May 21, 2024 Hilton Head Island Town Council

[1. Call to Order]

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I LIKE WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE MAY 21ST 2024 TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU JOIN ME IN STATEMENTS AND THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF LOCAL LEADERS TO THE BLACK UNITED STATES CENSUS POPULATION AND I CALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED STANDING THEN JOIN PASTOR WATKINS FROM CHRYSLER'S RANGE CHURCH SAY THE APPLICATION THANK YOU LET US PRAY GOOD AND GRACIOUS GOD WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND FOR THE PEOPLE HERE WHO CARE SO MUCH FOR THIS ISLAND WE THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN STAFF WHO WORK HARD TO KEEP HILTON HEAD THE WONDERFUL PLACE IT IS. PLEASE BLESS THIS COUNCIL'S WORK AND DELIBERATIONS HELP EVERYONE THIS ROOM TO BE WISE, THOUGHTFUL, PATIENT AND COMPASSIONATE WE ESPECIALLY PRAY FOR PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND WHO HAVE FOOD INSECURE, WHO ARE LONELY, WHO HAVE HOUSING INSECURITY AND WHO ARE HOMELESS.

WE PRAY FOR THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD FOR ALL CITIZENS OF HILTON HEAD ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NEED. MAYBE WE PUT THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS ABOVE OUR OWN MAY WE ACT WITH LOVE FOR THE COMMON GOOD MAY BE GOOD NEIGHBORS RECOGNIZING YOUR IMAGE AND EVERY PERSON IN GOD'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU. NOT TO THE ADOPTION OF MINISTER

[4. Adoption of the Agenda]

[5. Approval of the Minutes ]

MR. ALFRED IS ABSENT APPROVAL OF MINUTES WE HAD A REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 7TH 2024 IS OUR MOTION TO ADJOURN I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR LET ME CORRECT SORRY COULD YOU TELL I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF SEVEN 2024 OKAY YOU KNOW FIRST TO THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEDICINE SIGNIFYING APPROVAL PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AGAIN 620 MR. ALFRED IS ABSENT THE WORK OF THE TOWN MANAGER MR. ORLANDO YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND TOWN

[6. Presentations and Recognitions]

HOW ARE YOU, SIR? SEAN'S OUR NEW ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER WITH DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS OF PLANNING FACILITIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS SEAN SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO AND HE HAS EXTENSIVE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO AND SEAN'S EXTENSIVE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN PLANNING ECONOMIC HOUSING FACILITY MANAGEMENT, LAND ACQUISITION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS YOU NAME IT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO I KNOW SEAN WILL HIT THE GROUND AND WILL DEFINITELY HELP CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS. SEAN HAS MADE ME SAY THAT HE IS BOTH FROM OHIO. HE HAS A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND MINOR IN SOCIOLOGY BOTH FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY . SO WELCOME SIR.

WELCOME TO YOU MISSY. I DID NOT LIKE THAT I HAVE THE IN FRONT OF OHIO STATE SO ALSO OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS TAKING PLACE MAY 27TH AT 1030 AT SHELTER COVE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK MAYOR PERRY WILL BE PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION AT THE EVENT AND THE EVENT USUALLY AVERAGES 3 TO 400 PEOPLE. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PLEASE PLEASE ATTEND AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN PLEASE COME BACK. IT'S A MOVING EVENT. THIS IS THE 31ST YEAR THAT THE MILITARY VETERANS COALITION OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND MADE UP OF THE TWO AMERICAN LEGION POST 42 AND 185 MILITARY OFFERING OFFICERS ASSOCIATE NEMO AA AND THE NAVY LEAGUE WILL BE SPONSORING OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT. SO THANK YOU TO THEM AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR TODAY, SIR. THANK YOU, DON.

WELCOME. NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE DMI QUARTERLY REPORT MR. ANDREW DAVIS I NEED TO START FIRST BY THANKING SEAN FOR BEING THE THIRD PERSON IN THE TOWN TO LEARN HOW TO WEAR A TIE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THAT'S GOOD.

WE CAN USE MORE OF YOU. SO MARK'S ACTUALLY GOT ONE TODAY TOO.

I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED BY THIS SO LET ME DO MY MARKETING JOB AS WELL.

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A BEAUTIFUL MURAL. IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL CEREMONY.

SO WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY MAKE IT 1:00 TOMORROW AT THE ROWING AND SAILING CENTER.

NOW THAT I'M DONE WITH THAT, THE REASON I'M HERE THE DMO STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO KELLY SPINELLA AS WELL AS WELL AS ANGIE STONE FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THIS WE CHANGE IT FROM MONTHLY TO QUARTERLY AS YOU WELL KNOW AND IN THE MEANTIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD MORE DETAIL. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD MORE THINGS THAT I THINK GIVE GUYS SOME CLARITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT'S WORK IN PROGRESS EVERY MONTH EVERY TIME WE DO ONE OF THESE AND I HAVE TO GIVE THE CHAMBER CREDIT FOR STEPPING UP AND LISTENING TO US BEING WILLING TO CHANGE AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. YOU EVER STEP UP TO THE PODIUM ON THIS ONE? SO I THINK ARI FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE I THINK BILL AND COMPANY FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE I THINK EACH TIME WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO GIVING YOU A GREAT STEP TOWARDS WHAT THE CHAMBER DOES WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR US AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE HELPING US CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE. SO PLEASE ARI COME TO THE STAGE NOW ENJOYING PATIENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU TO ANDREW AND ANGIE AND ALL THE TOWN STAFF AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MAYOR TOWN MANAGER FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE ARE REPORTING ON THE THROUGH MARCH TIMEFRAME SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOOKING BACK IN TERMS OF THE TIME FRAME BUT I THINKING BACK WHAT WE DID JANUARY THROUGH MARCH AS A WHOLE SO DOVE RIGHT INTO IT WE'VE LANDED ON A REALLY GREAT TEMPLATE I THINK MOVING FORWARD SO THAT THE FRAMES MIGHT LOOK THE SAME IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN TERMS THEMES THE INFORMATION ITSELF QUARTER TO QUARTER WILL CHANGE AND WE CAN SPEAK TO THE NUANCES OF THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH IT BUT THE CHARGE AND ALL THAT WE DO ARE THE FIVE DESTINATION VALUES THAT WE ALL HELD HANDS ON SEVERAL BACK AND HAVE BEEN KIND OF MOVING FORWARD WITH IN TERMS OF ALL OF OUR OUT MARKETING EFFORTS. SO IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING THE POTENTIAL VISITORS IN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE WORLD REALLY LEADING WITH THESE FIVE EFFORTS OF ECO TOURISM HISTORY, ARTS AND CULTURE, RECREATION AND WELLNESS WE LIKE TO START OFF EVERY QUARTERLY REPORT WITH OUR QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS AND SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN AS WELL AS AS WELL AS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TOURISM AND HILTON HEAD HEALTH WE THE TODAY SHOW HERE IN FEBRUARY AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS JUST REMIND US ALL OF THAT GREAT OPPORTUNITY BUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO GARNERING SUCH, YOU KNOW, PICK UP AND RECOGNITION FROM A BROADCAST STATION SUCH AS THE TODAY SHOW.

SO AS YOU LOOK HERE, THE COVERAGE THAT WAS EARNED BY THIS OPPORTUNITY IF YOU CAN LOOK HERE NOW THIS WAS PRE DURING AND POST BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD UP, A LITTLE BIT OF TEASING ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT APPLE'S ROCK INITIATIVE HE HAS AND THIS IS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. SO HE ACTUALLY WAS ENDING HIS FEBRUARY INITIATIVE HERE ON HILTON HEAD AS WELL AS IN GREENVILLE SOUTH, CAROLINA. SO CHARLIE CLARK AND HER TEAM ALONGSIDE WITH THE TOWN AND OTHERS REALLY WORKED HARD TO ENSURE THAT THIS WAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DESTINATION. SO OVERALL A BROADCAST 11 MENTIONS SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTIONS WHAT DOES THAT AUDIENCE LOOK LIKE? SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE TV THAT THEY WERE MENTIONED HILTON HEAD ISLAND WAS MENTIONED 11 TIMES THAT WENT OUT TO AN AUDIENCE OF OVER 26 MILLION.

SO YOU WERE TO BUY SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE IT WOULD TO 6.3 MILLION AND ADD VALUE.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT EXPLANATION AND DETAIL BUT WHY DOES IT MATTER YOU KNOW TO GET IN FRONT OF THE VIEWERSHIP OF A SOMETHING NATIONALLY AND WELL KNOWN AS THE TODAY SHOW REALLY HELPS TO BUILD THE BRAND RECOGNITION AND STRENGTH OF THE BRAND.

BUT IT ALSO CREATES FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO THAT IS WHAT CHARLIE AND

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SO AGAIN THOSE EYEBALLS THAT DESIRED AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHEN THE FINAL CAMPAIGN WRAPPED WE WERE ABLE TO GARNER OVER 5000 VIEWS AND FROM A TIME ON THE PAGE THAT'S HOW LONG SOMEONE SPENT READING THE ARTICLE AVERAGE LENGTH OF READING AN ARTICLE IN THE INDUSTRY IS AROUND 57 SECONDS. WE HAD PEOPLE ON SITE READING FOR OVER A MINUTE ALMOST MINUTE AND A HALF SO THAT'S GREAT. THEY WERE ENGAGED AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE NEXT QUARTERLY. SO HERE WE'RE TALKING RICH ABOUT RICH AND DEEP CULTURE THE NEXT SMITHSONIAN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'LL PRESENT WE'LL TALK ALL OF OUR HISTORY CELEBRATING THE 250TH AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE AND THESE THAT ARTICLE REPRESENT COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM AS WELL BUT I LINKED THAT HERE FOR YOU AS WELL FOR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS OFFLINE PUBLIC RELATIONS BEYOND JUST THE TODAY SHOW OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MENTIONED IN THE CARTER HIGHLIGHTS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE THREE MONTHS AS A WHOLE WE PULLED OUT SOME REALLY AMAZING QUOTES FROM BOTH TRIPADVISOR AND SOUTHERN LIVING.

WE'VE ALSO PULLED FORWARD JUST OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE MONTHS SOME REALLY INTERESTING ARTICLES WERE PICK UP THAT WE HAD ACROSS THOSE THREE MONTHS AT THE BOTTOM BUT IN GENERAL WE HAD OVER 8 BILLION IMPRESSIONS OVER 17 MILLION AND ADD VALUE WHICH RESULTED FROM 854 STORIES. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE AGAIN IN LOCKSTEP AND I ARE OUT THERE REALLY STARTING FROM THE ROOFTOP THOSE FIVE VALUES AND HAVING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE WANT THE VISITORS THAT COME HERE TO HAVE AS WELL THE OFFICIAL VACATION PLANNER, THE ONE THAT IS REALLY THAT PHYSICAL TOUCHPOINT FIRST TOUCHPOINT THAT A VISITOR HAS WHEN THEY'RE EXPLORING AND DIVING INTO TRIP PLANNING FOR THE THREE MONTHS JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH WE HAD ALMOST NEARLY 29,000 IN QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION THAT'S COMING OFF OF A 80,000 THAT WE'VE PRODUCED IN HALL.

BUT LET'S NOT OF THAT IN FISCAL YEAR REMEMBER THIS IS THE ONE ITEM THAT RUNS ON A CALENDAR YEAR SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE MONTHS TO TO REALLY PUSH AND HAVE THIS PIECE FULFILLED BUT MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE BEING ONLY THAT WE'RE IN MAY AGAIN THE DISTRIBUTION TOUCHPOINTS HOW ARE PEOPLE ACCESSING THIS BOOK IN THIS PIECE FOR THEM TO DISCOVER THE DESTINATION ONE IS THROUGH OUR OFFICES THEY PHYSICALLY CAN WALK IN, THEY CAN REQUEST IT VIA THE PHONE OR AN EMAIL. WE HAVE IT ACROSS ALL NINE STATE WELCOME CENTERS OFFICES. WE TAKE THEM TO ALL TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS AND THEN ALSO TO MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATION INITIATIVES. WE'VE ALSO CREATED A DIGITAL VERSION WHICH IS THAT LINK THERE THAT IS ACCESS QUITE OFTEN AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA WE REALLY DO THAT TOGETHER AND THAT'S IMPORTANCE IN SHOWING THE IMPORTANCE HOW ONE REALLY HELPS THE OTHER. SO WITH TODAY'S CONSUMER AND HOW QUICK THEY ARE TO DIGEST, YOU KNOW, A QUICK NEGATIVE OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION WE REALLY UTILIZE THE PLATFORM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO DRIVE PEOPLE TO THE WEBSITE WHICH AGAIN THEY'RE MOSTLY ACCESSING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE. AND SO WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THAT OUR VISITS WERE UP 20% YEAR OVER YEAR AND THAT OUR USERS AGAIN WERE UP YEAR OVER YEAR AND OUR REFERRALS WERE DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY. I WOULD CONSIDER THAT JUST JUST RIGHT ABOVE FLAT OR BELOW IN TERMS OF THE REFERRALS AND AGAIN REFERRALS AGAIN ARE THAT HANDSHAKE WE'RE CREATING FROM WHEN A VISITOR OR POTENTIAL VISITOR COMES TO THE WEBSITE AND THEY'RE CLICKING ON A DESTINATION BUSINESS THE SOCIAL MEDIA HERE AND AGAIN JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE ON THE BACK END AND EVERYTHING WE PUT OUT IN THE OUT MARKET WE'RE TAGGING IT SO EVENTUALLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME REALLY ROBUST REPORTING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT BASED ON THE FIVE VALUES BUT HERE WE'LL SEE THAT OUR TOTAL SOCIAL AUDIENCE IS 357,000. WE HAD SESSIONS WHICH ARE FOR THIS QUARTER WHICH WERE 214,000 AND REFERRALS ARE AT JUST BELOW 3000.

THESE WERE SOME OF OUR TOP SOCIAL POSTS I PUT THESE GRAPHS IN THERE BECAUSE WHO ARE WE TALKING TO. WELL WE'RE TALKING TO MOSTLY A FEMALE AUDIENCE AND SHE WAS OUR

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SHE'S A BIT YOUNGER SHE'S 35 TO 44 AND ILLINOIS NEW YORK, OHIO AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THOSE REALLY COMPLEMENT SOME OF OUR AIR SERVICE EFFORTS ALSO HAVE BEEN WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF REAL ESTATE IN TERMS OF BRAND AWARENESS AND RECOGNITION LIKE OHIO.

THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ANYONE I'M SURE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOP SOCIAL POSTS FROM THIS PAST QUARTER IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW WE'RE STEEPED IN NATURE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR LOCAL EVENTS. THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE WING FEST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIKING AND HOW YOU CAN DO THAT IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A BEAUTIFUL VIEW FROM OVER IN HILTON HEAD PLANTATION I BELIEVE THAT IS SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SHARING ANY OF THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE FELT LIKE WE HAD ENOUGH OF IT TO SHARE WHICH WAS THAT COMPONENT THAT I TALKED ABOUT A BIT EARLIER.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WE'RE PUTTING AGAINST THOSE FIVE VALUES THAT WE SAW IN THE BEGINNING ATTACKING MECHANISM WHICH LETS US REPORT OUT ON WHICH ONE IS DOING THE BEST FOR US. WHAT ARE WHAT ARE POTENTIAL VISITORS LOVING THE MOST? WHERE ARE WE SEEING THE MOST INTEREST AND ENGAGING RATE IS THE MOST VALUABLE METRIC FOR UNDERSTANDING YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE SENTIMENT TOWARDS POSTS BUT EQUALLY I WOULD SAY IF BECAUSE IN THIS INSTANCE AND CULTURE ACTUALLY DROVE A MAJORITY OF OUR CLICKS THEY HAD NOT THE STRONGEST ENGAGEMENT BUT THEY WERE DOING MORE WITH FEWER PEOPLE IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO MAYBE LESS PEOPLE ENGAGED BUT THOSE THAT DID ENGAGE CLICKED. SO I REALLY LOOK AT IT AS YES IT'S ENGAGEMENT RATE FOR SENTIMENT BUT IT ALSO IS WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IT? YOU CAN LIKE IT BUT ARE YOU CLICKING FURTHER AND DOING MORE? SO IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT ARTS AND CULTURE IN THIS LAST THREE QUARTERS HAS DONE REALLY WELL AND THEY REALLY LOVE THAT THAT CONTENT THAT WE'RE SHARING BUT EQUALLY ACROSS THEY ARE REALLY LIKING WELLNESS AS WELL AND AND THEN YOU SEE RECREATION HISTORY AND ECO TOURISM IN THAT ORDER BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY HOW ARE WE PERFORMING IN TERMS OF HEADS AND BEDS AS A DESTINATION? WE ARE SEEING A SLIGHT DOWN TURN IN OCCUPANCY AGAIN IT'S IT'S NOMINAL IT'S 4% BUT WHERE WE REALLY WERE ABLE TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE OF DOWN 4% OCCUPANCY GAINS WAS WE HAD A REALLY GREAT RATE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT SO LESS PEOPLE STRONGER RATES EQUALED A POSITIVE REV PAR BY 1%. BUT WHAT I THINK IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE WHICH ONE IN TERMS OF OUR ACCOMMODATIONS STRONGER THIS PAST QUARTER IN THIS INSTANCE IT WAS HOME AND VILLA HOTEL WAS DOWN FOUR THIS QUARTER BASED ON THAT QUARTER PRIOR TO LAST YEAR WHEN COMPARISON BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT MANY OF OUR HOTELS WERE GOING THROUGH RENOVATIONS DURING THAT TIME FRAME AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE SURFACE UP, UP, DOWN. IT'S WHAT IS IT IN SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS IMPACTING THOSE NUMBERS HOME AND VILLA REALLY WAS THE DESIRED ACCOMMODATION FOR THIS QUARTER AND THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HELPED BRING UP THAT AVERAGE DAILY RATE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL . BUT AGAIN KEEPING IN MIND ALL THE RENOVATIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING DURING THAT TIME FRAME AT THE HOTEL SIDE OF THE BUSINESS BUT I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WELL WHAT DOES THAT MEAN UP DOWN HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE QUARTER THE YEAR PRIOR? SO WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT DETAIL FOR YOU HERE. SO FOR OCCUPANCY YOU CAN SEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 DURING THIS TIME FRAME LAST YEAR JANUARY FEBRUARY, MARCH WE ACTUALLY WERE OUT OF OCCUPANCY RATE OF 49% BUT AN AIR OF $177 WHICH LED US WITH THE READ PART 86. SO DO YOU SEE WHERE IN FISCAL YEAR 24 WE HAD LESS OCCUPANCY, HIGHER RATE GAVE US A POSITIVE REV PAR.

SO IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS IF YOU HAVE TWO REALLY STRONG OCCUPANCY AND ADR YOU CAN HAVE A REALLY ROBUST PART BUT IF ONE IS UP OR DOWN IT CAN REALLY IMPACT TOTAL REV PAR DETAIL THAT'S PROVIDED. SO IN CLOSING SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY, WE ARE MONITORING ALL TYPES ACCOMMODATIONS, WE'RE WATCHING OCCUPANCY RATE MONTH TO MONTH AND WEEK TO AND WE'RE MEETING WITH OUR HOTELIERS AND OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES

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THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL AS PRICING? YES, I HEAR. ALL RIGHT.

FROM STATE AGAIN AND I REALLY LIKE THE CHART I SEE IT A FEW TIMES EVERY ONE THE TOP ONE DIFFERENT DESTINATION VALUES AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO PLAN OR THE ONE HIGHER UP JUST IN MY HEART FOR US GOING TO LOOK AT MORE OF THEM AT NO OR OKAY THERE THAT CHART THE CHART YOU POINTED OUT ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE AND I NOTICED THIS HAD GONE MILLIONS OF IMPRESSIONS AND IT WAS THE HIGHEST ENGAGEMENT RATE SO I APPRECIATE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE. IT TEACHES THAT WE'VE GOT MORE STORY TELL THERE BUT IF YOU'RE TELLING GOOD TALKING WELLNESS THEN I GUESS IT IS RELATED TO BEAUTY TO HELP CONTINUE ALONG THIS PATH OR IS IT RECREATION? I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE SO WELLNESS IF I'M HONEST I DIDN'T KNOW IF I HEARD YOU ABOUT WELLNESS AGAIN. THINK OF THE TIMEFRAME JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT NEW YEAR YOU KNOW SOLUTION RESOLUTIONS FOR WELLNESS. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF FOCUS AND IT IS HARD TO SHIFT BACK ALL THE WAY TO JANUARY BUT THERE QUITE A BIT OF THE WELLNESS TOPICS THAT WE POSTED ABOUT THROUGHOUT OUR CHANNELS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT THAT HAS BEEN BY YOU KNOW DURING THE FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD MORE AND CULTURE RECREATION FOR US AS WELL AND WOULD BE MORE OF A BIKING BEING OUT ON THE EXCURSIONS DOING THINGS LIKE THAT IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE SORRY YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE REALLY LOUDLY TOO YOU KNOW I CAN HEAR YOU.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT MORE OF A STORY TO TELL ARTS AND CULTURE AND HISTORY AND THAT'S A NEW EMPHASIS AND I REMEMBER AT THE LAST PRESENTATION YOU MADE TO US IT WAS A LINK TO LOLA CAMEL TALKING ABOUT THE GULLAH HISTORY. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL SEE THOSE INCREASE AND IF THE ENGAGEMENT RATE IS THE ONE WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THAT THAT WILL INCREASE ONCE THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR STORY HERE. ABSOLUTELY.

OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE THE CITIZENS GET TO COMMENT THOSE ARE NOT ON PRESENTATIONS BUT WE GET TO COMMENT ON A FRAUDULENT MR. HAMLIN ON PRESENTATIONS WE DON'T. MR. SANFORD ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR A VERY INTERESTING I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND ENGAGEMENT QUITE THE ENGAGEMENT RATE GAINS PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY CAME TO THE ISLAND BASED UPON IMPRESSIONS AND HAVE THEM NOW AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR SO ENGAGEMENT IS THAT THEY DO SOMETHING WITH THIS IS SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIFICALLY SO DID THEY DO SOMETHING WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OH SORRY THIS ONE WHAT THEY DID WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WAS WHEN THEY ENGAGED ON THE SOCIAL SO LIKE ON FACEBOOK IF THEY LIKED IT THEY MADE A COMMENT OR THEY SHARED IT TO THEIR WEB OF FRIENDS THAT THEY HAVE BUT WE TAKE THE RATE OF THAT.

SO WHERE DO WE HAVE THE STRONGEST OF THAT ENGAGEMENT AND HERE WE HAVE THE STRONGEST ENGAGEMENT WITH WELLNESS WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND FIND A LINK TO SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY SAW THEM DO THAT MORE WITH ARTS AND CULTURE IF THAT SENSE SO THOUGH PEOPLE LIKED SOMETHING GAVE IT A HEART THE WELLNESS ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE PIECE THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THAT EXTRA STEP AND WENT TO THE WEBSITE TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT COMPONENT OF OUR TOURISM. OKAY, THANK YOU THEN. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION GLEN. I WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT TO THANK YOU SORRY FOR AN INCREDIBLY WELL-PRESENTED REPORT.

THANK YOU. I DO LOVE THE DETAIL AND THE STATISTICS AND I LOVE HOW SPENT TIME EXPLAINING WHAT WENT INTO SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT WENT INTO STATISTICS.

IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW THE BACK TO THE NUMBERS. THANK YOU.

AND THE ONE THING THAT PICKED AND THIS REALLY I GUESS FOR US FOR ALL OF US FOR FOR US PARTICULARLY UP HERE THAT I PICKED UP ON WAS THE QUOTE FROM LIVING AND THE LAST LINE IN WHICH IT SAID THE ISLAND IS STILL THE SAME WILD ISLAND ESCAPE EVER AND THAT TOUCHES HOME BECAUSE WE CAN'T SIGHT OF THAT RIGHT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS ARE THE BUT

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THANK YOU. THE PRESENTATION AND SOMETIMES YOU GET SPREAD SOME PEOPLE JUST BEING UP OR DOWN AND YOU MENTIONED THE HANDS AND MAYBE THE NURSES.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT COMES DOWN TO REALLY THAT FUNNEL CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE AND CAN WE BRING PEOPLE FURTHER DOWN THE FUNNEL WITH MORE ROBUST CONTENT? I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING JUST A BIT MORE TIME TO HAVE DECISION.

IT'S ALSO IN THE MARKET WITH FUNDING AND AND SO KIND OF A COMBINATION OF EFFORTS BUT YOU KNOW IT'S VERY NOMINAL AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PUT A PIN IN AND NOTING IT AND WE'RE WATCHING AND NOTING THAT WE SEE WHERE THE ARAB INTEREST IN PUTTING MORE OF THAT IN THE MARKET AS WE RAMP UP WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE NEXT QUARTER HOW WE CAME OFF OF SOME BIGGER EVENTS LIKE RBC HERITAGE AND PLANNING FOR THEIR FALL OR SUMMER SUMMER TRIPS AND THEN FALL TRIPS. SO I THINK THAT JUST A BIT OF A FLUCTUATION BUT NOTED AND WE'LL KEEP WATCHING IT THE ROBUST CONTENT IS WHAT SORT OF PIQUED MY INTEREST HERE AS WE START TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ON THESE FIVE CORE VALUES I THINK AS A VOLUME AND I THINK IT'S GOING OFF I THINK IT'LL TAKE A CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THAT AND SO TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA I DON'T YEAH BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE THE TOWN AND THE CHAMBER TO CONTINUE TO GROW UPON THESE THESE FIVE CORE VALUES YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR TRAVEL MARKET HAS SORT OF SHIFTED A BIT WITH THE AIRLINE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE AND WITH THE COUNTY THE MIDST OF RENOVATING AND IMPROVING THE TERMINAL. I THINK IT GIVES US A GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE VALUES IN PARTICULAR ON SUPPORTING HISTORY TO BE ON DISPLAY IN OUR NEW TERMINAL WHEN IT COMES ABOUT I THINK BOOKS SHOWING UP SEEING IT FIRSTHAND IS IMPORTANT AND IT JUST TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME THAT ME IT IS VERY DIVERSE IN ITS OFFERINGS WONDERFUL I'VE MADE THAT NOTE YOU IN OTHER COMMENTS OH OH MR. JUST AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION A YEAR OR SO AGO WE ENGAGED IN SOME EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATION ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES OF THOSE WERE TO ENCOURAGE EFFORTS BY THE CHAMBER TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VISITORS AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT HERE. AND YOUR STATISTICS SHOW THAT IN FACT HAPPENED.

SO I FOR 1 A.M. VERY PLEASED WITH THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK ABOUT RATLIFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ARI.

YOU NEXT WEEK WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ELSEWHERE AND SOME MONTH AND I'LL ASK GARY AND CONNIE PRATT COME ON IN IN. I'LL COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND I'LL TAKE THIS MICROPHONE. MAYBE IT IS. THERE YOU GO.

SO THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND PROCLAMATION WHEREAS I CANNOT SAY THIS RIGHT A LATERAL SCLEROSIS IS KNOWN BY AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE IS A PROGRESSIVE FATAL NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE IN WHICH A PERSON'S BRAIN LOSES CONNECTION WITH THE MUSCLES SLOWLY TAKING IT WHERE THEIR ABILITY TO WALK, TALK, EAT AND EVENTUALLY BREATHE.

AND. WHEREAS EVERY 90 MINUTES SOMEONE IS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS AND SOMEONE PASSES AWAY FROM ALS ON AVERAGE PATIENTS ARE DIAGNOSED ALS ONLY LAST 2 TO 5 YEARS FROM THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS AN ILLNESS HAS NO CURE.

AND WHEREAS PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MILITARY IN THE MILITARY AND MORE LIKELY DEVELOP ILLNESS DIE FROM THE DISEASE THAN THOSE WITH NO HISTORY OF MILITARY AND .

WHEREAS SERVICE SECURING ACCESS TO, NEW THERAPIES, DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALS AND CLINICAL TRIALS PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN EVALUATING NEW ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE AND

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WHEREAS, WE CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE THE RENEWED COMMITMENT TO GALVANIZE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FUNDING LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN ALS RESEARCH. AND. WHEREAS THE ALS ASSOCIATION AS THE LARGEST FUNDER OF ALS RESEARCH GLOBALLY HAS COMMITTED OVER 154 MILLION TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 550 PROJECTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND 18 OTHER COUNTRIES.

AND. WHEREAS, OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCELERATING THE PACE OF DISCOVERY REMAINS UNRAVELING FUELED BY THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY ALS WILL BE A LIVABLE DISEASE EVERYONE EVERYWHERE UNTIL WE CAN CURE IT NOW THEREFORE ELEANOR PERRY, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA TO HEAR ABOUT IN THIS MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS ALS AWARENESS MONTH I CALL UPON ALL AMERICANS TO JOIN IN SUPPORTING ALS RESEARCH ADVOCATING INCREASED FUNDING AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS RELENTLESS DISEASE AND TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HEAR ON TWO IS THAT MY HAND AND CALLS THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO BE AFFIXED ON THIS 21ST DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024 YEAR YES RIGHTEOUS. NEXT UP WILL REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL FIRST

[7. Reports from Members of Town Council]

PART OF THAT SECOND READING OF OUR BUDGET COMING UP FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE AND WE RECEIVED APPLAUSE FOR THAT OPEN BACHELOR NATIONS TO THE TOWN MANAGER STAFF FOR WORKING TOWARDS GREAT PROPOSALS AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES IT AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU. THE OTHER GENERAL REPORT MR. STAMFORD NO REPORTS ARE GENERAL REPORTS. OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE WANT TO LOWCOUNTRY AREA TRANSPORTATION MR. SANFORD AIR FORCE ALL RIGHT MISS BECKER LOWCOUNTRY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT I HAVE A REPORT TO ME MR. RAINES BEFORE COUNTY AIRPORTS BOARD WORKS BOARD AS OF THE END OF THE TOWN WEBSITE I HAVE YES LET'S SEE MR. SANFORD SUTHERLAND COUNTRY REGIONAL BOARD NO FURTHER REPORTS THE BROWN ISLAND RECREATION ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

THE ISLAND RECREATION BOARD IS WORKING ON THE AGENDA FOR ITS ANNUAL PLANNING SESSION IN AUGUST. SUMMER PROGRAM REGISTRATION IS IN FULL SWING AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS DIRECT MAIL FLIGHT IS HAPPY IT OFFERS AN INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP FROM 375 TO 500 THIS YEAR WINK WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE OF THE BIGGEST CROWDS IN $80,000 AND THAT MONEY IS USED TO HELP WITH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE FOR THE PROGRAMS AT THE OLYMPICS SO CONTINUE TO APPLY TO EXPAND AND THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE ON HILTON IT REPORTS ARE THANK YOU MS. BECKER COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC YES MAYOR THANK YOU WE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET YESTERDAY WE HAD TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE FIRST ITEM WAS RECEIVING FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT A REPORT FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 23 AND NOW THE FIRST QUARTER OF HER 24. IT WAS RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED THE COMMITTEE I BELIEVE A COPY OF IT IS ON THE WEBSITE WILL BE SHORTLY FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN REVIEWING THAT IF IT'S NOT THERE YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING.

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AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WHICH NO ACTION WAS DURING MR. JAMES PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE. THANK YOU MAYOR PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 9TH.

THE COMMITTEE APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS AND DRAFT REPORT TO TOWN COUNCIL. SECONDLY, THE COMMITTEE HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THE DISTRICT INITIATIVE AND PROVIDED INPUT ON THE PROCESS AND FORMAT STAFF .

THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMITTEE PROVIDED CONSENSUS THIS CONCRETE DISTRICT TEMPLATE PRESENT PRESENTED SERVES AS A REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLE TEMPLATE TO GUIDE OF ALL REMAINING DISTRICTS AND CERTAINLY THE COMMITTEE HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THE ALAMO CODE AND PRIORITY AMENDMENTS AND THE ALAMO CODE OVERHAUL PROJECT THE PLANNING COMMITTEE PROVIDED DIRECTION ON PRIORITY AMENDMENTS TO ADVANCE AHEAD OF THE COMPLETE CODE OVERALL.

THANK THANK YOU MR. BROWN. LAST BUT NOT LEAST L.A. ADMINISTRATIVE NO PROCESS.

[8. 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.]

PLEASE MAINTAIN A DECORUM SYMBOL THE MEETING AND REFRAIN FROM USING ANY PROFANE, ABUSIVE OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE. IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE TO TOWN COUNCIL PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE TOWN CLERK AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED SPEAKING.

KIMBERLY DOES HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR TODAY YES PETER CHRISTIAN THAT'S AFTERNOON MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MR. TOWN MANAGER PETER CHRISTIAN FOR THE RECORD OF 23 JARVIS CREW COURTNEY TAMRA REBECCA IS MY MEMBER AMEN TO THINGS ALREADY TO HEAR POSSIBLY WE WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION TO THE 278 PROJECT IN JUNE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS ON THAT SECOND THING HURRICANE SEASON STARTS JUNE ONE MAYOR POINTED OUT I BELIEVE IN AN ARTICLE EVERYONE ON THIS ISLAND SHOULD HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE REGARDLESS IF IN A FLOOD ZONE OR NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEIR MORTGAGE COMPANY OR ESCROW FUNDS ARE NOT ESCROWED, THE FUNDS WE ARE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST AND WE ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING ON THE SUBJECT OF HURRICANES OUR TOWN IS A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FOR HURRICANE PREP AND TOM DUNN MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE LOCAL GEMS ABOUT A MONTH AGO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND ONE OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP IS A VERY, VERY SMALL ITEM THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO FIX AND MAYBE NOT BE ABLE TO FIX.

WE GET A VERY HIGH RATING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN IT COMES TO HURRICANE RECOVERY BECAUSE WE'RE PREAPPROVED. THE ONE THING THAT IS LACKING IS THAT IN THE LARGER COMMUNITIES WE CONTRACT WITH OUR OWN FOLKS FOR THE FIRST PUSH AND BECAUSE WE DO THAT VERY EXPEDITIOUSLY AND VERY EFFICIENTLY AND COMPARATIVELY VERY INEXPENSIVELY WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT AND IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THOSE FOLKS PRE-APPROVED AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO HURRICANE CLEANUP WE'RE LESS THAN $100,000 IN MY CASE IT WAS 60 GRAND BUT WE APPLIED TO THE STATE.

WE APPLIED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE WERE DENIED EVERY TIME BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PRE-APPROVED BUT WHEN WE WERE ALLOWED BACK ON THE ISLAND OUR CONTRACTOR WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND PUSHING AND. IF WE WAITED IN LINE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE WE WOULD RECEIVE PRE-APPROVED AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE AND ARE HERE TO OPEN UP THE ISLAND FOR THE REST OF US SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF CAN LOOK AT TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT. ALL IN ALL. I DON'T WANT TO DETRACT FROM THE ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS JOB I SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I GO OUT AND SPEAK ACROSS THE

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WELL DONE. THANK YOU, LYNN GREATLY. SO HAL, I'M MAKING A SPEECH FOR LYNN GREELEY AND MYSELF TODAY. I THINK I CAN I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ LYNN GREELEY'S PERSONAL I'LL READ MOM WHAT MY NAME IS CALLED YOU HAVE ONE THREE MINUTE SECTION.

OH MR.. FIRST OF ALL I DON'T INTERRUPT AND DON'T BREAK THE LAW AT ALL.

I WAS NOT FACE YOU ANY LONGER. I WILL FACE THE AUDIENCE IF YOU DON'T COMPLY UNDER THE LAW THIS TOWN HALL IS OWNED BY THE TAXPAYERS AND YOU WORK FOR US SUPPOSED TO DO SO HONESTLY MR. PERRY YOU COMMITTED CRIMINAL FRAUD WITH YOUR FRIEND BILL MILES RIGHT BACK HERE AND YOU BOTH TO BE ARRESTED FOR WHAT YOU DID FOLKS WE HAVE COME TO THE RICK MAY HAVE COME TO THE REALITY OUR PART TIME WEEK COUNCIL AND CORRUPT MAYOR FULL POWER TOWN MANAGER AND LAWYERS IN CHARGE IS FAILED POLITICAL SYSTEM EVEN WORSE IT'S RUN ILLEGALLY AND BREAK IN MANY STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS INCLUDING ILLEGALLY FUNDING MILLIONS OF EARNED TAX REFUNDS TO NONPROFITS FOR USE THAT DOES BENEFIT THE GOOD REASON AND USE OF THE PUBLIC.

PUBLIC FUNDS ARE FOR BIKE PATHS, BEACH REPAIR SCHOOLS, ROADS NOT PRIVATE USE BY SPECIAL INTERESTS. MANY OF US ARE HERE TODAY OPPOSE USING OUR TAX FUNDS FOR THE CHAMBER WORKFORCE HOUSING 600,000 DREDGING IN HARBOR TOWN AND SPONSORSHIP FOR THE HERITAGE GOLF CLASSIC AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE ALL WE HEAR FROM GROVER ORLANDO IN THE CHAMBER AND OTHER AND OTHERS ARE FRAUDULENT PRESENTATION THAT JUSTIFY THE ILLEGAL TAX FUNDING AND EVEN SHOW US ATTORNEY GENERAL LEGAL OPINIONS THAT ARE NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT'S WRITTEN ON. THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO GET AN INDEPENDENT LEGAL RULINGS FROM THE COURTS AND IF LOCAL JUDGES RULE AGAINST THE RULE OF LAW FOR THEIR LOCAL LAWYERS FRIENDS THIS COUNCIL MUST APPEAL TO HIGHER COURTS THIS. COUNCIL MUST STOP BEING CONTROLLED BY THESE LAWYERS AND TOWN EMPLOYEES AND THE CHAMBER AND THE SPEAKER GREATER ISLAND COUNCIL AND SPECIAL INTEREST AND THEY NEED TO HIRE A FORENSIC AUDIT OUT OF CHARLESTON CALL QUICK GROUP WHICH MADE UP OF FORMER FBI AGENTS TO START MAKING THIS TOWN OPERATE LEGALLY WE MUST STOP SHUFFLING AND HIRING THE SAME DISHONEST EMPLOYEES FROM WITHIN OUR COUNTY AND HIRE HONEST OUTSIDERS TO WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL TO RESTORE TRANSPARENCY AND, COOPERATION, BRING US BREAKING THE MOLD NEVER FALL OFF THE YEAH JUST TALK I'M GLAD YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT STAFF. I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT STAFF YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT STAFF YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT STAFF. I'M YOU POINT OUT IN MY OFFICE AND ALSO DISCOUNT NOT THE EMPLOYEE FOR CONTROL BUT I KNOW THERE YOU SHOW THE GOVERNOR THEY WANT TO SIT BY THE SAME SHERIFF LINCOLN FACE HIM ON THE PHONE OH COME ON.

WE DID IT AGAIN TO GET THE GROUP OUT OF . CHARLESTON IT'S ABSURD THAT EMPLOYERS RUN THE SHOW WITH NO CEO FULL TIME HONEST MAYOR LEADERSHIP.

I'D RATHER PAY A FULL TIME HONEST MAYOR OF 500,000 A YEAR THAN PAY HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THAT FEE'S BILL MILES SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM RIGHT. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.

THIS GUY'S ROBBING US BLIND THEN WE WILL NOT ADDRESS. OUTRAGEOUS WILL NOT ADDRESS.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT I WANT IN THIS TOWN HALL I CAN SERVE YOU CAN MAKE UP ANY RULE YOU WANT BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TELL ME WHAT I CHRISTOPHER FLANDERS HELLO.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTA 14 BAY PINES DRIVE MY NAME IS CHRISTA I'M 37 AND I WAS RAISED HERE IN HILTON HEAD WILL CELEBRATE NINE YEARS OF SOBRIETY IN AUGUST.

IT'S ALSO MY CLASS FROM HILTON HEAD HIGH'S 20TH CLASS REUNION THIS YEAR I NOT ONLY HAVE 3 MINUTES I WROTE THIS DOWN A QUICK BACK. I STARTED IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE AT 15 AND THE DAY I TURNED ONE I STARTED BARTENDING. DRINKING WAS PART OF LIFE.

I MEAN WE ON A RESORT ISLAND BUT IT TOOK A WHILE AND A COUPLE OF ARRESTS A BOND WORTH MORE THAN MY CAR FOR A NEW CAR TO LEARN THAT I HAVE AN ALLERGY TO ALCOHOL AND I BREAK OUT IN HANDCUFFS. MY LAST ARREST MY TURNING POINT I'M VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A STRONG FAMILY BEHIND. BUT MOST ESPECIALLY THERE'S THE SITUATIONS MOST PEOPLE IN THESE SITUATIONS NO FAMILY, NO MONEY, NO INSURANCE. I PERSONALLY HAD TO SELL ALL MY BELONGINGS TO BOND OUT AND STRAIGHT TO TREATMENT. AT THE TIME THERE WAS NOTHING HERE FOR RECOVERY. I HAD TO GO 3 HOURS AWAY. HILTON HEAD DOES HAVE AMAZING PRIVATE OPTION FOR TREATMENT BUT THAT PROGRAM DOES NOT FIT THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO NEEDS HELP HERE WE DO HAVE BEAUFORT COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG NO OFFICES ON HILTON HEAD.

I KNOW OF AT LEAST A DOZEN HOMELESS CLASSMATES HERE ON HILTON HEAD THAT WOULD BENEFIT

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NARCAN IS AN OPIOID REVERSAL AND DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST ADDICTS WILL USE IN A PUBLIC RESTROOM ESPECIALLY GAS STATIONS? YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN NARCAN COULD SAVE SOMEONE EVERY 4 MINUTES SOMEONE OVERDOSES IN AMERICA 112,000 PEOPLE LAST YEAR FENTANYL IS BURIED THREE DOZEN OF MY CLASSMATES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS 70% OF THE PILLS NOT THAT ARE NOT PRESCRIBED LETHAL AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL.

THIS INCLUDES ADDERALL. I'M SPEAKING UP FOR THE VULNERABLE TEENAGE KRISTA'S IN THAT HIGH SCHOOL. I'M UP FOR THE SUFFERING IN SILENCE I'M PROOF RECOVERY WORKS THAT YOU FIX YOUR WRONGS. MY HUSBAND IS ALSO PROOF THAT NARCAN SAVED HIS LIFE AND HE GOT SOBER THE NEXT DAY AND WE WILL CELEBRATE FOUR YEARS AND HE WILL CELEBRATE FOUR YEARS IN NOVEMBER. THERE IS NOWHERE ON THIS ISLAND TO GET FREE NARCAN.

I'M NOT SURE IF THE TOWN RECEIVED ANY OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND BUT BOTTOM LINE I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR KIND OF AWARENESS OR CHANGE. 50% OF THE POPULATION IN AMERICA IS SOMEWHAT AFFECTED BY THIS EPIDEMIC. THE COUNTRY HAS ALLOCATED MONEY OR THE COUNTY HAS ALLOCATED MONEY TO THE DETENTION CENTER AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT SOBER AND WAS OFFERED TREATMENT BUT I WAS LUCKY WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT TILL AN ARREST FOR RECOVERY IF SOMEONE HAS TO TURN FOR HELP HERE IT'S VERY HARD. THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING UP.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT SAVES LIVES. ADDICTION STEMS FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OR TRAUMA AND GETTING TO THE ROOT IS WHERE YOU START AND HELPING THIS ISSUE WILL HELP WITH CRIME AND RECOVERY HELPS PUT ACTIVE MEMBERS BACK INTO SOCIETY AND INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY TURN AROUND AND HELP OTHERS AND. I JUST WANTED TO BRING AWARENESS TO YOU GUYS. I DO BUT CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.

REALLY NERVOUS THOUGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORY WITH US.

IT'S STUFF WE NEED TO HEAR AND PUT FACES RIGHT. SO THANK YOU THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 20 YEAR HIGH SCHOOL MEET 3 MINUTES. THANK YOU.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR COURAGE AND TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU AND WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU.

APO GOING MR. HOAGLAND, YOU KNOW THAT THAT WE DON'T YOU? BUT I HOPE AS SOON AS I'M DONE TALKING I'LL HAVE A REFRESHER. MR. HOAGLAND, I WILL ADDRESS THIS IS AGAIN.

NO, NO, NO. I'M ASKING BECAUSE IT WILL SET IT WILL BE ADJUSTED WHEN YOU'RE WHEN I'M DONE TALKING WITH HER BUT MR. HOAGLAND, YOU KNOW THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME TO SPEAK YOU CANNOT PARLAY THAT THAT PLAY OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE INTO ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET UP HERE AND DISRUPT OUR MEETINGS YOU KNOW TOTALLY LEGAL DOCUMENTS SO AND IT WOULD ROLL ON JUDGES SO JIM GO AHEAD AND START TO RESTART THAT CLOCK AND GO AHEAD AND GAVEL THROUGHOUT. SO GO AHEAD AND START TO DRAW ON THAT.

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T. AND MR. HOAGLAND, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DO. SO THAT'S REALITY. WE HAVE AN ILLEGALLY OPERATED TOWN CONTROLLED BY THE FULL POWER TOWN EMPLOYEES AND LAWYERS IN THE SPECIAL INTEREST NAMELY CHAMBER. AND PLEASE TURN AROUND AND THANKS COUNSEL AND IF YOU PLEASE TURN AROUND AND FACE COUNSEL YOU ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND STOP COMMITTING CRIMINAL FRAUD. I FACE YOU BUT NOT UNTIL THAT POINT PERIOD AND THIS SYSTEM IS ILLEGALLY OPERATED THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY FORWARD AND THAT IS LAWSUITS, FORENSIC AUDIT, SUBPOENA OF RECORDS AND DEPOSITIONS OF ALL OF THESE THESE PEOPLE THAT RUN THIS TOWN SINCE THEY REFUSE TO RESPOND TO TAXPAYERS WHO ELECTED THEM FURTHER, THEY DISRESPECT AND IGNORE PROFESSIONALS WHO ADDRESS THEM FROM THE PODIUM WHO TAKE THEIR TIME TO COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THEM WITH A FALSE SENSE OF KNOWLEDGE SITTING ON THE DAIS WORSE YOU ALL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS USE ILLEGAL FUNDING MILLIONS WITH FRAUDULENT BUDGETS AND AUDITS AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THEY JUST AND THEY JUST DO IT TO COMPROMISE AS LAWYERS AND TOWN EMPLOYEES TELL THEM TO VOTE. WE HAVE NO CPAS ON THIS COUNCIL. WE HAVE TWO LAWYERS STANFORD AND BRIGHTON THAT ALSO KEEP VOTING TO BREAK THE LAW. THE GOOD NEWS IS DEPOSITIONS WILL FORCE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS UNDER OATH THE RISK OF CRIMINAL PERJURY IF THEY LIE DEPOSITIONS WILL INCLUDE QUESTIONS ON WHY ALL YOU KNOWINGLY VOTED FOR ILLEGAL TAX FUNDING TO THE CHAMBER AND LET THE CHAMBER USE THESE TAX FUNDS FOR PRIVATE ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ACCUSED WITH NO ACCOUNTING FRAUD MONEY LAUNDERING, IRS TAX VIOLATIONS AND MANY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW VIOLATIONS YOU ARE KNOW WHAT YOU DID AND NOW YOU WILL BE ASKED IN GREAT DETAIL WHY OH WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU THE DEPOSITIONS WILL INCLUDE TOWN LAWYERS CPAS, HEADS OF THE

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MR. HOAGLAND PLEASE SIT DOWN. YOU STOP ME AND I WILL SIT DOWN.

BEHAVE YOURSELF, SIR. DO YOU SAW YOU START SHOWING RESPECT TO ME AND EVERYBODY'S

[9.a. Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend Title 8, Chapter 3, of the Town of Hilton Head Island Code of Ordinances, to add Section 8-3-114 titled Abandoned Watercraft - Second and Final Reading - Josh Gruber, Deputy Town Manager ]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. OUTRAGEOUS WHAT YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE SECOND FLOOR TO NO CONSIDERATION OF LAW MEANT TITLE EIGHT CHAPTER THREE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND ORDINANCE IS TO ADD SECTION 8-314 AND FOUR TITLE AMENDED WATERCRAFT AT ITS MEETING ON MARCH 5TH, TOWN COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. MR. GROOVER DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION IN COUNSEL DO WE NEED ONE HERE? I BELIEVE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS I DO NOT NEED ONE BUT I ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I CAN MAKE A MOTION. YES I CAN MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE CHAPTER THREE OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND COUPLE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD SECTION DASH 3-114 ENTITLED ABANDONMENT OF WATERCRAFT SECOND FINAL READING YOU HAVE A SECOND SET OF RECORD IN DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE BEING NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SO MOVE 7 TO 0 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU ALL THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THAT SHOW OF DISRESPECT. BUT WE TRY NOT TO ALLOW THAT WE CAN'T STOP EVERYTHING AND PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK BUT. THEY ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR THEIR 3 MINUTES. SO I APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU ALL FOR HAVING TO BEAR THAT AND

[10.a. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending Title 9, Chapter 2, of the Municipal Code of Hilton Head Island Titled Regulations and Requirements Relating to Smoking of Tobacco Products by Adding a Definition for Electronic Smoking Devices and Prohibiting Their Use Consistent with Existing Smoking Regulations - First Reading - Josh Gruber, Deputy Town Manager]

YES, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THIS IS COMING TO YOU ARISING OUT OF A COMMITTEE MEETING GOING BACK TO 2009 THE TOWN ADOPTED REGULATIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE SMOKING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS INDOORS IN CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND OTHER PLACES THAT WERE OPEN THE PUBLIC WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE SCOPE OR APPLICABILITY OF THOSE EXISTING REGULATIONS.

WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO IS ADD A DEFINITION SECTION WHICH EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCTS TO INCLUDE AND OTHER ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES.

THIS IS US CATCHING UP MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE TIMES TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE MARKET TODAY BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IN TERMS OF ITS APPLICABILITY IT IS THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN. WE'RE JUST EXPANDING THE DEFINITION TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT VAPING IS ALSO PROHIBITED IN THE WAY THAT SMOKING TRADITIONAL TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE CURRENTLY PROHIBITED. AND WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO FIRST OF ALL I WOULD GO

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I BEG YOUR PARDON. LET GO BACK. I MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AND ENTITLEMENT IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE CIVIL CODE OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND PLAN REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SMOKING AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS. I HAD THE DEFINITION FOR ELECTRIC THE PRODUCTS DEVICES AND PROHIBITING THEIR USE SO THE EXISTING REGULATIONS THE FIRST READING SECOND WAS BRYSON BEFORE WE GO TO DISCUSSION THE SPECTER SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE INTRODUCTION JUST THAT YOU PROVIDED THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BY A GROUP OF YOUTH I BELIEVE ALL OF WHOM HIGH SCHOOL HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THEY BELONG TO AN ORGANIZATION AND GOD HELP ME I DON'T DO WELL IN DISTRESS AND THAT WAS STRESSFUL SO IF YOU CAN REMIND ME THE NAME AND I'M GOING TO SAY ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY YOUTH. THAT'S RIGHT.

AND JUST THE AUDIENCES INFORMATION, ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT THEY PRESENTED IN COMMITTEE INCLUDED UP IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS TODAY. SO IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS PRESENTATION THAT THEY MADE AT COMMITTEE AND WHILE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE THING WE'RE DOING, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AND RIGHT TO BE DOING IT THIS TIME.

IT DID COME FROM YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY TOO ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF THEIR HEALTH AND WANTING TO MAKE A BETTER AND SOCIETY FOR THE FUTURE AND SO I CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID AND I'M READY TO VOTE YES. YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS I WAS TO SAY THE SAME THING ONLY I BELIEVE THEY CAME TO TOWN COUNCIL SOMETIME LAST YEAR SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD THINKING WELL WITH BEING SAID NO OTHER COMMENTS TAKE A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND 720

[10.b. Consideration of an Ordinance of the Town of Hilton Head Island Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Purchase and Sale Agreement for a Portion of Property Owned by the Town of Hilton Head Island and Beaufort County Identified as TMS No. R510 005 000 0329 0000 Located on Beach City Road - First Reading - Josh Gruber, Deputy Town Manager]

HE'S GOING TO BRING THEM ALL WITH ME AT THIS POINT EXCEPT THAT ONE THIS MATTER IS A REQUEST TO RESOLVE AN EXISTING ENCROACHMENT ON PROPERTY THAT WAS JOINTLY PURCHASED BY THE TOWN AND BEAUFORT COUNTY. SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A KIND OF CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY IN 2013 THE TOWN AND BEAUFORT COUNTY JOINTLY PURCHASED PROPERTY LOCATED TO 282 BEACH CITY ROAD AND IDENTIFIED BY PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ARE 510 0050000329.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE END OF BEACH CITY AND AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS PURCHASED A SURVEY WAS PERFORMED SHOWING THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY.

UNFORTUNATELY SURVEY DID NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS AN ENCROACHMENT THAT EXISTED ON AT THE TIME WITH REGARDS TO AN ADJACENT DRIVEWAY FOR THE 282 BEAT CITY ROAD PROPERTY WE'VE CONFIRMED THROUGH AERIAL SHOTS THAT WE HAVE GOING BACK IN TIME WE THAT DRIVEWAY WAS INSTALLED SOMETIME AROUND 2007 SO IT EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THE COUNTY IN TOWN PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY IN LOOKING TO TRY AND RESOLVE THIS WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS INTERNALLY WITH COUNSEL WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED THIS WITH BEAUFORT COUNTY AND ULTIMATELY A RESOLUTION WAS PROPOSED WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND 282 BEACH CITY ROAD TO PAY THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RESOLVE THE ENCROACHMENT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN UPDATED APPRAISAL AND HAVE A SURVEY PERFORMED THE LAND TO BE TRANSFERRED WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 0.11 ACRES.

THE APPRAISED VALUE CAME BACK AT $30,250 AND IF APPROVED BY THIS BODY AND ULTIMATELY CONSUMMATED THOSE PROCEEDS WOULD BE SPLIT THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY IN THE SAME PROPORTION AS THE FUNDS WERE CONTRIBUTED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF BECAUSE OF TIMING ISSUES BEFORE COUNTY HAS ALREADY PROCEEDED THEY'VE HAD THREE READINGS ON THIS MATTER SO THEY'VE ALREADY CONCLUDED IT FOR US THIS WILL BE FIRST READING WE'LL HAVE A SECOND READING FOLLOWING IT IF THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTIVE OF THE REQUEST AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE'LL GO TO CLOSING ON THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHAT YOU HAVL I'M OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY COMMENTS BY THE CITIZENS RIGHT

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VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THE OTHER COMMENTS BEING ON ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SO MOVE SEVEN ZERO NEXT WE HAVE A

[10.c. Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt a Master Plan for Chaplin Community Park - Shawn Colin, Assistant Town Manager ]

THE MOST RECENT OF THOSE MEETINGS WAS ON JANUARY 23RD AT A COUNCIL WORKSHOP.

MR. SEAN KOEHLER YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR COUNCIL TOWN MANAGER AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE JUST A FEW SLIDES TO PULL UP HERE AND WE'LL DO CHAPLIN FIRST I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU MASTER PLAN FOR CHAPLIN COMMUNITY PARK IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS OF ITERATIONS WITH TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. AND SO LET'S MOVE RIGHT INTO SO THE MASTER PLAN IS BEFORE YOU STAFF IS RECOMMENDING YOU CONSIDER ADOPTING BY A RESOLUTION INCLUDES PROGRAMING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS I'LL WALK THROUGH IT THERE'S MULTIPLE USE FIELD AREA EITHER FIVE SOCCER FIELDS ORIENTED IN A WAY TO MAXIMIZE MY PLAYABILITY AND AN ORIENTATION FOR SUN BEACH AND ALL THAT HAS A MULTI-USE FACILITY FOR SOME STORAGE SOME RESTROOMS AND A LARGE PICNIC PAVILION. WE'VE GOT SOME IMAGERY I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN JUST A MINUTE TO GIVE YOU KIND OF SOME CONTEXT OF OF OF THE VISION WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND INCLUDES SOME ADDITIONAL SPORTS FACILITIES RACKET SPORTS SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS CENTRAL THE PARK AND MAINTAINING THE SIX TENNIS COURTS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST THE CHAPLIN ISLAND HAS TWO COVERED BASKETBALL COURTS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER SIZE AT THE BACK WAS RECOMMENDATION BY OUR PARTNER WITH ISLAND REC AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS THERE'S A DOG PARK INTEGRATED INTO THERE ABOUT AN ACRE IN SIZE HALF ACRE PLAYGROUND THERE ARE THREE RESTROOMS TOTAL THROUGHOUT THE PARK. THERE'S A HERITAGE GATEWAY WHICH REALLY IS AN ENTRY AS YOU COME IN FROM THE SINGLETON SIDE OF THE PARK SINGLE BEACH SIDE OF THE PARK AND WHERE CHAPLIN LINEAR PARK WAS PROGRAMED TO TO CONNECT EXCUSE ME IT HAS BEACH ACCESS DOWN AT THE BERK'S BEACH LOCATION WITH REALLY NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THIS PENINSULA THE RESTROOM CONNECTING ALL THE PARKING SIDEWALKS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THIS AREA THROUGH A THROUGH OPTION CONNECTING PARKS BEACH ROAD WITH SINGLE TURN AND KASTNER ADEQUATE BIKES BICYCLE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE PARK A TOWN FACILITY OVER HERE ON WHAT WE HAVE CALLED THE CASTLE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FOR BEACH OPERATION AND TROLLEY STOP TO BE DETERMINED THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE THROUGHOUT THIS AREA AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE PARKING PROGRAM IS 482 SPACES TODAY AND THE PARKING PROGRAM FOR THIS IMPLEMENTATION WOULD RESULT IN 631 SPACES.

SO NOT QUITE DOUBLE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PARKING IN THAT AREA A LOT OF IT PROXIMATE TO THE FIELDS AND TO THE BEACH. HERE'S SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL IMAGERY TO GIVE AN IDEA FOR YOU KNOW THE VISION FOR THIS AREA YOU CAN SEE IMPROVED SURFACES FOR BASKETBALL, THE PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS. I'M EXCITED HAVING WATCHED THE GAME THERE YESTERDAY LAST NIGHT FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF THE TURF AND PLAYABILITY OF THOSE FIELDS INCLUDING LIGHTING AND SOME SHADE AND SOME SHELTER FOR THE TEAMS AND THE COACHES AND FANS AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE NATURAL FEATURES THIS AMAZING LAGOON THAT IS OUT ON THE PROPERTY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF INTEGRATING INTO THE END OF THE PARK SO THAT RESULTS IN THIS MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION AT THIS TIME FOR THE CHAMPION PARK I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

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IS IT GOING TO BE NATURAL? IS IT GOING TO BE ARTIFICIAL? BUT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT TIME MANAGERS GIVE ME AN INDICATION TO BE DETERMINED. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. I'VE SEEN REALLY GOOD NATURAL TURF PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THAT'S GREAT FOR AND IT MAY BE A GREAT OPTION BUT WE'LL PURSUE THAT. I REMEMBER PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS BEING THAT BECAUSE OF STORM THREATS IT IS A NATURAL DROP AREA FOR DEBRIS AND IT WOULD BE GRASS WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I REMEMBER HAVING HAD THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE UNDERSTOOD.

THE OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL WE'RE TALKING LAST GLEN TO YOU I GUESS I'LL GO NOW.

IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. I SAW LIGHTS AND WASN'T SURE IF PEOPLE WERE AHEAD OF ME. I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE ON CHAPLAIN. THIS PRESENTS A NICE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PARK FAR BETTER ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE PARK. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A WORLD CLASS STYLE PLAYGROUND AS WELL AS DOG PARK HERE I'M LOOKING FORWARD AND JUST WANT TO MENTION THE THE CONVERSATIONS ON THE FACILITY BUILDING FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN AREA SO THEY'RE AWARE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEIR FACILITY WILL FIT IN AND BEHIND THE LANDSCAPE SO IT WILL NOT STICK OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY .

WE DO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND THIS ENTIRE PARK BUT A GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE HARD WORK AND SUPPORT TO MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WORD FOR AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AND HELP AND VISITORS WILL ENJOY APPRECIATE IT FOR DECADES TO COME OKAY SO I PREFER TO WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH.

MR. BROWN, ANY COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MA'AM.

I HAVE A QUESTION. MY NAME IS AMY FAY AND I UTILIZED I'M ON A STAGE NAME MY NAME IS ABC AND I'M A RESIDENT OF FOREST BEACH AND I'VE UTILIZED THE TOWN PARKS FOR EVENTS AND WE USE JARVIS CREEK FOR AN EVENT AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO WE HAD A BAND BUT THE ELECTRICITY AND THE OUTLETS THAT WERE IN THE PAVILION WERE NOT WORKING AND SO WE HAD TO RUN A 100 FOOT CORD TO THE MAIN BUILDING WHERE THE FACILITIES WERE TO GET TO THE PAVILION. SO IF WE COULD KIND OF BE MINDFUL OF THAT OR THE COMMUNITY THAT'D BE GREAT. I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S ON TOP OF LIST RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. AND ALSO THAT YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE GOT AN ISSUE LIKE THAT DOWNLOAD THE TOWN AT ZOO CLICK AND FIX AND TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND SEND IT IN BECAUSE YOU'LL BE UPDATED AS TO WHEN IT'S CORRECTED.

SO IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO USE. NO, I USE IT YEAH SO DO ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS I SEE SEEING THEM WILL BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A MASTER PLAN FOR THE CHAPMAN COMMUNITY PARK. WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND BUTTON BUT YOU CAN MAKE A COMMENT. IT'S A BRIEF COMMENT. I'VE BEEN LONG PICKLEBALL CLUB HERE ON THE ISLAND AND UNDERSTAND OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE FOR PICKLEBALL AT CROSSINGS PARK SO. HAVING SAID THAT I'M WILLING TO APPROVE THE CHAPLIN COMMUNITY PARK MASTER PLAN SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF CROSSINGS PARK WITH PICKLEBALL.

ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE AND ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I GO SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SEVEN

[10.d. Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt a Master Plan for Crossings Park - Shawn Colin, Assistant Town Manager ]

SO AS YOU SAW THE CHAPLIN COMMUNITY PARK, YOU KNOW THAT'S KIND OF THE TOWN'S COMMITMENT TO SOCCER AND TO OUR FIELD SPORTS AND CROSSINGS HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THE LOCATION FOR BASEBALL AND SO THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO BASEBALL AND SOME OTHER PROGRAMS ELEMENTS INCLUDING THE BRISTOL SPORTS ARENA. SO FOR CROSSINGS PARK EXCUSE ME

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THERE'S A FIFTH FIELD THAT IS 300 FEET WE TAKE THIS TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THE FIELD BE LENGTHENED TO 320 FEET. WE DID DISCUSS WITH THEM WAYS EFFECTIVELY MAKE IT PLAY AT 320 FEET WITH RAISING THE FENCE HEIGHT AND THAT'S OUR PREFERRED TREATMENT AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE TO NOT GET TOO DEEP INTO MOVING THE PIECES TO TO PLAY AROUND WITH THE GEOMETRY IT WAS PLAYS AT 320 FEET IN THE BASEBALL AREA ITSELF THERE'S 289 PARKING SPACES OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PICKLEBALL WE A FEASIBILITY FOR 24 HORSEMANSHIP JUMP OUT A SECOND HERE WE DID A FEASIBILITY FOR 24 COURTS IT WILL FIT ON PAPER WE RECOMMEND DOING A MASTER PLAN WITH 24 BUT PHASE ONE TO INCLUDE 18 PICKLEBALL COURTS AND ALL THE PARKING AT THAT LOCATION IT WILL INCLUDE RESTROOMS AND SHADE STRUCTURES AS WELL.

IT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT AREA. THE PROGRAM IS FIVE SPACES PER COURT FOR 120 SPACES THAT ASSUMES 24 COURTS. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ALL THE PARKING AND PHASE ONE BRISTOL SPORTS PARK I KNOW THAT BRIAN MCELWEE BEHIND ME IS EXCITED ABOUT BRISTOL SPORTS PARK AS ANY ELEMENT AND THESE PARKS AND THOSE ALREADY ADVANCED SOME CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE PUMP TRACK AND THE SKATE PLAZA. SO WE'LL BE A REDO OF THE BRISTOL SPORTS COMPLEX BOWLS ARE GOING AWAY AND AND SKATE PLAZAS ARE KIND OF THE NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAY TO HANDLE THAT A PUMP TRACK THAT AN HOUR BIKING COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXCITED ABOUT A PUMP TRACK FOR FOR TIME THE REDO THE COURT SURFACES AND THE RINK AND INCLUDE BASKETBALL AND INLINE ROLLER HOCKEY AT THAT FACILITY AND SO A REDO OF BRISTOL AND THEN AGAIN ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS INCLUDE DOG PARK ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRE PLAYGROUND HALF ACRE ON STREET ANGLED PARKING ALONG HELMSMAN HUNTSMAN'S WAY WE DO KNOW THAT THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME COMMUNICATION WITH US CDOT 110 SPACES ALONG HELMSMAN 60 AND IN THE BRISTOL 128 PICKLEBALL THERE'LL BE A TROLLEY STOP HERE CONNECTIVITY TO PERMIT A BAY MARINA WITH AN IMPROVED BY COMPELLED CONNECTION AND THE OVERALL PARKING IN THIS FOR THIS FACILITY GOES FROM 336 SPACES TO 579 AS DEPICTED ON THE MASTER PLAN YOU CAN SEE SOME CONCEPTUAL IMAGERY AGAIN JUST LIKE THE SOCCER AT CHAPMAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED YOU'LL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF FIELD AND SURFACE AND AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FIELDS HERE AT AT CROSSINGS WE MENTIONED THE CHAMPIONS PLAZA AND A TRIBUTE TO THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTORS TO BASEBALL HERE ON HEAD ISLAND THERE'S AN IDEA OF AN INTEGRATED PLAYGROUND THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING AND AND STIMULATING TO FOLKS KIDS OF ALL AGES IN THAT AREA AND JUST GIVE AN IDEA OF SORT OF SOME TREATMENTS HERE TO HELP ARTICULATE THE PARK HERE'S A FEW MORE COVERED AREA AT THE AT THE CRYSTAL SPORTS AREA TO IMPROVE INCLUDE PLAYABILITY AND TIMES OF INCLEMENT WEATHER OR IF IT'S REALLY HOT RIGHT IN THE SUN YOU CAN SEE A CONCEPT HERE OF A OF A SKATE RATHER THAN A BOWL THAT WE HAVE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THERE A PUMP TRACK AND PICKLEBALL FACILITY AND WITH THAT WITH GREAT SURFACES AND ORGANIZATION OF THAT FACILITY AND THAT RESULTS IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU

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OKAY. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. GROUP THANK YOU. ALEX CURTIN I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO THANK OF THE PEOPLE WHO INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THIS DESIGN AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING MORE THAN 1100 PLAYERS REGISTERED THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND REC CENTER AND WE DO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER STATEMENT OF PRIORITIES DEFINITELY SO AGAIN THANK ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE HOPE THIS HAPPENS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.

OTHER COMMENTS? YES MA'AM. HI, KATIE HENDERSON HILTON HEAD PLANTATION JUST A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BASEBALL PARK. LAST TIME I HEARD US TALKING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE FIELD BIG ENOUGH FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIPS AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WERE DOING BULLPENS, BATTING CAGES ON, THOSE THINGS YOU NEED FOR THAT. JUST A QUESTION ANY OTHER WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND.

WE'LL TO THE COMMENTS FIRST MR. CHRISTIAN FOR THE RECORD PETER CHRISTIAN IN FULL DISCLOSURE MY WIFE IS ON THE AMERICAN PARK COMMISSION SO I LISTEN TO THIS AT HOME AS WELL AS HERE AND THESE ARE TWO GREAT PLANS AND I COULDN'T AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN BRYSON MORE PICKLEBALL PLEASES MANY PICKLEBALL COURTS AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY SQUEEZE IN.

THESE ARE TWO GREAT PARKS AND A LOT OF WORK FROM STAFF AND THE COMMISSION INTO THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM BUILT AND PUT TO USE IN THE COMMUNITY ENJOYING THEM.

THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN HI MY NAME IS CINDY BADER AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF EVERYONE'S HARD WORK ON THIS. I GUESS I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR THE PICKLEBALL COURTS IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIT IN STADIUM SEATING SO THAT WE CAN GET THE TWO PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS BACK AT HILTON HEAD ? THAT'S REALLY MY ONLY COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, CHANCE YOU'LL COME UP AND ADDRESS THOSE TWO REAL QUICK. YEAH THANK YOU.

AND I HAD ALEX CROUTONS OUT OF MY POCKET. I TOOK IT OVER AGAIN.

HERE HE WANTS TO MEET OUR NEW PUBLIC PROJECTS MANAGER. HE'S BACK ON THURSDAY AS IT RELATES TO THE FIELDS. YES SO ONE FIELD IS LARGER. IT WILL HAVE THE THE AUXILIARY USES OR SENSORY USES BATTING CAGES AND AND PITCHING AREAS. SO YES THIS WILL INCLUDE THOSE ELEMENTS. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE ONE THING ONE ALSO IF I COULD WITH FIVE FIELDS IT ALLOWS EASIER AND MORE APPROPRIATE TOURNAMENT PLAY AND WITH A LARGER FIELD AND AN OUTFIELD FENCE IT ALLOWS THAT LONGER PLAY ABILITY OF THE FIELD RIGHT. WE COULDN'T SQUEEZE IN THE FIELD IN THE WETLAND BUFFER AND TOWARDS WEXFORD AND SO GO AHEAD AND SAY IN THE FIELD YOU DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT FENWAY PARK OR FENWAY MIGHT JUST MAKE THIS THE GREEN WALL THERE JOHN AS A YANKEES FAN DOESN'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE REALLY STUDIED THE DESIGN OF THIS AND WE'LL GET FULL USE OF THE SMALLER FIELDS WITH WITH BASEBALL PLAY AND THE LARGER FIELD WITH THE OUTFIELD WALL WILL COME INTO PLAY. IT'LL BE A UNIQUE FIELD WHICH I WOULD I PERSONALLY PROFESSIONALLY LIKE WILL HAVE OUR OWN UNIQUE FIELD THERE AND IT WILL PLAY YOU WILL PLAY VERY WELL IN THAT REGARD. SO YEAH I'M EXCITED IT AND IT'S NOT MUCH SMALLER THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS ESPECIALLY THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME DIMENSION I THINK DOWN THE LINE AS FAR AS THE PICKLEBALL FACILITY. SO WHEN WE DID THE FEASIBILITY THESE HAVE BEEN GO BACK ON HERE THE FEASIBILITY THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE WORKSHOP 24 COURTS THERE WAS AN OPTION THAT ELIMINATE TWO OF THE COURTS AND HAD A STADIUM I GUESS HERE BUT I GUESS IT COULD IT COULD REPLACE TWO COURTS IN THIS AREA UNTIL WE GET INTO REAL DESIGN AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE SPACING IS OUT THERE I WON'T KIND OF KNOW THAT BUT IN THE PHASE ONE IT'S 18 AND AND IF I COULD ALSO ADD TO THIS BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED INTO THIS A LOT WITH SEAN AND I CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO SEAN AND ALL THE PATIENTS HIM AND HIS TEAM AS WE LOOKED AT IT A LOT OF TIME WITH TOURNAMENT PLAY AS WELL WHAT WE HAVEN'T FOUND IS A PICKLEBALL STADIUM LIKE CENTER AT THE U.S. OPEN. RIGHT.

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IRONICALLY I WAS FOUND MYSELF WATCHING SOME U.S. OPEN PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT ON ESPN DOWN IN NAPLES AND I WAS LOOKING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT LENS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL AND THEY DON'T THAT STADIUM SEAT THEY HAVE THAT THAT THAT BROUGHT IN STADIUMS SO WE WERE BUILDING AROUND THAT WE PARKED IT AT 5 TO 1 THERE'S ALSO OVERFLOW ACROSS THE STREET WHICH IS GREAT AND SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE WE KNOW THAT IT WILL ACCOMMODATE ANYTHING WE WANT IT TO BE AND I TALKED WITH A GENTLEMAN TODAY THAT KNOWS ABOUT BRINGING IN EXTRA STANDS OF TO TICKETS HIS ALTHOUGH RIGHT MUCH SO YEAH IT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED THROUGH THAT AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE OPTION GREAT OF A MOTION YES MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE MASTER PLAN ARE THERE GOING TO COMMENT BY COUNSEL MR. BROWN.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE PLAN AS A AS A POINT OF REFERENCE COMMIT AN ISLAND REC CENTER FOR STEPPING UP AND CREATING AN ADVISORY BOARD AROUND PICKLEBALL. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A GROWING SPORT, GROWING DEMAND AND WE HAVE A HUGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN PICKLEBALL THAT TO BE MANAGED BY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ARM OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THE EXPANSION OF BASEBALL AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THE CHAMPION PLAYERS OF THE BASEBALL CONTINUES TO BE THE SPORT ON HILTON HEAD THAT HAS YIELDED THE MOST PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES TO IN PARTICULAR FROM THE NATIVE ISLAND COMMUNITY IN THE COURTS TO ME SAYS THAT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT AND I'M REALLY PROUD AND WANT TO HAVE PRACTICE AT THIS LOCATION. BUT WHAT I DON'T TO SEE HAPPEN IS IN PRACTICE FACILITIES BECOME PRIVATIZED BY ORGANIZATIONS SO I'M ENCOURAGING THE REC CENTER TO REALLY TAKE HOLD OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE FACILITIES AS WELL.

SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FIELD PLAY DANCE AND COME OUT AND THROW IN THAT WITH THE KIDS AT THEIR LEISURE THAT THAT ALL OF THE FACILITIES ARE OCCUPIED AT ALL TIMES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MY OTHER COMMENTS AS FAR AS ME WELL I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER I CAN STILL HIT A HOME RUN AND WATCH YOU RAISE THAT BALL I'M GOING TO WORK ON IT ESPECIALLY AT THAT PRACTICE WHEN WHEN SOMEBODY GOT IN A FAMILY CAN THROW THE BALL TO ME AND SEE HOW FAR I CAN HIT IT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

BUT YEAH, I'M ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE WITH REGARD TO PICKLEBALL, I'M CERTAINLY DELIGHTED TO SEE THIS LOCATION AND THE NUMBER OF COURTS THERE. AS I HEARD FROM PICKLEBALL CLUB IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE FOLKS AND WE'VE CURRENT FROM PICKLEBALL PLAYERS HERE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE RECREATIONAL PART OF IT AND IT'S MULTIGENERATIONAL IT'S JUST FABULOUS TO GET PEOPLE OUT THERE PLAYING AND RECREATING AGAIN AND EXERCISING BUT ALSO THE SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE AT THE TOURNAMENT. ADRIANA COURT EARLIER THIS YEAR I WENT AND THEY WERE ABOUT FOLKS COMING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND MAKING FRIENDS AND HAVING IT IN THIS ONE LOCATION IS SO IMPORTANT COMPARED TO SPREADING IT OUT ALL AROUND FOR THAT REASON AND ALSO AS I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IT'S MORE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ALL THE COURTS AT ONE SIDE FROM THE PROGRAM ASPECT SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT WE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR WORKSHOP ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THAT WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR DOING THIS I SUGGESTED BEFORE THAT WE FOCUS ON THE PICKLEBALL COURTS FIRST AS PART OF THE CROSSING'S MASTER PLAN IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE IT'S AN ISOLATED SITE AND EVEN THOUGH WE FACE CHALLENGES WITH THE STATE PERMITTING PROCESS, IF WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG AS THE QUICKEST AND DO IT AS A PEA, I KNOW THAT THERE'S AT LEAST 1100 PEOPLE PLUS THIS ONE WHO WILL BE JUMPING UP AND DOWN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND RESPOND TO THE TIMELINE IN THE IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE TOWN MANAGER I HOPE COUNCIL IT HERE IN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS

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THAT IS CORRECT. AND IF I COULD ADD SOME CLARITY TO IT, MAY I JUST JUMP IN JULY ONE NEW MONEY RIGHT. AND IN A FRESH AND A FRESH STEP FORWARD IN PROGRAMING WE WILL NOW THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED THIS MASTER PLAN WE WILL WE WILL BE YOU WORKING WITH OUR ENGINEER ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS TO START THE CIVIL DESIGN AND THE PERMITTING FOR PHASE ONE CALL IT ALL TOGETHER WE'LL JUST SAY THAT PICKLEBALL IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THAT PHASE ONE.

WE WILL MOBILIZE AND GET THAT CIVIL ENGINEERING STARTED BUT BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT CIVIL ENGINEERING WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS AS WELL RIGHT THROUGH THAT DESIGN AND SO WILL THE PERMITTING AND SO SOME TIME AROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR OR A LITTLE SOONER WE HAVE THE DESIGN AND HOPEFULLY MOST LIKELY PERMITS HAND FOR THAT PHASE ONE MOBILIZING AND MOVING TO CONSTRUCTION IN THE BUDGET I PROPOSED TO YOU WITH A LOT OF WORK FROM IS THE FULL FUNDING OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND PHASE ONE AS WE KNOW IT INSPECTOR SURE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE AGAIN KNOW THE HARD WORK PUTTING THIS PARK TOGETHER.

I THINK AS WE LOOKED AT IT THERE WAS LITTLE DOUBT AMONG US CERTAINLY IN MY MIND THAT THIS WAS THE MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR A LARGE SCALE PICKLEBALL FACILITY AND SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE TO SET THE MASTER PLAY PLAN INTO PLACE AND .

ALL THE WORK YOU JUST DESCRIBED WILL BE GETTING DONE AND UNDERWAY.

BUT BEYOND PICKLEBALL THIS IS A GREAT FACILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE YOUTH OF , OUR COMMUNITY ACROSS THE WARD. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE GREAT ATHLETES THAT GET TO PLAY HERE WHETHER THE RECREATION OR WHETHER WE MOVE ON TO COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS IN THE FUTURE. BUT THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE REAL SHOWSTOPPER.

STRATFORD YOU MENTIONED THE STADIUM SEATING EARLIER AND BRINGING IN STAND WHAT IS THERE GOING TO BE WHAT IS GOING TO BE THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS ON BASEBALL AND PICKLEBALL FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY SO THE THE BASEBALL FIELD WILL HAVE BLEACHERS LOCATED FOR VIEWING FROM FOR FRIENDS FAMILY AND ALSO TEAMS I GUESS AND WHILE THEY'RE WAITING IF THEY WANT TO WATCH AT THE PICKLEBALL FACILITY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE IN ADRIANA THERE WILL BE SEATING AREA YOU CAN SEE THEM TO GO BACK THIS OTHER ONE YOU CAN SEE THIS AREA WHICH PROVIDES SOME SHADED AND SOME SEATING IF YOU'RE WAITING TO PLAY. THERE'S ALSO SOME SHADE STRUCTURES HERE WITHIN THESE BAYS PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THEN THESE BENCH SITTING COURTSIDE SHADE AREAS AS WELL. SO BUT ONE GOOD THING TOO OF THE SITE IT IS PRETTY WOODED AROUND THERE AND SO I THINK OTHER THAN YOU KNOW, HIGH SUN PEAK DAY, YOU'LL HAVE SOME SHADING IN THE MORNING AND CERTAINLY LATER IN THE HERE BUT THERE ARE SHADE SHADE STRUCTURES AND SEATING PROGRAM IN THIS AREA ONLY GETTING COMMENTS AGAIN A GREAT REPORT, A GREAT CONCEPT PLAN I REGRET THAT PERMITS TAKE SO LONG BUT THEY DO AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. AMES. THANK YOU, MAYOR SEAN. I'M WELL AWARE OF HOW THE STAFF HAS TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE IN WEXFORD AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS I THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU MENTIONED A TROLLEY STRIKE THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE OPPORTUNITY IN MY MIND TO WHAT CROSSINGS REALLY IS TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE ISLAND.

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THERE MIGHT BE THREE IN THIS ONE AREA BUT I'D TO SORT OF ENVISION THAT THIS AXIS HAS A ALMOST NECKLACE KIND OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT YOU HAVE SERIES OF STOPS FROM CALLING ME ALL THE WAY TO THIS TO THE BROAD CREEK SO I'M ENCOURAGING US THE STAFF IN PARTICULAR TO LOOK AT THE ROAD SECTIONS TO ANTICIPATE TROLLEYS ARE GOING TO STOP WHERE BIKES CAN TRAVEL, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOCATED. I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THE MAXIMUM WE CAN ALTERNATE FORMS OF MOVEMENT ON THIS ISLAND BUT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE ISLAND IS CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE BEACH TRAFFIC AND THE TOURIST TRAFFIC.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. JAMES SHAWN STAFF GREAT JOB ON BOTH PARKS.

OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NEAR AND DEAR TO ME AND EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ESPECIALLY THE CROSSINGS YOU KNOW FROM MY YOU KNOW I'LL SAY IT MY FATHER HAVING BEEN ONE THAT IDENTIFIED THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY TO HOWEVER MANY YEARS AGO AND CREATING RECREATION YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IS TAKING IT AND AND MAKING IT BETTER RIGHT EXCELLING AT WHAT WE HAVE TO CREATE A BETTER BETTER PLACE FOR OUR KIDS AND AND YET FOR US ADULTS TO BUT REALLY GREAT PLACES TO RECREATE RAISING THE BAR AND YOU KNOW KUDOS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED KUDOS TO THE COUNCIL WORKING AS HARD AS WE DID ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A COUPLE OF PLANS THAT WERE NOT ALWAYS EASY BUT YOU KNOW KUDOS TO US.

SO GOOD THINGS DO HAPPEN JUST SO YOU KNOW. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TAKE A VOTE ALTHOUGH SOME FAVOR PRECEDED BY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THAT IS A BIG SEVEN OF ALEX GO BACK AND TELL EVERYBODY YOU GET YOU GET PICKLEBALL COURTS COME

[11. Executive Session]

I ADDED WE HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES, SIR.

AS SOON YOUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING ITEMS 11 A B AND 11 C ITSELF ON THE AGENDA OKAY I MOVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE REASONS CITED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP SECOND MR. ALFRED ALL THOSE IN FAVORITE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND SO AND SEVEN ZERO

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.