Apr 11, 2023 Bluffton Town Council

[I. Call to Order]

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ON A 11 WE WERE AT A REGULAR TABLE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING CALLED THE RENT TO ORDER START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION WE HEARD AND WHICH STANDS IN THE MANHATTAN BOROUGH COUNCIL AND CRISIS SO WE THANK YOU FOR ALL EVERYTHING WE THANK YOU FOR LATER HOW OFTEN CAN WE ACTUALLY EVERYTHING YOU GUYS BUT YOU CAN DO HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY PRAYER CONTINUE THIS IS AMAZING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR TOWN CITIZENS THESE AND ALL OF US AND REACTS TO JESUS NAME. AMEN.

[IV. Adoption of the Agenda]

IF THERE WERE CHANGES THERE A MOTION TO IT THE AGENDA IS WRITTEN SECONDS SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY ABOUT THAT LAST MONTH PER THE REQUEST OF THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION ALL OF THE TOWNS IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ADOPT A CIVILITY PLEDGE WHICH ADOPTED LAST MONTH.

SO WE CAN SAY THIS AT THIS POINT ON THE AGENDA IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ WITH ME OR I CAN READ IT WE PLEDGE TO BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE COMMU AND THER VIEWPOINTS AND FINDING

[VI. Adoption of the Minutes]

[VII. Presentations, Celebrations and Recognitions]

SO YOU WERE KICKED FROM OVER 13,000 STUDENTS KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER TO ATTEND TO SARAH OF CEDAR HERE A LOT SO BRADEN ONE THAT WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE CHARACTER TRAIT HONESTY INTEGRITY. SO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY ABOUT UPRIGHT WITH HONESTY AND INTEGRITY HE ALSO WAS CHECKED OFF FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE COOPERATION, LEADERSHIP AND CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS. BRADEN BURNHAM AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN IN OUR CLASSROOM COMMUNITY EVERY DAY HE GOES ABOUT SCHOOL TESTS WITHOUT BEING ASKED IS WORK INTEGRITY IS AMAZING. BRADEN WORKS FOR THE ENTIRE TIME HE'S ALLOTTED TO COMPLETE A TASK ALWAYS HIS BEST AND TAKING TIME ON OCCASION WE GRADER ON PAPER WITH CRAYONS IN ORDER TO CATCH OUR OWN MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM.

HE ALWAYS ACTS IN AN HONEST MANNER NEVER TRYING TO ERASE DON'T ANSWER AND JASON IS INTEGRITY AND WORK INTEGRITY AND HONESTY IN HIS WORK IS JUST PART OF HIS CHARACTER HE ALSO EXHIBITS THESE TRAITS WHEN WORKING WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALL AROUND THE PLAYGROUND SCHOOL BRADEN IS TRUE TO HIMSELF AND CONTINUES TO BE HONEST AND SHOW INTEGRITY EVEN IF OTHER STUDENTS AND FRIENDS ARE AROUND HE MAKES GREAT CHOICES.

ONE EXAMPLE IS A DAY IN OUR CLASSROOM WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT IDENTITY HE COULD HAVE LIED FOR A FRIEND TO KEEP HIM FROM CONSEQUENCE BUT HE TOLD THE TRUTH AND PROUDLY STATED I WON'T LIE ABOUT THESE REASONS MS. HARMS THIS TEACHER NOMINATED BRADEN I FEEL PROUD TO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING IF YOU CAN FRAME IT IN YOUR ROOM WE HAVE A WONDER WE DON'T GIVE THESE OUT TO TOO MANY PEOPLE SO ARE CHALLENGE POINTS FOR HER TOO BUT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT IN A LOT OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND TOWNS, BIG BUSINESSES AND THEY GIVE THEM OUT. SO YOUR COLLECTIBLES SO THAT'S FOR YOU AND RECENTLY OUR CHIEF POETS DECIDED TO GO TO THE SCHOOL TO GIVE OUT THE POLICE CHALLENGE AND REALLY EMBARRASS YOU. BUT HE'S DOING IT HERE BUT.

HE WOULD LOVE TO COME TO YOUR CLASS AND TALK ABOUT IT AND JUST TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. SO ARE YOU GETTING THIS AWARD YOU NOW HAVE AN INVITE.

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SO THIS IS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU WILL WILL EVERYONE READY? ALL RIGHT. INCLUDING YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE CHILD ABUSE PROCLAMATION. WE HAVE A FEW AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA HERE IF CHRIS YES? COME FORWARD IS WAHLBERG YES. COME FORWARD FOR THE TABLE FROM KAPPA AND LOCAL HORIZONS COMING TO ACCEPT OUR PROCLAMATION IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH WHEREAS SOUTH CAROLINA'S FUTURE PROSPERITY IS DEPENDENT NURTURING TO HELP DEVELOP 1.1 MILLION CHILDREN CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR STATE WHEREAS ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO HAVE SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES THEY NEED TO FOSTER THEIR HEALTHY GROUND, DEVELOP GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WHERE AS CHILD ABUSE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES AS DATA SHOWS THE LINK BETWEEN ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN AND A WIDE RANGE OF COSTLY MEDICAL EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS INTO ADULTHOOD. AND. WHEREAS, EFFECTIVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION EXISTS IN COMMUNITIES THAT PARENTS WITH THE SOCIAL SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE OF PARENTING AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CONCRETE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO COPE WITH, DISTRESS AND NURTURE THEIR CHILDREN HELP TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN GROW TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THEREFORE. ALYSSA SO COME HERE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ALONG WITH TOWN COUNCIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH HOPEFUL HORIZONS CHILD PREVENTION ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT SERVICE PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE DESIGNATES THE MONTH OF APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS WE CAN GET YOU TO KNOW BUT GET INTERESTED WHEN WE SPOT OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE THINKING OKAY YES I CAN SEE THERE HOUSING MONTH IS HERE WE A BIG AGENDA SO WE WILL BRING UP STAFF FOR THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND EVERY MONTH TIME NEXT IS ARBOR DAY AND I THINK SOMEONE'S HERE FOR ARBOR DAY THE MARK ARBOR DAY IS ALSO APRIL SO YOU BRING UP WHOEVER YOU ARE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ARBOR DAY WHEREAS IN 1872 J STERLING MOORE PROPOSED TO NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PLANNING OF TREES WHEREAS A HOLIDAY CALLED ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH THE PLANNING OF MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD WHEREAS, TREES REDUCE THE ORIGIN OF OUR PRECIOUS TOPSOIL BY WIND AND WATER LOWER OUR OUR HEATING AND COOLING CALLS MODERATE THE TEMPERATURE, RECLAIM THE AIR AND WATER PRODUCE OXYGEN AND PROVIDE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. AND.

WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE SOURCE GIVING US WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FOR OUR FIRES, PAPER FRUITS AND NUTS FOR NOURISHMENT AND COUNTLESS GOODS AND PRODUCTS BRANDS WHEN PROPERLY SELECTED IN THE RIGHT PLACES TENDED APPROPRIATELY TREES IN OUR TOWN PROPERTY VALUES ENHANCE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY REST LESS TOWN COUNCIL AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE ARE COMMITTED TO TREES KEY TREE MANAGEMENT THAT PROMOTES A SAFE, HEALTHY AND ATTRACTIVE URBAN FOREST. ALI CECIL COME HERE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ALONG WITH BLUFFTON TOWN COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRIDAY, APRIL 28TH AS ARBOR DAY IN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND WE URGE CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY AND TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS. WE ALSO URGE CITIZENS TO PLANT TREES AND TO PREVENT THE WELL-BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS AND AND THE AND DO WE HAVE OUR ARBOR DAY DATE 28 NEW PLANTS TO MARK MARTIN FAMILY PART 28 WILL BE PLANNING A TREE THANK YOU FOR WE NEED THE PROCLAMATION FOR OUR WORK WE DO NOT START PEOPLE START THIS IS THE DAY OF PLANTING THIS IS ALSO NATIVE PLANT PROCLAMATION SO DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS RAISE YOU COMING UP THIS IS QUITE AN HONOR BECAUSE WE LONG

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THANK YOU YOU ALL RIGHT? IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE DAVID NELMS WITH IT.

DON RYAN UPDATE THIS EVENING. IT HAPPENED IN MY POCKET. LET ME SEE YOU AGAIN AND MR. I WORE THIS JUST FOR YOU BECAUSE I WANTED TO LOOK SHARP FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE OYSTERS ON MY SOCKS ALL RIGHT. JUST A LITTLE BRIEF UPDATE AS YOU I WAS HERE BACK IN OCTOBER AND JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON LATELY NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED THAN WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY, VERY BUSY AT THE HEART OF THE DON RYAN CENTER.

WELCOME YOU ALL TO COME BY. SOME OF YOU COME BY FROM TIME TO TIME TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING BUT DOING REALLY WELL WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE'VE ADDED SOME MORE COMPANIES I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A FEW MOMENTS WE'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF PAUL LAFONTAINE IS HERE.

RAISE YOUR BALL AND THERE YOU GO. KAUFMAN TREMENDOUS SINCE HIRED HIM LAST YEAR AND AGAIN AN AWARENESS OF THE DON RYAN CENTER WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE TOWN AND FOR THE COUNTY AND THE COMING YEARS IN THE REGION IS GROWING.

SO I'LL SHARE A FEW THINGS WITH YOU AS PROGRAMS AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE THREE BASIC PROGRAMS RESILIENCY IS THE FREE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER BUSINESS ADVICE ANYONE THAT HAS ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS WHETHER IT'S A PHONE CALL OR A SHORT MEETING WE HAVE WORKED WITH 79 COMPANIES SINCE THEN SINCE MARCH OF 2020 AND OUR UP PROGRAM WE HAVE SEVEN COMPANIES CURRENTLY AND WE WORKED WITH 20 ADDITIONAL COMPANIES SINCE FEBRUARY 2020 AND STARTUP AS YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT IS THE MAIN PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

YOU KNOW IT STARTED OUT A COMMERCIAL APP AND THINGS THAT AND THEN THE GROWTH PROGRAM IS SOMETHING WE STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO FOR A CASH FLOW POSITIVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING WELL BUT THEY WANT TO LEVEL UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL WHATEVER THAT HAPPENS TO BE THAT PROGRAM IS REALLY GROWING AND WE HAVE FIVE COMPANIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THERE AND A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT IF I GAVE YOU THE NAME YOU'D RECOGNIZE THEM AS THE WELL KNOWN THE IN THE AREA SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE GROWTH PROFILE PROGRAMS AND SO THEY'RE ALL DOING REALLY WELL REALLY WELL THOUSAND 46 MEMBERS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AND 70 MENTORS 70 PEOPLE THAT DONATE THEIR TIME AND THEIR EXPERTIZE TO HELP OUR COMPANIES.

THAT'S MORE THAN THE SCORE HAS DONE ON THE ISLAND. SO WE REALLY HAVE A TREMENDOUS IN THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP OUT AND WE'RE VERY WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE MENTORS AND WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT THE STAFF SO THE PROGRAMS ARE RUNNING REALLY, REALLY WELL. IF YOU WERE TO COME BY THE HUB AT ANY PARTICULAR DAY YOU WOULD FIND THAT WE'RE VERY BUSY THAT A LOT OF THE ROOMS FULL YOU KNOW AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE THAT BIG ONE TWO ROOM WE KIND OF HOLD THE FISHBOWL BUT WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER SMALL ROOMS AND IT USED TO BE HAPPENED IN THE FISHBOWL BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NICEST ROOM BUT NOW THE ROOMS ARE BUSY ALL THE TIME SOMETIMES THAT YOU HARDLY GET TO SEE IN THERE SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING. WE'VE A LOT OF THINGS SINCE WE STARTED IN 2023 WE STARTED OUR HOW I BUILT THAT SERIES AND MR. GREG PARKER KICKED THAT EVENT OFF WEEKS AGO.

GAZELKA WAS THERE AND AND HAD ABOUT 160 PEOPLE TO WATCH THAT EVENT AND I HAD PRIVILEGE TO

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IT WAS REALLY A WELL DONE EVENT DOING OTHER THINGS. WE JUST DID A ANOTHER SHARK KIND OF PREP AT HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN AND WE DO THAT WITH THEM TWICE A YEAR WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE THE ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE GREATER BLUFFTON OF COMMERCE. THEY'RE DOING MULTIPLE EVENTS THERE.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PRESS SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THAT NEW MAGAZINE AND I GOT THE NAME OF IT BUT THAT NEW MAGAZINE AND I HAVE PROVEN OUR COMMUNITY ARTICLE AMERICAN WE GET A LOT OF GOOD CRAFT AND A LOT OF GOOD RECOGNITION. ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCILWOMAN FRAZIER CHALLENGES TO THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE IN OCTOBER WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF BUSINESS HEALTH CHECK AND SO WE DID IMPLEMENT THAT. IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE SURVEY YOU SEE A LITTLE SCREENSHOT THERE ON THE LEFT WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A PROBABLY A 20 QUESTION TEST ON A TEST AND GIVES YOU A SCORE AND IT TELLS YOU HOW TO SCORE.

WE SAY IF YOU'VE DONE THAT WELL YOU GET 190 POINTS ON YOUR SCORE YOU SHOULD REALLY BE ON A MENTOR BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR BUSINESS AND OTHER THINGS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU OUT AND AND WE DECIDED FALL IN CHARGE OF THIS AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA WELL THEY CAN JUST CALL PAUL AND IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED BREAKING BAD OR BETTER CALL SAUL YOU RECOGNIZE THAT BETTER CALL PAUL LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE BETTER CALL SAUL I EVEN HAD TO MAKE PAUL DRESS UP IN A SUIT AND TIE THE CONTRACT SO YOU KNOW ANOTHER OTHER THAN JUST BUSINESSES IT DOES ALLOW US TO GENERATE SOME METRICS PEOPLE THAT FROM BUSINESSES IN BLUFFTON ABOUT HOW THEY THINK WE'RE DOING HOW THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO AGGREGATE THAT DATA TIME AND SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE DOING IN BLUFFTON AS FAR AS SOME OF THE METRICS WE TRACK THE ONES BELOW WHAT WE KIND OF KEEP UP WITH FOR YOU GUYS WE DO A LOT MORE BUT THESE ARE THE THAT ARE WE'RE FORMALLY KEEPING UP WITH AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GOAL ON THE AND HOW WE'RE DOING ON THOSE IS PRETTY MUCH EITHER ON TARGET EXCEED IN MOST AREAS AGAIN WE HAVE 12 COMPANIES IN THE RYAN CENTER WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ADD 2 TO 4 MORE IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS AS MOST AS WE'VE EVER HAD IN TEN YEARS WAS 11 COMPANIES.

SO WE'RE DOING MORE THAN WE EVER HAVE. WE'VE GOT A GREAT WE'VE GOT A GREAT FACILITY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AND ADVICE AND WE CONTINUE THIS AND I THINK THE THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY AND THE REGION'S GOING A LOT OF THE PROGRAM SO WITH THAT ANY I'LL BE HAPPY QUESTIONS ON THE SIDE YES FRAZIER GREAT PRESENTATION THANK YOU I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ONE MINUTE TO THE HEALTH CHECK I THINK A LOT OF BUSINESSES COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT SINCE YOU HAVE MANY BUSINESSES COMPLETED THE SURVEY THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER MEAN WE'VE HAD PROBABLY 15 OR SO THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE SURVEY. WE REALLY KIND OF USE IT AS A AS A GAUGE SEE WHO NEEDS HELP AND AND THEN THEY CAN TAKE THE SURVEY AND WE RECOMMEND BASED ON THEIR SCORE THAT THEY REACH OUT TO US TO REACH OUT TO PAUL YOU KNOW BETTER CALL PAUL AND PAUL SAID A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS THEM I THINK SOME OF THEM JUST WANT TO GET THEIR SURVEY RESULTS BUT THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM AND, SET A MEETING AND SEE IF WE CAN HELP THEM EITHER THE SHORT TERM WITH A COUPLE OF ANSWERS OR MAYBE GET THEM ON TO A STARTUP PROGRAM OR GROWTH PROGRAM OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S SLOW GOING BUT WE KNEW IT WASN'T IT'S A BIG PIPELINE GENERATED MORE OF A SERVICE MORE CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE IT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BUT PART OF THAT THING I'M GOING TO ADD IS SEVEN IN THE MIRRORS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IN COMMUNICATION YOUR COUNCIL WHERE AREAS THAT DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR ALL OF US TO WISH HIM WELL SO LONG AS YOU DON'T CROSS THE BRIDGE AND TAKE IT CHARLIE OVER THERE AND I THINK THE WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND FOR ALL OF YOU CAN YOU HIT ON THE KEY I WAS JUST GOING TO YOU KNOW, TAKE A CHANCE TO FOR ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T KNOW KIM OR HAS WORKED WITH KIM SHE'S BEEN WITH THE TOWN FOR OVER YEARS FOR 15 YEARS AND SHE'S BEEN THE CLERK FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. SHE'S IF YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE TOWN YOU'VE PROBABLY MET KIM AND HER COUNCIL IS GOING TO MISS HER I'M GOING TO MISS HER.

BUT LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, SHE'S NOT GOING FAR. WE'RE NOT GETTING AWAY HER

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SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME SO THAT WE COULD WISH HER THE BEST AND AND THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE FOR THE TOWN WHILE SHE'S BEEN HERE. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE OH, I SHE KNOWS WHAT I THINK. LET GET BACK TO I ALSO WANT TO JUST TWO QUICK THINGS WE JUST THE CHAMBER I DO WANT YOU KNOW WE HAD A FEW CHAMBERS THAT THEY ALL HAVE LEFT IN CHAMBER YOU HAVE THE BLOCK AND GREATER CHAMBER THE HILTON AND BLUFFTON CHAMBER RECENTLY HAD THEIR BALL AND THE WHOLE COMPANY WAS GIVEN AN AWARD.

WATERSON BRANDS AND THAT WAS A REAL BIG HIGHLIGHT FOR BLUFFTON DOING A LOT FOR BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD BUT THE EXCITING PART WAS THE GREATER BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHICH WE DO AND WENT TO THE GOLDEN OYSTER AND OUR VERY OWN DAN WOOD WAS NOMINATED BY THE CHAMBER TO RECEIVE A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. SO THAT MAKES IT THAT THAT OUT

[VIII. Public Comment]

ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED FROM THE PODIUM AND DIRECTED TO TOWN COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF. ALL SPEAKERS SHALL BE MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL OF THOSE PARTICIPATING IN OR PRESENT AT THE MEETING.

SPEAKERS SHALL BE EXPECTED TO BE CIVIL IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND SHALL REMAIN FRAMED FROM COMMENT OR BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES DISORDERLY SPEECH OR ACTION NAME CALLING, PERSONAL ATTACKS THREATS OBSCENE OR INDECENT REMARKS AND OR DESTRUCTIVE ACTIONS.

ALL SPEAKERS SHALL CONFINE THEIR COMMENTS TO ISSUES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL AND NOT USE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE THE WORDS BUSINESSES SERVICES GOOD OR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE ANY SPEAKER THAT VIOLATES THESE RULES WILL BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER. ANY PERSON WHOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RULED OUT OF ORDER SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DESIST FROM PROPER AND PROPER COMMENTS. THE REFUSAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO DESIST FROM FURTHER IMPROPER COMMENTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING AND OR A CITATION UNDER SECTION 249 OF THE CODE OF RIGHTS IN PLACE NAME AND ADDRESS AND THAT WILL BE GIVEN BEFORE YOU SKIP HOAGLAND WINDMILL HARBOR LAST COUNCIL MEETING I SIMPLY CAME FOR THREE MINUTE COMMENT AND MAY HAVE ESCALATED THIS TO AN EXTREME ABUSIVE LEVEL. SHERIFF TANNER WARNED HER SHE DID NOT LISTEN. MR. WOODS ON VIDEO YOU ACCUSED ME OF ASSAULT IN BLUFFTON MANY CITIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND EVEN THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT AND ETC. I CONSIDER THIS DEFAMATORY. CAN YOU AND DISHONEST TOWN LAWYER FINGER SOAP PROVE THIS AND PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE ASSAULTED ANYONE VERSUS HONEST CRITICISM? MR. WOOD YOU AND THIS COUNCIL SEEM TO HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ASSAULT, FREE SPEECH AND DEFAMATION LOCAL RULES FIRST AS FIRST AMENDMENT AND ALSO CITIZENS RIGHTS TO THEIR SPEECH TO OTHERS OR USE A BODY FOR ANYTHING ELSE THEY WISH INCLUDING PULLING THE PLUG ON THEIR DEATH BED LAWS OVER A LOCAL RULE.

PLEASE NOTE MR. FENGER ALSO LIED REGARDING A CONVERSATION IN THE BACK ROOM FINGER ALSO ASKED ME WHY I CALLED HIM A CROOKED LAWYER. MY REPLY WHY WAS YOU ARE AND YOU WILL BE DEPOSED. HOWEVER I DO AGREE AND SAID TO HIM OUTSIDE THE BACK ROOM MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS PREVAIL ANY LOCAL RULE I TOLD HIM THE SIGN IN SHEET HE FORCED ME TO SIGN TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WAS ILLEGAL AND ALSO VIOLATED THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND WHAT FINGER SO COULD WORDS NEED UNDERSTAND AS YOU CANNOT LEGALLY TELL ANYONE WHAT TO SAY OR TO SAY IT YOU SIMPLY JUST LISTEN TO THEIR 3 MINUTES. YOU THANK THEM FOR SPEAKING AND YOU CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER AND I DO HOWEVER BELIEVE IN FREE FREE SPEECH SHOULD BE FACTUAL TRUTHFUL AND CIVIL NO YELLING, NO PROFANITY, NO THREATENING, NO NONVIOLENT, NON DISRUPTIVE AND GIVING AND PERCENT PROFESSIONALLY AND FACTUALLY THIS IS WHAT I'VE FOR EIGHT

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TO DATE I HAVE ONLY BEEN ATTACKED BY STALKERS MURDOCH LAWYERS WITH A $50 MILLION JUDGMENT WITH NO FACTS, NO LAWS AND NO EVIDENCE. I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS FACTS AND WILL SEEK A REDRESS AND RETRIAL FOR THE SAME $50 MILLION IN DAMAGES.

TO ME, MY AND MY INNOCENT WIFE. IN FACT A NEW LAWSUIT WAS JUST FILED BY SOKHA AND HER MURDOCH LAWYERS AGAINST MY WIFE, INNOCENT WIFE, MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND ME FOR FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY TO HIDE THE $50 MILLION. IT'S MASSIVE.

YOU WILL NOT GET ONE PENNY. YOU WILL BE HELD AND I REALLY BELIEVE YOU WILL BE HANDCUFFED AT SOME POINT IN TIME YOU HAVE A BUBBLY PERSONALITY. YOU'RE VERY LIKABLE YOU RUN THESE MEETINGS LIKE A LIKE A LIKE A COLLEGE PEP RALLY. BUT THE FACT IS YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT . SO VERY GENUINE GIVE IN CERTAIN THINGS YOU NAME AND ADDRESS THIS MR. AND THEN WE'LL START WITH 3 MINUTES BURIED IN 1238 PINE CREST CIRCLE AND. I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IT ONLY TOOK ME 47 YEARS TO GET HERE BECAUSE MY MEN STARTED NOW BECAUSE I WORE ORANGE FOR YOU TODAY BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND WE'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS TOGETHER WHERE SOMETIMES I WIN AND SOMETIMES I LOSE BUT I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED YOU.

WHEN I LEFT THE ROOM OKAY NOW I HAVE TO SHARE THIS PART OF IT THAT'S ALL I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T MENTION ANY NAMES I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH CHAMBER COMMERCE NOT BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TAX DOLLARS THAT THEY ARE BEING ALLOTTED A YEAR BASIS.

I KNOW HILTON HEAD DOES LOT MORE THAN YOU GUYS BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE I THE MEETING LAST MONTH AND I WAS APPALLED AT THE ACTIONS OF SOME PEOPLE TO PUT THEMSELVES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN DANGER ESPECIALLY LITTLE MISS BLUFFTON I THOUGHT THAT WAS APPALLING I HAVE SUPPORTED THIS INDIVIDUAL FOR YEARS AND I WILL STILL THIS INDIVIDUAL IN HIS QUEST TO FIND FOR ALL TAXES ALL TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE PAID TO ANY INDIVIDUALS. I THINK I THINK IF YOU DO IT FOR ONE PERSON, IF YOU SPEND DOLLAR YOU SHOULD GET RECEIPTS FOR A DOLLAR AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY I WAS BROUGHT UP. THAT'S THE WAY I AM. BUT WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN HERE AND BERATES PEOPLE THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS THEY WOULD SAY MY KIDS GREW UP TOGETHER, OUR KIDS GREW UP TOGETHER LARRY I TOGETHER YOU KNOW, I KNOW THESE PEOPLE I GREW UP THESE PEOPLE I GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AND BY THE WAY, IF WANT A GOOD LAWYER, GO TO HAMPTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. SO I'M HERE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAD A NICE THING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT BUT I'M HERE TO GIVE ALL MY EXPERTIZE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO TRY TO BRING SOME CIVILITY TO THIS AFTER EIGHT YEARS.

I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT RESPECT BACK INTO OUR LIVES AND I THINK WHEN YOU GO UP HERE IN A CASE PEOPLE AND YELL AT PEOPLE AND THREATEN PEOPLE AND THREATEN TO COUNTERSUE AND COUNTERSUIT IT'S SO NON PRODUCTIVE AND IF I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY NEGOTIATE YOU'RE BREAKING THE RULES OF DECORUM. THIS IS NOT A BAD DEAL YOURSELF.

I KEEP ON ASKING IT. I PROMISE YOU I HAVE THE PATIENCE OF JOE IF I CAN NEGOTIATE WHERE HE CAN GET WHAT HE WANTS. YOU KNOW IF YOU SPEND TAX DOLLARS AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THEY'RE HANDLED IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO.

WHERE DO YOU GO YOU SIR IF I CAN HELP YOU BY THE WAY YOU KNOW IT'S A WAR AND KNOW YOU

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MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST JUST AS A MATTER OF PRIVILEGE MR. OBAMA MY NAME IS RICHARD BRUCE.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MR. KING. I KNOW. AND MR. GREELEY MY NAME'S RICHARD CELIBACY ON BEHALF OF MR. AND THE RULES ARE VERY CLEAR YOU CAN LOOK THE VERY FIRST ONE EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES PER MEETING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PERSON IS SPEAKING ON THEIR OWN OR ON BEHALF OF OTHERS. AND THE REASON THAT'S PUT INTO PLACE IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THAT SINGLE PEOPLE CAN MONOPOLIZE MEETINGS AND AS I'M SURE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IN MEETINGS BEFORE IT CAN BECOME A PROBLEM. THE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE RULES BE FOLLOWED.

THESE RULES ARE INTENDED TO ALLOW COUNSEL TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS CONDUCT BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO BE HERE. THE ONES WHO ARE WATCHING ON TELEVISION AND THE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, SITTING BACK THERE AND WAITING TO HEAR WHAT BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE CONDUCTED THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR DAILY LIVES.

THESE RULES DO NOT DIFFERENTIATE BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THEY ARE INTENDED TO LIMIT BASED OFF OF TIME, MANNER AND PLACE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE DISCUSSION TALK WHAT ARE APPROPRIATE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION I THE THE RULES ARE CLEAR MISSED REALLY THIS MS. GREELEY'S 3 MINUTES THIS IS HER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK SHE MAY SOUND RIGHT TO SOMEONE AND SHE CAN UNDERSTAND IT BUT SHE CANNOT ASSIGN IT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS ALREADY SPOKEN FOR 3 MINUTES. OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S JUST TOO CAN I RESPOND WHEN I'M LISTENING TO YOU? I DON'T WANT TO RUSH IT. THAT'S THAT IS UP TO THAT IS UP TO THE MAYOR. SHE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MY BEHALF SO I WILL DEFER TO COUNSEL AND I APPRECIATE IT SO MY RESPONSE IS THIS A LOCAL DECORUM RULE DOES NOT OVERPOWER OR OVERSHADOW APPEAL WHEN APPEAL SHE COULD JUST BE IN FEAR TO SPEAK SHE HAVE LARYNGITIS THE APPEAL IT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO ASSIGN BANK ACCOUNT INDIVIDUALS SO I'M I'M WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS AND WHAT I WOULD DO IS IF YOU DON'T WOMEN LET ME FINISH THIS AND THEN YOU RESPECTFULLY LET ME FINISH I'M HAPPY I WANT TO I WANT TO FINISH YOUR SPEECH BECAUSE I'M CLAIMING POWER OF ATTORNEY OVERSHADOWS ANY LOCAL RULE OF THE COURT. IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO FINISH MY 3 MINUTES AND IT SAYS IN YOUR RULES YOU CAN BE REMOVED AND OR SENT A CITATION.

WHAT I SUGGEST YOU DO IS LET ME FINISH MY MINUTES AND SHOW MS. REALLY RESPECT.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL 3 MINUTES I'M JUST SUBSTITUTING FOR AND THEN AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A CITATION I THINK THAT WE LET WE LET THE JUDGE FROM THE JURY WHEN THAT DOES SO. HOAGLAND MR. HOAGLAND, THE MAYOR HAS RULED YOU OUT OF ORDER FOR OUR RULES. YOU DO NOT YOUR RULES DO NOT TRUMP APPEAL I I'M SORRY IT DOES NOT HAPPEN IT'S JUST GOING TO GO UP IN THE MORNING. WE LIVE IN THIS.

I'M GOING TO MR. HOAGLAND, THIS IS YOU. IT'S BEEN A RULE.

THE RULES HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED. THE RULE IS ILLEGAL. YOU CAN EITHER HAVE A SEAT OR WE'RE GOING TO END UP WHERE WE WERE LAST MONTH AND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE I'M SORRY SHE FOR YOU HE'S NOW DISRUPTING A PUBLIC MEETING. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO READ YOU MISS YOU GIVE ME A SAD AND WE LET THE JUDGE AND THE JURY DECIDE BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE YOU DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ANNOUNCE A PUBLIC MEETING. LET ME FINISH.

I LISTENED TO WHAT YOU ALL TO SAY. I'M RESPONDING.

YOU ARE NOW DISRUPTING A PUBLIC MEETING. I'M NOT DOING THAT AT ALL WITH THIS YOU ARE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. YOU REFUSING TO STOP.

GIVE ME A CITATION IF WE REVIEW THIS OUR YOU ARE DISRUPTING THE PUBLIC MEETING WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE POLICY. I'M NOT A POLICY SAYS YOU WILL EITHER SIT OR YOU WILL BE

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PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO READ MY THREE MINISTER HOAGLAND, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR ON THAT. YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME.

I'M GOING TO READ MY 3 MINUTES. DON'T DO IT. DON'T DO IT.

DON'T DO IT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE. SHERIFF TANNER TOLD LISA SO COULD YOU NOT USE POLICE TO REMOVE A 73 MINUTE COMMENT SO IT'S ILLEGAL? YOU GUYS ARE BREAKING THE FIRST AMENDMENT. YOU'RE BREAKING YOUR OATH IS LAW. MR. WHOLE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

DON'T DO IT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE. LOOK, I'M BIG SUPPORTER OF THE MR. HERMAN. IT'S TIME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE THE CHANCE OF BEING TOLD TO DO THIS. IT BREAKS MY HEART. DON'T DO IT.

DON'T PUT YOUR HANDS ON HURT MY HEART DON'T DO IT MICHELLE LET ME STAY HERE FINISH MY SPEECH SAY I'M CONCERNED PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE WORD TO MARY PEOPLE CALL FOR MARY DON'T CALL ANYONE ON THE I'M SORRY YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE OH I SEE THE MAN HERE I CAN THIS BACK A STEP COMING OUT OF HER MOUTH AND NOW OKAY NOW THAT YOU KNOW ANY OF CAN NAME AN ADDRESS IS NEAR GROUND ZERO GOOD EVENING HOW COME I AM HERE WITH MY CONCERNS MY COLUMN THE FIRST ONE IS THAT IT'S CONTINUALLY FILLING UP WITH UNCLEAN INTENTIONS.

WHAT IS THAT? IN MY UNDERSTANDING THE DRAINAGE THAT TOOK PLACE IS JUST TO SLOW THE WATER FROM FILLING UP BECAUSE THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE PROPERTY IS WELL SO MY QUESTION IS THAT EVENTUALLY THE TOWN AND THE WATER SEWER AUTHORITY CAN DO IS TO PUT A BAND-AID ON THAT PROBLEM IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT TO STOP ALL THIS KIND OF CLEAN WATER FROM BUILDING ALSO IS A SAFETY CONCERN ON THAT BRIDGE BY THE JENKINS FAMILY RESIDENT I THINK YOU CAN WALK INTO THAT REAL AS IF WAS A BALANCE AND B SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A HIGH GOD REAL AIR JUST LIKE THE ONE ON THE CORNER OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY THE ROAD.

OKAY. AND ALSO SECONDLY, I TRULY I AM TRULY TROUBLED AND CONFUSED AS TO WHY THE TOWN AND THE BLUFFTON EAGLE ACTION COMMITTEE IMO A CONTRACT IS STILL BINDING THE TOWN ONLY FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS MADE TO MAINTENANCE OF GRASS EVEN THOUGH THE NOISE SAYS WHEREAS THE TOWN AGREED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE AND AID TO THE COMMITTEE TO ENHANCE AND VALUE TO THE MEAL IN WHICH I UNDERSTAND THROUGHOUT THE EIGHT YEARS THE BLUFFTON EAGLE ACTION COMMITTEE OR MR. THE CHAIRMAN MR. HAMILTON HE IS THE CHAIRMAN AND I MIGHT ADD THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER NOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS TAKEN ANY INITIATIVE TO ACCEPT ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE TOWN NOR ASK FOR ANY ASSISTANCE WHETHER IT IS ON THAT BILL ROTTING AWAY. MY QUESTION TO TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE IMO A DYSFUNCTIONAL THAT MY TAX DOLLARS IS PAYING FOR THE TOWN MAINTENANCE THE TOWN MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS TO MOW THE LAWN WHICH CLEARLY THIS BOARD HAS MONEY THEY KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE THEMSELVES SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND MY TAX DOLLARS WHERE THEY HAVE MONEY IS ALL THE WITH THEM THEN I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE IN AMERICA MY COMMUNITY WHO HAS AGREED THAT THEY WOULD MAKE EASIER THAT PEOPLE ARE THEY REFUSE TO BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THE PEOPLE SO MY TAX DOLLARS MUDDLE ON WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE BUT I WANT TO KNOW YOUR ANIMAL AID ALL THIS CALLS FOR YOUNG VERY DISTURBED ABOUT IT.

IT SAYS IN THE FUTURE IF A TOWN OR SOME THREE SMALL STABILITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART WORKS FACILITIES AND OR PROGRAM THE COMMITTEE AGREES TO COOPERATE AND WALK AND WORK WITH THE TOWN WITH ALL RELEVANT ASPECTS IN THEIR HEARING UNDERLINE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M VERY UPSET IT MIGHT TAKE A WHILE. YOU HAVE A CHAIRMAN OVER THE MEETING OF NOW OF THE TOWN COUNCIL I SUPPOSE WE SUPPOSED TO WORK TOGETHER TO THE COMMUNITY THIS IS NOT HELPING OUT THE MANY OF YOU A LOT OF THE OTHERS ARE REALLY BUT 12 YEARS AND WE GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE THAT'S THE CHAIRMAN AND WE'RE NOT PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF AMENITIES THE FIXING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME I BEAT THAT GLASS THANK YOU.

LASTLY I'M SORRY I GOT JACK GAVE GATOR THE GATOR IN CHICAGO AT 13 AND I HAD I WANTED TO JUST ASK I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ASK QUESTIONS YOU DON'T IT YOU CAN YES BUT MY MY QUESTION IS PRETTY SIMPLE. I JUST SAW THIS SERVICE THAT HAPPENED HERE AND IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN. WHY CAN'T THIS BE DONE SOMEPLACE ELSE?

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WHY CAN'T IT BE MORE CIVIL? WHY IN OTHER WORDS, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME QUESTION UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THE FACT THAT IT CAN BE TAKEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

I WOULD HOPE IT CAN'T HELD IN A PLACE WHERE IF SOMEBODY IS ACCUSING YOU OF THINGS ACCUSING ANYBODY HERE, THEY SHOULD BE ACCUSING AND GET AN ANSWER. SO MY MY MY POINT IS PRETTY SIMPLE PLEASE TRY TO FIND A WAY TO HANDLE THINGS LIKE THIS OUTSIDE OF THIS ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT IS IT IS A BILL FOR UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC

[IX. Communications from Mayor and Council]

IT IS HERITAGE WEEK AND YOU HAVE SEEN THE BANNERS UP AND DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU MAY WONDER WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE BANNERS IN BLUFFTON WHEN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IS ON HILTON HEAD THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THE $50 MILLION ARE LET US REACH THEY AVERAGE $50 MILLION IN GRANTS TO NONPROFITS AND HALF OF THOSE GRANTS COME FROM THIS AREA IT'S BLUFFTON SELF-HELP VOLUNTEERS AND MADISON I MEAN JUST NAME THE NONPROFIT THE SCHOOL KIDS ARE CLEAN AND TRASH THE BLUFFTON HOT ATHLETICS ARE PICKING UP THE TRASH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ARE PARKING CARS IT IS A IT IS A CHARITY EVENT TO GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT OUT THERE TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS 40% OF THE VOLUNTEERS COME FROM THE ZIP CODE . SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT TOURNAMENT AND DON'T THINK OF IT SO MUCH AS GOLF SMILE AND THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE SAYING THAT MONEY IS GOING TO TURN RIGHT AROUND IT BACK IN OUR TOWN SO ENJOYING IT ALL CAN GO OH I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

[X.1. Consideration of Ordinance Amending Chapter 6 – Businesses and Business Regulations to add Division 1 – Local Business Licenses and Division 2 – Business Licenses for Insurers, Brokers, and Telecommunication Providers to Article II – Business Licenses and Regulations, Authorizing and Directing the Town of Bluffton to Enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement Relating to South Carolina Revenue Services; to Participate in one or more Local Revenue Service Programs, to Execute and Deliver One or More Participant Program Supplements, and other Matters Relating Thereto - Natalie Majorkiewicz, CGFO, Assistant Director of Finance - First Reading]

NOW ARTHUR I THINK IS VERY RELUCTANT TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT RELATING SOUTH CAROLINA REVENUE PURPOSES TO PARTICIPATE. YOU WANT A MORE LOCAL REVENUE SOURCE AND TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER ONE OR MORE PARTICIPANT PROGRAMS SUPPLEMENT IS ANOTHER MATTERS THIS IS FIRST READING AND SHE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT THIS IS A GOOD JOB YOU ARE OF THE BEFORE YOU AS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT AS YOU STATED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO DIVISIONS TO ARTICLE TWO TO INCORPORATE MAGAZINES TO ADOPTION ORDINANCE TO THEIR NEW LOCAL SERVICES PROGRAM SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS THE TOWN FULLY ADOPTED THE RECOMMENDED STANDARDIZED BUSINESS LICENSING ORDINANCE THROUGH ACTS 176 AND THE TOWN ADOPTED THIS IN AUGUST OF 21 TO BE PREPARED FOR THE JANUARY 1ST DEADLINE SINCE THEN I MAY I SEE HAS REBRANDED THE COLLECTION PROGRAM TO THE LOCAL REVENUE SERVICES AND HAS RENAMED ITS PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH ITS THE TOWN HAS BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM OF ALL THREE OF ALL THREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE THE TOWN IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE TOWN ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND THEN FINALLY AGREEMENT AND THE SUPPLEMENT THAT IS PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR RECOMMENDING THE TOWN RECOMMENDS THE FIRST READING ITEM IS ADOPTED TODAY OR APPROVED TODAY AND THEN THE FOLLOWING OF THE STATUS IS SECOND READING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY NINE AND THEN THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE SUPPLEMENT I MAY I SEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT THIS BE COMPLETED BY MAY 26TH AND I WILL CONTINUE IT I'LL ALLOW THE TOWN TO CONTINUE INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE DON'T THIS IS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS IT'S A SEPARATE WE

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IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE FIGURES? ANYTHING THAT'S APPROVED

[X.2. Approval to Authorize a Construction Contract with Southern Palmetto Landscapes Inc. for Landscape Improvements at the Oyster Factory Park Parking Lot (Fiscal Impact $106,030.47) – Kimberly Washok-Jones, Director of Projects and Watershed Resilience]

YOU CAN SEE SOUTHERN PALMETTO LANDSCAPING IS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SOUTHERN PALMETTO LANDSCAPES FOR THE FAWCETT AMOUNT THAT EXECUTION WILL GO AHEAD TO THE CONTRACT KICKOFF GET A BREAK ON AND GET GOING AND I'LL GET THAT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING OVER HERE? ANYTHING RIGHT IN PLEASE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH SOUTHERN PALMETTO LANDSCAPING FOR LANDSCAPING THE OYSTER FACTORY PARK FOR $106,030.47 PLUS A 15% CONTINGENT.

SO THERE'S FOR ANY DISCUSSION AT ALL IN FAVOR SAY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THAT UNANIMOUS YOU

[X.3. Approval to Authorize a Construction Contract with Hilton Head Landscapes for Hardscape and Landscape Development adjacent to the Rotary Community Center (Fiscal Impact $129,702.54) – Kimberly Washok-Jones, Director of Projects and Watershed Resilience]

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WE WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TIGHT. BUT ANYWAY THEN YOU'LL BE SEEING US NEXT WEEK.

SPORTS CLARKSON'S THE QUESTIONS I THINK AND THE SITE IS FISCHER MR. TIMER CORRECT AND THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THERE ARE MOTION TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH HILTON HEAD LANDSCAPES FOR HARDSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THE ROTARY COMMUNITY FOR $129,702.54 PLUS A 15% CONTINGENCY SO THAT THEY'RE SAYING YOU NEED TO SPEND WE WERE DOING 20% WE'RE DOING IT DEPENDS ON THE CITY AND LOCATION OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE IN HISTORIC DISTRICT WE'RE DOWN TO WHERE SOME OF THIS LOCATES MIGHT BE.

THAT'S WHY THAT ALL IN RESPONSE TO SOLELY RESPONSIBLE POSSIBLE ANY OTHER ANY OTHER SESSION I DIDN'T YES I HEARD YOU SAY SPLASH PAD KIM WITH THIS AND COME OVER IT WAS REALLY I HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE FAMILIES WANTED TO JOIN SO IS THAT A QUESTION IS SESSION

[X.4. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing Initiation of Legal Proceedings Supporting Construction of Historic District Sewer Extensions - Kimberly Washok-Jones, Director of Projects and Watershed Resilience]

I AM FOR CONSIDERATION A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INITIATION OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS SUPPORTING OF HISTORIC DISTRICT SEWER EXTENSION AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A LONG GOING ISSUE AND TOPIC FOR EVERYONE MOVING SOME FOLKS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE OF GHOST ROADS AS WELL AS HOW THEY RELATE TO SEPTIC SYSTEM SYSTEM FAILURES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES OF THE MAE RIVER HAS BEEN A SUBJECT OF STUDY ABOUT TEN YEARS.

SO IT'S GETTING MULTIPLE MULTIPLE FACET IS ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE TOWN OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A ONE FOR COUNCIL FOR THAT REASON REFLECTED IN THE MAE RIVER WATERSHED PLAN THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO ELIMINATE ALL SEPTIC SYSTEMS THE ENTIRE WATERSHED AND THAT LED TO AN ADOPTED RESOLUTION IN 2017 FOR THE CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT ,THE SEWER CONNECTION AND EXTENSION POLICY WITHIN THAT POLICY WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDANCE THAT STAFF BEEN WORKING TOWARD AND THAT HAS BEEN THE MAIN RIVER WATERSHED ACTION PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION ESTABLISHED A 500 FOOT PRIORITY BUFFER AREA ALONG THE HOMES AND ALONG THE RIVER BANKS ITSELF FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS WITHIN THE TOWNS RIGHT WITHIN HIS IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY UNCLEAR TITLES OF ROADWAYS CALLED GHOSTWRITERS AND OR OFTEN ROADS THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO CLEAR THE RIGHT OF WAY OR CLEAR THE TITLE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE RIGHT AWAY TO BE TO USE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS THIS IS IN WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS HOUSED THE ORDINANCE 2006 BY THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN.

SO AGAIN THIS ISSUE OF CLEARING RIGHTS OF WAY AND TITLE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT PRIORITY BUFFER AREA THE 500 FEET IS REFLECTED IN THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBIT TODAY HAVE FINISH ALREADY IN THE PRIORITY AREA ONE ALONG PRICHARD STREET AND OUR ALREADY APPROVED CONTRACT TO DO THE CONNECTIONS ON PHASE AND THREE HOWEVER WE STILL FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE HAD VOLUNTARY QUITCLAIM DEEDS PROVIDED TO THE TOWN FOR ALL OF PHASE ONE FOR BRIDGE STREET AND COLE COX STREET. HOWEVER AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH DESIGN WE ARE OVERSEEING NOT GETTING VOLUNTARY QUITCLAIM DEED SIGNED FOR THE AREAS ALONG WARREN STREET, GREEN STREET, HOPE LANE WATER STREET AND ALLEN STREET IF WE DO NOT BEGIN LEGAL ACTION NOW IT WILL IMPACT THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IN THE FALL WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BEFORE YOU NOW AND THIS IS AN EXHIBIT TO SHOWING YOU SPECIFICALLY WITH QUITCLAIM DEEDS WE STILL NEED AND OR FROM AND WE NEED TO CLEAR TITLE AND AGAIN FIVE AND SIX FOR HISTORIC SEWER DISTRICTS SO IN LEGAL COUNSEL IN MOVING THROUGH OUR PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT POLICY IF WE CAN'T GET A QUICK CLAIM DEEDS THEN WE CAN MOVE IN TO QUIET TITLE ACTION WHICH PROCEED CONDEMNATION OR EMINENT DOMAIN AND THIS IS US MOVING FORWARD WITH FILING LEGAL PAPERWORK SAYING IN A COURT SYSTEM THAT WE ARE CLAIMING TITLE TO THESE AREAS AND THEN ALL POTENTIALLY AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS OWNERS ARE PUT ON NOTICE.

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YES I UNDERSTAND YOU JUST SAY IF THE JUDGE RULE AGAINST THE TOWN WE WILL STILL FILE FOR EMINENT DOMAIN BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE PORTION THAT IS THE QUIET TITLE WHICH IS MORE AGAIN PLEASE JUMP IN AT ANY MOMENT IF IT'S THIS IS A SIMPLER PROCESS THAN MOVING THROUGH CONDEMNATION AND CLAIMING EMINENT DOMAIN. WE ARE TYING THIS OBVIOUSLY TO THE SEWER PROJECTS BECAUSE ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHERE EMINENT DOMAIN BE USED IF WE'RE NOT GETTING VOLUNTARY AND OR COMPENSATED AND THROUGH GO AHEAD. I'M ACTUALLY I THOUGHT THAT NO I'M THANKING KIM COUNCILMAN HAMILTON SO THERE IS AT THIS POINT EMINENT DOMAIN HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THIS RESOLUTION THAT IS JUST GIVING AN ALL POSSIBLE NEXT STEP IF THE QUIET TITLE IS NOT TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH A CONDEMNATION ACTION AND I'M SORRY I PUT MY MOUTH RIGHT FOR . SO TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THIS I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND I'M SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE HERE AS WELL WHO MAY BE HERE AND ARE WONDERING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON .

PART OF THE ISSUE INVOLVES THE AGE OR THE DATE OF WHEN MOST BLUFFTON WAS FOUNDED.

SO THIS OLD OLD TOWN STORE DISTRICT BACK IN THE 1840S BACK IN THE HUNDRED YEARS PRIOR WHEN THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA WAS PUTTING ITS INITIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALL ROADS IN THE WERE LAID OUT OWNED OPERATED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT AS THE STATE EXPANDED OR AS THE COLONY EXPANDED THEY CREATED THESE LITTLE THESE LITTLE GROUPS CALLED COMMISSIONERS ROADS THAT ACTED LIKE A COUNTY A COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

AND THERE WAS THE SAINT PARISH WHICH WAS ALL BEEF COUNTY AND THEN EVENTUALLY ST LUKE'S PARISH WHICH BECAME BLUFFTON THAT SO THESE COMMISSIONER OF ROADS WERE THEN GIVEN THE THE POWER TO GOVERN THESE ROADS, TO CONTROL THESE ROADS, TO LAY OUT ROADS ROADS.

THIS CONTINUED UP UNTIL THE 1830S 1840S WHEN SOMETHING BECAME KNOWN AS A PRIVATE PATH BECAME WELL KNOWN AND THAT'S BASICALLY A PRIVATE A PRIVATE STREET A PRIVATE AWAY WHEN TOWNS WERE SET UP UNDER KNOW PRE-CIVIL WAR, THESE TOWNS THAT WERE SET UP WERE DONE THE BY THE STATE ESSENTIALLY THEY WERE LAID OUT IF A PROPERTY OWNER WANTED TO CREATE A SUBDIVISION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SELL INDIVIDUAL LOTS THEY WOULD CONTACT THE SURVEYOR GENERAL AND IN THE STATE HOUSE AND THEY WOULD SEND OUT ONE OF THE DEPUTIES.

BLUFFTON WAS PLATTED BY A DEPUTY SURVEYOR BUCKNER WE KNOW THAT BACK IN THE 1830S THE THE ISSUE IS LAND RECORDS IN THE 1860S WERE DESTROYED FOR MOST OF COUNTY WHEN THE COURTHOUSE WAS BURNED DOWN BY GENERAL SHERMAN. SO ARE NO CLEAR DEDICATIONS THERE, NO CLEAR RIGHTS OF WAY OF RECORD LIKE THERE ARE WITH MANY OF THE OTHER CITIES IN THIS STATE. THE OTHER ISSUE IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT BLUFFTON WAS CREATED . IT WAS INCORPORATED BY CHARTER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BACK YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TOWN BACK IN THE 1850S THAT LASTED FOR THREE YEARS AND I THINK IT WAS EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. BUT IN 1856 OR SO THE BALKANS ORIGINAL CHARTER EXPIRED AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DID NOT VOTE TO RENEW IT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. AND I KNOW I'M THROWING A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE WE ARE IN THE NEXT YEAR. IT'S AN EXTERNAL TAKEN SO AT THAT POINT WHEN THERE WAS A COURT A TOWN OF BLUFFTON ALL OF THE ROADS IN THE TOWN WERE CONSIDERED OWNED BY THE TOWN

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NOW WHY THEY NEEDED TO BE WHERE THEY COULD BE LOCATED HOW FAR FROM THEY NEEDED TO BE.

SO A LOT OF THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT I MEAN LOOK INTO AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO KNOW IT. BUT THE REASON THAT WENT WITH QUITCLAIM DEEDS ORIGINALLY AND WHY WE'VE REQUESTED QUICK LANE DEEDS IS BECAUSE THAT GIVES THE TOWN A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND IT SAVES TAXPAYER MONEY VERSUS INITIATING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO TRY TO FIND A TITLE DEEDS THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE QUIET TITLE IS TO CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO GO IN THERE, BUILD THE SEWER AND, THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAY MAY BE NECESSARY SO IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, SOME THAT'S BEEN LOOKED AT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND I TRIED TO DISTILL IT AS BEST I COULD IN A SHORT TIME AND KIM KNOWS ME WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THAT WAS AN EFFORT OF MY INTEREST THAT WAS ENOUGH AND A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS STILL WOULDN'T ANSWER WHY ARE WE GOING TO FURTHER PUT THE TAX BURDEN ON US CITIZENS IF THE JUDGE RULED AGAINST US SAID THE JUDGE RULING AGAINST US WOULD JUST THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH CLEARLY THAT WE ARE THE OWNERS AND THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS WITH ALL THE RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CERTAIN WHO THE OWNER IS.

THE THE WOULD BE THE JUDGE SAYING THAT THE PROPERTY OWN THE ROADWAY AND IT'S BEEN DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC AND SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PROCEED WITH POTENTIALLY AN EMINENT ACTION SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO EXTEND THE SEWER LINES DOWN THOSE ROADWAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE PROPERTY RIGHT. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT THE PROPERTY OWNER TO GET IN THERE. AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A WHOLE ENTIRE LIST JUST MAYBE ONE OR TWO. YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET QUICKLY DEEDS FROM ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR HOWEVER MANY WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SO AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE THOSE THAT KIM STEEN AND OTHERS ARE WANTING TO WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STOP THE BRIDGES AND THEN MORE SO A COMMENT. THANK YOU RICHARDSON FOR GIVING US THAT BACKGROUND IN BUT MORE SO A COMMENT ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY BE HERE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND THOSE ARE WATCHING AT HOME. YOU KNOW WE'RE IN A PECULIAR ERA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION GETS SPREAD AND A LOT OF TIMES FOR INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL BENEFIT AND I THINK THOSE OF US WHO KNOW THE TRUTH HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK TO THAT TRUTH AND SO ANYONE WHO IS UNDER THE GUISE THAT THIS SOMEHOW A POWER GRAB FOR THE TOWN AND STAFF TO GO IN AND USURP PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHTS IS DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE. I HAVE MY OWN APPREHENSIONS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD IN ONE OF THE CONTINGENCY THAT WAS PUTTING IN PLACE IS TO MAKE SURE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE EDUCATION AS TO EXACTLY WAS GOING ON AND WHAT WOULD THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROCESS BE.

SO ESSENTIALLY IS IN THE SAME VEIN THAT WHAT UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE DONE IN GOING IN AND BEING TO HAVE THIS UTILITY EASEMENT THAT GOES FOR SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN UP IN FAVOR OF AND THAT IS PROTECTING ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES HERE.

SO NO ME ARE JUST MORE SO WANTING TO CLEAR THAT UP. I THINK VERY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS OR USE THEIR PLATFORM TO SPREAD THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ANYONE WHO HAS FURTHER OR CONCERNS. OUR TOWN MANAGER ALWAYS HAS MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE IS HIS STAFF. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON OR YOU WANT TO SEE EXACTLY THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND BEFORE THEY SUBSCRIBE TO ANY FALSE NARRATIVE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BE SAYING TO THEM YEAH I JUST I WANT TO ASK RICHARDSON ONCE AGAIN I'VE ALREADY ASKED THIS

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IT IS SIMPLY TO TRY TO GET THE HUMAN FECAL COLIFORM FROM GOING INTO OUR WATERWAY AND SENDING IT TO THE TREATMENT PLANT WHERE ANYBODY WITH A LITTLE BIT COMMON SENSE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET GOING ON BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO BEING IN TROUBLE FOR NOT JUST PICKING OYSTERS BUT A LOT OF OTHER STUFF TO ME IT'S A NO BRAINER.

I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS FOR GOING ON 20 YEARS. YOU KNOW THAT WHOLE CONCEPT OF GETTING THE TOWN ON SUBJECT ON SANITARY SEWER I LEARNED OFF THE BAT WHEN WE WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY WHERE THEY SAID Y'ALL HAVE YOUR TOWN ON SANITARY SEWER SO BASICALLY WITHOUT CLEANING UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD YOU'RE.

NOT GOING TO GET ANY HELP FROM THE BIG GUYS, THE STATE OR THE OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

SO WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED SPENDING APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION OF THE TOWN'S MONEY ON THIS PERMANENT BLUFF STONEY CREEK AREA. A JOINT VENTURE WOULD BE FOR JASPER AND THE COUNTY MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN 2 MILLION ACRES IS GOING TO JUST TO HELP PROTECT THE RIVER. IT'S NOT EVEN IN OUR JURISDICTION BUT WE ALL CARE ENOUGH AND. WE KNOW IT'S VITAL IF WE WANT TO SAVE THE RIVER THEN WE GOT TO PUT SOME MONEY INTO IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY TO ME IT'S A NO BRAINER. THANK YOU.

IT'S VERY GOOD TO SAY ON THE YELLOW ON THE SCREEN WHERE NUMBER FOUR IS.

BUT I LIVE ON THE CORNER OVER THERE ACTUALLY OUT OF JUST OUT OF THE YELLOW AND I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY LIKE MOST PEOPLE YOUR PROPERTIES DEFINE WHERE YOUR LIVES ARE IN THE LOT LIVES.

IN MY CASE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH THAT. I ON SO THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE ON THIS ROAD WILL ACTUALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS IN THE LONG RUN FOR EXAMPLE BOATS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THE POTHOLES EVERYTHING CONTINUOUSLY SHOW UP . NOBODY WANTS TO FIX THE ROAD NOBODY CLAIMS THE ROAD.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? SO THERE IS A BENEFIT TO A LOT OF THIS AND THE LAST COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS LIKE HILTON HEAD HAD THE SAME SITUATION EIGHT YEARS AGO AND I SOLD ON TO AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE AND THEN YEARS LATER NEEDS THAT THEY HAD THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND REPURCHASE THAT SAME GHOST ROADS AND EASEMENTS AND EVERYTHING BACK FROM THAT SAME INDIVIDUAL AT A MORE LUCRATIVE PRICE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.

SO LOOK AT 20 YEARS OUT FROM NOW WE STILL DON'T KNOW ALL THE NEEDS WE KNOW WE NEED SOME ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND IT'S TO THE OVERHEAD LINES SO THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT PLAYS THIS THAT MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE AND SO I THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I KNOW I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS, KIM? OKAY. IF NO MORE QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO INITIATE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO CONFER ENTITLE TO CERTAIN RIGHTS OF WAY IN BLUFFTON? IT'S NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT A OF DISTRICT SO WE'RE EXTENSION PHASES OR 36/2 ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS YES PLEASE I DON'T AGREE WITH IF WE FIND THAT WE ALREADY ABOUT WHAT WE ALL OF WHAT WE OWN BECAUSE RECORDS THEN DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO THAT FACT WE WILL AND PROVE THAT WE OWN THE PROPERTY AS

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YEAH ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THERE'S THE MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY IT WAS SAYING

[XI. Consent Agenda Items]

SO I WOULD URGE ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE WHEN YOU GO ON OUR AGENDA ON IT NO NOT TO JUST TAKING OFF. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA SO THERE'S LIKE SECOND SESSION ALL THE PAPERS ANYTHING ON I DON'T KNOW EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS TO ENSURE THE RULE IS GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING TO SERVE FOR

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.