Nov 09, 2023 Town of Hilton Head Public Planning Committee

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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY, SECOND

[2. Adoption of the Agenda]

UH, MR. CHAIR, WITH REGARD TO THE MINUTES,

[3. Approval of the Minutes]

I, I DID REVIEW THOSE MINUTES.

I LOOKED AT THE YOU OF OUR LAST MEETING, AND THERE'S SOME OMISSIONS FROM THE MINUTES.

I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO PREPARE, UH, A DOCUMENT TO SHOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.

SO I WOULD ASK IF WE OFF ON POSTPONE OFF THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU.

AND RECOGNITION.

I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL BY

[5. Appearance by Citizens: Citizens who wish to speak on the matters being discussed during the meeting may do so by submitting the Request to Speak form no later than 4:30 PM day prior to the meeting.]

KIM, DO WE HAVE GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MELINDA TANNER.

OH, THIS IS REALLY LOUD.

AND I LIVE IN PALMETTO HALL.

UH, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO THAT CONCERN IS THE REWRITING OF THE LMO.

YOU'VE APPROVED THE FIRST THREE PHASES, WHICH SEEM TO BE THE LESS CONTROVERSIAL COMPONENTS.

NOW YOU'RE REALLY GETTING INTO THE HARD WORK DUE TO GROWING COMMUNITY CONCERNS.

YOU ADVANCE THE DISCUSSION ON FLOOR AREA RATIO AND PARKING STANDARDS.

AND NOW WITH YOUR NEW PROPOSAL, YOU ARE LOOKING TO MOVE THAT WORK AS WELL AS THE REMAINING, UH, PHASES AND OPEN ITEMS UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING ISLAND-WIDE CHANGES AS YOU MAY FIX ONE PROBLEM BUT HAVE UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY CREATE NEW ONES, BUT THE OUTCOME IS THAT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME WILL CONTINUE TO NOT BE ADDRESSED UNTIL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE AS IS IN REGARD TO THE DISTRICT PLANNING, I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO CREATE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I'M HOPING THE MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS YOU'RE RECOMMENDING WILL ALSO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STRATEGIES AND TACTICS.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE BRIDGES TO THE NEARLY BEACH DISTRICT, YOU HAVE 11 STRATEGIES WITH 72 TACTICS LISTED.

AND EACH IS A LARGE PROJECT INTO THEMSELVES.

MULTIPLY THAT BY THE EIGHT DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S 576 PROJECTS.

NOW I GET SOME OF THEM ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS, CALL IT 400, CALL IT 300.

HOW MANY RESOURCES, HOW MUCH TIME, AND HOW MUCH CAPACITY WOULD IT TAKE TO GET THAT COMPLETED? I KNOW HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.

YOU IDENTIFY THE TIMEFRAME FOR ALL THE TICKS, WHETHER IT'S LESS THAN A YEAR, A YEAR TO THREE, THREE TO FIVE, MORE THAN FIVE.

AND YOU PUT IT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN YOU ADD IT TO ALL THE OTHER WORK AND YOU TOTAL IT UP, AND THEN YOU LOOK FOR A WAY TO PAY FOR IT.

AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY INCREASING THE MILITARY RATE, DRAWING DOWN YOUR BALANCES OR BORROWING MONEY.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE MONEY TO ME, BUT IT'S ALSO THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THAT WORK DONE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TERRY PEDIGREE.

HI.

UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, THE OCTOBER 13TH MEETING, UM, WAS VERY INTERESTING.

I RE-WATCHED IT.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MUST SEE TV FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

BUT, UM, I WAS IMPRESSED IN GENERAL WITH THE COMMITTEE.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE MAYOR'S, UM, COMMENTS.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED BY SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE PLANNING STAFF AS WELL.

AND I WAS IMPRESSED THAT ONE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, WAS IN ATTENDANCE.

UH, ALL THOSE THINGS, UH, WERE NEW TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T USUALLY COME AND AND SPEAK, BUT I'M GETTING MORE USED TO IT NOW.

AND I WAS, I WAS IMPRESSED.

AND OVERALL, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH, UH, THE WAY IT'S GOING AND THE FACT THAT IT'S GONNA BE REVIEWED AND REVISED.

BUT I AM STILL OPPOSED OF COURSE TO THE FAR THE, UH, THAT'S PRESENTED IN THE, UM, PROPOSAL AMENDMENTS.

THE REASONS FOR CHANGE, I WILL BRING UP AGAIN IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL 'CAUSE I'M TRYING NOT TO BE SO REPETITIOUS, UH, IN WHAT I SAY EVERY TIME, BUT THE CALCULATIONS ARE OFF.

UM, THE REASONS FOR CHANGE ARE FLAWED AND, UM, THE IMPACT STUDY DOES NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT THE, THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS, UM, TO THE AMENDMENT IF IT GOES THROUGH.

ONE REASON I WANNA BRING UP AND HIGHLIGHT, 'CAUSE I REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE, IS THE, UM, OFTEN MENTIONED THREE FARS THAT EXIST FOR HOLIDAY HOMES, FOREST BEACH, AND, UH, FOLLY BEACH.

JUST TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT THESE FARMS WERE PUT IN DUE TO THE CITIZENS' REQUEST

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I MEAN, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE BUILT OUT LONG TIME AGO, RIGHT? FIFTIES, SIXTIES, EARLY SEVENTIES.

SO THESE HOMES WERE 40 TO 60 YEARS OLD, AND THEN PEOPLE WERE COMING IN TEARING DOWN THE HOMES AND BUILDING THESE BIG, UM, HIGHER DENSITY HOMES.

AND I, I GET THAT, BUT THE WAY IT'S HAPPENING NOW, UM, AND I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE CHANGED, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THAT.

BUT THE WAY IT IS NOW THAT THE, THE NEWLY DEVELOPING NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE ONES NOT COMPLETELY BUILT OUT, UM, THE, THE REVERSE HAPPENS.

SO IF I CAN CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THIRD, THE, THE SIZE OF MY NEIGHBOR'S HOME, WHICH MY PROPERTY WOULD BE THE SAME AS AS THE PROPERTY SIZE I WAS BROUGHT OUT LAST TIME.

BUT IF I CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE IN LINE IN GENERAL, THEN I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD A HOME IN THE CHARACTER OF MY DEVELOPING NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE REVERSE, THAT WAS THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, JUST ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED, UM, JUST A SECOND AGO.

SO TO THAT, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BECOME OBVIOUS THAT THE RENTAL HOMES I THINK ARE PRETTY MUCH THE PROBLEM.

THESE BIG GARGANTUAN HOMES AND THE, AND THE PARKING AROUND THESE HOMES.

SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT WITHOUT ADVERSELY IMPACTING THOSE IN DEVELOPING NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVEN'T YET BUILT.

THANK YOU, DANIEL.

ANTHONY, GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL.

UH, DANIEL ANTHONY JONESVILLE ROAD.

UM, SPEAKING ABOUT THE FAR AND THE PARKING ON THE FOUR A, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE, THE FAR WILL NOT WORK AS A BLANKET STATEMENT FOR THE ISLAND, BUT HOWEVER, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING.

UH, NOBODY HAS HAS SAID ANYTHING TO ME.

I'VE PUT INQUIRIES OUT, I'VE EMAILED ALL OF YOU, I'VE EMAILED STAFF.

NOBODY CAN TELL ME WHY THE FAR THE PARKING ON FOUR A IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.

I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE SENT THROUGH NOW TO GIVE THESE, THESE RESIDENTS IN THESE COMMUNITIES JUST A SENSE OF A LITTLE BIT OF SECURITY MOVING FORWARD UNTIL WE GET THE FAR FIGURED OUT.

BUT THAT'S MY STATEMENT FOR Y'ALL.

I WISH Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER THAT.

THANK YOU.

AND OUR LAST ONE, WILLIAM MCNEIL.

I, UH, BILL MCNEIL, UH, RESIDENT OF HILTON HEAD.

UH, I'LL GIVE YOU SHORT.

I I THINK THE GENERAL POINT I WANNA MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, EACH COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT HERE.

AND PICKING A BLANKET DECISION ACROSS THE ISLAND IS, IS A REALLY TOUGH THING TO DO WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT GO IN FROM JONESVILLE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BERKS BEACH AREA.

UH, AND I THINK PICKING, YOU KNOW, ONE FAR RATIO THAT GOES ISLAND WIDE NEEDS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OF, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU IN A FLOOD ZONE? ARE YOU NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE? UH, WHAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THAT DESCRIPTION OF FAR AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA APPLY IT TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES? DO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RULES GOVERNANCE THAT ADDRESS A LOT OF THE ISSUES YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? AND I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING MEGA MANSIONS ON, YOU KNOW, A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.

UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR MY OWN PERSONAL INTEREST AND DEVELOP MY OWN PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF LEEWAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN RESPECT TO ALL THE OTHER HOMES THAT ARE WITHIN MY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I THINK IS FAIR FROM THAT POINT.

UH, UH, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR DECISION PROCESS AND THANK YOU.

KEEP IT REAL SHORT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THERE NO MORE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, UNFINISHED BUSINESS

[6.a. Presentation of Discussion on the Creation of Hilton Head Island District Plans and Land Management Ordinance - Missy Luick, Director of Planning]

MORNING, MISSY.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.

UM, MISSY LUECK, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.

I AM GOING TO GO OVER BOTH DISTRICT PLANNING AND THE LMO AMENDMENTS, BUT WANTED TO TITLE THIS UPDATE TODAY ON GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.

UM, JUST TO BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT WHERE THE STRATEGY AND, AND THESE PROJECTS YOU, UH, CAME FROM.

AND, UM, AND REALLY JUST START FROM THERE.

I THINK SOME OF THE PURPOSES OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION ARE TO, UM, BOTH DISCUSS THE UPDATES ON THOSE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS.

ALSO TALK ABOUT THE REORIENTATION

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UM, AND AGAIN, UH, DISCUSS ITS ALIGNMENT WITH THE OVERALL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.

SO, AGAIN, FROM, UM, THE ADOPTED STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, UM, THIS PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY PROJECT, UM, WITHIN, UM, THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN THIS YEAR.

UM, AND IT WAS, UM, IT'S A LARGE PROJECT, UH, TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN JUST 12 STEPS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED HERE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THOSE, UM, COMPONENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THIS STRATEGY, UM, ARE VERY LARGE PROJECTS IN AND OF THEMSELVES.

UM, AND THE, THE PROJECT IS IDENTIFIED AS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT THAT BUILDS, UM, UPON WORK AS YOU GO THROUGH IT.

UM, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF EACH OF THESE STEPS AND COMPONENTS, AND THEN WE'LL DIVE FURTHER INTO DISTRICTS AND LMO THAT ARE COMPONENTS OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.

UM, BUT OF COURSE, THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, IT'S PURPOSE AND INTENT IS TO BE THAT BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE COMMUNITY AND ISLAND, UM, AND IDENTIFY THAT PREFERRED FUTURE AND ENABLE THAT THAT PREFERRED FUTURE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED OR REALIZED THROUGH THE CREATION OF DISTRICT PLANS, THROUGH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, THE OVERHAUL TO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.

AND THEN, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY, UM, TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

UM, SO AGAIN, THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF THE GROWTH GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IS THAT THE FUTURE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ISLAND IS RESPECTFUL OF THE COMMUNITY'S CORE VALUES, RESPECTS ISLAND CHARACTER, AND, UM, PROVIDES A RENEWED VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, HOW THIS WAS, UM, IDENTIFIED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

UM, WAS THAT FIRST WE WERE GOING TO BUILD FROM A CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT, UM, THEN, UH, ESTABLISH A GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP, IDENTIFY THOSE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, THEN CREATE AND ADOPT DISTRICT PLANS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, AS IDENTIFIED HERE.

UM, SO THE, THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS THEN WOULD BE BUTTONED UP INTO AN ISLAND WIDE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS, UM, IT CONSOLIDATES THE BIG IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE DISTRICT PLANS, AND THEN ITEMS 1.6 THROUGH ONE POINT 12 IN POINT 12, OR HOW YOU IMPLEMENT THAT VISION.

SO AGAIN, UM, THE ISLAND MASTER PLAN WOULD PROVIDE THAT STRATEGIC OVERVIEW.

AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE LMO OVERHAUL IS A MAIN IMPLEMENTING ARM OF THOSE THAT ISLAND-WIDE MASTER PLAN AND THE DISTRICT PLANS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, AMONG WITH OTHER, UM, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT, THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

SO THE CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENT IS ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM FOR SOME TIME.

UM, SOME OF THE STATISTICS, UM, HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT IN SOME OF THE DRAFT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

AND, AND THIS PLAN, UH, PROVIDES TRENDS, STATISTICS, AND KEY DATA POINTS ON 10 TOPIC AREAS.

THOSE INCLUDE DEMOGRAPHICS, WORKFORCE ECONOMICS, REAL ESTATE ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING, GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY SYSTEMS, AND LAND USE.

UM, THE LAND USE EVALUATION INCLUDES IDENTIFICATION, UM, OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHANGE, AS WELL AS A BUILD OUT ANALYSIS, UM, BASED ON OUR CURRENT ZONING AND ENTITLEMENTS.

UM, SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND CONDITIONS AND TRENDS IS WHAT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, DISTRICT PLANNING, AND ALL OF IT IS BUILT UPON.

UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE THIRD VERSION OF THIS, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS REPORT WILL BE READY TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY, SO REAL SOON.

UM, AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THE INFORMATION TO, UM, REALLY BE THAT BASELINE FROM WHICH WE'RE BUILDING FROM FOR ALL OF THIS WORK THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.

SO THEN OVERALL, OF COURSE, UM, THIS STRATEGY AND ITS VISION, OF COURSE, IS TO FIRST, UM, BUILD FROM A GROWTH FRAMEWORK, WHICH WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A CONSERVATION AND GROWTH FRAMEWORK.

AND WE HAVE BROUGHT THAT BEFORE THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND REVIEWED THAT ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT EIGHT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

UM, AND THOSE ARE KIND OF THE FIRST BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THEN GETTING INTO THE MEAT OF THE DISCUSSION,

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UM, AND THAT DISTRICT PLANNING IS, IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF, UM, A GUIDE FOR LAND USES, INTENSITIES AND INVESTMENTS, UM, TO ACHIEVE THAT, UH, DISTRICT FUTURE OR THAT THEME AND CHARACTER OF THAT DISTRICT.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WE WERE GOING TO ESTABLISH THIS OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, WHICH IS THREADED WITHIN, UM, THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION STEPS.

UM, SO I WANTED TO FIRST WALK THROUGH JUST THAT HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHERE THESE TWO PROJECTS SIT WITHIN THE OVERALL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, JUST TO SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT, UM, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL PLANNING, UM, EXERCISE.

UM, THE DISTRICT PLANNING IS MEANT TO BE, UM, LIKE ABOVE THE TREE LINE, IF YOU WILL, UM, FROM SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH, UM, SOMEWHAT OF A REDIRECT, UM, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, FOR THESE PLANS.

UM, BUT ALSO WANTED TO JUST, UM, KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE ON, AND THAT WE HAVE COME TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, UM, MANY TIMES, UH, TO DISCUSS THESE PROJECTS AND, UM, AND HAVE REVIEWED THOSE.

UM, THE, THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY MAP THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE EIGHT PLANNING DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE CONSERVATION AND GROWTH FRAMEWORK MAP, UM, WHICH SERVES AS THAT INITIAL FIRST, UM, HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIZATION OF, UM, WHERE WE WOULD CONSIDER AREAS FOR CONSERVATION AND CONSIDER AREAS FOR GROWTH IN THIS OVERALL STRATEGY.

SO, UM, OF COURSE WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, THE DISTRICT PLANNING EXERCISE, AND WE HAVE BROUGHT TWO DRAFT PLANS TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

THE MARSHES DISTRICT WAS PRESENTED IN JULY, AND THE BRIDGE TO BEACH WAS PRESENTED IN SEPTEMBER.

AND BOTH OF THOSE DRAFT PLANS WERE PRELIMINARY, AND THEY INCLUDED ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, SINCE THEN, UM, I GUESS WHY ARE WE, UH, PROPOSING THAT WE'RE PIVOTING? UM, WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS.

UM, ONE, UM, THE DISTRICT PLANS THAT WE HAD BEEN PRESENTING WERE BECOMING VERY, VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENTS OVER A HUNDRED PAGES, AND THEY WERE DIFFICULT TO PRESENT AND DIGEST, UM, EVEN IN A MEETING.

AND, AND MAYBE WERE TOO, HAD TOO MANY STRATEGIES AND TACTICS.

IT WAS A FULL LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE INCLUDED IN JUST HOW WE DO OUR EVERYDAY BUSINESS AND, AND ITEMS THAT WE WOULD'VE ALREADY INCLUDED, SAY, IN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UM, SCHEDULE.

AND SO, UM, THEY WERE NOT, UH, HIGH LEVEL OR, UM, FOCUSED ON THOSE VISIONARY COMPONENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE, THE TRANSFORMATION OR THAT CORRECT DISTRICT CHARACTER AND THEME THAT IS INTENDED.

UM, AND ALSO, UM, THE, THE PACE FOR, UM, DELIVERY OF THESE, UH, DOCUMENTS, UH, WAS PROVING TO BE, UH, IT WAS GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE TIME THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED FOR THE PROJECT TIMELINE.

AND SO WE, UH, WORKED WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS TO COME UP WITH A, A DIFFERENT STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT PLANNING AS IT RELATES WITHIN THE OVERALL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.

AND ALSO IDENTIFIED WAYS THAT WE COULD STREAMLINE, STILL HAVE THE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ON HOW EACH DISTRICT IS TO BE ENVISIONED FOR ITS FUTURE.

UM, AND THEN IDENTIFY THOSE, UM, KEY STRATEGIES AND TACTICS BASED ON A SWOT ANALYSIS, UH, SWOT ANALYSIS OF EACH DISTRICT, UM, AND, AND THEN HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACHIEVE THAT, THAT PREFERRED FUTURE.

SO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON WHY WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A STREAMLINED APPROACH.

AND, UM, AND THEN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES GO THROUGH WHAT THAT STREAMLINED APPROACH COULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, SO THE FIRST STEP THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS A SWO ASSESSMENT OF EACH DISTRICT.

SO WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS? UM, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT, UM, AMONG STAFF TEAM, UM, AS WELL AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE JOINED US FOR ONE OF THESE PLANNING DAYS TO, TO DO JUST THAT.

UM, EACH DISTRICT HAS A PRELIMINARY SWAT ANALYSIS, UM, AND WE ALSO PULLED SOME KEY STATISTICS AND DATA POINTS, UM, AS BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

UM, AND ALSO WE'RE PULLING FROM THAT DRAFT LAND USE, UH, FROM THE CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY SOME LAND USE VULNERABILITIES, UH, THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR

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UM, THEN WE ARE AIMING TO ANSWER FOUR KEY QUESTIONS FOR EACH DISTRICT.

SO WHO DOES THAT DISTRICT SERVE? WHAT ARE THOSE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS? WHAT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED OR PROTECTED? AND THEN WHAT SHOULD WE CONSIDER TO ACTIVATE IN EACH DISTRICT? THEN WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A STRONG ALIGNMENT TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PLAN ELEMENTS.

AND SO WE'LL ALIGN ALL OF THE COMPONENTS WITHIN THE SWO ASSESSMENT WITH OUR COMP PLAN ELEMENTS.

SO CULTURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, POPULATION HOUSING, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND RECREATION, PRIORITY INVESTMENT AND RESILIENCE.

AND THEN WE WERE TO IDENTIFY WHAT OF THOSE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SWOT ASSESSMENT ARE THE PIVOTAL ONES FOR THE INTENDED FUTURE.

SO WHAT ARE THOSE THAT, IF THAT DISTRICT IS ONE, THAT THAT WOULD EXPERIENCE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR CHANGE THAT ARE PIVOTAL FOR, FOR THAT FUTURE OR THAT INTENDED FUTURE TO TAKE PLACE.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, SOME OF THE DOCUMENT DELIVERY, THE WORD TEMPLATE IS USED, UM, IN, IN EACH OF THESE ITEMS IN THAT WE WANT TO CREATE UNIFORM DELIVERY OF ALL, UH, OF THE DELIVERY OF THE DISTRICTS FROM THE PRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, TO HOW WE DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS HOW THE DOCUMENTS ARE FORMATTED.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM TO IDENTIFY WHAT COMPONENTS WOULD NEED TO BE IN A PRESENTATION DECK TO DELIVER TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WHAT THEN FROM THOSE KEY QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING OF THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, WOULD WE ALSO INCORPORATE IN, IN A COMMUNITY SURVEY? AND THEN LIKEWISE ALSO TAKE, UM, INTO THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.

SO WHETHER IT'S STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS, UM, WE INTEND TO HAVE MEETINGS IN EACH DISTRICT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE ESTABLISH THAT AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A UNIFORM APPROACH IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS? AND THEN ALSO CREATING A DOCUMENT THAT DOESN'T EXCEED 25 PAGES OR SO.

WE'RE THINKING OF THE FORMAT SIMILAR TO THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK, UM, AND THAT IT IS VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, FOR EACH DISTRICT AND JUST INCLUDES WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE.

AND WE CAN REFER BACK TO OTHER DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THE CONDITIONS AND TRENDS ASSESSMENTS SUCH AS THE COMP PLAN OR OTHER PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, REVIEWED AND AND APPROVED BY THE TOWN AS SOME OF THE SUPPORT MATERIALS FOR THOSE DISTRICT PLANS.

AND SO IT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CONTENT THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE PLAN DOCUMENTS THEMSELVES.

UM, AND THEN WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE A HIGH LEVEL ONE PAGER, LIKE AN 11 BY 17 DOCUMENT.

THAT WOULD BE A SUMMARY DOCUMENT.

IT WOULD BE AN INFOGRAPHIC STYLE DOCUMENT THAT, UM, WOULD BE A TEMPLATED DOCUMENT AS WELL FOR EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.

UM, AND, AND WITH THAT STREAMLINED APPROACH, WE TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, HOW WE COULD DELIVER APPROACH LIKE THAT AND, UM, WHEN WE COULD ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT WITH DELIVERY OF EIGHT DISTRICTS TO PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT CAN ALL BE ACCOMPLISHED, UM, WITHIN QUARTER ONE OR QUARTER TWO OF 2024.

AND SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET OPEN IT UP AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AT LEAST THIS PARTICULAR PIVOT AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING DISTRICT PLANNING AND THE DELIVERABLES AND HOW WE PRESENT BOTH TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY OF, UM, WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THIS PROJECT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S WORK AND ESPECIALLY WHEN RETHINKING IS INVOLVED, IF YOU WILL.

UM, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS, BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, WHERE'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THIS PROCESS? I DON'T SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION LISTED AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

WELL, WHEN DISTRICT PLANS ARE GOING THROUGH REVIEW AND APPROVAL, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH GETTING THESE DISTRICT PLANS COMPLETED, AND AT A LEVEL WHERE THE PUBLIC PROCESS COULD BE BID COULD BEGIN, IT WOULD BE DURING NUMBER FOUR DISTRICT PLAN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

IT, IT COULD BE IN THAT STEP OR IT COULD BE AFTER THOSE STEPS ARE COMPLETE AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE THROUGH THE, THE FORMAL PUBLIC PROCESS THAT THEN WOULD INCLUDE APPROVALS BY THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OTHER BODIES THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE RECOMMENDING BODIES AS WELL.

AND, UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THROUGH TO TOWN COUNCIL.

AND THE OTHER TWO I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT IS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND THE GAG GEECHEE LAND AND, UH, CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE.

MM-HMM, .

UM, AND, AND,

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WE HAVE OTHER, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT I THINK ARE INTEGRAL TO THIS PROCESS.

UM, AND THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS, SO I THINK THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS.

AND YOUR PREFERENCES, THEY'RE INCLUDED IN STEP FOUR.

I, I WOULD SAY A SEPARATE STEP BECAUSE I SEE THAT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS BEING, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE THE PUBLIC GIVES US INPUT SIMILAR TO WHAT'S DONE IN A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.

UM, AND, AND I DON'T SEE THAT, I, I THINK OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS REVIEW IS SEPARATE FROM THAT.

IT NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE STEP.

UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T CAREFULLY THOUGHT THROUGH WHERE IT SHOULD BE, BUT I THINK THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COULD GATHER INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO PERHAPS BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE SHOULD BE A NEW FIVE AND THEN MAKE FIVE SIX AND SIX SEVEN.

UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE NOT A PART OF THE PROCESS.

OKAY.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT I APPRECIATE THE OPTIMISM OF THE TIMING .

UM, BUT, UM, AND THIS IS THE DISTRICT PLANS, UH, SO WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROCESS.

UH, WHERE YOU LOOK, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, ANOTHER PART OF THE PRESENTATION WITH REGARD TO LMO AMENDMENTS, BUT REWRITING A WHOLE, UM, UH, LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE OR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS, IS TIME CONSUMING, FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE DRAFTING ITSELF.

SECONDLY, THE PUBLIC INPUT PART OF IT.

AND THIRDLY, WHEN YOU PUT THE MAPS UP, THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER REALLY MEETS THE ROAD .

UM, AND, AND IT'S A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS.

UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE ADOPTED PREVIOUS TOWN COUNCIL, ADOPTED A MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN OF 126 PAGES.

SO IS THAT ALSO GONNA BE REWRITTEN? IT WILL BE REDRAFTED WITHIN THIS TEMPLATED FORMAT, YES.

BUT THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT ADOPTED PLAN WOULD BE CARRIED THROUGH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

AND, AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE STREAMLINING, UM, MAXIMUM OF 25 PAGES, I'M PROBABLY OKAY WITH THAT.

UM, ASSUMING THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME APPENDICES THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT WITH MORE DETAIL, UM, THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK, IT, IT IS NICE, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT FRAMEWORK, BUT IT, UM, IT, IT'S LIKE, UM, UH, I CAN'T EVEN COMPARE IT TO SOMETHING.

IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE GONNA FRAME A QUILT AND YOU BUILD A FRAME, BUT THE QUILTED PIECES HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND TAKE A LOT MORE TIME.

UM, SO I THINK THAT, UM, UH, TO SHOOT FOR SOMETHING THAT, THAT SMALL DOES NOT REFLECT ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE PREVIOUS TO THAT, UM, I'M ALL ABOUT TRYING TO, TO REDUCE THE, THE SIZE OF THE DOCUMENTS.

UM, READING IS NOT MY FAVORITE PASTIME .

UM, BUT, UM, I, I READ WHAT I NEED TO.

UM, SO I, I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A BIT AMBITIOUS, UM, TO TRY TO DO THAT.

UM, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SO VITAL TO OUR ISLAND.

IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, LET'S DO IT RIGHT.

UM, AND LET'S NOT, UM, UH, UH, HANDCUFF OURSELVES BY SAYING WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO IT A MINIMUM OF CERTAIN OR MAXIMUM OF CERTAIN PAGES.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE GOAL, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S INVOLVED.

UM, THE OTHER THING WHICH CONCERNS ME EVEN MORE, AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE SOME ISSUES NOW, UM, THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND, UM, EVEN IF YOU SPEED UP THIS PROCESS, YOU STREAMLINE THE DOCUMENTS, UM, EVEN IF YOU SOMEHOW CAN INCLUDE, UM, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE ESSENTIAL AND INCLUDE THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO TRY TO DO THIS FOR ALL THOSE EIGHT DISTRICTS WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024, EVEN GOING INTO THE SECOND QUARTER, I, I, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

I MEAN, I, I'D LIKE TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT.

I WISH WE HAD DONE IT THIS YEAR, , UM, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE.

AND I JUST, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, AS SOME FOLKS KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, IN MY PREVIOUS CAREER, UM, I, I DID LIVE THROUGH A JURISDICTION TWICE THIS SIZE AND POPULATION WITH COMPLETELY REDOING THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, UM, WITH A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S TIME CONSUMING.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT IT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF MS. TANNER ABOUT THAT THERE ARE AREAS RIGHT NOW AND ISSUES RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

YES, LET'S BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE WHOLE REWRITE, BUT LET'S NOT FORGET WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO IN JANUARY

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SO IF I COULD REAL QUICK RESPOND TO SOME OF THAT.

UM, SO WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WOULD HAVE DISTRICTS FOR DELIVERY TO PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WITHIN THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, IT WASN'T, THAT'S, AND THEN WE WOULD START THAT PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS FROM THERE.

SO IT WASN'T THAT IT WAS FULLY ADOPTED, UM, BECAUSE ADOPTION TAKES MANY MONTHS TO RUN THROUGH THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND, AND PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESSES.

AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE OVERHAUL, THAT IS AN IMPLEMENTATION STEP FROM THE DISTRICT'S AND IS ON A SEPARATE TIMETABLE FROM THE DISTRICTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA TWIST A LITTLE IN MY SEAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THIS COMMITTEE A DRAFT DOCUMENT TO, UM, WITHIN THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS.

UM, BUT WHAT AM I TO DO WITH THEM IF I DON'T HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT? WE HEAR FOLKS WHO COME, WE HEAR FOLKS WHO COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND, AND I KNOW WE LISTEN TO FOLKS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF WE SAY, HERE'S THE DRAFT DISTRICT PLAN, NO, GO BACK AND MAKE THESE CHANGES WITH THE LIMITED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE.

SO I, IT IS JUST A, I JUST SCRATCHED MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE.

WHERE IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BEFORE, AFTER WE SEE THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE DISTRICT PLAN? THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU, MISSY, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF POINTS, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, I, I WANNA GET THROUGH THEM ALL.

SOME MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE NOW, AND SOME MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SECOND PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.

BUT, UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON, UM, PATSY'S COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO OTHER BODIES THAT ARE COMMISSIONS, ET CETERA.

I DO WANT TO MAKE TWO STATEMENTS THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, AND THAT WE AS A BODY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE THE FINAL POLICY DECISIONS AND THE CREATION OF A DISTRICT PLAN OR LMOS, ET CETERA, FALL INTO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS MUCH AS WE LISTEN TO THOSE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP.

HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THAT AN IMPORTANT PIECE THAT'S MISSING IS INPUT FROM US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT VARIOUS AREAS, DISTRICT AREAS, IN THE SAME WAY AS THAT WE HAVE HAD THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS WITH REGARD TO PARKS.

WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS PLANS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO COME IN AND MEET IN SMALL, YOU KNOW, TWO PERSON, UH, MEETINGS TO HEAR THOSE PLANS, TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING HEARD AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS BEING HEARD.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT IS A CRITICAL STEP THAT'S BEING OVERLOOKED.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND COMING TO US AND TO GIVE US A GENERAL UPDATE, UM, ABOUT ALL HARD WORK THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT STAFF IS DOING, UM, LEAVES OUT THAT REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT.

AND THE REASON IT'S SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE OF, UM, THINGS THAT I SEE IN HERE.

I'LL JUST TAKE WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN, POSSIBLE FUTURE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PIVOTAL TO THE INTENDED FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT.

WELL, WHERE MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL, UM, DISTRESS OVER WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WITH THEIR PROPERTY WITH REGARD TO PHARR.

CAN YOU IMAGINE, AS I KNOW I CAN, AND PEOPLE IN WARD, UH, FOUR CAN, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN A DISTRICT PLAN COMES IN AND UPSETS THEIR APPLE CART, WHERE THEIR EXPECTATION OF THEIR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SUDDENLY BECOMES SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WE WROTE THAT STORY IN 2014, UH, OR OTHERS DID, AND THEN THEY HAD TO RETRACT BECAUSE THEY MADE GRAVE MISTAKES IN TERM OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGING ITS NEW, PIVOTAL, UM, INTENDED FUTURE.

SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND, AND I LOOK OUT ACROSS THE ISLAND, BUT I LOOK OUT FOR THOSE AREAS IN WARD FOUR THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO WHOLESALE CHANGE.

UM, SO RESIDENTIAL MEANS RESIDENTIAL, IT DOESN'T MEAN SOMETHING ELSE.

INTENDED.

FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO

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PURPOSE AND INTENT.

CURRENTLY IN THE LMO, WHICH WE'VE STRAYED SO FAR FROM THAT, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO WHAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTIES BELIEVING THIS, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEANT.

UM, SO RED FLAG ALL OVER, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I KNOW SEAN HAS HEARD ME SAY IT.

EVERYONE HAS HEARD ME SAY IT.

I HAVE RED FLAGS ALL OVER IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS FOR THE RESIDENTS ON THIS ISLAND.

I'VE HEARD RECENTLY, UM, IN A MEETING THAT REALTORS WILL SELL A BUSINESS AND A RESIDENCE, AND THAT THAT'S, THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL TYPE AREA.

UM, AND IN FACT, I HAVE TO REMIND THEM STRONGLY THAT THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AND IT'S MY INTENTION THAT TO REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND NOT FLIP IT TO A COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTIAL, SECOND, PEOPLE WANT TO RENT THEIR HOUSES.

THAT'S ONE THING.

BUT THE INTENT OF PROVIDING A BUSINESS WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE PRIMARY GOAL.

SO THAT YOU CAN BUY OR SELL A $20 MILLION HOME BECAUSE THERE'S A $750, $750,000 RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UM, IS, IS CONTRARY TO RESIDENTS FIRST.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, REPRESENT.

FOR INSTANCE, MIN ISLAND DISTRICT PLANS, THERE ARE CHANGES WITHIN THAT DOCUMENT TO DENSITY.

I'M NOT SURE TO, TO, UM, PATSY'S POINT, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THEIR COMMUNITIES, UM, WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY UNDERSTAND THAT DENSITY AND USE IS CHANGING.

SO THOSE ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT, WHO REPRESENTS THE RESIDENT, ARE CRITICAL, KEEPING THE DISTRICT CHARACTER AND THEME.

UM, WHO DOES THE DISTRICT SERVE? IF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, IT SERVES THE RESIDENTS OF THIS ISLAND.

UM, SO THOSE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SPEAK TO HERE AT THIS MOMENT.

BUT I ALSO NOW WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AS WE MOVE INTO, UH, FURTHER IN, IS WHAT IS, WHAT IT WAS HAS BEEN THE EXPECTATION OF RESIDENTS SINCE AT LEAST THE LONGER THAN THIS, SINCE AT LEAST JUNE 12TH, 2020, WHEN A DOCUMENT WAS WRITTEN BY STAFF.

AND THE TITLE OF THAT DOCUMENT WAS LESSONS LEARNED FROM BRADLEY CIRCLE.

THAT DOCUMENT WAS CREATED AND MEMORIALIZED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE NOW ARE LOOKING, STARING US IN FACE WITH REGARD TO DISTRICT PLANNING.

AND, AND JUST AS A MATTER OF BEING ABLE TO POINT TO ONE PIECE OF IT, SPECIFICALLY, LAST PAGE, PAGE THREE, IN ADDITION TO THE CHANGES NOTED ABOVE, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT FUTURE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LMO BE CONSIDERED AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND.

THE AREAS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS BE CONSIDERED INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING.

THAT BACK ENCROACHMENTS, UTILIZING FLOOR AREA RATIO, OR FAR AND MINIMUM LOT SIZES, LIMITING HOUSE SIZE AND SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS TO THAT WHICH MEETS THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE, REQUIRING PARKING SPACES IN GARAGES TO BE LARGE ENOUGH, BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE VEHICLE PROFILES.

AND THE CALCULATION OF HEIGHT.

THIS IS NOT NEW.

THIS IS WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN COUNTING ON US TO DO.

THIS IS WHAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR THREE PLUS YEARS.

SO, UM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER.

WE HAVE AN LMO WHOSE PURPOSE AND INTENT WE ALL BOUGHT INTO.

WE HAVE DOCUMENTS FROM STAFF LONGSTANDING, WORKED HARD BY STAFF.

I KNOW HOW HARD YOU GUYS WORK, AND THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF THAT AT ALL.

I'LL LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU, MISSY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

UM, WHAT I SEE HERE IS AN ENORMOUS UNDERTAKING, UH, FOR THE TOWN TO ESTABLISH THESE DISTRICT PLANS.

I TRULY HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRST PRESENTATIONS THAT WE SAW WITH MULTIPLE STRATEGIES AND DOZENS OF TACTICS.

ME THAT'S PUTTING THE CART BEFORE

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IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME TO COME FORWARD WITH A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT WHAT A DISTRICT WOULD BE THAT WOULD THEN BE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND POSSIBLY ALSO PRESENTED TO THE FULL TOWN COUNCIL, BUT NOT ADOPTED, BECAUSE THAT THEN WOULD START THE PROCESS.

THE PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE WHAT MS. BRYSON HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BRINGING IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, HAVING PUBLIC SESSIONS, HAVING PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS, LAYING OUT T STRATEGIES AND TACTICS BASED UPON THE INPUT THAT'S RECEIVED AT THAT TIME.

SO WHAT I SEE HAPPENING HERE IS, INSTEAD OF ASKING PPC OR THE COUNCIL TO SWALLOW THE WHOLE ELEPHANT ONE TIME, YOU'RE OFFERING US SMALLER BITES SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO DEVELOP THAT.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A LONGER TERM PROCESS TO BRING TO COMPLETION, BUT WE WANNA BRING IT TO COMPLETION CORRECTLY.

BUT I LIKE TO HAVE IT ALREADY DONE.

SURE, I WOULD, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT HAPPENING THAT WAY.

AND SO WHAT I SEE IS THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS TOO MUCH OF AN UNDERTAKING OR EVEN PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT.

AND RATHER WHAT YOU DO IS YOU COME UP WITH A 10,000 FOOT STRATEGY HAVING TO DO WITH EACH DISTRICT PRESENT THAT TO US.

WE DON'T APPROVE IT, YOU PRESENT IT TO US AND THEN STARTS THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND FINAL ADOPTION DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE CREATING A MORE MANAGEABLE PROBLEM FOR US TO DEAL WITH.

I'M NO PLANNER, YOU KNOW THAT.

UH, AND SO I HAVE TO RELY ON YOUR EXPERTISE ABOUT THIS.

SO IT HAS TO BE PRESENTED TO ME AND INDIVIDUAL STEPS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE OFFERING.

AND I THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT WAY FOR US TO GO.

AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. STANFORD.

YOU ESSENTIALLY SUMMARIZED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

I SAW YOUR NOTES EARLIER, .

UM, BUT, BUT, BUT TO REITERATE, UM, I THINK THIS IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UH, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

ONE IS WE DO HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, AND YOU HAVE TO, I BELIEVE, HAVE THE COUNCIL APPROVING SERIES OF STEPS, NOT JUST ONE STEP.

SO WHAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING TODAY IS SORT OF THE, THE GLOBAL STEP.

AND EARLY IN NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD BE SAYING, HEY, YOU'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT'S, THAT'S ONE LEVEL OF APPROVAL.

THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SEVERAL OTHER LEVELS OF APPROVALS DOWN THE ROAD.

UM, PUBLIC INPUT, UM, MS. BECKER MENTIONED WORKSHOPS.

UH, IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY, UM, TO HAVE A, HAVE A WORKSHOP OF COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO BE PRESENT.

SO ALL ARE TALKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.

I LOOK AT THE STAFF AS THE EXPERTS EXPERIENCE STILL BUYS US STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

I DON'T NEED TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN YOUR, UH, LIBRARY OF INFORMATION.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH A SCALED DOWN PRESENTATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN WRESTLE WITH THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS.

I WANT TO CHECK, CHECK SOMETHING.

I CAN GO TO THAT LIBRARY, THAT BANK, THAT WEBSITE, WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE RELYING ON TO PRESENT TO US THE POLICY OPPORTUNITIES.

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VERY HELPFUL.

AND I ALSO AGREE THAT THE PRESENTATIONS AT THE PPC LEVEL SHOULD BE HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS BY STAFF, NOT ALL THE .

UM, SPECIFIC QUESTION IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE COMPILED AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

THE, OF COURSE, THE APPROVED MID ISLAND DISTRICT PLAN IS AVAILABLE, AND THE DRAFT BRIDGE TO BEACH AND MARSH'S PLANS ARE ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING THAT WE'VE DONE IS NOT ON THE WEBSITE JUST YET.

UM, AS SOON AS WE HAVE A CONDITIONS AND TRENDS, UH, REPORT THAT WE'RE READY TO SHARE, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY.

UM, IT IS VERY INFORMATION RICH.

UM, AND, UH, I THINK FROM SOME OF THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND DATA THAT WAS IN, THAT WAS IN SOME OF THE PRIOR PLANS, UM, YOU CAN KIND OF ANTICIPATE THE LEVEL OF, UH, INFORMATION OVERLOAD YOU MIGHT GET FROM THAT PRESENTATION AS WELL.

I, I DO THINK THAT PUBLIC AND COUNCIL OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO, IN A SENSE, GO TO THE APPENDIX MM-HMM, OH YEAH.

FIND THAT INFORMATION.

YES.

MY SENSE IS THAT YOU SHOULD BE COMING TO PPC HIGHLY THOUGHT OUT PRIORITIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS AT EACH LEVEL THAT, UH, FOR THE EIGHT DISTRICTS WHO ARE POSING QUESTIONS TO THE PEOPLE, ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING ABOUT RATHER THAN THE LAUNDRY LIST.

ISSUE OF TIMELINE IS A THORNY ONE BECAUSE IT'S BEGGING US TO CIRCUMVENT A PROCESS.

I THINK WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH THAT AND HAVE STAFF CONSIDER WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES, DELAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OR TRUSTING SOMETHING FORWARD HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE ON MY OWN STANDPOINT, I RELY ON THE PRUDENCE OF A PROCESS TO GET US TO THE RIGHT DECISION, BUT I AM VERY AWARE OF LACK OF, UH, OR THE, OR THE CONCERN OF CITIZENS AREN'T ADDRESSING CRITICAL ISSUES.

SO I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL LEVEL AND ALSO STAFF NEED TO WHAT OUR ALTERNATIVES ARE, THOUGHTS ON THAT ISSUE.

WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY.

MR. CHAIR, COULD I, YEAH.

COULD I ASK, MAKE ONE MORE SUGGESTION ABOUT THE OUTLINE THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE? I KNOW NUMBER ONE IS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THERE, .

UM, BUT I, I LIKE MR. STANFORD'S IDEA OF BRINGING, UH, THE PBCA TEMPLATE, IF YOU WILL, WITH THESE ARE THE CRITICAL AREAS FOR EACH DISTRICT.

UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MIGHT DO IS REWORK THESE STEPS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, I'M JUST GONNA PICK ON NUMBER TWO THERE.

UM, DISTRICT PLAN PRESENTATION AS A TEMPLATE TO PPC.

UM, AND, AND THEN AFTER THAT, ALL THIS FOLLOWS, AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO PPC BEFORE IT GOES TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION OF THE FULL DISTRICT PLANS.

SO ADDING TWO OTHER PARTS IN THERE, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT THROUGH THIS, BUT THAT MIGHT BE THE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A WORKSHOP.

THAT'S FINE.

SO, RIGHT, SO EACH PROCESS OR EACH STEP 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR BUILD UPON EACH OTHER, AND THEN WE BUILD THAT DISTRICT PLAN DOCUMENT.

IT MIGHT BE AT STEP FIVE BEFORE THAT, THAT'S WHERE YOU DO THE, THE WORKSHOP BECAUSE YOU'VE, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS AND HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN YOU'VE INCORPORATED THAT INTO A DOCUMENT FOR REVIEW.

YEAH.

AND

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OKAY.

I CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT I, I'VE HEARD, AND IT'S NOTED, UM, A WORKSHOP IS CERTAINLY, UM, A, A GREAT STEP.

BUT IN OTHER AREAS WHERE WE ARE DECIDING, FOR INSTANCE, PARKS, A WORKSHOP HAS COME SECOND TO US BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR FEEDBACK, UM, TO STAFF WITH REGARD.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU STARTED YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE OF SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SAT IN ON STAFF PLANNING.

THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT ONLY TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND INTO THE FUTURE OF THIS ISLAND.

AND SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD BE PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, SEAN COLE, AND ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER.

MISSY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SLIDE IN.

I WAS GONNA TRY TO PUT IT GREAT FEEDBACK TODAY.

UM, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN THIS PROCESS ABOUT HAVING THIS INITIAL ASSESSMENT.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO INFORM FUTURE LAND USE.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, UH, OUR PLAN IS, WAS, WAS GREAT.

OUR, UH, THE LAND USE ELEMENT WAS LACKING.

IT DID, WASN'T FORWARD THINKING.

IT DIDN'T HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

SO THIS IS TO INFORM FUTURE LAND USE, VERY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF AND SETTING EXPECTATIONS AND COMMITMENT TO WHAT THE FUTURE OF HILAND ISLAND, UM, WILL BE WHILE MAINTAINING THOSE IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT CAME THROUGH WITH OUR PLAN AND, AND FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT THE DISTRICT PLAN ULTIMATELY INTENDS TO DO IS TO INFORM A FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO INFORM A, A NEW, UH, THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT LMO OR MAYBE WE'LL CALL SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT? UM, THE RIGHT CODE FOR HILTON ISLAND, AND ALSO INFORM OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ON WHERE WE'RE GONNA INVEST TO BE INTENTIONAL TO DRIVE CHANGE.