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WELCOME TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLANDS GULLAH GEECHEE LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE MEETING. THIS IS FEBRUARY SIX, 2023. I'D TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER CARE AND ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOR YOU? YES SIR WE ARE STRAIGHT WITH YOU. PLEASE CALL THE RO CERTAINLY MR. ABDUL-MALIK DOES IT JUST SIMMONS PRESENT MR. CAMPBELL PRESIDENT GREEN TWO HANDS PRESENT RIGHT AND MR. STEVENSON HERE THANK YOU. OKAY GREAT THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE.
LET ME JUST SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE AGENDA AGAIN.
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE CERTAINLY OUR PUBLIC AND THOSE FROM THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT AND BE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO TO DO HERE IN THE TOWN AND IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD A MEETING AND I DON'T KNOW THIS IS FEBRUARY. I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE STILL SAYING HAPPY NEW OR NOT HERE BUT FOR THOSE WHO I HAVEN'T SEEN HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE TASK FORCE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEARS AND MONTHS IN THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME GIVING SOME ENERGY TO SOME OF THE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING HERE. I'M HONORED TO BE CHAIR AND TO HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THIS IS A NEW YEAR SO I'VE GOT A BRAND NEW ATTITUDE AND I'M EXPECTING GREAT THINGS NOT ONLY OUT OF EVERYONE ELSE BUT MYSELF. SO WE'LL ALL TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB AT DOING A JOB. OKAY. BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS COULD I HAVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MR. HINTZ APPROVE THE AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MS. RIGHT THE SECOND THE MOTION OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SHOW BY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND THAT IS UNANIMOUS THANK YOU SO MUCH . THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING IN 2022. HOPEFULLY WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ OVER THOSE MINUTES AND THEM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING? MR. HANSON'S MOVED MR. CAMPBELL HIS SECOND AND I KNOW ALL THOSE ARE IN FAVOR SO BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND AND IS UNANIMOUS AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO FAR SO GOOD TO HAVE ANY APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS NOW SORRY. OKAY. NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP.
OKAY GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON THE AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEMS AND WE ARE JUST OVER THE MOON WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW STAFF MEMBER MS. CHRISTIANA PERRY IS OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION. I DON'T HAVE YOUR RESUMÉ FRONT OF ME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAYBE COME AND ADDRESS US AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF YOURSELF? GOOD AFTERNOON ALL CHAIRMAN STEPHENS MY NAME IS GERSHON JACKSON PERRY AND I AM INDEED THE NEW PRINCIPAL PLANNER OVER HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. I AM HONORED TO BE HERE AND HAVE MADE THE SWITCH FROM YOU DON'T HAVE MY RESUME IN FRONT OF YOU WHICH YOU DON'T NEED AT ALL BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF I'M FROM NORTH CAROLINA. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO FROM BALTIMORE AND WHERE WAS WORKING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOING AUDITING AND POLICY ANALYSIS FOR AND WAS MOST RECENTLY WORKING ON SOME TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED PLANNING ISSUES AND KIND OF LED ME TO WANT TO GET
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BACK DOWN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL AND WORK THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH I LIVE AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH I LIVE AND BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE ISLAND AND SO I, I ENDED UP HERE AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO GET STARTED ON THIS WORK AND TO TO MEET EVERYONE, TO WORK WITH EVERYONE AND ADVANCE THE PRIORITIES OF THE REPORT TASK FORCE AND OF COURSE THE NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE BUT ALSO I WILL BE AROUND AND I WILL BE MAKING MY ROUNDS TO PERSONALLY INTRODUCING MYSELF EACH OF YOU AND INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. YEAH YOU DO LIVE HERE THE ISLAND.GREAT. WELL, WELCOME AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY IS A PART OF OUR PART OF OUR TASK FORCE TO.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME MS. PARISHES SHE'S LIKE SHE SAID SHE'S GOING TO BE MAKING SOME ROUNDS TO REACH OUT INDIVIDUALLY AND YOU'LL GET TO KNOW HER A LITTLE BETTER BUT GREAT. SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU. SO GLAD WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU WITH NOT ONLY YOUR JOB HERE AT THE TOWN BUT THE COMMUNITY TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND.
SURE YOU'VE BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS AND AS WE OFTEN SAY WHEN HAVE A NEW POSITION OR A NEW HIRE I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND TO CATCH UP ON AND IT'S LIKE DRINKING FROM WATER FROM A FIRE HOSE SO WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THAT AND AGAIN WE WANT BE IN SUPPORT OF YOU ANY WAY WE CAN. WE DO NOT EXPECT TO HAVE THE ANSWERS IMMEDIATELY SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE BUSINESS LICENSE MEETING UPDATE THIS APRIL AKINS REVENUE SERVICE MANAGER GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO SEE AGAIN HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WAS UP HERE I THINK THAT WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER.
I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHAT HAPPENED SINCE WE HAD THE MEETING HERE CHAIRMAN STEPHENS HAD ASKED THAT WE MEET OFF OUT OF THE COMMITTEE AND TALK ABOUT THE POP UP SHOPS MORE THOROUGHLY SO WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING SO DECEMBER 5TH OF LAST YEAR I MET WITH SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS IT WAS JOYCE RIGHT AND ABRAHAM ABDUL-MALIK AND ALSO YOUR CHAIR LAVON STEPHENS WE HAD SEVERAL TOPICS OF DISCUSSION AND NOW KIND HIT THROUGH OUR AGENDA AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE POP SHOPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND HOW THEY'RE IDENTIFIED OR WITH WITHIN THE TOWN'S ORDINANCES. SO THE TOWN DOES DEFINE A POP UP SHOP AS A SPECIAL EVENT AND WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW THE SAME REGULATIONS THAT ALL SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW. WE WENT ON TO DISCUSS EVENT PRODUCERS AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS AS WELL SO ALL EVENT PRODUCERS ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A TOWN BUSINESS LICENSE WHETHER IT'S A PERSON, A BUSINESS OR A NONPROFIT. WE THEN MOVED ON TO THE TOWN REQUIREMENTS FOR SHOP UP POP POP UP SHOPS SORRY AND WE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH.
I TOOK A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO TOWN STAFF BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS BUT TO LET YOU KNOW AGAIN THE POP WERE TREATED THE SAME AS OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS WE TALKED ABOUT THEY SPECIAL EVENT PROCESS AND THE REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLICATED AND ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THAT WILL AT THE SPECIAL EVENT AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT BASED ON THE PARTICIPANTS WE FOUND UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS CONFUSING AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE SHOULD TREAT ALL SPECIAL THE SAME WHETHER THERE'S 250 PARTICIPANTS, TEN PARTICIPANTS OR 1000 THERE WERE ADDITIONAL TO HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF THE SPECIAL EVENT PROCESS THEY REQUESTED A TEMPLATE BE INCLUDED WITH A CHECKLIST FOR THE EVENT PRODUCER SO THAT THE PRODUCER AWARE OF OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EVENT A CONTACT NAME PHONE AND EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE TOWN STAFF THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THE SPECIAL EVENT FOR THE EVENT PRODUCER CROSS-TRAIN TOWN STAFF ON SPECIAL EVENT PROCESSING. SO WE KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION TO THE EVENT PRODUCER ON THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR PARTICULAR EVENT.
WE THEN MOVED ON TO TALK ABOUT VENDORS AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VENDORS THAT ARE INVOLVED
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WITH POP UP SHOPS OR SPECIAL EVENTS. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EVENT PRODUCER TO SURE THAT THE VENDORS PARTICIPATING ARE PROPERLY LICENSED.WE TALKED ABOUT THERE IS A PROCESS IN THE SPECIAL EVENT POLICY THAT IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN 250 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING THEN THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 250 THEN THE EVENT PRODUCER CAN PURCHASE A $5 VENDOR PERMIT FEE FOR JUST EVENT FOR ANYONE THAT'S OPERATING AT THE EVENT THAT'S FROM OUT OF TOWN.
SO AGAIN IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THAT SHOULD BE A POSSIBILITY OR AN OPTION FOR ALL EVENTS JUST FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LARGE EVENTS OF OVER 500. LET'S SEE WE ALSO TALKED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOOD VENDORS. THERE'S MORE REQUIREMENTS INVOLVED WITH SERVING INCLUDING FOOD TRUCKS AND SO IT WAS THAT THERE SHOULD BE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE SPECIAL APPLICATION WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S REQUIRED.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR FOOD TRUCKS NEED TO HAVE A BUSINESS PERIOD SO AND IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET THAT APPROVAL FROM THE DIFFERENT TOWN DEPARTMENT SO YOU KNOW MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT A TWO WEEK LEAD TIME REQUIRED FOR FOR THAT LICENSING. WE MOVED ON TO BUSINESS LICENSE AND AGAIN TO DISCUSS THAT REGULAR BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS DEFINED AS VENDORS OPERATING MORE THREE DAYS PER YEAR AND THAT IN THAT CASE THAT PERSON NEED TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE LOCAL BUSINESS LICENSE THAT THE TOWN OFFERS WHICH ALLOWS EXEMPTION OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX IT INCLUDES THAT ARE HAND PRODUCED OR GROWN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY SUCH AS FARMING OR GARDENING, FLOWERS, FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND SEAFOOD.
LASTLY WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT OPEN AIR MARKETS RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE GARLIC CULTURE AND THEN WE MOVED ON TO TALKING ABOUT OUR NEW STAFF MEMBER KEVIN TILLIS WHO IS OUR PUBLIC SPACE PROGRAMING EVENTS MANAGER. HE HAD JUST COME ON RECENTLY BACK IN EARLY IN THE YEAR AND ASKED THAT HE ATTEND THE MEETING THE NEXT MEETING AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HIS ROLE IN THE TOWN WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS ON TOWN PROPERTY. I DID SEND ALL OF OUR SUGGESTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS TO ANGIE STONE AND TO KEVIN TILLIS SO THAT THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE POLICY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THAT WAS THE END OF OUR MEETING IT WAS A LOVELY MEETING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW GREAT. GREAT.
THANK THANK YOU. AND TO SAY THANK YOU TO MS.. RAY AND MR. LEAGUE FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN MEETING WITH AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAY APRIL ONE JUST AS FROM THE THE TEMPLATE AND THE LICENSE FEE THOSE THAT WE TALKED HAVE NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET TO MY KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE NOT I CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK TO ANGIE AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE. I THINK SHARED WITH YOU WHEN DURING THE MEETING THAT TOWN STAFF IS LOOKING AT THAT POLICY AND PROCEDURES AND I KNOW WHAT HAD BEEN ESCALATED ABOVE FOR REVIEW I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE WHERE THAT IS IN THE PROCESS BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP I THINK IN VISION I THINK JOYCE HAS THANK YOU VERY MUCH I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN YOUR REPORT I JUST TO REVISIT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE POSSIBLE COULD BE SOME EXCEPTIONS GOING INTO THIS AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY THAT SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE OR HAVING THEIR LICENSE OR HAVING A PERMIT OR OR WHAT THEY NEED, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO TO SOME OF THE RULES BASED UPON MAKING SURE THAT WE FULFILL ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. SO I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK THAT THEY CANNOT IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW ALL RULES. I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY THAT PUBLICLY THAT THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO BE A GOOD POINT. YES, WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT.
YES THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.
WELL, THANKS FOR THE REPORT. MY WOULD BE I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY THAT YOU WANTED HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS THE SAME FOR WHATEVER SIZE OF FUNCTION IT WAS WE TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE MEETING AND IT WAS WE ALL AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE A FAIR AND CONSISTENT PRACTICE INSTEAD OF HAVING DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS I GUESS I ASK
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BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT WAS QUITE DIFFERENT YOU HAD OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AS THAT HIGHER REQUIREMENT IS TO BE WAIVED FOR THE SMALL EVENTS RIGHT IF NOT APPLICABLE THEN IT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. SO YOU KNOW WOULDN'T HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE AS AN EXAMPLE HER DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PARKING OR PATTERNS IN A FOR TRAVEL FOR TRAFFIC AND STUFF FOR SMALL EVENT THAT IT JUST WOULDN'T APPLY IT BUT SO A LARGE EVENT WOULD THEN STILL HAVE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS THOUGH CORRECT.OKAY YEAH. AND WHERE THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT LICENSE AS ALL PARTICIPANTS TO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A TOWN BUSINESS LICENSE SO IF THE VENDOR IS GOING IS OPERATING MORE THAN THREE TIMES A YEAR THEY WILL NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE AND DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF LICENSE OR THE OF ACTIVITY THEY MAY HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE NO MATTER WHAT A FOOD TRUCK IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENSE. RIGHT.
IT WOULDN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY'RE OPERATING IN THE TOWN.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT SEEMS AT SOME POINT WE HAD SOME CONFUSION A POP UP SHOP VERSUS AN OPEN AIR OR FLEA MARKET THAT EVER COME TO ANY RESULT.
BUT I KNOW MADE MENTION OF IT. BUT I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF CLARIFICATION ON THIS THEN WAS THERE EVER BECAUSE IT SEEMED AS THOUGH A BIG QUESTION WAS THAT YOU HAD OH AS IT WAS WRITTEN THERE WERE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR A FLEA MARKET OPEN AIR WHERE THE POP UP SHOP HAD A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT THAT WE EVER GET TO RESOLVE. SO I I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH LAND ORDINANCE WHEN IT COMES TO OPEN AIR SALES I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO REFER MSI TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION . I KNOW THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONSIDERED SPECIAL EVENTS SO WHETHER IT'S A POP UP SHOP OR, A FLEA MARKET THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SPECIAL IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AT TOWN HALL TWO AND TOWN STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MEETING THE SAFETY THROUGH THE PUBLIC.
I THINK THERE IS PROBABLY A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT OPEN AIR SALES AND OPEN AIR MARKET BASED ON OUR TOWN ORDINANCE. YEAH, I THINK THE ONE THAT I'M MOST REFERRING TO IS THE QUOTE UNQUOTE FLEA MARKET WHERE. I THINK THERE WERE THAT JUST THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OR THE STANDARDS TO HAVE BEEN MET WERE WERE DIFFERENT OR IF ONE WAS DOING A DEFINED POP UP SHOP I THINK IT WAS A MATTER DEFINITION THAT SOMEHOW BECAUSE GOOD REQUIREMENTS I THINK THERE ARE TIMES I'M GOING TO REFER TO MISTY ON THIS OPEN SALES HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION AND ARE FLEA MARKETS THAN FLEA MARKETS. CORRECT.
AND I THINK IT DEPENDS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE HAVING A REOCCURRING EVENT SUCH AS A FLEA MARKET, IF IT'S HAPPENING DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, IT STILL WOULD REQUIRE THERE WOULD BE AN EVENT SPONSOR. THAT PERSON WOULD STILL NEED TO HAVE A LICENSE.
THE VENDORS WOULD STILL NEED TO BE LICENSED AT THAT POINT THEY WOULD BE OPERATING MORE THAN THREE TIMES A YEAR SO THEY WOULD ALL NEED TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.
RIGHT. BY BY DEFINITION THOUGH I'M STILL ASKING THAT YOU CLEAR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FLEA MARKET. I KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE I GUESS RELATIVELY THE SAME FOR WHICHEVER ONE YOU WERE USING BUT IT APPEARED THAT WHEN YOU IF I CAME IN AND TELL YOU I WANTED TO DO A POP UP SHOP THERE WAS A SET OF RULES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR A POP UP SHOP AND IF I SAID WELL WE'RE GOING TO DO A FLEA MARKET, THERE WERE ANOTHER SET OF RULES AND THEY DIDN'T CROSS OVER TO WHERE EACH OF THOSE BY DEFINITION EITHER THE SAME OR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STANDARD TO BE MET. YES.
AND THAT CREATED A VERY BIG A PROBLEM. YES.
OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SORRY. I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW I AGREE THAT THERE ARE SOME THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT WE REALLY SHOULD LOOK AT AS PART OF YOUR PROCESS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT POP UP SHOPS AND I CERTAINLY CAN YOU KNOW, MISSY WORKED THROUGH THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING REQUIREMENTS SPECIAL EVENTS SO THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT DISAGREEABLE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT DOES KIND OF THINGS DEPEND ON HOW DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE OPERATING SPECIAL EVENT SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT MISTY AND I CAN WORK ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW TO TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW THOSE ARE DEFINED AND THE ALAMO AND HOW THAT IMPACTS HOW YOU WANT TO OPERATE A POP UP SHOP IS YOU KNOW AND I SAY THAT AND
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NOT TO BELABOR A POINT BUT IT BECAME ALMOST PROHIBITIVE BY DEFINITION IS WHY DO YOU ASK THAT? OKAY. YEAH, YEAH I THINK THAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY TOWN STAFF. YES, SIR. GOOD, GOOD.WE WE WE SAT IN A MEETING AND THERE WAS SOME DISCOVERY ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS OF , POP UP SHOPS AND THEN THAT WAS TAKING THINKING THAT IN ANY ORGANIZATION, NONPROFIT OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION HAD A BUSINESS LICENSE THEY COULD SPONSOR SOMETHING LIKE THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ABOUT THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION AS A SPONSOR YES WE TALKED THAT ABSOLUTELY AS LONG AS THE EVENT SPONSOR IS LICENSED AND ABSOLUTELY THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS ON WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A POINT IN TIME WE MAY WANT TO DEFINITELY MAKE PUBLIC BECAUSE I THINK THAT AS YOU NOTED IN CONVERSATION WE HAD AND THE REASON OF OUR MEETING THE YOUNG LADY WAS A PART OF THAT ACTIVITY IN MAY MAY SEEM A BIT DISCOURAGED EVEN TRYING TO DO IT AGAIN NOW. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO PROMOTE ANOTHER ANOTHER VENUE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
YES, I AGREE ON OTHER QUESTIONS . LET ME JUST SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. YEAH. AS I RECALL IN THE MEETINGS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IF THERE'S A SPONSOR AND I THINK THAT ALL OF THE VENDORS STILL WOULD HAVE TO BE RIGHT AGAIN IF IT WOULD DEPEND BASED ON THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY SO IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE AN EVENT THAT WAS ONGOING SO, YOU KNOW, THAT REQUIRED EVERY WEEK OR A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH OR HOWEVER A MONTHLY HOWEVER BUT IT'S TO CONTINUE AT THAT POINT THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IF THEY'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE MORE THAN THREE TIMES AT THAT AT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE IF IT WAS SOMEONE COMING FROM OF TOWN AND THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO COME ONCE, YOU KNOW, THEY NOT REQUIRE IT.
SO IT IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE VENDORS AND THEIR TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
OKAY. AND I KNOW WE'RE REVIEWING SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE AND POLICY WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING. YOU MENTIONED EDUCATION GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO LET PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS. AND TO MR. SIMMONS HIS POINT HOW HAVE CHANGED? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD IN THIS MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH JUST A FEW OF US IS THAT STAFF AND THE TOWN WANTS THE EVENTS TO BE. WE ENCOURAGE THAT ABSOLUTELY. SO WE DO NOT WANT TO BE A POSITION OF BEING PROHIBITED BUT WE DO HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE ANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT COME UP. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT AS WELL THAT WE ARE WORKING TO ENCOURAGE AND FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT THE EVENTS .
THE EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FOR OUR STAFF SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE INTERACTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN STAFF AND THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO EVENTS. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL EDUCATED ON BOTH SIDES THE EDUCATION GOES BOTH WAYS IN MY OPINION COUNCIL IS HERE TO HELP.
WE DEFINITELY WANT SUCCESSFUL EVENTS THAT PEOPLE THRIVE AND LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND.
THEY LOVE OUR SPECIAL EVENT SO WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEY'RE SAFE AND. HONESTLY, WE'RE NOT HERE TRYING TO STOP THOSE EVENTS.
THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE INTENT. BUT THERE ARE SOME REGULATIONS THAT NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSED AND THAT IS REQUIREMENT. IT COULD BE A FEDERAL LAW.
IT COULD BE A STATE LAW. IT COULD BE A LOCAL TOWN ORDINANCE.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT. YES, MR. HINTZE AND I THINK I THINK YOU SAID THIS BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO POP UP SHOP OR SPECIAL EVENT THEY THEY WOULD BE REFERRED TO A PERSON DEPARTMENT AT TOWN AND THE TOWN WOULD HELP THEM FROM THERE.
RIGHT. IT'S JUST A ONE STOP SHOP. YES.
SO EILENE IS OUR STAFF MEMBER THAT WORKS WITH ANYONE SUBMITTING A SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION AND BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE EVENT SHE OBVIOUSLY WILL SEND IT OUT TO APPROPRIATE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE BEING MET FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EVENT THEY ALSO MEET MONTHLY ACTUALLY USE BI WEEKLY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS MAKING
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SURE EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK, STAFF IS WORKING CONSTANTLY ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNICATION IS IS THERE AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENT IS AS SUCCESSFUL. OKAY. YEAH MISS RIGHT I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT ON CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WE ALL THAT WE WERE PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT WE WERE WAITING AT THAT POINT FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENT PERSON TO COME IN AND ALSO MS. PERRY SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THEM I THINK THAT THE PROCESS WOULD RUN A LITTLE SMOOTHER BECAUSE WE HAVE A POINT PERSON OTHER THAN MS. BUCKELEW AND WE CAN ALSO JUST ADDRESS THINGS TOO. SO THAT WAS A PART OF THE CONCLUSION THAT WE CAME TO POSITIVE OUTCOME. YEAH.SO EXACTLY AND AND AND I THINK MRS. SIMMONS THAT KIND OF ANSWER WOULD ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS THE POP UP AND THE DEFINITION AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME LANGUAGE BECAUSE AT THAT POINT HAD WE TRIED TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GOT APPROVAL FROM THE TWO OF THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE QUESTIONS.
OKAY. I'VE GOT TO OPEN IT UP JUST FOR A MINUTE TO THE PUBLIC AND OUR FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON. TAIWAN SCOTT, FOR THE RECORD, I THINK THERE'S WE KNOW THERE'S A BIG PROCESS OF TO GET EVERYTHING CLARIFIED BUT THE FOCUS ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS CRITERIA AVENUE I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER CLARIFICATION SPECIAL EVENTS AND WHAT ARE OPEN AIR SALES AND FARMER'S MARKET BUSINESS LICENSE IS IN ALLOWS MY UNDERSTANDING OF SPECIAL EVENTS IS YOU WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY COME TO THE TOWN EACH TIME YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN EVENT SET THE DATE SET THE TIMES THAT THE CRITERIA POSSIBLY BE BONDED AND INSURANCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITTLE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING EVERY NOW AND THEN SO IF SOMEBODY HAS A OPEN AIR SALES AND FARMER'S MARKET BUSINESS LICENSE, WILL THEY STILL BE REQUIRED TO JUMP THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS OF A SPECIAL EVENT? THIS JUST NEEDS TO BE A BETTER CLARIFICATION. I UNDERSTAND THE SPECIAL EVENTS AVENUE BUT I MEAN WE'RE NOT BIG SPONSORS AND BIG COMPANIES OR BUSINESSES THAT ARE PUTTING ON HUNDRED AND 50, 250, 50 MAKING IT SO EVERYBODY DOES IS REQUIRED HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS LICENSE COULD BE MORE BURDENSOME ON THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER SO I THINK THERE'S MORE DETAILS THAT NEEDS TO BE IRONED OUT AND HOW OR IF THERE'S A CONFLICT WITH THE CURRENT OPEN AIR SALES AND FARMERS LICENSE IN A FARMER'S MARKET BUSINESS LICENSE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE LIMO SO IF SOMEONE HAS THAT LICENSE NOW HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THEM? ARE THEY NOW GOING TO REQUIRE TO EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING RUN AND GET INTO SPECIAL EVENTS? SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER CLARIFICATION ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I THINK IT EARLIER WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT THERE WILL POP UP SHOPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS ARE GOING TO KIND COME UNDER THAT ONE UMBRELLA. SO WE ARE WORKING TO KIND OF CLEAR THAT UP AND AGAIN TO ACCOMMODATE THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO DO A SPECIAL EVENT OR POP UP SHOP OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE WANT TO CALL IT. I DO THINK WE STILL WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO IF THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS IN THE TOWN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT. BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION I DID UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. SO WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE NOW AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS LICENSE FOR OPEN IS? SURE. YEAH, YEAH.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND I'LL JUST SHARE ONE QUICK LITTLE ANECDOTE WITH YOU.
SOME YEARS AGO MY OLDEST SON IS 26 NOW SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 16 YEARS AGO SET UP OUR LITTLE LEMONADE STAND OUT IN FRONT OF MOUNT CALVARY AND WE SELL LEMONADE.
PEOPLE STOP BY I DON'T KNOW THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME BUT ACTUALLY ONE OF THE OFFICIALS FROM THE TOWN STOPPED BY AND BOUGHT SOME LEMONADE. CERTAINLY WE REALIZED THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME SO WE CAN'T KEEP DOING BUSINESS THE WAY WE USED TO DO IT.
16 YEARS AGO OR 20 YEARS AGO OR 30 YEARS AGO WHERE TO JUST SET UP SHOP OR SET UP SOMETHING IN
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OUR YARD JUST START SELLING BUT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE. MR.. MR..SCOTT TO YOUR POINT AND THE POINT WELL TAKEN SO WE CAN CLEAN UP SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE AND HELP EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS AND HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION .
OTHER QUESTIONS MR. HINTS I MAY BE OUT OF ORDER JUST GAVEL ME DOWN BUT CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? WHAT IF WHAT IF WE HAD A LOCATION AND GRANTED IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST LOCATION BECAUSE THESE POP UPS MIGHT WANT TO BE IN IN HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY ARE. BUT WHAT IF WE HAD A CENTRAL LOCATION AND HAD SOMEBODY GET ALL THE LICENSES THEN ANYBODY COULD GO TO THAT LOCATION FOR THAT DAY OR, THAT EVENT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE THE LICENSES. IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEBODY ALREADY DONE IT AND THEY'RE THERE FOR THAT. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING BUT DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CIRCUMVENT CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAY BE LET STAFF ANSWER THAT BUT IN MY OPINION THEY CAN TAKE THE BECAUSE THAT WILL BE SET UP THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE SAFETY FACTORS, THE PARKING EVERYTHING BE ALL SAID, ALL READY TO GO AND THEN AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE A POP UP OR SPECIAL COULD JUST GO TO THAT LOCATION THAT HAS ALL OF THOSE PERMITS ALREADY IN PLACE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL IF YOU WILL .
YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S AN A LEVEL OF MAYBE A MARKET OR AN OPEN AIR MARKET.
IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THE THE CHALLENGES COME WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY TRY TO IT ON THEIR PROPERTY OR A PARTICULAR PROPERTY. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVEN WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT BUT. MAYBE THAT'S AN IDEA WE CAN EXPLORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YEAH. OKAY TURN.
TO TURN YOUR MICROPHONE I KNOW FROM THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT WE WENT OVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FLEA MARKET, THE OPEN MARKET, THE POP UP SHOP THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE I WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT A YARD SALE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THE RULES AGAIN WERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT WHEN IT CAME TO A YARD SALE ALSO AND AS I REMEMBER IT WAS BROUGHT UP BECAUSE OF THAT THEY WON THE SCHOOL HAS THE LARGEST YARD SALE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WHAT MADE THAT DIFFERENT ALSO FROM AN EVENT A FLEA MARKET OR OR AN OPEN AIR NOT ONLY DID I IT MADE THE DEFINITION DIFFERENT THEN THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME A BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED SO IF WE CAN KIND OF TOUCH ON MAYBE THAT AGAIN SO I CAN WHEN IT COMES TO A YARD SALE ALSO IF WE ALL DISCUSS IT TODAY AND FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IF WE CAN HAVE THAT ANSWER THE OTHER THING IF YOU CAN KIND OF TOUCH ON ONE MORE TIME ABOUT THE VISITORS PASS BECAUSE I KNOW WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THAT ALSO LIKE HOW DO WE ASSURE THAT THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMING IN TO OUR POP UP FLEA MARKETS AND THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCEDURES THAT WE HERE HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE SO THEY'RE COMING MOST OF THE TIME THE WEEKENDS BY THE TIME TOWNS OPEN AGAIN THEY'RE GONE.
SO HOW DO HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT SITUATION OUT TOO? AND I JUST REMEMBER THOSE TWO
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STICKING OUT SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE IS COMING IN ON THE WEEKEND AND IS OPERATING AND THEY DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE, YOU CERTAINLY CAN REACH OUT TO ME.I CAN PURSUE ENFORCEMENT WITH THAT OUTSIDE OF WORK WITH MY STAFF.
WE DO THAT DAILY NOT JUST FROM COMING IN ON THE WEEKENDS. SO WE'VE GOT CONTRACTORS THAT COME IN IT. IT'S JUST A PART OF LIFE WHEN YOU'RE ENFORCING BUSINESS LICENSE TAX CODES. SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TRY TO ENFORCE THAT IF SOMEONE IS VISITOR AND COMING IN AND WORKING AT A SPECIAL EVENT THEN THE SPONSOR SHOULD HAVE YOU KNOW MAKE SURE THAT VENDOR IS PROPERLY LICENSED AND PAYING TAXES IF IF IT'S APPLICABLE SO DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION IF THEY'RE COMING IN AND DOING IT ALL ON THEIR OWN AND NOT AND THEY'RE NOT QUITE SO WE WE DO HAVE MEANS OF FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF THEIR TIME THAT THEY WERE HERE ON THE ISLAND THE YARD. I CANNOT SPEAK TO A YARD SALE THAT IS JUST DONE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY BY WHO DECIDES TO HAVE A YARD SALE ON SATURDAY AND THEY'RE SELLING THEIR OWN BELONGINGS THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS REGULATED THE BUSINESS LICENSE LAW HOWEVER ONCE YOU DECIDE TO HOST A YARD SALE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY SUCH AS YOU KNOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT BECOMES A SPECIAL EVENT SO IN THAT CASE THEY WOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND THEN THE VENDORS ARE REVIEWED TO SEE IF LICENSING IS REQUIRED SO IF SOMEONE IS ONLY GOING TO PARTICIPATE THAT EVENT FOR ONE DAY AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO OTHER YARD SALES OR BE AT OTHER EVENTS THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE BECAUSE IT FALLS UNDER THE OF THREE DAYS OF OPERATION WITHIN THE YEAR.
IF SOMEONE IS A TRUE BUSINESS THEN OF COURSE THEY WOULD NEED A LICENSE.
SO AGAIN IT'S GOING TO VARY BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
OKAY NOW HOW ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT COME IN FOR THE WEEKEND THAT DO GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE, DO YOU MAKE IT MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR PAYING THE TAXES? SO ONCE WE KNOW THEY'RE OPERATING WE REACH OUT TO THEM .
OF COURSE WE WANT VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO I WILL SAY THIS MOST PEOPLE WE REACH OUT TO COMPLY THEY SAY OKAY, I NEEDED TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE, GET ONE. THEY PAY THEIR TAXES AND IT'S USUALLY VERY EASY PROCESS. IT'S PRETTY RARE THAT WE FIND PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO HAVE IT WHO REFUSE ONCE WE CONTACT THEM IF THAT'S THE CASE WE DO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CAN'T BE CITED FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A BUSINESS LICENSE IF FOUND DOING SO AND YOU KNOW THOSE ARE THE MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT WE HAVE AN R AND R CODE . OKAY.
OKAY. YES. SO WE WANT TO TRY TO MOVE THE AGENDA ALONG. WE'RE CIRCULATING THE QUESTIONS.
MS. RIGHT. YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR US JUST ONE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THAT. WE DID ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS WHEN IT CAME TO THE YARD SALE AND PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING IN FOR THE WEEKEND. WE ALSO CAME A CONCLUSION TOO WE CAN'T REALLY POLICE EVERYONE THAT'S COMING THROUGH SO. IT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS COME IN AND WITH A POP UP OR IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO IT YOURSELF JUST LET US KNOW AND ANY OTHER. IT'S JUST LIKE LETTING US KNOW LETTING THE TOWN KNOW WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE HERE AND DOING THAT JUST AS WHEN THE TOWN MAY GO AND SEE SOMEONE THAT IS OF HILTON HEAD WHO'S DOING THAT WHO MAY WRITE A QUESTION ABOUT IT.
SO WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART IN TERMS OF HELPING THE TOWN IN REGARDS TO JOINING THEM KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING US ABSOLUTELY YEAH WE TALKED ABOUT WAYS OF YOU KNOW COMING INTO COMPLIANCE EVEN AFTER THE EVENT IS OVER I THINK THAT FOR THE MOST PART IF NOT FOR THE ALL OF THE PARTS IF SOMEONE COMES INTO THE TOWN OF THE COMMUNITY WE WE WILL HAVE THEIR INFORMATION. WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP IF WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP SOMEONE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, APRIL.
OKAY. THANK YOU OKAY? THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS SPECIAL EVENTS. MR. KEVIN TYLERS IS HERE WITH US AND I'D LIKE HIM TO COME
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INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST I KNOW I'LL DO MY BEST. THANK YOU, MR. STEPHENS AND EVERYBODY FOR HAVING ME.MY FIRST GO AND GET MY TASK FORCE MEETING SO I'M HONORED TO HERE WITH YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF BECOMING THE ISLAND FOR 35 YEARS MY WIFE AND I MOVED HERE WITH OUR TWO YOUNG KIDS IN AUGUST FROM NEW JERSEY SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO BE HERE AND HONORED TO BE LIVING HERE ON THE ISLAND AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL GEECHEE COMMUNITY AND THE HISTORY AND YOU KNOW, I'M ONLY TWO MONTHS INTO THIS POSITION BUT I'M LEARNING AS I'M GOING BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROCESS FAR AND LIKE YOU SAID MR. STEVENS EARLIER, JUST ANOTHER THAT YOU ALL CAN REACH OUT TO WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EVENTS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE PLEASE EMAIL ME YOU KNOW, CALL ME ON MY CELL PHONE. I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU IN WAY THAT I CAN WITH YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS. SO I CAME ON WITH THE TOWN ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO JUST IN CHARGE OF THE PUBLIC AND HELPING OUT WITH ALL SPECIAL EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE ALL OF OUR PARKS. SO THAT'S KIND OF MY MY JOB IN A NUTSHELL BUT LIKE I SAID JUST STILL LEARNING ALL THE YOU KNOW, ALL THE MUNICIPAL LAWS REGULATIONS, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EVENT BUT SO FAR IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN GREAT COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE WITH THE STAFF AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU WITH YOUR FUTURE EVENTS GREAT GREAT .
THANK YOU THANK YOU MR. TAYLOR AND WELCOME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR POSITION AND OF COURSE IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A ANOTHER POINT PERSON THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME CONTACT WITH AND MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR MR. TAYLOR'S OR ANYTHING YEP IT'S A T Y L U S YEAH I'M LOSING I'M TRAINING AS MENTIONED THE ISSUE OF PLACEMENT IN IS DOWN HERE. YEAH.
SO MY BACKGROUND IS ATHLETICS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. I WORKED AT A DIVISION THREE COLLEGE FOR SEVEN YEARS IN ATHLETICS I'M DOING ALL SPECIAL EVENTS I RAN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS ALSO HELPED RUN THE NATIONAL GAMES SPECIAL OLYMPICS AS WELL WHERE IT BRINGS IN OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR SPECIAL ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE'VE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO OUR CAMPUS AND SO I WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR PARTS IN RUNNING THOSE EVENTS IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING AT A NONPROFIT FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO ME AND MY FAMILY FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. SO MY BROTHER IN LAW SEVERELY AUTISTIC AFTER MY WORK WITH THE COLLEGE I WORKED FOR THE FOR A NONPROFIT IN NEW JERSEY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HOPEFULLY BRING DOWN TO THE ISLAND AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE FOR IT BUT FOR THEM I RAN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS OUTINGS AND ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE WE HOSTED WAS ALWAYS GREAT. I'VE BEEN TOLD TO SAY YES. YEP YEAH GO WELCOME LIKE ANYONE ELSE THE GREAT THANK YOU THANK YOU MR. TITUS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH WELL THANK OKAY THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON MY AGENDA IS THE DISTRICT PLANNING UPDATE FROM MISSY LUECK ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPED DIRECTOR ALSO KNOWN AS PLAN B ONE.
I CAME FROM YOU JUST MET OUR PLAN OVER HERE. I CAN RELINQUISH THIS TITLE.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICK THAT CHRISTIANA WAS A LITTLE LIGHT WITH HER INTRODUCTION OF HERSELF SHE IS SHE BRINGS A TON OF ENERGY AND, CHARISMA AND A REALLY IMPRESSIVE BACKGROUND AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HER AND SHE'S REALLY EAGER TO LEARN SHE'S EAGER TO LEARN THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. AND I THINK WHEN SHE GETS HER FEET WET WILL BE MAKING HUGE STRIDES ESPECIALLY FOR THIS FOR THIS IMPLEMENTATION WORK PROGRAM. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY REAL BECAUSE WE HAD ANOTHER PRINCIPAL PLANNER ASHLEY GOODRICH HERE IN THE AUDIENCE ALSO STARTED ON THE SAME DAY AS CHRISTIANA. WE HAVE A FULLER TEAM IN COMMUNITY PLANNING AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR 2023 FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
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BUT RIGHT NOW I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICT PLANNING UPDATE AND THIS LINE ITEM IS THE REPLACEMENT FOR WHAT USED TO BE THE STANDING ITEM ON THE AGENDA CALLED HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY AND AND I'M CALLING IT DISTRICT UPDATE WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN NOVEMBER WHICH WAS THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WE WERE FRESH OFF OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN WHICH IS A IS A REALLY EXCITING PLAN AND IS ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO REPLICATE THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND IN 2023 AND THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN INCORPORATED FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE LOOKING TO LAUNCH ACTUALLY WEEK OUR INTERNAL PROJECT LAUNCH FOR OUR DISTRICT PLANNING AND GROWTH FRAMEWORK PROJECT FOR THE TOWN AND IT WILL INCORPORATE ALL OF THE REMAINING HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND IN THIS DISTRICT PLANNING EXERCISE AND AT THE END OF IT THE OUTPUT WILL BE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ZONING CALIBRATION SIMILAR TO WHAT DID IN THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH A NEW FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WE HAD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL USES SUCH AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL THAT WAS ANTICIPATED FOR THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT DENSITY AND DENSITY CALIBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND SO. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING AND WE'LL KEEP THAT AS A STANDING AGENDA ITEM AND I'LL REPORT OUT TO THIS BODY KIND OF AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT PROJECT BUT CERTAINLY LIKE WITH THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN WE HAD SOME GUIDING DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE OUR PLAN AND OF COURSE THE GOAL GEECHEE CULTURAL AND LAND PRESERVATION REPORT WILL ALSO BE A GUIDING DOCUMENT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT FULL ISLAND WIDE DISTRICT PLANNING EXERCISE. SO JUST LIKE THE INFORMING DOCUMENTS THAT INFORMED ISLAND WE'LL USE THE SAME DOCUMENTS TO INFORM THAT DISTRICT. SO THAT'S COMING IN 2023.DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT THAT.
YOU MENTIONED A NEW STAFF MEMBER. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HER? SURE. ASHLEY GOODRICH IS A PRINCIPAL PLANNER AS AND SHE BRINGS A LARGE DEPTH OF BOTH COMMUNITY PLANNING BACKGROUND WELL AS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TO US AND SO SHE'S GOING TO BE A PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN THE, THE COMMUNITY PLANNING DIVISION. WELL, I'M CERTAINLY YOU'VE GOT SOME HELP AROUND YOU NOW AND WE REALLY YOU STANDING IN THE GAP FOR AS LONG AS YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE SOME HELP AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISSY ON THIS, MR. HINTZ, A COMMON I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING THESE OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
IT SEEMED TO WORK REALLY WELL MID ISLAND AND SO WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO CARRY IT THROUGH THE REST OF THE ISLAND IT'S IT'S FORWARD I'M SURE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF INPUT YOU'VE GOT YOUR GUIDEPOST AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF INPUT FROM FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THAT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I THINK THIS A GREAT FORWARD THINKING PROCESS AND AND I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS. I'M REALLY HAPPY IT THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ANY ONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS OUR 2023 TASK FORCE GOALS.
AND LET ME JUST SAY A BIT BEFORE YOU START PRESENTING THIS THAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION JUST ACTUALLY THIS MORNING AND IN THE PAST AS WELL. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY CERTAINLY LINDA FROM THE HERITAGE LIBRARY WHO'S BEEN WITH US MANY MANY TIMES AND IS VERY INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN OUR REPORT IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE PLANS LAST YEAR AND I SEE LUANA GREAT SELLERS IN THE HOUSE WHO IS WITH LOWCOUNTRY GOLF FOUNDATION AND SHE DOES A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL CERTAINLY BE TAKING MORE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES AND TALENTS THAT SHE BRINGS.
MR. ERIC TURPIN IS HERE FROM THE NATIVE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST AS WELL AND NATALIE HEFNER HARVEY HARVEY. I KNOW IT WAS GOING TO MESS IT UP.
WHO IS NOW WITH THE OFFICE OF AFFAIRS AND IS NAMED IN OUR REPORT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE COLLABORATING WITH THAT OFFICE TO IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THE ITEMS IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TASK FORCE AS WELL. AND OF COURSE CAROLYN GRANT IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR
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THE TOWN. SO WHEN IT TO GETTING INFORMATION OUT IN EDUCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT SHE'S SHE'S DOING AS WELL AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FOR COUNCILMAN BROWN WHO IS HERE IN ATTENDANCE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THANK FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE GOT ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANYTHING YOU CAN FIX EVERYTHING.
SO THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR 2023 TASK FORCE GOALS AND I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH CHRISTIAN AND MISSY AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS MISSING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS I KNOW ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD PLAN. SO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR OBVIOUSLY IS A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO IN THIS COMING YEAR BUT ALSO STARTING BY LOOKING BACK AT MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND BUILDING ON THOSE ALL RIGHT.
SO I WON'T STEAL YOUR THUNDER. I'LL LET YOU THAT TO US. WELL, WHEN WE DID MEET IT WAS CHAIRMAN STEVEN'S GREAT IDEA FIRST INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, LET'S REFLECT ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER BOTH AS A TOWN AND AS TASK FORCE AND SO WE CREATED A LIST OF TEN ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE JUST WANTED TO REFLECT ON AND CERTAINLY YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ALSO ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL. BUT REALLY I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE LIST AND. WE'VE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OVER THE YEARS SINCE THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND SO WE HAVE ADOPTION OF FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND FAMILY COMPOUND REGULATION. IT WAS NO EASY TASK THAT'S THAT'S HUGE TO HAVE THOSE REGULATIONS AND THOSE PROCESSES ON THE BOOKS YOU'LL THAT THEY'RE DOWN THERE IN THE GOALS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO FURTHER REFINE THOSE AND AND MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO THOSE REGULATIONS AS WELL WE HAVE A DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM AND THAT'S IN PLACE AND IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED AND THAT PROGRAM IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE IT ALLOWS FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN TAKE AN EXISTING DIRT ROAD AND CONVERT IT INTO TOWN RIGHT OF WAY AND IT DOESN'T THERE IS NO DENSITY THAT'S LOST ON THE PARCEL SIZE SO THE SIZE OF THE PARENT PARCEL REMAINS THE SIZE OF WHICH DENSITY WOULD CALCULATED SO THAT LOSS OF ACREAGE AS PART OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THROUGH THAT THAT PROCESS DOESN'T AFFECT OR IMPACT THE DENSITY FOR THOSE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT THE DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM AND THEN LAST FALL WE ADOPTED THE GULLAH HISTORY AND CULTURAL EDUCATION WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING THAT'S ALSO DOWN ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES IS BECAUSE NOW THAT IT'S BEEN ADOPTED, WELL WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT IT AND AND WE HAVE A COLLABORATIVE IDEA RIGHT NOW OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND THAT INCLUDES THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. ALSO I RECENTLY JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ADOPTION OF THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN WHICH HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO DID WE WE HAVE THIS ON THE SCREEN, KAREN, DID YOU PUT THIS ONE UP HERE? OKAY. SORRY, THIS HANDOUT AND I THINK IT'S JUST ON YOUR DESKS BUT IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. EVERYONE ELSE.
SO WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR DESIGN STUDIO PROCESS AND THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE REPORT REGULARLY THIS BODY BUT IT'S ONE THAT IS USED VERY FREQUENTLY AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DESIGN STUDIOS THAT ARE ACTIVE. IN FACT HAVE ONE LATER THIS WEEK AS WELL. BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS WHERE WE WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND WE HELP WITH SOME FREE PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE FOR NAVIGATING THE TOWNS PROCESSES WHETHER IT'S FOR DEVELOPMENT OR FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENT OR BUSINESS ACTIVITY. SO WE WORK WITH WITH PEOPLE WITHIN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRY TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES AND THE TOOLS SO THEY KNOW WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM SHOULD THEY WANT TO DEVELOP OR START A BUSINESS? WE ALSO CREATED THE DELINQUENT TAX PROGRAM IN COORDINATION WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY AND THAT PROCESS AND CERTAINLY MS. LUANA AND HER SHE'S BEEN A HUGE HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM. WE ESTABLISHED WITH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY THE HEIRS PROPERTY AND FAMILY RESEARCH WHICH IS WHICH IS WONDERFUL AND IT'S HELPING PEOPLE THROUGH GENEALOGY RESEARCH FOR PROPERTY AND WE ALSO ESTABLISHED SOME OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'VE HAD OUTREACH AND ACTIVITIES AT AREA CHURCHES AND AT SOME OF OUR PARKS TO TALK THROUGH WILL SEMINARS AS AS WELL AS WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE
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REGULATIONS FOR FAMILY AND FAMILY COMPOUND WE WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY GIVING SEMINARS AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO EXPLAIN HOW THOSE PROCESSES WORK.ALSO THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WE'VE ESTABLISHED REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS WITH CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND SO THAT'S ONGOING.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES PAGE THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE THAT HOLDS A WHOLE BEVY OF INFORMATION ABOUT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS PROPERTY SERVICE PROVIDERS, LAND USE AND GALAXY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANTED START WITH THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE HOPEFULLY THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT.
I MEAN IF THERE'S MORE THAT WE FORGOT ABOUT. PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE ADD IT TO THE LIST AND THEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES AND.
THIS IS JUST THE START WE CAN ADD TO THIS LIST BUT WE WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING IN OF YOU TO START WITH. SO NUMBER ONE ON THERE IS PUBLIC POLICIES GOALS AND OF COURSE IT WAS IN THE PLAN CALLED HISTORIC OVERLAY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL DISTRICT PLANNING AND CERTAINLY THIS THIS EFFORT WILL HAVE ON THE AGENDA EVERY MONTH AND WE'LL GIVE YOU PROGRESS ON THAT HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPLY IT THROUGH THIS OTHER MECHANISM WHICH IS DISTRICT PLANNING. SO WE HAVE THAT IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES AND AND CURRENTLY THE PLAN FOR THAT IS TO INCORPORATE THAT THROUGH DISTRICT PLANNING.
THE SECOND ITEM IS CULTURAL PRESERVATION PRIORITY GOALS AND IT'S TWOFOLD.
ONE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR GULLAH HISTORY AND CULTURE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND TWO IS TO ESTABLISH A RESOURCE CENTER BOTH A BRICK AND MORTAR RESOURCE CENTER AS WELL AS ONLINE 24 SEVEN RESOURCE CENTER SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST THAN THE PAGE WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. SO BOTH OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS WILL REQUIRE SOME COLLABORATION BOTH WITH THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND WITH OTHERS TOO TO DO BOTH OF THOSE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'LL ESTABLISH A PROJECT WITH A TASK AND A TIMELINE FOR THOSE AND WE'LL REPORT OUT BASED ON WHEN THERE'S CERTAIN MILESTONES TO THIS BODY ON WHERE WE ARE IN IMPLEMENTATION .
AND THEN NUMBER THREE IS TO CONTINUE EFFORTS AND REFINEMENT.
AND ON THAT WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS SO WE HAVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT OUT REGULARLY THE MONTHLY REPORTS AND THEN ALSO DO THE CASE STUDIES WHERE WHEN WE'VE RUN INTO CERTAIN CASES THAT ARE AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO INFORM YOU OF HOW IT MAY IMPACT FUTURE POLICY, THEN WE'LL CERTAINLY BRING THOSE FORWARD.
I'D ALREADY MENTIONED THAT FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND FAMILY COMPOUND ARE AREAS WHERE WE COULD MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO THOSE REGULATIONS FOR EASE OF USE AS WELL AS CHANGING SOME LOOKING AT CHANGING SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT AS ONEROUS AND SO WE'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THOSE HURDLES THAT ARE WITHIN THE EXISTING REGULATIONS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS AND THEN CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR HEIRS PROPERTY REGIONAL COORDINATION IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S ON THE LIST AS WELL AS DELINQUENT TAX SUPPORT AND ON THE AGENDA IS THE ONE I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR DELINQUENT PROGRAM AND AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ON THAT THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER GOALS OR THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE REPORT THAT YOU'D US TO FOCUS ON IN 2023 AS WE LAUNCH WITH WITH OUR NEW TEAM HERE? THANK YOU.
MS. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO CELEBRATE OF HE'S REALIZED THAT THIS ONGOING THERE'S ALWAYS WORK STILL LEFT TO BE DONE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE SO THAT WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH EVERY TIME AND WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK BACK AND TWEAK THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AND OF COURSE IMPLEMENTATION THE KEY TO ALL OF THESE ITEMS SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS.
QUESTIONS OR FOR FOR MISSING MR. HINTZE I THINK, MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL JUST ESTABLISHED THEIR TWO YEAR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN LAST WEEK AND TWO OF THE ITEMS ONE OF THEM IS NUMBER NUMBER 12 COMPLETING THE IMPLEMENTATION
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OF THE AND GET YOUR TASK FORCE WORK PLAN. SO THAT'S HIGH UP ON TOWN COUNCIL'S LIST OF THINGS TO DO. ANOTHER ONE IS ASSISTING ST JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH MITIGATION PLAN WHICH I THINK IS WONDERFUL AND IN THE THIRD IS COMMENCING OPERATIONS ON THE GOLD GEECHEE HISTORIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP INCLUDING FORMATTING A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HIRING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO THREE OF THE 15 ARE ARE INVOLVED WITH STAUNTON NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GOOD NEWS . THAT'S GREAT.THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT US THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR FOR MR. I GUESS THERE'S ONE QUESTION THIS MAY BE A LITTLE OF AN ASIDE BUT IT'S RELATIVE TO THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO IF A PERSON COMES IN AND NEEDED A LEGAL OPINION ON SOMETHING CAN THAT BE SOUGHT THERE AS WELL AS LEGAL ON RIGHTS AND WAYS ENCROACHMENTS AND YES ACCESS AND IN AND LEGAL QUESTIONS ARE ONE THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING WITHIN THE TOWN'S PURVIEW YES CERTAINLY CAN BE PART OF DESIGN STUDIO OKAY WE GET A LOT OF ACCESS RELATED DESIGN STUDIO REQUESTS YEAH ONE ANOTHER ON THE DIRT ROAD AND THAT I GUESS THIS IS ONLY A PRESENTATION I REALLY DON'T I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS BUT AS IT COMES UP JUST A QUESTION ON THE DIRT ROAD PROJECT I KNOW AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IT REQUIRES THAT ANY RESIDENTS ON THE ROAD THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE 100% THAT'S CORRECT SIGNATURES.
I GUESS MY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IS YOU BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ANY HAVE YOU DONE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY ROADS APPROVED? WE HAVE AND WE CAN DO A FULL REPORT AT ANOTHER OF SOME OF THE SUCCESS STORIES OF THE DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM WE CAN SHOW PICTURES OF BEFORE AND AFTER BUT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM AND THE THE CIP DIVISION IS THE IMPLEMENTING TEAM FOR THAT HAVE THEY HAVE A PROCESS FLOW CHART AND WE COULD WE HAVE THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. I JUST YOU KNOW AND I ASK BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A FEW RECENT ISSUES THAT SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PEOPLE STILL KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME AND GET. THAT'S CORRECT CERTAIN ITEMS LOOK VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. AND OKAY THANKS MRD CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE RESOURCE CENTERS? YES. SO THE THE PLAN CALLS FOR HAVING A RESOURCE CENTER WHERE SOMEBODY CAN WALK IN AND GET A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SO AN IN-PERSON LOCATION WHERE CAN ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HEIRS PROPERTY PROGRAMS, ASSISTANCE THAT THAT MAY BE OUT THERE TO TO HELP THROUGH SOME HEIRS PROPERTY ISSUES AND WE WANTED TO TO LOOK AT DOING AN IN PERSON BUT ALSO TO HAVE A REALLY ROBUST ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER THAT HAS ALL OF THE SAME BROCHURES AND AND YOU KNOW, COLLATERAL MATERIALS BUT JUST PRESENTED IN AN ONLINE FORMAT BUT ALSO HAVE LINKS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT KIND AND LIKE THE WEB OF THE NETWORK IN WEBBING THAT THAT EXISTS THAT THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE THROUGH SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS WE WANTED TO DO BOTH AND AND MAKE THAT A PRIORITY IN 2023 SO WOULD THAT WOULD THAT BE WITH A PHYSICAL IN PERSON? WOULD THAT BE AT TOWN HALL OR WELL WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS THAT THERE COULD AT LEAST BE AREA WITHIN THE FRONT LOBBY THAT IS DEDICATED TO RESOURCE IS FOR HEIRS PROPERTY OR HISTORIC DESIGN STUDIO FAMILY COMPOUND, FAMILY SUBDIVISION SO THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION AND THEN MAYBE THE RESOURCE THAT THEY RECEIVE IS YOU KNOW MS. PERRY TOO TO BE TO ARRANGE A MEETING AND MEET WITH THEM TO GO THROUGH THAT INFORMATION SO IT MEAN IT MAY NOT BE YOU KNOW AT UCB IN AN OFFICE THAT'S STAFFED IT MAY UTILIZATION OF OUR EXISTING STAFF BUT THAT WE HAVE A DEDICATED PLACE WHERE SOMEBODY CAN COME IN TO TOWN HALL AND ACCESS THE INFORMATION AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO THEY COULD THEY COULD SET UP A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT MAY COME IN KIND OF AROUND SOMEWHAT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PART. I WOULD I WOULD BE HOPING THAT WE COULD WITH SOME STRATEGIES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT OUTSIDE OF MOUNTAINS IN OUR THINKING
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WOULD YOU KNOW EVERYBODY DOES SOCIAL MEDIA AND I KNOW THAT WE WE CAN GO INTO THE CHURCHES ORGANIZATIONS TO KIND OF SHOW TO SHARE INFORMATION. I THINK THAT WITH SO MUCH THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING I THINK IS IMPORTANT ONCE YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ANY WAY EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN. SO THAT WOULD INVOLVE YOU KNOW AND THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE TASKFORCE, YOU KNOW, NEW OR NEW REPRESENTATIVE AND I THINK WE NEED TO WE HAVE IT IS IMPERATIVE AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO HAS SOME REAL TANGIBLE STRATEGIES HOW WE'RE GOING YOU KNOW INCREASE THAT EDUCATIONAL ASPECT. YES WE CAN AND WE PLAN ON YOU KNOW, ALWAYS COLLABORATING OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ON YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE CHANNELS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE ACTIVITY THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD BENEFICIAL BUT PEOPLE STILL AREN'T AWARE OF CORRECT? YES. THEN I'M AN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE DESIGN STUDIO REPORT YOU HAVE HERE THAT THERE WERE 19 COMPLETED CASES. DOES THAT MEAN THERE WERE 19 PEOPLE IN AND WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS GOT PERMITTED AND WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THEM PROPERLY? IT MEANS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN THE TOOLS TO APPLY SHOULD THEY REACH THAT POINT NOT EVERY NOT EVERY DESIGN STUDIO RESULTS AN APPLICATION FULLY EDUCATED FULLY EDUCATED AND THE TOOLS TO APPLY WHEN THEY'RE READY TO DO SO. ALL RIGHT.YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS FOR FOR MISSY I ONE YES, MA'AM.
AND JUST ONE OTHER THING AND IT HAS TO DO THE WHEN IT COMES TO THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS JUST JUST NOTING THAT I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT COLLABORATING WITH THE CULTURE AND AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TOUCHING OUR RESOURCES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES OUR NATIVE SETTINGS YOU KNOW A MUSEUM ASHEVILLE YOU KNOW OTHER AREAS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT WE ARE TALKING, YOU KNOW, IS APPROVED BY ALL AND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE IN A CURRICULUM IS SOMETHING THAT IS AUTHENTIC TO THE CULTURE. YES. OKAY.
I THINK WE WILL DO SO AND THERE WAS A SYLLABUS THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE PROGRAM AND IT INCLUDED YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH DR. AS AN EXAMPLE AND OTHERS ON ON THAT HISTORY AND MATERIAL AND WE WILL DO THAT. YES. THANK YOU, MISSY.
NATALIE, WOULD YOU COME AND MAYBE SAY HELLO TO US NATALIE HARVEY AND SEE JANE JOSEPH HERE AS WELL? HEY, JANE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
NATALIE IS RELATIVELY NEW SO I JUST THOUGHT WE'D MAYBE WANT HEAR FROM HER FROM THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND ALSO SHARE WITH US LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT YOU. SURE.
WELL, NOTHING LIKE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE. BEAR WITH ME AS I THINK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS TO SHARE. I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN SINCE THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER AS THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AND SO I'M STILL LEARNING SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED THAT POSITION AND HOW INVOLVED IT IS OUR PUBLIC ART HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW AS OUR PARKS ARE DEVELOPED THAT WILL INCLUDE SOME PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M I SPENT 25 YEARS AT THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITIONS AND SO I HAVE A STRONG AFFECTION FOR AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY HERE ON HILTON. MY GRADUATE WORK WAS ACTUALLY DONE ON THE HISTORY OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND BEFORE THE BRIDGE SO I COME TO THIS WITH A STRONG LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE STORIES SO I'M FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS CAN ASSIST ,MISSY SAID. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS INFORMALLY ABOUT HOW I CAN ASSIST IN YOU MENTIONED CHOICE YOU KNOW, CONNECTING TO ORGANIZATIONS AS THAT AND INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE ON THE TOWN HAS A IDENTIFY ALREADY TO TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES SO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH SANA AS WELL WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY SHARED BOOKS AND STORIES WITH EACH OTHER SO I'M HERE AS A RESOURCE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO I HAVEN'T MET YET HOPE I HAVE A CHANCE TO IN THE FUTURE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN TRY TO ANSWER OR FIND OUT
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FOR YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT SO DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE'LL BE WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH YOU AS WELL APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.ANYONE FROM OUR IN ATTENDANCE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT REPORT AND THAT ENDS THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR TASK FORCE. WE WILL HAVE OUR STAFF REPORT BUT BEFORE WE DO I WOULD ALSO AGAIN RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNICATIONS MISS CAROLYN GRANT WHO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HER IN THAT POSITION AND UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE GALA GEEK CULTURE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON THE ISLAND AND I HAVE GIVE HER A LITTLE SHOUT OUT BECAUSE JUST RECENTLY SHE WAS FEATURED IN AND LEISURE MAGAZINE FOR THE BOOK THAT SHE COLLABORATED WITH BEFORE THE BRIDGE WITH DR.
CAMPBELL AND MR. BARNWELL ALSO FEATURED IN THAT AND LEISURE MAGAZINE IS HER NIECE MY UNOFFICIAL GODCHILD MISS SONJA GRANT WHO DOES GALA TEAS AND THINGS.
ONE OF THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FROM HERE IN THE COMMUNITY SO REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT SHE'S THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE IN A COMMUNICATIONS THAT UNDERSTANDS THE CULTURE AND THE HISTORY.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM WE'RE MOVING INTO AND WE'VE TOUCHED ON SOME OF THOSE ALREADY IS OUR STAFF REPORT. AND ONCE AGAIN HERE'S MISSY FOR THE DELINQUENT TAX REPORT.
I'M GOING TO ASK GWEN GRAVES SELLERS TO GIVE THIS UP. I HEARD YOU MENTIONED HER EARLIER SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT HER ON THE SPOT BUT I'M GLAD SHE'S HERE WITH AS WELL AND I LOVE MY LUANA SHE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE VOCALISTS. OH BOY.
SHE SING A LITTLE BIT. OH YEAH. I DID SING THE OTHER NIGHT OH YEAH OH OH YEAH NOT SINGING TODAY ALBUM ALBUM COMING BOY OKAY PRESSURE'S ON NOW.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS EVERYONE I KNOW EVERYBODY BUT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME LUANA GRAVES SELLERS, FOUNDER OF THE LITTLE COUNTRY GALLERY FOUNDATION WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES WE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT HEIRS PROPERTY ISSUES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ELIMINATED AND SO FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THAT ARE DEALING WITH EITHER HEIRS PROPERTY ISSUES OR ISSUES WITH THEIR PROPERTY WHEN IT COMES TO PAYING TAXES. SO OUR PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY IS NOT A BAND AID, IT IS AN EDUCATIONAL THAT INCLUDES WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATION.
SO THAT PEOPLE WHO IN MOST SITUATIONS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY HAVE OR ARE LIVING ON HEIRS. SO TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S ON AWARE OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THEN LITERALLY TAKING THEM BY THE HAND AND GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I KNOW I DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN AS PROPERTY TO YOU OR THE PROCESS BUT WE HAVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH LINDA AT THE HERITAGE LIBRARY CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY.
WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY AS FAR AS THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS THAT WHEN SOMEONE FALLS THROUGH THE FOR HEIRS PROPERTY CRACK SO TO SPEAK WE HAVE ATTORNEYS WE CAN ALSO REFER THEM TO AS WELL SO IF A PERSON HAS A FINANCIAL BURDEN AND I'LL GIVE YOU A REAL LIVE CASE STUDY OF WE HAD A A RECENT SHE'S IN HER NINETIES THE PROPERTY IN THE HUSBAND'S NAME THE PROPERTY IS STILL IN PROBATE NEW DEVELOPMENT CAME UP DOWN THE STREET HER ANNUAL TAXES WERE $423 A YEAR THEY SUDDENLY WENT TO 20 $200 A YEAR AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEONE IS STRUGGLING AND THEY ARE IN SIGNIFICANT NEED.
WE WILL STEP IN AND WE WILL PAY THE TAXES FOR THEM SO THAT CAN HOLD ON TO THE TAXES.
HOWEVER, IN THAT SITUATION WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO THINK THAT THEY CAN COME BACK EVERY
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YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM. SO IN HER CASE WE NEED TO CREATE A SUCCESSION PLAN WHO IS COMING BEHIND YOU? WHO'S NAME IS ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY GOING TO BE IN AND SO SO THAT THE SITUATION IS RESOLVED.IT'S NOT JUST TAKEN CARE OF TEMPORARILY AND THEN A PROBLEM NEXT YEAR IF IT IS A CASE OF HEIRS PROPERTY ISSUES, WHAT WE DO IS IN ADDITION TO EDUCATING WE HAVE STEPPED IN TO DO MEDIA IN BETWEEN THE FAMILY SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO AN ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THE WITH THE PROPERTY IF THE PROPERTY IS VACANT AND MAYBE THEY CAN DO SOME DEVELOPMENT ON IT OR COME TO SOME AGREEMENT FAST CARBON DATING ANY ANYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE LAND TO BE PRODUCTIVE FINANCIALLY THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SITUATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE OFFER. SO THE PROGRAM RUNS THE GAMUT OF OF WAYS THAT WE ASSIST BECAUSE THERE IS NO COOKIE CUTTER ANSWER SITUATION FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITHIN THE TOWN WE HAVE STARTED A RELATIONSHIP, A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP. SO GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN GOING THAT'LL GO ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS FAR AS MONITORING THE LISTS AND THEN REPORTING BACK TO YOU ON THE STATUS OF THE LIST WHO IS ON THE PROPERTY LIST.
SO ON THOSE REPORTS WILL BE COMING FROM ME SO THAT WE A MORE COHESIVE SCENARIO WITH THE WITH THE PROGRAM AS FAR AS AN UPDATE TO LAST YEAR I'LL EVEN GO BACK A YEAR BEFORE THE IN 2021 WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE WENT TO THE TAX SALE BASED ON THE THE ADVOCACY THAT WE DO AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T DO THIS IN A BY MYSELF AND IN A VACUUM THERE IS A TEAM OF PEOPLE IN THAT THAT ACTIVELY IN A GRASSROOTS WAY GOES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO KNOCK DOOR TO DOOR, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW WE GET IT DONE.
BUT ANYWAY IN 2021 WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WENT TO THE TAX SALE LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE A PROPERTY THAT DID GO TO THE TAX SALE. IT WAS BASED ON MRS. MISINFORMATION ON THE FAMILY'S PART WHICH IS PART OF THE ISSUE THAT EXISTS THAT PROPERTY DID GO INTO REDEMPTION. HOWEVER WITH THE HELP OF THE FOUNDATION.
IT IS NOT IN REDEMPTION ANYMORE AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS RESOLVED SO THAT NEXT YEAR IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING BUT AS TIME GOES ON YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES INCLUDING SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE WILL BE DOING ON A QUARTERLY BASIS SO THAT PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE ISLAND ARE BETTER EDUCATED AND HAVE MORE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN ESSENTIALLY ERADICATE HEIRS PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HOLD ON TO THE LAND THAT'S LEFT. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF I'M SORRY, MR. MALIK, I'M SITTING IN NO TIME ARE AND YOU IS GIVING YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR INFORMATION AND I KNOW YOU KNOW HOW YOU HAVE HANDS IN A LOT OF THINGS YOU DO EVERYTHING REALLY WELL THANK YOU AND SITTING HERE THINKING DOES SHE HAVE A SUCCESSION PLAN IN BUSINESS? DID I HAVE A SUCCESSION PLAN? YES, ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A SUCCESSION PLAN.
ANSWER MY QUESTION IN YOUR TALK WHEN I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR IT AND YOU HAVE NOW JUST YOU KNOW AGAIN YOU DO A LOT AND YOU DO LOT VERY WELL AND I'M HAPPY YOU HAVE A TEAM WORKING WITH YOU AND JUST MAGIC I DO THERE IS A THERE IS A TEAM THAT IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE ISLAND FULL DISCLOSURE I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN THE COUNTY AS FAR MAKING SURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS WELL RECEIVED COUNTY WIDE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
WE ARE WORKING ON OFFICES, A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. LAST YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT WE DID ON HILTON HEAD WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SAVE OF PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN SAINT HELENA SO. WE SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WHEN THE WORD GETS OUT YOU KNOW AND IT
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SPREADS PEOPLE PEOPLE STARTING TO COME TO NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE DO BUT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND SO IT HAS BEEN I WILL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT ON THE STATE LEVEL LOWCOUNTRY IS ALSO WORKING ON SOME THE LAWS THAT EXIST BECAUSE IT'S A TOP DOWN WELL AS A BOTTOM UP SCENARIO SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING THERE IS A COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER THAT THAT IS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM SO WE ARE INVOLVED AS LONG AS WELL AS LIKE THE CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY HABITAT, HUMANITY A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT STATE PROCESS BUT IT'S A COLLECTIVE AND SO WE WE ARE WE'RE IN THE FIGHT. WE ARE AND I CAN SAY THOSE AND I'M TRYING TO DO A MONKEY WRENCH IN THE WORKS BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAY AND BEAUFORT IS DOING SIMILAR ACTIVITY AND I NOTICED HE HAD A WEATHER INFORMATION AS WELL AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE BUT I MEAN CERTAINLY HE COULD BE A GOOD RESOURCE AS WE AS WE STARTING TO DEVELOP OUR WHAT WE DO AS WELL THERESA AND I KNOW EACH OTHER AND AND WE HAVE INFORMATION ON PROPERTIES IN THE PAST THERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR PROGRAMS SHE HAS PRIMARILY BRANCHED TO OTHER AREAS. I'VE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON HILTON HEAD BEAUFORT SOUTH OF THE BROAD SHE WAS MORE NORTH OF THE BROAD BUT EVEN OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNTY. SO WE ARE VERY AWARE EACH OTHER THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ARE YET THEY'RE ALSO DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE THE DIFFERENT INVOLVEMENTS THAT THAT WE HAVE.SO BUT YES I AM AWARE OF WHAT SHE'S DOING AND WHO SHE IS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YES, MR. WRIGHT AND THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU. REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND THAT YOU KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE AS MANY PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN IN OUR AREA WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, BASED UPON NUMBERS WHERE WE WERE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO SO AND EVEN 20 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A POINT AT A POINT THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY THAT WE AND NOBODY GO TO THE YOU KNOW, TO THE STEPS SO ALSO I WANTED TO JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS YOU FALL UNDER THE B POINT. SO ARE YOU WORKING CLOSELY WITH THIS WITH THE TOWN WITH THIS REPORT OR HOW IS THAT WORKING? ARE YOU IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM? JUST ASKING YES AND YES WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WHICH WILL PROBABLY FINISHING THIS WEEK BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS PUTTING TOGETHER AN AGREEMENT TO TO WORK CLOSER THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. AND AND I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE VAGUE BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT THOSE THOSE DETAILS BECAUSE THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A DUPLICATION IN EFFORTS. AND I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE OF WAS BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT SO THAT MOVING FORWARD IT'S A YOU KNOW CLEAR EARS PROPERTY FOCUS WITHIN THE TOWN AND LOWCOUNTRY GO THE FOUNDATION WILL WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT THANK YOU YEAH THAT HELPS WITH THAT WITHOUT HAVING A DUPLICATE SO IT JUST MINIMIZES THE CHANCES FOR ERRORS AND MISINFORMATION. WELL, YES. MR. HENSON, THANK YOU.
HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK MISS WRIGHT SORT OF ADDRESS THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS. TWO YEARS NO LOST PROPERTY.
EXCELLENT. I JUST KIND OF FOR FOR REFERENCE I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WAS HOW BAD WAS IT BEFORE YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS THIS PROCESS? WELL, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC ANSWER ON THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY TRACKED. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN UNCOVERED THROUGH THE WORK THAT I'M DOING IS THAT AND I'M WORKING COUNTY ON THIS THERE IS NO SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION FOR AYERS PROPERTY THERE IS NO SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION FOR GULLAH PROPERTIES.
SO THAT KIND OF IDENTIFICATION IS WHAT YOU NEED SO THAT YOU HAVE TO TO THAT QUESTION THAT ALSO PLAYS INTO PART THAT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC LIKE IDENTIFIED PROPERTIES JUST ON HILTON HEAD SO AS WELL AS THE OF PROPERTIES I KNOW WE DID THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WAS LIKE FOUR FOUR YEARS AGO OR SO DID A COUNT BUT A COUNT HASN'T BEEN DONE AGAIN SINCE.
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SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE WILL BE WORKING ON WITH WITH CHRISTIANA.YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BETTER METRICS MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL PART OF THE THE ORGANIZATION TO TO YOUR POINT SO THAT THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BUT KNOW WHAT WE'RE KEEPING AND AND MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT LOSING ANY MORE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY NOT TO DO THAT. SURE.
DATA AND METRICS IN THE CASE STUDIES ALL THAT INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TO TO THE WORK THAT WE DO. YES, SIR. MR. SIMMONS WELL THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO WELL AS ABRAHAMS IF A FAMILY CAME TO YOU, MAYBE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DIRECT A FAMILY SEARCH SCENARIO, A FAMILY PAYING THEIR TAXES DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS SOMEHOW BY SOME MEANS SOME MEASURE THAT WAS A TAX SALE, A PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS SOLD. THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS SOLD WAS NOT THE FAMILY WHO HAD BEEN PAYING TAXES ALL ALONG BUT THE TAX DEAL SAYS IT'S YOUR PROPERTY THAT I SOLD OUT OF OUT OF THE FAMILY WHERE DO THE FAMILY GO TO TRY TO RECOVER THAT WHICH HAS BEEN DONE AND COMPLETED BY A TAX SALE THAT IS ANOTHER OF THE ISSUES THAT I'M WORKING ON WITH THE COUNTY.
UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW. IF I WANTED TO CALL THE OFFICES AND I KNOW YOUR ADDRESS I COULD GIVE YOUR ADDRESS AND SAY I'M AN INTERESTED PARTY THEY WOULD CHANGE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOUR TAX INFORMATION TO MINE WHATEVER I GIVE THEM THAT IS CURRENT AND SO THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FROM A STATE LEVEL THEY DID NOT KNOW UNTIL I BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AS FACT THAT IF A PROPERTY DOES GO TO PARTITION SALE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE A SOLE INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN WALK IN THE DOOR AND FORCE THE SALE THAT IT SHOULD BE A 51% OWNER OF THE OR A MAJORITY OF THE OWNERS THAT HAVE A SAY IN FORCING THE SALE SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF TOP DOWN CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE BEING ARE BEING HAD BECAUSE IT IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY EASY FOR SOMEONE TO WALK IN THE DOOR AND THAT KIND OF SALE AND YOU KNOW THE RULE THE WALL COULD BE PULLED OUT FROM UNDER THE FAMILY.
NOBODY KNOWS AND I KNOW WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE YOU KNOW WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED SO SO THAT'S PART OF THE FIGHT. THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND AND AS THINGS GO ALONG ON THE STATE LEVEL I WILL COME BACK AND REPORT TO YOU SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES AND AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT CAN COME OUT OF MAKING SOME ALTERATIONS IN THE LAW. YEAH BUT THIS WAS NOT NECESSARILY A FOR SALE IT WAS JUST AN INADVERTENT SALE INADVERTENTLY YOU KNOW BOTH SCENARIOS.
YEAH OKAY. YEAH SO WHAT ALL TRUE EITHER WAY BECAUSE AGAIN EVERYTHING'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER YOU KNOW IT'S EVERY SCENARIO WITH THOSE KIND OF SALES.
IT'S NOT THE THE SAME. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF LATITUDE THAT EXISTS THAT PROPERTIES DON'T ALL FALL INTO THE SAME FUNNEL BECAUSE. EVERY EVERY SITUATION DOESN'T FIT EVERY SITUATION OH OKAY. THANK THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELF DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN THIS INTO AN AGENDA ITEM BUT IT'S FINE APPRECIATE YOU BEING A RESOURCE AND I YOU TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH ME ABOUT THE SUCCESSION PLAN I WOULD BE VERY WORKING ON THAT VERY HARD I NEED ONE YES WELL I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT I DO NEED ONE AND I'M WORKING ON THAT GREAT GREAT GREAT, GREAT. THANK OKAY, MISSY WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE. OH, I'M SORRY, MR. SCOTT, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? OH, I WANTED TO SAY IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE IS AN INITIATIVE THAT'S TO THE TOP BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS AS FAR AS GETTING BILLS DRAFTED TO HELP WITH THE HEIRS PROPERTY AND IN KEEPING THE PROPERTY TAXES DOWN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN AN ORGANIZED WITH THE TOWN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO GIVE A
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LOT OF MERIT BEHIND IT AND YOU KNOW HAVING THE TASK FORCE FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED CAN REALLY MAKE A STATEMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. ONE THING IS HAVING A TASK FORCE BUT GETTING EVERYTHING IMPLEMENTED IS GREAT. BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING STATEWIDE AND IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE RIGHT PATH THAT WE'RE GOING GOT TO GET THE TOWN BEHIND IT. LET THEM TALK TO THOSE REPRESENTATIVES.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU. AGREED, MISSY. OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON TAX SO BUT YES WE ARE WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AT OUR MEETING NEXT MONTH REGARDING LUNA'S WORK. SO NEXT WE HAVE DESIGN STUDIO REPORT THERE WAS A DESIGN STUDIO REPORT IN THE THAT OUTLINES THAT WE'VE HAD 51 DESIGN STUDIOS TO DATE SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED AND IT'S REALLY THE LENS WHERE WE WILL GENERATE THOSE CASE STUDIES AND IDENTIFY WHERE WE HAVE AND WHERE WE'VE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WITH CHANGES TO THE CODE OR TO OUR PROCESS. SO WE'LL WE'LL TO REPORT OUT ANY CASE STUDIES THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND HOW IT MAY IMPACT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE AMENDMENTS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DESIGN STUDIO REPORT AND HAVE YOU BEEN ALLOWED TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE MEETING THAT IS GOING AND NOTICE SO TYPICALLY HOW THEY WORK IS THOUGH THEY'LL GO THROUGH QUESTION NOW TO ARRANGE THE APPOINTMENT WE'RE JUST GOING TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SO WE CAN MAKE SURE AT THAT INITIAL MEETING WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM MEMBERS IN PLACE BUT TYPICALLY AT THAT MEETING THEY'LL AT LEAST BE A PLANNER. THERE WILL BE A DESIGN STAFF MEMBER AND THEN SOMEBODY THAT REPRESENTS THE THE TASK FORCE WITH KRISHNA AND WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT WHAT THE APPLICANT IS TRYING TO DO. IS IT AN ACCESS ISSUE? IS A BUSINESS ACTIVITY, IS IT DEVELOPMENT AND THEN COME UP WITH THE PLAN SO IT WAS SOMEBODY WHO HAD DEVELOPMENT IN MIND SAY THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT DOING A SUBDIVISION AND THEY KNOW UPFRONT THAT THEY THAT IT'S GOING TO INVOLVED FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY WANT TO BRING ALL FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO THIS INITIAL MEETING AND WE'LL GO THROUGH OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SURVEY OR ANY INFORMATION KNOW HOW YOU WANT THE PROPERTY TO BE PARCELED OUT AND THEN WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT BUT WE CAN DO SCENARIO PLANNING WHERE WE DO CONCEPT PLANS AND SAY THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW THEY WANT IT.
MAYBE THEY WANT SIX LOTS, MAYBE THEY WANT THREE LOTS. IN THIS CONFIGURATION WE CAN DO CONCEPT A, CONCEPT B CONCEPT C BUT THE OUTCOME AT THE END IS THAT THERE WOULD BE A CLEAR PATH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THEN THE FAMILY IT'S INTERACTIVE PROCESS SO AFTER WE MEET FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT THEN.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WHERE WE GO OVER THE CONCEPT PLANS THAT ARE GENERATED THEN THEY WOULD CHOOSE THAT LIKE OKAY THIS IS THE ONE WE WANT TO DO. OKAY WELL THEN YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE HERE'S THE APPLICATION FORM HERE'S A PLAN THAT THEN WE WOULD RUN THROUGH OUR INTERNAL PLAN REVIEW AND HAVE PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS.
THEY'LL KNOW THAT YOU TAKE THIS INFORMATION FROM THIS CONCEPT AND THESE THIS COMMENT REPORT TO YOUR DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IF YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THESE COMMENTS ON YOUR PLAN THEN IT CAN BE APPROVED. SO WE TRY TO STREAMLINE SO THAT IT LESSENS THE AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND BACK AND FORTH FEES THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. BUT EITHER WAY EVEN IF IT WAS A DESIGN STUDIO REQUEST FOR A BUSINESS ACTIVITY AT THE END THE OUTPUT IS THAT THERE'S INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO DO SHOULD THEY WANT TO PURSUE THAT ACTIVITY THAT THEY CAME IN FOR . OKAY, GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS ON DESIGN STUDIO THE NEXT THING AND I EMAIL IT TO THE BODY AS WELL BUT WE HAVE WE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE JOB OPENINGS IN THE PACKET AS WELL AS VIA EMAIL. WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OPENINGS AT THE MOMENT. THE FULL SLATE OF OPENINGS THAT WE HAVE ARE 911 PUBLIC SAFETY SPEECH OPERATIONS CODE ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COORDINATOR, COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER.
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER MECHANIC REVENUE SERVICES SPECIALIST TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER AND WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER ALL REALLY GREAT POSITIONS THAT I'LL HAVE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN IN SHAPING THE COMMUNITY AS WE GROW.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE AS USUAL PLEASE REFER THEM TO THE TOWN'S JOB OPENINGS PAGE ALSO I HAVE
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AN UPDATED HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR AND SEWER CONNECTION SO AS OF FRIDAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE UPDATED THAN WHAT PUBLISHED IN THE PACKET FOR HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR AS OF FRIDAY WE HAD HUNDRED APPLICATIONS THAT'S A LOT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR PROGRAM. 73 OF THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE APPROVED AND AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WE WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE HAD TEN SITES THAT HAVE CONTRACTOR SITE VISITS AND WE EXPECT TO GET CONTRACTOR THIS WEEK AND I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS MONTH WE'LL BUILDING PERMITS FOR ALL OF THOSE AND WE'LL HAVE SOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE WAS QUITE, QUITE A ISSUE WITH TRYING TO GET GET THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEEDED TO TO LAUNCH THE PROJECT AND GET CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY.SO SO I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST TEN PROJECTS UNDERWAY THIS MONTH SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS NOT AS STEEP AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY BUT BUT WE ARE AT 100 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. WE'VE RECEIVED 14 APPLICATIONS AND 13 OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND ONE OF THEM WE'RE STILL RECEIVING ESTIMATES FROM CITY SO SO BOTH PROGRAMS ARE UP AND RUNNING AND AT LEAST WITH THE SEWER PROGRAM WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW CONNECTIONS ALREADY. ONE OTHER UPDATE BEFORE WE TURN IT IT OVER TO CHRISTINA I EMAILED THE GULF HISTORIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INFORMATION OUT TO THE TASK FORCE WHEN IT BECAME AVAILABLE BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD IT TO THE RECORD TODAY WE ARE SEEKING APPLICANTS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT REALLY IMPORTANT BODY AND THERE ACTUALLY ARE FLIERS RIGHT AT THE RIGHT NEAR THE DOOR AND IF YOU KNOW ANYONE CERTAINLY PLEASE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION RIGHT WITHIN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON STAFF REPORTS. BUT CHRISTINA HAS A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU. MR.. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. BEFORE SHE LEAVES IS THERE ANY TIMELINE ON THE MONEY FOR FOR THE HOUSING AFTER WE SAW LIKE FOR THE FUNDS FOR LIKE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED OR THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE I THERE'S NO TIMELINE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED BEFORE THE FIRE. YEAH.
OH NO SO IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IT WAS IMPLEMENTED THAT IT WOULD BE A TWO YEAR PROGRAM AND SO THE HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR PROGRAM HAD 200,000 ANNUALLY AND IT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR IT WAS AWARDED. SO THEN WE ROLLED THE FULL FUNDING OVER SO WE HAD 400,000 AVAILABLE CURRENTLY AND WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO INCLUDE IN YEAR'S BUDGET ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS BOTH PROGRAMS FORWARD AND SO THAT THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT THROUGH THE TOWNS BUDGET. BUT BUT THE INTENT RIGHT NOW IS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT BE IN THE TOWN'S BUDGET.
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BUT I'M I'M INCORPORATING IT IN IN THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
OKAY, GREAT THANK YOU THANK YOU, MISSY. OKAY, MISS CHRISTIANA HELLO AGAIN. JUST A COUPLE OF FUN I THINK WE COULD CALL THAT SO JUST TO SHARE A BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATION EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN EDUCATION SHARING AND LEARNING TOWN STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING AND HOPEFULLY COORDINATING WITH THE TASK FORCE AS WELL ON A CONFERENCE COMING UP ON HELENA IN APRIL ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AG COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA AS WELL AS SUSTAINABILITY WORK.
SO WORKING ON SOME SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORK THERE SO JUST WANT TO SHARE ABOUT YOU KNOW THE TYPE OF LEARNING THAT WILL BE GOING ON DURING THAT AS AGAIN WANTED TO JUST NOTE THAT WE ARE TRACKING YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL AS FAR AS WITH AREAS PROPERTY WORK WE'LL BE WORKING WITH MR. WARNER ON THAT AND A VERY RANDOM NOTE MS. CAROLYN GRANT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A A PHOTO OF THE TASK FORCE AFTER THE MEETING SO PLEASE STAY FOR 5 MINUTES OR SO AFTER THE MEETING AND AGAIN SORRY I WAS SO SHORT WITH MY INTRODUCTION I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAD SO I LOOK FORWARD TO JUST FURTHER INTRODUCING MYSELF AND GETTING TO KNOW Y'ALL AS WELL SO I
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THINK THAT'S IT FOR STAFF UPDATES. THANKS.OKAY, GREAT. GREAT, GREAT. THANK YOU.
THAT IS ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS I HAVE FOR FOR TODAY AND I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE OF COURSE HERE THE RAF OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND SCOTT TIME AND SCOTT FROM THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK AND CERTAINLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE THAT PASTOR NANNETTE BACK THERE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AS.
WELL AND WE WELCOME OUR NEW PLANNER INTRODUCED YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF YOURSELF? LET ME SAY THAT ANOTHER WAY. WE WANT YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ASHLEY GOODRICH AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE WORKING WITH THE TOWN. I'M AN AICPA PLANNER SPECIALIZING IN MOSTLY TRANSPORTATION. I JUST CAME FROM CHATHAM AREA TRANSIT IN SAVANNAH. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION OVER TEN YEARS AND I AM AN AICPA ACCREDITED PLANNER FOR THE NEW YEAR FOR 2023.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOALS AND MISSIONS AND PROJECTS AND PLANS TO IMPLEMENT AND A LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK AT ALL ACROSS THE ISLAND THAT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE I AM FROM. I'M NOT FROM THIS AREA BUT THIS IS SORT OF SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO CALL MY HOME IS THAT MY FAMILY ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE IS FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THE OZARKS. IF YOU HAVE YOU KNOW SEEN THOSE SHOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MY FATHER AND MY AND MY FATHER'S FAMILY WORKED IN OIL FOR PHILLIPS PETROLEUM. HE'S LOCATED OVER IN DALLAS. SO A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF RUN BACK UP AND FORTH. I COMPLETED MY MASTER'S IN PLANNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND I SPENT SOME TIME ON THE GULF COAST WITH FEW SIMILAR ISSUES AS WELL. THE TASK FORCE WAS TALKED ABOUT TODAY HOWEVER I DO PREFER IT OVER HERE IN THE LOW COUNTRY AREA AND AND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO COME THIS WAY AND SO I DID AND I BELIEVE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT I THINK OUR WATER IS A LITTLE CLEANER. OUR AIR IS A LITTLE BETTER. WE HAVE A VERY, VERY NICE, GREAT PLACE LIVE AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL KEEP IT THAT WAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME I CAN ANSWER THEM BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND SHARING THAT WITH US. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR FOR ASHLEY GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY.
AND WITH THAT AGAIN I'VE REACHED THE END OF MY AGENDA HERE AS ALWAYS COUNSELOR CHET WILLIAMS, HAVE YOU IN ATTENDANCE? WELL THERE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES . I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT SO MOVE ON. IT'S BEEN MOVED. WE F
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