Dec 04, 2023 Town of Hilton Head Gullah Geechee Land & Cultural Preservation Task Force

[1. Call to Order]

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PROVIDING WELCOME TO THE FUTURE MAKE THE CASE FOR THIS MEETING THIS IS DECEMBER 4TH 2015 THREE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CALL THIS MEETING TO TO ORDER AND I AM HEARING THAT AND KAREN ARE HERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOU HERE THANK YOU WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY IS TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO DEAL WITH THIS THIS MEETING THIS IS THE LAST WEEK FOR THIS YEAR AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS REALLY YOU WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MOMENTUM AND OF COURSE IT DOESN'T COME ABOUT CHALLENGES BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PRESENCE WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE AS WE HAVE AND MR. ALEX BROWN FROM RED CROSS, THANK YOU FOR BEING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WELCOME MR. KINDNESS AND TO THE REST OF OUR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WELCOME THE BRANDING TO THE ISLANDS TO THE FIND HIS WAY AROUND THE TABLE WITH HIM YET PLEASED TO CONFIRM TO YOU TO LET HIM KNOW HE'S WELCOME HERE AND HIM AND SUPPORT THE WORK THAT HE'S THE LET ME GO AHEAD

[2. Adoption of the Agenda]

[3. Approval of the Minutes]

[Additional Item]

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WE WILL SEEK THAT AMONG WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE RESTORED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, THE COMPANY CORPORATION TO GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS

[5. Staff Report]

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON ELMO PHASE FIVE BUT I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT IF ANYONE HAS ANY REGARDING UPDATE IN REFERENCE TO THE OTHER MOMENT. YES, WE ARE STILL ANTICIPATING SOME CONSULTANTS ADVISORY WORK.

YES TO MY UNDERSTANDING THE LAST UPDATE IS WE HAVE BEGUN INTERVIEWS CONSULTANTS AND I I'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER UPDATE ON THAT. THANKS I MISSED YOU THE WORK WE DID INTERVIEW TWO CONSULTANTS FOR THE ELMO OVERHAUL PROJECT LAST WEEK AND WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO HIRE ONE OF THEM. WE ANTICIPATE CODE OVERHAUL FROM BEGINNING TO END TO BE A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS AND OF COURSE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL IN THIS AGENDA TO TO WORK ON AMENDMENTS TO FAMILY COMPOUND AND SUBDIVISION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.

SO WE HOPE TO HAVE A CODE WRITER UNDER CONTRACT YET THIS MONTH AND HOPE LAUNCH THAT PROJECT IN IN JANUARY THANK WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A HOME AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION THIS RELATES TOMORROW NIGHT THANK YOU THANK YOU.

WITH THAT THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR GENERAL STAFF UPDATES ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GENERAL UPDATES

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IF I CONTINUE ON YOU MAY CONTINUE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OUR NEXT REPORT AND UPDATE BE ON THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN. I BELIEVE IN THE PACKET YOU'LL SEE REPORT THAT HAS THE NUMBER OF PIECES I'M GOING TO LEAVE OUR AGENDA UP HERE BUT IN TOTAL FROM OUR LAST MEETING IN NOVEMBER YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S STILL 66 CASES. I DID A DEEP DOVE PAST MONTH AND I WENT INTO EVERY SINGLE FILE AND FOLDER AND AND MADE SURE THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY DUPLICATES TO ENSURE THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE ANYBODY. I FOLLOWED UP WITH A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE STILL OUTSTANDING AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE CONSIDERED ON AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT APPLICANTS ARE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE STILL HAVE THEIR DATA AND THEIR INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND THAT THEY'RE NOT LOST INTO THE ETHER OF STUDIO. SO WE I FOUND TWO DUPLICATES I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE TASK FORCE THERE ARE TWO DUPLICATES FROM 2022 AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS IS THAT THE FOLDERS FROM 2022 WERE JUST CARRIED OVER INTO OUR 23 RECORDING SO THEY WERE DOUBLE COUNTED INTO OUR REPORTING NUMBERS SO NEXT MONTH WE WON'T HAVE ANY DISCREPANCIES LIKE THAT BECAUSE I'VE GONE THROUGH EVERY FOLDER AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THE NUMBERS NOW AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED TWO NEW APPLICATIONS THIS MONTH WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING SO WITH THAT I'M ALWAYS OPEN SUGGESTIONS I THINK IN THE NEW YEAR I WOULD LOVE TO CREATE SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION TO NOT REVITALIZE THE DESIGN STUDIO BUT TO BRING IT TO THE OF THE COMMUNITY AGAIN TO TO REMIND THAT WE HAVE THIS NICE SERVICE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS BIG OR SMALL AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A PLAT THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW CHANGING OR ALTERING FOR A FAMILY.

IT COULD JUST BE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONNECT THEM TO ANY COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CDC AND CONNECTING WITH THAT GROUP AS WELL BUT THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO REPORT BACK TO THE FAMILY AS WHEN A PERSON GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THE DESIGN STUDIO ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL WHEN AND IF THEY'VE COMPLETED THE PROJECT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT WITH THE IDEA PERSON TO KNOW IF THEY COMPLETED THE PROCESS? YES. SO WE HAVE A DESIGN LOG AND EACH HAS A FEW DIFFERENT STEPS SO THEY HAVE BASICALLY A TRACKING IN OUR LOG OF THEIR STATUS AND THEIR MOST RECENT COMMUNIQUES AND IF THEY'VE MET WITH US WHAT THE DETAILS INCLUDED. AND THEN EACH MONTH I CHECK IN ON THE STATUS EITHER THEY'RE ON HOLD IN PROGRESS COMPLETED OR WITHDRAWN. I THINK THOSE ARE THE FOUR STATUSES SO IN THAT LOG I CAN NICELY SEE IF THEY'RE COMPLETED THEN YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT THE MONTHS AND SEE WHICH APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

SO SO ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US OF ANY CASES THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS BEING COMPLETELY COMPETITIVE PROJECT YES. OKAY YEP.

SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE'LL COMMUNICATE WITH THE AND WE'LL SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING DESIGN STUDIO YOU HAVE TWO STANDARD AND TYPICAL MEETINGS.

YOU TYPICALLY HAVE A FACT MEETING IN THE BEGINNING TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT, ASK QUESTIONS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY OR WHAT QUESTIONS THEY HAVE OR HOW WE CAN HELP. THEN AFTER THE FACT FINDING MEETING TYPICALLY THERE'S A DESIGN MEETING WHERE WE GET TOGETHER WITH OTHER PLAN REVIEWERS THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE FAMILY IS TO DO, THEY PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE FAMILY AND THEN WE MEET WITH FAMILY SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE OR FOUR TIMES TO MAKE CHANGES AND ALTERATIONS AND THEN WE'LL SAY THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR DESIGN STUDIO ONCE IT'S OUT OF PLACE THAT THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM NEXT STEPS WHETHER IT'S A SMALL RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION, A FAMILY COMPOUND, A JUST A REGULAR MINOR DPR WE GIVE THEM KIND OF THOSE NEXT STEPS ON WHERE THEY TAKE THEIR APPLICATION OR THEY JUST STAY WITH THEIR PLAT TOO OR SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT BE READY TO DEVELOP CHANGE ANYTHING BUT THEY WANT SOMETHING ON PAPER OF THEIR ROADMAP SOMETIMES THAT'S THE END TO YEAH THAT'S RIGHT THAT'S

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WE COULD HAVE A MENTORSHIP STYLE PROGRAM AND I OUR NEXT MEETING I CAN LOOK INTO THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU. I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL YEAH. THANKS. YES, MR. STEDMAN, MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY OR DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE PLACEMENTS? I I'M AWARE OF ONE FAMILY WHERE TRYING TO GET A MOBILE HOME OR WANTING TO GET HOME OR HAVE A HOME PLACEMENT RECENTLY AND IT'S THEY WENT AND HAD QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO GET IT DONE SO DID YOU KIND OF HAVE A HOME BECAUSE WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW UNDER THIS DESIGN STUDIO I WOULD SAY AND THE MOBILE HOME PLACEMENT PROCESS IS ONE THAT I, I, I KNOW OUR DESIGN SERVICES MANAGER IS WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SOME HEARTBURN WITH THE PROCESS AND RIGHTFULLY SO SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE CONTACT OF THAT PERSON AND FOLLOW UP AND KIND OF SEE IF THEY'RE IN OUR ON HOLD STATUS OR IF YOU WANT TO CHAT AT THE OF THIS MEETING. BUT YES WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW MOBILE HOMES AND. THEY'RE NOT THE EASIEST PROCESS THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY A TREND IN A SIMILAR COLOR. THERE WAS THINGS I THINK THE TASK WAS PUT IN PLACE TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THAT PROCESS SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT I RECALL AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WERE BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF I MIGHT SAY RED TAPE IN ORDER TO DO ALL WE HAVE WE HAVE PUSHED TO STREAMLINE MOST REQUIREMENTS AND THE LAST WERE YOU KNOW, IT WAS BUILT OUT OF THERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT REALLY IMPACTS THESE THESE KINDS OF THINGS. THEY ARE STILL RUNNING INTO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A MOBILE THAT I THINK ALL THESE QUESTIONS GREAT AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU I'D PROPOSE ALSO OUR JANUARY MEETING BRINGING AN UPDATE ON THIS THAT I MEAN LIKE TO KEEP THIS STILL THE PRIMARY SOURCE FOR A OF THE FAMILIES TO HAVE THESE MOBILE HOMES AND AT ONE POINT YOU KNOW SEEMS AND I'VE BEEN ON THE TRACK THE LENGTH OF TOWN AND COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR MOBILE HOMES AND KNOW THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE SOME VERY DIFFICULT YES I WOULD AGREE SO THAT'LL GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY REVIEW PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES I THINK YOU SAID THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AT THE DESK FIRST BEFORE CONVERSATION BEFORE I CAN PULL THOSE UP AND THE RECORDINGS AND SUMMARIZE WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO REMOVE A FEW STEPS I SO I CAN GET A SUMMARY ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHERE THAT IS.

OKAY THANK YOU FOR MR. COCONUT QUESTION YEAH. OUT OF THE 66 CASES HOW ARE YOU STAYING UP WITH THIS? ARE YOU STAYING UPDATED WITH THEM? SO TYPICALLY EITHER CALL OR EMAIL THE FAMILY MEMBERS TO UPDATE ON THEIR PROCESS AND I HAVE A 30 DAY WINDOW TO NOT I DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW TOO OFTEN BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYONE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FALL OUT OF THE LOOP TYPICALLY EVERY 30 DAYS IF SOMEBODY IS ON HOLD OR INACTIVE. MY WORKFLOW RIGHT NOW JUST TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING AND TOUCH AND AS A PEOPLE THEY HAVEN'T GOT IN TOUCH WITH OR THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION THERE I HAVE ONE THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW I WON'T NAME BUT I WON'T STOP FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM UNLESS

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THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YEAH. OKAY.

OTHER QUESTIONS ON TAKING A TURN. ARE YOU PUTTING THE MOBILE PHONES BACK AS FAR AS NAME COMES? A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED. I THINK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I DO RECALL WHAT WAS GOING WE HAD HAD AN IT WAS ON HOW YOU DO THIS HOMEWORK STUPID ONE THING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS AND YOU HAVE IT FOR ONCE AN OPTION YOU HEAR KNOW THAT'S PART BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO WE TALKED DO INVOLVE THE COUNTENANCE OF THE OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT MAY BE OUR CONTROL BUT WE DID ONE IN EVERY CONFERENCE TO COME TO THE DESIGN STUDIO THAT CAN HELP THEM GET TO WHERE THEY WHERE THEY WITHOUT TOO MUCH FUNDING HERE AND THEIR DIFFERENT PLACES YES AND I THINK YOU'RE MIKE MAY BE OFF I THINK WE GO TO FIGURE IT OUT NOW OKAY YEAH YES.

SO I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO ADD MORE STREAMLINED WORKFLOWS INTO DESIGN STUDIO SO WHEN HAVE A GOOD IDEA WITH THE FAMILY OF OKAY YOU WANT TO ADD A MOBILE TO YOUR PROPERTY OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO PREFABRICATED OR MAYBE YOU'RE JUST DIVIDING YOUR HOME I LOVE TO HAVE LIKE A NICE POCKET OR SOMETHING THE FAMILY CAN TAKE AWAY WHICH I THINK IN THE PAST WE'D LIKE MR.. BARNWELL THERE WERE THINGS LIKE THAT LIKE FAMILIES COULD TAKE A PACKET AWAY AND IT WOULD HAVE A LOT OF KIND OF Q&A AND TYPICAL QUESTIONS DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE PLACE THE DESIGN STUDIO TO GO RIGHT NOW AND YOU HEAR ME CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL HAVE SOME RESOURCES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE IN TRYING TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY OR IF THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME HELP WITH SOME OF THE FINANCING IMPACT IT PLAN TO BE A DEVELOPER AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

YEAH SO AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WORK THAT WAS WORKSHOP ON LAST THURSDAY TO CDC. I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL INTENDED AND WE GET TO GET SOME GOOD INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS AGAIN WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT IN COMPETITION WITH THE CDC BUT WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THEM. YEAH, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES WILL BECOME AVAILABLE . AS YOU KNOW I HAVE ONE THAT I'M WORKING WITH PERSONALLY KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN SOME OF THE ADVICE THAT I'M GIVING HER IS AS TO HOW THE RESOURCES FROM THE CDC CAN WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL. YEAH, WHICH IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF QUESTION AS AN ASIDE, WHY DON'T THE PUBLIC HAVE QUESTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY.

YOU CAN CONTINUE ON. THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR PROGRAM UPDATE AFTER IT AFTER OH OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLAN OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RECORD SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE WE'VE ONLY REALLY RECEIVED ONE NEW APPLICATION THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH APPLICANTS WHO NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THEIR PACKETS .

KIND OF LIKE ALEXIS WE LIKE TO CHECK IN ABOUT EVERY 30 DAYS OR SO EMAIL AND WE CALL WELL SO WE WILL KEEP WE WILL KEEP REACHING OUT UNLESS AGAIN THEY TELL US THAT THEY DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE THEY DON'T WANT US TO THERE ARE A FEW APPLICANTS WHO HAVEN'T WHO HAVEN'T RESPOND RESPONDED TO OUR OUTREACH. SO BUT AGAIN WE WILL KEEP TRYING EFFORTS PASSION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HOMEOWNERS TO UP START DATES FOR PERMANENT PROJECTS AS WELL BUT WE HAVE NOT AWARDED ANY NEW PROJECTS SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON THE ONES THAT WERE ALREADY AWARDED AND THEN AS PER YOUR REQUEST FROM LAST TIME CHRIS HAS BEEN WORKING HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE MAP FOR YOU THAT KIND OF JUST SHOWS YOU WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE WHICH AS

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YES. SO THE GREEN ONES ARE THE ONES HAVE BEEN FULLY COMPLETED SO WE DONE THE RENOVATION OR WHATEVER THEY NEEDED THOSE HAVE FULLY COMPLETED THE ONES THAT ARE INCOMPLETE ALSO HAVE THE ONES THAT ARE IN PROGRESS. SO THE ONES THAT I JUST MENTIONED NOW FIRST PASSION IS WORKING WITH THEIR INCLUDED IN THE IN THE RED OAK THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY COMPLETED YET. THEY'RE IN PROGRESS OF GETTING THEIR REPAIRS AND THEN WE NEED ANOTHER COLOR FOR SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE OKAY I'LL BRING THAT TO YOU IN PROGRESS.

YEAH. TWO THINGS ONE AGAIN IF YOU CAN JUST TELL US WHEN THIS PROGRAM STARTED WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AS OF NOVEMBER 17 BUT IF YOU CAN JUST ALWAYS ADD START DATE SORRY SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SECOND THING IS ON THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM YOU ASKED MR. CHAIRMAN ABOUT IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF YOU COULD DEVELOP A PROGRAM WHERE WORK PROACTIVELY REACHING OUT WITH THE GOAL THAT 100% OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE CONNECTED TO SEWER SYSTEM BY EXIT DATE AND JUST TO BE MORE ATTENTIONAL WITH WITH THAT HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO CHRIS AS WELL AND SEE WHAT WE CAN. I THINK THAT WE'VE A PRETTY GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONNECTED. THERE'S STILL PROBABLY A FEW OUT THERE THAT RECORD AS WELL. SO QUITE A FEW WHO CHOSE NOT TO BE CONNECTED THAT THAT SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT 100% WILL LOOK LIKE 100% OF THOSE WHO WANT TO BE CONNECTED.

OKAY I'D KIND OF LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE END OF MY PLAN CORRECTLY OUTLINED SHOWING THE INCOMPLETE PROJECTS OF THESE ARE THE APPLICATIONS BEING COMPLETE, OTHER PROJECTS ARE INCOMPLETE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE THE FULL REVOCATION HERE SORRY EXACTLY I'M SORRY THE RIGHT IS INCOMPLETE AS IN THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY REPAIRS DONE TO HOME SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED THE APPLICATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS OF THE REPAIRS, THE APPLICATIONS THAT MAY WE STILL NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO COMPLETE THEIR APPLICATION, THE APPLICATIONS WHO ARE BEING WHO NEED THE SITE VISIT COMPLETED BY THE TOWN AND THE CONTRACTOR SO IT IS EVERYBODY WHO HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED BUT I CAN BRING BACK TO CHRIS THAT WE NEED DIFFERENT COLORS SHOW THOSE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT SORT OF THE PROGRESS.

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DO WE HAVE THE IS THERE SOMETHING IN IT US HOW MUCH THIS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN AWARDED. YES NINE STRIKES HAVE BEEN AWARDED IN THE UPDATE YOU HAVE SO YOU HAVE THE 28 HOMES THAT ARE PENDING FINAL CONTRACTOR QUOTES AND PENDING OR ARE UNDER ARE UNDER THE ARE UNDER CONTRACT SORRY THAT ARE PENDING THE CONTRACTOR QUOTES OR ARE UNDER A CONTRACT ALREADY SO THOSE ARE THE 28 HOMES AGAIN THOSE ARE IN THE RED DOES UNCOMPLETED AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL IN PROGRESS SO I WILL CHANGE THAT BUT YES EVERYTHING HERE THAT YOU SEE IN THE REPORT IS OUTLINED BY THE APPLICATIONS COMPLETED BY WHAT'S UNDER CONTRACT, WHAT'S UNDER WHAT'S UNDER PERMITTED JOBS ALREADY THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE ONES FOR TREE WORK ONLY SO I CAN GET THIS INTO MAP WITH DIFFERENT COLORS SO IT'S NOT AS CONFUSING WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT. OH ALSO PUT IN HOW MUCH HAS BEEN AWARDED TO YES ON THAT MAP . IT'S GOOD IN OTHER QUESTIONS I THINK YOU NEED TO TO REPORT TO A CONNECTION. ARE YOU GOING INTO THAT NOW WE HAVE ONE NEW APPLICATION FOR THIS. YOUR CONNECTION IS MATTHEW MENTIONED.

WE'RE KIND OF ALMOST UP FOR FUNDS SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING ON THAT AT THE MOMENT FOR OKAY MY SECOND TIME 80 HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THANK YOU. I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO TO CONSIDER THAT WE MAY NOT BE MEETING IN JANUARY ANYWAY. THE FIRST IS ON MONDAY WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST AND SO THAT MEETING WOULD BE MOVED A BY TR TO CONSIDER THAT WE CANCELED THAT MEETING IN JANUARY A COUPLE OF REASONS THAT YOU CAN STAFF SOME TO BREATHE AND CATCH UP ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING I WILL MENTION ONCE AGAIN THE WORK THAT THE CDC IS THE PAINTINGS IN PROGRESS WITH THAT AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN JANUARY SO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT LESSON ONE REALLY HAS A BURNING DESIRE MEET THESE ALL RIGHT OUR NEXT ITEM IS

[6. Discussion Items]

OH AGAIN ALEXIS COOK, PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR RECORD. I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS AS A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION FROM NOVEMBER MEETING ON THE FAMILY COMPOUND FAMILY SUBDIVISION REVIEW AND PROCESS OUR AGENDA TODAY WE'LL GO OVER AGAIN APPLICATIONS TO DATE THE FAMILY COMPOUND FAMILY SUBDIVISION PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT EXIST I WILL BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE GENERAL COMPARISON TO OTHER APPLICATION TYPES WE'LL GO OVER AGAIN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE FEW APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND THEN AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT SO APPLICATION TYPES WE'VE GOT ON YOUR LEFT WE'VE GOT FAMILY COMPOUND IN THE CENTER WE HAVE A REGULAR SUBDIVISION AND THEN ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE A GRAPHIC OF A FAMILY SUBDIVISION SO JUST TO DEPICT A NICE GRAPHIC OF WHAT HOMES TYPICALLY LOOK LIKE IN RED YOU HAVE YOUR SETBACKS AND YOUR BUFFERS AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN GRAY THOSE YOUR TYPICAL ENTRANCES STREETS ACCESS AND IN VERY GENERIC TERMS A STORMWATER AREA FOR RUNOFF IN THE BACK OF EACH PROPERTY. OKAY SO WE WILL GET INTO THIS OUR AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ZONING THAT HAVE THAT AND PERMIT FOR FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION

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SO JUST TO REITERATE AND WE WANT WE WON'T BELABOR THIS BUT THE PURPOSE OF THE FAMILY COMPOUND APPLICATION IS TO HAVE MORE OF A SHARED LIVING SPACE SO THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS TO SETBACKS AND BUFFERS SO THAT THE WHOLE PARCEL CAN BE USED FOR THE FAMILY IN THAT IT IS AS BUILDABLE AS POSSIBLE WITH SHARED AMENITIES. THE INTENT OF THE APPLICATION IS TO REALLY ASSIST THE FAMILY WITHOUT TRIGGERING THE FULL RANGE OF ELMO REQUIREMENTS FOR A TYPICAL SUBDIVISION PURPOSE OF A FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND I LIKE TO THINK OF THIS AS REALLY EACH FAMILY MEMBER WILL HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL BUILDABLE SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO BUILD AT DIFFERENT SUBSEQUENT TIMES BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO BUILD THESE LOTS WHILE STILL HAVING THE FAMILY REMAINING PROXIMITY BUT STILL TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE REDUCED SETBACKS AND BUFFERS WHILE MAINTAINING INDIVIDUALITY. THESE TABLES ARE HARD TO READ BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY THE COMPARISON OF YOUR FAMILY COMPOUND PRESENTATION SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN THE DESIGN AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS HERE AND THEN OUR CURRENT ELMO IS IN THIS WIDER COLUMN HERE IN THE CENTER. WELL I'M SORRY OUR PREVIOUS ELMO I SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THIS. THIS IS OUR CURRENT FOR FAMILY COMPOUNDS AND FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS ON. YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU'LL SEE A REDUCTION SETBACKS BUFFERS MINIMUM PLANTING REQUIREMENTS. WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS THIS IS SOMETHING WE KNOW WE WILL IMPROVE ON AND ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF OBJECTIVE BUFFER TYPE LIKE YOU SEE IN THE PREVIOUS ELMO RATHER THAN JUST A MINIMUM AND WE SUBDIVISION IS VERY SIMILAR YOU'LL SEE A SIMILAR REDUCTION IN SETBACKS AND BUFFERS AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH PLANTING REQUIREMENTS AND THIS MEANS THINGS LIKE NO I APOLOGIZE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IS WHAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021 I APOLOGIZE. SO THAT'S TECHNICALLY THE CURRENT ELMO. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO I DON'T WANT TO FOCUS TOO MUCH BECAUSE I THINK WE DO NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND STUDY AND THESE APPLICATIONS AND I HOPE MORE APPLICATIONS COME IN AS WE FINISH AND IMPROVE THE PHASE FIVE CHANGES OF THE ELMO BUT OUR APPLICATIONS ARE BEING FAST TRACKED. WE ARE I THINK BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FAMILIES . WE'VE DELINEATED THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK DESIGN STUDIO HAS BEEN A STRONG SITE DESIGN COMPONENT OF THESE APPLICATIONS AND THEN WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS AND WHAT WE HAVE CHANGED FROM OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION ARE A LONG LIST OF AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT SO WE WANT BRING THESE TO THE ELMO PHASE FIVE REWRITE LIKE MISSY WAS SAYING THIS WILL BE PART OF WHAT WE'LL BE KICKING IN THE NEW YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET UNDER CONTRACT THIS MONTH. SO THERE'S QUITE A LONG LIST HERE BUT I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH HOW THIS TABLE IS SET UP AND THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT THE FIRST COLUMN WE'RE JUST SAYS DECEMBER 2023 THAT'S JUST YOU KNOW, NUMBERING THEM IN ORDER THE SUMMARY IS JUST DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE AND THEN THE OWNER AND TYPE IS TO SHOW OKAY WHO'S GOING TO BE SPEARHEADING THIS INITIATIVE IN ELMO PHASE FIVE AND IN THE NEW YEAR. SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE

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YES BECAUSE I THINK THAT YEAH THAT WILL BE CODE UPDATE WITH THE CODE WRITER AND MOST THESE WILL BE AND I THINK THE OWNER AND TYPE CAN REALLY HAVE MORE INPUT AND FEEDBACK AS WELL LIKE THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS OR IF WE SHOULD BRING THE CDC I HAVE, I THINK I HAVE THEM LISTED IF THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WE SHOULD BRING INTO THE FOLD I WOULD LOVE THAT SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM OR TWO IS CLARITY ON HOW TO REVIEW DEVELOPING PROPERTY AFTER SALE. OKAY WE WOULD DISCUSS THAT I APOLOGIZE ASSISTANT WITH DEVELOPMENT COSTS THAT'S WHERE THE CDC SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THE HEIRS POTENTIALLY HAVING A LIST OR A LIBRARY OF ALREADY PRE-FAB HOMES THAT HAVE THEIR BUILDING PERMITS ALLOWING MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL TYPES AND DEVELOPMENTS.

I THINK THIS DOES EXIST IN A LOT OF PLACES ON THE ISLAND WHICH IS A VERY UNIQUE PART OF HILTON HEAD. SO HOW HOW CAN WE BRING THAT INTO OUR ELMO NUMBER FIVE IS REALLY CLARITY ON OUR PLAT REQUIREMENT AND OUR REALLY OUR DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.

SO WHEN A FAMILY COMES IN FOR A SUBDIVISION OR A COMPOUND, WHAT ARE THE BARE MINIMUMS A GOOD SOLID CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBDIVISION OR WHAT DO WE NEED SO THAT EVERYONE IS SERVICED WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE BUT WE AREN'T MISSING ANYTHING .

WE AREN'T ASKING SO MANY REQUIREMENTS THAT IT'S IT'S NOT COST THE COST ISN'T BENEFICIAL TO A FAMILY OR IT'S TOO COSTLY FOR SOMEONE TO CONTINUE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AS THEY'RE WRITTEN SO SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WERE ADDING TREE AND HOBO. THAT'S JUST A BASIC SURVEY REQUIREMENT.

WE CAN SEE SPECIMEN TREES ON FAMILY PROPERTIES THAT'S, AN IMPORTANT ONE AND WE CAN SPECIFY TO SAVE MONEY THAT IF THERE WAS A PROPERTY THAT HAD A TON OF TREE COVER ON THE ISLAND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PROPERTIES LIKE THAT IF WE JUST SPECIMEN TREES WE CAN SPECIFY THAT WITH SURVEYORS A REDUCTION IN STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS SO RIGHT NOW WE REQUIRE THAT YOU SHOW YOUR EXISTING STORMWATER YOUR FLOW PATHS POSSIBLY NEEDING A CIVIL SITE DESIGN AND IN SOME CASES A SIMPLE STORMWATER OF AN EXISTING CONDITION TO A PROPOSED CONDITION IS GOOD ENOUGH UTILITY REQUIREMENTS WE ALSO HAVE IN OUR ELMO RIGHT NOW THAT THOSE NEED TO BE SHOWN ON THE PLAN THAT CAN BE QUITE PRICEY WITH A SURVEYOR TO ACTUALLY SHOOT WHERE ALL MANHOLE STRUCTURES ARE WHERE STORM WATER, SEWER, ELECTRIC WHERE ALL THESE LINES ARE THAT CAN BE A QUITE COST INTENSIVE INITIATIVE SO CAN WE JUST GO DOWN TO WILL SERVE LETTERS I THINK THAT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE HERE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WE DON'T HAVE TO BUT A SUGGESTION FOR A DESIGN STUDIO OR A PRE APPLICATION MEETING TO SET APPLICANTS OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT CLARITY ON ACCESS I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING ON PAPER WHAT IS THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT? WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY HELD TO? I THINK SOMETIMES THERE IS CONFUSION ON WE DON'T NEED TO GO OUT AND YOU KNOW, PAVE A ROAD OR PUT IN AN SURFACE ROAD JUST YET WE CAN JUST HAVE EVERYTHING ON PAPER AND.

WE NEED CLARITY WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE RIGHT COMMENTS THINK SOMETIMES OUR COMMENTS JUST FROM SOME CASE STUDIES THAT I'VE SEEN HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR. SO I THINK THE CODE WRITER WILL HELP WITH NARROWING THAT AND STREAMLINING THAT AS DISCUSSED MANY TIMES THE PLANTING REQUIREMENTS AMENDMENT PROCESS I MISSY SPOKE ABOUT THAT LAST TIME JUST REALLY CLARIFYING THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THAT MEANS

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SO WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE AND THEN OTHER IN FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS WOULD BE FLOOR AREA RATIO A CALCULATION THAT WOULD IMPACT DENSITY AND THEN SMALL HOME DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH I TOUCHED ON BRIEFLY THAT WOULD BE THOSE KIND OF LIKE COMPLETE PACKAGE OF HOME PLANS THAT ARE READY TO GO THAT SOMEONE NEEDS ISLAND THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT AND I THINK WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE TASK FORCE IN ON WHAT THAT LOOKS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RELEVANT TO THE ISLAND AND HAVE THAT BE PART OF PHASE FIVE.

SO THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE MANY AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO ADD IF YOU HAVE SOME MORE THANKS ALSO TO THE TEAM THAT MET TO FURTHER FLESH OUT THIS AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT LIST THAT'S BEFORE YOU THERE ARE MORE ITEMS IDENTIFIED THAN LAST AND THIS IS REALLY THE STARTING POINT WITH CODE WRITER TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WHILE WE HAVE FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND AS APPLICATION TOOLS ON THE BOOKS WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED IMPROVEMENT AND.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITH YOU AS THE TASK FORCE AND AS STAFF AND THAT WE WOULD THEN HAVE FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT CODE WRITER TO FURTHER IDENTIFY AND USE OF THE EXISTING CASES TO SHOW THEM WHERE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS OR AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT ARE IDENTIFIED. SOME PLANS THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED OR AT LEAST REVIEWED IN DESIGN STUDIO AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BUILT INTO THE RFQ FOR THE PROJECT OVERALL IS CODE TESTING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T DO WHEN. WE WROTE FAMILY COMPOUND IN FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL ACROSS ENTIRE CODE AMENDMENT PROJECT AND THAT WE WILL TAKE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS FOR FAMILY COMPOUND FAMILY OR EXISTING APPLICATIONS AND CODE TEST THEM AGAINST THE NEW CODE THAT'S BEING IDENTIFIED AND I THINK WE CAN BRING SOME THAT INFORMATION AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS LARGE PROCESS TO OVERHAUL THE ENTIRE CODE AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE PIECES WITHIN IT BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING IT RIGHT AND THAT WE'RE CODE TESTING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE PURPOSE AND INTENT THAT WAS UPFRONT IN THIS PRESENTATION AND MEETS THE GOALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE OKATIE PRESERVATION PROJECT REPORT SO THAT WE'RE MEETING THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF WHY THESE WERE CREATED AND THAT WE'RE SOLVING IT THROUGH THE CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS. SO IN THAT PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT'S SIMILAR TO DOING LIKE A CASE STUDY.

YEAH. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN LEARN FROM THOSE TESTS OF CODE TESTING AS YOU SAY IF THERE ARE CHALLENGES OR THINGS THAT ON THE WAY. SURE.

YEAH AND SO YOU'D HAVE AN EITHER A PENDING APPLICATION OR WE COULD TAKE AN APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PROCESSED AND THEN LIKE THIS IS HOW IT APPLIED TO THE EXISTING FAMILY SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS AND HERE'S LIKE 2.0 VERSION OF WHAT'S IN DRAFT CODE AND THEN SEE IF IT IF IT'S APPLYING CORRECTLY IF IT'S SOLVING THESE AREAS WE'VE IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENT OR NOT AND THEN WE CAN RECALIBRATE WE CAN WORK WITH A FAMILY THAT'S THINKING ABOUT DOING AN APPLICATION AND AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS AND FURTHER THE APPLICATION PROCESSES AND REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO GET TO THESE TWO APPLICATION TYPES BECAUSE AGAIN THE PURPOSE WAS IT'S MINIMUM APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE MET THOSE INITIAL OBJECTIVES WITH WITH THIS OVERHAUL.

SO BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CO-WRITER WRITING FIRM IS HAS DONE THIS BEFORE AND DONE UNIQUE APPLICATION TYPE ENGAGEMENT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'VE WORKED AND SO WHILE THEY DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUE TO HERE THEY HAVE DONE THIS TYPE OF INTEGRATION WITHIN COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC KIND OF APPLICATION TYPES BE APPLIED TO MEET THEIR PURPOSE AND INTENT. SO THIS THE END OF THIS AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN IT A POINT THAT IF YOU'RE YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD MORE CONSIDERING ISSUANCE TO THIS LIST EXCUSE ME AND YOU KNOW WE QUITE A BIT OF TIME NOW THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CODE WRITER AND SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK OF OR THAT WE UNCOVER DURING DESIGN STUDIO OR WE WILL CERTAINLY STILL CONTINUE TO ADD THIS LIST AS WELL BUT WANTED TO AT LEAST GET THIS BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS THAT THIS IS WHAT WE IDENTIFIED BOTH WITH THE CONVERSATION LAST MONTH AS WELL AS WITH THE SMALL STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT WAS MET WITH TO

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WELL WE HAVE TO WORK OUT KIND OF WHAT THAT WHOLE PROCESS IS FROM BEGINNING TO END WITH THE ENGAGEMENTS THAT WILL BE UNDERWAY BUT. THERE CERTAINLY WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY WITH WITH THIS GROUP AND ESPECIALLY WITH SOME STAKEHOLDERS AS IT RELATES TO FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION. BUT WHEN I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT JUST YET SO IS THAT PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS BEFORE IT GOES TO CODE AND MAKE SURE HAVE THAT THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY? OH YES IT WILL AN ENGAGEMENT.

SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR YOUR FACT FINDING LIKE SO CLARITY ON WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE THESE AND THEN THEY'LL NEED TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING WITH WHAT IS EXISTING, WHAT THESE AREAS AND THEN HAVE SOME FURTHER UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THESE TWO APPLICATION TYPES AND THEN THERE LIKELY WOULD BE AN ENGAGEMENT HEAD OF DRAFTING CODE AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A CODE TESTINGS. YEP, YEP AND WE'LL KNOW MORE AS HE WAS SAYING IF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE KICKING OFF IN THE NEW YEAR AND WE MAY NOT BE MEETING IN JANUARY IF WE MEET IN FEBRUARY WE'LL HAVE A GOOD UPDATE BY THEN WE'LL KNOW YOU KNOW ONCE ONCE YOU HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT TYPICALLY HAVE DEVELOPED A SCHEDULE A TIMELINE EVEN IF IT'S HIGH LEVEL OF HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR ENGAGEMENT ALL THE ALL THE STEPS THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE. SO I THINK BY FEBRUARY WE'D HAVE A NICE AT LEAST BALLPARK IDEA OF HERE'S WHEN THE CODE WRITER WOULD PLAN TO MEET WITH THE TASK FORCE. HERE'S WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHETHER IT'S A WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER. BUT WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FEBRUARY FOR SURE JUST ON SCHEDULING AND SEQUENCING I MEAN JUST IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THE ELMO THAT'S THE SICK FAMILY COMPOUND IS A SMALL SECTION WITHIN THAT YOU KNOW WHERE FAMILY COMPOUND SUBDIVISION FIT WITHIN THE SEQUENCING OF THE OVERALL PROJECT YOU KNOW WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING YES IN FEBRUARY FOR SURE CITING QUESTIONS AND JUST COMMENTS BUT TWO THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FOCUS ON IS ONE PRESERVING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK THAT REALLY AND SOMETHING THAT I DON'T LOOK INTO AND AND THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY IS THE ITEM ON SMALL HOME DEVELOPMENT PLANS I THINK THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IF WE CAN DEVELOP A FOR FOR HOMES THAT AND WORK WELL IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THEN IF ONCE WE GET THOSE PLANS THEN IF WE CAN TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND WORK TOGETHER TO FIND CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, PUT THESE PUT THESE HOMES UP GET THEM UP AND AND IT MIGHT BE A INTERESTING HOME THING FOR THE TOWN TO WORK ON AS WELL. YEAH YEAH THIS MY HOME SERIES YOU KNOW HAVING PRE-APPROVED PLANS IS THAT A BLUEPRINT? IT REMOVES SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO CONSTRUCTION SO HIRING THAT ARCHITECT HIRING THE MECHANICAL PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS TO KIND OF PREPARE THOSE KINDS OF PLANS YOU KNOW TO ALL BE ONE FULL PACKAGE AND NO COST. I THINK THAT A PART OF THAT WILL BE REAL HELPFUL.

BUT SOME OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE THE CHAMBER AND OF COURSE NIPCO AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT HELP SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. BUT CERTAINLY THE CHAMBER HAS A BIG AND HELP WITH UNIFYING AND MOVING AROUND THOSE IDEAS ABOUT THE MIXED USE WAS COMMERCIAL YOU KNOW PRESERVING BUSINESSES IS REAL HOMEOWNERS PROPERTIES MOST OF US KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGE.

I JUST THINK THAT THE CLARITY OF IT IN DEFINING WHAT IT IS HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT AND MAYBE ACCEPT LITTLE BIT BETTER PRESERVING BUSINESSES. WE YEAH.

YES THAT'S RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR HEARING WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO ASKING FOR AS YOU PRIORITIZE WORK IN ORDER AS HOW YOU PUT THESE REQUESTS AND

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WELL, COUNCILMAN BROWN AFTERNOON THIS CHAIRMAN TASK FORCE OR THE WHOLE MYSELF BACK DOING A BACKFLIP OVER THERE I KNOW RIGHT SAID THROUGH A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS AND FINALLY I CAN SEE THIS ALL SORT OF COMING TOGETHER SO I WANT TO THANK THE TASK FORCE FOR FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND THANK MISSY HER TEAM FOR ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO THE EFFORTS HERE. NUMBER ONE, THIS TASK FORCE IS A RECOMMENDING THAT WILL TRAVEL UP THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO TOWN COUNCIL.

SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WHAT IT IS THAT YOU SUPPORT AND DO NOT SUPPORT ABOVE OR THE POINT IT BECOMES AN ITEM ON OUR TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA TO LOOK IN THEIR STAFF REPORT AND BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE TASK IS IN FAVOR OR NOT AS WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE . YOU KNOW, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TYPE ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR CODE REWRITE. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

THE SECOND ONE MORE SPECIFICALLY TO FAMILY COMPOUND AND FAMILY SUBDIVISION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER THE PURPOSE AND INTENT THERE.

THE FAMILY COMPOUND WAS MORE SO AS YOU ARE DEVELOPING YOUR PROPERTY.

FAMILY SUBDIVISION IS MORE SO A PAPER SUBDIVISION FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING TO JUST CLEAR TITLE FROM THE PROPERTY THERE'S A THERE'S A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE THERE.

SO WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT ABOUT MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS EVEN SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS MAY BE TOO MUCH IF YOU'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO DIVIDE THE PROPERTY SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS. SO LET'S JUST BE VERY CAREFUL AS TO HOW WE PROCEED WITH THOSE TWO, PARTICULARLY THOSE MY COMMENTS AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS BANK ACCOUNTS ON THE GROUND. I ALSO SMILE A LOT WHEN SEE WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR TASK FORCE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR STAFF DOES HERE AND THEY TAKE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND GO BACK AND DO SOME SERIOUS HOMEWORK AND THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THOSE VOICES I WILL FROM TIME TO TIME ASKED OF MY COLLEAGUES TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE FIVE MEETINGS, IF YOU WILL, BUT THAT IS VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY. WE GOT THIS POINT OF CLARIFICATION WHEN WE SAY HOME DEVELOPMENTS WE'VE HEARD A I GUESS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY AS TINY HOMES OR ACCESSORY DWELLINGS. SO I SUPPOSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME TYPE OF DWELLINGS ARE WE TALKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER JUST THAT BUT I THINK THAT'S MORE ABOUT JUST HAVING YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL OWNER LIKE I'M NOT A BIG DEVELOPER I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A PHYSICAL HOME ITSELF. YEAH I GUESS I WANT A CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YES THAT IT'S JUST MEANT TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WHICH IS REALLY HOW IT SHOULD BE TITLED IS JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

OH YEAH. WELL YOU KNOW SO YOU KNOW SOMEONE EASILY BEEN TAKEN BECAUSE THOSE HAVE BEEN TOPICS OF DISCUSSION DOWN THROUGH TO THEIR DUTY YEARS REALLY IS THERE GOING TO BE SOMETHING AND SO WHEN YOU SEE SMALL HOME DEVELOPMENT PLANS, UM, YOU KNOW HERE TALKING OF THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THEN AS WELL I REALLY BROUGHT IT UP I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND IF WE'VE GOT SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT BUT I THINK THE HERE WAS TO PUT SOME IDEAS IN PLACE THAT WE COULD PRESENT TO FOLKS WHO WERE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY THEY HAD SOME IDEAS THAT WERE ALREADY TO THEM THAT'S ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN AND THEY CAN MAKE THAT PROCESS EASIER AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING I WANT TO DEVELOP MY PROPERTY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I CAN PUT HERE OR HOW GO ABOUT DOING IT AFTER SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT ALREADY AND GET THEM DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT. SO SMALL FORMAT B NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT DESCRIPTION FOR THAT

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YES, NOT TINY HOMES. NO BIG QUESTION MR. CHAIRMAN ABOUT THAT ME I DON'T MEAN TO.

LIM BUT THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT TINY HOMES ORIENTED IN A IT'S A GOOD QUESTION I DO NOT KNOW HISTORY THAT I THINK THE QUESTION I MEAN I THINK THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HAD WITH THE IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE A VERY APPROPRIATE APPLICATION FOR SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND I MEAN I DON'T WANT US TO GET HUNG UP ON THAT I MEAN BECAUSE A TINY HOME CAN FIT INTO A SINGLE FAMILY DOING A DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

AND I THINK THE INTENT WAS AS OPPOSED TO A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT I MEAN 50 HOMES A 100 HOMES I THINK THAT THE WORD SMALL IS USED IN THAT CONTEXT. IT IS I UNDERSTAND IT'S SORT OF MISLEADING AND IF YOU TALK AS COSMO BROWN HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD AND BE PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT BE A MAJOR ITEM AS OF AS IT STANDS SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN, IF IF THE TASK FORCE WOULD ACCEPT IT I BRINGING THAT AS PART OF THE UPDATE IN FEBRUARY WOULD A GOOD TOPIC TO DOVE INTO A LITTLE BIT YEAH AND CAN YOU CAN YOU PROVIDE AS HAVE BEEN ASKING YOU I TOLD YOU NOT IN THE AFFIRMATIVE SPEAKING YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT YOU CAN SHARE.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE THIS IS BRIAN T-BIRDS FILM SERVICES MANAGER.

WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR TINY HOME IMPROVEMENTS BUT IT'S IT'S NOT CLEAR EASY QUICK AT ALL. SO BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING CODES HOW THEY'RE TREATED DIFFERENTLY FROM MAYBE A MANUFACTURER HOUSE OR SOMETIMES EVEN A NORMAL STICK BUILT HOUSE FOR A TINY HOME IS PRETTY SPECIFIC THAN OUR REQUIREMENTS SO UNFORTUNATELY IT'S IT'S A PRETTY GRUESOME PROCESS TO GO THROUGH FOR TINY HOMES WHERE MISSY WAS ALLUDING TO I THINK IN PHASE FIVE IS WORKING WITH YOU TO DEVELOP SOME PRE-MADE CONCEPT PLANS, SOME LAYOUT PLANS FOR SOME HOUSING WITH WITH DIFFERENT FEATURES PLACED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ON OF LAND AND HAVING YOU ALL REVIEW THOSE AND WORK WITH US TO KIND CREATE SOME A, B, C OR D SO THAT WHEN YOU COME INTO HALL HEARS IT WELL HERE'S YOUR APPLICATION.

HERE'S SOME PREVIOUSLY ALREADY PRE-APPROVED CONCEPTS AND LAYOUTS FOR I WOULDN'T CALL THEM TINY BUT BUT FOR SOME HOUSE AND HOUSING STOCK THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN THOSE DISTRICTS SO AND THEN I THINK MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD HAVE JUST ONE MORE SECOND HERE EARLIER IT WAS MENTIONED I THINK IT WAS MR. SIMMONS THAT BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS . SO WE LEARNED THREE WEEKS AGO THAT I LOOKED AT COUNCILMAN BROWN THREE WEEKS AGO THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPACT FEE DISCOUNT WHERE THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE COLLECT ON BEHALF OF BEAUFORT COUNTY CAN BE REDUCED BY UP TO 60% AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

SO WE HAVE THE ACTUAL FORMS NOW WE HAVE THE PROCESS THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND FILL THOSE OUT. WE WERE HANDING THEM OUT REGARDLESS IF.

IT'S A MOBILE HOME WHATEVER THE APPLICATION MAY BE IT COULD BE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES BUT IF THERE'S AN IMPACT FEE THAT THE COUNTY ASSESSES AS A RESULT THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR RIGHTS AND THEY GET ANY DISCOUNT THAT'S AFFORDED TO THEM. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE CRITERIA TO CONSIDER IT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING? IT'S NOT REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THESE ARE JUST THE IMPACT FEES THAT BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSESSES. SO THEY DO YOU FOR COUNTY ASSESSORS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING THEY ASSESSED FOR NON WORKFORCE HOUSING BUT IF YOU IF YOU QUALIFY AND BASED UPON YOUR INCOME TO RECEIVE A DISCOUNT NOT TO HAVE TO PAY THOSE IMPACT FEES THAT'S WHAT THESE FORMS ALLOW YOU TO DO INCOME BASED IT'S INCOME REGISTER SO WE'RE ACTIVELY HELPING WITH THAT BUT MY FIRM AND 9990 DOWN AND THE COMPANY ALSO AND THAT IS YES SIR WE DO WAS IN THE TOWN THAT WE DATE WHEN THEY MATCH A REDUCED COUNTY FEE FOR A PARTICULAR CLIENT CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE A REDUCTION FOR OUR OWN IMPACT

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YOU SAID THAT YOU JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

THREE WEEKS AGO. YES. SO HOW YOU COMMUNICATING THAT WITH ANY OF THE RESIDENTS SO AS PART OF THE PART OF THE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL PROCESS, THE PAPERWORK THAT WE GIVE TO THEM, WE ASK THAT THEY ALSO SUBMIT FOR THIS.

WE MAKE THEM AWARE OF IT AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SO FAR FILL THEM OUT AND SO I IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE LONG RUN A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN ESPECIALLY IF WE WERE IN A LIMO REWRITE.

ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO OFFER A SIMILAR DISCOUNT FOR OUR OWN IMPACT OKAY.

CLEARLY THEY HAVE TO COME TO YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WE LIKE IT BECAUSE WE LIKE THE IMPACT FEES . YES, THEY START WITH US. IT'S GOING TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT OUT AS MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. OKAY. SO THAT THAT KNOWLEDGE GETS SPREAD AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS TO HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE WOULD BE AWARE IF WE FOUND IT WAS KIND OF WAY DOWN IN THE WEEDS ON THE BEAUFORT COUNTY WEBSITE TO GET AT IT BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OURS MUCH MORE VIEWABLE SUITABLE DOWNLOADABLE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THE QUESTIONS FOR ONE AGAIN ANYBODY GET A REFUND FOR IMPACT FEES AT THE TIME THAT I DID THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF A GOOD ANSWER THAT THE THING GETTING BY IN THE ROOM WAS THAT ANSWER THAT BUT ANYWAY I DON'T KNOW IF TEXAS MOVING RIGHT ALONG SO IN SUMMARY IN FEBRUARY I WILL BRING AN UPDATE ON THE ALAMO PHASE FIVE PROJECT AND WHERE THIS APPLICATION TYPE LIENS AND THAT REVIEW CASE STUDY IN.

WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IN FEBRUARY AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BRING THAT WE'LL A DEEPER DOVE AND DO SOME HOMEWORK ON THE TINY HOME SMALLER HOME AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON MY BRIAN WAS SAYING WHAT WE SEE FOR LIKE THAT A B C D I HOPE THERE'S MORE THAN FOUR I HOPE THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF HOMES AND OPTIONS PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE FROM.

SO WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON ALL THOSE IN FEBRUARY. AND WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF. THANK YOU, ALEXIS. THANK YOU.

GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY, NEXT OUR AGENDA AND NEXT ITEM IS FIRE AND RESCUE PRESENTATION.

I WANT TO WELCOME FERGUSON JENKINS. GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS WILLIE FERGUSON.

I'M A CAPTAIN WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT. I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 21 YEARS. I TO GET YOU ROOTS RUN DEEP DESCENDED FROM SOME OF THE FIRST READ FAMILIES FROM WHICH WILL PROJECT VERY HAPPY AND APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON YOUR TASK FORCE AND WITH TOWN STAFF AS WELL TO THE LIVES OF THE GOING GOING TO GET YOU COMMUNITY HERE ON YOUR BED. GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD LEE JENKINS I SECOND EVERYTHING HE SAID BUT IN ADDITION THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY WE SO VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY ALSO LIKE TR YOUR SMILING FACES MANY OF YOU WE KNOW.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR TOWN COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR TOWN MANAGER FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF FIRE RESCUE AS WELL AS OUR FIRE RESCUE LEADERSHIP. HOW DO WE GET STARTED AND? WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN AND SO COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO IS RECRUITMENT THEY WANT IN THE SAME COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENTS OF PARTNERSHIPS LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS WHICH LEADS TO RECRUITMENT AND SO THAT'S WE ARE HERE TO DO.

SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THE TOWN WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR APPROVING IT BUT AS YOU SEE OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN IS FROM 2024 TO 2026 AND ONE THIRD OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE CAME OUT WITH THREE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN ONE THIRD OF THAT SO WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT YOU A LITTLE BIT

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AS I SAID EARLIER, COMMUNITY OUTREACH RECRUITMENT. SO ONE OF OUR FIRST PARTNERSHIPS WAS WITH HILTON ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE ARTS.

WE HAD A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF APPROACH CAPTAIN JENKINS AND MYSELF WHEN WE FIRST GOT THESE NEW POSITIONS WITHIN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THEY ASKED US A BIG QUESTION WHAT CAN YOU GUYS DO? AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US WITH LITERACY PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL. WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A BIG UNDERTAKING SO WE SAT DOWN WITH THEM AND SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AND WE CAME UP WITH THE RED HOT PROGRAM AND THIS PROGRAM IS FOR EVERY FRIDAY DURING THIS SESSION WHICH ACTUALLY ENDS NEXT FRIDAY WE GO TO THE SCHOOL, SIT DOWN ON FRIDAYS AND READ BOOKS WITH STUDENTS AND MAKE LIFELONG CONNECTIONS. AND ANOTHER PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IS THAT THE CREATIVE ARTS INVITED TO THEIR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PEP RALLY AND SO THIS A KICKOFF FOR THE CULMINATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WHICH GOES FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE INVITED TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PARTNERSHIP . AS KEVIN FERGUSON SAID, BEING IN THE SCHOOLS IS VERY IMPORTANT US ONCE AGAIN WE TALKING A LOT ABOUT RECRUITMENT. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.

WE'RE HITTING IT OUT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE YOU SEE TWO YOUNG MEN AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS THESE ARE TWO YOUNG MEN FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE DONNING PPE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT SKILL IN THE WORLD OF FIREFIGHTERS. AND SO FOR THESE TWO YOUNG MEN TO COME ON THE STAGE IN FRONT OF ABOUT 14 OF THEIR PEERS TO ACTUALLY RACE AND COMPETE TO SEE WHO CAN PUT THIS ON THE FAST IS WAS AMAZING. SO THIS IS JUST OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE SCHOOLS. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS ONE IS FAMILY NIGHT AT THE FIRE STATION. SO AS I SAID EARLIER, WE RECEIVED SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ISLAND REC CENTER AND THE INAUGURAL EVENT IS DECEMBER 16. SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE BUT THIS EVENT IS SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THAT I'M SURE. ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT SO SO ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP IS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HILTON HEAD AND SIMILAR TO CREATIVE ARTS THEY CAME AND SAID WHAT CAN YOU GUYS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DO TO HELP SOME OF OUR TEENAGE STUDENTS WITH LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? SO WE CAME UP WITH A PROGRAM CALLED LEAD LEADERSHIP EQUALITY ,ATTITUDE, DIRECTION AND SAFETY JUST TO PROVIDE THEM SOME OUTLOOK AND SKILLS WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH. SO NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH CONNECTION IS ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP AND THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE IS WITH A STUDENT THAT WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AND SMALLEST AND WE HAD FOR ONE OF THEIR FRIDAY ENRICHMENT DAYS WE SET UP A OBSTACLE COURSE GO THROUGH WITH THE STUDENTS AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST ACTUALLY AND ANOTHER STUDENT HERE YOU CAN SEE CAPTAIN JENKINS BACKING HER UP ON HOSE LINE AND WE JUST WERE PROUD TO GIVE THEM SOME OF THAT FEEL OF WHAT IT IS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND WHAT IT IS TO SERVE FOR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THEIR THIRD LOCATION HERE AT ISLAND CAPTAIN OLEANDER IS ONE OF OUR LONG SERVING MEMBERS. HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN THERE LONGER THAN THAN ME AND THE FIRE CHIEF I BELIEVE. BUT HE HELPED US WITH PRESENTING SOME OF SAME PPE INFORMATION TO THE STUDENTS, GIVING THEM A REAL LOOK WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A FIREFIGHTER AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT.

SO ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTNERS IS BLUFFTON SELF-HELP AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE STARTED FIRE RESCUE FACILITY TOURS AND SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXPOSURE AND AWARENESS AND ANYONE CAN DO THESE TOURS. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT IS SMILING AND THE REASON THEY SMILE IS BECAUSE THEY GOT TO SEE WHAT WE DO INSIDE AND OUT BUT FROM A VANTAGE POINT THAT NOT MANY.

AND SO WE WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE FIRE FACILITIES.

SO IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF COURSE IS HANDED THE ACADEMY AND SO AS CAPTAIN FERGUSON SAID EARLIER ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOL VENTURES THAT WE HAVE DONE, THEY WE KIND OF MET AND CAME UP WITH A PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP SERIES AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS JUST PROVIDE THEM WITH WHAT PROFESSIONALISM LIKE AND IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE FIRE RESCUE CORE COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM AND DIVERSITY SO AS WE INTRODUCE THEM TO THOSE CORE VALUES AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO THESE YOUNG MEN ACTUALLY BROKE UP IN GROUPS AND THEY PROVIDED TO THREE MINUTE PRESENTATIONS AS TO WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN THEM. THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS

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THAT'S WHAT KIND OF SHAPE DOES MORE WITH US AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT GAVE SO MUCH TO US.

SO ALONG THOSE SAME LINES WE MET WITH MR. BAXLEY HIS FIRST WEEK AND I KNOW HE WAS BUSY BUT HE TOOK THE TIME TO MEET WITH US BECAUSE WHEN WE READ HIS BIO WE REALIZED REALLY FAST THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO HE HAD ALREADY DONE IN A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE AND I KNOW HE WAS TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO THE TOWN AND CREATE YOU KNOW PARTNERSHIPS AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF GOING TO GET HERE. HILTON HEAD SO ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP IS WITH THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR THE ATLANTA PARADE.

WE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AT ONE OF THEIR ENRICHMENT AS WELL AND PROVIDED THE MATERIALS TO MAKE LANTERNS FOR THE TOWN EVENT. ALL RIGHT. SO ONCE AGAIN YOU SEE SMILING FACES IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND SO WE MENTIONED THE RED HOT READERS. WE TALKED ABOUT CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE HERITAGE ACADEMY PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP SERIES .

BUT WHAT I WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS THAT NONE OF WHAT WE DO IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION IN SUPPORT OF OUR LINE PERSONNEL MEMBERS.

AND SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL SLIDE FOR BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH SO THE RIGHT ALONE THIS SOMETHING THAT KEVIN FERGUSON ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM WE ASSUME THESE ROLES IN JULY 17TH OF 2023 AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO IS WE WANTED TO TACKLE HOW MANY WAYS CAN WE GAIN EXPOSURE AWARENESS AND HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION. SO THE RIDE ALONE PROGRAM IS OFFERING TO STUDENTS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND CITIZENS.

WE THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT DO IT.

ONCE AGAIN WE EXTEND THAT INVITE TO ALL OF YOU ON I GO OH YOU DO IT.

YEAH. JUST TO ADD TO THAT SINCE NOVEMBER WE'VE HAD FIVE OFFICIAL RIDE ALONGS AND WE'VE HAD ABOUT 11 RIDE ALONG ORIENTATION MEETINGS IS BASICALLY WE JUST WITH PEOPLE FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE TRY TO PUT THEM IN THE BEST PLACE THAT WE CAN PUT THEM IN AND MAYBE WITNESS A CALL OR GET THE FULL EXTENT OF WHAT DO HERE ON HILTON HEAD FIRE RESCUE AND THIS WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN FROM THE COMMUNITY I BELIEVE MR. CAMPBELL KNOWS HIM. HE WAS REFERRED US AND HE HAD A BLAST.

I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HIS TIME AND I KNOW HE HAD LOTS OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE CREW THAT GAVE HIM THAT ALONG. SO WE HAVE TOLD YOU A LOT AND YOU KNOW IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO NOT ONLY TELL YOU BUT TO SHOW YOU AND SO THIS SLIDE IN PARTICULAR IS ABOUT ONCE AGAIN COMMUNITY IS RECRUITMENT AND SO THESE ARE MANY OF THE INTENDED EVENTS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED SINCE JULY 17TH AND WHAT YOU SEE ONCE AGAIN IN THIS THEME IS SMILING FACES IN ALL OF THESE PICTURES. YOU ALSO SEE MAYOR ALLAN PERRY WHO IS AT THIS EVENT BUT THIS WAS THE BACK TO SCHOOL FUN DAY AND.

IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'VE ALSO ATTENDED THE HITTING AND SCHOOL THE CREATIVE ARTS MEET AND GREET OF COURSE THE TOWN 364 THE COMMUNITY PICNIC LATINOS YOU NEED US FOOD HEALTH FAIRS BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US IS WE ALSO ATTENDED THE HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL REALITY DAY AND SO ONCE AGAIN AS WE TALK ABOUT RECRUITMENT WE NEED TO BE VERY UNIQUE IN DIFFERENT PLACES PLACES THAT WE CAN REACH DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS IN TARGETED AUDIENCES.

ONE OF THOSE OTHER PLACES IS THE SKILL RICH FAIR WHICH SKILLS WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE ABOUT TO SEPARATE FROM THE MILITARY AND SO THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT OTHER CAREER FIELDS ARE LIKE SO TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE MORE HOW DO WE DISCOVER TALENT? HOW DO WE ENTICE THEM WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES? JOIN FIRE RESCUE FROM CAREERS. SO WE'VE KIND OF IDENTIFIED A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE WE CAN LOOK IN DEFINITELY IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS ONE OF THE BIG CTE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THEY PUT ON CAREER ASSESSMENTS AND ALL THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN FIRE OR EMERGENCY SERVICES WE CAN GO IN AND SPEAK TO THEM AND KIND OF DEVELOP PLAN FOR THEM TO GET TO SEE WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT SHOWING THEM THAT WE THAT WE BELIEVE IN THEM AND CREATING THAT TRUST ALSO GOES A LONG WAY FOR FINDING TALENT IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

COLLEGE STUDENTS THE SAME THING YOU CAN GO OFF TO SCHOOL, GUESS WHAT'S STILL AVAILABLE TO YOU? FIRE AS A CAREER. ONE OF THOSE THINGS TOO IS FOR COACHING AND CREATING PATHWAYS . WE CAN PROBABLY TRY TO GET THEM CERTIFIED WITH FIRE ONE, FIRE TWO OR EMT TO MAKE IT EASY TO TRANSITION INTO A ROLE HERE AT FIRE RESCUE AND ALSO LOCAL PROFESSIONALS PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE CAREERS AND JOBS IN OTHER FIELDS.

WE WANT TO INTERACT WITH THEM INVOLVE THEM WHEN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS LIKE RIDE ALONGS,

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WE CAN MAKE THOSE TESTS AVAILABLE SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES WHEN THE TESTS COME AND WE CAN PUT OUT THE BEST PRODUCT. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD AND. SO SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID ABOUT YOU AS A GROUP TASK FORCE IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AS COUNCILMAN BROWN MENTIONED EARLIER. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ASSISTING IN PRESERVING THE BIOLOGY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STAND OUT TO US THE MOST IS OF COURSE ECONOMICS SUSTAINABILITY TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT I THINK IN GENERAL WE IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CALL 911 OR HILTON HEAD ISLAND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BEST AND OF COURSE EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY AND SO HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER SO OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IS AS WE HAVE ALREADY OFFERED YOU OPPORTUNITIES BY EXPOSING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO A CAREER WITH FIVE WHICH OF COURSE I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WANT A CAREER BUT JEREMY STEPHENS HAS ALREADY SAID HE WANT TO COME AND DO THE FIRE FACILITY CHOICE OR THE FIRE RESCUE WRITE IT ON PROGRAM. YOU'RE PAYING FOR THAT, SIR, BUT I GET PAID FOR THAT. YOU GET A LOT OF GRATIFICATION. YES.

OH YES. SO THE REALITY IS IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO MORE AND THIS IS PART OF DOING MORE GIVING YOU A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HOW WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BUT WHY WE SERVE THOSE CORE VALUES COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM AND DIVERSITY SO OF COURSE WE KNOW PRESERVATION OF LAND AND CULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO DO THAT IT INVOLVES HAVING MONEY SO PROVIDING FINANCIAL STABILITY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS OF COURSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND THEY MEAN A LOT.

BUT WHAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT TO US IS AS GOVERNOR FERGUSON SAID WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT LOCAL TALENT IS FINDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BE HERE THOSE WHO HAVE AN INVESTMENT, THOSE WHO WILL ONE DAY REPLACE US BECAUSE, WE GET A WHOLE BUNCH ABOUT THIS PLACE.

AND SO FOR SOMEONE TO RESPOND TO OUR LOVED ONES THE WAY WE HAVE RESPOND TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH LOVED ONES THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. ALSO THOSE EFFORTS WE TALK ABOUT IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE ALL HAVE TO BE EDUCATED. SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN EDUCATE OF COURSE IS CPR AND LIFE SAVING PROCEDURES. SO THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION AND OF COURSE WE'LL LEAVE THE FLOOR OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT NICK DAY IS GOING TO HELP US WITH AND THEN ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

WELL, LET ME JUST SAY WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND I KNOW I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS AS WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUES DO TOO BUT I WANT TO BACK UP FIRST OF ALL AND APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ADDRESSING YOU PROPERLY AS CAPTAIN FERGUSON AND CAPTAIN JENKINS. SO I SAY THAT WITH A LOT OF PRIDE AS YOU SAY. I DON'T KNOW A BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHERE YOU COME

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MY FIRST QUESTION IS IS HOW LONG HAS THE FIRE AND RESCUE HAD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM? GOOD QUESTION. FORMALLY OR I'M SORRY FORMALIZED PROGRAM JULY 17TH IS WHEN WE STARTED THE FORMAL DIVISION WITHIN FIRE RESCUE.

NOW AND CAPTAIN JENKINS HAVE BEEN ON THE LINE FOR YEARS SO WE HAD BEEN DOING PASSIVE OUTREACH JUST THROUGH US AND TRYING TO RECRUIT BUT THE DIVISION CREATED THAT DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AND AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES MS. RIGHT AND BEING HERE SO HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE INCLUSIVE PART OF A LOT OF FORGET WHAT THE TITLE WAS BUT INCLUDING THE YOUNG LADIES YOUNG GIRLS SO THAT'S VERY INCLUSIVE AND SHOWING SOME DIVERSITY AS WELL. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC IS ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME FAR AS DIVERSITY GOES WE CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA BUT WE WANT TO BE INCORRECT. SO I WOULD I WOULD RATHER PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT A LATER TIME IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AND THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT THE POINT IS OF COURSE IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME MINORITY INCLUSION NOW THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE PAST AS FAR AS HISTORY AND THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT TO BLAME ANYONE. BUT I'M JUST AGAIN SO PROUD THAT WE HAVE YOU GUYS PLACE NOW AND THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE A SHINING EXAMPLE AND ATTRACT OTHERS FROM NOT JUST OUR CULTURE, EVERY CULTURE BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU FIND EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP AND CERTAINLY COMING FROM I WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE OLDER THAN YOU ARE.

SO ALSO ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO SEE THAT THIS IS A GREAT CAREER IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LIVE ON HILTON HEAD AND I THINK THROUGH YOUR YOU MIGHT INSPIRE THEM TO NOT ONLY BECOME THE PART OF THE FIRE AND RESCUE BUT BE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS THERE, SIR. AND WITH THAT I WANT TO OPEN IT UP ON THE FLOOR FOR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MOMENTS. OH YEAH.

YEAH. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO JUST I YEAH AND JENKINS AND CAPTAIN FERGUSON I THINK IF NOT BOTH OF THOSE GUYS HAVE PROBABLY COME TO 584 SPANISH WORLD ROAD AT SOME POINT YOU KNOW THE TIME OF MY PARENTS AND I CAN TELL YOU LIKE THEY SAID TO GIVE THE BEST OF SERVICE I CAN TELL YOU EACH TIME THAT THEY SHOWED UP AT 584 IT WASN'T NOTHING BUT PURE PROFESSIONALISM AND I EVEN THINK OF THESE GUYS COMING IN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT PERSONAL TOUCH THAT YOU CAN JUST FEEL COMING FROM THESE GENTLEMEN? I MEAN THEY I THINK THEY TAKE WHAT THEY DO EXTREMELY SERIOUS I THINK I CAN TELL YOU THAT I PERSONALLY AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE WORK THAT I KNOW YOU DO. SO GUYS JUST YOU KNOW, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK THESE PROGRAMS I'M SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO FOR ANYTHING THIS TASKFORCE CAN DO I THINK WE ALL WILL BE BEHIND YOU 100%. I THINK I CAN I CAN EASILY SAY THAT IT IS ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CONTINUE TO TRUST THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE DO SO. HATS OFF TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, MR. SIMMONS, YOU ALL ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. I DIDN'T KNOW IT SO MUCH DETAIL INTO THIS BUT PLEASE TELL ME WE DOING TO TO IMPROVE THE HIRING PROCESS GOOD QUESTION SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST PRIORITIES WAS THE RIGHT ALONG PROGRAM IN THE HIRING PROCESS WE FIRST GOT TRANSITIONED INTO THESE NEW ROLES. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENING WITH OUR WRITTEN TEST OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THE RESULTS WEREN'T THAT GOOD IT WAS JUST THE PASS WEREN'T GOOD. THE PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO TAKE THE TESTS JUST DIDN'T SEEM THEY WERE PREPARED. SO WE LOOKED INTO A THIRD PARTY TO KIND OF SUPPLEMENT THAT AND TAKE OVER THE WRITTEN TESTING AND THAT'S CALLED A NATIONAL TESTING NETWORK. SO WE THINK AND ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE DATA AND THE STATS THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US WE THINK THE PROCESS WILL IMPROVE FROM THE WRITTEN TEST STANDPOINT BY HAVING THIS THIRD PARTY KIND OF PROCTOR AND MANAGE THAT WHOLE TEST PROCESS AND THAT'S JUST ONE JUST ONE THING I'LL LOOK AT AND DRINK AND SPEAK TO THE REST OF IT.

OH IN ADDITION TO THAT I THINK MEAN OUR RESOURCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT WITH IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF IT AS WE MENTIONED AS FAR AS THE TEST

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SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO US WITH UPON US AND WHAT'S TO COME I THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. GREAT. I LIKE THE RED HOT AND BEAUTIFUL. WHAT IS IT THAT SINCE WE GOT SUCH A GREAT GREAT FIRE RESCUE AND I. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TAKE YOUR YOUR SHOW TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. WHAT THINGS HOW COULD YOU SUPPORT WHAT YOU WOULD WANT US CITIZENS TO KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE AND RESCUE IN OTHER WORDS WE SHOULD PROBABLY ALL BE UP TO SPEED ON CPR. SO HOW COULD YOU HELP US GET THERE? DEFIBRILLATORS I MEAN THEY'RE EVERYWHERE BUT WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE THEM? IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN DO AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR ALL THE CITIZENS TO LEARN WHAT THOSE ARE ALL ABOUT? AND THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT SHOULD AS A COMMUNITY, AS CITIZENS WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BE UP TO SPEED ON TO ANY WHERE YOU CAN BRING US. SO THAT'S A LOT TO UNPACK BUT THE REALITY IS IS WE HAVE A COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION DEPARTMENT IS AWESOME WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT IS THE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATOR. SO THAT PERSON IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT IS HAPPENING NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, I THINK WHAT WE ARE HERE DOING TODAY BY CREATING THAT EXPOSURE AND AWARENESS AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE DAYS OF THEM ALWAYS COMING TO US IS OVER DON'T MIND GOING TO PEOPLE WE HEAR IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. AND SO THE MORE PLACES THAT WE CAN GO AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO AS FAR OUR OUTREACH EVENTS WE WANT TO GO EVERYWHERE WE PROVIDE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS VERY EASY TO GET A LOOK AT FERGUSON IN MYSELF BUT THE REALITY IS IS WE GET A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT FROM OUR FIRE RESCUE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND SO ON A WIDE SCALE I THINK AS WE EXPAND OUR GOAL WHICH IS TO CREATE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS IS GOING TO HAPPEN THOSE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY HUCKABEE IS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL VERY GOOD SO THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AS I SAID JUST TO BE OVER KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WONDERFUL. WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE CITY DIRECTOR AND SO WE HAVE MET HER MULTIPLE WE KIND OF SEE EYE TO EYE ON EVERYTHING IN WHICH WE WANT TO DO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED THE BOND REFERENDUM AND SO NOW WE KNOW THAT HAVING IN HIGH SCHOOL PART OF THAT IS TO BE REBUILT AS THAT IS HAPPENING WE WILL BE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERENT KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT I'VE BEEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF COURSE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THERE'S A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED AND FIRE TO AN EMS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND IN SCHOOL SYSTEM AS YOU SEE IN SPORTS THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE BALLGAME.

QUESTION IS THIS WHAT ABOUT NEW HIRES AT THE TOWN? DO YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR TO GO ON RIDE ALONGS WHAT YOU YOUR ABSOLUTELY STEPHENS WE'VE ALREADY GOT HIS NAME ON THE LEDGER ON THE SIGN UP SO ABSOLUTELY WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR ALL TOWN MEMBERS REPRESENTATIVES TO DO SOME OF THESE RIDE ALONGS WITH US BECAUSE ANTIOCH A LITTLE FURTHER MR. HANDS THAT WILL KIND OF ENGAGE AND ASK AND KIND OF GET THOSE QUESTIONS STARTED ABOUT WHAT DOES MY FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE ISLAND ACTUALLY DO AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP AT A FIRE STATION POSSIBLY RUN CALLS AND PART OF OUR RIDE ALONG PROGRAM THAT WE CREATED WAS A STATION AID. SO WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND YOU DO A RIDE ALONG OR TWO OR WHATEVER THE PERSONNEL AT THE STATION CAN ALL GIVE THE SAME MESSAGE THAT WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING AND SOME PEOPLE YOU KNOW, COME TO THE STATIONS AND IT MIGHT BE LATE OR EARLY OR WHATEVER. WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY.

SO WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND THE REASONS WE DO THE THINGS IT CAN BE THE SAME MESSAGE TO YOU OR MR. STEPHENS WHEN HE DOES RIDE ALONG AND DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN GOT TO TAKE YOU UP ON THAT YOU USUALLY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU DURING THE

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AND ONCE AGAIN I WANT TO SAY ALSO DECEMBER FAMILY NIGHT AT THE FIRE STATION SO PLEASE COME BUT ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT ENGAGEMENT THE MORE WE GET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE LIKE SAY I WAS IN IT'S JUST TO IMPROVE.

AND SO THE ONE THING ABOUT OF COURSE HEAD AS THE NUMBER ONE ISLAND IS IT'S OKAY TO YOU KNOW IT'S EASY TO BECOME NUMBER ONE BUT IT'S HARDER TO STAY NUMBER ONE.

AND SO THAT'S THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. WE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND SO THAT WE CAN BUILD OUR PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE A WORD AND WRAP IT UP HERE IN A MINUTE. YEAH I WANT TO I'M SORRY MORE NOW YOU GO.

OKAY. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS.

OH CAMPERS, VERY PROUD OF YOU AS A PARENT AND. EXTREMELY PROUD AND COMMUNITY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GIVING BACK AND I'M SURE THAT YOUR ANCESTORS WILL BE VERY PROUD OF YOU. I'M SURE, MR. FERGUSON, YOU ARE COMFORTABLE IN THIS ROLE AND MANY TIMES YOU'VE BEEN HERE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS SO YOU KNOW AND SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART OF ANY PROGRAM ONLINE AND MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE AM GOING TO EXTEND THAT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OFF LINE WHEN WE GET FINISHED WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I'M SURE THAT WE BE MORE ENGAGING IN AS WELL AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE VERY RECEPTIVE TO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BRING INTO THE COMMUNITY DOWN THERE SO THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOU WHEREVER WE NEED TO.

AGAIN, I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT.

AND SOON AS WE GO SEE THE PROGRAM AGAIN MINIMUM AGE FOR THOSE ENTITIES YOU WOULD CONSIDER FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP . SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FUTURE IDEAS WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LITTLE ON THAT INITIALLY IT WAS KIND OF GEARED TOWARD STUDENTS BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT INCLUSIVE BECAUSE. REMEMBER WE WERE TRYING TO INVOLVE SOME OF THE LOCAL TALENT THAT MAY ALREADY HAVE CAREERS.

SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO 18 PROBABLY WOULD BE THE MINIMUM BUT NO MAXIMUM AGE.

ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING EITHER A SUMMER OR A SIX MONTH INTERNSHIP SLASH APPRENTICESHIP WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT BUT WE WANT TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE.

SO NO NO NO REAL AGE ISSUES. THANK AND SPEAKING OF SAND AND SIRENS, CAN I YEAH WELL APPLAUSE FOR HOW AWESOME DID I ON STAGE AND LOOKS OH WE CAN'T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR STATION THREE I WAS STATION THREE CAPTAIN BEFORE I CAME THE CURRENT STATION THREE CAPTAIN AND A LOT OF THE 1% AND HFA THEY DID A LOT OF WORK ON THAT STATION AND WE EVEN HAD A STATION OR A HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATION DAY WHERE WE WOULD GO HELP STRING UP SOME OF THE LIGHTS AND DECORATE. SO YEAH. SO JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THAT. THANK YOU. SO THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS THIS IS WHAT WE CALL EVOLUTION AND SO MANY YEARS AGO WE HAD A COMPANY THAT WHAT WE CALL A COMPANY BUT THEY OCCUPIED THAT STATION IN PRETTY MUCH THREE INDIVIDUALS KIND OF JUMPSTARTED THAT WITH THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND FROM THERE WE HAVE EVOLVE FROM SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO DO AND NOW SOMETHING WE DO AS A AS A WHOLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF EVOLUTION AND AS I SAID GETTING BETTER IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING BETTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SO IF YOU DON'T MIND BEFORE WE WRAP UP WE PUT THIS ON THE ON THE SCREEN HERE BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT.

AND SO BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT SUBJECT, OF COURSE THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. RIGHT. WE HAVE THOSE LIGHTS AND YOU KNOW, I I'M THERE EVERY SUNDAY WHERE I AS A WORSHIP LEADER AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THE SPEECH.

BUT NOW I SEE WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OVER TO THE CHURCH IN THE CHAPEL THERE AND PUT SOME LIGHTS OFF THE DECORATION THERE. SO IT'S IT'S GROWING AS YOU SAY. IT'S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME.

WONDERFUL THANK YOU. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE DISCUSS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN QUANTIFY SOME OF IT NOW WE CAN GIVE YOU THE STATISTICS, THE DATA BUT HOW DO YOU QUALIFY A LOT OF STUFF AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL QUALIFIED WITH DATA THIS I JUST READ IT SO THIS IS THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS INDEPENDENCE COMPLETED THE WRITING AND SHE ACTUALLY WAS NOVEMBER 7TH THE FIRST RIGHT AND ON THAT WE DID AND DEAR FIREFIGHTERS I HAD SO MUCH FUN AND LEARNED SO MUCH ON MY RIDE ALONG IT WAS AN AMAZING NOW I THINK I DO WANT TO DO IT WHEN I'M OLDER THANK YOU SO MUCH ABBY OWNER AND SO THIS IS OF WHAT WE GET AND THIS IS WHAT INSPIRES US AND CONTINUES TO MOTIVATE CARRICKFERGUS SAME TO ME AND SO THIS IS IT YOU KNOW,

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SISTER IS NOW SCHEDULED TO DO A RIDE ALONG. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU GET AWAY.

YOU WILL GET A PICTURE WITH THE OTHER PASSPORTS IF YOU GUYS HAVE A MINUTE TO HANG AROUND AFTERWARDS BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT WE OURSELVES AS A PARTNER TOO, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. YES. I MEAN WOULD MAKE THE NEXT PRESENTATION WHEN YOU DO YOUR SLIDES AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. I DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE COVERED THIS ALREADY BUT THIS LAND PRESERVATION UPDATE ON IS NOT HERE TODAY.

OH THAT WAS THE ONE PIECE. OKAY. THAT THAT IS THAT IS FUN YEAH.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY OKAY WITH THAT WE FIND OURSELVES AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA AGAIN TO OUR NEW TO NEW THIS YEAR AND AGAIN OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HERE. I WAS JUST GOING LET THE AIR FORCE KNOW THAT ANY FRIEND A MATCH PRETTY WOMAN ALWAYS RUNS NOW I'M BEING PRESENTED AT OFFICE OF INPUT WAS MEANT TO BE LAID OUT FOR THE 97 EIGHT WEEKS BECAUSE THE REDISTRICTING TOOK PLACE AS A RESULT OF THE LATEST CENSUS MAPS IN SUGGESTED FOR COMMUNITY INPUT ON PROBABLY MONTHS 2024 ON NEW ENTRY MAP OUTLINE FOR PMC ONE RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. IT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AGAIN I WANT TO WELCOME OUR TWO NEW TOWN EMPLOYEES OUR STAFF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.

WE DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOU FOR BEING HERE AND TO THE REST OF OUR OUR PUBLIC AND TO COUNCILMAN TO ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND YOUR BUT YOUR COUNCIL. MR. FOX, WE THANK YOU FOR STAYING FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION

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