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CLOSE CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY.
[Call to Order]
HILTON, HEAD ISLAND, GULLAH GEECHEE LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE MEETING.THIS IS MONDAY, JUNE THE FIFTH.
UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, UH, OUR APPEARING UP.
[FOIA Compliance]
HAVE ME SIMMONS? UH, UH, UH, OKAY.I WAS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE, BUT FOR YOU? YES, SIR.
[Roll Call]
CALL THE ROLL FOR ME NOW, PLEASE.I DID NOT HEAR FROM MS. GREEN.
UH, I HAD, UH, REACHED OUT TO HER.
SHE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
UH, MR. HANDS PRESENT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
[Approval of Agenda]
OKAY.UM, WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA, UH, AN AGENDA SET BEFORE US, AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA IF THERE ARE NO REVISIONS OR CHANGES.
MR. HENS HAS MOVED AND MR. SIMMONS HAS SECOND.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[Approval of Minutes]
OKAY.WE DO HAVE, UM, OUR MINUTES FROM THE MAY 1ST MEETING, UM, AND IF THERE'S NO OBSERVATIONS OR REVISIONS, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 1ST MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE ANY APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS? NO, SIR.
DID SEE THAT IN THE PORTAL, RECEIVED NO COMMENTS TO THE PORTAL.
YOU RECEIVED NO COMMENTS TO THE PORTAL.
[Appearance by Citizens]
UM, THERE'S ANYONE HERE PRESENT NOW THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, GREAT.UM, I WANT TO, TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PAUSE AND CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE, UH, THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR AUDIENCE, AND THEN ONE IN PARTICULAR, THOMAS BARNWELL JR.
WHO JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY.
SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AS WE SAY, IF I HAD KNOWN YOU WAS COMING, I WOULD'VE BAKED YOU A CAKE
SO I WILL GET YOU A CAKE LATER ON.
WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US HERE.
BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, MR. BROWN.
WELL, I, I KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, BUT, UH, YOU DON'T MIND US SHARING
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR THE RECOGNITION.
UH, AND THANK ALL OF YOU AS MEMBERS OF THIS FANTASTIC GROUP FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'M ONLY 88 GOING ON HUNDRED AND 19.
[Staff Report]
AND AT THIS[a. Home Safety and Repair Program Update]
TIME WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.FIRST ITEM IS THE HOME AND SAFETY, HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR PROGRAM.
UM, SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE, WE HAVE ONLY RECEIVED ONE NEW APPLICATION, UM, WITH THE 13 HOMES STILL UNDER CONTRACT.
UM, WE HIT A LITTLE SETBACK WITH THE PERMITTING
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PROCESS ON SOME OF THE HOMES, BUT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN HANDLING THIS SITUATION ACCORDINGLY, AND WE ARE NOW MOVING THROUGH AND ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS WILL BE IN NEXT MONDAY TO FINALLY PICK UP THE PERMITS.UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, NONE OF THE REPAIRS HAVE STARTED YET.
UM, AND AS SOON AS THOSE HAVE STARTED, THEN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS.
UM, THE PROGRAM IS ALSO SWITCHING POINT OF CONTACTS, UM, AND THAT WILL NO LONGER BE ME.
UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST TIME IN FRONT OF YOU FOR HOME SAFETY, BUT, UM, THE POINT OF CONTACT WILL BE CHRIS YATES, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.
UM, I'M WORKING ON SENDING OUT LETTERS TO OUR CURRENT APPLICANTS JUST TO INFORM THEM OF THE CHANGE AND WHO TO CONTACT MOVING FORWARD.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR, FOR NICK TO ANYONE? UH, SO APPLICANTS, THE, THE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL STILL COME TO THROUGH YOU, THAT BEING NO, THAT WILL BE THROUGH CHRIS YATES NOW, YES.
SO, UM, I WILL NO LONGER BE HANDLING ANY OF THE NEW APPLICATIONS COMING THROUGH.
I WILL BE HERE TO ASSIST CHRIS AND THE REST OF THE TEAM WITH AS WE TRANSITION THROUGH.
BUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD, IT WON'T BE THROUGH ME ANYMORE.
PARDON? CHRIS IS WITH THE BILL DEPARTMENT? YES, SIR.
UH, IS THERE A LIST, UH, CAN WE SEE THE LIST OF APPLICANTS OR IS THAT PRIVATE INFORMATION TO KNOW WHO WERE SELECTED FOR THE PROJECT OR, BECAUSE I DID HAVE A, UH, A PERSON THAT WAS INTERESTED AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THEY WERE ON THE LIST, SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO, I WILL HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT.
I DON'T WANNA SAY YES OR NO, BUT, OKAY.
IS THERE A PHONE NUMBER FOR CHRIS? YES, THERE IS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAD A, ANOTHER QUESTION, MS. WRIGHT, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, THE FUNDING.
YEAH, I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSS ON, UH, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE WERE ASKING IN REGARDS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE FUNDING WILL HAVE A ROLLOVER AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE GOING FORWARD.
THE MONEY HAS ROLLED OVER FROM 2021 TO NOW, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, NICK DAY.
I THINK I'M HERE NEXT AS WELL, THOUGH.
[b. Sewer Connection Program Update]
AS WELL.WE HAVE, UM, NOT HAD ANY NEW APPLICATIONS SINCE MARCH 23RD.
I HAVE GOTTEN A FEW INQUIRIES, BUT APPLICATIONS FROM DEEP WELL YET HIT ON THAT.
MR. HANS, UM, I, THIS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M, THAT I SUSPECT YOU'D BE ABLE TO ANSWER, BUT WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE OR SOMEONE FOUND, WANTED TO MAKE SEWER HOOKUPS MANDATORY, UH, IF WE FOUND A FUNDING SOURCE? I WONDER IF, IF TAKE THAT INVENTORY ON, ANSWER THAT AT THE MOMENT, BUT THANK YOU.
WE COULD DEFINITELY HAVE SOME HELP HERE.
MY NAME'S BRIAN AND I'M THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD.
IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, ONE THAT OFTEN COMES UP.
UM, A FEW YEARS AGO IN 2017 AND 18, THE TOWN DID EXTEND A LOT OF THE SEWER MAINS THROUGHOUT AREAS OF, OF THE TOWN THAT WERE NOT, DID NOT HAVE SEWER, UH, POSSIBILITIES OF CONNECTION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE CANNOT FORCE ANYONE TO CONNECT TO THE MAIN, IF THEY HAVE AN OPERABLE SYSTEM IN PLACE, THEY HAVE THE SEPTIC TANK THAT'S FUNCTIONAL SEPTIC TANK THAT'S WORKING A SEPTIC FIELD THAT'S ALSO WORKING.
WE DO HIGHLY ENCOURAGE IT BECAUSE OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT CONNECTING, BUT THAT'S UPON FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM.
DHEC WILL, THE STATE WILL THEN SAY, YOU CAN NO LONGER ADD A SECOND SEPTIC FIELD OR A SECOND, UM, SEPTIC TANK TO YOUR SITE.
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SEWER IF IT'S AVAILABLE AT YOUR LOCATION.SO THAT'S TRADITIONALLY HOW THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S FORCED UPON ANYONE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, WE MAKE AVAILABLE.
AND WHEN, IF AND WHEN THEIR SYSTEM DOES FAIL, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD CONNECT.
SO AT LEAST WE'VE STOPPED ADDING ADDITIONAL SEPTIC SYSTEMS. CORRECT? CORRECT.
THE PROJECT CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
IN 2017, WE EXTENDED MOST OF WHAT WAS, UH, HAD ZERO, UH, SEWER CONNECTIONS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
WE DID EXTEND THE MAINS AND THEN THEY JUST, THEY CONNECT THEIR SERVICE TO THE MAINS.
AND THEN THAT'S PART OF THE, THE PROGRAM THAT T WAS SPEAKING TO WHERE WE ASSIST FINANCIALLY THEIR CONNECTION FROM THEIR HOUSE TO THE MAINS THAT WE INSTALLED 2017, 2018.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, UM, THE SPANISH WELLS COMMUNITY AND THE VERY END OF SPANISH WELLS, THEY, THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY IS ON INDIVIDUAL SEPTIC SYSTEMS. ALRIGHT.
PARTIALLY, BUT THE, WE DID EXTEND AS PART OF THAT LARGE PORTION OF UP, UP TO, HE'S TALKING ABOUT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SPANISH WELLS? NO, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE THE THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY BEFORE YOU GET TO SPANISH WELLS.
WE DID EXTEND, UH, SEWER THERE IN 2017 AND 18 AS WELL, THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO WHERE THEIR, THEIR ROAD WAS, THEIR DRIVEWAY WAS.
SOME CASES WE WENT UP THE DRIVEWAY IF WE HAD AN EASEMENT TO DO SO.
BUT THERE, I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF AREAS ON OFFICE SPANISH WELL, WHERE NEITHER THE TOWN NOR HILTON HAD PSD WAS ABLE TO SECURE AN EASEMENT.
SO, SO THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED SPOTS THAT, BUT THE MAJORITY, THE MAIN'S NOT THERE, BUT THE MAJORITY IS YES, SIR.
SO AS, AS A, AS A COMMUNITY THAT THEY, THAT COMMUNITY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANNA DO THE SLOW HOOKUP, IS THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE NOT FORCED ANYONE INTO IT, BUT WE'VE MADE IT AVAILABLE ON THE ROADWAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THAT IF AND WHEN THE TIME COMES AT THEIR SYSTEM, THEIR COMMUNITY SYSTEM DOES FAIL, THEY CAN DIRECTLY CONNECT TO THE MAINS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THEIR YES, SIR.
ON THEIR TAX BILL, THEY STILL ARE PAYING FOR SEWER, AM I CORRECT? NO.
IF THERE'S A HOOKUP THERE, ARE THEY STILL PAYING FOR THE SEWER HOOKUP ON THE TAXES? THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR TAX BILL.
I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
IT WAS LIKE, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO HAVE A SEWER CONNECTION, YOU'RE NOT CONNECTED TO SEWER THAT YOU STILL PAY FOR SEWER IN YOUR TAXES.
I MAY THEY, THAT THAT WAS ON TAX BILL FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, FOUGHT AGAINST AND I BELIEVE MAYBE AS RECENTLY AS TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO, IT WAS REMOVED.
SO IT WAS, THEY WERE REFERRING TO IT AS, UH, AS A SEWER ACCESSIBILITY FEE AND IT WAS ON YOUR TAXES, BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE FOUGHT AGAINST IT AND IT IT WAS REMOVED.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN JUST A RECENT REMOVAL, BUT IT WAS REMOVED.
I'D LIKE TO GET A RESPONSE BACK TO YOU IN WRITING.
SO COULD WE MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THAT FOR AND GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO HIM? THANK YOU MR. CAMPBELL.
QUESTION OF CLARITY, ANY TIME, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, UH, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, ANY PRIVATE GU COMMUNITIES WHO WAS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THE RESIDENTS, OTHERWISE? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I MEAN, I, I'VE WATCHED IT GO IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND, UM, AS A PART OF THAT EFFORT IN, UM, 2020 17.
AND I THINK IT COVERED ALL OF THE YET ENCUMBERED AREAS THAT DID NOT HAVE SEWER AVAILABLE TO THEM AT THAT TIME.
SO, UM, AND AS NEW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS OR AS EXPANSIONS HAPPEN, WE DO REQUEST THAT THEY EXTEND AND PROVIDE SEWER.
UM, WE'VE HAD, WE'LL SERVE LETTERS FROM THE PSD THROUGHOUT THE HISTORIC, UM, DISTRICTS HERE ON THAT ISLAND.
SO I THINK WE'RE PRETTY WELL COVERED.
I CAN, I CAN PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT ON THAT FROM P PHD'S POSITION IS THAT THEY ARE 96% COMPLETE, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE WITH POTENTIAL SHORE CONNECTIONS, ONLY 4% OF THE, I WOULD SAY, NON GATED COMMUNITIES, UM, IT MAY STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HOOK UP TO THE SHORE.
I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT, AND, AND I THINK YOU'VE HIT UPON SOME OF THE, THE MORE DIFFICULT CHALLENGING AREAS THERE ON SPANISH WELLS.
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NEIGHBORHOODS DOWN THERE THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, DID NOT TAKE US UP ON THE OFFER FOR SEWER MAIN BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO GIVE EASEMENT RIGHTS TO THE P S D.THAT, UH, CONCLUDES YOUR REPORT ON THE SEWER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU NICK.
[c. Historic Neighborhood Permitting & Design Studio Report]
OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO.SO MUCH LIKE THE, UM, HOME SAFETY REPAIR AND SEWER CONNECT FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO, OR EVEN JUST DURING THIS KIND OF THE SPRING SEASON HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER ACTIVITY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BUT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOW FOR US TOO.
SO, UM, SINCE THE MAY MEETING, WE'VE HAD ONE NEW REQUEST IN THE DESIGN STUDIO AND, UM, IT WAS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD REQUEST.
WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT ONE, UM, PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY.
SO, UM, BUT THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CONSIDER ACTIVE PROJECTS, FOLKS THAT WE'RE WAITING TO, UM, HEAR BACK FROM, UM, WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO GET A NEW SURVEY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ALREADY BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO WE HAVE, WE KEEP THOSE PROJECTS ACTIVE UNTIL WE RECEIVE, UM, AN APPLICATION OR UNTIL, UM, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATED WITH THE APPLICANT TO CLOSE THAT OUT.
SO WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL OPEN AND ACTIVE FOR BUSINESS, UM, BUT HAVEN'T HAD MANY, UM, REQUESTS THIS MONTH.
AND, UM, IN THE AUGUST MEETING, I PLAN TO PROVIDE, UM, A CASE STUDY, SOME CASE STUDY INFORMATION ON THE ONES THAT WE HAVE HAD SO FAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, AND, AND CAN JUST KIND OF DO A, A DEEP DIVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT INTO THE PROGRAM AS WELL, JUST TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE AND, UM, GET ANY FEEDBACK OR ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT, UM, WANNA HAVE.
I HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA, UM, PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR AUGUST.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR HOME FOR THE, UM, I'M SORRY, I'M ALWAYS HAVING THINKING ABOUT HOME SAFETY FOR THE, UM, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO.
SO YOU WOULD FILL OUT AN APPLICATION WITH THE TOWN, UM, AND THE FIRST THING I'D ASK YOU FOR IS WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? UM, WE DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE THE, AN ADDRESS REQUEST FORM FROM THE TOWN.
SO HAVING WORKED CLOSELY WITH SANA OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, WE'VE FOUND SOME DEFICIENCIES IN OUR APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO BRING SOME OF THE PACKET TOGETHER WE'RE THINKING OF, OF IMPLEMENTING, UM, TOWN WIDE TO YOU ALL SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
MAYBE ALSO I VALUE YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE'VE TRIED THIS TO LAY IT OUT IN A STEP BY 1, 2, 3, 4 FORMAT.
INSTEAD OF SAYING, WELL, HERE'S THREE APPLICATIONS, YOU NEED TO FILL ALL THREE OUT, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHICH ONES YOU NEED YET, BUT YOU PROBABLY NEED THE FIRST TWO.
WE'VE TRIED TO BUTTON THAT UP IN A REALLY, UH, MORE PRODUCTIVE MANNER.
UM, KRISHAN HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THAT AS WELL.
SORT, IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EXCITING IN THE COMING MONTHS TO, TO, UH, BRING FORTH TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT BEFORE IT GOES THERE, UM, IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE SO WILLING, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL BEFORE THAT GOES PUBLIC.
BE COULD, COULD I ASK A QUESTION? YES.
YOU, YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS, RIGHT? YES.
ARE WE AT A POINT WHERE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN REGARDLESS OF THE PERMIT CAN BE DONE HERE ON HILTON HEAD? OR DO WE STILL HAVE TO GO BETWEEN HERE AND BEAUFORT BECAUSE IT'S PROPERTY, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO BETWEEN HERE AND BEAUFORT, BUT WE'VE FOUND SOME PROCESSES THAT STREAMLINE AND HELP REDUCE THAT TIME LAG.
SO WE WERE, WAIT, WE HAD A HAULED HARD HOLD ON WHEN THINGS COULD MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE WERE AWAITING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BACK FROM BEAUFORD COUNTY FOR THE, FOR THE MOBILE HOME, UH, THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THE PROCESSES SO THAT THE APPLICANT REALLY DOESN'T FEEL THAT WEIGHT NEARLY LIKE THEY DID IN THE PAST.
SO WE THINK THAT, THAT WE'VE MADE SOME WINS AND SOME ACHIEVEMENTS ON PAPER, UH, A FEW IN THE FIELD, BUT REALLY ON PAPER WE THINK WE'VE IMPROVED THAT, UM, PROCESS BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE TO GO THERE BECAUSE IT'S, UM, BUFORD COUNTY STATE REALLY MANDATE.
AND THE REASON WHY, THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT IS BECAUSE WE, WE PROMOTED THIS PROGRAM AS A ONE STOP SHOP.
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WE ARE GOING TO BE TREATED THAT PROMOTION, I THINK, WELL THE, THE FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION IS TRULY A ONE STOP SHOP.BUT WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO ACTUALLY PLACE THE MANUFACTURED HOME ON THE SITE, IT STILL REQUIRES, UH, SIGN OFF FROM BEAUFORD COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED, UM, NOT PROPERTY, IT'S CONSIDERED, UM, THEY HAVE TO TAG IT.
THERE'S CERTAIN TAGS THAT HAVE TO BE ON, UH, THE FACILITIES THAT, THAT DON'T NORMALLY HAVE TO, SO ONLY BEAUFORT COUNTY CAN GENERATE THAT.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO OPENED UP THE LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH BEAUFORD COUNTY IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, DO WITH MY SMILE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENT, THERE'S A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR ARE NOW PUSHING THIS AND ADVANCING THIS ISSUE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, I, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BEAT A BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT I, I'VE HEARD SENTIMENTS FROM PERSONS THAT WERE ENGAGED WITH BEFOR COUNTY THAT SAID THAT THEY WISHED THAT HILTON HEAD WAS JUST TAKE THIS AND JUST, AND JUST HANDLE IT BECAUSE THEY COULD, THEY HAD THE POTENTIAL TO DO IT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT'S MISSING IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, DIALOGUE.
BUT I I I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE, UM, MENTION THAT BE COUNTY HAD HAD EXPRESSED THAT BECAUSE OF THE, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE, THEY STILL DO HAVE TO GO TO BEAUFORT COUNTY TO GET THEIR TAG IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO ON THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
YEAH, I HAD ONE QUESTION, BRIAN.
SO THERE IS JUST ONE PERMIT, RIGHT? FOR EVERYONE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
IF, IF IT'S JUST ONE MANUFACTURED HOME ON ONE LOT, THEN THERE'S NOT A SECOND APPLICATION THAT'S NEEDED.
SO IF YOU WANT TO DO MORE THAN ONE MANUFACTURED HOME ON ONE LOT, THEN YOU, THERE'S TWO APPLICATIONS, BUT TYPICALLY THERE'S ALWAYS TWO APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE HOME PLACEMENT.
SO, BUT PERMITTING PERIOD, THERE'S ONLY ONE APPLICATION FORM FOR EVERYONE, MA.
AND I ASKED THAT ONLY BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO REVIEW THE PROCESS OF THE PERMITTING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO REVIEW AS WELL AS JUST THE TASK FORCE OR IF THEY'RE, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE TASK FORCE OR, WELL, WE'RE GETTING READY TO UN UNVEIL IT, AS IT WERE.
SO AS IT BECOMES A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, I WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO SEE, AND EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON IT.
I WANNA REACH OUT TO THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING THE MANUFACTURED HOMES TO THE ISLANDS.
THEY MAY HAVE A, A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE STOPPING.
AND IT'S, IT'S EVOLVING SYSTEM.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO STAY STAGNANT.
LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT THE APPLICANTS WANT AND WHAT TO LISTEN TO, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
SO A YEAR FROM NOW IT'LL LOOK DIFFERENT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR VOICES.
I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE, UH, THE PORTION OF THE PERMITTING THAT'S INVOLVED WITH MOBILE HOMES.
MAINLY THE TAX FOR TAX PURPOSES AND HOW MOBILE HOMES ARE TAXES WISE, STILL WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY IS THE BASIS FOR OUR TAXES.
THEY ARE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S, IF IT WAS A, ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MOBILE HOME, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO, UH, TO BUTTE.
BUT SINCE MOBILE HOMES ARE TAXED DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL OR OTHERWISE, NOT SO MUCH AS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IS TAX TAXED, IT IS MOB, MOB MOBILE.
SO THEREFORE WHERE BEAUFORT HAS TO PLAY A ROLE INTO THE, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS, UNLESS THE TOWN IS GONNA START SOME TAXATION, WHICH WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE OF
BUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND HOW, HOW THAT'S DONE, I THINK WE'RE IMPROVING THAT PROCESS.
AND THAT WAS GONNA BE A PART OF MY QUESTION TOO.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, MOBILE HOMES, THAT'S THE ONLY SITUATION THAT WE HAVE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO BUFORD.
COULD I JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION ON, ON IN LIGHT OF WHAT WAS JUST MENTIONED.
NOW THE COUNTY CAN REGULATE THE TAX, RIGHT? COUNTING THE COUNTY REGULATES THE TAX THEY DO, YES, SIR.
BUT HILTON A COULDN'T JUST COLLECT THE TAX AND THEN SEND THE CANDIDATE A PORTION THAT I KNOW, I KNOW NOW, IN THE PAST IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE THE COUNTY WAS TAKING MONEY AND JUST SENDING LIKE IMPACT FEE, FOR INSTANCE.
I BELIEVE THEY WOULD TAKE THE MONEY AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, OR EITHER, EITHER THE TOWN WOULD TAKE IT OR THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE IT AND THE OTHER PERSON, THE OTHER ENTITY WOULD JUST SEND IT OVER TO WHOEVER.
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SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY REGULATED AN ATTACK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US COLLECTING IT AND SENDING THE BEAUTIFUL, HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT? IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.JUST A QUESTION I THROW OUT THERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN NECESSARILY JUST DO.
THAT'S, IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD, CUZ THE COUNTY HAS TO ASSESS THE, MAKE THE ASSESSMENT OF THE, OF THE TAXES.
SO UNLESS IT WAS A WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE THE ASSESSMENT WITHOUT GETTING THE PERMIT BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ASSESS IT WITHOUT HAVING RECEIVED THAT PERMIT.
AND THEN ONCE THEY ASSESS IT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAD TO JUST SIMPLY COLLECT THE TAX.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A TOWN TAX, IT'S A COUNTY TAX.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MADE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT THEY COULDN'T, THAT, THAT COULDN'T BE DONE DIGITALLY.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY NEVER CAME AND, AND LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY THAT MY SON JUST SET UP.
THEY GOT THE DATE, THEY GOT THE MODEL, AND THEY TOLD ON WHAT THE TAX WAS GONNA BE GUESSING THAT THE, THAT THE, THE TOWN THEN COLLECT THAT TAX AND SEND BACK.
IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT A ONE TIME SHOP.
SOUNDS LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE A ANOTHER STEP THOUGH.
SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER STEP TO ME TOO AS FAR AS, UH, CREATE ANOTHER, ANOTHER STEP, CHANGE THE POLICY THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN DONE.
I ALSO JUST WANNA NOTE THAT THE, THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO IS ONE-STOP SHOP FOR INQUIRIES.
SO TECHNICALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DESIGN STUDIO, YOU, YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION YET.
IT'S A PLACE FOR US TO HELP PEOPLE FILL OUT THEIR APPLICATIONS, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET DONE THE MOBILE HOME PLACEMENT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE ALSO OFFER HELP WITH, UM, BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
SO IT'S A PLACE, SO IN CASE FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO IN THE TOWN AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, RUN AROUND AND, AND COME TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE REVENUE OFFICE AND THEN TO THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THEN TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S A PLACE TO KIND OF BRING FOLKS TOGETHER.
SO IT'S, AND WHAT WE SEE A LOT OF THE TIMES IN THE DESIGN STUDIO, UM, SETTING IS MOBILE HOME PLACEMENT.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE ITEM THAT COMES OUT OF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FOR US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY IS THE MOBILE HOME PLACEMENT PROCESS.
SO THAT PROCESS IN AND OF ITSELF IS SEPARATE FROM THE DESIGN STUDIO, BUT THE DESIGN STUDIO IS MEANT TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, STREAMLINE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WITHIN THE TOWN THAT ARE, UM, INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE ONE STOP SHOP, UH, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATION COMES FROM IS THE ACTUAL PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO CAN HANDLE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, RUN AROUND THE TOWN ASKING, HEY, DO YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL FOR THIS? HEY, DO YOU KNOW? AND THEY CAN JUST COME TO THE DESIGN STUDIO AND WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE MOBILE HOME PLACEMENT, UM, UM, LIKE CHECKLISTS AND, AND STEPS AND APPLICATIONS AND SUCH, WE CAN, UM, PUT THAT AS A PART OF DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR AN UPCOMING MEETING.
AND THEN THAT WAY IT WILL BE PUBLIC, BUT IT WILL BE DRAFT AND THEN WE CAN DO SOME FEEDBACK AND REVIEW ON THAT.
UM, AND THAT CAN, THE, THE PUBLIC WILL BE PRIVY TO THAT AND THEN WE CAN GET YOUR EXPLICIT FEEDBACK AS WELL, UM, ON THAT.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
AND BRIAN AND AND OUR TEAM HAVE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER A, A WHOLE PACKET, UM, TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, STREAMLINED AND CLEAR.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT BEFORE THE TASK FORCE AND GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT BEFORE WE PUBLISH IT.
AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, THE DESIGN STUDIO IS ONE STOP SHOP IN TERMS OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.
AND THEN WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE DO PROVIDE SOME OTHER SERVICES LIKE THE, UM, SITE PLANNING FOR WHERE TO PLACE YOUR MOBILE HOME OR ANY OTHER HOME OR BUSINESS, UM, OR PARKING, UM, AT YOUR CURRENT HOME OR HELPING WITH LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, IDEAS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE OUR, OUR DESIGN, UM, PROFESSIONAL ON, ON STAFF THAT HELPS PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A, EXCUSE ME, A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TOO, BUT IT'S, UM, ANY, ANY OF THE APPLICATIONS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PERMITS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT FOLKS WANT TO PURSUE, THEY CAN COME TO THE DESIGN STUDIO TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, UM, OUR TEAM CAN HELP TO JUST PUT THEM RIGHT IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE OR EVEN GATHER THE MATERIALS FOR THEM, UM, AND JUST PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT.
UM, OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS OUR TOWN OPEN
[d. Town Open Positions Update]
POSITIONS UPDATE.ARE YOU DOING THAT AS WELL? KRISHAN? YES, SIR.
UM, SO WE HADN'T HAD ANY UPDATES.
I THINK THE LAST MO LAST MEETING OR THE, MAYBE THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, WE HADN'T REALLY HAD MUCH TO UPDATE, SO WE DIDN'T PROVIDE A SEPARATE ITEM FOR IT, BUT WE HAVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON NOW.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE JUST SOME, UM, SPECIFIC DETAILS
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ON THAT.SO WE ARE STILL, UM, HIRING FOR OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER AND NOW, UM, A, A POSITION THE TOWN ARCHITECT, THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, REPOSTED AND, AND A LITTLE BIT REPOSITIONED TO, TO HELP WITH THE RECRUITING EFFORTS ON THAT.
UM, AND THOSE REMAIN SOME OF OUR PRIORITY POSITIONS TO FILL.
UM, WE'VE RECENTLY FILLED SEVERAL KEY POSITIONS, UH, OR A COUPLE KEY POSITIONS, UM, IN OUR DEPARTMENT, IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, A HANDFUL OF VACANCIES AND SO WE HAVE OUR NEW SENIOR PLANNER OVER ENVIRONMENTAL.
UM, ALEX PINKNEY HAS BEEN HIRED AND STARTED LAST WEEK.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, UM, A NEW PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, DOING ADVANCED PLANNING AND ANALYSIS RESEARCH RELATED TO THE L M O AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN, HELPING TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL HANDS, UM, ON ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
SO, UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE FILLED SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS AND HELP TO YEAH, UM, LEVEL OUT THE WORKLOAD FOR EVERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE EXPECTING A CANDIDATE TO START IN A COUPLE WEEKS FOR THE COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER, UM, WHICH IS THE ROLE DIRECTLY ABOVE MINE, WHO I MIGHT, I WOULD REPORT TO.
SO WE WILL BE SURE TO, UM, PROVIDE A FORMAL INTRODUCTION TO THAT PERSON WHENEVER THEY DO START.
THEY'RE DUE TO START IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, SO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE OUR CULTURAL AFFAIRS INTERNSHIP.
IT USUALLY HAPPENS ANNUALLY, AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY OPEN.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING FOR, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO, UM, LIKE THE TYPE OF WORK THAT NATALIE HARVEY DOES IN OUR OFFICE OF, UM, CULTURAL AFFAIRS, UM, SUPPORTING HER WITH THAT ARTS, UM, GULLAH GEECHEE EVENTS, UM, MUSEUMS, ALL THAT JAZZ, UM, THEY'LL BE HELPING OUT WITH THAT.
AND THEN I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2023 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL AS TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING.
UM, JUST WANNA READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO IT'S, UM, GOING TO OFFER A UNIQUE, UH, PROGRAM THAT SPANS ALL SEASONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND A SUMMER OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AS AN INTERN.
UH, THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE TOWN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND FIRE RESCUE.
IT IS A PAID INTERNSHIP AND IT OFFERS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE ASSISTING WITH PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON VARIOUS PROJECTS RELATED TO TOWN OPERATIONS AND FIRE RESCUE SERVICES AND LEARNING ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
UM, APPLICANTS MUST BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL OR AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY AND HAVE AN INTEREST IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, EMERGENCY SERVICES OR RELATED FIELD.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND HOPING THAT, UM, WE GET SOME GREAT APPLICANTS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE TOWN OPEN POSITIONS UPDATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, JUST ONE COMMENT.
UM, I SPOKE WITH MR. CAMPBELL WHO, UH, WAS INVITED SOME YOUNG MEN TO BE WITH US, SO WE WANNA SAY WELCOME THEM.
I'LL LOOK BACK AND SEE SOME YOUNGER FACES, UH, IN OUR MEETINGS AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'LL HAVE AN INTEREST.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HEARD ALL OF THAT INFORMATION OR NOT, BUT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIPS OR ENCOURAGE, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU YOUNG MEN TO MAYBE LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU, UH, ESPECIALLY OVER OF THE SUMMER.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, I'M SURE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, UH, GROOMING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, SO ABSOLUTELY, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM TOO.
I KNOW WE TALKED REALLY EXCITED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
AND UM, IF ANYONE WANTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THOSE POSITIONS CLOSING, UM, APPLICATION DATES AND, UM, THE ACTUAL APPLICATION, YOU CAN VISIT THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AND IT IS LINKED ON THE PACKET SO YOU CAN FIND IT THERE.
THAT WOULD BE MY NEXT QUESTION NOW THAT WHAT YOU JUST SHARED WITH US IS THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, IT FELT VERY GOOD.
HENCE, AND KRISHAN, I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE A, A ROBUST, UH, OUTREACH IN TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.
UM, BUT HUMAN RESOURCES IS DOING ALL THE RECRUITING, UM, FOR THE POSITION, UM, FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
AND I HAVE ALSO, UM, SENT THAT, SENT IT OUT TO A NUMBER OF GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AN ACTIVE OUTREACH AS OPPOSED TO JUST POSTING AND WRITING RIGHT.
I DEFINITELY THINK THAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR IS DOING THAT AND I'VE, AND I'M, I'VE ALSO JUST PERSONALLY BEEN DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT, UM, THING TO ME.
SO HAVE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, THAT EXIST THROUGH OUR CHAMBER TRIAL POSTING THOSE? UM, YES.
IF, IF SOMEONE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO ME, UM, HELP GET THAT WORD OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DID, I HAD, UM, I HEARD YOU WHEN YOU WERE READING,
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BUT DID, YOU SAID IT WAS PAID AS WELL? IT IS.OH, IT'S A STIPEND FOR THEM FOR THE ENTIRE TIME.
AND HOW LONG IS THE PROGRAM? SO FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, IT CAN BE ANY YEAR ROUND.
AND FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IT'S JUST FOR THE SUMMER.
AND SO, UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE OF HOW THE, UM, PAY CYCLE WORKS IF THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING A STIPEND OR IF THEY'RE GETTING A WEEKLY PAYCHECK, BUT IT IS PAID STILL
SO WE CAN CLARIFY THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND SHE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSITION.
I DON'T THINK THE PAY IS, THE PAY IS NOT POSTED FOR THE INTERNSHIP FOR MOST OF OUR OTHER POSITIONS, THE PAY IS POSTED, BUT FOR THE INTERNSHIP I DIDN'T SEE IT.
SO, SO, AND I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO BE IN A ACCREDITED SCHOOL OR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS TRANSITIONING, JUST GRADUATED, GETTING READY TO GO TO COLLEGE, THEY ARE QUALIFIED AS WELL? I BELIEVE SO.
I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT IT IS, I THINK AS LONG AS THEY'RE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE TO START IN THE FALL, THEY SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
WELL, NOW THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING POINT AS WELL THOUGH.
I MEAN, STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMESCHOOLED NOT BE, IF THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
I DON'T HOMESCHOOLED, RIGHT? THEY CAN BE HOMESCHOOLED AND BE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AND BE ELIGIBLE.
BUT IF THEY'RE A COLLEGE STUDENT AND THEY'RE MAYBE DOING AN ONLINE PROGRAM OR IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, I'M PROBABLY REFERRING MORE TO, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOLKS WHO CAN'T DO HOMESCHOOL AND THEY'RE NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL.
UM, SO THE, FOR THE DESIGNATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS, UM, BE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND THEN FOR COLLEGE IT'S IN ENROLLED IN AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY.
BUT IF YOU'RE HOMESCHOOLED, THEN YOU USUALLY ARE ATTACHED AT LEAST TO A SCHOOL OR A PROGRAM LIKE A, AN ACCREDITED PROGRAM THROUGH LIKE THE COUNTY, UM, THROUGH THE DISTRICT.
SO THEY WOULD STILL QUALIFY QUESTIONS.
[e. General Staff Updates]
THANK OKAY.GENERAL STAFF UPDATES, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S YOU AS WELL, CHRISTIAN.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT, SO I MIGHT TALK THROUGH THIS PRETTY FAST, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP ME OR ASK.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA NOTE, UM, THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE ROOM, IF YOU
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT ACTUALLY WILL SHOW WHAT'S ON THE BIG SCREEN ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO, UM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, CONTROLS
UM, SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH HERE SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT ON THERE.
SO IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW IF YOU, UM, STILL PREFER TO HAVE A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE AGENDA, UM, GIVEN THAT THESE NEW SCREENS ARE HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, AND THEN MY GENERAL STAFF UPDATE, UM, SECTION HERE IS JUST TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, MORE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN, UM, THIS POSITION AND THE TASK FORCE AND JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, ACTIVITIES AND, UM, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO SOME OF THOSE, UM, SPECIFIC REPORT, UH, UH, STAFF REPORT ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, RECURRING.
SO I, I CALL THIS MY LIGHTNING ROUND.
THIS IS WHAT I CALL IT WHEN I'M PREPARING FOR THE MEETING.
SO THIS IS MY LIGHTNING ROUND.
UM, STICK WITH ME AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION HERE.
UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE JULY MEETING IS CURRENTLY CANCELED.
UM, SO WE WILL TAKE OUR SUMMER BREAK THEN AND PICK BACK UP IN AUGUST.
UM, I KNOW MS. JOYCE WRIGHT HAS SOME FLYERS FOR JUNETEENTH, UM, WITH HISTORIC VILLE FREEDOM PARK.
UM, WE, THE TOWN AND ESPECIALLY, UH, MY POSITION WILL BE OUT AT THE JUNETEENTH UM, FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE AND HAVE OUR TABLE OUT THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE GOING ON THE GULLAH MOBILE TOUR ON JUNE 7TH AS A PART OF THEIR BOARD TRAINING.
SO AS YOU KNOW, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE REQUIRED TRAINING HOURS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND SO, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE GAINING SOME OF THOSE HOURS BY GOING ON A MOBILE TOUR.
UM, YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
IT'S ALSO, UM, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND.
UM, I THINK IT'S AT 1:00 PM BUT I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THE TIME.
TWO O'CLOCK? YES, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
AND, UM, IN CASE YOU ALL WERE NOT, UM, TUNED INTO THE MAY 16TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, UM, BOTH CHAIRMAN STEVENS AND I GAVE OUR GU GEECHEE WORK PLAN AND TASKFORCE UPDATES, UM, TO TOWN COUNCIL, AND THAT WAS RECEIVED WELL.
UM, IT WAS A GENERAL UPDATE MUCH, IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE SHARED BEFORE YOU IN THE APRIL MEETING
AND SO WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, FULL COMPREHENSIVE, UM, UPDATES ON NOT ONLY THE TOP 16, BUT THE FULL, UM, REPORT COMING FOR COMING TO YOU IN AUGUST.
SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
UM, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A NUMBER OF TIMES DOING INDIVIDUAL, UM, INTRODUCTIONS, STILL INTRODUCING MYSELF TO THE COMMUNITY AND STILL BEING, JUST SHOWING UP TO VARIOUS EVENTS AND, AND STILL LEARNING AND EVERYTHING.
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UM, THOUGHT YOU'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.UM, I, I RECENTLY WENT TO MR. BARNWELLS TABBY RUINS AND, AND LOOK AND, AND WAS ABLE TO DO A PRESENTATION OR HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM THE TEAM THAT DID THE RE UM, RESTRUCTURING OR RECONSTRUCTION OR RESTORATION, SORRY, UM, OF THAT BUILDING AND, UM, SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THAT SPACE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY, UH, GREAT TO HEAR.
AND, UM, MEETING WITH FOLKS FROM OTHER NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITIES, LIKE THE CIRCLES PROGRAM AT DEEP WELL, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT, IT'S, UM, A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A WAY OUT OF POVERTY FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM TO THE TASK FORCE MEETING AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE REACHING AND, UM, AND JUST CONTINUE TO SHARE RESOURCES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT, I CAN PLAN FOR THAT LATER THIS YEAR, MAYBE IN OCTOBER OR SO FOR THE CIRCLES, UM, DIRECTOR TO COME IN AND, AND GIVE A PRESENTATION TO SHARE.
UM, THEY, THEY ARE SERVING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A, A GOOD TIME TO SHARE.
YOU CAN LET ME KNOW ABOUT THAT AS WE'RE PLANNING.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE A FLYER IN YOUR, UM, PACKET UP THERE FOR THE JUNE 10TH, UM, FORESTRY WORKSHOP THAT LUANA GRAVE SELLERS OF THE LOW COUNTRY GULLAH FOUNDATION, THE CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY PRESERVATION IN THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ARE PUTTING ON FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, SHOWING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE AND FORESTRY OPTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME MORE OF THOSE FLYERS AT THE FRONT, UM, AT THE, ON THE TABLE IF YOU WANNA TAKE ANY WITH YOU ON YOUR WAY OUT.
I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD, UM, OF THAT OPTION.
THAT PARK THAT'S IN OUR, UM, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAM.
IT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND IS, UM, READY TO BE IN PLANNING AND DESIGN STAGE.
AND THEY ARE PLANNING A COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, TO GET THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT THAT'S DIRECTLY, UM, AFFECTED BY THAT PARK AND WHAT TYPE OF AMENITIES AND HOW THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THAT PARK LAID OUT.
UM, THAT WILL BE, UH, THE PROPOSED DATE RIGHT NOW IS JUNE 27TH AT 6:00 PM AT ROWING AND SAILING.
SO, UM, MEMBERS OF THE SQUIRE POPE, UM, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD CAN COME OUT AND, UM, SHARE THEIR IDEAS AND, UM, THEIR CONCERNS OR NEEDS AROUND THAT PARK.
IT'LL BE ON, UM, THE ADDRESSES.
UM, I THINK IT'S OLD WILD HORSE ROAD AND WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, I CAN, YOU KNOW, SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WHEN IT COMES, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT, UM, AS IT IS STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, A COMMENT THAT I'M HEARING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, WE NEED MORE PARKS IN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, UH, MR. CAMPBELL, YOU CAN PROBABLY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US, NOT NECESSARILY THE EXACT ADDRESS, BUT IT WAS PHYSICAL LOCATION.
YEAH, IT'S, UH, WELL IF YOU COME OFF OF GUMTREE ROAD, IT'S PAST JOHNSON GREENY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
DOESN'T QUITE HAVE AN ADDRESS YET.
SO WE, UM, ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO ATTEND THAT AND WE'LL SHARE MORE INFORMATION WHEN THE MEET THE MEETING.
IS, UM, EXERCISE OF THE PARK OR ANYTHING, OR IS THAT MENTIONED OR, UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU OR IT'LL BE AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING.
UM, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE COMING IN, WE'LL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE SPACE LOOKS LIKE, UM, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE SIZE AND, AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMENITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM.
AND IT WILL BE AT ROWING, THE MEETING WILL BE AT ROWING AND SAILING, SO WE CAN GIVE SOME DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO SEE WHERE THE ACTUAL, UM, SPACE IS.
AND THEN JUST MY LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO, UM, JUST BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THAT WE HAD THE FIRST HISTORICAL MEETING OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, LAST MONTH AND YEAH, WHAT MONTH IS IT'S JUNE.
AND IT WAS JUST AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
UM, NEW MEMBERS, NEW BOARD MEMBERS WERE SWORN IN.
UM, THERE WAS A FANTASTIC HISTORIC PRESENTATION, I'M SORRY, HISTORIC PRESENT PRESENTATION, UM, DELIVERED AT THE MEETING BY CINDY IRVIN, OUR ASSISTANT, UM, TOWN CLERK WHO WILL BE WORKING WITH THE, UM, BOARD FOR THE CDC.
AND IT WAS A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE.
UM, IT WAS JUST BEGINNING SOME ADMINISTRATIVE WORK AND TALKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AND SUCH.
AND SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SUMMARY ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING WILL ACTUALLY OCCUR THIS WEEK AS WELL, UM, FOR, AND THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THOSE MEETINGS FOR THE REST, REST OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH AT 9:00 AM I GET THAT RIGHT.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SO THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME, BUT WANNA KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND GETTING TOGETHER ON OUR END.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COMING ONLINE AND CERTAINLY, UH, WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE WITH THE TASK FORCE, PARTICULARLY
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WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, UH, FIND STUDIO.IT'S A RESOURCE FOR US WHEN FOLKS ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BUT THEIR PROPERTY OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO, THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHERE CAN I FIND RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE? SO HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT.
WE'LL BE LOOKING TO, UH, SUPPORT THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN AND, UH, BE AN ACTIVE ARM FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE WITH THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THE QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIAN, I'M SORRY, MR. HANSON.
I KNOW I COVERED A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
UM, WHEN YOU PRESENT IN AUGUST, THE, UH, 16TH UPDATE FOR THE 16TH AND THEN, AND THEN THE REST ON OUR TO-DO LIST MM-HMM.
WE'LL WORK TO, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT ON YOUR PLATE THERE.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UM, THE PACKET.
IT'S PUBLISHED FOR THAT, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER SO YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT.
BUT IT'LL BE POSTED TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR HOMEWORK.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CAN, SHOULD WE EXPECT REGULAR UPDATES FROM YOU REGARDING THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MAKING AT THIS MEETING.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE REGULAR UPDATES, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK THAT IN.
I HAVEN'T, I HADN'T PLANNED FOR IT, BUT WE CAN WORK IT IN IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UM, BE OF INTEREST TO ANYONE.
AND THE, THE MEETING AT THE, UH, ROLLING CENTER, YOU SAID, IS IT JUNE 20TH? WHAT WAS THAT RO CENTER MEETING? JUNE 27TH AT 6:00 PM JUNE 27TH.
WE WANTED TO KIND OF PUT, TRY TO CHECK WITH THE COMMUNITY FIRST AND SEE IF THAT WAS A, A GOOD TIME AND LOCATION FOR FOLKS.
AND SO IT SEEMS, WE'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME AND LOCATION.
UH, IT'S A TUESDAY NIGHT, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH THAT DATE, BUT WE'LL CONFIRM AND INFORMATION WILL BE SENT OUT, UM, TO THE, TO PEOPLE TO GET FOLKS THERE.
OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD A COMMENT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, AT SOME POINT, ONCE THINGS ARE UP AND, AND RUNNING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, REALLY NICE, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO OF US THAT WE CAN MEET AT AT LEAST ONE TIME ONCE A YEAR OR SOMETHING JUST TO KIND OF HAVE A BRAINSTORM, YOU KNOW, SESSION OR SOMETHING JUST SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PATH AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE WORKING FOR THE SAME PURPOSE AND THAT AN OVERLAP ON THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO AS WELL.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE CLEAR ONCE SOME OF THE WORK ACTIVITIES GET GOING WITH THE C D C AND I THINK WE'LL DEFINITELY WITH THE TASK FORCE FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE REPORT ON, ON THE GULLAH GEECHEE, UM, LE CU CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT REPORT, WE'LL FOCUS A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS ON THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT DONE.
UM, AND WE'LL LET THE C D C, YOU KNOW, WORK IN AND WORK IN THEIR LANE AND WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THOSE THINGS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE STILL FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE START TO SEE YOUR FACE AND IDENTIFY YOU AT SOMEONE HERE AT THE TOWN THAT THEY CAN COME TO AND HAVE JUST A PLACE TO COME AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE NEED TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN STUDIO, LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE SEWER HOOKUP AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
VERY IMPORTANT AS FAR AS OUR, UH, PUBLIC RELATION IS
APPRECIATE YOU BEING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, ON THAT NOTE, ACTUALLY, I'M, I AM PLANNING TO DO SOME SORT OF PUBLIC MEETING TOWN HALL, UM, LESS FORMAL THAN A TOWN HALL, BUT MY BRAIN CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER WORD FOR IT.
UM, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SOME UPDATES, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WORKING ON THIS UPDATE ON THE MOBILE HOME PLACEMENT, WE'RE WORKING ON UPDATES TO THE DESIGN STUDIO, UM, WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON SOME OF THE DIRT ROAD PAVING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, JUST OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY LOOKING AROUND MAYBE SEPTEMBER OR SO TO HAVE A, UM, A MEETING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT A GOOD TIME THAT WORKS FOR FOLKS.
AND, UM, JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT WE'RE HAVING, SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER AND ANY CHANGES, JUST HAVING THAT CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND EVEN OPPORTUNITY
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FOR, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION IF WE NEED TO AS FAR AS HOW THESE PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS AND ALL THAT STUFF WORKS.UM, NOTHING F NOTHING FINAL YET, BUT I, THAT'S ON MY MIND.
AND I'M THINKING WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN JULY, SO I MIGHT WANNA GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT NOW, UM,
SO JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR THAT.
UM, AND I'LL BE PLANNING THAT AND, AND WORK WITH YOU ALL ON THAT AS WELL.
THE, UH, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT I WANTED TO MENTION TOO, AGAIN, IS THE, UH, HOMES FOR HARMONY OR HARMONY FOR HOMES.
I BELIEVE IT IS CONCERT WE'RE DOING ON THE 28TH OF JUNE AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH, UH, UH, FISH POP ARTISTS AND, AND MYSELF, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY LOW COUNTRY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT NATALIE AND THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS IS INVOLVED IN, UH, REPRESENTING THE TOWN IN THAT CAPACITY, GETTING SOME GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS IT IS ALREADY.
I KNOW THAT, UH, SURGE GROUP HAS STEPPED UP AS A MAJOR SPONSOR AND OTHERS LIKE PAMELA DUNES AND C PINES HAVE ALSO JOINED IN THE EFFORT, UH, SOMETHING WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS AS FAR AS WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M ENCOURAGING, UH, ALL OF US EVEN FROM THE TASK FORCE AND, AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT CONCERT.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT DATE? JUNE 28TH, SEVEN TO NINE.
ARTIST'S NAME IS MAC POWELL FROM THIRD DAY.
IF, IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GOOD TO GO.
[8. Discussion Items]
WE HAVE DISCUSSION ITEMS, A DISTRICT[a. District Planning Update]
PLANNING UPDATE.UM, ASHLEY GUTRIDGE, PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
UM, LET ME BRING THIS PRESENTATION UP ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND HAS COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, OF WHICH THE LAND MANAGEMENT LMO ORDINANCE UPDATES ARE A SIGNIFICANT HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT.
UM, THE TOWN CONDUCTED A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LMO AND PLANS TO AMEND, UH, INCORPORATE NEW POLICY CHANGES.
SOME OF THE LMO HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO TOWN COUNCIL.
IT'S BEEN ONGOING SINCE LAST FALL, SEPTEMBER, NOVEMBER, AND THEN THROUGH TO JANUARY.
SO A FEW OF THESE YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN OR HEARD ABOUT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE, UM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TO INCLUDE DISTRICT PLANS, A FEATURE LAND USE MAP, AND WILL BE LATER THIS YEAR A, A SUPPLEMENTAL ELEMENT TO THE LAND USE OF OUR, OF OUR PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE DISTRICT PLANNING IS MEANT TO BE, UH, AN UMBRELLA FOR OUR ISLAND, UM, AND HOW WE TAKE THE MORE BROAD IDEA OF WHAT THE ISLAND IS AND THEN BREAK THAT DOWN INTO DISTRICTS THAT MAY COMBINE THE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN THAT WILL FURTHER BREAK DOWN INTO, UM, THE FUTURE LMO, UH, AMENDMENT PHASES LATER IN THE FALL.
UM, BUT LET ME START KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING FOR OUR PHASES IN THE LMO AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR DISTRICT PLANS ARE GOING TO BE.
PHASE ONE WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL.
UM, WE, A BIG PART OF THE PACKET FOR PHASE ONE, IT WAS, IT HAD QUITE A BIT OF SIGNIFICANT, I WOULD SAY, STRATEGIC SMALL CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CODE.
UM, AND THE BIG ONE WAS WE REMOVED WAIVERS FOR STAFF ADMINISTRATION.
UM, SO THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS OF OUR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND OTHER AREAS WHERE WHEN STAFF WAS, UM, WORKING ON YOUR, YOUR PERMITS, YOUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN PERMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY COULD SAY, WELL, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, 15% LEEWAY, SO TO SPEAK, AS A WAIVER WITHOUT GOING TO OUR BZA, UM, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND SOMETHING THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BY REMOVING THE WAIVERS OUT OF THE L M O CODE, UM, IT IS A STRICTER INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE.
IT'S ALSO MEANT TO BE AS CLEAR AND CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE WILL MAY OR MAY NOT SEE LATER DOWN THE ROAD MIGHT BE A FEW MORE ITEMS TO THE BZA
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BOARD.UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, SOMETHING RELATED TO SETBACKS OR BUFFERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THE GOAL IS TO, UM, FOR SOMETHING LIKE A, UH, LET'S SAY YOU'RE ADJACENT BUFFERS, IF IT'S SOMETHING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 FEET OR 40 FEET, DEPENDING ON A COMMERCIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL USE TYPE, UM, IT WOULD NOT BE THE STAFF THAT CAN SAY, OKAY, WELL YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA STRICTLY INTERPRET WHAT THAT AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT AVERAGE, WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE BASED UPON WHAT'S IN THE CODE.
UM, WE DID UPDATE HOW PLANTINGS ARE REQUIRED ON SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS AS A PART OF THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.
UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE WORKING THROUGH YOUR, YOUR BUILDING PERMIT AND CONSTRUCTION AND YOU'RE GETTING YOUR INSPECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN, FOR PLANTINGS, FOR LANDSCAPING, UM, WE HAVE PROVIDED A NEW OPTION THAT WILL ALLOW THOSE PLANTINGS TO BE, UM, INSTALLED AT A LATER TIME, SO FORTH AS WHILE YOU ARE WORKING ON YOUR CONSTRUCTION.
THE PLANTINGS THEMSELVES, UM, WOULD NOT GET DAMAGED OR, OR SUFFER OR ANYTHING.
AND, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS, UM, IN THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FINAL CERTIFICATE COMPLIANCE IS WHAT ALLOWS YOU TO, UH, MOVE IN AND TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND, AND, AND, AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT FOR PLANTING, SOMETIMES THE PLANTINGS CAN KIND OF GET IN THE WAY OF THE REST OF THAT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
UM, UM, A LAST ONE TO POINT OUT FOR PHASE ONE WOULD BE, UM, THE CHANGEABLE COPIES FOR SIGNAGE.
UM, WE ARE SLOWLY, UM, MOVING, CHANGING SOME THINGS IN SIGNS FOR CHANGEABLE COPY WOULD BE SIMILARLY TO A GAS STATION OR A STOREFRONT.
THERE'S SOME TIMING MEANT TO BE WITH THAT SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T SEE SOMETHING CHANGE ALL THE TIME.
WE'RE STILL IN THE CODE LOOKING AT ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A DAY.
UM, BUT IT COULD BE DONE ELECTRONICALLY VERSUS MANUALLY.
UM, SORT OF THE, THE THING YOU MAY SEE, UM, CHANGEABLE COPY WOULD BE LIKE AT A BASEBALL FIELD IN THE BALLPARK AND THE GUYS IN THE BACK PUTTING THE, THE SIGNS OUT ONE BY ONE OR, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT A DIGITAL FORMAT.
SO, UH, PHASE TWO WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL, WHICH PROVIDED STANDARDS FOR DEVIATION FROM PREVIOUSLY PLOTTED SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, THESE STANDARDS WERE LISTED THROUGH TO BASICALLY PUT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ONTO A RE SUBDIVISION IN THAT RE SUBDIVIDING PROCESS, UM, INCLUDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD REVIEW THOSE ITEMS, UM, DEVIATION STANDARDS PREVIOUSLY PLOTTED.
I KNOW THAT IT SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE, UH, A CIRCULAR SENTENCE, BUT, UM, AS OUR ISLAND AGES AND, AND WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WE PROBABLY WILL SOMETIMES SEE A LOT MORE RE A SUBDIVIDING OF LAND, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING WHOLE SUBDIVISIONS OF LAND, ESPECIALLY SINCE AS CERTAIN LAND PARCELS, LOTS GET SMALLER AND SMALLER.
UH, PHASE THREE UH, WAS ALSO GONE TO TOWN COUNCIL.
THIS WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
UH, WE UPDATED THE DEFINITION FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
WE UPDATED THE DEFINITION FOR MULTI-FAMILY AND WE ELIMINATED DE VISIBLE DWELLING UNITS OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LOCKOUT UNITS.
UM, ELIMINATING DIVISIBLE DWELLING UNITS, UM, IN A WAY WOULD UPDATE OUR DENSITY CALCULATION.
UM, DIVISIBLE WOULD BE FRACTIONS, AND ALSO WITH OUR DEFINITION FOR SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY.
UM, IN A SHORT LANGUAGE, SINGLE FAMILY MEANS ONE.
SO ONE DWELLING UNIT, ONE SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY MOVING FORWARD WOULD MEAN TWO OR MORE.
UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF UM, US HERE TODAY, UH, WE DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS ARE CATEGORIZED AS A SINGLE FAMILY USE.
UM, SO OCCASIONALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MAY COME UP WHERE THAT QUESTION MAY ARISE AND THE DIFFERENCE OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, SETBACKS AND BUFFERS.
UM, BUT AS WE DO OCCASIONALLY MAY ENCOUNTER SOME OF THOSE THINGS RELATED TO FAMILY CALM ZONES OR SUBDIVISIONS, WE HELP TO, UM, WORK THROUGH THAT IN DESIGN STUDIOS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT PERMIT AND PRODUCT TOGETHER FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP ON THEIR LAND OR PROPERTY.
UM, JUST BEFORE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE IS PHASE FOUR A AND WE HAVE ALSO PHASE FOUR ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WE HAVE HAD IN PHASE FOUR, A FEW DIFFERENT TOPIC ITEMS, UH, BE ASKED AND EXPRESSED TO BE PRIORITIZED.
UM, WE HAD FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND SUBDIVISIONS ADDED,
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UH, BACK IN APRIL TO MAY.AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT FLOOR AREA RATIO AND PARKING.
RIGHT NOW, THESE RESIDENTIAL SITE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE CURRENTLY IN STAFF REVIEW.
UH, SO I DO JUST FOR TODAY, WANT TO JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRIORITY TOPICS IN PHASE FOUR.
UM, BUT I CAN MAYBE ONLY ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS FOR IT AT THE MOMENT, CUZ WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY ALL THE ANSWERS SOLVED TODAY.
UM, PHASE FOUR, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN STAFF REVIEW, IS ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES.
FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, UH, UPDATED SITE DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, INCLUDING PARKING, OPEN SPACE, SETBACK ANGLES.
WE WILL BE UPDATING OUR, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY.
UH, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, TRAFFIC IMPACTS WERE DISCUSSION EARLIER THIS YEAR, BACK IN JANUARY, AND WE CHANGED THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT WE MAKE THE ANALYSIS FROM JUNE TO JULY.
UM, THAT JUST CHANGING THE DATE AND RELATIVELY IN A SUMMER MONTH, WE MAY HAVE BETTER DIFFERENT TRAFFIC NUMBERS.
SO THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
WHAT WE FURTHER ARE DOING WITH TRAFFIC IMPACT IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR BEST IN CLASS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LATEST ITT E UH, ENGINEERING MANUALS, AND WE ARE MODIFYING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OUR METHODOLOGY SO THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AT HIGHER PERFORMANCE OF OUR TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
THAT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR STORM WATER AND OUR STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS.
UH, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HERE IN-HOUSE HAS GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A HUNDRED YEAR STORMS. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE WAY DRAINAGE GOES THROUGH THE WAY, SOMETIMES A CALCULATION MAY BE MADE ON YOUR OPEN SPACE AND YOUR PROPERTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE STORM WATER COMPONENT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ADDING SOME CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THOSE CONSTRUCTION SITES TO BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT THE DIRT OR GRIME OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN THE CONSTRUCTION MOMENT ARE NOT FALLING OFF OF ONE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER AND THINGS STAY ORDERLY.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE SIGNAGE UPDATES FORTHCOMING.
UM, A LOT OF SIGNS, UH, IN MULTIPLE CITIES AND STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED DUE TO A SUPREME COURT CASE CALLED, UH, GILBERT, GILBERT VERSUS ARIZONA.
THAT WAS ABOUT 2018 ISH OR SO.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO, AT THIS POINT, UPDATE OUR SIGNED ORDINANCE TO REFLECT WHAT THAT SUPREME COURT CASE PARTICULARLY WAS ABOUT.
UH, AND THAT'LL BE REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING FOR THE TOWN.
I THINK WHEN WE KIND OF, THAT'S IN LEGAL REVIEW RIGHT NOW, AND AS WE FINISH THAT PIECE OF THE PHASE FOUR COMPONENT, UM, YOU MAY FIND IT RATHER INTERESTING PHASE FIVE, WHICH WE ARE HOPING TO COME A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS YEAR AFTER OUR DISTRICT PLANNING AND INITIATIVE PROCESS WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL LMO CHAPTERS.
UM, WE ARE CONSIDERING IT A REWRITE OF THE LMO.
UM, THIS IS TO REVIEW THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE USER FRIENDLINESS OF THE CODE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ORDER AND FORMAT OF THE CONTENT.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE AN ADDITION FOR BETTER DESIGN GUIDANCE AS WELL AS AN APPLICATION MANUAL SO THAT ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS ARE IN ONE PLACE, IN ONE AREA.
UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE, UH, WORK THROUGH THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK AND DISTRICT PLAN INITIATIVE, THAT UM, OUR, OUR LMO CAN REFLECT SOME OF THOSE NEW THINGS AND, AND BETTER DISTRICT PLANNING THAT WE WE MAY OR MAY NOT COME, COME UP OR COME OUT OF WITH THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LM O AMENDMENTS AT THIS TIME? RIGHT, I HAD ONE QUESTION.
UM, SO WITH THE NEW, UH, CHANGES AND UPDATES THAT YOU HAVE ON THE LMO, AND IF YOU ALREADY HAD AN EXISTING PROJECT GOING ON, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THAT PROJECT IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED OR IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING? SO TYPICALLY WITH, UM, AN ONGOING PROJECT, UM, WHEN SOMEONE APPLIES AND THEY COMPLETE THEIR APPLICATION, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOME OR YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UM, THE CODE AS IS APPROVED BY COUNSEL, BY ORDINANCE OR LAW WOULD APPLY AT THE TIME YOUR APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED AND COMPLETE.
UH, SOMETIMES FOLKS MAY IN A GENERAL SENSE THINK OF THAT AS GRANDFATHERING
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IN A WAY, BUT, UM, AND I CAN SAY THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO MAKE LMO AMENDMENTS, WE WE WANT TO DO THEM, UM, AS CLOSE TOGETHER IN PARTICULAR TIME PERIODS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IT'S NOT A CONSTANT CHANGE.UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM STAFF THAT HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THESE NEW CHANGES TO THE CODE.
SO, UM, THE MOST LATEST ONE THAT PASSED AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY, UM, WE'VE HANDED OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND TEAM MEMBERS AND, AND SUCH FORTH.
IT WILL TAKE US TIME TO HAVE OUR CODE AS A BOOK REPRINTED.
AND IT ALSO TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO HAVE IT UPDATED TO THE L THE MUNI CODE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF SOME PROCEDURAL PROCESS THINGS.
THEY DON'T TYPICALLY TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.
UM, WE HAD BOTH IN THE PAST HERE AT THE TOWN HAD, UM, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM UPDATE THE LMO AND THEN IN A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS, ANY ORDINANCE THAT'S PASSED BY TOWN COUNCIL HAS ALSO UPDATED AND SENT TO THE TO WEB, UM, BY THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF.
SO, UH, THANK YOU AND I, AND I WANTED TO ASK, BUT YOU, YOU ANSWERED THAT AND, AND EARLIER WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THAT, SO THIS PROCESS, IT DEPENDS UPON WHEN THE CODES ARE CHANGED AS TO HOW OFTEN YOU HAVE TO UPDATE OR REVISIT GOING BACK OVER AND CONSTANTLY IT'S A CONSTANT ROLLOVER.
I'M ASSUMING IT IT CAN BE, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE, WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO KEEP IT AS STRUCTURED IN BLOCKS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'VE HAD, UM, PHASES 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
AND THEN WE, WE ARE, UM, CALLING PHASE FIVE THE, THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE FULL REWRITE.
UM, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, UH, UNDER PROCUREMENT REVIEW RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HOPE TO WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS PUT THAT RFQ OUT AND THAT WE DO HAVE ON-CALL, UH, CONSULTING AVAILABLE FOR CODE REWRITE CODE SERVICES AS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR WHEELHOUSE AS A TOOLKIT ALL THE TIME.
UM, BUT WE WILL BE PUTTING A NEW RFQ OUT RELATIVELY SOON, PARTICULARLY FOR, UM, THE PHASE FIVE, THE FULL REWRITE.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, MR. MALIK, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE.
UM, UH, UH, PHASE ONE, IT SAYS THERE A LOT OF VARIANCES FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE LMO EXCEPT OTHER THAN USE DENSITY OR HEIGHT.
SO SIMILARLY TO WHEN I SPOKE ABOUT THE STAFF WAIVERS BEING REMOVED OUT OF THE CODE, UM, WE ALSO OPENED UP THE AVAILABILITY FOR A PROPERTY OWNER TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE, UM, FOR, UH, I, NOT TO GENERALIZE, BUT SAY IT'S ANYTHING IN THE L M O, BUT THOSE THREE THINGS.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT IS SORT OF THE, THE SPECIFIC WORDING OF THAT.
UM, SO YOUR HEIGHT, YOUR HEIGHT LIMITATION, IF YOU HAD, LET'S SAY IT'S 45 FEET AND YOU WANTED TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WAS 55 FEET, UM, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE FOR THAT.
UM, YOU WOULD, YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO WORK WITHIN YOUR, YOU KNOW, THE 45 FEET LIMITATION.
IF YOU ARE IN, LET'S SAY, UH, WORKING ON A SETBACK FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR A DECK OR YOU KNOW, A FRONT YARD SETBACK OF SOME SORT AND YOU NEED AN EXTRA FIVE FEET ON YOUR PROPERTY FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE JUST MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH ROOM.
UM, YOU COULD THEN APPLY FOR THE VARIANCE.
UM, A VARIANCE IS GOT, IT HAS ITS OWN WARRANTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE, AT THE BZA.
SO WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A VARIANCE, UM, IT GOES BEFORE A BOARD SUCH AS YOURSELVES TO BE APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OR DENIED, I GUESS.
SO I GUESS, UM, I MEAN THE, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE OTHER TASK FORCE OR NOT, I WOULDN'T SAY THE WHOLE ISSUE, BUT A PART OF OUR BIG CONCERN WAS HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY, UM, FOR LAND USE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE ACRES AND ACRES OF LAND TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT IF WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ONE 10TH OF A PERCENT OF BEING ABLE TO QUALIFY TO DO SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY, WE WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD.
SO THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FLEXIBILITY IS THAT AS A TOOL, THE FLEXIBILITY IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
UM, HOWEVER, IT WOULD, IT WOULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL STEP,
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UM, IN ITS OWN APPLICATION IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS.UM, OUR B Z A AS A BOARD IS, UM, REFLECTED UPON A STATE LAW OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A, IT'S A VOTE OF YOUR PEERS.
UM, VERSUS WHEN WE HAD THESE STAFF GRANTED WAIVERS.
UM, WE, THE THING IS, IS THAT GOING TO BZA FOR A VARIANCE, IT WOULD REMOVE THE DISCRETION OR OR INDISCRETION INTO THE FORCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I SUPPORT, I SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF THOSE STAFF STAFF GRANITE WAIVERS BECAUSE YOU KNOW OF, YOU DON'T NEVER HAVE, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THEY'RE BEING USED.
SO LEMME JUST ASK ANOTHER QUESTION AT THE, AT THE PHASE FIVE, UH, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A POTENTIAL THERE THAT, THAT, UH, ALAMO COULD BE REWRITTEN MM-HMM.
SO, UM, TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT IN PARTICULAR, ONE, ONE PART OF THIS, AND THIS IS WHY THE, THE REWRITE WILL BE, UH, MUCH LATER IN THE FALL TO AFTER WE COMPLETE, UM, OUR DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE AND THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, UM, IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO QUITE A BIT AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE MASTER PLAN.
UM, IT IS A SUPPLEMENT AND WILL BE A SUPPLEMENT TO OUR COMP PLAN.
THE, THE R PLAN, UH, BECAUSE OUR R PLAN WILL BE DUE FOR A MINOR UPDATE BY ABOUT 2025.
AND THAT'S SOME OTHER PRIORITIES OF THE COMP PLAN IS A 10 YEAR DOCUMENT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AS WELL AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO TIME EVERYTHING SO THAT AS THE, THE, OUR PLAN NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, WE'LL HAVE, UH, THIS LAND USE ELEMENT RELATIVELY PUT TOGETHER AND FINISHED SO THAT PROCEDURALLY THAT THE, OUR PLAN CAN HAVE THAT MINOR UPDATE AND, AND, AND MOVE FORWARD IN ITS TIMELINE.
AND, AND THAT, THAT'S NOT A THIS YEAR THING, IT'S, BUT IT IS 24 MONTHS OR SO FORTHCOMING IN THE FUTURE.
UM, ONE THING ABOUT LMO AMENDMENTS AND CODE AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, IS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL NONCONFORMITIES TO THE CODE.
UM, AND WE ANALYZE THAT AS WE ARE WORKING ON ALL OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND THESE CHANGES.
UH, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF WHY, UM, FROM A PYRAMID OR AN UMBRELLA, IF YOU START WITH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING THAT'S RELATIVELY BROAD AND THEN YOU WORK THAT BACK DOWN INTO SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC, YOU HAVE THE GUIDANCE AND INTENT BEHIND YOU AND THE THINGS THAT, WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO.
UM, SO, SO THE FULL ELEMENT REWRITE, UM, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THIS DENSITY HERE, THIS DENSITY HERE.
CAUSE IT'S, IT'S STILL A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO SAY, SO IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE, UM, WHEN YOU DO REWRITE THE ENTIRE LMO CHAPTER IS THAT YOU ARE BEING CONSISTENT WITH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND NOW, AND AGAIN, I GUESS THIS IS MY OVERALL QUESTION IS WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT I, WHAT I SEE IS, IS, UH, THINGS THAT'S BEING PUT IN PLACE THAT I GOT, UH, KIND OF, SORT OF RESTRICTING SOME OF THE HISTORICAL USES THAT FELLOW FAMILIES HAVE HAD WITH THE LAND.
MY QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THIS HELP US PRESERVE OUR PRESENCE AND OUR CULTURE? SO I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR YOU IF WE MOVE ON TO OUR DISTRICT PLAN INITIATIVE, THEN THE DISTRICT PLAN INITIATIVE TODAY FOR YOU HAVE A SERIES OF MAPS THAT, UM, ARE EACH OF THE DISTRICTS AS A DRAFT, UH, AS AN INITIAL COMPONENT.
UM, THE DISTRICT PLANNING ITSELF IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS THAT, UM, PUTS THE CONTENT INTO, UH, PRECISELY WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT.
AND SO WHEN, UM, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE DISTRICT PLANS, SUCH AS WHAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER AND WHAT WE WANT TO CONSERVE AND WHAT WE WANT TO PROTECT.
AS A PART OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AS WELL, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT STAFF HAS AS THEY LOOK AT THESE LMO AMENDMENTS, UH, SHOULD BE INFLUENCED BY, UH, OUR PLAN.
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ITEM THERE WAS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU JUST SPOKE TO, BUT MANY OF US PARTICIPATED IN THAT OUR PLAN AND CERTAINLY THAT, UH, SECTION IN THERE ABOUT CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND ENGAGEMENT.UM, I'M TRYING TO TIE A LOT OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
THE CULTURAL AND HISTORY PROGRAM THAT THE TASK FORCE HAS PUT TOGETHER, HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, IN FRONT OF STAFF WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, INTERACTING.
UH, I THINK THOSE WERE IMPORTANT PIECES.
WE KIND OF ANSWERED SOME OF THAT TODAY, BUT AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT PHASE FIVE, THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK BACK AND MAKE SURE
AND, AND I THINK A BIG PART TO THAT IS, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE TALK ABOUT OUR DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION.
UM, IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON THAT CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, AND, AND WE, AS WE ARE EVEN RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL FRAMING OUT WHAT WE WANT THAT WORK ORDER TO BE FOR THAT PROCESS FLOW.
UM, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHARETTES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A FEW, UM, TOWN HALL, CALL IT A SCIENCE CENTER TYPE OF THING BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE ISLAND.
AND, UM, WE ALSO, UM, CAN DO SOME OF THE MAPPING SIDE OF THINGS.
THAT'S, THAT'S COMPUTER ANALYSIS MAPPING IS ACTUALLY VERY EASY THESE DAYS AS OPPOSED TO, MIGHT HAVE BEEN 20 OR 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT THE CONTENT BEHIND WHAT THOSE MAPS ARE, THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY VERY HIGHLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK AND IT CERTAINLY IS, UH, QUITE A BIT ONGOING AS USUAL.
SO WE ARE EXCITED HERE TO BRING FORTH TO YOU TODAY.
UM, OUR DRAFT DISTRICTS FOR THE DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE, UM, WE HAVE A SERIES OF EIGHT DISTRICTS THAT COMPROMISE, UH, THE ISLAND THAT RELATIVELY IS ALL PROPERTY NOT ALREADY CONTAINED IN A PLANNED UNIT, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR THE, THE PUDS.
UM, AND THIS IS WHERE AS, UM, WE'VE BROUGHT FORTH THIS TOPIC, UM, THE PLAN, THE PUDS THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE BINDERS AND BINDERS IN, IN THEIR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES.
AND THE THING TO THAT IS, IS THAT IT IT, MAYBE TO USE THE RIGHT WORDS, THE WRONG WORDS, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNFAIR THAT THE REST OF THE ISLAND WASN'T AS MASTERLY PLANNED OVER TIME AS THE WAY SOME OF THEM WERE.
THE GOAL OF THE DISTRICT PLANNING IS TO CREATE, UM, SORT OF A, NOT, UM, I WANNA USE THE WORD REGIONAL, BUT REGIONAL IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SENSE.
BECAUSE AS WE BREAK DOWN FURTHER INTO THE L M O A BREAKDOWN INTO ZONING, THE, THE BIGGEST PART ABOUT TALKING ABOUT ZONING AND AS WE LOOK AT THE ISLAND TODAY IS YOU HAVE YOUR CURRENT ZONING OF WHAT YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AT THE MOMENT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE YOUR FUTURE LAND USE AND WHAT REASONABLY YOUR FUTURE LAND USE COULD BE TO IN THE TOMORROW.
AND THIS ISN'T JUST FOR RIGHT NOW OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW, OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THIS COULD BE 20 TO 50 YEARS FROM NOW.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THE LAND USE? WHERE DO YOU SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLAND GOING? SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, UH, AN EXTRA LEVEL THAT HILTON HEAD HAS NOT HAD BEFORE.
UM, ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE CREATE DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT FROM OUR LAND USE ELEMENTS, IS THAT YOU CAN START TO DIFFERENTIATE THINGS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO CREATE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND VARIETY OF, OF DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY'RE SCALABLE.
IT'S JUST, IT'S KIND OF CREATING ANOTHER SCALE OF, OF THINGS TO LOOK AT.
UM, WE WANT TO TAKE EACH OF THE EIGHT DISTRICTS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU AND REPLICATE THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE DID WITH THE MID ISLAND INITIATIVE.
THE MID ISLAND INITIATIVE CAME OUT LAST YEAR IN 2022, AND IT WAS A LOOK AT, UH, SOME OF OUR AIRPORT PLANNING, UH, AND ECONOMICS TIED TO THAT.
IT WAS A LOOK AT, UH, A LARGE PARK PROJECT AND SORT OF, UH, URBAN, URBAN FORESTRY CONNECTIVITY.
AND THEN MID ISLAND ALSO LOOKED AT FUTURE LAND USE.
UM, AND THEN WHAT CAN BE DONE IN SOME OF THESE OLDER COMMERCIAL
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SPACES THAT MAY BE HITTING THEIR LIFE CYCLE AND, AND DO FOR SOME REVAMPING, UM, THE MID ISLAND.UH, WE DON'T REALLY FORESEE MID ISLAND BEING COMPLETELY DONE IF AS WE WORK THROUGH THE DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE, IF WE CAN KIND OF ENCOUNTER NEW INFORMATION THAT WE WANNA UPDATE MID ISLAND AS WELL, WE MAY DO SO.
UM, BUT WE DO WANT TO TRY TO TAKE CERTAIN, UH, THESE COMPONENTS OF THE ISLAND AND, AND PUT FORTH A VERY SIMILAR, UH, DETAILED FOR, FOR EACH AREA, FOR EACH AREA, FOR EACH DISTRICT.
UM, OKAY, LET ME, LET ME MOVE ON.
UH, I HAVE, SO I HAVE A SLIDE FOR EACH DISTRICT.
UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OVERALL, I COULD ANSWER THEM NOW OR I CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT PLANNING'S ALL ABOUT, SO I COMMEND YOU AND THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO, AND I REALLY LIKE BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON DIFFERENT AREAS, NOT AS A WHOLE.
SO, EXCELLENT, OUTSTANDING QUESTION.
IS THESE DISTRICTS INCORPORATE ANY HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS OR ARE THEY NOT PART OF THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE THEY DO.
AND ONE PIECE OF THE DISTRICTS AS YOU SEE THEM TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, TRIED TO AND, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND MAINTAIN THAT EACH HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE SELF-CONTAINED IN A DISTRICT, UM, THE SPANISH WELLS AREA AND CLOSER TO MARSHLAND ROAD.
UM, THE REASON WHY THE MARSH IS DISTRICT NUMBER ONE IS IN, IN THE SHAPE AND COLOR THAT IT IS, CUZ IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THERE'S ALMOST FIVE SEPARATE HISTORIC COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA, AND WE DID NOT WANT TO BREAK THEM UP.
THAT THAT'S NOW, DOES THAT SUGGEST THAT WE COULD PLAN OVER THOSE COMMUNITIES? WE COULD PLAN ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE HISTORIC COMMUNITIES? IS THAT WHY IT'S IN A, A MASTER PLAN? UH, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY YES TO THAT.
UM, THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO YOU CAN DO IN A HISTORIC, UH, PRESERVATION COMMUNITY REALM.
UM, THERE'S BOTH YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR NATIONAL REGISTER, YOUR YOUR HISTORY, HISTORY SIDE OF IT.
THERE'S ALSO YOUR CULTURAL RESOURCES SIDE OF IT.
UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE NUANCE AS TO, UM, HOW THAT, I DON'T WANNA SAY PLAYS OUT BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S A TRADITIONAL WAY, UH, TO DO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
IT INVOLVES DEMOLITION PERMITS, IT INVOLVES, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE PROPERTY STRUCTURE AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CULTURAL RESOURCES SIDE OF IT THAT'S ABOUT YOUR CULTURE AND COMMUNITY AND, AND THAT, THAT PIECE OF IT, SO IS IT CAN BE BOTH.
UM, WHAT THIS WILL PROBABLY DO IN THE LONG RUN IS ALLOW, WHERE WE HAVE THE HISTORIC COMMUNITIES SET UP TODAY.
UH, WE DO HAVE A HISTORIC COMMUNITIES MAP IN OUR L M O.
IT'S A, IT'S A TOWN APPROVED, UM, MAP.
AND, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE DISTRICTS, AND SO MAYBE THE SHORT ANSWER IS TO SAY YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS OF SCALE AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR HISTORIC COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND, AND YES, YOU COULD START TO DIFFERENTIATE IT PROVIDED YOU FALL AT LEAST A CONSISTENT STRUCTURE IN THAT, IN THIS PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WHY THE, UH, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE DEVELOP HERE WITH THE TASK FORCE IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PLANNING IN THESE DISTRICTS AND BEING SENSITIVE TO THOSE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP, UH, SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT OF COURSE THE GULLAH GEECHEE LAND AND CULTURAL PATH PRESERVATION TASK FORCE IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
SO THAT IS MY FOCUS AND THAT IS MY PRIORITY.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS STILL A PRIORITY OF THE TOWN.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE OF THE AREA OF THE CULTURE OF THE TOWN, CERTAINLY LOCAL CULTURE, MY FOCUS AND PRIORITY IS ONI CULTURE.
AND, AND SOMETHING TO TO THINK ABOUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT HISTORICALLY FOR OUR PLANNING AND ZONING IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, PLANS OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
THE WARD ONE PLAN, WE HAVE A STONY ZONING DISTRICT, WE HAVE A MITCHELLVILLE ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, AND, AND ONE THING TO SAY IS, I DON'T WANNA PREEMPT ANYTHING AND SAY THOSE THINGS MAY CHANGE AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW LMO, BUT WE DO WANNA TAKE THIS DISTRICT INITIATIVE PROCESS AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING COMPREHENSIVELY.
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SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORICAL COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES DIFFERENTIATING ONE OVER THE OTHER MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE USABLE OR THEN AT THE SAME TIME, PUTTING THEM ALL IN ONE LUMP ISN'T QUITE THE SAME EITHER BECAUSE THERE COULD BE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM TWO.SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO KIND OF FORESEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WANNA ASK THOSE QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT LATER DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, JUST BECAUSE I, I'LL RAISE MY HAND, UH, AND SAY THAT HAVING A FEW ZONING DISTRICTS FOR CERTAIN AREAS, BUT THEN MAYBE MISSING SOME OF THESE OTHER COMPONENTS, THAT'S WHERE AS A HISTORICAL PRESERVATION PROCESS, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT FROM A HISTORICAL ANGLE MORE AND THE WHOLE, SO ASHLEY, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US LIKE THOSE HISTORIC, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT YOU I CAN.
SO IN OUR FIRST DISTRICT, THE MARSH'S DISTRICT, WE HAVE JONESVILLE, JONESVILLE, JARVIS, OLD HOUSE CREEK, SPANISH WELLS, AND GARDENER.
UM, JONESVILLE IS LOCATED NEAR JARVIS CREEK, AND HISTORICALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE KNOWN AS LABORERS, WHEEL RIDES, SHOEMAKERS, BUSINESSMEN, AND CARPENTERS.
SPANISH WELLS IS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUND OLD HOUSE, OLD HOUSE CREEK, AND BROAD RIVER WAS NAMED FOR THE SPANISH EXPLORERS, THAT CHILD FROM FLORIDA AND DOUG FRESHWATER WELLS AROUND BROAD CREEK, THE GOLA AND SPANISH WELLS WERE KNOWN FOR FISHING CRAB MAN AND OYSTER HARVESTING.
UM, GARDNER IS HOME TO THE LARGEST OLA EXTENDED FAMILY ON HILTON HEAD.
UM, LET ME SEE WHERE WE PUT MY PAGE HERE.
IF YOU WANT ME TO READ THROUGH, OH, YOU, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL OF THEM, BUT COULD YOU IDENTIFY THOSE, WHAT YOU HAVE, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF THE TOWN HAVING THAT AND THEIR LMO? SO THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THAT IF POSSIBLE.
SO YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, SO WHEN, WHEN THE HISTORIC COMMUNITY MAP WAS CREATED, UM, IT WAS ALSO CRE IT WAS CREATED ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FAMILY COMPOUND AND SUBDIVISIONS.
I THINK THIS WAS BETWEEN 2019 WITH THE TASK FORCE AND THEN 2021 WITH FAMILY, FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY JUST, UH, FROM A MAP STANDPOINT SUPPLY THAT FOR YOU.
UM, I BELIEVE EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES, THE DETAIL TO WHAT'S CONTAINED WITH THEM, AND THAT KNOWLEDGE MAY BE ACTUALLY CONTAINED MORE SO IN THE TASK FORCE REPORTING AND SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT WENT INTO THAT.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO, AS PART OF THESE DISTRICTS, AS WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EMPHASIZE IN EACH DISTRICT CHAPTER, UM, THAT WHERE THERE ARE THE COMMUNITIES LOCATED THAT WE, THAT WE WILL HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON THEM.
UH, WE DO WANT TO, AS WE WORK ON EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT YOU CAN TAKE AND SAY, THIS IS JUST THIS ONE DISTRICT.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE LARGER VOLUME THAT IS ALL OF THEM, SUCH AS DIFFERENT CHAPTERS IN A BOOK.
UM, IT'LL, IT'LL MAKE OUR, OUR, OUR PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A LITTLE BIT THICKER WHEN WE GET DONE.
UH, AND, AND I'M INTERESTED IN JUST A, JUST TO HEAR AND READ THE, UH, NARRATIVE OF IT AS TO HOW IT'S WRITTEN AND, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT YOU IDENTIFY AS THE WIDEST, THE HISTORIC AREA, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT'S WRITTEN.
UM, LET ME MOVE ON TO, UM, THE SECOND DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NAMED IT AS SCHOOL CREEK.
IT IS LARGELY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STONY AREA.
UM, WE DO WANT TO SAY UP FRONT THAT THERE MAY BE, THAT COULD BE ADJUSTED, THERE COULD BE FURTHER TOPICS OF CONVERSATION TO REALLY FINALIZE WHAT THESE DISTRICTS ARE AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE CALLED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE, UM, A TITLE TO EACH ONE THAT WAS RELATIVELY CLEAR, BUT WE ALSO WANNA FOLLOW BACK UP THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT STAFF HAS A, A NAME TO IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LATER THIS SUMMER, WE, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY RAISES THEIR HAND AND THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL DO THAT TOO.
SO, UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THE DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IS, IS SCHOOL CREEK.
IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME THOUGHTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONSERVING OR CONSIDERING, AND THAT'S CONSERVING OUR RESOURCES, CONSERVING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, OR IS IT, ARE WE CONSIDERING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? ARE WE CONSIDERING, UH, LONG-TERM FUTURE
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LAND USE POSSIBILITIES? UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE, WE, WHEN WE WORK THROUGH SCHOOL CREEK, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH.AND IT MAY BE A RELATIVELY DIVERSE DISTRICT WHERE WE HAVE SOME, UH, CONSERVED TYPE PROPERTIES, BUT THEN WE MAY, UM, COME TO, UM, SORT OF A MAJORITY AGREEMENT IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS THAT SAYS PEOPLE STILL WANT TO CONSIDER ITS OPEN AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.
THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT IS SORT OF, UH, AN IN BETWEEN, UM, FROM THE SCHOOL CREEK AREA AND THE MID ISLAND.
AND ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT FOR THIS AREA IS THAT IT'S RELATIVELY MAJORLY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
THE TOWN HAS SOME PROJECTS ONGOING AND MAIN STREET WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ACQUIRING THE MAIN STREET STREET AREA.
UM, AND, AND WE FORESEE WHERE AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WE MIGHT WANNA MAKE THIS A CONSIDERATION AREA FOR WHERE WE COULD DIRECT SOME FUTURE GROWTH, UM, THAT WOULD THEN IN TURN MAYBE HELP US PROTECT SOME OF OUR MORE SENSITIVE AREAS.
UM, THE MID ISLAND, AS YOU MAY HAVE, UH, SEEN BEFORE IS, IS LARGELY, IT'S, IT'S OUR AIRPORT AREA.
UH, IT HAS HISTORIC COMMUNITIES CONTAINED IN MID ISLAND.
IT HAS COMMERCIAL AREAS, IT HAS LARGE OPEN SPACE AND PARK SPACE.
UM, AND SO THIS IS REALLY THE BASIS OF WHERE WE STARTED WITH THROUGH LAST YEAR, AND WE WANT TO WORK FORWARD IN EACH OF THE OTHER AREAS IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
UM, FOR CHAPLAIN, CHAPLAIN FOR US, UH, SO FORTH RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING IT A CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, SOME DYNAMIC THINGS HAPPENING IN CHAPLAIN WHERE FROM A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND, AND WE SAY WE MAY SAY GROWTH OR CONSERVATION, UH, WE'VE HA WE CHAPLAIN IS THE DISTRICT THAT COMES TO MIND.
WHEN YOU USE THE WORD GROWTH, ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT PHYSICALLY GROWING? ARE YOU LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT OTHER, THE OTHER SIDE OF GROWTH OF JUST RELATIVE CHANGE OR, OR, UM, CHANGE MAY NOT EVEN BE THE RIGHT WORD EITHER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME SYSTEMATIC, UH, ALTERATIONS OVER TIME.
MAYBE NOTHING ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME.
MAYBE IT, IT KIND OF MOVES ALONG IN ITS OWN TANDEM, ITS OWN SPACE, ITS OWN TIME.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE PLAN ON LOOKING AT IN ALL THE DISTRICTS IS WE, WE PLAN ON TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF OUR CORRIDORS PLANNING FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE WANNA LOOK AT OUR ROADWAYS, WE WANNA LOOK AT OUR SYSTEMS, WE WANNA LOOK AT ACCESS.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA LOOK AT WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND WHERE SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE HITTING UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND THEN WHERE, WHERE CAN, WHERE CAN WE DO A LITTLE, DO SOME THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER FROM A, AT A DISTRICT LARGE SCALE? AND THAT MAY HELP WHEN WE BREAK DOWN INTO SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS AND SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.
UM, THE PARKWAY SEGMENT IS PRIMARILY ON, UH, BUSINESS 2 78.
IT RUNS FROM THE SHELTER COVE AREA TO ARROW ROAD.
UM, IT IS MOSTLY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND NATURE.
UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS A CONSIDERATION FOR THIS DISTRICT, UM, IT, IT BEING THAT IT'S A CORE CORRIDOR AREA, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EDGES.
SO WHEN WE, WE TALK ABOUT THAT, CONSIDER PROTECT, UM, WE WANT TO PROTECT, UH, OUR ASSETS, WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR SENSITIVE AREAS, BUT THEN WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT CONSIDERATION GOING TO BE.
UM, THE FOREST BEACH DISTRICT, UH, IS COMPARABLY TO SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE ISLAND.
IT'S A, IT IS RELATIVELY MORE DEVELOPED AND BUILT OUT THAN OTHERS.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME VERY DISTINCT DIFFERENCES THAT WE KNOW BETWEEN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF FOREST BEACH AND OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS SUCH AS CIG AND THE, AND THE CIRCLE DISTRICT.
SO FOR SPEECH, AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE WORK PARTICULARLY ON THIS DISTRICT, WE MAY END UP HAVING IN OUR DISTRICT, UM, OUR DISTRICT PLANNING OUR EMPHASIS, UM, LOOKING TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A CONSIDERATION STANDPOINT TO ECONOMICALLY GROW.
BUT WE MAY ALSO LOOK AT FROM A RESIDENTIAL STANDPOINT TO CONSIDER PROTECT AND, AND CONSERVE.
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SO TH THIS DISTRICT, BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART ON A ZONING STANDPOINT AND A LAND USE STANDPOINT, UM, E EITHER END IS HIGH RESIDENTIAL AND THE MIDDLE IS VERY CLEARLY COMMERCIAL.UM, YOU KNOW, START TO THINK OF THO THOSE LINES AT A DISTRICT LEVEL WHERE, UM, WE WILL SORT OF BREAK THOSE THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
AND THEN, UM, OUR LAST DISTRICT IS THE BRIDGE TO BEACH.
UM, Y YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE THAT WE'VE DONE SOME ECONOMIC STUDIES FOR THIS AREA, THE FOREST BEACH DISTRICT, AND SOME PRIOR, UH, OLDER BRIDGE TO BEACH, UH, PLANNING WOULD'VE INCLUDED GOING DOWN FURTHER TO CAGNEY VERSUS JUST SEA PINE CIRCLE.
UH, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE FOR THIS AREA AS, UH, IT IS THE SORT OF A GATEWAY CORRIDOR COMING OFF THE CROSS ISLAND.
UM, IT HAS, UH, SOME RESIDENTIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES, AND THEN IT, IT ALSO HAS, UH, A HIGH COMMERCIAL AREA, UM, THAT'S RELATIVELY ON HIGH GROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND.
AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO PLAN FOR, FOR A LONG TERM FUTURE LAND USE AND THE CONSIDERATE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT THAT COULD BE.
THAT IS THE LAST OF ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE PARTICULAR DISTRICT OVER THE OTHER TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, WE DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO TAKE HOME TODAY.
UM, AND AS WE WORK A LITTLE BIT FORWARD ON, UM, SETTING UP OUR, I WOULD SAY OUR FULL ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE FOR THIS SUMMER, UM, WE'LL HAVE THIS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT POSTED TO THE WEBSITE, SO IT'LL BE DUE FOURTH AND, UH, COMING SOON.
UH, OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN OR CONSERVATION AND GROWTH MAP THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT, UH, I DON'T HAVE IT HERE TODAY FOR YOU ALL.
IT'S, UM, IT'S STILL IN A REVISIONING PROCESS.
UM, TO, TO PUT IT QUITE SIMPLY, WE, WE PRESENTED THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP TO, UH, PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE BACK IN APRIL.
AND AS WE WORKED ON THE INITIAL DESIGN OF THAT MAP, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON HAVING THE ISLAND BE SEEN IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A REGIONAL, LARGER, HIGHER SCALE, UH, LEVEL.
SO WHAT THAT PHYSICALLY MEANS IS THAT IF YOU ZOOM IN TOO FAR AND YOU'RE MAPPING, YOU KIND OF GOTTA BLOW IT BACK OUT AND, AND PUT IT BACK AT A PROPORTIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
UM, THE GROWTH FRAME, WHEN WE SAY GROWTH FRAMEWORK ON A PLANNING SIDE, UM, THE STYLE, THE TECHNIQUE, THE TOOLKIT, IT'S A CALLED A GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN AT A, AT A SORT OF A RESEARCH DISCUSSION TO THINK ABOUT IT AS CONSERVATION LIMIT THAT USE WORD OF GROWTH BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO PHYSICALLY GROW ANY BIGGER.
WE JUST SIMPLY WANT TO GROW IN OUR, UM, OUR KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS AND, AND SO TO SPEAK.
UM, BUT A GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP, WHEN WE ASK SIMILAR TO, IT'S SORT OF A HIGHER LEVEL THAN YOUR FUTURE LAND USE.
YOUR FUTURE LAND USE BREAKS DOWN TO YOUR ZONING, AND THEN YOUR ZONING MAPS, YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS BREAK DOWN TO YOUR LMO CODE.
SO YOU'VE, YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT FIVE LEVELS OF, UH, FROM COMPREHENSIVE AT A BROAD HIGH LEVEL DOWN TO A MORE NITTY GRITTY DIRECT LEVEL.
UH, MR. MILLER, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO.
I, I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THE, UH, PIECE THAT I SAW CONNECTED TO BUCK ISLAND IN THE LAST, IN THE LAST DISTRICT, WE, WE DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE BUCK ISLAND OFF THE MAP, SO, UM, YOU, YOU MAY NEED A BOAT TO GET THERE, BUT IN TERMS OF WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, UM, RIGHT NOW, BUCK ISLAND IS INCLUDED BECAUSE WE, WE JUST DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE IT OUT AS PART OF OUR TOWN.
UM, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN ONE OR TWO PLACES SUCH AS MAIN STREET OR IN THE PARKWAYS, UM, CORRIDOR, THAT WOULD BE NUMBER THREE.
AND NUMBER SIX, THERE MAY BE A FEW COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING SIDE OF THINGS, SUCH AS SHELTER COVE, IT, IT MAY BE IN, IT MAY TECHNICALLY BE A P U D PROPERTY, BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, IT'S THAT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, SHOPPING CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE OPEN AVAILABLE ARE AVAILABLE
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IN OUR DISTRICTS.UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN I SPEAK OF IT THAT WAY, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE 1% ONE, ONE PARCEL HERE, ONE PARCEL THERE.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE AS WE ZOOM IN ON EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS, UM, AND WE WORK THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE MAY, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A BOUNDARY STILL ALTERED TO AN EXTENT.
THE, I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE RELATE TO THE AIRPORT OR MID ISLAND MM-HMM.
UH, I WOULD SAY THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS AROUND THE AIRPORT, UM, PARTICULARLY, UM, UM, MOVING THE CHURCH IN SOME THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL PROPERTY, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CULTURAL SIDE TO THAT THAT'S, UH, VERY SENSITIVE.
UH, I DO NOT KNOW THE, ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THOSE THINGS, BUT I WOULD SAY YES, THE TOWN, NOT JUST IN THAT ONE I MENTIONED, BUT IN ALL THINGS, UM, IT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE TOWN AS THEY WORK THROUGH THOSE.
UM, THAT LOCATION IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.
IT'S ALSO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE PRESERVATION PROCESS.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROTECTING PROPERTY, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE, THE FORMAL PRESERVATION PROCESS.
NOW, I GUESS MY COMMENT IS SUCH THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THE MID ISLAND AREA IS THE FIRST DISTRICT TO KIND OF SORT OF GET, YOU KNOW, GET STARTED MM-HMM.
AND BOTH THAT DISTRICT AND AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT ITSELF, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AND AMONGST THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR COMMUNITY ON THAT SUBJECT, AND I, I BELIEVE IT KINDA SORTA GOT BOGGED DOWN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, A COMMITMENT FROM THE TOWN COULD PROBABLY RE REMOVE THAT HINDRANCE.
I'M GOING TO THROW THAT ONE BACK TO CHAW SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU AN UPDATE FOR THAT.
WE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS, UH, IN OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HAVING PRESENCE, ESPECIALLY AT THE AIRPORT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT EARLIER IN THESE DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE WAS TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT PLANNING, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, FROM A 10,000 FOOT LEVEL, WE LOOK AT THINGS, START DRILLING DOWN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THOSE PIECES ARE.
UH, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANNA ADD TO THAT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION WITH THE AIRPORT AND VILLE IN THE AREA MM-HMM.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS WITH THAT.
AND AS THEY COME UP, I WOULD DEFINITELY SHARE THOSE AS WELL.
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, SO THE, THE OTHER SEVEN MASTER DISTRICTS ARE GONNA BE PATTERNED AFTER THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH, WITH THE MID ISLAND MASTER DISTRICT.
HOW, WHAT'S THE LATEST OF ON THE MID ISLAND MASTER DISTRICT? IS IT FINISHED? IS IT HALFWAY THROUGH? WHAT'S WHAT'S SO WHAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IS, UM, THE, THE PLAN ITSELF, THE DOCUMENT PLAN IS FINISHED.
UM, THERE'S AN ACTION PLAN AND STRATEGIC, THERE'S STRATEGIC ITEMS TOWARDS THE BACK OF THAT DOCUMENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HOPE TO ALSO HAVE A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN OR STRATEGIC ACTION DOCUMENT FOR EACH OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
ALMOST VERY SIMILAR TO THE TASK FORCE HERE TODAY.
AND, UM, WHERE YOU ARE AND YOUR TASK FORCE ITEMS, UM, ON MID ISLAND, THERE'S SOME WORK BEING DONE IN THAT AREA TIED, I BELIEVE, TIED TO SOME OF OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS BEING PUT INTO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.
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OF COURSE IS ONGOING ECONOMIC, UH, WORKFORCE THAT, UH, IS, IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AIRPORT IS GROWING.IT'S GROWN RAPID, RELATIVELY OVER, OVER A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, AND IT, AND THERE'S STILL, THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICE ORIENTED BUSINESSES IN THOSE AREAS THAT, UM, MAY OR MAY NOT BY, BY A ZONING STANDPOINT, MAY NOT EXIST IN OTHER PARTS OF THE ISLAND.
SO THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
UM, WE COULD, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, UM, TO BE EXACT ON THAT, I'D, I'D HAVE TO PULL, I'D HAVE TO PULL THE ACTION LIST AND THEN I'D HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE TOWN AND FIGURE YOU GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TO THAT TOO.
BUT, UM, MAYBE, PERHAPS WE CAN, UH, GET AN ITEMIZED OR SHORT PARAGRAPH.
THERE'LL BE AN, AN ITEM WIDE UPDATE ON MASTER PLAN EVENTUALLY.
I, I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT THE ACTION ITEMS FOR THAT, UH, FROM A DISTRICT LEVEL TO OUR TOWN LEVEL IS THAT THEY DO INFLUENCE AND THEY, UM, THEY BUILD INTO OUR, OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR, FOR THE TOWN.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND YOU LOOK AT OUR, UM, PRIORITY ITEMS THAT I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO TOWN COUNCIL LATER THIS WEEK, TOMORROW THE NEXT DAY, UM, SO IT DOES, IT DOES INFLUENCE, IT DOES BUILD IN.
UM, BUT I, I WILL ALWAYS, UH, WITH A CAVEAT, SAY, PROJECT TO PROJECT.
THE, THE HARDEST THING IN DETERMINING PRIORITY IS GETTING THE PROJECTS IN THE RIGHT LIST WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE ALL PRIORITY PROJECTS.
I'M GONNA TRY TO, UH, MOVE THIS ITEM ALONG UNLESS WE HAVE SOME OTHER BURNING QUESTIONS.
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US ON THIS? I, I DON'T THINK SO.
AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRESENT TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR, THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD, GOOD WORK.
UM, I WANNA PAUSE FOR JUST A MINUTE.
UM, AND COUNCILMAN BROWN IS STILL HERE.
I THINK HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US AND MAYBE EVEN TIE SOME OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, IF YOU WOULD YOURSELF AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. CHAIR.
LET ME JUST START WITH SAYING THAT, SO APPRECIATIVE OF STAFF NOT ONLY KEEPING YOU ALL UPDATED AND INVOLVED, BUT AT LEAST FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, I AM STARTING TO SEE SOME CHANGE IN EFFECT, UM, WITH DIMENSION OF THE PROCESSES BEING IMPROVED AND STREAMLINED AND, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE TASK FORCE AS FAR AS FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE EG GEE HISTORIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING AS, UH, MS. JACKSON PERRY, UH, MENTIONED.
WE ELECTED THE OFFICES OF THE BOARD.
MS. SHIRLEY PETERSON IS THE, UH, PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN CHAIRWOMAN, I'M SORRY.
UM, PASTOR LEWIS JOHNSON IS THE VICE CHAIR.
UM, MR. BREW BAKER IS THE SECRETARY WHOM HE WAS, UH, A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT CAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO TAKE NOTES AND, AND SUPPLY MINUTES, BUT WE'LL HAVE SUPPORT FROM STAFF TO DO SO.
AND YOURS TRULY IS THE, IS THE TREASURER OF THE, UM, THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN THIS WEEK TO NARROW DOWN OVER 90 APPLICANTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION.
UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, A SERIES OF, UH, OF COURSE EXECUTIVE DECE, UH, SESSION DISCUSSIONS AROUND, UM, SETTING UP INTERVIEWS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THAT PROCESS INCLUDES THE, THE, THE PUBLIC AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE FIRST ONE OF BUSINESS WE NEED, UH, SOMEONE THAT'S GOING WAKE UP EVERY MORNING TO, TO DO THAT JOB.
UH, THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A, UH, PRODUCTION OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.
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OF SET OUT THE, THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, SO TO SPEAK.UM, BUT WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THE COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, WILL DEFINITELY BE, UH, INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
WE'LL ALSO BE TAKING ACTION THIS WEEK ON OUR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR, UM, OF WHICH WE'VE ASKED, UM, THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEETING PER QUARTER IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST HERE IN IN TOWN HALL.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE STEADFAST AND PRESSING FORWARD, UH, WITH THAT, UH, DO WELCOME THE INTERACTION WITH THE, THE TASK FORCE AS WE, AS WE MOVE ALONG.
UM, BUT THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THE PRODUCTION OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK IS WHERE WE REALLY CAN START TO ENGAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AND YOU MENTIONED, UH, THOSE FOUR MEMBERS WHO ARE HOLDING OFFICE.
ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS ON THE COUNCILMAN AMES IS, UH, THE ONE THAT DREW THE LUCKY STORE AND DIDN'T GET ANY ASSIGNMENTS, BUT HE IS THE, HE IS THE FIFTH MEMBER OF THE, OF THE ORGANIZATION.
GOOD QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMAN BROWN.
[b. LMO Phase 4 – Family Subdivision and Family Compound]
HEY, UH, NEXT ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE LMO PHASE FOUR FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND FAMILY COMPOUND.DID WE KIND OF COVERED THAT ALREADY OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? SO, UM, WE PROVIDED FAMILY COMPOUND AND SUBDIVISIONS IN OUR, IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE LMO.
UM, BUT IT CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY ON, ON FAMILY COMPOUND AND SUBDIVISIONS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, WORKING ON, UH, WAYS TO TAKE, UH, COMMENTS BACK FROM SEVERAL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR BY INTO THE TOWN AND THE ONES THAT ARE COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE AND FIGURING OUT, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY TINKERING WITH THE PUZZLE, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND WHAT'S MAYBE MAKING THEM A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED AND, AND HOW CAN WE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR AND EASIER FOR FOLKS TO APPLY FOR THAT PROCESS.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR FAMILY COMPOUND AND SUBDIVISIONS, THERE'S SOME RULES TIED TO THE POINT OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON A FAMILY SUBDIVISION OR COMPOUND.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE, THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE IF PERHAPS THERE'S ALREADY MORE THAN ENOUGH LANDSCAPING SUPPLIED.
UH, AS IS, UM, WE ALSO JUST, JUST IN GENERAL, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, A FORMAL LAND RECORDATION PROCESS, WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WE'VE SENT TO LEGAL REVIEW AND WE'RE KIND OF WAITING TO GET BACK SOMETHING, SOME CLARIFICATIONS FROM THEM.
AND THAT'S JUST A, UM, BUT NOT TO GET TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS, BUT IN ANYTHING WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT SUB SUBDIVIDING LAND AND PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT, WE COVERED A LOT OF THIS IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT AND I KNOW THIS IS ONGOING.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE ADJOURNMENT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF MS. KRISHAN.
ACTUALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND IT SHOWS, AS COUNCILMAN BROWN SAYS, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON AT THE STAFF LEVEL, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME MOVEMENT AND SOME CHANGES IN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY HERE.
SO I WANNA THANK THE PUBLIC, THANK, UH, ATTORNEY, AND FOR BEING HERE AS WELL AS ALWAYS.
AND AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR HOME.
MR. BARNWELL, COUNCIL BROWN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION AS WELL.
[9. Adjournment]
A MOMENT, A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.[01:55:08]
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HEY, I'M JIM FROM ACROSS THE STREET YEARS.
A LIFETIME CAN RUSH BY WITHOUT REALIZING WHAT WE'RE MISSING, WE LOSE SOME OF THE BEST MOMENTS.
SOME THAT MAY NEVER REPEAT, COME ON, OR DETACH FROM PEOPLE AROUND US.
OUR LOVED ONES GROW USED TO THIS PATTERN, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.
WE HAVE A CHOICE TO TAKE ACTION.
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LIVE A FULL LIFE AGAIN.
HEAR HOW MANY OF US VIETNAM VETERANS HAVE MANAGED OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND RECONNECTED WITH OUR FAMILIES.
VISIT MAKE THE CONNECTION.NET TO FIND OUT MORE.
WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY? 9 1 1.
WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY FOR VERIFICATION? IS HE BREATHING? YOU DON'T FEEL OPPOSED.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLING IN, THEY'RE HAVING WHAT MIGHT NOT BE AN EMERGENCY TO YOU, BUT IT IS AN EMERGENCY TO THEM AND THEY NEED SOMEONE THEY CAN TALK TO WHO MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT IS COMPASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND EMPATHETIC AND TRYING TO KEEP THEM CALM UNTIL HELP CAN GET THERE FOR THEM.
HE SAID HIS HAND IS CALLED AN EMERGENCY SERVICE DISPATCHER REALLY IS THE FIRST RESPONDER.
IT'S THE LIFELINE TO CONNECT YOU WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GET THE INITIAL INFORMATION.
THEY'RE THE FIRST PERSON THAT A CALLER SPEAKS TO, TO GIVE THEM THAT EENT INFORMATION THEY HAVE.
AND THE OFFICERS, WE'RE THE FIRST ONES TO SPEAK TO THEM, TO GET THEM ROLLING AND GET THEM EN ROUTE ONE, RESPOND TO A CARDIAC ARREST.
WE TAKE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS AND EMERGENCY CALLS.
EVERYTHING FROM, I NEED A NUMBER FOR THIS PLACE.
LOCKED OUT OF VEHICLES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, VANDALISM, ALARMED ROBBERIES, SHOTS FIRED, LOOSE DOGS UP UNTIL DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER.
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING IN AND NOT HAVING THEIR BEST DAYS.
YOU GOTTA WANT TO HELP PEOPLE AND WANT TO BE THAT VOICE OF REASON.
THIS COULD BE MY FAMILY MEMBER ON THE LINE AND I WANT TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE I CAN TO MY FAMILY.
SO I TRY TO TREAT EVERY PERSON THAT CALLS INTO THIS CENTER AS IF IT WAS A FAMILY MEMBER OF MINE.
I CAN GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS ON CPR, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO GET HIM OVER ON HIS BACK.
ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? THERE ARE DAYS WHERE IT'S VERY OVERWHELMING ONCE YOU GET IN THE DOOR.
WE'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED AS FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT WE ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOMEBODY THE HELP AND THE TIME OF NEED IS THE BEST THING.
THAT'S WHAT WE COME TO WORK DO.
WE HAD TO HANG UP FROM THOSE NUMBERS.
IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? IT'S A VERY, VERY REWARDING CAREER.
IT'S NEVER THE SAME FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER.
OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? SOMEONE'S TAKING YOUR MAIL.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GETTING SOMETHING NEW.
SO TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY TO ME IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING ABOUT WORKING IN THIS CAREER FIELD.
BEAUFORD COUNTY DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES.
EARLY INTERVENTION, ADULT DAY PROGRAMS, RESIDENTIAL AND INDEPENDENT LIVING AND RESPITE CARE.
EVEN A SUMMER CAMP FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS HAVE SOME FORM OF DISABILITY.
IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY COULD BENEFIT FROM THESE SERVICES, CONTACT DSN TODAY.
BEAUFORT COUNTY DSN CHANGES DISABILITIES INTO POSSIBILITIES.
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