Feb 06, 2024 County Council Retreat

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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WILL PLEASE ALL GO COUNCILMEMBER IT'S YEAR COUNCILMEMBER YEAH.

COUNCILMEMBER DODSON ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER BROWN HERE. COUNCILMEMBER TABARROK WAS COUNCILMEMBER LAWSON IS ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER GLOVER ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER CUNNINGHAM ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER BARTHOLOMEW NICE CHAIR MCCALLUM CHAIRMAN PAST AND PRESENT GIVEN THANK YOU AND

[4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[5. OPENING REMARKS AND PRESENTATION – Joseph Passiment, Chairman]

FOR SOME OF YOU THIS IS YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS RATHER.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS NUMEROUS TIMES. THERE'S WAYS THROUGH APPROACH THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR A BUDGET IS A SPENDING PLAN.

WE KNOW THAT IT IS MUCH MORE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A REGIONAL APPROACH TO BUDGETING.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES IN THE OTHER SIX COUNTIES IN OUR REGION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO SO BEGIN TODAY WITH YOU. COME WHAT WE STAND FOR WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WE START WITH OUR VISION STATEMENT AND IT SAYS YOU EVERY COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE IN THE UNITED STATES TO LIVE WORK AND ENJOY A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A CULTURALLY DIVERSE COASTAL SETTING FROM THAT THOSE THREE WORDS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED WE CHANGED ONE TO PLAY AND LIVE WORK AND PLAY BECAME OUR MOTTO AS WE BUILT OUT BUDGETS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT BUT WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT TO THAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT GUILFORD COUNTY EXISTS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER SO ALL OUR CITIZENS MAY ENJOY AND APPRECIATE PROTECTED QUALITY OF LIFE, NATURAL AND DEVELOPED RESOURCES IN A COASTAL ENVIRONMENT A DIVERSE HERITAGE AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING. THIS IS WHAT BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS THEIR VISION AND THEIR MISSION. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S THE SAME THROUGHOUT OUR REGION THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT OUR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE ON VISION AND MISSION AND SO WE HAVE TO TAKE LOOK AT THE FUTURE.

HOW DO THEY ALL BLEND TOGETHER? WELL, LET'S A LOOK IN THE FUTURE IS THIS OUR REGION IN 30 YEARS WE SURE AS HECK HOPE NOT . OKAY.

I THOUGHT YOU'D GET A KICK OUT OF THAT ONE. YOU LIKE THAT? YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.

OKAY, SO WHERE DO WE GO AND HOW DO WE GET THERE IF? THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.

SO I HAVE CREATED THE YEAR OF THE SEAS IN THE CENTER THE QUALITY OF LIFE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE BECAUSE THE QUALITY LIFE IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR REGION WHICH IS SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS BEAUFORT COUNTY. THE QUALITY LIFE IF YOU LIVE IN A MUNICIPALITY IS WHAT THAT MUNICIPALITY HAS OR YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE I BELIEVE IS AFFECTED BY ALL OF THESE CS IS THE YEAR OF THE SEAS PICK ANY ONE OF THEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE BELIEVE WE HAVE AND WHAT WE WANT.

WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE. THERE ARE CHANGES COMING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH

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THAT ROAD WAS JUST A TWO LANE ROAD THERE WAS NO PARRIS ISLAND GATEWAY.

THERE WAS NO CROSS PARKWAY THE ROUNDABOUT AT SEA PINES EVERYBODY'S MIND BECAUSE IT WAS BRAND NEW THERE WAS NO BLUFFTON PARKWAY WAS A GREAT AREA TO LIVE 30 YEARS AGO WITHOUT ALL OF THOSE. YES WAS. BUT WE NEEDED THOSE THINGS AS OUR NEEDS AND WANTS AND GROWTH CONTINUED SO WE HAVE THEM ALL DO THEY WORK? NO. WHY? BECAUSE THEY REACHED THEIR CAPACITY. LIFE IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE TODAY SURE AS HECK IS AND COVID CERTAINLY PROVED THAT WE DID NOT THE DOWNTURN THAT OTHER AREAS HAD WILL IT CONTINUE TO BE THE GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS? YES, BUT THERE WILL BE ALL OF THOSE SEAS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH TO ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE NOW REMAINS THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN 30 YEARS. OKAY.

SO WHAT SHOULD WE FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS? SOME SAY 30 YEARS IS TOO LONG.

WELL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A NEW LINE ENFORCEMENT CENTER IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY THAT WILL SERVICE THE NEXT 50 YEARS. SO 30 YEARS IS NECESSARILY TOO LONG BUT IT IS SOME SORT OF POINT THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.

SO I BELIEVE HERE ARE OUR AREAS FOCUS OBVIOUSLY TRANSPORTATION ,HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, PARKS AND RECREATION, HOUSING, TOURISM WE'RE BIG ON THE MILITARY SAFETY AND SECURITY TRASH AND RECYCLING OUR UTILITIES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. ALL OF THESE ARE MIX IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE. SO NOW I'M GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TELLING YOU OKAY WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE NEXT 30 YEARS? JUST MY THOUGHTS AND THEN WILL DETERMINE DO I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? SHOULD WE MOVE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS? WHICH ONES WHAT ORDERS SHOULD WE BE DOING THEM IN? SO LET'S TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ROADS WE SAID OUR ROADS ARE ONE 7278 FOUR 6221 ALL OF THOSE ROADS HAVE

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BRIDGES OVER THE COURSE OF TIME THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BRIDGE WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE 30 YEARS WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER BRIDGE TO SAINT HELENA. WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE A BRIDGE TO THE SKI ISLAND AND WE WON'T EVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FERRY AGAIN.

ALL POSSIBLE ARE ONLY IMPASSABLE UNTIL THEY BECOME POSSIBLE.

OUR AIRPORTS. OUR HILTON HEAD AIRPORT IS UNDER RENOVATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'RE MODERNIZING IT BUT THE HILTON THE AIRPORT HAS A PROBLEM IT HAS FIXED BOUNDARIES IT CANNOT GROW IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHILE WE WILL MODERNIZE IT, IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET BIGGER. BUT THERE ARE TWO AIRPORTS AROUND US THAT I BELIEVE BECOME SOME SIGNIFICANT PROBABLY THREE. I'LL DEAL WITH THE THIRD ONE LAST THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AIRPORT FUNCTION. FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WHY IS IT AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT? BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A FLIGHT TO TORONTO AND ANY TIME YOU GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY YOU CAN BE CALLED AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

I BELIEVE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS THAT HILTON HEAD BECAUSE IT HAVE THE CAPACITY AND SPACE IT'S TRULY GOING TO BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEREBY. YOU CAN GO TO SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD AIRPORT AND FLY TO ANY OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN EUROPE ROME, PARIS, PLACES LIKE THAT, ZURICH AND THEN FROM THERE YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. HOW DO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT US? BECAUSE AS OUR AREA IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

OUR AREA IS SO WANTED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ARE GOING TO FLY THEIR EXECUTIVES FROM WHEREVER IN EUROPE THEY ARE TO HILTON HEAD TO COME TO THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY OR THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES. WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN? I DON'T. IS IT POSSIBLE? SURE IT IS.

DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT? YES WE DO. THE BEAUFORT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT A JEWEL I BELIEVE THAT IN 30 YEARS THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FLYING CARS PARKED. WHY? WELL, WE HAVE A COMPANY FROM OVERSEAS THAT HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

THEY HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN FAA APPROVAL TO BEGIN BUILDING FLYING CARS.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE THEM IN THIS? SURE.

IS IT POSSIBLE THEY COULD BE THERE? SURE SHOULD WE PLAN FOR IT? MAYBE THAT'S UP FOR US TO MAKE THAT DECISION? THERE'S ONE OTHER AIRPORT THAT'S THE RIDGELAND AIRPORT. RIDGELAND I BELIEVE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR REGION MAY BE TRULY A AIRPORT.

THEY HAVE THE SPACE, THE RUNWAY LENGTH TO BRING IN BIGGER PLANES.

NOW WHY DO I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN? LOOK WHERE OUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS ARE NOW ATLANTA BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT CAN GET MUCH BIGGER THAN IT IS NOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE YOU HAVE TO GO TO CHARLOTTE 4 HOURS, 4 HOURS, ALMOST 3 HOURS AWAY.

OUR POPULATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THOSE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED AND WHY I BELIEVE AIRPORTS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE THAT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT RAIL CSX

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I BELIEVE IN BETWEEN THERE WILL BE AN AMTRAK LINE ON I-90 FIVE THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GROW.

OKAY, BUZZ, PALMETTO BREEZE IS OUR BUS COMPANY. I BELIEVE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES FERRY SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS WE WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE FERRY. ARE WE GOING TO BE IN THE FERRY BUSINESS? THE ANSWER IS NO. WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE FERRY BUSINESS BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE THE PRIVATE COMPANIES BE ABLE TO DO THAT. CAN YOU CONCEIVE OF 30 YEARS FROM NOW A COMPLETE FERRY SYSTEM THAT COMES OUT OF SAVANNAH GOING TO THE FUSCHIA ISLAND HILTON HEAD ISLAND, TYBEE ISLAND, BEAUFORT CITY OF BEAUFORT PORT ROYAL AND ALL STOPS IN BETWEEN IT TO ACTUALLY IT DOES THREE THINGS IT CREATES A WHOLE NEW INDUSTRY THAT SERVES THE FERRY SYSTEM IT CREATES A BETTER TOURISM INDUSTRY BECAUSE YOU FLY INTO SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD GO OVER TO THE FERRY AND GO WHEREVER WANT AND BY THE WAY THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE TRAFFIC OFF THE ROADS. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY YOU PICK UP THE FERRY IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND YOU GO TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU WORK AND IT YOU 20 MINUTES NOT THE HOUR COMING 172 TO 78 TO GET TO THE ISLAND PORTS. I BELIEVE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS WE WILL HAVE THE SAVANNAH PORT. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE OUR TO REPLACE THE CURRENT PORT. IT IS GOING TO BE A CONJUNCTION WITH THEM.

WILL WE NEED SOME VISION ABOUT THAT? I BELIEVE SO.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE IN NEW YORK.

IT'S THE NEW YORK NEW JERSEY PORT AUTHORITY. THEY HANDLE THE PORTS THERE.

THEY HANDLE THE FERRY, THEY HANDLE THE AIRPORTS, THEY HANDLE THE BUSSES THEY HANDLE THE BRIDGES, THEY HANDLE THE ROADS. I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE MAY SEE THAT BUT I THINK THAT'S COMING SOONER THAN LATER. I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS THAT WE MAY HAVE CRUISE SHIPS UP HERE. WHAT SIZE CRUISE SHIP REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS A DESTINATION.

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS TO SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD YOU COME AND THEN YOU PICK UP YOUR 600 PASSENGER BOAT TO GO AROUND AREA FINALLY OTHER NOW THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP SO WELL BUT THERE ARE OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ARE TWO WHEEL AND FOUR WHEEL TRANSPORTATIONS ICICLES MOPEDS MOTORCYCLES GOLF AND THE GREATEST INVENTION RIGHT NOW E-BIKES I THINK THOSE ARE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS ONE OF THE KEYS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THAT'S GOING TO BE CODES, LAWS . WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT E-BIKES? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAILS AND PUTTING BICYCLES AND GOLF CARTS AND PEOPLE ON OUR TRAILS. WHAT ABOUT E-BIKES? THEIR MOTORIZED VEHICLES THEY HAVE TWO TYPES OF E-BIKES ONE THAT WILL GO LESS THAN 22 MILES AN HOUR AND ONE THAT GOES ABOVE 22 MILES AN HOUR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH LAWS THAT CHANGE HOW WE DEAL WITH THEM. SO THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE

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I BELIEVE THAT OUR SCHOOLS WILL IMPROVE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME YOU SEE WHAT OUR BEAUFORT COUNTY ARE DOING. YOU SEE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IN JASPER COUNTY.

I BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE WILL BE IMPROVED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AND AS I SAID OUR, LIBRARY SYSTEM HERE IS SECOND TO NONE. PARKS AND RECREATION WE LEARNED SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING DURING COVID. WE FOUND OUT THAT PEOPLE WERE SO COOPED UP THEY NO PLACE TO GO BUT THEY FOUND A PLACE TO GO .

IT WAS OUR PARKS. THEY WERE BIG, THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL AND THEY HAD SOME PROBLEMS AND. THEY TOLD US WHAT THOSE PROBLEMS WERE AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM. IT'S OVER $100 MILLION WITH THE NEEDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 30 YEARS OR SO TO GET ALL OF THOSE DONE.

BUT THE DEMAND IS THERE. WE HAVE SEVERAL PARKS RIGHT NOW BUT THEY AREN'T A PARK YET.

THEY'RE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE'VE DESIGNATED AS A PASSIVE PARK.

WE JUST HAVE NOT DEVELOPED IT INTO PASSIVE PARK. WELL WE NEED ACTIVE PARKS.

YES WE WILL WILL WE NEED OTHER AREAS LIKE THAT YES WE WILL OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS WE WILL HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT OBVIOUSLY IF FIX OUR ROADS THEY WILL COME OBVIOUSLY IF HAVE PARKS THEY WILL COME REMEMBER IT'S LIVE WORK AND PLAY IF WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVE HERE THEY WANT TO WORK HERE AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY HERE. TOURISM IS HUGE.

NEXT HOUSING WE KNOW WE HAVE A HOUSING PROBLEM. WE'VE HAD IT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WE NOW WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE

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

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE DAYCARE BUSINESS BUT I WANT TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DAYCARE FOR OUR WORKERS. I HAVE SAID THIS AND IT IS NOT A KNOCK ON OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BUT BEAUFORT COUNTY WHEN WE OPEN AND CLOSE WHY? BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CLOSE AT TIMES CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS, CERTAIN DAYS WHERE THEY DO IN-SERVICE TRAINING, SO ON AND SO FORTH WHEN THEY CLOSE THERE ARE SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE WORKING HAVE CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO HAVE THEIR KIDS. THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM WE NEED TO FIX THAT OVER TIME. WELL WE HAVE MORE GATED COMMUNITY SURE WILL WE HAVE MORE 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITIES? I THINK SO. SOME SAY THAT OUR AGE OF COUNTY HAS NOW CREPT UP TO 62 YEARS OF AGE. I KNOW THAT IN OTHER COUNTIES THE AVERAGE AGE IS 43 SO THAT'S A UNIQUE THING AND CERTAINLY WHEN WE'RE PUTTING UP HOUSING WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT WALKABLE COMMUNITIES NEXT ON OUR LIST IS TOURISM.

TOURISM IS HUGE. HOW WILL IT BE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS? I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. IN NEW ZEALAND, CHRISTCHURCH WHICH WAS WHERE ALL OF THE BOATS STOPPED ON THE WAY AROUND THERE CHRISTCHURCH HAD AN EARTHQUAKE THAT DESTROYED ALL OF THE DOCK AND THEY TOLD CRUISE LINES OH WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD IT. YOU'RE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS LATER THEY HADN'T DONE ANYTHING IN THE MEANTIME THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY PORT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

OH YEAH THEY COULD STILL GO TO CHRISTCHURCH BUT NOW THEY HAD TO TAKE A BUS AND IT WAS AN HOUR SO THEY ALTERED WHAT THEY DID YEAR SEVEN THEY TOLD THE CRUISE LINES THEY SAID IT'S ONLY GOING BE THREE YEARS TO REBUILD THE PORTS AND SO THEN YOU CAN COME BACK AND.

THEY SAID WE'RE DOING JUST FINE HERE. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT IS ARE WE DOING FINE OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES OR ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT

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THEIR ROOMS WERE IN THE HIGH EIGHTIES AT NIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE VERY THEY COULDN'T FIX IT IN THE THREE DAYS WE WERE THERE THEY COULDN'T PROMISE PROMISE THAT IT WOULD BE FIXED WHEN WE CAME BACK AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LEFT AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BACK SINCE. SO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE COMING AS I SAID IF WE HAVE A FERRY SYSTEM I THINK TOURISM INCREASES WE ALMOST 3 MILLION AND MORE COMING TO HILTON HEAD EVERY YEAR TO VISIT YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO SAVANNAH? 9 MILLION.

THAT'S 12 MILLION PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS AREA. CAN YOU IMAGINE A SYSTEM THAT CAN BRING THOSE PEOPLE FROM SAVANNAH TO THE CITY OF BEAUFORT, PORT ROYAL, THE FIRST ISLAND, BLUFFTON, YOU NAME IT, WE'LL BE BETTER OFF DOING THAT.

WE HAVE A RICH CULTURE HERE. WE HAVE A WHOLE CONS THAT WE ARE MISSING OUT ON AND THAT IS THE SANTA ELENA THAT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1500S BEFORE JAMESTOWN IN THIS AREA THAT HAS YET TO BE EXPANDED SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN TOURISM.

NEXT ON MY LIST IS OUR MILITARY M.C. A U.S. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION VITAL IT IS WHERE WE HOUSED THE F FIVE, THE MOST SOPHISTICATED PLANE IN THE WORLD.

NOW IT IS DESTINED TO HAVE ABOUT EIGHT OF THEM HOUSED AT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION.

IT REPLACED THE F 18 AND THEY DO DOGFIGHTS WITH THE TRAINING THE F A 18 GOES OUT IT GOES THIS AND THEY LEAVE 7 MINUTES BEFORE THE F-35 COMES OUT THE F-35 TAKES OFF AND IMMEDIATELY GOES STRAIGHT UP CATCHES HIM IN THE NEXT 5 MINUTES. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT AIRCRAFT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. THAT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IS A VITAL OF OUR GROUP. SO IS PARRIS ISLAND. SO IS THE NAVAL HOSPITAL.

THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IS GOING TO MOVE WHERE IT IS TO ANOTHER LOCATION EXACTLY WHERE WE THINK WE KNOW. BUT THAT'S BE DETERMINED AND WE THINK WE HAVE AN IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL PROPERTY THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE AND WORK WITH OUR MILITARY.

OUR MILITARY WANTS TO WORK WITH THE NEW COMMANDER HAS SAID HE HAS TO GO BY GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS SO THE PROVERBIAL YOU KNOW $100,000 TOILET HE WANTS TO WORK WITH US IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. WELL, HIS ROADS NEED TO BE PAVED.

WHY WOULD HE BRING IN A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR WHEN? HE COULD DO LOCAL CONTRACTS SO WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THEM AS THEY LEAVE THE MILITARY WE WANT THEM TO BE RETRAINED FOR THE JOBS THAT WILL KEEP THEM HERE NEXT CERTAINLY WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE SAFE AND SECURE IN OUR REGION WHICH IS WHY ALL OF THOSE POLICE FORCES ARE VITAL TO THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR REGION WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER WHERE WE TAKE EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS SCATTERED AND PUT IT IN ONE PLACE.

WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD AND IT IS NOT IF IT IS WHEN THE NEXT IS GOING TO HIT HERE COULD IT BE HUGO MATTHEW OR SOMETHING WORSE? WE KNOW THAT WHEN HURRICANES

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SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. SO WE BUILD THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHICH MEANS IT CAN WITHSTAND A HURRICANE FIVE CATEGORY STORM. WE NEED AN EMERGENCY CENTER. WE NEED A PLACE WHERE WE CAN HOUSE INDIVIDUALS. WHERE DO WE HAVE IT? WE HAVE IT IN JASPER COUNTY.

THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR SHELTER. WHEN YOU CAME BACK IN MATTHEW PEOPLE LEFT AND CAME BACK AND MATTHEW AND WERE FORCED TO STOP THE BORDER BECAUSE JASPER COUNTY WASN'T AS BAD AS HILTON HEAD WAS. SO JASPER COUNTY OPENED AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT WELL BEAUFORT COUNTY IS OPEN. THEY DROVE AND THEN THEY GOT STOPPED RIGHT AT THE BORDER WHICH WAS A MILE FROM THE ENTRANCE TO SUN CITY AND A LOT OF SUN CITY RESIDENTS COULDN'T GET INTO SUN CITY BECAUSE. THEY HADN'T BEEN OPENED AS YET.

THEY COULDN'T GET TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND. NOW THEY HAVE TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM. SO NOW WE WERE SCRAMBLING FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SHELTERS SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW DETENTION CENTER. WHY? BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR COUNTIES IN OUR REGION THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM. EVERY ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES IN OUR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WE HAVE THE DETENTION CENTER WAS BUILT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

IT HOUSED DIFFERENT INMATES THEY WERE ONLY MALES. NOW WE HAVE MALES AND FEMALES THEY DON'T HAVE BUILT CORRECTLY SO NOW EVERYBODY HAS TO BUILD RATHER THAN EVERYBODY BUILDING ONE TRYING TO STEAL THE PERSONNEL FROM EACH OTHER. WE'RE TALKING A REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER THAT WE ALL CAN UTILIZE. WE DO NOT HAVE A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IF A JUVENILE HAS TO BE DETAINED THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA.

WE CAN HANDLE THAT IN THE FUTURE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT WAY. HERE'S ANOTHER BIGGIE IF YOU CAME FROM THE NORTHEAST LIKE I CAME FROM WE RECYCLED THE I LIVED YOU WOULD GO THERE AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY WHO YOU ARE ID EVERY SINGLE TIME EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW YOU BY NAME YOU STILL HAD TO SHOW IT AND THEN IT WAS WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING TODAY JOE WELL HAVE THIS THIS AND THIS OKAY.

BEN FIVE BEN 17. BEN THREE THEY MUST HAVE HAD 20 DIFFERENT BINS IT WAS DID YOU HAVE LOGS? DID YOU HAVE TREES? DID YOU HAVE SHRUBS? DID YOU HAVE GRASS? THEY ALL WENT IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

DID YOU HAVE BATTERIES? WELL BATTERIES WENT PAINT WENT THEIR ELECTRONICS WENT THEIR WASHERS AND DRYERS COULD GO HERE. THEY RECYCLED EVERYTHING THAT'S OUR FUTURE IF YOU'RE ON THE ROADS AROUND ESPECIALLY 170 AS I SEE IT EVERY DAY AND THEN ONCE A MONTH THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING I'M THERE WITH AN ORANGE VEST PICKING UP TRASH ON 170 FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS .

WE HAVE 105 SUCH GROUPS ALL OVER THIS COUNTY PICKING UP TRASH.

WHY WE HAVE LAW ENFORCING THAT SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE TRASH IN THE BACK OF YOUR PICKUP TRUCK IT HAS TO BE COVERED ? DO WE SEE THEM DOING THAT? NO. OKAY. ALL OF THE MAJOR CARRIERS WASTE MANAGEMENT FIRST REPUBLIC AND ANY THEY'RE THERE GARBAGE TRUCKS COME DOWN 170 THEY GO TO 462 ONE. THAT'S WHERE THE LANDFILL IS. THEIR STUFF THAT FLIES OUT OF THOSE TRUCKS ALL THE TIME AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT AND BY THE WAY THE LANDFILL HICKORY HILL OVER THE COURSE OF TIME HICKORY HILL IS BUILT OUT NOW WHAT DO WE DO? WE DON'T HAVE LAND IN BEAUFORT COUNTY TO HANDLE OUR OWN WASTE SO WE HAVE TO RELY ON TAKING IT ELSEWHERE. UTILITIES UTILITIES ARE A LIFEBLOOD. IT'S EVERY ONE OF THOSE PALMETTO AND DOMINION ELECTRIC YOU HAVE BOTH OF THOSE IF YOU HAVE DOMINION ELECTRIC YOU'RE PROBABLY DOWN AT THE END OF NEW

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OKAY. BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND, THE GROWTH THAT'S GOING ON THERE BEAUFORT JASPER SEWARD WATER THE DEMAND THAT'S GOING ON THERE THE PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND THE DEMAND THAT'S GOING ON THERE AND THE FACT THAT THE WELLS ARE NOT DEEP ENOUGH BECAUSE OF SALTWATER INTRUSION ON THERE.

SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THAT. WE'RE DOING THIS GREAT THING ABOUT BROADBAND AGAIN THESE THESE ARE MY OPINIONS I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE ARE SOMETHING THAT FORCING DOWN ON YOU WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE POINT OF WHAT DO YOU THINK DO YOU AGREE DISAGREE AND MY LEAVING SOMETHING OUT BUT IN THE AREA OF UTILITIES BROADBAND IS COMING THEY'RE PUTTING THE LINES IN THE GROUND. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

BUT HOW DO YOU GET IT TO THE HOUSE THE LAST MILE TO THE HOUSE AND THE PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT THAT'S IN THE HOUSE I HAVE SPECTRUM THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE ALL OF THE WAY THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS MODEL EVERY ONE OF THEM WANTS TO GET RID OF BOX THAT'S IN YOUR HOUSE AND TURN IT INTO A STREAM PING. IT'S A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DOING WIRELESS THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE EXPENSES IN THE AT&T AND THE VERIZON BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT OVER TELEPHONE LINES.

SO WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF NATURAL GAS. WE DON'T PRODUCE NATURAL GAS IN THIS STATE.

IT COMES FROM OUT-OF-STATE HAS TO BE TRANSMITTED HERE. DO WE HAVE THE PIPING TO DO THAT FOR THE GREATER DEMAND? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH POWER GENERATED? WE DON'T. THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR US. OKAY.

SEE IN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ENJOY LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE. WE HAVE THE OPEN LAND TRUST, THE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS AND BOARD THE COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND WE HAVE BEEN THE LEADER IN THIS STATE OF CONSERVING PROPERTY WHEN YOU HERE PEOPLE COME HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. IT'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN THIS IN ORDER TO HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE ENVIRONMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL COMBINATION THAT IT'S THE LINCHPIN. WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH LAND WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH WATER THAT'S IT. THE LAND IS BEING USED UP. EVENTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILT ON OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES THEN BECOME WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO.

WE HAVE NO LAND FOR INDUSTRY EVERYBODY AROUND US DOES THAT'S WHERE THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO GO. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE CANNOT CHANGE I CANNOT CHANGE WHERE 170 YEARS TO 78 IS 21 FOR 62 THOSE ROADS I CAN'T CHANGE THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS IMPROVE THEM. I CAN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT I-95 IS A TWO LANE ROAD NOW GOING TO GO TO A THREE LANE ROAD WHEN IT GOES TO A THREE LANE ROAD STARTING MARCH OF 2020 534 MONTHS LATER I-95 WILL BE THREE LANES FROM THE GEORGIA TO EXIT EIGHT AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY'VE ALREADY SET UP TO GO RIGHT TO 33 UMC AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY'LL WILL GO FURTHER AND AFTER THAT THEY'LL EVENTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY AND THREE LANES WILL BE THERE.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO THAT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT MORE CARS BECAUSE THIS IS THE AREA THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN. SO I'VE GIVEN YOU SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. YOU'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE THAT WE'RE TO PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THE BUDGET WE PUT TOGETHER IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS ONE OF THESE ISSUES OR SOME THAT YOU MAY COME UP WITH THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT

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THANK YOU VERY COME TO YOU A WELL THANK SO MUCH THANK YOU CHAIRMAN FOR FOR THE APPETIZER

[6. PRESENTATION OF PAST GOALS, VISION OF THE FUTURE, AND CAPTURING ACTIONABLE ITEMS – John Robinson, Interim County Administrator]

IT'S THE SAME QR CODE THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PROGRAM. THE FIRST IS A LITTLE TEST SO ONCE YOU'VE HAD YOU CAN SCAN THAT THROUGH OUR CODE IN YOUR LIFE AND THEN WE HAVE A WE HAVE A TEASER QUESTION JUST A LITTLE PERSON IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF IT WORKS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE OH MY KIDS ARE ALREADY SO REAL. WE'RE GETTING THAT DONE. I'D LIKE TO START THIS MORNING BY BY THANKING OUR STAFF OH THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS FOR ME AS THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT. WE HAVE BEEN COUNTY HAS HAD INHERITED MANY, MANY CHALLENGES AND IT IS THIS STAFF THAT'S HERE THAT HELPED ME CLIMB OUT OF THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

THIS IS A THIS IS A REAL TEAM EFFORT TO GET THINGS DONE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STAFF IN THE ROOM ORDERS OVER HERE AUDREY IS REALLY SPECIAL.

AUDREY I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT AUDREY'S DEPARTMENTS ARE VERY DEMANDING SO MUCH THAT HAPPENED AND VERY VERY INFREQUENTLY DO I GET A PHONE FROM ORDER THAT SAYS I NEED THIS OR I NEED HELP WITH THAT IT HANDLES FOR ME ALL THE TIME SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT STAFF HANDLES BUSINESS SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO STAY ON THE BACK THERE.

DALE BUT HE'S THE GUY THAT I ASK A QUESTION HE ALWAYS SAYS YES EVEN IF HE DOESN'T LIKE IT HE'S READY FOR EVERYTHING OVER OVER IN THE CORNER. CHUCK ATKINSON ARE NOT NOT ONLY OUR HISTORIAN IF I HAVE IF I NEED SOME HISTORY I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE I'M HAS THAT KNOWLEDGE HE'S WORKED FOR THE COUNTY FOR MANY MANY YEARS HE'S EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THINGS SEEN A LOT OF THINGS AND IS ALWAYS A GREAT RESOURCE.

ME WHO ELSE IS IN THE ROOM HERE WHERE'S THERE'S JARED OVER HERE.

JARED FREILICH IS OUR FUTURE MAN. HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WHAT'S NEXT . IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM THAT KEEPS YOU LOOKING FORWARD. WE NEED LOOK FORWARD ALL THE TIME SO JARED DOES THAT FOR ME CONSTANT THEN HE'S CHRISTMAS OVER HERE IS OUR CFO AND HE'S SOMETIMES THE WORRIER MEANS EVERYTHING IN OUR IN OUR SYSTEM THAT HAS A FLAW VERY DETAIL ORIENTED IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S CHECKING CHECKS AND BALANCES EVERYTHING THAT WE DO OH SHE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH WITH OUR POLICIES, OUR PROCEDURES, OUR STATE AND IF SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT SHE'S RAISING THE FLAG SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR LEGAL TEAM TOM CAVANI IN THE FRONT BRIAN OVER HERE AND IS BRITNEY BACK THERE EVERY PERSON ON THIS TEAM HAS TREMENDOUS VALUE. TOM BRINGS HISTORY WITH HIM AS WELL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL TYPES OF DIFFERENT LAWSUITS AND CASES THAT THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT KEEPS US OUT OF TROUBLE. RYAN BACK HERE HE'S THE CONTRACT MASTER. EVERY WORD MEANS SOMETHING WHILE NOT BEING ATTORNEY WHEN I

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RYAN READS EVERY WORD AND EVERY WORD. THE CONTRACT MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT SEES THINGS THAT WAY HE KEEPS ME FOR A COUNTY OUT OF TROUBLE AND THEN MISS BRITTANY BRITTANY BRITTANY WARD IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO SAYS YES IT DOESN'T MATTER THE CHALLENGE SHE HAS BEEN BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME A VERY GOOD SOUNDING PIECE SOMEONE THAT THAT I CAN TRUST TO ASK AN OPINION OF AND SHE WILL GIVE IT TO ME. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO HEAR IT BUT SHE'S GOING TO TELL ME THE TRUTH AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE FOLKS ON YOUR STAFF WHO ARE NOT AFRAID TELL YOU KNOW, NOT RIGHT THE POINT THAT PEOPLE KNOW BUT YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S FOR ME SO AGAIN I WANT TO STAFF FOR WORKING WITH ME WHO'S WHO DID I MISS OH SEE I KNOW IN THE BACK OF OUR PATRICK BACK OF OUR IP SPECTRUM IT MAKES THINGS HAPPEN HIS HIS TEAM OF WITH BROADCASTING WITH OUR PILLOW IN THE ROOM WHERE SHE THERE SHE IS BACK THERE AS WELL AS RECORDS MANAGEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION OF FOR CROWN ALL THOSE ALL THOSE TEAMS ARE LED BY PATRICK AND ON A VERY EFFECTIVE SORRY ABOUT THAT PATRICK YEAH HE BLENDED IN YES ALL RIGHT I YES OUR CLERK THE COUNSEL'S OFFICE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL THEY ARE THEY ARE OFTEN MY CONNECTION BETWEEN STAFF AND AND COUNSEL SARA AS ESPECIALLY BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND HELPING ME WITH THE HISTORY OF COUNTY HELPING ME FIND ALL DOCUMENTS HELPING ME MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETING WHICH IS THAT'S QUITE A TASK SOME DAYS AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS WHOLE TEAM WORKS TOGETHER AND I KNOW I'M MISSING SOMEONE THERE ARE DEPARTMENT HEADS OUT THERE. I HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MORE CLOSE TO ME AS AS THE FORMER AND CURRENT I PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM THE DETENTION CENTER AND EMS AND IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR ME TO GET A PHONE CALL FROM A DEPARTMENT HEAD FIRST THING IN THE MORNING JUST SAYS HEY YESTERDAY SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A HARD DAY FOR YOU. KEEP IT UP. YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF JUST THAT LITTLE PIECE OF ENCOURAGEMENT SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU I HOPE I DIDN'T MISS ANYONE TERRIBLE IN THERE SEE ERIC'S OVER LOOKING AT ME DO ERIC IS ANOTHER GUY IT MAKES A HAPPY ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY AWAKE NOW ALL RIGHT IS THE TEST RUNNING OKAY SO SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR FIRST QUESTION ON YOUR PHONE AND THIS IS GOING TO LEAD INTO A INTO OUR IN OUR PROGRAM RECORDING THESE ARE LONGER AND I WILL HAVE TO SEE THEM ALL RIGHT. SO WE DID WHAT DID WE DO PRETTY GOOD EVERYBODY EVERYONE'S IN.

YEAH AWESOME. SO A LITTLE PRECURSOR FOR WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS MORNING I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES HERE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE COUNTIES VISION WE'RE GOING TO TALK OUR GOALS OUR PLAN TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS AND ACTIONS THAT STAFF CAN TAKE THE LUPUS BACK TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION.

THESE ARE NOT SET IN STONE. THESE ARE A TEMPLATE FOR US TO WITH IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO OUR VISION VISION IS HOW WE REFINE OUR STRATEGY FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY, OUR GOALS WILL IDENTIFY SOME ACTIONABLE ITEMS AND CREATE SOME MEASURE OF MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES.

SO AS THE OUTCOME THIS MEETING WE'LL CAPTURE YOUR CONVERSATION WILL, CAPTURE YOUR DIRECTION AND TURN THAT YOUR VISION INTO THOSE ACTION ITEMS AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THOSE TO TO SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY'RE APPLICABLE WE'LL CREATE THAT PLAN TO EFFECTIVELY REACH

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OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE YOU SAW ALREADY THE VISION AND MISSION OF YOU FOR ACCOUNTING.

I WON'T READ THOSE AGAIN. THE CHAIRMAN SHARED THOSE WITH US.

THE NEXT SLIDE I HAVE FOR YOU IS I'LL CALL THIS THE ADMINISTRATORS VALUE STATEMENT . THESE ARE THESE ARE ACTIONS THAT STAFF MEMBERS AND PEOPLE TAKE I'VE CREATED ACRONYM HERE B.C CARES BEAUFORT COUNTY CARES SO I CAME UP WITH THIS FOR BECAUSE OF THE WORD CARE OUR THE ACTIONS WE DO EVERY DAY ARE REFLECT SHOULD REFLECT THE MISSION OF COUNTY TO CARE TO CARE MEANS IT IS A PROVISION OF WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH, WELFARE AND MAINTENANCE OR PROTECTION OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT IS OUR JOB THAT THAT FUNDAMENTAL STATEMENT TO CARE SO WHEN I PUT THAT WORD OUT THERE WHAT CAN WE GET OUT OF THAT WHAT WHAT THINGS DOES CARE MEAN TO ME I MEAN EACH CHARACTER IT MEANS ACCOUNTABILITY. IT MEANS RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND IT MEANS EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS IF. OUR STAFF ACT IN A WAY COUNTY CARES WE'RE GOING TO TREAT EACH OTHER RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TREAT OUR CITIZENS RIGHT AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CARE ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT CHARACTER IS THAT IMMEASURABLE COMBINATION OF MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES IT'S PRINCIPLE QUALITIES THAT WE SHOULD ALL HAVE THINGS LIKE HONESTY, LOYALTY, LOYALTY, RELIABILITY, DILIGENCE, PERSEVERANCE I DON'T YOU SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SEE THAT THAT I THAT I LOOK FOR IN A PERSON'S SOMEONE'S WALKING DOWN THE HALL AND MAYBE SEES TRASH ON THE FLOOR AND THAT PERSON STOPS AND PICKS IT UP AND REMOVES IT THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT SOMEONE NOT HAVING TO ASK THEM TO DO THAT WHEN FOLKS SEE A PROBLEM AND STOP THEY IDENTIFY THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD WE IDENTIFY A PROBLEM, WE NOTIFY FOR SOMEONE THAT COULD BE A REASON THAT IT'S THERE AND . THEN WE FOLLOW WE TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THAT PROBLEM.

MANY MANY TIMES YOU'LL SEE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY IF WE PUT THAT VALUE OUT THERE AND WE SAY WE EXPECT TO ACT WITH CHARACTER, WE EXPECT FOLKS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE THINGS WE'LL ALL GET BETTER BECAUSE OF THAT ACCOUNTABILITY THE ART OF TAKING OWNERSHIP WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT GOES A LITTLE DEEPER THAN THAT EXERCISING MANAGING ONE'S OWN ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO ME.

RESPECT. RESPECT IS THAT DUE REGARD I LIKE THAT WORD I'M SURE THAT SOME POINT AT SOME POINT MR. MCKELLEN WOULD USE THAT WORD IN COURT.

DO YOU REGARD FOR SOMEONE ELSE OR SOMETHING ELSE RESPECT HIS DUE REGARD FOR THE FEELINGS WISHES RIGHTS TRADITIONS OF OTHERS. OH SO POWERFUL WORD AND THEN EMPOWERMENT. OFTENTIMES WE THAT EMPOWERMENT MAYBE IS MISREPRESENTED EMPOWERMENT IS THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GIVE OTHERS TO GO AND DO THEIR WORK TO TRUST THEM ENOUGH TO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE IF IF OUR STAFF WERE EMPOWERED HAD THE FEELING THAT ALLOWED TO GO AND DO WHAT THEY KNOW IS RIGHT WITHIN THE WITHIN THE RULES RIGHT WE HAVE SOME BOUNDARIES THERE HAVE A WINDOW OF THINGS IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE POWERFUL WOULD BE FOR COUNTY COULD BE SO BEAUFORT COUNTY CARES OF THE

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I LOOKED ACTUALLY A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER BETWEEN THE CHERYL AND THE SARAH.

THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP ME FIND SOME SOME HISTORY OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND PULL UP OUR SOME OF OUR FROM THE PAST. SO I PUT THEM UP THERE FOR YOU. I LOOKED AT OTHER OTHER COUNTIES AROUND SOUTH CAROLINA AND, OTHER COUNTIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND TRIED TO PULL TOGETHER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT ARE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND YOU'LL FIND THAT WE'RE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER PLACE COUNTY HAS 200,000 RESIDENTS I LOOKED AT SOME COUNTIES WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS I LOOKED AT COUNTIES WITH A THIRD OF THE POPULATION WE HAVE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE'RE NOT UNIQUE. HOWEVER THE SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS CAN BE UNIQUE SOME THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE 16 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2018 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2021 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT'S A PRETTY POWERFUL THEME WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTIES, OTHER STATES YOU SEE SAME SAME THINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE ALL WANT TO BUILD ONE OTHER THAT'S THAT'S A TREND FOR US IS HILTON HEAD ISLAND BRIDGE US TO 78 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND VOLUME TRANSPORTATION CONTINUING THEME THAT'S THERE 2016 AFFORDABLE HOUSING 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS AND THERE'S ANOTHER 2016 SOLID WASTE 2018 SOLID WASTE NOT UNIQUE WE GOT TO LOOK AT OTHER COUNTIES SAME TYPES OF ISSUES.

ALL RIGHT. A FEW WEEKS AGO I SENT I SENT SURVEY OUT TO MY STAFF SO I SHARED THE WITH WITH COUNCIL I SHARED THE SURVEY WITH ACAS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.

IT WAS ABOUT 50 OR SO FOLKS THAT THE SURVEY WAS SHARED WITH .

THE SURVEY STARTED WITH 11 QUESTIONS SOME OF THEM WERE REPETITIVE IN A WAY THAT I WANTED TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO TRY TO DRAW OUT DIFFERENT ANSWERS.

ONE WAS QUITE UNIQUE AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. IT TOOK ME QUITE A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. SOME OF THE RESPONSES TOOK FOUR OR FIVE PAGES OF RESPONSES FOR A SINGLE QUESTION. OTHERS ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS ANSWERED QUESTIONS IN LESS THAN A PAGE ALMOST HALF A PAGE. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SOME SO SOME OF THE FIRST ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF COUNTY SERVICES THAT WE OFFER WHAT SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO OFFER WHAT WHAT SHOULD WE STOP OFFERING? WHAT SHOULD WE DO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WAS ANOTHER QUESTION WAS THERE SO THE PRIORITIES THEIR NUMBER ONE WAS ARE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OUR FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES SO THIS IS FIRE, POLICE, EMS OUR DETENTION CENTER, OUR DISPATCH EOC, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO EOC IS THE EMERGENCY CENTER.

SO I SAW THOSE AND OUR DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY ASSISTANT PROGRAMS WERE ON THAT SURVEY AMONG THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE OFFERING AND THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE WE'RE OFFERING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW INCLUDED. THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS KIND OF SIMILAR BUT BUT WRITTEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND IT WAS ABOUT AMBITION IF IF WE WANTED DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHAT SHOULD BE OUR AMBITION OF ? IT WAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO ELEVATE PARK MORE YES EVALUATE DEPARTMENT GOALS TOWARDS THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE AND THEN SEE HOW THEY ALIGN WITH COUNTY GOALS.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A THAT A REALLY IMPORTANT COMMENT IS WOW ANOTHER AND THE CHAIRMAN TALKED

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NUMBER TWO IS WEAKNESSES. WHAT ARE OUR WEAKNESSES CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE I LOOKED AT OTHER COUNTIES, OTHER STATES FOUND THE SAME COMMENT WHEN WHEN WHEN I REVIEWED THEIR KIND OF THINGS IT'S COMMUNICATION WE'VE ALL BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO IMPROVE IS COMMUNICATE AND THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO FAIL IS DON'T COMMUNICATE WELL. IT'S ALWAYS THERE. SO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE I WROTE DOWN ONE STOP SHOP MANY OF MANY OF THE COMMENTS I GET FROM CITIZENS TALK ABOUT THEIR THEIR DIFFICULTY IN GETTING SOMETHING DONE THEY AND YOU'VE THEM AS WELL WHEN WHEN WHEN A RESIDENT REACHES OUT TO YOU THEY'VE GONE RIGHT TO THE TOP TO GET THEIR PROBLEM SOLVED AND OFTEN THEY GET THEM DONE VERY QUICKLY WHEN THAT SAME RESIDENT COMES INTO THIS BUILDING TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM SOMETIMES THEY GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION FROM TWO PEOPLE.

SOMETIMES THEY GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND THEY GET SENT AWAY TO GET THIS FILLED OUT AND THEY COME BACK TO THE SAME WINDOW AND NOW YOU NEED ANOTHER PIECE OF PAPER THEY GO AWAY TO GET THAT FILLED OUT AND COME BACK AND NOW THEY NEED SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN THIS IS REALLY DISTURBING FOR A CUSTOMER TO COME INTO OUR BUILDING WITH AN EXPECTATION LEAVE WITH WHATEVER IT IS THEY CAME TO TO ACHIEVE AND FIND THAT IT'S NOT A ONE STOP SHOP, THAT IT'S A THREE STOP SHOP TO GET THINGS DONE. I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR US TO IMPROVE THERE WE CAN HELP OUR CITIZENS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF STAFF BACK TO THE ONE STOP SHOP A LITTLE BIT.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE AREAS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT OUR POLICIES REFLECT THE NEEDS OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE MOLDED OUR POLICY TO MAKE THINGS FOR STAFF WHEN IT MAYBE IT'S CONSOLIDATION MAYBE IT'S JUST THE WAY PEOPLE PAPERWORK'S DONE THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS THE EASIEST THING FOR THE CITIZEN WHILE IT MAKES THINGS MORE EFFICIENT FOR US OUR CUSTOMERS THE CITIZENS WE SERVE ARE STRUGGLING HAVING TO THINGS AND DO THINGS OVER SO THOSE ARE SOME SOME COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED IN THE SURVEY. SO IN THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE PROCESSES AND IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER'S EXPERIENCE AS THEY COME TO COUNTY.

HERE WAS THE MOST INTERESTING QUESTION I ASKED HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? THAT WAS A CHALLENGING QUESTION FOR A LOT OF FOLKS THAT THAT IS THE ONE QUESTION THAT I GOT ONLY MAYBE A HALF A PAGE OF RESPONSES. ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THERE IS NO FINISH LINE, THERE'S NO END GAME.

IT'S HARD MEASURE SUCCESS WHEN IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT THERE. SUCCESS IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY PERSON AND FOR ME I MEASURE SUCCESS MY FAMILY IF MY IF MY CHILDREN ARE HEALTHY IF THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, IF THEY'RE GROWING THEIR FAMILIES I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

HOW DOES THAT HOW IS THAT HOW DO WE MEASURE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE WELL THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ACTIONS TOWARDS GOALS. I GOT SOME RESPONSES THAT WERE WERE NEARLY DEFINITION OF THE WORD SUCCESS WHICH WERE HELPFUL REALLY HARD TO WRAP OUR OUR MINDS AROUND OH HOW OF FACILITIES IF SOMETHING'S REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WILL USE IT MORE PEOPLE WILL COME MORE ANOTHER COMMENT THAT I GOT WAS THE THE ONE PERSON THAT COMES INTO MY OFFICE AND SAYS THANK YOU MAYBE IT'S AN EMAIL AFTER THEY HAD SERVICE THAT'S PRETTY POWERFUL MAYBE ONE OUT OF TEN WILL OFFER IT. THANK YOU.

MAYBE IT'S ONE OUT OF 100. I WOULD THINK THAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES IS BETTER THAN THAT BUT MOST PEOPLE JUST COME IN DO THEIR BUSINESS AND LEAVE FOLKS THAT ARE UNHAPPY WE WILL CERTAINLY HEAR FROM RIGHT ALWAYS ANOTHER WAY TO MEASURE SUCCESS LACK OF TURNOVER TO OUR EMPLOYEES THEY HEAR DO THEY ENJOY TO WORK HERE AS THEIR TOTAL COMPENSATION RATE THEIR EFFORT DO THEY DO THEY DO WE OFFER THEM A GENUINE LIFE BALANCE?

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I THINK THEY'RE JUST GENERALLY HAPPY PEOPLE SO SO LET'S SEE JUST MAN OH I NEED A MIKE.

I'M WALKING AROUND TOO MUCH. SORRY. OKAY, YOU'RE ALL SORRY ABOUT THAT. I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM AND I WOULD USE MY ENTIRE CLASSROOM SO MY FAULT NOW I'M GOING TO BE REALLY LOUD FOR THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ONE THING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW MOMENTS THAT THERE IS NO FINISH LINE SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO MEASURE THAT SUCCESS FOR US. THERE ARE SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ONCE THEY REACH THIS POINT OF EQUILIBRIUM THE STATUS QUO EVERYTHING IS OKAY WE'RE GETTING THE JOB DONE. THERE'S NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE MAD. THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE HAPPY. WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD.

IS THAT WHERE WE WANT TO BE? I'M NOT SURE. THERE'S THIS THERE'S THIS THING CALLED DISSATISFACTION. DISSATISFACTION IS POWERFUL WHEN WHEN WE'RE NOT HAPPY WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO BETTER. THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO AND TO GROW WHERE WE REALLY BEGIN ACCEPT THAT DISSATISFACTION, TAKE THE HEAT, LEARN TO CHANGE, LEARN TO IMPROVE. THAT'S WHERE LEADERS LIVE RIGHT ? COUNTY NEEDS TO BE THE LEADER. WE NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON, MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE THEM THE BEST SERVICE THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN DO WELL. RIGHT. I'M ALMOST DONE WITH MY STOP.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES THAT THAT WAS YOUR INPUT. THAT WAS INPUT FROM STAFF THAT WAS INPUT FROM COUNCIL THAT WAS YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. I'M GLAD SO MANY PEOPLE SHARED WITH ME YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE SOME SOME PEOPLE WERE VERY VERBOSE AND HAD A LOT TO SAY AND SOME JUST HAD A LITTLE SENTENCE AND THAT'S OKAY AND I ENJOYED READING THE INPUT AND AND TOOK IT TO HEART.

SO OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF COURSE THIS IS MY OUTLINE TO HELP GUIDE TODAY'S CONVERSATION CONNECT COMMUNITY MANAGE GROWTH AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND EDUCATION A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS THAT THE CHAIRMAN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT I WAS ABLE TO INTO THREE LITTLE THINGS CONNECT MANAGE SUPPORT READY SO THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES SO STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WILL FOLLOW RIGHT INTO THAT VISION OF CONNECT, MANAGE AND SUPPORT SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THE CHAIRMAN DISCUSSED QUALITY OF LIFE I THINK THAT WAS HIS VERY FIRST SLIDE INVESTING IN THE ECONOMY PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE I AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE WE CREATED A SLIDESHOWS INDEPENDENT OF ONE ANOTHER BUT I THINK WE'RE IN SYNC HERE SO QUALITY OF LIFE SOME THINGS THAT WE TO FOCUS ON FOR THE RESIDENTS OF COUNTY HOUSING REC, RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION AND OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AGAIN ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT THE CHAIRMAN SPOKE ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR ECONOMY WHAT ARE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS OF COUNTY, OUR MEDICAL SERVICES, OUR MILITARY, OUR EDUCATION, OUR WORKFORCE AND, OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THOSE PLACES FOR FOLKS TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY THOSE ARE THERE'S A HERE THAT THAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS CONNECTION THIS INVESTMENT THIS IS MANAGE THE NEXT SLIDE. PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THIS IS SUPPORT THIS IS INVESTING IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS .

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AND LASTLY IS IMPROVED CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS IS VERY MUCH AN ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL PORTION ALSO THOSE VISIONS ARE HERE CONNECT TO MANAGE AND IMPROVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE SLIDES OR ARE EACH OF AREAS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JUST BRIEFLY WHAT I HAVE ON ON EACH OF THESE SLIDES ARE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING COUNTY STAFF IS WORKING IN ALL OF THESE AREAS ONCE WE GET TO AFTER THIS SLIDE YOUR YOUR QR CODES ARE GOING TO COME INTO ACTION. IT'S IT'S GOING TO ASK YOU WHICH ONE OF THESE THINGS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU? WHAT CAN WE DO MOST TO IMPROVE YOUR VOTE HERE WILL BE TABULATED. I'M GOING TO GET TO THE END OF THE SLIDESHOW AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT A BIG OF THAT BACK UP AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE THE ONE ITEM OR THE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU RATED HIGHEST.

ALL RIGHT. SO QUALITY OF LIFE HOUSING OUR OUR INTENT IS TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTNERS. CLEARLY WE CREATE AN INTERNAL SPECIALIST PROGRAM SO OF THAT A STAFF MEMBER WHO IS FOCUSED ON WORK FORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CARE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON PROGRAMS WITH OUR OUTSIDE AGENCIES IN SUPPORT OF THAT SAME RECOGNITION, CONTINUE TO CURRENT PROGRAMS AND EXPAND PROGRAMS TO COMMUNITY CENTERS, EXPAND SPORTS FACILITIES AND SUPPORT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE COUNTY NEEDS.

AND TRANSPORTATION IS EXPENSIVE. THIS IS ABOUT MONEY.

IT IS ABOUT DOLLARS. IT IS ABOUT THE PERMITS AND WORKING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO SECURE THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS. AND LASTLY HERE IS NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVE AND PROTECT BOTH OUR LANDS AND WATERWAYS. HOW DO WE MANAGE HOW DO WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS? SO I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE SHOULD BE OUR QUESTION SO WE SHOULD HAVE A QUESTION SHOWS UP ON YOUR PHONE BUT ASKING WHICH ONE OF THESE IS YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY WHICH IS YOUR NUMBER TWO PRIORITY? ALSO WE GOT AN AN OUTLIER HERE WHICH IS THE INTERACTIVE PART IS COOL ISN'T IT? EVERYBODY STICK TO IT.

WE DO OF COURSE ONE DON'T WANT TO DO ONE. IT SHOULD IT SHOULD BE 2/2 WITH IT HAS SOME BENEFIT U.S. AND THEN YOU PUT SOME OF THESE SOME THESE SO WHATEVER YOUR FIRST ONE IS CLICK AND DRAG IT UP AND DRAG IT UP INTO MY DID THE SAME THING DOUBLE HIT IT WOULD GO ON OH IT'S TYPE OF TWICE YEAH I WOULD HAVE YEAH YEAH THAT'S THE SUBJECT THAT IS THE FIRST ONE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE EASIER ABOUT EVERYONE IN TRANSPORT, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION SO IN A FEW MINUTES WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO THOSE TWO ITEMS AND WE'LL TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND THAT'S THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. I NEED TO HEAR WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

CAN WE IMPROVE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THESE TWO CATEGORIES? NEXT IS INVEST IN THE ECONOMY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THE CHAIRMAN TALKED ABOUT A FEW MOMENTS AGO HERE MEDICAL SERVICES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES TO ADVANCE MEDICAL SERVICES IN COUNTY. NEXT IS THE MILITARY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS

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OH, THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION FROM I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A YES MAN EDUCATION WORKFORCE AND MEDICAL SYSTEMS THEY ARE ALMOST THE SAME BECAUSE YOU SCHOOLS HAVE STARTED THESE MEDICAL LEVEL TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO MAJOR IN YES MAN YOU HAVE A FULL BODY OF US WHEN WE GO TO THE DOCTOR THAT THOSE THAT DO IT ABSOLUTELY I MEAN THAT'S HARD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE TWO IT IS THEY'RE ALL QUITE CONNECTED TOGETHER THAT'S WHY WE DID THIS AGE THE VERY BEST AND IF WE ONLY VOTE FOR THAT YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY WE HAVE WELL WE HAVE FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON SO WE'LL FOCUS OUR ATTENTION AND IF THERE'S MORE TIME WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHATEVER'S ON THE TABLE. NOTHING'S THE TABLE TODAY AS SOON AS I'M AS SOON AS I'M DONE THEN IT'S IT'S YOUR TURN TO TALK AND FOR US TO LISTEN HOW OUR VOTE AS WELL OKAY AWESOME NEXT IS AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC SAFETY AND AGAIN WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO HEALTH AND THIRTIES AS AGENCIES HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAMS RELATED TO PREVENTABLE HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES SUBSTANCES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTIONS WE AGAIN ALL THOSE OVER HERE AND SHE MANAGES SOME GREAT DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK HARD FOR YOU FOR A COUNTY BUT CAN TELL YOU THEY STRUGGLE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COUNSELORS THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR COUNSELORS. THEY ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF OF WHAT'S THE CORRECT WORD VISITORS. THEY'RE OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THESE REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR FOR THEM ON THEIR BEHALF PARTNERS WITH AGENCIES WE HAVE BEGUN DEVELOPING REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE FIRE SERVICES OUR THERE ARE A FEW MORE AGENCIES OUT THERE BUT THAT WE MIGHT FORGET ABOUT BEFORE COUNTY HAS A NORTHERN AND A SOUTHERN HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAM WE DON'T NEED THEM OFTEN BUT WHEN WE NEED THEM THEY'RE VERY CRITICAL THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY USE IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS RIGHT NOW THE ONLY DOLLARS THAT THEY GET THROUGH ON EVERY PC PROGRAM. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FROM THEM THE WATER SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS. WATER SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE ALL OVER COUNTY AND THEY ARE ALL VOLUNTARY THEY RAISE MONEY BY DOING GOLF TOURNAMENTS ,DIFFERENT THINGS TO PAY FOR FUEL AND VESSELS. COUNTY SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE TEAMS WITH WITH FACILITIES AND PLACES TO WORK WHERE THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE IN PORT WELL THAT'S SUPPORTED BY AS WELL BUT THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF THESE AGENCIES THAT DO GREAT WORK INSIDE OF COUNTY. HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END END ALL

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THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED THIS A FEW MINUTES AGO I WAS SURPRISED THAT HE DID BECAUSE WE WERE WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THIS HONESTLY WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF PROPERTY THAT WE'VE PURCHASED TO PROTECT WE NEED TO FUND THE BUT WE NEED TO FUND THE PASSIVE PARKS IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED FROM ISSUES FROM DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT WE ARE WE HAVE LOTS OF LAND NOW WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT IN THE RIGHT WAY. IT'S VERY IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING LABOR IS JOB TO THESE PASSIVE PARKS NEXT ON THE LIST IS LIBRARIES FOCUS ON THE CURRENT EXPANSION OF PLANS AND PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES OUR OUR RESIDENTS LOVE OUR LIBRARIES THAT ARE GREAT RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS FOR RETIREES ALIKE THERE'S SO MANY GOOD PROGRAMS IN OUR LIBRARIES WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB BUT WE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON THEIR CULTURE AND OF ALASKA IS A TOURISM FUND TO EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE TOURISM ENSURE THE SAFETY OF VISITORS PROTECT OUR HISTORY CULTURE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE LAST SLIDE THAT'S THE LAST PHONE SURVEY. SO WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THE LAST ACTION ITEM AGAIN IS IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THIS IS A STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION FOCUSED TOPIC EXTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH CITIZENS WITH MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY. ENSURE CITIZENS ARE PROVIDED TO BE HEARD AND ENGAGED IN COUNTY PROJECTS. STREAMLINE SERVICES STAFF LOOKS AT THESE ALL THE TIME ARE THERE THINGS THAT THAT WE ARE DUPLICATING EFFORT AMONG DEPARTMENTS DO WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS COMPETING WITH ONE ANOTHER? WHERE CAN WE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE? SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS INTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOP SUCCESSION PLANNING SUCCESSION PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. IT IS FRIGHTENING TO SEE SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT LED BY PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A TIME AND WHO'S NEXT ? HOW DO WE CONTINUE THESE GOOD PROGRAMS IF WE'RE NOT REALLY FOCUSED SUCCESSION PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR WHO'S NEXT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF COUNTY THAT ADMINISTRATION KEEPS THEIR EYE ON WHAT'S NEXT RETENTION OF STAFF THROUGH EDUCATION PROMOTION AND TOTAL COMPENSATION IDENTIFY AND REDUCE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT IN OUR WORKFORCE. NO NO SURVEY TO ANSWER FOR THAT ONE.

SO IN SUMMARY THE VISION I PRESENTED TO YOU OF COURSE WAS QUITE FLEXIBLE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OUTLINE TO DRIVE TODAY'S CONVERSATION OR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON'S CONVERSATION.

WE'RE RIGHT WHERE I WANT IT TO BE. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 3 HOURS TO DISCUSS THESE KIND OF TOPICS BECAUSE WE'LL GET SOME LUNCH IN BETWEEN THERE SOMEWHERE AGAIN TO REVIEW WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE THREE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT THAT COUNTY CAN DO CONNECT,

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THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU ARE THE SLIDES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE A BIG BOARD FOR YOU. IT'S ALSO IN THE PACKET WE'RE TO TAKE YOUR SCORES FROM YOUR ELECTRONIC INPUT. WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THE NUMBER ONE IN TWO AND IT'S YOUR TIME FOR TO SPEAK AND FOR US TO LISTEN.

WHAT DO THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS CHOSE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TO EXPLORE SOME OTHER THINGS. SO WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. WE'LL COME BACK AND THEN WE'LL START WE'LL GET TO WORK AND LISTEN TO YOUR VISION FOR COUNTY'S FUTURE.

PRESENTATIONS HOPEFULLY YOU'RE YOU'RE INSPIRED NOW AND LIKE I SAID IN THE EARLIER

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LET'S TALK ABOUT HOUSING. WELL I'LL START. YES, MA'AM.

EXCELLENT WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR HOUSING FOR US IN A MY KEEP THAT I ONE PROGRESS MADE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR AND BECAUSE OF HOUSE AND DESIGN OUR KNOW IN IN TERMS OF THE TO BE DETERMINED YES MA'AM I WROTE THAT ON THE AS WELL BEFORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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YES, SIR. MR. SANDERS, JUST PIGGYBACK THIS IS A THOUGHT.

WE WE HAVE WE HAD AT ONE POINT WE HAD YOU JUST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YES. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, HOUSING OUT HERE THAT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF REPAIR, YOU KNOW WE CAN PROVIDE THEM SOME FUNDING SOURCE THAT DIDN'T GO IN AND PAY SOME BILLS. I THINK THAT'S STILL I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT BECAUSE YEAH THEY ARE THE PROGRAM THAT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL KNOW I'M SURE THEY'LL GO AND FIND THE HOUSES THEY CAN FIND THE HOUSES THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED ROOFS WINDOWS SIDING DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO. HERE'S THE KEY THE ONLY WAY FOR DEVELOPERS TO DO THAT IS TO HAVE MORE HOUSES ON A TRACK. THE WAY WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN SESSIONS BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS COMING IN SAYING I NEED TO CHANGE THIS BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY CAN MAKE THIS FOR APARTMENTS FOR LOW COST HOUSING YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO? IT'S YOUR FIRST HOME SO YOU CAN'T AFFORD A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND IF YOU COULD AFFORD $200,000 WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE THAT WORK IS ONLY FOR HOMES, NOT ONE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE'RE ONE THAT WORKS WITH BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW HOW MANY HOUSES WE'RE SHORT THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY IT'S HOW DENSE THIS IS. THESE TWO LOVERS SAID WHEN THEY ELKA THEY DO THEY HAVE SEEN AND THE SENIOR HOUSING BECAUSE I MEAN IT JUST BECAUSE SOME HAVE HAD SO LITTLE TO YOU KNOW THE REASON THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME THESE AS YOU SAID THE BEST WE CAN RETURN HERE AND THEY'RE LIVING THEIR LIVES IN THE EVENING AND LIVING SOCIAL SECURITY. REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T FACE THE REAL ISSUES AND YOU KNOW OF FRIENDS BUT THEY DO SO JUST A FEW MORE DETAILS LIKE WELL YOU KNOW SOMETHING AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOOK AT BECAUSE THOSE HOMES OR EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE THEY NEED TO BE READY FOR POLICE, FIRE OR WHATEVER.

SO I MEAN BEEN IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LETTER FROM SECRETARY OF TREASURY, LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE AND SEE IF THEY DEAL WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN AFFORDABLE.

MAYBE THEY HAVE SOMETHING FOR THAT WOULD FREE UP SOME OF THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WE COULD USE.

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WE HAVE AGENCIES THAT WANT TO MAYBE WE MAY HAVE THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT MAY BE SUITABLE FOR SOME AGENCIES LIKE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY I KNOW WE DID YEARS AGO THEY DID AN INVENTORY OF LAND I DON'T KNOW THAT HAS BEEN DONE RECENTLY AND I THINK JOHN WEAVER HERE THEY DID THAT.

SO WE HAD 462 PARCELS OF LAND, SOME OF HAD HOUSES ON THEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE WE HAVE WE'VE SOLD OFF A COUPLE OF THEM BUT YES WE SHOULD SOME SORT OF INVENTORY OF THAT BECAUSE AS YOU SAID YOU HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY WHEN YOU OWN PROPERTY YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IF YOU ALLOW THE STORM WATER TO AFFECT SOMEBODY ELSE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. SO I REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE LAND IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF USAGE FOR A PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT MAY NOW WITH OUR HOUSING SURPLUS? YES, SIR JOHN, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THE CHAIRMAN GAVE. THAT IS SO YOU SAID SOMETHING BASED ON WHAT YOUR VISION BEFORE TALK ABOUT YOUR TODAY I WANT TO TALK YOU ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THEIR VISION AS TO WHAT THEY EXPECT OF US FIRST THING IS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY RIGHT.

YOU KNOW LET'S TAXATION NUMBER ONE YOU KNOW LET'S NOT TAX OR RESIDENTS OF WHERE THEY LIVE TOO I BELIEVE THROUGH ARPA NOT PIGGYBACKED MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS ON USING SOME MARKET FUNDS. I PROVED THAT WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WAY OF USING THE VOICE THAT YOU KNOW. SO SURE WHATEVER WE DO THERE SHOULD MANY OPTIONS THAT WE LOOK AT THAT WE'RE VERY GOOD STEWARDS OF HOUSING ISSUES.

SO AGAIN OR ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS BUT AGAIN NO DANGEROUS MISS YOU DON'T TAX PEOPLE OUT WHERE THEY LIVE. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO NO MATTER WHAT WE DO IS KEEP THE VISION AS PART OF OUR TO YES I'M GOING GONNA PUT THE DOLLARS ON THERE AND THAT'S THE FUNDING WE'RE GOING TO FUND AND STILL SEND YOU IN THOSE AND THEN USE THEM IN WAYS THAT WE ARE GENERATING NOW THESE CAN BE SOURCES OF APPROVAL BEFORE ANY OF THE MONEY ABSOLUTELY BUT YOU MENTION MY COLLEAGUE IS THAT THE PLACE SOMETHING YOU'RE MISSING YOU GO TO OKAY BECAUSE I WENT TO ONE MEETING IN THE VERY BEGINNING AND CALLS AND DALLAS AND I SAT DOWN TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER LUNCH ONE DAY. I THINK THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IN MANAGING THEIR MONEY UP THERE AND THEY THEY REALLY DO AND CARLTON AND I FELT THAT IF WE COULD GET THE PRIVATE THE WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN COUNTY THAT HAVE FOUNDATIONS LET THEM DONATE SOME OF THE MONEY TO LOCOG SO THEY CAN GO WITH PRIVATE FUNDS OUT AND HELP THESE SENIORS THAT NEED A NEW ROOF OR LIKE YOU SAID OR NEED NO HEAT PUMP OR WHATEVER BECAUSE. CARLTON AND I WE BOTH AGREED. I MEAN I THINK LOCOG INCREDIBLE JOB I'VE ONLY BEEN TO A KNEE NOW THE NEW MAYOR ABUSE IT WAS SAID BEFORE WHILE HE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND THAT HE FELT WE NEED HELP FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR WELL SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK WHEN I WORKED IN INVESTMENT BANKING INTERNATIONAL BANKING WHATEVER ALL THESE WEALTHY PEOPLE HAVE AND THEY DONATE THAT MONEY TO LOCAL CHARITIES AND IT HELPS THE COUNTY IT HELPS THE STATE. IT HELPS IT HELPS YOU KNOW, THE AREA AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S GIVEN MONEY THROUGH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND . YEAH I DON'T I DON'T RECALL THE AMOUNT BUT AND I THINK THERE'S OTHERS YEAH I THINK WE NEED TO START PULLING. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. PASSMAN AS WELL THERE ARE DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO CREATE WORKFORCE HOUSING AS PART

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SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO STRUGGLE WITH OVER AND OVER OVER AGAIN.

THAT'S PRIVATE MONEY. YES, MA'AM. YOU'RE YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE ITEMS ON THIS ON THIS PAGE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER. YEAH.

HOUSING TRANSPORTATION. YEAH. INCREASES THE NEED FOR RECREATION INCREASES OR DECREASES NATURAL RESOURCES IN THOSE AREAS.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE DENSITY IS SO IMPORTANT.

WE WE INCREASE DENSITY, WE REDUCE NATURE OF THE YES THE BURDEN ON OUR NATURAL RESOURCES BUT WE INCREASE THE BURDEN ON TRANSPORTATION, WE INCREASE THE NEED FOR RIGHT FOR RECREATION.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY SYMBIOTIC TO ONE ANOTHER. IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED.

YES, SIR YEAH I WANT TO JUST TAKE THE STATEMENT HERE BECAUSE .

THIS THIS IS WHERE I AM WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO HERE AND I'M GLAD CHAIRMAN USED 30 YEARS WINDOW BACK FUTURE WHATEVER WE DECIDE HERE WILL IMPACT 30 YEARS FROM NOW SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL. I THINK WE DO NEED TO GROW. THE QUESTION BECOMES HOW DO WE GROW IN HOW DO WE PLAN THAT GROWTH AND IF YOU IF YOU IF YOU USE AS AN EXAMPLE 30 YEARS AGO IT WAS A OF 30 YEARS AGO IN TODAY'S COURSE CITY WAS A PART OF WHEN IT MOVES AND SO IT WAS A SWAMP AND SOME OF MY BEST CREATURES WERE I DEAL WITH THE WILD BULLS AND EVERYTHING RIGHT SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PLANNING SO THAT WE ZONE WHERE IS MOST IMPACTFUL IN THE OTHER AREAS SO THAT THE THE DAVID AND ANGELO CAN RULE AND STUFF I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAID WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES LAND IT'S WATER.

WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH LAND AND SO MUCH WATER. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE AT 30 YEARS AGO NOW AND WHERE WE MAY BE 30 YEARS IN THE FUTURE 30 YEARS IN THE FUTURE WE MAY WELL BE BUILDING OUT BEAUFORT COUNTY. THERE MAY BE NO OTHER NOTHING THAT WE CAN PUT ANYTHING THAT AND THEN WHAT YOU DO IS YOU START OVER AGAIN YOU KNOW THIS IS TORN DOWN AND REBUILT SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEY DO THAT IN VARIOUS AREAS.

I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT TRANSFER IS IS AS IMPORTANT AS HOUSING BECAUSE IT'S LIVE HOUSING WORK PROTECTION PLAY RECREATION OKAY. YOU CAN'T LIVE IF CAN'T GET TO WORK IF YOU IF YOUR HOUSE WHERE YOU ARE NOW IS AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY FROM WHERE YOU WORK YOU'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WE HAVE THAT WE FOUND THAT OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE COMING FROM HAMPTON COUNTY AND THEIR JOB WAS ON HILTON HEAD AND THEY WERE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY THEY WERE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TRYING TO GET THERE OR DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A JOB ANY LONGER THAT BECAME A PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS THE TREND WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY WE STARTED OFF IN THE INNER CITY. WE WERE URBANIZED AFTER WORLD WAR TWO WE WENT OUT INTO THE SUBURBS NOW WE SEE THERE'S A MIX. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING BACK TO THE CITIES. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CITIES YOU KNOW THE BUFFALO NEW YORK AND THE CLEVELAND AND THE DETROIT AND HOW THEY'RE REINVENTING THEMSELVES WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN BUFFALO OR CLEVELAND OR DETROIT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THAT BIG.

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THEY WANT TO GO TO THE THEATER . THAT'S WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. OTHERWISE THEY'RE VERY HAPPY IN THERE.

IF YOU HAVE YOUR SENIOR CITIZEN COMPLEXES LIKE A SUN CITY, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE FOR THEM AROUND THEM SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR ENVIRONMENT I THINK THAT'S THE THAT'S THE FOCUS WE HAVE TO HAVE IS HOW DO WE PUT THIS PUZZLE TOGETHER WITH NATURAL SUBSTANCES BACK TO THE RIVER BIRCH BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME THEN WE ARE SQUISHED BETWEEN A BLUFFTON AND A HARD BUILD THAT'S EXPLODING SO I WAS ASTRONOMICAL TO ME WHICH IS IMPACT ON A TRIANGLE THAT JERRY TALKS ABOUT ALL THE TIME BUT MOST IS BUILT AROUND RIVERSIDE SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN CAMPUS BUILT UP BUT OUR TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE OTHERS AROUND US THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT TO BE THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE REGION JASPER THEY'RE ALL IMPACTING EVERY WHICH WAY YOU KNOW A LOT OF NOISE AND FOCUS AT THE BEGINNING OF THESE THINGS PARTICULARLY WHEN THE PHONE CALLS INTERRUPT ZONING AND THEY PROMISE TO DELIVER TO US AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT IF THEY CAN GET 40 MORE UNITS ON THE PROPERTY AND WE UP ON IT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY EVER FOLLOWS UP TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY DID IT.

YES, I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHO'S THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT ONCE IT'S IN WRITING IN HAVE TO COMPLY AND THAT'S THE KEY PART CHECKS ON IT PLANNING DEPARTMENT THEY DO YEAH PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES YEAH ALL THOSE ARE PUT THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN RECORDS AND SO THEN THEY FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THEY DID WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO IF SOMEBODY DOES THAT. YES IT'S REAL QUICK.

I KNOW WE'VE TOSSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING. DO WE AS A BODY ACTUALLY HAVE WORKING DEFINITION OF THOSE? BECAUSE I THINK THE FUNDING SOURCES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AND I'M LOOKING AT ONE I THINK THE FUNDING SOURCES STATE CERTAIN THEY WORK FOR CERTAIN THINGS THEY AFFORDABLE OR THEY OVERLAP OR DO WE GOOD DEFINITIONS AND THERE'S A FEDERAL THERE'S A FEDERAL DEFINITION AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VERY VERY IN STONE AND THAT'S A AND I KNOW SOUTH CAROLINA MEASURE AND TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THAT THE REASON THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING IS VALUED AS IS REFERENCED BY HER OR PEOPLE WHO MAKE 38 OR 80% WHEN THAT'S I THINK 3030 THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. OKAY I REALLY DUG DEEP INTO THE WORKFORCE HOUSING.

THE FIRST THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS THE ALLOCATION OF 600,000 YOU CAN TEST FOR HOUSING TRUST OR DC AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW BUT THAT'S JUST WITH REGARD TO THE CCP IN ADDITION THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A AND NEXT STEPS TO TALK ABOUT GOLDEN STATE MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY I BELIEVE RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION RIGHT CREATION BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE WORKING IN HOUSING IS YOUNG FAMILIES TO STAY IN THE AREA WHICH WE DO WE DON'T WANT TO OF MY AGE PEOPLE YOU WANT YOUR KIDS IN SCHOOLS THEN RECREATION IS A BIG THING THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. THERE'S SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT HAVE BALLFIELDS THEY DON'T HAVE PLAYGROUNDS BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND.

WE DON'T NEED A SPLASH PAD. JUST THROW THAT OUT ON THE TABLE.

I'VE GOT IT IN HERE FOR YOU. I KNOW I WAS ON THE BOAT. THAT'S WHAT YOUNG FAMILIES WANT. YOU KNOW? GET THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TO LIVE YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT 30 YEARS AGO WE HAD PICKLEBALL.

YEAH, I KNOW PICKLEBALL. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. YEAH, MR. COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY BUT HE ASKED ME TO SPEAK UP ON THIS MATTER WITH REGARD TO RECREATION YOU KNOW IT'S PLAYING BASKETBALL BASEBALL

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I KNOW DOWN IN BLUFFTON CENTER THEY CAN'T HAVE ENOUGH SOFTBALL TEAMS. THEY DON'T GET ENOUGH YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SO MANY KIDS BUT WE COULD OFFER OTHER THINGS AND I'M ALL FOR A WATER PARK LET'S PAD AND NAME IT. YEAH IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. IT MIGHT JUST BE DIFFERENT THAN SPLASH PAD IS DIFFERENT THAN A WATER PARK. WE NEED BOTH SPLASH PAD CHEAPER BUT COMMUNITIES HAVE BECOME MORE DIVERSE AND HAVE MORE NEEDS THAN THEY EVER DID BEFORE AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND TRY TO FIND WAYS TO TO ACHIEVE THAT GIVE ALL THOSE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO AS MR. BARTHOLOMEW SAYS, YOU CAN CHARGE IF YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD WATER POWER SAVINGS AND YOU SAY WELL THOSE YOU CAN CHARGE YOU KNOW IT'S A JOURNALISM JOB NOW YOU PLAY WITH THEIR TAX MONEY SO JUST RUNNING ALL TOGETHER AND HELPING GET CHARGES PEOPLE TO USE THE FACILITY AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE PRIVATE FUNCTION YOU GET MONEY FROM THE TOWN YOU GET MONEY FROM US. IT'S IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEM.

THEY HAVE PRIVATE FUNDRAISERS AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAKE INDEPENDENT DONATIONS AND THEIR BUDGET IS PROBABLY THREE OR $4 MILLION A YEAR AND THEY GET THAT FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES AND IT'S TO USE MR.. IN YOUR EARLY HANDOUT YOU WERE TALK ABOUT ESTABLISHING A NATATORIUM HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SO OF A GOOD SIZE THAT PEOPLE GO TO AND YOU COULD BE AFFILIATED WITH A WATER PARK AND THAT COULD BE THE CENTERPIECE FOR IT.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY VERY EXCITING THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE THERE ARE A GREAT MANY PEOPLE THAT USE THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND REC CENTER TO LIVE ON COME IN FROM OTHER PARTS THE COUNTY AND THEY PAY THEIR FEE AND THEY USE THE POOL AND, THEY USE THE GYM AND THE TRACK AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS AS AVAILABLE TO THEM. NO ONE GETS TURNED AWAY WHEN EVERYBODY HAS TO BECOME A MEMBER AND MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO GET IN THERE I DON'T THINK IS IT WRONG THAT WE DO THAT IN OUR AND I THINK THAT AUTHORITY WAS A GREAT WAY TO BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR US TO HAVE IN THE WORLD. I THINK THAT IT EXCELLENT WE HAVE WE HAVE A PARTNER RIGHT NOW WHO IS WORKING TOWARDS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH SO WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE. SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SLIDE FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES. WE WENT OUT ONE LAST NIGHT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION FOR PALMETTO. I LOVE TAPPING INTO MORE FUNDING FOR THAT, EXPAND IT AND POTENTIALLY GET A SENIOR CITIZEN PASS OR SOMETHING FOR FOLKS ON A FIXED INCOME THAT'S CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING. AND I'VE HEARD THE SAME THING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS AND EVEN THE MAYOR OF PORT ROYAL I'M NOT FORT WORTH MAYOR BEAUFORT PHIL CROMER HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR THAT SOME TYPE OF SENIOR PASS FOR IF WE CAN AND I KNOW SOUTH IS ABROAD THEY HAVE A TRIAL ALMOST LIKE A TROLLEY SYSTEM THAT RUNS AROUND I HOPE WITH FUNDING MAYBE THAT COULD THIS COULD BE ENVISIONED FROM LADY'S ISLAND CITY VIEW FOR PORT WORLD

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THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING INTO PLAN AND PREPARE AND MAKE THESE BIGGER PROGRAMS A LITTLE EARLIER YOU KNOW 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO IT WAS A SUGGESTION PALMETTO BRIDGE IN CHARGE OF THE FERRY SYSTEM HERE YOU CAN GET FUNDING FOR IT TO HAVE DO THAT.

BUT IF THERE WAS A AN AUTHORITY THAT WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE SURFACE AND WATER TRANSPORT ON A WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE THE LOGICAL ONE TO DO IT AND CLEARLY IF IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS TO FUND THEM OUT WITH A REAL GOOD PLAN, REAL GOOD FUNDING AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A LOCAL AUTHORITY HERE WHO COULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FERRY SYSTEM THAT WOULD STOP IN A LOT OF LOCATIONS NOT JUST LOST IN THE FIRST FACILITY BUT SAVANNAH BLUFFTON HILTON HAD THE FACILITY MAKE IT A REAL FERRY SERVICE AND MAYBE MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST START TALKING ABOUT METRO, SEE IF THEY MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, WHAT THEIR IDEA IS THE ONLY THING THAT THEY THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WHATEVER WE'RE INTERESTED IN, THEY ARE ALREADY AN AUTHORITY THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE GRADED. THEY THAT AND THEN THE GOOD THING ABOUT BREEZE'S THEIR THEIR FUNDING FEDERAL FUNDING COMES FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE WHEN THE FUNDING COMES THROUGH FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY VERSUS FEDERAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY SO THEY'RE IN GAME ON THEIR BUSSES AND CAPITAL EXPENSES.

THOSE ARE GRANTS THAT THEY GET THROUGH THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY. ALL RIGHT.

SO TO GET THEM WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE FERRY BUSINESS NOT HAVING THEM AS A A STAKEHOLDER ,A PARTNER CAN HELP US BECAUSE OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE COMING OUT OF THE SAME BUCKET.

SO WE DON'T LIVE IN THAT SAME WORLD AS US ALREADY. SO YEAH AND WE ALSO HAVE YOU IN FERRY BUSINESS SO WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO HAVE AN AUTHORITY THAT COULD RUN A FERRY SYSTEM WATER AND LAND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM GET US OUT OF THAT.

YOU KNOW I MET WITH THE GREENS LAST WEEK AT A BOARD. I'M TELLING YOU THEY WERE LOOKING FOR OUR DIRECTION. THANK YOU. AND TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT SO I HOPE WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING FOR THEM. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO I KNOW NEXT WEEK AND REALLY BURSTING AT THE SEAMS RIGHT NOW I'M MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK AND SO THEY'VE APPLIED FOR A NEXT MONTH SO I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THEIR BUDGET AND FIND OUT IF THEY CAN THEY CAN STAY IN THE LOCAL COUNCILS OF THEIR BUDGET IS RELATED TO TOURISM AND SO THEY CAN IDENTIFY A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN THEY CAN USE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW YOU THAT SOMEBODY SENT US SOMETHING LAST WEEK ABOUT $220 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR RURAL FERRY SERVICE THAT WAS MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADVANCE FERRY SERVICE IN AREAS THAT WE NEEDED IT. WE WEREN'T ON THE LIST THAT DISTRIBUTION WE DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY THERE BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S MONEY THERE AND THESE PLACES YOU CAN'T REALLY GIVE THEM A LOT OF MONEY AND I KNOW THIS IS THE POCKETS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT. SO I DON'T THINK MY FOLKS HERE NEXT MONTH DOING I WAS GONNA HAVE A GREAT WRITER AND WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE ONE ONE FINAL COMMENT ABOUT THE TRANSPORT WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SOCIETY IS DOING INCLUDING THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT AND OTHER RESTAURANTS COULDN'T SERVE INDOORS SO THEY CHANGED THEIR BUSINESS MIND YOU COULD GO UP TO THE WINDOW THE DRIVE THRU OF THE THE MCDONALD'S THE ZAXBY'S AND THEY FOUND OUT WOW THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD MODEL AND NOW THEY'RE CHANGING IT SO THAT

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPAND THOSE REGIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PARKS AND REC LADY'S ISLAND NEED SOME LOVE OVER THERE I MEAN THOSE PARKS AND REC AREAS YEAH THEY'RE TOUGH AND AGAIN SAME THING WITH SAINT HELENA TO GET THOSE REGIONAL FACILITIES OUT THERE AND REALLY MAKE IT MAKE IT AWESOME. SAME THING WITH BOAT RAMPS I'D LOVE TO SEE US USE FUNDS OR WHATEVER NECESSARY TO GET THOSE THINGS UP AND RUNNING.

I MEAN WE'RE WATER BASED COMMUNITY. WE SHOULD HAVE THE BEST BOAT BOAT LAUNCHES IN THE STATE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S MY $0.02 ON THAT.

NOW YOU YOU'VE HIT THE NAIL ON HEAD, DAVID. WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANS AND A LOT OF SHOWS. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE PLAN RIGHT NOW. IT WAS MADE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.

IT'S NICE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE CLIFF NOTES SAYS OKAY, THIS 200 PAGE DOCUMENT IS SUMMARIZED RIGHT HERE AND SO WHAT WE'RE CREATING NOW IS THE STRATEGIC FOR THE FUTURE.

THIS IS YEAR ONE OF OUR 30 YEAR PLAN. WELL, THE PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN IS NOT THAT OLD BUT IT'S ONE THING CHUCK TOLD ME WAS JUNE WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO SO IT'S IT'S STILL GOOD SO WE JUST NEED $100 MILLION THAT'S A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES RIGHT NOW AND THE LADY'S ISLAND PLAN TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND WE DO HAVE THE NEW BOAT RAMP STUDY THAT'S OUT AND THERE'S SOME WORK GOING ON RIGHT? WE'RE MAKING FORWARD PROGRESS ALL THE WAY. BOAT LANDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW IT'S A GOOD TIME OF YEAR FOR THAT AS YOU IT'S A WELL USED AREA FOLKS WILL BE UPSET WE DID THAT A LITTLE SUMMER SO I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION HERE ALREADY. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK ON TO, FIND FUNDING SOURCES WITHIN OUR BUDGET. WE WILL STAFF WILL TAKE THESE AND TURN THESE INTO ACTION INTO OBJECTIVES FOR US AND ATTACH A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THOSE AFTER TODAY'S MEETING PROBABLY LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK WE'LL SEND ALL THESE ACTION ITEMS BACK TO COUNCIL IN A IN A PERFECTED FORMAT ONCE WE REFINE THOSE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THAT MESSAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO FUND SOME OF THESE THINGS IF WE'RE READY TO WE HAVE IT'S 1150.

YOU DON'T WANT LESS NOW YOU WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LET'S MOVE ON YEAR.

OKAY I GOT A DATE. I WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER ALL THIS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THE TAX ORDINANCE. YEAH, JUST REMEMBER THAT IT'S MONEY THAT WE COULD USE ON SOME OF THESE DEALING ON THE TABLES EVENTUALLY BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA I THINK TOURISTS REVIEW SPAGHETTI SAUCE. THEY SEE THE WATER PARK FRONT OF ME AND THEN THEY TRY TO MY DISTRICT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE ORDER A LITTLE BIT BUT WE GO BACK TO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. THIS MIGHT DO FASTER SO WE'RE NOT HERE FOR 45 MINUTES OR SO. WHAT WE WANT ME TO YOU KNOW PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY WE HAVE HEALTH AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND OTHER AGENCIES.

I THINK HAND IN HAND YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

YEAH, THE PARTNERS ARE THE PROVIDERS OR THE AGENCIES ARE THE PROVIDERS THE HEALTH IS THE PROGRAMS THEY HAVE HOW THEY AFFECT THE CERTAIN GROUPS. WE HAVE OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE DEAL WITH NEWBORNS AND THOSE KINDS THINGS THAT AFFECT THEM OUR YOUTH AS THEY GROW ARE TEENAGERS ARE MIDDLE PORTION OF OUR POPULATION IN OUR SENIOR POPULATION EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO IN IN THIS SECTION I'M GOING TO WRITE DOWN SENIORS AND PERHAPS THAT'S SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS ARE MANAGED BY PARKS AND RECREATION BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO CAPTURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE IN THE HEALTH SECTION ARE THINGS OF COURSE OUR PARTNERS WE WE CAN'T WE DON'T DO SURGERY YOU YOU SOMEBODY ELSE DOES AT

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I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK LARRY, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

I KNOW OUR COURT SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. THE MASTER LEVEL I BELIEVE IS TRYING TO GET A SECOND CHANCE COURT I THINK NAME IS STILL IN PROGRESS BUT TACKLING THE ISSUE FROM A FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. SO RATHER THAN JUST THROW THE BOOK AT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE CYCLE TRYING TO GET THEM OUT OF THIS LIFE SO WE CAN HAVE ANY SUPPORT TO GET BEHIND THAT PROGRAM, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AND THAT'S WHAT OUR MAGISTRATE COURT IS DOING THAT RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE'S A JURISDICTIONAL ISSUE THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT ANY FUNDING FOR THAT AND I THINK THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME FUNDING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING IF THEY HAVE IT ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FROM THE STATE LEVEL OR WHERE THAT NEEDS TO COME. WELL IT MAY SHOW UP IN YOUR REQUEST FOR JULY.

YEAH, WELL I'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I HAVEN'T WORKED DIRECTLY WITH A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WERE LIVING ON THE WATERFRONT FOR A WHILE. I THINK A HOMELESS SHELTER NECESSARY BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEVERAL CLIENTS TOLD ME WAS THEY NEED A DAY CENTER AND I THINK THAT'S ACHIEVABLE AND I ASKED HER WHAT A DAY CENTER WAS AND SHE HAD TOLD ME THAT A PLACE TO PUT THEIR BELONGINGS DURING THE DAY, A PLACE TO GET MAIL, A PLACE HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, THE SHOWER IT DOESN'T A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET UP AND RUNNING AND THEN GET OUT THERE AND TRY TO GET A JOB AND GET OUT OF CYCLE. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE WHOLE BAGS WAS HAVING A NOT BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE MAIL SO I'M INTERESTING RED LIGHT THE USE OF I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ALREADY OR SOMETHING BUT SHE SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF IT SO YEAH THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER BIG YEAH THAT'S IT. I DON'T KNOW THE GREATER USE OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY AS POSSIBLE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING CAN LOOK AT FOR SURE BUT THEN THE BANK OR SOMEWHERE THAT OPIOIDS MY MONEY YOU KNOW WE'D HAVE TO GO ONE OF THE LITIGATING VALUE MOST OF REQUESTS ARE APPROVED AUTOMATICALLY WE'VE GOT YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROGRAMS AND YOU USING IT FOR AND THEN YOU GET WE CAN CERTAINLY DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT WE A GREAT INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR ON STAFF WHO IS AN EXPERT AT FINDING DOLLARS AND USING DOLLARS AND YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING UP EARLIER WITH OUR WATER RESCUE.

I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY I KNEW THEIR VOLUNTEER BASE BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WEREN'T FUNDING. YES, SIR. WE PROVIDE SPACE FOR THEM.

I THINK THAT YOU MADE A WONDERFUL BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE ONE LOCAL AND THERE WAS ONE IN BLUFFTON AND THERE'S ONE IN LONG ISLAND. EACH OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES KIND OF SUPPORTS THAT ORGANIZATION AND THEY REALLY DO SUPPLEMENT THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES SHERIFF'S OFFICE THEY THEY HAVE WELL I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL DO.

THEY HAD A DOVE CREW AND THEY HAVE A BOAT AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THE WATER RESCUE TEAMS ARE POSITIONED ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER TO GO FUNDRAISE VERY LIKELY SO I'LL I'LL WRITE THAT DOWN AND LAST THING I'M GOING TO QUIT TALKING ABOUT BUT LAST THING I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE SPOT BRING THIS UP BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE

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WE MET WITH OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, OUR AGENT THAT FOR THAT MANAGE OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ASKED THEM FOR FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THIS REALLY KIND OF GAP INSURANCE THAT THAT HEALTH INSURANCE FROM WHEN SOMEONE RETIRES WHEN THEY CAN COLLECT SOCIAL SECURITY SO THERE'S SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE SIMILAR TO A HEALTH CARE SAVINGS ACCOUNT WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN INVEST IN THEIR OWN HEALTH INSURANCE OVER TIME AND IF THEY YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER OF WORKING FOR COUNTY THAT YOU COULD COLLECT THESE FUNDS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS TEN, 15, 20 YEARS. AND THE THE MORE MONEY THAT YOU SAVE YOUR OWN BEHALF, THE SOONER YOU COULD RETIRE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE HEALTH CARE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. WE MENTIONED THAT THEY MAY CONSIDER THEIR MONEY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THAT. THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU AND . THEY USE THAT MONEY TO PAY A PREMIUM. THEY COULD THEY COULD USE THAT TO PAY A PREMIUM.

THEY COULD USE THAT TOO. THERE ARE SOME IT BECOMES VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALK TO THE INSURANCE THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT THEY COULD STAY A ON IT AS A COUNTY IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EMPLOYEE ONE ON THE COUNTY ROLE SO THEY COULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THAT BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE COLLECTING HEALTH INSURANCE DOLLARS FROM THE COUNTY THEY'RE HOSPITAL THEY PAY FOR THAT AND THEY'RE ON THEIR EXTERNAL PROGRAM INSTEAD. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE OPTIONS SURE. YES. THOSE OTHER AGENCIES HANDLED FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY RETIRED AND THE REASON WE STAYED HOW DO THEY KNOW IT AND SHOULDN'T THAT BE PRETTY CLOSE TO HOW THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY SHOULD OFFER THAT BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL FOR ME OF IT IS INSURANCE IS A MOVING SO IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE SOME STATE AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA FOR INSTANCE THEY BECOME VESTED AND IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY WORK AND WHAT THEY DO SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WOULD RETIRE THEY THEY HAVE PERPETUAL BENEFITS. OTHERS DO NOT.

WHEN WE DO WE HAD THAT PROGRAM IN THE PAST WE DIDN'T WRITE IT. WE DROPPED IT AND IT IS JUST TO ME IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRYING TO PICK THAT BACK UP AND MOVING FORWARD AND DOING COST AND WE LOOK TO SEE THE COSTS INVOLVED IN THAT AND MOVE IT. SO I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE THERE WERE SOME LITIGATION INVOLVED IN THAT SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BE INCREDIBLY CAREFUL MOVING FORWARD. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE COST. YOU'VE HEARD FROM COUNTY, THE THE EXPONENTIAL COST OF PROVIDING THAT HEALTH CARE OVER TIME AS MORE RETIREES COME IN THAT GETS MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY THAT HAPPENS. SO WE WOULD THE COUNTY OR YOU AS COUNSEL WOULD HAVE TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND A PROGRAM LIKE THAT OVER TIME THE OPTIONS WE THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH OUR PROVIDER WOULD THAT BURDEN WOULD BE ASSUMED BY THE INDIVIDUAL AND THIS WOULD NOT THUS IN THE COUNTY SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MY THING IS THAT WE USED TO DROPPED IT AND USING EMPLOYEES VALUABLE EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD LOOK AT THE HEALTH ISSUES AS AN ISSUE THAT WOULD GO TO SOMEPLACE ELSE TO WORK DEFENSE ISSUES SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT INSURANCE THAT'S INCLUDED. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO SEE IF THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT AS WELL IS VERY, VERY HARD IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO FIND EXAMPLE OF AN EMPLOYER THAT PROVIDES PERPETUAL HEALTH CARE AFTER RETIREMENT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OF THOSE COMPANIES THAT OFFER THAT NO ONE THAT I KNOW OF IS THE MILITARY RIGHT. SHERIFF CAN TELL YOU HE LOSES DEPUTIES THAT GO TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN THE COUNTRY THAT RETIREE BENEFITS INTO RETIREMENT EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE SO MANY VACANCIES. THERE ARE COUNTIES THAT DON'T JUST ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. THERE ARE WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS THIS SHOULD BE UNDER IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE CUSTOMER SERVICE RETENTION OF STAFF THROUGH EDUCATION

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THIS IS PART THEIR COMPENSATION. YES.

THERE'S A COST TO THE AND SO IT WOULD CARRY AS A LIABILITY ON THE COUNTY'S BOOKS.

SO WHEN YOU CARRY THAT LIABILITY PROJECTED OUT ACTUARIAL STUDY SO THAT LIABILITY ON YOUR BOOKS CAUSES A DECREASE IN YOUR NET POSITION WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING YOU KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY HEALTHY NET POSITION SO IT'S NOT A BAD THING JUST WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OH YEAH THAT NO I'M ALL ABOUT FINDING A JOB AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL IN THE PAST AND YOU KNOW SAVINGS ACCOUNT WAS OUT HERE THAT IDEA WHEN POSSIBLY THE COUNTY MANSION MEETING AND HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT IT BUT IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOU GUYS OPEN UP ABOUT IT SO NOW WE YEAH WELL WE'RE GOING TO NEED PRESENTATION FROM EXPERTS IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD BECAUSE THIS IS A COSTLY VENTURE BUT AGAIN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES WHO SAY I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE BENEFITS THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DECISION TO MAKE. YOU KNOW THE FEDS GIVE YOU HEALTH BENEFITS WHEN YOU RETIRE IF YOU MAKE A CONTRIBUTION MONTHLY AS WELL.

NOW IT'S ABOUT $400 A MONTH OR SOMETHING AND THEY PICK UP THE REMAINDER OF IT I DON'T KNOW 50 DIFFERENT HEALTH PLANS YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM YOU KNOW THAT THEY MAKE AVAILABLE AND OF COURSE THEY JUST PRINT THE MONEY SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF THAT BUT I MEAN THERE IS ALWAYS THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING IT HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND YES SO BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOSING EMPLOYEES. YES. THERE ARE TIERED SYSTEMS. YEAH, I WAS PART OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THEN YOU KNOW, I WAS TIER ONE AND THEN THEY WENT TO TIER TWO THREE FOURTH TIER I GET HEALTH CARE AND PAY FOR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I CAN TELL YOU I MET WITH H.R AND OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER AND COUNTY HAS VERY, VERY GOOD BENEFITS AND A VERY GOOD RATE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

SURE. WITHOUT A DOUBT IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT WE OFFER IF YOU LOOK AT IT I'M SORRY WE DID IT SPECIFICALLY I ASKED THAT QUESTION WHAT WHAT CAN DO WHAT ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES? SO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND THE FINANCE PORTION OF THAT VERY IMPORTANT THAT NET POSITION FOR THE COUNTY AND YOU'RE ONE OF THEM LOOKED REALLY GOOD IN YOUR 35 IT COULD COST MORE THAN THAN YOUR OPERATING COST SO IT'S IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEE THE BIG PICTURE. YOU KNOW IT'S ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING APP THAT YOU GAVE US. THIS IS EVANS. I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS IS THE QUESTION WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS ANY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE WOULD YOU OFFER COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO WILL RETIRE THAT'S FIRST THING THAT POPPED UP ON THE SCREEN WHEN YOU OPEN THIS OBVIOUSLY AND JUSTIFIABLY A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN BECAUSE NEED TO HAVE THAT AND IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHEN YOU TAKE IT AWAY FROM PEOPLE IF THEY SPENT 30 YEARS HERE AND THEN THEY HAVE A TEN YEAR GAP AND THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN SO REALLY WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING YES THIS ONE OTHER THING I JUST CAUTION I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THIS TOTAL AGENCY AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I DO PEOPLE'S TAXES THAT DON'T THEY HAVE HIGH INSURANCE AND THEIR EMPLOYER GIVES THEM 5000 FURTHER AGENCY $5,000 THAT COVERS NOTHING IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL SO I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE OUR EMPLOYEES CUT THAT TO MY SON GOT TRAPPED IN OTHER PEOPLE'S AND SAY I DON'T GO DOWN THAT ROUTE IF WE HAVE GOOD BENEFITS LET'S NOT TREAD DOWN THAT ROAD. THE INSURANCE FOLKS, THEY DON'T CALL IT AN HSA.

I JUST USE AS A YES. I DON'T THINK THAT THE U.S. SHOULD SEND MONEY TO YOU BUT I'M JUST SAYING PREMIUM YOU CAN. RIGHT.

BUT THEY ONLY GIVE YOU 5000 FOR THE YEAR AND YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN.

GOOD LUCK. WELL YOU'RE NOT A PEOPLE. YOU'RE RETIRED I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THEM HAVE INSURANCE POLICY WHEN YOU LEAVE AND PAY PREMIUM IN THE ARRANGEMENTS AND I'M TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT PREMIUM HEALTH CARE HERE AND I'M THINKING OH MY WELL WE'LL CAPTURE THAT ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LINE I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T SAY WELL MY MY HUSBAND IS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AGENT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW COMPLEX IT IS AND WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE FULL PICTURE TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION. DO WE DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER ONE OF THE YEARS I WAS WORKING ON WORKING ON THAT ALL RIGHT. I BET I'VE HAD SOME SOME CONVERSATIONS FAVORABLE THEN WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. THE ONE THING WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WE HAD WE HAD THE TEAM HAS THAT OUT FOR BID FOR

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ALL RIGHT. OKAY AND YOU SAY ROUNDS WHAT'S NEXT 0I1 QUICK I'M GOT MARSHALL TALK ABOUT IT AND I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT IT OH I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO A STUDY ABOUT FIRE AND SAFETY NORTH COUNTY IN BLUFFTON I KNOW BLUFFTON HAS THEIR OWN DISTRICT FIRE DISTRICT STUDY AND ALSO DO INCLUDE IN THAT HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET THERE IN THAT STUDY IT'S NOT JUST OH WE'RE ALL WE'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE EQUIPMENT AND CONSOLIDATE PERSONNEL BUT WE'VE GOT STATE LAWS TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THE FIRE DISTRICTS I DON'T KNOW THAT HILTON HEAD WOULD EVEN WANT TO BE PART OF THAT BUT I THINK THE REST THE COUNTY SHOULD BE MORE IN OVER THERE I JUST WROTE DOWN THE FIRST RESPONDERS CONSOLIDATION SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW WE NEED A OF SOME ANALYTICAL STUDY OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.

YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON FOR SURE.

I AM A FAN OF UNDERSTANDING WE TALENT HERE. WE HAVE TALENT WITHIN COUNTY WITHIN THE FIRE DISTRICTS AND EMS SO WE PUT THOSE PEOPLE AND BEGIN THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE GET THE FIRST BABY STEP IN THAT DIRECTION THEN WE FOR FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT HELP US WITH CONSOLIDATION THERE THERE'S A STUDY THAT'S CALLED MAKING THE PIECES FIT IT'S FROM THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OF CONSOLIDATION AND IT'S MIAMI-DADE SO YEARS AGO MIAMI WAS THE THE SMALLER CENTER URBAN AREA IN DADE COUNTY SURROUNDED IT WELL WHEN ,THEY DECIDED TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE SERVICES.

THEY MOVED THE MUNICIPAL LINES TO WITHIN ONE FOOT OF THE COUNTY LINE.

SO MIAMI-DADE IS THAT WHOLE AND JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA WHERE I GREW UP COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA THEY DID CONSOLIDATIONS STUDIES OF CERTAIN SERVICES AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO TAKE IT FURTHER. SO MANY EXAMPLES OF THAT CONSOLIDATION THAT THAT WORKED AND SOME RIGHT IN SOUTH CAROLINA SPECIFICALLY FOR FOR FIRE DISTRICTS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH WORTH A LOOK. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR.

JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE LADIES OVER SEE HIM WITH I LOOK YES SIR.

ARE YOU REALLY YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL RIGHT, SO WE WENT FOR LUNCH .

[8. BREAK FOR LUNCH]

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[9. CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIC GOALS]

WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PRIORITIZE THESE AND US UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR TO PUSH FORWARD WHERE WE CAN FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO TO FIND THOSE VISIONS AND GET THOSE IN OUR BUDGET TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE IN THE NEXT YEAR WE ARE USING THIS INFORMATION TO CREATE OUR SHORT TERM PLAN, OUR SHORT TERM STRATEGIC GOAL AND OUR LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLAN THAT 25 AND 30 YEAR PLAN OUT OF THE FUTURE WILL CONTINUE GROW ON THESE IDEAS AND ADD TO THEM AND DEVELOP MORE. AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE FUNDAMENTALS WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SO INVEST IN THE ECONOMY YOU EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE AS YOU'RE AS YOUR PROUD FOR OUR COUNTY TO FOCUS ON WHO'S FIRST JOHN CAN I JUST SAY ABSOLUTELY IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT BECAME NUMBER ONE TODAY BECAUSE THIS MORNING I GIVE I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO SEE YOU KNOW WE'RE AND I HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THE MARY LOU AND RICHARD YOU WANT TO TALK AFTER ALL WE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LEGACY IF WE CAN GET BEHIND THAT AND UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THAT INVESTMENT AND THAT'S SOMETHING CAN REALLY SET PEOPLE OFF. I MEAN DAVID I MEAN YOU HAD AN INDEPENDENT MEETING AS WELL.

I THINK TO SEE HOW COULD BE A MAJOR PLAYER FOR US IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO RAISE MONEY AND AGAIN I GO BACK TO YOUR POINT GO BACK TO YOU KNOW THE THINGS BUT I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY THAT IS NUMBER ONE SORT OF KIND OF FILL YOU IN WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT THERE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN INVESTMENT FROM THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO BUILD A WORKFORCE EDUCATION CENTER BELIEVE IN THAT THE NEW RIVERSIDE SITE AND APPARENTLY THE STATE HAS ALREADY ALLOCATED $10 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.

THEY'RE ASKING IF WE CAN COME UP WITH 10 MILLION AS WELL. I KNOW THAT'S A HUGE ASK.

I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL.

THEY BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO I THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD INVESTMENT I THINK JOHN O'TOOLE WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS ON BOARD AS WELL AND I'VE ASKED AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT PRESENTATION ON THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AGENDA FOR MARCH 25TH. SO IF WE THEN COME IN AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU KNOW THEY CAN DO IT AT COMMUNITY SERVICE. YEAH BUT THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF ON THE WAY IS ON TO SALE SO JUST THERE'S A DISCLAIMER SAYING AND IT WASN'T LIKE A NOTE BUT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET LOCAL MATCHING DOLLARS FOR FURNITURE LIKE THEY DID FROM THE CULINARY INSTITUTE THEY'LL THEY'LL THEY'LL MAKE A BIG ASK OF LOCAL TO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE AND THAT'S OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHICH WE'VE NOT FOCUSED ON A LOT IS KEEPING THESE YOUNG KIDS THAT GET THESE SCHOOLS KEEP THEM LOCAL. CAN YOU HEAR THAT WOULD SOLVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH STAFFING ON ALL LEVELS. AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE NOT MET WITH RICHARD OR MARY LOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO MEET WITH THEM. THEY REALLY HAVE A VISION THAT CAN HELP US CREATE A LEGACY NOT US BUT FOR THE FUTURE THAT CAN REALLY HELP US IN MANY WAYS.

SO THANK YOU. AND ALSO WE ALSO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITHIN EDUCATING AND COINCIDING WITH THAT THE WANTING TO GO TOGETHER. YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE WITHOUT TWO, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO WITHOUT ONE AND IT'S LIKE ONE IN ONE YOU

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THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COUNTY CAN WE CAN SPEAK WITH OUR BOND ATTORNEY.

WE CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE CAN ASK A BOND ATTORNEY TO MAKE THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO YOU. THE USC BS CONVOCATION CENTER WHICH SHOULD BE A PROFIT CENTER SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR A REVENUE BOND OR SOME OTHER UNIQUE WAY THAT WE CAN HELP THEM AND AND BENEFIT US OVER TIME. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN I WANT TO EXPLORE THOSE WE'LL BRING IN OUR EXPERTS TO HELP US WITH THAT YEAH AND DR. FOR NEWSROOM TO COME PRESENTED ABSOLUTELY REVIEWS WHEN WE COME BACK THIS IS IT'S THAN AN EDUCATION SOME OF IT IS WRITTEN IN BECAUSE THERE IS A SWEET SPOT IF YOU GO TO SOME IN THE ARENA THERE IS A 10,000 THERE ARE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS THAT THEY WON'T CALL BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM SMALL SUITES LIKE 5000 SO 057 IS WHAT WE COULD DO TO BRING IN ATHLETICS AND TO MOVE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS COULD BE AS REVENUES THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN BOTH OF THESE

[02:40:08]

WHEN YOU TAKE THAT DOWN MEDICAL SERVICES IT IT GOES WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT ON YOUR PRESENTATION SOME OF YOU MONEY THAT MANY OF THE OLDER PEOPLE WITH BE LIKE ME WHO LIVE ON THE ISLAND ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES IS IS THAT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE DOCTORS, NURSES AND STAFF I MEAN THEY TALK MUCH BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE AND THE HELP THAT THEY NEED SO I HOPE WE CAN TARGET THAT AS WELL AS WE LOOK FORWARD AND INCREASE THE NEED FOR THAT TYPE OF SERVICE SO TAKE A LOOK AT BEYOND WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IN.

I COULD SEE TWO MEMBERS ON THE ICU UTILITIES BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT SELL THE UTILITY WHETHER IT'S WATER EVEN OR GAS ELECTRIC . YOU CAN'T DO IT.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T RUN BUSINESSES HERE IF THERE IS UTILITIES IS IMPORTANT AND SO AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE DO YOU WE HAVE TO INVEST IN HOUSING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMY PLACES THAT WORK WELL BEING A PLACE TO LIVE. SO ALL THOSE AGAIN AND THE THEME IS THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY NUMBER ONE HERE IT MAY BE THEIR NUMBER ONE SOMEPLACE ELSE AND THAT'S IS IN ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THEY'RE LEARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE'VE HAD A MEETING ABOUT A CONFERENCE CENTER NORTH OF THE BALL.

YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO START PLANNING FOR IT AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER INDUSTRY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY M4 THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT WHY IN CONFERENCE CENTER NORTH BUT WE HAVE A LARGE HOTEL THAT HAS A CONFERENCE RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT NORTHERN ROAD THERE'S SOME PLANS OUT THERE BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S REALLY COME TO FRUITION YET. I ALSO LEARNED THE WORD THE HIGH SCHOOL THINK THAT HOLDS THE MOST IS 800 THAT'S A BETTER CREEK AND THAT IS WHAT CALL A THOUSAND.

THAT'S WHAT WAS BUILT 4000. SO THAT'S THE LARGEST GROUP GATHERING YOU CAN HAVE IN COUNTY. YEAH. SO AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR MANY YEARS THINGS ARE GOING TO BE A LOT DIFFERENT SO WHAT HAPPENED TWO OR THREE OR FOUR BUT MAY HAVE BEEN USED 15 TO 20. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE NO THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. WELL IT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TO REMEMBER THAT ONLY YOU TALKED ABOUT DIVERSIFYING THE COUNTY TAX BASE.

SO I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MR. TO TO BRING TO US A PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COUNTY YOU KNOW, THE WORLD TO SEE AT LEAST 20 OR 25% TAX BASE IN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

SOME OF THE SAME REASON IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE AWESOME 25% OF OUR TAXPAYERS. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT IS A WAY MORE THAN 5%, RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO THAT DOES MAKE THAT COMMITMENT THAT HOW TO GET THERE.

SO FOR RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE BROWNFIELD THAT'S I CAN'T IT'S JUST I'D LIKE TO KNOW UPDATE ABOUT THAT OR IF IT'S A GOOD IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN JUST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WE WE CAN

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I JUST LIKE AN UPDATE YOU HAVE IN DAILY BLACK COME AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THE CORRIDOR PACKED ON US BECAUSE THERE'S SO STUFF ALONG THE JASPER COUNTY LINE THAT WILL HAVE A DRAMATIC END FOR US THIS MORNING. OH MY GOSH OH 916 THIS PAST WEEK AND YOU KNOW IT GOES FROM LITERALLY I THINK THREE MILES ON TO POINT AND BRIAN KELLY YES . TRIED TO MEASURE IT OVER ON A 60 YEAR OLD WATER TOWER LAWN HOSPITAL. IT'S JUST 50 MILES FROM HERE SO YEAH, PROBABLY BRIGHT SPOT WHICH YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN AS FAR AS THE TIME FOR JOBS THAT WILL EVEN GROW IN SESSION SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO WORK DIDN'T THEY SAY 80,000 JOBS IS WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS AND JUST SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES HE JUST JUST GOT THE COMPANY FROM THERE NOT TO COME IN SOME TIMES WHICH IS HUGE AND HOPEFULLY NOT. YOU KNOW OUR PLANS DON'T COME AROUND US KNOW OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR COUNTY WE CAN TRAIN THEM.

YES YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE UPPER ECHELONS. BUT THE FACT IS THEMSELVES FACTORIES, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THESE LARGE CONGLOMERATIONS LIKE ON MONDAY PLANS DON'T HAVE THE LAND FOR THAT THAT'S A JASPER HAMPTON BARNWELL CAR AND THOSE COUNTIES ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR THAT'S OKAY THAT WHATEVER THE FOLKS ONCE TIRED IT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S A REAL SITE EXCITING IS VERY THIS IS EXCITING WE'RE BEEN ON THE WEST AND THE ECONOMY AND THE HOMICIDES AND LOOK AT EACH OF THESE ON ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO OUR TIME WHEN WE HELP PEOPLE WHEN WE HELP EACH OTHER WE IMPROVE INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTY WAS ON THE TOP RIGHT YEAH A WANT TO MENTION ONE MORE THING WE KNOW IT'S COMING AND JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MILITARY AND MEDICAL SERVICES IS TO BUILD A VA CLINIC WHICH WILL BRING SOME MORE PEOPLE TO THIS COUNTY IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES. SO THAT WILL BE A SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS TOO.

SO I'M GOOD. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. YEAH, I LIKE THE ENFORCEMENT.

THANK OUR STAFF TOGETHER FOR THAT. PRETTY COOL.

ALL RIGHT. COOPERATING YET AGAIN IN THIS CASE IS ALREADY WORKING ON CONFERENCE CALL DRINKING CANNOLI CLASSES. A FEW THINGS FOR US THIS IS A BACK TO THE FUTURE VERSION OF CONNECT TO MANAGE THEM. SO THERE'S CERTAINLY A CONNECTION THERE AND BEAUFORT COUNTY'S POSITION OR OR COUNTY HERE IS TO SUPPORT WE TALKED ABOUT OUR PARTS OF PARTS A LITTLE BIT BUT WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN THE PROPERTIES SO WE WE CONTINUE TO PRESERVE THEM TO PROTECT THEM TO PROTECT THE WATERSHED AREAS AND DEVELOP THOSE INTO PLACES THAT WE WANT TO VISIT OH PRESERVATION WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. HAVE A BUNCH OF PROGRAMS OUT THERE ALREADY IF. ONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SALES GOES THROUGH THEM.

WE'LL HAVE A GREENBELT TO ADD TO OUR TO OUR ALREADY ACTIVE PROGRAMS AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE MAKING A GREAT PROFIT PROGRESS WITH OUR LIBRARIES AND ALL OF THESE THINGS IMPROVE OUR

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YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU EXPENSIVE PARKS AS YOU MENTIONED AS YOUR PRIORITY WHAT PRIORITY OR WHAT ACTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE COUNTY STAFF TAKE TO HELP OUR PARKS AND PARKS PASSIVE PARKS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE PARKS SEVEN ROOMS THAT COULD BE A PERSON FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHICH PIECES OF LAND SHOULD BE DEVELOPED NEXT TO THEM. I JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH THEM.

YOU SAID BECAUSE OH MAN WE HAVE REALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WE CAN ACTUALLY THE YOUNG WOMAN COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE BY THE AND THE GUY WHO RUNS THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONSERVATION ROLE WAS WRONG WAS SAY THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO SEE A CONSERVATION CORRIDOR FROM THE EAST BASIN TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER THAT'S MAJOR SO WITH THAT AND SO IN THE COMMUNITY WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LAND FOR WILDLIFE I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S WITH WILDLIFE HABITAT IT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVING FARMERS IS THAT 30 YEARS AGO THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND THEY IN THE FENCES THEMSELVES SO IT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY WITH A SMALL GARDEN TO TRY TO EVEN RAISE ANYTHING WITHOUT THE BIGGEST OF SO WE JUST WE NEED TO BRING THEM HOME FOR THEM HABITAT FOR THEM AS WELL AS STUFF SO I'M JUST GOING TO MISS WAS THERE SOMETHING WE NEED TO PLAN CERTAIN PARTS PARKS WHAT WE NEED TO DO ALL OUR PARKS A MILE AND STUFF IN IT YEAH I MEAN WE JUST NEED A SMALL FOOTPRINT A LIFETIME HAVE A SMALL FOOTPRINT ON SOME YEAH.

SO CONVERSELY DID THAT GO TO YOUR INTEREST? I WOULD LIKE US TO BUILD SOME OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES TO BE ACTIVE PARKS. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY OTHER PART OR WHENEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SINCE THE PROPERTIES WE OWN I'M STUNNED SCROLLING THROUGH IT I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU JUST HAVE A PERSON PARK THERE'S MAINTENANCE AS JOE SAID WE GOT PAID TO MAINTAIN IT SO I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THEM DEVELOPED AS A TOURISM DRAW FOR WE WANT TO DO IT NOT NEED TO PUT MONEY THERE THERE THAT WOULD ALSO BE PASSIVE PARKS RIGHT THERE NEED TO BE SOME OTHER THINGS HAPPENING. I THINK WE GO BACK TO OUR RECREATION YEAH WE'RE LIKE CERTAIN WILDERNESS LOT OF LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED THERE'S OTHERS PLACES TOO BUT YEAH WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER. HER NAME IS KELSEY. DO WE KNOW WHERE SHE'S IN WITH THE GYMNASTICS? SHE MAKES MAPS YOU I'M TRYING TO LOSE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND I'VE ASKED HER TO PUT TOGETHER AND SHE SENT ME THE FIRST DRAFT OF ALL THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE WHERE THEY ARE AND ALL THE PASSIVE. I'LL GET THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE I GOT TO TELL YOU THIS IS A NICE THING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I I'M GOING TO HAVE AN OVERLAY IN THAT ONCE WE GET THE GREEN SPACE.

YES, WE'LL HAVE WHAT'S GREEN SPACE WHAT'S PARKS WHAT'S PASSIVE AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL GOES DOWN IT'S ONE OF THE MOST HUNGRY FOR PROTECTING THAT ANY COUNCIL YOU SPEND HERE IN THE DOME I THINK BY SEEING THAT I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PARTS OF NATIONAL WE HAVE IT'S AWESOME THAT TO YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S IT'S GREAT TO HAVE PASSIVE PARKS BUT I'M GOING TO PRETEND I'M LOGAN IS 30 YEARS YOUNGER BUT WHATEVER LOGAN ONCE I STARTED THE BEHIND ME NOW FEELS REALLY BLESSED AS MANY TIMES FOR KIDS TO GO OUT AND WHERE THE POPULATION GROWTH IS RIGHT NOW IT'S EXPLODING AND WE

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SO THERE'S ONE OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LONG LIST TO EVALUATE EACH PIECE OF PROPERTY WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THEM DEPENDING ON HOW WE PURCHASE THAT LIST AND THEY SEND US THERE'S PROBABLY SOME BUT THAT LONG LIST OF TENNIS CENTERS I THINK I'M SURE ANY YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE WE CAN PUT BALLFIELDS ON THE ONE OFF ON 70 IT'S REALLY GOOD IT'S THE LANDS SO WE DO KNOW THAT FOR BIRDIE WELLS IS A PLACE THERE'S NOTHING TO LOSE YOUR STUFF THERE IT'S JUST THAT THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SOUND. YEAH BUT YOU CAN STILL HAVE PASSIVE RECREATION AT THESE REALLY CRITICAL PROPERTIES AND THAT'S TOURISM AND WE SHOULD HAVE BOTH LANDINGS AND LANDINGS ALL KINDS OF STUFF. RIGHT I DO HAVE A SEPARATE LISTENER THINKS THAT'S A LISTING THAT SEPARATES IT BY DEPARTMENT SO THOSE IS SO YOU CAN SAY YES I DO PRESERVATION THINGS THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE HERE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE HAVE IN SETTING UP A ESTUARY AROUND THE UNITED STATES. WE THE REST AND WE DON'T HAVE ONE. AND JOE, I THINK I SENT YOU SOME OF THE INFORMATION.

THINK WARREN REACHED OUT TO YOU ON THE BOARD. WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET THIS ESTABLISHED AS A NATIONAL ESTUARY THAT PROGRAM.

YEAH. SO BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO TELL YOU THE TERMINAL ROLL SOUND FOUNDATION THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON IT TO AS AN ORGANIZATION SEPARATE BUT IT'S THE REASON THIS ORGANIZATION YEAH AND THAT'S WHAT THE POINT WILL SOUND AS AN INVESTOR YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS IS A PART OF THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM .

YES, IT DOES. IT DOESN'T MEAN THIS GAP BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND NORTH CAROLINA HAS A COUPLE. I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THAT DONE AND I HOPE THEY GET IT DONE AGAIN SO YOU CAN GET BACK UP AGAIN. ONE OF THEM'S DECEASED NOW BUT HE HE ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE PORT WORLD SAILING FOUNDATION. AGAIN, YOU CAN BE YET ANOTHER LEADER IN PRESERVATION. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AND IT DOES CARVE OUT THE SPACE AND SO THE STATION WILL STILL BE ITS OWN ENTITY AND PROTECTED AREA THIS WOULD IDENTIFY THIS AREA TO BE PROTECTED AS WELL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOING BACK TO THE PASSIVE PART DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE FOR THIS IN PARTICULAR PINE VIEW IN ANY OF THE OTHER PASSIVE OF UNDER DEVELOPMENT? WELL YEAH WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A SYNOPSIS OF WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR WAS PUT IN OR IF HE GRANTS WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR MONEY THE VILLAGE FOR RIGHT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE FUNDING WE GET THE FUNDING WE HAVE NO WE HAVE NO PLANS WE HAVE A PLAN LAID OUT FOR THESE PROPERTIES.

GREEN SPACE IS SORT OF SELF FUNDED BECAUSE WE CAN USE GREEN SPACE MONEY TO BUILD FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. RAISED FOR PROJECT RURAL AND RADICAL HAVE MONEY TO BUY THEM BUT NOT THAT AT ALL. SO IT REALLY IS IT DIDN'T STEPHANIE BRING FORWARD A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PROPERTY YEAH YEAH SO YOU MAY WANT TO SEE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WILL COME UP WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS IN THERE INCLUDED FOR THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLAN WHAT CAN WE GET DONE THIS YEAR WITH A FINITE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND THEN CAN WE DO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO IMPROVE OR MANAGE SOME THE PARTS OF IT I AM GOING TO STRONGLY I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL TAKE ANY DOLLARS.

IT'S A DESIGNATION YOU TRY TO GET IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO THINK AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET GOES BUT COORDINATION WITH WORLD SOUND FOUNDATION WHILE THE CORRIDORS ARE GOING TO BACK YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WELL YOU KNOW JUST IN HOURS THAT THEY HAVE NOW THAT

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OKAY OH YEAH WELL WE HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS HERE KNOW AROUND THE CONSEQUENCES IS MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE GOING INTO THOSE PARKS SO OUR PARKS AND PARKS TEAM WILL COME FORWARD WITH THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS FOR WHAT'S NEXT YEAR AND THEN WHAT'S AFTER THAT WHAT'S NEXT, WHAT'S THE LONG TERM PLAN COMING FORWARD AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE MANAGING WILDLIFE HABITAT. WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PASSIVE AND ACTIVE PARKS BUT THERE CERTAINLY WE CAN WE HAVE A NATURALIST ON STAFF AT THIS POINT AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO REMEMBER THE WILDLIFE HABITAT IS IMPORTANT BUT PROTECTING THESE PROPERTIES AS WELL IF WE TO DO PRESERVATION KNOW I THINK WE ALSO NEED HIGHLIGHT TRULY PRESERVING THE CULTURE WELL YES YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

YEAH YEAH AND SHOULDN'T BE JUST PASSIVE PARKS AND RECREATION BECAUSE SOME OF THE LANDS WE HAVE ALTHOUGH THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR ACTIVE THEY CAN TRAILS FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE THAT'S TRUE YEAH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS I THINK THAT'S YEAH THAT'S CENTRAL OKAY WE'RE DONE I'M DONE IN PARKS AND RECREATION YES ALL TOGETHER THE QUESTION BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE BUT I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TAGS FOR TOURISM KIND OF MAYBE FOCUSING MORE ON OUR PROJECTS.

I THINK A DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE IS WHAT THAT LOOKS ARE WE DON'T TRY TO SHIFT EVERYTHING OVER TO OUR NEEDS. ARE WE GOING TO PHASE IT? I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE LATER. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF TAKING A LOOK AT THE CURRENT NOISE WE HAVE AND WHAT MAY BE PROPOSED AND WE WOULD USE THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE OUR MUNICIPALITY USED THE LOCAL TAX MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO HAVE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THAT WE COULD TAKE OF SO IT'S ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA. IT WILL BE FEBRUARY 20TH AND THAT MEETING WILL BEGIN AT ONE SO WE CAN END IN A REASONABLE TIME FOR SOME OF US TO GET UP TO COLUMBIA BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LIKE TO DRIVE IN THE DARK BUT THE ATX THING AND BRIAN AND KEVIN HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING JOHN WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE THE AWARD BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE AND WE HAVE FILE AND THEN BRING IT UP WITH STATE LAW SO HAVE TO BE IN SYNC I ALL OF YOU GUYS ON THE 20TH THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY RIGHT YOU KNOW TO BUILD ON THIS CHANGE. YEAH ACTUALLY THE TWO THINGS I WROTE FIRST THING THIS MORNING WERE CHANGE AND CREATIVITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF YOUR PRIMITIVES YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH CHANGE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE YOU'RE GOING TO BE CREATIVE AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO IT'S SOMETHING THAT JOHN AND HIS TEAM IN THE PAST YOU KNOW WHAT GOING TO TO BRING BACK A LOT OF SOME TALK ABOUT THE 100 ACRES AND SO WE HAVE THEM RESOLVED TO BE TURNED A BIKE TRAILS THEM SO THE NO NO NO NO ONE PERSON TALKS REMINDS OF OH YEAH IT CAN BE IN 2 TO 3 AND THEN EXACTLY OKAY YEAH THAT'S

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IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S JUST LIKE THE REST OF OUR PARK AS A CONFERENCE IS ON THE 20TH BUT YEAH YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT MORE PLACES AN IMPROVEMENT OVER HERE IS THE LAST ONE YEAH WELL MAKING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON THERE I MAKE IT TO WHAT ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN AROUND THIS IS THE INTROSPECTIVE PART THIS IS HOW HOW CAN COUNTY STAFF WORK TOGETHER AND HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE THE PUBLIC BETTER WE JUST THERE ARE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT NECESSARILY FORWARD FACING DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY.

HOWEVER THE WORK THAT THEY DO THE SCENES IS CRITICAL TO WHAT THE TO THE THE SERVICES THE PUBLIC RECEIVES. SO WE HAD JUST KIND OF BROKE THEM DOWN IN THE EXTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE CUSTOMER SERVICE. WHAT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE WHEN WHEN FOLKS HAVE A COMPLAINT AND THEY CAN'T GET IT RESOLVED THEY GO RIGHT TO THE TOP THEY COME RIGHT TO YOU AND SAY HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THEY NEED RESOLUTION AND I CALL THE MUSEUMS AND WHEN IT GOES DOWN AND WE GET THOSE PROBLEM RESOLVED INSTEAD OF THAT CUSTOMER MAY BE ABLE TO COME RIGHT IN IDENTIFY THAT PROBLEM AND GET THEM RESOLVED AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE. THEY HAPPEN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE.

WELL, THOSE ARE ISOLATED INCIDENTS. I THINK KNOW WE DO HAVE 200,000 RESIDENTS AND WE PROBABLY ISSUES WELL I MIGHT GET QUITE A FEW KIND OF ISSUES OF INDIVIDUALS BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS MORE SO WHAT'S COMMON THAT YOU'VE SEEN WE CAN IN BIG BROTHER I HAVE A SHORT LIST ONE THING IS PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO GET A PHONE ON THEIR NEIGHBORS OF THINGS THAT ARE CODE ENFORCEMENT RELATED AND I GIVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE TRUCK FULL CREDIT I CAN REPORT SOMETHING THROUGH THEM AND THE ANONYMOUS NEIGHBOR SO PROTECT PROTECT YEAH OR I CAN ENABLE THEM TO TAKE ENSURE THAT THEIR NAME WON'T BE USED AND THEY CAN CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTLY SO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS A BIG DEAL THE.

OTHER THING I'VE HEARD IN THE LAST YEAR IS THE START TIME FOR COUNTY COUNCIL FROM CONSTITUENTS IF THEY WORK 5:00 IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THEM IT'S NOT TOO EARLY BUT IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO GET HERE IN TIME TO, SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SOME OF THEM DON'T GET OFF SO THEY CAN'T COME AND THEY CAN WATCH IT ON TV AND THEY THEY KNOW AND THEY WATCH IT NUMEROUS TIMES BUT THE START I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IT GO BACK TO 6:00 AND THEN THE WHAT I'M SAYING WHICH I HAVE NO NO I HEAR ABOUT TWO DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE HEADED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT AT 430 THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE THEY SAY IF THEY COULD JUST STAY OPEN TILL 5:00 IT WOULD HELP THEM ARE OTHER COUNTY OFFICES AS FAR AS I KNOW ARE ALL OPEN TO 5:00? MAYBE NOT PUBLIC WORKS BUT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T INTERACT WITH PUBLIC SO I DON'T CONSIDER THAT AN ISSUE BUT AND I'M NOT I YOU KNOW BUT I JUST HAVE HEARD THAT ONCE COVID WENT AWAY THEY REALLY WISH THEY HAD ROTATED THEIR EMPLOYEES SO THAT SOMEBODY'S SERVICE WOULD BE AFTER 5:00. SO THOSE ARE MY SHORT LIST THINGS. WELL, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THINGS I CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BUT WE HAVE NO COUNTY COUNCIL START TIME. WE CAN BRING THAT TO A COMMITTEE AND ALLOW YOU CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND TAKE THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO SEE I DON'T HAVE ISSUE WITH THAT. THAT'S ON THE STATION THEN INCOME ISSUES COURSE WE HAVE A GREAT JOB ON CODE ISSUES WHAT ELSE I BE YOU KNOW INTERNAL YES IF WE FOCUS ON IMPROVING INTERNAL STRUCTURE YOU KNOW EXTERNAL IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF MOST OF THE TIME SO YOU TALK ABOUT A ONE STOP SHOP ONE TIME YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO. I KNOW HOW YOU HANDLE BUT IF WE CAN IMPROVE THE INTERNAL HAS

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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT. WHEN IS MEETING JUST THE PHONE AND THEN HAVING SOMEBODY CELL PHONE ANSWER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THAT PERSON I THINK HAS FOR MORE THAN 30 WORKING ON THAT AND BASICALLY IMPROVING THEIR BUT SOMEBODY CALLED THIS TELLING THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET AN ANSWER AND THEN HOLD AND LIKE ME AND I KNOW IF I TOO LONG I JUST CALL AND SAY WELL I DON'T THINK I CAN CALL COUNTY CONTROLLER OF THAT AND WHAT DO YOU POINTS ON THE NUMBER ON THE Q&A THAT ON THE PHONE NOW THAT WE JUST HAD SOMEBODY ASK ABOUT THE FRONT DESK IN HERE RIGHT. IS THAT GOING TO BE STAFFED? WELL, THE STAFF FROM THERE SO WE HAVE A REMODELING PROJECT THAT'S GOING THAT THAT WHOLE LOBBY IS GOING TO CHANGE THE STAFF WAS PLACED THERE PROBABLY A FEW YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO.

SO YOU KNOW DURING THE GROUP WAS WAS THERE SO WERE REALLY TRYING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THAT SPACE THERE IS AND I THINK ABOUT THE DMV EVERYBODY'S BEEN TO THE DMV AND YEARS AGO YOU WENT TO THE DMV ANYWAY REMEMBER WHEN YOU GOT TO THE POINT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE PAPER YOU NEEDED AND SO YOU HAD TO GO BACK OR THERE WAS A CONTRACT OR YOU COULDN'T GET A CREDIT CARD OR YOU YOU KNOW AND NOW THEY HAVE THIS GREAT SYSTEM. THEY HAVE THE CONCIERGE THAT SITS RENTED THE DESK AND SAYS HOW CAN I HELP YOU WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS AND YOU DON'T GET IN ZERO ZERO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED NOW. I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED A CONCIERGE SERVICE BUT SOMETHING THAT IS MORE, YOU KNOW, HOLISTIC THAT HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED WHERE THEY NEED TO GO WHEN THEY ARRIVE.

THERE'S A MAYBE THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION FOR THAT SOLUTION.

MAYBE THERE'S YOU KNOW, OF WHAT WE'VE ABOUT OF A BIG ROOM IN THE LOBBY THAT SOMEONE CAN JUST COME IN TO AND HERE'S WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO AND PUSH THIS BUTTON HERE'S ALL THE FORMS THAT I NEED. HERE'S WHY I CAN COLLECT ALL FORMS. YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE OFFICE NUMBER I NEED TO GO TO I DON'T KNOW MANY YEARS AGO I WAS WHEN I WAS LIVING IN RHODE ISLAND I REMEMBER GOING TO A HOSPITAL AND WALKED IN THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOSPITAL. I HAD TO GO A SPECIFIC PLACE. THERE'S NOWHERE KNOW WHERE I'M GOING AROUND. THEY HAD A COLOR BLIND OR TO GO THE WAY OF ALL THE RED LINE THE BUILDING I ENDED UP THERE. YEAH. KIND OF NEAT WHEN THAT JUST A SIMPLE CUSTOMER SERVICE THING THAT HELPS FOLKS GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

WE CAN BE CREATIVE AND FIND A WAY TO HELP CUSTOMERS. THEY HELP OUR CUSTOMERS TO SERVE THEM BETTER. SO I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MR. GLOVER SAID BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TO CALL NUMEROUS OFFICES AND I END UP WITH I GO BACK TO THE NO SARAH BUT JUST RECENTLY TO HELP CONSIDERING I TRIED THE ASSESSOR, I TRIED THE AUDITOR, I TRIED THE TREASURER ALL THAT YOU KNOW ALL WENT TO VOICEMAIL AND I CAN TELL YOU IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOUR AVERAGE PERSON DOESN'T KNOW WHO DO I COME NEXT SO I CAN'T GET THE ASSESSOR THAT I SEND AN EMAIL BECAUSE I KNOW THEY GET EVEN BUT YOUR AVERAGE PERSON IS LIKE WELL NOBODY ANSWERS THE PHONE. DO THINK OPERATOR IS MY NEXT QUESTION DO WE DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS RIGHT WHERE ARE THEY OKAY THERE'S ONE HERE AND I THINK THAT NUMBER ALSO TRANSFERS TO AN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS IN THE BUILDING THAT YES THE HELD IT IN THE HOUSE AND NONE OF US HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT FIVE 1700 ON THE CALL.

NO WELL GENERALLY WE CALL THE PARTICULAR OFFICE AND NOBODY ANSWERS BECAUSE THE VOICEMAIL THAT YOU CALL THE 5000 AND NOBODY ANSWERS LIKE I KNOW EVEN I KNOW IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING THAT WE LOSE EMAIL IT DOESN'T ANSWER THE PHONE ANYTHING I'VE DONE THAT OR AUTOMATIC

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WHAT ELSE? YES SIR. EXTERNAL CUSTOMER WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HER WEBSITE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE WEBSITE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WEBSITES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SOME OF THEM ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED, SOME ARE NOT.

SO THEY JUST TO MODERNIZE OURS A LITTLE BIT AND THE INTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING REGARDING PENSION IMPROVEMENT AND CONTINUITY BETWEEN PAGES YOU CLICK ON ONE DEPARTMENT IT LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND THEN SOME PAGES AND LINKS DON'T EVEN WORK GOES TO A FOUR OR FOUR RIGHT? YEAH YEAH I MIGHT MIGHT HAVE BE A BAD IDEA TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. YEAH.

AND EVEN OUR OWN WEB PAGE YOU KNOW IT'S A YEAR LATER YOU WANT TO UPDATE SOME THINGS IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO SO YEAH WE DO COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE YOU GOT YOU I CAN GIVE YOU A POSITIVE ABOUT THE WEB PAGE I LIKE BROWSERS WE LOVE YOU CAN EASILY LOCATE EVERYONE THAT'S INCARCERATED THEY WERE INCARCERATED IF THEY'RE STILL THERE BECAUSE I JUST LOOKED ONE FOR SOME SENTENCING TELLS YOU WHEN THEY WERE INCARCERATED IF THEY'RE STILL THERE WHEN THEY RELEASE THAT BILL WHAT THEY DID I DO IT EVERY DAY I'M I'M SUPPOSED TO POSITIVE JUST EASY TO IT'S REALLY EASY TO WATCH PAST MEETINGS I'VE HAD CONSTITUENTS ARE LIKE ARE YOU SURE THAT WAS HERE I'M MISSING THE LINK AND THEY'RE LIKE OH YEAH I CAN WATCH IT YOU'RE ABOUT THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN WATCH IT AS IT HAPPENS AND AFTER IT BRINGS A LOT OF GOOD ON OUR WEBSITE. YEAH NEVER REALLY. ONE THING WE HAVE TO FIX IS YOU HAVE TO GO TO A SPECTRUM DID NOT WORK HARD THEY DID THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG EITHER ONE SPECTRUM THE WAY WE LOOK UP THE SPECTRUM YES I KNOW YOU CAN USE YOUR COMPUTER THEY CAN MOVE THAT BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THOSE DEVICES THEY ONLY HAVE TV AND SO THEY'RE MISSING OUT. YEAH THAT TIME DOING IT CAN BE TROUBLESOME ALTHOUGH DURING THE BREAK I CHECKED WITH OUR BROADCASTING TEAM AND THEY SAID SPECTRUM MOVED BACK UP THE SPECTRUM SO THEY WERE BACK UP. SO YEAH ANOTHER POSITIVE AS I WAS OUR BROADCAST TEAM WHEN THEY BROADCAST YOUR HAD BLUFFTON MEETINGS I MEAN THAT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS YOU KNOW IF I'M ON THE INTERNET I CAN WATCH OUR TOWN COUNCIL RIGHT SO SAME THEY CAN WATCH OUR THEY ALSO DO BLUFFTON I HAVE A QUESTION I DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY HISTORIAN IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR ORDINANCES HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED IT DEPENDS WHEN YOU VERY MUCH YES WELL I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO I KNOW THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE FIRST CAME ON I WANTED TO BASICALLY DO AN OMNIBUS REVIEW I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE TALKING ABOUT THE YEAR CHANGE. GO THROUGH OUR AUDIENCE TO SEE WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK MAYBE THINGS EASIER ON STAFF. THE INTERPRETATION OF THOSE THINGS KNOW IF WE CAN CLEAN UP SOME OF THE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE FIND OUT WORKS WHAT DOESN'T WORK WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER ON STAFF WHICH MAKE IT ON THE EXTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE SIDE.

I THINK YOU VOLUNTEERED I WOULD ABSOLUTELY YES I WOULD USE THE SAME THING THAT THEY I CAN'T SEE HIM AT ALL SO I GOING TO ASSUME THEY'RE ALL SORT OF CATEGORIZED BY FUNCTION I KNOW THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING BANKS SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING WE JUST UPDATED THAT ORDINANCE CODE ENFORCEMENT WE JUST UPDATED WE DID A COMPLETE OVERHAUL BOTH IN 1999 AND IN 2014 OF THE CDC OR WHAT WE USED CALL THE THE ZONING CODE , IF YOU WILL, BUILDING CODES IS UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS. SO SOME OF THEM ARE CYCLICAL WELL WE JUST CAME THROUGH A HUGE UPDATE WITH OUR IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM AS ALL OF THE ORDINANCES OF THEM ARE ON A CYCLE, SOME OF THEM YOU FIGURE OUT THAT YOU HAVE A

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ORDINANCE WAS DONE IN 2019 SO AND THAT'S RECORDING ABOUT EVERY TEN YEARS SO I HOPE THAT HELPS. YEAH I APPRECIATE IT AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON TO THE IMPACT FEE TOOK US SEVEN YEARS TO GET IT DONE BUT THAT'S WE HAD TO GET IT FROM ALL OF THE OTHER POLITICAL ENTITIES. BUT THE PROCUREMENT CODE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING AND IT'S GOING TO COME FORWARD AT THE END OF THE MONTH THE LAKE TAX H TAX WE'RE WORKED ON AND THAT'S COMING FORWARD ON THE 20 AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE I GUESS SINCE THE 20TH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO THE 2626 YEAR I JUST PUT THAT IN THREE IN THE SYSTEM WE'VE WE HAD TO REDO THE ROAD FEE BECAUSE OF THE CASE THAT THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED A COUPLE OF SUMMERS AGO WE JUST REDID THE ANIMAL ORDINANCE OR IS COMING FORWARD SO YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY OF THE SAME MIND AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT GIVEN THAT LITTLE THINK THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING TO REVIEW THEM ALL AND WE'RE ONE THE LAW THAT NEEDS UPDATED SO WE'LL BE COMING TO COUNCIL BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH YOU KNOW PURCHASING YEAH YEAH FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHICH WAY TO GO BUT I'D LIKE TO A PLUG IN ONE FOR FOR THE WHAT WE CALL THE BAG ORDINANCE WE'RE WORKING ON THE KEEP ME BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON SOME RECOMMENDED REVISIONS TO THAT BECAUSE WE LESSONS LEARNED ON THAT ONE THAT'S BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE WE PASSED IT WAS YEARS WHEN YOU PASSED IT AND AND YEAH I THINK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BRINGING FORWARD UPDATES ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT ORDINANCE BUT IT'S HARD TO MEASURE.

IT'S VERY HARD TO MEASURE BUT WE'VE GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES AND THAT THAT C WAS ONE OF THE CS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT CUZ AS WELL. I SEE MR. MR. DAWSON'S ONLINE IS ON THERE. YES SIR. AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU FINALLY BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU ARE MEETING I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE IN THE PRESENTATION PROCESS OF THE BUDGET BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO GET THE VOLUME FIRMED UP A LITTLE BIT AND. WE CAN HEAR YOU WITH VERY, VERY LIGHT RIGHT NOW YOU IS IF YOU CAN HEAR ME MR. DAWSON, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE VOLUME TURNED ON ON ON YOUR SPEAKER THERE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU A LITTLE BETTER.

HE'S WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. I GOOD. HE'S FIXING THAT.

I I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY APPETITE TO IT.

I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WE'VE SAT HERE TIME AND TIME AGAIN TALKING ABOUT ALL THE NEEDS AND THE BASICALLY THE MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT HERE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS OUT AND I KNOW ONE THING THAT I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT IS GETTING OF THE BUSINESS FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AND.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CREATES MORE WORK FOR STAFF AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CUT OFF COULD BE IF IF WE KEEP IT FOR THE LARGER CORPORATIONS BUT GET RID OF IT FOR YOU KNOW THE SMALL BUSINESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE BE ANY APPETITE DOVE INTO THAT.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN LOOK TRYING TO FIND A COMMITTEE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT MIGHT BE LIKE. SO BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE SMALL BUSINESSES AND I DO THINK THAT IF HAVE AND IF THEY DO BUSINESS DON'T KNOW BLUFFTON OR A DIFFERENT COUNTY THEY TO PAY FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSE THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR EACH ONE THAT IN A SMALL BUSINESS IN EACH BUSINESS THIS IS A SEPARATE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY IT'S A TAX ON THE PROPERTY AND THE BUDGET BUSINESS POOLS EXTRUDERS DESKS LAMPS BECAUSE THE STATE WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION MAKE IT

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SO WHAT WE DO IS WE CAN PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER WE'LL WORK WITH MR. KEMP AND OUR BUSINESS LICENSE STAFF AND WE WILL MAKE A FULL PRESENTATION AND LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS WHAT OUR ROLE IS, WHAT IS MANDATED BY THE STATE AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO SO BECAUSE I MEAN IN SIX COUNTIES THAT ACTUALLY HAS IT I THINK THE OTHER ONE IS GOING KNOW BUSINESS LICENSE BUSINESS SO THOSE ARE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN BUSINESS LICENSE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE PERSONAL PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX IS THERE ARE MANY LAYERS TO THIS TOPIC SO WE'LL WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION WE'LL ALL THE PLAYERS FORWARD WE CAN LAY IT ALL OUT IN DETAIL AND THEN YOU KNOW THE PORTIONS THAT THE COUNTY DOES CONTROL WILL YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER DECISION ON THAT AND WE'LL DO THAT VERY SOON.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS TO MR. DOTSON WE DO A YOU GIVE HIM A SHOT AND SEE IF WE CAN HEAR YOU WELL. HI.

YES, SIR. PERFECT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING MISS THREE QUARTERS OF THE MEETING TODAY BUT HAD ANOTHER FUNERAL AND I'M SURE THE CHAIRMAN HAS ALREADY EXPLAINED TO EVERYBODY THAT I HAD ANOTHER FUNERAL WITH MY NEXT DOOR TO ME A FEW LESS THAN FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO BE PRESIDENT SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY. AND I ASKED LARRY I GAVE LARRY TWO ITEMS TO ADDRESS BASED ON RECREATION IF YOU ALL GOT TO RECREATION BEFORE I GOT IN THE MEETING.

AND SO LARRY, YOU COVERED THAT? YES, SIR, I DID. THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT THERE THE ONLY OTHER ITEM I HAVE IS THAT IT'S BEEN REPORTED TO ME THAT WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BUT BASICALLY THOSE ASSAULTED ABROAD HILTON HAD TO BE MORE SPECIFIC WHEN ARE ARRESTED AND BROUGHT TO THE COUNTY JAIL THEY'RE INCARCERATED FOR A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME UPON THEIR RELEASE THEY ARE RELEASED IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT OH AND NOT TAKEN BACK OVER TO THE HOMELESS SHELTER THAT THEY HAVE IN HILTON HEAD AND SO THEN IT BECOMES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THEM TO FIND AND ANY RESOURCE THEY CAN WHILE THEY OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE ON NORTH SIDE OF THE BROAD AND HOPES OF EVER GETTING BACK OVER TO THEIR HOMELESS POSITION AT HILTON HEAD AND WE WE HAVE THAT ISSUE AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT I HAD MENTIONED THAT TO A TO A PASSED MADE IT SOME TIME AGO MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF TWO MONTHS AGO AND AND WE NEVER GOT AROUND TO ADDRESSING SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO ADDRESS THE FULL COUNCIL. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW YOUR STATEMENT IS ACCURATE THAT WHEN WHEN SOMEONE IS INCARCERATED ARE CENTER AND THEIR RELEASE THEY ARE RELEASED RIGHT OUT THE FRONT DOOR. AND I KNOW THE COLONEL AND THE MANAGER HAVE WORKED WITH A FEW THOUSAND OTHER LOCAL UNITS THAT HELP TO PROVIDE THOSE THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED TRANSPORTATION BACK TO THEIR AREA BUT. I CAN'T I CAN'T I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THERE'S 100% OF COMPLIANCE WITH THAT A LOT FOLKS ARE PICKED UP BY FAMILY MEMBERS OR ACQUAINTANCE OR NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RELEASED THAT JUST DON'T HAVE ANYONE OUT THERE TO HELP THEM.

SO OFTENTIMES THERE ARE VOLUNTEER AGENCIES THAT TRY TO SUPPORT THEM SO HAD CONTACT WITH THE COLONEL AND AND THE MAJOR ABOUT THAT. SO MORE AND SEE IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO MORE OF THOSE AGENCIES OR MAYBE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN HELP THEM TO GET FOLKS BACK WHERE THEY BACK WHERE THEY CAME BACK WHERE THEY GOT PICKED UP FROM AT THAT TIME I COULDN'T NEWBURG JUST BE SENT OFF AUTOMATICALLY. IT COULD BE OUR DEPUTY SHERIFF TOO. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. WHAT WAS THAT? WELL, THE SUGGESTION WAS UBER OR LYFT OR LIKE THAT OR ANOTHER AGENCY.

SO WE REALLY HAVE TO MOVE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THAT DOESN'T GET WELL. WHAT WE WALK ON IS REALLY NICE BE ABLE TO TO RELY ON THE GOOD WORK OF PARTNERS TO TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR US WHERE WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A STOP ANYWHERE NEAR THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

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I'M NOT SURE WHERE WHERE WE'LL GET WITH THAT BUT IT'S WORTHWHILE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION SORT OF NO, I AGREE. MR..

DAWSON YEAH. NO, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. BUT WHY CAN'T UNMARKED DEPUTIES TAKE THEM BACK WHERE THEY PICKED THEM UP? OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. AND SO DO YOU HAVE MORE? I WOULD JUST SUGGEST IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE A WORK SESSION.

YEAH, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SO JAMMED IN THEY WERE ABOUT TO JUMP THROUGH AND THAT ONE DAY IN THE TRANSIT FINANCE FACILITIES SOME OF THE THINGS WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY AND CHUCK SAID GET INFORMATION THAT'S NOT STUFF WE CAN SQUEEZE INTO HOUR AND A HALF MEETING SO THERE MIGHT BE CERTAIN TOPICS ON THOSE LISTS LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW THE LANDS WE OWN HOW TO DO PARKS, DON'T WE NEED TO SIT AND JUST TALK ABOUT ONE OR TWO SUBJECTS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME? EVERYTHING CAN'T BE A COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH INFORMATION SO PERHAPS THERE COULD BE SOME CALENDAR ADJUSTMENTS THAT COME UP THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON YOUR CALENDAR SO PERHAPS YOU YOU MIGHT TO CONSIDER A WORKSHOP JUST TO HAVE TOPICS THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IN OR QUARTERLY WORKSHOP.

YEAH. AND THAT'S PART OF THIS TYPE OF FORUM THAT THIS TYPE OF REALLY DOES CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNICATION AND OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND I LIKE IT AND YOU KNOW I LIKE IT YEAH. SO YOU KNOW WE TO HAVE LIKE A TWO DAY RETREAT WHICH IS TOO INTENSE BUT I THINK QUARTERLY WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE WE COULD GATHER OUR THOUGHTS BUT NOT SPEND TWO DAYS AND GET TIRED EACH OTHER LIKE THE NAMES OF THE FIRST DOLPHINS EVERYBODY WAS IT WAS AROUND HERE. I NEVER WATCHED IT REALLY QUIET. WHAT IT DOES IT'S INTENSE YOU BET YOUR HALF THE DAY YESTERDAY AND HALF THE DAY AGAIN TODAY. IT'S A LOT OF COMMITMENT AND A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF BRAINPOWER AND ENERGY JUST BURN IT UP. OKAY? SO JUST PIGGYBACK WOULD YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE VARIABLE JUST SPEND THE WHOLE COUPLE OF HOURS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT AND SEE WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WANT TO PURSUE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. BUT WE JUST COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT ON THE TABLE AND MAKE SURE WE COME BACK TO YOU TALK ABOUT IT DOING THINGS STUFF. SO JUST KIND OF RESOLVE SOME OF THE OTHER ONE I GOT THE AS CHAIRMAN I WANT TO GO TO THE EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS YES SIR.

AND YOU HAVE THEM HERE IMPROVING COMMUNICATION. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THEM THE MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY JUST REALLY EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO ARE NOT TECHNOLOGICALLY MOVED. SO HOW DO WE REACH EVERYBODY IN ONE AND ONE TIME WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY SORRY TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW WHERE IS THAT IF THERE'S A TORNADO OR WHATEVER AT LEAST PEOPLE CAN HEAR THAT AND KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE MAKING YOU COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OUR CITIZENS AND THAT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT WE ALL KNOW HOW TO WORK TECHNOLOGY. YES, SIR I DON'T KNOW. I WILL LEAN ON OUR OWN TEAM OVER IS HIRING FOR ME NOW TO HELP US WITH THAT WITH THAT WITH OUR COMMITTEE AS WELL PERSONALLY YOU KNOW EXACTLY YOU ME ALL THE TIME OKAY JUST A HISTORY LESSON A FEW YEARS AGO HAD MONEY GRANT MONEY FOR A SOUND SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND SOME REASON I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS AFTER MATTHEW AND WE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT BUT THE WORLD WAS HAVE SIRENS PUT IN A LOT OF THE OLD SYSTEM NEVER GOT PUT UP WHERE I LIVE I CAN HEAR SIRENS FROM PARRIS ISLAND SO I'M OKAY BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY I THINK WE NEED THAT

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IF THERE'S THERE'S FUNDING FOR THAT SOMEWHERE AND IT WASN'T OR MAYBE THERE WAS SOME GRANT FUNDING WE DIDN'T ASK FOR. BUT WILL THEY GET THROUGH IT AND FIND OUT THIS SORT OF THING BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS? I DON'T KNOW IF IT FITS IN THIS AREA BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN THAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE IS WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY MANY YEARS. I'D LIKE OUR COUNCIL TO COMMIT TO GETTING THINGS RESOLVED.

JERRY ARE YOU STILL. YES. WE HAVE A WORKING COMMITTEE OF ST JAMES AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME I THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT.

YOU GET A LOT OF THINGS ACCOMPLISHED, YOU GET THAT MOVE TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

I WAS 1520 YEARS SO MY THING IS WE CAN IF WE CAN AFFORD TO TAKE ON A PROJECT AND TALK ABOUT IT MORE TO YOUR POINT IS ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN THIS YEAR? I THINK WE GOT A GREAT WORKING GROUP GREAT COUNCIL, GREAT STAFF AND WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE AND I TELL YOU LET'S USE SAINT JAMES AS A BENCHMARK. LET'S GET THAT DONE.

WELL TO ADD TO THAT IT COULD BE NOT JUST A BENCHMARK BUT ALSO A MODEL.

ABSOLUTELY YOU GUYS HAVE A TON OF MEETINGS BUT JUST BUT IF YOU SPREAD UP AND OKAY YOU'RE ON THAT AND I THINK LARRY, YOU GO TO SAINT JAMES NOT EVERYBODY LET ME CORRECT SO IF YOU HAVE SOME TO ASK AND SOME MEETINGS THAT'S A NORMAL PROCEDURE. SO I THINK THAT'S WAY TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING. I'VE HEARD SOME VERY GOOD THINGS WHEN WE STARTED THOSE MEETINGS IT WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS AS WE GOT TO THE LATTER TWO PEOPLE ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THAT RESOLVED BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THEY'RE SAYING HEY WE'VE GOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT AND NOT JUST COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SAY ACTIONABLE ITEMS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? YOU KNOW, I'M TELLING YOU THAT WE CAN WE CAN GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE IF WE STAY WITH IT.

I AGREE IF ONE OF MY SLIDES OVER HERE I HAVE THE WORD WRITTEN DOWN EXECUTION AND IT IS THAT ONE AND IN MY SLIDE THERE FROM COUNTY CARES THESE CARED THAT EMPOWERING EMPLOYEES TO DO WHAT THEY KNOW IS RIGHT TO TAKE ACTION WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES TO EDUCATE ON PROJECTS. WE DO ALL THE PAPERWORK, WE GET ALL OF THESE THINGS DONE WHEN WE COME THROUGH COUNCIL, WHEN WE GET APPROVAL AND THEN THE PROCESS DRAGS SOME OF OUR PROCESSES TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH FOR PERMISSIONS AND PERMITS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS PERFORMING AND EXECUTING ON THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN REPORTING BACK THAT HEY WE'VE DONE THIS, WE'RE DOING THESE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT THAT THAT WORD IS EQUALLY VALID ONE POINT I WANT TO MAKE TO JARED TO YOU POINT THAT JARED HAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWN AND I THINK THE WAY YOU'RE DOING THAT IS HOW MANY PROJECTS YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET SOME OF THIS DONE. SO AGAIN KUDOS TO YOU FOR NEEDING THAT AND GETTING LET'S GET THAT DONE. SO VERY NICE.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THIS UP.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO SOMETHING SO IF WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO SIMPLY QUARTERLY WORK SESSIONS

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RIGHT? JUST TIME OUT. BUT ALL THESE TOPICS ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS BUT AGAIN IT'S UP TO YOU AND THE STAFF WHEN YOU WOULD BE PREPARED TO DO THE FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION. SO WHAT WE WILL DO SO THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE OF THIS WARD OVER HERE HAS BEEN TAKING FEVERISH NOTES. I'VE COLLECTED SOME THINGS HERE AND THE GREAT THING IS WE HAVE ALL THIS ON VIDEO AS WELL SO WE'LL GO BACK OR REVIEW THOSE COMMENTS. WE'LL WRITE DOWN THOSE COMMENTS, WE'LL TURN COMMENTS INTO ACTIONS. WE'LL FIND THOSE PLACES WHERE ACTIONS NEED DOLLARS AND THEN WE CAN WORK THOSE DOLLARS INTO OUR BUDGET TO PRESENT TO YOU AND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE IN THERE YOU'LL KNOW THAT THAT THOSE ACTIONS THAT BROUGHT THOSE DOLLARS CAME FROM YOUR VOICES SO WHEN WE PUT THOSE ACTIONS INTO DOLLARS AND PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET WE CAN EXECUTE AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. SO THIS IS A THIS IS BIG CIRCLE THAT WE GET FROM THE VISION INTO A PLAN BACK TO ACTION SO SOMEWHERE IN THERE WHAT'S A LOT OF MANAGEMENT KNOW IS THIS ANYWHERE IN YOUR PLAN FOR MANAGING AND WE TALKED ABOUT REVENUE DROP THAT IT IS IN THE

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SO WHAT'LL HAPPEN AFTER TODAY IS WE'LL COLLECT ALL THIS INFORMATION AND WILL DEVELOP THOSE PLANS AND THOSE OBJECTIVES SEND THOSE BACK OUT TO YOU SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK HERE. WE'LL SEND THEM TO YOU FOR YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

WE CAN MAKE SOME EDITS AND THEN WE'LL END WITH A SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLAN THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND THE PRIORITIES YOU IDENTIFIED THAT YOU WANT US TO WORK ON FOR THE NEXT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

AND I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE SHORT TERM PLANNING IN THE ACCOUNTING IS THAT YOU WANT TO BECAUSE THINGS TAKE A LONG TIME TO MOVE THIS A BUSY, BUSY, BUSY PLACE AND SO MUCH HAPPENS.

AND JOHN, I HAVE YES IF I MAY I SAY A FEW MORE SMALL THINGS ON MY LIST AND THEN I'M ALL DONE.

SO YOU SAID THE LAST ITEM FOR THAT SECTION SO I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP BUT IS ANYWAY WE STARTED GETTING THE BACK OF MATERIAL SOONER YOU KNOW A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE TRYING TO READ IT ON THE WEEKEND AND THANKFULLY THERE'S MULTIPLE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL MEETING THE COUNCIL MEETING SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S A CULMINATION OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WE DO UNDERSTAND WE'RE PUTTING VOLUMES OF THINGS TOGETHER SO THAT CAN'T BE A GUARANTEE BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRYING GET IT OUT EARLIER AND THEN WE CAN POTENTIALLY AN OPEN DISCUSSION AT THE END OF MEETINGS OR A NEW ITEMS SETTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF DOING THE I MEAN SETTING THE AGENDA SETTING BUT AT THE END OF OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION CERTAIN TOPICS OR IS THAT SOMETHING ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO DO OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE IT IN WORK SESSION? THE PROBLEM YEAH THAT WOULD BE A WORK SESSION.

THE PURPOSE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING IS TO TAKE ACTION WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WORK THAT'S WHERE THE REAL WORK IS. PEOPLE MISTAKE OUR COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETING AS SOMETHING THAT THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO LEARN ALL THE INFORMATION NO YOU'RE NOT BECAUSE.

OUR COMMITTEE SYSTEM WAS SET UP SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TOPICS

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YEAH AND THEN ALSO LITTLE MORE JOINT MEETINGS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES.

I THINK THAT WILL HELP WITH WHAT YOU KNOW THIS JOINT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THEM WILL DO THAT MANY MEETINGS AND CERTAINLY WE'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL NEW LEADERS IN OUR MUNICIPALITIES SO WE'VE REACHED TO THEM. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN.

IT'S A NO GO BECAUSE THERE ARE ISSUES LOCAL SOME ATTEND SOME DON'T AND SO WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT IF WE HOLD A JOINT MEETING THEY'RE GOING TO COME BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE SAME THING FOR TOWN. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS QUARTERLY JOINT MEETINGS AND ANY OF US WANT TO GO OF COURSE CAN GO TO THAT TOO. YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD.

YEAH. AND YOU THOSE ON MY CALENDAR AND WHAT ABOUT THE START YOU YOU'RE IN THE SAME THING ABOUT START TIME THAT I DID ABOUT START 66 YES I HEAR YOU TO YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN'T GET HERE. NO SO I DON'T HEAR IT AT ALL.

YOU CAN'T GET HERE IN FIVE. I JUST WAS TOO BUSY PLAYING GOLF AND AND OUT OF THEM I HAD ONE THING YOU HAD GOLF COURSE AND THERE'S SOMEWHERE. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE BIG.

NO, NO. YEAH, ME TOO. WELL, DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MILLION GOLFERS TO GOLF? YOU CAN LIKE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS HERE.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. THIS WAS A VERY USEFUL SET OF THINGS SO I MEAN THERE'S LITTLE GIRLS IN BETWEEN REMINDING ME THAT WAS ON MY SLIDE WHEN I WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION IN THE SURVEY WHAT DO OTHER COUNTIES HAVE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MAYBE DISC GOLF THAT WAS JUST DISC GOLF WITH YOU. OKAY THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE IS OUTSIDE SO YOU KNOW SPLASH PAD YEAH THAT'S SPLASH DRIVE YES SIR THERE ARE FOUR TOWNS YOU KNOW THOSE HERE TODAY THAT ARE NEW AND THIS IS OUR FIRST RETREAT.

WE'RE NOT GOING ANYMORE. WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THIS IS OUR RETREAT.

I TELL YOU. THANK YOU THE STAFF FOR THAT EVERYBODY HERE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER WAS EXCITING EVEN THOUGH YOU THOUGHT WE WENT TO SLEEP IN THE AFTERNOON BUT TO THANK FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER VERY NICE NGO. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING INVOLVED AND MY VISION FOR THIS MEETING KIND OF CAME THROUGH SO YOU KNOW SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT WE THE STAFF AND I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU TO SAY AND COLLECT YOUR INPUT AND TURN THAT INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND FOR YEARS TO FOLLOW AND I THINK WE CAN GET THERE SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. I APPRECIATE YOUR LOOK AT US TO 923 TO 230 AND STRETCHED INTO THREE JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE'RE RIGHT ON TIME AND OF COURSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON INSPIRE WISE ON YOUR DRIVE HOME SEND IT TO A FACTORY I ALWAYS THINK OF THINGS WHEN I'M DRIVING HOME SO AND THANK YOU TO BRIANNA OCTAVIA AND SARA FOR LUNCH COFFEE 1183 THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

SORRY JOURNEY AND THANK YOU MR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.