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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY NOON.I WANNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE GULET GEECHEE LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE MEETING MARCH 6TH, 2023.
UM, KAREN, I'M WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FLO? YES, SIR, WE ARE.
WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? CERTAINLY.
AND I DON'T SEE MS. GREEN YET.
UH, I DID COMMUNICATE WITH HER.
SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE A REPORT COMING FROM LOW COUNTRY GULLAH, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, IN AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, POSITIVE BECOME REALLY ALMOST CLOSE TO THE END, I GUESS, AFTER THE, UH, DISCUSSION OF THE PRIORITY GOALS.
IS THAT WHAT WOULD PLACE THAT? YES.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT ITEM, UM, TO OUR AGENDA.
AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED AGENDA THAT'S MOVED BY, MR. HENCE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR SHALL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 6TH MEETING, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO BACK THROUGH THOSE.
IF YOU HAVE NO ISSUES OR QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM, UH, FEBRUARY 6TH MEETING.
SHALL MR. MALIK HAS MADE THE MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE RIGHT HAND.
UH, I, UM, SAY THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE ABSENT FROM OUR LADIES HERE ON OUR COMMITTEE, SO WE, UH, ARE GOING TO MISS THEM, OF COURSE.
BUT I'M GLAD WE HAVE, I DO BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM IF WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON TODAY OTHER THAN THE MINUTES AND THE AGENDA THAT WE JUST APPROVED.
THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS.
DO WE HAVE ANY APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS? NO, SIR.
UH, DID WE RECEIVE ANYTHING, UH, PORTAL COMMENTS? NO, WE DID NOT.
UH, ANYONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS? PUT THAT PART.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE.
I JUST WANTED TO COME TODAY TO SAY, CONTINUE THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING AS FAR AS THE TASK FORCE IS CONCERNED, AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE, UH, TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'VE MADE, AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MOVE MOST OF THEM FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AS FAR AS ISSUES THAT ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, FOR THE GOOD OF THE ISLAND, AND SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STILL LINGERING, AND WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEM.
ONE OTHER, UM, ISSUE I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD, AND THAT IS THE, UH, NATIVE CEMETERIES OR GULLAH CEMETERIES.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE SOME INITIAL WORK ON IDENTIFYING AND, UH, FINDING THE BOUNDARIES, ET CETERA, UH, ON THEM, BUT I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT, UH, WE DO SIGNAGE ON THEM AS HISTORIC PLACES ON THE ISLANDS, SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE FOCUS OF THE HISTORY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE, UM, SACRED GROUNDS THAT ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE SALE.
SO, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I NOTICED THAT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN THE WOMEN A DAY OFF, I GUESS, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S NOTED.
THAT SHOULD BE NOTED BY YOU, MR. CHAIR.
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KIM.EFFORTS, EFFORTS BEING COORDINATED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHURCHES THAT RELATED TO THE CEMETERIES THAT THEY HAVE.
HAVE SOME, THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORTS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TOWN AS FAR AS, UH, QUANTIFYING AND CONSOLIDATING THAT EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE BOUNDARIES AND, UH, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH CEMETERY IS DEFINED AND RECOGNIZED BY THE TOWN.
I MIGHT SAY THAT THE TOWN MANAGER HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AS FAR AS BRINGING SOME THINGS FORWARD AS FAR AS THAT CONSIDERATION IS CONCERNED, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT US TO ALLOW IT TO DROP THROUGH THE CRACKS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT DOES.
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, WE ARE IN A BATTLE FOR PRESERVATION AS WELL AS IDENTIFICATION OF THOSES, UH, SACRED GROUNDS.
UM, AND TOWARDS THE END OF OUR AGENDA, WE DO HAVE OUR 2023 PRIORITY GOALS, UM, AND WE HAPPEN TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION WITH STAFF AS FAR AS STRATEGY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVEN THE ONES WE IDENTIFY AS PRIORITY.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MOVE THEM AS FORWARD, UH, MOVE THEM FORWARD AS, UH, AS, UH, AS WE SEE FIT.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT, THAT THE LAST MEETING LAST MONTH, WE DID, UM, RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SOME OF THE WORK, UH, THAT THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO ALONG WITH STAFF.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU TO KEEP REMINDING US AND, UH, KEEP HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, CAN I ASK, UM, I JUST, UH, ONE COMMENT ON, UM, MR. GAMBLE'S, UM, CONCERNS MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, THOSE SIGNS WERE, WERE DONE TO IDENTIFY OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WOULD THINK SUCH AN EFFORT MIGHT BE, UM, AN APPROACH TO WHAT HE'S SAYING, WHERE WE COULD HAVE THOSE SIGNS, UH, WHATEVER.
I, I DON'T RECALL THE PROCESS THAT WE DO HAVE THOSE.
SO JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT ONE THING OF THAT ASPECT OF WHAT HE'S SAYING MIGHT BE A I AVENUE A NEW FOSTER IN THERE GETTING THOSE, UH, BECAUSE THOSE CEMETERIES ARE IDENTIFIED, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF 'EM HAVE ANY KIND OF SIGNAGE AS MR. CAMPBELL ALLUDED TO.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A, AN APPROACH TO GETTING SOME SIGNAGE OF SOME IDENTIFICATION, UM, TO THOSE AREAS DONE.
UM, I, YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS DONE.
THAT WAS, UH, AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS TAKEN ON BY STAFF, UH, SOME TWO, THREE YEARS AGO NOW.
UH, AND, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND TO IDENTIFY THE, THE CEMETERIES AND, UH, WORK WITH STAFF ON THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, OKAY.
UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE TASK FORCE, SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH ALSO LEADS ME TO ONCE AGAIN, UH, SAY WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE PRESERVATION ADMINISTRATOR, MS. KRISHAN RASHANA PERRY, WHO HAS COME ON BOARD AND, UH, HAS REALLY, UH, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND, UH, SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE WORK THAT SHE IS TAKING ON.
AND WE'RE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE IS, IS STILL, YOU KNOW, UH, KIND OF NEW TO THE PROCESS.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE SHOW SOME PATIENCE MM-HMM.
THE EFFORTS THAT WE WERE MAKING, STAFF ASSURED ME THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, THAT WE DID CONTINUE TO CARRY ON AND TO WORK UNTIL, UNTIL WE HAD FILLED THAT POSITION.
SO, AGAIN, I'M GLAD THAT MS. PERRY IS HERE NOW, AND SHE'S OUR POINT PERSON.
UH, THE, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, NEXT ITEM I HAVE ON OUR, AS A STAFF REPORT DISTRICT PLANNING UPDATE, THAT WOULD BE, UH, MISSY LUK, NO LONGER KNOWN AS PLAN B
GOOD AFTERNOON VOICE, MISSY LU, CONSISTENT NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICT PLANNING.
UM, LAST MONTH I TALKED TO YOU THAT THIS WAS THE REPLACEMENT
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OF THE AGENDA ITEM, FORMERLY KNOWN AS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY.UM, AND, AND REALLY WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OVERALL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT'S TRANSPIRED SINCE THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, LAST MONTH TO GET SOME DIRECTION ON, UH, THE PROGRAM AREA.
SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS, UM, A BROAD OVERVIEW OF HOW WE SEE THE GLOBAL WHITE MARK AND DISTRICT'S PLANNING PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE PLAN TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE IN APRIL AND, UM, SHARE SOME MORE, UH, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND AGAIN, SEEK SEEK DIRECTION ON THAT EFFORT.
UM, BUT OVERALL, AND BRIEFLY, AS I HAD IDENTIFIED OR TALKED ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT WITH YOU WAS THAT, UM, WHERE WE LEFT OFF, OF COURSE, WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN, UH, LAST NOVEMBER.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE DONE DISTRICT PLANNING FOR.
BUT THIS GROWTH FRAMEWORK IN ISLAND WIDE MASTER PLAN AND OVERALL ISLAND DISTRICT'S PLANNING PROJECT, UM, THIS KINDA A PROJECT OVERALL TO BRING THE IDEALS AND GOALS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR PLAN, WHICH IS UP HERE.
UM, IDENTIFY, THEN FROM THERE, A GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP THAT IDENTIFIES AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO GROW AND AREAS THAT WE WANNA CONSERVE.
AND SO ONCE WE KNOW WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SEE THE ISLAND THAT'S RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT, SIMILAR TO HOW WE IDENTIFIED IN THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT, THAT THERE WAS A DISTRICT CENTER.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE ANTICIPATING MORE OF THE CONCENTRATED GROWTH, UM, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF, UH, MID ISLAND DISTRICT.
WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL THROUGH THAT GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP, AND THEN PULL IT DOWN FURTHER.
WE'RE GETTING AT THE DISTRICT PLANNING LEVEL.
AND FROM THERE, WE WILL HAVE, UM, DISTRICTS IDENTIFIED FOR ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS AROUND THE ISLAND THAT AREN'T IN A PLANNED, UH, UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE WILL GO THROUGH A, A ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERS THROUGH THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PROCESS, AND REALLY HEAR FROM, UM, EVERYONE ISLAND WIDE ON, UM, ON USES AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT VISION THAT WE'RE PAINTING FOR THE FUTURE IN OUR PLAN, THAT WE CAN REALIZE THAT VISUALLY AS WE GET DOWN TO THE DISTRICT PLANNING LEVEL.
AND THEN, UM, AS WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE DISTRICT PLANNING, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A MULTI-FACED APPROACH TO A AMEND OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, WHICH REALLY SPEAKS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL OF THIS DISTRICT PLANNING ACTIVITY.
AND SO THAT, UM, ALAMO AMENDMENTS PHASING PROJECT WILL INCLUDE BOTH SOME, UM, ALAMO AMENDMENTS, UH, A COUPLE OF PHASES, UM, UPFRONT WITHIN THE FIRST, UH, 90 DAYS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR HERE.
UM, BUT ALSO UPON CONCLUSION OF ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S PLANNING, WE'LL HAVE AN AMENDMENT SET THAT'S READY UPON ADOPTION SO THAT WE CAN BRING, UM, ALL OF THAT MASTER PLANNING, UM, DOWN TO THE VERY PARCEL LEVEL, AND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE FOLLOWING, WE'LL IMPLEMENT THAT FUTURE THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE PAINTED.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I WILL GIVE YOU THE PROGRESS EVERY MONTH, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THE TASK FORCE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.
AND, UM, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST GETTING STARTED.
UM, HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MISSY ON THIS ITEM? YEAH, I'D LIKE WHAT I'M HAVING, I LIKE, I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, UM, FORCE FEET AHEAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISSY? OKAY.
YEAH, PLEASE KEEP US, UH, ABREAST OF THAT, MISSY.
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN STUDIO REPORT.
IT'S HAN GOOD AFTERNOON TASK FORCE.
IT'S MY FIRST TIME, UH, GIVEN THIS REPORT, AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE THE NEXT SEVERAL, UM, ITEMS HERE ON THE AGENDA UNDERSTAFF REPORT.
SO YOU WILL HEAR MY VOICE FOR FAR TOO LONG.
UM, BUT PLEASE, UM, BE PATIENT.
UM, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO, UM, FOR THE MARCH REPORT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, SO THIS REPORTING PERIOD IS, IT HAS BEEN FROM OCTOBER 21ST THROUGH FEBRUARY, 2023.
SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING ON, UM, WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO YOU ALL IN A WAY THAT'S, THAT'S MEANINGFUL, UM, THAT YOU CAN CAPTURE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, DOING AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
UM, BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS, UM, HOW WE'LL DO THAT.
SO OF, OF THE 55 TOTAL DESIGN STUDIO REQUESTS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, WE'VE HAD FOUR NEW REQUESTS SINCE
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THE FEBRUARY MEETING.SO SINCE WE LAST SPOKE, UM, TWO OF THOSE, UM, REQUESTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, OR ACTUALLY TWO IN GENERAL OF THE OVERALL 55 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE STILL WHAT WE CONSIDER ACTIVE.
UM, EITHER WE ARE DRAWING UP CONCEPTS, HELPING PEOPLE ACTIVELY THROUGH THE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, OR WE'RE WAITING ON APPLICANTS OR, UH, TO BRING INFORMATION BACK TO US TO FINISH CLOSING OUT THE PROCESS.
UM, SO THE FOUR NEW REQUESTS, UM, SINCE FEBRUARY, UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ONE THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, AND SO, UH, CHAIRMAN STEVENS ASKED THAT WE KIND OF INCLUDE THE CASE STUDIES WHENEVER WE CAN.
AND SO THIS IS MORE OF A DETAILED EXAMPLE, AND WE'LL WORK ON SOME CASE STUDIES LATER ON AS WE, UM, KEEP WORKING ON THIS, BUT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE THAT WAS, UM, SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, THAT WE COMPLETED.
AND SO IT WAS ACTUALLY ONGOING FROM BEFORE I GOT HERE.
UM, SO I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT I KNOW.
UM, AND THEN, AND THE RESOLUTION, UM, TO THAT PROCESS.
SO, UH, A FAMILY HAD COME TO US FROM THE SQUIRE POPE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WAS A NEW PER A NEW, UM, PERSON LIVING IN ON A, ON A PARCEL RELATED, UM, TO THIS FAMILY'S LAND.
AND, UM, THERE THE ISSUE AT HAND WAS GETTING THE, IMPROVING THE ACCESS SO THAT THIS NEW FAMILY COULD MOVE IN.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS KIND OF, THAT HAD BEEN ONGOING IS, IS, UH, FIGURING OUT, UM, HOW TO IMPROVE THAT ACCESS, UM, AND GET EVERYONE'S AGREEMENT WHO WAS ALSO, UM, ON THIS, ON THIS DIRT ROAD, UM, BASICALLY.
AND SO THE PROCESS HAD BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, PROLONGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING AGREEMENT, UM, FROM THE FAMILIES ABOUT WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT WAS AND WHO IT WOULD AFFECT AND, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UM, WHEN THAT MEETING CAME BACK TO US FOR ANOTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT WAS NEEDED, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING ACCESS BASED, BASED ON BUYER AND, UM, SAFETY REGULATIONS.
UM, WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THAT MEETING, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A SITE VISIT.
UM, SO WHEN WE MET WITH THE FAMILY WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, UM, THEY WANTED TO MEET THE NEIGHBORS.
THEY ACTUALLY JUST HADN'T MET THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND THEY WEREN'T COMFORTABLE MAKING A DECISION, UM, WITHOUT HAVING KNOWN THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MOVING IN AND UTILIZED THE DESIGN STUDIO, UM, PROCESS AS A WAY TO MEET THEIR NEIGHBORS AND AS A WAY FOR THE TOWN TO HELP, UM, KIND OF FACILITATE THAT DISCUSSION IN, UM, GAINING AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AS WELL AS MEETING EACH OTHER.
AND SO, UM, WE REALLY VIEWED THIS AS A SUCCESSFUL, UM, DESIGN STUDIO BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN ONGOING, UM, FOR LACK OF AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE HADN'T HAD BOTH PARTIES IN THE ROOM AT, AT EACH TIME, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY HADN'T MET YET.
SO, UM, WE SCHEDULED A SITE VISIT, UM, SO THE COMMUNITY, UM, PLANNING DEPARTMENT FROM MYSELF, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, FOLKS FROM C I P WITH THE, THE, THE DIRT ROAD PAVEMENT PROGRAM, UM, FIRE AND SAFETY, UM, FIRE RESCUE CAME, UM, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO HELP, UM, TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATION, UM, REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR THIS FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR, UM, OCCUPANCY TO MOVE INTO THEIR HOUSE, WHICH WAS THE LAST KIND OF HOLDUP, WAS IMPROVING THAT ACCESS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THESE, WITH ALL THE PARTIES THAT WERE INVOLVED ON THIS OFF THIS DIRT ROAD, UM, AND KIND OF JUST LAY OUT THE OPTIONS TO THEM VERY CLEARLY AND HA LIKE, AGAIN, HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FAMILIES THAT WERE ALREADY THERE AS WELL AS THE NEW FAMILIES THAT WAS MOVING IN, UM, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AND FACILITATING THAT SORT OF CONVERSATION.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE, THE FAMILY THAT WAS MOVING IN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, TAKING CARE OF ANY OF THE ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE REQUIRED FOR THEIR OCCUPATION.
UM, AND JUST HAD TO GET AGREEMENT FROM, UM, THE OTHER FAMILIES ON THE LOT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE A CONVERSATION, UM, AND MOVE THAT FORWARD.
AND THE, AND THE NEW FAMILY WHO'S MOVING IN, UM, HAS ALREADY STARTED IMPROVING THE ACCESS THERE, UM, RESOLVING THIS REQUEST AND FIRE IS DOING THEIR INSPECTION, UM, RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE THAT I THOUGHT WAS, UM, A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DESIGN STUDIO PROCESS, UM, CAN HELP NOT ONLY GET PEOPLE THROUGH AN APPLICATION AND ACTUALLY GET SOMEONE INTO THEIR HOME OR, OR ACTUALLY DEVELOP THEIR LAND, BUT ALSO TO FACILITATE, UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD RELATIONSHIPS, UM, IN ACTUALLY ESTABLISHING AGREEMENT.
AND I BRING THAT UP TOO BECAUSE, UM, BEING THAT I AM NEW, I'VE BEEN KIND OF SITTING BACK AND OBSERVING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THESE REQUESTS AND, AND WE FIND THAT, UM, AGREEMENT
UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN, I, YOU KNOW, MR. MR. SIMMONS HAS BEEN AT SOME OF THOSE, UM, AND HAS, HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT OF A FACILITATOR.
WE'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY OR, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE A NEUTRAL PARTY COME IN AND HELP, UM, FACILITATE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, HERE ARE THE OPTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, TALK KIND OF, UM, CANDIDLY ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND THIS IS WHAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, AND THIS IS HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, GET TO MOVE FORWARD.
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SOME OF THE, SOME OF WHAT I'VE OBSERVED SO FAR, UM, BEING IMPORTANT IN THESE PROCESSES AND, AND WHAT I'VE ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO, UM, TO BE A PART OF.AND SO, UM, WE'LL KEEP BRINGING THOSE SORT OF THINGS TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, BRINGING SOME MORE FLAVOR TO THESE DESIGN STUDIO REPORTS, BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, JUST BRING UP THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO DOING ADDITIONAL, UM, COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION ACROSS THE COMMUNITY ON THESE AS WELL.
SO, UM, WORKING WITH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY, UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND LOW COUNTRY GULLAH FOUNDATION ON, UM, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ITEMS, BUT SOMEWHAT RELATED.
AND IF THERE'S, UM, ANY AIR PROPERTY ISSUES, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, WITH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE, WITH THE TEAM THERE, UM, LEARNING HOW THEY DO THAT PROCESS.
AND, AND WE HAVE A REFERRAL PROCESS THAT WE DO, UM, WITH THEM.
SO WE ALSO SEE THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES COMING UP IN THE DESIGN STUDIOS.
UM, AND HELPING FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT IS, IS REALLY BIG.
UM, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT AND, UM, FOLKS OFTEN DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO TURN BECAUSE IT IS A LONG PROCESS.
SO WE'RE HELPING TO, UM, STEER PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THOSE COME, COME ACROSS, UM, AS WELL, UM, DURING THIS, THIS LAST RECORDING PERIOD.
THAT'S, UH, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, UH, THE TOWN IS IN A POSITION TO HELP, UH, MEDIATE THAT AND, AND FIND A GOOD RESOLUTION FOR IT.
SO ALL THOSE PARTIES ARE, ARE HAPPY IN, IN AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S ONE THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHAW ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
UM, UM, LET ME JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS? I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BECKER.
I DON'T THINK I SEE ANY OTHER MEMBERS.
I CAN MOVE ON TO THE, UM, HOME SAFETY REPAIR AND, AND SEWER.
THOSE ARE, UM, PRETTY MUCH TOGETHER SINCE A ONE STAFF MEMBER WORKED ON BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
AND SO, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT WE'VE HAD ON THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AGAIN, REPORTING FROM JULY 22ND THROUGH FEBRUARY, 2023, UM, AS OF FEBRUARY 24TH, WHICH IS, UM, WHEN I RECEIVED THE LAST UPDATE, UH, WE'VE HAD FIVE NEW APPLICATIONS TO THE HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR, UM, PROGRAM, UM, SINCE THE LAST FEBRUARY, SINCE THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
SO WE'VE HAD FIVE NEW APPLICATIONS.
UM, OF THOSE FIVE NEW APPLICATIONS, ALL FIVE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP THERE.
UM, FOR THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD ONE NEW APPLICATION, AND THAT ONE ALSO HAS BEEN, UM, UH, APPROVED TO MOVE ON TO RECEIVE AN ESTIMATE TO, TO GET SERVICE.
SO, UM, WE ARE MAKING LOTS OF PROGRESS, UM, ON THAT PROGRAM.
PHONEK, I'M SORRY, IS YOU, THANK YOU.
ON THE HOMELESS SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM, THE INVENTORY OF OF SERVICE PROVIDERS IS IN, CAN YOU GIVE US, GIVE ME ANY INDICATION AS TO WHAT THAT, THAT, UM, THE INVENTORY OF PERSONS THAT ARE ABLE TO DO WORK, HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU MAY HAVE IN PIPELINE TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS? YEAH, I BELIEVE SHE'S GONNA COME HELP ME OUT WITH THAT ONE.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, A LARGE ROSTER OF, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT APPLIED FOR OUR PROGRAM.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY, UM, WE'RE NOT ALL GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
MOST OF THE WORK REQUIRES MULTIPLE, UM, UH, SERVICE AREAS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, GENERAL CONTRACTING IS NEEDED FOR MOST MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO, UH, MEANING THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET OUR MINIMUM PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'RE NOW USING A FIRM CALLED GORDIAN, UM, WHO, UH, WE HOPE TO GET ESTIMATES, UH, THIS WEEK ON, UM, A BUNDLE OF 10 PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMITTED OUT THROUGH THEM.
UM, AND THEY ARE GOING TO ALSO UTILIZE, UH, THE, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT HAD APPLIED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM TO COME IN AND BE SUBCONTRACTORS UNDER THEIR PROGRAM.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET SOME, SOME PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
SO CURRENTLY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MANY APPLICANTS APPROVED FOR HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR, WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD ANY THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO IF THERE THERE ANY NEW SERVICE PROVIDER THAT WE MAY KNOW IN THE SEND, IN THE NORMAL PROCESS, UM, PROCUREMENT GOES DOWN, THEY CERTAINLY COULD STILL COME IN THROUGH PROCUREMENT,
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BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GO OUT FOR BID DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR REGULAR PROCUREMENT, BUT WE'RE ALSO USING, UM, THE GORDIAN, UM, WHO HAS A STATE CONTRACT TO DO THIS WORK, UM, THROUGHOUT THE STATE USING THE PRICES THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THAT, THAT, UH, CONTRACT.MR. HANS, I, UM, AND MAYBE THIS IS FROM MISSY TOO.
I KNOW THAT DEEP WELL ALSO HAS A SIMILAR PROGRAM.
DO WE COORDINATE WITH THEM AT ALL, OR DO YOU KNOW OF THEIR PROGRAM AND VICE VERSA? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM? NO, FOR THE, UH, HOME SAFETY, SAFETY REPAIR, SAFETY REPAIR.
UM, THERE, THEY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANTS ARE AWARE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM, WE HAVE A LIST OF OTHER PLACES THAT THEY CAN SEEK.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, NOW, RIGHT.
OUR PROGRAM, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES GETTING THROUGH, UM, PROCUREMENT OKAY.
AND GETTING CONTRACTS AWARDED.
SO, UM, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, I'LL SAY THAT MANY OF THE APPLICANTS CALL US REGULARLY FOR UPDATES, AND WE, AS LONG AS WELL AS, AS ALL OF THEM, WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL WHEN WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
AND REGARDING THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM, UM, I WOULD, CAN WE, CAN WE IDENTIFY ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE STILL ON SEPTIC AND, AND MARKET TO THEM INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THEIR REQUESTS? CAN WE BE MORE PROACTIVE SO THAT ULTIMATELY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ISLANDS CONNECTED TO SEWER? SURE.
WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED, UM, PSD DID SEND OUT A POSTCARD TO THOSE THAT WERE NOT CURRENTLY CONNECTED.
UM, SO WE DID HAVE THAT OUTREACH, UH, LAST SUMMER WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS, WAS ADOPTED.
WE CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH PSD ON A, DO WE HAVE AN INDICATION OF HOW MANY, WHAT THE, THAT NUMBER IS? WHAT THE, WHAT THE NUMBER IS THROUGH PSD? YEAH.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY PROPERTIES, UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY THEY MAILED TO HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE, ARE STILL ON SEPTIC? WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT WHO THAT MAILING WAS ADDRESSED TO.
AND GET, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT, JUST SO WE KNOW THE SCOPE OF, OF THE, THE ISSUE.
IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I COULD PROVIDE A SMALL BIT OF INSIGHT ON THAT.
UH, PJ'S POSITION RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY'RE AT 95% COMPLETION IN TERMS OF THOSE PERSONS OR THOSE FAMILIES THAT THEY WANT TO PURSUE SEWER WITH, UM, SPANISH WELLS COMMUNITY BEING, BEING THE, THE EXCLUSION TO THAT MM-HMM.
SO EVERY STATEMENT IS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT 70, 95% COMPLETE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, BUT 95% OF THE HOMES THAT WERE, UM, AND NAME I HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE'LL GET A REPORT FROM PSD FOR NEXT MONTH'S PACKET.
WELL, THAT'S, AND THAT'S SOME INSIGHT.
THANK YOU, HAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THE TOWN OPEN POSITIONS, UM, SECTION IS, IS WHAT'S NEXT.
UM, I DON'T RECALL IF YOU USUALLY, UM, WE GO THROUGH THOSE, BUT I HAVE THEM PULLED UP HERE.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE, UH, THE, UM, OPEN POSITIONS AS OF, UH, FEBRUARY 17TH.
UM, AND WE WILL, YOU KNOW, DO ANOTHER UPDATE AGAIN HERE SHORTLY.
UM, SOME OF THE SIMILAR ONES THAT ARE ON THERE AND THAT WE'RE ON, WERE ON.
SO, AND THIS IS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE PACKET.
ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE INTERVIEWING FOR THESE POSITIONS ALREADY? YES.
SO
UM, YES, WE ARE INTERVIEWING FOR, ACTIVELY FOR THESE POSITIONS.
IN FACT, I HAD TWO INTERVIEWS THIS MORNING.
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THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL, UM, VACANCIES IN PLANNING, UM, THAT WERE POSTED SINCE THIS WAS PUBLISHED.UM, WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL PLANNER OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN VACANCY, UM, THAT WOULD HANDLE MOST OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD ACTIVITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW SECTION ALSO THAT IS VACANT.
SO, UM, BUT I CAN SAY THAT, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY I HAVE SIX INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK FOR A VARIETY OF THESE POSITIONS.
SO, UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO GET THEM FILLED.
ONE QUESTION IS THIS, IS THIS, WHAT'S YOUR, UH, JUST TO RECORD FOR THE RECORD, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
IS THIS, THIS, THIS PROVIDED ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE THAT, THAT PART OF THE TOWN? THERE'S, UM, AS PART OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SUBSCRIBE TO OUR JOB POSTINGS, AND THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE TASK FORCE IS ONE THAT GETS REGULAR UPDATES OKAY.
THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH REGULARLY, UM, IN ADDITION TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REQUESTED SUCH.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE STARTING, UM, BEYOND SOME OF THESE RECORDING, UM, THAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY, UM, OUT MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING TO KNOW, UM, PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, UM, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE, UM, THAT YOU THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD NEED TO HAVE AN INTRODUCTION OR, OR HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE OR CORRESPOND WITH THE TOWN, UM, I AM OPEN FOR DOING THAT.
UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UM, SOME OF THE, AND I ACTUALLY NOTICED THIS MYSELF AND WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THIS, BUT, UM, LUANA GAVE ME A CALL AND LET ME KNOW THAT WE'D LIKE TO PUT IN A MAINTENANCE REQUEST FOR THE SIGNS, THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS.
UM, WE HAVE A REQUEST RIGHT NOW WITH OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO, UM, MAINTAIN REFRESH, CLEAN THOSE UP.
UM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE DOING SOME POWER WASHING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEANING AWAY DEBRIS.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY RE UH, REPAIRS NEEDED, THEY'LL BE, UM, WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
SO I DID WANNA LET ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, TO LET FOLKS KNOW IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SEE PEOPLE OUT FROM THE TOWN, UM, AT THE SIGNS THAT WE DID PUT THAT REQUEST IN.
AND IT'S JUST FOR GENERAL, UM, REFRESHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGNS ARE STILL, UM, LOOKING GOOD AND VIBRANT.
UM, I GOT TO ATTEND THE, SO IT'S, IT'S MARCH.
SO LAST MONTH WAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND I, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SOME OF THE GULLAH EVENTS THAT WERE GOING ON FOR THE GULLAH CELEBRATIONS.
UM, WENT TO R THREE PEOPLE, UM, AT THE ART CENTER AS WELL AS THE GULLAH MARKET, UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT, UM, HAS, IS ALSO IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REPORT.
UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
UM, AND I ALSO ATTENDED A, A GULLAH 1 0 1, UM, WORKSHOP OR, UM, UH, MEETING THAT LUANA PUT ON, AND I THOUGHT WAS A, UM, REALLY GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURE AND HISTORY, UM, AND PEOPLE.
AND SO I'VE BEEN DOING MY, DOING MY BACKGROUND, UM, RESEARCH AND, AND, UM, CERTAINLY TRYING TO STAY BUSY AND MAKE SURE THAT I, UM, AM, YOU KNOW, FULLY IMMERSED IN, IN THIS, IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE CULTURE AND HISTORY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.
AND, UM, I WILL ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE TO TOWN COUNCIL, UM, COMING UP HERE SHORTLY.
SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND WE'LL BE SURE TO, UM, REVIEW WITH THE TASK FORCE BEFORE THAT MEETING.
UM, OR, YEAH, SO THAT IS ALL FOR ME AND, UM, WELL, NOT QUITE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR C SHANNON? OKAY.
SEEING NINE, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM AS OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, UH, 2023 PRIORITY GOALS INTO MR. CAMPBELL'S POINT.
THIS IS AN, AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP OUR EYES ON.
UM, YEAH, MR. CAMPBELL'S REMINDING ME THAT, UH, WHEN, WHILE WE'RE OUT FRESHENING UP THE SIGNS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CEMETERIES AS WELL.
I CAN ALSO PUT THAT ON THE LIST.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE AS THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, UH, HOW WE INITIATED THAT PROGRAM TO PUT THOSE SIGNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO
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TRY TO DO THAT TO IDENTIFY THE CEMETERIES AS WELL.WE'VE TAKEN NOTE OF THAT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ALL ON WITH THE PLANS FOR THAT.
HOW WE WOULD DO THAT WITH THE CEMETERIES THAT ARE IN GATE COMMUNITIES.
I'M SORRY, I SAID I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO THAT WITH THE CEMETERIES THERE BEHIND THE GATED COMMUNITIES TO LIKE HIM TO GO RUN AND SEE PONDS AND EVERYTHING.
I'M JUST TAKING A NOTE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT ON THE LIST AS WELL.
BUT WE, UM, THAT IS ON, ON OUR RADAR FOR SURE.
SO, UM, IT WILL NOT GO UN MISSED AND WE WILL REPORT BACK ON ALL RIGHT.
IF WE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW ON, ON THE STRATEGY FOR THAT, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY WE WILL.
I, I COULD SPEAK TO THAT REAL QUICK.
UM, WE, WE DID, UM, WITH, UH, HELP OF MR. CAMPBELL WORK ON, UH, A CEMETERY'S ASSESSMENT, UM, INCLUDING CEMETERIES THAT WERE WITHIN THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.
AND WITH THAT ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT, UM, WE WERE GOING TO INCORPORATE AN ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE ACCESS, UM, TO THOSE SITES.
AND WE ARE GONNA FOLD THAT INTO OUR LANDMARK PROTECTION PROGRAM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN OF WHICH KRISHANA WILL BE THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR.
AND THAT IS PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED TO START, UM, IN SPRING OF, UH, 2024.
YOU WANNA CONTINUE WITH OUR PRIORITY GOALS.
UM, SO I DID WANNA BRING THIS BACK, UM, TO THE TASK FORCE.
I KNOW THAT WE DID, UM, KIND OF AGREE ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES, UM, WOULD BE AS FAR AS, UM, CONTINUING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, UM, GULLAH GEE CULTURAL PRESERVATION, UM, REPORT.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE AGREED ON LAST MEETING, AND, UM, MR. CAMPBELL BROUGHT THAT TO MY ATTENTION.
LIKE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING? AND LIKE, WE AREN'T A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, WE REALLY WANTED TO GET SOME, UM, DIALOGUE AND SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON WHAT YOU, UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THOSE PROGRAMS. I THINK I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M, I'M HEARING DIRECTLY FROM YOU, YOU KNOW, AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM, PUT PUTTING THESE PROGRAMS INTO ACTION AND, UM, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY'S STANDPOINT.
SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK OF YOU, UM, TO GARNER SOME FEEDBACK, UM, AS I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UM, PLANS, UH, FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND ROLLING OUT THESE PROGRAMS. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT MEMO, UM, BEFORE THIS DISCUSSION ITEM, UM, FOR THE 2023 PRIORITIES.
YOU, SO, UM, YOU, YEAH, I'M SORRY, WERE YOU FINISHED? YEAH, I WAS JUST GIVING AN INTRODUCTION, BUT YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAYBE JUST TO GO IN SOME SORT OF ORDER AND HEAR FROM EACH ONE OF OUR, OUR MEMBERS.
UH, MR. JAMES, I DON'T MIND STARTING WITH YOU IF YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE A QUESTION OR, YEAH.
IF IN, IN STARTING OUT, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION, COULD YOU JUST CIRCLE BACK CUZ IT'S BEEN A WHILE? YES, SIR.
UM, HOW MANY TOTAL ITEMS ARE THERE IN, IN THAT REPORT? I THINK 36 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND, AND HOW, HOW DO WE TITLE THAT, THAT LIST? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE LIST CALLED OF THE 32 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS? THE RECOMMENDATIONS, YEAH.
THEY BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
AND, AND DIDN'T WE DIVIDE LIKE 16 OF THEM INTO PRIORITIES? YEAH, YEAH.
WE DID HAVE A, A WORK PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL AS A PRIORITY.
BUT AGAIN, I WANNA REMIND US THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PRIORITIES DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T WANT TO DO ALL OF 'EM.
AND WE HAVE GIVE US, AND ALSO THE TOWN, I BELIEVE TOWN COUNCIL INDICATED THAT, UM, ONE OF THEIR 15 STRATEGIES FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR IS, IS TO KNOCK OUT ALL OF THEM OR, OR MAYBE A GOOD CHUNK OF 'EM.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE SUPPORT THIS YEAR FOR THAT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, UM, THE, THE BIG PICTURE.
UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT.
UM, YES, WE DID HAVE A, A PRIORITY WORK PLAN AND, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
THERE'S BEEN SOME THAT ARE, UM, JUST WAITING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME THAT, UH, WE DON'T WANNA SAY THAT OUR WORK IS THROUGH, BUT AT SOME POINT WE DO WANT TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF COMPLETION.
UH, THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IS ONE THAT I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN DONE, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING
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FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON THAT.UH, THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE, UH, THE LMO RECOMMENDATION, THINGS LIKE THAT AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE DISCIPLINE PLANNING THAT I THINK WILL BE ONGOING AND, UH, VIA APPLAUD TOWN COUNCIL FOR BEING THAT AMBITIOUS.
BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PROMISE THAT THOSE WILL BE DONE, UH, THIS YEAR.
SO SOME OF THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON.
UH, BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED.
UH, THE SIGN, UH, PROGRAM I THINK WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INITIATED BY STAFF.
UH, THE OTHER ONES THAT I CAN REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, UH, WHERE WE ARE WITH FAMILY COMPOUND AND, YOU KNOW, UH, AND, UH, THOSE OTHER, UH, THINGS THAT RELATED TO, UH, HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR PROPERTIES.
AS, UH, CHRISTIAN SAID EARLIER, WE LEARNING THAT PEOPLE COMING IN THROUGH THE, UM, HOME STUDIO, UH, THEY MAY HAVE ISSUES THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
SO YOU MAY GIVE ALSO, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING, UH, WITH OTHER, UM, ENTITIES TO ENSURE THAT THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, BEING FULLY, UM, FLESHED OUT AND ARE FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND, UM, INCLUDED IN OUR NORMAL WORK PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT, OR CAME OUT THAT WERE, CAME OUT OF THE REPORT THAT ARE NOW, UM, A PART OF OUR, A PART OF MY WORK PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, AND SO FIGURING OUT HOW WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL AND LET YOU LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE KIND OF, UM, SUSTAINED EFFORTS ARE FOR SOME OF THOSE.
UM, SO, AND WE'LL PLAN TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND, AND WHERE WE STILL NEED TO GO IN ORDER TO MEET, UM, THE, UH, THE PRIORITIES AND, UH, FULLY IMPLEMENT THE REPORT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UM, IS A PRIORITY FOR TOWN COUNCIL.
AND MAYBE IF, EVEN IF, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, MAYBE IF WE COULD NUMBER THEM ONE THROUGH 32 AND THEN YOU, UM, INCLUDE THE NUMBER SO THAT WHEN WE BRING OUT THE REFERENCE MATERIAL, WE'RE CLEAR ON WHICH, WHICH, UH, PRIORITY ITEMS WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD THAT ON THIS, UM, BUT I'M NOT SEEING IT, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UM, SO FOR TRACKING, I TOLD I, I AGREE
UM, SO I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UM, THE CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT I HOPE TO DISCUSS TODAY IS A PART OF ONE OF THE CULTURAL PRESERVATION, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE, AND WE'LL BE SURE THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE IT THAT WAY.
UM, AND, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED EACH PERSON TO KIND OF YEAH.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL IS THAT AT, IN, IN AN EFFORT, UM, TO, UH, ONE QUESTION THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE IS THAT YOU SAID EVERYONE CAN FEEL FREE TO, UM, RESPOND TO ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, MAP THE EXISTING GULLAH RESOURCES, EVENTS, PROGRAMS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN, THAT THE TOWN CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH TO, UM, IMPLEMENT THE CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THIS RESOURCE CENTER.
SO THAT'S ONE ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
SO, UH, IF YOU, UM, HAVE ANY RESOURCES, UM, OR EVENTS, PROGRAMS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LIST OF, UH, PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO LEARN AND INTERACT WITH, UM, AND TO SUPPORT THE, UM, CULTURE AND, AND HISTORY OF, UM, GUCI, THEN FEEL YOU CAN PLEASE SHARE THOSE WITH US NOW, OR YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
UM, THOSE, BUT WE'RE, I'M WORKING WITH, UM, NATALIE HARVEY IN THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS HERE AT THE TOWN, AND WE'RE, WE'RE MAPPING SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND GETTING SOME OF THOSE, UM, WE, I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF UP COURSE THAT WE, WE TYPICALLY PARTNER WITH, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING, UM, SOMEWHAT OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WHAT'S OUT THERE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE RESOURCE CENTER AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AS IT'S MY, UM, OPINION THAT WE, THAT THE TOWN DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE, UM, SHARING THAT INFORMATION FROM OUR MOUTHS, BUT THAT WE SHOULD BE SENDING PEOPLE TO DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE, UM, TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GULLAH OWNED BUSINESSES, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE GULLAH STORYTELLERS OR, UM, HAVE, YOU KNOW, SORT, UH, THINGS TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND TO THAT POINT, THERE ARE SOME, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS YEP.
AS POTENTIAL PARTNERS TO WORK WITH THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. UH, AS I SAID SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THAT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION MAY CHANGE AND CERTAINLY WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT MAY BE COMING A BOARD AND MAKING THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR US TO ACCESS AS A RESOURCE AS WELL.
SO SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, UH, WHEN WE FIRST DID THAT, UH, WERE IDENTIFIED THEN MM-HMM.
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UH, AS A RESOURCE THAT MIGHT BE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE COULD TAKE THAT.UM, SO LET ME GO TO, UH, MR. SIMMONS NOW FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UM, MS. PERRY, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO, UM, TO ADD TO YOUR REPORT, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS FROM OUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO.
AND I THINK THE ONE OF THOSE, IF I'M CORRECT, IS THE FAMILY COMPOUND AND THE FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
I THINK THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS I THINK HAVE, HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND HAS COME IN AS, UM, LMO CHANGES.
I THINK WE DO HAVE THOSE IN PLACE, WHICH WERE TWO MAJOR ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THEY MAY BE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT I'M NOT REMEMBERING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT I, I THINK IF YOU ALSO, AT SOME POINT WHEN YOU DO LET US KNOW THOSE THINGS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FROM A LIST, IT MAY BE A LIST OF 30 SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE 30 SOMETHING HAVE STILL LISTED THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
SOME OF THOSE I THINK MAY STILL BE ON THAT LIST, BUT THEY ARE COMPLETED ITEMS. OKAY.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT LIST MAY NOT BE AS, AS BIG AS THE 30 SOMETHING THAT YOU BROUGHT THE, THE THREE FROM, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES THAT I DO BELIEVE HAVE BEEN MADE AND HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ALREADY.
SO, UH, AND I, AND I THINK IT GOES BACK TO A POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE, WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE.
SO THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE FUTURE DON'T COME BACK AND TAKE AWAY SOME OF THOSE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET A, WE, WE, I OFTEN SAY WE TAKE SEVERAL STEPS FORWARD AND THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT MOVES US BACKWARD AGAIN.
SO, UM, I THINK WE, WE KEEP THOSE COMPLETED ITEMS AND THOSE ITEMS THAT WE KNOW HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WE BRING THOSE UP FRONT SO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN A, IN A, IN A PATH THAT WILL KEEP THIS WHOLE THING IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL AND BE IMPORTANT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WE SEE THREE ITEMS, BUT, UM, THE THREE ITEMS ARE, ARE CRITICAL TO WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE NEXT TO THAT, WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
SO, UH, I THINK IF WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WHEN THESE FALL IN PLACE, UM, FOR WHAT, WHAT WE WISH TO DO NEXT, I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT SO WE CAN SEE MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT'S MY, AND UM, I, I, I'LL HOLD RIGHT THERE.
SO JUST AS A COMMENT ON, ON ON THE ITEMS AS WE DISCUSSED THEM.
UM, MR. CAMPBELL, I'M WITH MR. SIMMONS.
I THINK THE FAMILY COMPOUND WILL BE NUMBER ONE ON MY LIST BECAUSE OF THE M LMO CHANGES THAT I KNOW THAT ARE COMING UP.
BUT I'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE WHAT, UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED ON THE LIST THOUGH.
AND, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SO AS A PART OF MY, MY ROLE, UM, HERE AND, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHED WITH THE TOWN, UM, THE, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE REPORT THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED SO FAR ARE NOW PART OF MY, MY NORMAL KIND OF EVERYDAY TASK AND, AND THINGS THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE KEEPING UP TO DATE IMPROVING, WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, LIAISON, FACILITATOR, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE, SO THOSE, THAT'S HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINED AND THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP MOVING.
UM, AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE, UM, THAT, THAT'S COMING OUT, WE'LL BE SURE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT HOW THAT WILL, THAT WILL STAY, YOU KNOW, AS AN ONGOING ITEM AS WELL.
UM, AND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE, UM, WORKING ON THESE THINGS.
SO THAT, SO NUMBER THREE HERE WITH THE CONTINUED EFFORTS, UM, AND REFINING ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I AM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY WORKING ON AS WELL.
AND, AND SO THAT, SO A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND FAMILY COMPOUND WE'LL SEE IN THE DESIGN STUDIOS.
AND SO THAT IS A PART OF MY, YOU KNOW, NORMAL ROUTINE, UM, AND THINGS THAT I'M WORKING ON ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOAL OF MINE IS TO, IS TO PARSE OUT, UM, WHAT HAS COME OUT, WHAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED FROM THE REPORT, UM, AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW THAT FITS INTO MY DAILY ROLE, UM, IN MAKING SURE THAT IT HAS THE LONGEVITY.
AND WE'LL ALSO MAKE NOTE OF THE, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND FAMILY COMPOUND IS WORKING AND, AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SPACE, UM, AS WE ARE AMENDING THINGS, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY WANT, YOU KNOW, YOURS AND THE COMMUNITY'S, UM, RESPONSE ON, ON HOW THAT'S WORKING, YOU KNOW, SO FAR FOR PEOPLE AS WELL.
UM, SO WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES IF NECESSARY AS WELL.
AND I IMAGINE I GOT JUST A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE AGENDA CUZ THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON HERE AS A CONTINUING EFFORT.
SO WELL CAN CERTAINLY BE A PART OF MY COMMENTS AS FAR AS, UH, SOME RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO BE KINDA AWARE OF WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE WORK THAT THE STAFF IS DOING AND HOW ALREADY HAS DONE, I'M SORRY,
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YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.UH, MR. MALIK, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
I, UM, I THINK I WANTED TO SEND MY COMMENTS AROUND THE, UH, EDUCATION PROGRAM AND, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING SO FAR ABOUT YOU INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE AS A, AS A COORDINATOR OR AS A, AS OUR PERSON TO KIND OF FOCUS ON, UH, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW, UM, THEY NEED TO KNOW YOU IN, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY, THEY, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT AT SOME POINT WE WANT YOU TO BE AS RECOGNIZED AMONGST THE, THE PEOPLE YOU MAY BE TAKING INFORMATION TO, JUST LIKE THEY KNOW.
SO WHEN THEY SEE YOU, THEY KNOW THAT, OKAY, I, I KNOW, UM, MS. MS. PERRY AND YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO CLIMB UPHILL TO REACH THEM.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND I KNOW THAT WE WANT, WE WANT TO TAKE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM UNDER GOD, UM, TEACHERS TO STAFF AND, AND, AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, THE TOWN GOVERNMENT.
SO I THINK THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRESENT AS, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABSORB, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, HELP YOU RELAY INFORMATION MODEL FROM A NATURAL STANDPOINT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR.
AND WE HAVE, UM, UPCOMING MEETINGS FOR INTRODUCTIONS AND, UM, AND PLANS FOR, FOR ALL OF THOSE, UM, SORTS OF, UM, GAINING FAMILIARITY AND, UM, COMMUNICATIONS.
SO, UH, ONE, ONE THING I JUST WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT, UM, AS PART OF SOME OF THE CULTURAL PRESERVATION, UM, GOALS FROM THE REPORT, IT, IT CAME, CAME ABOUT THAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH, UM, A, A LANDING PAGE, A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE TOWN'S DOING, BUT ALSO FOR THE TOWN TO BE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING AND, AND, UM, PUTTING FORTH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, AND SO THAT THERE WOULD BE A RESOURCE CENTER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, WHETHER IT'S ONLINE, UM, ON LIKE A WEBPAGE OR IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL PLACE THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME IF THEY PREFER TO OPERATE IN PERSON.
AND, UM, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A FULL KIND OF PLAN FOR WHAT WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE.
AND I THINK, UM, AS I'M, AS IT'S ONE OF THE PRIORITIES TO, TO FINISH UP SOME OF THE CULTURAL PRESERVATION GOALS, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY IN ESTABLISHING SOME SORT OF RESOURCE CENTER.
IS THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, A PREFERENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, OR, OR HOPES TO HAVE SOMETHING ESTABLISHED IN PERSON OR WHAT, WHAT WOULD PEOPLE UTILIZE ONLINE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? UM, SO WANTING TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT WOULD SUCCESS LOOK LIKE FOR SETTING UP A RESOURCE CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A TWO-WAY, UM, PLACE FOR COMMUNICATION, BOTH THE TOWN SUPPORTING AND HIGHLIGHTING, UM, GULLAH RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND THEN ALSO GIVING PEOPLE A PLACE, A CLEAR PLACE TO GO TO NAVIGATE TOWN, UM, RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS. SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF, UM, THAT'S ON MY LIST AND, AND I, AND I WANNA, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT, UM, FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT TO, TO, TO LOOK.
UM, MY COMMENTS ARE, ARE ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, UH, THAT AGAIN, THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND THEY ARE READY TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, UH, AND, UH, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH US AT THE, AT THE MEETINGS WHEN WE COME.
AND HAVEN'T WE IDENTIFIED THEM BY NUMBER OF, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE, I THINK WE'VE NUMBERED THEM BY SECTIONS, UH, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC POLICY OR CULTURAL PRESERVATION OR HES PROPERTY.
UH, SO THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ACTUALLY ARE ALREADY NUMBERED MM-HMM.
UM, SO I, AND ENCOURAGE US AS TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHERE WE STAND WITH THOSE.
UM, AS ALWAYS, I ENCOURAGE US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CASE STUDIES, THERE'S, AS WE KEEP DOING THIS WORK, WE ARE ALSO COLLECTING DATA MM-HMM.
UH, TO YOUR POINT, WE WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY AS TO, UH, HOW THEY THINK IT'S WORKING OR WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME NEEDS.
UH, I KNOW THERE ARE, UH, MANY OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE, WHETHER
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THEY BE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS OR JUST IN THE COMMUNITY, OR JUST THOSE OF US WHO GATHER AROUND THE SHADE TREE.AND THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION AND CERTAINLY FROM WHAT WE HEAR.
UM, SO, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US AS TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO BE, UH, ADVOCATES IN THAT PROCESS SO THAT WHEN WE ARE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WORK THAT THIS TASK FORCE IS DOING, THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK FROM THE PLACE OF, UH, SOME, SOME, SOME KNOWLEDGE FOR SURE.
UM, AND, AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD SPEW 'EM OUT RIGHT NOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD NOW.
OF COURSE, WE WERE, LOT OF US WERE THERE IN THE BEGINNING WHEN WE CREATED THESE, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST, UH, NUMBERED ITEMS FOR ME, BUT THEY ACTUALLY ARE A PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW.
UM, ALSO AS FAR AS, UH, AGAIN, HELPING MS UH, PERRY, UH, INTRODUCING HER TO THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE THE ADVOCATES, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY LET PEOPLE KNOW, UH, THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN AND THAT, UH, THAT, THAT THERE IS SOMEONE, UH, MANY PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT, THAT THAT POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT FOR, UH, A FEW MONTHS NOW.
BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, USE THAT AS GOOD NEWS THAT WE, WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE AND I KNOW I THINK WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER, UH, ABOUT HOW SHE'S GONNA BE MOVING AROUND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THE WORK FROM THE TASK FORCE.
UH, WE CAN, WE CAN REACH OUT TO STAFF, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, DO A LOT OF THINGS EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO THIS MEETING SO THAT WHEN WE COME HERE AGAIN, WE CAN, UH, BE KINDA ABREAST OF WHAT STAFF IS DOING, UM, AND, AND BE IN SUPPORT OF THEM SO THAT WE ABLE TO BE GOOD ADVOCATES.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE BY ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW? UM, I KNOW THE EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN SOME FORM OF IMPLEMENTATION ALREADY AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, HERE AT THE TOWN HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU, MS. PERRY, AND THE STAFF, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE VERY NEW, UM, THAT WE ARE HAVING SOME MOVEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO REMEMBER ALONG WITH CASE STUDIES THAT WE ARE COLLECTING DATA AND TO SEE JUST HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THAT AS FAR AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WITH THEIR PROPERTIES.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE'VE ASKED OVER THE YEARS IS, UH, WHAT NUMBER OF ACREAGE DO WE HAVE THAT IS STILL CONSIDERED IN GULLAH OWN PROPERTIES? AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE WERE CREATING IN THE VERY BEGINNING, BECAUSE THERE'S A CONCERN FROM TOWN COUNCIL ABOUT PRESERVING THIS CULTURE.
SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THAT.
AND I'M, I'M ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW WITH OUR GIS STAFF, UM, HERE AT THE TOWN.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE MAYBE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN, UM, BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT SOME OF OUR OTHER EFFORTS ARE ALSO, UM, WORKING ON THAT, WHICH I THINK, UM, WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT A, AT A LATER DATE, BUT SURE.
UM, WELL, I, UM, AND I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, UM, SUPPORT YOU IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL JUST SAID, AND I WANT THIS TO BE KIND OF A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION AND, AND OPEN DIALOGUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, UM, AND IDEAS, UM, ONGOING.
I'M AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND BEFORE THESE MEETINGS, AFTER THESE MEETINGS.
SO, UM, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY.
NOW I REMEMBER SOME TIME AGO, OH, I'M SORRY.
I REMEMBER SOME TIME AGO WHEN WE HAD THE, THE LAST PERSON IS IN THIS POSITION THAT WE HAD A LITTLE COOKOUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT ON BY THE TASK FORCE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL TO, UH, PUT YOU OUT THERE AND, AND LET PEOPLE SEE YOU AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOME FISH AND SHRIMP AND WHATEVER ELSE THAT PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO, AND THEY CAN COME AND, AND, AND, AND MEET YOU AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO TALK TO, UH, STAFF ABOUT, IS A POSSIBILITY OF DOING.
MR. MALIK? I'M SORRY, I, I WAS SITTING HERE AND AN ANALOGY THAT CAME TO MY MIND ABOUT THE RESOURCE CENTER MM-HMM.
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DIGITAL INFORMATION.I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT ALREADY IN PLACE, UH, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS WITH THE TRAILS AROUND AROUND THE ISLAND.
SO INSTEAD OF, OF THIS INFORMATION, YEAH.
THAT CAN BE, I'M SURE THAT CAN BE LINKED TO SOME WAY OR WE CAN USE THAT.
IS THAT INTEGRAL ALSO? WELL, VILLE, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT SITES, SO AS PEOPLE, UH, ON THEIR BIKES OR WHEREVER, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK FOR THEM TO USE QR CODES MM-HMM.
NOW, TO THAT POINT ALSO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RESOURCE CENTER AND HOW WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, AND I KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN, UH, AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY MINDFUL OF HAVING HARD COPIES, IF YOU WILL, OR PAPERS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY STILL USE LANDLINES AND ACTUALLY LIKE TO COME AND ACTUALLY FEEL THE PAPER AND SEE THE INFORMATION.
I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE A PLACE RIGHT NOW IN THE LOBBY WHERE WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, BROCHURES, THE BOOKLETS AND CERTAIN THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, A ACTUAL PHYSICAL PLACE MM-HMM.
UM, JUST MAYBE KIND OF A FUN OUTREACH.
UM, BUT, BUT ALSO, UM, GETTING BACK TO THE, THE CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, THAT'S REALLY HIGH ON MY LIST.
AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM, I, I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND A, UH, PANEL DISCUSSION THIS PAST WEEK.
THAT WAS, UM, UM, UM, UH, UH, DR.
GLORIA HOLMES WAS, WAS THE, UM, PRESENTER AND THE MODERATOR, IF YOU WILL.
AND, AND IT WAS AT THE LIBRARY AND IT WAS PACKED, AND IT WAS ON MITCHELLVILLE.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT, THAT THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY IS HUNGRY FOR, FOR, UM, HEARING THE STORY AND, AND THE CULTURE AND THE HISTORY.
AND, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT HOPEFULLY OUR, OUR CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, I KNOW IT WAS STARTED, UM, TO INITIALLY ENGAGE, UH, NEW EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN, BUT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I, I THINK IT WOULD BE HUGELY, HUGELY, UM, POPULAR.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR ALL THESE IDEAS.
MR. SIMMONS, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? YES.
I, I LIKE, I JUST WANNA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO, UM, YOUR THOUGHT ON A RESOURCE CENTER WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND GET INFORMATION.
I, I THINK I WANT POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO OVERCOME AT THE TOWN IS WHEN, UM, PEOPLE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COME TO THE TOWN IS THAT PERSON WHO THEY FEEL THEY CAN ACTUALLY TRUST TO COME AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET INFORMATION.
SO EVEN IF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN SOME, UM, ELECTRONIC OR PAPER FORM, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN, WHEN FOLKS COME, UH, I KNOW FROM FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA NOT ALWAYS WANT TO GRAB A PIECE OF PAPER OR SEE WHAT'S ON PAPER.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT PERSON, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN TALK TO, WHO CAN RELATE, WHO CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
SO I THINK AS A RESOURCE PIECE AND AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE, YOU, THE PERSON'S GONNA PROBABLY BE THE MOST VALUABLE PART TO THAT WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW? UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN I COME HERE, I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME, WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK THIS DAY.
AND NOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE READILY ACCESSIBLE EVERY TIME SOMEONE COMES, BUT I THINK WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE COME FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS FOCUSED ON WHAT THE QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
SPECIFICALLY WHEN I COME, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BRING A UNIQUELY DIFFERENT QUESTION COMING FROM WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, WHICH IS THE, THE, THE, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WHEN, WHEN I COME FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS ISLAND.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT THAT PERSON THAT I CAN TALK TO AND SAY, WELL, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT I'M AFTER.
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AND IT'S, UH, HERE'S THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.VERSUS EVEN IF AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THEIR FINGERTIPS, I MEAN, I THINK THAT PERSON WHO CAN EXPLAIN AND WHO CAN TELL WHAT, WHEN, AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS, IS GONNA PROBABLY BE VITALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW? AND EVEN IF THAT'S DONE BY APPOINTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN IF THERE'S INFORMATION THEY CAN GET AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE WITH THEM, UM, HAVING THAT PERSON AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, BEING AVAILABLE.
E EVEN LIKE I SAID, EVEN IF IT'S BY APPOINTMENT, JUST NOT MAYBE IMPROPER PERSON COMING IN FOR, FOR INFORMATION.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE, CAN I SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THIS PERSON WHO'S GONNA BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO ME, HOW IT'S AVAILABLE TO ME, WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE TO ME? AND THEN HOW DO I MOVE FORWARD IN DOING THAT? SO I THINK THE RESOURCE OF INFORMATION, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS POINT, AND THE PROCESS IS AVAILABLE.
I JUST THINK WE ALWAYS, ALWAYS JUST NEED THE PERSON THERE, UM, THAT, THAT WHEN FOLKS COME, THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS A PERSON WHO I CAN TALK TO, WHO I, WHO IS GONNA UNDERSTAND AND GIVE ME THAT AIR THAT I MAY NOT HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST.
SO, NO DOUBT, EDUCATION IS ALWAYS A KEY TO MANY, MANY, MANY THINGS.
BUT I THINK ALSO THE PERSON COULD BE AS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN FOLKS COME HERE TO TOWN HALL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA COME TO GET SOMETHING OR THINGS DONE MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A, A, A, A ISSUE, UM, IN THE PAST.
SO I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CULTURAL, UH, DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL, UH, PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN, IT'S STILL GONNA REQUIRE THE PERSON SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE AS WE LEARN THESE THINGS.
AND I WANT TO PASS 'EM ON TOO.
I WAS GONNA SAY, THOSE ARE SOME OF MY BEST DAYS.
THE WORD, THE WORD IS GETTING OUT, UM,
AND I, THERE ARE MANY DAYS WHERE I'M JUST AT MY DESK WORKING AND SOMEONE'S LIKE, THERE'S SOMEONE DOWNSTAIRS FOR YOU, AND I'M, I'M THERE.
AND, AND THOSE ARE THE DAYS THAT I, I ENJOY THE MOST.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD THAT THAT CAN, WE, WE'LL BE FACILITATING THAT AND THAT THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UM, ONGOING AND SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO HONE AND, AND IMPROVE AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE IDEAS.
UM, SO FAR THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING, SOME THINGS THAT, THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT I'VE HEARD IN, IN OTHER SET COMMUNITY SETTINGS, UM, THAT I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, INCORPORATE IN SOME WAY.
UM, AND SO WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL REPORT BACK SOME.
AND I JUST WANNA REMIND US AGAIN, AS TASK FORCE MEMBERS, AGAIN, WE'RE THE ADVOCATES AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HELP LAY THE GROUNDWORK TO SAY, YES, WE DO HAVE A PERSON DOWN HERE, UH, THAT WE CAN TALK TO AND TO HELP BUILD THAT TRUST AND, UH, REPAIR SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT'S BEEN, UH, SHARED IN THE PAST.
SO, UH, AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO KRISHAN.
UH, WE, THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER THINGS.
WE CAN'T GET 'EM ALL OUT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I DO WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO ASK IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC HAS A COMMENT OR QUESTION ON THESE PRIORITY ITEMS. OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
THANK MY TASK FORCE MEMBERS FOR THEIR INPUTTING QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA THAT WAS AMENDED WAS A REPORT FROM LOW COUNTRY GULLAH, THAT'S FROM THE ONE GRAY SELLERS IS HERE WITH US IN WILL GIVE US SOME GOOD INFORMATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, UM, I'M WORKING ACTIVELY WITH KRISHAN AND THE TOWN TO FACILITATE SOME OF THE, UM, UM, MOVEMENT OF NOT ONLY HEIRS PROPERTY ISSUE, BUT THE DELINQUENT TAX ISSUE.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS A FLYER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PRINTED.
I'M GONNA BE HANDING OVER TO KRISHAN, UM, FOR FREE WILLS CLINIC THAT WE'RE DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY.
THEY WILL BE BRINGING SIX ATTORNEYS TO THE ISLAND SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND GET THEIR WILL DONE FOR FREE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A, A, UM, A SEPARATE PRIVATE CONVERSATION IN A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND GET THEIR WILLS DONE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO FACILITATE
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TWICE DURING THE YEAR.UM, SO, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE WITH THE CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY.
UM, TO YOUR POINT, UH, REGARDING GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AND AS WELL AS SANA OUT, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED, UM, FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKENDS TO GO TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES TO NOT ONLY HAVE THIS ANNOUNCED, IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE WILL BE GOING TO THE CHURCHES TO DISTRIBUTE FLYERS CLOSER IN AS WELL AS INTRODUCE KRISHAN IN HER ROLE TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE LOW COUNTRY GULLAH FOUNDATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS EVENT, AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THE TOWN AND, AND INFORMATION AND ACCESS THAT THEY DO HAVE THAT IS AVAILABLE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, JUST UNDER 1100 PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HEIRS PROPERTY ON HILTON HEAD.
THOSE PROPERTIES WILL BE RECEIVING, UM, INFORMATIONAL MAILERS FROM LOW COUNTRY FOUNDATION, BASICALLY SAYING, UM, AS, AS THE BEGINNING OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE WILL HAVE IDENTIFYING, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT HEIRS PROPERTY IS, WHAT KIND OF HELP IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE TOWN BETWEEN, UM, UNRAVELING THE HEIRS PROPERTY AND OR, UH, HELPING WITH THE DELINQUENT TAXES.
SO THAT REPORT, UH, WILL BE MORE OF A FULL REPORT FOR THE APRIL'S MEETING.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AND, AND OF COURSE A FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH, UM, THE, THE VISITING THE CHURCHES.
SO YOU'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW THAT, THAT WILL GO OVER, UM, THE NEXT, UM, COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BUT, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET IN WITH THE CENTER FOR AIR'S PROPERTY.
SO I WAS ABLE TO, UM, UM, TWIST SOME, SOME ARMS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN SO THAT WE, WE HAVE THE ACCESS TO, TO THEM.
AND, UM, THE, THE WILLS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE IT WELL, OR A SUCCESSION PLAN FOR THEIR PROPERTY.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE FOUNDATION, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR WILL OR SUCCESSION PLAN, AND THEN GOD FORBID THAT PERSON PASSES AWAY AND PEOPLE WITHIN THE FAMILY ARE NOT AWARE OF HOW THEY CAN, UM, MOVE THE PROPERTY FORWARD THROUGH PROBATE AND OR THROUGH HEIR'S PROPERTY, UH, RESOLUTION, THEN IT BECOMES A BIGGER PROBLEM.
SO THE, THE WILLS, HAVING THE WILLS CLINIC IS REALLY A GOOD PLACE TO START FOR THE YEAR, UM, WITH THE, THAT PART OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
UM, WH WHERE AND WHAT IS THE HILLHEAD ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH? WHICH CHURCH IS THAT? UM, IT'S RIGHT, UM, NEXT TO THE HARRE BUILDING.
SO IT'S, IT'S IN FRONT, IT'S RIGHT ON, ON THE STREET, AND THEY HAVE A NICE LARGE ROOM MM-HMM.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, UM, A CENTRAL PLACE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE, THAT HAS A LARGE ENOUGH SPACE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THE SIX ATTORNEYS AND SEPARATE THEM, SEPARATE THE TABLES SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE THAT COME FROM OF A PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, SPACE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THAT INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH THE ATTORNEYS.
NOW IS ALSO, IS THAT, UH, IS THAT HERITAGE WEEK? UH, YES, IT PROBABLY IS HERITAGE WEEK.
UM, BUT, UM, BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSY.
THAT'S THE BEST WHEN IT COMES THE COMES, COMES TO WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.
UM, THE, THE BACKSTORY IS I HAD ASKED LAST YEAR FOR A DATE, THE CENTER ONLY DOES ONE WILLS PROGRAM PER COUNTY PER YEAR.
SO SOMEONE ELSE, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION HAD THIS DATE.
THEY PULLED OUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND I WAS THE FIRST CALL BECAUSE I'D BEEN NAGGING THEM ABOUT DOING ONE.
SO, UM, WHATEVER THE DATE IS FOR MAKING IT WORK.
YEAH, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR LUANA? I'M JUST, ARE YOU PASSING THIS OF ALL THE CHURCHES? WE ARE.
I HAVE, UM, ENOUGH TO LEAVE A STACK OF THESE WITH ALL OF THE CHURCHES.
I'M GONNA ALSO LEAVE SOME HERE AT TOWN HALL SO THAT IF ANYBODY COMES IN, UM, THEY CAN BE DISTRIBUTED THAT WAY.
BUT YES, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, ALL OF THE CHURCHES WITH, WITH THE, UH, FLYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PASSED OUT.
UM, MR. BLAKE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE, SO IF I WERE TO GO BRING MY WIFE WITH ME, I RIGHT NOW, WELL, IT'S UP TO YOU.
IF, IF IT'S YOUR WILL, THEN, THEN YOU COULD DO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY.
BECAUSE, UM, THERE, THERE ARE SPECIFIC TIME SLOTS.
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GO THROUGH THE, SO THEN IF I WANTED, IF MY WIFE AND I WANTED TO GO, I DIDN'T MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME AND WENT FOR HER.AND I DO SUGGEST THAT, UM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, THE NUMBER THAT'S ON THE FLYER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CALL, THERE ARE ONLY 25 SLOTS THAT, THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND BECAUSE THE CENTER IS ALSO PROMOTING IT, I'M PROMOTING IT AS MUCH ON HILTON HEAD CUZ THAT'S THE FOCUS THAT WE WANNA HAVE.
UM, BUT IF PEOPLE FROM RIDGELAND OR WHEREVER ELSE THEY ARE WANT TO COME IN, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY PUSHING HEAVILY ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE IN HILTON HEAD ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE, UM, THE CLINIC IS COMING UP.
MR. SIMMONS, AS YOU HAVE A QUESTIONS, I DO.
UM, LUANA, OLY, UM, WILLS ARE IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THERE'S WILLS IN A SUCCESSION PLAN AS FAR AS, UM, A WILLS WAS CONCERNED.
AND I, I GUESS JUST ASK MY QUESTION, HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT, UM, HAVING FOLKS UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN DO A TRUST AS WELL? YEAH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE WILL SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE IS, UM, MULTIPLE PARCELS THAT A FAMILY MAY OWN OR JUST EVEN MOVING A LAW, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROBATE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WILLS STILL HAVE TO BE PROBATE MM-HMM.
IT'S NOT A, SOMETHING YOU NECESSARILY PROBATE.
AND I THINK PEOPLE SOMETIMES FIND THAT IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A TRUST AND A WILL, I MEAN, A WILL IS ALMOST, I MEAN, I'LL, YOU KNOW, A WILL HAS HIS PLACE, RIGHT.
UM, AND, AND, AND IS DEFINITELY HAS HIS PLACE, BUT A, A TRUST ALONG WITH THE WILL CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
UM, IF, IF A FAMILY FINDS THEMSELVES WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PIECES OF LAND OR JUST HOW YOU CAN MANEUVER AT THE TIME OF DEATH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOTHING TO REALLY PROBATE.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN LEGALLY SAY THAT OR NOT.
I CAN JUST, JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THE LEGALESE OF IT, BUT I DO KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE THAT IF YOU HAVE A WILL AND, AND A TRUST IS INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, PROBATE IS MADE VERY SIMPLE.
MAYBE I CAN SAY THAT
SO, AND, AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU.
UM, PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE DO HAVE IS PROVIDING SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS.
UM, AS FAR AS, UM, OF COURSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE WILLS JUST SO THAT THEY'LL BE PROTECTED.
AND IN SOME CASES THEY DON'T WANNA DO A TRUST OR WHATEVER, THEY JUST WANNA PASS THE LAND DOWN IF IT'S SIMPLE LIKE THAT.
BUT IF THERE IS THE CASE WHERE SOMEONE WANTS TO DO A TRUST, UM, OR WHATEVER THE, THE SITUATION MAY BE, OR AN LLC OR WHATEVER, UH, PART OF THE WORKSHOP, THE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS THAT WE WILL BE DOING, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
SO AFTER THIS, WE WILL HAVE A SUCCESSION OF, UM, UH, WORKSHOPS THAT WILL COVER ALL OF THOSE KIND OF ISSUES IN ADDITION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW YOU CAN STAY OFF THE TAX LIST AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND MAYBE NEXT MEETING, WHAT, WHAT I WILL DO IS GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, THE DIFFERENT WORKSHOP TITLES AND, AND THE, THE CALENDAR THAT IS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR SO THAT YOU'LL GET A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE COVERING ALL OF THE BASES AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, SORRY, MR. HENS, YOU HAD SOMETHING.
I FIND MYSELF DOWN TO, THAT WAS ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY TASK FORCE MEMBER, I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR BEING HERE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE THAT THE GOVERNOR MUSEUM MOVING AUSTIN, IT'S, UH, ANNUAL OYSTER ROAST THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO FIVE, THERE'S GONNA BE OYSTER ALL YOU CAN EAT, UH, ADDITIONAL FOOD VENDORS, UH, MUSIC STORYTELLING, AND SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT MUSEUM AND MIS LOUISE'S, UM, FAMILY.
HOW MUCH ARE TICKETS? 50 BUCKS.
OH, YOU CAN EAT OYSTERS, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THE BAND? UM, MA'AM, $10? YES.
10 GENERAL MISSION, BUT DINNER, OYSTERS AND, AND, AND DESERVE MIS WITH ENTERTAINMENT IS 50 BUCKS.
DJ OJ, UH, I THINK, UH, THEY HAVE DJ OJ.
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UH, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY, ANOTHER YOUNG LADY WHO'S A GUN RAPPER, A YOUNG, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.I CAN'T THINK OF HER NAME, BUT WE ARE GOING TO, UM, PROMOTE HER AS A, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TIME AROUND.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT, UH, Q SMALLS, HE'S A, HE'S A STAPLE.
HE'S A STAPLE WHEN WE DO EVENTS.
AND, UH, THIS IS MY ACTIVITY GOING ON, BUT, UH, THAT'S SIGNAGE ON JOHNNY MUSEUM WEBSITE.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED LET ANYBODY KNOW THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT THIS SATURDAY.
NOW YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, I CAN RAP TOO, RIGHT?
WE JUST KEEP, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
AND, UH, WE NOW FIND OURSELVES ADJOURNED.