND YOU START TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THE FILES. SO ANYWAY I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND WE'LL GET TO THE DASHBOARD BUT WE'VE TAKEN ALL OF THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY FILES AND DIGITIZED IT ADDED THE DATABASE AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO HAVE A TOOL SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME INFORMATION AND THAT WE CAN USE THIS AS A FOUNDATION FOR MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING GOING FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO TOWN OWNED PROPERTY. SO TO SUMMARIZE THERE'S OVER 300 PROPERTIES IN THE TOWN'S INVENTORY THERE AREN'T 300 ACQUISITIONS AS SEVERAL ACQUISITIONS INVOLVE MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY WELL THERE'S OVER 300 PROPERTIES IN THE INVENTORY. THERE'S OVER 2000 ACRES TOTAL. NOW I'M GOING TO SAY THAT A BIG CHUNK OF THAT 600 PLUS ACRES ARE RIGHTS AND AND A BIG CHUNK IS IN ON THE MAINLAND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALLEN ULMER TRACT THAT PROPERTY WAS PROGRAM FOR 100 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ABOUT 5000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. SO THE TOWN PARTNERED ON THIS ACQUISITION OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO TAKE THAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OUT OF PLAY.IMAGINE ANOTHER 5000 UNITS RIGHT THERE AS YOU COME OFF ISLAND ESPECIALLY THIS IS BEFORE THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY WAS THERE AND SO THE TOWN'S BEEN ACTIVE ON ISLAND AND ALSO OFF ISLAND AND BUYING OR OR BUYING LAND OR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR OVER 2000 ACRES AND THE TOWN OVER TIME HAS INVESTED OVER $150 MILLION IN THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
THE DOUBT THE TOWN DOES HAVE THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM THAT GUIDES DECISION MAKING AS YOU MOVE THROUGH ON CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING PROPERTIES HOW YOU BUY, HOW YOU SELL THE ROLE OF COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEY FUNDING SOURCES, ACQUISITION PROCEDURES AND IT APPLIES TO ALL TYPES OF ACQUISITION EASEMENTS RIGHT OF WAY AND PURCHASE AND SALE OF PROPERTY.
THE LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL WAS ADOPTED LAST UPDATED IN MARCH OF 2002 AND IT WAS AMENDED AND IN OCTOBER OF 2005 AND HAS SERVED AS THE MANUAL SINCE THAT TIME THE KEEP THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES ARE SUMMARIZED HERE BUT WHEN THE TOWN ESTABLISHED THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM THESE ARE THE KEY POINTS OF CONCERN. SO I WANT TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION BY REDUCING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL ESPECIALLY IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS. AND AGAIN I THINK THAT'S WHY THE OFF ISLAND ULMER TRACT WAS WAS IMPORTANT PRESERVE OPEN SPACE AND ASSET QUALITY THE COMMUNITY ALONG MAJOR ROADS WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY IS SIGNIFICANTLY GREEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOWN OWNED PROPERTY, GOLF COURSES, PARKS AND OTHER AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT WAS THAT WAS A GOAL TO KEEP THE MAIN CORRIDORS NOT TO LET THEM COMMERCIALIZE THAT IS IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES OR AS MAYOR MENTIONED IN ATLANTA AND FLORIDA THAT YOU MIGHT SEE ACQUIRE LAND WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCESS AND OUR WATER VIEWS AND WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF THAT THROUGH THE CHAPLIN COMMUNITY SOME ON MARSHALL ROAD AND SOME FOR BEACH ACCESSES ACQUIRE LAND THAT FURTHERS THOSE GOALS BUT ALSO FURTHERS THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. NOW THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS BEEN WRITTEN REWRITTEN AND ADOPTED MANY TIMES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM. BUT THE CURRENTLY ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE ONE THAT PREVAILS DURING ACQUISITION AT THAT TIME. AND THEN THE FINAL ONE WAS TO
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PLACE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON PROPERTY FOR PORTIONS OF PROPERTY AND RESELL WHERE APPROPRIATE AND THE IDEA WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A PROGRAM SO YOU MIGHT BUY PROPERTY, YOU MIGHT PROTECT THE PORTION OF IT AND THEN SELL A BALANCE TO KEEP THE PROGRAM FUNDS COMING IN OR YOU COULD THEN PROTECT ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES BUT THOSE ARE THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM. NEXT WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT IS TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE HISTORY OF THE TIMELINE OF THOSE FUNDING SOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR LAND ACQUISITION OVER TIME. AND SO GOING BACK TO 1989 THERE WAS A BOND ISSUE FOR LAND ACQUISITION. IN 1990 THE TOWN ADOPTED THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE AND YOU CAN SEE LATER THIS LAST YEAR THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE WAS EXTENDED BEACH PRESERVATION FEE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 AND THEN THERE WERE SUBSEQUENT BOND REFERENDUMS VOTED ON BY THE THE CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD FOR FOR THESE DIFFERENT BOND REFERENDUMS CAN SEE THEM IN 9798 2000 2003 AND THE LAST BOND REFERENDUM IN 2008 WE ESTABLISHED A TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF DISTRICT PLANS AND DISTRICT PLANS WERE BRIDGE TO THE BEACH WHICH WAS ACROSS ISLAND FROM THE CROSS ISLAND BRIDGE DOWN TO ALLEGANY IT WAS MATH CHAPLIN AND STONEY AREA MID ISLAND ARE MATHEWS AND MATTHEWS AND CHAPLIN MET ISLAND IN THE STONEY AREA ON THE NORTH END THOSE THREE DISTRICT PLANS WERE MELDED TOGETHER TO CREATE ONE TIF DISTRICT WITH THREE SUB AREAS BUT THEY BEEN USED FOR LAND ACQUISITION. AS PART OF THAT WE USE TIF FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE FACILITY IS ON OFFICE PARK ROAD AND THEN YOU CAN SAY THE TIFF WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1999 FOR 15 YEARS AND IT WAS EXTENDED IN 2014 FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS AND SO THIS MAKES UP SORT OF THE COMPOSITION OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'VE UTILIZED FOR LAND ACQUISITION. THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE SPECIFIC LIKE STORMWATER UTILITY THAT WE USE FOR FOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND OTHER THINGS AND BEACH PRESERVATION FEE. BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SPECIAL USE FUNDING SOURCES THAT REPRESENTED ON THIS ON THE SLIDE. OKAY.SO THIS IS WHERE I'M TO SPEND A THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THE TIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FUNDING SOURCE THE YEAR WAS ENACTED AND AREN'T HERE WE CAN ALSO SEE THE DOLLAR FIGURE THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT FUNDING SOURCE BUT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE AND INTENT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES.
SO IN 1989 IT WAS ISSUED TO REPAY THE 1998 BOND TO EXPAND BEACH ACCESS AND PARKING FACILITIES AND OTHER PURPOSES APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL. THIS WAS PRIMARILY IN THE IN THE COLONY AREA AND JOPLIN AREA THAT 1989 AND 1990 THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE THIS IS THE AUTHORIZING LANGUAGE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE HAD TWO MAIN COMPONENTS A TO ACQUIRE FEE AND LESS THAN FEE INTEREST IN LAND WHILE IT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO BE HELD IN PERPETUITY AS WILDLIFE PRESERVATION OR WILDLIFE PRESERVES ARE BELIEVED TO BE NEEDED BY THE PUBLIC IN THE FUTURE FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION USES AND SCENIC EASEMENTS TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF LAND, OCEAN HARBOR AND POND FRONTAGE IN THE FORM OF BEACHES, DUNES AND ADJOINING PARKLANDS, BARRIER BEACHES, FRESH AND SALTWATER MARSHES AND ADJOINING UPLANDS LAND FOR BICYCLE PATHS, LAND PROTECTING EXISTING AND FUTURE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL FIELDS HIGHWAY BUFFERING AND AQUIFER RECHARGE AREAS AND LAND FOR WILDLIFE PRESERVES AND LAND FOR FUTURE PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND THEN B TO ACQUIRE ALREADY DEVELOPED LAND OR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN ORDER TO CONFER CONVERT ITS USE TO A PUBLIC USE TO RESTORE THE PROPERTY TO OPEN SPACE OR TO REDEFINE THAT PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN'S CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DISPOSE OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MAYOR IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION IS IT OKAY TO ASK QUESTIONS AS HE GOES ALONG OR DO WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL HE'S FINISHED? EITHER WAY JUST TELL ME WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? WELL, AS WE GO THROUGH HIM I MEAN I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
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QUESTIONS. THEY POP UP IF IT'S EASIER TO THE TO THE DISCUSSION.THANK THANK YOU. SO I THINK THE QUESTION AND HELP THE PUBLIC OUT SO THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDING THEN RESTRICTS WHAT THE TOWN CAN DO WITH THE PROPERTY AS I UNDERSTAND IT AND THESE TWO SUBSECTIONS I HAVE LEARNED SUBSECTION A DEALS WITH VACANT LAND AND IT'S SUBSECTION B DEALS WITH LAND THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED OR ARE PURCHASING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND SO THE SOURCE OF FUNDS IS REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS UPON WHAT THE LAND WAS LIKE WHEN IT WAS PURCHASE AS TO WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE LAND IS THAT CORRECT? WELL UNDER THE CURRENT LEGAL OPINION THAT WAS DELIVERED HERE IN THE LAST YEAR, THAT WOULD BE A CONSISTENT INTERPRETATION. OKAY.
AND YOU'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION WITH COUNSEL AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE LEGAL OPINION. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO READ THE PLAIN LANGUAGE.
RIGHT. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE STATED PURPOSES THAT THAT'S WHAT GOVERNS WHAT THE TOWN CAN DO WITH THE LAND AND THE FUTURE IS BASED UPON HOW IT WAS ACQUIRED AND WHAT THE SOURCE OF FUNDS WERE AND AND AS AS A RETIRED LAWYER I'LL JUST LOVE READING ALL THAT SMALL PRINT BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND A MORE HIGHER LEVEL CONCEPT OF THE FUNDING AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I STOPPED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TWO SUBSECTIONS. AND THEN WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS BOND REFERENDUMS, YOU KNOW SOME OF THEM DATE BACK TO THERE'S 1989 AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO KNOW IS THERE ANY OF THAT MONEY LEFT? PROBABLY NOT.
WE'RE PROBABLY I KNOW MR. TROYER SITTING HERE AND HE SAID NO MA'AM, WE'RE PAYING WE PAID OFF SOME OF THOSE AND SOME OF THOSE WE'RE STILL PAYING ON NO DOUBT.
SO I THINK THE OTHER THING TO KNOW IS THAT IF THE TOWN IS GOING TO LOOK AT ACQUIRING PROPERTY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NET REFERENDUM MONEY LEFT TO BUY THAT WITH.
SO I THINK SOME OF THOSE GENERAL PRINCIPLES WOULD BE HELPFUL TO TO HELP THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE SOURCE OF FUNDS AS WE GO DOWN THIS THIS REALLY DETAILED LIST. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES.
AND AND AGAIN THE WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO PLAIN LANGUAGE HERE.
YES. IT GOVERNS THE WELL THE TOWN COULD USE THE TOWN COUNCIL WOULD CHOOSE TO USE THE PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND IF YOU REALLY LOVE TO READ THE FINE PRINT, I'D BE HAPPY TO LET YOU READ IT.
IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON RESEARCH ATROPHY? I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. SO THE NEXT FIVE THAT ARE LISTED ARE ALL BOUND. REFERENDUM IN 97 WAS THE FIRST VOTER APPROVED BOND REFERENDUM FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND INCLUDE PURCHASE PURCHASING DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED LAND IN THE TOWN FOR THE PUBLIC USE OR USE AS A MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC FACILITIES, PASSIVE AND ACTIVE PARKLAND AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES . THE SECOND REFERENDUM IN 1998 WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BUT FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES ACQUISITION FOR LANDS FOR MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC FACILITIES, PASSIVE AND ACTIVE PARKLAND AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES FURTHERS THE GOALS OF THIS COUNCIL AND ALL PRECEDING COUNCILS AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE 91 1991 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO IT ADDED THAT PROVISION THAT LINKED IT TO THE COMP PLAN ON THAT SECOND REFERENDUM THE THIRD AND BOND REFERENDUM IN 2000 WAS THE SAME AS THE LANGUAGE I JUST READ YOU IN 1998 SO I WON'T REPEAT THAT IN 2003 THE FOURTH VOTER APPROVED BOND REFERENDUM AGAIN SIMILAR PURPOSES AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THAT. IN 2008 THERE WAS A SLIGHT TO THE WORDING IN THE 2008 BOND REFERENDUM AGAIN SIMILAR PURPOSES I READ THIS WHOLE THING ACQUISITION OF AN UNDEVELOPED LAND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN ORDER TO MANAGE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, MITIGATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. ESTABLISH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE PARKS, CONSTRUCT PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PRESERVE HISTORIC SITES AND FURTHERS THE GOALS OF THIS COUNCIL AND ALL PROCEEDING COUNCILS AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF ITS CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BOND REFERENDUM LANGUAGE? I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED HERE THAT MOST OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES ARE TO RESTRICT THE USE OF THE LAND TOO PRESERVE IT AS GREENSPACE AND NOT ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT.
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY SAY THE TOWN OWNS ALL OF THIS LAND.
WE DO BUT THERE WAS A PROMISE MADE TO THE CITIZENS THAT WHEN WE SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THIS WE
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ARE PRESERVING IT SO THAT IT WILL NOT BE FURTHER DEVELOPED AS IT MOVES FORWARD.SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WITH SOME EMPHASIS AND THEN I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT IS A RIGHT TO DO A PARTICULAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. SO IF YOU HOLD LAND IS 100 ACRES AND YOU CAN DO ONE UNIT ONE HOUSE PER ACRE AND THE TOWN COMES TO YOU AND SAYS WE DON'T WANT THAT MUCH DEVELOPMENT THERE. YOU BUY SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, THE ABILITY TO PUT UNITS SO THAT AFTER YOU DO THAT THEY CAN DO LESS DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY BUT THE PROPERTY IS WORTH LESS AND THAT'S THE REASON YOU HAVE TO MAKE A PAYMENT TO THE OWNER.
THE OWNER CONTINUES TO OWN THAT PROPERTY AND CAN DEVELOP IT WITH ITS RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN PLACE. THANK YOU. SO THE FIVE OF THE FIVE MOST RECENT REFERENDA LAST ONE OR 28 ON $79 MILLION AND YOU KNOW ULTIMATELY GOAL HERE IS TO LOOK AT THE TOWN ASSETS AND THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THOSE THAT NEED TO BE PRESERVED.
AND I THINK WE CAN PAINT THOSE A CERTAIN COLOR. I'VE GOT EVERY SHADE OF GREEN I THINK YOU CAN IMAGINE ABOUT THIS SLIDE BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE IF THAT IS THE RESTRICTION FROM THE FUNDING SOURCE AND IT'S AGREED UPON BY COUNCIL THEN WE WE PUT THOSE IN PRESERVATION THE ONES THAT WE DON'T THINK COULD BE OR SHOULD BE USED BASED ON ON ON THE FUNDING SOURCE OR OR OTHER SITE CONSTRAINTS. SEAN, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT AGAIN. DO WE PRESENTLY HAVE A MAP ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE SHOWING ALL THESE PROPERTIES AND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE PROPERTIES? THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS YES THE ANSWER TO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS MAYBE SOON AS THIS MEETING'S OVER YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS DASHBOARD MANY OTHER THAN JUST SHADES OF GREEN, SOME OTHER COLORS. AND YES WE DO HAVE A TOWN OWNED PROPERTY MAP AND IT WAS IT'S CODED BASED ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF USE BEACH PARKS. PARKS, CONSERVATION AREAS AND YES, IT IS ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. WHAT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE MOVE TOWARD IS THIS DASHBOARD APPROACH HUB AND DASHBOARD WHERE IT'S A TOOL THAT YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE BACKGROUND AND NOT JUST SEE THE COLOR THAT'S ON THE MAP BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND THE GREAT MAYOR ANOTHER QUESTION I'M SORRY.
OH, LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES IN THE THE FIRST SLIDE YOU SHOWED THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT THE TOWN OWNS AND AND YOU SHOWED DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES HERE WERE ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES PURCHASED WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS GENERAL FUND CAPITAL MONEY, STORMWATER FEES, ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES PURCHASED BY FUNDS? YES. ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. SOMEONE ELSE I HAVE A QUESTION JUST WHERE ME UP HERE. OH YEAH YEAH ANOTHER QUESTION AND WHEN WE GET TO THE DASHBOARD YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAW THE PROPERTIES BY EVERY FUNDING SOURCE OR COMBINATION OF FUNDING SOURCE THAT WAS USED IN ACQUISITION. OKAY THANK YOU JAMIE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF THIS WE HAVE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE CEIVED ADVICES FROM OUR COUNCIL AND FROM THE AGENCY THAT DOES THE THE BONDING FORCE TO DEFINE AND TO CLARIFY WHERE THOSE COMBINED PROPERTY PURCHASES OF DIFFERENT WHETHER IT WAS A BOND OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE SO THAT WE'RE MORE SPECIFIC SO IT'S NOT AS BLACK AND WHITE AS JUST IT WAS BOUGHT WITH THIS MONEY AND YOU CAN DO THESE THINGS FOR IT.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER FACTORS SO I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD ANYONE THAT IF THEY GO ON THE DASHBOARD AND THEY SEE SOMETHING IT'S IT'S NOT QUITE THAT SIMPLE.
AND SO JUST LIKE MM HMM. YEAH I CAN VOUCH FOR THIS DEFINITELY WASN'T SIMPLE BUT ANY OF THOSE BUT ALL RIGHT. WELL NEXT SLIDE JUST A COUPLE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES BEACH PRESERVATION, FEE PLANNING, EXECUTION OF RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BEACHES, DUNE RESTORATION PROJECTS SUCH AS WHEN FENCING OR DOING FENCING A PLANNING OF CODES AND OTHER GRASSES BUYING A PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS IN THE TOWN AND MAINTAINING THE SAME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BEACH PARKS INCLUDING THE ENUMERATED ITEMS AND SIMILAR THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE EXPRESSLY STATED PROPERTY PURCHASED FOR PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS IS LIMITED TO THAT USE AND THEN THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DISTRICTS FUNDING WHERE TO IMPLEMENT TIFF PROJECT IN THE SUBDISTRICTS AS I MENTIONED PULP AND PANAMA BAY AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BRIDGE TO THE BEACH AND THEN MATHEWS INITIATIVE AREA AND THEN STONE
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INITIATIVE AREA WHERE ALL STITCHED TOGETHER IS ONE TIFF DISTRICT WITH THOSE THREE SUBTESTS TRICKS AND THEN BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN BRESLIN'S QUESTION OTHER FUNDING SOURCES YOU CAN SEE GRANTS VIP GENERAL FUND TAX REVENUE STORMWATER UTILITY HOSPITALITY TAX DONATIONS SOME ELEMENT EXCHANGES AND THEN SOME ARE JOINT OWNERSHIP AND I THINK WE'VE CLEARED UP A COUPLE OF THOSE HERE RECENTLY WITH AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY ON SOME AND SOME SWAP BUT AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS PROPERTY THAT WAS IN CHAPLIN AT DEVELOPMENT UPON ACQUISITION AND IT'S BEEN RESTORED OPEN SPACE PROVIDES MARSH VIEWS AND AN OPEN SPACE SO JUST THROWN OUT THAT PICTURE IN THERE SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A DRUM ROLL BAND BUT I THINK YOU WERE IN CHARGE THE TOWN ON DASHBOARD RIGHT.SO WE'VE TRANSITIONED FROM THE OLD PAPER FILE TO A MODERNIZED MANAGEMENT TOOL.
THE DATABASE HAS A LOT MORE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN IT BUT THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE ACREAGE LAND USE, STATE ACQUIRED PURCHASE PRICE FUNDING SOURCE RESTRICTIONS ITS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL HAVE AS A CAVEAT BECAUSE CAN BE PRIVATE END OR PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS IT AS AT ITS DISCRETION ABILITY TO DEVELOP ANY OF THE PROPERTIES THEY OWN FOR THE INTENDED PUBLIC PURPOSES. BUT THERE'S THERE'S A SMALL SUBSET THAT THEY COULD DEVELOP BOTH PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OR IN COMBINATION AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT ZONING AND NOTES ON THE ACREAGE AND THEN THE PARCEL THE PIN NUMBER, THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. WILL WE PUBLISH CHART IT IT, RECORD IT. WE WANT TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T REPRESENTED ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ON THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED BUT WE'RE PREPARED IF COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TO MAKE THE DASHBOARD AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WE'RE SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WELL AND ME TO THIS IS REALLY MORE WATER IN THAT COOLER NEXT TO YOU YEAH SUMMARY OF CURRENT LAND USE BASED ON THE ACQUISITION OF THANK YOU. JUST TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY HAS BEEN UTILIZED 5% OF TOWN PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN USED FOR GOVERNMENT FACILITIES NOW THAT'S NOT PARKS.
OKAY THOSE ARE TOWN HALL THE FIRE STATIONS, FIRE AND RESCUE HEADQUARTERS AND THE TOWN LEASES PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY FOR THE LIBRARY AND SO IT'S A GOVERNMENT FACILITY BUT AS USE OF THE PROPERTY PUBLIC SPOT PUBLIC PARK COMPRISE 28% OF THE TOWN OWNED TOWN LAND HOLDINGS OPEN SPACE ANOTHER 33 BETWEEN THOSE TWO THAT'S 61% DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR 29% SERVICE. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUT THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT PERCENTAGE OF OPEN SPACE PARK AND CONSERVATION REALLY WOULD INFLATE.
BUT DEVELOPMENT RATES 29%. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIMPLE OWNERSHIP TO THAT BUT WE DO HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AND THEN CONSERVATION PRESERVATION THOSE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A CONSERVATION OR A RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY AND SO THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS OPEN SPACE THAT COUNCIL AS WE MOVE THROUGH THROUGH THIS EVALUATION AND SOME NEXT STEPS FEEL THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PLACE THOSE SAME RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY. BUT THIS GIVES AN IDEA OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE USE OF TOWN PROPERTY AND I THINK PAINTS A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO I'M SORRY IF IF WE TAKE OUT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WHICH ARE NOT VERY SIMPLE WOULD THE PERCENTAGE OF OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC PARK INCREASE IF THAT'S JUST A PIE CHART? YES IF WE TOOK OUT THE 600 PLUS ACRES YES. THE THE PERCENTAGE OF OF THE OTHERS WOULD GO UP. YES. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT EITHER BOTH OR JUST THE ONE THAT PULLS OUT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. I THINK WE WANT TO ESTABLISH TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS PRESERVED AS OPEN SPACE AND AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT ON THE DASHBOARD IS TO TO TRY TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND PROBABLY ALSO IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT SOMEWHERE AS TO DEFINE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS MEAN JUST AS COUNCILMAN SANFORD EXPLAINED IN OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SO BASED ON THE LEGAL REVIEW AND
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I'M NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IN DETAIL WHAT THAT IS UNTIL COUNCIL LEGAL COUNSEL CAN COUNSEL COUNSEL FOR RIGHT COUNSEL BUT IN APPLYING THE LEGAL OPINION THE FUNDING SOURCE THE PURPOSE OF INTANGIBLES FUNDING SOURCES THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE ACA THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY ASSETS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HAVE SOME POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC AND OR PRIVATE USE YOU CAN HAVE FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS TEF TAX REVENUE OR GENERAL FUND REAL TRANSFER FEE FOR PROPERTIES THAT WERE DEVELOPED THAT WAS NOT B THAT YOU MENTIONED AS BRYDSON AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT SOME SOME PROPERTIES HAVE SOME PRIVATE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS AND WHERE WE KNEW OF THOSE WE'VE APPLIED IT TO THE DASHBOARD SO IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL THERE WHEN THERE WASN'T.AND SO WE'VE ALSO MODERNIZED THE NOMENCLATURE FOR THE PROPERTIES SO THAT THEY MADE MORE SENSE NOW. SO ANYONE TWO OR THREE YOU KNOW THERE IN STONEY AND WOULD HAVE TO CLICK ON THEM BUT THE LIST ON THE RIGHT WERE THE PROPERTIES THAT FALL OUT OF THE EVALUATION. I'M SORRY I GUESS APOLOGIZE MAYOR I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TODAY BUT WHEN SAY THOSE ARE SELECTED OUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ARE THEY SELECTED OUT FROM DEVELOPMENT OR ARE THEY JUST SELECTED OUT FROM THE TOWN'S TOTAL PROPERTY? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS.
YEAH. SO IF WE APPLY THE PURPOSE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE LEGAL REVIEW THAT WAS DONE 5% OF THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AGAIN PUBLIC AND OR PRIVATE AND THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE RIGHT ARE THE LIST OF THOSE PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE THEM ALL AND I'LL SHOW THAT GRAPHICALLY IN THE DASHBOARD IN A MINUTE BUT YES THAT'S WHAT THE THAT IS THANK YOU I COULD HAVE USED YOU OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. OH SURE. YOU'RE WELCOME.
I'M HERE TO HELP NOW DAN, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE TERMINAL OR I? I HAVE I HAD SIMILAR COMMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND WHAT REALLY HELPS ME IS THE OPEN SPACE. YES. IF IT HAS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IT'S DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. IT'S NOT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THAT 5% OR SO THAT SHAWN HAD MENTIONED IS THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. YOU GOT THIS LETTER I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT'S AWKWARD TO DRIVE HERE SO DRUM ROLL FROM BAD BUT THIS IS THE TOWN HALL PROPERTY BACHELOR AND DON'T BE UNDERWHELMED THERE'S NOTHING TO SHOW YOU OPEN UP YET WHEN WE GET THE FULL EXTENT THERE IT IS SO THIS REPRESENTS THE FULL TOWN ASSET INVENTORY THE TOTAL ACREAGE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ANY ONE OF THE PROPERTIES BY IT'S NAME. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ALMA TRACK HERE THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WERE PURCHASED YOU CAN SAW BASED ON THE FUNDING SOURCES AND SO YOU CAN SEE EVERY FUNDING SOURCE OR COMBINATION OF FUNDING SOURCE THAT WAS USED FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY THOSE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE SO AND SO FORTH AND SELECT BY TOOL AND THEN AGAIN THE APPLICATION OF ALL OF THIS IS TO BOIL IT DOWN TO THOSE THAT HAVE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS MAP REPRESENTS. THIS IS AN APPLICATION ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES THE PURPOSE AND AND ARE THE FUNDING SOURCE AND THE LEGAL REVIEW AND OPINION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO IT. AND SO YOU CAN SEE AND WE CAN ZOOM IN BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON SERP FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE THE NORTH POINT PROPERTY IT'S CURRENTLY IN CONSIDERATION FOR A PARTNERSHIP FOR HOUSING BUT YOU SAY THAT THAT PROPERTY THE SOURCE OF FUNDING AND THE THE DETAILS ON THOSE CATEGORIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE DATABASE THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE
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BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THESE AND GET THAT SAME DETAIL HOW MUCH WE PAID FOR IT, HOW MUCH THE TOWN PAID FOR IT, WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCE WAS THE ZONING AT NOTES YOU CAN SEE OF THE LARGER ONES HERE THERE IS A NEXT PHASE TO THIS PROJECT.AS I MENTIONED WE APPLIED THE FUNDING SOURCE, WE APPLIED THE LEGAL OPINION THERE ARE SOME WE WERE AND WE APPLIED PRIVATE COVENANTS OR RESTRICTIONS THAT WE KNEW EXISTED.
NEXT STEP IS APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS WETLANDS WILL BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WE'LL DO A COMPLETE WETLAND SURVEY TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTIES THAT ARE PART OF THE LAND TITLE PROPERTY ASSETS ARE CODED CORRECTLY FROM A FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT AND WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE REPRESENT THOSE IS NOT IN DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL THAT THEY AREN'T SO INCLINED BASED ON THOSE AND THOSE WETLAND OR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTIONS. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON ANY OF THESE THERE MIGHT BE SOME DUE DILIGENCE IS NEEDED TO BE DONE FOR PRIVATE FOR OTHER PRIVATE COVENANTS OR RESTRICTIONS. THIS IS THE INVENTORY OF RIGHT NOW OF AND GIVES A PRETTY GOOD SUMMARY AND REDUCES THE 2000 ACRES OR AT LEAST THE 13 1400 ACRES OF TOTAL DOWN TO THE 126 OF POTENTIAL SO THAT'S ABOUT 10% OF THE ACTUAL LAND HOLDINGS .
SO IF YOU TAKE OUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPER RIGHTS AND AGAIN I EXPECT MORE OF THESE WOULD BE IMPACTED BY BY SOME WETLAND OR ENVIRONMENTAL YOU CAN SEE PROPERTY AT THE BADLANDS A BROAD CREEK I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT IF IT'S NOT RESTRICTED IT SHOULD BE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME OTHERS ALONG THE WATERFRONT AND SO I THINK THAT'S EXERCISE. WE NEED TO HAVE COUNCILS TO GO THROUGH THESE PROPERTIES AND IDENTIFY WHICH ONES THEY BELIEVE ARE APPROPRIATE BASED ON THIS EVALUATION AND THEN THERE THEIR COLLECTIVE WISDOM ON WHETHER NOT THEY SHOULD BE USED JUST FROM A GENERAL STANDPOINT AND MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY.
THAT'S THAT'S IT AS I HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE DASHBOARD, I'M HAPPY TO ZOOM IN AND OUT OF ANYTHING OR ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THE THANK YOU MR. BENNETT ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THE TOUGHEST THINGS ME AFTER BEING ELECTED IS GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO THE PACE OF GOVERNMENT AND I GOT TO TELL YOU I'LL NEVER GET TRULY ACCUSTOMED TO BUT I WANTED TO OUTLOUD MR. LANDAU AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I GOT AFTER MR. LANDAU PRETTY HARD ON WAS WHAT DO WE HAVE AND WHAT CAN WE DO? NO ONE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
SO I COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PRODUCT AND I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A WHILE BUT IT'S DONE NOW SO I COMMEND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THIS.
IT PUTS US AS A COUNCIL IN A BETTER POSITION TO HAVE QUALIFIED CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHERE WE'RE GOING OKAY WHEN IT COMES TO LAND ACQUISITION COUNCILS BEFORE US HAVE SET A PRECEDENT OBVIOUSLY WAS BUILT IN $150 MILLION ON LAND ACQUISITION.
THE QUESTION NOW BECOMES WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE'VE GOT THE TOOLS HERE NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SO THANK YOU MR. OR YOUR TEAM FOR JOB WELL DONE WITH THIS THANK YOU ANY OTHER COMMENTS SORRY MR. AMES GO I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT PLEASE JOHN WHAT PERCENT OF THAT LAST GROUP THAT YOU SHOWED THE 5% POTENTIALLY DEVELOPABLE WOULD YOU SAY IS WETLANDS? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I KNOW PROPERTY AN OLD WOODLANDS, THE HEADLANDS OF ROCK CREEK ARE A COUPLE OF DECENT SIZED CHUNKS.
I WOULD I WOULD THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A THIRD.
OKAY. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO GO FROM 126 DOWN TO 80.
YEAH. MY REFLEX IS WE OUGHT TO EXCLUDE THOSE CONCEPTUALLY AS TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'M I'M VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW MANY ACRES EVEN IN THE REFERENDA PROPERTIES ARE WETLANDS WHAT CAN WE COMMIT TO ON THIS ISLAND TO PRESERVE AND
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DRAINAGE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH? SO I THINK IMPORTANT AND IT ALSO PLAYS INTO PERHAPS SOME ENHANCEMENTS IN SOME AREAS TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS SOME OF THIS PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY GET TO A PLACE WHAT THE ISLAND USED TO BE AND AND I, I WORKED ON THE NEW SHELTER COVE PATHWAY THIS LAST WEEKEND THAT WAS COMPLETED YEAR.SHELTER COVE OBVIOUSLY HAD ITS PARK AND SO UNDEVELOPED A FEW YEARS AGO BUT THIS JUST OPENED UP FROM THERE UP TO THE CREEK THE LITTLE SLEW AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE TOWN HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN PROVIDING PLACES FOR THE PUBLIC TO APPRECIATE WHAT A MARSHES OF VIEW AND HAVE THE EXERCISE THAT COMES AS A BONUS. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TO GO DOWN TO SHELTERED COVE TAKE THAT WALK IT'S PROBABLY A THIRD OF A MILE OR SOMETHING BACK AND FORTH OVER A HALF A MILE. GOOD WALK GREAT FOR PETS BUT IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS COMMUNITY. IT SPEAKS TO THE VALUE SYSTEMS AND THE CHARACTER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE SO WE CITIZENS HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE APPRECIATING ON OUR OWN WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE SO WE HAVE TO ACCESS WE HAVE TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE PLACE WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE OFFERED AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE TOWN TO BE LOOKING AT THAT 1213 HUNDRED ACRES THAT IS OFF LIMITS FOR DEVELOPMENT BUT CAN BE AN ENHANCEMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY .
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THE COMMENT ABOUT STONEY I THINK NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO WHAT THE TOWN HAS ESTABLISHED FOR STONEY IS BENEFIT AND PERHAPS SOME OTHER AREAS OF THE ISLAND AND THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT GIVES THE TOWN AND THE CITIZENS AND OWNERS PROPERTY THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE.
AND I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE LAND THAT THE TOWN OWNS AND STONEY WE HAVE TO CONNECT IT TO THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THERE. THANK THANKS COUNCILMEMBER AMES I ECHO SENTIMENTS.
IT IS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE MARSH LAND YOU KNOW COMPARED TO YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE BEACHES AND AND BROAD CREEK AND OTHER WATER AREAS BUT BUT THE MARSH LAND IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT AND YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO CAPTAIN AMBER KOON TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MARSHLAND TO UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I THINK THAT IS HELPFUL. YOU KNOW, JUST MY COMMENT EARLIER I WASN'T BEING FACETIOUS BUT I THINK DIFFERENT COLOR CODING WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST BECAUSE SHADES OF GREEN I MEAN YOU KNOW I'LL PICK ON MY HUSBAND IF YOU ASK HIM TO GO GET GREEN SOCKS OUT OF THE DRAWER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WOULD COME OUT WITH BUT. THERE'S SHADES OF THERE'S SHADES OF BLACK, THERE'S SHADES OF BROWN OR SHADES OF GREEN AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE CONTRAST A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, FOLKS LOOKING ON A COMPUTER SCREEN AT HOME.
BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL ABOUT THE LAND THAT IS NOT DEVELOPED. I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE SHOWING US PARTICULARLY THOSE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT TODAY BUT I GUESS YOU HAVE A SIMILAR DASHBOARD FOR OTHER PROPERTIES THAT SHOWS YOU JUST SHOWED US THIS BLOW UP RIGHT HERE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT BUT THIS IS THE THIS IS THE ENTIRE INVENTORY AND SO YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES AND THEN GIVE ME ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND JUST SO IF I HAVE OVER TO THE RIGHT IS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL YEAH IF YOU IF YOU CLICK IF YOU SELECT YES THAT REDUCES IT DOWN TO JUST TWO SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP LEFT THE TOTAL ACREAGE AND THE EXTENT SO ALL THESE PROPERTIES COMPILE THE IF YOU GO TO DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND JUST SAID YES IT REDUCES IT DOWN JUST TO THOSE THAT I WOULD SAY FALL BUT WHERE ARE THE RESULTANT PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL AND IF WE APPLIED COUNCILMAN AMES SUGGESTION ABOUT REMOVING SOME OF WHAT'S ON THE HEART OF OUR MOTHER. WELL RIGHT CONCERNS I NEED TO TAKE A LOT MORE I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE A GOOD POINT ABOUT PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PROTECTED. MANY PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN PROTECTED. NORTH NORTHRIDGE BIG PROPERTY AT A NORTH END THERE'S
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PROTECTED WITH A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR SOME OTHER TIME WE'VE GOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE BUT I WOULD SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO EVALUATE THE ASSETS WITH COUNCIL THAT SEVERAL OTHER OF THESE PROPERTIES WOULD BE PLACED UNDER THAT SAME RESTRICTED CONDITION OR FUNDED AND BUT WE'RE NOT NOT TO SAY THEY'RE OFF LIMITS OVER TO YOU UTILIZE FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS I THINK THAT FROM MY STANDPOINT LOOKING AT THE ACREAGE THAT IS RESTRICTED FROM DEVELOPMENT OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED IN TWO WAYS. ONE POSSIBLY PUBLIC ACCESS OF SOME KIND SO THE PUBLIC CAN APPRECIATE IT AND THEN SECONDLY ,CLASSIFYING SOME HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THAT PROPERTY FOREVER WILD LET THE HABITAT EXIST, LET THE SUBTROPICAL FOREST BE PRESERVED SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. MAYOR, I HAVE SOME OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF OTHER PEOPLE WERE TO GO I DO HAVE A COMMENT YOU YOU KIND OF STARTED IT OFF WITH YOUR LAST PIECE. DAVID I WAS TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND ALL OF THE DETAILS AND ELEMENTS WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPENING UP FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND OBSERVATION AND THE REST I THINK THAT IF WE TRULY THINK BACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLAND THAT IT IS THOSE NATURAL SPACES WHERE WILDLIFE IS ABLE BE FREE AND TO GROW AND FLOURISH AND THINK THAT THAT IS AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY IS EQUAL I'M GOING TO PUT IT ACTUALLY ABOVE THAT ACCESS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN MANY CASES THAT WE PRESERVE THAT LAND FOR OUR BIRDS AND FISH AND ALLIGATORS AND THE LIKE. SO JUST PUTTING THAT DETAIL BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE PRESERVING NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC'S VIEW OF THE ISLAND BUT OFTENTIMES THAT VIEW IS REALLY THE WOODS, THE TREES AND THE WILDLIFE AND FLORA THAT THE PEOPLE OF HILTON HEAD HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND APPRECIATE. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING US BACK TO THAT DETAIL.THE OTHER COMMENTS WHICH GOES BACK TO DAVID I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO FRAME THIS DISCUSSION AND PUT IT IN SOME WAYS INTO HISTORIC CONTEXT. I'VE MENTIONED AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MENTIONING THE FRAZIER HACK PARTNERSHIP NOT REALLY A LEGAL PARTNERSHIP BUT A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CREATE CREATED A VALUE SYSTEM WHICH THEN ESTABLISHED THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND PEOPLE CAME TO THIS ISLAND BOTH AS PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS AND VISITORS BECAUSE OF WHAT THE ISLAND REPRESENTED AND HOW WE HAD PRESENTED ITSELF TO THE BUT THERE ARE EXAMPLES AND I'M GOING TO CITE TO BUT I THINK THOSE TWO REALLY JUST CREATE THE CONTEXT FOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY THE FIRST IS IN 1982 WHEN STACK OF SHACKS WAS BEING BUILT A STACK OF SHACKS IS THE HILTON HEAD RESORT NOW BUT IT WAS TRAUMATIC FOR ISLANDERS BECAUSE WE SAW TRAILERS COMING ONTO THE ISLAND AND BEING STACKED UP IN FOUR STORY BUILDINGS THAT WAS PERCEIVED A THREAT TO THE VALUES SYSTEM AND CHARACTER OF THIS ISLAND AND THAT SPAWNED THE PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CONTROL. THAT'S WHAT CREATED THE INCORPORATION AGENDA IN 1983.
THE SECOND ONE WAS THE ONSLAUGHT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EIGHTIES INTO THE NINETIES THE PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR OVERDEVELOPMENT PROMPTED MAYOR PEOPLES AND THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP TO ESTABLISH THE REFERENDA THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT UNITY INVEST DID $79 MILLION OVER LESS THAN A TEN YEAR PERIOD BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CONCERNED THAT THE THAT THE CHARACTER OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND WAS GOING TO BE
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NONEXISTENT. THEY DIDN'T INVEST THAT KIND OF MONEY.I THINK WE ARE AT A POINT NOW AND I THINK ALL OF US SITTING AT THIS TABLE HAVE HEARD THIS FROM YOU AND THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER PEOPLE LOSS OF ISLAND CHARACTER AND FEEL OVERDEVELOPED AND IN TRAFFIC AND COULD A COOKIE CUTTER SUBDIVISION LOSS OF ADEQUATE WORKFORCE AND DIMINISHING INTACT GULLAH PRESENCE AND CULTURE.
I THINK THE CRITERIA WE OUGHT TO BE ESTABLISHING BEYOND WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED IN EARLIER PROGRAMS THAT PROTECT AND EXPAND OPEN SPACE AND ENVIRONS ONLY SENSITIVE AREAS WOULD BE TO PROVIDE LAND FOR HOUSING REPURPOSE UNDERPERFORM IN COMMERCIAL SPACE AND REDISTRIBUTE BY RIGHT DENSITIES IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. AND I THINK IF WE ADDED THOSE THREE ITEMS TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN TERMS OF PRESERVING OPEN SPACE AND OPEN LAND, WE WOULD BEGIN TO SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED TODAY AND OUR JONESVILLE. SO I THINK THAT THESE ARE THE WAYS THAT THE TOWN CAN BEGIN TO HAVE AN IMPACT BUT IN ORDER TO DO IT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THAT SAME KIND OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE IN OUR FACE AND THE MEANS BY WHICH WE HAVE TO ATTACK THAT THE ALAMO GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR HOUSING.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY FOR HOUSING. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT UNDERPERFORMING COMMERCIAL? COMMERCIAL IS GONE OFF ISLAND BY AND LARGE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MONEY AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S GOING TO TAKE TODAY BUT I DO KNOW THAT WITH YOUR PASSION ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE YOU'RE CONCERNED YOU FEEL THE AND JONESVILLE THE BROADER COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO FEEL THAT SAME KIND OF THREAT AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE KIND OF COMMITMENT THAT TOM PEOPLES LEADERSHIP AND COUNCIL HAD BACK IN THE NINETIES AND EARLY EIGHTIES AND THAT'S A BIG ASK BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN THIS COMMUNITY WE HAVE BOTH A CHALLENGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO WHAT THIS ISLAND IS GOING TO BE THAT IF WE DON'T BE BOLD WE, DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DAVID SHAWN, I KNOW THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S HAD A HAND IN IT. THANK YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT COMING OUT NOW WE UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE AND MOLD A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME SO EVERYBODY BEAR WITH US AS THIS IS UPDATED AND TWEAKED AND CORRECTED AS AS NEED BE BUT BUT THANK YOU ALL THAT HAD A HAND IN DOING THIS THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION HERE? YES.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN. WE WERE PROVIDED WITH THIS LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL AND THIS MR. AMES SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CRITERIA IN THERE AND PART OF THIS IF I COULD FOR JUST A MOMENT HAS A COUPLE OF RESOLUTIONS WHERE THE TOWN COUNCIL ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR ACQUISITIONS AND I JOIN MR. AMES IN SAYING WE NEED TO BROADEN THAT CRITERIA, WE NEED TO REVISE OUR CRITERIA AND I HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS TO ADD TO THAT AND IF WE'RE GOING I DON'T KNOW I KNOW WE NEED TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO, DISCUSS OTHER MATTERS BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE CRITERIA FOR LAND ACQUISITION BEFORE WE DECIDE ABOUT LAND.
AND I THINK THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT CRITERIA THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2002 AND AMENDED IN 2005. BUT AS MR. AMES IS SUGGESTING, WE OUGHT TO ADD THAT CRITERIA AND SO DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IS MY QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.
I GUESS I'LL PASS IT ON TO THE TOWN MANAGER. WE WILL BE MEETING IN A FEW WEEKS AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP AND WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF LAYING OUT OUR
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PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND I JOIN COUNCILMAN AMES AND COUNCILWOMAN BRYSON IN HAVING A DISCUSSION AROUND JUST BEING A PRIORITY THE AMENDING SO TO SPEAK OF OUR LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM THAT WAS LAST AMENDED BY THE THE ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED SO TO SPEAK. THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED SO TO SPEAK SINCE THEN TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT AS TO HOW WE UPDATE THAT DOCUMENT, I THINK THAT CONVERSATION IS APPROPRIATE ONE THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HELD SO THAT VOICES CAN BE HEARD SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND ABOUT THOSE ABOUT THOSE THOUGHTS.SO I WOULD I AM NOT ENCOURAGED TO DO THAT TODAY AND I MOVE COUNSEL GO INTO EXECUTIVE
[6. Executive Session]
SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECEIVING THE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY COVERED UNDER ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE RELATED TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM TO DISCUSS THE NEGOTIATIONS INCIDENT THE PROPOSED SALE OF PURCHASES PROPERTY REFERENCED FROM 1 TO 15 AND THE AGENDA AND LASTLY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE THE TOWN ATTORNEY ON MATTERS COVERED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE BRADLEY CIRCLE SUBDIVISION SET ALL COURT MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 3:00 ON F* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.