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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, EVERYBODY TAKE THEIR SEATS.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
IS THIS MIKE ON? THERE WE GO,
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, UH, THE TOWNHOUSE WORK SHOP OF NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023.
DO WE HAVE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA? SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UM, PATTERSON PARK MASTER PLAN IS UP FIRST.
SEAN, I BELIEVE WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL, UH, TOWN MANAGER, STAFF, PROJECT TEAM.
GOSH, I'M HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE CROWD HERE AND IN ATTENDANCE.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A, A VERY MEANINGFUL DAY FOR ME.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE PRESENTING, UM, NOT TWO PARKS, UM, BUT TWO VENUES THAT WILL HELP INCREASE TELLING THE STORY OF HILTON AND ISLAND, UH, THE HISTORY, THE CULTURE, THE MEANING, UH, THE PURPOSE.
AND I AM PROUD OF THE, UM, THE ITEMS I'M GONNA GO THROUGH HERE AND, AND PRESENT TO YOU ALONG WITH THE TEAM.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT PATTERSON FAMILY AND TAYLOR FAMILY PARK, PATTERSON, UH, FAMILY.
FIRST, UM, I WANNA INTRODUCE THE PROJECT TEAM.
WE'VE GOT, UH, ERIC LAD ON TOWN STAFF.
HE'S BEEN THE PRO OUR PROJECT MANAGER.
WE'VE GOT BRIAN, UH, WHITMER WITH WHITMER JONES KEEFER.
I THINK YOU'VE SEEN BRIAN HERE BEFORE.
UM, BUT PROVIDED, UM, OUR DESIGN WORK, WE'VE GOT JASMINE WHITE WITH SPARK FORMATION, UH, WHO WE BROUGHT ON BOARD TO REALLY HELP, UM, UNDERSTAND THE MEANING, UM, AND THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE AND, AND WHAT WAS IM IMPORTANT TO THESE, THESE SITES IN THESE AREAS, IN THESE COMMUNITIES TO HELP INFORM THE, UH, THE, THE FINAL PRODUCT HERE.
BROWN MCWE, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROJECTS AND FACILITIES, AND BEN BROWN, OUR, OUR SENIOR ADVISOR OF THE TOWN MANAGER, WHO IS, UM, REALLY HELPING OUT WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND, UM, AND KEEPING THE SHIP GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, AN INTEGRAL IN THIS PROCESS.
AND, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM AND, AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT HERE.
UM, THE AGENDA WILL, UH, GO THROUGH OVERVIEW OF WORK PROCESS, UH, PROCESS.
WE'LL DO PROJECT BACKGROUND, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FINDINGS AND JASMINE LL IN A WAY THAT I ONLY WISH I COULD.
UM, WE'LL LOOK AT A REVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN, UM, AND, UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, MAKE SURE FROM COUNCIL THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, AND FORWARD, TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
AND THEN, ALRIGHT, PROJECT TEAM.
I, I WANT ONE SLIDE, UH, UH, AHEAD IN MY MIND, BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE, TOWN COUNCIL IS CERTAINLY PART OF THAT TEAM.
HAPPY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND MOVING THIS FORWARD.
AND, UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO DELIVER THAT TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY.
UM, IN GENERAL TERMS, THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE, THAT WE WORKED THROUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT.
UH, GO IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT WE HAD A PROJECT KICK KICKOFF.
UH, WE DID A SURVEY OF THE SITE.
WE DID SITE ANALYSIS, ARCHEOLOGICAL, UH, WE DEVELOPED A PRELIMINARY PROGRAM.
UH, WE MET WITH A COMMUNITY INITIALLY TO GET FEEDBACK AND INPUT.
UH, WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW LOOKING AT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DESIRES AND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SITE.
UM, AND THEN DID A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE, UH, WITH RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWS, AND REALLY IDENTIFY THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE SITE, UM, HAD TO HELP TELL THE STORY AND PROVIDE MORE MEANING INTO THE COMMUNITY ISLAND AS A WHOLE.
AND LED TO THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN.
SO A LITTLE BIT IN MORE DETAIL.
PRELIMINARY STOP SURVEY AND SITE ANALYSIS STARTED.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, OUT OF THE ROWING AND SAILING CENTER IN JULY OF 2022.
AND WITH THAT, WE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER A CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT.
WE PRESENTED PATTERSON TO TOWN COUNCIL IN A WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, WE PRESENTED TO PARKS AND REC COMMISSION BASED ON INPUT RECEIVED BY TOWN COUNCIL IN APRIL OF 2023.
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WE HELD ANOTHER, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT AND STAKEHOLDER MEETING IN MAY, AND USED THAT TO HELP REFINE THE CONCEPT.AGAIN, THE, THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED ON HISTORY AND CULTURE OF HELP TO INFORM WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
WHERE WE ARE IN THE MASTER PLAN IS WE'RE HERE TODAY AT THE TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN, UM, AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY HERE, UM, ON, ON MOVING TO A FINAL MASTER PLAN FOR ADOPTION.
UM, SO LET ME JUMP IN ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, BACKGROUND, UH, ON THE PARK.
UM, WE KNOW THE WHY THIS IS, UM, IN PATTERSON THERE, THERE'S NO OTHER TOWN OWNED, UM, PARK ON, UH, ON THE MARSON ROAD SIDE OF, OF BROAD CREEK.
AND SO THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY, AND I'LL TALK THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE APPROXIMATE HERE WHEN I GET TO THE GET TO THE MAP.
UM, BUT IT'S A 3.665 ACRE SITE.
IT'S LOCATED ON MARSHLAND ROAD, UM, IN THE HISTORIC MARSHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY.
UM, IT WAS ACQUIRED FROM THE TOWN, FROM THE PATTERSON FAMILY IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, UH, MITT PATTERSON AND, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL HISTORY OF THE SITE FROM JASMINE IN A, IN A MOMENT.
UM, THE PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2020 AND IS, UH, ADOPTED AS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR PLAN.
UH, THE PROJECT INCLUDES PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY PART TO REALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND TAKING MANAGE OF THE UNIQUE HISTORY AND SITE FEATURES.
UM, AND THEN FUNDING SOURCES HERE ARE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AT TAX, HOSPITALITY, TIFF, AND COMMUNITY FUNDING.
UH, WE CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET, THE ADOPTED BUDGET HAVE $2.2 MILLION, UH, ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED IN, IN BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
SO TWO ROUNDS OF COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, ON THIS AND FEEDBACK.
UM, THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT TO, TO ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS.
AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED SINCE ALL THE OVER OVERWHELMING THEME WAS TO INCORPORATE HISTORY OF THE LAND AND THE PATTERSON FAMILY INTO, UH, THE MEANING STORY FOR THIS PART.
UM, IT WAS TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND FOLKS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING ADULTS, NOT JUST CHILDREN.
UM, PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS THAT ACCOMMODATED PARK VISITORS AS WELL AS ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
PROVIDE SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, UH, FROM THE MULTIUSE PATHWAY SYSTEM, UM, ON MARSHALING ROAD.
UH, ENSURE SAFETY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE PARK, AND THEN IMPROVE DRAINAGE WITHIN.
AND, UH,
UH, WELL, JO, HAVE AS LONG AS YOU'D LIKE, BUT TO TALK THROUGH THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL FINDINGS FOR, UH, FOR THE PATTERSON, UH, PROPERTY AND, UM, AND HOW IT INFORMED THE CREATIVITY AND ULTIMATE PROGRAMMING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
I THINK THIS WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WITH PROGRAM AT THE END.
AND, UH, AND I HOPE IT HELPS MAKE, UH, PUT IT IN CONTEXT AND MAKE MORE SENSE WHEN WE GET TO THE PROGRAMMING.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE ALL OF THESE CONCEPTS TO YOU AND THESE HISTORICAL FINDINGS.
IT'S WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME TO GET INVITED TO PART OF THESE, OF THE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PARKS.
WE HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL PARKS AROUND THIS ISLAND.
AND SO TO BE PART OF THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES HISTORY, HAS JUST BEEN AN HONOR TO ME TO, UM, DESIGN, UH, ALONGSIDE BRIAN AND ERIC REALLY AS AN ACT OF REVERENCE AND OF JOY.
SO WITH, UH, THE DESIGN OF THESE SPACES, HISTORY HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN A HUGE PART IN INFORMING THE PROCESS.
WHAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND INITIALLY WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CREATE SPACES, INTERGENERATIONAL SPACES THAT NOT ONLY INVITE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME IN AND ENJOY ONE ANOTHER AND CREATE MORE ORGANIC COMMUNITY IN EVERYONE'S NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT HISTORY.
WE HAVE SUCH UNIQUE HISTORY ON OUR ISLAND AND IT SETS US APART.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GREAT GOLF AND WE HAVE GREAT BEACHES, AND WE HAVE GREAT TENNIS.
BUT WHAT REALLY I THINK IN MY OPINION, SETS US APART IS ARE OUR STORIES.
AND THOSE STORIES, WHETHER THOSE ARE STORY, WHETHER THOSE ARE STORIES OF, YOU KNOW, GREAT ENVIRONMENTALISTS
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OR ATHLETES OR ARTISTS THAT HAVE COME FROM THIS ISLAND.UM, THIS HISTORY FOR THESE PARTICULAR PARKS, THIS GULLAH HISTORY IS A HUGE PART OF HILTON HEAD HISTORY.
SO IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE PART OF THIS AND TELL THIS STORY.
SO WITH PATTERSON, I WAS ABLE TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE, INCLUDING DR.
LOUISE COHEN, MR. THOMAS BARNWELL, MR. MELVIN CAMPBELL, AND MS. WYNN DAVIS.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, UH, THESE CONCEPTS, I WILL CONTINUE TO INTERVIEW AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN AND AS I HAVE ACCESS TO, AND DO AS MUCH RESEARCH AS I CAN.
SO IT'S NOT DONE, BUT THAT'S THE BEGINNING.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT THE FAMILY PATRIARCH OF THE PATTERSON FAMILY WAS ALEXANDER PATTERSON.
HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS MITT PATTERSON.
AND THEIR PARTICULAR FAMILY WERE KNOWN FOR BEING FARMERS, AND THEY WERE PARTICULARLY HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CORN FARMERS, IN A SENSE.
THEY WERE ALSO KNOWN AS POWER BROKERS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND THE ISLAND.
AND SO NOT ONLY WERE THEY ABLE TO BRING GOODS FROM ISLANDERS WHO NEEDED TO MARKET THEM IN SAVANNAH AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE MONEY FOR THEM AND BRING THAT BACK TO THEM, BUT THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO BRING BACK GOODS FROM SAVANNAH AND, UM, BRING THEM BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WITH THAT, THEY WERE A MIDDLEMEN IN, IN A SENSE, AND THEY WERE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THIS.
SO THEY WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ALL OF THEIR BUSINESS ENDEAVORS, AND THAT ENABLED THEIR FAMILY TO ACQUIRE MORE RESOURCES, INCLUDING MORE PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN, WHICH THEY NEEDED THOSE RESOURCES TO GO FURTHER IN ON THE ISLAND.
ONE OF THEIR BUSINESS ENDEAVORS WAS THAT THEY OWNED A GENERAL STORE, AND THEY CALLED IT THE MITT PATTERSON STORE.
AND IT WAS LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD CONCESSION STORE, SO YOU COULD GET ANYTHING THERE FROM FOOD TO SOMETIMES A PAIR OF SHOES, WHATEVER THEY HAD SORT OF BROUGHT BACK FROM SAVANNAH.
AND IT WAS JUST A VARIETY OF GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, THAT I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE, IT WAS, IT WAS FUN TO THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATIVELY INTERPRET THAT.
AND, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH ALL OF THESE CONCEPTS THAT WE THINK WILL BOTH HONOR THAT FAMILY'S LEGACY AND ALSO CREATE SPACES, A SPACE THAT, UM, WILL REALLY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE DOMINANT THEME, UH, AS I SAID, WAS FARMING.
SO FARMING WAS AN ESSENTIAL WAY OF LIFE ON THE ISLAND.
I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM JUST TALKING TO ELDERS ABOUT HOW IT DISTINGUISHED EVEN ONE FAMILY FROM ANOTHER.
SO A FAMILY COULD BE KNOWN AS LIKE, THIS FAMILY, THEY, THEY ARE AMAZING AT FARMING, WATERMELON, AND THIS FAMILY IS AMAZING AT FARMING, CORN, THIS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
AND AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A WONDERFUL BARTERING SYSTEM.
AND SO, UM, AND SO IN HONOR OF THEM BEING WONDERFUL, UH, UH, CORN FARMERS, WE HAVE CREATED ALL OF THESE FEATURES THAT I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CORN OR FARMING, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT THINK RUSTIC OR OH, BUT THIS IS NOT THAT AT ALL.
THESE DESIGNS WILL BE VERY DESIGN FORWARD, CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS THAT WILL HONOR THAT AND ALSO FEEL VERY INNOVATIVE AND NEW.
AND, UM, I WOULD SAY IN SOME WAYS, UH, ON THE CUTTING EDGE IN TERMS OF BEING DIFFERENT FROM MOST PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS WE'VE SEEN AROUND OUR COUNTRY.
SO THERE WERE IDEAS SUCH AS EVERYTHING FROM CREATING TALL BRONZE, LIKE CORN STALKS FOR CLIMBING, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT, UM, I WOULD ADD THAT LIKE A LOT OF THESE DESIGNS ARE MEANT TO REALLY FLOW ORGANICALLY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO WE'RE NOT JUST PLOPPING DOWN LIKE A PLASTIC RED AND BLUE AND YELLOW STRUCTURE, BUT THAT, SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NATURALLY FITTING INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT.
AND JUST MAINTAINING OUR AESTHETIC ON THE ISLAND, AS WELL AS JUST CREATING A SENSE OF, UH, I THINK PEACEFULNESS CONTINUITY WITH NATURE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, ANYTHING FROM MAYBE LIKE BRONZE CLIMBING STRUCTURES OR A FAUX CORN
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MAZE.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS HAVING PLAY STRUCTURES THAT ARE DESIGNED LIKE CORN SILOS, BUT THEY'RE USED FOR EVERYTHING FROM, LIKE, THERE MIGHT BE A SIDE WITH ROCK CLIMBING OR WAYS TO CLIMB UP TO THE TOP, AND THEN THERE'S A PLATFORM SLIDES COMING OUT OF VARIOUS ANGLES.
UM, AND JUST WAYS TO INTERACT WITH THAT AND HAVE THAT THEME.
AND AGAIN, LIKE THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT PLAYING, IT'S ABOUT LEARNING THAT HISTORY, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THERE'S ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT WAYS TO LEARN, AND SOME OF THE WAYS ARE THROUGH DIFFERENT STEM AND STEAM FEATURES.
UH, AND SO THOSE WILL BE INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL WAYS FOR, UH, KIDS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.
ONE OF THOSE WAYS MIGHT BE TALKING, LIKE HAVING SOMETHING THAT DEMONSTRATES THE PROCESS OF FARMING CORN, RIGHT? AND ESPECIALLY FARMING CORN IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND THEN USING, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE CORN OUT THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TOO HARD TO SUSTAIN, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE ALTERNATIVE OBJECTS THAT THEN HELP KIDS SEE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHEN YOU WATER, THIS IS WHEN YOU PLANT, THIS IS HOW THE SEASONS WORK.
THIS IS HOW ALL OF THIS FLOWS TOGETHER.
AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY LEARNING ABOUT THAT SCIENTIFIC PROCESS AND THE HISTORY THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, BRIAN HAS, UH, THIS IDEA FOR ALL OF THESE, UM, LIKE USE YOUR PHONE TO, I'M SO NOT TECH SAVVY, LIKE THE QR CODES, THE QR CODES, RIGHT? TO BE ABLE TO, WHETHER YOU'RE CHECKING IN WITH YOUR PHONE AND THEN READING HISTORY OR WHETHER YOU WANNA BE SCREEN FREE AND YOU'RE JUST READING IT, YOU KNOW, ON DIFFERENT MATERIALS.
SO THESE, THAT KIND OF SETUP WHERE YOU'RE, MAYBE IT'S DONE AS LIKE ALMOST LIKE AN ASSEMBLY LINE OF HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS FIRST, SECOND, THIRD WITH THE CORN.
OR MAYBE THEY'RE STRATEGICALLY PLACED SO THAT IT PROVIDES MOVEMENT AND FLOW, THEN THERE WON'T BE CONGESTION IN ONE AREA, OR IT CAN OPERATE ALMOST AS LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR KIDS, AND THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE WHAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING, WORKING, WORKING TOGETHER, WORKING AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, HARVEST THESE CROPS.
ANOTHER IS TO CREATE A REPLICA, A CHILD SIZE REPLICA OF THE MITT PATTERSON STORE.
AND THERE'S JUST A COUPLE FUN ELEMENTS TO THAT.
ANOTHER IS TO CREATE A LARGE, LIKE CLIMBABLE TRACTOR LIKE STRUCTURE.
SO EVEN WITH THAT, THERE COULD BE INTERACTIVE FEATURES LIKE ATTACHING TOOLS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN'T COME OFF BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO DISAPPEAR, BUT ATTACHING TOOLS TO LIKE THE WHEEL.
SO A CHILD IS LEARNING HOW TO, HOW SOMETHING MIGHT BE FIXED, HOW YOU MIGHT REPAIR YOUR EQUIPMENT, UM, OR MOVABLE GEARS AND PEDALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE WANNA ADD VARIOUS ADAPTIVE FEATURES SO THAT WE'RE CATERING, CATERING TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE ELEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD CATER TO ALL OF US IN TERMS OF THE PEACEFUL PARTICIPATION FEATURES, ELEMENTS THAT WOULD DRAW YOU TO THE PARK TO JUST BE THERE TO REFLECT AND TO LEARN.
UH, ONE THING THAT BRIAN HAS DESIGNED IS, UM, AN OBSERVATION DECK.
AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING CALLING IT IS LIKE THE REFLECTION DECK, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE ANOTHER SPACE WHERE YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
LIKE IF YOU ENVISION IT EVEN AS POTENTIALLY LIKE A SEMICIRCLE.
AND IF YOU WERE IN A SEMICIRCLE THAT WAS OVERLOOKING THE CREEK AND YOU SAW DIFFERENT, UM, PLAQUES OR WHATEVER, THEY MIGHT BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE, UH, THE FENCE AND YOU CAN WALK ALONG AND READ THIS STORY, OR WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING OVER A BRIDGE AND YOU'RE READING POETRY THAT'S WRITTEN IN GULLAH, THAT'S ALSO TELLING THE STORY.
SO EVERY, WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING IS THAT EVERY ELEMENT THAT YOU SEE OR YOU TOUCH OR YOU'RE EXPERIENCE, WE'LL BE TEACHING YOU SOMETHING.
SO WHETHER THAT'S THAT YOU'RE PULLING UP AT, UH, IN A PARKING SPOT AND THERE'S A MURAL ON THE PARKING SPOT THAT HAS GLIMPSES OF THAT HISTORY, OR WHETHER YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, CLIMBING ON A STRUCTURE AND THERE'S WOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STORIES WRITTEN ON IT OR WORDS WRITTEN ON IT, AND THEY WOULD TELL THESE STORIES AND THEY WILL OFTEN TELL THEM IN GULLAH.
AND SO IT WILL REALLY JUST DRAW PEOPLE INTO THE STORY AND IN A WAY THAT THEY'LL, THAT IT WILL ENGAGE AGAIN, LIKE AN INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THEY INTERESTING TO LEARN AND IT'LL ENGAGE PEOPLE
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AND INVITE THEM TO STAY LONGER IN COMMUNITY.SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD, I, I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD SENSE OF, UH, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE IN THAT SPACE.
UM, I'LL SHOOT IT BACK TO SEAN FOR THE JASMINE.
UM, ACTUALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
I CAN NEVER SAY IT AND CAN COVER THAT MATERIAL THE WAY YOU'VE DONE.
AND, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COVER HERE INITIALLY IS THE INPUTS, RIGHT? THAT WHAT'S INFORMED THE, THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT WITH THIS MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND SO THIS IS CERTAINLY INTEGRAL INTO THAT PART OF IT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, TO HELP INFORM AND, UM, AND GET FEEDBACK.
AND SO A LOT OF WHAT JASMINE HAD TALKED ABOUT WERE, WERE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM, FROM COUNCIL.
IT'S TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY WHY THE PARK IS NAMED AFTER THE, THE PATTERSON FAMILY.
AND I THINK YOU HEARD WITH ALEXANDER PATTERSON MET, MET PATTERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT STORY, UM, IMPORTANT TO HAVE SIGNAGE MARKERS AND STORYBOARDS TO TELL HISTORY.
AND, UM, AND WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT QR CODES AS MAYBE A, A LINK IF YOU WANTED MORE, MORE DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE, BUT REALLY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THE PARK AND GET, GET FOLKS OUT OF THEIR, OUT OF THEIR PHONE, UH, FOR A MINUTE AND BE OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE SPACE, UM, CERTAINLY AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S, UM, WE'RE ACCOMMODATING, UH, FOR ALL USERS, SO ADA PARKING SPACES AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, AND ACCESSIBILITY IS A CONSIDERATION THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
UM, FOR THIS PARK, UM, A REALLY COOL BIT OF INFORMATION WAS TO HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR REAL OYSTER ROASTING.
UM, NOT JUST THE TABLES AND GRILLING SECTIONS, BUT OYSTER ROASTING, UM, AND ALSO TO HAVE THE ICE OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING THEN.
SO WE'RE COMMITTING TO THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE PLAY EQUIPMENT IS ENGAGING, INTERACTIVE.
UM, I, I WISH THAT MY KIDS GO GO TO A PARK AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX A GARAGE DOOR.
THAT'S THE ISSUE I WAS HAVING
BUT, UM, BUT JUST TO HEAR JASMINE EXPLAIN IT AND HOW IT'S MORE THAN JUST SOMETHING FUN TO, TO CLIMB ON.
UM, SO, BUT AGAIN, WE LEARN AT ALL DIFFERENT AGES AND LEVELS, AND SO THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, ONE, ONE ELEMENT THAT'S, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THIS AND THE, AND WE TALK ABOUT TAYLOR, IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE ACCESS, UH, TO AND FROM THE SITE AND THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, THE, THE, THE PATHWAY ON MARSHALL ROAD IS ACROSS THE STREET.
AND SO WHEN WE GET INTO LOOKING AT THE PLAN, WE'LL SEE INTENTIONAL, UH, CROSSWALK TREATMENTS, UH, ACCESS POINTS, AND, AND, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, IN PARALLEL OR IN CONCERT WITH THIS, LOOKING AT PATHWAY CONNECTIONS ON, ON THE PARK SIDE AS WELL.
UM, GOSH, I'M KEEPING EVERYBODY WITH B BREATH TO SEE THE PLAN, BUT, UH,
SO, UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK, NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE ACTUAL, THE ACTUAL SITE ITSELF AND, AND GET INTO THE PROGRAMMING, BUT YOU CAN SEE MAP HILTON ISLAND, UH, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF WHAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS THE LOCATION OF THE, OF THE, UM, OF THE PATTERSON FAMILY PARK LOCATION.
UM, IT'S ON, UH, MARSLAND ROAD NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF BROAD CREEK.
UM, AND THERE'S NO OTHER PARK ON THIS SIDE, EXCUSE ME, BROAD CREEK, UH, ALONG MARSLAND ROAD.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UM, HAVE THIS AMENITY WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A GAP.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN RELATIVE CLOSE PRO PROXIMITY.
TOMMY TOLD ME HOW, HOW, THANKS TOMMY.
UM, IT'S IN HISTORIC MARSHLAND COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU'VE GOT MARSH'S AT BROAD CREEK, YOU'VE GOT VICTORIA SQUARE, UM, YOU'VE GOT THE CHAPLAIN CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY, UM, JUST AROUND THE CORNER OFF MATTHEWS DRIVE.
YOU HAVE OLD WOODLANDS TO THE NORTH.
AND, AND BEN BROWN WILL TELL ME IT'LL SERVE PEOPLE ALL, ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN MARSHLAND ROAD.
AND HE LIVES ALONG MARSHLAND ROAD AND CAN'T WAIT TO BIKE THROUGH.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WE PUT ON, UM, A FIVE MINUTE, A 10 MINUTE WALK.
WE, WE CERTAINLY EXPECT THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF USERS THAT BIKE AND WALK TO THIS PARK, UM, AND IT'LL SERVE THE LARGER AREA AS WELL.
UM, AND I WANNA POINT OUT HERE TOO THAT IT IS SIGNIFICANT ON HILTON HEAD TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WATERFRONT AND ENGAGE WITH THE WATERFRONT.
UH, WE'RE AN ISLAND AND WE HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE BEACH WHEN PEOPLE CONNECT, UH, TO THE WATER HERE ON THE ISLAND.
SO, UH, I'M HAPPY THAT WE INVESTED IN SHELTER
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PARK, UM, YEARS AGO, BUT THIS IS A MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT.UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE.
I'M NOT THE ENGINEER, SO I'LL, I'LL RUN THROUGH IT AT A HIGH LEVEL.
UM, THE, THE PROPERTY, UM, ON THE, I'LL LEARN, IT'LL BE, IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT I'M HIGHLIGHTING HERE, UM, WAS THE TOWN OWNED, UH, THE TOWN PROPERTY THAT WAS ACQUIRED AS A, A LARGER ACQUISITION ACROSS THE STREET, THE HABITAT, UH, FOR HUMANITY, UH, THE GLEN PHASE ONE AND TWO TOWN COUNCIL DONATED THAT LAND AND HABITAT, UM, INVESTED IN, IN DEVELOPING, UH, HOUSING FOR, UH, FOR WORKFORCE AND FOLKS THERE.
UM, SO, BUT THIS WAS A, THE PROPERTY OF LAND, IT WAS ON THE, ON THE WATERFRONT SIDE, IT HAS A WETLAND.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE FRONT END, WE LOOKED AT ACCESS ACROSS THE WETLAND AND FOUND OUT IT WAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR COST TO HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THERE.
UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, AND, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS INTO THE PARK, ALSO BETTER ACCESS FOR THAT PROPERTY OWNER, UM, FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, TY SCOTT HERE IN THE CROWD, BUT WORKING WITH TY WITH HIS LOCATION TO TRY TO INTEGRATE WITH BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SQUARE AND MAKE THIS PART, UH, AND HIS OPERATION, UH, COHESIVE AND, AND WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO TOWER COUNCIL IS SUPPORTED, UM, MOVING FORWARD THIS COMPONENT TO PROVIDE THAT BETTER ACCESS.
UM, AS WE HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WERE ABOUT, UM, WHAT ELEMENTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN, IN THE PARK? AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT, UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE WERE GETTING WERE PROGRAMMING AT THE LEVEL OF MUCH LARGER SPACES, INCLUDING CELEBRATION PARK OR SHELTER CODE COMMUNITY PARK.
AND SO TRYING TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF ACRE SITE, AND, UH, PART OF IT HAS THIS, UH, THIS WETLAND FEATURE, YOU KNOW, REALLY EFFECTIVELY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES.
SO HOW CAN WE, UH, PROGRAM THAT BEING, UH, SENSITIVE TO HISTORY AND CULTURE AND THE WATERFRONT, AND WHAT, WHAT AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMING IS, IS, IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMING HERE.
AND SO WE USE THIS AS A DIAGRAM TO SHOW CONTEXTUALLY HOW THE SIZE OF THIS PARK RELATES TO, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER MORE RECENT PARKS.
UH, AND THEN GREENS SHELL, WHICH IS A LONG SQUARE ROAD.
THESE ARE INSPIRATIONAL, UM, ILLUSTRATIONS.
THEY ARE NOT, NO ONE'S DECIDED ON ANY ONE OF THESE TO PUT IN THE PARK, BUT REALLY, UH, A WAY TO HELP CREATE AND INSPIRE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE PARK ELEMENTS COULD BE.
UM, JASMINE ALREADY COVERED A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERACTIVE FEATURE ABOUT, UH, THE STORYTELLING ABOUT FARMING, UM, PATTERSON STORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, IF YOU'D LIKE, NOW'S THE TIME THEN.
UH, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD ONLY JUST BRIEFLY ADD THAT, UH, ONE OF THOSE IMAGES IS REMINDING ME ABOUT THE, UM, GOING BACK TO WHEN I, UH, WHAT I INITIALLY SAID ABOUT THESE, THESE, UH, PARKS BEING DESIGNED.
UH, IT'S VERY CONTEMPORARY SPACES AND INCLUDING THE PAVILION SPACES, SO THE PAVILION, THINKING ABOUT THOSE IN TERMS OF HOW CAN WE MAKE THOSE, UH, AS CONTEMPORARY AS POSSIBLE IN A WAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN YET ON THE ISLAND, RIGHT? AND STILL MAKE THEM FUNCTIONAL AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY WHAT, SO HERE, HERE WE GO.
SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE KIND OF HEARD THE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROPERTY, UH, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CULTURE AND MEANING, SITE CONSTRAINTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT INPUTS, UM, THAT LED US TO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE AS, UH, OUR, OUR DRAFT MASTER PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, UM, AND I'LL, AND I'LL, AND I'LL MOVE THROUGH IT.
UM, AS I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE, THE WETLAND FEATURE PRECLUDED ACCESS, WELL MADE IT DIFFICULT FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE TO, TO PROVIDE, UH, ACCESS HERE.
SO ACCESS IS PROVIDED THROUGH, UH, PROPERTY TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE TOWN.
UM, AND THEN ACCESS, UH, FROM THAT PROPERTY INTO, UH, OUR PROPER, UM, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
UM, WE REFLECTED ABOUT 2025 PARKING SPACES IN HERE.
AS ONE OTHER BIT OF INFORMATION
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IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATE PARKING, UH, FOR EVENTS.UH, I, I HEAR, UH, BUT HERE'S THE, THE LAYOUT ACCESS, UH, ADJACENT TO A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SQUARE, UH, AND INTO THIS PARK, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, IT DOES SHOW SOME STREET PARKING ON THE S ACCESS ROAD, AND THEN MAIN PARKING WITH ADA AND SERVED, UM, THE, THE PARK SERVED BY A, A VERY LARGE PAVILION.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD ABOUT HAVING MEANINGFUL GATHERING SPACE.
I THINK THIS DIMENSION ON HERE IS 60 BY 40, SO A PRETTY LARGE PAVILION.
AND, UM, IT'LL ACCOMMODATE, UM, SOME STORAGE AND SOME IN THE RESTROOM COMFORT STATION THERE.
UM, GETTING BACK TO THE STORYTELLING, UH, ONE ELEMENT THAT WAS, THAT CAME UP THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION, AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR TIME AND GIVING, PROVIDING INPUT ON THIS, WAS TO INCLUDE SOME OF THIS, UH, A STORYBOARD, MAYBE IT'S ALONG, UH, ONE SIDE OF THE PAVILION TO REALLY TELL THE STORY ABOUT, UH, THE PATTERSON FAMILY AND MITT PATTERSON AND, UM, AND, AND SORT OF MAKE THAT, THAT MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT IN THE HISTORY THERE.
THE ENTIRE PATHWAY SYSTEM WILL HAVE, UH, THE INTERPRETIVE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL MORE OF THE STORY AND MORE OF THE, MORE OF THE UNIQUENESS OF, OF THIS SITE.
UM, THERE ARE THE, THE PLAY FEATURES THAT ARE, UM, PROGRAMMED KIND OF DOWN IN THIS AREA, UH, THE INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS, UM, OR, UH, FOR FOLKS OF ALL AGES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
UM, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAVILION, THIS IS WHERE WE, UH, HAD SHOWN SOME GRILLING AND OYSTER TABLES.
UH, BUT THROUGH DISCUSSION IS THE, THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THIS AREA TO INCLUDE RAIL, OYSTER ROASTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UH, AT, AT THIS SITE.
UM, HAVING THIS, UH, OPEN, OPEN LAWN ACTIVITY, UH, CENTER HERE, AND REALLY CONNECTING TO THE WATERFRONT, UH, SIDE OF THE PARK, WHICH REALLY SHOULD BE THE STAR OF THE, THE SHOW, THE HISTORY AND THE CONNECTION TO THE WATER.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE SHOWN HERE, UM, AND BASICALLY AN OBSERVATION DECK WITH SEAT WALL.
UM, ONE OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS WANTED IT OPEN BY, UM, JULY, WANTED IT OPEN BY JULY 4TH SO THAT HE COULD, UM, WATCH THE FIREWORKS FROM, FROM THE DECK.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO JOIN HIM, UH, AT SOME POINT, UM, IF IT MOVES FORWARD OR WHEN IT MOVES FORWARD.
UM, SO A LOT OF REALLY COOL ELEMENTS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CONNECTIVITY, UM, INTO, UM, TO AND FROM THE SITE, THIS PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND ARTICULATED CROSSWALKS HERE.
UM, AND AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE, UM, I MENTIONED PURSUING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PARKSIDE PATHWAY IN THE FUTURE THAT WOULD HELP PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY AT AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE CONNECTION INTO BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SQUARE.
WE, WE'VE SHOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT, WHILE THE, WHILE WHEN, WHEN WE TALKED TO, UH, MR. SCOTT ABOUT, UH, SHARED ACCESS, UM, WE REPRESENTED SEPARATE ACCESS AT THIS POINT, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY AT SOME POINT TO HAVE FUTURE CONNECTIVITY, UM, BETWEEN THE ACCESS DRIVE TO THE PARK AND, AND HIS SITE, AND THEN ALSO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, UM, TO, TO THE PARK AND, AND TWO BEAUTIFUL
I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH SITES TO WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.
AND YOU'VE GOT ACTIVITY AND, AND THE PARK.
YOU'VE GOT A COMMERCIAL, UM, FOOD SOURCE, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S, UH, MAKE CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE.
UM, I THINK THAT COVERS ON A, ON A LARGE SCALE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE PROGRAMMING, THE INPUTS THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, AND WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM TOWN COUNCIL AND FROM THE, THE PUBLIC IN CASE WE'VE MISSED ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD, SHOULD CONSIDER.
COUNCIL, MR. RIGHT DOWN HERE, MR. BROWN COMMENTS.
UM, I'VE HAD A LOT TO SAY AS FAR THANK YOU FOR OKAY, MR. JAMESES, THE, THE CREATIVITY AND THINKING ABOUT THE PROCESS ITSELF GRATIFYING, UM, ON THE ISLAND FOR A WHILE.
AND JASMINE, YOU WERE TEACHING ME HER PRESENTATION, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
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BRIAN BEFORE AND I RESPECT YOU AS A VERY CREATIVE PERSON TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN SOLVE THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND IN A BETTER WAY.SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
AND, AND SO I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE DIRECTION YOU'RE HEADED, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS LATER.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU STAFF.
UM, THESE PLANS, UM, THIS IS, AND THEY'RE COMING ALONG AND INCORPORATING HIS, THIS SPECIAL ELEMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CURRENTLY.
UM, I DON'T REALLY, I, I THINK I'VE MADE MY, UM, COMMENTS KNOWN AND, AND I'M EXCITED BY THE PROJECT AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY THE PUBLIC IF, IF THEY NEED TO ADD TO THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU ALL, MR. ALFRED.
THIS IS A VERY CREATIVE AND INTERESTING PLAN.
UH, AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD, I WILL BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IT.
THIS IS AN EXCITING CONCEPT TO CELEBRATE THE WONDERFUL GULL OF HISTORY THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THIS ISLAND.
SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.
WHEN WAS MITT BORN AND WHEN DID HE PASS? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND ONE OF THE AMAZING ELDERS WHO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW MIGHT HAVE, MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
MR. THOMAS BARNWELL, MAYBE
I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT THIS IS A VERY QUESTION.
I LIKE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT HISTORY, AND WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEC DESCENDANTS OF MITT PATTERSON WHO MIGHT STILL BE ON THE ISLAND OR STILL BE IN THE AREA OR WHATEVER.
AND WHEN IT GETS TIME TO OPEN THIS PARK, THEY NEED TO BE INVITED AS SPECIAL GUESTS.
THIS IS A TERRIFIC PROJECT AND I SALUTE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CRE CREATIVITY.
FIRST OF ALL, MY MIDDLE NAME IS PATTERSON
I, I WOULD GLADLY BE A PART OF THIS FAMILY
I'LL JUST CALL 'EM COUSINS LIKE WE DO IN THE SOUTH.
UM, BUT ANYHOW, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IN NO RELATIONSHIP, UM, BUT, UM, I, I'M ALSO IMPRESSED WITH IT.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE TOWN STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS FOR WORKING ON THIS, UM, AND, UH, FOR ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR, I KNOW WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT BEFORE I LOOK AT THAT LIST TO SAY HOW YOU TICKED OFF THE BOXES, UM, I LOOK BACK AT, AT OUR PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES THE MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND, AND I WAS, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, I LOOKED THROUGH THE GOALS.
UM, AND THERE ARE EIGHT GOALS.
UM, COMMUNITY VALUE IS ONE OF THE FIRST GOALS, AND I SEE THAT IN THE RESEARCH AND IN THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN THE CREATIVITY BEST IN CLASS BY INCORPORATING ALL THESE KIND OF ELEMENTS AND BEING SENSITIVE TO COMMUNITY BEST IN CLASS PROGRAMMING.
YOU MENTIONED ALL THE PROGRAMMING POSSIBILITIES HERE.
UM, WATER ACCESS, THE CELEBRATION OF THE ACCESS TO, UM, WATER THERE AND THE WATER FEATURE.
UM, PATHWAYS IMPROVING THE, THE ACCESS TO THE SITE THROUGH THE PATHWAYS AND THE CONNECTIONS THERE.
YOU KNOW, SPORTS, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT SPORTS, BUT I THINK OYSTER SHUCKING IS A SPORT.
UM, FUNDING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING ASPECT AND ACCESSIBILITY, UM, IN THE, IN THE LIST AND THE LEGEND, IT SHOWS THE HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY AND THAT AS FAR AS THE PATHWAYS ON THE SITE AS WELL.
UM, SO IN, IN FOR COMMUNITY INPUT TODAY, UM, THE LIST THAT WE HAVE IS FROM COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK, INCORPORATE THE HISTORY OF THE LAND AND PATTERSON FAMILY, AND I THINK CHECK THAT BOX, PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS AND NOT JUST CHILDREN.
OKAY, I'M GAME
AND I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE CONNECTION TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS PROVIDE SAFE
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PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE MULTI-USE PATHWAY ON MARSHALL AND ROAD, I JUST MENTIONED THAT.AND I KNOW MR. BABEL IS HERE WITH BIKE WALK.
HE'LL TELL US IF THERE NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE PARK.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A GATED ENTRANCE, UM, AND THEN IMPROVED DRAINAGE WITHIN AND FROM THE SITE.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT IN THE WETLAND AREA, NUMBER 21, THERE'S A, A LITTLE BIT OF INFILL AND, UH, WETLANDS, BUT THERE'S A DRAINAGE EASEMENT WHICH RUNS THROUGH THERE.
AND I'M SURE THAT WE'VE ACCOMMODATED STORM DRAINAGE ON THE SIDE AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO RIGHT TO COMMUNITY INPUT COMMUNITY.
ANYONE SAY ANYTHING? MR. SCOTT?
I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE EFFORTS WITH THE TOWN.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, THE PROPOSED FINISHED PRODUCT, UH, WITH CONNECTIVITY, UH, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, UM, FOR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SQUARE, UH, AND ALSO, UM, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE.
THAT'S A, A HUGE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE.
UH, SO I WANNA REALLY SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH, UM, THAT OUTFLOW COMING INTO, UH, THE AREA THAT WE HAVE, UM, BEHIND BEAUTIFUL ISLAND SQUARE.
SO AGAIN, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? MS. BABEL? THANK YOU.
UH, FRANK BABEL, UH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE AN ANSWER AND JUST REALLY A COMMENT.
UM, I THOUGHT WE HAD A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION THAT WAS TASKED WITH THE JOB OF LOOKING AT PARKS AND PLANS AND PROGRAMS AND THEN, UH, APPROVING THEM AND THEN PRESENTING THEM, THEM TO TOWN COUNCIL.
SO I'M NOT GONNA SUGGEST THAT THIS IS THE WRONG ORDER, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WITH A PERSON LIKE THIS WHO'S IN CHARGE OF MONUMENTS IN ALL OF WASHINGTON DC THEY OUGHT TO HAVE SOME POWER.
THEY OUGHT TO HAVE SOME, A ROLE IN THIS AS OPPOSED TO YOU FOLKS MAKING UP YOUR DECISIONS AND, AND, AND MAKING ALL THE DECISIONS AND THEN PASSING IT ON TO THEM BECAUSE WHAT'S THE POINT OF IT? WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IF THEY CAN'T DO A JOB THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ACCORDING TO OUR, OUR, OUR THING? SO THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE PARK, THIS IS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, ALEX? YEAH, SURE.
UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, JASMINE, YOU ENGAGE LIBRARY.
I'M SURE THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION FOR FAMILY TREE PATTISON, BUT I DO NOT KNOW, UH, THE BIRTH DATE OR DEATH DATE OF I'LL INFORM EVERYBODY IN THE CROWD THAT THE FIRST ELECTED WARD ONE COUNCIL PERSON,
UM, SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE TO UNPEEL THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD JUST OFFER IN PASSING, UH, AS WE GET INTO THIS DISCUSSION AROUND FUNDING, UM, SORT RESPONDING TO COUNCILMAN ALFRED'S COMMENT.
UM, TYPICALLY, UH, THESE SMALLER PARKS HAVE BEEN FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, OKAY? WHICH IS LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRECEDENT AND WE LOOK AT CELEBRATION PARK AS AN EXAMPLE, AS A NEW PARK THAT'S COME ONLINE, THAT IS DEFINITELY SERVING A HUGE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, TO OPEN EYES A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS KNOWING THAT IT'S, THEY COST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT DONE, BUT THE, THE ULTIMATE GOAL AND EFFECT THAT IT WILL HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL DEFINITELY BE, UH, TURN ON THAT INVESTMENT.
UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. MAN.
UM,
AND, UM, I WONDER ABOUT EVENT MANAGEMENT.
WHO IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE IN THAT REGARD? BECAUSE THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING MORE THAN JUST A PICNIC PLACE.
UM, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE REC CENTER IS THE APPROPRIATE 'CAUSE, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE, BUT WE RELY ON THE REC CENTER TO PUT ON SHELTER COVE PROGRAMMING AND SO ON.
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THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT.AND ALSO, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, BECAUSE OF MY PLANNING BACKGROUND, I HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE DETAILED THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
UM, ONE IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED OYSTER AREA.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD OYSTER COOKING AND FIRES AND SO ON, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSE TO THE NEXT DOOR RESIDENT.
JUST SECONDLY, UM, AS THE PARKING IS DESCRIBED, IT SEEMS TO BE INSENSITIVE TO OTHER ISLAND PRIORITIES.
IE UM, THE INFORMALITY OF PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THE INTEGRATED INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
NOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS MAY NOT BE A PLACE THAT HAS A BUNCH OF TREES TO PRESERVE, BUT I THINK DOWN THE ROAD, THE CHARACTER OF THE PARKING SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE AREA.
WHAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU'RE TRYING TO, UH, PORTRAY IN A RECLINE PARKING LOT AS IT'S DESCRIBED HERE, MAYBE IN, IN, THAT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESILIENCY CAPABILITY OF THIS SITE BECAUSE IT IS LOW.
AND SO YOU MIGHT CONSIDER, UH, USING FILL WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PAVILION AND MAYBE PARKING, OR MAYBE I'M JUST, JUST A THOUGHT THAT FLAT GROUND IN THIS AREA OVER TIME IS GOING TO BE A MAINTENANCE BURDEN.
AND AS SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, TY SCOTT SUGGESTED, WE KNOW.
SO, UM, ALSO ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT, ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT, UM, MORE INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO PATTERSON.
WHERE WAS, HI, MAYBE SOMEONE, WHERE WAS HIS ORIGINAL GENERAL? THE ORIGINAL GENERAL STORE, I BELIEVE WAS, UH, RIGHT, IT WAS SOMEWHERE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, MAYBE, UH, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM PROPERTY.
SO IT WAS, IT, IT WAS, UH, YEAH, IT WAS CONNECTED TO THIS AREA UNDER, ON ANOTHER PART OF THE ISLAND.
UM, SOMEONE BROUGHT UP THE SAFETY ISSUES.
I KNOW THERE, UM, PARK, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT I'M ALSO ASSUMING ASKING FOR CAMERAS, UM, UM, THE SHELL COLLECTION SOUNDS WONDERFUL.
I JUST AM CURIOUS AS TO, ONCE THE WORD GETS OUT THERE, THERE'S A SHELL COLLECTION THERE.
HOW MANY SHELLS WILL BE COLLECTED THAT AREN'T BEING USED ON THAT SITE AND, AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE? SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
I AM A BIT APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THE I THAT IDEA, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ISN'T
UM, YOU SCHEDULING THE PAVILION USE SO THAT IT'S
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, AND, AND I'LL MAKE THIS CONVER THIS COMMENT AT ALL OF THE PARK, UM, MEETINGS, AND I'VE DONE IT, UM, IN THE BACKGROUND PREVIOUSLY
THE FUNDING IS, IS INTERESTING, UM, AND NOT CONCERNED WITH DISCUSSION.
CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BECOME DISNEY'S.
THANK YOU, MR. RE NOTHING FURTHER.
PARDON? OKAY, MR. STANFORD, UM, THE $2.2 MILLION BUDGET, IS THAT PROJECTED TO BE THE ACTUAL COST FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS? MUCH, WE, WE HAVE A, UM, UM, AN ENGINEER DEPENDING ON PROBABLE COST OF ABOUT $2.8 MILLION, UM, AS DEFINED BY WHAT YOU SEE ON, SO WE HAVE 2.2 BUDGETED AND, UH, AND WE NEED A LITTLE SUPPLEMENTAL.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THE, UH, COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
BUT I, UM, AND I COULD GO BACK, BUT ON, ON, UH, THE SHEET, THIS HAS MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES.
THE CDBG FUNDING THAT WE GET IS ONLY ABOUT 200, BETWEEN
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TWO AND 2 50, 200 50,000 A YEAR.AND SO WE'VE PLEDGED IT AS THE PROJECT, UM, THE, THE MONEY TOWARD THIS PROJECT AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING FOR TAYLOR FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'S ALL BEEN SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENTED BY THESE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AT TAX TIF FUND.
UM, YEAH, I'LL SAY IT AT TAX HOSPITALITY, TAX AND TIF REVENUE SUPPLEMENTED THE CDBG FUNDS, UM, 2.1 IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
AND, AND AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST AT THIS POINT IS A, IS A GOOD ESTIMATE SWAG FROM AN ENGINEER UNTIL WE GET INTO THIS, IT, IT COULD BE LESS.
WE'LL ALWAYS VALUE ENGINEER THAT ONCE WE REFINE THESE PLANS, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BETTER BE ABLE TO HAVE REAL PRICING AND I'LL BRING ALL OF THAT DETAIL AND ASK FORWARD IN, IN, IN OUR BUDGET CYCLE 0.1 MILLION IS ALREADY IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, WITH REGARD TO PROGRAMMING, UM, I, I REALLY LIKE PARKS WHERE YOU CAN DO SELF PROGRAMMING, IF YOU WILL,
UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING A LOT OF SIGNS, UH, YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE TO USE A QR CODE TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.
YOU CAN EVEN HAVE HISTORIANS TALK TO YOU.
YOU CAN HAVE MI PATTERSON'S PATTERSON TALKING TO YOU ABOUT, UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU CAN DO THAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I, I THINK THERE, AND THE HERITAGE, UH, LIBRARY DOES TOURS, UM, WHICH COULD INCLUDE, I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO, TO INCORPORATE PROGRAMMING, UM, IN THAT WAY.
UM, AND, UM, AND IT IS, I UNDERSTAND THERE WOULD BE SOME MARKERS ALONG SOME OF THE PATHWAYS HERE.
UM, AND I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE STORY PANEL, UM, WITHIN THE PAVILION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT AS SELF PRO SELF PROGRAMMING WHERE I CAN GO AND ENJOY MYSELF AT MY OWN LEISURE, UM, IN LEARNING ABOUT THE PARK AND EXPERIENCING IT.
I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT COMMUNITY PARK.
UM, I THINK THAT FITS WITHIN THE GOALS OF THE, THE MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND, UM, I'M, I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THAT AND BY THE REFLECTION, AGAIN, OF THE HISTORY OF THE AREA.
AND THE LAST THING, BASED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BOTH ANY INPUT AND FROM, UH, MR. SCOTT TODAY, AND THAT IS, CAN WE, UH, GET THE STAFF TO RESPOND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STORM DRAINAGE PLANS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO I REMEMBER CONVERSATIONS, UH, PROBABLY GOING BACK ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AGO, ABOUT THE NEED FOR, UH, MORE COMMUNITY PARKS, WHICH THIS EXACTLY IS, YOU KNOW, UH, SMALLER COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PARKS AND, AND THIS FILLS THAT NEED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAD, HAD DISCUSSED MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT IT DID, UH, MR. MR BA, IT DID GO IN FRONT OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION IN APRIL OF 23.
SO IT STARTED IN, IN 22, AND IT'S GONE THROUGH A PROCESS.
SO IT, IT DID GO BEFORE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION BEFORE.
UM, I'VE REALLY GOTTA APPLAUD NOT ONLY STAFF AND THE DESIGNERS, BUT REALLY THE COMMUNITY FOR STEPPING FORWARD AND EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS AS TO WHAT YOU THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE AT THIS PARK.
UM, HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN IN AND, AND, AND EVERYBODY FEELS THAT THAT MADE COMMENTS, FEELS COMFORTABLE THAT THEY WERE HEARD.
AND I'M GONNA STEAL A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR BAD THUNDER IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT MOVING THIS FORWARD IF WE MOVE IT FORWARD AND, AND NEXT MONTH, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A YEAR OF PERMITTING AND PLANNING.
SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THESE PARKS THROUGH, AND BY THE TIME THIS SMALL PARK WILL HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, IT WILL BE ALMOST A FOUR YEAR PROJECT, AND THAT'S A LONG TIME TO, TO MOVE A SMALL PARK FORWARD.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT IN HOW TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS, THE ISSUES, THE HISTORY, EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO OUR PARKS SO THAT WE DON'T TAKE THIS LONG TO MAKE DECISIONS, UM, AND TAKE SOME OF THAT BUREAUCRACY OUT OF THE WAY, AND WE GET THESE GREAT ASSETS MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR OYSTER ROAST THERE AS WELL.
MAYOR, IS IT FOUR YEARS FROM TODAY OR FOUR YEARS FROM, UH, SORRY, FOUR YEARS FROM THE INCEPTION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST CLOSE WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS.
OUR HISTORIAN, JOSH GRUBER DID FIND THE, UH, THE DATE OF BIRTH, WELL, NOT THE, THE YEAR OF BIRTH AND, UM, AND DEATH OF, OF MR. PATTERSON BORN 1880,
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DIED IN 1962.UM, THANK, THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
I DO WANNA TALK JUST QUICKLY, NEXT STEPS AND WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ONE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS TODAY THE WORKSHOP NOVEMBER OF 2023.
UM, WE DID BRING THIS TO PARKS AND REC AFTER THE FIRST WORKSHOP AND FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL, AND WE PLAN TO BRING IT BACK TO PARKS AND REC, EXCUSE ME, FOR REVIEW OF THIS, THIS PLAN AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO ADVANCE THIS OR COUNCIL THE FINAL, WELL, WHAT WE THINK IS THE FINAL MASTER PLAN TO TOWN COUNCIL IN DECEMBER SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GET THE TEAM WORKING ON THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEPS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE FINAL DESIGN IF APPROVED, AND CALENDAR YEAR, 2024, UH, PERMITTING IN CALENDAR YEAR 24, AND BE ABLE TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION IN 2025.
SO IT'LL BE THE, THE HUNDRED AND 25TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MR. PATTERSON'S BIRTH.
SO HUNDRED 40, FIFTH YEAR, WHATEVER, IT'S, I CAN'T DO MATH IN MY
UM, YOU SEE THE DESIGN AND THE PERMITTING, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PART OF THAT, I'M ASKING DUST BRIAN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GIVES CONFIDENCE ABOUT STORM WATER AS IT RELATES TO THIS SITE.
UH, YEAH, SO THE STORMWATER WOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PORTION AND THE CONSTRUCTION IDLE WATER BODY.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY TREAT WATER QUALITY, BUT VOLUME WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT JUST GOING OUT, THAT'LL BE IN THAT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT STORM DRAINAGE.
SO THERE IS AN EXISTING STORM DRAIN PROPERTY, AND SO THERE'S A WATER FLOW, UH, FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAN TO THE TOP OF THE PLAN
I'M, I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOT THAT ALL UNDER CONTROL,
YEAH, WE READY TO MOVE ON? YEP.
ALRIGHT, SO MOVING FROM PATTERSON, UM, FAMILY PARK INTO TAYLOR FAMILY PARK, YOU CAN SEE WE USED A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS.
UH, THERE IS ONE DIFFERENCE HERE, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT TOWN COUNCILS HAD A WORKSHOP ON THE TAYLOR FAMILY PARK.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT STEPS AT THE END, IT'LL INCLUDE TAKING THIS TO PARKS AND REC FURTHER INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT WE DID, WE, WE STARTED, UH, SURVEY AND SITE ANALYSIS, UM, IN FEBRUARY BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UH, WE DID HAVE A STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING AT ROWING AND SAILING CENTER, UH, SQUARE PUMP COMMUNITY PARK IN JULY.
WE HEARD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK AT THAT MEETING.
UM, AND THEN BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER PUT TOGETHER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE TEAM.
UM, AND, UH, BRIAN DID A GREAT JOB OF DRAWING UP A PRELIMINARY PLAN THAT WE, UM, THEN WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO DISCUSS IN OCTOBER.
UH, WE HAD THE, THE CONTEXTUAL ADDITION FROM JASMINE AND HER WORK TO PROVIDE HISTORY AND MEANING, UM, FROM THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE SITE.
AND IT'S INFORMED WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY, THE COMMUNITY INPUT, THE HISTORY AND CULTURE ASSESSMENT, AND THE, UM,
SO HAPPY TO BE HERE ON WITH THIS PARK AS WELL.
UH, PROJECT BACKGROUND, THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS JUST A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
IT'S GOT ABOUT AN ACRE OF WETLAND ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S LOCATED ON WILDHORSE ROAD, UM, IN THE, UH, SQUARE POPE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED FROM THE TAYLOR FAMILY IN THE EARLY NINETIES.
IT WAS ACTUALLY DONATED WITH A COVENANT THAT THIS MUST MUST BE USED FOR A, A, A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK COMMUNITY PARK.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE, UH, DISCUSSING THIS WITH YOU.
UM, THE PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, UH, PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, UM, THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2020 AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN OR OUR PLAN.
AND I'M SURE MS. BRYSON WILL GO THROUGH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CHECK ALL THE BOXES ON THIS ONE, UM, AS WELL.
UM, PROJECT INCLUDES THOSE SAME ELEMENTS ABOUT PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WE ATTRIBUTE TO HISTORY, CULTURE, UH, SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SITE, UH, FUNDING SOURCES HERE, UM, UH, THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE SALE, DONATION OF LAND AND COMMUNAL DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
UH, IN THE CURRENT FISCAL ADOPTED, UH, FISCAL 24 ADOPTED BUDGET, THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS BUDGETED, UM, UH, THIS YEAR TOWARD THIS PART.
SO COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK, AGAIN, TWO CYCLES, UM, TO GET THIS IN INFORMATION.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THEMES ARE COMMON,
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WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PATTERSON FAMILY PARK, BUT INCORPORATE HISTORY OF THE LAND AND THE TAYLOR AND MCKNIGHT FAMILIES.UH, IT WAS CLEAR FROM COMMUNITY DISCUSSION THAT WHILE THE TAYLOR FAMILY DONATED IT TO THE TOWN, THERE WAS A LOT MORE, UH, HISTORY MEETING WITH SOME OTHER OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY BEFORE THE TAYLOR FAMILY AND MCKNIGHT FAMILY WAS IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY.
UM, SO CONSIDER A NAME OR NAMING, UM, SYSTEM THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO OTHER, UH, OWNERS AND OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD THIS IN THE, IN THE LINEAGE.
SO WHILE THIS MIGHT BE TAYLOR FAMILY PARK, THEY HAVE A TRIBUTE TO THE MCKNIGHT FAMILY.
UM, IT COULD BE THE MCKNIGHT FAMILY PLAYGROUND OR PAVILION OR, UH, TOWN WALK OR SOMETHING.
AND YOU'LL, UM, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT INCREASING TRAFFIC IN THE AREA ALONG WILD HORSE ROAD AND GUMTREE.
UM, AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SAFE AND IDENTIFI IDENTIFIABLE CROSSINGS AND, UM, AND TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN THIS AREA.
UM, PROVIDE SAFE AND, UH, SAFE PEDESTRIAN AND, AND BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY, UH, THROUGH THE MULTI-USE PATHWAY WA PATHWAY HERE.
AGAIN, THE PATHWAY IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WILDHORSE ROAD, AND SO OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFE CONNECTIONS.
AND THEN ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, A PARK SIDE, UH, OF THE ROAD PATHWAY CONNECTING TO, TO GUMTREE.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, SAFETY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE PARK, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED WITH PATTERSON, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, THERE'S, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATE THE GATE THE PARK AND NOT ALLOW VEHICULAR ACCESS, UM, AFTER THE PARK CLOSES.
UM, AND, UM, CERTAINLY IN LINE WITH THAT IS THE, THE CAMERA BROUGHT UP HERE.
UM, UH, PROVIDE FENCING ALONG THE WETLAND AREA AND ALONG THE ROADWAY JUST TO PROVIDE, AGAIN, SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY, SECURITY OF USERS, UM, AND THE, AND THE TRAFFIC AND, AND OTHER ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA, UM, PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY FEATURES AND MATERIALS ARE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER NEWER PARKS.
UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR, UM, SOME CONDITION SPACE POTENTIALLY AT THIS SITE.
WE HEARD, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT HAVING PROGRAMMING SIMILAR TO CELEBRATION PARK, UM, AND PARKING, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT MORE PARKING.
AND, UM, WHEN I, I SHOW YOU AGAIN, THE, THE, THE COMPARABLE SCALE AND SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY TO OTHERS, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO CONVEY TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE, THE, THE FEASIBLE PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD, UM, MAKE SENSE TO THE SITE, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UM, PAVILIONS WE'LL, WE'LL, WHEN I GET TO THE PLAN, I, GOSH, I HATE MAKING YOU GUYS WAIT SO LONG WHEN WE GET TO THE PAVILION, IT IS A LARGE PAVILION.
UM, BUT THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT IF THAT WAS BEING UTILIZED, THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME OTHER SPACE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT FAMILIES AND VISITORS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, HOW
UM, SO, UM, SO THAT WAS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JASMINE TO GIVE THE CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND AND THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL, UM, COMPONENT.
AND, UH, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS ABLE TO HEAR JASMINE WHEN SHE SPOKE IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
UM, AND I WONDERED WHERE SHE HAD BEEN FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS BECAUSE I LEARNED MORE IN, IN PROBABLY A 20 MINUTE PERIOD ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THIS SITE IN THIS AREA, UM, THAT I HAD IN THE PREVIOUS 16.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, ON EVERYTHING.
IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL, SO APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT SIMILAR TO PATTERSON, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL COULDN'T, I'LL CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF RESEARCH AS MUCH AS I CAN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED IN THAT LAST COMMUNITY MEETING WAS THAT I WANT THAT RESEARCH TO GO BACK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
SO EVEN IF THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE ON THIS ISLAND IN THOSE SPACES, AS MUCH HISTORY, YOU KNOW, AS I CAN POSSIBLY GATHER, I WILL.
AND I HAVE, I, THERE'S A STORY I WILL NOT TELL NOW THAT I, I HIT A LITTLE ROADBLOCK AT HERITAGE, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE, UM, THE, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE, THE LIBRARY.
SO I WAS ABLE TO GATHER THE SAME INFORMATION.
UH, SO, UH, SAME PEOPLE THAT I WAS ABLE TO, UH, ACCESS INFORMATION FROM FOR THIS ONE I DID.
AND THEY HAD GREAT, GREAT HISTORY TO SHARE.
UH, SO AS SEAN SAID, THIS WAS LAND DONATED BY THE TAYLOR FAMILY, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT THE MOST NOTABLE RESIDENTS OF THIS SPACE WAS, UH, WERE JEANIE AND ISAIAH
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MCKNIGHT.SO THE MCKNIGHT FAMILY, THEY WERE A RELATIVELY SMALL FAMILY AND THEY WERE KNOWN FOR BEING FARMERS AND FISHERMEN.
UM, AND SO THEY WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT AT THIS POINT, BUT AGAIN, THE RESEARCH WILL CONTINUE AND, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
SO AS FAR AS CREATIVE INTERPRETATION, UH, AGAIN WITH THEM THERE WAS THE FARMING ELEMENT, BUT THERE WAS ALSO THE FISHING ELEMENT.
SO THIS SEEMED LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT, UM, AND DISTINGUISH IT, UH, FROM THE PATTERSON PARK.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THIS SPACE WAS THAT THERE WERE THESE WONDERFUL TREES, ALL OF THESE SIGNIFICANT TREES ON THE SPACE, AND THINKING ABOUT HOW TO USE THOSE AS PART OF THE INTERACTIVE, UM, LANDSCAPE.
ONE IDEA IS TO INCORPORATE, ONE IDEA FOR PLAY IS TO INCORPORATE, UM, SWINGS.
NOW, WHEN I SAY SWINGS, IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL JUST NORMAL SWING.
IT'S THE IDEA IS TO CREATE THESE SWINGS THAT ARE ALMOST, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DISNEY
IT'S MUCH MORE TASTEFUL AND LESS EXPENSIVE.
BUT THESE SWINGS THAT ARE LARGER THAN LIFE IN A SENSE, THESE SWINGS THAT ARE, ARE INTERESTING AND HOPEFULLY CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISANS AND MADE OUT OF WOOD, THAT WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OAK OR, UM, PECAN, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO WHETHER THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, SINGLE PERSON OR EVEN THREE PERSONS WINGS, WHETHER THEY GO BACK TO BACK, BUT JUST INTERESTING ARTISTIC SHAPES AND DESIGNS THAT NOT ONLY INVITE CHILDREN TO SWING, BUT INVITE ADULTS TO SWING.
SO YOU MIGHT MEANDER AROUND THE PARK AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE READING ABOUT HISTORY THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AT, AT YOUR FEET, RIGHT? WE'RE STANDING ON THIS HISTORIC PROPERTY, AND WE MIGHT BE READING ABOUT IT AS WE GO ALONG, AND YOU MIGHT DECIDE TO SWING AND TO REFLECT IN THAT SPACE.
UH, ALSO ON THE SWING, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING IS TO ENGRAVE, UH, GULLAH NAMES INTO, OR PHRASES, UM, BITS OF POETRY, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
SO AGAIN, INCORPORATING HISTORY INTO ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS SO THAT, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LEARN, UM, ALONGSIDE THE, UH, LIKE NAUTICAL THEME ESSENTIALLY, UH, WITH FISHING, MAYBE SWINGS HA ARE, ARE, UM, HUNG WITH NAUTICAL ROPE.
UH, MAYBE THERE'S ROPE SWINGS AS WELL THAT ARE CREATED WITH NAUTICAL ROPE WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FEATURES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE IS LIKE A FISHERMAN'S KNOT BOARD.
SO IF YOU IMAGINE A LARGE BOARD THAT THEN DESCRIBES DIFFERENT TYPES OF KNOT THAT THE FISHERMEN WOULD HAVE USED OR THIS FAMILY AS FISHERMEN WOULD'VE USED, AND THEN ROPES THAT ARE ATTACHED THAT THEN TEACH YOU HOW TO TIE THESE DIFFERENT KNOTS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A WAY, INTERACTIVE WAY TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY AND SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY PRACTICAL.
UM, AND SO THAT MIGHT, THAT SIGNAGE MIGHT ALSO, UH, INCLUDE TALKING ABOUT WHY THOSE KNOTS WOULD BE USED OR HOW THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN USED, UM, POTENTIALLY CREATING SOME SORT OF TREE HOUSE.
AND MAYBE IT'S RAISED, MAYBE IT'S NOT, UM, SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN FIT VERY NATURALLY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
ALL OF NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE SET.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBILITIES, JUST DEPENDING ON ALL THE FACTORS.
UM, MAYBE THERE'S MULTIPLE POINTS OF ACCESS, MAYBE THERE'S ROPE LADDERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES WILL BE, OR WE HOPE TO BE A FISHING BOAT.
SO A FISHING BOAT OR AN OYSTER BOAT, UM, THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE TRACTOR ON THE OTHER PARCEL, THIS WOULD BE A LARGE PLAY STRUCTURE THAT MAYBE WOULD HAVE AROUND THE SIDES OF THE BOAT, UM, MURALS THAT ARE DESIGNED WITH BY GULLAH ARTISTS IN THE GULLAH STYLE, RIGHT? SO AROUND, UH, AROUND THE BOAT AND MAYBE THE OARS OF THE BOAT ARE ENGRAVED WITH THE TYPES OF FISH, UH, OR OYSTERS THAT WERE CAUGHT, UM, HOW THEY WERE CAUGHT, MAYBE STORIES ABOUT IT.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S BOTH INTERESTING.
IT INVOLVES PLAY AND ALSO LEARNING AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT'LL BE BEAUTIFUL ARTISTICALLY.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ELEMENT, UM, THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED CALLED LIKE
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THE FISHERMEN'S JOURNAL, RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND MAYBE IT'S DONE IN A STORYTELLING FORM.SO IF WE IMAGINE A GULLAH STORYTELLER AND STORYTELLING FORM ABOUT, MAYBE IT JUST DESCRIBES THE DAY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND THIS WAS THE TIME, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST AS USUAL, THE TIDES CAME IN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, BUT SOMETHING THAT FEELS LIKE STORYTELLING AND FEELS CONNECTED TO THE STORIES THAT WERE TOLD.
AND THAT I THINK ABOUT MY, UM, GRANDFATHER IN-LAW AND THE STORIES THAT WERE TOLD, UM, JUST ABOUT ACTUALLY BEING IN THAT SPACE, RIGHT? SO HELPING PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REALLY, UM, I LOVE THE IDEA OF, UH, WITH THE QR CO CODES, INCORPORATING MAYBE VOICEOVERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT MAKES GOING TO CERTAIN MUSEUMS REALLY INTERESTING.
AND IN A WAY, THESE ARE, UM, THESE ARE OUTSIDE MUSEUMS IN.
UM, AND MOVING ON TO THE, THE OTHER FEATURES, THE MORE ADULT FEATURES, IF YOU WILL.
THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID THAT MADE ME THINK, MAYBE IT WAS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OYSTERS AND THINKING ABOUT THE TABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WELL, WHETHER IT WAS AT, WHETHER IT'S AT THAT PARK OR THIS PARK, MAYBE THERE'S ENGRAVINGS IN THE TABLES EVEN SO THAT EVEN AS YOU'RE SITTING, THERE'S CONVERSATION PIECES THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING AND YOU'RE READING ABOUT HISTORY AND IT'S AT YOUR FINGERTIPS IN THAT MOMENT.
UM, BUT THESE ARE, AGAIN, PLACES FOR CONNECTION, FOR GATHERING, FOR DINING, FOR CELEBRATING, FOR RELAXING.
AND AGAIN, MODERN STRUCTURES THAT FEEL DESIGNED FORWARD.
SO MAYBE IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE, UM, SPACES THAT ARE GOING ALONG.
UM, THE SAME LINES OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF MAKING THESE SPACES FEEL ORGANIC.
MAYBE SOME OF THESE PAVILIONS HAVE, UM, SET SORT OF SKYLIGHTS IN A SENSE, SO THEY REALLY FEEL MANY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU REALLY FEEL CONNECTED.
UM, AS FAR AS THE PAVED WALKING PATHS, UM, AGAIN, IT'S LIKE YOU ARE WALKING THROUGH THESE PARKS.
YOU'RE LEARNING, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE STANDING ON SACRED GROUND.
YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THIS HISTORY, AND WHILE YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING LEAVING THROUGH THE PERIMETERS OF THE PARK, YOU'RE LEARNING WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE QR CODES, THROUGH PAPERS, THERE MIGHT BE PAVERS THAT HAVE WORDS OR STORIES OR ELEMENTS THAT JUST ENGAGE YOU IN, IN A PASSIVE OR AN ACTIVE WAY.
UM, ONE IDEA, UM, THAT COULD BE INTERESTING FOR THIS PARK IS ADDING WIND CHIMES.
AND SO THERE'S THAT PEACEFUL ASPECT AND NOT, NOT, YOU KNOW, WIND CHIMES THAT ARE TO, UH, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S TO THINK ABOUT WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY, IN ANY SOUND THAT WOULDN'T BE PLEASANT TO THEM OR WOULD BE TOO NOISY.
BUT I THINK THEY COULD BE DESIGNED IN A REALLY BEAUTIFUL WAY THAT, UM, THAT CREATE A BEAUTIFUL TONE.
AND MAYBE THEY'RE DONE WITH, AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT TYPE OF WOOD, OR MAYBE THEY'RE DONE IN THE STYLE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING THEM IN THE STYLE OF, I DON'T, FORGIVE ME, I DON'T KNOW THE TERM, BUT IN THE BLUE BOTTLE BOTTLE STYLE THAT'S MEANT TO LIKE WARD OFF SPIRITS, RIGHT? AND SO SOMETHING THAT, UM, AGAIN, REFLECTS BACK ON THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE AND, UM, AND THEN WE'VE DISCUSSED A GARDEN.
SO, UM, I HAVE THESE REALLY FOND MEMORIES, AGAIN, OF BEING TAUGHT ABOUT LIKE, SASSAFRAS AND THINGS THAT ARE GROW NATURALLY IN OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE HEALING.
SO IT STARTED TO MAKE ME WONDER, LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ELSE WAS THERE? LIKE, WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN GROWN AND USED? UM, AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES? WHAT PLANTS? WHAT FLOWERS, WHAT SEEDS? AND SO WE'VE WORKED ON DESIGNING A GARDEN THAT CAN ACTUALLY GROW SOME OF THESE THINGS POTENTIALLY, AND THEN ALSO TEACH, RIGHT? SO THERE'S INFORMATION ON THEM.
AND THEN, UM, WITHIN THAT SPACE, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN THAT THE WAY THAT BRIAN HAS LAID OUT THOSE GARDENS, IT ALLOWS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, IT TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL SPACE.
SO MAYBE THIS IS A SPACE WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S BEING TAUGHT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO A SPECIAL CONVERSATION OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL SPACE FOR THAT.
AND IT WILL POTENTIALLY EXTEND INTO A, INTO A SPACE THAT ALMOST FEELS LIKE A, UH, LIKE A GREEK THEATER IN A SENSE.
SO LIKE A THEATER IN A ROUND WHERE
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SOMEONE COULD SPEAK.OR EVEN IF WE IMAGINE CHILDREN, LIKE, I SEE THESE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THESE PARKS AS A PLACE WHERE MAYBE TEACHERS WILL BE TAKING THEIR CHILDREN ON FIELD TRIPS HERE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH IN INTERESTING HISTORY AND SO MUCH TO DO.
AND SO IN THAT SPACE, MAYBE THERE'S CHILDREN PERFORMING, UH, OR PUTTING ON A SHOW OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF POSSIBILITIES THERE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I'LL ADD IS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO MAKE EVERY, AGAIN, HOW TO MAKE EVERY ELEMENT SPECIAL AND RELEVANT.
SO THINKING ABOUT BIKE RACKS AND OTHER WAYS TO ACCESS THE PARK, WE MAYBE WOULD TRY TO DO ENGRAVED SILHOUETTES, AND IN THIS CASE, THEY WOULD BE A FISHERMAN, RIGHT? SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD SPRING FOR IT, THERE WOULD BE BRONZE, UM, OR SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT IS, UM, SUSTAINABLE AND LASTING BIKE RACKS THAT, THAT HAVE THESE SILHOUETTE ENGRAVINGS.
AND THAT, AGAIN, YOU'RE JUST BEING BROUGHT INTO THIS STORY IN A REALLY, IN A REALLY MEANINGFUL WAY.
UH, YEAH, SO THAT'S THAT I HOPE THAT, UM, PROVIDES A GOOD PICTURE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO.
AND THAT YOU CAN SEE THESE AS ARTISTIC SPACES THAT ARE MEANT FOR GATHERING, THAT ARE MEANT FOR COMMUNITY, THAT ARE MEANT TO ENHANCE OUR, THE QUALITY OF OUR ISLAND.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SHOW RESPECT TO OUR AMAZING HISTORY, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE TELL THAT AND PEOPLE CAN KNOW.
JASMINE, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I CLOSED MY EYES FOR A MINUTE.
I, I PICTURE MYSELF IN THE SPACE.
IT'S NOT BUILT AS, WE HAVEN'T GOT A FINAL DESIGN OR IS IT BUILT, BUT I COULD PICTURE MYSELF IN ALL OF THOSE SPACES, AND I THINK SHE DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SO, UM, FOLLOWING ANDREW DAVIS, I DON'T
SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, THANKS TO THE TEAM.
I'LL THANK TOWN COUNCIL 'CAUSE WE DID MEET AND GET FEEDBACK.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS BEFORE WE GET TO THE PLAN.
UM, FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM TOWN COUNCIL, UM, WHAT, WHAT WAS, AGAIN, TO HISTORY, BUT PROVIDING SIGNAGE MARKERS AND STORYBOARDS TO, TO, UH, TELLING THAT MEANINGFUL HISTORY IN THE FULL HISTORY.
I'M NOT SURE IF JOSH HAS LOOKED UP WHEN, WHEN EITHER OF THE MCKNIGHTS OR THE, UH, TAYLOR FAMILY, BUT CERTAINLY GET MORE INFORMATION.
THERE WAS A LOOK BACK AND SEE WHO THE FIRST FAMILY WAS THAT ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT THAT, THE LINEAGE THROUGH TO WHERE IT'S TODAY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE RESEARCH, ALL THE INSPIRATION, UH, INCLUDE A, SOME KIND OF FISHING COMPONENT HERE, UM, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM,
AND THEN WE, WELL, UM, WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT UTILIZING COLOR SCHEMES WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, THAT THE FITS THE CHARACTER, UH, OF, OF THE ISLAND.
AND IN THIS AREA, UM, WE CAN HEAR THAT FEEDBACK, UM, JUST LIKE MARSHALL ROAD AND PATTERSON PARK, MAKING SURE THAT WE COMMIT TO SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, CONNECTING TO OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM.
UM, HERE ON WILD HORSE ROAD, AS I MENTIONED, THE PATHWAY IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PARK.
UH, AND, AND SO WITH THAT, EXPLORING ADDITIONAL PATHWAY CONNECTIVITY ON THE SIDE, INCORPORATE EXISTING SPECIMEN TREES AND THE INTO THE DESIGN.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THE PLAN AND BRIAN AND THE TEAM HAVE COME UP WITH DO THAT VERY WELL.
UM, ONE ITEM THAT, THAT JASMINE DIDN'T MENTION, SO MAYBE I SUPPOSE PICTURE MYSELF IN THE SPACE, BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT TREE ON THE SITE.
UM, I'LL SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TREE IS MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THE TREE ITSELF.
UM, COUPLE PICTURES, I SHOULDA, I, I DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT IT WAS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE SITE.
SO, BUT THE MEANING OF THE TREE AND THE ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENED AROUND IT WAS A SPECIAL PART OF THE STORY THAT WAS SHARED AT THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT MR SAID.
HE WANTS TO SHARE THAT WITH THE GROUP TODAY.
HE DID MENTION SOME THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED UNDER THE CONCRETE.
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UTILIZING THAT SPACE AS A FOCAL POINT CERTAINLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.AND THEN WE ALSO LEARNED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PECAN TREES IN GENERAL.
UM, AND SO, UH, LOOKING TO
INCLUDE THAT IN THE LANDSCAPE.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THERE SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF SHOW WHO SAYS, THERE YOU GO.
SO, UH, THANKS FOR INDULGING ME ON ON THAT AND ALL THE INPUT AND, AND REALLY THE MEANING AND THE WHY.
WE'RE GONNA THEN PRESENT THE, UM, UH, THE PARK AND THE PROGRAMMING THE WAY IT IS.
UM, AND SO THIS, THE LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY, UM, AND THIS AND OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, IS ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND.
UM, IT'S NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GUMTREE ROAD AND WHEN WILDHORSE ROAD.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN GENERAL CONTEXT WHERE, WHERE IT FITS IN, UH, TO THE OVERALL ISLAND.
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE.
GUMTREE ROAD, SQUIRE POPE HERE, AND THEN A WILDHORSE.
AND SO IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STONY COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA.
UH, THERE'S OTHER SIGNIFICANT SITES, UM, AND AMENITIES THERE.
IT'S RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE ISLAND REC CENTER, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, FIRSTIE GREEN SHELL PARK, IT'S CALLED CREEK COMMUNITY PARK ROWING AND SAILING CENTER, FORD SHELL RING, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, I THE IDEA OF THIS BECOMING A, A SIGNIFICANT TRIBUTE TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE AND MEANING OF, OF THE ISLAND AND THESE COMMUNITIES, UM, IS, IS SPECIAL.
SO I WANNA MAKE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING INTO THE, INTO THE GREATER SYSTEM THERE.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE ITSELF.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT A FIVE ACRES SITE, BUT THIS AREA IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, UM, IS WET ABOUT AN ACRE.
AND SO MAKING SURE, JUST LIKE ON PATTERSON THAT WE'RE PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE, THE ECOLOGY OF THE SITE, UM, AND, AND, AND THEN CONNECTING THAT TO THE, THE PARK OVERALL.
UM, ON THE, ON THE TOP PART OF THE SLIDE IS WILDHORSE ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING MULTIPURPOSE PATHWAY OR PATHWAY IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
AND SO MAKING SURE TO HAVE THIS, UH, MEANINGFUL CONNECTION, UH, CROSSING THE STREET.
AND THEN WE'LL EXPLORE AN OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A LITTLE WEDGE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT OWNED BY THE TOWN, UM, BUT LOOKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT PARKSIDE PATHWAY TO CONNECT TO GUMTREE ROAD, UH, WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ON, UM, ON EASEMENTS OR ACQUISITION TO ADVANCE THAT IDEA.
UM, AS WE MOVE THIS THING ALONG, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S, UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT TREES ON THIS SITE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE LARGER ONES ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG VEGETATION ON THE SITE.
I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE PECAN TREE, PECAN TREE, UM, IS IN THIS LOCATION, AND IT'S ACTUALLY 50 PLUS 55 SQUARE ONE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE LARGER, UM, AT WHERE YOU MEASURE IT.
I, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S LARGER AT THE TOP, BUT, UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S THE LOCATION OF THAT SIGNIFICANT PECAN TREE.
AND AGAIN, MORE ABOUT THE MEANING OF WHAT HAPPENED AROUND IT.
SHOWN THAT TREE IS SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.
SO AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT PROGRAMMING, UH, PROVIDED THIS AT, UH, THE, THE SECOND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SHOW THE SIZE OF THIS PARK AND RELATIONSHIP TO OTHERS, IT'S SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN THE PATTERSON PARK, BUT AGAIN, NOT QUITE AS WELL, NOT AS, NOT AS LARGE AS SHELTER CO OR CELEBRATION PARK.
AND, UM, AND SO THE ABILITY TO PARK AND PROGRAM ARE, ARE A LITTLE, ARE MORE LIMITED HERE.
UH, I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, MOVE THROUGH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME INSPIRATION, UH, HERE.
UM, I THINK THAT, WELL, I HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THESE IMAGES IN MY MIND WHEN JASMINE WAS TALKING, 'CAUSE I, I HAD SEEN THEM.
UM, BUT WE HAD A, A SHRIMP BOAT
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IN A, IN AN EARLIER ITERATION.AND THE FEEDBACK WAS, UH, AGAIN, UM, MORE AROUND A BAU AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT.
UM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE, THE, HOW THE, UH, FISHING OPERATION ACTIVITY WAS, UM, MORE ALIGNED WITH, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CONNECTION TO THE, TO THE WATER AND THE FISHING, UM, AND THE NAUTICAL COMPONENT WITH THE ROPES, UM, AND THE PLAY FEATURES THAT ARE, UM, HERE AGAIN, FOR INSPIRATION AND, AND, AND FOR STIMULATION AND THINKING.
UM, UM, AND THE SAME THING WITH THE ARCHITECTURE.
UM, THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S PROGRAMMED, WHAT WAS PROGRAMMED IN THE CONCEPT PLAN WAS IN ANOTHER LARGE PAVILION.
AND THEN WE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL PAVILION AND COVERED SPACES, THE PROGRAM, UM, CONNECTION TO TABBY, UM, TO HAVE THE MEANINGFUL, UH, MESSAGING IN THE PATHWAYS OR IN SIGNAGE INTERPRETATION.
AND SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE MEANT FOR INSPIRATION AS JA JASMINE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET MORE LIGHT IN TO THESE CIVILIANS TO FEEL CONNECTED MORE TO NATURE, UM, CERTAINLY MAKE A LOT, LOT OF SENSE WHEN THEY HEAR SOMEONE SAY.
AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, ELEMENTS, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE FENCING AND, AND HAVING SOME, UM, SOME SENSE OF, OF SPACE AND SAFETY.
UM, THE, THE SWING CONCEPTS, THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO ENGAGE AND INTERACT IN THE, IN THE WOODED AREA, UM, AND HAVE SEATING AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
UM, THESE OPTIONS OF HOW TO DELIVER, UH, THE, UH, THE BIKE RACKS.
WE'LL CHECK WITH FRANK MABEL ABOUT THE MOST APPROPRIATE BIKE RACK THAT, UH, ROCK LIKES.
BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT TO HAVE IT, UM, MEANINGFUL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL PARK DESIGN.
I THINK IT'S, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
AND, UH, SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION HAS LED TO THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
AND, UM, I'LL WALK THROUGH IT BRIEFLY, BUT I THINK, I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY ALREADY GIVEN YOU SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT I'LL TRY TO COVER IT AT A HIGH LEVEL EXISTING PATHWAY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD CONNECTIVITY, WE'LL, WE'LL EXPLORE THE PATHWAY CONNECTIVITY ON THE PARK SIDE OF MARSHALL ROAD.
UM, BUT HAVING AN ENTRANCE, UM, AND PARKING OPPORTUNITIES AS YOU LEAN INTO, UH, SPACE, UM, AROUND THE PAVILION AND THE PECAN TREE.
UH, WHICH AS WE WENT IN, YOU KNOW, DOVE DEEPER INTO HISTORY, UNDERSTOOD THE, THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND BEING AROUND THAT ELEMENT.
UM, AND, AND, AND SHOULD BE A
AND SO THE PAVILION IS, AGAIN, LARGER SIZE.
UM, IT DOES HAVE CONNECTION TO THIS OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACE.
AND THE, AND A WAS A COMMUNITY GARDEN OR CULTURAL GARDEN THERE.
UM, I THINK AS WE ORIENT THIS, THERE SHOULD BE, UM, TRIBUTE TO THE PECAN TREE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE STORIES.
UM, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THE STORY ABOUT THE STORIES AROUND THE PECAN TREE AND HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FOR ENGAGEMENT REFLECTION, UM, IN THAT SPACE.
UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAVILION, UH, IS WHERE THE, UH, THE STEM AND STEAM AND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, EXIST ARE, ARE CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED HERE IN THAT AREA TO INCLUDE THE BAT AND THE INTERACTIVE FEATURES.
UM, THE, I, I LOVE, LOVE THE IDEA ABOUT THE KNOT, LEARNING HOW TO TIE KNOTS, UH, HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT.
THERE IS, I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA.
UM, THERE, THERE ARE THE PATHWAY CONNECTIONS, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M COVERING ALL OF MS. BRYSON'S CRITERIA THAT SHE'LL GO THROUGH.
UM, BUT THE PATHWAY CONNECTIVITY AROUND THE SITE, UM, IT'S TOUGH TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT THERE ARE LITTLE, LITTLE BURSTS OF, OR STARBURSTS A ALONG THE PATHWAY.
UM, BUT THAT'S MEANT TO SHOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT INTERPRETIVE, WHETHER IT'S QR CODE, WHETHER IT'S PANELS, WHETHER IT'S SOME WAY TO ENGAGE AND TELL THE, TELL THE STORY.
MAYBE IT'S THOSE, UH, THINGS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE PATHWAYS AS YOU, AS YOU WALK ALONG.
AND YOU CAN LEARN, UM, THE, UM, THE AREA THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS 13, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, A LITTLE MORE VEGETATION.
UM, BUT THE IDEA HERE IS TO MAINTAIN CANOPY, BUT HAVE A, UM, OPEN AND AIRY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THROUGH, UM, HAVE SOME SEATING AREAS AND, UM, AND THE, AND THE SWINGS AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
AND SO AS YOU GO AROUND THE PATHWAY, YOU SEE THESE SMALL AREAS, LITTLE VENUES FOR ACTIVITY, UH,
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THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE, THAT WE HELD AND, AND, AND DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PAVILIONS.THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLUG IN, UM, A COUPLE MORE, UH, SMALLER PAVILIONS OR COVERAGE SPACES THAT, UM, THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE INPUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, PROVIDED AND, AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CAPABILITY, UM, AT THE SITE.
BUT I'M GONNA STOP TALKING 'CAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT'S PROGRAMMED HERE IN THIS SPACE.
THEN WHY, WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING WHAT WE ARE.
IF, IF IT'S OKAY WITH COUNSEL, I THINK I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK FIRST.
ANYBODY WISH TO SAY ANYTHING? I HAVE A QUESTION TONIGHT.
I LIVE AT THE CORNER OF GUMTREE AND WILDHORSE ROAD.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN, UH, 30, 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING SINCE THIS PROPERTY WAS DONATED TO THE TOWN FOR A COMMUNITY PARK.
AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE IT FINALLY MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET.
UM, AFTER 30, 40 YEARS, I JUST EXPECTED IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM,
THE CONCEPT AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS PHENOMENAL TO INCLUDE, UH, THE GULLAH TRADITIONS AND, UH, THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON THE LAND ACTUALLY STOOD FOR.
UM, THE MCKNIGHT FAMILY, A BEAUTIFUL, VERY CALM, VERY JUST ENGAGING FAMILY, SALT OF THE EARTH PEOPLE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PARK NAME AFTER THE MCKNIGHT FAMILY.
I APPRECIATE THE TAYLOR FAMILY'S DONATION.
UM, AND HOWEVER THAT PROPERTY WAS TRANSFERRED, I KNOW THAT, UM, PAUL MCKNIGHT, UM, AFTER HIS PASSING, HIS WIFE HAD TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY, UM, BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO STAY THERE AS LONG AS HE LIVED.
AND ON HIS PASSING IT CONVERTED TO THE TAYLORS.
UM, THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER THE MCKNIGHT FAMILY, AND WE CAN PAY HOMAGE TO THE TAYLOR FAMILY'S DONATION.
UM, I HAVE CONTACTED THEM A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS WHEN THE TOWN WAS CONSIDERING USING THE PROPERTY FOR OTHER THINGS TO HAVE THEM PUSH BACK AND THAT IT CONTINUE TO BE A COMMUNITY PARK.
I LOVE, UM, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I'M JUST SO ELATED THAT IT'S FINALLY OCCURRING AFTER SO MANY DECADES, UM, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T EVEN WALK ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF HOW LOW LINE SOME OF THE TREE BRANCHES ARE.
UM, SO THIS IS PHENOMENAL THAT THE TOWN, UH, IS ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE TOWN, ALTHOUGH OUR MONIES HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE TOWN FOR DECADES.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, YES, CROSSING THE STREET IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THE SPEED LIMIT IS, IS LIKE 40 MILES AN HOUR, 45 MILES AN HOUR, JUST AS IF WE WERE ON, UH, HIGHWAY 2 78.
THIS IS NOT A HIGHWAY, THIS IS A COMMUNITY WITH SMALL HOMES AND FAMILIES.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE CHILDREN CROSSING OVER THIS STREET AT 40, 45 MILES AN HOUR.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
A LOT OF, UH, NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITIES, THAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND BACK WHEN THOSE SPEED LIMITS WERE SET, IT WAS PROBABLY LESS, UH, RESIDENTS ON THOSE STREETS.
BUT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMUNITY THAT HAVE LESS RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITIES ALONG ALL OF THESE,
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UM, PATHWAYS AND THE SPEED LIMITS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND, UH, REDUCED AS FAR AS, UH, TRYING TO HAVE THE PATHWAY GO FROM THE PARK WHERE IT'S PROPOSED UP TO GUMTREE ROAD AND CROSSING OVER THERE.I THINK IT WOULD BE A DANGEROUS THING TO DO.
AT THE CORNER OF GUMTREE AND WILDHORSE ROAD, WE HAVE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS ALL THE TIME.
UH, SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING SAFE AND MAYBE SOME SPEED BUMPS OR SOMETHING AND SOME ACCESS POINTS TO THE PARK CROSSING OVER CROSSING AT GUMTREE ROAD.
I AM NOT SURE, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS DANGEROUS WHERE THE CROSSING HERE, WHAT MIGHT BE, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE CARS COMING, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHERE THE PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED WETLANDS, THERE'S A HUGE DITCH BEHIND THERE.
LET'S MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OCCUPANTS IN THERE THAT COULD HARM OUR CHILDREN,
OKAY? SO OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS, IT'S AWESOME.
UM, YOU HAVEN'T SHOWN THE TIMELINE AS YOU DID WITH THE PATTERSON PARK, BUT I, I'LL OH, OKAY.
PLEASE KEEP US ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I'VE CONTACTED PARK AND RECREATION FOR YEARS AND WE WERE NEVER ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE I HAD PLANNED TO SPEND MY RETIREMENT GETTING TO KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
NOW I CAN JUST GO TO THE PARK AND READ A BOOK.
I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK EVERYONE'S PUT INTO THIS.
UM, AND I REALLY JUST WANTED TO ECHO MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ISSUES IN THAT AREA AND THE CONCERN ON WALL HORSE ROAD OF THE TRAFFIC THAT MEETS THEIR GUMTREE ROAD.
BOTH OF THOSE ROADS HAVE SO MUCH CROSSOVER TRAFFIC THAT GOING UP AND DOWN IN THAT AREA, AND THE BACKUP OF TRAFFIC FROM THE CIRCLE DOWN GUMTREE FROM WILD HORSE TRYING TO GET ONTO GUMTREE.
UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE BUDGETED IN THE COST OF THE PARK, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, UM, FOR SAFETY CONCERNS IN THAT AREA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, BUT HOWDY, EVERYBODY.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOW WHO I AM.
I AM LOUISE MILLER COHEN, UM, A NATIVE OF HILTON, EDWARD ISLAND, A MEMBER OF THE FIFTH GENERATION OF MY FAMILY.
SO, UM, WHEN, AND, AND KIM HAVE EARED A LOT OF MY CONCERNS, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M ALSO HERE TO STAND AS A FAMILY MEMBER.
JEANNIE ATE, AND WE GOTTA GET HER NAME SPELLED RIGHT, OKAY? 'CAUSE OUR PEOPLE ARE VERY PECULIAR.
I MEAN, IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THEIR NAME SPELLING.
SO WE GOING TO, WE GONNA GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.
UM, MANY, MANY THANKS TO THE TOWN OF HILTON AIR.
I GUESS THEY SAY, IF YOU WANT THE THE JOB TO BE DONE RIGHT, GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO IT.
SO, SISTER JASMINE, GREAT JOB.
AND AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND, UM, AND, AND, AND THE TOWN OF HILTON AT, I'M, I'M YOU MAKING ME PROUD OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, BACK, UH, 2003 WHEN, UM, I WENT TO CLEVELAND, OHIO WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE, THE GULLAH MUSEUM AND HOW WE GONNA PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND, UH, SOMEONE ASKED ME A QUESTION BECAUSE THEY WERE LIVING HERE, THEY LEFT AND WENT BACK TO CLEVELAND AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW, HOW IS THE TOWN TREATING YOU? AND I SAID,
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GOOD.AND I WAS SPEAKING BY FAITH THEN TOO.
BUT WHEN I SAID THAT, I EXPECT THAT.
SO, SO I, I, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH US, THE NATIVE ISLANDERS WHO WAS HERE, AND, UM, AND OUR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH IN SPITE OF ALL THEY WENT THROUGH.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SLAVERY AND ALL THAT 'CAUSE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOW ABOUT SLAVERY AND WHAT OUR PEOPLE WENT THROUGH.
BUT STILL, OUR PEOPLE WAS DETERMINED IF THEY WAS EVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE LAND, THEY WERE DETERMINED TO BE LANDOWNERS.
AND LIKE PROVERBS 1322, SELL GOOD MAN, LEAVETH AN INHERITANCE TO HIS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
SO I BOWS AT THEM EVERY DAY BECAUSE IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
BUT THEY LEFT, THEY BOUGHT THE LAND, AND THEY LEFT SOME RULES AND REGULATION FOR THEIR DESCENDANTS.
NOW, SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, EVERYBODY DIDN'T LISTEN AND PEOPLE LOST LAND FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, OKAY? BUT THE LAND WAS NEVER TO BE SOLD.
THE LAND WAS SUPPOSED TO ALWAYS STAY IN THE FAMILY FOR THE UNBORN GENERATION.
OKAY? WELL, IN SOME CASES THE LAND IS STILL IN THE FAMILY AND OTHER CASES IS NOT.
BUT, UM, JEANNIE MCKNIGHT IS MY GRAND AUNT.
OKAY? SO, AND MY FIRST BABYSITTER THAT I CAN REMEMBER, OKAY? SO I REMEMBER THAT HOUSE VERY WELL AND THE PEAK ENTRY.
SO, UM, SO I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT, THAT THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED IN THE HONOR, THANK GOD TO THE TAYLORS WHO BOUGHT IT, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAD GOT IT, MIGHT WOULD'VE DONE SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT AND GET, AND, AND, AND OF COURSE DONATED TO THE TOWN.
AND TODAY THE LAND IS STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE TOWN.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT I USED TO WRESTLE WITH A LOT ABOUT THE TOWN.
THAT THE TOWN DID NOT DO SOMETHING WITH THE LAND AND PUT THE ORIGINAL OWNER NAME ON IT, ON A PLAQUE SOMEWHERE.
AND THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SEE.
SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL, EVEN THOUGH YEARS LATER ON THAT MY VISION IS, IS, IS COMING TO PASS.
SO, UM, KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WORKING WITH US, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE, TO THE, TO THE NATIVE ISLANDS.
THANK YOU SO, SO VERY MUCH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT.
SO EVEN SOME OF THE LAND HAS GOT, HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF OUR FAMILY THAT THE LAND IS STILL HERE.
'CAUSE THE LANDLORD'S GONNA GO ANYWHERE, OKAY? BUT I THINK IT'S SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO PUT SOME KIND OF MARKER ON THESE PLA ON THESE, UM, PLOTS, RECOGNIZING THOSE PREVIOUS LANDOWNERS.
AND, UM, AND I'M SURE OUR PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THE LAND WHEN THEY WAS GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE LAND, I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT THEIR SPIRIT IS AROUND US.
AND I THINK THEY WILL REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND, UM, KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OKAY? AND I'M COURSE WE GONNA BE RIGHT HERE AND WE GONNA GET THE NAMES AND ALL THAT OF JEANNIE
BUT, UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? MR. BARNWELL? DON'T TELL US A STORY THIS AFTERNOON.
NO, SIR
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THANKS VERY MUCH TO SEAN AND THE TEAM OF THE STAFF THAT DID LISTEN AS DR. COHEN, AS WELL AS MS. DAVIS, AS WELL AS MS. KIM NELSON POINTED OUT.
WE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS AT THE SAILING AND ROWING AS WELL AS AT THE REC CENTER.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THIS JASMINE WHITE FOR HER INTENSIVE RESEARCH THAT SHE HAS DONE.
NOW, WOULD LIKE ALSO TO MENTION THAT AT THE MEETING AT THE REC CENTER, IT
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WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT THERE AS WELL AS TODAY.AND I THINK THAT THE 40 MILES AN HOUR, I'M NOT SURE WHO WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO BE CONTACTED, BUT MS. DAVIS AND I HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THAT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND WE FEEL THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A CURVE RIGHT ON THE CORNER, CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE ENTRANCE INTO WILDHORSE COURT, THAT FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS THERE NEEDS, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPEED LIMIT, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE INDICATING WHERE THE PARK IS NOW, SHE'S NOT HERE, THE LADY THAT SHE, SHE HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE SHE HAD OTHER COMMITMENTS.
NOW THE LADY THAT OWNS THE MOBILE HOME PARK, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CLOSE, UH, DISCUSSION.
SEAN, WITH YOU, YOU AND YOUR STAFF WITH THE FENCING, THAT IS, THAT IS STILL A QUESTION MARK.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE MY ONLY CONCERN.
AND MR. MAYOR, IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT, I NO, NO, NO.
I WANNA HEAR THE STORY ABOUT, I WANNA HEAR YOUR STORY ABOUT QURY.
OH,
I'M NOT SURE THE RECORD WILL ALLOW ME TO TELL THE TRUE STORY, BUT, UH, MR. MR. ISAIAH, BLESS HIS SOUL, MR. ISAIAH MCKNIGHT WAS ONE OF THE SENIOR OYSTER PERSONS COUSIN, DISTANT COUSIN OF
AND, UH, HE WAS SORT OF THE LEADING OYSTER PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS I WAS GROWING UP AS A YOUNG BOY.
UH, AND IT IS, WELL, IT WAS WELL KNOWN BACK IN THOSE DAYS THAT PRIOR TO GOING OUT TO PICK OYSTERS,
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR.
AND, UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN, BUT I'M ALSO GONNA BE AN INCOMING, UH, PARK AND REC COMMISSIONER.
AND, UH, I'VE VISITED THE SITE, UH, BEFORE THE COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A PLAQUE OR SOME SORT OF DESIGNATION HONORING THE HISTORY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I FOUND INTERESTING IS THAT THERE ALREADY IS A PLAQUE ON A PEDESTAL.
AND, UM, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE TITLE THAT SAYS, UH, GRAYTON H TAYLOR MEMORIAL FAMILY PARK.
AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S BEEN IN, UH, THE TOWN'S HANDS.
IT SAYS THAT IT WAS, UH, DONATED, UM, 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 1992.
SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE ANY COMMENT OR, OR SUGGESTION OTHER THAN JUST MENTION THAT, THAT THERE'S ALREADY A PLAQUE AND SOME CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO, WELL, DO WE LEAVE IT AS IT IS? DO WE MOVE IT, DO WE SOMEHOW HONOR THE OTHER THINGS WHICH ARE DENOTED ON THAT PLAQUE? SO IT, IT OUGHT AT LEAST BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL COME BACK TO, UH, TO COUNCIL AND I'LL START WITH YOU THIS TIME, MS. BRYSON? YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, GREAT JOB COMMUNITY
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT.
UM, BUT JUST A COUPLE NOTES THAT, UM, SOME OF YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT I WAS CHECKING ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER COMMUNICATION ON MY MOBILE DEVICE HERE.
BUT ACTUALLY I WAS LOOKING UP THE NAME OF A COUPLE OF PARKS THAT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO LOOK AT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT, UM, THIS PLAN.
UM, THERE IS A PLACE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CALLED THE CRADLE OF FORESTRY.
UM, AND, UM, IT WAS, UH, THE CRADLE OF FORESTRY, UH, IS A SITE OF GEORGE VANDERBILT PURCHASED A WHOLE LOT OF PROPERTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PARK SYSTEM.
UM, AND THE NATIONAL FOREST THERE BROUGHT OVER MR. SHENK FROM GERMANY TO TEACH ABOUT FORESTRY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE CRAY OF FORESTRY, BUT IT'S A WALK AROUND PLACE,
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UH, WHERE THERE ARE EXHIBITS.SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, THIS IS MYSELF CELL PROGRAM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LEADING YOU AROUND.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO ON TOURS, BUT YOU CAN SELF PROGRAM AND GO TO, AND I REMEMBER PARTICULARLY THERE IS A CABIN THERE WITH A FARM, UM, A FARM DISPLAY.
SO, UM, MAYBE CHECK OUT, UH, I LOOKED AT THEIR WEBSITE TO SEE IF YOU COULD SEE A PHOTO.
I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T FIND THAT QUICK SHORT DRIVE UP THERE.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WAS REMEMBERING, AND DON'T LAUGH AT ME, BUT THIS IS TRUE, UM, HOLMES EDUCATIONAL STATE FOREST OUT FROM, UM, HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
UH, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE TREES, THERE'S ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT DECIDUOUS TREES.
SO YOU CAN PRESS A BUTTON IN THE TREE, WE'LL TALK TO YOU.
SO THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE QR CODES I WAS REMEMBERING ARE EITHER IN CHARLESTON OR SAVANNAH WHEN YOU WALK AROUND AND THERE MIGHT BE A PLAQUE OR, OR SOME OTHER SORT OF SIGNAGE.
AND, UM, YOU PUT YOUR QR CODE, YOUR PHONE UP THERE TO IT, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OR THE PARK OR WHATEVER.
SO, SORRY, I THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE WHEN I WAS CLOSING MY EYES AND IMAGINING THE GARDEN.
SO, UM, UH, BUT A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, THINGS, UM, I I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN ABOUT, UM, THE SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THERE.
AND I HOPE THAT OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH S-E-D-O-T ABOUT
AND AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE PROPOSAL, UM, FROM THIS SITE TO GO TO GUMTREE WOULD NOT BE TO EXTEND THE PART, BUT TO EXTEND THE PATHWAY NOW TO CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING MULTI-USE PATHWAY ON GUMTREE.
I THINK THAT'S AN UNDERSTANDING.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS HELPFUL TO KNOW IS AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING GOES, THE GULLAH MUSEUM, DR. COHEN, IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
THAT'D BE A GOOD MATCH WITH PROGRAMMING THERE.
AND ALSO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS NOT FAR DOWN THE WAY, UM, TO, UM, ENGAGE IN PROGRAMMING, UH, WITH THE KIDS BEING ABLE TO CONNECT, CONNECT, PARK, AND LEARN.
UM, ALSO FIRST TEE, WHICH IS A, UH, ENTITY IS LOCATED RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES WITH KIDS VERY CLOSE BY AND WITH OTHER, UM, NOT-FOR-PROFITS IN, IN THE AREA.
UM, WHAT ELSE ABOUT THE SITE? UM, I LOVE THE PECAN TREE, UM, AND THE STORIES ABOUT THAT I SUPPORT ADDING SOME OTHER PECAN TREES.
UM, I, I PROMISE YOU I'M NOT GONNA COME AND PICK THEM AND MAKE A PIE 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DO THAT.
I'LL COME AND HELP GATHER THEM, BUT I WON'T BE THE PIE MAKER.
UM, I LIKE THAT THERE'S STILL A CONNECTION TO THE WATER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BY THE WATER.
UM, AND I NOTICED ON THIS PLAN, UM, 6, 7, 8, AND NINE IS SOME SORT OF RUBBERIZED SURFACE THAT'S INSPIRED BY LOCAL WATER.
SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A COOL IDEA TO CONNECT THE BETO, UM, AND THAT WATER FEATURE WITH OTHER PLACES.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, ANOTHER COMMENT AS I UNDERSTAND ABOUT ADDING A FEW SMALLER PAVILIONS, AND I THINK THAT IF, UH, ONE GROUP HAS A LARGE PAVILION, YOU STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND ENJOY THE PARK AND STOP AND HAVE YOUR PICNIC SOMEWHERE BACK TO, HAVE YOU CHECKED THE BOXES? SO, UH, TO THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY VALUE? YES.
AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US THAT IT'S BEEN YEARS AND YEARS AND, UM, THE VALUE OF HAVING ANOTHER COMMUNITY PARK IN THIS AREA IS, IS SO IMPORTANT, UM, TO PROVIDE THE, THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA, UM, AS WELL AS TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF THE AREA S IN CLASS.
PROGRAMMING, I JUST TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMMING, WATER, THE CONNECTION I JUST MENTIONED PATHWAYS, TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SPORTS, UM, A SWINGING MY BOOK FUNDING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, CHECKING THOSE BOXES.
UM, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THAT WHEN WE BUILD COMMUNITY PARKS, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO LIST HONOR THE COMMUNITY.
THIS AGAIN, IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TOWN RECOGNIZING GOLF CULTURE HERE AND CELEBRATING THAT CULTURE.
AND I SALUTE ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS DESIGN AND THESE CONCEPTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S OCCURRED TO ME LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE SHOULD KNOW HOW EACH OF THESE PARCELS WAS USED.
FISHING ON PATTERSON WAS USED PRIMARILY FOR ACCESS TO THE BROAD CREEK AND FISHING.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
AND SO IS THERE, WAS THERE SOME, UH, HISTORIC USE OF THE PROPERTY? AND THAT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED AS PART OF THE STORY.
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I THINK I'VE HEARD STORIES THAT THIS WAS A GATHERING PLACE TIME.UM, AND THERE WERE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THERE.
WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THOSE ACTIVITIES NOW, BUT IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GATHERING PLACES ON THIS SITE AND ON THE PATTERSON SITE THAT ARE THERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST COME AND SIT AND TALK OR WHATEVER.
AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, WE NEED TO DO SOME PLANNING FOR SPACES WHERE THERE COULD BE FAMILY REUNIONS AND THIS, EACH OF THESE SITES COULD BE USED FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING OF BENEFIT.
UM, SOMEONE MENTIONED A WARNING ABOUT ALLIGATORS.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO DO THAT EVERY PLACE WE INVITE THE PUBLIC.
THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE SITES.
UM, AND SO, OH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, JASMINE, YOU MENTIONED ENGRAVING ON THE TABLES.
MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS IT WOULD INVITE MORE ENGRAVING ON THE TABLES BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EXPERTS.
SO THINK ABOUT THE AS WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE BY EXAMPLE.
ANOTHER, ANOTHER GREAT PART CONCEPT COMING ON.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT FARTHER DOWN THE LINE.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH GREAT PRESENTATION.
MR. STANFORD IS TELLING YOU TO BE WARY OF, OF ENGRAVING, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN THE PAST?
CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
UH, I JUST HAVE ONE, UH, QUESTION AND THAT IS, IS THERE ANY NEED TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO SECURITY ASPECTS LIKE CAMERAS, LIGHTS, FENCES AND SO FORTH? YES, SIR.
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PARKS IN THE TOWN'S SYSTEM, SO GATED.
SO WE, WE CAN EXPECT ACCESS CAMERAS FOR SECURITY.
AND THEN, UM, CERTAINLY, UM, LIGHTING AND LOW LEVEL LIGHTING AROUND THROUGH THE PARK.
UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE AGAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE IT RIGHT SO THAT I DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE.
COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO, I'M ASSUMING THE SPELLING OF MCKNIGHT AND THEN I HEARD MR. BARNWELL SPEAK.
I THINK WHAT I HEARD WAS MCKNIGHT, IS THAT THE DIFFERENCE? IS IT MAC KNIGHT? I WANNA GET IT RIGHT FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION SO I DON'T MISSPEAK FEE REGARD TO THE PEON, UM, IS AN ARBORIST BEEN CALLED EVERY MEASURE TO GIVE IT ALL THE BENEFIT OF WHATEVER EXISTS, MAKE IT THRIVE.
YEAH, WE HAD ARBORIST LOOK AT IT AND FORTUNATELY HE CAME BACK AND SAID, HEY, IT'S IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, THOUGHT IT'S HEALTHY HUG, IT'S GONNA BE BETTER.
UM, THAT GOOD NEWS ON IT SO WE KNOW IT CAN BE SPECIALIST OUT TO LOOK AT IT AND GIVE IT TO REACH.
UM, THE SAFETY CONCERNS, UM, HIGHLIGHT FOR ME IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO IT, BUT TRANSPORTATION HIGHLIGHTING IN THE FUTURE YOU DO SOMETHING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AS WE ANTICIPATE THIS A COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
AND THERE, THERE, THERE WILL BE PEDESTRIANS AND CHILDREN.
SO EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO BE LOOKED AT.
I HEARD FROM THE, UM, AND THEN THE LAST COMMENT THAT I HAVE, AND I THINK I MADE THIS IN SOME FRAME WAY OR SHAPE, UM, COMMENTS EARLIER, THE WATER INSPIRED AREA, WE
SO IF WE COULD TEMPER THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
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I THINK THE TEAM HIT A HOME RUN ON THESE TWO PARKS.AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY TOWN WAS INCORPORATED IN 1983, AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN AT A MEETING WHERE THE TOWN PROPOSED SOMETHING THAT THREE ELDERS OF THE GULLAH COMMUNITY STOOD UP AND SAID, THANK YOU FOR HEARING US, FOR LISTENING TO US AND FOR DOING WHAT WE ADVISED.
I GIVE JASMINE A GOOD DEAL OF CREDIT FOR ARTICULATING.
UM, SO CLEARLY THE VISION FOR WHAT THIS COULD BECOME, TALK IN OUR DISTRICT PLANS OF THEME AND CHARACTER.
AND IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU OUTLINED THE THEME AND CHARACTER OF THIS PARTICULAR PARK IN A WAY THAT RESONATED WITH THE PUBLIC AND I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEME AND CHARACTER REALLY MEANS.
HE'S ALSO SAID THAT ACTUALLY BOTH OF THESE PARTS HAD STORIES TO TELL AND THAT IS REALLY POWERFUL.
UH, AND WHEN WE HEAR ELDERS STAND UP JUST FOR A FEW MOMENTS, LEARN SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF OUR HISTORY.
AND I THINK THAT THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED, JASMINE, GO A LONG WAY IN TELLING THAT STORY.
THERE'S A RICHNESS TO WHAT WE'RE LEARNING AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PHYSICALLY ARTICULATE THAT IN A WAY THAT IT COMES ACROSS IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN COMPREHEND.
BUT, BUT THAT'S THE CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF THESE PARKS.
I THINK, UM, MENTIONED, UH, A TREE HOUSE.
I KNOW THAT I SAY ANYTIME YOU CAN PUT A KID SIX FEET IN THE GROUND, HE'S GONNA CLIMB THOSE STAIRS TO GET UP THERE.
AND SO I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THESE TREES PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT'S ADVENTURESOME FOR KIDS.
I'VE ALSO BEEN HEARD SAYING ANYTIME YOU CAN PROVIDE WATER FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY IN ON THIS ISLAND, IT'S IMPORTANT.
NOW WE ON ON PATTERSON, WE TALKED ABOUT MARSH FRONTAGE HERE WE DON'T HAVE IT MENTIONED CHIMES.
UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A DOWNSIDE IN THE SOUND OF WATER.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN INCORPORATE SPLASHING WATER, SOMETHING THAT SOOTHES, NOT ALL CHIMES SOOTHE, SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THERE'S DANGER, BUT, BUT I THINK FOUNTAINS RUNNING WATER SPLASHING SOME WAY MITIGATES TEMPERATURE ALSO.
SO I'M JUST THINKING THAT THAT MAY BE AN ELEMENT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.
THE LAST COMMENT REGARDS THE WETLANDS.
I HAVE NOT WALKED THE WETLANDS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT QUALITY OF WETLAND IT IS.
IS IT AN ASSET OR IS IT SOMETHING WE WANT TO TURN OUR BACK ON? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING A BOARDWALK THROUGH? I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T WALKED ON IT, BUT ARE WE FENCING IT OFF BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IT AND APPRECIATE IT OR DO WE WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF IT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK ALONG WITH, UH, HANG YOUR MICROPHONE A BIT CLOSER IF YOU WOULD.
UM, GREAT GRATITUDE TO STAFF AND CONSULTING AGAIN.
AND, AND MR. MAYOR, I WANTED TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR BRACING WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS NOT PRESSURED BY TAKING THE VOTE AT THE MOMENT.
UM, SO I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT THAT TIME TO,
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TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, UM, HOPING THAT WE GET BETTER IN PROCESS.I'M GONNA PUT MY OPERATIONS HAT ON FOR JUST A MOMENT HERE.
UM, SEAN HADN'T GOTTEN TO THIS POINT YET, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT STEP WOULD BE PARKS AND REC, UM, WITH THIS PROPOSED PLAN.
AND, UM, MR. BABEL, YOU MADE A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THE EXPERTISE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, AND I AGREE WITH THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, THAT THE TOWN OFFERS THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY GULLAH REPRESENTATION ON IT.
AS WE GET BETTER AT OUR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, I CAN SEE AS WE ARE BUILDING TO THIS POINT BY INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY EARLY AND OFTEN IF THE PARKS AND REC OR ANY OTHER COMMISSION WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS AS A FORM OF TRAINING THAT THEY WOULD GET CREDIT FOR, I THINK WE ARE BETTER OFF DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, JASMINE, UH, LET'S SIDEBAR A AFTERWARDS.
I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT ROADBLOCK THAT YOU MENTIONED WITH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY.
UH, HAND TREES, I AM, UH, MORE THAN ELATED TO SEE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY SAVING HISTORIC TREE THERE, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF MORE PLANTINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, PECAN TREES ON HILTON THERE PROVIDE, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
NUMBER ONE, DURING THE SUMMERTIME WHEN YOU WERE FARMING MR. BARNWELL, IT PROVIDED A LOT OF SHADE FOR YOU DON'T KNOW, THE P TYPICALLY LOSE THEIR BRANCHES NATURALLY, OKAY, NOW YOU'VE GOT WOOD ON THE GROUND THAT YOU CAN USE FOR COOKING.
AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY BACK THEN, NOT NOW, OF COURSE, IS A PECAN TREE THERE IN OCTOBER.
AND BY THE TIME YOU'RE ABLE TO HARVEST AND SELL, MANY FAMILIES THAT HAD PECAN TREES PROPERTIES WOULD USE EARNINGS FROM THOSE PECANS PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THE, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PROCESSES.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST, UM, THANK THE STAFF FOR, FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
UM, WHEN, WHEN, UH, WE'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE SPEED CONTROL AS WELL, MR. ORLANDO, I'LL JUST ASK THAT MAYBE WE EMPLOY, UH, MR. BROMAGE TO, UM, HAVE SOME OF THOSE, UH, FLASHING SPEED LIMIT CONTROLS ON WILDHORSE AS PART OF THE ROTATION THAT WE SEE AROUND THE ISLAND.
THAT WILL PROBABLY HELP SOME OF THE CALMING AT THE MOMENT.
THERE'S A MORE IMMEDIATE FIX BEFORE WE GET TO SED.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO, I, I, I, DITTO, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A GREAT PARK.
ONE ELEMENT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO GO HERE TO HELP KIDS OUT AND HELP, HELP CURB SOME OF THE COSTS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IS HAVING A PECAN PECAN BUCKET THAT THEY CAN PICK 'EM UP AND DROP 'EM INTO.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, IT'S, IT, THIS IS TRULY REPRESENTATION OF A COMMUNITY PARK, UM, NOT ONLY FROM THE DESIGN, BUT ALSO FROM THE INPUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AWESOME.
UM, SO SEAN, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK TO YOU TO FINISH IT OUT.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE WHOLE BOTTLE WATER.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE TEAM, WHOLE TEAM
BRIAN TOLD ME IF I LIMP LIMPED UP, WE'D FINISH STRONG IN THIS.
UM, THAT I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE TEAM.
IT'S, IT'S ONE THING, UM, TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER, UM, BUT TO HAVE MEANING BEHIND IT.
SO I WANNA THANK ERIC IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER, AND BEN, UH, HIS ASSISTANTS, UM, JASMINE'S HELPED THE TEAM GET BETTER, BUT BRIAN, UH, WHITMER AND HIS TEAM ABLE TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO A CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT MET OUT, EXCUSE ME, AT THE ROWING AND SAILING CENTER AT ALLEN REC CENTER TO COMMUNICATE, TO LISTEN, TO GET FEEDBACK.
SO ANGIE AND HER TEAM, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL JOURNEY TO LAST YEAR OR TWO TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I APOLOGIZE IT'S TAKEN SO LONG, BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE, HERE TODAY.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN BRYSON'S COMMENT ABOUT HAVING THE TREES TALK.
MR. BARNWELL SAID IF THE PECAN, IF THE PECAN TREE CAN TALK, THEN HE DOESN'T SUPPORT THE PROJECT
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SO, UH, SO, UM, ALL RIGHT, NEXT STEPS.
SO THERE'S ONE SMALL, UH, MISTAKE ON THIS, BUT MASTER PLAN CON CONCEPT REFINEMENT BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY AND TODAY AND, UH, THROUGH TODAY'S WORKSHOP.
UM, IT WILL BE A PARKS AND REC COMMISSION MEETING IN, IN, UH, IN NOVEMBER FOR BOTH OF THESE PARKS.
IT SAYS DECEMBER THERE, MY APOLOGIES.
AND THEN FORWARD TO COUNCIL, UM, FOR WHAT WE HOPE IS APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE FINAL MASTER PLAN SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION.
AS YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE OTHER PARK, FINAL DES UH, FINAL DESIGN, UH, COUNTY YEAR 24 PERMITTING, UM, AS WELL, UH, BRIAN MCOE, WHICH IS MC, UH, BUT HE GOES BY MACE, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN MAC OR AN MC, IT'S JUST HOW IT WAS PRONOUNCED.
UM, SO WE'LL GET THE, TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT PART OF IT.
HE'S ALREADY, UH, LET DOT KNOW THAT WE EXPECT A, AN EVALUATION OF SPEED ALONG THIS ROADWAY.
AND HE IS GOT IDEAS ABOUT, UH, WAYS TO MAKE THAT CROSSING, UH, SAFER AND, AND CERTAINLY MORE VISIBLE.
SO I WANT TO THANK HIM HE SENT THE REQUEST AS WE WERE HEARING FROM FOLKS TODAY.
UM, SO I, I'D LIKE TO THANK TOWN MANAGER AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT, UH, TO OUR TEAM, UH, TOWN COUNCIL.
UM, I THINK THAT REALLY WRAPS UP WHAT WE HAD PROGRAMMED FOR TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU BACK A FINAL PLAN.
BEFORE WE GO, KIM, DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU FEEL WE'VE BEEN HEARD FROM, FROM EVERYBODY'S STANDPOINT AND, AND, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE, THESE ARE GONNA BE GREAT PARTS.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.