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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.WHEN, UH, AND WELCOME TO THE THURSDAY, MAY 16TH TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
DO WE HAVE AN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA? MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED, WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND TO ADOPT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
MS. BECKER HAS TIED UP IN A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT, SO SHE MAY NOT AND PROBABLY WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY.
SHE MAY TRY TO CHIME IN ONLINE IF POSSIBLE.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, MR. ROLANDO, TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO YOU.
HE'S PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION, MAKING SURE MY MIC'S WORKING.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, THIS IS A CONSOLIDATED SLIDE.
UM, MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE IN HERE ISN'T, UM, NO SURPRISES, BUT WHAT WE'VE ADDED ARE SOME INGREDIENTS OF, OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ALONG THE WAY.
SOME OF THE APPROVED PLANS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WHATNOT.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR SCREEN TODAY.
AGAIN, THAT'LL BE SHARED ON OUR WEBSITE AS SOON AS THE MEETING IS OVER.
UM, AS A REMINDER THAT WE ARE HERE TO WORK ON ADOPTING THE TOWN COUNCIL'S ANNUAL BUDGET, UM, THE, THE, THE GOALS AND THE STRATEGIES ARE STRAIGHT FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN INTO OUR BUDGET.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE STAY FOCUSED ON THOSE TOP 15 PRIORITIES.
AND ONE OF THEM IS TO IMPLEMENT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
UM, TODAY WE CAN PRETEND OR PERCEIVE THAT IMPLEMENT.
THE CIP PROGRAM IS, IS, IS VERY, VERY HIGH ON THIS LIST.
WE ALSO, UM, HAVE INCLUDED IN A LOT OF THESE OTHER ELEMENTS.
FOR INSTANCE, IMPLEMENT BEACH PARK ENHANCEMENTS.
THOSE ARE OPERATING ENHANCEMENTS AND THOSE ARE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL THAT ARE ALL TIED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, OF COURSE.
AND OF COURSE, USING THE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET AS AN, AS A CATALYST TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, THAT CAN EASILY, UM, MORE EASILY BE DONE THROUGH OUR CIP PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO AS WE MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IT'S, IT'S TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENT, FOR OUR BUSINESS, FOR OUR VISITOR, AND, AND REALLY OVERALL.
SO TODAY'S OUR SECOND OF TWO WORKSHOPS ON MAY 16TH, AND OUR, OUR NEXT MEETING AFTER THIS IS SECOND AND FINAL READING IN ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AS IT PROPOSED THE BUDGET TO YOU, WE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND BEING A $74,381,459 BUDGET.
UM, I'VE, I'VE ASTERISKED AND PUT A NOTE ON CIP THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, THERE'S AN, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $19.1 MILLION IN THE BUDGET, 34.7% DIFFERENTIAL OF THAT 19 MILLION NEW FUNDS THIS YEAR INTRODUCED OUR 16 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO BEGIN OUR BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT.
AS I GET INTO THIS, I WILL SLOW DOWN AND SHARE WITH YOU NOT JUST THIS YEAR'S BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROGRAM FUNDING PLAN, BUT, BUT NEXT YEAR'S AS WELL.
AND WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHEDULE.
SO WE KNOW THAT OUR CIP PROGRAM ACCOUNTS FOR AND REPORTS ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE RESTRICTED OR COMMITTED FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, INCLUDING LAND ACQUISITION AND OR CONSTRUCTION OF CAPITAL FACILITIES AND OTHER CAPITAL ASSETS.
CAP PROJECTS ARE PRIMARILY NON-RECURRING IN NATURE, AND ALL CAPITAL CATEGORIES REQUIRE A UNIT COST THRESHOLD GREATER THAN $5,000.
WITH, WITH, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, ROADS, BUILDINGS AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE.
SO IF WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO FIX SOME POTHOLES ON MAIN STREET, YOU WILL FIND THOSE DOLLARS LESS THAN $50,000 AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE DOLLARS IN THE OPERATING BUDGET THAT WON'T MAKE THAT LONG-TERM FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM FUND.
SO WHAT'S NOT UP HERE? UM, OH, WELL, AND I SHOULD SAY A LOT OF OUR SOURCES, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE NON-PROPERTY TAX SOURCES OF DOLLARS, BEACH FEES, STATE ACCOMMODATIONS, HOSPITALITY, TAX INCREMENT, FINANCE, STORMWATER FEES, AND OTHER RESTRICTED REVENUES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
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AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO KICK OFF TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE BUILDING SO MUCH IN THIS AREA AND LESS HERE? A LOT OF IT IS AVAILABLE FUNDING, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN'T USE AT TAX FOR NON, FOR, FOR PROJECTS THAT DON'T, UM, HAVE ANY IMPACT FOR TOURISM AS ONE EXAMPLE.SO WHAT'S NOT IN HERE, AND I I THINK THAT WE, WE JUST NEED TO REALLY, UH, PAUSE ON FOR A SECOND IS OUR, OR ARE THE DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN SOME OTHER ACCOUNTS TOO.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOUSING FOR A SECOND.
WE PUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN HOUSING FROM ARPA FUNDS FOR THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH POINT.
THOSE $1 MILLION THAT ARE COMMITTED ARE FOR ROAD WATER, SEWER, STORM WATER.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE $2.5 MILLION IN HOUSING THIS YEAR.
AND THAT WAS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION REALLY TO SUPPORT THE MUDDY CREEK SUBDIVISION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS INTO MUDDY CREEK.
SO WHEN WE START ADDING THEM ALL UP, IN ADDITION TO THOSE LAND COSTS THAT, THAT WE'RE PLEDGING, THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS ARE, ARE NOT SO OBVIOUS IN THE CIP PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, GULLAH GEECHEE, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, CDC, THERE'S ALSO DOLLARS IN THOSE FUNDS, RIGHT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT FOR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.
SO, SO KNOW THAT WHAT WHAT'S REALLY STARTING TO WORK WELL HERE IS WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT AREN'T ALL EMBEDDED IN THE FIVE YEAR TRUE CIP INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER ACCOUNTS.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT FIRST READING.
THOSE PRIOR YEAR PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED TO CARRY FORWARD.
AND INTERNALLY, WE CONSIDERED INTERNALISTS AND OTHER SOURCES FOR INPUT AND NEW PROJECTS.
A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR, OUR PARTNERS, OUR GENERAL MANAGERS OF PUDS FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS OR PATHWAY PROJECTS OR ROAD PROJECTS.
UM, HEARING FROM YOU DURING STRATEGIC PLAN AND BEYOND, WE BALANCE FUNDING, AVAILABILITY AND STAFFING TO MANAGE THE PROJECTS.
ARCS AND REC COMMISSION HAS INPUT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PRIORITY LIST PRIOR TO GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OF PRIORITY PROJECTS.
YEARS AGO, I THINK THERE WAS A VERY, UH, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY WE WERE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS WHERE THERE WAS A ONE OR A TWO OR A THREE.
AND NO MATTER WHAT, WE WERE BUILDING ALL THE PROJECTS ANYWAY, JUST EVEN IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SIMPLY TRIED TO KEEP THAT A LITTLE SIMPLER AND SAY, IS THIS A PRIORITY THIS YEAR OR NOT? IF IT IS, CAN WE FUND IT? AND IF WE CAN FUND IT, WE WILL BRING IT FORWARD TO TOWN COUNCIL.
AND SO I THINK THAT WAS WELL RECEIVED AT PLANNING COMMISSION IS DEFINITELY WELL RECEIVED AT STAFF.
AND THEN OF COURSE, TOWN COUNCIL REVIEW AND DECISION.
WE WON'T, UH, GO THROUGH THIS TOO MUCH, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT 25% OF THE SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR CIP ARE HOSPITALITY FEES.
28% ARE BEACH PRESERVATION FEES.
THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DISTRICT, UM, THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME, IT'S GENERATED MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF, OF CAPITAL PROJECT INVESTMENT REVENUE.
WE WILL SEE THIS DISAPPEAR AT SOME POINT.
THE TIFF EXPIRES AT THE END OF, OF NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.
SO AT THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 24, WE HAVE TO HAVE DOLLARS PLEDGED THOUGH AND SPENT BY THE FOLLOWING.
SO PLEDGED BEING UNDER CONTRACT, BUT SO YOU'LL SEE THAT GO AWAY.
UM, AND THEN ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEE, LARGE LARGE ACCOUNTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR FUNDING SOURCES, UM, AT AT LEAST HERE, A A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVERALL.
BUT IN THE CIP YOU'LL SEE SOME, SOME, SOME POSITIVE GROWTH.
AND, AND SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE FUND BALANCE USE.
UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE BEACH PRESERVATION FEE OF 15.2 MILLION MORE THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S TO COVER THE, THE RENOURISHMENT.
YOU SEE, HOSPITALITY TAX INCREASE, TIFF INCREASE, AND TIFF, IT'S INCREASING BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY TO START BUILDING PROJECTS.
YOU'VE APPROVED SOME PROJECTS.
WE KNOW THAT THE CHAPLAIN LINEAR TRAIL IS ON OUR HORIZON.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT.
SO, BUT ALL IN, WE HAVE A, A PROPOSED $74.381 MILLION OF REVENUE.
AND THE D DIVERSE, THE DIVERSITY OF THOSE FUNDS INTO OUR PROGRAMS SHOW 26% IN PARKS, 13% IN ROADS, 7%
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IN CHANGE IN PATHWAYS.AND YOU CAN SEE THIS UP HERE, 29% BEACH MOSTLY, UH, WELL, A FEW REPLACEMENT VEHICLES FOR STAFF VEHICLES, BUT MOSTLY FOR OUR, FOR OUR FIRE RESCUE APPARATUS AND, AND TEAM AND SOME FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT OF OUR PROPOSED CIP USE OF FUNDS, 21.5, $21.6 MILLION USED FOR BEACH 5.5 FOR PATHWAY MORE THAN 10 MILLION IN OUR ROAD NETWORK, CLOSE TO 2019 $0.8 MILLION FOR PARKS, $8.4 MILLION FOR FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.
1.2 FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS FLEET, 7.2 MILLION AND SOME SOFT COSTS FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND ADMINISTRATION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE INTENDING TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY IN HOW WE THINK ABOUT A PROJECT, PLAN A PROJECT, APPROVE A PROJECT, AND REALLY IMPLEMENT A PROJECT.
I THINK THAT, UM, AS WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD MORE THAN WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN AND APPROVE THE DASHBOARD THAT, THAT OUR STAFF WILL, WILL BRING TO LIFE EFFECTIVE JULY ONE WILL, WILL SERVE US WELL.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DASHBOARD.
WE'VE HAD A VERSION OF IT ALREADY, BUT I'LL CALL IT V TWO.
UM, YOU'LL SEE JULY ONE, WHERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU'RE ASKED ABOUT A PROJECT OR YOU'RE INQUIRING ABOUT A PROJECT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ON THAT DASHBOARD AND SEE WHERE THE UPDATES ARE.
EXAMPLE, WHERE ARE WE WITH SUCH AND SUCH DIRT ROAD? IT'S A LIVE PROJECT COUNCIL VOTED ON IT, WE'VE PUT DOLLARS TOWARDS IT.
WHERE ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE TOWARDS ISLANDERS BEACH? UM, I'LL, I'LL STAY RIGHT NOW AND MAYBE HALF THE ROOM COULD COULD LEAVE IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAY.
UM, YOU'LL SEE ABOUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
WHERE ARE WE WITH THE PLANNING? WHERE ARE WE WITH THE PERMITTING? WHERE ARE WE WITH THE BIDDING, THE CONSTRUCTION MOBILIZATION? WHERE ARE WE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF, OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS? THAT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT.
THIS BUDGET ALSO SUPPORTS THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE NOT SPENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE PROJECTS ARE STILL GOING FORWARD.
AND WE WILL ASK TO BRING THOSE ROLL FORWARD PROJECTS OR ROLL FORWARD FUNDS TO YOU.
UM, THERE'S SCHEDULES AND PROJECT TIMELINES TO BALANCE THOSE STAGES.
AND WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU TODAY, IT'LL BE MORE DETAILED IN THE DASHBOARD, BUT TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IF, IF FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE SPENDING $3 MILLION ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT, IS THAT CONSTRUCTION? IS THAT DESIGN SOFT COST PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, MOBILIZATION BIDDING? I WANNA, WE WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND IT, AND IT REALLY USES OUR DIVERSE SOURCES OF FUNDS.
AND I SHARED THAT WITH YOU A FEW, A FEW MINUTES AGO.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR AL ALTERNATE OR ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS. SO THERE'S SOME ANTICIPATED GRANTS IN HERE.
IF WE DON'T, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE.
AND I, WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELF IN THE ABILITY TO, UM, TALK WITH THOSE FOLKS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE, ESPECIALLY FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY LEVELS.
UM, JOHN ROBINSON, MR. ROBINSON, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP CALLED US NOT TOO LONG AGO AND SAID, WE HAVE SOME DOLLARS IN OUR, WHAT WAS THE ACCOUNT, SEAN? I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON MIKE.
OR IMPACT FEE ACCOUNT IMPACT FEE ACCOUNT.
HOW MUCH WAS IT? WELL, THEY, BETWEEN FIVE AND 600 WAS THE ESTIMATE.
YEAH, WE RECEIVED $600,000 FROM THE COUNTY BY LETTING THEM KNOW WE NEED SOME FUNDS.
SO, SO OUR PROJECTS ARE, ARE WELL SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.
I THINK THIS MAP, UM, WELL, IT DOESN'T RE REPRESENT EVERY PROJECT.
WE CAN'T FIT IT ALL ON ON ONE MAP.
UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE, THE BASELINE OF OUR DASHBOARD REALLY.
BUT YOU'LL SEE BEACH PATH, ROAD PARKS, FACILITIES AND STORMWATER, UM, WELL DIVERSIFIED THROWER ISLAND.
AND SO WHAT I'LL DO RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN I WANT TO DIVE INTO THE MONEY.
AND I FLIPPED THIS AROUND A LITTLE BIT OF THE OTHER, I THINK IN PAST YEARS WE'VE ALWAYS DOVED STRAIGHT INTO THE DOLLARS.
WHAT ARE WE BRINGING FORWARD? WHAT MONEY IS NEW? WHAT MONEY IS COMBINED? HOW, HOW MUCH ARE THOSE FUNDS? I THINK WE REALLY JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT CAPITAL PROGRAM AND HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IN THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, UM, SO OUR BEACH PROGRAM IS REALLY MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SEVEN BEACH PARKS FOR PAVING, LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, SIGNAGE, UPGRADES TO RECYCLING, WASTE COLLECTION, SITE FURNISHING.
SO ALL IN OUR BEACH PROGRAM INCLUDES THOSE.
UM, WE MANAGE THE BEACH, INCLUDING
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OUR ISLAND WIDE BEACH SURVEY AND MONITORING AND ENDANG, ENDANGERED SPECIES MONITORING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT, INCLUDING PERMITTING, BIDDING, CONSTRUCTION.ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN THIS FISCAL YEAR, I'LL SAY IT WILL, IT WILL BEGIN THIS FISCAL YEAR CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENT.
I ISLANDERS BEACH PARK, UH, BASED UPON THE TOWN COUNCIL'S ADOPTED MASTER PLAN, PERMANENT WHEELCHAIR STORAGE OF FIVE STRUCTURE, OR FIVE OR STORAGE STRUCTURES AT FIVE LOCATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL BEACH WHEELCHAIRS.
AND THAT WAS IN, IN A, IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CHAMBER, THIS YEAR'S CHAMBER LEADERSHIP CLASS.
SO CONGRATS TO THEM AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THAT CLASS AND TO THE CHAMBER FOR THAT.
SO $21.6 MILLION FOR OUR BEACH PROGRAM AND I MENTIONED OUR MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING RENOURISHMENT, THE PERMITTING AND BID ONLY THIS YEAR AND, AND CONSTRUCTION BIDDING.
WE NEED THE SOME DOLLARS IN, IN THE ACCOUNT TO BID THAT CONFIDENTLY AND MOBILIZE BEACH PARK MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS.
ISLANDERS BEACH PARK CONSTRUCTION AND THE BEACH WHEELCHAIR CONSTRUCTION.
AND OF COURSE WE, WE'VE LEFT IN THERE UNTIL WE HEAR FURTHER OR OTHERWISE THE HARBOR TOWN DREDGING.
SO BEACH RENOURISHMENT, UH, DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE WILL RENOURISH AND WHERE WE WON'T.
UM, WE HAVE THE 25 F OR THE CALENDAR YEAR 25 PROPOSED RENOURISHMENT PROJECT AREAS AND IT SHOWS THE VARIOUS POINTS, THE VARIOUS AREAS ON OUR ISLAND.
BRIAN, I, SEAN, I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I I DO SEE AN, I DID SEE LATE THIS, THIS PURPLE COLOR UP HERE.
IS THAT A RENOURISHMENT AREA? EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT TO US.
YEAH, THAT'S THE PINE ISLAND AND HILTON HEAD PLANTATION.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO BREAK IT OUT 'CAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PERMITS.
UM, ONE FOR THE LARGER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON THE SEPARATE PERMIT FOR THE PINE ISLAND.
SO THE INITIAL PERMIT APPS FOR THAT IN THE 25 RENOURISHMENT IS, IS IS ALREADY OCCURRING, RIGHT? IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY.
THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR BOTH PROJECTS.
UM, AND IT'S UNDER A REGULATORY REVIEW RIGHT NOW.
UM, MAINLY WAITING ON FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.
THAT AND THE ILLUSTRATION IN IN THE MAP IS, IS FASCINATING WHEN WE REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO, TO RENOURISH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PROPOSED PROJECT REPRESENTS THE FOURTH TIME, THE FOURTH MAJOR RENOURISHMENT SINCE 1990.
AND WE PLAN THESE PROJECTS EVERY EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
UM, ANTICIPATED TO PLACE 2 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF SAND FROM UP TO FOUR OFFSHORE BO AREAS.
AND THEY ANTICIPATED THAT THE PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT BRIAN HAS BEEN IN MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER MEETING ON THAT.
UM, THE PERMITTING AGENCY IS ASKING US FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS TO OUR PERMIT THIS YEAR THAN EVER.
UH, THEY HAVE RAISED SOME ISSUES WITH DOGS ON LEASHES OR OFF LEASHES AT THE BEACH DUE TO, REMIND ME OF THE BIRD'S NAME.
PIPING PLOVER AND THE RED KNOT RED NOT.
SO, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS WE'RE REALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PERMITTING AGENCY.
NOT, NOT TO, NOT TO PUSH OR AFFECT THEIR DECISION, BUT TRULY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, CONSTRUCTION DATES, PENDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
BUT WE ANTICIPATE MID-SUMMER OF 2025, THIS WOULD START.
SO PEAK SEASON WE WOULD BE REALLY MOBILIZING.
AND WHAT I WILL MAKE SURE WE DO AND, AND, AND CONFIRM WITH TOWN COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, AS SOON AS WE START REALLY KNOWING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS, WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE EXTERNALLY.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR, OUR OUR, UH, THOSE COMPANIES THAT RENT HOMES, THOSE COMPANIES THAT, THAT WHERE, WHERE FOLKS LIVE ON THE BEACH, UM, BEHIND THE GATES, OUTSIDE THE GATES.
OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, UM, NEEDS TO BE ROBUST.
AND SO WE'RE JUST STARTING TO, TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND FINE TUNE THE DETAILS ON THOSE DATES.
YOU APPROVED THE, THE, THE MASTER PLAN.
WE PUT THE PATHWAY THROUGH THE CENTER.
IT, IT, I THINK IT'S ALREADY WORKING WELL, I DROVE THROUGH THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING ON.
IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE USING IT.
AND AGAIN, TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED THIS MASTER PLAN THAT ADDED PLUS OR MINUS, I FORGET, BUT ABOUT 80 PLUS RESIDENT PARKING SPACES HERE.
IT ALLOWS FOR THE METERS TO BE REMOVED AND, AND MOVED UP HERE.
AND SO THIS WHOLE AREA WOULD BE RESIDENT PASS ONLY, NEW PLAYGROUND, NEW BEACH ACCESS CROSSWALKS.
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IN, I THINK IT'S STARTING TO BE USED WELL, BUT WE HAD CROSSWALKS AND PATHWAYS ON BOTH SIDES.UM, AND TO BUILD THAT, THE BEACH WHEELCHAIR STORAGE DESIGNED BY THE CHAMBER AND, AND REALLY WITH XENOS TO START HOUSING THOSE WHEELCHAIRS BETTER.
UM, A LOT, A LOT DIFFERENT THAN JUST ROLLING 'EM OUT INTO THE PINE STRAW AND LOCKING 'EM UP NEXT TO A TREE.
SO OUR LOCATIONS, YOU'LL SEE THEM AS KIG, DREESEN, ISLANDERS FOLLY AND FISH HALL, AND EACH STORAGE STRUCTURE IS FOR TWO WHEELCHAIRS.
THEY'RE NOT HOT WHEN YOU GO PICK 'EM UP.
THEY'RE NOT ALL DIRT AND RAIN.
AND SO I THINK THAT THE IMPROVEMENT THERE IS GREAT.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CLASS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT YEAR, A MAJOR INVESTMENT AND, AND MOST OF THE WORK FROM THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND THE CIP TEAM IN THAT REGARD IS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND BEACH RENOURISHMENT.
IF, IF WE LOOK BACK, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME THAT WE'VE RENOURISHED OUR BEACH WITHOUT SCOTT LIGGETT QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL SO FAR? THANK YOU.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, THE DASHBOARD INFORMATION THAT I THINK ALREADY, IT'S VERY HELPFUL.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND UH, NOURISHMENT, I HEAR YOU SAYING WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHEN I FIRST SAW SUMMER OF 20, 20 25, I'M LIKE, OH, UH OH.
I THINK THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND, AND ALL OF OUR USERS OF THE BEACHES, UM, IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE AND UNDERLINE THAT THESE EXPENSES ARE PAID FOR BY TOURISTS, NOT BY PROPERTY TAXES FROM RESIDENTS HERE ON THE ISLAND.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW THAT IN A, IN A, IN A, IN A FEW SLIDES TO SHOW THE SOURCES OF REVENUE.
I AGREE WITH THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY.
UM, NOURISHMENT, UM, CAN BE SOMEWHAT CUMBERSOME, BUT I THINK, UM, THAT'S GOING A POSITIVE, UH, TOWARDS IT.
AS FAR AS OUR VISIT IS CONCERNED, IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
UM, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE PERMITTING ISSUES THAT WE ARE HAVING WITH THE BEACHES, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD ADOPTED POLICY AROUND THAT, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE.
AND I ALSO HAVE TO MENTION, I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HAVING DISCUSSIONS AROUND BEACH STREET NOURISHMENT, I CALLED OUT FISH HALL.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES FOR PLAN ON HILTON HEAD, SO YOU DON'T PUT TOWARDS THE HEAD OVER THERE.
EACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT ALL IN WILL COST IN EXCESS OF $40 MILLION.
OUR OPINION OF PROBABLE COST BASED UPON THE LATEST AND GREATEST PRICING AND INFORMATION WE HAVE, AT LEAST ON PAPER AT THIS TIME, WITHOUT REAL PRICING AND CONTRACTUAL NUMBERS, WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOMEWHERE AROUND $42,500,000.
SO IT'S A BIG BILL TO SWALLOW, RIGHT.
BRIAN, HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THAT NUMBER? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
OUR CONSULTANT, UM, OLSON AND ASSOCIATES CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER BASED ON, UH, OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE RECENTLY DID.
THERE'S BASICALLY THREE COMPANIES THAT DO IT, UH, IN THE COUNTRY.
SO THEY HAVE UPDATED PRICING BASED ON ALL THEIR OTHER PROJECTS.
BRIAN, UH, THE FOOTAGE OF THIS PROPOSED NOURISHMENT, BASICALLY THE SAME AS 2016, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE BETWEEN 2016? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN EASILY LOOK THAT UP AND GET IT FOR YOU.
I, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA COME UP WITH NUMBERS IN A MINUTE, BUT I THINK YOU SAID 40 MILLION AND THE NUMBER WE SAW BEFORE WAS 19 MILLION.
19 MILLION MORE, BUT MAYBE THAT PART IS 14 OR 15 MILLION MORE.
UM, SO THERE'S A DELTA THERE I GUESS.
WELL, SO THIS YEAR FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT OF, OF THE 42 AND A HALF, 16 ONLY FIVE IS, IS, IS EARMARKED THIS YEAR.
SO THAT LEAVES US $26 MILLION LEFT.
AND SO JUST FOR SOME CONFIDENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT, THE PROJECTED BEACH PRESERVATION FUND, THOSE DOLLARS PRIMARILY THAT WE'RE USING, SO NO A NO AGE, BUT JUST BEACH PRESERVATION FUND, THAT WOULD, AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH, 2025 FISCAL YEAR, OR AT THE END OF THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, I SHOULD SAY THE FY 25, WE
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WOULD HAVE $26.9 MILLION ANTICIPATED PROJECTED IN THE BEACH PRESERVATION FUND.WE HAVE TO HOLD, RIGHT, WE HAVE TO ENCUMBER, UM, AND COMMIT $12 MILLION IN THAT FUND BALANCE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH CLOSE TO $15 MILLION.
THE FORECAST FOR FY 26 BEACH PRESERVATION REVS IS 13.7 BASED ON TODAY'S PROJECTIONS.
SO THAT WOULD LEAVE US $28.6 MILLION UNENCUMBERED FOR USE OF $26 MILLION.
I'LL WORK WITH TOWN COUNCIL AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO USE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR BEACH ADDITION TO THE BEACH FEE OR, AND OR IF WE SHOULD ISSUE A BOND, RIGHT? AND WE TALKED ABOUT BORROWING IF WE SHOULD ISSUE A BOND, PERHAPS A 10 YEAR BOND, UM, ON BEACH PRESERVATION, THAT COULD RAISE AT LEAST $40 MILLION.
AND SO I I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHILE THIS YEAR'S 16.5 IS THROUGH A REVENUE STREAM AND IT'S CASH AND THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S ABOUT FORECASTED 13 $14 MILLION OF REVENUE AND, AND HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT OTHER SOURCES AND OR A BOND FOR BEACH.
SO GO GOING FORWARD AFTER THIS ONE, OR WILL WE BE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO INCREASE THAT FUND SO THAT IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH CURRENT PRICE PROJECTIONS? THERE ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN CREATE IN REVENUE AND PERHAPS WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT A DIVERSIFIED APPROACH TO FUNDING.
SO THE PATHWAYS, RIGHT, 60 MORE THAN 65 MILES OF PUBLIC PATHWAYS.
UM, OUR WORK IS MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING PATHWAYS REPAIRS, STRIPING ENHANCEMENTS, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PATHWAYS, AND THEN PROJECTS IDENTIFIED RIGHT NOW, COLLABORATION WITH BIKE WALK, HILTON, HEAD ISLAND BIKE AMBASSADORS AND OUR CAPITAL PROJECT STAFF, UM, ALWAYS PROVIDING THOSE PATHWAY ASSESSMENTS OF THE $5.5 MILLION, THOSE DOLLARS ARE EARMARKS FOR MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS.
THE, THE NICE PHOTO HERE IS, IS A NEW PATHWAY SEGMENT THAT REALLY CONNECTED BETTER AND, AND IMPROVED THAT CONNECTIVITY IN SHELTER COVE AREA THIS YEAR.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, EASTBOUND FROM FOLLY FIELD ROAD TO SHELTER COVE LANE DESIGN, PERMITTING AND EASEMENT ACQUISITION.
AND WE PLAN FORWARD RIGHT NOW NEW PATHWAY JONESVILLE, THE DESIGN PERMITTING, EASEMENT ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, EASTBOUND FROM WEXFORD, FROM FROM THE WEXFORD DRIVE HERE TO ARROW ROAD.
AND THAT IS DESIGNED PERMITTING EASEMENT, DUNNIGAN ALLEY DESIGN, PERMITTING AND EASEMENT, AND THEN THE NEW PATHWAY ON CORD AT POPE AVENUE, REALLY THE, THE PUNCH THROUGH INTO CONNECTING TO SHIPYARD.
AND WHEN I GET THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE CURRENT DOLLARS, THE NEW DOLLARS IN, IN, IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, ON THE, IN THE SOURCES OF FUNDS.
OUR ROADWAYS, UH, IN OUR ROADWAY PROGRAM IN OUR CIP IS FOR TO MAIN IS TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ENHANCE OUR DRIVE LANES, CURB GUTTER CROSSWALKS, LIGHTING, AND CORRIDOR AESTHETICS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TO YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH ROAD CORRIDOR WORKSHOPS MOST RECENTLY, THAT THIRD SEGMENT OF WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY AND MAIN STREET AS TWO EXAMPLES, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE PROGRAM.
WE ARE, WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD ON DIRT ROAD PAVING PROGRAMS TO ACCEPT DEDICATIONS OF PRIVATE OR UNPAVED SECTIONS OF ROAD PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, I THINK A, A CELEBRATION THAT WE ACQUIRED MAIN STREET.
WE ARE NOW TRYING TO DO THE SAME WITH MITCHELLVILLE ROAD.
UM, OUR WORK THAT WE'RE STARTING TO DO IS, IS BASED ON THE DRAFT, BUT IT SHOULD BE BASED ON THE FINAL THOROUGHFARE, MAJOR THOROUGHFARES CORRIDOR PLAN, THOSE SAFETY PROJECTS, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, AND THOSE CONSISTENCY, UH, ELEMENTS WE'RE WORKING ON.
KEEP IN MIND, MOST ROADS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AREN'T OURS, RIGHT? AREN'T THE TOWNS, THEY'RE MOSTLY SOMEBODY ELSE'S.
UM, THE STREETS THAT WE CONTROL ARE A FEW, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S GROWING OVER
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TIME, INCLUDING MAIN STREET.AND THEN OF COURSE OUR, OUR WORK TO MAINTAIN THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS YOU WILL HAVE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR SOON THEREAFTER.
IS IT MAY OR JUNE? SEAN, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE JUNE 4TH MEETING.
WE WILL PROVIDE TO YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL THINGS ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM, THE DIRT ROAD PRIORITIES THIS YEAR, UM, FOR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT REASONS.
MITCHELLVILLE LANE, FREDDY'S WAY, HORSE, SUGAR LANE, ALICE PERRY DRIVE, WE ARE AIMING TO CONSTRUCT OR TO, TO ACHIEVE, UH, A LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE ROADS.
THIS FISCAL ALFRED LANE, BENJAMIN DRIVE, DESIGN, PERMITTING AND ACQUISITION.
WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY ENHANCEMENTS, WE TALKED ABOUT SECTION THREE, THAT ENCROACHMENT PERMIT IS IN WITH DOT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A ROBUST ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.
IT INCLUDES, UH, BACKUP DETAIL, NOT JUST WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT DETAILS THAT SUPPORT WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WHY WE ARE ASKING THE DOT FOR THAT LEVEL.
I KNOW JIM IS HERE AND CARLOS HERE, THERE'S JIM, JIM IS HERE, AND CARLOS HERE.
AND THAT WHOLE AMAZING THERESA'S PROBABLY MANAGING THE ADAPTIVE SIGNALS AS WE SPEAK, BUT AN AN AMAZING TRAFFIC TEAM THAT I THINK STARTING TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR US.
SO ON THAT SEGMENT, THREE BEACH CITY ROAD TO DILLON ROAD, WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION, UH, THIS YEAR AS WELL AS THE NORTH RIDGE PALM MIDDLE PARKWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SEGMENT FIVE, MATTHEWS TO SHELTER COVE SEGMENT EIGHT, UM, SEA PINE CIRCLE, POPE AVENUE.
I THINK THERE'S JUST SOME PLANNING DESIGN AND SOME OTHER ELEMENTS THERE.
WE WILL UNDERTAKE AN ISLAND WIDE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT, STRIPING, WAYFINDING, SAFETY SIGNAGE, PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENT GAME PLAN THIS YEAR WHEN DOT, WHEN SECRETARY, UH, JUSTIN POWELL DROVE WITH US, A FEW OF US RECENTLY, ACTUALLY IT WAS LAST SUMMER, WASN'T IT? UM, WHILE HE WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF, HE MADE A SUGGESTION.
HE SAID IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER FOR THE TOWN TO COME FORWARD WITH AN ISLAND WIDE STRIPING PLAN THAN DOING ALL OF THIS IN DIFFERENT SEGMENTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH DIFFERENT ENCROACHMENT PERMITS.
WE KNOW THERE'S DOLLARS OUT THERE GRANT WISE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO.
AND SO WHEN I SAY A STRIPING PLAN, IT SHOULD BE ANY TIME A PATHWAY CROSSES ANY ROAD ON OUR ISLAND, NOT JUST WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, NOT JUST POPE, NOT JUST PALMETTO BAY, BUT, BUT ALL PLACES.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO SIGN THAT.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WE HAVE TO BID THAT DESIGN THAT THAT, AND THEN WORK WITH EITHER BEAUFORT COUNTY AND OR DOT, UM, TO, TO GET THE DETAILS RIGHT.
BUT THAT IS A, I WOULD SUGGEST IF ANYTHING ELSE, LOW HANGING FRUIT, PROBABLY THE HARDER THING THAT WE'LL EVER DO, BUT, BUT ALSO PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO RIGHT AWAY.
UM, ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC, SIGNAL MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
POPE AVENUE STREET SCAPE ENHANCEMENTS.
WE KNOW THAT DOWN THERE, DOWN NEAR THE KAEGY CIRCLE AND TRAFFIC AND, AND, AND PARKING AND CIRCULATION.
MAIN STREET, UH, DESIGN AND PERMITTING, ROADWAY MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN LANDSCAPE LIGHTING AND, AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS YOU'VE BEEN SEEING.
OUR ROADWAY PROJECTS ARE THROUGHOUT OUR ISLAND, AND YOU CAN START SEEING SOME OF THESE DOTS LOADING UP TO SOME OF THOSE, THOSE TROUBLED AREAS, RIGHT? MITCHELLVILLE AND FREDDY'S ARE, ARE THE DIRT ROAD PRO PROJECTS FOR SUGAR ALFRED MAIN STREET UP THERE.
AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE ILLUSTRATION, I WOULD SAY THE, THE OPTION THAT TOWN COUNCIL AGREED UPON AND SAID, MOVE FORWARD ON, UM, WITH PEDESTRIAN BUFFERS PATHWAYS, TRAVEL LANES TO TRAVEL LANES ON STREET BIKE LANES AND, AND, AND BETTER CROSSWALKS ON MAIN STREET FIGHTING PARKS, ALL MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL PARK ENHANCEMENTS, DESIGN PERMITTING, IMPROVEMENTS OF MID ISLAND CHAPLAIN CROSSING, SHELTER COVE, PARKER FIELD, COLIGNY CIRCLE, POCKET PARK, AND THE CHAPLAIN, LINEAR PARK CONSTRUCTION OF PATTERSON AND TAYLOR, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN OUT TO BID.
WE'RE SCORING THEM, WE'RE REFINING, UH, PRICING AND REALLY DIGGING INTO BOTH OF THOSE RIGHT NOW.
UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, BRIAN'S VISION AND INNOVATION TO BID THESE PROJECTS OUT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST AS ONE PROJECT WITH A CONTRACTOR TO MOBILIZE.
AND I THINK THAT WILL DO A COUPLE THINGS.
IT'LL HELP OUR PRICING AND IT WILL, IT GOT THE ATTENTION OF, OF SOME ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS AND, AND, AND WHATNOT.
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CONTRACTORS.AND THEN, UH, ALSO FROM A TIME STANDPOINT, RIGHT, FROM A PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND, AND AND TIME SAVING STANDPOINT.
I THINK THAT WILL WILL SHOW THAT WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD PROJECTS MORE EFFICIENT, MORE EFFECTIVE, AND THE ISLAND REC ASSOCIATION HAVE, HAVE MADE THEIR CAPITAL PROJECT LISTS INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING, POOLING GROUNDS AND SPECIAL EVENT, UH, VENUES, UM, MAJOR PROJECTS ON THE PARK PROGRAM, MID ISLAND PARK DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF PHASE ONE.
SO IT DOESN'T SAY CONSTRUCTION.
WHY, WHY DOESN'T SAY CONSTRUCTION.
SEAN, I THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER, RIGHT? IT TAKES A WHILE TO DESIGN AND PERMIT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US FOR THE REST OF THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO CAREFULLY AND PURPOSEFULLY GET THROUGH THAT.
UM, WHAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF TIME IS THE INSPECTIONS ON THE FRONT END, TRYING TO IDENTIFY THAT STORMWATER SYSTEM THROUGH THERE.
KAPLAN COMMUNITY PARK DESIGN AND PERMITTING CROSSINGS PARK, INCLUDING THE BRISTOL SPORTS ARENA, SO DESIGN, PERMITTING AND BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION, SHELTER, COVE DESIGN AND PERMITTING, CHAPLAIN, LINEAR DESIGN AND PERMITTING TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS.
ON THE CHAPLAIN, LINEAR, PLEASE KNOW, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU JUST LIKE THE OTHER MASTER PLANS, ISLANDERS, CHAPLAIN CROSSINGS, AND THEN PATTERSON FAMILY IS DESIGNED, PERMITTING AND BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT PARKS MIGHT BE COMPLETED? 2025.
ANYTHING IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE NOT BASED ON WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
COMPLETED IN, IN FISCAL YEAR 25 OR CALENDAR YEAR 25.
BRIAN, I THINK ISLANDERS, UH, WILL BE COMPLETED AND TALK LOUDER.
I THINK ISLANDERS WILL BE COMPLETED.
UH, TAYLOR AND PATTERSON FAMILY PARKS WILL BE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
AND PICKLEBALL, COURTS CALENDAR.
SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A CROSSINGS? WE HAVE TO DESIGN AND PERMIT IT? THE PERMITTING TAKES NINE MONTHS, LIKE HANDS DOWN.
SO IT'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT'LL BE UNDER, YEAH, I THINK IT'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
YOU SEE THAT MAJOR PROJECTS IN, IN THIS YEAR IN THAT, IN THAT CLOSE TO $20 MILLION INVESTMENT.
TAYLOR AND, AND PATTERSON WAS ON BARKER FIELD.
UH, A LITTLE BIT OF WORK THERE.
I THINK WE CAN STABILIZE SOME OF THAT SOCCER AREA AND, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU TO TALK BARKER FIELD IN GENERAL FOR SHELL RING.
WILL THAT BE COMPLETE? WE'RE WORKING ON THE, UH, ARCHEOLOGICAL, UM, ASSESSMENT OF IT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE COUNTY WILL, ONCE WE GET THAT APPROVED, THE COUNTY WILL START CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK THEY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THAT COMPLETE, BUT THEY'RE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR IT.
ISLAND REC, OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
AND, UH, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A FUN RIBBON CUTTING, WE KNOW NATALIE IN THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM IS INVOLVED GENERAL PARK ENHANCEMENTS WHEN YOU'VE SEEN THEM, RIGHT? I THINK THAT WE A LITTLE BY LITTLE.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS.
THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE A PLAYGROUND.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MAJOR OVERHAUL, BUT JUST TO COME CURRENT ON A LOT.
GREEN SHELL PARK, JARVIS CREEK PARK, UM, OLD SCHOOLHOUSE PICKLEBALL.
THE DESIGN PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION, UM, IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT.
AND ON HERE ON OUR LONGER LIST IS MITCHELLVILLE IS RIGHT? CORRECT GUYS? MITCHELLVILLE.
AND WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT IN A SECOND.
SO MID ISLAND PARK, PHASE ONE FOR CLARITY IS THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING FOR THE, THE LIGHT IMPRINT PARKING AREA.
A DA SPACES PATHWAY, REMOVAL OF SOME INVASIVE SPECIES PLANTS, ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF THE LAGOONS AND STORMWATER CHANNELS AND RESTROOMS. THAT'S PHASE ONE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF PHASE ONE RIGHT NOW, AND IT ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN LATE FY 25.
ANY FUTURE PHASES, JUST FOR CLARITY, WE WILL COME AND WORK WITH TOWN COUNCIL ON ANY PHASE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, THAT LAND AND PARK PARKING WHATNOT.
SORRY, MA'AM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK THE PUBLIC, EVERY TIME WE SAY EXPLAIN PHASE ONE, I THINK IT HELPS PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I MIGHT SUGGEST WE USE A DIFFERENT GRAPHIC, UM, BECAUSE THAT SHOWS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NOT IN PHASE ONE.
WE WILL PREPARE A PHASE ONE ILLUSTRATION, TOWN COUNCIL.
THAT IS THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
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YOU APPROVE SOMETHING ELSE, WE WILL PREPARE A PHASE ONE.WE WILL USE THOUGH, WE'LL, WE'LL USE THE, THE PHASE ONE BASELINE OF THAT STORM WATER AND AND WHATNOT THROUGH THAT PROJECT.
CHAPLAIN COMMUNITY PARK, THIS IS ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA.
I WASN'T SHY TO PUT THIS UP THERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE ADDRESSED YOUR, YOUR DIRECTION AND, AND CONCERNS SOCCER FIVE FIELDS, BUT, BUT THAT, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 10 FIELDS FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING OUT THERE
UM, BUT, BUT FIVE LARGE, UH, YOU PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, COLLEGE LEVEL SOCCER FIELDS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THE TENNIS COURTS REMAIN INTACT.
THE SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS PARKING THROUGH THE SITE CROSSWALKS AT YOUR, YOUR STREET EDGES, A SIDEWALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF OF THE PARK ALONG THE STREET.
A FRESH NEW DOG PARK, SOME COMMUNITY BUILDING AND, AND BATHROOM AREAS.
AND ARGUABLY THIS TRIPLES THE PARKING AT AT CHAPLAIN.
IT PROVIDES A TROLLEY STOP, UM, IN, IN THE SITE ITSELF.
AND THEN A REALLY NICE NEW PLAYGROUND IT OUT WITH CROSSINGS.
SO WE'VE LAID OUT CROSSINGS, THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING PARK.
WE'LL BRING THIS TO YOU AT COUNCIL IN MAY.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THIS PARK THIS YEAR.
BID IN CONSTRUCTION TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SKATE PARK AND PUMP TRACK IN 2025.
BRIAN, JOHN, SHOULDN'T IT SAY PICKLEBALL UP HERE? SHOULD IT SAY PICKLEBALL UP HERE ON AND PERMITTING OR PICKLEBALL TOO.
UM, ADDITIONAL 80 PLUS PARKING SPACES, A RESETTING OF THE PLAYGROUND AND THE CONNECTION ALONG THE WATER REALLY TO GET, YOU KNOW, FINISH WHAT WE STARTED.
AND AGAIN, PHASE TWO, UM, DESIGN PERMITTING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT WILL BE IN 26.
PATTERSON WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS.
YOU'LL SEE DESIGN PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION IN 25 CONTRACT'S BEEN ADVERTISED AND UNDER EVALUATION.
THE SAME WITH TAYLOR OLD SCHOOL HOUSE PARK.
NEXT STEPS INCLUDE LANDSCAPE, A DA, PARKING SIDEWALKS, RESTROOM, SHADE AND SIGNAGE, SHADE AND SEATING, SIGNAGE AND A BASKETBALL COURT RESURFACE OVER THERE.
AND THEN THIS IS MORE THE SAME THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET.
WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT'S DOWN HERE THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME IS THAT FACILITY PROGRAM, THE HIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE A PARTNER.
UM, THE, THE MITCHELLVILLE, FREEDOM PARK CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE PARKING, SOME SIGNAGE, SOME PATHWAYS, AND SOME ENHANCEMENTS THERE.
COASTAL DISCOVERY PROJECTS ARE ON THIS LIST AS WELL.
AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR MAINTENANCE TO OUR BUILDINGS, TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT, OUR SOFTWARE TO OUR IT EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE IN THE CIP FOR THAT, THAT THRESHOLD VALUE.
TOWN HALL FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS.
WE HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES ON SOME FLOORING AREAS, UM, AND, AND, AND SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER ISSUES.
FIRE RESCUE TRAINING CENTER UPGRADES TO THE CLASSROOM IN PHASE ONE OF THE BURN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, WILD WING CAFE DEMO, FIRE TRAINING CENTER, FIRE STATIONS, ONE TO SEVEN MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT OVERHEAD DOORS, CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THOSE BUILDINGS TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO SECURITY CAMERAS AND CONNECTIVITY, ALL PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS.
CHAPLAIN ISLANDERS ROWING, FORD, SHELL RING, THERE'S MITCHELLVILLE FREEDOM PARK BROKE DOWN A LITTLE MORE, UM, IMPROVING THE PROPERTY WITH AHAD AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH AHAD.
BUT ACCORDING TO THAT APPROVED MASTER PLAN, WE HAVE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET AND I BELIEVE STATE FUNDING MAY COME THROUGH, UM, IN ADDITION TO OURS, BUT PROVING THE PARKING LOT IN LOOP ROAD AND THEN ALSO, UM, HELPING IN THE PARKING PATHWAY, SIGNAGE AND PLAYGROUND ON THAT, ON, ON PROPERTY.
SO I COULD ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
UH, ON MITCHELLVILLE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MITCHELLVILLE HAS HAD A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL FUNDS CAMPAIGN.
UH, WHAT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT THE TOWN IS PAYING AND WHAT MITCHELLVILLE IS PAYING, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THEY'VE RAISED.
AS OF RIGHT NOW OUR INVESTMENT IS AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE PARKING LOT.
WE CAN, WE CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT DOING SOME SHADOW BUILDINGS IN THERE,
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I THINK.YEAH, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THOSE OUT.
WE WE'RE, WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THE PARKING AND THE SIDEWALKS.
THOSE, THOSE HORIZONTAL ELEMENTS OF THE SITE THAT BRING THAT SITE UP TO WHAT I THINK SHOULD ALREADY BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED.
IF WE'RE INVITING PEOPLE THERE, IT'S OUR PROPERTY.
UM, A DA GOOD SIDEWALKS, GOOD PARKING, GOOD LIGHTING, GOOD SIGNAGE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
MA'AM, QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, OLD WILD WINGS BUILDING THE DEMO.
UM, I SEE ON THE CHART THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THAT, UM, CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE IN FY 25.
UM, SO JUST WONDERING ABOUT, APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMING.
UH, IF, IF WE KNOW, UM, AND HOW MANY, UH, PARKING SPACES MIGHT BE ADDED AFTER DEMO.
UH, WE'VE LOOKED BASED ON THE CAPACITY OF THE SITE, I THINK YOU GET ABOUT 150 TO 170 PARKING SPACES ON THAT SITE.
UH, THE DEMOLITION WILL OCCUR, WE WANNA COMPLETE IT THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THEN DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR THE PARKING LOT TO OCCUR IN 25.
OKAY, SO BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30 DEMO, I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
ALRIGHT, BRIAN'S TELLING ME DEMO IN FISCAL 25, WE HAD, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING IT AFTER HERITAGE ONCE THE SOUL PLAZA HAS BEEN DEMOED, AND THAT WAS DEMOED HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, HOPEFULLY COORDINATING WITH SUMMER SEASON THERE.
WE HAVE A MONTH LEFT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND IT'S BUSY DOWN THERE AND PEOPLE ARE USING THAT LOT TO PARK.
AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA DEMO THAT BUILDING, WE'VE GOTTA CLOSE IT ALL OFF.
I DO, I WOULD SAY, AND SEAN AND I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, COMPARE NOTES ON THAT DEMO.
I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER OF THE SEASON, UM, BECAUSE OF THE MOBILIZATION.
UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST OPEN UP, LEAVE THAT PARKING LOT ALONE RIGHT NOW AND LET PEOPLE PARK THERE FOR THE SUMMER BETTER THAN IT WOULD BE TO JUST GO DEMO THAT BUILDING AND TRY TO ACHIEVE MORE PARKING SPACES RIGHT NOW.
I JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF IT, BUT I I LIKE THAT APPROACH.
POSTAL DISCOVERY, THESE, THESE, UH, REQUESTS CAME FROM REX AND COMPANY, BUT ARMSTRONG AND THE HACK HOUSE FLOORING AND OFFICE RENO PAVILION, FLOORING, DISCOVERY LAB, INTERIOR INTERIOR REPAIRS, HORSE BARN, STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, AND THEN A BUNCH OF MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS, BOARDWALKS, SIDE GATES, TREE WORK, AND THEN THE ONE, UH, INITIATIVE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HELP UNDERTAKE AND, AND EXPEDITE, UH, THOSE EVENT SPACE IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE'S SOME A DA ISSUES OUT THERE, UN UNBALANCED, UNEVEN SIDEWALKS.
I'VE, I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS OUT THERE I DON'T LIKE TO SEE WHEN I'M OUT THERE ENJOYING MYSELF, UM, TAKING PICTURES OF IT AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT SO I DON'T FORGET.
AND SO I THINK WITH, WITH BRIAN AND SEAN AND OUR GOOD CIP TEAM, WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY.
MARK THE TOWN OWNS THAT PROPERTY AND AT SOME POINT CLOSE TO DISCOVERY MUSEUM IS PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW TO OPTIMIZE THAT LAND OVER TIME.
IS THERE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO DO ANY PLANNING IN FISCAL 25? I DON'T KNOW.
DEPENDS ON HOW DEEP OF A DIVE.
IF, IF, IF IT'S A CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW, YES, I'D EVEN SAY WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN HOUSE THAT, THAT CAN HELP WITH A LOT OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, XENOS AND, AND MISSY AND, AND SOME OTHERS COULD DO THAT.
WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT IN HOUSE.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EXTRA DOLLARS.
OUR, OUR, OUR BUDGETS LEAN THIS YEAR ON EXTRA PLANNING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
STORM WATER PROGRAM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.
WE WENT OVER THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, TRANSFERRED IN.
SO I WON'T REALLY GET INTO IT HERE, BUT $1.2 MILLION YOU SEE UP HERE, WEXFORD PUMP STATION, GUMTREE ROAD, JARVIS CREEK, OUTFALL MOON SHELL AND A AND A FEW OTHER, A FEW OTHER PROJECTS.
WE WILL COME BACK TO THE TABLE WITH YOU IN A WORKSHOP.
UM, FOR LACK OF TIME OR, OR BECAUSE OF TIME.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM OR THIS ONE? STORM WATER.
ANY QUESTIONS? DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ALRIGHT.
FLEET DELIVERY OF A REMAINDER OF FIRE FLEET,
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ADDITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY BOAT, NEW AND REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.HOW MANY WERE THERE, BRIAN? PROGRAM FOUR.
IS THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE? PROBABLY ENGINE PUMPER REPLACEMENT AND QUINT COMPANY REPLACEMENT AND FIRE RESCUE SUPPORT VEHICLES.
A LITTLE FURTHER BREAKDOWN WAS HIGH LEVEL.
AND THEN THE BREAKDOWN AS I ASKED BRIAN THAT QUESTION, I REMEMBERED WHERE IT WAS, IT WAS ON THE OTHER SLIDE.
BUT FOUR REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THAT ARE MORE THAN 10 YEARS OLD.
THEY'RE IN THE SHOP MORE THAN THEY'RE NOT.
OUR ENGINE AND PUMPER REPLACEMENT.
UM, AND QUINT COMPANY REPLACEMENT, OUR LADDER TRUCK REPLACEMENT AND UH, SUPPORT VEHICLE, REPLACEMENT SERVICE TRUCK MARK.
WE'RE DOING ALL THOSE THROUGH LEASES, AREN'T WE? NOT EVERYTHING ON, ON EVERY VEHICLE.
YES SIR, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
AND THEN LAND ACQUISITION, SOME SOFT COSTS FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND SURVEYS AND APPRAISAL AND LEGAL FEES.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO SHOW THIS YEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING AND GET EXCITED OR AT LEAST COMMUNICATE TO YOU WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND NOT JUST DIVE INTO WHAT THE DOLLARS LOOK LIKE, BUT AS WE LOOK AT OUR BEACH PROGRAM, WE HAVE A FEW COLUMNS ON HERE.
THE FY 24 REVISED BUDGET, RIGHT? IT'S, YOU APPROVE THE REVISED BUDGET.
THIS HAS BEEN IN HERE BEFORE THAT, BUT THE BEACH PROGRAM AND THE OTHER PROGRAMS I JUST LISTED WAS A $55 MILLION PROGRAM.
OF THAT 55 MILLION WE ARE PROPOSING TO CARRY FORWARD 13.1 MILLION AND YOU SEE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE OUT OF THE 4.8 BEAT.
WE'RE CARRYING ONE EIGHT FORWARD OUT OF FIVE FOUR PATH WE'RE CARRYING WELL CLOSE TO SEVEN FORWARD.
SO THAT MEANS WE'VE BUILT CLOSE TO SEVEN $5 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR PATHWAYS, CORRECT? SO THIS IS STARTING TO SHOW OUR MEASUREMENT, NOT JUST ON WHAT NEW MONEY WE NEED, BUT ON WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW THOSE DOLLARS, UM, HOW THAT CASH, CASH FLOW, UH, RESULTS IN THE, IN THE CARRY FORWARD ROADWAY PROGRAM OF SIX SEVEN.
WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD ONE SIX PARKS FROM NINE FORWARD, BRINGING FORWARD FOUR EIGHT.
AND, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT'S ENCUMBERED ALREADY.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE NEW FUNDS PLUS THE CARRY FORWARD FUNDS, RIGHT? WE'RE PLANNING THAT WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD.
SO BY THE END OF JUNE 30, THIS IS WHAT SEAN HAS INDICATED TO ME THAT WOULD BE LEFTOVER, THAT'S BASED UPON AN ABILITY TO PERFORM UNDER THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THAT MAKES UP THE CARRY FORWARD.
PLUS THE NEW FUNDING MAKE UP $74.3 MILLION.
MR. STANFORD ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT, HEY, THESE ARE TOURISM, TOURISM, TOURISM VISITOR DOLLARS AND YOU'LL SEE BEACH PROGRAM, THE FUNDING SOURCE OF THAT $21.599 MILLION IS ONLY TWO SOURCES OF FUNDS.
BEACH FEES AND HOSPITALITY TAXES, CURRENT REVENUE.
THAT'S NOT SPENT YET IN OUR FUND BALANCE OR IN ITS THIS YEAR'S REVENUE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU SEE THE PATHWAY PROGRAM FUNDING SOURCES, HOSPITALITY AND SOUTH CAROLINA AT TAX, AND I WON'T GET INTO THE REST OF 'EM, BUT YOU SEE UP HERE THAT ALL OF THOSE TRANSFERS IN THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST READING AS WELL AS ON TUESDAY, IMPACT FEES, FRANCHISE FEES, H TAX, TIFF, THOSE MAKE UP OUR PROJECTS.
I WILL SAY THIS, THE SAFETY NET, IF WE HAVE A YEAR THAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE VERY BUSY AND ANTICIPATE $13 MILLION OF H TAX AND WE'RE STARTING TO TREND AND WE COME TO FINANCE COMMITTEE AND REALIZE WE WERE WAY OFF.
SOMETHING OCCURRED IN THE ECONOMY, SOMETHING OCCURRED SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT AFFECTS THOSE REVENUES.
BUT WE JUST, WE'LL SLOW DOWN CERTAIN PROJECTS ON HERE AND WORK WITH YOU ON WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE.
BUT, BUT EVERY YEAR, JUST LIKE THE LAST, WE ARE REALLY CONFIDENT WITH OUR PROJECTIONS.
WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT WITH OUR, OUR VERY DIVERSE REVENUE STREAMS. I THINK THERE'S AN ART AND SCIENCE TO BUILDING A PROJECT.
THE SCIENCES, WHAT BRIAN KNOWS, RIGHT? THE ENGINEERING, THE ABILITY TO BUILD A PROJECT.
SOME OF THE ART IS WHAT DOLLARS DO WE HAVE AND HOW DO WE PLACE THOSE DOLLARS? HOW DO WE DRAW THE LINES OF THOSE DOLLARS TO THAT PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE DONE THAN WE, THAN WE THINK WE CAN.
THIS IS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND I THINK THIS IS MORE HELPFUL TO PUT ONLINE.
UM, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE BREAKDOWN OF BEACH, RIGHT? THE $21.5 MILLION AND THE 5.5 WE BROKE DOWN WITH SOME SPECIFICITY OF THE SAME REVISED BUDGET, THE CARRY FORWARD, THE NEW FUNDING TO MAKE UP THE TOTAL.
AND WHAT WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED ON HERE AS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION
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PRIORITIZED IT.UM, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS LIST IS WE SEEM TO BE, YOU SEEM TO BE, WE ALL SEEM TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT PLANNING COMMISSION PRIORITIES WERE.
UH, WE SHARED WITH PLANNING COMMISSION WITH STAFF'S PRIORITIES WERE THEY ADDED A COUPLE HERE.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THOSE WERE? SEAN? UH, THERE WERE TWO.
UM, ONE WAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SPANISH WELLS, UM, INTERSECTION AT WILLIAM PARKWAY.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE BIGGER PROJECT THROUGH THE CORRIDOR.
ANOTHER PATHWAY SEGMENT, UM, ON SOUTH FOREST BEACH.
ALRIGHT, SO A BEACH PROGRAM OF 21.599.
UM, ALL PRIORITIZED BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU'LL SEE THAT BEACH RENOURISHMENT MAKES UP 16.5 MILLION.
OF THAT 21.5 MILLION ISLANDERS, FOR THE MOST PART MAKES UP A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE REST $3.75 MILLION.
AND TO DIG A LITTLE FURTHER, JUST FOR YOUR CLARITY AND, AND MINE ALONG THE WAY IN, IN THE PUBLIC, YOU'LL SEE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
IF I SHOWED ISLANDERS, WE NOW SEE THE FUNDING AMOUNT, WE SEE THE SCOPE OF WORK CONSTRUCTION PENDING COORDINATION WITH BEACH RENOURISHMENT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT THIS YEAR IS A DESIGN PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION YEAR CLARITY.
AND I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY, EVERY PROJECT, $5.5 MILLION OF PATHWAYS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THE NEW PATHWAY SEGMENTS 4.5 MILLION IN JONESVILLE.
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO, TO, TO BRING THAT PROJECT FORWARD.
IT'S PRIORITIZED BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, WE HAVE SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF DOLLARS THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S ON THE SOFT COSTS AND, AND SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS YEAR AS AN EXAMPLE, JONESVILLE, THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE THIS YEAR.
WE WILL PERMIT AND CONSTRUCT AND START CONSTRUCTION AND SAYS RIGHT HERE, BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF PATHWAY AND FY 25.
THE ONE THING I THINK THAT WE'RE, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR BETTER THAN, THAN MOST IS TRUE TRYING OR BEST TO PROVIDE AS MUCH CLARITY AS WE CAN ON THE LIFE CYCLE OF A PROJECT.
I'LL SAY WHAT USED TO TAKE TWO YEARS IS TAKING THREE.
UM, BUT UH, A LOT OF THAT IS AN INTERNAL, IT'S JUST EXTERNAL.
SURVEYS ARE TAKING LONGER, PERMITTING IS TAKING LONGER, AND FRANKLY, SOMETIMES PRICING, UH, IS COMING IN.
UM, BRIAN AND SEAN, NOT TO DIVULGE TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT YOU RECEIVED THE PRICING ON I ON, UH, PATTERSON AND TAYLOR PRICING YET.
SO ALL I'VE SEEN IS THE SUBMITTALS.
UM, I'M SURE RICH HAS THE PRICING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS OFF THE TOP OF MY SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, SO ALONG THE WAY YOU'LL SEE ROADWAY PROJECTS IN OUR FUNDING AND PRIORITIZED THE DIRT ROADS.
UM, MITCHELLVILLE LANE, HORSE SUGAR, A MILLION DOLLARS FREDDY'S WAY, 575 PROGRAMMED ISLAND WIDE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, $1 MILLION.
I DIDN'T BRING IT UP WHEN WE WERE GOING INTO MORE DETAIL PREVIOUSLY.
UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INTERSECTIONS, SHOWED A PICTURE OF, UM, SCHOOL, UH, MAIN STREET, UH, WITH A NICE CROSS SECTION OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND SO ON.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT WAS MULTI-MOBILE MODAL.
AND, AND I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT AS WE THINK THROUGH OUR INTERSECTIONS, WE ARE THINKING INTERMODAL BECAUSE WHERE'S THE TROLLEY STOP ON MAIN STREET? HOW DOES THAT INTERACT WITH THE BIKE, THE PEDESTRIAN AND SO ON? AND THAT'S POPE AVENUE AND IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
JUST WANTED TO REALLY HIT THAT NAIL PRETTY HARD.
MULTIMODAL, MULTIMODAL IN THE INTERSECTION.
TOTAL ROADWAY INVESTMENT OF MORE THAN $10 MILLION.
MAIN STREET, 2 MILLION LANDSCAPE LIGHTING AND SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, 1 MILLION.
I HAD A MILLION ON THE PRIOR SLIDE OF THE, OF THE STRIPING PLAN.
SO YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR THAT THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THE ROADS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, THAT WILL MAKE THOSE IMPACTS.
UH, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, SEGMENT THREE.
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I SKIP OVER THAT ONE? I DIDN'T YET THAT ON HERE, SEAN MISSED IT.SO $500,000 FOR THAT INITIAL PHASE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT, WHICH IS LANDSCAPE LIGHTING ON THE SIDE STREETS ON THE SIDE OF THIS, OF THE ROADS AND STRIPING.
AND FOR FULL CLARITY, DESIGN PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION, FY 25 PROJECT, SCOPE OF WORK ALONG WITH TOTAL FUNDING.
MARK, I APPLAUD STAFF FOR TRYING TO COORDINATE THE LOOK OF OUR INTERSECTIONS AND SO ON.
I THINK ALSO BE THINKING ABOUT THE LOOK OF LANDSCAPE FOR THE ENTIRE 2 78 CORRIDOR.
IT'S NOT ALL GONNA BE THE SAME BECAUSE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS DESERVE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT BE IN PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL.
I KNOW WE, I I KNOW WE'RE ALIGNED ON THIS ONE, SEAN, IN THE MAJOR CORRIDORS PLAN.
WE'RE COMING BACK FORWARD RIGHT SOON AFTER THE END OF JUNE WITH ANOTHER WORKSHOP.
IN THAT NEXT WORKSHOP, YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEW OR ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS OF ROADS, SUCH AS SEA PINES CIRCLE, POPE AVENUE, WILLIAM HILTON PARKWAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CHAPLAIN, IN THE CHAPLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD STRETCH.
UM, IN JUNE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, WE CALL SEGMENT ONE, WHICH IS THE GATEWAY, RIGHT? JULY WILL, WILL BE THE NEXT SEGMENTS, UM, THAT ARE ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
AND AS PART OF THAT, THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT TIME SPENT IN THAT PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE LANDSCAPE TREATMENT.
THERE'S MUCH MORE DETAIL FOR EACH SEGMENT IN THOSE WORKSHOPS.
UM, SORRY, MIKE, IF OH, IT'S OKAY.
SO, UH, SINCE WE'VE PASSED BY THE NUMBERS ON, UH, PATHWAY AND ROADWAY, UM, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW LAST NIGHT, UM, I WAS AT THE RITE OF SILENCE ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALFRED, UH, TO BRING GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF MAYOR AND AND TOWN COUNCIL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I POINTED OUT WAS THE, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR PATHWAY AND ROADWAY AND, UH, NOT THE TOTAL FOR FY 25 IS PROPOSED, BUT THE NEW MONEY AND, AND WE GOT APPLAUSE.
SO AN EARLY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE COMING UP WITH THIS REALLY, UH, GREAT LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND, UM, IT'S BEING OBSERVED AND APPRECIATED.
AND TO MS. BRYSON'S, GREAT POINT.
YOU KNOW, UH, I, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOKED AT IT, RIGHT, AND I, I JUMPED THROUGH A, A, A COUPLE OF 'EM, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE PATHWAYS, WHAT JUMPS OUT AT US HERE IS SOME GENERAL PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT'S SEPARATE THAN THE STRIPING, UM, THE DESIGN WORK FOR WEXFORD AND, AND, UH, FOR THE MATTHEWS AND WEXFORD AREA, ARROW ROAD OF, OF CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT INVESTED IN JONESVILLE CONSTRUCTION.
AND HERE YOU'LL SEE THE DIRT ROADS, BUT ALSO ISLAND WIDE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, A LITTLE, A LOT MORE OF WHAT, WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
$2 MILLION TO START GETTING INTO MAIN STREET ROADWAY MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS, 580 ADAPTIVE OR A SIGNAL BEACH CITY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, A MILLION DOLLARS LANDSCAPE LIGHTING SAFETY.
SO WHAT, WHAT THE GOOD PART IS, IS WE BRING YOU THROUGH THAT CORRIDORS PLAN AND ONCE WE HAVE CONFIDENCE TO START MOVING, ESPECIALLY MR. AMES BRINGS UP THAT POINT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT OF TIMES, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANNA JUST MAKE EVERY SEGMENT OF THIS ROAD GENERIC.
WE DON'T WANNA JUST THROW CREPE MYRTLES DOWN SOME MORE PINE STRONG, CALL IT A DAY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ONE, WE'RE, WE'RE DELIVERING, BUT TWO THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH THIS PROPERLY.
PARKS, YOU SEE 2.5 MILLION EARMARKED FOR MID ISLAND PARK, 1.9 FOR CHAPLAIN, 5 MILLION FOR CROSSINGS IN BRISTOL.
AND THAT IS THE PUMP TRACK, THAT IS THE CONCRETE BALL, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, PICKLEBALL, THAT IS PICKLEBALL, THAT IS 18 COURTS OF PICKLEBALL.
BUT AS WE LAID 12 OUT, AND WE'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU IN THE NEXT MEETING, WE LAID OUT 24 PICKLEBALL COURTS ON ARROW ROAD ACROSS FROM CROSSINGS HAVE, WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT WE CAN BUILD 18 OF 'EM, RIGHT? IT'S EASY TO JUST DRAW 24 PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THEN REALIZE WHEN YOU GET IN THERE, YOU CAN'T.
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DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISE, UNDER DELIVER.WE'RE CONFIDENT THOUGH, WITH THE PARKING.
WE'VE PLANNED PARKING FOR FIVE SPACES PER COURT.
SO THAT'S FOUR PLAYERS AND A FRIEND.
UM, WE WILL PLAN AND, AND CONSTRUCT THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT, EVEN IF WE JUST BUILD THE FIRST 18.
IT INCLUDES A SMALL RESTROOM IN, IN, IN BUILDING.
IT INCLUDES, UH, SOME SHADE COVERING.
IT INCLUDES A REALLY NICE, WELL DONE BEST IN CLASS COURTS.
AND, AND AGAIN, WHAT IS THAT FOR? JUST SAY IT OUT LOUD ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S IT FOR? PICKLEBALL.
OH,
UM, IT, IT ISN'T AND IT'S IN PART AND PARCEL WITH, UH, THE PUMP TRACK AND THE COVERING OF THE BRISTOL SPORTS ARENA.
ROLLER HOCKEY BASKETBALL COURT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SOME, SOME LIGHTING THAT WILL SHUT OFF AT, AT NINE OR 10:00 PM UM, TO COVER THAT AREA.
AND THEN KNOW THIS THOUGH, THAT WE JUST WON'T GET OUT THERE AND BUILD A CONCRETE BOWL AND PUMP TRACK.
THE, THE, THE GAME PLAN THAT BRIAN HAS IN PLACE HAS A STAKEHOLDER, RIGHT? KID AND FAMILY INPUT SESSIONS, UM, AT THE PARK.
AND AS WE LAY THAT OUT, SO SOME, SOME GREAT, GREAT EN ENHANCEMENTS COMING OUR WAY.
WELL, HERE'S PATTERSON AND TAYLOR.
WE'VE, WE'VE PLACED 2.7 AND 2.9, UH, IN THOSE, IN THOSE PARK FUNDS.
AND THEN A THEN A, A LAUNDRY LIST OF, OF SOME ADDITIONAL TOWN HALL FACILITY, 1.7 MILLION.
FIRE RESCUE TRAINING, CLOSE TO FOUR, THE DEMO OF WILD WING.
I DO NOT THINK WE WILL SPEND THAT MUCH, BUT I WANT TO, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND WHEN WE GET OUT THERE.
PLUS WE CAN START USING ADDITIONAL FOR THE ENGINEERING AND SITE MOBILIZATION OR WHATEVER, STABILIZATION, WHATEVER WE NEED TO ADD SOME MORE PARKING SPACES OUT THERE.
REPLANTING AND FOREST MANAGEMENT OF A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
FIRE STATIONS, ONE TO SEVEN REPLACEMENTS.
THAT'S A LOT OF THOSE OVERHEAD DOORS.
UH, HISTORIC MITCHELLVILLE, FREEDOM PARK, THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS IT EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE 1.5, AND THAT'S JUST UPGRADES AND LICENSING AND, AND THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
STORMWATER PROGRAM, WE WENT OVER WEX WEXFORD PUMP STATION AT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
JARVIS CREEK, OUTFALL, GUMTREE MOON, SHE, OUR FLEET, UM, DOLLARS IN OUR FLEET, BUT A FLEET PROGRAM TOTAL OF $7.2 MILLION IN OUR LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM HAVE 4.5 MILLION OF THE LADDER TRUCK.
NOW, WE AREN'T GOING TO BE DELIVERED THE LADDER TRUCK IN FISCAL 25.
ARE WE? THAT'S JUST A, THAT'S JUST A CHECK TO BE WRITTEN FOR THE ORDER.
WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE CARRYING THE DOLLARS IN THERE.
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THEY'LL BE DELIVERED THIS YEAR, AND IF THEY ARE DELIVERED, WE NEED THOSE FUNDS IN THE ACCOUNT.
I'M INTERESTED BECAUSE OF THE HABITUAL CARRY FORWARD EACH YEAR, RIGHT? WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD IN 13 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
IS IT GONNA BE 13 MILLION? AND DO WE ALWAYS JUST CARRY FORWARD THE SAME AMOUNT? ARE WE, ARE WE BEGINNING TO MAKE THAT LESS AND LESS EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF WHATEVER WE ARE ANTICIPATING BIDDING AND DELIVERY BETTER AND DIFFERENT? AND I DO THINK THAT CARRY FORWARD, UM, WILL BE DIFFERENT.
NOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE DELAYS WITH THEM, RIGHT? WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DELIVERED WITHIN ABOUT 24 MONTHS AT THE BEGINNING, AND SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND FLUX CAPACITOR WAS OUT, AND THEN IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER.
SO, UM, BUT I HEAR YOUR POINT, AND I SEE THE MARERE SHAKING HIS HEAD SITTING NEXT TO YOU,
SO FOR A TOTAL CIP PROGRAM OF 74,000,381 AND CHANGE, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO SEAN COLIN.
SEAN HAS THE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIVILEGE TO OVERSEE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS, AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.
THIS HAS GROWN A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I THINK THAT, THAT WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER, BUT ALSO WITH RICH HERRIMAN AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM TO SHOW NOT JUST THE PROJECT, RIGHT? UM, THE SOURCE OF DOLLARS, THE FUTURE PROJECTION OF DOLLARS IN THAT FIVE YEAR.
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I'M, I'M PROUD OF, I'M PROUD OF THE WORK.UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS, AS, AS TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AND FORTHCOMING AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE, WE WANT TO, I WANT TO DELIVER PROJECTS TO YOU A LOT QUICKER, A LOT BETTER, HIGH QUALITY, NOT JUST A COUPLE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND A PATHWAY A YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT I SEE UP HERE, AT LEAST I HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE IN WITH THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE.
MARK, WHY YOU'RE ON LAND ACQUISITION.
UM, IT SHOWS 3.4 MILLION IN CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR BRYANT ROAD PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALSO RELATED TO OUR HOUSING FUND, WHERE WE'RE SPENDING, UH, WE WERE PROJECTED TO SPEND MONEY, UM, FROM THE HOUSING FUND FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING ON THE BRYANT ROAD PROPERTY AND STABILIZATION IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LINK THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND SHOW HOW WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR HOUSING FUND AND OUR LAND ACQUISITION.
AND ALSO 72 POPE AVE THAT 4 MILLION, THAT'S THE, UH, WILD WINGS PROPERTY.
SO, SO LINKING THAT WITH, UH, HELPING OUT WITH THAT CLINGY AREA, LOW COUNTRY CELEBRATION, PARKING, ET CETERA, WITH PARKING.
SO, BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S MONEY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, SINCE IT'S SHOWN ON THAT SLIDE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW HOW WE LINK THE LAND ACQUISITION TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND CARRYING IT FORWARD IN OUR OTHER FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
IF, IF YOU ADD UP TO THAT POINT, IF YOU ADD UP OUR TWO PARTNER PROJECTS, THAT ONE, THAT NORTH POINT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, TWO, THE BRYANT ROAD AND MUDDY CREEK THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO ME ABOUT AT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND IF YOU ADD THE VALUE OF LAND TO THAT, WE HAVE ABOUT 13 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS THOSE.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID TRYING TO JUST BE UPFRONT WITH YOU ALL ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND HORIZONTAL AND FACILITY WORK HERE, BUT YOU DO HAVE CAPITAL PROJECT DOLLARS THAT ARE LAST YEAR AS WELL AS IN SOME OTHER, YOUR OTHER FUNDS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY.
SO AGAIN, WE A LITTLE BIT BASED ON COUNCILMAN NAMES AND THE MAYORS, UH, SORT OF VIBRATION ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE.
OH, THERE, IT'S SO THAT IN 2020, UH, I GUESS IT WAS 2023 WHEN WE HAD OUR, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE CARRYOVER, AND I'M GONNA USE THE TERM BURN RATE.
OKAY? UM, SO AS IF WE LOOK AT THIS, THE 55 MILLION THAT IS REVISED BUDGET, THE THING PROBABLY CLEANED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THOSE ACQUISITIONS, RIGHT? UM, BUT WHEN YOU, WHATEVER THAT NEW NUMBER IS, MINUS GOALS, TAKE THAT WITH CARING FOR, YOU'LL ESTABLISH WHAT I CALL YOUR BURN RATE.
I THINK THAT'S A METRIC THAT WE NEED TO USE AS STAFF IS, UH, PRESENTING TO FE COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD.
SO TO SORT OF GET A GOOD HANDLE ON THE PRODUCTIVITY AND WHERE WE REALLY STAND AS FAR AS WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE CIP BUDGET MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S GOOD, A GREAT WAY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL SHARE THAT, SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE COULD CAVEAT THAT LIKE FOR THE FIRE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL IF THEY DON'T DELIVER, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE IT IN THERE.
SO IF WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T, UH, PLATE THE BUDGET WHERE WE'RE NOT SPENDING.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, WE'RE, WE HAVE SPENT IN A LOT OF THESE CATEGORIES AND A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, AND I THINK SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH, UM, THE ABILITY TO MOVE MONEY WITHIN THE PROGRAM RATHER THAN THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO HELP US WHEN WE, UH, EXECUTE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VARIABLES IN THAT.
ONE IS, UM, THE EFFICIENCY AND CAPABILITY OF STAFF TO PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF WE'RE CHALLENGED BECAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES ON THE ISLAND AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK, UH, MR. BROWN'S SUGGESTION IS GOOD AS LONG AS WE PARSE OUT THE DIFFERENCES, UH, WITHIN THAT SORT OF ASSUMPTION.
MARK, ARE YOU AT A CONCLUDING POINT OR DO YOU STILL HAVE MORE TO GO? I'M AT A CONCLUDING POINT.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, HE USED THE WORD TRANSPARENCY A FEW MINUTES AGO.
I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT YOU AND STAFF AND COUNSEL HAVE BEEN AS DILIGENT IN TRYING TO PREPARE
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DOCUMENTS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ASCERTAIN, UH, DIGEST, ASK QUESTIONS AND SO ON.SO, I, I, I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO DO.
THE PROBLEM IS I'M NOT SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS GETTING TO THE COMMUNITY IN A FORM THAT THEY UNDERSTAND OR WANT TO ACCESS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE PERHAPS MORE DELIBERATE IN HOW WE ARE PASSING ON CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET TO THE COMMUNITY.
I, I'M THROWING OUT AN IDEA, I'M NOT SURE IT'S A GOOD ONE.
I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO SEND OUT A SINGLE SIX BY NINE POSTCARD THAT SIMPLIFIED THE BUDGET TO THE EXTENT.
I'M NOT SURE, UH, ANDREW DAVIS IS BACK THERE SOLVING ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, BUT, BUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE IN THE SIMPLEST FORM, WHAT WE ARE TAKING ON THIS COMING YEAR AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND IT MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS ADDING A LINK TO THE TOWN WEBSITE THAT ALSO HAS A SIMPLIFIED, DIGESTIBLE FORMAT, UH, OR EXPLANATION OF THE, UM, THE BUDGET.
BUT I'M, I'M CONSTANTLY HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, IT'S TOO BAD YOU GUYS AREN'T MORE TRANSPARENT OR WE DON'T TRUST YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION.
AND I THINK THERE'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC TO SEEK OUT THAT INFORMATION.
BUT I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB PERHAPS IN SENDING IT OUT IN A FORMAT OR IN A, IN A, IN A WAY THAT'S DIGESTIBLE AND UNDERSTAND.
THE SECOND, UH, AND THIS IS JUST A REQUEST THAT YOU SEND TO COUNSEL, THE AUTHORITY STATEMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO I'VE, I'VE BEEN ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? AND I'M NOT POSITIVE THAT I REALLY CAN EXPLAIN IT AT THIS POINT.
I'LL JUST KINDA GO AROUND THE TABLE WITH, UH, QUESTIONS, FINAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
SO, MR. STANFORD, I'LL START WITH YOU THIS TIME.
UM, MARK, I WOULD CALL THIS CERTAINLY A ROBUST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE GOT.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT STAFF CAN IN FACT, HANDLE THIS, UH, DURING THE PERIOD? YES.
I, I, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN HANDLE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A, A BIG DENT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN POINT, I KNOW THIS, IT'S ALMOST A SLINGSHOT EFFECT WITH YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
IT TAKES YOU A COUPLE YEARS TO FIGURE OUT THE CONTRACTORS, THE PRICING, THE BIDDING, THE PROCUREMENT, AND THEN THINGS START MOVING.
I DO THINK THAT THIS IS, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE YEAR.
KEEP IN MIND, WE ARE GOING TO RENOURISH THE BEACH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
MY FIRST TIME, REALLY, BRIAN'S FIRST TIME.
UM, SO I'M, I'M, I'M KEEPING AN OPEN MIND.
WE WILL DELIVER THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT ARE UP THERE, OR THOSE ONES THAT YOU HAVE VOTED ON.
AND, UH, AND IF WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT, WE WILL BE REPORTING ABOUT THEM TO FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT BY STATING AGAIN THAT THIS IS ALL DONE WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE DETAIL, UH, THOROUGHNESS OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT THE SUGGESTION MADE A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT TRANSMITTING THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, AND IN MANY WAYS, I THINK, UH, IT, IT CAN'T BE JUST NUMBERS.
UH, THERE ARE, UH, MAYBE A HALF A DOZEN OR MORE KEY POINTS ABOUT THIS BUDGET.
UH, ONE OF WHICH IS THAT THE TOURIST SUPPORT, A, B, C, AND D, HOWEVER IT MAY BE, UH, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF, OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, ANOTHER IS THAT THE, UH, THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN STAFF TURNOVER, BUT NOT AN INCREASE IN, IN THE, AND IN 2024, WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR MAJOR PARK IMPROVES 2025, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH NOURISH, UM, WHILE WE HAVE A LARGE BUDGET FOR 20, FISCAL 25, IF REVENUES CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH I OF THE BASIC POINTS IS THEY'RE NOT REALLY JUST NUMBERS, BUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT AND ARE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, I, I LIKE THE, UH, I THINK MR. STANFORD DESCRIBED IT AS ROBUST.
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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.UM, I, WE ARE REALLY BLESSED WITH, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO USE.
UM, SO I CELEBRATE THOSE USING ALL THOSE DIFFERENT KIND OF REVENUE SOURCES TO DO A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I ALSO LIKE, UM, THE DASHBOARD AND LOOK FOR THE NEW IMPROVED DASHBOARD.
I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL WHEN I'M ASKED A QUESTION AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT ISLANDERS BEACH, WHERE IS IT IN THE PROCESS? I CAN PULL UP THE DASHBOARD AND AT LEAST GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I ALSO LIKE THE MAP THAT YOU SHOWED, UM, OF, FOR INSTANCE, PATHWAYS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AROUND THE ISLAND.
'CAUSE I, I LIKE THAT WE ARE, ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT NOT JUST PUTTING ALL OUR PROJECTS IN ONE LOCATION, UM, BUT SPREADING THEM OUT ACROSS THE ISLAND TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ALL OUR VISITORS, WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE, AND TRYING TO IMPROVE, UM, THOSE, THOSE ELEMENTS, UH, ROADWAY PATHWAYS, PARKS, UM, UH, FACILITIES TO IMPROVE ALL THOSE FACILITIES ACROSS THE ISLAND.
AND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST IN MY BACKYARD, SO I REALLY LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO INCLUDE, UM, WITH THE DASHBOARD, MAYBE THE SAME LOCATION AS THE DASHBOARD.
THOSE MAPS SHOW THE LOCATION OF THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF US HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS FROM TIME TO TIME.
IT, IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL TO LOOK AT HAVING MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST OTHER THAN IN THIS SETTING, GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET AND WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PROJECTS.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN AGENDA, UM, BUT IT CAN BE A, A MORE GIVE AND TAKE KIND OF MEETING WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AREA, UM, SO THAT FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF COMMUNICATING.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I, I'M, I, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROJECT, UH, PROJECTS AND THE BUDGET.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, MORE OF IT BEING DONE THIS YEAR.
UM, AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY PLAYING PICKLEBALL IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I AGREE COMMUNICATION ASPECT, UH, DAVIS, I THINK, UH, A GOOD HEADLINE OR TAGLINE MAY BE WE INVEST IN WHAT WE VALUE AND THE CIP PROGRAM REALLY DISPLAYS THAT.
THERE'S JUST ONE SPECIFIC THAT I WANTED TO MENTION.
UH, WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PATHWAYS, WE, WE HAD A HUGE SUCCESS WITH THE PATTERSON PARK AND TAYLOR PARK EXERCISE OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHERE STAFF, UH, WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH, UH, A PLAN THAT WAS, UH, WELL ENOUGH ALONG TO PROVOKE THOUGHT, OKAY? AND AS WE TALK ABOUT PATHWAYS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULAR CHAPLAIN AND, AND, AND JONESVILLE, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SAME EXERCISE, UH, SO THAT WE ARE CAPTURING, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RECOGNITION ALONG THE WAY.
UM, BUT ALSO WHEN WE START TO HAVE WORDS OUT IN THE PUBLIC OF ACQUISITION, UM, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A, UH, A SCARY MOMENT.
OKAY? SO SORT OF UNDERSTANDING THAT, UNDERSTANDING HOW PRIVATE PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED OR NOT AFFECTED AS FAR AS PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE CONCERNED.
SO ALL THAT DISCUSSION THING NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'M PLEASED WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
ALRIGHT, MR. AMES, APPRECIATE THE SECOND SHOT.
WELL, UM, AND JUST TWO, JUST TWO COMMENTS.
ONE, I THINK THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT IS CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE OF A COMMUNITY.
AND IF I MAY SAY SO, IT'S PROSPERITY.
UH, I CAN GO BACK IN TIME AND SAY THAT REPUTATION OF THE ISLAND WAS ESTABLISHED BY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN AMENITIES FOR THE PUBLIC'S, UH, VISITORS ENJOYMENT.
AND SO I THINK WE ARE SIMPLY, UH, EXTENDING THAT IN A NEW ERA WITH SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
I ALSO SAY THAT I THINK IT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DOING EARLY ON WAS EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS THROUGH QUALITY DESIGN AND QUALITY INVESTMENT.
I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT STAFF IS DOING AT THIS POINT.
SO I SAY CONGRATULATIONS, I SAY TO THE COMMUNITY, LET'S CONTINUE TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.
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MY COMMENTS, UH, ARE RIGHT IN LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IS NO, NO NEED TO, TO REPEAT THEM BY ANY MEANS.UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PERIOD OF REALLY MINIMAL REVITALIZATION, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A PIVOTAL POINT IN WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS GOING, UM, COMING OUT WITH, AND I'M, I'M GONNA SAY A $55 MILLION CIP BUDGET LEAVING THE, THE, UH, THE BEACH ASPECT OUT OF IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT IS A TRUE REINVESTMENT BACK IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT HAVE PLANNED ON, AND STAFF HAS BEEN SO BUSY IN WORKING ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLANS AND PROJECTS.
SO, UM, A HUGE KUDOS TO THE STAFF AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, IN ALL THIS.
AND, AND IN 20 PHYSICAL YEAR OR PHYSICAL YEAR 25, I AM READY TO SEE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WELL, THE SHOVEL HITS THE DIRT AND, UH, WE SEE THINGS STARTING TO HAPPEN.
SO IT, IT'S TIME AND WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THAT.
AND I THINK ONCE THAT STARTS, THE COMMUNITY WILL FEEL, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE ON THE RIGHT WAY.
AND, AND TO SEE THE PROGRESSION, NOT EXPANSION, BUT PROGRESSION, UM, AND, AND THE, AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE.
SO, AND MAYOR, ORDER MY HARD HAT ON AMAZON WHEN I GET HOME, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE GOLDEN SHOVELS.
SO, UH, APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS.
ANY CITIZENS WISH TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? MR. ANTHONY? BASICALLY MINE'S JUST A QUESTION ON THE PATHWAY FOR JONESVILLE.
I SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S ANTICIPATED TO START IN 2025.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN? IN 2025? AND HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE FOR COMPLETION? AT THIS POINT? WE DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE.
UM, WE CAN, I CAN TALK TO CARLA AND WE CAN TRY TO GET SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU, BUT, UH, THE PERMITTING, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, TO GO THROUGH THE STATE PERMITTING RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, ONCE WE GET IT, WE'VE STARTED TO LIKE, SUBMIT THINGS IN THE VERY BEGINNING WITH LIKE, BASICALLY A PLAN IS NOT COMPLETE JUST TO GET IN THE QUEUE.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO KIND OF TRY TO JUMP THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT.
BUT ONCE WE GET THE PLAN, UM, FULLY DESIGNED, WE CAN PROBABLY PUT A BETTER SCHEDULE TO IT.
WE'LL START SENDING, UM, MONTHLY UPDATES TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE DESIGN ACTUALLY DONE YET? NO, WE DID A FIELD WALKTHROUGH ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, YEAH, SO THEY STARTED DOING THE PRELIMINARY ALIGNMENT, SO THE DESIGN WILL FOLLOW THAT.
IF I COULDN'T, AND AGAIN, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, CIP PORTAL ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
SO BY JULY ONE WE'LL HAVE THE, THE DASHBOARD AND THE PROJECT, WHAT THEY CALL PROJECT SHEETS PUT TOGETHER THAT INCLUDE SCHEDULE, ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE FOR THESE, THESE TYPES OF STAGES.
ANY OTHER CITIZEN COMMENTS? THANK YOU, ALEX CRUDEN, I LIVE IN SEA PINES.
I'VE BEEN A, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXPAYER FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, MY RESIDENCE IS MY SINGLE MOST VALUABLE ASSET AS IT'S TRUE WITH MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN APPRECIATION HOW MUCH I, I APPRECIATE IN THE MANY, MANY WAYS, INCLUDING AS EVIDENCED BY THIS CAPITAL BUDGET, HOW THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASED THE VALUE OF MY HOME AS WELL AS, UH, THE DIVERSITY OF MY LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I, MY WIFE, OUR GUESTS, OUR FAMILY HAVE WHEN THEY COME HERE.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO APPRECIATE.
I SPEAK AS, UM, A VOLUNTEER ON PICKLEBALL.
I VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS, UH, AND, UH, HAVE DONE SO OVER THE TERMS OF THREE MAYORS AND NUMEROUS COUNCIL PEOPLE.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
UM, BUT AS THAT VOLUNTEER, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, TWO QUESTIONS IN PARTICULAR.
UH, ONE IS YOUR BEST ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY PICKLEBALL COURTS WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE END OF CALENDAR 2025.
NOW, ANYONE, THIS IS AN ESTIMATE, BUT WHAT SEEMS LIKELY TO, TO YOU, SEAN, JUST TALK THROUGH THE PERMITTING, RIGHT? WE CAN'T JUST GUESS THE NUMBER.
SO, SO WHEN COUNSEL APPROVES THE MASTER PLAN THAT'S NOT YET APPROVED, BUT APPROVED IN A COUPLE
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WEEKS, WE IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE NEXT, RIGHT, THE NEXT PIECE OF THE LIFECYCLE, WHICH IS DESIGN, DETAILED DESIGN TO GETSO A YEAR, A YEAR FROM NOW IS WHEN WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO PREPARE BID DOCUMENTS FOR A CONTRACTOR TO GO OUT, RIGHT? UH, OR TO GET RESPONSE TO SOME CONTRACTORS, ANOTHER MONTHS TO MAKE A SELECTION.
RIGHT? AND SO YOU WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS TIME NEXT YEAR-ISH, PLUS OR MINUS A MONTH OR TWO DEPENDING ON DESIGN.
SOMETIMES DESIGN'S TAKING US FOUR MONTHS, SOMETIMES IT'S TWO AND A HALF DEPENDING ON THE ISSUE.
AND I THINK THAT WE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I DO KNOW THIS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN BUILD PICKLEBALL COURTS AT THAT LEVEL AT 18 AND WITHIN, AND THEN LETS YOU PLAY ON THREE OF 'EM WHEN WE'RE STILL BUILDING.
NO, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER, HOWEVER MANY THAT IS.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 25.
WE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.
YOU, THAT WOULD BE, ACTUALLY, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE SIX AT CHAPLAIN? THE 12 AT CROSSINGS? BOTH.
WELL, THE, AT CROSSINGS WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO BUILD 18.
UH, THE, THE ONES AT CHAPLAIN, NO, BECAUSE THAT IS A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT AND WE'VE GOTTA PUT THAT PARKING IN AND MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND FIRST AND, AND AGAIN, COORDINATE WITH ISLAND REC ON THEIR PROGRAMS AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2025.
WE'LL START COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION ON THESE IN 2026.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DO YOU THINK THAT THE NEWLY APPOINTED MR. LOUDON WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE EVER-GROWING NUMBER OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS ON THIS ISLAND? I WOULD MAKE THE OFFER TO ARRANGE THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
SEAN WILL HAVE HIM CONTACT YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU.
ANY OTHER CITIZEN COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SEEING THEM, WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
UM, SO MARK OR, OR SEAN, IF, IF YOU COULD, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CIP AND AND THE CONVERSATION OF NINE MONTHS FOR PERMITTING, HOW MUCH MORE IS THAT TIME-WISE THAN IT USED TO BE A COUPLE YEARS AGO? WELL, UM, BRIAN, EVEN FOUR YEARS AGO, BRIAN ANSWERED THAT QUESTION, BUT IT, IT, IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, THERE'S ONLY TWO REVIEWERS TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT REVIEW EVERYTHING IN THE EIGHT COASTAL COUNTIES.
UM, I'VE HEARD THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO, THEY REALIZE IT'S A PROBLEM AND I'VE HEARD THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A THIRD.
UM, IT'S, I I REMEMBER GETTING PROJECTS DONE AND LIKE CALLING THEM AND GETTING IT DONE IN A COUPLE WEEKS TO A MONTH, AND NOW IT'S NINE MONTHS.
SO IT'S, IT'S QUITE A SIGNIFICANT DELAY.
AND, AND THIS IS GOING THROUGH WHICH AGENCY HE HAD OCRM.
WE RUN INTO SIMILAR ISSUES WITH, UM, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WHERE, UM, THE QUEUE FOR THOSE, UM, WITH LIMITED RESOURCES FOR REVIEW, WHERE THEY'RE TAKING MUCH LONGER.
WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CONTACTING, UM, SOME FOLKS AT S-E-D-O-T TO TRY TO HELP MOVE THOSE PROJECTS AND, AND PERMITS ALONG.
UH, BUT, BUT THAT'S ALSO INCREASED FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
AND, AND ADD TO THAT, UH, MATERIAL AVAILABILITY.
UM, AND I'M NOT SAYING OUR SURVEYS ARE SURVEYORS ARE TAKING LONGER TO DO THEIR WORK, BUT I, I WAS SURPRISED JUST MONTHS AGO WHEN I REALIZED HOW LONG IT TOOK JUST TO GET A SURVEYOR, SURVEYOR'S ATTENTION ON A PROJECT.
UM, SOMETIMES WE'VE RECEIVED ONLY ONE BID.
OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY, SHE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF PACKING AND MOVING, AND SHE'S LIKE, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BID? HOW DO WE GO TO CONTRACT WITH JUST ONE BID SECOND TIME WE'VE TRIED TO BID IT AND THE THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN, THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE NORMALCY.
IT'S NOT JUST HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
I THINK IT'S A LOT OF PLACES ON THE WHOLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF PEOPLE AND, AND MATERIALS AND GOODS.
UM, BUT I I, I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US IS THAT ONE, WE JUST TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT OUT LOUD.
IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY FROM OUR, OUR VISITOR BASE REVENUES AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE, LIKE I SAID, WHAT USED TO TAKE TWO YEARS AND THE HEISMAN TROPHY POSE AND A HIGH FIVE, IT'S TAKING THREE, RIGHT? AND, AND THAT'S JUST, IT'S ABOUT GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS TO WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG? WHY CAN'T YOU START BUILDING IT? YOU'RE THE TOWN.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE PERMIT AND GO, WELL, THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED, OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED, AND IT'S JUST NOT THAT EASY.
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I COULD ADD ONE MORE, UH, BIT, UM, BRIAN AND OUR TEAM ARE VERY CREATIVE IN LOOKING AT NEW WAYS TO BID WORK.UM, AGAIN, THE PATTERSON AND TAYLOR DESIGN BUILD CONCEPT AND BUNDLING THAT.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY WE DO HAVE A, A WONDERFUL CIP AND A PATH, UH, IN FRONT OF US, BUT WE'LL ALSO COMPETE AGAINST OURSELVES WHEN WE BID ALL THIS WORK OUT WITH LIMITED CONTRACTORS.
UM, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, IT, IT, IT MAY DRAW DOWN ON THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE IN A, AT THE SAME PACE.
BUT WE HAVE A NEW, UH, CIP PROGRAM MANAGER.
WE MENTIONED HIM JUST NOW, HE COMES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
HE WAS A LAND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER IN HOME BUILDING COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, UH, PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES AS WELL AS REGIONAL.
I THINK HE HAD A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT WITH BERKELEY HALL IN THE CLUBHOUSE AND BERKELEY HALL BACK IN THE DAY, BUT THEN ALSO PULTE.
SO I TEASE HIM AND, AND KNOWING HE WORKED FOR PULTE, I KNOW HE KNOWS HOW MUCH A BLADE OF GRASS COSTS, RIGHT? AND HE'S GOING TO PUSH ON CONTRACTORS FOR US AND WITH US WITH A, WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY AND, UH, SOME KNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT WE NEED HERE.
I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP, SEAN, ON YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT COMPETING AGAINST OURSELVES, HOW DOES STAFF PRIORITIZE WHICH DIRECTION TO GO FIRST? ALL THAT'S HAPPENING? UH, PRIORITIZE WITHIN THAT LIST, OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, UH, WE TAKE GUIDANCE FROM TOWN COUNCIL AND THEIR, AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON WHICH, UH, ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE BUILT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHY WHEN WE LOOKED AT CROSSINGS PARK AND INITIAL PHASE, IT WAS THE FOCUS ON THE BRISTOL AND THE PICKLEBALL.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SEGMENTING THE PROJECT, SO IT'S NOT THE WHOLE PROJECT WHICH COULD BOG DOWN THE, THE PROGRAM.
UM, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE PERMITTING OR PERMITS REQUIRED, THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
IF WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE A NINE MONTH LEAD TIME, WE'D LIKE TO GET THE PERMIT AND THEN FOCUS ON, UM, PROJECTS THAT MAY NOT REQUIRE THAT SAME PERMITTING.
UM, AND TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD.
UM, AND CERTAINLY IN THE CIP THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS, UH, UH, THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE, THAT, THAT ARE NOT BIG LAND DISTURBANCE, THAT ARE ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, AND SO WE, WE WILL TRY TO FIT IN WHATEVER WE CAN, UH, WHEN WE HAVE GAPS IN, IN TIMING WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
SO, UM, WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND THE GOOD THING WITH OUR TEAM IS WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND PROJECT MANAGERS THAT CAN EXECUTE, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE TOWN MANAGER MENTIONED DURING THE CIP MAKING DECISIONS IN YOUR STAFF MEETINGS AS TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND JUGGLING THAT DEPENDING, YES SIR, THERE'S NO SENSE FOR A PROJECT MANAGER TO REMAIN AUTO JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING ON A PERMIT FOR THREE MONTHS.
LET'S GET THEM IN ADVANCE IN A SMALL PROJECT AND TRY TO GET THAT KNOCKED OUT, UH, IN THAT INTERIM PERIOD.
THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES HE DOESN'T SMILE A LOT.
HE IS JUGGLING THIS IN HIS HEAD RIGHT NOW, WONDERING WHEN HE LEAVES THE ROOM, WHICH PROJECTS HE'S GOING TO GET GOING ON.
AND SO TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGERS ACROSS OUR WHOLE ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST THE FEW PROJECT MANAGERS ON THE CIP TEAM.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AND WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED AT FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING PLANS, YOU ARE THE BEST.
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START PLANNING TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES FROM A NATURAL DISASTER.
PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY IS THE BEST PLAN YOU CAN MAKE.
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PLEASE AT THE END OF THE DAY, FILL IN YOUR HOLES.
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TEAM, WE STARTED BACK IN 1986 AND UH, I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST TEAM MEMBERS OF THE SWAT IN 1986.AND IT WAS MAINLY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE HIGH RISK WARRANTS.
AND, UH, AND WE WERE, DURING THAT TIME, WE WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN SOME, UH, VIP PROTECTION BECAUSE OF HILTON HEAD AND, AND SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT VISITED US HERE IN IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
UH, SWAT, UH, BASICALLY STANDS FOR SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS AND BASICALLY IT'S MADE UP OF SPECIALIZED OFFICERS WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT.
THEIR PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE ROAD PATROL.
ANYTHING THAT IS, THAT IS OUT OF THE CAPABILITY OF THE ROAD PATROL.
THE SWAT TEAM WILL HANDLE, UH, ANYBODY THAT'S ARMED AND DANGEROUS, UH, HAS A EX EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY.
UM, HIGH RISK WARRANT SERVICE, UM, DRUG RAIDS, UH, VIP PROTECTION, BARRICADES, HOSTAGE RESCUE, UM, OR EVEN SURVEILLANCE DETAILS WHERE WE'RE SURVEILLING AN ARMED AND DANGEROUS PERSON.
UM, THEY ARE CALLED IN TO DEAL WITH THAT SUSPECT DUE TO THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE TRAINING.
TRAINING, UH, CONSISTS OF, UH, WE, WE TRAIN TWICE A MONTH, EIGHT HOURS A DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 16 HOURS.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL EXERCISES OR, UH, ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THOSE TRAINING HOURS DO IS ALLOW US TO, UH, REHEARSE AND TO, UH, WORK ON THE, THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE JOB SUSPECT TAKE DOWN OBVIOUSLY WEAPONS TRAINING, UH, EXTENSIVE WEAPONS TRAINING, UM, AND WE HAVE VERY, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO KEEP UP ON.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS RECENTLY STARTED UP A, UH, THE, THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
UH, OUR STATE POLICE HAS STARTED UP A WMD INITIATIVE FOR ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED SEVEN, UH, SWAT TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UH, TO BASICALLY COME TOGETHER AND PROTECT THE STATE AGAINST TERRORIST, UH, UH, SITUATIONS.
AND BEAUFORT COUNTY SWAT TEAM IS ONE WE HANDLE THE LOW COUNTRY, UM, WHICH IS SEVEN COUNTIES.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE ARE, OUR TEAM IS COMBINED WITH THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND, A HAZMAT TEAM, OUR SWAT TEAM, AND THE, THE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY BOMB SQUAD.
AND WE CAN RESPOND REALLY ANYWHERE IN THE STATE, BUT NORMALLY THE LOWER PART, THE LOWER SEVEN COUNTIES OF THE STATE, UH, FOR ANY TYPE OF TERRORIST INCIDENCE, WE WILL ACTUALLY RESPOND THERE AND HANDLE THOSE CALLS.
WHAT WE WERE TRAINED FOR HERE IS IF WE HAVE A BARRICADED SUBJECT INSIDE A BUILDING WITH A MULTI-STORY, WITH SOME WINDOWS THAT WE CAN REPEL INTO.
UM, SOME OF THE TIME WE CAN'T, UH, MAKE ENTRY INTO A BUILDING FROM OUTSIDE PERIMETER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ALL THE WINDOWS, HE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
IF WE CAN GET ON A SIDE THAT WE KNOW HE'S NOT LOOKING AT, WE CAN GET TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND REPEL DOWN IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND GAIN ENTRY TO ONE OF THE MULTI UH, STORIES AND COME DOWN THE STAIRS AND, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE SUBJECT FROM THERE WHILE, UM, AT THE SAME TIME COMING IN WITH THE ENTRY TEAM SO WE CAN GET 'EM FROM BOTH SIDES.
ONE THING IS THE COMRADERY, JUST BEING ON A TEAM ASPECT.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS AN ADRENALINE GETTER, EVERYTHING WE DO, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EXCITING.
IT'S DANGEROUS, BUT IT'S ALSO EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME.
I SERVED FOUR YEARS WITH THE MILITARY, UM, AND THEN WENT TO COLLEGE AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO.
I AM THE REPEL MASTER FOR THE TEAM AND THEY TOOK ME TO SCHOOLS TO LEARN HOW TO TIE THE SYSTEMS AND HOOK EVERYTHING UP SO IT'S DONE IN A SAFE MANNER.
THEY MIGHT BE EXPECTING US TO COME FROM THE BOTTOM FLOOR AND IN FACT, WE CAN EITHER COME THROUGH THE TOP FLOOR WINDOWS, WHICH WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE ON US 'CAUSE WE GET THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
OR WE CAN ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPLOY FLASH BANGS.
ALL THESE GUYS ON THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SWAT TEAM VOLUNTEER FOR THIS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, IT'S A COLLATERAL DUTY FOR THESE GUYS AND, AND THEY ALL VOLUNTEER TO DO IT AFTER COMING OUTTA THE MILITARY.
UH, SWAT TEAM HAD THE OPTIONS AND THE SAME THINGS I DID WHEN I WAS IN THE SERVICE.
AIR MORNING INFANTRY, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE FRONT LINES, TIP OF THE SPEAR DOING THE TYPES OF, UH, HIGH SPEED THINGS THAT DID THE MILITARY, UH, PROVIDE A GREATER SENSE OF SECURITY TO THE, UH, CITIZENS DEFORD COUNTY.
ONE THING ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I CAN DEFINITELY SAY IS WE DO HAVE TOP LINE EQUIPMENT, UH, ALL THE NEWEST GADGETS AND GIZMOS WEAPONS, YOU KNOW, AND ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA HELP US DO OUR JOB BETTER AND SAFER.
WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY ALL THE WEAPONS.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION OF WEAPONS FOR THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
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GEAR, RESCUE GEAR.WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, WATERBORNE TYPE, UH, GEAR BECAUSE WE DO, 'CAUSE THE, THE AREA THAT WE LIVE IN, WE WORK ON THE WATER A LOT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARE BALLISTIC SHIELDS AND VESTS AND HELMETS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT CHEMICAL MUNITIONS.
SO IF WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO FORCE SOMEBODY OUT OF A LOCATION, WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHEMICAL MUNITIONS THAT WE CAN DEPLOY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THAT SITUATION.
THE BOMB TEAM CAME AROUND, UH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
UH, AND THE REALITY THERE IS WE WERE DEPENDENT UPON AN AGENCY, UH, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS SLED LOCATED IN COLUMBIA, WHICH REQUIRES SEVERAL HOURS OF NOTICE BEFORE THEY CAN RESPOND AND ACTUALLY BE HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND WE SAW THE BENEFITS OF WHAT SWAT HAS DONE, UH, FOR, FOR US LOCALLY, AND KNEW THAT THE BOND TEAM WOULD DO THE SAME THING THING.
WE'VE HAD A BOMB SQUAD, UH, COMING UP ON THREE YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, I, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS, MYSELF AND THE CAPTAIN WITH WHAT BIT OF KNOWLEDGE I DID HAVE FROM THE MILITARY OF, UH, MECHANICAL THINGS AND EXPLOSIVES AND ELECTRICAL, UH, THAT IT, THAT, UH, I MIGHT MAKE AN ASSET TO IT.
AND, UH, I THINK, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY IS VERY PROGRESSIVE.
EVERY BOMB SQUAD IN THE UNITED STATES IS ACCREDITED THROUGH THE FBI.
AND ONCE WE GOT THAT ACCREDITATION, WHICH WAS A COMBINATION OF ACQUIRING THE EQUIPMENT AND SENDING OUR OUR PEOPLE TO BOMB SCHOOL, THAT'S WHEN THE, THE TEAM ACTUALLY, UH, WAS STOOD UP AND WE STARTED ANSWERING CALLS IN THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE HAVE GROWN BOTH OF THOSE UNITS TO INCLUDE, UH, WATER RESCUE WITH OUR ZODIAC, UH, BOAT.
UH, WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN WATERBORNE UH, SITUATIONS, UH, BECAUSE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR COUNTY.
BUT WE ARE, WE'RE A COASTAL COUNTY.
THE, THE THEORY BEHIND ALL OF THOSE SPECIAL TEAMS IS TO HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, UH, VERY QUICKLY, UH, IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS AND PROTECT BEAUFORT COUNTY CITIZENS AND GUESTS THAT UH, THAT UH, WE'RE HERE AND SWORN TO PROTECT BECAUSE OF THE JOB.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE WATER, YOU KNOW, WORK IN THE WOODS, YOU KNOW, WORK IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, UH, UH, BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE CALLED TO, TO RESPOND TO THESE GUYS AND GALS.
THEY WORK HARD, THEY TRAIN HARD, UH, THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO ALL OF WHAT THEY DO, NOT ONLY WITH THEIR PRIMARY JOB BUT THEIR SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.
IN FLORIDA, THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE, BYE.
SHE HAD SO MANY CHILDREN, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AT SCHOOL? ALRIGHT, SHE GAVE THEM SOME BROTH WITHOUT ANY BREAD.
HELLO, I'M PAMELA HOLMES WITH THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
TODAY I WILL GIVE YOU THE STEPS ON HOW TO APPLY FOR YOUR LEGAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION.
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FIRST, YOU WILL GO TO OUR BUFORT COUNTY WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW DOT BEAUFORT COUNTY SC GOV.YOU WILL FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME, I WILL SHOW YOU THE STEPS.
HERE IS THE BUFORT COUNTY WEBSITE HOMEPAGE.
YOU WILL THEN SELECT GOVERNMENT, THEN GO OVER TO THE ASSESSOR HERE, YOU'LL COME TO OUR HOMEPAGE.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO APPLY FOR YOUR LEGAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION.
YOU CAN DO THAT BY APPLYING TWO SEPARATE WAYS.
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT BOTH WAYS REQUIRES THE SAME DOCUMENTS.
FIRST, WE WILL GO OVER APPLYING THROUGH THE LINK.
THERE IS OUR ONLINE APPLICATION.
THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WILL NEED IS YOUR SOUTH CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE, YOUR SOUTH CAROLINA VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
THE ADDRESS ON BOTH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS MUST REFLECT THE ADDRESS ON THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE APPLYING FOR.
WE WILL ALSO NEED YOUR MOST RECENTLY FILED TAX RETURN.
IF THE PROPERTY IS ALSO IN A TRUST, WE WILL NEED TO REVIEW THE TRUST.
HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE MILITARY, YOU HAVE SEPARATE DOCUMENTS THAT WE WILL NEED.
YOU WILL ONLY NEED TO PROVIDE US YOUR LES, YOUR PCS, AND YOUR MILITARY ID FOR YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE.
NOW LET'S BEGIN LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION.
IF YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD SELECT THE YEAR THAT YOU'RE APPLYING.
YOU WILL HAVE YOUR PARCEL ID NUMBER, ALSO KNOWN AS YOUR A IN NUMBER.
YOU CAN INPUT YOUR ALTERNATE ID NUMBER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE A IN NUMBER, INPUT YOUR PROPERTY ADDRESS.
IT SAYS ALTERNATE LOT, WHICH IS MEANING EXTRA CONTIGUOUS LOT MEANING THE LOTS ARE TOUCHING.
YOU CAN ALSO APPLY FOR THAT LOT.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER, PUT THAT IN AND YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT THE INFORMATION AS IT STANDS HERE.
OWNER'S NAME OR YOUR MARRIED SINGLE, SEPARATED, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
WE DO REQUIRE THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, CELL PHONE NUMBER.
AND PLEASE MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING IN YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU DOUBLE CHECK THE EMAIL BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE WILL MAKE CONTACT BACK TO YOU.
YOU WILL GET A CONFIRMATION THAT THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED.
WE'LL GET ME THE MAILING ADDRESS.
WE'LL NEED YOUR SPOUSE'S INFORMATION.
IF YOU'RE LEGALLY MARRIED, WE WILL NEED THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU'RE LEGALLY MARRIED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, YOU'RE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE ENTITY.
REGARDLESS IF YOUR SPOUSE NAME IS ON THE PROPERTY OR NOT.
YOU WILL THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS HERE.
AS YOU SEE THE QUESTIONS ARE SIMPLY YES OR NO.
SELECT ALL OF THE ANSWER THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO YOU.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE END OF THE APPLICATION, YOU WILL THEN NEED TO UPLOAD YOUR DOCUMENTS.
SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU CAN GO IN AND YOU CAN UPLOAD THAT DOCUMENT.
SELECT THE DISCLAIMER THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING.
AND THEN ONCE YOU SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION, YOU WILL THEN RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION FROM OUR OFFICE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED.
THAT'S THE END OF THE ONLINE APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN ALSO APPLY BY USING THE HARD COPY.
GO BACK TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE HOMEPAGE.
YOU SCROLL OVER TO OUR FORMS. ONCE THERE IT IS THE FIRST FORM THAT SAYS PDF LEGAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION APPLICATION.
YOU WILL SIMPLY JUST PRINT THIS APPLICATION OUT, FILL IT OUT, COPY YOUR DOCUMENTS, SO AT THIS TIME YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR FORM.
ALL DOCUMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY MAIL, FAX, OR HAND DELIVERED.
MY MAILING ADDRESS IS PO BOX 1 2 2 8 BUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA 2 9 9 0 1, FAX NUMBER, 8 4 3 2 5 5 9 4 0 4.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME WITH YOU.
WE CAN BE REACHED AT 8 4 3 2 5 5 2400 IS OUR MAIN OFFICE NUMBER.
YOU CAN EMAIL OUR OFFICE AT ASSESSOR@BCGOV.NET OR THROUGH THE CITIZEN GRAHAM.