[XI.1. Consideration of a Resolution Establishing an Improvement and Maintenance Plan for Roadways in Old Town – Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]

THEM AND GET BETTER AS GROW AND AS LONG AS LONG CONTINUE TO LEARN SO I'M FOR A FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN IMPROVEMENT ON AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE ROADWAYS AND OLD TOWN MISS HEATHER COLLINS TOWN MANAGER SO YES WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHES IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR ROADWAYS IN OLD TOWN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT PRIMARILY ONE IS SO THIS THE MAP HERE FRONT OF YOU OUTLINES ROADS WITH AN HISTORIC AS FAR AS WHO THE OWNERSHIP NAME THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ON THAT ROAD WHETHER IT BE LIGHTING SIDEWALKS OR TRAFFIC CALMING WITH SPEED HUMPS AND THEN ALSO THE UNKNOWN ROADS WHAT WE REFER TO COMMONLY AS GHOST ROADS. SO I DO WANT TO AND THAT THIS POLICY IS FOR ALL THE STREETS WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND ONE CONCERN IS YES, THOSE GHOST ROADS THAT ONCE THE OWNERSHIP IS CLEARED UP WHAT WHAT'S THE TOWN'S PLANS FOR IT? BUT IT DOES ADDRESS ALL OF THE ROADS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT YOU CAN WELL I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT BACK TO THIS I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT PRIMARILY THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET JUST OUTLINES WHAT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE ARE AT THIS TIME SO THAT RIGHT NOW COUNCILS GOALS AND DIRECTIVES ISN'T TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THOSE STREETS BY ANY MEANS.

WE AS EVERYONE KNOWS IN THE BUDGET WE OUTLINE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND MOVING FORWARD SO ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WOULD BE PART OF THAT BUDGET PROCESS AND PART OF THAT LIST OTHER THAN THE ALREADY APPROVED STREETSCAPE PROJECT. SO THE SECOND PHASE OF BRIDGE AND THEN LATER CALHOUN STREET THERE ARE NO BY TOWN COUNCIL AT THIS TIME TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THOSE STREETS. THE RESOLUTION ALSO AIMS TO OUTLINE THAT SHOULD THE RESIDENTS REQUEST ANY IMPROVEMENTS OR CHANGES I SHOULD SAY SO FOR EXAMPLE STREET CALMING AND SPEED BUMPS WE ALREADY HAVE A POLICY THAT OUTLINES HOW THE RESIDENTS GO ABOUT THAT SO IT STARTS WITH AN APPLICATION AND A REQUEST AND I BELIEVE IT IS 75% OF THE OWNERS ON THAT STREET ARE REQUESTED TO AND I WANT TO SAY SIGN A PETITION BUT AGREE THAT REQUEST AND THEN IT MOVES FORWARD TO COUNCIL. SO AGAIN GOAL IS TO SIMPLY REITERATE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE NO PLANS TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE STREETS.

THERE'S NO PLANS AT THIS TIME BY THIS COUNCIL TO CHANGE ANY OF THE CHANGE THE LAYOUT OR THE STREETS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. AND IF ARE ANY PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WOULD COME FROM THE RESIDENTS AND WOULD GO THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS AND THEN ALSO IF TOWN COUNCIL DOES HAVE ANY FUTURE PROJECTS THAT LIKE I SAID THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THE

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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THEN ULTIMATELY BUDGET SO AGAIN THIS JUST THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS WHAT THE CONDITIONS HAVE AT THIS TIME AND THEN THE RESOLUTION IS IN YOUR PACKET AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND THE QUESTION THINK THE RESOLUTION APPLIES TO ROADS THAT OUR GHOST ROAD THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED OR WILL THIS ALL WILL JUST COVER FUTURE ROLES TO BE ACQUIRED AS WELL? FUTURE ROADS AS WELL.

AND I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS DOES NOT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE POLICY OR THE DIRECTIVE THAT STAFF HAS ALREADY RECEIVED CONCERNING GHOST ROADS AND THE ACQUISITION OF THOSE AND HOW WE MOVE BUT YES IT DOES APPLY FOR EXISTING ROADS AS WELL AS FUTURE GHOST ROADS THAT WE MAY ACQUIRE AND WITH THAT WITH THE RESIDENTS OF OF MAIDEN LANE AND A CONCERN THAT THEY HAD IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AT THIS TIME THAT SOMETHING TO DISCUSS WITH HERE IN TERMS OF A CONCERN ABOUT SO THE CURRENT PLAN THAT SHOWS A CUT WAY THROUGH SOMEONE'S AND THAT BEING ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS OF SIGNING OVER I WOULD DEFER TO COUNCIL AS FAR AS HOW AND WHEN YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT I WILL SAY THAT BASED ON THE RESOLUTION AND HOW IT'S DRAFTED IS THAT THERE IS NO INTENTION IF IS NOT ALREADY A PHYSICAL PATH OF ROAD QUOTE UNQUOTE ROAD TO BE ROAD ROADWAY THAT NO INTENTIONS TO CREATE ONE BY THIS COUNCIL AT THIS TIME BUT I'LL DEFER TO COUNCILOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO FURTHER DISCUSS THAT LEGAL ADD ON TO THAT ANSWER AS WELL SO ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE HEARD QUESTIONS IS THEY COMING BUT WHEN WE GO AND SPEAK TO RESIDENTS.

THEY'LL SAY YOU KNOW I JUST WANT THIS SO YOU CAN CONNECT IT TO ANOTHER ROAD OR YOU WANT TO GET IT SO YOU CAN IMPROVE IT OR WIDEN WE AND WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE NO DIRECTION TO DO THAT AND COUNCIL HAS GIVEN US THE DIRECTION TO DO THAT WE HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE THAT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS ABOUT PUTTING THIS INTO PLACE WHEN THE RESIDENTS SAY WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR LIKE THEY MADE AND WE CAN LOOK ON HERE AND SAY COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE IS GIVEN STAFF IS TO ONLY MAINTAIN IT AS IS WITH THE CURRENT OF IT'S PAVED IF IT'S GOT SIDEWALKS OR SPEED IF THERE'S NO LIKE SHE SAID NO CONNECTION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE WE WOULD MAKE NO CONNECTION IN THE WAY THIS IS OUTLINED IS AT ANY TIME WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS IS GOOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR PLAN WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE TO, GET YOU ALL TO TELL US TO CHANGE FROM THAT.

THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY GETS INVOLVED THEY GET TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT AND WE CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND MAKE ANY TO ANY ROAD IN OLD TOWN WITHOUT THEM HAVING A CHANCE COME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND VOICE THEIR CONCERN. SO THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON WE WANTED TO DO THIS SO WE COULD HELP QUELL SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS WE GET AND THE QUESTIONS WE GET THE SHOW TO SAY SHOW ME WHERE DON'T HAVE A PLAN.

WE CAN NOW SHOW THIS IS OUR PLAN FOR HOW WE WILL NOT MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT STATEMENT. I THINK THE GREATER CONCERN WAS THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE PREVIOUSLY AND SO IT RAISED A LOT OF CONCERN FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF THE WE'RE A NEW COUNCIL ARE AIMING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEIR MINDSET IS STILL ON THE DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT PREVIOUSLY WAS WAS STATED AND SO IT MAKES A LOT OF FOLKS APPREHENSIVE AND WHY I SAID IN THIS AND WHAT WE'RE ACQUIRING THE THE PURPOSE IS GOOD BUT THERE'S A LOT OF APPREHENSION THAT HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T IGNORE FROM RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY ON NATIVE STREETS WHO DO FEEL A SENSE HERE OF APPREHENSION THAT THEY DON'T WANT HAVE WHAT THEY DEEM AS A TAKEOVER OR A CHANGE TO THEIR WAY OF LIFE. AND AS LONG AS WE CAN GET SOME ASSURANCES THROUGH HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS EVEN IF IT REQUIRES US DOCUMENTING THAT TO THEM JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE TRUST WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE I THINK IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAYS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FORCE IT THROUGH AND NOT HAVE THE TRUST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK DO SOMETHING ARBITRARY TO THEM AND ANYTHING.

YEAH I DON'T THIS IS ROADS THIS DOESN'T PRECLUDE UTILITY EASEMENT STORMWATER OR THINGS LIKE THAT THIS IS JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE ROADS THAT ARE THERE IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PERFORM THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S NEEDED THAT NOBODY OWNS THE ROADS THEY BENEFIT FROM IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THIS.

YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING ON A ROAD AND THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS IF YOU HAVE FIVE PEOPLE SAYING YES AND SAYING NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO.

SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT AS WE GO AND WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THAT YOU CAN

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RELOOK AT AS FAR AS IF THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE AND ONE SAYS NO THAT THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS WITH COUNCIL SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN IT AGAIN IT'S SIMILAR WHAT FOR EXAMPLE WHEN PRITCHARD STREET REQUESTED SPEED BUMPS ON A ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A GHOST ROAD SO THERE'S THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH TO REQUEST THAT THERE'S SPEED BUMPS AND THE RESIDENTS REQUESTED THAT WAS THE PROCESS AND NOW THERE'S SO IT'S SAID THAT CITY PROPERTIES THEN 5% WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDING NUMBER THAT THAT SOMETHING AS HAS ALWAYS BEEN DOCUMENTED WE REQUIRE 75% NO THAT'S SOMETHING IS IN THAT TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY THAT STAFF ADOPTED I KNOW IT'S IN THAT RESOLUTION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND TOWN COUNCIL GROUP THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT STREET CALMING AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING TO USE MOVING FORWARD JUST AS A POINT FOR RESIDENTS TO BRING FORWARD REQUESTS BUT CERTAINLY WE ALWAYS TAKE REQUESTS AND THEN IT'S THAT COUNCIL AS WELL WHETHER OR NOT TO DISCUSS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROPOSED CHANGES SO IT IS FLEXIBLE BUT IT'S JUST A GUIDE AND SOMETHING TO START MOVING FORWARD. I DON'T THINK I DISAGREE WITH SENDING 5% BUT 51% WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OPTION THAT OPTION BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW 35% TAKES A LOT AGAIN BACK TO BRIDGES POINT AND EVEN QUESTION TO YOU WHERE DO WE DOCUMENT INCREASES IS THERE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT WE SHARE WITH THE RESIDENTS SO THAT WOULD BE THIS AND IF YOU LOOK AT MAP THAT'S SHOWN YOU'LL SEE THE KIND OF BROWN AND YELLOW DASHED THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AS HISTORIC RIGHT OF WAY IN INACCESSIBLE THAT IS THEIR CURRENT CONDITION SO WOULD MAINTAIN THAT CURRENT CONDITION SO IN OTHER WORDS THEY'RE JUST HISTORIC RIGHT AWAY THEY'RE NOT A BUILT ROADWAY UNLESS WE'RE TOLD SEPARATELY BY COUNCIL TO AMEND THAT WE WOULD HONOR IS INACCESSIBLE AND JUST RIGHT AWAY IT WASN'T SO THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS BUT THERE IS THERE IS COUNSELING PEOPLE SOMEWHERE THAT SAYS THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD BE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SO I UPON ADOPTION THIS WOULD BECOME THAT THAT'S BEEN THE ISSUE IS THEY SHOWS WILL SHOW US WHERE IT SAYS THAT AND WE CAN'T SO THIS WOULD GIVE US THAT ABILITY NOW AND I WE ATTEMPTED TO GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN THAT DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET DON'T HAVE IT SUPER HANDY TO PULL UP HERE BUT I CERTAINLY CAN SO THERE'S SOME SOMETHING STRONGER THAT BASED ON THE CONVERSATION TODAY IN THE DIRECTION WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD IT TO THAT RESOLUTION BUT THAT WAS THE GOAL IS TO GET ALL OF THOSE WORDS IN THAT RESOLUTION TO GET TO KNOW I PERSONALLY THINK IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NOT SEEING WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND GONE TO THIS NEW COUNCIL COULDN'T COME AND OPEN THOSE BACK UP AND DECIDE TO PUT FOUR LANES IN BETWEEN ALL THESE ON THIS GOES FOR US AND I THINK THIS GOOD SERVICE TO ME AND THE NEXT THING THE NEXT STEP I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE MONEY IN FROM BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING USED IN A HOUSE THAT HAVE STRUCTURES THEM. I GUESS THIS IS THE FIRST THING GET THIS DONE AND TRY GET THE ALL THE QUICK GOING DEEDS AND GET IT SECURED SO TO SPEAK AND THEN WE NEED TO GO AND VISIT THOSE THAT HAVE STRUCTURES STUFF AND EITHER GIVE IT TO THOSE PEOPLE OR SELL IT TO THOSE PEOPLE OR YOU KNOW HAVE NO NEED FOR US TO OWN IT IF SOMEONE ELSE IS USING IT SO TO SPEAK AND WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF GOING TO HAVE ANY INTENTION TO DO ANY OF THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO WE COULD JUST CLEAN UP THAT WHOLE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S SOME THOSE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WILL REMIND ME OF THAT. WE DISCUSSED ALREADY THAT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THESE ROADS FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN EASEMENTS UTILITY EASEMENTS THEN WE WILL GLADLY EITHER BACK TO TAKE THOSE TO GO BACK TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT'S THERE BUT BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING DID IT BACK TO THEM AND IT NEEDS MAINTENANCE RESPONSE

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PEOPLE AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE IT'S A GHOST ROAD POLICY OR SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF WHAT SPACE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD THAT WOULD COME LATER? WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT AND FIGURE OUT A PLAN THAT'S FAIR AND AND RIGHT FOR EVERYONE.

THE DIRECTION WE HAVE RECEIVED IS ONCE WE HAVE THEM ALL IN PLACE THEN WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS FOR THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGHOUT AND COUNCIL CAN VOTE IF THEY WANT TO ABANDON THEM OR TRANSFER THEM OR SELL THEM OR WHATEVER THEY MAY WANT TO DO DEPENDING ON THE UNIQUE SEARCH CIRCUMSTANCE FOR EACH ONE. OKAY MOTION IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH MODIFICATIONS TO NOT TABLE THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR ROADWAYS AND OKAY WELL I THINK THERE'S MODIFICATIONS THAT THEN WE HAVEN'T ALL AGREED ON SO WHAT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE IMPROVEMENT WITH THOSE MODIFICATIONS WAS I KNOW THERE WAS A STRONG CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL WHAT MIGHT MODIFICATION CAN I ASK WHAT MODIFICATIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR AN EXAMPLE IS THERE STILL IS STILL A WORKING DOCUMENT THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE BUT THIS IS THIS IS STILL THE FIRST STEP TO A MAINTENANCE. RIGHT AND I HAVE NO I KNOW WE HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF CONNECTING OR BUILDING ANYTHING. RIGHT.

AND THIS ONE'S JUST ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE ROADS. WE CAN FURTHER LOOK AT THE GHOST ROAD POLICY AND DIRECTION LIKE THE TOWN MANAGER GIVING BACK THAT'D BE SEPARATE BUT GOT IT. GOT IT. OKAY.

OKAY ELIZABETH, WOULD YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION OR SIMPLY TO MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. I SHOULD I MEAN IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE? I TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION IS THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT IN MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR ROADWAYS IN THE OLD TOWN A SECOND. OKAY. ON PAPER I HAVE A VOTE.

NOBODY THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY . THANK YOU HELEN BUT UP NEXT IS

[XI.2. Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Purchase of 140 Buck Island Road - Stephen Steese, Town Manager]

CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING PURCHASE OF GOING 40 BUCK ISLAND ROAD TO CEASE GETTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO WE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS IN PUBLIC SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTRODUCTION JUST FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC BUT . WE TALKED EARLIER DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT HEATHER MADE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTROL THE OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT RIDES OVER DEVELOPMENT, SMART GROWTH AND ALL OF THAT.

ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT COUNCIL AND HAS GIVEN DIRECTION AND IS ACTUALLY FUNDED IS FOR STAFF GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND PROPERTY TO ACQUIRE THAT MAKES SENSE TO REDUCE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD HAPPEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE THOSE RIGHTS OFF THE BOOKS AS WELL AS BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S LOCATED WITHIN SO ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE WE DISCUSSED COUNCIL EARLIER LAST YEAR OR IT'S CRAZY TO SAY MIDDLE OF LAST WAS SORRY 140 BUT COLIN WROTE A NUMBER OF WHEN I WENT OFF ON MINE IT'S ABOUT IT'S OVER 15 AND A HALF ACRES BUT IT'S LOCATED RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND BUCK ISLAND ROAD SO IT IS DIRECTLY NOT BUT REALLY CLOSE TO WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WHERE THEY PUT A BUNCH OF PROPERTY TOGETHER. NOW IT'S BEING CLEARED AND DEVELOPED INTO ABOUT 80 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THIS WOULD KEEP SOMETHING SIMILAR FROM HAPPENING ON THIS PROPERTY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GIVING US A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE SIMMONS COMMUNITY WHERE WE'VE LOOKED FOR LAND IN THE PAST AND TRY TO LOOK AT SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY PARK WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY WITHIN THAT AREA .

SO THE LAST PROPOSAL THAT WE RECEIVED ON THIS PROPERTY CAME WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWED 61 TOWNHOMES POTENTIALLY ON THE SITE. SO AGAIN JUST THE WAY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO POTENTIALLY GROWTH AND LIMIT IT AS WELL FOR THE COMMUNITY WE DISCUSSED THIS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BACK IN JULY AND COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO ME TO GO OUT AND TRY TO WORK ON GETTING A PRICE AND WORKING ON BRINGING FOR THIS PROPERTY SINCE THAT TIME WE PUT TOGETHER

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A NON-BINDING LETTER OF INTENT AND AGREED TO A PURCHASE PRICE OF $2.5 MILLION FOR THAT PROPERTY AND NOVEMBER 3RD WE EXECUTED A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THAT IS CONTINGENT COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE UP UNTIL THIS POINT IS SPECIFICALLY LIMITED TO WHETHER COUNCIL WANTS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY NOT SHOULD COUNCIL NOT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE ARE NOT BOUND FOR ANY TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY BUT IF COUNCIL DOES FORWARD WE HAVE THE TERMS IN PLACE AND WE WOULD LOOK TO CLOSE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 WEEKS ON THE PROPERTY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE SHORT OF ABOUT $45 MILLION AND LAND ACQUISITION FUNDS SO THIS WOULD USE UP ABOUT HALF OF THAT SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE FUTURE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT ADDITIONAL PROPERTY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT WHERE IT IS BUT IT'S 15.51 ACRES GIVE OR TAKE IT DEPENDS ON WE'RE STILL WAITING THE ALTA SURVEY TO BE FINALIZED ON RIGHT AWAY AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU READ IT SOMEWHERE AROUND 15 ..5 A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THAT 8.63 ACRES IS UPLAND AND A LITTLE LESS SEVEN ABOUT SEVEN ACRES IS WETLAND.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF PARKS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE IMPROVED AT BOTH DUBOIS AND MARTIN AND THOSE A LITTLE OVER A COUPLE OF ACRES.

SO THERE'S STILL THERE'S ROOM FOR LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR THE COMMUNITY SHOULD WE WANT TO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD TIMING FOR THIS SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE IS WE'RE IN THE STEPS OF TAKING THE BACK ON SOME INFILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND THE DRAFT FROM THE WORK WORK COMMITTEE AND IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC INPUT AS PART OF DOING THAT IF WE HAVE THIS PROPERTY UNDER CONTROL AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS CLOSING WE CAN USE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS AS A CHANCE TO GET INPUT FOR THE POTENTIAL REUSE OF THIS PROPERTY FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THE RESIDENTS THAT AREA ARE WANTING TO SEE THIS AS POTENTIALLY BE USEFUL THAT THEY COULD SAY THEY WANT TO SEE IT COMPLETELY LEFT WOULD IT THEY COULD SAY THEY WANT TO SEE A COMMUNITY CENTER.

THEY WANT A PARK THEY WANT WHO KNOWS BUT THAT WAY WE HAVE THEM HELP US GUIDE WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE BESIDES JUST MAKING THAT DECISION ON BEHALF THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A GOOD TIMING IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING LINING UP WITH US BEING OUT IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SO THIS GIVES YOU AGAIN AN IDEA OF WHERE PROPERTY IS.

LIKE I SAID IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF BLUFFTON PARKWAY AND BUCK ISLAND AND THIS IS JUST THE ALTA SURVEY. THIS IS THE LAST STEP OR WEDDING ON IT TO BE FINALIZED TO BE UPDATED. AND AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHAT THE ZONING CURRENTLY ALLOWS IT AND LAST TIME WE HAD IT WAS FOR 61 TOWNHOMES. SO AGAIN THAT'S A POTENTIAL USE THAT COULD GO ON THIS PROPERTY.

SO SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADOPT THE ACQUISITION RESOLUTION TONIGHT WE WOULD HAVE OUR 90 DAY DUE DILIGENCE WOULD EXPIRE THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY.

WE WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE BY MARCH 4TH. I ANTICIPATE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE PROBABLY THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY SO WE COULD GET THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTROL AND WORK ON GETTING ON AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE WANT TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR OR AT LEAST TAKE IT OFF THE BOOKS SO IT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. THAT IS MY PRESENTATION SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. WOULD YOU GO? YES SIR. THANK YOU. THE 61 UNIT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S TRANSFERABLE TO THE THIS DOES NOT HAVE DEFINED RIGHTS I THINK THIS IS IN OUR REGULAR ZONING SO WHAT YOU CAN FIT UNDERNEATH OUR CODE ON THE PROPERTY IS WHAT CAN BE BUILT SO ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY WE JUST USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF .

THE LAST TIME SOMEBODY CAME IN TO TRY TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IT FOR 61 UNITS IF THEY COULD FIT MORE ON THE PROPERTY AND STILL MEET OUR CODE IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY MORE OR BE POTENTIALLY LESS BUT BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR CURRENT IT'S NOT IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IT DOESN'T HAVE A DEFINED RIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THANK YOU AGAIN THE 61 UNIT BASED ON 15 ACRES OR 80 IT'S BASED ON THE UPLAND ACRES OF WHAT COULD BE BUILT IN THE DIRECTION WILL TAKE THE ONE UNIT ON IT IS ARE WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE CAME IN AND TRIED TO BUILD ONE SINGLE APARTMENT BUILDING IT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS KEVIN DO YOU REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE 100 285 THERE'S YEAH THEY WANTED TO BUILD 285 APARTMENTS ON IT.

I DIDN'T SEE CODE BUT THEY CAME IN TRYING TO DO THAT SO I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF US PRESENTING THIS PROPERTY FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND DEFINITELY TO START DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY

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THOSE ON THAT ROAD WHICH I THINK IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE BASED ON WHAT WE SEE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND HAS HAPPENED. IT ALSO GIVES THE TOWN HAS SHOWN VERY GOOD LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP AS FAR AS TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU BRAZIL NO QUESTIONS JUST SOME THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE LEAD IN PUSHING YOU KNOW THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL FOUR BECAUSE IS ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILMAN HAMILTON WE SEE THE THE RAPID CHANGE THAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE AREA PARTICULARLY AS WE SEE THE RISE OF OF THE EFFECTS OF THINGS GENTRIFICATION AND SO BEING ABLE TO GO IN AND HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THAT BY ACQUIRING PROPERTY IN THESE SPACES I THINK IS GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTAL ESPECIALLY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS MORE SO LIKE THE GREEN TAX THE ANY ANYTIME WE CAN TAKE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND OTHER THINGS OFF OF THE BOOKS AND PRESERVE MUCH LAND SPACE AS WE CAN I THINK WE'RE DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE OF WHAT I THINK THE GREATER COMMUNITY APPRECIATES ALSO SO KUDOS THAT KEEP THE MORE THAT WE CAN DO THAT MORE ACCESS TO FIND THE WE HAVE I THINK A BETTER FOR CONTINUING WORK ON IT OUR JOB BUT I GOT TO ASK YOU WHAT DOES IT APPRAISE FOR THE APPRAISAL WAS ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT THE OFFER WAS FOR BUT WE HAD THE APPRAISAL DONE RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT THE PROPERTY OF IT SOLD FOR I THINK IT WAS FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT OUR APPRAISAL CAME IN RIGHT ABOUT $2 MILLION THEY HAD IT LISTED FOR 3 MILLION AND WE SETTLED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. OKAY.

I THINK PART OF THIS WAY OF GETTING SO SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE A PROPOSED MOTION HERE IS VERY LONG BECAUSE IT OUT LONG BONDS ALL THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PURCHASE SO I APOLOGIZE I MAY BE KEVIN AND THE LONGEST RESOLUTION PUT UP THERE WHO WANTS TO MAKE LOVE OR DOES ANYONE WANT MAKE A MOTION THERE ? I MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN BLUFFTON SOUTH CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 15.5 51 ACRES OF LAND A REAL REAL BECAUSE THE REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS MAP ARE 610 0310 $0 000330000 IN THE SELLER'S RIGHT TITLE AND INTEREST IN 15.51 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM LLC TO THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $2.5 MILLION AND OTHERWISE IN THE EXECUTION IN RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION OR THERE WITH ANY DISCUSSION I ASSUMING WAS NO THANK YOU.

[XI.3. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Town of Bluffton FY 2024 Budget to Provide for the Expenditures of Certain Funds and to Allocate Sources of Revenue for the Said Funds – First Reading - Natalie Majorkiewicz, Director of Finance]

UP NEXT CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO PUT FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR EXPENDITURES OF CERTAIN AND TO ALLOCATE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE SAID . FIRST READING MISS NATALIE MONTGOMERY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. TO BEGIN I WANTED PROVIDE THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 PROJECTED FUND BALANCE WE ARE PROJECTING CURRENTLY $3.5 MILLION TO ADD TO FUND BALANCE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2023. ADDITIONALLY WE'RE PROJECTING ADDITIONAL 575,000 SO FAR IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 WITH A PROJECTED SURPLUS SURPLUS REVENUE. THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT INCLUDES BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE MARKETING PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY .

THERE ARE ALSO SOME ONETIME EXPENSES IN BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CAPITAL ASSET RESERVE FUND . THE LAST COMPONENT IS AN AMENDMENT FOR HOLODECK HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT WILL BE FUNDED FROM A TRANSFER FROM

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HOSPITALITY TAX FUNDED IN TOTAL . THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TO INCREASE THE GENERAL FUND BY $600,475 TO SUPPORT THE CLASS AND COMPLETE AND PLAN EXCUSE ME FOR $80,000. THE MARKETING PROJECT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AND THEN THE I.T. INCREASE FOR THE COMPUTER AND LAPTOP DOCKING STATION REPLACEMENTS STILL WITH GENERAL FUND PUBLIC SERVICES IS IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE FIVE $417,175.

AS NOTED THE TRANSFER FROM HOSPITALITY TAX FOR THE DECORATIONS AND THEN CAPITAL TO CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR $242,175 THIS YEAR SHOWS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE HOSPITALITY TAX FUND THE TRANSFER OUT TO GENERAL FUND WHICH BRINGS THE HOSPITALITY TAX FUND TO 800.

I'M SORRY JUST OVER $8.6 MILLION AND WE ALSO TO SHOW THE MID-YEAR FINANCIAL UPDATE WHERE WE ARE WITH HOSPITALITY TAX WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT THIS AT THE SAME TIME CURRENTLY WE'RE UP JUST OVER 11%. HERE YOU SEE ALL OF OUR BUDGETED FUNDS.

THIS AMENDMENT WILL BRING THE TOTAL CONSOLIDATED BUDGET TO $93,201,889 AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY THAT YOU MAY HAVE RAISED. YES.

IS IT IS MY OWN I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT MAKING THIS DECISION TONIGHT WITHOUT EITHER A PUBLIC WORKSHOP OR EVEN COUNCIL INPUT ON THIS SAID EXPENDITURES THE ALLOCATED ON THE IS IS BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT. THIS IS ONE TIME WHEN I TO THE PHYSICAL RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR THE FUNDS THAT WE THAT WE ALLOCATE IN DON'T THINK I DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING BUT I WANT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN COUNCIL CAN HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATION AS WELL SO THAT THIS IS KIND OF STAFF DRIVEN SO IS MY DESIRE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE CAN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN COMMITTEE.

I CONCUR. I BELIEVE I KNOW IN COURSE OF OPERATING THE TOWN THERE'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS TO A RULE USUALLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE ONE EXCEPTION BUT THIS ONE HAS FOR I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS WHICH IS WHAT MR. HAMILTON IS SAYING. SO I CONCUR. I THINK IT GETS TABLE AND AGREES WITH TABLING SO CRUCIAL MOTION THE TABLE A VOTE ON THAT THREE DOESN'T NEED A SECOND MOTION IS FRED'S MOTION TO TABLE. OKAY.

AND WHO'S SECOND DALE? I'LL SECOND IT MORE DISCUSSION OF VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I I WAS NONE AS UNANIMOUS AND I THINK YOU OFFERED ANOTHER TABLE AND DEFINITELY. NO, NO, NOT INDEFINITELY. WE CAN CONSIDER NO FOR ITSELF OR THE COUNCIL OR BUT GOING TO MEETINGS 22 MEETINGS WITH CHRIS AND SAM BANTER ANY QUESTIONS GET IT READY FOR NEXT MONTH THAT WOULD BE ONE. WELL I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF COUNCIL TO IN IT AND IT WOULD NEED A FORMAL. YEAH WELL LET ME ASK THIS YOU TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IT'S ONLY A FEW MONTHS OUT. NORMALLY THESE ITEMS WOULD BE REQUESTED DURING A BUDGET PROCESS SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO COME BACK AND DO A WORKSHOP.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING BASED ON THE. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE. I AGREE WITH THEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO JUST DON'T DON'T BRING BACK THE BUDGET DURING THE BUDGET

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BUT DURING THE BUDGET BE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425 WHICH IS A FEW MONTHS AWAY.

SO DAN COMMENT IS TO NOT TO DISCUSS THIS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED IN JULY AND NOT TO DO ANY OF THESE CHANGES IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

YOUR COMMENTS ARE TO BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH AND DO A WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER.

SO WHAT WAS VOTED ON BY COUNCIL? THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. I JUST DIDN'T THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO COMPROMISE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL THE COUNCIL TWO AND TWO DOESN'T GIVE ME A IT DOESN'T GIVE ME A SATISFACTION TO KNOW THAT WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THE SAME TIME. WELL AGAIN I GUESS WE CAN REVISIT OR REWORK THE MOTION BUT I'M JUST I'M ADAMANT I FEEL THIS IS A BUDGET PROCESS. YOU HAVE FOUR ITEMS YOU TALK OF SIX $700,000 YOU USE I WON'T USE YOUR WORDS. IT WAS DRIVEN AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVEN DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS WE WOULDN'T APPROVE THESE BUT I JUST THINK I HATE TO CAST THAT STONE AND SAY THIS BECOMES NORMAL UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THIS WE HAVE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WAITING FEW MONTHS TO FOLLOW THE BUDGET PROCESS.

THAT'S JUST ME. YOU ALL FEEL DIFFERENTLY AND THAT'S THE PREROGATIVE OF DOING SO SO IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR AS MUD. SO I WOULD JUST SAY BASED ON THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN HAMILTON THAT PAST WE SHOULD BRING THESE BACK POTENTIALLY LOOKING FOR A TIME TO BRING THEM BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN WOOD MAY NOT APPROVE THEM BUT BASED ON THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE THERE MAY STILL BE CONSIDERATION FOR SOME TYPE OF AMENDMENT WHETHER IT MAY NOT BE FOR ALL THESE OR PART OF THESE OR ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT MAY HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES COUNCIL SO WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AS A WORKSHOP MAYBE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH MEETING AND GET COUNCIL'S INPUT AND THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION ON HOW TO PROCEED FROM THERE. I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GO FIRST. I THINK WE WE WERE SEEING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE WAS SEEING THE PROCESS. WE DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS ALL THE TIME AND I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY YEAR THERE NEEDED YOU KNOW, NOBODY CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.

I THINK WHAT DAN GOT DOWNSCALED IS THE FACT THAT JUST HE FEELS LIKE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS EXTRA MONEY WE CAN GO BUY MORE STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T NEED IT BUDGETED DURING IN THE BUDGET EITHER WE DIDN'T NEED IT OR WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET IT APPROVED SO THESE ITEMS WERE NOT REQUESTED THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH TWO THINGS I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE AGAINST SPENDING THE MONEY ON THE ITEMS ARE LISTED. I DON'T THINK I WOULD PERSONALLY LIST MORE THE PROCESS OF JUST SAYING OH WE GOT EXTRA MONEY, WE WANT TO BUY SOMETHING MORE SPENDING WHEN BUDGET TIME AS YOU KNOW COMING UP IS THE END OF JANUARY NOW SO IT'S NOT VERY LONG BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE IS AM I RIGHT EXACTLY AND A COUPLE OF MY COMMENTS. SURE. SO THE PURPOSE OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE FOR ONE OR TWO TWO REASONS EITHER YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH REVENUE COVER EXPENSES AND YOU HAVE TO CUT EXPENSES OR YOU HAVE MORE REVENUES THAN EXPECTED AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO USE THOSE REVENUES TO ADDRESS CURRENT YOUR PRIORITIES TO ADVANCE CURRENT YOUR PRIORITIES. IN THIS CASE WE ARE IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND WE WERE WHAT THE TOWN MANAGER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PROPOSE IS ADDRESSING SOME OF THE FUNDING OF PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ALREADY IT'S ADVANCING THE NEXT STEP OF THOSE PRIORITIES. SO THINGS THE CLAUSE IN CURRENT PLAN YOU APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET THIS WILL HELP FUND IMPLEMENTING THAT COST AND COMP PLAN EARLIER THAN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR. AGAIN THAT'S YOUR CHOICE TO DO IF YOU WANT TO BUT THAT IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

THE AUDIO EQUIPMENT SAME THING. SO THE IDEA EQUIPMENT AS WELL THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE RENEWALS AND REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THIS WOULD ADDRESS THOSE EARLIER RATHER THAN LATER. THE OTHER THING THAT WANT TO POINT OUT AS WELL IS THAT ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL WAS BROUGHT TO US AND PASSED WAS THE GROWING FUND AND WE ADDRESSED THAT THROUGH OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY IS STILL OVERFUNDED AND IF WE DON'T USE SURPLUS REVENUES NOW WHICH IS COMPLETELY FINE. IT'LL ADD TO THAT THAT FUND BALANCE THAT SURPLUS WILL ADD TO THAT FUND BALANCE AND WE START A BUDGET PROCESS BASED ON

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WHAT OUR ASPECTS OF REVENUES ARE NOT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN RESERVES AND TYPICALLY YOU DON'T WANT TO PULL FROM RESERVES UNLESS IT'S FOR EMERGENCY OR ONE TIME PURPOSES.

SO WHEN YOU START YOUR NEXT BUDGET PROCESS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RELY ON THOSE DOLLARS ANYMORE. YOU'RE ONLY RELYING ON WHAT YOU HAVE FOR THE UPCOMING REVENUE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OUT OF THE BUDGET IT MAY HINDER YOUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THOSE ONCE THOSE DOLLARS GO INTO YOUR FUND RESERVE BECAUSE AGAIN YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO PULL FROM THAT UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY OR ONE TIME PURCHASES OR IF YOU DO IT FOR OPERATING PURPOSES RATING AGENCIES LOOK NEGATIVELY UPON THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING PLAN THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS A PART THIS INITIATIVE WE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER WHICH I ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT COMING UP AND THIS WAS THE AS PART OF ISSUE PLANNING TO HOW WE PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THAT INITIATIVE.

SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WERE CARRIED ON FROM ALREADY ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES OF COUNCIL. AGAIN, I'M NOT MAKING A CASE THAT WE VOTE ON IT TONIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO PUT CONTEXT AROUND THAT AS YOU MAKE THAT DECISION AGAIN, IF WE DON'T FUND IT THIS YEAR FROM SURPLUSES, IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT'S PROJECTED FROM REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE SURPLUSES WILL JUST GO INTO OUR RESERVE AND AGAIN YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO PULL THOSE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES AND ONE TIME FOR PURPOSES THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T MOVE INTO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE AS THERE IS NO.

ABSOLUTELY NOT. OKAY. SO THAT'S NOT EXACTLY ACCURATE.

I NEVER SAID I SAID IT RIGHT FROM A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT. RIGHT ONCE.

IT GOES INTO THOSE RESERVES. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DRAW DRAW FROM THEM WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES UNLESS IT'S FOR EMERGENCY OR ONETIME PURPOSES. LET ME SAY I HAVE STAFF DOES A GREAT I MEAN I'M NOT CONDEMNING ANYTHING HERE AND LARRY SUMMED IT UP FOR ME WE OPERATE BY BUDGETS AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S EXCEPTIONS THAT I SAID THAT STATED THAT IN THE BEGINNING MY MY FEELINGS IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE COME UP THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A YEAR HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT ITEMS COME UP BECAUSE WE FOUND SOME MONEY AND WE FOUND A WAY TO SPEND THAT MONEY DID NOT GO WELL WITH ME I DIDN'T LIKE THAT PROCESS AND THEN IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT WITH IT AND IN THE STAFF REPORT THERE WAS NO SUPPORT SO THAT ME EVEN WORSE BECAUSE WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WE GIVES SUPPORT AND WE HAVE WE ASK OUR QUESTIONS AND WE'RE GIVEN THE ANSWERS. SO THIS DID NOT SIT WELL WITH AND SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL I'M NOT CHANGING MY OPINION THE BUDGET'S COMING UP IN A FEW MONTHS YOU KNOW IF THEY DECIDE IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO AHEAD AND DO A WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER WE MAY DO THAT SO BE IT. THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST EMPHASIZING MY PERSONAL OPINION AND TWO BY TWO WILL BEGIN IN MARCH OF MY RECOMMENDATION THAT IF IT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD WE AS WELL WAIT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET PROCESS OVER SAY THAT AGAIN CHRIS I'M NOT SURE BUT OUR PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR BEGINS ACTUALLY IT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT TO BACK TO JUST DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AND ON THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BE IN MARCH IF WE DELAY THEM ON FOR A WORKSHOP AND THEN DO TWO ADDITIONAL READINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APRIL FOR THE BUDGET APPROVAL AT THAT POINT YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST WAIT FOR THE INCLUDING IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. ARE THERE ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO I MEAN THAT OUR OR THAT WE ARE IN SERIOUS NEED FOR NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING I'D NEVER SAY DON'T BUY A TRACTOR OR A COMPUTER IF WE NEED IT OR A TELEPHONE.

I MEAN AS FAR AS THE ADVERTISING THE FARMERS GET THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT NOTHING HERE WILL SHUT THE TOWN DOWN IT OR DELAY SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAD ALREADY SET OUT OF OUR CURRENT BUDGET. ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW IS ON THERE IS THE CHRISTMAS DECORATION. ONE BENEFIT OF BUYING IT SOONER THAN LATER IS THE COST SAVINGS . YEAH. OKAY.

WELL EMOTIONS ON THE FLOOR OF THE IS ACTUALLY BEEN VOTED ON FORWARD A ZERO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FROM CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCILMAN HAMILTON ON WHAT HIS MOTION ENTAILED BECAUSE WAS HIS MOTION THAT PASSED AND THAT MOTION DID NOT ACTUALLY READ ABOUT HAVING THE WORKSHOP AND IT DID IT NO SUCH A TABLE IT WAS JUST IT JUST TABLED IT.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION. THE MAYOR HAS THE RIGHT TO TO PERFORM AGENDAS FOR NEXT MONTH SO THE MAYOR WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE HE CREATES AGENDAS ALONG WITH OUR TOWN MANAGER AND IF WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK

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NEXT NEXT MONTH FOR A WORKSHOP AND A VOTE OR JUST WORKSHOP THAT'S UP TO THE MAYOR TO OR OR NOT PUT IT BACK AND TRY TO TO BUDGET PERIOD. RIGHT GOOD THAT HASN'T COME I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL AS I SAID TO MAKE AMENDMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO IF THE CONSENSUS IS TO TABLE IT LET'S TABLE AND GO TO THE NEXT MONTH TO BE ABLE TO WORKSHOP AND EVERYONE GIVE INPUT AND NOT BE A TWO BY TWO.

WELL IF WE DO THAT LIKE CHRISTMAS WE'LL JUST WAIT AND LET IT BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IF WE WANT AND WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO READINGS ANYWAY RIGHT MEAN EITHER WAY I'M JUST SAYING LIKE BACK TO THE POINT OF WHAT WE'VE MADE IT'S NOT THAT IT'S A FOREIGN THING TO REQUEST AMENDMENTS OUTSIDE OF A BUDGET CYCLE. THE ISSUE ISN'T EVEN THAT IT'S AN AMENDMENT BEING REQUESTED IT'S MORE SO THE ISSUE OF THE AMOUNT AND NOT HAVING THE SUPPORT THAT WAS BOTHERSOME SO I MEAN IF WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL MARCH WE CAN BUT IF THE WHOLE INTENT WAS TO BE ABLE WORKSHOP IT TO GET SUPPORT IF WE CAN DO IT AND MONTH AS THEY ALL WERE TIED INTO PRIORITIES THAT WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED WHY NOT DO THAT AND ALLEVIATE THAT EXTRA SET FROM THINGS WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE COVERING IN THE BUDGET IN MARCH THE ORIGINAL WORKSHOP WAS NOT PART OF THE INTENTION. THE INTENTION WAS STAFF REAGAN FORWARD AND WE VOTE TO APPROVE IT THAT WAS THE INTENTION NOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF THE PROCESS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS NOT IS NOT UNCOMMON IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS OF BOUNDS. WHAT'S MISSING IS THE LACK OF SUPPORT TO SUBSTANTIATE THE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING ASKED HERE OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE INPUT AS SOME WOULD HAVE LIKED OR ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THESE DESIGNATIONS WERE WERE FOR OPPOSE IT JUST THINKING THAT IT'S LAYOVER FUNDS FROM SOMEWHERE SO LET'S JUST SPEND IT WHILE WE HAVE IT . WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF THE CONSENSUS IS BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THAT IS TO GET THE SUPPORT WE CAN DELAYED UNTIL MARCH BUT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT NEXT MONTH THAT'S JUST MY INPUT. WHY NOT JUST PUT IT OUT OF THE WORKSHOP ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH'S? WE HAVE TO COUNCIL. SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THIS THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE THE MOTION WAS VOTED ON. THE MOTION WAS TO TABLE IT AND THE MOTION ALL THE OTHER TIMES WHEN PEOPLE COME BEFORE US WE VOTE TO TABLE SOMETHING. IT'S REMOVED FROM THE FROM THIS AGENDA. THAT'S RIGHT. HIS OFFICE IS OFF THIS AGENDA RIGHT NOW. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THAT IT'S OFF THIS AGENDA. SO THAT SHOULD BE THE END OF THIS DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW AND MARY CAN PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK. THE MAN WHO PUT IT BACK ON THE DESK IN THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE PASSED SO THE ARGUMENT FROM ME ON THAT OKAY IT'S NOT BUT IT'S EVEN ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT INPUT ALSO IF THERE IS NOT CLARITY HERE SHE IS RIGHT DAN I MEAN SO I MEAN DON'T DON'T DO THAT LIKE IF WE'RE THE MAYOR YOU CAN PUT IT BACK ON ON THE AGENDA NEXT BUT THE TOWN MANAGER WAS ASKING WHAT WE JUST SAID TABLE HE WAS ACTING FOR CLARITY IF STAFF PREPARED SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT INTEL TO THEM AS WELL NOT THIS IS THE ONE AND DONE WE'LL GET TO IT WHEN WE DO. COUNCILOR JUST SAID WHAT I JUST SAID.

HE REITERATED THE FACT THAT THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE THE MOTION HAS VOTED UPON.

IT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA AND THE END OF DISCUSSION AND RIGHT.

I MEAN AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR TONIGHT WHAT WE DO TOMORROW IS TOMORROW CORRECT. AND THAT'S YOUR CALL TO PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA OR NOT? YOU KNOW, I'LL TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT TOMORROW. WE GOT ENOUGH FISH TO FRY

[XI.4. Consideration of an Ordinance Authorizing an Economic Development Incentive Agreement between the Town of Bluffton and Solomon Property Holdings, LLC in support of the development of 15,000 square feet of a Health & Wellness Facility - First Reading - Chris Forster, Assistance Town Manager]

TONIGHT. OKAY. MOVING ON TO CONSIDERATION MY ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE SENATE OF BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON AND SOLOMON PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS FACILITY THE FIRST READING MR. CHRIS PASTOR ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF GOVERNANCE A BRIEF BACKGROUND WHAT PROCESS HAVE SET UP FOR THIS NEW INCENTIVE PLAN? WHAT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS GRANT TERMS AND MY ANALYSIS ON THE PROJECT JUST A REMINDER BACK IN SEPTEMBER 12TH COUNCIL PASSED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PLAN. WE IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN A PRIORITY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS SOUTH CAROLINA 172 PARKWAY AND BLUFFTON PARKWAY

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WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS WAS THE BUCKWALTER AND WITH THE TARGETED BUSINESS PURPOSES OF HEALTH CARE, DENTAL, HOME HEALTH, PHARMACEUTICAL CHILD CARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING MIXED USE, COMMERCIAL AND FLEX AND CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. SO RIGHT NOW OUR PROCESS RIGHT NOW IS TYPICALLY TO OUT TO ME OR SOMEONE OUT OF TOWN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTENT AS WELL AS FILL OUT OUR SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC IMPACT WORKSHEET I WILL INTERVIEW THE BUSINESS OWNER OR DEVELOPER ON THEIR PROJECT AND GET ANY CLARIFICATION AND I WILL REVIEW THEIR APPLICATION AND DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BEFORE YOU ALL FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. SO WHAT WE HAD COME IN OUR FIRST APPLICATION WAS FOR A ONE STORY DENTAL OFFICE BUILDING WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A TWO STORY TENANT BUILDING. OUR TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDINGS ARE 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF CLASS-A MEDICAL OFFICE SPACE AND THEY ARE THEY ARE 5000 THAT WILL BE FOR A DENTAL OFFICE. THE REMAINING 10,000 AS PART OF OUR REQUESTING FOR A GRANT THEY'RE WILLING TO COMMIT TO VISIT IT FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS RELATED PURPOSES.

AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THE PERSON HOUSING. ONE OF THEM IS A PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE, MEDICAL OFFICE, OPHTHALMOLOGY, RHEUMATOLOGY, MEDICAL SPINE, ORAL SURGERY THESE ARE ALL IN TALKS RIGHT NOW ESTIMATED FOR THE TOTAL OF THERE IS A 128 FULL TIME POSITIONS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF OF OPENING AND AVERAGE OF $105,000 IN TOTAL DEVELOPER INVESTMENT OF THIS PROJECT IS 10.89 IS A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS IN THE NEW RIVERSIDE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT AS YOU CAN SEE OVER TO THE LEFT IS YOUR DENTAL SPACE CONNECTED IN THE BACK TO THAT TWO STORY BUILDING WITH A LITTLE GARDEN COURTYARD AREA IN BETWEEN THERE YOU MAY RECALL THAT AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR PERMIT IT AND DEVELOPMENT FEES UP TO 50% FEE FOR JASPER WATER SEWER CAPACITY FEES TO 100 AND BUSINESS LICENSE FEES UP TO 50% FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS.

THERE IS ALSO A CATCH ALL IN THERE THAT IF THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS OR PROPOSALS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT COUNCIL FINDS AN IMPORTANT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THEY CAN OFFER OTHERS AND THOSE AS DETERMINED BY YOU ALL AND PART OF DEVELOPING SOME GUIDANCE ON LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS WE DEVELOPED A ELIGIBILITY THAT KIND OF GIVES SOME GUIDANCE TO ANYONE WHO REACHES OUT ASKING YOU KNOW WHAT COULD I POTENTIALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR AND WE KIND OF TIER TWO HERE AS OBVIOUSLY THE LARGER THE DEVELOPMENT DEDICATED TO ONE OF THOSE THOSE INDUSTRIES OR PROFESSIONS OR GET THE POOR OR PROPOSED TO GET THE FULL PERCENTAGE CREDITS AS PART OF A GRANT SO AGAIN THIS IS 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF CLASS A AND WELLNESS OFFICE SPACE. THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATION BY APRIL 1ST OF 2025 AND COMMIT THE REMAINING 10,000 SQUARE FEET TO THOSE HEALTH AND WELLNESS RELATED TENANTS.

THE GRANT WOULD BE PAID ON APRIL 1ST AND THE PROPOSED GRANT EQUIVALENT WOULD BE 50% APARTMENT FEES 20% WOULD BE FOR JOBS FOR CAPACITY FEES AND AGAIN THE 50% OF BUSINESS LICENSE FEES FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS IS A QUICK AT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS WISE ON THE LEFT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT FEES THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR.

THESE ARE ESTIMATES CURRENTLY UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GET CALCULATED AND PAID WE WON'T KNOW THE EXACT BUT SOME OF THESE ARE EXACT BUT IN VARIOUS STAGES.

ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT HERE THE ASKED COUNCIL TO CONSIDER INCLUDING THE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE PAID TO THE COUNTY AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THAT LIST AS WELL. SO THE TOTAL FEES THAT THEY ARE PAYING US THE COUNTY AND FOR IMPACT FEES AND JASPER FEES ARE $142,000 UM BASED ON THIS THE PROPOSED PERCENTAGES THE YEAR ONE BENEFIT WOULD BE $91,000 AND THEN THE ONGOING BUSINESS LICENSE FEES IN THE OUTYEARS. AND KEEP IN MIND BUSINESS LICENSE FEES ARE JUST RELATED TO THE PROPERTIES AND THE DENTAL OFFICE. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE BUSINESS LICENSE FEES RELATED TO BUSINESSES THAT MAY LOCATE IN THAT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT.

WHAT IS THIS HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE TOWN'S COFFERS BASICALLY? NET NET WE'RE PRETTY MUCH OFF PROPOSING TO GRANT BACK ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY PAY TO

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THE GOVERNMENT FOR THESE DIFFERENT FEES NET REVENUE OVER FIVE YEARS ABOUT 3000 BASED ON THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS I HAD YOU HAVE OUTLINED HERE THANK YOU. SO IS THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD HE ALREADY HAD OUTLINED HERE? I'M KIND OF OH THIS IS BASED ON A DENTAL FACILITY RIGHT SO IT'S A DENTAL FACILITY A PART OF IT. SO THE DEVELOPER IS ALSO GOING TO OWN AND OPERATE THE DENTAL FACILITY AND THEN HE IS GOING TO LEASE OUT THE REMAINING 10,000 SQUARE.