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[5. Appearance by Citizens: Citizens who wish to address the Town Council on the matters being discussed during the meeting may do so by submitting the Request to Speak form by 4:30 PM the day prior to the meeting.]
DOG.THIS PUTS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE WORKFORCE, LEASES WITH THE EMPLOYERS AND NOT THE TOWN.
IT ENCOURAGES WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL AND WORK, WHICH LIVES INTO OUR VISION.
AND NUMBER FOUR, NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER.
I KNOW THAT THIS COMMITTEE AND TOWN STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO DEFINE THE GUARDRAILS THROUGH THE TAX AMENDMENT PROCESS TO ENSURE A MUTUALLY SUCCESSFUL DESIGN.
I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PRESS RELEASES OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS REGARDING LAND PURCHASES BY THE TOWN TOTALING 15.3 MILLION.
WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO HAVE A PRESS RELEASE THAT SAID THE TOWN WAS SUPPORTING THE BUILDING OF DORMS TO SUPPORT THE USCS FUTURE TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND THAT IS AN EYESORE.
AND THE BEST PART, NO TAX CARE DOLLARS WERE SPENT.
SHERRY NORRIS, SHERRY NORRIS, ANGIE HUTCHINS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO GIVES SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME.
EVERYONE UP THERE AND EVERYWHERE.
THEY GIVE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND PURSUIT OF CONSERVING AND MAINTAINING THIS AMAZING AND UNIQUE ISLAND.
I'VE ONLY LIVED HERE THREE YEARS, BUT I'VE NEVER FELT MORE AT HOME AND PASSIONATE ABOUT ANY PLACE ON THIS EARTH.
I'M VOICING MY WHOLEHEARTED OF SUPPORT AND, AND, AND THIS AMENDMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
RATHER THAN STATE MORE STATISTICS AS OTHERS HAVE AND WILL MORE ELOQUENTLY DO, I'D RATHER SHARE A POEM AND I THINK IT APPLIES TO SO MUCH.
LISTEN TO THE MU BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN.
IMPOSSIBLE TO WON'T LISTEN TO THE NEVER HAVES AND LISTEN CLOSE TO ME.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, CHILD, ANYTHING CAN BE.
I THOUGHT WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE DREAMERS WHO JUST LIKE CHARLES FRAZIER MAY BE IMPERFECT, BUT THEY WANNA BUILD WELL WITH WHAT THEY CAN PREVENT THE PITFALLS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT.
ARE WE CHAMPIONING THEM? OR WE GONNA CONTINUE CHAMPIONING ALL THE CRITICS ON NEXTDOOR AND OTHER PLACES, UM, WHO, UH, DO NOTHING BUT COMPLAIN WINE AND THROW UP OBSTACLES TO EVERYTHING.
I THINK THIS WILL BE A BIG MESSAGE AND SUPPORT OF THIS DEVELOPER WHO'S CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT THIS PLAN.
AND, UH, WE WANNA HAVE OTHER DEVELOPERS DO THE SAME, JUST TO CONTINUE THE TRADITIONS HERE AND IMPROVE FOR OUR FUTURE.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ISLANDERS NEXT
ALSO, IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT SUPERFICIALLY AS BENEFITING THE PUBLIC.
IT OFFERS SOME WORKFORCE HOUSING DORM ROOMS WITH NO TOWN CASH.
BUT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO DO IS DIG A LEAD A LITTLE DEEPER BEFORE NEXT WEEK'S MOMENT WHILE THE TOWN ISN'T BEING ASKED FOR CASH.
THIS SPOT ZONING IS A CASH EQUIVALENT, SIMPLY ANOTHER FORM OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THE BOTTOM LINE NEEDS TO BE, ARE THE TAXPAYERS GETTING ENOUGH IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS ZONING DENSITY AND PARKING GIFT? AS THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED, THERE ARE SOME BELOW MARKET RATE APARTMENTS BUT ONLY GUARANTEED FOR 10 YEARS COMPARED TO YOUR DESIRED 30.
AND AT THE PLEDGED 130% AAMI, A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT WOULD RENT FOR MORE THAN $4,000 PER MONTH, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE MARKET RATE APARTMENTS AT WATERWALK AND AQUA TERRA.
AS FOR SHARED USE PARKING, BE AWARE THAT MOST OF THE PARKING WILL BE USED BY THE NEW RESIDENTS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, NO SHARING THERE.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCE WITH AQUA TERRA THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE EVALUATION OF THIS PROPOSAL? HOW WILL YOU ENSURE THAT THE PROMISED HILTON HEAD ISLAND WORKER HOUSING UNITS INSIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC INCREASE AND NO STORMWATER DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ARE DELIVERED? AND IF THE PROMISED RESULTS ARET THERE, HOW WILL THE TAXPAYERS BECOME BEYOND THIS PROJECT ALONE? WHAT WILL THIS SPOT ZONING ALLOW OTHER NEARBY PROPERTIES TO BUILD? WILL THIS SET A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER DEVELOPERS TO ASK FOR SIM SIMILARLY BENEFICIAL ZONING LIKE WAS DONE FOR AQUA TERRA ON THE FORMER PORT ROYAL TENNIS CLUB ON FOL FIELD.
WE ALL KNOW THE DEVELOPER WILL FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS SPOT ZONING.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PLEDGE TO NOT REPEAT THE AQUA MISTAKE,
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PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU VOTE.YOUR FINAL DECISION BE WHETHER YOUR COMFORT THAT THE DEVELOPERS PROMISED PUBLIC BENEFITS HAS ENOUGH MARGIN OF ERROR TO AVOID BECOMING YET ANOTHER PROJECT ON THE TOWN'S PLANNING FAILURE LIST.
AS A WELL-INFORMED RESIDENT, I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES TO THE ISLANDER MIXED USE TAX AMENDMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
FIRST, AS STATED IN OUR PLAN, THE TOWN ENCOURAGED INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
IT CALLS FOR THE TOWN TO CONTINUE TO ASSESS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND BUILDING CODES TO FOSTER HIGHWAY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEEDED AND DIVERSE OBTAINABLE HOUSING OPTIONS.
CLEARLY, THE OFFICE WAY PROJECT PRESENTS OBTAINABLE OPTION TO FILL THE TOWN'S VISION.
SECOND, THE PROPOSAL FOR TAX WAS IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL EMPLOYER'S DESIRE FOR LONG-TERM FAMILY FRIENDLY TWO TO FOUR BEDROOM UNITS COMPARED TO THE EXISTING C I CIRCLE, MIXED USE CONDITIONS AS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
THE NEW USE ACTUALLY REDUCES NUMBER OF BEDROOMS OR OCCUPANTS PER UNIT.
IN ADDITION, THE TAX AMENDMENT MANDATES FEATURES THAT DON'T EXIST IN CURRENT C PINE CIRCLE DISTRICT LAND USE SUCH AS MINIMUM UNIT SIZE OF SEVEN 50 SQUARE FEET, MINIMUM AVERAGE SETBACK OF 35 FEET AND SHARED PARKING BY PROVIDING STUDENT HOUSING, ALL OF WHICH THERE GARNERS GOT RAILS TO CURTAIL EXCESSIVE CAPACITY AND LIMIT THE ABILITY FOR OTHERS TO REPLICATE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE ALIGNMENT MISUSE OFFERS A NEW PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP MODEL.
IT IS A PRIVATE INVESTMENT WITHOUT USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
IT HAS DIRECT LONG-TERM LEASES WITH THE EMPLOYERS AND IT MAINTAINS A HIGHER DESIGN STANDARDS WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ISLAND'S NATURAL BEAUTY.
I RECOGNIZE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS DESIRE AS WELL AS MISSED, UM, PRINCE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING WITHIN, WITH A 30 YEAR COMMITMENT AT BELOW MARKET PRICING.
HOWEVER, GOOD INTENTIONS CANNOT DEFY THE LOSS OF ECONOMICS.
THE OFFICE THREE PROJECT BALANCES RHETORIC WITH REALITY TO MEET THE TOWN'S URGENT NEED FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES HOUSING WITH A SHOVEL-READY PLAN, AND POTENTIALLY HELPS TRANSFORM U S C B INTO OUR RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT RESORT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
ALMOST A DECADE AGO, THE WEISMAN WARN WE JUST AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES WE NEED ON A SMALL ISLAND.
THAT WEISMAN WAS COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID AMES BY SUPPORTING THE TAX AMENDMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE OFFICE WAY PROJECT, THE TOWN GOVERNMENT CAN FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE REAL CAUSES OF LABOR SHORTAGES AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ON THE ISLAND.
PLEASE VOTE YES TO THE TAX ME ON JULY 18TH.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS JOHNS MARLEY AND I'M A RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD PLANTATION.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE ISLANDER MIX USE TAX AMENDMENT WITHIN THE C PINE CIRCLE DISTRICT LIVING HERE SINCE 2006 AND HAVING RENTED OFFICE SPACE IN THE R B C BANK NOW PNC BANK BUILDING, I PERSONALLY SAW THE DECLINE OF OFFICE WAY.
THIS EYESORE WAS NOTICED BY MANY OF OUR VISITORS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR DECADES.
FAST FORWARD TO NOW, WE HAVE A LOCAL DEVELOPER PARTNERING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING OUR LARGEST ISLAND EMPLOYER, WILLING TO NUMBER ONE, CREATE A SOLUTION TO SOME OF OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING ISSUES.
TWO, HELP U S C B DEVELOP A THRIVING HILTON HEAD CAMPUS THREE 100% PRIVATELY FUND THE PROJECT.
FOUR, REPURPOSE AN AREA IN DESPERATE NEED OF REVITALIZATION.
FIVE, REDUCE THE POTENTIAL DENSITY BY RIGHT WITHIN THE SEA PINE CIRCLE DISTRICT AS PART OF THE JANUARY 24TH STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WORKSHOP.
UNDER THE CONNECTED COMMUNITY POLICY PRESENTATION, THIS EXACT LMO AMENDMENT WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER STAFF SWOT ANALYSIS.
IN FACT, IT WAS PRAISED BY STAFF TO BE A KEY CHANGE AS PART OF THE SMART GROWTH FRAMEWORK.
WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE JANUARY WHEN COUNCIL SEEM TO ACCEPT THIS STRATEGY? BETH WILL SPEAK TODAY ON THE SCHEDULE OF THE BRIDGE TO BEACH
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DISTRICT ISLANDER.MIXED USE IS AN INTEGRAL PIECE TO THIS PUZZLE.
HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO IGNORE THIS OBVIOUS WIN-WIN SITUATION? I ASK THAT IF YOU ARE QUESTIONING THIS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS DECISIONS OR POTENTIAL FUTURE GOVERNMENT HOUSING AUTHORITIES, KNOW THAT THIS WIN-WIN WILL BE THE ONLY OPTION IN FRONT OF YOU ON TUESDAY.
THERE IS NO SOLUTION THAT WILL SOLVE THE ENTIRE PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE LOCALS WHO WANT TO CREATE A SOLUTION USING THEIR OWN MONEY, WHO CARE ABOUT REVITALIZING OUR ISLAND AND MAKING CHANGES FOR THE WELLBEING OF HILTON HEAD.
I KNOW THIS IS WHAT EACH ONE OF YOU WISH.
HOW CAN YOU VOTE NO FOR THAT? THANK YOU.
UM, THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING IS CURRENTLY A TOP ISSUE.
THE DEMAND FOR SENIOR HOUSING IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE AND THE NEED FOR MORE DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS TO MEET GENERATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NEEDS IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
DON'T YOU CONTINUE TO ASSESS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN BUILDING AMONGST THE FOSTER PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEEDED AND DIVERSE OBTAINABLE HOUSING OPTIONS.
NEW AND REDEVELOPED HOUSING SHOULD MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND.
IF IT IS IN OUR PLAN TO FOSTER PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, WHY HAS THIS PROJECT INSTALLED FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS? NUMBER ONE, THIS IS A PRIVATELY FUNDED PROJECT, AND NUMBER TWO, IT REVITALIZES AND ENHANCES WHAT IS AN I SAW AT THE SEA PINE SERVER.
AS A SEQUENCE RESIDENT, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND ASKS THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL THE SAME.
UH, MY NAME IS MEGAN FITZPATRICK.
I'M SOMEWHAT OF A NEW RESIDENT OF
I MOVED HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO AS AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WELL, YES, ON THE MIXED USE AMENDMENT MAKES THE MOST RATIONAL SENSE.
IT'S ESTIMATED 14,000 WORKERS COMMUTE TO THE ISLAND, SOME TRAVELING AS FAR AS 50 MILES.
TRAFFIC AS WE KNOW, IS AN ISSUE AND THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT BURDEN, UH, THAT'S PLACED ON THE BRIDGE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I PERSONALLY APPLAUD THE SURGE GROUP AND OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO HELP SOLVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM ON THE ISLAND.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST SKIN IN THE GAME.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THE LACK OF EMPLOYEES.
BY PARTNERING WITH THE UNIVERSITY, IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
CLER HAS INVESTED 1 MILLION TO WALK IN LONG-TERM RENTAL UNITS.
SEVEN LOCAL EMPLOYERS SIGNED LONG-TERM LEASE LETTERS OF INTENT, AND THE UNIVERSITY SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT FOR SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT.
THE PROJECT WOULD SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL WANT.
INSTEAD OF THE TOWN CONTINUING TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, ALLOW THE EMPLOYERS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO AT LEAST TAKE A STAB AT.
I PERSONALLY DROVE BY THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN QUESTION.
LAST NIGHT, I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THEIR DREAD.
I SAW GRAFFITI, I SAW ABANDONED COUCHES, AND ALL THE WINDOWS ARE CORDED UP.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE ICE AND WE KNOW IT'S NOT INDICATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS A BREEDING GROUND FOR TRANSIENTS TO DO
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP NO MATTER WHAT.
AS WE KNOW, OVER DEVELOPMENT IS A PROBLEM FOR HOMEOWNERS HERE.
IT'S GOING TO REDUCE OUR PROPERTY VALUES, INCREASE TRAFFIC AND REDUCE OPEN SPACES THAT MAKE HILTON HEADS SO UNIQUE.
WHY NOT LET SURGE IN THE OTHER HOSPITALITY EMPLOYERS REVITALIZE THEM AND PUT THEM TO GOOD USE.
THEY'RE ALSO INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH I THINK IS POSITIVE AS WELL.
ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS THAT NIGHT, I STOPPED AT A FEW LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND SPOKE WITH THE EMPLOYEES THERE AND ASKED THEM, DO YOU LIVE ON THE ISLAND? ALL SAID NO, THAT THEY COMMUTE FROM WHAT I ASKED THEM, THAT THEY WOULD WELCOME A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS.
AND THEY SAID, ABSOLUTELY THEY WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TYPE OF A SITUATION.
I ALSO SPOKE WITH SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS IN MY COMMUNITY AND THEY AGREED THAT THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION TO AN EVER-GROWING PROBLEM.
ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH THIS MAY NOT SOLVE THE ENTIRETY, IF SUCCESSFUL, IT WILL ENCOURAGE SIMILAR PROJECTS, MAKE USE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE RATHER THAN NEW BUILDING.
I SEE THAT SEA PINES COMPLETED ITS OWN HOUSING COMPLEX AND I ASKED, IS THAT A SUCCESS? I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY YES.
AS WE SEE THIS PROPOSAL NOW, THE TOWN GOVERNMENT SHOULD SEE THIS AS A GIFT, A CREATIVE
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SOLUTION THAT PUTS THE ONUS ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE MOST AND INSTEAD CONCENTRATE ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION, MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THE REVIEW OF SHORT TERM RENTALS ON HOUSING AVAILABILITY FOR WORKERS.AND ON PERSONAL NOTE, THIS BEING MY FIRST SUMMER HERE, THE NEED FOR HIGH QUALITY OF TOURISM RATHER THAN QUANTITY.
I WAS SHOCKED AT THE AMOUNT OF TRASH LIVED ON THE BEACHES AND A GENERAL DISREGARD FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY BY VARIOUS TOURS.
IN, IN CONCLUSION, I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE YES ON 18.
I'M MAKING COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT THOSE TEXT AMENDMENT, THE C PINES DISTRICT.
THEY ALLOW FOR HOUSING SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY A DOZEN OR MORE EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES, AND WILL PERMIT STUDENT DORMITORIES THAT CHANCELLOR PANU HAS DOCUMENTED AND COME BEFORE YOU TO SAY WILL HELP U S C B TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A TAXPAYER AT VALUE, A HOUSING INITIATIVE THAT DOESN'T COST THE TAXPAYERS A DIME.
AND ON THAT TOPIC OF VALUE, MILTON FRIEDMAN DESCRIBED FOUR WAYS TO SPEND MONEY.
NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY ON YOURSELF.
THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SPEND BECAUSE YOU ONLY SEEK THE HIGHEST VALUE.
AND IT'S HOW YOU CHOOSE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER SERVICES ON THE ISLAND.
NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY ON SOMEONE ELSE.
THIS IS THE SECOND MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SPEND BECAUSE YOU'LL STILL SEE VALUE AND YOU'LL MAKE SURE YOU DON'T SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY.
THIS IS THE MINDSET EMPLOYERS WILL USE TO RENT DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SOMEONE ELSE, BUT OUR PEOPLE, THE EMPLOYERS KNOW VERY WELL.
NUMBER THREE, YOU CAN SPEND SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY ON YOURSELF.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT EFFICIENT SPENDING BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING THE BEST PAYMENT FOR YOUR BUCK.
FINALLY, UM, MR. FRIEDMAN SAID THE FOURTH WAY YOU CAN SPEND IS BY SPENDING SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY ON SOMEBODY ELSE.
IN THIS CASE, YOU DON'T TYPICALLY ECONOMIZE AND SEEK THE HIGHEST VALUE.
AND LET'S FACE IT, THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT HOUSING SUBSIDY MODEL SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY ON SOMEBODY THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T KNOW.
THE ISLANDER MIXED USE PROJECT INVOLVES THE FIRST TWO TYPES OF SPENDING, THE TWO MOST EFFICIENT ONES, AND THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE TEXT
FINALLY, I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TERRIFIC TIME MACHINE ON THE INTERNET.
IT'S A WEBSITE CALLED PICTOMETRY, WHERE YOU CAN SEE SATELLITE PHOTOS, THE SEA TIMES DISTRICT, AS FAR BACK AS 2005.
THE RESOLUTION IS VERY GOOD, AND IF YOU ZOOM IN ON THE FEBRUARY, 2011 PHOTOS, YOU CAN SEE THE VERY SAME EMPTY PARKING LOT AND THE VERY SAME PLYWOOD ON THE WINDOWS OF THE NUMBER 12 OFFICE WAY BUILDING BUTTON.
THOSE ARE THE SAME, THAT'S THE SAME PLYWOOD THAT YOU CAN SEE ON DOOR AND WINDOW TODAY.
SO NOW 12 YEARS LATER, WE HAVE A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT COULD BUILD A CAR WASH, COULD BUILD FOUR ACRES OF SELF-STORAGE OR A CROWDED 440 BEDROOM HOUSING PROJECT WITHOUT TOWN COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
INSTEAD, HERE'S A SOLUTION OR ESSENTIAL SERVICE WORKER HOUSING THAT MEETS THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND AND THE MOST EFFICIENT
SO WHAT ARE WE WAITING? CHERRY NORRIS.
[6.a. Presentation and Discussion on the Creation of Hilton Head Island District Plans and Land Management Ordinance (LMO) Updates – Shawn Colin, Assistant Town Manager, Community Development]
MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, MY PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA TEE UP SOME HIGH LEVEL, UM, POINTS AND THEN THIS'S GONNA RUN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M GONNA LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW THAT WE, UM, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF VACANCIES FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
UH, BUT I ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE ACTIVELY RECRUITED AND FILLED MANY POSITIONS, NEW HIRES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
UM, I'VE ASKED THE STAFF THAT WERE OTHERWISE OBLIGATED THAT WE HAVE A 10 O'CLOCK DESIGN STUDIO FOR SOME FOLKS.
WE'RE HELPING, I THINK RASH WALKED IN, UM, AND SOME DOING FIELD INSPECTIONS.
BUT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU JUST A LIST OF WHO WE HIRED LAST YEAR, IF YOU IN ME FOR JUST A MINUTE.
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IN JUNE OF 2023 AS A PLANNING INTERN.SHE'S A DAUGHTER OF A MODELER, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR MITCHELLVILLE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER.
PERRY JOINED US IN JANUARY OF 2023.
PRINCIPAL PLANNER, UH, WITH HISTORIC DAMAGE PRESERVATION.
SO SHE'S BEEN ON BOARD, UH, JUST SINCE THE EARLY PART OF THIS YEAR AND IS MAKING A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN PROGRESS, UM, IN THE AREA OF WORK.
UM, ALEXIS COOK, PRINCIPAL PLANNER JOINED US IN MAY OF 2023, AND IF THEY WANNA WAVE THEIR HAND OR STAND UP, MAYBE AS I MENTIONED NAMES, UM, JOINED US JUST IN MAY, MAY 30TH AND 2023 AS HER PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
UM, SHE IS CURRENTLY THE LEAD STAFF WILL BE, UH, THE D B AND SO WE FILL A TOWN ARCHITECTURE POSITION AND IS INTEGRATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION, UM, TRADE LEVEL, MICHAEL CONLEY, I'M GONNA NAME THEM BOTH PEOPLE WHO TRADEY IS HERE.
THEY JUST HAD THEIR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UM, AND THEY ARE, THEY'RE GREAT.
THEY CALL, WE CALL 'EM THE DEPENDABLES.
THEY'RE ACTIVE, THEY'RE ENGAGED.
THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT THE WORK THEY DO, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE TEAM.
UH, RICHARD EDWARDS, WE JUST HIRED IN JUNE, UM, OF 2023 OF THREE WEEKS AGO, I THINK, UH, AS A COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER.
UM, AND HE'S, HE DOVE IN, UH, HEADFIRST AND INTO THIS WORK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN AND IS MAKING AN IMPACT AND MAKING US BETTER.
UH, ASHLEY
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, HAS HELPED, UH, IMMENSELY WITH, UM, US MOVING FORWARD THREE PHASES.
FOUR A IS PLANNING COMMISSION IN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS,
SHE'S NOT NEW, BUT SHE IS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING TEAM.
UM, AND SHE IS, UM, BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY EFFORTS HERE ON THE ISLAND OVER THE YEARS CIRCLE OF CIRCLE, UM, AFTER SHE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THE SHELTER CODE PARK EXPANSION AND BOARDWALK THAT WE JUST UNVEILED HERE RECENTLY.
UM, SHE HAS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BACKGROUND AND IS REALLY, UM, HELPING US AND LEADING THE DISTRICT PLANNING ALONG WITH, WITH THE TEAM.
XENOS MORRIS IN THE BACK HERE HAS JOINED US AS AN ASSISTANT COMMUNITY HONOR DIRECTOR.
UH, HE WAS WITH PORT ATKINS AND GENSLER, UM, HIGH POWER ENGINEERING PLACEMAKING.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE QUALITY AND THE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONSERVATION GROWTH FRAMEWORK LAB.
UM, IT TELLS A STORY RATHER THAN, UM, THAT JUST THE BASIC PLAN THAT WE TALKED TO YOU EARLIER.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE XENO IS INFLUENCING, UM, WITH GREAT PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING US BETTER.
KATIE, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER, UH, IN THE BACK HERE, UM, AND JOHNSON DCO, KATIE, UH, I'M SORRY, XENO STARTED NOVEMBER OF 2020.
I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ASSISTANT, BRIAN
UM, NOT ON THE PLANNING SIDE AS MUCH STARTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AS WELL, BUT HE'S, UM, HE'S AT A CONFERENCE TODAY WHO COULD JOIN US.
UH, YEAH,
UM, WE, UM, BRIAN
AND I ASKED, DID YOU COME IN LIKE WHERE WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE HERE.
SHE COMPLETED IT AND IS REALLY MAKING GREAT STRIDE IN HER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OUR IMPROVEMENTS, APPLICATION PROCESSING AND SERVING THE PUBLIC.
THEN JOHNSON JABU JUST JOINED US, UM, FRONT IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SECTION.
UH, JOINED US IN JUNE, 2023, LATE JUNE, 2023.
SHE WAS MY, MY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
SHE'S ACTUALLY TAKEN OUT ANOTHER JOB IN THE DEPARTMENT APPLICATION AND PERMIT MANAGER AND, UM, HAVE AN HOSPITAL TO FILL THAT, THAT POSITION OF COORDINATOR, AND I'M HOPING THAT'LL HAVE SOME ON BOARD HERE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
UH, NICK
BROWN AND NORTHPOINT, UH, DO A LOT OF RESEARCH, UM, ON THAT, AS WELL AS OUR HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR LADDER SEWER CONNECTION.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT SHE, SHE WAS EXPECTING AND HAD HER FIRST CHILD HERE EARLY JUNE, SO SHE WAS ON MATERNITY LEAVE.
UM, BUT HER ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY IS COMING UP HERE IN AUGUST, AND SO WE HAVE 14, UH, AT THE PEAK WE HAD 14 VACANCIES, WHICH WAS 28 YEARS.
SO, UM, OF THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT FROM A PLANNING
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STANDPOINT WAS NEARLY, UM, 40%.AND SO WE HAD SOME LIMITATIONS ON OUR CAPACITY TO DELIVER.
AND THROUGH WORK WITH HR, THE TOWN MANAGER, OUR MARKETING TEAM, OUR RECRUITMENT TEAM, AND, AND BEING THOUGHTFUL IN OUR ENGAGEMENT INTERVIEWS, I THINK WE HAVE ASSEMBLED A WONDERFUL TEAM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY WORK.
AND I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU'LL SEE THE QUALITY AND THE PACE AND SUPPORT AND EFFORTS, UM, INCREASING LEVELS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A TOWN ARCHITECT THAT WE CONTINUE TO INTERVIEW AT ANOTHER INTERVIEW FRIDAY.
UM, WE ARE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON, UM, TO HELP US WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO SERVE THE PRB AND, AND HELP THEIR, UH, AND WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN RECRUITING FOR SOME TIME.
UH, WE CONTINUE THAT AS A, A PRIMARY FOCUS, UM, WITH MULTIPLE MEETINGS EACH WEEK TO THAT EVALUATE AND, AND INTERVIEW AND, UH, AND GOT EVERYONE ALL HANDS ON THE DECK TO TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS IS IN ORDER TO HAVE ALL THOSE VAS WE LOST A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE HAD HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, SO I DON'T WANNA BLOW ON THE, THE FACT THAT OUT I WANNA FOCUS ON POSITIVITY.
WE ARE READY AND ABLE AND CONFIDENT IN THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
IS MIKE, OH, IS YOUR MIC ON? I'LL SPEAK LOUDER.
AND I, I DO WANNA ECHO, ECHO THAT THERE IS NEW ENERGY, CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, AND, UM, IT REALLY STARTS WITH, AS WE INTERVIEW, EXPLAINING THE WHY ABOUT THE POSITION, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE DO THE WORK WE DO.
AND, UM, CAUSE DOMINIC JUMP IN AND LEAD AND MISSY'S GONNA DO THE, UH, THE MAIN PRESENTATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE AT RISK.
WE'VE BEEN AT RISK FOR SOME TIME, UM, FROM, FROM DEVELOPMENT, UH, TRANSPORTATION LEVEL, UM, QUALITY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE.
AND WE'RE HERE CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE CHANGE.
UH, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE, UH, SET EXPECTATIONS, MAKE THE PROMISE AND COMMITMENT FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT WILL DRIVE THE BROADER SECTOR TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE EXPECT FROM THEM AND TO DELIVER, UM, ACCORDING TO A FRAMEWORK.
AND, UM, AND I'M PROUD THAT THIS TEAM UNDERSTANDS THAT AND HAS BOUGHT INTO THAT.
AND WITHOUT HAWAII, UM, WE'RE JUST BUILDING WIDGETS, RIGHT? SO IT'S REALLY MEANING BEHIND THAT.
AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP CLASS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SAID THAT EMPLOYEES AND, AND THE, AND THE COMMUNITY THAT KNOW THE WHY, UM, ARE 40% MORE EFFECTIVE IN DELIVERING THE WORK THEY DO, UM, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FOUNDATION.
I'M TRYING TO BUILD THE, MY TEAM AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE THAT I MENTIONED UNDERSTANDS AND ADVISES OF THAT.
SO WE, WE MAKE, WE MAKE THE DECISION AS A TEAM, UH, WIN OR LOSE, RIGHT OR WRONG, WE MAKE AS A TEAM NOW, AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE CALIBER OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THE TEAM AND THEIR OPINIONS.
UM, WE LEARNED AS WE WENT THROUGH MID ISLAND DISTRICT.
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SIR.LETS GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THEM.
THERE ARE MEETING PART OF THE SPECIFIC YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME FOR A FEW MINUTES.
UM, JUST ANOTHER, UM, 60 SECONDS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS CITY.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE KNOW WHERE
UH, WE'VE MOVED THROUGH SOME PHASES OF THE LMO, UM, SOME INCREMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS AND I THINK IT'S PROVIDED SOME RELIEF, ALL THE RELIEF WE NEED.
WE LEARNED FROM THE ISLAND DISTRICT, UH, OF WAYS TO GO ABOUT DISTRICT PLANNING.
UM, THERE WAS SOME DONE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE LOOKED AT BRIDGE TO THE BEACH CHAPLAIN AND STONEY INITIATIVE AREAS, UH, BUT NOT A COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK.
SO THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT GAVE US A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF HOW TO KICK THE TIRES AND, AND, AND PUT A FRAMEWORK TOGETHER FOR A DISTRICT PLAN, INCLUDING A MAJOR, UH, PARK DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE MORE OF A COMMITMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE.
I THINK
AND THEN THERE'S CONFIDENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE, UM, FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT THERE'S HAD THE EXPECTATIONS AND COMMITMENT FOR THE PUBLIC AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT TIMING, UM, AND, AND IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE ARE PERMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION ON THIS SIDE.
UM, WE
WE HAVE A DISTRICT PLAN WHICH WILL LEAD TO, UH, THE FINAL LMO VERSION AND AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES YOU THINK WE'LL ALL BE PROUD OF.
UM, I'M GONNA CLOSE MY COMMENTS, UH, WITH THAT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE AND ASK THEM TO SEE, UH, TO COME UP AND, UH, AND MAKE ME LOOK BAD BY, BY KNOCKING THIS OUT OF THE PARK IF IT MAKES ANY SENSE.
UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MEET OUR TEAM THAT WE'VE BEEN ASSEMBLING.
UM, AND, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH, WITH EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTIONS, ESPECIALLY TO THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
UM, CERTAINLY WITH THIS WORK, WE DO WORK WITH, UM, THE CONSULTANT TEAM AS WELL.
UM, ON THE ELMO PROJECT WE HAVE A TEAM CALLED ZOOM CO THAT WE WORK WITH.
AND THEN ON THE DISTRICT PLANNING, WE'RE WORKING WITH S KATIE AND
UM, THIS UPDATE IS MAINLY ON, UM, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH THE LMO, UH, PROJECT UPDATE.
UM, BUT MAINLY ON, UH, THE PRIORITIZATION AND TIMING OF THE DISTRICT PLANNING AS WELL AS THE DELIVERY OF THE DRAFT VERSUS DISTRICT PLAN.
SO I KNOW THERE ARE SOME AUDIENCE THAT ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THEIR PLAN AND, AND WHAT IT SAYS.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE ALAMO AMENDMENTS PLAN UPDATES.
OBVIOUSLY, PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE, UM, HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER, UM, THE DETAILS OF THOSE PHASES.
UM, BUT THEY, WERE THEY ALL OF THE AMO AMENDMENT PLAN.
JUST TO BACK UP IS IMPLEMENTATION OF, UM, THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE DID ON, UH, IN CRITICAL REVIEW OF OUR CODE, UM, BY THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND IS ALSO, UH, A STRATEGIC ACTION ITEM, UH, THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENT.
UM, AND, AND ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS REALLY WANT TO, UM, BRING OUR CURRENT CODE MORE INTO ALIGNMENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AND THEN ALSO AS A RESULT OF THE DISTRICT PLANNING TO BRING THEM INTO ALIGNMENT OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OF GIRL FRAMEWORK AND DISTRICT PLANNING.
SO THE, UM, FOUR A, UH, SET, UM, WHICH IS FOR FLOOR AREA RACIAL REPORTING WILL BE COMING, UH, TO COUNTY COMMISSION ON JULY 27TH FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, PHASE FOUR, UM, CONTENT IS IN DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW, UM, AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO DELIVER THAT AS WELL.
UM, COMING IN RIGHT BEHIND THE FOUR, A PUBLIC REVIEW, UH, CYCLE.
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RFQ HAS BEEN ISSUED PHASE FIVE, UM, BUT THAT WAS ISSUED, UM, IT'S OUT, IT WAS ISSUED ON AND OPENED ON JUNE 26TH.WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MANDATORY PRE MEETING, UH, TOMORROW ON THE 14TH AND YES, ARE DUE ON THE 25TH.
UM, WE HAVE A LIST OF, UM, 20 FIRMS WHO HAVE DOWNLOADED, UM, THAT BROUGHT YOU TO DATE, UM, AS OF YESTERDAY.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR, UM, INVITATION PROCESS THAT OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM DOES, THEY ALSO SEND IT TO ADDITIONAL 17 FIRMS. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, PROMOTION OF BARBECUE ONLINE.
UM, THE SCOPE OF THE PHASE FIVE UM, PLAN IS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND AN OVERALL REWRITE OF THE CODE.
UM, IT'LL INCLUDE, UM, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, APPLICATIONS, MANUAL, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, UM, OF COURSE DESIGN, UM,
UM, AND THEN ALSO ALIGNMENT WITH, UM, PLANNING INITIATIVE.
AND AS FAR AS SCHEDULE GOES, UM, FOR THE FOUR A, UM, THE PUBLIC READING CYCLE STARTS AGAIN ON THE JULY 27TH WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I ANTICIPATE COMING TO THIS FIVE EIGHT MONTH IN AUGUST.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SO IT'S GONNA COUNCIL FOR, UH, TWO READINGS.
UM, AGAIN, THE PHASE FOUR SET IS COMING IN RIGHT BEHIND.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN, UH, PUBLIC PLANNING, OF COURSE, THE BALANCE OF PHASE FIVE IS GONNA OCCUR AFTER THE WHOLE DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS IS COMPLETE AND SHOW THAT, UM, POTENTIALLY OCCURRING IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2024.
NOW WE'RE GONNA KIND OF FOLD INTO THE OVERALL GROWTH FRAMEWORK AND DISTRICT PLANNING, UM, UPDATE.
AND, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, WE, WE INTRODUCE THE, UM, THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK DRAFTS AND THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY MAPS TO PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE IN APRIL.
AND WE HAVE SOME UPDATES ON ASSIGNMENTS TO THOSE MAPS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH.
UM, IT IS, UH, OUR INTENT TO PUBLISH TO CREATE A PAGE ON THE WEBSITE WITH THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE DRAFT WITH FRAMEWORK MAP SERIES, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY MAP SERIES, UM, AS WELL AS THE DRAFT MARSHA'S PLAN, UM, AFTER THIS MEETING THAT WE'LL POST THOSE ONLINE OVERALL, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE DIVING INTO AND, AND, UM, WHAT THE MARSHA'S PLAN, UM, THAT WE GO THROUGH.
IT'S A BIT DISTRICT PLAN ALREADY ADOPTED.
UM, SO OVERALL, UH, WE HAVE, UH, AN OVERALL GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP THAT THEN DRIVES THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT PLANS.
UM, THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP IS HOW AND WHERE WILL CONSERVE AND GROW ON THE ISLAND.
IT'S CONCEPTUAL FOR STEP INTO THAT THOUGHT PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THE DISTRICT PLANNING EFFORT IS, UM, FOR THE REFINEMENT.
UM, AND IT, WE'VE BROKEN THEM INTO EIGHT DISTRICTS, OF COURSE, THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT AND THEN MARSHA'S IN BRIDGE TO EACH OF THE, THE TWO DISTRICTS, UM, COMING UP NEXT.
UM, SO OVERALL IT'S, IT'S A CONSERVATION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.
UM, IT'LL ESTABLISH THAT VISION, UM, THAT SEAN MENTIONED, UM, FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT ON THE ISLAND, BOTH IN THE PUBLIC REALM AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT AS WELL.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT TOO, SEAN MENTIONED THAT IT'S KINDA A PROMISE, UM, THAT THIS VISION THAT WE'RE CREATING THROUGH THESE DISTRICT PLANS WOULD BE REALIZED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND CAN BE REALIZED OVER TIME.
UM, THESE PLANS HAVE SOME COMMON THEMES, BUT THEY'RE ALL, UM, THEY ALL WILL INCLUDE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THEN AN IMPLEMENTATION, UH, SCHEDULE THAT WILL INCLUDE, UM, CHANGES TO LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IN A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE OVERALL, THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK SHOWS HOW WE ALL SERVE CONSIDER, AS WELL AS PROTECT THE HEDGES.
UM, WHEN WE GET TO IT, WE'LL SHOW SOME CENTERS THAT ARE BOTH PRIMARY CENTERS AND SECONDARY CENTERS.
THOSE ARE AREAS OF EXISTING, UM, CONCENTRATED, UM, COMMERCIAL AREAS.
UM, THEY, THEY ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHANGE ESSENTIALLY.
UM, AND, AND THE SECONDARY CENTERS ARE KIND OF COMMERCIAL SUB AREAS.
UM, THEY'RE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WHERE CHANGE COULD OCCUR AS WELL.
UM, AND THE EDGES ARE, UM, ADJACENT TO OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, UM, LIKE BEACHES, MARSHES, WETLANDS.
UM, THIS PROJECT TENDS TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE EDGE CONDITIONS,
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UM, AS WE PLAN AND DESIGN FOR HEALTHY TRANSITIONS, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PLAN.SO, UM, AS SEAN MENTIONED, IF WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE MAP SERIES FOR THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP, UM, WE RESUME OUT FIRST WITH, UM, A REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP THAT SHOWS HOW INNER ISLAND INTERPLAY WITH THE OVERALL REGION, UM, INCLUDING DEEPER COUNTY BURG COUNTY AND COURSE PROXIMITY TO VISIT SAVANNAH, GEORGIA METROPOLITAN AREA.
UM, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW COMMENTS OVERALL OF THE APP SERIES HERE, AS WELL AS DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE.
THEN WE KIND OF DIVE DOWN TO THE LOCAL CONTEXT OF THE ISLAND.
AND, UM, THERE'S 34 SQUARE MILES OF LAND AREA AND POPULATION OF JUST UNDER 40,000.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER MARSHLAND, BEACHES, WETLANDS, UM, COUNTRY CANOPY THAT WE'RE PROUD OF.
THEY'RE INTEGRAL TO THE MAKEUP OF THE ISLAND AND PART OF OUR DNA.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A NUMBER OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, COMMON PROPERTY, PRIVATE CONSERVATION AREAS THAT MAKE OUT THE THOUSAND ACRES OF PROTECTED LAND AREA.
AND SO THIS STARTS TO SHOW, UM, SOME OF THOSE FEATURES THAT, UM, MAKE THAT VERY SPECIAL.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
THEN ON SCREEN NOW IS THE GROWTH FRAMEWORK, THE CONSERVATION AND GROWTH FRAMEWORK.
UM, THIS DEPICTS THE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FOR GROWTH, IS IT IDENTIFIES THOSE, UM, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CENTERS.
UM, THE PRIMARY CENTERS THAT ARE LISTED INCLUDE PARKER TOWN, SEA, PINE CIRCLE, LAKEY, SHELTER GROVE, MID ISLAND AREAS, SECONDARY CENTERS, UM, ON THE MAP INCLUDE SOUTH BEACH, PALM MEADOW, BAY ARENA, MAIN STREET AREA, AND, AND SOUTH CREEK ALONG THE WATER.
UM, THERE ARE, AGAIN, FROM THE PRIOR MAP, THE CONSERVATION CONSIDERATIONS, UM, HERE THAT SHOW THE MARSHLAND THE PUBLIC PARKS AND TITLE ON PROPERTY CONSERVATION LAND.
SO IT BOTH HAS THOSE, UM, CONSIDERATIONS FOR GROWTH, BUT ALSO THE CONSERVATION AREAS INCLUDED ON THE MAP DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CENTER.
THEY WERE BASIC BASICALLY ON THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND BELIEVE IT WASN'T NECESSARILY COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT IT WAS, UM, IT HAD TO DO WITH, UM, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, BUSINESSES WITHIN THE AREA, THE, THE REACH THAT THEY HAD OR THE PULL FOR, UM, HOW MANY, UM, BUSINESSES WERE THERE.
SURE, YES, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME METRICS FOR THOSE DEFINITIONS.
AND THEN THE RESULT OF THAT, UM, IS THAT THEN WE GET DOWN TO, UM, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE GROUND AND A PLANNING LEVEL WITH THE DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THAT GROWTH FRAMEWORK CONSERVATION AND GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO MORE DETAIL IN THE DISTRICT'S MAPS.
AND AGAIN, THERE ARE EIGHT DISTRICTS, UM, IN THE DISTRICT MAP SERIES.
UM, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE ONE BY ONE, BUT THE DISTRICTS INCLUDE MARSH, OAK CREEK, MAIN STREET, MID ISLAND, CHAPLIN, PARKWAY, BEACH, BRIDGE BEACH.
UM, SO THESE DISTRICTS ARE ALL OF THE AREAS THAT ARE, UM, EXCLUSIVE OF OUR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, SO IT EXCLUDES THOSE 11 LARGEST COMMUNITIES.
S UM, PLANTATION HEALTH,
THE MARSH DISTRICT, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON, UM, IN THE BALANCE OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, IT'S BOUNDARIES, UM, ARE REALLY GOING BY JO CREEK TO THE NORTH, UM, BROAD CREEK TO THE SOUTH CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY BISECT IT.
UM, IT'S INCLUSIVE OF FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND OTHER COMMONALITIES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITHIN DISTRICT PLAN.
CAN I JUST BACK ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I JUST, I WANNA JUST MAKE A A POINT, UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS EXCLUSIVE, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE PUD AREAS, SO
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THAT'S INTERESTING AND, AND GOOD.BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT IN HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS ON THE ISLAND HAVE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE EXPECTATIONS AS WELL.
AND SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE DISTRICT PLANS THAT WILL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M SURE OF CHANGES, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS NEED TO PAY ATTENTION AND BE HEARD BECAUSE WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WILL CHANGE WHAT THEY EXPECT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR PROPERTY, THAT WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH THEM, JUST LIKE WE WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PUDS.
SO THAT BALANCE, I, I UNDERSTAND MORE HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THE PUDS, BUT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THOSE AREAS HAVE DEVELOPED NOW INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS WITH EXPECTATIONS.
AND, AND I'M GONNA BE EXTREMELY COGNIZANT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON THOSE EXPECTATIONS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS REALLY CLEAR THAT I, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING IN ON THIS IS THE PROTECTION OF THE RESIDENTS FIRST, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT CHANGES MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR, UM, I'M GONNA FOCUS NOT ON THE GROWTH, BUT ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE ISLANDS NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE, WE DO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT, FEEDBACK AT ANY POINT IN THE PROCESS, UM, EVEN IF IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE MARSH'S PLAN THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, DISCUSSING TODAY.
THE FOLK CREEK, UM, DISTRICT, UM, HAS FOLK CREEK, OF COURSE, TO THE WEST.
UM, IT HAS SOME LAND ON JENKINS ISLAND.
IT'S BORDERED BY, UH,
UM, THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE SOUTH OF THE LANE HILTON PARKWAY.
UM, IT DOES INCLUDE THE COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES MAIN STREET DISTRICT HERE.
UM, IT, OF COURSE RUNS THROUGH THE MAIN STREET, UM, AREA.
UM, IT DOES INCLUDE JARVIS PARK.
IT DON'T HAVE SCHOOL CAMPUSES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
AND HILTON HEAD PLANTATION IS TO THE NORTH AND TO GO RUN TO THE SOUTH, THE HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL, UH, COMPLEX.
IT'S IN THE NORTHEASTERN EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT FOUNDRY.
I SEE ON THAT ONE, YOU AND I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION REGARDING ONE SPECIFIC AREA, UM, THE MERCEDES, UH, SITE, SO THAT I'M, I'M JUST, UH, SAYING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK OUGHT TO BE LOOKED AT AS THE RATIONALE WHY IT'S EXCLUDED FROM THIS.
UM, IT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE MID ISLAND INDUSTRY OF BOUNDARY, WHICH WAS THE PLAN THAT WAS, UM, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN ADJUST THOSE BOUNDARIES.
UM, BUT IT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT BOUNDARY, WHICH WE DID NOT ALTER AS WE CREATED BOUNDARIES FOR THE REMAINING SEVEN.
UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE, I I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S, UH, MORE CONTIGUOUS TO BECAUSE OF ROADS AND SIMILAR USES TO BE IN THE MAIN STREET AREA THAN THAT WE, WE CERTAINLY CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
THE SUGGESTIONS THAT COME FROM COUNCIL ARE ALSO LISTENING FOR, UM, INPUT AND FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS, THESE ARE THE PLANS FOR THEIR ISLAND, AND IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, PLEASE SPEAK UP SO THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND CONSIDERED FOR HOW THIS ULTIMATELY, UM, COMES TOGETHER AND GETS, UM, IMPLEMENTED.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THIS.
UH, THE MID ISLAND, UH, DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE SET BY TO THE SOUTH.
IT'S BROAD CREEK, UM, TO THE WEST.
IT'S BEEP CITY ROAD, UM, TO THE EAST PORT ROYAL PLANTATION.
UM, OF COURSE, THE
SO THE CHAPLAIN DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, UM, BROAD CREEK IS TO THE WEST, THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE EAST, UM, PALM MEADOW TO THE SOUTH.
UM, THE DISTRICT CONTAINS SEVERAL PARKS, CHAPLAIN PARK, IT HAS, UM, PARK BEACH ACCESS TREASON, HOLLY FIELD AND ISLANDER BEACH PARKS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
PARKWAY DISTRICT INCLUDES 3.5 MILES ALONG WILLIAM COLTON
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PARKWAY.UM, TO THE NORTH IS SHELTER COPE LANE TO SOUTH IS ARROW ROAD AND WILLIAMS PARKWAY INTERSECTION.
IT INCLUDES TOWN HALL, UM, SHELTER, COMMUNITY PARK, UM, SHELTER COPE.
YOU, AND AGAIN, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BUT JUST FOR THE REST OF THE PPC MEMBERS, I'M MAKING THE SUGGESTION THAT WHEN YOU USE, WHEN YOU HAVE A, UH, BOUNDARY THAT IMPACTS, UM, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? I'M SORRY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHELTER COVE AREA, UH, THE, THE THE SHOPPING CENTER IN SHELTER COVE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ROAD, UH, IS NOT INCLUDED, UH, IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M MAKING THE SUGGESTION THAT IF A DISTRICT IS ACCESSED, UH, BY A ROAD, THEN IT SHOULD BE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT SO THAT IT IS CONSIDERED A PART OF ANY TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR ACCESS ISSUE.
SO THE FOUR BEACH DISTRICT INCLUDES, UM, TWO AND A HALF MILES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
IT'S BORDERED TO THE WEST SKY SEA PINES TO THE EAST BY SHIPYARD, UM, CORD PARKWAY TO THE NORTH.
UM, IT INCLUDES
AND OF COURSE, UM, THE NORTH SOUTH FOREST BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BRIDGE TO EACH DISTRICT, UM, IS THE DISTRICT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, NEXT AFTER MARSH'S, UM, WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM THIS WEEK.
UM, DID SOME DISTRICT TOURING AND, UM, HAD A REALLY GREAT, UM, COUPLE DAYS, UH, GETTING THAT PROJECT STARTED.
THE BOUNDARIES ARE, UM, THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY AND THE CHARLES FRASIER BRIDGE TO THE NORTH, UM, WEXFORD AND SHIPYARD TO THE EAST PINES, AND THE FOREST PRESERVES THE WEST, AND THEN
UM, IT DOES INCLUDE THE POINT COMFORT ROAD AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN ITS WESTERN REACH.
UM, IT DOES INCLUDE CROSSING SPARK ON MEADOW BAY MARINA, UM, C PINE CIRCLE, U S C D, AND IT INCLUDES THE CORRIDOR OF ARROW ROAD.
COULD LAST TIME COMMITTEE THAT I CALLED THIS BRIDGE ALMOST BEACH
UM, AND AND THAT LEADS ME TO ASK, AND IF THIS IS NOT THE PERFECT TIMING, GONNA COVER IT LATER, TOMMY.
SO, UH, THE CHOICE HAS BEEN NOW TO FOCUS FIRST ON THE MARSHALL DISTRICT, UM, AND THEN SECOND ON THIS RIDGE TO ALMOST THE BEACH DISTRICT
UM, AND SO HOW, UH, HOW WILL THE STAFF RECOMMEND THAT WE CHOOSE NEXT DISTRICTS GIVEN A TIMELINE, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL IN THE TEXT AMENDMENT, SO, AND, AND A GENERAL TIMELINE ON THE DISTRICT.
SO IS THERE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US NOW ABOUT WHAT, WHO MIGHT BE NEXT AND HOW THAT WILL BE CHATTED? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND ONE THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MEET, YEAH, UM, WE'RE GONNA MEET YET THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE LOGIC OF, UH, HOW THE REST OF THE DISTRICTS WILL RUN AND ESTABLISH THAT, THE TEMPO AND PACE.
SO WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
IF I COULD ADD A PERSONAL ALERT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FOREST BEACH AREA INCLUDED IS ONE OF THE NEXT ONES SINCE THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE, SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM, UM, THE MAP AND THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY NEXT SERIES, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THOSE BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE DRAFT MARSHA'S DISTRICT? YES.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S DEDICATED AND DETAILED WORK ON THIS.
I THINK THE DESIGN OF THE DISTRICTS IS LOGICAL.
UM, THE NAMING OF THEM IDENTIFIES THEM WELL, SO I'M PLEASED WITH THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF THAT.
AND CAN I JUST AS A POINT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISTRICTS ARE VERSUS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO THE DISTRICT'S PLAN, THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE TO, UM, TAKE THE PLACE OF OUR ZONING MAP, CORRECT? OR IS THERE A CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE CURRENT ZONING MAP THAT WE HAVE AND HOW THE DISTRICT MET PLANS FALL INTO PLACE? WELL, UM, EACH OF THE DISTRICT PLANS WILL HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND THEN AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AS WE IMPLEMENT OR MAKE CHANGES TO ZONING DISTRICTS TO MEET THAT FUTURE LAND USE VISION, THAT
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WOULD BE AN IMPLEMENTATION STEP.SO YES, IT, IT COULD LEAD TO CHANGES TO ZONING, LAND USE AND, AND DEVELOPMENT ON, ON THE PARCEL LEVEL BECAUSE THE DISTRICT PLANS WILL PRESENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE LAND USE, UM, WHICH MIGHT BE AT ODDS, UM, SINCE SOME OF THE DISTRICT PLANS DON'T NECESSARILY AT ALL ALIGN WITH WHAT THE ZONES ARE ACROSS THE ISLAND CURRENTLY.
SO THERE'LL BE CONFLICT THERE AND THAT'LL BE RESOLVED IN THE FAVOR, UH, FAVOR OF THE DISTRICT PLAN, CORRECT? OR IS THAT NOT, AM I NOT GETTING THAT RIGHT? I JUST WANNA A INTRICATE MYSELF, BUT I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE, IM THE IMPACT OF WHAT THESE DISTRICT PLANS MEAN IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE USED TO SEEING AND, AND LOOKING AT AND BELIEVING IN WITH REGARD TO HOW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS ON THE, THANKS, SEAN.
I'M SORRY, I MUST, I MUST HAVE COMPLICATED THINGS.
I TOLD MS. KELLY MINIMIZED THE TIMES I COME UP BECAUSE SHE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB.
SO YEAH, THE, THE INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT PLANNING WILL LEAD TO, UH, WHAT WE CALL AN ISLAND WIDE MASTER PLAN, A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
I EXPECT THAT OUR ZONING, UM, SCHEME, UM, WILL CHANGE FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY TO, TO, UM, SET THE EXPECTATION AND THAT PROMISE OF WHAT, WHAT WE EXPECT IN THE FUTURE.
SO YES, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSITION, THAT THIS IS BEGINNING, UM, THE DRAFT, UH, MARSHA'S DISTRICT PLAN, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH JUST THE PRESENTATION OF IT, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ACTUAL DRAFT PLAN DOCUMENT, UM, THAT WAS, UM, EMAILED OUT TO, UM, THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND ATTEND TO, UM, PUBLISH IT ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW.
UM, WE, AGAIN, I WANNA WELCOME AFTER TODAY, AND I WANNA REITERATE, UM, ESPECIALLY BASED ON MS. BECKER'S COMMENTS THAT WE WELCOME FEEDBACK, THOUGHTS, UH, COMMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, UM, AND THAT WE'RE ALSO STILL ON THE STAFF SIDE PROVIDING CRITICAL REVIEW COMMENTS, UH, RELATED TO THESE DRAFTS.
UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR, OUR FIRST TAKE ON THIS.
IT IS, IT IS VERY MUCH STILL A DRAFT, BUT IT IS MOVING US IN THE DIRECTION, UM, THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS TELLING US, UH, TO MOVE INTO.
SO OVERALL, THE, THE DRAFT PLAN IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR SECTIONS.
THERE'S AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION, UM, SOME DETAILED DISTRICT ANALYSIS THAT WILL GO THROUGH, AND THEN HOW THAT ANALYSIS LEADS US TO A STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
AND THEN FINALLY AN IMPLEMENTATION SECTION, WHICH, WHICH DOES INCLUDE, UM, THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND, AND, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE LMO TO IMPLEMENT IT.
UM, AGAIN, THE, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MARSHA'S DISTRICT WERE ALREADY DESCRIBED.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED HERE AS WELL.
UM, AND WE GO THROUGH SOME, UM, ANALYSIS ON, UM, SOME OTHER FEATURES WITHIN THE DISTRICT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, UM, ANALYSIS.
SO THE PROCESS OF COURSE IS, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EXISTING PLANS AND STUDIES ALONG WITH NEW INPUTS ALONG THE WAY AND ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT COMMENTS THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME EXISTING PLANS IN PLACE.
OUR PLAN AND THE GO WITH E TWO CULTURE PRESERVATION PROJECT REPORT, THE PARK AND RECREATION, THOSE ARE ALL DIRECTLY INFLUENCING, UM, THESE, UH, STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION.
AND IT WILL RESULT IN THIS NEW VISION FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, FOCUS ON CONSERVATION.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL THEMES FROM SOME OF THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT, UM, AROUND BOTH THE PACE AND SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THAT SLIDING SCALE IN THE RM FOUR DISTRICT.
UM, THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE RISE OF SHORT TERM RENTALS ISLAND WIDE, UM, AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK TO BETTER CONNECT BOTH INTERNALLY AND PATHWAYS.
UM, AND PART OF IT IS, UM, BOTH THE PACE AND SCALE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
UM, THERE'S OF COURSE A HIGH DEMAND, UH, FOR LAND, LAND THAT DOES HAVE SOME OF THE AVAILABLE LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT REMAINS ON THE ISLAND.
SO THE PRESSURE WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT IS HIGHER THAN OTHERS.
MISSY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT WORDING.
YEAH, IT'S MAINLY JUST TO KIND OF EQUAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S, WE HAVE THAT SLIDING SCALE BASED ON PARCEL SIZE.
AND SO, UM, HOW DO WE MAYBE LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE EVENLY,
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THAT CHANGING WORD CHOICE THERE? RI KNOW, UH, DOCUMENT WE HAVE GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITION FOR IT, AND ESPECIALLY MEANING IN OVERALL DENSITY AND ADDING ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.
THOSE WILL BE THE LEVELS USED.
YEAH, IT'S THE QUALITY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, UM, AND DESIGN AND, AND LAYOUT OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL UP OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION? UM, LEVEL UP, UM, THAT SLIDING SCALE TRADITIONALLY RIGHT OR WRONG, WE DO NOT ROUND UP.
IS THAT CORRECT OR DENSITY? THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UM, BULLET ALSO IS ABOUT CONTEXT SENSITIVITY.
UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS, AS WE DEVELOP, AS WELL AS DESIGN AND SCALE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS WITHIN THE DISTRICT ANALYSIS IN THE PLAN, UM, THAT GOES THROUGH IN GREAT DETAIL.
UM, IT INCLUDES, UH, SEVERAL PAGES ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMICS, UTILITIES, ROAD NETWORK AND CAPACITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND CULTURAL ASSETS AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR NATURAL SYSTEMS, TOWN PROPERTY, OUR PATHWAY NETWORK COURSE, THE, THE FLOOD PLAIN, UM, IMPORTANT, UM, HIGHLIGHTS, UNDEVELOPED AND UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES, OUR EXISTING ZONING, OUR EXISTING LAND GENERAL TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS OVERALL WITHIN THAT ANALYSIS ARE THAT, UM, THERE ARE MORE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS.
UM, UM, THERE ARE SOME JOBS, UM, WHICH IS SMALL BUT IMPORTANT JOB BASED WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A MIXTURE OF HOUSING STAFF.
IT MIXES THE OLDEST HOUSING STAFF ON THE ISLAND WITH SOME OF THE NEWEST HOUSING STAFF ON THE ISLAND.
UM, ALSO, UM, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND HOME BUILDING HAVE BEEN BUILT AT HIGHER INTENSITIES THAN SOME OF THE HISTORIC AVERAGES.
UM, MEANING THAT SOME OF THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENT IS PUSHING AT, UM, MAXIMUM ENTITLEMENT ALLOWED WITH THAT SL AND SCALE, SO UP TO EIGHT LONG UNITS PER NET ACRE.
UM, AND THERE ARE OF COURSE VACANT AND UNDERDEVELOPED PROPERTIES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AIR PRESERVATION WITHIN THIS FAR AS, UH, PUBLIC AMENITIES HOUSE, UH, CREEK DOCK, THE, UM, WITHIN THIS DISTRICT THAT EXISTS, UM, THERE ARE OTHER TENANT PROPERTIES, UM, AND WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
PLAIN HAS, UM, A LOT OF INFORMATION ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMICS.
THESE ARE KIND OF PULLED AS THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THERE ARE 2,400 FULL-TIME, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
IT'S, IT'S BOUNDARIES MAKE UP 6% OF, UH, THE TOTAL ISLAND POPULATION.
UM, SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN, UM, THIS DISTRICT, IT'S SEEN, UH, A POPULATION CHANGE OF 25% AMONG THE HIGHEST OF THE POPULATION CHANGE ARCO AND SMALL CREEK DISTRICT HAD ON A HIGH POPULATION CHANGE.
THERE'S AN AVERAGE OF 2.5, UM, HOUSEHOLDS, UM, DOES HAVE 700, UM, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT WORK AT THE 89, UH, UH, REGISTERED BUSINESSES WITHIN THE ISLAND JOB SHARE.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS, UM, THE HOUSING UNIT CHART HERE, UM, HERE ON THE SCREEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE UNITS THAT ARE BUILT, THERE'S 65% OF THE ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, 20% OF THOSE 20% OF MOBILE HOMES, 10% MULTI-FAMILY AND 5% ARE ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THAT THE CHART THAT'S ON THE SCREEN SHOWS, UM, THE INCREASE IN HOUSING UNITS BY YEAR.
UM, THE TWO, UH, COLUMNS ARE MARCH.
NO, I JUST, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, OF THE 2,400 DISTRICT FULL-TIME POPULATION, IS THERE
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A FURTHER BREAKDOWN ON THAT OF BETWEEN OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL? UM, OF THE, UM, 900, SO THERE'S 953 OCCUPIED UNITS.THERE'S 1,113 HOUSES, THOSE ARE OCCUPIED, OCCUPIED, 125 OR RENTER OCCUPIED, AND THEY'RE NOT OCCUPIED FULL-TIME.
SO THAT COULD BE SECOND HOMES.
THOSE ALSO COULD BE SHORT TERM HOMES FOR THE FIRST NUMBER, THE 953 OCCUPIED, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY'RE OCCUPIED BY EITHER A OWNER OCCUPIED OR RENTER OCCUPIED, BUT FULLTIME RESIDENCE, I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE, UM, NUMBER THAT WOULD BE THE RENTERS IN THAT RENTERS 120 500 OCCUPIED UNITS ARE 11.2%, BUT RENTERS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT BIGGER NUMBER.
ON PAGE 13 AND THE 89, UM, TOTAL ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE FOLKS ARE WORKING AT, THOSE ARE ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
DO WE HAVE A NUMBER AS TO HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WORK ELSEWHERE ON THE ISLAND? YES, THERE IS A, UM, THERE'S A PAGE 15, AN INFLOW AND OUTFLOW OF WORKERS.
SO, UM, IT DOES EXPLAIN THAT, UM, 36, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE MARSHES, UM, 593 MARSHES THAT LIVE OUTSIDE AND 1,189.
I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT ARE, UM, LIVING IN WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS' HAVE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN THAT, UH, FAR BUT THE MEDIAN HOME VALUE WITHIN THIS DISTRICT BASED ON 2022 DEATH, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR THOUSAND, THOUSAND LOWER THAN THE ISLAND LAB MEDIAN.
AND WE DO HAVE A STATISTIC SOMEWHERE RECENTLY, UM, GATHERED THAT REFERS TO JUST GENERALLY OVER THE, UM, ISLAND, UM, WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT NECESSARILY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOWN OR, UM, PER SE, BUT THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF EXISTING UNITS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BREAK THIS DOWN FURTHER AND FURTHER BREAKDOWN WHAT WOULD BE IN HOUSING.
I THINK WE, I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING, UM, JUST GENERALLY.
UM, MR. CHAIR, UH, YOU SEE, I THINK THE SLIDE YOU HAVE UP THERE HAD UP, THERE'S THAT ONE.
UM, AND THE TEXT ON PAGE 12, SPECIFICALLY THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DISTRICT SHOW WHY THIS WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE ONES TO FOCUS ON FIRST.
AND THAT IS, UM, THE INCREASE IN POPULATION, THE NUMBER OF VACANT OR UNDERUSED PROPERTIES AND, AND THE, UM, INCREASE, UH, INCREASE OF NEW BUILDING IN THE AREA.
SO, UM, UH, CREATING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THIS AREA FROM THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS CHOSEN AS THE FIRST FOCUS OF THE DISTRICTS.
SO I, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW ABOUT WHY THIS ONE WAS CHOSEN AS THE FIRST.
SO, UM, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THEN GOES THROUGH, UM, VARIOUS SYSTEMS. UM, THE FIRST IS THE ROADWAY NETWORK.
UM, IT INCLUDES, UM, HIGHLIGHTS IN THE LITTLE ORANGE CIRCLES TO INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED CHALLENGED INTERSECTIONS, OUTLINES WHERE MAJOR MINOR ARTERIALS ARE.
OF COURSE, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY HAS AN AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC OF 39,000 SPANISH WELLS AT 10,000 IAN ROAD AT 9,600, UM, SPANISH WELLS.
UM, IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN, UM, IDENTIFIES THAT IT'S OPERATING AT 30% OF THE EXISTING CAPACITY BASED ON THE 2022 AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNTS.
AND MARON ROAD IS OPERATING AT 56%
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OF EXISTING CAPACITY.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL OF THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY.
THERE ARE OTHER MINOR ARTERIALS INCLUDING MATTHEWS DRIVE, LEATHER MUTTON, UM, AND THEY ALLOW FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY LOOKING AT ROADWAY NETWORK AND CAPACITY AS PART OF THE DISTRICT ANALYSIS.
AND THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE RECOMMENDATION SECTION FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO SOME OF THOSE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASSETS, INCLUDING THIS DISTRICT.
THIS MAP MAINLY HIGHLIGHTS THE FIVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE ISLAND, UM, MADE UP OF JONESVILLE JARVIS, OLD HOUSE CREEK TILES IN GARDNER.
THERE ALSO ARE SOME ADDITIONAL CULTURAL ASSETS THAT INCLUDE THE OLD HOUSE CREEK DOCK, THE BOAT LANDING, UM,
UM, PART OF THE, THE LOGIC FOR, UM, WHY THE MARSHES DISTRICT, UM, WRAPPED AROUND MARSHALL ROAD, UM, WAS BECAUSE OF THE SPANISH WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE LOGIC FOR DEFINING SOME OF THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OVERALL, WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, DIDN'T WANNA BISECT ANY EXISTING.
UM, AND THEN AS WE LOOK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UM, MARTIAN ROAD AND, UM, JONESVILLE SPANISH WELLS NEIGHBORHOODS COMMONALITIES, THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.
SO THE NEXT, UM, STRATEGIC, SORRY, THE INTERRUPTION.
UM, ON PAGES 16 AND 17 OF THE DRAFT WE WERE GIVEN, UM, I, I REALLY APPLAUD THE LOOK AT THE HISTORIC, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOTE THAT, UM, CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS MAKE UP ROUGHLY 83% OF THE LAND AREA WITHIN THE MARSHALL DISTRICT, ONE OF THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATED DISTRICTS FOR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I REMEMBER, UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PROCESS FOR INCLUDING INPUT, I SUGGESTED THAT THE, UH, GULLAH GEECHEE LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO I APPLAUD THE STAFF FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS AREA, UM, IN THE PLAN.
I THINK IT WAS VERY HELPFUL HAVE, UM, THIS ITEM CONTINUE UPDATES ON PROGRESS IN THIS INITIATIVE.
SO THERE ALSO ARE, UM, A NUMBER OF EXISTING NATURAL SYSTEMS AND TOWN OWNED PROPERTY.
UM, THE NATURAL SYSTEMS INCLUDE, UM, THE MARSHLAND, THE THE ASSOCIATED WATER SYSTEMS, UM, IN THE AREA, UM, ON THIS MAP.
UM, ALSO THE TOWN ON PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MAP THAT MAY NOT BE THERE VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN.
IT INCLUDES, UM, UH, LABELING OF THE STABLES PROPERTY AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND MARSHLAND THIS NOTE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT THAT, UM, THE COASTAL DISTRICT, BUT ORDER IT, UM, TO THE NORTH, IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO KIND OF SEE THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS AND PROPERTY AND THE SNAP PROVIDE SOME LINKAGES AND CONNECTIONS HAVE, UM, ROUGHLY FIVE MILES OF EXISTING PUBLIC PATHWAYS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
UM, AND THIS PLAN ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE ARE SOME GAPS IN CONNECTIVITY.
UM, MAINLY JONESVILLE ROAD AND WESTWARD HARVEST NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE'VE ALSO INITIATED SOME DESIGNS AND PERMITTING FOR ROADWAY WAY AND PATHWAY, UM, POTENTIAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
UM, THIS, THIS FEATURES, UM, BOTH EXISTING AND PROPOSED PATHWAYS.
THE PROPOSED PATHWAYS ARE DASH, UM, NO PATHWAYS.
THOSE PROPOSED PATHWAYS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT C I P, AS I RECALL COURSE, SON OF DEAR ISLAND.
UM, UH, BLOOD RISK IS IMPORTANT.
SO THE, UM, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, UH, BLOOD RISK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN 555 ACRES DOES FALL WITHIN THE 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN.
THE 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN IS AREAS WITH A2 OR ONE 500.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, THE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES
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THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK.IT ALSO IDENTIFIES, UM, DEVELOPED PROPERTIES.
UM, BLACK ARE THE PARCELS THAT ARE OVER FIVE ACRES.
THEY ARE BLACK, UM, BOUNDARY OF THEIR PARCEL LINES.
UM, THERE ARE 290 UNDEVELOPED PARCELS OR 16 PARCELS.
UM, THERE ALSO ARE, UM, A NUMBER OF UNDERDEVELOPED, UH, PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO, UM, AROUND 50 ACRES THAT DEVELOPED TO ITS FULLEST ENTITLEMENTS AND, UH, POTENTIALLY AT RISK OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, HAVING TROUBLES GETTING MY ARMS AROUND, UH, UNDER UNDERDEVELOPED PROPERTIES.
THING IS, THERE'S ONLY BEEN PARTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THERE AND THERE'S UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT'S AVAILABLE, OR THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE ARE IN AN OLDER OR DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO REDEVELOPMENT, BOTH, UM, THERE ARE PARCELS THAT HAVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO HOMES ON THEM AND THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL DENSITY DEVELOP OR ADD ADDITIONAL UNITS.
UM, SOME OF THE HOUSING STACK ON SOME OF THE DEVELOP PARCELS IS, IS, SO THAT'LL BE A FOCUS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANNING HERE.
THE UNDERDEVELOPED PROPERTIES, THE UNDEVELOPED, YES.
UM, THAT, THAT DOES SHOW THE UNDEVELOPED PARCELS BY SIZE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PARCELS ARE OVER FIVE ACRES, HOW MANY ARE FIVE, HOW MANY ARE UNDER? OF COURSE, WE GO THROUGH THE EXISTING ZONING.
UM, THE DISTRICT ITSELF IS PRIMARILY, UM, MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF IT IS
IT INCLUDES SOME AREAS OF WATERFRONT MIXED USE, RM EIGHT, UH, OR MODERATE DENSITY.
UH, THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, THERE'S SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UM, INCLUDING PARK AND RECREATION AS PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, OF COURSE THE RM FOUR EXISTING DENSITY DOES HAVE THAT SLIDING SCALE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHERE THE, THE DENSITY IS BASED ON THE PARCEL SIZE.
SO PARCELS THAT ARE LESS THAN THREE ACRES CAN DEVELOP AT FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER NET ACRE PARCELS BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE ACRES CAN DEVELOP AT SIX DWELLING UNITS PER NET ACRE.
AND OVER FIVE CAN DEVELOP AT EIGHT DWELLING UNITS PER NET ACRE OVERALL WITHIN THE EXISTING, UM, EVEN THOUGH R FOUR ALLOWS THAT SLIDING SCALE, UM, A LOT OF THE EXISTING BUILT DENSITY ACROSS THE AREA IS MUCH LESS THAN THAT.
UM, THE AVERAGE ACROSS, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT IS DEVELOPED AT 1.1 DWELL UNITS, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE THE EXISTING ZONING, UM, THE EXISTING LAND USE SHOWS, UM, REGARDLESS OF ZONING DISTRICTS, WHAT IT, WHAT THE PARCELS ARE ACTIVELY BEING USED FOR.
UM, THE LARGEST USE, UM, IS SINGLE FAMILY AND MOBILE HOME AT 1,222 PARCEL ARE ALSO ARE A NUMBER OF UNDEVELOPED PARCELS.
THE 292, THE, UM, THE OVERALL MAKEUP OF EXISTING LAND USES, UM, THAT EXIST TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE A BREAK OF A BREAKDOWN OF SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS MOBILE HOME? AND BY PERCENTAGE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME NOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT YOU DO HAVE IT.
AND AS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SOME OF THE, UM, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, UM, IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AT AROUND 1.1 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE.
JUST TO KINDA SHOW THE CONTEXT OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UM, OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SOME OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT EXIST ON THE TOP SHOWS, UM, AROUND 19 ACRES OR 28 PARCELS, THAT IS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN, IN ITS, UM, BUILT FORM.
AND THE IMAGE BELOW IS 21 ACRES, FIVE PARCELS.
THAT IS DEVELOPED AT AROUND FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
HOW THEY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT, UM,
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FROM A CONTACT STANDPOINT FROM THESE TWO AERIAL IMAGES.UM, BUT OVERALL, UH, WITHIN THE MARSH'S DISTRICT, THERE'S 95% IS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL.
THE CONTEXT, UH, KIND OF PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, SLIDE HERE THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, UM, OR BIT MORE LAND AREA, THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
AND THEN IT SHOWS, UM, WHAT THAT SLIDING SCALE, UM, LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND OR THERE'S A GRAPHIC TO SHOW WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
DALTON, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF SMALLER LOT SIZE, UM, LESS OPEN SPACE OVERALL, UM, IN A MORE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AT THOSE, UM, HIGHER DENSITIES.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOSING, UH, HILTON HEAD ISLAND CHARACTER, IN MY OPINION.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION JUST FOR INFORMATION, UM, CLARIFICATION FOR ME ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT, ARE THERE STANDARDS FOR IMPERVIOUS VERSUS IMPERVIOUS PRODUCTION? WHAT ARE THOSE? OKAY.
WHEN, WHENEVER, NOT NOW, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WILL, JUST AS THE OTHER QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED, AND WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO THOSE ANSWERS, JUST MAKE SURE, IF YOU WILL, AND I KNOW IT'S HISTORIC, YOU ALWAYS DO, BUT LET US ALL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, MISS ALSO, YOU'RE REFERRING TO HISTORICALLY, UM, SO IS THAT LIKE PRE 2020 OR IS IT PRE 2022 OR WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY HISTORIC, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, BUT GIVE US A A DATE CONTEXT IF YOU COULD.
GOING BACK TO WHAT EXISTS, UM, ON THE GROUND, CERTAINLY MORE OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN AT THE HIGHER, UH, DENSITY THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN ARM FOUR.
UM, AND REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S A COMBINATION OF, UH, THE HIGH COST OF LAND, UM, WORK FROM A PROFORMA STANDPOINT.
BUT IT IS THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT CERTAINLY IS PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT HAS BEEN BUILT HISTORICALLY.
AND HERE IN THIS YEAR, IT'S PROBABLY THE LAST YEAR OR TWO WHERE THAT INCREASED DENSITY HAS OCCURRED AS OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER DISTRICTS ON THE ISLAND, WHICH MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AS IMPACTED BY RECENT EVENTS DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK YOU'RE BRINGING UP A A GOOD POINT.
UH, PROBABLY NO STARTED GETTING PRESSURED TO UP TO THE LAND BEYOND WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT WAS A LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY AREA.
I'M THINKING OF SILVER MOSS AND SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES, BUT THERE ARE EVEN OTHER, UH, EXAMPLES THAT GO FURTHER BACK, DEFINITELY ANALYZE THAT DATA AND GET BACK TO YOU.
WE HEAD INTO THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OVERALL, UH, FOR THE PLAN.
UM, OF COURSE THE PLAN HAS, UM, SOME THEMES.
AND THOSE THEMES ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
SO THE PEOPLE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR CULTURE, THE ENVIRONMENT, UM, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, AND THEN MAKE CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT.
SO CONNECTIONS FROM PEOPLE TO OPEN SPACE TO NEIGHBORHOODS, TO COMMUNITY DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT.
AND REALLY THE BEST OF THESE PLANS IS GONNA HINGE ON THE QUALITY OF OUR OPEN AND PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, AND ALSO INCLUDING THE PROTECTION, AGAIN, OF THOSE EDGE CONDITIONS.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STRATEGIC THEME OVERALL FOR THESE, UM, STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR THREADED THROUGHOUT.
UM, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL FOLLOW.
SO IT LEADS FIRST WITH THE CONSERVATION AND INVESTMENT CONCEPT DIAGRAM.
UM, AND THIS, THIS DOCUMENT SHOWS, UM, BOTH THE TOWN INVESTMENT AND BOTH RESOURCES, UM, AND PROJECTS AS WELL AS LONG-TERM PROTECTION OVERALL.
UM, IT SHOWS, UM, THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
IT SHOWS AREAS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT PROTECTION OF THE EDGES, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS FOR CONSERVATION, UM, AREAS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE BUSINESSES.
UM, AND THEN THE IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAIN SOME OF OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT THREADS TOGETHER THOSE PATHWAY CONNECTIONS.
UM, BUT IT'S AN OVERALL KIND OF CONCEPT FOR THAT OVERALL INVESTMENT TO THE AREA TO FOSTER BOTH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FROM THE PUBLIC REALM THAT WE'RE
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COMMITTING TO, AND THEN SHOWING WHERE THOSE IMPORTANT CONSERVATION THEMES ARE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE PRIVATE LAND USE.I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT I'LL NEED, I'LL DO IT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS SUGGESTING SOME FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT.
I THINK ACCESS TO WATER, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE ON THE ISLAND IS IMPORTANT.
YES, ACCESS TO SEPARATION AND TO PATHWAYS TO WATER, ALL OF IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND CERTAINLY IS A PART OF THE FABRIC OF HILTON HEAD, I THINK.
SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE FOR THE MARSHES DISTRICT.
UM, LARGELY IS, UM, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE CALLED LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S THE YELLOW, UM, THE GREEN IS PARK AND OPEN SPACES, RETAIL SERVICE AND LODGING AND ORANGE RELIGIOUS OR AREAS AND THEN SOME COMMERCE, UM, WHICH IS, THIS BEGINS TO TELL THAT STORY OF, OF THAT FUTURE LAND USE PATTERN.
SO, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE ALSO IS BASED ON GUIDING THEMES.
UM, WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IT HAS SOME FUTURE LAND USE TYPOLOGIES, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM EACH ONE BY ONE.
UM, THE LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE LARGEST TYPOLOGY WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UM, ITS USES INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY, UM, AND, AND A, A DENSITY RELATED TO WHETHER THE DEVELOPMENT TYPE IS FOR FAMILY COMPOUNDS OR SUBDIVISIONS OR ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE DENSITY RECOMMENDATION, UM, IS SIX TWELL UNITS PER NET ACRE FOR FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND SUBDIVISIONS AND FOR ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL AT FOUR, UM, TWELL UNITS PER NET ACRE OR LESS.
UM, A HEIGHT OF BETWEEN ONE TO TWO STORIES OR 35 FEET, UM, WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY IN SITE DESIGN FOR FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, SO TO UNDERSTAND LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE A NEW ZONING CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE NEW REWRITTEN LMO.
THE TYPOLOGY FOR COMMERCE, UM, HERE INCLUDES, UM, THE USE TYPES ARE COMMERCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, WAREHOUSING, LIGHT MANUFACTURING, UM, A FLOOR AREA RATIO, UM, TO HELP GOVERN, UH, THE DENSITY AT 0.4, UM, WITH A MAXIMUM TOTAL BUILDING SIZE OF 25,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, A HEIGHT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO STORIES OR 35 FEET OR BELOW THE EXISTING TREE.
UM, SO TWO THINGS, BUT ON THIS SLIDE, FIRST AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY RIGHT NOW, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE A COMPARISON TO THIS LAND USE VERSUS WHAT EXISTS TODAY.
AND SECONDLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HEIGHTS ALWAYS IS AN ISSUE FOR ME.
AND SO, UM, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION BY COMPARISON WILL BE IMPORTANT.
AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT BELOW EXISTING TREE CANOPY HAS A VERY, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, PLACE IN THE WAY WE SEE HILTON HEAD, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY DEFINE ANYTHING.
WE'LL CERTAINLY GET THE COMPARISON OF, UM, I SEE, UH, ON THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SAYS HISTORIC PROPERTIES INCLUDE MOBILE OR MODULAR RESIDENCES, THE COMPOUNDS, HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.
I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THIS PLAN WE OUGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OUR LONG-TERM EXPECTATION IS TO HAVE MOBILE HOMES ON THIS ISLAND, OR ARE WE REALLY TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO OWN A HOUSE ON THE CO COMMERCIAL.
UM, I'M SEEING IN THIS AREA, UH, IT
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COMMERCIAL HAS A POTENTIAL RELATED TO THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, CUZ I THINK THOSE TWO CONNECT, BUT 25,000 SQUARE FEET SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE FOR WHAT I'M CONSIDERING, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.SO I I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE IN TERMS OF THAT PROPOSAL ON TOP.
UH, IN THAT THE LANGUAGE UNDER RETAIL SERVICES AND LODGING, I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE THERE YET.
IT SAYS USES ARE NOT CLUSTERED AND WELL BUFFERED FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
I AM QUESTIONING THE WORD NOT THERE.
UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL THAT WAS, UM, IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT, THAT ALSO IS A RECOMMENDATION WITH THE FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION USE TYPE IS STILL WITHIN THOSE HISTORIC PROPERTIES AT THAT 25% RATIO.
IT'S LATER IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.
UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL LOOK AT THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
WELL, A AGAIN, IT SAYS USES ARE NOT CLUSTERED IN.
WELL BUFFERED, UH, I WOULD, I MEAN MY VISION, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA, IT IS NOT AGGREGATED.
IT'S, UH, ALLOWED, UM, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S SMALL AND SCALE IN IT'S COMPACT, UH, AND CERTAINLY I WOULD EXPECT IT BE WELL BUFFERED.
SO I'M JUST QUESTIONING THE, THE SENTENCE IT SAYS YOU ARE NOT USES ARE NOT CLUSTERED TO, WELL BUFFERED FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH AMPLE LANDSCAPING AND SETBACK.
AND CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO THAT OTHER PAGE? YEAH.
UM, NO, THE ONE BEFORE THAT, THE LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, WHAT HOME-BASED BUSINESSES, UM, MIGHT CHANGE FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AS A DEFINITION.
UM, I NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
AND WITH REGARD TO DENSITY, I SEE THIS AS ONE ISLAND WITH EVERYONE'S RIGHTS BEING THE SAME.
AND SO THE SEPARATION BETWEEN SIX DWELLING UNITS VERSUS FOUR.
IF WE HAVE SIX FOR ONE, THEN WE HAVE SIX FOR THE OTHERS OR VICE VERSA.
IT'S EITHER GOOD FOR EVERYONE OR NOT.
SO, UM, BUT I, I CERTAINLY AM CON UM, INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT HOME-BASED BUSINESSES LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR CURRENT STANDARDS ARE.
THAT WILL PROBABLY COME OUT IN THE LMO OR WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT STANDARDS.
IT WOULD, UM, SOME OF THIS IS JUST CONCEPTUAL LEVEL AT THIS PLANNING, UH, EFFORT THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND WOULD GET FURTHER REFINED AND DEFINED DURING THAT ACTUAL CODE WRITING PROCESS.
BUT WE CAN ADD MORE TO THE VISION, UM, THIS DOCUMENT THAT WOULD BE THE INFORMING, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE.
I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE AREAS AS I WILL IN MIND TO CONTINUE TO REFER BACK TO.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT GETS, DOESN'T GET SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT'S PRESENTED AND THE QUESTION HASN'T BEEN ASKED AND THE OPINIONS HAVEN'T BEEN BETTER.
FOLLOWING ON, ON MS. BECKER'S COMMENT, AS I RECALL, WHEN WE CREATED THE FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND THE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, WE AG ALLOWED THIS TRADER DENSITY AS PART OF THE POLICY DECISION BEHIND CREATING THESE DISTRICTS.
THIS FOLLOWS ON WITH EXACTLY WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.
UM, FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS WERE NOT ADOPTED WITH ADDITIONAL DENSITY.
THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN DID RECOMMEND, UM, FOR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
UM, A DENSITY BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE AND AT LEAST HOPE THAT, UH, THAT WE WOULD HAPPEN.
THAT THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS HAD A PLACE THAT BEGAN TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY WANTED THEIR COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT.
LIKE, SO I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER LEVEL OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT TO DEVELOP THIS BRAND.
A AND I GUESS I'LL JUST POINT OUT SOME OF THE OBVIOUS, UM, THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WERE DEFINED, UM, BUT WITHIN THOSE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, MUCH OF THE AREA HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED.
AND SO THAT CHANGE, UM, THAT OPENING UP TO HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED THAT HAVE ROOM FOR MANY OF THE, UM, IDEAS AND CONCEPTS AND, AND THAT HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED,
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UM, SOLD, RESOLD AND DEVELOPED.AND I DON'T, I I DON'T SEE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THAT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY FIRST COMMENTS WAS WATCHING OUT CAREFULLY THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE BEHIND THE PUDS AND HAVE INVESTED, DEVELOPED AND PLANNED THEIR LIVES IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE GATES ARE IMPACTED IN WAYS THAT THEY, THIS IS THE ONLY PROTECTION THEY HAVE, THIS IS IT.
WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? AND SO THOSE CHANGES AREN'T NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE ACROSS EVERY, UM, AREA.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE COMMERCE FUTURE LAND USE? I HOW SERVICE AND LODGING OUR, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT SERVICES RETAIL, UM, WITH THE DENSITY THAT IS PROPOSED BASED ON PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, HEIGHT LIMIT OF 35 FEET.
AGAIN, WITH THAT BELOW THE TREE LINE, UH, COMPONENT THAT WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK TO, TO DEFINE BETTER, LET'S SEE ON THAT ONE A TWO STORY COMMERCIAL SPACE IS A REAL COMMITMENT TO COMMERCE.
AGAIN, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, ARE WE GOING TO BE ENCOURAGING SIGNIFICANT COMMERCE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA? NOW WE CAN DEVELOP NOTES AS WE DEVELOP THE PLAN, BUT MY IMMEDIATE REACTION IS THE 25,000 SQUARE FEET AND TWO STORIES IS PUSHING THAT MAYBE ISN'T APPROPRIATE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
THERE'S, UH, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE IN THE FUTURE USE WITH A DENSITY THAT IS NOT PRESCRIBED YET.
UM, HEIGHT OF ONE STORY OR UP TO 30 FEET BUILDINGS OR THE RELIGIOUS, UM, INSTITUTION OR CEMETERY LAND USE, UM, WITH A MAXIMUM, UH, GFA OF 25,000 SQUARE FEET BEFORE AREA RATIO OF 0.4.
UM, ONE TO THREE, ONE TO THREE STORIES ARE UP TO 45 FEET IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
BUT JUST CURIOUS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, CEMETERIES AND THE NECESSITY FOR HEIGHT OF 45 FEET.
THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE RESIDENT REGARDING THE SIZE OF COMMERCIAL, UM, ACTIVITY, RETAIL AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION ARE, ARE THOSE NUMBERS BASED ON EXISTING USES OR THOSE BASED ON, UH, POSSIBLE FUTURE USES? UH, THE MAXIMUM 25,000, UM, THAT WAS TO GOVERN THE, THE FLOOR AREA RATIO A LITTLE BIT.
SO EVEN IF IT'S A LARGER PARCEL, THE MAXIMUM BUILDING SIZE IS 25,000.
WHAT I'M THINKING OF IS THAT THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL SPACES NOW ALONG MARSHLAND ROAD AND I WONDERED ABOUT THE AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND I THINK IF THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING THIS RECOMMENDATION, THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACES AND SO WE CAN KNOW THOSE SIZES.
AND FROM AN APPROPRIATENESS, CUZ JUST LOOKING AT FUTURE LAND USE MAP ON PAGE 31, THERE'S VERY LIMITED AREAS FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE SHOWN AS POSSIBLE FUTURE LAND USE.
AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH, UM, WELL SOME OF THAT, AND I'M SORRY I SAID THE WRONG ROAD SPANISH WELLS DIDN'T MEAN MARSHALL, I MEANT SPANISH WELLS.
UM, BUT JUST COMPARING WHAT THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACES ARE THERE TO WHAT THIS RECOMMENDATION I THINK MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
AND I THINK MOST OF THOSE ARE ONE STORY.
UM, I'M HEARING, UM, THAT THERE'S A DESIRE TO DO A COMPARISON OF THESE FUTURE LAND USE WITH EXISTING FOR ALL OF THESE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE TYPOLOGIES.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THOSE REFINEMENTS, NANCY.
SEE, UM, THE FACT THAT WE ARE CREATING A BOUNDARY, CALLING IT THE MARSH'S DISTRICT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO A ZONING MAP OF JUST ONE AREA.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE TWO, COULD BE THREE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS ULTIMATELY, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO THIS WILL BE BLENDED WITH ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AND THERE'LL BE ONE LARGE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH ALL OF THESE FUTURE LAND USE TYPOLOGIES ISLAND WIDE.
WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THE COMMERCIAL ON SPANISH WELLS ROAD COULD REMAIN AS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, NOT ENCUMBERING THE REST OF MARSH'S AREA TO HAVE THE SAME COMMERCIAL STANDARD, A SUBSECTION, A SUBSECTION OF THE,
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BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT FUTURE LAND USE.I I PULLED OUT THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MANY, HOW MANY DIFFERENT, CUZ WE HAVE A LOT OF ZONING DISTRICTS IN OUR CURRENT LMO AND IT'D BE GREAT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS, UM, AND CERTAINLY TO MODIFY, UM, THE STANDARDS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS.
BUT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT PAGES 52 AND 53, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR MID ISLAND AND THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS LISTED AND THEN I, BUT I DON'T SEE THE LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I GUESS AFTER WE LOOK AT ALL, ALL THE DISTRICTS, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO LIKE, OKAY, HOW MANY ZONING DISTRICTS THEN ARE APPROPRIATE AND ARE THERE DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BASED ON DIFFERENT AREAS? SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WILL BE HEADED, BUT RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST ADDING A LOT MORE.
I THINK THE POINT'S WELL TAKEN IS IT, AND, AND I I TRUST THE PROCESS AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT AND LISTEN, UM, FROM OUR RESIDENTS AS WE MOVE ALONG.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE IS THIS MORE COMPLICATED THAN, THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? AND, AND BEING ABLE TO ADVISE, UM, POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS OR RESIDENTS WHO MAY WANNA BUILD THEIR DREAM HOME, UM, AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE WITHIN A SAFE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAFE DOING THAT, THAT THEY HAVE THE PROTECTIONS OF THE TOWN, UM, AND MAKING THAT INVESTMENT, THAT PERSONAL INVESTMENT, THEY SEEM RIGHT NOW, AND I'M TRUSTING, UM, THAT THEY'LL GET EASY, COMPLICATED NOW AND GET EASIER AS THE PARTS START TO COME TOGETHER.
BUT WE'RE WATCHING, RIGHT? AND LISTENING AND YES.
AS WE GO, IT'LL, THE PROCESS WILL GET A LITTLE BIT CLEARER.
UM, AND, AND ULTIMATELY, ONCE ALL OF THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE MARRIED INTO ONE DOCUMENT, UM, ONE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH FUTURE LAND USE PATHOLOGIES, IT WILL.
SO AS FAR AS STRATEGIC DIRECTION ON STREETS AND PATHWAYS, AGAIN, SOME OF THIS WAS COVERED PREVIOUSLY, BUT, UM, IT REALLY IS LOOKING AT CONSIDERATION AGAIN OF, UH, ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY AND OVERALL USABILITY.
UH, WHETHER IT'S A, A ROADWAY OR A PATHWAY, UM, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS IS, IS CRITICAL FOR THE HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT.
UM, AND, AND HOW YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
AGAIN, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TWO INTERSECTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY AT SPANISH WELLS IN JONESVILLE AND SPANISH WELLS AND MARSHLAND.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME STREET TYPOLOGY, CROSS SECTIONS.
UM, THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE CORRIDORS PLAN.
UM, BUT IT DOES SHOW SOME, SOME CROSS SECTIONS FOR MARSHALL MODE, FOR SPANISH WELLS, FOR JONESVILLE ROADS, AND FOR LOCAL STREETS, UM, THAT ARE CREATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT ARE MARSHLAND AND SPANISH WELLS, 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAYS AT THIS TIME.
UH, JUST, JUST A DESIRE TO, I CAN CHECK ON THAT.
UM, THE CROSS SECTION CURRENTLY SHOWS A 65 FOOT WIDTH, UM, THAT I CAN CHECK.
SO THE, UM, THE DOCUMENT, UH, DOES HAVE A, A VERY ROBUST, UH, IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.
UM, IT'S 14 PAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION, UM, ACTION ITEMS IN THE DRAFT PLAN.
AND THEY'RE ORGANIZED IN NINE STRATEGIC ACTIONS AND ASSOCIATED TACTICS.
IT HAS, UM, A GRID FOR THAT IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME.
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, WHO ARE THE PARTNERS, KIND OF HOW DO YOU STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT THE VISION THAT'S CREATED IN THE PLAN.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE GO THROUGH ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, UM, THOSE 14, UH, ARE THOSE NINE STRATEGIC ACTIONS.
SO, UM, THE FIRST ACTION PLAN OR ITEM A IS TO ALIGN THE LMO, UH, WITH THE INTENT OF THE LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AREA.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TACTICS THAT FOCUS ON, UM, ZONING ALTERNATIVES AND DENSITIES, UM, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR SCALE AND CONTEXT, UM, DEFINING ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC LAND USE CRITERIA, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND, UM, ENFORCEMENT PROCEED.
UM, IT'S A LOT MORE DETAILED WITHIN THE PLAN FOR ALL OF THESE, UM, BUT WANTED TO KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT HIGH LEVEL IN OUR, UH, PREVIEW TODAY.
UM, CLARIFY FOR ME, IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AREA A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MARSH'S DISTRICT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NONCONFORMING LAND USES THAT, ARE WE GOING TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OR ARE YOU THINKING THAT THERE'LL BE SUBSECTIONS THAT MAY BE CALLED OUT? OR IS IT TOO EARLY TO ANSWER THE
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QUESTION? UM, WELL IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY TO ANSWER THAT.UM, BECAUSE THAT DETAILED ANALYSIS AT THE LMO LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FORMERLY ZONED ARM FOUR PARCELS THAT COULD HAVE A ZONING CLASS OF LOW COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BECOME NONCONFORMING BASED ON THOSE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED LATER.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY THAT DETAILED LEVEL OF ANALYSIS WOULD COME AT THAT POINT.
SO, UM, ACTION PLAN B IS TO LOOK AT THOSE, UM, GUIDELINES AND ARCHITECTURE STANDARDS, UM, THAT DEFINE WHAT LOW COUNTRY, UM, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL LOOKS LIKE.
SO IT'S TO DEVELOP THOSE CLEAR STANDARDS, UM, REFLECT THE LOW COUNTRY CHARACTER, UM, INCORPORATE THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES INTO THE CODE, UM, CONSIDER DESIGN REVIEW ALTERNATIVES, AND THEN THOSE USE STANDARDS TO PROMOTE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT USE.
KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS IS THE MARSH'S DISTRICT AND, AND A LARGE AREA OR LAND MASSES WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAN.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ALL THE PLANS IS, UM, IS INCORPORATING, UM, I'VE ASKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I KNOW THAT LOTS IS GO, LOTS OF STUFF IS GOING ON.
SO, BUT ONE OF THE PRIORITIES FOR ME IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR, UH, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD HAS, UM, A, A BETTER GUIDE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE VERY SMART, VERY TALENTED, UM, FOLKS WHO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S BEING BUILT ON THE ISLAND.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DESIGN REVIEW BOARD GIVE THEM THE OP THE TEETH THAT THEY NEED SO THAT WHEN THEY SEE A PLAN COMING FORTH, THAT THEY CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, UM, REQUIRED, UM, MOVING FORWARD TO GET THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
I'VE HEARD, UM, LOTS OF COMMENTS AROUND AQUA AND THE FAILURES AND THE DISPLEASURE THAT THE AREA OF RESIDENTS, THE ISLAND RESIDENTS HAVE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS I SAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND LISTENED TO THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE, UM, THAT WOULD'VE MADE IT A BETTER PROJECT THAT PROBABLY WOULD'VE, UM, TAKEN THE EDGE OFF OF, UM, WHAT WE SEE NOW THAT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND OTHERS DIDN'T HAVE THE TEETH WIRE.
UM, I SEE THAT ALSO ON FOLLY FIELD ROAD, WORRIED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIMESHARES THERE.
SO, UM, THIS, FOR ME, THIS PIECE OF IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATION DOES, UH, SUGGEST THE EXPANDING THE PURVIEW OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, TRANSITIONING SOME OF THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES INTO ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO, UM, CODIFYING SOME OF WHAT WAS OR CURRENTLY IS GUIDELINE INTO REGULATION.
SO, UM, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S ACTUALLY BENEFITS OF THE TONE.
SO, UM, ACTION PLAN ITEM C IS TO LOOK AT AMENDING, UM, AND ADDRESSING OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO MATCH.
UM, SOME OF THE TACTICS THAT ARE SPECIFIED INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESS MANAGEMENT, AESTHETICS, SITE DESIGN, CONTACT SENSITIVITY, LIKE REQUIRING SIDEWALKS, REEVALUATING SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ZERO LOT LINE SUBDIVISIONS, UM, LOOKING AT SETBACKS AND BUFFERS AND ADJACENT USES AND THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS REALIGNING SOME OF OUR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HISTORIC, UH, PROTECTIONS, UM, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, ACCESS MANAGEMENT WITHIN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND HOW THEY CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT LIKE, ELIMINATING OF SOME OF THOSE LOOPHOLES THAT WE CURRENTLY FIND, UM, WITH SOME OF THE EXISTING, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ACTION PLAN D LOOKS AT EXPANDING PARKS AND OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, THEREFORE, UM, TACTICS IDENTIFIED IN THE DRAFT PLAN, UM, FOCUSED ON MAINLY RECREATION, OPEN SPACE CONNECTIVITY, UM, BUILDING THE RACKET FACILITY, CONSIDER THE USE OF FOR THE STABLES PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN ACQUIRED, IDENTIFY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARKS, OPEN SPACE, UM, ACCESS TO THE WATER, UM, EXPAND OUR PATHWAY, SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS, UM, ACCESS TO PARKS AND CULTURAL SITES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE MOVE THROUGH THE FACILITY, HOW THE PUBLIC REALM AND THOSE ASSETS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE STRENGTHENED OR ENHANCED OR EXPANDED.
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CUZ I'M MAKING COMMENTS, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT, CONSIDER PUBLIC USES FOR THE PADDOCK STABLES PROPERTY.UM, WE'VE BEEN SPECIFIC ABOUT BUILD THE RACKET FACILITY.
I WOULD RATHER SEE IN THAT LINE THAT BULLET POINT RATHER THAN CONSIDER PUBLIC USES THAT IT SAYS, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC, UH, TO RETURNING THE PADDOCK'S STABLE PROPERTY TO A, UM, STABLE, SOMETHING THAT IS OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THE ISLAND IN ONE WAY OR FORM, WHATEVER THAT TAKES, BUT THAT IT STAYS, UM, WITH ITS PREVIOUS USE AS A STABLE.
NO, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY, BUT THE TOWN COUNCIL HASN'T YET MADE A DECISION ON THAT, AND I THINK IT'D BE A LITTLE TROUBLESOME TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC, THAT SPECIFIC OF LANGUAGE, UM, IN A DISTRICT PLAN.
UM, I THINK SOMETHING MORE BROAD WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
WELL, WE'VE ALSO MADE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO A RACK FACILITY, AND WHILE I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT ANYTHING THAT I SAY IS TO BE TAKEN AND IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BY ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DO WANNA MAKE MY VOICE CLEARLY HEARD.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE, UH, DESIRE OF THE RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY IN THAT AREA, BUT ACROSS THE ISLAND THAT WE USE THESE PARCELS OF LAND THAT ARE PUBLIC MONIES PURCHASING FOR THE, UM, BENEFIT OF THE, UM, CONSERVATION PIECE PUT INTO PLACE.
UM, AND THIS IS ONE AREA THAT I'M GONNA MAKE MY VOICE CONTINUALLY WELL HEARD.
GO AHEAD, MS. UM, ACTION PLAN E IS TO IMPROVE AND EXTEND THE MULTI-USE TRAILS AND PATHWAY NETWORK, UM, EXPANDING PATHWAYS ON JONESVILLE CONNECTIONS, UM, AND PRIORITIZE, UH, CONNECTIONS TO PARKS, UM, AND CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE CONNECTIONS AND NEEDS AND LIKE PARKING, UM, AND IMPLEMENT THE CORRIDOR SYSTEMS RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT.
ACTION PLAN F IS TO LOOK AT MANAGEMENT, UM, OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS OR MONITORING OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, SO STUDYING THE VISITOR TO RESIDENT RATIO, STUDY THE NEED, UM, TO POTENTIALLY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THIS AREA, AND THEN CONTINUE THAT MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE OF SHORT TERM RENTALS WITHIN THIS AREA.
UM, OF COURSE, UM, ACTION PLAN G IS TO SUPPORT THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, SPECIFIC TACTICS FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GO GEEGEE CULTURE PRESERVATION PROJECT REPORT THAT INCLUDES THE UNIFORM DENSITY STANDARDS, THE STANDARDS, THE ALLOWANCE OF THE SIX SWELLING UNITS, UM, IF IT'S DEVELOPED AS A FAMILY COMPOUND OR SUBDIVISION CALIBRATION OF THOSE SETBACK AND BUFFER STANDARDS.
UM, THE ALLOWANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS, UM, RECOMMENDED IN THE MID ISLAND DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN TO MONITOR THOSE VULNERABLE PROPERTIES, UM, AND THEN UPDATE, UH, THAT SURVEY OF, UH, EXISTING AIRS PROPERTY WITHIN THE AREA.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? UM, I, I SEE THIS, UH, TOPIC AS BEING, UH, COMPLEX, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES HERE.
UM, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT IN ONE ON ONE HAND WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE NATIVE ISLANDERS, THE GULLAH GEECHEE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND VALUE IN THEIR LAND AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY CULTURE, AND ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE STANDARDS THAT APPLY AND ARE UNDERSTOOD BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOUGHT REAL ESTATE ON THE ISLAND IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS OR WHATEVER.
I THINK THAT THOSE TWO ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN ALIGNMENT.
AND WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS THE ISSUE OF SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
MAYBE A WAY OF DANCING AROUND THAT WOULD BE WITH SOME UNDERSTANDING OF DESIGN STANDARDS.
IT'S, IT MENTIONS, UH, A TRADITIONAL OR HISTORIC PATTERN OF 75% RESIDENTIAL, 25% NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMMERCIAL.
IS THAT ON A SINGLE STRUCTURE OR IS THAT IN AN AREA THAT IS ON A PARCEL LEVEL? OKAY, I, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WHERE, WHERE I'M HEADED IN THIS IS THAT THE REAL OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE BOTH PROBLEMS, HOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ARE PLANNED, WHERE THAT COMMERCIAL TAKES PLACE, WHETHER IT'S SOLVING A REALLY TRADITIONAL USE OF COMMERCIAL WITHIN
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AN AREA OR WHETHER IT'S AN IMPLANT FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE.SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.
AND THEN ALSO, I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED THAT IN THIS AREA THERE MAY BE HOUSING WHICH COULD CONSIDER TO BE AFFORDABLE OR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
AND IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN SOME CASES, THEN I WONDER WHETHER OR NOT STAFF OUGHT TO BE INVESTIGATING ACCESSORY DEVELOPMENT UNITS OR MOTHER-IN-LAW SUITE THERE.
SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GULLAH GEECHEE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPOUNDS TO BENEFIT, UH, BY HAVING SOME KIND OF WORKFORCE HOUSING ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND I THINK THERE'S AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM THERE THAT MIGHT WORK, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SORT THAT OUT TODAY.
JUST IF I CAN, BECAUSE DOES THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING WITH A NECESSARY UNIT DOUBLE THEN THE SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN THIS FAMILY COMPOUNDS FAMILY SUBDIVISION AREA TO 12.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
AND DO WE YET HAVE AN, UH, AN UPDATED DEFINITION ON DWELLING UNIT? NOT YET COMING.
UM, ITEM H IS OF COURSE TO CONTINUALLY ADDRESS SAFETY, UM, ACCESS CONGESTION.
UM, AND THERE ARE THREE MAIN TACTICS.
SO STUDY TWO OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, MONITOR THAT CAPACITY, AND THEN IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIVITY TO ADDRESS SAFETY, ACCESS AND CONGESTION.
AND, UM, RESILIENCY COMPONENT FOR THIS DISTRICT, UM, IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IS IDENTIFIED IN ACTION PLAN I, UM, IT INCLUDES INTEGRATING FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR RESILIENCY PLANNING EFFORTS AND THEN UPDATES TO STORMWATER MONITORING AND, AND THE LMO REQUIREMENTS.
I WOULD ADD AS A SUGGESTION THAT ANOTHER TACTIC WOULD BE LAND PURCHASE FOR PRESERVATION MADE THAT COMMENT.
UM, IT'S LAND PURCHASE FOR PRESERVATION.
SO WHAT COMES NEXT? UM, CERTAINLY IT IS, UM, FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, FEEDBACK, ENGAGEMENT ON, UH, THE DRAFT PLAN, UM, ADDITIONAL REFINEMENT TO THE DRAFT PLAN.
UM, WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.
WE WILL THEN WORK TO FINALIZE THIS DRAFT.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE IT WILL BE INTEGRATED WITHIN THE FULL GROWTH FRAMEWORK AND MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN THE OUTCOMES AS WE GET TO IMPLEMENTATION IN, IN NEXT YEAR WOULD BE TO INTEGRATE THAT WITH THE ELMO AMENDMENT PROCESS OVERALL.
UM, THANK YOU MISSY, THANK YOU.
JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS.
I HOPE, I HOPE YOU'LL BE BRIEF.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND, AND ALL THE CONSULTING TEAM, WHOEVER YOU USED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S A VERY THOROUGH, VERY DETAILED DISTRICT PLAN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, AND THE DETAIL THAT'S INCLUDED IN MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IS, IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE.
WE'VE ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH HERE ALREADY.
I WANT TO REALLY APPLAUD YOU AND THE STAFF FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
PATSY GLENN, YES, I WOULD SAY, UH, THAT THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT THAT YOU'VE UNDERTAKEN HERE.
YOU'VE BROKEN IT DOWN, YOU'VE GIVEN US THE BIG PICTURE AND YOU'VE BROKEN IT DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TACTICS AND STRATEGIES, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY.
UM, WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN MORE OF THESE TO DO AS I UNDERSTAND.
UH, SO THIS IS A BIG EFFORT, UH, EFFORT THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING, BUT I THINK IDENTIFYING THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT IS THE RIGHT STEP FOR US TO TAKE AS THE FIRST STEP.
SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR AN OUTSTANDING EFFORT.
AS ALWAYS, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB MAKING PRESENTATIONS.
MAKE IT VERY EASY, AS GLEN HAS SAID, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING FORTH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE AND SEEING HOW THIS DRAFT PROPOSAL, UM, EVOLVES, UM, AND HEARING THE INPUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, MISSY, UH, WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND IF, UH, THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE DISCUSSION,
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PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO IT AT THIS TIME.AND FOR YOUR ENERGY AND VOTE ACTIONS, UM, AS PART PUBLIC, AS A RESIDENCE ON THE ISLAND, I WOULD, WE ENCOURAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REACH OUT TO YOUR, UH, CONSTITUTIONS IN YOUR WARD BECAUSE, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE OVERHAUL.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, UH, L L M O CHANGES OR INITIATIVES SINCE 2014.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE PURPOSE OF THIS OVERHAUL, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN TERMS OF SPACE DISPLACEMENT AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENCE PROPERTY VALUES.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT ON ISLAND LIVING AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STANFORD POINTED OUT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE LAND PRESERVATION AND, UH, ALSO CURTAILMENT OF AIRBNB TYPE OF SHORT TERM TIME SHARING, UM, IN THE PLAN.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMENT SPECIFIC TO THE MARSHLAND, UM, PLAN.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON A COMMENT THAT WAS, UH, PRESENTED ABOUT THE ISLANDER MIX TO USE EARLIER BY PUBLIC.
I THINK THAT ONE IS THE SHARED PARKING.
I THINK THAT, UH, PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT U S C B ACTUALLY OWNS, UH, THE LAND FOR THE PARKING SPACES.
AND IT'S NOT A FREE GIVE OF THE PARKING SPACES, IT'S, IT'S A, A LEASE AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO USE HIS OWN LAND TO BUILD, UH, STUDENT HOUSING.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT A FREE USE.
AND THEN SECOND, I WANNA POINT OUT THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UH, RENTAL PRICES OR RENTAL COST.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BECAUSE IT'S A DIRECT RENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE EMPLOYERS.
SO IT'S UP TO THE EMPLOYERS TO NEGOTIATE THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND OFFER HOUSING SUBSIDIES TO THE ESSENTIAL OR CRITICAL WORKERS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH TAKES THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE ROLE OF PICKING WINNERS OR LOSERS OR THE ROLE OF MAKING EVICTION DECISIONS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT KNOWN TO, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER.
IN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF THERE ARE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE UH, RESERVE THEM ON THE MARSH'S DISCUSSION.
AFTERNOON OR IT IS AFTERNOON ALMOST OF IT.
I'M CARRIE KELLY, I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OUT AT INDIGO RUN.
AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF, UH, FOR ALL THEIR GREAT WORK ON THIS.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
THERE ARE TWO INDIGO RUN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS MARSH'S PLAN RIVER CLUB AND BROAD POINT, WHICH INCLUDES THE OWNER'S CLUB, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT INDIGO RUN P U D, OUR DEVELOPMENT HAS COMMON PROPERTY ON THAT SIDE OF JARVIS CREEK WHERE BUTTS UP AGAINST SOME OF THESE AIR PROPERTIES.
UH, AND ONE OF THOSE PARCELS IS AN 11 ACRE PLUS PROPERTY RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR MARSHLAND GATE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING, UH, WELL, WAS PUT UP FOR AUCTION BY THE HES JUDGE DUKES IS WORKING ON TO PUT IT BACK OUT AGAIN.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND OURS OF COURSE IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF ANY DEVELOPMENT GOING TO BE ON INDIGO RUN OF THAT PARCEL, BECAUSE IT DOES, BUT UP AGAINST OUR PROPERTY, ESSENTIALLY THE ASSOCIATION'S PROPERTY, AND THEN WHAT CHANGES? I KNOW THIS WOULDN'T TAKE EFFECT, IS MY UNDERSTANDING TILL COUNSEL ACTUALLY APPROVES ALL OF THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, HOW'S THAT GONNA IMPACT THE VALUE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, UH, AS IT MOVES FORWARD? UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANNA APPLAUD THAT.
I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO SEAN AND THE TEAM HERE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGED.
BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT WORK.
IS THIS RESERVED TO THE MARSHES COUNTY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I REALLY HAD A HARD TIME HEARING, SO IF SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE ANSWERED, I'M SORRY FOR ASKING THE QUESTION.
MY FIRST COMMENT IS THAT I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THIS AREA, IN THE JONESVILLE AREA, IN THE MARSH'S AREA, THAT THEY WERE CONSULTED AND THEY WERE TALKED TO AND WE GOT THEIR OPINIONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YES, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I FEEL YOU JUST, WE, UH, I THINK
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THE TIME JUST CAN'T GO IN AND JUST SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE UP TO THE PEOPLE.
AND YEAH, MY SECOND COMMENT IS, I JUST HOPE THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE THE BEGINNING OF TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT OVERREACH INTO OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN SAYING, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, BUILDINGS HAVE TO LOOK LIKE THIS, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIDEWALKS.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE A COMMUNITY TYPE DEVELOPMENT FOR EACH ONE OF THESE.
AND IT JUST DEPENDS WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY WANT AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR PROPERTY.
I THINK FROM WHAT THEY HEARD, A LOT OF THAT WAS NOT BEING DISCUSSED.
AND WERE NOT GOING AND SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS REALLY WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
THIS IS HOW THEY WANNA LIVE, THIS IS HOW THEY WANT THEIR DESIGN TO BE.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH PREVIEW OF THE MARSH'S DISTRICT PLANNING, UM, BUT I WANNA NOTE THAT THERE WERE NINE ACTION PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND THERE ARE EIGHT TOTAL DISTRICTS, SO THAT'S 72 ANALYSES THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THOSE 72 ACTION PLANS THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED, THERE ARE ALSO, UH, CONSIDERATIONS OF THE IMPACTS ON THE 11 PUDS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE REWRITE THE LMO.
UM, AND ALSO, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THERE ABOUT A BETTER DEFINITION OF DWELLING UNITS.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF FOUR VERSUS SIX VERSUS EIGHT DWELLING UNITS, BUT JUST LOOKING AT FOUR UNITS PER ACRE, IS THAT EIGHT BEDROOMS OR IS THAT 40 BEDROOMS? I THINK IF THAT'S NOT DEFINED, IT COMPLICATES EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE 72 ACTION PLANS.
SO, UM, I JUST ENCOURAGE, UH, YOU ALL ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL TO NOT SUFFER FROM PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS VERY MUCH.
QUESTION WHEN IT TO, UM, PROPOSALS AND SUCH, ARE YOU GUYS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FIRST? YOU KIND OF LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING, OR IS IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU'RE ANALYZING THESE AREAS, PLEASE, JOHN, WE DON'T NORMALLY ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT I'M SO SORRY.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET THE ANSWER.
YEAH, THERE, THERE'S, UM, AGAIN, SEAN COLE, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER, THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK, UH, FROM MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WITHIN THE MARSH'S DISTRICT.
WE WANNA BRING FORWARD A PLAN, UM, A DRAFT PLAN FOR REACTION.
UM, WE BUILT IN AND BUILT UPON THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE.
THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC RELEASE OF A DRAFT PLAN.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE, UM, HAVE ADDIT ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO REFINE THIS BEFORE WE ARE IN A POSITION TO ASK THE COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND THIS TO COUNCIL.
MUCH MORE, UH, ENGAGEMENT TO COME.
THIS IS THE PRE PRELIMINARY ALSO, I HAVE ONE JUST COMMENT, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SOLVE THIS TRAFFIC ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE ADD MORE PROPERTIES AND MORE DENSITY TO THE ISLAND? THANK YOU.
UM, I WANTED TO RE REITERATE MATT'S POINT, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE COMPLEXITY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE FOLLOW-UPS AND NEXT STEPS IN REGARDS TO THIS ONE DISTRICT PLAN AND YOU MULTIPLY IT BY ALL OF THE DISTRICT PLANS, IT'S A LOT.
AND, UH, IT GIVES ME SOME UNDERSTANDING OF WHY YOU NEEDED 14 NEW EMPLOYEES TO FILL YOUR GAP TO DO ALL THIS WORK.
UM, IT ALSO GAVE A LONG LIST OF POTENTIAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND AS YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU MULTIPLY IT THAT AGAIN BY ALL THE DISTRICTS, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF POTENTIAL FUTURE INVESTMENTS.
UM, AND I JUST WONDER HOW MUCH THE, UH, TOWN COULD, CAN HANDLE AND WHAT THE PRIORITIZATION OF THAT WILL BE.
UM, ON ANOTHER POINT, AND IT MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TIME, THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT MOVING THAT, UH, ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM THE MID ISLAND TO THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT.
UM, AND YOU CALLED IT THE MERCEDES BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I HAVE NOTICED, UH, AS I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, SAID THE REFERENCES TO THINGS
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LIKE THAT, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE ISLAND EIGHT YEARS, SO, UM, THAT DOESN'T RESONATE FOR ME, LIKE THE OLD CRACKER BEAR BUILDING AND ALL OF THAT.SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TAMMY HAD SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS, UH, THERE SHOULD BE SOME PUBLIC FEEDBACK ABOUT MOVING THAT PIECE OF LAND, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
IT'S HALFWAY AND HOW THAT LOOKS ON THAT MAP THAT WAS SHOWN EARLIER, HALFWAY BETWEEN BEACH CITY ROAD AND THE HILTON HEAD, HILTON PLANT, HILTON HEAD PLANTATION ENTRANCE ON 2 78.
UH, THAT LAND WAS SOLD, UH, OR PURCHASED BY THE TOWN MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO.
BUT I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GO TO THE TOWN, UH, WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT THERE.
I KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, AND IT WAS CLEANED UP, UH, AND IT LOOKS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.
SO I WANNA COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT.
ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? YES, DANIEL, DANIEL ANTHONY, PRESIDENT JONESVILLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY ON AGAIN.
UM, GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE LISTENED TO ME.
YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S A GREAT OVERALL.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE ON THE, ON THE DETAILS.
UH, AND I KNOW IT'S A PROCESS.
THIS IS PROBABLY ARGUABLY THE MOST COMPLEX AND DIVERSE DISTRICT PLAN RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, THERE'S DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, DIFFERENT HOUSING, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
AND, UH, I, I THINK YOU GUYS PROBABLY PULLED OFF THE REFERENCE ONE FIRST, BUT BEING, BEING THAT THE, THAT WITH THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE THERE AND THE THREAT OF DEVELOPMENT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM TAKING THIS AND PUTTING THEM FIRST BEFORE THE OTHERS.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE MEETINGS, MORE DISCUSSIONS.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? IF NOT, PLEASE STAND ADJOURNED.