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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