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IT IS NINE O'CLOCK, SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
CAN WE HAVE, UH, ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE OF FOIA? YES, SIR, WE ARE.
WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN STANDING AND SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO IN THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH AND JUSTICE.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE'VE GOT ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN WISHING KELLY SPINELLA HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
AND, AND AFTER LUNCH HERE WILL BE A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT SHE CAN SEE OVER THERE.
SO, UM, PLEASE TAKE ONE AND, AND HELP CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, MR. ORLANDO, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNSEL.
UH, GOOD TO BE BACK HERE TODAY WHERE WE GO.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW TODAY, UM, AND WE SHARED THIS WALKING OUT OF THE ROOM YESTERDAY.
I'LL TURN THIS OVER IN A SECOND TO JEN RAY, WHO WILL GO OVER THE 23, 24 FISCAL YEAR C I P PLAN, AS WELL AS PERHAPS SOME PROJECTS STRATEGICALLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST DIVE RIGHT IN AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL SPEND ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF ON THIS, TAKE A BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL DIVE INTO THE REBUILDING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS THE PRIORITIZATION LIST AFTER BREAK.
AND I WILL SAY, I WILL ADD, JEN IS EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I CAN SEE HER, HER EXPRESSION, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, JEN.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, I'M JENNIFER RAY, I'M THE CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGER HERE AT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
AND I'M JUST GONNA BRIEFLY REVIEW THE STATUS OF OUR FY 23 SO THAT YOU KNOW WHERE THINGS STAND FROM, A SCHEDULE, THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING, WHAT'S UPCOMING.
AND THEN AS MARK SAID, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PREVIEW FOR 24 AND SEE HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DO GET SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SHARE THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GOOD STUFF THAT YOU ARE LETTING US DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I USUALLY END, UM, PRESENTATIONS WITH A SHOUT OUT FOR HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE.
UM, THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING IS NOT, I'M THE ONE THAT GETS TO BE HERE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, BUT THERE IS A, A WHOLE TEAM, UM, WE HAVE A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE REFINED OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO FROM THE WAY OUR STUDIO IS SET UP TO THE WAY WE CONDUCT TEAM MEETINGS, TO THE EXPERTS THAT WE BRING IN.
AND SO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER AND SENIOR STAFF, UM, TOWN COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR INTERESTED CITIZENS THAT, UM, ARE VERY INVOLVED IN, IN LIKE, OR EVEN HERE, FRANK, UM, WITH BIKE WALK, HILTON HEAD, UM, BEING A PARTNER WITH US.
UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, ARE PROJECT MANAGERS.
THEY LIVE STREAM, UM, THIS WHILE THEY'RE WORKING AND THE COLAB AND WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR HARD WORK, THIS WOULDN'T BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT HAS BEEN.
UM, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM, THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, AND THEN THE FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WITH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, STORMWATER, WORKING CLOSELY WITH IT, AND FIRE RESCUE AND FINANCE, WE ALL COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA GET THAT OUT THERE, THAT IT IS TRULY A, A TEAM EFFORT AND SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, DO OVER THE PAST, UH, ABOUT YEAR AND A HALF SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS DIVISION IN PLACE.
SO, AS I SAID, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, BACKGROUND, UM, ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING.
THIS IS A LIST THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, 45 MILLION PROGRAM, UM, IN THESE EIGHT CATEGORIES.
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THESE NUMBERS HAVE JUST BEEN UPDATED WITH THE OCTOBER BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT TOWN COUNCIL PASSED, WHERE WE RECTIFIED SOME OF THE CARRYOVER.YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS PREDICT SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE, AND BY THE TIME WE GET TO JULY ONE, SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO WE WORK WITH JOHN TROYER AND HIS TEAM TO RECTIFY THAT.
SO THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN THESE CATEGORIES.
SOME OF THEM WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND NEARLY FINISHED.
SOME OF THEM IT IS SLOW AND STEADY, BUT IN ALL CASES IT IS MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.
I WANNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION ABOUT, UM, THE PROGRESS AND WHY IT VARIES SO MUCH BETWEEN CATEGORY TO CATEGORY OR PROJECT TO PROJECT, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT IMPACT OUR WORK.
OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LEAN MEAN TEAM THAT IS RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
THEY ARE EXPERTS AND THEY ARE PASSIONATE IN WHAT THEY DO.
UM, THREE PROJECT MANAGERS AND ONE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR AND A PART-TIME PROJECT MANAGER.
THAT'S WHAT'S UNDER MY PURVIEW IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DIVISION.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS, UM, ON CALL THROUGH OUR ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, UM, SURVEYORS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS RIGHT NOW HAVE THREE SURVEYORS, AND AT ANY ONE TIME, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS WORKING ON A TOWN PROJECT.
UM, SO THEY ARE THAT, THAT BUSY.
WHEN SOMETHING NEW IS RISING UP FOR SURVEYING, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS THE NEXT ONE THAT CAN TAKE IT ON.
UM, EVEN OUR ENGINEERS, WE, WE JOKED WITH ONE OF 'EM, HE'S WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS RIGHT NOW AND SUGGESTED THEY NEEDED TO COME AND OPEN A ANNEX AT TOWN HALL SO THAT WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP ON FACILITATING THAT, UM, MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT, IT'S GREAT WORK, BUT WE'RE NOT THEIR ONLY CLIENT.
YOU KNOW, IN, IN MOST CASES FOR ANY OF OUR PROFESSIONALS OR CONTRACTORS, WE DO HAVE, UM, ON-CALL CONTRACTORS AND WE PUT PROJECTS OUT TO BID.
SO ALL OF THAT FUNNELS THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE THAT HAS ONE THROUGH FINANCE, ONE PROCUREMENT OFFICER WHO'S TOUCHING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND OFTEN WE'RE COMPETING WITH OURSELVES TO GET PROJECTS OUT TO BID.
SO I MIGHT NEED SOMETHING TO GO OUT, BUT AARON AND FACILITIES HAS SOMETHING GOING OUT AND HRS GOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HE'S WORKING IN.
UM, I KNOW YOU KNOW ABOUT, UM, THE FLUCTUATION OF THE WORLD THESE DAYS, RIGHT? UM, RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT EGGS.
THAT'S ALL I HEAR ABOUT IS HOW EXPENSIVE EGGS ARE.
UM, THAT'S HAPPENING WITH A LOT OF OUR MATERIALS TOO.
AND SO YOU HAVE A PROJECT GOING ON AND THE CONTRACTOR SAYS, THE PRICE OF LUMBER JUST SKYROCKET.
BUDGET ISN'T OUR PROBLEM, RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH BUDGET, BUT THEN THAT'S, WE GOTTA GET HIM A CHANGE ORDER AND GET IT GOING.
AND THEN HE IS GOTTA SECURE THE MATERIAL FOR A WHILE.
YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T FIND TOILET PAPER AND THEN IT WAS CHICKEN AND AND BACON, AND NOW IT'S, UM, IN OUR WORLD, UM, CONCRETE PIPE, 18 INCH CONCRETE PIPE.
WE HAVE A PROJECT WE WANNA FINISH BEFORE HERITAGE AND EASTER.
AND OUR, UM, CONTRACTOR SAID, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE NUMBERS, AND HE SAID, IT'S GONNA BE EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE I CAN GET THAT PIPE.
AND THEN I NEED THREE TO FOUR WEEKS TO PUT IT IN.
AND YOU, AND THIS IS A PATHWAY PROJECT.
YOU MIGHT NOT THINK, WELL, YOU NEED ASPHALT AND CONCRETE, WHY DO YOU EVEN NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT? BUT THE, OBVIOUSLY THE STORM DRAINAGE THAT'S COMING UNDER THERE, SO IT ALL FUNCTIONS AND HE'S SO GOOD THAT HE HAS A CONCRETE OR A CONSTRUCTION BUDDY WHO SAID, I'VE GOT PIPE LEFT OVER FROM A JOB.
DO YOU NEED ANY? AND HE SAID, YES.
AND HE CALLED AND HE SAID, I KNOW WE'RE NOT QUITE READY TO GO, BUT IS IT OKAY, I'M GONNA GO ON AND BUY THIS PIPE AND HAVE IT READY FOR YOUR PROJECT.
AND SO THAT KIND OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO US IS GOING A LONG WAY AND HOW WE'RE ALL TRYING TO JUST MAKE IT WORK.
UM, HOWEVER WE CAN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO, UM, KNOW ABOUT STAFFING.
WHEN YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT AND YOU CAN'T GET THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, AT THE RIGHT TIME OR, UM, THERE'S A WAIT, A WAIT IN LINE OR SOMETHING.
THERE'S A STAFFING ISSUE, UM, WITH STATE PERMITTING AGENCIES, UM, WE MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT DELAYS.
UM, SOME OF OUR PERMITS, UM, FROM THE STATE, THEY'RE ESTIMATING ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO 12 MONTHS.
SO WE COULD BE READY AND STILL HAVE THAT DELAY IN HOW WE CAN GET A PROJECT READY TO GO OUT TO BID.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE HOUSING MARKET AND HOW COMPETITIVE IT HAS BEEN, IT'S SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE BIT NOW.
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UM, ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS NEED TITLE WORK DONE.WE NEED TITLE WORK DONE WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH CURTIS ON GETTING A EASEMENT.
SO THERE'S A DELAY IN GETTING THAT EASEMENT IF THEY CAN'T GET TO IT OR IF HIS CASELOAD, OR ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HE'S WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE TOWN COUNCIL MIGHT DELAY GETTING AN EASEMENT THERE.
WE CAN'T START, START THAT CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN THE, UM, VISITOR SEASON, WE, YOU KNOW, WOULD NOT START A ROAD PROJECT DURING, WE'VE GOT A WINDOW.
WE DON'T WANT THE BARRELS OUT THERE.
WE DON'T WANT THE HEADACHE OF IMPACTING A LANE.
AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR THAT CUZ THEY'RE HELPING PAY FOR A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
BUT WE ARE CONSTRUCTION WINDOW OFTEN, YOU KNOW, UM, NARROWS IN.
SO ALL OF THAT IS NOT, UM, AN EXCUSE, IT IS JUST AN EXPLANATION.
SO, YOU KNOW THAT HOW, WHAT WE'RE JUGGLING TO TRY TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE AND TO HELP REMIND A A LOT OF THE STUFF I SAY, I'M REMINDING MYSELF AND MY TEAM AS MUCH AS IT IS EDUCATING, IT'S NOT A ONE YEAR PROGRAM, IT IS A THREE YEAR PROGRAM.
AN AVERAGE PROJECT ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS TAKING THREE YEARS FROM START TO FINISH.
UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE FACTORS, WE, UH, I AM SEEING A FEW GOOD, UM, SIGNS.
WE PUT A PROJECT OUT, UM, TO BID FOR DEMOLITION.
WE WERE HOPEFUL TO GET ONE BIDDER, SOMEONE THAT WE HAD CALLED AND MADE, HE'D WORKED ON ANOTHER PROJECT FOR, SAID, MAKE SURE YOU, YOU KNOW, GET THIS OUT.
AND WE HAVE FOUR BIDDERS, UM, WHICH WAS GREAT.
ONE FROM OUT OF TOWN EVEN WANTING TO COME IN AND, AND DO IT.
SO COMP THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPETITION BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME WE PRAYED TO GET ONE BITTER AND SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL WE GOT.
UM, SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T GET ANY AND WE HAD TO PUT IT BACK OUT.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON INTERNALLY TO TRY TO, UM, BETTER WORK WITH THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON-CALL GENERAL CONTRACTORS, UM, SO MAYBE WE HAVE A GOOD BOOK OF BUSINESS.
THEY CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THINGS LINING UP AND THEY'RE MORE WILLING TO COME AND BID ON A LARGER, UM, BOOK OF PROJECTS RATHER THAN, UH, A WHOLE BUNCH OF SMALL PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BALANCE ALWAYS HAVING PROJECTS IN THE DIFFERENT PHASES SO THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING, TRY TRYING TO DO ALL OF YOUR SURVEYING, ALL OF YOUR DESIGN, AND THEN ALL OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION.
UM, I BROUGHT A COPY OF OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE AND UM, THERE'S, THERE'S COLOR CODED.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT ALONG THE LINES.
UM, THEY'RE DIFFERENT COLORS, THEY MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT, UM, THIS IS ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO AS YOU START TO GO DOWN, PICK A MONTH AND GO DOWN, YOU SEE WHERE THINGS START LINING UP.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP US MANAGE THAT BETTER AND TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES BETTER IS TO STAGGER PROJECTS.
AND AS, UM, CRAZY AS IT MIGHT SOUND, I DO THINK THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD ADD TO THE FY 24 LIST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME THINGS IN PLANNING BECAUSE FY 23 IS A BIG PLANNING AND ENGINEERING YEAR.
24 IS GONNA BE A BIG BUILD YEAR.
BUT IF WE'RE NOT ALSO DOING SOME PLANNING AND ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING, THEN WE'LL HAVE A GAP LIKE IN INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT GAP, IF WE CAN KIND OF BE CONTINUOUSLY METERING OUT THAT SURVEYING, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S HELPING OUR CONSULTANTS BETTER PLAN THEIR WORK AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE USING TO TRY TO DE DELIVER PROJECTS FASTER.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT, IT HAS BEEN A VERY HEAVY DESIGN ENGINEERING PERMITTING YEAR AND APPROVAL YEAR.
I DIDN'T MENTION WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW BUSY EVERYONE IS, HOW BUSY TOWN COUNCIL IS, HOW MANY PRIORITIES YOU HAVE TO WORK ON AND US GETTING IN LINE.
I KNOW YESTERDAY MARK MENTIONED THIS FEBRUARY WORKSHOP AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BRING PROJECTS TO YOU, BUT WE HAVE FIVE PART PROJECTS THAT WE WANNA TRY TO REVIEW WITH YOU IN A BRIEF SECTION OF TIME.
SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK IN WITH ALL OF YOUR BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE DOING SO WE CAN GET YOUR INPUT AND THEN GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND LET YOU GO ON WITH POLICY DECISIONS.
AND WE CAN START MOVING INTO THAT MORE DETAILED DETAILED PHASE.
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SO WITH ALL THAT BACKGROUND, THIS IS A MAP YOU'VE SEEN, JUST A INDICATION THERE ARE PROJECTS AROUND THE ISLAND.THIS WAS THE FY 23 MAP, AND I'M GONNA JUMP IN CATEGORY BY CATEGORY.
UM, SO THESE WERE ALL THE PROJECTS LISTED UNDER BEACH MANAGEMENT.
OUT OF THE $3 MILLION WE HAVE ENCUMBERED OR SPENT.
SO JUST FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT ENCUMBERED MEANS WE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT, WE HAVE WRITTEN JOB ORDER, WE HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER.
WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN THE CHECK YET, BUT WE'VE COMMITTED TO DO THAT.
AND THEN SPENT, WE'VE ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE CHECK.
UM, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THIS HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED OR SPENT SO FAR.
WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR AND I ESTIMATE A BALANCE OF AROUND 1.2 MILLION BY THE END OF JUNE.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE PROJECTS LISTED HERE.
I'M GONNA GO INTO DETAIL ON A FEW OF THEM.
BEACH MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING.
AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I SHARED AT, UM, PARKS AND RACK AND PLANNING COMMISSION, C I P.
UM, THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, HAVE TO DO, UM, IF WE HAVE TO DO BEACH MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING BECAUSE IT INFORMS RE NOURISHMENT.
IT'S A CONDITION OF OUR, UM, PERMITS THAT WE GET AND IT'S TAKING CARE OF AN INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT A SIMILAR CATEGORY FOR BEACH PARK MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENTS FOR PATHWAYS, FOR PARKS.
THAT'S, WE CAN'T LET A BUILDING THAT WE'VE INVESTED MONEY IN, HAVE A ROOF THAT'S LEAKING AND POTENTIALLY BE A BUILDING THAT WE CAN'T USE ANYMORE.
SO THOSE ARE, YOU HAVE TO DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO WHEN SOMEONE MENTIONED HOW THERE WERE A LOT OF ONES IN THEIR RANKING THIS YEAR, CAUSE WE DID ONES, TWOS, AND THREES THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PRIORITIZE IT ONE THROUGH 50.
UM, AND ONE WAS A NOW AND A TWO WAS, UM, THE NEXT AND THREE WAS NEAR, YOU KNOW, SO MORE OF THE OUT YEARS IS HOW WE USED TO REFER TO IT.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT'S A NEED TO DO IS A ONE, RIGHT? YOU, YOU CAN'T PUT, YOU CAN'T PUT THAT OFF.
UM, WE CAN PUT OFF THINGS WITHIN THAT CATEGORY IF THERE IS A BUDGET CONSTRAINT, WE KNOW WHICH THINGS ARE EMERGENCY ISSUES.
LIKE A CAN'T HAVE A PATHWAY WITH A BOARD MISSING WHERE SOMEBODY CAN, IT'S A LIABILITY.
BUT IF THE WOOD IS ON A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE AND WE KNOW WE COULD STRETCH ANOTHER YEAR AND IT'S SAFE, WE MIGHT MAKE THAT DECISION BASED ON BUDGET.
BUT, UM, THOSE ARE HAVE TO DOS.
WE ALSO HAVE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT WOULD BE A ONE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ON THAT SCHEDULE IN SOME PROCESS.
SO UNLESS THERE WAS A BIG, OH MY GOODNESS, OUR PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED, WE'RE GONNA SELL X, Y, OR Z PROPERTY.
WE'RE, WE DON'T WANNA, WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PARKS ANYMORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME DRASTIC THING THAT SAID, STOP ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, THEN THOSE WOULD ALL BE ONES.
AND THEN WE FILTER THE NEW STUFF AND HOW IT FITS IN BEACH RE NOURISHMENT IS ONGOING.
WE THIS MONTH ARE SUBMITTING, UM, THE FIRST ROUND OF PERMITS, UM, TO GET READY FOR THAT 2025 RENOURISHMENT PROJECT.
ALL OF OUR SURVEYING IS, UM, FINISHED THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY MEASURING THE RATES OF CHANGE AND HOW WE, UM, BRING THAT THROUGH TO THAT, THAT PROJECT IS ALL UNDERWAY AND ON SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE TWO BOARDWALK REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, BOTH AT DREESEN AND AT FOLLEY FIELD.
THEY NEEDED, NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED.
WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT THOSE ARE BOTH GOING TO BE FINISHED BEFORE, UM, THE EASTER BEACH RUSH.
UM, THE DREA BEACH BOARDWALK, WE INTEND TO BUILD A COVERED OVERLOOK PAVILION THERE, MUCH LIKE THE ONE THAT WE DID AT ISLANDERS BEACH PARK.
SO WE HAVE ONE AT A, UM, MORE RESTRICTED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PASSHOLDER BEACH VERSUS THIS ONE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A FALL PROJECT.
BUT WE'RE OPTIMISTIC WE CAN GET ALL OF THE BOARDS BOARD WORK DONE, UM, BEFORE THE SEASON.
THOSE ARE OUT GETTING READY TO GO OUT TO BID, UM, EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING ONE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU AT THAT WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY.
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO, UM, CREATE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL ADD PARKING, UM, THERE AS WELL AS MAKE IT SAFER TO COME IN.
YOU KNOW, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOW RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE WALK THAT WALK IN OR WALKING RIGHT
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DOWN THE ROAD.SO THERE'S A PATHWAY AND THEN SOME AMENITIES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT GO TO THAT BEACH TO USE AN IMPROVED, UM, PLAYGROUND SPACE.
A PASS THROUGH AROUND, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BUILDING TO GET TO THE BEACH.
IF YOU WANNA GO DIRECT, THIS IS DRAFT, UM, BUT SOME EXCITING IMAGES STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.
AND WE'LL REVIEW THIS IN MORE DETAIL AT THAT FEBRUARY WORKSHOP.
WE COULD BE READY TO BUILD THAT, UM, PATHWAY THIS FISCAL YEAR IF COUNCIL SAYS THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO.
AND THEN ANTICIPATE A, UM, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UM, AFTER THE SEASON.
SO AN OCTOBER START FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND EVERY TIME I'M GIVING YOU A ESTIMATE, IMAGINE THERE'S A GREAT BIG ASTERISK ON IT THAT FOR ALL THOSE THINGS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IF WE GOT ALL OF OUR PERMITS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT I'M GIVING A CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATE, A CONSERVATIVELY OPTIMISTIC ESTIMATE TO YOU TODAY.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO PROJECTS UNDERWAY THAT WILL BE, THAT WE DO THINK WILL BE FINISHED AT CAGNEY BEACH PARK.
LAST YEAR WE DID SOME LIGHTING AND SOME NEW PLANTINGS MORE ON THE END TOWARD SOUTH FOREST BEACH.
WE'RE CARRYING THAT THROUGH AND DOING IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH, UM, THE REST OF THE PARKING LOT TO BRING THAT UP TO OUR STANDARDS.
AND THEN THIS BEACH PARK MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE HAVE TO-DOS.
UM, THIS YEAR OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON, YOU CAN SEE A NEW FLOOR, UM, NEW PAINTING, SOME ROOF REPAIR, SOME MOBY MATS.
SO THAT TYPE OF, UM, VEGETATION, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE VINES OUT OF THE WAY, FIXING, UM, THE PATCHES.
BROKEN CONCRETE CURB OR PATCH, UH, PATCHING ASPHALT.
SO TRYING TO GET THOSE READY FOR, UM, OUR VISITORS COMING UP THIS SEASON.
I AM GOING TO PLOW THROUGH THIS CUZ I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER STUFF, BUT DON'T HESITATE IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, UM, TO STOP ME AT ANY, AT ANY POINT.
UM, SOMETIMES WHEN I GET EXCITED AND GET GOING, I'LL, I'LL, I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE GOAL.
SO IF, IF, IF WE COULD JUST PLOW THROUGH IT AND, AND BRING UP THE QUESTIONS AT THE END IF THERE ARE ANY.
UM, PATHWAY MANAGEMENT, 4.9 MILLION IN THIS.
WE, UM, THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAVE NOT SPENT AS MUCH WE'VE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED, UM, OH, ALMOST 300,000 AND WE ANTICIPATE THERE BEING A PRETTY BIG BALANCE IN THIS ONE.
3.8 MILLION AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
SHELTER COVE LANE AND WOODHAVEN LANE.
NEW PATHWAY SEGMENTS HAVE BOTH BEEN CAUGHT UP IN, UM, THE EASEMENT, UM, AND ACQUISITION CATEGORY.
SO WE HAVE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK ABOUT SHELTER COVE LANE AND GOT WHAT WE NEEDED THERE, BUT NOW WE'RE WAITING ON SANTI COOPER FOR SOME SIGN OFF.
THAT ONE IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE WINDOW WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND DO IT IN THE FALL BECAUSE OUR PARTNERS AT SHELTER COVE, UM, JUST LIKE WE DON'T LIKE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN BUSY AREAS GOING ON DURING THE SEASON, THEY HAVE ASKED US NOT TO DO CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN APRIL AND LATE SEPTEMBER.
SO, UM, EVERY MINUTE THAT GOES BY, UM, OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS ONE IS READY FOR ME TO, TO AGREE THAT THIS IS A FALL PROJECT.
I'M STILL LIKE, IF WE CAN JUST, WE'RE GOING DAY TO DAY RIGHT NOW, HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET THAT ONE GOING.
BUT WHEN I GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER OF HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA CARRY FORWARD, IT'S SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA FINISH THAT WOODHAVEN.
WE, UM, WILL FINISH, UM, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY EASTBOUND.
THAT'S THE SECTION THAT GOES FROM, UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THERE AT SHELTER COVE UP TO, UM, MATTHEWS FOLLEY FIELD.
THAT ONE IS IN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, BUT WITH OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT IT AND DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO MAYBE WAIT UNTIL THAT ONE COMES FORWARD TO YOU, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN MARCH WORKSHOP.
AND THEN WE CAN TEE THAT ONE BACK UP BECAUSE IT'S GONNA AFFECT A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA TO PUT A PATHWAY THROUGH, WHICH IS WHY RIGHT NOW THERE'S THE MORE NARROW SIDEWALK RIGHT UP AGAINST THE CURB.
WE ALL KNOW THAT'S NOT THE SAFEST, UM, OR ENJOYABLE, UM, LOCATION THERE, BUT UM, THERE'S PRETTY BIG IMPACT TO THAT.
JONESVILLE ROAD IS ALSO ONE, IT HAS BEEN STARTED.
WE ARE STARTING WITH A FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT.
UM, WE KNOW AN ANYBODY THAT DRIVES DOWN THAT ROAD KNOWS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPEDIMENTS, IF YOU WILL, IN THE AREA WHERE WE WOULD TYPICALLY BUILD AN OFF-ROAD BIKE PATH.
THERE'S SIGNS, THERE'RE BUILDINGS, THERE'RE THINGS THAT CAN BE MOVED AND THERE'RE THINGS THAT PROBABLY CAN'T BE MOVED.
SO WE'RE TAKING A CONSERVATIVE
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APPROACH BY LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY.WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE, UM, RESULTS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND THAT'LL TELL US IS IT A PATHWAY, IS IT A, SOME SECTIONS THAT ARE BOARDWALK, SOME SECTIONS THAT MIGHT BE A BIKE LANE, YOU KNOW, ON THE SHOULDER SOME MIGHT BE A SHARE EVEN.
AND THEN THAT'LL DRIVE WHAT WE DO NEXT, UM, WITH SURVEYING.
SO THAT WON'T BE A, A FINISHED PROJECT THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SHELTER COVE CONNECTIVITY, UM, IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
WE'VE GOT A FEW CLOSEOUT ITEMS WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THOSE, THAT CONTRACTOR TEAM RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE, UM, A PATHWAY MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS CATEGORY THAT IS, UH, IN MY OPINION, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HAVE TO-DOS.
THIS YEAR WE DID A, WE, WE'VE STARTED SOMETHING NEW AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS OUT ON BIKES, ON FOOT IN GATORS, IN TRUCKS.
AND WE ASSESSED EVERY MILE OF TOWN PUBLIC PATHWAYS TO GET A BASELINE OF THE CONDITIONS.
AND WHAT THAT IS DOING IS INFORMING WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOME OF THESE SPOT IMPROVEMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE A IMAGE THERE WITH NORTH FOREST BEACH.
THERE WAS A SECTION OF ASPHALT THAT WAS CRUMBLING ALL ON THE EDGE, MAKING THE USABLE AREA, UM, TOO SMALL FOR BIKERS TO SAFELY OR PEDESTRIANS TO SAFELY USE IT.
SO WE HAD TO CUT AND PATCH, BUT NOW THAT'S FINISHED.
UM, UH, IT SAYS WOOD BEACH REPAIR.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS OUT THERE ON HIS BIKE.
UM, ASSESSING THE CONDITION THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME SPOT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED.
ONE IS BEACH CITY ROAD AT FORT HOWELL.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE THE PATHWAY USED TO GO UP, UM, VERY CLOSE TO THE UM, ENTRANCE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU WANNA PULL AWAY FROM THE ROAD WHERE YOU CAN, BUT WE FOUND IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE CUZ YOU COULDN'T SEE IF YOU WERE COMING OUT OF THE FORT PEOPLE ON THE BIKE.
HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND TRUST.
THE ONLY PIECE, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE A ASTERISK ON THAT COMPLETE IS THE HISTORICAL MARKER.
YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE HAVE ORDERED A HISTORICAL MARKER.
WE GOT A CALL YESTERDAY, SIX MONTHS BEFORE THAT MARKER IS GOING TO COME IN.
WE HAVE PAID AND WE ARE IN THEIR LIST.
BUT THE UH, MANUFACTURER OF THAT IS TELLING US SIX MONTHS TO GET THAT IN.
AND THEN WE WERE REPLACE THE MARKER THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW.
A FEW OTHER PROJECTS, SPOT IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN SEE LISTED WILL BE FINISHED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
HERE ARE THE NEW, UM, PATHWAYS.
I'VE REALLY TOLD YOU THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE PERMITTING AN EASEMENT FOR SHELTER COVE LANE AND WOODHAVEN.
UM, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAYS ON HOLD FOR CORRIDORS.
WE'LL MOVE INTO DESIGN FINAL AND THEN FEASIBILITY ON THE JONESVILLE.
AND THEN I LOVE A CHANCE TO SHOW YOU SOME GREAT PICTURES OF A COMPLETED PROJECT.
THIS WAS ONE THAT YOU ALL EVEN MENTIONED YESTERDAY AND AT TOWN COUNCIL RECENTLY ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL, UM, CONNECTION THERE AT SHELTER COVE LANE.
WE'RE OPTIMISTIC MAYBE WE CAN SCHEDULE A, UM, RIBBON CUTTING WITH, UM, THE MAYOR'S APPROVAL AND MAYBE WE WANNA TIE IT INTO BIKE MONTH IN MAY AND CELEBRATE HOW WE'VE IMPROVED THAT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GO FROM SHELTER COVE LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION.
UM, THEREBY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, MOSTLY ALONG THE WATER.
AMAZING VIEWS, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE AND LOTS OF ART ALONG THE WAY AS WELL.
ROADWAY MANAGEMENT IS THE NEXT CATEGORY.
THIS ONE WE HAVE ENCUMBERED AND SPENT ABOUT 1.1 MILLION.
I AM ESTIMATING WE WILL BE CARRYING FORWARD ABOUT 3 MILLION.
SO SIGNIFICANT SPENDING COMING UP ON THAT.
THAT'S AGGRESSIVELY OPTIMISTIC BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THAT CONTRACT IS IN ITS FINAL ROUTING PROCESS AND WE'LL BE STARTING SOON.
AND SO THAT'S A MAJOR DOLLAR FIGURE IN THIS $8 MILLION DIRT ROW PAVING PROGRAM.
ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS HAS COME IN AND REALLY TAKEN A LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM AND HOW TO ADVANCE IT MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND REALLY INVOLVE, UM, THE NEIGHBORS IN THE PROCESS.
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SO WE HAVE, UM, FIVE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ON THIS YEAR'S LIST AND WE HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY WORKED THROUGH THE FIRST ONE IN SURVEYING.WHEN THAT SURVEYING IS FINISHED, THE NEXT ONE GOES TO SURVEYING AND IT WORKS DOWN AND THEN THEY MOVE INTO GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN AND ACQUISITION AND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THERE.
UM, MITCHELLVILLE LANE COULD HAVE BEEN HONESTLY FINISHED BY NOW.
WE ARE IN A REAL SNAG WITH THE ACQUISITION THERE AND ONE PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS UM, HOLDING US UP, WE ARE READY TO, UM, FINAL PULL THAT FINAL PERMIT AND START THAT CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT ONE'S BEEN GOING ON SO LONG THAT I'M, THAT'S WHY I PUT T B D I.
WE, WE, Y'ALL NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU WANNA DO WITH THAT.
THAT LAST PIECE, PINE FIELD ROAD IS GOING GREAT.
WE HAVE A ON-CALL CONTRACTOR THAT HAS EASEMENT AND ACQUISITION AS PART OF THEIR SERVICES.
IT'S A CONTRACTOR THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ARE ALSO WORKING WITH.
THEY ALSO WORK WITH D O T AND WE HAVE BROUGHT THEM IN ON OUR TEAM TO HELP WITH THE PROCESS TO TAKE SOME OF THAT OFF OF CURTIS'S PLAY.
OBVIOUSLY STILL, UM, COORDINATING WITH HIM, BUT SOME OF THAT DAY TO TODAY WE ARE USING THIS OTHER, UM, OTHER CONSULTANT AND EXPECT PINE FIELD ROAD COULD BE PAVED THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND IT FREDDY'S WAY PAVED IN QUARTER THREE, HORSE SUGAR, UM, ALICE PERRY IN QUARTER FOUR AND THEN ALFRED WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT BEHIND THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT.
LIKE THERE'S NOT A NEW ROAD THAT'S BEEN PAVED YET, BUT WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THAT HAPPENING THAT UM, WE SHOULD BE HAPPY, PROUD OF THAT PROCESS.
A MAJOR ROAD PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS THIS CORRIDORS PLANNING AND WE ARE PLANNING TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU IN A WORKSHOP IN MARCH.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A TEAM, UM, OF STAFF.
WE HAVE CALLED THEM THE ADVISORY TEAM.
WE HAVE EXPERTS FROM ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS A CONSULTING TEAM OF EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND WE ARE WORKING SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH FIRST WE LOOKED AT SEGMENTS AND WHAT BEST PRACTICES WERE OR SYSTEMS AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THROUGH SEGMENTS AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING IT TO YOU.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE END IS KIND OF A PLAYBOOK IF YOU WILL.
UM, OUR ENTIRE CORRIDOR WILL NOT BE DESIGNED WHERE WE'RE JUST READY TO START HANDING THAT OUT TO CONTRACTORS, BUT WHAT WE WILL KNOW IS PRIORITIES, WHICH PIECES WE SHOULD WORK ON NEXT.
AND WE KNOW THAT IF YOU SAY, I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU WORK ON THE INTERSECTION OF PALMETTO BAY ROAD AND ARROW ROAD AND DO A PROOF OF CONCEPT THERE, WHICH WE ARE DOING, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A MINUTE.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE, BUT WE KNOW WHAT THE PATTERN IS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT REINVENTING IT EVERY TIME.
WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF QUEUING SPACE THERE SHOULD BE AND CROSSWALK THAT SHOULD BE PAINTED AND AMENITIES THAT ARE THERE AND SIGNAGE.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE THIS PATTERN BOOK TO WORK THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
BOTH THAT PATHWAY SECTION AND THIS CORRIDORS PLANNING SECTION ARE GOING TO BE FEEDING THE C I P FOR FOUR YEARS.
THE ROADWAY MANAGEMENT, UM, CATEGORY, THAT ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE, UM, NEGOTIATED THAT CONTRACT.
IT IS, UM, IN ITS FINAL ROUTING.
WE ANTICIPATE ISSUING A NOTICE TO PROCEED WITHIN 10 DAYS.
I KNOW AT YOUR UM, COUNCIL MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT AND ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHEDULE.
AND SO THIS WAS, UM, THE LATEST SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD AND IT'S SHOWING THE CONTROLLERS INSTALLED BY THE END OF MAY.
AND, UM, EVERYTHING COMPLETES BY JUNE, BUT THE, UH, OR BY THE END OF JULY, BUT THAT INCLUDES TRAINING.
SO EVERYTHING WILL BE UP RUNNING AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE AND TRAIN, UM, STAFF HOW TO, HOW TO USE IT RELATIVE TO MEASUREMENT.
THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I HEARD.
UM, YOU ASK, UM, THEY ARE GETTING DATA BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER.
AND UM, 60 DAYS POST COMPLETION IS WHEN THEY THINK THE BEST TIME TO MEASURE THE AFTER SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND BE ABLE
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TO EVALUATE ITS EFFECTIVENESS.IT'S WORTH IT TO SAY TOO, I WAS GONNA PUT THE, IT'S LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROJECTS ON THE C I P HUB ON OUR WEBSITE, ON THE AIR TABLE AND DASHBOARD THAT'S SPECIFIC TO C I P AND THOSE PROJECT MANAGERS ARE UPDATING MONTHLY WHEN THEY HAVE SCHEDULES LIKE THAT AND PHOTOS AND PLANS.
THEY'RE UPLOADING IT THERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO CATCH IT ALL RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO GET IT.
WE'RE DOING A LONG TERM AND A NEAR TERM.
WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE SOME OF THAT EXTRA, UM, ROADWAY AND MEDIAN THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY CONTRIBUTING THE WAY WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO, AND GIVE THAT PROPERTY TO THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO MAKE IT SAFE AND INVITING IT.
IT'S PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT ROAD.
THAT IS IN THE DESIGN FINAL SECTION.
YOU CAN JUST SEE HERE AN IMAGE OF, UM, A SECTION THAT SHOWS THE TYPICAL WITH, UH, WITHOUT THE MEDIAN WHERE THERE'S PATHWAY, DUELING PATHWAY ON BOTH SIDES.
BUT THAT PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO ALSO BRING TO YOU WITH THE CORRIDORS IN MARCH WORKSHOP AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
IT'LL TAKE LONG TIME TO UH, DO FINAL ENGINEERING PERMIT AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL BE A LATER YEAR THING.
WE'VE ALSO APPLIED FOR TWO IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR TWO GRANTS, ONE THROUGH S C D O T AND ONE THROUGH UM, D O T, BOTH THE TAP AND THE RAISE GRANTS FOR THIS PROJECT AND ARE OPTIMISTIC BASED ON THEIR CRITERIA THAT IT'S A GOOD CANDIDATE PROJECT.
THE NEAR TERM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, UM, WORKING AS A TEAM ON THAT ACQUISITION OF THOSE PROJECTS AND WE ARE FINALLY AT THE POINT THAT WE BELIEVE IT'S, UM, A GOOD TIME TO DO SOME NEAR TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE ARE SOME POTHOLES, THERE'S SOME BROKEN CURB, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED IN THE SHORT TERM.
AND OUR ON-CALL CONTRACTOR IS LINED UP TO DO THAT STARTING OF FEBRUARY.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT DATE CUZ I, I HEAR THAT ONE GET ASKED A LOT ABOUT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING THERE.
SO FEBRUARY, I THINK THAT'S GOOD NEWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME NEAR TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
THE LARGEST CATEGORY OF UM, CAPITAL PROJECTS IS PARK MANAGEMENT.
UM, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MOST OF THESE ARE PLANNING PROJECTS IN YEAR ONE WE HAVE ENCUMBERED OR SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS AND ESTIMATE CARRYING FORWARD ALMOST 10 MILLION.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, MOSTLY DESIGN AND PLANNING, YOU CAN SEE, UM, PRELIMINARY DESIGN, DESIGN CONCEPTUAL, A LOT OF THEM, IF WE BRING FORWARD TO YOU IN WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY, I'M OPTIMISTIC YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE BECAUSE PARKS ARE EXCITING AND THEY'RE FUN AND THEY MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
AND THAT THEN WE WILL BE OUT OF YOUR WAY AS SOON AS YOU GIVE THE FINAL APPROVAL AND WE WILL MOVE INTO THE NEXT NEXT STAGE.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THOSE IS GOING TO BE HOW WE SCHEDULE ALL THAT OUT.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ALL IN DESIGN PHASE BASED ON WHAT I TOLD YOU EARLIER, THAT MEANS THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE MOVING INTO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN DO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY, LET'S APPROVE CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK AND GO OUT AND BUILD A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK AND THEN BUILD A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CROSSINGS AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THIS.
WE ALL KNOW MR. STANFORD, I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE THAT MENTIONED IT YESTERDAY ABOUT PICKLEBALL AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AT CHAPLAIN.
FIRST PHASE MIGHT BE SOCCER FIELDS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND THEN A SECOND PHASE MIGHT BE, UM, THE DOG PARK AND PLAYGROUND.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN DO IT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE COULD HAVE, WHAT'S OUR FIRST PHASE AT CROSSINGS PARK.
UH, WE DON'T WANNA DISPLACE THE FIELD THERE UNTIL WE'VE BUILT THESE FIELDS.
SO MAYBE IT'S WORKING ON THE SPORTS ARENA AND ESCAPE PARK, YOU KNOW, DETAILS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD, UM, IN PIECES RATHER THAN IT HAVING TO BE A WHOLE PARK AT A TIME.
THAT'S ALSO PROBABLY BETTER FROM A RECREATION PROVIDER STANDPOINT.
CAUSE WE DON'T, WE KNOW THE IMPACTS OF TAKING
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A WHOLE PARK OFFLINE FOR A WHOLE CONSTRUCTION WINDOW, RIGHT? WE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE OUT AND ENJOYING OUR PARK.SO IF WE SAY, NOPE, NO SOCCER FOR A YEAR, BUT'S GONNA BE AWFUL FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE IN SOCCER.
SO WE NEED TO BALANCE, BALANCE THAT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT'LL BE ONGOING.
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE DETAIL HERE.
UM, THIS ONE, NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
CAN'T HELP SHARE SHARING THE, UM, BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THIS PARK.
THE QUESTIONS NOW ARE HOW FAST CAN YOU DO IT? UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON SCHEMATIC DESIGN, UM, BASED ON THE APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
WE'RE GONNA DO, DO SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE WHOLE PARK SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE WHOLE PARK AND THEN START LOOKING AT PHASE ONE, WHICH THE RECOMMENDED PHASE ONE FROM OUR CONSULTANTS WAS A LOT OF THE ENABLING WORK, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T WANNA MOVE, WE DON'T WANNA DO, UM, EARTH WORK MULTIPLE TIMES.
WE DON'T WANNA GET IN THERE AND CONNECT THAT WATER AND IMPROVE THAT STORM WATER MULTIPLE TIMES.
IF WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT WHILE STILL PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO USE THE PARK.
UM, THERE'S A SO MUCH USE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW BETWEEN BIRD WATCHING, RIDING BIKES, TAKING PHOTOS.
I GET PEOPLE ALL THE TIME SAYING, I TEACH A CLASS ON PAINTING AND I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING READY TO DO SOME CONSTRUCTION.
I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE MY STUDENTS OUT TO PAINT THERE IN SEPTEMBER.
IS THE PART GONNA BE CLOSED? OR WE ARE OUT THERE WITH AUDUBON AND THERE'S NO RESTROOMS RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE GET SOME RESTROOMS UNTIL YOU'RE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL PRODUCT.
WE DID SOME WORK TO MAKE SURE THE PATHWAYS WERE SAFER AND THE CAUTION THERE ARE ALLIGATORS, THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG ALLIGATORS OUT THERE, SO STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE WATER, UM, FOLLOW THE SIGNS, UM, AND YOU'LL BE GOOD.
BUT IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY IN A GYM, UM, THAT WE CAN'T MISS OUT.
CAN'T, CAN'T PASS BY TALKING ABOUT.
BUT BEHIND IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON IT, COUNCIL AT THE TIME SAID THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
FOCUS ON THAT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THESE OTHER PROJECTS.
THEY ALL CAME OUT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN, UM, WAS THAT 2021, UM, OCTOBER OF 2021 WITH OUR PLAN.
CHAPLAIN PARK IS ONE THAT WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING FORWARD.
THIS IS DRAFT, SO NOBODY GO HOME AND SAY, THEY SAID THEY WERE BUILDING ALL THESE THINGS.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT AND GET YOUR INPUT ON IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO PICKLEBALL HERE.
UM, AT THE LAST WORKSHOP WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A MARSHLAND ROGUE PROPERTY AND MAYBE WE PUT PICKLEBALL THERE.
WE'RE KIND OF RETHINKING THAT AND WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR SOME NEW SPORTS LIKE PADEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT.
IT'S A UP AND COMING SPORT IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA.
IT'S, UM, THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE IT FROM NOT BEING A PADELL PLAYER IS IT'S A CROSS BETWEEN RACQUETBALL BECAUSE YOU NEED SOME HARDBOARD, BUT YOU USE A PADDLE, LIKE A PADDLE BALL, A PADDLE BALL RACKET, AND A BALL LIKE A TENNIS BOX.
IT'S SQUISHY ON A LITTLE BABY TENNIS COURT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF THEM, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOMETHING HERE THAT SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, THAT MAY HAVE MOVED FROM THERE, HISPANIC COMMUNITY MIGHT, UM, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT IN A SPACE HERE.
AND ONE THING THAT I HOPE YOU, UM, CAN JUST TELL FROM LOOKING IN THIS, AND YOU'LL DEFINITELY SEE WHEN WE GO THROUGH IT IN DETAIL, THIS PARK HAS BEEN RELAXED SO MUCH FROM THE LAST TIME WE SHOWED IT TO YOU.
EVERY STITCH OF THE PARK IS NOT PLANNED AND BUILT.
THERE IS OPEN SPACE AND WILD, UM, NATURE, BUT ALSO A REAL THOUGHT FOR HOW WE BRING HISTORY AND CULTURE AND ART INTO OUR PARKS.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA BE EXCITED FOR THE TEAM TO SHARE THE STORY ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY IN THIS AREA, IN OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE.
AND THE MUSIC SCENE, UM, FROM BACK IN THE DAY IS JUST A REALLY EXCITING STORY TO TELL.
AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU CAN'T TELL THAT IN A PARK WHERE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING SOCCER AND PICKLEBALL.
THEY CAN LEARN WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT.
ALSO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR EDUCATION.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING THOSE THINGS INTO THIS, THIS PARK.
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SAME WITH CROSSINGS.HOPE THAT YOU'LL APPROVE IT IN MARCH AND THEN WE'LL BE OFF TO THE RACES.
MOVING INTO THE NEXT LEVEL OF DESIGN, THIS PARK HAS REALLY COME TOGETHER TO BE A, UM, COMPLEX FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.
UM, INCLUDING HONORING AND RESPECTING THE HISTORY OF, UM, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ON OUR ISLAND FROM OUR FRIENDS THAT, UM, WERE TRAILBLAZERS WITH, UM, DAN DREESEN AND THE BEG RED MACHINE TO UMPIRES THAT HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST, UM, IMPACT TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS THAT GET TO GO TO THE WORLD SERIES AND BEING REALLY THIS CHAMPIONS WALK THAT YOU'LL SEE THE DETAIL.
IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS, LIKE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE SKATE PARK AND THE SPORTS ARENA.
SO THERE ARE REALLY, UM, TWO THINGS, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THERE'S SOME THINGS FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO A DOG PARK WALKING TRAILS, UM, SOME FUN COMMUNITY.
UM, ITEMS, SHELTER, COVE PARK EXPANSION.
THIS IS THE PIECE, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP ON THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE THAT OVAL IN THE CENTER.
THAT'S, UM, THE CURRENT SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY PARK.
SO IF YOU'RE STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE WATER AND KROGER'S BEHIND YOU, THIS IS THE PIECE TO YOUR LEFT, UM, OVER TOWARD NEWPORT.
AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THAT PLAYGROUND, EXPAND THE PROMENADE, BUILD ON THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT, UM, THE EXISTING PARK.
UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME VIEWS, LONG VIEWS DOWN, UM, BROAD CREEK.
SO THAT'S COMING FORWARD, UM, NEXT MONTH AS IS PATTERSON FAMILY PROPERTY PARK.
THIS WAS ONE THAT IS A C D B G PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AS WE LOOKED AT EASEMENTS AND ACCESS INTO THE PARK AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE.
UM, AND REALLY THINK THIS PLAN IS STARTING TO GEL.
UM, WE TALKED, I, I BELIEVE MARK MENTIONED ABOUT ARCHEOLOGY.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT SLOWED THIS DOWN.
WE, UM, AS PART OF A CD BEACH C D B G PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND IT GOES THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, UM, TRIBES THAT MIGHT HAVE INTEREST IN THE PROJECT? YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM AND GIVE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO A WATER BODY.
HOW, UM, IS THERE ARCHEOLOGY? YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO DO THE PHASE ONE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ROUND SAID THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IMPORTANT HERE.
UM, WE'RE LIKE, WOW, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING, BUT IT MEANS WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER LEVEL OF STUDY.
WE DID THE NEXT LEVEL OF STUDY AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE NEED TO COME OUT AND DO THE GRID, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY COME OUT AND THEY, UH, MAKE THE QUADRANTS AND THEY DIG.
TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN, UM, IT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NOT ANYTHING THERE.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT AS EXCITING FROM AN ARCHEOLOGICAL STANDPOINT, HOWEVER, IS EXCITING.
UM, STORY STILL TO TELL OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS AREA, THE AGRICULTURE NATURE OF THIS, THE CONNECTION TO THE WATER.
UM, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, NATIVE AMERICANS IN HERE.
THEY DIDN'T LEAVE POTTERY AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, SO IT DID, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY AREA THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT US FROM USING THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE WHOLE PROPERTY MINUS THE WETLANDS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
HERE IS A PART PROJECT THAT I CAN SAY IS COMPLETE.
UM, CORDELA COURTS RESTROOM BUILDING.
WE, UM, WILL BE SCHEDULING TO AT A FUTURE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TO BRING PALMETTO ELECTRIC.
THEY WANNA, THEY'RE GONNA BRING THE BIG CHECK AND GIVE IT TO THE MAYOR.
UM, FOR THIS PROJECT, THEY HELPED US.
THIS WAS ONE THAT WE STARTED WAY LONG AGO.
AND NOT TO BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS, BUT WE HAD CONTRACTOR PROBLEMS. WE CALLED IN THE BOND, WE GOT THE LAWYERS INVOLVED.
WE HIRED AN AMAZING LOCAL CONTRACTOR.
JOE NICKS AND HIS TEAM WERE WILLING TO STEP IN AND TAKE A BUILDING THAT WAS HALF FINISHED AND FINISH IT.
AND THE LANDSCAPING WENT IN AND WORKING WITH TOMMY, WE GOT OUR SECURITY CAMERAS IN AND IT IS READY TO GO.
SO THIS SEASON WHEN, UM, FRANK SOL, UM, BRINGS IN Y'ALL, THE COLLEGE KIDS COME DOWN HERE TO PLAY SOCCER DURING SPRING BREAK THIS YEAR, THERE ARE RESTROOMS FOR THEM TO USE.
AND THEN WE'RE, UM, GETTING READY TO PUT OUT I F B FOR
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NEW, UM, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT JARVIS CREEK PARK.WE CAN MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THESE A LITTLE BIT FASTER, NOT THAT THEY'RE LESS EXCITING, THEY'RE JUST EASIER TO CHECK OFF BOXES BECAUSE THIS IS THE STUFF, THIS IS THE CATEGORY THAT GETS DONE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
SO, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, 6 MILLION BUDGET WE HAVE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED 2.2, BUT ESTIMATE, ESTIMATE ONLY HAVING AROUND $500,000 LEFT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS ONE I GET PROBABLY WEEKLY, UM, FROM IT.
UM, CHECK REQUESTS, REQUEST USE FUNDS, THEY HAVE DELAYS.
SO THEY'RE PLANNING OUT HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET THE STUFF FOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE CAMERAS AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'RE WORKING ON.
SO REALLY MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE FINISHED.
UM, TOWN HALL SECURITY FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS.
WE WILL HAVE, I'M TOLD THE ALL THE SECURITY OUR, OUR NEW BADGES, ALL OF THAT IN PLACE IN FEBRUARY.
AND WE JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR OUR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE GOING TO DO SOME CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS.
SO VERY SOON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING, TO THE ENTRANCE, MAKING A PLAZA SPACE CUZ UM, YOU ALL PROBABLY DON'T SEE IT COUNCIL WHEN, CUZ YOU'RE STILL IN THERE.
BUT AS THE MEETING ENDS AND EVERYONE COMES OUT, THIS GROUP OVER HERE, UM, AND A LOT OF OTHERS ARE STILL OUT TALKING, YOU KNOW, CUZ THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT OR, OR DISAPPOINTED OR LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S NEXT AND STRATEGIZING.
AND THEY'RE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT CUZ THERE'S NOT REALLY A GOOD SPOT, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO GATHER.
SO MAKING OUR ENTRANCES MORE WELCOMING, IMPROVING LANDSCAPING.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOWN THERE DOING SOME TREE WORK.
WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, WE, WE JUST TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T NOTICE WHAT'S RIGHT HERE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE IN IT EVERY DAY.
BUT MARK HAS REALLY CHALLENGED US TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AND, UM, JUST LIKE CHARLES USED TO CHALLENGE US TO BE A USER AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE OUT ON BIKES AND LEARNING, BUT TO PAY ATTENTION.
SO IF WE'RE WALKING PAST A FLOWER POT THAT IS EMPTY OR DEAD OR NOT IN THE RIGHT SPOT, THEN FIX IT, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE'RE ALSO DOING AN ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE FINISHED THIS QUARTER ON, UM, TOWN HALL, THE PHYSICAL, UM, STRUCTURE AS WELL AS FIRE RESCUE HEADQUARTERS AND E O C.
UM, YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IF WE ARE GOING TO STAY IN THAT BUILDING.
UM, THEY'RE STRUCTURAL THINGS, THEY'RE ELECTRICAL THINGS.
UM, THERE'S SOME NICE TO-DOS, BUT MORE OF IT IS, UM, HAVE TO-DOS.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA, UM, WHEN THAT COMES TO YOU, AND I HOPE I'M NOT SPEAKING OUTTA TURN, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE.
DO WE WANNA PUT THE MONEY INTO THAT BUILDING? DO WE WANNA START LOOKING FOR ANOTHER, ANOTHER OPTION BECAUSE THE BUILDING NEEDS TO BE, UM, SAFE AND WELCOMING.
AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVING A NICE OFFICE.
THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY IN TO DO BUSINESS WITH US, TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THEY CAN DO THAT IN A SAFE AND WELCOMING, UM, PLACE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO PAY YOUR TAXES, YOU KNOW, LAST THING YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT IS HOW THE FLOOR IS SAGGY AND IT'S, IT'S DARK AND DREARY AND YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND IT'S INVITING OR ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND BE PART OF YOUR POLITICAL PROCESS, I THINK IS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE OWN THE BUILDING SHELTER COVE WHERE BBC S O IS IN.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, BOB'S TEAM, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE IN THERE THIS YEAR.
WE RE-ROOFED THAT BUILDING AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT TOWNHOUSE, WE'RE KIND OF OUTTA SPACE.
UM, SO WE ARE RE RENOVATING ONE OF THE SUITES.
THERE USED TO BE A PEDIATRIC DENTIST ON THE FAR END OF THAT BUILDING, THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE CREEK.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON MOVING, UM, MY TEAM OVER THERE THIS FISCAL YEAR STILL, YOU CAN SEE JUST A SNAPSHOT OF HOW, UM, WE'RE TAKE BUILDING ON WHAT IS IN THE COLAB AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER, GIVE ME A CALL AND COME SEE IT.
UM, THAT'S WHERE THE OLD COURT WAS.
WE TURNED IT INTO THE LIVING LAB FOR OUR PLAN.
NOW WE'VE TURNED IT INTO THE COLAB.
AND SO THAT'S SHORT FOR COLLABORATION.
UM, AND OUR PROJECT MANAGERS SIT IN WORK STATIONS RATHER THAN OFFICES WITH DOORS THAT THEY DON'T COME OUT OF.
AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET TOGETHER AROUND A TABLE AND REALLY, REALLY
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WORK.SO WE'RE GOING TO EMULATE THAT AND BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF TOWN HALL BY TAKING THAT TO SHELTER CO.
SO THAT WILL BE FINISHED PROJECT.
WE CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH THE UM, COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM.
THEY'VE ASKED US TO WAIT TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT EVENT SPACE UNTIL SEPTE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIMEFRAME BASED ON THEIR, UM, THE WAY THEY USE THE PROPERTY.
STORM WATER IS, UM, A BIG CATEGORY IN THIS.
AND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE IN SOME LEVEL OF PROGRESS.
WE, A LOT OF THEM ARE ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED THIS CALENDAR YEAR, JUST NOT QUITE BY THE FISCAL YEAR.
MOST OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THE DELAYS IN SURVEYING AS WELL AS THE TIME IT TAKES TO ORDER PUMPS AND FLAP GATES.
AND SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT IS ON, UM, SOME OF IT'S ON A YEAR BACKLOG.
SO WE'RE PUTTING IN ORDERS NOW SO THAT IT'LL BE HERE AND WE'LL BE READY TO DO THAT.
CONSTRUCTION, CORDELA COURTS IMPROVEMENTS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS T B D THAT'S IN THE EASEMENT, UM, PROCESS.
AND WE'RE UM, I THINK IT'S TIME TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT DO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT OR NOT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU SAW IN YOUR LAST WORKSHOP.
JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT KIND OF THINGS WE'LL BE DOING ON THOSE DIFFERENT STORMWATER PROJECTS.
UM, I SHOULD MENTION, UM, ON THAT BIG LIST, A LOT OF THAT IS IT EQUIPMENT.
TOMMY AND HIS GROUP ARE, UM, BUYING AND INSTALLING THINGS SO YOU DON'T GET THE PRETTY PICTURES OF ALL THE WIRES AND HOW IT CONNECTS, BUT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR NEEDS AND KEEPING US RUNNING AND KEEPING YOU CONNECTED WITH YOUR IPADS AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MEETING AND OUR SCREENS WORK AND ANOTHER BIG CATEGORY THERE IS FIRE RESCUE EQUIPMENT AND WE BUY THINGS LIKE, UM, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE PROJECTS? LET ME GO BACK A COUPLE.
I DON'T WANNA, I NEED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THESE TWO TO, UM, IT AND FIRE RESCUE CUZ THEIR PROJECTS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST ONES FINISHED.
UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ORDERING A LOT OF THINGS AND THEN THEY SHOW UP AND THEY IMMEDIATELY START USING THEM.
SO WE'VE REPLACED SOME EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE PUTTING IN, UM, CAMERAS.
THEY, UM, REPLACE SOME OF THE RADIOS.
UM, WE PUT IN NEW FIRE HYDRANTS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO, UM, GET DONE QUICKLY.
AND IT HELPS OUR TEAM BECAUSE, UM, OUR LIMITED NUMBER OF PROJECT MANAGERS AREN'T MANAGING THOSE PROJECTS.
THEY ARE MANAGING THEM AND JUST WORKING CLOSELY WITH US.
THEY COME TO OUR MONTHLY PROJECT MANAGER MEETINGS.
THEY PROVIDE UPDATES ON THEIR PROJECTS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.
UM, FLEET, WE HAVE ENCUMBERED OR SPENT 100% OF THIS ONE.
UM, I WILL, UM, SAY THAT THE LARGEST PART OF THIS IS THE ENGINE PUMPER REPLACEMENT, QUIN COMPANY REPLACEMENT.
UM, WHICH NOW HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL JANUARY IS THE LATEST, RIGHT? JANUARY OF 2024.
UM, THAT'S THE THING, A LOT OF THIS STUFF GETS PUSHED OUT.
WE DID HAVE A, UM, BETTER YEAR THIS YEAR WITH GETTING OUR FLEET VEHICLES.
THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN FY 22 THAT WE ORDERED IN JULY AND WE DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CAN'T GET THEIR CARS THAT THEY'RE ORDERING, WE CAN'T GET OUR TRUCKS EITHER.
UM, BUT THIS YEAR WE DID, UM, WE WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND PROCUREMENT WAS ABLE TO GET IN.
AND SO A LOT OF THAT IS COMPLETE.
FORKLIFT HAS BEEN ORDERED, IT'LL BE IN A LITTLE LATE.
UM, AND THEN THE ENGINE PUMPER STUFF THAT WILL BE ONGOING LAND ACQUISITION, UM, ONGOING.
WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $20,000, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CATEGORY THAT'S AN AS NEEDED.
SO THIS COVERS THE SOFT COSTS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, APPRAISALS, SURVEYS, WORKING ON LEGAL, UM, AND IT KIND OF COMES UP, COMES UP AS NEEDED.
AND THEN HOUSING LAST CATEGORY, 1.3 MILLION.
WE HAVE ENCUMBERED OR SPENT A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT I KNOW BEN IS, UM, KEEPING YOU ALL INVOLVED IN WITH NORTH POINT.
WE DID SOME SURVEYS, WE DID SOME CLEANUP WORK, WE LOOKED AT
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SOME CAPACITY AND SITE ANALYSIS THERE.AND THEN THE OTHER HOUSING CATEGORY, THE FINDING HOME, THE FRAMEWORK WITH MISSY AND HER TEAM, UM, OUR CONSULTANTS ARE THAT, UM, THAT TO PAY THEM IS COMING OUT OF CAPITAL.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FY 23.
LOTS OF PROGRESS, LOTS OF STUFF WE COULD GO ON.
WE COULD SPEND A WHOLE DAY ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
I THINK I CAN QUICKLY GO THROUGH 24.
UM, A REMINDER, UM, THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS IS BUILT ON OUR PLAN AND THE PRIORITY INVESTMENT CHAPTER.
AND THERE ARE FIVE KEY CONSIDERATIONS.
AND AS I READ THROUGH THIS LAST NIGHT, THINKING ABOUT THIS MORNING, I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE THINGS, THE SEVEN OF YOU MENTIONED YESTERDAY AT THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU OR THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE, NATURAL RESOURCES, SENSE OF PLACE, COMPETITIVENESS, UH, BEING WORLD-CLASS, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING, PROTECTING, ENHANCING OUR E ECONOMY.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THESE LISTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
WE LOOK AT THE CARRIED FORWARDS, WE THINK ABOUT, UM, POTENTIAL NEW PROJECTS.
WE START LOOKING AT STAFFING AND FUNDING.
WE HAVE BEEN TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
WE HAVE BEEN TO THE C I P COMMITTEE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE, UM, CHAIRMAN, BOTH BUTCH KASIAH AND MARCO O'NEILL.
THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL IN UM, KIND OF PUTTING THEIR THOUGHTS ONTO, UM, THE LIST.
WE WILL GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY AND THEN IT WILL BE READY.
UM, FOR TOWN COUNCIL'S REVIEW AND DECISION.
AS I MENTIONED THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW.
THEY USED TO JUST LOOK AND GO, WELL LET'S RANK PATHWAYS ONE THROUGH 10 AND LET'S RANK THIS ONE THROUGH 20 AND LET'S RANK.
SO WE SUGGESTED LET'S ONE TWOS AND THREES.
ONCE WE HAVE LIKE, WE WANNA DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
TWOS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE NEXT YEAR OR WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS.
AND THREES WE DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF 'EM, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LATER DOWN THE WAY.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT LIST, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE, UM, AT THE P PLANNING COMMISSION, C I P COMMITTEE AND SAW, THERE ARE A LOT OF ONES, UM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE THINK WE HAVE TO DO AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED AND ARE GONNA CARRY FORWARD.
SO THOSE WOULD ALL GET ONCE, UM, THIS IS THE DRAFT MAP AGAIN, SHOWS YOU PROJECTS ALL AROUND THE ISLAND FOR 24.
UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE SLIDE FOR EACH CATEGORY HERE, AND I'M KIND OF SHOWING YOU, UM, WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA CARRY FORWARD.
AND THEN WHAT IS NEW, OBVIOUSLY THIS CARRY FORWARD LIST IS BASED ON SIX MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.
A WHOLE LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT, WELL NOW FIVE MONTHS.
UM, AND WE CAN ALSO HIT A WHOLE LOT OF SNAGS IN FIVE MONTHS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THIS AS WE COME TO YOU WITH UPDATES.
UM, BUT WE, UNDER THE NEW CATEGORY, MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING, I TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS A PROJECT NOW THAT WE WILL FINISH, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.
UM, BEACH PARK MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS, WE'LL FINISH, BUT WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, IT'LL JUST BE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE, DOREEN BEACH PARK AND FISH HALL BEACH PARK ARE TWO PARKS THAT, UM, WE BELIEVE IT'S TIME TO START LOOKING AT THOSE AS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD TEE UP FOR, UM, PRE-PLANNING, DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND IN THE NEXT YEAR, AND THEN MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION OF FUTURE YEARS.
THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE PLAYGROUNDS AND TO BUILD A PAVILION WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE ONE.
OR IS THE PARKING REALLY SERVING OUR NEEDS NOW? UM, THERE'S A BUILDING AT DREESEN THAT WE DON'T REALLY USE THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THERE USED TO BE THAT ROLLUP DOOR AND THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THERE AND YOU CAME AND GOT YOUR TICKET FOR PARKING, AND NOW PARKING HAS THE FANCY MACHINES YOU PUT YOUR CREDIT CARD IN SO THAT WE DON'T NEED TO USE IT THE SAME WAY.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT MORE HOLISTICALLY.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE NEW, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME AS NEW PROJECTS FOR, UM, PATHWAY, A FEW THAT ARE LIKELY GONNA CARRY FORWARD.
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PATHWAY MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S ONE EVERY YEAR, UM, HAVE TO-DOS.MASTER PLAN IS A PLANNING PROJECT.
IT'S NOT A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BUILD ON WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE CORRIDORS AND BUILD ON THIS BASELINE ASSESSMENT.
BUT IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AS FRANK MENTIONS, WILL HELP US GET FROM GOLD TO PLATINUM.
THERE ARE SECTIONS OF OUR PATHWAY THAT ARE NARROW THAT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN THE CORRIDORS, WE SHOULD BE BUILDING 12 FOOT MINIMUM Y PATHWAY.
SO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH AND SAY, WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED? WHAT IS MISSING? WHERE CAN YOU, YOU CAN GO FROM HERE TO HERE, BUT THERE'S A GAP MISSING IN THE MIDDLE.
AND SO DOING THAT PLAN WILL HELP US IN FUTURE YEARS KNOW WHAT PROJECTS TO PROGRAM.
UM, WE THINK WE SHOULD START THE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY.
SO MATTHEWS DRIVE FOLLEY FIELD UP TO PORT ROYAL.
WE'RE WORKING THAT AROUND IN SEGMENTS.
AND THEN LOOKING AT MARSHLAND ROAD, AS WE WERE WORKING WITH PATTERSON, WE DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
SO WE WERE WORKING ON THAT PARK TO SEE HOW TO GET A PATHWAY ON THE PARK SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, THERE TO START, START, UM, DOING THE DETAIL PLANNING FOR THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR WITH ROADWAY MANAGEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE NEW DIRT ROADS, UM, FOR PAVING.
THE CORRIDOR'S PLAN IS TELLING, IS TELLING STAFF THAT THE PALMETTO BAY ROAD STREET SCAPE WOULD BE A GOOD PROJECT TO START PLANNING.
AND IN FACT, WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW, UM, AT A PROOF OF CONCEPT.
SO THAT'S AN IDEA THAT WHEN WE COME TO YOU AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANNA DO IN THE CORRIDORS, HERE IS THE, UM, KIND OF PLAYBOOK.
YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN REAL TIME.
UM, A LOT OF YOU ARE, UM, GREAT PLAN READERS.
SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY GOOD PLAN READERS, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAYBE EVEN SOME OF YOU DON'T LIKE YOU, YOU NEED, IT HELPS IF YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT IN PERSON.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF PALMETTO BAY ROAD, UH, POINT COMFORT AND ARROW ROAD.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT TO MAKE THAT BETTER BEFORE HERITAGE AND EASTER AS EVERYONE COMES OVER.
UM, THE CROSS ISLAND, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THERE, AND LOOKING AT A SMALL SCALE PROJECT TO IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION.
AND THEN SINCE WE NOW HAVE BARKER FIELD, UM, WHICH IS AN AMAZING, UM, OPPORTUNITY THERE, AND WE WANNA LOOK AT FISH HALL BEACH PARK, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A NEED TO START LOOKING AT THE FISH HALL ROW BIG ALL CORRIDOR AND SEE WHAT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT NOT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE AS PEOPLE ARE COMING, UM, TO THOSE UPGRADED PARKS AND FACILITIES IN THE PARK MANAGEMENT.
VERY FEW NEW PROJECTS WE INCLUDED FOR FORD SHELL RING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS IN YOUR, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY.
THEY WERE GOING TO DO A SMALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PROBABLY LIMITED IN THE SCOPE FROM WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THEY ARE VERY LIMITED IN FUNDS.
SO THIS WOULD RECOMMEND DOING SOME, UM, FURTHER ARCHEOLOGY STUDY TO BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THE GEM OF THE SHELL RING THAT'S THERE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THAT CONNECTION TO THE WATER.
THAT'S SOMETHING I REMEMBER HEARING, UM, YOUR TEAM TALK ABOUT HOW, UM, HOW THAT CONNECTION IS THERE.
AND DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WOULD GET DOWN TO THE WATER, BUT VIEWING OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND SEE THE RELA BECAUSE THERE'S A REASON WHY SHELL RINGS ARE BUILT WHERE THEY ARE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT, THAT CONNECTION, OBVIOUSLY, UM, MOST OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE ISLAND REC ASSOCIATION CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THEY SAY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AND THEY DO IT AND THEN COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR WE TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
NATALIE AND I, NATALIE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WHAT SHE MIGHT WANNA DO IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THEN SOME GENERAL, UM, PARK ENHANCEMENTS.
GREENS SHELL PARK IS ONE THAT NEEDS A GOOD BIT OF, UM, NEW ROOF, COULD USE SOME NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN OLD SCHOOLHOUSE PARK.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT UM, I HAVE BEEN, UM, GUILTY OF SAYING WHEN OUR PICKLEBALL FRIENDS COME TO PARK AND REC AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE NEED A PICKLEBALL.
I'M LIKE, YOU'VE GOT PICKLEBALL.
IT'S AN OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK AND IT'S AN ISLAND WRECK.
AND I WANTED TO HAVE A PICTURE BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WANTED TO, IT'S TIME TO RESURFACE THOSE COURTS.
AND I WENT OUT THERE THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS EMBARRASSED THAT I HAVE BEEN PROMOTING THAT AS A PICKLEBALL UM, FACILITY.
UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT, I KNOW IT'S BEEN COUNTY MAINTENANCE, WE'RE JUST TAKING OVER, BUT
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THERE'S SOME STUFF WE NEED TO DO IN THE NEAR TERM.AND SO, UM, MY TEAM JOKES THAT EVERY TIME THEY COME INTO MY OFFICE, THEY GET A NEW PROJECT.
AND SO SOMEONE, I HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS AND ON FRIDAY I SAID, I GAVE SOMEBODY, I WAS LIKE, WE NEED TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARKS.
SO WE KNOW WHAT TO SAY, WE, WE WANNA DO OUT THERE IN A NEAR TERM THERE IS A PORTA POTTY.
UM, BUT TO GET TO THE FIELD, YOU STEP OVER SOME RAILROAD TIES AND YOU WALK DOWN A DIRT, NOT TO THE FIELD, TO THE COURTS.
YOU WALK DOWN A DIRT PATH AND THEN YOU'RE THERE.
AND BY THE TIME YOU'RE THERE, YOUR SHOES ARE MUDDY.
SO THEY HAVE BROUGHT OUT SOME RUGS, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN WIPE YOUR SHOES OFF BEFORE YOU GO ONTO THE COURT AND PLAY.
AND IT'S JUST NOT UP TO OUR STANDARDS.
I KNOW THIS PROPERTY MAY BE IMPACTED BY YOUR LARGER GATEWAY CORRIDOR EFFORTS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE A, A SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT WILL HELP MAKE IT BETTER FOR THAT, FOR THAT GROUP TO USE AND REFLECT WHAT WE BELIEVE OUR PARKS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
CUZ THIS, THIS ISN'T IT RIGHT NOW FROM A FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT.
HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CARRY FORWARD AND A BIGGER NEW LIST BECAUSE THEY'RE FINISHING THEIR LIST.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS ARE TRAINING CENTER FACILITY UPGRADES, NEW ROOF AT THE PUMP STATION, UM, EV CHARGING STATIONS.
WE STARTED THAT THIS YEAR AND WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD CONTINUE THAT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU WERE GONNA RENOVATE A PROJECT OR BUILD A NEW PROJECT, YOU'D BE REQUIRED TO PUT IN EV CHARGING STATIONS.
UM, SO WE WANT TO BRING OUR EXISTING FACILITIES UP TO THOSE SAME STANDARDS, MORE SECURITY CAMERAS, MORE REPLACEMENT OF, UM, EQUIPMENT.
YOU KNOW, JUST THE TIME OUT OF THAT HISTORICAL MITCH MITCHELLVILLE, FREEDOM PARK CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT CAME UP YESTERDAY.
WE ARE KICKING THAT OFF, UM, IN, UM, NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY 2ND WITH AHMAD AND HIS TEAM AND OUR, UM, TEAM, UM, FOR THE WORK.
BUT HE AGAIN, HAS ASKED US NOT TO DO NOT TO PLAN ANY CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER PERIOD, UM, TO BE OUT OF THEIR WAY WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE USING THE FACILITY.
UM, FLEET IS A EASY, WE REPLACE VEHICLES ON A ROTATION, SO WE WILL PROPOSE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, NOT SHOWING AT THIS TIME ANY NEW PROJECTS IN EITHER LAND ACQUISITION OR HOUSING, BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY FORWARD HERE.
UM, AS I WRAP UP, THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, OUR COLLABORATION WITH GIS TEAM AND, UM, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM RESULTED IN A HUB AND DASHBOARD THAT I'VE SHOWED YOU IN THE PAST.
AND BECAUSE YOU ARE, UM, LOOKING AT THE AIR TABLE, GOOD OR BAD, UM, WE DEVELOPED AN AIR TABLE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE IF YOU GO ON THE ONE FOR STRAP PLAN TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT JUST SAYS, UM, THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE ALL ONGOING.
I CAN'T LIST ALL OF THAT ON THAT.
SO WE DEVELOPED AN AIRTABLE SIMILAR CONCEPT.
EVERY PROJECT MANAGER GOES IN MONTHLY AND UPDATES EVERY PROJECT HAS A TAB.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ANY CHANGES YOU MAKE TO THE STRAP PLAN, ONE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CHANGES WILL MAKE, UM, TO THAT AIR TABLE AS WELL.
AND THEN FOR 24, OUR NEXT STEPS ARE PRIORITIZATION RECOMMENDATION IN FEBRUARY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOUR, UM, BUDGET PREPARATION AND WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN IN, UM, Q2, UM, OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
IF YOU DON'T, IT WILL NOT HURT MY FEELINGS, YOU HOW TO FIND ME.
I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH ANY OF THIS ON THE WEBSITE.
I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN SOMEONE, UM, WANTS TO KNOW WHERE CAN I GET YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING AND I WANNA FIND IT AND I CAN DO THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD TO YOU.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT A FEBRUARY WORKSHOP AND A MARCH WORKSHOP AND I HOPE WILL BE ON AGAIN AND, UM, APRIL OR MAY, MAYBE, I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE, WHERE WE FIT IN, BUT WE'LL HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS MOVING UP AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN SOME REGULARLY UPDATES TO YOU AT YOUR, UM, COUNCIL MEETING.
I BELIEVE I'M SCHEDULED TO BE THERE IN FEBRUARY.
IT'LL BE MUCH, MUCH SHORTER THAN THIS, BUT JUST NOW YOU KIND OF HAVE A BASELINE OF WHERE WE ARE AS YOU GO INTO BUDGET AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND HOW THE CAPACITY, CAUSE
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I KNOW, I KNOW YOU GET IT, IT COME, IT CAME UP A LOT YESTERDAY IN THE CONVERSATION.UM, IT IS A REAL THING AND WE CAN'T DO EVERY PROJECT AT THE SAME LEVEL ALL OF THE TIME, BUT WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE A PRIORITY THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HELP PRIORITIZE AND HELP IT MOVE FORWARD.
OR AT LEAST EXPLAIN AND GIVE YOU THE BACKUP.
SO WHEN YOU TALKING INTO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THEY KNOW WHY IT IS WHERE IT IS.
UM, YESTERDAY WE STARTED OVER WITH GLENN.
SO TODAY, ALEX, WE'RE GONNA START WITH YOU WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, YOU REMINDED ME OF A, A QUOTE THAT MY DAD NORMALLY USES.
HE SAYS, UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT COMPLAINING, I'M JUST EXPLAINING.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE, THE THOROUGH REPORT AND YOU HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN, IN THE C I P UH, BUDGET.
UM, I, I, I WANNA SAY UPFRONT THAT, UM, I, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT 45 MILLION NUMBER JUST SITTING OUT THERE NOT KNOWING WHERE WE WOULD END UP BY THE END OF FISCAL 23.
BUT, UH, ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATIONS AS I TOOK NOTES AS TO YOUR, UH, POTENTIAL CARRYOVER, UM, IT'S ABOUT 19 MILLION LEFT OVER AND THAT'S OVER 40% SPEND.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S IN MY MIND SORT OF A METRIC THAT WE CAN USE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH 2024 AND, AND OUTWARD.
UM, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR PRIVATE SECTOR MENTALITY.
UM, I TOO STRUGGLE WITH, UH, HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET STUFF DONE THROUGH THE GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS.
UH, SO I I JUST OFFER, UM, SUPPORT AND ASK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IF, IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU SEE THAT WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT.
YOU MENTIONED PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TEAM LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND AS AN EXAMPLE, SURVEYORS, YOU'VE GOT THREE THAT IS MORE OF A SPECIAL SERVICE IF THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE NOT IN NEED OF SUCH SPECIALTY.
UM, IF WE CAN EXPAND THAT POOL AND YOU NEED OUR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE, UM, DEFINITELY HERE TO, TO HELP.
UM, I'D ALSO SAY THAT, UH, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE COLAB.
UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT, PLEASE DO SO.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OVER THERE.
IT, IT, IT JUST GIVES OFF THE, THE FEELING OF A VERY, UM, IMPRESSIVE AND WELCOMING WORK ENVIRONMENT.
UH, SO, UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, JUST SAY OUT LOUD THAT THE, UH, THE WAY THAT YOU'VE HANDLED THE PATHWAY CONDITIONS AND EXERCISE THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UM, WAS LACKING.
AND NOW WE ARE FILLING THAT GAP AND YOU MADE THE EXAMPLE OF THE COURTS AT OLD SCHOOL PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, US HAVING OUR EYES ON IT MORE OFTEN, I THINK HELPS US ALONG THE WAY AND IT HELPS US AS WE BUILD FUTURE, UH, FUTURE PLANS.
UM, I'M, I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE DIRT ROAD, UH, PAVEMENT PROCESS THAT'S BEEN IMPROVED.
UM, THE, THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD AS WE MOVE INTO 2024 AND Y'ALL ARE MAKING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE, THE SAFETY PIECE IS, IS REALLY TUGGING AT ME, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND, UM, YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE CORRIDOR.
UM, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF OUTLINED IN OUR DISCUSSION LATER, UH, THAT THE OTHER STREETS THAT WILL BE DETERMINED DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, BUT THAT SPEND, I THINK NEEDS TO BE AS CLOSE TO WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH FACILITIES, UM, IN THAT WORLD WHERE WE'RE SPENDING A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT AWAY, UH, JUST BECAUSE FOR TOO LONG WE HAVE HAD CAPS IN THAT AREA AND, UH, THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
UH, SO I WOULD BE, UH, ASKING THAT YOU ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE AS YOU'RE MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, THE LAST THING WAS, ONE OF THE LAST PICTURES YOU SHOWED UP TO WAS, UH, ONE OF THE TOWN VEHICLES WITH, UH, I GUESS THEY'RE PLUGGED UP.
UH, SO IF WE ARE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PUBLIC SPACES, UM, THAT WE ARE STARTING TO INCORPORATE CHARGING STATIONS ALONG THE WAY.
I THINK THAT WOULD, UH, IN MY MIND MOVE INTO THE WHOLE WORLD OF SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS ALWAYS.
UM, CAN I RESPOND TO, UM, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO, UM, IF YOU HAVE, UM, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACTOR,
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UM, THAT YOU CAN SEND MY WAY THAT YOU CAN SAY, HEY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS.GET ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE SO YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT PROCUREMENT.
THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY BECAUSE WE PERSONALLY INVITE PEOPLE TO BID ON THINGS, RIGHT? IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BID ON IT.
BUT IF I KNOW YOU COULD DO THE WORK AND YOU MIGHT NOT SEE IT, THEN I'M GONNA CALL AND SAY, MR. BROWN, YOU NEED TO, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
SO GETTING MORE PEOPLE, GETTING OUR WORK IN FRONT OF MORE PEOPLE WILL HELP HELP OUR TEAM.
WE ALSO, UM, ARE GOING TO BE ASKING, UM, THROUGH OUR BUDGET REQUEST TO THE TOWN MANAGER AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO YOU ALL FOR MORE STAFF.
UM, AND I'M SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS, KNOWING THAT I'M MOVING FROM A DESIGN PLANNING YEAR TO A BUILD YEAR.
OUR TEAM CAN DO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, BUT I'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHERE THAT'S THEIR BACKGROUND VERSUS ENGINEERING OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SO THAT WE CAN HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVE THOSE THINGS ALONG.
SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT, UM, YOU CAN DEFINITELY HELP US, UM, HELP US WITH.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PROCUREMENT.
THAT WILL BE A JOHN TROYER THING, UM, IF HE'S READY TO HAVE SOME MORE HELP IN HIS, UM, IN HIS WORLD.
UM, BUT I, SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE PATHWAY AND BEING OUT THERE, I DO HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE, UM, PLUG.
WE WORKED WITH, UM, GIS AND USED FIELD MAPS AS OUR DATA COLLECTION.
SO WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE, WE ALL HAD EITHER IPADS OR PHONES WITH AN APP WHERE WE COLLECTED DATA.
THEN IT COULD BE MAPPED SPATIALLY, IT CAN BE RANKED IN HOW URGENT IT IS.
YOU CAN SORT IT BY IS IT A VEGETATION ISSUE SO WE CAN GET THAT CONTRACTOR INVOLVED.
AND ESRI, YOU KNOW, WHO MAKES, UM, THE ART GIS, THOSE PRODUCTS HAS ASKED US TO BE PART OF THEIR NEXT CONFERENCE IN PRESENTING HOW WE DID THAT AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT.
SO IT'S KIND OF EXCITING THAT WE, UM, HAVE THAT, THAT TEAM AND THAT COLLABORA COLLABORATION THERE THAT THEN IS RECOGNIZED AND OTHER PEOPLE WANNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I'VE, MY CHALLENGE HAS BEEN TO MAKE JOHN TROYER SWEAT OVER HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.
AND SO THAT I'VE, I HEARD THANK YES, THAT'S GREAT,
THANK YOU, PATSY, I'M GONNA JUMP OVER TO YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY WOW,
UM, I I, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THIS WORK, PARDON ME, FROM SERVING ON THE BIKE WALK BOARD AND THE COLLABORATION WITH BIKE WALK, UH, CONTINUES TO BE APPRECIATED, EVEN THOUGH I'M NO LONGER ON THAT BOARD.
LOVE THE PROCESS, LOVE THE DATA.
UM, AND OF COURSE I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE, UH, FEBRUARY 14 TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP COMING UP WITH PARKS, UM, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE NOTES AS, AS YOU WENT ALONG, ABOUT, WHICH I THINK YOU SAID FIVE PARKS, UH, THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME DRAFTS UP THERE.
UM, AND, AND I JUST WANNA CONFIRM, THE PARKS THAT I HAVE NOTED ARE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK.
CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK, CROSSINGS PARK SHELTER, COVE PARK EXPANSION IN PATTERSON FAMILY PARK.
AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING, UM, THOSE PLANS TO YOU IN ADVANCE.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT WILL BE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN, UM, THREE HOURS.
SO WE WANT YOU TO HAVE, UM, THAT DRAFT, UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL HELP INFORM IT.
AND THEN WE'LL DO A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION AND, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.
THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE I, I KNOW, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN OUR PARKS MM-HMM.
SO, AND PARTICULARLY, UH, I REPRESENT A LOT OF FOLKS VERY INTERESTED IN ISLANDERS BEACH PARK AND THAT DRAFT PLAN.
SO AS SOON AS WE CAN, UH, BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO LOOK AT FOR FAIRWAY 14, I THINK THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL TO DO.
UM, UM, AND, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE THAT LEADS ME TO, UM, THE CORONER'S WORKSHOP, WHICH IS COMING UP IN MARCH.
UM, AND AGAIN, THROUGH BIKE WALK, IT'S BEEN, IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE, UM, UH, COMMENTS AND, AND O ONSITE OBSERVATIONS WITH THAT.
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THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT AND TO OUR CONSULTANT FOR DOING THAT.UM, BUT THAT LEADS ME TO, TO ASK ABOUT A, A REAL STRONG SAFETY ISSUE, A REAL SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.
AND THAT IS THE CROSSING ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, 2 78 AT THE OAKS.
UM, AND OF YOUR CRITERIA THAT YOU LISTED, LOOKING FORWARD FOR 24, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN ALSO MENTIONED SAFETY.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE, AND WHEN I WAS MAKING A PRIORITY LIST LAST NIGHT, THAT WAS MY FIRST PRIORITY IS IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS SAFETY ISSUES? SO WHAT ARE WE DOING, UM, TO ADDRESS THAT CROSSING, UM, AT 2 78 AT THE OAKS WHERE WE RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER FATALITY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS LISTED AS A FY 23 CAPITAL PROJECT WAS, UM, CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
UM, WE STARTED THE CORRIDORS PROJECT AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE TO WAIT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE OVERALL PATTERN WAS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THE SPOT PROJECT AT YACHT COVE, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, BACK AND FORTH WHICH FIXTURE, WHERE'S IT GONNA GO, WHO'S GONNA DO IT, HOW'S IT GONNA WORK? I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF MIXED REVIEWS ON WHETHER THAT'S THE AESTHETIC THAT WE WANT, HOW IT'S WORKING.
SO THE CORRIDORS PLANNING IS GOING TO INFORM THAT PROJECT.
SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE SURVEY WORK OF THAT AREA.
SO AS SOON AS WE COME TO YOU IN MARCH AND WE START SEEING, YOU KNOW, HEAD NODDING AND THUMBS UP AND THAT WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THEN THAT WILL BE, THAT PROJECT WILL COME OUT IMMEDIATELY FROM THERE.
WE WILL START THE DETAIL DESIGN FOR THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
AND, SORRY, MY LITTLE LIGHT WENT OFF.
I JUST WONDER IF THERE ANY KIND OF INTERIM SAFETY MEASURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN THERE UNTIL WE, UH, GET THE, UH, MORE FULL BOAT PLAN AND DESIGN.
YOU WERE WANTING TO JUMP IN? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN.
NO MATTER WHAT WE TRY TO DO THERE, WE HAVE TO, FOR THE MOST PART, GET A SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME STRONG, BOLD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TOWN COUNCIL WHEN WE SEE YOU.
AND SO THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS A REDUCTION OF SPEED, RIGHT? THE SECOND IS PROPER CROSSWALKS, I MEAN, STRIPING LIGHTING, SIGNAGE, AND YOU MIGHT SEE SOME BLINKING LIGHTS AT NIGHT AS A RECOMMENDATION.
UM, IF IT'S GOING TO BE SAFER, IT HAS TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? AND THEN I JUST THINK LOW LEVEL LIGHTING, WE WON'T, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING STREET LIGHTS UP AND DOWN THE ROADWAY.
BUT LOW LEVEL LIGHTING, THE PROPER L E D LIGHTS UP AND DOWN FROM LANDSCAPING CAN BRIGHTEN AN AREA.
AND IF THE CROSSWALKS ARE PROPER AND STANDARDIZED AND A SPEED IS REDUCED AND PROPER SIGNAGE IS REDUCED, THE THE AREA AT THE OAKS I DRIVE THROUGH THERE EVERY NIGHT I LEAVE, I LIVE, I LIVE UP THERE.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
THE FOLKS, AND, AND I'VE HEARD THIS, THE FOLKS DON'T CROSS AT THE CROSSWALK.
WELL, THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE AT THE CROSSWALK.
SO THEY CAN CROSS ANYWHERE AND FEEL JUST AS UNSAFE AS THEY FEEL CROSSING AT ARE UNSAFE CROSSWALKS.
THE LEFT TURNS, THE ANGLES, THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT, UH, COMPETING TURN MOVEMENTS.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE TOWN COUNCILS FULL SUPPORT OR AT LEAST VOTED SUPPORT ON THE INITIATIVES SO THAT WE CAN GO TO COLUMBIA WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED HERE LOCALLY.
SO WHILE I'D LOVE TO SAY YES, THERE'S A PIECEMEAL SOLUTION AND IT IS TAKING A WHILE, A LOT OF IT IS GETTING READY TO MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT DO THAT ALREADY, DO NOT WANT THE, THE, THE PUCKS IN THE, IN THE, THE PAVEMENT THAT FLASH THAT WORK IN OTHER STATES.
THEY, THEY ALREADY DON'T WANT THAT, IN MY OPINION.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SOLIDARITY IN THE COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A PLAN SO THAT I CAN WORK WITH, WITH JEN AND A GREAT TEAM TO BE WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS. SO, UM, THE, THE LAST THING ON MY LIST IS, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, FY 24, I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE FORECASTING.
AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE VERY LAST ON HOUSING, THERE'S KIND OF A, A BLANK THERE.
I KNOW A LOT OF IT IS GOING FORWARD.
I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THE FRAMEWORK AND TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I HOPE THERE'S SOME SORT OF PLACEHOLDER, IF YOU WILL,
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YOU'RE RIGHT.IT, IT'S NOT A ZERO, IT'S A NO NEW PROJECTS BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL CARRY FORWARD.
UM, THE WORK WITH THE CONSULTING, THERE WAS, UM, A LITTLE OVER $400,000 IN THAT ACCOUNT, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN USING.
BUT THERE WILL STILL BE MONEY THERE AS WELL AS THERE'S STILL SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE, UM, NORTH POINT, UM, PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
ANY OF THE THINGS THAT BEN IS WORKING ON WITH THAT, UM, TEAM.
AND IF YOU ALL WANNA ADD ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP, CERTAINLY YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO PARK SOMETHING IN THERE.
I JUST DON'T HAVE A NEW PROJECT.
BUT ANTICIPATE CARRYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT'S LEFT INTO FY 24.
SO THERE WAS TO BE SOMETHING IN 24, JUST NOT A NEW PROJECT.
CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW OF A NEW PROJECT YET.
IT, IT, IT GIVES THE PERCEPTION THAT NOT MUCH IS HAPPENING THERE THE WAY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING DETAILS.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD MAYBE EVEN SUGGEST LIST OUT THE 23 IN EVERYTHING AND, AND JUST SO IT, IT GIVES THAT PERCEPTION THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS BIG LONG SPREADSHEET THAT YOU FOLD OUT, UM, GET YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASS WITH, IT WILL SHOW THOSE AS CONTINUING PROJECTS.
UM, YOUR ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS, UM, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UH, THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT I'VE TAKEN NOTES ON.
UM, MANY OF THEM, I'LL HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GET TO FEBRUARY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, THE PARKS, UM, SPECIFICALLY.
BUT ONE THAT, UM, KIND OF STRUCK A, UH, TONE WITH MY HEART.
YOU MENTIONED CHARLES IN SUGGESTING TO THINK OF, UM, USING BEING THE USER AND THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US.
I KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE GET COMMUNITIES WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING HAPPENING, THEY ASK US, I'VE ASKED THEM, UM, OVER THE HISTORY, HAVE YOU DRIVEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE? DO YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR COUNCIL TO BE OUT DRIVING, BEING THE USER, BUT ALSO FOR STAFF TO HAVE THAT MENTALITY SO THAT THE IDEA THAT YOU WERE OUT THERE DOING THAT TO ME IS INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL.
AND THANK Y'ALL FOR SPENDING THE TIME WITH THAT.
UM, I CERTAINLY, UM, THINK OF AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE, THE CREATION OF ONE ISLAND, THE CREATION OF A PLACE WHERE WE ALL HAVE THAT SENSE OF SPACE THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO A, UM, THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AS RESIDENTS AND USERS.
AND IN DOING THAT, UM, SAFETY WAS JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE COMPLETE STREETS IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT JUST IN CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE, THE, ON THE ISLAND, IT'S, IT'S EVERYWHERE.
UM, 2 78 SHOULD NOT BE A THOROUGHFARE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE INCREASING IN TERMS OF SIZE.
IT SHOULD NOT HAVE INCREASING IN TERMS OF ITS UM, UM, SEPARATENESS LIGHTING AND ALL OF THESE THINGS I'LL BE LOOKING AT WITH THE CRITICAL AISLE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR SMALL ISLAND WHERE WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY IN, IN.
SO IN SAYING THAT, IT'S, IT'S THE SIMPLICITY, RIGHT? SO WE CAN ALL, YOU GUYS ARE BRILLIANT.
THERE ARE BRILLIANT PLANS OUT IN THE WORLD AND UP AND COMING IDEAS.
HILTON HEAD AS AN ISLAND IS A SMALL COMMUNITY OF SIMPLICITY.
I DON'T WANNA START LOOKING AT THE FOREST AND WHERE WE PUT THINGS AND FORGETTING ABOUT THE TREES AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE TREES.
AND, UM, SO, SO TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, AGAIN, PRIORITIZING.
WE KNOW THAT JONESVILLE ROAD IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER FOR IF, IF WHAT IS PROJECTED, UM, COMES TO FRUITION.
AND I'M CERTAINLY HOPING THAT WE ARE WORKING, UH, TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT PATHWAY SEGMENT.
SO THAT IS A PRIORITY, UM, IS TERRIFICALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, CREATING CROSSWALKS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE TO AG FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER SAFELY IS IMPORTANT.
UM, THANK YOU BY THE WAY, FOR REPLACE THE REPLACEMENT LIGHTS ON THAT SHELTER COVE EXTENSION.
UH, THAT SOLVED A BIG PROBLEM FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT ONE OF THOSE LITTLE THINGS, BACK TO SIMPLICITY, LESS IS MORE.
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IT IS, UM, IT IS MUCH IMPROVED AND MAKES IT A BEAUTIFUL SPOT.UM, THE CAMERAS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF SAFETY.
WE HAVE ISSUES, UM, IN OUR PARKS THAT, UM, WE NEED TO KEEP EYES ON TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT THERE.
UM, I WANNA JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THEM.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT JONESVILLE.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE ED STATIONS, AND THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK, BUT I'M GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE FOR AN ANSWER PERHAPS LATER AS THESE ARE BEING INSTALLED.
I KNOW IT CAME UP ACTUALLY IN, UM, THE MEETING, UH, WITH PLANNING COMMISSION JUST RECENTLY.
WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT? UM, ULTIMATELY, I KNOW THE INSTALLATION IS ONE ASPECT OF IT, BUT THE ONGOING USER, ARE THEY PUTTING IN A CREDIT CARD? HOW, HOW ARE, HOW IS THAT BEING PAID FOR, UM, ON AN ONGOING BASIS? AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE CUZ THE ONES THAT ARE IN OUR PARKS MM-HMM.
UM, THE ONE AT FIRE STATION TWO, UM, THAT I, CUZ I HAVE ONE OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND SO I HAVE TO GO TO EITHER FIRE STATION TWO OR LOW COUNTRY CELEBRATION PARK TO CHARGE UNTIL THE ONES THAT TOWN HALL ARE INSTALLED.
UM, BUT THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE CUZ THEY, UM, THE C I P COMMUNITY WAS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CHARGE PEOPLE FOR POWER AND GENERATE, YOU KNOW, FUNDS FROM THAT.
BUT THAT'S A POLICY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A QUESTION FOR LATER, BUT IT'S A QUESTION THAT'S COME UP THAT I THINK IS, DOESN'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANNA LOSE IT.
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME COMMENTS.
UM, SIMPLICITY, UM, BIGGER NOT BEING BETTER, MORE NOT BEING, UM, NECESSARILY BETTER IN THE LONG RUN.
THERE'S, UM, AN ITEM ON 42 THAT ALWAYS BOTHERS ME THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, UM, IN THE PAST, UM, WITH REGARD TO WAY FINDING, UM, THAT IS IMPORTANT AS WE START TO, UM, DO ANY OF THAT THAT IS KEPT SIMPLE.
IF, UM, IF AT ALL IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL PLACEMENT OF SIGNS, UM, THE BRANDING STUDY COMES UP IN THAT COMMENT AGAIN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, HILTON HEAD IN BRANDING.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED, UH, TO ASK COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE, UM, AT THIS TIME, UM, MORE STAFF, MORE GROWTH, MORE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT TAKES US AWAY FROM, I THINK WHAT OUR BRAND IN MY MIND, AND I THINK MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ON HILTON HEAD, UM, IS WE ARE A SIMPLE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK FRANK MENTIONED YESTERDAY, NUMBER ONE TOURIST, UM, IT IS BIKING AND, AND THE BEACH, RIGHT? HOW FAR DO WE REALLY WANT TO, AS A COMMUNITY START STRAYING AWAY FROM THAT AND BECOMING SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALL, UM, DREADED IN THE PAST, THE MYRTLE BEACH GROWTH CONCEPT, WHICH, UM, WE KNOW IS NOT FAVORED.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT ABOUT, UM, GROWING STAFF, I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ASKED TO DO THAT PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT ABSOLUTELY SPEAKS TO WHAT WE DO WANT TO ACHIEVE.
HILTON HEAD SHOULD BE KNOWN IN EVERY ASPECT OF EVERYTHING WE DO AND EVERY STANDARD WE SET AS BEING THE WORLD CLASS LEADER OF EXCELLENCE.
AND, UM, I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO, TO CONGRATULATE Y'ALL FOR GETTING THAT INVITATION.
AND WE LOOK FOR MANY MORE OF THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, HAVING BEEN PART OF THE, UH, C I P COMMITTEE FOR A FEW YEARS AND HAVING ATTENDED THEIR MEETINGS, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS PRIOR TO THAT AS A CITIZEN, I WANT TO, UH, TELL JEN THAT I THINK THIS IS, THIS WAS AN EX EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, CLEAR, THOROUGH, EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE, UH, AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF ON BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT KIND OF THING TOGETHER.
UM, I I ONLY WANNA MENTION ONE POINT AND THAT'S SAFETY RELATED.
WE'VE HAD REFERENCE TO THE SECTION ON, UH, WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY, NEAR THE OAKS AND PALMETTO, UH, THAT THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AREA FOR A LONG TIME, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
DARREN AND FRANK AND I HAVE GONE AROUND ONCE A YEAR AND LOOKED AT, AT
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THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN, UH, CRASHES OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER, PEDESTRIAN CYCLISTS AND SO ON.THAT AREA NEAR THE OAKS HAS SHOWN UP FOR YEARS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.
UH, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE'RE DOING A MASTER PLAN TYPE APPROACH TO HOW TO DEAL WITH 2 78.
UH, BUT, BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH RECOGNIZING, NOT ONLY HAS IT BEEN DIFFICULT FOR YEARS, BUT WE'VE HAD THREE DEATHS IN THE VERY RECENT TIMES.
AND YES, IT MAY TAKE TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND YES, WE MAY NEED APPROVALS FROM OTHER BODIES, BUT MY CONSCIENCE IS NOT GONNA BE RESTING EASILY IF WE DON'T TAKE STEPS NOW TO DO SOMETHING, EVEN IF ON A TEMPORARY BASIS TO PREVENT MORE DEATHS OR OTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
AND THERE, THERE CAN BE SOME SIMPLE THINGS.
I MEAN, UH, MORE DON'T CROSS HERE, GO DOWN TO THAT CROSSWALK, UH, PUTTING UP, UH, FLOWERS AND, UH, LITTLE MEMORIALS TO THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, UH, HIT WILL REMIND PEOPLE WHO ARE CROSSING THAT ROAD THAT IT'S A VERY TREACHEROUS PLACE.
UM, SOMEWHERE TO INDICATE THERE HAVE BEEN DEATHS AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN THIS INSTANT AREA AS A PEDESTRIAN, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION.
UH, AND FINALLY, UM, WHAT'S HOLDING UP THE IMPROVEMENT OF ALFRED LANE? THERE'S NOTHING HOLDING UP, IT'S JUST IN A LINE.
JEN, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR TIME? THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY.
THERE'S MORE TIME SIZE WITH THESE PROJECTS.
I'M BEING FACE WHEN I SAY THAT THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY REPORT.
UH, YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR ARMS AROUND WITH YOUR TEAM A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS, AND I SALUTE YOU FOR THAT.
AND I SALUTE YOUR TEAM AND MAKES SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT TOWN COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND APPRECIATES WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I UNDERLINED THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE OAKS AND CROSSING THERE.
THIS NEEDS TO BE A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
WE NEED TO FIND A SAFE WAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE ROAD.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SOLUTION IS.
I SUSPECT A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH LIGHTING.
UH, IF WE'RE GETTING DELAYED BY D O T AND ENCROACHMENT PERMITS OR WHATEVER, WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CAN'T TOLERATE.
I MEAN, THERE'VE BEEN MORE DEATHS THERE IN MY MEMORY THAN THERE HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE, UH, IN, IN THE, IN THE RECENT TIMES.
AND SO WE NEED TO DO, THAT'S NOT A COMPLAINT, BUT THAT'S AN URGENCY THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH HERE.
UM, YOU TALKED EARLY ON ABOUT PROCUREMENT AND DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING MATERIALS SOMETIMES MM-HMM.
WE HAVE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT, UM, SHARING CONSULTANTS.
SO IF ONE OF US HAS PROCURED AN ON-CALL CONSULTANT, THE OTHERS HAVE ACCESS.
IF WE WRITE AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, DO DO IT THAT WAY.
BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT, UM, PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS WE MEET, UM, EVERY COUPLE MONTHS AS A LARGER GROUP.
UM, AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WORTHY FOR OUR NEXT CONVERSATION.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ALL OF THE, UH, GOVERNMENTS AROUND ALL OF THE UNDERTAKINGS NEED PLYWOOD, UH, NEED PIPE, UH, NEED WIRE, NEED NAILS, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND SO IF WE CAN CREATE A REGIONAL UNDERTAKING THERE, MAYBE IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO YOU TO DO YOUR JOB, WHICH IS CERTAINLY THAT I WANT TO SEE HAPPENING HERE.
UH, THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, I MENTIONED YESTERDAY THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN A STUDY OF VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS, PRIMARILY, UH, AT THE CROSS ISLAND ABOUT WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE NOW.
AND THEN YOU STATED THAT THE, THE IDEAL TIME IS ABOUT 60 DAYS AFTER INSTALLATION TO IDENTIFY THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE.
UH, THAT'S OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ME CUZ I THINK THAT OFFERS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION HERE, OR I CERTAINLY HOPE IT DOES.
WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO IT AND, UM, I I'VE EXPERIENCED IT ELSEWHERE AND I THINK WE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT HERE.
UM, AN AREA THAT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY
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OF THE TOWN THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING FROM CITIZENS ABOUT IS REPAVING AT THE SHELTER COVE AREA ON 2 78.WHAT'S THE STATUS OF PAVING THERE? I SEE PAVING GOING ON, REPAVING GOING ON, UH, NEAR, UH, HILTON HEAD PLANTATION, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING GOING ON AT SHELTER.
UM, I CAN, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT I CAN GIVE YOU.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS NOT A TOWN PROJECT, BUT WE ARE PRIVY TO SOME OF IT.
UM, TODAY TWO OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE PART OF A, UM, CALL TO GET UPDATES ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE BEHIND ON THE ONE SECTION, WHICH IS LEADING THEM TO BE BEHIND ON THAT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS WE'VE NOTICED ABOUT THE, UM, FIRST COURSE THAT THEY'VE PUT DOWN IS A LITTLE BUMPY.
UH, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE STRIPING THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME STRIPING PROJECTS AND THAT COORDINATION EFFORT SO WE CAN GET A BETTER SCHEDULE FOR, UM, Y'ALL AND SHARE THAT WITH MARK TO PASS ON, UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF TODAY.
I'M OPTIMISTIC THEY'LL GET THAT DURING THEIR CALL TODAY.
UH, IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THAT TO BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS SPREAD TO THE PUBLIC MM-HMM.
FINALLY, I SAY AN, I SEE AN EMPHASIS HERE ON PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS.
I BELIEVE IN RESIDENTS FIRST, AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE UNDERTAKING THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I CHAIR MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SENTIMENTS.
UM, I THINK THAT A, A SPINOFF BENEFIT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS THE MORALE OF THE STAFF.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU CONNECT THE CREATIVITY TO THE ACTUAL VIEWING OF YOUR WORK, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND I THINK THE STAFF FEELS THAT, AND I KNOW COUNCIL DOES AS WELL, THE EN ENTHUSIASM, THE EXCITEMENT, UH, OF ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO DREAM AND THEN IMPLEMENT.
SO I, I'M GLAD WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AT THIS TIME.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE IN PUBLIC, THE SHELTER CO PATHWAY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE PUTTING OUT THERE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE DETAILS.
YOU CAN'T CREATE BIG PICTURE WITHOUT APPRECIATING THE DETAILS OF THAT PICTURE AND WHAT GOES INTO IT.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PULL UP YOUR VERY FIRST SLIDE THAT SHOWS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? 45 MILLION.
OH MY GOSH, DO YOU HAVE TO GO BACK? OH, GEEZ.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS A GRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF OUR PRIOR COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AND IT SHOWS PARKS AT THE TOP AND LAND ACQUISITION AND HOUSING AT THE BOTTOM.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US.
UM, I AM AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME PUSHBACK IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND ON PARKS.
I'M ALSO AWARE THAT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE OF OPINION ABOUT HOUSING.
AND IN OUR CONVERSATIONS IN THIS COUNCIL AND IN TERMS OF DISTRICT PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND SO ON, UH,
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AND OTHER AREAS OF THE ISLAND, WE HAVE BEEN RAMPING UP OUR INTEREST IN LAND ACQUISITION.SO I ASKED THE QUESTION OF THIS COUNCIL, DOES THIS REPRESENT OUR PRIORITIES? AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IT DOES.
NOW, OUR, OUR CHALLENGE AS A COUNCIL IS TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THAT PROBLEM TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND DEMONSTRATE THAT IF WE HAD 30 MILLION ALL OF A SUDDEN ON OUR, OUR, UM, TABLE, WOULD WE SPEND IT IN THIS ALLOCATION? AND IF OUR ANSWER IS NO, THEN ARE WE GOING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON HOW WE SPEND MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN THE PLANNING, UH, DOCKET NOW? UM, IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DECIDE WHERE WE'RE GOING AND ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE UNLESS WE HAVE THIS GRAPHIC REPRESENT OUR PRIORITIES.
A SPECIFIC QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT OUR SPENDING MONEY, IF YOU GO YEAR TO YEAR, ARE WE ACTUALLY FALLING BEHIND OUR CAPABILITY TO IMPLEMENT? WE DID.
UM, COMPARED TO HISTORICALLY WE WERE BUILDING 12 TO 15 MILLION OR DOING 12 TO 15 MILLION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS A YEAR, WHETHER IT WAS CONSTRUCTION OR ENGINEERING.
WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW, WE HAD A DOWN, OBVIOUSLY SEVERAL YEARS, WE PICKED BACK UP A FEW, BUT THEN WE STARTED THIS DIVISION, UM, JUST OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
AND MOST OF THE PROJECTS WERE A PLANNING KIND OF THING.
WE NEVER HAD $45 MILLION BUDGETS EITHER FOR, FOR CAPITAL.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO THAT 12 TO 15 A YEAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR CAPACITY AT THIS, UM, STAFF LEVEL AND COMMUNITY, UM, CAPACITY TO TAKE ON TO SEE THIS MUCH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OR THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN, THAT WE CAN DO MUCH MORE THAN THAT IS YOUR ANSWER.
THAT IF WE, UH, BUDGET 45 MILLION A YEAR BUT ONLY SPEND 13, THAT WE ARE FALLING BEHIND SO OUR DREAMS ARE NOT BEING REALIZED.
UM, NO, I THINK OUR EXPECTATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT THE 45 MILLION WAS REALLY A THREE YEAR SPEND AND NOT A ONE YEAR SPEND.
BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET? I AM NOT THE ONE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, AND I WOULD SAY MY EXPECTATION AND MY REALIZATION WASN'T THAT THE $45 MILLION PLUGGED INTO LAST YEAR'S C I P WAS A, WAS A THREE YEAR SPEND OR ONE YEAR SPEND.
IT WAS PLUGGING THE RIGHT DOLLARS THAT WERE SITTING IN A FUND BALANCE UNENCUMBERED, UNBEKNOWNST TO SOME MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY AND UNBEKNOWNST TO TOWN COUNCIL WHERE WE, WE WEREN'T SHOWING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO START INVESTING IN, IN PARKS AND ROADS AND FACILITIES, RIGHT? SO, UM, SEVEN, SEVEN OR SO MILLION OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE FOR NEW FIRE FLEET.
SO THE, THE GOAL LAST YEAR IS WE SET THE BUDGET AS I, AS I RECALL AT LEAST WASN'T, WE'LL GET ALL THIS DONE IN ONE YEAR AND IF WE DON'T, WE'RE BEHIND IT WAS LET'S PLUG THE RIGHT DOLLARS IN.
WE'VE LEARNED, I WOULD SAY WE'VE LEARNED AS A TEAM, I'VE LEARNED HERE WHAT TYPICALLY WAS A 24 MONTH, YOU KNOW, IDEA, PLANNING, APPROVAL, CONSTRUCTION, CLOSEOUT SCHEDULE AS A 24 MONTH CYCLE.
WE'RE AT LEAST AT A 30 MONTH, 36 MONTH CYCLE BECAUSE OF THE THINGS JEN INFORMED US ABOUT EARLIER.
WE PLUGGED ALL OF THIS IN YEAR ONE AND WE KNOW WHATEVER WE DON'T SPEND, WE'RE GONNA ROLL FORWARD IN NEXT FISCAL.
AND WE SHOW TOWN COUNCIL, I'LL CALL IT OLD MONEY, NEW MONEY, RIGHT? OLD MONEY COMING FROM THE YEAR BEFORE UNSPENT OR, OR ENCUMBERED AND THEN NEW.
SO I DUNNO IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT I TRYING TO, WELL, I I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IN PART BECAUSE OF MY OWN BEFUDDLED THINKING, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? IS THE PUBLIC SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SPENDING 45 MILLION EVERY YEAR? ARE WE SPENDING 13 MILLION EVERY YEAR? SO I, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CLARITY, AT LEAST FOR MY BENEFIT, SIR, IF NOT FOR THE PUBLICS.
UM, JEN, ONE OTHER DETAILED QUESTION.
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AND THEN YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF REFERENCES TO, UM, E A QUARTER THREE, QUARTER FOUR.I THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, I UNDERSTOOD IT, I SORT OF FIGURED IT OUT, BUT THERE'S A CONFLICT THERE.
THERE'S A, AND IT, UM, I GRAHAM, BECAUSE OUR TEAM DOES THE SAME THING CUZ WE THINK OF IT AS QUARTER COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT MOST OF THE WORLD THINKS ABOUT IT COMPARED TO THE CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WE ALWAYS HA ARE TRYING TO BE SPECIFIC, WHICH, WHICH ONE? UM, BUT THESE NUMBERS, WHEN IT SAID 2023, I WAS MEANING CALENDAR YEAR, AS I LISTENED TO YOU DESCRIBE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, IT, IT REALLY EMPHASIZED TO ME THE EFFORT THAT THIS COMMUNITY SLASH THE TOWN HAS TO PUT INTO, UM, WHAT IT DOES TO ASPIRATIONALLY WANT TO BE CALLED WORLD CLASS.
UM, I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THAT TERM BECAUSE IF YOU'RE WORLD CLASS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU'RE WORLD CLASS.
BUT, BUT I THINK FROM A, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WANTING TO BE VIEWED AS EXCELLENT, WHAT, IN MY OPINION WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT I ALSO LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT A WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY OR AN EXCELLENT COMMUNITY IS THAT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE EMPHASIZING, UM, ON ALL CYLINDERS.
SO, UM, JUST SOME, A COUPLE OF DETAILS.
UM, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE PIKE PATH WITH, UH, ALONG OUR MAJOR ARTERIALS? ARE WE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT? YES, WE ARE OPTIMISTIC.
UM, I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A BIKE PATH ON PALMETTO BAY ROAD ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
SO THAT RESIDENTS FROM POINT COMFORT CAN GET TO THE SHOPPING CENTERS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH WITHOUT ANY CROSS.
THAT'S JUST, AND WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH, UH, RUSSELL FREDERICKS AS WELL, AND THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE CORRIDORS PLANNING.
AND THEN THE FY 24 WHERE WE SAID PALMETTO BAY STREET SCAPE WOULD BE REALLY, UM, IMPROVING AND BUILDING THAT, THAT CONNECTION.
UH, I'VE ALSO MENTIONED TO THE TOWN MANAGER A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT HOW WE EMPHASIZE OUR BRAND ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE MENTIONED ELECTRICAL, UM, PLUGINS AND SO ON.
I JUST, UH, A PERSONAL PREFERENCE ON MINE IS THAT WE OUGHT TO BE HAVING SOME FLEET VEHICLES THAT ARE ELECTRIC SO THAT WE ARE, UH, AT LEAST SHOWING A CONCERN ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO, UM, WE GOT TWO.
OH, YOU DO? IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN WE ARE, UM, EACH YEAR WE'RE ADDING MORE.
MORE, UM, OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS THAT THERE ISN'T A GOOD ELECTRIC TRUCK.
UM, THERE'S A HYBRID OPTION, BUT WE USE SO MANY TRUCKS FOR INSPECTIONS AND PEOPLE REALLY OUT IN THE FIELD WITH ALL THEIR STUFF.
SO THERE'S NOT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SLOW RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE, UM, TWO, UM, EDGE OR, UM, CHEVY BOLTS THAT WE USE, UM, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDER THE DETAILS.
I'M, I'M PLEASED THAT YOU'RE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION.
UH, AND JUST YOUR BRIEF REFERENCE TO CHAPLAIN PARK, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE HEADED THERE.
SO I I I WOULD SAY, UM, FROM MY PERSONAL STANDPOINT, A FANTASTIC, UH, EFFORT, UH, WELL ORGANIZED AND IT EXCITES ME THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DREAMING BIG AND HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, MONUMENTAL IS, YOU KNOW, A WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IN WHAT IS TRYING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BASED OFF OF COUNCIL'S DIRECTION FROM THE YEARS PAST, UM, WITH THE CAPACITY THAT YOU HAVE AND IT'S JUST MONUMENTAL.
UM, I FIRST WANNA, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE CAPACITY SIDE BECAUSE WE DID MENTION IT YESTERDAY AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, IT REQUIRES MORE CAPACITY.
AND IF YOU HAD TO SAY RIGHT NOW, UM, WHAT ARE YOU, HOW MANY ARE YOU LACKING IN TERMS OF STAFF?
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IF THE EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR THAT THIS IS A THREE YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT THINGS TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS, THEN WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF.SO WE WOULD HAVE, UM, THREE FULL-TIME, UM, PROJECT MANAGERS AND THREE AND TWO FULL-TIME, UM, CAP, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS, PLUS A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
AND, UM, BARRING ANY POP-UP THINGS, THAT'S WHAT THROWS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US OFF WHEN SOMEBODY GOES, OH, YOU KNOW, I SAW THIS THING, IT'D BE REALLY GREAT IF YOU'D FIX THAT NOW, THEN THAT'S WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SCRAMBLE.
UM, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION AS WE HAVE THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS COMING UP.
AND, AND, AND I LOOK AT, AND, AND ALEX I THINK YOU DID THE MATH AND YOU SAID WE WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD ABOUT 19 MILLION, UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME OUT WITH A NUMBER, YOU KNOW, SOON, AND THAT'S GONNA ADD PROBABLY 15 TO $20 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, THEN THE CAPACITY IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG CARRIER OVER CAPACITY THAT'S GONNA LAST LONGER THAN THREE YEARS, FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, MOST LIKELY.
SO I'M JUST, I'M SAYING THAT OUT LOUD SO THAT WE'RE ALL THINKING IN THAT REALM.
UM, I DO WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE LAND ACQUISITION OF, YOU KNOW, 294,000, IS THAT DOLLARS SPENT TO ACQUIRE? SO IN TERMS OF SURVEYS, THAT'S THE SOFT COSTS, THE SOFT COST, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, AN APPRAISAL, A LEGAL FEE, A SURVEY, UM, A PROCUREMENT PACKAGE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S THAT PHASE LEVEL ONE, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I, I JUST WANNA, I WANNA MAKE THAT POINT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE LAND.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT BUCKET THAT IT GOES INTO.
SO, YOU KNOW, DAVID, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT, THAT THE WAY IT READS RIGHT THERE, IT SHOWS THAT LAND ACQUISITION IS VERY LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE, WHEN IN FACT THAT'S JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS TO GO INTO PURCHASING.
UM, AND I, AND I AGREE THAT I THINK COUNCIL WILL, YOU KNOW, DRIVE LAND ACQUISITION UP.
I WONDER WHERE IF THE PUBLIC, IF THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS A COUNCIL'S DECISION TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN LAND ACQUISITION, WHERE DO THEY SEE THAT NUMBER? GREAT POINT.
IT'S, IT'S OF COURSE NOT, NOT GOING TO SHOW UP THERE UNLESS YOU BUDGET FOR IT.
SO IF, IF THERE WAS, LET'S JUST SAY A LUMP SUM OF DOLLARS SITUATED AND IT'S IN FUND BALANCE AND, AND YOU WANT TO SHOW IT IN THE BUDGET, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AT TIME OF BUDGET.
IT ENCUMBER IT AND PUTS IT IN THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF, UH, TASTE, HOWEVER YOU WANT IT TO, TO ME, THIS IS SO POTENT AS A, UH, DESCRIPTION OF PRIORITIES MM-HMM.
AND I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IS WHERE'S THAT RETURN, RIGHT? SO, SO ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKS HAS, HAS GOT A LARGE EXPENDITURE AND, AND I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD SEE THAT REALLY DROP OFF BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, SAME WITH ROADWAYS, YOU KNOW, FLEET IS GONNA BE THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE THAT'S A RECURRING, YOU KNOW, REPLACEMENT AFTER EVERY SO MANY YEARS.
UM, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT PATHWAYS, THOSE THINGS I CAN SEE DROPPING OFF A LITTLE BIT WHERE BEACH HOUSING AND LAND ACQUISITION WOULD BE MORE STABILIZED.
UM, BUT ALSO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT BEACH HOUSING AND LAND ACQUISITION AND, AND POSSIBLY PARKS, WHERE IS THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT BACK TO THE, NOT ONLY TO THE TOWN AND TAX DOLLARS, BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASSETS.
UM, SO I, I, I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE, THE ACTUAL LAND ACQUISITION IN THERE AS WELL TO, TO SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE DOING.
MAYOR, CAN I, CAN I JUMP IN ON THE CONVERSATION? I, HANG ON ONE SECOND.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A GREAT ISSUE WITH SAFETY ON THE ROADS AND, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT AND WE'RE ALL VERY AWARE OF IT.
AND, AND I DO THINK AS A COUNCIL WE NEED TO TAKE A QUICK HARD LOOK AT THAT AND, AND MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD, UM, EXPEDITIOUSLY AND, AND MAKE A STANCE, A UNIFIED STANCE, UM, TO S E D O T AS TO WHAT WE THINK IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST FOR OUR GUESTS AND OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, TWO DEATHS ON THAT STREET
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RECENTLY AND ANOTHER ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IS, IS TOO MANY TO HAVE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.UM, AND, AND THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I I IMPLORE US TO REALLY WORK ON THAT, UH, IN SOME COMING MEETINGS AND, AND REALLY ADDRESS IT AND STAND TOGETHER, UM, AND FIGHT FOR THAT.
UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, MR. AMES FOR BRINGING UP THIS CHART BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
UM, AND, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MID ISLAND TRACK VERSUS HOUSING.
UH, NUMBER OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED ME, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM FOR THE MID ISLAND TRACK, THE NEW PARK.
I, I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT THE PLANS, UM, BUT FOLKS ARE ASKING ME INSTEAD OF SPENDING, I LOOKED AND, AND THE FY 23 AMOUNT FOR THE MID ISLAND TRACK IS 5.2 MILLION.
SO SHOULD WE TURN THAT ON ITS HEAD, WOULD IT BE BETTER TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON HOUSING, IS MY QUESTION.
AND WHEN DO WE ADDRESS THAT CONCERN? CAN WE REVISIT THE MID ISLAND TRACK AND HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING AND WHAT ARE WE PLANNING TO DO WITH IT? UH, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IF I'M NOT SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS TO TAKE IT BACK TO ITS NATURAL STATE AND TO ADDRESS STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO THAT GOES INTO THE RESILIENCY SIDE AS WELL.
YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND, AND AS I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AND, AND SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS, UH, KNOWS MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO COULD HELP OUT WITH THIS, BUT I DID SAY THAT I FAVOR THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, AS I UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF, UH, EARTH MOVING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD OCCUR, IT'S NOT JUST ADDRESSING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, BUT DOING THE PREP FOR WHAT WOULD BE PHASE TWO.
AND, AND WHAT I'M WONDERING IS HOW MUCH OF THAT 5.2 MILLION, I KNOW SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH SCHEMATIC DESIGN, UM, BUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS FOR THE KIND OF EARTHWORK THAT WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AS OPPOSED TO ONLY ADDRESSING, AND I'D USE THE WORD ONLY VERY LIGHTLY THERE, UH, FOCUSING ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, WHICH I AGREE WE SHOULD FOCUS ON, BUT I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY OTHER KIND OF EXPENDITURES TOWARDS, UM, A, A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE MONEY FOR WHEN HOUSING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL.
AND I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR BY THIS COUNCIL AS BEING ONE OF OUR FOCUS PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
I ALSO, UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
UM, IS THAT WHAT MK SK HAD PROVIDED TO US, OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND ADJUSTING? IT'S THE NEXT LEVEL OF WORK WITH MK SK AND THEIR TEAM.
SO IT TAKES IT FROM THE LOOSER DESIGN AND STARTS TIGHTENING EVERYTHING UP.
SO INSTEAD OF A MARKER, YOU MIGHT BE USING A PENCIL, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING MORE PRECISE.
MORE OF THE OTHER SUB-CONSULTANTS WOULD BE, UM, GIVING US SOME IDEAS FOR BUILDING MASSING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEN WE CAN LOOK AT AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT WANNA PHASE IT.
SO, SO BASED ON THAT, AND, AND IF, IF ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE SHOWN CURRENTLY ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE, DOES THAT SAME, DOES THAT SAME PRE-WORK NEED TO BE DONE AS IS IN THE BUDGET NOW? I THINK IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE FOR A PROJECT THAT BIG TO DO SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE WHOLE THING.
BUT IF YOU WERE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T WANNA DO PARTS OF IT, THEN YES, YOU COULD SAVE MONEY NOW BY ONLY DOING SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE SURE YOU WANT TO DO.
IT INFORMS THE, IT JUST IS GIVING YOU MORE INFORMATION.
IT'S GONNA HONE IN ON THE COST, PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHERE TO GET FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TAKING IT TO A LITTLE BIT FINER LEVEL OF DETAIL.
SO I, I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS MIGHT BE IS THAT THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T, UM, HASN'T GIVEN THEIR INPUT AS TO DESIGN FACTORS ON THAT SITE IN WHAT ELEMENTS ARE WANTED VERSUS NOT WANTED, RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN, IN THAT WHERE YOUR CONCERN IS COULD BE ADDRESSED.
TAMMY, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I DO.
UM, I DID HAVE SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP WHEN, ONCE YOU WERE FINISHED, MAYOR WITH, WITH YOUR COMMENTS TO REVISIT THE ISSUE OF, UM, THAT CROSSING AND, AND, AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS THERE.
BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, TWO, TWO PIECES, ONE, WHICH YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT PREP
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WORK FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS LAID FORTH PREVIOUSLY, AN ANTICIPATED OF THE MID ISLAND TRACK DEVELOPMENT ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE, THE PARK NECESSARILY, RIGHT? SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA IS ALSO, UM, IMPACTS THAT DISTRICT PLAN AND ITS SUCCESS DOWN THE ROAD, UM, BELIEVING THAT IT ALL INTERPLAYS IN TERMS OF ENTHUSIASM AND INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE.AND SO I DON'T WANNA BE, UM, PLAYING THE GAME OF A, UH, UM, SAVING A DIME AND LOSING A DOLLAR IN THE END WITH A, WITH AN ULTIMATE OH, HOWEVER THAT MAY BE GRANTED THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT WITH SOME FRESH EYES.
BUT, SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, ALSO IN TERMS OF LAND ACQUISITION, I DON'T WANT, UM, ANYONE TO BE UNDER THE BELIEF THAT, UM, WHEN WE SAY LAND ACQUISITION, THAT IT IS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UM, HOUSING.
AND IN FACT, THE IDEA THAT WE ARE KEEPING HILTON HEAD GREEN, UM, HAS NOT BEEN LOST ON US AS A PRIORITY, UM, FROM THE LONG PAST OF DEVELOPING HIS, UM, THIS ISLAND.
AND THAT KEEPING, UM, LAND ACQUISITION IN FRONT OF US FOR THAT CONSERVATION OF, UH, GREEN SPACE IS CERTAINLY A HIGH PRIORITY.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR, UM, TO ANYONE LISTENING, UM, CERTAINLY, UM, NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT OF IN THAT WAY, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER ELSE OTHER FOLKS MIGHT BE THINKING OF.
BUT WHAT I WANTED JUST ASK, UH, AS EVERYONE SEEM TO BE, UM, COMMENTING WITH GREAT CONCERN, AND, AND CERTAINLY IT IS ALL OF OURS, UM, OF ANY OF THE INJURIES, ACCIDENTS, DEATHS, UM, THAT HAPPEN ANYWHERE ON OUR ISLAND, BUT THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH, IS THERE A POINT, DO WE HA IS, CAN SOMEONE GIVE US, AND MAYBE IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO COME FORTH, THAT, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, CAN SOMEONE DESCRIBE THAT AREA TO US? THE TYPE OF ACCIDENT, THE POINTS OF, UM, CONFLICT, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD HANDLE ON THOSE FACTS, UM, SO THAT AS WE START TO THINK OF SOLUTIONS, UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY DESIGN OR THINK THROUGH IT IN THAT WAY.
UM, ONE THAT I WANTED TO, UM, GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL COMMENTS TO REITERATE IS UP AND DOWN 2 78, IT IS NOT A THOROUGHFARE.
AND WE OUGHT TO, IN TERMS OF COMPLETE STREETS OR HOWEVER THAT MAY BE THROUGH OUR LANDSCAPING PROGRAM, CREATE THAT BARRIER BECAUSE PEOPLE DO CROSS RIDE THEIR BIKES DOWN THAT ROADWAY IN VERY UNSAFE WAYS.
SO AN ENHANCED LANDSCAPING PROJECT THAT REALLY SLOWS THE TRAFFIC, THAT REALLY CREATES A NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THERE'S MORE AWARENESS OF, UM, UH, OF CROSSINGS, PEOPLE, ANIMALS IN THAT NATURE.
AND TO QUIT TRYING, UH, IN A, I SAY QUIT, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING THAT WAY, THINKING OF 2 78 WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY AS A EVER GROWING, EXPANDING BUSINESS CORRIDOR AND BRING IT BACK INTO OUR ONE COMMUNITY CONCEPT.
BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD DIRECTION TO, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, ANY, ANY LAST COMMENTS ON THIS? UM, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
YOU'VE GIVEN US SO MUCH INFORMATION AND YOU KNOW, FROM ALL OF US, CONGRATULATIONS, UM, FOR A JOB GREATLY DONE.
UH, MARK, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW.
I JUST REMEMBERED WHY I DO NOT LIKE FOLLOWING JEN IN ANY PRESENTATION.
SHE REMINDED, SHE REMINDED US TODAY, UM, PROUD, PROUD OF JEN, UH, PROUD OF OUR TEAM, PROUD OF THE FINANCE TEAM TOO.
IT IS A LITTLE INTERNAL, UH, COMPETITION WHERE JEN IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE JOHN NERVOUS WHEN IT COMES TO CASH FLOW ON PROJECTS.
UM, MAY I, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK IN A IN A SECOND.
WE WENT TO 1114, WHICH IS FINE.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU TODAY IS, IS, IS PACKED IN AND REPACKED IN AS LATE AS THIS MORNING IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE WORK THAT WE'LL DO RIGHT AFTER THIS.
I'D, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENT ON SOME THINGS THAT YOU WERE ASKING, JEN.
I WASN'T GONNA JUMP IN AS JEN WAS ANSWERING AND YOU, AND YOU WERE DISCUSSING, BUT, BUT I WOULD SAY I'M EXCITED BECAUSE AS WE START, AS WE END TODAY, I WILL REVIEW WITH YOU OUR BUDGET SCHEDULE.
AND EVERY QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT BUDGETING AS IT RELIES UPON THE STRATEGY MAKES
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PERFECT SENSE TO US AS A STAFF, RIGHT? AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT THERE BE A MESSAGE SENT AND UNDERSTOOD THAT SAYS, THE SOURCE OF FUNDS, RIGHT, DRIVES THE USE OF FUNDS.AND SO YOU HAVE A BIG NUMBER IN PARKS.
WELL, I LOOKED AT PARKS AS WE WERE TALKING TIF PROJECTS, SO THERE WOULD BE A TIF DISTRICT, BUT THERE WERE SPECIFIC PARK PROJECTS LISTED IN THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE WORK, HOSPITALITY TAXES.
THOSE H TAXES CAN BE USED FOR PARKS, NOT HOUSING, GRANTS, PARK GRANT, NOT A HOUSING GRANT, PARK IMPACT FEES, OUR OWN IMPACT FEES, COUNTY IMPACT FEES, WHATEVER WE CAN PUT, IMPACT FEES, ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEES, THOSE SOURCES OF FUNDS.
AND IT'S WHY YOU PASSED THAT RESOLUTION A LITTLE TIME LITTLE WHILE AGO TO ASK THE STATE LEGISLATURE AS WE GET READY TO TALK IN COLUMBIA, WHY WE ASK FOR AN EXPANSION OF H AND ATAC, ESPECIALLY AS IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY, UH, FOR AN EXPANDED AT LEAST, CHOICE OF USE OF FUNDS.
SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE BUILD BUDGET, BECAUSE YOU DO SEE SOME NUMBERS UP THERE THAT ARE SKEWED, BUT A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE THE FUNDING SOURCES DRIVE THE USES AND, AND, AND THAT ULTIMATELY DIRECTLY INDIRECTLY DRIVES PRIORITIES.
SO AS WE GET INTO OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR US TO LOOK AT A REAL FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, RIGHT? SO BY STATE LAW AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE FIVE YEAR PROGRAMS. WE BUDGET ONE YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SET A BUDGET ON.
BUT PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT A REALISTIC THREE OR A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, WHICH WE REALLY ONLY KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST THREE YEARS.
AND THE, AND THE OTHER TWO YEARS ARE THE PIPELINE PROJECTS.
BUT WHY DON'T WE PUT TOGETHER A THREE YEAR FUNDING STRATEGY IN A ONE YEAR BUDGET IF, IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
AND THAT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL DESIRES AS WE BUILD THAT BUDGET TOGETHER.
UM, I HEARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MID ISLAND PARK.
I, I'D ENCOURAGE US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE'VE SAID IT FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT PHASE ONE.
PHASE ONE IS A WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND IT PUTS THE FRAMEWORK IN PLACE FOR US TO USE THE PARK VERY SOON, RIGHT? PATHWAYS, LAGOONS EXPERIENCING SOME VERSION OF NATURE, UM, SOME STORYTELLING AND, AND GATHERING, GATHERING PLACE IN NATURE.
I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS, UM, AND I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU, MAYOR.
PERHAPS I NEED YOUR HELP TO MEET WITH D O T ANTICIPATING THIS WORKSHOP.
THE WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH.
YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO PUT THE CORRIDORS GENERAL? SHE FAR ENOUGH AWAY NOT TO THROW SOMETHING AT ME IF YOU WANT THE CORRIDORS IN FEBRUARY AND PUSH THE PARKS TILL MARCH OR HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE THE MARCH WORKSHOP FOR CORRIDORS.
WE'RE VERY OPEN AND HAPPY TO DO THAT TOO.
OUR FIRST MEETING OUT OF THE GATE, WE WEREN'T READY TO SHOW YOU ALL THE CORRIDOR WORK AS IT'S COMING IN RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT LAND ACQUISITION CORRIDORS, PARKS, AND THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT EL LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE WORK, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY MIGHT BE LISTED LATER IN A PRIORITY ORDER TO US, EVERYTHING'S NUMBER ONE.
IF YOU WANT A SPECIAL WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY AND CORRIDORS IN A, IN A MEETING WITH D O T, PERHAPS ON THAT DAY, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
RE REGARDING A SPECIAL MEETING, I I, I'M GONNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY ANSWER IS YES, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THINGS AT A LOT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIME MM-HMM.
UM, SO I I, BEFORE DOING THAT, I DON'T WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION, BUT, BUT I'M, SO Y'ALL KNOW, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT
UH, SO, UH, BREAK READY? BREAK READY? THANK YOU.
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WELL, IT'S ALMOST NOON.JEN, YOU MADE UP FOR LAST YEAR.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, IS KRISTA LUNCH STILL COMING RIGHT AT 12 ISH? OKAY.
WELL, THEY, THEY'RE SETTING LUNCH UP RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S JUST ABOUT 20 TILL WE HAVE COMFORTABLY UNTIL ABOUT 2 45, 3 O'CLOCK.
I'M GONNA REVIEW THE BUDGET CALENDAR AFTER BREAK SOME PUBLIC COMMENT AT THREE 15 SCHEDULED.
DOESN'T SEEM THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, SO IF WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WE CAN PAUSE AND, AND CONTINUE.
SO, SO, UH, ANOTHER HUGE THANK YOU TO JOSH FOR HANGING OUT WITH ME LAST NIGHT AND HUMORING ME WHILE WE TOOK A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THE DAY TWO SETUP.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO AND, AND TODAY, IF YOU CAN HELP ME, YESTERDAY, WE TOOK NOTES.
THERE WAS MORE THAN SIX PAGES.
NICK TAY SENT SOME NOTES, OTHER FOLKS SENT SOME NOTES.
WE TRIED TO TAKE ALL THOSE NOTES AND PUT THEM IN PLACE SO THAT WE'RE NOT FORGETTING ANYTHING.
AND I, I, I'D SAY I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WELL PREPARED TO SHARE THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, SOME NEW INITIATIVES, NEW INITIATIVES PROPOSED BY TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, A COUPLE OF NEW INITIATIVES PROPOSED BY MYSELF AND, AND STAFF AND ON BEHALF OF STAFF.
BUT WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED.
WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF ELEMENTS IN THIS CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR IN A LONG LIST OF THINGS TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT IF WE JUST DID TWO WORKSHOPS A MONTH, EVERY MONTH OR 12 MONTHS, THAT'S 24 TOPICS AND THERE'S MORE THAN 24 TOPICS ON THE BOARD, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST BEING REALISTIC ABOUT THAT.
SO WE TOOK THAT AND WE TRY TO BREAK DOWN TO MS. BRYSON'S POINT.
AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD POINT, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
IF, IF WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN STRATEGIES AND THE VARIOUS GOALS, RIGHT? EXCELLENCE, ENVIRONMENT, PARKS, REC, RIGHT SIZE, INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO, WE, WE'RE NOT TRYING, WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING THOSE BUCKETS IN PUTTING THE STRATEGIES WITHIN THOSE GOALS, GOAL GOAL BUCKETS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE STILL DOING THAT, BUT IN THE SLIDES THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU DOES BREAK IT DOWN FISCAL YEAR 23, AND WE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT TO PUSH OUT TO 2024.
I'LL BE UPFRONT, UM, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE PUSHING TOO MUCH OUT TO 2024, HEARING YOUR COMMENTS YESTERDAY.
LMO IS URGENT, CORRIDORS IS URGENT.
UH, AND, AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE URGENT.
AND SO I'VE LEFT THEM IN THE 23 BUCKET, AND I WOULD ASK FOR SOME HELP TODAY TO CHALLENGE ME AND CHALLENGE YOURSELVES IS DO THEY ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
AND SO THAT'S HANDS ARE SWEATING SAYING THAT TO YOU.
I, I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.
I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
IT'S ALWAYS SAID, I DIDN'T COME HERE TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD WORK AFTER WE GET THROUGH EVERYTHING.
AND WHEN YOU, WHEN I SAY EVERYTHING, WHAT I BELIEVE THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES ARE, WHETHER IT'S IN FISCAL 20 OR CALENDAR 23 OR CALENDAR 24, THAT SHOULD BUILD OUR NEXT TWO YEAR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, RIGHT? AND THEN AT THE END OF ALL THOSE SLIDES, THERE IS A TOP 10 ISH LIST.
I TOOK THE TOP 15 ISH AND I DROPPED IT LOWER.
THE BIG PIVOT THAT I THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT I IS STARTING TO REALLY RESONATE.
WE ARE GETTING AWAY FROM INCREMENTAL STRATEGIES AND STARTING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRAM AND BELIEVE MR. AMES SAID THAT YESTERDAY.
THERE'S SO MANY, HOWEVER YOU SAID IT, THERE'S SO MANY INDIVIDUAL TO-DOS.
SO GROWTH CORRIDORS, CAP PROJECTS.
AND SO AS WE START HOUSING, AND SO WE START THINKING ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS, WE'VE, WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO BUCKET THIS.
WE FINISHED THIS LAST NIGHT, 8 39 ISH, BUT TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'LL GO OFF, WE WON'T LOOK AT IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WE'LL CATCH UP WITH PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS FOR A FEW DAYS, AND THEN WE WILL BUILD THIS STRATEGIC PLAN TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ADOPT THIS SOONER THAN LATER, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON YOUR FEBRUARY AGENDA FOR COMPLETION, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BUILD THE DOCUMENT, LAY IT OUT, ORGANIZE IT WELL, SO PROBABLY MARCH OR SO, APRIL, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD DOCUMENT, BUT BE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
WE'LL KNOW WHAT OUR, WE'LL KNOW WHAT THE CONSENSUS IS HERE FOR OUR PRIORITY.
SO RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE, AND YOU'LL SEE WE STILL BUCKET
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THE 2325 FISCAL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.SO IT, IT'S LIKE DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY BRAIN.
WE ARE WORKING ON FISCAL YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE ALWAYS THINK CALENDAR YEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING.
AND WE KINDA LIVE IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO WORLDS.
SO BEAR WITH ME AS WE EXPLAIN THIS.
SO UNDER PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE, RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE CALENDAR, YEAR 23, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR CONVERSATION CONCURRENCE OR PUSHOUT ARE THE FOLLOWING.
SO ASSESS ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, PERFECT FOLLOW UP TO OUR LAST CONVERSATION.
SO PUTTING TOGETHER A CONCRETE, VERY SPECIFIC LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING STRATEGY.
WE KNOW THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AND, AND THE REGION, UH, HILTON HAD INCLUDED, UM, VOTER REFERENDUM, ADOPTED A BEAUFORT COUNTY GREEN SPACE SALES TAX PROGRAM.
SO AS A STRATEGY, WE SHOULD BE I IDENTIFYING, UH, TARGET PROPERTIES, DENSITY RIGHTS AND PRIORITIZING THAT AS A TO-DO ALSO AN ASSESSMENT OF VOTER REFERENDUM QUESTIONS THAT HAS COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
UM, SO WE PUT IT UP HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, BUT FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION, WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND REUSE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT THE PARK AND THE HOUSING.
THERE'S NOT A, JUST THE HOUSING FUND IS GENERAL FUND FOR THE MOST PART.
HOUSING FUND RIGHT NOW IS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PROGRAM, 5.2 MILLION, BUT I'D SAY THAT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME GRANT.
SO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? AND THEN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REUSE, WE CAN USE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE.
WE CAN USE PALMETTO ELECTRIC UTILITY TAX CREDITS.
WE CAN USE DIFFERENT FEES, UM, IN, IN DIFFERENT, UM, WE BUSINESS LICENSE REVENUE, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
SO, BUT AGAIN, AN ASSESSMENT OF VOTER REFERENDUM QUESTIONS.
UH, ALSO TO IDENTIFY DEDICATED FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
I MENTIONED LAST YEAR, NOVEMBER 1ST, AS WE ADOPTED THE, UH, HOUSING FRAMEWORK, FINDING HOME AS IT'S TITLED, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION TO PUT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, THAT BEING THE FIRST YEAR OF FUNDS TOGETHER.
WELL, WE HAD A SURPLUS OF REVENUE IN ACCOMMODATIONS, TAXES THIS PAST YEAR.
AND SO WE'VE SIMPLY TAKEN THAT EXTRA SURPLUS THIS ONE TIME, PUT THAT INTO OUR BUDGET FOR OPERATIONS, AN UNENCUMBERED GENERAL FUND FOR THAT.
SO WE NOW HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, THAT'S NOT SHOWING IN THE C I P, BUT IN FUND BALANCE FOR HOUSING IN THAT REGARD.
BUT WHAT DO WE DO NEXT YEAR? I CAN'T KEEP COUNTING ON ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.
I THINK WE HAD A PHENOMENAL COUPLE YEARS AND WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO ALWAYS, UM, SEE THOSE TYPES OF REVENUES.
A MID ISLAND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT.
WE TALKED ABOUT MID ISLAND PARK, BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT ROAD WATER SEWER STORMWATER PATHWAY LIGHTING, SAFETY, SAFETY ON THE ROADWAYS THAT MID ISLAND TIFF DISTRICT, UM, IS SOMETHING TO EXPLORE.
AND, AND THAT ISN'T JUST A SIMPLE ORDINANCE, THAT IS PROJECT SPECIFIC.
A LOT OF ANALYSIS, FREEZING THE BASE LAYER OF PROPERTY TAX, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, WORKING WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, I HOPE.
AND, AND LEVERAGING OUR DOLLAR WITH THEIR DOLLARS TO HAVE A SURPLUS IN A, IN AN EXPEDITED, UH, SPENDING, SPENDING PLAN.
JOHN TROYER, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
WE HAVE HAD TIF DISTRICTS IN THE PAST.
HOW MUCH REVENUE DID ALL OF THOSE EXTENSIONS CREATE OVER TIME IN A TIF DISTRICT? 110 MILLION.
SO, JUST POINT OF REFERENCE, RIGHT? SO IT'S REAL DOLLARS.
AND DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATE, RIGHT? COUNTY PARTICIPATE.
SO U S C B CB RIGHT, WOULDN'T BE THERE WITHOUT A TIFF DISTRICT.
AND SO SOMEONE SAID, THINK BIG, DREAM BIG.
AND SO THIS WILL HELP US GET THERE.
AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US IS THE TIF DISTRICT WILL RELY COMPLETELY ON THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN THAT YOU'VE ALREADY ADOPTED, RIGHT? SO WE'VE SHARED THAT WITH THE, THE, OUR, OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSTS WITH, WITH FRANNY.
YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR FIRST WORD WAS THIS IS TRANSFORMATIONAL.
THE BONDING AGENCIES WILL LOVE THIS.
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN A DOCUMENT SO WELL PREPARED FOR A TIF DISTRICT IN A LONG TIME, RIGHT? NOT MISSPEAKING.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, STILL UNDER ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE REVENUES, ASSESS BONDING CAPABILITIES.
UM, THERE IS A, A WAY WE COULD BOND SOME DOLLARS, RIGHT? SO WE, WE COULD GO AND FLOAT A BOND WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO A REFERENDUM.
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UM, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED AN INSTALLMENT PURCHASE REVENUE BOND WHERE THERE'S SEVERAL STREAMS OF REVENUE, REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE, ACCOMMODATIONS, TAX GENERAL FUND, AND IN SEVERAL STREAMS. AND YOU HAVE ONE BOND, SO TO SPEAK.IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED, BUT WE COULD RAISE SOME REAL DOLLARS THAT WAY.
KEEP IN MIND, I'M NOT TRYING TO BORROW OUR FUTURE, BUT IF WE HAVE SPECIFIC PRIORITIES FOR SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND RESILIENCY AND SOME OF THAT WORK WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH SOONER THAN LATER, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A WAY TO GET THERE.
AND THAT'S SOME REAL WORK TO BE DONE.
UM, ADOPT AN ACCOMMODATIONS TAX FUNDING POLICY.
UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR.
YOU WERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING LEADING THAT DISCUSSION.
I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE JUST SIMPLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE DIVISION OF FUNDS AS THEY'RE COMING IN AND, AND BEFORE THEY GO OUT, SO THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST A BASELINE EXPECTATION OF, OF HOW I CAN USE THOSE FUNDS.
AS ONE EXAMPLE IN THE BUDGET, THIS WAS A BIG YEAR TO PUT SOME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN THERE.
THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO PATHWAYS.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT ASSESSMENT THE OTHER DAY.
BUT I, I, I KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR I CAN'T JUST SHOW UP TO BUDGET AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA.
I NEED $5 MILLION OF THE AT TAX DOLLARS.
I KNOW THE COMMUNITY RELIES UPON THAT, AND THERE'S PROGRAMS IN PLACE.
THE SOONER WE HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE IS THE SOONER WE CAN PLAN FOR THOSE FUNDS IN THE PROPER WAY.
MR. LANDO, BEFORE YOU MOVE TOO MUCH FURTHER, UH, FROM APPOINTMENT BEFORE, JUST AS YOU, UH, HATE TO PUT MR. CHO ON THE SPOT, BUT JUST SOME ROUGH IDEA OF OUR SITUATION HERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR BONDING CAPABILITIES, UM, JUST FOR THE VALUE OF THE ENTIRE GROUP, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME ROOM THERE AT, AT THE MOMENT, UH, BASED ON OUR PAY DOWN OF PREVIOUS DEBT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS ASK JOSH TO GET A MICROPHONE, SO WHEN JOSH, WHEN JOHN SPEAKS, CAN BE HEARD AND TRANSMITTED.
WHAT I WAS, JOHN, JOHN, DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? YES, THERE IS.
YES, THERE IS A BONDING CAPACITY AND, UM, IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UH, THE TOWN HAS REDUCED ITS OVERALL DEBT IN EACH OF THE FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? I'M PROUD TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OR HERE IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, WE PAID DOWN 40,000,039 MILLION OF DEBT PRINCIPLE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT 15 MILLION A YEAR.
UH, CONDUCT A STORMWATER UTILITY RATE STUDY.
WE'VE HEARD THAT AND ALIGN IT WITH THE RESILIENCY PLAN AS WELL AS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS, AND IN A LOT OF YEARS SINCE WE'VE ASSESSED AND ADJUSTED ANY DEVELOPMENT PERMIT REVIEW FEES, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN MY CAREER, GROWTH MUST PAY FOR GROWTH, ESPECIALLY ON THE FRONT END, ESPECIALLY IN, AT THE VERY LEAST OF STAFF TIME AND COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL TIME.
SO, SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, UM, THAT IS UNDER EXCELLENCE, THAT IS NOT UNDER ASSESS ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WORK IS ALIGNED WITH AND PROGRAMMED WITH PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE DOLLARS TO COME IN.
I EXPLAINED ALL THIS YESTERDAY, IMPLEMENT CULTURAL AFFAIRS STRATEGIC PLANS.
SO THAT IS A TO-DO AND AN ONGOING, AND WE'LL ALWAYS BE UP THERE AS STRATEGIC.
UM, SOME PUBLIC COMMENT YESTERDAY AND, AND NOT THAT WE WEREN'T WORKING ON THIS, IT'S JUST, I THOUGHT, WHY NOT JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, YES, WE WILL CELEBRATE THE SIGHTING 360 YEARS AGO.
YES, WE WILL EXCITE CELEBRATE OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION.
AND WHAT'S GREAT IS THE COMMUNITY, OF COURSE, I KNOW HEATHER YESTERDAY BROUGHT THAT COMMON UP, IT'S JUST STAFF'S EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I KNOW ANGIE IS, IS EXCITED AND, AND A LOT OF PLANS ARE IN THE WORK.
UM, SO IT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO LIST IT AS A STRATEGY ITEM, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.
YESTERDAY, DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW FIRE RESCUE STRATEGIC PLAN, NEW CHIEF NEW PLAN.
GOOD PART IS THE OLD PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED.
SO, AND THERE'S, THERE'S JUST TIME FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER.
AND, UH, CHIEF WILL WORK ON THAT.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THESE ALL DO NOT SAY OPERATIONAL NEXT TO 'EM.
SO ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS WILL COME TO YOU, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH CSPS, PERHAPS FIRE, RESCUE, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE, PERHAPS THROUGH THE A REVENUE ASSESSMENT.
SO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT HR TECHNOLOGY STRAP PLANS.
THOSE REMAIN IN PLACE, WILL CONTINUE WITH
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THOSE MEASURE AND COMMUNICATE RETURN ON PUBLIC INVESTMENT.UH, AS WE WORK WITH THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN BROWN AND MYSELF AS WELL AS FINANCE DIRECTOR JOHN SCHREYER, HAD A CONVERSATION TO START REPORTING ON THE ADDED VALUE AND ON THE DOLLARS SPENT AND WHAT THE ADD ADDED VALUE IS.
I THINK I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY, UH, SIR.
SO THAT WE'RE SHOWING WHERE WE'RE SPENDING AND WHERE WE'RE PROGRESSING.
AND, AND ONE EXAMPLE TODAY WE REPORT, WE CAN REPORT AT FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN THAT REGARD OF THE, OF THE SPEND ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT ALSO ALIGN THAT WITH PROJECT SCOPE AND SCHEDULE, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING? WHERE ARE WE? SO TRYING TO GET BETTER AT OUR COMMUNICATION, IMPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PROCESS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, THAT'S A HUB OF TALENT, BANK BOARDS, COMMISSION, VACANCIES, MATRIX, SHOWING ALL DESIRED APPOINTMENTS, IMPROVED RECRUITMENT, ONBOARDING, TRAINING.
AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A, A HUGE STEP FORWARD THIS YEAR TO FOCUS ON THAT DAILY.
UM, AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.
WE COULD ALWAYS GO BACK AND PULL THINGS OUT INTO 2024, OR YOU COULD STOP ME RIGHT NOW AND SAY, DON'T DO THAT YET, WHICH I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO.
SO, RESEARCH TRENDS AND IMPLEMENT BEST-IN-CLASS SERVICE DELIVERY, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S READY TO COME OUT OF THERE.
WE DO THAT NO MATTER WHAT, IF WE'RE GONNA FLOAT A BOND, WE'RE, WE'RE STUDYING AND RESEARCHING.
I HAVE STAFF MEMBERS OVER THERE THAT STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TAKE PICTURES OF WHAT OTHER PLACES DO, AND THEN ASK ME IF THEY COULD GO TO MIAMI TO SEE A PADELL BALL COURT.
BUT THEY SEND ME A PICTURE TOO.
SO WE ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS TRYING TO STAY ON TOP AND CUTTING EDGE.
SO IMPLEMENT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
WE STILL HAVE SOME UNSPENT DOLLARS WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MONEY, THE DOLLARS PARKED IN, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, 1.6 MILLION.
DO WE TAKE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS AND, AND, AND FURTHER FUND THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM? AND I THINK THAT IN THE BUDGET CYCLE WE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD REMAIN ON THEIR OPERATIONAL BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THOSE DOLLARS AND THE GRANTS NOT CLOSED OUT.
ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WITH STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA EMPHASIS, CULTURE OF HIGH ORG PERFORMANCE IN A BROADCAST TRANSITION FROM FACEBOOK LIVE TO YOUTUBE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH FACEBOOK CONTINUE.
THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND THEN THE QUALITY OF THE VIDEO GOES DOWN.
UM, THERE'S ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR IT, KELLY.
UM, AND, AND OTHERS CAN, CAN, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME.
IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT SWITCH.
IT'S A RIPPING OFF OF THE BANDAID.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE USED TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT I'LL ALSO TELL YOU SOME OF THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD.
WE HAVE TWO FACEBOOK PAGES, THE REAL ONE AND THE PUBLIC MEETING ONE, IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
AND SO MOST PLACES ARE, OR A LOT OF PLACES ARE PIVOTING TO YOUTUBE WHERE THAT ARCHIVE OF VIDEO AND THAT U YOUTUBE LIVE, IT'S JUST AS LIVE.
WE CAN PROVIDE A LINK ON OUR, ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE THAT WE WILL BE LIVE ON YOUTUBE.
THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM TOM'S SUNDAY UPON, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS ARRIVAL HERE.
SO 2024, UH, EVALUATE ISLAND VISION STATEMENT, MISSION STATEMENT, AND COMMUNITY VALUE STATEMENT.
KNOW THAT IS THE OLD BRAND DISCUSSION.
I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO PARAPHRASE WHAT WE HEARD YESTERDAY.
AND LASTLY, EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE REVIEW PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS 2024.
AND SO I'D SAY THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE EVAL SYSTEM, BUT IF WE'RE BUILDING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THIS YEAR AND GETTING INTO A LOT OF OTHER WORK WITH SOME ONBOARDING, THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO GET ALL THAT DONE BY THE TIME OUR EVALUATIONS ARE IN PLACE.
WE MADE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT TO OUR EVALUATION PROGRAM.
I'D SAY OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS AS I ARRIVED, WE ALIGNED IT A LOT MORE WITH STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO I'M COMFORTABLE PUSHING THAT OUT TO 2024.
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS AND THESE BULLET POINTS ARE ALL EXCELLENT.
WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH MOST ALL OF THEM OR ALL OF THEM.
ARE WE BEING ASKED TO PRIORITIZE THESE? NOT YET.
WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THEM ALL AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND PRIORITIZE THEM.
AND PRIORITIZE WILL BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT JEN WAS TALKING ABOUT.
JEN WAS TALKING ABOUT SHE PRIORITIZES THINGS, HER PROJECTS.
ONE IS NOW TWO IS NEXT YEAR, THREE IS THE FUTURE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE COULD, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS PROCESS.
THAT'S WHY JOSH IN HERE, AND I WERE SO HERE, HERE LATE LAST NIGHT.
I'M GONNA BACK UP, BUT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA
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TRY TO DO IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.WELL, IT STILL SAYS TOP 15, BUT IT'S 10.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS YESTERDAY AND WHERE THE DIALOGUE IS, WE'VE RECOMMENDED WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE, RIGHT? AND SO NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE, AND WE, WE GET, WE GET INTO ABOUT 13 OF THEM.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET TO THAT POINT AND, AND YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS, WE, WE EMAILED, WE PRINTED, THEY'RE IN YOUR BOOK.
AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, YOU SHOULD MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AND WE, WE CAN GO BACK BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO SEE IF WE MISSED ANYTHING AS A TOP PRIORITY.
I DON'T THINK WE DID, AND I'M SAYING A SMALL PRAYER WE DIDN'T BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT IN HERE ALREADY.
SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
AND, AND I'M NOT PREPARED TODAY TO SAY, GIVE ME YOUR ONE TWOS AND THREES YOUR ONE, TWOS AND THREES AND TALLY THEM UP.
LIKE WE'RE IN SOME GAME SHOW HERE.
I THINK THE WORK YOU DID YESTERDAY AND THE CONVERSATIONS YOU HAD AND THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND THE, AND THE MESSAGING FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THOSE TOP PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE MOST PART.
THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME ADD-ON ONES THAT I THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THERE WE GO.
SO YEAH, SO WRITE THE TITLE, CONFIRMATION OF STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN STRATEGIES.
AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THE ASSESSING REVENUE SOURCES, THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, THE CULTURAL AFFAIR STRAP PLAN, NEW FIRE RESCUE STRAP PLAN.
AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE, HOW DO YOU SAY, PUSH 'EM TO 2024? UM, HR STRAP PLAN.
UH, THAT WOULD BE ONE WE COULD PUSH TO 2024.
BUT I'D SAY AS A STAFF, WE'RE CRAVING IT AND NEED IT AND WANT IT.
NOW IT STRAP PLAN IS PRACTICALLY DONE.
WE'VE GOTTA REFINE IT AND BRING IT TO YOU AND ALIGN IT WITH BUDGET.
THE FOURTH ONE DOWN, THE THIRD ONE DOWN, UH, PUBLIC INVESTMENT OPERATIONAL.
THAT'S JUST A PIVOT AND A DIFFERENT LOOK AND HOW, AND MAYBE AN ADD-ON TO HOW WE REPORT TO FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO HOW WE PREPARE THAT REPORT.
THE REST, THE OTHER 29 DAYS A MONTH, UM, BOARD COMMISSION PROCESSES, HARD TO PUSH THAT OUT.
IMPLEMENT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
WE HAVE TO COMMS PLAN, ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE CULTURE AND THE BROADCAST.
THOSE ARE ALMOST DAY TO DAYS, BUT A BUT A PRETTY BIG FOCUS BY MYSELF, BY SENIOR TEAM, ESPECIALLY HR DIRECTOR.
SO, AND AGAIN, THOSE DON'T IMPACT YOUR CAPACITY, WHICH HELPED A LOT YESTERDAY AS YOU EXPLAINED THAT, SIR.
AND THEN THE EMPLOYEE REVIEW PROGRAM IN 24.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH EXCELLENCE.
AND SO I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE ON THERE THAT WE PUSH OUT FROM THE 23 TO 24, AND I'D RECOMMEND THE ONLY ONE WE REMOVE IS STUDY BEST IN CLASS AND DEBATE ALL THAT.
WE, WE DO THAT NO MATTER WHAT.
AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
UM, MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
THE NEW PARK, UH, BEHIND WATERWALK AND EXTENDING FROM SHELTER CO.
THAT'S THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK, WHETHER IT'S A P THE BUDGET, THIS, THIS PROCESS AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT'S THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK.
AND I'D SAY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHETHER THAT'S UP THERE OR NOT.
SO GOING FORWARD, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL US THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESS.
UM, THERE'S NOT THE CAPACITY FOR THIS, OR WE CAN SWITCH THINGS AROUND TO CREATE CAPACITY FOR THIS SO THAT WE'VE GOT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO HOW TO MAKE OUR DECISION ON THE PRIORITIES.
YEAH, WE'RE SO FAR ALONG IN SOME, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO STOP, MAYOR, MAYBE I COULD COMMENT AND I'M NOT SURE THIS IS, UM, A GREAT TIME TO DO IT.
SO I'M JUST GONNA MAKE IT AND, UM, ADDRESS IT LATER IF APPROPRIATE.
WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, UM, ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RECENTLY.
SOME OF THOSE, UM, REVENUES WERE USED IN THE BUDGET TO COVER SOMETHING ELSE.
I SAID AT THE TIME, I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER IN MY INTENTION THAT THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, ISSUES THAT I HAVE.
BUT THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND MOSTLY IS THAT AS WE DO THAT AND WE BECOME RELIANT ON THOSE DOLLARS TO FUND SOMETHING ELSE, IN MANY RESPECTS, I THINK WE ARE, UM, DEFEATING OURSELVES WITH REGARD TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS IF WE BECOME RELIANT ON
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THOSE DOLLARS.SO THEREFORE WE BECOME RELIANT ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS EXISTING IN THE NUMBERS, UM, THAT THEY EXIST IN THE WAY THEY EXIST.
AND I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT CIRCLE.
UM, I WOULD RATHER SEE, UM, AS I THOUGHT WAS THE INTENT, SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMIT MONEY, UM, SPECIFICALLY USED TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
AND SO, UM, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE CUZ I HAVE IT IN NOTES ALL THROUGH MY BOOK THAT IT'S BOTHERSOME.
AND THEN, AND, UM, SINCE THOSE WORDS WERE UP THERE ON THE SCREEN, UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS IT AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT, JUST AS, AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN REALLY A FULL MONTH INTO OTHER THAN A SWEARING IN COUNCIL MEETING.
JOHN, YOU WANNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECENT BUDGET TRANSFER? RIGHT? SO THERE WAS A FIRST READING AND THERE'LL BE A SECOND READING NEXT MONTH.
AND, AND THE MILLION DOLLARS OF HOUSING FUNDS WAS A CHALLENGE PUT TO ME LATE LAST YEAR.
AND THAT IS NOT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS UNENCUMBERED OUT OF FUND BALANCE.
IT'S NOT WHAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD.
BUT IN THE BUDGET, FIRST READING, WE BROUGHT FORWARD A MIX OF DOLLARS, RIGHT? A LAYER OF OR DIFFERENT TRANCHES OF DOLLARS.
AND, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PIECES TO THAT PUZZLE.
AND SO YES, THE MILLION DOLLARS RELATED TO UM, SETTING THAT ASIDE, PUTTING IT, IDENTIFYING IT SPECIFICALLY IN THE FUND BALANCE.
AND, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, COUNCIL ACTION TO DEDICATE THAT FUND BALANCE.
AND HOW WAS IT LAID OUT? SHORT-TERM RENTAL FEE.
HOW MUCH WAS USED FOR HOUSING? FOR HOUSING? UM, TWO 50.
ALRIGHT, MAYBE YOU GET BACK TO US.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL GET IT ALL BACK.
SORRY I PUT 'EM ON THE SPOT, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE.
AND I, I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S OKAY TO TALK TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SECOND AND FINAL READING ON IT PRETTY SOON.
AND IT'S, IT'S WHERE WE FOUND THOSE DOLLARS AND I, AND I PLEASURE THAT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE CAN FIND THE DOLLARS IN FUTURE YEARS.
AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THIS, THIS STRATEGY IS IMPORTANT.
WRONG PAGE WHERE WE SAY IDENTIFIED A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR STRATEGIC OR FOR HOUSING.
SO I'D, I'D ENCOURAGE US TO CREATE A HOUSING FUND.
I'VE HEARD THAT, I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE HAVE FOUR FUNDS AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.
GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OPERATING, WE HAVE DEBT, WE HAVE STORM WATER, THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE STORM WATER UTILITY FEE FUNDING AND ANY GRANT, A LOT OF TIMES WE PULL OUT OF THAT STORM WATER ACCOUNT AND WE PUT IT INTO A CAPITAL PROJECT OR WE MOVE IT TO OPERATING AND THEN WE PAY THE DEBT IN STORM WATER FROM THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UM, CAPITAL.
SO WE'RE ABOUT TO START A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITH 5.3.
UM, IN, IN AN ACCOUNT, I'D LIKE TO MANAGE THAT OUT LOUD, VERY TRANSPARENT, VERY PURPOSEFULLY.
I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A FIFTH FUND FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
AND I'D EVEN ASK IF, IF FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, SO IT'S VERY CLEAR A HOUSING FUND CUZ SOME'S OPERATING SOME'S CAPITAL SOME'S GRANT.
AND SO THAT WE CAN CLEARLY SEE IT.
AND WHAT REALLY HELPS OVER TIME IS IF THERE'S TRANSFERS INTO IT FROM, FROM BUSINESS LICENSING OR, OR SHORT TERM RENTALS OR SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S VERY CLEAR, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, 27 PAGES IN AND LINE 300.
OKAY? SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, MY COMMENT WAS SEPARATED FROM, FROM, FROM THAT DESCRIPTION, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SHORT-TERM RENTAL ISSUES ON THE ISLAND AS IMPORTANT AND AFFECTING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AND BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT CREATED AN ORDINANCE AND A FEE PROGRAM TO ADDRESS IT, THAT WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES.
AND THE DISCUSSION, AND I APPRECIATE IT, UM, MARK ABOUT HOUSING AND ALL OF THAT THAT YOU JUST GAVE IS AN IS AN ORANGE AND THIS IS AN APPLE.
OKAY? I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE ISLAND AND USING THE FUNDS THAT WERE DESIGNATED TO DO JUST THAT AND OTHER ISSUES BE DEALT WITH DIFFERENTLY.
THAT'S WHAT THE EXPECTATION WAS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAY I WANT, CAN I JUST, UH, COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA'S KIND OF PROVOKING SOME THOUGHT HERE AND I I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
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WE HAVE ALWAYS STACKED FUNDING, SO TO BE, TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.AND WHEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS, UH, AND USING SHORT-TERM RENTALS AS AN EXAMPLE, THE LOTS OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE OVER TIME THAT HAVE HELPED THE MARKET BE A PLACE THAT SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE THRIVING AND IN SOME CASES OVERBEARING.
RIGHT? UH, SO I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CONTINUUM OF STACKING SO THAT WE CAN START TO CREATE SPACES WITHIN OUR MARKET TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF OUR O OTHER CHALLENGES.
I E HOUSING I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UH, SO I GUESS I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ANALOGY THAT WAS USED WAS, YOU KNOW, APPLES AND ORANGES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A, A NICE FRUIT SALAD, RIGHT? UH, SO, UM, UH, WE NEED TO FLESH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, OKAY? OKAY.
AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK THE BRILLIANCE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS, AND THE STRATEGY IS, IT'S A SECOND LINE DOWN ON THAT PAGE WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA MEANINGFULLY AND PURPOSEFULLY WORK ON A STRATEGY.
SO, AND, AND MY POINT BEING, UM, TO, TO ANSWER THAT IS THE MORE, IF THERE'S RELIANCE ON A FUND, SUCH AS THE PERMIT FEES, THE REVENUES FROM THAT FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND THE, WE BECOME KIND OF ENCOURAGING THE NEED FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMITS AND ANY INCREASE THAT WE CAN DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD INCREASES THAT REVENUE THAT OTHERS ARE DEPENDENT ON.
AND, AND, AND, AND IN SHORT TERM RENTAL WORLD OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE DISSATISFIED, UM, THEY DON'T WANNA SEE, I DON'T BELIEVE, WANT US TO SEE, BE RELIANT ON THOSE FUNDS, UM, WHICH WOULD THEREFORE ENCOURAGE MORE AND, UM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO EXIST, UM, IN THE LONG RUN.
SO I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE OF MY CONCERN IS, UM, HEARD.
AND DON'T FORGET THERE'S CUPCAKES OVER THERE TOO.
ARE WE GONNA SING? IT'S TIME TO SING.
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I THINK WE MADE A LOT OF GROUND WORK YESTERDAY.THANK, SO JUST TO PARAPHRASE AND, AND KIND OF GET IN, IN THE GROOVE A LITTLE BIT HERE, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF THESE GOALS TO GET THROUGH, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST ARE THOSE STRATEGIES.
SO I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY NO TO ANYTHING ON THERE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE AGREEMENT OF WHAT'S SHOWING UP IN 23 FOR OBVIOUS REASON, UM, WITH A LOT OF WORK TO DO, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL AND MEREDITH TO SET THOSE AGENDAS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE NEW GROUP.
SO LAND ACT STRATEGY, UH, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, ALTERNATIVE REIN SOURCE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, HIGH LEVEL STRATEGY, SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSESSMENT, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, CULTURAL AFFAIR STRAP PLAN WITH THE BIRTHDAYS 360 AND 40 CELEBRATION, DEVELOPING A NEW FIRE RESCUE STRAP PLAN.
I, IF I COULD, UM, TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS, THAT HAS COME AROUND, UM, REGARDING,
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UH, WELL, LET ME BACK UP.I'VE, I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT IS LOOKING TO COME IN AND DO A RATHER LARGE SONGWRITER FESTIVAL.
UM, AND WHEN I SAY NATIONAL, I MEAN NATIONAL, AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH AND WE ARE LOOKING TO TIE THIS INTO THE 360 40TH CELEBRATION IN AUGUST.
UM, LOOKING FOR A FOUR DAY EVENT, UM, THAT WOULD BE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE ISLAND, UM, VARIOUS BARS, RESTAURANTS, UM, OPEN SPACES, UH, PARKS.
AND THE THOUGHT RIGHT NOW IS THAT ON SATURDAY WOULD BE THE CULMINATION OF A BIG EVENT IN CELEBRATION PARKS, SO TO SAY, UM, WITH MULTIPLE BANDS TO BE PLAYING CULMINATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY AND, AND, UH, WELL, TWO ANNIVERSARIES OF, OF HILTON AT ISLAND.
AND THERE ARE SOME FUNDING SET ASIDE ALREADY.
WE HAVE, UM, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH NATALIE ABOUT THIS, UH, TO BRING HER INTO THE LOOP AS TO WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED.
IT WILL TAKE SOME FUNDING FROM THE TOWN IF WE'RE DECI IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS.
UM, IT SHOULDN'T BE AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY.
AND, AND YES, UH, I KNOW THE QUESTION IS THERE, WILL SOME OF THE LOCAL TALENT BE INVOLVED THAT IS IN DISCUSSION, WHETHER THEY'RE INVOLVED FROM A SUPPORT STAFF OR PLAYING? UM, ARE WE ABLE TO DO STUFF AT MITCHELLVILLE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO TELL STORIES? SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ADDITIONAL ENTERTAINMENT AND AMENITY TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT ALSO WILL HELP SHOWCASE OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN I AM ABLE TO SAY WHO ELSE IS THERE, I WILL DEFINITELY DO SO.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF ARTISTS THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP THAT HAVE WRITTEN FOR TOP COUNTRY SINGERS, UM, BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, AND JUST AS HOW THAT CAN PLUG IN AS, AS WE GET THROUGH TODAY, AND I DO KNOW THAT NATALIE AND ANGIE AND, AND OTHERS ARE, ARE DEEP INTO THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF A ANNIVERSARY, RIGHT? BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY.
UM, ADD THIS TO THE PROGRAM AND IF, IF THERE IS FUNDING, THAT WOULD BE A, A REQUEST BY TOWN COUNCIL IF IT, REGARDLESS OF MONTH, YOU KNOW, TOWN COUNCIL WOULD WOULD'VE VOTED ON THAT.
SO YEAH, JU JUST, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AUGUST DATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY PUSHING FOR A WEEK BEFORE, BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE HAD SOME THINGS ON THE BEACH, BUT I, THE NEXT WEEK WORKS BETTER.
UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIMEFRAME IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO YOU MENTIONED AUGUST AND THEN A SPECIFIC WEEKS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO, UH, IT IT IS END AUGUST, BEGINNING OF AUGUST.
IT, IT'S THE, TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST.
UM, I, UM, THE DATES ESCAPE ME RIGHT NOW, BUT AROUND THE 27TH.
AND, AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING.
I'M SORRY, MARK, BUT YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
SO TOWN FUNDING, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE A BIG EVENT IN HOW WE WOULD ALSO BE INCORPORATED PERHAPS, UM, SOME FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY AND YEAH.
SO AT LEAST TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES WITH YEAH.
UM, PLEASE, THAT'S SORT OF THE BUDGET'S BEING PREPARED NOW.
SO ALL THE SPONSORSHIP LEVELS OF IT ARE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND IT'S ALSO AN, UH, A NA TWO NATIONAL SPONSORS.
UH, HR, IT, I KNOW I'M SAYING 'EM FOR THE THIRD TIME AND A BUNCH OF THINGS UNDER HERE THAT ARE OPERATIONAL THAT I'M WORKING ON WITH STAFF IN 23 AND INTO 24.
SO AS WE DIVE INTO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, UM, THE GOAL HERE, WE HEARD ENVIRONMENT LIGHT, SO WE TOOK THE LIBERTY TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND, BUT ALSO ADD, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT JUST A SMOKE AND MIRROR, LET'S MOVE SOME THINGS IN THERE AND FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, WE ADDED, SO A SWAT ANALYSIS OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING THAT IS UNDERWAY.
I DO THINK THAT AS I'VE STARTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND HEAR FROM OTHERS, INCLUDING PLANNING COMMISSION COUNCIL, UM, WE NEED SOMEBODY HERE A LOT SMARTER THAN ME HELPING WITH THAT.
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THAT.UM, AND I, I IMAGINE WE'RE GONNA KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN THAT.
I, I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A 2023 WE'RE, WE'VE PASSED RESOLUTIONS, WE'VE SET EXPECTATIONS, UNLESS YOU TELL ME THAT IS A ON HOLD INTO 24, I'M JUST GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
P S D, LONG-TERM CAP PROJECTS.
WE HEARD SOME COMMENTS YESTERDAY WITH SOME REALLY GOOD ADVICE, UM, TO EXPAND THAT THOUGHT OTHER THAN JUST ONE CAPITAL PROJECT AT A TIME.
SO IT'LL REMAIN ON THERE AS A STRATEGY.
UM, AN EXPANSION OF A, A LARGE EXPANSION OF THE NEXT ONE.
A SWAT ANALYSIS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESILIENCY AS IT WAS OR AS IT IS CURRENTLY TO, WE NEED AN ISLAND RESILIENCY PLAN.
THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR QUALS PREPARED.
I KNOW WE'VE MET WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAS ASKED FOR A DRAFT OF THAT.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET THOSE, UH, WHEELS TURNING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BIG TO-DO.
THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE AGREEING TO ONE SCOPE.
I'VE GOT A STAFF, A COMP, A COMPETENT STAFF ASKING FOR SPECIFIC SCOPE.
BUT I WILL, I WILL, UM, SAY THIS, I WILL WORK WITH YOU AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE SCOPE BEFORE WE BID IT OUT.
BECAUSE IF WE GET THE SCOPE WRONG AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU THAT YOU DON'T SUPPORT AND OR THE CITIZENS COMMUNITY AND, AND THE FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND DOING, DON'T SUPPORT, THEN IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT I WILL WORK WITH A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE, TB D TO WORK ON THAT SCOPE, BUT ALSO BRING IT TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR YOUR BLESSING CONCURRENCE BEFORE IT'S OUT THE DOOR.
AND I THINK THAT'S A HEALTHY WAY TO LOOK AT THAT.
MARK WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO SEE A SAMPLE OR TWO OF OTHER COMMUNITY'S PLANTS.
SEAN, DO YOU HAVE THOSE NOTES? WE'RE GONNA COME TO COUNCIL WITH THE RFQ FOR A CONCURRENCE WITH SOME SAMPLE, AT LEAST, LEAST WHAT OUR GOALS ARE.
AND THEY CAN BE AN INTERNATIONAL, OR THEY CAN BE 30 MILES AWAY, BUT WE'LL HAVE TWO OR THREE GOOD SAMPLE REPORTS.
UM, NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CREDIBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND RESOURCE PROTECTION.
ASSESS AND IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE BEST PRACTICES.
SO NEW TEAM, NEW GROUP IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON MY MIND A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, CONTACT ME.
UM, AND WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK INTO THIS PRETTY THOROUGHLY.
I KNOW THAT IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN PALMETTO BLUFF WITH A, WITH A CONTRACTOR.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT INTERNALLY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TRADING IN ONE PESTICIDE FOR A DIFFERENT ONE.
AND IT, IT'S THE SAME EFFECT, BUT IT'S THERE, RIGHT? IT'S THE, ARE WE SPRAYING ROUNDUP ON THE PARKS WHERE THE KIDS ARE PLAYING AS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS TO ME? AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT IT'S OPERATIONAL, IT'S BUDGET RELATED.
UM, I'M, I'M, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S A 30% ADD TO OPERATING COSTS IN TERMS OF CONTRACTUAL WORK, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO EXPLORE THAT OPERATIONALLY AND I'D ASK THAT THAT BE, UH, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN FROM OUR LEVEL.
I'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE REPORTS AND HAD SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL.
AND, UM, I'M VERY, I'M GLAD TO SEE IT ON HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOUR ANALYSIS IS ONCE YOU DO THAT COMPARISON.
ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT'S, THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND I THINK THIS CAN TIE IN WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
WHAT WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO IS START, UM, BUCKETING THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES IN PROGRAMS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS THE FIRST OTHER, WELL, THE FIRST WAS THE REVENUE ASSESSMENT, RIGHT? THIS IS THE SECOND PROGRAM.
SO UNDER BEACH PARK ENHANCEMENTS, WE'VE PARKED ESTABLISH A BEACH MASTER PLAN, IMPLEMENT THE BEACH PARKING MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS THE PARKING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THERE'S POLICY, THERE'S CAP PROJECTS, THERE'S SPENDING, UPDATE THE BEACH MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR DEK COMPLIANCE.
YOU HAD THAT ON YOUR AGENDA THE OTHER NIGHT.
10 YEAR TERM, FIVE YEAR UPDATE, IMPLEMENT THE BEACH NOURISHMENT PLAN THAT IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BUT A BIG, A BIG PIECE OF WHAT AT LEAST ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WORK ON.
ENHANCED BEACH SHUTTLE SERVICES.
UM, SO BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS ALONG THE WAY, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO IMPLEMENTING THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT AND SOME OF THE COLLECTIVE THOUGHT ISLAND MOBILITY CONNECTIVITY TO BEACHES, PARKING, EMPLOYMENT, AND BUSINESSES.
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SHUTTLE, I KNOW IT'S IN THE BEACH BUCKET, BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT EXPANSION OF THAT SYSTEM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR YOUR CONVERSATION, UM, ADOPT BEACH EXPERIENCE REGS.
WE, WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE THE OTHER NIGHT, THEIR KAYAK WAS ON THE BEACH.
IT'S GREEN, IT'S IT'S KAYAK, AND IS A KAYAK ALLOWED FOR STORAGE.
BUT, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IF 300 PEOPLE WANNA STORE THEIR KAYAKS AT THE BEACH? IT, I THINK THE RULES AND REGS NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED SO THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE OUR EXPECTATIONS.
WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH STORING KAYAKS ON THE BEACH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE PUT A BEACH ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT ADDRESSES ALL THESE RANDOM THINGS.
I, I'LL CALL 'EM MY MONDAY MORNING EMAILS, SMOKING DOGS, WHICH WE ALREADY ADDRESSED, UM, HOURS, STORAGE TENTS.
WE TALKED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ABOUT TENTS ON THE BEACH.
IT'S NOT ABOUT DO WE LIKE TENTS OR NOT LIKE TENTS.
THERE WAS AN ASK FROM SEA PINES, UM, COMPANY TO ADDRESS SOME BEACH REGS SO THAT THE TENTS ARE OFF CENTER A HUNDRED FEET AT LEAST.
SO THEIR VEHICLES MAINTENANCE EMERGENCY AND WHATNOT ARE EVEN OURS CAN GET TO THE BEACH ON THOSE BUSY HIGH, HIGH SEASON DAYS.
SO WE'VE LEFT THAT ALONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, JUST SIMPLY CUZ WE'VE BEEN DOING OTHER THINGS.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS BUCKETED UNDER THAT BEACH PROGRAM.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT ITEM NUMBER ONE TO A DEGREE SHOULD DRIVE SEVERAL OF THOSE ELEMENTS BELOW IT.
LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
SO THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT FOR BEACH.
SORRY, CAN YOU GO, UH, THANK YOU.
THE BEACH EXPERIENCE REGULATIONS, UH, ONE THING THAT WAS PUNTED, I THINK LAST YEAR WAS E-BIKES ON BEACHES AND SAFE ZONES, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS.
UM, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE FISHING ON THERE BECAUSE WITH MORE AND MORE FOLKS ENJOYING THE BEACH, UM, I, I'VE ASKED LIFEGUARDS A COUPLE TIMES TO ASK FOLKS NOT TO FISH WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE CASTING RIGHT, WHERE KIDS ARE WAITING IN THE BEACH WATER.
SO I HOPE WE WILL REEXAMINE OUR, OUR NO FISHING ZONES FOR, UH, BEACH SWIMMING.
SO UNBEKNOWNST TO ME AND UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCE, PERHAPS AT LEAVE FROM MY VANTAGE POINT WHEN WE EXPANDED THE BEACH, UM, FOR SHORELINE PROTECTION AND RENOURISHMENT, UH, QUALIFICATION WITH GRANTS AND, AND, AND FUNDING WHATNOT TO RENOURISH PINE ISLAND AND BEYOND, WHEN WE RE DEFINED THE BEACH DEFINITION, IT NOW TELLS US THAT THE FOLKS THAT USED TO RIDE THEIR HORSES ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND ON THE BEACH CAN NO LONGER.
SO IS THAT AN INTENDED CONSEQUENCE? UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE? I THINK THAT IF WE HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT, THAT PUT IN PLACE RULES AND EXPECTATIONS AT SPECIFIC BEACH PARKS UNDER ONE RULE, HOURS OF OPERATION.
AND WHAT TIME ARE THE PARKING LOTS CLOSING? CAN YOU RIDE YOUR HORSE? ARE THERE DESIGNATED FISHING AREAS? AND IF SO, IS IT CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR ONLY? THERE'S A LOT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS BECAUSE THE BEACHES ON THE, AS WE KNOW, I'M PREACHING TO THE PREACHERS.
I KNOW THAT THE BEACHES ON THE SOUTH END, YOU HAVE ONE STANDARD AND THE BEACHES ON THE NORTH END, WERE MORE OF A, A, A LIVABLE BEACH, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT IN AN, IN A, IN AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING ORDINANCE.
H HOW CLOSELY WILL WE WORK WITH, UH, BEACH SHORE SERVICES? OKAY.
I KNOW WE DO, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, ON THESE AS THESE ARE DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, ARE THEY A PLAYER IN THAT CONVERSATION? SO THESE ARE MY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BUCKET IT ALL THAT WAY.
AND IS IT YOUR EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THIS AND WE'RE GONNA SAY YES ON ONE NO, ON TWO, YES.
I MEAN, ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING TO THAT LEVEL TODAY? WELL, I'D ASK YOU TO DO THAT NOW BECAUSE, WELL, I, I, AND THEN I WOULD SAY THAT WE, UH, AS A COUNCIL SPENT OVER A YEAR TRYING TO TIE DOWN, UH, BEACH LIGHTING FOR TURTLES.
I CAN SEE SIX AS TAKING MONTHS IF NOT A YEAR OVER.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE NICE TO HAVE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE MY TOP PRIORITY.
I THINK AS YOU SAID, NUMBER ONE IS WHERE WE START AND HOW MUCH OF THE OTHER THINGS FALL UNDER IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS SOMETHING I THINK WE OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IF, IF OTHERS FEEL THAT SAME WAY, MOVING ITEM AT LEAST NUMBER SIX TO 2024 TO NOT LOSE TRACK OF IT.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST MAYOR OF FACT MIGHT CHIME IN IS, UM, AS PATSY POINTED OUT AND WAS IN MY NOTES, UH, FOR YESTERDAY,
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THE E-BIKES ON THE BEACH IS AN ELEMENT OF OUR E-BIKE ORDINANCE THAT WAS NOT ADDRESSED.AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT NECESSARILY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE E-BIKES ON THE BEACH AT SOME PERIOD DURING THE YEAR, BUT DURING THE MOST CONGESTED PARTS OF OUR BEACH, UM, YEAR, WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THE CHILDREN AND, AND, AND THE PEOPLE AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN EVEN FIT A E-BIKE ON THOSE BEACHES.
I THINK I MADE A COMMENT, UM, PREVIOUSLY THAT I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE LUXURY OF HAVING SAND, UM, CARTS ON THE BEACH AND BEING ABLE TO RENT A, A SAILBOAT ON THE BEACH.
AND, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE GONE BY THE WAYSIDE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE BEACH FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND MAYBE E-BIKES SHOULD BE SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE THINK ABOUT DURING A CERTAIN SEASON OR CERTAIN HOURS OF THE BEACH DAY.
UH, SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND WHAT DAVID IS SAYING, THERE ARE SAFETY ASPECTS OF SOME OF THESE, UM, POINTS IN NUMBER SIX THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
AND WE GET BACK INTO IS AN E-BIKE, A BIKE IN SOUTH CAROLINA? AND IF NO E-BIKE ON THE BEACH, NO BIKE ON THE BEACH.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN COMMITTEE.
UM, I HAVE CURTIS WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT TOO, BUT AGAIN, I LOOK AT THIS AS CAPACITY, RIGHT? AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO NOT, NOT A PROHIBITION, BUT PERHAPS A LIMITATION.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
ANYBODY ELSE? I WOULD ASK THAT IT NOT BE PUSHED BACK TO 24 THAT WE STARTED.
AND, AND I THINK THAT, UH, OUR EXPERIENCE, I KNOW THE FIRST YEAR YOU WERE HERE
I THINK WE'VE BEEN LEARNING AS WE GO.
I DON'T WANT US TO STOP THAT LEARNING.
AND SO IF YOUR STAFF COMES UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS EITHER BEFORE THIS SUMMER OR DURING THE SUMMER, I, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE PUT OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THE BEACHES, INCLUDING ME,
THEY'RE PAINTED ONTO THE SIGN AND MICRO PRINT.
NO ONE PAYS YOU ANY ATTENTION.
WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE RULES CLEAR AND SIMPLER.
AND, AND AS PART OF THIS, WE WOULD HAVE NEW, NEW RULES OR NOT.
NOT EVERYONE'S READING ALL THOSE RULES, INCLUDING US.
AND JEN, I KNOW HAS A PLAN FOR SOME WAYFINDING AND NEW RULES AND, AND COMPREHENSIVE SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE BEACH PARKS IN, IN DUE TIME.
2024 I HEARD YESTERDAY, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FROM YOU.
THIS IS, I, I HEARD TO HOST AND OR SPONSOR A RESILIENCY SYMPOSIUM.
UH, I'VE MOVED THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION PLAN TO 24.
THAT'S NOT A LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGY THAT'S DIFFERENT.
THAT'S HOW DO WE MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTIES WE OWN AS A REAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, I THINK THE BIG FIRST STEP WAS HAVING THAT MAP, THAT ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT, THAT DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE LIVE BEFORE TOO LONG ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN ACQUIRE AUDUBON INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY RECERTIFICATION.
THAT'S JUST AN OBVIOUS 24 BECAUSE WE JUST, WERE RE-CERTIFIED AND IT'S A TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR PLAN.
SO, SO, SO WHAT I WILL DO IS, SO NEXT IS ECONOMY, BUT I'LL, SO I'LL BACK UP NOW UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
AND SO THE QUESTIONS ARE KEEP DISCARDED OR PUSH FORWARD ANY YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, ON THE SYMPOSIUM, I'VE CERTAINLY BEEN PUSHING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I KNOW THERE'S A GROUP WORKING ON SOMETHING FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PUSH THAT BACK TO COUNTY YEAR 2023, UH, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IT DEPENDS ON HOW THINGS COULD COME TOGETHER IF WE ARE WORKING ON A RESILIENCY PLAN FOR 2023.
I THINK THOSE TWO DOVETAIL NICELY, UH, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE HAVING SOME EXPERTISE HERE ON THE ISLAND.
MAY I ASK WHAT OUR STAFF'S ROLE IN YOUR MINDS SHOULD BE? IS IT A SPONSOR THROUGH A BUDGETARY LINE ITEM, OR IS IT PLANNING AND ORGANIZING? RIGHT.
SO HOSTING IS DIFFERENT THAN SPONSORING, AS WE KNOW.
IS IS THIS A SPONSORSHIP AND A PANEL OR IS THIS REALLY THE TOWN STAFF DIGGING IN AND PLANNING WITH THE COMMUNITY A, A BIG EVENT AND, AND PUTTING, UH, A LOT OF HOURS INTO IT? UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM THOSE WHO ARE WORKING ON IT, UM, IT WOULD BE, UH, THE TOWN, PARDON ME, PROVIDING SOME FUNDING FOR IT AND BEING A PARTNER, BUT NOT NECESSARILY
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PUTTING TOGETHER THE SYMPOSIUM.SO, UH, SOME FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, MIGHT BE DOING THOSE KIND OF LOGISTICS, PUTTING IT TOGETHER, BUT, UH, HAVING THE TOWN PROVIDING SOME FUNDING AND, AND BEING A SPONSOR MAKES IT LOOK AS THOUGH WE ARE REALLY IN IT.
IS THAT AN AFFILIATED GRANT REQUEST FROM OR IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT IF THAT WERE TO COME FORWARD? HOW WOULD IT COME FORWARD? WELL, IT, IT, IT COULD BE, AND IT, AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE, RIGHT.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE ASK IS.
THAT'S WHY THE, THE CLARITY OF THE ASK AND THE CLARITY OF, OF WHAT, WHAT WE SHOULD DO, AT LEAST FROM MS. BRYSON, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A FUNDING AND A PARTNERSHIP IN SOME SORT, BUT WITH LESS LOGISTIC RESPONSIBILITY AND MORE KNOWLEDGE.
LOCAL REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBILITY.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IT'S A SPONSORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP NOT AFFILIATED, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AFFILIATED AGENCY IS, HERE YOU GO.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE WOULD BE OTHER FUNDING PARTNERS, IF YOU WILL, OR SPONSORS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S GRANTS AVAILABLE TO SEE GRANT CONSORTIUM, UM, SO THERE ARE SOME SOUTH CAROLINA RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND, BUT I'M, I'M NOT THE ONE TOTALLY IN THE KNOW, I'M JUST RIGHT.
TRYING TO, UM, PUSH IT FORWARD.
HOW MA'AM, THAT S OUT, WOULD THAT BE A QUESTION THAT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL MAYOR? IN TERMS OF HOW WE WANT? OKAY, GENTLEMEN, I, I, I, I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF A RESILIENCY SYMPOSIUM.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, UM, THE ABILITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUSHING IT TO PULL IT OFF WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ASSISTANCE OF THE TOWN.
SO I DON'T SEE IT AS SIMPLY, UM, OUR BLESSING IT AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT LEADS ME TO WONDER WHETHER OR NOT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME EGG ON OUR FACE IF FOR WHATEVER REASON IT DOESN'T SUCCEED THIS YEAR.
SECONDLY, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT RESILIENCY IN A LEADERSHIP WAY, THEN WE SHOULD BE PLANNING THIS THE WAY WE WANT TO DO IT IN THE TIMEFRAME THAT IS PRACTICAL.
AND SO I HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO PULL THIS OFF IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS WELL ON HILTON HEAD FOR ALL THE REASONS I JUST SPOKE TO THIS YEAR.
SO I'M HESITANT TO PUSH FORWARD WITHOUT A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAPABILITY OF THE GROUP WHO'S PROPOSING THIS TO PULL IT OFF.
UM, ONE OTHER IDEA IS THAT THE, THE TIMING OF WHEN IT OCCURS MIGHT BE BASED UPON WHAT WE CAN DO IN 2023.
SO IF, IF WE, IF IT CAN'T BE PULLED TOGETHER IN THAT KIND OF WAY, I, I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, MR. AMES, UM, THAT WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO BE A, A STELLAR EVENT.
UM, BUT, UM, I DON'T WANT TO NOT WORK ON IT IN 2023.
SO I HEAR THAT IT'S GONNA STAY HERE, 24 23.
GIVE US SOME TIME IN BETWEEN TODAY AND BRINGING THIS TO TOWN COUNCIL TO LEARN A LOT MORE.
I'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE GROUP IF, IF, IF I CAN HAVE SOME HELP FROM, FROM, FROM DAVID AND, AND PATSY, UM, AS WELL.
I KNOW JEFF BUCKLE WILL BE A PART OF THIS.
SO WILL BRIAN AND SEAN AND AMONGST OUR STORMWATER TEAM AND OTHERS.
DID I CAPTURE YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT? DID I MISS ANYTHING? OKAY.
AND IF, AND IF I CAN JUST PARAPHRASE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS IN THE TOP 15, NOT ALL RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE, THE ONES THAT GO IN THE, I SHOULD SAY TOP 10 OR SO, THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT THE CAPACITY OF US WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THROUGH COUNCIL.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE, UM, THE TOP 10, THE SYMPOSIUM.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T SUPPORT IT, IT JUST MEANS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG LIFT RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS STAFF'S INTERPRETATION OF WHAT WE'VE SAID FOR IMPLEMENT BEACH PARK ENHANCEMENTS? WHAT HAVE WE TOLD YOU THAT GUIDES STAFF AT THIS? UM, THERE IT IS.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING ON THE PRIOR PAGE.
SO IF I COULD, I, I THINK WE ALL AGREE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE INTO MAYOR'S POINT EARLIER.
WE'RE SO FAR ALONG WITH A LOT OF THIS STUFF, NO SENSE STOPPING OR
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TURNING OR PAUSING.AND THE LINE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND, AND STAFF AND, AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MY, MY TAKEAWAY IS THAT WE WILL WORK ON A BEACH MASTER PLAN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD EXAMPLES.
SAME WITH THE RESILIENCY PLAN.
WE WILL BRING THE RFQ IN SCOPE FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL, MOST LIKELY SCRUB SOME, SOME TEXT AT A COMMITTEE LEVEL AND MAKE SURE COUNCIL BLESSES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GET BETTER AS A STAFF, MAKING SURE.
AND, AND I LEARNED A LITTLE LESSON, WILLIAM HILL PARKWAY AS AN EXAMPLE.
YOU REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE SCOPE BEFORE WE SET OFF TO DO IT.
WE KIND OF, YOU KIND OF HELPED US REFINE THAT SCOPE AND CONCURRED, I WOULD SAY DITTO HERE.
SO WE'LL BRING THAT THROUGH COMMITTEE, WE'LL BRING THE SCOPE THROUGH TO YOU.
WE HAVE FUNDS ALREADY EARMARKED.
WE MAY NEED SOME MORE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS WE REBUDGET, UM, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
BRING THAT FORWARD, GET IT OUT THERE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF IT.
AND WE WOULD START THAT PROBABLY AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR END AND NEW FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT ABOUT NUMBER TWO? NUMBER TWO, UH, THE BEACH PARKING.
YOU PUT $800,000 INTO A CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND A FIRST YEAR OPERATIONS AND ADOPTED FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE, BUDGET AMENDMENT LAST MEETING.
IF YOU, SO FROM STAFF STANDPOINT, 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE ARE GOES OR ARE ONLY 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET US TO A POINT.
THANK YOU WHERE IT'S CLEAR YEAH.
WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO AND WHAT COMMIT WE'RE COMMITTING STAFF TO.
WHAT AGAIN, YOU'RE A, YOU'RE ASKING ME AND I'M HEARING SOME CONFLICT TODAY.
I THINK SOME OF IT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE, RIGHT? AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA WORK HARD TO START THESE THINGS.
WE WILL NOT FINISH ALL OF THIS IN ONE FISCAL YEAR.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A NEW EMPLOYEE THAT UNDERSTANDS TRANSPORTATION CAME FROM CHATHAM COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMMING.
THEY'RE GONNA HELP A LOT WITH ENHANCED SPEECH SHUTTLE SERVICES.
BUT HOW BUSY PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE'S GOING TO BE WITH LMO AND DISTRICTS AND, AND SOME OF THIS HIGH LEVEL IMPORTANT DETAIL WORK AS WELL.
WHEN ARE WE GONNA PUT THAT ON THERE? AND SO THAT'S MY HARD JOB WITH THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND REALLY WITH THE MAYOR AFTER THIS MEETING.
UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SAY, WELL, THAT'S COMING IN JULY AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO IT.
UM, NUMBER ONE, WHO WANTS THAT ON HERE? SHOW OF HANDS.
OKAY, NUMBER TWO, WHO WANTS THAT ON HERE? SHOW OF HANDS.
DO THEY ALL GO UP? NUMBER TWO, BEACH MANAGEMENT PLAN.
OKAY, NUMBER THREE, BEACH MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I WILL, I WILL SAY YOU ASK SOME AMAZING QUESTIONS AT THE MEETING.
THERE'S, THAT'S A DHEC PERMIT REPORT.
I WOULD SUGGEST, LET'S SAY WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND GET ON WITH IT AND SUBMIT IT AND NOT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME AT COMMITTEE WITH IT.
SO I DON'T, WE DON'T GET TO CHOOSE THAT.
NUMBER FOUR BEACH NOURISHMENT.
NUMBER FIVE, DO WE WANT TO ENHANCE BEACH SHUTTLE SERVICES THIS YEAR TO HELP? CUZ IT CAME UP YESTERDAY.
PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE BEACHES TO AND FROM WORK TO AND FROM, TO AND FROM WHERE WE REALLY REFINE THE, AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO SOLVE THAT AT THE SAME TIME WE IMPLEMENT BEACH PARKING.
OKAY? SO WHATEVER THAT TIMING IS, IS WHEN WE OUGHT TO HAVE ANSWERS TO FIVE.
OKAY? CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT THOUGH, AND MAYBE IT EXISTS, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
UM, A SURVEY, A REPORT IN TERMS OF THE UTILIZATION, CUZ WE KNOW OVER THE LAST, SINCE THE BEACH SHUTTLE WAS PUT INTO SERVICE, IT WAS A YEAR TO YEAR THING BASED LARGELY ON THE FEEDBACK AND REPORTS OF USE.
AND WHILE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH COVID, THOSE NUMBERS SEEMED TO INCREASE.
UM, WE, WE ARE NO LONGER IN THAT, IN, IN THAT, UM, PANDEMIC MODE WITH VISITATION.
SO WILL IT GO BACK TO, IT'S, ITS PRIOR USAGE.
I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA USE IT, HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US, AND WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLES WE'RE GOING TO USE.
ALL GREAT QUESTIONS THAT IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AS YOU EXPLORE THIS ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE CAN FIND THOSE ANSWERS.
OKAY? I AM STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE, UH, PARKING PROGRAM THIS SUMMER.
I AGREE WITH DAVID THAT PARKING AND SHUTTLES TEND TO GO HAND IN HAND CUZ IF PARKING BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE, THERE WILL BE A PUSH TOWARDS USING THE SHUTTLE AND THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE PLAN'S GONNA BE IN PLACE.
AND, AND TO BE FRANK ABOUT IT, NEITHER DO I.
SO WE, WE, AND I'LL SLOW DOWN FOR A SECOND.
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PROGRAMED $200,000 LAST FISCAL YEAR INTO THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT THE PARKING PROGRAM.I I LOOKED AT MY NOTES AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
ACTUALLY, MY VERY FIRST MEETING ON THIS WAS BEF IN BETWEEN MY POSITION, UH, WEST AND MY POSITION HERE.
DAY ONE, I HAD A NOTE IN THE FILE THAT I ATTENDED A COMMITTEE MEETING AND HAD A BUNCH OF NOTES IN THERE ON THIS TOPIC.
IN THOSE NOTES THEN ARE THE SAME TODAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES IN THE POPE AVENUE CIGNA AREA? HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO CHARGE? IS IT FREE FOR ISLAND RESIDENTS? IF YOU HAVE A PASS, CAN YOU, YOU PARK ANYWHERE, EVERYWHERE, ANYTIME.
WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF OPERATION AT CNI VERSE, YOU KNOW? AND SO THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED SO THAT WE CAN BUILD THE POLICY, LET ALONE IS IT FOUR BUCKS AN HOUR OR 12 BUCKS AN HOUR? AND IS IT 12 BUCKS AT COLIGNY AND FOUR BUCKS AT ISLANDERS OR FLIP FLOP? LIKE, SO THERE'S SO MUCH OF THAT TO ASK AND, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T RESOLVED YET.
WHAT IS A TRUE EMPLOYEE PARKING, UH, EXPECTATION AT COLIGNY, RIGHT? SO ONE, AS YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET OR POTENTIALLY ADOPT A BUDGET, SECOND AND FINAL READING NEXT MONTH, WE WILL HAVE CONFIDENCE.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO TELL ME TODAY TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, I NEVER SIGNED CONTRACTS UNTIL THE SECOND AND FINAL READING.
BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO SIGN THAT CONTRACT ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURE TODAY, WE CAN SAVE OURSELVES A FEW WEEKS.
BUT THEY'VE GOTTA ORDER THE EQUIPMENT AND INSTALL IT.
AND WHILE THEY'RE ORDERING AN EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLING IT, AND THIS INSTALLMENT IS CAMERAS ARMS, RIGHT? SO AT AT CHAPLAIN YOU MIGHT PULL UP AND THERE'LL BE AN ARM WHERE YOU COULD USUALLY DRIVE IN AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY TO GET IN THERE AND PAY TO PARK.
AND IF YOU'RE AN ISLAND RESIDENT, YOU'RE GONNA MOST LIKELY PARK USING YOUR ISLAND RESIDENT PASS.
SO THIS ISN'T JUST, LET'S HURRY UP TILL WITHOUT DUE RESPECT TO EVERYONE.
TILL TILL MEMORIAL DAY AND IT'S ALL GONNA BE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE GREAT.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US TIME TO GET IT RIGHT.
DO WE WANT IT IN BY THE SEASON? ABSOLUTELY.
DID WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SEASON LAST YEAR WITHOUT, WITHOUT IT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF IT'S PROGRAMMING AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL FROM AN OPERATING STANDPOINT, AS MUCH AS THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND, AND RULES WILL, WILL MAKE SENSE.
AND I, AND I'M GONNA SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT THIS AS A REVENUE GENERATION.
DON'T SIGN THE CONTRACT UNTIL YOU'VE GOT THE, THE SECOND READING.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK THAT ENHANCING THESE SHUTTLE BELONGS HERE.
I'VE BEEN INTERRUPTING THE FLOW HERE WITH QUESTIONS.
ARE WE ASKING DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BE ASKING THIS MANY OF QUESTIONS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
JUST MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO REALLY FAST ON THE OTHER STUFF.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT NOW, WHEN WILL WE NEVER AT A COUNCIL MEETING COMMITTEE IS IN ALL OF YOU.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL RUSHED.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS A, IT IS A, IT IS A BIG DISCUSSION AND AS WE JUST HEARD EARLIER FROM JEN CAPACITY, NOT ONLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF STAFF, BUT ALSO THE PROVIDER AND MATERIALS TO IMPLEMENT A QUALITY PRODUCT IS REALLY AGAINST US ON A TIME BASIS.
UM, PUSHING IT THROUGH HALF ASS IS NOT IN MY OPINION, AND THE BEST RE REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHILE THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 23, I WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT THERE'S AN IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION UNTIL 24 AT SOME POINT.
ALEX, I'M GONNA ADD TO, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S THOUGHT PROCESS THERE.
UM, THEY SAY YOU CAN, YOU CAN PAY NOW OR YOU CAN PAY LATER.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FUNDING AT THE MOMENT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT CONSEQUENCES.
UH, WE'VE HEARD PRETTY LOUD AND CLEAR, I GUESS SOMEWHAT OF THE CONTROVERSY AROUND US HAVING PAID PARKING ON HILTON HEAD.
AND I, I REALLY SEE NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER FIVE HAND IN HAND.
AND IF MR. ORLANDO'S ALREADY HIRED SOMEBODY WITH SOME TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCE, WHY NOT HAVE BOTH OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WE ARE PLANNING ACCORDINGLY.
I MEAN, IT WILL DRIVE, I'M SURE BUDGETARY DECISIONS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT RIGHT NOW, I WOULD HATE FOR US TO RUSH INTO A PARKING PLAN AND THEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT GIVE A WHOLE LOT OF CONFIDENCE TO THE COMMUNITY
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THAT WE'RE BEING THOROUGH WITH OUR ACTIONS.SO I, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE TWO COMBINED.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS IN THE ROOM, THE TWO, REMIND ME OF THE NUMBERS JUST FOR CLARITY.
AND KEEP 'EM IN 23 AND WORK TOWARDS IT AND PUT THE RULES AND THE PROGRAM ON COMMITTEE WORK AND WORK AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GET TOGETHER.
I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE SIDE STORY.
I WAS NERVOUS YESTERDAY WONDERING IF WE'RE GONNA REMEMBER EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
AND I WAS WRITING MY OWN SIDE NOTES DOWN AND I WENT LAST NIGHT AND I SAW JOSH'S NOTES AND IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO DETAILED.
SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CAPTURING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO REAL QUICK, I THINK THIS IS WORKING WELL.
WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE TO GO THROUGH.
ONE, ONE OR TWO REAL BIG PROGRAMS. AND AGAIN, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT PROGRAMS. I WOULD SAY JUST FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE LOOKING AT WHAT THE COMMITTEES ARE CHARGED WITH, A LOT OF THAT BEACH WORK IS THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY.
A LOT OF THE REVENUE WORK IS THROUGH FINANCE ADMINISTRATION.
SO REALLY STARTED TO MAKE SENSE TO US LAST NIGHT IS HOW THIS STUFF COMES TO COMMITTEE DIFFERENT THAN INCREMENTALLY.
SO COMMENTS ON THAT YESTERDAY HELPED ME A LOT WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS REVITALIZE ECONOMY, IMPLEMENT THE DESTINATION MARKETING, ORGANIZATION, MARKETING PLAN AND MEASURE PERFORMANCE THAT'S BEEN ON THERE.
I THINK THAT'S A RECURRING REPETITIVE ANNUAL.
THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS YESTERDAY AND I WANT TO JUST PAUSE FOR A SEC.
UM, CUZ IT'S A SUB-BULLET, NOT A NEW BULLET, RIGHT? SO IN TERMS OF REFINING THE PROGRAM, THE SUB-BULLET THAT WAS MENTIONED YESTERDAY WAS EVALUATE INCLUSION OF ECOTOURISM.
IT WAS THE SYSTEMS FROM U S C B, CULTURAL TOURISM AND WELLNESS TOURISM INTO OUR MARKETING STRATEGY.
IS THAT A GOOD SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, MS. BRYSON? I KNOW YOU, YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I'M NOT GONNA, I DIDN'T FORGET THAT WAS YOU, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION.
I I I THINK THAT DOES, I THINK THE ONLY, THE LAST PART IN THE D M O MARKETING MATERIALS, UM, UH, I I THINK IT'S THE MARKETING PLAN AS I RECALL.
UM, AS I RECALL, UM, AND FOLKS WHO'VE DONE THIS LONGER THAN I HAVE, UM, EACH YEAR THE TOWN COUNCIL REVIEWS THE BUDGET AND THE MARKETING PLAN FROM THE DMO.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK MARKETING MATERIALS, WE'LL CHANGE THAT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE PLAN BECAUSE I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DMO IS OUR VENDOR.
WE ARE THE CLIENT AND WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR OUR ISLAND AND, AND LETTING OUR MARKETING VENDOR KNOW WHERE WE THINK THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON WHAT KIND OF TOURISM.
AND I DON'T MEAN WHETHER IT IT'S SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE ME OR SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO THE ISLAND AND WHAT THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE AND WANNA PRESERVE IT AND WANT TO PROTECT AS WELL.
AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE HERE.
UM, I THINK I CALL IT REINVENTING TOURISM.
MAYBE IT'S, IT'S REDIRECTING TOURISM OR ENHANCING, UM, OUR EXPERIENCE HERE.
THE, THE EXPERIENCE OF A VISITOR TO THE ISLAND.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON IT.
UM, ALMOST WISH IT WERE A BOX
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE GET TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THAT BOX.
UM, SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, I HAVE MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THE STRATEGY, WE, WE DEBATED THAT LAST NIGHT TOO, BUT WHEN WE HAD TWO BOXES, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE TWO EXERCISES RIGHT.
AND A BIFURCATION OF EFFORT, SO YEAH.
UM, I MEAN, UM, WELL THIS IS UNDER ECONOMY.
UM, I I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO WORDSMITH IT.
UM, I, I MEAN YOU COULD DIVIDE IT UP, I SUPPOSE INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE KIND OF PART OF OUR, THIS IS A BIG PART OF OUR ECONOMY.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER PARTS OF OUR ECONOMY? UM, AND SO MAYBE THIS ALL GOT SLUMPED IN TOGETHER, BUT I, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO REWORD SMITH IT.
UM, BUT I THINK AT LEAST CHANGE IT FROM MARKETING MATERIALS TO MARKETING PLAN DONE AS I RECALL.
THAT'S WHAT THE DESCRIPTION IS.
BUT SOMEONE KNOWS BETTER THAN ME.
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I THINK WHAT IT HIGHLIGHTS, UM, AND WHAT PATSY'S HIGHLIGHTED WITH THESE SPECIFIC TOURISM, UM, UH, ASPECTS IS THAT HILTON HEAD IS AN INCREDIBLE CLUMP PLACE TO COME.RIGHT? WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES IN HISTORICAL SITES AND, UM, THINGS THAT YOU CAN BE INVOLVED IN.
AND I THINK OUR DMO ADDRESSES THEM.
ADDING THESE AS WELL AS OTHERS I CERTAINLY, UM, THINK IS, IS WONDERFUL.
SO THAT IF SOMEONE WERE TO PICK UP WHO'D NEVER HEARD OF A HILTON HEAD AND SAID, WHAT CAN I DO THERE? THEY WOULD SEE THAT NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR, MAYBE IN A BROADER SENSE, BUT THESE AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.
AND, AND, AND WHEN I SAY MANY OTHERS HAVE A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON HOW WE DO SOMETHING THAT OUR MAYOR HAS, UM, SPOKEN ABOUT, WHICH IS TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG FAMILIES TO COME EXPLORE, UM, HILTON HEAD AND PERHAPS MAKE IT THEIR HOME AND, AND THE PLACE WHERE THEY LIVE AND PLAY.
AND SPORTS TOURISM FOR ME IS ONE OF THOSE.
JOSH, DID YOU GET THAT? SPORTS TOURISM AND VARIOUS OTHER COMMENTS.
AND NOW THAT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, I THINK ANOTHER PART OF IT OUGHT TO BE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER EVALUATE IS THE RIGHT VERB, UM, BUT TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT ON THE ISLAND, UM, THE IMPACT ON THE ISLAND, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO OUR RESIDENTS.
CUZ I THINK THAT OUGHT ALSO BE PART OF LOOKING AT WHAT THE MARKETING PLAN IS, IS ABOUT, IS HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE.
I'M GONNA COME BACK TO YOU AT A CERTAIN TIME AND ASK HOW TO DO THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, AND, AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR DMO TO THINK THROUGH THOSE ASSESSMENTS, SO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I MOVE ON? I'LL JUST ADD THOUGHT ON ECOTOURISM CULTURAL TOURISM AND WELLNESS.
WHAT, WHAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT WAS CHARLES FRAZIER BUILT THIS ISLAND IN THE, WITH NATURE IN MIND, ECOTOURISM, HE PROMOTED ARTISTS AND OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS, CULTURAL TOURISM, AND HE DEFINITELY WAS PUSHING THE PHYSICAL HEALTH WITH ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT HE THREW INTO THE PROGRAMMING OF THE HILTON NET EXPERIENCE.
SO I THINK THOSE THREE THINGS REALLY DO PLAY TO A FAIRLY DEEPLY EMBEDDED VALUE OF THE ISLAND.
SO AGREEING WITH WHAT'S UP THERE.
BUT, BUT I HAVE TO ADD, UH, IN MY DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE SOMETIMES I WANTED TO DO A DEVELOPMENT THAT THE MARKETPLACE DIDN'T APPRECIATE.
SO YOU CAN WISH FOR THINGS, RIGHT? BUT YOU NOT, YOU MAY BE MISSING A MARKETPLACE.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A BIG SHIP TRYING TO TURN, IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN EMPHASIZING THESE THINGS IN THE PAST, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A MARKETING PLAN NEXT YEAR THAT EMPHASIZES THESE THINGS WITHOUT SOME SORT OF CONSEQUENCE? THANK YOU.
I WOULD DARESAY IT ALSO GOES TO OUR BRAND.
AS, AS YOU, UH, PREPARE TO BRING THIS BACK TO US, UH, JUST WANNA OFFER AN ADDITIONAL THOUGHT.
I'M GONNA GO BACK WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE.
UM, PRE, PRE PANDEMIC, UM, THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG CONCERN ABOUT, UH, HOUSING VALUES, PROPERTY VALUES ON HILTON HEAD, NOT NECESSARILY REBOUNDING THE SAME AS WE HAD SEEN THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
UM, AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A REAL CONCERN ABOUT OUR MARKETING EFFORTS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ATTRACTING FOLKS TO, TO LIVE HERE.
UM, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, COVID COMES ALONG AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE HERE INSTEAD OF SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MARKET JUST GOES OUTTA CONTROL.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WE'RE SEEING OF COURSE SOME POSITIVE EFFECTS FROM THAT, BUT ALSO WE'VE SEEN SOME NEGATIVE EFFECTS, IE.
UH, THE ABUNDANCE OF SHORT TERM RENTALS.
UH, SO, UH, I SEE THIS A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEEPER DIVE THAN JUST, UH, HOW WE FIRM UP OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DMO, BUT MORE SO AROUND HOW WE MEASURE WHERE WE ARE ECONOMICALLY AND THEN GIVE DIRECTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE FURTHER EXPERTISE TO HELP US DEVELOP WHAT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO SAY TO DMO.
I LIKE WHAT'S ON HERE AS SOME OF THE EXAMPLES, BUT THE WHOLE LIVABILITY
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OF HILTON HEAD RIGHT, OKAY.IS NOT EVEN IN THIS DISCUSSION AT THE MOMENT.
SO, UM, I JUST OFFER THAT AS WE, AS WE COME BACK, THAT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
WHEN I GET INTO THE BUDGET SCHEDULE, UH, IN A, IN A LITTLE BIT, YOU'LL SEE THE DMO MARKETING PLAN AND HOW THAT PROGRESSES FROM STAFF AND, AND OUR DMO TO A TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
AND A AND I MAY ADD THAT AND IF, IF JOSH COULD TAKE A NOTE, LET, LET'S GET IT IN FRONT OF FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE AS A CONVERSATION MUCH SOONER THAN A PRELIMINARY PLAN BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
CUZ I THINK IF WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COLLECTIVELY TO GET GOING, IT, IT MAY GO A LONG WAY.
FOR TIME'S SAKE, ESTABLISH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN 2024.
WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME SITES THAT PEOPLE CALL ABOUT KICK THE TIRES ON.
WE HAVE SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
GREAT JOB TO STAFF FOR GRABBING THOSE GRANTS FROM, AND THANK YOU TO PALMETTO ELECTRIC FOR, FOR PROVIDING THEM AT MODERN CLASSIC MOTORS AS ONE EXAMPLE.
THIS STRATEGY'S IMPORTANT, BUT NOT OF THIS YEAR.
INCLUSIVE COMMENCE OPERATIONS OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
THE BOARD HIRE THE DIRECTOR ONBOARD, TRAIN AND TEAM BUILD WITH THE BOARD.
WE HAVE FUNDS IN PLACE $5.3 MILLION OR SO.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO INVEST THOSE DOLLARS TO ADVANCE THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
SO WELL UNDERWAY IMPLEMENTATION, COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE TASK FORCE WORK PLAN.
I THINK WE NEED TO PAUSE AND, AND WORK ON THAT A LITTLE HARDER THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS OF THAT PLAN, UM, THAT ARE GETTING CLOSER TO BEING ACCOMPLISHED AND THEN WE'RE STILL PRETTY FAR AWAY WITH SOME OTHERS.
AND I JUST THINK THAT WITH OUR NEW STAFF MEMBER, KHAN KHAN COMING TO JOIN US AND SHE'S FABULOUS.
YOU'LL MEET HER SOON ENOUGH, UM, SHE'LL HELP ADVANCE THAT PLAN WITH A LOT OF HELP OUT OF SEAN AND MISSY AND SOME OTHER PLANNERS, UH, ESTABLISHED PUBLIC, PRIVATE, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH U S C B TO SUPPORT ARTS AND CULTURE.
I THINK IF THAT DRUMS BACK UP AND WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITY, WE JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT FISCAL YEAR WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE IN CHARGE OF GETTING THAT DONE AS MUCH AS ARE WE WILLING AND READY AND OPEN TO HELP IF, IF CALLED ON ADOPT THE HUDS CDBG, WE PUT THAT UP THERE BECAUSE YOU VOTE ON PUTTING THE DOLLARS INTO THE INVESTMENT.
YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PATTERSON TODAY.
CONDUCT AN ENGAGE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
THIS WAS ONE THAT I WAVERED ON PUSHING TO 2024, BUT I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THE SOONER WE HEAR, AND I'LL SAY THE SOON AS I ARRIVED, WE DID A STAFF SURVEY AND ONE WASN'T DONE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND I LEARNED A LOT, A LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT.
I ALREADY KNEW A LOT MORE THAN I WAS BRIEFED ON A LOT MORE THAN WHAT THE RESIDENTS OR COMMUNITY BUSINESS MEMBERS TOLD ME WHEN I VISIT WITH THEM.
SO THAT ONE, I THINK WHILE IT WOULD BE EASY TO SAY LET'S TRY THAT LATER, THE SOONER WE HEAR BACK HOW WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE BETTER.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL, BUT THE SOONER WE GET THE BASELINE, THE BETTER OFF OUR DECISIONS WILL BE.
CONCURRENCE WITH THAT 23, KEEP IT IN HERE.
ASSIST WITH IMPLEMENTING MITCHELLVILLE MASTER PLAN.
IT THAT'S REALLY C I P AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, BUT BECAUSE THE AGREEMENTS COMING UP FOR RENEWAL BECAUSE WE JUST AGREED TO LEASE ADDITIONAL LANDS AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME PARTNERSHIP, UH, WORK TO DO.
AND THEN INCORPORATE PUBLIC ART AND CULTURE PROJECTS IN A NEW AND EXISTING PARKS.
IT'S OPERATIONAL SELF-EXPLANATORY.
THIS IS A DETAIL WE HAVE RECEIVED INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE BOARD OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
IS THE STAFF RESPONDING SAYING I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR, UM, APPLICATION THAT'S STANDARD PRACTICE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT KRISTA'S DONE.
AND WE JUST RECEIVED A WHOLE BUNCH MORE APPLICATIONS.
SO WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU TO START TAKING A LOOK AT IN MARCH.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE APPLYING FOR THOSE DOLLARS FROM THE STATE TO BRING 'EM ON BOARD.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY? FEBRUARY? WE, WE MAY WANT TO RESPOND TO THE BOARD APPLICANTS SOONER THAN MARCH.
AND WE'RE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, SO WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
DEVELOP A LANDMARK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
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BIT ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY AND TO PUSHED THAT TO 2024, IT'S A TOUGH ONE TO PUSH.THE SOONER WE KNOW THE BETTER.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE IT'S IN 24 DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA WAIT A YEAR AND A HALF TO START IT OR A YEAR TO START IT.
SO WE WENT FROM INCLUSIVE GUAG GEECHEE DEVELOPMENT CORP WORK PLAN ON HOLD WITH THE U S C B C D B G COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, MITCHELLVILLE, PUBLIC ART.
NONE OF THOSE ARE WORTH TRYING TO PUSH THE 2024 EXCEPT THIS ONE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE CONCURRENCE.
AND SO I CAN MOVE TO CONNECTED.
SORRY, JUST I'M TOTALLY AGREE WITH LANDMARK, UH, PRODUCTION PROGRAM IN 2024.
BUT, UH, OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, KIND OF WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THAT? AND ONE THAT I RAISED WAS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET SOME TAX BENEFITS OF SOMEONE, HAS THEIR PROPERTY DECLARED A HISTORIC LANDMARK? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? NOT NOT THE REHAB PROGRAM, I THINK THAT MR. GRUBER TALKED ABOUT, BUT UM, IF IT QUALIFIES, UM, AS A DESIGNATED LOCAL LANDMARK, THEN COULD WE GET OUR LOCAL DELEGATION AUTHORIZE US IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT TO PROVIDE SOME TAX BENEFITS.
SO YES, WE WOULD POINT US ANOTHER, WHAT DOES A PROGRAM INCLUDE? UH, WE'LL DO SOME RESEARCH, BUT WE WERE GOING TO DESIGNATE THOSE IN STARTING IN 2024.
NOT 23 THOUGH, RIGHT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO RIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, FUNDING STRATEGIES.
AND SO I THINK WE KNOW A, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I TRIED TO WITH JOSH AND, AND SEAN'S HELP BUCKET ALL THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN ONE PROGRAM.
I'D WANT TO HAVE ONE PROGRAM CHAMPION ON STAFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO SH WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ALL INCLUSIVE ON THESE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD SAY AS EXCITED AND AS, UH, JUMPING, JUMPING OUT OF THEIR SKIN AS JEN IS ON CAT PROJECTS.
I THINK MISSY IS, AS LONG AS SHE'S NOT PUTTING IN 16 HOUR DAYS, MISSY IS, SHAWN IS I AM HERE.
SO YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM US, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE.
WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT THIS IN A PROGRAM IN 2023 TO RESET OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICIES.
AND THERE'S, YOU CAN'T JUST GO FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED AND CHANGE YOUR ZONING CODE.
SO WHAT WE DID, WE KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF OUR PLAN THAT ARE NEEDED.
THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS IN THERE THAT WILL DEFEND US.
THEY'LL PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR US IN THAT AS AN OFFSET AND AS AN APPENDIX, WE'LL GENERATE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND SO ONE AND THREE ARE CONNECTED.
THE CONDUCTING THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND CONDITION AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT, WELL, WE USED TO CALL IT CAPACITY STUDY.
WHERE ARE WE? AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SOME CONSCIOUS DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CALIBRATE WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR EXPECTATIONS? IF IF THE CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT, THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT COMES BACK AND EVERY SINGLE INTERSECTION ON OUR ISLANDS FAILING THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S YOUR BASELINE.
HOW DO WE IMPROVE IT VERSUS WHAT'S CAPACITY? RIGHT? SO NEXT, ESTABLISHING A GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP BY POLICY.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A MAP THAT WHEN SOMEBODY WALKS IN THE DOOR AND SAYS, I WANT TO SOLVE HOUSING WITH FIVE OR 10% WORKFORCE AND IT'S GOING TO BE MULTI-FAMILY AND IT'S ON MARSHLAND ROAD, IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO STAFF IF WE HAD A MAP THAT WAS YOUR PUBLIC POLICY THAT SAID, THESE ARE AREAS OF, OF, OF GROWTH.
THESE ARE AREAS OF PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION, AND IT'S COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND I THINK THAT MORE IS MORE OF VISION STATEMENT.
YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS MORE OF A STRATEGY STATEMENT.
UH, OH, I GUESS I PUNCHED THE BUTTON HERE.
MAY I ASSUME THAT THE ISSUE OF THE, UH, DEVELOPED NUMBER OF BUILDINGS DEVELOPED THE SIZE AND SPACE BUILDINGS, THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SO ON, IS PART OF THE PROGRAM YOU JUST REFERENCED? YES, SIR.
AND IT, AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT'S NEXT IS ESTABLISHING SOME DISTRICT PLAN BOUNDARIES AND PRIORITIZING JONESVILLE IS OUR FIRST AND NEXT, I WISH WE ALREADY COMPLETED IT, IT'D BE FRANK DISTRICT.
WE JUST COMPLETED MID ISLAND LAST YEAR.
ALL THAT WORK WILL DRIVE AND, AND, AND HELP US MAKE DECISIONS ON FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND MOST IMPOR IMPORTANTLY, YOUR ZONING AND DEVELOP OUR ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ORDINANCE, RIGHT? OUR
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LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.SO IN THAT IS ALL THE CODIFICATION OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THE HEIGHT, THE SETBACK, THE FLOOR AIR RATIO, AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
SO IF YOU SEE THIS, IT'S HIGH LEVEL, IT'S A LOW LEVEL, AND IT'S MAKING A COMMITMENT TO YOU AND, AND YOU BEING ABLE TO TAKE ONE LOOK AT ONE PROGRAM TO TELL US TO GET TO WORK, UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO IMPLEMENTING THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN, ESTABLISHING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST ONCE UP THERE, A MASTER PLAN ZONING, MAP AMENDMENTS, LAND MANAGEMENT, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, IMPROVING OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM AND ALIGNING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WITH GROWTH FRAMEWORK STRATEGIES.
MAY I, UM, ADD JUST A, A POINT TO IT WITHIN THAT IS OUR DESIGN REVIEW, UM, GUIDE MANUAL YES.
NEEDS TO BE, UM, LOOKED AT AND PROVIDE THAT BOARD, THE DESIGN REBOOT BOARD SOME REAL, UH, MUSCLE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE OR THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR SO THAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE ELEVATED AND GIVEN THEM SOME TEETH.
AND THE FIRST SUB-BULLET, THE DESIGN MANUAL IS THE MANUAL.
AND, AND I SEE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE, UM, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
THE PROFESSIONALS THAT SIT ON THAT, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP THIS TOWN OUT HAVE MADE SUGGESTIONS OVER TIME THAT, UM, REALLY WOULD'VE ENHANCED AND MADE A BETTER AND PRODUCT, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO INSIST THAT THOSE THINGS HAPPEN FROM THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
THEY, THEY NEED THE ABILITY TO BE HELPFUL TO US.
AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY PROFESSIONALLY, BUT THEY NEED SOMETHING IN WRITING AND YES, MA'AM.
I'M GUESSING THAT IF YOU WERE TO PULL COUNSEL AT THIS POINT, YOU'D GET A UNANIMOUS YES.
THIS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT BOOK.
UM, SO ONE QUESTION IS, AND NOW LEMME MAKE A A REQUEST, UH, WILL STAFF GET BACK TO US AND GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ATTACK 12 LINE ITEMS WITH THE DEBT WITH A SCHEDULE? YES.
UM, YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT, UM, WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHERE OUR INTERSECTIONS ARE GOING TO FAIL AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT TRIGGERED IN MY MIND, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS SPEND MORE MONEY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IF WE DON'T MAKE A COMMITMENT TO AVOID THE PROBLEM.
AND SO I THINK THAT A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE, WHAT WE WERE CALLING CAPACITY, NOW WE'RE CALLING TRENDS, IS ANTICIPATING WHERE THOSE BREAK POINTS ARE.
AND POLITICALLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE WILL TO GO BEYOND THAT POINT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SO THAT, THAT TO ME IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, PRODUCT OF THAT.
WHAT, WHAT DO WE NOT WANNA SPEND MORE MONEY ON AT A CERTAIN POINT THAT WE GET TO.
IT'S THE EXAMPLE OF, OH GOSH, WE'RE TOO BUSY.
LET'S IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION AND WIDEN THE LANE.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY 2 78, THE BRIDGE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND I'LL, I'LL HELP, IF I COULD JUST FINISH THE ONE THOUGHT YOU ASKED ABOUT SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM.
WHAT I, WHAT I PROPOSE TO DO IS I SIT DOWN WITH MAYOR TO TAKE A LOOK AT COMMITTEE WORK AND COUNCIL WORK IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S A WORKSHOP, NOT, THERE WILL BE SOME TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOPS AS A SPINOFF TO THIS.
A COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON CAPACITY, A COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON GROWTH FRAMEWORK, A COUNCIL WORKSHOP TO SET THOSE DISTRICT PLAN BOUNDARIES IN PLACE, A COUNCIL WORKSHOP AS WELL, UM, ON THE DISTRICT PLAN, RIGHT? WE'RE THINK BACK TO THE DISTRICT PLAN WORK WE DID WITH MID ISLAND.
IT HELPED BY THE TIME YOU ADOPTED THE PLAN, IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME AND YOU DIDN'T JUST RELY ON A COMMITTEE IN A, IN A COMMISSION TO SAY YES OR NO.
AND, AND A LOT OF THIS WORK WILL BE PROGRAMMED THROUGH THE COMMITTEE WORK, PROBABLY LOTS OF IT, UM, THROUGH PUBLIC PLANNING.
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SO I ENCOURAGE ON THAT MONTHLY AGENDA, AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRAM, NOT AN UPDATE ON A LINE ITEM THAT HELP.AND I JUST WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT BECAUSE I THINK THE LANGUAGE GOT, UM, A LITTLE CONFUSING.
I KNOW, UM, THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND HAVE BEEN HEARING OR SAYING THAT WE ARE AT CAPACITY OVER CAPACITY, COMING UP ON CAPACITY OF HOW MUCH WE CAN CONT HANDLE.
AND I, AND, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IN A VERY SIMPLE WAY, THAT, UM, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING CLOSELY AT HOW MUCH MORE PERIOD THIS ISLAND CAN HANDLE, HOW MUCH MORE THIS ISLAND CAN HANDLE IN EVERY REGARD.
AND IF WE ARE AT THAT POINT, WHAT IT IS WE DO ABOUT IT, AND HOW WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE WORKING THAT THROUGH SO THAT PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE, THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND THEIR DESIRE TO STAY HERE AS RESIDENTS, UM, IS IMPROVED.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THOSE WITH BIG QUESTION MARKS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WANT FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WHERE ALL THIS STARTS WORKING IS A STRATEGY FOR LAND ACQUISITION, A STRATEGY ON GROWTH, A STRATEGY ON RESILIENCY, AND THAT CAPACITY STUDY TRENDS ANALYSIS WILL HELP US.
A, A QUESTION IS, DOES PRIVATE REINVESTMENT DEPEND ON INCREASING THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ON THIS ISLAND? THANK YOU.
UM, I'M LOOKING FOR THE LANGUAGE WHICH LEADS ME TO, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE L O.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT THE PLANNING PORTIONS DO
UM, AND, AND RIGHT HERE, NUMBER 10 10, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT CALIBRATION TEXT.
WE'LL PUT LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, TEXT AMENDMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT CALIBRATION MEANS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS
WHAT MISSING LINK AM I SEEING? UM, AND, AND MR. AMES ASKED ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, CUZ IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMBITIOUS.
AND I AGREE WITH THE FOCUS AND THE PRIORITY.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NUMBER ONE, BUT IT'S IN MY TOP THREE.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT LMO AMENDMENTS MIGHT BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO SHARE, BUT, UM, HOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
SO I'M GONNA LOOK IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND ASK SEAN TO WORK WITH CAROLYN TO GET A PRESS RELEASE OUT.
IN ADDITION, ALL OF OUR 2022 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL AS THE OUTCOMES OF THIS, ONE OF THE OUTCOMES WILL SHOW THAT YOUR TOP PRIORITY, MOST, MORE THAN LIKELY IS ESTABLISHING THIS GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I CAN SHARE THAT WHAT WE'VE TALKED AND STAFF'S ALREADY MOBILIZED WITH THE CONSULTING TEAM AND INTERNALLY TO UPDATE OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND REWRITE SOME HEAVY TEXT AMENDMENTS OVER THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS.
TREE PRESERVATION, SUBDIVISION REGULATION, STORM WATER, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SITE DESIGN, TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MORE IN THERE THAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT THINKING OF RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SCRIPT.
WE'LL BAKE THAT FOR IN GENERAL TERMS INTO THE PRESS RELEASE AND GET IT OUT.
WE HEARD, AND I WILL SAY, UM, SAW SOME FOLKS HERE FROM JONESVILLE.
AND FRANKLY, WE'VE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ALONG THE WAY, WHICH IS WHY WE DOVE INTO DISTRICT PLANNING THAT THE DENSITY, WHETHER IT'S EIGHT, SIX OR FOUR, NEEDS TO HAVE GREAT DESIGN STANDARDS AND A STRONG EXPECTATION ON OUR STAFF TO ONLY APPROVE THE VERY BEST SITE DESIGN AND LAYOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AS AN EXAMPLE IN SUBDIVISION REG.
SO THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE THE, A BETTER FOOTING AND BETTER DIRECTION IF YOU VOTE ON IT.
AND THE FIRST, THE NEXT 90 DAYS IS FOR US TO WRITE THAT CODE, BRING IT THROUGH THE, THE CHANNELS, THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, THROUGH PUBLIC PLANNING, AND THROUGH ONE AND TWO READINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL TO ADOPT THOSE REGULATIONS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE US ALL ONCE THOSE EDITS ARE MADE THAT IT'S NOT A RACE TO THE FINISH LINE, BECAUSE WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN 13 MONTHS AND WE'LL SAY, HOW COME WE DID THAT? RIGHT? SO UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE IN CODE WRITING IS, IS, IS, YOU GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL AS, AS WE KNOW.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THESE FIRST NEXT 90 DAYS WE CAN GET SOME BASIC CODE PROVISIONS WRITTEN THAT ARE GOING TO PAY
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DIVIDENDS LONG TERM.WE'RE NOT REINVENTING ANYTHING HERE, WE'RE JUST CALIBRATING IT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ISLAND, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE TOWN MANAGER AND STAFF ARE RESPONDING TO IT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PAUSE AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND WHILE I'M SAYING IT, THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THIS BY YEAR,
I THINK THAT'S YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND A SMALL PAUSE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MISSY.
MISSY WORKED LAST YEAR TO FINISH DEADLINES ON DISTRICT PLANS WHILE JEN WAS WORKING ON THE, ON THE MID ISLAND PARK, BUT ALSO THE HOUSING PLAN.
I'M, I'M PROUD OF SEAN AND HIS LEADERSHIP, BUT MISSY'S THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL WITH A LOT OF THIS WORK AND WITH A GREAT STAFF AND SOME VERY SMART CONSULTANTS AND WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, I THINK WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET SOME GOOD WORK DONE.
LET ME, UH, JUST ADD YES, SIR, ADDITIONAL, UH, THIS, THIS IS, UH, DEFINITELY NUMBER ONE ON, ON MY LIST ALSO, BUT I JUST WANNA BRING IT INTO CONTEXT FOR A MOMENT, UM, SO THAT WE REALIZE THE HEAVY LIFT AND THE COMMITMENT THAT IS NEEDED.
AND COUNCILMAN AMES CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE BACK IN THE, THE NINETIES, THERE WAS A STUDY DONE THAT REALLY SUGGESTED THAT THAT 30% OUTSIDE OF THE GATES THAT I SPOKE OF YESTERDAY SHOULD BE PLANNED AS DISTRICTS, DISTRICTS PLANNING.
OKAY? I REMEMBER THERE WAS A STONY DISTRICT PLAN, A CHAPLAIN DISTRICT PLAN, MITCHELLVILLE MITCHELLVILLE DISTRICT PLAN, BUT FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER IT WAS CONTINUOUSLY PUT OFF.
AND NOW HERE WE ARE AND WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
THERE HAS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL 12 OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT.
SO IT BEING A TOP PRIORITY MEANS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PUT OUR NOSE DOWN AND CONCENTRATE ON ALL 12 OF THEM IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN OUTCOME THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH IN A LOT OF CASES GONNA LOOK DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
OKAY? SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, NOW I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH, WITH, WITH PRESS RELEASE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.
I'M, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN CELEBRATION THAT WE ARE DOING THIS, OKAY? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE SO CLOSE TO BUILD OUT, WE HAVE NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT, BUT WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO BE CELEBRATING WITH US AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE.
UH, SO IF THINGS, IF OTHER THINGS GET PUSHED TO THE SIDE, UH, DURING THE YEAR, I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT AS A COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS, THIS LIST OF 12 HERE.
AND IF I MAY CHIME IN, I THINK THAT THAT IS, UM, VERY WISE, A LOT OF WHAT OUR FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE IS BASED ON GETTING THESE ITEMS CORRECT.
A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IN OUR PRESENCE IS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOTTEN RIGHT PREVIOUSLY.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO A NOTE THAT I'VE HAD ON MY PAPER THIS AFTERNOON TO, TO NOT ONLY BE LOOKING AT NEW AND DIFFERENT PLACES TO CREATE AND TO BUILD AND, BUT IT'S, IT'S THAT REDEVELOPMENT, THE CORRECTION OF THE MISTAKES FROM THE PAST, THE AREAS THAT WEREN'T DONE POSSIBLY WITH AS MUCH THOUGHT AS COULD HAVE BEEN THAT REDEVELOPMENT OF AREAS THAT, THAT'S CRITICAL TOO.
WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY BE LOOKING FOR THAT NEW LAND, THAT NEW SPACE, UM, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD BE PRESERVING AS GREEN, BUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, UM, AREAS THAT WE NEED TO REDEVELOP.
I LIKE HEARING THIS AND I SOMETIMES HAVE A SIDEBAR COMMENTARY.
THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN TALKED ABOUT INFILL DEVELOPMENT AT A BETTER PATTERN, A BETTER FUTURE LAND USE.
AND WHAT IT REALLY DID IS, IF, IF YOU LOOK BACK ON IT AND SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, IT TALKED ABOUT SAFETY, IT TALKED ABOUT CORRIDORS, AND IT REALLY STARTED TO TALK ABOUT AND IDENTIFY COMMERCIAL SITE, EXISTING SITE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY.
I I KNOW THAT WE WILL CARRY THAT WITH US THROUGH THESE OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT SOME OF THEM IS JUST PUSHING BACK DOWN THAT, THAT, THAT DENSITY, BUT ALSO DESIGN STANDARDS AND CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT TREATMENT FOR THE RIGHT PLACE.
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SO, ALL RIGHT, HOPE THAT HELPS.SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'LL SHOW UP IN THE FIRST PRIORITY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE UP SOME TIME.
JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH MITIGATION, RELOCATION PLANETS ON HERE.
XENO HAS COME IN AND DONE A FABULOUS JOB AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HIM.
UM, I KNOW THAT HE'S WORKING WITH ST.
I KNOW THAT JOSH IS WORKING WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS AGAIN IN THE TOP PRIORITY LIST.
SO UPDATE THE TOWN'S LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL.
WE'LL WORK ON WHERE THAT GOES.
I I CAN PICK ONE OF THREE AND MAKE SENSE TO ALL LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL UPDATES TO INCLUDE A WIDER RANGE OF TARGET PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
UM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
OUR GO-TO'S ALWAYS BEEN REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES, UM, TB D AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA TIE THAT BACK TO IDENTIFYING THOSE POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES.
SO I LIKE TYING THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
SO AS A PROGRAM, YOU SEE THAT GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IS A PROGRAM, ST.
JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH, A A BIT OF AN OUTLIER, BUT, BUT CONNECTED LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL AS A STRATEGY, AND THEN CALENDAR YEAR 24, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE HAVE SOME FOOD TRUCK PROVISIONS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE THAT I INHERITED AS I ARRIVED, AND THEN A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE HIGH SPEED FIBER CELLULAR CAPABILITIES, UM, PUSHED INTO 24 AGREEMENT YESES, NOS, NOSE, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE HIGH SPEED AND FIVE RESULT CAP CAPABILITIES AT LEAST START SOMETIME AND LATER IN 23.
UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR WAY TOO LONG.
I SEE TOM SHAKING HIS HEAD, AND AGAIN, I'LL WORK WITH YOU, MAYOR TO PUT THAT THROUGH THE CSPS AGENDA MOST LIKELY.
MAY I AGREE WITH YOU? UM, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW A FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE, UM, IS WITHIN A CONNECTED COMMUNITY AND, AND THE NECESSITY FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY BE, UM, DISTRACTING TO THE, UM, OVERALL, UM, AESTHETICS OF THE ISLAND.
BUT I, I WILL WAIT AND HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M JUST NOT GETTING IT.
SO, WELL, I'M OPEN TO PUTTING, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, WHAT I THINK IS A BENEFIT FOR A LOT OF OUR STRATEGIES, IF YOU REALLY PUT 'EM ON A MATRIX, UM, THEY, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HITS A LOT OF THE GOALS, RIGHT? ONE STRATEGY ARGUABLY HITS FOUR OR FIVE GOALS.
SO WOULD, IF YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE IT, I JUST, AT EIGHT 30 LAST NIGHT, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT,
SO, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, I'VE, I'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS AND, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF THROUGH BUSINESS LICENSE AND PLANNING, UM, WORK ON ALLOWING OR NOT ALLOWING FOOD TRUCKS, AND THEY'RE HERE, THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART, ALLOWED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THEY PULL UP, THEY SERVE FOOD, THEY LEAVE.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO LET THEM PULL UP TO CELEBRATION PARK ON A SATURDAY, OR DOES THAT HURT THE CNI SHOPS? SHOULD THEY BE AT FISH HALL OR THERE'S NO OTHER FOOD OR AN EXPERIENCE THERE? YES, SIR.
UM, I, I HAPPENED TO LIKE THE IDEA, BUT I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AT GRACOS, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO.
AND THERE WAS A FOOD TRUCK IN THERE WITH, I GUESS A GENERATOR MOTOR OR SOMETHING, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY LOUD, SO IT JUST WAS A BIT OF TURN OFF, RIGHT? AND THEY DROPPED A PORTAJOHN OFF NOT LONG AFTER.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE POINT, RIGHT? AS YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND THE ISLAND IN AN ISLAND OF EXCELLENCE OF OUR, IT, IT, IT, IT'S DISTRACTING AT BEST.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR ISLAND BRAND, RIGHT? AS WE'VE ALL KNOWN AND ACCEPTED.
AND, AND I THINK CERTAINLY THINK THAT AS FOLKS TALK ABOUT, UM, HILTON HEAD AND WHAT THEY WANT AND DON'T WANT FOR THE FUTURE, THIS IS PROBABLY WITHIN THE REALM OF THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL EXPLORE SOME OF THESE PROVISIONS AS WE UPDATE OUR LE LMO THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GET.
OKAY, SEAN, YOU GET THAT? WE'LL LOOK AT FOOD TRUCKS WITH THAT, THANKS.
ALL RIGHT, JOSH, YOU'RE MOVING.
AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT FOOD TRUCK IN 23 ISH AS WE LOOK AT LMO.
AND WE GOTTA WORK OUT SOME ISSUES WITH HOW WE'RE PERMITTING, I GUESS, UH, REGIONAL FOCUS BE FOR COUNTY IMPACT FEES,
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RECURRING JOINT MEETINGS, COUNTY COUNCIL, SELF-EXPLANATORY, UH, ACCESS BETWEEN HILTON HEAD AND GREATER REGION THROUGH VIABLE MULTIMODAL INTO 2024 FOR SOME OBVIOUS REASONS WITH SOME CONCURRENCE OR DISAGREEMENT.RIGHT, UH, RIGHT SIZE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO ADOPT MAJOR CORRIDOR, STREET ENHANCEMENT POLICY.
SO A CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT, JEN TALKED ABOUT IT.
UH, MARCH AGENDA AS A TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP.
WE'LL LOOK AT WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY.
PALMETTO POPE NEW ORLEANS, MAIN C PINE CIRCLE, GREENWOOD ARROW AND OTHERS.
OTHERS IS BAY PINE AND SOME OTHER RANDOM STREETS THAT WERE TAKEN A LOOK AT.
ACCESS AND MOBILITY AND IMPROVEMENT ON, UM, WITH THAT WILL BE SOME REAL DIRECTIVE ON BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
UM, IT'LL HELP US IN OUR MAINTENANCE OF OUR CORRIDOR.
IT'LL HELP US IN RESETTING THE EXPECTATION.
AS AN EXAMPLE, INTERSECTION STRIPING, LOW-LEVEL LIGHTING CROSSWALKS.
IT'LL HELP US DEFEND, OR AT LEAST PROMOTE WHAT WE WANT TO DO, UH, WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND BUFORD COUNTY.
UM, AND IT'S ARGUABLY A PATTERN BOOK OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
UH, ADOPT A MAJOR CORRIDOR STREET ENHANCEMENT POLICY.
SO UNDERNEATH THAT IS THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
THE SECOND ONE ARE TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY AND BEAUTIFICATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS.
NOT EVERYTHING IS A CAPITAL PROJECT.
IN THAT LIGHT, WE'RE GONNA SCRAPE UP SOME, UH, PINE STRAW.
WE'RE GONNA PLANT SOME FLOWERS.
WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE SOME LIGHTING.
WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME CROSSWALKS IN THROUGH OUR FACILITIES WORK AND CAPITAL PROGRAM WORK, ADOPT A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, ADOPT A TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY, AND ASSIST WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE CROSS ISLAND TOLL BOOTH REMOVAL AND RECONFIGURATION, INCLUDING ACCEPTANCE OF THAT LAND, AND A FURTHER DETERMINATION OF WHAT WE USE IT FOR AFTER WE KNOCK THE BUILDING DOWN AT OUR COST.
IMPLEMENT OUR C I P PROGRAM ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH EIGHT GEN.
WENT THROUGH THOSE THIS MORNING.
THE C I P PROGRAM IS, UM, THE SAME BUCKETS OF WORK TO A DEGREE, WHAT WE'VE TRYING TO BUCKET HERE, RIGHT? SO WE'VE MANAGED PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR C I P PROGRAM, AND WE'LL WORK THIS YEAR TO SET THAT ONE YEAR, THREE YEAR, AND FIVE YEAR PROGRAM IN PLACE.
SO ANOTHER BUCKET, SO TO SPEAK.
A PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION OF WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK, FINDING HOME.
YOU CAN READ ITEMS ONE IN 1, 2, 3 NORTH POINT P THREE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ON YOUR DESKS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO, THREE MONTHS.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHO WE THINK IS A GOOD PARTNER.
UM, HIRE A REALLY RECRUIT AND HIRE A WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER.
IF THEY'RE ANYTHING LIKE THE RECENT AND FOLKS WE'VE HIRED ALONG THE WAY, THEY'RE GONNA COME HERE WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND WE'LL LEARN FROM THEM AS MUCH AS THEY LEARN FROM US.
IMPLEMENT THE PLAN ELEMENTS OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK.
ONE OF THE FIRST ELEMENTS IS THE DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY, BUT THAT'S BAKED INTO A TOOLKIT.
AND THAT TOOLKIT IS ALSO A, SPEAKS TO A SMALL HOME SERIES.
UM, SO, UH, A PATTERN OF, OF, OF HOMES THAT ARE PREDESIGNED PRE-APPROVED, COULD BE STICK-BUILT, COULD BE MODULAR, PERHAPS INCENTIVIZED, AND THEY'RE AN ALTERNATIVE TO STATUS QUO.
ALL PLANNED AROUND THE DENSITY AND PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE PREFER AS WE GET READY TO RESET.
OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE DEVELOPED THE WILLIAM HILTON GATEWAY.
MR. LANDO, BEFORE YOU MOVE OFF OF YES, SIR.
WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE SIDEBAR IN THIS, BUT THE, THE, UH, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WITH MS. JENNIFER RAY EARLIER, UH, WE KIND OF GOT INTO DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE HOUSING LINE ITEM THERE.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF US TAKING A LOOK AT HOUSING HERE, UM, AND, AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO COME BACK TO US TO LET US KNOW IF WE COULD MOVE THAT HOUSING LINE OUT OF C I P AND WE CREATE OUR OWN FUND AS WE HAVE WITH GENERAL FUND AND SO ON.
UM, IT, IT JUST, IT LEANS TOWARDS OUR COMMITMENT.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A MEASUREMENT AGAINST ITSELF VERSUS A MEASUREMENT AGAINST OTHER ITEMS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
SO JUST ADD A NUMBER FOUR THERE.
ESTABLISH A HOUSING FUND IN THE BUDGET.
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FRANKLY, THAT HELPS ME MANAGE, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MANY FUNDS THAT GEN GENERAL FUND MAKES SENSE.AND IF HOUSING IS A MYRIAD OF FUNDING SOURCES AND STRATEGIES THAT AREN'T JUST CAPITAL OR OPERATING.
I'M SURE WE'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT DATA BUDGET
ANY NOS TO THAT? ANYBODY NOT AGREE? SORRY TO ASK.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, GATEWAY CORRIDOR PLAN.
IT, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT THAT IN THE CORRIDOR WORK.
IT'S ARGUABLY, IT'S ITS OWN PROJECT AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK OR DILUTE THAT PROJECT CUZ THAT'S A REGIONAL PROJECT OF SIGNIFICANCE AND THE, THE DECISIONS AREN'T ALL OURS.
SO I DON'T WANT TO MIX THOSE TWO UP.
IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ACQUIRE MAIN STREET, RIGHT OF WAY.
ADOPT COMMUNITY ADDRESSING ORDINANCE.
UM, I HAVE A PEER ESTABLISHED A CITIZEN REVIEW FOR THE END-TO-END ANALYSIS.
UM, ASSIST WITH FORD SHELLING ALREADY UNDERWAY.
IMPLEMENT PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, DEVELOP PARKS REC MARKETING PLAN, WHICH REALLY IS A, JOSH PROBABLY SHOULD BE A SUB-BULLET UNDER PARKS REC MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE THAT IS IN HINDSIGHT, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IF I GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING, UM, OF RIGHT SIZE.
SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AND WE'RE ON TIME.
IF I GO BACK TO THIS, I, THIS IS UNDERWAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING.
UM, THIS WAS ASKED FOR OVER TIME AND AS LATE AS YESTERDAY.
THAT'S STANDARD HOUSING IS UNDERWAY.
YOU ADOPTED THE FINDING HOME PLAN.
YOU GAVE ME DIRECTION ALSO WITH THE NORTH POINT PARTNERSHIP.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY CORRIDOR, MAIN STREET, RIGHT OF WAY.
WELL UNDERWAY, A FEW PARCELS LEFT.
YOU WERE BRIEFED ON THAT RECENTLY.
COMMUNITY ADDRESSING ORDINANCE.
SORRY, MARK, CAN YOU, CAN YOU STOP THERE AT COMMUNITY ADDRESSING ORDINANCE? UH, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THAT SURGEON IN 2023, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
UM, IT CAN BE BUMPED TO 2024 IS A QUESTION.
I, I, YOU KNOW, YES, IT CAN MOVE INTO 2024.
FROM A CAPACITY AND TIMING STANDPOINT, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UNLESS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE, IT'S AN EMERGENCY TO DO.
CAN, CAN I ADD HERE? I'VE, I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH FIRE AND RESCUE ON THIS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, UH, THIS GOES BACK TO OUR, OUR DISTRICT PLANNING, I GUESS TO A DEGREE, BUT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, BRYSON WIND, UM, WHEN YOU PUT A NEW STREET IN, UM, THAT HAS EXISTING HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THE ADDRESSING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SET DOESN'T NECESSARILY ACCOUNT FOR THE AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
UM, SO IN A LOT OF CASES WE'VE SEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSES CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES.
AND, UM, FROM THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A NEW STREET NAME, YOU GET A NEW NUMBER, AND IT, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MADE A LOT OF FOLKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
SO THIS ADDRESSING ORDINANCE AS TO HOW WE HANDLE THAT MOVING FORWARD, I THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A SENSE OF CONFUSION AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EMS CAN GET TO SOMEONE.
UH, SO I THINK HAVING SOMETHING IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THAT MOVING FORWARD IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED TO WORK ON IT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
AND IT WON'T AFFECT YOUR CAPACITY ALL THAT MUCH UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND SEND US BACK TO COMMITTEE A BUNCH.
SO, UM, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY CODIFYING OUR PRACTICE AND MAKING IT VERY CLEAR AS WELL AS A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY OUTREACH MESSAGE ON WHEN AND HOW WE MESSAGE THAT DURING THE ADDRESSING PROCESS.
SO YEAH, I, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF, OF, OF ISSUE THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE IN BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN, IN FRONT OF US DEALING WITH HOW HARD IS IT TO GET THIS DONE? IT DOESN'T COST ANY MONEY, AND IT MAY NOT TAKE MUCH TIME.
IT, IT, IT, IT, IT FOR OUR STAFF, IT'S NOT A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE WORK AND CODIFIED OUR, OUR OUR STAFF POLICY AND PRACTICE TO DATE.
SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, OUR HARD LIFT IS DONE.
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YOUR COMFORT LEVEL, YOUR CAPACITY ON AN AGENDA AT COMMITTEE AND THROUGH COUNCIL.SO THEN, THEN HEARING THAT, MY RECOMMEND, MY STRONG RECOMMENDATION IS LEAVE IT IN 23 AND MOVE ON.
WE TALKED ABOUT NEXT BEAUFORT COUNTY LAND TRUST PARTNERSHIP IN 2024.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION ON THE NEXT TO THE LAST PAGE? WHAT IS A, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION MARKETING PLAN? IT IS AN OUTCOME OF THE ADOPTED PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN THAT COMMUNICATES THE, THE WORK, THE PROGRAMS, THE BENEFITS OF OUR PARKS AND REC PROGRAM.
I'LL GET YOU SOME MORE DETAILS OR JEN CAN BAIL ME OUT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE PROMOTING PARKS AND RECREATION AND HAVING ONE CALENDAR.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OFFERING SERVICES.
AND SO TO HAVE A MARKETING PLAN WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE ON THE ISLAND AND WHAT IS THROUGH THE TOWN WITH ISLAND REC AND WHAT MIGHT BE FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
WHAT I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, IF I COULD, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE TOP 15 OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER MANY THERE ARE.
UM, I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT WITH JOSH, WITH STAFF.
CUZ WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE WORK AND NOW'S JUST ABOUT AN ORDER.
AND I WOULD TELL THAT NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE NUMBER.
IF YOU SEE WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, GATEWAY CORRIDOR AS NUMBER FOUR, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT THINK THROUGH THIS IN TERMS OF CAPACITY OF COMMITTEE WORK, CAPACITY OF COUNCIL, WORKSHOP AND TIMEFRAME.
IF IT'S UP HERE, I'M COMMITTING THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO GET IT DONE.
I HAVE TO, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HAVE TOS.
NOW, I I WILL ALSO ASK FOR YOUR HELP IF YOU, YOU CAN HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TOO, TO SAY MAYBE NOT.
I, I DO NOT WANT TO WALK OUT OF THE ROOM TODAY WITH AN 11 MONTH AND 29 DAY SHOT CLOCK WITH PEOPLE LOOKING AT ME SAYING, WHEN'S IT DUE? I, I JUST DO NOT WANT TO COMMIT TO THAT.
I WANT TO COMMIT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG SOMETHING'S GONNA GO TO COMMITTEE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIVE AND A HALF HOUR COUNCIL MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT WORK.
AND I'M JUST BEING FRANK ABOUT IT.
I WANT TO SAY WHAT THOSE TOP INITIATIVES ARE.
I BELIEVE IN THE TEAM WE HAVE, WE'RE STILL BUILDING STAFF.
WE HAVE, UH, AN OPENING FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER AS MISSY WAS PROMOTED.
WE HAVE A OPENING FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER THAT'S GONNA OVERSEE THE REVIEW PROGRAM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT HERE YET, BUT WE'RE RECRUITING THE HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER'S NOT HERE YET.
THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD'S NOT IN PLACE, NOR IS THE DIRECTOR EVEN ADVERTISED YET.
BUT THEY'RE UP HERE AS TOP PRIORITIES.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THEM, TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND COME BACK AND MAYBE AMONGST YOURSELVES AND WITH ME, LET ME KNOW IF YOU AGREE, DISAGREE, AND IF YOU DISAGREE, WHAT POPS OUT OR WHAT POPS IN AND GO OVER THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MEASUREMENT, AND I'M ONLY GONNA INTRODUCE MEASUREMENT TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF THE TOPICS WE SHOULD ADD TO THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE AGENDAS TO MEASURE.
THE DETAILS ARE, IT'S COPIED AND PASTED EXACTLY AS IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
UH, IT'S ON ONE AND A HALF PAGES.
NUMBER TWO, WORKFORCE HOUSING FRAMEWORK.
NUMBER THREE, MAJOR CORRIDOR, STREET ENHANCEMENT POLICIES.
AND AGAIN, THOSE POLICIES WILL DRIVE THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS.
NUMBER THREE INCLUDES THE OTHER POLICIES OF STR COMPLETE STREETS AND TRAFFIC CALMING IN, IN THAT OTHER WORK.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, GATEWAY CORRIDOR PLAN.
I ALMOST PUT THAT AS NUMBER ONE.
BUT, AND IT'S, THEY'RE ALL SO, SO FAR, THESE ARE ALL NUMBER ONES.
STANDING UP A CORPORATION IS A LOT OF WORK.
UM, IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF MY TIME.
IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF HIRING SOMEONE, INTRODUCING 'EM TO THE BOARD AND CALLING IT A DAY.
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ME AND WITH ME.AND I'LL HELP A SWOT OF OUR, AND A SWOT OF OUR RESILIENCY ON THE OUR ISLAND, AS WELL AS A NEW PLAN TO TAKE ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON AND PUT IT IN ONE PLACE.
AND, AND THEN SOME C I P PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT AFFECTS TOWN COUNCIL'S CAPACITY IN THAT REGARD, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT PARK PLANS AND ROAD PLANS AND OTHER PLANS ALONG THE WAY.
ONCE YOU SAY FOR AN EXAMPLE, YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH CHAPLAIN PARK AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE ONLY WORK TO DO AT THAT POINT IS UPDATES ALONG THE WAY IN, IN REAL PHASING AND IN BUDGETING.
BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, THE CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT MID ISLAND PARK, THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE.
SO TOWN LAND ACQUISITION MANUAL, WHICH REALLY DRIVES OUR STRATEGY OF LAND ACQUISITION, INCLUDING FUNDING SOURCES.
NUMBER NINE, RIGHT, IS THE ALTERNATIVE REV SOURCE AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
GREEN SPACE VOTER REFERENDUM ASSESSMENT, HOUSING, TIF PERMIT FEES, SWOO STUDY BONDING CAPACITY AND, AND STUDY AT TAX STORM WATER UTILITY RATES.
STUDY IS UP THERE ONCE OR TWICE.
THE MEASUREMENT, THE ASSESSMENT AND POTENTIALLY, AND MOST LIKELY SOME MORE POLICY WORK AND DEFINITELY A LOT OF PROGRAMMATIC WORK.
GUAG GEECHEE TASK FORCE WORK PLAN.
WHILE I WOULDN'T SAY THIS IS AS BIG AND AS MUCH OF A CAPACITY ISSUE AS GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, I PUT THIS UP HERE BECAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND, AND WE SHOULD BE SPENDING SOME TIME ON IT.
AND IT IS INTERAGENCY F FAA AND BUFORD COUNTY AND ST.
THAT'S A, THAT'S SOME WORK TO DO.
AND THE SOONER IT'S UP HERE FOCUSED WITH ALL OF US BEACH PARK ENHANCEMENTS AND WE'LL MAKE THE EDITS AND AMENDMENTS.
I THINK I HEARD TODAY, UM, JOSH, REMIND ME WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN 2024, IF ANYTHING.
AND A SWAT IT NO INTO 24, BUT WE ARE GONNA START WORKING ON IT NOW WITH NO EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE HEAVY IN COMMITTEE WORK MONTHLY AND WRITING REPORTS ON IT.
AND THEN A SWAT ANALYSIS OF SOLID WASTE RECYCLING WITH SOMEONE SMARTER THAN ME.
PERHAPS WASTE MANAGEMENT, MAYBE SOME INDUSTRY EXPERT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A CAPACITY ISSUE OF YOURS.
SO I TRY TO MAKE IT A TOP FIVE, THEN I TRY TO MAKE IT A, A TOP 10.
BUT MY ONLY SUCCESS LAST NIGHT WAS AT UNDER 15.
SO, ALRIGHT, TAKE A QUICK BREAK, THINK THROUGH AND IF, IF YOU COMPARE THIS WITH THE FIRST SECTION, LET ME KNOW IF I'M ON TRACK,
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SHOW BACK ON THE ROAD AND FIGURE OUT OUR TOP 10 ISH THANK YOU AGREEMENT WITH NUMBER ONE.AND AS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE ALL NUMBER ONE, THE TOP 10 ARE ALL NUMBER ONE.
MS. BECKER AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE AS A, AS A TOP PRIORITY.
BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE, BECAUSE I'M, I'M GONNA LOOK FOR AGREEMENT OR, OR NOT.
I TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT, INSTEAD OF SAYING YES, OKAY.
I WOULD ALMOST GO, NO, YOU KNOW, WHO'S NOT FOR THAT.
I, I CAN, UH, GIVE YOU MY, UH, GREEN LIGHT ON ALL OF THE LIST.
YOU HAVE MADE THE STATEMENT TO ME THAT STAFF HAS CAPACITY TO ACHIEVE ALL THIS.
OKAY, ALEX? YEAH, I'LL CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN AMES.
UM, I GOT COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN, UH, IN MR. ORLANDO WITH ACHIEVING THESE, THESE GOALS.
UM, ONCE YOU GET DONE GETTING EVERYBODY'S, I, I DO HAVE ONE THAT I WOULD WANT TO BRING UP FOR DISCUSSION THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY ON THE LIST, BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE GET THROUGH 'EM ALL.
UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT IS OUR TIME THAT WE'VE GOTTA PUT INTO REVIEWING THIS AND APPROVING THIS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD TO COMMIT.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A COMMITMENT FROM, FROM OUR TOWN MANAGER, AND HE'S GETTING COMMITMENT FROM STAFF TO MOVE THESE FORWARD.
SO WE'VE GOTTA GIVE THE EXACT SAME COMMITMENT TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN REVIEWING AND APPROVING AND
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MOVING THESE FORWARD.SO IF, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS TO ANY OF THAT, NOW'S THE TIME TO BRING THAT UP.
WELL, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, RIGHT, IS THAT, UM, IS THAT THERE'S CAPACITY TO DO, UM, ALL OF THESE ITEMS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WILL EVERY ITEM, EVERY BULLET POINT WITHIN AN, UH, A TITLE BE DONE, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE HIGHER PRIORITIES THAN OTHERS, BUT CERTAINLY I WON'T STAND IN THE WAY OF, OF OTHERS AND PROBABLY WOULD LOSE THE BATTLE IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT STAYS ON, WHAT GOES OFF.
BUT I WILL AGAIN SAY CLEARLY THAT IN MY OPINION, AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND HAVE SPOKEN VERY LOUDLY THROUGH PETITIONS AND SURVEYS AND COMMENTS AND THEIR, UM, WILLINGNESS TO SHOW UP AND ADDRESS US, THAT UNTIL WE GET THAT GROWTH MANAGEMENT PIECE OF IT, THE LMO ORDINANCES CHANGED AND ALL OF THAT ADDRESSED, NOTHING ELSE REALLY SHOULD HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'VE CALLED FOR MORATORIUM, RIGHT? AND SO THEIR TOP PRIORITY IS HOLD YOUR BREATH, GET SOME WORK DONE SO THAT WHEN WE RESTART AND YOU, YOU EXCEL, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
AND SO, UM, WHEN I SAID THAT IS THE TOP PRIORITY, I I ABSOLUTELY MEAN THAT.
UM, SO DOES THAT MEAN IF WE SAY DO THEM ALL THAT WHEN IT GETS TO STAFF LEVEL, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE WHAT IT IS THAT I'M REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN.
RIGHT? THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND AS YOU AGREE TO THE PRIORITY PRIORITIES TODAY, I WILL WORK WITH STAFF TO REALLY CALENDAR THIS OUT MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND WHATNOT.
WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN SIX MONTHS AS WELL TO CHECK IN ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FORMALLY LIKE THIS, I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RECORDING RE REPORTING QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, WE'RE GONNA BE BACK HERE IN SIX MONTHS TO, TO CHECK IN ON ALL THIS STUFF.
SO THAT HELPS MY ACCOUNTABILITY AND, AND, AND US.
SO MESSAGE HEARD, THE WORK TO SCHEDULE HAS TO BE AFTER THIS.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE'LL KNOW TODAY, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH OR, OR AUGUST.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL START A LOT OF THIS WORK AS ALREADY IT IS, AND THAT SOME OF IT WILL GET DONE IN SIX MONTHS.
SOME OF IT WILL GET DONE IN 15 MONTHS, BUT WE WILL BE ALWAYS PUSHING.
SO I'M GONNA JUST, UH, MS. BRYSON, I HEARD YES TO ALL OF THEM, BUT COME BACK TO ONE.
ANYTHING WITH YOU, THIS LIST THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH OR SEE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD? UH, BOTH.
AND I WON'T SAY I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
I, I JUST WOULD THINK OF IT DIFFERENTLY.
UM, SO I SUPPORT EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
THOSE PROJECTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MID ISLAND TRACK THAT I MENTIONED, YES, MA'AM.
UM, BUT I SEE, UH, THE CIP P THE WAY I SEE THE BUDGET, IT'S PART OF THE FUNDING.
WE'RE GONNA SEPARATELY CONSIDER THAT AND APPROVE IT.
SO I, I WOULD SEE THAT AS A TOOL TO ACCOMPLISH THE PRIORITIES INSTEAD OF A SEPARATE PRIORITY.
I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER.
I'M JUST, THE WAY I THINK IS THAT'S THE WAY YOU ACCOMPLISH IT, AS OPPOSED TO THAT'S A PRIORITY.
I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS MIGHT BE A PRIORITY, UM, AND MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY TO LIST THEM.
AND THE SECOND THING I NOTED, AND, AND, AND BELIEVE ME I'M NOT PICKING ON G C I P
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUT HOUSING SEPARATELY, MAYBE MOVING, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A SEPARATE FUND, MAYBE EVEN THAT PART, UM, MOVES UNDER THAT PRIORITY LIST.
SO JUST A SIMPLE THING OUT OF C I P.
THAT WE'VE, WE'VE MADE THAT MENTAL NOTE.
SO WE WILL, IF WE, IF WE BRING FORWARD A HOUSING PROGRAM AND IT'S A FUND IN THE BUDGET, JUST LIKE GENERAL FUND DEBT, STORMWATER CAP, WE WILL MOVE EVERY ELEMENT OUT INTO THAT FUND, RIGHT? YEAH.
JUST LIKE ADOPTING A BUDGET AND ADOPTING A C I P BUDGET OR WAYS THAT WE COMPENSATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HOUSING WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN OPERATING ACCOUNT AND A CAPITAL ACCOUNT, RIGHT? IT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT IF WE'RE INVESTING IN PUBLIC ROAD WATER SEWER WITH GRANT FUNDS FOR, FOR HOUSING.
AND, AND IN ADDING, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND ADD LATER, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO ADD NOW? YEAH, ADD NOW.
UH, I DID A MATRIX LAST NIGHT.
UM, AND, UM, UH, JUST QUICKLY I'LL RUN DOWN THIS.
UM, I HAVE KIND OF A, A DECISION STANDARD LIST AND I, AND I DID A FIRST TIER AND A SECOND TIER WITH A TOTAL OF 11.
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AGAINST SOME MATRIX THAT I USE AND SOMETHING I MENTIONED, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, TOURISM.UM, SO I WOULD ADD TO, UH, THE TOP LIST.
UM, I CALL IT REVISING, REINVENTING REIMAGINING TOURISM TO INCLUDE THE ECO, CULTURAL AND, UM, WELLNESS TOURISM.
AND MAYOR COUNSEL, SINCE THAT'S ATTACHED UP THERE AS PROPOSED WITH THE DMO, THEN I SUGGEST ADDING THE DMO AND THOSE IN THAT SUB-BULLET, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT TO THIS LIST.
YOU, YOU, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.
BUT IF, MY, MY THOUGHT IS THIS, IF WE PULL OUT THOSE PROJECTS AND THEIR STRATEGIES, THERE'S JUST GONNA BE SO MUCH TO MANAGE.
I, I WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT HERE.
IMPLEMENTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN AND OF ITSELF IS A STR STRATEGY.
AND HOWEVER THOSE PROJECTS EVOLVE OVER TIME, IT WILL AFFECT HOW YOU, IT'LL AFFECT YOUR TIME, YOUR BUDGET, OUR MONEY, THE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION, RIGHT SIZING THE, THE WORK, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO I, I, I HESITATE TO PULL 'EM OUT OF THAT BUCKET BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THINGS IN GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THINGS IN HOUSING, TRYING TO SPLIT THOSE PROJECTS UP, WHICH, WHICH AT FIRST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE, WE TRIED TO DO, BUT IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
TOO MUCH TO, AT LEAST THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.
ALL RIGHT? SO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ADDING DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT, AND JOSH HAS TAKEN GREAT NOTES.
UM, SO I WILL, I WILL BACK UP A LITTLE, LITTLE QUICK SECOND WITH URGENCY OUTSIDE, HELP WITH GREAT STAFF MEMBERS, SOME OF WHICH AREN'T EVEN IDENTIFIED YET TO COME, RECRUIT AND WORK HERE.
GROWTH HOUSING CORRIDORS, THE PARKWAY PLAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESILIENCY, WORK CAP PROJECTS, LAND ACQUISITION, SWAT OF RECYCLING, SOLID WASTE, ASSESSING ALTERNATIVE REV SOURCES AND FUNDING A LOT OF THIS WORK.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL CALL, GEECHEE, TASK FORCE WORK PLAN, AND ST.
JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH, RELOCATION, MITIGATION.
WHAT'S NOT UP HERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU AGREED TO IN 2023 THAT I THINK COLLECTIVELY, AT LEAST I DIDN'T HERE, MYSELF INCLUDED, SAY, OH, LET'S JUST PUSH THAT AND DO IT LATER.
THO THOSE ARE STILL GOING TO BE WORKED ON.
SO, 13 ELEMENTS, RIGHT? MIGHT BE 25 ON THIS PLAN IF YOU ADD THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ELEMENTS UP.
BUT THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IN THE 23 BUCKET ARE STILL ADDED TO THAT.
I KNOW THOSE ARE PRIORITIES, BUT WE WILL FOCUS ON THESE FIRST AS WE SCHEDULE TIME WITH YOU THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THROUGH OUR WORK.
IS THAT FAIR? WHERE IS RESILIENCY AS A PRIORITY? AND THESE ARE IN NO, UH, SPECIFIC ORDER.
AND I NUMBERED THESE INSTEAD OF BULLETING THEM, CUZ I JUST WANT TO HAVE A NUMBER.
IT HELPS, IT HELPS, I THINK, AT LEAST FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, DIGEST THIS AND I, I'LL MAINTAIN, WE'LL WORK ON THIS WORK.
WE HAVE TO AGREE HOW THIS WORK IS THROUGH COMMITTEE AND THAT I NEED THIS STAFF TO HEAR.
IT'S NOT 11 MONTHS, 29 DAYS LATER, MISSY.
ALL THIS WORK AND GROWTH FRAMEWORK HAS TO BE DONE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, MAYOR AND ALL OF COUNCIL THROUGH WORKSHOP THROUGH, THROUGH A SENSE OF URGENCY AND THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE.
AND I'LL SAY I'M CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF THE PRODUCTS FROM LAST YEAR.
I'M CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF OUR BUDGET.
I'M CONFIDENT WHEN I START SEEING THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT JEN AND TEAM BUILT RECENTLY, I'M CONFIDENT WITH SOME NEW STAFF THAT ARE HERE.
I'M CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT QUALITY, THE, THE HOUSING PROGRAM QUALITY, THE CONSENSUS, AT LEAST I KNOW THAT WAS HARD TO GET THROUGH.
UM, I'M CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF JOHN TROYER, UM, LETTING US KNOW IF WE CAN FUND
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IT.OUR, OUR NEXT STEP WITH THIS HAS TO BE BUDGET.
SO IF I COULD, IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? ON TI IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT AT THREE OR THREE 15.
JUST WANNA HEAR CHRIS TO SAY THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
SO, SO YOU ADVERTISE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THREE 15? FOR SURE.
WELL, LET ME DO SOMETHING, JOHN, FOR TIME'S SAKE, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS YET.
WE, WELL, I'LL SAY THIS, JOSH, WHERE DID THE, UH, THERE'S THE BUDGET CALENDAR, SO JOHN, NOT YET, SIR.
YEAH, WHY DON'T WE KEEP TALKING THEN.
THIS HAS BEEN, THIS IS JUST A STATIC LOOK AT OUR AIR TABLE.
I HAVE NOT FOUND IN A LOT OF YEARS THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE THIS EASILY EVERY MONTH.
IT'S BY, UH, AND WE CAN QUERY IT, BUT IT LIVES ONLINE AND IT'S UPDATED MONTHLY.
WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS SOME COLUMNS WAY OVER THERE IF YOU CAN SCROLL.
BUT IT SHOWS UNDER EACH GOAL, UH, WHETHER IT'S POLICY OR PROJECT, UM, WHAT DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON IT, WHO THE PROJECT MANAGER IS, AND THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT.
AND THEN AT THE FAR SIDE IS, HAS BEEN MONTHLY UPDATES.
SO IF WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS, IF WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS, IF, IF THERE'S SOME STUMBLING BLOCKS, THEY, THEY UPDATE IT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL KEEP TRYING TO COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION.
THIS FORCES THE CONVERSATION OF REPORTING.
I'VE A, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME TO TOWN COUNCIL QUARTERLY TO GIVE UPDATES ON THIS.
AGAIN, THAT'S TIME ON THE CLOCK AND, AND WHATNOT.
SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU ON THAT.
IS THIS NOT YOUR EASIEST TOOL? IT IS, IT IS SO FAR.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT SOMETHING BETTER OUT THERE THAT I JUST HAVEN'T FOUND YET AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON YET.
YEAH, WELL WE, UH, I'D HATE TO SEE IT SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON A SYSTEM OR TIME, RIGHT.
UPDATING ANOTHER SYSTEM WHEN IT WORKS AND IT JUST TAKES SOME LEARNING FROM US.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A PERSONAL OPINION ON THAT.
I, I'D AGREE WITH YOU, ALAN, I, AND FROM THIS WE SHOULD BE, AND WE ARE ABLE TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.
AND, UM, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THAT, I KNOW THAT MARK, WE ALL MEET WITH YOU AND YOU'RE BESIDES THAT READILY AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND YOU GOT TERRIFIC, UH, DIRECTING US TO THE STAFF MEMBER IF WE NEED TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
SO, UM, I WOULD NOT BE, UM, IN FAVOR OF SPENDING ANY MONEY DEVELOPING SOMETHING NEW THAT DOES WORK.
I THINK I WAS THE ONE THAT RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THIS, AND I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH AN EXPERT TO GUIDE ME THROUGH HOW TO MAKE THE FUNCTION OF IT WORK BETTER.
SO, UH, LET'S NOT REMAKE THE WHEEL.
AND I RAISED A QUESTION ABOUT IT TOO, AND I, I AGREE.
I'M NOT SAYING LET'S SPEND MORE MONEY ON A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A WAY MECHANICALLY TO BE ABLE TO PULL OUT BY COMMITTEE, BY TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT.
SO I, I KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT I'M ASSIGNED TO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AFTER.
AND, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S THE LAST COLUMN TO THE RIGHT ON THIS SCREEN.
AND THEN I'M GONNA LIKE, OKAY, NOW DO I PULL OUT, DO I HAND WRITE DOWN EVERY ONE OR IS THERE A WAY OF PRINTING IT OUT OR, OR IS THERE A WAY OF FILTERING IT THAT I CAN USE FROM MY LAPTOP COMPUTER WHERE I CAN PRINT THERE, THERE, THERE IS.
AND WE WILL MAYBE, MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND LESSON LEARN IS SIT DOWN WITH EACH OF YOU AND, AND BE OPEN TO THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S A SIMPLE YEAH.
JUST LIKE EXCEL, YOU CAN QUERY THAT COLUMN YEAH.
AND THEN EVERYTHING IN THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE IN THAT ORDER.
SO, WE'LL, AND I CAN, I CAN, AND AGAIN, WE'LL REBUILD THIS WITH THE NEW, TRY IT, TRY TO DO IT SEVERAL TIMES, EITHER BY YEAR OR BY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND EITHER, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF PUBLIC, I MEAN WHEN I SAY MY PERSONAL COMPUTER AT HOME, CUZ THAT'S THE WAY I CAN PRINT RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH, UH, MR. SUN TO TRY TO AIR PRINT.
UM, BUT, UH, JUST TO BE ABLE TO FILTER IT, UM, IS DIFFICULT TO DO.
IF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT, I SUSPECT THAT THE PUBLIC IS ELSA, RIGHT? IS THERE'S INSTRUCTIONAL PAGE THAT COULD BE ADDED.
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AND I WILL JUST SAY FOR THE, FOR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC AS WELL, THERE'S A MOMENT OF SILENCE.SO JUST FOR, FOR NOW, AND I'M NOT SURE WE'LL SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS TODAY, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SAID YESTERDAY, WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS WHAT GETS MEASURED, GETS MANAGED AND COMPLETED.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF DEFINING THOSE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF ELEMENTS TO MEASURE.
WE'VE PUT SOME, SOME UP HERE JUST AS A STARTING POINT.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DIGEST THIS AND WORK THROUGH COMMITTEE TO REALLY SCRUB WHAT WE'RE MEASURING AND WHY.
ONE, LET'S NOT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME MEASURING AND LOOKING FOR RESULTS THAT WE'RE NOT USING TO GET BETTER OR UNDERSTAND, BUT TRACKING PERFORMANCE ON TOWN COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES, QUANTIFY RETURN ON PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
WE HEARD SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION TODAY, UM, IN TERMS OF WHERE ARE WE WITH THE SPEND ON THE CAP PROGRAM? AND THAT'S NOT JUST SAY HOW MUCH WAS SPENT, BUT WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT WAS THE ADDED VALUE IN RETURN DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.
UH, I TRACK THAT, UH, UP DOWN, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE TO TRACK HOW FAST WE TURN THINGS AROUND, BUT WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SPEED.
I'M LOOKING TO MEASURE SPEED AND QUALITY AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, EMPLOYEE RETENTION CAP PROJECTS ON TIME, ON BUDGET, FIRE RESCUE CALLS FOR SERVICE, AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME, TOWN OWN LAND ACQUISITION.
THAT DASHBOARD WE HAVE, I BELIEVE IS A GREAT MEASUREMENT, ESPECIALLY IF IT TIES BACK TO A STRATEGY OF LAND ACQUISITION.
UM, OUR WEBSITE STATISTICS, THERE'S SOME GREAT VIEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ON OUR WEBSITE.
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT AND BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR US ON THE WEB FOR INFORMATION AND THEN APPLICATIONS FOR NEW BUSINESS LICENSE COMPARED WITH CLOSURES OF EXISTING BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S ONE THING IF WE HAVE A THOUSAND NEW BUSINESSES IN A YEAR AND 2000 CLOSE.
SO, UM, THIS LARGELY MEASURES HOW WE AS A TOWN ARE DOING UHHUH
SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE MEASURE, UM, THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THROUGH OUR POLICIES? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I DO, I DO.
I THINK SOME OF IT'S THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, I, I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS UP HERE TODAY FOR YOU.
I, I THINK, UH, THERE ARE WAYS OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES HAVE MEASURED THAT.
SO I THINK AT SOME POINT WE OUGHT TO BE MEASURING OUR GOALS AGAINST BROADER GOAL TOWN GOALS AGAINST BROADER GOALS.
ANY OTHER BUDGET CALENDAR? JOHN, YOU WANNA SQUEEZE THIS IN BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT? DO YOU HAVE THE MIC? THERE YOU GO, SIR.
I'LL BUG YOU AT THREE 15 IF YOU GO OVER.
UM, MARK IS VERY CLEAR TO, UM, SAY THAT WE ARE NOT STARTING THE BUDGET WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO IT'S FIRST ON THE LIST AND WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS AND THANK YOU.
THAT HELPS TO GUIDE WHAT WE DO ON THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, AND THAT SHOWS TODAY, RIGHT AFTERWARDS, BUDGET REQUESTS AND AFFILIATED AGENCY REQUESTS ARE COMING TO FINANCE.
UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST AND I'M, I'M GLAD THIS IS A NEW ADDITION TO OUR BUDGET CALENDAR, EARLY FEBRUARY, 2023, PRELIMINARY BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND SO MARK AND I WILL MEET WITH TOWN COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME PRIORITIES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, UM, AND YOUR VIEWPOINTS SO THAT WE CAN, AS WE BUILD THE BUDGET, IT'S NOT BUILT YET.
UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT ON THE FRONT END INSTEAD OF THE BACK END.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO GET THAT INPUT EARLY.
UM, BEFOREHAND, UH, FEBRUARY 15TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY'LL CONSIDER THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE PRIORITIES, THE 21ST, THE AFFILIATED AGENCY FUNDING APPLICATIONS, GO TO FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
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COMMITTEE.UM, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF A NEW PROCESS.
FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL GET ALL THE AFFILIATED AGENCIES.
THEY'LL RECEIVE 'EM IN FEBRUARY.
THEY'LL LOOK AT 'EM IN FEBRUARY, TALK ABOUT 'EM IN FEBRUARY, BUT NOT VOTE UNTIL MARCH.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PROCESS WHAT THESE APPLICATIONS ARE AND PROCESS, UM, THEIR DECISION MAKING.
SO IT'S NOT, UM, RUSHED BY THE END OF MARCH.
BUDGET MEETINGS, AGAIN WITH THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WERE MUCH FURTHER ALONG IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET CLOSER TO BALANCE.
WE'RE, IT'S MORE OF A HERE'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING, THIS IS WHAT THE BUDGET IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE, CHECKING IN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IN WITH TOWN COUNCIL.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS LOOKS? OR YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR? AND SO, UH, THESE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE.
WE MAKE SURE TO TAKE NOTES LIKE JOSH IS TODAY.
WE SHARE THOSE WITH EVERYBODY AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST, UM, BEFORE IT GETS PRESENTED.
UM, MARCH 21ST, AFFILIATED AGENCIES AT FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE.
SO AFTER A MONTH OF CONSIDERATION, THEN FINANCE CAN, UM, TAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION MARCH 24TH, DMO MARKETING PLAN AND BUDGET DUE TO FINANCE, UH, MARCH 31ST, THE DMO INDUSTRY METRICS TO FINANCE.
SO WE COLLECT THESE FROM OUR DMO PARTNER, APRIL THE SIXTH.
THE, UM, MARKETING AND MAR MARKETING PLAN IN THE BUDGET WILL BE, UM, CONSIDERED BY THE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX COMMITTEE.
AND SO THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN MEETING ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT'LL BE FOLLOWED WITH APRIL THE 18TH.
UM, BACK TO FINANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, MARKETING PLAN, BUDGET, INDUSTRY METRICS.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE GOT A CALENDAR, THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT ITEMS TO CONSIDER AND WE'VE SET ASIDE SOME TIME TO DO THAT MAY, THE SECOND TOWN MANAGER IS GOING TO PROPOSE A BUDGET AND IT'S, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN CODE.
FIRST READING AS TOWN COUNCIL TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING.
AND THEN THAT KICKS OFF KIND OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE HAVE A BUDGET COUNCIL WORKSHOP.
WE CAN TALK IN DETAIL, HAVE THE PUBLIC AVAILABLE, GO THROUGH SOME, UH, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, MAY 11TH.
THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN THIS BUDGET.
AND SO, UM, IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME AT ALL.
WE'LL HAVE WORKSHOP NUMBER TWO, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL QUESTIONS.
MAY THE 16TH WE GET THE DMO PRESENTS TO TOWN COUNCIL, THE MARKETING PLAN AND THE BUDGET.
AND SO TOWN COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THAT IN MAY, JUNE THE SIXTH, WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THE SECOND READING, UM, SECOND FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BUDGET.
AND SO FOR EFFECTIVE DATE ON JULY THE FIRST.
AND SO, UM, I CERTAINLY ARE, AM OPEN TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, BUT WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD WORKING WITH EVERYBODY AND HOPE THAT WE HAVE, UM, PUT IN ENOUGH TIME TO CHECK IN WITH TOWN COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING THE BUDGET THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AND WANT TO SUPPORT A AD THAT YOU HAVE THIS CALENDAR SCHEDULE IN YOUR BINDER SO THAT YOU CAN WALK ALONG WITH US.
THERE'S ONE AD, THE D M O MARKETING PLAN DISCUSSION TO F AND A SOONER THAN THAT'S SHOWING BASED UPON SOME DISCUSSION TODAY.
I, I'D SUGGEST WE JUST PUT IT ON THE FEBRUARY AGENDA AND JUMP IN.
UH, ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, THE, THE PROCESS WHICH HAS THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE BOTHERS ME.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FIRST READING OF A BUDGET ORDINANCE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A PUBLIC HEARING? AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US, UNLESS THERE'S A STATUTORY PROHIBITION ON DOING IT THIS WAY, IS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FIRST READING.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY, THE HAVING MAYBE EVEN TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS JUST TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE, UM, MARK'S GOT SOME IDEAS.
SO JOHN, JOHN IS FAMOUS FOR, HE'LL GET THAT ONE AND WE'LL ANSWER THAT ONE.
THAT'S NOT A, A BUDGET DOESN'T GO OUT WELL IN ADVANCE.
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READING.IF WE HAVE BUDGET, UH, IF WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING THAT NIGHT, I STILL THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GET TO KNOW THE BUDGET OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
THERE'S NO HARM IN PUBLICLY NOTICING, RIGHT? IT'S PUBLIC HEARING.
WE ALWAYS HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT'S THE REAL ADVERTISEMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'VE, I'VE, I'VE BEEN A, A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION WHERE WE'VE HAD IT TWICE, A PUBLIC HEARING TWICE.
AFTER ALL, WE ARE SPINNING THEIR MONEY, SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND KRISTA'S CAPTURING THAT, THAT NOTE.
AND JOHN, WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE SCHEDULE AND UPDATE IT OKAY.
JUST IN TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
KRISTA, DO WE HAVE ANY RESIDENTS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR, WE DO.
UH, GRACE SMITH IS OUR FIRST ONE.
IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ONE MINUTE TO PULL UP THE TIMER, I'LL HAVE IT READY FOR YOU.
HOW DO I GET THEM SCREEN? HANG ON ONE SECOND WHILE SHE GETS READY.
OH, HANG ON ONE SECOND WHILE SHE GETS READY.
I LIVE AT 11 WEYERS CREEK WAY, AND I WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, UH, TODAY, IN PERSON YESTERDAY.
I, UH, FOLLOWED ALONG AT HOME AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, WHERE MY COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM.
UH, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR JEN.
UH, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT WAS VERY EASY FOR A RESIDENT WHO IS NOT DOING THIS EVERY DAY TO FOLLOW ALONG.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT, THAT YOU AND THE STAFF AND, UH, TOWN COUNCIL, UH, ARE DOING ON THE BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS.
UH, ALSO YESTERDAY, UH, FAIRLY EARLY INTO THE PRESENTATION, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL, AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOU, GLEN, EXPRESSED A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, LIKE RESERVATION ABOUT, UH, YOU WISH THAT THERE COULD BE, UH, BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESIDENTS.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, AN IDEA POPPED INTO MY HEAD THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND WHAT IT REALLY, UH, RELATES TO IS BORROWING A PAGE OUT OF THE BOOK OF ONE OF YOUR COMPATRIOTS.
AND THAT WOULD BE ALEX BROWN, ALEX, UH, FOR A LONG TIME, PARTICULARLY IN THE WARM MONTHS, EVERY, NOT EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT UH, FRIDAY NIGHTS WOULD HOLD A CONVERSATIONAL MEETING AND INVITE, UH, ALL THE RESIDENTS.
AND HE WOULD USUALLY HAVE LIKE A GUEST SPEAKER.
LIKE I KNOW SENATOR DAVIS SPOKE ONE TIME AND THERE WERE, HE HAD ARRANGED OTHER GUEST SPEAKERS, BUT THEN, UH, EVERYBODY COULD TALK AND THERE WERE NO THREE MINUTE, UH, UH, LIMITATIONS AND EVERYONE JUST HAD A DIALOGUE.
AND SO I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT CUZ I USED TO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO THOSE FRIDAY NIGHT SESSIONS THAT ALEX WOULD HOLD.
AND SO I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY WEEK OR ANYTHING, BUT MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, YOU FOLKS, UH, COULD HOLD A, UM, A, A MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WOULD BE IN THE RECUSE AND CHAMBERS OR WHETHER YOU'D PICK AN, UH, THE LIBRARY OR ANOTHER VENUE, UH, BUT JUST TO HAVE A MEETING WHERE RESIDENTS AND TOWN STAFF AND UH, TOWN COUNCIL COULD JUST GET TOGETHER AND TALK AND SHARE IDEAS, SHARE OPINIONS, UH, THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, UH, ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT OF HERE WAS MAYBE, UM, AT EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS, YOU FEATURE SOME MEMBER OF TOWN STAFF TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, FOR 10 MINUTES OR SO, JUST FOCUS ON, UH, ON SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WOULD EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS ABOUT AN ASPECT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD THAT WE MIGHT
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NOT KNOW ABOUT.SO ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT AS A SUGGESTION.
I'M REALLY GETTING A LOT OUT OF THIS.
ANY, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? ANTHONY, I WANT THIS DISMISS.
NAME'S DANIEL ANTHONY FOR THE RECORD.
I AM, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE JONESVILLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY, AS MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW, UH, JUST TWO POINTS I WANNA MAKE TODAY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, MARK, UH, TO YOU AND TO THE STAFF AND TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, WAY TO GO, MAN.
UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE ALL DAY FOR THE TWO DAYS, BUT THE TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN EDUCATED.
I'VE LEARNED YOU GUYS, I MEAN, FOR WHAT YOUR AGENDA IS.
AND I, I I, I SO HOPE YOU GUYS CAN GET TO THAT, TO THAT GOAL.
OKAY? THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE TOWN AND THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS.
ALL RIGHT, NOW Y'ALL KNOW, AS PRESIDENT OF THE J P S I HAVE A, A GREAT DEAL OF INFLUENCE WITH RESIDENTS.
GREAT, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
I ALSO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AT THE TOWN.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS, USE ME.
LET ME BE THE LIAISON BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND TOWN.
YOU KNOW, NO, AN OLD THING MY MOM USED TO TELL ME A LITTLE OLD THING WAS WHEN WE HAD A PROBLEM, SHE WOULD SAY, TELL ME HOW YOU WANT ME TO MAKE THE CAKE.
I'LL MAKE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT.
SO I'M TELLING YOU WHAT KIND OF CAKE YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT AND I'LL BRING IT TO YOU.
THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TOWN AND RESIDENCE.
WE GET THE COMMUNICATION DONE, WE GET THE UNITY, WE CAN GET THINGS DONE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT, SO SINCE THERE ARE ANOTHER SPEAKERS, UH, WE'RE GONNA PULL IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR, FOR FINAL DISCUSSION.
SO LAST TIME I STARTED OVER WITH, UH, ALEX, SO I'M GONNA START WITH STEVE THIS TIME.
UM, I WANTED TO BRING UP A DIFFERENT SUBJECT THAN HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.
THERE'S BEEN MANY COMMENTS ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO, AS SOME SAY, WORLD CLASS.
OTHERS SAY, LET'S ADAPT BEST PRACTICES.
UH, THERE IS ONE AREA THAT WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING WHERE WE CLEARLY FALL SHORT OF BEST PRACTICES.
AND THAT'S IN THE ARENA OF SAFETY AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, POLICE ACT ACTIVITY.
WE DO NOT HAVE OUR OWN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO NOT HAVE OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THAT IS NOT TOTALLY UNCOMMON IN SOUTHEASTERN STATES THAT ORIGINALLY GRANTED MUNICIPAL POWERS TO COUNTIES.
THAT'S TRUE IN VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
MUNICIPALITIES CAN, IF THEY SO DESIRE, TAKE ON THE POLICE FUNCTIONS, BUT IF THEY DON'T MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO THAT, IT REMAINS WITH THE COUNTY.
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ISN'T THAT WAY.
YEAH, MOST MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTRY, UH, ALL OF THE POWERS ARE, ARE GRANTED DIRECTLY TO MUNICIPALITIES.
SO THEY RUN THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY RUN THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SO FORTH.
UH, HERE, UH, HERE WE HAVE A, A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE FREQUENT COMMENTS THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED IN HILTON HEAD IS VERY INADEQUATE.
AND THOSE WHO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS REALIZE WE HAVE CHEVROLET LEVEL SERVICE FOR WHICH WE ARE PAYING CADILLAC LEVEL PRICES.
WE NEED THERE, THERE'S SO MANY AREAS IN THE POLICE AND ENFORCEMENT AREA THAT ARE SIMPLY NOT BEING PURSUED.
UM, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LEVEL OF SERVICE DURING THE PANDEMIC IS MINIMAL, BUT IT WAS ALSO NOT VERY GOOD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
AND THERE IS NOT ANYTHING TO SUGGEST THAT IT WILL CHANGE, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW, HOW IS SAFETY MANAGED THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND, THERE'S REALLY
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THREE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.THERE IS THE 30% OF THE ISLAND THAT, THAT IS NOT WITHIN GATED COMMUNITIES AND THEY HAVE TO RELY FOR ALL THEIR POLICE SERVICES ON THE COUNTY.
UH, THERE ARE GATED COMMUNITIES, UH, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF WHICH FOUR, FIVE OR SIX OR SO AUTHORIZE THEIR, UH, DEPUTY, UH, SERVICE PEOPLE TO CARRY WEAPONS.
THERE ARE OTHER PRIVATE, UH, GATED COMMUNITIES ON THE ISLAND WHERE THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THERE, THERE, UM, SECURITY PEOPLE DO NOT CARRY WEAPONS.
UH, THAT RESULTS IN A GREAT DEAL OF INEQUALITY IN TERMS OF POLICE SERVICES ACROSS THE ISLAND, CUZ YOU'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
EVEN IN THE GATED COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, THEIR OWN SECURITY PEOPLE WITH AUTHORITY TO CARRY WEAPONS.
THERE ARE STILL VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS IN WHAT PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE, UH, C PINES AND PALMETTO DUNES AND OTHERS.
THERE'S A LIMITATION UNDER STATE LAWS TO WHAT THOSE SECURITY PEOPLE CAN DO.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT THE, UH, THAT A REGULAR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT WAS OUR OWN OR WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTIES, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY.
IF, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY IS, UH, SPEED, UH, ENGAGED IN DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND ONE OF THE SECURITY PEOPLE IN A, IN A GATED PLANTATION WITH POLICE POWERS, GUNS, AND SO FORTH, STOPS THAT INDIVIDUAL, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT THAT INDIVIDUAL, UH, TO THE JAIL.
AND THEY MUST RELY ON THE COUNTY SENDING SOMEBODY OUT TO TRANSPORT 'EM AND PROCEED TO PUT 'EM IN JAIL.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS INSTANCES, AND I'M TAKING ONLY ONE EXAMPLE IN WHICH, NO, UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, NO DEPUTY SHERIFF SHOWS UP.
SO WHAT, SOMETIMES THEY SHOW UP VERY LATE, BUT TOO MANY OCCASIONS THERE'S NOBODY SHOWING UP AT ALL.
SO WHAT ARE THE, WHAT DOES THE SECURITY PERSON HAVE TO DO IN THAT SITUATION? HE CAN'T LET THE GUY THAT THAT'S BEEN ARRESTED GET BACK IN HIS CAR AND DRIVE HOME.
THEY PUT HIM IN A TAXI AND TAKE HIM TO THE GATE AND TELL HIM TO FIND HIS OWN WAY TO GET HOME AND LET HIM GO.
THAT REALLY IS NOT VERY SATISFACTORY.
UM, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? AT THIS POINT? UH, OBVIOUSLY MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF OF, OF ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT IT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT CUZ IT CAN HAVE A NUMBER OF POSITIVE BENEFITS.
AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO COST, IT HAS TO COST A LOT OF MONEY IN TERMS OF, OF THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LAWSUIT THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING RECENTLY WITH THE COUNTY RELATING TO THE FEE THAT WE PAY FOR POLICE SERVICES.
IF THAT CASE DOESN'T COME OUT THE RIGHT WAY, WE'VE GOT A HUGE BILL TO PAY.
IF WE HAD OUR OWN POLICE FORCE, WE WOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR IT.
UH, THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE SECURITY FORCES CARRY WEAPONS MUST HAVE INSURANCE AT A VERY SIGNIFICANT COST IN ORDER TO CARRY WEAPONS.
UH, SOME OF THESE GATED COMMUNITIES WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT THEY WERE OTHERWISE USING FOR INSURANCE TO DEAL WITH THE TOWN-WIDE, UH, POLICE FORCE.
UH, IF THE COUNTY DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE ACCOUNT, UH, OF, UH, PATROLLING HILTON HEAD, THEY, THEIR SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL WOULD BE ALLEVIATED BECAUSE THEY COULD PUT MORE PERSONNEL IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY.
SO, UH, IF WE THINK, WANNA THINK OF OURSELVES AS A BEST IN CLASS COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND MY, MY THOUGHT HERE IS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COST A LOT OF MONEY TO GET STARTED.
IT, IT MAY BE LOW SINGLE DIGIT, UH, MILLIONS.
IT MAY BE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE MAY HAVE TO PAY TO THE COUNTY IF THEY WIN THE LAWSUIT.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE ALL AT ONCE.
WE CAN START SLOWLY, PICK UP PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS, HIRE SLOWLY, AND IMPLEMENT IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
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UH, AND I, AS I SAY, I THINK IF WE WANNA BE A FIRST-CLASS COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WE ARE NOT PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR TOURISTS AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SAFETY.WELL, ONE, ONE OTHER THING, IF I MIGHT, UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE PARTICULARLY SAID IF WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THIS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, LET'S PRESENT THEM WITH A, A LIST OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
UH, I THINK IF YOU GET ANYWHERE, IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY OR THE DESIRE TO DO THAT.
UM, AM AM AM I NEXT OR IS GLENN? GLENN? I'M NUTS.
WELL, UM, YESTERDAY YOU GAVE US, UM, SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, UM, A LIST AND I WROTE THEM DOWN AND SO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD ADDRESS THEM.
UM, BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANTED TO AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE FOR TODAY'S, UM, CONFERENCE.
UH, THE PRESENTATION WAS WONDERFUL, THE PATIENCE, UM, THE LISTENING, THE DESIRE TO FULFILL THE REQUESTS OF THIS COUNCIL, AND THOSE ARE THE RESIDENTS, UM, I THINK SPEAKS WELL OF, UM, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TODAY.
UM, YOUR PARTICIPATION IS WHAT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT.
SO YESTERDAY YOU TALKED ABOUT VALUE OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AND AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THE VALUE OF LIFE, UM, TIME ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, UH, I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT BROUGHT US HERE WHEN OUR CHILDREN WERE SMALL.
WE STARTED COMING IN 83 AND IT WAS THE SENSE OF FAMILY.
IT WAS THE BELIEF THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM IN LIFE, WHAT YOUR JOB OR YOUR ROLE IS, WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY.
WHEN YOU GOT TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND, ALL OF THAT WASHED AWAY.
AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT HILTON HEAD.
I LOVE THAT ABOUT HILTON HEAD.
UM, WHAT IS IT MISSING? YOU ASKED, I SENSE IN RECENT TIME A LOT OF WHAT I JUST MENTIONED WE'RE BEGINNING TO LOSE, UM, THE DIVISION OF THE ISLAND, THE AGENDAS THAT ARE SO SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS CHANGE THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY, UM, PART OF THAT VALUE SYSTEM THAT I JUST SPOKE TO.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
THE IDEA THAT HILTON HEAD WOULD CHANGE FROM WHAT MAKES IT THAT SPECIAL PLACE THAT HAS BROUGHT SO MANY OF US HERE AS VISITORS WHO THEN WENT HOME AND SAVED OUR PENNIES AS MY FAMILY DID, OR MADE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE TO RETIRE HERE, BRING THEIR FAMILIES HERE.
I HAVE SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND I LOVE WATCHING THEM EXPERIENCE WHAT THEIR FA THEIR, UM, PARENTS AND AUNTS AND UNCLES DID AS CHILDREN.
WHAT ARE SOME MISTAKES, UM, AND LESSONS LEARNED? WELL, I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO ADDRESS THEM.
THE IDEA THAT WE'RE FOCUSED IN ON THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO CREATE OR TO, UM, TO HALT, TO TAKE THAT BREATH THAT I SPOKE ABOUT A MOMENT AGO, TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE TO RECAPTURE WHAT IT WAS AND IS THAT MAKES HILTON HEAD SPECIAL AS WE DEVELOP OUTSIDE OF THE GATES, UM, INSIDE OF THE GATES.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AS ONE COMMUNITY, PUTTING RESIDENTS FIRST.
I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT WOULD A CHANGE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THAT SENSE OF UNITY AND COMING TOGETHER AS AN ISLAND.
UM, I WOULD FOCUS IN ON THAT AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
I QUITE HONESTLY WOULDN'T ADDRESS ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL WE HAVE THAT RIGHT, THAT SENSE OF PLACE THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT THAT THIRD DIMENSION WHERE WE CAN ALL LIVE OUT OUR LIVES IN COMFORT.
THE COMMUNITY PERCEPTION OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL, UM, AND OUR MAYOR ARE LISTENING AND THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING AND DISCUSSING AND THAT WE'RE RESPONDING IN A WAY THAT ADDRESSES THEIR NEEDS.
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WANT HILTON HEAD THAT WE KNOW THEY WANT WHAT IT IS THAT THE BRAND OF HILTON HEAD HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR.NO ONE IS LOOKING FOR BIG BROAD CHANGES.
SO WHAT'S THE GOAL? WHAT'S MY GOAL? TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE BRAND, THE VALUE, THE EXPECTATIONS, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR OUR VISITORS SO THAT THEY TOO WILL SAVE THEIR PENNIES AND MAKE HILTON HEAD ISLAND THEIR HOME FOR THE FUTURE.
I WANNA DO THAT WITH A TRUE RESIDENTS FIRST PERSPECTIVE.
THE HONESTY IN THAT STATEMENT HAS TO BE FOUR IN FRONT OF US EVERY SINGLE DAY AS WE WAKE UP AND WE START TO DO OUR JOBS REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
I'M GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF WE HAVE AND THE TOWN MANAGER AND I AM SO THRILLED TO BE WORKING WITH, UM, THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR THE FUTURE OF HILTON HEAD.
I I ECHO MY COLLEAGUE'S THOUGHTS ABOUT, UH, THANKING THE TOWN MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, UM, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS WORKSHOP OVER TWO DAYS.
UM, FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE WERE PROVIDED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT, TO THINK ABOUT IT, STUDY IT, UM, AND I CAME WITH A GOAL OF, OF LISTENING AND LEARNING AND PROVIDING INPUT AND, AND THOSE BASIC GOALS HAVE BEEN MET.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SHARING THE LIST THAT WE HAD.
AND I, I'M COMFORTED THAT, UM, THINGS ON MY LIST MADE THE LIST
I HAD RESILIENCY PLAN ADOPTION.
I HAD, UH, WORKFORCE STABILITY, WHICH ADDRESSES WORKFORCE HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION.
I HAD LMO AMENDMENTS, WHICH IS NOW GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT PIVOT BECAUSE THAT CAPTURES IT BETTER.
UM, I HAD, UH, REINVENTING OR REFOCUSING TOURISM TO INCLUDE, UH, ECOTOURISM CULTURAL TOURISM AND WELLNESS TOURISM.
UM, I HAD, UH, HAVING, UH, MORE TRANSPARENT, UH, AND AN OUTREACH PROCESS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT SOMETHING CARRIED OVER FROM, FROM LAST TIME.
AT ADOPTION OF A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, WHICH MADE THE LIST.
UM, I HAD REVIEWING THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ARRANGE IT SOMEWHAT BY, UH, FISCAL YEAR AND THEN BY GOAL OR BUCKET.
AND YES,
UM, I HAD THE, UH, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY CORRIDOR, UM, 2 78.
UM, AND I HAD, UH, MOVING, UM, OUR PLAN FROM ENVIRONMENT LIGHT TO ENVIRONMENT STRONG.
AND, AND I APPRECIATED MY COLLEAGUES WHO MATCHED UP WITH A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ON THE LIST AND THE THINGS THAT THEY ADDED.
DAVID, ARE YOU READY? YOU YOU'RE TAKING NOTES OVER THERE? UH, YEAH, I'M SURE I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN.
UM, MARK, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE APPROACH WHERE YOU PUT EVERYTHING IN BUCKETS.
I THINK WE HAVE STRUGGLED IN THE PAST TO PARSE OUT WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST BEEN TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US.
SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I, I SAID YESTERDAY IN MY OPENING COMMENTS, SOMETHING ABOUT OPTIMISM AND, AND THAT REALLY IS WHERE I AM IN CLOSING, UH, THANKS JEN, TO THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
UM, I HAVE, UH, A SENSE OF OPPORTUNITY HERE THAT I HAVEN'T FELT FOR YEARS, UM, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S THE SAME SENSE OF OPPORTUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL, UM, EXPERIENCE.
UM, THE, UM, THE JOY OF SEEING AN OPPOR, UH, SEEING A DREAM OR A VISION, TAKING THE TIME TO DEVELOP IT, AND THEN ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING IT ON THE GROUND AND BEYOND THAT, HAVING OTHERS EXPERIENCE IT.
AND, AND THERE IS A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT.
AND I THINK WE ON COUNCIL CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT EMOTION.
I ALSO AM, UH, OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE I TRULY SENSE A COMMITMENT AND A
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PASSION TO BRING THESE THINGS TO FRUITION.AND ALSO A COMMITMENT TO INVEST THE MONEY, TO FIND THE MONEY AND INVEST THE MONEY, MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO QUALITY PROJECTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ALSO.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME IS THAT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS CREATING A PROGRAM THAT WILL BUILD CIVIC PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND TO ME, THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE OR THE MEASURE OF WHAT REALLY DISTINGUISHES AN EXCEPTIONAL COM COMMUNITY FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WHEN WE START DOING COMMUNITY SURVEYS, THAT WE WILL BEGIN MEASURING AN INCREASE IN CIVIC PRIDE.
I, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE ISLAND, I WOULD WALK ON THE BEACH BECAUSE I WAS SO PROUD OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'D WALK UP TO A VISITOR AND I'D START SPEAKING TO THAT VISITOR WITH EXCITEMENT IN MY VOICE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY? WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE END UP WHEN WE PLAN AND WE INVEST AND WE IMPLEMENT.
UM, YESTERDAY, YOU, UH, WHEN YOU CALLED ON ME, I TOLD YOU I ONLY HAD TWO WORDS.
I GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TODAY,
UM, I, I, I, I TOO JOTTED DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS FROM YESTERDAY THAT YOU, UH, CHALLENGED US TO THINK ABOUT.
AND, UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS, WHAT DO WE VALUE MOST? AND I DARE TO SAY THAT WE MADE THAT COMMITMENT WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR CORE VALUES, EXCELLENCE, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BEING A CONNECTED COMMUNITY, FOCUS ON REGIONALISM.
BUT, BUT THE ONE THAT I WANTED TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT ON IS THAT WHOLE CHAPTER OF INCLUSION.
AND THIS ISLAND IS MADE UP OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, UH, PUDS, GULLAH NEIGHBORHOODS, THE TURTLES.
WE, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT OUT LOUD ENOUGH, BUT WE VALUE INCLUSION MORE THAN WE CELEBRATE IT.
AND I THINK TOO OFTEN WE TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THAT INCLUSION WORD TO DO JUST THE OPPOSITE.
THAT IS SHOWING UP TODAY AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PRIORITIES.
IN MY MIND, WE'VE BEEN VERY INCLUSIVE IN THIS PROCESS.
YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT'S MISSING? TIME AND MONEY? IF WE HAD MORE TIME IN THE DAY, WE COULD PROBABLY PLOW THROUGH A LOT FASTER THAN WE ARE.
AND AS I SAID YESTERDAY, WE HAVE TO BE EVER SO MINDFUL THAT AS OUR COMMUNITY VALUE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE INTACT, EVERY INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY IS GONNA COST US SOME MONEY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT SHARING OUR WINS AND ALSO SHARING OUR FAILURES, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE CAN'T SIT AROUND AND POINT AT ANYBODY INDIVIDUALLY FOR THINGS THAT HAVE, MAY NOT NECESSARILY GONE WELL IN THIS COMMUNITY.
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AND LET'S SHARE MAKING IT BETTER.AND SOMETIMES MAKING IT BETTER DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT MAKES IT LOOK ALL THE SAME.
I, I, I WOULDN'T HAVE SHOWN UP IF THE MALE WOULD'VE SAID THAT WE ALL HAD TO DRESS IN SUIT AND TIE TODAY.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I I, I'D SAY THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
I'VE PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF THESE PLANNING SESSIONS OR END OF THE YEAR SESSIONS, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PULLED THINGS TOGETHER INTO A PLAN THAT WE ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR, THAT, THAT'S A BIG CHANGE.
AND I'M NOT ONLY PROUD OF BEING A PART OF THAT.
MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE START TO UNDERSTAND AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS CHANGE THAT HAS HAPPENED.
HOW WOULD A COMMUNITY SEE US? WELL, I HOPE THEY SEE US AS A GOVERNMENT.
THIS GOES BACK TO MY COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN I WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING OR GET SOMETHING DONE AT WORK, I JUST SNAP MY FINGERS AND IT'S DONE.
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY IN GOVERNMENT.
BUT I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY SEES US AS ONE THAT HELPS GAINED MOMENTUM OVER TIME BECAUSE OF THE FRONT LOADING THAT WE DID WITH ADOPTING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE IN THE BACK ROOM.
SO ALONG WITH THAT MOMENTUM, I THINK WE FOUND OURSELF IN A, A, A NEW SENSE OF PACE.
THAT PACE WILL END UP IN RESULTS.
BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE'VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND THE HORSEPOWER OR THE CAPACITY WITHIN OUR STAFF, RIGHT? UH, SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE WILL BE ADOPTING HERE SOON AS OUR PRIORITIES, UH, US BEING FOCUSED ON THOSE VERSUS BRINGING OTHER STUFF TO THE TABLE IS GONNA BE SO IMPORTANT.
AND THE COMMUNITY WILL SEE US AS BEING FOCUS DRIVEN DUE TO THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE GATHERED.
THE LAST, WHAT IS OUR GOAL? WELL, FIRST, LET'S, WE NEED TO FINISH THIS LIST.
THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST THING IN MY MIND, THAT THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL.
BUT I THINK AS A COUNCIL, OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND LEARN FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S SOMEWHAT EASY TO SIT HERE AND SAVE TO OUR STAFF.
WE WANT ALL THIS DONE TOMORROW, BUT THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM BEHIND STAFF IS SO CRITICAL.
NOT THAT WE WANT THEM TO TELL US THAT THEY CAN'T GET SOMETHING DONE, BUT WHEN THEY COME TO US AND SAY, WE NEED THIS TO GET IT DONE, I THINK THAT'S A GOAL OF OURS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING.
SO WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THE TIME.
I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC FOR BEING HERE.
I APPRECIATE STAFF AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR, FOR SHARING TODAY AND YESTERDAY.
AND, UH, IT SEEMS AS IF WE'VE COME OUT ON ONE ACCORD HERE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, FIRST I WANNA RESPOND TO STEVE.
I'VE HEARD FROM CITIZENS ASKING ABOUT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MEASUREMENT OF CRIME, CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS BROKEN DOWN BY PROPERTY CRIMES, BY PERSONAL INJURY CRIMES, IF THAT'S THE PROPER TERM.
UM, IN COMPARISON PER CAPITA WITH CRIME RATES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN BUFORD, COUNTY COUNTY, THAT WILL TELL US WHETHER IN FACT, IT WILL HELP US TO KNOW IN WHETHER IN FACT WE HAVE A NEED FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEN I'M GONNA SAY, I, I FEEL KIND OF LIKE A BOOKEND.
THE MAYOR STARTED OFF WITH ME YESTERDAY, WINDS UP WITH ME TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT, UH, I, I DO NOTE THAT ACCORDINGLY.
UM, I STARTED OFF YESTERDAY WITH A LIST OF ABOUT
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EIGHT ITEMS THAT I THOUGHT SHOULD BE PRIORITIES FOR US.AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO FIND THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE IS NOW INCORPORATED IN THE 10 OR 15 ISH, WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING THAT LIST.
SO I THINK THAT WE ARE PREPARED HERE TO ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL IN THE COMING YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THAT.
FINALLY, I WANT TO EXPRESS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO YOU, MARK, TO JOSH, TO JEN, TO ALL OF THE REST OF THE STAFF HERE WHO HAVE COMMITTED YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES TO MAKING THIS A BETTER COMMUNITY.
THE SEVEN OF US UP HERE ARE HERE TO SET POLICY.
YOU'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY.
AND I RECOGNIZE, AND I THINK EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S NOT AN EASY TASK.
WE'VE PUT A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE WANT YOU TO DO, AND THEN WE WANT REPORTING ON HOW DID YOU DO IT, AND HOW QUICKLY DID YOU DO IT.
BUT I, FOR ONE, AM VERY APPRECIATIVE TO YOUR COMMITTING YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES TO MAKING THIS A BETTER COMMUNITY.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE INPUT FROM MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL INPUT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE RIGHT SPOT.
UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR FREELY EXPRESSING YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR OPINIONS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK YOUR MINDS, FEEL, FEEL COMFORTABLE IN SPEAKING YOUR MINDS SO THAT WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND.
WHILE IT SAYS 10 ISH, IT'S REALLY 25 ISH STRATEGIC ACTION ITEMS. IT'S A NEW DIRECTION FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND, AND IT'S A GREAT DIRECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY STAFF.
YOU OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELVES FOR ALL THE INPUT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT HAS MADE OUR JOB OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
MARK, YOU OUGHT TO BE JUST THRILLED TO HAVE THAT STAFF TO SUPPORT YOU.
THESE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET TODAY WHILE TAKING 2, 10, 12, 15, OR 24 MONTHS, REALLY ARE GONNA SET THE TONE FOR OUR GENERATIONS TO COME.
A WORD I'VE USED, AND ALEX REMINDS ME, OFTEN OF IS HARMONY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOTTA FIND IN, IN WRITING THESE POLICIES AND APPROVING THESE POLICIES THAT THEY ARE BALANCED.
YES, I USED WORD BALANCED, BUT ALSO IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S GONNA WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FUTURE.
UM, THERE REALLY ISN'T A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT I COULD ADD THAN WHAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY ADDED.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY AND, AND TO RUN THIS.
THANK YOU ALL IN THE CROWD AND ONLINE, UM, FOR HAVE PAID, HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION AND BEING A PART OF THIS.
IT IS A COMMUNAL EFFORT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, BECAUSE IT IS OUR CHARACTER, IT IS OUR LIVELIHOODS, AND IT'S OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO, WITH THAT MARK, I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU IF YOU'VE GOT ANY CLOSING WORDS.
IT'S NOT MUCH TO SAY AFTER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
UH, DEFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR THIS, THIS GROUP BEHIND ME.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME, AND THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US TO BE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SEEING THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO ADJOURN.