[IX.1. Consideration of the Acceptance of Mosaic Development, LLC’s One Hundred Percent (100%) Annexation Petition to Annex Certain Real Property Contiguous to the Town of Bluffton’s Corporate Boundaries Consisting of a Total of 7.76 Acres, More or Less, Located at 3147 Okatie Highway and Bearing Beaufort County Tax Map No. R600 029 000 0002 0000. - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

EVENT. REALLY GOOD WAY TO START HOLIDAYS.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE GOOD.

MOVING ON TO FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER ONE CONSIDERATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF MOSAIC DEVELOPMENTS 100% ANNEXATION TO ANNEX CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY AT THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CORPORATE FOUNDRIES CONSISTING OF 7.76 ACRES MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT 3147 OAKLEY HIGHWAY AND BEARING THE TAX NUMBER IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA KEVIN GOOD EVENING GOOD EVENING THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AS AN INTRODUCTION THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTIONS THAT ARE LISTED THE SCREEN FOR A ONE TERM PERCENT ANNEXATION PETITION FOR A TOTAL OF 7.76 ACRES LOCATED AT 3147 OKATIE HIGHWAY AND THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE BUCKWALTER CROSSROADS MASTER PLAN WHICH IS IN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH THIS ANNEXATION REQUEST IF IT DOES MOVE FORWARD POTENTIALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE SUBMITTED WHICH INCLUDES AMENDMENTS TO THE BUCKWALTER PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT, THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TOTAL OF HUNDRED AND FOUR DWELLING UNITS FOR THIS PROPERTY AGAIN AS IT'S THE 7.6 ACRES THERE'S APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MANUFACTURED HOMES ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW AND THE BUFFALO HEAD BUFFALO HEAD PLANE TRAVERSES THE SITE WEST TO EAST AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO SEVEN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS FROM A CITY MAP STANDPOINT YOU CAN SEE HERE THE PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTED OFF OF OKATIE HIGHWAY AND I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THESE AT THE END YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK THROUGH FROM AN AERIAL MAP YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED ON OKATIE TO THE SOUTH IS THE BLUFFTON TO THE EAST AS HAMPTON LAKE RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY FROM THE BOUNDARY ZONING MAP THE YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT GREEN COLOR IS THE BUCKWALTER PAD AND THAT IS THE PAD THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO COME INTO. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS AS THE TWO ARE WHICH IS A RURAL THESE ARE ■USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THE COUNTY AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE TWO RURAL ZONING FOR THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS IS TO PRESERVE THE RURAL CHARACTER AND PORTIONS OF BEAUFORT. THIS IS A ZONING COMPARISON OF BOTH THE CURRENT ZONING IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED ZONING THE TOWN CURRENTLY IN THAT TWO RURAL YOU'RE ALLOWED .34 ACRE OR ONE UNIT FOR EVERY THREE ACRES THE IS REQUESTING 16 UNITS PER ACRE CURRENT ARE TWO STORIES PROPOSED THREE YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING STORMWATER TREATMENTS WOULD BE THE SAME THE COUNTY DOES REQUIRE THE SAME SO LOCAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STANDPOINT CURRENTLY CURRENTLY IT'S CLASSIFIED AS SUBURBAN WHICH IS A LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY.

IF THIS WAS TO MOVE FORWARD IT WOULD BE PROPOSED PROPOSED TO BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OR THE ACTIVITY CORRIDOR IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HERE'S THE COPY OF THE LAND USE MAP AND AS YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE ZOOM IN THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES CURRENTLY HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS CENTER AND THE THE LIFESTYLE HOUSING TO THE SOUTH IT THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN AGAIN THIS IS CONCEPTUAL THIS PLAN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED REVIEWED FOR ANY COMPLIANCE OF ANY REGULATIONS OF ANY OF OUR CODES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PROPOSING MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT OF 104 UNITS.

THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.

YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AREA ARE THE WETLANDS AGAIN JUST THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS WOULD BE TO THAT BUCKWALTER PD REQUESTING 104 UNITS AND THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THAT 20% ALLOCATION FOR OUR WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM A CONCEPT PLAN STANDPOINT YOU CAN SEE I'VE KIND OF BLOCKED THE AREA OVER HERE WHEN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS INCLUDES THAT CONCEPT PLAN ADDING THIS PROPERTY TO THAT AREA CHECKERBOARD IN THERE AND THEN PART OF THE SUMMARY WOULD WE WOULD NEED TO UPDATE THE

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SUMMARY THE DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY OF TOTAL ACREAGE TO ADD THAT 7.76 ACRES AS WELL AS THE THE DENSITY SUMMARY OF ADDING 104 DWELLING UNITS TO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT THIS EVENING HERE FOR THAT INTENT TO ANNEX IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD POTENTIALLY YOU COULD EITHER CONTINUE FORWARD AND SEND THIS TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE OR YOU COULD MOVE IT FORWARD TOWARDS PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP THEN A PUBLIC HEARING RECOMMENDATION THEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.

I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT RELATIVELY QUICKLY I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I CANNOT ANSWER AND THERE'S SO MANY NEW FACES IN THE AUDIENCE IS A PROCESS WE'VE PUT IN PLACE OVER THE YEARS TO KEEP STAFF AND APPLICANTS FROM GOING THROUGH TOO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY AND MONEY BUT MOSTLY TIME ON OUR STAFF'S TO SEE IF THERE'S EVEN A WILLINGNESS TO EVEN ACCEPT SOME KIND OF AN INDEXATION REQUEST SO THAT IS WHAT'S HERE AND THAT'S FINE. HE WENT THROUGH IT KIND OF QUICKLY BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE DETAILS. YES, MA'AM.

YES. AND THROUGH THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE MORE DETAILS QUESTIONS OF ANYONE DECIDING ON ANYTHING. YES, MA'AM.

TOOK A HARD HARD LOOK AT THIS AND WHILE IT OFFERS 20 IT SAYS AFFORDABLE WORKFORCES SEEMS LIKE IT WAS MORE WORKFORCE GEARED BUT WHILE WE HAVE A DESPERATE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST A BLUFFTON PROBLEM, IT'S A REGIONAL PROBLEM STATE AND NATIONAL SO FORTH AND SO ON.

BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THE MARKET GAIN OF 80 UNITS OR WHATEVER IT WOULD BE 84 FAR OUTWEIGHS THE BENEFIT TO THE TOWN THAN IT DOES TO THE DEVELOPER.

WELL I DO APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER OFFERING THESE UNITS I JUST I JUST FIND IT TO BE A LARGE ASK. I THINK IT'S A STRETCH TOO FAR AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR US AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME AS FAR AN ANNEXATION REQUEST GOES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF CABIN I'LL MAKE A COMMENT IF I END UP I I ALONG WITH DAN HAS MET WITH THIS PROPOSAL ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND. PERSONALLY I HAVE A FEW REASONS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD SUPPORT IT. ONE BEING THE KENT ESTATE IS REAL CLOSE TO THERE. IF YOU LOOK ON THAT MAP A FEW YEARS BACK BEAUFORT COUNTY BOUGHT THE KANSAS STATE PURCHASED IT AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OUR FOUR 457 ALREADY USE FROM BEING DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL AREA AND ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE PETTIT OKATIE ALONG WITH THAT KENT ESTATE IT WAS ALSO AN APPROVAL 119,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT NOW IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE AND THE PROPERTY WILL BE PRESERVED FOREVER. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME FOR US TO PUSH TO TAKE CRITICAL LAND OFF AND TAKE THOSE ALREADY USE OFF AND THEN GIVE THEM RIGHT BACK YOU KNOW IN IN A STONE'S ME IN ALMOST INSIDE OF THE SO THAT PROPERTY TWO AND A HALF HOMES ARE THE CURRENTLY WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BUILD ON THEIR LOOK FOR COUNTY ZONING AND THEN TWO AND A HALF TO 100 AND FOURS THAT'S A LITTLE LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FOR ME SO THAT'S THAT'S MY FEELINGS AND OTHER QUESTIONS THAT KEVIN YEAH I HAD A QUESTION FOR KEVIN WHAT THIS REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION WHAT ALSO REQUIRE A REQUEST FOR OF ZONING DO THAT TO THE YOUNG YES MA'AM SO THE YOU KNOW GO TO FROM THE CONCEPT PLAN HERE SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO GO INTO THAT BUCKWALTER COMMONS WHICH IS OUR GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION WHICH IS THE MOST PERMISSIVE SO IT WOULD BE ALLOWED THAT THE MOST USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THAT NOW WITH THIS REQUEST THE APPLICANT IS IS ONLY PROPOSING A 104 DWELLING UNIT SO THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY ACREAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. BUT YES IS IT IS A UP ZONING FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED

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IN THE COUNTY AND THEN I THINK I MET WITH THE APPLICANT AS WELL AND IT WAS AT THIS POINT I'M STRONG ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT I DON'T THINK AT THIS REQUEST THAT HE HAS MADE A CONCESSION THAT GIVES ME THE STOMACH TO SAY IT'S WORTH IT BECAUSE HE'S ONLY WILLING TO GIVE 20%. I EVEN TOLD THE APPLICANT I WOULDN'T EVEN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. THIS WAS THE 50% AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU HAVE THE APPETITE FOR 50% EITHER. SO I CAN'T SUPPORT IT AS WELL. I HAVE A QUESTION OF MAYBE PROCESS AND REAL QUICK WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING SO CLOSE WHAT IS THE PLUS FOR THE TOWN WHEN YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT UP ZONING AND ADDED DENSITY THAT THAT BUT DO WE ALLOW THEM TO GO INTO AN EXISTING IS THERE A NEGATIVE FOR THE TOWN FOR THEM TO GO INTO AN EXISTING LIKE LIKE WALTER COMMONS DO YOU D MEAN THESE ARE PLUS OR MINUS FOR US OR DO WE SUGGEST THAT APPLICANTS DO THAT IT IT REALLY DEPENDS WHAT'S AROUND IT SO IF THE PROPERTY WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE BURNT CHURCH DISTILLERIES ONCE PROPERTY CAME IN AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN OWNS IT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THAT GENERAL MIXED USE THROUGH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDERS THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE THAT LOCATION AT THIS LOCATION OF THE BUCKWALTER PAD ADJACENT TO THAT FROM A CONSISTENCY STANDPOINT YOU'RE ABLE TO THEN INCORPORATE INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. NOW IF IT WENT FORWARD YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO PUT CONDITIONS ON THAT AS YOU AS YOU CHOOSE RIGHT USES AND YEAH AND AT THIS TIME THAT INTENT TO ANNEX AGAIN IT'S THE APPLICATION WE'RE PRESENTING THE APPLICATION TO YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD THEN WE COULD TAKE GUIDANCE YOU AND THEN POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE LAND USE YOU KNOW WE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY FOR FUTURE EVEN THIS ONE IT COULD GO BACK TO SAY NO WE WANT YOU PART OF THAT MAYBE COUNCIL WOULD HEAR YOU KNOW WHERE DO WE WHERE CAN WE BE THE MOST STRINGENT WITH RIGHT YOU GROUP THROUGH ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PERCENT WE MAYBE WE PUT IT IN I CATEGORY THAT WOULD DEMAND IT YOU KNOW IF IT WEREN'T IN BUCKWALTER IF THERE'S YES THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT WOULD COME INTO PLAY THAT DURING THE PROCESS WE WOULD RESEARCH AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT. OKAY WELL IT IS I'VE TRIED OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS TO HAVE SOME SOME RESPECT WITH THE COUNTY AND VICE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T START RESPECTING WHAT EACH OF US HAVE IN ZONING THEN WHEN DOES IT STOP AND.

IT IS IT'S GREAT FOR TWO HOUSES TO 104 IS IS A LOT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY WILL DO BUT I THINK IT SHOWS THEM THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE RIGHT OF A LOT OF WRONGS BUT LOT OF GOODS HAVE HAPPENED BUT GROWTH IS IS KIND OF CRAZY. SO I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE SO I CAN READ A MOTION OR SOMEONE READ IT I'M GETTING THE FEELING THERE A MOTION TO DECLINE I'LL GO THAT WAY. IS THERE A MOVE TO MOTION TO DECLINE TO ACCEPT THE ACCEPTANCE OF MOSEY DEVELOPMENT LLC IS 100% ANNEXATION PETITIONS TO IMPROVE CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES WITH THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CORPORATE BOUNDARIES CONSISTING OF TOTAL OF 7.76 ACRES AND BEARING THE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS ARE 600 OH TWO, NINE AND TWO SO A SOME OF THEIR SECOND THINKING NEED DISCUSSION YES MA'AM.

ONE FINAL POINT TO STAFF SO DON'T AND I'M SPEAKING FOR ME I I WOULD THINK THERE'S OTHERS THE TABLE THAT MAY FEEL THE SIMILAR WAY BUT WE'RE NOT ANTI ANNEXATION AND WE'RE NOT ANTI AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBVIOUSLY WE WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESPERATELY AND SO I THINK THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT WALKED IN THE DOOR AND THAT WAS A WIN WIN FOR THE TOWN AND A WIN THE DEVELOPER AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE AFFORDABLE FRONT IT MIGHT GET A DIFFERENT LOOK BUT THIS ONE DID NOT WEIGH THAT HEAVILY. YOU KNOW LIKE COUNCILMAN SAID IT JUST IT DIDN'T REACH OUR BAR WHERE WE MORE BENEFIT AS AN EQUAL PLAYER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT BECAUSE. I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR STAFF TO

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READ OUR MINDS BUT SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE AGREES WITH THAT BUT I YOU KNOW YEAH AND I'LL ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP WITH DAN BECAUSE.

WE WE REALLY PUT OUR HEART INTO THIS AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE OR NOT. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO EVEN WORK THEY WERE ASKING FOR APPROXIMATELY $300,000 A YEAR IN TAX FORGIVENESS IF I COULD USE THAT WORD WHICH DURING THE MATH 300 A YEAR TERMS 30 YEARS IS $9 MILLION THAT WOULD BE OUR INVESTMENT INTO A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH 104 HOMES THAT WE DIDN'T OWN AND I. I DIDN'T LIKE THOSE NUMBERS PERSONALLY THAT THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE TOWN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR TYPE OF THING I THINK YOU

[IX.2. Approval to Authorize Intergovernmental Joint Funding Agreement for the Stoney Creek Sewer Project - Stephen Steese, Town Manager]

THINK THAT'S THE STEPHEN APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE INTERGOVERNMENTAL JOINT FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR STONEY CREEK'S PROJECT IS NICE TO HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA THANK IF YOU NEED ME TO PRESENT OR JUST I MEAN SO I DO HAVE A RIGHT TO PRESENT LONG NO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES AGAIN A LOT OF THINGS WE KNOW HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME.

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY MAY NOT KNOW SO I WANTED TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE . SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE MAY RIVER AND STONEY CREEK THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR DECADES NOW.

YEAH, ABOUT A DECADE PLUS WE'VE TESTED AROUND THE AREA OF STONEY CREEK AND THEY HAD MAY RIVER FOR MANY YEARS. WE'VE ALSO DOCUMENTED HUMAN COLIFORM THAT HAS IMPACTED THE RIVER. UM IT'S BEEN TRACED TO FAILING SEPTIC TANKS SYSTEMS RISING TABLES AND OTHER SIMILAR SOURCES THAT END UP HEADING INTO THE NEW RIVER OR SORRY THE MAY RIVER RIGHT THERE AT THE HEAD. SO THE TOWN COUNTY AND B.J AND WATER SEWER AUTHORITY WE IDENTIFY THIS AS A PRIORITY AREA TO ADDRESS TO TRY TO GET THEM OFF SEPTIC AND ONTO SEWER AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE DID IS NOT JUST ONLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT HAS ON THE TOWN WITH THE SHELLFISHING THAT IS CURRENTLY BLOCKED UNAVAILABLE TO OCCUR DUE TO DEBT AS WELL AS THE TOURISM EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE RIVER THAT OCCURS ON THE MAE RIVER AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR ECONOMY. SO IT'S NOT ONLY FOR HEALTH AND BETTERMENT BUT ALSO FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY WE'VE BEEN SETTING FUNDING ASIDE FOR THIS FOR YEARS WE ACTUALLY A STORMWATER BOND TO HELP COVER THIS COST SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THAT BEEN WAITING FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD ALL PARTIES COUNTY BEACH WCA AND THE TOWN CAME TOGETHER TO APPLY FOR SKIP GRANT, A SOUTH CAROLINA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND THOSE BECAME AVAILABLE THROUGH ARPA FUNDS ONCE THE STATE ISSUE MOVED A BUNCH OF FUNDS OVER THERE TO PUSH PROJECTS LIKE THIS FORWARD THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING FOR A LONG TIME. SO WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY AND GET IT JUST SHORT OF $6 MILLION TO FUND THIS HELP FUND THIS PROJECT OF ABOUT A $8 MILLION TOTAL OVERALL BUDGET.

SO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS NEED AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT DEFINES HOW ALL THREE PARTIES ARE GOING TO COOPERATE COOPERATE TOGETHER TO GET THIS PROJECT COMPLETE.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE RGA IN YOUR PACKET AND SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE TALKED TO SAY BOARD MEMBERS WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS FOR MONTHS TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD SO THE HOW OUT OF IT IS ULTIMATELY BJ WSI IS GOING TO BE TAKING THE MAJOR IN THIS WHICH IS THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE AS THE OWNER OF THIS PROJECT.

THEY'RE GOING TO OVERSEE THE ENGINEERING THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION COMMUNITY OUTREACH ,ALL OF THAT THAT'S INVOLVED IN MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD. THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM, THE CONNECTING EXISTING STRUCTURES TO THE SYSTEM AND DECOMMISSIONING THE SEPTIC TANKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT THERE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO SERVE AS A GRANT ADMINISTRATOR AND DEAL WITH THE STATE ON REPORTING AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERYTHING SO THEY'RE TAKING THE HEAVY LIFT ON THIS. I DON'T WANT TO SAY OUR PORTION IS NOT AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE THE FUNDERS SO WE HELP PROVIDE THE FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD. BUT COUNTY AND BLUFFTON ULTIMATELY WILL BE AGREEING TO PROVIDE BETWEEN ABOUT 1.1 TO 1.25 MILLION. A LOT OF THAT ON PRICING AND HOW THINGS COME BACK IN TO HELP MOVE PROJECT FORWARD. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE LAST BUDGET THIS CERP OUR PORTION WAS A THIRD OF ABOUT 5 TO $6 MILLION

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ESTIMATED BUDGET. SO WE'VE BEEN BUDGETING CLOSE TO ABOUT 1.8 TO $2 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THIS IS BELOW WHAT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN HOLDING AND THAT'S THANKFUL TO THE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE SERVING AS REVIEW OR THROUGHOUT PROGRESS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PROGRESSING PROPERLY THAT WE'LL MEET MONTHLY TO RECONCILE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WORK PERFORMED MATCHES WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TO THE FUNDING TO MAKE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD . ONE OTHER NOTE IS THE INITIAL APPLICATION AND EVERYTHING THIS WAS STRICTLY FOR SEWER PJ WSJ HAS NOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE SEWER IN THIS AREA THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING WATER SERVICE IN THERE BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM TO MANAGE THEIR SYSTEM.

AND ALSO IF YOU'RE DIGGING A TO PURSUE YOU MIGHT AS WELL RUN WATER WHILE YOU'RE THERE SO THEY CAN GET SAVINGS OF EFFICIENCY AS WELL. THAT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $3.3 MILLION. PUT AN EXTRA ZERO IN THE WRONG COLUMN.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I JUST REALIZED THAT. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE COVERING 100% OF THAT COST COMPLETELY. WE'LL BE PAYING NO PORTION OF THE COST FOR WATER. OUR PORTION WILL ONLY GO FOR THE SEWER WHICH IS WE'VE COMMITTED TO ONE OTHER THING THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED AND AS WELL IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS GRANT IS THAT ANY CONNECTION ANYBODY WHO'S OUT THERE CURRENTLY CONNECTING TO THE SEWER THE GRANT WILL COVER MAKE SURE THERE'S NO COST FOR THEM TO BE CONNECTED AND BJ IS ALSO COMMITTED THEIR BOARD HAS THAT ANYBODY THERE CONNECTING TO WATER AS PART OF THIS INSTALLATION WILL NOT PAY ANY FEES TO BE CONNECTED TO AS WELL SO ANYBODY WHO HAS WELL WATER OR SEPTIC OUT THERE WHEN THIS PROJECT IS DONE THEY'LL BE CONNECTED AT NO.

THE ONLY THING THEY'LL HAVE MOVING FORWARD WILL BE A MONTHLY UTILITY BILL TO COVER THE COST OF THE WATER SERVICE BUT IT WILL NOT COST THEM ANYTHING TO TIED INTO THE SYSTEM. SO IN THE LONG THE GOAL IS IS WE REMOVE THE SEPTIC TANKS THAT MAY BE FAILING THAT WILL BE FUTURE FAILING AND ADDRESS ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS ALONG WHERE THE CAMPGROUND IS. I DIDN'T THIS IN HERE BUT ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THIS FALLS WITHIN THE COUNTY'S RIVER PROTECTION ZONING AREA SO THERE CAN'T BE MUCH DEVELOPMENT THIS AREA SO EVEN THOUGH ARE SEWER GOING IN IT IS VERY RESTRICTED I THINK IT IS ONE UNIT PER EVERY THREE ACRES OR FOUR ACRES I'M LOOKING AT KEVIN YEAH ONE FOR EVERY THREE SO WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IT'S WE'RE ANTICIPATING IT TO BE BETWEEN ABOUT 100 AND 150 EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT ARE OUT BUT THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR A LOT OF ANY OTHER GROWTH THERE UNLESS IT'S GOING TO BE VERY MINOR BECAUSE OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY AWARE OF THAT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT IT. SO NEXT STEPS B.J. WCA HAS APPROVED THIS THEY APPROVED IT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. IF COUNCIL APPROVES IT TONIGHT, WILL BE NEXT.

COUNTY HAS IT TO GO TO THEIR COMMITTEE ON 1127 INTO THEIR DECEMBER COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING APPROVE. SO ONCE EVERYBODY APPROVES WE'LL HAVE THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE. BUT B.J. WCA HAS ALREADY ACTUALLY ISSUED THE NOTICE TO PROCEED TO DESIGN THE PROJECT TO THE ENGINEER THEY ISSUED THAT ON OCTOBER 2ND AND THEN THEY ANTICIPATING FINAL DESIGN COMPLETE ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW AND AND THEN CONSTRUCTION TO WRAP UP I'M SORRY PROCUREMENT TO WRAP UP ABOUT THE FIRST 25 STAR CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND BY THE GRANT WE HAVE TO BE DONE BY THE END OF APRIL END OF MAY OF 2026 TO MEET THE GRANT REQUIREMENT. SO THEY'RE A TIME CRUNCH TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THE DESIGN. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID IF COUNCIL IS GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE A PROPOSED MOTION AND I CAN ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MAY HAVE ADDRESSED OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS THE STATE AND I WORK HERE FIRST. BRIDGET DAY I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MAY OF 25 OR 26 COMPLETION. YES SIR. THAT'S THE BEST WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT IS GOING TO BE TIGHT TO COMPLETE THAT IT'S THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A YEAR FOR DESIGN AND RIGHT ACQUISITION FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

YOU MAKE A SLIDE UP I MEAN IT SHAVES OFF A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT CAN WE NOT THEM TO START SOLICITING RIGHT AFTER THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE WHY THE THREE MONTH DELAY FROM OCTOBER TWO THAT THAT THAT ONE ONE IS WHEN THEY ANTICIPATE AWARDING THE DESIGN AWARDING IT SO IF DESIGNS COMPLETE OCTOBER AND THEY GO TO BID BID IT WILL OPEN AND SAY NOVEMBER 1ST NOVEMBER 10TH AND HAVE TO GO TO THEIR BOARD MEETING. SO THE END OF NOVEMBER DECEMBER WHENEVER THEIR BOARD MEETING IS ONE ONE IS WHEN THEY ANTICIPATE TO SAY THEIR NOTICE PROCEED THAT THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION AND THEY ALSO ALLOW THEMSELVES A YEAR FOR

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CONSTRUCTION WHICH THAT'S THAT'S JUST COVERED THERE. YEAH AND ACTUALLY IS THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR THE YEAH THAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR THE GRANT SO IT'S GOT TO BE DONE BEFORE THEN AND I CAN'T FORESEE CONSTRUCTION TAKING A YEAR FROM START TO FINISH YOU KNOW A PROJECT LIKE THIS I AGREE WITH FRED AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE FRUSTRATED AT TIME. I THINK WE STARTED MEETING WITH THEM WEEKLY AND IT REALLY EVERYONE WAS AT THE SAME TABLE TALKING AND OPINIONS ON THINGS QUICKLY IF WE CAN KEEP MEETING AND GETTING UPDATES ON THEIR DESIGN, THEIR PERMITS OR EASEMENTS REALLY JUST HELP HELP THEM WHERE THEY CAN AND YOU KNOW MAYBE THEY CAN WE WILL BE MORE GLAD TO DO THAT.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PROGRESSING AND THEY'RE MEETING THE SCHEDULE AND THAT WE'RE PUSHING THEM BUT AGAIN TO REMEMBER THEY'RE THE PROJECT MANAGERS SO IF THEY TELL US THAT THEY'RE MOVING AS FAST IF WE TAKE OUR MONEY AWAY ALL WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THE PROJECT'S NOT GOING TO GET DONE. BUT A REMINDER OF THE MONTHLY UPDATE JUST THINK IT HOLDS EVERYONE'S FEET WELL AND I'VE BEEN IN SOME OF THE MEETINGS WE HAD I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITY THAT THIS TAKES THAT'S BEEN RELAYED FROM THE TOWN.

THE PART OF THE FRUSTRATION THAT WE'VE HAD ON OUR END IS IT'S TAKEN US THIS LONG TO EVEN GET THE RGA IN PLACE RIGHT. THEY'VE IT'S WASTED PROBABLY FOUR MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS JUST GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM TRYING TO GET THEIR GET IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS READY TO BE ADOPTED BY ALL PARTIES AND THAT'S BEEN SO ARE DEFINITELY PLACES THAT WE CAN HELP PUSH AND WE WILL BE MORE GLAD AND WE WILL DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO I, I THINK WHAT I MENTIONED IN A COMMUNICATION THAT DAY IS TO GET TO A WHERE WE HAVE MAYBE MONTHLY OR BI MONTHLY MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD EVEN THROUGH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO HELP EXPEDITE AND I THINK THEY HEAR THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM FROM US ANYTHING ELSE SEEMS. MR. WOOD YEAH, I DO. TO COUNCILMAN HAMILTON'S POINT I SAID WHEN I SAW THE SCHEDULE WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THE END DATE BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY CAN GET ALL THOSE EASEMENTS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. HAVING HAD EXPERIENCE WITH EASEMENT ACQUISITION THEY DO THEY WILL REALLY BE DOING A GREAT FEAT. SO AGAIN I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAY TOP OF THIS WITH THEM BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE CAVEAT THAT SLOWS DOWN AS WE ALL KNOW YOU KNOW, GET THE GET THE RIGHT AWAY AND APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T PUT ALL THE DETAILS IN HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET WAY DOWN IN THE WEEDS.

BUT WE'RE THIS IS GOING TO BE PHASED IN SO THEY'LL BE WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE AND PHASES WHERE THEY HAVE YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE RGA THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT IN THERE WHERE IT SHOWS LIKE CLUSTERS OF PROPERTY OWNERS THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THOSE THROUGH PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE ONES CLOSEST THE THE IMPACT OF THE RIVER FIRST AND MOVING FURTHER AWAY AS WE AS WE MOVE SO I THINK THEIR GOAL IS TO DESIGN THE OVERALL SYSTEM START ACQUIRING THE ROADWAYS IN PHASES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO START THIS PHASE WE HAVE THOSE RIGHT AWAY WHERE THEY'RE STILL SECURING THE NEXT ONES AND SO FORTH.

SO THEY HAVE THEY'LL HAVE TIME THROUGH CONSTRUCTION TO MOVE THROUGH THE PHASES TO GET ACROSS TO ACQUIRE ROADWAYS AS WELL ANOTHER QUESTION IS ON THE DROP DATE AND THE 100% COMPLETION SAY THAT THEY COMPLETE 75% THEN WE'LL BE FINE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE TO COMPLETE BY THAT DATE WHAT'S REQUIRED WHAT WE RECEIVED BY THE GRANT WHICH IS 75% OF THE TOTAL COST IS JUST FAIRLY RIGHT THEN THERE'LL BE FIVE IN TWO MORE TWO MORE OBSERVATIONS KUDOS TO TO THIS COUNCIL AGAIN THIS GOES BACK MANY YEARS AND FOR US STICKING TO IT KUDOS FOR US BRINGING UP THE FACT ABOUT THE LATERALS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF THAT WAS NOT BEING ADDRESSED AND I ALSO AGAIN I WANT TO SAY AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS BUT KUDOS TO MR. REPRESENTATIVE KURZMAN FOR HELPING IN THIS PROCESS AND BECAUSE ALL OF THIS SHOWS THE PUBLIC ALL OF BLUFFTON THESE PROBLEMS CANNOT JUST BE BY BLUFFTON.

THIS IS ANOTHER REGIONAL PROJECT AND IT COULD NOT BE DONE ANY OTHER WAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? MR. HAMILTON WHAT ABOUT COSTS OF MATERIALS OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME? WOULD THAT INCREASE AND CAUSE US TO HAVE THE BRING IN MORE FUNDING IF IT IS? THAT'S WHY I PUT AN ESTIMATED COST IN THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY BUT . WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE MONTHLY STATEMENTS ON THE STATEMENTS MONTHLY TO SEE WHAT THE COSTS AND EVERYTHING ARE COMING IN

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AT. AND IF WE REACH A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND ADDRESS ANYTHING ELSE. SARAH MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL JOINT FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH STONEY SEWER STONEY CREEK SEWER EXPANSION PROJECT I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT WHO WANTS TO NEED DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR SAY THE THING I OPPOSE THANK YOU.

[IX.3. Consideration of Ordinance Amending Chapter 6 – Businesses and Business Regulations, Appendix A – Business Licenses Rate Schedule and Appendix B – Business License Class Schedule by NAICS Codeof the Town Code as Required by Act 176 of 2020. - First Reading - Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

THANK YOU. ITEM THREE UNDER FORMAL ITEMS CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER SIX BUSINESS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS APPENDIX EIGHT AND APPENDIX B SCHEDULE BY NEXT CODE OF TOWN OF CODE OF THE TOWN CODE AS REQUIRED BY ACT 176 TO 2020.

NATALIE GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX APPENDIX B OF CHAPTER SIX AND JUST AS A REMINDER COINCIDES AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ACT 176 WHICH IS THE BUSINESS LICENSE STANDARDIZATION ACT AND SO BULLETED IS WE WILL BE UPDATING OUR ORDINANCE ON THE ODD YEAR SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF OF THAT UPDATE I MAY I SEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE ADOPTED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR THERE WERE SOME CHANGES WITH SOME OF THE NEXT MEMBERS AND A RECOMMENDED WITH CLASS 8.6 PERTAINING TO BILL TABLES AND THEN ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THEIR REMOVAL OF CLASSES 9.41 AND 9.42 AS THAT NEXT CODE NO LONGER EXISTS WHICH PERTAINS TO PEDDLERS AND HERE IS THE RECOMMENDED RATE CLASS SCHEDULE WITH THOSE CHANGES AGAINST WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND IF I GO TOO FAST PLEASE BUT AFTER THE ANALYSIS OF THE UPDATE FROM MAY I THERE WAS A MINIMAL REVENUE IMPACT TO OUR BUSINESS REVENUE. WE ARE RECOMMENDING NO CHANGES FOR CLASSES ONE THROUGH EIGHTH AND AS A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT RATE CLASS 9.7 WHICH CURRENTLY IS AT A DOLLAR PER THOUSAND BE UPDATED TO A DOLLAR 15 PER THOUSAND WHICH WOULD UPDATE WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE UPDATE THE 7 TO 2 NEXT CODES WHICH ARE BEING MOVED A CLASS 1 TO 3 CLASS TWO AND HERE IS OUR TABLE WITH THOSE AGAIN WE'RE RECOMMENDING NO CHANGES TO RATE CLASSES ONE THROUGH EIGHT AND NEXT STEPS.

THIS WILL GO BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING AND NEXT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AND IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FOR BUSINESS LICENSES THAT BEGIN ON MAY 1ST OF 2024 AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE WENT AS PART OF THE STANDARDIZATION ACT NO CHANGES AND THE RECOMMENDED MOTION I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE YOU HAD, SAID PEDDLERS. BUT DID YOU MEAN PAWNBROKERS? NO, I ACTUALLY DID MEAN PEDDLERS. SO THE NEXT CODE THAT IS FOR PEDDLERS NO LONGER EXISTS.

SO WHAT MASC IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT THOSE FALL INTO WHAT THEIR NATURAL RATE CLASS WOULD BE WOULD BE IN A CLASS JUST IT BE YES IT WOULD BE YES SURE. SO I KNOW YOU ALL DO A GOOD JOB, NATALIE UPDATING THIS ON THE THE WEBSITE WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSES WELL THAT SAME PLAN IN PLACE OR HOW WILL COMMUNICATION BE DISSEMINATED BUSINESS OWNERS WHO POTENTIALLY WOULD BE IMPACTED WITH THE RATE QUESTION WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO REACH OUT TO THOSE BUSINESSES ARE IMPACTED THERE ARE TWO CLASSES OR TWO NEXT CODES THAT DO MOVE UP.

NOBODY MOVES MORE THAN ONE CLASS WHICH IS GOOD AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME NEXT CODES THAT DO MOVE DOWN A COUPLE OF CLASSES AND WE WILL REACH OUT TO THOSE BUSINESSES IMPACTED.

THANK YOU. MR.. ANYTHING OVER HERE, MR..

HAMILTON I JUST WANT TO KNOW WE JUST TRYING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THE NEXT CAUSED BY INCREASE IN OUR RATE. NO, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING A RATE INCREASE WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CLASS SCHEDULE. BUT YOU SAID ONE CLASS WAS GOING UP 1515 SINCE SO WE LET'S SEE IF I IF THIS WILL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER IF YOU LOOK AT IT'S NEAR THE BOTTOM 72 OUR FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING AND CURRENTLY THAT IS IN A RATE CLASS ONE AND MASC IS RECOMMENDING THAT THAT NEXT MOVE UP TO A RATE CLASS TWO SO

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JUST BELOW THAT HAVE AN ISOLATED EARNINGS CODE THAT IS 7 TO 2 FOR TEN AND THOSE ARE DRINKING PLACES AND THOSE IN OUR RATE CLASS NINE SCHEDULE AND SO CURRENTLY THAT CLASS NINE HAS IT AT A ONE AT A DOLLAR PER THOUSAND BUT WE THAT IT BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE OTHER NEXT CODES THAT BEGIN WITH 72 ARE MOVING TO IN CLASS TWO SO RATE CLASS ONE IS CURRENTLY A DOLLAR PER THOUSAND AND A RATE CLASS TWO IS A DOLLAR 15 PER THOUSAND.

JUST CONFUSE ME. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. ALL RIGHT THEN LET ME SEE IF THIS WILL HELP YOU.

SO THAT EXPLAINED THAT NEXT CODE OF IT AND HERE'S WHERE OUR RATE SCHEDULE IS SO A RATE CLASS ONE THE BASE FEE OF $50 AND THEN AFTER BASE ALLOWANCE OF $2,000 IT'S ASSESSED AT A DOLLAR PER THOUSAND SO CURRENTLY ARE 770 222 NEXT CODES WHICH ARE TYPICALLY RESTAURANTS ARE IN A RATE CLASS ONE BUT THAT THAT THEY MOVE UP TO A RATE CLASS TWO SO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE 7 TO 2 FOR TEN WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT THAT SAME PER THOUSAND RATE AT A DOLLAR 15 LIKE THE ONE TO RIGHT CLASS RIGHT 12345678 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 9.7. YEAH WHY WOULD 9.7 WHY IS 9.7 AND ADDED I'M KIND OF WHERE HE IS I'M IT'S GOT IT'S CLASS A 9.7 IT DOES SO WE HAVE A RATE NINE SCHEDULE AND SO IS ISOLATED OUT FOR ANY IT IS DRINKING PLACES AND ALCOHOLIC BUT SO BARS TYPICALLY THAT DON'T HAVE FOOD ARE IN THAT NEXT CLASS CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THE MOMENT IN THE TOWN BUT IT'S SEPARATED OUT AND IT'S PUT INTO A RATE CLASS 9.7 IN OUR BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE YEAH SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST LOCATION GIVEN THE RECOMMENDATION? SO FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT 7 TO 2.

THE OUTLIER OF DRINKING PLACES WAS A 9.7 BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO MATCH IT TO FOOD AND BEVERAGES SENTENCE IN THAT SAME CATEGORY SO BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING AS MSA C IS ACTS UP TO THAT RATE CLASS TWO IT'S GOING TO MOVE 9.7 WHICH IS REALLY TO TO 14 UP TO THAT REQUIRES TWO ALSO JUST TO BE ON LEVEL WITH THE SAME THING SO WE'RE NOT INCREASING IT'S BEING INCREASED BECAUSE IT'S MOVING TO A DIFFERENT BECAUSE GOING TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL RIGHT AND TECHNICALLY YOU CAN'T HAVE THE THE BUSINESS OF BARS SELLING ALCOHOL WITHOUT FOOD RIGHT.