Feb 12, 2024 Community Services and Land Use Committee

[7. ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT]

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TODAY WE HAVE TWO REPORTS ONE FROM CHUCK ATKINSON WHO IS GOING TO DEFER TO MR. DAVIS FOR A REPORT AND THEN ANDRE FRED'S DEPARTMENT TO REPORT GREAT FRED ADVISORS.

SO WE'LL START WITH MR. ATKINSON. VERY GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU SIR. AS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING OUR GREEN SPACE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR ABOUT MONTHS NOW. WE'VE BEEN DOING COLLECTIONS SINCE LAST JUNE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING QUITE WELL BUT AS PROMISED WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OFTEN UPDATES AS IT RELATES THE ACTIVITIES WE TAKE QUARTERLY APPLICATIONS WE PROCESS THOSE IN A PREDETERMINED VERY TIMELY MANNER AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF OUR DEX AND WITH THE FEE COLLECTION SO I'M GOING TO INVITE MARK WHO'S OUR DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND HE'S GOING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO TO BUILD OFF CHUCK YES WE ARE IN WHAT WE CALL OUR SECOND CYCLE AND IF YOU RECALL AT THE DECEMBER MEETING PEOPLE WHO DO ANIMATIONS ON OUR FIRST ROUND ABOUT THINGS WE HOST THOSE HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT WITH APPLICATIONS. SO THOSE ARE APPLICATIONS AT ONE STAGE FROM THAT APPLICATION CYCLE WE HAD A DEADLINE OF JANUARY 31ST SO THIS WOULD TEST CYCLE FOR THE THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY STAFF FOR WHAT WE CALL COMPLETENESS CHECKS AND THEN WE WOULD INFORM THE APPLICANT IF THE APPLICATION DEEMED COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE AND THEN THE APPLICANT HAS TEN DAYS TO RECTIFY THE FORMATION IF WE HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION THAT APPLICATION WILL BE PLACED ON THE NEXT SCREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH FOURTH THAT'S AT 230 HERE WE WOULD ANTICIPATE AS THESE THINGS KIND OF MOVE FORWARD THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HEAR IN MARCH AGAIN YOU KIND OF SEE THE CYCLES AS WE KIND OF RUN THROUGH THEM. THEY'LL THEN COME TO THIS COMMITTEE AGAIN FOR ANYTHING THAT'S RECOMMENDED OR DUE DILIGENCE IN NEGOTIATIONS OR JUST THE APPLICATIONS IN GENERAL WHETHER THEY ARE THEY'RE NOT FOR STAFF TO CONTINUE IN DUE DILIGENCE OR TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS THAT'S THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU ALL HAVE WE DON'T DO THAT UNTIL YOU GIVE US THAT AUTHORITY. SO THOSE MARCH 4TH APPLICATIONS WILL BRING THEM TO YOU AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN YOU WOULD THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT AS A COMMITTEE YOU WANT TO GREENLIGHT US TO FURTHER STAFF TIME SPENT ON DOING ANY NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE.

SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE A CYCLE LIKE WHAT YOU DID AT THE DECEMBER MEETING FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS AND THAT WOULD JUST ADD TO WHAT CHUCK WAS SAYING IN THE QUARTERLY PROCESS I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU LIKE THAT'S HOW THE CYCLE WORKS QUARTERS THEN THEY KIND OF GO THROUGH BUT THEN IN BETWEEN ALL OF THAT THERE IS CONSTANTLY GOING TO BE THE APPLICATIONS SOME OF THEM CAN GO QUICKER, SOME OF THEM WILL TAKE LONGER BASED OFF OF THE AMOUNT OF DUE DILIGENCE HOW WELL THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES ARE WORKING POSSIBLY WITH LANDOWNERS THIS INFORMATION WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS SO THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THEM SO THOSE KIND OF JUST GO AT THE PACE OF HOW THOSE APPLICATIONS WORK AND LOTS OF TIMES THAT MIGHT BE DICTATED AND HOW GOOD THE APPLICATION CAME IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT STAFF HAD AT THAT TIME TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OF THAT OR I CAN JUMP RIGHT IN. THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY THE PROGRAM HAS GENERATED. LET'S TAKE THE QUESTIONS THAT ABOUT THAT PROCESS OR THE PROJECTS WE PREVIOUSLY SAW YEAH ANYBODY QUICKLY DID YOU MEAN ANY APPLICATIONS YOU RECEIVED SO FAR NO IN NUMBER THAT SINCE WE STARTED WE RECEIVED 2100 APPLICANTS YOU THAT NOT HERE BUT IF YOU IF YOU SAY WE'RE IN THE SECOND CYCLE SO IN THE FIRST CYCLE RECEIVED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS AND THOSE CAME FORWARD TO YOU YOU ALL HAVE SEEN AND YOU REMIND YEAH RIGHT FOR APPLICATIONS THAT YOU APPROVED FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND FOR BASICALLY FURTHERING A NEGOTIATION WITH THE APPLICANTS I WAS JUST WONDERING THE TOTAL IN TOTALITY HOW MANY APPLICATIONS RECEIVED WHETHER THEY WERE GOOD OR BAD JUST DO YOU HAVE IN NUMBER THAT YOU RECEIVED SINCE THE CONCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM SEVEN SEVEN THAT'S ALL I WELL TED YES

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SO THE PROGRAM AS IT LAST REPORTED THIS IS UP THROUGH KIND OF TURNING INTO THIS YEAR SO THIS WOULDN'T EVEN ASK A MONTH REALLY A JANUARY KIND OF TURN OR DECEMBER THAT I LITERALLY TO WRITE THE NUMBER ON THE NEXT PAGE BECAUSE IT'S SO BIG IT HAS GENERATE A LITTLE OVER $39 MILLION ALREADY FROM THE TIME OF ITS INCEPTION. AND SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A MONTHLY TRACKING THAT IT IS HITTING EXPECTED AND MAYBE SLIGHTLY MORE BASED OFF OF THE ECONOMIC AND WHAT IT WAS GENERATING BY MONTH. SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S GOOD NEWS IN QUESTIONS THAT WAS BROWN SHOWED ME A RECEIPT A SHE WENT AND BEAUFORT COUNTY IT ACTUALLY SAID GREENSPACE ONE CENTS REALLY THEY ACTUALLY SPENT KNOW OH WELL THERE YOU GO IT'S PART OF THAT NUMBER IT'S PART OF THE REALTY SALES 1% THINGS OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT PROGRESS OR SURE I'M I'LL TALK AS LONG AS YOU ALL WANT ME TO SO IN THE FIRST ROUND WE HAD FOUR APPLICATIONS SO YOU SAW THOSE SO I WOULD LIKE MAYBE LET'S TALK WITH THOSE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON BUT IN THOSE FOUR THEN STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE FURTHER DISCUSS THOSE APPLICATION WHAT KIND OF DUE DILIGENCE AND JUST THOSE TYPES THINGS AND THIS IS SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM THAT'S ADOPTED AND OUT OF THOSE FOUR AND THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING HOW STRONG SOMETHING COMES IN WHEN THE APPLICATION IS THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR STAFF TO FEEL COMFORTABLE OF WHERE IT'S AT.

ONE OF THEM CAME IN SO STRONG THAT WE WERE TO GET TO A CONCLUSION IN THE COMMITTEE FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THAT FORWARD TO BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AND THAT WOULD BE COMING TO YOU ONCE WE CAN FULLY GET THAT DONE AND WORKING WITH LEGAL SERVICES TO FINALIZE THAT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS PUT ON NICE LITTLE BOW AS THIS VERY FIRST ONE COMING TO YOU. SO OUT OF THOSE FOUR ONE IS ALREADY PUSHED FORWARD.

THOSE OTHER THREE ARE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS GOING BACK TO REACHING BACK OUT TO APPLICANTS, GETTING MORE INFORMATION FURTHERING CONVERSATION IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. SO THAT'S WAS THAT LAST ROUND OF WHERE THOSE STAND AND THE NEWEST ONES THAT HAVE COMING IN WE WOULD ANTICIPATE OUT OF THOSE THREE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN DEEMED COMPLETE BECAUSE WE HAD TILL LAST FRIDAY. THE WAY IT WORKS IS ONCE THE APPLICATION CYCLE GOES I KNOW THE STAFF HAS TEN DAYS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE MATERIAL, SEE WHAT IT'S MISSING AND THEN WE DRAFT VERY PROFESSIONAL LETTERS TO THE APPLICANTS STATING YOUR APPLICATION IS DEEMED COMPLETE BUT NOTE THAT WE NOTICE SOME INFORMATION APPLICANT PLEASE PROVIDE THAT BACK OR YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN DEEMED INCOMPLETE FOR THEM REASONS AND THEN THEY HAVE TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THAT LETTER TO PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW OUT OF THOSE THREE TO COMPLETE ONE OUT, ONE INCOMPLETE ONE OUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION OF THE FOUR THE ONES WE WE SENT FOR DUE DILIGENCE WHAT REGION ARE THEY FROM AND NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST. SO THE THE ONE OF THEM WAS OUT OF COUNTY. YEAH I REMEMBER SO THAT WOULD BE THE PROGRAM WOULD LOOK AT THAT KIND OF AS IS WHAT REGION TO AFFIRM THE SOUTHERN AND ONE OF THEM WAS FROM THE NORTHERN OKAY THANK YOU GOOD VERY GOOD. IN TERMS OF ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO OR NOT THAT SO JUST TO REITERATE THE THE DUE DILIGENCE ASPECT OF IT SO AS WE RECEIVE THESE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDED FOR DUE DILIGENCE FROM THE GREENSPACE COMMITTEE BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE ONCE IT LEAVES WITH TO DO DUE DILIGENCE IT COULD BE WEEKS IT COULD LITERALLY BE MONTHS OR EVEN OVER A YEAR FOR DUE DILIGENCE ON HOW MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE PARTICIPATING IN A PROJECT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, ALL THAT STUFF SO IT MAY SEEM AS WE WERE ON A REGULAR BASIS UNTIL IT GETS BACK TO GREENSPACE AND THEN IT'LL TAKE IT MAY TAKE A

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IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED WE I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC TOO THAT ANY WILLING LANDOWNER WHETHER THEY'RE IN COUNTY OR AN ADJACENT COUNTY CAN APPLY TO THE PROGRAM.

AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT WILL THOSE OF US WHO THE LANDS THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE MORE RURAL AND CRITICAL LANDS IS KIND OF REACHING AT SUNSET AND THIS IS THE NEW PROGRAM SO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY AND YOU KNOW IT'S ALL KINDS OF LAND FARMLAND CONSERVATION RIGHTS, RESTRICTIVE EASEMENTS ALL OF THE ABOVE CAN BE APPLIED FOR WITH A WILLING CLAIM ON WHERE TO SUBMIT. YES, MA'AM. AND I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT NUMBER BECAUSE WE ARE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS OUTSIDE OF JUST RECEIVING APPLICATIONS BECAUSE IT IS A VARIED PROGRAM.

IT IS THERE LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN IT AND THERE ARE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT THIS PROGRAM THAN THERE HAVE BEEN THROUGH RURAL AND CRITICAL.

SO WHERE I THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR HEAD WRAPPED AROUND THE STAFF IS ABOUT DEALING WITH ANYBODY WHO'S AND IF THAT WAS HELPFUL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH YES.

QUICKLY I AM RIGHT TO ASSUME THAT DUE DILIGENCE COMES OUT OF THE INDEX.

ANY TAX. OH OKAY. IT DOES.

YES, SIR. AND THAT'S APPRAISAL SURVEYS ENVIRONMENTAL THESE THINGS LIKE SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY ALL RIGHT WHO'S NEXT? THIS AFTER YOU MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS RIGHT? YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JANUARY 24TH COUNTY PARTICIPATED IN THE HUD POINT IN TIME COUNT AND I HAVE ASKED AND RAMIREZ SHE WAS THE FOR THE EVENT TO COME UP AND GIVE EACH OF YOU A BRIEF ON HOW THE EVENT WENT COULD YOU WILL SHE EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS FOR? OH YES SHE WILL.

OKAY. AND HUD IS IN RAMONA RAMIREZ, HOW ARE YOU? SO I'M COUNT AS SORT OF THROUGH HUD THAT IS A REQUIREMENT IN ORDER FOR LIKE OURS TO RECEIVE FUNDING. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS INITIATIVE HOPE HORIZONS BEING ONE OF THEM AND FAMILY PROMISE BEING AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING EXPAND BY COLLABORATION AND AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY WHO CAN WHO DOES AND WHO WILL OFFER THESE PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS PARTICIPATION AND THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS HERE TO OUR COUNTY AS MOST OF YOU KNOW WE NEED THEM TO BE THEM A SOCIAL ISSUE ON OUR STREETS AND SO A LITERAL COUNT ON ONE NIGHT A YEAR IT WILL GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WILL COUNT THE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING THIS EVENING LAST YEAR WE CONDUCTED THE IT WAS WE STILL HAD 68 VOLUNTEERS I GO OUT WITH US IN THE RAIN AND WE SEALED A COUNT OF 65 WHICH IS AMAZING FROM A PREVIOUS COUNT OF 17 AMONG SEVEN COUNTIES. BEAUFORT I BELIEVE HAD A VERY LOW LAST YEAR WITH 65 THIS YEAR THE NUMBERS ARE NOT BACK YET. I HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEM BUT WE DO HAVE PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONAL COUNT 80 BUT THAT'S 80 INDIVIDUALS THAT INTERACTED SAID I WAS NOT IN BECAUSE AGAIN IT RAINING THIS YEAR AS WELL AND THESE ARE ASKED TO NOT GO OUT INTO

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SO WE DID EMPLOY A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS YEAR. WE DID A LOT OF WORD OF MOUTH WITHIN OUR THE 24 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF OUR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL EMPOWERMENT COALITION AND BY WORD OF MOUTH WE SAID HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE POP UP EVENTS WHERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME TO US WE WOULD HAVE GRATITUDE GIFTS FOR YOU WHICH INCLUDED TOILETRIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION, MAYBE CONDUCT A SURVEY, IT'S NOT AN OBLIGATION. WE DID SO WE HAD A GOOD TIME FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY DOES IT WITH OUR RESIDENTS THAT NEED THAT ASSISTANCE AND THAT.

LIKE I SAID THE PRELIMINARY COUNT IS THAT THAT AGAIN DATA COLLECTION HAS ITS BARRIERS FROM PEOPLE THAT DON'T REPORT THAT WAY AND THEN YOU KNOW INDIVIDUALS THAT WE THE ACCESS OR GET ACCESS TO. ARE YOU READY FOR A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS JUST OKAY. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

NUMBER ONE IS THE COUNT AT A SPECIFIC TIME DURING THE DAY? YES, THE COUNT IS FROM DUSK TO DAWN. SO WE START ANY TIME AFTER 3:00 IS WHEN WE KIND OF TOLD EVERYONE HEY, START GETTING ALL YOUR STUFF 5:00 BECAUSE THE SUN THEN WE CAN GO INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. LAST YEAR WE WERE OUT UNTIL 2 A.M. WHEN I COULD VERIFY THAT ALL WERE NESTLED SAFELY IN THEIR HOME THE YEAR WE WERE OUT UNTIL ABOUT 1 A.M. OKAY HOMELESSNESS HAS CHANGED WHEN YOU'RE THE COUNT YOU COULD RUN INTO A FAMILY AS IN ARE THEY COUNTED AS INDIVIDUALS OR AS A FAMILY OF ONE? THEY'RE COUNTED AS INDIVIDUALS . THE WAY THAT THE SURVEY IS SET UP IS YOU DO THE SURVEY AS A FAMILY UNIT IDENTIFYING ALL THE INDIVIDUALS IN THAT UNIT. OKAY, THANK YOU.

HOW ABOUT ONLINE ANYONE ON ONLINE COUNCILMAN DAWSON OR COUNCILMAN RICH BALLAS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS RAMIREZ. APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU GUYS.

I MEAN THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT WE HAVE HAD FROM COUNCIL ARE GOING TO THE HOME ADDRESS IT BEEN I'M JUST I HAVE A QUESTION I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THEY DO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER NOT TWICE A YEAR LIKE WHEN THE WEATHER'S LIKE RIGHT OR SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN A RURAL IS HOME COUNT IS NOT STRUCTURED FOR RURAL AND TRYING TO GET A FAMILY TO TAKE IS A LITTLE HARD. IT'S CREATED TO IDENTIFY AND SHELTER FOR SHELTERS TO DO A COUNT WITH MORE EFFICIENCY BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THAT SHELTERS WOULD NORMALLY GET.

AND SO THAT'S HOW IT'S KIND OF BUILT A VERY COLD NIGHT IN JANUARY 19TH IN OUR DOORS BUT AGAIN IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RURAL THAT'S NOT HELPFUL AND THAT'S YOU KNOW HISTORICALLY WHY IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR ANY RURAL COMMUNITY TO CONDUCT TIME TO BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN HAVING SUCH A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT IN THIS WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS WITH FAMILY PROMISES AND HOPE YES WILL THEY RECEIVE FEDERAL DOLLARS PLEASE? YES I WILL FOR SURE.

PATIENT FOR THAT IS IS PARAMOUNT TO SEE HOW THEIR PROGRAMS EXISTING PROGRAMS CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS IF THEY CAN THE VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY OR YES OKAY.

YES WELL WE ALL KNOW IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY WHERE WE KNOW THE HOMELESS ARE BUT YOU KNOW I'M SURE HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON AREA HAVE THE SAME POCKETS AND WHAT WE SEE AND THE NEIGHBOR IN SOME AREAS YOU KNOW YES SIR I'M SORRY THANK YOU I AM I'M VERY HAPPY WITH FOR EACH FOR FOR A LOT OF YEARS SO EVERYTHING IS BUT IN THE WE ENVISION GO THESE ASSISTANCE FOR THE HOMELESS AND

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TOM RIDGE, HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? I'M GREAT. GOOD, GOOD.

LISTEN FOR BEING HERE QUESTION HOW MANY DID INCLUDE HILTON HEAD ON THAT COUNT? YES, YOU DID. HOW MANY ENCAMPMENTS DID YOU FIND ON HILTON HEAD? SO HILTON HEAD I PERSONALLY WITNESSED THREE SEPARATE ONES THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS OUT DOWNSTREAM THAT BUT ONES THAT I COULD I DID MOST OF IT I'M SORRY THE POPULATION EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN HILTON HEAD ARE LIVING IN VEHICLES CARS WORKING IS NO OKAY. I'VE BEEN TO ONE OR TWO OF ONE BEHIND ENCHILADAS AND ONE BY THAT WATER TOWER LONG COVE WEXFORD AND THAT AREA THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR WITH A PART OF TOO THAT WE ARE AWARE OF . YES.

YEAH. THANK YOU OKAY? GOOD.

BECAUSE I GET OUT THERE ONCE IN A WHILE MYSELF. I APPRECIATE THAT AND LISTEN AGAIN I THINK WE TALK BEFORE ENGAGES OF PRESENT DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES LIKE DISTRICT WHERE I'M AT WARD THREE WHERE THOSE IN PARTICULAR YOU KNOW I'M GETTING TO KNOW THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL WORK SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU LET US KNOW.

NO THANK YOU I K SPECIFICALLY THE WELL WAS THE AGENCY THAT DID ALL OF THE FOR HILTON HEAD AND I AND MAYBE QUINCY IS HE THE HOUSING PERSON THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT ON TO HILTON HEAD HE ACTUALLY VOLUNTEER NOW ALSO PARTICIPATE THE COUNT SO WE ARE WE'RE MAKING HEADWAY BY OPENLY BUT NEXT TIME I PLEAD YOU AND OVERLOOKED BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ON THAT COUNT WITH YOU THE NEXT TIME SO THAT IT CAN HELP YOU. I'D LIKE TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

WE ALWAYS WELCOME BACK WE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A THANK YOU I KNOW CHURCH DOWNTOWN AND BOX AND IT'S EMPTIED EVERY EVERY DAY

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[8. PRESENTATION BY THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY]

SO I HAVE TWO TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT. ONE, I NEED TO DO A BETTER OF COMING TO YOU ALL AND TALK ABOUT WHAT GOOD THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF LOW COUNTRIES DO AND WHAT GOOD INVESTMENT WE ARE AND THAT WE ARE DOING MANY GOOD THINGS OR SO MUCH GOOD IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING. WE'RE REALLY REALLY I THINK FOR THE BEST HIGHER EDUCATION INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTRY WE DO THE MOST FOR THE LEAST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO TO PEOPLE BEHIND ME I'M TO VICE BEHIND ME LORI LAURA WHAT IS YOUR NAME? LAURA LAURA. LAURA DUKES AND OTHERWISE IS MARY DECLAN'S AND MARY LOUISE IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HER INITIATIVE THAT'S SO VERY, VERY BADLY NEEDED IN THE LONG TERM. I THINK THAT SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF GOOD GOOD GOUGE AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE GOOD QUESTIONS THAT SO MARY THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR HAVING I'M PART OF THIS TEAM IS NOT ONLY MYSELF AND DR.

GOLF AND LAURA DUKES WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS BUT MR. JOHN O'TOOLE WHO'S WITH US HERE TOO TODAY ALSO I HAVE SIX SLIDES HERE NEXT WE ARE HERE GLOVER PORT WHERE WE DO THAT WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AS TO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE OF OF THAT LITTLE OLD CLIENT MISSION.

OUR CLIENTS ARE STUDENTS GIVING STUDENTS THE EDUCATION THAT THEY CAN ADVANCE THEIR ADVANCED FUTURES BY EARNING HIGHER INCOMES AND SERVING SERVING THE REGIONAL ECONOMY BY WORKING WITH GROUPS LIKE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. AND OTHERS TO PROVIDE THE WORKFORCE AND TRAINING FOR BUSINESS RETENTION, BUSINESS EXPANSION AND NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF THOSE SLIDES IN PARTICULAR THAT MIDDLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S NURSING GRADUATING CLASS ARE JUST RENAMING THE AREA AND DOWN AT THE END MY RIGHT THAT IS SHE GRADUATED ABOUT 400 STUDENTS ANNUALLY AT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY WATERFRONT PARK HERE IN BEAUFORT.

OH, OKAY. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

WE'RE TARGETED LIKE ALL COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF LOW COUNTRY EXISTS TO SERVE OUR NEEDS TO SERVE OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

91% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LOW COUNTRY RESIDENTS AND ABOUT 18% OF THOSE ARE ACTIVE DUTY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN ALL WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 4000 STUDENTS.

WE'RE THE LARGEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE AREA THAT'S IN CREDIT NONCREDIT WORKFORCE TRAINING LOCAL RELEVANT 94% OF OUR GRADUATES WILL GO INTO JOBS RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN AND HILTON HEAD AND BROWNING AND OUR

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WE IDENTIFIED PROGRAMS THAT ARE NEEDED NOW TO EXPAND BUT ARE ALSO EMERGING PROGRAMS. THIS IS THIS IS NOT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER.

IT WILL BE DONE WITH THE BRAIN TRUST OF THIS COMMUNITY AND RONALD JUAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT CONVERSATION. TOTAL PROJECT IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 26 MILLION. THAT'S ALL IN THAT'S ALSO STARTUP SMALL WARES STARTUP COSTS CONSTRUCTION COSTS WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE MORE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $20 MILLION SIDESTEPPING AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN AN EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 2016 IN 2016 THAT ESTIMATED COST WAS 16 MILLION. THE LONGER WE WAIT THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT GETS FOR YEARS. AND THIS IS THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR FOR NOW FROM THE TIME THAT FUNDING IS SECURE AND IT WILL BE FOUR YEARS UNTIL THAT DOOR IS OPEN.

PART OF THAT IS A YEAR TO GO THROUGH WHERE A STATE TO COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION APPROVAL THE STATE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR APPROVAL THE JOINT BOND AUTHORITY IF WE DON'T BOND FOR APPROVAL THAT TAKE UP TO 18 MONTHS ONCE THAT APPROVAL IS SECURE THEN WE GO

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WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE INDUSTRY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORTHY WORTHY OF YOUR INVESTMENT IN CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT REQUEST REQUEST OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO SECURE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT BY JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR SO THAT THE ARTHUR E BROWN REGIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER IS OPEN AND OPERATIONAL BY 2027 IF NOT SOONER.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S RUNWAY FOR THIS KIND OF THIS KIND OF EFFORT.

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST 20 MILLION LAST YEAR WITH THE SUPPORT OF MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION, THE STATE PROVIDED LOCATION WITH COUNTY LEADERSHIP.

THE STATE PROVIDED $10 MILLION TOWARDS THE TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION CONVERSATION WITH COUNTY LEADERSHIP WAS COOPERATION CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THIS HAPPENS THE COLLEGE WE HAVE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE AND WE HAD THIS MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET LAST WEEK AND THE COLLEGE HAS IS SETTING ASIDE TWO 2.5 MILLION TOWARDS THE TOWARDS THE BUILD AND WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL FOR THE REMAINING NEED AS SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION SO WE CAN GET THAT 20 MILLION AND AND START THE PROCESS OF GOING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER WE TELL YOU THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SLIDES THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE CENTER IS INVESTMENT ADDING TO INVESTMENT I USE THE TERM AND I KNOW TAB I'M USING IT INCORRECTLY BUT I'M KIND OF PLAYING WITH IT A LITTLE BIT IF OUR COUNTY INVESTS YOU'RE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS YOU'RE FOR COUNTY INVEST IN BID FOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT DRIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE HERE IN OUR AREA WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE AND ATTRACT AND INCENTIVIZE OUR GRADUATES THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COME IN TO EDUCATE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING LOCALLY THERE NEEDS TO BE JOBS THAT ARE BE FINANCIALLY REWARDING HAVE FUTURES WITH THEM WE CAN'T HAVE THOSE JOBS. DO YOU EVER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP CAN ONLY DO ITS JOB IF THERE IS HERE WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR THOSE BUSINESSES TO COME IN WE CAN'T TALK THEORY ABOUT IT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SEE IT TOUCH IT LOOK AT IT KNOW THAT IT'S REAL WE CAN'T JUST ABLE AND TALK ABOUT IT IN THEORY FOR US TO ATTRACT THESE BUSINESSES AND THESE INDUSTRIES THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING IT. I HAND THIS OVER NOW TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE'S GOING TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS CURRENT INITIATIVES GOING ON WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU'RE AN INVESTOR IN BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU'RE INVESTOR IN THE BATH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND OH OUT HOW WE ARE SYNCHRONIZED AND COLLABORATIVE AND HOW THAT INVESTMENT BUILDS ON YOU AND CHAIR AND COUNTY COUNCIL AND THEN WOMEN. I THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME TODAY CITING ART TO ME BECAUSE THIS IS THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTY AND THE STATE TO BE FRANK WE HAVE ALREADY AS YOU KNOW, CREATED AND INVESTED A LOT IN OUR CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM. IT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S FIRST BOUGHT HERE AT THE MATHER CAMPUS. WE 53 STUDENTS HAVE IT IN THE SPRING. WE ALREADY HAVE TWO OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED IN REMOTE

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THESE ARE THINGS TO INTRODUCE INTO THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE CENTER.

THEY ARE INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING THIS WILL ENHANCE ABILITY TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE TO OUR INDUSTRIES THAT ARE COMING HERE. IT ALSO WILL ENHANCE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SUCH AS ATTRACTION . WE WANT TO LOOK AT COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION. WE WANT ADD MECHATRONICS WHICH WILL KIND OF ALL JUST ALLOW US TO TEACH SYSTEMS THAT INVOLVES COMPUTERS AS WELL THE APPLICATIONS INVOLVED IN REBUILDING THINGS LIKE A ROBOT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CPG THAT IS A WIDE FIELD WE ARE AT TYPICAL PEAK ROBOT TECHNICIAN BECAUSE THAT IS NOW WHAT IS NECESSARY IN OUR WAREHOUSES ALONG WITH YOU KNOW AS YOU SEE YOU SEE THE LITTLE CUTE LITTLE WHITE GUYS GOING AROUND WELL THEY GET GET THEY GET HURT TOO. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CREATE PEOPLE WHO CAN FIX THAT THOSE OUR DO FOR THOSE IN HOSPITAL WE ARE ALSO TAKING THAT THIRD PRONG WHICH IS OUR BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WANT TO EXPAND THAT IN THAT AREA WE ARE LOOKING LOGISTICS WHICH YOU HAVE ALL HEARD OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS IS A VERY POPULAR WE HAVE JUST PUT IT UP BUT WE WOULD SEE AN EXPANDING OVER IN OUR REGIONAL WORK CENTER THE OTHER NICE ABOUT HAVING THESE THREE PRONGS TOGETHER IN ONE BUILDING IS THEN A CAN ACTUALLY ENTER INTO ALL THREE OR PICK AND CHOOSE FROM ONE THEY CAN DO A CYBERSECURITY CERTIFICATE THEY CAN ADD AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CERTIFICATE TO THAT AND THEY CAN OPEN THEIR OWN BUSINESS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WHILE WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR LARGER INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HERE IN THE LOWCOUNTRY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY MOST OF OUR EMPLOYERS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES AND SO NEED TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND WE NEED TO CREATE MORE SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE AS WE GO FORWARD THAT'S THE BACKBONE OF THE WORKFORCE IN ANY LOCATION WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND HAPPY TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT. IF YOU LIKE TO ASK QUICK ADAM WE'RE LOOKING AS I SAID ROBOT TECHNICIAN WE'RE LOOKING AT ELECTRO TECHNICIAN THE JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN, ELECTRICAL CONTROLS MECHATRONICS AND ADVANCED THAT'S INVOLVING COMPOSITE TYPES OF WORKFORCE TRAINING AND THEN FINALLY COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR IDEAS WE HAVE COMING ON BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLEGE ITSELF. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE IN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE OVER 769. WE SEE THAT EXPANDING.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OFFER WHAT WE CAN TO ENHANCE OUR WORKFORCE.

I'M OPENING IT UP FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE. YES, MARY.

THE YOU AND I MET WITH THE DELEGATION A WHILE AGO. WHERE DO WE STAND WITH THEM BESIDES THE 10 MILLION THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING NOW, ARE THEY LOOKING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET? SO I TALKED WITH BILL KURTZMAN LAST WEEK AND THIS WAS AFTER TALKING WITH COUNCILMAN REESE AND COUNCILMEMBER SALAM YOU AND SOME OTHER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WELL REPRESENTATIVE HERR KURZMAN TOLD ME IS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE REVENUES IN THE STATE THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR.

WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT AND HE DOES NOT THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL MONEYS FROM STATE. BUT I THINK THINK, YOU KNOW, CONTROL OUR COUNTRY, OUR DELEGATION WE'RE HONEST WE DON'T ASK FOR WHAT WE DON'T NEED.

WE'RE NOT IF THEY BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHTING WITH THEM ALL THE TIME ONLY WHEN IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO SO WHEN THAT OCCURS THAT IT'S THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WE CAN TAKE THEM ON HIS WORD YOU KNOW FOR FOR THAT THE 10 MILLION LAST YEAR I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SITTING THERE WAITING AROUND FOR US TO SECURE MORE FUNDS BUT NO SO HAS ANY OF THE DESIGN WORK DONE SO

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WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RAISE BETWEEN FOUR NEIGHBORS TO HELP US EVER HAPPEN WITH THAT $6 MILLION 6 MILLION AND WHEN WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE THE BUILDING OF THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH IN THOSE EARLY CONVERSATIONS IT WAS OFTEN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THE INDUSTRY PARTICIPATING AND DO YOU THE COMMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW THE THE THE INDUSTRIES ARE NOT NOR REALLY CAN THEY BE THE FINANCIAL LEADERS IN PROJECTS LIKE THAT. BUT ONCE THE COLLEGE AND COUNCIL IN THEIR COMMUNITY ONCE IT WAS KNOWN THAT THE FUNDS WERE YOU KNOW WE HAD THE FUNDS TO GO FORWARD AND START BUILDING OF CULINARY INSTITUTE THEN THEN WE HAD INDUSTRY AND IT'S WORTH MENTIONING HERE MONTAGE PALMETTO AVE $200,000 SEA PINES THE SAME US FOODS $100,000 SURGE GROUP $50,000 AND A CANTEEN NEWS THAT SUPPORT CONTINUES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING THE FUNDS TO YOU KNOW THE TYPE OF FUNDING TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION THAT GIVES CONFIDENCE FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES TO STEP UP JOE MINGLE DORF MINGLE DORF INCORPORATED SOME YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR AND MINGLED OUR BOARD THEY GIVEN US THE EQUIPMENT OR THE MINGLE DOOR OF HVAD THAT RIVER CAMPUS THOSE ARE LIKE YES OR NO. I KNEW A COUPLE QUESTIONS DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH COUNTY DONATED TOWARDS IT? I KNOW EXACTLY THE QUESTION 8.243 MILLION THOSE 8.2 I THINK BY THE WAY WAS PART OF A BOND PROJECT BUT IT WAS A POINT AS YEAH, YES YOU GUYS BONDED IT OR DID WE LEARN ABOUT IT? YOU BONDED? YEAH, ABOUT 5 MILLION OF THAT CAME OUT OF THE ATTACKS. SO HOW MANY YOU GAVE NUMBERS ON YOUR STUDENTS AND I SAW IN THE LAST SLIDE WITH A LOT ON THERE FOR COUNTY HOW MANY OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE FROM JASPER COUNTY ? OH, I WOULDN'T SAY MORE PERCENTAGE WISE IT WAS 12, 13, MAYBE UP TO 15. WE HAVE FOUR COUNTIES CALLED JASPER COUNTY ABOUT 20% OF OUR BEING THE LARGEST OF THOSE THREE.

RIGHT. AND I'D SAY THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE WORRIES FOR ME BEYOND COUNTY IS GETTING STUCK FOOTING THE BILL FOR JASPER COUNTY LEFT AND RIGHT RIGHT NOW THEY JUST APPROVED MORE HOME JASPER GET THIS IS ANOTHER THING WILL BRING UP THE TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUALLY PAYING FOR THE THINGS OF OUR COUNTY I'M FOR THE PROJECT AND WHY THIS IS A NEED HERE IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I KNOW IT SOUNDS GREAT WHEN WE SAY SEA PINES AND TO GO OFF DONATED MONEY. OF COURSE THEY WANTED TO THEY WANT THE AREA TO CONTINUE TO GROW BECAUSE THEY MAKE A TON OF MONEY OFF THAT. SO THAT DOESN'T ME AS MUCH BUT

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BEAUFORT ACTUALLY WE ALWAYS DO. THEY'RE ASKED TO EVERY YEAR FOR THAT THEY WERE ASKED FOR FOR THE CULINARY WE HAVE A MEETING WELL WE'VE GOT WE REQUESTED A MEETING BUT WHERE WE REALLY SEE JASPER COMING IN JASPER JOHN LEADER JASPER IS A GOOD FOLLOWER AND WE SEE THAT 6 MILLION BEING A CONTRIBUTION JASPER JASPER DOES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

SO WE THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING RESONATE TO THIS. CAN WE BE CONFIDENT IF WE WAIT FOR JASPER TO BUILD THIS BUILDING WE WON'T HAVE THIS BUILDING IF WE BUILD THE BUILDING AND THEN ASK JASPER TO CONTRIBUTE TO 6 MILLION WE THINK WE WILL.

I THINK THEY AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE ANSWER I FIGURED WE CAN GET .

THAT'S WHERE I STEPPED BETWEEN THE ROCK AND A HARD PLACE BECAUSE WE GET PUT IN THE SAME POSITION EVERY TIME YOU DO IT IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET DONE. SO WE GOT TO PUT IT ON THE BURDEN OF OUR TAXPAYERS TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN FOR THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

THE FACT MATTER IS THEY JUST APPROVED 4000 HOMES AND THE VIEW OF IT SO WE'RE THE ONES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPLY TO A FIFTH OF THOSE HOMES EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE COLLECTING THE TAX BASE OF THE HOMES AND SELL FOR PROPERTY TAXES. SO THIS IS WHERE I GET STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK A HARD PLACE WITH PROJECTS LIKE THESE I LOVE TO I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THERE SHOULD BE MULTIPLE OUTLETS FOR EDUCATION FOR YOUR INSTITUTION TECHNICAL COLLEGE OR EVEN SCHOOLS. THIS COUNTRY WASN'T BUILT ON PEOPLE JUST GOING TO FOUR YEAR DEGREE UP SO IT'S GOING TO CRASH AND BURN. SO I'M ALL FOR IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SAME PUSH CONSCIOUS YOU NOT JUST YOU GUYS BUT ALL THESE JULIETTE COMPANIES THE SAME PUSH TOWARD THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AS WELL SO THAT THAT IS A BIG CONCERN OF MINE TO BE HONEST AND THIS ONE TOWARDS THE FUTURE BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT DID EVEN DONATE THE CULINARY SCHOOL NOT TO THE CULINARY SCHOOL THEY GIVE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION THE CHALLENGE WITH THE COLLEGE AND ACTUALLY IN COUNTY COUNCIL YOU FEEL THIS TOO IS THE BIFURCATION BETWEEN BY VIEW FOR COUNTY FOR HIM AND IT'S IT WOULD BE NO REVELATION THAT ACTIVITY THAT WE DO IN BEAUFORT COUNTY AND OTHER CAMPUSES IN COUNTY CARRY THE DAY AND SUPPORT WHAT WE DO IN HAMPTON AND AND COLLEGE IN COUNTIES THAT'S JUST THE ECONOMICS OF IT RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUT THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE THAT CHALLENGE THE SAME WAY COUNCIL AS WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE ABOUT THE ABOUT THE HOUSING THEY LOVE AND ACTING HERE THOUGH AND NOT KNOW TO TELL YOU ALBERS I MAY BE A BIT NAIVE BUT YOU HAVE PULLED YOU HAVE MINTO GROUP THEY'RE BUILDING THESE HOUSES I NEVER CONTRIBUTE NOW THEY THEY DO IN SMALL WAYS THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING BUILD A BUILDING BY ITSELF TO GIVE MONEY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THE BUILDING THEY DO YEAH THEY DO YEAH AND THOSE WOULD BE THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE BE TO THAT'S WHY I USE THE CULINARY SCHOOL AS AN EXAMPLE. DO YOU KNOW WINSTON INDUSTRY KNOWS WHERE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SERVING THAT INDUSTRY YOU KNOW THEN THAT YOU KNOW BRIAN ESPOSITO ESPOSITO DO YOU KNOW HE'S HE'S COMING ON OUR BOARD THE MORE THE THE MORE THEY SERVING THEIR INDUSTRY THE MORE THEY STEP IN TOWARDS TOWARDS US. AND THAT'S JUST LIKE HAPPENED WITH THE CULINARY SCHOOL WE'RE HOW WITH THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING AND IF I MAY THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS THOSE DEVELOPERS WE'RE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, AC COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION, THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WILL BE MORE APPEALING TO THEM AND HOPEFULLY INCREASE THEIR DONATIONS. WELL I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BIG DEVELOPERS WELL THE ONES THAT MOVIMIENTO THAT ARE BUILDING 9000 HOMES YEAH WELL I YOU KNOW NOT NO SHOULD I FORGET AND I HOPE THEY'RE SOUTHEASTERN SOUTHEAST DEVELOPMENT CORP WHICH IS THE MONSTER THEY OWNED THE LAND WHERE THE CULINARY SCHOOL IS THEY DID NOT GIVE IT TO FREE BUT WE GOT IT AT AN EXCEPTIONAL DISCOUNT SOUTHEASTERN IS THE DEVELOPER OF ALL THE KROGERS MARK STEIN AND THEIR NAME MAY HAVE CHANGED A LOT ALONG THAT 17 CORRIDOR IS OWNED BY SOUTHEASTERN BUT WE WILL WE WILL BE ASKING AND WE'LL BE ASKING ALL THAT WE DO

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COUNCILMAN GLOVER THE THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRMAN HOME CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU MAY THINK.

I REALLY DO LOVE AND I WOULD SAY THAT EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND YOU HAVE COME BEFORE US YOU'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE, WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOUR VISION OF CULINARY PROGRAM IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT AND WE WERE I WAS A PART OF THAT THIS CONVERSATION ABOVE THE BUILDING THAT YOU TALKING ABOUT NOW I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO PUTTING IT THAT SITE AND I WAS REALLY WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO COME BEFORE YOU KNOW NOW YOU HAVE BEEN BEFORE SO YOU KNOW THE QUESTION AND EVEN WITH THE COUNCIL AND TRYING TO CREATE THE AVENUE TO ASSIST IN THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW CAN WE DO IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A YEAR WITH TWO OR THREE YEAR YEARS BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL LATER AND THE BILLS WILL HAVE TO BE PAID SO YOU MAY BE STARTING NOW AND THEN OVER A PERIOD OF TIME HAVING THOSE AVAILABLE OVER THE ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE REQUIRE INDEED OF THE STATE IS WHAT WE HAD FOR SERIOUS THEY NEEDED A COMMITMENT THAT MONEY WAS TO BE FORTHCOMING YEAH ONCE THEY HAD THAT COMMITMENT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING AND THEY ALLOWED US TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS UNTIL WE GET TO CONSTRUCTION TWO YEARS FROM NOW YOU KNOW THE THE OTHER IS THAT I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM FUNDING. I THINK THAT'S A DONE DEAL BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT SAYING THAT MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH REQUIRED SO THAT'S MY HEART BUT WITH YOUR PROGRAM I, I CAN'T FIND A GOOD PROGRAM. YOU FIND A NOVEL IN MY COMMUNITY BUT SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND THE OTHER THING IS THAT AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DO IT BUT JUST I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SMALL BUSINESSES IS THE HEART AND I AGREE AND THERE'S A NEED FOR A LOT OF PROGRAMS PARTICULARLY IN THE BUSINESS AREA IT'S ALMOST CATERED TO THEM IN THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO YOUR CLASS FROM 9 TO 5. YEAH WHAT THEY GOT TO DO IN THE EVENING AND IN BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING MOTHERS WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW WORKING MOTHERS OUT THERE WORKING AND REALLY GOT CHILDCARE TO DEAL WITH BUT THEY CAN BE ONLINE AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OR YOU'RE DOING IT NOW SO I CAN PASS THAT INFORMATION ON. WE ARE DOING IT NOW. WE HAVE DEVELOPED CALLED WE CALL THE HYBRID FLEX CLASSES WHICH ARE NEW MODALITY IN WHICH THERE CAN BE A CLASSROOM IN WHICH IS INSTRUCTOR STANDING THAT CLASSROOM IS ZOOMED THE SAME TIME AT THAT TIME FRAME OF SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING FOR STUDENTS YOU CAN WATCH FROM HOME.

WE ALSO RECORD THAT CLASS AND THEN WE UPLOAD IT TO THE INTERNET OVERNIGHT SO THAT THOSE STUDENTS WHO CANNOT COME TO CLASS OR CANNOT BE THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME HAVE ACCESS TO THE CLASS AND SO THEY CAN DO IT AT THEIR LEISURE. IT'S ALSO FABULOUS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO MISS CLASSES. OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT TRADITIONAL.

THEY HAVE CHILDCARE, THEY HAVE ILLNESS, THEY HAVE SICK PARENTS, THEY HAVE CAR TROUBLE AND WE KNOW THAT. AND SO ALLOWS THOSE STUDENTS TO CATCH UP AT NIGHT AND ANY STUDENT MOST OF OUR CLASSES ARE NOW SHIFTING TO THAT MODE. WE DO HAVE JUST PURELY ONLINE CLASSES BUT WE DO FIND THAT ARE SOME LEARNERS WHO REALLY BENEFIT FROM HAVING THAT CLASSROOM OPPORTUNITY BE IT VIA ZOOM OR VIA ARE WATCHING IT ONLINE.

THEY BENEFIT FROM THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE INSTITUTED STARTED IN CYBERSECURITY INTERESTINGLY AND IT MOVED ACROSS THE CAMPUS I WOULD PASS IT ON AND I WOULD ADD TO THEM OVER THAT MY COMMITMENT IS TO MAXIMIZE OR WE CAN EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AND COME AFTER WORK AND COME ON AND GET THAT HANDS ON COMPONENT THAT THEY YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIRMAN AND I HAVE A QUESTION. I'LL LET HIM GO AHEAD OF ME.

GO AHEAD. I WANT MADAM CHAIRMAN, I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF.

I'LL WAIT. GO AHEAD, RICHARD. LAURA IN BERRY LEE, FIRST

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IT WAS ON AN ECONOMIC ONLY PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, DEAR BILL THESE BUSINESSES PURPOSE ETC.. ONE THING FOR COUNTRY AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT FOR THIS THAT CAN PUT YOU ON THE MAP ON WHAT WE CAN TRAIN PEOPLE RETENTION AND RATE. I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT AGAIN IS LEFT FRUIT AND GONE PLEASE.

WE SERVE THE PUBLIC TO GO ABOUT THAT IN THIS PROGRAM OPRAH AT LEAST THE GIST THING WE DONE WAS HOUSING SIX PERCENT OR SO AS CHAIRMAN THERE WAS DONE IN THE WAY ATTRACT EACH JUVENILE IN THE HERE.WE JUST A MATCH AND MOST THE SARAH WHITE YOU WERE APPROPRIATE YEARS AND WE THINK THAT GETTING TRAINED TO THE EMPLOYERS THAT WERE AND I THINK THIS KIND OF YOU RESPOND QUICKLY TO THE NEED AND LUCK BEEN QUICK TO RESPOND BUT WE DO THINK THAT FOR ITS BOARD HERE ARE GOING TO HELP BEAUFORT AND WE ALSO THINK REGIONALLY I KNOW THE CHAIRMAN AS WELL AND I THINK COUNCIL DOES AS WELL GOING TO BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.

SO IT'LL AGAIN HAVE US IN THE FORE AS A REGIONAL LEADER. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND HAPPY TO SPEAK ON IT AND IF IF AT SOME POINT YOU WANT US TO BRING EMPLOYERS IN TO TALK ABOUT THEIR THEIR NEEDS WE'D BE HAPPY DO THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS

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RIGHT. SO TO EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS IN NORTHERN COUNTY THEY WILL ALSO EXPAND IN SOUTHERN VIEW FOR AND THE 700 AND IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM DUAL ENROLLMENT FANTASTIC MEANS OUR COUNTIES SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEEDS IN HAMPTON COUNTIES PARTICIPATES IN THAT NOW DO THEY DO AND YEAH SO OH ASK OUR CHAIRMAN WHAT'S AFTER THIS BRIEFING THAT WE GOT FROM THEM. WELL WE HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW WE COME UP WITH $7 BILLION.

OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT MEANS AND METHODS CAN WE DO AND THAT WILL BE A BIG DISCUSSION AND IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S ONE AND IT'S SORELY IF WE WANT TO BE WHAT WE WANT TO BE THIS IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR ALL OF YOU.

WE KNOW THAT INDUSTRY IS COMING. WE KNOW THE TRAINED INDIVIDUALS YOU KNOW I HAVE A YOUNG MAN GO THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND HE YOU WOUND UP ON LIFE DETENTION.

HE WAS THAT BAD STUDENT. HE KNEW THAT HE NEEDED A JOB AND WENT FOR PLUMBING.

HE CAME BACK AND HE DID THE SCHOOL PROJECT AND HE SAID I FOUND OUT THE DIRTIER YOU DIRTIER YOU GET MONEY YEAH IF IF CAN COUNCILMAN LOGAN JUST TO I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COLLEGE AND MY COLLEAGUES HERE THE WE AS WE HAVE ALWAYS HAVE WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS MEET AND WE WILL ALWAYS ASK THOSE THOSE NEIGHBORING COUNTIES SOMETHING THEY FIND WITH THE CULINARY SCHOOL AND THIS WITH THE STATE .

YOU KNOW BEFORE COUNTY COUNCIL WAS THE LEADER MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

WE ASKED THE STATE AND ASKED THE STATE THEY DID NOT CONTRIBUTE ONCE ONCE THEY SAW IT HAPPENING THEY WANTED TO BE A PART IT AND THEY GAVE THREE AND A HALF MILLION AND THINK THAT'S SOME ARE EARLY LEADERS AND OTHERS ARE ADAPTERS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THIS ALSO AND I THINK PARTICULARLY JASPER COUNTY MORE SO WITH HEARTY BILL I KIND OF THINK OF HEARTY BILL MORE THAN I THINK A JASPER COUNTY IS IS BEING ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS. AND IF I MAY, COUNCILMAN REESE ,ARE THE FUN FACT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT OR WE HAD AT LUNCH THAT NUMBER 72% THANK YOU KNEW I REMEMBER THAT THANK YOU YEAH AND I APPRECIATE IMPORTANT IS IN THIS THIS IS A NATIONAL THIS IS A NATIONAL STATISTIC 850 NEW STUDENTS OR YOU KNOW 12% OF OF THEM NEW TO THE LOCAL REGION AS STUDENTS OR WE CAN KEEP A LOCAL STUDENT FROM COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT GOING INTO THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE A LOW COUNTRY AND THEN ENSUE A JOB HERE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO WE IF WE CAN TRACK A NEW ONE AND WE HAVE A 72% CHANCE OF BEING HERE THAT IS WHY WE NAMED THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH

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SO THAT'S WHY I WAS WE LOOK AT WORKFORCE IS AND THERE'S A LOT TO THE PIPELINE AND LAUREN I JUST I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME PART OF THIS IS AND WE'RE TALKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH INDUSTRIES THAT WE NEED TO SHOW OUR LOCAL STUDENTS THE THE HEALTHY JOBS, THE HEALTHY CAREERS THAT HERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL WE REALLY AWARE OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES NOW.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO IN NINTH, 10TH AND 11TH GRADE TO TAKE THEM ON THOSE TRIPS. YOU KNOW, LET'S HAD CHAMBERS STARTED INITIATIVE TO THAT SO THEY CAN SEE THAT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES THERE ARE HEALTHY HEALTHY JOBS THAT THEY CAN STAY HERE THEY CAN GET THEIR TRAINING HERE AND THEY CAN STAY HERE AND WORK AND KEEP OUR WORKFORCE AS. WE CAN'T REPLACE IT. I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT CONVINCING AND I THINK THAT IT'S NEEDED OR IN FACT I 100% BELIEVE IT IS.

BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE CHAIRMAN LIKE I, I DON'T SIT VERY WELL JUST SAYING IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S NOT IF IT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO FIND $70 BILLION THAT'S NOT US DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. YES, I HAVE NO PROBLEM SEEING IF THERE'S WAYS WE CAN HELP OR HOW OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATION IS BUT.

JUST BECAUSE YOU ASK FOR SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS DOESN'T MEAN WE SAY YES $7 BILLION. GET THE CHECKBOOK OUT TO ME THAT'S ME DOING MY JOB OR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF NOT DOING THEIR JOB. SURE.

COULD WE DO IT? YES. THAT STILL HOLDING ELSE THAT'S ALL I MEAN THE STATE GAVE $10 MILLION GIVING. IT GIVES YOU FOUR COUNTIES.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO 75% OF WHAT THEY DID. I HAVE A HARD TIME BUT IT ALSO BE DONE ON THE JASPER SIDE. IT CAN ALSO BE DONE WITH THE TOWN OF HARTVILLE AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE HAPPEN WHETHER IT IS US TALKING TO THEM AND ADVOCATING YOU TO GET THAT DONE. I THINK THE PROJECT'S GREAT EVERY TIME.

IF WE JUST SAID YES EVERY TIME SOMEBODY WALKED IN WITH A GREAT IDEA THEY'D BE BLOWN THROUGH TAX DOLLARS LEFT AND RIGHT. SO I WANT TO GET THE PROJECT DONE BUT I THINK THAT US UP DOING OUR JOB AND GOING THROUGH THE EYES AND NOT THE TS VICE VERSA THAT'S THE PROPER THING FOR US TO DO. I MEAN PRESENTATION'S GREAT. THE MATERIAL IS GREAT.

THE PRODUCT IS GREAT BUT I MEAN NOT TO GET TOO POLITICAL BUT SO THE UN WHY WE THAT YOU SHOULD IT'S UNITED BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN REALLY USE THEM SO I MEAN I JUST THINK THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HEALTHY AND NEED TO BE HAD AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE A NOD OF THE HEAD YES TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND GET IT DONE. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT BREAK GROUND. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FUNDING BE THERE AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL FOLLOW AND. BUT THE DOMINO EFFECT IT CAN COME FROM MORE THAN ONE LOCATION AND MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN TO GET THIS DONE.

WELL, OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AS WE WILL MAKE THAT ASK WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO BRING THAT AND JUST MOVE ON FOR THIS PROJECT OR OTHER COMMITMENT TO YOU AS THIS PROJECT IS SEVEN A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY I GUARANTEE IT'LL BE THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT REVIEW FOR COUNTY ALONE WE WANT TO PROVE THAT TO YOU WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS AND THEN YOU GET THAT BACK ALMOST RIGHT AWAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THIS ISN'T IT? YES, IT IS.

I DO WANT TO SEE THAT SO YOU KNOW THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'VE TWO MORE ITEMS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU THE FIRST ONE. I THINK THIS WAR IS GOING TO COME UP AND TALKED THIS IS

[9. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO CONVEY A PORTION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY WITH TMS NO. R510 005 000 0329 0000, LOCATED ON BEACH CITY ROAD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND]

SORT OF SO I'M SURE LET'S LET HER TALK A LITTLE BIT AND LET'S SEE IT THAT'S AND WE NEED TO OPEN UP. ALL RIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE A SECOND SECOND QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

OKAY, GOOD. WHO ACTUALLY FOUND THE DISCREPANCY AT?

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THERE WAS A DRIVEWAY LOCATED ON THIS PROPERTY. IT WAS IN REVIEW.

I STAFF IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVEWAY WAS IN FACT THERE PRIOR TO OUR CLOSING OUR ORIGINAL AND THAT ORIGINAL CLOSING DATE OCCURRED TO EITHER ONE OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS A CLEAN UP SO TO SPEAK. YEAH, THAT OBJECTION THIS WILL GO THROUGH WILL GO FORWARD.

[10. RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO PURCHASE (1) NEW 36 PASSENGER BUS MODEL: STARCRAFT ALLSTAR XL]

IT DOES NEED TO GO IS AN ORDINANCE OKAY? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. LAST ON THE AGENDA IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF PURCHASE A 30 PASSENGER BUS IMPACT THAT WOULD BE THE MOST ON THE TABLE.

OKAY, YOU SHOULD COME FORWARD. OKAY. NO, PUT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. THE COST IS $188,760 AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

DID YOU MAKE THAT IN FORM OF A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL THINK IN THE SECOND ONE IS SEVEN IT ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOUR. OKAY I THINK WAS THE OFFICER WAS VERY NERVOUS BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR FILING SUCH A NICE VEHICLE RENT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT SAID WELL AS THE SENIORS GO IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES AND STILL SO YES SIR YEAH AND THANK THE SEVEN IT HAS QUESTION YES SO JUST THE THE THAT DOESN'T GIVE ME WARM AND FUZZY FEELING BUT AGAIN WHEN WE MOVED TO THE WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS WHY WOULD WE DO IT NOW? WELL WE NEED IT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT KNOW SO I THINK THE PREVIOUS BUS WAS NOT PURCHASED IN 2002 BUT IS IT 2002? IT WAS WE HAVE TWO OF THEM. THEY WERE BOTH USED VEHICLES, NOT VERY GOOD QUALITY. WE SAVED A LOT OF WE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE PURCHASED THOSE BUT THEY HAVEN'T TURNED OUT TO BE SERVICEABLE. ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN REASONABLY IN SERVICE. THE OTHER HAS BEEN IN SHOP THAN WE'VE HAD IT.

SO WE CAN GET RID OF BOTH OF THOSE VEHICLES FROM A FLEET WHETHER WE REPURPOSE THOSE, TELL THEM ITEMS AT THIS POINT OUR SENIOR SERVICES REALLY NEED A RELIABLE VEHICLE USE AND THIS IS GOING TO GET US THERE AND MR. CUNNINGHAM REMINDED ME WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THIS THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET YOU TO TCO FOR THE CDL DRIVING PROGRAM THAT SHE CAN RIDE IN IT THAT'S A CLASS HE WAS A SINGLE AXLE SIX TO DRIVE AND THAT'S THE WAY I'LL DRIVE LITTLE AS YOU CAN YOU KNOW THE SENIORS THE SENIORS REALLY NEED A GOOD QUALITY VEHICLE PUTTING IN PUTTING IN THIS NEW VEHICLE. THEY NEED IT NOW. THEY NEED IT A WHILE AGO.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THIS IS GREAT HERE IS PROGRAM IS JUST TAKING OFF LIKE CRAZY AND HELPS AND WILL. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE OBJECTION THIS WILL GO FORWARD. THANK YOU.

YES TO COUNSEL. WHAT DID YOU SAY, MR. GENERAL. YEAH, OKAY.

I THINK IS UNDER 200. YEAH. OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PRETTY IT WAS APPROVED SO EVEN BETTER.

RIGHT SO RIGHT. THANK ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND WE WILL RECONVENE FOR CALLING COUNSEL.

THANK YOU. THANK 000

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