May 07, 2024 Hilton Head Island Town Council

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. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO START COUNCIL MEETING. ORDER MAY SEVEN, 2044 IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THE FLEXIBILITY FLEXIBILITY TO PLAY WITH FLAG STATES AMERICA AND IF YOU ARE JUST WANT TO MAKE INTO LAW CONTINUE STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION PASTOR LOUIS JOHNSON CENTRAL GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON AND TRY TO AGAIN GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. LET US PRAY FATHER GOD, WE COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW AND ON THIS MATTER THAT WE KNOW HOW GREAT FOR RIGHT NOW GOD FOR THE GIFT OF THIS DAY AND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE REMIND US RIGHT NOW GOD THAT YOU CREATED LEADERSHIP THAT YOU ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH RIGHT NOW GOD REMIND US ALWAYS GOD OF OUR PURPOSE WOULD BE HERE THAT WE WILL CALL NOT TO SERVE A PERSONAL AGENDA BUT TO SERVE THE GOOD THE COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY RIGHT NOW GOT WISDOM TO ENTER THIS ROOM EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID AND DONE TO STAY GOD LET IT BE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMON GOOD. WE THANK YOU RIGHT NOW GOD FOR BEING CHOSEN BEING CALLED OUT, BEING CALLED UPON. BE WITH US AND BE FOR US AS WE GO FORWARD, AS WE STRUGGLE ALWAYS TO WORK TOGETHER AS ONE UNITE OUR BODY AS A TEAM TO MAKE THIS TRULY BELOVED COMMUNITY. WE LOVE YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CARING AND SHARING.

IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AMEN THAT MR. LANDRY, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE

[4. Adoption of the Agenda]

MR. ROBERT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POLICING BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT IN SOME OF .

[5. Approval of the Minutes ]

[6. Presentations and Recognitions]

CONGRATS TO THEM. CONGRATS TO ALL OF US AS CPF FOR THE FIRST 14 AND ONE OF ONLY 17 CERTIFIED AT THIS LEVEL OR ANY LEVEL LIKE THIS IN THE COUNTRY.

AS A FOLLOW UP ON FRIDAY TEXAS ,DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA FOR FLOODING EVENT THAT'S DEVASTATING SO FIRE RESCUE'S LIEUTENANT AARON ORMOC IS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA TASK FORCE ONE TO TEXAS TO ASSIST WITH FLOODING EVENT. THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN BRYAN TEXAS AS A TYPE ONE SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAM ASSISTING TEXAS FORCE ONE.

AS OF THIS MORNING THERE ARE STILL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RESCUE.

SO CHIEF THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU TO KEVIN FOR GETTING IN THE GETTING TO TEXAS AS QUICK AS HE CAN. APRIL 24TH FIRE RESCUE PARTICIPATED IN THE HILTON HEAD HIGH CAREER DAY FIRE RESCUE THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WERE THERE AND THEY ALL HAD A

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DR. VANCE WHO WAS FIRE AND RESCUE ASSISTANT MEDICAL CONTROL DIRECTOR WAS RIDING WITH OUR EMS CARPENTER AFTERNOON WAS THE SECOND UNIT ON SCENE CREWS INITIATED CPR THE PATIENT THE PATIENT REGAINED A PULSE AND CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS TALKING ABOUT A CHANCE FOR AMAZING RESPONSE AND OUTCOME AND THAT'S AN EMAIL I RECEIVED FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF FIRE RESCUE CHIEF AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD ALONGSIDE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOU AND DR. ADVANCE EVERYBODY THAT WAS THERE THAT DAY PARTICULARLY AND I'M TO SHARE THAT LAST WEEK HISTORIC MATERIAL FREEDOM PARK BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THE GHOST STRUCTURES AND AUTHENTIC HISTORICAL REPLICAS IN THE SHAPE OF MENTAL OUTLINES AT THE MITCHELL FIELD SITE. SO THE PROJECT IS VIEWED POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS FUNDING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PRIVATE LENDERS AND OTHER PARTNERS INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE COUNCIL IS HERE AS WELL. MITCHELL BILLS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION JUNE 15TH THAT IS APPROACHING AS WE GATHER TO HONOR THE FREEDOM IN HARRY SOMERVILLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AWESOME THANK YOU. SO NEXT I WILL PRESENT THE BIKE PROCLAMATION FOR THE MONTH AND I'M ASKED TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM DOWN HERE DON SIMON LEE VAN VALKENBURG, JEREMY GONZALEZ, MIKE MEYER JIM AND SUE HALL ANDREW JENKINS SPOKE TO AND SUE HALL AGAIN AND OF COURSE MR. FREY AND MAYBE WE GET SOME MORE PEOPLE. SURE.

THAT WILL BE QUITE ALL OVER HERE. OKAY.

THIS IS A WAITING I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT YOU HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE DRAMA NO CAMERAS IN THIS COUNTRY. AWESOME. THIS IS GREAT.

SO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND PROCLAMATION WE'RE ASKED FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY THE BICYCLE HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT OF THE LIVES OF MOST AMERICANS AND WHEREAS TODAY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ENGAGE IN BICYCLING BECAUSE IT IS A VIABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND FORM OF TRANSPORTATION, AN EXCELLENT FORM OF FITNESS AND PROVIDES QUALITY FAMILY RECREATION AND. WHEREAS BIKE HILTON HEAD ISLAND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THE HILTON ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS PROMOTED BICYCLING EDUCATION AWARENESS THROUGH ANNUAL BICYCLE EVENTS AND THE BIKE WALK AMBASSADOR.

AND. WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS A VACATION DESTINATION WHERE VISITORS ENJOYED BICYCLING ON PATHWAYS AND THE BEACH AND.

WHEREAS HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESIDENTS INCREASINGLY BICYCLES FOR PLEASURE EXERCISE AS A MEANS OF COMMUTING AND FROM WORK AND. WHEREAS THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN CYCLISTS THE PALMETTO CYCLING COALITION, HILTON HEAD ISLAND BIKE WALK BIKING KICK AN ASPHALT BIKE CLUB AND RIDERS THROUGHOUT OUR AREA ARE PROMOTING GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BICYCLE OPERATION AND SAFETY. AND.

WHEREAS THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AT THE GOLD LEVEL IN 2019 AND AGAIN IN 2024 AND. WHEREAS MAY 13TH 19 IS BIKE TO WEEK WORK AND MAY 17TH 2024 IS BIKE TO WORK DAY NOW THEREFORE I ELEANOR PERRY, THE MAYOR OF TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 24TH AS BIKE MONTH IN TESTIMONY I LIVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CALLS TO SEAL THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO BE AFFIXED ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF ME THE YEAR OF OUR LIVING MORE 2024 CONGRATULATIONS. WELL WE'RE HONORED TO GET THIS PROCLAMATION WE.

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IT TAKES THE PALMETTO CYCLING COALITION WHO HAS US WITH THREE GOLD MEDALS AND THE SILVER MEDAL IT TAKES THE PALMETTO CYCLING COALITION WHO DOES STATEWIDE WORK FOR US IT TAKES PLACE IT TAKES 36 BIKE SHOPS RUNNING BIKES EVERY WEEK. IT TAKES THE PUMP IT TAKES OUR BIKE CLUBS. WE HAVE WE HAVE HALF A DOZEN BIKE CLUBS NOW AND WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN ASPHALT BIKE HUB. THEY'VE GOT NOW 250 MEMBERS.

SO WE'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF COLLABORATION THAT TAKES PLACE AND I'M SURE I'VE FORGOTTEN SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS. I'LL MENTION A MINUTE BUT IT ALL TAKES COLLABORATION OF EVERYBODY TO COME TOGETHER TO PULL THIS OFF AND MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BUT MOST IMPORTANT THE PEOPLE THAT WE MOST THINK IS ARE THE FOLKS OVER THERE BACK THERE AND BEHIND TOWN STAFF HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL SEEN JUST CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED. WE HAVE SO MUCH COOPERATION AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND ELECTED OFFICIALS VOTE ALL THE BUDGETS AND ALL THE STUFF THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THIS A SAFER, MORE BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY. BUT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED.

IT'S AND I LIKE TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO JIM HALL TO ANNOUNCE CHANGE THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. JIM, THANK YOU FRANK. APPRECIATE THAT AND.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING IF YOU'VE KNOWN FRANK AT ALL, HIS PASSION FOR BIKING IS A LOT.

WHAT INSPIRES EVERYBODY ELSE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO AND YOUR VISION LEADERSHIP IS CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. SO AS THE TOWN GOT IMPROVED AGAIN AS A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY A GOLD LEVEL WE ARE SETTING A VISION TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND POTENTIALLY PURSUE A HIGHER LEVEL COME THE NEXT TIME FOR RENEWAL AND AS PART OF THAT WE STARTED A PROGRAM TO GET BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES TO BE RECOGNIZED IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY SO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD SIX OF OUR LOCAL BIKE SHOPS APPLY THIS ALL SIX WERE DESIGNATED AS BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES AND SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE FOLKS HERE TODAY WHILE OUR ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT DOING MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND SAFETY ULTIMATELY HELPS ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES GROW.

SO RECOGNIZE BEING THE FOLKS FROM WHEELS AND LISA PLATKIN AND ALEX AND ALEX SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD REPRESENTING THE BIKE DR. SUE HALL AND ANDREW JENKINS ALL RIGHT WE HAVE AVOCADO BIKES WAS ALSO MIKE MYERS OR KEN THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY ANDREW EVANS ISLAND LIFE BIKE RENTALS IS HERE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMPANY HILTON HEAD BICYCLE COMPANY. SO WE HAVE LITERALLY FROM TWO BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES TO SIX AND OUR GOAL IS NOW TO TAKE THE SIX, TURN THAT INTO 12 AND REALLY START DRIVING BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND. CONGRATS TO ALL YOUR AWARDS AND FRANK THANKS FOR YOUR TIME ARE ALSO THANK YOU FRIGHTENING EVERYBODY UP FROM 80 TO 1 OR SOMETHING AND WE TUCK IN HERE GUYS ACT LIKE WE LIKE EACH OTHER THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YEAH SORRY IT TOOK SO MUCH TIME BUT HEY THIS REPRESENTS A GREAT FOUR YEARS YOU RIGHT? SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO GENERAL REPORTS FROM TOWN COUNCIL AND AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO START BY JUST MENTIONING THE HERITAGE GOLF TOURNAMENT OF LAST MONTH WHICH WAS AN ABSOLUTE HUGE SUCCESS. IT MEANT A LOT TO OUR BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S GOING TO BE MARRED WAS THE GREAT SADNESS AND THAT IS THE PASSING OF OUR FORMER MAYOR TOM PEOPLES.

HE WAS A GREAT GENTLEMAN AND A GREAT STEWARD OF OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST ASK THAT EVERYONE KEEP THE FAMILY. MARIANN AND JOSH IN YOUR PRAYERS AND OF COURSE HIS CLOSE FRIENDS AS WELL. HE MEANT A LOT TO THIS THIS ROOM TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED

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THANK YOU. ON MAY 22ND LOCAL COUNCIL GOT ATTENTION TO RIBBON CUTTING THE SWIMMING POOL ROWING STEALING AND IT IS A VERY INTERESTING PIECE OF HISTORY AT THAT LOCATION THAT IS NOW RECOGNIZED THROUGH THE GOOD WORK OF OUR CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICE.

SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO THAT EVENT ON MAY SECOND AT 1 P.M. HERE FOR THE WOMEN FOR I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THAT PIECE OF HISTORY IS BECAUSE. YOU CAN COME AND READ ABOUT IT SO THEY CAN READ IT THAT MOVING ENOUGH FOR THE MAYOR MYSELF TO HAVE THIS BLACK ROCK WALL CLIMBING CONTEST OF THE CHARITABLE EVENT WE HAVE THAT YOU ALL COME IN SUPPORT OF THE CHEERING OF COURSE AND ALSO COME IN SUPPORT OF ME AND THE MAN THAT BARACK'S AS WE GO UP AND DOWN I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THAT DOWN TO THE VEST RIGHT THIS RESPECT WELL FIRST I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF ALL TEXANS THANK YOU TO THE FIRE AND RESCUE MISSION THAT STARTED THERE IN 1800S AND WHILE WE TOUGH WE SOMETIMES WE HELP NOT BETTER PLACE THAN COMFORT TO GET THAT HELP BUT SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WE ARE TRULY EVERY DAY HEROES AND EVERY DAY YOU ARE A HERO IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. YOU'VE TOLD US THAT AND SUPPORT A COUPLE OF THAT MANY OF US THE LAST COUNCIL MAYOR THAT WE ARE TO DO 78 MEETING DAYS AND TIMES IF WE COULD ADJUST ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE COMING TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A POINT WHERE EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR INFORMATION CONSISTENTLY FROM SOURCE THAT IF WE COULD MOVE THOSE MEETINGS FROM 1:00 TO SOMETHING 5:00 OR LATER TO ALLOW FOR FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY ATTEND TO GET THAT INFORMATION, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ADJUSTMENT AND I'M ASKING YOU AGAIN IF WE CAN PLEASE DO THAT. AND IN THAT SAME VEIN ON WHEN WE HAD AN APRIL 29TH WE GOT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING AND I OBJECTED TO HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT 278 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION I JUST WANT REITERATE THAT HAVING NOW COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THAT MY CONTENTION STILL STANDS THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT IN THE OPEN AND I DON'T BELIEVE STILL DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS AN SESSION VALUABLE MEETING SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MADE THOSE POINTS SO THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT 78 DISCUSSIONS AND INFORMATION BEING SHARED ACROSS THE BOARD ACCURATELY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER GENERAL OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO MR. SANFORD AND THE LESS NO NO REPORTS ARE GREAT. THANK YOU MS. BECKER LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THANK YOU MR. AMES PEOPLE COUNTY AIRPORTS KNOW THE REPORT MAYOR WARREN MR. SANFORD FULL LOCO OVER FOR ACCOUNT MR. BROWN ON RECORD ASSOCIATION OKAY AND MS. BECKER BACK TO IMMEDIATE SERVICES PUBLIC SAFETY ON APRIL EIGHT WE HELD A COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. WE GET TO ATTEND A ONE WORD DISCUSSION TO APPROVE AND THEN POWER TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARKING FEE PROGRAM AT THE BEACH PARKS ACROSS THE ISLAND THERE WAS A LOT DISCUSSION IN THE END IT WAS A22 VOTE WHICH MEANS IT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY WE DIDN'T VOTE BUT WE DID AGREE TO TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AFTER A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS CONSIDERED AN ANSWER SO FOR THAT COMING UP ON A COMMUNITY SERVICE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENDA SOON AND THE OTHER ITEM OR WHETHER IT'S THE INTEGRATED

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THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. MR. AMES PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE THERE WAS NO MEETING IN APRIL. OKAY. MR. BROWN THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND THAT COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL NINE. WE RECEIVED THE FINANCIAL UPDATE FROM STAFF OWNERS IN LIGHT OF THE EXPECTATIONS THE REFERENCE IN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE TOWN OF CURRENTLY ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE THROUGH FEBRUARY WE DID HAVE SOME BUSINESS ITEMS TO TAKE ACTION ON. WE HAD A COMMITTEE THE AGENCY REQUEST MEMORY MATTERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 WHICH WAS NOT RECOMMENDED SO FOR COUNCIL TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET HOWEVER WE DID ASK THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MEMORY MATTERS AND THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO A NEW LOCATION.

OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THERE. WE ALSO HEARD WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE DESIGNATED MARKETS ORGANIZATION THE METRIC ANNUAL REPORT AND THIS ARE WE GOING TO RELEASE? WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BUDGET THE BMO WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO

[7.a. Public Hearing and First Reading of a Proposed Ordinance Adopting the Consolidated Municipal Budget for the Town of Hilton Head Island for Fiscal Year 2025 Ending June 30, 2025 - Marc Orlando, Town Manager]

CAN YOU PULL IT UP KIM THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COME ON.

GOOD AFTERNOON APOLOGIZE EVERYBODY. WE GOT GREAT GREAT AFTERNOON.

ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M I'M HONORED MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND I'M HONORED TO PRESENT OUR FBI FIVE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD FIRST AND FOREMOST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A MORE CHALLENGING YEAR THAN IN PAST OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR OUR LONG TIME FINANCE DIRECTOR WHO HAS RETIRED REALLY WAS THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR AND IN THE ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN ENTIRE TEAM HERE REALLY, REALLY JUMPED IN. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THAT DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER GROUP THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN CRAFTING THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ERIC SCHMIDT THERE IS ERIKA HERE.

THERE'S ERIKA OUR VERY APPRECIATED AND TALENTED BUDGET .

JEFF HARRIMAN I KNOW JEFF'S IN THE ROOM. JEFF LONG I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OUR INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR WHO CAPABLY SERVED OVER THE PAST MONTHS IN THAT ROLE AND ADRIANA. BURNETT ADRIANA IS NOT HERE WITH US PHYSICALLY RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW SHE'S LISTENING. SHE'S OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR AND SHE WILL SHOW UP ON SCENE VERY EARLY JUNE AS A FINANCE DIRECTOR. ADRIANA HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ME AND JEFF AND OTHERS PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER .

SO ALSO THANKS TO JOSH GRUBER AND KELLY SPINELLA AS WELL THEY'VE HELPED WITH WITH EVERY EVERY ANGLE OF THIS MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR TIME AND MEANINGFUL AND INPUT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PREPARATION DURING THIS PROPOSAL SO I APPRECIATE A LOT OF YOUR TIME OUR TIME TOGETHER THIS BUDGET REPRESENTS THE CONCLUSION COLLABORATION, ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING AND DEDICATION TO THE PROSPERITY HILTON HEAD ISLAND SO AS WE APPROACH THE BUDGET WE POST MANY MANY CRITICAL QUESTIONS THAT GUIDED OUR CONSIDERATION AND ACHIEVE THE RESULTS THAT I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT TO YOU. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AND WITH YOU SOME OF OUR INSIGHT AND SOME OF HOW WE WERE THINKING BEHIND THE SCENES WE'RE PRESENTING THIS BUDGET OR PROPOSING THIS BUDGET.

SO I'D SAY IS WHAT I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT TO YOU AVAILABLE RESOURCES ARE ALIGNED WITH WITH YOUR TOWN COUNCIL AND THE OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES IN ORGANIZATION.

WE EVALUATED VARIOUS STARTING POINTS AS. WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR PROJECTIONS, VARIOUS STARTING POINTS IN THIS BUDGET WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PRIOR

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THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE CREATED OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES FOR US AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL SERVICES AT A CERTAIN POINT HERE NOT THAT LONG AGO FAR EXCEEDED OUR CAPACITY FIRE RESCUE CALLS FOR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PERMITTING PUBLIC SAFETY BEACH FACILITIES AND TRAFFIC AMONG A FEW OTHERS. YEAR OVER YEAR I BELIEVE WE SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED OUR COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND HAVE VERY HIGH QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY. WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE AND SUPPORT BUSINESSES THROUGH THIS BUDGET THROUGH PUBLIC PROJECT ATTRACTING AND SUPPORTING NEW VENTURES AND WE SUPPORT WHILE PRESERVING OUR ISLAND'S UNIQUE CHARM OUR BUDGET ALLOCATES FUNDS TO ENHANCE STORMWATER INITIATIVES REMEDIATION, RESILIENCE PLANNING, SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND DEFINITELY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMING AND THE ROLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION. SO THIS BUDGET ALLOCATES RESOURCES FOR THOSE OUTREACH EFFORTS COMMUNITY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANTED YOU TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT JUST IN TERMS OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM AS I'M TRYING TO PREPARE A BUDGET NOT JUST WHAT THE BUDGET ENTAILS.

SO WITH THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY SOME ECONOMIC FACTORS HILTON HEAD ISLAND WHICH I'M WHICH I'M HAVE ALWAYS DONE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THOSE IMPACTS TO US, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF US.

WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE BUDGET DOVE INTO THE BUDGET. WE HAVE SIX FUNDS.

I'LL GO THROUGH A CONSOLIDATED LOOK ON SCHEDULES A OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND THEN I'LL DOVE INTO EACH FUND AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS . I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THIS. WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING AVAILABLE ONLINE AND CENTER ON OUR ON OUR HOME PAGE ON OUR ON OUR LANDING PAGE AND IF THERE'S MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANT ACCESS TO IT, IT'LL BE THERE AS A LINK.

WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT OUR ISLAND. I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THAT BUT WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING A LOOK AT THE MAYOR HAS SAID HE WANTS THAT MEDIAN TO DROP 59.8. WE'LL SEE WHAT WE SEE NEXT YEAR . 124 NEW BUSINESSES OPENED IN 2023 AND RIGHT NOW AT LEAST THE HHI REALTOR.COM IS TELLING US THAT A MEDIUM MEDIAN HOME SALES PRICE IS 524 ALTHOUGH I THINK IF WE LOOKED RIGHT NOW WE COULDN'T FIND ANY WE HAVE CLOSE TO 3 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THAT IS IS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THAT SCREEN AT ABOUT $3.6 BILLION.

WE FEEL THE CHALLENGES OF THAT. I FEEL THE CHALLENGES OF THAT. I THINK WE FEEL THE CHALLENGES OF THAT PHYSICALLY BUT DEFINITELY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE THOSE REVENUES ARE

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THIS IS NOT STAFF SAYING THIS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THE THE THE THE UNDERPINNING OUR HEALTHY TAX BASE TRENDS AND OUR STRONG AND RELIABLE AND THAT WE HAVE A GROWING TAX BASE THAT DIVERSE NON PROPERTY TAX REVENUE STREAM PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT, ROBUST FINANCIAL POSITION MODEST DEBT AND PENSION THAT CAME STRAIGHT TO US FROM MOODY'S AS THEY ASSESSED OUR DEBT AS THEY ASSESSED OUR BOND RATING WE HAVE A GREAT EXCELLENT CREDIT POSITION A TRIPLE-A BOND RATING WHICH IS THE HIGHEST FOR MOODY'S AND A DOUBLE-A PLUS BOND RATING FROM S&P FITCH. SO AS I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET I SHARED WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACTS SOME OPERATIONS AND SOME OF THAT MEASUREMENT ALONG THE.

LAST YEAR FIRE RESCUE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS CLOSE TO THOUSAND, RIGHT 9500 WE ISSUED MORE THAN 14,000 BUSINESS LICENSES. OF COURSE IT GENERATES A ROBUST REVENUE STREAM BUT $8.3 MILLION OF THAT. THE SDR COMPLAINTS I THINK AND THAT'S HOW WE TRACKED IT AND I THINK I RECEIVED MORE THAN 293 SHORT TERM RENTAL COMPLAINTS DIRECTLY WHERE WE ARE TRACKING THAT AND WE ARE SOLVING IT. WE ALSO HAVE A CYCLIC FIXED RATE.

I ALWAYS SAY TO MY HHI APP SO IF IT'S ME IF IT'S YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF IT'S A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY OR A STAFF MEMBER WE CAN GET ON THAT APP AND REPORT ISSUES RIGHT? BROKEN PATHWAY BRANCHES CAN'T SEE AROUND THE CORNER. CLOSE TO 2000 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND AND RESOLVED SITE COMPLIANCE CHECKS A LOT OF PERMITS ISSUED BEACH PATROL VIOLATIONS ADDRESSED WE ARE NOT TICKET HAPPY BUT WE ARE PRESENT AND PROMINENT AND A PARTNER ON THAT BEACH BOB BROMAGE IN THE CAP OR IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM INTERACTED CLOSE TO 12,000 TIMES IN ABOUT 12 MONTHS ON THE BEACH AND WE HAVE APPROVED PERMITS FOR CLOSE TO 7000 SHORT TERM RENTALS AND ABOUT A THOUSAND THAT ARE OUT THERE LINGERING DON'T YET HAVE THEIR PERMITS THAT WE ARE EXPLORING AND BRINGING INTO COMPLIANCE AS WE SET OUR BUDGET.

I ALWAYS TRY TO ESTABLISH ARE PRIORITIES AND SO FIRST AND FOREMOST THE PRIORITIES OF THE BUDGET ARE TO DELIVER YOUR TOWN COUNCIL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN PRIORITIES.

WE KNOW THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DRIVES STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT STRATEGIC PLAN IS INFLUENCED AND IS INFLUENCES THE BUDGET AND THEN ONCE YOU APPROVE BUDGET IT'S IT'S FOR ME TO IMPLEMENT. WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO ALWAYS IMPROVE OUR OUR SERVICE LEVELS ,OUR FACILITIES, OUR LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES, OUR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, GUESTS WE WANT TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.

RIGHT SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING'S IN-HOUSE IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING AS IS EXTERNAL EITHER OUTSOURCED BUT WE ARE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON THE HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE WE'VE BECOME KNOWN FOR NEED TO BE KNOWN FOR ENHANCING OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE INNOVATION, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD AND WE WILL SOON BUILD IMPACTFUL CAPITAL PROJECTS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE'VE BUILT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS FOR TRUE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY AND FOR STRUCTURE INVESTMENT WILL PROVIDE COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL VITALITY TO PRESERVE OUR CHARACTER AND A SENSE OF PRIDE THIS COMMUNITY ALTHOUGH I SEE THAT BULLET POINT RIGHT THERE AND PROBABLY SHOULD MOVE THAT WAY UP ON THE SCREEN AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID USE OUR BUDGET AS A CATALYST TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT.

SO A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA REQUIRES COUNCIL ADOPT AN ANNUAL BUDGET ORDINANCE. RIGHT. WHY ARE WE HERE PRIOR JULY ONE THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS ADOPTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEEDBACK COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL DEPARTMENT HEADS PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITIZENS THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS WE'RE HERE ON MAY 7TH.

IT'S A BUDGET ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL. IT'S FIRST READING AND A PUBLIC HEARING. OUR NEXT COLLECTIVE GET TOGETHER IS NEXT WEEK MAY 14TH WHERE A BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL HEAR ALL FUNDS ARE SIX FUNDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THOSE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS WILL BE HEARD ON MAY 16TH AND THEN A BUDGET ORDINANCE TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND FINAL READING ON JUNE 4TH.

SO SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SHADED TO THE SHADED LINE AT 525 PROPOSED BUDGET I MAY MOVE THAT THERE WE GO SORRY IS ONE $166,936,866 IS A 13.5% CHANGE OVER THE FY 24 REVISED BUDGET PROPOSED REVISED BUDGET THAT IS

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FROM AN OPERATING STANDPOINT THAT SERVICE HAS DECREASED CLOSE TO $700,000 AND THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THE SIGNIFICANT JUMP AND YOU CAN SEE IT FROM ALL OF THESE FOR THE MOST PART ACTUALLY FROM LAST YEAR YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND RIGHT SO WE HAVE A PROPOSED CASH $74,381,459 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND. I'M GOING TO DOVE INTO I'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE NUMBERS OF THAT ADDITIONAL 19 MILLION THIS YEAR. RIGHT.

A LOT OF THAT SOME OF THAT IS ROLL FORWARD AND SOME OF THAT IS TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR SOME TIME.

OF THE 19.1 MILLION THOUGH 60.5 IS TO BEGIN OUR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT.

WE WILL SEE A SPIKE IN CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGET OVER THE NEXT TWO TWO AND A HALF TO THREE YEARS AS WE BRING NOURISH OUR BEACH THAT IS CLOSE TO A 45 OR SO MILLION DOLLAR UNDERTAKING.

BRIAN MCELWEE WHO IS IN THE BACK DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING WILL OVERSEE THAT WITH SOME GREAT HELP FROM JEFF METZINGER AND A BUNCH OF GREAT FOLKS. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS LIKE STORM WATER UTILITY FUND HAS GONE UP 27% 1.6 MILLION.

RIGHT. SO FROM 582755. 8 MILLION TO 7.5 THAT THE HAVE REMAINED FLAT PLUS OR MINUS SOME THINGS THAT I'LL EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS A CAPITAL PROJECT UTILIZING SOME FUND BOUNCE STARTING TO IMPROVE SOME STORMWATER PROJECTS ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR GOAL AND GET HIGH HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND IS COMPRESSED ABOUT $1.9 MILLION AND THAT IS PLANNED FOR BALANCE AND OUR HOUSING FUND REMAINS AS PROPOSAL AT $4 MILLION SO WE CAN SEE THAT TRANSFERS IN THOSE NON BUDGETED THOSE SPECIAL FUNDED REVENUES THE FUND BALANCE TYPE REVENUES AND THOSE ON THOSE THOSE NON BUDGETED REVENUES MAKE UP OF MORE THAN 50% OF OUR BUDGET SO WE CAN SEE FROM A CONSOLIDATED BUDGET PRIOR YEAR FUNDS PROPERTY AT 14% AND THEN YOU HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST AND OF DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES OF ALL THOSE THEN TRANSFERS IN YOU SEE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET AT 168 MILLION AS AS REVENUES IS THE 166.9 MILLION AS THE BUDGET THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE USING SEPARATE FUNDS GOING EACH YEAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND WHICH IS A SEPARATE FUND IS PLANNED TO PUT CLOSE TO $2 MILLION INTO FUND BALANCE. SO IN THIS BUDGET WE HAVE REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES BUT IT'S FOR TRUE TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTING PURPOSES I'M SHOWING IT THIS WAY FROM A FROM A REVENUE PROJECTION YOU'LL SEE THAT PROPERTY TAXES AND I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY LINE HERE BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE LOOK AT THIS AGAIN WE'LL LOOK AT THIS AT THE WORKSHOP YOU SEE THAT PROPERTY TAX PROJECTION IS UP PROJECTED AT 1.5 MILLION 6.7% BUSINESS LICENSE FROM 12 4 TO 12 SIX AT 269 FOR THE MOST PART EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALMOST BACK TO FLY 23 ACTUALS WE ARE NOT PROJECTING A BUDGET INCREASE OR AN OPERATING BUDGET INCREASE IN THAT IN THAT SAME WITH SOME OF OUR REVENUES RIGHT FRANCHISE FEES STORMWATER UTILITY FEES, LOCAL TAX, EMS REVENUE, THE PERMITS AND FEES WRITE THE PERMITS AND FEES THAT MAKE UP OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AREAS SOME INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS FROM THE STATE REALLY ARE FLAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LEASE IN THERE THE PROPOSED REVENUES THAT'S TO COVER THE FIRE TRUCKS SO THAT'S TRANSFERRED IN LEASE INVESTMENT INCOME IS IS IS UP OF COURSE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS AND THEN AND THEN YOU SEE THE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME WHICH IS BEACH PARKING OTHER REVENUE IMPACT FEES SUN LIQUOR PERMIT FEES CAPITAL SALE OF LAND. SO I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN THIS BUDGET WITHOUT TRANSFERS IN RIGHT WITHOUT AGE TAX BEACH FEE TIFFS STATE TAX REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES, STORMWATER ROAD

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IT'S GOING SO IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT AGE TAX 26 MILLION WE'RE USING 25 PROJECTED REVENUES AT TEN FOUR WE'RE USING 16 TWO OF RESERVES AND A PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AT THE END THE FISCAL YEAR OF NINE SEVEN THOSE DOLLARS THAT'S GOING FOR A LOT OF THAT IS CAPITAL CAPITAL PROJECTS A MILLION OF THAT IS TRANSFERRING INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PARKING.

WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH PARKING AND WE HEARD AN UPDATE FROM MOSBACHER A MINUTE AGO THAT SAID THAT WE'RE STILL THINKING IT. I'VE COLLECTED OR PUT AS A PROPOSAL $1,000,000 OF TRANSFER IN OUT OF EACH TAX RESERVES TO COVER SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT IN GOOD FAITH . BUT AGAIN, $88 MILLION OF TRANSFER IN YOU'LL SEE THE SCHEDULE OF REVENUES ON THE RIGHT SIDE SHOWING REVENUES THE USE OF IN THE PROJECTED FUND THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE YOU'LL SEE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED BY EACH TAX. 6.2 LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 5.1 $5.2 MILLION OF TAX USE THAT'S AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR FOR THE REASON I JUST EXPLAINED AND SO FOR THE MOST PART ALL OF THOSE REMAIN THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THIS REMAINS SAME AS LAST YEAR.

THE LIFT THE LIFT THE 62 MILLION SPEECH BEACH NOURISHMENT AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS I THINK JUST SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL OF US THE PRIOR YEAR FUNDS OF 11 SIX ARE SHOWN HERE RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET GENERAL FUND PRIOR YEAR FUNDS THAT MEANS UNSPENT LAST YEAR THOSE ARE FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SOME OF THOSE FACILITY PROJECTS THAT ARE ONE TIMER'S STORMWATER AND AGAIN JUST SOME TRANSFERS PRIOR YEAR FROM GOLF GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD THE GRANT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE THIS IS THE GRANT FROM THE REMAINING THE REMAINDER OF THE GRANT FROM COUNTY FROM ARPA FOR OUR CDC HOUSING FUND TRANSFER GENERAL FUND AND ARPA AS WELL AS SOME STORMWATER TRANSFERS IN AND PRIOR YEAR BOND PROCEEDS DID NOT NEED TO OCCUR THIS YEAR AS LAST AS WE LOOK AT EXPENDITURES EACH PROJECTS PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS OPERATING PARK PROJECTS REALLY MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET.

WE'LL SEE THAT PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS COLLECTIVELY ACROSS THE BOARD HAVE INCREASED POINT 8% 3.2 MILLION OPERATING 1.2 AND A 7%. THERE'S SHRINKAGE COMPRESSION IN A FEW OF THOSE OTHERS CONTRACTED PUBLIC SAFETY MORE OR LESS FLAT AFFILIATE AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS DOWN AND THEN WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET FROM A CONSOLIDATED EXPENDITURE WE JUST GET INTO THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SO THAT'S A DOVE TO DEEP BECAUSE I'M GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY FUND OUR MILITARY REMAINS AT 21.4 AND YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN OUR MILLAGE GOES TOWARDS GENERAL FUND CAPITAL DEBT AND NATURAL DISASTER FUND.

IT SHOWED UP IN BETWEEN 18 AND 22 MILLAGE WAS LOWERED TO OFFSET THE VALUES UPDATED FROM THE REAPPRAISAL PROCESS FOR A REVENUE NEUTRAL OUTCOME OUR MILL VALUE RIGHT WHILE OUR MILL VALUE GOES DOWN OUR MILL VALUE GOES UP WE'RE PROJECTING AND ESTIMATING $1.1 MILLION MILL VALUE THIS YEAR. AND SO HOW DOES THAT REALLY AFFECT US $750,000 HOME WE CAN PICK A NUMBER WE CAN DIVIDE IT BY TWO OR TIMES A BY FOUR BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT A $750,000 HOME AS A PRIMARY HOME AND A 4% ASSESSMENT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND RECEIVES ABOUT 6.5% OF THAT PROPERTY TAX BILL. SO OF A LITTLE MORE THAN $600 ON A 30 $700 TAX BILL. AND SO GOING BACK TO THAT TRANSFER IN OPPORTUNITY FROM A

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IT'S OPERATIONS, IT'S IT'S THOSE NON CIP BUDGETED ITEMS DEBT IS IS IS THE OBVIOUS FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT ON OUR GENERAL LONG TERM DEBT CAPITAL PROJECTS IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM. WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN. I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO REFINE THAT A LOT MORE THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY WITH WITH SOME GREAT PROJECTS ON OUR HORIZON YOU ALWAYS BUDGET YEAR ONE RIGHT SO THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN IS A REVOLVING FIVE YEAR AND YOU BUDGET YEAR ONE AND THAT'S FOR PRIMARY THAT'S FOR WHAT IT SAYS UP THERE RESTRICTED A COMMITTED ASSIGNED ACQUISITION CONSTRUCTION OR RECEIVING RENOVATION OF MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS WE HAVE A STORMWATER FUND IT'S A UTILITY FUND. IT'S ACCOUNTS FOR AND REPORTS THE COST AND THE MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE PROTECTION'S CONTROLS ALL INCLUDED ANYTHING DO WITH STORMWATER I'VE STARTED TO TAKE THOSE REVENUES OUT OF STORMWATER FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PUT THEM STRAIGHT INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SO THAT ALL KNOW AND THE COMMUNITY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE WORKING FROM ALL IN WITH CIP SO YOU'LL SEE SOME TRANSFERS OUT AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR GOLLY GEECHEE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THAT FUND WAS WAS WAS GENERATED A COUPLE OF YEARS THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE STATE 5 MILLION AND A FEW HUNDRED AND CHANGE FROM COUNTY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

WE ALSO HAVE A HOUSING FUND WHICH WE SET UP LAST YEAR AND THAT IS A FUND WHERE I HAVE PROPOSED ALL WORK COMPLETED OR PROJECTED TO COMPLETE ALL THROUGH THAT HOUSING FUNDS SO THAT THERE'S NOT A LITTLE BIT OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND SKIP AND A LITTLE BIT OF OPERATING MONEY AND GENERAL FUND SO ON SO FORTH. SO OUR GENERAL FUND IS A DOVE GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE QUICKER BUT MOSTLY PROPERTY TAXES, BUSINESS LICENSING, HOSPITALITY FEE TRANSFERS IN WELL YOU SEE THAT OUR GENERAL FUND PROPOSED BUDGET TOTAL REVENUES OUT OF $60.9 MILLION UP FROM 59.8 LAST YEAR. THAT'S $1,000,000 DIFFERENTIAL THAT'S A 1.8% CHANGE AND THE ONLY REAL REVENUE ADJUSTMENT WAS PROPERTY TAX IS PROJECTED TO BE USED FOR GENERAL FUND DIFFERENT THAN THE CONSOLIDATED AND 1.1 BUSINESS LICENSE PROJECTED UP 2.2% AND YOU CAN YOU CAN REALLY READ THE ELSEWHERE HOSPITALITY TRANSFERS

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A LOT OF THAT WERE OPEN POSITIONS. A LOT OF A LOT OF THAT WAS JUST WORK WE COULDN'T GET TO BECAUSE OTHER THINGS CAME UP AND WE WERE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WITH YOU WE HAVE A I IN THE IN THE INDUSTRY WE HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE GENERAL FUND RESERVE POLICY COUNCIL RAISED THE RESERVE POLICY IN 18 AND AGAIN IN 23 AND YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING AND YOU CAN SEE THE LOWER LIMIT RIGHT? SO OUR OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY IS A 50 FUND UNENCUMBERED 55% CEILING, 40% BASEMENT AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU'LL SEE THAT ARE WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK AS OUR OURS OUR FUND BALANCE IS HAS ACCRUED YOU SEE THAT GENERAL FUND AGAIN SAID OPERATING IN SALARY AND BENEFITS SALARY AND BENEFITS AT 38 UP FROM 34.9 IN THE PROPOSED REVISED AS A 3.5 INCREASE OPERATING AT 1.5 INCREASE AFFILIATED AGENCIES DECREASED AND SOME TRANSFERS DECREASED. I'LL EXPLAIN PERCENT CHANGE BUT FOR CLARITY WE HAVE 281 FULL TIME 17 PART TIME POSITIONS WE HAVEN'T PROPOSED ANY NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS OR PART TIME EQUIVALENTS. IN FACT WE ARE I AM ELIMINATING AND PROPOSED THREE OPENING THAT JUST REMAIN OPEN FOR A WHILE THERE AND FACILITIES EITHER FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THE WORK WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND WE'RE KEEPING UP AND THEN ALSO ONE PART TIME PERSON SO THAT'S THOSE POSITIONS ARE BEING ELIMINATED AND FACILITIES AND PROJECTS THAT'S A SAVINGS OF CLOSE TO $400,000 THE 3.5% CHANGED IT'S MADE UP OF A LITTLE BIT OR A LOT OF IT ABOUT 4% AS PROPOSED FOR OUR STAFF FOR MY TEAM OF 4% PERFORMANCE SPACE I INCREASED THIS PERFORMANCE THAT'S A SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASE POTENTIAL OF $1.5 MILLION AND COVERS OF CAROLINA UNFUNDED MANDATE OF MEDICAL INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASES THAT'S CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IT PROVIDES FOR 12 PAID HOLIDAYS WHICH THERE'S A COST TO THAT WITH FIRE RESCUE.

IT ALLOWS EMPLOYEES A PAID TIME OFF BUYBACK OPTION 37 AND A HALF HOURS THAT'S A WEEK OF PAY I THINK OVER AN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FROM THAT. BUT IT ALSO KEEPS OUR PTO AT A

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THEY'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT CALLS FOR SERVICE ESPECIALLY SINCE 21.

THERE'S SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS IN THERE, SOME FLEET MANAGEMENT AND THEN ONGOING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. RIGHT.

SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS YOU JUST READ ABOUT THE THE INCREASE IN IN GENERAL FUND OPERATING ON UNBEKNOWNST TO ME ABOUT 30% OF OUR BAY DOORS IN THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT WEREN'T WORKING. WE WERE MOVING OUR FIRE RESCUE EMS APPARATUS AND THE FIRE TRUCKS TO THE DOORS THAT WORKED AND THANK GOODNESS CHIEF TOOK MAYOR AND I AND ANDREW ON A TOUR AND WE REALIZED WHAT DO YOU NEED HELP WITH AND THAT THAT FEEDBACK CAME STRAIGHT FROM OUR TEAM AND WAS PUT STRAIGHT INTO THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY BUT IN PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCEMENT WE WE USED GO HOME AT 430 WE NOW GO HOME AFTER NINE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK SUPPORTS OUR FINANCE TEAM OUR SHORT RENTALS IT SUPPORTS OUR TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ESPECIALLY PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE REDUCED SOFTWARE COSTS IN THIS BUDGET BY ABOUT 200 K WE'VE SAID NO AND WE HAVE COMPRESSED AND I LOOK TO EVEN COMPRESS THAT EVEN FURTHER NEXT YEAR AS PHASE OUT OF SOME SOFTWARE'S INTO LESS SOFTWARE BUT BETTER BETTER CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT FACILITIES MAINTENANCE I THINK YOU'VE SEEN IT ACROSS THE ISLAND I HAVE HEARD IT BUT THE WAY WE MANAGE RIGHT OF WAYS PARKS OUR OWN TOWN FACILITY IF YOU HAVEN'T WALKED AROUND WE DUG 60 TRUCKLOADS OR SO OF DEBRIS OF THE LAGOONS OUTSIDE IT FUNCTIONS AS A STORMWATER LAGOON TODAY THERE'S JUST MORE OF THAT A TOWN WIDE LITTER PATROL WE'VE NOT HAD THAT BEFORE. WE'VE ALWAYS PIGGYBACKED ON A LAWNMOWER OR WE'VE PIGGYBACKED ON A LIFEGUARD TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TRASH.

THIS HAS BEFORE THAT IT SUPPORTS AN UPDATED BEACH FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WHICH YOU WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT SUPPORTS THE RBC HERITAGE PREP BANNERS, GENERAL CLEANUP AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS I MENTIONED OUR PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT YOU'RE YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BY NO MEANS AM I SAYING THERE IN ANY ORDER BUT LET'S LET'S FINISH

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EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE APPLICATIONS COME IN BY THE DEADLINE IN JANUARY.

IT'S RUN THROUGH OUR FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THROUGH OUR DIRECTOR AND THEIR TEAM AND THEN THOSE APPLICATIONS THEY'RE MADE ARE PLACED ON THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE SEES AND READS THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING MAKES THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE BUDGET.

THIS IS NEWER PROCESS. I THINK WE ARE GETTING BETTER AT IT ALL THE TIME.

I SEE SOME OPPORTUNITIES MORE IMPROVEMENT BUT THAT PROCESS WAS THAT ISLAND REC COASTAL DISCOVERY MITCHELL VILLE USB LRT A SOLICITOR'S STONE THE 14TH CIRCUIT SOLICITOR BEAUFORT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP OUR HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION HABITAT THIS YEAR CC DC THIS YEAR BEFORE JASPER EOS EOC BLACKWOOD IN MEMORY MATTERS AND SEA TURTLE PATROL ALL MADE APPLICATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CDCC AND HABITAT THIS YEAR ALL MADE APPLICATION FEES AND THAT THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED 2.52.550 ASK TO ME DIRECTLY TO PUT IN THE BUDGET BELIEVE THAT WAS A FOR THE VOTE WAS FOUR ZERO SO THAT'S GENERAL FUND THAT'S HOW WE OPERATE A STORMWATER FUND AS I MENTIONED ACCOUNTS ALL THOSE RESOURCES RELATED STORMWATER FEE RIGHT SO THE REVENUES COME IN WITH OUR STORMWATER UTILITY AND THEN WE PLACE THOSE WE PLACE THOSE REVENUE INTO VARIOUS EXPENDITURES YOU'LL SEE THAT 67% ARE FEES, SOME ARE PLAN REVIEWS, SOME INVESTMENT AND THIS YEAR PRIOR YEAR FUNDS IS INCREASING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT JEFF METZINGER IS HARD AT WORK IF YOU'VE DROVE DOWN ARROW ROAD EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU SEE A NEW DITCH CLEARING AND A STORMWATER CHANNEL BEING CLEARED AND IMPROVED. IT IS JEFF METZINGER AND SO GREAT JOB TO HIM A BUDGET THIS YEAR OF 7.5 UP FROM FIVE EIGHT BUT AGAIN NOT MUCH CHANGE IN IN IN REVENUES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRIOR YEAR FUNDS HAVE $150 FEE I MENTIONED A LOT OF THIS MAJOR FUNDS PROGRAM FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CORRECTIVE MONITORING CAPITAL PROJECTS RIGHT SO THE MAINTENANCE AND THE PROJECTS OR THOSE DOLLARS GO AS WELL AS OPERATING WE TRY TO SUSTAIN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER IN ALL WATERSHEDS WITHIN THE TOWN WE HAVE A LEAN AWESOME TEAM AND A LOW AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. YOU REALLY PARE BACK THE ONION AND HOW MUCH WORK IS DONE.

I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB THROUGH PROJECT CREATION AND TRANSPARENCY THIS YEAR.

SO I HAVE ON MY WHITEBOARD I'VE SHARED WITH MAYOR PERRY A FEW WORKSHOPS THAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR THAT MANY YOU HAVE ASKED FOR THAT WILL WE'LL GET TO THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR AND I THINK

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WE HAVE CORRECTIVE AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BUDGET OF $2.7 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SYSTEM MAINTENANCE FOR POST SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND POND MANAGEMENT STREET SWEEPING CHANNEL MAINTENANCE. WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH A RESILIENCE PLAN THAT PLANS SHOULD BE DELIVERED TO YOU THIRD QUARTER END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR APPROVAL THIS YEAR. BUT THE OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL TRANSFER FORWARD AS WE'LL SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET WITH THE DOLLARS IN THE PROJECT BYE BYE. BY JUNE 30 JULY ONE BUT WE WE SEEK TO HAVE A SWOT OF OUR ISLAND RESILIENCE AND FOR ME I PROMISED BRIAN I WON'T BRING YOU UP HERE RIGHT NOW AND ASK THE DEFINITION OF RESILIENCE BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT WITH OUR DOLLARS IT'S A FIRST TIME AND I THINK A LONG TIME THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR POLICIES RIGHT NOT JUST OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE BUT POLICIES THAT DRIVE ALL OF THIS AS WELL AS OUR PROJECTS. RIGHT.

SO THAT RESILIENCE PLAN SHOULD TEACH US IN THE FUTURE WHAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES SHOULD BE. WE'LL A LOT FROM THAT COLLECTIVE PLAN.

WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING IN ONE WATERSHED AT A TIME AND THEN WE'D HAVE A MENU OF MITIGATION AND COST ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT THAT TIME WE PROBABLY LOOK AT THE STORMWATER UTILITY RATE OR AT LEAST ASSESS WHETHER IT'S RIGHT WHETHER IT'S TOO HIGH OR WHETHER IT'S TOO LOW. AND I THINK THAT A LOT THIS IS GOING TO HELP WITH WITH THAT THE CAPITAL PROJECT TRANSFER FOR THESE SEVEN PROJECTS GUM TREE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS JARVIS CREEK OUTFALL DIRT MOON SHELL ROAD DITCH SORRY WEXFORD SYSTEM MAIN STREET DRAINAGE PAUL METAL HALL AND THE WHOLE TRACK TRACT ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM. SO WE KNOW ABOUT OUR CAPITAL MOVEMENT. IT'S OUR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WASN'T JUST RIGHT NOW. I'M PROPOSING THIS TO YOU AND LET'S REACT TO IT. WE'VE REVIEWED PRIOR YEAR PROJECTS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD. WE'VE CONSIDERED INTERNAL LISTS MY LISTS, SEAN'S LISTS, BEN'S LISTS MAYBE BOB EVEN HAD A REQUEST BUT CONSIDERING LISTS AND OTHER SOURCE INPUT FOR NEW PROJECTS WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN OUR AVAILABLE ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT STAFFING TO MANAGE PROJECTS FUNDING PROCUREMENT PARKS AND REC HAD SOME INPUT PARKS AND REC COMMISSION HAD SOME INPUT PLANNING COMMISSION MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND TONIGHT THE WORKSHOP SECOND AND FINAL READING IS FOR TOWN COUNCIL REVIEW AND DECISION OUR SOURCE OF FUNDS ARE ROBUST I I'M I'M I'M BLESSED WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF SOURCES FUNDS IN CASH RESERVES AS WELL AS AS WELL AS YEAR OVER YEAR REVENUES BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR CIP PROGRAM LAST REVISED AS WE'RE ROLLING FORWARD DOLLARS RIGHT NOW IS A IS AN INCREASE OF 34.7% IT'S A $19 MILLION

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THIS SUPPORTS SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY SO MY BUDGET PROPOSAL OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL TONIGHT INCLUDE THOSE RIGHT SO IF ISLANDERS BEACH PARK IS UNDERWAY WE'RE PLANNING ON MOVING THOSE DOLLARS FORWARD AS WELL AS CAPTURING ANY NEW DOLLARS WE SEE FIT TO MAKE THAT PROPOSAL SCHEDULES PROVO PROJECT TIMELINES TO BALANCE STAGES AND CREATE COORDINATION BETWEEN PROJECTS SHOWN AGAIN A VERY DIVERSE FUNDING STREAM THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC REVENUE SOURCES. WE JUST APPLIED FOR A $2 MILLION GRANT. WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR IT BUT AT THE FEDERAL STATE COUNTY AS WELL AS PRIVATE AS PRIVATE FUNDING LEVELS BEACH IS AT 21.6 ARE BEACH RENOURISHMENT NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BUT YOU'LL SEE ISLANDERS BEACH PARK, OTHER PARK MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU'VE BEEN TO FOLLY FIELD BEACH PARK AND BEACH PARK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS YOU'LL SEE SOME OF OUR WORK HARBOR TOWN DREDGING THOSE DOLLARS REMAIN IN THEIR PENDING PENDING THOSE DECISIONS PATHWAYS JONESVILLE NUMBER ONE ON ON OUR LIST WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY DOWN IN GONZALEZ CAUDILLO PARKWAY AND POPE AMONG SOME OTHERS ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, DIRT ROAD PAVING AND ACQUISITION I BELIEVE WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO ACQUIRE THE MAIN STREET OR MAIN STREET EXCUSE ME WHERE I DID THAT ONE MITCHELL MITCHELL VILLE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY AND SO WE HAVE A LOT GOOD REVENUES TO SUPPORT THOSE INVESTMENTS.

I WON'T GET INTO EVERY ROADWAY PROJECT THERE BUT DEFINITELY OUR PROJECT SAFETY ROAD SAFETY PATHWAY SAFETY PARKS MEET ISLAND CHAPLAIN CROSSINGS CHAPLAIN LINEAR SHELTER COVE PATTERSON AND TAYLOR. I HEARD FROM BRIAN OR SEAN OR OF THEM YESTERDAY I FORGET WHO WE'VE MET OUT PATTERSON AND TAYLOR ALREADY HAS A DESIGN BUILD ONE CONTRACT WE HAVE TWO GOOD BIDS THEY'RE STARTING TO SCORE THOSE BIDS AND REFINE THE CONTRACTS AND A WAGE ROUND IS GOING TO ARE FINANCE DIRECTOR WILL BE INVOLVED AND FINALLY BRIAN MCELWEE OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING CAN GET ON WITH SOME PARKS SO THOSE DOLLARS ARE IN THERE AND CASH RESERVES OR OR CURRENT REVENUES YOU'LL SEE FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THAT IS. IT'S TOWN HALL FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES UNDER SOME FLOORING WE HAD SOME EXTRACTION ISSUES.

WE JUST FIXED TOWN FACILITIES, COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM MITCHELL VALE, FREEDOM PARK I.T SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT CAMERAS AND THEN STORMWATER PROJECTS. I WENT OVER OUR FLEET AND ACQUISITION. WE CAN LOOK A LOT MORE AT THIS AT OUR BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT

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IT'S A PLANNING COMMISSION PRIORITY WE WILL PERMIT AND START MOBILIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR ANOTHER EXAMPLE I WON'T GO THROUGH ISLANDERS BEACH PARK 1.6 AND THIS BUDGET WE INTEND TO CARRY FORWARD NINE SO FAR WE BUILD THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW WE JUST PUT A GOOD IN BUT WE CAN'T BUILD IT DURING PEAK SEASON WE WE NEED TO GET IN AND GET OUT WHEN THOSE SEASONS ARE HERE OR NOT BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR $2.8 MILLION TRANSFER FORWARD 9044375 RIGHT SO PLANNING COMMISSION PRIORITIZED IT.

THIS IS A YEAR THAT WE WILL PERMIT AND START CONSTRUCTION AND SO IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE FULLY CONSTRUCTED BUT ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT.

NEW NEW SEGMENTS WEXFORD TO ERA ONE WILLIAM HILTON JUST BASED UPON THE TIMING WE SAY WE NEED 100,000. THAT'S BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE TIME TO DESIGN AND PERMIT THIS YEAR. SO A $21.5 MILLION IN BEACH 5.5 IN PATHWAY OR ROADWAY PROGRAM WHICH IS MADE UP OF DIRT ROAD ACQUISITION AND PAVING WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENTS THAT WILL BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR DECISIONS AND DIRECTION IN THOSE CORRIDORS AND STREETSCAPE PLANS. EXAMPLE MAIN STREET ENHANCEMENTS REVISED BUDGET OF 312 WE DON'T THINK WE'LL CARRY ANYTHING FORWARD. WE'RE DOING WORK.

WE'VE ASKED FOR NEW FUNDING A TOTAL OF 2 MILLION PRIORITY BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND THIS IS A YEAR TO DESIGN AND PERMIT BASED YOUR DECISION OR AT LEAST DIRECTION OUT OF THE WORKSHOP FOR MAIN STREET TYPE OF STREET $10.3 MILLION TOTAL FUNDING FOR ROADS PARKS 19.8 IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THESE I CAN KEEP GOING THEM I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FALL ASLEEP ON ME HERE THIS EXCITING TO ME BUT PATTERSON RIGHT TO SEVEN DESIGN PERMIT CONSTRUCT TAYLOR 2.9 DESIGN PERMIT CONSTRUCT THOSE MIGHT COME OVER BUDGET THEY MIGHT COME IN UNDER BUDGET WE'VE USED OPINION OF PROBABLE WE'RE VERY SMART FOLKS INTERNALLY AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY AND WHEN WE GET OUR BID PRICING AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ARE GOING TO BE AND SO IT TAKES US SOME TIME TO REFINE IT AND NEGOTIATE AND MOVE IT FORWARD. TOWN HALL FACILITY POINT SEVEN SHELTER COVE OFFICE ENHANCEMENT FIRE RESCUE TRAINING CENTER WE'RE GOING TO DEMO WILD WING CAFE THAT'S A HIGH NUMBER BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'LL FIND OVER THERE FACILITY IN AN EQUIPMENT PROGRAM IN HERE TREE PLANNING, FOREST MANAGEMENT WE WILL HAVE A VERY ROBUST TREE PLANTING PROGRAM THIS YEAR FIRE STATION 127 REPLACEMENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE DOORS, THOSE OVERHEAD BAY DOORS AND SO ON SO FORTH $8.4 MILLION IN THOSE FACILITY FEES AND THOSE EQUIPMENTS MAKES A LITTLE SENSE TO ME IS FOR SOME CLARITY THOUGH A HISTORIC MISS, A LITTLE FREEDOM PARK. WHY ISN'T THAT IN PARKS WE ARE WE ARE NOT THE PARK OPERATOR THERE IS A FACILITY IN THIS BUDGET FOR FOR CLARITY PURPOSES STORMWATER PROGRAM 1.2 I WENT OVER THOSE PROJECTS FLEET 7.2 YOU'LL SEE THOUGH THAT ENGINE PUMPERS AND QUINTS AS WELL AS LADDER TRUCK REPLACEMENTS TWO OF THEM ARE CONSIDERABLE PORTION THOSE DOLLARS I HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT A PUBLIC SAFETY AGAIN OPEN FOR YOUR FEEDBACK I DON'T NECESSARILY I DIDN'T INTEND EXPECT TO HAVE A VOTE BUT AS AS YOU AS A TOWN COUNCIL ARE APPROVING CONSIDERING TO APPROVE AN ABANDONED VESSEL OR AN ABANDONED ORDINANCE I DO THINK

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WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR FINANCIAL POSITION I MENTIONED $3.2 MILLION ALONE JUST JUST IN GENERAL FUND UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE. STORMWATER BONDS ARE IN STORMWATER AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ISLAND. HERE'S OUR DEBT.

WE'LL SEE THAT SIGNIFICANT OF THIS DEBT IS STARTING TO EXPIRE RIGHT 25, 25, 26.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME SOURCES OF THAT GO BONDS SPECIAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND STORMWATER BONDS THEY'VE BEEN FOR OUR FACILITIES OUR TIFF DISTRICT, OUR STORMWATER PROJECTS, OUR PARKS, OUR LAND PROGRAM OVER TIME IF I SHOWED YOU NOTHING ELSE TONIGHT THIS IS MY SLIDE.

SO SINCE 2018 AT A PEAK AS WE LOOK BACK WE HAD $180.6 MILLION DEBT.

TODAY WE HAVE 78.4. OUR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS I MENTIONED TO YOU IS A STANDALONE BUT TOWN ORIGINATED NONPROFIT ACCOUNTS FOR REPORTS OF COSTS WITH THE ACTIONS OF THE CORPORATION THE SOURCES OF REVENUE ARE STATE AND COUNTY GRANTS AND THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO ME THROUGH THOMAS FOXLEY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUT BUT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS YOU SEE THE $5.3 MILLION BUDGET 5 MILLION FROM THE STATE TRANSFERRED FORWARD UNSPENT PRIOR YEAR GRANT PARTIALLY SPENT WITH MR. BOSLEY SALARY COMING OUT OF SOME OF THAT AND INVESTMENT INCOME OF THE $5 MILLION THE BUDGET PRESENTED BY THE CDC 3.4 PLANS FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE WE DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT THAT'S INTERESTING AND OPPORTUNITY BUT AN ENDING FUND BALANCE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT CORP HAS PURPOSEFULLY PLANNED FOR REVENUES LESS THAN EXPENDITURES RIGHT IT'S IT'S IN THEIR WE ALL KNOW WE'RE A REMINDER MAYBE A BOARD WAS APPOINTED IN THE SPRING OF 23 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS HIRED IN NOVEMBER OF 23 AND THEY'RE DOING THE WORK OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED THE BYLAWS AND YOU PLACED THE BOARD MEMBERS I HAVE WORKED WITH THE BOARD CLOSELY TO HIRE MR. BAXLEY. YOU SEE WHAT THE BUDGET IS APPROVED FOR STRAIGHT FROM THE BOARD PERSONNEL OPERATOR, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LOAN TOWARDS ATTRACTION AND RETENTION, A NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY WORK CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR POTENTIALLY LAND OR EASEMENTS AND THEN SOME MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS AND BUT NOT LEAST OUR HOUSING FUND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S REALLY THREE SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR HOUSING

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OUR AGREEMENT IS VERY CLOSE TO GOING LIVE BUT THE DOLLARS HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT THEY'RE STILL IN THIS BUDGET. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A IS A BREAKDOWN OF USE MONEY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION CIP AGAIN WHERE DID THAT COME FROM THAT CAME FROM THE TOWN COUNCIL FEEDBACK AT THE WORKSHOP OF STRATEGIC PLAN A FEW MONTHS AGO WHERE WE SAID WE ACQUIRED BRYANT ROAD THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY FOR A HOUSING PARTNERSHIP AND WE CAN'T JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND BUILD A SUBDIVISION THAT WE TO REALLY WORK ON STABILIZING NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN A ROAD WATER SEWER, STORMWATER PATHWAY LIGHTING ROADSIDE DITCH CLEARING WHAT NOT HOME REPAIR LATERAL SEWER SO WE SAID THAT WE WOULD FOCUS HERE WHILE WE CONTEMPLATED AND WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT TOWN COUNCIL AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH YET ANOTHER PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP A NORTH POINT DOLLARS ARE IN THERE FOR THAT AND THEN WE HAVE SOME HOUSING SOFT COSTS SO YOU'LL SEE NORTH POINT IT'S NOT MONEY THAT MILLION DOLLARS IS THE SAME MILLION DOLLARS EARMARKED IS JUST RESETTING THE BUDGET.

IT'S NOT AN ACCUMULATION. THIS IS THE BUDGET SO MILLION DOLLARS NORTH .1.5 C IP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION A MILLION BRYANT ROAD PARTNERSHIP EARMARK 89,000 FOR THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST. YOU WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST CHAIR SOON AND. THEN WORKFORCE HOUSING SOFT COSTS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING SOFT COSTS ARE LEGAL COSTS FAIR HOUSING STUDIES SOME CONSULTING INTO THOSE THOSE THREE BUCKETS UP TOP PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LEGAL MARKET STUDIES DUE DILIGENCE RIGHT THAT OUR PARTNERSHIPS DO TAKE TIME AND COST MONEY IF WE PUT THEM TOGETHER FAIR HOUSING STUDIES, HOUSING CONSULTANT, PRINT MEDIA AND VIDEOS AS WELL AS A HOUSING DASHBOARD.

SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NOW WE'RE DOING OUR I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT AT THE BEGINNING SO I SOUND SMARTER $166.9 MILLION PROPOSED BUDGET TO YOU.

AGAIN, THOSE OVERAGES THIS YEAR OVER LAST ARE 1.8% GENERAL FUND 34.7% CAPITAL PROJECTS SHARED WITH YOU ROADS, PARKS AND FIRST AND FOREMOST PEACHTREE NOURISHMENT STORMWATER UTILITY UP 27.9% 1.6 MILLION BUT AGAIN THAT IS FOR A CAPITAL PROJECT TRANSFER INTO CIP.

CDC DOWN 36% IN HOUSING UP 19% $650,000. SO AGAIN WE'RE HERE TONIGHT MAY 7TH. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS AND THEN JUNE 4TH AND I WILL.

ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL DONE. APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO HAVE AND STAFF TO HAVE AS WELL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE CONCRETE KNOWLEDGE TO THIS AND ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT WILL BE ONLINE THIS EVENING SO YOU CAN PUT IT UP THERE AS WELL . WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY? YEAH SO I'M NEXT WE WILL OPEN UP TO THE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE A PUBLIC HEARING ON MISSILE BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF HILTON ISLAND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025

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YOUR TOWN COUNCIL FOLKS ALL THE FLAGS HAVE BEEN RAISED. THE TOWN MANAGER ALREADY CAUGHT ILLEGALLY USING TAX CAN EMPLOYEES THE TAX FUNDS THEIR PROFIT HELP THE CHAMBER WHILE HE SERVED IN BROUGHTON TOWN LAWYERS ARE OVERCHARGING LEGAL FEES AS REPORTED BY THE PACKET AND DRAFTING FRAUDULENT DEMO CONTRACTS LAWYER GROUP ARE FOUND GUILTY OF THREE ETHICS VIOLATIONS THE CPA IS HIDING OVERCHARGED LEGAL FEES AGAIN AS REPORTED BY THE PACKET AND WE ARE SHOWING AND WE ARE NOT SHOWING ALL THE MILLIONS ISSUED IN THIS YEAR BY THE CHAMBER ILLEGALLY AND CRIMINALLY PERHAPS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS IS OUR FAILED PART TIME MAYOR CONTROLLED BY CHAMBER BUDDY BILL MILES OF COMMITTING CRIMINAL FRAUD.

PERRY SAID HE SAW 80% OF THE RECEIPTS AND INVOICE TO THIS CHAMBER AND ITS ILLEGAL USE OF MILLIONS OF OUR TAX. WHY DID YOU DO THIS MR. PERRY WE ARE IN A REAL CRISIS IN THIS COMMUNITY. IS ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM? JUST GIVE ANYTHING I SAY.

STAND UP. COME UP A FEW DAYS PLEASE ADDRESS HERE OUR TOWN AND AND A COMMUNITY CRISIS YOU PEOPLE MUST GRAB A HOLD OF WHAT I'M SAYING AND COME TO HAPPEN.

PLEASE ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT FRAUDULENT BUDGET, FRAUDULENT AUDITS? WE ARE BEING ROBBED BLIND. LOOKS LIKE HE'S TALKING ABOUT THESE NAMES ADDRESS COUNCIL STAND UP EVERYBODY STAND UP AND SPEAK UP. THANK YOU, MR. HOAGLAND.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT. CNN WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.

DEPUTY MOTIONS YES. HERE I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF THE 2025 CONSOLIDATED BUDGET IN THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS SECTION FIVE TRANSFER OF FUNDS WILL BE MODIFIED TO CLARIFY THE AMOUNT THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVED TERMS. SORRY. OKAY I CAN STATE IN ADDITION YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BUCCANEERS I MUST IT IF YOU'RE CALLING TO SAY COME OUT THE SERVICE BUDGET.

FIRST OF ALL I'M REALLY GLAD I WAS NO PROPERTY TAX AND MILITARY INCREASE AND FOR ALL THE REASONS TO DO THAT I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE I GOT TO GET THAT FOR YOU SAY IT AGAIN OUT OF CONCERN FOR MY LACK AT GOING DOWN YOU KNOW IF WE BENEFIT FROM HAVING MULTIPLE REVENUE SOURCES THIS IS GREAT BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY BETTER TO DO MORE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

BECAUSE OF THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ON THE HOUSING SIDE SOUTH WITH SOME TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE KINDS AVAILABLE FOR THE VALUATION HISTORIC PAYMENTS REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUT DO HAVE I THINK ESTABLISHING SECTION FIVE SHAKE THAT AMENDMENT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO OFFER CONVERSION TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO REMOVE THE 15% INCREASE IN TOWN COUNCIL SALARY ON FIRE AND COMBINING THE SALARY AND WE'VE WITH THAT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR OUR STAFF AND MUSIC PLAYER TO HAVE THOSE TWO OPTIONS APPLY BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW FOLKS OUT THERE STRUGGLING AND COST OF LIVING GOING UP AND I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE EARNING PERCENT INCREASE IN COUNCIL SALARY SO WOULD MOVE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO MAKE 15% INCREASE IN TOWN COUNCIL SOUNDS OKAY NOW IS THERE A SECOND MS. RICE'S VERSION IS THERE A

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AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A TRUE. MATERIAL CHANGE UP BOARD AND WE'LL WORK WITH CURTIS ON WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE AND DIRECTIONS ON A WORKSHOP WE WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY DO WORKSHOPS ONE OF THOSE CATCH IN THE WORKS OUT COME BACK TO US AND WE CAN WE ARE SECONDS I I I GOING TO STRESS OTHER DISCUSSION AHEAD OF TIME. YES I HAVE SERVED ON THE COUNCIL FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN COMPENSATION DURING THAT PERIOD AS FAR AS I KNOW THE BASED OFF OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE A MUCH LONGER THAT'S OUR GOAL SO I IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT IT BE SOME ADJUSTMENT I CAN THAT BECAUSE I DO NOT INTEND TO WALK IN THAT OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU. LET ME JUST SAY A MOTION THAT I LIKE TO MAKE IT WILL BE ACCEPTED AS AN AMENDMENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR SEVEN AND SIX ON PAGE FIVE AS ADDRESSED AS AFFILIATED AGENCY FUNDING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SIX SECTION SIX FROM THIS ORDINANCE SECTION SIX REFER TO THEIR STATEMENTS, THEIR BUT I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE IS REALLY INTERESTED BUT I WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO READ WHAT IT IS OBJECTING TO WHICH IS BY VIRTUE OF ADOPTING THIS THE TOWN HEREBY STATES THAT THE SERVICES BE PROVIDED UNDER THE AFFILIATE AGENCY PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT THE PUBLIC BY VIRTUE OF THE NATURE OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE PRIMARILY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH SERVICE THAT IT'S GOOD THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT OCCURRING ON THE SITE.

THE INSPECTOR IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM THIS PRESS THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED.

OKAY YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THIS PRICING MOTION AMEND THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED. YOUR MOTION IS A SEPARATE MATTER THAT SHOULD COME AT A DIFFERENT TIME. OKAY THAT'S PERFECT. AND WHETHER YOU ARE REGARDING THIS CRISIS MOTION THAT IS FOR CLARIFICATION DO WE WANT TO HAVE ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND MOTIONS FORWARD AND THEN BACK INTO IT OR TAKE AS WE GO THROUGH IT IS GOING TO BECOME VERY COMPLICATED SO TAKE THEM AS THEY COME FOR ASSESSMENT AND VOTE ON THAT.

SO WITH THAT SAID WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE INITIAL MOTION AND IF YOU COULD REPEAT YES I DID.

YES I WILL I WILL BE MAKING THE MOTION OF SECTION FIVE VERIFYING THE MAX AMOUNT CAN BE TRANSFERRED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER AND OR HIS DESIGNEE. I THINK THAT WE WOULD WANT TO PUT A VALUE ON THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. YEAH I JUST I THINK GOING TO REQUIRE SOME THOUGHT AND TIME AFTER THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT IN TRYING TO MAKE THE THINGS HAPPEN ON A TIMELY BASIS. MY SUGGESTION IS THE TIME AND THE CHAIRMAN AND THE FINANCE CHAIRMAN COME TO THE COMPACT HOUSE WITH THE SAME. YES.

AND THAT'S WHY I LEFT THAT SORT OF LETTER. I THINK PERSONALLY THAT MY TO THE MAN OKAY INTERESTING IF THERE ARE OTHER AMENDMENTS THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND FINALLY

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50% INCREASE THE 3% INCREASE IS MADE BY THIS PRICE AND SECOND THOSE ARE OFFERED.

SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT POINT OKAY. YEAH YOU YOU DID SO THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE AND THEY WERE PRESENTED AREAS IN THE RIGHT HAND AND SUIT ON AS OPPOSED TO FIVE OVER HERE WRITING ASSIGNMENTS MOTION TELLS SO NOW WE CAN GO THIS IS BACK CORRECT.

YES IT WAS OF THE EXECUTION THAT WELL AND THINK APPLICATION FOR ONE LEFT SO I HATE TO START WITH THAT MANY EXEMPTIONS AND THE MOTION TO REMOVE SECTION SIX REGARDING FAMILY AGENCY FUNDING IS THAT THERE'S A STATEMENT HERE WHICH I DON'T THINK ANY OF US SHOULD BE WILLING TO REVISIT WHICH IS BY VIRTUE OF ADOPTING THIS BUDGET TOWN HERE WAS SAYING THAT THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THE AFFILIATED AGENCIES PROGRAM THE BENEFIT OF IT BY VIRTUE OF THE NATURE OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE A PRIMARY BENEFICIARY, A SERVICE AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT ASPECT OF THE VENTURE AND QUITE GRATIFIED IN TERMS OF THE BENEFITS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT ON BALANCE THE SERVICES PROVIDED WILL ULTIMATELY THE INTERESTS AS COMPARED TO ANY ANCILLARY TO A PRIVATE PARTY OR ENTITY.

WE HAVE NO WAY OF BEING ABLE TO SIT HERE TODAY AND THAT EVERY AFFILIATED AGENCY REQUESTS THIS THOSE PARAMETERS AND THAT CRITERIA AND SO I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN POSSIBLY INCLUDE SECTION SIX IN THE BUDGET WHICH TIES A CHANCE FOR ANY FUTURE DISCUSSION OF THIS.

IS THERE SECOND ONE WHICH IS THEIR OWN VERSION SITTING DOWN MOTION THAT'S THAT ANY OTHER MOTION TO BE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I JUST WALK ON I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS A RECORD BUDGET FOR THIS TOWN ALMOST $169,000,000.70 $4 MILLION OF THAT FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS $21 BILLION OF THAT COST EACH RENOURISHMENT AND 19 OF THAT CHURCH PARKS ALL OF THAT COMES OUT WITHOUT NEW DEBT. ALL OF THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION A SOLUTION FOR AN OUTSTANDING PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASKED FOR THIS ISN'T VALUABLE JAIL. THANK YOU MR. YES I GO TO CONGRESS AND SO FANS ARE PROVIDED THIS PROCESS TO US AS COUNTIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE INPUT ALONG THE WAY AND OBVIOUSLY VERY TRANSPARENT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS FIRST READING AND ALSO A WORKSHOP BEFORE I WAS AT A READING JUST A ONE QUESTION AND THEN A FEW POINTS HERE FOR ANOTHER OFFICER STANTON'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE INCREASE IN DEPOSIT WHICH MAJORITY OF THAT IS WITHIN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHICH MAJORITY OF THAT IS BEACH NOURISHMENT? HOW MUCH OF THOSE DOLLARS OF INCREASED DOLLARS THAT IS COMING FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES IN THE CAPITAL ZERO I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW THE STATE OF ISRAEL DOES TAX INCREASE. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE CURRENT MILLAGE IS BELOW THE VILLAGE THAT WE USE. WE'RE LOOKING TO SEND MORE MONEY FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND WE ALSO MAINTAIN ABOVE THE CEILING OF FUNDING SO THAT WE

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NOT EVERY COMMUNITY CAN DO THAT SO I THINK WE ARE DEFINITELY POSITIONING OURSELVES AS AS FAR AS OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE CONCERNED AND THE PLACE YOU MENTIONED AND WE CAN TALK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT WORKS OUT. I'M JUST MAKING A NOTE OF THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SIX NEW AGREEMENTS FOR STORMWATER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE THE SAME AS PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED ALONG THE WAY LIKE TO WHERE THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY HERE 20 OUT AND THE MINOR PROPOSALS THAT I THINK 1.6 I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE FEARFUL OF HAVE A DISCUSSION WHILE WE CONTINUE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH HERE HILTON HERE TO PURCHASE AN UNDEVELOPED AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE REASON WE TRY TO USE VELOCITY TRANSFER TO DO THAT WHICH IS PROBABLY LAST LONG AS WELL THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND IN THERE AS FAR AS GROWTH MANAGEMENT IS CONCERNED AND ALSO CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND LASTLY AS FAR AS THE MOTION ON TABLE AND THEY NEED TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AROUND THE REASON FOR THE TOWN MANAGEMENT NEED TO HAVE AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE WITH 180 INCREASE IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENT DURING THE WORKSHOP THERE'S I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE SINCE THAT ITEM IS NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET THAT IF WE NEED IT WE CAN TAKE OFF MY THINKING OF IT AS A AND THEN BRING IT BACK UP FOR COUNCIL TO EXPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT AND APPROVE IT AS PUT IT BACK LAST YEAR THAT COULD IMPACT A $100,000 IN PROJECTS INSIDE THE IS THERE A LITTLE BIT AROUND THAT PRICE I MEAN OWNER OR UNDER THE $100,000 THRESHOLD IS CONCERNED IS A LITTLE PART OF THIS PARK PROJECT IS AN EXAMPLE SO IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT AND WORKSHOP YEAH PLEASE AT THE BACK OF LAST YEAR AND I WAS TRYING TO I WOULD BE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM IN A TIMELY BASIS AND I THANK YOU SIR GREATER FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE YOU ARE A MAGNITUDE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LAST QUESTION AND THAT IS A TRANSMIT AND SOLELY OR SIMPLY PROJECTS OR IS THAT INTEREST DEPARTMENT ALL HOW IT IS HE WAS INVITED TO SAY HOW CURRENTLY IS TAKING SOMETHING FROM AND PUTTING IN A FINANCE ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE TO I.T RIGHT NOW THOSE BUDGET THRESHOLDS ARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OFF SO AT THE WEB ADMINISTRATOR I SAID HOW LONG COMMUNICATIONS ARE THAT LONG AND I T IF THEY'RE ALL IN MORE THAN $100,000 I CAN'T MAKE THAT OPERATIONAL AND IMPROVEMENT AT LEAST FROM MY LENS IN THE BUDGET WITHOUT A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE OPERATING SIDE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT SIDE OF IT IS IF I HAVE $4 MILLION FOR ISLANDERS AND IT COMES IN AT FOUR THREE AND I KNOW THAT ISLANDERS WERE A CRUNCH WE'RE OUT OF SEASON, WE'RE READY TO BUILD AND I CAN AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THE FOUR THREE INSTEAD OF FOUR. I CAN'T TAKE SOMETHING MORE THAN $100,000 AND PUT IT INTO ISLANDERS AND GET ISLANDERS WITHOUT COMING BACK TO YOU FOR TWO READINGS OF THE BUDGET.

SO AND I DIDN'T I DIDN'T CREATE THIS LANGUAGE IT IS A COMMON COMMENT BEST PRACTICES A GOOD PRACTICE THAT'S USED AND USED IN THE PAST I HAVE COLLEAGUES HAVE LANGUAGE LIKE THAT FORGIVE ME FOR NOT THINKING THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE I'M HAPPY TO CREATE A THRESHOLD FOR CLARITY I'LL TELL YOU THE PROCESS SO IS THE MONTHLY QUARTERLY FORCE THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR NO MATTER WHAT AND IF I MOVE A PERSON OR IF I MOVE DOLLARS WHEN I WAS TRYING TO ESTIMATE I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN BUT I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, ON ON THIS SECTION FIVE IS MORE ABOUT HAVING THAT CHECK BALANCE IN PLACE SO THAT ONE WE'RE COMFORTABLE BUT ALSO GENERAL PUBLIC IS COMFORTABLE. YOU KNOW IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TRUST OF YOU BUT IT'S ABOUT

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SO LIKE I SAID I'M JUST RECOMMENDING WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IF WE DON'T FIGURE SOMETHING BY SECOND AND FINAL. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO TWO THINGS I HAVE A NUMBER QUESTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC THAT I THINK CAN BE ANSWERED AND WORKSHOP NOT GOING TO DELIVER NOW BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO SECTION SIX WHICH WOULD STRENGTHEN LANGUAGE ON THE THIRD LINE FROM THE BOTTOM AND THAT WOULD SAY THAT WE SET THIS AS TRUE THAT THE BUDGET THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT A SPECULATIVE NATURE THAT THOSE THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN OUT OF SECTION SIX THAT TO ME IS THE SAME ARGUMENT I DON'T WHAT CAN THIS BUDGET WAS IMPROVED BY US UNDERSTANDING ALL THE ASPECTS INCLUDED AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS AND SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE REMOVED AND AS MEMBERS JUST TO CLARIFY ONE MORE TIME EXACTLY WHICH WAS FOR WAS SECTION SIX THE TOP OF THE PAGE IS THE THIRD LINE BUT THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT OF A SPECULATIVE NATURE AND I COULD GO ON AND TAKE OUT THE HOLES IN THE WHOLE SET OF SENTENCE I'D BE HAPPY WITH THAT BUT THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT A SPECULATIVE AND ARE WELL DEFINED IN TERMS OF THE BENEFITS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC THAT TIME OUR HANDS TO ACCEPTING THAT ALL FAMILY AGENCIES FUNDING IS CLEARLY NOT OF THE SPECULATIVE NATURE CREATE AN ECONOMY WILL STRIKE THAT LANGUAGE FROM SECTION SIX THAT WAS SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN THE 0 SECONDS TO THE MOTION VOLUNTEERED IN THE LAST ONE WHERE THE MOTION FAILS OKAY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO ADDRESS SECTION FIVE VERIFY THE MAX AMOUNT THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED BY THE TOWN MANAGER AND OR HIS DESIGNEE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT GIVES US AN UPWARD EDGE IN THERE TO TO MOVE IT FORWARD A LITTLE LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD OR OCCURS AT THIS POINT IN WE NEED TO DEFINE THE TERM WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEKING TO AMEND IT THE IDEA IS TO STATE MAXIMUM I KNOW WHAT THAT IS SO TO SUGGEST A MOTION JUST IN THIS SECTION I THINK IT GOES ALONG WITH CASTLE BROWN'S ADJUSTING TO THAT SECTION FIVE AND SO IT'S WORKED OUT NO I WELL I THINK FOR CLARITY RIGHT.

I MEAN I'M TRYING TO CHANGE THE ENGINE ON AN AIRPLANE OR FLYING IT.

I THINK YOUR EMOTION CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE CLARITY BY SAYING THAT I WILL BY SECOND AND FINAL READING RESOLVE THE COMPLEXITY. ALL RIGHT, CURTIS JOSH, HELP ME WITH THAT. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO RIGHT IS TO BACK TO LAST YEAR IN THIS MATTER HAS TO BE AN ACT AS IT IS NOT IN COMMUNITY. I CAN TAKE GENERAL ON THE CAIB AND CAIB OKAY THEY DID DO THAT CLARITY AND IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.

I HAD TO CLARIFY THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL THE TOWN MANAGER WAS THIS INFORMATION BY THE SECOND TEAM AND RIGHT THAT IT WAS YOU SECOND THAT YES I HEARD THAT SECOND ANY QUICK DISCUSSION ON THAT YES.

SO

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I CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL SO AND THAT'S FINE THAT AGREES THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TOWARD BUDGETARY AUTHORITY IS IS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS AND THE STORMWATER IS AT THE FUND LEVEL AND THE DEBT AT THE FUND LEVEL THE GENERAL FUND IS UNDER DEPARTMENT LEVEL AND CITY PROJECTS ARE ADOPTED A PROJECT LEVEL LIKE OUT THAT PROGRAM I AM NOT TRYING TO TAKE BEACH MONEY AND PUT IT IN TRAFFIC AND I'M NOT TO STATE BEACH PROGRAM DOLLARS AND PUT IT IN PAPER PENCILS AND PICK UP JUST I AM TRYING TO BE PRETTY UPFRONT THAT WHAT WE SAW ON THAT PAGE IS $3.2 MILLION AND IT COMES IN AT 3.6 IS AT LEAST TWO READINGS OF COUNCIL START AMENDING THOSE DOLLARS IN THE WAY IT IS READ SO I THINK I CAN SOLVE THIS WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU SOME CLARITY. I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN HERE IS PROCESS. HOW DO WE GET THERE? WHAT I DON'T WANT I WANT CLARITY TRANSPARENCY EQUAL CLEAR NOW SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT QUICK AND DO MY JOB WITHOUT HAVING TO READ AS A COUNCIL OF REVENUE PROJECT BUDGET SO I CARE MORE ABOUT PROJECT BUDGETS. THAT WAS MY INTENT HERE I SOME THOUGHTS ON ON A LANGUAGE THAT'S JUST ABOUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GOING BACK TO MEET WITH THOSE WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET IT'S NEW YEAR SO JUST GIVE US SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ONE TIME THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE NEXT YEAR CARRIES A LOT OF THIS IS IT'S NOT SITTING ON THE SHELF WAITING SOMETHING JUST PICK IT UP AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO YEAR OUT AND FOR CLARITY I DIDN'T MAKE THOSE UP.

IT WASN'T MYSELF AROUND COMING UP WITH SOME NEW LANGUAGE THIS THIS IS USED IN OTHER BUDGETS APOLOGIZE FOR THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT SO SOME HAVE GOT EMOTIONAL ON THE TABLE TOO TO ADDRESS SECTION FIVE IN RESOLVING COMPLEXITY OF CURRENT WORDING THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO US. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU FIRST? THAT'S WHAT DAVID HAD READ BEFORE TODAY. YES THAT THAT WORKS. IT TELLS MANAGER WHAT HE SHOULD DO PRIOR TO SAYING AGREED HERE'S ALL THE COMPLEXITY WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.

WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT AND THAT WE DIDN'T I DON'T THINK WE WENT I THINK YES THE ORIGINAL VERSION INCLUDED AMENDED LANGUAGE SO I DON'T THINK WE VOTE SEPARATELY ON HIS LANGUAGE IN HIS ORIGINAL VERSION WHICH WAS WHERE THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS MADE WITH THAT AMENDMENT.

YEAH GO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL VERSION SAID WHICH TO CLARIFY THE MAXIMUM THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL. WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE WAS THE TOWN NEXT YEAR WILL PROVIDE THIS AMOUNT AS A SECOND READING OF THE SOURCE.

YEAH AND SO THAT REQUIRES ME TO BRING BACK AND CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE THE ACTUAL AMOUNT PRIOR TO THAT AND READY TO JUMP IN AND DEAL WITH AT THAT TIME. YOU STILL SAYING THAT.

YEAH OKAY SO WE GET THAT THE MOTION BY EMAIL. MR. AMES THE SECOND ONE STAFFORD ALL THE SANTA BABY PLEASE RAISING YOUR RIGHT TO THE FIRST SO I SO SO THIS IS THE TO GIVE FIRST READING FOR WELL I MEAN THIS IS AGAIN THE FIRST READING APPROVAL AND WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE SECTION TRANSFER PLUS CLARIFICATION OKAY SO WE HAVE SIX MORE VOTES ONE OF THOSE TWO TWO SO I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I HAVE TO AND JUST SO THAT WAS A NO MISUNDERSTANDING I CAN'T CONFIRM THIS BUDGET BUT THE LANGUAGE OF SECTION SIX BECAUSE

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THIS ITEM WAS PASSED ON FIRST READING APRIL 2ND READING FOR THE FUNDS TO BOTH THE SPARE AND MYSELF BOTH. MR. BREWER YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL.

AS YOU INDICATED JUST HOW THIS MATTERS PENDING BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL ON SECOND READING THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS TO THIS SINCE THE PROP FROM LAST AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO BEFORE WE GO TO THE QUESTIONS OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS SO ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE SECTION TO US ACCESS TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS JUST THAT SURE I WOULD LIKE TO AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE IT LANDS BUT AS I DID ON THE FIRST READING I WOULD REMOVE FROM THIS ORDINANCE AND THEN BUDGET THE SECTION THAT SEEKS TO FUND THE SEASONS.

CC YES IT SEEMS IS THERE A SECOND THING THAT I'M LOOKING THIS OTHER DISCUSSION BUT THERE ARE TWO EMOTIONS AND THEY COME UP SO TO TALK ABOUT WELL ON THE RECORD IN TERMS OF WHY THIS I HAVE CONSISTENTLY DISAPPROVED OF CC YOU SEE A REHASH HERE WE'VE WATCHED VIDEOS AND THESE MINUTES HOWEVER I DID IN THE QUESTION I HAVE SPECIFICALLY A MISCOMMUNICATION THAT WE GET A LEGAL OPINION FROM THE CONGRESS WITH REGARD TO THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT AT LEAST THE APPROPRIATENESS OF PRIVILEGE AND CERTAINLY THIS UNDER THE TITLE IT HAPPENS THAT HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO DO THAT AND HAVE WE GOTTEN A RESPONSE SO NEITHER THE IRS OR THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WILL PROVIDE WHAT'S CALLED AN ADVISORY OPINION AND SO WE COMMUNICATED THAT TO THE COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PUT THE BURDEN ON THEM TO OBTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR NEEDS.

ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT IMPACTS OR HARM NOT TO NONPROFIT TO THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS UNDER IRS REGULATIONS THAT DOCUMENT WAS PROVIDED TO THE TOWN YOU PROVIDED IT'S THE TOWN ATTORNEY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN TERM HAS COMMUNICATED YOU REGARDING HIS THOUGHTS ON SUFFICIENCY AND THAT YES IT WAS JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF THIS MEETING THOUGH I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S WITHIN AN KNOW THAT IT CAME TO US AS A PRIVILEGED DOCUMENT ATTACHED IT OR PRIVILEGED DOCUMENT SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE ARE AT LIBERTY DISCUSS WHAT IT IS THAT I WOULD BE REACTING TO THIS QUESTION IS THERE AN ANSWER? CAN WE IN A COURTESY TO IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT ONE FOR US THE THE PRIVILEGE BELONGS TO COUNSEL AS A WHOLE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE CAN VOTE TO WAIVE IT IF IT CHOOSES DO SO OKAY SO WE RECEIVED A LETTER THAT WAS PRIVILEGED WITH ATTACHMENTS CONT CONTENT OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS I DON'T KNOW IS THAT A MOTION? THIS IS A NEW ONE FOR ME CURTIS IF A MEMBER WISHES TO BE OF COUNSEL WILL WAIVE ITS WITH REGARD TO ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS THEN MS. BECKER YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR COUNSEL TO DO THAT REGARD TO THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WAS FROM ME TODAY TO COUNSEL REGARDING THE 501C3 ISSUE RAISED BY COUNSEL WITH THE COMMUNITY COASTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WELL I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE

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IT'S IT'S IT'S A NO FOR ME. THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT THAT WAS AN ATTACHMENT HAS NO PRIVILEGE OR CONFIDENTIALITY TO IT AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD NOT BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.

WELL, MR. ORLANDO, I'D LIKE TO ASK ASK A QUESTION JUST IT'S TO HELP WE'RE DEBATING DEBATING THE MOTION. BUT I BUT I THINK THE NUTS AND BOLTS HERE REALLY ARE WHAT WAS ASKED AT THE MEETING IN TERMS NOT JUST WHAT IS AN IRS OPINION BUT WHAT WAS THE OPINION SEEKING. AND I AND I THAT YOU HAVE SOME CLARITY ON THAT AND IF I COULD PERHAPS EVEN ASK MR. COLTRANE TO HELP YOU AND EXPLAIN THE POSITION BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF SOME TO SIMPLY JUST ANSWER WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AND IS THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED OR NOT BECAUSE THIS IS AN AFFILIATED AGENCY APPLICATION, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A TAX DOLLARS THROUGH ACT 57. YOU DO HAVE STRONG OPINION LETTER RIGHT FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ACT 57 I THINK SOME OF THESE OTHER INGREDIENTS THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR LAST MONTH CAN BE COULD BE CLARIFIED. YOU PROVIDING SOME INSIGHT? I JUST I KNOW MR. GRUBER KNOWS OF THIS COALITION OF THE TOWN. I THINK THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHETHER NOT THE TOWN COUNCIL WANTS TO WAIVE THE PRIVILEGE OF THE OPINION OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY WHICH INCLUDED BY REFERENCE AND THEREFORE AS PART OF HIS OPINION THE ATTACHMENT AND I DON'T WANT MR. GRUBER TO START EXPLAINING THE ATTACHMENT UNTIL WE'VE DECIDED WHETHER OR NOT GOING TO WAIVE THE PRIVILEGE. SO MR. COLTRANE, A QUESTION FOR YOU WAS THAT DOCUMENTS SENT TO YOU PRIVILEGED? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SENT TO ME AS A PRIVILEGED DOCUMENT. MY ADVICE TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED I MEAN IF IF IT IS MY QUESTION GOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN THAT I UNDERSTAND THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TO COUNSEL IS PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL BUT THE DETAILS AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THAT EMAIL AND THAT LETTER DOESN'T HOLD ANY DAMMING OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS NEGATIVE. IT DID NOT KNOW AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY I BELIEVE ON THE FACE OF THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE RECEIVED IT SPECIFICALLY LISTED IT WAS FOR EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION SO SO I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TABLING THIS FOR RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THIS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN BRING IT BACK THAT COUNSEL IS OKAY WITH THAT. SO YOUR COMMENT ON THAT 1/2 ARE WE TABLING MY MOTION I THINK WE ARE TELLING THE WHOLE THING TO BRING BACK THAT AT AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION YOUR APPROVAL WHAT THE YES SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IS THAT SOUNDS CORRECT CURTIS IS ACCEPTABLE MR. MAYOR THERE THERE MAY BE ANOTHER WAY OF DEALING WITH THIS AND THAT IF IF IF THE PARTY TO THAT OPINION WAS GIVEN WOULD WAVE THEIR PRIVILEGE AND NOT THE TOWN COUNCIL WAIVING OURS I'M JUST CLEAR THAT OCCURRENCE IS TAKING AND I'M WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. WELL THAT WOULD THAT WOULD WORK IF THE PERSON TO WHOM IT WAS

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I MEAN THEY OWN IT THEY CAN THEY CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU ALL.

I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY AND SOME OF YOU ARE ON THE FCC DC. I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION. I DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT POWERS BUT THAT DOCUMENT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE CONFIDENTIAL. IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO AND ANY THAT MAY BE ASSUMED IS I THINK IS BEING INCORRECTLY SO I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR IN THE AP TO HAVE THAT SORT OF CERTAINTY THAT WHATEVER YOU DO THAT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT SO THE NOW BEGS DO WE STILL NEED TO WAIVE YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY? WELL TO US LET ME SEE IF I CAN TRY TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ADDRESS THE QUESTION DIRECTLY ABSENT WEIGHING IN WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT CORRESPONDENCE.

LET ME JUST ADD T UP THE ISSUE AND WHAT THAT LETTER COMMUNICATED TO US.

SO THIS ISSUE AROSE WHEN THE AMENDMENT WAS ORIGINALLY PENDING BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE DC AND AS IN A CONDITION OF APPROVING THAT DOCUMENT ON I BELIEVE IT WAS SECOND READING OR WHENEVER WE APPROVED IT THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED THAT THE FUNDRAISING MECHANISM BY WHICH KDC HAD PROPOSED TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SOLICIT FUNDS WAS TO OFFER UP TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WOULD PROVIDE DONATIONS AND SOME FORM OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN TERMS OF HAVING TO THE UNITS THAT THE FUNDING WOULD ULTIMATELY BE USED TO PURCHASE. AND SO A QUESTION WAS RAISED AS TO WHETHER NOT THAT ACTION WOULD CALL INTO QUESTION THE EXEMPT STATUS UNDER IRS STANDARDS OF OFFERING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. AND SO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS CONCERNS WE'VE DONE TWO THINGS. ONE WAS TO INCLUDE IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ITSELF A CONDITION THAT EXPLICITLY THAT WHATEVER PROGRAM THEY END UP COMING FORWARD WITH CANNOT PUT IN JEOPARDY THEIR 501C3 TAX EXEMPT STATUS AND IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THAT WHAT THEY WOULD PROPOSE TO DO WOULD NOT VIOLATE THAT, WE ASKED THEM TO GET THIS LEGAL OPINION AND THEN SUBMIT THAT TO US AND SO THEY WORKED WITH REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR FOREMAN WHO IS IN THEIR FINANCE AND TAX AREA AND THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WAS SUBMITTED THAT WAS ULTIMATELY PROVIDED TO TOWN COUNCIL ULTIMATELY ADDRESSES THAT BASED UPON ALL THE CDS HE HAS PROPOSED TO GO ABOUT SOLICITING THESE FUNDS AND HOW THEY WOULD THEN OFFER THAT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN ATTORNEY'S OPINION THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT ACTION WOULD CAUSE THEM TO LOSE THEIR 501C3 TAX EXEMPT STATUS. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THAT BEING SAID BECKER MR. OFFERED TO GET A FIRST AND SECOND ON THE TABLE IS IRRELEVANT ANYWAY BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.

ARE YOU WILLING TO REMOVE THAT POSTER? I MEAN YEAH.

SO I MEAN WE'VE ALREADY CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SO SO KNOWING THAT WE'VE CLEARED THAT UP I THINK WHAT WAS IN THAT MEMO THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME IS NEW INFORMATION THAT THE OECD IS CONSIDERING PRIOR PROSPECTIVE TENANTS THAT WORK FOR PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION IN A COMMUNITY WHOSE RESIDENTS HAVE PROVIDED DC WITH DONATIONS SUFFICIENT TO FUND THE ACQUISITION HOUSING UNIT PROVIDED. HOWEVER, THAT PREFERENCE WILL NOT APPLY MORE THAN 50%. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME BECAUSE .

WE HAD FEELINGS OF CONCERN AND QUESTION WITH REGARD TO NONPROFIT STATUS WHEN YOU COULD SEE WAS JUST PROPOSING THAT IF YOU'VE MADE A DONATION YOU MIGHT OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO FIRST IN LINE FOR A HOUSING OPPORTUNITY THEIR VERSION OF A HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND THIS TO ME READING THIS WHEN THERE WAS PUSHBACK AGAINST AS WE KNOW SOME THE PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES HERE ON THE ISLAND

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I DON'T THINK TOWN'S INVOLVED IN IT AND THAT'S WHAT WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE MORE THAN EVER.

IT JUST SEEMS TO GET WORSE AND MY VERY STRONG OPINION AS IT'S WRITTEN HERE IN THIS MEMO IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WILL DO BUSINESS AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A PART OF IT.

SECONDLY, IN TERMS OF THEM BEING AN AFFILIATED AGENCY, WE ALSO RECEIVED WE ALSO RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE THAT I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT OUT OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OPINION ON EACH ONE OF THE AFFILIATED AGENCY APPLICATIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY QUALIFIED UNDER OUR GOALS AS AN AFFILIATE AGENCY AND WHEN I QUESTION WHY WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN AFFILIATED AGENCY OPINION ON CCD, THE RESPONSE TO ME WAS BOTHERSOME BECAUSE IT WAS PUT INTO THE CATEGORY WELL IT QUALIFIES UNDER ACT 57. ACTS 57 IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN OUR AFFILIATE AGENCY.

ACTS 57 ONLY PERMITS US TO DECIDE WHETHER NOT WE WANT TO UTILIZE THOSE UP TO 15% OF TAX MONEY. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE IT DOESN'T MANDATE IN WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT WE USE 15% OR IF WE USE 1% OR 2%. AND SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER LEGAL OPINION ON WHETHER OR NOT 60 DC TRULY FITS THE AFFILIATED AGENCY OF WHICH REQUIREMENT IS THAT IT CANNOT BE OF A SPECULATIVE NATURE AND THAT MY OBJECTION SECTION SIX SYSTEM DC BEING STARTED AS WELL AS WAS WELL DISCUSSED THROUGH THE FDA THE OTHER AFFILIATED WHO WERE MAKING APPLICATION WHO WERE ALSO START AND HAD DID NOT HAVE THE TWO YEAR REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR FINANCIALS TO PRESENT IN ORDER TO ME THAT IT WERE DENIED AND SO THE CONNECTION WAS VERY CLEAR FOR ANYONE AND IF I MISS IF I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR ENOUGH I WILL BE STATED A DIFFERENT WAY. PERHAPS 57 DOES NOT QUALIFY ANY TAX MONEY TO BE USED FOR AFFILIATE AND BY VIRTUE OF ITSELF WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND WE'RE SKIPPING STEPS AND AGAIN I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH ALL OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS WELL DOCUMENTED BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH SQUARE IN FRONT OF US WITH TWO NEW CONCERNS SQUARELY FRONT OF US AND THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO TALK AS WELL AS THE OTHER POINT IN THIS MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM WHICH WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY AWARE OF THAT THE TARGET AREA FOR CCD CONSISTS OF UTAH COUNTY ,JASPER COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITH NO DEFINITION OF WHAT SURROUNDING AREAS MIGHT BE. AND SO HERE WE ARE HILTON HEAD ISLAND TAKING $600,000 OF AVAILABLE MONEYS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S BEING SPENT. IT'S OUR CONCERN IT'S HOUSING WORKFORCE WHO NEEDS A MORE AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE ON HILTON HEAD THEN SHOULD BE DEFINED THAT.

THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT ON HILTON HEAD THAT'S AVAILABLE AT THIS OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION OF MORE THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE MOTION ON THE TABLE? I KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS IN THIS COUNCIL AGREE WITH ME AND THAT'S WHY I BIT SINGLE PERSON CONTINUALLY THESE ARGUMENTS AND PEOPLE DENY TO THEMSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FAIR DEBATE AND I'M GOING TO DO IT MY LAST TIME HERE AS WE'RE GOING TO A SECOND MEETING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INAPPROPRIATE AND SO MINUTES TRAVEL IS THE MAKER OF THE SECOND OF THE MOTION THAT THE REASON I DID THAT IS TO TRY TO BRING OUT SOME OF THE FACTS AND MR. GRUBER JUST MENTIONED WHERE WE ARE CDC HAD AN IRS DETERMINATION TAX EXEMPT STATUS UNDER 501C3 WHEN THEY MADE THEIR APPLICATION TO US SO THAT THEIR STATUS AS A501 WAS ALREADY DETERMINED WHEN WE

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I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED MORE EXPLICITLY AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS AND I THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION IS DO HAVE ANY CONCERN THAT THEY'VE GOT THIS NEW FORM THAT THEY HAVE FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT MADE OR NOT MOVE TO A DIAGNOSTIC AND FINAL READING AND NOW THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024 TO PROVIDE FOR THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS OF THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET FROM ALL FORWARD AND CERTAIN OTHER APPROPRIATIONS AND COMMITMENTS AND THE EXPENDITURES OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO ALLOCATE TO SOURCES OF OR TO SET FUNDS AND TO PROVIDE THE SEVERABILITY AND FACT EFFECT.

THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL WELL I'VE SAID MY PIECE AND I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THE DEBATE CANNOT BE HAD THEN CONTINUALLY GETS SHUT DOWN AND MOVED ON AND IT IS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

THAT'S WHAT IT DOES. IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CDC I'VE MADE THOSE CLEAR AND IN EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SAID SO I'M JUST REITERATING THAT I STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CDC IN THE STRUCTURED RECORD SAYING I DO APPROVE THE OTHERS I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE MISCONSTRUED BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND I'D TO MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN IF I CAN IF YOU IF YOU CAN SIT AT EMOTION EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE THE MAYOR TO REMOVE CEASE AND SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN ALL AGREE TO APPROVE THE THINGS WE HAVE NO ARGUMENT OVER. I WILL NOT SECOND THAT BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M NOT GOING TO ASK IT EXPLAIN IT NOW BUT IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. AND MR. MAYOR, A POINT OF ORDER BUT WE HAVE BEFORE US NOW IS A MOTION AND A SECOND YES. APPROVE THE BUDGET ON SECOND READING. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'VE GOT THE OTHER DISCUSSION THEY WILL CALL THE THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND AS OPPOSED SIGNIFY BY EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE WHO WILL NOW BE ONE OF THE SECOND AND FINAL READING

[8.b. Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend Title 16 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Hilton Head Island, the Land Management Ordinance, to Amend Floor Area Ratio Requirements within the Forest Beach Neighborhood Character Overlay District - Second and Final Reading - Missy Luick, Director of Planning]

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OKAY. I'M OUT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO AMEND FLOOR AREA RATIO REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE FOREST PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY DISTRICT OH SECOND THAT MOTION WE HAVE THE FIRST AND SECOND TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN NO PUBLIC COMMENT WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAYS DISCUSSION. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION SINCE THE TIME WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS OF COURSE FOR THIS BEACH AREA BUT ALL OF THE THE FOREIGN AMENDMENT WITH REGARD TO FOREIGN DO YOU HAVE ANY INDIVIDUAL HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC AND YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME HERE BUT I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MANY APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING PERMITS HAVE COME IN THAT WILL EXCEED THE POINT FOUR OR FIVE.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I COULD EVALUATE THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.

WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ADDITIONAL ALAMO AMENDMENTS THIS THURSDAY.

I CAN HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING.

THANK YOU. I CAN THINK OF ONE JUST SO THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FIRST BEACH HERE ACROSS THE ISLAND THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE DEBATE SINCE WE APPROVED THE FIRST READING ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS ANOTHER AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING APPLICATION FOR I BELIEVE IT IS JUST OVER JUST AROUND 11,000 SQUARE FEET ADJACENT TO ANOTHER 11,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME ON ROUGHLY A 6500 SQUARE FOOT 7000 SQUARE FOOT LOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERY FOUR CORNERS AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND BUILDING A WALL OF CONCRETE OCEANFRONT YET AGAIN IT WAS NOTED REASON FOR THE DELAY THE FIRST TIME I'M THRILLED FOR A SPEECH I KNOW IT'S WHAT THEY WANT BUT THE REST OF THE ISLAND HAS SUFFERED . THANK YOU. THE OTHER COMMENTS DO NOT AND WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE THINK ABOUT RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.

SO MOVE SEVEN ZERO. MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. SECOND BY MS. BRYSON.

[8.a. Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend the Town of Hilton Head Island Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024; to Provide for the Budgeted Appropriations of the Prior Year Budget Roll Forwards and Certain Other Appropriations and Commitments and the Expenditures of Certain Funds; to Allocate the Sources of Revenue for the Said Funds; and to Provide for Severability and an Effective Date - Second and Final Reading - Josh Gruber, Deputy Town Manager]

[8.c. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town of Hilton Head Island authorizing the Execution of an Easement Encumbering Property to be Owned by the Town of Hilton Head Island Identified as PIN:R510 008 000 0460 0000, under the Authority of South Carolina Code 5-7-40 and 2-7-20, Municipal Code of the Town of Hilton Head Island and Providing for Severability and an Effective Date - Second and Final Reading - Josh Gruber, Deputy Town Manager]

YES, SIR. AS COUNCIL IS AWARE AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATTERSON PARK WE ACQUIRED A PORTION OF PROPERTY FROM MR. HERBERT FORD THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE THE ENTRANCE TO THAT AND HELP FACILITATE WITH THE OVERALL PARK DEVELOPMENT AS A CONDITION OF THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THIS EASEMENT BACK TO MR. FORD TO ALLOW HIM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE UTILITIES AND ACCESS TO THE THAT HE CONTINUES TO OWN BEHIND IT.

SO THESE TWO ARE TIED TOGETHER. MR. GRUENBERG HAS ANYBODY NOTIFIED YOU SINCE THE FIRST READING ON THIS MATTER NOBODY NOTIFIED US OF ANY CONCERNS OR CHANGES.

MR. MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A MOTION ? I'M AWARE THAT COUNCIL APPROVES AN ORDINANCE THE TOWN OF HILTON AROUND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN EASEMENT ENCUMBERING PROPERTY TO BE OWNED BY THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AS IDENTIFIED THE

[02:30:03]

[9.a. Consideration of a Resolution to Support the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Assessment for Solid Waste and Recycling for Hilton Head Island - Bryan McIlwee, Director of Public Projects and Facilities]

SO AS YOU SAID BEFORE YOU TONIGHT A CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OF ASSESSMENT FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW IN THE PRESENTATION I'LL GO OVER THE BACKGROUND OF THIS ASSESSMENT. I'LL PRESENT THE CONCLUSIONS FROM REPORT AND THEN GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE SLIDE AND THEN NEXT STEPS AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND MY DAD AS YOU KNOW THIS A PRIORITY ITEM IN THE TOWN AND ON THAT ISLANDS 2023 2025 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THIS FIRST CAME TO COUNCIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE APPROACH ON THE SCOPE OF SERVICES OUTLINED TO COMPLETE THAT ASSESSMENT AND JUST AS A BACKGROUND THIS IS THE THIS IS THAT ON THE REPORT AND THE SCOPE WE GUIDED US THROUGH THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH ABBIE INTRODUCTION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS ANALYSIS APPLICABLE TOWN COUNTY AND STATE REGULATIONS STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT TO GATHER AND REVIEW AND INFORMATION AND ASSESS OUR CURRENT PRACTICES WITH THE SWOT ANALYSIS.

SO THESE WERE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE ANALYSIS THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT AND INCLUDED ORDINANCE ORDINANCES A LOOK AT THE COUNTY'S PROPOSED MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY OR MURPH IT LOOKED AT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND LOOKED AT LANDFILL CONSTRAINTS SO THE REPORT ALSO PRIORITIZES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION AND FOR FUTURE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS AND INCLUDES REFERENCES, FIGURES, ETC. AS BACKGROUND FOR THIS FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION WE PROCURED EAGLE'S NEST RESOURCES ABBY GOLDSMITH SHE'S WITH US TONIGHT. SHE IS AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD AND SHE ACTUALLY PREPARED THE COUNTIES SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR 2022 TO 20 2041 2041 SHE PRODUCED THE OF THIS REPORT WHICH WE PRESENTED IN JANUARY TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SAFETY COMMITTEE.

AT THE COMMITTEE'S REQUEST WE PROVIDED SOME FURTHER EXPLANATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES ON ISLAND AND AS WELL AS SOME CLARIFICATION OF OUR OWN ORDINANCES AND.

WE ALSO PROVIDED FIVE POSSIBLE NEAR-TERM ACTION ITEMS WHICH I'LL GET TO AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. AS YOU SAID, WE CAME BACK IN MARCH AND THE COMMITTEE VOTED 3 TO 1 TO PRESENT THIS TO COUNCIL . SO CONCLUSIONS OF THIS ASSESSMENT BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE TOWN IS GOING TO NEED TO BE PROACTIVE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF WORKING TOWARDS A TOWN LIKE ZERO WASTE MODEL. CONDUCTING THIS ANALYSIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF THAT OF OF THAT GOAL TO ENSURE THAT THE WASTE HAULERS ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR EXISTING REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PRODUCING AND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AUDIENCE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRICT AND FOLLOW THROUGH THEM. I SEND OUT I'VE SENT IT OUT TWICE NOW I BELIEVE AN ANNUAL REQUEST FOR THEM TO SUBMIT CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE BY THE ORDINANCE BUT WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL ORDINANCES IN THE FUTURE TO TO MAKE THAT ALL THE MORE STRICT. THE TOWN HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS TO MAKE IT ALL ALWAYS RECYCLABLE,

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WE ARE THE PROVIDER FOR THE COUNTY SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND SUPPORT THEM WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THE EXISTING FACILITY OR NEW FACILITIES.

WE ALREADY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE US THROUGH THE COUNTY THROUGH DIRECT AND WE CAN USE THESE MATERIALS AND OFFICE TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW.

WE CAN BE USING THOSE ACROSS OUR PROGRAM AND TO INCREASE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND THEN FINALLY TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THESE BASICALLY THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT ARE THAT WE WILL NEED DEDICATED EFFORT AND FUNDING IF WE WANT TO INCREASE THE PROGRAM FROM WHERE WE'RE AT NOW BECAUSE WE GET INTO THE SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS WE'LL START THERE.

THERE'S ALREADY A DEMONSTRATED SUPPORT FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY IS A GOAL IN OUR PLAN WHICH IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO WORK TOWARD A TOWN LIKE WASTE MODEL TOWN COUNCIL HAS A RESOLUTION FROM 2022 TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO DEVELOP OR I GUESS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO OUR LANDFILL AND RECYCLING NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE AND THEN WE ALREADY HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT OUTLINES WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD BE REQUIRED REQUIRED OF RESIDENTIAL THROUGH PRIVATE HAULERS. SO THOSE ARE STRENGTHS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE AS WELL AS WE ALREADY HAVE A GOOD PUBLIC EDUCATION AS I SPOKE ABOUT AND WE HAVE THE CONVENIENCE ON THE ISLAND YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL OFF ISLAND TO TO DISPOSE OF THAT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT THERE, IT'S IT'S AVAILABLE TO US THAT'S A WEAKNESS IS THAT WE HAVE LIMITED CONTROL THAT IT IS THROUGH THE CARRYING WE RELY THEM FOR THAT CONVENIENCE CENTER AND DISPOSAL OF THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.

WE DO NOT HAVE A CONSISTENT CURBSIDE COLLECTION. WE'RE THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE THIS COLLECTION TO ITS RESIDENTS.

THE TOWN A CONTRACT I BELIEVE BACK IN LATE 2012 2013 THAT WAS NO LONGER IN OBVIOUSLY I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN SECOND. AND AGAIN, HAULERS ARE NOT ALWAYS IN COMPLIANCE WITH.

THE CURRENT ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS THEY DON'T CONSISTENTLY REPORT LIKE THEY SHOWED WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE AND WE DON'T HAVE STAFF ABILITY TO FOLLOW THEM AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY OFFER THAT RECYCLING TO THEIR CUSTOMERS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THEY WHEN THEY TAKE IT TO HICKORY HILL THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEING RECYCLED AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IF IF RECYCLING IS CONTAMINATED THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO AFFIX THOSE STICKER TO IT AND SAY THIS IS WHY WE ARE COLLECTING IT, THIS IS WHY IT'S GOING INTO TRASH.

WE WANT EVIDENCE AND WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF TRACKING THAT THIS FIRST VOLLEY ON THIS AND CONTINUE WEAKNESSES THAT RECYCLE AND IT'S ALWAYS IS NOT THE BEACHES WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW CONTRACT SIGNED AT THE END OF APRIL WITH I2 RECYCLING TO PROVIDE SOLID WASTE AND COLLECTION ON OUR BEACHES SO AT THIS POINT IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON WE'RE WORKING WITH I2 TO DEVELOP A RIGHT TO CONTINUE OUR SERVICES BUT THEN THROUGH THROUGHOUT NEXT YEAR DEVELOPING A NEW RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR OUR BEACHES ORDINANCE INCONSISTENCIES THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY LISTS ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE COLLECTED BY WASTE HAULERS IN THE COUNTY AND AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I THINK WE KNOW THEY DON'T TAKE THOSE SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS SO WE HAVE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN OUR ORDINANCE AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY ALLOWED AT THOSE FACILITIES THE CURRENT HILTON HEAD ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER FOOTPRINT IS VERY LIMITED. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE 300,000 VISITORS IN FISCAL YEAR 22. THE COUNTY HAS REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT PLAN TO RECONFIGURE THAT SITE. THEY'VE TALKED TO T.J. AND I WITH A COUPLE MORE OPTIONS AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM IN THE COMING WEEKS TO FURTHER DISCUSS THAT THERE IS A FINANCIAL DISINCENTIVE FOR HAULERS TO RECYCLE.

CURRENTLY THE COUNTY THE COUNTY PAYS FOR THE DISPOSAL SOLID COLLECTED FROM THE RESIDENTS BUT THE PRIVATE HAULERS PAY FOR RECYCLABLES TO GO TO THE PROCESSING FACILITY.

SO AGAIN WHEN THEY TAKE SOMETHING TO LET'S SAY HICKORY HILL LANDFILL THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT RECYCLING TO BE COLLECTED BY THE FACILITY SO THEY ARE AT A DISINCENTIVE.

IT'S IN THE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO JUST AGAIN PUT IT INTO THE LANDFILL.

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THEY WOULD HAVE MORE INCENTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MATERIAL ENTERED THE RECYCLING FACILITY WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO DEVELOP A PROCESSING FACILITY SOUTH OF BROAD.

CURRENTLY THERE IS A ONE WE HAVE A FOR NEW TOWN WIDE COLLECTION THAT THAT WAS WHERE WE WANTED TO GO WE THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT WE HAVE CONTRACTS FROM OTHER TOWNS WE CAN LOOK AT AND THEN THE COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS AN EXAMPLE FOR SOLID WASTE CURBSIDE COLLECTION THAT WE COULD USE AS WELL AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR DIVERTING SOME OF THESE SOME MATERIAL FROM COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC FACILITIES TO LET'S SAY RESTAURANTS AS AN EXAMPLE.

A LOT OF THEM HAVE THE SAME MATERIAL THAT GOES INTO THE TRASH OR THEN THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO A COMPOSTING FACILITY OR COMBINED TOGETHER. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO TO COMBINE THAT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT MATERIAL AND THEN AGAIN ENHANCE OUR WASTE RECYCLING PORTION ON BEACHES AND BEACH PARKS. WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT SO THAT IT IS OLD. IT JUST HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE IT ON BOARD US NOW SOME THREATS THAT WE HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THE ISLAND INCREASES TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND TIME ON AND OFF THE ISLAND. WE A LARGE VISITOR POPULATION AS YOU'RE AWARE OF WITH HIGH TURNOVER OF RESIDENTS AND THAT REQUIRES CONSTANT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH I'VE RECEIVED I THINK MARK MENTIONED AGE I ASK WHEN YOU GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRASH LEFT AFTER TURN OVER WHERE MAYBE THEIR HAULER COMES ON A CERTAIN DAY BUT THE TURNOVER HAPPENS A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THE TRASH IS LEFT OUT AND THEN WE HAVE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS AND GENERATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS . AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE LIMITED DISPOSAL OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

HICKORY IS THE ONLY LANDFILL WITHIN THE THE WHOLE DISTANCE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO GO TO THERE IS A PERMIT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW TO EXPAND THAT LANDFILL BUT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED. I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S LIMITATIONS WITH THE CONVENIENCE. IT'S SMALL, IT'S HARD TO GET THROUGH THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE I'M SURE WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT AND THEN THERE'S LIMITED LOCATIONS TO DEVELOP OR EXPAND FACILITIES EITHER ON OR IN SOUTHERN COUNTY THREATS THAT WE HAVE WITH RECYCLING THE MARKETS FLUCTUATE WHAT IS COLLECTED AND WHAT I GUESS RECYCLERS ARE TAKING DOES CHANGE. CONTAMINATION IS A THREAT THAT WE HAVE WHAT IS ACTUALLY RECYCLING VERSUS WHAT CAN BE USED AGAIN I TALKED ABOUT FUTURE RECYCLABLE PROCESSING. THE COUNTY HAS NOT IDENTIFIED SITE SOUTH OF THE GROUND FOR MATERIALS FOR MURPHY ON MATERIAL MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY AND THEIR CONTRACT RIGHT NOW WITH HICKORY HILL IS ACTUALLY EXPIRED SO THEY'RE ON LIKE A YEAR TO YEAR EXTENSION AND SO THAT LANDFILL FILLS UP AND THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. THAT'S A HUGE THREAT THAT WE FACE AND THEN AGAIN MISINFORMATION ABOUT RECYCLING WHERE IT GOES WHO COLLECTS IT AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT THE PAST FLUSH AND CONTRACT.

WE CAN'T FIND ANY I CAN'T FIND ANY REPORT OR RESOLUTION WHY THAT CONTRACT WAS CANCELED THINK JOSH HAS SPOKEN WITH THE PREVIOUS TOWN MANAGER I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING BUT IT'S JUST ALL WHAT WE REMEMBER HAPPENED ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. SO I MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE FIVE NEAR-TERM ACTIONS THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT WE IDENTIFIED. THE FIRST ONE IS TO KEEP TO COORDINATING WITH COUNTY AND TO SHARE THIS ANALYSIS WITH THEM.

WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT UNFORTUNATELY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR NEIL DECI HAS RESIGNED THE COUNTY AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH HIS SUCCESSOR VICTORIA BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH SHORT AND LONG TERM PHASES OF HIS PLAN WE WILL EVALUATE POTENTIAL APPROACHES COSTS TO PROVIDE CURBSIDE COLLECTION FOR HILLMAN RESIDENTS I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH A SERVICE PROVIDER AND THEY'VE GIVEN ME AN ESTIMATE I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SHARE THAT RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE IT IS A REALLY, REALLY ROUGH ESTIMATE.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.

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SHE WROTE REPORT AND CONDUCTED THE ASSESSMENT AND COULD HAPPILY HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT. DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENT AT THIS POINT TIME NO PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT BACK FOR EMOTIONS AFTER TO MAKE MOVE AND MAKE A MOTION THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE STRIKES WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS ASSESSMENT FOR SOLID AND RECYCLING FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND SECOND ART TO ON THOSE WHO WASN'T STIMULUS DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL BUT YES MY AND MY EMAILS MUST GET SOMEONE BEFORE ME I HEARD THIS TWICE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND WHEN IT CAME UP FOR A VOTE AND VOTED AGAINST IT. I'M STILL CONCERNED THAT THE TOWN HAD ITS RECYCLING AND IT SEEMS LIKE I'VE FOUND IN HERE SOMEWHERE IT WAS IN 2010 AND WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DISCOVER FIRST OF ALL THERE WAS SOMETHING ADOPTED THE PROGRAM AND SECOND OF ALL SOMETHING THAT STOPPED IT AND I IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO NEXT UNLESS AND UNTIL HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND ANECDOTAL INFORMATION IS VERY FRUSTRATING IT'S GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE RECORDS AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO REALLY FIND THAT THAT YOU KNOW I JUST QUESTION HOW WE CAN PROCEED ON NEXT STEPS UNLESS UNTIL WE DO THAT DATA. I SUPPORT RECYCLING ABSOLUTELY CARRIED RECYCLING WHEN WE USED TO COME DOWN AND STAY AS A FAMILY AND GO BACK HOME WE WOULD TAKE BAGS OF RECYCLING BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND WHERE TO RECYCLE IT SO BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

WE STILL DO IT WITHOUT PAY A PRODUCT IN ORDER TO DO THAT BUT THERE'S ALSO HAVE A SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S MYTH AND THERE'S REALITY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRULY BEING RECYCLED AND THINK THAT WE ARE MISSING A POINT THERE AND NOT PROVIDING KIND OF EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW AM I DOING THIS FOR WHAT WHAT REALLY BEING WHERE WHERE'S MY RECYCLING BAG GOING ON AND THAT QUESTION IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED .

SO I THINK WE NEED TO STOP MYTH VERSUS REALITY. I LIKED IT.

CAN WE BRING BACK UP THAT LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE RIGHT ON THOSE BULLETS. I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE THIRD AND FOURTH WENT DOWN.

I THINK WE CAN DO THAT? WE'RE ALREADY DOING SOME OF THAT AT OUR BEACH FACILITIES . I GUESS IT SHOULD BE BEACH AND PARK FACILITIES AND OTHER FACILITIES AND THEN I'M ON SOME SORT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO GO ALONG WITH THAT ENFORCING THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, IT SEEMS LIKE WE OUGHT TO WORK ON THAT.

I GUESS NEXT STEPS DOING ANY WORK OF SOME MOMENTS TO ASSIST WITH THAT I DIDN'T SEE ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. NUMBER TWO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT ABOUT POTENTIAL APPROACHES SOCIAL COST TO PROVIDE CURBSIDE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ALL RESIDENTS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT UNLESS UNTIL WE HAVE A REPORT AND I REALLY THINK THAT HISTORICAL DATA SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS REPORT ON THE COORDINATION WITH MOVE RECOUNT AND THAT SEEMS TO BE A STRUGGLE BECAUSE OF THAT SITE AND NOW WITH THE CHANGE IN THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE LOOKING AFTER THAT SITE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER.

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THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY YEAH BUT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RECYCLED MATERIALS WE PUT THEM ALL IN TOGETHER. WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY SO WE WANT TO DO IT.

YOU'VE GOT SOME CHALLENGES BEFORE YOU AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THEM ON PRICE BRIAN JEFF BUT YOU PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO THREE YEARS AGO DID A FAIRLY EXHAUSTIVE STUDY ON THE HAULERS THAT WERE COMING ON TO ISLAND. HOW MANY OF THEM RECYCLED, WHAT PERCENTAGE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE RECYCLING AND SO ON. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? I AM, YES. OKAY. THAT MAY SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE WITH. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT AND THAT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED REPORT THAT I HAVE TO KEEP ASKING THEM FOR SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT AS UP TO DATE AS WHAT JEFF HAD PROVIDED BUT YEAH IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB BOTTOM LINE WAS IT WASN'T CONVINCING THAT WE WERE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH FOR THE COMMON SECTOR. WELL, FOLLOWING UP ON THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE'VE DONE THIS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD STOP US FROM CONTINUING TO GO DOWN THE PATH TRYING TO GET SOME ENFORCEMENT MEASURES SO THAT YOU GET THOSE REPORTS WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHICH WILL HELP IN THE EVALUATION TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD MOVING BE MOVING ON WITH. BUT TO THAT END OBVIOUSLY RECYCLING IS IMPORTANT. THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HAD THE COMMITTEE IS UNDERSTANDING THE CONTAMINATION ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE AS COUNSEL ENOUGH POINTED OUT EVERYTHING IN NEVER MIND THE TRUCKS BUT ARE VISITORS AND PUT THINGS TOGETHER THEY'RE ULTIMATELY CONTAMINATED ON SOME LEVEL AND THEREFORE NOT RECYCLABLE ANYWAY AND THEN TO ADD GO I MEAN JUST GO DOWN THE LINE AND I KNOW AS IT CAME THROUGH WE WERE ALL ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE IDEA BUT FOR US AND COMMUNITY THERE SEEM TO BE FAR MORE BARRIERS AND I DON'T MIND OVERCOMING BARRIERS BUT I THINK WE NEED TO START OFF WITH SOME IMPORTANT DATA AND SOME REALISTIC ASPECT NATIONS EVEN IF THEY'RE SMALL STEPS ALONG THE LINE WHEREAS THIS SEEMS BE THE WHOLE BAILIWICK AT ONCE AND AND I KNOW BECAUSE I ASKED SEVERAL TIMES AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT IT DOESN'T AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING BUT YOU ARE STEP IS WORKING HARD TO TRY TO FIGURE ALL THIS OUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN TERMS OF WORKLOAD ETC. AND THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ALSO UNDERSTAND AND THOSE THE LAST COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO THAT AND ALSO JUST BEFORE I LEAVE CONGRATULATIONS ON MARRIAGE I THINK SHE'S A LUCKY ONE SO I THINK IT'S REALLY

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SO MR. BROWN YOU MUST FIRST I COMMEND STAFF IN THE RECYCLING EFFORTS THAT I WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON THE BEACH SO WE ARE REALLY GOING THAT ROAD. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT IF THIS RESOLUTION PASSES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ITEMS IS GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS THEY'RE BEING BUILT AND PLAN. ASK YOU MR. LAMMERS I'LL PUT MY GLASSES ON AND READ SOME OF THEM BUT WELL IF I'M LOOKING AT THESE FIVE RIGHT AND THAT'S AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED BECAUSE I WAS SITTING HERE WRITING SOME NOTES ABOUT CLARITY COORDINATE WOULD BE FOR COUNTY SHARE THE APPROVED SWAT RIGHT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S AN OBVIOUS ONE EVALUATE POTENTIAL APPROACHES AND ASSOCIATED COSTS TO PROVIDE CURBSIDE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING FOR ALL RESIDENTS YES THAT WOULD THAT AT SOME POINT WOULD COME BACK TO COMMITTEE THE NUMBER WILL SHOCK US AND IT'S FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR OPERATIONS AS WELL AS FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR BUDGET ESTABLISH A BEST IN CLASS PROGRAM AT BEACH PARKS INCORPORATING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN FLY THE COMMITTEE ON BUT NO I'VE HAVEN'T T.J. AS OUR CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER I'M EXPECTING AND KNOWING T.J. HE'S GOING TO BE OFF AND RUNNING DOING THIS PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. WE WILL SHARE OUR PLAN.

WE WILL SHARE OUR RESULTS. WE START MEASURING OUR EFFECTIVENESS OF IT OVER TIME.

BUT AGAIN I THINK THAT ONCE AND THAT'S WHY THE COMMITTEE VERSUS CAN WE DO IT THIS WAY TO COMMITTEE ESTABLISH A BEST IN CLASS RECYCLING PROGRAM AT FACILITIES INCORPORATING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. YES, I THINK THAT'S TWOFOLD. RIGHT.

WHAT'S IN CLASS RECYCLING. BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT OUTREACH AND AND EVERYTHING AGAIN APPLY BUT ALSO FEEDBACK FROM COMMITTEE IS IMPORTANT AND THEN ENFORCEMENT AND REPORTING OF RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BRING ORDINANCE FORWARD TO YOU HEARING BRIAN WILL HAVE TO BRING THAT ORDINANCE FORWARD TO YOU OR SEVERAL VERSIONS OF IT THROUGH COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONGER ABILITY TO ENFORCE WITH REPERCUSSIONS IF THEY DON'T AND SO YES SO SOME OPERATION AND ON THE WAY AND OTHERS HAVE TO BE THROUGH COMMITTEE I, I THINK SOME OF IT IS OF COURSE BUDGET RELATED AS WELL.

SO JUST SO I CAN MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS YOU BRING IT BACK THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO COME TO COMMITTEE THE FIRST BULLET AS FAR AS THE COUNTY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNTY IS CONCERNED, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO UNDERSTAND ENDING THE CURRENT LANDFILL. WE KNOW IT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE LONG TERM PLAN IS AS FAR AS PAYING FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE A COST TO US AS IN AS A FAMILY OR AS A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY.

I THINK NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT OUR PROPERTY TAXES IN THE SECOND ONE AS FAR AS THE CURBSIDE SERVICE, I WANT US TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT BECAUSE. CURRENTLY MANY OF THESE MAY HAVE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH HAULERS SO IF WE WERE GOING TO TAX AND HAVE A UNIFORM THAT MAY BE JUST A WASH FOR FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAVING THE SERVICE. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION EARLIER WE'RE STILL HAVING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITS AT THE CONVENIENCE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS A SOCIAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR SOME FOLKS BUT IT ALSO IS THE COST THAT SOME FOLKS MAYBE NOT A POSITION TO AFFORD CURBSIDE AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE I WANT US TO GO INTO THAT CURBSIDE AND BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO OUR CONSTITUENTS FOR NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING IT. SO MY COMMENTS AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. AMES SECONDED BY MR. SANFORD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND AS

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[9.b. Consideration of a Resolution Approving the 2024-2025 Hilton Head Island Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) Marketing Plan & Budget - Angie Stone, Assistant Town Manager]

I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH A FEW POINTS BEFORE OUR PRAISE FROM THE CHAMBER WILL BE UP TO PROVIDE A MORE THOROUGH PRESENTATION. AS YOU ALL KNOW WE CONTRACTED WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO FORM SERVICES AS OUR DMO AND CLOSER TO POSITIVE MAKE PLEASE. YES SIR. TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS OUR DEMO IN DECEMBER OF 2020. SINCE THAT TIME THEY'VE DONE A GOOD IN GETTING THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED AND IN ADDITION TO THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR THEY'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF BASED ON FROM TOWN COUNCIL FROM FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR COMMITTEE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE PUBLICATIONS IN THEIR REPORTING.

SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE. AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND IS AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT THE THE MARKETING PLAN THE PLANNER AND THEIR OVER 20 REPORTS REPRESENT TO TOWN COUNCIL HAVE ALL TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE SAID WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO US. THE DMO HAS EMBRACED TOWN COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND PROMINENTLY INCORPORATED THE FOLLOWING IN THE VACATION PLANNER ARTS AND CULTURE ECO TOURISM HISTORY RECREATION AND WELLNESS. AND THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR ANDREW DAVIS WITH KELLY SPINELLA, HIS ASSISTANTS AND JOSH GROOVER BEEN INVOLVED AS WELL.

SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON THE PART OF STAFF IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEMO TO RESULT IN VERY POSITIVE CHANGES AND MOMENTUM THAT WE SEE IN THIS THIS YEAR'S EFFORTS.

WE LOOK TO ANOTHER YEAR OF CLOSELY WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO FURTHER MEET COUNCIL'S EXPECTATIONS AND THE DIRECTION YOU'RE PROVIDING TO US.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL ALLOW RITA TO SHOW YOUR DEEP THE DESTINATION MARKETING PLAN AND BUDGET AND REMIND YOU THAT THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH A FEW REVIEWS ALREADY THROUGH AT&T AND THROUGH THE FINANCE INDUSTRY COMMUNITY. ONCE SHE HAS COMPLETED HER PRESENTATION THERE IS A RESOLUTION THE PACKET THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE APPROVED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GARY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AS ANGIE MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ARIANA PERNICE AND I'M WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND BLUFFTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I DO HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION THAT LOOKS BACK ON OUR DEMO METRIC BOOK AS WELL AS WHAT DOING ARE PROPOSING TO DO GOING FORWARD BUT OUT OF RESPECT EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE IS THERE ANY AMENDMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT SHORTEN OR ONLY FOCUS ON ONE AREA? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE DOVE INTO IT BECAUSE I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION A FEW TIMES I'LL LISTEN TO FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ON THAT. I'VE GONE WITH SUCH NOTES BUT I'LL DO MY BEST OTHERS OKAY WITH THAT SINCE WE PRETTY MUCH THINK I'VE SEEN THIS YOU'VE SEEN THIS STUFF AND THANK YOU. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GIVE BEST TO SPEED THIS ALONG AND THANK AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK BACK ON WE AGREED UPON IN OUR DEMO CONTRACT ARE 13 METRICS AND SOME OF WHICH ARE COMBINED ON SLIDES BUT ESSENTIALLY JUST A HEALTH CHECK ON HOW OVERALL OVERALL TOURISM IS PERFORMING FOR THE DESTINATION WHICH IS OUR NUMBER ONE ECONOMY.

AND SO WHAT WE LIKE TO CHECK IN ON WHICH IS NEW TO THIS IS THE RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY THAT COMPLIMENTS TO THE VISITOR SATISFACTION SURVEYS WE'RE REALLY GAUGING HOW OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS EMBRACING TOURISM AND HOW WE CAN BEST ENSURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL WHEN THEY'RE HERE AND THOSE THAT LIVE HERE FULL TIME.

AND THEN WE ALSO CHECK ON OVERALL REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM OCCUPANCY RATES, VISITOR SPENDING, WHAT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS LOCAL TAX REVENUE GENERATED BY VISITORS THAT IMPORTANT QUESTION NUMBER OF VISITORS BUT WHAT I HAVE A LITTLE DEEPER AND GO TO QUALITY VISITOR AS WELL AND NUMBER OF REFERRALS MADE TO AREA BUSINESSES SO WE WANT TO MAKE

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AND THEN WE TALK QUICKLY ABOUT EVENTS AND OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS SO QUICKLY ON THE RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY, THE KIND OF FIVE POINTS THAT WE TOOK FROM THE SURVEY AND THAT PIECE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF YOU AND IS IN THE DEMO METRIC OR BOOK AS WELL.

OUR TOURISM IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM IS FROM THE WAVE ONE SURVEY THAT WE DID AND JUST AS A REMINDER THERE WERE OVER 2800 SURVEY RESPONDENTS. CHAMBER REMAINS TOP REFERENCE SOURCE FOR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY SUGGEST TOURISM TO THEIR VISITORS OR THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TRAFFIC IS TOP CONCERN AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THAT TOGETHER OUR PRIDE IN OUR RESIDENTS IS UP SO WE ARE SO PROUD BE RESIDENTS OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AS FORWARD AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TOURISM BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING OUR VALUES FORWARD AND SAFETY IS A BIT OF A CONCERN IN THAT IT WAS SLIGHTLY MORE OF A CONCERN THIS PAST SURVEY AND THE NET PROMOTER SCORE AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING THE NINTH AND TENS TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE NEAR THE BOTTOM BUT WE ARE UP IN NET PROMOTER SCORE FROM WAVE RUN AND THEY CONSIDER THE PASSIONATE RESIDENTS ARE PASSIONATE AND CONSIDER THEMSELVES ADVOCATES FOR THIS DESTINATION.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THAT'S COMPLEMENTING WHAT THE VISITOR IS DOING WHILE HERE, THAT'S OVER 1700 RESPONDENTS TO THIS PARTICULAR AND THAT'S ON A ROLLING CADENCE OUT TO THOSE VISITORS HAVE COMMITTED TO TRAVELING TO THE DESTINATION THE AVERAGE GROUP AGAIN IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR IN 2022 WHICH WAS 4.7 THEY STILL LOVING TO DRIVE AS THEIR MAIN MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. THEY'RE STAYING ABOUT EIGHT NIGHTS IN THE HOME AND VILLA AND SIX NIGHTS SIX NIGHTS IN THE HOTEL TOP SOURCE WHEN THEIR TRAVEL PLANNING IN TERMS OF ACCOMMODATIONS IS VERY LOW AND THEN USING OUR LOCAL VACATION RENTAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AS WELL AS THE REASONS FOR CHOOSING TO VISIT HILTON HEAD ISLAND BEACHES RELAXATION, FAMILY NATURE BASED ACTIVITIES, BIKING, CULINARY SO THOSE ARE GREAT TO SEE THOSE VALUES REALLY COMING UP TO THE TOP TRAVEL BEHAVIORS APPEALING AND IMPORTANT SUPPORTING ATTRIBUTES ALL VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD HEALTH CHECK ON HOW WE'RE DOING OUR OCCUPANCY AND ADR OCCUPANCY AGAIN IS NUMBER OF ROOMS FILLED AGAINST NUMBER OF ROOMS THAT WE HAVE AND WE ARRANGED FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD OF 2023 AND 57% WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF $290. BUT AGAIN KEEP IN MIND THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL AVAILABLE ROOMS AND THE RATES THAT ACCOMPANY THEM.

SO THAT LEFT US WITH A REV PAR AT $167 OUR NUMBER VISITORS WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN TO LAST YEAR AT 3.4%. BUT THERE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THOSE WHO DID VISIT AT THE MILLION JUST UNDER 3 MILLION WAS UP 13.5%. SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME WHEN WE LOOK FURTHER INTO THE IS THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT QUALITY OF VISITOR WHO IS SPENDING RIGHT. SO THEY'RE STAYING THEY'RE SPENDING AND THEY'RE INVESTED IN OUR DESTINATION AGAIN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 3.61 MILLION WE DO GIVE THAT FIVE YEAR LOOK BACK. SO HERE WE'RE GIVING YOU THAT QUICK SNAPSHOT YOU CAN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED THE DESTINATION AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST THE MARKETING WE'RE SEEING A RETURN OF THE $24.11 AND YOU KNOW THAT 2021 YEAR IS AN ANOMALY YEAR WITH THE COVID PIECE WHEN WE WERE OPEN IN OTHER AREAS US AND BEYOND WHERE WE'RE SHUTTERED LOCAL TAX REVENUE IS GENERATED BY VISITORS.

WE'VE BROKEN THIS OUT INTO THE CATEGORIES OF BEACH PRESERVATION HOSPITAL CITY TAX, LOCAL ACCOMMODATION TAX AND STATE ACCOMMODATION TAX. WE JUST WANTED TO SHOWCASE THE PAST PREVIOUS YEARS AGAINST THIS 2023 TO SHOW COLLECTIONS FOR CATEGORY SO FISCAL YEAR 23 AND FORGIVE ME I HAVE TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE OR POINT 6 MILLION AND THAT'S UP 74% OVER THE FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS A BIG PIECE BECAUSE I KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN WE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU WE ACTUALLY HAD THE MALE SKEWING THAN THE FEMALE BUT SHE'S BACK

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SOCIAL MEDIA IS REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SCREAM ABOUT OUR DESTINATION FROM ROOFTOPS BUT ALL OF OUR GREAT ATTRIBUTES AND VALUES AND REALLY CAPTURING THAT REALLY QUICK MOMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DIGEST MEDIA THESE DAYS AND OUR AUDIENCE OVERALL FROM AN ORGANIC IS AT 357,000 WITH OUR SESSIONS AT 435,000 AND I FIT WELL FORGIVE ME WHO HAS A LEGACY TERM AS WE'RE EXERCISING THESE ARE THE TYPES OF VIDEOS THAT REALLY RESONATE WITH OUR FOLLOWERS AND YOU KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY LOVE TO SEE IT.

IF THEY CAN'T DO IT HERE THEY WANT TO SEE IT AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT PLATFORM FOR US THE SOCIAL MEDIA LEADS THEM TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH WE HAD OVER 3.2 MILLION WEBSITE VISITS IN 2023 AND 1.2 MILLION CONVERTED TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS ONLINE.

SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT. WE KIND OF SHOW THAT YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON FOR YOU AND THE VACATION PLANNER WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF AND EXCITED AS ANGIE WITH OVER 71,000 FULFILLED AND DISTRIBUTED BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST COMING FULFILLED FROM OUR OFFICES THEY'RE ACTUALLY OFFICES THEY ARE AT TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS, MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS INITIATIVES AND ALL OF THE NINE WELCOME CENTERS THAT WE HAVE AND WE'VE REALLY BROUGHT THOSE VALUES FORWARD THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MENTIONED WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING TOTAL PRODUCED OR CREATED PRINTED 80,000. YEAH, JUST ME.

CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE JUST FOR MOMENT? OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES. AND INDUSTRY AWARDS AGAIN THIS IS WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE DESTINATION AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO TOP OF MIND WHEN THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT AND AGAIN IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL BRAND SUCH AS CONDE NAST TRAVELER AND THEIR READERSHIP SAYING YOU'RE THE BEST, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING IT, THEY'RE SAYING IT WHICH IS REALLY SO THAT WAS A REALLY AMAZING ACCOLADE TO RECEIVE AND WAS THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW WHICH WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND THIS IS TOTAL U.S. SO IT'S AGAINST THE U.S. I'M SORRY THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS I MEAN ARE REALLY BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS A DESTINATION TO HAVE ONE WHEN THE SUPPORT NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED BY TOURISM OVER 40,000 JOBS ARE CREATED FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND TOURISM.

SO IT ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 33.3% OF ALL JOBS IN Q4 ACCOUNTING. SO AGAIN THINK ABOUT INDIRECT INDIRECT AND ALL ACROSS PEOPLE AND COUNTING. SO YES IT'S NICE THAT WORK HERE FRONTLINE SECONDARY AND SO ON AND FORTH BUT IT ALSO COULD BE THE PERSON WHO'S FULFILLING THE LINEN ORDER THAT'S OUT OF BEAUFORT OR SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT IS BRINGING IT TO HILTON HEAD ISLAND. SO THERE'S THAT KIND OF BROADER VIEW OF HOW WE'RE GENERATING THE DEMAND OR NEED FOR JOBS. ALL RIGHT. GIVE ME THAT SLIDE.

THAT'S QUITE A JUMP FROM 2019 TO 2023. IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF JOBS DO WE KNOW WHERE THOSE JOBS CAME FROM? I CAN LOOK INTO THAT DETAIL FOR YOU AND GET BACK TO YOU. I KNOW IT'S IN OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT CURIOUS.

I KNOW I'M WORKING TWICE AS HARD AS 2019 BUT YEAH ABSOLUTELY WE ALSO CAPTURE AS WE ARE AN EDGE OF THE CHAMBER HOW WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOUCHPOINT. WE'RE REALLY BRINGING FORWARD NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VALUES THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO OUR MARKETS WERE OVER 83 IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS AND OVER 43 RIBBON CUTTINGS AND PR CHARLIE CLARK AND HER TEAM DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AND AGAIN IT'S BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND I THINK THAT GOES SUCH A LONG WAY THESE AREN'T THINGS THAT ARE PAID FOR.

THESE ARE EARNED PIECES THAT SHE AND HER TEAM AND WEBER SHANDWICK OR AGENCY OF RECORD ARE WORKING REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES BRING RELEVANT AND EXCITING STORIES BRINGING OUR LOCAL STORIES TO THESE PUBLICATIONS AND THEY'RE FINDING AN INTEREST IN THEIR WRITING ABOUT IT. YOU CAN'T REALLY ASK FOR MUCH MORE THAN OVER 6 BILLION IMPRESSIONS AND AGAIN THOSE ARE EYEBALLS VIEWS ARE SEEING SOMETHING ABOUT OUR DESTINATION

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SO AS ANGIE MENTIONED, WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TOWN ON HOW WE APPROACH TOURISM FOR THE DESTINATION. THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT ALONG THE WAY THAT ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON PAR WITH WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY, IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNCIL, TO OUR TOWN MANAGER AS WELL AS THE STAFF. SO WE HAVE IT THE TOWN A 20 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH WE TOOK A DEEP LOOK AT AND WE'RE A PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

BUT WE MADE OUR TEN YEAR DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TOURISM TO COMPLEMENT THAT 20 YEAR PLAN. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CORNERSTONE PLAN THE CHAMBER ANNUAL STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN AND CHAMBER ANNUAL COMMUNITY VISITOR AND COMMUNITY EXCUSE ME SURVEYS. SO WITH THAT WE HAVE OUR VISION AND MISSION.

WE CAME TO THESE DESTINATION VALUES. SO AGAIN AS ANGIE MENTIONED HISTORY, ARTS, CULTURE, RECREATION AND WELLNESS THOSE BEING PULLED THROUGHOUT EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, EVERYTHING WE'RE PRODUCING AND PUTTING OUT INTO THE OUT MARKET WE WILL ALWAYS BE A BEAUTIFUL BEACH DESTINATION WITH BEAUTIFUL WORLD CLASS GOLF BUT WE ALSO ALL THESE WONDERFUL ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND SHARE AND WE'RE DOING THAT TODAY IN OUR EFFORTS AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT FOR.

YOU GOING FORWARD AS WE HAVE FOUR ARE PRODUCING SOME REALLY GREAT CONTENT WE'RE TARGETING THAT TRAVEL THAT IS AFFLUENT THEY ARE 150,000 250,000 PLUS HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

THEY ARE WITH AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE OR HIGHER AND THEY HAVE A PROPENSITY TO TRAVEL 2 TO 4 TRIPS PER YEAR AND THE CITY AS WE NOTED EARLIER 7 TO 8 NIGHTS ON AVERAGE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND PERSONAS THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER AGAIN LIKE WHO IS THIS PERSON WE CAN GET AS GRANULAR DO THEY LIKE TO TRAVEL ON THE WEEKENDS? DO THEY HAVE FAMILY ARE THEY SNOWBIRDS SO ON AND SO FORTH? SO WE'RE REALLY TARGETING BEYOND JUST THE 150 250,000 PLUS WE'RE GOING AS DEEP AS WE CAN TO GIVE THEM CURATED CONTENT THAT REALLY PULLS THEM THROUGH THAT FUNNEL FOR CONVERSION. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT TINY READ BUT HOPEFULLY WITH A BETTER TIME YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE'RE REALLY SHIFTING EFFORTS AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN WHO ARE WE GOING AFTER? RIGHT. WE'RE REALLY GOING THAT CONSUMER THAT HAS A PROPENSITY TO TRAVEL BUT ALSO THE PROPENSITY TO SPEND AND HAS THE SAME CORE VALUES THAT WE DO AND REALLY HOPEFULLY ARTICULATED WITHIN THESE SLIDES.

WE'VE TALKED AND USED THE SLIDE A BUNCH IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT ALWAYS ON APPROACH NO IS IT OKAY TO JUST HAVE A PRINT AD HERE AND ANOTHER PIECE HERE AND THEY'RE KIND OF SEPARATED BY WEEKS OR MONTHS OF TIME HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE ON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HILTON HEAD ISLAND THOSE VALUES THAT WE BROUGHT UP A LITTLE EARLIER AND BRINGING THEM ALL DIFFERENT LITTLE BITES OF INFORMATION THROUGHOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOUCHPOINTS.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING RELEVANT FOR MEETINGS AND GROUPS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR AN EDITOR OR YOU KNOW IT COULD BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE ADJUSTING OUR CONTENT BUT MAKING SURE THE CONTENT ALWAYS ON SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS WILL REPRESENTS IS THAT OUR EFFORTS ONGOING 365 DAYS A YEAR 24 SEVEN THIS IS THE FUNNEL THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME WE ARE JUST ESSENTIALLY TAKING THIS BIG FUNNEL AND THIS IS MY VISUAL ANDREW FOR YOU IS OUR LAST FUNNEL AND WE'RE GOING TO PULL PEOPLE THROUGH AND WE REALLY WANT TO QUALIFY VISITOR SO WE CAN CAST THAT REALLY BROAD NET AND ASK FOR PULLING THAT NET IN OR PULLING PEOPLE THROUGH THAT FUNNEL WILL QUALIFY.

DO THEY MEET THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WOULD WANT IN TERMS OF A VISITOR TO THE DESTINATION? DO THEY KIND OF DO THEY CHECK THE BOX OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD INTERESTED IN THINGS THAT WE CAN OFFER THEM? AND AS WE GET FURTHER AND FURTHER THROUGH THE FUNNEL THE FUNNEL GETS SMALLER AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE ESSENTIALLY FURTHER QUALIFIED AND THEN WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY'RE CONVERTING CONVERSION AND FOR US AGAIN IS ON OUR VIRTUAL FRONT DOOR WHICH IS OUR WEBSITE HEAD ISLAND DOT ORG AND THEY'RE SHAKING THE HAND OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNER WHICH IS GREAT .

QUICKLY LOOKING FORWARD LET'S TAKE A 30,000 FOOT VIEW AND TALK ABOUT GLOBAL TRENDS WHICH IRONICALLY AND REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU'RE SO CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH WHAT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON A LOCAL LEVEL GLOBALLY PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING WELLNESS, SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL, ACTIVE TRAVEL, PASSION TRAVEL, SET JETTING TRAVEL. WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN A MINUTE. SO TRAVEL AND CULINARY SO SET JETTING IS TO CLARIFY IS IF SOMEONE HAS SEEN HILTON HEAD ISLAND ON TV A MOVIE AND THEN THEY INTEND TO TRAVEL BECAUSE OF THAT THEY CAN ALSO BE TRAVELING BECAUSE OF A MOMENT WE JUST HAD WITH THE ECLIPSE.

SO PEOPLE ARE MAKING MOMENTS AND TRAVELING THOSE PURPOSES AND WHAT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE

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THESE ARE THE FOUR GROUPINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

THIS IS A MARK ROADMAP, IF YOU WILL, AND IT'S GIVING YOU A FROM A FISCAL YEAR PERSPECTIVE JULY THROUGH JUNE OF HOW WOULD APPROACH TOURISM TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN AREAS OF , FOCUS CONTENT THEMES AND JUST SUGGESTED TRADITIONAL MEDIA PLACEMENTS THOSE ARE JUST ONES THAT WE HAVE OR ARE WANTING TO WORK WITH. SO THOSE ARE JUST IDEAS BUT REALLY TRYING TO SHOW YOU THAT FROM THAT ALWAYS ON APPROACH THIS IS HOW WE'RE WE'RE DOING THAT IN TALKING USING THAT VIRTUAL FRONT DOOR WHICH IS A DESTINATION WEBSITE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS OPTIMIZED TO GIVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR ALL TYPES OF DEVICES AND WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS TO REALLY ENSURE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE WHICH IS HELPING THAT ISLAND. ORG DIGITAL ADVERTISING IS REALLY MEAN THERE'S SO MUCH TO IT BUT IT'S IT'S REALLY WORKING SO HARD FOR AND WE KNOW WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE TIME TO READ THE ARTICLES AND THEN COMING TO VISIT OUR PAGE FOLLOWING US THEY'RE DOING MULTIPLE THINGS WHICH ARE REALLY EXCITING AND THEN AS YOU KNOW THE MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS WHICH I WAS VERY EXCITED AND I THINK YOU SHOWED THIS ONE BUT I WILL SHOW AGAIN HOW WE CAN BRING SOME THAT CONTENT TO LIFE. WE'LL TAKE POP IN A MINUTE.

HILTON HEAD AND MY GULLAH CULTURE HAS JUST REALLY MADE ME IT'S MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE GULLAH CULTURE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND OF EVERYBODY EVERYBODY CAME FROM CAME FROM HERE AS IT BEING 61 WE WERE THREE, FOUR YEARS BEFORE ANYBODY IT'S FROM BUBBA, MY GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A CRAFTSMAN AND BUILT BOATS OR BAD TOES BUT THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT TOO HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS FROM OUR FAMILY MADE SURE YOU LEARN TO DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR HAND AND, UTILIZE YOUR MIND TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF THAT. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING USED TO ALWAYS SAY YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM IN ORDER TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS SOME SEASONED INFORMATION SO NOW YOU KNOW KIDS WHO LIVE HERE TODAY THEY'LL NEVER WELL THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT MITCHELL BUILDING THE TO BRING THE KIDS OUT AND BRING THE KIDS AND HAVE ALL THEN THEY LEARN THE STORY AND THEY LEARN THE BACKGROUND THEY LEARN ABOUT THE GULLAH CULTURE AND THEY LEARN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

AND WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING SURE THAT THE CULTURE DOESN'T HAVE A SHORT MISSION.

IT DOESN'T IT DON'T DIE. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

BUT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MORE OF WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE LOCAL STORIES THAT ARE SO SIGNIFICANT REALLY TO ENSURE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY NOT JUST OUR STORIES BUT STORIES THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR.

AND SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SOME IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE MAKING THEM BITE SIZED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TODAY'S CONSUMER WANTS RIGHT AND THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TIME FOR.

SO THEY'RE WORKING REALLY QUICKLY AND WE WANT TO BRING THIS DEEP STORIES AND THEN PUSH THEM SOMEPLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET THE DEEPER STORY AND TAKE THE TIME WHEN THEY HAVE IT.

BUT AT LEAST TELLING THEM THESE ARE REASONS TO VISIT HILTON HEAD ISLAND PUBLIC RELATIONS WE SPOKE ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS THAT CHARLIE AND HER TEAM ARE DOING AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE BRANDS THERE THAT SHE'S WORKING WITH AND THEY SHE CONTINUES TO BUILD WE ALSO HAVE THE AL ROKER AND THE TODAY SHOW HERE WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE A PART OF AS WELL AND SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN.

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THEIR MEETINGS AND GROUPS WHAT'S OUR RIGHT APPROACH TO MEETINGS AND GROUPS WAS BASED ON OUR ASSETS THAT WE HAVE TO SHARE OUR HOTELS HAVE POURED IN TONS OF INVESTMENT TO THEIR PRODUCT AND THEIR PROPERTIES OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY ARE READY AND EXCITED HAVE NOT JUST ONLY OUR LEISURE TRAVELERS BUT ALSO THESE MEETINGS AND GROUPS.

SO THE TEAM IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR INITIATIVES THROUGH TRADE SHOWS AS WELL AS DOCUMENTING THEIR PRODUCT AND PUTTING IT OUT INTO THOSE MARKETS.

INTERNATIONAL HAS AT THE FOREFRONT FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR SOUTH CAROLINA POST COVID WORKING THROUGH THAT WE HAVE MADE IT INITIATIVE FOR OURSELVES WHILE WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE CANADIAN, GERMAN AND UK MARKETS WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF OUR BRAND OVER THERE TO START SO HOW DO WE EVEN INCREASE THAT AND BRING MORE DURING AGAIN THOSE KEY TIMES OF WINTER AND OFF SEASON EXCUSE ME SHOULDER AND OFF SEASON WHICH WOULD BE GREAT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM NOW THAT PEOPLE THE WORLD IS OPEN HOW CAN WE HAVE THEM CHOOSE? HILTON HEAD ISLAND, THE VACATION PLANNER AGAIN WILL BE ANOTHER WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF THE 2025 FELLOWS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ANGIE AND HER TEAM AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO KICK THAT OFF AND AND GET THAT GOING. SO WE HAD THAT MEETING LAST WEEK AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED EARLIER THIS WEEK AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING MAYBE IT WAS LAST WEEK MY ARE RUNNING TOGETHER BUT THE COMMUNITY CORNERSTONE PLAN REALLY IS THE THING THAT TIES IT ALL BACK TOGETHER THIS COMMUNITY CORNERSTONE PLAN THAT COUNCILMAN AMES AND OTHERS HAVE HELPED US FORM BUT IT HAS REALLY BEEN THROUGH THE TOWN AND STAFF THAT WE'VE MADE ENSURE THAT IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND WE ARE STICKING TO IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING WE DO BASED ON THESE CORE VALUES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO AGAIN ALL THAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY TO COME BACK AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BOUNCING IT BACK AGAINST THE CORNERSTONE IN THESE VALUES. SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TO SEE THAT THOSE EFFORTS COME TO FRUITION.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH TO YOU IS THE SAME DESIGN LAST YEAR BUT THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THEY ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SAW EARLIER BASED ON SOME ADJUSTMENTS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET TO THAT PAGE PAGE.

WE HAVE THE LEISURE MEDIA PARTNERSHIP SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL MARKETING PR GROUP AND MARKETING INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY AND FULFILLMENT RESEARCH AND PLANNING AND OVERALL OPERATIONS AND AS YOU CAN SEE NO MORE ZERO ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST.

SO THESE NUMBERS DO LOOK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED A LITTLE EARLIER BUT WE STILL PROPOSING THE TOTAL OF THE 8.8 AND THAT IS COMPLEMENTED WITH THE PR SHE ADDED INTO THAT. SO TO MAKE UP THE TOTAL NUMBER AND THAT'S IT.

OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE TABLE SINCE SINCE MR. AMES IS NOT HERE WE'RE VERY TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2020 FOR 2025 LOOKING AT OUR DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION THE MARKETING PLAN AND BUDGET IS THAT WHEN WANT TO USE THAT CAN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND JUST GO OH OKAY WE WILL USE THAT TO GET THERE FIRST.

GET THERE FIRST IT'S STARTER OH THAT MS. TAYLOR OH WOW THANKS FOR MELINDA TURNER PALMETTO.

I HAVE COMMENTS ON TWO ITEMS IN YOUR PRESENTATION TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CORNERSTONE PLAN AND THE DESTINATION CORE VALUES OF ECO TOURISM HISTORY, ARTS AND CULTURE RECREATION AND WELLNESS AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY ALIGN THE ESTIMATED VISITOR EXPENDITURES WITH CORE VALUES AND THAT WAY YOU CAN TAKE THE INFORMATION FROM THE APPENDIX AND PULL IT FORWARD AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE PRESENTATION FOR EXAMPLE ECO TOURISM ADDED UP AS $205 MILLION THAT INCLUDES A BOAT AND SAILING NATURE BASED ACTIVITIES AND DOLPHIN TOURS, RECREATION 182 MILLION FOR GOLFING, BIKING AND TENNIS ARTS CULTURE 82 MILLION WITH PERFORMANCE VISUAL ARTS AND FESTIVALS HISTORY MUSEUM HISTORY HISTORICAL TOURS AT 45 MILLION AND WELLNESS AT 53 MILLION WITH SPONSORS AND IN THIS WAY YOU COULD CLEARLY DISPLAY THE AMOUNTS OF SPEND ASSOCIATED THE CORE VALUES AND LOOK AT IT FROM YEAR TO YEAR

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THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT SO GO FOR GOD'S SAKES HOW ARE YOUR OWN CPA OR A FORENSIC AUDIT AND EVEN AN FBI INVESTIGATION ON THESE TOWN EMPLOYEES AND CHAMBER THIEVES AND STOP THE ROBBERY ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IT'S GOT TO END.

HOW DO YOU MONITOR THE CHAMBER'S PERFORMANCE AND JUSTIFY HANDING BILL MILES IN THE CHAMBER MILLIONS WHEN TOURISM IS DONE ALL DONE FOR FREE BY THE INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE YOU SEEN MORE BILL MILES SPENT THESE MILLIONS INCLUDING HIS 500,000 YOU KNOW HIS SALARY AND HIS $2 MILLION HOUSE GENERATED BY ILLEGAL TAX FUNDS AS CPAS READ RADIO AND WRITE WARGO LAUNDERED MILLIONS. I'M CALLING FOR THEIR ARREST. ARE WE HEAR ALL WE HEAR IS FRAUDULENT BUDGETS OUGHT TO FOR ORLANDO TROY GRUBER AND CHAMBER PRESENTATION THAT ALLOWS THE CONTINUED ILLEGAL USE OF MILLIONS OF OUR TAX FUNDS CONTINUE WITH ZERO ACCOUNTING ILLEGAL ADVERTISING SALES AND IRS TAX VIOLATIONS. LAWYER COLTRANE WHY DID YOU AND GREG ALFORD DRAFT THE ILLEGAL FRAUDULENT FIVE YEAR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CHAMBER DEMO CONTRACT WITH BLUFFTON LAWYER TERRY STENGER CONSPIRED WITH THE CHAMBER LAWYERS.

YOU ALL COULD BE ARRESTED IN FOR THIS OR THE ILLEGAL MILLIONS IN LEGAL FEES AND ACCOUNTING RECEIPTS AND INVOICES THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN IN THE BUDGET WE SAW TODAY ORLANDO MR. PERRY AGAIN WHY DID YOU LIE AND COMMIT CRIMINAL FRAUD FOR YOUR BUDDY BILL MILES AND CPA RADIO? YOU'RE BOTH HERE TODAY SAYING. YOU SAW THE MILLIONS IN ILLEGAL TAX USE ACCOUNTING YOU VIOLATED YOUR OATH OF OFFICE AND IT'S MORE THAN GOOD REASON TO REMOVE YOU ADMIRE CRIMINAL FRAUD AND YOU SHOULD BE ARRESTED. YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO BE ESCORTED OFF THIS ALEX BROWN, HEAD OF FINANCE IS NOT QUALIFIED I NOR AM I WHO WE HAVE NO CPAS IN COUNCIL. YOU ARE ALL CHAMBER MEMBERS AT WORST YOU USE TAX TO BECOME A CHAMBER MEMBER. IT'S COMPLETELY A CONFLICT A QUID PRO QUO AND THAT WAS WHO ASKED YOU TO SERVE THE GREATER SECRET COUNCIL AT STANFORD AND STANFORD WAS WAS IT WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER THE GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL AND THE CPA IS RANK WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER FOR KELTON THAT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT'S A FUNNY QUESTION IS IT? CHAMBERS CONTROLLED THIS TOWN FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE AND AMES WHO INVITED AIMS TO THE GRC MEETING AND PATSY PATTY BRYSON STANFORD YOU BOTH ARE LAWYERS.

YOU SHOULD NOT KEEP VOTING FOR ILLEGAL USE OF TAX FUNDS. THAT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT.

SHAME ON YOU AND YOU COULD BE DISBARRED FOR THIS. AND WHAT? I ASKED A COUNCIL MEMBER ONE ON ONE ABOUT THE CHAMBER ACCOUNTING THEY SAID ASK MARK ORLANDO, DOES ORLANDO CONTROL YOUR VOICE AND YOUR VOTES AND YOU ILLEGALLY AT LEGAL OPINION ON CCP SAY IS JUST AN OPINION NOT WORTH THE PAPER IS WRITTEN ON IT NEEDS YOU NEED TO GET A JUDICIAL RULING OKAY MOST OF THEM WERE DEPLOYED IN MOMBASA WAY RADIO BUT YOU'RE NOT ADDRESS THE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT I'VE SEEN THEM WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WELL THEY MAY BACK THANK YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION IT'S ALWAYS VERY EASY TO FOLLOW AND INFORMATIVE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS WITHIN THAT I HAVE COMMENTS THAT AREN'T SIGNIFICANT TO RAISE HERE BUT IF I COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO SIT DOWN TO TALK ABOUT WE DON'T HAVE TO LET ME SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WAS ON MY MIND DURING YOUR PRESENTATION I AM I DON'T USE SOCIAL MEDIA A LOT BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GET HOOKED IN AS I'M THERE I SEE THOSE VIDEOS LIKE THE ONE YOU POSTED AND OR SHOW THAT'S HERE AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT TRIGGERS ME REMEMBERING OF THE SPECIAL

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THANK THE STAFFORD GREAT REPORT . THANK YOU MR. BROWN THANK YOU.

FIRST I'D LIKE TO COMMEND OUR TOWN MANAGER AND BILL MILES FROM THE CEO LEVEL STARTING TO HAVE MORE VALUE CONVERSATION STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIP. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AND SAYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TOWN WE ARE SIMPLY THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE CHAMBER TO TELL OUR STORY AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO INCLUDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT IS IN FRONT OF US. SO I WOULD JUST UH STRONGLY ENCOURAGES AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD I KNOW THAT THE CHAMBER HAS TOUCHED ON A NEW SET OF METRICS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE BY INDUSTRY STANDARDS THAT WE REVIEW THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR NEW CONTRACT. OKAY. I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE US TO DEVELOP MAYBE OUR OWN METRIC SYSTEM AROUND THE DESTINATION VALUES IN COMMUNITY CORNERSTONE PILLARS. OKAY. BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTING DECISIONS WE MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING AND WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTMENT SO I THINK WE ARE DOWN TO RULES A BIT. UM, STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO AS FAR AS TIGHTENING THE SCHOOLS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ULTIMATELY YES WE ARE TRYING TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE ON HEALTH AND AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS PRICING ASSIGNMENT WOULD ECHO ON THE COMMENTS ALREADY MADE FIRST I ECHO THE COMMENT ABOUT YOU FOR LISTENING TO US ESPECIALLY IN FOCUSING ON DESTINATION VALUES.

YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT THIS TIME OUT AND I THINK THAT MR. HUNTER SUGGESTION ABOUT RELATING OF THOSE NUMBERS TO THOSE DESTINATION VALUES LIFTING THEM FROM YOUR APPENDIX IN TO THE BOARD I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN THOSE OTHER AREAS AND I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY THE NUMBERS BUT THE KIND OF NEST I BELIEVE MENTIONED THAT CULINARY WAS LIKE 71% AND CULTURAL WAS MAYBE 26%.

IT'D BE NICE. I MEAN I LIKE TO EAT HERE TOO AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT RESTAURANTS HERE BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT CULTURAL RESOURCES NUMBER GO UP SO NOW AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT.

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SO INCREASED INFORMATION MORE DATA ON RATIO AND THEN AS MR. BROWN MENTIONED THAT WE UNDERSTAND OUR NEW INDUSTRY METRICS. SO I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND SEE THOSE SHARES BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THOSE NEW METRICS ARE UNDERSTAND THERE'S SO KEY METRICS AND INDUSTRY TO USE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WELL I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND YOU KNOW AS WE SAW EARLIER THROUGH THE BUDGET HOW MUCH TOURISM MEANS TO OUR BUDGET.

RIGHT. AND AS MR. ORLANDO SAID, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO SEE A YOUNGER POPULATION HERE ON HILTON BECAUSE THAT IS OUR FUTURE AND SEEING A 39.4% OF OUR GUESTS ARE BETWEEN 30 AND 39 REALLY HELPS DRIVE THAT HOME AS TO MAYBE WE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO LOWER OUR AVERAGE AGE. SO THAT BRINGS ME TO A POINT WHERE WE I THINK WE'VE GOT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, WHAT IS THE BUSINESS SIDE THAT HELPS DRIVE THAT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO START TAKING A LOOK AT BUT I'M VERY PLEASED SO WITH ALL THAT SAID WE'LL TAKE A VOTE THOSE FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND THAT WOULD BE A TWO ZERO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS I

[10. Appearance by Citizens: Citizens who wish to speak on the matters being discussed during the meeting may do so by submitting the Request to Speak form no later than 12:00 PM the day of the meeting. ]

KIMBERLY DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES.

SANDY GILLIS GOOD AFTERNOON OR MAYBE IT'S EVENING AT. I AM SANDY GILLIS.

I AM A RESIDENT OF HILTON PLANTATION BUT I SPEND MOST OF MY WAKING HOURS THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEPWATER PROJECT AS THE DIRECTOR THERE I AM ALSO VERY PROUD TO SERVE ON THE TOWN'S HOUSING COMMITTEE BUT I AM SPEAKING TODAY JUST AS A CONCERNED.

FIRST I WANT TO START WITH THANKING THIS COUNCIL AND OUR TOWN MANAGER FOR THE PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRESS LIKE ADDING A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER POSITION TO THE STAFF TO FOCUS HOUSING MATTERS SETTING ASIDE SUITABLE LAND THE NORTH POINT DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY VERY SOON SEVERAL HUNDRED RESIDENTS ONCE THAT GETS ONLINE I'M PROUD ABOUT FORMING A HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE TO EXPAND TO CHALLENGE AND COMPLEMENT THE WORK THAT STAFF IS DOING ON HOUSING MATTERS ESPECIALLY IN THAT AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING SEGMENT. AND I'M ALSO VERY PLEASED THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A PEOPLE DISPLACEMENT POLICY SO NEW DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING PROPERTY DOES DOES DISPLACE PEOPLE. THERE WILL BE A PROCESS AND A PLAN AND THE ENTITY CAUSING THAT DISPLACEMENT WILL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY.

ALL OF THESE STEPS ARE EXCELLENT BUT MEANWHILE THE CRISIS THAT REALLY GALVIN ISED SO MANY OF THESE ACTS IS STILL WITH US IT IS A TICKING BOMB THAT COULD THROW 300 PEOPLE INCLUDING 100 CHILDREN INTO A HOMELESS WITH JUST 30 DAYS NOTICE.

SO A REFRESHER ON AUGUST 12, 2022, THE CHIMNEY COVE CRISIS REALLY ROCKED HEAD WITH NO OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS ON THE ISLAND. THOSE FAMILIES WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHED THEIR HOMES, THEIR CHILDREN FROM THEIR SCHOOLS AND PROBABLY OFF HILTON HEAD.

THE RESIDENTS OF CHIMNEY COVE ARE OUR WORKFORCE. THEY WORK AT RESTAURANTS, AT GROCERY AND HOSPITALS IN LANDSCAPING. THEY'RE CLEANING HOMES.

THEY WORK CONSTRUCTION. BOTTOM LINE THEY DO TASKS THAT RESIDENTS OF THIS ISLAND RELY EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THE OUTCRY FROM HILTON HEAD RESIDENTS. THANK HEAVENS THAT CRISIS WAS AVERTED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO BUT CHIMNEY COVE IS STILL FULL OF FAMILIES WORKING ON HILTON HEAD AND THEY ALL HAVE DAY LEASES. THE PEOPLE THERE LIVE WITH CONSTANT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THEIR HOUSING AND MY FEAR IS ONCE RIGHT ECONOMIC SITUATION

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I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT CHIMNEY COVE IS STILL A CRISIS THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE. WE NEED TO MOVE FASTER AND WE NEED TO KEEP NEW HOUSING OPTIONS ON THE FRONT BURNER. THERE'S A $4 MILLION HOUSING FUND AND $167 MILLION BUDGET THAT I'VE GOT TO STOP YOU THERE.

THANK YOU. YOU WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT MELINDA TURNER I KNOW CAREY WILL SKIP OAKLAND SKIP HOAGLAND WINDMILL HARBOR THANKS FOR PUTTING PUBLIC COMMENT LAST APPRECIATE I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU TODAY I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE A LAWSUIT WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD FOR ILLEGAL ISSUE AND AN ILLEGAL MISUSE OF MILLIONS OF TAX FUNDS ALSO INCLUDE MANY VIOLATIONS OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS BY THIS COUNCIL OF THE HILTON HAVE GOTTEN CHAMBER EMAILS NOW IN PARIS SPECIFICALLY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR DEPOSITIONS THIS LAWSUIT WILL ALSO SEEK FULL DISCOVERY SUBPOENA ALL RECORDS AND MOST DEPOSE ALL OF YOU INCLUDING BILL MYLES AND ALL CPAS TOWN MANAGER LAWYERS UNDER OATH AND OF FORGERY.

HERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS HILTON HEAD ISLAND BUSINESSMAN HAS GAINED GROUND IN HIS EFFORTS TO OBTAIN RECORDS HE HOPES WILL WILL PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE TOWN CIRCUIT JUDGE CANARD RULED THAT THE TOWN CANNOT CHARGE SKIP HOAGLAND OR TOWN AND TOWN STAFF TIME TO COMPLY TO HIS SUBPOENAS .

HIS UPCOMING LAWSUIT THE RULING FOR HOGAN CUTS THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY ACCORDING TO HOGAN'S ATTORNEY, HE WROTE THAT LEGAL FEES OUTPACE CHARLESTON AND MYRTLE BEACH HILTON HAS LEGAL FEES GOING UP. HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? FOR NOW THERE IS NO TRAINED EYES ON LOOKING AT WORDS THIS TOWN HILTON HEAD IS PROPERLY SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TAX DOLLARS FOR OUTSIDE LAW FIRMS AND IT'S IN THE MILLIONS AND IT'S TIME TO BREAK OUTWARD AND THE THE PRIVATE LAW FIRMS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THIS TOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO DEPOSE ALL OF THEM AS WELL. A COUNCIL MEMBER SAID I WAS SHOCKED THAT WE AND WE NEED MORE INFORMATION SO LET ME READ TO YOU THIS IS A BLOG POST ABOUT ME FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CMA AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES THAT PHIL MILES WAS INVOLVED IN AND SAID THE 3000 CHAMBERS IT SERVES A CHAMBER IN THE SOUTHEAST HAS REPORTED THAT A PUBLISHER IN THEIR MARKET IS COMPLAINING THE IRS ABOUT THE CHAMBER'S SIGNIFICANT VISITOR PUBLIC AGENT ADVERTISING ACTIVITIES. ESSENTIALLY THIS INDIVIDUAL IS BLOWING THE WHISTLE NOT ONLY ON THE CHECK ON THIS CHAMBER BUT ANOTHER 1700 CHAMBERS IN SYDNEY BARS AROUND THE UNITED STATES. THE INCIDENT SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER TO ALL THE CHAMBERS TO BE SURE AND REPORTING OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME IS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE MORE THAN ONE FORM REQUIRED WITH TIMELY PAYMENT APPROPRIATE TAXES THE TAX LIABILITY THAT CHAMBER MAY FACE AS A RESULT OF ADS AND DISPLAY PERSON AND SPONSORS SHIFT AND LEASING COMIC CETERA CAN BE ENORMOUS. THE PENALTIES AND PR IMPACT FOR IMPROPER REPORTING THEY ARE RATHER SUBSTANTIAL TALK YOUR AUDITOR AND YOUR ACCOUNTANT WHO WILL HELP YOU COMPLETE TAX FORMS BUT DON'T ASSUME THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE ASPECTS OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME THAT MR. HOAGLAND IS BROUGHT FORWARD. DISCUSS YOUR VARIOUS KINDS OF NON-NEWS INCOME AND ASK ABOUT HOW THEY MAY BE TREATED BY THE IRS.

YOU FOLKS ARE GETTING READY TO SEE SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S WAY OVERDUE AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD EPISODE WITH BARRY AND ABOUT NOBODY ABOUT SLANDER WHEN GREELEY IDENTITY DOCUMENTS MR. HOAGLAND YOU KNOW THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE STACKING TIME AND YOU WILL BE FINED AGAIN.

YOU THE NEXT GRAYSMITH STATES THAT AND YOU GO RUN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR.

A VERY THOROUGH BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.

APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO REFER BACK TO SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID, MR. MAYOR. YOU'RE CONCERNED AND PRIMARY FOCUS ON CURRENT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE 30 TO 39 YEAR AGE RANGE AS POTENTIAL RESIDENTS HERE AND ON FRIDAYS WE THERE'S A GROUP CONCERNED HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESIDENTS CITIZENS THAT MEET AT 12 NOON

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT WAS REALLY I KNOW THAT SO WE

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