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[I. CALL TO ORDER]
MORNING FOR OUR MARCH 7TH, 2024 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING.CHAIRMAN COUNCILMAN FRED HAMILTON, DAN WOOD, DOUG MCGILL, PRESENT, MAC JAMES GWYN CHAMBERS.
DAN IS POLITE AND GRACE STAPLES PRESENT.
[1. FY 2024 Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update (Part 1 of 2)]
YOU PLEASE GIVE US, UM, ANY UPDATES ON ALL THE NEW BUSINESS? YES, SIR.SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS OUR MEMO FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BUDGET UPDATE.
AS OF MARCH 7TH, 2024, THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 WAS ADOPTED AT $290,000.
AS OF FEBRUARY 14TH, THE UPDATED BUDGET HELD A TOTAL OF $304,000.
TO DATE, 17 HOMES HAVE BEEN SERVICED FOR HOME REPAIRS SUCH AS ROOFING AND INTERIOR REPAIRS.
TOTALING 269,018 HOMES HAVE BEEN SERVICED WITH SEPTIC PUMP OUT TOTALING $7,266 AND TWO HOMES FOR TREE SERVICES TOTALING 6,180.
I DO NOT USUALLY GIVE YOU GUYS A NUMBER FOR THE OTHER SERVICES BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN THOSE.
SO THOSE ARE OUR THREE MAIN SERVICES.
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, AS OF FEBRUARY 29TH WHEN THIS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED, 37 HOMES HAVE BEEN SERVICED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND COLLECTIVELY THROUGH ALL OF THE LINE ITEMS, THE PROGRAM HAS A CURRENT BALANCE OF 17,152.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MEMO AT 37? IT'S JUST FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE 17 9 52 WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE, SO AS I STATED LAST MONTH, I AM GOING TO HOLD, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EMERGENCY REPAIRS RIGHT NOW, SO THAT 17 IS GONNA HOLD FOR ANY EMERGENCY REPAIRS SUCH AS MY RUFUS OR MY FLOOR.
I'M GETTING READY TO FALL THROUGH, SO WE ARE GONNA HOLD WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
UH, GWEN DID ASK LAST MONTH IF THERE WAS A LIST OF TOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE, AND I DID PUT THAT ON YOUR DESK.
IT'S JUST FOR, UM, OUR PURPOSES.
IT DOESN'T GO OUT, SO IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE MEMO.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 HOMES THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT TO.
OKAY? SO, UM, THOSE ARE NOT EMERGENCY, OKAY.
SO THEY CAN HOLD ON UNTIL NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO I DID GET THAT TO YOU IN YOUR PAPERWORK THERE.
SO HERE IS A, TRYING TO GET TO MY EXCEL SHEET FOR THIS NOT, HMM.
WHAT HAPPENED? OH, HERE WE GO.
OKAY, SO HERE IS OUR EXCEL SHEET WITH IT BROKEN DOWN.
SO FOR RECORD, MS. DANES, POLITE HAS JOINED US.
SO HERE'S OUR EXCEL SHEET OF WHERE EVERYTHING WENT.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
FOR RECORD, MS. GWEN CHAMBERS HAS JOINED US.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE TOP PLEASE.
[III. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA]
THE TOP.UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SO WHO SECOND.
[IV. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 1ST.[1. FY 2024 Neighborhood Assistance Program Budget Update (Part 2 of 2)]
SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE WERE.THERE IS OUR MEMO, AGAIN, 37 HOMES TO DATE, 17,152, HOLDING A BUDGET FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS ONLY.
UM, GINA ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
YOU WANTED TO KNOW LAST MONTH AND WE HAD A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT
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THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN ESTIMATION.SO I DID INCLUDE IT IN YOUR GUYS' PACKAGE.
UM, PUBLIC IS NOT HAVE IT, SO THERE IS FIVE IN THE POTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT EMERGENCY NEEDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND HOLD THEM UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO I DID PUT THAT THERE ON YOUR DESK.
AND THEN AGAIN, BACK TO THE EXCEL SHEET WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
JUST GONNA SHOW YOU WHERE EVERYTHING LEAVES US.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS OF SPENDING? I DO WANT TO THROW IN THERE.
I MET WITH, UH, SAVE THE SHUTTERS, WHICH IS A, A LOCAL NONPROFIT, UM, REPAIR SERVICE THAT JUST STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
SO WE GET, UM, SOME BIG CALLS IN FOR REPAIRS THAT WE CANNOT TOUCH BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S BIGGER THAN OUR POCKET CAN HOLD.
SO I AM GONNA START WORKING WITH THEM.
I DON'T LIKE TO GIVE THE ANSWER.
NO, I DO KIND OF LEAVE IT OPEN.
SO THEY ARE GUESSING WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I NEED TO FIX THAT COMMUNICATION.
SO I'M GONNA START PASSING OUR BIG PROJECTS ON TO SAVE THE SHUTTERS BECAUSE WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND 50, $60,000 ON A HOME AND THEN WE GO BACK AND DRAWING BOARD.
SO I'M GONNA PASS THAT OVER TO SAVE THE SHUTTERS.
THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, AGENCY THAT, UM, HAS FUNDS.
THEY NEED HELP WITH CONTRACTORS.
SO MAYBE WE CAN PARTNER IN THAT WAY.
BUT IT IS THE, UM, BLACK BEAUFORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO THEY HAVE USDA FUNDS, THEY HAVE FUNDS TO REPAIR HOMES ALSO.
SO THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER AVENUE.
AND I CAN GIVE YOU THAT CONTACT INFORMATION ALSO? YES.
BECAUSE I THINK THEY JUST REDID THEIR WHOLE PROGRAM.
'CAUSE I REACHED OUT TO THEM BEFORE AND THEY HAD, THEY REDID EVERYTHING THAT THEY, THEY FOUND.
SO THE NEXT THING THAT I HAVE IN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRY REGIONAL BOARD HAS STARTED TO BE FOR JASPER HOUSING TRUST FUND.
AND I SENT YOU THEIR MARCH NEWSLETTER THIS MORNING.
SO WHEN YOU GET TIME TO KIND OF LOOK OVER THAT.
OUR LOVED AND REPRESENTATIVE IS COURTNEY HANSON FROM LOVETON SELF HELP.
BUT I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THEY HAD A RFP OUT FOR HOME REPAIRS.
UM, I DID SPEAK TO THEM TO SEE IF WE WERE ABLE, WE AS AN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS TO OUR ADDITIONAL MONEY.
AND WE ARE, I WOULD JUST HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF WHEN IT COMES TIME TO THE VOTING PROCESS.
SO CHARLOTTE AND I ARE WORKING ON, UM, PUTTING THOSE ANSWERS IN THIS, UM, ON OUR BEHALF TOGETHER TO SUBMIT TO THEM FOR EXTRA FUNDS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND HOPEFULLY, UM, FINGERS CROSSED TO CROSSED, I CROSSED THAT'LL BE EXTRA FUNDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL.
SO I NOTICED WHAT YOU SENT US THIS MORNING.
IT WAS, UH, TODAY WAS THE DEADLINE.
THEY'RE DOING SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO TODAY'S DEADLINE WAS FOR RENTAL HOMES OR DEVELOPERS THAT WANNA LOOK AT DOING RENTAL HOMES.
SO THEY HAVE, UM, RENTAL HOMES, THEY HAVE, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT'S WANNA COME, COME IN AND THEN NOW THE HOME REPAIR.
SO THEY'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE WORKING ON THREE DIFFERENT AVENUES OF FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE CENTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT? UM, IF GUESS EACH YES.
HOUSING CAN APPLY FOR, FOR HOME REPAIRS.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCORED AND RANKED ACCORDING TO THE SCORING CRITERIA SET FORTH.
APPLICANTS CAN REQUEST UP TO THE LESSER OF 150,000 OR 9,000 PER HOMEOWNER ASSISTED EACH HOMEOWNER.
EACH HOMEOWNER HOUSEHOLD MUST HAVE INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 60% OF IMMEDIATE INCOME.
UM, AND THIS IS YOU, UKRAINE AND JASPER COUNTY? YES.
DOES IT INCLUDE MOBILE HOMES THAT I DID NOT ASK, WHICH IS A GOOD QUESTION.
'CAUSE ALL, ALL THAT WE USUALLY WORK WITH IS MOBILE HOMES.
BUT I, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A, UM, OR CRITERIA, UH, CUTOFF OR MOBILE.
DOES THAT, UH, EXCLUDE THE CITY OR, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE NONPROFIT
WELL, YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S OBVIOUS.
WE, THE GOVERNMENT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT YEAH, IT'S, IT IS MEANT TO INCLUDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AS WELL.
ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT, UM, HOUSING TRUST FUND SUPPORT GOES UP TO 80% MEDIA INCOME.
SO IS THERE A REASON WHY? IS 60% ON, ON HOME REPAIRS? MM, I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY DROPPED, WHICH IS, I'M NOT SURE.
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OUT AS WELL.YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, KEVIN? I, I I DO NOT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE WE'VE BEEN SPENDING FOR LONG GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.
SO CHARLOTTE AND I KIND OF, AND I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR PACKET 'CAUSE I APOLOGIZE.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE OFFICE, BUT I AM STARTING TO DO A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND DID YOU WRITE, SO LET ME, LET ME GET BACK TO YOU 'CAUSE I'M STILL WORKING ON THIS CHART.
I JUST HAVE BLACK AND YELLOW RIGHT NOW.
SO LET ME FINISH WORKING ON IT AND I'LL SEND IT OUT TO YOU.
I JUST PULLED THAT DOWN FROM EUNICE AND I AM WORKING ON THAT.
'CAUSE I WAS A QUESTION FROM LAST MEETING AS WELL.
SO I WILL GET THAT TO YOU BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS TOMORROW.
YES, YOU ANSWERED IT, BUT I, IT WENT OVER MY HEAD.
YOU CAN GET UP TO $150,000 OR $9,000 PER HOMEOWNER ASSIST.
IS THAT, UM, IF A HOUSE NEED $150,000 WITH REPAIR, IS THAT ELIGIBLE? SO THE PROGRAM ITSELF, WE CAN GET ONE 50.
SO THEN EACH HOMEOWNER WILL THEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ARE APPLYING FOR, I PUT 10, I'M PUTTING 10 HOMES WILL BE ASSISTED THROUGH THESE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GETTING.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S IN THE POT, HOW MANY APPLICANTS APPLY, AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE.
AND WHEN WILL THEY ANNOUNCE? SO THIS APPLICATION IS OPEN UNTIL THE 28TH OF MARCH.
WHAT IS THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING WITH? WHAT, OOH, WHAT ARE WE HOLDING? I THINK WE JUST DID, UM, THE SENIOR ASSISTANT LIVING OVER IN BEAUFORT AND THAT WAS A BIG POT.
YOU GUYS ARE ASKING ME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT FOR.
I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A NOTE.
SO LET ME FIND OUT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE STILL HOLDING IN THE BEAVERT JASPER.
YOU ARE GIVING ME SOME HOMEWORK FOR APRIL.
WHERE DOES THE FUNDING FOR THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT COMES FROM THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES? BLUFFTON, HILTON, HEAD PORT ROYAL CITY OF BEAUFORT, TOWN OF BEAUFORT, HARDY MILL, ALL OF THE A-M-C-A-M-C, ALL THE EIGHT MUNICIPALITIES PUT INTO THE POT DEPENDING ON THEIR, UH, ON THEIR BUDGETS OF WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE.
SO ALL THE TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT GIVING THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT.
THERE'S A, UH, CRITERIA TO PUTTING INTO THE POT ON A YEARLY BASIS.
SO LIKE THIS UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE, THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS CONTRIBUTING, I THINK IT'S ABOUT $63,000 THAT WILL GO TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
SO EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY WILL GO INTO THAT POT.
AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE'VE COMMITTED FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FOR A TOTAL OF 10 YEARS, UH, TO, TO FUND IT.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF WE, WE GOT THIS MONEY, WOULD THIS GO INTO THAT FUND OR WOULD IT BE HELD SEPARATELY? THE, THE, THIS MONEY RIGHT HERE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HOME REPAIR.
SO IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE USING THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE USING TOWN FUNDS FOR OUR NORMAL HOME REPAIR, BUT THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY APPLY FUNDS FROM THE REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND TO ASSIST US SO THAT WAY WE CAN HELP MORE PEOPLE WITH REPAIRS.
WE'RE STRETCHING OUR DOLLAR FURTHER, SO WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING MONEY IN AND WE'RE ALSO TAKING SOME MONEY OUT
GOOD QUESTIONS, GOOD QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS FORM? AND LIKE I SAID, I SENT YOU THE NEWSLETTER, SO IF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING DOESN'T COME OUTTA THAT NEWSLETTER, I'LL GO BACK, YOU KNOW, AND GET THE ANSWERS FOR YOU.
SO EVERY MONTH WE PUT OUT A NEWSLETTER, WHICH IS JUST MONTH NUMBER TWO.
BUT, UM, READ OVER THAT AND THEN I CAN ALSO GET THESE ANSWERS FOR YOU GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT TO US.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA GO BACK UP TO THE TOP IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE HAVE JUST PUT OUT TO DO, I AM GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO
[1. 1095 May River Road, Heather Colin, Assistant Town Manager]
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10 95.I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO KEVIN FOR A 10 95 D RIVER ROAD UPDATE.
SO, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE.
OUR, OUR PROJECT AT 10 95 MAY RIVER ROAD, UM, IT JUST RECEIVED, UH, THE D-E-C-C-C-C APPROVAL.
UH, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE LAST FEW ITEMS, IT'S EITHER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING, UM, THE, UH, BUFORD GAS FOR WATER SEWER AUTHORITY APPROVAL.
UH, ONCE WE GET THAT, THE LAST ITEM IS OUR S-C-D-O-T ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.
SO WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT CAN GENTLY PUSH THAT ONE FORWARD AND UP TO THE TOP.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE, UM, APPROVALS IN PLACE, WE CAN PROVIDE OUR, OUR, THE TALENT'S, FINAL APPROVAL, UH, TO START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, ONCE WE DO THAT, WE CAN DO A, UH, PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND PRE CLEARING NOTICE.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY, WE WILL DO SOME TYPE OF GROUNDBREAKING, UM, OF SORT, UH, THAT'S TBD AS OF RIGHT NOW.
OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU WILL BE, UM, INVITED TO THAT, UM, ONCE WE HAVE IT.
UM, AND THE ONE LAST ITEM THAT I HAVE IS, WE ARE IN NEED OF NAMES FOR THE STREETS.
UH, SO WE NEED, WE NEED NAMES FOR THE STREETS, UM, AND THEN POSSIBLE NAME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE ARE, WE'RE KIND OF STUMPED RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, BUT THEY WEREN'T REALLY RECEPTIVE.
UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST IN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOUT IT OUT RIGHT AT THIS, UH, SPLIT SECOND.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR CERTAIN NAMES THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR THEM.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO NAME THE STREETS, UM, UH, FOR 9 1 1 PURPOSES.
UH, SO ANY, ANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
TRUST ME, WE'VE TRIED EVERYTHING WITH HAMILTON
UM, WE, THERE IS A, A, UM, SUBDIVISION CALLED HAMILTON GROVE, WHICH IS ON, UH, BUCK ISLAND ROAD.
UM, SO I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE STREETS THAT ARE IN THERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, TRYING TO FIND A NAME.
SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
KEVIN, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE OF IT.
SO OUR INCENTIVE THAT WE HAVE FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO DO A AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE MATH DOESN'T WORK.
UM, AND, AND WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ONE, UM, PRIVATE DEVELOPER RIGHT NOW THAT WANTS TO DO A AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT IF, IF THEY DID RENTAL, UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY, UM, WHEN HE DOES HIS PERFORMER TO SAY, UM, IT'S WORTH, IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT.
SO WE HAVE TO FIND EITHER SOME MORE FUNDING TO HELP, UM, WITH SOME OF THE COSTS, UM, SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY IT IS 10 95 IS THAT IT'S GONNA WORK BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THE LAND.
BUT IF A PRIVATE OWNER WANTS TO DO THAT, IT IS COST EFFECTIVE TO, AND THAT'S, SO OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE OVERHAULED AT SOME POINT.
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, UM, ATTRACT MORE, UM, PEOPLE TO, TO THE TABLE.
SO I WANT YOU ANY HELP TO WORK TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND SEE HOW WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF OUR INCENTIVE, UM, OPTIONS.
GLEN ASKED LAST MONTH THAT, UH, UM, IF WE HAD ANY LAND PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE PURCHASE, UM, OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE 10 95 MAY RIVER ROAD PROJECT.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, THE, UH, ONE 18 BLUFFTON ROAD AND 180 BLUFFTON ROAD.
UM, WE OWN LAND AND WILLOW RUN.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING, THERE'S, UM, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT, UH,
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MOVING FORWARD.HOW, HOW MUCH LAND WILL HOLD ON.
UH, IT'S, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 18 ACRES, HOWEVER, UM, ONLY 10 IS UPLANDS.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
IS IS THERE OTHER PROPERTY AVAILABLE OVER THERE IN WILLOW RUN? UH, THERE, YES.
THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR SALE.
THEY'RE ON THE LARGE SCALE, LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED, ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE YOU KIND OF, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT.
THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME DISCUSSIONS, UM, BUT NOTHING SOLIDIFIED THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE, TO BE DISCUSSED IN, IN PUBLIC AT THIS TIME.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROPERTIES.
UM, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL REACH OUT TO US AND, HEY, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THAT? RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UNTIL, UNTIL ANYTHING IS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION ON IT FROM A STAFF LEVEL, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST GO, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? WHAT ABOUT THIS? UM, I, I WILL SAY, AND I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT, UM, THAT THE TOWN, UH, JUST, UM, COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF IT WAS, IT'S ONE 40 BUCK ISLAND ROAD.
THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT'S ON THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF, UH, BUCK ISLAND ROAD IN, UM, LOUGHTON PARKWAY.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM EAGLES FIELD.
UM, THAT WAS BEEN SALE IN FOR SALE FOR SOME TIME.
UM, AND THE INTENT IS MORE FOR PARK SPACE, UM, OF SOME SORT RATHER THAN, UH, NOT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, BUT IT ALSO HELPS TO TAKE OFF, UH, DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, UM, OFF OF THE BOOKS, UM, TO HELP TO, TO LESSEN THE CONS, UM, CONGESTION.
SO IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING ON A LARGER SCALE, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WILLOW ON THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, BUT THE QUESTION IS HOW IT'S FINANCED.
AND THEN, UM, AT THAT POINT I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT CHRIS FOREST, OUR, UM, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGERS, PROBABLY THE BETTER PERSON TO HELP TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
UH, I'M ON MORE ON THE PLANNING SIDE THAN THE NUMBER SIDE, SO
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN PULL UP THE LIST OF INCENTIVES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE? THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF WHAT INCENTIVES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE? UM, SO THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE SOME INCENTIVES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, AND WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON SENDING YOU A COPY OF IT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, PROVIDED OR CREATED AN ORDINANCE TO INCENTIVIZE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THERE'S A, UM, THERE'S KIND OF LIKE A TIERED APPROACH OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN RECEIVE, IN ESSENCE IT'S REBATES.
UM, SO OFF OF, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, FEES THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST LIKE A TAX ABATEMENT.
UM, SO WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT JUST RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THAT AND RECEIVED APPROVAL.
AND THAT'S IN OUR TOWN COUNCIL PACKET, WHICH WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN SEND YOU A LINK TO THAT SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE NOW THAT WAS FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT THAT'S IN THE PACKET FOR MARCH 12TH? NO, MA'AM.
THAT'S PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS PACKETS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS EITHER FEBRUARY OR JANUARY.
THAT WAS THE SECOND READING ON THAT ONE.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE? I KNOW THIS IS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT 10 95.
UM, HOW DO PEOPLE GET APPLICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ONE OF THE HOMES? SURE.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, UM, THE, THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE STATE OF MIND, UH, PARTNERS, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE THE APPLICATIONS, THEY WILL WORK WITH, UM, THE, UM, BEAUFORT HOUSING AUTHORITY AS THEIR, UH, AGENT TO HELP, TO ASSIST WITH, UM, AFFORDABILITY.
AND THEN, UM, THEY WILL, THEY WILL TAKE PEOPLE THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET THEM VERIFIED, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE AND THEN ASSIST THEM WITH THAT HOME PURCHASE.
WE'RE, WELL, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ASKING ME.
IS THERE, AND IS THERE ANYTHING, IS A GROUND BROKEN? YEAH, ALMOST.
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AUDIENCE, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN SWITCH OUR APRIL DATE SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL GRAB THEIR CALENDAR.THAT WAY WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET IT OUT OF THE WAY NOW INSTEAD OF, UM, SENDING OUT EMAILS ABOUT IT.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS SUPPOSED TO BE APRIL 4TH.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE APRIL 4TH.
ARE WE ABLE TO SWITCH TO APRIL 11TH? I WON'T BE HERE, BUT, OKAY.
I CAN, I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR
BUT I THINK I, I THINK I'LL BE HERE.
I KNOW I WON'T BE HERE THE NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS THE 17TH I THINK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE, CAN WE VOTE ON THAT NOW OR SHOULD WE, 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE TWO HOURS.
LET'S DO A VOTE ON WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
I'LL PASS IT BACK TO CHAIRMAN.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR CHANGING OUR APRIL MEETING FROM APRIL 4TH TO APRIL 11TH.
BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF I SAYING A AYE, AYE.
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IN OUR AUDIENCE AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP TO THE SPEAKER, THE MIC.I'M THE MANAGER OF MADISON NEW RIVERSIDE.
UM, WE DO HAVE 10 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS STARTING TO JOIN YOUR MEETING.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING ON THE UP AND UP AND FOLLOWING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO FOLLOW MADISON.
UM, WHAT A MI GRANS ARE YOUR, WE HAVE FIVE AT 60 AND FIVE AT 85 AT 60 AND FIVE AT 80.
AND I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER THAT YOU HAVE A LONG LIST.
WE'RE WELL OVER 20 AT THIS POINT.
AND, AND, AND WHEN WOULD THEY BE ONLINE AVAILABLE FOR? WE ALREADY HAVE FILLED ALL 10 OF OUR UNITS.
YOU ALREADY FILLED THEM ALL? WE FILLED THEM BACK IN AUGUST.
THE TOTAL UNITS IN NEW RIVERSIDE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, THE AVERAGE RENTAL IS? UM, UNDER THE, UNDER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? LIKE A, THE 10 IS FIVE TO 60 AND FIVE TO 80.
HOW MUCH DO THEY PAY? WE, WELL, BELOW WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, CURRENTLY THEY'RE AT 8 84.
FOR HOW MANY BEDROOMS? ONE BEDROOM.
WELL THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS, I FOUND OUT WE'RE EXTREMELY ABOUT $400 BELOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS MARKET IS CHARGING.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S A GOOD AFFORDABILITY.
WE REALLY DO NEED EVERY, IN THIS MARKET WE DO.
AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO COME UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEY, THEY ARE ALL 10, UM, ONE BEDROOMS. THEY ARE, YES SIR.
AND THE ONLY OTHER APARTMENT COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW OF IN TON IS CROWN ONE 70 AND THEY'RE USING THE HIGHER RATES, AQUA TERRA OF COURSE ON THE ISLAND.
UM, THEY'RE USING HIGHER RATES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOW COMPARED TO EVERYONE AT THIS POINT, PART OF THE SOLUTION WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORKFORCE PRICE TAG.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO, UM, APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING SET ASIDE FOR US.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WAITING LIST IS LONG.
MS. GRACE SAID SHE WAS ASKED, HAD QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT 10 95 AND I GET AT LEAST FIVE CALLS A DAY, SO FOR THOSE 12 TOWNHOUSES.
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A SMALL PART WHERE WE'RE ALSO DOING A BIG IMPACT.
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ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS.SO I BELIEVE WHEN THOSE 12 GO OUT, THEY'LL BE FILLING LESS THAN A MONTH.
ARE THERE ANY MORE DEVELOPMENTS POPPING UP THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY NEGOTIATE THAT? UM, THEY MET, THEY DO THE SAME PAST THAT ONE GET TOGETHER
UM, I COME LAST
UM, WE CANNOT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO DO IT.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DILEMMA.
GREGORY THE GREAT WAS ANNEXED IN, UM, WE DID WORK WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT WHEN THEY CAME IN AND, UM, WE ESTABLISHED AFFORDABLE, UH, UNITS.
UM, WITH THAT, ONCE DEVELOPMENT COMES FORWARD, UH, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN INTEREST, UM, IN, UH, BUILDING APARTMENTS THERE.
I THINK THEY ARE, THEY'RE ALLOTTED 150 UNITS AND THEN 20% WOULD BE, UM, OF THE, THE AFFORDABLE COMPONENT.
UM, SO, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN, NO PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED KNOWING THAT IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE UNITS THERE.
UM, AND ANY PROJECT THAT COMES IN THROUGH AN ANNEXATION IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 20%.
AND WE TELL THEM THAT IS THE MINIMUM
LIKE, YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO, UM, YOU NEED TO THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, HIGHER THAN THAT.
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PROPERTY ACROSS FROM TOYOTA? UM, THAT IS IN THE COUNTY.
THAT'S CALLED THE GRAVES TRACT.
AND IT IS, IT'S IN THE COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER IT.
APARTMENTS, TOWN HOMES, UM, AND SOME OTHER SINGLE FAMILY IN THERE.
WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPRESSIVE THAT, UM, MEDICINE, I'M SORRY, YOUR NAME IS SUMMER, RIGHT? SUMMER, YES.
UM, THAT THEY HAVE, UM, ONE BEDROOMS AT 8 84.
UM, WE JUST NEED MORE INVENTORY LIKE THAT.
BUT WHO ELSE DO YOU, YOU, UM, YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD JOIN AND THE UM, L THAT'S GOING IN ACROSS FROM ONE HAMPTON AREA? YEP.
I DID SPEAK WITH THEM THE OTHER DAY.
THEY ARE NOT OFFERING ANY AFFORDABLE, SO, SO YOU HAVE YEAH.
THE L APARTMENTS THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE WERE NOT, WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE THEM.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS RIGHT NOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARKWAY, ACROSS FROM THE HILL, UH, IS ANOTHER, UM, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 UNITS, UM, BUT STILL CAN'T REQUIRE THEM TO DO ANY AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WELL, WE'LL JUST CELEBRATE THE WINS
SO I KNOW YOU GUYS SEEN THE SHANNON BEHIND ME.
LAST MONTH IT WAS A BUMP IN THE ROAD, BUT NOW SHE HAS
UM, YEAH, THE BUMP IN THE ROAD LAST MONTH WAS, UM, UM, ACCEPTABLE.
UM, AS OF 1:30 PM LAST FRIDAY, I HANDED IN THE KEY TO MY APARTMENT AND MOVED IN
UM, I AM, I AM A PRE-CLOSING OCCUPANT.
WE ARE STILL AWAITING MY FUNDING.
SO I AM, I'VE ALREADY PAID MY MARCH RENT OF 1600, WHICH IS IN, UM, A GREAT VALUE
UM, YEAH, I JUST, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT, UH, THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF YOU, THE GUIDANCE AND OF COURSE THE HELP OF GREAT STAPLES.
UM, SO YEAH, THE, THE SUCCESS IS REAL
AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
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STORY.UM, I, I WISH, UH, MORE WE'D HAVE MORE ATTENDEES AT THE MEETINGS AND, AND GET INSPIRED OR, UM, SOMEONE, UM, EDUCATING THEMSELVES MM-HMM,
WHETHER IT'S A RENTAL, FINDING A RENTAL THAT THEY CAN AFFORD AND BE HAPPY WITH OR, UM, AN ACTUAL HOME TO LIVE IN.
SO, UM, I CAN BE THE VOICE FOR THE OUT THERE.
BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I, I CAN SAY SHANNON IS THE MOST PATIENT PERSON I HAVE MET BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
I, I READ THAT THE, UH, GOVERNMENT THAT THE CONGRESS HAS RELEASED SOME MONEY IS, YOU KNOW, AND USDA WAS ON THE TOP OF THAT US OF, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT WOULD NOT GET MONEY AS IT'S BEEN ON HOLD.
SO PRAYERFULLY WE WILL BE CLOSING IN THE NEXT 60, 45 TO 60 DAYS.
BUT, UM, AND I WANTED TO SAY TOO, DAN, WE, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING, UH, FUNDING FOR A MORTGAGE FOR SHANNON, WE DID GO TO TO MEREDITH AT FIRST AT, AT SOUTH STATE BANK.
AND SO THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS, EVEN THOUGH SHE QUALIFIED, BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES WERE SO HIGH AT NOW, UM, SHE WASN'T, SHE WOULD BE QUALIFIED FOR LIKE A 260, $65,000 HOUSE 260 WITH THE USDA.
SHE'S UP ALMOST TO 400,000 BECAUSE OF THE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST RATES.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WITH USDA DIRECT, IT'S A SIX TO SEVEN MONTH WAIT ONLY BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS HELD UP THE MONEY.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, THINGS WILL LOOSEN AT, AT LEAST FOR OR SHANNON
WELL THAT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU GO FROM TWO 60 TO 400 INTEREST JUST BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATE, BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATES, BUT THAT DRIVES THE MARKET UP TOO WITH HOME PRICES.
AND SO IT'S UM, KIND OF A, UM, CATCH 22 AND WITH PEOPLE, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
YEAH, MEREDITH WAS SUPER HELPFUL.
SHE GAVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED TO BE, SHE HAS PARAMETERS, YOU KNOW, SHE GOTTA WORK WITHIN.
BUT THANK YOU FOR TRYING WITH SOUTH STATE.
I, I, I BANK WITH SOUTH STATE, SO YAY.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
I WILL GET THESE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND CONCERNS ANSWERED AND HOPEFULLY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU BEFORE WE LEAVE OUT ON TOMORROW.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMITTEE? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
LIKE WHEN SAID, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THE WINS,
BUT THANK YOU AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH ON THE 11TH.