Dec 12, 2023 Bluffton Town Council

[I. Call to Order]

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IN THE 12 PEOPLE MEETING HAPPY HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS HAPPY ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE EVERYONE ON COUNCIL THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

RIGHT? OKAY. WELL, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO ONE NATION UNDER GOD UNIVERSAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THAT'S MERCIFUL THAN EVER BEFORE. I'M THANKING YOU ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS IN ONE OF OUR LIVES. WELL, DOSAGES SUCH AS HEARTS AND GREAT WISHES THAT THEY CAUSED TO YOU TODAY WELL THAT WAS PLEASING AND YOU SAID THAT YOU GIVE T THE DESIRES OF THEIR HEART. WELL, THEY ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS TOWN AND BLESS THIS ALL INDIVIDUALLY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY LESSONS COLLECTIVELY SO THAT WE MAY BE ALL FOR THE OTHER PLEASING IN YOUR SIDE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNSEL OF SERVE BECAUSE OF YOU AND BECAUSE OF YOU WILL CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM THAT THE WORK THAT THEY DO REPRESENT YOU AS WELL.

I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR THEIR WORK GIVEN TIRELESSLY THEIR LOVE AND PASSION FOR COMMUNITY OR MAYBE OUR LAST MEETING AND I WANT YOU TO GO WITH HER AND HER FAMILY AND GIVE THEM YOUR PEACE AND YOUR LOVE ESPECIALLY IN THIS SEASON. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JUST BEING ALL BY YOURSELF THESE AND ALL BLESSINGS WE HAVE THESE MESSAGES NAME A MAN, MR.

[IV. Adoption of the Agenda]

[V. Adoption of the Minutes]

[VI. Presentations, Celebrations and Recognitions]

HIS KIDS GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BLUFFTON. SO WHAT BETTER SUPERINTENDENT TO UNDERSTAND ISSUES THAN A ONE WHO'S A DAD ? AND WE HAVE A LOT KIDS IN HERE TODAY. SO THE REFERENDUM PASSED. THE HOURS THAT YOU'VE SPENT I CAN READ BUT I'M NOT I'LL JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE IT GOING TO THE SCHOOLS TO MEET THE KIDS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE BUT THEN TO GO TO ONE OR TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATIONS, DIFFERENT GROUPS TO REALLY EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE THAT TO EDUCATE THE NEED FOR THE REFERENDUM AND YOU GOT TO CAST AND I THINK IT TOOK ALL OF US BUT WE NEEDED A LEADER AND WE JUST WANT TO YOU OUR THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR DR.

FRANK FOR HIS DEDICATION TO EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM AND IN ADVOCATING FOR EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION THE CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY PROPERTY AND WHAT A GREAT CREDIT WITHOUT STUDENT OF THE MONTH SO EVERY YEAR YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS AND WE ALSO SUPPORT WE SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WE CAN'T WE DON'T SUPPORT IT FINANCIALLY. THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT ON YOUR BUDGET THAT GOES THROUGH THE COUNTY BUT WE DO LOVE OUR KIDS AND ARE ALL OF US ALWAYS ARE IN THE SCHOOLS HELPING AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR SO WHEN A PRIOR ADMINISTRATION STARTED THIS TRAIT AWARENESS

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IT'S COMING. SO MACY IS A SEVENTH GRADER AT MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE CHARACTER TRAIT WAS COURAGE AND TOLERANCE. DID YOU REALIZE YOU WERE PICKED AMONG THE WHOLE ENTIRE CLUSTER OF A BLUFFTON CLUSTER OF ALL THE SCHOOLS YOU GOT? SO WE LIKE TO GIVE THIS AS A RECOGNITION. WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. DOES ANYONE KNOW USUALLY A TEACHER WILL POP UP BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR THIS? HOW THAT WAS GOOD YOU KNOW THAT'S GOOD. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. AND SO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE THAT YOU CAN FRAME SO WE ALSO HAVE TWO POINTS WE GIVE OUT THAT WE RARELY GET OUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS. ONE IS THE POLICE CHALLENGE POINTS SO CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO KNOW. AND THE OTHER IS THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON SO YOU'RE JUST SPECIAL HAS TO HAVE MORE FOR ONE DAY SO THE PICTURE NO PROBLEM LET'S GIVE HER A HAND.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU DR. RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH. ARE YOU USING YOU GO OKAY.

CHIEF IS GOING TO ACCEPT THIS DURING IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION THAT WE RECOMMEND TO STOPPING AVOIDABLE TRAFFIC DEATHS AND KEEPING ROADWAY SAFE, DRIVING SOBER, RAISING AWARENESS A DESIGNATED DRIVER AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE WHEREAS OVER 10,000 LIVES WERE LOST TO DRUNK AND DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVING EACH YEAR ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL TRAFFIC DEATHS WHEREAS DURING DECEMBER DRIVING ON OUR ROADWAYS CAN BE DANGEROUS AND TWO OF THE MOST CELEBRATED DAYS OF THE YEAR CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR'S EVE ARE KNOWN AS THE DEADLIEST. PERHAPS IT IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHICH WORK TO IDENTIFY AND TREAT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS RAISING AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF IMPAIRED DISTRACTED DRIVING.

AND. WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON SOUGHT LOCAL AND STATEWIDE PROGRAMS SUCH AS STAY SAFE BLUFFTON CAMPAIGN THAT CAN HELP CREATE AWARENESS, PREVENT CRASHES, INJURIES AND THEREFORE AT LEAST A SMALL COME HERE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ALONG WITH BLUFFTON THE TOWN COUNCIL HERE BROUGHT UP PROCLAIM DECEMBER 2023 NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON URGES ALL CITIZENS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE FIGHT AGAINST AND DISTRACTED DRIVING DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR YES THANK YOU BY AND THANKS AARON BUT IT'S CHRISTMAS WE HAD THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND ALSO IN DECEMBER HAND OUT AWARDS SO COULD BE THE REASON FOR A LOT OF Y'ALL I KNOW YOU ARE ENTERING YOUR SEAT TO KNOW WHO WON THE FREE AWARDS SO FIRST WE HAVE BEST FLOAT AND THE BEST FLOAT GOES TO PALS MAY RIVER ANIMAL WELFARE CLUB IS THAT MAY RIVER SCHOOL ANIMAL WELL WHY IS THAT OKAY OF OUR HOSPITAL ANIMAL WELFARE REPS CHERYL AND ELIZABETH PATTERSON ARE YOU ALL HERE WHO COME? I THINK WE ALL SAW THEM BUT THEY THEY WERE THE BEST FLOAT SO THIS CLUB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE IS A NO KILL RAMBLER.

MEMBERS BELIEVE EVERY ANIMAL DESERVES SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. THIS IS THEIR SEVENTH YEAR AS A CLUB PROVIDING MEMBERS OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTING COMBAT AT ANIMAL LEAGUE AND FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH STUDENTS SPENT HOURS AT THE SCHOOL THE WEEK REPRESENTING THEIR WORK WITH A PIZZA PARTY THE NIGHT SAID CONGRATULATIONS AND I WANT

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RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK A LOT OF YOU ALL THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU THERE'S I'LL PUT THAT ON MY CAR.

OKAY FAMILY IS THE STATE OF MIND AWARD WHICH THEY WON THREE YEARS AGO AND IT GOES TO DANCING THROUGH THE BLUFF. SO WE HAVE NIECY MARTIN IN HER GROUP.

THE FLOAT WAS INSPIRED BY THE MOVIE ELF AS YOU'RE WALKING UP DANCING THROUGH THE BLOCK WAS BUILT BY DAVE, NANCY, PAUL, NICKY, TOM, PATTI, BRUCE AND KATHY.

NOW THIS ANYBODY YOU KNOW THIS IS THEIR IN WOODBRIDGE WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

YOU'LL HAVE THIS IDEA THIS IS JUST A GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO WANTED TO DO A FLOAT THIS YEAR AND YOU'LL WANT TO SAY A MONUMENT SO THE BAR IS HIGH. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR NEXT YEAR. THEY ACTUALLY LATIONS I LOVE THAT YOU DON'T DO THAT LONG AGO WE HAVE THE DRILL TEAM AND ALL THE CREATIVE THINGS AND I LOVE HOW YOU JUST LOVE IT. YOU DID IT SO ALL CAME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS AND WE WERE THERE FOR A SHORT WHILE. YOU GET TOGETHER AND WHEREVER WE CAME FROM WE ALWAYS OURSELVES WE WERE LIKE DON'T SAY THAT WE PUT YOU ON A COMMITTEE SOME SORT NO FRIENDS AFTER YOUR SOUP. YEAH I THINK WE ALSO HAD TO IN WOODBRIDGE WHO WERE TOO REMORSELESS THEY WERE FROM WOODBRIDGE SO THE GREAT COMMUNITY FABULOUS US THANK YOU VERY HEY NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF KIDS ARE HERE WANT TO SEE AND THAT'S SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW WE'LL AN ANNUAL UPDATE FROM WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE ANDERSON AND VICTIM'S ADVOCATE KATE AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE THEM ON YOUR APP GOOD EVENING WE DECIDED TO DO OUR POWERPOINTS THEY DO LIKE ONE ACTUALLY SO WE GOT TO WAIT FOR SIDE YOU'RE UP ON. OKAY I'M BACK. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR WITH MY PORT TALBOT MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND LATINA DO SOMEBODY ELSE TALK KIND OF TELL ME HELLO OKAY I'M SORRY I'M NOT LAUGHING.

THAT'S OKAY. IS THIS BETTER? NO TALK REALLY REALLY LOUD.

HELLO. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR DOING MY ANNUAL UPDATE TO TELL EVERYBODY WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO. THIS IS KIND IN MY LATE TEENS YEAR HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRST YEAR I WAS DOING A LOT OF THINGS STARTING A LOT OF NEW THINGS AND THIS HAS BEEN THE YEAR TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T AND EDIT

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THIS WAS AN IMMENSE MENTAL CALL AND I ASSISTED WITH TALKING THIS INDIVIDUAL INTO GOING TO THE HOSPITAL TO VOLUNTEER. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY REWARDING AND THIS WAS A SUICIDAL SUBJECT. I GOT TO TALK TO HER AND WE DISCUSSED RESOURCES AND A PLAN OF ACTION MOVING FORWARD. I WAS SPEAKING TO MORE NEWS ARTICLES THIS YEAR SO I WAS PROUD OF THAT AS WELL. THIS IS MY LEAST FAVORITE PICTURE OF ME.

IT'S ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR ARTICLES SO I'M JUST GOING TO OWN IT.

AND THEN MICHELLE CASEY WITH NAMI LOWCOUNTRY MENTIONED ME IN A NEWS ARTICLE RECENTLY AND SHE SAID THAT MY POSITION IS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR WHAT AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY SHOULD IMPLEMENT.

SO I WAS PRETTY HONORED BY THAT. I GOT TO BE A PART OF RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REFLECTION GARDEN IN ME AND KATE.

WE DID BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT THIS YEAR. SHE'S MY PARTNER IN WELL I CURRENTLY WORK IN THE POLICE I'LL LET KATE TALK ABOUT THIS MORE BECAUSE THIS IS HER PASSION PROJECT BUT SHE LET ME GO WITH HER TO DO THE FIRST BLESSING TO HER BLUFFTON TRIP.

SO THAT WAS FUN AND AS FAR AS FUTURE ENDEAVORS GO WE STILL ARE ON TRACK TO TRAIN EVERY OFFICER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING SO FAR HAVE AT LEAST ONE ON EVERY TEAM WHICH WAS OUR GOAL I THINK YEAR MARK WE'VE MET OUR GOAL NOW IT'S JUST WE'RE CHUGGING ALONG TRYING TO GET AS MANY AS WE CAN AND AS FAR AS THE LIKE PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GOALS I RECENTLY APPLIED TO A PHD PROGRAM AT UCB SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THAT'S IT . WE'LL OPEN IT UP THERE. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT? HEY THIS SAHARA SHE COMES TO WORK WITH ME THREE DAYS A WEEK OF THE VICTIM ADVOCATE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO SHE DOES THAT AS WELL AS GIVES OUR OFFICERS AND PEOPLE LIKE BOB COMFORT THROUGHOUT THE SHOW PROBABLY LATER IN A MINUTE WE SAID RIGHT SO AS I SAID KATE COOLER I AM THE VICTIM ADVOCATE AND SOCIAL WORKER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I COME FROM. I STARTED IN CONNECTICUT AS A EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TEN YEARS AND NOW I'M HERE WITH ALL OF YOU THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF BEING A VICTIM ADVOCATE ARE ASSISTING VICTIMS OF CRIME NAVIGATING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOLLOWING, THE INITIAL ARREST OF OFFENDERS AND

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I'VE COLLABORATED WITH THE DV INVESTIGATOR AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE TO WORK ON CASES TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE BEST RESOURCES I'VE BEEN DOING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT'S HOPEFUL HORIZONS AND SURROUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO GO OVER OUR CHILD ABUSE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CASES LAW ENFORCEMENT DEBRIEFS WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM AND WHAT THAT IS IT'S A STATEWIDE PROGRAM WHERE AS AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE CRITICAL INCIDENTS WHETHER THAT BE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OR A LINE OF DUTY DEATH, A C LEAD PROVIDES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME FOR THOSE OFFICERS. I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SPEAKER'S CIRCLE FOR ORGANIZED INS SO I WOULD BE PUBLICLY SPEAKING SHOOT SHARED EXPERIENCE OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN I CREATED THE VOICES FOR LONDON PROGRAM THAT LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT FORWARD AND THEN ALSO A SPEAKER FOR THE NAMI CLASSES NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS WHERE I TALK ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITHIN SIX MONTHS I'VE CONTINUED TO EXPAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. I'VE ATTENDED AN ADVANCED TRAINING PEER SUPPORT IN COLUMBIA WHICH WAS REALLY AWESOME AWESOME TRAINING AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING UP THERE WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. I'VE BEEN REINFORCING THE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SOLICITOR'S OFFICE AND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO CONTINUE ASSIST OUR VICTIMS OF CRIME. I TO HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY EVENTS.

YOU KNOW I CAN'T EVEN THE COUNTY SO EVERYTHING WAS A LOT LARGER SCALE SO I'M REALLY ENJOYING THE SMALL SMALLER TOWN STUFF THAT IS MUCH MORE INTIMATE AND NETWORKED WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR UP TO DATE RESOURCES AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR BLUFFTON SELF-HELP HOPEFUL HORIZONS SO ON AND SO FORTH THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AND THEN WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE FAMILIES TO FAMILIES SO FAR WITH HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES AND GROCERIES.

THE BLESSINGS FOR BLUFFTON PROGRAM I DON'T LIKE THAT DON'T LIKE NUMBERS SO AT ALL FROM MAY DAY UNTIL NOVEMBER OF THIS THESE ARE JUST SOME OF MY MY THINGS I CAME TO FOR MUNICIPAL COURT HEARINGS ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS. I ATTENDED 15 BOND COURT HEARINGS FOLLOWING ARRESTS THOSE OFTEN THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT BUT SOMETIMES I'M PICKING THE VICTIM UP PRIOR TO AND BRINGING THEM OVER TO BLUFFTON IN THE MORNING.

SOMETIMES THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION SO BUT IT ENTAILS A LOT.

I'VE MADE 98 CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE I CONDUCTED 16 IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND I'VE COMPLETED 65 SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS. WELL THIS IS SAHARA WITH VARIOUS DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW SUNFLOWER PICTURE THAT'S A SOLICITOR'S OFFICE SO SHE'S GIVEN LOVE TO THEM TOO WHILE WE WORK ON CASES TOGETHER ,HERE'S SOME MORE FROM SOME EVENTS THAT WE'VE OPENED OUT IN THE PUBLIC.

SO IF YOU SEE US SHE'S SUPER NICE COME PATTERN UM YES AND HER MIDDLE NAME IS GRACE SO SHE DOES ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO YELL AT HER FOR SARAH GRACE WHICH I JUST KIND OF COMPILED A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I, I BROUGHT HUSBAND OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO HE'S IN THAT TOP LEFT PICTURE THERE WITH ME. HE WORKED FULL TIME TO GET SWORN IN, PARTICIPATE IN THE CHIEF FOR A DAY AND HELPED ANGELA SERRANO PUT UP THE QR

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SO WE GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH THAT BUT WE'VE BEEN A VARIETY IF YOU GOOGLE IT POPS UP WITH ABOUT 1110 DIFFERENT DIFFERENT ARTICLES AND VIDEOS I WAS TOLD THIS ISN'T GOING TO PLAY WE NEED TO WATCH IT. THAT IS JUST ME TALKING. THIS WAS THIS THIS PHOTO IS SHARED WITH FAMILY'S PERMISSION. BLESSINGS FOR BLUFFTON WAS MY IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY BY THE COMMUNITY IT'S A NOMINATION BASED PROGRAM WHERE RESIDENTS OF BLUFFTON CAN NOMINATE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ARE JUST GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME.

IT'S BASICALLY IT'S IF YOU'RE STRONG IN YOUR FAITH, I'M THE VESSEL THAT'S ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO OTHERS AND THAT'S HOW I KIND OF VIEW IT. AND SO FAMILIES ARE IDENTIFIED WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OTHER OTHER RESIDENTS OR THROUGH OTHER POLICE OFFICERS AND THEN WE ARE BRINGING THEM TO GROCERIES, WHATEVER SUITS THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

SO IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S LOOKING TO EAT HEALTHY, WE'RE GOING TO GO BUY A HEALTHY FOODS IF YOU'RE A FAMILY OF FOUR AND YOU JUST WANT DECENT FOOD YOU KNOW, AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE'LL GO DO THAT. YOU KNOW PUBLIX FOOD LION BEFORE WE GO TO SAM'S CLUB AND GET YOU ALL WHATEVER IT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOUR FAMILY IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR YOU. AND THEN THE FIRST MONTH WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO LOWE'S AND GET A GARBAGE DISPOSAL FOR THIS FAMILY TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN BROKEN AND LAST THIS MONTH I WAS ABLE TO GET ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSHES, GROCERIES FOR A FAMILY OF SIX.

SO WE HAD A DONOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. SO I'M ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO TWO MORE FAMILIES JUST FOR THIS ONE. SO WE ARE JUST MAKING MY PHONE CALLS GETTING WITH THEM TO DO THAT AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE NOW LET'S JUST THANK YOU ON ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL NO QUESTION IS JUST A COMMENT ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM OF REALLY TO OUR COUNCIL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO CREATE THIS POSITION AND GOVERNMENT A LOT OF TIMES GETS BLAMED FOR DOING THINGS WHEN WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. WHAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE I THINK OTHER COMMUNITIES CAN HAVE ON HOW YOU ACTUALLY MAKE A RIGHT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE AND WITH YOUR POSITION RECENTLY AND SO I'M JUST PROUD BE A PART OF A TOWN AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A COUNCIL BELIEVE THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT A CRIME AND, THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE CRIMINALIZED WHEN THEY ARE IN CRISIS AND. I LIKE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE IN HOW WE APPROACH IT SO CONGRATULATE THE BOTH OF YOU I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE PART OF OUR TOWN DEPARTMENT AND THANK YOU CHIEF ALSO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THEM TO FLOURISH IN THIS ROLE AND HELP SMALL. OKAY HANNAH, AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION LAST YEAR AFTER YOUR FIRST YEAR I THOUGHT MAYBE JUST LIKE TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS OFF AND GET CAUGHT UP SOME REST BECAUSE I, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID LAST YEAR AND THEN HERE YOU ARE AGAIN STAYING BUSY DOING MORE GREAT THINGS. I JUST WANT TO SAY I TOTALLY SUPPORT YOU AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

IT WILL JUST BE DINNER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND THANKS FOR LETTING US MEET MY NEW DOG. I GOT GRACE I'VE GOT A FIRST NAME SIERRA SAHARA LIKE THE WRONG GRACE SHE'S ON THE NICE LIST. YEAH.

[VII. Public Comment]

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MY NAME'S MIKE RAVEN. I LOVE THE GAMEPLAY HERE BUT I'M HERE TO TALK A NIGHT TONIGHT ABOUT JUST ONE LINE ACTUALLY IN OUR OUR TIME JUST ONE SENTENCE IS RIGHT IN THE IN THE CENTER UNDER A SECTION CALLED THE BUILDING BLOCKS HERE AND I QUOTE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON PER LAW MEANING LAW CANNOT ACTIVELY PURSUE PROPERTY OWNERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOWN. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY SO. IN FACT THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH IS THE GUIDING AGENCY FOR ALL 271 MUNICIPAL D ACROSS THE STATE DISAGREES WITH THAT STATEMENT LOOK AT THERE THEY HAVE A HANDBOOK ON EDUCATION LET IS QUOTE FROM NAACP SYMBOL THERE IS NOTHING IN STATUTORY LAW PROHIBITING A MUNICIPALITY FROM PROMOTING AND FINANCING THE CIRCULATION OF AN ANNEXATION PETITION FURTHER UNDER STRATEGY DEVELOPING A LOGICAL ANNEXATION POLICY INCLUDES CREATING A STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING ANNEXATION. THE SHOULD STRIVE TO MAKE OUTSIDE RESIDENTS FEEL THEY ARE NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN THE URBAN COMMUNITY. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SHOULD BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ISSUING AN INVITATION FOR ANNEX. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE RULES OF VERIFICATION RIGHT AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES FULTON FROM PROMOTING ITSELF OUTSIDE OF ITS BOUNDARIES AND WE HAVE A LOT TO BRAG ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I'LL SEE Y'ALL NEXT MONTH.

MR. AND WE DON'T SPEAK AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT AND I KNOW THAT THE TOWN MANAGER WILL GET WITH YOU AND WE'LL MAKE THE CHANGES . THANK YOU, MARSHA.

HEATHER HARKINS WANTED HER NAME AND ADDRESS. HELLO I'M HEATHER HARKINS FROM 5840 COURT. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG? THE MICROPHONES. I'LL SPEAK ABOUT HEATHER HARKINS 5840 COURT.

AND WHAT DO YOU THINK AT THEIR NOVEMBER 29TH MEETING THE DRC COMMITTEE ENTERED INTO NEW BUSINESS AND APPLICATION TO DEVELOP 20 ACRE OF LAND PARCEL AT 35 FOREIGN COURT INTO A FIVE STORY 200 APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE FAMILIES CHILDREN AND BABIES WOULD BE HOUSED NEXT TO POWER LINES ON BLUFFTON PARKWAY IN SOME CASES THE SECOND FLOOR NURSERIES AND BEDROOMS WILL LIKELY BE 2025 FEET AWAY. AND THESE ARE NOT JUST ORDINARY POWER LINES THIS IS THE JACKPOT OF POWER LINES AT LEAST 15 CABLES ACROSS WHEN SUPPORT STRUCTURES METAL TOWERS, TRANSFORMERS, INSULATORS YOU NAME IT, IT'S THERE. DOES ANYONE HAVE A THOUSAND METER WE CAN USE TO MEASURE THAT THE FIELDS THAT CHILDREN SLEEPING IN THESE APARTMENTS DAY AFTER DAY AND YEAR AFTER YEAR WOULD BE SUBJECTED. THERE ARE HEALTH RISKS THE CANCER SOCIETY POINTS TO EXPERT AGENCIES CONCLUSIONS THAT EXTREME LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS AS FROM POWER LINES ARE A POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN AND THE CLOSER YOU THE MORE RISK THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN WHATEVER THE POWER COMPANY SPRAYS UNDER THOSE VERY SAME POWER LINES TO KILL BOSTON CAN DO BETTER FOR FAMILY HOUSING. ITEM SIX IN YOUR FORMAL AGENDA

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LIEUTENANT YOU UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE GIVES YOU THE LANGUAGE TO USE WHEN A DEVELOPER PUTS FORTH PROPOSAL THAT DOES NOT ALIGN THE TOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

I THEN PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL THAT IS APPROPRIATE OR FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO DO THIS PROJECT. THE ANNEX LANDS COULD BE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THE MASTER PLANS FOR THESE NEIGHBORING TRACTS SHOULD BE COHESIVE PLANS.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO ANNEX THE GRAND OAKS LAND REQUEST THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL PLACE A HOLD ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S FINAL DECISION REGARDING 3540 COURT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPED FOR THE NEW TRACT. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MIGHT POSTPONE YOUR DECISION REGARDING THE ANNEXATION UNTIL THE RESOLUTION OF THE NEARBY 3540 COURT PARCEL IS SETTLED. THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL FOR 3544 IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK. THE PROPOSAL FOR 200 APARTMENTS DOES NOT ALIGN TO THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE CALL FOR FINANCIAL AND HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT IN ADDITION TO THE HEALTH RISKS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE APARTMENTS WOULD BE AN EYESORE ON THE SIDE OF BLUFFTON . YOU HAVE ONE SHOT AT DEVELOPING THE LAND OWNED THE PARKWAY AND HE AGREES WITH GREENING IN GREENVILLE. I WAS GOING BEFORE MS..

LYNN GRAYLING. I'M SORRY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL ME BEFORE MISSPELLING.

REALLY? WE NEED TO REARRANGE THE WELL, I MEAN I CAN SPEAK FROM THIS ONE. REALLY? ARE YOU.

DO YOU HAVE A FROM ME? I SURE DO. SO AND YOU'RE UP FOR COMMENT AS WELL. SO YOU'VE GOT 3 MINUTES TO DO BOTH.

SO HAVE I HAVE 3 MINUTES FOR ME AND I HAVE 3 MINUTES FOR LINGERING.

HAVE 3 MINUTES. WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK FOR MS. GREALY NOW AND I WILL DO MY OWN 3 MINUTES LATER. AND JUDGE BORK SAID THAT MY APPEAL IS TOTALLY LEGAL BUT SO FAR SO SORRY TO BE BREAKING THE LAW IF THAT'S THE CASE. SO I'LL SPEAK TO MS..

LYNN REALLY AND YOU YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP HERE. YOU CALL MY NAME, I'LL GET UP AND SPEAK MY FRIEND. YOU'RE SPEAKING 3 MINUTES SO THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE LAW STATES WHEN THEY'RE GETTING YOU.

I'M SO SORRY I HATE TO INFORM YOU BUT THAT YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW DOING THAT.

OKAY, WELL, SO YOU WENT TO SPEAK REALLY? REALLY DIDN'T DO MY SPEECH.

HAD BEEN HAPPY TO DO THAT. MR. HOBAN, YOU'LL HAVE 3 MINUTES TOTAL.

OKAY? I'M NOT VERY GOOD, SO I'M SO SORRY.

OKAY, THE GOT TO GO UP AGAINST YOU, OKAY? JUST SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GO TO COURT AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT ALTHOUGH YOU HAD 3 MINUTES ABOUT OKAY AND AN ANSWER.

OKAY, SO OKAY MISS LET ME LET LET ME START FIRST WITH SYLVIA AS WELL AND HER NAME AND ADDRESS NAME AND ADDRESS THAT START THE CLOCK OVER STARTED THAT SHE STRUCK ME FIRST AT THE CLOCK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DEREK SKIP WITH WOMEN HORROR.

OKAY, MS. FIRST THIS ALWAYS MEANT THAT YOU DID NOT SEEK REELECTION FOR MANY REASONS YOUR CORRUPTION INCREASED OVER THE YEARS IT BECAME MORE OBVIOUS TO MANY THAT BOTH YOU AND YOUR LAWYER FINGER HOW HE PROFITED FROM YOUR TOWN FROM INCREASED REAL ESTATE SALES AND TERRY FIGURES INCREASED REALTOR BUILDER AND DEVELOPER PLANS THIS GREED AND CONFLICT HAS RESULTED IN OVERDEVELOPMENT INCREASED TRAFFIC INCREASE ACCIDENTS AND EVEN DEATHS YOUR GREEN INCREASE OF POLLUTION THE RUNOFF TO MANY OF OUR CREEKS AND OUR IMPORTANT MAY RIVER I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 50 YEARS IN THIS AREA AND NO WAY YOU WANTED ANOTHER BEACH CHARLESTON OR SAVANNAH. IT'S WAY PAST TIME FOR A REGIME CHANGE.

ALSO YOUR CHOICE FOR A REPLACEMENT TUMOR. WE ALL KNOW YOU CONTROL AND HAVE MANY YEARS AND WE'LL JUST KEEP SCROLLING TO KEEP TERRY FINGER IN POWER, TO KEEP GETTING OVERCHARGED LEGAL FEES AND KEEP AND HELP KEEP HIS REAL ESTATE COMMISSIONS AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENTS MOVING FORWARD. AND TUMOR IS JUST ANOTHER LONG TERM ENTRENCHED INSIDER WHO MUST BE REMOVED. MR. TUMOR HAS SOLD HIS SOUL AND FAR WITH YOU MISERABLE FOR YOUR REAL ESTATE SALES AND CLIENT FOR MR. FINGER WITH TOTAL DISREGARD IN THE FUTURE IMPACT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. YOU WOULD THINK TUMOR SEAFOOD WOULD UNDERSTAND ALL THIS SADLY AN OYSTER KNOWS MORE ABOUT POLLUTION, TRAFFIC AND OVERDEVELOPMENT THE TUMOR OF TUMOR SHOULD FOCUS WHEN REMOVED FROM HEALTH ALONG THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND TRY TO FIX AND IMPROVE THE HARM AND DESTRUCTION DONE HIS BOATS AGAIN THAT HELPED ENRICH SMOKING FINGERS POCKETS. MR. TUMOR YOU WILL NEVER BE

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WE DESERVE BETTER. PERHAPS THE DESTRUCTION SO CALLED PROGRESS IS TOO LATE BUT WE CAN TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN SO THE TUMOR IS BETTER FACILITATED.

APEX TO BE ILLEGALLY USED AND IN ISSUE BODY TO THE ILLEGAL HILTON THEIR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEIR FRAUDULENT PRESENTATIONS. THIS ILLEGAL CHAMBER IS IS ALSO USING MILLIONS OF OUR TAX FUNDS SECRETLY FOR ADVERTISING SALES THAT POCKET OBSCENE PROFITS TO PAY ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BILL MILES A $500,000 PLUS SALARY. IT'S SO GOOD TO ONE FINGER APPROVES THE WEBSITE VISIT THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE OWNED BY THE TOWN OF HEALTH OF BLUFFTON NOT THE HILTON HEAD CHAMBER AND SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED IN CANADA BUT DEVELOPED GLOBALLY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES SO THAT GERMAN FINGER SHOWS OF THE HILTON HEAD THE CROOKED HILTON HEAD CHAMBER OVER THEIR OWN LEGAL GREATER GLOVE THE CHAMBER TRY TO DRIVE THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. THIS ENTIRE TOWN SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FORENSICALLY AUDITED. WE NEED AN HONEST MAYOR. WE NEED A LAWYER WITH NO HORSES IN THE RACE. WE ALSO NEED TO REPLACE US POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE NEED TO LET SHERIFF TANNER THERE ARE ELECTED CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES HAVE CONTROL HERE OF LOCAL. IT COULD BE ANYONE. THANK YOU.

I MEAN I WOULD NOT HAVE I HAVE MY PREGNANT NOW. YES I DO ALL MY HAVE HOUR 3 MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE A APPEAL RIGHT LET ME EXPLAIN SOME EVEN FIGURE YOU'RE A LAWYER AND I THINK I THINK YOU ARE SOMEWHAT SMART A PLACE THAT IS ALL POWERFUL DOCUMENT APPEAL WAY GIVE ME THE RIGHT TO GIVE YOU THE POWER TO PULL THE PLUG ON MY DEATHBED IT ALSO GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO LET YOU READ MY FINANCE SUMMARY GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PRIORITY . I'M SURE THIS IS PRETTY MUCH BASED IN FACT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FATHER. FOR MY DAD . YOU GET YOUR HANDS OFF IT.

NO, NO YOU DON'T. I'M SORRY. YOU WILL YOU PLEASE HANDLE EVERYONE YOU KNOW THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY HAS HAVE A NICE SMILE AND A NICE PERSONALITY BUT HER ACTIONS SPEAK A WHOLE DIFFERENT PICTURE. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HER

[VIII. Communications from Mayor and Council]

YOU FINISH MY SPEECH NO TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU ARE WE NEED YOUR CANDID FEEDBACK.

YOU GOT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE HIRED? I DON'T THINK SO.

IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO HER YOU GOING TO REMOVE WHAT? SHE'S GOING TO DEFINE IT FOR HER I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING MR. WHAT ANYTHING I THINK SHE'S WORKING WELL OUT LOUD.

YEAH. IN THE SPIRIT OF YOU RIGHT. YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED CONGRESSIONAL CHRISTMAS THERE'S NO NEED TO DO THAT ANYWAY I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND WE GOT TO CONGRATULATE MAYOR SALT A LITTLE WHILE AGO IN A PRIVATE MEETING AND I AGAIN THIS COUNCIL STANDS WITH HER AND BY HER AND SHE HAS DONE A SPECTACULAR JOB. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. IT DOESN'T WORK. OH, IT DOES WORK NOW MAGIC LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE AMERICA AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND I WISH THAT GOD WOULD GIVE YOU THE HEART TO AND SHARE LOVE WITH ALL THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN YOUR FAMILY AND EVEN PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF PLEASE TRY TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE LIFE BETTER IN THIS SEASON. LISA I DON'T HAVE ANY TO BRING UP A BUMP ON I LOVE WITH YOU I'M GOING TO MISS YOU AND I GOD BLESS YOU AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE LITTLE GRANDBABIES.

ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, NOT ME JUST GOING TO REPEAT WHAT WE SAID IN THE OTHER ROOM WHERE I AM YEAH. SHE'S NOT GOING AWAY GUYS BE SO SAD.

SHE STILL LIVES IN HERE. WE'RE STILL GOING TO CALL HER AND ASK FOR HER OPINION ON THINGS. WE LISTEN TO WHAT SHE TELLS US OR NOT WE WILL IN TOUCH.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE I COULD EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING HALF OF WHAT SHE'S ALREADY DONE SO. SHE WILL BE INCLUDED AND RESPECTED FOR OPINION AND GUIDANCE JUST LIKE WE HAVE FOR THE LAST I HAVE PERSONALLY THE LAST TEN YEARS SO DON'T BE SAD

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I HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE, HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. ANYTHING ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS? I THINK WHAT EVERYONE SAID I'M CERTAINLY HOPING EVERYONE HAS A GRACIOUS HOLIDAY SEASON. MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY KWANZAA.

FELICE NAVIDAD. I ALSO WANT TO THANK TOWN STAFF FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AGAIN THAT WE CELEBRATED RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO RAVE ON JUST HOW APPRECIATIVE HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS. THE TOWN IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.

THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RIDING AROUND TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. BUT THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF WHO WORKS AROUND THE CLOCK TO ENSURE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN DEFINITELY GOES DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND IS APPRECIATED IN MINNESOTA WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE YOU.

SO JOHN WILL STILL ROB HER EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. PLEASE YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE TOWN TRULY WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU GET TO GET YOUR FLOWERS WHILE YOU CAN STILL SMELL THEM. THANK YOU. WELL WE ALSO JUST THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU ALL AND I'M SORRY FOR THAT AND IF YOU HAD SOLUTIONS TO MY LAPDOG RIGHT HERE TO ME IF ANY OF Y'ALL KNOW LARRY TOUMA CAN BE ASSURED HE LISTEN TO ME SO IT'S JUST A WAY FOR POLITICAL THEATER AND IT'S SAD BUT WE ARE CONSISTENT. THAT IS ONE THING YOU CAN TELL ABOUT OUR TOWN. WE CONSISTENT AND HE IS GOING TO BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND HE NEEDS HE TO HIS CAR AFTER THAT NO ONE TOOK HIM TO JAIL SO I'LL PRAY FOR HIS HEART AND I THINK WE ALL SHOULD BUT WE HAD MENORAH WHICH I SEE CHRISTIE HERE WE HAVE HAD IT HOW MANY YEARS BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS THE FIRST ANNUAL BUT THE FIRST MENORAH LIGHTING I WAS INVITED TO SIP UNCLE DOWN RAIN DOCTOR BLACK RABBI BLOOM UNDER OVERHANG AND IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. IT JUST GREW AND I THINK THERE WERE FOUR OR 500 PEOPLE THERE SO LET'S LET'S KEEP EVERYONE IN OUR PRAYERS FOR WHATEVER HOLIDAYS THAT YOU CELEBRATE. THANK YOU MY FAMILY FOR BEING HERE BROTHER IN LAW WHO MOVED HERE TO BEAUFORT ANYWAY HE CAME ACROSS BRIDGE AND MY KIDS AND MY HUSBAND THANK YOU ALL AND MY LITTLE GRANDBABIES THAT THEY MY FRIENDS WHO KEEP IT REAL AND I THANK ALL OF Y'ALL ALL OF Y'ALL MEAN WORLD TO ME AND I'M GOING TO MISS IT BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ME TO, RIGHT? I WANT TO MISS IT. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HERE AND HAVE A PARTY BECAUSE IT'S OVER . YOU'RE IN GREAT HANDS AND I HATE TO TELL MR. HOAGLAND BUT THE OVER AND LARRY, YOU WANT SURE. WHO'S COMING TO CLEAN HOUSE TAKE THEM OUT BEFORE JANUARY. I WILL BE HERE THE NIGHT JUST TO START.

WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN 16 YEARS. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU DID SO I'LL START THE MEETING BUT SWORN IN AND I'M SITTING RIGHT THERE BY TINA TOOMER BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE MAN WRITES ON HIS NOTEPAD. I AM CURIOUS WHAT HE WRITES BECAUSE HE SAYS THE SAME THING SO HAPPY EVERYTHING SO MOVING ON WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING ON WHAT THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF EITHER AGENDA. YEAH WE DON'T HAVE SECTION WE DON'T HAVE ITEM NONE. WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING AND I MISS

[X.1. Approval to Authorize a Construction Contract with Beaufort Construction of SC, LLC for the Event Area Site Development at Oyster Factory Park (Fiscal Impact: $1,016,818.50) – Pat Rooney, Manager of Capital Improvements Program]

GOT TWO CONTRACTS HERE TONIGHT TO FINISH OUT THE CALENDAR. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE EVENT AREA DEVELOPMENT LIST IN FACT APART AS FAR AS BACKGROUND 2022 Y'ALL APPROVED A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT AND SO IT'D BE EVERY COUNTY IN THE LAND TRUST ALSO APPROVED IT APRIL 23 WE CAME HERE WITH A CONCEPTUAL FOR THE EVENT AREA FOR OYSTER FACTORY PARK AND YOU GAVE US INSTRUCTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PERMITTING BIDDING THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE REALLY A PART OF THE OF THE EVENT AREA I'M NOT GOING GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE BUT ONE THING IN PARTICULAR, LARRY, THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS UPGRADING THE ELECTRICAL AT THE SITE AND WE'RE COMING UP WITH A 225 AMP SERVICE WITH WITH ADDITIONAL

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QUESTION FOR PAT THAT'S LIKE MR. HAMILTON CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PICTURE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE I GUESS I DON'T SEE IT HERE BUT THE PARKING THAT'S ADJACENT TO THIS SO THAT WE JUST DID. YES. IS THAT A PART OF THIS PROJECT? NO. WAS A PREVIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHICH WE'RE 99.9% DONE WHAT WE HAD SAID BUT LIGHTING IT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT IT IN BEFORE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING ON LIGHTING THERE'S SITE LIGHTING THAT'S YET TO GO IN DOMINION AND TOLD US THEY WOULD GET IT DONE BY CHRISTMAS TIME. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM MONDAY AND THEY DIDN'T QUITE UP TO THEIR EXPECTATIONS BUT THEY ARE IT'S ON TOP IN OUR LIST TO GET DONE THERE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I REMEMBER THERE WAS A CONCERN THE LAST TIME IN THE PRESENTATION AND I YOU WERE GOING TO GO BACK ABOUT THE ROOTS OF LIVE OAK.

ARE THERE SOME THAT ARE GO QUITE SOME DISTANCE? HOW WOULD THE APPROACH BE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT DAMAGE LIKE WHEN THAT DECKING AND OTHER THINGS ARE ADDED TO THIS PROJECT WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION WE DID A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHOWED ON THE DETAILS THAT INDICATE HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS ROOTS WHEN WE COME ACROSS AND IF THERE AT ALL WHETHER IT'S ALL HAND DUG UNDERNEATH THE CANOPY OF THE TREES THAT GOES ON INTO ROOTS THERE'S TO BRIDGE THOSE ROOTS WITH THE WITH ANY FOOTINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND THEN ANY THERE'S NOT REALLY MECHANICAL ORDERING DONE UNDERNEATH THE ROOT CANOPY SO IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IN THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT IT'S PRIORITY US THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE SO YOU SAID YOU'RE TAKING ARE WE HOLDING ALL ARE WE EVENTS TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO INCLUDE ALCOHOL WHICH NORMALLY WE DON'T IS THAT OR WE HAVE AN EVENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE AT GARVIN GARVEY HOUSE DURING THAT TIME OR WE THAT'S WHERE THE EVENTS ARE GOING TO GO DURING THE COURSE OF THIS FROM JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL THE EVENTS WHEN ALL HAVE THAT OCCUR YOU'LL TAKE YOU'LL TAKE RESERVATIONS STARTING MAY WELL THERE THERE'S PLENTY OF EVENTS ARE RESERVED RIGHT NOW OKAY OKAY ANYTHING ELSE SUPER GREAT JOB EXCITED TO SEE IT.

IT'S GOING TO SO IT'S DIRTY OUT THERE SO I LIKE THAT WE'RE FORMALIZING IT AND CLEANING UP . IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH YOU FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE LLC FOR THE EVENT AREA SITE DEVELOPMENT AT OYSTER COUNTRY PARK MY AGENDA WAS DIFFERENT THAN THIS SO IF YOU WANT ME TO SAY 924,000 OR YOU WANT ME TO SAY A MILLION 1658 1850 IT'S A MAY AND 924,003 8845 PLUS 10% CONTINGENCY FOR $924,380.45 PLUS A 10% CONTINGENCY MOVE YOUR SECOND ANY DISCUSSION AT ALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING HEY I OPPOSE THAT'S UNANIMOUS THANK YOU PAT YOU COULDN'T TALK THEM OUT OF THE $0.45 FOR 45 SO YEAH I APPRECIATE IT IF Y'ALL ARE

[X.2. Approval to Authorize a Master Services Agreement with JK Tiller Associates, Inc., Witmer Jones Keefer, Ltd., and Wood + Partners for As Needed Planning and Design Consulting Services (Fiscal Impact: Not to Exceed Individual Project Budget Amounts) – Pat Rooney, Manager of Capital Improvements Program]

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YES. IS FOR A CONTRACT APPROVAL FOR A MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR AS NEEDED PLANNING AND DESIGN CONSULTING SERVICES. WE DO THIS PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET CYCLE AND WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS SURVEYORS ,LAND PLANNERS AND THIS SPECIFICALLY IS MORE FOR LAND PLANNERS.

THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT HAS JUST SO THOSE AGREEMENTS NEED TO BE REESTABLISHED THROUGH A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WHICH WE SUBMITTED WE POSTED IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER 23RD OF 2023 WE RECEIVED QUITE A SUBMITTALS FOR THIS LIKE THE LAST ONE BUT WE HAD A STAFF REVIEW TEAM THAT EVALUATED THE SUBMITTALS BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND THE RFQ AND ONES THAT ROSE TO THE TOP REALLY WERE J.K. TAYLOR WITMER JONES KEEFER AND WOODEN PARTNERS.

THEY PERFORMED WELL FOR US IN THE PAST THEIR LOCAL AND AND THEY GRADED THE HIGHEST ON THEIR EVALUATION THESE AGREEMENTS THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THE AGREEMENTS CAN $100,000 SO THAT'S PART OF THE APPROVAL REQUESTING THIS ANY SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENT THAT COMES ABOUT FOR A TASK AUTHORIZATION THAT IS OVER $100,000 INDIVIDUALLY WE WOULD COME TO COUNCIL FOR THAT APPROVAL FOR OUR PROCUREMENT CODE . SO AGAIN NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING COUNCIL APPROVAL TOWN MANAGER WHAT MESSAGE WOULD THESE THREE FIRMS AND THEN WE START TASK AUTHORIZATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THAT ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM QUESTIONS THE SITE GREAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH JAKE TAYLOR ASSOCIATES WITMER JONES AND WOOD AND PARTNERS FOR AS NEEDED PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES TOWN COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THESE MSAS COULD BE EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEARS AND THE COMBINED AGGREGATE AMOUNT FOR THESE MSAS MAY EXCEED 100,000 DURING THE LIFE OF THE AGREEMENTS OF THEIR SECOND SITE. ANY DISCUSSION ALL FAVOR STATE BY SAYING I OPPOSE THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THAT LAST I SAID UNANIMOUS BUT IT WAS FOR WITH

[X.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 Code of the Town Code as Required by Act 176 of 2020. - Second & Final Reading - Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY DISCUSSION POINTS TO MAKE CHANGES NO PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER NATALIE IS FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER SO I'M NOT WORKING.

THERE'S JUST ONE THING WE ADDED IN THE MASTERPIECE AND CHANGED THE LANGUAGE TO REFERENCE THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BACK AND CHANGE THE MASTERPIECE GO ANY TIME THIS COMES UP BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE ONE CHANGE IT WAS IN OUR PACKETS OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER SIX BUSINESS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS APPENDIX SAY BUSINESS LICENSES RATE SCHEDULE IN APPENDIX B BUSINESS LICENSE SCHEDULE BY THE NEXT CODE TO COMPLY WITH ACT 176 OF 2020 SOME OF THEIR SECOND RECORD ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR STATE THE THING I OPPOSE THAT'S UNANIMOUS AND YOU GET DO TEXT TWO THAT'S RIGHT THAT'S UP YEAH SO ITEM CONSIDERATION OF ACCOMMODATIONS TAX ADVISORY

[X.4. Consideration of Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee Funding Recommendations for Quarter Ending September 30, 2023 - Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

AND I KNOW CHRISTIE'S SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN CALL ON OUR CHAIR.

OKAY SO RECAP OF THE ATTACK CONSIDERATIONS THIS QUARTER THERE WERE $102,000 REQUESTED AND THE AMOUNT RECOMMENDED WAS 110,000. I WILL BE GOING OVER THESE INDIVIDUALLY. THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR STATE ATTACK FUNDS SITS 152,166.

THAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE UNENCUMBERED UNCOMMITTED. THIS IS THE LOOK AT THE SCORING MATRIX WE ALL INCLUDE IN YOUR PACKETS EVERY QUARTER AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION BREAKDOWN IS AND AGAIN I WILL GO OVER THESE INDIVIDUALLY SO THE FIRST WE HAD IS NEW BLUFFTON WORSHIP THEY'RE REQUESTING 23,110 FOR CHRISTMAS UNDER THE STARS THEIR TOTAL BUDGET WAS 29,000 830 AND

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IF SO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW WORKS? THE NEW BLUFFTON WORSHIP CHRISTMAS UNDER THE STARS AND THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF $15,280.

SO MOVE YOUR SECOND THAT ANY DISCUSSION ON FAVOR STATE BY SAYING HEY I OPPOSED OAK IS THE NEXT WE HAVE IS A GOAL A TRAVELING THEATER THEY PUT A REQUEST OF 18,000 791 FOR THE GOLFING KINFOLK TO COME TO BLUFFTON THEY PRESENTED DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING CURRENTLY PROGRAMS ARE SCHEDULED SO ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THE ORGANIZATION REAPPLY IF THEY WERE TO SCHEDULE ANY EVENTS SO THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME ON THIS ITEM DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WE WILL NOT HAVE A VOTE ON THAT BUT ANY QUESTIONS DO THEY NOT HAVE A QUARTER? DID THEY NOT HAVE A DID THEY SAY OR SOMETHING? NO, I DON'T IF THEY SPECIFY IN THE TIME SORRY CHRISTI WHEN THEY THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DATES SAY WE GAVE THEM SUGGESTIONS OF YOU KNOW TALKING TO MAY RIVER THEATER AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS SO WE DID RECOMMEND THAT JUST COME BACK WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING PLANNED THERE WAS NOTHING PLANNED FOR THE NEXT YEAR. RIGHT.

OKAY. ANYTHING OKAY WITH THE THE ORGANIZATION IS IT BLUFFTON BASED ORGANIZATION? NO. THERE SHE IS IN BEAUFORT TO FORGET I EMANUEL STAY UP THERE JUST IN CASE OKAY NEXT NEXT WE HAVE IS THE MAY RIVER THEATER FOR UPCOMING 2024 SEASON. THEY HAVE SIX PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED AS THEIR TOTAL BUDGET IS 98,000 726 AND THE RECOMMENDED EIGHT TEST GRANT OF 39,000 801 ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER ON THIS IS THERE A MOTION TO GRANT MAY RIVER THEATER 39,000 801 IN SUPPORT OF THE 2024 SEASON AS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT BREAKDOWN SO MOVE SECOND ANY DISCUSSIONS ALL IN FAVOR OF SAYING I'M OPPOSED THAT'S UNANIMOUS OKAY THE NEXT WE HAVE IS THE FARMER FARMERS MARKET AT BLUFFTON REQUESTING 55,300 TO SUPPORT THEIR 2024 MARKETS.

THEIR TOTAL BUDGET IS 138,000 850 AND THE RECOMMENDED GRANT 55,300.

ANY QUESTIONS OF KRISTI OR OUR CHRIS IS THERE MOTION TO GRANT THE FARMERS MARKET A BLUFFTON 55,300 AND SUPPORT THE 2024 MARKET EXPENSES AS PRESENTED IN STAFF REPORT SOME OF YOUR SECOND YOU NEED DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR THE SAME THING ARE I OPPOSED UNANIMOUS AND WE DID HAVE AN INITIAL APPLICATION FROM THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER COMMERCE FOR THE VACATION PLANNER THEY WERE UNABLE TO COME TO THE LAST MEETING TO PRESENT SO THEY ASKED TO MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT . SO THE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DEFER TO THE NEXT QUARTER. THERE'S NO ACTION ON THAT.

OKAY. THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KRISTI.

I KNOW I DID A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN LAST TIME AND IT'LL BE DONE DIFFERENTLY THE NEXT

[X.5. Consideration of a Resolution Encouraging Governor Henry McMaster to Declare an Economic Disaster Due to the Dumping of Imported Shrimp in the United States Market – Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

HEATHER AND BASS AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS AS WELL.

OKAY. SO MR. TEMER IS RECUSING HIMSELF.

YOU START, MAYOR. JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE WHO'S WATCHING? MAYOR HANEY FROM MOUNT PLEASANT EMAILED ME AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING IT AND.

I ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP TO BILL HERB KURZMAN WHO WAS SOMEWHAT AWARE OF IT.

AND HEATHER, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT TO GET IT TO HIM. SO I DID GO TO LARRY TO ASK HIM BECAUSE THAT'S HIS WORLD AND HE VERY AWARE OF IT. BUT I THINK JUST IN THE RIGHT.

JUST PLEASE KEEP YOURSELF RECUSED. SO THANK YOU, HEATHER PROTECTIONISM. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS.

DON'T LOOK TO HIM IN THIS IN THIS FIELD. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERTS HERE. WE HAVE BOTH ROCKY MAG WOOD WHO'S THE PRESIDENT AND BRIAN JONES, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SHRIMPERS ASSOCIATION.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION OR DETAILS. THEY ARE HERE AND THEY ARE HAPPY. ADD TO THAT. I ALSO HAVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT STAFF HERE BETH LEWIS WHO HELPED ME WITH THIS RESOLUTION AND GOT ME A BIT MORE UP TO SPEED. SO THEY'RE HERE AS WELL. I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION OR

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SO BASICALLY DUMPING A LOT INTO THE REGION AND THAT LOWERS THE COST OF THE PRODUCTION.

SO THE PURPOSE REALLY AND LIKE I SAID THOSE EXPERTS CAN EXPLAIN MORE OF THIS BUT REALLY BY ASKING THE GOVERNOR AND IF HE DOES MOVE FORWARD WITH DECLARING THE ECONOMIC DISASTER THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR CONTROLS AND THEN ALSO MONEY AND FUNDING TO ASSIST.

I'M NOT TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS WHY THIS IS IN THE RESOLUTION BUT I JUST SUMMARIZE THAT AND SAY THAT SHRIMPING IS A CHARACTER CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S SOMETHING DEFINES US AS IT'S STATED THROUGHOUT THE RESOLUTION. IT'S REFERENCED IN OUR PLAN PLANNING DOCUMENTS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS A CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ALSO TOURISM INDUSTRY. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT LIKE I SAID, THE MAE RIVER IN AND OF ITSELF IS ALSO ONE OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IN MIND LIKE I SAID I DO THEY ARE HERE FOR QUESTIONS DISCUSSIONS. YOU ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT MOUNT PLEASANT AS WELL AS MCCLELLAN BOTH HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS AS OTHERS IN GEORGIA ALONG THE COAST.

IF TOWN COUNCIL DOES APPROVE RESOLUTION MOVING FORWARD IT WILL ALSO COME WITH A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR AND THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH OTHERS OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE REGION AND WITH SO LOCO SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO ALSO DO THE SAME THING. ANY QUESTIONS YOU.

IN TERMS OF . YEP. SO IN JUST IN LOOKING UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS. MY CONCERN HERE THE ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE YOU SAID THERE GENTLEMAN HERE WHO COULD ANSWER IT? WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE CURRENT RETAILERS OR EVEN I WOULD SAY FOOD AND BEVERAGE WHOMEVER THAT IS IMPORTING SHRIMP FROM SOME OF THE COMPANIES WHO MAY BE A PART OF WHAT SAYING IS SHRIMP DUMPING LIKE IF THIS WERE TO GO INTO EFFECT WE'RE GOING TO THIS RESOLUTION. WHAT IMPACT WILL HAVE ON ON THEM? YES. SO MY NAME IS BRIAN JONES. HI.

I'M A SHRIMPER FROM MCCLELLAN VILLE, ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SHRIMPERS ASSOCIATION. THAT IS A WONDERFUL QUESTION. NOW OBVIOUSLY REASON PEOPLE BUY IMPORTED SHRIMP IS BECAUSE IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER. BUT WITH THAT COMES WITH IS THE RISK TO THE LOCAL INDUSTRIES JOBS HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY. BUT YES WOULD WOULD THE PRICE OF SHRIMP GO UP IN IN IN A PERFECT WORLD? THE ANSWER IS YES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SOME PRICE PARITY AND SOME LEVEL PLAYING FIELD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH THE SHRIMP DUMPING OUT OF THE MARKET THEY'RE DEPRESSING THE PRICES BECAUSE JUST FLOODING THE MARKET TO WHAT SHE HAD MENTIONED AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR LESS THAN WHAT IT COST TO PRODUCE AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW IT'S PUTTING OUR SHRIMPERS OUT OF BUSINESS. AND SHE HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES SINCE ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS TO NORTH CAROLINA DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AS WELL. BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT MAY COST THE THE RESTAURANTS A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO BUY LOCAL WILD CAUGHT SHRIMP. BUT IT'LL COME WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE GETTING FRESH QUALITY SEAFOOD WHEREAS A LOT OF THESE IMPORTED SHRIMP ARE GROWN IN PONDS AQUACULTURE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, BANNED ANTIBIOTICS AND CHEMICALS LESS THAN 2% IS ACTUALLY IMPORT INSPECTED WHEN IT COMES TO THE PORTS OF ENTRY . SO NOT ONLY IS IT HELPING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO PROTECT SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ICONIC TO OUR LOWCOUNTRY IDENTITY AND THE HERITAGE THAT WE BELIEVE IS WORTH PRESERVING BUT IT'S ALSO A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE TOO.

AND SO KNOW THAT THE RESTAURANTS YOU KNOW, IT MAY AFFECT KNOW THE PRICE THAT THEY'RE PAYING. BUT I THINK AS WE'VE SEEN, EVERYTHING ELSE HAS GONE.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THE COST OF KETCHUP, THE COST OF DIESEL FUEL, COST OF ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A VALUE PROPOSITION AS WELL AS FAR AS PAYING MORE FOR QUALITY SHRIMP. NOW I GET THAT MY CONCERN IS JUST THAT IN PLAYING AS SOME PEOPLE SAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND WE WE'RE ADVOCATE FOR FREE MARKET. I AM CONCERNED OF THOSE WHO MIGHT SAY WELL ARE WE BEING FORCED THIS RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT JUST ONE ENTITY AND NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO TO PATRONIZE OR WHOMEVER THEY IF THERE'S A PUSH JUST FOR PURCHASING IN BRINGING LOCAL SHRIMP SO TO BE

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RIGHT. AND SINCE IT'S EXISTENCE BUT WE'VE KIND OF REACHED AN INFLECTION POINT WHERE IT'S KIND OF WHERE IT IS PUTTING A LOT OF BOATS OUT OF BUSINESS AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO AND WHY IT'S DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE RECENTLY THEY MADE CHANGES TO THE MAGNUSON STEVENS ACT WHICH INCLUDED SOMETHING CALLED ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSES.

SO DISASTER DECLARATIONS THROUGH NOAA FISHERIES TO HAVE TO BE JUST RELATED TO YOU KNOW, FREEZES HURRICANES NATURAL DISASTERS. BUT NOW THAT IN ADDITION TO AN ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS WHICH HUMAN OR MANMADE THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW ALL THE SHRIMPERS ARE BANDING TOGETHER FROM TEXAS TO NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDED THAT WOULD PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU.

AND I UNDERSTAND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING ARE ABLE TO GET THAT TOO BECAUSE. I KNOW THROUGH THIS LOCAL SHRIMPERS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR DISASTER RELATED ASSISTANCE THAT WOULD ONLY COME THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION.

ALL RIGHT. YES, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER.

OBSERVATION, MAYOR. SO IF IT PROTECTS JOBS INSTEAD OF LOSING JOBS THEN THE COST IS PROTECTED ALSO. CORRECT RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? I WOULD ALSO SAY TOP OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S ALSO IN THE COVENANT OF BLUFFTON.

AND I WISH JOANIE WOULD NOT ELECT THAT SHE WOULD GIVE ME THE EXACT DATE THAT WAS WRITTEN THAT WAS WAY TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE OYSTER SHRIMPING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES OF MAE RIVER. SO I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU. YOU GOT THE MOTION. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND COMING AND STAND BACK THERE. IT'S A GREAT IT'S AMAZING HOW WE ALL REALLY ABIDE BY THAT.

AND IT WAS CREATED IN THE I THINK IN THE NINETIES EIGHTIES I DO NOT KNOW BUT IT RINGS TRUE TODAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH MODIFICATIONS OR NO? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? AN ATTACHED LETTER ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER RELATING TO THE DUMPING OF IMPORTED SHRIMP IN UNITED STATES MARKET. SOME OF YOUR SECOND TALK. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR SAY OF SAYING I OPPOSED THAT FOR WHICH ONE RECUSAL. THANK YOU.

[X.6. Consideration of the Acceptance of University Investments, 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 65.592 Acres, More or Less, Located at Southwest Corner of the Buckwalter Parkway and Lake Point Drive Intersection and to the West of the Retreat at Grande Oaks, and Bearing Beaufort County Tax Map Nos. R600-029- 000-0014-0000 (Portion) and R600-029-000-2410-0000. - Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM MAYOR, THIS EVENING WE'RE HERE FOR AN ANNEXATION REQUEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2023 FOR THE TWO PART TWO PROPERTIES AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY FOR A TOTAL OF 65.592 ACRES AND THAT'S THE SOUTHWEST OF BUCKWALTER PARKWAY AND LAKE POINT IN PURSUANT TO THIS APPLICATION THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT CONCURRENT ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS AS THIS MOVES FORWARD ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS WOULD INCLUDE AMENDMENTS TO THE PUD THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CONCEPT PLAN AND EXCUSE ME AND ALSO INCORPORATING THE PROPERTIES INTO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON WITH THE ADDITION OF REQUESTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND TO CREATE A NEW LAND USE TRACK CALLED GRANDIOSE LAND USE TRACK. SO THIS APPLICATION BEFORE YOU INITIALLY IN OCTOBER OF 2023 FOR 13.99 ACRES YOU ASKED THE APPLICANT TO COME BACK WITH MORE LAND.

THEY DID THAT IN NOVEMBER THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NOVEMBER 15TH OF 2022.

APPLICANT CAME BACK WITH SIX ACRES PROPOSED WITH 86 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND 53 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS FROM THAT THE THE APPLICANT ABLE TO KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK AND RETHINK WHAT THEY WERE.

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THE PROPERTY AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON.

AN AERIAL MAP HERE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS THE PROPERTIES YOU CAN SEE THAT AND THEN FROM A BOUNDARY MAP STANDPOINT IS ADJACENT TO THE BUCKWALTER PAD FROM BACKGROUND STANDPOINT IT'S IN THE GRANDY OAKS PUDI CURRENTLY WHICH IS IN OMNICORP COUNTY.

THESE THIS IS A LIST OF THE PROPOSED USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THAT VILLAGE COMMERCIAL AS STATED THEY'RE REQUESTING TO COME INTO THE BUCKWALTER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT CREATE THEIR OWN LAND USE TRACK WHICH WOULD BE THE GRANDIOSE LAND USE TRACK.

WE DID THIS SIMILARLY WITH SAINT GREGORY'S GREAT IF YOU REMEMBER THEY CREATE THEIR OWN LAND USE TRACK AS WELL THEY'RE REQUESTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE CONCEPT PLAN TO ADD THE 32 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS NO ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING RIGHTS ARE BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS APPLICATION HERE'S A COPY OF THE PROPOSED CONCEPT MAP TO ZOOM IN YOU CAN SEE THE AREA WITH THE HASH MARKED THAT'S THE AREA THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WHICH WOULD HAVE THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION TO IT AND BE CALLED THE GRANDIOSE PORTION AND THEN FROM THE CONCEPT PLAN AS WELL JUST INCREASE THE THE AREA SO YOU CAN SEE FROM A DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY THE 65 ACRES NO DWELLING UNITS AND THEN A TOTAL THE 32 ACRES AND THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THE ACREAGE IS 65 ACRES TOTAL 27 UPLANDS AND THEN 38 IN THE WETLANDS FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT CURRENTLY THIS EVENING WE ARE HERE AT THE INTEND TO ANNEX IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MOVE THIS TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE OR FOREGO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE AND TAKE THIS ON TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A WORKSHOP I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I'M GOING TO FIND SOME QUESTIONS SO YOU I THINK I'VE HAD ALL MONEY ANSWERS BUT ANY QUESTIONS? THE FINE. MR. WOOD SAME AS MR. TOOMER OKAY. WELL I DO KNOW THAT THE CONSISTENT FAULT ON THIS WAS THE RESIDENTIAL. IT'S JUST SO VERY CONFUSING WITH RESIDENTIAL THAT WASN'T IN TOWN LIMITS AND I THINK THIS JUST CLEANS IT UP AND ALLOWS THAT COMMERCIAL AREA SO YES MA'AM. OKAY. AND I DO HAVE DO IT'S A TWO STEP MOTION IF YOU SO CHOOSE IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE APPLICATION I DO HAVE A MOTION AFTER THIS FOR YOU TO EITHER MOVE THIS TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE, FORGO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION. YOU NEED A MOTION.

YAY OR NAY? YES, WE'LL DO ONE MOTION HERE AND THEN THE NEXT MOTION AS WELL. SO THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

KEVIN IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS LLC GRANNY OAKS LLC TWO LLC 100% ANNEXATION PETITION TO ANNEX CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES CONTIGUOUS TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON CORPORATE BOUNDARIES CONSISTING OF A TOTAL OF 65.592 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND BEARING BEFORE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS ARE 600 02914 AND THE 2410 OH MY THAT MOTION IS HERE SECOND TO THAT MOTION SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF SENTENCING I OPPOSE THAT UNANIMOUS PARTY ALL BECAUSE I THINK A NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE CAN BE UP TO YOU IN ANOTHER MONTH SO I WILL LET I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ THIS IT'S THERE CONVERSATION ON NEGOTIATED IN COMMITTEE FROM COUNSEL OR DO YOU WANT TO FOREGO IT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT WE HAD TO I'VE NEVER SEEN OWNERS HAVE TO DO THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST IT JUST I THINK WE KIND OF AUTOMATICALLY SENT IT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.

SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING NOW IS YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU GUYS ARE GOOD WITH THE TERMS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THEN WE CAN JUST MOVE IT FORWARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE LETTER AND THEN WE'LL START OF OUR RESEARCHING AND THEN MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

I THINK DO DISCUSS THIS AND THEN IT'S PART THEN IN THAT MOTION IS SENT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY SENT TO THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE IF THERE WAS A COUNCIL WOULD DECIDE IF IT GOES FOR US SO THERE WAS AN ISSUE WELL OR IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT IT THEN MAKE A MOTION MAKE THE YOU MIGHT I THINK WE MAKE THE MOTION WITHOUT THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.

SO IS THERE A MOTION REFERRAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSENCE AND OUT TO LLC 100% ANNEXATION PETITION THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION SECOND SECOND YOU

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[XI. Consent Agenda Items]

THE MONTH REPORTS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S GREAT FOR ALL OF YOU ALL TO GET ONLINE AND READ THE REPORTS. IT TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.

THE TOWN MANAGER REPORT YOU CAN SEE WHERE HE IS EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY.

OUR CHAMBER HAS A QUARTERLY REPORT. IT'S FULL OF INFORMATION.

OUR MEETING SCHEDULE IT'S JUST SO MUCH IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE PULLED OFF OF THIS LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THESE ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA SOME OR SECOND ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR STEP SAYING I I OPPOSED AND SO THERE'S FACTS WE DON'T AGREE AND FOR THOSE LEFT PLEASE NOW WE DO NOT USUALLY HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE WE ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS. WE BRING THINGS UP BUT WE RESPECT EACH OTHER. I THINK ANY OTHER PLACE EVER THAT THE LACK OF RESPECT THAT I'VE SEEN IN ELECTIONS TOWN COUNCILS AT THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION IS REALLY SAD.

SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND I WILL BE HERE TO CHEER YOU ON AND CALL YOU OUT DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO THREE AND WHAT DOESN'T YOU HAVE TO MAKE EMOTIONAL JOURNEY IS THERE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.