Mar 20, 2023 Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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BRING OUR FINANCE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ORDER.

IT'S MONDAY, MARCH 20TH AND THEN CAN STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, POSTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

I WOULD ASK SOMEONE TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA TODAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO IMPROVE THE AGENDA. MR. BERNANKE WAS THERE A SECOND AISLE SECOND? THANK YOU. AND ANY DISCUSSION SO YOU KNOW DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO OUR AGENDA? AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A LARGER AGENDA TODAY SO WE WILL GO THROUGH AS EASILY AND AS BEST WE CAN.

AGAIN, WE DECIDED TO MAKE DO THIS AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS FOR US AND NOT BREAK THIS UP INTO A BUNCH OF DAYS. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- January 17, 2023]

LET'S MOVE ON THEN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE COMMITTEE OUT OF OUT

[7. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT FROM FSI OFFICE, A STATE CONTRACT VENDOR, FOR PROBATE COURT OFFICES IN BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD (FISCAL IMPACT: $234,459.47 FUNDING IS VIA THE CIP FUND)]

A STATE CONTRACT VENDOR PROBATE COURT OFFICES IN BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD AND SO ASKING HOW ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ERIC LARSON, CAPITAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR. THIS IS A PROJECT OF REMODELING AND RENOVATION PROJECT OF THE PROBATE JUDGES OFFICES AT THE MAIN COURTHOUSE DIRECTLY BEHIND US AND THE HILTON HEAD OFFICES.

THIS PART OF THE CONTRACT IS SIMPLY THE PURCHASE OF THE FIXTURES, THE FURNITURE AND STORAGE CABINETS, ETC. THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING EMPHASIZE ON STATE CONTRACTS MEANING WE DID NOT HAVE TO BID THIS OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE STATE CONTRACT PRICING FOR THE FURNITURE TO OUTFIT ALL OFFICES. IT'S ABOUT 14 OFFICES WITH ABOUT 20 OR SO PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE ARE DOUBLED UP IN OFFICES THREE IN TOTAL FOR THAT FOR FURNITURE ORDERS $234,459.47 AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT. AND IF I COULD I COULD FIRST ASK THEM TO OPEN UP FOR OTHER QUESTIONS IS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE REPLACING FURNITURE THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY.

YES. OR THEIR EXISTING IS OLD AND DATED.

SOME OF IT'S IN POOR SHAPE AND IT'S JUST NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL FOR THEM.

LOT OF THEIR OFFICE FURNITURE IS BUILT IN AND AGAIN NOT WORK NOT SUITING THEIR NEEDS.

SO PART OF THE RENOVATION THAT YOU ARE NOT SEEING ON THIS THIS IS JUST THE FURNITURE ONLY IS WE ARE GOING IN AND DEMOING OUT THE EXISTING BUILT IN FURNITURE AND REPLACING SOME OF THESE OLD STEEL DESKS THAT HAVE FALLEN APART RUSTED AND JAGGED EDGES ARE SNAGGING CLOTHES THAT SORT OF THING AND WE'RE REPLACING THE CARPET. WE'RE DOING ALL THIS SO THOSE THOSE ITEMS ARE CONTRACTED SEPARATELY. THIS IS JUST FOR THE PURCHASING OF THE FURNITURE AND WHAT'S WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THE PURCHASED THE NEW FURNITURE.

ALL THIS SHOULD 20 YEARS OR MORE THE FURNITURE THAT IS NOW THE ORIGINAL 80 SO SO IT'S BEEN THERE HAS BEEN THERE A WHILE WE'LL GET 20 PLUS OUT OF THIS PIECE OF ART ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. YES WHATEVER OTHER QUESTION. SO THE FURNITURE THAT'S THERE NOW IT'S ALL REALLY IN POOR CONDITION. DO WE JUST TRASH IT? WE DONATE IT, WE TRY TO SELL IT. WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? ONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS IF IT'S SALVAGEABLE WE'LL PUT IT IN THE WAREHOUSE FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO USE, OKAY. IF IT'S IN POOR CONDITION IT HAS A SALVAGEABLE VALUE.

THERE'S LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE METAL DESK. THERE'S A LOT OF METAL.

WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THOSE OUT TO SHANKLIN ROAD AND PUT THEM IN THE WHITE GOODS PILE SO THAT THAT METAL CAN BE RECYCLED. WE SAY TO THE GOODS WHAT WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL OF IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO STORE JUNK AND WE JUST DID A SPRING CLEANING EARLIER THIS PAST YEAR AND GOT RID OF A LOT OLD FURNITURE FROM OUR WAREHOUSE. AND SO THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS NOT ACCUMULATING RIGHT. OKAY.

THINKING SO AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS EVERY ONE OF THESE PAGES SAYS IT'S A 55 OR 51% DISCOUNT. IS IT REALLY FOR ME MISS R.P. IT'S STATE CONTRACT PRICING AND

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OKAY, THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF I COULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS FUNDING AND MOVE IT TO COUNCIL SO WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

THANK YOU AND MS. TABERNACLE AND THEN MR. MCKELLAN WAS THE SECOND ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO DISCUSSION IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO JUST MOVING THIS TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL YOU SEE

[8. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AWARD MUSCO THE CONTRACT FOR FIELD LIGHTING AT CORSEN TATE PARK ON LADY'S ISLAND (FISCAL IMPACT: MUSCO PROVIDED A COST FOR $799,325.00. FUNDS COME FROM PARKS IMPACT FEES NORTH OF THE BROAD)]

AND I THINK MR. LARSON YOU'RE UP HERE AGAIN RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO MOSCOW THE CONTRACT FOR FIELD LIGHTING AT CORSON PARK ON LADY'S ISLAND AND THAT'S NUMBER EIGHT ON OUR AGENDA, SIR HERMAN, YOU YOU PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT I WILL ADD THAT MOSCOW IS A IT'S A SPECIFIC BRAND OF LIGHT AND WE USE THE MOSCOW SYSTEM ON ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS.

THESE AREN'T JUST LIGHTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY LIGHTS ARE ACTUALLY AND RAN BY COMPUTER AND SO THERE IS A COMPUTER SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT IS A REMOTELY ACTIVE EXCUSE ME REMOTELY RESTORED. YOU CAN YOU CAN DO IT REMOTELY THE.

WORD HAS ESCAPED MY HEAD FOR SOME REASON YOU CONTROL THESE REMOTELY IPHONES AND IPADS THAT SORT OF THING. SO THE MOSCOW SYSTEM IS WHAT'S IN CURRENTLY ON ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING WITH MOSCOW ON PARK.

SO THIS PRICE IS 799 325 IS THE TOTAL TO DO THE PARK. THERE WAS A MAP INCLUDING YOUR PACKET IT'S REALLY FOUR FIELDS SO THAT'S A BIG NUMBER BUT WHEN YOU DIVIDE THAT BY FOUR MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS THAT NUMBER STARTS TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR THE FIELD AND IT IS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASED BECAUSE OF THE MOSCOW SYSTEM AND WE HAVE THAT PAPERWORK THROUGH FINANCE DEPARTMENT NOW AND THIS WILL COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL NEXT WEEK THAT'S WHERE COMMENTS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. NO, YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR . YOU I UNDERSTAND THE COMPUTERIZED WITH THAT FIELD OUT THERE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE 800,000 STILL SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR LIGHTING OF THAT FIELD OUT THERE'S IT. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMPANIES THAT COMPETE WITH THEM OR THAT CAN INTEGRATE INTO THE SYSTEM WE ALREADY HAVE OR IS THIS A NECESSITY TO COMPETE YES INTEGRATE WITH THEIR SYSTEM NOW PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE AND SO IT'S IT'S TOUGH I MEAN THEY YOU GO WITH THE SYSTEM AND YOU STAY WITH THAT SYSTEM.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE CELL PHONES AND OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCTS AND IT REALLY I KNOW IT AS I SAID, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO POINT OUT AS FOR IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY BUT THAT'S WHAT LIGHTING COST THESE DAYS. IT'S AN LED SYSTEM.

IT'S NOT HALOGEN BULBS AND SO IT'S VERY EFFICIENT AND THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY WE JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. LAWSON? NO QUESTIONS.

CAN HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO COUNSEL FOR VOTE. ALL RIGHT, I'LL WE HAD MS..

BROWN OF THE FIRST MOTION AND THEN I THINK MR. DAWSON HAD THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION US MOVING US FORWARD SEEING NO OBJECTION WE WILL THEN APPROVE THIS. THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED WITHOUT OBJECTION AND WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. LARSON AND AS WE MOVE ON THEN NUMBER NINE ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL A

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE SC DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR THE COMBINED PROJECTS OF PROJECT PACKET AND PROJECT LAWN.]

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AND PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. MR. O'TOOLE APPRECIATE IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE OR JUST FOLLOWING THESE ARE FLOW THROUGH GRANTS.

SO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THIS CASE IS LOOKING AT THE MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED AT THE BANK BREWERY OR SIDE HUSTLE BREWERY.

SO THEY'RE GIVING A GRANT THE GRANT FLOWS THROUGH THE COUNTY AND COUNTY WILL GIVE IT TO THE COMPANY BUT BECAUSE IT FUNNELS THROUGH THE COUNTY STAFF THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD GOOD TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION ANYTHING THEY THINK IT'S A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT AND PASS THROUGH THERE'S NO MATCH ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. O'TOOLE? I DO. GOOD. WHERE ARE THESE THIS IS PROJECT PACKET IN PROJECT LAW AND WHERE THE THE LOCATION OF THE ONE IS THAT THE ON POPE AVENUE HILTON HEAD IT'LL BE THE FORMER BANK AMERICA OKAY AND A BREWERY THERE ROUGHLY A $50 MILLION INVESTMENT AND SOME 26 JOBS AND THEN PACKET A SIMILAR INVESTMENT I BELIEVE $13 MILLION OR VICE VERSA BUT COMBINED ABOUT A $28 MILLION INVESTMENT AND THEY'LL BE USED IN SOUTH CAROLINA PRODUCTS. SO THAT'S WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF AG IS OFFERING THIS GRANT TO THEM. SO IS THE PROJECT PACKET THAT'S ON BURN BUCK ISLAND ROAD CORRECT? RIGHT YES. YEAH, THAT THAT'S THE OLD ISLAND PACKET AND THEN MORE TO COME ON THAT I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION ON PAGE 109I WAS JUST TELLING JERROLD IT SAYS FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BLAH BLAH BREWERY FOOD HALL MARKET NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SPIRITS PRODUCTION AND CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE GOING ON THERE.

WE ARE NOT INVESTING OR DOING ANY DEVELOPMENT AROUND CRYPTOCURRENCY.

OKAY. BECAUSE I SAW THAT IN THERE. WHAT YEAH THIS IS PURELY AN AGRICULTURAL GRANT TODAY THOUGH FOR SURE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE GOOD JOBS SO THAT'S GREAT. YES YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. O'TOOLE? THANK YOU. AND ERIC, THIS IS JUST RESOLUTION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE THE COMMITTEE WE IT IS STILL TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL SO THE COUNCIL FOR LOOK I WASN'T HERE FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WHETHER IT NEEDED GO TO COUNCIL BUT DO I HAVE A A MOTION THANK YOU MR. O'TOOLE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE $50,000 GRANT. SO I THINK RESOURCES ARE A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION IS ANY OBJECTION TO US APPROVING THIS AND MOVING THIS TO COUNCIL SEEING? NO OBJECTION. THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED.

IT WILL MOVE INTO COUNCIL AND OUR BEFORE WE GET INTO PRESENTATIONS OUR FINAL THING

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JOSHUA GIBSON TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT'S METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION AS THE COUNCIL APPOINTEE.]

[11. AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS]

[12. FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET FUNDING REQUEST PRESENTATIONS: Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health- Dr. Faith Polkey Beaufort Port Royal CVB- Robb Wells Beaufort Area Small Business Development Center- Martin Goodman Beaufort Conservation District- Denise Parsick Island Recreation Center- Frank Soule Lowcountry Regional Transportation Authority- Mary Lou Franzoni Technical College of the Lowcountry- Mary Lee Carns Black Chamber of Commerce- Larry Holman and Kevin Holman Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation- John O'Toole Beaufort Memorial Hospital- Russell Baxley, MHA University of South Carolina, Beaufort- Chancellor Al M. Panu and Beth Patrick Lowcountry Council of Government- Sabrena Graham Military Enhancement Committee of Beaufort County- Ian Scott or MEC Chair Neal Pugliese]

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FAITH POKEY AND DR. POLK. IF YOU START OFF JUST BY GIVING JUST A REAL QUICK 32ND BACKGROUND OF YOU AND YOURSELF AND KIND YOUR YOUR YOUR RESUME AND THEN GO INTO YOUR PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE TOMORROW. SO I HAVE A FEW STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THE ROOM SUPPORTING IN CASE WE HAVE ANY GLITCHES BUT I AM DR. SAVE OKAY I AM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR YOU FOR JASPER HAMPTON CONFERENCE SERVICES.

I'VE BEEN IN THE AREA FOR 20 YEARS. I STARTED OUT AS A STAFF PEDIATRICIAN AND AND HAD THE HONOR OF BEING SELECTED BY OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS OUR NEXT CEO WHICH YOU ALL KNOW ROLAND COMES THERE IN 42 YEARS SO I HANDS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVISE HIM AND I'M HERE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY HERE MY SLEEP ALL RIGHT SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SOME YOU AND SOME MEMBERS OF IS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND THAT I'LL GIVE YOU AND THIS IS OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE QUALITY AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE OF CARE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY AND WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE MOST CONFERENCE SOUND HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHICH I WILL DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT YOU FOR JASPER AND WE WERE JUST DUE FOR THIRD CONFERENCE OF HEALTH SERVICES ORGANIZED 1969 WITH OUR FIRST PATIENTS IN 1970 WE WERE ORGANIZED AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGENCY WERE CHILDREN WHO HAD WORMS ON SAINT HELENA AND SO FOLKS CAME TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TOM BARNWELL BEING ONE OF THEM OUR FIRST CEO AND MANY TO GET POTABLE WATER IN WELLS TO BUILD FOR THESE TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE WERE HEALTHY AND THAT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS REALLY SINCE THE BEGINNING WE HAVE HAD AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FUNDING SO 1973 SO TAKING CARE OF FARM WORKERS HAS A PART OF OUR MISSION SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THEN OVER TIME WE IN 74 WERE UNDER FEDERAL MANDATES WHEN WE STARTED ORGANIZING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE WERE NO LESS RELIANT ON FEDERAL SCIENCE BUT INCREASING OUR PATIENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND THEN IN 1999 WE ADDED HAMPTON COUNTY WE ARE DUE FOR JASPER HAMPTON CONFERENCE NELSON'S SO WE ARE CERTAINLY QUALIFIED IN THE HEALTH CENTER . WE ARE IN PRIVATE NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND HAVE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ALMOST 100 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS IN PERSON IN ORDER TO HAVE THE DESIGNATION AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE A SLIDING SCALE BASED INCOME AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TURN AWAY REGARDING THE SEVERE ABILITY. NOW WE'RE NOT A FREE CLINIC SO WE DO EXPECT PEOPLE TO PAY SOMETHING BUT WE WILL NOT TURN THEM AWAY IF THEY CAN'T PAY THE FEE RELATED THE SCIENCE GUILTY.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT 51% OF OUR BOARD SO WE HAVE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND 51% MUST BE PATIENT SO THEY MUST USE THE HEALTH CENTER SERVICE AND THAT IS UNIQUE AMONG FAIRLY QUALIFIED HANDS SINCE WE ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ALL MEASURES SERVICES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, CHILDREN UP TO GERIATRICS LABS, RADIOLOGY, PREVENTIVE HEALTH AND SERVICE THOSE ARE ALL REQUIRED SERVICES AND WE'RE ALSO EXPECTED TO PROVIDE INTERPRETATION FOR LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES.

WE'VE BEEN HERE 54 YEARS. WE HAVE TEN CENTER LOCATIONS THERE AND THEN OFFICES AND SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER AND THEN THREE MOBILE UNITS. AND AS I SAID WE PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES FROM PEDIATRICS AND ADULT MEDICINE DENTAL SERVICES AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT LATER AND THEN ALL THE OTHER SERVICES YOU SEE HERE HIGHLIGHTING OUR AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM WHICH IS LOCATED MOSTLY IN ST HELENA ISLAND AND THEN ALSO OUR HIV CAMPAIGNS THERE WHERE WE TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS IN ALL THREE COUNTIES LIVING WITH AND THEN

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I EXPECT THIS TO BE CLOSER TO 17,000 IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. WE HAVE 270 EMPLOYEES AND THEN OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WAS 26,711,000. LET'S USE THESE ARE THE SITES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TEN LOCATIONS IN THE THREE COUNTY AREA THESE ARE THE SITES AND FOUR COUNTIES THE SHELDON SAINT HELENA OKATIE SITE ALSO KNOWN AS CHELSEA.

I'M SAYING AND THEN THREE AND FOUR DOING SO PUT REAL MEDICAL CENTERS, LARGE AREA I AM JUST ADDED THIS PAST YEAR AND THEN WE HAVE A SAME CLINIC AND THEN IN SIX SCHOOLS IN YOUR FOUR COUNTY WELL BRANCHES DAVIS HELENA BROAD RIVER AND THEN WE HAVE THREE MOBILE UNITS.

ONE IS THE A SCHOOL BASED MOBILE UNIT WHICH HAS A MEDICAL AND DENTAL SIDE THAT IS A GLASGOW HOPE CLINIC HAVE A COMMUNITY UNIT. OUR NEWER UNIT WHICH HAS MEDICAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING SIDE AND THEN WE ALSO CAN DO TELEHEALTH THE UNIT AND THEN THERE'S THE RONALD MCDONALD UNIT WHICH IS TO TWO DOWN CHAIRS THAT ONE IS NOT FUNCTIONING VERY WELL AT THIS POINT AND WE'RE TALKING WITH RONALD MCDONALD AND ALSO THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET AT FUNCTIONAL EVIDENCE QUESTIONS THEN WE END THIS PAST YEAR COUNTY RESIDENTS ACCOUNT FOR 60% OF OUR 15,000 PATIENTS AND THEN UNINSURED PATIENTS WITH 37% OF THEIR TOTAL. SO THIS SHOWS OUR UNREIMBURSED CHARGES FOR PATIENTS WHO HAD NO INSURANCE. SO OUR UNINSURED PATIENTS PROGRAM WE DO HAVE A SLIDING SCALE SO THAT 2.9 MILLION IS WHAT'S LEFT AFTER WE'VE COLLECTED SOME THINGS FOR THEM AND WE COLLECTED ABOUT $800,000 THIS PAST YEAR.

ALL OF THESE CHARGES WITH ALL OF THE THINGS YOU SEE THERE INCLUDING THE SUBSIDY TO LAND FOR WE ACTUALLY TAILORED FOR PERSONALLY BASED ON THE SLIDING SCALE AND WHAT PATIENTS CAN PAY. SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT THEM TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THOSE UNINSURED PATIENTS AND THIS IS SHOWING YOU SOMETHING CALLED ENABLING SERVICES.

SO WE IN ADDITION TO THOSE REQUIRE SERVICES. THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE US TO PROVIDE SO ENABLING SERVICES SO, TRANSPORTATION SO WE DO HAVE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE WILL KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES AND ACTUALLY BRING THEM TO OUR PATIENTS DURING COVID WE SUSPENDED THAT SOME BUT WE'VE BEEN BACK ON THE ROAD IN THE LAST IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, HOSPITALS, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND THEN OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT GIVE PATIENTS KIND OF PROVIDE A LIAISON BETWEEN THE PATIENTS AND THEN ALSO FAMILY AND THEN OF COURSE INTERPRETERS. WE HAVE A LOCATION MONITORING NURSE AND THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT NINE. SO SOME OF THE VALUE AND IMPACT AND I SAID THIS WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS POWERPOINT THIS IS A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN I CAN PRESENT HERE TO YOU ALL BUT HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. BUT DO PROVIDE QUALITY CONFERENCE CARE AT A LOWER COST AND THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE SAVINGS TO THE SYSTEM SO 4% LOWER COST FOR HEALTH CENTER AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR JASPER FOR OUR HEALTH CENTER AND MEDICAID PATIENTS AND SAVINGS THE OVERALL SYSTEM IS $22 MILLION. WE ALSO PROVIDE 434 JOBS ABOUT 256 HEALTH CENTER JOBS WITHIN OTHER JOBS THE COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT IS $51 MILLION FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF COURSE CODED WARNING SIGNS WERE OUT THERE WITH EVERYONE ELSE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS. WE WERE ABLE TO ADMINISTER ALMOST 18,000 COVID VACCINES.

62% OF THOSE ARE GIVEN TO BE FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS OF WHICH 60% WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 19% WERE HISPANIC. FOUR LATINO DISTRIBUTE A BUNCH OF TESTS IN 95 MASKS AND WE'RE STILL GIVING COVID VACCINES AND BOOSTERS FOR ANYONE IN ANY AGE THEY CAN COME TO OUR SITES AND BE SEEN AND OTHER THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ABOUT 1500 ADDITIONAL PATIENTS THAN WE DID BEFORE AND THEN INCREASES ENABLING SOME SORT OF REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING

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WE LOSE THAT AND THIS IS A CHART THAT BASICALLY IN ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT OVER TIME HAD A LITTLE BLIP 2020 BUT HAS REALLY BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION AND SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE PROVIDE CARE.

WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM WITH DIETITIANS AGAIN THOSE COMMUNITY HEALTH WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL CARE WE HAVE CLINICAL PHARMACIES WHO HELP US PROVIDE THAT CARE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR NUMBERS DOWN SINCE 2018 WE HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHOSE MORE IN CONTROL AND IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LESS OF THEM AND IT'S ABOVE THE NETWORK AVERAGE FOR THE HEALTH CENTERS IN THE STATE WE ALSO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE HYPERTENSION PROGRAM AND STARTED THIS REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT WE REALLY NEEDED THIS DURING COVID TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS SO WE SAID BLOOD PRESSURE COMES WITH THEM WHICH MEANS BACK TO OUR DASHBOARD SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW PATIENTS ARE DOING AND HOW THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE IS GOING HAS BEEN TWEAKED THE MEDICATIONS AND WE HAVE A GOAL OF OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 2020 SO FOR THE UPCOMING WE WANT TO REACH AN ADDITIONAL 200 PEOPLE IN THAT REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING PROGRAM, EXPAND IT TO PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND THEN ALSO ADD MORE COMMUNITY WORKERS. THESE FOLKS ARE REALLY THE KEY IS HOW WE STARTED A PART OF THE WAY WE WERE ABLE TO ERADICATE WAS WE HAD NURSES THAT WENT OUT TO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND ACTUALLY GAVE PATIENTS MEDICATIONS AND THESE FOLKS ARE MORE PEOPLE BUT THEY ARE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CLINICAL STAFF TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE SOCIAL WHICH WE KNOW ARE IMPORTANT. WE ALSO WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND THEN TO OTHER THINGS SO OUR GENTLEMAN SO I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THAT MUCH BUT WE HAVE THREE DENTAL LOCATIONS IN BEAUFORT SO SHELDON SANDHILL AND ALSO AT OUR SITE AND WE HAD THREE DENTISTS LAST YEAR TO HIRE TWO MORE OF THAT ONE SO FAR TWO MORE DENTISTS RELEASED TWO MORE AGENTS TO CARE FOR PEOPLE AT OUR SITES AND THEN SCHOOL BASED SITES AS WELL AS THOSE MOVEMENTS AND THEN COURSE EXPANDING MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE COUNSELORS FOR THAT FOR SURE FOR SCHOOL AS WELL AS OUR SPRINKLER SITES. SO THIS OUR REQUEST SO WE PREVIOUSLY WERE FUNDED AT $852,775. SO OUR REQUEST THIS YEAR IS THE $1,050,000 AND THIS WOULD COVER PERSONNEL COSTS THAT WOULD INCREASE BY 22.5% FROM FISCAL YEAR 22 TO 23.

I DID NOT PUT OUR PROJECTED FOUR IN. THIS IS JUST WHAT I ALREADY KNOW WHERE COST PREVIOUSLY. SO THIS WOULD HELP ENSURE THAT OUR UNINSURED AND INDIGENT PATIENTS CONTINUE RECEIVING THE SAME CARE THAT IS ABOUT IT. THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT IS THERE THAT GOES MORE IN DEPTH OUR SITES AND WHAT SERVICES BECAME THE SITE SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU DR. POLK.

AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED THAT YOUR BUDGET THAT $26 MILLION AND THEN AND MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU EMPLOY 434 PEOPLE WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? YEAH, SORRY. GO AHEAD.

DR. POPEY, I KNOW THAT YOU DO A GREAT FOR OUR MIGRANT FARM HELPERS.

COULD YOU BRIEFLY TELL COUNCIL WHAT YOU DO? YES.

YES THEY THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES. SO AND OUR SINKHOLE ASYLUM WHICH ACTUALLY IS ONE OF OUR LARGER SITES HAS MEDICAL, DENTAL AND PHARMACY THERE.

WE PROVIDE SERVICES FOR MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS YEAR ROUND BUT WHAT'S REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT DURING THE PEAK SEASON, THE HARVESTING SEASON FROM LATE MAY TO JULY WE PROVIDE A NIGHTLY SO WHEN THE FARMWORKERS GET OFF FROM WORK WE STARTED ABOUT 70 PM AND WE GO IN SO SOMETIMES IT'S 12:00 1:00 IN THE MORNING PROVIDING DENTAL MEDICAL REALLY ALL THE SERVICES WE HAVE WE DO NUTRITION SERVICES WE EVEN DID TELEHEALTH LAST YEAR THE LAST FEW YEARS DURING COVID WE DID AN OUTSIDE CLINIC JUST TO KEEP SAFE BUT WE DO PROVIDE THE SERVICES YEAR ROUND, DO SOME NIGHTS LIKE SOME OTHER NIGHT CLINICS AND OTHER TYPES OF PLANTINGS AND MOST OF THE TIMES WE ARE HARVESTING OR TURNING THE GROUND OVER TO THE OTHER QUESTION IS THIS DR. POLK, YOU INDICATED YOU SERVICE BEAUFORT JASPER IN HAMPTON.

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YOU TWO THINGS AND GOOD PRESENTATION THE WEALTH THE YOU YOU HEALTH CARE IS OVERWHELMING AND WE ALL YOU DO THE REQUEST YOU MAKING IS MORE OR LESS FOR OPERATIONAL FUNDS I'M ASSUMING.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ONE TIME PROJECTS THAT MAY BE OUT THERE COULD YOU COULD BENEFIT FROM FOR AN EXAMPLE I DO KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPAND FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE YES TO FACILITIES ARE ANY ADDITIONAL ONE TIME SHOT THAT MAY BE ON THE TABLE THAT YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE MAY BE INTERESTED.

YES THERE ARE SO THINGS ONE IS YOU KNOW WE DO NOT ANY REALLY VERY LITTLE CAPITAL FUNDS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SO ANY CAPITAL YOU HAVE TO RAISE SO YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN A LONG TIME SO A LOT OF OUR SITES ARE OLDER AND WOULD USE SOME REPAIR. WE ARE IN EXPANDING OUT IN OUR HOPE SITES AND PLANS TO ADD MORE MEDICAL UNITS AS WELL AS DENTAL CHAIRS.

MY MY DENTAL DIRECTORS DREAM IS TO HAVE A FREESTANDING DENTAL SITE FOR NOW IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH REPAIR AND EXPANSION AND SOME OF OUR THINGS ARE STILL IN THE SITE OR ARE OPEN SINCE IS THERE CAN YOU GIVE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE NUMBER AT SOME POINT IN TIME OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IN A CAN WE APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU.

YES, I CAN ABSOLUTELY YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, DR.

BOOKER? DR. POOK, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE WITH US HERE AND AND AGAIN TO FILL BIG SHOES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION AND THAT'S WITH THE VIEW FOR PORT ROYAL CVB AND THAT IS MR. ROB WELLS AND SAME THING.

MR. WELLS IF YOU CAN JUST REAL QUICK GIVE US A LITTLE LITTLE 32ND RESUME OF OF YOUR BACKGROUND THEN RIGHT INTO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

THE DAY OF ROB WELLS SERVED AS THE PRESENT CEO THE GREATER BEAUFORT FOOTBALL DIVISION.

OTHERWISE AS VISIT VIEW FOR FOOTBALL AND SEA ISLANDS AND WE SERVE AS ONE OF TWO DESIGNATED MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS SERVING NORTHERN COUNTY AND THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO START TODAY AS WE GO INTO KIND OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO OUR FUNDING REQUEST AND BUDGETS AS WE SUBMITTED WE ARE TIED TO KIND OF THE MARKET CHANGE WITHIN THE STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX COLLECTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS OF NORTHERN COUNTY UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AS A WHOLE. AND SO THAT FORMULA IS SET ASIDE BY STATE STATUTE AND AS REVENUES INCREASE TO THE THE COUNTY THOSE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THAT THAT FORMULA WHICH OF WHICH WE RECEIVE PERCENT OF THE DESIGNATED 30% PAYS.

YOU'RE THE EXPERT HERE. HELP ME WITH MY MATH. THE OTHER DESIGNATED FUNDING IS B RECEIVING $120,000 IN LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS IS A LOCAL ORDINANCE KNOWN AS A FLAT FLAT NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN THAT NUMBER FOR AT LEAST TWO DECADES.

I'VE BEEN HERE AS WELL AND THEN THE THIRD FUNDING STREAM THAT WE RECEIVE IS THROUGH STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX GRANTS THAT WE WOULD COME BEFORE THIS YEAR YOU APPOINTED A TAX COMMITTEE AND THOSE ARE THREE FUNDING STREAMS THAT ARE THEY VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT THEY ARE ASSOCIATED OR ATTACHED TO THE TOTAL REVENUES RECEIVED WITHIN THE STATE EXCUSE ME WITHIN THE COUNTY'S EIGHT TAX REVENUES. SO WITH THAT SAID I WILL TRY TO GET BACK INTO THE TEN MINUTE MARK HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW WE SUBMITTED THAT INFORMATION HERE REAL REAL QUICK RECAP OF OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGN OR ABJECT IS TO CREATE VISITOR DEMAND TO NORTHERN COUNTY. THAT IS OUR ROLE AND SO WE TARGET CERTAIN KEY AREAS AND I'LL SHARE SOME OF THOSE INSIGHTS YOU GUYS HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

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OTHERS USUALLY SHOW UP DURING ACCOMMODATIONS, TAX GRANTS AND WE WORK WITH THEM IN ACCORDANCE AND SO SOME THE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICK WE HAD OVER 105 STORIES PLACED LAST IN THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR OF OUR CYCLE THE VALUE OF ABOUT $9 MILLION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD OTHERS WRITE AND TELL STORY OF NORTHERN COUNTY IN THEIR PUBLICATIONS IN THEIR IN THEIR WEBLOGS AND THAT THAT IS STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T PAY FOR THAT IS PLACE THAT IS STORIES THAT WE'VE HOSTED TRAVEL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'VE GONE OUT AND TOLD THEIR AUDIENCE ABOUT THE LOVELINESS OF OUR AREA.

AND SO $9 BILLION IS NOT THE MOST WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE AREA BUT PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL WITH THE NUMBER ONE PROBABLY BEING THE SOUTH'S BEST SMALL TOWN AND SOUTHERN LIVING IN 2022. JUST THAT CAME OUT IN 2023 LAST YEAR JUST ACTUALLY THIS MONTH SOUTHERN LIVING LISTED BEAUFORT AS ITS TOP FIVE SOUTH SMALLEST TOWN IN THE US IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. PRETTY COOL ACCOLADES COMING IN FOR NORTHERN COUNTY.

YOU SEE THAT THROUGH A MYRIAD OF OPPORTUNITIES I'VE SHARED HERE ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE LEFT OUR PRESENTATION FOR RECORD YOU GUYS CAN HAVE IT AND AS A PART OUR SOMETHING THAT WE DO IS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS SOME OF THE TRAVEL INSIGHTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP FOR THIS YEAR. THIS HELPS YOU MAKE EXCUSE ME KIND OF IDEAS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR WHAT'S WHAT'S PLANNING RIGHT AS FAR AS HOW THE TOURISM ECONOMY WOULD IMPACT SOME OF YOUR BUDGET REVENUES THAT ARE COMING IN FOR EXAMPLE 93% OF TRAVEL VISITORS OR VISITORS IN TEN YEARS AS WE CALL THEM PEOPLE IN TRAVEL 90% SAID THEY WOULD TRAVEL IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WAS AN IMPORTANT ONE I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

WELL, BECAUSE IN NORTHERN COUNTY, THE UNINCORPORATED PORTION THE REVENUE STREAM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE COMING IN FROM THE SUMMER MONTHS HAPPENS TO BE AT FRIPP AND HARBOR HUNTING ISLAND LANDS IN THOSE AREAS IN THE FIRST PROMINENT LOCATION.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE WE'RE GOING TO SEE HIGHER NUMBER OF VISITORS OR STABLE NUMBER OF VISITORS COMING INTO THE AREA WE DIDN'T LOSE ANYTHING OVER THE OVER THE REDUCED FALL TRAVEL NUMBERS THAT WE SAW. WE'VE ACTUALLY AN IMPACT OR AT IN HIT IS UP BUT WE'VE TRACKED THOSE FROM JULY OF 22 THAT'S JULY ONE TO FEBRUARY 28 OF THIS YEAR REVENUES IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY ARE UP OVER 20% ACCOMMODATION REVENUES SO THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT YOUR TAX BUDGET FROM THE STATE AND HOPEFULLY IF ACCOUNTED FOR CORRECTLY YOUR LOCAL RECEIPTS AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE INSIGHTS ARE KIND OF OUT THERE AS YOU'RE DOING YOUR BUDGET PLANNING. WE'RE SEEING A STABILIZING OF THE MARKET BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING A HIGH END HERE. I THINK THERE WAS A POST MADE IN A RECENT PUBLICATION THAT INDICATED THAT SOUTH COAST HAS SEEN AN INFLUX OF TRAVEL AT LEAST SOMEWHERE AROUND 75% INTEREST LEVEL INCREASE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHICH IS WE'RE SEEING THAT REPLICATED IN OUR OVERNIGHT COLLECTIONS IN THE LOCAL MARKET.

NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO MONITOR IS JUST HOW LIKE IT WAS THERE WHAT GOOGLE'S DO THIS REAL QUICK OKAY SORRY ABOUT THAT THAT'S OKAY WELL WE GOT THIS IS A CHART THAT SHOWS YOU VISITOR FLOW IT IS HARD TO SEE LET ME HELP YOU FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE LEFT PART OF THE SCREEN IS GOING TO SHOW YOU KIND OF THE BOUNDARY STREET. WE MONITOR REGIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FROM BOUNDARY STREET TO HUNTING ISLAND TO THE UNINCORPORATED.

JUST TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE VISITOR FLOWS ARE, THIS DATA IS AVAILABLE TO YOU THE COUNTY, YOUR STAFF TO ATTACKS GRANT RIGHT IN A RECIPIENT AS WE HELP PUT TOGETHER THE BEST WAY TO TARGET THOSE THAT COME INTO THE MARKET .

AND WITH THAT I'LL LEAVE THE REST FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS TO GO THROUGH.

I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND MAKE IT VIA ANY QUESTIONS WELL SYSTEMS YES THANK YOU SIR.

YOU MENTIONED THE SITES IN THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT AND ONE OF THE SITES IS LAND'S END.

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SO YEAH YEAH. SO FOR OUR FOR OUR DATA YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR SHORT RENTALS THAT EXIST OUT AT THE LANDS IN AREAS THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE IS WHAT I MENTIONED AND MORE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE TERM SO I'M GETTING THAT CLARIFIED.

OKAY, GOOD. I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

ONE THING THAT'S COME UP REGARDING THE CVS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING THE ADVERTISED FROM ANOTHER FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT GOT THE SAME ATTACKS? ARE Y'ALL COORDINATING I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT BUT RIGHT.

IS THERE OVERLAP YOU ALL MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE CERTAINLY SO THIS COMES UP ESPECIALLY IN THE AJAX GRANT PROCESS AS WELL SO OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THOSE RECIPIENTS IN NORTHERN COUNTY TO MAXIMIZE REACH OF THE DOLLARS BEING SPENT.

SO IN OFTEN THE CASE WE WILL WORK WITH SAY LET'S SAY A FESTIVAL AND WE WORK WITH YOU KNOW SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT FESTIVALS INCLUDING THE VOICE YOUR FESTIVAL SHRIMP FESTIVAL, GALA FESTIVAL TO NAME A FEW AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING OUR PURCHASE IN THOSE SAME AREAS THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING. WE USE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES IN THOSE MARKETS AND THEREFORE THERE MAY BE SOME OVERLAP BUT WE WILL NOT YOU KNOW OVERLAP WHEN POSSIBLE. WE TRY OUR OUR VERY BEST TO WORK WITH YOUR STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENT BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING THEM SAGE ADVICE WHERE TO PLACE AND THAT HAS COME UP QUITE A BIT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WELLS? ROB, THANK YOU FOR COMING APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK YOU'RE ACTUALLY UNDER YOUR 10 MINUTES SO THANK YOU.

GOOD JOB. IT'S ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, THE BEAUFORT CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHATEVER THE SMALL BUSINESS. YEAH.

OH, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. I'M JUMPING AHEAD ALREADY.

I HAD A GOOD YEAH YOU CAN I DIDN'T MEAN TO BEAUFORT SMALL AREA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER MR. MARTIN GOODMAN TRYING TO STICK TO OUR LIST AND AGAIN I MEAN IT CAUSE ANXIETY FOR ANYBODY OVER THIS MR. GOODMAN THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAST FOR OUR PROGRAM AND I'M HAPPY TO BE TODAY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST YEAR AND THEN SOME OF THE ONES THAT HAVE COME OUT AS A RESULT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS LAST YEAR WE HAD A YEAR KIND OF NORMAL THERE . THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER HAS TWO OFFICE IS IN BEAUFORT ONE OFFICE IS LOCATED AT THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT USC MILES IS LOCATED AT THE HISTORIC BEAUFORT CAMPUS AND AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND I'VE OWNED AND AND BOUGHT AND SOLD SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN MY CAREER AND ON THE COUPLE AND MY WIFE AND I OWN THE COUPLE HERE AND BEAUFORT A FEW YEARS BACK AND FORTUNATELY SOLD THEM BEFORE THE RECESSION IN 2008 BUT WE HAVE EXPERIENCE I'VE WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER HERE BEAUFORT FOR ALMOST 31 YEARS SO I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXISTING, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE STARTED OVER THE YEARS WE DO ONE ON ONE BUSINESS CONSULTING. WE CAN ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PRE VENTURE STARTUP STAGE AND WE ALSO WORK WITH THOSE EXISTING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE BEEN VERY WITH ACQUISITIONS WE BEEN HAD A LOT OF CLIENTS TO US BY BANKS WHERE THEIR CUSTOMERS TO THEM AND ARE LOOKING AND LOOKING TO BUY AN EXISTING HERE IN THE COUNTY AND WE HELP THEM THE LOAN PACKAGES AND WE HELP THEM DO SOME INITIAL ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS THEY'RE LOOKING AT BUYING TRYING TO HELP COME UP WITH A VALUATION THAT THEY CAN GET COMFORTABLE WITH AND THEN HELP THEM WITH LOAN PACKAGE SO THEY CAN SECURE FINANCING TO BUY THE BUSINESS. WE THINK A LOT OF IS BECAUSE A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS THAT

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THOSE CLIENTS CREATED 23 NEW BUSINESS STARTS. THEY CREATED AT 136 JOBS AND THE CAPITAL INFUSION BOTH IN LOANS AND EQUITY WAS SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

WE ARE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER WE WORK WITH JOHN AND CHARLEY AT THE ECONOMIC CORPORATION. THEY REFER CLIENTS TO US AND WE TRY HELP THOSE CLIENTS.

YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT VERY BOTTOM WITH 136 JOBS CREATED AT THE PER CAPITA INCOME $52,763 THAT CREATES ANNUAL WIDE NEW ANNUAL WAGES IN THE BEAUFORT ECONOMY OF OVER $7 MILLION.

SO OUR CLIENTS DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS MOST NOTABLE THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WAS IN 20 2020.

WE ALL KNOW THE PANDEMIC CAME UPON US BUSINESSES HAD TO CLOSE.

WE WERE IN A POSITION OUR OFFICES AT THE UNIVERSITY ONCE THE UNIVERSITY CLOSED WE IMMEDIATELY PACKED UP OUR TECHNOLOGY AND WE MOVED OUR HOME OFFICES AND WITHIN THE SAME DAY WERE OPERATIONAL FROM HOME. THOSE WERE LONG AND HARD HOURS.

PEOPLE WERE VERY SCARED. BUSINESS OWNERS WERE AFRAID THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE THEIR BUSINESS. THEY WERE AFRAID THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO LAY OFF THEIR EMPLOYEES. AND AS YOU ALL CONGRESS STARTED TRYING MEET THAT ISSUE WITH PROVIDING WITH PROGRAMS SOME WERE GRANT SOME WERE LOANS IN MOST CASES THEY WERE NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED THEY WERE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVOLUTED REQUIREMENTS THAT GOT CHANGED OVER THE TIME. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE BECAME THE CONDUIT THROUGH THE SBA TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY TRY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS AVAILABLE, THE HELP TO HELP THEM APPLY FOR WHAT WAS WHAT THEY QUALIFY FOR AND HELD LOT OF HANDS LISTENED TO A LOT OF FOLKS CRY. IT WAS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT STRESS ON THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BACK THEN BUT MOST GOT OVER IT AND WITH THE HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THE FINANCIAL SUBSTANCE TO KEEP GOING DURING THAT 2020 AND 2021 TIME FRAME OF WE SAW AND MET WITH CLIENTS THAT SIGNED TO BE US AND WE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST ON THE PHONE ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR THOSE CLIENTS WHO SIGNED UP WE ASSIST WAS 353 CLIENTS THEY STARTED 32 NEW JOBS WHICH IS RECOGNIZED BECAUSE THERE MUCH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY GOING ON DURING THOSE TWO PERIODS WE DID HELP THOSE FOLKS CREATE AND SAVE MOSTLY SAVE 393 JOBS AND THEN THE CAPITAL THAT WAS CREATED FROM THOSE LOANS GRANTS AND SO FORTH WAS OVER $24 MILLION. SO WERE ABLE TO FIND THE FINANCING, FIND THE GRANT FIND THE MONEY TO KEEP THEM AFLOAT DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME WE WORKED HARD TO TRY TO HELP THEM WITH THAT. IN YOUR PACKAGE YOU'LL SEE OUR OUR MOST ANNUAL OUR MOST ANNUAL REPORT. I JUST WANT TO POINT TO YOU ON PAGE 18 IS ONE OF MY CLIENTS ROB VON ROB CAME ME BACK IN 2018 I WORKED WITH TO PURCHASE

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MR. GOODMAN HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB WORKING WITH YOU IS CLIENT JOE AND THE GOOD PART ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU'RE FREE AND RIGHT AND. I ALWAYS GRAVITATE TO GOOD FREE ASSISTANCE LIKE ANY QUESTIONS WORK TOGETHER MR. GOODMAN YOU'VE ALWAYS COME TO US BEFORE AND VERY PRECISE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN IT'S SOMETHING I THINK SOMETIMES GOES PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU DO AND HOW MUCH YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OUT THERE SO OVERWHELMED BY THE FUNDING THAT WE WE GIVE IS REALLY A GOOD BANG FOR THE BOOKS.

YEAH. SO MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU AND IN YOUR AGENCY BUT YOU DO REALLY DO A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN AND.

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO DO DIFFERENT CONSERVATION. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE SO I JUST HAVE TO PRACTICE THIS IS THE REMOTE THING BECAUSE YOU HAVE A POWER LOOK THAT WAY TO SARAH AND SHE WILL HELP YOU. OKAY.

MY NAME IS DENISE PARSEC AND I HAVE WITH ME LESLIE MUELLER, OUR DISTRICT MANAGER WHICH HEAR MORE ABOUT US SOON. I DO RECOGNIZE A FEW OF YOU AND MOST OF YOU ARE NEW SO I AM GOING TO INCLUDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN THE BEGINNING SO YOU KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT US AND I HOPE IS GOING TO BE SET UP VERY. YOU DIDN'T START THE 10 MINUTES YET DID YOU KNOW WE WHILE WE'RE WAITING TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF TO GIVE A LITTLE LITTLE RESUME ABOUT YOURSELF. OKAY. I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER FOR 35 YEARS. I WENT INTO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY ASSISTED ME WHILE. I WAS TEACHING MY CAREER AS TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR IN COUNTY. I RETIRED IN OH SIX SO BACK THEN IN THE EIGHTIES I WAS THE COUNTY CONSERVATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR WHICH ENDED UP BEING THAT I WAS A SECOND PLACE NATIONAL CONSERVATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR. SO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT SAID OKAY, PAYBACK TIME AND IT'S BEEN A JOY EVER SINCE THEN AND AS IT TURNS OUT I'M THE LONGEST SERVING FEMALE COMMISSIONER IN THE STATE. GOOD FOR YOU.

SO YEAH, JUST GOT TO KEEP HANGING IN THERE AND KEEPING KEEP IT GOING I SAID IS THAT IS THAT THE CORRECT FIRST. NO IT'S NOT BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS JUST THAT'S THE FIRST GREAT. ALL RIGHT. OH SO THIS IS TURN, HUH?

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WE STARTED WITH THE DUSTBOWL WHEN ROOSEVELT DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED THAN A STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND SO HE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS SO THAT EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATES IS ALSO A CONSERVATION DISTRICT SO OUR MISSION IS TO HELP PEOPLE CONSERVE MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING LAND USE PRACTICES, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE . WE ARE SUPPORTED BY A FEDERAL AGENCY OF USDA IN PARTICULAR NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE.

THEY DON'T GIVE US ANY MONEY BUT THEY GIVE A LOT OF TECHNICAL SUPPORTS WHICH WE'LL TALK SOON. WE ALSO ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEY GIVE THE SAME ALLOTMENT TO EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE AND WE WERE JUST REALLY PLEASED RECENTLY WE WENT FROM 15000 TO 25000 SO WE GET THE SAME FROM THE STATE AS FROM COUNTY. THAT'S BASICALLY OUR BUDGET. OH I JUST SAID THIS I'LL GET IT . ALL RIGHT. SO IN ADDITION I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, ANSWER THE QUESTION OF ABOUT OUR CURRENT FUNDING AND AND IF IT'S SUFFICIENT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MORE. BUT IT IS A NOTABLE THAT THE 25,000 WE GET FROM YOU GUYS BASICALLY COVERS STAFFING CRYSTAL LAKE PARK WHICH WE ARE HOUSED AND PAYS OUR RENT THERE. SO IT'S LIKE YOU GIVE US 25 AND WE PAY OUT 26 BUT WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING SO THE THIRD LEG OF OUR LITTLE STOOL SWORD TO SPEAK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SIT ON TOP OF IN ADDITION TO THE SAID THE STATE IS COUNTY FUNDING AND IF IT WASN'T FOR COUNTY FUNDING WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING IN OUR SIX PROGRAMS IN HERE AND SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND A WHILE NO WE HAVE THE SAME SONG ABOUT COVID AND LESS THINGS BEING DONE BUT OVER THE YEARS WE'VE BROUGHT IN THOUSANDS TO EVEN MILLIONS AT SOME AT SOME POINT. SO THE USDA PROVIDES MOSTLY TEST TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

THE FARM BILL PROVIDES EQUIP PROGRAMS WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTAL INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. THERE'S ALSO YOU KNOW A COUPLE OTHER PROGRAMS AND WE WE CONNECT WITH FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS TO HELP THEM GET THESE BENEFITS SO OUR ORGANIZATION CHART IS OF PRETTY SIMPLE WE HAVE A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FIVE UNPAID COMMISSIONERS WHO WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE NEXT SLIDE . WE HAVE A DISTRICT MANAGER PART TIME AND I KNOW YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING THERE'S A MISTAKE IN SALARIES BUT THIS IS THIS IS WITH AN INCREASE RECENTLY WHEN WE GOT OUR STATE FUNDING INCREASED BUT WE WE HAVE A LOT OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'D RATHER DO THAT THAN WORK AT PARKER'S OKAY HERE'S BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND YOU CAN TELL PROBABLY BY THE PICTURE THAT WE HAVE OVER 120 YEARS EXPERIENCE WE LOOK LIKE IT DON'T WE STARTING FROM THE RIGHT WE HAVE CLYDE MCCLOUD HE'S FROM SEABROOK AND HE TO US HIS EXPERIENCE AS A REALTOR A FARMER NEXT TO HIM IS ALAN EARL ULMER FROM WHO DOES A LOT WITH MINING AND MAJOR RECYCLING THINGS LIKE THE THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DON'T COLLECT AT HOME. AND BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE GENTLEMEN OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED LARGE NUMBER OF ACRES EASEMENTS FOR COUNTY ALL OF THEIR OWN.

THE NEXT ONE DOWN IS DANIELS SAYING A CATTLE FARMER UP IN THE ACE BASIN AREA STILL PART OF BUTTE COUNTY AND THEN OUR VERY SPECIAL LOOKING AT BURNETT FROM SAINT HELENA HE PROBABLY

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THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE TOGETHER FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY TEAM SINCE IT'S INCEPTION IN 2006 AND WE CHAIR THE COALITION FOR WATER QUALITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES KEEP COUNTY BEAUTIFUL WE HAVE HAD A A LAURA OR OR A COMMISSIONER ON THEIR BOARD SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE LOCAL WORK GROUP THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EACH YEAR IN THE FALL WHERE WE GATHER STAKEHOLDERS, FORESTERS, FIREFIGHTERS, LANDOWNERS, FARMERS TO DISCUSS THE PRIORITY NATURAL RESOURCE CONCERN AND THE VALUE OF THIS IS THAT THEN THESE CONCERNS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE FARM EQUIP PROGRAM SO THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, ABSTRACT THINGS FOR OUR OWN AREA. WE'RE DEALING WITH VERY SPECIFIC THINGS FOR OUR AREA THAT ARE NATURAL PRIORITY CONCERNS. AND THEN WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE FARM BUREAU. THEY SUPPORT US WITH OUR ECO CAMP, WITH LUNCHES, SCHOLARSHIPS. MY FAVORITE PART IS CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION OUTREACH. SO WE IN 2020 WE ■PROVIDED122 PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND REACHED 2736 STUDENTS IN 21. OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THE REASON 57 PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.

YEAH AND THEN IN 2022 WE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON UPPING THAT AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER FOR 2023. SO WE HAD 210 PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND REACHED OVER 3000 ALMOST 4000 STUDENTS SOME OF ARE LIKE GREEN STEPS WE WE MENTOR GREEN STEP THAT WANT TO BE GREEN STEPS THEY HAVE IT'S A SCHOOL WIDE PROGRAM. THEY HAVE TO DO THREE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL AND RECYCLE THING AND YOU KNOW PLANTING A GARDEN IN THE SCHOOL AND MANY OTHER THINGS SO AND THEN THE NEXT BUT ISN'T THAT TOO CUTE THAT WAS OUR ECO CAMP THIS PAST YEAR SHE'S HOLDING A LITTLE CHECK YOU KNOW SO THEY GOT TO HATCH YOU KNOW AND SEE A LITTLE CHECK AND THEN WE PRESENT LOTS OF FESTIVALS THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WATER FESTIVAL WITH HORSESHOE WE ALL KNOW THE BUZZ ABOUT HORSESHOE CRABS AND THEN KIDS IN KAYAKS.

THIS IS A REALLY AWESOME PROGRAM. IT'S I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM AT THE END BUT I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT IT NOW OUTSIDE FOUNDATION ONE OVER IN HILTON HEAD IN BLUFFTON THEY GO THEY REACH OUT TO EVERY SEVENTH GRADE CLASS IN THE DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE KIDS TO GO OUT ON A KAYAK AND YOU IMAGINE AND SO OF COURSE CAN'T DO THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. SO WE PROVIDE LAND SUPPORT WE DO AND FIRE ESCAPES WE DO PROGRAMS WITH THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEIR

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SO WE KNOW WE'RE GIVEN THE BEST PER AT THE PARTICULAR GRADE THAT WE GIVE THEM TO.

SO THE FIRST PICTURE THAT'S WITH OUR SOIL TITLE A KINDERGARTEN FIRST GRADE PROGRAM THEY LITERALLY CRAWL THROUGH A TUNNEL AND THEY SEE THINGS GROWING ON THE FLAPS AND SEE BUGS AND SNAKES AND IT'S TOO COOL AND THESE ARE OF THE OTHER ONES CARGO BUT.

I'M FEELING LIKE I'M CLOSE TO 10 MINUTES. RIGHT? SO WE'LL GET DOWN TO THE END. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER WE ARE WITH THE FRIENDS OF CYPRESS WETLANDS AND. WE HAVE A BOOK HERE FOR YOU.

WE HAVE CREATED A BOOK AND WE GET GRANTS FROM FARM BUREAU TO PRODUCE THESE BOOKS AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE PORT ROYAL TOWN HALL AND PORT ROYAL ELEMENTARY AND FRIENDS OF CYPRESS WETLAND SO THAT IT'S A IT'S AN ACTIVITY BOOK WE ALSO DO A LOT WITH THESE OTHERS INCLUDING KIDS FEST AND THE FARMERS MARKET WE STARTED EARTH DAY IN 1990 AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVERY YEAR SINCE AND FINALLY PARTNERS PARTNERS AND MORE PARTNERS WE PLAY WELL OTHERS AND MOST OF THESE ORGANIZED PROVIDE THE IN-KIND NEED JUST LIKE WE PROVIDE IN-KIND NEED FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SO. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS PRESENTATION WE ARE LOCATED AT CRYSTAL LAKE PARK WHERE THEY'RE FROM 9 TO 2 AND WE WELCOME YOU TO COME BY ANY AND SEE US ANY QUESTIONS OF COURSE ARE VERY VERY GOOD GREAT QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL DO QUESTIONS YOU ARE WE RENTING THE SPACE TO YOU YES OKAY WHAT'S A SET AMOUNT ON THAT? IT WAS 200 DOWN TO 91 AND WE WE IT'S A BARGAIN OUR FIRST NEIGHBORS PAID A LOT MORE THAT AND WE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE IN THAT BUILDING. IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT ON ROB MONTGOMERY'S MIND THE ARCHITECT AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM A LITTLE PIGGYBACKING ON THE QUESTION AND I WOULD JUST ASK MR. CHAIRMAN THAT WE RETHINK HOW WE LOOK AT OUR FUNDING TO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. I MEAN THERE IS A LOT THAT THEY DO FOR US.

THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION THERE AMID THE NEEDS AND IT WHILE SHE WAS TEACHING BECAUSE OF THE CONSERVATION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND THERE'S A LOT THAT IS CURRENTLY STILL DOING TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. YES.

AND JUST EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS, ETC. AND PLANTS THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THAT EXIST HERE. SO I THINK WE TO RETHINK, YOU KNOW, FUNDING IT WAS LIKE GIVING YOU ONE HAND AND THEN TAKING BACK ON THE OTHER. WE THINK THAT THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU, DENISE. THANK YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.

I'M JUST LIKE OKAY, I'M SORRY. PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAD WAS THE CRITICAL PROGRAM HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE. YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THOSE.

MHM. ECO CAMP IS A GREAT ACTIVITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE CAN THANK YOU. YEAH YOU THIS PARTIALLY THANK YOU FOR COMING THANK YOU VERY MUCH THINK WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND LESLIE THANK YOU FOR COMING AS WELL APPRECIATE THAT . GREAT. LET'S MOVE ON THEN AND THE ISLAND RECREATION AND THAT'S MR. FRANK. SO MR. IF YOU CAN JUST AGAIN JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BRIEF BACKGROUND OF YOURSELF BEFORE YOU START AND SO WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I I'M ONLY HAVE SLIDE SO I ONLY HAVE ONE SLIDE I KNOW I MESSED UP TOO MUCH THESE AND THESE SLIDE THINGS I WENT WITH ONE I'VE LEARNED AFTER ALL THESE AND ONE'S GOOD ENOUGH. SO FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK TWO OF MY BOARD MEMBERS AND

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I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND RECREATION ASSOCIATION BECAME THE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BACK IN 1992. SO I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE AND I CAME HERE IN 1986 AND I'VE ALWAYS WORKED FOR THE ASSOCIATION ON RECREATION ASSOCIATION AGAIN IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES FULL SERVICE RECREATION PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND.

WE EVERYTHING FROM SWIMMING WHICH I'M GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOUTH ATHLETICS HAD A MAJOR REMODEL HAVE A FITNESS CENTER NOW THE REC CENTER ON HILTON HEAD.

WE ALSO HAVE A SENIOR CENTER SO WE REALLY COVER IT ALL. WE HAVE AN AFTER PROGRAM AND YOUTH PROGRAMS HERE BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE ISLAND REC CENTER POOL AND ASK FOR $150,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE POOL. THE ASSOCIATION LAST YEAR HAD OVER 117,000 VISITS TO THE POOL WE COUNT OUR PARTICIPANTS BY VISITS BUT WE'RE A LOT OF OPEN SWIM THAT WERE THERE. WE ALSO HAD THE FIRE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WERE UP THERE AS PART OF THE TRAINING AND LAP SWIMMERS AND SWIM LESSONS.

IN FACT LAST YEAR OUR SWIM LESSONS WE HAD OVER THREE THROUGH 3500 KIDS COME AND TAKE SWIM LESSONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON HILTON HEAD. YOU GOT TO REMEMBER DURING OF THIS TIME IN PREVIOUS YEARS THE BLUFFTON POOL WAS CLOSED SO WE HAD LOTS OF RESIDENTS FROM BLUFFTON COMING TO ALSO UTILIZE THE POOL BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN.

ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT IT'S THE POOLS A SEVEN DAY A WEEK OPERATION. WE OPEN AT 530 IN THE MORNING DURING THE WEEKDAYS WE CLOSE AT EIGHT AT NIGHT WE START WITH MASTER SWIM THEN WE GO TO A LOT SWIM AND THEN OUR WATER AEROBICS LADIES COME IN AND WE HAVE LAP SWIM THROUGHOUT THE DAYS THE SWIM TEAM COMES IN AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDE SWIM LESSONS IN OUR EVENING HOURS ALONG WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF LAP SWIMMING AND THAT'S DURING THE WEEKDAY AND THE WEEKENDS WE ALSO HAD SWIM TEAM IN BUT WE ALSO HAVE LAP IN AND WE ALSO OFFER SWIM LESSONS LIKE BE WATER IS ONE OF OUR BIGGER PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER PROVIDED WITHIN THE DOCUMENT I PROVIDED YOU KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OUTLINE WHAT WHAT WE DO AND HOW OUR PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

ONE THING I WANT TO ALSO MENTION IS THAT WE DO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SWIM AND LAST YEAR WE GAVE ALMOST 30 $500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM TO GO ON THIS SWIM.

SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DO DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY OUR OVERALL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM LAST WE PROVIDED OVER $328,000 TO PROGRAM FOR A LOT OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING GOES INTO OUR YOUTH SUMMER CAMPS.

BUT ONE THING TOO THAT WE'VE COME BACK SINCE COVID IS OUR SWIM LESSON PROGRAMS FOR THE SECOND GRADE WITH COVID THAT PROGRAM ENDED AND THIS YEAR WE HAD EARLY IN THE FALL WE HAD 150 KIDS THROUGH THE HILTON HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH SWIM LESSONS PROGRAMS. WE ANTICIPATE AT LEAST 150 THROUGH THE CREATIVE ARTS PROGRAM TO BE THERE TAKE A SWIM LESSON AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE NOT ONLY WITH THE COUNTY BUT ALSO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THOSE SWIM. SO REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S A STRUGGLE TO FIND LIFEGUARDS AND YOU CAN IN THE GENERAL INFORMATION I PROVIDED AND OUR HOURLY RATE HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST YEARS. WE USE SWIMMING INSTRUCTORS.

WE'RE AT 13 NOW. WE GO TO 13 TO 18 LIFEGUARDS. WE'RE WE'RE AT TEN NOW WE GO TO 10 TO $15 AN HOUR WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVERALL SALARY LIKE WE'RE WE'VE BEEN LUCKY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAFF BUT SOME OF THAT IS BEING COMPETITIVE OUT THERE AND SECONDLY IT'S JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR ALL OF US SWIM BUSINESS.

WE KNOW THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS UP CHEMICALS, OTHER THINGS AND WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL. SO THAT'S I'M TRYING TO KEEP UNDER 5 MINUTES AND GET YOU ALL BACK ON TRACK AND I TALK VERY QUICKLY WHEN I GET IN THESE SITUATIONS SO I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. I'M READY TO AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THE SUPPORT 150,000 LET ME ASK FIRST QUESTION THEN FOR YOU AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE LOOKS AT IT SAYS THE ISLAND REC CENTER BUT YOU OPEN UP YOUR PROGRAM TO EVERYONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN BLUFFTON. THEY BRING THEIR KIDS THERE WHETHER WEATHER WORKING. EXPLAIN THAT REAL QUICK. YEAH.

SO ALL OUR OUR PROGRAM WE HAVE BLUFFTON I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT EARLIER BUT REALLY

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NOW LET'S I GET TOO MANY PEOPLE WE DON'T TURN TO I DON'T LOOK AT ADDRESSES WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE AND THAT SERVICE IS TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE SOLVED. AND SO WHAT ABOUT ALL THE VISITORS IN THE SUMMER TO HILTON HEAD WE PROVIDE VISITORS SERVICES THEY PAY A FEE YEAH.

YES THEY PAY A FEE SO OF PEOPLE A FEE IF THEY'RE NOT A HILTON RESIDENT OR IF THEY'RE NOT A BEAUFORT COUNTY RESIDENT. WE'RE A FEE BASED ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE AND EVERYBODY PAYS A FEE WHEN THEY COME TO THE CENTER FOR PROGRAMS SO VISITORS AND RESIDENTS HAVE A COMMENT OH NO NO. I'M A NEIGHBOR OF THE REC CENTER AND I SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE ALL THE TIME AND I USE THE PROGRAMS REALLY IT'S A FACILITY WITH GREAT PROGRAMS. EVERYBODY THERE REALLY GOES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS YOU HAVE OR WELL PRESENTED WELL ADMINISTERED ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON HILTON THEY'RE ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE IN COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ELSEWHERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMED TO THE THE REC CENTER. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO COLLECT FEES FOR PEOPLE USE FACILITIES.

WE ALSO COLLECT FEES AT THE COUNTY REC AS WELL. SO I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AND I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR IT. THANKS, RICK.

THANK YOU, MR. GLOVER. GOOD QUICKLY, YOUR REQUEST IS IS AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 IN MY READING. YES, IT'S ONLY FOR A ADDITIONAL 15,000 WE ARE TO RECEIVE 135.

YES THANK YOU. LET ME AMEND THAT THIS YEAR THEY RECEIVED 145 THAT LIST 10,000 WAS VOTED ON IN THE LAST READING OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE MADE.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY YOU'RE ASKING A $5,000 AND THAT'S GREAT NEWS .

I'M ASKING FOR FIVE BACK. APPRECIATE IT. IT'S OKAY.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A IT WAS A FOUL UP WITH THE WITH THE WAY IT CAME IN.

IT WAS ALWAYS 135 THEN IT WENT TO 145 AND THEN IT OUT AT 135 OUT OF OUT OF COMMITTEE INSTEAD OF 145 WE CORRECTED THAT WITH THE LAST THANK YOU QUESTION LET ME FIRST YOU MENTIONED BLUFFTON RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN RICK'S RECREATION. DOES BLUFFTON PROVIDE ANY FUNDING AT ALL? REALLY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT COME FROM BLUFFTON ARE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS MOSS CREEK AND AS WE GO UP TO THERE, BLUFFTON DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY FUNDING FOR RECREATION ON THAT AND I THINK I MET FRANK 30 SOME YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST LIVED ON MY FIRST SIX YEARS THERE. MY KIDS USE THE PROGRAMS BACK THEN THAT LONG AGO AND JUST SO WE KNOW I MEAN YOU YOU GUYS DO FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ,HAVE LOTS OF OTHER PLACES YOU GET MONEY AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE WHAT WHAT WOULD YOU GUESS 3% 4% OF YOUR TOTAL THREE 3% OF OUR OVERALL FUNDING COMES FROM THE COUNTY TO HELP SUPPORT THE POOL AND IT'S A SPECIFIC NUMBER IT'S FOR THE POOL. SO IN OUR RELATIONSHIP UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING GOOD YOU KNOW QUESTIONS REAL QUICK THE COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE POOL IS PART OF YOUR OPERATIONAL FUNDS. YES SIR. OKAY.

YES. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT AS USUAL. HOPEFULLY I DID BETTER.

I DIDN'T MESS IT UP WITH THE CLICKER THINGS. I'M ALL GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO COUNTRY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND WE HAVE MARY LOU FRANZEN.

MARY LOUISE, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO SEE AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE. I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SO I'VE BEEN WITH LOWCOUNTRY SINCE 2014 AND I CAME HERE AS PART OF A MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND IN 2016 I STARTED WORKING DIRECTLY FOR THE AUTHORITY AND SO I, I HATE TO SAY IT BUT 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WENT FAST BUT FOR THE BRIEF WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I START THE SLIDE SHOW THE SLIDE SHOWS REALLY KIND OF JUST WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE

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BEAUFORT COUNTY IN THIS AREA AND IT'S EXPENSIVE. I MEAN I'LL BE STRAIGHT IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA GRANT FOR IT. OUR GRANTS ARE PRETTY WELL USED AND THERE REALLY WASN'T A LOT OF MONEY TO BRING OUT TO THE TABLE WHAT THIS NEW URBANIZED AREA STARTING NEXT YEAR THEY'LL BEGIN TO US FUNDS IN THE FORM OF GRANTS AND SO THAT HELPS US A LOT WHEN WE FLUSHED OUT THE URBANIZED AREA ON BLUFFTON AND HILTON HAD WE HAD THREE YEAR GRANTS WHEN WE STARTED AND THAT ENABLED US TO BUY VEHICLES THE TROLLEY BUSSES BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THE CAPITAL IT'S ONLY A 15% MATCH FOR CAPITAL SO IT'S VERY CONDUCIVE GETTING STARTED AND GETTING VEHICLES AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE OTHER IS THAT WE HAVE A STUDY THAT'S COMMISSIONED TO BEGIN THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER FOR THE STUDY NORTHERN BEAUFORT TRANSPORTATION IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THAT WAS BEFORE I EVEN KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BECOME AN URBANIZED AREA JUST KNOWING THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS OVER HERE THAT WE WANTED A WAY TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO DISCUSS WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE YOU KNOW LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DO THE TRANSPORTATION HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT KNOWS ALL THE CUTTING EDGE THINGS AND COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN FOR.

BEAUFORT COUNTY SO I SEE THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET THAT STARTED.

I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING SO I HAVE TO PUSH THING IF I DO IT RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. WE DO WE HAVEN'T REALLY ADDED ANY SERVICE SINCE THE LAST TIME I'VE BEEN HERE SO. WE HAVE OUR SERVICE AREA. IT'S REALLY LARGE.

WE'RE FIVE COUNTY AUTHORITY ALL OF THOSE OUTLYING AREAS YOU SEE OUR COMMUTER BUSSES THAT BRING WORKERS IN I USED TO SAY THEY THEM INTO HILTON HEAD BUT IT SEEMS LIKE NOW PEOPLE WORK IN BLUFFTON THEY WORK ALONG OKATIE AND 170 WE WE DROP PEOPLE OFF EVERYWHERE ALONG THE WAY TO GO TO JOBS AND SO IT'S A IT'S A REALLY VALUABLE FOR THOSE THAT DEPEND ON US TO GET THEM TO WORK. AND YOU CAN SEE OVER IN BEAUFORT WE HAVE SOME EXTRA IF NOT JUST THE LINE RUN SYSTEM, A LITTLE BIT OF LOOP IT IN SAINT HELENA AND LADY'S ISLAND AND WE RUN THE SMALLER BUSSES THERE CALLED DEMAND RESPONSE AND WE GET PEOPLE TO THEIR PROGRAMS TO DIALYSIS, TO THE DOCTOR, TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAUSES. WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AVAILABILITY. WE DON'T HAVE A REGULAR SERVICE AS WE COULD.

WE COULD HAVE MUCH SERVICE HERE IF WE'RE DEPLOYED CORRECTLY. SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHT YOU SEE THE MAINTENANCE CREW DOWN THERE. WE DO HAVE A BIG MAINTENANCE CREW BUT MY BRAG THAT IS WE JUST CAME BACK FROM THE STATE BUS CONFERENCE AND RODEO AND THEY HAVE A MAINTENANCE PORTION WHERE THEY THE BUSSES AND THERE WERE FOUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN OUR TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WON FIRST PLACE SO I WANT TO BRAG ON THAT IT WASN'T EASY. THEY SET UP BRIGHT BOARDS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO. THE OTHER THING IS WE WON A MARKETING AWARD THROUGH AFTER AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. WE A FIRST PLACE AWARD FOR MARKETING THE TROLLEY SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS AND. WE GOT THROUGH NOT ENOUGH DRIVERS AND TOO MUCH MONEY FOR FUEL AND EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE IS DEALING WITH NOT ENOUGH PARTS AND WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH THE TROLLEY. WE LOVED THE TROLLEY THERE.

OUR BUSIEST YEAR WAS 21 AND IT WAS BECAUSE HILTON HEAD WAS OPEN WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS AND WE CARRIED 52,000 PASSENGERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY LAST YEAR.

I WOULD ASK WHY DO WE CARRY LESS PEOPLE WILL REALLY IT'S BECAUSE THE YEAR BEFORE WAS A BANNER YEAR WE CARRIED 42,000 BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT REALLY YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN WHO KNOWS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE NOW IF THE TROLLEY WASN'T THERE AND EVERYBODY ON HILTON HEAD WAS IN A CAR BECAUSE IT'S IT'S PRETTY ROUGH DRIVING OVER THERE. WE DO HAVE TWO ROUTES AND WE HAVE A FOLLOWING.

IT'S VERY HARD TO BELIEVE I THINK HE TOLD ME SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO A MILLION PEOPLE FOLLOWING US ON ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. HE'S LOOPED INTO THE CHAMBERS SOCIAL MEDIA AND SO DO A LOT OF MARKETING OF THE TROLLEY NATIONWIDE AND PROBABLY EVEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THE MAP BUT IT ON THE LEFT IS LIGNE AND IT SHOWS WHERE WE GO THEY ARE WE ALTERED OUR ROUTE LAST YEAR TO INCLUDE THE SAND SHARK MUSEUM RIGHT

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WE GO IN THERE AND WE DO PULL PEOPLE OUT OF THERE AND TAKE THEM TO THE MARKET TO THE DIFFERENT SHOPS AND STORES AND SO THAT A GOOD PLACE TO FIND RIDERS AND WE'RE STILL IN QUEST TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO FIND MORE RIDERS ON THE BLUFFTON BREEZE.

YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT IT THAT'S THE ROUTE MAP AND IT GOES INTO OLD AND THAT UP AND DOWN IN THE MIDDLE IS OLD TOWN AND WAL-MARTS SAM'S AT THE TOP TO THE RIGHT IS THE TANGER OUTLETS AND THE THE GOLF COURSE AND ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT IS BUCKWALTER SO WE COVER THE BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND THROUGH OUR MAJOR EMPLOYMENT SITES WE'VE BEGUN MEETING WITH EMPLOYERS TO GIVE THEM HANDOUTS THAT SHOW HOW THEY CAN GET THEIR EMPLOYEES TO WORK.

BLUFFTON BRIDGES I DO BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO PICK UP GOT TO GIVE IT TIME.

WE ALSO EVACUATION AND NONE LAST YEAR THANK GOD BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT ON OUR PLATE AND I'M HOPING NONE THIS YEAR BUT I KNOW I LIVED AT THE EOC DURING MATTHEW AND WE PROVIDED ABOUT 370 PEOPLE AWAY TO THE SHELTER DURING MATTHEW AND ANY TIME THE SHELTER OPENS WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR ANYBODY THAT NEEDS IT. JASPER COUNTY ASKED US WELL YOU KNOW, HALF OF OUR SERVICE AREA IS HERE IN JASPER WHEN YOU LOOK AT HARTSVILLE AND ALL ALONG 170 AND PEOPLE THAT WE TRANSPORT ANYWAY AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH JASPER COUNTY AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS JUST KEEP UP WITH HOW MANY WE BRING IN IN FROM JASPER AND ALSO GIVE THEM A CUTAWAY TO USE SO THAT THEY CAN GO AROUND IN THE DEEP PART OF JASPER BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON THE SHORE AND GET ANYBODY THAT NEEDS TO GET OUT BECAUSE THE SHELTER IS AT THE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL. SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD TO GIVE THEM A BUS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DEPLOYED. WE'RE READY TO HELP THEM OUT.

THEY HAVE CDL DRIVERS OVER THERE AND I THINK A GOOD SOLUTION I WANT TO GO BACK WE ALSO HAVE A REGISTRY JUST SO YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. SO IF ANYBODY THEY HAVE OUR TRANSPORTATION LIMITED AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T REALLY GET OUT AND HAVE ANY FEAR OF WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? THEY CAN CALL US OR GO ON OUR WEBSITE THEY'LL BE DIRECTED HOW TO DO IT AND THEY SIGN UP FOR OUR REGISTRY WHICH MEANS I MAY NEED TRANSPORTATION IF THERE'S AN EVACUATION WE OPEN OUR CALL CENTER WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE CALL EVERYBODY ON THE REGISTRY THERE'S PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE MAYBE BUT WE CALL EVERYONE AND SAY HEY, YOU NEED TRANSPORTATION OR ARE YOU GOING TO NEED TRANSPORTATION? DO YOU WANT TO STAY ON THE REGISTRY WHEN THE WHEN THE TIME COMES WE LEARNED A LOT AND MATTHEW, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLED US FROM OUT OF THE AREA FOR THEIR PARENTS FOR LOVED ONES AND WE HAD ALL THESE REQUESTS AND THEN WHEN WOULD GET THERE THEY'D BE LIKE I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T CALL YOU SO WE CALL EVERYBODY BEFORE WE SEND BUSSES OUT. SO WE OPENED THE CALL CENTER IN THE MORNING AT EIGHT BY ABOUT ONE 2:00 WE DEPLOY THE BUSSES OUT TO PICK PEOPLE UP THE SHELTERS DON'T EVEN OPEN TO ALL AROUND SIX AND SO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT CAN'T IS AFRAID OR CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSE CAN CALL WE WILL COME AND GET THEM AND I THINK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL AND HELP THEM ON THE PHONE TO CALM THEM DOWN AND YOU KNOW TELL THEM THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE HAVE NOT AS OF YET TAKEN ANY PETS ANYWHERE BUT AS I UNDERSTAND THEIR PETS CAN BE TAKEN TO THE JASPER RESCUES, NOT THE RESCUE THE EVACUATION CENTER. SO THAT WILL BE A NEW CHAPTER WE DID IN THE LAST YEAR WE GOT SOME GRANTS IS 5339. WE TALK IN ALL OF OUR LITTLE

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THEY'RE $600,000 APIECE AND THEY WERE A MILLION MILES ON EVERY BUS AND SO I HAD A LITTLE DILEMMA. SO WE'VE REPLACED FIVE OF THEM TWO OF THEM THROUGH CARES ACT MONEY AND REALLY THREE THROUGH 5339 ONE THE YEAR BEFORE. SO THAT WAS HELPFUL AND THEY ALSO GAVE US SOME MONEY THAT WE BOUGHT THOSE LARGE CUTAWAY AS WELL.

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

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE THIS YEAR BUT IF IT EVER COMES TO HAVING TO PUT THE TRANSPORTATION OUT FOR THE AIRPORT, WE'VE GOT IT READY TO GO WE'VE GOT SCHEDULES READY. IT'LL BE A GREAT SERVICE. IT SERVES ABOUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT PLACES THAT FOLKS GO WE HAD A LOT MORE THAN THAT AND WE TOOK A BUS AND ACTUALLY DROVE ALL OF THEM AND SOME OF THEM YOU CHECK IN OVER HERE AND YOUR YOUR UNITS YOU A MILE AND HALF A MILE AWAY. SO WE RULED EVERYTHING OUT IF COULDN'T GET IN THEIR PARKING LOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO THAT ONE. AND SO THE IDEA OF THIS IS IF SOMEONE FLIES INTO HILTON HEAD AT ANY OF THESE DESTINATIONS THEY DON'T HAVE TO RENT A CAR.

ALL OF THESE PLACES ARE ON OUR TROLLEY ROUTE SO WE THOUGHT WOW THIS BE PERFECT TO JUST KEEP THE TRAFFIC DOWN AS. WELL I THINK THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE WHEN THE FLIGHTS PICKED BACK UP AGAIN AND WITH THE NEW AIRPORT RENOVATION HE'LL HAVE A SPOT FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT AND THEN IT'LL WORK OUT THE PLANS READY.

THIS IS OUR RURAL WE HAVE TWO BUDGETS WITH ONE BUDGET BUT TWO FACTIONS OF IT.

ONE IS THE RURAL AND SHOWS WHAT OUR RURAL MONIES ARE OUR BUDGETS AROUND MILLION AND OUR LOCAL MATCH WE ASK FOR ABOUT 600,000 AND HOW HOW WE OPERATE IS WE SPEND MONEY THEN WE REQUEST TO REIMBURSEMENT AND WE DON'T GET 100% WE GET 50% OF OUR OPERATING MONEY WE GET 80% OF SEVERAL OF THE OTHER ITEMS. SO BETWEEN 50 AND 80% REIMBURSEMENT AND THAT'S THE RURAL SIDE. THIS IS THE URBAN SIDE IN OUR GRANT FIRST URBAN GRANT WAS 800,000 AND IT'S GONE UP TO OVER A MILLION NOW.

SO CAN SEE THEY DO GROW AS YOU GROW SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE USE A LOT OF THE GRANT FOR OPERATING MONEY THIS LOCAL MATCH A LITTLE HIGHER BECAUSE OF OPERATING 5050 SO SO WE WERE 2 MILLION ON THE URBAN SIDE AND 3 MILLION ON THE RURAL SIDE AND THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN YOU'VE SEEN IT IN YOUR PACKET AND WE DO THIS FORMULA TWO TO BREAK OUT ALL OF THE COST SHARE THAT'S THE RURAL THE URBAN WE DO BY POPULATION I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT ALL CHANGED WITH THE CENSUS IN BLUFFTON WENT WAY UP AND HILTON HEAD WENT DOWN IN UNINCORPORATED BEAUFORT WENT UP IN THE URBAN AREA BUT REALLY BLUFFTON WENT UP THE AND THIS IS OUR REQUEST WE'RE ASKING FOR WE'RE ASKING FOR THE RURAL MATCH THE URBAN MATCH AND WE HAVE A $250,000 STUDY THAT'S IN THE WORKS 200,000 IS THROUGH THE GUIDE SHARE WITH THE LAT AND SO THERE'S A $50,000 MATCH AND I BELIEVE THAT 50,000 I'M ASKING BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR IT BECAUSE I DON'T GO TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT PORT ROYAL BUT I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO TO PUT A SHARE FOR THAT. ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS? SO THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME AND. I LIVE IN SUN CITY AND WHAT WAS MOST INTERESTING TO ME IS YOU HAVE AN EVACUATION REGISTRY YESTERDAY OF MY MORE SENIOR LADIES ASKED WHO'S GOING TO EVACUATE US? WE ARE WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW THAT.

SO I'LL BE LOOKING ANY INFORMATION I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO COME TALK TO US

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I KNOW WE'RE NOT IN URBAN DISTRICT OR AREA LIKE HILTON HEAD IN BLUFFTON THAT YOU'RE A LOT OF WORK ON BUT THE SAME SERVICES IS NEEDED IN THE NORTHERN REGIONS AND.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT STUDY. I ENJOYED EVERYTHING YOU KNOW I'LL MAKE A COMMENT THAT THIS WOULD BE NEGATIVE TO TELL YOU FOR ME WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE THE THE AIRPORT TRANSPORTING THE AIRPORT TO DIFFERENT VARIOUS DESTINATION AND TOO THRILLED ABOUT IT. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I THINK FOLKS WHEN THEY COME INTO TOWN THEY KNOW THAT THEY GOT TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B THEY PLAN FOR THEIR I REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SPEND TIME ON THIS TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CIRCLE THAT'S ALL BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION VERY WELCOME THE QUESTIONS GOOD QUESTION AND COMMENT WE'RE NOW ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH WE STILL HAVE SEVEN MORE TO GO.

WE'VE NOW SPENT AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES ANOTHER HOUR AND 40 MINUTES MAY TAKE US TO THE END.

WE HAVE A LENGTHY MEETING AFTER THIS SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE PRESENTERS TO BE AS BRIEF AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY FOR US. GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY LOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

AND NEXT UP WE HAVE TECHNICAL COLLEAGUES OF THE LOWCOUNTRY. I'D LIKE TO POINT HOW QUICKLY WE CAME TO THE PODIUM. WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPEDITIOUS AND MY IS ASSISTANT VICE MARY LEE KEARNS FOR ADVANCEMENT VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT. IT'S GOING TO PASS US SOME PROPAGANDA VERY QUICKLY. OH, IT'S GOOD GOOD INFORMATION. OH REALLY? I THINK THE THANK YOU FOR SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME BEFORE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING ELLIS HOWARD WITH US AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT TCL. AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW WE'RE ONE OF 16 IN THE SYSTEM. WE SERVE AS FOUR COUNTIES FOR OUR SERVICE AREA HAMPTON, JASPER AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS, MAJORITY OUR FACILITIES ARE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. YOU KNOW WE WE APPROXIMATELY AND MERRILY REPEAT SOME OF THESE THINGS APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS TOTAL CREDIT NONCREDIT THAT'S A HEAD COUNT.

SO WE ARE A FAIRLY LARGE AND GROWING INSTITUTION WHERE ENROLLMENT IS UP POST-COVID WHICH IS COUNTERCYCLICAL BECAUSE OTHER COLLEGES ARE TURNING DOWN, PEOPLE AREN'T COMING BACK TO SCHOOL COVID BUT WE ARE UP ABOUT 14% THIS SEMESTER AND IN OUR FTE AND ABOUT 10% IN OUR HEAD COUNT. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING WELL AND I HOPE THAT MARILEE IS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE FREE DID I SAY FREE FREE TUITION THAT WE'RE OFFERING CURRENTLY AND HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO I THINK REALLY YOU'RE ON.

THANK YOU DR. GOLF. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IT'S BEEN A BIT AND IT'S TO SEE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH AS AS WE GO ON THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AT THE THE FACULTY STAFF AND THE STUDENTS AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE THE LOWCOUNTRY FOR THE LEADERSHIP THIS COUNCIL HAS SHOWN IN

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WE ARE STATE ASSISTED. WE GET A LITTLE LESS THAN 20% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA YOUR SUPPORT WELL PLACED BECAUSE WE ARE A GOOD INVESTMENT WHAT DO WE DO EVERY DAY WE'RE A HIGHER EDUCATION ABOUT 60% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN UNIVERSITY TRANSFER THAT MEANS THEY AIM TO GO ON TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY .

MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS ARE IN THE DOE ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS. THAT MEANS THESE STUDENTS ARE EARNING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT AND COLLEGE AT THE SAME TIME AND A FAIR NUMBER WERE GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS SUCH AS NURSING, CYBER SECURITY CDL AND THE MAJORITY OF .

THESE STUDENTS WILL GO ON INTO OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE AND THEY BECOME THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THERE IS NO DOUBT AND I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR TO SAY THAT THE STUDENTS THE GRADUATES OF THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE YOU AND I AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM ENJOYS EVERY DAY.

SO WHAT IS IMPORTANT YOU AS INVESTORS TARGETED LOCAL RELEVANCE AND QUANTIFIABLE.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 2500 STUDENTS AT THE TECHNICAL OF THE LOWCOUNTRY 91% ARE LOWCOUNTRY RESIDENTS ABOUT 10% ARE ACTIVE DUTY OR DEPENDENTS OF ACTIVE DUTY AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GROUP TO US BECAUSE WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THESE TRANSITIONING MILITARY TO STAY LOCAL AND TO GROW OUR OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE. WE'RE LOCAL 73% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BEAUFORT RESIDENTS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT LOGAN MORGAN AND DARLENE ESTRADA TO BE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE STUDENTS AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY RELEVANT IT'S 94% OF OUR GRADUATES ARE PLACED IN JOBS RELATED TO THEIR FIELD OF STUDY OR THEY GO ON TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND QUANTIFIABLE FISCAL YEAR 1718 THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LAW COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC WAS OVER 129 MILLION. THAT IMPACT IS GROWING BECAUSE THE COLLEGE IS GROWING AND THE COLLEGE IS GROWING BECAUSE BECAUSE OF YOUR INVESTMENT COUNTY INVESTMENT IN FISCAL 2018 YOU FOR COUNTY YOU FOR COUNTY LEADERSHIP PROVIDED OVER $8 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH AND THAT'S THE PICTURE IT EXISTS TODAY 2020 9000 SQUARE FEET 350 STUDENT CAPACITY YOUR ANNUAL MILLAGE THAT SUPPORTS THE COLLEGE THIS FISCAL 2022 IT WAS ALMOST TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND I THAT'S OUR FAVORITE PICTURE WE PUT THAT IN ALL PRESENTATIONS THAT'S GRADUATION AND WATERFRONT PARK IT'S A PRICELESS CONVOCATION CENTER CULINARY INSTITUTE THE SOUTH PROVIDING A PIPELINE OF TRAINED QUALITY WORKFORCE FOR OUR ECONOMIC DRIVERS RESOURCE TOURISM, HEALTH CARE, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, OUR SCHOOLS, THE BIG GROCERS KROGER FOOD LION, PUBLIX OPENED JANUARY 20, 2213 MONTHS TO BUILD TOTAL COST WAS ALONE $30 MILLION WE CALL THE COMMUNITY'S CULINARY SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS THE COMMUNITY THAT BUILT IT PRIMARY INVESTOR BEING BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNTY DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF BLUFFTON AND WE HAD PRIVATE DONATIONS OF $625,000 WE DID GO A LITTLE OVER BUDGET SO FORTUNATELY WE DID GET SOME DOLLARS THE STATE TO COVER THAT DEFICIT RIGHT NOW AT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH ARE 125 STUDENTS AND THAT NUMBER GROWS EVERY SEMESTER. THE ANNUAL MILITARY APPROPRIATION YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2022, THE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IT GOES INTO OUR GENERAL FUNDS THAT DIRECTLY

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WE ARE TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CYBER PROFESSIONALS SO WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS TO ETHICALLY HACK SO THAT THEY CAN DISPENSE ORGANIZATION'S CRITICAL INFORMATION AND CRITICAL ASSETS . IT BE HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE.

WHY? BECAUSE MORE AND MORE COMPANIES ARE WAKING UP TO THE REALIZATION THAT THEY NEED TRAINING WHO CAN HELP REDUCE THEIR RISK FOR CYBER ATTACKS OR THREATS? IT'S NO LONGER A MATTER OF IF WILL HAPPEN BUT WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN IN ADDITION TO OUR CERT PROGRAMS, TCM OFFERS AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN CYBER SECURITY. THIS IS A 63 CREDIT HOUR PROGRAM THAT CAN COMPLETED IN AS LITTLE AS TWO YEARS AND IS OPEN TO ANYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR COMPUTER EXPERIENCE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL CYBER LEAGUE'S COMPETITIONS WHERE YOU CAN LEARN TO ETHICALLY HACK. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE CAPTURE THE FLAG. THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THINGS YOU CAN TRY OUT. LAST SEMESTER I FOCUSED ON NETWORK ANALYSIS AND LOG ANALYSIS BUT I TRIED OTHER COMPETITIONS AS WELL. I'M A FULL TIME STUDENT BUT ALSO WORK PART TIME FOR TCO ON THE HELP DESK SO I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING A WELL-ROUNDED EXPERIENCE HERE AT TCO. THERE'S SO MANY ASPECTS OF CYBERSECURITY THERE'S JUST A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT. I'M DEFINITELY ENJOYING IT. I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN TECH SINCE AS FAR BACK AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IN SCHOOL I ALWAYS TOOK COMPUTER CLASSES. I WAS TAKING PROGRAMING CLASSES HERE AT CISCO AND THIS CURRENT CAME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM ABOUT HEY THAT SOUNDS PRETTY COOL.

SO NOW I'M WORKING ON GETTING MY ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND CYBERSECURITY.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE I WANT TO WORK YET BUT ONE THING I ENJOY DOING IS ATTENDING TECH CONNECT ON THURSDAY SO WORKING FOR DIGITAL FOR PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES COME OR THEY'RE WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY AND SO WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND NETWORK.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING SO LOOK TO US TO TRAIN THE WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW LOOK TO US FOR YOUR FUTURE CYBER SPECIALISTS LOOK TO US YOUR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION LOOK TO US TO KEEP YOUR SAFE.

THANK YOU WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WHERE YOUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE WE GROW AS THIS COMMUNITY GROWS AND WE WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT WE COULD NOT GROW THE SCARVES THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND ALSO YOU DR. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR TCL? THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER ONE COMPLAINT. YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE IS SPORTING A SPIFFY U.S. B MUG MUG AND I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A TCL JUST TO BE FAIR.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALL GET THAT . ALL RIGHT.

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THANKS FOR ALLOWING US. THIS IS WE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND WE ARE A FIRST TIME COMER SO IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL THAN OKAY I THINK YES I'M SITTING AGAIN I'M SORRY. IS IT OKAY TO PROCEED OUR REQUEST.

YES, SIR. YEAH, THERE'S NO REASON. OH, OKAY.

OKAY. AGAIN NAME IS LARRY HOLDEN PRESIDENT CEO BUTTE COUNTY BLACK OF COMMERCE SINCE UH 2020. I MEAN 2001 SO IT'S ABOUT 22 YEARS AND BEFORE THAT I WAS EXECUTIVE WITH J.C. PENNEY COMPANY FOR 27 YEARS RETIRED.

I CAME HERE AS THE STORE MANAGER OF THE CROSS CREEK MALL IN CROSS CREEK TOGETHER TOOK RETIREMENT IN 2001 TO BE WITH THE THE THE PRESIDENT ORGANIZATION WITH THE BUTTE COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OUR MISSION FOR THE BUTTE COUNTY BLACK OF COMMERCE IS TO WORK WITH SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION TO PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AND MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES OR SIMILAR COLLABORATIONS FREE MID DISTRICT ART DISTRICT BECAUSE OF OUR ART INFUSED OUR GALLERY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THE US BLACK CHAMBERS OF THE CITY OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE WE CURRENTLY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS THE PURPOSE OF THE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS WE'VE DONE FIRST OF ALL SINCE 2000 IT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN A MICRO LOAN ENTERPRISE.

WE MAKE MICROLOANS UP TO $100,000 THROUGH SBA AND USDA. WE BECAME A CERTIFIED CDP IN 2017 WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY CERTIFIED SURVIVES IN ORDER TO BE A CERTIFIED DFI YOU HAVE TO MAKE LOANS TO 51% OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE SINCE SINCE WE'VE BEEN MICRO LENDER WE'VE MADE OVER 113 LOANS IN LOW COUNTRY 90% OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. MOST OF THE LOANS THAT WE WE'VE MADE ARE TO OF COURSE RISKY CLIMES MEANING THAT THEY DO NOT WE DON'T SUBJECT THEM TO THE SAME THINGS THAT BANKS OBJECT TO AS FAR AS THE CREDIT IS CONCERNED AND THE COLLATERAL THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPANIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE FUND IN LOW COUNTRY THEY ARE STILL AROUND AS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR PAYMENTS. THE OTHER THING WE DO WE HAVE WE DO RENOVATIONS BY SENIOR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME. WE REPAIR THEIR HOMES UP TO $50,000 WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE THING STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THEY DO NOT FUND OUR PERSON THAT IS OVER THE THE FUNDING AND ALSO WE CERTIFY MEANING THAT WE ARE CERTIFIED COUNSEL FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS BUDGETING HOW TO OPERATE THAT THEIR HOUSEHOLD AND NEEDS THAT THEY WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO DO IN TO BUY A HOME FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IF THEY GO THE GOVERNMENT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A ORGANIZATION LIKE US TO GET HOUSING COUNSELING RIGHT NOW WHO DOES NOT FINANCE OUR HOUSING COUNSELOR AND WE NEED HELP WITH THE FUNDING OF OUR HOUSING COUNSELOR.

ALSO WE HAVE TOURISM AND WE ARE SIMILAR WITH THE CVB IN THAT WE ADVERTISING BUT WE DO COORDINATE OUR ADVERTISING TO, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ADVERTISING IN THE SAME SAME MAGAZINE OR AREA AT THE SAME TIME. AND AS FAR AS OUR GALLERY IS

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WE ALSO GOT THE NEA GRANT SO WE ARE ESTABLISHING EIGHT MASTER CLASSES WHICH WE DID THE FIRST ONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THAT ALLOWS TO PAY LOCAL ARTISTS TO ACTUALLY PUT ON FREE FOR THE COMMUNITY. GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. AND MR. HOLMAN? YEAH, JUST WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC FUNDING REQUEST? IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR IS IT A 200 OR 200? YES.

AND WE FORGOT TO MENTION WE ARE BRINGING IN A VIDEO CREW KAREN I FORGOT HER NAME BUT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CVB AND AROUND TO DIFFERENT AREAS AND FOCUSING ON BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES BUT ALSO BEFORE AS A WHOLE IN THE GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURE AND IT WILL BE TELEVISED I THINK TO OVER A MILLION USERS OR A MILLION I MEAN A MILLION VIEWERS AND ALSO I THINK ALL INTERNATIONAL MILITARY I THINK IS WHAT SHE SAID AS WELL.

SO WE ARE PARTNERING CITY CVB AND OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES COMPLETE THAT AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE OUT SINCE 2013 IS $2.1 MILLION ALSO. GREAT.

GOOD. NO QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JOHN O'TOOLE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COME BACK TO OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL AS MR. BAXLEY FROM BEFORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR FOR OFFERING TO DO THAT FOR THAT WITH ALL.

SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THEN AND THAT IS UNIVERSITY WHICH I HAVE MISSED ANYBODY HERE SO UM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. MR. PATEL IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO FORWARD PLEASE THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I MET SARAH BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT I MET SARAH BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE JUMPING INTO TO YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THAT QUICK EITHER. NO PROBLEM AT ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANT TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STEWARDSHIP OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE INVESTED IN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. HAVE YOU SAID BEFORE JUMP IN AND I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE SOME MEMBERS OF SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HERE WITH US.

MR. STEWART IS WITH FOUNDATION OR UCB AND DR. PIERCE IS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR GEOFF JOHNS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF WHICH CHAIRMAN PASSMAN IS YOUR LIAISON SERVING ASSIGNED TO THE PGA AND MY COLLEAGUE THE CFO PATRICK IS HERE WITH ME AND BE TO DELVE INTO ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP. I'M ALSO INTRIGUED WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION IN PART BECAUSE IT BRINGS SO MUCH MEMORY A LITTLE OVER SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE IN JANUARY TYPICALLY THE MONTH WHEN WE GO TO COLOMBIA TO TRY TO MAKE PITCH FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING FROM THE STATE AND THEN MY COLLEAGUE MAGEE WANTED

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WHEN WE STARTED BE A DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTION WE ARE GROWTH HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS WE HAVE GROWN AT 42% PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WE WERE LISTED ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING INSTITUTION IN THE NATION IN THAT TOP TEN AND WE ARE OFFERING 20 BACCALAUREATE 37 AREAS OF FARM OF SPECIALIZATION AND TWO MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE COME ONLINE THE PAST LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.

WE ALSO HONORS PROGRAMS THAT ARE LOCATED ON OUR BEAUFORT CAMPUS AND EARLIER ON TODAY WE WERE AT A CYBERSECURITY SUMMIT AND WHERE WE ARE OFFERING AMONG SOME OF OUR OFFERING AND NEWEST ONES CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM AS PART OF THE THE COLLABORATIVE OF THE SOUTH COAST CYBER AND WE ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZE SINCE 2019 FOR BEING A TOP PRODUCING INSTITUTION FOR FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT SO PHENOMENAL BECAUSE I SIZE AND MADE IT MORE IT SPEAKS TO THE ENERGY THAT OUR FACULTY AND STAFF PUT INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS AND OF COURSE WE GET SOME OUTSTANDING FACULTY STAFF AS WELL WITH YOUR HELP USC BE WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE THE DATA FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY'S WE HAVE OVER 833 STUDENTS LOOKING AT THE DATA FROM THIS YEAR WE ALSO DO ENROLL YOU ALL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS AND WE HAD OVER 122 OF THOSE AND BETWEEN OUR BACCALAUREATE DEGREES AND THE MASTER'S DEGREE WE ARE NOW

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WE HAVE NOT DONE THE MOST RECENT NUMBER BUT THE LAST NUMBERS THAT WE HAD DONE WHICH ARE AVAILABLE NOW WERE INDICATING AROUND 130 MILLION ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OVER 300 PLUS EMPLOYEES. AND WE ARE VERY INTIMATELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE AND WORKING HAND IN HAND AS A MATTER OF FACT RECENTLY THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WE GOT ONE OF OUR LARGEST GRANTS FOR $5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SO WE CAN SEE THE EXPANDING IMPACT OF THE UNIVERSITY ESPECIALLY BRINGING THE WORKFORCE AND, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP TRAINED WORKFORCE AND PROFESSIONALS AT THE LOWEST PRICE POINT COMPARED TO OF A COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY, THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THERE GIVEN TO YOU AND.

WE HAVE ALSO A FOCUS ON EXPERIENCE LEARNING WHICH HAS MEANT NOT ONLY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY IS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE KNOW HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD BEST PRACTICES FOR LEARNING BUT IT HAS ALSO TRANSLATED INTO SOME COMMUNITY SERVICES WHICH HAVE A PRICE TAG THAT YOU CAN SEE OVER THE WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE ARE EXPANDING AND OF OUR NEW INITIATIVE IN THE SPIRIT OF COUNCILMAN GLOVER'S REQUEST ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT WANT TO BE PUTTING ON THE TABLE AS WE MOVE FORWARD YOU WILL SEE THE GROWTH OF CYBERSECURITY, MARINE BIOLOGY AND ESPECIALLY TIED TO THAT FOR US IN TERMS OF GROWTH AND INITIATIVE IS THE PRITCHARD ISLAND CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE POSSIBLY SEEN AND PAPERS AND I'VE SEEN THAT EXPAND SHOWING OF NURSING AND OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION AND WE ALSO AS THE YOUNGEST NEWEST INSTITUTION IN THAT COMPREHENSIVE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE THINKING ABOUT STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF AT AND HOW TO GIVE SOME OF THE BEST STUDENT EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE AND WE RECENTLY ARE HAVE TRANSITION TO NCAA DIVISION TWO ATHLETICS AND ARE ALSO BRINGING TO SPORTS WITH IT AS PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT FOR NC DOUBLE DIVISION WHICH IS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND WE ARE PART OF THE PEACH BELT CONFERENCE ONE OF THE BEST THE TWO CONFERENCES THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE PART OF IN REVIEWING A LONG HISTORY THERE'S BEEN AN EMERGING THEME ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THE CITIZENS GROUP AND BEAUFORT COUNTY TOGETHER HAVE PLAYED IN A SHARING THE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT GIVEN TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY SO. THEY HAVE BEEN A DRIVING FORCE IN MANY WAYS AND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE BUT YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THREE DATES IN PARTICULAR WHERE WE SAW THIS COME TO FRUITION AND RESULT IN THE USC CV THAT WE HAVE TODAY. AS YOU KNOW WE TRACE OUR ROOTS BACK TO 1795 WITH THE BEAUFORT COLLEGE AND. IT WAS THE RESULT OF A CITIZENS ACTION GATHERING, GALVANIZING, RECOGNIZING IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL COUNTY TO BE ABLE

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IT WAS ACTUALLY CHARTERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT IS IN COLUMBIA.

OKAY. SO THIS IS THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT DATE AND OF COURSE THERE WAS DISRUPTION IN THE FUNCTIONING OF OF BEAUFORT COLLEGE AND IT WAS ANOTHER 100 YEARS OR MORE BEFORE THE TRUSTEE REGAINED CONTROL OF THE FACILITIES BACK AN IMPORTANT DECISION THAT RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT CAME ABOUT IN 1959 WHEN THE RECOGNITION OF TRANSITIONING DAN BEAUFORT COLLEGE TO THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND THAT MEANT ALSO THE LOCAL SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY AND THE CITIZENS RALLYING TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND YOU FAST FORWARD AGAIN IN 2000 WHEN WAS WHEN WHEN CITIZENS GATHERED AGAIN GALVANIZED RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION IN THE BACK THAT LED TO THIS THE 10TH THAT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUNDING THAT CREATED THE FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION THAT CAME TO LIFE FOUR YEARS LATER IN 2004 AGAIN I EMPHASIZE HERE THE IMPORTANCE THAT YOU HAVE PLAYED HISTORICALLY IN ENSURING THAT YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR REGION THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE THAT COMES TO US FROM THE APPROPRIATION THE COUNTY FLOWS TO US THROUGH THE BEAUFORT JASPER HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION AND IS CONTRIBUTED OR ADDED TO OUR GENERAL EDUCATION EMG BUCKET IF YOU WILL BECAUSE THAT'S THE THE EDUCATION AND GENERAL FUND WHICH AMONG IN TERMS OF OF REVENUE IS CONTRIBUTE THROUGH TO THROUGH THE TUITION AND FEES THROUGH STATE APPROPRIATION THROUGH THE LOCAL APPROPRIATION SUCH AS WHAT WE GET FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY. AND IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE THAT APPROPRIATION COMES 5 TO 6% OF THE TOTAL AND WHAT THAT E AND G FUND SERVES IS BOTH INSTRUCTION RESEARCH PUBLIC SERVICE, FINANCIAL AID, ADMINISTRATIVE AND AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS ARE RELATED TO THE OPERATION AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE CATEGORIES IN TERMS OF HOW THAT EMG CONTRIBUTES TO IT. AND AGAIN THE EMPHASIS IS THAT WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT USC B AS YOU KNOW IT WOULD NOT EXIST. IT SIMPLY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO WHAT WE DO. AND ONE OF THE POINTS OF PRIDE FOR ME IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WITH THE LOWEST FUNDED AND I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF COMMENDATION TO OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM HERE THEY HAVE GONE TO BAT FOR US TO REALLY TRY TO CLOSE THAT GAP. WE STILL DON'T ALWAYS FUND THAT AMONG THAT COMPREHENSIVE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE LOWEST WAGE AND THE RESULTS AND THE IMPACT AND WHAT WE PRODUCE OUT CLASSES JUST ABOUT ANY COMPETITION AND I'M TRULY PROUD OF WHAT OUR TEAM DOES THERE A FEW YEARS BACK I CAME BEFORE THIS BODY TO PRESENT OUR NEED FOR THE COUNCIL LOCATION CENTER AND YOU COMMISSIONED A STUDY BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND US TO TRY TO PUT THE FEASIBILITY FOR THAT CONVOCATION CENTER THE CONFLICT CENTER WOULD BE A MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY THAT MEETING MANY OF OUR NEEDS INCLUDING ATHLETICS INCLUDING LARGE EVENTS, INCLUDING THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED THROUGH THE PANDEMICS WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN BUT CRITICAL BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT IN THE COUNTY SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, SOME OF THE TRADES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO AT THIS POINT.

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WE HAVE $16,000,016.2 MILLION THAT HAVE COME FROM THE STATE FUNDING CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY AS TIME PASSED THE PRICE POINT HAS GONE AS WELL AND OVER THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD THAT WORK AND STUDY DONE THE PRICE POINT HAS NOW GONE FROM 60 FROM $48 MILLION FOR PHASE 1 TO 688 MILLION AT THIS POINT THAT WE'RE AT.

AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE ASKING THE STATE TO GIVE ADD TO THE 16 MILLION ANOTHER 20 MILLION AND THE HOUSE HAS SO FAR APPROPRIATED AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN STILL CLOSE THAT GAP AS PROCESS GOES FORWARD. BUT THIS IS GOING BE A CRITICAL CONTINUED EFFORT JOINTLY BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COUNTY THAT LEADS LEATHERMAN WAS WAS VERY MUCH PERSUADED ON ON ON THIS ON THIS COLLABORATION THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COUNTY SO THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING PROJECT FOR US THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR WHICH WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE HAVE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENT THEMSELVES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE ADDRESSING AS AS THE GENERAL RULE COST IS INCREASING OUR PACING STATE OPERATING SUPPORT AND OTHER INDICATED THAT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN TUITION AT THE LOW POINT BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OFTEN THEY TELL US DO NOT CHANGE THE TUITION BY BOTH THE BOARD AND THE STATE IS THAT THEY WOULDN'T TURN GIVE US SOME MITIGATION TUITION MITIGATION DOLLARS BUT OFTEN THOSE ALSO COME WITH A LOT PROVISOS ATTACHED TO THEM SO THAT THEY NEVER TRANSLATE QUITE THE AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD NEED. SO WE ANTICIPATE NEEDING NEEDING SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WITH OUR INITIATIVE FOR AND SEE THE OVERLAY FOR EACH OF THE ISLAND FUNDING REQUEST THAT WE HAVE BEFORE THE STATE BUT WE WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET AT THIS POINT ANY LINE APPROPRIATED FOR THAT AND AND INCREASE OPERATIONAL COST FOR RUNNING DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS YOU KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS CHALLENGE I THINK I NEED TO STOP THERE THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THOSE BEFORE YOU. DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING AS USUAL AND AS ALWAYS IS VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION ANY QUESTIONS DR. PATEL NO THANK YOU SIR.

WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I KNOW THAT THE WATER BOTTLE WAS GIVEN ME FROM YOU. ASKED ME IF I WERE TO BE GIFTED A WATER BOTTLE AND IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING WHAT COLLEAGUE DR. GOFF'S MR. CHAIRMAN? YES. I NEVER I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING I THINK OUR NEXT TWO PRESENTERS WHICH WOULD BE SABRINA GRAHAM FROM LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO COME BACK IF WE ASK HER TO COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN ALSO I THINK WE DON'T WE DON'T WE DON'T ACTUALLY NEED HER TO COME BACK UNLESS YOU ALL SPECIFICALLY ACHIEVE OUR FUNDING. IT IS JUST STANDARD.

OKAY ONE MORE STOP SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT CHAMBER AND THE OTHER THING THAT WILL BE BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING TO LOOK AT YOU ALL KNOW THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD WE SEE THAT WITH THINGS LIKE THE NAVAL HOSPITAL OPERATION AND I MEAN WE ALL KNOW IAN DOES A GREAT JOB HERE SO THAT WOULD BE

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ALL RIGHT. AND SECOND, I'D LIKE KNOW ANY OBJECTION TO THAT.

NO OBJECTION AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHO'S HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A REAL QUICK 5 MINUTES BETWEEN NOW AND WE'LL GET INSIDE SO EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE JUST TO BUT AGAIN WE WILL GO SHOULD AND THERE IS REALLY ANY MATTERS ARISING OUT

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WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION SO KNOW DISCUSSION WE WILL PASS THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION IS THERE ANY OBJECTION SEEING NO OBJECTION THE MOTION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT AND I THINK THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.

ADJOURNED JOE, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO

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