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[1. Call to Order]
TO ORDER MAY 11TH, 2023.[2. FOIA Compliance]
IN ALLIANCE WITH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT? YES, SIR, WE ARE.WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE?
[3. Roll Call]
ALRIGHT.WILL YOU JOIN ME IN STANDING AND SAYING THE PLEDGE ALLEG TO THE FLAGS
[4. Pledge to the Flag]
PLEDGE ALLEG TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[5. Civility Pledge]
YOU WANT ME IN SAYING THE CIVILITY PLEDGE.STILL STRONGER, PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RESPECTING OTHERS.
[6. Appearance by Citizens]
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS.I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS THAT SECTION TWO DASH FIVE DASH 70 OF THE TOWN'S CODE LIMITS EACH PERSON TO THREE MINUTES WHEN ADDRESSING TOWN COUNCIL, AT THE END OF THE THREE MINUTES, YOU'RE ASKED TO CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS.
PLEASE MAINTAIN A DECORUM SUITABLE FOR THE MEETING AND REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANE, ABUSIVE, OR LENGTH OBSCENE LANGUAGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE TO TOWN COUNCIL, PLEASE DO SO AFTER YOUR THREE MINUTES TO THE TOWN CLERK, ZENDAYA, DO WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY? YES, SIR.
THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN MY NAME, MY COMPUTER CRACKED OUT AT 11 O'CLOCK.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? I DON'T NEED MIC.
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, BOULDER, COLORADO, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, MADISON, WISCONSIN.
WHAT ARE THESE? THESE ARE THE PLATINUM LEVEL BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA.
AND NOW BEING A PLATINUM HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TRIED US ABOUT.
WHY DON'T WE COME PLATINUM? BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO BE THAT, GIVEN THAT THERE'S ONLY FIVE IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES.
BUT THINGS CHANGE THIS WEEKEND UNDER VERY GOOD AUTHORITY.
WE LEARNED THAT BEING THE FIRST BIKE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PLATINUM AWARD MUNICIPALITY ON THE EAST COAST IS WITHIN OUR GRASP.
IT REFLECTS MANY DECADES OF GOOD DECISIONS AND HARD WORK BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TOWN STAFF, AND OUR POE LEADERSHIP.
BUT GETTING THERE WON'T BE EASY.
THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IS WHY WOULD WE WANT TO DO IT? WHAT'S THE WHY? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GONNA HELP US SOLVE SOME TOUGH PROBLEMS. WE HAVE CONGESTION ON OUR ROADS.
BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE BEING KILLED.
KIDS ARE NOT RIDING BIKES ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL LIKE WE DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.
THERE'S EXCESS SPEEDING AND HELP BRINGING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND PREPARING FOR THE ONSLAUGHT OF DAY.
TRIPPERS COMING HERE FROM HARDY WILL AND BLUFFTON AND 15,000 HOMES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE UNDER CYCLE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT, IT'LL CREATE OPPORTUNITY.
RE RECENTLY WE HAD 725 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN PEDAL FOR, UH, HILL PEDAL FOR, UH, PEDAL HILL THIS WEEKEND WITH THE KIWANIS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
WE PARKED 4,635 BIKES AT THE RBC HERITAGE, AND HUNDREDS OTHERS WERE CHAINED TO THE NEARBY TREES THIS WEEKEND AT THE BEACH CLUB IN SEA PINES, WE BEAT WITH A PARKING LOT THAT HOLDS 50 CARS.
PEOPLE DID THIS BECAUSE BIKING IS EASY, IT'S SAFE, IT'S CONVENIENT, AND IT'S FUN.
AS FOR THE WHAT AND HOW, WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW IS PART OF THAT PATHWAY FORWARD.
NEW PATHWAY SEGMENTS, NEW ADAPTIVE CROSSINGS, THE CORTIS PROJECT, AND BOB BERMAN'S NEW BIKE SAFETY BID VIDEO IS SO ON.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THIS WEEKEND WE'RE GIVEN A PLAYBOOK TO WORK WITH AND WE HAVE A NAME FOR IT THAT MISSY COINED.
IT'S CALLED PATHWAYS TO PLATINUM PROGRAM.
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IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON YOU.DO YOU EMBRACE THIS VISION? DO YOU WANT TO BE THE FIRST AND ONLY PLATINUM WHITE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IN THE EAST COAST, ONE OF SIX IN THE UNITED STATES? DO YOU WANT TO EMBRACE A WAY OF LIFE THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MR. IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY EQUITY, SAFETY, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? MR. YOU'LL PROVIDE THAT TO, TO WANT TO BE THE BEST.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? CERTAINLY MR. ALEX CRUIN.
WHEN WE SAW IT ON THE SHOPPING CHANNEL,
UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE TIME.
UH, MY POINT TODAY IS THAT IF THERE'S A MODEST IMPROVEMENT, UH, OR ENLARGEMENT OF THE CURRENT, UH, BUDGET FOR PICKLEBALL AS PASSED IN THE FIRST READING OR ENDORSED, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS COULD PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS.
NOW, FIRST, LEMME MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE CURRENTLY PAY TO PLAY PICKLEBALL.
IT'S, WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE FREE.
CURRENTLY, PEOPLE IN THIS AREA TO PLAY AT THE REC CENTER OR THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK PAY $50 A YEAR OR $5 A DAY.
UM, THESE ARE NOT GREAT COURTS AS A MATTER OF FACT.
UM, BUT IF THIS BODY WERE TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE SIX QUARTS AT ADRIANA OR OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK AND ADD SIX TO THEM, ALL NEW, ALL PICKLEBALL, WITHIN FOUR YEARS, IT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF.
NOW, OUR ESTIMATES, WERE NOT CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS.
WE KNOW THE FIGURES CAN VARY, BUT OUR ESTIMATES ARE IT WOULD COST ABOUT $600,000.
UH, YOU'VE CURRENTLY GOT 250,000 ON THE BUDGET THERE.
UH, IF THE CHARGE WERE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AND $10 A DAY, THAT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF.
THOSE FIGURES ARE LOW BY THE MARKET.
A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR IS LOW.
I CAN TELL YOU IF YOU'D LIKE, WHY 12 QUARTS WOULD PAY FOR THEMSELVES FASTER THAN SIX QUARTS WOULD.
BUT MY POINT IS, HERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT CURRENTLY IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.
AS YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY COME HERE.
AND WHEN THEY GO AWAY, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT I PLAY WITH PICKLEBALL HERE WITH ARE THE NICEST WE'VE EVER MET, AND THE COURTS ARE THE WORST.
ADRIANA, ELAINE, OLD SCHOOLHOUSE PARK SITS THERE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
I'M GONNA PASS AROUND A SET OF PICTURES WITH CAPTIONS, VERY BRIEF CURRENT CONDITIONS AT ADRIANA PARK.
NOW, I'VE TALKED WITH JENNIFER.
SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL ON HOW CAN WE FIX THE CURRENT SITUATION.
MY SUGGESTION HERE IS TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND RATHER THAN TRY A PATCH, JUST GO AHEAD AND REBUILD AND ADD THE SIX ADJACENT COURTS.
SO LET ME START THESE PICTURES AROUND AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST HAND 'EM TO CINDY AND SHE'LL GET 'EM TO US.
WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU, I HAVE A FEELING AT ALL OF YOU THAT I'VE EVER TALKED WITH AT ANY LENGTH OR BRIEFLY WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS.
THE BENEFITS YOU'VE BEEN SHOWN.
WE HEARD THAT, UH, THE MAY 2ND MEETING OF THE HEALTH BENEFITS, SOCIAL BENEFITS, ECONOMIC.
MR. HOLAND, SKIP HOLAND, WINDMILL HARBOR.
I'M GONNA STICK WITH THE BUDGET.
A LEGAL HILTON HEAD CHAMBER, LIKE THE GREATER BLUFFTON CHAMBER IS APPRECIATED.
THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD OPERATED LEGALLY IS APPRECIATED.
A LEGALLY OPERATED DMO BY AN AD AGENCY IS APPRECIATED.
WORTHY ACCOUNTING AND INVOICES AND MATCHING RECEIPTS FOR THE FOLLOWING.
7,000,008 TAX FEES UNACCOUNTED FOR ILLEGALLY USED BY BILL MILES AND THE NONPROFITS LIKE THE LOW COUNTRY GOLF ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A TAX SCAM, ALSO CONTROLLED BY BILL MILES.
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MONEY FOR PRIVATE PROFIT.14 MILLION IN HOSPITALITY TAXES DISAPPEARED.
UNACCOUNTED FOR SAYS USED FOR BOND DEBT REDUCTION, 11.55 MILLION USED BY THE CHAMBER D O ILLEGALLY.
FRAUDULENT CHAMBER CONTRACT DRAFTED BY CROOKED LAWYERS, ALFRED COLTRANE AND FINGER AND BLUFFTON LEGAL FEES, INCLUDING ALL FEES ILLEGALLY AND CRIMINALLY USED BY LAWYER, GREG ALFRED AND KIM LICHENS, COLTRANE'S FIRM LAW PARTNER.
600,000 USED IN ISSUED TO SEED PINES FOR DREDGING OF HARBOR TOWN.
YOU CAN'T USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE USE.
MILLIONS IN HURRICANES SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS JUST HANDED TO BILL MILES CHAMBER WITH ZERO ACCOUNTING MILES SAID HIS TAX USES HIS SECRET SAUCE AND NO ONE ON COUNCIL'S BUSINESS, INCLUDING TAXPAYERS.
THIS BUDGET IS ALLOWING ILLEGAL FUNDING TO THE CHAMBER AND ILLEGAL, UH, FUNDING TO NONPROFITS THAT DON'T QUALIFY UNDER A TAX LAWS.
PLUS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TAKEN TO CANADA BY BILL MILES.
THIS TOWN COUNCIL AND CHAMBER ARE ALSO ON VIOLATIONS OF MANY STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS CAUSED BY THIS ILLEGAL TAX USE.
LASTLY, PERRY, MR. PERRY, YOU SAID YOU SAW 80% OF THE CHAMBER RECEIPTS AND INVOICES WHEN NO ONE ELSE COULD.
YOU COMMITTED FINANCIAL FRAUD.
YOU NEED TO RESIGN OR YOU NEED TO BE REMOVED.
AS MAYOR, I ALSO BELIEVE YOU'RE AT RISK BY LOSING YOUR JOB AS A MORTGAGE BROKER.
WE NEED A MANDATORY FORENSIC AUDIT.
ORLANDO CPA, TROYER LAWYERS, BILL MILES, THEY ALL NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.
OUR TOWN IS IN A REAL LEGAL TRANSPARENCY CRISIS.
WE NEED A COUNCIL TRANSPARENCY PLEDGE.
WE JUST DON'T NEED A CIVILITY PLEDGE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? CERTAINLY, YES, SIR.
LYNN GREELEY CANNOT BE HERE TODAY.
I'M GONNA HAND YOU THE, UH, POA, MR. HOLAND, THAT THAT DOESN'T GO TO ME.
AND AS, AS STATED IN THE PAST, WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE ENTIRE OF ATTORNEY.
UH, IF YOU DO SPEAK, YOU WILL BE IN, IN VIOLATION OF OUR CODE AND YOU WILL BE SUB, I THINK YOU'LL BE IN VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ARGUE THAT IN COURT.
SO THERE'S TWO ARTICLES FROM THE ISLAND PACKET.
HILTON HAS LEGAL FEES KEEP GOING UP.
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? HILTON HAS OUTSIDE LEGAL FEES, OUTPACED CHARLESTON AND MYRTLE BEACH, AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT.
WE HAVE AN INVOICE FROM THE COLUMBIA BASE WITH MAYOR LAW FIRM NOW BY FOREMAN, WHICH WAS HIRED BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD REGARDING TOWN MANAGER STEVE RILEY'S EMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
ALSO CHAMBER BILL MILES LAW FIRM, AND ONLY LAWYERS ON THE CHAMBER BOARD.
FOR NOW, THERE ARE NO TRAINED OUTSIDE EYES LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER THE TOWN OF HILTON IS PROPERLY SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TAX DOLLARS ANNUALLY ON THESE OUTSIDE LAW FIRMS. BUT BETTER OVERSIGHT IS NEEDED.
SAYS A FLORIDA PROFESSOR AND A LONGTIME CHARLESTON LAWYER WHO SUES LAWYERS FOR LA UH, UH, MOUNT TRACTORS ON BEHALF OF HIS CLIENTS SINCE FISCAL 2013.
NOW, HILTON HEAD HAS PAID A COLLECTIVE 2.4 MILLION TO 11 LAW FIRMS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 2 MILLION TO THREE PRESIDENT OR FORMER FIRMS CONNECTED TO THE TOWN'S MAIN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY.
GREG NOTE CURTIS COL TRAIN'S FORMER LAW PARTNER.
ACCORDING TO TOWN RECORDS PROVIDED BY THE PACKING GAZETTE RECORDS SHOW THAT FOR, FOR THE LAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS, A TOWN INCREASE ITS ANNUAL SPENDING ON OUTSIDE LAW FIRMS FROM 331,000 TO IN 2013 TO 778,000 LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE TOWN WAS DRAINING ITS RESERVES TO RECOVER FROM ONE OF THE WORST HURRICANES IN DECADES COMPARED TO SOUTH CAROLINA'S.
LARGEST CITY, CHARLESTON, THE TWO SIMILAR SIZED CITIES, MYRTLE BEACH AND SPARTANBURG HILTON HAS WHAT SPENT MORE ON OUTSIDE LEGAL FEES IN THOSE RECENT FISCAL YEARS.
THE FISCAL YEARS RUN FROM JULY ONE TO JUNE, UH, JUNE 30TH, AND THE 2.4 MILLION TAB FOR HILTON HEAD TAXPAYERS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR THE TOWN'S IN-HOUSE STAFF ATTORNEY.
AND NOW, CROOKED LAWYER COLTRAIN, WHO DRAFTED THE D M O CONTRACT WITH FINGER, I'M SHOCKED.
SIT TOWN COUNCIL MARK BRAND, WHO WAS TOLD AT THE FINDINGS BY THE PACKET ETTE.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS.
WE NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR MONEY.
AND WHY DID THIS COUNCIL JUST HAND BILL MILES 350,000 MORE LAST MONTH WHEN BILL MILES TOLD ALL OF YOU, HE WON, NOT SHOW YOU WHERE HE SPENT THAT MONEY, BUT YOU GIVE HIM 350,000 AND HE TELLS YOU, GO TO THE OPPOSITE OF HEAVEN.
I DON'T LIKE PROFANITY, SO I'LL JUST SAY GO TO THE OPPOSITE OF HEAVEN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THIS COUNCIL IS VIOLATING THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ELECT AND ALLOWING THESE CROOKED 10 EMPLOYEES TO RUN THIS SHOW.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE OLD ARTICLES.
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WE NEED TO SEE ALL THE LEGAL FEES OF RECENT NUMBERS DON'T LIE.REAGAN, PRINCIPLE, TRUST, BUT VERIFY.
[7. Workshop Discussion]
ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.THAT CONCLUDES APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS.
SO AT THIS TIME, UH, MR. ORLANDO, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO DO THE, UH, SECOND DAY OF THE WORKSHOP GOING OVER THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET.
AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMUNITY, HAVE WITH ME, UH, AT THE TABLE, SEAN COLEEN, BRIAN MCEE, AND JEN RAY, ALONG WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
JEN, OF COURSE, RUNS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SEAN'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT AND, AND BRIAN MCEE IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
BRIAN HAS OVERSIGHT OF FACILITIES, INCLUDING CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH JEN.
UH, SO TODAY, YES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER FIVE FUNDS, RIGHT? GENERAL STORMWATER, DEBT, GUAG, GEECHEE, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, CDC, AS WELL AS HOUSING A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
UM, TODAY WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT FOR AND REPORT THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THEY'RE RESTRICTED FUNDS AND COMMITTED FOR EXPENDITURES FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, RIGHT? SO THERE'S PROJECTS THAT'S EITHER LAND ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION OF CAPITAL FACILITIES AND OTHER ASSETS.
PROJECTS ARE PRIMARILY NON-RECURRING IN NATURE.
AND SO, UM, STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE THAT FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, BUT WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET ANNUALLY AS A YEAR ONE SPENT.
BUT KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM'S ALWAYS A FIVE YEAR ROLLING FUND.
ALL CAPITAL CATEGORIES REQUIRE A UNIT COST THRESHOLD OF GREATER THAN $5,000.
SO THOSE THINGS UNDER AREN'T IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
THEY'RE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT ROADS, BUILDINGS, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, THAT THRESHOLD IS $50,000.
SO MAINTENANCE DOLLARS FOR THE MOST PART, UM, WOULD BE IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGET.
THESE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS OVER 50 K ARE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
UM, VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS, UM, IN INCLUDING BEACH FEES, STATE, A TAX, HOSPITALITY FEES, GRANTS, TIF DOLLARS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T JUST COME UP WITH THE PROJECTS, UH, ON THE FLY.
UH, WE REVIEW OUR CAPITAL, OUR PRIOR YEAR PROJECTS TO CARRY FORWARD.
SO AS THE PROJECTS ARE LIVE, WE KNOW THAT MOST PROJECTS, IF ANY IN THIS DAY AND AGE, DON'T HAVE A 12 YEAR OR 12 MONTH SCHEDULE.
UM, THAT WAS NOT A FREUDIAN SLIP.
YOU ALSO WILL COMMUNITY WILL PICKLEBALL AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR POTENTIAL LIST.
WE'LL BALANCE THE FUNDING, AVAILABILITY AND STAFFING TO MANAGE THOSE PROJECTS.
WE BRING OUR PARK RELATED PROJECTS, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE BRING ALL OF THAT WORK TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THOSE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE AN IMPORTANT, UH, ROLE IN THAT ROLE IS TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AND HELP US PRIORITIZE THE PROJECT.
SO AS A STAFF, WE WILL SUGGEST PRIORITIES.
PLANNING COMMISSION IN TURN MAKES THAT RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS A TOWN COUNCIL WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE.
AND IT'S YOUR, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO MAKE THOSE FINAL DECISIONS.
SO, TOWN COUNCIL REVIEW AND DECISION, AND, AND NOT ALL OF OF COURSE, HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT AS WE LEAD UP TO BUDGET, UM, THE TOWN COUNCIL REVIEW AND DECISION, UM, WHAT'S NOT JUMPING OUT AT US ON HERE IS WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND MOST RECENTLY AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP IN JANUARY.
SO THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES, UH, EXCITING TO SEE THE VARIOUS FUNDS.
YOU SEE THE FUND SOURCES ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL WAS, UM, IN 22, 23, WHAT OUR 24 PROPOSED BUDGET IS.
AND THEN WE CAN SEE SOME PERCENT CHANGES, BOTH VALUE WISE, PERCENT WISE.
AND THEN THE FAR, FAR RIGHT COLUMN IS WHAT PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY THESE REVENUES.
SO WE CAN SEE ALL THE VARIOUS SOURCES, AND I WON'T, I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SOURCE, BUT WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, PROPOSED BUDGET OF THROUGH $39,000,993 AND $993,081.
UH, MAJOR SOURCES, UH, OF REVENUE, H TAX, UM, SALE OF LAND WE USED BEACH PRESERVATION FEE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SAME EXERCISE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN GENERAL FUND, UM, AS WELL AS CONSOLIDATED
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OVERALL BUDGET THAT TRANSFERS IN THAT I MENTIONED A COUPLE DAYS AGO.YOU SEE THEM REALLY SHOWING UP HERE.
SO BEACH PRESERVATION FEES, 6.5 HOSPITALITY FEES IN, IN TRANSFERRED IN 2.3 TIF DOLLARS, 4.3, STATE A TAX, 3 MILLION ROAD USAGE FEE, 36 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE, 7.7, ALMOST 7.8.
AND THEN OF COURSE, STORMWATER UTILITY FEE.
AND THOSE UTILITY FEES GO TOWARDS THOSE STORMWATER UTILITY DOLLARS.
SO WHAT THIS SHOWS IS A, A REAL DIVERSE, UH, USE, OR SHOULD, I SHOULD SAY, SOURCE OF FUNDS.
THERE'S NO ONE FUND OTHER THAN REALLY H OR A OVER OVERLOADED IN THE PROGRAM.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS AND WE'RE PLEDGING THEM TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO WE, WE MANAGE OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
WE'VE MADE SOME SHIFTS AND WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT, I WOULD SAY, PORTFOLIOS OF WORK.
AND THOSE PORTFOLIOS OF WORK ARE SHOWING UP ON YOUR LEFT COLUMN.
OUR BEACHES, OUR PATHWAYS, OUR ROADWAYS, OUR PARKS, OUR FACILITIES.
THAT INCLUDES EQUIPMENT, OUR FLEET, THAT INCLUDES FIRETRUCKS, UM, AND LAND ACQUISITION.
AND, AND OF COURSE YOU SAW THE DEFINITION LAND ACQUISITION AS PART OF YOUR C I P.
SO WE DO KEEP SOME FUNDS IN, IN THIS C I P FOR THE SOFT COST LAND ACQUISITION.
THAT IS NOT TO MEAN THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE FOR LAND ACQUISITION.
THOSE LAND ACQUISITION DOLLARS WHEN YOU NEED THEM COME FROM DIFFERENT FUND BALANCES, REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE, A TAXES TO EXAMPLES, AND THEN HOUSING, YOU SEE AS IT WAS AN ACCOUNT IN PORTFOLIO LAST YEAR.
BUT BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE CREATED A NEW HOUSING FUND, IT, YOU, YOU SEE THAT IT'S REMOVED.
SO YOU SEE THAT A 39.9 MILLION, UH, BUDGET, IT'S DOWN 5.6 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, I WAS ASKED A QUESTION A COUPLE, MAYBE TWO, THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
UM, WHY, WHY ARE WE REDUCING OUR C I P AND ESPECIALLY WHY ARE WE REDUCING IT IN ROADS AND PARKS WHERE WE NEED IT THE MOST? WELL, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AN OVERALL REDUCTION.
IT JUST MEANS THAT THIS YEAR, I WOULD SAY MORE THAN MORE THAN EVER IN THE LAST TWO BUDGETS, AT LEAST FOR ME, I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY PRACTICAL, UM, VERY, UH, DELIBERATE USE OF SHOWING A USE OF FUNDS.
SO LAST YEAR, 45.6 MILLION, WE REPLACE, WE ARE PUTTING PLACEHOLDERS IN THESE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS, AND WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD 45.6 MILLION, BUT WE GOT SOME PROJECTS STARTED.
SO WE SPENT SOME DOLLARS LAST YEAR LEADING INTO THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE PLEDGING TO EITHER BE UNDER, UH, WELL UNDERWAY WITH DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND OR DESIGN PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE CONSTRUCTION, UH, ACCOUNTS, THE, THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, THOSE, THOSE CONTRACTS NEED TO BE SET THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT WOULD MAKE UP THAT 39.9 MILLION.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, UH, THE, THE SPREAD, THE, THE PIE CHART HERE, SORRY.
SO OUR PROJECTS, YOU SEE OUR PARK PROGRAM, 22.8% OF OUR, OUR BUDGET, OUR FLEET, UH, 20.8 FACILITY, 16.4, AND SO ON, SO FORTH.
UH, AND, AND HOW IT BREAKS, BREAKS OUT.
I MENTIONED THIS AT FIRST READING.
OUR PROJECTS ARE WELL DIVERSIFIED AROUND OUR ISLAND.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN EVERY AREA.
YOU SEE THE, THE, THE PIN DROPS ON THAT, AND THOSE MAKE UP OUR BEACH PATHWAYS, ROADS, PARKS, AND FACILITIES.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY IS DIVE INTO EACH, UM, ACCOUNT, SO TO SPEAK.
SO BEACH PATHWAY, ROADWAY PARK, FACILITY, FLEET, UM, AND, AND LAND IS, IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
BUT FOR THOSE MAJOR PROGRAMS WHERE WE INTEND TO INVEST THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THOSE PROJECTS AT A HIGH LEVEL AS WELL AS A SPENDING LEVEL.
SO PLEASE JUMP IN AND, AND MAYOR DEFER TO YOU, UH, AND COUNSEL, BUT STOP ME AS I GO, UH, WITH COUNSEL QUESTIONS.
I, I THINK AS WE DID IT, UH, ON TUESDAY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DO AGAIN TODAY.
BY NO MEANS AM I, UH, UH, WELL VERSED IN EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF THIS PROJECT.
I RELY HEAVILY UPON SEAN AND BRIAN BRIAN'S AWARE THAT WE MIGHT CALL ON HIM TODAY, UM,
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BRIAN, I'LL PAY FOR THIS LATER, EVERYBODY.SO FATHER SHARING A MICROPHONE.
WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO RESILIENCY TODAY.
SO OUR, OUR BEACH PROGRAM, IT'S EXCITING.
I THINK THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, AN ADA OVERLOOK A BARRIER FREE ACCESSIBILITY TO, UH, BEACH ACCESS.
AND SO WE'RE PROUD OF, OF THAT.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, PUT MANY MOBILE MATS IN FOR THOSE WHEELCHAIR AND ADA AND MOBILITY.
UM, THOSE, THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH MOBILITY, EVEN ME JUST PULLING A WAGON WITH MY CHILDREN, IT'S MADE IT ALL A LOT EASIER.
SO THE GOAL IS TO MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SEVEN BEACH PARKS, PAVING, LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, SIGNAGE, OUR ONGOING ACTIVITIES TO MANAGE OUR BEACH.
UM, INCLUDING, INCLUDING, UH, ENDANGERED SPECIES MONITORING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE RE NEXT RENOURISHMENT.
SO THAT IS OUR MAJOR, MAJOR LIFT, GETTING READY FOR A FISCAL YEAR 25, UM, BEACH RENOURISHMENT.
AND SO THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE'RE PLANNING AND, AND PERMITTING AND STRATEGIZING ON THAT DESIGN, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION STARTS OF, OF IMPROVEMENTS, DEFINITELY AT ISLANDERS BEACH PARK AND, AND, AND OTHER PARKS ALONG THE WAY.
THAT'S OUR MAJOR LIFT THERE AT THE BEACHES.
AND THEN REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING BOARDWALK AT DREESEN AND, AND, AND FOLLEY.
YOU COULD SEE THE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS IN THE PROGRAM FOR, SO A 4.5 MILLION PROGRAM FOR BEACH MANAGEMENT, BEACH RE, NOURISHMENT PERMITTING, BEACH PARK MAINTENANCE, TERESA BEACH PARK, BOARDWALK, FISH HALL, BEACH PARK.
UM, I TOOK A RECENT VISIT, TOVE BEACH FISH HALL, I SHOULD SAY.
AND THERE, AND THERE'S SOME NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE.
BATHROOMS, BIKE RACKS, TRASH CONTAINERS, PLANTINGS, AND JUST REAL, I CALL IT LIVABILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, FOLLEY FIELD, UH, BEACH PARK, BOARDWALK AND ISLANDERS BEACH PARK.
YOU RECENTLY ADOPTED THE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK MASTER PLAN.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PLAN ITSELF.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ACCESS TO THE SITE.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PARKING.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
AND SO I'D SAY THAT, THAT THAT PLANNING AND DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING IS UNDERWAY.
YOUR APPROVAL OF THAT MASTER PLAN GIVES US CONFIDENCE NOW TO GO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS ON, ON THE FINAL DESIGN, THE ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE AND WHATEVER DESIGN WE NEED, AS WELL AS PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO, I APOLOGIZE, WE'VE TRIED TO DO THIS 12 DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW ALL OF THIS TO YOU ON THE SCREEN.
BY NO MEANS ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO SQUINT, BUT YOU THROUGH, THROUGH MY HIGHLIGHTS, WE CAN SEE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AN 11 BY 17.
WE CAN HAND THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
UM, BUT AS WE GET THROUGH THIS, THERE'S A FEW COLUMNS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT.
IT'S THE ADOPTED AMENDED BUDGET THAT WE HAVE FUNDS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
CARRY FORWARD FUNDS, NEW FUNDS IN A TOTAL FUND FOR EACH ACCOUNT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE, THE PROGRAM DOLLARS ARE IN THERE.
AND BY NO MEANS WILL WE GO DO, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM ON HERE.
BUT THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE APPLIED TO THAT BEACH MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING BEACH NOURISHMENT.
AND THEN YOU SEE BEACH PARK MAINTENANCE, DREESEN FISH HALL, UH, CAGNEY BEACH PARK PARKING THAT'S ON THERE.
AND THEN HARBOR TOWN DREDGE, UM, FUNDS, AND THEN THE BEACH PARK MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS, UM, PAUSE ON EACH ONE AND SEE IF TOWN COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
AS A, AS A NEXT STEPS, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET WITH YOU.
UM, AND UPON ADOPTION, WE GO BACK TOGETHER AS A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE IN MOST LIKELY JULY THROUGH A WORKSHOP WHERE WE TALK BIG PICTURE ABOUT THAT FIVE YEAR C I P PROGRAM AGAIN.
SO QUESTIONS ON BEACHES, ADVICE, DIRECTION, SUPPORT, BETSY.
UH, YES, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR PAUSING ON EACH OF THESE SHEETS AND AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS CARE ABOUT ISLANDERS BEACH PARK, UM, AND WE RECENTLY APPROVED, AS YOU CALL IT, THE MASTER PLAN, IF YOU WILL, THE SCHEMATIC.
UM, SO THE NEXT STEP IS, I UNDERSTAND IT AND, AND FOLKS AT HOME CAN LOOK LOAD UP ON THEIR SCREEN
UM, BUT THE, IT WILL HAVE FINAL DESIGN, WHICH TAKES MORE THAN A SCHEMATIC, A NICE PRETTY DRAWING.
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YOU'VE GOTTA GET TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS, IF YOU WILL, OR YOU CAN GET TO PERMITTING.SO ALL THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR, UH, DURING FISCAL YEAR 2324 WITH ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, STARTING CONSTRUCTION DURING FISCAL YEAR 2324 AND FINISHING IN 24 25.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT'S TO BE ANTICIPATED.
PROBABLY NOT A LOT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR, FOR INSTANCE, ISLANDERS BEACH PARK WITH A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, DISRUPTION DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, I'M GUESSING.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO AT LEAST TAKE THAT EXAMPLE YES.
AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS CHART.
SO WAS THERE ANY, DID I MISINTERPRET ANY KIND OF PLANNING IN THAT OR, OR TIMELINE FOR THAT? NO.
I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN AND THEN DEFER TO BRIAN AND, AND, AND, AND JEN AND TEAM.
SO YOU APPROVE THE MASTER PLAN.
AND SO I KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, WE HAVE A A 13 AND A HALF MONTH, UH, YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING STARTED RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THE NEXT STEP IS TRUE DESIGN, RIGHT? THROUGH ENGINEERING CIVIL, UM, SURVEY, REALLY GETTING THAT OFF.
UM, THAT, THAT EXTRA PARKING LOT WE ADDED IN THERE, THAT'S JUST NOT AN EASY ON THE MASTER PLANET LOOKS GREAT, BUT WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THE TURN RADIUS IS MAKE SENSE THAT WE'RE REALLY SURVEYING THE TREES TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IMPACTS TO EXISTING TREES, TO SAVE SOME PARKING AS WELL AS A TURNAROUND, RIGHT? IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT THAT, YOU'VE GOTTA GET THAT GEOMETRY OF THE TURNAROUND, RIGHT? IT'S GOTTA BE PLACED RIGHT AND FUNCTION RIGHT? UM, BUT SO THERE'S THAT WORK, AND THAT WOULD ALWAYS TAKE IN A, IN A GOOD YEAR, FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO CIVIL.
AND THEN A LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT TAKES ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AS WELL FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES, NOT OURSELVES.
AND SO WE JUST ADDED UP RIGHT THERE ABOUT NINE MONTHS OF WORK.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BID A CONTRACT FOR REAL PRICING.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO MAKE SOME, UH, LOGISTICAL DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, STRATEGICALLY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND 10TH AS WE CONSTRUCT, RIGHT? SO PARKING, UH, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT TO THE BUILDING, IMPROVEMENT TO THE ADA RAMP, UH, STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BIKE RACKS, PATHWAYS, UM, AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT VARIABLES DOWN THERE.
AND SO WE'LL BE PLANNING THAT ALONG THE WAY.
BUT, BUT THE, THE TRUE PLANNING OF IT AND THE PERMITTING OF IT, IT'S EIGHT, NINE MONTHS, AND THAT, THAT'S NOT SLOW, THAT, THAT'S PRIVATE SECTOR TAKES THAT LONG AS WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN EXPEDITE THOSE CONTRACTS, WHETHER WE BIFURCATE PARKING DIFFERENT THAN BUILDING AND PLAYGROUND, RIGHT? OR IF WE JUST DO ONE CONTRACT AS A D AS A DESIGN BUILD AND, AND, AND TRY TO WORK THROUGH THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE WITH ONE CONTRACTOR AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE CONTRACT OF ACCOUNTABILITY TB D BUT IT'S EIGHT, NINE MONTHS TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THEN TRY TO BE LIVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AFTER WE BID OUT CONSTRUCTION FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS.
REVIEW CONTRACTS, GET THE BEST PRICE, UM, MAKE SURE THE QUALITY IS IMPORTANT, UM, IN THE PRICING AND GO FROM THERE, THINKING ABOUT, AS WE ALWAYS DO, SEASONAL TIMING AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION GOES.
SO OF COURSE I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF PROJECTS AND SILVER, UH, STATUS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IN THE DESIGN AND MOVING TOWARDS PERMITTING BEFORE ACTUALLY WE SEE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND EQUIPMENT ON SITE.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? NO, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND IF I COULD JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT ON, UM, YOUR COMMENTS, MR. MANAGER AND MS. BRYSON, UM, HIT ON THE SEASONALITY, UH, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEACHES.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE, UM, ON THESE CHARTS, WE PREP STARTED PREPARING THIS IN FEBRUARY, UM, BASED ON WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE OR NOT, AND SOMETIMES DUE TO GETTING THE PERMITS OR BIDDING OR ALL THOSE FACTORS, MARK JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING MAY NOT, UM, COME UP IN THE SEA, THE RIGHT SEASON FOR THE BEACH.
SO IF IT SAYS COMPLETED, BUT YET WE SHOWED IT AS A HIGHLIGHT, THAT'LL BE AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WE MAKE FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT.
BUT TRYING TO SEQUENCE FOLLEY FIELD, UM, BOARDWALK BEING CLOSED, A DREESEN BOARDWALK BEING CLOSED, IMPROVEMENTS AT ISLANDERS, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE ALL OF OUR BEACHES, YOU KNOW, UNDERWAY AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN THAT WINDOW IS REALLY MID-SEPTEMBER, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER TO, UM, EARLIER AND EARLIER EVERY YEAR.
UM, EASTER, YOU KNOW, IS KIND OF OUR DROP DEAD.
SO, UM, SEQUENCING THAT OUT AND, UM, MARK HEAD ON A COUPLE OF THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND I THINK THIS IS JUST, IF IT'S OKAY, UM, AN OVER FOR ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING ON SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN EMPLOY IN THIS COMING YEAR TO
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BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR VISITORS, UM, AND SO WHETHER IT'S A DESIGN BUILD OR HAVING MORE CONTRACTORS ON BOARD, HAVING MORE PROJECT MANAGERS, HOW WE CAN, UM, START ONE PIECE WHILE WE DESIGN SOMETHING AND GO TOGETHER, I THINK IS REALLY GONNA ALLOW US THIS YEAR TO HAVE YOU SEE MORE COME UP OUT OF THE GROUND.AND FOR US ALL TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE EXCITEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.
IT, IT FEELS DAUNTING AT TIMES.
AND LIKE OUR TEAM HEARS, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMETIMES LIKE, LIKE, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO $39 MILLION? BUT GOSH, WHAT A JOYFUL CHALLENGE TO HAVE, UM, COMPARED TO A COMMUNITY WHERE WE MIGHT BUILD A SIDEWALK OR TWO AND PAINT A FENCE AND PUT UP A NEW SIGN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYONE HERE AS WE STRATEGIZE THROUGH THERE, THE OTHER COMMENT IS SOME THINGS WE'RE CALLING OUT AS A HIGHLIGHT JUST TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IT, AND IT MIGHT NOT SHOW UP AS A LINE ON THE SPREADSHEET.
AND I'LL MENTION FISH HALL IS ONE.
UM, WE KNOW FROM A RECENT VISIT WE IDENTIFIED SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE OUT THERE, BUT IT, ON YOUR BIG SPREADSHEET FALLS UNDER BEACH PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THERE ARE SEVEN BEACH PARKS, AND THAT ONE'S NOT CALLED OUT AS A SPECIFIC, BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, TO DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD HAPPEN.
SO JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION THAT'LL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE AS MARK SAYS, WE'VE BUILT IT AS A PROGRAM AND THERE'S SOME SPECIFICS AND THEN SOME PLACES THAT GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY AS WE IDENTIFY THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT BECOME IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO TOWN COUNCIL TO LEADERSHIP, THAT WE CAN, UM, TAKE THOSE ON AND PRIORITIZE THEM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS? SORRY, JUST ONE, ONE QUICK.
THANK YOU FOR THE DASHBOARD ON THE WEBSITE TO KEEP US ALL UPDATED AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DIFFERENT CAPITAL PROJECTS.
YEAH, SO, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY BASED OFF OF YOUR QUESTION AND THEN WHAT YOUR RESPONSE IS ABOUT IT BEING A NORMAL TIMEFRAME, UM, THAT YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE PROGRESS ON THE DASHBOARD TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD SO YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STAND.
ALL RIGHT, SO NUTSHELL, BEACH MANAGEMENT MONITORING, PERMITTING FOR BEACH NOURISHMENT, SOME BEACH PARK IMPROVEMENTS, FISH HALL'S, A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UM, DREESEN BEACH PARK, BOARDWALK REPLACEMENT, FISH HALL, BEACH PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOLLEY FIELD, BEACH PARK, BOARDWALK REPLACEMENT, AND THEN ISLANDERS BEACH, THE DESIGN PERMITTING AND BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.
SO EXCITING YEAR, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY ON THAT, THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR EYES ON.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO IMPROVE BEACH PARKS.
UM, WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS, DO ANY OF THESE COME BACK TO COUNCIL AT SOME POINT, OR DO YOU HAVE A GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD BASED ON COMMITMENTS ALREADY MADE ON, ON THESE PROJECTS? SIR, ON THE SCREEN, I HAVE THE COMMITMENT ALREADY.
YOUR POLICY DECISION WAS MADE FOR ISLAND'S BEACH PARK, THE DESIGN AND MASTER PLAN.
SO I TOLD, I TOLD THE TEAM THIS MORNING, THIS, THIS HELPED ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE SEVEN BEACH PARKS, SO WHAT ARE WE REALLY MANAGING THIS YEAR FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT STANDPOINT? WE HAVE SEVEN BEACH PARKS.
WE HAVE 65 MILES OF PUBLIC PATHWAYS, RIGHT? AND SO OUR, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO INCREMENTALLY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THOSE PATHWAYS AND ALSO ADD NEW SEGMENTS IN AREAS THAT, UM, ARE, ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF, OF CONNECTIVITY.
SO AS WE IMPROVE ISLAND, UH, NON VEHICULAR MOBILITY, UM, OUR FOCUS IS ON THE MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRING, STRIPING, UH, DIFFERENT SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE ENHANCEMENTS AND CONSISTENCY IN UNIFORMITY.
IT'S THE ONE IS, IS THE ONE, UH, VIEWPOINT I HAVE ON THE ISLAND IS NOTHING IS DONE TWICE IN A ROW.
AND A LOT OF OUR STRIPING PATTERNS, A LOT OF OUR SIGNAGE PATTERNS.
AND SO GETTING THAT TO A POINT OF CONSISTENCY, PLEASE KNOW THIS.
MY BIG PUSH WITH OUR C I P TEAM THIS YEAR IS TO PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENCY WHERE STOP SIGNS BELONG ON PATHWAYS, WHERE STOP BARS BELONG, WHERE SIGNAGE BELONGS, THE WHATEVER STANDARD WE ARE APPLYING, IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTING
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NEW PATHWAYS AND PRELIMINARY PLANNING DESIGN AND, AND, AND PERMITTING OF FUTURE PATHWAYS.SOME PROJECTS ARE READY TO GO AND OTHERS NEED SOME CAREFUL ATTENTION, UH, PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BASED ON COLLABORATION WITH BIKE WALK, HILTON, HEAD ISLAND.
OUR CAPITAL PROJECT DIVISION STAFF, THANK YOU.
UM, AND THEY'RE DOING A PATHWAY ASSESSMENT TWICE A YEAR, SO SOME INVESTMENT.
OUR 4.8 MILLION INVESTMENT THIS YEAR HAS PLANNED SHOW UP UNDER PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS, UM, PATHWAY MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS.
I'LL ASK JEN TO CLARIFY IN A SEC.
SHELTER COVE, LANE CONSTRUCTION, NEW PATHWAY, WOODHAVEN LANE CONSTRUCTION, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, EASTBOUND FROM SINGLETON BEACH ROAD TO SHELTER COVE LANE, THE DESIGN, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION, NEW PATHWAY, JONESVILLE ROAD DESIGN, PERMITTING AND ACQUISITION, UH, NEW PATHWAY.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, EASTBOUND WEXFORD TO ARROW ROAD, PERMITTING ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION.
UM, DUNIGAN ALLEY DESIGN, PERMITTING AND ACQUISITION, AND THEN CARDILLO AT POPE.
DESIGNED PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT CARDILLO PARKWAY AT POPE.
THAT'S A SMALL LITTLE SEGMENT THAT WE'VE REALIZED ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO CONNECT AS THE BANK.
UM, THE OLD BANK OF AMERICA, THE, THE, THE BANK, THE BUSINESS COMES ONLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS IN AND OUT OF SHIPYARD, UM, AREN'T TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, UM, IN THAT AREA.
JEN, DID WE MISS HERE A QUESTION? SORRY.
UH, WILLIAM PARKWAY, EASTBOUND SINGLED INTO SHELTER COVE.
DID WE ALREADY ACQUIRE, OR SHOULD THAT BE IN HERE? JUST THE QUESTIONS.
IF IT IS, I BELIEVE THE PART THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE CONSTRUCTION IS THE PART THAT IS TOWN OWNED.
MIGHT BE ONE PARCEL THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE ACQUIRED, OKAY? THAT IS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT THAT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO MATTHEWS FOLLEY FIELD AS THE NEXT PIECE, BUT THERE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACQUISITION OKAY.
AND AS PART OF THAT, WE NEED TO START THINKING THROUGH, UM, THE BIGGER PICTURE, RIGHT? NOT, NOT JUST BUILDING THAT, THAT PARKWAY OR THAT PATHWAY SEGMENT.
SO HOW THIS LOOKS ON HERE, AND AGAIN, I'LL APOLOGIZE THE WHOLE MEETING TRYING TO ENLARGE THIS AND SHOW IT TO YOU ALL, UM, IT IS, IS A TOUGH TO DO.
THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO IT.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE SEGMENTS.
UM, THE SOURCE OF FUNDS ARE, ARE, ARE HOSPITALITY TAX MOSTLY SOME STATE A TAX MOSTLY, UM, FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
QUESTIONS, SIR? UM, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON, ON, UH, PATHWAYS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS LIST, FAR OUT, 2075 OR 2000, 2100 OR SOMETHING IS A PATHWAY AROUND SEA PINE CIRCLE.
UH, WE HAVE OCCASIONAL TOURISTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO GET THROUGH THAT CIRCLE, AND IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST FOR CONSIDERATION THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING A WAY, UH, FAR OUT PROJECT TO CREATE A NEW PATHWAY THAT FOR OPENERS, WE JUST DO SIGNS ABOUT HOW TO GET AROUND THE CIRCLE BECAUSE THERE ARE PATHWAYS, UH, THAT WILL PERMIT THAT.
AND AFTER WE DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ON SEA PINE CIRCLE, SOMETIMES LATER THIS YEAR IN IMPLEMENTATION, THE CIRCLE MAY LOOK DIFFERENT ANYWAY, UH, BUT IT WOULD BE MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE AND DEAL CURRENTLY WITH THE DANGER OF TOURISTS WANDERING INTO THE CIRCLE ON THEIR BIKES.
UH, SO I I, I WOULD NOT HAVE THAT PROJECT IN THE LIST.
IF IT, WE NEED TO BRING IT UP AGAIN LATER, FINE, BUT I CERTAINLY THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SIGNS.
UH, THERE IS ANOTHER PLACE ON POPE AVENUE, THE NEW BANK, FORMERLY BANK OF AMERICA, WHERE THE EXIT THERE ON THE PATHWAYS WAS DANGEROUS, UH, WHEN THE BANK WAS THERE.
AND I HOPE THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, UH, OF THE NEW FACILITY THERE.
UM, IF COUNCIL WERE TO SUPPORT STRIVING TO BE A PLATINUM LEVEL BY COMMUNITY, THESE PROJECTS FALL IN LINE FOR THAT GOAL, OR ARE THERE OTHERS AND PERHAPS SIGNIFICANT OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTEMPLATE TO GET TO THAT PLACE?
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THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUESTION.AND THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES INTO BEING, UM, PLATINUM OR EVEN GOLD LIKE WE ARE NOW, BESIDES JUST THE PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN BUILDING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BIKE WALK, HILTON HEAD AND THE AMBASSADORS IS HELPING US GET TO GET TOWARD PLATINUM, BEING ABLE TO DO THESE PATHWAY ASSESSMENTS AND WORK WITH C CLICK FIX AND CARDIOGRAPH AND FACILITIES TO IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS AND DO THAT SAFETY STUFF THAT'S HELPING US GET TO, TO PLATINUM.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROJECTS ON THE GROUND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BUILT THAT WOULD NECESSARILY TIP THAT, UM, BUT RATHER IT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE HOLISTIC PATHWAY PROGRAM.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TOWN BEING PERCEIVED AS THE BEST OF A CLASS, SO THAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTING GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
I THINK COUNCIL JUST NEEDS TO DECIDE, PUT IN THE COMMITTEE, WHATEVER, ANY OTHER, YES.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER INPUT BY WALK.
AS YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE BOARD BEFORE, UM, BEING ELECTED TO TOWN COUNCIL, SO I'M GLAD, AND I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO PUT THAT IN THE CHART THAT WE HAVE ABOUT INPUT ALONG THE WAY.
AS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, A FORMERLY APPOINTED COMMISSION PROVIDES INPUT IN THE CIP P I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO INCLUDE BIKE WALK, ESPECIALLY ON THE PATHWAYS AND, AND EVEN THE ROADWAY ENHANCEMENTS BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT IS WE HAVE OUR, UM, UH, CORRIDOR, UH, PLAN IN THE WORKS AND WHAT OTHER KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT BE RECOMMENDED OR ADOPTED IN THAT PLAN MIGHT MEAN SOME CHANGES DURING EVEN THIS FISCAL YEAR TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO SAFE CROSSINGS, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE C I P, AGAIN, SOME OF MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES ARE WHERE ARE WE MAKING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS? UM, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN I ALSO LOOK FOR HOW DOES THIS HELP US MOVE TOWARDS A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY? BECAUSE WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH REGARD TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO ADDRESS NOT JUST VEH OR TRAFFIC, BUT BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC? AND I THINK A LOT OF THESE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS ALONG, UH, I CONCUR WITH THE, UH, THE CHALLENGE WITH GETTING AROUND C PINE CIRCLE AND FINDING FOLKS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THINKING OF OTHER PLACES, PARTICULARLY ARROW ROAD, UM, WHERE I KNOW THERE WAS A, AN, AN ACCIDENT NOT LONG AGO BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A BICYCLIST.
FORTUNATELY THE BICYCLIST WOULDN'T INJURE THE BICYCLE, HOWEVER, WAS TOTALED.
UM, AND, AND THAT WAS A TARGET ROAD, AND THAT'S, THERE IS A, A SAFE PATHWAY ALONG THE, UM, POWER LINE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THEN THE CONNECTION AND SOMETIMES FOLKS NEED A LITTLE DIRECTION AND HAVING JUST PARTICIPATED IN PEDAL, BLESS YOU.
UM, HAVING JUST PARTICIPATED IN PEDAL, IT WAS HELPFUL TO SEE SIGNS OCCASIONALLY WHERE YOU MADE TURNS, WHICH LEADS ME TO, I, SORRY, MAYOR, I'LL GO OFF A LITTLE BIT ON A TANGENT HERE, BUT I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT MARKINGS ON OUR PATHWAYS, IT MAY MIGHT BE GOOD IF SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, DO A 20 MILE LOOP, YOU KNOW, ON OUR KIOSK SIGNS OR SOMETHING, HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A PURPLE LINE OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS 20 MILE LOOP, SO, AND CAN FOLLOW THE TURNS.
YOU, YOU GET TO AN INTERSECTION AND IF I'M ON THE PURPLE MILE ROUTE, I TURN LEFT HERE OR I GO STRAIGHT.
SO JUST AN IDEA TO INCLUDE IN THOSE KIND OF PATHWAY ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, BUT WITH REGARD TO, TO THE FUNDING, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDING GO TOWARDS PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I THINK IT WILL HELP US TO CONTINUE TO BE A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GONNA BECOME MORE STANDARD IN OUR SIGNAGE, IN OUR MARKINGS, UM, AND, AND TO RENEW THOSE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THEY'RE FADED OR, UM, AND, AND I HOPE THAT, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS LIST COMPARES TO, UM, ALL THE NUMBER ONE RANKINGS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MADE
I KNOW BIKE WALK SENT MAYBE SOME OTHERS, AND SOME OF THOSE WERE DESIGNATED NUMBER ONE AND SOME OF 'EM WERE RANKED.
UM, BUT I, I TRUST THAT YOU MADE AN ANALYSIS OF THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT IF I MIGHT.
UM, I AM VERY TROUBLED BY THE D O T PATHWAYS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE ROADWAYS GOING DOWN 2 78.
THERE ARE SOME VERY DANGEROUS SECTIONS THERE, UH, PEOPLE GOING AGAINST THE LINE OF TRAFFIC.
UH, THAT WOULD BE A FATALITY FOR SURE.
SO I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO BE
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LOOKING AT THOSE PATHWAYS.A NUMBER OF THOSE ARE ADJACENT TO TOWN ON LAND, SO WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ACQUIRE MORE PROPERTY, JUST CLOSE A, A PATHWAY THERE AND MAKE IT SAFER.
UM, ONE MORE COMMENT, IF I MAY.
UH, I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT A BIENNIAL INSPECTION OF PATHWAYS.
UH, THERE, IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUAL NEED FOR MAINTENANCE.
UH, IT'D BE NICE IF YOU COULD FIND WAYS TO ELIMINATE TREE ROOT INTRUSION, BUT ABSENT THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF BUMPS.
THOMAS, SORRY, MAYOR, I GOT ONE MORE.
I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE, UM, US MOVING TOWARDS PATHWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF 2 78, UH, BECAUSE THAT WILL TAKE AWAY SOME OF THOSE DANGEROUS CROSSINGS.
UM, SO ALL THOSE EXTENSIONS ALONG THE OTHER SIDE WHERE A PATHWAY DOESN'T EXIST, I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE.
I SEE JOSH OVER THERE TYPING AS FAST AS HE CAN TYPE AND TAKING, UH, GREAT NOTES.
UM, NOTHING I'VE HEARD THOUGH IN THE FIRST TWO PORTFOLIOS OF INVESTMENT ARE REALLY CHANGING OUR CURRENT C I P PROGRAM, LET ALONE ADDING DIFFERENT DOLLARS TO IT, ROADWAYS, UH, IMPROVEMENTS CONDUCTED ISLAND ROADWAYS TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, ENHANCE OUR DRIVE LANES, CURB AND GUTTER PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS, LIGHTING AND CORRIDOR AESTHETICS.
WE BROUGHT YOU A LITTLE WHILE AGO, A, I'D CALL IT A CORRIDOR PLAN.
IT WAS A LOT TO DIGEST IN ONE WORKSHOP.
UM, IT WAS A LOT MORE THAN EVEN I COULD COMPREHEND GETTING READY FOR THAT WORKSHOP.
WHEN WE'RE THROUGH BUDGET AND WE START TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, WE'VE MENTIONED TO YOU, AND I KNOW, UH, KIM HAS POLLED TOWN COUNCIL TO COME BACK TO YOU TWO DIFFERENT TIMES AT WORKSHOPS.
THE JUNE WORKSHOPS WILL BE SOME PARKS, CHAPLAIN CROSSINGS AND RACKETS FACILITY.
AND THE, THE JULY WORKSHOP WILL BE THESE ROAD SEGMENTS.
UH, MR. STANFORD, THE, THE PATHWAY THAT YOU MENTIONED ON THE ROAD, I THINK THE, THE ONE THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME IS THROUGH CHAPLAIN.
IT'S A SIDEWALK FROM YEARS AGO, RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD THAT WE BLOW OFF AS MUCH AS WE CAN SO THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FOUR FEET AS, AS UNFETTERED AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S TIME TO MOVE THAT BACK ONTO OUR PROPERTY AS A PATHWAY THAT THAT PATHWAY PLAN SHOWS UP THERE.
BUT WHAT ISN'T SHOWING UP IN THE PATHWAY PLAN IS THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO WITHIN THE D O T RIGHT OF WAY TO GET ALL OF THAT WORKED OUT.
AND THAT IS PART OF THE ROAD SEGMENT WORKSHOP.
SO WE WILL FOCUS ON A FEW DIFFERENT ROADS, ONE OF WHICH IS POPE, THE OTHER IS THROUGH CHAPLAIN, AND THE OTHER IS THROUGH, UM, ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY.
REALLY OUT IN FRONT OF, UH, HOME GOODS AND THE OAKS AND THAT DANGEROUS SPOT IN THERE.
SO THAT, THAT HELPS ME DIVE INTO THIS, INTO THIS SECTION.
SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT CROSSWALKS, NOT JUST ROAD SEGMENTS.
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT LIGHTING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND, AND, AND SPEED LIMITS.
WE ALSO HAVE IN THIS, UM, DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PRIORITIZED SIGNIFICANTLY RECENTLY.
UM, WE ARE IN LAND ACQUISITION MODE FOR THOSE DIRT ROAD PAVINGS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRIVATE UNPAVED DRIVES WITH PUBLIC ACCESS, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM, UM, TO BE PUB BECOME PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, INCLUDING PAVEMENT, INSTALL OF STORM DRAINAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, IN, IN LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS BASED UPON THE DRAFT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CORRIDORS PLAN, SAFETY, BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSISTENCY.
UH, THAT WORD WILL COME UP A LOT.
UM, LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE, PAVEMENT, UM, THESE MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKS ARE, SHOULD BE TROUBLING TO ALL OF US AT 45 POSTED SPEED, MORE THAN 45 ACTUAL SPEED, AN INSTALLATION AND ACTIVATION OF THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT ALL.
SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS ON WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, POPE IN PALMETTO BAY ROAD.
SIMPLER SAID, WHEREVER YOU SEE A SIGNAL, THERE WILL BE AN ADAPTIVE SIGNAL MOST LIKELY BY JUNE.
THAT IS AT ALL DEPARTMENTS ON DECK JOB.
IT'S NOT JUST A PROJECT MANAGER AND FACILITIES OR A PART-TIME PROJECT MANAGER THAT UNDERSTANDS TRAFFIC.
IT'S IT TOM SUNDAY HIMSELF AS OUR IT DIRECTOR IS VERY INVOLVED, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WIRES CONNECT AND THE THE I'S ARE DOTTED AND THE T'S ARE CROSSED.
BRIAN'S INVOLVED, SEAN'S INVOLVED, EVERYONE'S INVOLVED.
AND SO THAT LAST ITEM ON THAT LIST IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY RIGHT
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NOW.ROADWAY WISE, STAY TUNED FOR MORE.
DIRT ROAD PAVING, MITCHELLVILLE LANE AND PINE FIELD ROAD ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION IS THE GOAL THIS YEAR.
DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAM, HORSE SUGAR LANE, ALICE PERRY DRIVE, AND FREDDY'S WAY DESIGN PERMITTING ACQUISITION AND BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THAT WE WILL EITHER BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE ROADS, AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE ROADS AS ONE CONTRACT IF WE CAN, OR PERHAPS EVEN TWO CONTRACTS, UM, THAT HELP WITH OUR, UM, EFFECTIVENESS OF, OF PROJECT DELIVERY.
UH, ANOTHER ALFRED LANE PERMITTING AN ACQUISITION, SO WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY ENHANCEMENTS GATEWAY CORRIDOR.
THE PLAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A MAJOR POLICY DECISION ON YOUR END.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO AT SOME POINT APPROVE THAT PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO IMPLEMENT DITTO, SAME, SAME PROCESS AS THE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK.
ONCE YOU HAVE APPROVED THAT PLAN, WE HAVE CONFIDENCE TO GO OUT AND IMPLEMENT WHETHER IT'S A, A FACILITY IMPROVEMENT OR A NEW CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE WOULD STILL BRING FORWARD TO YOU.
SO SPOT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, NORTHRIDGE, PALMETTO PARKWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, DESIGN PERMITTING AND BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN SEVERAL PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, I'M TRYING TO GET A LITTLE CLARITY HERE ON THE, THE GATEWAY CORRIDOR PLANNING, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE GATEWAY, AND THEN THE NORTHRIDGE P PARKWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED A, A SPOT OUTSIDE OF THE GATEWAY CORRIDOR PLANNING? AND I'M BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL HERE, AND BY NO MEANS DO I, UH, LIKE THE PIECEMEAL, HOWEVER, THIS PIECE HAS SHOWN ITSELF AS A VERY UGLY HEAD IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE AMOUNT OF DEATHS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
UM, I'M JUST, JUST WONDERING IF IT COULD BE PULLED OUT AND WE DEAL WITH IT IN A VERY EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.
LIGHTING OR SOMETHING IN THAT AREA, IT'S VERY DARK THERE.
UM, I'VE GOT SEVERAL CALLS FROM FOLKS THAT ARE DRIVING THAT AREA SAYING, HEY, I'M AFRAID THAT I MAY HIT SOMEONE BECAUSE IT IS SO DARK.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT PIECE, I THINK THE STATISTICS HAVE SHOWN THAT US BEING IGNORANT TO IT ANY LONGER, UM, IS, IS, IS, IS A, IS A LIABILITY UNDERSTOOD.
AND I TO SUPPORT MR. BROWN'S, UH, POSITION THERE, GIVEN THAT THERE WERE THREE FATALITIES IN THAT GENERAL AREA LAST YEAR, IT SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR GETTING SOMETHING IMPROVED VERY QUICKLY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT IN PURPLE AND CIRCLE AND WITH SEVERAL ASTERISKS ON MY SHEET.
I'M GONNA HAVE SEAN TO UH, ELABORATE ON THAT BECAUSE THAT IS THE PLAN, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HEAR FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY ON THAT.
YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN REASON WE'RE HERE.
WE'VE GOT THESE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ADVANCING, UM, AS PART OF THE CORRIDORS PLAN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SYSTEMS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC SEGMENTS, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED A HANDFUL OF PRIORITY AREAS.
THIS, THAT BEING ONE, THE NORTHRIDGE SECTION.
UM, WE WILL CERTAINLY ADVANCE THAT AS A PRIORITY BASED ON SAFETY, UM, AND THE, THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE.
UM, AND SO WE KNOW COMING OUT OF THIS MEETING AND AS YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET WHERE THE PRIORITIES LIE AND WE WILL NOT DELAY IN ADVANCING THIS IS A PRIORITY ITEM.
UM, I, I'M SITTING ACROSS FROM AN ENGINEER, READILY ADMIT I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME TEMPORARY SOLUTION WE CAN WORK OUT WITH S E D O T BECAUSE IT'S THEIR ROAD AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THAT.
BUT AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IT AND TO DO SOMETHING.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TO GO OUT THERE WITH A CART FULL OF PLANTS AND PLANT 'EM IN THAT, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARILY IN THAT CONCRETE, SO THAT VEHICLES WON'T BE WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CROSS.
I MEAN, WE, WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING WE REALLY DO.
PLANTS ARE GREAT, BUT WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.
UM, I'M DIDN'T WRITE QUICK ENOUGH.
I'M GOING TO EXPOSE MY SENTIMENTAL SENTIMENTALITY FOR OLD HILTON HEAD.
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TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE FOR MY ASSOCIATE.MITCHELLVILLE LANE IS PROBABLY QUINTESSENTIAL AS FAR AS MY HISTORY ON HILTON IS CONCERNED, HILTON HEAD.
UM, IT'S A DIRT ROAD AND I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST ONE SECTION OFF OF FISH HALL, A RIGHT HAND TURN OFF OF FISH HALL.
THERE'S A SEGMENT THAT MUST BE 1500 FEET LONG CANOPY OF OAKS DITCHES ON OTHER SIDE, EITHER SIDE, ONLY ONE HOUSE ON, ON THIS, UH, STRAY PIECE OF ROADWAY.
UM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, WE OUGHT TO PRESERVE THAT ONE SECTION OF DIRT ROAD ON HILTON HEAD SO THAT FOREVER PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF WHAT ROADWAYS USED TO BE, THE CANOPY, THE DITCH, AND SO ON.
IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A, FOR HILTON HEAD TO BE APPRECIATED IN MORE THAN ONE PERIOD OF TIME.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO DRIVE OUT THERE AND WHATEVER COUNCIL DECIDES IS FINE WITH ME.
DAVID, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, I DO KNOW THAT AREA AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
UM, AND EVERYONE SHOULD EXPERIENCE IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA PRESERVE JUST ONE STREET IN ONE AREA AS A REEM REMEMBRANCE OF HI HILTON HEAD AND ITS PAST THAT CONCEPT SHOULD BE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED AT EVERY SINGLE DECISION MAKING TURN THAT WE MAKE.
AND EVERY EFFORT SHOULD PRESERVE HILTON HEAD'S PAST THAT WE ALL VALUE THAT BROUGHT US HERE.
THAT KEEPS BRINGING PEOPLE HERE, SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
SO ABSOLUTELY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE LIMIT.
THAT SHOULD BE THE STARTING POINT OF EVERY DECISION MADE.
I WAS JUST RAISING THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THAT $647,000 IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, JUST SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONFUSED COUNCILMAN NAMES.
I THINK THE, THE PORTION OF MITCHELLVILLE LANE THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE OTHER END.
ONLY THAT END, NOT THE WHOLE THING.
IF I'M, IF I'M SURE ABOUT THAT, I'M PRETTY SURE.
IS THAT CORRECT, BRIAN? I THINK A PIECE OF WHAT MR. AMES IS TALKING ABOUT, PROBABLY HE HAS SOME DEED UH, DISCUSSIONS AND, AND AND CONFUSION THERE AT THE MOMENT.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IF, IF THAT IS THE DESIRE OF, OF COUNCIL TO KEEP THAT AREA, UM, AS IT IS PRESENTLY, UM, THEN WE, WE BETTER GET ON, MOVE ON WITH COLLECTING THAT GREEN SPACE DOLLARS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THAT ROAD.
UM, THERE, THERE, UH, DISCUSSIONS AS WE SPEAK ABOUT, UH, LAND SALES IN THAT AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY,
WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT IF THAT'S TRUE ALEX, CUZ I'D LIKE TO SEE IT PRESERVED.
WE HAVE MONEY AND WE ARE BUYING LAND AND WHEN WE BUY LAND THROUGH OUR LAND ACQUISITION, UM, PROCESS, WE SHOULD BE BUYING IT FOR CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF LAND AND NOT JUST WORKFORCE HOUSING.
UM, A COUPLE MORE PROJECTS, PAGE TWO OF THIS ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, THAT PROJECT WILL NOT BE TURNED ON, SO TO SPEAK IN PHASES.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN, AT ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS, AT EVERY SIGNAL.
SO FOUR CAMERAS ON PER EACH INTERSECTION AND WE'LL HAVE TO TEST IT AND WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF INSTALLING, PUTTING IN SOME FIBER, PUTTING IN THE CAMERA, CONNECTING IT TO THE SUPER COMPUTER AND TURNING IT ON.
UM, WE'VE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL IN HOW WE DO THAT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY CLOSELY ON THAT AS WELL AS THE STATE.
BUT DEFINITELY THE HEAVY LIFT IS ON US.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT IS OUR HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
POPE AVENUE STREET SCAPE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU MAIN STREET.
UH, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO ACQUIRING ALL OF IT, BUT THIS YEAR WILL BE A BIG LIFT.
DESIGN PERMITTING, SQUIRE, POPE ROAD CROSSWALK DESIGN, ROADWAY MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNAL MAINTENANCE, AND WAY FINDING AND SIGNAGE MASTER PLAN.
UH, MR. ALFRED, WHAT, WHAT YOU ASKED ABOUT A LITTLE EARLIER WITH THE C PINE SIGNAGE, I THINK THAT THAT CAN BAKE ITSELF INTO THERE AND WE AGREE WITH YOU.
UH, WE'LL PRIORITIZE THAT PART OF IT.
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SO IT'S MORE OF THE SAME WHAT I'VE DONE HERE.UH, SO WE CAN ALL SEE IT, BUT THIS, THIS PRESENTATION, AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE TODAY, WILL BE LIVE AND WELL ON OUR MAIN WEBSITE, UH, IN THE BUDGET AREA, IN THE BUDGET SECTION.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS, THE SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR OUR ROADWAY PROJECTS.
UM, A TOTAL OF 6.2 MILLION ON ROADS.
WE'RE USING OUR HILTON HEAD ISLAND TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE, ROAD USAGE FEE, ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEE FEE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
QUICK THING ABOUT MAIN STREET, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S IN AREA WHERE I RESPOND TO CONSTITUENTS.
UM, I THINK FOLKS RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COMPLETE THE ACQUISITION.
UM, BUT ACCORDING TO THE CHART I'M LOOKING AT, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, UM, ONCE THAT ACQUISITION'S COMPLETE, UM, DESIGN AND THEN DOING THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS TAKES A WHILE, GETTING THE PERMITS TAKES A WHILE.
SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH PLANNED FOR FY 25 AND 26.
SO IT'S MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS LIST FIXED RIGHT AWAY.
UH, THE REALIZATION IS THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BEFORE WE SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
ACTUALLY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT AT ONE OF OUR, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL REPORT ON THAT AT ONE OF OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WELL, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THERE WOULD BE SPOT, YOU KNOW, REPAIR WORK THAT CAN BE DONE ONCE WE OWN IT.
THIS PROJECT IS SPEAKING TO THE LARGER ADDITION OF PATHWAYS AND, UM, LIGHTING AND HOW WE MAKE THAT A TRUE COMPLETE STREET OR IMPROVE THAT CORRIDOR, UM, RATHER THAN JUST FIXING, YOU KNOW, THE POTHOLES.
PARKS, MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PARKS, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, SITE FURNISHINGS.
UM, THIS ONE GOOD EXAMPLE, THAT'S A GREAT PLAYGROUND IN THE SAND AT JARVIS PARK.
I THINK IT'S IT'S TIME AND WE HAVE SOME DOLLARS WE'RE ALSO SEEKING AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME GRANT DOLLARS TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, LANDSCAPE LIGHTING, SITE FURNISHINGS, DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF IMPROVEMENTS AT MID ISLAND.
TRACKED PARK, STILL NAMED T B D, CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK CROSSINGS PARK CHAPLAIN, LINEAR PARK, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF PATTERSON FAMILY PROPERTY AND TAYLOR FAMILY PROPERTY PARKS ISLAND REC.
THEIR CAPITAL PROJECT REQUESTS INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING, POOL AND GROUNDS, AND SOME SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THEN PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BASED UPON COLLABORATION WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND THE ISLAND REC ASSOCIATION.
UM, A $9.1 MILLION INVESTMENT, UH, INTENDED THIS YEAR, MID ISLAND TRACT.
AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE AND WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SCOPE DESIGN PERMITTING OF PHASE ONE.
UM, LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE FIRST SAID LAST YEAR.
PHASE ONE WILL STORM WATER PATHWAYS A RESTROOM OR TWO, SOME SIGNAGE AND SOME PARKING.
BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S SOME DRY DITCHES OUT THERE.
UM, IT DITCHES AFTER THE RAIN FALLS SHOULDN'T BE DRY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME STORM WATER ISSUES AS WE START TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCY AND WE START TALKING ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THAT SUB SUB WATERSHED AREA THERE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE WATER, UM, FILTRATION AND CAPTURE AT MID ISLAND AS PHASE ONE CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK.
CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT MID ISLAND? EXCUSE ME? YES, SIR.
UM, I WANNA BE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET, 4 24 FOR MID ISLAND INCLUDES THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT ALSO WILL IMPROVE SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS THE BATHROOM AND A BETTER PARKING FACILITY SO THAT CITIZENS CAN BEGIN TO USE THE PROJECT, THE PROPERTY MORE SAFELY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, WE NEED TO.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE BATHROOMS OUT THERE ALREADY.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FIXING 'EM UP AND SEEING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THAT THAT'S NOT THE PRIORITY AND THIS BUDGET, UM, OTHER THAN PHASE ONE.
SO CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 25, THAT'S NOT UNTIL JULY 1ST.
SO I THINK WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
MY REACTION IS FROM A LAND DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE OUGHT TO SEND OUT A HIGH HOE AND CLEAN OUT THE DITCHES SO THAT WE GET THE DRAINAGE THAT WE NEED.
AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF BRAIN POWER.
AND THAT, SIR, TO, TO CLARIFY AND REITERATE
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THAT IS THE SCOPE OF PHASE ONE.AM I MISSING ANYTHING? BRIAN, JOHN, JEN.
CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK RENOVATION.
SO WE BROUGHT TO YOU SOME TIME AGO THE MASTER PLAN.
WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN, BUT BY NO MEANS DID WE BRING YOU WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A FINISHED PRODUCT AT THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP.
WE HEARD KEEP OUR TENNIS COURTS, WE HEARD PUT SOME PICKLE BALL IN.
WE HEARD THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR ELEMENTS ON THE PLAN THAT AREN'T YET ON THERE, ONE OF WHICH IS A POOL.
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE, UH, SUGGESTIONS.
WE WILL BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU IN JUNE AND WE WILL ASK YOU FOR SOME MORE, UH, DEFINITIVE, UH, DIRECTION TO US.
I KNOW THAT JAN AND TEAM HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF, OF MAKING SURE THINGS FIT RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANNA PUT TOO MUCH IN ONE PLACE AND EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY ISN'T.
THE SOLUTION AT CHAPLIN IS DEFINITELY A FAMILY ORIENTED PARK.
UH, IT DEFINITELY, UH, IS A CONNECTION TO OUR BEACH AND AS WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF KIDS THERE EVEN TOMORROW PLAYING SOCCER.
AND SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A BIT OF A, A MIXTURE OF OF USE OVER THERE.
SO WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE WITH CHAPLAIN CROSSINGS AS WELL AS, UH, THE RACKETS FACILITY.
THAT'S THE JUNE 14TH WORKSHOP.
THE ONE WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON THE BOOKS.
AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU REFER TO RACK'S FACILITY, YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH REGARD TO PICKLEBALL BECAUSE PICK, BRING IT UP BECAUSE PICKLEBALL WAS PART OF THAT PLAN.
AND IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE PLANNED FOR THAT NIGHT HERE, THE DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO, UM, ADRIANA AND HOW THINGS COULD DEVELOP THERE.
UM, I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT THAT WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT HERE.
SO IF WE'RE CHANGING IT, THEN THAT PARK AREA WITH REGARD TO PICKLEBALL RACKETS NEEDS TO BE INSERTED AS, UH, YES.
JUST MAKING YES, AND IT WILL FED AND YES.
IT WILL, AND AND WE DON'T HAVE RACKETS ON HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T YET SAID THAT'S YOUR MAIN PRIORITY, BUT, BUT AS WE RETHINK CHAPLAIN OR IMPROVE CHAPLAIN, IF PICKLEBALL IS NOT THE SOLUTION THERE, WHERE IS PICKLEBALL THE SOLUTION? THE RACKETS FACILITY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PRIMARILY IS WAS FOR TENNIS.
WE TALKED TO YOU OUT LOUD AT STRATEGIC PLANNING AS WELL AS WORKSHOP TO SHOW YOU THOSE TENNIS FACILITY IS AND LET MIGHT BE ON HERE, JEN.
IS IT ON THE LIST? IT'S ON THE SPREADSHEET IN A, UM, OUT YEAR.
IT'S, IT'S PLANNING IS COMING OUT OF THE CHAPLAIN, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE BECAUSE THE SOONER WE MAKE THE DECISIONS, THE THE, THE QUICKER WE CAN GET ON WITH THE LOGISTICS AND THE STRATEGIES AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT.
BUT I WOULD SAY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE RIGHT NOW ARE A LOT OF AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? THERE'S TENNIS, THERE'S PICKLEBALL, THERE'S BASEBALL, THERE'S SOCCER, AND I THINK THAT, UM, IF WE MOVE ONE AND TAKE ONE AWAY, IT'S GOTTA SHIFT SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE ELSE KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT WORKSHOP.
IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT IT AT BUDGET IN, IN, UH, IN MY OPINION, BUT I KNOW THAT CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK NEEDS SOME DECISIONS MADE BY YOU.
IF YOU MAKE THE DECISION, UM, AND PRIORITIZE, UH, RECREATION OVER A DIF ONE PIECE OF RECREATION OVER SOMETHING ELSE, THEN, THEN WE'VE GOTTA GO FIND WHERE THE OTHER ONE WORKS.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PUZZLE PIECE RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE PICKLEBALL, UM, AND MOVING THAT FORWARD IN ONE WAY.
THE OTHER, RIGHT NOW, OH, THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED WAS CHAPLAIN AND, UH, AND SO I THINK WE OWE THAT TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, AT OUR MEETINGS, RAISING THEIR OWN FUNDS, FRANKLY, IN THE PAST TO HELP, UM, EVEN, UM, AND, AND IT'S, IT, WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT OF IT AS THINGS MAY OR MAY NOT SHIFT, UM, IN THE COMING PLACE.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY TO THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, WHEN WE HAD SOME PLANS PRESENTED REGARDING PICKLEBALL 24 COURTS, IT WAS NEVER SAID NOT TO DO IT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, STILL IS A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY IN REGARDS TO PICKLEBALL THINK THAT IT'S GONE AWAY.
SO JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY IT HERE, IT'S STILL VERY MUCH OUT THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY ALSO, EXCUSE ME, THAT, UH, THE TOWN DOES NOT OWN ADRIANA AT THIS POINT.
YOU CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND REPAIR THOSE COURTS OR BUILD NEW COURTS, BUT NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AND CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH THE COUNTY WHERE WE DO A LAND SWAP AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS.
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I MUST HAVE BEEN READING YOUR MIND.WHERE ARE WE WITH THE D O T ON THE LAND SWAP OR THE COUNTY HOLD UP THE LAND SWAP? WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY, UH, AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY IN ORDER TO SET A CLOSING DATE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTIES.
AND, AND MR MAN, IF I COULD JUMP IN JUST FOR ONE SECOND.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, DISCUSSION.
SO CHAP, THE RACKETS, THE CONCEPT ABOUT THE RACKET SPARK WAS BROUGHT FORWARD ALONG WITH CHAPLAIN BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE DISPLACING TENNIS.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE PROGRAM FOR RECREATION FACILITIES.
UM, AND AS MORE OPTIONS COME ONLINE, LIKE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE PARK AT ADRIANA, ADRIANA LANE, AND SOME EVEN OTHER ONES THAT WE, WE MAY HAVE AVAILABLE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THESE KEY PRIORITIES.
PICKLEBALL IS ABSOLUTELY IN OUR CROSSHAIRS AND IS A PRIORITY IN OUR PROGRAM.
IT'S JUST FINALIZING THE DECISION OF WHERE IT IS AND HOW MANY WE BUILD.
UM, BUT WE'LL BRING FORWARD THOSE OPTIONS TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, ALONG THAT SAME LINE OF THOUGHT, UM, ONCE THE, THE, UH, TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP HAPPENS, UM, I GUESS THE, THE REAL QUESTION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER TO GIVE CONFIDENCE IS ONCE WE HAVE OWNERSHIP, WE COULD VERY EASILY EXPEDITE THE BUILD OF COURTS AT ADRIANA.
UM, IF THAT TAKES A BUDGET AMENDMENT OR WE COULD USE EXISTING FUNDS TO GET THAT MOVING, UM, I THINK THE, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW OUT LOUD THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN FAIRLY QUICKLY.
EXPRESS PERHAPS A KIND OF A COMPROMISE HERE ON HOW TO APPROACH THIS.
I, I, I I THINK WE'RE GOING TO POLICY ON THAT.
AND, AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, NO, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE, OKAY.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT LINE NUMBER HERE
UM, IT IS, UH, PR 16 ON THE REALLY BIG STR SPREADSHEET.
SO WHERE IT SAYS OLD UNDER GENERAL PARK ENHANCEMENTS, OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH IS THE ADRIANA, UM, LANE PROPERTY, UM, WE HAVE 250,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 23 24.
UM, TODAY IT WAS MENTIONED PERHAPS 600,000, UM, FOR, UM, IF WE DID ADDITIONAL COURT MADE IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDED COURTS TO ADRIANA.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS WE CHANGED THAT LINE ON 'EM FROM OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK ENHANCEMENTS TO PICKLEBALL ENHANCEMENTS, AND WE UPPED THE NUMBER TO 600,000 FROM WHERE? YES, FROM TWO PR 16 ON MY SHEET.
WHERE, WHERE WERE YOU PULLING THE 2 51? YES.
SO YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK ENHANCEMENTS? YES, MA'AM.
TWO 50 CHANGED THAT TO PICKLEBALL ENHANCEMENTS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER FROM 250,000 TO 600,000 AS A PLACEHOLDER AND A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH.
OH, I, I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME WHERE I COULD FIND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 602 50 GOT THE THREE 50 IN MY POCKET.
WHAT PROJECT SHOULD I TAKE IT OUT OF? I I WOULD FRANKLY TAKE IT OUTTA MID ISLAND TRACK MAYOR.
YES, I, I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO SITE PLANNING.
THERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT ARE RED FLAGS ON COMMITTING SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS TO ADRIANA THAT MAY IN THE LONG RUN NOT BE A WISE INVESTMENT.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED NOT NAMING THE LOCATION, BUT CALLING IT PICKLEBALL ENHANCEMENTS AS A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET BEFORE OUR NEXT WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT CHAPLAIN PARK AND BEFORE WE CONSIDER OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S A PLACEHOLDER, IF YOU WILL, AS THOUGH WE HAVE, AS WE DO HAVE 1.5 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE IN CASE WE DO BOND DURING THE COMING YEAR.
SO IT IS A PLACEHOLDER AND A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH.
AND I, I THREW IT ONLY THROUGHOUT MID ISLAND BECAUSE RIGHT.
I SAID, WHERE DO I GET THE MONEY FROM? IT? IT'S ON THE SAME TABLE.
TRY TO, IT'S GOT A BIG NUMBER.
I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT MASTER PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, NOT ADOPTED.
WE'RE HAVING IT COME BACK AGAIN WITH $2 MILLION FOR CHAPLAIN.
EITHER WE'VE GOT $250,000 FOR THE ADRIANA PARK.
SO IF WE HAVE TO SHIFT FUNDS FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, THEN THAT COULD BE DONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY, UM, CHANGING THE NUMBER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED JALIN PARK PREVIOUSLY AS THE HOME OF PICKLEBALL, SO THEREFORE THERE IS A COMMITMENT THERE.
SO THE, THE MOVING OF, OF THE PUZZLE PIECES IS THIS AU AUDREY AND LANE.
WE'VE BEEN, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU AND BUFORD COUNTY,
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GOSH, FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.I REMEMBER BEING REALLY EXCITED WHEN MR. GREENWAY AND I AGREED TO SWAP SOME LAND AND MAKE BARKER FIELD OUR OWN.
AND FRANKLY, AT THE TIME, I, I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW OLD SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD.
UM, THERE ARE SIX COURTS I BELIEVE AT ADRIANA.
IT'S NOT OUR COURTS THOUGH, TO TAKE SIX.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY, I HAVE FULL INTENTION TO BRING PICKLEBALL.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IN THE MONTH OR TWO IN THE MONTHS THAT COME TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON CHAPLAIN, ON CROSSINGS, ON PICKLEBALL, ON SOCCER, ON BASEBALL, IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE INVESTMENT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
BUT ADRIANA LANE IS DIFFICULT.
THERE'S SIX COURTS, I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE LATELY, BUT WHEN WE BUILD EXTRA RESURFACING COURTS IS ONE THING, BUILDING MORE CAPACITY IN THE STONY AREA, WHILE THE D O T AND THE COUNTY AND US ARE WORKING ON IT WITH THE, WITH THE GULLAH GEECHEE CORRIDOR AND EXPANSION OF RECREATION IN AN AREA THAT'S NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
THERE'S ALSO THIS, THERE'S NO RESTROOM OUT THERE.
RESTROOMS WILL COST US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO ADA PARKING SPACE THAT'S APPROPRIATE OUT THERE.
SO WHEN WE EN ENHANCE THOSE PROJECTS, IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, YES, YES, YES, WE WANT IT, BUT, BUT THE PROJECT NOW TAKES A LOT LONGER, RIGHT? BECAUSE I CAN'T JUST DOUBLE PICKLEBALL WITHOUT MORE PARKING, LET ALONE ADA.
AND I CAN'T PUT MORE OUT THERE WITHOUT A RESTROOM.
AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TRIAGE A LITTLE BIT OF ADRIANA AND IMPROVE THOSE COURTS THAT ARE THERE.
BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER ON CHAPLAIN AND CROSSINGS IN A FEW OF THESE OTHER PARKS TO KNOW WHERE THE PROGRAM IS AND WHERE THE PROGRAM ISN'T, AS WE BALANCE ALL OF THIS GREAT RECREATION ON OUR ISLAND.
SO, MAY, MAY, MAY I JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
I SWEAR THE, THE JUST REAL FAST.
UM, I FULLY SUPPORT, UM, PICKLEBALL A BUT ALSO THE PLAN, UM, FOR PICKLEBALL AT CHAPLAIN.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE SPOT WHERE WE HAVE PICKLEBALL OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THIS ISLAND, ALL THE MUCH BETTER.
BUT, UM, CHAPLAIN AND PICKLEBALL AND RACKETS, UM, SPORTS THERE MAKE SENSE? AND, UM, SO THANK YOU.
UM, I JUST HEAR LOTS OF OTHER CONVERSATION AND I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S SOMEWHERE.
BUT CHAPLAIN SHOULD BE THE, IT'S THERE.
I AND I, IT'S O I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, TO TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL WE'LL PAY DIVIDENDS IN OUR FUTURE MID ISLAND TRACK PHASE ONE, WE'RE READY TO GO.
WE KNOW WHAT PHASE ONE WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, THERE'S $900,000 IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AS A PLACEHOLDER CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK DESIGN PERMIT IN CONSTRUCTION.
IF PICKLEBALL IS INCLUDED, THAT'S YOUR DECISION IN THE COMING MONTHS WORKSHOP TO SCRUB THE DETAILS FOLLOWED UP WITH TOWN COUNCIL, ASK YOU TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN YOUR SUPPORT TO ADOPT A MASTER MASTER PLAN.
ARE WE OR AREN'T WE GOING TO BUILD A 400 FOOT BASEBALL FIELD? IF WE BUILD A 400 FOOT BASEBALL FIELD? THERE'S FOUR FIELDS.
IF WE DON'T, AS THE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU RECENTLY, WE'LL HAVE FIVE FIELDS WE'RE READY TO GO.
PART OF THE CROSSINGS PARK RENOVATION ALSO INCLUDES THE BRISTOL SPORTS ARENA.
IT'S TIME HOCKEY RINK IS FALLING APART.
THE SKATE PARK, WE COULD HAVE A CONCRETE BOWL OUT THERE IF WE SO CHOOSE.
AND SO THERE'S FUNDS TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT THE DESIGN PERMITTING AND BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION, CHAPLAIN, LINEAR PARK, WE TALKED ABOUT DESIGN AND PERMITTING, PATTERSON DESIGN, PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE HUD MONEY, CDBG FUNDS IN THE WINGS READY TO SPEND.
THE SOONER WE MAKE SOME FINAL DECISIONS ON THAT AND ACQUIRE OR SWAP LAND WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS SURROUNDING IT, THE BETTER.
TAYLOR FAMILY PARK, BARKER FIELD, UM, DESIGN PERMITTING ACQUISITIONS IN THERE AS WELL.
FORD SHELL, FORD FORD'S, SHELL RING PRELIMINARY PLANNING.
AND THEN ISLAND REC PROJECTS, UM, CAPITAL PROJECTS, BRISTOL SPORTS ARENA ENHANCEMENTS.
IS ISLAND REC DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT? NO, THAT'S JUST TO CARRY, CARRY ONE.
AND THEN GENERAL PARK ENHANCEMENTS, GREEN SHELL MAINTENANCE.
JARVIS CREEK PARK, AND THEN OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PICKLEBALL.
SO, GOOD NEWS IS, WE HAVE IT IN HERE A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES, A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS WHEN WE'RE THROUGH THIS.
UM, WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU TO HAVE THOSE MASTER PLANS APPROVED.
WE TALK ABOUT PHASING AND WE'RE ONWARD AND UPWARD QUESTIONS, FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, MA I WANNA MAKE ONE, ONE, UH, ONE OBSERVATION HERE.
UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. MAN, JUST, IT'S, IT'S SMALL, BUT I THINK I CAN CAN, CAN READ THESE
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OUT LOUD.I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE WHEN WE TALKING ABOUT THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT 5.3 MILLION IN CARRYOVER, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST 3.8 NEW MONEY TO GET US TO THAT NINE ONE FIGURE THAT WE CAN SEE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN.
BUT IF YOU JUST INCH OVER TO FY 27, WHICH IS A REALITY OF GETTING MOST OF THIS DONE, THE NUMBER THERE IS 30 MILLION.
YOU WON'T GET TO THAT 30 MILLION WITH THE CARRYOVERS AND THE NEW MONEY THAT WE HAVE OUTLINED HERE.
SO I JUST BRING THAT BACK TO OUR ATTENTION AS FAR AS OUR CAPACITY, AS FAR AS WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY WITH OUR, UH, OUR DEPTH SERVICE, UH, SITUATION.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS AREA THAT ABSOLUTELY ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT THINGS FALLING APART THAT DO NOT REPRESENT THE EXCELLENCE THAT WE EXPECT.
UH, SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
THAT'S NOT A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT'S IN THE DETAILS.
IT'S, IT'S THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE, SECURITY OF TOWN OWNED OR OTHER FACILITIES, BUILDINGS, PROPERTIES, REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADES TO OUR FIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT.
UM, SECURITY CAMERAS AND CONNECTIVITY AT PARKS, INCLUDING FISH HALL, UH, BEACH PARK, ROWING AND SAILING CENTER AT SQUIRE AND AT SQUIRE POPE COMMUNITY PARK, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM CAPITAL PROJECTS TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AND ALSO TO SUPPORT EVENTS.
RIGHT? ADA IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE, UM, ARE, ARE NECESSARY.
HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE, FREEDOM PARK, WE HAVE THAT IN HERE AS A CAPITAL PROJECT UNDER FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS IN PARTNERSHIP OR IN CONJUNCTION THROUGH LEASE AND, AND AGREEMENTS WITH THE HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE, UM, LEADERSHIP.
BUT WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY, UH, PARKING ADA AND, AND SOME OF THOSE, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE, UH, SMALL BUT INCREMENTAL INVESTMENTS HERE AT TOWN HALL.
I HOPE YOU, UH, RECOGNIZE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN ACCESSIBILITY AND, AND FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR BUILDING, UH, SECURITY SYSTEM IS IN PLACE.
IMPROVEMENTS EXTERIOR WISE AS WELL.
FIRE RESCUE TRAINING CENTER UPGRADES, JARVIS PUMP STATION, ROOF REPLACEMENT, D O T TOLL PLAZA BUILDING.
THAT PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD.
YOU HAVE AT LEAST GIVE A AGREEMENT, GAVE AGREEMENT AND PRINCIPLE TO ACQUIRE OR HAVE THAT PROPERTY RECEIVED AS A DONATION FROM D O T AND THEN DEMO THE BUILDING THERE.
UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT ALL OF OUR TOWN FACILITIES AS WE ACQUIRE NEW VEHICLES AS WE CAN FIND THEM ON STATE CONTRACT AND, AND ACQUIRE THE, THE VEHICLES, UH, COST EFFECTIVELY.
UM, WE DO HAVE ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND SO WE DO, WE WILL PUT CHARGING STATIONS AS WE ALSO REQUIRE CHARGING STATIONS AT EVERY NEW COMMERCIAL PROJECT.
UM, PARKING MASTER PLAN, IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, THERE'S SOME POLICY THERE AS WELL AS PROJECT DECISIONS TO MAKE EMERGENCY ACCESS.
GATES COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM, I MENTIONED, AND I MENTIONED HIS HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE FREEDOM PARK, INCLUDING THE LOOP ROAD PARKING LOT, IT EQUIPMENT SECURITY CAMERAS, UH, MEDICAL SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, FIRE HYDRANT EXPANSION AS AS WE HAVE IN YEARS PAST.
AND THEN SEVERAL STORMWATER PROJECTS.
I DON'T NEED TO READ THEM ALL.
I'VE MENTIONED A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS IN OUR STORMWATER UTILITY FUND THE OTHER NIGHT.
AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT WE TRANSFER STORMWATER UTILITY FEES, THE REVENUE INTO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM WITH THESE PROJECTS AS PRIORITIES FOR A TOTAL INVESTMENT, UM, IN FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMING FOR 6.5 MILLION.
WE MENTIONED THIS LAST YEAR, REPLACEMENT OF FIVE STAFF VEHICLES.
ONE, ONE THING, UM, THE SECURITY CAMERA, UH, LINE, ADAM, I'M, WE ARE TRYING TO JUST, UH, ROUND OUT OUR COVERAGE AT OUR PARKS.
UM, THE, THE ONE THAT I'M GOING TO MENTION IS NOT OURS, BUT I THINK THE, UH, SPEED FOR SECURITY CAMERA IS, IS ABSOLUTE.
AND THAT IS THE, UH, THE LANDING
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IN THE OAKVIEW AREA.UM, THE COUNTY, UH, MANAGES THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE PAID TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE
UM, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO WORK IT OUT WHERE THAT SYSTEM CAN BE MONITORED THE SAME WAY THAT OURS IS MONITORED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A CAMERA AT THAT PUBLIC SITE.
AND, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BROUGHT THAT TO MY ATTENTION.
I KNOW THAT BOB, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS MADE SURE THAT THE ROTATION AT BEAUFORT COUNTY, THAT IT'S ON THE BEFOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ROTATION.
AND WE'LL SHARE THAT SAME MESSAGE ON THAT CAMERA IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD.
DID YOU SAY THAT TOWN IS NOW REQUIRING COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO HAVE ELECTRIC CAR PLUG-INS, NEW, NEW, NEW CONSTRUCTION PER OUR LMO? UH, I THINK FOR TWO REASONS.
UH, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER AT OUR MORE VISITED PARKS FOR SOME SORT OF A PLUG IN.
THE TWO REASONS ARE PRACTICALITY, BUT ALSO BRAND REINFORCEMENT THAT WE CARE.
I'LL, I'LL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN THE REC CENTER WAS DOWN, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PUT IN THE RENOVATION REBUILDED THAT TO PUT IN, UM, STATION, MAKE A SUGGESTION, CONSIDER ARCS AND MAYBE THE MOST UTILIZED PART.
AND, AND AS THAT COMMENT AND, UH, CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE, UM, I'VE QUESTIONED, UM, ARE THESE FREE? ARE PEOPLE PAYING FOR THEM? AND HOW THAT WILL HAPPEN? AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONVERSATION, AS IT'S CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE.
UM, I THINK THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR THAT SERVICE FOR OTHERS, AT LEAST NOT MINE, THAT'S A POLICY DECISION, RIGHT? IT'S EASY TO PUT 'EM IN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, DO, DO WE CHARGE AND WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AS WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN A TOWN HALL.
THAT QUESTIONS, THAT QUESTION CAME UP TOO.
ARE THESE, THESE FOR US? ARE THESE FOR THE PUBLIC? UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PLACES TO CHARGE YOUR NON TESLA AT PARKER'S
SO AS WE PUT THEM IN, WE HAVE THAT POLICY DECISION TO MAKE.
IT'S NOT A HUGE COST, IT'S A LITTLE COST IN COMPARISON TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT, BUT IF WE DO MOVE THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THAT ON AN AGENDA AND TALK TO YOU AT SOME POINT ABOUT THE POLICY.
I WROTE DOWN POLICY DECISION FOR THAT PART, YOU KNOW, SO YES, ABSOLUTELY.
FLEET, UH, REPLACEMENT OF FIVE STAFF VEHICLES THAT HAVE REACHED 10, 12 YEAR, WAY MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILE MARKS.
AND ONE THING THAT I DO LOOK AT PRETTY CLOSELY IS IF THE CAR'S IN THE SHOP MORE THAN IT'S ON THE ROAD, AND IF IT'S UNSAFE TO A DEGREE ON THE ROAD, WE, WE WILL CHANGE IT OUT.
BUT WE DON'T JUST CHANGE VEHICLES OUT BECAUSE THEY GOT OLD.
WE ARE, WE HAVE A FLEET MANAGER.
UH, WE MAINTAIN OUR VEHICLES VERY WELL THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO KEEP UP TO THE REPAIRS.
IF WE CAN'T, WE, WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE GOOD PLACES TO GO, BUT IT'S TIME FOR SOME VEHICLES AS WE BRING NEW STAFF MEMBERS IN.
IF THEY'RE, IF, IF THEY CAN'T USE A POOL VEHICLE, WE'LL PURCHASE A VEHICLE.
OUR ENGINE AND PUMPER REPLACEMENT AND QUIN COMPANY REPLACEMENT, UM, THAT WAS A COUNCIL DECISION IN THE PAST.
UM, THOSE DOLLARS ARE IN HERE AS THE LEASE REPLACEMENT OF TWO FIRE RESCUE STAFF VEHICLES AND THEN A NEW FORKLIFT, 8.3 MILLION INVESTMENT.
MOST OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS THE ENGINE AND PUMPER AND QUINT COMPANY REPLACEMENT.
WHERE'S CHIEF? THERE HE IS RELEASING THE NEW FIRE EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S PART OF THIS $8 MILLION NUMBER.
YOU GOTTA CARRY THE WHOLE AMOUNT, THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF THE LEASE.
WANNA EXPLAIN THAT, JOHN? AN ANNUAL BUDGET, THAT CONFUSES ME.
UM, THE PURCHASE, THE, THE INITIAL CONTRACT IS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN FOR JUST THAT, THAT CONTRACT.
AND THEN THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS ARE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING, YOU CARRY THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT AND THEN YOU PAY THE DEBT ON IT'S COUNTING
DON'T NEED TO SPEND MUCH TIME THERE.
WE KNOW THOUGH THAT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS PART OF OUR ROAD ACQUISITION IS
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PART OF THIS TOO.WE'RE FOCUSED HERE TODAY, FISCAL YEAR 24 BEACH PROGRAM PATHWAY, ROADWAY PARK, FACILITY, FLEET, AND LAND FOR A TOTAL OF CLOSE TO $40 MILLION.
I REMIND MYSELF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BUILD A $40 MILLION BUILDING OR A HOUSE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE IN, IN MY CAREER, I KNOW THAT GREAT CAPITAL PROGRAMS THAT I, I BELIEVE WE'VE, WE'VE BUILT, UM, AS SCOTT PASSED, AS WE'VE REBUILT THE PROGRAM AND GOT READY TO RENOURISH OUR BEACH AND ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY AND INVEST IN DIRT ROADS AND, AND PUT PATHWAYS IN AND MAKE POLICY DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, PARK, PARK MASTER PLANS OUR POLICY DECISIONS, UM, UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAMMING.
AND IT IS TAKING US SOME TIME.
MY, MY AND, AND, AND ONE SIDE OF ME, I, I WISH WE WERE GOING QUICKER.
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF ME, I KNOW THAT WITH THE TEAM AND WITH COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVED, IT, THERE'S A PROCESS.
WE'VE MADE SOME GOOD DECISIONS LAST FISCAL WITH SOME MASTER PLANS.
I, I ENCOURAGE THE STAFF TO BE PREPARED AT WORKSHOPS.
UM, WHEN WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE NEED TO ASK YOU THOSE QUESTIONS.
DO YOU WANT A OR DO YOU WANT B? SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
BUT I'D SAY THIS YEAR, MORE THAN EVER, THE TEAM'S READY TO BUILD, RIGHT? WE BUILD STUFF.
THAT'S OUR MOTTO IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE SEE THE OVERALL BUDGET, UH, ONE TWENTY NINE, A HUNDRED TWENTY 9 MILLION, ALMOST $130 MILLION.
WE WENT OVER A LOT OF THIS AT FIRST, READING A LOT OF THIS AT WORKSHOP.
UM, WE HAD THAT, THAT FIRST READING MAY 2ND WORKSHOP, MAY 9TH.
THAT DOES FEEL LIKE A WEEK AGO, BUT IT WAS TWO DAYS AGO.
UM, TODAY WITH THE C I P PROGRAM, UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, UM, SOME PUBLIC COMMENT TO, TO GET BACK TO, UM, FOR A JUNE 6TH PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND AND FINAL READING.
SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE C I P.
WELL, I'LL JUST, UH, VERY QUICKLY, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, MR. LANDO AND THE STAFF HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH PUTTING TOGETHER A C I P, UM, BUDGET.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND, UH, EASY TO FOLLOW.
UM, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE, UM, WORKSHOP AND THEREAFTER, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR, YOUR BURN MS. RAY, LIKE HOW MUCH OF IT YOU WERE BURNING OFF.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD MEASUREMENT THAT WE CAN USE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, SO AS WE GO INTO WORKSHOP AND AS WE START TO GIVE UPDATES, UH, AFTER THAT, I JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE, UH, PUT SOME FOCUS AROUND THE BURN OF, OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AB ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND ALSO HOW IT TIES BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND, AND, AND CAPITAL INCLUDING CAP PROGRAM.
I, I WOULD TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN THAT, ALEX.
ALSO THE BURN RATE OF STAFF MENTALITY TO ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND, AND I DO CHALLENGE, UH, COUNSEL ON THIS IS, IS WE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FRONT OF US FOR, FOR STAFF TO ADDRESS.
AND WE'VE GOTTA BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WE START TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT COME AROUND.
BECAUSE THERE'S A GAUGE AS TO WHAT CAN BE HANDLED ON A DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY BASIS.
AND WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE NEED LEAVE ENOUGH AT THE TOP FOR THOSE EMERGENCY ITEMS THAT COME AROUND THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
SO, ANY OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, MS. PARSON? YES.
UH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I'M TOO AM CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, PRE PRESSURE ON THE STAFF, UM, SEEING HOW AMBITIOUS THIS IS JUSTIFIES THE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING UNDER THIS BUDGET.
SO I HOPE THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED THAT AROUND CUZ WE DON'T WANNA SEE ANY OF THESE FOLKS BURNED OUT.
UM, AND MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
MAY, MAY I COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK YOU NEED TO HEAR, YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS.
I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW, JEN, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR HER, BUT IT IS, IT'S A LOT.
AND I, AND I BRING UP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A 30, 40 MILLION HOME IN ONE YEAR.
WOULD DO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL CAN SOMEWHAT VISUALIZE WHAT THAT VALUE OF THAT BUILD IS.
YOUR, UH, APPRECIATION FOR STAFF GOES A LONG WAY.
UM, YOUR, UH, ALLOWANCE OF US HIRING TWO NEW PROJECT MANAGERS, RIGHT? JEN DIDN'T
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COME TO ME AND SAY, I NEED A WHOLE BUNCH RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND ACQUISITION AND REAL GOOD PROJECT PLANNING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.WE ARE, AS A TEAM GOING TO GET TOGETHER SOON AFTER SECOND AND FINAL READING A BUDGET AND PICK AND WRITE DOWN WHAT ARE THE SIX OR SEVEN PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND WHAT THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
WE WILL HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER HOPEFULLY STARTING IN JULY.
WE WILL ADVERTISE THAT VERY SOON, SUBJECT TO FUNDING.
BUT I'LL PROBABLY EVEN GET THE JOB AT OUT BEFORE SECOND AND FINAL READING.
AND WE WILL CAVEAT THAT SUBJECT TO FUNDING.
UM, WE'LL HIRE ANOTHER PROJECT MANAGER IN JANUARY.
THOSE BOTH NEW POSITIONS WILL BE TRUE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME PART-TIME POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET.
AND I INTEND TO HIRE, UH, A PART-TIME PROJECT MANAGER OR TWO.
I'VE FOUND SUCCESS IN THE PAST.
UH, BRIAN AND I WERE COMPARING NOTES.
SOME OF OUR SUCCESS TOGETHER HAS BEEN FROM, I WOULD SAY QUASI RETIRED PROJECT MANAGERS THAT HAVE BUILT ROAD WATER SEWERS, STORM WATER, BUILDINGS, PARKS BEFORE.
AND SO THIS IS A CALL FOR HELP IF ANYBODY'S OUT THERE, ANYBODY KNOWS SOMEONE, SEND THEM MY WAY.
WE RIGHT BRIAN THERE, THERE, THERE'S SOME LEARNING TO DO ON HOW TO SPEND PUBLIC DOLLARS AND, AND, BUT, BUT IT'S DOABLE AS LONG AS WE STAY ORGANIZED WITH YOUR, YOUR CONFIDENCE.
BUT I WOULD SAY ALSO THE QUARTER OR THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS HELP, I WILL DO A BETTER JOB AS THE MANAGER HERE THIS YEAR THAN IN THE PAST TO TRY TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN, I CAN HELP MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE THE SOONER WE MAKE DECISIONS, THE SOONER WE CAN GET TO WORK BUILDING.
SO FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, TO YOU, MR. ORLANDO AND YOUR STAFF.
I I KNOW IT WITHOUT EVEN SEEING IT
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN MAKING DECISIONS.
UM, AND I WILL SUPPORT THE CIP P UM, UH, MY WILD HAIR IDEA I HAD TO THROW OUT TODAY, BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY I SEE SOMETHING AND GO LIKE, I'VE JUST GOTTA ASK THIS.
MAYBE IT'S A WAY TO, TO HAVE A GOOD FAITH, UM, ADJUSTER OF GOOD FAITH TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE C I P I THINK OF, OKAY, WHAT ARE MY GOALS IN SAYING YES, WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY THERE.
UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I LOOK AT SAFETY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND OUR PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE DOING THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO FLEET MANAGEMENT.
YOU MENTIONED THE OLDER VEHICLES AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE SAFE VEHICLES.
I HARDLY ENDORSE THAT AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING A LOT WITH REGARD TO THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT IN THE C I P BUDGET.
SECONDLY, I, I LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY? WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS DO WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS? ARE WE SERVING OUR YOUTH THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS? WHETHER IT BE BASEBALL, SOCCER, SOFTBALL, UH, WHATEVER KIND OF SPORT YOUTH MIGHT BE, UH, BASKETBALL, WHATEVER KIND OF SPORTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN FOR THE YOUTH AND IN MULTI-GENERATIONAL SPORTS LIKE PICKLEBALL, OF COURSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE BEST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR INTEREST IN THAT? AND WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH THIS PLAN.
AND I, I'M, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE COMMUNITY HEARS THAT WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO PICKLEBALL.
IT MAY NOT BE SPELLED OUT EXACTLY IN THE C I P AND MAYBE THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE, BUT I THINK YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY.
UM, BEACH PROTECTION, IT'S A VALUABLE ASSET HERE.
UM, WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THIS PLAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT THROUGH BEACH RE NOURISHMENT, STORM WATER PROTECTION OF THE ISLAND RESILIENCE.
AND WE ARE ADDRESSING SOME STORM WATER NEEDS THROUGH THIS PLAN AND ALL THROUGH ALSO THROUGH OUR STORM WATER BUDGET.
SO BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE ASPECTS AND THE INCLUSION OF COURSE IN OUR STRAP PLAN, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY FORWARD.
UM, I'M, I, I'VE SAID IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THAT I'M A SUPPORTER OF THE, UH, AGGRESSIVE INVESTMENT TIME, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AND WE'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING LIKE $233 MILLION WITHIN THE CIP P I GUESS THERE'S A LOGICAL QUESTION.
WHAT ARE WE TAKING ON IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE, UH, OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH WITH EACH $40 MILLION
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TRANCHE THAT WE BRING ON? NO, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.AN EXCELLENT, UM, UH, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS, IS, IS TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT.
BUT I THINK OUR, UM, TOWN MANAGER AND OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN VERY COGNIZANT OF, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
AND SO I, I THINK WE'RE PREPARED, UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO, UM, ONCE THESE, UM, ASSETS ARE PUT IN PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
AND SO I, I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW IN VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY PAY SOMEWHERE DOWN TWO AND A HALF PERCENT FOR MAINTENANCE AS A RESERVE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ADDING SOME NUMBERS UP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU COME OUT ON THAT.
SO YES, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT BRIAN MCEE WILL PUT HIS ARMS AROUND THIS YEAR.
I KEEP WISHING HE WAS HERE THREE YEARS.
UM, BUT, BUT KNOW THIS, THE, THE DOLLARS THAT WE INVESTED IN CAPITAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR THROUGH ATAC, WE ALSO DID INTO THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING WITH ATAC.
AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT IS THE MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? IT'S THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO.
YOU'LL SEE, YOU WILL SEE, AND YOU SHOULD SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE AT THE BEACH.
THOSE ARE MAINTENANCE DOLLAR INVESTMENTS.
AND SO NOT ALL OF OUR DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET THAT I WOULD BRING FORWARD ARE ALL CAPITAL WITHOUT THAT BALANCE OF MAINTENANCE.
WELL, I I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS THE COMMITMENT TO INVEST IN THE DETAILS.
AND I APPLAUD STAFF FOR DOING THAT AS WELL.
NOW, IF I COULD JUMP IN TOO, WE DO A, A REALLY GOOD JOB IN ESTIMATING OR OPERATING, AND I KNOW AARON, THROUGH FACILITIES AND OF EACH PROGRAM, ANTICIPATE OVER THE, OVER THE COMING YEAR, THE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BUILD IT, IT MAINTAINS THAT HIGH LEVEL EXPECTATION WE ALL HAVE.
ANY OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, UH, WE'LL OPEN UP TO THE RESIDENCE TO, UH, SAY A FEW COMMENTS.
SO WHO HAS SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS, BALE COMMENTS? UH, FIRST YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
I CAN REMEMBER 15 YEARS AGO WHEN THE SIP WAS DONE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM THREE AND ALL THE CONFERENCE WAS OVER AND THEY SAID, UH, LITTLE BOAT, OKAY.
AND SAY, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? IT WAS ALREADY DONE.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF, COUPLE OF REAL COMMENTS THOUGH.
UH, THE PERSON WHO WAS HERE THIS WEEK AND, AND, UH, KNOWS A LOT ABOUT MONEY THAT FLOWS THROUGH ALL UNITED STATES, AND THERE'S AN ORDINATE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING IN WASHINGTON UNDER A LOT OF PIPES.
UH, AND HE SAYS, THE MONEY IS VERY EASY TO GET.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE IT IS AND HOW TO GET IT.
ONE EXAMPLE IS MONEY IS POURING INTO DOTS.
DOTS ARE USING THEM TO MAKE ROADWAYS, UH, SO THAT CARS CAN GO FASTER AND, UH, QUICKER.
AND IT WAS INTENDED TO GO MAKE ROADS SAFER, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR THAT INTENTION.
ANY, ANY PROJECTS YOU HAVE THAT HAVE SAFETY RELATED TO IT, YOU CAN GET IT FROM S A D O T.
THEY MAY NOT LIKE YOU TO GIVE IT TO THEM, BUT THEY HAVE IT AND IT'S OUT THERE.
SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO DO THAT.
OKAY? THE, THE OTHER THING IS SPEED KILLS.
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR, IF SOMEBODY GETS HIT ON A BICYCLE OR, UH, WALKING ACROSS, THEY HAVE A 80% CHANCE OF LIVING AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE CHANCES OF LIVING IF YOU'RE WALKING A BIKING ACROSS THE STREET IS 20%.
WHY AREN'T PEOPLE GOING TO SCHOOL ON BIKES IN GUMTREE ROAD? WOULD YOU SEND YOUR KID TO SCHOOL ON GUMTREE ROAD ON A 40 MILE AN HOUR STREET WHERE EVERYBODY GOES MORE, GOTTA GET KIDS FROM THE NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITY TO SCHOOL ON BIKES AND WALKING.
OKAY, WE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF SPEED.
AND I'M SUGGESTING THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START.
GUMTREE WROTE, AND WE GOTTA DO IT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
PEOPLE ARE JUST DRIVING TOO FAST, COMPLETELY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, MR. HOLAND? NO.
ANYBODY ELSE? MR. HOLAND? A AGAIN, YOUR, UH, YOUR SERVICE IS REALLY APPRECIATED.
IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO JUST FIX THE, THE ILLEGAL, THE ILLEGAL PARTS? BECAUSE IT REALLY KIND OF REFLECTS BAD ON THE GOOD PARTS.
SO I THINK YOU NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A PROVEN FACT.
WE HAVE ILLEGAL STUFF GOING ON.
WE NEED TO DEFUND 11 POINT MILLION TO THE CHAMBER, PUT THIS TOWARDS PICKLEBALL,
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PUT IT TOWARDS BIKE PATHS, ACQUIRE LAND TO PROTECT TOURISM'S GENERATED FOR FREE BY TECHNOLOGY.I'VE TOLD YOU ALL THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
YOU'VE GOT TO ACCEPT THAT REALITY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, PLEASE LEARN WHAT LAW MADE IT LEGAL FOR YOU AS TAXPAYER'S PROXY TO USE TAXPAYER'S FUNDS TO FUND THE DREDGING AT HARBORTOWN.
WHAT LAW MADE THAT LEGAL FOR YOU TO DO THAT? TO USE OUR MONEY.
YOU'RE THE STEWARD OF OUR MONEY.
AND ANY, ANY LANDS IN PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITIES FOR THAT MATTER THAT THE PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, THAT THE HOAS ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR, YOU GOTTA GET THIS 600,000 BACK AND PUT THAT TOWARDS PICKLEBALL.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN'T USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE USE.
THIS, THAT'S NOT FOR THE BENEFIT AND REASON OF THE PUBLIC GOOD.
WHAT MAKES IT LEGAL TO HAND BILL MILES 11.5 MILLION IN TAX MONIES TO SPEND SECRETLY AND TO TELL YOU HE'S NOT GONNA SHOW IT TO YOU, AND THEN TAKE IT TO CANADA, GENERATE A $600,000 SALARY, A 2 MILLION HOUSE, A HOUSE IN CASH YEARS WORLD TRAVEL.
GOD KNOWS WHAT WE, BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN AS A CANNON.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW, WHAT HE HA HOW WHAT HE'S SPENDING IT ON.
THERE WILL BE TWO AGENCIES AT AGENCIES THAT WILL BID FOR THE DMO THIS YEAR.
I WANT Y'ALL TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
AND THEY'RE GONNA OFFER TO DO THE JOB FOR 500,000.
AND THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU TO SAVE 11 MILLION AND THEY'RE GONNA PROVE IT AND SHOW IT TO YOU.
AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT 11 MILLION AND PUT THAT TOWARDS PICKLEBALL AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT.
WHEN WILL A MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL, WELL, NEXT TO LAST, WHEN WILL A LIGHT BE INSTALLED AT WINDMILL HARBOR BEFORE A DEATH OCCURS? CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT? AND THEN LASTLY AGAIN, MR. PERRY, DO ME A FAVOR.
GET THE COUNTING FROM BILL MILES.
TELL HIM YOU'RE GONNA SUE HIM IF HE DOESN'T GIVE IT TO YOU, FRIEND OR NOT.
BUT WE CAN'T HAVE THAT THEFT CONTINUE, AND WE CAN'T HAVE YOU LIE ABOUT IT.
I'M BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY AND FORGIVE YOU FOR LYING, BUT YOU GOTTA COME TO GRIPS FOR THAT.
AND YOU GOTTA GET THAT MONEY FROM BILL MILES OR YOU GOTTA SUE HIM.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? I THINK YOU DO.
YOU OUGHT BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.
DO YOU WANNA PUT THAT DOCUMENT? YOU NEED THAT DOCUMENT.
YOU NEED TO GIVE THAT TO THE CLERK OF COURT AS THAT YOU NEED IT.
DO YOU WANT THIS DOCUMENT? IF YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT TO GIVE, YOU NEED TO GIVE TO CLERK OF COURT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT?
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SEEING NONE, MR. ORLANDO, AGAIN, UH, GREAT JOB.UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HAS, THOSE OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UM, AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BOTH.