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WELCOME ALL TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING

[Call to Order]

OF JANUARY 26TH.

ZAYA,

[FOIA Compliance]

ARE WE IN, UH, CONFORMANCE OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA? YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

THIS IS HERE.

[Roll Call]

MS. BRYSON? HERE, BECKER? HERE.

MR. A.

HERE.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A, A MOTION TO AGENDA, UH, AMEND THE AGENDA? YES.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO MOVE THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT, UM, UNDER APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS AND BEFORE NEW BUSINESS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SECOND? SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU.

PASSE US UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO, UH, SIGNED UP TO APPEAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SANAYA, WHO IS THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Appearance by Citizens]

SKIP HOGAN, ARE YOU HERE? YOUR TURN? OKAY.

THE ONLY ONE BEEN INTERESTING.

UH, SKIP HOLAND WINDMILL HARBOR.

WHY HASN'T A MASTER LAND PLAN EVER BEEN CREATED INTO PERPETUITY? SO WE'D HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT ON TENABLE TRAFFIC AND ONGOING RUNOFF POLLUTION CAUSED BY ENCROACHMENT OF OUR CREEKS, RIVERS, AND ESTUARIES.

POLLUTED OYSTERS ARE THE FIRST BAD SIGN 1 MILLION YEARS TO CREATE DESTROYED IN 30 YEARS BY HAVING NO MASTER LAND PLAN.

WHY HAS ONE ROAD AND ONE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY TO I 95 NEVER BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? WHAT DOES D O T SAY ABOUT THIS ONE ROAD IN IT'S MAXIMUM USAGE WITH BLUFFED AND HARDY BILL'S OUTTA CONTROL OVER DEVELOPMENT WITH 200 HERE, 300 THERE AND NO MASTER LAND PLAN HAS ANY THOUGHT BEEN GIVEN AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN 10 YEARS FROM NOW? NOT TO MENTION HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET OFF HILTON HEAD AND A HURRICANE OR YOUR NEXT TRIP TO THE AIRPORT.

HAS ANY THOUGHT BEEN GIVEN ABOUT INCREASED WRECKS AND TRAFFIC DELAYS? EMERGENCY VEHICLES REACHING HOSPITALS ARE FUTURE ROAD REPAIRS AND DELAYS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON 3 MILLION TOURISTS, UH, BY 3 MILLION TOURISTS VERSUS 45 LOCAL RESIDENTS THAT WE NOW EXPERIENCE TOURISM IS WELCOME, BUT NOT AT LOCAL'S EXPENSE.

WHAT DOES D O T HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THESE SAME 3 MILLION TOURISTS ENTERING HILTON HEAD ON ONE ROAD AND ONE BRIDGE? DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME TO STOP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD? THE BRIDGE IS NOTHING BUT A STENT FOR YOUR HEART AND WILL DO LITTLE TO NOTHING OVER THE LAST, LAST, UH, NEXT 10 YEARS.

IT'S A $300 MILLION WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.

I AM A 47 YEAR RESIDENT.

I MOVED HERE FOR THE CHARLES FRAZIER VISION FOR A LOW-KEY HIGH-END RETIREMENT AND RESORT THAT TOOK NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT INTO CONSIDERATION.

IT'S LIKE THE SONG GOES BY JOHNNY MITCHELL.

THEY TOOK ALL THE TREES, THEY PUT 'EM IN A TREE MUSEUM, AND THEY CHARGE THE PEOPLE A DOLLAR AND A HALF TO SEE 'EM.

DUN.

IT DONUT ALWAYS SEEM TO GO THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT UNTIL IT'S GONE.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

YOU ARE ALL JUST ANOTHER LONG LINE OF FAILED, CONTROLLED, KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

APPOINTED OFFICIALS CONTROLLED BY THE DEVELOPERS, THE CROOKED TOWN MANAGERS AND TOWN LAWYERS IN CONFLICT WITH DEVELOPER CLIENTS, CHAMBER TOURISM INTEREST AND THEIR ILLEGAL PROFITS.

AND THE SECRET GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SPECIAL INTEREST GREED, UNFORTUNATELY, TOO LATE TO REPAIR ALL THE DAMAGE DONE ONLY WILL GET WORSE WITH NO MASTER WHAM PLANT INTO PERPETUITY.

WE ARE AT SIX POUNDS IN A FIVE POUND BAG.

WE'RE HEADING TO 10 POUNDS, AND IT'S LIKE A SLOW GROWING CANCER.

IF YOU DON'T STOP IT AND REMOVE IT, IT WILL EVENTUALLY KILL YOU.

ALSO DEFUND THE CHAMBER'S MILLIONS IN AACS IN THE MISSING MILLIONS OF HOSPITALITY TAXES THAT ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR.

AND ADD THIS TO SENATOR DAVID'S 1% TAX AND LET THE TOURISTS PAY NOT THE LOCALS TO BUY LANDS AND IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES ALL THE TOURISMS WE NEED FOR FREE.

WE NEED TO DEFUND THIS CHAMBER AND STOP THE ROBBERY AND STOP THE INSANITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. HOLAND.

[Chairman’s Report]

WE NEXT MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION IN THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT OF, UH, JONESVILLE.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE JONESVILLE AREA.

YOUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN HEARD AND ARE SHARED BY COUNSEL.

I THINK, I THINK YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD RECENTLY.

I THINK THERE IS A HILTON HEAD WAY OF DEVELOPING, AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE JONESVILLE AREA AND OTHER AREAS ON THIS ISLAND IS A REGIONAL DEVELOPER'S APPROACH TO, TO DEVELOPMENT

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THAT IS NOT THE HILTON HEAD WAY AND THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES IT.

I'D LIKE TO REITERATE, STAFF HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE ALAMO O AMENDS ALAMO O AMENDMENTS TO IMPROVE YOUR SITUATION.

SEAN WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN A MINUTE.

THIRDLY, COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO DO WHAT IT CAN TO MITIGATE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS.

FOURTH COUNCIL HAS ANALYZED THE MORATORIUM VERSUS EXPEDITING LMO AMENDMENTS AND HAS ASKED STAFF TO EXPEDITE THOSE LMO AMENDMENTS IN THE DISTRICT PLANNING AND, AND ALSO IN THE DISTRICT PLANNING WHILE EXPLORING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I CAN'T SAY MORE THAN THAT AT THIS MOMENT.

I AM HOPEFUL YOU'LL RESPECT OUR SINCERITY AND COMMITMENT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOU AND BETTER FOR THE ISLAND.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND THERE ARE SEATS UP FRONT AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.

UM, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN IN, UM, I SEE 1, 2, 3, 4 IN, IN THE FRONT HERE.

UM, PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.

SEAN COLEMAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE MEMBER SEAN COLE, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER, UM, AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

UM, IT'S A GREAT DAY IN HILTON NET ISLAND.

I'M HAPPY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

UH, MR. HOLAND, YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR WISH WHERE YOU'RE GONNA DO A MASTER PLAN, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT RIGHT AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO JONESVILLE, I WANT THE COMMITTEE TO KNOW, UH, THAT STAFF HAS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM JONESVILLE AND OTHER AREAS, UH, FOLLEY FIELD, FOREST BEACH, UM, AND UNDERSTAND THE PINCH POINTS AND WHERE OUR CODE IS NOT DELIVERING OUR EXPECTATIONS.

UM, WE DID MEET WITH THE JONESVILLE GROUP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UH, WITH, UM, SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS AND DISCIPLINES TO HELP ADDRESS SOME ISSUES THAT, UM, THEY'VE EXPERIENCED NOW THERE.

SO WE HAD FOLKS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES AND DRAIN, UH, STORM WATER AND PLANNING AND TRAFFIC.

AND, UM, WE OUTLINED A PLAN OF ATTACK FOR THE JONESVILLE AREA.

UM, THAT WILL GO IN PARALLEL WITH OUR, UM, LMO CODE CHANGES DISTRICT PLANNING, UM, AND RECALIBRATION OF EXPECTATIONS, UM, FOR THE FUTURE OF HILTON ISLAND.

AND SO I WANTED TO COVER A FEW KEY POINTS.

SO THE TOWN IS ENGAGED IN DOING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE SPANISH WELLS JONESVILLE AREA.

UM, AND WE'LL COMPLETE THAT IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS AND HAVE THAT, UH, AVAILABLE TO MAKE, HELP US MAKE DECISIONS, HELP US DRIVE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN AND AROUND, UM, THAT AREA.

UM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE TOWN, C I P, THE COUNTY C I P JOINTLY, UH, OR, OR EXPENSE OF A POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT WOULD AN APPLICANT THAT WOULD, UM, PROPOSE A PROJECT IN THAT AREA.

UM, WE HAVE MAPPED ALL THE, ALL OF THE PROPERTIES, UM, IN OUR GIS SYSTEM AND OUR TRACKING TO MAKE SURE THAT AREA RESIDENTS ARE NOTIFIED ON ANY ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS.

UM, IN THE AREA OF JONESVILLE, THERE ARE PENDING SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS IN JONESVILLE, ONLY BAILEY'S COVE, PHASE ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED.

UH, SUBSEQUENT PHASES FOR BAILEY'S COVE TIDES ONE, TWO AND TWIN OAKS HAVE NOT YET BEEN APPROVED.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.

WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE APPLICANTS MEET EXPECTATIONS ON, UH, VALUE ADDED COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDE THE DESIGN AND AESTHETIC, UM, AND EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK WILL BE LONG LASTING.

UM, RATHER THAN JUST MAXIMIZING A NUMBER OF STAMPS OR LOTS, I HEAR 'EM CALLED STAMPS, THAT KIND OF IRRITATES ME A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THEY'RE JUST SELLING STAMPS.

THAT'S REALLY NOT THE WAY TO TO APPROACH IT.

YOU'RE SELLING A HOME AND AN EXPERIENCE.

SO, UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING ACTIVELY.

UM, ALL OF OUR REVIEW IS DONE BY A TEAM.

UH, EVERYONE HAS EYES ON THIS.

UM, IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION, AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE ALL DISCIPLINES INVOLVED, UM, ARE PART OF THAT ST TEAM DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM.

THEY CALL IT THE DIRT TEAM, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, AND I SAY, WELL, LET'S GET DOWN AND DIRTY THEN, LIKE, LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UM, AND PAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS.

UH, BUT IT'S A FULL TEAM APPROACH.

UM, WE'VE BEGUN TAKING OUR, UH, MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEWS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, TO LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE FOR INFORMATION AND INPUT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WILL SOON BE ADDING, UM, THOSE SAME LEVEL OF PROJECTS TO TOWN COUNCIL TO

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BRING FORWARD FOR INPUT, UM, AND INFORMATION.

UM, AGAIN, THE TOWN LMO AMENDMENTS.

I WANT TO THANK TOWN COUNCIL.

WE SPENT TWO DAYS THIS WEEK AND STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME HERE MANY YEARS AGO WAS BECAUSE HILTON LED WAS KNOWN FOR BEING A WELL-PLANNED COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I CAME FROM THE CITY OF GREENVILLE WHERE I WAS WORKING ON DISTRICT PLANS THERE, AND REALLY, UM, SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD UPON THE STONY INITIATIVE PLAN, THE CHAPLAIN INITIATIVE PLAN, BRIDGE THE BEACH AND OTHERS, UM, TO HELP, UH, DEFINE HILTON HEAD FOR THE FUTURE.

AND SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON A CODE ASSESSMENT.

WE HAD, UM, A FULL L O SWAT ANALYSIS DONE.

UH, WE'VE EVALUATED IT STAFF MET LAST WEEK, UH, TO INCLUDE THE TIME MANAGER WITH THAT CODE ASSESSMENT TEAM AND OUR INTERNAL TEAM FOR TWO DAYS AT U S C B TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WEAK, WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE.

UM, ALSO A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE STRONG ON, AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE LOSE SIGHT OF THAT, BUT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT SO WE KNOW WHERE TO GO, UH, AND BE PURPOSEFUL AND EFFICIENT IN DELIVERING A CODE THAT MEETS EXPECTATIONS.

SO THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.

OUR, OUR TOWN COUNCIL AT THE STRATEGIC, UM, WORKSHOP YESTERDAY SUPPORTED A FULL PLAN TO COMPLETE THESE DISTRICT PLANS, GROWTH FRAMEWORK LMO CHANGES, BOTH IN AN IMMEDIATE TERM AND IN A LONG TERM.

AND SO WE'RE, WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED.

WE'VE ALREADY WRITTEN SOME CODE, SOME WILL BE ON THE AGENDA LATER TODAY, BUT SOME ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS WILL COME FORWARD IN THE 30, 60, 90 DAY, UH, TIMEFRAME.

DISTRICT PLANNING WILL BE ENGAGED WITH JONESVILLE AS A PRI AS A PRIORITY DISTRICT TO ADVANCE IMMEDIATELY FOR ASSESSMENT AND DETERMINATION OF THE RIGHT, UM, LAND USE PATTERN AND INTENSITIES THAT SHOULD EXIST, UH, TO HELP GUIDE THAT, UM, DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR THE FUTURE.

AND THEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BRING FORWARD A COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, RELEVANT AND CURRENT CODE, UM, THAT REFLECTS HILTON ISLAND EXPECTATIONS GROUNDED IN OUR PLAN, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND ALL OF THE GOOD WORK WE'LL DO WITH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES IN THESE DISTRICTS.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CONVEYED.

UH, WE HAVE NOW COMMITTED, UM, THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT STAFF, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS, UH, NOT BUDGED MOVED, UM, UNLESS, UM, WE GET HIT BY A NATURAL DISASTER.

I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ALLOW MY STAFF TO, TO FOCUS ON.

OKAY, .

SO, UM, SO AGAIN, DISTRICT PLANNING PART OF IT THAT'LL, THAT'LL HELP GUIDE THIS LONG TERM, UM, UPDATE AND SOME OF THESE SHORT TERM ACTIONS THAT WE'LL BRING FORWARD HERE IN THE NEXT, UM, UH, TWO OR THREE MONTHS.

WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR TOWN CAPITAL PROGRAM THE ASSESSMENT OF, UM, NON NON VEHICULAR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE, PATHWAYS TO SERVE BIKE AND BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS THAT ASSESSMENT'S UNDERWAY.

AND WE'LL BRING FORWARD, UH, WHATEVER THE OPTIONS ARE TO IMPLEMENT A PROJECT AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ADVANCING THAT AS PART OF OUR C I P AND THERE IS FUNDING TO COMPLETE THAT ASSESSMENT AND THEN MOVE THAT FORWARD.

UM, I MENTIONED WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, INCLUDED IN OUR GIS OUR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MAPPING OF ALL OF THIS.

UM, AND THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE VERY CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UM, WELL, OPPORTUNITIES OR THREATS AREAS WE NEED TO PROTECT, AREAS THAT, UM, COULD BE, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE LONG-TERM IMPACTS, UH, SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS, UM, COULD BE.

UM, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.

WE ARE MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND MY TEAM, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER AND TOWN COUNCIL, UM, HAVE THIS AS OUR TOP PRIORITY AND WE'LL ADVANCE IT IMMEDIATELY TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS.

THANK YOU, SEAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REITERATE, UH, TWO ITEMS FOR EMPHASIS.

COUNSEL HAS MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE JONESVILLE IT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN DISTRICT PLANNING.

AND SECONDLY, YESTERDAY IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ON COUNCIL, GROWTH MANAGEMENT IS OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE BEFORE THE COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

THERE ARE A, THERE IS A GROUP OF CITIZENS FROM JONESVILLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

UM, I, MY EXPECTATION IS THE FIRST FEW WILL BE THREE MINUTES, AND AFTER THAT, UH, THE PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN OF THE, UH, JONESVILLE PRESERVATION GROUP, UH, WILL HAVE LONGER

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TO SPEAK.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

THE FIRST SPEAKER, KELLY LEBLANC.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL AND, UH, STAFF, I, WE, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS ISSUE, AND WE DO APPRECIATE IT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ENGAGED, UH, TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOP THE LMO AS WELL.

SO, UH, I'M DR.

KELLY LEBLANC.

I'M THE AUTHOR OF THE SURVEY ON OVERDEVELOPMENT AND THE SECRETARY OF THE JONESVILLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE, THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, WHICH CAN BE ALSO SEEN ONLINE AT JPS H H I.ORG, JPS HHI.ORG.

UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS PLANNED FOR JONESVILLE ROAD WITH A TOTAL OF 243 UNITS, WHICH COULD TRIPLE OUR POPULATION.

THE JPS TEAM FORMED JUST OVER ONE MONTH AGO AND QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THIS IS AN ISLAND WIDE ISSUE, AND OUR STRATEGY IS TO ENGAGE ALL CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OVERDEVELOPMENT.

TO DATE, WE HAVE OVER 1400 RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY.

QUESTION ONE, ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT OVERDEVELOPMENT? THE AVERAGE RESPONSE WAS 9.5 OUT OF 10.

QUESTION TWO, WE FOCUSED THE SURVEY ON RESIDENTS.

83% SAY THEY WERE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS.

QUESTION THREE, UH, I SAID TWO BEFORE, THAT WAS TWO.

SO QUESTION THREE, WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM ALL OVER THE ISLAND, 50% FROM THE NORTH END, 45% FROM MID ISLAND AND SOUTH END, AND 5% FROM OFF ISLAND.

QUESTION FOUR, DO YOU WANT THE TOWN COUNCIL, UH, THE TO ROLLBACK ZONING AND OVER LIMIT DEVE AND LIMIT OVERDEVELOPMENT? 96% SAID YES.

QUESTION FIVE, DO YOU WANT A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM ON MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS? 91% SAID YES.

QUESTION SIX, THEIR TOP THREE CONCERNS WERE OF IMPACTS WERE TRAFFIC VOLUME, 93%, QUALITY OF LIFE, 91%, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 87%.

THE CURRENT, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THOSE TOP THREE CONCERNS.

THE LACK OF WORKFORCE HOUSING IS A MAJOR CONSEQUENCE OF OVERDEVELOPMENT.

MORE SHORT-TERM RENTALS LEADS TO MORE EXPENSIVE LONG-TERM RENTALS.

QUESTION SEVEN, WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING? 49% SAID THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING SHOULD BE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.

IN OTHER WORDS, ONE MILE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

SHORT-TERM RENTALS THREATENED THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS.

QUESTION EIGHT, SHOULD SHORT-TERM RENTALS BE RESTRICTED TO SPECIFIC AREAS? 83% SAID YES.

I WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

I WANNA SAY THIS, I WANNA THANK THE, THE CROWD ALSO FOR COMING.

UH, THIS CROWD WOULD NOT BE HERE IF THERE HAD BEEN PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS ON JONESVILLE ROAD.

THE BAILEY'S COVE SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED WITHOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE LMO MUST BE WRITTEN TO REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE ON APPLICATION OF SUBDIVISION, MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS OR MAJOR REZONING.

THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO RESPOND TO APPLICATIONS OF MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS BEFORE THEY ARE APPROVED.

THANK YOU, YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, IT, IT WAS MADE KNOWN TO ME THAT PETE SHAW IS ILL, BUT THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PETE SHAW.

WOULD THAT PERSON PLEASE COME FORWARD? GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

I'M NOT SURE FROM AN ADEQUATE SUBSTITUTE FOR PETE SHAW, BUT I DO HAVE SOME VESTED INTEREST.

YOUR NAME, SIR? MY NAME IS NEWTON GREEN, AND I AM EXTREMELY VESTED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING ON JONESVILLE ROAD.

I REMEMBER JONESVILLE ROAD WHEN IT WAS DIRT.

SO I'VE SEEN MANY, MANY ITERATIONS OF JONESVILLE ROAD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

UH, MY CAREER WITHIN AT AND T AND IBM, I HAVE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND DATA SYSTEMS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS ACROSS EUROPE.

SO I HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION.

SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IN LOOKING OVER THE DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS ON JONESVILLE ROAD, WHICH I THINK ARE SOME MAJOR OVERSIGHTS, SOME MISSES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC CONFIG CONFIGURATIONS, IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT, UH, NOT ENOUGH ANALYSIS WAS DONE ON INCREASING THE TRAFFIC OVER 50 TO 60%.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT, UH, ACCESS FROM JONESVILLE ROAD CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED JUST WITH THAT ONE TURN GOING INTO SPANISH

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WELLS ROAD.

A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION NOW NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TWO MILLER ROAD.

HEAVY FOCUS NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO MILLER ROAD.

NOW, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE THREE POINTS THAT I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN I'M REPRESENTING WOULD'VE BROUGHT UP TODAY IS LOOKING AT THE PLAN AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE, FROM MY ANALYSIS AND LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME CLOCK AS WELL, THAT A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE ENCOMPASSING ALL THREE DEVELOPMENTS.

IF A TRAFFIC STUDY HADN'T BEEN DONE WITH ALL THREE DEVELOPMENTS, THERE'S NO WAY THE AMOUNT OF HOUSES THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW WOULD'VE BEEN APPROVED.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ANOTHER LOOK, ANOTHER LOOK TO SHORT TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE INCREASED TRAFFIC.

ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL POSE ON JONESVILLE ROAD SAFETY.

ANOTHER ISSUE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF, UH, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, THERE IS A RECREATIONAL AREA.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RECREATIONAL AREA, YOU WILL SEE ACCESS TO.

IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS JONESVILLE ROAD, THROUGH TWO BLIND TURNS ON THE ROAD, AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AREA THAT OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN.

ALSO, WHOEVER LOOKED AT A FRESHWATER POND, THERE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT ENOUGH HOMEWORK.

IF THE FRESHWATER POND FILLS UP, IT'S GONNA FLOOD JONESVILLE ROAD.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, MY BACKGROUND SAYS, DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU IMPLEMENT SOMETHING.

DON'T SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PULLED BACK, FOUGHT OVER, AND NOT IMPLEMENTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KUNI.

THANK YOU.

UM, I'M DONNIE KUNI.

I HAVE BEEN AN ISLAND RESIDENCE FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, AND FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS LIVING ON JONESVILLE ROAD THIS MORNING, I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE IMPACT THE GROWTH HAS HAD ON IT.

AND IT'S OBVIOUS THROUGH MY DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH THAT THE TOWN ALREADY KNOWS THE IMPACT.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR ME TO GO OVER IT AGAIN, TO TALK ABOUT THE HUNDRED YEAR, YEAR OLD OAK TREES THAT ARE BEING CUT DOWN, DISPLACING WILDLIFE, THE IMPACT ON OUR WATERWAYS, THE BEACH, EVEN THE MARSHES.

YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT.

AND WHAT I DISCOVERED IS WE LOST OUR VISION.

THE ORIGINAL VISION OF THIS ISLAND WASN'T WHAT IT IS TODAY.

SO TASHAUN MENTIONED THE GIS MAPPING.

SO I WENT BACKWARD 20 YEARS AGO, ALMOST IN 2004, TO LOOK AT THOSE MAPS COMPARED THEM TO TODAY'S MAPS.

THE PART THAT'S ALARMING IS A NUMBER OF TREES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN TO PUT A STAMP ON THE GROUND FOR A HOUSE.

WE NEED TO STOP THAT.

THEN I DID ANOTHER LITTLE RESEARCH ONE ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.

YOU ALREADY HAVE INSTRUMENTS IN PLACE THAT WERE VOTED UPON IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES TO PROTECT THIS ISLAND.

WE JUST NEED TO REVISIT THE VISION IN 1980S, WHERE THE FIRST ISLAND OF THE FIRST PLACE OF ITS KIND TO PUT IN A TREE ORDINANCE TO PROTECT OUR TREES.

LATER IN THE EIGHTIES, THERE WAS A LAND TRUST THAT WAS DEVELOPED TO PROTECT THE LAND.

AGAIN, LATER IN THE EIGHTIES, THE TOWN COMMISSIONED A LONG RANGE MASTER PLAN.

IT'S HARD HERE, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING.

THOSE MASTER PLANS WERE TO SLOW DOWN THE GROWTH.

AND IN THE NINETIES, THERE WAS A, A AREA THAT WAS TO MANAGE THE GROWTH OF THE ISLAND, PROTECT THE AREAS.

IN FACT, TO DATE, OVER 1300 ACRES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE TOWN TO PROTECT THOSE LANDS, THESE PROTECTED AREAS, PRECLUDED, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HOTEL DEVELOPMENT, AND NEW HOMES.

THESE ARE YOUR WORDS.

THIS CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE TOWN HILTON HEADS ARTICLE IN 2018 FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND IT'S THERE TO TODAY.

SO YOU ARE SAYING WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

THEN IN 2020, THERE'S A PLAN THAT Y'ALL PUT OUT.

IF WE JUST READ IT AND FOLLOW IT, WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THAT PLAN.

TALKED ABOUT RIGHT SIZING, TALKING ABOUT HOW THE GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY IS MORE THAN THIS ISLAND CAN HANDLE ON PAGE EIGHT, WHICH IS MY TOPIC, ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS.

AND I'LL READ TO YOU ENVIRONMENT TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

SIMPLE.

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SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TODAY IS RE-LOOK AT THE VISION THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY.

THE SAME THING THAT'S CAUSING ALL THESE PEOPLE TO COME IN HERE TODAY TO SPEAK.

THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

I THANK YOU AND I THANK EVERYBODY HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, DEE ANTHONY.

THANK YOU MS. ANTHONY.

GOOD MORNING.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DEE ANTHONY.

I LIVE ON WALKING HORSE STREET, WHICH IS OFF OF JONESVILLE ROAD.

UM, AND GOING THROUGH THE SURVEY AND READING THE COMMENTS AND LOOKING AT THINGS, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW THINGS IN OUR HOUSEHOLD THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED.

UM, ONE OF THEM WOULD BE THE HOSPITALS.

OUR EMERGENCY ROOM HAS 24 BEDS.

WITHOUT HAVING ENOUGH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, PATIENTS ARE SENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

I HAVE PERSONALLY SAT IN THE HALLWAY IN THE ER DUE TO OVERCROWDING.

TO DATE.

OUR INPATIENT BEDS ARE AT 100% CAPACITY.

OVERCROWDING AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF HEALTH AND OF HEALTHCARE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.

ANOTHER THING THAT OUR HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS OUR SCHOOLS WAS THE CAPACITY OF OUR SCHOOLS.

HILL NET HIGH SCHOOL, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE, IS AT OUR OVER CAPACITY.

THIS MAKES FOR A VERY TOUGH LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVERBURDENED, THEY'RE LACKING TEACHERS AND SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES.

IF A TEACHER IS ABSENT, A CLASS HAS TO SPLIT BETWEEN TWO OTHER CLASSROOMS. THIS CREATES HUGE CLASS SIZES AND STRESS FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS.

WHAT'S OUR SCHOOL'S CAPACITY? IS ANY OF THIS BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE PLANNING TO ANY OF THE TOWNS PLANNING? I THINK WE NEED TO STEP BACK, TAKE TIME, EVALUATE.

WE HAVE A HARDWORKING STAFF.

THIS STAFF NEEDS TIME TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.

THANK YOU.

AND DANIEL ANTHONY.

OH, DANIEL ANTHONY, PRESIDENT OF THE JONESVILLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

UH, FIRST OFF, LET ME JUST SAY, UM, I WROTE THIS SPEECH ABOUT A WEEK AGO BECAUSE I KNEW LA THAT THIS WEEK WAS GONNA BE JUST BA I WAS GONNA BE BOMBARDED WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

Y'ALL TOO.

Y'ALL HAD A BUSY WEEK.

UM, SO I TOOK A LITTLE BITE OUT OF THIS, BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

OKAY, SO HERE WE GO.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MY COMMENTS HERE TODAY ARE NOT MEANT TO OFFEND, BUT THEY ARE MEANT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK LATELY ABOUT WHAT DOES HILTON HEAD STAND FOR.

WHAT DID PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY THINK OF HILTON HEAD? WHAT ARE OUR CORE VALUES? THE QUESTION IN ME IS SIMPLE.

IT'S HEART.

IT'S THE LOVE THAT WE ALL HAVE FOR HILTON HEAD, THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR OUR HOMES.

WE HAVE ALL MADE THE DECISION, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER TO MAKE HILTON HEAD OUR HOME.

BUT IT, IT REALLY ONLY BOILS DOWN TO ONE THING.

WE ALL LOVE THIS ISLAND.

WE LOVE THE HISTORY, THE WILDLIFE, THE BEACHES, THE PICTURES, SUNRISES AND SUNSETS, OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES, THE GOD-GIVEN BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS US.

WHATEVER YOUR PASSION IS, THIS ISLAND PROVIDES IT FOR DECADES.

THIS ISLAND HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO THE GRE, TO DEVELOPERS, AND WE AS A TOWN HAVE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN ALL IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS.

WE'VE NOT BEEN GOOD STEWARDS OF WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.

WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS.

WE ARE IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION.

WE CAN TOGETHER CHANGE THE FUTURE OF THIS ISLAND.

WE CAN RIGHT THE WRONGS OF PAST ADMINISTRATIONS.

WE CAN, IN ONE VOICE DECLARE HILTON HEAD IS NO LONGER UP FOR SALE.

I ASK, WHAT SAY YOU, THE ELECTED LEADERS OF THIS ISLAND, WHAT SAY YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A BREATH, STEP BACK, REAFFIRM YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS ISLAND? THE COMMITMENT.

ALL OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THE COMMITMENT OF MAKING HILTON HEAD THE ELITE WORLD-CLASS COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL SAY WE WANT IT TO BE.

OR ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE THE DECADES LONG PRACTICE OUR PROSTITUTE IN HILTON HEAD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER? THIS IS YOUR TIME, YOUR TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOUR TIME TO TELL EVERYONE, THIS IS OUR HOME.

THIS IS OUR ISLAND.

THE MORATORIUM WILL GIVE YOU THE BREAK THAT YOU NEED TO BREAK THE STEP BACK, REFLECT, GIVE THOUGHTFUL INSIGHT TO THE DEMANDS OF THIS ISLAND BEFORE GOING FORWARD, BEFORE MAKING ANY MORE MISTAKES.

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I HAVE SHOWN YOU THROUGH SURVEYS AND COMMENTS, YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE ALL AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

ASKED FOR THE RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED, TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

WELL, THEY HAVE RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE ISLAND HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS THROUGH EMAILS, COMMENTS, AND OUR OWN INDEPENDENT STUDY.

THE RESULTS OF WHICH YOU HAVE TAKE TIME TO READ THROUGH THIS INFORMATION.

ALTHOUGH MY HIGHEST CONCERN IS FOR JONESVILLE, IF YOU STUDY THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS AN ISLAND WHITE CONCERN.

EACH NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE TOWN OFFICIALS TO PROTECT THEM FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS NOT A HARD DECISION.

THIS IS SIMPLY CHOOSING TO DO THE RIGHT THING OVER WHAT HAS BECOME THE STATUS QUO.

WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.

YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS.

BUT THIS WILL TAKE COURAGE.

THIS WILL TAKE STRENGTH.

YOU HAVE TO PUSH YOURSELVES BEYOND YOUR COMFORT ZONES.

I BELIEVE IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I BELIEVE YOU ARE ALL GOOD PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

YOU MUST SEARCH YOUR HEARTS, SEARCH YOUR SOULS, BECAUSE THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE TODAY, WE ALL WILL LIVE WITH THE RESULTS TOMORROW AND FOREVER.

YOU MUST DO YOUR DUTY.

PROTECT HILTON HEAD, PROTECT THE RESIDENTS.

THAT IS YOUR OATH.

YOU HAVE ALL HEARD AT VARIOUS TOWN MEETINGS, THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BEING AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

YOU ARE ALL ARE, ARE YOU ALL REALLY READY TO GAMBLE THE, ON THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENCE OF THIS ISLAND? SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU MAY BE AFRAID TO OFFEND A DEVELOPER, OR PERHAPS IT'S JUST NOT POLITICALLY BENEFICIAL FOR YOU.

WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF LIFE ON HILTON END BECAUSE OF POOR PLANNING, BECAUSE OF OVERSIGHT.

WHEN WE FAIL TO PLAN, WE PLAN TO FAIL.

WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE.

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, LET'S MAKE THIS ISLAND A SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.

A PLACE WHERE WE ALL CAN BE PROUD OF A BEACON OF LIGHT THAT THE WHOLE WORLD CAN SEE AND ENVY.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE MUST GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION SAYS YOU CAN MAKE A SOUND AND SECURE DECISION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.

WE, THE RESIDENTS HAVE GIVEN YOU OUR INSIGHT.

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND THE DISTRICT ANALYSIS TO BE COMPLETED.

YOU CANNOT MAKE A SOUND JUDGMENT WITHOUT THESE TWO ITEMS AND MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RESULTS.

SO I ASK YOU AGAIN, PLEASE INSTITUTE THE MORATORIUM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, MR. ANTHONY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO BE ABLE TO ALSO SAY IN A BRIEF WORD OR TWO, BECAUSE WE'RE INTO THE INTEREST OF TIME, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THIS.

GLENN, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING YOUR SINCERE CONCERNS.

I FEEL THOSE CONCERNS.

WE SPENT THE LAST TWO DAYS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING.

NUMBER ONE ITEM IS TO AMEND THE LMO AND TO COME UP WITH MANAGEMENT OF CONTROL, OF DEVELOPMENT ON THIS ISLAND.

I WILL SUPPORT THAT AND WE ARE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

MS. BRYSON? YES, CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF SPEAKING ABOUT THIS.

UH, I TOOK MY OATH OF OFFICE ON DECEMBER 6TH.

SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I RECEIVED LOTS OF EMAILS ABOUT THE JONESVILLE AREA.

SO I DROVE OUT THERE MYSELF TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

I ALSO LOOKED AT THE SUBDIVISION PLANS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED.

UM, AND THEN, UH, THANKS TO MR. ANTHONY AND DR.

LEBLANC, UM, I GOT A TOUR ON A GOLF CART, WHICH GIVES YOU A MORE UPFRONT AND, AND PERSONAL, UH, VIEW OF THE JONESVILLE AREA.

SO I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.

I HEAR YOU.

WE HAVE BEEN PRESSING ON THE TOWN MANAGER AND STAFF TO HELP FIND RESOLUTIONS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REPORT THAT MR. COLE GAVE US TODAY.

UM, HE GAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT .

SO, UM, AND, AND, AND I HOPE THAT YOU PICKED UP ON SOME OF THE KEY THINGS, UH, CERTAINLY THE DISTRICT PLAN FOR JONESVILLE.

UM, AND, AND PERHAPS, UH, IF THERE'S TIME, MR. CHAIR, HE COULD GIVE JUST A THUMBNAIL VIEW OF WHAT A DISTRICT PLAN IS LIKE.

UM, NOT A, NOT A DETAILED DESCRIPTION, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE A COUPLE OF SENTENCES SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT WAS NOTICE ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN THE JONESVILLE AREA.

I'VE HEARD THAT.

I AGREE WITH IT.

I'M HOPING THAT IN OUR L M O AMENDMENTS WILL INCLUDE SOME STRONGER NOTICE PROVISIONS FOR THE

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PUBLIC.

UM, IN ADDITION, UH, THE LMO AMENDMENTS AND THE SCHEDULE, THE ACCELERATION.

I'VE BEEN PUMPING THE GAS ON THIS , I, I PLEAD GUILTY TO THAT.

UM, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT THE STAFF HAS HURT US, AND THAT THEY HAVE, UM, A 60 TO 90 DAY PLAN FOR SOME CODE REVISIONS.

IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BEFORE IN THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND THEN THE, UH, TOWN COUNCIL.

SO, BEAR WITH US.

WE ARE PRESSING THE GAS AS FAST AS WE CAN ON THAT.

UM, AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, UM, IS, IS THAT WHEN I, I LOOK AT DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS COMING BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO DEVELOP A SET OF STANDARDS OR QUALIFICATIONS IN MAKING MY DECISIONS.

SO ALL OF THESE ARE EQUAL, UH, CONSIDERATION IN MY BOOK.

HERE'S MY FIVE PART STANDARD.

FIRST OF ALL, HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS, WORKFORCE, AND VISITORS TO THE ISLAND? SECONDLY, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE EQUAL IN MY VIEW.

DOES IT HAVE RESPECT FOR AND PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT? THIRDLY, DOES IT PROVIDE FOR STEWARDSHIP OF ALL OUR RESOURCES, FINANCIAL, LAND, FRESHWATER, NATURAL WATERS? FOURTHLY, HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL OUR INHABITANTS? THANK YOU, MS. BRYSON AND AND FIFTHLY, DOES IT PROVIDE RESPECT FOR AND PROTECTION OF HERITAGE, ESPECIALLY THE NATIVE ISLANDERS, THE GULLAH HERITAGE ON THIS ISLAND? THOSE ARE MY STANDARDS, AND THAT IS WHAT I'LL APPLY IN DOING MY BEST TO MOVE FORWARD OUR CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH MANAGEMENT ON THIS ISLAND.

WELL SAID.

THANK YOU, MS. BECKER.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WHEN I LOOK OUT, I SEE HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.

IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE SIT HERE AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR DUTIES TO LOOK OUT AND TO REFLECT YOUR WISHES IN OUR ACTIONS TO THE VERY BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.

I WAS ONE OF YOU SITTING IN THAT SEAT EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ALSO IMPACTED BY MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE HERE ABOUT TODAY.

IT'S NOT ACADEMIC FOR ME, IT'S REAL.

I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD SUCCESSES IN PROGRESSING THROUGH THE LMO IN MAKING CHANGES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, AND I COMMEND MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR TOWN MANAGER, AND OUR STAFF FOR MOVING WITH US QUICKLY.

NOW, CUZ THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON HILTON HEAD IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR VISION OF HILTON HEAD WAS INTENDED.

THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ARE YOURS.

IT'S MINE AND IT'S ACROSS THE ISLAND.

I'VE READ THE SURVEY RESPONSES AND MY HEART ACHES.

WHEN I WAS FIRST CONTACTED BY, UH, BOB AND DUCHESS, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

MY HEART ACHED BECAUSE AS IT HAPPENED TO US, WE HAD NO IDEA, AND WE WERE NOT AS WELL ORGANIZED AS YOU ARE.

BUT WE GOT ORGANIZED AND WE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

WE'RE STILL, WE STILL HAVE CHALLENGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE STILL STILL CHALLENGES THE SOUTH END TO THE NORTH END AND IN THE MID-SECTION.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT YES, I KNOW THAT THE STATEMENT HAS BEEN MADE, THAT WE ARE IN THE PROGRESS PROCESS AND WE ARE MOVING WITH ALL DUE DILIGENCE AND SPEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW IN THAT 90 DAYS.

IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS, I WOULD NOT ONLY TAKE A BREATH AND WORK AS I WORKED QUICKLY, BUT I'D STOP AND I'D MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENED BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE HAVE REGROUPED AND PUT RESIDENTS FIRST, HONESTLY PUT RESIDENTS FIRST IN THIS COMMUNITY FIRST AND BUILT THE TYPE OF ISLAND THAT WE ALL MOVED HERE BELIEVING WE WERE MOVING TO.

I WILL DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN TO SUPPORT YOU AND TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND MAKE SURE THAT NO FURTHER DAMAGE IS DONE ACROSS THIS ISLAND.

IT'S WHY I'M HERE.

I HOPE THAT'S WHY I WAS SENT HERE.

I BELIEVE IT IS, AND YOU HAVE MY PROMISE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. BECKER.

THAT

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IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY ON THE JONESVILLE SITUATION AND THE TOWN'S PLANS GOING FORWARD.

AGAIN, AGAIN, WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A SINCERE PRIORITY WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL AND STAFF, AND I THINK YOU CAN COUNT ON THE STAFF'S CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH YOU AND ALSO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO YOUR ISSUES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

IF YOU DON'T INTEND TO STAY, PLEASE EXIT THE ROOM AS QUIETLY AND QUICKLY AS YOU CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE AGENDA ITEMS TO FOLLOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK, THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU WERE HERE.

I'M SORRY.

YOU GOT IT.

YOU HEARD OUR PROMISE.

PLEASE EXIT THE ROOM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

[New Business]

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NEW BUSINESS.

THE FIRST

[a. Consideration of the Proposed Amendments for the Land Management Ordinance for the Town of Hilton Head Island]

ITEM IS A CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? YEAH.

UH, WE'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD TODAY, UH, SOME PROPOSED, UH, LMO INITIAL, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT YOU GUYS I THINK ARE AWARE OF.

UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE RAMPING UP TO GET A SERIES OF THESE TO YOU, BUT TODAY'S, LET'S GET STARTED WITH SOME.

BRIAN.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS COMMITTEE FIRST SAW THESE AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED IN A LIST OF PRIORITIES PREVIOUSLY.

PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT WE HAVE ALSO REVIEWED IT, UH, IN MORE DETAIL SUBSEQUENTLY.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE HOPE TO BE A, UH, AN APPROVAL TO SEND IT ON TO COUNSEL.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

THIS WAS PART OF A BIGGER SET.

THESE HAVE BEEN DRAFTED OR READY FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION TO SEND OUT A COUNCIL.

UM, HOPEFULLY CAN CLEAR A FEW OF THESE FROM THE DECK SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL DO THE NEXT BATCH.

UM, WE'RE NOT OVERWHELMED.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

SO ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT ARE, THAT IS BEFORE YOU, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THESE LINE BY LINE? WELL, IS THAT I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE TO WEIGH IN ON ANY ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE A, UH, UM, A QUESTION REGARDING.

SO, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BY LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, BUT I DO THINK YOU OUGHT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE.

OKAY.

SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, WELL, THE FIRST IS ON EXHIBIT A IS DEALING WITH STAFF WAIVERS.

THIS WAS A PROCESS WHERE TOWN STAFF WAS ABLE TO ISSUE, UH, WAIVERS FROM THE LMO FOR ON, CONCERNING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING YOU AT THIS TIME TO

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REMOVE THAT ABILITY FROM STAFF TO GRANT THESE WAIVERS AND INSTEAD, UH, PRES HAVE THESE CONSIDERED AS VARIANCES THAT SHALL GO BEFORE OUR BZA, UM, IN INSTEAD.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION ON THAT IN THAT REGARD FROM YOU, MS. BECKER? NO, SIR.

YES, SIR.

UM, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR LAST NAME.

BRIAN EBER EBER.

MR. EBER.

UM, AS THE FORMER CHAIR OR THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS BZA, UH, I RECALL THIS COMING BEFORE US.

UH, EVERY MONTH WE WOULD RECEIVE A REPORT FROM STAFF ABOUT THE WAIVERS THAT STAFF HAD GRANTED.

AND, UH, WE DEVELOPED, THE BOARD DEVELOPED A CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND ASKED FOR STAFF TO MAKE A REPORT ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN THE, THE RESPONSE WHICH WE APPRECIATED, UM, AT THE TIME AS WHEN I SERVED ON THE VCA, UM, IT'S GREAT THAT, UH, WE WERE TAKING A CAREFUL LOOK AT THAT, BUT THE VCA WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MANY MORE CASES THEY OUT HERE AS A RESULT.

UM, SO WE ASKED THE STAFF TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

UM, AND, UM, UH, AND THAT MS. DIXON MADE A REPORT AND IT LOOKED AS THOUGH BECAUSE OF, UH, UH, NONCONFORMITIES ADDRESSING NONCONFORMITIES REMAIN, UM, IN THE LMO THAT THE IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF VARIANCES THAT THE BZA MIGHT CONSIDER WOULD BE LESS THAN FEARED AT FIRST.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYONE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT, BUT I, I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE BACK TO MY, UH, FORMER BZA COLLEAGUES, UH, THAT AS I SIT NOW, I'M, I'M STILL LISTENING ABOUT THAT MM-HMM.

UM, BUT I BELIEVE THE BZA FELT MORE COMFORT, UH, BASED ON THAT STAFF REPORT.

UM, AND, UM, UH, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD.

UM, I WILL CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE CHANGE.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT THE BZA WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US IF THEY SEE ANY ISSUES IN THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH REGARD TO THE LM O AND I DIDN'T KNOW THEIR STAFF WANTS TO ADD TO THAT.

UM, I SEE MS. LLOYD STANDING UP WHO USED TO STAFF THE BZA.

SHE'S USED TO ME ASKING QUESTIONS, .

UM, SOMETIMES I'D PUT HER ON THE SPOT, PERHAPS I DID TODAY, BUT I TRY TO GIVE HER A LITTLE WARNINGS.

THANKS, MS. BRYSON.

UM, I HAVE THE STAFF REPORT THAT MS. DIXON PREPARED FOR THE BCA, AND THERE WAS A SUMMARY OF HOW MANY WAIVERS HAD, UM, STAFF HAD APPROVED, UM, WITHIN A TIME PERIOD BETWEEN JUNE OF 2020 AND JULY OF 2022.

AND THERE WERE 34 STAFF WAIVERS THAT WERE ISSUED.

20 OF THOSE WERE FOR SUBSTITUTIONS OF NONCONFORMITIES, WHICH IS NOT, AGAIN, BEING PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED.

UM, AND THEN OF THOSE, UM, UH, 14 DID NOT DEAL WITH FULLY WITH NONCONFORMITIES.

UM, AND THEN, UH, FIVE OF THOSE 14 THAT REMAINED WOULD HAVE TO GO, UH, FOR A VARIANCE TO THE BZA.

SO THAT PERTAINS TO THE VOLUME, UM, CONCERN THAT THE BCA HAD, AND IT, UM, LIKELY WON'T BE A HUGE INCREASE IN CASELOAD TO THE BCA.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND, UH, CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE CHANGE.

THANK YOU.

GLENN, ANYTHING TO YES, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS. SO TO THE DEGREE WE CAN KEEP OUR ANSWERS TO YES OR NO, OR A QUESTION, I WOULD, IT'S HARD FOR A RECOVERING LAWYER TO DO THAT, MR. CHAIR.

THAT'S WHY I WILL DO THE BEST THAT I CAN .

IN ANY EVENT, I SEE THIS AS A PROPER CORRECTION OF THE L O UH, THE NUMBER OF WAIVERS IS OF CONCERN.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY WERE ABUSES.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY WERE NECESSARILY ERRONEOUS, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER PROCESSES THERE TO CREATE WAIVERS, TO CREATE EXCEPTIONS, UH, AND SO FORTH.

AND I PREFER TO SEE THOSE PROCESSES FOLLOWED.

SO I SUPPORT THIS AS WELL WITHOUT OBJECTION.

LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE, MR. CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC? NO.

UM, CAN WE, CAN WE DO IT AT THE END CHAT? YES.

THANK YOU.

SO THE NEXT PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, WILL ALLOW VARIANCES FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE LMO, UH, OTHER THAN USE DENSITY AND HEIGHT, THE NEXT PROPOSED LMO.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

IS THERE ANYTHING ON THAT ONE? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

THE NEXT AMENDMENT, UH, WILL ALLOW OUTDOOR SCREENED BIKE STORAGE IN THE TWO DISTRICTS THAT THE TOWN HAS, BOTH THE LC AND THE CC ZONING DISTRICTS TO BRI, WHICH WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR MORE SPECIFICITY AS IT RELATES TO SCREENING FOR THE BICYCLES THAT ARE STORED, STORED ON SITE.

UH, MR. CHAIR, I'LL JUST JUMP IN QUICKLY.

AND I SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE, GLENN? TAMMY? NOT AT THIS TIME.

I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MOVE ON.

THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD.

THE NEXT AMENDMENT, UH, IS SEEKING TO CLARIFY THE MAN, THE DEFINITION OF MANUFACTURED USE CLASSIFICATION

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AS IT RELATES TO THE SIZE AND TYPE OF A BREWERY.

WHAT MAKES IT A MANUFACTURED USE VERSUS A BAR OR EATING ESTABLISHMENT.

AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PCA AS WELL.

YEAH.

AND AGAIN, THE, THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN HEARING THESE ISSUES NOW FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.

YES.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT AMENDMENT, UM, IS REPLACING THE, UH, INSTEAD OF USING JUNE TRAFFIC COUNTS, INSTEAD OF GOING WITH JULY TRAFFIC COUNTS.

THIS IS AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE BETTER DATA FOR TRAFFIC DECISION, DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS.

AGAIN, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THANK YOU.

THIS NEXT AMENDMENT, UH, IS A CHANGE.

K KIND OF LIKE A CHANGE WHEN THE PLANTINGS ARE DONE AS PART OF A SUBDIVISION OR A LMO, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW.

UH, I THINK, UH, JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS IS, UM, SURE.

THERE'S A, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN IT'S FROM YEAH.

SO, SO WHAT THIS WILL AFFORD THE, THE TOWN IS, IS A MECHANISM TO ENSURE FINANCIALLY THAT THE, THE PLANTS THAT WERE PLANNED AND APPROVED ACTUALLY GET, ARE, GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

THEY CAN MATURE AND GROW HEALTHY.

AND IT'S THE FINANCIAL, UH, BURDEN IS BEING PUSHED NOW ONTO THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.

WE USED TO REQUIRE THE PLANTS TO GO IN EARLY.

YES.

AND THEY WERE DESTROYED BY CONSTRUCTION.

AND THIS CORRECTS THAT RIGHT.

TO ALLOW, YEAH.

THIS ALLOWS THEM TO SHIFT THAT TO A LATER DATE WHEN IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO PLANT.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS A WIN-WIN.

IT IS, YES, MA'AM.

THIS IS COMMON SENSE .

YES, I AGREE.

AS MY MAMA SAID, DON'T PLANT THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR, PATSY.

IT'S NOT GONNA GROW .

SO IN LIEU THEREOF, A PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE UNTIL THE PLANTING IS DONE.

THANK YOU.

WITHOUT OBJECTION.

GO AHEAD.

THE NEXT AMENDMENT DEALS WITH, UH, SIGN UPDATES IS THIS IS KIND OF THE MODERNIZATION OF HOW SIGNS ARE COMING INTO BEING TODAY VERSUS WHEN YOU WENT OUT THERE BY HAND AND CHANGED THINGS TO WHERE IT'S MORE, UH, OF A, UH, ELECTRONIC, UH, SITUATION FOR SIGNS.

GIVE AN EXAMPLE, PLEASE.

UH, THESE CHANGEABLE SIGNS, AS WE KNOW IN THE, LIKE FOR GAS, FOR EXAMPLE, GASOLINE, UM, THE GAS STORES PRICES ARE FLUCTUATING QUITE OFTEN.

SO THIS ALLOWS FOR THE CHANGE OF YOUR SIGN NO MORE THAN TWICE DAILY.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ROLLING AND SCROLLING AND, AND CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS A TWICE DAILY CHANGE THAT CAN BE DONE ELECTRONICALLY.

AND, AND I THINK A CLARIFICATION THAT WAS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THESE DISCUSSIONS WAS, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A BACK LIT LIGHT.

THERE'S NO LIGHTING, THERE'S NOTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO THAT WOULD HAD BEEN CLARIFIED.

I JUST WANNA, I'M NOT SURE, SEAN, IF THAT'S BECK.

YOU READ MY MIND.

YEAH.

THE, THE SIGNS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE AN ANALOG.

UM, A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH STAFFING AND SOME OF THESE, UH, ENTERPRISE ONLY HAVE A STAFF OR TWO.

SO FOR SOMEONE TO GO OUT AND CHANGE WITH THE OLD LITTLE SUCTION CUFF AND POLE ON HIGH ONES THAT WE HAVE MONUMENTS, IT ALLOWS A, A MECHANISM TO BE CHANGED FROM INSIDE.

IT FLIPS THE PRICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE ANALOG.

SO NO, IT DOES NOT LOOK A BACK LIP.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS CASE CAME UP, UH, BEFORE THE DRB, UH, INVOLVING THE MCDONALD'S REVISION.

AND I CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THIS DID WAS IT ALLOWS THEM TO CHANGE THE PRICE ON AN ITEM OR THE LISTING OF AN ITEM ON THEIR ELECTRIC ELECTRONIC, UH, MENU.

UH, THAT'S ALL, RATHER THAN HAVE SOMEONE GO OUT AND CHANGE IT MECHANICALLY.

YEAH.

IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S THE, JUST A MODERNIZATION OF OUR S YEAH.

WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING HERE.

I SUPPORT THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.

GO AHEAD.

THIS NEXT AMENDMENT, UH, AMENDS THE, THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF THE CODE THAT WERE KIND OF MISSED WHEN WE DID OUR BIG, UH, FLOODPLAIN MAPPING UPDATE, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

SO THIS, THIS IS REGARDS TO MEASUREMENT, HOW IT'S MEASURED, HOW THINGS ARE MEASURED FOR FLOOD ZONE, AND JUST CLARIFY THE REMAINING LMO SECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE AMENDED.

UM, HEIGHT IS AN ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN OUR CONVERSATIONS TODAY, DOES THIS ACTUALLY CHANGE THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING OR IT'S HOW WE CALCULATE IT? I WOULD SAY NOT OVERALL.

IT'S IN RELATIONSHIP.

WE USED TO BASE EVERYTHING ON THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.

YEAH.

BOY, GET MY EXERCISE TODAY.

SO IT'S GREAT.

YEAH.

IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE MEASURE IT.

UM, WHEN WE DID THE FEMA MAP UPDATES A, A YEAR OR SO AGO, UM, WE CHANGED THE, THE BASELINE ELEVATION'S CHANGED HERE, AND WE MADE SURE THERE WAS PROTECTION FOR RESIDENTIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE, THE YOU,

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YOU MEASURE FROM EXISTING GRADE, AND WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S CLARIFIED.

UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THE ALAMO IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FLOOD CONTROL.

THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? NO, NO.

WITHOUT OBJECTION TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

THIS NEXT AMENDMENT DEALS WITH, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THESE ARE EXISTING MINOR SUBDIVISIONS.

AND THE, THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO, UM, ALLOW FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION AND A BETTER PROCESS FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN EXISTING SUBDIVISION WHEN MINOR, UH, CHANGES, UM, ARE, ARE DONE.

AND THAT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME.

IT MAY NOT BE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, WHAT IS A MINOR SUBDIVISION AND HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE PEOPLE AROUND THOSE MINOR SUBDIVISION OR WITHIN IT OR WHAT SEAN? SORRY, SEAN.

THERE CHAIRS UP FRONT.

THERE'S CHAIRS UP HERE THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO USE.

YEAH.

THIS ONE, IT'S REALLY, UM, MORE ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, OWNER'S CONSENTS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER APPLICATIONS, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT WAS NOT LISTED FOR MINOR SUBDIVISIONS.

MINOR SUBDIVISIONS ARE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE FIVE OR LESS.

UM, AND SO HAVING AN OWNER'S CONSENT RIGHT, IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROCESSING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNER.

SO THANK YOU.

WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UH, MR. CHAIR.

SO I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THIS DOES NOT, UH, AFFECT THE SUBDIVISIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION IN JONESVILLE N NO, NOT AT ALL.

THANK YOU.

WITHOUT OBJECTION.

GO AHEAD, BRIAN.

AGAIN, THIS ONE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS, UM, PROVIDES STANDARDS FOR, UH, PREVIOUSLY PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS WHERE PROPER NOTIFICATION AND PROCESS AND TO THE EXISTING RESIDENCE WITHIN THE SUBDIVISIONS.

AGAIN, THIS IS A MINOR SUBDIVISION, BUT I, I, I, AGAIN, I WANT THE, THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

YEAH.

SO IF, UH, UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVE A PREVIOUSLY PLOTTED SUBDIVISION AND YOU ARE MODIFYING THE LOCK CONFIGURATIONS TO INCREASE THE DENSITY BEYOND THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL, THERE IS A SET OF CRITERIA, UM, AND A PROCESS THAT THIS GOES BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T INCREASE THE IMPACT.

UM, THERE'S A CORRECT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER PROVISIONS.

SO THERE'S A LIST OF CRITERIA THAT ARE PART OF THAT EVALUATION.

AND SO IF IT FORCES THAT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CONCURRENCE ABOUT INCREASING DENSITY THROUGH REPLA OF THESE PREVIOUSLY PLANTED SUBDIVISIONS.

SO THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION, RIGHT? SO IT GOES TO DAYLIGHT.

IT WILL BE AT A PUBLIC MEETING AT PLANNING COMMISSION, AND IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THINKS IT MEETS THE CRITERIA, THEY'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE APPROVED.

OKAY.

ANY COMMENT ON THAT ONE? THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE LIST AS I HAVE IT.

AM I CORRECT IN THAT? YES, YOUR HONOR.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION AND THEN WE'LL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND ALL OF THESE CHANGES FORWARD FOR APPROVAL BY THE TOWN COUNCIL.

YES, SIR.

ONE SECOND.

THERE'S A SECOND.

CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

I THINK HE WANTS TO COMMENT.

OH, I, IF I'M VERY SORRY.

YES, OF COURSE.

I ALMOST GOT IT.

CHAD, THANK YOU.

I'M CHESTER WILLIAMS. UM, THE ONLY ISSUE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF IS WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST ONE, REMOVAL OF THE WAIVERS, UM, IT MAY NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE WORK OF THE B C, BUT IT DEFINITELY WILL INCREASE THE WORK OF THE BCA.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S GOING TO COMPLICATE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OFTEN FOR SMALL DEVELOP, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION SAYS IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR ANY WAIVERS, FOR VARYING FROM THE CODE TO GO TO THE B Z A.

I MEAN, THE WAIVERS HAVE BEEN IN THE CODE FOR YEARS.

UM, THEY'RE FAIRLY MINOR AND THEY HELP DEVELOPMENT OFTEN IN THE NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITIES, AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE BZA.

IT'S GONNA COMPLICATE THINGS OR, AND I, I THINK YOU JUST SORT OF THINK ABOUT THAT TWICE BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

THANK YOU.

CHAD.

ARE THERE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY FINAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE SEDA, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL OR THE MOTION, MS. BRYSON FOR THE MOTION.

MS. BECKER? YES, MR. YES.

[b. Consideration of a Proposed Ordinance to Amend the Land Management Ordinance to Create a New Use Called Islander Mixed-Use within Sea Pines Circle District]